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VOL XIV
No^ 17
SEAFARERS LOG
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• OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL •
DRIVE BEGINS IN
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Story on Page 3
Story on Page 3
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walls and empty beds point up the deserted condition
nvsptWOf rviOSm of the Mobile marine hospital a few days after the US
Public Health Service annotmced it was closing down four hospitals for lack of oper
ating funds. The SlU Jias lodgeda strong protest in Washington. (Story oh Page 2.)
D IFRIF Seafarer Luther Milton totes up
• • 'KfC rtay* the vacation, birth and hospitsu
benefits he collected this week. They totaled more than
all
his Union
dues in eight years.
(Story on Page Z.)
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SEAFARERS LOG
Mobile Hospital
Closing Order
The only six survivors of la^ year's Southern Isles sinking were photographed aboard the Coast
Guard cutter Cherokee after they were rescued. They are: (left to right, around the table), Wilson
Deal, stewardcook; Howard Bastenback, oiler; Raymond Holden, cook; Charles Perkins, MM; James
Childress, AB; Sam Lynn, OS.
CC Probe Scores Company
For Southern Isles Loss
The longawaited Coast Guard re|)ort on the Southern Isles disaster, which cost 17
lives, places the blame for the sinking squarely on the company's shoulders and recom"
mends Government prosecution. In virtually the same breath, the report then states that
it does not consider the evi '
dence
sufficient to warrant sank because it was overloaded unequal distribution of weights
On visit to the Mobile Marine hospital the last few days it was
open, SIU Patrolman Robert Jordan (left) discussed the forced "criminal prosecution of the and the cargo improperly distrib during loading of and discharge of
closing with Seafarer J. H. Jones, FWT, a patient at *he hospital. president or manager of the South uted on board, and because the iron ore cargoes and the driving of :
em Trading Company.
vessel was being driven at its max the' vessel during heavy weather
The
Southern
Isles,
a
converted
imum
speed in heavy weather. It encountered on her last voyage." .
A strong protest against the closing of four USPHS hos LST, broke in two and sank on 'also blames
the fact that there was Not only was the ship overloaded
pitals, including the one in Mobile, Ala., has been made by October 5, 1951 off Cape Hatteras. no previous experience in using on her fatal trip, but on three pre
the SIU to the Federal Security Agency. The closing of the She went down so rapidly that the LST's as bulk cargo carriers so that vious voyages as well, with over »
crew could not launch lifeboats. there was no way of telling wheth loads between 223 and 386 tons of
Mobile Hospital along with^
Only six crewmembers survived er the vessel was suitable for that cargo. These overloads, the board
USPHS units in Kirkwood, the SIU. Seafarers passing through the disaster.
kind of service.
said, weakened the structure of the
this port will now have to fall back
Cargo. Distribution Wrong
As the report putjt, "the causes ship thus contributing to her
Mo., Portland, Me., and San on private hospitals for emergency
Juan was called a crippling blow care or depend on facilities at New The report of the Marine Board of the breaking of the Southern breakup.
of Investigation states that the Isles were a weakening of the hull
Company Allowed It
to proper medical care for seamen Orleans. While the USPHS is mak vessel probably broke in two and structure by overloading and by Further, the board of investiga
and a step backward from a 150 ing arrangements with the private
tion specifically states "That Mil
yearold Government policy.
hospitals for this emergency care,
ton P. Jackson, president of the
The closing of the four hospitals there is no guarantee that treat
Southern Trading Company and
was ordered by the FSA after Con ment will be up to the high stand
W.
M. Bradbury, operating mana
gress cut $1V6 millions out of ap ard of the USPHS hospitals.
ger
of the Southern Trading Ckmo .
propriations for veteran's medical The closing will hit large num
pany
had knowledge of and will
care. Since the USPHS hospitals bers of Seafarers who make their
fully
allowed overloading of the
care for a certain number of vet homes in an around the city of
Southern
Isles."
erans under arrangements with the Mobile, and will compel them to
Despite this report, survivors .
Veterans Administtation they were travel long distances ° for medical
hit by the budget cut and had to care with loss of time and earnings "The SIU is the best deal in the world for a seaman—and and beneficiaries of the men lost
in the disaster have had to settle
reduce services.
I can prove it in black and white," Luther R. Milton main their claims against the company
resulting.
Mobile Hard Hit
Indignation against the closing tains. "Not even counting the better wageS*, the representa in the Federal District Court in
The effect of the reduction how was running high in Mobile, where tion, and "the better working^ ^
Norfolk at sums ranging up to a
ever, will be to eliminate USPHS veterans organizations and civic conditions I've gotten by Vacation Pay that accumulated maximum of $34)000. Total claims
facilities for seamen in the port of groups joined with the SIU and belonging to the SIU," he s^id, while he was on the Steel Artisan. awarded against the company were
Mobile, one of the largest and most other maritime unions in vigor "I can prove where I've made When he combined that with the estimated, at about $250,000.
import^t ports in the country and ously protesting the closing of the money."
Limit On Claims
$45 he collected in hospital bene
hospital. Up until the order came Luther collected a total of $421 fits for his three weeks In Staten Attorneys for the claimants at
through, the Mobile hospital had.
Welfare Plan benefits and va Island, it came to a total of $421. tempted unsuccessfully to have the
been in. continuous operation for in
cation pay last week, and after When he figured it out, Luther cases transferred to Delaware,
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Aaq. 22. m'z
Vol. XIV. No. 17 109 years.
figuring it out, said, "Without announced that the money cov where the Southern Trading Com
(Continued on page 27).
(Continued on page"* 23)
Protest. Meeting
counting the Welfare Plan bene
As I See It
TAge 13
As
soon
as
the
order
was
re
fits
I've
collected
before
this,
the
Burly .,
Page 16
a meeting of veterlhs and money I got this time more than
Crossword Puzzle
Page 12 ceived,
seamen's representatives was or covers all the dues I've "ever paid
Did You Know
....Page 18 ganized on
Monday afternoon, Aug to the Union since 1944) when I
Editorial
Page 13
Foc'sle Fotog
....Page 19 ust 11. The meeting emphasized first started sailing with the SIU."
that the Mobile hospital served ap Luther's two sons are following
Galley Gleanings ........Page 20 proximately
11,006 seamen in vari right in their dad's footsteps. One
Inquiring Seafarer ......Page 12 ous maritime
as well as has been sailing for two years and
In The Wake
.^Page 12 300,000 veterans unions
living in the area. the other has just s,tarted sailing
Labor RoundUp
.Page 16 Consequently the
group went om —both with the SIU. "You can
Letters
^. .Pages 21, 22 record. vigorously objecting
to the see why I'm making darned sure
Letter Of The Week
Page 13 closing of tile hospital. Telegrams
Maritime
.Page 16 were sent to Senators Hill, and they sail SIU,", Luther said.
Meet The Seafarer ......Page 12 Sparkman ~
Luther's fifth child, CeUa Dar
and to Representative lene,
On The Job
.Page 16 Frank Boykin
was bom June 11 in Tlenry,
urging
them
to
use
Personals
Page 24 every possible effort' to keep the Va. His other two daughters, Mar
Port of Rotterdam ..Pages 14, 15 hospital open.
tha Louise and Beulah Mae, along
Quiz
. .Page 19 Similar protests were filed by the with his wife,. Beulah Mae, are at
Ship's Minutes
Pages 24, 25 Junior Chamber of Commerce and home in Roanoke,
SIU History Cartoon
Page 8
Three Weeks in Hosp.
Sports Line
.Page 20 the Knights of Columbus.
After signing
off the Steel Arti
Need
Hos^tal
Here
Ten Years Ago ..........Page 12
Top Of The News........ Page 6 SIU Mobile Port Agent, Cal san (Isthmian) as a wiper, Lu
Union 'I'alk ..............Page 8 Tanner, one of the leaders ih the ther spent three weeks in
Wash. News Letter ......Page 5 protest meeting declared that "I Staten Island USPHS Hospital and
Welfare Benefits... . Pages 26, 27 can't see why a port the size and then went to the New York head
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Your Dollar's Worth ... . Page 7 importance, of Mobile should be quarters.
There, Luther collected a $200 Successful transfer of injured Seafarer AntoTne Landry, pantry
Pub'lishwI^Blweckfy ar m« Matfqwarrtr* deprived jof suc,h a vital Ijospital
.• f th« Saafarars Intarnational Union, At facility;
It's certainly going to Maternity Benefit check from the mon,,(with hat) to a Coast Guard cutter is completed by crewmem
Jantle A Oulf District, AFL, «75 Fourth
bers ©f the Chickasaw (right). Landry had his arm caught'in a"
Avanua, Brooklyn 33, NY. Tal. STarilns make things tough for" Seafarers Welfare Plan and a $25 US bond
ttazt. Entared
sizcoRd : elaSb . mrttar who live In Mobile to have to from the Union.for Ceha. Darlene.^ ' dumhwkiter .and. suffereda .prpfoable comjoond .fracture.'^Fhoto!
at tha Post Ottica in Brooklyn, HV,
(Continacd on page 27) H Jle ali^ got a. $151 check for the I ;.:, was taken by the Chickasaw's electricis^M. E. Watsotv
wndar tha Act of'August 14, 3913.' . .
ThreeWay $$ Benefit
Adds Up For Seafarer
SEAFARERS LOG
Sea Transfer Off Miami
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'UNION TALK' STARTING
Simultaneous with the officiial launching of the SIU
campaign to organize Atlantic tankermen, the SEAFAR
ERS LOG is publishing the first column in a new feature,
"Union Talk," specially devoted to organizing material
and particularly to the problems of unorganized tanker
men. This feature, prepared by Keith Terpe, Director of
Organization and Education, begins on page 8 of this issue.
Organizing Drive
Launched By SIU
With hundreds of Atlantic Refining Company seamen signing up with the
SIU, the Union has takeii the wraps off a poweiful organizing drive designed
to briiig to th^ 1,000 unorganized tankermen of Atlantic's 23ship fleet the broad
benefits available only in the SIU.
The drive, which has been operating undereover for the past several weeks,
has met with enthusiastic response throughout the'
entire Atlantic Company fleet. Volunteer organizers
operating under Keith Terpe, newlyappointed SIU Di
SIU /^ents
See Steady
Union Gain
rector of Organization, have made speedy progress in all
departments as Atlantic tankermen appear eager to receive
the same kind of Union protection and benefits that the SIU
has won for Cities Service
and other tankermen.
greatly superior bread and
Particularly attractive to the butter provisions of the SIU con
Atlantic tankermen are the tract, and the job security, solid
representation and free choice of
a wide variety of runs enjoyed by
A complete and detailed
Seafarers.
Also of great appeal to men report on all phases of the
aboard Atlantic ships are the rights Union's operations has riow
been published summarizing tb^
Two leading officials of the and privileges possessed by Sea results of
the recent conference of
farers
in
contrast
to
the
Navy
Atlantic Refining Company,
port agents held in headquarters.
iike
regimentation
which
the
com
Mr. Frank Ttutier, and, Mr.
The 15()page document consists
West, both from the company's pany imposes on its marine em of a review of the Union's various
personnel o^ice, recently ployees. Unlike the Seafarer who is activities under 12 headings, such
free to do as he pleases once he
visited the "MIJ Welfare Office, pays
off, Atlantic employees pay as legislative and legal, finances,
11 Broadway, to acquaint
ing
off
in PhUadelphia have to re organizing, building program, wel
themselves with the operation
port
to
the Anchorage, a peculiar fare operations and others, as well
of the SIU Welfare Plan.
as the resolution on the constitu
company
setup in that city.
The men received a com
tion which has been dealt with in
Here
they
are
compelled
to
do
plete briefing on the way the
previous issues of the SEA
all
kinds
of
shore
gang
and
long
Plan works from Deputy Wel
FARERS LOG. The agents found
shore work
at rates far below
stan
fare Administrator A1 Kerr.
dard scales. Regardless of tbeir the Union's operations to be in
Their visit was seen as a re
rating the men may be
put to work good shape and oinade (various
sult of the SIU's brganizing
sweeping floors,
making
beds, reconunendatiohs for further im
activity among. Atlantic Com
counting
linen,
loading
stores
and provements in SIU operations.
pany tankermen.
Among the recommendations,
(Continued on page 23)
those under the legislative and
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SiU Welfare Seen
By Atlantic Beps
Balloting gets a fast start in
New York as Seafarers line up
to vote on proposed constitu
tion. Here Pedro Feres signs
the registration sheet before
the watchful eyes of balloting
committee members, (left to
right), W. C. Patterson, W.
Williams, Dutch Palmey; A.
Milefski, J. Zlerels.
Vote Opens
On Chaises
In SIU Law
UmonOperators Huddle^
Reporf Progress On Pact
With membershipmeetings
in all ports approving the
third ,reading of the proposed
new constitution^ and the report of
the constitutional committee as
well, referendum voting on the
proposal got underwaj^^ throughout
With Union and shipowner representatives meeting regularly four days a week, the
the district on August la.
SIU
negotiating committee has reported progress in rewriting the present agreement from
The 30day referendum will run
from . that date until the I7thof top to bottom. In two weeks of meetings the negotiators have practically reached agree
:
—
September as recommended, by the ment on revision of the gen*
constitutional committee and ap eral rules of the dry cargo forth its dollars and cents demands ly upon suggestions received from
proved by the membership. Voting contract.
for wage increases and boosts in ships' crews as to what they want
ran heavy on the first day in head
welfare and vacation fund contrib in the new i^greement. The sug
However,
a
good
deal
of
quarters with 235 Seafarers casting
utions by shipowners. These items gestions were received after the
work
remains
to
be
done.
At
their ballots and continued at that
not been touched upon yet, Uni(^ polled all the ships asking
present. Union and shipowner have
last pace up to the present.
pending
to suggest changes
representatives are dickering over rules. disposition of the contract crewmembers
in
the
general
rules and the work
Three Readings
working rule revisions. The Union
As required under the present has presented its proposals and the Whatever the outcome of these ing rules. Many of these sugges
constitution, the text of the resolu shipov/ners have come bac^with negotiations, the Union Is deter tions, along with others drafted by
tion and the proposed new consti the.r own counter suggestions on mined to emerge from the sessions headquarters, have been incorpor
with a standard freight agreement ated in the proposed contract the
Seymour W. Miller
tution was read and approved at some points.
covering
ail dry cargo ships with Union has submitted.
three successive membership meet
When all these details are out of
Handling the negotiations for leghl heading reaffirmed the ap
ings. In addition, a rank and file the way, the Union will then put the exception of those highlyspe
cialized vessels.
the Union is a fourman negotiat pointment of Seymour W. Miller
six man constitutional committee
ing committee consisting of Secre as General Counsel for the Union,
was elected after the second read,
Tanker and Passenger
a post he haslield since May, 1951.
ing at headquarters, the committee
Subsequently the Union will go taryTreasurer Paul Hall and one The agents pointed to Miller's
consisting of two men from each
after o.ue standard tanker agree man representing each ship's de 100 percent successful record in
ship's department.
ment and one standard passenger partment, Joe Algina, deck depart handling. lawsuits against the
This committee studied the pro
ship agreement, tlius making con ment; Bob Matthews, engine; and Union as well as his proven ability
posed constitution and brought in
tract language uniform throughout Claude Fisher, stewards.
in all types of Admiralty Court
a report, the text ot which was
each_ of these three categories,
cases.
printgd in the last issue' of the
eliminating the confusion arising
Wide Legal Experience
SEAFARERS LOG, recommending The Keystone Mariner, first of from different wordings.
Miller,
who maintains his of
adoption of. the doeiunent as it the Marinertype vessels to hit the With the contract deadline six
fices at 26 Court Street in down
stood. The committee also recom seas, is now on her^final trial runs, weeks away at September 30, the
town Brooklyn, has considerable
mended that the 30day referen from the Sun Shipbuilding and negotiators have been meeting on
experience
both in labor law prac
dum begiii on August 1^ and end on Dry Dock Company's yards.
a schedule of Monday, Tuesday,
tice and in the maritime field.
September 17. A minimum "yes" Because of minor repairs and ad Wednesday and Friday weekly.
He holds the rank of n'.<<i&r in the
vote of twothirds of the men vot justments,
Waterman Steam One day a week is left free for the
US Army Reserve Officers Corps
ing on the question is required to ship Conapany is not expected to shipowner representatives to con The SlUmanned Western and is a member of the Committee
put the proposed new constitution take, the ship over until about Sep sult with all the other SIU con Famer broke in two and sank on Labor Relations of the New
into effect.
tember 0. At that time, a full SIU tracted companies, since the ship in the English Channel August 20, York County Bar Association.
MaUed To Ships
crew should be goings aboard in owner group is not empowered to following a collision with a. Nor The conference expressed ap
make decisions that are binding on
proval of the functioning of the
When the resolution calUng for the Chester, Pa;, yards.
a new constHutlon was. fifst sub A total of 35 of these vessels ace all other operators without their, wegian tanker. All 38 crewmem fulltime Washington office, de
bers were saved.
claring that it filled • longfelt
mitted .to tho membership; copies scheduled' tb be fa operation when cpnseat:.
of the propped: , document,;were the: pcesent btOlding' progcam 'is • The Union's demands for rewrlt* For further details, see the next need .in providing ttie SIU with
ingof'the eontract are biuted large Issue o£ the SEAFARfiBS LOQ.' . (Continued^ on pagv SS)
(C(Mitintted'0<Et page^lS). con»pleh^:>r'>;
Mariner On
Sea Trials
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Ship Sinks,
Grew Safe
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Babies Make Payoff
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CASH BENEFITS
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SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS
KEPORT ON BENEFITS PAW
r
New father Dave Blonstein and wife, Anna, are all smiles as SIU
Welfare Services Director Walt Siekmann (right) presents $200
baby benefit and $25 bond for baby Charles in New York.
s
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No. SeafarCTS Receiving Benefits this Period
Average Benefit Paid Each Seafarer
Total Benefits Paid this Period
V
i^3
a wr^\
/cf
WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THISPERIOD
Hospital Benefits
Death Beaefits
Disability Benefits
Maternity Benefits
Vacation Benefits
I
\/AaoO
Total
WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY
\ J
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Barely a mOnth nld when she and the famUy were presented with
SIU maternity benefits in New Orleans, Rhonda Kaufman is shown
on mother's lap with dad, Gein^e L. Kaufman, and older sister.
Hospital Benefits Paid Since July I. 1950*
Death Benefits Pai^ Since Tulv 1. 1950 *
Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 *
Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952*
Vacation Benefits Paid SinceTcb. 11. 1952*
Total
ow
»o
^ Date Bencfitn Bettan
WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS
TOM
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FAYMEMT8 OF ALL BElCFlTS MAINTAIN A STEAOV LEVEL» F0S8IBLY
AfOO^ BY ilNlON P^ICITV ON SENDING APPLICATIONS TO VARIOUS FUNDS
OlRECTfcVi^O SPEED UP PAYMENTSo APPLICANTS SEND!
HQ IN PHOTOSTAT IS
COPIES OP MARRIAGE CCPTI Ft CATC». BABV'S BIRTH RECORD AND LATEST
DfSCHARQC CAN SPEED UP PROCESS 55 DAYS, AND THERE 18 A HEAVY
RESPONSE ON THIS* UNION WELFARE SERVICES DIRECTOR WALTER
• lEKNAHN NOR MAKING MANHATTAN BEACH HOSPITAL EACH FRIDAY VITN
BENEPITG IN CASH, ALTHOUGH CHECKS HAD ALWAYS BEEN USED THERE*
lass BENEFITS AND B0N06 ALSO BEING PRESENTED BY NfH PERSONALLY TO
AU. NEW PARENTS IN NY AREA* EKPECT CASH ON HAND WfLL DR^ IN NEXT
REPORT W
to PURCMASC OF ANOTHER |E00,000 IN US GOVERNMENT
BONOS* ikiS WILL SHOW UP IN BOND ASSETS OF NEARLY |l ,500,000*
Proud parents, Hilding and Rita Falmquist, receive $200 benefit
and $25 bond ftorn SIU via Walt Siekmann (left) at Long island ,
home.. Couple met when he was in' hospital and Rita was nurse.
''15;
fe.
Subntitted • • • • • •
I
ffiSBt claim to SIU baby fame is Michael Parrot, born
;tlV J+Ntoy shown as he was treated to bis first public airing. Mother
and dad. Iteafarer WRey Parrot, share ^
spotlight
M Kerr
Deputy Administrator
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S
All these are yours without contributing a »ngie nickel on your partM^oHectipg SIU ben
eflta is ea^, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or death^YouEetBrst Tate personal
service haMBiediately ^'ough your, Union's representatives
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Pare;lira
SEAFARERS LOG
Triday, Ancost 28, mt
SlU NEWSLETTER Seafarer Sees A Tricky Shuffle
from WASHINGTON In Company Attorney's
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Allen crewmen permitted shore leave as seamen continue, in large
A peculiar date with a company lawyer whereby a Seafarer saw himself being maneu
numbers, to use this method to attempt permanent entry into the US,
according to officials of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. vered into the role of hatchet man against a shipmate's lawsuit was revealed to the SEA
For instance, during the last recorded yearly period, a total of 37,58& FARERS LOp this week.
alien crewmen were ordered held on board ship on which |hey arrived
The crux of the maneuver
because they were found to be inadmissable to this country.
touched off by its expose of the successful in restoring some vision
was that the Seafarer involved
Reports of US agencies indicate that 3,591 alien crewmen deserted
shabby attempt to get exshipmates to one of Pron's eyes.
irom vessels at American ports during the year. Of these desertions, was expected to make a sworn of onceblind Philip Pron to un
In letters bearing the name
705 were Italian, 521 British, 361 Norwegian. 274 Spanish, 197 Chinese, statement on the case while the at wittingly testify against him.
"Daniel T. Archer," or "Patricia
torney.for the shipmate was pres
186 Greek, 166 Portuguese, 166 Swedish, and 104 Danish.
ent, a very unusual procedure in In the May' 30, 1952, issue, the Schmahl," Pron's former shipmates
Immigration officials say that aliens who attempt entry into the US such
Seafarer I'rank Semple SEAFARERS LOG told of how were asked to write back and tell
either as stowaways or as smuggled aliens are a vexing and constantly told cases.
the
LOG
that as far as he Horace W. Schmahl, a "private that Pron's eyesight had been bad
growing problem. New impetus was given to this unwelcome traffic
could
see,
the
reason the other eye" with a long antiSIU record, before the accident took place.
by adverse conditions abroad, by the presence pt many European and lawyer was to be
in was so tried to get Pron's former ship This sort of evidence, of course,
Oriental nationals in nearby countries, and by the higher prices paid that the company called
attorney
cffuld mate's to unwittingly damage would do a great deal of damage
to smugglers. Last year 497 stowaways were detected and excluded
use
Semple's
deposition
to
settle Pron's $500,000 suit against Seas to Pron's contention that it wasthe
at ports of ^try and 479 aliens were apprehended in the US who had
accident that caused the biindness.
the
case, on
the
spot
in
the
com Shipping Company.
entered as stowaways or as smuggled aliens.
Coincidentally, the same com
pany's favor.
False Claims
The company attoniey report pany employed both men and was
The letters,
which asked the Sea
edly Handed a represented by the same law firm
.Alttiough American shipping has been steadily declining for the past
farers
to
write
to addresses which
in
both
lawsuits.
$20
bill to Semple
few months as compared with the 1951 and early 1952 peak, it appears
turned
out
to
be
either Schmahl's
In
the
Pron
case,
Pron
claims
on
his
appear
that because of the many international commitments assumed by this
home
or
his
office,
made absolute
that
his
blindness
resulted
from
ance at the office
country, that it will be a long time before shipping drops to a level
ly
no
mention
of
Pron's
lawsuit.
an
accident
on
board
the
Robin
and
promised
comparable to preWorld War II days.
Instead,
they
merely
said
that
the
Trent.
He
was
completely
blind,
more of the sarnie
In June of 1940, there were 1,300 USflag ships in operations, of
information
was
to
be
used
for
"a
but a
fellow Seafarer,
Eric
Joseph,
should
he
return
which ,1,150 were privately owned and the remaining being Government
national
newspaper
publication
on
donated
the
cornea
from
his
dam
and make the
vessels. This number rose to around 5,000 ships in 1945 and 1946.
statement' about aged eye and the operation was
(Continued on page 23)
In March of this yCar, the drop in US.flag tonnage was to 3,060 ships,
Seafarer Edurado
of which 1,275 were privately owned, and the balance of 1,785 vessels
Balboa who was
belonging to the Maritime Administration.
Semple
with him on the
Something that argues well for the immediate future of the US
merchant marine are the many treaty obligations of this country, such Robin Sherwood, where the al
as those arising under the North Atlantic pact. In addition, this nation leged accident took place.
has undertaken the enormous job of helping to feed and support less ."I made no definite appointments
fortunate nations in order to resist the inroads of Communism, all of or statements to Mr. Crowley,"
which spells "business" for, ships.
Semple said in a sworn statement
to the LOG, but he was supposed Fresh out of St. Albans Naval Hospital and. hanging onto
to return at a future date and his Army discharge, with the ink just about dry, Korea vet
The Military Sea Transportation Service, which takes care olT the make the sworn statement.
eran Thomas E. McCaffery made the New York headquarters
shipping needs of the armed services, is now engaged in the job of
Suit For $40,0(H)
carrying men and equipment to this nation's northernmost base at
one of fiis first
stops last week^"
Balboa claims he reinjured his
Thule on the northwest coast of Greenland.
Navy. But his cousin, who visited
to announce
that he's going to
This was revealed in Washington recently \yhen Admiral William M. leg while working in the chill box be looking for another SIU the New York headquarters with
of
the
Sherwood
and
is sueing
the
Callaghan, head of MSTS, told reporters at a press conference that
in about two weeks.
' McCaffery while McCaffery was
Surface ships had carried more than 90 per cent of all the men, sup company for $40,000. Semple said ship
still using crutches to get around
"I
figure
I'll
take
a
little
vaca
plies and eQuipment delivered to the Far East since the start of hos that Crowley wanted to arrange tion first," said McCaffery who was last January, was later sent back
with
Balboa's
lawyer to
be
present
tilities in Korea. He reported that his service had lifted 34 million tons
fragments 'and to duty and then went down with
of cargo, 13,460,000 long tons of petroleum and 3,100,000 passengers when Semple made ihis statement. hit with grenade
an
enemy rifle the DestroyerMinesweeper Hob
Anyway,"
said
Semple,
"Crow
to, from and within the Far East theater in support of the Korean<^War.
bullet
in October son when the Hobson and the car
ley promised to pay me another
a.
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$20 when I came back to give him
been in hospitals McCaffery, who! sailed with the
US trampuihip operators and tyamp owners are scheduled to appear the statement."
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at a hearing ii^ this city in the near future to oppose the chartering The case came to light as the
SIU before reenlisting in the Army,
First it was a said, "I'm siire going to start sail
of Governmentowned ships to a num,ber of American linel The latter SEAFARERS LOG continued its
fleld hospital ing again. I guess I'll look for one
companies' have had.'the Government ships on charter for a year or probe of the practices employed
near iSeoul, then of those coastwise runs for a while,
more, in order to help take care of the abnormal movements during by company lawyers and private
a hospital in a;nd see if I can. find any of my old
1951 and early 1952. However, the American tramp operators, who did investigators in cases involving
Tokyo, and then shipmates. I've seen a couple of
, not oppose the original charter of the Government ships last year, now Seafarers.
take the position that they have found it necessary to lay up a number The LOG investigation of the ^ McCaffery to St. Albans. them, around the hall her#
There, he met his
of their own vessels, and that the American lines should charter their methods used by company lawyers
tramp tonnage In lieu of the Governmentowned vessels.
and private investigators was cousin. Bill Brown, who was in the already.".
Specifically, the tramp owners will take the position at the forthcom
ing hearing that Governmentkiwned ships should not be chartered out
to American lines as long as the tramp vessels are available for charter
to the same companies. In addition, they will ppint up the necessi^
of arriving at a Governmeint policy of chartering ships for use in a
service otherwise considered essential where the' applicant has pri
vatelyowned tonnage employed elsewhere. In other words, the tramp
owners will argue that no American steamship line should be allowed
to charter Government ships for a particular route when the company
has privatelyowned tonnage employed in other trades that could be
utilized.
The target of the attack of the tramp operators are the following
American lines which have been using Governmentowned ships;.Alaska
.Steamship Co.,, Coastwise Line, PacificAtlantic Steamship Co., P'ope
.dc Talbot, Inc., American President Lines and Prudential Steamship
Corporation.
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Only a Government like that of the US could afford to lay up some
2,000 merchant ships and pay the expense of maintenance in .order
to have ships when needed. From time to time, this' huge reservoil*
of ships is strongly criticized by some private interests and by ele
ments in Congress.
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In addition to meeting urgent wartime needs, the reserve fleet ships
were responsible for keeping ocean freight rates in line following
World War II. Normally, the steamship conference system does much
to stabilize freight rates, but this is true .only when the political hori
zon is clear and no wars exist or are threatened. However, during
the past few years, with so many emergency shipments superimposed
upon regular commercial traffic, the existing shipping, both liner and
tramp, became inadequate. But, with the huge reserve fleet of the
US available, the solution proved to be relatively easy. The necessary
Government tonnage was withdi*awn from reserve and put in operation
to carry emergency goods, leaving the majority of regular shipping free!
to carry commercial cargoes. Thus the unusual demand for shipping
was met by simply putting in operation an additional 6,000,000 or
7,000,000 deadweight tons of vessels.
' It can thus be seen how, useful an expedient of this nature can be
as a factor in stabilizing the level of freight rates.
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The SlUmanned Steel Maker was the first Isthmian ship to dock at the ne^yopened Mystic Docki
in Charlestown, Mass. Port of Boston is now undergoing a big facelifting job to provide more modem
docking facilities like these.
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Seafarers from a number of states are going to run into difficulty when they try to
cast absentee ballots in the coming November elections.
CLOAK AND DAGGER SUSPECTS FRfED — A Federal District
In most cases, inadequate absentee voting legislation, or else no legislation at aU, are Court has refused to grant an extradition order requested by the Italian
.the causes of the trouble. Af
government for two former Army men who were accused of murdering
complete breakdown of ab registration forms are not accept score has been sUiw despite the their superior officer while behind the Geman lines in North Italy.
Aldo Icardi and former Sergeant Carl
.
sentee voting rules as they able in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida great number of men in the US The two men, former Lieutenant
apply to Seafarers can be found Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, armed forces who have been serv, Lo Dolce had been assigned as aides to Major William V. Holohan ^if
Europe and other the Office of Strategic Services, and had been parachuted behind the
for each state in the list that ap Missoiiri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, ing in Korea,
overseas
points
in recent years. German lihes 4n 1Q44 to help. Italian undergrouiid fighters. Subse'*
pears below.
Utah and Virginia, which all re
The SIU urges all Seafarers to quire official state forms, or else The net effect of inaction on quently Hoiohan died on the mission, and Jast year a story was pub
cast their votes in the coming No application in the form of a letter. the absentee voting' problem has lished charging the two aides with killing him because they disagreed
vember elections, and participate South Carolina and New Mexico been to deprive hundreds of thou over which groujpis of partisans to aid. One of the men, Lo Dolce, "con
in the country's selection of local allow no absentee voting at all. sands of soldiers and sailors of fessed" to the Army hut later repudiated'his confession. The men
be tried by the Army because they are discharged, nor can they
and national leaders.
However, Kentucky, Louisiana, their right to vote as well as Sea cannot
be tried
in the Civil Courts because the incident took place overseas.
farers
and
men
in
other
occupa
federal postcard registration New Jersey and Pennsylvania al
tions
whose
jobs
take
them
away
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forms are available to all Seafar low only niembers of the armed from their homes for long periods
PRESIDENT
BANS
WATCH
TARIFF
INCREASE—President
Tru
forces to cast
absentee
ballots
out
ers. In most states, these forms
of time.. This situation also held man mis vetoed a pro'posed tariff increase in Swiss watch movements
will serve as registration blanks side the states.
and as an official request for an Attempts have be/n made in re during World War II when on^ that was sought by American watch manufacturers and recommended
absentee ballot. They should be cent years to liberalize absentee a handful of seamen and soldiers by the Federal Tariff Commission. The President arjued that the
voting through both Federal and got a chance to vote in the 1944 American manufacturers business had increased and consequently they
mailed as soon as possible.
weren't being hurt by foreign condBCtition even though business in
However, the< Federal postcard state legislation. Progress on this presidential elections.
„ However, even in. those states Swiss watches has boomed. The decision was regarded as a milestone
which do allow absentee voting, by advocates of freer world trade and was applauded by American
the Seafarer will find that, in many watch firms that assemble watches with Swiss movements.
Sails Against The Skyline
instances, . he. will . become so
t
tangled up 'inured ta;^ that he will
end up not being ahle to exercise NEW ATOMIC PROJECT IN OHIO—The Atomic Energy Commis
sion has selected a 6,500 acre area in southern Ohio as the site for a
his vote. '
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new plant that will cost over $1 billion. The plant will be the third
MaU Late
gaseous diffusion operation in the country In addition to existing plants
The biggest single factor is that at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Paducah, Kentucky. Gaseous diffusion
many of the "states wili not mail is the process by which uranium in its explosive form is separated
ballots to the voter imtil a short from uranium in°7ts natural form, and is the primary source of atomic
time before election. In such energy used to prime other atomic plants elsewhere in the country.
cases. Seafarers who are out to sea
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CHINESE
BIGWIGS
CONFER
WITH
MOSCOW—A
15man dele
ceive the ballot long after the dead
gation of Chinese military and civil leaders has flown to Moscow for
line for returning it.
Many states will only mail out conferences with Soviet government leaders. Heading up the delega
the ballots 20 or 30 days before tion is Chinese Premier Cbou Enlai, who is the secondranking man
the election. The. ballots must be in the Red Chinese government. This is the first knbwri largescale
filled out,;.mailed back and be re conference of its kind since the winter of 19491950 when a treaty
ceived at the polls by electionday. wa& signed betiyeen the two governments a few months before the
Because of the mails, this will be North Koreans launched their attack into South Korea. The current
virtually impossible in most cases. conference is expected to have important effects upon the Korean war
Seafarers are advised to check and on all of South and Southeast Asia not now under Communist
Using just some of her sails, the Norwegian training ship Lehmkuhl
the statebystate ^ata in
this issue, control.
glides by New York's downtown skyline. The steelhulled vessel
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CAMPAIGN
PLANNING
SHAPES
UP—Labor
Day will mark the
for absentee
ballots as soon
as'pos
yearly visit.
sible.
formal kickoff for the presidential election campaign and both General
Eisenhower and Governor Stevenson are scheduling wide swings around
the country beginning on or after September 1. The General is sched
Digest of State Laws on Absentee Voting Procedure
ule an airplane tour of the South beginning the second of the month
Following is a table setting forth procedures in the fortyeight states and United States possessions with stops at Richmond, Atlanta, Birmingham, Jacksonville, Miami,
governing absentee voting for Merchant Marine personnel.
.
New Orleans and several Texas cities. This wiU be a test of Republican
drawing
poiyer in the Southern states. Then he wUl come back to
It FtdtrtI Pttt Cwri
Earliest Dale State Will Retalvs
Earllut Dstp Stele Will Mail
UtMt Date That Marktd Sallat
Philadelphia on September 4th for a major campaign speech. Governor
Appllcatlea Far Ballet
BPIIM Te Voter
• TATE A»plit*ti«i AtctpUbltf
Will Bt AncataB
Stevenson will start his speechmaking on Labor Day in Detroit and
Alabama
No 40 days before election
21 days before election
.• .. Day of clecUoa
Arizona
*No 30 days before election..,
30 days before'election........ 8:00 P.M. day of election
then will go to Minnesota, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San
'20 days before election out 20 days before elecUon out
Diego and Denver.
.
• No
side U. S., 15 days before
side U. S., 15 days before 6:30 PJd. day of elBctloa
.Arkansas .
election iiiside U, S.
Louisiana
Maine . ......i.
Maryland
Massachusetts* .
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi'
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Yes
Yes
Yes
sNo
'No
Ves
Colorado ...
Connecticut*
Delaware* ..
Florida
Georgia ....
Idaho
nunois
Indiana ... ^
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky*
Nevada
Yes
New Hampshire...... *Yes
New Jersey
'No
• New Mexico
New York*
*»No>
Noi^ Carolina
Yes
North DakoU
Yes
Ohio
SNo
Oklahoma
Yes
Oregon
• No
Pennsylvania
*»No
Rhode island
• South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas ....
Uta^
Vermont. .
Virginia
WaMiington
Vest Virginia
tVisconsin
*./yoming •,
'Puerto Rico
B
baUot*.
25 days before election
12 days before election
Any time
." Soon as printed
Any time
Soon as printed
Any time
30 days before election
90 days before election........ 15 days before election
30 days before election..
30 days befdre election
90 days before election........ 90 days before election
Any
Any time
*>«aaaae»eee«ees'eBe
1 AprU*
Any time
Any time
1 January
Any time
60 days before election
Any time
.*Yes Ahy time*
aeSBBBBBoes
Yes 70 days before election........
ISO days before election out
Yes
• ide U. S., 40 ^ys before
election inside U. S.
Yes Any time
• No 30 days before election
Yes Any time
'90 days before election out
side U. S., TO ^ya before
elecUon inside UT S.
Yes 1 July
• Yes Any time
;
Yes 60 days before election.......
Yes Any time
y* No absentee voting permitted.
• Absentee
voting permitted only in General Election.
• No absentee
voting outside of state, except members of the
armed forces.
• Absentee
voting not permitted by civilians.
• Reinilar
Army, Navy and Air Force personnel are prohib
ited from absentee voting.
• Law may
change before 1952 elections.
• Applies primarily
to dependents of armed forces personnel.
' tBaUot must be voted not later than on or before election
appUcation form is prefe'rable.
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election inside U. S.
Yes Any time
14 May for Primary. 15 Oct. 19 June for Primary. 20 Nov.
for Gen.
for General.*
Yes 90 days before election
About 30 da^s before election S:00 P.M. election day
• Yes 4 months before election*
4 months fore election*
6:00 P.M. day prior to
election*
*Yes 15 September*
15 September*
12:00 (noon) election day*
• No 45 days before election
As soon as ballot is printed.'. 5:00 P.M. day prior to
election
• No Any time
In time to vote and return.. Day of election
Yes 30 days before election
30 days before election.
Day before election
• No 100 days before election....... 45 days before election..,...;.... Day'Of clectlott
• No 60 days beforeelection
v. 30 days before election
6:00 P.M. dayof election
• No Any time
55 . days before election
Dap before election
Yes 1 Apr. for Primary. 1 Sep. for 15 July for Primary, 10 Oct. Day before election
General.
for General.
• No Any .time except 10 days prior Soon as available.
Close of polls, election day
to election.
• No Any time
'
30 days before election..
Day of election '
Yes Any time
days before election.'....... Day of election
Yes 55 days before election...... r. 30
55
days
before, election.
Close
of polls, election day
Yes Any time'
In time to vote and return i Close of poHa, election day
California
13 October*
30 days before electioB.
Day of election
Say of election'
Day of elecUon
;.. 6:00 P.M. day alter election
Day of election
UhOO A.M. 10 Apr. for
Primary
. ,
10:00 A.H. 13 Nov. for
General**
Day of elecUon
: • Day of cleeUon*
Day of election
20 September
60 days before election
i..
M days before election
60 days before election
30 days before election........
60 days before election..,..t..
26 days before election
^
15 October*
70 days before election
12U)0nooB on 3 Nov.*
Day of elecUon.
20 days after elecUon
12:00 (Noon) diw of elpcUon*!
7:00 P.M. day W election
5 dayr prior to sSectlon
lOM .A'Jf. 2 May for s
hrlmary. 10:QO. A.M.'( 14
Nov. for Deneral
4 Decembei'* ' '
' 'Day.of elecUon
In time to vote and return
ballot.
As soon as ballot is printed....
30 days before election
30 days liefore election....'....
90 days before election
outside U. S.
60 days before election
inside U. S.
25 daysbefore election.'
70 days before election
21 days before election
Soon as printed
Day of election J
1:00 P.U day of election
6:00 P.^ day of election
Day of election ''
I Day of elecUon
10th day after electlok
Day. before elecUon
Close of pons, election day
Day of election
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• A
form furnished by state must be used or application
made by letter.
10 Not permitted to vote by absentee haUot In any election.
** Absent person must be wltbin continental limits of U. S. In
order to vote, absentee.
*• BaUot
envelopes must be postmarked on a specllle day.
*• Absentee
baUot can only be obtained at time of reaistratlon.
*» Voted
Voted ballots from MM and C
CC must be received oi; Oct.
31, 1952, for General Election.
*" PoU tax receipt must be sent with appUcation. . .
'• Application must be in hand writing, of applicant.
*' Postage for baUot to voter must bo paid by voter, cs
cept AFP.
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TYPHOID CARRIER INFIMTS 17—^A woman typhoid carrier who
had been working as a cook in a children's 4iay camp in Rockaway,
New York, infected, at least'17, children and workers at the camp with
42 others believed to be particaUy affected. The case recalled tlie
famous "Typhoid Mary" who indirectly caused the deaths of a great
• many people In 1907 while working as cook and kitchen domestic in
various; liwtitutions. The woman in question was unaware of the fact
that she was a carrier and had prepared lunch each day for 300 children
attending the camp. Under New York City laws a typhoid carrier, once
identified, is not permitted to prepare food for anybodv even for family
members. There are 350 such carrier* Msted in the city. Doctors
estimate that one or two out Of every hundred victims .the disOase
become carriers after their recovery.
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• NEW DEAL' FOB MIDDLE EAST PEASANTS—Peasants in Iran
and Egypt who have long carried the wealthy class on their backs are
promised sweeping reforms under proposals submitted in both coun
tries. In Iran, the unpredictable Premier Mossadegh has ordered I'uid
lords to give peasants 20 percpnt of the returns from the crops at part
of a new land reform program, thus increasing the peasants' share con
siderably and paving the way for eventual land ownership. In Egypt,
the new military dictator. General Mohammed Naguib, is,considering
a land reform program to divide up big estates and turn them over
to Egyptian peasants.
SWEEPING CHANGES IN MOSCOW—A drastic reorganization of
the Soviet Government is in prospect as fhe Russian Communist Party
has called an AllUnion Party Congress for the first time in 13 years
to revise the Party setup. One step will be to abolish the Politburo
which for years has been the real ruling body of the country. In ad
dition the Congress will take up changes In the current fiveyear plan
calling for a tremendous expansion of industrial output. The reason
for the abolition of the Politburo is not clear, although some observers
are guessing that the change is designed to solvere problem of suc
cession to Stalin. At present, the Politburo is made up of the top
Communist leaders. Also in prospect at the Congress are revisions of
the Communist Party constitution.
• BRAZIL NEEDS US DOLLARS—Discussions are underway in Rio
De Janeiro and in Washington about a possible $200,000,000 loan to
the Brazilian government. The loan talks grew out of the fact that
Brazil is unable to pay for vitallyneeded imports such as oil and gaso
line. The country is already in hock to the oil Companies for previous
shipments. Attempts are being made by the government to reduce
imports but the debt to US and Europeah countries is mounting
steadily as Brazil imports far more than she exportsi '
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2fi^ Sllf |Cr^ Af^$ Blood Bank Waves Swallow Seaman
SINGAPORE—^Following"an the heels of the'ir brothers from the Steel Navigator, Sea
farers aboard the Steel Apprentice donated their pints of blood to help build up the reserve
supply of the Singapore blOod bank. The Apprentice hit Singapore just ten days after the.
Navigator crew started the
ball rolling by donating 21
SINGAPORE — Seafarer Otto Stefansson, deck mainte
pints of blood in the Singa
nance aboard the Sea tiger (Orion) was lost over the side
pore General Hospital.
The action of these Seafarers
during a heavy sea while the vessel was enroute to San Pedro
aboard the Navigator has received
from Bahrein.,
a great deal of additional publicity
He was apparently lost delegate, said B|rother Stefansson
on , a world scale. The Voice of
America has carried the story over
early in the night of July 23rd, usually , slept out on the boat deck.
Sleeping Out On Deck
its Southeast Asia network and the
Reuters news agency as distributed
it to English language newspapers
both here and abroad.,^
L^al Papers Carry News
In Singapore itself, eight Eng
lish, Chinese and Malay language
newspapers gave the' story great
prominence," with pictures, on two
successive days. Similar treatment
was accorded the Apprentice crew
on their arrival in port.
The mass blood donations orig
inated with the illness of a cook,
Victor Silva, aboard an ,Isthmian
ship last' March. Silva was taken
Off the'ship to th'e hospital in criti
cal condition and an appeal for
blood was made to the Isthmian
line agents, McAllister and Co.,
when transfusions given to Silva
depleted the hospital's short sup
ply of his particular blood type.
As a result, five European and five
Asian staff members donated blood
to help build up the hospital re
seive against future occasions
when the supply might fall again.
Union Asks Aid
• As a means of thanking Singa
pore residents for their aid, the
SIU and the company asked all
Isthmian ship'g crews stopping at
Singapore to donate bloOd lo the
local blood bank for use both by
visiting seamen and the local pop
ulation.
The net effect of the crew's
donations has been" to build con
siderable goodwiik for Americans
in. an area where relations had
been strained because pf.local feel
ing that the US was' responsible*
for the current depression in
Malaya's biggest industry, natural
rubber.
• In the words of E. S. O'Keefe,
Isthmian agent in the port, "Ges
tures like these make a far better
understanding between the peoples
of the world in particular, between
Asiatics and Americans . Favor
able publicity on behalf of Ameri
can seamen I am sure, will help a
great deal and create a better un
derstanding all around. These
boys should be congratulated."
Seafarers from the Steel Naviffator wait their turn to aonate blood.
At the time of the accident tht
ship was in the Indian Ocean just
outside the Gulf of Oman.
Missed In Morning
After Brother Stefansson was
missed, his slippers were found on
the port side of the after boat deck,
together with a broken cot. Ames
reported that he had found the cot
protruding through the boat deck
lower rail at about 2:30 AM but
hadn't thought much about it "be
cause I didn't think that anyone
would sleep out on such a rotten
night." At the time, Ames put the
cot back in place.
Earlier, Brother Stefansson had
mentioned to Francisco Morciglio,
the bosun and his foc'scie mate,
that he intended to sleep inside.
Apparently he changed his mind
and fell asleep on the cot. The
vessel probably hit an extremely
heavy sea and rolled violently, slid
ing the cot part way through the
railing and catapulting Brother
Stefansson into the sea.
Started Sailing At 13
Born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in
December, 1914, Brother Stefans
son started going to sea when he
The active seagoing US mer was 13. By the time he was 28, he
chant fleet took another notch in bad sailed on ships of 8 different
its belt during the month of July flags. His first berths were on Ice
as foreign trade continued to landic fishing vessels where he was
shrink from the high levels of paid $9.30 per month.
last winter. Both privatelyowned He was once, rescued from an
and Goveriynentowned ships were Icelandic freighter that was blown
affected by the trade decline which onto the rocks in a hurricane, and
reduced the active fleet to 1,491 had a "Norwegian freighter torpe
vessels of 1,000 tons or more, a doed from under him during the
war.
new low for the year.
Of this total, 1,278 vessels are He became friendly with some
privately owned, a drop of four SIU membeis and sailed on Isth
ships in the month of July. Dry mian vessels when the SIU began
cargo ships hold an approximate its organizing drive. He stayed
two to one lead over tankers, 830 aboard at the Union's request and.
to 448. The remaining Government got his book in 1946. He then
owned ships still active are all served as a volunteer organizer
on ships of several other companies
dry cargo vessels.
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At the same time, the Govern that the SIU organized.
ment's layup fleet has expanded As Kaepel and Ames said, "he
as more Governmentowned ships was well liked by all his Union
are withdrawU from service; At brothers and was a good seaman
present, the fleet totals'1,854 ships. and a fine shipmate."
but was not missed tmtil the morn
ing call. The ship
had been bucking
extremely heavy
seas, and because
of this did not
turn back to
make a search,
according to Os
k a r K a e 1 e p ,•
ship's delegate.
The skipper
Stefansson'
noted the length
Vf time that had elapsed until
Brother Stefansson was found
missing and pointed out that no
man could have lived in such heavy
seas, Kaelep said.
Slept On Deck
Kaelep and Omar Ames, deck
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Ship Totals
Hit 52 Low
Hospital nurses take down information on blood types after testing.
Singapore Gen. Hosp. doctor takes pint from Captain Parry Major.
SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING
If you're buying for a short stretch and expect to un
load ft when you ship out, resale value is important. But
if you want a car for keeps for the family, an initial sav
After six years of productionof postwar dream cars ing may be worth more than future resale value. For
.under such stirring names as, rockets;hornets, fireballs, example, a new Studebaker Champion costs a little more
ete., the average guy's choice of a vehicle is still a good than a Ford Six but a used Champ is often $100 or so less
than, a Ford of the same year.
used car. Have you priced new cars lately? Yoii'll under
Shady Operators K
stand why more men buy lised cars and ride 'din longer.
The average heap today rollS up 120,000 "miles befoi'e it " v. Even though most used car sellers may be honest, this
gets hauled off to the ^lue factory, in 194#. the average business Is notorious for shady practices, including palm
irig off rehabilitated wrecks and disguised extaxis (which
was junked at 85,000.
,
This year for the first iime you can find 1949 models are. never a good buy for an average motorist).
You can sometimes save a dealer's profit by buying
around the $1,000 mark (sometimes even a '50). In '49
several manufacturers brought but real postwar cars in from a private seller (watch the ads). Tlie advantage of
stead of the prewar models some stili .produced from '46 a dealer if hie'»reliable is that he'll give you a warranty
through '48, and by then .ti^, some of'the bugs in early of the car's condition (unless sold "as is"). Either way.
before you buy get an idea of values byshopping several
portwar cars had been fixed up. !
, Too, fall arid winter are! a better time to shop for a lots and salesrooms.
It's worth taking a mechanic along to inspect a used
used car than spririg when demand and prices are higher.
Cars depreciate sharply their first thi'ee., years of life. car, before you buy it. . If that's not feasible; check it
A Seafarer who buys an almostnew car . for just a few thoroughly youiself. Ask .for a test drive; a reliable
months' or a year's^ use before ffe. ships out again may . seller will permit it. Just be sm*e any paper you may
find, when he goes to sell It that he's lost. several bun., sign before the test is not a sales contract, and also that
dreds of dollars in depreciation in; a short period. The your receipt ^or any "testdrive" deposit provides for a
average car depreciates $500$600 its first year and $3(10 refund if you decide not to buj%
, $40(1 the second. Third year depreciation is $200 and
Find Out the Ills
thereafter it slows down to about eight per cent of rits Try a steep hill and listen W excessive knocking,
current value j^aoh. year—$100 or less.
Notice whether the clutch starts jerisily, chatters or slips
By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS
Buying A Used Car
• .'V:.
Written exclusively for
THE SEAFARERS LOG.
by Sidney Margolius,
Leading Expert on Buying
when you move off in first, which may indicate a worn
clutch. After you've drifted down to ten mph or so, try
picking up speed without shifting into a lower gear. Slug
gish response or bucking may indicate low compression
or other serious defects. Note whether there is too much
play in the steering wheel, frontwheel wobble or noise
of gears grinding. Try a sudden stop to see if the brakes
grab firmly and evenly. See if the emergency holds on
a hill.
Idle the motor to. see if it stalls. Watch the ammeter
to see if the generator is charging the batteiy. and keep
an eye on the oil gauge too. A car whose oil pressure
drops low after tlte engine is warmed up could be a real
lemon.
*
One simple clue is the color of the smoke from the ex
haust. Black fumes may merely mean the carburetor
needs adjusting. But bluish fumes may indicate the en
gine' is excessively pumping oil because of worn pistons,
rings and cylinders.
•
After the drive, take a flashlight and inspect axle,
chassis and engine block for cracks or any sign of welding.
Look for water or oil leaks too. And of course, note the
condition of the tires, although you can now get recaps for
under $10 and even new tires around $15.
Doors hard to close may indicate the frame was thrown
out of line by a collision; very loose doors are a hint the
car had, hard use.
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UNION TALK
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Another case of mistreatment of American seamen in Venezuela has come to the atten
(This is the first of a series of articles prepared bg^
tion of the SEAFARERS LOG. The second incident involved Seafarer Ben "Blackie" Bone
the SIU Director of Organization and Education.)
in the port of Maracaibo, and here again the police and local cab drivers teamed up to give
the Seafarer a rough time. 4
The SIU is now directing its full energies, to the organization of
Meanwhile the SIU receivet
tankermen
in the Atlantic Refining>.fleet.
a reply from the US Consu
Tankermen today represent the oihly segment of the'maritime in
late in Maracaibo on its protest
dustry which does not have proper Union representation, and the
over the pushing around of Sea
evident proSIU sentiment in the Atlantic fleet makes it the prime
farer David Archia in Las Piedras,
target at this time. The desire of the tankermen that the SIU enter
The reply said that American con
the field and work v.'ith 'them to piit SIU conditions on their ships
sular authorities were taking the
is, we feel, a direct tribute to. the longstanding record of achievement
matter up with local police and
rung up by the Union on behalf of the entire membership as well as its
port officials in an attempt to put
many friends in the labor movement.
an end to these tactics.
First arid foremost in this record, is the fact that we have gone into
Watch Out For It
every campaign with all
the resources at our command, and have gone
However, the consulate empha
in to win. And the windup in every case has been that we have come
sized that it would be wise for
out on top every time with the best wages, conditions and benefits
American seamen
going in the maritime industry. For this reason, we can call on plenty
going ashore in
of sawy and knowhow to score' our points because we're in there to
these ports to try
win no matter how long it takes and we do just that right down the line.
to "avoid situa
SlU Means Business
tions in which
they may be ex
There are cases in point in either the tanker or freight field where
Seafarers have shown they meant business^ when they went out to
posed to this sort
of thing."
organize, and never left anyone hfinging in the lurch because the battle
was tougbf.
Bone told the
LOG that he was
You don't have to go'any further in the freight industry than the
aboard the Fred
Isthmian campaign, the 9ne they said "couldn't be won" because the
Bone
New Orleans Fort Agent Lfiidsey Williams (right) accepts several huge fleet was scattered throughout the world and was "untouchable"
erick C. Collin
!Dry Trans) which arrived at original art plaques presented to the Union by Seafarer Bill Smith by unions. "Untouchable" or not, we won on these ships in the largest
(center), as SIU Gulf Organker Paul Warren looks on. \
Maracaibo late in June and an
certification election ever held by the NLRB and today, Isthmian runs
chored out in the river. Launch
all over the world are among the most soughtafter trips on the board
service was provided for men who
when the ships crew up.
wanted to go ashore, and the
Again, in a hardfought campaign we won certification for the Cities
launches were met by local taxi
Service fleet because OS tankermen made it plain they wanted the
cabs.
SIU, and only the SIU, to represent them. Though the beef was hard
When Bone told the cabbie to
fought all the way. Cities Service and the SIU today have excellent
take him to the Victoria Hotel, just
labor relations. The report of the Senate Subcommittee on Labor
eight blocks away, he was charged
Management Relations on the East Coast Oil Tanker Industry pin
three bolivars, about a dollar in
pointed just what the Union had been up against there.
American money. He paid the fee MOBILE—On their travels all over the world, Seafarers It said, in part; "It is almost unbelievable that any Union could
without complaint and went on his run into many different customs and unusual types of art continue in existence in the face of this cbmbination of legal stalling
way.
work, which an enterprising fellow can really turn into a and viol|nt antiunion activity. Certainly a smaller, poorer, and less
HighPriced Ride
persistent Union would have been destroyed." This extract from tho
moneymaker for himself, *
:
Subsequ$ntly, he flagged a cab
Subcommittee's report plainly indicated the type, of campaign the
ness
for
himself, ^side
from
sail
to take him back to the ship. The Brother William Smith ing regularly as a Seafarer.
Union,had to. face in order to survive. The point'is, when the SIU
second driver charged him 10 urned the trick a couple of The art plaques are handpaint starts something it finishes it in proper order. There are no two ways
bolivars for the eight block ride, years back on a trip to South ed after they're made in big rub about it.
or more than $3 American.
Right to a Union
^
America. Now he's got a curio ber molds, and the novelty figures
Bone argued without success
on thOm are embossed almost two Today, any unorganized seaman has the right to seek full union
shop of
his own in
this port
where
that the charge was too much but
and a half inches above the rest representation by an organization devoted to the needs of its member
' finally paid the fee. Nevertheless, he and his wife, Lona, turn out. of the surface. Up to date he has ship, and their families. To return to history a moment, prounion
one of the local cops arrested him originals of art plaques first made sold about 100 of them, many to men. were fired during the Cities Service drive as part of the company's
and took'him to the lockup. It cost in Italy during the sM^enth cen other SIU members.
fight to resist us. But when it wai% over, it had to pay sevqral hundred
bim $16.80 to get out of jail and tury.
Mrs. Smith Qins the shop when thousand dollars in back wages to men who were discharged imfairly,
get back on the ship.
About .20 years ago these plaques Bill is away at sea. He usually sails besides having ta reinstate them in their original jobs. Seafarers aro
In the first incident, as reported were brought to South Amer in the stewards department,' but if always assured their officials will do the job they were elected to do^
in the LOG of July 11, Seafarer ica. by descendants of the same business holds up as he predicts, because that's the only way to do things in a breadandbutter organi
David Archia, steward on the family which had made them in the time may come soon when zation like ours.
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Montebello Hills, was driven 40 speciallyfashioned molds back in he'll be able to retire. The name Thus, to the Atlantic tankermen we say: Your fight is our fighL
miles out into the back country Italy 400 years ago. When Bill of his place. My BiLo Shop, is a We are with you one hundred percent in your struggle for Union con
when he hired a cab to get back Smith saw them, he decided they switch on the first names of Bill ditions. OuTrUnion halls in all major US ports and our headquarters
to his ship. He was then relieved were a good thing and bought the and his wife, as well as a clever in Brooklyn are open to you at all times. When in port, visit our halls
• f an his money by a cop and the special molds in which the plaques way of putting over the idea of and find out what you can do to help bring yourself and your fellow
cabbie, and left to hitchhike his are ovenhaked. Now he has low prices. The place is located shipmates in the Atlantic fleet the "best jn maritime" by joining the
way back to the ship.
them copyrighted and is in a busi here at 1013 Balthrop Street.
Brotherhood of the Sea.
Got Idea in Travels,
Opens Own Business
Cartoon History Of The SIU
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The IVHU Is Lamnehed
No. la
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The ISU leaders had sunk so low during the
193637 strike, they resorted to fink herding
and worked with shipowners and crimps to
hold onto their pie. The East Coast member
ship was fed up with their tricks, and purged
them from office and drove most of them off
flie waterfront
The Commies, trying to take over the ISU
tried to claim credit for raising East Coast
wages to West Coast contract levels. But about
500 staunch AFL seamen, who had never given
up, recruited 1,500 other seamen, and these men
Idocked the Commies' attempt to grab ccmi^ete
control of American seamen.
It was "rule or ruin" and the Commies, well
financed and with powerful propaganda ma
chinery, lautfched the National Maritime Union
in May, 1937. The ISU was smashed and in the
confusion, many seamen were swept into the
Commies' net. The 2,000 seamen still refused
to give up.
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When Merchantmen
Waged War For US
In the recent wars in which we have been involved, the American merchant seamen have
been called upon to sail vmarmed or lightly armed merchant vessels in the face of sub
marines, dive bombers, mass bombing raids, enemy surface raiders and other battle dangers
so that the badly needed sup^
plies would arrive. They have Ignoring the war brig, the but was never able to catch^ the
always responded admirably. Comet closed in an~d began an ac fast Chausseur.
Seafarers have always answered tion that lasted for almost two Relying on her great speed, the
the call of their country, but back days. While holding off the huge Chausseur then proceeded, to St. The crewmemben of an American privateer swarin onto the deck
in the days when this nation was brig, the Comet cut out one of Lucia, where she operated under of an enemy ship. The lusty and hardfig^hting privateers used
boarding parties as their favorite war tactic and not many enemy
still in its infancy, there was one the armed merchantmen, subdued the guns of its forts^ In. fact, on
crews held them off.
big difference; the merchantmen her and put a prize crew aboard. one day she was just about to put
of those days bad a chance to fight All the while, her guns,held the a prize crew aboard a vessel she
Portuguese at „ distance.
had engaged right in front of the Navy had used asan excuse, the merchantmen of the Chausseiur
back.
got close enough to the St.
Early in our history we had a Then, with the large warship fort when a mancfwar hove into complaint that the American ves then
Lawrence,
and waving their cut
sels
were
better
built
and
faster
view and
she
abandoned
her prize.
tiny and ineffective navy, and the still hounding her, the Comet pro
lasses,
boarded
her. Within min
than
English
vessels.
But
this ship,
merchant fleet was often called ceeded to attack each of the other The entire West Indies was soon
utes,
the
St.
Lawrence
surrend
the
St.
Lawrence,
was
a
'former
upon to wage war as armed priva merchantmen and both finally sur buzzing with complaints of how
ered.
American
privateer
that
had
been
teers.
rendered. They were badly dam this "audacious" ship was operat
She was so badly damaged that
One of the crews that turned aged, however, and no prize crews ing along the shores and tio Eng captured by the British.
Carrying important dispatches, the Chausseur didn't even bother
privateer made history in the War were put aboard. The Comet, after lish vessel was safe from her.
of 1812.
making sure her first prize got Her last action of the war took the St. Lawrence tried to run, but to take her as a prize.
At the outbreak of the war, their away safely, allowed the Portu place about 36 miles off Havana, the Chausseur caught her and After her engagement with the
vessel, the Comet, was commis guese to t^e the other two vessels when she sighted a sail and closed closed to engage her. The English St. Lawrence, the Chausseur put
sioned as a brivateer. She was out back Into Pernambuco.
on it. The sail proved to be an opened fire and a desperate 15 back into New York and learned
that tlie war was over. Her mer
fitted with some' ektra guns and This engagement, however, was English naval schooner, just about minute engagement followed.
set sail in July, 1812; to cut up marked by the fact that "un equally matched in men and guns The Chausseur, seeing that the chant crew had earned themselves
English shipping wherever pbssi trained" American merchantmen with the Chausseur.
Englishman carried heavy guns, a record that could be matched by
ble.
stood up to a much larger warship All during the war, the English closed through a hail of fire. The few if any naval vessels.
On her first cruise, she took and won.
three ships as prizes worth a totar
After the engagement, she took
of $400,000. She then ran an Eng two
more prizes, and then, flaunt
lish blockade to refit at Chesa
ing herself
before an English man
peake Bay, and then ran the
Most stories of buried or sunken treasure rest primarily upon speculation or legend, and
she cut two merchant ships
blockade again to get back to sea. ofwar,
come
pretty close to being fairy tales, but every once in a while one comes along that has
out of a convoy.
Naval History
been "proven," and where the treasure, for one reason or another, still hasn't been re
The
English
manofwar,
the
It was on her second cruise that
she engaged in an action that Swaggerer, made for the Comet. covered.
One such story has been ally scraped together enough He found the hull just as he had
made naval history. She" learned The Comet led her on a merry
chase
to
give
her
prizes
time
to
that a group of English merchant
told by a deep sea diver who money to buy a boat and some left it, and then went back aboard
men were in Pemambuco and lay get away, and even stopped while claimed that 'he discovered the salvage equipment, and armed the boat to prepare for salvaging
the fortune.
in wait foir them. When four ves the Swaggerer was in sight and fabulous Santa Margarita—only to
Rock I edge
One of the sudden storms
sels sailed, she followed andclosed chasing her, to engage a third Eng lose it again.
lish
vessel
and
put , a
prize
crew
familiar
to the Bahamas area came
The Santa Margarita, according
in on them. One proved to be a
'.
up just then. The seas rose. The
to records handed down through
large Portuguese brlgofwar aboard hek".
After taking a total of some 27 the centuries, hit a reef off the
wind became fierce. The little boat
which warned the Comet that the
couldn't stand the buffeting and
merchantmen were under her pro prizes, the Captain and crew of the Florida Coast in 1595, and went
Comet were given a more pow to the bottom. She was carrying a
was torn loose of her anchor lines
tection.
erful vessel, th^ Chausseur, and cargo of silver bullion that would
The three crewmen were washed
they promptly elected to make the bring veil over $3,000,000 on to
over the side. The precious chart
English channel their hunting' day's market.
was lost in the storm. The diver
grounds. "
j
drifted for days before he was
The diver in question was work
picked up.
Took on Britain
At the time, th^, English, al ing on repairs to a submarine
No Recoveir
The LOG islnterested in col
though they.., didn't have enough cable off Palm Beach when he saw
After
that
he made a couple of
.lecting and printing photo, ships to enforce it, had declared the rotted hull of the old ship.
futile attempts to relocate the
There
were
large
numbers
of
graphs showing what seagoing a blockade of all American ports.
Santa Margarita, but was never
was like in the old days. All
So, the Chausseur, although she sharks silently gliding around the
successful and couldn't raise the
you oldtimers who have any was all alone, sent a document to area, but he approached the old
money
for a thorough search of
old mementos, photographs of
London declaring that "all the hull and took a good look.
the area.
eaynaK
81 MINI
Definitely Located
shipboard life, pictures of
ports, h^bors, bays, creeks, rivers,
® 'IS.
So, today there is still, some
ships or anything that would inlets, dutlets, islands and seacoast
Through the rotted planks of
where off the coast of Palm Beach,
show how seamen lived, ate of the United Kingdom of Great the hull he saw the cargoes of
over $3,000,000 in silver just wait
and worked in the days gone Britain and Ireland are in a state silver and definitely estibiished
ing for someone to find it. That
by, send them in to the LOG. of strict and rigorous blockade." that the hulk was the Santa Mar
thetreasure can easily be reached
Whether they be steam or sail,
The "blockade" wasn't effective, garita.
by a diver has been/ established.
Cross
shows
the
approximate
around the turn of the cen
but it did upset the English calm After he finished the repairs to location of $3 million worth That the treasure is there has also
tury, during the first world for awhile.
the cable, and was brought back
been established.
of sunken treasure.
war and as late as 1938, the
Then the Chausseur turned to up to his ship, he quietly marked
The only catch now is that no
LOG is Interested in them all. St. Vincent and did set up a block the spot on a chart of the area and with his chart, he wem back to get body knows just where it is—and
We'll take care of them and ade that soon had the merchants didn't say anything to any of the the treasure.
there are many, many submarine
return your souvenirs to you. pleading for an English naval crew about his discovery.
His small boat anchored at the cables covering the bottom of the
aquadg^n. The squadron was sent. It took some time, but he fin spot marked and he made a dive. sea off Palm Beach.
Sunken Treasure Defies Sahmqe
Otfie PhotQs
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Ben is biding his time. Pete Karas Wilmington:
paid off a total of 31 ships In the Bosfon;
rushed off leaving an Unfinished
New York area and signed eight
model of a T2 tanker in the office,
qn foreign articles.
but we expect he'll be back to fin
The following were the ships
ish the job one . of these days.
paid off: Lone Jack, Cantigny, Chi
James Sheeban
wawa. Royal Oak, Paoli, / French
Boston
Port Agent
Shipping has been somewhat on
For the past tVvo weeks we have Creek, Council Grove (Cities Serv . Shipping is just fair right now,
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the
slow side the last two Weeks,
been having such a rush of ship ice); Albion, Catherine (Dry Trans); and doesii't figure to get too much
and there seem to be few pro.s
Son
f
raneiato:
Seatrains
Louisiana,
Savannah
ping for rated men, especially in
better; Isthmian is usin^ • t he new
pects that it will' improve right
the deck and engine departments, (Seatrain); Hastings, Citrus Packer, Mystic Terminal, so her ships are
away. Seattle bffers the best
Claiborne,
Wild
Ranger
(Watc.
that we dop't know where we got
keeping
the
port
from
falling
chances right
now;
the men. With the help of good man); Transatlantic (BoiseGriffin);
One
of
the
reasons offered to
apart
altogether.
We
sure
could
Omega
(Omega);
Yorkmar
(Cah
old New Orleans arid Galveston,
explain
why
business
has petered
use
a
few
g(Jod
Coastwise
runs
the calls werS filled, and all but a mar); Potrero.Hills,^anta Venetia
The coming two weeks look out around here is that Japanese
through
this
port.
(MarTrade);
Michael
(Carras);
couple of the brothers whom we
fairly favorable' for shipping wfth
had persuaded to volunteeft for Kathryn, Frances, Evelyn, Puerto The payoffs during the period at least four payoffs scheduled, al ships have reached the threemil
liontonmark this year," and their
included
the
Tagalam' (Seatrade),
Rico,
Beatrice
(twice),
Ines
(BulL;
jobs were happy about things.
Steel Ranger (Isthmian); Lewis p. Chrlstos M (National Nav) vand the though, for the last couple of weeks rates for hauling ore have been
Accounting for the rush were Emery, Jr. (Victory Carriers); Bar Government Camp and Bradford it was _nothing to brag about.
so low as to drive all American
the Fort Hoskins, Archers Hope, bara Fieitchie (Liberty Nay).
Islaiid (Cities Service).^ All of them We had one lone payoff and no flag vessels away froHi this caigo.
Cantigny, Government Camp, Chi
.. . One Payoff
sign£.d on again. In transit were signons, during the period, plus
wawa, Paoli, Bents Fort and French Included among the signons the Republic (Trafalgar) aiid the six ships in transit. The Malddn
We
had
only one payoff and
Victory (Mississippi) is in port on
Creek, all of the Cities Service were the Hastings, Gateway City, Steel Chemist (Isthinian).
signon,
the
Madaket (Waterman).
Claiborne,
Mobilian,
Citrus
Packer
family, as well as the Beauregard
inactive status at the present time
No. More Advances
and may either take a crew or go This ship^came in clean as a whis
(Waterman), and Republic and (Waterman); Binghamton Victory
On the Government Camp; a into the layup' fleet. We had a tle wit]|i no disputed overtime, no
Federal (Trafalgar), The last two (Bull); Lawrence Victory (Missis
FWT left the ship after payoff skeleton crew standing by on her, performers and the majority of the
were over in Port Arthur. In ad sippi) and Yorkmar.
without standing a watch he, had but it was Uid off when the ship crew is staying on. All disputes
dition, we , had the Strathbay
• Better Service
were handled aboard ship in the
been paid to stand,, so the com
(Strathmore) in for a spell.
We have made, a couple of pany has decided that in the fu went, into drydock for overhaul Union way, and Capt. Fleming had
ing
and
sandblasting.
Well, it seems we called the changes in the offices at head
particular high praise for this
Anxious To, Vote
nTong shot on quarters in the past \veek which ture men will not be paid in ad
ciew. A minor beef on the quantity
vance forwatches
they stand
while
Most
of
the
membership
on
the
this, and that the we expect will provide for better
of milk aboard was taken up with
ferryboat run is service to ithe membership. We waiting for a relief man to'arrive. beach is anxiously awaiting the the company and squared away to
This
may
cause
inconvenience to
balloting
on
the
proposed
consti
finally at an end. have naoved the headquarters office
men who do not tution, and from the various the satisfaction of all hands.
Loud was the and the patrolmen's counter down
foul up, but it opinions expressed around here, In transit to the port we had the
wailing and weep to the second floor next to^ the
shows why the the voting in this area is going to following; Fairhppe, John B. Water
ing when the sad shipping hall. This will be muqh
members
should be heavily in favor of the changes. man, Alawai, Raphael Semmea
news i:eached the more convenient for the member
(Waterman); .Massmar, , Calmar
fulfill their obli
H. J. Fischer
crew of the Fed ship in the settling of beefs, check
gations under
West Coast Representative (Calmar); Striithport (Strathmore);
eral, but though ing records or the handling of any
Jefferson City Victory (Victory
the contract. The
• t 4> ^
a few of them problems which the members wish
Wlrti
necessary discip
Carriers) and the Seapender (Or
piled off when it their headquarters representatives
ion).
linary action for Philadelphia:
was corroborated, she loaded and to take up.
this
particular
While she was
sailed full up for Philly.
This move also provides for
man
has
been
waiting
at an
Brennan
Among the oldtimers we've had closer association and contacts be
recommended
to
chorage for
bunk
around the beach here recently tween the membership and its offi
ers
and
paint
for
headquarters.
were W. Johnson, H. L. Meacham, cials, which we*^ believe Is as it
the ,
crew's
quar
Another
beef
came
up
on
the
Ted Weaver, C. Gann, A. Fruge, should be. In addition, it will give
Shipping continues to move at a
W. W. Hughes, J. Mitchell, H. M. us muchneeded space for handling Bradford Island, wherethe bosun fair pace in this port. Coastwise ters, we finally
Ward and H. C. Wirtz, the latter a the Vacation and Welfare Plans, was butterworthing • ^en he should tankers have been taking a num got a washing
Keystone Stater who sails in the which we all know is of vital im have been supervising. This in ber of rated men off the beach, machine installed
stewards department, and joined portance to the Union and its volved 16.hours of overtime, and thus practically stripping us of on the Strath
was paid to two ABs who were many ratings. The foreign runs more. The com
the SIU in 194^ after a hitch in membership.
low on OT for cleaning tank holds, calling here are mostly intransit pany had stalled
Wilson
the army. None of these men were
as agreed upon by the deck dele ships, but we do have to have re for quite awhile
Resolution ^ad
allowed to stick around very long,
as most are married men and must The last headquarters branch gate and the men concerned.
placements for several men occa on this, but after we took it up
with the master and the agent,
work pretty steadily so that, the meeting witnessed the third and
. ^Brothers Doing Finer
sionally.
family can have all the things it final reading of the resolution on Our brothers in the hospital We had a littlebeef on an Isth they hustled ashore and found a
needs and requires, a condition we the proposed new SIU constitution, were all coming along in fine style mian ship the othep day which suitable machine in short order.
heartily subscribe to.
and the reading of the report of when we saw them, particularly was squared away before" the ship The membership here also went
constitutional committee elected George N. Clarke, who is improv left ^rt. There seems to be a on record to thank the Secretary
Gulf Oldtimer
by the branch membership. Since ing after a recent operation. Tom practice going on whereby men Treasurer and all Port Agents for
On the Beauregard we ran into this resolution and report were Brennan, Ken Ainsleb and a make deals with" the captain to get the wonderful job they did on the
one of our oldest members, Ray accepted by a majority of the mem brother who prefers to remain on the ship in a port, and then,^ drafting pf the proposed ainend
mond Ferrera, but better known as bershipi the resolution will be anonymous each donated a pint of after signing articles, arrange to eff SIU constitution and the work
"Blackout," who is quite well voted on in a coastwise referendum blood for George at the Brighton get time off so their pay does not done at the agents' conference.
known around the Gulf. For many during the' next 30 days.
Among the other topics discussed
Marine Hospital, when a call came start until they rejoin the ship.
years he sailed as bosun from In order to keep up and continue for donors. We take our Wi; off to
Consequently, the ship makes at our meeting was the question
Tampa, until finally one day he
these brothers for their fine action. her run along the coast with a crew of what happens when a member
decided to give Tampa a break the expansion of the SIU, and im
prove
and
protect
the
rights
and
Now on the beach, Stan Green shortage. We replaced four men who quits his ship catches an
and moved up to New Orleans.
benefits of all members of our ridge is out of the hospital and on this vessel and are going to other one In his next port. As
The labor news is spotty. About Union, I recommend and urge that will soon be in shape to ship out. make sure that these ships have a far as we can see, he still per
the only thing in the fire is the every member who casts his ballot He said he received the best of full crew complement when they mitted his original ship to sail
AFL garage mechanics still wait vote "yes" in favor of accepting care at Brighton Marine. Ben leave this port. This is a practice short and his fine should stand.
ing on the NLRB for the word on tbis proposed constitution.
Some of the members were hazy
Gordy is still looking around for that has to be brought to a halL
the election at the Ford dealer's
on tbis point, but we pointed out
A. S. CarduUo
^
Claude Simmons^ a good ship. We keep telling him
joint here. We hear the dealer is
this was done to prevent port
PMIadelphla Port Agent
Asst. Sec'yTreas. any SIU ship is a good ship, but
really putting up a scrap to keep
hopping from becoming a habit.
the union out but can't see what
Native Califprnian •
he expects to gain by it.
One of the members on the
Leroy Ciarke
beach now is brother Gal J. Wil
Lake Charles Agent
son, a Seafarer since 1944 and a
native Californlan, a real rarity in
l 4* . i ' •
these parts. He was on the Rio
ing from July 31 to Aug. 13
run for quite a, while and likes it
Nev^Vorfc
SHIl^ SHIP. TOTAL as his favorite port, but since his
REG.
REG.
REG. TOTAL S«IP.
PORT
DECK, ENG. STEW. SHIPPED marriage he has taken to the Yoka
DECK ENGIFTE STEW. REG.
hama. shuttle for a fast trip over
92 and home.
34
31
Boston
27
79
30:
28
"21
Cal has seen many changes in
534.
179
218
137
New York ..
614
233
220^
161
Shipping and business both have
the Union's structure in the last
127 seven years, and marks the welfare
36
40
31
64
37^'
3T'
40
dropped off some in the past two Philadelphia
weeks, but this does not mean that Baltimore ...
405 and vacation setups as a giant
158
146
101
363
124
136
103
things are at a standstill.
forward for seamen. While
Norfolk .....
28 .
22
77 stride
194
27
»• • • • • • • 85
!
52
57
discussing the constitution resolu
A bookmembcr can get out in a
19 ,
14
45 tion the other day, Cal remarked
77
24.
28
25
12
reasonably short time if he is not Savannah %..
too choosy about the type of ship Tampa
;
8^ •
•
•
,
• 9 that, "the Union has again stepped
2
38
16
.9
h
forward and streamlined the coiisti
or run that he takes, and there
60
57
54
171 'tution to keep up with rapidly
Mobile .....
207
66
73
68
are stillqiiite a few open jobs gor
Ing off the board to psrmltmch.
75
273 changing conditions. It's a great
297
88
.
loo;
New Orleans
99
101
97
a member of the most.
Judging from the schedule of ships
53
132 feeling to be
84
157
• 45
Galveston ..
• *7
, 59
51
forward, militant and farsighted
due to arrive here for payoffs frotn
189 Union in the maritimeindustry."
* 69
^ 65 •
55_
. long runs in the next two weeks,
• 03 ^ 46
46
• IW
West Coast .
Sam Cohen '
shipping should pick up iionslder
725
752
577
X Wilmington Port Agent
' ably. During this past period we
673
2,320
Lake Charles:
Ferryboat Leaves Gulf,
Heads For Philadelphia
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over two years. It was like a cool Galveston:
serves a proper answer. If we. only Seattle:
Mobile:
ing breeze when we reported that
consider the temperature inside
work would begin the next morning
the hall and the length of the read
on installation of airconditioning
ing, it might be said that one or
units in the hall, and that there
two readings at most would have
was a chance the job might be
been sufficient.
Everything is moving along
For the next two weeks, shipping completed by the next meeting.
Shipping is holding up well for What we want to point out, how
Thanks were extended to the rated men, but otherwise there's ever, is that this action was taken mighty fine right now, and we hope
will be running on much the same
basis as the past two weeks, or Just brothers in other ports for their not much good that can be kaid to ^sure full protection to those it keeps up that way.
cooperation in concurring with the for it. We had very little activity on "the ships and unable to be Two Waterman ships, the Fairisle
about holding its own.
present at a reading, that we made and Jean Lafitte, and two Ocean
• During the past period, the fol resolution from New Orleans re in here the past two weeks.
lowing ships paid off: Alcoa Fen questing an okay for aircondition
There was one lone payoff and the maximum effort to conform to Tow motorships, the Gadsden and
nant,, Cavalier^ Pilgrim, Boamer ing of our hall. At the same meet signon in the port during the all possible constitutional require the Alaska Spruce, were paid off
and Clipper (Alcoa), plus the Mon ing, the members here unanimously period, the Neva West (Bloomfield). ments. If it had been required that and signed on again. In transit we
arch of the Sea, Maiden Creek and concurred in the report c£ the In transit were the following: W. E. we have 25 readings like this to had the Yaka (Waterman), plus the
agents' conference and the pro Downing (Mathiasen); Royal Oak, make sure that everyone possible Massmar, Calmar and Marymar
iWorning Light (Waterman).
The signons included the Alcoa posed constitution. All members in Lone Jack, Winter HiU (Cities have a chance to raise a question (Calmar).
Pennant, Runner, Pilgrim, Roamer this port have expressed them Service); Seatrains New Jersey, in regard to the new document,
OT Sailing Beef
and Clipper (Alcoa), and the selves in tavor of the constitution New York (Seatrain); Steel Flyer then we would have had 25 read
There was an OT beef on the
Maiden Creek. In transit were the and feel it is another step forward (Isthmian) and tfife North Platte ings.
Fairisle because the sailing board
Alcoa Partner (Alcoa),^ Del Viento in the forward trend of the SIU.
Appreciation Voiced
Virtory (Mississippi).
was set for midnight, and then they
(Mississippi) and Antinous (Water
Things are pretty slow on the Finally, a word of appreciation failed to set sea watches at noon
Keep in Touch
man).
waterfront right to the ntembers who have been on a holiday. We got the dispute
All members are urged to keep
Fuli Support
now, but there's taking these Ore ships because we settled in favor of the crew because
in contact with the Union's; action
The branch membership is 100 through the LCX? and Union offi
hope they'll pick know several longstanding beefs they should have' set the sailing
percent behind the Union's effort cials; now that'We are in contract
up soon. Our sometimes make things uncomfort time at 12:01 or otherwise set sea
to block the Order closing the negotiations. At the present time
watches at noon.
branch got itself able for those who ride them.
USPHS hospital here. Everyone is no strike action is contemplated,
a little publicity Our thanks to the members who The wiper and the chief on the
quite upset with this move, since hot in the event we have to get
in the local press take these jobs regardless of the Lafitte raised a row because they
it came as somewhat of a surprise. our agreement the hard way, all
the last couple of present conditions. Incidentally, were grinding and packing winches,
Among them Is members should be fully informed
days when word we have scheduled a meeting with which is deck engineer's work;
brother William on the beef and be teady, willing
got around that officials of both Ore wd Calmar This time is pending, but will b6
Howell, who's and able to see it through to a suc
,
.
the SIU In Gal with an eye to squaring away the settled shortly.
Wallaee
'been sailing as a cessful conclusion. Brothers leav
veston was due causes of the disputes on these Some members
Seafarer in the ing town should have their name for a new hall.
ships.
have been slow
. steward depart placed On the LOG mailing list One of the brothers on the beach
Earl Sheppard
in getting to their
ment since 1945. to keep in touch.
Baltimore Port Agent
who is eagerly awaiting' the new
jobs when dis
Brother Howell The strike situation here has hali is Earl C. Wallace^,/who joined
patched to a ship,
• .says he "never about just cleared lip with the ex the Union in 1945 khd 'ships as
and on the inter
thought I'd see ception of beefs involving the bosun. Earl was very active during Savannah:
coastal Calmar
the day that the teai^ers, CIO workers in the Blue the 1946 strike in Portland, Ofegon,
ships, some guys
Howell
marine hospital Plate Food Co., and an independ but missed the Isthmiatf beef be
have refused to
in Mobile would close dowu This ent union of ferryboat workers cause he was nt sea during the
work when they
hospital had been taking care of on the Jackson and Louisiana fer time.
; .
; ,
hit this area and
'Markham
merchant ,seamen and federal ries'operated by one of the BisSos. He's one of those who was ready
pile off even
There's
been
no
change
in
the
workers: for 109 years, and with
when nobody is available as a re
The latter outfit struck for higher to plunk down his 2()buck assess
out so much as a daTa notice, was wages after the AFL Masters and ment for new buildings almost as outlook for shipping here, and we placement. These men must them
can't say
we expect
any in
the near
shut down." He noted that now Mates went on strike against the soon as he heard we'd won ap
selves make sure that a replace
"if you need hospitalization, a sea Alters Public Service Co. and got proval on the building resolution. future.
ment is available from the hall
The
High
Point
Victory
(South
man arriving in Mobile must go to better pay and working conditions. He, like all of the brothers ship
Atlantic) is expected to pay off and and if one isn't around, have to
New Orleans for treatment."
For the present time it look^ like ping from here, says we can't get go into the boneyard in Norfolk. wait* until they hit a port that can
• A storm of protest has been these ferries will be tied up for that building working too soon be
The Southwind (South Atlantic) is give them one. Otherwise, they'll
raised here over, this. The Union
cause the branch really needs new laying up temporarily for 30 days face charges.
a
long
while,
as
the
only
way
they
has notified all the Representatives can ,, settle the strike is to boost quarters badly.
Kept Pledge
due to a lack of cargo, and many
in Washington about it, ,«nd they the rates, but the people olf Gretna
Krtth Alsop
of
the
guys
are
set
to
wait for
her
Now serving as AB on the
have given assurances they will do
Galveston Port Agent to crew up again.
Spruce, brother Julian Markham is
everything in their, pdwex: to set are. not in favor of this move. They
4»
4^ •
We paid off two ships and signed one fellow who said hewas going
aside' this, order. They, know the can use the Algiers ferries and the
Huey Long
Bridge
just as
well.
on
one during the last period, but t» quit drinking a couple of years
Baltimore:
SIU is behind them 100 percept.
Plenty of Beefs
got men off the beach as replace ago and lived up to his pledge. An
Cat Tanner
Before the strike there were
ments for the Bienville (Water SIU member since 1947, he now
Mobile Port .^ent
plenty of beefs by the people who
man),
Julesburg (Mathiasen). lives in Portland, although he is
used the ferries to have them
Southstar (South Atlantic), Steel originally from North Carolina. He
New Orleans:
eleaned up and repaired, but no
Director (Isthmian) and an SUP served^ as ship's delegate aboard
soap. Now that the workers are We have just seen the best ship ship, the Chestatee.
the Seacomet (Orion) for eight or
demanding more money, the com ping in this port for the last couple
Besides the High Point, the ships nine months, and then on a Calmar
pany is asking higher rates so they of months. For the first time in a due in are the Southport (South ship for four months, all the time
can raise wages and repair the considerable period, the meil Atlantic), Marina (Bull) and the doing a fine job. Although he's
ferries. It wasn't too long after the shipped have outnumbered those Seatrain Savaimah (Seatrain).
not the delegate on the Spruce, we
Activity has been pretty fair MM&P struck that they got their registering.
At our branch meeting, several know that with men like him we
since the last report, and the out demands, so it seems these inde
Since the last regular meeting, of the brothers took the deck to will always be able to keep the
look for the next couple of weeks pendent outfits ought to get we had 13 ships pay off, 18 ships give a vote of thanke to the mem SIU on top.
is okay too. We will crew up the wise and join up with organiza sign on and 10 calling in transit. bership in other ports who helped
Jeff Morrison
Del Alba and Del Monte (Missis tions that can give them the com
Many nf the members have asked make it possible for the Savannah
Seattle Port Agent
sippi), which are now in drydock bined support of all waterfront why the proposed new constitution hall to have airconditioning in
4.
^
undergoing temporary repairs, and organizations.
had to be put through three com stalled by the next meeting.
may do likewise for the Sunion
Llndsey J. Williams
Tampa:
plete readings at our shoreside
E. B. Tilley
(Kea) and Tainaron (Actium), also
New Orleans Port AA^ent meetings, and the question de
Savannah Fort Authority
'here on idle status
Paying off since the last report
were the following: Alcoa Puritan
(Alcoa); Del Alba, Del Sud (Mis
sissippi); Antinous, Beauregard,
Things are pretty slow here,
Chickasaw (Watenrtan); Marie
with only coastwise ships passing
Hamill (Bloomfield); Catahoula
through occasionally.
Sam Cohen. Agent .
Terminal 42974 PcfRT COLBORNE
103 Durham St.
SIU, A&G District
(National Nav),; Wanda ^ (Epiphany)
We had the Chickasaw (Water
HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. BUyn
Ontario
Phone: 5591
14 North Gay St.
, SECRETARTTREASURER
TORONTO. OnUrie
86 Colhorne St. man) in last week, with no beefs
and the Tainaron. The hignphs in BALTIMORE
Earl Sheppard, Agent
Mulberry: 4540
Paul HaU
Elgin 5719
cluded the Alcoa Puritan; Del BOSTON ...J.
ASST. SECRErARYTREASURERS
VICTORIA: a C..... 817V4 Cormorant St. and everything in fine shape, as
278 State St.
Lloyd Gardner
• Empire 4531 well as the Florida (P&O), which
Campd, Del Viento, Del Spd (Mis Jamea Sheehan, Agent Richmond 20140 Robert Matthews
Claude Simmons
VANCOUVER. E C
565 Hamilton St.
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141
sissippi); Beauregard and iMarie GALVESTON.
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE
Pacific 7824 we visit the 20th of each month in
..308V4 SSrd St.
Joe
Algina
SYDNEY.' N.S
304
Charlotte St. Miami. The boys on her are work
Hamill.
Keith Alsop. Agent
Phone 2 B448
Phone 6346
LAKE CHARLES. La
.1419 Ryan St.
In transit we had were the Alcoa LfeRoy
SUP
BAGOTVILLE. Quebec
20 Elgin St ing 'hard on their working rules,
Clarke. Agent
Phome 65744
Phone: 545 in order to present them to the
Pilgrim, Cavalier, Corsair, Pennant MOBILE
16 Merchant St.
1 South Latnence St. HONOLULU
37 Ormont St.
Phone 58777 THOROLD. Ontario
Tanner. Agent
Phone 21754
(Alioa); Steel Scientist, Steel Di Cal
Phone: 33202 negotiating committee and see
522 N.W. Everett St.
NEW ORLEANS
82X BienvUla St. PORTLAND
113 Cote De La Montague whether they can be improved.
rector (Isthmian); Dei Campo, Del Llndsey WUIIams, 'tgent
Beacon 4336 QUEBEC
257 5th St
Quebec
Phone: 27078
MagnoUaS1126113 RICHMOND. CALIF
Viento; Seatrain Louisiana, New NEW yORK..
Most of the talk here centers on
Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN
177 Prince WUliam St.
4tb Ave., Brooklyn
Jersey, Georgia (Seatrpin); Monarch
N.a .
Phone: 23049 the Union eventuallj' getting a
450 Harrison St
STerUng 8T467] BAN FRANCISCO
Douglas 28943
NORFOLK
127129 Bank St.
of the Seas, Mprhihg Light, Beau Ben
retirement clause in our Welfare
2700 1st Ave.
Bees. Agent
Phone 41083 SEATTLE
Great Lakes District
Main 0290
regard, Maiden Creek (Waterman); PHILADELPHIA
Plan, though the membership is
:337 Market St.
440 Avalon Blvd. ALPENA
Market 71635 WILMINGTON
•
133 W Fletcher plenty pleased with the rapid gaink
Longview • Victory (Victory Car S. CardttUo. Agent
Terminal 43131
SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrlaon St.
Phone: 1238W
riers); George Lawsoh .. (Pan H. J. Fischer. Agent
875 4th Ave.. Brooklyn BUFFALO. N. Y
Douglas 25475 NEW YORK
ISO Main St being made in each report on all
STerling 84071
ttt Ponce de Leon
Phone: Cleveland 739: phases of the Union's operations.
Oceanic); Southern Counties, SAN JVAN. PR
Colls, ^ent
CLEVELAND .. . .734 Lakeside Ave.. N£
SouthenuStates (Southern Trading). Sal
Generally, we'd advise anyone
Caiidclian District
Phone; Main 1U14'<
SAVANNAH
...H Abercom St.
DETROIT....
1038 3rd .St who's looking for a quick trip to
E.'
B.
TiUey,
Agent
Phone 31728
MONTREAL
863
McGUI
St.
Long Overdue ^ '
Headquarters Phone: Woodward lm87
UArquette 5909
,.3700 1st Ave.
At the last regular meeting the SETTLE
. . 531 W. Michigan St steer clear of this port.
Jeff Morrison, Agent
Seneca 45'70 HALIFAX. N.S
12844 HoUls St OULUTH
Phone: Melrose 24U(
TAMPA
...
.
18091911
NFranklin
St.
Phone: 28811
membership receiired a report that
' Ray White •
3261 E 92nd St
White.V^rat
. nione 11323 FORT WlLUAH.,..11814 Syndicate Ave SOUTH CHICAGO .
had been iPoked 'forward to fof Ray
Tampa Port Agent ^
Phone: Essex 82410
WILMINGTON. Calif, 440 Avalon Blvd
Ontario /
Pl)pne: 33221
Membartliip Aroited
Over HespHal dedng
New Hail Oa Ww, Bai
Slour la fietfiag Hero
Don't Pile Off Unless
Yon Have Replaeennnl
Shipping SlowHp Hoi
Likely To End Soon
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Gonstitatloa Readings
Guaranteed Preteelien
While Talks Are On.
Alvrays Kee|i in Tench
SiU HAtL DIRBCTQRX
Coastal Hans Are Only
Break In The Moaotony
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IN THE WAKE
mdiT. Avtpmnn^mt
MEET THE
SEAFARER
STANLEY JOHNSON, chief cook
Sallort who ei^rienced those large tonnage, heavy armament
violent sea storms before many and relatively high speed for that
Experience shows that even toe fered a chance to see a lot of in
people knew about them coined the period.
slightest taste of nonunion condi teresting places in 'outoftheway
name tornado, which is a switch
t
»
tions
is enough to make confirmed comers of the world.
on the Spanish word tronada for According to Scandinavian sagas, Question: If you ever became a prounionists out of most men the
Sailed CS Tankers
thunder . . . Simiiarlyj typhoon, as Biom and Eric the Red discovered beachcomber away from your home first chance they get.
port where would yon prefer to be?
used today, is the seamen's garbied Labrador about the year 1000. Jolin
Johnson, a native of George The Advantages of sailing with
version of taifung, Chinese for the Cabot rediscovered the region in (Asked of Seafarers on the SS town, British Guiana, began work the SIU were brought home to him .
cyclical storms which raged in the 1497, but the most probable theory Angelina by Luis Ramirez, FWT.) ing during toe war for a contractor concretely one time, he asserted,
China Sea and the islands of the on how. this British territory re
on nearby Trinidad who was build when he began sailing Cities Serv
ceived its name is that it stem's
Pacific.
ing lendlease bases for the US. ice tankers soon after the CS
from the Portuguese word for W. J. Swartjes, AB: Buehos Aires One day, he decided to move on, agreement was won. They wai^
% %
The term Spanish Main was laborer. Records show that the is toe place I'd like to be in if I so he signed on as a messman oh just two. days out on this first trip
had my choice. a US army transport in port at when the chief engineer started
originally applied to the Spanish explorer Corte Real in 1500
The
life down the time.
brought
a
cargo
of
natives
to
Por
. '
• haidtiming him about a fire that
colonies on the northeast coast of
there is pleasant
had gotten started on the range,
South America between the mouth tugal. Apparently the king was so
Shuttle Run
and
you
can
in the galley because • to(; whole :
pleased with
them and
the thought
of the Orinoco River and, the Isth
always depend on As fate woul^ have it, he didn't thing was crusted wito grease.
mus of Panama. It distinguished the that he had come into the posses
some kind of .a get too far away, because for 17 "It wasn't too serious, just smok
Spanish colonies on the mainland sion of another slave coast from
job turning up to months the transport was running ing a little, but this chief started :
from the island possessions in the which natives might be exported
keep^
you alive. a shuttle service between Army to order me around and tell me, 1
to
other colonies
as
slaves that
he
West Indies, and was later extend
B e s'i d e s, the bases on the islands, carrying food shouldn't cook a certain way as
ed to the Caribbean Sea and ad named the place Labrador, or
climate is perfect and troops from one installation to that was causing all the trouble. I .
jacent waters, including the route laborers' land.
for me and I can another. Working conditions were told him to stick to worrying about
taken by Spanish vessels between
buy
all
sorts
of
things
cheaper, nothing like those he sails under his boilers, but he kept it up until
Spain and the New World. The The seven seas is a figurative
today, however, because, among I got sick ot it and said I didn't
i
4
term
denoting
all
the
seas
and
application of main in this sense
other things, overtime was some have to take. that from him cer>
T. Weber, deck
engineer: I think
was natural, however. In the 16th oceans of the world, usually said
thing only a privileged few ratings tainiy, and while he was suffering
Scotland
would
be
a
nice
place
to
to
include
the
Arctic,
Antarctic,
century the ocean was frequently
were permitted, and they worked from lack of Union representation,!
called the main sea or simply the the North and South Pacific, the be in. A seaman mmm
a sevenday week with one da/off I wasn't; .
is highly
respect
' '
North
and
South
Atlantic
and
the
main.
in theory only most of the time. "We wired the ' Union hall in
ed'
there,
and
Indian
Oceans.
But
the
term
was
t, t, i,
Then, one time when he was off Lake Charles and had this guy put
Landlubbers who want to show used long before some of . the Glasgow is a
in Trinidad, Johnson called it in his place properly so that even
off their familiarity with sea terms oceans named were known to the large city which
quits and headeif out to the docks the captain'admitted I only took
will refer to a squarerigged sailing inhabitants of Europe and Asia. It has everything
to see if any other vessels were orders from the steward or him
vessel as a windjammer, but this appeared In toe literature of toe anyone cou Id
in port. He ran into the William self, but not from any black gang
desire
for
work
term is just almut the poorest ancient Hindus, Chinese, Persians,
McCIay, an Alcoa Liberty, which officer who^fanci^ himself a chef.
or
pleasure.
I
Romans
and
other
nations,
each
'choice as far as the man brought
just. happened to need an extra This chief didn't'bother anybody
admire toe
beau
up in sail is concerned. Windjam timeindicating different bodiegof
hand
in the galley, and took this after that, and maybe even learned
tiful
hills
and
water.
Right
near
Venice,
Italy,
mer was the steamship man's dis
ship into New York,'arriving there to respect the Union because it
paraging way of referring to a there is a group of saltwater scenery around there, The only right
in toe middle ofthe 1946 stood by its members all the way,
sailing ship
..Scoot has long lagoons which the Romans called trouble is that it rains a lot.
General Strike. It was here that We appreciate that kind of treat "•
4*' ' 4^ "4^
been abandoned as a sea term and septiun maria, the Latin phrase for
Jose Rivera, chief co<rii: Where Johnson got a chance to find out menti' and' that's: why we're 100 • '
ir only used ashore today in the seven seas.
else
but New York? You can find what a union was all about for the percent behind the Union every >
sense of hurrying or moving fast.
t
»
all toe
advan first time, and the revelatio.ns of time."
'
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Originally it canie from the Dutch A ship's compass will ordinarily
tages there that fered a welcome relief from the
Future Uncertain
' '
be kept in a binnacle, a special
word schuyt, to sail fast.
a beachcomber conditions he sailed under previ ""What,the future holds Johnson :
housing constructed of hard wood
i 'if
d r e q m s about ously.
isn't too sure, but he expects he'll *
Dreadnaugbt, or dreadnoughf as or nonmagnetic material for just
and there are a Since then, he's been on toe J)u gb^ for steward by next year and _
It is also spelled, is an old adjec that purpose. At one time this
vthousand'ways to ropean run, to West Africa and a probably eventually 4)each himself ;
tive meaning fearless, dreading housing was known as the bittacle,
make an honest coiiple of times to the Far East. for a while .to take some formal*
nothing, used to designate a type varying according to the Spanish
dollar.
The peo He also made the cruise run on training in . telegraphy, or maybe :
of battleship at one time thought or Portuguese spelling. Aptly
ple are not as the old sis Washington for East radio too. He's got a full bug key *
to be the ideal." The type wats enough, it ultimately came from
bard to deal with ern, to. Bermuda, Nassau aiid. lie at home in' Geowtown that he '
proposed in 1903 by an officer in the Latin habitulculum, or dwel'
as most people back, and did an 11month stint used to play arouiid with quite a;
the Italian navy, but was first ling place ... Meatless days aboard
on Cities Service tonkers running lot; and he's been toying with the'
brought into being by the British ship used to be known as banian would seem to think.
coastwise and near foreign.
idea of taking up telegraphy full
4>
4^
or
banyan
days,
and
usually
came
with the HMS Dreadnought, the
prototype of the class launched in on a Thursday. The Banians were Tony Acosta, BR: I'd prefer San The best trip he recalls was a time. He'd probably settle on be
190e; That same year the US built a Hindu sect of traders and mer Juan because beautiful girls are 'rouQ.dtheworld . trip with ' the ing an. operator aboard ship,
Steel Rover late in 1949i, which, though, since you ''just can't beat;
ihe USS South Carolina and the chants which abstained from eating easy to come by
there,
and
for
besides
providing a fat payoff, of the life."
USS Michigan. They combined meat.
a ' nonhandsome
man like me that
cpmes in handy.
Food is not much
of a problem and
the people are
The fighting on Tulagi, Guadal sels were sunk 4>y Uboats almost:
ACROSS
DOWN
Part of a pro 34. Trivial
peUer
easy to deal with.
canal and Florida Islands became within sight of her coast . . . Japs:
How SIU voted 1. Periods of
37. Make happy
on new Halle
time
22. Members of
The weather is
hotter as the American forces landed on New Guinea, stirring up:
39. Only middle
crew
Island in the
2. Clothe
name on $1
hot
most
of
the
forced a showdown fight, which new battles . . . Japs tried to land;
Aleutians
bUl
3. Penin. Nav.
23. Port 3,129
year, but you can beat the heat.
could have meant control of the a strong flanking force in the Sol,
miles from NY 40.
ship
It's worth 53
Maker
(Track C)
Gsthmian)
cents in Uru
group . . , Police began cracking omon Islands and were beaten off
deucey
4"
4"
4^
guay
24. Had a snack 41. Visit, as a port
5. Export from
Frank Zanandd, oUer: Beach down on those drivers who did not after losing over 13 ships . . . Se
Bolivia
Compass point
25. Navy metal
42. Results of sea^
combing is a wonderful experience. have Federal Car Use tax stamps lective Service agreed to adopt an
6. Wearing a robe
smiths: Abbr.
voyages
Plant shoot
7. What all Sea 27, Great fright
43. Quick drink
Each place you on theif cars . . . The SIU made SIU proposal that postcards be;*
Blore,
44. SmaU fish
farers do
29. Pass rope
stop at leaves you several proposals to the WEB that placed on board ships so that mer
actor
8. Quick look
through block 45.
Victory •
0. Sooner than
30. A famed set
Girl's name
(Victory Car
with plenty of would protect the rights of torpe chant seamen could notify their
10. Title of re
of initials
riers)
Products of :
memories. As for doed seamen... The Ul^ Air Corps," local boards of their activities
spect
31.
Adherent
of
46.
Chief
Island
of
the BME
11. Oceans: Abbr. 32. Bashful
WaUis Islands
me, Fna married, after getting established in English while signing on vessels . . . The.
school
17. Watch this in
.and my wife and bases, began its raids on France. RAF continued to pound Fran^
18. '• FootbaU' in
Puzzle Answer on Page 25
LOG
Britain ,
in night raids.
I agreed to do
^4 A t
20. Above
pur beachcomb An amphibious force of Marines
f
4 i
21. Animal seen
at sea
ing together.— at raided Makin Island ... A large It was reported that an un.,
22. Come together
home. But once force of Canadian Commandos, precedented amount of mosqui.
33. "Seafarer —
Says"
in a while you along with English Commandos toes in New Jersey, larger than .
20. Listed
get
that
feeling,
be it Istanbul, and American Rangers, staged a ever before, lyere disrupting toe
Angry
28.
30. What some
Hamburg, Venice or Genoa. Should raid on Dieppe that most of toe v/ar effort because they kept both
reefs are
world thought was the beginning ering workers in : defense plants
I say more?
32. Views
of an Invasion of the French coast and then by keeping toe workers
33. What helms
,
4>
41
4
man does
Emllio Ramos, FWT: For one ...The SIU met with'Army and awake at night . . . US submarines
34. A saU
35. Bill carrying
thing I can't see becoming a beach War Shipping Administration over bagged a record high of four Jap,
Hamilton's pio
beefs about the Army throwing anese ships in the same day ..
comber anyway,
ture
out the SIU contracts after takiiig National income was reported up,
36. Depend .
but if I'd have to,,.
38. Large tiVcrs
over some ships. . The Army re 31 per'^s; oye? 1941 , . . The SIU,
I would prefer to
41. Bacteria in
fused to budge, despite a "state hit attempts to cut the salaries of.
pollutecL water
be in New York "
42. BeUef
ment of policy" so the WSA prom all Canadian merchant seamen ..
at the time. You
43. Where Blue \
ised that it wouldn't turn any more The Yankees werte eight gamesout
fields is
see, I consider.
47. River in Eng
ships over to the Army, . . . The in front" while the Dodgers led
New York my
land
• fighting InlEgypt still continued to their league by three games . , i
second home
48. Image
49. At that time
Williams of Boston led his leaguo
seesaw.
town,
and
there
Compass
point
50.
by batting .344 while Reiser of
I'd be sure to
4 4r 4.
51. What cook
does to spuds
Brookljm led tba National League .
Brazil
declared
war
on
the
Axis
find aU
the faciU
52. Greek letters
poweri after several of her vesr in batting witl^.32&
tiea I could hope foi>
13. ReUtive: Abbr,
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TEN YEARS AGO
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SEAFARERS # LOG
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Published biweekly by the Seafarers International ITnion, Atlantic
i A Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel,
STerling 84671.
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' pAut HALL, SecretoryTreasurer
Kditor. HsiweaT BKAHD; Uanapino Editor. BAT 'DEHISON: Art Editor, BKBHAXB
SEAMAK: Photo Editor, D/otm. NiLVAStaf/ Writers. HEEMAII ABTHUB. liwni anVACS
A«t PEKTAIX: Gulf Area Reporter, BILL HOODT. •
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' Atlantic Next!
Annouip^^cemeht of the SIU organizing drive in the Atlantic fjnion WjfS iV©
Refining fleet is undoubtedly heartening news to unorganized
tankermen everywhere, for fhe SIU means the best. The ^Forgaiten Hen^
suretocome success in this drive will add hundreds more (Ed. note: The author, hospiseamen to the evergrowing ranks of the best represented, talized at Manhattan Beach for
some time, was recently chosen
best paid seamen in America.
'
SIU delegate at the hospital by
The postwar organizational policy of the SIU has achieved his fellow patients. In recognbsome striking results since it was fiirst set in motion early ih tion of his carefully thought-out
1946. In those few brief years the Union has more than analysis, we are taking the libdoubled the number of companies under contract, including ery of.reprinting his lengthy rethe signing of Isthmian and Cities Service^ which stand out marks in. their entirety.)
as the greatest postwar achievements anywhere in maritime. To the Editor:
In its early weeks the current campaign is meeting with To every Seafarer the LOG
enthusiastic response. It's obvious that the word has gotten is of tremendous importance.
around'about the advantages of sailing with the SIU, because Through its columns he leams of
the business of his Union and the
the men in the Atlantic "fleet have Shown themselves eager health
of the maritime industry
to join up and bring to their ships the fruits of a Union con in general.
He is advised of pend
tract.
ing and proposed legislation af
That doesn't mean that the company will be signed next fecting him. He is informed of
week or the week after. There's still plenty of timeconsum new techniques and equipment be
ing work to be done before that day arrive^. But the SIU ingdeveloped for greater effici
organizing team is certain that Atlantic will come in like all ency and safety at sea.
These, and more many phases of
others thie Union has gone after. When that happens it will his
are presented to
mean Jhe seamen of one more company will be "traveling him livelihood,
in an interesting and easily
first class"—SIU style.
understood manner.
X
This is as it should' be, since the
As I See It
better informed we are, the
by PAUL HALL
stronger our Union will be. How
ever, all these things are the im
The Coast Guard report on the SlUmanned Southern Isles mediate concern of the Seafarer
ODAY UNITED STATES spite tremendous opimsition in .
disaster confirms the trend of testimony all along, pamely who is active. What about tbe
shipping is experiencing a re high government places,
that the cooverted LST was overloaded with the full knowl Seafarer who is^ hospitalized?
cession
due to world trade condi
In this latest attempt to snipe
Welfare Section
edge of the ccHhpany and was unsuitable for bulk cargo
tions and there is nothing any at US shipping, as in 1949, the SIU
In
each
addition
of
the
LOG
a
operations.
union or individual organization will be in there fighting to protect'
As stated in the report, the company bears a good share section is given over to the wel can do about such a situation. But the jobs of American seamen and
fare
of
the
membership.
The
aver
of the responsibility for the loss of . 1*7 crewmen. "Yet part of
Seafarer, if he is active, con: there are certain outside forces at the merchant marine as a whole.
' the fa'ultlies with official agencie's that permitted thSse ships age
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suits this section of the paper to work which could worsen the situ
, to go into Jjulk cargo service without fully testing their
find ' out if any ation. And here is where some
HERE
ARE STILL SOME
capabilities.
Seafarer he thing can be done, and your Union
who
may find
it hard to un
The fact remains that nothing said in the report can ever
might know is most Certainly intends to take a derstand why the SIU has gone
vigorous
part
ih
this
respect.
in the hospital
into the business of paying ma
undo the damage already done. We can only hope that it
It never enters For example, several nations are ternity benefits. It's generally
will lead to tighter safety regulations and less tendency on
his mind that one presently maneuvering here in an agreed that this is a pretty revolu
the part of an operator to disregard the safety of the crew
day his own attempt to buy ships from the US tionary thing for a seaman's union,
for the sake of a few more tons of cargo.
For the past two but when you look it over you can
name might ap Government.
pear there. One years, nobody has been able to pur see that it's a natural step consid
day I\ made it, chase bottoms from this country, ering the changes the Union has
and here's what because of the" expiration of the made in the Seafarer's life.
DriseoU
Ship Sales Act. Now these people The large number of maternity
I
found.
As everybody knows, injuries are frequent on shipboard. In November, 1949,
are trying
to get special legislation benefits being paid out by the Sea
I was hos
Whi^re the injured man feels the company is responsible, he pitaliMd for tuberculosis.
At that worked out that would permit the farers Welfare Plan shows how
will file suit seeking just compensation. In such cases sworn time, a hospitalized Seafarer re sale of our ships to them.
false is the notion that seafaring .
statements of his, shipmates will have great bearing, since ceived $3 per week for one year. During the fiveyear existence of men of today are not family men.
these cases are handled through Admiralty courts where When he had exhausted ^ese the Ships Sales Act, the legitimate And as the Union continues to pi
weekly benefits, he was given $5 maritime nations whose tonnage oneer in this area of security, the
written affidavits are accepted as evidence.
The doubtful procedure in one such' case involving the per month for the duration of his had' been destroyed by the war opportunity for our members and
Robin Line was called" to the attention of the SEAFARERS Iiospital period. Consider this as were given an opportunity to re seamen generally to lead more
compared to today, when a hos build "their fleets. They have been stable and normal happy lives will
LOG by a potential witness. The eagerness of the company pitalized
man receives .$15 a week able to do this, as any table of increase.
lawyer to get favorable evidence is und^standable, but the not only for
one year, but what is figurek on the relative strength of
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methods he employed are bound to raise questions.
of vital importance to a man fac the maritime nations will show.
ALKING
ABOUT FIRST
What took place in this case as iti' the Pron case, which ing a long period of illness, as Now along come these johnny
class citizenship reminds us
; was repqrted at length in the LOG, should serve to caution long as he is in the hdkpital.
comelatelysguys from nonseafar there is one importantant feature
SEAFARERS. Before issuing any sworn statements to any
'Just Didn't Happen'
mg nations, who want to buy 8, that the Seafarer is lacking, his full
body they should consider what they are doing in the light Now all 'this just didn't happen 10, 12 or more of the Government right to vote. The sad facts arc
of the circumstances of the ease and the conditions under overnight. Because our Union af owned ships. Permitting such a that only ahandful of states have
fairs are administered by a group
any decent kind of absentee ballot
which their testimony is being taken.
of humane and forwardlooking deal means the Government would setup. This means that the Sea
t
i
^
be
giving
these guys
ships
at
bar
men, a wellthoughout, hard
farer, whose occupation compels
fought and hardwon campaign gainbasement prices, and the him to be away irom home a large
green
light
to
cutrate
the
life
out
was instituted some years ago to
part of the time, is being deprived
obtain
these benefits for our mem of American shipping.
of the democratic rights that are
The value of SIU welfare and vacation benefits was never
We intend, to throw our weight rightfully his as an American citi
better illustrated than by the case of Seafarer Luther Milton. bership.
It has become increasingly pop against such a move. The Union zen.
, This week Milton collected three different benefits at once ular in recent years to classify any and its Washington representa The Union resents this situation
totaling more than $400 because he had had a short stay in program of human welfare and tive will vigorously oppose any strongly "considering that there's
^ the hospital, his wife gave birth to a baby and he collected betterment as "creeping socialism." special legislation to scuttle US no real excuse for it. The SIU has
^ vacatiorr pay accumulated.
These critics might well ask why maritime operations.
arranged thinga aw that every Sea
'
Before the SIU fought for and won its benefit system, a man in a Government hospital A sample of the Union's ability farer has an opportunity . to par
Milton Would simply have been but of luck:: it would have needs $15 a week anyway. The to conduct a successful campaign ticipate to Union affairs and to
is thisi
of this nature on the legislative vote in our Union referendums
meant being in the hospital and a new baby arriving with answer
Because our negotiating com front was evidenced in 1949, when and elections.
not a cent coming in to pay th^'bUls, As for collecting vaca mittes have kecured for our 'mem we were in the foiefront of the If the SIU can do it. Uncle Sara
. • tion pay—he would have had to whistle at the companies bership the best wages in the mar battle to win the provision that 50 ought' to be abie to also. We in
long and loud to no avail.
, •
;
itime industrj', it has become pos per cent of all Marshal Plan car tend • to keep reminding our na
«uj. ijiiiai s
air
fiat's changed
dianged now thanks
gains. T^ey sible for a member to establish a goes had to be carried in American tion's leaders of that fact until
really pa^ off when it counts nioSt.
(Continued oh pitge 21)
< bottoms. That battle was won de some action is taken.
More Safety Needed
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Benefits Pay Off
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SlU ships hit every rnqjor port in
the world. Cities like Yokohdrrio,
Alexondrio ond Homburg ore ,os
fomilior to Seoforers os Moin Street
bock home.
This photo story on Rotterdom is
the first of. o series whicfvwill deoj
with the mojor ports fomilior to
Seoforers.
Rother thon give o tourist view of
the ports, the stories will try to give
on ideo of the cities ond the people
<is Seoforers see them. Undoubtedly
they wijl bring bock memories to
mony Seoforers of their fovorite
hounts ond pleosont hours oshore.
Seafarers leay^ the SlUcontracted Hur
ricane during its stay in Rotterdam to
spend some time ashore.
iiiiii"
itff.v..,The ipverrpresent. "bumbpate"
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Horhor briijgin^
[,'
cold «oda to the.shipg.
Rot; .
Rotterdam, the largest port on the European continent, is
usually filled with ships of all flags, which load and unload
at pfers or while moored out in the istream.
Frld«r. Ami m IMS
Botterdam—^the largest port on the European con
tinent, the entrance to the worldfamous home of
the dikes and windmills, and one of the favorite
ports of call for Seafarers.
A bustling, thriving port it has undergone a con
siderable face lifting in the form of new building
to repair the ravages of the war, but is still one of
Europe's busiest ports because of its amazingly ef
fective system of inland waterways and canals that
link it with most parts of interior Europe. .
. At the same time, its easy water access to the
^orth Sea without the use of any locks and its con
centrated maze of railway connections help make it
the busy port that it is.
Seafarers Like It
From the Seafarers' viewpoint, the reasonable
prices, pretty girls, good entertainment, and friend
liness of the people make it one of their most
popular European ports of call.
As one of the regular stops for scheduled SIU
manned vessels from East Coast and Gulf ports, as
' well as a popular port of call for the nonscheduled
SlUmanned tankers and freighters, Rotterdam is a
place with which most Seafarers are familiar.
Meeting Places
Before the war, the famous Schiedamsehie Dijk
was the recreation center for seamen, but' this was
destroyed during the war. For a while after the
war,'The Half Way House was one of the Seafarers
favorite rendezvous, but now most Seafarers seem
to prefer meeting at the Coney Island or Tudor Bars
in the Delfshaven section—just a short distance
from Merwe Haven where most of the Waterman
ships dock.
At night, the Cascade, Habanero or Ambassadeur
seem to be popular with the SIU men, as well as
the Mae West Bar on West Zee Dijk or Chinatown
which is the Katendtecht section of Rotterdam.
Discourse, the Seafarers know that ,they can
usually find copies of the SEAFARERS LOG at the
Dutch Seamen's Union on Heemraadsingele N., the
Pacific Bar on Sdmsbreweg, the Top Hat Bar on
Aldenbarnevelof^traat, and from L. Pleysier on
Bei je rlandschelaan.
Camera Fan's Delight
For the Seafarers who carry cameras with them
or_ just want to see some of the country, with its
flat farmland, < canals, dikes, windmills, local cos
tumes and woodeh shoes, a taxi ride to the coimtry
to the west of the city seems to be a must.
Most Seafarers report that they like to take a taxi
and go about 20 miles outside the city. They prefer
going out along the south side of the Maas, on
Stadien Weg, and theu come back to town on the
north side of the river on S'Gaven Weg or one of
the other main roads. A trip like that is a pleasant
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way to sp^nd an entire afternoon, including stops
to take pictures, and the fare usually runs about $10.
But even within the city Itself, the many canals
with their low, flat barges and treelined sides,
always make interesting camera and sightseeing fare,
while the large numbers of bicycles, one of the
main means of transportation, always makes an in
teresting' spectacle. One Seafarer noted, "Gosh,
there's bicycles all over the place. They even have
special streets just for bicycles."
People Friendly
As one Seafarer said, "The people over there have
Always looked at the sea as a respected profession*,
i^d so they're usually real friendly' and happy to
' of help to a seaman."
tt the same time, Rotterdam with its theatres,
fei^aurants specializing in that substantial and tasty
luVch food, many nightclubs, sightseeing possibili
es^ and general allaround amusements, is known
as one of the comparatively cheap European ports
of call. Most Seafarers report that the prices are all
reasonable.
Of course, the famous Dutch beer and the pert
Dutch lasses known for their beauty, always help
make Rotterdam an interesting place.
It has been said that "God made, the world, but
the Dutch made Holland for themselves," and it
comes close to being truth. The country which lives
from farming and produces most of the milk and
dairy products used by the US armed forces in
Europe, wolild have very little land if, it weren't
for its ingenious system of dikes and canals.
Reclaim Land
About onefourth of the^ country's area is below
sea level, while the average height of the country is
only 34 feet above sea level. This would ordinarily
mean' a tremendous loss of land, but tjie Dutch
manage to keep the sea out with' their dikes and even
go one better with such projects as their present
reclaiming of the land under the Zuider Zde. Here,
dikes .'were constructed and the sea drained out, so
; that when the project is flnished, about 380,000
acres'.will have been added to the land area of the
country. ^
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A sober, clean andindustrious people, the Dutch
have been hardpressed to rebuild their country
sincethe war, but they still are known to Seafarers
"as friendly and fair hosts. In fact, so much so that,
together with the comparative low cost of living
there, some Seafarers maintain their homes, .there;
At the present time, a number of Seafarers have
theirfamilies living in Rotterdam or just outside
the city.
Today Rotterdam is booming once more and^the'
port and city seem to be on their way to an impor
tance even greater than they enjoyed before the war.
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A quick snack can be had'(upptwr left) at a sort of automat on the street. A canal barge <upper right)
passes under a raised bridge. The main traffic problem, bicycles and motorcycles (lower left) scoot past a
traffic cop. Even florists'delivery boys (lower right) rely on bicycles.
,
iicycles found in Rotterdafn. Most
rticulady the d>utch»spe(^ties.' Ri" '
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Pas* Siztera
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THE
LABOR
ROUNDUP
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Russia's "merchant" training ship was allowed to leave Genoa Harbor
For obvious reasons tankermen face special fire hazards which do
after a Russian embassy official rushed there from Rome to pay a
not exist on dry cargo vessels. A small fire aboard a cargo "vessel could
$1,280,000 repair bill. The vessel, the converted 6,402ton German
be of little Import, but a spark In the wrong place on a tanker could
tanker Mitelmeer seized during World War II, is used as a training
ship for Russiap "merchant" seamen. While in Genoa, she had cabins,
blow the ship and crew to kingdom come.
aqtiaircraft guns, magnetic , compasses and other equipment installed,
The fire hazards on a tanker are greatest when cargo Is coming
and then an official refused to okay the repair bill. Italian police im
aboard, and somewhat less when It is being discharged, but in either
The organizing strike of the In pounded the vessel, and then the embassy official rushed to the city
case the hazard is not to be taken lightly.
with payment.
ternational Ladies ^Garment Work
Several Precautions
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Army
Corps
of
Engineers'
divers
went
down
to
examine the wreck
Therefore when a tanker ties up there are several basic precautions
Some 15 of the 55 nonunion shops of the tanker F. L. Hayes in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal to
that have to be taken. Once the vessel is secured the ^adltlonal warn have already signed contracts with
ing goes up on the gangway: "No open lights, no smoking, no visitors." the union. The other 40 all belong see if the bodies of any of the four missing crewmen were dtill aboard
before the second attempt to remove the wreck from the canal got
The sign is coupled with a red flag by day and a red electric light at to the newly organized "Independ under way. . . . The new MSTS troopship Geiger began her trial runs
ent Association of Women's Ap off the Atlantic Coast before being turned over to the Government. .. •
night.
parel
Manufacturers."
The luxury liner Maasdam made her maiden voyage to New York.
If the ship is transferring Grade A, B and C products (these are the This association
offered to throw
socalled inflammable oils which give off inflammable vapors at or in the towel for its 40 members
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Five • pleasure fishermen were rescued from Boston harbor by a
below 80 degree?. Fahrenheit), before anything is done all fires aboard and sign a contract through the
the ship have to be put out. To be on the safe side, it's advisable for association, but the ILGWU re tanker after their 40foot fishing boat was in a collision with a Coast
everybody to wait until the chief personally reports that all's well in fused to deal with the organiza Guard patrol boat in the harbor. The Coast Guard vessel managed to
tion because, the union said, "we limp back to her base'but the fishing boat sank. . . . The 7,000
the fireroom.
Several other precautions have to be taken before operations can have no such faith or trust in the deadweightton motorship Vuikan, the newest addition to the Hamburg
American Line, completed the eastbound portion of her maiden voyage.
proceed. For one, the scupper plugs should be in place. Otherwise leadership of this organization."
Tlie union offered the 40non
if there is a spill of oil, the cargo will run over the side creating an
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additional fire hazard in this harbor and polluting harbor waters. With imion operators two choices, either
The Vulcania and the Satumia are expected to disappear from the
join one of the legitimate employ New York scene next year whe'ri the new Italian Line vessel Andrea
the plugs in place, any spillage ^can be bailed up by the crew.
ers'
associations or sign up indi Doria goes into New York service. The new 27,000ton liner is expected
Grounding the Ship
vidually.
to be joined by a sister ship within a'year after she begins in service.
Also the ship has to be grounded so as to prevent any sparks from
The Vulcania and Saturnia, meanwhile, are expected to go into the
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static electricity in the ship or on shore. This is done with a bonding
Mediterranean cruise service.
wire which is attached to the ship inside a gastight switch. Its other After nine months of "negotiat
4"
4"
4"
end has a "U" clamp which is made fast to a dock fitting. Once the ing" with employers who wouldn't
switch is closed, any sparking will take place within the gastight even discuss their demands, the The Maritime Administration has announced that a total of 467 mer
Authors League of America and chant vessels have been returned to mothballs since the MA stopped
switch cover. .
After these prelimmary precautions have been taken, the hose is the Screen Writers Guild went on carrying Marshall Plan cargoes at the end of March. There are still
connected to the manifolds with the use of plenty of gaskets and bolts. strike against 13 TV producers. 143 vessels from the reserve fleets still in active operation, but all
of these are involved in carrying military cargoes. The MA; said it
Drip pans are placed under the points of connection to catch any
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does not foresee any need in the fail for taking more ships out of
leakage which might occur while this is going on. However these pans
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lockedout
employees
mothballs
since it expects that privatelyowned vessels will be able
should not be used as a substitute for correcting a permanent leak.
of the magazine Consumer Reports to handle all the planned Mutual Security Agency shipments, including
To make sure that everything is understood on both sides, the signal went back to work after ratifying coal and grain.
system between the ship and the dock should be carefully checked. an unprecedented settlement. The
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Tlie various cargo valves, master valves and other valves also get Consumers Union and the News
a going over and are prepared for the transfer of cargo. When loading paper Guild of New Ydrk ended Customs collections In the Fort of New York for the year ending
or unloading gets underway, it should be at slow speed so as to give an their long dispute when the maga June 36,totalled $278,966,767. Customs collections In the Port of
opportunity to make another check for leaks and to see to it that the zine guaranteed the employees reg Houston set a new record when they reached a total Of oveir $12,000<»
proper valves have been opened. If the tanker is loading and the ular wages and retroactive pay pro 600 for the year ending June 30. . . . The 10,000ton passengercargo
ullage holes on top of the tanks are open to permit gas to escape, they vided by the contract signed last vessel Beaverlodge will join Canadian Pacific's transAtlantic service
have to be covered by flame screens which are simply a fine wire year, as well as stipulating that'the at the end of September.
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mesh that does not permit the passage of flame. The same holds true employees would have a chance to
^for vent pipes or flue gas valves.
The Military
Sea Transport
Service has announced that It
has hauled
make up at. overtime rates, all
over
3^,000,000
tons
of
cargo
to
the
Far
East
since
the. start
of the
Attending Mooring Lines
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wages lost during the lockout.
Korean! war. . . . "The San Francisco bay area ports set a record for
Since a tanker will ride lower and lower in the water as it loads,
foreign travel during the last year by handling imports and exports
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and vice versa, the mooring lines require a good deal of attention to
Three weeks after the steel totalling 4,488,000 short tons, valued at $757,568,000. . . . Hie Mppon
let out slack or take it in as needed. The hose connected to the shore workers returned to work under a Yusen Kaisha Line has increased its TokyoNew York service from one
installation has to be watched in the same fashion and also care must "memorandum of agreement." ne to two ships a month. It has added four new motor ships to the run,
be taken to keep it from being pinched between the tanker and the gotiations still continued with all the Surabaya Maru, Ryazan Maru, Shoun Maru and the Eiken Maru.
dock.
major companies. One company
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Other obvious precautions include the use of__yaporproof lights on remained struck and another
The liner
Lurllne started
to leave
San
Francisco for
Hawaii, but had
deck, with light bulbs enclosed in gastight lamp covers. Repair work brought on a wildcat strike. While
to drop anchor In. the outer harbor and wait for six hours while ac
invplving tools should be avoided, but in case it is absolutely neces still talking about^ the localprac cumulations of mussels were cleared out of the vessel's plumbing, "rhe
sary, the tools employed should be sparkproof, made of substances like tices section of the contract in an mussels had apparently Invaded the ship while she was tied up In
copper, brass, rubber or plastic.
effort to get the companies to San Francisco during the 63day SUP strike.'. . . The largest self
In the event a tank spills over, or a hose bursts, all cargo transfer abide by their word, the union unloading limestone carrier ever built for Great Lakes service has
operations have to be halted immediately, and the spill bailed up by charged that the companies were begun her dock tests. The 666foo.t John G. Munson Is designed to carry
the crew. If any sizeable amount of the spill has gone over the side assigning the men extra duties and 20,000 gross tons of limestone at about 16 knots.
because a scupper plug was not in place, the local fire department trying to make them work harder
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in an effort to make up the wage Some 322 passengers on board the Uruguay were treated to a night
increases they had won.
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in swank Virginia hotels and a day's sightseeing through Williamsburg
at the expense of Moore MacCormack Lines. The Urdguay struck a
With all these precautions, and' everything in good working order
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on hand ready for instant use. Hoses should be connected to hydrants begun talks with the,Bituminous News for repairs toat took some 12 hours.
and other extinguishers should be on hand for speedy use.
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Coal Operators Association on a
If a fire should break out on a tanker it is still possible to bring it new .contract, representing the The Maritime Administration has taken possession of. the 18,000
under control with the aid of modern fire fighting equipment. All northern coal operators. The grosston liner Monterey, after paying the Oceanic Steamship Company
tankers have steam smothering systems which will often smother a fire. union's 60day notice of contract $3,098,000. Her sister ship, the Mariposa, was turned over to the Matson
Water sprayed on a fire through a fog nozzle which makes a very fine cancellation leaves them" free to Navigation Company. The fitovemment had taken both ships over during
spray will have the same effect as a steam smothering system, and strike Sept. 20. The southern the war: when the company tried to reconvert them Into cruise liners.
very large quantities of water are sometimes effective on black oil operators have, also received a It sued the Government for what it said were redelivery obligations.
fires. But the best way of fighting an oil fire is with a foamtype ex notice of cancellation that would The money paid was an out of f ourt settlement of the suit, along with
tinguisher, and some tankers are so constructed that the foam can leave the union free to strike them the purchase price for the one liner whfbh the Government again plans
be pumped directly in the tanks for best effect.
to put into service as a troop transport.
on Sept. 30.
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€eafarer John "Bananas" Ziereis, who has had
o long and varied career aboard ships, has taken
time out to go back through his scropbook of mem
ories and give the LOG this collection of pictures
which highlight his career.
Jack's career spans 30 years of sailing private
yachts, tankers, passenger vessels and freighters.
Jack also enjoys the distinction of being a charter
member of the SlU, where,, he soys, he.'s enjoying
the best conditions of any seaman in the world.
In 1923, Ziereis was one of the "dots" in the
rigging of millionaire financier Arthur Curtis '
James' yacht Aloha (top left). At left Ziereis
was billed against Chris Wallace in the main
bout aboard the Munargo in 1924. At center
left, Hereis smiles while at the wheel of the
Cythera, Harkness' yacht, in 1926.
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A group of Ziereis' former shipmates hold up
the lifering of the Salina, a West Coast tanker
that Ziereis sailed aboard way back in the year
1926.
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Bosun Ziereis as Old Father Neptune (in back,
" " V ground) gives the polywogs a real going over as
• the old Del Sud glides ov^ the Equator in 19^.
Ziereis, right, sporting a beard after a long war
time run, relaxes with his brother, Joe, left, and
a pretty Miss in good old New York City.
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SEAFAKBRS toe
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Stl) TopS'^Cotumnist Tetls Crew
Crewmembers of the cruise ship Puerto Rico had a sur
prise guest at their last shipboard meeting when labor news
columnist "Victor Riesel addressed the group. Apassenger
on the cruise ship, Riesel took+
time out to come down and Reminding his listeners that
there are still some who coiTsider
congratulate the Seafarers: of the
seaman a secondclass citizen,
That In ad early days mt aun ing, four of the 48 are known as
worship, sacrificial offerings of commonwealths,' while all the
human hair were made to the rays others are known as stateis. State
of the sun, believed then to be and commonwealth have about the
the solar hair? The crackling of same meaning, but commonwealth
hair and the . sparks which some originally indicated more of'self
tUnes show in the dark—due to government than state. Kentucky,
the Puerto Rico for being part of he declared that anybody who saw
electricity, we , know now—were Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and
a militant and clean Union, the the shipboard meeting, in action
believed to show that hair was re Virginia are the exception^.
would quickly give up that idea.
siu:
lated to the sun's activities.
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Riesel spoke to the Puerto Rico The SIU has made many gains,
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TThat fish
are
unable
to close
crew after sitting in on the meet he said, and in the course of get
That a VicePresident of ae US their eyes and do not sleep in the
ting
them
has
had
to
dish
oiit
ing and complimented the group
once resigned from that office? ordinary sense of the word? Ex
quite, a few lumps and receive
for their knowledge of parliamen them too. Fortunately, he said, the
During the administration of An periments have shown that fish are
drew Jackson in 1832. VicePresi more active at certain times and
tary procedure and the manner iiT SIU and SUP are clean unions, run
dent John C. Calhoun was elected that these periods of activity are
by
the membership
and
have
good
which they conducted their meet
to fill a vacancy in the Senate followed by periods of inactivity
leaders.
ings.
from his native state of South which, though variable in degree,
He recalled that his own father
Seafarers Aid Others
Carolina
and chose to keep that can be compared to sleep in the
yiotoF
Riesel
He told the members that unions had been a representative of a
postinstead.
sense of a .rest from active body
like the Seafarers are the heart small union but that he had been it as it is, a clean and progressive
functions.
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and strength of the organized labor killed by mobs intent on taking outfit.
That membership action requires
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movement that was helping white over and taking control out of the At the conclusion of his talk he aat
every
Seafarer
registered
on
That
wheels
with paper cores
hands 'of
the
membership.
was warmly
applauded by all crew
collar workers and other groups
the shipping list must^ittend every were used on railway passenger
get organized and win the gains He urged the crewmembers of members present.
regular SIU meeting until he. gets cars for many years? It was
Eddie Candill
that have been obtained by men the Puerto Rico never to get cyni
ship? The name of any man thought these wheels would have
cal almut their union but to keep
Ship's delegate
in the various crafts.
registered on the shipping list who several advantages over steel
does not participate in Union af wheels, since the paper would ex
fairs' by attending these meetings pand and contract with changes
is removed from its place in the in temperature and deaden the
list. Absence from a meeting is sound of the moving cars. Al
Reading in the LCXJ that you wanted old pictures and documents relating to seafaring L excused under certain circum though these wheels were used for
25 years or more, they were aban
looked around and found some of my old discharges off the Great Lakes which reminded stances.
doned
around 1920 as impractical.
me of my sailing days on fresh water. _ ,
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That problems arising from any
One of them which I am
operation of the Seafarers Welfare That It Is possible to havie rain
Plan can be cleared with .a mini bows by moonlight? A moon bow
sending you was put out by
mum
of red tape through the new is an unusual but not a rare phe
the old" Department of Com.
SIU Welfare Services Department? nomenon well known to scientists,
mercC and is the only one from the
Questions and claims for any wel although it is not often obseiwed
Lakes ever issued me by that body.
fare benefit can easily be squared because of the faintness of the
light. It is most likely to occur
Formerly you were "issued" an
away through this department.
after
showers on nights when the
$
^
$
entry in a fink book put out by the
moon is bright but not high in the
That
there
are
really
only
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Lake Carriers Association which
states in the Union? Strictly speak1 ueavens.
was a companysponsored setup.
Later on the Copeland book re
placed it and thea at the insistance
qf our seamen's unions, the Cope
Bnd book was paired with the
Certificate of Identification issued
by theDepartment of Commerce.
There's always plenty of stories going around about the
Union Man's Choice
seaman
who wants to settle down on the farm, WeVe got
Every seaman had his choice of
a couple of gentlemen farmers in our midst, one x>f them
which document he wanted. It w^s
being Lou Soslovitz. He re^
a sign of a union man, or one lean
fuses to plow behind a mule gray around the tmnples. But he '
ing in • •that
direction, to see him
however^ so he has to do it always has a smile to greet you . . .
"pack" the' ID certificate as the This old discharge was off a Great Lakes ship operated by Hie Great the hard way . . . Mitch Mobley is Henry Principle now sailing coast
another one who's been talking wise on the Antinous as electrician.
Copeiand book was in as much Lakes Transit Corp.
disrepute as the LCA fink book good for "expectant" women and horses" for the black gang. The about going back to Florida and ... There are a few Seafarers who
buying a little patch of ground to don't believe in ship's funds. May
was. Both books supplied too much
wife was "thataway," Poor entire fleet was under Government raise vegetables. He says he can't I suggest you see Mrs. Johansson,
space for entries about the indi his
woman; she didn't even get a snif
and'had to keep moving get rid of the cracker sand in his stewardess on the Delta Line and
vidual seaman. If he was a union ter of it. The black gang, being.a schedule
despite
fog
ask her to show you the accounts
.man sailing with an antiunion judge of what was good for moth all po.ssible. or whathaveyou if at shoes ...
officer he could have some sweet, erstobe decided the oiler was
One fellow who changed his she keeps in the book. So far it's
sweet entries made in there which wrong and convinced him of same. If the ship was held up, the black plans on' this score is William the best system I've seen ...
gang caught it for the engine was
. Some of the boys are aeiking
could blackball him.
Then we polished off his brandy. opened up to make up for lost Smith of Alabama. At one time he about Thurston Lewis. He's on the
was talking about a chicken farm.
The other discharge I'm sending
time. Being coal burners, working Now he intends to buy a trailer Puerto Rico doing okay. The^ast
Fire Rooms Tough
in was issued by a company which
didn't belong to These vessels were excellently the flre room was no joke. Some and travel all over the country . . . time I saw him he was looking like
the Association. built and few ships could pass of them were 'tween decks and not Up north around New York you a million . . . Harry Donnelly has
The LCA was, them. They could do J67I7 miles big enough to man a "slice" bar yankees play softball by pitching taken over the duties as editor of
and is, supported per hour if pushed but wete "work or hook properly. Also, due to lack underhand. Down here in rebel the Del Norte Navigator . . . The
of depth, the flre rooms were a land the ball is pitched overhand big question is, why doesn't the
by the big steel
coalgas and steam room when and the game is caUed "jungle Del Mar resume their ship's paper,
outfits in the
cleaning flrps.
the MarLog?
ball" . . .
area, whereas
''Salty". Dick
The coal passer standing by ndth
this company was
Back On Job
a
bucket of
water to
douse the hot
entirely i n d e
clinkers the flreman pulled from' John Vszakiewics (Big Polack
pendent, being in
The SEAFARERS LOG has the fire box created the steani or for. short) wants all his friends to
the "package
Cassldy
know he has left the hospital and
freight" business. need for pictures of foreign, coalgas.
At one time these ships were i» shipping out to South America
This company's name is nearly ports of call for use in a run
illegible on the discharge, but it ning series. Any Seafarers who contracted to the old International again . . ; A1 Whitney and Curley.
was called the Great Lakes Transit have pictures they have taken • Seamen's Union but were lost to Liles both did a good job sehdng
Corpr, and operated two fleets. One in ports they visited are re that organization during a stWke. drinks during a recent party
ran between Buffalo, NY, and quested to Send them to the The ISU men who rode them still aboard the Del Mar while in South
"packed" their old ISU books and
Detroit, Michigan, with stops in LOG.
They handled matters so
later got into the SIU Great Lakes America.
between.
They can be pictures taken or
Well they were told to return . . .
A&G districts
Canadian Beer Welcome
in the port, shots of your ship;
Shortly before World. War, II, When his ship is in New Orleans,
pictures of dockside activity, this
It also stopped at Windsor, On
Forrest King can be seen in a car
company amalgamated with driven
: tario, across the river from Detroit. shots of Seafarers while on another
by his old pal, Bobby
freight outfit Dagrepbnt
This was most welconie foi we shore leave iu a foreign port, called the package
. . .
"Poker Fleet". They
always found time4o get a bellyful or just pictures you took were so named
Here's
a
man who has had bad
because their luck for! some
of good Canadian beer or ale as of the place while ashore. vessels were called
time. He recently
Ace, King,
it was prohibition time in thef US. They're all needed.
left the
hospital cured after a
long
Queen, Jack, Ten and Nine. At the
Any pictures you seno will start ot the war, this firm sold some illness and took the Del Mar. While
• Also if you went at it right, you
could finaglcT a liquor store buying be returned if requested. So vessels to the War Shipping Ad working as a waiter he injured his
wpermit and procure a couple 'of gather up those pictures you ministration which sent them to shoulder. Now Regino Cabrera is
bottles of harder stuff. One of our took and mail them to the salt water for conversion. ^ Today back in the .hospital again .;
Little Jimmie Duet, son of
oil.;rs got two bottles of blackberry SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth I feel very safe in^ assr.ming that
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Still Sailing
Seafarer Maurice Duet, shown
brandy that way to bring back to Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
they are scrapped or Jn boneyards. Hal R. Ellis' is stiU sailihg but When he was mascot of the
his wife for , he'd heard that it was
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Freshwater Sailing Wasii*!: Easy
SettUng Down On ,A rarm
is Pleasant Sea Dream
Need Pix Of
Foreign Ports
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By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor '
All thos^i mysterious numbers on the control dial of your camera
represent the means of getting exactly the kind of exposure you want.
They control the basic variables of photography—lens openings and
shutter speeds. If you understand how to use them, most of your
.picturetaking problems are over.
. Exposure, arid the good or bad negative which results is determined
by two factors. These are the amount of light permitted to reach the
film, arid the interval of time it is given to act on the film. The aper
ture or lens opening controls the amount of light, and the shutter
speed controls the Interval of time. The aperture can be made larger
or smaller, thus, admitting more or less light, and the shutter speed
can be made slower or faster, again admitting more or less light. Of
course, it's evident from this that several combinations of aperture
and shutter speed will allow an equal amount of light to strike the
film. For example, an opening of F3.5 and .a shutter speed of 1/500
Of a second will produce the same exposure as an aperture of F22
at a speed of 1/5 of a second; which combination you select will de
pend on the lighting conditions, the type of film and what you want
to show to best advantage in the photo.
Taking in the slack on the stem motfring line and securing it to the bitts are three deckhands on the
If you use an exposure meter, set the film speed indicator to the Afoundria, (left to right), Frank Trenholm, AB; Whitey, OS;. and Red Stewart, OS. Photo taken by
proper film speed anid match the dial setting to the light reading on Rafael Garriz, deck engineer.
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the meter. You then will have a choice of severaT combinations for
proper exposure. If you don't <use a meter but jprefer an exposure cal
culator or the film manufacturer's recomiriendations, you will again
have a choice of combinations for proper exposure. The only remain
ing problem is to choose the right combination for the effect you want. We are currently making our way toward Aden on the Triton company's version of a
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Use Fast ShutteC
"slow boat to China"—the Greenstar. The noonday bulletin said we chalked up 159 miles
If you want to stop action, you have to use a fast shutter—perhaps yesterday but the deck engineer claimed he saw the same jellyfish pass us three times, so
(he fastest on yoiir camera. That will make it necessary to use a wide I have my doubts. The Green^
aperture opening. The fast shutter speed \vlll stop the action nicely, star isn't really slowMt's Jlist' trip in three hours while the water buffalo walked out td the
but the use of the large opening will reduce the depth of field. This
things have changed so launch we had to take us ashore middle of the river and wouldn't
means that you will have to be focused accurately on the moving figure that
sometimes made it In less.
come in imtil they went away.
much
1900.
or object, since there will be very little leeway of sharpness in front Most since
When you did get ashore you They figured the river was re
of
the
boys
are
glad
for
a
of and behind the subject. Control of depth of field can be used few quiet days at sea though. had your choice of: 1) goirig to stricted.
I o good advantage. Selecting an aperture for shallow depth of field Everyone looked a bit drawn (not the New Delhi hotel where there Everywhere we went though, the
is a technique you can use if you want to separate a subject from an to say
outdrawn) our last two days was lots of atmosphere and bad people were friendly and helpful.
(Indesirable background. On the other hand, if you want to tie a sub in Vizagapatam.
For the benefit of coffee, 2) going to the Indian Cof There was no sense of animosity
ject in with the background, a long area of sharp focus is helpful. And younger Seafarers,
Vizagapatam is fee House where there was no at such as Americans encounter in
for a three dimensional effect, focus on a near object and close the a small port on the
east coast of mosphere but good coffee, 3) get so many parts of the world today.
lens down for extreme depth of field.
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composed
of
20 souvenir ting the next launch back to the The Indians are poor and we are,
You can easily test this for yourself. Just make a set of pictures
ship.
by their standards, incredibly rich
with a constant shutter speed and varying apertures. You'll notice shopsr one .seamen's club, several
Curiosities
To
Natives
.
and
prosperous.
himdred
rickshaw
drivers
and
a
Varying degrees of exposure and depth of field in the results. An
Marvel At Clothes
Of course if you survived the
other set of photos made with constant opening and changing shutter population whose principal amuse
They
watched us from the port
ment
seems
to
be
watching
the
launch
ride
in
good
condition
you
speeds will show a uniform depth of field, but varying exposure; also,
holes as We ate, they marveled at
if there is a moving subject in this series, it will range from very sharp strange antics of whatever Ameri could always go sightseeing. That our fine
clothing and they gaped
ou could see over the heads
to very blurred, as the shutter speed ranges from the fastest setting to "iian seamen are unlucky enough to is, if yc
drift into town. It is only 400 of thfe hundred or so people who as we. pulled out ten rupee (^
the slowest.
•
Two additional variables control the depth of field, the focal length miles from Calcutta but the dis always elected to go with you. For notes. There were plenty of out
of the lens and the distance at which you focus. The shorter the focal tance seems greater when you if we were curiosities in Vizagapat stretched palftis, skinny not fat
can't get away.
am, we were the greatest thing that ones, and the usual number of
length ~Df the "lens the greater the depth of field.
hit Tuticorin since the last time dockside promoters. But there did
Three Hours To Shore
The normal short focus lens on a 35mm camera has a greater depth
of field than a normal long focus lens on a 4x5 camera with both at At that it was a big improve the elephants trampled it down. not seem to be any jealousy, any
If one of the boys stopped to resentment.
the same lens opening. The distance at which you shoot also controls ment over Tuticorin where we un
depth of field. This effect generally is the same for all cameras, vary loaded our grain. The closest an tie his shoe, it was enough to halt The Indians we saw worked
ing only in degree. If you focus on a very near object, the depth of chorage at Tuticorin is seven miles traffic in both directions. When brutal hours for subsistence wages
field will be considerably smaller than if you focus on an intermediate from the beach. The sail barges three of us sat down outside the (21 hours for 90 cents in Tuticorin),
t>r distant object.
which took off the grain made the local market, the manager came But they weren't whining and
out and insisted that we either they could still laugh. They are
come inside or move to some other good people, working people, and
part of the town as there was no we of the Greenstar hope that
body left around the stalls. Since they get the breaks that are com
we
had seen enough goat heads ing to all good people.
:|
A few years ago Bill Champlin asked me why I never write anything for the LOG. The
and
raw intestines for the day, we Those 9,000 tons of grain we
answer is that up until now I never found anything to write about other than gripes and moved
helped
haul
to
India
may
not
go
to another part of town.
I'm not the griping type—that is I wasn't until.I shipped on the Pennmar out of Seattle.
Seat
A couple of really adventurous far, but it will fill a few empty
The skip^r of this scow is"^
types went to Tinnevelly, a town bellies. Thinking about that as we
Captain Windy Gayle, who telling men who have been to sea radio turned on, they can't get it. 30 mileb away, to see a Hindu crawl along at our usual seven
among other things uses a for years how to do the work The radio hasn't been on at all on temple and go wading with the knots, it doesn't feel too bad to be
water buffalo. They got a good a seaman.
rifle for seagoing target practic^. rather than have the bosun relay this trip.
Charlie Bortz
He is the type of person who any orders to the men. It is obvious Whenever I hear so many com reception at the temple but the
crewmember can approach and that the ^ bosun has no authority plaints from both officers and
(irgue with and he argues right since Windy is a. combination bosun crewmembers regarding lighthead
ed feelings and upset stomachs I
hack although it is always to no arid captain.
Critical Of Crew
often wonder whether this can be
avail to the crewmember as
Windy will neVer admit he is Windy is always criticizing the attributed to Calmar's special food.
work, of the crew and the bosun. If Calmar and. Windy think they're
wrong.
(1) It may sound impossible but we knew a man who was once
He will clip small items out of the being economical they have a lot married to his widow's sister. How could this 1M, despite the fact
Loves To Argue .
Unlike most skippers who won't LOG like "keep the ship clean" to learn because they are getting that a man's wife docs not become his widow until he dies?
(2) The greatest difference in the length of day and night occurs
tolerate an argument on account and post them in a glass frame in just as much ; out of the men as
of their rank, Windy argues to live the messhall, but if the crew were they are putting into them. The at the (Arctic Circle), (Equator), (Tropic of Cancer), (40th parallel))?
(3) An express train leaves New York for Boston the same time
and thrives on arguments. But be to want anything like having the .sooner they awaken from
their stupor the sooner the men a local leaves Boston for New York. The express travels 50 MPH and
sides this,, he has a few tricksL'
will have their ships looking like the local 30 MPH. Which is farther from New York when they meet?
which I believe to he a matter of
BonH Waits Get
ships and not like seagoing gar
(4) The first president to visit Europe in order to participate
revenge toward the Union. He will
bage cans.
directly in European affairs was (T. Roosevelt), (Wilson), (F. Roosevelt),
turn, the crew to and knock them Vacation Pag
If the company falls to give you (Truman)?
off at all times, including coffee
Under the rules of the Va
iime, by the ship's whistle. It cation iPlan as set forth by the three square meals a day which (5) Who was the third man in the oldtime allsUr outfield includ
constitutes part.of your compen ing Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb? Was it (Hartnett), (Speaker), (Wagner),
(nakes some men
trustees, a Seafarer must ap
sation, then it boils down to the
^
jfeel that he dis
ply within one year of the fact that the company is taking (Pennock)?
(6)
Comets
are
visible
from
the
earth
because
they (reflect sun
trusts . them or
payoff date of his oldest dis
part of
your wages from
you. When
light),
(burn
in
the
earth's
atmosphere),
(are
selfluminous),
(revolve
that he considers
charge in order to collect his
to Calmar I believe it about the earth)?
• ,
them a bunch of
full vacation benefits. If he referring,
would be fair, to disregard the
(7) If a half of one of two numbers Is added to twothirds of the
illiterates w h o
presents any discharge whose term
second
the sum is 23, and when the second is subtracted from three
three
square
meals;
and
call
Can't tell time.
payoff date is more than a them three fiat meals.
times
the first,
the difference is three. What are the numbers?
. Although t h eo
year before the date of his va
(8)
The
war
in which sea power had the least to do with the out
Good
luck
and
smooth
sailing.
whistle is slightly
cation application, he willTose
come
was
(World
War I), (War of 1812), (Civil War), (Mexican War)?
'footed it is pos
out on the sea time covered Don't, forget, to give the company
(9)
When
noon
airives at any meridian, it is already one hour late®'
a
good
day's work
for a
good
day's
sible to confuse
Sarhus
b.v that particular discharge.
%
on
the
meridian
(15),
(30), (60), (90) degrees east of that one?
other vessels in —
Don't sit on those discharges. wages providing they give you (10) If you cut 30 yards
of
cloth
into
oneyard
pieces,
and
cut
one
the vicinity.
• Bring them in and collect the enough of the proper food to look yard a minute, how long will it take?
and feel alive.
" • 'Then he is always shouting from money that is due to you.
(Quiz An.<iwers on Page 25)
Philip SarkuB
;he bridge to the deck department,
Hungry tndia Keeps On Smiling
Penniiiar Has Guntotin^ Gap'n
Quiz Corner
�race Vwraty
r
Looking Over The Results
SEAFARmU'S tec
•
WAAtif,
n,
Home Pert
By Spik* Marlin
%
Back in the days when the neigh somebody that Ray' Robinson is
borhood kids got together in a good he'll gay "Yeah, but you
weedinfestedv iot for a baseball shoulda seen Ted 'Kid' Lewis." in
game, it was customary for most of baseball's case it is generally agreed
the runs to tje scored by waiting that the teams aren't" what they
out the pitcher.
^
used to be.
A favorite tactic well used when The villains in the case are th«
wars in the last 11 years.
He knows t\at in a little while. thegoing got tough was to insert two
World War II cut short or do*
somebody's sixyearold kid
brother
He'll step upon the land, .
as a pinch hitter. He was blmost stroyed the careers of countless
And clasp his loved ones to his sure to get a walk, the control* of budding baseball stars. The sport
breast.
youthful pitchers being what it was. was on its way back to normtd
And shake a friendly hand.
It was not unusual for a team to when along came the Korean War
pick up five .runs on four walks, and an accelerated draft.
Draft Grabs 'Em
He'll see the town and greet old three errors,' rf hit batsman and
one
legitimate'
single
that'
went
The
effects
of Korea are not
friends.
for three bases.
quite as noticeable as those of world
And drink a cup of cheer.
War, II but they have been plenty
Up in Big Leagues
And never more lO roam a<jKiin,
damaging nevertheless. Just look
Sad to say this type of rally is at the roster of quality players who
He'll vow o^ce more, I fear.
showing up with increasing fre have been drafted or recalled in
quency in the big time. Just a the last year: Players like Willie
But days will pass and he oill couple of weeks back we watched a Mays, Ted Williams, Eddie Ford,
hear
young Pirate pitcher come in a bali Chet Nichols, Don Newcombe, Erv
game in a tight spot, give up a hit, Palica, Bobby Brown, Tom Pohol
The calling of the sea:
walk three men in a j/ow, give up
Bill Steinman, deck engineer, (seated), shows some of his former Then he'll be back upon his ship another hit, walk another mfin, and sky, Gerry Coleman and Bob Ken
nedy—all competent performers,
Where his heart will long to be. then finally get the side out.
Cities Service shipmates prints of pictures he took In Japan.
some of them among the best in
All this is of a piece with the the field.
news that the Boston Red Sox have In desperation, the major league
paid bonuses running into six fig clubs are hot 'after anybody who
ures for two untried high school' looks like he might become a good
Some seamen dream about the time when they can retire and buy a chicken farm some stars; or for that matter, the gag ball player. They dangle wads of
signing of a young lady by the cash in front of the youngster's
where in the country, but two Seafarers tell a story of , a capfain v^o would rather buy Lancaster
Red Roses of the East
at the earliest possible mo
a ship and put it under the Panamanian flag so he won't "have to contend" with a Union ern League. In other words, pro nose
ment. So if you have a couple of
fessional baseball is in a bad way strapping 14yearolds around the
like the "SIU, which has eome
for its members. This maternity sidering the stores that were taken for talent and the situation is house, dress them up in uniform
too far."
likely to get worse.
and start showing them off. They
Perhaps thinking back to benefit and disability benefit was aboard, but they both agreed that,
the
last
straw
as
far
as
he
was
might
be good' for $50,000 or so Iw
all
in
all,
it
was
a
pretty
rugged
Of
course,
it's always
customary
the old sailing
trip under the kindly captain and to look back and say they were the time they get out of high
ship days. Cap concerned," they said.
better in the old days. If you tell school.
"He started unprofitable.
tain O'Brien of
talking about
the Nikoklis
how he was going
(Dolphin) was a
to get his own
good captain, ac
ship, and how he
cording to Sea
was going to sail A chief engineer once told me that thp 4 to 8 oiler he had was the best worker he had
farers John Sorel,
it under the Pan ever seen. He said this oiler's interest in his work was quite exceptional. I thought the
AB, and N. Olsen,
amanian flag. compliment was worth mentioning, especially to the oiler.
steward, but he
That way he
didn't
like
Sorel
wouldn't have to I conveyed the praise to the'
Union.
pay the wages oiler as the chief engineer had "Be dissatisfied with your supply have him hv your neighborhood.
"Getting overtime on that ship,"
Olsen
that we are stated it. He uttered a few of information and try to get Never let well enough alone, make
they said, "was a lot worse than getting."
it better."
discontented phrases. To make more ...
pulling teeth. Why for one six
sure,
I
asked
him
what
ne
said.
Sorel used to. talk it over with The answer was very deliberate. "Be dissatisfied with what you do My opinion is, let's let our dis
week stretch the stewards depart the
for those that depend upon you ... satisfaction go into our energies
captain while he was at the Said he, "I am dissatisfied."
ment only got an average of four wheeL
"Old well enough is a sleepy, for better work.
"He
admitted,"
said
Sorel,
hours overtime."
I began to scratch my brain. harmful, dismal, humbug. Don't
Freddie Stewart
"that he'd never get the heads up How
can a man be a good worker
But, they said, the captain's pet kind of SIU crew that he had if
beef was that "the SIU has come he sailed under Panamanian flag, while being dissatisfied?
Later I dusted off one> of Arthur
too far."
but he just didn't like the idea of Brisbane's
books to see what he
"He just couldn't see why sea having to treat the seamen like
had
to
say
about it. The informa
men rated the wages and thie men."
benefits that the SIU has gotten The Ihip fed pretty well, con tion prompted me to quote his
statements:
The LOG opens this column as on exchange for stewards. Cooks,
Motive Power
bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, littleknoum
"Dissatisfaction is the motive cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like,
power in individual life, in nation
al life, in commerce, in politics. suitable for shipboard use. Mail in your suggestions. Here's Chief
Millions of years ago, creatures Steumrd Louis E. Meyer's recipe for "Veal Scaloppirie.'^
that inhabited the ocean, the only
living things on this planet, got Dishes of foreign origin offer an ashore, finds the Italian dish goes
dissatisfied
and crawled up on almost unlimited field of opportu qyer very well every time and
F VOU ARE SlCk OR INJUJ^ED
land; hideous serpents and lizards, nity for varying the regular menu urged much greater use of it when
AND ENTER A PRIVATE HOSPITAL
dreadful things to look at they every now and then just to keep he was queried on the subject in
the Seattle hall. By the way,
were but, luckily, they were' dis the boys ghessing.
NOTIFY THE UNION AND THE .
Foreign cookery experts have "scaloppine" itself means a slice
satisfied.
U.SP.H.S. PROMPTLY/
"Never let well enough alone. long relied on subtle spices to mask of meat in gravy, but this defini
You might as well be dead as con castoff ends of meat and bits of tion is empty of Tiints on how to
tented. You were put here to work vegetables from unsuspecting din arrive at that special gravy which
for yourself and for others and ers. However, on SIU ships, where makes all the difference.
especially for those "that are to every item on a stores' requisition Here's what you need: about 15
come after you. The man who is 1? of uniform top quality, the use pounds veal, 5 green peppers, 5
letting well enough alone and not of spices and different sauces medium onions, 1 celery stalk, 1
offers a chance cup olive oil, a few garlic cloves,
trying to do better might as well
be offthe earth dnd give , his place
to do over a fad The . veal is cut in strips as for
miliar dish sim chop suey and braised with diced
to someone willing to work.
ply by the judici celery, onions and peppers in the
"He does hot deserve the noble
ous use of the olive oil. Tomato puree is poured
work done here by the dissatisfied
proper flavoring. over this and the whole left to
before he.was bom.
Interchanging simmer for about 2 hours. Add a
Right To Rest
veil yfitfa beef number 2M! can of green peas and
"Only when man is very old,
for a stew will serve on steamed rice or macaroni.
^^hen life is practically all behind
seldom make as During the cooking, seasoning
him, has he the right to rest and
many palates should be added in small amounts
think, and having finished his days,
Meyers
tingle as a brand so that it is completely absorbed.
look back at the past. And even
then, on the last day of the year, new treatment for the veal itself. (Serves 50.)
the right kind of man will preach One of these adaptations, "Veal A good idea is to have Parmesan
wise dissatisfaction and ambition Scaloppine," is a particular favor cheese on the tfble for those who
to the young and go into his grave ite of Chief Steward Louis E. like it. This cheese, incidentally,
dissatisfied with himself fqr not Meyers, who uses it as a change comes from Parma in the northern
of pace "whenever the urge moves part of Italy. It's a hard, dry and
having
done better.
fv
fineflavored ^Tkriety made from
"Be dissatisfied with your work him."
especially, for it is what you do Meyers, with seven years' galley skim milk which goes especially
time in . the SIU and another five well with the veaL
that counts ...
by M. Dwyeraaa
Did you ever think how a sailor
feels,
As his ship pulls into port?
It's a feeling deep down inside
That never can be bought.
ki
Sttj Gains irk Nikoklis Captain
DissatisfaMloii Is Useful Thing
m
m
life.
f>ks^
�FHAir. Aocost M. 1«5>
IBteoPds Ca Lang \
On The Venore ^
To the Editor:
I am enclosing a couple of shots
taken by myself on the Venore
(Ore), out of Sparrows Point, Md;
As you can see, some of the boys
let the chinwhiskers run wild on
the trip, but I don't know if
they've let the imderbrush con
:y:
Fare TweatyMMl
SIS A FARE ns L
B T T E R S
Union Mas No
^Forgot&m Men* ;
(Continued from' page 13)
home and a family. Some, through
thrift and diligence, have made
Money Exchange
down payments on their own
Rates Listed
homes. Others have been able to
The foliowing is the latest
help the less fortimate members
available listing of official ex
of their families. Some have been •
change rates for foreign cur
able to give their children a bet
rencies. Listings are as of
ter education than they themselves
4
4
4
August 20, 1952, and are sub
ever dreamed of having.
ject to change without notice.
We have men right here at the
Life No Picnic
.England. New Zeaiend. intttb Africa:
Manhattan
Beach USPHS hospital
tsao per pound sterling,
On Korean Run who, because
AustraUa: $2.24 per pound sterling.
of the men who
Belgium: 50 francs to the dollar.
To the
Editor:
fought
for
these
benefits, are do
Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone.
Since we're here in the Far East ing all these things right now. I
France: 350 francs to the dollar.
Holland:' 3.80 guilders to the dollar.
oh the Nathaniel Crosby (Bloom do not say that you can accom
Italy; 625 lire to the doUar.
field), we're a little behind on news plish any of these things on $15
Norway: 14 cents per krone.
Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar. from the States, but things finally a week alome, but I do say that
Sweden: 19.33 centsper krone.
catch up with us.
India: 21 cents per rupee.
this money, plus savings or help
Pakistam 30.2 cents per rupee.
We notice the day men on our from friends or family, represents
Argentina: 14.2 pesos to the dollar.
ships got a raise recently, but what the difference between success*
Brazil; 5.4 cents per cruzeiro.
t> 4" 4
Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso.
about the AB and OS? We have to and failure in their contracted
Venezuela: 29.85 cents per bolivar.
spend lots more for rain gear and obligations.
Ship Namesake
heavy gear than the engine room
Family Problem
Returns A Favor Raying Guide
and stewards department. Here's Further* than that I would ven
hoping that when the new agree ture to say that at least 80 per
To the Editor:
Is
Great
Mden
ment is made up, we'll see some cent of the men here who have
Everything is running fine on
lots of good things in it.
families would be hard put to keep
A native barber performs the Massillon 'Victory (Eastern) as To the Editor:
the tonsorial chores on be we head out on another trip. There Seamen naturally don't have While we've been out here, we've them together were it not for our
whiskered Machinist Harold are no beefs piling up and every much time ashore to go shopping been having a little trouble with weekly hospital benefits. One
B. Vincent while the Venore body is getting along fine. This around properly when buying dysentery. A navy pharmacist mate could hardly designate a program
passes through the Panama ship was laM up for approximately large items, appliances or homes came to the ship in Wakamatsu like this as "creeping socialism."
Moji to look at the ship's There are men here who may
Canal on a recent trip.
a month and a half so she's just like other folks have. That's why from
food
and
water, but he didn't have never be able to work again. What
I think it's a great idea to have
tinue that way, sinctf I'm on the been crewed up.
any way to test will happen to them when they
this
buying
guide
by
a
recognizeff
At our last ship's meeting, the
Chickasaw (Waterman) now.
anything with are discharged from here? Will
authority in the LOG so we can
I haven't taken any new pictures membership voted to take up a get
him
so 'he gave they be forgotten and left to do
an
idea
of
what's
going on
be
with my new Graphic, as I can't collection to send to the public li fore we payoff and start throwing
us the old run for themselves as best they can?
brary
in
Massillon,
Ohio,
to
show
get the cut films in the holder.
around. He told The answer is no, because our
Will have to get some help when its appreciation for the fine col our money around.
the steward and union believes in "taking care of
The
whole
idea
behind
this,
just
lection of books that were sent to
ever I get a chance.
me to take sam its own," and not just giving lip
Merwyn E.'Watson the ship. This was a very fine ges like the maternity benefit and
ples of our meat, service to this sometimes over
other
gains
the. Union
has
made
ture on the part of the people
vegetables
And worked phrase. If a man is found
(Ed. Tiote: Maybe our photo edi there.
to make family life less of a gam
water over to the unable to take care of himself
ble
for
the
man,who
goes
to
sea,
tor can help you. Send us some of
Jimmie Stockman
hospital ship in upon leaving here, his benefits
Bales
is a real forward step in (Ae think
Ship's delegate
the details and perhaps we can
Pusan when we continue until he dies.
ing
of
seafaring
unions,
and
natu
square away your problem.)
4 4 4
to Korea.
Consider what this means to «
rally the SIU always leads the way. got back Longshore Strike
man
who ?nay be l^spitalized for
Food
Problems
t t t
Seamen have always been fair So we arrived there and are at
a period of one to four years. He
game
for
the
sharpshooters,
but
anchor outside of the harbor be
Plague Puritan
Pile'Offs ttieavg
• they'll have to work, a little harder cause the stevedores are on strike. finds that with the.financial prob
lem taken care of, one of his major
To the Editor:
to get ahead of us now when we
major and a cou worries is gone, and, since one's
—iVo Shoretime
There certainly is a lot of head take the missus out shopping. This Meanwhile, some
ple of top sergeants came aboard mental attitude is vitally import
To the Editor:
aches on here regarding food and is a fine idea, and I'm sure many with
the MSTS man to look at tant during a long period of Ill
.
The Olympic Games (US Pe sjores. "
men like myself appreciate it.
what we have but they don't think ness, his days in the hospital be
Joe
Thompson
troleum) has been out not quite At our last nieeting on the Alcoa
that is where we are getting the come more bearable.
four months now and at the pres Puritan the steward explained that
4 4 4
dysentery. They claim the pots, He knows also that since his
ent time we have 13 of the orig a lot of the blame for food short
pans and dishes are not properly Union is devoted to helping its
inal 34 unlicensed men aboard.
ages was due to the loss of a sling Ropes SIU Will
cleaned and washed, but that's a membership not only financially
Of the 13, seven deck men are load of stores over the side prior Continue Gains
lot of baloney.
but every other 'way possible, he
left from the original 13, three are to our sailing from New Orleans. To the Editor:
I myself eat mostly meat and does not hesitate to bring other
engine men out of 14 and there are He promised better stores all While reading the latest LOG, I very few vegetables. Some blame problems to it as well.
two men left in the galley out of {• rounff next trip.
Death Benefit
noticed an item stating that you it all on the vegetables, some think
seven. In' addition, we got seven It also seems the former steward were
it's the meat"and others say it's the In the foregoing I have touched
looking for
pictures
taken
in
men from Boston in Montreal last failed to leave a complete inven
ports. I'm enclosing a water. Who knows? When we get only on the hospital benefit pro
May 26, five of whom paid off here tory when he left. Then to top foreign
couple taken on a voyage to France in though, if they ever finish their gram. No mention has been made
In Montreal this time. .Two of that things off, the ship ran out of ket last
July and August on the Coe strike, about all we can do is go of our death benefit program. To
five paid off medically. Altogether chup d'nd lemons between Trinidad Victory
(Victory Carriers). Please over to the hospital ship and have find out the financial value of the
we had 11 payoffs here this time and New Orleans, as well as other return them
some tests made on our stores.
death benefit alone, let any Sea
with nine of them being mutual items. We certainly seem to have with them. when you're through
Martial Law
farer
consult an insurance agent
run into our fuli share of problems.
consent.
Pusan has been under martial and find out for himself how much
I'm only
a
newcomer
to the
SIU
Incidentally,
we
notic^
that
law, but the South Korean govern
What I can't understand is why
(the Coe was my first ship), but I ment has lifted the resU'ictions and this coverage would cost him. He
so many pile off. This is a good ship, Alcoa is still using native labor to really like
sailing with the SIU, as the army now says we can visit will be amazed.
one of the best I've ever been on do paintwork and chipping in the I have found
a nice bunch of fel from ship to ship or go ashore in The last issue of the LOG con
Islands. Is this in line with our
out of almost 80 altogether. The agreement?
tained the text of our proposed
.
lows to be wj|h. The SIU is a great
a group to movies—with an army new constitution. It should be read
officers are okay and so is the gang,
' ^
G.W.Ford Union.
man as escort.
and you just can't beat the food. (Ed. note:' Under the
and studied by every member. A
It hasdone great things for sail
According to the steward we lot of work was put into it so
It must be that she stays away as it is now set up this agreement
ors
and
still is
going strong.
May
company
have only 12 or 14 days' food left.
from the States too long.
is entitled to use its own shore it always march forward just»like We left New Orleans in January that all of the membership can
However, when we shipped oh< gangs in the. Islands.)
it's doing now. I enjoy the LOG for Gehnany on a six or seven benefit from the progressive ac
here we were all told that she
tions of our present administra, ^
week trip. 'When we arrived there tion. The forward steps our Union
would be out a year, so it's my con
we loaded cargo for Korea and has made, not only in giving us
tention that anyone not prepared
Knightly Combat On The Emery
have been out here ever since. the best wages and conditions at
for a year's cruise shouldn't have
There's a good bunch of officers sea, but also in providing for us
taken the job. It may be that our
on here anyway. The Old Man is when we have a run of bad*luck,
heavy casuaUies are due to having
tops ani we haven't had any trou were not easily won. They must
shipped sofew bookinen. Of those
ble—Kmly lost one man. That's be guarded. They must be guarded
having paid off, a total of 23, three
pretty good considering the time jealously and, what is. more im
were'bookmen, two of whom paid
we
h^ve been out.
for* medical reasons. We also
portant, guarded well..
' . George Bales
had two men jump ship in Montreal
John J. Driscoll
Ship's delegate
last trip. ;
4
4 4
4 4 4
And then again, it'may be due
LOG Helps Her
to our being unable to go ashore
Mate
Calls
SIU
in the loading port, Sidon, Leban
Get Union News
on, every time so far. The author
Creivmen Tops
To the Editor:
ities there do not allow shore leave
My son, John J. Ferreira, is a
To the Editor:
except for medical reasons, or so
Being a firmer SIU bookman full bookmember of the Seafarers
we have been told by the master.
and currently chief mate of the International Union, and I am very
The result is anabnormal number
Northwestern "Victory (Victory Cai' much interested in the Union as
of toothaches. A couple of the
riers), I just want to let you know well as his work. For this reason,
boys have lost nearly all of their
that on this ship we have the best I would like to receive a copy of
.teeth.
deck department afloat from bosun the LOG regularly.
Mrs. "V. Ferreira • <
With shore leave hot granted In Two members of the galley crew on a recent trip of the Lewis D. on down.
Antwerp, Belgium
Sidon, there are three to five weeks Emery, Jr., get set for some friendly horseplay with trademarks
This is characteristic of all SIU
(Ed. note: The LOG will be sent
.' between the timee • we can get of their trade. Third Cook F. Adkihs (left), is wielding his "broad crews I have sailed with.
ashore,, and then for only a few sword" to fend off Messman A. i'rissora'a "lance."
J. G.JIrown to you each issu^ from now on.)
hours. Everyone knows the short
time in port for tankers, and their
habit of docking a long way from
nowhere.
This one in particular though
has good quarters, 'good working
conditions, excellent food and more
overtime than a man can handle.
The work's not hard or dirty eith
er, except when we clean tanks,
'and then look at the tankcleaning
rates.
For those of us who stick the trip
out there will be a nice pile of cab
bage waiting at the payoff. Be see
ing you then. Oh, by the way, how
about a batch of overtime sheets?
John D. McLemore
(Ed. note: The OT sheets are
on their way.)
very much, as there is plenty of
news of interest to all of us.
Though I'm on the beach now, I
hope to be sailing again soon.
Isaac B. Duncan
(Ed. note: Many thanks for
sending in the photos. We'll re
tjtrn them as soon as possible.)
�'^Ajagm VI.yi^
Crewe Mol4§ Own
Despite Beets
L M T T E R S
Asfts 'Ve^ yfpte^
Oiw Constitntioiw
To the Editor:
T* the Editor:
I have yet to hear a complaint
one, two or three drinks for him My ship just paid off in the Gulf
Everything's running just about regarding him or his work.
at that. That's for that.
and then we got a look at the
normal on the Republic (Trafalgar).
Right here on the De Soto
On other matters, we'd like ta slick color job put out by the LOG
The engineers are doing wipers' (Waterman), the laundry was In
say we think the Vacation Plan is as a constitution issue. Brothers,
work and the roaches run from one volved in four different incidents To the Editor:
tops and the arrangement could let me teU you, I've never seen a
I
have
been
receiving
the
LOG
foc'sle to another after we bug with our members showing just
not be betteiv We also think the sweeter looking job by any paper,
now
for four
or five
months.
It has
bomb them. We're hoping the ship what I mean.
been very welcome to me, as I am maternity benefit is a wonderful union or otherwise, r
will really be fumigated properly
For example, last year I forgot in the US Air Force now and 'un thing for the married men, al
one of these days.
though It possibly came too late As far as the constitution itself
some valuables in a coat I sent fo able to sail again for a while.
is concerned, we all realize that it
Our last meeting, was one of the the laundry, but I got them back ' It is really swell to be able to for us, though one never knows.
best I have attended in a number without even inquiring for them. keep up on all the la^st gains and
At present we are on the Taddei wasn't originally written to stand
of years. There was much discus Another time last year a messman developments that the SIU has (Shipenter) in the siinny port of up forever, and that nobody had
sion to the point on why one thing sent an overcoat which was re secured for. the membership. I Barcelona, Sp§jn, a seamen's par the idea when the SIU <Das"^tarted
wasn't right or the next thing turned damaged for some unex showed the LOG to my fatherin adise, with plenty of pleasure for that the Union would grow and
expand Uke it did. Plenty of
wasn't changed. plained reason. The laundry paid law, whO! is a welder in an AFL aU.
changes
have come our way, all of
li
A lot of questions his claim' of the original cost of railroad union, and he was of the
Orville L/Wablin them good; as far as I can see, and
were asked and the coat without an argument.
li • ' .
Johnnie Hodges
opinion that there was no union
l1
I guess the old overworked consti
the aiuwers given
Then early this year, the saloon that could (or would) do as much
it i if
I: S
tution just couldn't stand the gaff.
right off with messman claimed. three shirts for the rank and file as the SIU
When a seaman works himself out
nobody dealing missing. Three new shirts of a is doing. '
<
he goes out to pasture, and the
in personal dif similar brand and quality replaced He said that with all these bene
same
with a ship that gets melted
ferences.
the missing ones. Just last month fits, a fellow has no worries if To the Editor:
After having the galleyman forgot $86 in a coat there was a baby in the family, or I just want to say hello and have into scrap when its sailing days
> „ been laid up for he sent with Johnny Hicks but the he had to be laid up due to illness you stop sending the . LOG . to me are over.
The same thing can happen with
a whilS, the ship money was returned before a claim or injury, and that these, two over here in Korea. Fm now leav
Gann
a document like oar constitution.
is in a mess and was even made.
benefits alone made it worthwhile ing for the States and will be dis It was okay in the beginning, but
work is tough on all hands in all
These incidents prove that this to be with the SIU.
charged September 26.
it just isn't good enough to stand
departments. As far as the engi laundry is the type of firm which I Jiave been receiving the LOG
I
sure
appreciated
getting
the
up
today with all sorts of changes
neers are concerned, they're a big deserves the continued patronage at my base address in the past,
LOG oyer here. I can see how the in Union operations, the Vacation
problem. The fireman has seen of our members.
but now I am living off the base Union and the membership are do and Welfare Plans, and the like.
the third engineer painting, among
PhUip M. Reyes with my wife, and would like to ing everything possible to make We're a Union that's still growing
other things, but we're saving
change the mailing address. Also, the SIU the best Union m the and we need a document that can
J t 4
these beefs for the patrolman.
if it is at ail possible, I'd like to world.
show it and at the same time grow
Everyone is working more over
have a copy of the "Seafarers In It sure will be great ;to have Un with us.
time than he wants, and our stores
World War II," if they are still ion halls in the other ports some
The proposed constitution which
have run out because we were To the Editor:
available. Could you send a copy thing like the hall in New York. is going on the referenduni ballot
supposed to go into Philadelphia At the last shipboard meeting on to me?
The New York hall is the best I now promises to be all that and
and went to Port Arthur instead. the Steel Age (Isthmian), it was
Joseph M. Worsiey [^ever
saw.
something more. Our officials have
All in all, though, our ship's agreed that we send this letter to (Ed note: Copies of "Seafarers in
meeting was a good one and wasn't headquarters regarding the payoff World War 11" are still available, 1 tried to get discharged before taken every possible step not to
and' we are sending one to you.) and go back to sea, but no dice.. So move too fast on this, but the time
dominated by any one individual vouchers.
now I'll have my 24 months in the has come. We must adopt it 100
trying to force his way of thinking As it stands, the only thing that
$ $ $•
army and then I'll go back. I was percent so that we can have a con
down everybody else's throat. The was noted on said vouchers was the
drafted from the Oremar in Balti. stitution that will describe in plain
chairman, delegates and all mem money paid and deducted. The
more, where I was sailing as a talk just what we are and what
bers present really conducted crewmembers of this vessel would
we're after. When that ballot gets
steward.
themselves in a manner that is a like to have the months and days
going, I hope everybody votes to
To
the
Editor:
credit to the SIU.
After being in the army two adopt it.
Charles W. Gann of base pay noted, as well as the Since the jnception of this Un years !
can see what a union is for
Jack Bren
amount of overtime hours paid.
ion, there have "been many changes and what it stands for. I'm really
4. if
i,
In our mind, this would not en
for the better in proud to be in the SIU. I'll be see
if
if
if
tail anything extra as the only
contracts and ing you all again soon._
thing needed would be the figimes
conditions.
Cpl. Eugene Ray
involved, and as the paymaster has
You hear a lot
(Ed.
note:
Aw
army discharge
these already, it should be quite
of barroom gos is one of the best reasons we can
To the Editor: .
simple to have them listed. This
.
sip about how think of for cancelling a LOG sub To the Editor:
During the layover , of the Steel would save a lot of disputes on
Speaking
of
the
good old days
this
or
that
scription. Congratulations!)
Flyer (Isthmian) in Hilo, Hawaii, what was and what wasn't paid.
should
be
(as
Louie
Goffin
says)
I'll never
if . i, i,
a large part of the crew seized the
William R. Hare
changed
or
about
forget
my firsttrip
to
sea
which
rare opportunity to visit the erup
Ship's deiegate
some
guy
being
I
thought
would
be
my
last.
It
tion of Halemaumau. The event
(Ed. note: SIU headquarters
no good and so
was
on
a
Lykes
Brothers
rust
tub
Gibbs
cost the photo fiends a good deal feels this is a good beef and will
which we made
on. But when It To the Editor:
of money, but it was worth it, es take it up with the company),
Rotterdam
on.
comes
to
a
showdown,
how
many
pecially when you stop and think
We on the Fairport (Waterman)
i.
i.
t.
•
Homeward Imund
stick
with
the
Union?
That's^the
of all the money that is spent by
r was assigned to
way I've seen it happen on most want to be among the first ships'
those lacking the chance to see it
crews to go on record backing our
pull trash up,out
ships
I've
been
aboard
lately.
who buy such photos.
SIU negotiating committee 100
of the No. 1 hold
This
is
the
way
I
see
things
This again brings home the fact To the Editor: .
percent in its current negotiations
Vising a line: and
though. There is only one way to
that the merchant marine is the
Having recently been drafted win. As I see it, it's up to us to and also voting in support ^ of the
two empty five
only business for a confirmed shut into the Army; I have lost contact
proposed new Union constitution.
gallon paint cans.
terbug. It has such a wide scope with many friends and shipmates stay together, because together we And while "/e're speaking of
1
heaved the
can do miracles. If we're split and firsts, we believe we're the first
of unlimited opportunities.
in the SIU.
trash overboard
heading in different directions ship to accurately taperecord the
Boyer
Max E. Moore
I wonder if any of the boys who,
unaware that the
(Ed, note: Hoto*about sending see my name could take time out we're making our own destruction. last ship's membership meeting
ir ,
midship had just been freshly
Carl E. "Red" Gibbs
the
LOG
a
couple
of
shots
so
while at sea on bere We wonder painted. ,, the wind took every
• ^ii:
and drop mfe a line. , All these peo
^1 \ i. 'i;
that we .can show everybody else ple know around here is Army talk
if anybody else has come up with ounce right to the fresh paint and
what it looked like).
this gimmick. Thefirst assistant the ship couldn't be recognized
and I'm lonesome for some good
was given a vote of thanks for let from a Christmas tree.
i ^ i
old sea stories.
ting us use the machine during the
Pvt. J. Wayne Adair
The mate then yelled at me to
meeting.
US 53064353
To the Editor:
throw buckets and all over as we
Walter A. Craig
Box No. 1: 2nd Piat.
' We have been thinking a long
had plenty of buckets. 1 said,
.Ship's delegate
time about
our voicing
our opinion
Co.
A—MPRTC
8801ITSU
"Okay." Then I grabbed two empty
To the Editor:
(Ed. ,note: As far as we Jcnov), cansand heaved them over and the
(>f
Camp Gordon, Ga.
on the way stewards and chief
From time to time various
cooks have been left out ia the the FairpoH is the first ship to fun started. If you've ever seen a
members of our XJ[nion report
taperecord an entire ship's meet cat with the fits you ought to have
cold on pay.
1^1'
certain commercial firms, such as
ing).
seen him.
The steward is the only unli
laundries, haberdashers and ship
* 4. t
Percy Boyer
censed man who is at the bead of
charfdlers,
who
give
us
unsatisfac
«i.T.
a
department.
He
has
to
requisi
' % if
i.jy ^
tory service. I , think this is a very
tion stores and all supplies for that
good practice and it should be
department, as well as supervise it.
continued^ as unfair firms and
We honestly think the steward's To the Editor:'
those of ^doubtful reputation soon
base,
pay should be higher than Please convey our thanks to all
cease to get. our patronage.
that of any other unlicensed man SIU n(embers in the port of Gal To the Editor:
Our members should also con
The crew, of the Fairhppe are
oh the ship outside of the chief veston.
tinue to make known those firms
really enjoying themselves as we
Oa
July
3
at
the opening of
the
electrician.
which prove a high degree of
businessday, my wife called Dis go from port to port, One guy
Further, a man with the skill patcher Mickey Wilburn and asked came back to the ship in Germany
honesty and integrity, besides giv
and responsibility of a chief cook if he could get Some of the bhys and called this the Flying Fairhppe
ing us good quality service at
should have a higher base pay in to donate someblood, as I was in for we. moved so fast.
reasonable prices.. The Oak Park
proportion to the ratings in other dire need of it. Before noon there
Laundry of Tampa, Fla., belongs
We made several ports over in
departments.
— were nine pints waiting for me, Europe but the most exciting one
in this'category.
This laundry employs Johnny
It keems everybody's complaints and four days later. the request was Hull, England. Everyone take
Hicks, an active bookmember of
and ailments wind up ih the ear was repeated with the same re a tip and see the most beau^
our Union, who iis remaining in the
of the steward. If a man comes sults.
tiful parks in the world.
SIU, paying his dues and assess
abpard with a hangover from the . All' I can say boys , is thanks They have bobbies to .w.atch
up to date, even though he
night, before, the first one he hits from the bottom of our hearts. over, you . sp brothers don't be
o ments
is presently employed ashore. He Tommy Thompson, oiler, per
up for a drink in the morning to This is something that will, never afraid.' Cheerip you Yanks> until
has covered aU SIU .ships making forms his specialty aboard the
help him throughthe day . iS the be forgotten, ' .
next trip, ^ ^
:.
Tampa for a munber of years and Seawincb
steward, and he's expected to have
Marvin Howell „
Capi and af rii. JK jMht
Births Hospital
Benefits Lawwded .
p.
Ilt'
• XirWJS'lC;
HeHl Be Bach
Shipping Soon
Urye Listing OT
Pay On Vouchers
All Of Vs Must
Stan^ Together
SeafarerVotogs
<,^nvied By Many
He Becalls How
Mate Got'Fits^
Fairport Rolls
Up The 'Firsts'^
Army Could Use
Some Sea Lingo
;7''
Stewards Chief
Cooh Bate More
One Good Turn
Bates Another
Doing His Job
Thanks Donors
in Galveston
•
Fairhppe Likes
HuUiEPglanA
�frfia^ jUiikttriM»:>
Anxious To Hear From Mobile
Blamed For
Ship's Loss
(Continued from page 2)
pany is Incorporated, or to New
York. It was explained by legal
authorities that the State of Vir
ginia had a law in effect for many
years, limiting the amount of liabil
ity in a lawsuit for death through
accident. While this limitation does
not apply to Federal courts, it
would tend to aflfect the attitude
of Federal Court Judgments in
that state.
This was apparently the case, for
the Federal Judge presiding over
, the suita would not permit a Jury
trial and was quoted as expressing
an opinion to the effect that $25,
000 was a reasonable ceiling for a
death claim.
In New York State and else
where, there is no ceiling on death
and injury claims; the usual prac
tice is to make the award pro
portionate to the potential earning
power of the person in question.
Survivors of the Southern
Isle^ all SIU members, told the
Coast Guard that the ship stopped
dead in the water "Just as if she
had run into a brick wall." One
crewmember attempted to release
the gripes on a lifeboat but the
crank wouldn't work and all were
swept into the water. They were
picked up by rescue ships two to
four hours later after floating
around on dunnage and boards
they latched on to.
9H0
SEAfAREttg x^g
Organizing Drive 1
Opened By SIO In
Atlantic Tankers d
taining an elaborate, costly—and
(Continued from page 3)
equipment and whatever type of unsuccessful—antiunion apparatus.
work the company sees fit to assign As Terpe put it, "The SIU has
them to. Meanwhile they are kept an unbroken string of organizing
on tap to man Atlantic'ships. Once successes, having won every single
a ship comes in, the company as beef since the organizing depart
signs men to Jobs whether or not ment was set up in 1945. We took
the man /wants to sail at that time on Isthmian, the biggest nonunion
dry cargo outfit in the country an^
or likes that particular run.
Consequently, Atlantic tanker licked them. The same went for
meik have been impressed by the Cities Service and many smaller
Seafarels' freedom to throw in for outfits that the SIU has signed up.
runs they want when they want Our past performances have dem
to, not being compelled to take any onstrated that unorganized seamen
flock to the SIU to enjoy with
thing that comes along.
thousands
of other seamen the
Company Blacklist
benefits the SIU has won as the
Should an Atlantic tankerman re leader of American seamen.
fuse a run, or miss a ship and be "y/e have a smoothlyfunctioning
unable to notify the company, he organizing team operating out of
either gets a demerit entry on his every SIU port on the Atlantic and
record or is blackballed out of the Gulf Coasts. The Union is going
fleet and deprived of his livelihood. with the drive all the way, as long
The true Job security possessed and as far as we have to go. I'm
by Seafarers and the topnotch sure that the end result will be to
SIU representation offdr an attrac bring the benefits of a Union con
tive contrast to this kind of regi tract and Union representation to
Here are two big reasons why a challenge by the New Orleans mentation.
all Atlantic tankermen."
Beachcombers' ball club has no answer from Mobile, say Bosun
A further attraction for the At
23Ship Fleet
Mauricq Duet (left), team manager, and Bosun Otto Pedersen, a lantic seamen is the SIU's exten
recent addition to the lineup. The trophy on the left was won by sive list of welfare and vacation The Atlantic Company's marine
the Beachcombers, and the other two by Seafarers now in the benefits. Hospital benefits, disabil operations include coastwise,
lineup when they were on the squads of Delta Line ships.
ity pay, maternity coverage and nearbyforeign and Middle East
death benefit protection free of and Far East runs. Its fleet of 23
charge to Seafarers are advantages vessels includes three 30,000ton
which Atlantic tankermen lack. supertankers and it reportedly has
Nor do they have the advantage of several more ships of this type on
uptodate recreation facilities order.
available
or under construction in The rest of the fleet consists of
• "Arrangements have been completed for the installation of air conditioning equipment
T2's with the exception of seven
SIU
halls.
in the SlU Hall in the Port of New Orleans, Lindsey Williams, Port Agent and vice pres
prewar tankers that were pri
Little Opposition
ident, reported at the membership meeting Aug. 13.
vatelybuilt. Nine of the ships opsp
While
the
company
has
been
Air conditioning of the New
aware of S''U operations in the erate on the foreign run to the
Orleans Hall was provided for roundly applauded by members aircbol ihe Galveston hall inas fleet it has
offered little opposition Far East, Europe and the Persian
in the building program re sweltering in a hall where the tem much as the preset building plans to Union activity thus far.
Gulf.
cently voted by the membership in perature has topped 90 degrees day are to seek new offices.
The company's officials are no
a Unionwide referendum.
after day this summer.
doubt fully acquainted with the
Announcement that the equip
Every effort is being made to
outcome of the Cities Service fight.
ment is ready for installation was complete installation of the equip
Meeting Night They are aware that the allout
ment in time for the membership
of this company, known
Everg 2 Weeks opposition
meeting of Aug. 27. It is all up to
up and down the waterfront as a
Regular membership meet
the air conditioning engineers now
rough and tough outfit, collapsed
and they have assured the Union ings in SIU headquarters and in the face of relentlesspressure By
that if they should happen to miss at all branches are held every a militant and determined SIU
the Aug. 27 deadline, the work will second Wednesday night at organizing team.
be completed well in advance of the 7 PM. The schedule for the
Cities Service Paid Plenty
They also know that the only re
meeting Sept. 10 when it still will next few meetings is as follows:
August 27, September' 10„ sult of Cities Service's bitter fight
be badly needed.
September
24, October 8.
was a staggering bill for back
(Continued from page 5)
Besides the New Orleans hall,
All
Seafarers
registered
on
the summer heat has also brought the shipping list are required wages running into several hun the unusual story of Philip Pron."
(Continued from page 3)
dred thousand dollars, as well as Each of the letters promised
mailed to all SIU ships at sea and about airconditioning of the Sa
to attend the meetings.
the considerable expensq of main that, "if I find that I can use your
vannah
hail.
No
plans are afoot
to
distributed to ail Seafarers at
testimonial, I will of course, ^ay
shoreside meetings. In addition,
you for same."
the full text of the document was
In this latest case, Semple said
carried in the last issue of the
that he got a letter asking him to
SEAFARERS LOG together with
an explanation of all its clauses. In
advance, so that it will have the as possible particularly in Balti visit the lawyer's office. When he
(ContinuW from page 3)
addition, daily questionrandanswer proper representation in the nq power to take necessary action if more, Phfladelphia and Galveston. went there, he said, they Just
talked about general things, and
meetings were held at headquar tion'is capital, in addition to serv need be.
Welfare Benefits
ters whereby members could get ing as a vaiuable source of infoi> The operation of the various The Welfare and 'Vacation Plans then, Semple said, "Crowley said • '
clarification of any points in the mation important to the Union.
subsidiary corporations like the came in for warm approval, with to me, 'here, I'll give you a double
new document that they did not On finances, the agents reviewed Cafeteria, Sea Chest and Port the agents stating that they have sawbuck for your time'."
understand fully.
all financial operations' of the O'Call was reviewed and termed "opened up a whole new era of Semple said he took the $20 and
It is believed that through this Union and recommended that the to be successful. The agents security for seamen," and looked then Crowley told him that he
procedure, ^ery Seafarer has had present successful procedures be called on the Union to expand forward to; additional coverage be would "contact me in the future, at
which time he said he would re
an opportunity to acquaint himself continued with every effort to be these operations wherever prac ing gained in the future.
imburse me with another double
with the contents of the proposed made to keep bxpenses at a mini ticable into other ports and on the
The agents described the SEA sawbuck."
new constitution before voting on mum.
ships.
FARERS
LOG as "probably the
it In the event he has not, the
Manning of Ships
Continue Organfadng
finest
trade
union paper in the
ballot on which he votes" contains Organizing activity of the Union The agents studied the employ American labor
movement," and Have Your Rating
the entire text of the proposal for over the past several years was ment conditions of the past year called
for continued
support of the
his benefit.
noted .as being of tremendous and a half and concluded that the
Listed in Book
The proposal for a new constitu benefit to the membership. The Union's manpower program had publication and this Union's edu
Bosuns and stewards receiv
tion, which was submitted by the agents suggested that this activity been operating successfully, both cational program.
conference of port agents, was be continued, particularly in the in retaining a healthy booktoJoh Finally the ageqts reviewed the ing the new membership book
based on the fact that the present tanker field which offers the best ratio, and in manning all ships it administration of the various now being issued by the Union
SIU constitution did not provide opportunity for organizing large was called upon to sail during the Union functions at headquarters are cautioned to make sure
shipping boom following the start and concluded that a good Job is that their ratings are stamped
for the many changes that have numbers of seamen.
being done.
into the book.
taken place in the Industry and the Turning to the current contract of the Korean War.
If the book is not stamped
Union's mode of operation since negotiations, the agents recognized With regard to new buildings, In addition to the group report
the early days of the Union. Iq tha there is always a possibility of the agents called the new SIU of the, agents, individual reports accordingly, the dispatcher
addition, the new document specifi a strike if no agreement it reached headquarters " a tremendous as were submitted by«the port agent will not ship the man for that
caliy spells but rights that Sea by September SO. Consequently Set" to the membership and ex for each SIU branch, covering all rating. As a result, some men *
faren have long enjoyed but that they proposed that tho Union pressed the hope that the building operations in the branch and the holding those ratings might
were jiot provided for In so many negotiaU^ eommitteo b« desig program approved by the mem problems faced in their respective lose out on Jobs.
words in the original constitution. nsted • iMko
onViinltteo in sd bership would proceed as rapidly areas.
AirCooling Near For NO
LOG Bares
Slick Move
By Lawyer
Voting Opens
On Proposed
Constitution
Agents Cite Steady SIU Cains
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�... DIGEST of SHIPS'
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ROYAL OAK (CItitt Strvlet), Jiily 20—
Chairman, J. J. Haaiy; faeratary, Aaron
M. Wllborn. Delegates reported every
thinc running smoothly. One man missed
ship in Houston. Aaron M. Wllbum was
elected ship's delegate. Suggestion was
made to buy an iron from the ship's
fund at the next port. This was agreed
upon unanimously. Suggestion was made
that all new men donate tl to the ship's
fund. Repair Ust wlU be made out on
arrival by each department delegate.
Ship's delegate wlU see if the radio
operator wUl flx the radio. Treasurer re
ported $49.40 in the ship's fund at the
present time.
ill
CAPE CftlEO (MliilstlppI), June 12—
Chairman, Earl C. Wallace; Secretary,
Charles McDowell. Ship's delegate should
see the chief engineer about repairing
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In New Books
the drinking fountain. Stewards depart
ment will keep the recreation room
clean and the sanitary men of the deck
and engine departments will rotate the
cleaning of the laundry room each week.
Indicator light will be installed on the
washing machine switch for the benefit
of those who leave It mnning.
June 14—Chairman, Earl C, Wallace;
Secretary, Charles P. McDowell, Some
thing must be done about the drinking
fountain, as there ls> no cold water at
present. Discussion was held on menus
and in cooperating with each other in
keeping unauthorized persons out of the
crew's quarters.
No data—Chairman, J. Buckldy; Secre
tary, Charles McDowell. Provisions have
been made with the captain to obtain
port discharges for the men aboard this
ship while it was on idle status so that
these men may collect their vacation pay
for this time Motion was passed to have
three water coolers put on board—one in
the engine room and two on the main
deck. Ship's delegate should confer with
the boarding patrolman on the right
amount of transportation money to be
received by the men getting oft. Motion
was passed to contact headquarters and
have them set up a Ust of foreign ports
at which the crew can obtain fresh milk
and vegetables.
«
(Victory Carriers), Jons
Headquarters advises that many COR VICTORY
John T. Annal; Sscrstary.
photos in the new membership If—Chairman,
Robert Principe. Vincent Capitano was
ship's delegate. Suggestion was
books and in headquarters files are elected
to have department delegates make
fading, and that the following men made
out three copies of a repair list—one for
should either send in their books the department head, one for the pa
trolman and the other for the ship. Deck
with three passport iihotos or stop and
engine departments should get their
in for new ones as soon as possible: own soap for cleaning. Chief steward
Further lists will be carried in^'fol suggested that the ship be fumigated.
lowing issues of the SEAFARERS
LOG.
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WtUtr, Ammt xi, issie
SEAFAK^tkS Jbhc
Twentrfour
Ernest Abusson, A8: Jesus Araya. A29;
John Auslltz, A33: Abram Allle. A34;
James Antoniadis, A40: Daniel Alvino.
A62: James Armstrong, A69; Marty
Amad. A71.
OATEWAY CITY (Waterman), July 20
Hassen All, A98: Ernest Atkins, A lOl; —Chairman, Caorgc Clark; Sacratary, H.
Enrigue Alvarez, A102: Claudio Anavltate. C. MeCurdy. Chief mate is a source of
A103: Harold Arlinghaus, A104: Alex irritation to the deck department; he
Anagnoston, A106; Manuel Abreu, A108; spends too much time on deck while the
WilUs Addison, A109.
men are working. Ship's crew will write
Lee Arnold. A110: Constantine Antoniou. a letter to the editor of the LOG about
A113: Antonio Acedo, A115; Edward At the Port O'CaU prices, draught beer, en
kins. A14a; Joseph Blake, B21; Carl Berg, tertainment. etc. Members would like to
B2«; Richard Blake. B29; Stanley Bojko. get the opinions of other crews on such
matters, since the bar is a part of the
B33.
William Biskas, B36: Benjamin BaUcy. Union and was built with the member
B42; Robert BrShnan, B13: James Blake, ship's money. AU departments are to
B44: Juan Burgos, B47: Benlgno Bau turn in a repair list. If not already in
tista. B48i James Battle B49; Christo effect, arrangements should be made that
any member in good standing can obtain
pher Bobbe, B33.
Caslmlr Boguckl, B57i John Butler. a meal ticket for the cafeteria on credit
B77; Sidney Bernstein. B82; Ivan Buck by signing his book number as coUateral.
ley, B84; Robert Beliveau, B85: FeUx It would be a good idea for the LOG to
Bonefont, B92: Byron Barnes, B99; Alex publish the fuU particulars of the mater
nity benefit again, as there are quite a
ander Benzuk. BIOS.
Lawrence Bond. B116; Eustachy Bulik. number of members who have not heard
ltJBB118: Francisco Baez. B130; John Bel the detaUs.
lard, B126! John Blgwood. B133: Helmer
BJork. B146: James Brasfield. B158; ALAMAR (Caiman, July 20—Chairman,
Thomas Brennan, B165.
Larry C. SvlHvan; Sacratary, WInflald
Oscar Blaln. B188: Samuel Beattie. B Dunns. AU department delegates should
167; George Burke. B168: Anthony Ben make up a repair list.
der, BI72; Julius Bocala, B173; BacUio
Bonafont, B174: Albert Bagley. B173;
AZALEA CITY (Waterman), July It—
Robert Burnit, B187.
Fred Laplanta; Secretary, Fenr
Charles Burns. B190; Joseph Bums, B Chairman,
nick
Sawyer. Ship's delegate saw the
191; Candido Bonefont,. B193; Nils Beck, captain
about the insufficient stock in
B201; Isaac Blumenberg, B203; Joseph the slopchest.
Ship's delegate suggested
Bush, B320; Juan Colpe, C12; Floyd
a
$5
donation
to the A3IMLA from the
Grumpier, C13.
ship's
fund.
Volunteer
offered to take
Albert Claude, C15; Edward Celkos,
C19; Louis Colon, G29; Enrique Cortes. to. the Norfolk hall the gear of a seaman
who
missed
ship
in
Bremerhaven.
Sug
C34; John ConnoUy'. C36; Jose Castell.
C40; Enrique Carreras, C41: Fructuoso ^tlon was made to raffle off the cap
tain's radiophonograph. Washing ma
Camacho, C42.
Robert Carey, C43; Diego Cordero, C chines should not be used after midnight,
43; Joseph Cantiil, C46; Rufus Carrington, so as not tS disturb men sleeping. One
' C47; Baldo Coccia. C38; Thomas Comtek, member apologized for having so done.
C83; Jose Colon, C89; Anthony Czepzem
..FAIRHOFB (Watarman), May )»—Chair
• ki, C71.
Carlos Comier, C73; Hector Conrad, C, man, William H. Howell; Eocratsry. E.
. , 73; Fabian Craz, C77; Anthony Caldelra, Waamil. O f Dykes was elected ship's
C83; Edward CandUl. C90; Aiigelo Cam delegate' by acclamation. An aUen non
erote. C112; Fred Clopton, CIW; Benlgno member of the crew will be checked, in
Gaivestdn. Steward was asked to order
Cortez. C126.
George Crawford, C148; Paul Capo, C watermelon, cantaloupes and other fresh
131; Chris Ciprlano, C134; Manuel Church,. fruit at Galveston. Discussion was held
C155; Juan Cruz. C156: Gustav Carlson. on innerspring mattresses for the entire
C1S7; John Cox, C138; Walpole CUrk. crew.
C159.
SBATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), June
Damaso Cruz, C160; Gabriel Colon, C
• 161; Joseph Carender. C182: George Coii 30—Chalrmanr R. W, Sweeney; Secretary,
• dos, C163; Gerardo Camacho, C164; Vin B. Jones. Ship's treasurer reported a SST
cent CeUini. C.IJ6; Robert Crete, C167: debt, due to the purchase of a television
Nicholas Capute. C168.
set. This wUI be taken care of by the
Antonio Cruz, C169; Joseph Caruso, C new crewmembers on pay day.
173; Edward Czesnowski. C190; Luis Ce
peda, C194; Richard Cavaqagh, C196;
SOUTHERN CITIES (Southern Trading),
Henry Croke. C197; .Joseph Colon, C204; ne date—Chairman, Thomas; Secretary,
w '
Andre Carvalho, C210.
not listed. Telegram was sent to patrol
Edifo^
SEAFARERS LOG.
675 Fourth Ave.,
Brooklyn 32, NY.
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^Can'Shakers*
Have No OK
The membership is again
cautioned to beware of persons
soliciting funds on ships in be
half of memorials or any other
socaUed "worthy causes."
No "canshakers" or solici
tors have received authoriza
tion from SIU headquarters to
collect funds. The National
Foundation for Infantile Pa
ralysis is the only charitable
organization which "has re*
ceived membership endorse
ment. Funds for this cause
are collected through normal
Union channels at the payoff.
Receipts are issued on the spot.
man in New Orleans, butno one arrived.
Patrolman wiU be sent for in Galveston.
Second cook was elected ship's delegate
by acclamation. Repair Ust should be
made up and given to the captain. Ship's
fund should' be started.
July 4—Chairman, nor rtsteA* Secre
tary, W. T. Lawth. Deck shower should
be replaced; more fans and mirrors are
needed. AU rooms should be cleaned and
painted. Lights should be instaUed above
the galley range. AU members should
donate $1 to the ship's fund.
PAOLI (Cities Service), July 20—Chair
men, not listed; Secretery, net listed.
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as present ones are too light. Those
members . getting off sliould turn in
foc'sle keys and laundry. Chief engineer
refused, to have fuse fixed on Saturday
morning. Vote of thanks went to tha
steward department for its good work.
MILTDN H, SMITH (Itflimlan), July S
—Chairman, Dan Staiarick; See'ratary,
LoUii SIsnorslll, Icebox In the recreatiu;>
room is not working, and did not work
very long after It was repaired. It has
been fixed three times. Crew passed a
motion to get a new one next time in
port. Pantryman asked that all glasses
be put on tha shelf. AU members should
help keep the messhaU clean. Patrol
man's attention ihould be brought to the
fact that the akipper faUed to provide
proper draws. Members should be con
siderate in their use of the washing ma
chine.
July , IS—Chairman, Latky; Secretary,
not listed. Coffee counter should be kept
clean, as weU as tables. Ashtrays should
be used and milk and sugar should be
cleared off tables.
SHINNECOCK BAY (Veritas), Juns 22—
Chairman, Cecil Ostcs; Secretery. Paul E.
Hugslni. Patrolman straightened out the
key situation and had the galley pots and
pans repaired. AU hands should cooper
ate In keeping the laundry clean and in
good ahape. Last standby should clean
the messroom. Steward suggested that
if anyone Is hungry, he is to see the
steward, and he'U fix *em up.. Steward
wiU see that necessary cleaning materials
are placed in the laundry. Stewards de
partment got a vote of thanks.
FAIRLANO (Waterman), May 17—Chair
man, not listed; Secretary, Wilmer E.
Harper. Chief electrician was left behind
in Mobile. Captain expects to get a re
placement in San Pedro. Many repairs
have not been made. There are no port
hole
screens. Suggestion was made that
DEL AIRES (Mississippi), July S.
Chairman, Ray Qusen; Sscrstary, Red the ship's delegate speak to the patrol
Symmont. Meeting was called to discuss man about this if ship arrives at San
the food beefs. Steward said this was his Pedro early enough. Bosun asked every
second trip here and his first Mississippi one to be quiet in the messroom at night.
slUp in quite a few years, but now he Suggestion was* made to set up apship's
reaUzes that you cannot buy stores in fund for this voyage only, with the money
Argentina any more. Ship should be to be spent by the crew at the end of
properly stored for the voyage, since,he the voyage.
June 21—Chairmen, Tom E. Fatteni
never knows when he 'wiU be back in New Secretary,
McCarthy. One man
Orleans and when the ship will hit a was logged jWllllam
for missing sea watches. Tom
port. Motion was passed that 'there be
B. Patton was unanimously elected ahip'a
sufficient stores on board before'signing delegate.
Men who stood watches for the
on. Action should be taken on this by men who were logged
should put in over
the Union, and company should he so time.
notified.
PERSONALS
t> . $>, . i
INES (Bull), July 21—Chairman, W.
Schoenborn; Secratdry, Bllko. One mem
ber missed the ship in TruJiUo City and
rejoined it in San Juan. Deck members
warned about performing. Patrolman
wUl be contacted about a new awning aft.
Delegates wiU see that aU repair Usts
are turned over to the mate and that aU
repairs are made. Crewmembers weia
warned not to touch things that don't be
long to them.
HOLYSTAR (inlcrcentlnental), June 1
—Chelrmeir, O, Farrera; Secretary, J.
Brooks, Robert Zimmerman was elected
ship's delegate: R. J, McConneU was
elected deck delegate; J. V. Murphy was
elected engine delegate and O. Farrara
steward delegate. Ship's delegate • will
write to the hall about tha way the pre
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NOTICES
Dalvln A. SawYcr '
Your baggage can be picked u]^
at the baggage room at SIU bead
quarters ir. Brooklyn.
4 4 4
John Fairelotb
Laundry
left aboard the iSS
Gertrude Driggers, 2521 Lewis St., ALASKA .SPRUCE (Ocean Tew), July Steel Ranger
is In the Baltimor*
Jacksonville, Fla. .
IS—Chairman, William McKay; Sscrstary, baggage room.
H. Themat. Messhall door and washintT
t
J"
. .'.Junes'' R., Bcighi''
i Yoiir parents Eire; very anxious
to hear from ybii. Please write
home. Mother.'
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George E. King
Urgent for you to contact moth
er's friend, Mrs, Richard C. Stuhhs,
for important message. Call Fair
dale 3986 in Dallas, .Texas, coliect
anytime,
Richard Roberts
Your letter received and the
missing ship's fund has been found
and turned over to present treas
urer G. Barber. Delegates, SS
Fairport.
i
$•
Carl Coons
there. Delegates, SS Fairport.
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FAIRISLR (Watarmsn), July 4—Chair
man, C. Cuinn; Sacratary, D, Rlumo.
Water tanka have not been cleaned from
the last trip. Motion was passed to haya
the members of the crew tell the steward
if thiy need anything in the Una of
ship's stores so that the steward 'will
know what to order for tha next trip
from the port steward in San Francisco
by maU from Yokohama. The new wash
ing machine is out of order and the old
one needs repairing. Suggestion was made
that the old one ha repaired aboard ship.
Towel racks and soap trays, should be
gotten for the deck maintenance room
and deck department shower room. Ship's
delegate will see the chief officer about
painting the insides of the lockers.
One man left the ship. Motion was passed
to have the ship's delegate contact the
patrolman about having watch foc'sles
for fireman^and oilers. Awning should
be put up on the boat deck. Man who
missed the ship wiU be sent a wire teU
ing him where to meet the ship to col
lect his belongings and money. Lockers
JAMES McHENRY (BleemSild), July 12
should be repaired. Men should coop
erate and leave the messhaU clean In the Chairman, Paul L. Whitlow; Secretary
M.
Stachura. tVashlng. machine was re
mornings.
paired in Japan, but is out of commission
STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), July 12 again. Men were logged. In Vokusuka for
delaying the ship's shifting to Yokohqpia.
Chairman, Sid Berger; Secretary, C. V.e Ship's
delegate was informed by the cap
Morgan. S7S in donations to the ship's tain that
the ship would be shifted
fund wUI be made at the payoff anir col 6 AM. Members
so informed, and
lected by the ship's delegate. $12.93 will some left in the were
evening. SaiUng board
go for stolen glasses from the slopchest. was set for S AM.
Topside
claims that
One man paid off in Hawaii and was sent
the launch were made
to the hospital. One man missed fhe arrangements' for
for 4 AM and the crew was to take this
for ganted, and aU the crew 'was not
aboard at S AM. Others were aboard at
6
so the ship didn't saU because of
no .criew. Shore stevedores are securing
gear, which is the crew's work and over
time is going in against them for doing
' Jose Dehna
it and also against the mates for doing
saUors'
Recommendation was made
Your brother Angeles is ailxious to limit work.
the chief steward to sailing as
to have you write Jiipi at 214 Boe cook's endorsement and below. Steward
says that he puts everything'on. the re
rum St., Brooklyn, NY;;
quisition that he needs but the captain
crosses many, .'items out.' which is very
true.. Suggestion was made that the
Riidy de Rosa
weavels be sifted out of the Hour and
Would appreciate hearing from that the flour be put in the chill box.
should be more variety in the
you c/o General Delivery, Galves There
menus. Suggestion was made that if
the chief cook flpds any meat unfit for
ton, Texas. Helen. •
consumption, he should show It to. tha
"Sr 4 $
steward and the delegates before dis
posing of it, and Hiat a. record should be
Eddie L. Drigrera
kept of this, so that the steward can ac
Please write to me. Dad is well. count for disposition of all meat.
Your gear has been taken off the
I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please Fairport
and put ashore at the
put my name on your mailing list.
(Print Information) Philadelphia SIU hall. Claim it
:f'..
ship Ih Honolulu. Motion was passed to
havo tha ship fumigated, as thu'e
mica In the gaUey. pantries, messrooms,
saloon, storeroom! and crew's quarters,
including topsida. Members were asked
to Ust any repairs heeded.. Patrolman
win be asked to check lockers in royms.
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PUERTO RICO (Bull), July 1»—Chair
man; Kranc; Sacratary, Pbares. Proper
method of writing overtime was dl.scussed,
as well as some of the/Chipboard rules.
July 17^halrman, Steve CaVr; Secre
tery, Jim Murphy. Delegates will turn
individual cases of drunkenness and per
forming over to patrolman. Two men
are quitting. Before the layjup, ship's
fund will be spent on a party for the
crew. Member accused the night pantry
man of denying food to the men on the
gff watch. Steward 'will try to get more,
milk. Steward has .given instructions to"
give 124 watch milk. Juice and sand
wiches, This, also goes for the men on
48 watch. Crew coffee urn should be
cleaned. Messman'says he does so three
times a day.
LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mittlsslppl),
June 24—Chairman, Jose Plate; Secretary,
Charles C. Peters. AU disputed overtime
should be made ready for the patrolman.
Repair lists have been given to depart
ment heads. Crew wants third assistant
fired, as his attitude and actions arc
detrimental to the welfare of ,the crew
and our Union.
4 ' 4'. • 4'
The crewmember off the Doro
thy, Angelina, Kathryn, Suzanne
or Frances who lost a pair of eye
glasses prescribed by a NY opti
cian can. claim same by writing
Rafael Ortiz, Box 5347, Puerta de
Tierra,Puerto Rico.
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Robert C. Wright
A package belonging to you can
be picked up at the Lost and
Found Dept., Pennsylvania RR
Station, New York City.
George E, King
A letter ior you is being held
at the LOCI office in SIU head
quarters.
4 4 4
WInfred C. Kelly
The registry department of the
US Post Office at 90, Church St.,
NYC, is holding registered mail
for you.
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Baggage and gear btt various
Waterman
ships are being held at
STREET AOORESS'..............a..a.
Pier
6,
Bush
Terminal; Brooklyn,
NIKOKLIS (Dolphin), July .,20—Chair
man, John C. Sorel; Secretary, M. DIton. for the following men: J. J. Bl
Ship's delegate asked that repair list be
CITY
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readied for the captain and patrolman. pere, M; Blizzard, E, Brown, E. R.
Paul Wllkins
He warned that there" would be Union Buckley, J. F. Cooper, A. Di Corta,
action against whoever is carrying stories W. Edwards, J., A. Golendez, R.
It is very important that you topside.
There are complaints about the
Signed
Book No, . ........ contact Sterling & Schwartz, 42 chief mate
who ttirned the men to work Guthrie, G. Hunt, Wilbur Jones,
TO AVOID^DUPLICATION: H you are an old siiBseriba; and have a ehanga
deep
tanks
without supervision when the H. Krauthammer, S. Kurkorich, J.
Broadway, NYC, in reference to an bosun was sick.
He also oT.''»Ted that nb
of address, please qiva your former address below:
event aboard a ship you were on more overtime be given to r c deck main Kurossz, M. E. Lipshitz; J, Mc
man .after he ttirned in over Hale, J, Mickelagvonnas; Paul
recently.
'. * tenance
time for painting thepassageway. Mo
ADDRESS
tion sva* ppss^'d quapimously to get a Mullens,: E, Noonan, G. Schemm.
4 4 ' 4 '
* * new ..washing, maohine,
Liqenshould b«L Waldo JSiiaw, E, J, Shephard. Glen
Edward House
• checkedand replaced by'more
and better
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Call ypur wife. ImportapL
CITY
.q.qai(gr iine.n. ,Cots..slit>uld. Ire exchanged Sutphin, Gene Tucker,
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I received the allotment and
thank you for it. Please write.
Lovp, mother.
mqjchihe atratner need fixing.
Vote of
thanks went to the stewards department,
which was undermanned due fo accidents.
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company about the: quality, quantity and
condition of the stewards department
stores: about having the steward shipped
through the Union haU in rotation: about
authorizidg the steward to order stores
for ship and about having men in the
stewards department shipped for a spe
cific job, such as pantryman, messman,
bedroom steward, utUityman. etc.
Keep Droit
Board Posted *
viou* crew left the ship. Man on standby
Will wash coffee cups for the next watch.
July l»>Chalrman, J. V. Murphy; Sec
retary, J. Brooks. Master wants all dis
puted overtime turned in. Delegates re
ported no beefs. Ship's delegate will
SIU Headquarters urges all
check the amount of money due the
draft eligible seamen to be
crew for tranK^brtatlon. A vote of thanks
sure they keep their local Se
was given to the stewards department for STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), July
m job weU done.
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lective Service boards posted
Chairman, W. Owens; Secretary, Lester C.
Long. Motion was passed that each broth
on all changes of address
STCBL ARTISAN tisthmian), July 20— er will chip In $2 to buy athletic equip
Chairman, Dick Grant; Secretary, Leon T. ment for the crew. Ship's delegate will
through the use of the post
White. There is S27 in the ship's fund see the patrolman about getting a better
cards, furnished at all SIU
and S33 in the Safe. Delegates reported grade of ham, bacon and pork sausage,
everything in order. Leonard S. Busajew as what is left on board from previous
halls and aboard ships.
ski was unanimously elected ship's dele voyages is salty and the pork is spoUed.
Failure to keep your draft
gate. Washing machine will be fixed and Repair Ust will be checked by the patrol
board informed of your where
paid for out of the ship's fund; the old man with the chief mate or captain. Ur
washing machine will be used for work gent painting wiU be done outbound be
abouts can cause you to be
clothes. Patrolman will be 'contacted fore reaching the first port of discharge.
listed,as p delinquent and be
about having the water tanks cleaned of
oil in Long Beach. Ship's delegate . will
drafted
into the services with
ALCOA
PIONEER
(Alcoa),
July
24—
speak to the captain aboiit the cigarette Chairman, D. A. Ramsay; Secretary, John
out a hearing. The Union in
issue in 'port. S20 from the ship's fund W. PIcou. Deck delegate reported that
will be spent on records for the crew. aU but one hand are getting off. One
such, cases can do nothing to
man was logged, and although he tried to
aid Seafarers who fail to com
McKETTRICK HILLS (Western Tank have this lifted, he failed. The matter
ply.
art), Jbly 19—Chairman, L. HItchnar; Sac wUl be turned over to the shore patrol
ratary, John Fee. A few minor repairs man. Two engine department men were
havp been done. One man refused to logged: this will be turned over to the
chip in to the ship's fund. Frank "Red" shore patrolman also. Motion to donate
Corcoran was elected ship's delegate by the ship's fund to the pdUo drive was set was given to the captain. Cost was
acclamation. Committee of three..^was passed unanimously Suggestion was made taken out of the ship's fund and wUl be
elected to buy records and books ""from to have the galley, crew pantry and mess collected from the company and returned
the ship's fund. Since the laundry is in hall painted. Company should be asked to the ship's fund: Ship's treasurer re
the deck department, the recreation room to put all American meats aboard its ported that all brothers agreed to donate
care should be split between the stewards ships. Mate should have the rooms $1 to the ship's fund at the payoff.
and engine departments. Repair list will cleaned for the next crew.
be made ready for the patrolman by de
KATHRYN (Bull), Augujf 3—Chairman,
partment delegatel. Ship's delegate will
Edward Going; Secretary, S. G. Nielsen.
MARIE
HAMILL
(Bloomfleld),
June
2S—
check the slopchest.
Delegates reported no beefs. Washing
Chairman, Mllburno Darlcy; Secretary, R.
should be kept clean. Repair list
T. Balnes. Ship's delegates reported no machine
should
be made up.
beefs. P. J. Cleary was' elected ship's
delegate for this trip. Letter should be
PUERTO RICO (Bull), July 4—Chair
written to' the Union about the water
cooler, which has been repaired each man, Brother Caudlll; Secretary, Brother
time in port for the last five trips; as Lewis. Motion was paj^d to coUect a
soon as the ship is at sea it breaks down. $1 donation from each man for the ship's
It is reconunended that a new one be in man on the return trip, in the deck de
GEORGE LAWSON (Fan Oceanic), June stalled this time. Washing machine motor partment. Engine delegate coUected
17—Chairman, Jas. J. GIrolamI; Secretary, should not be left running, as there isn't some money for the ship's fund: steward
James M. Lennon. Eddie B. Spradley was any spare motor aboard. All extra linen delegate collected $65. Doors should have
elected ship's delegate. Stewards depart should be turned in. All cots should be locks fitted, and each man should have
ment will take care of the recreation taken off the deck before the ship ar a passkey.
room and the sanitary men in the engine rives in Italy. WItiie in port, coffee will
and deck departments will 'care for the be left with the gangway watch, who will
laundry. Washing machine should be kept turn it over to his relief. Vote of thanks
clean. Each man should chip in for an went to the stewards department for
Iron at the end of the trip.
their good food, especially the baking.
July 13—Chairman, V. A. Erwin; Sec
retary, James Lennon. Drinking and
ANGELINA (Bull), July 9—Chairman,
washing water is bad and should be in Louis A. Ramirez; Secretary, T, Weber.
spected by the ' patrolman. Ho should Funds will be collected for the television
SIMMONS VICTORY (Bull), July 12—
also be told about the unsafe shaft alley. set. Department delegates will be re Chairman,
P. M. Robertson; Secretary, W
Washing machine needs repairing. List sponsible for collecting S2 per man. Be Howard. Delegates
reported everything
of delegates' repairs will be turned over cause the last crew paid off before they okay. Coffee cups should
be returned to
to the ship's delegate for the patrolman. were able to pay the steward the $20 the pantry: messroom should
be kept
that they, owed him on the purchase of cleSn' at aU times.'' Deck department
'PETROLITE (Tanker Sag), July 32— the set, it was agreed to re'pay him from foe'sles should be painted , and kept clean
Chairman, Walter Hoepfner; Secretary, the new fund. Ship's delegate will be at aU times. Wet garbage should be put
Paul Nabours. Captain will try to get responsible for the key to the television in barrels; dry garbage on .deck. Coffee
plenty .of food in Japan and will wire for set, and thegangway watch wU! hold it will be made in the small percolator for
men to complete the crew. Captajn will in port. There was a complaidt that the watch only.
log anyone missing watches. It was unan washing machine hasn't been kept clean
imously agreed that $20 will be spent for enough and doubts were settled about
WESTERN FARMER (Western Naviga
magazines ^d fHP (or phonographs, and who should clean this room and when. tion),
May 32—Chairman, Steward V. E.
One member's problem with the engx.
Monte;
Secretary, Robert F. Studley.
neers will be turned over to the pattvH
Chief
cook
was elected ship's delegate by
man 'for
further
action.
Yp^KMAn (Cilrtar),:
acclamation. Steward will get fresh mUk
sfcilSbhip..lilr'shl
SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (S c a t r a I n), and vegetables in Germany. Discussion
Long. Ship's delegates reported all well.
Lor
23^halrman, T. B. Lawson; Secre was held on the care of the waslting ma
Floyd Kelley was reelecte'd'Aiip's dele July
tary,
C. Krelss. No action was taken on ehine. Everybody should elean up their
ffite by' acelamation. ..Sit^gcstion was floodlights
for lifeboats. Motion was own mess in the messhaU. Last standby
made that the steward jirovide sufficient passed to see
about having exhaust fans on each watch wiU clean up the mess
nightlunch for the watch.''Everyone put in the engine
and galley. J. haU if necessary.
should cooperate in caring for the wash Nelson was elected room
June $—Chelrmen,„ V. E. Monte; Sec
ship's delegate. Dis
ing machine.
..
cussion was held on the patrolman taking retary, Robert Studley. Books and Ut
July 20—ChairmaniTeny'HIrsh; Secre $6
erature
were put aboard in Germany. AU
for the L0<3 from permitman every
tary, Robert Georgp Foweil... Four men payoff.
repairs must be checked. Ship shotUd
Man
will
be ; contacted . to
send
were shipped from the Union hall to re
$4 'of the snip's fuiid. Suggestion be thoroughly fumigated, as it is overrun
place hien who' paid rfflf on the West back
was made, that if a man. does not give by roaches; Chairs should be placed in
Coast. Captain said no, about having the 24
notjce, he should be brought aU foe'sles. Galley needs an electric
' foc'sles and decks painted. Motion wag up ^qurs'
mixer. Some quarters need fans, and the
oh
charges.
passed to have headquarters contact the
bosun's quarters needs a 'desk. Steward
asked aU hands to cooperate in turning
in Unen if and whenthey get off the
ship. Quarters should be left in good
l^ulz Aimaivers.
shape. Stewards department got a' vote
^ (1) A man married, gqt divorced
of thanks for their fine work and good
cooperation.
and. married .his .former wife's
las about leaving cups and other utensUs
around. There Is $7JtS in the ship's fund.
Chief engineer donated his poker win
nings of $120 to the crew for the pur
chase of s radio for the crew lounge.
AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), July 30—
Chairman, W. ' Banks; Secretary, W. L.
Hammock. Deck delegate wants the pa
trolman to find out why high men in
overtime are turned to, when low men
are willing to work. Motion was passed
to have the steward report why the ship
is running out of stores. Steward said
meats and fresh stores spoiled because
refrigerator is on the bum. Motion was
passed to have a special meeting when
the ship arrives in New York about the
steward, with a patrolman present to
settle the beef.
ALCOA 'RUNNER (Alcoa), July 14—
Chairman, B. Johnson; Secretary, Cyril
A. Scott. AU repairs were attendea to.
Delegates reported everything running
smoothly. All repair lists should be hand
ed to department delegates as soon as
possible. Ship's fund totals $33,60. Chief
steward and his department got a vote
of thanks for the very good service ren
dered.
SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (S e a t r a i n),
July 27—Chairman, Walter Beyeler; Sec
retary, H. Westphall. There is S15.23 in
the ship's fimd. Patrolman wUl be noti
fied that the ship needs an amplifier for
the messhaU and galley, because the yeU
ing up and down is disturbing the watch
men's sleep. Ship's delegate got a vote of
thanks for the fine job he "did for the
crew. Steward department got a vote of
thanks for their exceptionally good feed.
FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), July
24—Chairman, Robert L. Anderson; Sec
retary, Leo Rose. Ship's delegate will see
the captain about the promised watch
foe'sles for the black gang. All men
caught smoking on deck while loading or
unloading wiU be fined $5 for the ship's
fund. Men should not put their feet on
the messhaU chairs. Deck gang would
like to have the force draft vent in their
room fixed. Men would like the first as
sistant consulted about making the water
in the engine room a little colder, and
to see what is wrong with the water in
the washing machine, which is never hot
enough to wash the clothes.'
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sister, then cUed. He would have
(ohce been married to his widow's
sister.
(2) Arctic Circle.
(3) Discounting the length of
the trains, they're both the same
distance away from New York
when, they meet.
(4) 'Wilson, who went to par
ticipate in talks leading to the
Treaty of 'Versailles after the first
world war.
(5) Tris Speaker.
(6) Are selfluminous.
(7) 10, 27.
^ (8) Mexican War (184648),
' (9) 15.
(10) 29 minutes.
fuzsle Amawer
CITRUS PACKER (Waterman), July 13
—Chairman, Garland Haga; Secretary,
Alvin R. Hernon. Steward requested the
extra room, whichis the ship office, to
store dirty linen. Request was made for
a better grade of bacon. Request was
made that the steward take the slop
chest for the good of the crew. Bosun
collected $11 for the ship's library. Re
quest was made to have the ship's dele
gate see the captain about letting the
checkers use. the ship's office, instead of
the crew's messroom,a8 a hangout. Crew
members who use cots should take care
of them, and put them, away after use.
Bosun asked the crew to clean the wash
ing machineafter uslM It.
July 30—Chairman, 'Darland Higa; Al
vin R. Hernon. Better launch service <n
Hamburg in future trips will be given
to the crew. Chief steward will order an
ironing board for the crew's Use. Criew
suggested that ail SlUeontraeted ship's
be provided with a buzzer from the
wheelhouse to the njesshall to facilitate
calling the standby. The oldstyle police
Wliiatle only makes a lot of noise, and
with the doors and portholes closed at
night for blackout, it is impossible to
hear anything from the bridge, no mat
ter how hard the mate blows.
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FRANCES (Bull). August $—Chairman,
Campbell; Secretary,,. Mike Zelonka.
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Suggestion was again made to paint the
deck
foc'sle: Messhall should be kept
SSQH CSSSD
clean; cigarette butts should be put in
QBasB DQaas ashtrays.
Laundry should be kept clean,
washing machine taken proper, care
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of.
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CANTIGNY (Cities Servicer, July 23—
DBBO QBBQ DIQCIB Chairman,
Peter V. Hammel; Secretary,
John J, Sullivan. Dirty Unen should not
BSDID OliCQBQ be left lying around. Any man drinking
when the ship goes to the shipyard will
GUnSIDQQBLllES BBS be flred
at one. Delegates wlU pick up
OQBB OmSS] BBS repair
Ust. Tele vision button should be
off whu finished. Ship'sdelegate Stated
sssB
SSB that the previous repair Ust of thi^TV
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CANTIGNY (Cities Service), July 23—
Chairman, Peter' V. Hammel; Secretary,
John J. Sullivan. Dirty linen should not
be left lying around. Delegates wiU pick
up therepair Ust. Men should turn off
the record player when finished. Cost of
repairing TV set which was given to the
captain and taken out of the ship's fund
wUl be coUected from the company and
returned to the ship's fund. AU brothers
agreed to donate $1 to the ship's fund at
the payoff.
job on the chow. Men on watch were
asked to help keep the recreation room
clean at night. Captain will see that
daymen get a little more overtime. Crew
was reminded to turn off the washing
machine 4nd television set after use.
Since 44 records and a phonograph have
been taken from the ship, a man will be
elected to keep records under lock and
key when the ship is in port.
LOGANS FORT (Cities Service), July 24
—Chairman, Charles Boyd; Secretary, J.
Bruce Cole. Repair list has beenmade
0Ut by the deck department. There is
still 824.30 in the ship's fund. Thanks
went to the crew for taking care of the
cots. Stewards department will be cleaned
by the BR, jis okayed by the patrolman,
with no overtime to be paid. Steward,
gnnoimced that linen will be issued to
each man due to a shortage. There was
a beef that the eggs were old and the
ham at breakfast tough. Patrolman will
be asked who is to put up clothes hooks.
TRINITY (Carres), July 27—Chairman,
C. Crevier; Secretary, E. Anderson. Alex
ander Cotol was elected ship's delegate.
Suggestion was made to keep the mess
hall cler.n and to keep feet off the chairs.
The pantryman should leave out just
enoi^h cups, knives and spoons at night.
More ashtrays are needed in the messhalL
Beef on the rusty washing machine water;
patrolman should be notified.
STEEL RANGER (Isthmian), July 20—
Chairman, Walter Fitch; Secretary, A.
Talon. Several fans need repairing. Crew
should get cold drinks of water from the
saloon, because the company failed to
repair the drinking fountain in the crew's
mess. Crew will turn in all linen to the
steward when leaving the ship.
ALBION (Dry Trans), July 27—Chairs
man, Johii Listen; Secretary, Frank Na
kllcki. Delegates reported no beefs.
Water will be checked to see if it is salty.
All locks will be checked. Cups should
be washed and put away after use. Cook
got a vote of thanks for his cooking and
JOHN B. KULUKUNDIS (Martis), July the steward for his weilmade menus.
14—Chairman, C. F. Aycock; Secretary,
FAIRHOPE (Waterman), July 13—Chair
P, Loulondes. Ship's delegate reported
Harvey L. Graham; Secretary, C. R.
that all repairs wiU be taken care of be man,
Thurmond.
reported every
fore sailing. Agent in Wilmington had thing in order Delegates
no disputed overtime.
the cap^in's okay that he would have Ship's delegate and
will check the slopchest
everything repaired in San Francisco or before leaving Mobile
next voy
get equipment so that repairs can be age. Hydraulic check for the
should be put on
taken care of at sea. John Worley was the door leading to the
officers'
saloon
elected ship's delegate. All men will re from the main deck. The door is located
turn coffee cups to the sink. Each man midship on the starboard side of the
wUl clean the laundry after using it.
Each department will turn
Each department wiU keep the recrea passageway.
a repair list over to the ship's delegate.
tion room clean for a week. Crew wishes Members are forbidden, to come into thitrf
to thank the agents in both ports for
in . shorts. Messhall should' bd
seeing that everything was squared away messhall
kept in good shape at all times. Washing
before signing on.
machine has been left running several
times.
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EDITH (Bull); July 27^hairman, Jack
Hecox; Secretary, Louis Rizzo. There is
SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), August
$38.50 in the ship's fund. Two men who 3—ChaDman, Jack Helms; Secretary, S.
missed ship wlU be turned In to the pa Candela. Delegates reported everything
trolman.
running all right. Patrolman will be con
tacted about having the ship fumigated,
CATAHOULA (National Navigation), since several rats have been found and
July 27—Chairman, J. F. Gillette; Secre kiUed.
tary, Adolph Capote. Larger ians will be
secured on the north bound ship. J. F.
MICHAEL (Csrras), August 1—Chair
Gillette was elected' ship's delegate, with man, Edward Schbrzer; Secretary, T. L.
a vote of thanks for the' former ship's Terars. J. Smith was elected ship's dele
delegate's fine and efficient work. • Ship' gate by acclamation. The meat in the
should be Jumigated for roaches and boxes has been inspected by the depart
other vermin. Suggestion was made that mental delegates, the steward, chief of
the ship get a better grade of meat. A ficer and the captain. It was found to be
fourman committee was elected to see in a very poor'conditioiyin Some in
that a better grade of meat is procured. stances rancid. Recommendation was
Suggestion was made to return cots to made to have the food inspectors check
the foc'sle after use.on decks to get them it when the ship arrives in port. Each
out of the Way. Dirty linen should be delegate will make up a repair list in
turned in for laundering. There should triplicate. There was some discussion on
be more butter and milk, and fruit juices the shortage of linen,'but the crew was
at night for the messroom icebox.
assured that this would be. remedied in
the future.
ELIZABETH (Bull), June 29—Chairman,
James E. Rose, Jr.; Secretary, C. Cordero.
Delegates reported no beefs. Chief cook
was left in Puerto Rico sick. Linen should
be changed piece by piece. Suggeistion
was made to put the full menu on the
board. Another brand of soap should be
issued.
July 27—Chairman, T. Tipaldes; Secre
tary, W. J. Doak. First assistant was told
by the patrolman to divide the work
properly down below. Motion was passed
to get a new toaster. Blackout screens
and screens that are too big are to be re
placed. New awning is needed on the
after deck. More variety was asked In
fruit juices and deserts. Alleys and
pantry need cleaning and sougeeing.
MALDEN VICTORY Mississippi), June
24—Chairman, George Glennon; Secre
tary, Richard Jorgsen. Most of repairs
have been completed. Painting of crew's
quarters midship wUl be done the next
voyage. Delegates wiU sec the patrolman
about the washing msehine. Dan R.
PhUUps was elected ship's delegate.. AU
time changes will be posted. Bread, but
ter and milk should be put in their
proper places in the messhaU. Dishes
should be placed in the..sink. Each de
WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (TransFuel),
partment will take care of cleaning the
laundry and recreation room for a week. July 20—Chairman, Vincent Gcneo; Sec
retary, William B. McGlynn. Steward was
PURPLESTAR (Traders), June 22 asked to vary the menus more. Crew was
Chairman,. Arthur C. Andersen; Secre asked to be' careful of the fresh water in
tary, Jack D. Wood. There is $70 in the the laundry. Ship's delegate asked the
ship's fund in the captain's safe. Fan is crtw not to throw cigarette butts on the
needed for the messhail: ship's delegate deck and to return cups and dishes to
should ask the chief engineer to have the the pantry. AViper and OS will rotate
deck engineer fix this. Three depart the cleaning of the laundry room each
ments wUl rotate the care of the recre week. Stewards department will keep the
ation room and laundry each week. Dis recreation room cleaiL
cussion was held on getting fresh milk
WINTER HILL (Cities Service), July 14
in Japan or India.
—Chairman, Ted Gradielick; Secretary,
OLYMPIC GAMES (Wostsrn Tanktrs), Thomas G, Davis, Jr. Ted Gredjelick was
July »—Chairman, Joseph J. Myerchak; elected ship's delegate by acclamation:
Sscratary, Paul James. Repair Ust should Tormond A. Semmen was elected deck
be gone over and added to before the delegate, Richard Koch, engine delegate
ship arrives in Palermo. Paul James was and T. Gradjelick stewards delegate—all
elected treasurer. Ship's delegate wiU by acclamation. Suggestion was made that
contact the master about .painting the men donate loose change at the payoff
crew's heads. Motion was passed to col to the ship's fund. New washing ma
lect $1 from each member for the ship's chlnM, wind shutes and screens have
fund. Ship's delegate asked the crew to been installed. .Men were asked to keep
cooperate in keeping the messhaU and mesabkll end pantry clean. The chief
laundry dean, since thg orew Is getting cook got A vote of thanks for a splendid
FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service) June
4—Chairman, Eugene Bares; Secretary,
Vincent Ratcllff. Ray Bunce was elected
ship's delegate: Vincent Ratcliff was elect
ed treasurer. Washing machine wiil be
repaired in drydock. Motion was passed
to. have the ship fumigated in the ship
yard. Request was made for more milk.
Ship's treasurer reported $111.44 in the
ship's fund.
June 14—Chairman, Vincent Ratcliff;
Secretary, Ray Bunce. Treasurer report ^
ed a balance of $11639. Repair lists will ^
be presented to the patrolman and mate
in Galveston. Motion was passed to get
an awning for the poop deck for hot
weather.
June 23—Chairman, Bernard Kimbertry;
Secretary, Ray Bunce. New fans are
needed for the chief cook and others.
Members were asked to please keep their
feet off benches. New coffee bag, fresh
bread are needed.
July 24—Chairman, Leon Davis; Secre
tary, Wayne H. Ogh. Ship's delegate
should ask the steward to put out fresh
milk more often. He should also ask the
patrolman if the steward can put out
baked ham once in a while and prime
roast more often. There should be an
improvement in the food in general
Patroiman should see the port steward
about a better grade of coffee.
HASTINGS (Waterman), July 27—Chair
man, A. E. House; Secretary, A. Clause.
Delegates reported everytliing in order.
Members getting off snould turn all keys
over to department delegates. All extra
linen should be turned in, bunks should
be stripped and linen placed in pUlow
slip on bunks. Bad fruit being put out
at night should be checked. Repair lists
should be turned in.
PAOLI (Cities Service), August 3—
Chairman, not listed; Secretary, Anthony | "51
P. VIolanto. Jack Zukosky was elected
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treasurer. Motion was passed to have the
ship's delegates see the patrolman about
speaking to the company officials about
getting watch foe'sles for oilers and Bre
men on this vessel.
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The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash
benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these rpen would welcome
mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS
hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in
for a visit. It toill be most welcome.
H/':'
All smiles. Seafarer George L. Hayes, (right), puts in for both ma
ternity and vacation benefits at the SIU Seattle branch hall. Hayes
was on the Irenestar when his son, Samuel, was bom. Handling
the applications are Jeff Morrison, (left), port agent, and Paul Dro
zak, dispatcher.
USPHS HOSPITAL
MANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN, NY
Robert Atmore .
Carl Berre
Rupert A. Blake
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Edmund C. Blosser
JuUan F. Bright
Wilson O. Cara
Walter J. Chalk
Charles M. Davidson
EmiUo Delgado
John J. DrlscoU
John T. Edwards
Jose Espinozi^
E. Ferrer
Leonard Franks
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All of thefollowing SIU families 1952. Parants, Mr. and Mrs. John
will collect the $200 maternity L. Cobb, Box 362, Baltimore 2, Md.
benefit plus a $25 bond from the
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Union in the baby's name.
Geralyn Theresa Stewart, bora
• Michael Stephen Parrot, bora June 25, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
May 9, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Samuel W. Stewart, 1933
Wiley Parrot, 1736 Carrol Drive, D'Abadie Street, New Orleans 16,
La.
NW., Atlanta, Ga.
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New Orleans, La.
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Samuel David Hayes, born June
25, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George L. Hayes, 610 West 26th
Street, Vancouver, Wash.
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Celia'Darlene Milton, bora June
Evelyn Dulaca, bora June 28, Robert Lindsey Woodcock, bora 11, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sammy June 6, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Luther'Ray Milton, Route 1, Box 4,
S. Dulaca, 971 North 6th Street, Mra. Paul Woodcock, 424 Walnut Henry, Va.
Street, Norfolk 6, Va.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Lester LarUn, born
June 26, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lester N. Larkin, 55 Nichols
Street, Chelsea, Mass;
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Pamela Dawn Spencer, bora
April 4, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim L. Spencer, 616 South
Cox Street,' Asheboro, N, C.
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14, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph E. Barlow, 164 West Col
lins Street, Westlawn, Mobile,. Ala.
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Daniel Arthur Gilliland. bom
July 23, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur G. Gilliland, 204 Shef
field Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
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Kenneth DeVece, bora August 4,
Christopher Thomi^s Katsanis, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ricar
bora June 19, 1952. Parents Mr. do DeVece, 1777 Spring Garden
and Mrs; Charles P. Katsanis,. 232 Street, PhUadelphia, Pa. *
East 116th Street, New York 29,
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Nancy Margaret Smith, bora
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Edna Dianne Powe, born July 17. July 3, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
1952. Parents Mr. and Mrs. John Mrs. Eddie Douglas Smith, 844
Shotwell, Houston, Texas.
T. Powe, Pearl River, La.
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Wayman Monroe Jordan, born Pamelia Lewis Deese, bora July
May 31, 1952. Parents, Mr. and 12, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. John Monroe JordanM 869 W. Louis C. Deese, Route No. 9, Box
395, Coneora, NC.
Highland Ave., Prichard, Ala.
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William Thomas Anderson, bora Louise Lucinda Greaux, bora
July 28, 1952. ParSnts, Mr. and August 6, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter J. Anderson, 255 St. Mrs. Greaux, 122 First Avenue, S.,
Texas City, Tex.
Emanuel Street, Mobile, Ala.
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Terry Lincoln Miller, bora July Charles Howard Blonstein, bora
Charles Anthony Gallagher, born 25, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. August 5, 1952.' Parents, Mr. and
May 25, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Marvin E. Miller, 657 Rick Street, Mrs. David Blonstein, 97 Willet
Mrs. Charles J. Gallagher, 89 Par Crichton, Ala.
Street, New York City.
ker Street, Chelsea, Mass.
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Stewart Allen Kautsch, bora Jerome Stanley Dob, Jr., bora
Rhonda Terry Kaufman, born June 27, 1952. Parents, Mr. and May 24, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
July 1, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Kautsch, 1614 Mfs: Jerome S. Dob, c/o.:Louis
Mrs. George L. Kaufman, 3210 9th Street SW, Canton' Ohio.
DiDomenico, RD No. 2, College
Pauger Street, New Orleans 19, La.
ville, Pa.
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Inez Emelda SmHh, bora April June 4, 1952. Parents Mr. and Rosemarie Palmquist, Parents,
25, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Martin Marshall, 84 Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Hilding Palmquist,
Lawrence Smith, 1100 Whitney Street, No. Revere, Mass.
24617 N. Conduit Avenue, Rose
Avenue, New Orleans 14, La.
dale, NY.
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16, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
bora April 9, 1952. Parents, Mr.
1, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
and Mrs. Harris E. Phillips, Box Horace W. Phelps, 1120 Hawthorne Ralph O. King, 735 St. Louis, New
Avenue, So. Norfolk, Va.
' 1106, Chickasaw, Ala.
Orleans, La.
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Bertha Lorraine Robinson Saw
25,
1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
yer, born July 21, 1952. Parents,
Alberto
Manuel, 11014th Street,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Sawyer, Galveston,
Texas.
1355 Persimmon Street, Mobile,
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July 13, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell T. Reed, 3000 Pry
Mrs. Alexis BenKori, Jr., 3570 tania. Apt. 7, New Orleaiis, La,
SW 13th Terrace, Miami, Fla.
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Roy Francis White, bora July July 30, 1952: Parents, Mr. and
20, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. William K. Robinson, 356
"• Roy R. White, 160 Salro Street, Carsten Street, Mobile Ala.
Elizabeth, NJ.
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Edith MarieCobb, born May 12, 1952. Parents, Mr; and Mrs. Rob
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farer, regardless of age, who
qualifies for benefits under
the Seafarers Welfare Plan,
is eligible for the $15 weekly
disability benefit for as long
as he is unable to work. Ap
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usual situations should be sent
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Robert E. GUbert
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Harold Rosecrana
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James R. Mathews
Paul J. Mogart
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Frank Calnan
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James R. Lewis
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Joseph Lucas
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SIU Hits Hospifal Closing
(Continued from page 2)
badly, and where we want to be recovering from an injured foot,
travel over to New Orleans for near our families when we must while Seafarer Tim Burke faces a
treatment."
have treatment."
long siege with tuberculosis. Both'
Tanner's statement was echoed Seafarer E. G. Petis, who is re men will have to be moved al
by several Seafarers who were cuperating from a fractured ver though their only relatives live in
With WALTER SIEKMANN
hospitalized ii^ the Mobile insti terbra suffered in a swimming ac the Mobile area.
tution. One of theih, A. W. Swim, cident, stated, " I hope the LOG
Patients Moved
OS, was injured while aboard the will let people know what's going
(News about men in the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIIL Wel Afoundria. "They will keep a hos
As a result of the closing order,
fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer pital open in Yokohama," he de on around here."
125 hospital patients are being
Two
other
veteran
Seafarers
in
Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes clared, "and close one here at
the hospital are concerned about transferred to other institutions.
his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.)
home where it is peeded just as the closing. J. H. Jones, FOW, is All that will be left of the 109
yearold institution will be an out
One thing that the guys in the hospitals always remark about is the
patient service for seamen. It will
way the SIU takes care of its own, and Earl Melle over in Staten Island
be manned by a staff of 18 in con
Hospital is one Seafarer who is always ready to praise his brothers
trast to the 128 people who previ
for the way they hejp out a fellow Seafarer. •
ously worked in the institution.
Earl had to have a serious operation at Staten Island, and the way
Participating in the protest
it turned out, he needed a lot of blood in a hurry. A quick call went
meeting aside from SIU Port Agent
out to the New York SIU hall, and the Seafarers in
Cal Tanner, were representatives
the hall really turned out in fine fashion. The doctors
of the MM&P, Marine Allied Work
(Continued from page 2)
Edouard "Lee" DeParlier walked ers, NMU, American Legion, Vet
say that the blood his fellow Seafarers donated was
one of the most important factors in getting Eari ered all the dues he had ever paid into the New York headquarters erans of Foreign Wars, Disabled
through the operation. Earl's one of the real old to the Union since 1944—with last week and promptly snagged American Veterans, Jewish War
the largest single Vacation Pay Veterans and others.
timers who has been sailing on deck just about all some money still left over.
"That doesn't count the hospital check paid out so far, $167.61.
of his life.
I. dropped off a $200 maternity benefit check and benefits I've collected before at DeParlier just signed off thd*
Family Foto
$25 US bond from the Union at Hilding Palmquist's various times," he said. "They Fort Bridger (Western Tankers)
home last week.. Hilding's wife, whom he met while were just gravy."
after seeing through a 16month
at the Staten Island Hospital where she worked for "The way I figure it," said Persian Gulf run as steward.
Pashkoff
10 years, just presented him^ with their second Luther, "those other hospital bene
"The trip wasn't bad," said De
daughter. They have a pretty brick house out on Long Island now, fits were just money that the Parlier, "but I wish that the fel
with plenty of room for the family and a nice yard where the kids Union gave me. I've gotten big pay lows wouldn't sign on for a long
can play. Hilding admits that the good wages and conditions that the boosts, better working conditions, run like that if they know that
SIU has won are what makes it possible for seamen like himself to the best Union representation in they're not going to stay aboard.
the world for eight years, and it
own their own homes now, and have a real family life.
"The trouble is that after a
Osborne N. Brooke dropped into the New York hall to take his first hasn't cost me a cent.
while,
the guys start paying off
Free Insurance
look at it. He just got in on the Alcoa Pioneer and says "the hall is
in foreign ports, and then they
"The
$2,500
Death
beqefit
that
even better than I expected—and that's saying some
I have with the Union has just have to hire replacements there,
thing." He just collected the. $200 maternity benefit
they sure.don't get the kind
been like a free life insurance and
and $25 US bond when his wife presented him with
of replacements they would get
a baby boy, Eddie Eugene.
from an SIU hall.
George Kitchen gets a regnlar daily visit at Staten
"When the guys sign on for a
Island by his wife, and you should see him brighten
long trip and then sign off before
up when she wallu into the hospital. George, keeps
the trip is completed, they just
busy when she's not there by making belts for her.
make it that much harder on the
She's got a whole collection of leather and knot
men who stick with the ship."
belts that George has made in different colors and
DeParlier has been sailing since
designs. A lot bf Seafarers will remember George's Fitzsimmons
1943 when he joined the SIU, and, One of the early SIU families
good pies and cakes.
he says, "this is the first time I've to receive maternity benefits,
John Fitzsimmons and John Muehleck keep busy sailing the Puerto
ever collected vacation pay. It's a the Wilburn H. McKinney clan
Rico back and forth in Staten Island Hospital. Both of them were on
big step forward for the' Union of lyiobile sits for a real family
the ship, and send their regards to the crew. They'd like to have some
and for the seamen."
photo. The baby is James Allen.
qf the Puerto Rico crew stop up the next time the ship's in New York.
Dave Blonstein and his wife just had their first son. What with SIU
wages and working conditions, Davt says they are now planning on
Visit To New Orleans Hospital...
buying a home of their own. In addition to the $200
maternity benefit and the $25 US bond from the
Union, the LOG photographer took the first pictures
of the new baby. Dave said thgy plan to start an
album with the LOG pictures. He's going to grab a
coastwise ship, preferably Bull Lines, so he'll! be
Edouard De Parlier
able to be home with the family more often.
Dave Pashkoff just blew into Staten Island Hos policy that the Union gave me.
pital with a bad foot. Pashkoff's brothfers have all The hpspital benefits that I can
sailed SIU at one time or another except one. That collect
if I go into the hospital
„ ,
last one just got out of the Navy and has already again, will
be gravy.
Nering
applied for his AB papers. Dave has already worked In fact, when
I figured it out,
iip a sort of sandwich and coffee concession in his ward. After visiting the benefits I just collected not
hours, all the guys in the ward join in and have a little feast.
only cover the dues I've paid for
Frank" Nering keeps busy over at Staten Island by going around the last eight years, but they'll also
> and visiting all the other Seafarers he knows in the~ hospital. He cover my dues until the end of
never forgets an old friend and said to say hello to all his old ship 1953, and I'll still have some
mates for Big Frank the Fireman.
money left over.
"That is what I call k real good
deal, when you can belong to a
Union for eight years and get all
the wonderful benefits, and then
collect more money just in bene
The deaths of the following Dob, Jr., of 334 Main Street, Col fits than I've paid into the outfit.
Seafarers have been reported to legeville. Pa., and his mother, "That's why I sure wouldn't let
the Seafarers Welfare Plan and Stella Dob of .Conshohocken,, Pa., my boys sail with any other out
$2,500 death benefits are being survive him. Dob was buried in fit."
Riverside Cemetery, Montgomery
paid to beneficiaries.
County, Pa.
Mervyn Shipley. 42; Brother
4. it
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Shipley died in the USPHS Hospi
Basilio G. Cunado, 58: A Jieart
tal in Baltimore on July 4 of, ailment caused the death of Broth
cirrhosis of the liver.. He sailed' in er Cunado on July 27 in the
Applications for the mater
the deck department as AB and Sparrows Point Dispensary, Balti
nity
benefit must be supported
had been a\ inember of the SIU more, Md. He had been sailing SIU
since November, 1944, joining up since 1947 and held FOW ratings. by the following documents:
marriage certificate.
in the port of Baltimore. He is His wife, who lives In Spain, sur • Your
survived by a brother, Clayton R. vives him. burial took place in the • Baby's
birth certificate dat
Shipley of 2002 Beechfield Avenue, Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Baltl
ing birth after April 1, 1952.
Baltimore. Burial took place in the moie, Md.
• The discharge
from the last
Keyser Cemetery in West Virginia.
ship you sailed, on before the
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Hubert H. Keeoh, 35: A fall from baby was born.
Jerome .^Stanley Dob. 23: The a second stoiy window led to the
Processing of all applica
youthful Seafarer was the victim death of Brother Keech in the tions can be speeded up by at
of a knifing, dying of stab wounds USPHS Hospital, Norfolk, Va., on least three days if photostatic
at the Mo^ptgomery Hospital, Mor August 15. A resident of that city, copies of the three documents
On the mend, and coming along nicely, a quartet of Seafarers at
ristown, Pa., on May 10, 1952. Ten Keech had joined the SIU ip De are sent in. Applications
the New Orleans marine hospital takes in the sunshine on the lawn.
days later his wife gave birth to cember, 1944, and sailed on deck. should be made th Union Wel
Shown enjoying old sol (top, LR), are James Snell, cook; Thomas
a baby boy. Dob had been with He is survived by "his brother fare Trustees, c/p SIU head
L. Dugan, oiler; Lee Dwyer, steward, and Dalio Perez, MM. At
the SIU since August, 1948, sailing Clyde Keech, of Pantego, NC. quarters, 675 Fourth Avenue,
bottom, SIU Welfare Services Representative Bill FredericlM^ • fc •'
in the. engine department. His wife, Burial took , place in KeecH' Ceme
(center) and Dr. W. W. Nesbit, chief medical officer, pay a visit to
B'klyn 32, NY.
.Mary Dob. and son, Jereiiie Stanley tery in Pantego.
hospital newcomer, John R. Dodd, OS.
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Vol. XIV, No. 17
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Headlines:
UNION PROTESTS MOBILE HOSPITAL CLOSING ORDER
CG PROBE SCORES COMPANY FOR SOUTHERN ISLES LOSS
THREE-WAY $$ BENEFIT ADDS UP FOR SEAFARER
'UNION TALK' STARTING
ATLANTIC TANKERS ORGANIZING DRIVE LAUNCHED BY SIU
SIU AGENTS SEE STEADY UNION GAIN
SIU WELFARE SEEN BY ATLANTIC REPS
VOTE OPENS ON CHANGES IN SIU LAW
UNION-OPERATORS HUDDLE, REPORT PROGRESS ON PACT
MARINER ON SEA TRIALS
SHIP SINKS, CREW SAFE
BABIES MAKE PAYOFF
SEAFARER SEES A TRICKY SHUFFLE IN COMPANY ATTORNEY'S DEALINGS
PURPLE HEART KOREA VET ALL READY TO SHIP AGAIN
ABSENTEE VOTING MAY BE TOUGH
DIGEST OF STATE LAWS ON ABSENTEE VOTING PROCEDURE
2ND SIU CREW AIDS BLOOD BANK
WAVES SWALLOW SEAMAN SLEEPING OUT ON DECK
US MERCHANT SHIP TOTALS HIT '52 LOW
SECOND SEAFARER GETS RAP FROM VENEZUELAN POLICE, CABBIE
GOT IDEA IN TRAVELS, OPENS OWN BUSINESS
WHEN MERCHANTMEN WAGED WAR FOR US
SUNKEN TREASURE DEFIES SALVAGE
ATLANTIC NEXT!
MORE SAFETY NEEDED
WATCH YOUR STEP
BENEFITS PAY OFF
SEAFARERS PORTS OF THE WORLD: ROTTERDAM
SIU TOPS--COLUMNIST TELLS CREW
FRESHWATER SAILING WASN'T EASY
SETTLING DOWN ON A FARM IS PLEASANT SEA DREAM
HUNGRY INDIA KEEPS ON SMILING
PENNMAR HAS GUN-TOTIN' CAP'N
SIU GAINS IRK NIKOLIS CAPTAIN
DISSATISFACTION IS USEFUL THING
AIR-COOLING NEAR FOR NO
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1952
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SEAFARERS LOG
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1952
,t OfFICIAL ORGAN OF THI S IA F A R S R S 1 N TE R N AT 1 O N A L UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL •
SlU OPENS TALKS
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"^rrW ffHWMCOf* beUo Hills has reason to smile as he waits
for vacation pay at the cash window in SlU headquarters. With him are
his son Fran6iS| 3, and daughtei' Gerialdii^e, 10. Money made for a happy
wedding anniversary.
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oona oy warier oiercmann, oiu weirare services director,
in name of her baby son, Daniel. Proud father is Seafarer Aurthur Gilliland,
who sails in the deck department.
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Chairman John Ziereis of the
constitutional committee dis
cusses a clause with other com
mittee ihembers as they study
the proposed new SIU constitu
tion. The committee, consisting
of (left to right), Cliff Wilson,
M. McCoskey, Ziereis, Alonzo
Milefski, Charles Palmer and
Walter Sz^ostak, recommended
adoption of the document as
it stands and called it "a con
stitution of which every Union
member may be proud." The
recommendations of the com
mittee will be taken up and
acted lipon at ipembership
meetings in all ports next Wed
nesday night, August 13.
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YOUR DOI,UkR*S WORTH
New Law Alters Citizen
Rules For Alien Seamen
SBAFARERS GU8DB TO BETTER BUYINO
By Sidney Margollus '
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The folUnmng column, is the second of o scries written exclusively
for the LOG. The column which will appear regularly from now on
is designed to assist the Seafarer and his family to peP the best value
when they go shopping. The author is a wellknown authority and
writer on consumers' buying problems.
Alien seamen who put in five years' sea time on US flag ships before September, 1950,
will be eligible for US citizenship again under terms of the new Immigration and Nation
ality Act. This will apply whether or not the men involved were admitted for legal and As pointed out here previously, the largest single cost in a house is
permanent
'
2rmanent residence in the*""
the price you pay for financing it. If you bought a $10,000 home, put
US.
JS. These facts were made with ,thr number of seamen em quotas and priorities for immigra down $1,000 and took 25 years to pay the balance, you'd pay a grand
clear by SlU headquarters ployed on USflag vessels who tion to the US.
total of $14,253 on your $9,000 mortgage. Not the cost of the materials
Must List Aliens
this week after a complete an have to be US citizens. Nor does it
nor the
workers' wdges to build it, but the mortgage lenders' charges
Under
the procedure detailed
by
make many changes in provisions
alysis of the new law.
fhe
law,
when
a
vessel
arrives
in
of
the
existing
naturalization
law.
for
the
use bf
their nioney is what makes owning a hoqse expensive.
While all regulations und?r
(Continued on page 15)
which the Act Will operate have What it. does do, is revise the
Even for a small bungalow the interest on the mortgage will eat up
not yet been written up, the LOG
about $20$25 a month, which is about what it costs to feed a member
has learned that this provision,
of
your family. Nor does that even include any payments on the prin
which applies in the main, to alien
cipal.
seamen who helped man biu: war
time merchant fleet, will go back
Unfortunately every time the price of house jump, your actual costs
into effect after being cUt off for
pyramid further because of the accumulation of interest. You can fig
two years.
ure
that every time the price of houses goes up $1,000 the actual extra
Must File Within Tear
to the .home buyer is $1,500 to $1,800.'
cost
The provision under which non
Modera long mortgages tend to conce'hl the high price for a~ house
resident aliens could obtain citi
zenship in return for wartime or
in the cloak of seemingly easy monthl3^payments. ThWe's a noticeable
postwar service had been knocked
tendency these days, especially among young families, to select a house
out of the laws on September 23,
by
the size of the carrying charges rather than the value.
1950 when the Internal Security
Act was passed. It is now restored
„There are four ways to cut the cost of financing a house:
^
as of the effective date of the new
,
•
Make
a
larger
down
payment.
Act whch is December.24, 1952.
In order to take advantage of this
• Pay
off .the mortgage sooner.
" . .
provision an alien seaman must
• Reduce
the amount of house you buy or build now, but plan of
file for citizenship within a year
choose
it
so
it will be easily expandable,^ as pointed out in the first
from that date.
article in this series.
The Immigration Act, which
contains several other provisions of
• Shop
for the lowest interest rate.
interest to alien seamen, was voted
Families sometimes can put down a larger payment than at first may
in July 1952. It details all the re
seem possible, by postponing purchase of other equipment except the
quirements that have to be met by
essentials. The more that's taken from the down payment to put into
all aliens entering the US, includ
furnishings,
the more those furnishings finally cost Any equipment
ing seamen. It also sets up the pro
financed directly
or indirectlji by way of the mortgage finally will cost
cedure of obtaining citizenship.
NY AFL Insurance Agents show their thanks for SIU aid during you 'from 50 to 80 per cent more than its original piice. Or to put it
Sea Time Counts
their 81day strike last winter, as President Joe Pollack of lAIU another way, every additional $100 you put down on fhe house is worth
One provision permits an alien Local 19 (left) presents commemorative plaque to SIU Asst. Sec'y
$150 to $180 to you. .
seaman who was admitted to this Treas. Claude Simmons (right) at July 30 hq meeting. Jim Moran,
If it Isn't' possible to put down more than the minimum on a house,
country for permanent residence also of Local 19, looks on.
there's
still a chance to cut the financing, cost by raising the monthly
to count five years of continuous
payment. The danger, especially for Seafarers, is making monthly
sea time aboard an American ship
payments so high they might be difficult to meet if you run into unem
as a substitute for the five year
ployment or other heavy financial seas. The usual principle is that
shoreside residence, provided such
a
family ^an't afford to spend more than 2025 per cent of its income
sea time is immediately preceding
on
the monthly carrying charge, including interest, repayment of the
the date he files his petition for
mortgage and taxes.
naturalization.
You also have a chance .to shave the financing cost by shopping for
The Act makes no change in ex
isting provisions of the law dealing The Union paused last week to honor the Seafarer who a lower interest rate, especially if you're able to make a fairsized dowtf
so the lender's risk is less. Most lenders charge 5 to
per
received the hundredth $200 cl leck under the Welfare Plan's payment
cent when the down payment is small (GI mortgage loans are a fraction
new maternity benefit.
lower). But some banks, building and loan companies and insurance
The benefits zoomed right benefit check went to Arthur Gilli companies have rates of 4 to 4V4 per cent for smaller mortgages. It
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Vol. XIV. Ne. U past, however, to reach a land and his wife, Joan, in Brook pays to shop for the lowest rate. If you can'reduce the rate only one
As I See It
Page 11 total' of 112 Seafarers who lyn. Their son, Daniel Arthup, was half of one per cent, you'll reduce your monthly payments by five per
Burly
Page 14 have collected a total of $25,200 in bom July 23, right after his dad cent on a typical mortgage.
Cargo Loading .. .Pages 12, 13 maternity benefits and baby bonds signed off the Seatrain Louisiana 2 Even if you can't make a sizable down payment now or raise the
Crossword Puzzle ..*... Page 10 since payments under the plan be (Seatrain) where he was a deck monthly ante, it's smart to insist that the lender put in the mortgage
maintenance man.
Did You Know ........ Page 16 gan just 8 weeks ago.
contract a "right to repay" clause, so you can pay in some extra money
Editorial
Page 11
In fact, the number of payments Gilliland, who is 26, lived in the now and then when your earnings are good. Some lenders may be re
(Continued on page 23)
Foc'sle Fotog
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luctant, since they earn more interest on larger and longer mortgages.
Galley Gleanings
Page 18 an increase, with 37 payments go
Some others may want a clausein the contract providing for a penalty
Inquiring Seafarer
Page 10 ing out as compared with an aver
of 90 days' interest on prepayments, but the more enlightened lenders
Jn The Wake ...:
Page 10 age of 25 payments for each of the
dont' insist on such a penalty. Another good feature to seek in a mort
Labor RoundUp ...... Page 14 previous 2week periods.
gage is a grace period of at least six months during which you can skip
Letters
Pages 19, 20
payments without fear of default. Such a clause is especially desirable
l^art
of
this
increase
is
due
to
Letter Of The Week ... Page 11 the fact that many Seafarers who
Applications for the mater
for a Seafarer in case his family runs into some difficulty while he's
Maritime
Page 14
eligible to collect benefits for nity benefit must be supported away, or if be himself has a stretch of unemployment.
Meet The Seafarer
Page 10 are
by the following documents:
How mucfal^ does it actually cost to operate a home of your own?
back to April 1 are just hit
On The Job
Page 14 births
Plenty, especially for the first 25 years or so. Suppose you bought a
our marriage certificate.
ting
the
States
after
being
out
on
Personals \
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$10,000 house, put down $1,000 and undertook a 25year mortgage at
birth certificate dat
Quiz
Page 17 didnt' have the opportunity to file • Baby's
five percent. Here's a true monthly bill for a typical house:
ing
birth
after
April
2,
1952.
Ship's Minutes ...
Page 21 before so they are sending their
• The discharge
from the last
SIU History Cartoon .. Page 7 applications in now to the bead
First
Next. ' Average
idiip you sailed on before the Monthly Cost
Sports Line
Page 18 quarters of the Union.
25 Years
15 Years 40 Years
baby was bora.
Ten Years Ago
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Interest, Amortization .,... i;.. .... g52.60
5
$_
In ail, 112 checks for $200 each
Top Of The News
Page 6
Loss of Interest onUash Pajinent 13%).
2.50
Processing of. all applica
2.50
Vacation Report ...... Page 22 have gone out to Seafarers who be
tions can be speeded ap by at Taxes (2V6%) ................ i..... 20J90
20.80
Wash. News Letter
Page 4 came fathers since April 1, 1952, least three days if photostatic Insurance
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1.65
1.65
Welfare Benefits. .Pages
23 for a total of $22,400 in payments. copies of the three documents Maintenance ($200 per year)..
' 16.65
16.65
Your Dollar's Worth .. Page 2 ' In addition to that, 112 US Savings are sent in. Applications
Bonds for $25 each have been sent should be made to Union Wei
Total
$94.20
$41.60
PutHUhatf Mffiivkfy at tn* haaoauartari
$74.47
• f tna Seafarars Inlarnatlattai Union, At out by the Union to each of the
fare
IFrustees,
c/o
SIU
head
lantic A Gulf Oiatrlct. AFL, «7S Fourth
That's not even dQunting epst of heating .which might run $15 to $20
quarters, 675 Fourth Avenue,
Avanuh, IrooMyh 12, NY. Tal. STarllhg new babies for a total of $2,800 in
S<M7I, . Entarad ««> tacond. clasa mattar bonds. . '
more a mpnQi fpr a typical fmpll hoMsejrd|epending omcliiiiidei and oU»» . >
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under theAct of Avsuat ^> '1412,;
Financing A Home
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Hail Sill Aid in insurance Beef
100th Baby Benefit
Paid Out By Union
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Hon? to Apply
For Birth Pay
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Wage Cains, Upped
Welfare, Vacation
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Negotiations designed to produce a brand new agreement for dry cargo,
tanker and passenger outfits will get underway on August 11 between Union and
shipowner representatives. The Union will enter the talks detehnined to come out
with substantial wage gains, increases in welfare and vacation payments and re
vision of working rules and other clauses in line with membership proposals.
Arrangements selling np the negotiation procedure were made at a preliminary meeting
held on August 6. One of the first items agreed on at the meeting was that whatever settle
ment is arrived at will not. he binding for a period of 30 days. This will give both the Union
membership and shipowners
an opportunity to ratify Uie ships' crews sent in suggestions to
the contract committee. Many of
agreement.
In addition, the Union re these proposals from the men
quested, and the operators actually working on the job have
agreed, that the negotiations been 'incorporated in the draft"
for the shipowners be carried on which the negotiating committee
by a committee selected out of is now presenting to the various
groups of operators along with pro
their ranks.
posals advanced by headquarters
Continuous Sessions
representatives. In this way the
Consequently a four man Union
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committee, consisting of Secretary
Treasurer Paul Hall as chairman
and one representative from each
ship's department, hopes to get
down to brass tacks on the con
tract beginning Monday morning
in continuous negotiating sessions
with the operators' committee.
In accordance with the recom
mendtaions of the port agents' con
ference, two rank and filers from
each ship's depailment will be
elected subsequently to the Union
committee, in addition to the^ four
man headquarters group. This full
An intensified SIU organi
committee will function as both a zational program is fore
negotiating and strike committee, shadowe4 by the appointment
as was proposed by the port agents. of
Keith Terpe to the post of Di
Revise Entire Contract
rector of Organization and Educa
In the negotiating sessions which tion. Included . among Terpe'a
begin on Monday the joint Union duties will be direction of a newly
shipowner group will go over the formed SIU Tanker Organizing
entire contract, clause by clause,
Seafarers at headquarters branch meetiny (top photo) vote their Individual choice for men on consti
tution committee as members are polled on candidates seekinr posts. Before commiUee selection, from top to bottom, with tlie. Union
they follow Uieir own tests or listen attentively duriny second readiny of resolution on proposed new pressing for complete revision and
overhaul of the existing agreement.
SlU constitution.
With the present contract expiring
September 30^ it is hoped that the
early start on negotiations will en
able the Union and shipowners to
reach agreement before the con
tract deadline.
One objective of the negotiation
sessions is to write a standard
freight agreement for all the stand
ard dry cargo companies, as well
Expressing its full satisfaction with the content of the proposed amended SIU constitution, as a standard tanker agreement.
the sixman constitutional committee elected at the las^ headquarters membership meeting At present, the wording of some
has recomniended adoption ol the document as it stands and called for a 30day Secret bal agreements differs from the pre
vailing standard causing some con^
lot beginning August 18, 1952.
The committee's report, Members of the comniittee con The committee's^ report dedares fusion among crewmembers in in
terpreting their rights underthe
which appears in full on page sisted of two men from each de that the entire text of the hew doc contract.
Keith Terpe '
partment—dock,
engine
and
stew
ument
h^ been
studied
in
detail
7 of the special supplement in
to "determine its effect on the Standardizing all the agreements, Committee which will concentrate
this issue, will be 'passed on at ard—in the Union.
rights and protection of the mem with the exception of those for cer on that phase of organizing work.
the next membership meeting in
bership, as well as its effect upon tain specialized operations like In his new post Terpe can call
all ports on August 13. If the re
the
general welfare of the Union." sandboats, will make it easier for on broad experience as a seaman,
port and the third reading of the
Feature
The rank and file committee the crewmembers to familiarize organizer and patrolman. A native
constitution are both approved at
concluded that the proposed docu themselves with the content of the of Minnesota, the youthful organi
On Rights
that meeting, then the balloting
contract so. that they can act ac;
Will be held as recommended. A
Seafarers are urged to be ment not only preserves aU presr cordingly.
zational director was raised in
twothirds favorable vote of the sure to read a story on page 6 ent rights and safeguards enjoyed
Montana and on the West Coast.
The
proposed
new
contract
as
membership voting is required to of this issue detailing the. by Seafarers but spells out these
Tie started going to sea 10 years
put the new amended constitution rights of each member secured rights and privileges in complete drafted by lieadquarters is based ago out on the coast and has been
largely upon suggestions made by
Into effect.
by the Declaration of Rights and specific fashion.
Seafarers themselves as to what in the seafaring trade ever since.
No
Changes
,
Elected Last Meeting
included in the proposed
changes they would like to see in During all the years of World
As per the procedure set up .amended SIU constitution.
"It, is our sincere belief," the the new agreement. Earlier in the War II and after Terpe sailed out
under the present constitution, the This feature is in addition to committee declared, "that the year, headquarters sent out a re of both coasts on both tankers and
constitutional committee was the eightpage, color supple document shows every evidence of quest to all ships' crews, asking dry cargo ships.
elected at the last membership ment in this issue giving the having been drafted by its propos them to hold departmental meet
Cities Service Organizer .
meeting at the conclusion of the full text of the proposed con ers for the purpose of better'pro? ings and draft suggested changes When the SIU undertook the .
second reading and acceptance of stitution nnd e}q>Ianatory tecting the rights of the members in general rules and working rules Cities 'Service' .organizing cam^
the new document. The .first meet' matter of all Its provisions.
and the welfare of the Union. We as it affected their departments. paign, Terpje seized as headqua^
Ing was held on July 16.
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SEAFARERS LOG
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Galley Crew Nets 2 G's OT SIU NEWSLETTER
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Seafarers of the eightman steward department on the Wanda, an Epiphany tanker, are
$2,100 richer since last week when an SIU headquarters representative went after the com
c
pany and collected a load of several hundred hours of disputed overtime for them.
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The developments of the snorkellype submarine, the expected em
The stack of overtime had
been piling up f<Jr six months
phasis to be laid on longrange bomber patrols by enemy nations,
while the tanker was shuttling
and other developments in warfare, tend to minimize the future im.
around, away from Us home port
portance of the Libertytype vessels as a major factor in the national
of New York. But as soon as the
defense setup, according to top Government maritime officials.
ship hit port here, headquarters
• Increasing emphasis is being placed in our planning on the de
went after the dough. The com
pany quickly saw the light and
velopment of highspeed, flexibletype merchant vessels, capable of
a^eed to pay the men the money
running without convoy and having certain inherent defense features
tliat was rightfully due them under
which can be quickly put into use during any conflict. However, Gov
the contract.
ernment planning officials believe that considerable progress must be
Company Balks
,
made in this ^rection before the US will attain a position of rea
The disputed overtime developed
sonable maritime security in this respect.
when the company tried to pull a
fast one and decided it wasn't go
ing to pay overtime to stewards
There are seven countries having merchant marines exceeding
department men for work per
2,000,000 deadweight tons, namely: United Kingdom, France, Italy,
formed in port before 8 AM and
Netherlands, Norway, Panama, and Sweden. In most, if not all cases,
after 5 PM as provided for in the
it is evident that the owners of vessels operating under the flags* of
SIU tanker agreement.
these major maritime powers enjoy very important tax benefits of a
Although the company was a
kind
that are not generally available to their American competitors.
partner to the tanker agreement,
In
some
cases the owners of foreignflag ships pay no taxes what
it decided that in this particular Happily showing off a check for $111.66, his share of the $2,100
instance it would like to have the collected by the Union in an overtime beef affecting the entire soever, with this being particularly true with regard to Panama. It is
freight agreement clause apply, steward department on the Wanda, Chief. Steward Andrew J. also important to note that tax exemption and other benefits of for
since that agreement calls for 'such Snyder (right) displays his new wealth for SIU Patrolman Pant eignflag documentation are available to American citizens. A large
number of vessels owned by US citizens have been placed under
overtime while in the home port Gonsorchlk at the Headquarters office.
foreign flags duringrecent years, and the attractive tax benefits of
and not others. It claimed that the
foreign documentation have been a major incentive for this flight of
same terms applying to dry cargo
shipping from the US flag. Over 4,000,000 tons of foreignflag ship
ships should apply to them as well.
ping
are now owned by American citizens.
Union 'Won't Buy*
Maritime
Administration officials take the view that an American
Since the tanker agreement is
tax policy which encourages investment in foreignflag vessels in pref
very specific on this point the Un
erence to US flag vessels is hardly consistent with the maritime policy
ion quickly demolished this argu
of this country. In the long run, such a policy will stimulate the in
ment and made it clear that no
creiaing shift from US to. foreignfi^ operation.
exceptions would be allowed. It
was pointed out that tankers are
One Seafarer who isn't singing the praises of 'Southern
usually away from their home port hospitality these days is Amedao Fedele, who wasbeaten and
for far longer periods than cargo
Even in the face of continuing inactivity, no thought is being given
ships and will touch a great many robbed by two thugs in Mobile, Ala.
to the dissolution of the National Shipping Authority. From a high of
more ports in the courre of a given It was only with the help"^
541 Governmentowned ships which NSA controlled in JMarch of this
voyage, hence the reason for the of the Union that Fedele, left and began working Fedele over year, the NSA Government fleet hr„ now dwindled to a mere 143
overtime clause.
ships. Of the 143 ships now controlled by NSA, only 1 is employed in
without any money or papers, with blackjacks.
connection with the Mutual Security Program, with the remaining 142
One of the men who benefited was able to get back to his home
Found Unconsclons
from the settlement was Andrew in New York after he was dis
About four hoxu'S later the police being for account of the Military Sea Transportation Service. Even
J. Snyder, chief steward aboard charged from the hospital.
found Fedele, still unconscious, the sole ship still used in the MSP program is on notice of redelivery
the Wanda, who collected a check As a result of the beating, Fedele lying on the floor and took him to and will be returned to the reserve fleet soon.
of $111.66 in/faddition to his reg spent two weeks in the hospital, the hospital.
Of the 143 ships now under NSA control, notice already has been
ular payoff. As his picture was be and still has about a month to go Fedele's wallet, ''with $95, his sent out by C. H. McGuire, chief of the Government shipping unit,
ing taken, Snyder commented, "I'm
he'll be able to go back to seamen's papers, driver's li^nse that 26 of them will go in for permanent iayup, with 5 more being re
glad that this is going to appear in before
work again.
and other personal papers was duced to a "standby" operational status, leaving 112 ships under
the LOG so Captain Buie can see
missing.
He didn't have a. cent left. NSA as compared with the high of 541 in March of this year.
He
had
been
me with my check in hand. The
liaid off the .^t the hospital, they put 16
Union really went out and did a
Chickasaw,
where stitches in his head, 4 stitches
Job for the boys on this beef."
he._ was steward, his lip and 2 stitches in his eye. According to some Washington observers, the warbuilt T2 type
and was going to He also had a brain concussion. tanker was not intended to be a component of the "longrange" Ameri
catch a bus back After two weeks, he was dis can fleet. They claim that the obvious shortcomings of this type ship
to New York. charged from the hospital, without may be summarized as follows: (1) its turbo electric propulsion unit is
He waited in the a cent to his name. "1 didn't know essentially a shoreside installation; (2) the allwelded hull is subject
bus terminal in where to go," he said. "1 didn't to many structural deficiencies, being exemplified in the abnormal
Bosuns and stewards receiv
Mobile for the have any money and 1 couldn't get number of hull fractures experienced; (3) many of the integral tai^er
ing the new membership book
next bus that was home to New York. Then the components such as pumps, circulators, piping and auxiliaries are of
now being issued by the Union .
Fedele
substitute materials and design, with excessive deterioration con
scheduled to Union came through again. ^
are cautioned to make sure
that their ratings are stamped leave at 4 AM. This was on July "Jiist before 1 got out of the tributing to accelerated obsolescence; and (4) the wartime schedule of
into the book.
hospital, the Union took my clothes operations left its mark on the ships, having been operated during
15.
the war in disregard of the commercial and physical necessity for al
If the book is not stamped
At about 12:15 AM, he went to and had them cleaned because they ternation
between clean and dirty cargoes, etc.
accordingly, the dispatcher the men's room in the bus termi were covered with blood. Then,
will not ship the man for that nal. The place was empty, he said, just when I was really stuck for
• rating. As a result, some men but while his back was turned two money, the Union came along and
From time to time, there is considerable clamor on many fronts
holding those" ratings might men slipped out of one of the gave me my hospital benefits. That
that
all types of transportation—steamships, railroads, trucks, and
lose out on jobs.
nmney
really
saved
me."
booths where they had been hiding
airlines, be placedunder the unified control of only one Government
department.
However, the Department of Commerce,. v/hich probably would be
the agency that would assume the control aspect if it were so ordered
by the Congress, continues to take a dim view of the suggestion. In
Give a ship's officer enough rope and he'll claimed the deck chairs were his own, but short. Commerce just does not want a'li the headaches that would be
handinhand with the assumption of such wide authority.
hang himself, only be sure you keep a check the beef was paid without a murmur.
on the work he does because everybody
On the same ship, th6 chief engineer dr
1s.
3)
knows he's not supposed to handle lines in veloped a grudge with the chief electrician
the first place.
and even went so far as to file assault charges Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes during the 1951 season
reached 89 million gross tons 14% over 1950. The grain movement
• The easiest way to make overtime these against him. Subsequently the charges fell of
461 million bushels was 40 percent higher than the previous year.
days, it seems, is to keep tabs on them when fiat at a CG hearing. But the kicker here was Fourteen large Lakes bulk carriers, of 20,000 gross tons capacity each,
licensed officers let their authority go to their about 75 hours' OT for the chief electrician being built in private yards, will be completed in 1952 and 1953. In
heads. Three instances reported in the last and the junior engineer disputed by the chief addition, about 5 more ships will be converted to ore. carriers to be
two weeks show how important it is for Sea engineer. When it wound up, the Union saw put into service on the Lakes.
farers to know their contract rights and to it that both men got the money that was
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coming to them.
Although Congress stripped the new Wage Stabilization Board of
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Crewmembers of the Brightstar (Triton) )ut the company on the hook for something bld head of the new Board, has promise that "we will make this
have disputed overtime corning because the t had no control over. Take the case of the Board work." The new Board chief complimented US labor for reap
pointing to the new WSB the six labor members of the former Board.
skipper had the notion he had signed on his chief engineer on a vessel paying off in New The
old WSB was abolished by the 82nd Congress following a con
wife as an AB for the voyage and she could Orleans, who took it upon himself to hire a troversy
brought on as a result of recommendations the Board made
do work that belonged to the deck depart shoreside electrician to work cargo while a in an effort
to' settle the steel dispute.
Union Helps Seafarer
After 'Bama Mugging
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ment. When the ship paid _off in San Fran
cisco, it developed that during the trip the
cajptain's wife had scniped and painted deck
ch^ on the sldp. The did
cours^
beef was pending over the firing of the Ship's
electrician. The outcome was that the com
pany had to pay overtime for the work in
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SEAFARERS LOG
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Fare Ffr*
No Thanks To Company
He's On Mend Today
A Seafarer with a broken ankle is now back in the States,
after getting poor treatment in hospitals at Alexandria and
Port Said, and being hardtimed by Isthmian's agents in Port
Said.
Seafarer James A. Johnson said. "The medical attention was
is now a patient at the Balti pretty awful, the food was terrible
more USPHS Hospital, and hi^ and conditions in general were
ankle, firmly encased in a cast, is miserable.
"Just as an example," he said,
coming along fine.
But, said Johnson, things would "we used to get one small roll and
have been a lot tougher if it hadn't a tiny speck of butter for break
been for the fast, and brother, that was all.
kindniess of his What food we did get was cooked
SIU brothers very poorly. There were no screens
aboard the Steel on the windows and the fiies and
Worker, the mosquitoes would drive you crazy
vessel that ali day and night.'.'
brought him After ..six days, Johnson was
back to the US. flown to Port Said. Before he left, SUP members at Sailors' hall In San Francisco cheer news of vote approving settlement and new
Johnson was he was told that Isthmian's agents agreement ending their 63day walkout. Only military cargoes were allowed to move during the strike.
2nd cook and in Port Said, the Engiish Coaling ' The refusal of operators in the PMA to negotiate caused the tieup of more than 100 ships at one time.
baker aboard the Co., would take good care of him.
Johnson
Steel Age (Isth
"Boy did they take care of me?"
mian) when he broke his ankle. he said. "I'ye never run into peo
The vessel was in Alexandria and ple who were tighter with a dollar
he was bundled off to the European in my iife."
Hospital there.
Dumped In Hotel
"That was some hospital," he When he arrived they promptly
dumped him into a hotel room,
broken ankle and all. They told
Failing in all attempts to crack the SUP strike, West Coast shipowners threw in
him that there wqulif be somebody
up to see him at least once every the sponge, bringing an end to the 63dayold tieup on July 26. In their final settlement
day to get him the things he need
with the SUP, the shipowners accepted virtually every demand originally made by the
ed, since he couldn't walk.
union including a fivepercent"'
"Well," said Johnson, "five whole
days went by and not a soul from increase in base pay, over could counts on the full support of union. Instead of supporting the
the company showed up. There time and penalty rates, a the SIU A&G district as well as SUP strike in trade union fashion,
were a lot of little things I needed fortyhour week and a tencent ali other AFL maritime unions in Bridges joined up with the ship
from the store and I didn't even boost in welfare fund contribu the Maritime Trades Department owners in attempting to eliminate
to help out if needed.
the "scope of work" clause in the
have any money, even if I couid tions to 60 cents a day.
The complete capitulation of the
Striking Victory
SUP contract.
have
walked."
Despite open collusion be
Pacific Maritime Association, rep
The SUP victory was ali the This clause provides, among
tween Alaska canneries and With the help of a few kindly resenting the major West Coast more striking because it was other things, that SUP men shpuld
tKe Communistline Alaska souls, Johnson managed to get up companies, came when it was ob achieved in the face of an alliance load ship's, stores. Bridges' union
Fisherman's Union, the SIUAffili to the company' offices. This time vious that the SUP was prepared between the PMA and Harry was anxious to get hold of this
ated Bering Sea Fishermen's he .was bundled into the Engiish to tie up all ships indefinitely and Bridges' West Coast longshore v/ork and the PMA played along,
Union won a~ thumping 878 to 101 Hospital in Port. Said.
hoping in this way to weaken the
victory in a Labor Board election. The service there was better and
SUP.
The election was cailed to deter so was the food, but neither were
Alliance Fails
mine the SlUaffiiiated union's anywhere near good..
This attempt by the shipowners
right to represent the workers for
'Just Don't Eat'
to create a jurisdictional issue with
whom it hoids a contract.
Finally he was told that he was
the help of Bridges failed com
The election was calied for after going to Suez tp catch the Steel
pletely, and the entire "scope of
a successfui two month strike con Worker. He asked the agent for
v/ork"
clause has been retained in
ducted by the SIU fishermen some money so he could buy a
its
original
language in the new
Seafarers who have memories of
the old Copeland book and
against the Aiaska Salmon Indus meal before leaving and was told;
agreement, proving
a signal victory
tries, Inc., representing the big "you just don't eat .until you get other blackball devices which the Union fought and over
for
the
SUP.
Alaska cannery outfits. As a re on the ship if you haven't .any came in its early days will be astonished to learn that the
As the SIU put it in a telegram
sult of the strike, the fishermen money."
blackball still exists against^
of
congratulations to the West
won a four cent increase from40 Once aboard the Steel Worker,
to 44 cents per fish on power boats, his SIU brothers learned about the American seamen. The vic so on, even though the man may Coast union, "Congratulations to
SUP membership and officials on
and a six cent.boost up to 46 cents spot he was in. In a shipboard tims of this device, long hold that rating.
thought dead and buried with the It was in the middle 1930s that your tremendous contract gains
on sailboats.
Union meeting, the crew voted him rise of strong maritime unions, are maritime unions fought and won a under agreement just concluded.
Penny More
a cash gift to tide him over ulitil members of the National Maritime great victory over the Copeland Ability and determination of SUP
No sooner had the strike been
paid off by the company.
Union who have sailed on United book with its space for officers to to hold out until its just demands
settled and the election been set he was
"If it wasn't for that gift," he States Lines ships.
mark down comments on the "char .were met despite being surrounded
than the employers turned around said, "I would have been in a really
and handed the Alaska Fisher tough fix. I want to thank the Not only does the NMU condone acter" of merchant seamen. This by opposition is distinct credit to
men's Union the same increase guys in the Steel Worker's crew. this antiunion practice, but that book made it easy for shipowners your union and its membership.
union's official newspaper cooper to blackball militant prounion Best wishes for continued good
plus a penny more on the sail
"Once
we got
back
to the
States,
ates
with the company by printing seamen off their ships. When the sailing to all hands in SUP."
boats. Jim Downey, secretary I went into Staten Island Hospital,
the names of those members whose SIU and other maritime unions Under the terms of the contract
treasurer of the Bering Sea Fish and
then the Union came along blackballs have 'been lifted—by licked the Copeland book they
erman's Union charged that this and helped
some more with its grace of" the company and the fact made it possible to organize the settlement all monetary gains are
was an obvious attempt by the hospitai benefits.
retroactive to April 27, with the
Sure makes a that they happened to be short of Americanflag merchant fleet.
company and the communistdom guy feel good to know that he's got
contract
running out in September
inated AFU to work hand in hand Union" brothers like that and a certain ratings when crewing up By permitting United States 1953. Other gains aside from those
Lines to use the blackball device,
toward the defeat of the SIU Union Union like the SIU to heip him the United States.
the NMU is paving the way for already mentioned include trans
in the forthcoming election.
Company
'Reprieve*
when he really needs it."
the company to blacklist militant portation pay for members dis
Despite the fact that the em out
charged for sickness, additional
The
Steel
Age
was
a
little
slow
Under
the
heading
"US
Lines
ployers played footsie with the in sending Johnson's pay records Lifts Many Blackballs," the NMU union men who might beef about penalty pay for spray painting, ad
conditions
and
replace
them
with
AFU, the Workers under the juris and vouchers back to the States, lists the. names of ho less than 60
men who won't dare complain ditional maintenance and cure sub
, diction of the Bering Sea Fisher and
men
whom
the
company
will
per
headquarters
representatives
about
any violations of union reg sistence over the basic $8 daily in
men's Union voted their support began working on the case as soon mit to sail again on their ships.
contract terms aboard foreign ports where necessary,
to the SIU by a margin of nearly as Johnson arrived ia the Staten But even among these 60 men who ulations and
guaranteed eight hours pay for
their
ships.
nine to one.
standby workers and variousother
Island
hospitai.
have
been
"reprieved"
by
United
Company
Controls
Hiring
This victory is the latest in a
States lines, there are several who In other words, an SIU represen improvements.
series by which the SIU has con
While the SUP strike affected
have conditions listed aftc. their tative explained, the NMU is let
siderably weakened the told of
all
companies affiliated in the
names.
And
as
the
heading
im
the eompany dietate as to who
the AFU on the Alaska^ fishing In
Meeting Night plies, this isn't the whole black ting
PMA,
SUPcontracted tankers kept
it will and who it won't hire on its
dustry. Originally a CIO affiliate,
running as they are covered by a
ball
list
by
a
long
shot.
Everg 2 Weeks
ships, ^stead
of
taking
ratings
off
the AFU was bounced by the CIO
PerC: oent Blackball
the board as they come, as is the Separate agreement. In addition,
at the same .. time that Harry
Regular membership meet
essential military cargo was moved
practice
in the SIU.
Half
a
dozen
of
them
are
per
Bridges' West Coast longshore ings in SlU headquarters and
on
Govemmentowned ships.
No doubt the excuse given for
union was thrown out for follow
at all branches are held every manently blackballed off the pas
In
its final . report, the SUP
these
blackballs
is
ihat
the
in
ing the Communist line.
second Wednesday night at senger ship America. In other
Until the Bering Sea Fisher
7 PM. The schedule for the words, even if they are on top of dividuals involved were perform strike committee voiced its thanks
men's Union came on the scene next few meetings is as follows: the shipping list, the NMU dis ing on the job. In dealing with to all those unions who sflpported
patcher cannot dispatch them to this problem the SIU has always the walkout including "our allies
two years ago, the AFU had a
August 13, August 27, Sep
that ship, rotary shipping or no operated on the principle that the and brothers on the Atlantic and
stra'nglehold on the Alaska salmon tember 10, September 24.'
fisheri.es. 'With this victory under
Ali Seafarers registered on rotary shipping. Other notations Union membership, through the Gulf Coast, the Seafarers Interna
its belt, the SIIJ is going out to or the. shipping list are required' include such warnings as "last trial apparatus, would discipline, tional Union, and our Canadian
chance," "not as chief cook," "not any performers or foulups, he brothers who gave uS lOQ percent
ganize four'other units in the to attend the meeting.
• mippbrt'from the'
as waiter," "not as bellboy," and. adiled:;'
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SIU Alaska
Union Wins
NLRB Vote
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As SUP Wins All Demands
us Lines' Blacklist
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BRITISH SLOW DOWN ARMS PACE—The British government has
decided to slow down the rate of its rearmament program,. The de
cision was made because the British _ economy and balance of trade
The revjsed SIU Constitution, which again will be read in meeting on August 13 in all were doing badly under the pressure of heavy arms costs. Present
ports, retains the democratic safeguards and benefits of the original Conkitution. More than plans call for spreading out the rearmament plan over four years in
that, the amended document spells out a number of other privileges which have become stead of the three years originally scheduled. Similar steps are likely in
France where toe French con^lain that the burden of the Indo China
accepted practice through^
war makes further aid fropj tb<s United States advisable.
Union custom and usage, but
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DROUGHT. HITS EASTERN SPATES—The Atlantic Coast states
ten into the Constitution.
from Maine to Florida as well as inland southern states east of the
Major additions containOd. in the
Mississippi have been hard hit by drought during the month of July.
new amended Constitution include:
A combination of low rainfall and higher than average temperatures
More complete protection for
(hried up pasturelands and ruined other crops. The Department of
the rights of members unable to
Agriculture has declared eight states as "disaster areas"; Alabama,
pay dues because of incapacity re
Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maine and
sulting from certain specified cir
Massachusetts. That made farmers in these sections eligible for dis
cumstances beyond their control.
aster loans to buy feed for their livestock.
• A detailed spelling out of the
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authority of the Union's various
IT'S
ALL
A
MIRAGE—The
latest
burst
of flying saucer stories
elective officers and committees.
smoked out Air Force ..officials who called a press conference on the
• Broader
definition of the
vSubject and discounted all the saucer stories. The Air'Force insists
guaranteed right of every mem
that in eight out of ten cases the socalled saucer sightings are
ber to nominate himself for and
weather balloons, highflying jet planes, meteors, or even birds. It
to hold any office in the Union.
admitted that there were some cases which these explanations didn't
• New
and more carefullyde
fit. The thepry offered to explain the remaining "saucers" claims that
fined safeguards for protecting toe
in hot weather rays^ of light originating on the earth will be reflected
rights of any member who may One amongr many informal groupa''of Seafarers taking time
off layers of warm*air in the sky, creating mirage effects. When jdl
for
careful
study
of
the
proposed
amended
SIU
constitution,
be brought to trial on. charges of
the
explaining was completed, too Coast Guard released a photo
quartet held forth at^the Bnooklyn hall where Headquarters
misconduct. Among these safe
taken by a Guardsman in Salem, Mass., showing four balls oflight in
Joe Algina
(2nd
from
right)
explained
some
of
the
changes.
guards are the right of toe ac
the sky flying in a perfect formation.
cused to' be represented by a the Constitution by the member terms are changed from one to two
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friendly brother member at a ship.
years.
TWO
DEATHS
RAISE
QUESTION^—The
deaths of Senator Brien
hearing to be conducted by an
of every member's • A provision guaranteeing that McMahon of Connecticut, and Eva Perpn pf Argentina were bpund to
impartial committee of brother • Protection
Union members elected by the right to vote in a secret election. dues and initiation fees may not have important effects, and a lot of people are guessing just what they
membership; the right of the ac Existing balloting procedure is re be changed except through con will be. McMahon was the leading authority on atomic energy who, as
cused to beconfronted by his ac tained, but safeguards for guar stitutional amendment which must chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy,
cuser; elaborate inachinery for anteeing the sanctity of the ballot be approved by a twothirds was responsible for drafting, and guiding legislation on that allim
portant subject. He was a prime mover in the establishment of a
taking an appeal from the trial are listed and defined clearly and majority vote of toe members. .
civilian
Atomic Energy Commission to 'take control of all atomic de
in detail.
• Continuation
of membership
committee's decision to an appeals
control over control of Union expenditures by velopments. Eva Peron was considered to be the "brains" behind
committee and a provision for pre • Membership
senting the appeals committee's wages paid to officials whose majority vote of the members. ' President Juan Peron of Argentina and was a powerful political force
in her own right wielding great influence on the Argentine labor move
decision to the membership.
ment. Many thought she was responsible for Peron's swift rise to power '
Through Union custom, precau
and
for keeping him up on top.
tions always were taken to pro
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EGYPT'S KING GETS THE BOUNCE—A bloodless revolution led
but no machinery guaranteeing
by a military clique has led to the exile of. King Farouk of Egypt. The
adequate safeguards was written
movement was led by a group of officers whro blamed the King and
into the old constitution as has
his advisors foi: corruption and mismanagement in government and
been done in the new document.
SINGAPORE—Crewmembers of the Steel Navigator (Isth specifically in the war against Israel. Many peo;^le close to Farouk
, • A specific listing of the of
fenses for which a member may mian) donated 21 pints of blood to the Singapore blood bank were involved in an arms scandal at the time wheff^'it was found that
they had profited by selling defec.^ive wegpons and dud ammunition
be brought up on charges.
starting off a plan to build up a reserve of blood for use by which were largely responsible for defeats suffered by the Egyptian
• Revision
of the quorum re
Army.
quirement for regular and snecial both residents and visiting agent in that city to save the Sea
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meetings. The quorum for a reg seamen. The blood gift re fqrere life.
ular nieeting of a Port is reduced ceived wide publicity in both According to word received from MODERN PROSPECTORS AFTER URANIUM—The oldtime gold,
rush days are being relived with a modem note in northern Canada,
to seven members from the old re the Singapore and US press.
Thomas Tooma, toe khip's dele only .this time it is a uranium rush. Several hundred prospectors started
quirement of 25 members. This
gate, the Singapore blood bank
change was provided to assure The need for blood was pointed seldom has any surplus, and if a the rush on the night of August 3 in northern Saskatchewan province
inore frequent meetings in the up in March when a cook aboard seaman should need blood it might with the staking of individual claims to mining areas, each claim be
smaller outports. The new Con the Steel King, another Isthmian be short again as in the previous ing 500 yards square. The section in which claims are being staked is
thought to contain some of the world's richest uranium deposits.
stitution requires the presence of ship, fell ill in that city. It was case.
no less than six members for a necessary to round up donors from Consequently, all Seafarers stop Whatever ore is mined in the area will go to the Canadian government
which has sole purchase rights to all output.
special meeting. The original
ping at Singapore are asked to
among
employees
of
Isthmian's
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Constitution did not define a
help build up the blood supply.
PRICES HIT NEW HIGU^Tfie latest figures of the Bureau
quorum requirement for a special
The Isthmian company agent will of FOOD
Statistics show retail food prices reached a record high dur
meeting. Other rules governing
take care of transportation and all ing Labor
the
period
ending July 15. The BLS figure now stands at 235,4
the conduct of regular and special
arrangements.
compared with the 100 figure for the base period of 19351939. Put
mekjngs are substantially the
ting it another way, it costs $2.35 to buy what it cost $1 before the war,
same as in the old Constitution.
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establishment of an an
NORTH KOREAN CITIES WARNED—As truce talks continue to
nual Agents' Conference to be
drag on unsuccessfully the UN Armies are putting aerial pressure on
held at a time and place to be de
the North Koreans. The Air Force has notified 78 North Korean cities *
signated by the SecretaryTreas
and
towns that they are marked for destruction by bombing and that
urer. It has been customary to
civilians should get out of town or stay far away from military head
hold such meetings for joint dis
:quarters. Two of the 78 towns have already been bombed. Final radio
cussion of Union problems by the
warnings are being beamed to the towns on the list an hour before the
agents, but there had been no con
actual attacks take
place, despite the risks of this move to Allied fliers,
stitutional requirement for calling
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such conferences.
Hard on the heels of the settle
us GOVERNMENT
SLIGHTLY
IN
RED—The
Treasury showed up
_^11 of the safeguards and bene
ment between the SUP and the a deficit of nearly $3Vi billion in the month of July
port
which begins the
; fits of the original Constitution are
Pacific
Maritime
Asociation,
the
Ijecn
the SXU
^1.
new
fiscal
year.
Cause
of
the
deficit
was
a
big
increase
in spending*
retained in the new document, but
Masters, Mates and Pilots on the for that month with the Government shelling out $6.72 billions.
The
many have been restated in
West Coast reached an agreement total Federal debt stands at $263 billion, give or take a'hundred million
simple language to make their
calling for a fivepercent wage in dollars. »ie intebesfr payments alone on the public debt were $320
meaning more easily understand
crease.
for the last month, while the total debt is now greater than
able and to eliminate inconsisten
The MM&P agreement also calls million
all
private
debts of US citizens and corporations combined.
Sinfrapoie,
Aug.
S
(Reut»r«k
cies and contradictions. Some of
for an additional 10cent daily
—A party of 25 U, S. seamen
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the most important of these are;
contribution to the , union's wel
PACIFIC
NATIONS
MEET
IN
HONOLULU—Representatives of
fare fund. ' .
• A provision for retaining
Australia,
New
Zealand
and
the
United
States are now meeting in
Settlement came
on July
29,
the
membership control over shipping
• long.
day after the S.UP, ended it^ 63^ Honolulu in a Pacific J^utual Security Conference. It is hoped that "
rules.
Tkerr skipper, 'Capt." panv
day strike agatost'the PMA. .With the conference will eventually iaciude other. Pacific nations. Purpose
• Articles
dealing 'with admis
the SUP paving; to*! way for the of the conference is to mqke arrangements in the I'acific area to assure
So an American seaman fell ill
sibn of new members 'and regula
new; agreement," it took just one the peace, and security of member nations.
tion of permitsi which continue in
received shf
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of a^ittle more
effec^ the present procedure.
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CALIFORNIA COMMUNISTS CONVICTED—Fourteen more Com
than
two
hours
to
arrive
at
a
set
J Since then Americhn Crewe
• Continuation
of existing safe
tlement on the MMd^P'demapds, munist leaders have been convicted of conspiring to advocate oven
.
blood to Sineapore I
guards of the; rights of the mem
hospiUI, when they put he"!,)
As a result of tjhe increase throw of the Government in, the Los Angeles Federal District Courts
bership through committees of
called for in the .settlement,, base Another 15 party iefideriS are on trial on similar charges in New Yprk
members elfetted 'hy their brother
jpay.on (>type ships wlll.raqge be City. The California, conyictioria ,bring to 3i the tota?.,number of Com
Union membersV '
'
tween $403.20 a m.pnth for fourth munist leadew convicte^^^ under tKe 1840 ^mito ,Act., ^dUipnal triab
0' • Machineir fior
anjendmem; of
ihates up to $977:55 for captains,. are set for Hawaii aji« Pennsylvania. / ' '
Navigator's Crewmen Lauded
By Newspapers For Blood Aid
West Coast
MMP Gains
Pay Boost
Itek SW
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Donate
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Blood Fi*om
West to East
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Modern MIselonary Craft
SEArAttERS LOG
Par* Sevea
Senate OKs Agreements To Raise
Worldwide Conditions For Seamen
Four international agreements covering conditions aboard ships as well as the certifi
cations of cooks and ABs have been approved by the US Senate. They now await formal
ratification by the President.
The agreements were
reached at the^ 1946 Inter foreign ships. They also would give chasing and storing food, as well
national Labor Office Confer force of law to provisions govern as cookery and service.
ence in Seattle, Washington, and
set forth certain minimum stand
ards that would have the force
of law in countries approving
them, once they have been ratified
by enough member nations. One
of the four conventions, that on
certification of ABs, has already
been ratified by the necessary
minimum number of countries and
will go into effect in the US when
ratified here.
Raise Standards
In effect these conventions would
raise the standards of feeding on
ing feeding already existing under
Inspection sq(vices under the
the standard SIU contract. By do
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ing so they narrow the competitive
%
edge that foreiglT vessels have over
US flag ships. In addition, the
conventions will mean stricter
standards of certification of rat
ing in the long run for all nations
participating in the agreements.
Countries who participated in the
conference included all the major
Loaded down with agricultural equipment and supplies for set
maritime nations and several The supersized merchant ship
ting up housejn the jungle, the missionary ship LeToumeau Ark
minor ones: the US, Argentina, is definitely on its way judging
sails down the Mississippi preparing for a trip to Liberia. Crew
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, from the ships now on order at
members are mostly ^ssionaries.
Chile, Nationalist China, Denmark, US shipyards. So huge are some
Finland, France, Great Britain, of these new vessels now under
Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Neth construction or in the planning
erlands, Norway, Poland, Portu stage that the 30,000ton socalled
gal, Sweden, Turkey and Yugo "supertankers" of today will be
come a mediumsized vessel by
slavia.
Seafarer Ola Ekeland is one seaman who learned the hard way about Panamanian flag While Panama and Liberia, two comparison.
ships when he and the rest of the crew of a Panamanian freighter were callously dumped in countries that have sprung into The American, Bureau of Ship
Shanghai and left there to become prisoners of the Japanese for four years.
maritime prominence, are not par ping reports that contracts have
been let for the construction of
ties to these agreements, the con several 45,000ton tankers. Not
Ekeland is still trying to
and
little
chance
of
getting
any,
made the company give the
ventions . will have the effect of
collect the money he claims land,
American crewmembers $260 for latching onto decent' food was al further isolating these ships as be satisfied with that, however, ship
is due him from the trip.
.transportation, but he and the rest ways »problem. Besides, Japanese ing among the ones not subscrib designers already have worked up
Ekeland signed on the freighter of the crew were forced to accept troops were riding herd on every ing to international regulations of blueprints for huge 60,000ton
body td keep us in line, so we this kind. There is nothing to keep models which would dwarf a con
Wawa, registered
$120,
ventional T2.
couldn't try any funny stuff."
under .the Pana
any country not listed in the above
At the sametime, said Ekeland, he
Huge, Ore Carriers
m a n i a n f La g;
got $10 as one week's subsistence, Finally, in October of 1945, Eke group from ratifying these agree
Other giant
ships for which con
through the Nor
and then didn't get any more. land caught a ship out of Shanghai. ments.
struction
is . pending
include ore
wegian Consulate,
Feeding Clauses
When he tried to get the second At the same time, he started trying
carriers with a 40,000ton capacity.
in lisrfolk, Va., in
payment, he was told to use his own to collect some of the money he Of the four conventions, the For example, some of the new
July, 1941. He
claimed was due him.
most important and far reaching ships being planned will be more
money, he said.
was a Norwegian
The best offer he has been able is the one entitled "Food and Ca than 700 feet long and 95 to 100
On December 8, the war started. to get so far was a "settlement" tering For Crews On Board Ship."
national and this
He had been unable to get another of 18 months' salary at $85 per This calls on member governments feet or more in the beam. By com
was long before
ship out, and so was stuck there. month, and he had to go tq Hong to set up laws and inspection sys parison, the liner America, the
he joined the
Ekeland
second largest ship presently ifi
In April of 1942, the Japanese Kong to get that.
SIU. At the time,
tems, covering the food and water, US service, is 663 feet long. The
he said, he thought the ship was closed down the Norwegian Con
service to the crew, and the con conventional T2, backbone of the
Still Didn't CoUect
owned by Norwegians. Years later,' sulate, his last hope.
struction, ventilation and equip US tanker fleet, is just over 501
the ownership of the vessel still
Ekeland is still trying to collect ment of ship's galleys and store feet long and 68 feet in the beam,
Confined By Japs
isn't clear, but it appears to have
the rest of the wajges, as well as
while a Liberty is 4411^ feet in
"The Japs made us wear big all the subsistence that he claims rooms.
been owned by Nemarzie, an Irani
length and 56 feet 10 inches in
Among
items
to
be
covered
are
armbands, and
we
wei:e cpnfined
to
an company, he said.
the company still owes him for his
within the limits of the city," said
assurance. that food and water width.
. The Wawa went 'to Brazil and Ekeland. "It wasn't too bad, but long stay in Shanghai.
Largest Tanker Fleet
supplies are ample to meet needs.
then to Hawaii. There the crew we were warned that if any one "At least I know that something Thqre has to be sufficient variety
Even without the new tankers,
heard rumors that they were to be person tried to get out of the city, like this can never happen to me and good quality. Arrangement of the US tanker fleet is till the larg
paid off in China, but the captain, we would all be taken to prison again as long as I sail with the mess facilities has to provide for est in the world with 451 tankships
SIU," said Ekeland, who is now service of proper meals to all of 6,740,954 deadweight tonnage
says Ekeland, reassured them and camps.
aboard the Steel Vendor (Isthmi
pointed out they would get trans
flying the US flag. At present there
"There were always a lot of Japa an). "It takes something like that crewmembers.
portation and subsisteqce even if
are 31 tankers on order in US
nese troops in the city, and we just to really make a person appreciate
Training Facilities
they were paid off.
shipyards that are being built for
had to be very: careful not to get the wages and conditions and rep
It. also
calls for the establish USflag companies. They are only
Paid Off In Shanghai
fouled up^ with them," he said. resentation that we get from the ment of training facilities for the a part of a huge volume of ships
In November of 1941, the entire "There was food throughout the SIU. No company, could pull a steward's department and collec on order in US yards, 1,829 new
crew was paid off in Shanghai. The war, but it was very expensive. As stunt like this on us no matter tion and publication of informa vessels altogether, an alltime high
American cbnsUl there, said Eke we bad little money of our own. what the circumstances were."
tion on nutrition, methods of pur for any peacetime period!
SuperSuper
Ships Soon
To Hit Seas
Panama Ship Fouled Him
Cartoon History Of The SIU
Deierioraiion OI The tSfJ
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DAILY
V^Ol^KERI
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The leadership of the ISU, most of them relics
' of the 1921 era, or petty opportunists who
sneaked in after the 1934 strike, was unable to
v cope with the general situation. They accepted
l
any candidate Who could pay the initiation fee,
and as* resuH the I^U was soon flooded With
•
V
,
b.
The Commies formed an opposition group, and
published a newspaper, the Pilot, which be
came the NMU's oiHcial organ after the NMU
was formed. In the Firemen's election, the Reds
Supported two! rartk and file slates. The old.
fakers, were ousted, but unfortunately, nM^ pf
rtbt Cominuiilsta got in i^wer.' i ;
The Sailors and Stewards joined the revolt.^
Eager to oust the old fakers, .ttie membership*
failed to realize the Communists were slipping
into absolute control. By 1936, the revolt was
such thai the old fakers couldn't collect dues
or even walk Mong the wateifront without a
hodyt^ard. /
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SEAFARERS LOG
Page Eigrht
PORT REPtmiS
Scientist, Milton H. Smith, Steel Lake Charles:
pay $56 to be divided among those San Francisco:
Vender (Isthmian), Gulfwater
who did the work.
(Martrade), Cape Edmont (Alcoa),
Otherwise, activity is about the
Chiwawa,
Long Jack, Government
same, Leo Rams is still waiting
Camp, Archers Hope, Paoli, Bents
around on the beach with no ap
Fort (Cities Service), Seatrains
parent desire to ship while the good
New Jersey, Texas, Georgia, New The shipping in this city of
Shipping oohtinues to lag around
Shipping froni>this port is defi weather holds up. Shorty Melan
York (Seatrain), Ocean Lotte wealth, culture and hot weather
here
and
is''definitely
nothing
to
son,
Pete
Karas,
Fred
Boyne,
A.
nitely on the.slow bell..As. expected
(Ocean
Transportation); La , Salle,
brag
about
at
this
time,
despite
and hoped fy, the Sopthland Hickey and a host of other regulars
Mobilian, Gateway City (Water has been ruiihing very well except
the
way
things
perked
up with
the
are
also
still
around the
port.
(South Atlantic) crewed up and
man), Wanda (Epiphany), Suzanne, for a few days!, slack here and .
signed on this week, but we had R. P. Bowman is still in Brighton end of the SUP strike,
Frances, Puerto Rico, .Elizabeth, there a couple of ^ys a month. It
no payoffs at all. Naturally crow Marine, as he has to put insome . We had only one payoff, the Binghampton Victory (Bull), Greece
ing of the Southland helped out, more time for a complete checkup. Brightstar (Triton), which was in Victory (So. Atlantic), Irenestar looks like for once in .a long while
but not enough to speed things up But he seems to be in top form and from a trip to the Orient and (Triton), Lawrence Victory (Missis this coming Sunday will find our
the way, we'd like to see them should be shipping again soon. signed again to return there. This sippi), Nikoklis (Dolphin), and bailiwick clear of ships. That will
Stan Greenridge is in much better ship had quite a few beefs on her
give us a chance to go out and
around here.
shap% and looks to be out in a few that made the payoff pretty tough, Trojan Trader (Trojan).
hunt up a shady glen to hide out
Three intransits sum up the pic more days. George Clarke is hav but all were settled satisfactorily
The signons were the Robin in while we commune with nature.
ture here, which is far from rosy ing rough sledding. We hope to when things wound up.
Locksley,
Robin Trent (Robin), Most of the regulars In the Cities
The ships that called in transit
see him getting better soon.
Massmar, Marymar (Calmar), Mae Service fleet aggregation were in,
No
Payoffs
Due
• were the Raphael Semmes (Water
No Saucers
Prospects for this port don't look (Bull), Jefferson City Victory, Man including the French Creek, Salem
niaSi), Robin Locksley (Robin) and
There have been no reports of too good as there are no ships kato Victory (Victory Carriers), Maritime, Bents Fort, Lone Jack,
Seatrain Savannah .(Seatraiin).
flying saucers to date, though we scheduled to come ifi for payoff. Hurricane (Waterman), Seacliff Governi^gent Camp, Archers Hope,
Much Enthusiasm
We will have (Orion), Qr,eece Victory and the Fort Hoskins and Paoli. Two Wa
do come in for our share of tall
This is no beef certainly, but stories. Over the weekend, how
terman wagons, the Alawai and
our usual run of Steel Recorder.
jve've never seen • a bunch of men ever, we had quite a stir in town.
Fairhope, also visited our midst,
in transits o n
Smooth Payoff
more enthused A lot of small boats were swamped
the intercoastal The crew o| the Steel Scientist as did our regular caller, the Fed
over something and five people dro'wned, with
trade, but only deserves special commendation. eral (Trafalgar), which is still on
like the proposed waves reported 30 feet high. Rumor
two of .them are After being out for over four the shuttle between the Mississippi
new SIU con had it that the SS United States
paying off up months, they brought in one of the and Port Arthur. Trafalgar's SS
stitution and its passed by Boston on her way to a
through mid cleanest ships we've seen in a long Republic also was in Port Arthi^.
amendments than new record and that it was her
August.
There is a rumor going around
time, with no beefs and no disputed
in this port at speed rather than the reported cy
Commie Move overtime. These are the kind of that the Federal will finish her
the present time clone that caused the tough seas.
The commie ships we.like to see coming in.
career as'a ferry
Nien
Among them on
James Sheehan
longshoremen in It takes just a little extra effort, • M:
boat around Au
the beach is that
Boston Port Agent the ILWU are trying to muscle in ^t it's worth it.
gust 15 and re
eve rp o p u 1 a r
on sailors' work by demanding to
sume s a i I i n
4^ t i
Pierce
steward and well
load stores aboard all vessels in The payoff on the Wanda had to
coastwise, but we
Norfolk:
known bellyrobber, the Floridian
this port. This has always been be held up a couple of days to
doubt. it. If she
without portfolio, Pob "Pruneface'
sailors' work in our contract and collect about $2,000 in disputed
does, however,
Pierce. Don't let his. smile fool
will continue to be. The longshore overtime in the Steward Depart
it's likely that
you. Bob has fond memories of
men are claiming this on the basis ment. This overtime had been
the homesteaders
putting on his Ore Line sweater
on her will pile
of past practices, but it has never building up since January, and no
and heading for "Monkey Wrench The outlook for this period is been the practice of A&Gcon amount of arguing with the com
off because they'
Sveum
Comer" in Baltimore.
get seasick when
pretty encouraging, despite the tracted operators to use stevedores pany accomplished anything. It all
involved overtime in port for work they're out of sight of land. What
Sights APlenty
slow shipping the past couple of to load their stores.
performed before 8 AM and after ever happens though, the run has
weeks.
Among the oldtimers around
We have organized a "Flying
5 PM. Anyone who paid off before
Saucer Committee" and the sights Seven ships were paid off the right now are Tex Krohn, Bill this was settled can write or go to been ^ good one and a money ^
maker for the boys.
past
period
and two
signed on.
The
Biskas, William Pennington, D. the company to collect.
ta see in the wild blue yonder are
payoffs
included
the
following:
Edelmire,
John
Dunn,
Mike
Chan
amazing. Several brothers have
AB 'Crush'
^500 Hours' Disputed
noticed this phenomenon after Strathcape (Strathmore), Nathan doha, G. Hutching, Frahky Yoh
During
the
past twrf weeks.4ve
iel Palmer (National Seas), Coie Vic and Chen Nien. Chen, incidentally,
leaving the local pubs.
We also squared away a beef had ten ABs on hand at one and
The branch has about 12 men in tory (Victory Carriers), Azalea City began sailing as a Seafarer in 1947, over disputed overtime on the the same time, but where they
the hospital, but fortunately none (Waterman), Benjamin Silliman soon after he completed a hitch in Seatiger. It involved about 590 came from we'll never figuie out.
of them are in serious condition. (Robin), Southern Districts (South the army. A popular shipmate, he hours of overtime for deck depart We do know that, the time ashore
. They hope to be out by the fall ern Trading) and Eugenie (Carras). sails OS on many of the runs that ment work that was done by stow allowed to a rated man in this port
when shipping should pick up some. The Coe Victory and Azalea City sign on here. His home is right in aways. This time is to be divided was at once cut to eight hours,
signed on for another trip.
San Francisco.
up between five members of the since we had no intention of spoil
Plenty Hot
Members at the branch meeting
deck department, since some of the ing the boys by allowing them to
• D. J. Fischer
Savannah has had temperatures kicked around the idea of aircon
West Coast Representative crew consisted of aliens who signed get too much time on their hands.
of 100 or over for so long we have ditioning our hall for k while after
off or have been deported.
4^ t 4>
One of . those Seafarers who fell
forgotten when it first started be a membership committee reported
We
are
holding
informal
meet
underthis
edict was brother Leif
/tow
York!
on
the
cost
of
installation.
It
was
ing that hot. If you don't believe
ings in the New York hall to ex Sveum, an AB and one of our
it, come down and see what it's pointed out, however, that the ma
plain any points of the new con oldest members. He has finally
like. Of course, it won't help you chinery and high tab for electricity
stitution that are not clearly under broken the tie that bound him to
to come out with intentions of ship would interfere with chances of
stood. The entire constitution has Mississippi's passenger wagons,
ping because we don't , have any. eventually selling our building and
been read at the last two member and noted that he must get up to
But we can let you on to some getting another with all the facili
swell spots for good fishing, and ties we need in it; so the idea was Shipping has remained fairly ship meetings and. has now,, been New York and visit the hall there.
good, with all black , gang ratings referred to a Constitution Com He also told us that back in 1932
dropped.
such.
E. B. Tilley
It was agreed by all that proper still'in demand. We paid off a total mittee that was elected from .the he left his girlfriend on the corner
Savannah Port Agent use of fans would make the l65 de ' of 34 ships and signed eleven on floor at the regular meeting. Copies to get a home brew for himself and
have been printed and are available still wondered if she was still
gree temperature more bearable if foreign articles.
t 4. 4/ .
waiting for .him.
Payoffs included the Trinity at any of the SIU hall^.
we put them in right away.
Boston:
Of course we assured the good
(Carras), Westetn Farmer (Western
Claude Simmons
Ben Rees
,
brother that the lady would remain
Asst. Secy.Treas.
Navigation), Steel Recorder, Steel
Norfolk Port Agent
true as he had been only been gone
a short while and if she didn't
wait it would appear she had no
trust in him. But we let him stay
Figures for shipping in this port
here only Ipng enough to grab a
dipped even further ,the last two
card sending him to the Archers
weeks as things continue to ride
Hope for a coastwise trip.
; along at a less thap.. fair pace.
Shipping from July 17 to July 30
We had four ships .Jp here for
Primary Runoff
payoffs and ifil but. one. of them
REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. smp. SHIP. TOTAL
' *
In politics we're having a runoff
wassquared aWayclean as a whis
DECK Eh^G. STEW. SHIPPED following the primary election for
PORT
DECK ENGINE STEW. REG.
tle. The Catahoula (National Nav)
a Congressman to Tepresent the
was one of the cleanest to hit here
16
Boston
^. 48
110
9
28
53 seventh district with labor's friend
33
29
in quite a while, thanks to the able
206
228
576 John Clark battling for the top
700'
142
New York
.;... 287
224
189
handling of all beefs by the crew
spot.
63
44
30
137
If all the ships took.: as, much iri
Philadelphia.
58
42
175
75
All is quiet at this time on the
terest in their ownaffairs^: as this
•
;.97>"r:
75
263 labor scene. After the Building
Baltimore .;
v.; '135.; r4 109
88
332;
•
•
V91..,.
crew did we;wouldn't have any de
25
31
91 Trades Council shut down work at
Norfolk
%22
Wed , payoffs and /ew, beefs.to. set
Camp Polk due to nonunion scab
tle. Two Cities Service ( tankers. • ^ayahnah .................. j
26 labor employed there, the brass
8
'14
12
; . . 36 ,' ^
,^9
•
.
A
( the Fort Hoskins .and Royal Oak,
3
9 hats wised up and settled the beef
1
16 . • • 4T A;.:;.
also wound up with clean payoffs. Tanipa , ..................... 17 '
to the satisfaction of all unions.
161 The painters union here is about to
202
56
48
57
61
Mobile ......
72
Tank Cleaning Beefs
219
86 v; 233 let bids for the construction of a
72
90
. On the T'agalam (SealradeV there
New Orleans
, 83
new building for themselves and
was a beef abbu't'ihdn w^^
46 , • ;24; ;/>143; the plans indicate it will be a
IM
Galveston • >.. ,.
! 67
worked cleaning tanks (vitiiout b0
. : • ;
48. r'^'53
33
134 honey.
M,,':
West Coast
Jng provided witb sea bdots. JlTe
irirrr.'.;'.'
,:f
. . . Leroy Clariie ... >.
..... V....
checked the slbpchest'. price:^dn
702
..To
,846
them tbbujgb and had tim eompHhy
Savannah:
Dozen Men In Heepila
Coining Areond Nicely
Gomiiiles Out To Gleal
Job Of Loading Stores
Federal May Finally
End Ferrybdat Ran
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V.,
•
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ft;
;. '','C
Air Coiidltloiiliig Good
Idoa^Bot Gosi isn't
Two Overllme Beefs
SeMed Agreeably
HeadsUp Grew Alwavs
Assures Clean Payoff
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Pagra'Nin*
SEAFARERS lOG
. . . .. ....PORT REPORTS
,y'
the USPHS right away to avoid Seattle:
is that he has a steward's rating New Orleans:
future entanglements. This speeds
although he's now sailing on deck.
up hospital benefit payments and
We suspect Vernon is casting his
keeps the records from getting
line around for a wife because he
fouled up.
had special praise for the mater
SUP Settles
nity benefits recently secured for
Shipping is riding high, wido
Business was pretty slow again SUP members are back to work Things are running mighty fine Seafarers and after all, that's a lit
during the last two weeks, espe after securing all of their desired for us out here with business run tle premature if he hasn't got some and handsome in the port of New
definite ideas on the subject.
Orleans with 32 more members
cially for nonrated men who have conditions. They came out on top ning along clean and smooth.
Jeff Morrison
shipping out than were registered
been finding it tough to move out in a tough fight by simply holding Running up and down between
Seattle Port Agent for jobs. The same story held for
for some time. ABs will always fast and hard to their rights. here and Alaska, Ocean Tow's
4 4 4
permit^ with 110 registered and
find the shipping good however, Actually they came out with more three ships, the Alaska Cedar,
112 shipped. The outlook for the
as deck ratings always move out than they had originally bargained Alaska Spruce and Gadsden, were Baltimore:
next couple of weeks is equally
for and all the PMA got out of the kin for payoff and signon during the
fast.
deal
was
lost
time
and
money
and
good
with eight scheduled payoffs
The port had two ships paying
period along with the Seacoral
that are to go out again, and the
off and signing on again, the Long the realization that the Sailors had (Orion), which was also in and out
crewing up of the North Platte
view Victory (Victory Carriers) and a solid line and the backing of all again. The Gadsden just recently
Victory due. She will sail for Hous
the Margaret Brown (Bloomfield). affiliated unions, including the resumed sailing for the SIU on
SIU.
the Alaska run starting out from During the past two weeks we ton to load for the Far East.
We had most of our regulars in
once again experienced a shipping We had eight payoffs, seven sign
We're happy to report we have this port.
transit again, so the activity wasn't
slump and things just have not ons and 17 ships in transit to round
too bad when it finally wound up. no members in the local marine
No Beefs At All
been moving fast in this port. We out the period. Paying off were the
hospitals at
all, a
happy
day for
us
Ships calling in transit included
We sort of broke a record in
Del Monte, Del Norte and Del San
the following: Seatrains Georgia, all. On the beach temporarily the port during this last period had five ships pay off, ten sign on tos (Mississippi): Alcoa Partner
and
11
in
transit.
All
these
ships
though,
are
brothers
Okal
Jones,
New York, Louisiana, New Jersey,
since we had not one ache or pain
(Alcoa); De Soto and Iberville
Texas (Seatrain); Steel Rover Jack Long, Red Lane, Van Caden regarding disputed overtime or have been squared away and are (Waterman) and Sunion (Kea). We
in firstclass
shape.
'
head. Bill
Parks, Whitey
Yerke and
(Isthmian); Strathbay (Strathmore);
beefs of any color. Ocean Tow's
signed on the Ranger, Pointer and
Northwestern Victory (Victory Cal Wilson. We don't expect they'll ships came home in tiptop shape, As noted in our last LOG report, Partner . for Alcoa; Steel Rover
be
here too
long
though
with ship
Carriers) and Del
and on the Seacoral the boys had we had a beef pending with Cai (Isthmian); Cape Horn and Del
Viento (Mississip ping picking up right away.
a good word for Skipper Tallon mar regarding overtime when mess, Norte (Mississippi) and the Massil
Sam Cohen
pi). ^
and Chief Mate Perry which boys are required to clean out the
Wilmington Port Agent showed everything went along just radio shack. This has been settled lon Victory (Eastern), which crewed
On the beach
and is now payable, so those en up here since the last report and
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with us enjoying
fine.
titled to same should contact the left for Germany.
the sunshine, Mobile:
With things running this way we company and receive payment of
InTransits Heavy
brother James L.
couldn't have anything but smiles
The intransits included the Cav
Allen likes to
for the world. In addition, since the money due them.
alier, Patriot, Clipper and Polaris
ship out of here
Quartermaster Painting
the SUP reached
(Alcoa); Steel Vendor (Isthmian);
because he claims
a settlement with Another beef squared away in Cape Horn and Del Campo (Missis
the local fishing
Allen
the operators and volves quartermasters painting on sippi); Seatrains Louisiana, New
and hunting is a The next two weeks figure to go
returned to work, wheel watch arid this too is now Jersey and Georgia; Waterman's
fine way to keep busy while wait along about the same as the pre
Jhere were plenty payable. There is still one beef Monarch of the Seas, Alawai, City
ing for something to show on the ceding period, with five offshore
of doings in our outstanding where oilers work on of Alma and Morning Light; North
board. Generally sailing bosun, he and five coastwise ships due in for
sea watches when the ship breaks
haU.
western Victory (Victory Carriers);
has about seven years' seatime payoffs and replacements.
More good down at sea. This has been held
Southern
Counties (Southern Trad
under his belt.
Waterman and Alcoa ships pro
over
temporarily
on
the
log
book
news came
ing)
and
the
Edith (Bull).
He participated right here in vided the payoff and signon activi
around our way on the ship involved.
All the
beefs on these ships were
ty in the port these
past two
weeks.
Galveston during the 1946 general
when we learned We have noticed over the past
Porter
strike and in Houston during the For Waterman we paid off the
the SIU Bering • three or four weeks a lot of Un squared away at the payoff or sign
Isthmian beef. He's been keeping Fairhope, Wacosta, Monarch of the Sea Fishermen's Union won certifi necessary gossip being passed out on. We had the usual run of stuff
tabs on all the gains the SIU has Seas, Lafayette and Morning Light. cation for the resident fishermen in various ginmills. Once more we on overtime that was settled in
made in recent .months and figures On the Alcoa side we had the Alcoa in their area and that the WSB in want to impress upon all members favor of the members involved.
no other union anywhere can Runner, Patriot, Clipper, Polaris* Washington had approved the re that this type of, chatter involving The Del Norte came in clean in
match the improvements secured Pioneer and Corsair.
cent increase for the fishermen.
Union affairs is absolutely against the deck and engine department
The signons were the Fairhope SIU Representative Ted Nak the policy of the Union and harm with a few items
for Seafarers in all fields of union
activity. His shipmates on the and. City of Alma for Waterman, kerud hailed the winning of the ful to all of us. For your own pro in the steward
beaOh right now are unanimous in plus the Alcoa Patriot, Pegasus and election as the greatest gain in tection you should riot participate department that
Polaris. In transit were the Cliic this area for many years and a di in these ginmill sessions, and if were squared
agreeing with him.
kasaw, DeSoto (Waterman); Del rect blow to the commies in Harry you see it going on, advise the away to the sat
Keith Alsop
Santos (Mississippi); Alice Brown Bridges' outfit and the Alaska Fish particular brother that he's out of isfaction of all.
Galveston Port Agent
The crew should
(Bloomfield) and the Cornell, an ermen's Union. It showed plainly line.
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what true, honest trade unionism It seems there has been a de b e commended
Wilmington:
Resolution Hailed
can bring about. The increase for cided decline in gashound and on a job well
At our branch meeting the mem the fishermen means a consider weedhound performing In recent done. We also
Suarez
bership was highly pleased with able boost for them, because they week, something which is good to had a record
the proposals for the SIU constitu don't work all year round and note. All hands are urged to co payoff on the had no beefs
Steel Rover, which
tion andDeclaration of Rights. All have to make their dough while operate in keeping these activities and a very smooth payoff after a
they
can;
Uie
brothers
present
were
in
full
at an
absolute minimum.
Business is looking up for the
long voyage.
Our man of the week is brother The policy of the SIU is, and Brother Joseph Suarez, who had
coming period, although it was only accord with the • amended docu
ment.
Vernon C.. Porter, whom we ran always has been, to. keep these been riding the Del Norte for over
fair during the last two weeks.
Among them right now on the into oii the Alaska Cedar where he harmful characters out of our a year is on the beach with us now.
Three payoffs in sight are reason
for the optimism. Black gang men, beach are SIU oldtimers J. D. served as ship's delegate. Porter", ranks because they not only don't Joe has been sailing since 1940
incidentally, are always needed out Gribble, L. Cayton, N. Eldridge, an AB, is a long way from his Mass do themselves any good, but also and before that put in several years
G. EUiott and G. Murrill, all of achusetts home but since he joined damage the reputation of their on tugs. Hailing from Donaldsville
here.
We collected one day's pay for whom are eiijoyihg the cool breezes the SIU at Baltimore in 1944,. he's brother members and of the Union where he played" ball since he was
itself.
the entire crew .on the Young in the hall while waiting to ship. really been around.
a youngster, Suarez, at 38, was the
" Cal Tanner
Earl Sheppard
One of the reasons he has that
America (Waterman) when the
regular catcher on the Del Norte
Mobile Port Agent ^|round^Jfirni^^
Baltimore Port Agent team and played a swell game.
company brought the ship in after
6 PM and could not pass quaran^
For around ten years he played
tine. They held the crew aboard
on the leading team in the Donalds
ville area, the Young Yanks, as
and^ then fried tp terminate the
articles as of that midnight. All
well as various winter league teams
hanBs secured their mqpey. This
here in New Orleans.
ship' was the only one in to pay off
Del Norte's Catcher
Sam Cohen. Agent
Terminal 42874 P|BT COLBORNE
. .103 Durham St.
and! sign on. .
SIU, A&G District
Joe was catcher for the Del Norte
HEADQUARTERS 675 4tlv Ave..' Bklyn ' Ontario
Phone; 5591
14 NorUt Gay St.
SECRETARYTREASURER
TORONTO. Ontario
86 Coiborne St. when they suffered two drastic set
Intfansits made up for the lack BALTIMORE!...
Paul HaU
' "
Elgin 5719
Sheppard. Agent
Mulberry 4540
of activity elsewhere^ We' liad the Earl
ASST. SECRETARYTREASURERS
VICTORIA, B. C
617H Cormorant St. backs from the SIU Beachcombers.
BOSTON
278 StateSt.
Lloyd Gardner.
Empire 4531 Joe says*that the Del Norte .crew,
following in port: John B. Water James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2014(1
Robert Macthews Claude Simmons
VANCOUVER, a C..;...865 HamUton St.
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141 HEADQUARTERS
man, Warhawk, Fairport, Chock GALVESTON
REPRESENTATIVE
Pacific 7824 although good, wasn't good enough
...:
308V& 23rd St.
Joe Aigina
SYDNEY. N.S
304 Chaglotte St. to handle the Beachcombers.
ta\(r! Stonewall Jackson, Yaka (Wa Keith Alsop." Agent
Phone 28448
Phone 6346
LAKE CHARLES. La
1419 Hyan St
terman); Quafteite (Carras); Lucile LeRoy
Recently Joe read a report about
SUP
BAGOTVILLE. Quebec
20 Elgin St
CUrke. Agent
. . ?hofle 65744
Phone; 545 Mobile playing, the Beachcombers
N. Bloomfield (Bloomfield); Steel MOBILE
HONOLULU
16
Merchant
St.
1 South Lawrence St.
37 Ormont
Phone 58777 THOROLD. Ontario
Phone 21754
Artisan (Isthmian); Seafnar (Cal Cal Tanner, Agent
Phone; 832(% and noted the mention in the LOG
522 N.W. EverettSt.
NEW ORLEANS .....'. 523 BlenvUle St PORTLAND...
marV and Barbara Frietchie (Lib Lindsey WiUiams. Agent
Beacon4336 QUEBEC..
113 Cote Oe La Montagu^ about a iot of hot air coming from
Quebec
Phone; 27078
257 5th St.
Magnolia 61128113 RICHMOND. CALIF.
erty Nav).
177 Mnco WUUam St. theBeachcombers camp. Well, Joe
Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN.
NEW YORK.. . 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn
N:&
Phone: 23049 says, the Mobile Bears better get
450 Harrison St
STerling 84871 BAN FRANCISCO..;
Along with other maritime un
Douglas 28363
127129 Bank St.
some help before the gapie because
ions in this area we had a meeting NORFOLK
SEATTLE
2700
1st
Ave.
Ben Bees. Agent
Phone 41083
Great Lakes District
Main 0290
they'll ntea it.
with officials of the USPHS the PHILADF,.'^aL». .........337 Market St. WILMINGTON
440 Avalon Blvd. ALPENA ........
133 W* Fletcher
S. carduup. Agent
Market 71635
Joe; who is a newlywed, is Wok
other day to square away beefs that SAN
Terminal 43131
Phone: IZSaW
FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St.
180 Main St. ing f( rward with his wife, "Fenny,"
the membership has brought to our H. J. Fischer. Agent
Douglas 25475 NEW YORK......675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn BUFFALO. N. V
STerling Sd671
Phonii! Cleveland 7391 to many happy years under the
JUAN, PR .... 252 Ponce de Leon
attehti'on. In many, instances cer SAN
CLEVELAND
734 Lakeside Ave.. NE
Sal Coils. Agent
Canadian
District
Phone: Main 10147 various welfare 4>^nefits and SIU
tain' changes were promised.. In SAVANNAH
...S Abercom St.
..:.... 1038 3rd St.
........463 McGiU St. DETROIT.
E. B. TUley, Agent
Phene 31728 MONTREAL
any event, we woulid like to impress SEATTLE:.
Headquarters Phone: Woodward 16857 conditions that are the best in the
MArquette 5909
:,....t700 1st Ave
531 W. Michigan St. industry.
upon the membership the necessity Jeff' Morrison. Agent
Seneca 4570 HALIFAX. J4.S..128(4 HoUUSt DULUTH..'.
Phone; Melrose 24110"
. Phone; 38911
1B09IB11 N. Franklin St.
Lindisey J. WUUams
when any man gets hurt and wipds, TAMPA..".
Ray White. Agent
Phone 21323 FORT WILLlAU...'.tl8H Syndicate Ave. SOUTH CHICAGO...... ..3261 E BSnd St.
New Crieans Fort Agent
up in a private hospital tonotify WILMINGTON. Cailf. < 440 Avalon Uvd
nionet Esses 52410
Ontario
Phone: 33221
GalvBston:
Beacheombers Loaded
For BoarFroni Mobile
SIU Rshers' Eleclioii
Win Slap At Commies
Pickings Pretty Slim'
For NonRaied Men
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JOSEPH PRISAMENT, steward
~ The development and use of the Scilly Islands, Penzance was
eteam after 1807 would have been sacked by the.Spanish in 1595 and
You can't take a fish out of water victory, the men on the ship
even more rapid had it not been until the eighteenth century was
and expect him to thrive on dry worked out a deal with the crew
for the monopoly of steam naviga subject to raids by Mediterranean Question: Do you take'much land, and the old'saying appiies of an English tanker nearby. "It
tion in New York waters held by pirates . . . The fact that the word
as well to all those who've gotteiTwas just like the way'the Dutch
Robert Fulton. As it was, Fulton's deck comes into English as a bor personal gear when you ship out? a taste; of the sea and ships at one bought Manhattan Island from the
monopoly led to the making of a rowing from 'the Dutch may in
M. C. Patterson, bosun: I always time or another. That's why you Indians with useless trinkets. Those
historic trip in 1808, for a mechan dicate that they were the first to carry a couple of suitcases and
find more and more of those Sea guys must have been pretty far
ic named Robert L. Stevens found use decked vessels. The Anglo seabag because
farers who retired from the Union down on their luck, Because : we
that the steamboat he had built on Saxons, using open ships, would you've' got to be
to try their hand at life ashore were able to swap every wornout
the Hudson could not be used haye had no need for the word.
coming
back every day. .
Tshirt and patchedup pair of
prepared for al
there. As a result he took it round
i it ,
One; among this growing group dungarees in sight for bottles of
mpstj
anything.
to Philadelphia and, in so doing, A pilot is a man faimiliar with You never know
is Steward Joseph PTisament, who, whiskey and gin. What a bonanzai*
made the first steamship passage local waters, but stationed ashore, for sure where
a year or so back, reluctantly yield
He pointed outtliat a Union man
on the open sea.
who boards vessels and guides you'll wind up on
ed to the oftenexpressed inclina on a CS sliip in those days was
them into and out of port. Before some of these
tion to attempt a life ashore close playing with dynamite. "It was
t
Si
to the family, but found it couldn't worth your head to mumble the
Twentyone gun salutes appear 1500, such a man was called, a lode runs so^pu have
Work but. '
word 'Union' oh those. ships, but_
to have originated in the British man, while pilot meant a ship's to have enough
the men gradually began to realize'
military service. Warships saluted hehnsman. Lode was another word togo around. I'd
Began
In
1944
by firing seven guns, seven having for way or course, while pilot had hate to run short in some of these Prisament first began to ship in where the better course lay." In,
been selected probably because of the significance of rudder .. . . ports. .
,
1944. The job he had at the time any event, when the Power River
its mystic and symbolic signif Landlubbers still persist in refer
4".
involved maintenance work on a returned to the States, he turned
icance in sacred literature. Shore ring^ to a ship's bow as the prow, ' Richard Volkerts, steward: tis chewing giim plant's assembly line, in quite a few signed pledge cards
batteries, however, were permtted though this word is ho longer used usally prie sUifcSsis fe enough," but interesting enough at first, but dull and took off for another ship.
to fire three guns to a ship's , one, at sea except in a literary sense.
' Sometimes ah eir routine after a while as identical Eventually, of course, the success'
three also being a symbolic num The onl^ "prow" known to the sail
tra bag on a. long packages 'of gum kept dropping off of the drive in the .Cities Service
ber. Thus, batteries on the shore or of today is the proa, a Malay
.trip. . helps
out. the liiie at the rate of hundreds a fleet became. history.
fired 21 guns, the difference aris sailingcraft.
Sailed All Areas
You don't have to minute. . .
ing from the fact that several cen
travel like
a tour
In
the
past few years Prisament
He started out as a messman and
turies ago, when military salutes Since dead, as in dead ahead, is
ist
'with
a
trunk
has
sailed
Robin, Bull, Seatrain
later a
cook, on tankers running
to
began, powder was very valuable used to denote exact bearings, a
and lots of extra England, but with all its wartime and 'Waterman ships in all areas
bit
of
confusion
is
produced
by
and readily spoiled on board ship.
. gear. As long as restrictions it was a freer life than and successively worked himself up
It was much easier to keep a larger having the word "dead" in the
y o u h a v e a he had known before. While in to the rating of steward. He made
term
dead
reckoning.
In
this
in
supply OH land.
couple of
changes England, Prisament recalled, he one trip on a Bull iLine Liberty to
stance, dead probably stems from
• ' ' of work clothes never, saw a'church with a roof Puerto Rico in the black gang but
the abbreviation ded. meaning de
A particular superstition of the duced, since a calculation of the and clean stuff to go ashore in, because the Bbombs and incen that was the Only time he strayed
; diaries were coming over with the from the galley. A short while
Chinese is that a ship is blind, so ship's position by dead reckoning you're okay.
that no Chinese sailor will board a is made by estimating the speed
4" ifc 4*.,
regularity of a clock to blast the before the fracas started in 1950
junk that does not have an eye and direction taken, not by a pre
Juan Cruz, ihessman: It all de^ counti^side. But as far as his own he turned up in Korea, but there
painted on either side of the bow. cise sight on the sun, moon or stars pends ' on where you're going. experience went, the ships he Was "didn't seem to be anything in the
In September, 1940 ,when the 17, . . . Staunch, once simply a nautical Sometimes y o u
on never ran into serious trouble, wind." He hasn't been back there
OOdton freighter Mormacsun took word meaning watertight, has come start out . with
either traveling alone or in convoy. since, but expects he may return
to the water at Oakland, California, ashore to indicate strength, firm one bag and
Toward the end of 1944, he before long if the opportunity for
eyes had been painted on her bow as ness or steadfastness in principle come back, with
figured' there must be something a Far East Tun presentst itself.
a good luck gesture, bringing an or loyalty.
three. I like to
to ail the good things he'd heard He's been ashore for a while now
Asiatic custom to the western world
take
along
about
the SIU, so soon after he working as a machinist in a plant
t i
... Ancient Chinese belief was that The original name
went up to the New York hall for making tank turrets, but finds that
for a pirate enough suits and
the rescuer of a drowning person was rover, a word related ih origin shirts so I'll have
the jirst time, he was^ sailing as a work ashore won't help you make
was responsible for the upkeep of to the land "reiver" or cattle thief. fresh .stuff every
Seafarer. It was abcAit this time ends meet when the, week is over.
that individual. And even today, Rover stems from the Germanic for time I go ashore:
that yblunteer SIU organizers Married, he has three children, a
the Chinese throw salt into the robber. .A,shore, it; has come to I don't hse the
began riding Pities Service ships, new baby girl and two boys.
water where a person drowned to mean merely a wanderer . . . Rum slopchest on the ship' much: I've even bbfoTe the . actual organizing One thing's gu^e, though. If the
appease the sea gods.
mage, used in shore speech to been' buying everything at the campaign gbt underway, so Prisa boys grow up and have the notion
ment, with barely a year of tanker to go to sea, he'd be the, last one
mean' to ransack or disarrange Union's Sea Chest.
t
i
experiience under his belt, wound to be sorry. "This type of life is
Romanticiaed sea pirates ih the something while searching a place
.4 4 4
Gilbert and Sullivan operetta comes from the old words rum and Arthur . Gilliland, OS: I ship up on the OS tanker Powder River one of the best you can find any~
where. The pay, conditions and
"Pirates of Penzance" may not run for fhe hold of a vessel. Its coastwise mostly, so I d<m't haveto on yJDay.
have come from there, but there earliest meaning was to stow cargo,
drag along ; too They were iw the Persian: Gulf welfare gains assure you a good
is such a place near Cornwall, but it later came to be applied to
much stuff. If we at the time, he noted, when the living as long as you work, protec
England, at the head of Mounts the clutter and confusion of goods
knew that the news came oyer the radio. Seeking tion when you can't and good ship
Bay NE of Lands End. A port for in the process of stowage itself.
Sea Chest was something with which to toast the mates at all times."
always coming to
meet us, we
woi^dn't have to
bring, . much . of
anything aboard.
The . ; trouble is, The Navy and Marines launched neapolis were fitted with wooden
9. Once the lead 33. The: Cer.
ACROSS
58. Don't dam it
ing cotton port '35.' Seafarer
in passageway
1 Ocean—(Ocean
you dpn^t get ad a full; fledged attack against three tires . . . SIU won its fight for
Trans)
5». Supreme Court 10. Italian capital 38. Did fighting
islands in the Solomons, Guadal double pay and bonuses for tor
vance
notice
they're
coming.
ship
11. Soon
Justice
8. IncUan tribe
canal, Tulagi and Florida . . . The pedoed seamen who had to worh :
16. Cut of liork
40. SwaUow
60. Weight of
8. Where Taj
i 4.
4>
quickly
19. An amount
India
Mahal is
21. A woman
43. Pokes
Robert Jones, FWT: You don't Nazis strengthened, their, invasion them way back on &e ships that
12. Water about a 61. Look for
22. AU tied up
45. Requires '
a castle
see me dragging jjn . everything I defenses In Norway ... The SIU repatriated them ... Brooklyn
23. Port where
46. S^ support
DOWN
13. Served by the
launched a fight against the Army, was nine games ahead in its lea
seafood is
47. Toward shelter own just to fill
A Man in
cook
which took over SIU ships and gue, and the Yankees led the
good
Nude
Biue
Region
NE
of
up my locker.
JL*. Paris
Old card game 25. A good union 51. Bush
then refused to honor the contract, American league by 13V4 games. •
28.
53.
Moran
boat
Female
deer
One suitcase
does
Roman
god
Port famed
1,. '16. for
and cut wages, refused to pay any
30. Ripped
54. Shad —
SmeU
gardens
31. Noted NY host 55. Orkney: Abbr. the job, and you
Thinner
overtime, shifted quarters and
: 17. Patron of •
can
always
go
to
Am
not: Dial.
sailors
overloaded
the vessels with brass The FBI rounded up 87 alien*
Aromatic
wood
Large
arteries
Puzzle
Answer
on
Page
3L
18.
the slopchest
Strong beer
..
British boinbers
blasted France it accused of being dangerous dur ,
10. Front
aboard ship tor
ing raids in one night in New York
21. What Hous
in continuous night raids.
ton's canal Is
Z 3
1
miything extra'.
. . . Home
owners were warned to
fuU of
4 4 4
Half
the
time
convert
to
coal heat if they had
24. Trick
The Supreme Court upheld
J2
26. Sinatra's wife
you don't know
oil burners
. ..
the Union told the
President
Roosevelt's
power
to
Used
on
27.
for sure where
deck
gang
of
the
Yaka to pick up
Grand BSnka
15
have accused saboteurs tried by
29. Navigation
e>
you're
heading,
so
.you
do
your
the
additional
overtime
they had
an
Army
trial
board.
They
were
hazards
shopping when you get there.
coming
to
them ...
An attack
on
82. Score in
foimd guilty, with six electrocuted,
canasta
Laval's home
was foiled ... Reiser
'4"
it
4
one
sentenced
to
life
and
another
34. Puerto Rico
Joseph McFall, utilityman; All to 30 years . . . New York City of Brooklyn led his league with a
product
36. The Mormon
you
need is a goodsized suitcase had its first surprise blackout . . . batting average of .340, while Wil
state
and a small hand The SIU scored the Coast Guard's liams of Boston led his league with
87. Go into, at a
harlmr
bag and you new power' to blackball seamen. .343.
39. Ship's prank
can go around The Coast Guard answered with a
4 4 4
*1. Rio de —.
Africa
the world with special order saying that union India was accused of appeasing
42. Country on
'em. ; J carry my activity Was not to be used as a the Japanese. Gandhi answered by
Persian Gulf
44. Smuggling
work and shore reason for blackballing a man . . . saying a free India Would be an
ship :
gear separately The Essex, first big earner in its ally, Whjen refused he 'ordered'
46. .Mr. Mele. of
Chicago
because they stay class, was launched.
mass civil passive disobedience ...
48. Port of Fruit
cleaner that way
and shrimp
The SIU fought for better treat '
4
4
4
.80. Plan, as a
amLi
know
just
Fighting jin the
desert continued
ment
of torpedoed and injured;
course; ,
' where everything to seesaw".
The US cut its seamen, pointing out, that injured
A manmade .
harbor ' •
is. "A' lot bf igUys find it's a good cbnsulai^ tlOs with Finland . . . British, merchant seamen were eur
86. Like aircfaft,
idea toi travel that way..y.' '
Newspaper delver^
87. Soon'er thai
i'i
i
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SEAFdHERS
SEAFARERS^ LOG
* Spelling It Out'
Vol. XiV No. 16
Aaguit 8, 1952
Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic
& Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth .Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel.
STerling 84671.
PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurer
i
Editor. HCBBERT BBAND; Managing Editor. RAV DENISONJ Art Editor, BESMAED
SEAMAN: Photo Editor, DANIEL NavA Staff Writers, HEBMAK ABTHOE. IBWIM Sntt;^.
ABT PEBTALL: Cut/ Area Reporter, BILL MOODY.
Knowing The Score
The SIU's standing policy of keeping the membership fully Disabled Have
informed is pointed up by the handling of the resolution on Peace Of Mind
the proposed constitution. Every effort has been made to see To the Editor:
to it that each and every Seafarer, whether on ship or ashore, It's hard for me to find words to
would have a copy of the proposal to study so that he can pass tell you how grateful I am. The
Judgement upon it intelligently.
disability benefit is giving peace
As soon as copies of the resolution were printed up they of mind to the old and making
were mailed out to all SIU ships. Additional copies were
their last days happier. What
placed in the hands of the membership on the beach when
would
most of us do without it?
they attended the last membership meeting. Therefore, every
Seafarer has had an opportunity to become familiar with Brothers, it isn't something that
just happened. Here is the answer
the contents of the resolution.
But to make this doubly certain, this i^sue of the LOG con to it. The honest, conscientious
tains a special eightpage supplement containing the text of and hardworking men who have
the proposed constitution, the report of the constitutional been heading our organization
committee, and in addition, an explanation of the contents deserve a lot more cr^it than we
of the document, clause by clause. Any additional information have been giving them. We don't
wanted by a Seafarer can be obtained at daily classes con have to name them. We only hope
ducted in headquarters every afternoon.
they are around mjmy years more.
By the time the proposed constitution cdmes up to a vote
if approved at the third reading,* chances are that Seafarers Brothers, just keep the SIU in
will know more about the contents of the proposal than they mind, all day and every day. This
is our job and all ours.
do about the US constitution itself,
Help SIU Officers
4
t
by PAUL HAU
Reading the LOG regularly
gives us the right answers and the
reasons behind them. We put men ^UT' IN SINGAPORE A LITTLE ers are ready to respond to the
When the SIU opens negotiations with the operators next in office. All right, now let's give
incident took place recently call for help wherever they may
be. Your Union is pretty sure that
^Monday, the Union representatives will come prepared with
which is of considerable credit to the
them
all the
help we can
in carry
example of the Steel Naviga
a brand new agreement based upon what the rank and file
every Seafarer and particularly to
working Seafarer wants. The Union's demands consist very ing out any movemept which is to the headsup crew of the Steel tor will be followed by other
crews to the mutual benefit of all
largely of the suggestions sent in by crewmembers who were the best interest of our Union.
concerned.
Navigator.
It
appears
that
several
We may disagree on national
polled on that subject several months ago.
months ago, the local people in that
policy
and
k
lot
of
other
things,
t ir • ir
No other maritime union, or for that matter no other large
union that we know of, has ever gone to the trouble of polling but there must be a imited front city donated blood to save the life
E'VE HEARD TALK IN
matters affecting the prestige of a Seafarer off another Isthmian
its entire membership for contract suggestions and then based in
some circles, who should
and security of our Union'.
ship who had to be left behind at know better, that the Communists
its demands upon the requests of the membership. The SIU
coming weeks our Union will
are finished in the American labor
went through this procedure because it wanted to give the be In
meeting with the operators for the hospital there.
membership the broadest possible voice in determining the a new agreement and we think it When the Union learned of the movement and in maritime. The
contract. Several months^ were then spent in preparation of would help at this time if all our incident, an appeal was published plain facts are .that they are very
much alive and kicking, judging
a new contract based on these suggestions.
members would keep our Union in the SEAFARERS LOG asking all from the latest maneuver by
Of course, the Union's officials had quite a few ideas of working on the highest possible the men who stop in that port to Harry Bridges to revive the ill
their own which have also been incorporated in the Union's level. Our committee will have give the local blood bank a boost fated Committee for Maritime
demands. Consequently the Union is going into negotiations plenty to do with the issues on
so that enough blood would be on Unity under a new disguise. '
with'what it thinks is a very fine contract proposal, knowing hand, without • having to answer
A lot of fellows will remember
it can count on 100 percent support from the membership, be^ operators' questions about guys hand to meet emergencies both in that right after the war. Bridges
Uie local population and for vislt set up this outfit together with the
. cause these demands represent what the membership wants, fouling things up.
I, could ten you here about the ihg. seanien.
NMU to serve as a front for him
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earfy days. I^ made my first trip %he Navigator was one of' the and as a sledgehammer to crack
on a Spanish tramp ih^ 1903. Old iairst ships to hit Singapore since the SUP. The first thing he tried
timers know all about conditions the word got around, and 21 crew to do was move in on the SUP
theni' The young lads going to sea mehibers made it theirbusiness to steamschooners, but as he found
This issue of the LOG contains a report specially prepared now—well they have so many in
go down to the local blood bank out to his sorrow, the AFL mari
for this newspaper on the new Immigration and Naturaliza terests these days they just can't and
time; unions got together quickly
donate a pint apiece.
tion Act passed by the last session of Congress. The Act be bothered. And who can blame
and made hash out of this raid by
We're
happy
to say
that
this in
makes several important changes in rules governing the entry^ them? Not me I'm sure.
cident has won a lot of favorable putting the squeeze on NMU ships ,
of alien seamen and their eligibility for citizenship Which are' Their job is to keep all the good attention both in Singapore and in all ports. That was the begin
things for which they have fought here in the US. The Singapore ning of the end of the CMU. It
explained in general terms in the article;
"The new law does not actually go into effect until Decem hard for and I believe they are newspapers gave it quite a spread didn't last long after that.
with photos, and similar items But one thing you can be sure
ber. In the meanwhile, the Department of State and the Attor capable .qf doing that:
have appeared in a great many of. The Commies never give up
ney General have to write regulations under which the new
Best''Labor Organization
trying. Now Bridges has a new
law will be administered. As soon as these regulations are I'm pji^ing 68 and don't expect newspapers across the country.
rig
called by the fancy
publisfi,ed, the LOG will carry an explanation of them fot the to be afbund long, but while I'm This • c rew has done a fine Job title working
of
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like
of the best laboi' organization in
these that build genuine, interna this is the same phony CMU setup
tliis country.
tional
good will more than all the again with the same purpose—to
I know that's a pretty broad speechmaking
of diplomats and hardtime the AFL Maritime
Trades Department and all of its
US ratification of the four ILO conventions relating to statement but I think it's true. politicians.
shipboard conditions and the issuance of ratings to seamen Here in Kentucky where I live I • Besides that, it couldn't have member unions.
have an opportunity to talk with
The difference this time is that
is bound to have a beneficial effect. Other nations are ex men
of many crafts. There is; so come at a more appropriate time
pected to fall in line, and in the. long run, the conventions much to say. on how well off Sea as far as the port 6f Singapore is very idW outfits in maritime are
will improye conditions and raise standards chiefly dp foreii^n farers are but I'm ,going to^ skip it. concerned, becauae^ ^ • recent going to go for this kind of deal.
n|pnt$s your Unioh ^fiad "received Since'the CBW folded, the mari
flagships.
In conclusion,' I want to thank wrd
that a'few performers were time unions, wllto, fqw exceptions,
This is good news for seamen everywhere, ap.d for Amer nil who have had a hand in'i^aking
makilig
a nuisance of" themselves have put the Coinnfie leaders out
ican seamen whose conditions ^are always under pressure of life better for me. God's blessings
thi^
; and
geBcafally getting into of business.—^^and, there is a pow
on you all.
competition from lowwage^ poorlyfed foreign ships.
eveivbody's fiair. As a result, the erful,'full time AFL Maritime
John B. Hegarty residents were getting a little Trades Department in existence,
The one big loophole remaining is the fact that Panama,
Liberia and Honduras, three countries that have become the (Ed. note: Brother Hegarty is down on American seamen be The AFL Maritime Trades De
refuge of shipowners who want to evade decent standards, _one of the disabled Seafarers who cause of the behavior of these partment is wellpreparied now to
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are not parties to these agreements. But there is nothing to is currently receiving the $15 a foulups.
cope with anything that Bridges
It took ah SIU crew "to show maj) r try to pulL We're suire w«
stop any country froni Ratifying them provided it is sincerely ufeek disability benefit recently in
what all of us know, that Seafar can haudih It in stride.
stituted by the SIU.)
interesteki in the st^pdaMs aboard its merchant ships.
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A quick glance behind the noise ond
oppprent confusion on the pier shows
some of the work and planning that go
Into stowing a general cargo aboard a
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a general cargo ship appears to be; a
mixture of confusion and noise. Yet,
even among the men working dockside,
few know how much planning went into
the operation before the hatches were
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Stowing the conglomeration of articles
that make up a general cargo is not o
matter that can be left to guesswork.
Having the right cargo available for the
right port at the right time is something
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sizes and weigmsi all destined for differ
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plotting before it's put aboard the vessel.
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lile boxes are piled inside a warehouse, a crate stands in the doorway ready to be swung aboard the
The crates, clearly marked with their destinations^ have b^ stacked at this doorway because they
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pjgj. superintendent
checks ciratei^ location on
the stowage chart
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�Because of planning, only half
the hatch is needed to top off on
all three levels.
With booms swung over the side,
the Steel Traveler tops off in
New York before sailing.
With planning, all three holds
can be reached although the ship
already loaded at three ports.
As the crates of machinery and pallets of
boxes' that are piled on a pier are swung
aboard a ship and swallowed by the hatches,
the question of stowage seems to boil down
to a busy effort to cram cargo into every
available comer and crack.
The fact that it flows aboard the vessel
smoothly and does fill every corner, how
ever, is part of a carefully planned opera
tion that revolves around one or more men
sitting around a desk perhaps over a thou
sand miles away in the company's main
office.
It revolves around a carefully drawn dia
gram of the vessel's hold that tells the pier
superintendent in each port of loading what
cargo is scheduled for a particular ship, and
exactly where it is to go aboard the vessel.
It's all part of a centralized operation
that has to take into account the type of
cargo, the loading pbrts, the unloading
ports, the trim of the ship, the capacity of
the ship. Uie stability of the vessel, and the
bulk and weight of each piece of cargo that
is to go aboard.
Coordinates' Cargo
This is the operation that .has to take
cargo being sent by perhaps over 100 ship
pers throughout the country and make sure
it gets aboard the ship. It also has to make
sure that the tractor to be delivered at the
first port of call isn't buried under cargo
scheduled for the fifth port of call, and it
has to make sure that the heavy machinery
loaded in Baltimore isn't put on top of a
shipment of cheese that was already loaded
In New Orleans.
Then too,' it has to make sure that cargo
like sulphur and lampblack aren't stored in
the same hold—^because if you riux the two
you get gunpowder. And all thejwhile it has
to make sure that the vessel keeps her
proper trim and stability even though she's
going to unload in between five and ten dif
ferent ports.
Here's An Example
As an example of the way the operation
works, let's take an Isthmian ship that's go
ing to load at Galveston, New Orleans, Bal
timore ^snd New York. After that, she'll de
liver her cargo to Gibraltar, Suez, Bombay,
Madras and Calcutta.
Although this would actually be only part
of the itinerary of an actual ship, this sim
plified example will help explain just what
happens.
Isthmian has space s'alesmen all over the
country. They take the orders from the
shippers, schedule the cargo for a specific
ship and port, and then send the orders to
the New York traffic office.
Charts Drawn
The traffic office makes sure that the ship
can take all the cargo booked, and then
turns all the orders over to the operations
office. There, a stowage chart of the vessel
is made up for each of the loading ports,
as well as a master stowage chart to show
tVhat she'll be carrying when fully loaded.
The problem is complicated when, in
Galveston, you load tractors for Suez, cot
ton for Bombay, heavy machinery for* Gi
braltar, and. sulphur for Calcutta. Then, in
New Orleans, you pick up oil for Madras,
wheat for Calcutta, flour for Suez and a
couple of crated cars for Gibraltar. The
same thing happens in Baltimore and New
York.
The cargo loaded in each of these ports
must be stowed so that it will not interfere
with the loading at future ports. This is
just one of the reasons for planning.
.At the same time, the destination of the
cargo must be considered. The cargo des
tined for Gibraltar must be accessible when
the ship gets there, and mustn't be blocked
or covered by cargo slated for a later port
of call.
Here's it's obvious that the machinery
loaded at Galveston and scheduled for Gi
braltar can't just be stored in a rear corner
of a lower hold,' nor can cargo to be loaded
at New York but scheduled for Calcutta just
be loaded on top.
At the same time, for the stability of the
vessel, it is best to get the heaviest cargo
in the lower holds.
Use All Hatches
The trick, of course, is to use all the
hatches and distribute the cargo evenly at
each port of loading, and also load the cargo
so that about the same weight is unloaded
from each hatch at each of the ports of
call. That way, there's no problem about
trim.
The way it's done, whenever possible, is
that the cargo is loaded along the bulkheads
in each of the holds. That way, the hatch
itself is left free and open. So, even though
cargo has been put in number 2 'tween
decks at Galveston, cargo can still be put
in number 2 lower hold at New Orleans
without having to move the other material.
This way, a hole or "well" is left right
down the middle. All the cargo piled
asound it can be easily reached. Thus, the
shelter deck and 'tween deck holds can be
completely loaded—except for this well—
and yet the cargo nets can go right down to
the lower hold without any trouble.
The same basic principle is followed for
all the loading ports, if possible, with actual
hatches the last part of the hold to be filled,
and the first part to be unloaded. How suc
cessfully this can be done, of course, de
pends primarily upon the type of cargo
booked and the por^s to which it is going.
Of course, the thing that makes the oper
ation even more complicated is that the
vessel will probably be picking up some
new cargo at each of the ports vhere she
unloads.
Stability Considered
The amount, of deck cargo that can be
carried depends upon the stability of the
Vessel, and that depends on how much of
the cargo weight can be distributed in the
lower holds. If % large percentage of the
cargo weight can be put in the lower
holds, then a large deck cargo can be car
ried since the vessel's center of gravity
will be lower.
A vessel that has a good distribution of
weight in her lower holds may be able to
carry a full deck cargo of automobiles on
one trip, and yet if the distribution of cargo
in the holds is not so good on her next trip,
she may not be able to carry any deck cargo
at all.
Draw Charts
So, taking all the booking orders that
have been made for the vessel, the opera
tions office draws up a stowage chart for
Galveston, another for New Orleans, and
one for each of the other loading ports.
These charts are airmailed to the pier su
perintendent in each of the ports.
Of course, while these charts are being
drawn up, the men are armed with tables
that show them how much weight and how
many cubic feet they have to allow for vari
ous types of merchandise, as well as tables
showing them the percentages needed for
trim and stability and the amount of cargo
that can be carried by the ship.
When the pier superintendent gets his
chart, most of the cargo will already be on
the pier, already marked with the colored
code symbols that give its destination.
Can Make Changes
Following the original stowage chart as
closely as possible, the superintendent also
has the responsibility of making changes
that appear, for one reason or another, to
be more efficient.
All the cargo has already been marked in
on the original stowage chart, but such
things as failure of certain cargo to arrive
at the pier in Mme to make the ship may
make, it necessary for the pier superinten
dent to make some changes.
After he has loaded all the cargo in his
port, the superintendent then sits down and
draws up a finished stowage chart, com
plete with colored symbols and markings, to
show exactly what has been loaded and
exactly where it was actually stowed.
Other Complications
Of course there are many more complica
tions to the picture. For one thing cargo is
usually still being booked right up until
the final loading hour, and there are other
factors that keep popping up, but there is
no need to go into them here.
The main thing is that each pallet that
is swung aboard the ship has been con
sidered carefully in the operations office
and has been earmarked for a specific spot
in a certain hold perhaps even before it
actually got . to thepier.
There's no guesswork and nothing left to
chance, for the actual planning of stowage
a cargo aboard a ship is a fine science unto
itself and is handled by highly trained
specialists.
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France's new liner, the Flandre; ran into some embarrassing trouble
0® her maiden voyage. On the way to New York her oil filters clogged,
making her a day late. She anchored in New York's Upper Bay and a
short circuit cut out most of her'electric power so she couldn't raise
the anchor. Then she had to beHTowed to her pier. Her return sailing
was delayed two days for repairs.
Due to the nature of the. cargo and the design of the ship, the deck
gang on a tanker faces maintenance problems which are quite different
from those on dry cargo ships, not the least of which are d^eto the
fact that the tanker's deck is periodically awash with seas, in rough
weather. This is common when the vessel is fully loaded and riding
A "floating thermos bottle" was launched in Texas. A 167foot barge, The steel strike ended, and once low,
it contains an Insulated tank with a 1,000ton capacity for carrying
The outside surfaces of the ship are cared for pretty much In the^
molten sulphur at temperatures of 300 degrees . . • The Danish Kista, more the blast furnaces are in same way as on any other ship; with chipping hammer and paint brush.
operation.
The
longest
strike
in
a cargo ship designed as an icebreaker for Arctic service has been
the industry's history ended dur
launched. Rated at 1,200 deadweight tons, she'll carry 24 passengers ing a White House conference. The Sometimes the deck Itself will be paved with an asphalt or tarlike
substance which resists the corrosive effect, of the regular seawater
and make 12 knots when fully loaded. The Greenland Trading Co. has
workers got, a 21centanhour wage bath to which the deck is subject. However, the main job of mainte
chartered her.
hike, a modified union shop and
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other fringe benefits. The com nance involves the cleaning of tank interiors.. The type of cleaning
Two seamen were killed when the Greek freighter Triton was in a panies got a price hike of $5.20 per in turn depends upon the nature of the oil cargo carried by the vessel.
collision with the Alaska Steamship Company's Baranoff at Entrance ton.
Accumulate Sticky Sludge
Island just outside Nanaimo Harbor, BC , . . Estimates say there .are
Tanks which carry heavy crude (black oil) will accumulate a' sticky
at least 4,000 shallowdraft vessels which regularly ply their trade Bargaining continued on other
in New York Harbor ... The Military Sea Transport Service's At issues, like management rights sludge due to the impurities in the cargo. Usually, after the tanker
lantic Area Command let $199^922 in contracts from July 14 to July clauses, incentive pay ands local has discharged cargo and put to sea the cleaning operation will
conditions. A few companies held get underway. First, the tanks will be flooded with steam for as long
27 for work done on Navy transports,
out, but were exepected to fall into as 12 hours depending on the amount of sludge that's in the tank. The
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effect of the hot steam is toloosen the sludge off the tank sides and
The privatelyowned United States oceangoing tanker fleet de
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other surfaces. After tlie steam is shut off, the tank is washed with
creased by six vbssels between January, and July, bui is still the larg
est oceangoing tanker fleet in the world under one flag. In January, The International Ladies Gar hot water undbr high pressure. Usually this is done with the Butter
the US had 457 oceangoing tankers totalling 6,806,286 deadweight tons. ment Workejrs Union, AFL, worth machine which consists of a large revolving sprinkler system.
In July, the figure was 451 vessels totalling6>740,954 deadweight tons. launched adrive against some~100 The machine is lowered into the hold and as it revolves it sends a stream
The sale and transfer of 4 vessels totalling 48,590 deadweight tons scab shops in the New York area. of hot water under high pressure against all parts of tne taqk. The
and the loss of 3 ships totalling 34,842 in disasters made the differ The drive, which was launched with machine can be set for certain depths because its hose is marked
ence, while during the period there war 1 new tanker of 18,100 picketlines throughout the Man at five foot intervals.
hattan garment district, . had the • T
he advantages of Butterworthing are that it usually can cover tank
added to the fleet.
support of the organized, employ surfaces far more thoroughly than a hand hose handled by the crew
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In 1949, the US had its largest oCeangoing private tanker fleet with ers, whoclaim that the imorgan on deck. In addition the pressure can be higher, about 175 pounds per
474 ships totalling 6,889,000. At the present time, some 58 tankers ized shops constitute unfair com square inch, and the water'can be made hotter than men could handle
urithout scalding. Whether washed by machine or hand hose, the ship's
totalling 1,582,645 are either on order or already under construction petition.
pumps
are at work during this process, discharging the mixture of
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while 31 will go under,the US flag. Whi^ the privately owned US The Order of Railway Conductors sludge and water over the side of the ship.
fleet makes up 24 percent of the world's total, only 6.6 percent of and the Pullman Co. reached a
NonSparking Shovels
the new vessels now on order or under construtcion in the world is des settlement of their 18monthold
The Butterworth machine system will clean the tank out thoroughly
tined for the US flag.
dispute just five days before a without any men having to go into it. Sometimes though, there may
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The Government accepted new bids for the raising of the tanker Chicago. The agreement included might not have been touched by the hot water. After cooling off the
F. L. Hayes which exploded and sank in the Chesapeake and Dela a basic pay hike of 12i^ cents an tank, the men can enter and wash off the rest of the sludge with a hand
ware Canal May 15 with 4 men killed. Since then, it has blocked the hour retroactive to Jan. 1, 1951, hose, or else, take up the remainder with nonspark shovels or scrapers.
canal and resulted in losses of over $1,000,000 to shippers. Salvage at and a cost of living escalator clause
After the tank is cleaned, wind sails are set up to ventilate them.
tempts have been unsuccessful, and attempts may now be made to which should mean about 12 cents These^are made of canvas spread on hoops or wire rings with canvas
dynamite the hulk so as to clear the canal for traffic once more.
more an hour. '
wings on top so set as to catch the vnnd and ventilate the tank.
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. A disagreement over rental fees has held up the subletting of water
Workers in the New Orleans tank
The
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front property to the New York Port Authority by the City of Ho engine plant of the Chrysler Corp.
boken. The Maritime Administration has leased the land to the city have voted to accept an agreement times, though, after the tank has been thoroughly cleaned it will test
for $1 per year for 52 years on the condition that it sublet the land which includes them in the nation gas. In this situation the whole steaming and washing process has to
to the Port Authority for improvement. The city wants $300,000 in a al CIO United Auto Workers be, repeated. This is particularly true if the tanks have carried gasoline
lump sum from the Authority for rent, while the Authority wants Chrysler contract. They had 'threat as several washings are sometimes necessary to rid the tank of gas.
In tanks which ^sarried gasoliqe, the cleaning problem is quite dif
to stagger the payments.
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mean^ that the crew has to go into the tank with chipping hammers
Three new freight vessels have been launched by rejuvenated Ger Chrysler plants.
after the steaming and ventilating process. When this is done, a care
man shipyards. All sleek, fast ships, they are the Pacific of 6,300
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ful watch has to be kept over the chipping crew with repeated testing
deadweight tons, the Mujolu of 6,700 deadweight tons, an unnamed 9,000
The Communications Workers of
deadweight ton twin screw vessel, which is a sister ship to the year America, CIO, have gotten WSB for gas, even though the tank may have been found free of gas when
old Silver Gate, which is a I9.5knot freighter. In 1939, the German approval on its contracts* with 11 work started. Gas tends to accumulate underneath' the rust, and
merchant fleet ranked fifth in the world. During the war, Germany Bell System companies.. The new when the rust is removed in sufficient quantities it may be released,
lost almost all of her 4,500,000 tons of shipping. Now, Germany has contracts give wage increases aver affecting men working in the tank. If anybody iq the chipping crew
climbed back up to 14th place in the world with 1,300,000 gross regis aging 11% cents per hour, and af starts behaving in a bewildered or slaphappy manner he should be
taken out of the tank immediately.
tered tons and expects to continue adding to her fleet.
fect about 200,000 workers.
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Testing for gas is done with any one of several devices designed
Work has begun on the charred hull of the Norwegian freighter Three furniture salesnaen In To
Black Gull, which exploded and burned off Montauk Point, Long Is ledo, Ohio, got $1,610 in back pay for the purpose. One such gadget draws a sample of the air in the
land, with four lost. The hull sank off Staten Island as fireboats con when the Retail Clerks 'interna tank through a hose and sends it into a recording box which indicates
tinued to pour water injo her to fight the fire while a tug towed her. tional Association "reniinded" their on a dial whether or not there isany gas inthe tank.
The hull has now been refloated and a survey of the damage has boss thathe had overlooked split
In the event .a tank is not completely gas free, it is possible to send
been started.
commission and averageearning men into it if need be for a repair or brief .inspection with a fresh
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New York City is expected to take action in the very near future on tract ... Some 120 women janitors hand pump on deck which pumps fresh air to the man wearing it.
an overall improvement program for its port, which would include at the AllisChalmers plant in Wis Under no circumstances should an oxygen mask be used as this could
pier reconstruction and modernization as well as an overhaul in the consin were awarded $37,000 in invite a fatal explosion. Nor is a gas mask of any use as it only filters
rental charges, railway rates and other general costs.. Nine committees back pay and a wage hike of 10 the air in the tank and doesn't produce any fresh air of its own. In •
that were appointed by the Mayor have now turned in their reports cents per hour after the United any event, a safety line should be attached to the man with two .crew .
on port cmiditiQns and tiie action, if any, is expected to stem from these Auto Workers, CIO, insisted the men standing by in case the man needs aid. It is conuaon sense never
reports . , . Four ihiUtary troop ships, the Gen. A. W. Brewster, Fred women were doing the same work to "fenter a tank with a welding torch or any other open flame unless
Ainsworth, Gen. W. M. Black and Sgt. Charles Mower all arrived in as men and were entitled to the it has been certified gas free by a chemist who has taken air samples
San Francisco. .
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From Foe'slo To Family Man
Seafarer Arthur GilUland, DM, tries
his hand at feeding his young son
Daniei while his wife Joan looks on.
He paid uff the Seatrain Louisiana
Just in time for baby's birth July 23.
water doesn't seem to turn the
trick, the new dad next turns to the
baby formula. Yohng Daniel qualified
Gilliiand for the hundredth maternity
benefit paid out by the SIU.
Gilliiand applies a little Seafarer
knowhow off the ship in the un
familiar surroundings of the kitchen
to sterilize and prepare the gear he'll
need to complete the job..
Success! Confidently admitting now
that it wasn't so hard after all, the
new father reaps the harvest of his
labors as Daniel falls asleep and quiet
again descends on the household.
SIU Welfare Pays Out Int'l Pacts Aid Seamen
100th Birth Benefit
.'K;|
(Continued from page 7)
been regulariy employed in mari rating and not a full AB rating as
convention call for regular checks time for at least two years before is the green ticket.
The convention on food and ca
of food and water supply as well as that time.
Minimum
Age
tering
has been ratified by five
galley spaces and equipment. This
and later married her. Their new includes Inspection at sea. In the The agreement* on certification countries thus far: France, Bul
(Continued from page 2)
of ABs calls for a minimum age of
Canada, Belgium and Portu
Bronx across the street from his son was bom the day before their event a shipowner or captain fails at least 18 years. The candidate garia,
gal. The
agreement on certification
second
wedding
anniversary.
wife, who is 20, for some time
must 'have
either three
years'
sea
of
cooks
has been okayed by more
to
comply
with
the
regulations
the
before he met her. One day Joan's The proud papa has been sailing
time,
or
a
combination
of
two
than
the
"required nine countries
responsible
person
would
be
sub
dad was fixing his car in front of since 1945, except for one year in
years'
sea
time
and
a
training
and is
in effect for France,
Britain,
the house and Gilliiand offered to the Army during 1949, and has ject to penalties.
school
course,
or
18
months
sea
Bulgaria,
Netherlands,
Canada,
help him. As a result, he met Joan always sailed with the SIU, which,
time and a training ship course. Ireland, Belgium, Norway and
pooks' Exam
he says, "is. the best Union any
He must
also pags ah exam for AB Portugal.
. The convention on certification and lifeboatman.
where."
The medical exam convention
He expects to be looking for an of ships' cooks, c. lls for a mini
In
this
particular
instance
an
has been
approved by France, Bul
other ship pretty soon, but figures mum age for cooks, a minimum understanding has been reached garia, Canada, Belgium and Por
amount
of
sea
time and
passage
of
hell wait for a coastwise berth so
that nothing in the convention tugal, five out of the required
he can get home every once in 'a an exam testing the man's ability would interfere with the issuance seven. The AB agreement, which'
to
prepare
meals;
draw
up
menus
while.
of blue AB tickets. These tickets required just two ratifications, has
Meanwhile, he says "this mater and handle and store food.
are considered an intermediate had seven in all.
nity benefit came along at just the This convention will go into ef
right time. It's really great to have fect three years after it is ratified.
a Union that makes it possible for If a ship's cook has shown in that
a man to have a family through threeyear period that he is a
(Continued from page 3)
good wages and conditions and qualified worker this will be ac
(Continued from page 2)
under regulations that the Attor
ters organizer throughout the now this maternity benefit We cepted as equivalent to certifica
tion
through
an
examination.
expected
to'put
a
big
dent
in
our
ney
General will issue.
the
US from
a foreign country,
the
drive. Working out of, the New
The third convention deals with Immigration Service must receive Since the new act deals with
bank
account
with
the
baby,
but
York office. After the successful the maternity benefit came along medical examination of seamen.
a complete list containing the both immigration and naturaliza
conclusion of. the Cities Service just when we needed it."
It calls for all crewmembers to names of all aliens employed on tion laws, it will be administered
fight he helped organize other non
prodhce a certificate of physical the ship as well as their ratings, by two departments, the Depart
Boys Still Lead
fitness, with particular attention where and when they signed on, ment of Justice and the State De
union companies and also served
to
hearing, sight and color vision and who paid off in the US if any. partment. Both departments are
In
the
overall
picture,
the
race
as port agent at Lake Charles,
between the boys and girls saw as well as freedom from disease Similarly, when the ship leaves, now in the process of writing up
Louisiana. In this job he became the boys lengthen their lead.. Two that is likely to affect the health it has to supply the Immigration regulations which will affect alien
thoroughly familiar with all tanker weeks ago, there had been 39 boys of another crewmember, or be Service with another list. This will seamen. It is expected that the
operations throughout the. Gulf .and 36 girls, but during the past aggravated aboard a ship. .
contain the names of any aliens regulations will be made public
two
weeks
payments
went
out
for
who were signed on in the US, the sometime in October or November.
For
two
years after
this
cpnven
area.
names
of all who paid off or were As soon as these regulations are
20
boys
and
17
girls
to
bring
the
tion goes
into effect,
a seaman
will
Seafarers will recall that in the
totals up to 59 boys and 53 girls. be permitted to sail without such fired in the US port, as well as any made public, the LOG will publish
Cities Service campaign the SIU
that material which deals with
Strange as it may seem, during a certificate if he can show he has deserters.
organizing drive won a complete the
regulations of
alien seamen. In the
past twd weeks the new girls
29Day Permit
meantime. Seafarers with any
victory over the bitter opposition were way out in front in the
When the alien crewmember questions can write to the LOG.
of a muitimillion dollar oil com southentports, while the boys led
arrives in a US port, he will be
pany that spent millions and util the field in the northern ports.
issued a socalled "conditional per
mit" which permits him to remain
ized a company union and labor The Seafarers who each col
in the US temporarily for a period
lected a $200 maternity benefit
spies to beat the Union.'
of no longer than 29 days. This
check and whose babies each got
TopNotch Conditions
doesn't apply to any alien who has
a $25 US bond front the Union
been admitted for permanent resi
As a result of that drive. Cities during the last two weeks include:
(Continued
from page
3)
dence on
a visa.
•
Service seamen are now sailing Paul E. Reed, Richard F. Tay
The
Immigration
Officer
has
feel
that
we
could
not
make
any
lor,
Dewey
Saxon,
Martin
Sierra,
under topnotch SIU conditions
the power to limit the temporary
(Continued from page 3)
and harmonious relations have Chester A. Yow, Antonio Perez change that would improve upon, permit
to less than 29 days. Also
Guillen, Aycock Brown Jr., Ismael
Union
hopes to secure a contract
been established betwera the com Galarce, Glenn' Reid, John W. it for these purposes."
the Attorney General can revoke
pany and the Union. Cities Serv Pearson, Jpseph F. Casem, Charles Consequently, the committee re the permit if he believes that the chat will best meet the desires of
ice seamen fired in the .course of Newtdn, Leo B. DeLoach, Kenny commends that the proposal be alien doesn't intend to leave with the working Seafarer.
placed on a secret ballot to mn in the 29day period, and can SIU SecretaryTreasurer Paul
the drive_were'shipped through
the SIU and received halfamil Ray, Warren, John E. Whitlock, 30 aays from August 18, 1952, and arrest and deport him.
Hall, commenting on the negotia
lion dollars compensation thanks Robert Robertson, Daniel Marine, that the complete text of the pro
tions,
declared: "We don't expect
An alien on a temporary permit
to the Union's efforts on thfeir be Samuel Cooper, Pedro Perez, Les posal ana their report be pub who
to have
an easy time of it with the
deliberately
remaips
in
the
half. They are now sailing Cities ter Larkih, Wiley Parrott, Sammy lished in the LOG. That is being US over 29 days is subject to a fine operators. As you know, they are
done in this issue.
Service and other SIU tanker and Dulaca, Jim Spencer.
never very enthusiastic about
Also, Joseph Barlow, Arthur Members of the committee as of $500 afid/or six months' impris opening 'T'
freight companies.
purse strings for
onment. •
the men who make'the money for
Besides his organizing activities, GiUiland, Charles Gallagher, chosen by the membership were:
Fingerprinting
them. But the Union is confident
Terpe . is now conducting edifca' George Kaufman, . John Powe, deck department, Charles Palmer
Charles
Katsanis,
Harris
Phillip^,
and John A. Ziereis; engine de . In any cjase, all aliens who want we'll come out of the sessions with CP
tional forums at headquarters for
staff organizers and new men in Lawrence .^.Smith, Frttnk Sawyer, partment, Maurice P. McCoskey to enter the United States, includ a good agreement because your
the Union to acquaint them with Alexis BenKori, Roy White, Patil and Walter J. Szostak; steward ing alien crewmen, must be regis negotiating committee knows it can
all the variied functions and mem Woodcock, John Cobb,.land Samr depa. /nent. Cliff Wilson and Alon tered and fingerprinted. Just how count on 100 percent support Jrom
this is to be done will be set forth the membersMp to back theni up.*'
uel Stewart.,/,
. ,7 , ?0;MUefski.;,/:>
bership services of the SIU.
• /
Terpe Named
SIU Director
Of Organizing
New Alien Seamen Law
Comm. OKs
Const Vote
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•
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•
Union Opens
Pact Talks
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Friday, AoKiist 8, 1958
SEAFAJHE m
'• ; 4'h. "ii
• ^Contributed by Joseph ti^mbiay
That the average normal human purpose of making and mending
body sometimes contains up to a quill pens. It was once customary
gallon and a hal^of blood? A gal for each person to cut his own pens
lon of blood weighs about eight as he needed them,
pounds and the total blood volume
4 t t
in a normal individual is abO|Ut 1/20 That there is a part of the US
of the body weight. Fat persorts which cannot be reached by land
have relatively less blood than lean without pasring over Canadian ter
ones.
ritory? The northern part of Lake
of the Woods County in Minnesota
i t
That the reason we call them is farther, north than any other
monkeywrenches is because they state in the US, It's at the north
were probably m^de by a London em end of the Lake of the Woods,
blacksmith called Charles Moncke? adjacent to the Canadian province
Owing to popular ignorance of the of Manitoba,
origin of the word, it became na
t
t
turally corrupted into monkey That the US Government has
which was pronounced nearly the been entirely free, from debt only
same.
once in history? First created in
1775 when the Continental Con
That copies of "Seafarers In gress issued bills of credit to fi
World War II" are still available nance the Revolu,tion, the national
at all SIU branch halls? This il debt was reduced to zero during
lustrated booklet, well studded the second administration of Presi
with pictures, carries' the story of dent Andrew Jackson (1834), It re
the exploits and deeds of hundreds turned during the financial crises
bf Seafarers, and the ships they of 1837 and has been with us ever
Mr
sailed during the war,
since,
i.V'r :
;
$> $>
I,'!?''
t 4"
1^:
That grapefruit gets its name That Seafarers who have the
iy
from
fact that the fruit often necessary qualifications can throw
grows in bunches or clusters re in for any one of the jobs listed in
sembling grapes? Grapefruit was the group in which they are regis
originally a native of southeastern tered? All are shipped according to
Asia and the Malay and Polynesian the date on the registration cards,
Islands, from where it seems to
have been introduced in the West ' That an electric fan does not
Back in 1908 the masts and yards of sailing iressels, lying in Boca and Baracca of Buenos Indies and Fiorida by the early make the air in a room cooler,
Spanish colonists. It is not, as as commonly supposed? In fact,
Aires, resembled a forest park. From the waterfront cafes came the sounds of music, l?/ugh often supposed, a hybrid developed the temperature of a room is, in
by crossing other fruits,
ter of senoritas and the hoarse voices of sailors making love.
creased by setting the air in rapid
. *
i ^ it
motion. The cooling effect of the
Among the women of Boca'*^
^
'
swore. Above his head at the 'That the penknife used today is fan results from the fact the tem
away
on
my
Puritan,"
he
roared,
was Minna, a big blonde, just
shaking his fist. For a month noth break of the poop, Minna laughed a. holdover from the days when perature of the air is below that of
18, whose mother kept a ing happened. Finally the Luck aloud.
steel writing pens were unknown? a person's skin and each puff of
The original penknife was a small air absorbs heat and moisture as
No Swearing
boarding house forsailors. Then now, a bark under Captain Waters
a boarder, Jack the sailor, came (a hard case and squintyeyed) The' next morning at breakfast, imife carried in the pocket for the it passes.
into her life. He was a dandy, dark sailed frorh'Newcastle for Iquiqui, the old man rose in wrath, shook
his fist at the mate and shouted:
andhandsome'and a perfect lover, Chile,
"Listen, Mr, Dempster, we have a
'Look
In
Foc'sle'
^Together they fell in love. Later
lady aboard and I don't want you
they slugged an old sailor who had They had been at sea two weeks to swear in frontof Her,"
when the man .at the wheel, a The following evening the mate
• paid off with plenty pesos. The old lanky
Australian, addressed the
sailor went out and never came to, chief mate saying, "Listen, Mr, met Minna and asked, "Why did
run to the old man to tell him
so Jack and Minna lay low and Dempster, you better go forward you
I swore in froAt
of you? You know • The many Seafarers who have expresseci a longing to settle
looked for a chance to leave the and look in the foc'sle. We have a damn well you swear as much as down on a chicken farm should be properly envious of the
young woman aboard. Jack the
Del Rio's bosun, J, Tucker, On the Del Rio's last trip to the'
country.
dandy and I just had a fight over I do,".
Congo, Tucker had his chicken^'
Minna
laughed
into
the .mate's
Stowed Her Aboard
her,"
farm
on board without once try business for good. He himself
and retorted, laconically. She
A French bark was ready to sail The mate, a lean Scotchman, 45, face
used an obscene
word.
ever
having
to leave the ship. feels that experience has been a
so Jack shipped aboard her and in went forward. There she was, hair When the Lucknow dropped an
Unfortunately
for those crew great teacher in handling the ship
dead of night hauled Minna aboard cut short, dressed in dimgarees, chor at Iquiqui roadstead, Minna^ members who had visions of fresh ment of chicks.
sitting on the edge of a top bunk,
with handy billy over the bow. smoking a cigarette, laughing and and Jack went ashore: aad lived eggs riSht out Of the nest, the Del When asked about the dairy busi
ness, Tucker shrugged off. He
Then he stowed her away in the swearing with the sailors, a big happily ^here for a time. When the Rio's floating poultry farm con could
see little future ip it with
I V'i'.' '
sisted
of
a
shipment
of
512
baby
ship
was
ready
to
sail
again,
the
I
•
chain locker. With the bark imder blonde' quite at home,
only a biill aboard and no momma
mate received a message from
Min|
chicks.
They,
along
with
a
prize
way for Newcastle, Australia, Jack "What are you doing here Mirii na. It read: "Mr, Mate, come Black Angus bull, were on coh cows to keep it company.
Aside from Tucker, there were
brought Minna into the foc'sle to na?" the bachelor mate asked, sur; ashore for the last farewell drink signment to Monrovia, Liberia,
prised,
"I thought you
were still at
quite
a few oldtimers aboard who
keep him company. The French the Black Diamond, The foc'sle is with me,"
Go Into Business .
watched
the chickenraising ex
sailors went, "oolala!"
no place for you. Come aft and see But the mate shook his head and All the lifestock was under periment with bated breath. Among
As in most ships there is always the old man,"
said, "Jack is JuSt looking for a ;Tucker's personal supervision. He them were Norman Raines, chief
one who runs to the captain with a
to stick his long sheath vowed that if he delivered the electrician and ship's delegate;
Minna laughed in the mate's chance
tale. So Minna had to see the face,
knife
into
my back,"
chicks successfully he would retire James "Sloppy" Creel, oiler, who
swore softly, but followed
French master, a mustachioed quietly.
Captain R. J. Peterson from the sea and go into the poul represented the engine depart
Just
theq.
Jack
jumped
beau. She went aft and spent the out. and yelled: "Listen Mister,
ment; E, Odum, chief cook, Jimmy
voyage through, the gales of "Roar she's my
wife."
Bell, night cook and baker, and W.
^'"ing Forties" in a cozy cabin as the
Van Dyne, steward, with Bell han
captain's £uest. Jack, sweating it "Get out of my sight," the mate
dling
the delegate's chores, Steve
snarled,
out in the foc'sle, \yas not, allowed
Szanto was delegate for the' deck
to see his love. He swore in help , Old man Waters met Minna at
iahg.
less rage which made the sailors the break of the poop, A conversa
tion ensued. Minna entreated. The
laugh, *
After sixty days, the French bark old man protested. It seemed the
arrived at Newcastle, The captain couple had approached Waters for
took Minna ashore, treated her like the voyage before and had been
a lady, bought her an expensive refused, :
SIU Headquarters urges all
diamond rin^ and gave her money "You take the spare cabin," the
draft, eligible seamen to be .
for passage to France, to wait his old man said, fair and firm, "and, I
sure they keep their local Se
will charge your Jack for your
arrival for the. wedding day.
lective Service boards posted*
Needless to say, Minna made a board^and room."
on all changes of address
fool of the French .master, She Needless to gay: Jack wasn't al
' through the use of" the post
went to work as barmaid in . the lowed to see Minna for the .rest of
cards furiiished at, all SIU
Black Diamond, a: sailors' saloon, the soday yoyage, Buj: Minna, feeli
halls and aboard, ships, .
while Jack hung around and looked ing: her h^lm' aboard ship and .get
' Failure to keep jour draft
for a chance to ship out with her. ting to the windward of the old
board informed of yoU^ where
' aboiits can Cause you to be
Tlie Puritan, a fburTmast?d bark, mart, gaye the mate a bad tipiu, ;
.Jistejl as a delinquent and bS'
was ready to sail 'for 'Frisco, . She One day'at sea the bark, caught
V drafted into the services with
needed a bosun so Jack got the in foul wind, was put about. The
out a hearing. The Union in
job and a nice little room abaft mate, slacking away the main
such cases can d<r nothing to
the foc'sle aU to himself. But then braces, was caught by a foul coil
'..aid Seafarers who fail torcom
the caplaiin got the wind about to of a brace around his leg end
blow foul. He chased Jack ashore, thrown in the scuppers, The.niate The Ann MOrie (Bull Line) put^ her nose into a rough aea as she 'ply,..v
"Don't you dare stow your Minna disentangled himself, got up, and plows the Atlantic northward; : Ph6toby; Jack' Farrtand^ '
The Big Blond Who Stowed Awag
Plenty of Chicks Aboard
On Del Oro African Rnn
Weathering An Atlantic Blow
Keep Draft
Board Posted
t.,. ... <.:
• i
�Frtdar» August 9, 1952
SEAFAREHS LOG
Page Seventeea
Greece Victory Takes On Navy
THULE, Greenland—Someone once said that Greenland was nothing but barren rock
and ice. This might be true in some respects but the Greece Victory (South Atlantic) de
fied the ice and 600 Navy men, challenging the Navy ship Taconic to a softball game. Out
numbered but not outfought,f
By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
we bowed at the end, but not
When photographers aren't dreaming about a highspeed grainless until we had put up a good
film, they ai'e probably visualizing" a twin reflex camera with' inter fight.
• The Taconic replied with an af
changeable lenses. The film will probably be a long time coining^ but firmative if they could manage to
the French have the camera. The name is "Rex," and the c^era is pick tip a team from the 600 men
available with two sets of lenses to anyone with $298.50 burning a they had to choose from. Our prob
lem in getting a team was siibpler
hole in his jeans.
in a way.
The Rex Reflex manufactured in France is the first attempt at a crew we With a 33man unlicensed
could practically include
2V4 X 2V4 (12 negatives on 120 film) twin reflex with interchangeable everybody.
lenses. It is equipped with two complete optical systems, each of
Real Warm Day
• Mother Nature saw to it that she
which is mounted on a metal lensboard.
Each system comprises a viewing lens, taking lens and a Prontor could not defeat "us so sjie broke
down and gave us a nice, Saturday
shutter, flashsynchronized, regular or electronic flash, with speeds afternoon
with the temperature 50
from one second to 1/300 of a second. One board accommodates a degrees plus. Believe me, that's
75 mm f3.5 taking lens and a 70 mm f2.9 viewing lens. The other beautiful weather for softball here.
board mounts a 150 mm f5.5 taking lens and a 100 mm viewing lens. After shifting to the pier Satur
These two groups are interchangeable in a matter of seconds by means day morning, we made a beeline
to the bail field (Piktufik Park).
of two levers, one on each side of the lensboard. Both lens groups are About a
mile from the park we saw
focused by turning milled rings surrounding the lens mounts. The film what looked like the whole US
is advanced automatically by a lever on the camera's side after the Navy. It turned out to be just a Greece Victory's backstop, Roswell Sanderlin, waits in vain for ~
the pitch as Navy's J. Peterson meets one on the nose during
first frame has been set by means of a red window on the back of section from the Taconic.
'Where's The Team'
Greenland softball game.
the camera.
We went onto the field with
Has Closeup Attachments
butterflies in our stomach which We pretended we did not see be a track meet, went along pretty
The ground glass of the camera is marked with special lines out greatly increased when the Navy the astonishment in his eyes when smooth during the first few
innings. They only got 12 runs in
lining the framing for the 150 mm lensT A sportsfinder in the hood is manager asked casually "When we replied, "This is it."
also marked with the framing for both the 75 and 150 mm lenses. Two will the team arrive?'.'
The game, which turned out to the firet 4 innings while we col
pairs of closeup attachments are supplied with the camera, allowing
lected 6 in our 4 tries. Then all
the iong focal lens group to be focused to either 3 or 4^ feet, de
hell broke loose. The Navy must
pending upon the pair used. Without them, the long lens group
have thought that home plate was
will focus no closer than nine feet. Markings on the groimd glass in
"Moscow" because in the next 3
frames they stormed across it 20
dicate the parailax compensation necessary when these attachments
are used. Green and yellow filters plus a sunshade, all fitting the
times. We succeeded in getting one
long focal length group only, are. included in the purchase price.
man home.
The caihera case, which is extra, will accommodate either lens It shouldn't happen toa dog, as they say, but some time ago Final score. Navy 32, Greece Vic
group when attached to the camera. The long focal length lens group Whitey Tomlinson paid $350 for a pedigreed dog in a foreign tory 7.
will appeal to photographers for two uses. First, the need, very often, country. He left his new pet at home and made another trip. Our rooting section which con
sisted of Captain Shaw, Chief Mate
to shoot subjects that are far away, and secondly, in portraiture,
When he returned he was bitf
Burke, and Third Mate Crosby,
where the longer lens will eliminate distortion.
out
of
New
Orleans,
has
recently
ten by the said
dog.
I under
tried
to console us in our moment
The camera has a serious shortcoming and it is surprising that this
opened a bar there. It's called of defeat.
matter wasn't licked, since the solution to the problem seems quite stand he's the only one the Moses' Bull
Run Lounge . . . Some When the twohour marathon
simple. Lenses have to be changed either between film loadings or puppy would bite.
time
ago
George
had his was over and everyone was con
in a darkroom. If this is not done, a franie of fiim will be'fogged Speaking about dogs recalls the picturg taken at a Thayer
studio.
Several gratulating each other on his play
fellow who says his dog gets better
when the lens mounts, which also hold the shutters, are removed.
days
later
he
was
given
$100
ing we began to realize how lucky
The shutters must be cocked by hand and include no double exposure food and better care than he does. told his picture would appear and
in
prevention, althpugh it is impossible to advance the film until an ex The pup even has a fan to cool him other studios throughout the coun we were. Here we were 3,500
posure has been made. The ground glass is quite brilliant all the way off during the summer. Perhaps try. I myself saw George's picture piiles from home and stUl able to
enjoy and share each other's ex
that's the reason the owner prefers
to the corners with either lens group and loading is simple.
down on^Canal Street, New Or citement in one of America's
to
ship
out
.
.
.
Other
pedigreed
All in all, however, interchangeability of the leiues is the point that
leans. I can easily understand why favorite pastimes.
marks this instrument as a major advance in flie. field of camera carine fanciers are' Joe Martello he won.
Roswell Sanderlin
ahd Lindsey Williams.
design.
.
Clear Ship
Noland Guidry celebrated his Several weeks ago J paid a visit
32nd birthday on the way to South to the Iberville (Waterman) and
America recently. Many of the, found it to be one of the cleanest LOGARHYTHM:
boys joined in the party and Stan ships I ever saw. I found every
ley Wright helped entertain the thing spotless in the galley and
guests . . . Nick Bastes ipreparing messhalls. Let's have more ships
By Jesse Watkins
a letter to Dorothy Dix inquiring like her ...
The Mssissippiborn skipper of the Golden City and mem on how to escape
three women who Bill Murphy, who worked for a
bers of the crew were introduced to a daily (Jiet of Italian are after him in Buenos Aires.
long time as bartender on pas In southern waters, sunsuine rays
style cookery when steward Danny Piccerelli decided to spice
Home With Mrs.'
senger ships, is now sailing coast Are healthful, there's no doubt.
the menu with some unusual'*
'
^
— The reason why John Zimmer wise out of. New York on the above We love those warm and sunny
days
be found when the .ihip hits mentioned ship . . . Ernest Lopez
dishes.
was that old standby, spaghetti and can't
That
make us run about.
Rio
is
that
his
missus
lives
there.
was
injured
by
swinging
cargo
in
Danny who has won praise meat balig. To make sure his They, have a little place along Santos several months ago. He re But this will make of me a wreck
dishes
were
up
to
par,
Danny
had
before in the LOG for his top
Copacabana Beach .. . . Clarence mained there with internal in And put me out of sorts.
feeding, started the crew off on a the sauce simmering for five hours "Red" Cobb working with Jake juries but should be back in the Reclining on an upper deck
new dietary foot when he served in true Italian style.
Cobb (no relation) on the Del
"Salty" Dick With nothing on but shorts.
up some pasto fagiolb (beans and As the ship's delegates put it in Norte. Jake is the mixologist and States by now.
macaroni served with a touch of a letter which appeared in the Red serves the drinks. Clarence
garlic and other fixings).
LOG previously, "Without'a doubt, says he will save his money and
When Captain Jack Coleman we believe that today this ship is buy a home.
saw this item on the menu, he one of the best feeding vessels Moses Miiano, formerly sailing
asked the steward what this among pur SIU contracted ships."
(1) Which is farther south, the tip of Africa, or the tip of South
strange animal was that Danny
America?
was feeding him. Danny reassured
(2) According to law, what is the minimum number of persons that
him it would taste good and asked
may create a riot?
him to try it.
(3) A man spent onefifth of his pay for clothes, twothirds for board
Three Servings
and room and had $40 left. How much was he paid?
The old man was a little dubious
(4) Is horseracing in the US run clockwise or counterclockwise
at first but dug in. A few mouth
fuls were enough to convince him
, (5) Weather maps show that several places may have the same tem
and he polished off three servings.
perature at the same time. Are the lines that connect such places
called isobars or isotherms?
After that successful debut,
Danny went all out on ^successive
(6) In the face of a US Constitutional requirement that in order
days, serving such items as
to be' President, a person must be a natural born citizen, were any
veal Bcallopine with various
Presidentsof the US bom foreign subjects?
sauces, chicken cacciatore and
(7) Four of the following have some characteristic in common. Select
other Italian deiicacies, even
the oile which differs: onyx, snow, milk, ivory. Hour?
though he might have been a little
(8) /A'sum of money was diwded equally among a certain number
hampered bylack of such ,stand,
of people. ' if there had been six more people involved, each would
bys as goat's meat for the lasagna.
have received $2 less, and if there had been two people less, each
Added to these was a consider^
would have received $2 more. How many people were there and how
able Variety of soups. Danny claims
much did each receive?
it was 28 days before they had a
*
(9) Who was "light, and like a fairy, and her shoes were number
double on the same kihd df soup
nine?"
that was served up when the Steward Danny .PIceerelll (rigbt), fela:|^B after a day's work on
Italian food series began.
the Golden City wtth some.of hU shipmates. Photo was taken on (10) if a diamond were burned, what would the resultant product be?
Quia Answers on Page 21
The big favciirit# with the crew a previoiis vogage Iff the vesiKd to Hambiifg, Germany. ^
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Need Pix Of
Forelpif Ports
The SEAFARERS Ldti has
ne^ for pictures of foreign
ports of call for usein a com
ing series. Any Seafarers who
have pictures they have taken
in ports they visited are re^
quested to send them to the
LOG.
. They can be pictures taken
In the port, shots of your ship,
pictures of dockside activity,
shots of Seafarers while on
shore leave in a foreign port,
or just pictures you took
of the place while ashore.
Theijr're all needed.
Any pictures you send will
be returned if requested. So
gather up those pictures you
took and mail them . to the
SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth
Avenue. Brooklyn, NY.
By Spike Marlin
. . The other day we decided to find gymnastics where beef and brawn
out how our old friend Focus COyle make the difference.
Was making out. We stopped by at Jud^g from the photos we saw
his place and rang the bell. When of the Russian women, they all ran
to five foot five and 190 pounds.
he opened the door he took one Why some of them looked like they
look at us and scowled, "Scram'ya could hold down a bouncer's job
bum/'
in a lumberjack's ginmill.
We jammed our foot in the door We wanted to know what was
to keep him from locking us out. wrong with the American girls.
Why, we protested, was he so Why couldn't they feed up on
inhospitable?
steaks and chops and setting up
"After what I dropped on iVIat exercises and put on a better show
thews on your sayso," he snarled, ing like they did in the swimming
1 shouldn' even speak' to ya. The and diving events?
worst of it was they woyldn' even
Swinging the Ax
let me watch on television to see "Aw that's easy to explain" he
how my^dough was makin' out." snorted. "These Russian dames are
workin' just like a man all the
Serious Problem
Among Honolulu's many attractions are lady barbers like the one
time.
They're drivin' trailer rigs
Well let's forget about that, we
shown here trimming a customer's hair. Photo by Seafarer
and busses or swingin' an ax. or
answered.
There's
a
woman
prob
Joseph Heckl.
lem that we wqnted to.consult with running a locomotive or a drill
press just like the men. Why there
him.about.
w^ a bunch of them durin' the war
"Don't come to me with those that was AB's on the Russian
kind o' headaches." he replied, "I ships."
We haoL quite a bit of excitement on the Barbara Frietchie when we received news of got my own. My girl Ethel Chloride Did he mean to imply, we asked,
an' me ain't hittin' it off. She's a that the Russian womenfolk were
live mines adrift on our sea lane en route from the Philippines to San Pedro, California.
The ship was going along smoothly in fair weather when we received a radio report, real cold dame. I start fannin' the a tougher breed because they were
breeze with h.er and the first thing doingheavy duty jobs while Amer
"mine, sighted adrift, 400 miles>"^ ;
'
southwest of the 180 degree
department alerted for pos disaster novV and then to unfortu ya' know she evaporates on me. I ican girls were tapping typewriters
turn around and she ain't there and woirying about dates, dances
nate ships and small boats.
meridian and directly in yotu
fhi. »rAa
To those brains in Washington, anymore."
and clothes?
course." It was one of the ^ny
approached the area
DC,
who
have
consistently
tried
brought
to
mind
We explained that this particular
"^re that's.It." Focus exclaim
World War II mines that are still
to cut buf the mine area, bonus woman problem had nothing to do ed. "Ya take my girl Ethel. The
days and
drifting about endangering ships the
this should serve as S: reminder with affairs of the heart. We said other day I ask her to walk four
nights of terror
and men.
that danger and death still ride we were trying to find out why the blocks to the movie. No, she puts
and neryous. ten
Extra Lookouts
the seas.
sion all of us en
Russian women gave the American up a fuss she gotta take a cab
Captain Allie immediately gave dured while sail
rd like to invite them to sail girls such a shellacking in the because her high hcfbls is hurtin'
orders for extra lookouts on bow, ing during World
with'us through these mine infest Olympic games.
her."
bridge and masthead, with the en War IL
ed areas, share with us the tense
Well we" concluded, the Olympic
MuscleWomen
ness and do a little sweat^g like
Our anxiety
we did. Perhaps then they will re
It seems, we continued, that the "games proved one thing. American
was ended when
alize that $2.50 a day is cheap for Russian women came up to Hel men may not be soft but American
the 2nd mate
Jellette
the risk of the lives .of American sinki packing a . lot more muscle w(Hnen are certainly softer.
spotted the
deathdealing machine at approxi seamen who sail these treacherous than the American team, and Focus wrapped that one up with
mately 1 PM the next. day. She areas.
walked off with medals in events an unanswerable question, "Would
John J. Jellette like the shot put. discus throw and ya* want 'em any other way?"
For obvious reasons the LOG was aimlessly drifting in^the path
of shipping, still a. danger to life
cannot print any letter or and
property after ten years. It
other communications sent in was one of the larger variety of
by Seafarers unless the author mines with detonators still stick
signs his name. Unsigned, ing out from its shell. Any ship
, Recien% I
onthe: only freighter that I know with a television set. That is the
anomymous letters will only striking it woiild face di$astrou6 Angelina which is believed to be the first Lg)erty and perhaps the only freighter in the
consequences.
wind up in the wastebasket.
Our ship made a wide circle world to boast a set that works when at proper distances from the television stations.
If circumstances justify, the around the mine, taking its posi
For ihstance, we arrived at
crew,. The new crew voted at a to pay the serviceman.
LOG will withhold a signature tion and later inforihing the Navy Norfolk early One Friday shipboard
meeting to open a ship's
Luis A. Ramirez
we fund and to give $2 apiece with an
on request, but if you want it and Coast Ghard where it was so morning and at 3:50
(Ed.
note"
Incidentally,
all
they
could
put
it
out
of
action.
started for Baltimore enjoying the eye toward making sure that re Cities Service ' tankers running
printed in the LOG. put your
There are reportedly many of television shows most of the time jpairs when needed do not stop the
name on it.
coastvnse have television sets on
these mines still adrift in various that the stations were on the air set from working for lack
of money them,; installed by the company.)'
oceans and they are a source of that night. In the port Of Balti
more the set worked the same like
in any home.
^
17InchModel
This piece of package entertain . The .LOG. opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks,
ment was bought by the former bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, littleknown
crew paying $6 apiece from the cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like,
captain down to the wipers, It is suitable for shipboard use. Mail in your suggestions. Here's Chief
a 17inch RCA table model. Most Steward George H. Seeberger's recipe for "Hawaiian Sauce."
of that crew got off when the ship
\
caught fire in the Delaware Ship The galley on a ship is a danger
Canal while following a ship that ous place to experiment and tinker other, the failure of a dish means
in. especially when your "captive"' that many himgry appetites un
ran into an oil barge.
messmates can't. "try the place
The ship did spend some time at arpund the comer" if your culinary appeased and the waste of good
food to the bargain.
a New York shipyard and naturally researches fall flat.
had to call for almost a whole new That's why Chief Steward George But this isn't to discourage creat
H. Seeberger seems to have such a ing something new and fresh for
surefire method for trying out the menu. It's just a call for mod^
something new. eration and serious consideration
Seeberger con for the 40odd otherwise uhsuffer
cocted a new ing stomachs.
si^uce when he Here's "Hawaiian .Sauce," which
worked at a sum Seeberger says has become a stand
mer resort hotel ard on the menu at the hotel
and sprung it on where he tried it and aboard ship
the cashpaying as well." Take a 3quart saucepan
customers with full of water, add 2V^ teaspoons of
out advance no red coloring, V4 pound butter, a
VACATION PLAN
dozen whole cloves, a level tea
tice. The fact that
Seeberger
it went over big spoon of ground cinnamon, 2
'^R^^MCNT SPECIFIES
is a tribute to his skill and "scien oranges'run through a meat grind
THAT A
MUST
tific" curiosity, but what's more er, 8 pineapple slices diced small,
APPLY FOR HIS MOHWT
important, it spari^d a hardwork Vs tin com syrup, % pound sugar
VVITHIN ONE YEAR OF TIIE
ing SIU crew from playing the in and boil the contents until all in
gredients are blended.
voluntary role of guinea pig.
PAYOFF PATE OF MIS OLDEST
If
you're
going
to
play
around
Use corast^ch to thicken to a
DISCHARGE . APPLY PROMPTLY
with something new, don't just put fine running texture and serve on
Raaneii Kamirex. OS^ ucnia bl* it to the crew and figure it a bust baked sugarcured ham, not Vir
. eleUies. • * AogdUiui wUle ilbe if it doesn't go over. For one thing, ginia ham. It wiU mean a ideaslng.,;
rest of tk« .mufF watehA: $*!»> yoU 'Xliould tryit yourself—or at change from, the usual baked,
least'caU f<Hr'VOlUhteers, .Fcvanr" .gtatahwm." (Feeds
Stray JHines l^iU Birnaee Ships
Siyn Name On
LOG Letters
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SEAFARERS toe
F^day, 4vmst 8, 1958
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MRS
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Has Burdens
To the Editor:
To the EfUtor:
It might be of interest to other assessment towards the purchase
constitution; Read it brother. It is I have never written to the LOO
Union brothers to know that while of our new Union halls, at the
selfexplanatory.
before but I think it'stime that all
the Fairport was in San Francisco same time let's not forget we have
When the constitution is put to stewards took notice of the way
during the early part of July, two more Imperative obligations to dis
a vote, do your organization and they have become the forgotten
men came aboard and endeavored pose of, namely the hotel at Brook
The following is the latest yourself justice. Vote "yes."
men. When it comes to raises in
to solicit funds allegedly for SUP lyn headquarters. 1 look forward available listing of official ex
As an oldtimer in the SlU 1 pay I'm sure that everyone must
to all brothers making this a con
brothers on strike.
want to congratulate our officials realize that the stewards have been
change rates,for foreign cur
When these men were chal centrated thought at all times until rencies. Listings are as of for thinking and planning for our left behind.
lenged by the ship's delegate one day that thought will be a real^ August 6, 1952, and are subject future welfare in the best mari
It certainly is a known fact that
time union in the world. 1 have stewards have more responsibility
Walteo Craig, to show proof and ization. How nice it Would be to to change without notice.
sanction from the SUP to do this, the brother after being discharged England. New Zealand. South Afrlcat' talked with quite a few of the old than any unlicensed man aboard
32.80 per pound sterling.
timers and younger members of ship. In fact on some ships the
they were'kt a loss for the proper from the hospital as physically un
Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling.
fit knowing he now has his pension Belgium:
the Union and all seem to be of stewprd seems to be held responsi
credentials.
50 francs to the dollar.
and has a place of abode 'o meet Denmark: 14.43 cents per krone.
the same opinion—^there's nothing ble for anything that happens even
In fact they didn't even have any his
350 francs to the dollar.
former shipmates and feel at France:
too good for the SlU. That means if jt is the concern of some other
seamen's papers. ^
HoUand: 3.80 guUders to the doUar.
home.
Italy: 625 lire to the doUar.
me
and you.
'
After being discredited and be
Most crewmembers
Norway: 14 cents per krone.
Keep Men Together
D. L. Parker department.
28.75 escudos to the dollar.
ing exposed as phonies it was It would keep us all together in Portugal:
appreciate the fact that it
is a good
Sweden: 19.33 cents'per krone.
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steward and a good stewards de
obvious that they were quite stead of roving around from bow to India:
21 cents per rupee.
30.2 cents per rupee.
anxious to depart from this vessel stern looking for, suitable rooms in Pakistan:
partment that makes for a happy
Argentina; 14.2 pesos to the dollar.
ship.
without further ado.
Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro.
various
ports
not
to
talk
of
the fi
Uruguay; 52.63 cents per peso.
Alex R. Webber
We all know that we have the
nancial saving involved.
Venezuela: 29.85 cents pey bolivar.
4 t
best
Union in the maritime indus
To the Editor:
1 might say in closing that 1 had
try
and
the best negotiating com
Some
engineers
would
excuse
a chat with Brother George Arnold
mittee
along
with it. I'm sure the
tlieir fireman if he went to sleep on
who is a recipient of one of our
negotiating committee realizes
that
watch
and
some
engineers
even
first checks as a disabled brother.
a
steward's
responsibility
entitles
To the Editor:
looked the other way if the fire
We talked old times and memories,
This is the second time I'm writ and
man wasn't in good shape on him to a considerable increase in
believe me brothers, the yarns To the Editor:
ing a letter to the LOG, and 1 of the hardships of the past were 1 have been a member of this watch or didn't stand the watch. pay . and that they will bear that
think it's ample time to voice my shocking to hear. Thanks to organ Union since 1940, not quite two But on the Angelina, the* engi fact in mind in the next negotiating
opinion about the stewmrds depart ized labor for securing the degree years since its inception (you might neers are real strict. They would session. Then we won't be the for
ment. I still of emancipation we now enjoy.
say its boyhood). 1 have watched even make trouble for a man, get gotten men any longer.
maintain it's the
Wesley Touhg
Paddy Farrell it grow into the best maritime un ting sick on watch.
best and most
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ion in the entire world. There have One of our firemen got sick in
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worked • depart
been many changes from 1940 up San Juan and took relief to go to
ment and gets
through 1952.
the hospital. The engineer was al^
the least pay for
_ First, we are ienjoying the high worked up because he wasn't noti
it.
e'st wages and best working con fied. The fireman tried to notify
Someone once
ditions ever known in the mari him but the engineer on watch To the Editor:
To
the
Editor:
said the Army
Being one of the fellows who
time industry. Not only do we have wouldn't get up. He was too sound
travels on its As a retired book member, I feel the best conditions and wages, but asleep.
was on the beach when the copies '
that a vote of
thanks is due another
stomach and all
within our organization we have
Brace
T. Weber of the resolution on the new con
the crews of SlU retired .member for the outstand derived benefits that are unequaled
stitution were handed out T've had
ing
work
he
is
doing
on
behalf
of
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ships do likewise. The only over seamen in the Miami area.
B chance in between the job calls
by any other maritime unioq, such
time the stewards department* can
to look it over pretty carefully
as welfare benefits including an in
look forward too is weekends and ' Brother Vince O'Rielly is now surance policy of $2,500 that is
After reading it, the first thing
a
law
student
in
the
University
of
holidays, sougeeing, and cleaning
handed to us on a silver platter.
that came to mind was that this
Miami.
Despite
a
heavy
program
iceboxes.
To the Editor:
new constitution really goes out of
$100,000 In One Port
The deck department make their of studies Brother O'Rielly finds
We have a thief aboard the Arch its way to protect the rights and
In
this
port
alone
(Mobile)
the
time
to
assemble
collections
of
overtime daily. Even the wipers
ers Hope who has twice broken privileges of the members. 1 like
got a substantial raise. The stew books for not only SlU ships but Welfare Plan has paid out more into the crew members' lockers in the way everything was put down
than $100,000 to
ards department's only hope is that nearly all ships that visit the
the membership. the past week and stolen a con in black and white about how trials
the negotiating committee won't Miami area.
amount of money.
are held, the elections and work
Who in the world siderable
Collects Books Himsel|
forget'.ns when the new contract
Every
effort
is
being
made
to
of committees and so on.
would have ever catch this guy.
comes up.
There is no local branch of the'
There's some men who don't .
thought
we
as
The steward, with all his respon Merchant Marine Library Associa
seem
to realize just how important
I hope
that
the membership
will
Union
men
and
sibilities on the ship, should get tion in Miaqii and the boqks are
this
business
of new constitution
take
action
against
shipboard
seamen would
at least as much as the 3rd mate. solicited for and • collected by
is.
After
aU
the
SlU Isn't like the
thieves
inasmuch
as
they
are
not
live
to
see
this
He and Atlas should be blood Brother O'Rielly, for which his
happen in«aur needed in this Union and only Government where if you don't see
brothers. The only thing is Atlas only pay is a vote of thanks from
cause a great deal of trouble to eye to eye with somebody about a
organization?
carries the world, while the chief the Ponce and other SlU ships
their shipmates and all concerned. law you can hire a laviryer to take
Another
thing
steward carries the ship where it visiting this port.
Parker
Ed "Slim" Parsons it up with the Supreme Court. For
that
surprised
pertains to food and paper work,' In addition to his studies and the
the Union, everything has to be
me
was
the
benefits
for
babies.
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and still has to man his depart library work. Brother O'Rielly finds
down on paper in so many words
Well,
brother, that
is a
great
thing
ment properly.
time for active jnembership work for all SlU members and families.
because that written constitution
The messmen have to be on duty in local associations furthering the
is
where we go to find out what's .
Own Union Halls
at all times serving the grub. They shipping industry in this area,
what.
should also be classed as daymen particularly the Propeller Club of Sebond, in the past we did not To the Editor:
Looking at it from that point of
with a substantial raise in pay.
the University which is sponsoring own our halls and" everytime there I would like to express my grati view this constitution that we're
Leo Bruce this library project.
was a strike we had to move or tude in behalf of my wife and going to vote on looks like a darn
The least we as seamen can do take a lot of abuse from the land family on receiving the $200 ma good document.
is to Extend our thanks not only to lord and the law. Now we have ternity check and also the $25 de
Tom Murr
Brother O'Rielly but to the Pro our own halls in most of the ports fense bond whfch our Union kindly
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and I can tell you brothers one gave my new baby.
peller Club as well. ,
To the Editor:
thing, when you voted "yes" on
George F. Switzer the $20 building assessment you I feel proud and fortunate to
It is a pleasure to express my
to the best sailors union in
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voted for your future and your belong
sincere gratitude to the personnel
the
US as
far as conditions, wages
family's future as well as your and other things.
of our Unio» for their untiring ef
Also I would like To the Editor:
Union's future.
forts toward obtaining the many
to
mention
that '^y
wife and 1 1 thank you so very much for the
We are now confronted with a look forward and enjoy
advantages we now enjoy.
reading check and the baby bond. 1 was
very
serious
matter,
the
changing
I personally rejoice at the news
the
LOG
which
means
so
much
to very glad to receive it. My bus *
of our constitution. You must have both of us.
of our recently acquired disabilty To the Editor:
band has been going to sea for
I've
been
reading
letters
from
a principle and policy for the Un
pension of $65 per month to the
Chester KrupinskI the last 13 years. 1 receive the
former
seamen
now
in
the
Army
ion
to
follow
and
that
means
that
brother Seafarer that is no longer
SEAFARERS LOG at home and I
physically able to drag his carcass and requesting inforrifttion on you must have laws and bylaws
like to read it very much because
what to do
to get released from the
to
govern
your organization.
around the world and whose hull
there are lots of things about my
Is damaged and compelled to go service so they could go back to When our organization was first
home
town. New Orleans. Thank
sea again.
I would
like to
say that
formed
we
had
to
draw
up
a
con
into drydoch at a marine hospital
you for everything. '
1 am one of the unfortunate men stitution. At that time, the SlU
for periodic repairs.
that was pulled off my ship and put was very small and without any
Mrs. James McCoy
At present there are about 60 in the
Army.
I haye tried twice
to
money
to
work
with.
We
had
a
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brothers undergoing such repairs get out witliout success so I am
constitution
that
was
okay
for
the
in the Staten Island USHPS and sweating out the months until 1
from the sentiments theyexpress, get my discharge. The last trip 1 time being.
Changes Nece»ary
they are happy knowing thtft their made was to West Africa aboard
, How we have grown by leaps
interests are being well cared for the Del Rio.
I To the Editor:
ahd bounds : and everything has
on the outside.
I've been reading about the new been changed but our constitution.
It is with deepest gratitude and \
Thanks To Doctors
appreciationthat 1 thank all those
I stated on previous occasions books and they sure are an im It has come to a point where it
brothers who so wholeheartedly
phanged to conform with
our sincere thanks to the doctors, provement on the old ones. I would must
answered my call for blood donors
nurses and the attendants for the like to say hello to all my friends bur grbwth. Ihere are mwy points
during the recent illness of my J
care rendered and the kindness and former shipmates and I would; that needed changing, and one part
cousin, Claire* Mulgrew.
• shown during their sojourn in this very much like to hear from any that I like Vety much is the state
I'm sorry to report that in spite ;
ment of prihciples and declaration
hospital. We regret the loss of Dr. one of them.
pfc Cecil Fakh
of rights. In my mind %nd what 1 Chester Kruidoriil proudly .dis**; of their cooperation she succumbed
Harold Malone of the dental de
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knowas a Union member, this is plays .hahy bond while his ' to the Illness ^ind was'buried last ,
partment. He was a swell guy and
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828 8tKAa.v
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ene of the best worded articles that wife holds his toarth daugh week.
we^Seafarers will miss hUni
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SEArARERS LOG
LET TEE S
To the Editor:
stantial increase commensurate We've been out for 33 days^on
time off in all ports. The chow was
responsibilities. the Purplestar (Triton) and haven't
great and the crew praised the
Beatriee Crew with his duties and
I would also suggest, that our Un had any shore leave yet. The boys
steward department for their bang
Aided Keyes
ion should endeavor to minimize are all looking forward to our next
up job in port as well as at sea.
The
July 11 issue of the those unfair conditions and prac stop. It's a swell bunch of fellows
Nobody thought the trip would be
anything like as good as it was, SEAFARERS LOG carried a tices created by our own members all around and the grub is the very
which proves that the ship has story about the transfer of which make the stewards' life best. We'll send a morecomplete
nothing to do with a trip. It's the Seafarer Mario Reyes from aboard ships sometimes unbear report later on.
the Be'atrice to the Puerto able. Let us not make them the
W. Fernhout
crew that makes them good, with
Rico so he could get home for forgotten members of the SIU.
cooperation from topside.
X X 4*
son's funeral.
PhiUp M. Reyes
Captain R. V. Tallan was right his
. The
story
mentioned
that
Steward Cracks
there with the draws in everyport
Puerto Rico crew donated Old Skips CanH Be
and cooperated with the crew at the
Tanker^s
$100 to Reyes but failed to
all times.
mention that his shipmates on Eike Newer Ones To the Editor:
Boost For Mate
X. X X
The Royal Oak has changed' its
the Beatrice had also held a To the Editor:
course since the femporary steward
By
unanimous
vote
we
gave
a
It
must
be
taken into
considera
muster for
him
and
presented
'Kathrgn Seaman boost to Chief Mate Roy E. Perry. him with $188.50 from the tion when you fellows sign on these came aboard and made momentous
injured In Fail
It wouldn't be possible to give a crew.
old ships like the Steel Ranger, you changes in the department. You
deck gang any more cooperation
can't get the conditions that you probably are familiar with com
To the Editor:
than
he
did.
He
was
the
MM&P
on a new ship. This was one plaints that came to headquarters
Just a few wwrds to let the fel
time for supervising overtime work. get
of
theworst
trips I made in years. through delegates, one major one
lows know that A. B. Vallejo was dispatcher for the port of Los An
A bosun receives overtime for There was so much, complaining on
being about the steward aboard
geles the
past
four years
and
still
seriously injured
supervising the painting of a mess here that even the sea gulls left us. and the bad n\eals.
on the Kathryn carries a paid up SUP book.
room without touching a paint When signing on these ships you Well he is on vacation and the
last week while "On the wagon" Bill Parks al brush, but a steward cannot col
have to sweat it out. All this beef one here now is one of the best
it was in San most made it, but not quite.
overtime for supervising the ing and squawking
A bunch of wellsatisfied Sea lect
only makes the and the crew hopes he stays on.
Juan harbor.
soogeeing of same. If he actually
Vallejo fell off farers—^with each other, the ship soogees to get overtime, it is a sure trip tough for all himds. Don't The crew blithely nicknamed
a boom he was and the trip—are Tommy Lyons, bet that some crewmen will call forget, it's a job and the m'onc^ is the new steward, Karl Karlson, the
"safe cracker", ^cause he opened
working on and Bob Flever, Virgil Candel, Johnny him a chiseler for not giving ^s clean.
lockers and storerooms (the boys
Joseph Cantin
landed on the Morris, Louis Romero, Red Saun overtime work to othCr members
had called them
safes) and alleged
ders,
"Deadeye"
Young,
Raymond
Ship's
delegate
deck. He was un
of his department.
ly made some strange discoveries.
Greenstreet and all the others.
conscious
for two
Another thing which requires
TaUeJo
XXX
For some time the crew sensed
Terry Paris
days and is now
improvement is the steward's con
something
was mysteriously wrong
in the San Juan hospital.
XXX
ditions aboard ships. The com
but that feeling is forgotten now.
I'm sure he would appreciate
mendable policy of our Union in With Vdeattona
Capable Management
any visits or letters from his Seafarer^s Wife
weeding out the gashounds an^ ir To the Editor:
The spirit of the Royal Oak is
friends.
responsibles has improved the stew
Juan Reyes Comes To States ards' conditions aboard, as this seg
Just a word from New Orleans, sailing in brighter horizons since
To
the
Editor:
where
shipping's fair, the weather the steward department is now
XXX
Two of the 12 passengers aboard ment of our membership has been is good and the gals lovely to managed by a capable, efficient
and affable allaround fellow. If
Skipper Makes
the Citrus Packer (Waterman) are mostly responsible for giving them look at.
unnecessary hard times. But there All biands are tickled jpink on you watched Karl Karlson concoct
Mrs. Ticer
and her
eightmonthold
A Happy Skip
son, Dan Ticer, Jr. Mrs. Ticer is are still certain unfair conditions the functioning of the Welfare one of his delicious salads or, even
To the Editor:
a citizen of the Netherlands', from a steward has to endure.
Plan and particularly the vacation cook an omelet you would realize
I took the Fort Hoskins out of Amsterdam, and is the wife of
An Eight Hour Day
pay. I collected once last winter he has many years of culinary ex
Boston on the 20th of July. I was Brother Dan Ticer, at present sail
Calling the steward at any time and spent a fine ten days in Florida perience. This he shares whole
on her last year at about this time ing with Watermanr
of the day for various types of
heartedly with everybody.
proceeds.
and I would like to say what a They were married a few years services is highly unfair. Every on the
The menus are very substantial
I
collected
again
i
couple
of
swell skipper we have.
ago while Dan was on a Waterman member should realize that the weeks back, but ain't atellin' and varied, his chief concern being
He is only the relief while the ship that stopped at Amsterdam, steward, like the rest of the crew,
inhis job to ascertain that every
regular one is on his vacation, yet and now Mrs. Ticer has gotten works only eight hours a day, and where that went.
I know many of our members body is satisfied. The crew can
he was good enough to see that her entry into the US. The crew of he should not work longer without
appreciate
the efforts of our Bill anticipate a hearty and tempting
the new men had plenty of cigar the Citrus Packer offers hearty overtijme.
Fredericks here
in New Orleans in meal and don't come to the mess
ettes before we put out to sea. We welcome to Mrs. Ticer and best Waking up. the steward in the
keeping up
with the
many applica haU with any trepidation. The old
all think that was a swell thing to wishes. • .
middle of the pight to put out more tions.
saying that' a way to a man's heart
do.
.night lunch is a very base practice
is through his stomach has a sig
Frank
Caspar
Paul T.
Cassidy
All the guys on the ship seem
nificance aboard a ship in that the
Ship's delegate which the membership should stop.
4"
J"
to be a regular bunch. The food
No one can say that any steward
way to keep a crew together is to
is good, thanks to the steward and
XXX
^as ever responsible for the night Fairland Voyage feed it right.
a good stewards department. Every
lunch running out. A substantial
Not One Beef
body speaks highly about everyone Steward^s Wages . portion of it is always put out by Hits Sour Note
Since Karlson climbed up the
else and that is good for morale.
the galley force as a part of its To the Editor:
gangway there hasn't been a beef
It's a pleasure to be on this job. Hue For Ckanye
routing.
This is a little word from a big of any kind aboard the ship. Beefs,
Robert L. Anderson To the Editor:
Those who come aboard during ship, the Fairland (Waterman). We as anyone from a wiper to a
The many letters written to the the
Ship's delegate
night and find the night'lunch have had quite'a rugged trip. Many captain can tell you, arise from
LOG with regards to the inadequate
XXX
have no justification in things have happened and we are discontent primarily due to in
wages of the Steward Department consumed
waking
up
the steward or. to put all pretty much disgusted. I'm adequate variety in menus and the
Seacoral Crew
as compared to tlie other two de
out
more,
nor
are they practicing sure most are ready to call it quits way food is prepared.
partments were discussed by the Union brotherhood
Enjoys Japan
by calling him upon our arrival in New York on Sailing is not all rainbows and
Steward Department of the De
names and
seeking to ostracize
him or about August 18. That goes for beautiful sunsets as a whole, so
To the Editor:
Soto. They are unanimous in rec
At our last meeting on the Sea ommending that our negotiating should he refuse their demand.
the mates and engineers too.
bad meals can make it miserable.
coral before arrival in the states, committee endeavor to rectify this Another unfair practiceis the un
The patrolman that pays this A corner lunch counter is easy to
a motion was carried that you inadequacy in coming negotiations. kind epithets the steward receives ship off will not need his ear reach when one is ashore and an
should receive a letter on behalf of The steward'.^ wages is a glaring for performing his contractual du phones. In my 38 years this is the appetite needs appeasment, but' at
the crew.. Here 'tis!
ties. He is sometimes called a '^com damndest.
sea, the seaman depends on the
After 21 days or so, we made it example of this
pany stiff" or worse when he tries Regards to gll our brothers from magnitude of indulgence shown: by
The
steward's
wages
since
the
into Yokohama, steaming like a
to conserve ship's supplies and the crew of the Fairland.
a steward.
crippled sea turtle. Gad but terra old Shipping Board era has not property. In my opinion a good
WllUam Calefato
Tom B.
Pattou
firma was a stranger to all hands kept abreast ^ith the wage struc stewardwho conserves ship's sup
ture
in
the
maritime
industry.
In
as were several other necessary
plies and e'quipment is equally a
those days when a dollar was worth good Union man as he protects
luxuries.
100 cents, the steward's wages was and conserves what his Union ~has
Too Much Navy
$45
than the bos'n and even fought and obtained for him and
From there we took our hang $10 more
more
than the radio operator. his Union brothers.
overs to Yokasuka. A real swell
Now it is consid
Aided In Gains
port, only 19 million Navy joker.s
erably less 'than Many stewards ^ave been instru
stationed there. But a 1,000 yen
these two, de mental in getting improvements
note and a taxi put you back in
spite the fact aboard ships either in the picket
Yokohama. Many yen were spent
that the stew lines or in their normal course of
on this shuttle ride.
ard's duties and duties. It is normal for them to
Then we went into Kobe for a
r e s ponsibillties wish to protect them. However,
while. Since it was only a 36 hour
are Increased this statement is not intended to
stop, the mate knocked off all hands
due to the in defend any steward, who, wishing
save .the gangway watch. From
crease in man to make an impression on the com
Kobe wfe carried our paralyzed
ning
scales and pany, deprives the crew of their
Reyes
heads back to Moji. This is one
the
carrying
and legitimate necessities.
mighty fine port but when we sailed up to twelve passengers on most of
of ^ normal
Many niembers in the deck and
from there on the 4th of July our contracted ships.
engine departments have said that
everyone was packing an unhappy
Overtime Clause
they would not sail as steward for
overhang. Guess they must get
their tari from the same brewery. Before and'during the last war, any amount of money. They know
this discrepancy was rectified by the score. They know that the
No OT Disputes
This proved t# be a shorttwo the liberal overtime clauses of our steward is blamed for niany things
month trip. There was absolutely contracts at the time. Subsequent he is not accountable for. He is,v
no performing and the crew got clarifications and modifications of at mosB'times,'"between the devil
,1 Pride of the Boyial Oak, its hew. steward, Karl Karlson (second
along keen. There wasn't an hour the said clauses have nullified this and the deep blue sea." i
frMn 4eft) is shdwn h^th his galley gainir that Is keeping the erew
disputed overtime in any of the overtime. He not only lost the over 'In conclusion, I too believe that
^ three department^, andi plenty of time for painting, but also the ovbr the stewards tiiould receive a sub
To the Editor:
We, the crewmembers in the
black gang on the Steel Recorder
(Isthmian) consider it a privilege
to sail with a gang of engineers
like this ship has. The men are all
members of the BME, including
Anderson as chief, withthe others
being Dewey Keehn, Gregory Just,
Van Hefiton and Thompson.
If all ships had engineers like
these it would surely be a happy
day.
Nason Nunn
Engine delegate
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SEAFARERS X
.. . DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS...
from work: bozun denied the charge.
Cleaning of the life jacketi wat put on
the repair list.
. BENTS FORT (CttiM S«rvic«), July IS
.Chairman, not llitad; Sacratary, Allison
Habort. Motion passyd to see the pa
trolman about getting more miUc and a
different brand of coffee. Chief engineer
«rUl be consulted about the condition of
the washing water. Ship's delegate re
minded the crew about not bringing li
quor aboard and also told them to make
arrangements for time off before going
• shore.
ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Seat Shipping),
April 20—Chairman, De Vite; Secretary,
S. Piercon. Painting of black gang and
stewards foc'sles wUl be done on week
ends as overtime. Steward will see the
skipper about painting department
foc'sles. Crew agreed to pay $1 apiece
for movies.
May 11—Chairman, Kenneth Roberts;
AMEROCEAN (Blackchestorl, June 14 Secretary,
S. Plerten. Discussion was held
.Chairman, John R. Tllley; Secretary, on the menus.
was held on
R. M. Katz. Vincent Walgrath was elected the ability of the Discussion
second cook. Bosun re
ship's delegate unanimously. Draw list quested crewmembers not
to soak clothes
should be .made up ahead of time, before in kerosene before putting
them in .the
arrival in Spain. Ship's delegate asked washing machine.
that there be no performing, on shore
June S—Chairman, K. Roberts; Secre
or at sea. General cleanliness of the tary,
S. J. Plerten. Captain did not or
vessel was discussed, as well as return der milk
at Durban because the dairy
pantry equipment. Storm doors and ports
was
closed
for a holiday. Ship's delegate
are to be put on the repair list.
July 4—Chairman, John R. Tllloy; Sec will see the captain about haying deck
retary, Donald J. Addison. Captain want and stewards department foc'sles painted.
ed repair list turned in immediately, so There has not been much increase in
that it can be wired to the company. variety of menus. Beverages should be
Be^f against mate doing sailor's work varied. Deck department is out of dis
will be turned over to the patrolman. Pa infectants. Voluntary donations for the
trolman should sed the company about ship's fund will be accepted at the first
putting a washing machine on board for draw.
Juno 29—Chairman, K. Roberts; Secre
the crew, as per agreement. The present
washer, bought by the crew ,is in need tary, S. L. Pierson. Foc'sles due for paint
ing have
been taken care of. Repair lists
of parts and is getting old. Suggestion
was made that it be kept as a spare, for have been handed to department heads.
After
meetings
on menus, chief cook re
washing working gear. Wind scoops
screens should be obtained for all foe' ported to the captain that the crew has
ales and messrooms for the next voyage. been picking on him. Suggestion was
All books should be turned in, so that made that the ship's delegate see the
they can be exchanged in Baltimore for skipper about painting the messrooms
while the ship is in drydock. Everyone
the next trip.
who asked for a cot has gotten one.
Stewards department has not taken its
BESSEMER VICTORY (South Atlantic), tiun to clean the laundry.
Juna IS—Chairman, John Gollatly; Secre
tary, Emil A. Gomez. Repair lists are to
MARORE (Ore), June 22—Chairman, A.
be turned in as soon as possible. Two
men were lost on the trip. Minor beefs Nickels; Secretary, R. Hill. There is $9.90
will be taken up with the patrolman. Mo in the ship's fund. More cream and cof
tion was passed not to sign on until re fee should be put out at night.
pairs have been completed. Stewards de
TRINITY (Carres), no date—Chairman,
partment got a vote of confidence for the
trip. Crew members getting off should Osborne R. Williams; Secretary, ne name.
leave the foc'sles clean. Suggestion was
made to bring to the attention of the
patrolman the captain's refusal to have
the ice boxes cleaned.
fSaaSM
o
Ml
MONROE (Bull), July I—Chairman, J.
B. Fulghami Secretary, Jean Auger. 12
to4 foc'sle should be checked, as water
Is bailed out every day. Repair list has Captain refuses to get new gear for
crew. First assistant refused to'fix f^ns
been given to department delegates.
for deck department.
ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), July
GREECE VICTORY (SouTh Atlantic),
S—Chairman, Frank Vincent; Secretary,
Merrill E. Johns. One mass missed ship June 22—Chairman, R. Sanderlln; Sec
in Lake Charles as weU as, eastern ports, retary, Amos Baum. James Davis was
be recommended. Motion was passed to elected ship's delegate by acclamation.
Increase the milk supply taken aboard Motion was passed to use tablecloths at
In port. Fresh bread will be taken on all times. Deck and engine departments
In Lake Charles as well as eastern ports. will clean the laundry and scuttlebutt
There is S22 in the ship's fund. Each and stewards department will clean the
delegate will check his department for recreation room. All bands were asked
extra glasses and other stewards depart to cooperate In taking care of the wash
ment gear and see that It is returned. ing machine. Steward requested that the
Stewards department got a vote of thanks use of towels and pillow cases for oil
for a job well done. Discussion was held and cleaning rags be discontinued.
July 19—Chairman, J. E. Rogers; Sec
on instailing awning on fantail as the
retary, Amos Baum. Motion was made
idiip has no recreation room.
that the company put a new washing ma
RAPHAEL SEMMES (Waterman), July chine on the ship as the present one be
d^Chalrman, A. Slstrunk; Secretary, P. longs to the Union, and that the patrol
Reed._ Charge was made that bosun man be informed of this. Suggestion was
showed partiality in knocking men off made that the ship's delegate contact
the patrolman about painting the'mess
haU, Ship's delegate said that the pa
trolman will be told of one incompetent
Quiif Answers
member who should not in the future
be shipped above the rating of OS.
(1) The tip of South America.
^Can'Shakers^
Have No OK
The membership is again
cautioned to beware of persons
soliciting funds on ships in be
half of memorials or any other
socalled "worthy causes."
No "canshakers" or solici
tors have received, authoriza
tion from SIU headquarters to
collect funds. The National
Foundation for Infantile Pa
ralysis is the only charitable
organization which has re
ceived membership endorse
ment. Funds for this caiise
are collected through normal
Union channels at the payoff.
Receipts are issued on the spot.
gine delegate reported lack of coopera
tion by the first assistant engineer and
the chief engineer over petty disputes
with the wipers. Motion was passed to
notify the port agent in the port of pay
off that the crew would like a copy of
all items now on the repair list which
wiU be submitted at. the close of the
voyage and that the company had ap
proved for completion before the next
voyage. If these items have not been
done, unlicensed personnel shaU use their
privilege to sign clear Of the ship's ar
ticles at their own request by notifying
the master and the Union of their de
sire to pay off.
CAPE EDMCND (Alcoa), June 22—
Chairman, R. Barnes; Secretary, M. G.
Whale. R. Barnes was elected ship's del
egate by acclamation. Extra condiment
rack for the messroom will be made and
installed. Several lockers need repair
ing. Greater care should be taken of ihe
washing machine, which should be left
clean and should be turned off after use.
July 13—Chairman, Lee Roy Eckhoff:
Secretary, George Whale. Several minor
repairs have been completed. Repair Ust
will be handed to the patrolman. Stew
ards department got a vote of thanks for
a job weU done.
WESTERN RANCHER (Western Navi
Treasurer reported $50.01 in the ship's gation), June 29—Chairman, R. C. Lund
fund. Voluntary donations to the fund quist; Secretary, C. A. Newman, All re
pairs listed have been made. Steward
would be welcome.
asked that aU dirty glasses be put on
CANTIGNY (Cities Service), May S— the drainboard, and not in the sink.
Chairman, G. Gelliane; Secretary, P. .V.
Hammel. Repair list was drawn up and
HASTINGS (Waterman), July 13—Chair
will be turned in upon arrivaL Steward man, E. R. Brown; Secretary, W. E. Cul
was asked to order chlorpdene to solve pepper. Two men left ship on sailing
the roach problem. Suggestion was made day. L. D. Richardson was elected ship's
that the cooXa have more rice on the delegate by acclamation. Suggestion was
menu.
made that a drying room be set up for
the crew and that a mat be placed in
WESTERN FARMER {Western Naviga side steering engine room, to cut down
tion), July 13—Chairman, not listed; Sec the tracking of oU in the crew's recrea
retary, Vincent E. Monte. Ship's delegate tion room. Captain should furnish a let
reminded aU members signing off to strip
their bunks and leave rooms In good
shape. Steward department got' a vote
of thanks for a jpb weU done. Motion
was passed to have the patrolman check
to see that summer fruits were ordered,
as the steward asked. Steward should
check jams and preserves, and order
more if necessary. Everyone should be
careful of the washing machine. Throw ter or statement explaining why milk
ing trash and cigarette butts through the cannot be purchased in Germany.
portholes should be stopped.
BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service),
STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), July June 29—Chairman, Ray Wright; Secre
4—Chairman, Frank Crtder; Secretary, L. tary, Cliff Martin. Messman was hospital
W. Gregson. Motion was passed to have ized in Puerto La Cruz; Chief cook was
union officials see the company repre hospitalized in Aruba. Ray Wright was
sentative about innerspiing mattresses elected ship's delegate; E. Murphy was
for aU unlicensed personAl. There is elected ship's treasurer. Ship's fund now
$92.02 in the ship's fund, ^ts should be stands at $4. Two men missed ship in
returned to the steward before the end Ponce. Beef was made against the baker
of the voyage.
about cleanliness, a matter which came
up at several meetings. Baker said he
STEEL VENDOR Hsthmlan), June 29— would try to do better. Crew was asked
Chairman, John Santos; Secretary, Jerry to keep the messhall cleaner.
J. Palmer. Ship's delegate reported that
much ol the painting requested on the
ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), July IB
repair list had been turned down by Chairman, Frank Russo; Secretary, Harry
department heads and the captain. En Peek. Deck department replacement was
left behind in Georgetown. Motion was
passed that each department delegate
make up a sanitary supplies requisition
and submit it to their respective depart
ment heads. During this trip engine and
deck departments have had practically
Four men who paid off the no cleaning gear, and their department
them. Chief mate has agreed to paint
Strathport at St. Helene, Oregon, decks
and spot sougee bulkheads. De
on or about May 31, 1952, can col partment delegates should see that each
bed
is
stripped and each room neat and
lect transportation by contacting clean for
the payoff. Offenders will be
Strathmore Shipping Co., 52 turned over to the patrolman and ship's
delegate for appropriate action. New
Broadway, NYC.
fans will be installed this trip. Vote
of thanks was given to the galley force
$1
for an exceptionally good job done In
Robert Glenn Denny
extreme heat and for good food.
NOTICES
ard he would fiU the stewards depart
ments on returning to Japan. Hand vote
was called on letting the chief cook stay
chief cook. Majority decided they are
satisfied with this cook. Everyone was
asked to take better care of the washing
machine and to return cups to the pan
try and try to keep the messhall cleaner.
QUARTETTE (Standard) July 13—Chair
man, Biackie Connors, Secretary, R. F.
Grant. Delegates reported no beefs. Mo
tion was passed to send a representative
to headquarters if possible to see about
cots and other Union matters, and to
inquire about a library exchange. Deck
engineers wiU make any foc'sle keys
needed. Trash should not be thrown on
deck. Steward reported that fresh stores
have been requisitioned.
November 18—Chairman, J. Wade; Sec
retary, A. A. Kessen. $4.92 in the ship's
fund should be turned over to the new
ship's delegate. All members will donate
to the fund for the upkeep of the wash
ing machine and for the purchase of
reading materials. Each crewmember will
donate whatever he wants to. Crew
members should be properly dressed dur
ing meals. Repairs should be turned in
to.department delegates as soon as pos
sible.
LONE JACK (Cities Service), July ..
Chairman, Red Lafrige; Secretary, A.
Baker. There is $52 in the ship's fund.
One wiper missed ship in Lake Charles,
Chief mate will be consulted on repair
ing couches in rooms before entering or
while in shipyard.
ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), July
13—Chairman, H. R. Phillips; Secretary,
H. R. Phillips. Pantryman asked that the
pantry sink be repaired, since it has beeii
out of order for three weeks; the fan
has been out of order for one week.
Ship's awnings for the fantail will be in
stalled first on ships without recreation
rooms, so this .ship should receive
one very soon. F. N. Vincent was elected
deck delegate. Suggestion was made that
the steward move the dry stores midship
so that the room can be used for the
three deck maintenance. Men that board
ed in Lake Charles and Baltimore were
asked to donate $1 to the ship's fund.
Chief engineer will be asked to check
the plumbing. Men' were cautioned not
to smoke forward of the stack on the
open deck.
CARRABULLE (National Navigation),
July 7—Chairman, G. Giiiispie; Secretary,
A. Goldsmit. One man failed to join the
ship at Bayoniie. Brother Giiiispie was
elected ship's delegate. Treasurer re
ported $89.29 in the ship's fund. One
more electric fbn is needed in each
foc'sle. Suggestion was made to havcT
each member donate $2 to. the ship's
fund. Galley crew should cut down on
the noise. Each department delegate
should make up a repair list and turn
it over to the ship's delegate.
raRSOIlAl.S
John Popovich
Please contact Earl Gilman.
Write hira c/o SIU hall in Brook
lyn.
tit
Eugene V. Sobczak
Get in touch with.your brother
at 8026 Coles Ave., Chicago,
t
3c
Willard (Tugboat) Layton
I'm out of the Marines and now
shipping from Mobile. Get in touch
with me through Mrs. Lopez. W. L.
Hammock.
(2) Three, /
SUZANNE (Bull), July 19—Chairman,
(3) $300.
W. Blantan; Secretary, W. Blantan. Man
who missed ship will be reported to the
(4) Counterclockwise.
patrolman. Motion was passed to keep
(5) Isotherms. Isobars connect the bench on the poop deck for the sole
of the crew. Ship's delegate will ask
_ places having the same barometric use
the captain to alternate boat drill morn
Your selective service board has
pressure.
ing and afternoon, so as not to disturb classified you 2A until September, CLARKSBURG VICTORY (Mississippi),
January 6—Chairman, A. A. Kessen; Sec
the •
s
ame
watch.
Norman
Maffie
was
(6) Yes, eight of them. Since elected ship's delegate by acclamation. 1952.
retary, W. Pennington. Ship's fund is
.
now $34.27. Motion was made to have
no one would have been eligible
i>
i
all stores for the three departments sent
FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), July 15
for the office at the time the Gov —Chairman,
t t
• to the ship at least two days before
Ed. P. Avrard; Secretary,
Leonard F. Lewis
ernment was first founded, under Stanislaus P. Baangez. There is a balance
sailing,'so that the delegates can check
Cbarles
McKee
Herman S. Smith
them. Motion was passed to use the
of $34.47 in the ship's fund. One man will
the requirement of natural bom be
Anxious to hear from you. Writ*
ship's fund for any emergency that arises,
reported to the patrolman for missing
Get
in
touch
with
DryTrans
citizenship, the Constitution in ship. Discussion was held on keeping the
but only by vole of the crew. Vote of soon. Floren Weintraub, Hawley,
clean. Delegates will prepare Corp. regarding money due from thanks went to the steward department
cluded a clause making those citi messhall
repair lists to hand over to the captain. trip on Cecil N. Bean. Write 25 for the way the food was prepared and Pa.
zens who were citizens of the US
served. Crew should be more careful of
t t 3^
the washing machine. Delegates should
ALCOA CLIPPER (Alcoa), July 19— Broadway, NYC.
at the time of the adoption of the Chairman,
Harold
Fred Hurlburt
check
the
slopchest
to
make
sure
there
R. White; Secretary, Lonnle
t t
Constitution eligible. Of thd first Hargenshelmer. One man missed ship in
are enough supplies. Repairs should be
Your
mother
is anxious to hear
turned in to department delegates, who
nine Presidents, eight were born Guanta and one man was left in New The following men should get in will
take the list to their department from you. Write her c/o Avon
Orleans due to illness. Motion was passed touch with the dispatcher at the
when the colonies were ruled by to speak to port official about another
heads.
Hotel, 58 Exchange St., Buffalo,
May S—Chairman, not listed; Secretary,
washing machine for this ship, due to Baltimore SIU hall regarding pay
Great Britain.
the number of men carried in compari ment of money loaned to crew Berton H. Meade. Captain told the stew NY.
(71 Onyx. All the others are son with freighters. Discussion was held
white in color. Onyx is a mineral on the ship's doctor running out of med member on Steel Flyer: Ralph W.
and not having enough when leav Wilkins, Richard Heeler, Me^s H. Edifor,
consisting of layers or veins of icine
ing New Orleans. Suggestion was made
different colors.
to have the ship's delegate see the cap Black.
SEAFARERS LOG,
tain and port officials about straighten
(8) Six people; $4.
ing this out, if necessary.
•
675 Fourth Ave.,
Samuel Langham
(9) Clementine, in the old song
KYSKA (Waterman), Junf 29—Chair
Your
papers
and
discharges,
of the aame name.
Brooklyp
32, NY.
man, Pete Walsh; Secretary, N. SIkes.
(10) Carbon dioxide, since dia One oiler failed to join the rhip in San turned in at the hall in Mobile,
Francisco. Repair. list will be made up have been forwarded to the hall in
monds ; are crystallized coal.
I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please
by departmental delegates and turned
over to the ship's delegate. Suggestion New York and can be obtained put my name on your mailing list.
(Print Information)
was made to have lifeboats and motors there with proper identification.
Puzzle Answer
repaired and put in working order; about
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half the time motors will not start. Safety
equipment needs repairing. Suggestion
ExSS Wanda
was made to have the patrolman check
The following men have back
the slopchest before sailing on the next
voyage, since there has been nothing in port time pay coming from Epiph
it for five trips.
^ any Tankers and should write 39
STRATHPORT (Strethmere), July IS—
Chairman, E. Tlstan; Secretary, J. Mul
lln. Most of the repairs have been made,
but the washing machine was not fixed
as agreed before saiUng.. Motion was
passed that all members donate kl to
the ship's fund. Messhall should be kepi
clean. Cooks should check stores before
reaching Sah Pedro,
WANDA (Iplphehy), July 29—Chair
man, Geerge B. Odemi Becretery, Fred
BprvllL Delegates reported everything
running smooth, except lor some dls
id overtime. Membere were reminded
elMtt UP thS taundry after usiag It.
r
NAME
STREET ADDRESS
Broadway, NYC, to obtain same:
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.STATE.
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ley, Robert W. Campbell, Nathan
R. Cartwright, Stephen T. Dent, SignedBook
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Harty, Herbert J. Holland, Moses
Lampel, Chaiies I. Pollard, Emil
J. Roussdl, Jr., Andrew J. Snider, ADDRESS
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Section ...
USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK. VA,
Charles M. Davison
Allen T, Gunter ...
Lonnie Hall
John N. HuU
John T. Cherry ...
SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS
REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID
z£:
TOTAL BENEFITS PAID;
Vacation
Welfare
/tfV
YACATKK^
CiMh on Hand
Eadaiated Acconnts Recelvabie
Vncndott Benefits Paid in Period^
Vncndon Benefits Paid Since Febrtmnr 11. 1952
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WELFARE
Cash on Hand
US GoyermneDt Bonds
E stimated Accounts Receivable
Hosoital Benefits Paid in Period
Death Benefits Paid in Period
Disability Benefits Paid in Period
Maternity Benefits Paid.in Period
Hosoital Benefits Paid Since Tuly 1. IS^O
Death Benefits Paid Since\July 1. 1950
Disability Benefits Paid Since Maj 1. 1952
Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1, 1S^2
Submitted .
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A1 Kerr, ——^
Deputy Administrator
Our Vacation and Welfare Funds continue, to. be
In very sound shape financially and otherwise as the
payments have been keeping up at the same high
pace over the last couple of weeks. As the figures
show, the new maternity benefit payments are
adding up to a very sizeable sum, with 30 Seafarers
collecting a total of $9;000 in two week period
covered by that phase of the report.
Not shown in these totals are the $25 bonds given
to the new babies, as these are paid for directly out
of the SIU treasury. Since we started the maternity
payments a few weeks ago, the Union has purchased
oo
oo
oo
Talmadge F. Johnson
15.00
Theodore Kloussla . ..
30.00
Ekistathlos Lagos ..,.
30.00
130.00 Lloyd G. Llnthicum .
30.00
15.00 Glbbs Liverman
15.00
15.00 Francis B. McCulUon
30.00
30.00 Oonald Mease
80.00
30.00 George Meltzer .....
30.00
Walter MltcheU
30.00
$180.00 Frank Oney
15.00
David A. Parrls
15.00
FraLAND S/J4ITARIUM
Toseph Perrelra
30.00
Raymond Plaza ......
SEATTLE. WASH.
15.00
William PoweU ......
15.00
EmU Austad
$15.00 John G. Robinson ...,
. .. .
30.00
Henry H. Schultz ....
30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
SEATTLE, WASH.
$705.00
C. A. BurrU
$4S.0(
J. A. Falaaka
45.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
CarroU Harper
45.00
MOBILE. ALA.
Victor Shavrost
15.00
Tim Burke
$45.09
$150.00 J H Jones
....V M.OO
W. C. McCulston
15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Charles J. MltcheU
15.00
p
5;
Roney
15.00
GALVESTON, TEX.
L. W. Setosky
15.00
Herbert J. Donelan .'
$15.00
WUUam P. Flynn
30.00
$135.00
Jesus Gonzales
15.00
Lewis J. Goodwin
45.00
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
James F. Kane
30.00
HOSPITAL
Pickett W. Lusk
15.00
BAY PINES, FLA.
John W. Varrs
30.00
Joseph Neubauer
30.00 Hale R. Hampton
$eo.OO
Joseph L. Springer ...;
45.00
George A. Williams
15.00
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
$270.00
NEW YORK, NY
....'$60.00
FORT HOWARD VETERANS HOSPITAL Eugene T. Nelson
BALTMORE. MD.
BEEKMAN DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL
Wllbert Hughes .
$30.00
NEW YORK, NY
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN FRANaSCO, CALIF.
AU Ahmed
$30.00
Patrick Dougherty
30.00
H. GUUken
15.00
O. J. Kase
30.00
Harold MUbum
15.00
Donnie Nettles^
30.00
Peter Smith
45.00
David Sorensen .'
45.00
W. Tlmmerman
30.00
Lawson Trussel
30.00
Jens Grangaard
$60.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
CHICAGO. ILL.
Clifton McLellan
$30.00
U.SPHS HOSPITAL
MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKLYN, NY
Robert Atmore
$60.00.
Carl S. Berre
60.00
Rupert A. Blake
60.00.
0 • 0 •
e *
Claude
F.
Blanks
....
45.00
•
tease
$300.00
Edmund C. Blosser ..
60.00
WUson
O.
Cara
60.00
SAILOR'S SNUG HARBOR
Walter Chalk
60.00.
STATEN ISLAND, NY
EbnlUo Delgado
60.00
. 60.00
Joseph Koslusky .
$60io0 James R. Downle
Johfa J..DrlscoU ......
60.00
John T. Edwards
60.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
J. Espinoza
60.00
NEW ORLEANS., LA.
E.
Ferrer
60.00
Lloyd T. Bacon
$30.00
60.00
Edward E. Byrnes ....
30.00 Leonard Franks
60.00
Oliver Celestlne
30.00 Bart E. Guranlck ....
60.00
e s • •9
Jessie A. Clarke
15.00 Robert E. Gilbert ....
John
W.
Keenan
60.00
9 9 9 0 9
C. Coburn
30.00
Leo
Kulakowskl
60.00
Anthony S. Contl
30.00
60.00
R. Cruz
3b.OO Fredrick Landry
60.00
Joseph Fltzpatrlck
'... 30.00 James Lawlor
Francis
F.
Lynch
60.00
Louis C. Gosselln'
15.00
Clifford
Middleton
60.00
Leo H. Lang
30.00
60.00
Clyde H. l.anier
30.00 Vic Milazzo
60.00
W. L. McLeUan.
30.00 Lloyd MiUer
Edgar L. NeweU .i'..
•
30.00 Pedro Peralta
60.00
John
R.
Murdoch
60.00
Dallo Perez ...;.
30.00
30.00
M. Pltre
30.00 George G. Phlfer
60.00
Edward Poe
80.00 R. A. RatcUlI
9.t 9 9 9 0 9
60.00
K. Raana
30.OO John R. Ritchers .....
G.
E.
Schiimaker
9 4 9 9
e •
9
60.00
Harry Reynolds
15.00
15.00
Harold Rosecrans
15.00 Robert Sizemore
60.00
A. A. Sampson .
30.00 Albert D. Thompson'
& SchleKler .
30.00
$1,830.00
Andrew Stauder ...'
30.00
Herman E. Thompson
30.00
J.:E. Ward
30.00
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
R; CWlUlams .....;
75.00
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
$15.06'
$735.00 Robert H. Culberson
USPHS HOSPITAL
bonds virith a maturity value of $2,375 for the ne^v^
BRIGHTON, . MASS.
Mrivals. up until August i.
•
'
R; ,'P. Bowman
Brest
• There's ho doubt that this n,ew' j6eij;^t is ve?^ ^ack
George N. Clarke .......
, popular Judging from the kind of mftil thef head*, Anthony R. Cdppola'..;..
R. Greenrldge
^^uarters office has been receiving on the subject, S.
Raymond Harris
*as is the disability provision for Seafarers who are Thomas P.' Kelly • ;......
S. Kostigan . .........
unable to work.
,
Anthony Plnchook .....
Although we've added new benefits recently the Donald
S. White ' •
Welfare Plan is still piling up a solid cash, reserve
in addition to the nearly $lVS:milUon'jh? interest
USPBS HOSPITAL
bearing bonds. With this kind of setup the trustees
SAVANNAH, GA.
of the fund are in a position to consider additional
Terrejl D. Adams
benefits for the membefship, ?
• aeeeeoa
Warner W. Allred
• • test
Haiby; O. Becker
9 a 9 9 9 e
R. W. Carrollton
• 9 • 9
9 9 9
Hai;ry M. Galphln
.9 9 • 9 9
4
Eugene Gardner ......
J. .51.Hall ............... .'fA*
rSiiiiii Ik
• .i Ki.'i'f
Pe«en M^hh
MAIMONIDES HOSPITAL
BROOKLYN, NY
$30.00 WUUam Osmunjdsen
$90.00
15.00
. 30.00
. . MEDICAL CENTER.
45.00
JERSEY CITY, Nj
30.00
30.00 John P. Bruder
• 15.00
i
30.00
ST. AGNES
30.00
PHILADFLPHIA, ;PA.
36.00
$285.00
Anthony Papadopoulous
$15.00
•
• S'"'.
...... $15.00
DISABILITY BENEFITS
George Arnold
$30.00
James Crone
SQ^QO
30.0O
$30.00 Joe Cermano
30.00 John
30.00
. 30.00
30.00 Otto Freussler
30.00
80.00
30 00
30.00
$150.00 '
MATERNITY BENEFITS
Ferdihand Grebf
tsoa.m*
Robert Olin Miller
200.00 5^
John McCormack' ........«i;..,. ^ 200.00
j 15.60
30.60'
30.60
(SIU welfare benefits—hospital,maternity, disability and death^were paid the follovling'Sedfdrers
30.00
, 206.00 .
• V/asd •
.» 30.00
during the latest twoweek periods
'
:: V
' ,: '
• 260.00 "iivi;
30.00 Jack Geiyer
Jack D. Morrison ^....
200.00
30.00 James McCoy
USPHS HOSPITAL
WilUam Johnson
John
P.
Murphy
.......
200.00
15.00 E. Rameres
30.00
15.00 Thomas P. HIU
STATEN ISLAND. NY
D. R. Leary .
200,00
30.00 K. A. Hankonen,
13.00 J. P. WlUls
15.00 Israel Santos
Omer AU
$15.00 James R. Lewis
9999999999 200.00 '
30.00
30.00 Jose Salgado
E. Diaz
VictorN. Litardi
200.00
15.00
30.00 VirgU Sandberg ...,...,
Victor Arvealo
. \ ' •
$435.00 Miguel
30.00 CyrU.Loadps
:<
•
t
Bobby E. Edwards ., 9 9 9.4 9 a
200.00 .
IsadorO
Schector
:43,00,
15,00
William Atchasoa'
• 30.00 Leon Lowe
Paul E.
Reed
9 * 9 9
9 9
i'.,
VKt]SRANS
ADMINISTRATION
200.00
30.00
Raphael Bablani
30.00 Joseph Lucas
Richard
F.
Taylor
,
.
HOSPITAL
200.00 '.".v
30.00
£. Bdlbos
f
Dewey M. Saxon ... 99.999999
15.00 M. A. Lucas
200.00
30.00 ,
15.00 S. Swlenckoskl
;
CORAL GABLES, FLA.
Stanley J. Barraa
Martin
Sierra
15.00 .^exander McHarg
30.00 Thomas Tomlln
•
««99^999
200.00
......li.; 30X10
Orcar K. Blain
15.00' Joseph. .Maimone ....
i.
200.00 '
30.qQ Harle: G. BouteUe.
$15.00 Chester Albert You
16.00 Jose :Vazquez.
Daalel Boyce
15.00 Olav Mathlson
200.00'.
Fr^cU
Wall
id.'00' JuUua AtweU
25.00 Antonio Perez GulUen ...ii..
30.00
30.00 cimri^ G. Miller .,,
Maurice Burnatlne
Aycock
Brown
..
•
b'« •
9
9 9 9
99 9 9
9 9
9
200.00
15.00 Richard L Welch'1,..30.00
M. Dodge
Ismael
Galarce
..
30;00 • John MlUer
' • 45;0O Anthony .Zaleskt
200.00
15.00
$40.00 Glenn A. Reld ..
John C, Drummond
15.00 Luther K. MUton ,
;
• 9 S'*# 9 9'V9 99 9 9
200.00
45.00
Joseph P. FarreU
John
W.
Pearson
30.00 Marcel MltcheU ..'..!!!!!;
• 15.00
HOSPITAL
• 9#9999990 200.00
• '$1,515.00
15.00 Thomas Morris ..........
Luis G. Figueroa
Joseph F. Casem •• • •.9^9
ORE, ML.
• 9 9
9 9 9
Herman Forsterman
Charles Newton ; 99999P 9 99999999 200.00
30.00 Alfred MueUer
!!!!!!'! 30.00
USPHS
HOSPITAL
200.00
30.00
Elber B. Frost
Roland R. BeU
$30.00 Leo B. DeLoach . • 999999
30.00 Herbert Muncle
9,9 999999 200.00
30.00
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
Earl A. Bink
45.00 Kenny R. Warren •9 9
Donald Gelinas
15.00 Leonard G. Murphy
' 15.00
9
9
9
9
9 9
200.00
Louis A. • Brown
;
3O.OO John E. Whltlock 9 9 9 9 9 9 • '•9'$
toannls 8. GlonniotU
15.00 Kurt A. Nagel ..... .
I 30.00
9 9 9 9 9
200.00
$30.00. Henry K.C^n
, ......v..., 30.OO Robert Robertson ....
Robert F. Gribben
30.00 Frederick A. Osborne M::::::;:: 45.00 Mgar B^on
^9
9 • '•9
9 9 9*9 9
9
. 200.00
Mariano Cortes .................... 15.00
W. GrohqlsU
30.00 Daniel T. P. Marine
15.00 Harold Pancost
aoo.oo,.
15.00 NataUno DeBaggls
: «0;06
William W, Rrang .......Tii...... 45.00 Samuel H. Cooper
.kK;.. 200.00
30.00. :A. PeSanls
15.00 Hector Guzman .>,0.30.00: WUUam L. Forrest
rreaerlek w. Holm
— r"»>'*9»9» 30.00 Pedro Points
15.00
..,300.00,
8O.O0
Gorman
T.
Olazo
.<.....
45.00
iAtnuel Howard
'15.00
aoioo
• 135.00 James E. HlUary .'30.00
'• J
• 9 9 9 9
9
• • 9999
�Friday, Aagaat t. 195S
SJ|>iii*Elis £OC
Seein^ The Ses^arers
' '
..'t£^f'";'L. r\:
Faya Twentyfhrca
SIU Visiting Day At Manhattan Beach Hospitai..
' J
With Walter Siekmann
(News at>out men in the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIU wel
fare benefits will be carried in this column which i« a new LOG fea
ture. It is vnitten by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of
interest turned up while he makes the rounds in his new post as Di
rector of Welfare Services.)
After looking around a bit, it looks like the Manhattan Beach USPHS
:;«Hospital is really a feeder. Under Dr. John L. Wil
, ; ; son, it now has a system where the patients can choose
their food from a menu. It has 350 beds, with 330
of them for seamen and 20 for vets and Coast Guard?
An average of 338 beds are filed throughout he year
and about 600 patients are admitted during the year.
A1 Thompson is doing real well at Manhattan Beach.
After he was admitted there, he met a pretty gal pa
tient, and now he's married to her. He expects to get
out soon and says he's going to be looking for one of
those coastwise Seatrains. His wife will be staying
Siekmann
there for a iittle while after he gets out, so he wants a
berth where he can visit her prety often.
Over at Staten Island USPHS Hosiptal James "Poop Deck" Lewis Is
keeping all the patients entertained with his stories about he old times.
* His favorite is about how all the guys ran around Chartres Street in
New Orleans wearing life jackets after a ship was torpedoed in the
mouth of the Mississippi River.
Bill Atechson over at Staten Island sends his thanks to all his brothers
who donated blood for his recent operation. He's also got a lot of
thanks for tfte SIU Welfare Plan benefits which, he says, "not only
takes care of cigarette and daytoday expenses, but also leaves a few
dollars a week to send home."
Sure looks like the Seafarers around New York are getting all sons
and no daughters. Last week all the babies around here were boys.
Ismale Galarce was one of the proud papas, and the boy is/hamed after
him. Ismale's 42 and this is his first child. He says that the good pay
and conditions he's" gotten on SIU ships was what convinced him to
stop being a bachelor and get married and raise a family.
Pedro Perez and his wife just added their first son to their family.
He and his wife both belong to seafaring families, with his father still
sailing, and his wife's brother, Julio Bernardo, another Seafarer. Pedro
wants the new son to be a ball player, but his wife wants the boy to be
a doctor. Either way, Pedro says, the SIU is going to play a big part"
in the boy's future. Pedro says it's only ift the SIU that he can make
the kind of money he's making. All his children have bank accounts
and insurance policies, with the SIU's baby bond the first money cred
ited to young Perez's name. Pedro and his family are even talking
about buying a house now.
Alexander Peffanis is another SIU Brother over at Staten Islan*
He's been going to sea since 1912, and figures that,
since the SIU is taking care of current expenses with
the Welfare benefits, he'll be able to convalesce in
Hot Springs, Ark.
Maurice Bernstein over at Staten Island is still hav
ing a tough time, having just undergone more serious
surgery. "Bernie" is an oldtimer on the waterfront
and a pioneer in the SIU.
Here's some advice to the guys on board ships that
might help make more pleasant voyages for the guys
who just got out of the TB hospitals. A lot'of guys
give the col4 shoulder to a guy who just finished a
bout with TB, but it sure isn't necessary. When a guy gets discharged
from the marine hospital and gets his fit for duty slip, he's absolutely
cured. In many cases he's kept in the hospital for months after the
tests, come out negative, just to make sure that there is no signs of the
diseases recurring.
Herbert Muncie over at Staten Island figures to be back in Baltimore
or Norfolk soon, but he says he's going to have a wild timp convalescing
back in the farm country first. He got off a Bloomfield ship with a
hurt leg.
Francis Wall just got out of Staten Island for a couple of weeks and
says he's going back to his home in Brooklyn to look over the local
political situation.
Space doesn't permit mentioning all the names of the Seafarers in
hospitals, but don't forget that If any of your old friends are in dry
dock, they sure appreciate getting a few letters once in a while, and
if you're in port, it helps them a lot if you take a little time to stop
up and see them.
All the guys in the hospital's send their regards to those who are
still able to sail, and they all express their confidence in the Union. As
Carroll Harper at SUten Island says, "If I came in off a big payoff,
$15 wouldn't mean too much, but when you're in the hospital and really
need some money, it sure is wonderful, and it sure is wonderful to be
long to a Union that will look out for you when you need it."
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Making the rounds on visit to Manhattan Beach USPHS hospital, SIU Welfare Services Director Waiter
Siekmann ran into oldtimers Vic Milazzo (left) and James F. Lawler, both reported coming around
fine under hospital treatment. Milazzo found the latest LOG issue welcome reading matter, as Lawler
tore into some mail addressed to him at the SIU hall in Brooklyn.
, How To Get
Disabled Pay
Any totally disabled Sea
farer, regardless of age, who
qualifies for benefits under
the Seafarers Welfare Plan,
is eligible for the $15 weekly
disability benefit for as long
as he is unable to work. Ap
plications and queries on un
usual situations should be sent
to the Union Welfare
Trustees, c/o SIU Headquar
ters, "675 Fourth Avenue,
Brooklyn 32, NY.
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Raymond Edward McCormack,
born July 7,1952. Parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John McCormack, 10833
103rd Street, Ozone Park 16, NY.
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Glenn Weiss, born June 26, 1952.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Weiss, 51 Avenue D, New York 9,
NY.
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James Didrick Bailey, born May
26, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles N. Bailey, 113 Eslava
Street, Mobile, Ala.
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Little Ismael, Jr. (top), sbn of
Seafarer Ismael Galarce,
.doesn't seem too impressed by
news that mom and dad have
just received .$200 birth bene
fit at their Long Island home,
but Kelley Lee Pearson of
Seattle (bottom^ is all excited
over it. She qualified dad John
Pearson, now aboard the Coe
Victory, for first baby pay in
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Sierra, 530 Atlantic Ave., Brook
lyn 17, NY.
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Antonia Guillen, born April 16,
1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. An
tonio Perez Guillen, 77 Varet
Street^ Brooklyn, NY.
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Michael Olin Miller, born June Katherine Annette'Brown, bora
80, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. May 19, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
Robert Olin Miller, 207 Beale Mrs. Aycock Brown, Jr., Manteo,
Street, Cumberland, Md.
NC.
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FINAL DISPATCH
The deaths bf the following 1952. He had been sailing with the
Seafarers have been reported to SIU in the engine department siilke
the Seafarers Welfare Plan and. 1945. Surviving is his wife, Marta
$2,500 death benefits are being Rivera, of 197 Kane Street, Brook
lyn, N.Y. Burial was in Evergreen
paid to beneficiaries.
$ Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Gunvald E. Nllsen, 46: A pul
monary condition caused the death
of Seafarer Gunyald E. Nilsen in Robert F. Lamcifri. .^0: Brother
the Staten Islan^ Hospital on June Larsen died in the Staten Island
5. A native of Norway, Nilsen is USPHS Hospital on June 14,1952 of
survived by a sister, Nelly Osa. of natural causies. He joined the SIU
Havgesund, Norway. The body was in September 1947 in thft port of
sent to Havgesund for burial.
Norfolk. His sister. Mrs, HellCn
Sparks of 810 E. Main Streeti Nor
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Ruperto Rivera, Sgi Brother Riv folk, Va., survives him. Burial was
. era ' passed away in the USa»HS lii Forest Lawn Cemetery, Nor
"Hospital,
Baltimore on July 12, foik,,yi
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will collect the $200 maternity
benefit,plus a $25 bond from the
Union in the baby's name.
Ferdinand Greef, Jr., born June
2, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ferdinand Greef, 2426 Maryland
Ave., Baltimore, Md.
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Ismael Galarce, Jr., born July '
10, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ismael Galarce, 43 St. Marks Place,
Brooklyn, NY.
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Beverly Drew Reid, born May
16, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.'
Glenn A. Reid, 109 W. Channel
Road, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Kelley Lee Pearson, born April
16, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Pearson, 1254 Orr Street,
Seattle 8,* Wash.
Donna Marie Geiyer, born July
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6, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Furlno Casem, bora July 1, 1952.
Jack Geiyer, 2103 Randall Avenue, Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F.
Bronx, NY.
Casem, 2562 Peace Court, New
Orleans 17, La.
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Sharon Jeanette McCoy, born
4 4 4
May 14, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Rolland Aaron Newton, born
Mrs. James McCoy, 1125 East July 15, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
North Ave.,* Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Charles Newton, 122 S. De
cater St., Montgomery, Ala.
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27, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Suzanne DeLoach, born April 21,
Thomas F. Hill, 1273 Fisherman's 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Road, Norfolk, Va.
B. DeLoach, 926 D Madison St.,
Chickasaw, Ala.
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Israel Bantos, Jr., born July 27,
4 4 4
1952. Parents, Mr. and l^s. Israel
Tony Phillip Warren, born April
Santos, 1208 Southern Blvd., Bronx 17, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
59, NY.
Kenny R. Warren, 617 Main Ave
nue SW, Hickory, NC.
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Miriam Luz Diax, born May 14,
4 4 4
1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Miguel
John Eugene Whitlock, Jr., born
E. Diaz, Puerto Real, Puerto Rico. July 22, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John E. Whitlock, 63 Island
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Debra Gail Edwards, 'born June City Homes, Galveston, Texas.
25, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
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Bobby E. Edwards, Box 292, Gra
Robert Edward Robertson, born
ham, NC.
June 27, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Robertson, 161 E.
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Elizabeth Reed, born June 30, Randall Street, Baltimore 30, Md.
1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
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E. Reed, 265 Pineview Lane, Spring David Anthony Marine, born May
Hill, Ala.
19, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel T. P. Marine, 607 So. Hen
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Orchid Levett Taylor, born June nessey Street, New Orleans 19, La.
20, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
4 4 4
Richard F. Taylor, 1722 N. Fulton
Mary Agnes Cm^r, born May
Ave., Baltimore 17, Md.
12, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel H. Cooper, 555 Government "
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Leslie Clifford Saxon, born June Street, Mobile, Ala.
25, 1952. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey M.
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Saxon, 411 So. Franklin St., Mobile
Peter Virgllio'Perez, born July: ,
21, Ala.
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14, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Pedro Perez, 7449 260th Street.'
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Annette Sierra, born Jhly 13. Glen Oak.s, LI, NY,
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The following pages of this supplement to the SEAFARERS
LOG contain the full text of a resolution embodying a pro
posed amended Constitution of the Seafarers Internationa!
Union, Atlantic and Gulf District.
This amended Constitution was proposed, as is set forth
in its preamble, "in order to form a more perfect Union." It
is designed to better protect the economic, social and political
rights and freedoms deemed by Seafarers to be inalienable.
It retains and reaffirms the rights guaranteed by the Union's
original Constitution. It spells out, for the first time, certain
safeguards and privileges which were overlooked by those
who drafted the original constitution; but which since then
have become accepted, through Union custom and usage, as
jiecessary to an orderly and democratic way of life for every
Seafarer.
The proposed revised Constitution if approved at its third
reading will be voted upon by Seafarers in a 30day referen
dum in all.SIU ports on all coasts. Nearly a year of careful
study and comparison with many types of constitutions, both
union and others, was invested in the documeVit before a
preliminary draft was drawn up and recommended to the
SlU membership by the Port Agents and headquarters
officials following a conference at the headquarters branch.
This draft has been given two full readings in regular mem
bership meetings. Then it was^ sent to a constitutional com
mittee elected by the membership. The proposed amended
Constitution printed herein is the product of a final careful
reading and study by this Committee. It will now be read
a third time, along with the Committee's recommendations,
in all ports.
This careful study, and effort was undertaken to provide a
complete, easytoOnderstand Constitution that, together with
the procedureprovided for its amendment, will serve as an
entirely adequate policyshaping guidebook for the SlU of
the future.
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WHEREAS, the undersigned Port Agents, officials, and Seafarers Inteimational Union of North America, Atlantic this Union, and that I will work.for its interest and will
representatives vvere assembled at Headquarters for the and Gulf District, and hereby dedicate ourselves ,^0 the look upon every member as my brother; that I will not
work for less than Union wages and that I will obey all
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purpose of discussing and taking action on all matters follovdng principles:'
In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall orders of the Union. I promise that I will never reveal
involving the general welfare of the Union and the mem
ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our • the proceedings of the Union to its injury or to persons
bership, and
WHEREAS, one of the major matters taken up was duties and obligations as members of the community, not entitled to know it, And if I break this promise, I
the fact that the ConsUtution of the Union, which has "our duties as citizens, and bur duty to combat the menace ask every member to treat me as unworthy of friendship
not been amended in any substantial degree since it was of communism and any other enemies of freedom and and acquaintance. SO HELP ME GODi"
Section 3. Members more than one quarter in ar
the democratic principles to which we seafaring men
adopted in 1938, and _
rears in dues, or mpre than three months in arrears in as
WHEREAS, the present^ Constitution was prepared at dedicate ourselves in this Union.
We shall affiliate and work with other free labor or sessments or unpaid fines, shall be automatically sus
a time when the Union membership, functions, and ap
paratus were very small as compared to our operations ganizations; we shall support a journal to give additional pended, and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights
voice to our.views; we shall assist our brothers of the and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically
today, and
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WHEREAS, many articles of the present Constitution sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations dismissed if they are more than two quarters in arrears
are obsolete and unhandy in the light of the Union's to the fullest extent consistent with our duties and ob in dues or more than six months in arrears in assessments
ligations. We shall seek to exert our individual and col or unpaid fines.
development, and
This time shall not run:
WHEREAS, it is our belief that the present size and lective influence' in the fight for the enactment of labor
(a) While a member is actually participating in a strike
scope of operations requires a more streamlined and up and other legislation and policies which look to the at
todate document to fully cover all Union objectives ancT tainment of a free and happy society, without distinction or lockout.
<b> While a member is an inpatient in a USPHS
based on race, creed or color.
purposes, and
To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind Hospital.
WHEREAS, we also believe that the following proposed
<c) While a member is imder an incapacity due to ac
Constitution more adequately spells out the responsibili that most of our members are migratory, that their duties
ties, rights and privileges of Union membership, and the carry them all over the world, that their rights must and tivity in behalf of the Union.
(d) While a member is in the Armed Services of the
duties, obligations and responsibilities of the officials, shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights qs
united States, provided the member was in good standing
all in the interest of greater efficiency, and consistent members of the Union to be inalienable:
at the time of entry into the Armed Forces, and further
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with the Union's democratic principles, therefore,
No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or provided he applies for reinstatement within 90 days
BE IT RESOLVED:
That the following proposed amended Constitution be privileges guaranteed him tinder' the Constitution of after discharge from the Armed Forces.
<e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues
presented to the membership for action thereon in ac the Union.
because of employment aboard an American flag mer.
cordance with Article »XIX of the present Constitution.
Eve^ menaber of this Union shall have the right to vote. chant vessel.
PREAMBLE
Section 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be
We, the Seamen and, Fishermen of America, realizing No one shall deprive him of that right. .
in
sufficient to designate additional circumstances during
the value and necessity of a thorough organization of sea
Every member shall have the right to nominate himself which the time specified in Section 3 shall not run. It
faring men, have determined to form one union, the
shall be the right of any member to present, in writing,
SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH for, and to hold, office in this Union.
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to any Port at any regular meeting, , any question with re
AMERICA, to embrace all seamen and fishermen of North
No member shall be deprived of^'his niembei'shiii with gard to the application of Section in accordance with
America, Canada, Alaska, and the Territories, based upon
out due process of the .law of this Union. No member procedures established by a majority vote of the member
the following principles:
Whatever fight belongs to one member belongs to all shall be compeUed to be a witness against' himself in the ship. A majority vote of the membership shall be neces
members alike, as long as they remain in good Standing trial of any proceeding in which he maybe charged with sary to decide such questions.
failure to observe the law of this Union. 'Evteiy official
Section 5. The membership shall be empowered to, es
in the Union.
First of these rights is the right of the American sea and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the tablish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under
men to receive their employment through their own rights of every member in accordance with the principles which dues and assessments may be remitted where a
member has been unable to pay dues and assessments for
Union Halls, without interference of crimps, shipowners, set forth in the Constitution of the Union.
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the reason^ provided in Sections 3 and 4.'
fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the
Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the com,
Every member shall have the right to be confronted by
Government.
That it is the right of each member to receive fair and his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law mon welfare of the membership, aU members of the Union'
just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient of this Union. In all such cases, the accused shall be shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be
guaranteeda fair and speedy trial by an impartial com governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all
leisure for mental cultivation andphysical recreation.
policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made.
Further, we consider it our right to receive healthful mittee of his brother Union members.
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Section 7. Any member who advocates or gives aid to
and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to
No member shaU be denied the right to express himself the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organiza
rest.
Next, is the right to be treated*in a decent and respect freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. tion shaU be denied further membership in this Union.
VII
A majority vote of the membership shall decide which
ful manner by those in command.
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A militant membership being necessary to the security organizations are dual or hostile.
We hold that the above rights belong to all seamen
of a free unioir, the members shall at all times stand ready
Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation
alike, irrespective of nationality or creed.
Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we to defend this'Union and the principles set forth in the with the Union shall at all times remain .the property of
the Union. Members may be required to show their evi
are conscious of corresponding duties to those in com Constitution of the Union.
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mand, .our employers, our craft and our country.
The powers not delegated to the officials and job meetings.
We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote
Section 9. Only members in^j^ood standing shall be al
harmonious relations with those in command by exercis holders by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved
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ing due care and diligence in the performance of the to the members.
ARTICLE IV
CONSTITUTION
duties of our profession, and by giving all po.«"!ible assist
REINSTATEMENT
ARTICLE I
ance to our employers in caring for their gear and
property.
NAME AND GENERAL POWERS
Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated
Based upon these principles, it is among our objects:
This Union shall be known as the Seafarers Interna in accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time
To use our influence individually and collectively lor the tional Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf Dis to time, by a majority vote of the* membership.
purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seaman trict. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and execu
ARTICLE V
ship and effecting a change in the Maritime law of .the tive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance
DUES AND INITIATION FEE
United States, so as to render it more equitable and to of charters to, subordinate bodies, corporate or otherwise,
Section 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a
make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development the formation of funds and participation in funds, the calendar year basis, on the first business day of each quar
of a Merchant Marine and « body of American seamen.
establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union, ter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall
To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments and similar ventures. A majority vote of the membership be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Con
of the seafaring class, and through its columns seek to shall be authorization for any Union action, unless other stitution and may be changed only by Constitutional
maintain the knowledge of and interest in maritime wise specified in this Constitution. This Union shall, at amendment.
affairs.
all times, protect and maintain its jurisdiction. over all
Section 2. No' candidate for membership shall be ad
To assist the seamen of other countries in the work of work which belongs to the seaman and all such work as mitted into membership without having paid ah initiation
organization and federation, to the end of establishing seamen now perform.
fee of one hundred ($100.00) dollars.
the Brotherhood of the Sea.
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Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be
To assist other bona fide labor organizations whenever
AFFILIATION
waived for organizational purposes only, in accordance
possible in the attainment of their just xlemands.
This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter with such rules as are adopted, by a majority vote of the
To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals national Union of North America and the American Fed membership.
60 as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable eration of Labor. All other affiliations by the Union or
ARTICLE VI
and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are by the Ports shall be made or withdrawn as determined
RETIREMENT FROM MEMBERSHIP
migratory, that our work takes us away in different direc by a majority vote of the membership.
Section 1. Members may retire from membership by
tions from any place, where the majority might otherwise
ARTICLE in
paying all unpaid dues, dues for the quarter in which they
meet to act, that meetings can be attended by only a
MEMBERSHIP
retire, assessments, fines, and other monies due and ow
fraction of the membership, that the absent members,
Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be ad ing the Union. A retirement card shall be issued upon re
who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded mitted to membership in accordance with such rules as quest, and dated as of the day that such member accom
from what might be the "results of excitement and pas are adopted, from time to time, by; a majority vote of plishes these payments and request. .
sions aroused by persons, or conditions, and that those the membership.!
Section 2. All the rights, privileges, duties, and obli
who. are present may act for and in the interest of all,
Section 2. • Candidates for membership shall be • gations of membership shall be suspended during the pe
.we t'oivc adopted this constitution.
American citizens, or eligible for such citizenship. No riod of retirement, , except that a retired member shall
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND DECLARATION candidate shall be granted membership who is a mem not be disloyal to the Union nor Join or remain in any
OF RIGHTS
»ber of any dual organization or any other organization diial or hostile ofganization, upon penalty of forfeiture of
, In order,to form a more perfect union, we members, hostile to the aims, principles, and policies of this Union. his right to reinstateiqent.
jpf the Brotherliood, of. the seamen, fishermen and allied No canclidQte shall be granted membership until he haa<
Section 3. Any person in retirement for a period ofslx
, workers.ashorerTrealiziqif the value and necessity of unitr taken the foHowing oath of o^gatlom ^ ' ;.v
s months or jnore jshaU be restored to membership, ex
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.oept /as herein>rindieatedji by piling 'dubs for tfae*«urrent
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levied during the period of retirement. If the period of
retirement is less than six (6) months, the required pay
ments shall consist of all dues accruing during the. said
period of retirement, including those for the current
quarter, and all assessments accrued and newly levied
during that period. Upon such payment, the person in
retirement shall be restored to membership, and his mem
bership book, appropriately stamped, shall be given to him.
Section 4. A member in retirement may be restored to
membership after a twoyear period of retirement only
by majority vote of the membership.
Section 5. The period of retirement shall be computed
from the day as of which the retiremrat card is issued.
ARTICLE VH
SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATION
Section 1. This Union, and. all Ports, Officers, Port
Agents, Patrolmen, and members shall b6 governed, in
this order, by:
(a) The Constitution
(b) Majority vote of the membership
Section 2. The: functions of this Union shall be ad
ministered by Headquarters and Ports.
Section 3. Headquarters shall consist of the Secretary
Treasurer, and one or more Assistant SecretaryTreas
urers, the exact number of which shall be determined by
majority vote of the membership to be held during the
month of August in d&y election year, as set forth more
particularly in Article X, Section 1D.
Section 4. Each Port shall consist of a Port Agent and
Patrolmen, as provided for herein, and the Port shall
bear the name of the city in which the Union's Port
Offices are located.
Section 5. Every member of the Union shall be regis
tered in one of three departments; namely, Jeck, engine,
or stewards department. The definition of these depart
ments shall be in accordance with custom and usage.
This definition may be modified by a majority vote of
the membership. No member may transfer from one de
partment to another except by express approval as evi
denced by a majority vote of the membership.
ARTICLE Vni
ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT OFFICERS, PORT
AGENTS, AND PATROLMEN
. Section '^e officers of the Union shall be elected,
bxcept as otherwise provided in this Constitution. These
officers shall be. the SecretaryTreasurer and one or more
Assistant SecrdtiEuryTreasurers.
Section 2. 'POrt Agents and Patrolmen shall be elected
except as otherwise provided in this Constitution.
ARTICLE ix
OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS
Section 1. The following jobs in the Union shall be
voted upon in' the manner prescribed Iqr this Constitu
tion:
(A) Meeting Chairman
(B) Delegates
(C) Committee Members of: . ,
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(a) Auditing Committee
(b) Trial Committee
(c) Quarterly Financial Committee
(d) Appeals Committee
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fe) Negotiating and Strike Committee.
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Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as
provided by a majority vote of the membership^ Commit
tees m'ay aiso be appointed as permitted by this Consti
tution.
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DUTIES OF OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS, AND OTHER
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ELECTED JOB HOLDERS
Section L The SecretaryTreasurer
(a) The SecretaryTreasurer shali be the Executive Of
ficer of the Union and shall represent, and act for and In
behalf of, the Union in aU matters except, as. otherwise
specifically provided foy in the Constitution.
(b) He shall be a member exo£ficio of all committees,
port or otherwise.
(c) He shiail be responsible for the organization and
maintenahce of the correspondence, files, and records of
the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound account
ing and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and main
tenance pf, proper office and other administrative Union
procedures; the proper collection, safeguarding, and ex
penditure of all Union funds, ^ort or otherwise. He shall
be in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property,
and shall b,e in charge of Headquarters, and Port Qffipes.
He shall issue a weekly comprehensive report covering the
financial op.erati^s of the Union for the previous week.
Wherever there are time restrictions or other considera
tions affecting Union action, the SecretaryTreasurer ahall
take appropriate action to insure observance thereof.
(d) Subject,to approval by a majority vote of the mem
bership, the SecretaryTreasurer shall designate the num
ber and location of Ports, the jurisdiction, status, and
activities thereof, and may close "or open such ports, and
may reassign Port Agents and Patrolmen of closed ports
to other duties, without change in wages. The Ports of
New York, New Orleans, Mobile, and Baltimore may not
be closed except by Constitutional amendment.
Where ports are opened between elections, the Sec
retaryTreasurer shall designate the Port Agehts thereof,
subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership.
The SecretaryTTreasurer 'shall supervise > the activities
of all Ports.,
Subject to approval by a majority vote of'the member
ship, the SecretaryTreasurer shall designate, in the event
of the incapacity of a Port ^gent or Patrolman, a replace
ment to act as such during the period of incapacity.
At the first regular meeting in August of every election
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• J^ra, jihip a prelMllQtlng.pport. This report shall recommend
the number sBd loc ' ^
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SEAtAHERStOG
SecretaryTreasurers and Agents, and the number of
Port Patrolmen which are to be elected for each Port.
This recommendation may also specify, whether any
Patrolmen and/or Assistant SecretaryTreasurers, shall be
designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall
be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote
of the membership.
(e) The Headquarters of the Union shall be located in
New York. The SecretaryTreasurer shall also be the Port
Agent of that Port.
(f) The SecretaryTreasurer shall be chairman of the
Agents' Conference and may cast one vote.
(g) He shall be responsihle, within the limits of his
powers, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the
policies of the Union, and all rules and rulings duly
adopted by a majority vote of he membership. Within
these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, posi
tion, and prestige of the Union.
(h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those
other duties elsewhere described in this Constitution, as
Well as those other duties lawfully imposed upon him.
(i) The responsibility of the SecretaryTreasurer may
not be delegated, but the SecretaryTreasurermay delegate
to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties
as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limita
tions set forth in this Constitution.
(j) Immediately after assuming office, the Secretary
Treasurer shall designate one of the Assistant Secretary
Treasurers to assume his duties in case of his temporary in
capacity. This designation may be changed from time to
time. These designations shall be entered in the minutes
of the Port where Headquarters is located. The provisiffns
of Section 2A of this Article shall apply in the case of a
vacancy in the office of Secreta'yTreasurer, as set forth
in that section.
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(k) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Port Agent
or Patrolman shall be filled by ,the SecretaryTreasurer by
temporary appointment except in those cases where the
filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for by this
Constitution. Such appointment shali be submitted to a
regular meeting for approval, modification, substitution of
a replacement, or postponement of a vote to a later date,
by a majority vote of the membership. In the event of the
postponement of the vote, the temporary appointment shall
remain in effect until a vpte is taken.
(1) The SecretaryTreasurer is directed to take any and
all measures, and employ such means, which he deems
necessary or advisahie, to protect the interests, and further
the,welfare, of the Union and its members, in ail matters
involving national, state or loqal legislation, issues, and
public affairs.
Section 2. Assistant SecretaVyTreasurer
(a) In the event the SecretaryTreasurer shall be unable
to carry out.his duties by reason of incapacity, the Assist
ant SecretaryTreasurer designated in accordance with
Section 1J of this Article shall assume the office of Sec
retaryTreasurer during the period of such incapacity.
Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of
the SecretaryTreasurer, succession to the office sbiall be
determined as follows: .
That Port Agent of the Ports of New Orleans, Mobile,
or Baltimore who received the highest number of votes
in the last regular election shall be the first in line of
succession. The next in the line of succession shali be that
Port Agent of the said Ports .who received the next highest
number of votes *n that electipn. The next in the line of
succe^ion shall be that Port Agent of the said Ports who
received the next highest number of votes.
The Port Agents of the said Ports shall also be deemed
to be Assistant SecretaryTr'easurers, whether or not so
referred to on the ballots or elsewhere.
(b) The Assistant SecretaryTreasurers shall assist the
SecretaryTreasurer in the execution of the letter's duties
as the latter may directi
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(c) The Assistant SecretaryTreasurers , shall be mem
bers of the Agents' Conference and each may cast a vote
in that body.
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Section 3. Port Agents :
(a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the
administration of Union affairs in the Port of his juris
diction.
(b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his Port, be
responsible for the enforcement and execution of the Con
stitution, the policies of the. Union, and the rules adopted
by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are
time restrictions or other considerations affecting Port,
action, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to
insure observance thereof.
(c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other
wise, for the activities of his Port, whenever demanded
by the SecretaryTreasurer.
(d) In any eve&t,'he shall prepare and forward by reg
istered mail, addressed to the SecretaryTreasurer, a
weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income
and Expenses, and complying with all other accoimting
directions issued by the SecretaryTreasurer.
(e) The Port Agent, or someone acting under his in
fitructions, shali open each Port meeting and shall deter
mine whether a quorum exists. Nothing cohtained herein
shall permit the Port Agent to otherwise act as chairman'
of any meeting, unless so' properly designated by a
majority vote of the members present at the said Port
Meeting.
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(D Each elected Port Agent may cast one vote at any
Agents' Conference.
(g) The Port Agent may assign each Port Patrolman to
such Union jobs as fall within the jurisdiction of the Port,
regardless of the; departmental .desiffudion under which
the Patrolman wad rtected^ •
The Port AgeiR shaU desifdat* wMch memben
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that Port may serve as representatives to other organiza
tions, affiliation with which has been properly permitted.
(i) The foregoing is in addition to those other duties
prescribed elsewhere in this Constitution.
Section 4. Port Patrolmen
Port Patrolmen shall perform whatever duties are
assigned to them by Che Port Agent.
Section 5. Meeting Chairmen
(a) The chairman of each meeting at any Port, including
the Port in which Headquarters is located, shall be the
presiding officer of the meeting, shall keep order under
rules of order provided for, from time to time, by a
majority vote of the membership and, if none, then by
such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority
vote of the membership in each Port.
(b) The meeting chairman may cast a vote only in tho
event of a tie.
(c) The meeting chairman shall not permit the discus
sion of any religious subject.
' Section 6. Delegates
(a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of
the Union who are elected, under the provisions of this
Constitution, to attend thc^ convention of the Seafarers
International Union of North America. . *
(b) Each delegate shall attend the Convention and fully
participate therein.
(c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and' otherwise,
support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the
delegates to the convention.
Section 7. Committees
(a) Auditing Committee
The Auditing Committee'in each Port shall audit the
regular weekly financial report of the Port Agent and, in
writing, certify or refuse to certify said report. The
Auditing Committee for the . Port where Headquarters is
located shall also audit the SecretaryTreasurer's financial
rep6rt,to which the same rulCs as to certification and
refusal to certify shall apply. The said report in its en
tirety shali then be presented to the membership with
action thereon to be taken as per a majority vote of the
member^ip.
(b) Trial Committee
The Trial Committee shall conduct trials of persons
charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations
as prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special
obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the re
quirements of this Constitution with regard to charges
and trials, and their findings and recommendations must
q>eci£ically state whether or not, in the opinion of the
Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this
Constitution, were properly safeguarded.
(c) Quarterly Financial Committee
1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make a
quarterly (thirteen week) audit of the finances of Head
quarters and each Port, shall note discrepancies where
they exist, shall report on their findings, and make rec
ommendations. Members of this Committee may make
dissenting reports, separate recommendations, and sepa
rate findings.
2. The report and'recommendations of this Committee
shall be completed within a reasonable time after the
election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted
to the SecretaryTreasurer who shall cause the same to
be read in all Ports, at the first or second regular meet
ing subsequent to the submission of the said report and
recommendations.
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. 3. All Port Agents are responsible for complying with
all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts,
etc., by the said Quarterly Financial Committee.
4. No' report shall be considered as complete without
an accompanying report and audit statement by a com
petent accountant, and the SecretaryTreasurer is charged
with the selection of such an accountant, who must be
certified under state law.
5. Ahy action on the said report shall be as determined
by a majority vote of the membership.
(d) Appeals Committee
1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from
trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as
are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as
may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership,
not inconsistent therewith.
2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than
one week after the close of the said hearing, make and
submit findings and recommendations in accordance with
the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may
be adopted by a majority vote of the membership, not
inconsistent therewith.
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(e) Negotiating and Strike Committee
1. The Negotiating and Strike Committee shail repre
sent the Union in all negotiations for contracts and
changes' in contracts, with persons, firms, corporations,
or agencies, etc., wherein wages, hours, benefits, or other
terms and conditions of employment of the members of
tills Union are involved,
2. Upon completion of negotiations, the Committee
shall submit a report and reeonimendalions to the mem
bership of the Union at a regular or special meeting.
The Committee may also make interim reports and rec
ommendations and submit, them to the membership at a
regular or a special meeting.
3. A Port may establish a similar Committee for itself
provided permission by a Majority vdte of the membership
has been obtained. In such event, the Port Negotiating
and Strike Committee shall forward its report and rec
ommendations, together with comments by the Port
Agent, to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall then cause
the said rejiort and recommendations to be submitted to
the membership, of the Union at the earliest subsequent
regular or special meeting, whichever he chootses, te
ller with any report and recommendations whibh the
;S«er<ei«i^Trea9uref deems desirable: to make. The Port
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Negotiating and Strike Conamittee shall submit the report regular meeting after September 11th of the election year, that any member may write in the name or names of any
and recommendations upon completion of the negotiations, at the Port where Headquarters is located. It shall consist member or members, as appropriate, for any office, or the
and may submit interim reports and recommendations, in of six members in attendance at the meeting, with two job of Port Agent or Patrolman.
members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards De
the same manner above set forth.
"(d) No member may vote, without displaying his Union
• 4. In 'no event shall a Negotiations and Strike Commit partments. In the event any Committee member is un Book, in which there shall be placed an appropriate nota
• \ tee obligate this Union or any Port thereof, in any man able to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the Sec tion of the date and of the fact of voting, both prior to
, ner, without the approval of. the membership of the retaryTreasurer calls a special meeting at the Port in being handed a ballot. A ballot shall then be handed to
Union as evidenced by a majority vote of the member order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results the member who shall thereupon sign his name on a
shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by separate roster, together vrith his book number, and ballot.
ship.
5. A Negotiating and Strike Committee may decide a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting number. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot
the time of entry into a strike, provided prior authority, called for that purpose at Headquarters Port
number is printed shall then be removed, placed near the
as evidenced by a majority vote of the membership, is ^ (b) After its election, the Committee shall immediately roster and the member shall proceed to the voting site.
granted therefor. In all other cases, a majority vote of the go into session. It shall determine whether the person
(e) Each Port Agent shall be responsible for the estab
membership shall decide when a strike shall begin.
has submitted his application' correctly and possesses the .lishment of a booth or other voting site where each mem
6. This Committee shall be charged with the prepara necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a
tion and execution of a strike plan which shall be bind report listing each applicant and his book number under ber may vote in privacy.
(f) Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the
ing on all members and other persons affiiated with the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be
this Union. However, a majority vote of the membership marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the find ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is
may repeal, or otherwise treat or dispose of any part or ings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrowslotted
ballot box, which shall be provided for that purpose by
all of a strike plan.
mafked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated the Port Agent, and kept locked and sealed except as
ARTICLE XI
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in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a hereinafter set forth.
WA6ES AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF OFFICERS AND
special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be
OTHER ELECTIVE JOB HOLDERS, UNION
(g) Voting shall commence on November 15th and shall
noted,
with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed
EMPLOYEES. AND OTHERS
by all of the Committee members, and be completed and continue until January 15th inclusive, Sundays and holi
Sectiun L The following elected offices and jobs shall submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meet days excluded. If November 15th or January 15th falls on
be held for a term of two years:
ing after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read a holiday or a Sunday, balloting shall commence or end,
SecretaryTreasurer
and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the as the case may be, on the nex|^ succeeding business day.
Assistant SecretaryTreasurer
Section 4. Foils Committees
Bulletin Board in each port.
Port Agent
(a) Each Port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the
(c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the
Patrolman
voting on each voting day, a Polls Committee, consisting
Committee,
he
shall
be
notified
immediately
by
telegram
Section Z. The term of any elective jobs other than
his listed addresses. He shall also be sent a letter of three members. For the purpose of holding a meeting
those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue at
containing
the reasons for such disqualifications by air for election of a Polls Committee only, fiye (5) members
for so long as is necessary to complete the functions there mail, special
delivery, registered. A disqualified appll shall constitute a quorum for each Port. It shall be the
of, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the • cant shall have
the right^ to take kn appeal to the mem responsibility of the Port Agent to call the meeting for
membership or segment of the T'nion, whichever applies, bership from the decision of the Committee. He shall the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee. In no
whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or forward copies of such appeal to each Port, where the case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls
ones serving.
appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular Committee is fimctioning.
Section 3. The compensation to be paid the. holder of meeting
no later than the second meeting after the Com
(b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all
any office or other elective job shall be determined from mittee's election.
It is the responsibility of the applicant unused ballots, the voting rosters, the niunbered stubs
time to time by a majority vote of the membership.
insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes, and
Section 4. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the to
without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may the ballot records and files, kept by the Port Agent. It
membership, all other classifications of employees of the appear
in person before the Conimittee ^within two days shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and
Union shall be hired or discharged, as well as compensated, after the
day on which the telegram is, sent, to correct amounts of stubs with the number of names and corre
as recommended by the SecretaryTreasurer.
his application or argue for his qualification.
sponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare
Section 5. Subject to approval by a majority vote of
the serial number and the amounts of ballots used with the
The
Committee's report
shall
be
prepared
early
enough
the membership, the SecretaryTreasurer may contract
verification list, as corrected, and ascertain whether the
to
allow
the
applicant
to
appear
before
it
and
still
reach
for, or retain, the services of any person, firm, or corpora
unused
ballots, both by serial numbe» and amount,
the
Ports
in
time
for
the first
regular
meeting
after
its
tion, not employees of the Union, when he deems it neces
election.
^ represent the difference between what appears on the
sary in the best interests of the Union.
(d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. A
Section 6. The foregoing provisions of this Article do
report shall then be drawn, indicating the results of the
not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture case of such appeals, be sufficient to overrule any dis foregoing
comparisons and noting any discrepancies. A
in which this^Union participates, or which it organizes or qualification classification by the Credentials Committee, copy of this
report shall be given the Port Agent, to be
in
which
event,
the one
so previously
classified
shall
then
creates. In such situations, inst^ctions conveyed by • a
presented
to
the next subsequent regular. meeting. A
be deemed qualified. •
majority vote of the membership shall be followed.
copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the Secretary
(e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the Treasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made
ARTICLE XII
QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS, ' \ ualifications of candidates, shall have tl^e right to con forthwith, in the event of discrepancies. The results of
clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in such investigation shall be reported to the membership
PATROLMEN, AND OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS
Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job as soon as completed, with reconunendation§i by the Secre
candidate for, and hold any'office or the job of Port Agent of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, has met all the require taryTreasurer. A majority vote of the memb'ership shall
ments of Section 1A of Article XII.
or Patrolman, provided:
determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon, with
(a) He has at least three (3) years of sea time aboard an
Section 3. Balloting Procedure.
the same effect as indicated in Article I.
American flag merchant vessel Or vessels; if he is seeking
(a) The SecretaryTreasurer ^all Insure the proper
(c) The Polls Committee shall also insure mat the ballot
the job of Patrolman or Assistant SecretaryTreasurer in and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not
a specified department, this sea time must be in that de to candidates or Ports. The ballots may contain general be opened except dn the manner hereinafter set forth.
partment, and
information and instructive Comments jiot inconsistent
procedure as is set forth in the preceding para
(b) He has at least four (4) months of sea time aboard with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified The same
graph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized in
an American flag merchant vessel or vessels, or four (4). candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the
months of employment with, or in any office or job of, the • each category. The listing of the forts shall follow a lock and seal have been illegally tmnpered with.
Union, its subsidiaries, or affiliates, or at the Union's geographical pattern, commencing with th'e most northly
(d) The Polls Committee shall permit qualified members
direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st Port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic'coast only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall ascertain whether they
and the time of nomination, and
down to the most southerly Port on that coast, then west are in good standing, stamp their book with the word
(c) He has been in continuous good standing in the erly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of "voted," and
the date, issue ballots to, voters, insure that
Union for at least two (2) years immediately prior to his Ports is exhausted. There shall be allotted writein space, proper registration on the roijter takes place, coUect the
nomination, and
on each baUot, sufficient to permit each member voting to stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve
(d) He is a citizen of the United States of America.
write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity
Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other voted upon. Each ballot shall be so prepared as to have the thereof.
All members and others affiliated with the Union
elective jobs hot specified in the preceding sections shall number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be are charged with the duty of
assisting the Polls Committee,
be members of the Union.
^ perforated as to enable that portion containing the said when called upon, in the preservation of order and
Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective number to be easily removed. On this removable portion decorum.
offices and jobs, whether elected or appointed in accord shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature
(e) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of
ance with this Constitution, shall maintain membership in of the ballot and the voting dates thereof.
the
ballot and to eliminate the possibility of errors or
good standing. Failure to do so shall result in ineligibility to
(b)
The
ballots
so prepared at
the
direction
ofthe Sec
'irregularities
in any one day's balloting affecting all the
hold such office or job and shall constitute an incapacity retaryTreasurer shall be the only official balfots. No balloting in any
one Port, the following procedure shall
with regard to such office or job.
others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as be observed:
ARTICLE XIU
At the end of each day's voting the Polls Committee,
indicated in the preceding paragraph Md shall be num
ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS
bered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A suf (in the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided
AND PATROLMEN
ficient amoimt shall he printed and distributed to each he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box
Section 1. Nominations
, Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and or boxes, and place all of that day's baUots therein in an
Any member may submit his name for nomination for amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secre envelope together with a copy of the roster of that day's
any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, by taryTreasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a >, voting. The envelope shall then be sealed. Each member
delivering or sending a letter addressed to the Credentials verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the Polls Committee shall sign his name across the fiap
Committee, in care of the SecretaryTreasurer, at the ad of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall ma&tain sepa of the said envelope with his book niunber next to his
dress of Headquarters. The SecretaryTreasurer is charged rate records of the ballots sent, him and shall inspect and signature. The Committee shall also' place the date on
with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount said envelope, as Well as a certificate that the said box
over to the Credentials Committee upon the letter's re sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the~ or boxes were opened pubUcly, that all ballots for that
quest. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the fol amount and numbers listed by the SecretaryTreasurer day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are
lowing:
as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shall enclosed in the envelope dated for that day. This envelope
(a) The name of the candidate
immediately execute ^nd retuni, to the SecretaiyTreas shaU then be replaced in the ballot box. The ballot box
* * (b) His home address and mailing address
urer, a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the shall then again be locked and sealed and the key shall
(C) His book number
• amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify be placed in an envelope. This envelope shall then be
(dl The title of the office or other job for which he Is a the SecretaryTreasurer of any discrepancy. Discrep sealed, and the members of the Committee shall sign their
candidate,, including the name of the Port in the event the ancies shall be corrected aS soon as possible prior to the names across the flap of this envelope and place their book
position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman
voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded numbers thereoni together with the date. It shall be the
(e) Proof of (^itlzenship
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for ballots actually receivad. Ihe SecretaryTreasurer responsibility o| the Port Agent to see that this envelope
(f) Proof of eeatime and/or employment as required for shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and with the key is properly safeguarded until turned over to
candidates.
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correspondence dealing, with the election. This file shall the Polls Committee the {pUowing morning. In addition,
~ The lettermust reach Headquarters no earlier than Au at all times be available to any member asking for in the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent
V 'U gust 12th and no later than September 12th of the election
spection of the saipe at Headquarters.
duplicate copies of the rOster, the unused ballots and
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(c) Ballotiniji'shall take place in person, at Port Offices, ~^i«portaras set forth in' thisislectiom any. files that may have
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and shall be secret. No slgaature of any voter, or other been jlven, the ballots bmc. or IwxeS, ond all the stubs
(a)
the first distinguishing mark, sheU appear'^ this jbaljj^ except eoUected both ;for the day
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The Port Agent shaU keep the rosters, unused ballots,
ballot box or boxes, and stubs, under lock and key until
duly called for as, herein set forth. The Port Agent shall
Insure that no person illegally tampers with the ballots,
stubs, rosters, or ballot boxes while they are under his
custody. A third copy of the rosters for that day shall be
mail^ by the Polls Committee, or the Port Agent, to
Head^arters.
(f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without
compensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate
each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for
meals while servingy
Section 5. Ballot Collection, Tallying Procedure,
Protests, and Special Votes.
(a) A Port Tallying Committee shall be elected at the
first regular meeting after the close of voting at each
Port. It shair consist of six (6) members, two from each
of the three departments of the Union. In the presence
of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes
decorum, it shall open the ballot box or. boxes, count
'the number of ballots therein contained, and count the
number of votes for each candidate. The Committee shall
place all ballots therein in a sealed envelope, together
with a certification signed by all members of the Com
mittee that the said box or boxes were opened publicly,
that all the ballots therein were counted and tallied, and
that all ft those ballots are enclosed in the envelope, and
shall forward this to ISeadquarters. The Committee shall
also forward to Headquarters, in the same package but
bound separately, all the rosters, together with a certif
ication signed by all members of the Committee that all
the rosters utilized are enclosed therein. In the same pack
age, but bound separately, the Committee shall forward
to Headquarters all unused ballots, together with a cer
tification, signed by all members of the Committee that all
the unused ballots sent to the Port are enclosed therewith.
The certification shall identify, by serial number and
amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same
package, but bound separately, the Committee shall for
ward to Headquarters all stubs collected during th». period
of voting, together with a certification, signed by all mem
bers of the Committee, that all the stubs collected by the.
Committee are enclosed. It shall be understood that the
above certificatioi^s are made according to the best knowl
edge, information, and belief of the Committee members.
Wherever forwarding is not don" in person, forwar^ng
shall be accomplished, expeditiously, by registered air
mail, special delivery. All forwarding shall be to the
Headquarters Tallying Committee, at the address of Head
quarters, In the event a Port Tallying Cqmmittee cannot
be elected or cannot act, the Port Agent shall transfer all
of the aforesaid material to the Headquarter Tallying
Committee which will then carry out the aforesaid func
tions.
(b) The Port Tallying Committee which is elected at
the Port where Headquarters is located shall also act as
the Headquarters Tallying Committee. The Headquarters
Committee is charged with the tally of all the ballots and
the preparation of a report setting forth in complete de
tail, the results of the election, including a complete ac
counting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the
same with the rosters, verification lists, and receipts of
the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial num
bers and amounts, and with each total broken down into
Port totals. The report shall cleatly detail all discrep
ancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for
the treatment of these discrepancies. All members of
the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice,
however, to the right of any member thereof to submit
a dissenting report, as to the .accuracy of the count and
the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details.
(c) The Tallying Committee is also charged with the
receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member
who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it
finds the protest invalid, it shall dismiss the protest, and
so inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of
dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the Conunittee
shall order a special vote, on such terms as are practical,
effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, shall
Include the provisions of Section 3C of this Article and
the designation as to the voting site of the Port most
convenient to the protesting member. Where a special
vote is ordered in accordance with this Paragraph C,
these terms shall apply, notwithstanding any provisions
to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may
be made only in writing and must be received by the
Headquarters Tallying Committee during the period of its
proceedings. The reports of this Committee shall include
a brief summary of each protest received, the name and
book number of the protesting member, and a summary
of the disposition of the said protest.
(d) The Headquarters Tallying Committee shall com,
mence proceedings on the first business day subsequent
to its election and shall complete its proceedings within
two weeks thereafter. Each member of the Committee,
shall be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay. The
proceedings of this Committee, except for the actual prep
aration of the report and dissents therefrom, if any, shall
be open to any member, provided he observes decorum.
(e) The report of the Committee shall be lhaae up in
sufficient copies to cqmply with the'following require
ments: two copies shall be sent by the Committee to each
Port Agent and , the SecretaryTreasurer prior to . the first
regular meeting scheduled'to take place subsequent to the
close ^ the Committee's proceedings or, in the event such
meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less, from
the close of this Committee's proceedings, thenat least five
. days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meet
ing applies. shall be ded^ted, by date, in the report,
./and shall be referred to as the VElection Report"; meeting.
As soon as these cqpb^are received, each Port Agent shall
SEAFARERS LOG
post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a at the meeting, provided that any member eligible to
conspicuous manner. This copy shall be kept posted, for serve may nominate himself.
a period of . two months. At the Election Report meeting,
The same provisions shall apply with regard to the Port
the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim.
where Headquarters is located except that the Auditing
(f) At the Election Report meeting, there shall be taken Committee there shall audit the financial reports of the
up the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 5B Headquarters Port Agent and the SecretaryTreasurer.
of .this Article, and the recommendations of the Tallying
Section 2. Quarterly Financial Committee.
Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the
The Quarterly Financial Committee shall be elected at
membership shall decide what action shall be taken there the Port where Headquarters is located, at the first or sec
on, if aqy, which action, however, shall not be beyond ond regular meeting held after the close of the calendar
ordering a special vote to the extent reasonably indicated quarter for which the Committee is to make the required
by the reported discrepancies. The same procedure shall audit. It shall be the duty of the SecretaryTreasurer to
. apply to all members appealing from denials of their pro decide at which of these meetings the election shall take
tests by the Headquarters Tallying Coqimittee, which ap plage. The Committee shall consist of Six members, with
peals may be taken, by the said member, by addressing two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards
a letter or telegram to each Port, c/o the PortAgent, in Departments. No officer. Port Agent, Patrolman or em
which shail be set forth the facts regarding tjie appeal ployee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The
from the dismissal of his protest, the member's name, and . members shall be elected by a majority vote of the mem
his book number, with a copy to Headquarters. It shall bers present at the meeting provided that any member
be the duty of the Port Agent fo submit this appeal to the eligible to serve may nominate himself.
Election Report meeting at his Port. The protesting mem
Section 3. Trial Committee.
ber is charged with making this appeal prior to the holding
A Trial Committee shaU be elected at a Special Meeting
of this meeting. • Special votes ordered in accordance with
this paragraph shall take place at the Port where the held at 10:00 A.M. the next business day following the*
claimed discrepancy or denial of the right to vote oc regular meeting of the Port where the Trial is to take
place. It shall consist of five members, of which threj
curred. In such <case, the Port Agent shall have the func
tions of the Tallying Committee as set forth in Section shall constitute a quorum. No Officer, Port Agent, Port"
5C of this Article, insofar as the said Section 5C deals Patrolman, or employee may be elected to serve on a Trial
Committee. No member who intends, to be a witness in
with the terms of such special vote.
Port Agents shall officially notify Headquarters, imme the pending trial may servd, nor may any member who
diately, after the Election Report meeting, of the decision cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall
of .the membership at the Ports with regard to all of the be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he
foregoing. Headquarters is charged with adequately and knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis
timely informing affected membei^s of the decisions qualifications apply to him. The members of this Commit
tee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules
reached.
as are adopted by a majority vot of the membership.
A majority of the membership, at the Election Repoit
SecUon 4. Appeals Committee.
meeting, may order a recheck and a recount where a dis
The
Appeals Committee shall consist of seven members,
senting report has been issued by one or more members
five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the
of the Headquarters Tallying Committee.
(g) A special vote must be taken within ten (10) days Port where Headquarters is located. The same disqual
after the Election Report meeting. The SecretaryTreas ifications and duties of members shall apply with^egard
urer shall make a sufficient amount of the usual balloting to this Committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In
material available to Port Agents for the purpose of such addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee
special votes. Immediately after the close of such special in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee deci
voting, the Port Agent shall summ^ize the results and sion, if the said member was a member of the Trial Com
communicate those results to the SecretaryTreasurer. The mittee.
Section 5. Negotiating and Strike Committee.
ballots, stubs, rosters, and unused ballots pertaining to
the special vote shall be mailed to Headquarters, all in
The members of a Negotiating and Strike Compiittee,
the same package, but bound separately. An account whether of a Port or otherwi«e, shall be composed of as
ing and certification by the Port Agent similar to those many members as shall be determined, by a majority vote
indicated in Section 5A of this Article shall be enclosed. of the membership, upon recommendation of the Secre
The SecretaryTreasurer shall then prepare a report con taryTreasurer. Any member may attend any meeting of
taining a combined summary of the results, together with this Committee provided he observes decorum. However,
a schedule Indicating in detail how they affect the Head a limit may be set by the chairman of the Committee on
quarters Tallying Committee's results. The form of the the number of those who may attend.
report, of the Headquarters Tallying Committee shall be
Section 6. Meeting Chairman.
followed as closely as possible. Two copies shall be sent
The
meeting Chairman shall be a member elected from
to each Port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other
the floor by
majority vote of the members at any meeting.
copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after
Section 7. Delegates.
the Eiection Report meeting.
As soon as the Secretary'Treasurer is advised as to the
Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of
date
and duly authorized number of delegates to the con
Port Agent or Patrolman.
vention of the Seafarers International Union of North
(a) The persbn elected shall be that person having the America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port
largest number of votes cast for the particular office or Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to
job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected, generally applicable rules for the election of delegates.
for a particular office or job, the proper number of can . These facts and recommendations shall be aimoimced and
didates receiving the successively highest number of votes read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless
shall be declared elected. It shall be the duty of the Sec changed by a majority vote of the membership during that
reftryTreasurer to notify each individual elected.
meeting, the election rules shall apply. These rules shall
(b) AU reports by Committees and the. SecretaryTreas not prohibit any member from nominating himself. The
urer under this Article, except tho$e of the Polls Com results of the election shall be co^jtmunicated to each Port
mittees, shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and announced at the
Headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall next regular meeting of the Port Rules of election here
be entered in the minutes of. the Port where it functions. under may include provisions for automatic election of all
• (c) The duly elected SecretaryTreasurer, Assistant Sec qualified nominees, in the event the number of such
retaryTreasurers, PortAgents, and Port Patrolmen shall nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be
take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume elected.
the duties thereof, at midnight, March 31st. At that time,
ARTICLE XV
the terms op their predecessors shall expire. This shall
TRIALS AND APPEALS
not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume
Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any
his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority other member for the commission of an offense as set
vote of the membership may grant additional time for the forth in this Constitution. These charges shall be in writ
assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure ing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his
of.the newlyelected SecretaryTreasurer to assume of book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to
fice, the provisions of Article X, Section 2A, as to suc the Port Agent of the Port nearest the place of the of
cession shall apply , until such gj^iceis assumed. If he fense, or the Port of pay off, if the offense took place
does not assume office within 9(rdays,«the line of succes aboard ship. He shall also request the Port Agent to
sion shall apply until the expiratiorf"of the term. All other present these charges at the next regular meeting. The
cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting
decided by a majority vote of the membership.
takes place.
Section 2. After presentation of the charges and the
(d) Before assuming office, every Officer, Port A^ent,
• request to the Port Agent, the' Port Agent shall cause
and Patrolman shall take the following oath:
those charges to be read at the said meeting.
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute
If the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the
the duties of
^
of the Seafarers
Port,
no further action may be taken thereon, unless
International Union of North America, Atlantic and
ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of
Gulf District, and I will,' to the best of my ability,
the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are
protect and preserve the Constitution of this Union
accepted, and the accused is present, he shall be auto
and the welfare of the membership."
matically on notice that he will be tried the following
morning. At his request, the trial shall be postponed
OTHER ELfSCTiONS
until the morning following the next regular mfieting, at
Section f. Auditing Committee.
which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He
Each port shall elect an Auditing Committee on Friday shall also be handed a writtfmcopy of the charges made
of each week, at 3:00 P.M., for the purpose of auditing the against him.
•
financial report for that week. These reports shall be
If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall im
submitted to the next regular meeting of that port, for mediately cause to be sent to him, by registered mail ad *'
membership actiqn. The Committee shall consist df ^ee dressed to hislast known mailing address on file with
members. No .Officer, Port Agent, Patrolman,.or employee, the Union, a copy of the charges, the names and, book
shall ho eligible to serve qn this Committee. Theelection numbers of the accuser$,yand a notification .that, he must
ahall h.o by majority, vote i Of .the>m«ni)m^ In attendance appear ivltb his witnesses, ready for trial the morning
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SEAFAkERS LOG
Par« S—SIX'
1932
(D Paying for,, or recriving money for, employment
after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Triiil present arguments, \^henever niecessary for sudh fair con
aboard a vessel;
sideration.
Committee will be elected.
(J) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for
Section IS. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall
In the event a majority of the membership of the Union
• hall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a be by majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to
Port, the Trial shall take place in the Port where Head and recommendations. Dissents vdll be allowed. Decisions, the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving
quarters is located. Due notice thereof shall be given to and dissents shall be in writing and signed by those partic evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive;
(k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the #rders of
the accused, who shall be informed of the name of his ipating in such decision or dissent In making its findings
accusers, and who shall'receive a written statement of and recommendations, the Committee shall be governed those duly authorized to make such'orders during time
of strike.
the charges. At the request of the accused, transportation by the following:
Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the
<a) No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is sub
and subsistence shall be provided, the accused and his
stantial evidence to support such a finding and, in such following offenses, members shall be penalized up to
witnesses.
Section 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent case, the Appeals Committee shall not make Us own find suspension from the rights and privileges of membership
for two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00, or both;
evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence ings as to the weight of evidence.
(a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop
(b)
In
no
event
shall
increased
punishment
be
recoih
required by courts of law but may receive all relevant
erty of the value under $50.00;
,
testimony. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, 'mended.
(b) Assuming any office or job, whether elective or not,
(c) A new trial shall be recommended if the Appeals
at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a
with
knowledge of the lack of possession of the qualifica
Committee finds—(a)
that
any
member of
the Trial
Com
proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee fails
beneath a quorum, it shall adjourn until a quorum does mittee should have been disqualified, or (b) that the ac tions required therefor;
(c) Misconduct during any meeting or other official
cused was not adequately informed of the details of the
exist.
Union proceeding, or bringing the Union into disrepute
(hargcdT offense,
which
resulted
in
his
not
having
been
Section 4. No trial shall be conducted unless all the
by conduct not provided for elsewhere in this Article;'
accusers are present. The Trial Committee shall conduct given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other reason, the ac
(d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of
cused
was
not
given
a
fair
trial.
.
the trial except that the accused shall have the right to
those
duly authorized to make such orders at any time. _
(d)
If
there
is
no
substantial
evidence
to
support
a
crossexamine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses,
Section
4. Upon proof of the commission of any of the
finding
of
guilt,: the
Appieals
Committee
shall
recommend
as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may
following
offenses,
members shall be penalized up to a
that
the
charge
on
which
the
firiding
was
based
be
dis
select any member to assist him in his defense at the
fine
of
$50.00:
,
.
missed.
'
trial, provided, (a), the said memlier is available at the
(a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at signons.
(e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser
time of the trial and (b) the said member agrees to render
or payoffs;
such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifica punishment.
(b) Wilful failure to submit book to Union representa
Section 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its
tions of the members of the Trial Committee, or states
tives
at payoff;
decision
and
dissent,
if
any,
to
the
SecretaryTreasurer.
that the charges do not adequately inform him of what
(c) Disorderly conduct at payoff or sign on;
wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of The SecretaryTreasurer shall cause sufficient copies to be
(d) Refusal to cooperate vrith Union representatives in
such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon ..and published and shall have them sent to each Port in time
disposed of, prior to proceeding on the merits of the de, to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. discharging their duties;
(e) Disorderly conduct in the Union Hall;
fense. The guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven He shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at
(f) Gambling in the Union Hall;
by the weight of the evidence, and the burden of such their last known addres.s, or notify them in person.
(g) Negligent failure to join ship.
Section 15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of
proof shall be upon, the accuser. Every finding shall be
Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense
based on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall
accept the decision of the Appeals Committee, or the dis penalized by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to
number of witnesses produced.
sent
therein, if any. If there is no dissent, the decision of waive his rights under this Constitution and to pay the
Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as
maximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representa
to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to pun the Appeals Committee shall'stand.
tive of the Union.
If
a
new
trial
is ordered,
that
trial
shall
be held
in
the
ishment and/or other Union action deemed desirable in
Section 6. If offense against the Union and its principles
the light of the proceedings. These findings and recom Fort where Headquarters is located, in the manner pro
mendations shall be those of a majority of the Conunittee, vided for in Section 2 of this. Article. Any decision so and policies takes place in the meeting, the meeting may
and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Com providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as go into a Committee of the Whole .and tiy the member
at once, and in this case, the findings and recommendation
mittee shall forward its findings and recommendations, will insure a fair hearing to the accused.
Section 16. The SecretaryTreasurer shall notify the of the Committee of the Whole shall be acted upon as
along with any dissent, to the Port Agent of the Port
where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be accused and each accuser, either in person or in wrtiing if the report were made by a duly elected Trial Committee.
Section 7. This Union, and its members, shaU not be
forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either in per addressed to their last known address, of the results of
soa or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. the appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set forth deemed to waive any claim, or personal or property rights
to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the
The findings shall include a statement that the rights of in Section 17.
' Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of member to trial or enforcing a. penalty as provided in
the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe
guarded. The findings also miist contain the charges the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafams Interna this Constitution.
Section 8. Any member under suspension for an of
made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the tional Union of North America, and the rights of, and
accused, the accuser, and each witness; shall describe each procedure as to, further appeal as provided for therein. fense under this Article shall continue to pay aU dues
document used at the trial; shall contain a fair summaiy Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on all mem and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union,
members, officials and job holders.
of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to bers of the Union.
,
guilt or innocence. If possible, all the documents used at
Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the
ARTICLE XVn
the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations Union to take all steps within their constitutional, power
PUBLICATIONS
shall be made a part of the regular files.
to carry out the terms of any effective decisions.
This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news
Section 19. Any accused may waive any or all' rights papers, magazines, periodicals, and general literature, in
Section 6.The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall,
upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the and. privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused such manner as may be determined, from time to time,
Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend by a majority vote of the membership.
to be presented, and entered into the minutes, at the next without properly requesting a postponement, the Trial
ARTICLE XVIII
regular meeting.
Committee may hold its trial without his presence.
. BONDS
Section 7. The Port Agent shall send the record of,
ARTICLE XVI
Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed,
the entire proceedings to Headquarters, which shall cause
OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
as well as all other employees of the Union, may be re
sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to each
Section 1. Upon proof of the commission of the follow quired to be bonded under such terms and conditions as
Port in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. ing offenses, the member shall be expeUed from mem may be detergiined, from time to time, by a majority vote"
of the membership.
Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall bership:
, ^
be discussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority
ARTICLE XIX
(a^ Proof of membership in any organization advocating
vote of the membership of the Union shall:
EXPENDITURES
the overthrow of, the Government of the United States
Section 1. Policies or specific instructions with regard
(a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or
by force;
to expenditures to be made or expenses to be incurred
(b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or
(b) Acting as an informer against the interest of the
(c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommenda Union or the membership in any organizational' campaign; shall be determined by a majority vote of the membership.
In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in
tions, or
<c) Acting as an informer for, or agent, of the Company existence, the SecretaryTreasurer may authorize, make,
(d) Order a new trial after finding that substantial jus against the interests of the membership or the Union;
and' incur such expenditures and expenses as lie within
tice has not been done with regard to the charges. In this
(d) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy the authority conferred upon him by Article X and Ar
event, a new trial shall take place at the Port where Head to destroy the Union.
ticle XI of this Constitution.
quarters is located and, upon application, the accused, the
Section
2.
Upon
proof
of the
commission
of
any of
the
Section 2._ The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly
accusers,and" their witnesses shall be furnished transpor
following offenses, the member shall be penalized up to a apply to the routine accounting and administrative pro
tation and subsistence.
Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the cedures of the Union except those primarily concerned
punishment so decided upon shall become effective. The penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections.
Section 3. The provisions of this Article shall super
SecretaryTreasurer shall cause notice of the results . penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and
privileges
of
membership
for
more
than
two
(2)
years,
or
sede,
to the extent applicable, the provisions of Articles
thereof to be sent to each accuser* and accuser.
X and XI.
a fine of $50.00^ or both:
Section 10. An accused who hasbeen found guilty, or '
(a) WilfuUy misapfiopriating or misusing Union prop
ARTICLE XX
who is under effective punishment may appeal in the fol' erty of the value in excess of $50.00;
INCOME
lowing manner:
(b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps,
Section 1. The income of this Union shall include re '
He may send or deliver a notice of appear to the seals, etc., for the purpose of personal gain;
ceipts from, dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, con
SecretaryTreasurer within 30 days after receipt of the
(c) Wilful misuse of any office"or job, elective or not, tributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well as income
notice of the decison of the membership.
^ithih the Union for the purpose of personal gain, finan
derived from any other legitimate business operation or
Section 11. At the nextregular meeting of the Port cial or otherwise, or the wilful refusal or failure to other legitimate source.
.
where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice execute the duties or functions of the said office or job,
Section 2. No member shall be required to pay or de
of appeal, the SecretaryTreasurer shall present the notice, or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or liver any sum of money to any Union representative with
which shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals functions;
out obtaining an official Union receipt, signed and dated.
Committee shall Uien be elected. The SecretaiyTreasurer
(d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of It shall be the duty of the member to demand such re
is charged with the duty of presenting the beforemen ballots,stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or ceipt.
tioned proceedings and all available documents used as election files, or election material of any sort;
Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after
evidence at the. trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as
(e) Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges a. ballot conducted under such general rules as may be
any written statement or argument isubmitted by the ac are false;
, '
decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, pro
cused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he
(f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, fslso vided that:
so desires. The appeal shall ue heard at Union Headquar reports or communications, with knowledge of the falsity . ' ; (a) The ballot must be oecret.
ters on the night the Committee is elected. It shall be thereof, or unauthorisedly altering reports or communica
(b) The assessment must be approved by>a 2/3 ma •
the responsibility of the accused to insuire that his written tions which fall within the scope of Union business;
• jority of the valid ballots cast.
statement or argument arrives at Headquarters in time for'
(g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or
Section 4. All payments by members or other affiliates
such presentation.
misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detri of this Union shall be applied successively to the mone
Siection . 12. The Ajppeals Committee shall decide the ap ment of the Union or its agreements;
tary obligations owed the Union commencing with the
peal as soon as possible,, consistent with fair consideration
(h) Deliberate and unauthorized: Inteiference, or delib oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of
of the evidence and arguments before iti. It may grant ad . erate and malicious vilUfication. with regard to the execu accrual of such obligation. Tho j^'riod of arrears shall
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'Journments and may request the accitied or accusera to tion oi^ the duties of any ofBce^ job;
'be calculated accordhqdy.
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SEAFARERS LOG
Paee S—Sevea
, ARTICLE XXI
yoie . of the membership provided such recommendatioia.
SeeRon 1. Any member may submit, at any regular
PERMITS AND OTHER TYPES OF ONION AFFILIATION is/not inconsistent with the provisions of this'Constitu meefing of any Port, proposed amendments to this Con
,. This Union, by majority vote o£ the membership, may tion.
. stitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of tho
provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser
membership of the Port approves it,' the proposed amend
.
ARTICLE XXVI
capacity than membership, or in a capacity other than DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ment shall be forwatded to aV Ports for further action.
membership. By majority vote of the membership, the
Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by
RELATING THERETO
Union may provide for the rights and obligations incident
a
majority vote of the membership, it shall be referred
Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or
to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and obli dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any to a Constitutional Committee in the Port where Head
gations may include, but are not limited to; (a) the applica illness or condition preventing the affected person from quarters is located. This Committee shall be composed
bility or nonapplicability of all or any part of this Con carrying out his duties for more than 30 days; or absence of six members, two from each Department and shall be
stitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of from the United States; or suspension from office or elected in accordance with such rules as are established
the Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation membership as provided for in this Constitution; or the by a majority vote of t^at Port. The Committee will act
and, (d) the fees required for such affiliation. In no event due replacement of one under an incapacity as indicated. on all proposed amendn|ents referred to it. The Commit
may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation However, nothing contained in this .Article shall be deemed tee may receive , whatever advice and assistance, legal or
equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than otherwise; it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report
over members, or be termed a member.
one job and/or office, in which event no incapacity shall on the amendment together with any proposed changes
ARTICLE XXn
be deemedto exist with regard to the regular job or of or substitutions or recommendations, and the reasons for
FORMULATION OF SHIPPING RULES
fice of the one taking over the duties and functions of the such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted
Section 1. The formulation of shipping rules shall hot one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the to the membership by the SecretaryTreasurer. If a
majority vote of the membership approves the amendment
be deemed part of any routine administrative task. Ship time during which the circumstances exist:
ping rules governing the details of the assignments of
Section 2. Unless' otherwise set forth or dealt with as recommended, if shall then be voted upon, in a yes
jobs and governing conduct and procedure connected herein, the term "vacancy," and the term "vacancy not or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret
therewith may be issued and take effect only after ap caused by an incapacity," shall be deemed to be the same, ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in
proval by a majority vote of the membership. Shipping and shall include failure to perform the functions of any Article XIII, Section 3B through Section 5. The amend
ment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too
rules duly issued shall be deemed to be Union policy.
office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or expul
Section 2. A majority vote of the membership may sion from the Union with no further right to appeal in ac lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the
amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all
make special exceptions or rules for any company or cotdance with the provisions of this Constitution.
vessel, for organizational piuposes, whether covered by
Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole, Ports and made available at the voting site in all Ports.
Section 3. If approved by a % majority of the valid
. a contract or not.
the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall mean
ARTICLE XXni
the majority of all the valid votes cast by members at an ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective im
QUORUMS '
official meeting of those Ports holding a meeting. This mediately upon notification by the Headquarters Tallying
Section 1, Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specif definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more Committee to the SecretaryTreasurer that the amendment
ically provided^ the quorum for a special meeting of a Ports cannot hold meetings becdhse of no quorum. For has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the
Port shall be six members.
that purpose of this section, the term "regularly scheduled amendmenrt. The SecretaryTreasurer shall immediately
Section 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port meeting night at which the pertinent vote may take place" notify all Ports of the results of the vote on the amend
shall be seven members.
shall refer to a meeting or meetings during the time ment.
ARTICLE XXVra
Section 3. The quorum for the Agents Conference shall period within which a vote must be taken in accordance •
TRANSITION
CLAUSE
be a majority of those eligible to attend.
with:
Section 1. It is the purpose and intent of this Article
Section 4. Unlessotherwise specifically set forth here
(a) The Constitution
to provide for an orderly transition from Union operations
in, the quorum for any committee shall be the majority of
(b) Union policy,, and
and activities as governed by the Constitution, in effect
those duly elected or appointed thereto.
(c) Custom and usage of the Union
prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, to
Section 5. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here in the indicated priority.
operations and activities conducted jp accordance with
this
in, the decisions, reports, recommendations, or other func
Section 4. When applicable solely to Port action and
tions of any segment of the Union requiring a quorum to not concerned with, or related to, Union action as a whole, 'amended Constitution. Accordingly, the following sections
act officially, shall be that of the majority of the quorum, and not forming part of a Unionwide vote, the term, are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate
and shall nof be official or effective unless the quorum "majority vote of the membership," shall refer to the the foregoing purpose and intent.
Section 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and
requirements are met.
majority of the valid votes cast bjr the members at any
other similar procedijres and processes of this Union, in
meeting of the Port, regular or special.
ARTICLE XXIV
Section 5. The term, "membership action" shall mean effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended
MEETINGS
Section. 1. All ports shall hold regular meetings, provided the same as the term "majority vote of the membership." Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder
shall continue in effect, unless or until changed, in
a quorum is present, on every other Wednesday, at 7:00 P.M.
Section 6. Where the title of any office or job, or the and
accordance with the provisions hereof.
If .such meeting night falls on a holiday, the meeting shall holder thereof, is set forth in this Constitution, all refer
Section 3. All methods and means of collecting and
take place, providing a quorum is present, at 7:00 P.M. the ences thereto and the provisions concerned therewith shall disbursing Union funds, all segregations of Union funds,
following night. In the event a quorum is not present at . be deemed to be equally applicable to whomever is duly the sequence of regular meeting nights, rules of order
7:00 P.M., the Port Agent of the pertinent port shall post acting in such office or job.
generally followed, bonding procedures, shipping rules,
Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed
• pone the opening of the meeting until a quorum is pres
permit systems, reinstatement procedures, and any other
ent, but in no event later than 7:30 P.M.. A majority vote . to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year in practices or procedure, in effect immediately prior to the
of the membership shall be sufficient to change the date which elected officials and other elected jobholders are adoption of this "amended Constitution, shall be deemed
required to assume office. The firstelection year shall be
. of any future regular meeting. '
to be permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect
Section 2. A special meeting at a Port may be called, deemed to be 1954.
unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions
.
Section
3.
The
terms,
"this
Constitution,"
and
"this
only at the direction of the Port Agent. No special meet
hereof.
ing may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. amended Constitution," shall be deemed to have the same
Section 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, in
and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at meaning and shall refer to the Constitution which takes cluding those with regard to admission into membership,
the place of the one adopted by.the Union in 1939, as in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended
Idbst two hours in advance, on the Port bulletin board.
amended up through August 1951.
ARTICLE XXV
Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder
Section 9. The term, "member in good standing," shall and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in
AGENTS' CONFERENCE
SecRon I. The SecretaryTreasurer shall call an Agents,' , mean a member not in arrears or under suspension or accordance with the provisions hereof.
Conference once a year, and may call, with the approval sentence of expulsion. Unless otherwise expressly indi
Section 5. The SecretaryTreasurer, the Assistant Secre
of a majority vote of the membership, additional Agents' cated, the term, "member," shall mean a member in good taryTreasurer, all Port Agents and Patrolmen, and all
Conferences during the year. The time and place of each standing. *
others elected as a result of the balloting held by this
Section 10. The term, "membership book," shall mean Union during November and December of 1952, shall be
such meeting shall be fixed by the SecretaryTreasurer.
These conferences may be postponed or cancelled by a any official certificate^ issued as evidence of Union mem deemed to have been duly elected in conformity with the
majority vote of the membership in case of emergency. bership.
provisions of this Constitution. From the date of adoption
Section 11. Whenever the day on which a Union meeting of this Constitution, they shall execute the powers and
A majority vote of the membership shall determine when
or action is to take place faUs on a holiday, the meeting functions, and assume the responsibilities, of the said
such emergency exists.
Section 2. The Agents' Conference may discuss and or action shall be put offuntil the next business day, at offices and jobs, as set forth in this Constitution. They
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prepare reports and recommendations on any .part of the the same hour.
shall hold office, pursuant hereto, until the expiration
ARTICLE
XXVli
Union's activities, policies and plans. The adoption of any
date of the terms of office set forth herein. The terms of
. AMENDMENTS
such recommendation by a^ majority vote of the member
Article XIII, only insofar as they apply to election of
ship shall make the provisions thereof binding Union
This Constitution shall be amended In the following Officials, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, shall take effect the
policy, imtit modified or otherwise altered by a majority manner:
first electiorf year.
Constitutional Committee^s Report
We, the undersigned members of your Constitutional by word. Each sertion has been studied in detail to
Committee, submit the following report and recommenda determine its effect on the rights and protections of the
tions: '
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membership, as well as its effect upon the general welfare
1. This Committee consists of six members, two repre of the Union.
sentatives of the deck department, two representatives of
4. We found tha^the proposed amended Constitution
the engine department and two representatives of the not only keeps all " of the rights and safeguards of the
steigards department. We were elected on the floor of present Constitution but goes considerably further in that
the regular membership meeting of July 30, 1952, in the it establishes in writing ..all of the guarantees and privi
HeadquartersNew York Branch in accordance with the leges that did not appear in the original ConsUtution.
Constitution of this Union. Under the present Constitu
5. It is our sincere belief that the document shows every
tion, we were required to make a full study of the resolu
evidence
Of having been drafted by its proposers for the
tion containing the proposed amended Constitution and
purpose
of
better protecting the rights of the members
to make a report of our findings and recommendations.
and
the
welfare
of the Union. We feel that we could hot
2. In carrying oiit our duties we found that all con
make
any
change
that would improve upon it for these
stitutional requirenrents in the submission of this resolu
purposes.^
. tion were met. The resolution containing the proposed
Therefore we recommend to Headquarters that it sub
amended Constitution was read in its entiretjrat the July
^ 16, 1952, regular membership meetings in all ports and mit this report to all of the ports within the Union with
was accepted'by the members present. It was read a the following recommendations, so that it can be acted
second time in all ports at the regular membership meet ' upon simultaneously at the regular membership iheetings
»
ings of. July. 30, 1952, written copies of same were given on August 13, 19,52. .
1. That upon concurrence with, this report by the mem
V! ' ..J. to all members at this Meeting and again was accepted
.• ^tii.;*by"the membershipi,;
.i bership' at the Ports holding Membership. Meetings^, on:
3. The CommUtee has r^d
whRrevResolution word August 13, ;;li932,Kthe res<dutipn contaiulng . the^ proposed
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amended Constitution be placed on a secret referendum
.ballot for a 30day period #Ith voting to begin in all
Ports on August 18, 1952, and to continue up !o and
including September 17, 1952.
2. That the Editor of the SEAFARERS LOG publish
our report in its entirety together with the complete text
.. t'i
of the Resolution and the proposed amended Constitution
in the August %, 1952, issue of the LOG so that the mem
bership at sea and shore may have full opportunity to
read and study the document before voting commences.
The undersigned wish to go on record as recommend
ing the approval of this Report and the ratification of the
proposed Constitution. We feel that in doing so, wd will
have a Constitution of which every Union member may
be proipL
DECK DEPARTMENT:
s/Charles Palmer, Book N. P13
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s/John Ziereis, Book No. Z12Chairman
ENGINE DEPARTMENT:
s/M. McCoskey, Book No. 20289
s/W. J.. Szostak, Book No. S120
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ARTICLE I —Name and General Powers: ®at" '^e
name of the union and defines its general powers.
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.. Af£:l:^i.:^» Provides for affiliation of the At
ARTICLE II AiriliailOn: lantic and Gulf District with the ,
Seafarers International Union of North America, the American
Federation of Labor and other' bodies as my be determined Uy a
majority vote of the membership.
A
r ..i kA^^L^peU'.r^ ^ets forth that new members
ARTICLE III Membership: may be admitted under rules
set by a majority vote of the membership—^Defines certain eligibility
requirements that must be met by candidates for*
new membership—Provides relief for members
who may be unable to pay dues because of inca
pacity beyond their control—States the Union's
oath of obligation—Outlines rules for suspen
sion and dismissal for nonpayment of dues and
assessments—Rights of membership to expel
those who might support dual and hostile groups.
ARTICLE IV Reinstatement:
statement of dismissed members.
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ARTICLE V—Dues and Initiation Fee:
P|?t:
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schedule, initiation fee and method of payment—Provides dues may
not be changed except by constitutional amendment—Permits the
membership, by majority vote, to waive dues and initiation fees for
organizational purposes only.
ARTICLE VIMembership:
Defines the procedure by which a Seafarer may retire his book and
outlines the method of reinstatement.
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ARTICLE VII —System of Organization:
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ments of the Union and provides for administrative authority.
AOTI/^I r v/m—nffirorc. designates the following as elec
ARTICLE VIII ^Iiicers. tive officers: the SecretaryTreas
urer, Assistant SecretaryTreasurers and Port Agents and Patrol *
men.
ARTICLE IXOther Elective Jobs: togIhSrmi!, "3^
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gates and members of certain committees must be elected by the
membership.
ARTICLE XDuties of Elective Officers:
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the SecretaryTreasurer, Assistant SecretaryTreasurers, Port
Agents, Patrolmen, Meeting Chairmen, Delegates
and members of the Auditing, Trial, Quarterly «| • !
Financial, Appeals and Negotiating and Strike
Committees—Provides procedure for filling va
cancies in office—^Requires all Port Agents to file
weekly financial reports—Establishes membership
control over actions and reportj; of officials and
committees.
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ARTICLE XlTWages and Terms of Office:
Provides that the SecretaryTreasurer, Assistant SecretaryTreas
urers, Port Agents and Patrolmen shall serve for twoyear terms
and that their wages shall be set by a majority vote of the mem
bership—Provides for hiring and dismissal of other employes and
personnel, subject to a majority^ vote of the membership.
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ARTICLE XII""Qualifications for Elective Office:
Sets forth that any member has the'right to nominate himself for
any office—Lists eligibilityrequirements for the various offices.
Anri^i^
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Describes procedure for nomina
ARTICLt XIII tIectionS: tion. to office—Provides for elec
tion of a sixmember Credentials Committee to inspect the candi
didates' eligibility according to rules of Constitution—Establishes
safeguards for the^right of a member to nominate himself to office
—Retains the Union's existing balloting procedure—Describes bal
loting procedure in detail—Provides for election of fivemember
Polls Committees and sixmember Tallying Committees to conduct
elections and tabulate results—S6ts for the manner for installation
of officers.
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AITTICLE XlVOther ElecHons:
chairmen, delegates and members of the following committees:
Auditing, Quarterly Financial, Trial, Appeals, Negotiating and
Strike—Defines qualifications for these position.
ARTICLE XVTrials and Appeals: ?i|hV'or'ev^
member to a fair trial by an impartial committee of his Union
brothers.
Lists in detail the procedure for Jbringing charges and for pre
senting charges to the membership^Provides for election of five
member trial committee and defines Committee's proc^ure and
duties—^Requires that accused must be confronted by the accuser—
Gives accused right to representation by a brother member before
the trial committee—Requires presentation of the Committee's find
ings to ffie membership for acceptance, rejection or modification by
a majority vote of the members—Provides procedure for appeals.,
ARTICLEXVIOffenses and Penalties:
of!
fenses for which a member may be brought to trial—Places limita
tions on penalties that may be imposed upon
members found guilty of. such offenses—Gives a
member the right to waive trail and accept an
automatic penalty for infractions .not involving
suspension or dismissal froijti the Union.—Pro
vides for trial by meeting acfing as committee as
a whole for offenses committed during course of
meeting.
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lication of a newspaper and other literature.
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ARTICLE XVII|Bonds: i;;5tm1io;« Ke®unL°® ^
such conditions as may be determined by, the membership.
ARTICLE XIXExpenditures:
cies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures."
ADTir'IC YY Inrnmo.
the Union's sources of in
AKI iVLt AA income, come—Sets forth the duty of mem
bers to require Union representatives to give them a receipt for any
payment of money to, the Union—Provides that
no assessment may be levied imless approved by
a twothirds majority of the valid ballots cast by
the members in a secret election—Gives member
ship power to set up general rules for assessment
balloting—^Provides for the Union to derive, in
come from dividends, interest and legitimate
business operations.
ADTir'IC YYI DArrvilfc Retains the existing requirement
r\l\ilvLi. AAI rermiTS: that rules for issuance of permits
must be determined by the members.
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ARTICLE XXII—Formulation of Shipping Rules:
Guarantees, as does the present Constitution, that*shipping rules
may not be revised unless approved by memi)ership.
ARTICLE XXIIlQuorums: a special i^eeting of any port
shall be six members and the quorum for a regular Port meeting
shall be seven members.
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ARTICLE XXIVMeetings: regular meetings at 7 PM oh
every other Wednesday—^Exceptions are noted for holidays and
failure to obtain a quorum.
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ARTICLE XXVAgent's Conference rruS^'^onfe^^
ence of Port Agents to be called by the SecretapyTreasurefC
ARTICLE XXVHDefinitions:
of the Constitution. *
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ARTICLE kXVIIAmendmenIs:
stitution by the miemb^ship.
Provides for
ARTICLE XXVIIITrahsition Clause; transfw
of Union
practices and procedures to regulation by prop )sed Constitution.
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Headlines:
NEW LAW ALTERS CITIZEN RULES FOR ALIEN SEAMEN
100TH BABY BENEFIT PAID OUT BY UNION
BEGIN PARLEYS TO REVAMP PACT
NAME TERPE TO DIRECT ORGANIZING
MEMBERSHIP UNIT OKAYS CONSTITUTION, ASKS VOTE
GALLEY CREW NETS 2 G'S OT
UNION HELPS SEAFARER AFTER 'BAMA MUGGING
SOME OFFICERS JUST GIVE AWAY OT
NO THANKS TO COMPANY HE'S ON MEND TODAY
BRIDGES-PMA TRAP FOIED AS SUP WINS ALL DEMANDS
US LINES' BLACKLIST STILL GOES IN NMU
SIU ALASKA UNION WINS NLRB VOTE
NEW CONSTITUTION CLEAR AND SPECIFIC ON RIGHTS
NAVIGATOR'S CREWMEN LAUDED BY NEWSPAPERS FOR BLOOD AID
WEST COAST MMP GAINS PAY BOOST
SENATE OKS AGREEMENTS TO RAISE WORLDWIDE CONDITIONS FOR SEAMEN
PANAMA SHIP FOULED HIM
SUPER-SUPER SHIPS SOON TO HIT SEAS
KNOWING THE SCORE
RANK AND FILE CONTRACT
NEW IMMIGRATION LAW
RAISING STANDARDS
CARGO: GENERAL DESTINATION: FAR EAST
FROM FOC'SLE TO FAMILY
THE BIG BLOND WHO STOWED AWAY
GREECE VICTORY TAKES ON NAVY
LEADING THE DOG'S LIFE ISN'T SO BAD SOMETIMES
SKIPPER FROM GRITS COUNTRY DROOLS OVER PASTO FAGIOLO
STRAY MINES STILL MENACE SHIPS
ANGELINA PROUD OF SEAGOING TV
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By Sidney Margoiius '
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the SIU Welfare Plan is expanding its personal services with ping, whether,
'hether. its food, clothes for The latest inflation has put the prices of homes at a new high and
the appointment of Walter Siekmann as Director of the the kids, tires for the family car, is storing up a load of grief in the'shape of . inflated mortgages for
a radio or any other familiar item, unwary buyiers. .
newlycreated Welfare Serv^
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ginning with this issue, dealing
job Siekmann will serve as
modernize an old house hims^ as many families do these days to
with
everyday
buying
problems.
assistant to Deputy Welfare Ad
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ministrator A1 Kerr, and will be
sferies that will appear exclusively time improving an inexpensive new bungalow. He's got to be doubly
the man who will handle any per
in this
newspaper and written with careful in planning or buying a home.
sonal problems that arise'in con
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the problems of the Seafarers in about
nection with Union welfare ben
the cujKntly steep prices: .
mind.
efits.
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Postpone ,
baying if possible. Sometimes housing prices are lower
Each individual cblumn will be a
The decision to establish this
in autumn or early winter. There's no guarantee prices will be lower
clearcut
explanation
of
what
to
new post rose out of the' recent
look for in buying any particular this fall, and we^nay actually be in for another spell of general infla
rapid expansion of the Seafarers
item and how
and where to get the tion, as several signs Indibate. But more folks are being forced out
Welfare Plan in several directions.
best buys. The column will also of the housing mark^ by high prices, and the price tags may be forced
The addition of disability and'
down a hit. Prices of qjder houses and big new houses are sagging
offer
tips on what type of product a
maternity benefits to the already
little from last Spring's high although tags on more moderate
is best for a particular use.
priced new houses are stiil stubbornly firm.
existing ones has greatly increo^d
Consumer Authority
the scope of the Plan's operations.
2. If yoor need is urgent, consider a smaller but expansible house.
The
author
of the series is Sid There's a trend nowadays to houses designed to be comparatively easy
Personal Contact
ney Margoiius, well known as a to enlarge later. They;re laid out on the lot so there's space to add
»Since the SIU Welfare Plan is
writer on buying problems. In subsequent rooms; they have such features as a plywood exterior wall
Walter Siekmann
Unionadministered, the new ap
cluded among his published works that later can become on inside waU, a window instaUed in a itpaco
pointment will provide for personal in the outports who handle this are two books, one a buying, guide framed for a future door, etc, . '
contact between the Seafarer and phase of the welfare benefits.
and the other on Social Security, 3. Keep down the size of the mortgage. The largest single cost in a
the Plan with a minimmn of the In addition, Siekmann will be in as well , as over 200 articles that house
is the price you pay for financing it. Interest charges pile
red tape and administrative run touch constantly with those Sea have appeared in national maga up faster
than most families realize. If you bought a g9,000 home
around that is characteristic of farers who are permanently dis zines.
with no
down
payment, and paid off bn the mortgage 26 years at the'
plans run by insurance companies. abled and will see to it that their While Margoiius also does
rate bf $47.51 a month, you'd repay the lender a grand total of $14,
As part of his job, Siekmann will needs are taken care of within the syndicated column on consumer 253. If you put down $1,500, and stiU paid $47.51, for 19 years, it '
make arrangements for all ill Sea provisions of the Welfare Plan. The buying which appears regularly in would cost yOu $12,166 to pay off the house. If you put down $3,000
farers in this area to receive their same applies to problems arising 45 trade Union newspapers, this and paid off in 14 years', your cost would be $10,815.
hospital benefits in person and be out of any other situation for which particular feature is written ex
The expansiblehouse technique does offer a famiiy some chance iu
visited regularly. He will also be the' Plan pays benefits.
clusively for the LOG as a special trimming the present high cost of a house. The trick is to buy the;
in contact with the representatives The new/director has served the .seniice for its readers.
smallest, simplest but truly expansible home you can get away with
SIU in various ports as patrolman A very wide range of subjects at present, making sure, however, that the basic construction is' sound.
and has been active in the Union's will be covered in the articles.
organizing
campaigns of the past Any questions or swgestions that
How to Apply years. In his
years of sailing and Seafarers might hme as to pur
For Birth Pay serving SIU men, he has become chasing problems they have, run
well acquainted with the problems into will be welcomed by the au
Applications for the mater
nity benefit must be supported'' that seamen face and is well qual thor and taken up in the pages oi
ified to deal with them.
by the following documents;
the LOG.
• Your
marriage certificate.
• Baby's
birth certificate dat
ing birth after April 1, 1952.
• The
discharge from your
last ship.
Processing of all applica
tions cdh be speeded up by at
least three days if photostatic
copies of the three documents
are sent in. Applications,
should be made to Union Weli*
fare Trustees, c/o SIU head
quarters, 675 Fourth Avenue,
Basementless houses with expansion attics, like the Levitt homes .
B'klyn 32, NY.
in NT, generally offer the best Immediate value today.
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By Four Million
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Then hope that in a few years building prices will deflate a little so
you can add to it, or undertake to do some of the work of expansion
yourself.
That doesn't mean the house necessariljr has to be a little cracker
Jaiy 2S. 1952
VoKXIV. No^ 15
box. But starting with a weiibuilt smaller home thoughtfully planned
As I See It
Page 13
for.futiire expansion keeps down both the price, and the mortgage and
Burly
;.Pago, Ifi
parlays the savings in, interest oh the mortgage. You could pay for
Cannery Workers.. Pages 14, 15
much of the exp'ansion simplywith the savings in interest, as we'll
Crossword Puzzle ...... Page 12
show in the next issue.
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Did You Know
Page 18
It is definitely getting easier to put the finishing touches, on a house
Editorial
Page IJ
yourself, through suchdevelopments as betterquality diywall con
Foc'sle Fotog ........ Page 19
struction for finishing attic rooms, prefabricated and even prefinished
Galley Gleanings . . ... Pa'ge 20
flooring or underlayment .for asphalt or linoleum tile fiOors, plastic
Inquiring Seafarer .... Page 12
or metal tiles for bathrooms, preassemble i bathroom fixtures likO
^
, In The Wake...;...... Page 12
stall showers, r^dypasted wall paper, roller painting'and onercoat.
Labor BoundUp"..... Page 16
paints, small power tOols and scores of other modem materials and. >
techniques.., ,
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Letters ;...... Pages 21, 22, 23
Letter Of The Week... .Page 13
A truly expansible house is laid out on its ,lot M there's space tO , '
Mfritime ............. Page 16
Displaying his picture In the SaturdaY Evening Post, Mike MlU(kr addv moms (sometimes even with gable and towafds the street), and. !
Meet The Seafarer ... . Page 12
,
explains how he played role Of "saboteiur for a day" id lUustrato hqs plumbing , arranged so additional bathrOona . fixtures, can, be easily • :
On The Job ...... ..,. Page 16
hooked on,
heat risers into the
attic,
an attic
high enough
to
be usable
:
sl^ry on port security. Listening in aset Heft to right), 1L Levy,
Personals .. ..:..:. Page 26
and roomy enough for additional rooms or which can be enlarged
Frank Vega, George Steinberg, Percy Boyer.
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Quiz
Page'19
with dormers, etp.
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"Saltwater Studies" ... 'Page 10
Charges made in previous: issues of the LOG that serious You can save approximately ten per cent ofStie cost of a house by
Ship's Minutes. 1... .Pages 12K 27 loopholes exist in^our port security received top billing in buying one of the newer basementless Olies built oh a concrete mag '
SIU History Cartoon;. ^ Page 7 the Saturday Evening Post of July 19.' The lead artigle in with yadiant heating in the fioor and the furnace (scaled down in size
Sports Line . . .
Page 20
a bit) in a furnace closet. Basementless homes are very controversial,
Ten Years Ago....... ^ Page, 12 that issue, distributed to*
but the heating method has' been found satisfactory in six years of
Top Of The Neyps." ..,.; Page 6 4,000,000 Post readers up of security "practices on the postwar use, and I myself prefer the saving in cost if I have a large
Treasure Hinitier.Page 11 throughout the country, is waterfront.' With the piiblication enough attic for storage.
Vacation Pay... . . .pages 23, 24 entitled "Our Unprotected Sea of this article in the Post it is ex
A house built more nearly square than long and narrow is another
Wash. News Letter.,. ., Page 4 ports: "A Cinch for Saboteurs",'It pectedthat further measures will moneysaver because as much fioor area is enclosed with less costly
is based on a series of LOG'arti be taken i^thin the limits of exist wall space. A squarer house is also lesscostly to fuel—less wall spacC
Welfare Benefits'.... page
cles which pointed up the. ease with
ing law,'to protect our ports.
Y.dur Dollar's Worth .. . Page 2^
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which spies, sgbdteurs and fugitives
Congress May Act
Also, a twostory house costs less than onC;, all oh one flOor.
from justice Could enter or le'ave While Congress is not in session There's no doUbt, toO, that you do find the best yoluesthese dayk
Untie «.Coif Pittrlct, Aft, «7S Fewrth
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now, it' is exp^ted that several in'the large masspmdiiced'developments; ' : " ^ ' K •
fI??,"*'M' NV. Tel. STerlin* this country.
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SUri. ; Entered .ae saeend dat* matter
One
result
of
the LOG charges^ measures aimed: at plugging «x . (NEXT ISSUE: How to save on financing—'the biggest Singlecost"In^t.
• t the Fott OHIce In Breaklyn, NYv
has been aJioticeahle tightening 4 CCbritlhed' on paie 17) •
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Proposed Changes
In Constitution
A resolution calling for revision of the SIU constitution to bring the basic
Union document up to date has been accepted by the membership at headquarters
and all branches. The resolution and revisions were drafted by the conference of
port agents and headquarters representatives after a yearlong study of the pres
ent document.
panded into entirely new fields in governing the Union's activities in
Copies of the proposed recent
years, such as welfare. This this field.
amended constitution are was not foreseen • when the original The passage of antilabor laws
being mailed to all SIU ships constitution was uritten in 1938,so in many of the States as well as in
(Contined on page 17)
for study by the membership that there tire no provisions in it
and will be distributed at the
next membership meetings
where the second reading of
the proposals will be held.
More Readings
.
Under the democratic procedure
carefully spelled out in the existing
constitution, the proposed draft
has to have two readings at suc
A significant victory has been clinched by the SIU as the
The furiouslyblazlnr oil tanker Victor H. Kelly lies alongside
cessive membership meetings In
burning Union Oil Co. pier while San Francisco Bay flreboat pours port. The draft is open for amend National Labor Relations Board certified the Union as sole
water on the flames.
ments on any article or clause at bargaining representative for the engine department on the
Ocean Tow Company's ships.
these readings.
The next step is to refer it to The SIU already held bergain was that by splitting up'the ships,
a committee on constitutional ing rights for deck and stew the MFOW expected to win a col
lective bargaining election on one
amendment. This committee will ard departments.
consist of six members, two from Although only two ships, the of them.
each department—deck, engine and Alaska Cedar and the Alaska After hearing arguments in the
steward—and will be elected from Spruce, w®re involved the outcome case, the NLRB issued an order in
among the membership at the next of this case upholds the SIU's po February directing that separate
headquarters meeting. This com sition that all ships of a company elections be held. The SIU imme
Ttiree crewmen were lost and 30 injured when two SUP mittee is empowered to. recommend are considered as one unit for the diately contested the oider and at
manned^tankers caught fire and exploded in San Francisco further changes in the document. purposes of collective bargaining. subsequent hearings the SIU's. po
The precedent set by this ruling sition was upheld and the NLRB
bay. The tankers'went up in flames when fire broke out at Upon being reported to the mem
bership from the committee, the would seem to bar any antiunion reversed itself.
the Union Oil Company pier"*^
proposals will receive a third read operator from attempting to play The election followed with the
ing. Here too, amendments will be one union against another by split SIU coming out on top. Now that
in Oleum just as the tankship
the SIU has been certified as bar
in order.
ting up his fleet, ship by ship.
Victor H. Kelly was complet
gaining agent and no protest or
TwoThirds Vote
Won Election
ing discharge of cargo. As a re
objection'
has been forthcoming
Once
having
been
approved
by
Prior to the NLRB announce
Under the rules of the Va
sult, ' that ship was completely cation Plan as set forth by the
the membership In all ports, the ment, the SIU had won a collec from the. MFOW it firmly estab
document will face a final test in tive bargaining election iii the lishes the SIU as the only unli
gutted: and a sister ship, the Lom
trustees, a Seafarer must ap
30day referendum vote. Two fleet's engine rooms. The election censed union On these ships.
poc, suffered heavy damage al
ply within one year of the
thirds of the membership voting followed defeat of an attempt by
though her crew brought the Are payoff date of his oldest dis
under cpntrorwithout' casualties.
charge in order to collect his must approve the document before the Marine Firemen, Oilers and
It goes into effect.
WatertenderS Union (CIO) to split
Were it not for the wind direc. full vaca.tion benefi^. If he
While the present SIU constitu up the company.
presents 'any discharge whose
tion and quick action In closing off
The case originated when the
valves, the fire ctiiuld have spread payoff date is' more' than a tion guarantees thorough and com
plete d^bcratic operation of the SIU organized the newiyformed
year before the datC pf his va
to the Union Oil Company refiffery
Union's affairs, and contains safe company and obtained recognition
yith disastrous results. At It was, cation application, he will lose
out on the sea time covered guards for the niembership, changes in the deck and steward depart
a lar^e section of the unloading
in the Union's mode of operation ments. The MFOW eought to block
by that particular discharge.
pier was destroyed along with the
and in Government regulations SIU . representation in the engine
Don't sit on those discharges.
damage tp the tankers.
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have made it necessary to alter room by asking that each ship be
Bring them in and collect the
S Die, 3 Hospitalised
that document.
considered a separate bargaining
money that, is due to you.
Lost in the disaster, all from the
For one thing, the Union has ex unit. The purpose of the move
Victor H. Kelly, were: ! Captain
A complete analysis of a
Eugene J. Fulton, who suffered a
nine part global maritime
heart attack; . W. L. Ligglns,: radio
treaty and its affects on Sea
operator who Is > missing; and a
farers will be presented in the LOG
, wiper, Yarker, whP is believed to
issue of August 8.
have drowned. Three other crew
The treaty, adopted at an In
Further
attempts
by
foreign
shipping
interests
to
go
into
business
on
the
backs
of
the
members. w^re. hospitalized: 'denies
ternational
Labor Conference in
darcia, Albert iSheehan and Frank US reserve merchant fleet have come to light. The latest move consists of a jprbposal by six
Seattle during
1946, was passed by
shipping compemies
from the
city of
Trieste to
legalize the sale to
them pf
ten Libertys from
• Berard) While the. rest were treated
the US Senate before it adjourned
at the scenie. OK discharged after the reserve fleet.
These six+
^
last month. Its provisions, many
minor Injuries;
companies haye hired a lobby year, Libertys commanded around and will be paid by MSTS in Amer of them already incorporated in
• According to Martin Cunning> ist to try to push a bill through $1,500,000 on the world market, de ican dollars. It, is estimated that SIU agreements. Will have the
pending on their condition. Whii® the Japanese outfit,' "American force of law when they formally
ham,, AB, the fire broke out just as Congress to this effect.
. he was getting ready to go on the This newest attempt td raid the prices may have dropped sonaewhat Ship bperatiiig Co., Ltd.,' will clear go in effect in the near future.
12 to 4 watch. It started by the US reserve fleet followed a LOG since las' winter's boom, the Tri 81,000 a day profit out of the .LST
For the first time, special Gov
risers oh the dock and swiftly story to the effect that Japanese este proposal woiiid mean the US Operations, fio American company, ernment agency will have authority
r spread until "a huge sheet of shippers were maneuvering to buy Government would be; selling the as far as. can be determined, was to set certain minimum standards
. flames played on our ship like a 30 Libertys and were working hard shipis for far less than theii^ mar given a chance to bid for this busi. concerning food and water supply
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to influence fiie sympathetic De ket ' price. In effect then, this ness.
s
and the. stowage of stores aboard
• 'J. The crewmembers ^manned five' fense ^Department to sponror legis wbiild. m®si> direct US Government : Eventually, the companies, intend ship with the power to enforce its
fire hoses hiit were unable to miedce lation for the sale of these ships. subsidy for foreign shipowners. • to take over the LSTS and con orders.' '
Qf the many proposals made thus tinue'to operate them courtesy of
z any Impression on : the flames:
Other CbantrlM' Interested ;
Among the other new procedures
far, the Japanese
deal is considered the. US iNavy which .ndll. declare prescribed in the ratified treaty are
Meanwhile the mates closed aU of
Nor are the Trieste and Japa
the valves to keep the oil fiom nese proposals the only ones that the most .important as' success of them "obsolete" for the benefit of testing, requirements for the cer
i feeding the fire. Attempts were have been made to the US Govern such a largiescale bite out of the the Japanese, company.
tificatiorf of ships' cooks and the
: made to cut the lines and free tlie ment. ; A :bill has been introduced US reserve would pave the wsty for
Former Govt Agency
medical examination of all seamen.
ship from the dopk without success. in Congress on behalf of the South similar moves by other nations.
Actually, the LOG learned' that These provisicms, along with sev
Deal With MSTS L
this Japanese compony ^consists of eral others, are effective as US law
The crew found themselves cut Korean Government asking for the
; off from the forward lifeboats and transfer of 50.000 tons of shipping .'The Japanese company has al that country's' former Merchant now that, the $enate has used its
V theNo.' 3 lifeboat davits got stuCk; to > that cduntry and several other ready made: considerable headway Marine Commission,, an outfit com treaty powers to imopt them.
In the next issue of the LOG, the
Explosions followed and' the 'cr.e\y' countries have been icasting hun through an agreement with the parable. to the US Maritime' Gom
Navy to handle 48 LSTs caitying mtssioh of World War II. While no SIU will publish a full report on
i' membera' went : intd the Water as gry eyes %t the US reserve.
the captain gave the order to aban^ Further, the' Trieste companies US Government cargo'within thC longer an official Japanese govern the entire treaty* with special ref
!. don ship., s^ll of the survivors were are trying to:work out a de^ where Japanese islands and to Korea. Al ment agency, the. putflt is support ei^nCe to those conditions not now .
picked up, by tugp and other small by the US would sell them the Lib though manned by Japanese; these' ed .by . 31 Japanese ohippingi com inV effect In standard SIU agree
ments.
. ; bpat3 in the vicinity. ;
ertys at 1550,000 each. Earlier this. ships will fly the American; flag ,1* .(Contined on page: lU ;•
Union Wraps Up
Ocean Tow Case
Fire Kills. Three
On SUP Tankers
DonH Waits
Vacation Pay
New Treaty
Sets Basic
Ship Rules
More Foreign Firms Seek US Ships
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Autumn Shipping Rfse—If SIU NEWSLETTER
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WASHINGTON.—Earlier forecasts of a sha^ rise in shipping this fall may haVe to be
abandoned unless further foreign aid appropriations are forthcoming from Congress before
then, a possibility few observers are willing to predict in this national election year'.
Pessimism in the ranks of^
In order for Die American shipowner to continue to prosper under
shipping industry leaders and Cape Grieg and John Evans (Mis was found that u principal kink'in worldwide competition, he must operate ships that are faster and larger
their use would be the lack of than those now in being. As in the case of the Marinertype vessel, the
interested Government agen sissippi).
cies hinges on the big slice the Part of the ship cutbacks have spare parts and repair items with 45;000ton tankers now being buUt were but a "gleam in the eye" five
«2nd Congress took out of Presi been in the Capetype ships taken out which the program couldn't years ago. There is no reason tobelieve that this country's progress in
dent Truman's original requests out the beginning of this year, properly function. After a few sh|p design in the next fifteen years will be any less accelerated than
for foreigA aid funds which, at the many of them operated by MSTS. voyages, most of the Cape ships thjit of the last five years.
present time, seems certain to limit Spokesmen noted that despite ex have been returned to layup status
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shipments mainly to material ear pensive repair and oveiiiauling despite the relatively high cost to
marked under the North Atlantic programs to refit these vessels, it bring them out originally.
Admiral E. L. Coehrane, Marittme Administrator and Chairman of
Treaty. Shipments to the partners
thf Federal Maritime Board, has told this reporter that despite the
in the NATO agreement are han
faOt that President Truman recently nominated him for anothet four
dled solely to MSTS.
years in the top maritime job, he will retire within a very short time.
Cutbacks in the fleet of GAA
The President was told by Admiral Cochrane that the latter would stay
ships furnishing aid cargoes abroad
in his present Government position only as long as it takes to clear up
since the outbreak of the Korean
sokie of the present maritime controversies, particularly those relating
War have just about returned the
to'constriction subsidies for the superliner United States and the two
bulk of these vessels to the various
Aiperican Export Line ships Independence jmd Constitution.
reserve fleets on all coasts.
Admiral Cochrane will leave his maritime, post within k matter of
Gov't Steps Out
two or three months and will assume his job as Dean of the School of
Since the need for coal, grain
Engineering, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
and other cargoes declined this
The law provides for a political split in the makeup of the Federal
spring, causing requirements for
maritime agency. This means that president Truman, in view of the
Govemmeritowned cargo space to
fact that Admiral Cochrane is a Republican, must name a Republican
hit bottom, the privatelyowned
to fill his vacancy. The other two members of the Federal Maritime
merchant fleet has been able to
Board are Democrats.
handle the traffic going to friendly
nations, permitting the Govern,
t
t
ment to step out of the shipping
The US continues to take pride of place with the highest tonnage
business in competition with pri
registered under one flag. However, Britain, unfortunately, can still
vate operators as it promised
claim
to have the largest merchant fleet in active employment.
when the emergency GAA program
was started.
Another 42 ships were returned
The revival of the shipbuilding industries in such countries as Bel
to layup status last week to bring
gium, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, and Norway,
the total of ships brought out of re
where tonnage output Is no>^^omparable with, and in most cases
serve and since idled to 454. An
exceeds, that for 1939, has beeiA notable feature in the past two years.
other 183 are operated by MSTS to
However, special acknowledgement must be made to the US for the
move military cargoes, accounting
assistance which has enabled these warstricken countries to resume
for a figure of 637 ships in service
so speedily their place among the leading shipbuilding nations of the ~
at the peak of the program six
world.
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SIU companies affected by the Cpl. Edward A. Burke greets an old shipmate, Dan Fitsgerald
if
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ship layupis have returned about 90 (center) whom he sailed with before entering Army, while August
The year 1952 started out wifli this country owning one^hird of the
vessels previously operated under Horbac looks on. Burke is getting Army discharge today and ex
world's gross ocean tonnage. Overall the twelve countries of the
GAA agreements to the Govern
European Recovery Program stood about at their prewar strength or a
pects to be shipping again soon. '
ment. Latest to join this list are
little better, having gained over 10 million tons of shipping since 1946.
the following: Bessemer Victory, A stranger to the monumental changes in wages, condi
The point is, however, that this country has no ground for com
Anniston Victory (South Atlantic);
placency.
Our active, privatelyowned merchant fleet is middleaged,
Cape £dmont (Alcoa); Winfield tions and benefits achieved by the SIU in the past three years, and our reserve fleet is slow, vulnerable and obsolescent. We need a
Stratton, Henry T. Rainey (Bull); Gpl. Edward A. Burke will be,back to enjoy them soon after flo^t or new fast tankers, passenger ships, and dry cargo ships, over
he's discharged from the Array and above the present meager program.
It can only be hoped that the American people have .learned the
this week.
Wessons
of the past—that they will never again permit lOur fleet to run
Eddie, to whom the thought
"just call mc mister'' takes on new down, and confront us again with the strain and waste of huge stop
significance now, agrees that he's andgo shipbuilding.
A mysterious man, whoeverybody thought was a watch been itching to get back to sea ever
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man, looted the crew's lockers aboard the Western Farmer since he got his Army call in 1950.
M Ihe warbuiii Libertytype vessel suitable for the intercoastal trade?
the night they were paid oft, and disappeared with about At that.time, he had been serving
is a question which the Intentate Commerce ^mmission will
as an organizer to bring other sea This
$1,000 in cash and a new set"*^
decide
within thr next few months. Those lines presently engaged in
aboard the ship and apparently men some of the conditions he'd this domestic
of clothes.
trade appeared before ICG within the pest few days to
The Farmer was tied up at wore off a set, of new sports clothes been enjoying sailing in the A & G protest the entry of Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. and West Coast Trans
that
he
had
taken
from
various
District. An accident on the ship
her 23rd.Street pier in Brooklyn
Line into the Intercoastal trade, holding that the Liberty ships
forced him to get off and soon after Ocejanic
when the heavy set man, wearing lockers.
which
the
applicants propose to use are not suited to intercoastal
old clothes appeared on board. He The thief. was heavy set, was he recovered. Uncle Sam put in his requirements for carriage of general cargo, and that the trade already
walked around the ship all day, ap about 5 feet 10 inches tall, and had claim for him.
During his 21month stint in is overtonnaged.
parently knowing enough about light hair.
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khaki. Burke spent about ten
• rhips to get around with no trouble.
months in Korea earning three bat
At about 2 AM the next morn
The three members of the Federal Maritime Board arc in Europe
tle stars in the 1951 spring offen to. Collect and study foreign shipbuilding costs first hand, in an effort
ing, the man awakened Seafarer
sp^e there. While he was attached to finally resolve the conflicts surrounding the award of construction,
&ic Petersen and adced him. for
to the 27th "Wolfhound" Regiment subsidies for the building of the American Export Line vessels Inde
the keys to the 812 foc'sle. Peter
of the 25th Infantry as a rifleman, pendence and Constitution. The former Maritime Commission initially
sen, still half asleep, told him that
he suffered an attack of blood poi allowed Export a building subsidy of 45 percent of the foreign costs,
he bad no keys, and went back to
deep.
soning in his 1^, so he was put but the Federal Maritime Board subsequently cut this government aid
to work iPctead as a, cook, a job at to 27 percent, meaning that Export wouldhave pay over $5,000,000
The next morning, the crew
.:ound that just about every locker SIU, headquarters is making a whkh his training as a Seafarer more for each ship.
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on the ship had been opened, and complete analysis of the new immi paid off. During the two and a half
Eaport now claims it is in possession of new evidence from a Dutch
the officers' cabins had also been gration law passed by the 82nd years he had been sailing with the shipyard which will show that the Ctovemment should increase the
cleaned out.
Congress, with particular reference SIU previously, he shipped as a building subsidy on the two liners. The FMB is investigating thisclaim
After figuring up what each man to its provisions affecting alien sea third cook.
of Export, and the overall results will be watched closely by the entire
was missing, the total came to men. A complete analysis of the
Ba<A Te Shipa
maritime industry because of a subsidy pattern level that may be sets
about $1,000. In addition, the measiue will be published in the Burke got to Tokyo on rotation
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'watchman", left his own elothes LOG next issue.
and* eventually to the US on an
Tbe
National
Labor
Relations
Board
has
held that an employer
The new statute, an omnibus army transport, the General Meigs.
measure tying together all the hn Stationed fbr the past month at violates the Labor Management. Relations Act by locking out his
migratien laws passed by Congress Camp Kilmer, N. J., near his home employees in order to force them to accept his terms,in collective
since 1789, was adopted by the re in Jersey Cfty, he's being dis bai^ning. An*^ employer, under this ruling, huy not lawhiily use such
cent Congress over the veto and charged this week and promises a tak:tic to break a deadlock in bargaining with tEe employees' repre
Seafarers qualify under
opposition of President Trum^. he'il be back shipping off the board sentjative. However, the NLRB's decision (involving an AFL Distillery
the SIU Vacation Plan every
Woijkers' Union and a group of 35 wholesale .liquor companies at
Sponsored by the Chairman of before long
time they can show 90. days'
.Chi«j»go,
Hi.) added that when a. genuine deadlock has been reached
the
Senate
Judiciary
Committee,
When he stopped in at STO head
discbarges for worktlme at
sea or in port after June 1. Pat McCarran (DNev.), and by quarters to say hello to some of after bargaining in good faith, the ehiployec may put into effect the
Rep. Francis Walters (DP».) in the his former shipmates, he ran into terms'he has offered to the employees' represeatwHve.
1951.. Vacation pay can be
collected four times a year House, the legislation was passed several who had shipped with him In another decision, the NLRB has ruled that it is not illegal for a
in the final days of the session on his last ship, the Sunmont, back uQiidtt to charge a higher fee for reinstating a former member than it
in cases of men with, continu
which ended this month. In the in June, 1949. One of them, Daniel charges as an initiation fee for those who are applying for membership
ous sailing time. Your dis
ssue appearing August 8, the LOG Fitzgerald, MM, offered the appro the brst time.
charges froga an SIU ship
will present the SIU study of the priate congratulations to the news
are the key to guaranteed
iaw to enable alien Seafarers who that Eddie was getting out and wel
vacation pay — another SIU
may be
affected by it to understand comed him back to the fold after
first in maHtime!
fully its provisions.
his eventful absencie.
Korea Vet Returns
To SItip SiU Again
Crew Looted Of $1,000
SIU SIfting
Immigration
Art's Effect
Vacation Everg
90 Worhdays
fy"'
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S E A'F A^E R S IA>G
Birth Pay $15,000 In Six Weeks
A total of $15,000 has been
paid out to Seafarers under
the SIU's new maternity ben
efit plan, although it is only sijf
week since the first payment was
made. Payments continued to go
out at about the same pace, with
no expected immediate slacking off
as an average of $2,500 a week has
been paid to Seafarers and their
families since the plan went into
effect.
One of Mobile's benefit babies is Larry Nelson Byers shown at
home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Byers, of that city
and his older brother.
One of several Brooklyn entries Is Antonia Guillen, beint held
by the proud father, Antonio Perez Guillen alongside mamma Rose
and her sister. Fop sails as an AB.
* Out in the sunshine with Junior are Mr. and Mrs. Israel Santos
Faustina of New York City. Dad is AB aboard the Ines (Bull Line.)
Brand new poppa is Seafarer Joseph F. Casem of the Crescent
City shown with wife Virglnik and their first born, Furinio, just
nld at the time photo was taken.
^
Owners Sialling^
SUP Asks More
SAN FRANCISCO.—Noting a satisfactory. settlement with • I
I
a nonmember of the operators'" association this week, the
SUP made good its promise to match the shipowners' stalling
tactics with a contract pro^'
posal that would penalize wouldn't let the talks go forward
further delays toward agree one day unless SUP secretary
treasurer Harry Lundeberg showed
ment to end the 58day strike,
A firm stand by the Sailors up. This obviously staged device,
against the Pacific Maritime As asserted the committee, hinged on
sociation
has tied up over a 100 the fact that the SUP official was
More Pictures on Page 17
ships on all coasts since the start subpoenaed that same day before
the NLRB • 'to answer charges
Some 75 Seafarers, who became of the walkout May 27.
against
the union brought by the
Reports
of
the
SUP
Strike
and
fathers since April 1." 1952, have
same
shipowners.
already collected under the plan. Negotiating Committee backed by Further indication of their lack
At the same time, 75 savings bonds membership approval take special of faith were the next day's head
with jf total face value of $1,875 note of the fact that the PMA has lines in all newspapers claiming
have been sent by the Union to made only one contract offer dur the SUP secretary was stalling ne
the new members of the Seafarers' ing the entire period of the strike, gotiations, the union report added.
and that after it was in progress The settlement by the nonPMA
families.
seven
weeks. In the absence of operator, Alaska Steamship Com
Under the plan, the Seafarers
what
the Sailors
called a "genuine
who qualify receive $200 from the
attempt
to
meet
and realistically pany, involving 20 ships, recognizes
SIU Welfare Plan, and their baby discuss the . issues,"
negotiations the SUP'S principal demands on
gets a $25 US bond from the Union. were broken off for nearly
three wages and other economic condi
Those Seafarers who have collect weeks while the PMA staged
tions. In the face of this accord,
ed so far have congratulated the maneuvers aimed at creating an shipowners in the PMA advanced
Union and its Xwoyearold Welfare alliance with the Harry Bridges' an offer embodying just half the
Plan on this latest big step for longshoremen to break the back increases reached in negotiations
ward.
with Alaska Steamship and at that
of the Sailors' fight.
All of them explained that the Despite this effort, few on the it was the first formula produced
benefit came just when it was waterfront have swallowed the by the shipowners to end the
needed most. The $200, in most bait or fallen for the line that one walkout.
cases, covers the medical and hos of the "crucial" issues is loading In the face of this, the SUP re
called its pledge of a month ago
pital expenses involved, and which of stores jurisdiction.
to match continued stalling by the
usually put quite a dent in the
Lack of Faith
PMA with demands that would
family budget.
Showing up the shipowners' un partially enable the Sailors to
As the total of Seafarers' babies willingness to negotiate since the make
their accumulated wage
went up to 75, the boys managed to talks were renewed, the SUP com losses up
due
to the strike by upping
keep the slight lead they started mittee disclosed, 'Was a recent tac earlier figures
considered rock
out with, but the girls cut it down tic of the PMA chieftains who bottom.
until the score is now 36 girls and
39 boys.
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Every SIU port is represented in
the list of payments, and applica
tions are coming in from Seafarers
all over the country.
Those Seafarers who have re
ceived the $200 maternity benefit
and the $25 bond during the past
two weeks include:
Henry Garrity, Turtle Creek, Va.;
Ernest Green, Prichard, Va.;
Ronald J. Thompson, Somerville,
Mass.; Erling Hansen, New Or
leans, La.; James Temple, New Or
leans, La.; Milton C. Shepherd,
Galveston, Texas; Charles L. Shi
rah, Mobile, Ala.; Thomas J. Hoar,
Baltimore, Md.; Allen R. Nauman,
Roanoke, 111.; George Zidik, Balti
more, Md.; Robert N. White, Ken
ner, La.; Francis E. Wasmer, Kan
sas City, Mo.; Ferdinand Greeff;
Baltimore, Md.
Also: Robert O. Miller, Cumber
land, Md.; John McCormack, Ozone
Park, N. Y.; Joseph Weiss, New
York, N. Y.; Charles N. Bailey, Mo
bHe, Ala.; Jack Geiver, Bronx, N.
Y.; James McCoy, Baltimore, Md.;
Thomas F. Hill, Norfolk, Va.; Is
rael Santos, Bronx, N. Y.; Miguel E.
Diaz, Puerto Rico, and Bobby E.
Edwards, Graham, N C.
BME SecretaryTreasurer Charlie King pats Lawrence E. Gordon
on the back for a job well done in passing exam for 2d assistant
engineer right out of the foc'sle. Gordon attended BMEspon
sored school course to prepare for the exam.
Seafarer Jumps From
FOW To 2nd Assistant
ITF Meeting
Attended By
SIU Delegate
I j;
Fate FiT«
STOCKHOLM. — Considerable
progress In solidifying the unity
of unions throughout the world
engaged in the transportation in
dustry is reported by SIU delegate
James Waugh, who is attending
the 22nd biennial ITF congress in
Sweden's capital this week.
Waugh, president of the SIU
affiliated Cannery Workers Union,
represents the International • and
its affiliated deepsea, inland and
fishermen's districts throughout
the US and Canada, at the one
week session of the International
Transport workers Federation.
Few men have made the big jump from the foc'sle to a
2nd assistant engineer's license, but one of them that did the
tTick is Seafarer (now engineer) Lawrence E. Gordon. As
a result he is now • aboard the"
Steel Scientist (Isthmian) as under his belt as firemanoiler
a licensed officer.
watertender, he was eligible for a
What makes Gordon's achieve second assistant's license. Gordon
ment all the more remarkable is decided he might as well go out
that he passed the 2nd assistant's for it instead of taking the 3rd as
exam without any prep^^ralion sistant's exam;
other than six weeks of school in "The exam was a pretty tough
struction arranged by the Brother one," he recalled. "It took me a ful)
hood of Marine Engineers.
week to complete it. I started on
Monday, July 7, and wasn't finished
Went To BME
Gordon decided to go out for a until July 14." Tough or not, Gor
license when he came off the Sea don passed with flying colors and
gale (Seatraders) and heard about received an original 2nd assistant's
the BME's program to help Sea license.
farers become licensed engineers. The 32yearold mariner has been
He went up to the BME office going to sea for ten years now, all
where arrangements were made for of that time in the engine room. He
makes his home in New Kensing
him to attend school.
\
Since he bad six years' sea time ton, Pa.
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A Seaforer's Fight Batk
From A World Of Pain
DEMOCRATS' TURN IN CHICAGO—Act II of the nominating con
ventions is now winding up in Chicago with the Democrats getting^
their turn. The convention opened on a note of acrimony with "Tru'
manites" and "Dixiecrats," the latter led by Govenor Byrnes of South
Carolina and Senator Byrd of Virginia, fighting a furious sham battle.
The
proTruman faction pushed through a resolution calling for all
A year and a half ago two Seafarers and a mate aboard the Cities Service tanker delegates
to take a "loyalty oath" that they would support the party
Logans Fort were working on deck unloading kerosene onto barges while at anchor in the nominee, whoever he might be. At the last minute, both sides backed
away from an inevitable split and the loyalty oath was watered down.
Cities Service terminal a half mile off the Norfolk Naval Base.
In the course of the first few days it became apparent that none of
Without warning, the roar
the five or six candidates had enough strength to win the nomination,
of an explosion filled the air
so the trend started running strongly to the reluctant Governor Steven
The deck area and the barges
son of Illinois. He was in the unique position of having the conven
were enveloped in a mass of^flames.
tion come to him instead of the other way around as is the case with
The flash fire
wrapped itself
all other presidential candidates.
around the three men working on
i
t
deck.
. IRANIAN OIL BOILS AGAIN—^The Iranian political situation flared
The two Seafarers made it over
up violently when Premier Mossadegh resigned after he was refused
i;hc side. The mate collapsed on
control over the Iranian Army as Minister of War. He was replaced
deck. The flames were quickly
temporarily by Ahmad Ghavam who has a reputStion for being friendly
extinguished and other crewmem
to the British. Immediately following Mossadegh's resignation, his sup
bers helped one of the Seafarers,
porters allied with the Communistled Tudeh party in nationwide riots
Fred Huffman, out of the oily
against the new premier. After a couple of days Ghavam threw in the.
water. He and the mate, Basil
sponge with Mossadegh coming back in office and presumably having
CubittSmith were rushed to the
a free hand. British hopes that there would be a change in the oil situa
hospital. The other Seafarer,
tion were dashed by the latest developments.
Joseph Sheldrick, never came back
up to the surface after his jump
WIDESPREAD RENT INCREASES SEEN—The Director of Rent Sta
from the blazing ship. The mate
died shortly after he arrived at the
bilization, TUdie E, Woods, estimates that six million families will face
rent increases of from 20 to 100 percent in the near future unless state
hospital.
and local governments act to maintain controls. Under the present
Faces Operation
law. Federal rent controls will expire September 30 unless local govern
Today, just 18 months after the
ments request extension or Ae.area has been declared a critical defense
tragedy, AB Fred Huffman is fac
housing zone. Up untU now only 18 communities have requested an
ing an operation that offers him a
extension of controls. ^
SOSO chance to fully use his hands Fred Huffman and his wife Juanita While he was hospitalised
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once more. He has just received following tiie Logans Fort explosion.
SOVIET PUBLICATIONS BANNED HERE—The official Information
an $85,000 settlement from the
Cities Service Oil Company. But until you can hardly breathe and One doctor told him that, the Bulletin published by the Soviet Embassy has been banned by the US
the 18 months between the acci your nerves get all tense."
smaU finger on his right hand in retaliation fortreatment accorded a State Department magazine,
dent and the settlement are « story It was hard for a man used to might have to be amputated, if it "Amerika" in the Soviet Union. At one time, "Amerika" sold 50,000
in themselves.
being active. "I wept swimming couldn't be straightened out. "I copies in Moscow and was very much in demand there. Later on, the
After Fred was taken from the the other day and brushed my don't want to lose two joints of my Soviet government started attacking the magazine and its distribution
ship to the hospital, he spent the hands against the bottom. It liked finger unless I have to. Of course, wax gradually restricted so that publication was halted.
to have killed me," or not even I know that the little finger doesn't
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being able to go fishing because, "I do much good, but it's nice to have EAST GERMANY PLANS ARMYA "defense army" of 375,000 men
can't wade the streams for fear of around anyway. I don't want my is being developed by the East German government All former officers
hand disfigured any more than it is of the German World War II Army have been ordered to register for
falling and hurting my hands."
if
I can help it."
possible service, and a general registration of all men and women be
Training Useleos
tween 18 and OS has been set. The call fbr the new registration was
Was Hard to
Take
It was hard for a man used to
There was also the money prob taken as evidence that a drive for volunteer enlistments had fallen far
working with his hands.
short of goals.
"Everytliing I have iFarned in lem. Fred,: after over eight
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months,
decided
to
try
a
light
job
my life does me no good now. I've
where
he
thought
he
would
have
NEW
PLANE SPEED
RECORD—^The
Navy has revealed that an ex
trained myself for refrigeration,
carpentry, motor mechanic (electri to use his hands. So he tried sell perimental plane, called the Skyrocket, has flown successfully at a
cal and gasoline) and seamanship, ing vacuum cleaners, but his speed of 1,238 miles an hour which is almost twice as fast as previous
which is the hardest of them all. hands always got in the way. "It speed records. The plane, which was launched at 30,000 feet from a
Now I can't even handle a wrench." was the first time I had ever failed B29 bomber, climbed to an altitude of 79,000 and then set the speed
There was a year and a half of at anything, and it was hard to record in a dive. Big problem with adapting such high speeds for
having, to wear soft leather gloves take." The whole year and a half practical purposes is in air conditioning, since tremendous heat is de
veloped from air friction at such high speeds.
in order to touch anything, "I can't was "hard to take."
Finally,
last
month,
the
settle
even wash my own face unless I
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ment came through. Fred's at
use a cloth."
VIOLENT
QUAKES
SHAKE CALIFORNIA—A
very powerful earth
For over a year, Fred wandered torney advised him to invest the quake centered in the moimtains north of Los Angeles caused 11 deaths
around, from state to state and city money so that he Would have some in the town of Tehachapi, California, and tremendous property damage
to city, trying to get used to him income from it. Fred did inivest it, including ah oil refinery fire south of Bakersfield. The quake's effect
self, his new life. "Maybe I'm and is getting an incmne, but that's
Huffman as be is today, running way," but always trying. not the .end of the story, for now, was felt as fia afield as San Francisco, with resultant mountain slides
with his wife Juanlta and There was a year of visiting dif he's making plans to go back into blocking highwajrs and railroad lines. Instrument recordings showed
that the quake was stronger than the disastrous San Francisco and
dauibter.
ferent doctors and always being the hospital and have the opera Long Beach tremors. Only the fact that it was centered in a very
told the same thing, that an opera tions that may give him back' the thinly populated area kept the death rate as low as it was.
next three months swathed in band tion
was needed, that the chances full use of his hands.
ages and ointments to help heal of recovering
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ulse of his hands The SIU and all his fellow Sea
the painful bums he had received. were about 5050.
TRUCE HOPES HIT
BOTTOM AGAIN—A flurry of
rumors last week
farers wish him the
best of
luck.
In March of 1951 he was re
to
the
effect
that
a
truce
was
near
in
Korea
evaporated
into thin, air
leased from the hospital. His bums
like so many other rumors before them. The truce optimism was set
had "healed." But that was just
oft' when North Korean and Chinese delegations requested a recess, a
the start for Fred Huffman. Now
step which is usually taken as a sign that new truce offers are on their
he had to adjust himself to a new
way. After the recess was over, the talks bogged down into the same
Seafarers
riding ships
into
the
port of
New
York have
a chance
life, a life in which the tendons of
bis fingers had been so scorched to save a lot of that payoff dough when they use a service offered deadlock that has persisted for so many months up until now.
his hands could not be straightened by Union representatives coming aboard with samples of work
44'
4"
out. Over a year of travelling and dress gear from the SlUoperated Sea Chest at headquarters.
"FLYING SAUCERS" STORIES SPREAD—More reports of "flying
from place to place, he tried to get
Those who haven't yet heard of this new service or had the op
saucers" by experienced airUne pilots have come out in recent weeks.
used to not being able to touch portunity to take advan^ge of it are advised that the men luggingv Pilots of both Eastern and Capitol Airlines planes have reported seeing
anything with the almost raw those bulging sample ernes to your ship are members of the SIU, specific objects from their planes. In addition, radar operators at the
palms of his hands.
acting in behalf of the SlUowned and operated Sea Chest.
Washington National Airport picked up three "saucers" on their scopes
Operation of the Sea Chest in headquarters has been so well
which indicate; that there were actual objects in the air since radar
Tough Adjustment
received
by
the
branch
membership
that
special
efforts
are
being
will not
pick up mere beams of light. A theory has been advanced by
His letters to his attorney tell made to offer men coming into the port the same chance to get at national publications to the. effect that these saucers are flying machines
the story, a story of a difficult ad
wellmade, bottompriced gear if they can't get to the beach to from another planet. Whether such a fantastic explanation is true or
justment, of no money coming in come
into the store and see what's what.
not, the Air Force is known to be interested in all reports of "saucer"
and of not being able to work to
sightings.
Stock carried varies
from A
to Z,
including work
clothes as
well
get any because of the injured
4
4
4.
hands, which still cannot be as the latest styles in men's dresswear and accessories. Suits,
straightened out, and which are shoes, shirts and furnishings of all types; in addition to luggage
ATOMIC EXPANSION PROGRAM UNDERWAY—Contracts totaling
still so sensitive he must wear and miscellaneous items not found in comparable haberdasheries, nearly a billion dollars have been awarded by the Atomic Energy Com
leather gloves in order to touch particularly at these prices, can be had within hours by ordering mission to expand its facilities at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Paducah,
from the samples carried by the SIU representative who comes Kentucky. The new facilities will be plants for producing uranium 235,
something.
He tried staying with his wife's aboard the ship.
which is the type of uranium used in atom bombs. Additional con
folks on their farm, but "it's hell,"
At the present time, the service is still on an experimental basis, tracts for new construction at Hanford, Washington, and at the Savan
he wrote. "I just can't sit around in order to gauge the demand for it in New York and elsewhere. nah River hydrogen bomb facilities will be awarded in the near future.
and watch other people work while Eventually, it is expected a similar service will be operated out Meanwhile, it is estimated that the Russians have a stockpile of . several '
I do nothing day in and day out. of stores to be set up in major outports.
hundred "conventional" atom bombs by now and are also building hy
After a while your Insides knot up
drogen bomb facilities...
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SEAVARERS'LOG
Sea Pearl Saves Nine
On Battered Schooner
After drifting helplessly for seven days, a storm battered
schooner with no radio, almost no food, no sails, mast or motor
and seven men and a woman with an eightmonthold child
aboard was rescued by the
SlUmanned Sea Pearl
(Orion).
New 'Front'
Feeble Try
By Bridges
The people aboard the damaged
schooner had just about given up
hope when the SlUmanned Sea
Pearl hove into view and made for
them.
Just one day. out of Curacao,
bound for f)akar, the lookout spot
ted an object about ^six miles to
the port. It was choppy, but the
weather was clear, and the Sea
With the Nathaniel Palmer high and dry behind him, Seafarer Maurice Jones, chief cook, takes a stroll
SAN FRANCISCO.—A cloak and Pearl changed course to investi
on' the sandy bed of the Plata River, while bosun John G. Spuron parks himself on a handy seat next
dagger "caucus" session at Long gate the "object," which proved to
UJ the mired ship. Unusually low water frustrated efforts to float the vessel.
Beach last week originated the lat be the schooner "Mlssie Wallis"
est move generated by Harry of British registry.
Bridges' longshore union to create The skipper of the schooner told
another "front" behind which Captain Ozoling,that they had left
Bridges can direct his cold war Port of Spain, Trinidad, bound for
against 'other waterfront unions St. Lucia, but on the second day
and particularly the striking SUP. out they had run into a storm.
Some of the Seafarer crewmembers of the Nathaniel B Palmer (Palmer) are back in
Masked as a revival of the Mari
Prayed for Ship
the States after having the unusual experience of having a river dry up under their ship,
time Federation of the Pacific The storm had hit them so sud
Other Seafarers are still aboard the high and dry vessel which is stuck in an Argentina
which, disbanded in failure a dozen' denly and so hard that they lost
river,
and will probably re +
years ago, Bridges' newest crea all their sails and their mast. Since
tion is strangely reminiscent of the they had no auxillaiiy engine, they main high and dry until De and it was windy. Apparently a there was nothing that could be
buoy had washed away, for the done.
old Committee for Maritime Unity had been adrift for seven days, cember.
Palmer ran aground.
which he and his partisans used in just floating helplessly with no
"One day I took a walk from the
an attempt tomastermind a fight radio, lust praying for a .ship to They will probably renfain aboard She was stuck,about 10 miles ship," Spurion said, "and I went
the ship until she's floated again,
to bring under Communist control come i^o sight.
from Villa Constitucion and about over a mile one way and never got
other waterfront unions. The CMU The schooner, according to Sea or until she's disposed of in some 80 miles from Buenos Aires. The in water over two inches deep and
was subsequently repudiated by its farer Arturo ManamJr., was car other way. Some rumors have it level of the river kept falling, and never over two feet of water for
member groups after nonCommu rying a crew of seven men plus that the company is trying to sell they were stuck right in the mid a halfmile in the other direction.
nist forces unveiled its actual pur a woman with an eightmonthold
Jinx Follows Crew
the grounded vessel to the Argen dle of nowhere. The banks of the
poses.
baby. Their food stores had start
river at that point were dotted with After a month and a half of see
tina
Government,
but
the
company
indicative of the lack of senti ed to run down while they were
quicksand and the only thing in ing nothing but the political prison,
ment for the Bridges' creation was adrift, and they were in a tough says they haven't decided what sight was the Argentine Political 26 of the crewmembers were taken
the absence of representatives spot when the Sea Pearl sighted they're going to do yet.
Prison.
off and flown back to the States.
from any other unioii at the form them. •
Food Supply Low
The big problem came up after
But even then the jinx followed
ative "caucus" held a week ago.
In regular headsup SIU fashion,
them, for one group had to change
the
ship
found
dtself
stuck.
She
With
such
a
low
stock
of
food,
One of the aims of the regen the crew of the Sea Pearl soon had
planes three times on the trip back.
arrangements
were
soon
made
to
erated MFP would be machinery the schooner made fast and Cap had only a scant three days food
get
bare
necessities
overland,
but
While flying over Brazil, one of
for a referee to settle jurisdictional tain Ozoling announced that they'd supply aboard and arrangements
Seafarers
John
G.
Spurion,
bosun,
the
engines on the fourengined
disputes following a secret ballot tow the damaged ship to her des had to be made to get supplies
vote by the rank and file of all tination at St. Lucia, about 270 overland, but even then the food and Frank Rakan, cook, said that plane cut out and they had to make
the feeding was very poor all the a forced landing at a military air
maritime unions determining the miles away.
base. At one place they had to wait
jurisdiction of each union "based After 38 hours of towing the situation was bad, according to the while they were aboard.
26
hours for another plane.
Salvage
tugs
were
called
in
and
on the work and practices of long schooner, the Sea Pearl had her in crewmembers.
worked
for
43
days
trying
to
free
According
to the men who got
standing."
St.«^ Lucia and then got her se
Delivers Coal
This last provides the key to the cured to a tug. The people of the The whole thing started when the Palmer. Hoses were run over back, about 10 crewmen will re
the side so that they could get main aboard the Palmer until her
purpose of the body, since one of schooner gave their thanks to the
the issues foisted by the shipown crew of the Sea Pearl and praised the Palmer went up the River La water for engineroom operation, disposition has been decided.
Plata last April and delivered a since, as the level of the river fell, Meanwhile, Ben Rees, Norfolk
ers against the SUP during the their seamanship.
Port Agent, swung into action as
Sailors' strike involves work which
The crew of the Sea Pearl gave cargo of coal to Villa Constitucion. they were left high and dry.
After 43 days, the salvage oper soon as the group of crewmen re
the shipowners, in their antiSUP a vote of thanks to Captain Ozoling The river was at its flood peak.
ators announced that the Palmer turned. The ship's articles and pay
alliance with Bridges against the for the "fine example he set" in
SUP, have said belongs to the giving help to the schooner, and After unloading, the Palmer would have to stay there until this roll proved a little slow in arriv
ILWU. The effect of the MFP then, with her good deed done, the started down the river bound for coming December, when heavy ing, so the Union arranged for
would be to fortify this concession Sea Pearl headed for Dakar at full Montevideo. However, the level of rains on the Amazon River,, which wages, subsistence and lodging to
from the shipowners in order to speed, trying to make up some of the river had dropped in the mean feeds the La Plata, would raise the continue until the records arrived
beat down SUP conditions.
her lost time.
time. A fog hung over the river level again. Until then, they said. and the actual payoff was made.
River Leaves^ Ship Stays
Cartoon History Of The SIU
CongoUdation Periods 19343S
1.1
iVo. IS
..1
In April, 1935, 14 years after the 1921 lockout,
the West Coast won a 60cent overtime rate,
wage hikes of $12.50 per month (ABs from $50
to $60) and .union shipping hall. The three
watch system was established. Atlantic & Gulf
unorganized seamen were given sinsiter raises
to show there was no need for « unloiu ,
Although inadequate, the gains were a victory.
But to hold them and plan future action, the~~
loose ends had to be picked up and organiza
tional strength developed. The operators still
' harassed the unions, and "settling any beef
usually meant job action. The main issue ;was i
stiH the union ,hiring hkil.
. v
The Communists and old ISU leadership were
the two big stumbling blocks. On the West
Coast, a new leadership began fighting Standard
Oil of Calif. Shipping was through a union
hiring hall, but on the EastJDoast all was con
fusion. The only hope war*in groups of ISU
members who plugged for good unionism.
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PORT REPORTS
It by headquarters and we recom New Orleans:
Victory (Bloomfield), going back New York:
mend that the membership go
there after coming from the Orient;
down the line in favor of the pro
Sea Thunder (Colonial), in from
gram proposed by the conference.
an eightmonth voyage to Arabia
Its adoption will mean a great
and Persian Gulf ports and signed
stride forward in the advancement
on new coastwise articles for 60
and expansion of the SIU and
Shipping has picked up consid days, and the Greeley Victory Shipping has dropped off some greater protection and benefits for Shipping through here hit a'
(South Atlantic), in from
the Orient
new low since the last report with
since
the
last
report
due
to
the
erably over the past two weeks,
only 178 men shipping to regular
fact that several ships have been our membership.
even though the payoffs, signons and heading out there again.
Claud
<
Simmons
deepsea jobs. There were 20
Clean
Payoffs
laid. up
during
this
period.
They
and intransits don't indicate it.
Asst. Secy.Treas. shipped to tugs and standby jobs,
All payoffs were in good shape were not laid up, however, as a
Since the last regular report we
which helped some but not enough
have had 14 ships pay off, three due to the headsup delegates and further cutback in shipping, but
i t
to stop the pinch.
sign on and nine ships calling in crews aboard the ships, especially rather due to a lack of cargoes Mobile:
We can report a better and
the Greeley Victory and the Mc brought on by the steel strike.
*
transit.
brighter outlook for the coming
Several of the ships paying off Carver. On the Sea Thunder the We expect most of these ships
two weeks with two Victorys du'e
here were on continous articles, Coast Guard put two men on to crew up again in the near fu
to crew up and seven ships on
therefore eliminating the signon charges despite the captain's agree ture, as the companies operating
ment' to. drop them are looking for charters that*
regular runs due in here for pay
procedure. With the exception of
them before the are not affected by the steel tieup.
off. Those that paid off the past
two small beefs that are how pend
payoff. They We paid off a total of 25 ships in It looks like shipping for the period were the Alcoa Ranger
ing, ail other disputes were of a
carried" out the the past two weeks and signed coming two weeks will be no bet (Alcoa); Del Viento, Del Mar, Cape
routine nature and were handled
ter than it was in the past period, Horn
(Mississippi);
Antinous,
trial
of an AB eight on foreign articles.
to the satisfaction of all concerned.
which
was fair. >
Chickasaw (Waterman); Wanda
despite his ab
We are at the present time look
sence, found him The ships in for payoff were Ships that paid off here included (Epiphany) and t^he Northwestern.
ing over three or four buildings,
guilty and fixed the following: Elizabeth, Kathryn, the following: Warrior, Morning Victory (Victory Carriers). The
one of them in particular, which
his penalty as six Frances, Paine Wingate, Puerto Light, City of Alma (Waterman); signons included the Del Mar, Del
might meet all the desired require
month's suspen Rico, Beatrice (Bull); Bents Fort, Genevieve Peterkin (Bloomfield), Sol (Mississippi); Genevieve Peter
ments of the membership in this
sion, threie Royal Oak, Paoli (Cities Service); and the Alcoa Corsair, Planter, kin (Bloomfield) and the North
port. The membership will be
Machel
months
effective Cecil Bean, Frederic Collin (Dry Pilgrim, Cavalier and Pegasus (Al western Victory.
brought up to date and the proper
Trans); Golden City, Claiborne, cao). All but the City of Alma and Ships in transit to the port were
membership committees elected and three months more if he gets Lafayette, Hurricane (Waterman);
the Alcoa Corsair signed on.. The the'following: Alcoa Clipper, Pil
into further
trouble.
once deffnite prospects liave been
John Evans, Clwksburg Victory Iberville, and Antinous were In grim, Pennant Pennant (Alcoa);
We made a strong protest to the (Mississippi); Strathport (Strath
'lined up and we're ready to start
Steel Rover (Isthmian); Del Sol
bidding for a hew hall in this city. CG here but they refused to alter more); Jefferson City Victory, ' transit.
The branch membership is glad (Mississippi); Seatrains Louisiana
One of the beefs mention^ pre the decision, so we have sent an Mankato Victory, Coenr D'Alerte
viously, concerning messihen who appeal through to Washington. Victory (Victory Carriers); Steel to hear that the New Orleans hall New Jersey, Georgia (Seatrain);'
clean out the radio shack on Cal Meanwhile we managed to get this Traveler (Isthmian); Seabeaver will be getting air conditioning 9ne Warrior, Monarch of the Seas
of these days be (Waterman);
Southern
Cities
mar ships, is being disputed by the man a temporaiy AB certificate (Orion); Western Trader (West
cause from the (Southern Trading); Taddei (Ship
company though all the other op which he can sail on until his ern Nav); Nikos (Dolphin).
way the hot air's enter); William H. Carruth (Trans
erators are paying it. Headquar appeal is processed. We were told
been coming out Fuel) and Genevieve Peterkin.
Signsons
included:
Evelyn
ters is handlihg it now and we'll by the CG that the captain had no
of
there about
(Bull);
Steel
Art^an,
Steel
Constitution Stin Talk
have a report on the outcome soon. authority to drop the charges and
certain
baseball Quite a bit of talk around the
Traveler' (Isthmian); 'Wild Ranger,
The other item Involved the that they would press any charges
teams, we're sure hall regarding the new proposi
night cook and baker on Bull Line themselves even if the officer in Golden City (Waterman); Strath
the brothers tions for the SIU Constitution.
port;
Albion
(DryTrans);
Coeur
ships, where they attempt to knock volved tried to drop them.
could use a little The majority of the membership is
D'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers).
off the NCB at five o'clock in port . .
Book Transfers
bit
of fresh, cool very much in favor of the idea and
to avoid payment of an hour over
Left Beefs Unsettled
air.
feel it is another advancement to
Shirah
time in accord withrthe home port' Here on the Coast, many broth
One of the la add to the. many that have made
and/or port of payoff clause pro ers are slow to transfer jtorir old There are still a number of
1"'. '^K ' cedure recently negotiated. This, books in for the new ones, so we brothers coming in who have paid test recipients of the SIU baby history for the SIU and made it sec
too, will be squared away in the want to remind all hands that the off their ships without Union rep benefit under the Welfare Plan is ond to none in the industry. Quite a
sooner they turn their old ones fn resentation and leaving disputes Charles Laveme Shirah, who few of the brothers here have signed
near future.
the sooner they will get new ones. unsettled. When you come to head joined the Union in 1947 and sails a resolution to be submitted to the
Earl Sheppard
These books are the talk of the quarters with the dispute and we in all ratings in the stewards de SecretaryTreasurer to have their
Baltimore Port Agent
entire labor movement due to their have no record of it, the job of partment. While he was on the names included as original sponsors
ti it
settling it is much harder for us. beach, Shirah asked to take this and signers of the Union's Declara
firstclass appearance.
San Francisco:
One of the members who has If there is a Union haU in the port opportunfty to express his thanks tion of Rights and the amended
gotten one of those snappy new where you pay off, turn the beef to 'the Union for the wonderful* constitution as soon as it is adopted
books is Martin A. Machel, a Sea over to the port agent. He will benefits it has secured for the by the membership.
Another topic of conversation
farer since 1947, who. hails from settle it or get all the facts on membership.
Ohio but generally ships out of the case and forward them to us He received the check for $200 that combs up quite regularly is
so that we'll have something to plus the $25 bond from the Union the proposal to air condition the
Prospects for shipping don't New Orleans. Machel, who lists work on and back us up when we
the other day, and since he was hall here. With the weather in the
look too hot in the next two weeks skills as a millwright and welder bring it to the operators.
ashore at the time of the baby's high nineties' quite . often, this
among
his
talents,
has
been
going
with only a couple of payoffs in
the birth, the money came as a real would sure come in handy. It's .
sight, but we will have. the usual to sea about eight years now, and We have just finished
blessing. He notes that when his been pretty hot and rajning to beat
agents' conference
discussed
in th^
says
the
SlU
blueprint
of
benefits
intransit jobs in from Pedro and
Seattle. As both these ports are for the membership can't be topped last headquarters report, which wife told the neighbors about the hell lately, sp you can get mighty
was attended by all of your maternity benefit provided by the uncomfortable, especially when all
stripped for men, any man who anysvhere.
elected
agents and headquarters Union they could hardly believe the windows are battened down.
Those
new
books,
he
notes,
are
wants to move out in a hurry can
officials.
The conference was in what she told them.
The gang down here is well
a
passport
to
gains
and
conditions
find a spot on the West Coast.
It's agreed though that when the pleased with the news that the hall
session for nearly
three weeks,
dur
equalled
by
no
other
seagoing
Ships paying off in the last two
baby grows up he would make a will be air conditioned sooner or
weeks were the John Kulukundis union. On the beach .with him are ing which time we burned the mid
fine sailor, except that "he" is a later so they can tell their broth
night
oil
almost
every
night.
We
brothers
J.
W. Morris,
P. E.
Walsh,
(MarTrade), back from a trip to
girl. Of course, there's always a
the Far East and heading out there S. Marshall, S. Mavromichalis, G. feel there was a lot accomplished chance she could be a stewardess, er members in Mobile that they
at
these
meetings
which
will
be
too have a cool hall.
Peteusky,
T.
McRaney,
G.
Mira
again; Martin McCarver (Water
CharlM,
so
don't
lose
hope.
beneficial
to
the
Union
and
its
Strikes Clearing Up
bueno
and
W.
Orr.
man), returned from India and
membership.
The strike situation around the
Cal Tanner •
H. J. Fischer
nearby points and due in the
Mobile Port Agent port is just about cleared up.
West Coast Representative
There will be a full report on
Suisson Bay boneyard; Clearwater
Among those still going on is one
by the AFL teamsters against Huff
Truck Lines and as usual we have
pledged our support. The teamsters
in this area have always been be
hind the
SIU 100 percent. With or
Seafarers who have taken
ganizational
work on the part of
the series of innoculations re
Shipping from July 3 to July 16
the, teamsters going on now, it is
quired for certain foreign voy
common occurance for them to •
ages are reminded to be sure
REG. REG. ^EG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. smp. TOTAL a
be on strike against some com
to pick up their innoculation
PORT
% DECK ENG1»'E STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIFPED pany practically at ail times.
cards from the captain or the
In Algiers, the. AFL bus drivers'
purser when they pay off at
67 strike is in its fourth week, with
18
28
Boston
40
27
27
94
21
the end of a voyage.
161
126
432 hopes for an early settlement
New York
220
201
183'
604
145
The card should be picked
up by the Seafarer, and held
40
27
Philadelphia
51
42
33
126
^45
112 pretty dim since the company has ' I
offered them an .increase of only ;
so that it can be presented
10^4
279 a few pennies. The men haven'f '
7!3
Baltimore .131 127
78
336
102
when signing on for anpther
110, had to. call on anyone for aid yet '
31
39
Norfolk .................... 82
53
54
18?
W
voyage where,the "shots"' are
and have turned down the eonl •
required. The 'innoculation;
19
17
55
Savannah
26
29
26
_ 81
':.1D • •
pany offer because Uieir
card is your only proof of hav
9 '
5 , 21 are well under the scale of other" ;
Tampa
.. • • 12 : • '...llir;;,• .8 • . • ': T2; ; A''f J'
ing taken the required shots, >
bus drivers 'in Ndw Orleans. AU; '
Those men who forget to
• 55.;;
170 buses are tied up'and no attempt '
,:Mobile';I........^........ ^ '55.,'^
H ] 58 ' i ••• ;• ? ??*;• ;, '
• :• :• • .• 49
pick upi their innoculation card
, i
62
68 r f 178 • has been mitde tO' move, them. If; ; '"•
New Orleans
> 79;
'i'(6678 ;;,;:223i::
i48 ;
when they pay off may find
any
attempt
is made
aiid the
unioh
'
that they are required to take'
60
34' ; .101
Galvestoh' .'..v..'........... '• 6i'>.^"'>'>.38.''''^';'5$
WA:
seeks our help, we»ll be ready to
'
all the "shots." again when they
88 • .• r256 assist'in any way possible; ' '
West
Coast
,'65 "•
v.V55 •
•
'
'
.v";'59'
a29^
want to sign oh for aaother
^j;
Tviiuiuns
Baltimore:
Cargo Lack Idles Shiiis
As Steel Beef Drags On
Search For Building
Being Narrowed Bewn
Plan To Air Condition
Haii Is Well Roooivod
r
New Orleans' Hoi Air
Needs Gondiliening
Skipper Drops Charges
Bat CG Presses Them
Pick Vp 'Shoe
Card At Payoff
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PORT REPORTS
chine to replace the old one which Lake Charles:
he was getting hitched, so we wish Wilmington:
1
the crew .had bought. In addition,
him and the "boss" lots of luck.
the men had been logged a total
Gaining Strength •
of $140 during the trip.
On the political front it looks
like our friend John Clark is gain
No. Teeth
ing strength in the Seventh Con
The transportation beef had no
Things really perked up here in teeth in it since the rider was not All Is well in this fair city, with gressional District race. He has Anybody who wants to see some
the last two weeks, as shipping attached to the articles. We also shipping for rated men still on the only one strong opponent and with redhot shipping just has to come
turned heavy again, the way it had talked to the captain about the good side. In the past two weeks labor's backing, he's expected to out here and we'll accommodate
been during the spring.
logs and had them dropped, be^^ we shipped every rated man who beat that one. The first primary him with pleasure. We can use
We paid off the Ocean • T
ow sides getting, agreement that re even thought of coming aroimd is slated for July 29.
men in all ratings, and that in
Company's two motor ships, the pairs would be taken care of by this port and even had to call on The Calcasieu Building and Con cludes all departments. Chief elec
struction Trades Council has shut tricians" are worth their weight in
Galveston for help.
Alaska Spruce and Alaska Cedar, the port engineer.
and signed on both of 'them, plus At our branch meeting all broth
Accounting for this activity were down the army post at Camp Polk, gold out here.
the Gadsden, which is back in busi ers present asked to be the first the Bents Fort, Lone Jack, Chiwa La., because some hardheaded Payoffs the last two weeks in
ness under the SIU banner and signers of the new resolutions on Wa, Fort Hoskins, Government army official thinks he can use cluded the Kyska and Topa Topa
will sail from here regularly to the SIU Constitution, which seems Camp, Winter Hill and Paoli, all of scab labor and get away with it. for Waterman, and the Ames Vic
Alaska along with the other two. to be a wellreceived idea around them Cities Service wagons, plus Picketing has been peaceful so lory (Victory Carriers). Aii three
In addition, we had the John B. here.
the Federal (Trafalgar), Trinity far and a settlement seems to be of these were signed on again.
in the fire. The iron workers won
Waterman and Tairport (Water
William Willridge is still around (Carras) and W.' E. Downing (Ma
man) and the Alamar (Calmar) in on the beach, along with brother thiasen). All of the above took their beef with the contractors so The intransits were pretty heavy
for a change, as we had the John
transit. Beefs were routine all M. G. Dugan who just got off the quite a few men, most of them they're ail happy now.
B. Waterman, Bienvilie (Water
Meanwhile, shipping for the com
along the line.
Ann Marie (Bull). Leo Rams just rated, but the nonrated boys
man);
Calmar, Yorkmar (Calmar);
ing
two
weeks
so
far
looks
very
These past two weeks saw the got back from his vacation where didn't do so poorly either.
SUP sign and end its strike he tried his hand at a little fishing One day last week we had 16.1 bright. We have several ships John B. Kulukundis, Sea Victor
(Mar Trade); Seathounder (Coio
with the Alaska and T. A. Patriquin is in off a long inches of rain which caused the listed to arrive here.
niai); Brightstar (Triton); Mary N,
Leroy Clarke
Steamship Com trip.
closing of highway 90 west of the
Lake Charles Agent Adams (Bloomfield) and Seanan ^
pany. The local Ray Harris is recovering from city. This prevented us from get
(Orion) in here.
commie union his operation at the local marine ting to oil docks but the brothers
4
There were quite a few repairs
fronts had * been
hospital, and W. E. Lake and Stan who wanted to get off cancelled Galveston:
on the Ames Victory, but we held
hitting the water Greenridge,
who are wardmates, the order when it was plain no re
up the signon until the port cap
front with their seem to be improving. In addition, placements could reach them. We
tain went ahead
literature blast R. P. Bowman is looking fitter
are dickering
and squared away
ing the SUP, but every time>we visit him and broth
with the idea of
all work that
the Sailors gain
er
D.
S.
White,
though
in
a
cast,
putting
pontoons
should
have been
ed
every
point
Jqbs are still running well for
l^asarezyk
is keeping himself occupied mak
on our feet in or
done in port. Af
that the Com ing hat bands with his free hands.
rated
men
in
all
departments,
but
der to be able to
ter a talk with
mies and their fellow travelers
float across aity the nonrated men are still finding
James Sheehan
the port engineer,
hollered long and loud about.
it pretty
tough to get
off
the beach.
flooded area, al
Boston Fort Agent
we had the
Otherwise the port is rather
though
certain The pace of activity generally is
Topa's
sewage
quiet; The neutral hiring hall for
J, 4, 4*
unkind citizens nothing to crow about, though.
marine cooks and stewards has Savannah:
pipes
overhauled
have suggested We had three ships in and out
begun operations and between
and her water
Parker
we don't need of here after paying off and sign
eight and nine hundred men have
tanks cemented
Lee
ing
on,
sothat
keptTus
in
practice
pontoons since
registered^ for jobs there so far.
because
the
water
on her was be
our fftt are big enough without in case things get really busy again ginning to go bad. The crew of
On the beach for a spell so that
The
three
were
the
Taddei
(Ship
them.
we had a chance to thlk with him,
enter), Alice Brown (Bloomfield) the Topa donated $100 to the SUP's
Off Bauxite Run
brother J. F. Slusarczyk has been The shipping situation continues
'strike fund and was warmly com
and.Sea Comet (Triton).
with the SIU since 1939 and states
mended bj the Sailors' strike com
During
the
past
two
weeks
we
InTransit Traffic
that he hj^s l>een happy as he's about the same as past repoxts, as had a visit from one of our boys
mittee for their fine example of
As far as the intransit traffic trade uniop solidarity.
Watched the Union grow since its just about enough jobs come in to who's now riding a coastwise tank
b ginnings years earUer.
handle the crowd on the beach.
er after a long stretch on the baux was concerned, that was a little We got quite a few logs against
ite
run. The brother in question, more than usual, so we moved the crew on the Kyska but the mas
~ We paid off six ships and signed
.
Waitinc Far Saster
He says no other maritime labor on three during the period, ship Harvey Lee, who has been saiUng some men out. In transit to the ter agreed to drop them when we
organization can point to the gains ping men to jobs on the Southport with the SlU since 1947, thinks port we had the Royal Oak (Cities promised we would take action
he has now found a home on the Service), Cape Horn (Mississippi) against the offenders ourselves.
and benefits that the Seafarers
(South
Atlantic);
Fort
Hoskins
and the Seatrains Texas, Georgia.
oil boats.
now enjoy, but has speciSl praise
Commies Stick Together
for the many gains produced by (Cities Service); Seatrain Savan ,Harvey says he never jn his life New York, Louisiana and New Jer
We note that the Commies as usu
the Welfare and Vacation Pro nah (Seatrain); Potrero. Hills (Mar expected to see the benefits that sey (Seatrain). Both the Salem 'al are sticking together like glue.
Maritime
and
French
Creek,
also
Seafarers
now
enjoy
and
that
any
grams particularly. Like many Trade); Marina (Bull); Strathbay
All those waterfront outfits have
otheis on this coast, he's waiting (Strathmorej. The Southland was man who fouls.up conditions ought Cities Service tankers, have gone stated they will band together to
into
idle status
temporarily.
to be
bounced out
before he
causes
out a ship for the Far East be
cause that's where the heavy cab expected to crew up this week any further trouble. Brother Lee Elsewhere in the port there's not stop the SUP from raiding their
although she was slated to be Idle sails all ratings in the stewards much doing, as there seems to be a jobs, but actually who's raiding
bage is made.
who? A look at the record will
Also on the beach and probably another three weeks and the An department and, according to the lull in everything with summer show that the SUP has had the
one of the newest citizens of our niston Victory, also South Atlantic, crew of the Government Camp, his definitely here.
The branch membership, especi jobs for years and that they're writ
cooking is really tops.
metropolis is brother E. R. Jo
was
paid
off
and
prepared
to
lay
•O
ur wandering Swede,Karl Hell ally the fathers in the group, are ten right into their contract. This
hansen, who has decided to plant
up. We
have 16 men on as
standbys
man,
took off a few weeks ago for still pretty excited about the idea strikes us as plain eyewash to
his roots here and become one of
to
strip
the
vessel
in
preparation
sunny California with the idea of of maternity benefits. They figure cover their lining up with the op
our local boys. Just to prove his
for
the
boneyard*.
selling an ancient Buick car that the first set of twins to qualify for erators in the PMA.
point, he's bought a nice home in
town to settle down in when he's Crewing of the Southland will some fasttalking salesman ped these benefits will come from this It is being rumored around that
help the picture some, but there's dled him a few (20) years ago. Now area since, as everybody knows, tnere's finally going to be some
not shipping.
no other encouragement forthcom he's goiiig to do some hardwork Texans always do things in a big legislation one of these days to
Jeff Morrison
save the Southern California tuna
ing hombre a favor and let him way.
Seattle Port Agent ing.
industry by electing a tariff agaiest
Keith
AIsop
talk
him
into, selling
this
wreck.
E.
B.
Tiiley
,
t> i>
Galveston Port Agent the cheap .lapanese and Peruvian
Before leaving, Karl also told us
Savannah Port Agent
Boston:
tuna that is flooding the courffh' It
is vitally needed to save the tliou
sands of people who depend upon
tuna fishing, for their living. We
hope this is not just an election
promise.
Shipping has dropped to about
Just back from an eightmonth
Sam Cohen. Aggnt '
Terminal 42574 PORT COLBORNE
103 Durham St.
half what it was the last period,
SIU,
A&G
District
HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Bkiyn
^ Ontario
Phone; 5591 trip on the Sfeathunder (Orion),
as things slowed up even further. BALTIMORE...
SECRETARYTREASURER
TORONTO, Ontario
86 Colborne St Brother Gil Parker is a native of
14 North Gay St.
Paul HaU
Elgin 5719
There was just a trio of ships* in Earl Sheppard. Agent
Mulberry 4540
ASST. SECRETARYTREASURERS
VICTORIA, B. C
617% Cormorant St. Savannah and a member of the
a7« State St.
for payoff and they signed on BOSTON..
L16yd
Gardner
Empire 4331 SIU since 1943. One of the crack
Richmond 30140
Robert Matthews
Clande Simmons
again all over again. These were James Sheehan, Agent
VANCOUVER, B. C.,... 565 HamUton St
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141
HEADQUARTERS
REPRESENTATIVE
Pacific 7824 erjack bakers in the Union, he too
308V4 23rd St.
the Lone Jack (Cities Service); GALVESTON
Joe Algina
SYDNEY. N.S
304 Charlotte St. has taken a liiung to Yokahama
AUop, Agent
Phone 3a448
Seapender (Seatraders) and the Keith
Phone 6346
LAKE CHARLES. La
1410 Ryan St.
SUP
BAGOTVILLE, Qnebec
20 Elgin St and is fast building up a prefer
W. E. Downing (Mathiasen). Iii LeRoy Clarke,'Agent
Phone 65744
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Phone: 545 ence for that Japanese city over
HONOLXn.U
16
Merchant
St.
1 South Lawrence St.
transit were the Yarmouth (East AtOKLE
37 Ormont St.
Phone 5A777 THOROLD. OnUrio
Cai Tanner, Agent
Ph.one 21754
Phone; 33202 his former favorite, Hamburg, Ger
Ill W, Burnslde St.
ern) and the Steel Recorder (Isth NEW ORLEANS
523 BienvUle St. PORTLAND
113 Cots De La Montague many.
Beacon 4336 QUEBEC
Lindse'y WUilama. Agent
mian).
Quebec
Phone; 27078
257 5th St.
MagnoUa 61X20113 RICHMOND. CALOr
He's amazed .H all the thing.s that
177 Prince WUiiam St.
. Phone 2590 SAINT JOHN
Both the Lone Jack and the NEW YORK
675 4th Ave., Brooklyn
N.&
Phone; 23049 have come to pass since lie shipped
SAN
FRANCISCO
.450
Harrison
St.
STerling »<4671
Downing had clean payoffs with no
Douglas 28383
127120 Bank St.
out, and since he has neve? seen
beefs. On the Seapender there was NORFOLK
2700 Ut Ave.
Ben Rees, Agent .
Phone 41083 SEATTLE
. Great Lakes District
Main 0290
tl\e? new hall in New York, that is
PHILAOELPHIA..,,
337
Market
St.
a beef about transportation for five,
. .440 Avalon Blvd. ALPENA
133 W Fletcher one of the first things he's going
S. CaMuUo, Agttt
Markpt 71635 WILBONGTON
Terminal 43131
men who had signed on in Van SAN
Phone: lassw
FRANasCO
450 Hazriwm St. NEW YORK
675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn BUFFALO, N. Y
180 Main St to do when he returns to the East
Douglas 25475
couver after being shown a trans H. J. Fischer. Agent
^
STerling 64671
Phomi: Cleveland 7391 Coast. He has special high praise
SAN
JUAN.
PR
253
Ponce de Leon
portation rider which was not at Sal CoUs, .Agent
CLEVELAND
734 Lakeside Ave., NE
Canadian District
Phone: Main 10147 for the disability and maternity
tached to the articles, though it SAVANNAH
.....2 Ahercom St.
1038 3rd St. benefits and comments, "Hell, it
MONTREAL.....
... 483 McGiU St DETROIT
E.
B.
TUley,
Agent
Phone 31728
«
was signed by the .captain. She SEATTLE...
MArquette 5909 ' Headquarters Phone; Woodward 16857
1700 1st Ave.
even
payis
to
i»et
married
now!" '
DULUTH
,
531
W.
Michigan
St.
.. 128Vs HoOU St.
also needed repair work which JeC Morrison. Agent;
Scneea4S70 HALIFAX. NM
Phone: Melrose 24110
Phone; 35911
Sam Coihen
15001511 N. FraakUn St.
could have, been iakeq care of by TAMPA
3261 E. 92nd St
Ray. White. Agent
Phone 21323 FORT WILUAM....tlrti SyndWate Ave SOUTH CHICAGO
,
'
Wtlnliiiton Port 'Ageai " :.
.Phohe: Bssew.MMO
".a WlUMtNOnr^lN. Caiilfo. 440 AvalM Blvd.
Ontarie:
^ ir
Phone; 33221
Seattle:
Neutral MGS Hiriug
41811 Working Fine
Brotkers Bow To Rain,
Agroo On Anolkor Trip
Tuna Fishers Eyeing
Possible Tariff Aid
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Simmer Weatiier Puts
Everyihing To Sleep
OaUook For Skipping
Nof Too Eneonraging
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Brothers Jlsre Baiiiad
Conslitation Changes
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SEAFARERS LOG
FHdar, JtOf XS, 195t
SALTWATER STUDIES
By A Seafarer
Part II
This is the second end final page of an unusually excellent
group of pictures token by Seafarer Sal Terracina during his last
trip aboard the Steel Maker, Isthmian. Terracina not only man
ages to catch much of the character of his subjects through the ex
pressions they wear, but he also mokes sure to get in something that
indicates.their jobs. Although the pictures ore undoubtedly posed,
they ore marked by a naturalness that makes them seem almost like
candid shots.
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Deck delegate Rich^d J. Weir, AB (top) , looks natural alongside a
block, John C. LaugauduSi oilerr (center) takes hiis eyes off a tempera i i / The Stepl M^er, scene these pictures, lies calmly Tiii her berth at Vi«> ; ^
ture gauge fdr a mpmeht to Took at the photog, #hile Melano S. Sos
; ffilo;'HiWaii (top). C. Smith, AB E. Anderson; DM; J. Trent, UM;
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pind; chief steward, gives k big ismile as he kolds a pot handle aiwj «
V^MICD.
chief etectric^;'enjoy cofltee tfme (ci^
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SEArARERS LOG
Face Elevea
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Ibn Saud, scion of the House of Shem, Lord of the Faij;hfulj in hell don't you go in the galley Mercer Michelet is the host and it's The first requisite of a good veg
teach that shoemaker to make boorish to insult him.
etable soup is stock—or for any
Dispenser of Justice, a king in his own right on the sKores and
a vegetable soup? That dish water "Besides," Smltthers continued other soup, for that matter—with
of the Persian Gulf and the hanks of the Red Sea, arid in he served at noon today would
as I emphatically corked the bot the grease skimmed off and thor
make a maggot sick."
much of the sunbaked lands
tle, "I .'don't think it's exactly a oughly strained. Put about two
that lie between squatted jn cradle of the true gourmet— found "Look, brother," says "Little coincidence that Escoffier and pounds of lean beef — shin or
Owl," "in order to teach a dog Michelet are both French names." brisket—in to* the stock and let it
the dust of ages and acknowl himself poaching (eggs, that is) on tricks
you gotta be snwrter than
simmer for several hours. Now
the Emir's family preserve.
edged the bounty of Allah.
Soup For a King
braise ail your diced or julienne
Of the trials and tribulations of the dog.".
The muezzin was summoning the cooking in conformity with the "Really," I says, bridling and After considerable discussion vegetables in butter for about
faithful to prayer and Ibn felt that Mohammedan food laws in the holding the corit over the neck of pro and con I was finally talked twenty minutes. Add 2 No.
Emir's household we are not con my bottle in a menacing manner, into passing the bottle again and cans of tomatoes to the braised
life was good.
"if you gu^s don't like the chow we all got such a bun on that the vegetables and let simmer for a
And the music...; Ah, the music, cerned, for tbat^s a tale for another on
this scow . . ."
passenger volunteered to go into few minutes longer. Now remove
day, so
we
will leave
our friend to
sweeter than the soimds that the spend eight months flghting the / Everybody chiined in to rule the the galley and demonstrate how the beef and shred it and return
fiouris lure from the heavenly' glaring heat, the flies and al]^ the "Owl" definitely out of order. a vegetable soup should be made. it to the stock. Add the braised
harps in the Mussulman's paradise crawling vermin of an Ehstern "After all," says Mitthers, "Mer He did, tbo, with half the crew to vegetables and tomatoes mixture
was the melodious crinkling of the desert and pick him up again after cer Michelet" (I was running th# assist him in the capacity of gal to the stock and let the whole sim
slopchest for the Old Man and
mer for about a half hour more.
Yankee dollars as they were gath he had thrown in the towel and Smltthers was having his Uttle joke ley boys. It was so very good and Serve with croutons.
yet so very simple that I pass it on
started for home.
ered to the kingly coffers.
about my little slice of the. take) to you.
Frenchy Michelet
Books Pasiage
Those plebian Turkish sov
He reached the Mediterranean
ereigns, Marie Theresa dollars, In end of the Suezjust in time to
book a passage on the Steel Direc
tor that had just cleared the canal
from Port Said and would, soon be
anchors aweigh for New York.
Chief of the galley on this trip
Perhaps one of the unluckiest treaswe hunters of recent times was Captain John
of the Director in the Spring of Lusher, who claimed to have sunken treasure within his grasp on three different occasions,
1950 was "Blackie, The Fluffo Kid."
Smltthers, the 48 AB 4iad dubbed and whose treasurehunting career was ended by one of the many monsters of the deep
him "The Fluffo Kid" on the voy which always threatei: the^"
age out for his penchant for in success of any deepsea treas
he took a look, ^is foot was firm he was searching fox an honest and
discriminately daubing everything ure expeditioif:
ly
clamped in the shell of a^ giant ambitious man whom he could en
he cooked with a salad oil of that
sea clam, one
he estimated weighed trust with his secret of the San
Captain
Lusher,
who
died
not
name. The "Blackie" he had
well
over
200
pounds, and one of Antonio's location.
many years
agp in
Floijda, became
earned in Vizagapatam by going
ashore one night a whiteheaded sort ofv a legend in his own right the variety which has a reputation
old man and returning the next as he told his stories of his jinxed of cruelly crushing anything that
comes within its grasp and never
morning' with his hair dyed a coal treasure bunting.
letting go.
His first
"success"
came
when
black. It was a bewildering trans
formation. He looked for all the he found a sunken galleon in south
Foot's Cru^ed
world as though he had dipped his em waters. He would never lo The small sledge hammer made
_With the LOG nov7 contain
head in a basin of shoe black'ening. cate it for anyone and never made no Impression at all on the shell ing 28 pages, the biggest ever,
Of course, the dye faded away to clear how he came to find the ves of the monster. The shell slowly there is more room now than
a dirty brown long before the voy sel.
closed, and Lusher could feel the ever before for stories, photos
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age wai over, but the name lin
However, he made an explora bones in his ankle and foot being and letters sent in by the Sea
gered on. (After all, who knows tory diveand inspected the hulk.
farers. Several pages of each
dian rupees, and all the copper Harry Muches or JOhnny Chamber He was sure it contained treasure, broken.
issue are devoted to the ex
In a last ditch effort, he man
periences of Seafarers and the
' coins of Oman were fit for barter lain as anything but "^mb Chop but he couldn't get into the wreck aged to
force the head of the ham
ships they sail as they describe
because of a solid mass of coral
ing in the market places,assuredly, Harry" or "Beef Stew John.")
mer
between
the jaws of fhe clam it themselves.
that
had
formed
around
the
hulk.
A
Mean
Beanbnmer
but the king was having none of
So, he returned to port and spent and at the same time, signalled
If you run across anything
them. He was peddling the liquid Anyway, this "Blackie" was the two weeks gathering blasting and to be pulled up.
of interest on your voyages, or
bestnatured guy in the world and
As the pressure increased on his just want to let your friends
black gold that flowed so freely he was liked by eveiyohe aboard. salvage equipment.
lines, he twisted the hammer, know how you're getting along,
from his legendary domains for
Gunboat Waiting '
braced himself and . then fainted drop a few lines to the LOG.
American dollars; hoarding them
against that great day when the
When he returned to the spot, as h1& foot pulled lose.
Don't worry too much about
he saw that his first visit had been When he was brought to the sur
Saudi Arabian desert was to be
literary style. We'll patch it
made to bloom like the rose.
observed, for a native gunboat was face, his right foot and ankle was up if it needs patching. And
anchored at the spot, and he was just a bloody pulp. He was rushed of course, photos illustrating
His people, too, found life at
ordered off.
to port and into a hospital where the incidents you describe
long, long last. The accession of
Ibn Saud had marked, the dusk of
One of the things that marked his life was saved, but he was told make them more interesting
the Age of Squalor and the dawn
his career was that he was^ almosb that he woiiia never be able to for the readers.
of the Age of Plenty—even es the
as lucky in finding gunboats as dive again.
Send your stuff to the LOO
advent of the Prophet had divided
he was in finding treasure.
For the few years that he lived at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook
the Age of Ignorance from the Age
Some months after that disap after that, he was a familiar figure lyn, NY. If you want any
of Knowiedge fully thirteen hun
pointment, howWer, he ran across on the Florida waterfront, hobbling thing returned aftei; we use it,
dred years before.
another sunken vessel. This time, around with the aid of a cane or a we'll do that too.
The fattailed shhep gamboled in
he was still down on his first dive crutch, and always announcing that
great plenty before the celebrated
when a. gunboat approached and
black tents of Arabi and the tama;;
ordered his boat off. He was sure
'Guests' Tour Headquarters
rind and the tamarisk bloomed in
that this ship too had contained
the land; the granaries were burst
some treasure.
ing with wheat, the harems were
But the high spot, aqd the end
crowded with beauties, the out
of his career came off Bermuda
houses were full of Cadillacs and
when he found the wreck of the
the Emir Faisal was big with an
San Antonio, a vessel that is gen
idea.
Frenchy Michelet
erally conceded to have gone down
A French Chef
with a cargo of gold and silver.
Why, resson^ that redoubtable but he had to take a lot bf growling Being sure of his find. Captain
son of the king,go on eating mutr about his chow because he | was Lusher went down With a sledge
ton in ten thousand disguises when • really a pretty sorry foeanbumer hammier and planned to start sal
all the delicacies of the occidental as ship cooks go. ..
vage operations immediately. He
table were now his for the asking. A few nights out of Suez we was taking no chances on any
It was high time tiiat he banished were all sitting around in my more gunboats.
that turbaned assassin of the appe foc'sle (I was steward) drinking
Enters Hull
tite from the family galley and re my last bottle of cognac and lis
placed him with a culinary artiste tening to. our passenger tell tall He got to the bottom of the blue"
from the Western World.
tales of his experiences with those green water and slowly worked
Now, with Ibn Saud and hissons veiled damsels of' the East. Be his way inside the rotted hull. The
the wish is father to the deed, be sides the passenger, there were first compartment he entered
cause the, baron's gold and silver George Smltthers, Bill McjMeil, proved to be the crew's quarters.
and oil keep many bright young Artie Huffart, better known an|ion^ He slowly worked his way alpng
men on jtap: whose sole duties lie the initiated by the euphoijious a companionway and entered what
In ransacking the .wrirld for choice title oi "little Owl," Willie'West he thought was the treasure room,
tidbits for the. king and his bropd, and :a halfdozen others; wjbose As he entered, however, a sec
much as. the* genie'. fetched ,thh names elude me now.
tion of thCrrotted deck gave way
.
treasures to Aladdin whenever he The passenger was holding iis all beneath him. He fell through up
rubbed the lamn in the wondrous sp'elibound with his, fascinating to his waist. He waited a monient
days of yore.
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Thus it chanced thaf an, Ameri?. a lick or two of its .O^n accord began to climb out of the hole . Seafarer MarUn Iturrino displays the two strange ''guests" he took
can chef who haa^aerved his apr when, for somC unaccountable rea when his foot suddenly ^became ! on a toiir of: the New York headquarters. Iturrino, who was second
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gf^eoh adid' soht^th'e: pB4$ehge#tb(dcAthcklhtto wedged in ;S0i9ething.
cook on the Rosario (BiiU) c.aught the two horseshoe craba ii"
pleasant lag»4 ^ jEcanea 4 that'the wind,
he says,
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MEET THE
SEAFARER
Carl Adams, BR
The question Is sometimes raised custom was replaced by th# slaugh
that If a continent is a large body tering of a lamb or ox. The blood
Dreams can come true, though a weak bunch though and we were
of land nearly or entirely surround of an animal was believed to add
30 years ago, the idea of today's %l^anging our heads against the wall."
ed by water, how.can w^ call Eu life to the ship, together with the Question: I^toat was the most conditions were something only a
Sailed Off Apd On
rope and Asia continents? The "blood"* tribute to toe tea spirits, memorable cargo a ship yon were guy with his head in the clouds He kept on sailing off and on, % T
explanation arises in the theories of as some of it reddened toe water
could visualize. That's the way sometimes working ashore on odd ' ' 3
Carl Adams looks at it, and he's jobs, but always coming back to
the ancients, who considered the near the bow. The reason for'of on carried?
one veteran of the '21 strike to the sea. Most of the time he rode
Black Sea, located between the fering the blood was to spare the
two "continents," much larger than blood and lives of those who would Charles Seymour, 2nd eooki I whom those years are still a fresh tankers, but why it worked out that
it really was. Actually, toe Black man toe ship, who were in danger remember we carried food stores, memory.
way he never figured out. He sailed
Sea occupies an area of only 160, if the sea gods had not been given mostly Krations,
Just three years earlier, Carl, at through the thirties and again dur
to
Korea
about
000 square miles. The "continents' their due share first.
17, had left his Connecticut home ing World War II.
two years ago,
t t t .
. of Europe and Asia would be more
to* go to sea, and before the end In 1947, Adams began sailing
about
the
time
accurately described as the single General William Tecumseh Sher*
of
the war in 1918, he was riding with the SIU and enjoying some of
continent of Eurasia... Land area man may have defined war cor the war over
those twinscrew. Standard Oil those conditions he, could only
there
just
start
of ail the continents, incidentally, rectly as being hell, but he was
tankers all over toe world. He hope for in the years past. "The
comprises only 29 percent of toe way off on the origin for the name ed. Food was
'worked in the fireroom, on deck reason things never worked out
pretty
scarce,
it
total surface area of the earth.
of Cape Horn. He assumed toe
and in the galley, wherever he well for the seamen's movement
Spanish name for it, Cabo de Hor seemed, because
could get a berth. "The. messroom until now is that the other outfits
tit . '
the
way
they
was right in toe foc'sle those days, didn't have the unity we have to
We use the expression "getting nos, meant Cape of Ovens, since started unload
down to brass tacks" as a way of this is the Spanish word for oven ing, it looked like we couldn't have with bunks piled three and four day."
high. We took whatever slop was The last year or so, he's been
saying someone is dealing with ac and Horn Island does resemble gotten there any too soon.
thrown at us then because there running a sort of organizing cam
tual facts, but it all started as a an oven in some respects. But the
4*4'
sea term. The idea is said to refer Cape received its name from the Lawrence Beaudry, bosun: We was nobody you could turn to who paign on his own, rounding up his
nephews and sending tlfem down
to cleaning the hull of a ship so Horn, the small, #umsy vessel in once picked up 8,000 tons of copra could do anything about it."
to the SIU halls in their ' home
thoroughly that the brasscolored which William Schouten, a Dutch
'Workhorse'
Ship
and 4,000 tons of
towns. Two of them, Gus Hayzen
tacks on toe bottom became ex sailor, doubled the Cafie in 1616.
bugs came with The following year, he was an' and Mike Murphy, are both sailing
The
navigator
himself
was
known
posed to toe naked eye.. .The salty
OS on
an
Indiabound
tanker
with
it. That was in
taste of seawater, tests show, as William Schouten van Horn, be
a Nova Scotia skipper, a Russian oh deck as Seafarers, but Adams
the Philippines in
cause
his
home*tvas
in toe
village
sadly comments thrt he's "run.out
comes from .approximately three
1945. Those first mate and a Norwegian bosun, 'of nephews." Married and living in
and a half pounds of salty material of Horn, Holland.
all
of
them
workhorses
who
ex
things were
i 4.
Brooklyn, he has one daughter, 13.
in every 100 pounds of seawater.
crawling all over pected everybody else to be the Adams came back from a coal
Before Panama seceded from Co
same.
t t t
the ship, in toe
lumbia in 1903 and became an in
run to Germany last month oh the
Voyages of tobse mastermari dependent republic, it was gen
food, in the lock
It was here that he came down George Kulukundis (Orion) which
ners—^Magellan and Drake around erally indicated on maps as part of
ers, wherever you with what he found out later was brought toe old days back into
toe world in the sixteenth cen South America. Since then geog
turned. But when acute appendicitis, but that didn't focus. "Everyone heard about that
'tuiy had an interesting point in raphers have regarded the boun we unloaded, there wasn't one left. help him. All the way from Karachi one. The skipper rode across toe
common^they both "lost" a day. dary between Panama and Colom They went right with the copra. to Calcutta he had a high fever, Atlantic with the haiches open and
Drake was amazed to leam .that it bia as the boundary between South
but the bosun piled him out every we figure we barely escaped with
4 4 4
was Monday when he arrived back and Central America. Thus it hap
Luis Williams, 2nd cook: That's morning anyway.
pur hides. Of course, when it was
in England, not a Sunday as he had pened that Panama has had toe. easy; it was on a tanker with a The events that really stand out pver, the Union straightened the
imagined. Likewise, Magellan's distinction of being moved from cargo of high test
in his mirid though happened dur guy out but good—^there won't be
crew did a special penance in Se South America to North America, gas. Somebody
ing the 1921 strike when he was on a stunt like that again."
ville on their reurn for having ob for Central America is considered dropped a bomb
the beach, in New Orleans. "The He suffered a little on this trip
served many saints' days on the merely the extreme southern por right into the
shipowners Were. Importing scabs from a weak stomach and wound
wrong dates. In neither case had tion of North America.
hold in Haifa.
from New York by train and we hp hospitalized at Staten Island for
allowance been made for crossing
Only one man
made a mess, of those trains when a couple ot^weeks, but he's fit and
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what we now call the International In sailor lore Davy Jones is the was hurt but,the
they hit toe Gulf. We had a lot ready to move out again.
Date Line, because at the time the evil spirit of the sea, and his name ship was a mess.
of fun making things hot for them; "I didn't get a nickel back in
theory of longitude was imperfect sometimes is applied even to the That'was in 1946
we were young and we took 1919 or in 1923 when I was laid up
ly understood and the methods of devil 'in general. The origin of when fighting
chances.* One day a bunch of sea with a biim leg. Today they take
measuring it at sea extremely poor. Davy Jones is unknown, but one was going on in
men were just standing around on dare of me like a* prince and I
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theory is that the name is a g,'\r Palestine. Somebody just didn't Chartres Street when a police don't have to go bumin' for a pack
Launching a ship ceremoniously bled version compounding 'Duffy, want that gas unloaded.
wagon backed up and hauled us of cigarettes. There's maintenance
is only one among many nautical a West Indian spirit, and Jonah,
off to jail.
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and cure, hospital benefits and a
superstitions which stem from the toe Prophet in the Scriptures Who Boyd Davis, deck, engineer: "There was a howl in New Or Union that makes sure: we don't
days when human sacrifice pro had an unusual adventure with a There's no nice story about it, but leans. The papers ran headlines get kicked around in the hospitals
coal is always a about this drunken judge sending like we used to. It's too bad some
vided the blood which dampened big fish... Ketchup or catsup, a
tough Cargo to us to toe pokey, while the labor of those guys who were around in
the ship, an offering* to the sea familiar table spice, is from an
carry. Your ship council .went to bat for us and got '21' can't see what we have today.
gods, before the vessel reached the Oriental word meaning a saucot
is a dirty sU!p us out in three days. The ISU was We all thought we'd never see it."
water. As time wore on this cruel such as the brine of pickled fish.
from top to bot
tom and you can't
pget rid of that
black dust no
matter what you
ACROSS
2. Age
21. Sahara lake
33. Smooth
try. They won't The National Debt jumped to seamen—totalled 44,143, with 4,
1. Job for the
3. Served by cook 22. Toss wildly
34. Drove a ^og
give you OT to over 76 billion dollars . . . Rom 801 dead, 3,218 wounded and 36,
delegate
4. Bubbled, as
23. Bearing of
sled
Ship's "bank
beer
Samoa from
35. Tulip bulb ex
clean it up, so you ride all across mel's. desert lemons threatened 124 missing . . . Brooklyn and the
Account"
Young horse
Fijis
porters
with it down to the last minute.
Yankees led their leagues . . ,
8. It keeps you
City on Dan 24. Port pf Brit
36. .It is; Cont. .
Alexandria but the British rallied The SIU hit the $layear men who
posted
ube
tany
37. Gaucho's
4
4
4
12. Jason's ship
7. Compass point 26. It wants Tri
weapon
Dusan De Duisin, oiler: We've and held them back . . . A de scuttled a plan to produce more
13. Bread spread
8. Estates
este
38. SA tubers
14. Adherent
9. He flew At
27. Port S of
39. Codlike flsh
carried
leather hides a couple of stroyer sank a . sub after a running than one badly needed ship a day
15. MarTrade ship
lantic
Trieste
41. Pale
battle along the Virginia ... The so they could protect the steel
times and believe
17. Port in Equa 10. Man's name
28. Is in debt
>42. Before
SIU presented toe Maritime War monopoly . . , More curbs on in
dor
11. Rigging
30. Port noted for 43. Jap measure
me, it's
no
pleas
18. Mr. Allen, of 16. Albanian coin
scenery
44. Place
Emergency Board with a brief flation were asked by the Presi
ure. The smell is
radio
18. Queen Eliza
31. Mr. Hogan, of 47. Comparative
containing the Union's arguments dent.
20. Frankness
golf
beth's daugh
ending
all over
the ship;
(Cit
21. French
ter
in favor of higher bonuses . . .
you can't hide
ies Service)
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20. Island of
Puzzle Answer on Page 27.
The. secret trial of eight accused Admiral William D. Leahy was
24. The ocean
Greece
from
it.
There's
25. Crewmember
saboteurs began in Washington. ilamed as a special aide to Presi
nothing worse, I
26. Girl's name'
27. River in Italy
think. I've had
dent Roosevelt to be a top ranking
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29. Grow* old
'em on a short
chief of staff . . . The German
30. Lets stand
The
government,
for
the first
31. Wasp has a
Seatraln nm
time in history and oyer the ob ajrmies on the^ Eastern Front
new one'
where the smell
32. Down: Prefix
jections of Congress, "began with Pjushed foiward and were threat
33. Rent
comes right through the steel car holding income taxes from Salaries. ening Moscow ... The US cut
34. White Sox
doors and on long trips too.
player
The withholding tax was set at' 5 its consular ties with Finland , . .
35. Handed out
4
4
4
percent^.
. . The Union told the The SIU "demanded that shipown
cards
Joe St. Lawrent, FWT: Cargo crew of the
36, Large food
Robin Locksley that ers stop chiseling torpedoed Sea
fishes
doesn't bother me too much, no they had an extra $125 in 'uonus farers out of wages ... A Sea
37. Captain BUgh'a
matter what it is. money coming to eachof them . . . farer, whose ship had beep toi>
ship
_My last trip, fol: Bombers blasted the Riihr for pedoed from under him, was un
38. Belonging to
him
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example, was on three straight days . . . Anybody able to buy a tube of toothpaste
40. Grpup of eight
singers
a long Isthmian buying new parts for his car was because h# didn't have a used
41. Please keep
'^run carrying requiried to turn' in the' did paii: tbbe to turn in . . . The US an
them clean
baled j u b b e r ; . . A pub. sank a freighter inkide npunced that th8 Nazis would be
45. Varnish ingre
dient
'f r
o m the Far Fuerjto Limon, Costa Rica.
hpld "strictly accountable" for war
»4e. Job for pumps
East. It doesn't
48. NY canal
crimes once thp Mrar was over ; ..
49. Bat wood •
smell as much as
Fighting became so fierce on the
80. Sea eagle
you might expect Relations between India' aiid desert that for toe first time since
81. Depressed spot'
f/j'/
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it to. Anyway, England became strained almost the war, thd action waS fought 24
DOWN s '
there was a fat payoff when it was to the breaking point . ., ;US; hpiirli'ir dhi^ i'. vTiightbr curbs .were
Used by Rob
inson
all over, so who careA
6|»naltlo».not iaeludlag
on gasoline "bootle|gerA" ^ ,
Se^i^ers Puzzle
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YEARS AGO
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Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union. Atlantic
& Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fohrth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel.
STerling 84671.
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PAUL HALL, Secretary TreasuTer
editor. BKRBUIT BRAMDI Uoftopinff Editor. RAT DENISON; Art editor, BeiinAm
SEAM^: PAoto Editor, DANXR NILVA. Staff Writers.'HnMAir AITHUS* ISWZB SPTVACX
ART PERTAU.; Gulf Area Reporter, Bnx MOODY.
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Sltretehing The Dollar
Like everybody else these days, the Seafarer finds prices are Oldtimers Recall
pretty steep when he steps ashore to buy himself some neces Past Hardships
sities with his hardearned payoff. Whether it's a hew pair To the Editor:
of shoes, for the kids or the house he has been saving up for, Well brothers, I've taken my fun
he's likejy to wind up paying more than he would have paid where I found it: Norfolk. I paid
off the.Zane Grey as she \yas be
six months ago for the ^same items.
ing put into mothballs at the bone
In this respect the Seafarer faces the same kind of .problem yard, went over to the hall, saw our.
that all American workers are wrestling with—the job of agent, Brother Ben Rees, and filed
, trying to make both ends of the family budget balance off. for my vacation Ynoney. Pronto
That's why the LOG is cariying a new feature on getting the tliat efficient machine of teamwork
best buys for your money. The colUmn is written by a nian in headquarters ha0 my check
who is a specialist in consumer problems.^ It will help save down to the Norfolk hall, one hun
the pennies and dollars that cbul4 be the difference between dred and three honesttogoodness
American iron men ($103).
getting by and falling into the "clutches of the bill cdllector. Then my vacation began. I met
This new feature, like the newlyinstituted maternity bene Joel Anderson who is better known
fit, reflects the growing concern of the Union with the prob as Andy. We took a walk over to
tavern, guzzled some of
lems faced by .the Seafarer as a family man, and the intent of the Midway
the amber fluid and passed the
the LOG to help the Seafarer meet these problems.
time away with Tena, the loveliest
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barmaid on Main street.
ReeaU 1921 Strike
by PAUL HALl
Soon we were joined by oldtim
ers, Fred W. Henderson and Fred
The resolution for revamping the constitution which is now R. Bohlken. It was good for uS* rS NO SECRET TO SEAFAR ship giveaway deals .would be run
four oldtimers to be'together and
ers that the American'merchant ning around'crying for more ship
being passed on at membership meetings, is a matter, of con go
back over that long, long road. marine has taken quite a kiriung if this country ever gets Jnto a:i
siderable importance to all Seafarers. What is finally adopted We thrashed out the 1921 strike around from time to time down in other international fix.
will determine how the Union's business'is to be conducted and right on up until the, present. Washington. There are plenty of
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We spoke 6f our many hardships
and what will be the rights, duties and responsibilities of and compared them with our pres people jn our Government who
AST MONTH THE US SEr:
don't want to see a strong US mer
ate ratified a littlenotice :i
both officers and members.
ent conditions. All of us are gray, chant fleet, or think it of little im
treaty that may have pretty bene
many
of
us
bald
and
gray
and
we
Copies of this proposed constitution are beihg mailed to, each wondered why and how we porfance to the wellbeing and flcial consequences for Seafarii
safety of our country.
flcial consequences for seafarin :
all SlUcontracted ships and it will be open for amendments ever stuck it oiit.
However, it's quite a surprise to in .1946 at an International' Lab(
and changes when read at two more membership meetings Finally.we decided it must have learn
that some oj the brass in the Conference in Seattle, and compe':
before being put to referendum vote. All Seafarers are urged been a mighty, strong determina Defiense Department number them all maritime nations that signed ti
tion to be a seaman and .see an selves among that group. You
to study it carefully.
American merchant marine for, by would think that this department to set a standard that all ship ope
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and with Americans. Needless to would be deeply concerned about ators will have to stick to when i:
say, we all spoke with pride of our maintaining a sizeable fleet of mer comes to food, water, stores ar I
other matters concerning the heal i
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chant ships to carry the goods in and well being of seamen.
Old Hog Islanders
an emergency.
The great majority of the co:
Now that President Truman has signed the modified Long We talked of the old Hog Island Strange as it may seem, there ditions in the treaty have lor
Soccerappa, Scho are those in the department who been part of the standard Sit
Range Shipping Bill into law, it is a matter of conjecture ers, Soccondoga,
harie, the Bayou Chico (I made the apparently are ready to sponsor agreements.
what effect the measure.will have on the nation's weakened maiden voyage on her).' The last a raid on the Governmentowned Your Union is happy to see th :
, merch'nftt. fleet. Since it appears that this legislation is the time I saw her in the news was reserve fleet by a Japanese ship development take place because, v r
only inducement forthcoming from Washington to encourage back in World War II. She had ping company organized expressly are interested in seeing' that se .
been given to the Russians and I
that purpose. This company men everywhere get the kind • ;
future construction by private operators, despite WhiteHouse felt I had just been notified a good for
would like to take 50 US Libertys conditions that we in the SIU e
assurances that the next session of Congress may again study friend had died.
in tow and go into the shipping joy.'" And by closing the gap a 1?
the picture, it's up to all segments of the industry to assess Then we spoke of the Morgan business with them.
tie between the US and other cou"
• ^ its prospects in that light.
Line, Munson Line, the Export At the same time, somebody high tries, this treaty wiU help make it
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Although the SIU approved the basic idea of the measure, Line which was just getting start up in the MSTS has made a deal possible for our ships to compel
it added its voice to those who opposed it as it finally emerged ed and had not namet^their ships with this same Japanese outfit per on more of an equal basis.
with the "Ex" yet. I was on their mitting them to carry US Govern
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with certain tax features killed. The major point forgotten old
SS Hog Island. They only had ment cargo on Navy LS'Ts that are
LMOST EVERY SEAFARE',
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in the crush of .lastminute adoption of the bill was that if US a couple
of ships those days and going to be handed over to them.
and a great many people or
shippers cannot compete in daily operation with foreignflag docked in Greenpoint, Long Is This
outfit will. haul down a cool side our industry, have read ho •
ships without these tax benefits, then there is no incentive land, at the foot of India Street. $1,000 a day profit out of this ar Seafarer Eric Joseph sacrificed o •
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for them to use the construction subsidy features for building We also spoke, of the Moore Mc, rangement.
of his eyes so that a fellowSc
, new ships, which were left in.
Cormack Line and the United As if that wasn't all, the .word farer, Phil Pron, could see agai
,
We hope the new Administration doesn't, stand idly by in American Line which was the Ham seems to have gotten around that Now this same man, who was hail 1
burg American Line. We had the higherups in the Administration in newspapers from coast to coar
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the face, of this twisted situation.
Resojute and Reliance, bigpassen are sympathetic to'these ship give may have to leave this country b
ger liners we had seized from Ger aways. Foreign shippers from other cause he is' fouled up in a lot c • '
countries are trying to get into the Washington red tape.
many in the first World Wa^.
same act and are throwing their It happens that Eric Joseph w;
Seamen's Paradises
It was prohibition in those days weight around in Washington to born i« British India. That fact ' ^
Tiw attempt of West Coast longshore boss Harry Bridges to and all your friends who were get legislation passed in their be enough in the eyes of the Imm
gration authorities to keep him o
revive the long dead carcass of the Maritime Federation of landlubbers expected you to bring half.
of this country, because the laS
the Pacific is plain= proof—in Case your thermometer broke them a bottle of good scotch from If these kind of deals go through, says
that only 100 natives ofJnd" i
down—that the summer silly season is with us again.
abroad. Hamburg, Antwerp and they add up to a subsidy for for
eign shippers at the expense of US are permitted to come into th'
The rash of "letterhe^ outfits" that have cropped up on Le Havre were truly seamen's maritime. The odd part of it all country each year.
thie labor scene since Australia decided it was far enough paradises in those days.
It seems to us that any man lil •
is that these things are being pro
^down under, to do without California's commissar will gain It was getting late. We told posed by people who beefed long Eric Joseph who has shown in suc "<
so Jong, shook hands around and loud about subsidy features of a convincing fashion that he h.s
. no respectability from, this latest effort. About'the only ones Tena
and wondered if oar paths Vould the LongRange Shipping. Bill.
what it takes to make,a good cif
who actually gain from'Bridgeis'periodic adventures are the ever meet again. .
It
appears
that
the
Defense
De
zen of these United States ought
printers who make up the letterheads.
Right now, Andy Is dn this scow; partment has to straigliten itself to be able to stafy heh^.. Your Un
; ' , We'suggest that the next time they cast a batch of 50year the Ames Victory, with ine and wb dut a little bit on the position of ion is going to try tosee to it thpr
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Vdttbns to honor their loyal members, they make one up ap are heading for Japan. Steady as the US merchant fleet. . .Yqu can be the proper authorities in Washinp
yj . " • plauding the spores of jobs Harry has tKrowri their way.. It's she goM,
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pretty certain that the s^e fellows 4on are/made atypre of Seafarer
Ofkal Jones . who a», lending an ea{;«ip these Joseph's problem. ,' :
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oted unions on fhe West Coast provlcfe the
US with most of its domestic conned tuna,
sardines and mackerel.
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They work through a Joint Cbuncif, and,
like all SlU unions, are leaders m the illght
for decent wages and conditions In th^
fields in which they ore Interested.
An example of this SlU cooperation can
be seen in the tuna clippers out of Son
Diego, the purse seiners out of Los Angeles
end the canneries in the area of both har
bors, each segment manned by an autono
mous union.
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90,00.0. fishermen, seamen, boatmen and
marine allied workers who make up the Sea
farers International Union*
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AcU(m isfast and furious when the tuna clippers, which range es far south as Chile, hit into a school 'jKi.
These Cannery Workers and Fishermen's Union members^ just as'the men on the purse sein il
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• wee paid _on a share basis. • A barbless hook with .a ^lure .is ^snapped by .the Ash ^as it hitsthe^ water ^ r
y^enthe .fish.,are rupningbift one hookistiedto lines.from^wo. or three poles;.: The men thenwork1
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�Piirse seiners take sardines at night, when the glowing
wake made by the large achools is easily spotted. Nets
are spread around the school, drawn in by a winch
(top), and then spread (below) to get at the fish in
them.
Once the nets are spread, a brailer (top), holding up to three tons, scoops out the
fish and dumps them into the holds. The Seine and Line Fishermen's Union mem
bers then put back into port and unload with another brailer (center) holding up to
a ton. The nets are then cleanedand repaired (bottom) so they'll be ready for the
next trip.
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? ' then goes, through a cleaning line. Cannery
* ; ' Workers Union girls rwnove skin, bones, darl
meatiand blood from the cooked tuna, which
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These CWUSIU checkers are the end of the
line. They check the cans and remOye,those
Which are too light or too heavy and correct
the weight themselves. Here they are work
ing "chunk style" tuna, a new style.
When the checkers finish, the cans are sealed.
Here, a sealing machine operator checks the
. seams of a finished can. Ofice the label is
pasted on, the cans will be shipped to stores
all over the world.
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The United States Government has launched an inquiry to find out
actual shipbuilding costs in foreign shipyards so that it can more accu
rately determine the differential subsidies it payjs for certain American
shipbuilding. .. . The USS Courier; the first American propaganda radio
ship, has sailed for the Mediterranean, where it will begin breaking
dowh the Iron Curtain. . . . The Maritime Administration has leasifd'
its Hoboken waterfront property to the city of Hoboken, which, in turn,
will lease It to the New York Port Authority for development.
LABOR
ROUNDUP
In our last issue we reviewed the procedures involved in stowing
food supplies aboard sldp. After the foodris parceled out and stacked
iu' thp correct refrigerator box or storeroom, the steward department
still has the problem*of keeping the various boxes cleap and free from
excessive frost
if is a sound idea to give, a thorough housecleaning to . 'all refrigera^
The steel strike, going into its tors and, storerooms at least once every month and especially just
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eighth week, is still the big news before the ship is due in its home port. TWs is an obvious precaution
The Italian Line, which was left with only one SOfitton vessel at in labor, and the situation is still
the en'd of the war. now has 12 vessels ii/ service, and will add 2 abbut the same, with the industry to ^eep dicf And verinin away froin thp food supply.
more during the next year . . . The speedy new Japanese freighter
Cut OlS the Juice
Tomishima Maril of 7,550 gross tons, arrived in New York on her refusing to change its position at
In cleaning the nffeat box for ejlample it's necessary to take every •
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out of the box and put them ih one of the other refrigerator
White Housesponsored talks
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storage
boxes. Otherwise, meat will start thawing out before the clean
The number of "restricted" piers in New York Harbor has.reached a between the union and the indus
ing
job
can .be completed. Since thebox is ordinarily kept at zero
tot^l of 14, as 4 new piers were added to the list within the last week. try hav^rdduded no results ?t all,
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There is a shortage of pilots in the Suq? Canal, according to a Meanwhile,^ the" White House is degrees, the chief engineer has tp cut off the refrigeration in the room
recent announcement, and delays of up to' 12 hour^ may result. Accord considering another seizure 6f the the night before so that the men can e^ter the box to doan it.
ing to treaty, Egyptian pilots must be given preferential hiring and
The first pari of the job is cleaning the floor gratings. These have
any foreign pilots must be hired only with the. permission of the industry, this time under a provi
Egyptian Government. . . .Tangiers has launched a waterfront improve sion of the Selective '^rviw Act. to be washed thorou^y with hot salt water and soap. If that doesp't
ment program. Port facilities will be renovated and improved tinder the However, the administration Js re do the trick a weak glutton of lye,should be added. After cleaning,
$4,500,000 program.
luctant to use this buU^ mechan the, gratings are rinSed in fresh water. The meat box shelves should
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ism because, as if admits, the steel also be scrt^bed and ripised, >If it's possible, to geira water hose into
Maintenance work on Anchorage Channel in Upper New Yorii_Bay they would get through this move the box, the refrigeration pipes aiid the walls can be .washed down
Is .getting under way. The Army dredge, EssayoUs, Is slated to spend
three months working on the project. The largest dredge In the world, "would just be, a drop in tfaie thoroughly. In any event, they should, be. scrubbed'with soap powder
and. water as should the bulkheads. Once the room has been cleaned,
she is returning from an assignment in the Mediterranean ... American bucket."
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fhe refrigeration can be turned back on and the floor racks replaced
shipyards have anno'unced that they have 102 commitments for new
tonnage at present. Some 89 vessels totalling 1,782,150 deadweight tons A strike by AFL Flight Engi when they have dried. The meat should be put back in immediately
are on order in coastal yards, while Great Lakes yards have IS vessels ners against Trans World Airlines after the temperatiue in the box gets down to 30 degrees Fahrenheit
totalling 223,000Jleadweight tons on order.
was postponed when President ; The same cleaning process applies to fisli boxes and egg and cheese
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Truman named an emergency l^xes. The vegetable cooler is handled somewhat differently. . In this
The keel of the aircraft carrier Forrestal was laid at ceremonies at board to investigate the dispute.
case it is better if the contents of the box are not emptied unless there
Newport News, Va. The carrier will be the largest wariship in the world.
: The wives of machinists join
. . . The Dutch ship Slamat picked up the crew of the Greek freighter ed their picketlines against Kalis is iust a small amount of fruits and root vegetables left like potatoes
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Despina in the Red Sea. The Despina's crew fought fires on board for pell, Mont., auto dealers. The un and opions. '
30 hours before they abandoned ship and saw her rocked by internal ion wants a 10 percent wage hike,
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explosions. They were taken to Suez. . . . President Truman has signed guaranteed weekly minimum wage
Usually however, ali the contents of the vegetable box are moved
a bill covering the handling of explosives and designed to prevent ex and a union shop.
down to the end of the box where the scupper is located and the blower
plosions like the recent one at South Amboy, NJ.
is shut off. The food is then covered with a tarpadlin to keep it diy
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while the . cleaning is going on.
Thirteen boys and a girl, all chil
The former Mulne Robin, now the Joseph H. Thompson, Is nearing
Then the floor racks at the empty end of the box are taken up on
cmnpletlon. Destined fpr Great Lakes service as an ore carrier, the dren of members'of Local 3, Inter deck and cleaned and the empty walls and shelves are wCshed. When
vessel will be the third largest in the American merchant fleet. Only the national Brotherhood of Electrical this end of the box is cleaned the stock is transferred to it and the
new liner United States and the liner America are lAger than the 710 Workers, have been given scholar other end taken
foot vessel. Rebuilt In sections at three different shipyards, sheTl be ships provided by the union and care of in the same
the electrical industry of New
joined together on the Lakes, and will be 23.000 deadweight tong.
York. For the first time, medical manner. After all
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and dental training was included is finished the food
Commodore Harry Manning, skipper of the United States, said that with engineering costs, and it is rearranged
there is no danger of the Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth trying to win was the first time a girl got a around the shelves
back the speed record for England. However, he said, the United States' scholarship.
and the . blower
new record probably won't stand very long. "Atomic developments may
turned on again.
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produce much faster ships," he said. ... A 32yearold Englishman
Of course in
arrived in Havana last week, after making a 10month voyage from A fourmonth bus strike ended cleaningout cold
England in an 18foot boat.
in Boston when the union accfept boxes you are also
ed an increase of 15 cents over, defrosting them.
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t
A tug freed the 2,800ton British freighter Inchislay from a shoal off the average $1.55 hourly rate . .. . It is necessary to
Palawan Island after 6 days. . . . Contracts totalling more than $1,000, The AFL International Typograph defrost a box every WHEM OEFROSTiNq,
000 have been given East Coast shipyards for repair and maintenance ical Union marked the first an time a oneinch
TRAMS F6R FOODS
work on Navy vessels assigned to MSTS. . . . The Norwegian steamer niversary of its entry in the daily layer of ice forms
TO ANOTHER BOX
Maria Cleppe and the Chilean motorship Victoria both ran aground In newspaper publishing field • as on the pipes of the
"OF APPROXlMATEty
the Strait of Magellan area. Naval vessels and ships In the area rushed three of its papers started their fan grilles as this,
SAME TEMPEkATuftfr
frost, seriously in
second year of operations.
to their aid.
terferes with the
X
a
4. ^4 4
France's newest addition to her merchant fleet, the 20,500ton liner A spokesman for the western efficicency of the box. With the exception of eggs, fruits and vege
Flandre, has begun her maiden voyage for New York. The largest Pennsylvania coal operators has tables, the defrosting procedure means moving the stores out into
ship designed and built by the French since the war, she's designed announced that the United Mine another box ofapproximately equal temperature. As long, as this has
for the North Atlantic tourist trade along with her two running mates, Workers has served notice that it to be done, the box is given a cleaning every time it is defrosted al
the Liberie and the He de France ... Divers have examined the charred is terminating its contract ih 60 though it may be in pretty clean shape to begin with.
hull, of the Norwegian freighter Black Gull, which burned off Lopg days. This move yrould mean that
Be Careful With Pipes
Island with a loss of three lives, and now salvage operations are pro unless the UMW gets a new con
The defrosting procedure involves turning off refrigeration the night
ceeding. .The gutted .hull is now in shaliow water off Staten Island, tract by September 22, the coal before,, removing stores, cleaning the deck griUes, and then knocking
where she was towed after the fire.
mines would be tied up under the ice off the pipes. • The best way to do this is to knock it off with a
• X
X
X
UMW "no contract, no work" piece of wood as metal picks, cleavers, wrenches and the like can punc
The United States, now that she has the crpssAtlantic speed policy. So far, however, there has ture or damage the pipes. On some ships it is possible to run water
record in her pocket, will settle down, according i<o her operators, and been no announcement/of when or hot gas into the refrigeration pipes. This will loosen all the frost
maintain her schedule of about fivedays for a crossing from dock io negotiations would begin. The much faster than the band method.
dock . . . The Navy transports General Edwin D. Patrick and David other coal operators have not
The box is then washed and cleaned, refrigeration turned on, deck
W. Shanks were due on the West Coast this week with troops from commented on whether tHfcy too grilles put, back in place and food returned immediately. The box
the Far East.
•
have received similar notices.
should be kept shut 24 hours after defrosting.
�C .7 Fridw> July
Pare SeventeeB
SEAFARERS LOG
Birth Beneficiaries Seafarers Study Proposed
Changes In Constitution
(Continued from page 3)
Congress made other changes nec
essary to safeguard the Unibn, its
membership, and its evergrowing
financial resources from lawsuits
and other restrictions growing out
of this antilabor legislation.
The tremendous growth of the
Union since its early days was
another factor considered in mak
Seafarer Georre Hoffman's family waits at home in New Orleans
while father ls at sea.
ing revisions so as to allow for the
widest possible participation by a
greatlyexpanded Union member
ship.
In drawing up proposals to
amend the constitution the agents
spelled out all the membership
rights and guarantees contained in
the present constitution and prac
ticed by the Union, though they are
obscured in the original by clum
siness of phraseology and construc
tion. In the new proposals, all
these guarantees contained in
various sections of the existing
constitution were brought under
one heading and spelled out in
specific, simple language as a
"Statement of Principles and Dec
laration of Rights."
Easy To Understand
This, declaration is patterned
after the Bill of Rights in the US
Constitution and provides a clearly
written and easilyunderstood def
inition of the rights and responsi
bilities of both members and offi
cials as well as the specific limits
to the power of Union officials.
In the statement of principles
the document specifies the obliga
ti(ms of the Seafarer to the com
munity as a citizen, as well as "our
duty to combat the menace of Com
4 Million
Read Of Log
Port Expose
munism and any other enemies of
freedom."
It also pledges exertion of "our
individual and collective infiuence
in the fight for enactment of labor
and other legislation and policies
which look to the attainment of a
free and happy society without
distinction based on race, creed or
color."
Model For Unions
Commenting on the proposed^
document, the conference of agents'
stated, "We believe that this new
constitution as it stands will prove
to be a model for the Union move
ment, because of the way it spells
out meml^rship obligations, rights
and safeguards in clear and simple
terms, doing away with the law
yer's language that exists in most
documents of this kind.
"We think we have a pretty good
document here that will stand the
test of time and assure the kind
of democratic operation of the
Union that Seafarers have always
had."
In addition to the new draft res
olution, the agents discussed plans
for new contract negotiations and
.the Union's rapidly expanding wel
fare operations as well as other
Union matters.
(Continued from page 2)
isting loopholes insofar as possible
will be introduced once the legis
lators resume, business in January.
In substantiating the LOG
charges, the Post's writers. Will
Chasan and John Starr, cited one
of several tests run off by the LOG
to show the ease with which i^ea
men can come and go off foreign
ships. In this particular instance
Seafarers Mike Miller and Mike
Manning, accompanied by the LOO
photographer, boarded an Italian
freighter, the Pietro Orseolo, on
the Brooklyn waterfront as the
starting point of their test.
Subsequently the two Seafarers
walked off the ship in the guise
of crewmembers without once Ije
(Continued from page 3)
would permit transfer of tonnage
ing questioned by guards or having panies making it a semiofficial under conditions determined to be,
their papers checked.
in the national interest."
shipping organization.
. 'Sabotage'
Informa'tion that the Japanese McFall also revea.ed that ' the
The two men then went to Penn cothpany was out after the Libertys State Department has received ap
sylvania Station the next day came in the course of a cocktail plications. for Libertys and other
where they picked up small beach party given by the new company. vessels "in considerable numbers"
bags. In completing the test. Man That was the first that American from foreign interests.
ning dropped his bag containing maritime interests learned of the If the Japanese company can suc
"high explosives" iii a train tunnel existence of the new firm.
ceed in lining up the Defense De
passing under the Hudson while The considerable headway made partment alongside the State De
Miller went to the giant Kensico by the Japanese company in its re partment behind its proposal, their
Reservoir, source of New York quest for the Libertys is revealed would undoubtedly be strong senti
City's water supply and dumped a by a statement appearing in the ment in Ongress for transfer of
load of "poison pellets" into the Japanese press, quoting Charles H. the Hhips.
McGuire, director of the National Commenting on these latest
water.
Shipping
Authority, to the effect moves, an SIU headquarters rep
As pointed out in the' Post arti
cle, this dummy test demonstrated that the US Government is "study resentative declaimed: "When the
the ease with which it was possible ing a Japanese request for a lease LongRange Shipping Bill was up
before Congress the Administration
for a saboteur or spy to enter the of Libertytype ships."
went to bat against the tax defer
country from a foreign ship and
Ship l^ales Act
ments of the bill as an indirect
roam it at will.
Ever since the end of World War subsidy for the American Merchant
Panamanian Proble&
II foreign shippers have been after Marine. As a result, these provi
The article emphasized that the US reserve fleet. Under the sions were knocked out of the bill.
these dangers were particularly terms of the Ship Sales Act of 1946,
"Now this same Administration
prevalent on Panamanian fiag a very sizeable percentage of the is playing jvith the idea of g..ing
vessels which often carry cargoes Governmentowned warbuilt fleet, indirect subsides to foreign fleets
to and from Communist countries 446 vessels in all, was sold to for by giving away American ships cut
including China and grant crew eign shipowners and went into rate at the taxpayers' expense."
members Panamanian seamen's competition with American fiag
papers on request with no checkup shipping. The purpose of the Act
• on the applicant. It recalled one was to help restore the merchant
instance of a Rumanian communist fleets of foreign nations that were
who bought captain's papers for a shattered in World War II.
Panamanian tanker and actually However, the Act expired on
commanded the vessel for a while, January 15, 1951, and consequently,
The SEAFARERS LOG has
need for pictures of foreign
k On the other side of the coin, sales of such ships to foreign inter
ports of call for use in a com
the article pointed out that the ests are only permissable by act of
ing series. Any Seafarers who
lack of regulation on Panamanian, Congress.
have pictures they have taken
Honduran or Liberian ships made While the Act is no longer in ex
in ports they visited are re
it simple for fugitives from justice, istence, some sections of the Gov
such as some of the Communist erriment, Hotably the State Depart • quested to send them to the
LOG.
leaders who jumped ball, to escape ment, have been in sympathy with
They can be pictures taken
from this country.
proposals to revive the Ship SaTes
in the port, shots of your ship,
The article 'gives full credit to Act or similar legislation.
pictures of dockside activity,
the LOG arid to the SIU for bring
Testifying before the House Mer
ing this serious problem to light chant Marine Committee recently. shots of Seafarers while on
and for keeping tabs on waterfront Jack K. McFall, Assistant Secretary shore leave iu a foreign port,
or just pictures you took
developments of this nature.
of State, told the Congressmen that
of .the place while ashore.
the
Department
Was
in
sympathy
In preparing for the' article the
They're all needed.
authors worked in conjunction with with the transfer of ships to South
Any pictures you send will
SIU headquarters officials gather Korea, and further stated: "In any
legislative reconsideration of ship be'returned if sequested.' So
inig ttie necessary evidence, f
gather up those pictures yori
Reprints of. the article have been disposal policy, the Department
took and mail them to the
obtained by the Union and will be would wish to avoid action which
SEAFARERS LOG,
]675 Fourth
distributed |o all SIU ships 'along might be interpreted as discrlmina
Avfflue, ^ry^pklyi^.^. Y.
^lombptwee^
and to. encourage acupo which
LOG.
More Countries Seek
To Buy US Vessels
Another first bom Is Miranda Temple shown with her mother
Thelma, at are one month. Father is James Temple.
Pedro Velasquez. 3, displays maternity benefit brourht by birth of
Genron. while family looks on.
7
' • $12^ ^
r|^ Bijand Mari*:.^jsy 3,.nioittii||.,
Need Pix Of
Foreign Ports
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FfMar. JWy <S. U8S
SEAf AllERS LOG
^
Seafarer Finds Patt Of Bate
Hangs Heavy Over Aiexandria
That the origin of the phrase "to were and continue to be the prin
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt—The Steel Age pulled into here at 9 AM and we were secured get the sack^ stems from a Turkish cipal means of transportation on
an hour later. We didn't have to be warned to lock up everything in sight, be it a spoon or sultan's habit of throwing those the island.
a pen, because there's so many thieves floating around.
who displeased him into the sea?
X X ^ X
Today the term refers to someone That bats have always used
^'When's the draw?" every*
• one kept asking. The skipper how close I was to getting my ears asked the driver to slow down. Be Vho is fired or ousted from a job radar? Blindfolded bats fly in the
left about 10 AM to get the pinned back when a little boy ran fore my eyes the world went back by. less forceful means, but when dark as well as those with unob
the sultan did it, he tied the dis structed sight, but bats whose ears
inoney and that was the last we by shouting, "Go back to Eng 2,000 years.
aaw of him for five hours.
land."
Long tables of every Middle East favored person into a sack and have been covered c<mstantly bump
into things, tests have shown.
The PO was an ancient building, delicacy were to be seen. Fruits threw him into the Bosporus.
On the Lookout
stuffy
and
hot
despite
its
tremen
"Sounds
made by bats while flying,
of,
ev'dry
color
and
shape;
cakes
. $1
4^1
The first impression I got is the
inaudible
to humans, are reflected
dous
size.
I
got
rid
Of
ten
post
that
were
just
baked
in
the
tre
utter despondency that surrounds
That it is possible for an airplane
everything. Sudanese with turbans cards and six letters but kept in mendous. brick enclosure which to fly lower than a submarine can biick to them and aid them in locat
ing objects to be avoided. This is
and flowing, white robes mingle mind that my next letter was to be stood down the street. This deli dive? It's easy enough in certatin similar
to' the radar principle used
cious smell that came from this parts of the world where the land
with their fezzed Egyptian broth all about this place.
byships at
sea.
ancient
bakery
made
me almost go
Squalor
And
Hate
ers, some wearing shoes, most not.
is far below normal sea level.
1^.' '
crazy.
XXX.
My
guide
summoned
a
taxi
and
The
everpresent
police
are
on
Is""
X.
That the LOG maintains a corre
l^' hand to keep some order and the assured me that we were^going to Long strings of figs hung from That the X.
SIU Welfare Plan will spondent in Washington to keep
one of the better ginmills'in Alex the walls and piles of unleavened
secret police are
pay out duplicate benefits for each you fully informed on all legisla
andria. I wanted only one thing at bread were everywhere.
there to watch
that moment and that was to go There v/as a continuous haggling Seafarer's child born after AprU tion and Government regulations
the p o 1 i c e. It
back to the ship, away from all this and shouting'between buyers and 1, 1952? If you have twins or affecting you and your industry?
seems that in
squalor, misery and hate. I thought sellers. Above the din Arabian triplets, you'll collect $200 plus a
this country
XX X:
to myself that iVe been to a lot of music was playing, giving a very $25 US bond for each child.
everyone watch
That water reaily runs off a
ports _and seen much suffering
es each other and
weird effect.
^
4" 4 4
duck's back? • The explanation is
but .this.. .what kind of ^ a world
this is one of the
Traffic Jams
that the duck's feathers are kept
That
one
of
the
most
common
reasons why
was this?
We went onto' the main drag, foods, eaten daily contains two of in an oily condition by small oil
these people are
Deciding that one beer might on the other'Side of the tracks. the deadliest poisons? Ordinary glands. During a rain, or while
so unhappy.
Kronmel
perk me, I was led tq this cabaret Ancient Fords kept jamming traf table salt is composed of sodium paddling about in a pond,^ ducks
At 3 PM the
where I was able to relax a little. fic although the donkeycarts didn't and chloride, harmless in the one frequently bend back and rab oil
skipper arrived with the money An old battered piano stood by
compound but deadly in a separate on their heads from glands at the
and everyone gave a sigh of relief. the wall and. I thought of all the help.
base of the tail. They thep oil
Oif course, the "trams" (trolley state. .
A few crewmembers went into good music that comes from a TSt
their
feathers with their heads.
X X' X
town and came back later with tum solo when suddenly a fellow cars) which look like they were . •
built three centuries
a
go, were bulg
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very gloomy reports. Despite these, sat down and started fooling
That Seafarers in the hospitals
tales I was determined to get a around. The familiar chori/s of ing from their sides with people, needn't fear that their benefits will That a man weighing 175 pounds
look. Luck was with me as I Robin's Nest" came floatjng, by. some of whom were even hanging be Cut off after 13 weeks or a sim on the earth would weigh almost
l^r
ilar period as under other unfon two and a half tons on the sun?
caught a ride into town with the "Whata ya say, man?" Thus in from the windows.
If
Money
changers
were
situated
setups?
At long as you need them, This results because the force of
company agent. •
troducing myself, I found that hg on every street off the main drag.
wL
whether
ten days or ten years, gravity on the sun is 28 times that
We crossed a very old bridge was off an Isbrandtsen ship and
They
will
change
any 'currency
in
you're guaranteed hospital benefits of the earth's surface.
and then into a sid'estreel where lived in New York. "What a place
the
world.
The official
rate
makes
from the SlU.
XXX
I was immediately recognized as this is," he said, and then smiling
That Mount Everest, highest, ex
an American. A young woman up at me, added "How about jam; you give up $2.85 for one Egyptian
XXX
pound, but these gentlemen can be
panse of mountain in the world,
dressed in a dirty sheet came run ming a little?"
induced to
take only $2.30 for
their
Tliat
you
can't bring a second is still growing? ASwiss expedi
ning up and asked for a cigarettfe The happy feeling that overtook pound.
hand car to the Island of Bermuda? tion had to call off its climb this
which I promptly complied with. me would be hard to explain. So
Apparently this was not good far from home and here were two Finally we got across the bridge Onceautoless, Bermuda now al year after scaling almost to'the
enough because she wanted a whole lonely guys knocking themselves and up ahead was the Steel Age. lows cars in imder a 1046 law per top of Everest's heights because
P|ack.
out with '"How High the Moon." One hour later, we started moving. mitting the operation of tenhorse they found the peak had reached
I could honestly say I wasn't sorry power private cars and taxis with up several hundred feet more and
'All I had with me at the time
Back to the Ship
to
leave Alexandria.'
a speed of 15mph in the city and prevented a further march up
was less than a pack and I tried to I told my guide that a quick trip
Harry Kronmel 20 mph in Country areas. Bicycles ward?
explain this to her but she seemed back
I J.
to the ship would be greatly
I
set on possessing all or nothing. appreciated
by me—^the quicker
Crowd Gathers
the trip the more the appreciation.
A crowd started to gather around The taxi driver kept giving me
the car and while this was happen brutal icy stares. I later found out
The Liberty Ship Omega had a peculiar experience during our laSt roundtrip when we
ing my guide refused to intervene. that this guy fought the British
had
to lay up at both ends of the trip because of longshore strikes. We took the ship out of
Scared as I was, I still was able during the riots and his brother
New York originally with a l5ad of grain for France. When we got to Rouen the longshore
to reason with one young guy. I was killed during the fracas.
.
flashed gome chewing gum and The streets in the native quarter men did not work for aboutf
after a huddled confab the crowd we were passing through are most four days during the "Ridg. were a failure. Apparently, the bound for Sorel, Quebec, to pick
seemed to settle for the gum, but ly very narrow, and I believe that way, go home" demonstrations thrifty Frenchman is beginning to up another load, of grain. When we
not before someone in the crowd man could touch the walls on in Parfe.
realize that the Moscow line cuts got half loaded in Sorel, the long
called me a lousy American and both sides. The smell of burning
Another Strike
down on the tafiehome pay, with shoremen went on strike and threw
told me to go to hades.
grease seems to come from every Some of the boys were up in its work stoppages for political a picket line around us. They had
Finally we arrived at the post door and window.
Paris at the time^ and reported reasons.
—
a new idea—pickets tiding bicycles.
office and I was still thinking of Passing the market place, I that as a whole the demonstrations We finallsT pulled out of there. After four days of this with all
sorts of rumo'rs flying around aboqt
the ship, we wired head
A Place in The Sun
—Contributed by Joseph Trembiay moving
quarters for advice. Before we got
an answeC, a contract was signed
and the strike was over.
• While we were in Montreal we
visited the old hall of the Canadian
District and had a look at the new
one under construction.
The oldtimers in the black gang
.aboard this ship are Big Jim Welsh,
the Giant fan; Whitey Katterman, '
the trotting expert from Yonkersi
Fred Bruggner, the Tampa tenor
and Scotty McKenzie, deck en
gineer.
Edward Robinson
Engine delegate
w
Strikes Greet Omega In 2 Ports
t f
• EPTIMBKH
VACATION TIM*
QuitUog Ship9
Notify Union
•
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•
•
SUNNY
MIAMI
FLA.
yj\./
Ife:.
A reminder from SIU
headquarters cautions all
. SeafsTCii leaving iheir ships
to contact the ha'll in ample .
1,
time to allow fhe Union to
dUpatch a replacement. Faii
dre to give notice before
paying off may cause a de •
layed sailing, force the sWp T '^ i^
to'sail short of the manning . ' !
requirements and needlessly '
make tbeir work tougher folr^ t.
"
W'
�W'm.
« SEAFARERS LOG
Friday. Jnly 25. 1952
Memories Of World War 11
Fare Ifiileteea
LOGARHYTHM:
Lighthouse
By M. Dwyer
By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
She throws her rays far out to sea
As ifidicated in an earlier column, we are going to go through the
various steps of processing our first roll of film.
Across the ocean's foam,
A negative that has been properly exposed and developed is a per
To guard tfle ships that linger manent record from which you can make prints whenever you wish.
Throughout the developing procedure always bear in mind that you are
there
dealing with negatives from which you may want to make enlargements.
Very small defects on a negative will appear as large defects on the
Upon their voyage home.
enlargements. Thus the need for care and cleanliness in developing
film cannot be ftveremphasized. Do not place your fingers on the film,
To her they look for safety.
particularly on the emulsion side." This is the .<;ide that faces the lens
and
bears the negative image. This side of the film is dull while the
They know she'll never fail.
back of the film is shiny. Always Jiandle film by the edges so that no
For she would not forsake them, part of your hand touches the surface.
A roll of film passes through 6 basic steps when it is processed.
This plaque stands on the Lhrerpool waterfront reealling the days
when US merchant ships supplied the sinews of victory to the Through calmness, of through 1. The film is loaded into the reel of 'he developing tank in total
darkness. Before loading separate the film from its paper backing.
Allies. Photo by Evarlsto Rosa.
gale.
Be sure to cover the tank before turning on tht light. The lid of the
tank is of special construction and is lightproof. •
2. Pour the developer into the tank in a steady stream. Tilting the
tank slightly will permit the afr inside to escape. When the tank is
The good yacht Robin Kirk, looking spic and span outwardly finally made it to. Boston filled, note the time an(i agitate it for about 5 seconds after every
after 24 days. Bosun Bud Tobias and his merry men have painted everything in sight, rust minute of development. Developing time will vary with the film used,
and all, Down below everything is not so forte, as can be seen by the time taken for_ this the type of developer, temperature etc. At the LOG office we use XX
film and develop in Microdol. This combination will produce a normal
voyage. The friction tape andf"
bailing wire managed to hold either get married or buy a new been in a monkey house at feeding negative in 20 minutes at OflF.!
3. After the 20 minutes have elapsed the solution is poured from the
out though.
watch. Reason prevailed and time?
tank
into a storage bottle. Make sure the bottle is clearly marked so
The stewards department was "Smoky" can now give you the I went aboard the Tuxford in that you don't confuse it with the bottle of hypo. After the solution
Cape
Town
and
was
surprised
to
lucky in having aboard two old cotrect time.
is iemoved rinse the film in water a few times. This is still done
Africa hands, "Smoky" Messenger, The steward finally struggled find Charley Gedfow and Johnny Tlirough the opening in the lid. One rinse in a weak solution of acetic
passenger
out of the jungle, got his pants Hummell, alumni of the PR, serv acid may be substituted. The acid rinse is made up^vith I oz. of 28%
waiter, and Stan
pressed, and is back to normal. ing a stretch for Robin. However, ascetic acid and 32 ozs. of water. Strong vinegar may be used instead
Cooper, 2nd cook.
He still hasn't recovered his teeth they are working with a qualified o.f the acid.
They gave us full
or watch but is very happy, and steward and who knows, they may
4. Whatever rinse is used is poured Out and the fixing solution is
1 n f o r m'a
lucky to be alive, if that is what it even become Robin stiffs and earn poured in. Withfresh hypo the film will clear in 5 minutes. The
their
•
s
weater.
Incidentally,
that
lion, on every
is called. However, he hadn't fully
general rule is to fix for double the clearing time. As the hypo ages
port, even the
recovered by sailing time and we* innocent face of Charley Gedrow this time will increatsf. When clearing time takes more than 10
is
still
cpnning
the
gals.
ones they had
"Were therefore short of stores, eggs
minutes, discard the hypo. At this point the film may be examined.
Big Game hunter
never visited. In
being one of the. items that were A lad who came aboard in Beira
5. The hypo is poured out into its storage bottle and the film is
every i n
strictly rationed.
washed. A gentle stream of water into the open tank for about 25
soliciting
laundiy,
announced
that
stance the info
Iliff
As foiL. me I labored in the he was only in the laundry busi minutes is generally sufficient to reifiove all the hypo remaining in the
they pa^ssed
saloon mess
and I do mean labored ness as .a hobby; actually he was a film. Of special interest to Seafarers is the fact that hypo is more
along was wrong but after the first
quickly removed in sea water than in fresh. Films can be washed in
few bum steers from these embryo and I do mean mess. On Thursdays guide and a hunter of big game. I
sea water for about 10 minutes. However, make sure to finish the wash
and
Saturdays,
traditionally
steak
gave
him
some
laundry
and
can
quiz kids we learned to ask their
in
fresh water for about 5 minutes.
advice and then do the opposite. nights aboard US ships, I knelt in vouch for the truth of part of that 6. After the wash the film is hung up to dry. Film will dry in 20
silent
prayer
before
I
set
up
for
statement.
The
1st
Asst.,
Dick
On our second stop in Durban
.minutes. Should rapid drying be necessary a fan may be used. Direct
"Smoky" announced yiat he would the evening meal. Have you ever Jones, and Sparks, Allen Bloom, the air against the back side of the film to prevent the air stream
eagerly availed themselves of his
services as a guide. They left for forcing dust particles into the emulsion. When dry you may store as
their trip, along with several you like—either as a whole roll or cut apart into strips or individual
others, on Friday evening and it frames,
A quart of Microdol will develop about 10 rolls of film. If no re
immediately started to rain. They
returned on Monday, early in the plenisher is used the time for developing will have to be increased
AM, damp, disgusted, bedraggled after the third roll.
The temperature of the developing solution may be higher or
and hungry! Apparently all they
lower than the recommended 68 °F. When higher, developing time will
Lying in a hospital with a broken neck is jio picnic for any got was wet.
body, but it's twice as bad when you are a seaman more than Toipmy Griffith, oiler, who has be less and when the temperature of the solution is lower the develop
3,000 miles from home. Yet for veteran Seafarer William spent five years on this run, all ing time will be more. When temperatures are other than 68°F. com
_
the time hoping to get an oppor pensate with the following changes:
Girardeau, this experiencef'
At 62°F
28 minutes
tunity
to
do
a
little
serious
hunt
was lightened by the generos to the States in April, but until re
At 65°F
24 minutes
ity and kindness of complete cently was in the Staten Island ing, had intended to make the trip
At 71°F
17 minutes
but
when
he
learned
that
the
strangers.
Hospital for further medical treat
others' experience in shooting had
Girardeau, who is 72 years old, ment.
was aboard the David S. Terry as Despite the seriousness of his been confined to aiming at clay
cook and baker. accident and his advanced age, pipes at Coney Island, he recon
On the 29th of Girardeau has^no thoughts of quit sidered. Says Tom, "You may as
January, when ting the sea just yet. "I want to well be hung for a sheep as a
the ship ha'^d keep going to sea regularly until lamb but I don't want* any radio (1) A plant reported 980 tons of sheet aluminum on hand. If this
stopped at Am I'm 75" he declared, "then I'll go operators mistaking me for a stock is equally divided between six prime contractors, and each prime
sterdam, Girard on my social security and won't rhinoceros."
contractor assigns 9/25 of his allotment to subcontractors, who in turn
Slim Iliff
eau fell Into a work so steady."
assign seven factories 5/28 of their allotment, how many tons of the
coal pit return
aluminum are available to each factory?
ing to the vessel
(2) The vertical rays of the sun never strike the earth's surface at
and fractured his
(the equator), (the tropic of Cancer), (New York City), (the tropic of
Capricorn)?
Mrs.. Van Hoft spine. For the
next 49 days he
(3) Over a hundred years ago, a, man from Tennessee wearing coon
lay flat on his hack, his body in a
skin and nicknamed "Old Hickory" became President of the US. Was
cast, at the Red Cross Hospital in
it ( efferson), (Harrison), (Jackson), (Johnson)?
Beverwyck, Holland.
(4) You be the judge. In order to keep his creditors from getting
Daily Visits
it, a man put ,his house in his wife's name and wanted to get it back
On his first day at the hospital
after the creditors were put off. Must she give it back to him?
an Englishborn woman, Mrs. Van
(5) On the road to a market, a farmer met three people. He sold
Hoff, happened to stopat his bed
the first person half the eggs he had and half an egg more, half the
side and asked him if he had any
eggs remaining and half an egg more to the second and sold the third
friends there. When she learned
half the remainder and half another egg. When he got to market he
that Girardeau was alone in her
still had three dozen eggs. How could he do this without breaking
country, she made ^ point of visit
any eggs?
ing him every day thereafter fop
(6) The continent on which there are no glaciers is ((Australia), (.^sia),
as long as he was a patient, bring
(Europe), (South America)?
ing 4dm fresh fruUand other gifts.
(7) During the period from 1830 to 1860, the largest number of im
"It was quite a comfort," Gir
migrants to the US came from (Asia), (Germany), (Italy), (Gieat
ardeau said, "to know that I had
Britain and Ireland)?
someone coming to see. me like
(8) The first "allprofessional baseball team was from (Albany), (Bos
that while I was laid up."
ton), (Cincinnati), (Detroit)?
Btill Getting Treatment
(9) The planet which is about the same size as the earth is; (Marsli ;
Girardeau, haid nothing but the
(M^rcuiy), (Uranus), (Venus)?
.
highest praise for the care given
(10) ,If a fleet of nine heavy cargo: ships cail effectively supply a for
him by the purses and doctoirs gt
eign port, how many smaller cargo ships would be needed to do the
the hospital. ^'They gave tne vei^ Flanked by* two Dutch nnnes. Seafarer William Girardeau posed for sahte job if they had only 60 percent the cargo capacity of the larger
fine care,, there,'/he,said.,'
thia phiold bn:th(t groimds of the
CrpiM ttospital in..lleferwyckt
vessels? "
•
•
• ' •
•
Girardeau was
h^was as the
fross « fraeiured'
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Par* Tweatir
Friday, July ^S, mz
WUd West TOMW Preves PerUous
Here on the Marie Hamill we have among our crew one individual who is well known in
By Spike Marlin
many ports especially Baltimore. He Is Joseph "Mustacho" l*endleton. The nickname
The heavyweight championship hard as Marciano, he is faster with
comes from the 18monthold mustache he is sporting which is his prize possession.
will be settled (unofficially) on his hands and punches more crisply
'His stay on the beach this
July 28 when Harry Matthews and than his opponent. He's also more
mobile than Marciano, who lumbers
last time was something to
Rocky Marciano square off for the in like a baby rhino.
see. He paid off on the West
big prize. There is one slight tech
In some respects, Matthews puts
Coast and started to Texas. He
nicality remaining, namely, that the up the same kind of fight as Roland
and his sidekick, Ray Queen
winner has to knock the block off La Starza who, it may be remem
started off in a hoppedup Ford,
Joe Walcott. That is a mere formal bered, gave Marciano his closest
While touring through the hot,
ity to be dispensed with in the fall. tussle, losing a muchdisputed split
decision. The big difference .be
arid, sunshine state of Arizona,
We said once before that Mat tween the two is again, Matthews'
they stopped for a refresher In a
thews was one of the current crop lightness of foot.
small town. They got friendly wifh
who could take Marciano and noth
The styles of the two fighters
two Arizona cowboys there wTio in
ing
has
happened
since
to
change
make
the pattern of the contest
vited them out to the ranch to ride
clear. Marciano is going to be the
our minds.
Not that
he is
any
shoo
a friendly horse.
aggressor all the way, trying to get
in. Far frorn it.
Ready For Anything
in close, corner his' man and club
Opposing Styles
This was something new and dif
him with either hand. Matthews
ferent, so "Mustacho" and Ijis side
This shapes up as a very fascinat will be fighting standup^ back
kick store up on refreshments and
ing contest between two sharply pedaling.and moving around a good
then go off to the wide open spaces.
opposing styles. Marciano's chief deal, staying away from the ropes,
They find a nice shady spot 'and
assets are great strength and a and countering every right hand by
while the cowboys are off catching
good punch with either hand. Marciano.
the friendly horses, they put away
Obviously, Marciano's hopes lie
As^ a fighter he is an Over
some more refreshments and are Holding on to his birthday cake aboard the Marie Hamlll is Joseph size . edition' of Jake LaMotta. in wearing Matthews down with his
ready for anything.
"Mustacho" Pendleton, DM. His shipmates ({eft to right)—^Robert Like LaMotta he likes to get in greater strength and finishing him
Two hours later the cowboys Darlet, Jr., messman; Robert E. Morgan, AB and Frank Nlgro, close, bull, his opponent and club off in the later rounds. That's why
• him with left hooks and sweeping his management %trove unsuccess
come around with the friendly steward, helped him enjor it.
horses who were all worked Up
fully to make this one a 12roimder
right hands.
and as ready as "Mustacho" if not Mustacho" claims he is the* first thing else was roaming around. The However, Rocky has serious because over the longer distance
more so. "Mustacho" mounted his person to By a jet plane without a quiet, peaceful weekend ^eing weaknesses. He is awkward, often Rocky would have the advantage.
oyer, "Mustacho" and company
steed real Westernstyle and grins pilot's license.
off balance and wide open to right From here it's hard to see how
like a real Western cbwboy. All hf Well Arizona was too hot any head to Galveston and are Ml ready hand counters after he delivers his a polished boxer like Matthews
to get
a ship,
any
ship.
a sudden everything starts popping. way so they take off for Texas. All
could be trapped and mauled by
looping blows.
is going fine, so they decide to He is now working hard and sav
his clumsy
opponent. The possibil
Good CounterPiincher
spend a nice long weekend out in ing his money to buy himself a
ity that it might happen and put a
the open spaces. "This time they ranch in Texas, snakes, bulls and Matthews, on the other hand, is sudden end to the fighf is one of
Grandpa's Joy pick
a spot right in the middle of all. I wonder. Time will tell.
one of the best counterpunchers the things that makes this contest
11,000 acres of open range.
Frank Nigro around. While he doesn't fait as ah exciting one.
Up A Tree
"Mustacho" was relaxing in first
class style when lie neard a strange
sound. Getting up and looking
around, he saw two frisky bulls
Now that the Baltimore Building assessment has Been approved by the membership,
looking his way only 50 yards off. assuring new buildings in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Galveston in addition to buildings
He tried to go,up the tree but the already in existence in various other ports the membership will have modern, uptodate
base was too large. At that moment facilities for shipping, comfort.,
a little sixyearold girl came to and recreation.
a step would collapse and you sanitary conditions • and means
the rescue and shooed them away.
provided for showers and shaving.
Seeing that "Mustacho" had the Ail this brings back once might break a leg.
shakes, she consoled him and said, again memories of the various
Good Halls
Today
Also, the future will bring sea
"Don't be Sfraid, they are gone." types of shipping halls that were Seamen really had.it tough with, men's hotels which will be clean
in existencein the 1920's and the
the bad wages and working condi and well kept so that at long last
All was well and peace had re early 1930's.
turned to the camp when "Musta
tions of those days coinciding with the seamen do not have to live, in
cho" saw a strange creature around. In the early 1920's shipping was the filthy Joints that they had to old flophouses and various joints
Shooting first and asking questions mainly out of Shipping Board fink ship from. Today, organized into that never belonged to them. My
afterwards, he emptied his pistol. halls which usually were in dark crack unions like the SIU and SUP hatis off to all the members who
Deadeye had killed his first cop old buildings such as warehouses, they have clean, welllit halls with voted the building assessment in,
lofts, or some di places to lounge in comfort, plus as through this a.ction clean and
Brighteyed youngster i s perhead snake.
lapidated
stores. cafeterias, bars and stores that are neat halls will he the rule in every
Before
long
ne
had
several
Michael McWatt, grandson of
There were
a few airrconditioned and well kept. port where the SIU has a Union
notches in the pistol as the moc
veteran Seafarer Frank Gard
old
benches,
casins,
copperheads
and
every
Today a seaman in these unions hall.
ner.
usually dusty, full either has or will have the best of
Louis Goffin
of splinters and
often covered
w i t h bedbugs,
^here was no
hourly Job call so
that a guy
Goffin
couldn't step out .The LOG opens this column as on exchange for stewards, cooks,
for a breathdi*. You we^e never sure bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, littleknown
when a job was going to be called,
and for that reason, you had to. cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like,
stick around so that you wouldn't" suitable for shipboard use. Mail in your suggestions. Here's Chief
Steward William Stark's recipe^for "Chicken Hasenpfetfer."
miss your chances of shipping.
— '
By the end Of the day if you Pickling food in brine or packf—.
hadn't shipped, you were tired out ing it in spices is the oldest method most Central, European countries
and dirty, needing both a good bath 0 f preserving
where wild rabbits roamed freely
food in coun
and a soft chair to relax in.
three or four centuries ago. But
tries with warm
pickling was practiced as well on
Relax In Doghouse
climates,
dating
deer, boar mekt and chicken, the
And where was the relaxation?
at lea.st 5,
latter particularly around Leg
h'hy, nothing else but the qpg hack
i,The
horn, Italy.
house. Truthfully speaking, the 000 years.
established
To prepare the dish, first clean
Doghouse was a Godsend alongside mode
then
still
hangs
and
quarter 810 chickens. Take
of those crum joints.
on in some mod
a large wooden bucket, place a
In various ports, the hangout em day food
layer of onions and sharp spices
was a rooming house and if you preparation, s o
on
the bottom, then a layer of
Stark
lived in the house your chances of that cold cut
the quartered chicken, alternating
shipping werrnot too bad :Al least meats like pastrami are really a until the bucket is full. Dilute one
you could rest in your room, hangeron from way back.
oi* two cups of vinegar^nd cover
SIO (WSA
crummy, as it may have been."
Stale though the idea may be, the chicken. Put the bucket with
PUTATIOAl
The crimp joints, such as used dishes conceived from it are sfill its contents into'the chill box for
Sucets in popular, says William Stark, Stew 23 days.
AMimAlNlNG to be on South and
wbre even dirtier and ard, who's put in an even dozen On the day dish is to be served,
SHIPS. AT THE New'York
darker than the Shipping Board years sailing in the galley and remove the chicken, bread it and
holes. It . seems that in those days anothef two ois a hotel , cook in fry off , fat. Place it in steamer,
shipping halls believed in con Pennsylvania. Lounging, at' the steam until tender, then serve.
'/4SSA6EWA»S,MESSarH all
serving lights. Reaching a crimp Wilmington S{U hall after a trip The chicken will have an unusual
joint was itself a wdric Of art—Up to the Far Rftst, he explai^ whai spicy flavor, a change of pace from
ca.EAll.6EA
brokenUown stairs, through dirty, it's all about.
the standard fried or roast m^nu.
dark hallways... . Either going up . "Hasenpfeffer," . which . <means Some cooks even pour sour cream
cyZEW THE SlU CAW BE PROODOFS
or ciuning down you toiokYOtit lifg pickled rabbit, is generally native on* top of, the chicken Just beforp
in your bands niever knowing when to AlsaceLatralne.
p.
'iUmi
Crimp HaUs Were Dirty Joints
HBR SHtP^PEJ
1^
EAYOFF 6E SORE THE
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�Friday, Jnly 88, M5«
ThamksSWU For
Birth Benefit
SEAFARERS LOG
LET T E R S
To the Editor:
Enclosed you will find a copy of his Job can be secured by furnish
my marriage license and the birth ing relief from the Union.
certificate of my son who was
Now I want it understood that
born June 1.
said
relief should be a port watch
I would rather
take them to the and not a day work watch. I re
hall myself but member I took one of these relief
since I'm the jobs in New Orleans, and to my
bosun here on grief I never worked harder in all
the %e a t r a i n my life. I worked like mad all
New
I find day for two days in a hot engine
it quit# difficult room with the engineers dqmg re
to go and there pairs, while my brother Seafarer
fore I'm sending was having a good time ashore.
Pedraza
As a matter of fact, it was be
it by mail.
I have no words to tell you how coming commonplace with the
thankful I am that I belong to oilers to call the Union hall for
such a wonderful Union that's al that kind of relief when the ship
ways looking out for the benefit got to port. Therefore brothers,
you can readily see that the matter
of its membership.
needs
discussion, so if you are in
All I can say is that it has made
me more and more proud to say the mood, take it up at a meeting.
Paddy Farrell
that I'm a member of the SIU.
Faustino M. Pedraza
3^ 4. i
4" t 4"
Mate Racking Up
'
• 1
Fare Twentyone
Seafarer Bugs '
Island Home
To the Editor:
work he was doing on deck. Don't At last I got a home in Puerto
you think he loved me like a broth Rico. For some time my only am
Moneg Fxcfmnge er?
If some more of the boys put bition is to have a home. Now that
in
on
him, maybe in time he will I have it it's wide open. for any
Rates Listed
SIU brother for
get
right.
^
The following is the latest
information
o r
Thank you in advance for return
available listing of official ex
help around the
ing
these
papers
and
for
Ml
the
change rates for foreign cur
island:
rencies. Listings are as of great things the SIU is doing for
Our home is at
the
seaman
lucky
enough
to
be
July 23, 1952," and are subject
EG 11, Puerto
under
its
wing.
^
to change without notice.
N u e V o, Puerto
Allen R. Nauman
England, New Zealand, Soutb Africa:
Rico.
$2.80 per pound sterling.
Australia; $2.24 per pound sterling.
These homes
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Belgiutn: SO francs to the dollar.
are priced at $4,
Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone.
Seatrain Baker
France: 350 francs to the dollar.
Litchfield
Pay "
Holland: 3.80 guUders to the dollar.
you
go,
a
Italy: 625 lii'e to the doUar.
^Artist In Flour' month. They are really not $30
Norway: 14 cents per krone.
worth
Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the doUar. To the Editor:
$3,000 but you and me or any
Sweden: 19.33 cents per krone.
We enjoy the cool crisp breezes brother interested in a home in
India: 21 cents per rupee.
Pakistan: 30.2 cents per rupee.
of the ocean and Gulf Stream on Puerto Rico can get hold of one
Argentina: 14.2 pesos to the dollar.
the Seatrain New Jersey, contrary and make it worth $20,000.
Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro.
Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso.
to the heat wave that is sweeping Anytime one of your boys come
Venezuela: 29.85 cents per hoUvar.
the nation on land. We have down I will be glad to show him
plenty of milk aboard, sweet and around. See what's what without
enjoy icecream all along the "Government escort."
Seabeaver Needs sour,
Atlantic Coast, have delicious
George Litchfield
strawberry shortcake, watermelon,
New Quarters
Hit High'Prieed OT For Crew
honeydew and cantaloupe.
4 3^ t
To the Editor:
Ciothing Outfits To the Editor:
Our
baker,
Jean
Auer,
makes
The last few trips aboard the
Compang Policg
To the Editor^
We had quite a discussion at Seabeaver
(Colonial) there has cakes and pies, that are out of this
At our last sMj^oard meeting our last shipboard meeting aboard been a continual stream of beefs world. You could say he's an ar On Stores Hit
the crew of the Del Sud (Missis the Heywood Broun (Victory Car and complaints regarding the ter tist with flour and water. We have To the Editor:
sippi) went on record that all riers) about the chief mate paint rible sleeping quarters on this ves a small bakery shop aboard and
. We held a special meeting
clothing companies * be stopped ing his room and doing other work sel.
no one has any ivrinkles in their
aboard the Del Aires (Mississippi)
from coming aboard SIU ships that belongs to the deck gang. I At the end of each voyage we stomachs.
until they come down on their went to him and told him that he have been informed by the port We have CocaCola and Seven recently to take up our meat prob
ridiculous prices. The motion was making lots of nice overtime engineer that nothing could be Up on ice whenever you desire it. lem. Our steward explained that
referred to the Hub, Marine Ex for the deck department but he done about the matter ^ until the All in all, it's a good deal while he was putting out whatever meat
change and Mer Mar Clothing com isn't interested.
ship went into drydock. Now that afloat as we hit port each weekend. he had on ship and was short be
panies.
We're trying to put a stop to the vessel is scheduled for dry Regards to the membership.
cause of the company's policy of
Their clothing is very inferior to the practice,, but if that doesn't docking, the crew is hoping that
Sir Charles buying their meats in Buenos
n^me brands and they have a work out we'll have all the over there will be some action on this
Aires.
practice of putting bills owed to time down on the sheets when pay problem.
X
if
them on the ship's slopchest bill. off time comes.
The steward said that this had
Bill Thompson
The Union should notify the
Arthur 6. Roy
been company policy for a long,
Ship's delegate Get That Free
shipping companies to , void any
Ship's delegate
time but on the last trip the Ar
Medical Checkup gentine
*
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passes such clothing companies
Government had stopped
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To the
Editor:
may have until furthey authoriza
the practice claiming that the city
SIU
Doing Great
I am in the San Juan US Public is short on meat. The company
Bun To Greece
tion from the Union hall.
Things For Men Health Service Hospital for an was
so informed by letter and
Baldy Bollinger Pleasant Trip
operation which is due in a couple warned that they could not expect
To the Editor:
Ship's delegate
To the Editor:
I just read in the LOG about the of days. The reason is that I got to store up in Buenos Aires any
4. 4. ^
Just returned from a trip on the new birth benefits and find that hurt while on the Beatrice (Bull more.
Cecil N. Bean, on its run my wife and I just got alongside Line) on July 8. Well the condi
Not Enough Stores
Hopes He BoesnH good ship
to the Mediterranean. The crew the dock in time. I have been try tions here are about A1, the best.
The food is veiy Despite this, the c&inpany is still
Miss Aug LOGs
signed on April 14 in New York. ing to get photostatic copies of our
good, the nurses sending out ships with expecta
It was a pleasant run enjoyed by marriage and birth certificates but
To the Editor:
and doctors are tions of storing up in Buenos
This is to advise yqu that I have all hands.
am unable to do so.
fine and I am get Aires as meat is so cheap down
moved to Los Angeles and would There were no complaints or As a result of this useless search
ting very good there. The steward explained that
like you to continue sending me beefs to the steward's good food ing I am enclosing the original cer
treatment
so far. he was specifically ordered not to
the SEAFARERS LOG at my new which was enjoyed throughout the tificates plus enough postage to en
buy meat in Montevideo as the
The
only
address.
able
you to
return them if
you will
entire voyage. In fact it was the
company
did not want to pay the
trouble
is
the
Please change this on your books best feeder I have been on in many be so kind.
current price in Uruguay. This
heat
because
the
as T don't want to miss any issues. a moon,
Also,
I'm
enclosing
my
last
dis
^
ventilation is very despite the fact that there is all
My son, G. L. Newman, reads them The crew as a whole got along charge which is off the Fairport
poor. Anyway the meat you want in Montevideo.
also after he gets ashore and I keep in great shape and the life«of the (Waterman). Boy, what a ship that
Reyes
The steward ^declared that'some
when you com
them all.
entire voyage was none other than is. Just ask any of the boys who pare this to the 14 days I spent at thing must be done to see that
«. I enjoy reading the LOG. It's our ' smallsized pantryman, the have been on her.
the hospital in Colombo, Ceylon, these ships are properly stored for
a fine paper and gives one the "Great Moose" himself. Hi only
Officer Problems
shipping news in a way that no weighs 260 with his shoes off.
The mate seems to think that he lii years ago, this Is heaven. Noth a long trip to South America since
there are delays of from one to
newspaper can compare.
privileged character ing is missing here.
We made three ports, Piraeus is some sort of
thirty
days in South American
John F. Newman and Salonica in Greece and Istan or something like that. I'll grant I have a date with the knife, ports due
to ship congestion in
which
is my first
operation.
Mean
the fact that .he's a character.
4i 3^ 4^
bul in Turkey. Also we stopped in him
while they are giving me a good these ports.
He
seems
to
think
that
the
agree
Algeria for bunkers.
Belief In Port
is only meant for the rest of checkup all around which means The crew then went on record
Highlights of • the trip were ment
I get out of here I will be that before signing on for another
the
ships .in
Poses Problem^ cognac, peaches, cherries and Fairport. the SIU and not the when
trip to make certain that there
just like a brand new man.
strawberries of which all hands I personally collected six hours
To the Editor;
are
enough stores aboard.
I also believe that every man
I noticed a letter in the LOG by drank and ate their fill^
J. King
overtime, against him for some going to sea ought to have a good
Mike MUler
Brother John Fedesovich regard
checkup every once in a ^ while for
Ship's delegate
ing relief for the black gang while
his own sake and the sake of
in port. I presume he means the
others. It doesn't cost you any
home port. While the engineers
thing and the^ treat you very nice. .Far From Home
and mates may have such relief I
I also want to thank the boys on
personally believe that although on
the Beatrice fo# their friendliness
the surface it looks, very good it
and aisoWto congratulate all our
has serious drawbacks.
Union officials and brother mem
To begin with, it might have a
bers. We have the best union in
tendency to make those who were
any
industry and I like to see it
relieved homestead the same ships
stay
that way.
when in port of payoff. It would
Jpan Reyes
thereby make It more difficult for
3^
3^
>
the man on the beach to ship put.
It also would cause a beef in the
ExfSeafarer
deck gang and probably it^ the
En fogs the LOG
steward department.
To
the Editor:
Agree On Suggestion
1
Please
send me a copy of iiit
This issue is quite big and re
book "Seafarers In World War II."
quires careful consideration: I have
I really enjoy reading the LOG.
discussed the matter with some of
I read it from cover .to 6over al
the boys here in the Staten Island
though I haven't, been to sea since
Hospital where I am a patient, and
1947. I hope I will be back before Pvt. Hafford Roberts poses
they feel that perhaps something
long.
could be done to piovide a rest for
aboard the Jeff Davis while
Joseph P. McCann
the Seafarer when he reaches' port iPoilir contented Seafarers off the Cecil hi. Bean pose doekslde in
,Okinawa. An
so he, can go horn# to hi^ fimilj', • Piraeus, (Qrec^l ' They arb (left to right):' Red,'AB; Radl Mattih,
; .(Ed. note: A copy o/ the booklet ship Avas,
thony Nottage photo.
after a long trip. At m#Wm# tiiii#. 'btfjvlrd}'^liii^
eiiilhiier;' and 'h^ui:^.;|fiUerr:;B
OMk. '' is OB its icay.)
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SRA FA It^Jt S LOG
Thought He Woe
Seeing Things
LET IE R S
Maiernttg Pag
Very Pleasant
T* the ) Edit
Iter:
To the Editor: .
While reading the June 13 issue
I am applying for tho maternity^ he wants to go home to them when
and says he will sail on deck agahi
of the SEAFARERS LOG, I re
benefits now provided by the Wel he has time off not in the time
some day.
fare Plan. Enclosed are the neces that he is supposed to have for
He Isn't the only mate I know ceived a very pleasant surprise
sary papers.
shuteye.
of like this. There are many SIU when I read the article regarding
To the Editor:
the new matern
bookmen who have a mate's ticket.
I am on the beach now and after
Companies Will Save
Trip after trip promises have These are the men who can give
ity benefits. I
all the expenses my last payoff
That is why there are so many been made on the Steel Vendor to us privileges which we are entitled
had received the
sure has holes in it now. When I
LOG just one
read in the LOG about this new onetrip firemen like me. On the the effect that the stewards de to.
day after we were
Accept the Vnioli
benefit I had to ask' my wife to other hand they have to break in partment foc'sles would be paint
blessed"with a
1ead it and tell me if I was seeing new FWT's all the time because ed on the coming voyages. These Some companies have no labor
they can't keep regular FWT's that
units have not trouble as they accept the Union
9 lb. 7V4 oz. boy.
things.
way. If relief firemen are supplied
been painted in as permanent and being of posi
This benefit
I always knew the SIU was the as part of the agreement, it will
over three years tive value. In turn, the SIU ac
will go a long
best only now I am going to say stand better for the companies
as stewards de cepts the necessity of the company
way to help pay
it louder and longer. I will themselves and in the long run
partment men on to operate at a profit. They run
expenses for the
be watching for the mail until I they can save money by keeping
Hipp
the V e s s e 1 s are the business and we work in the
new arrival and
have an answer. Hoping to hear competent personnel who are fully
witnesses' to the interest of the crew.
to
make
my
stay
on the beach
from this soon.
acquainted with the plant. Because
fact.
Both the Union and the company more pleasant.
Paul E. Reed
such a man knows every trick
The member search for ways to accommodate
I'm enclosing the birth certifi
around the plant, the oil bills for
ship at our last their differences. They keep com cate and marriage license as per
the companies are less.
shipboard meet munication lines open to be ready instructions. I'm also sending you
Palmer
ing
passed a mo to discuss anything. They work my last discharge but would like
Steady Fireman Best
tion that if this painting and other together with respect of each other. to have this returned to me if pos
The necessity for the relief fire items on the repair list arenot
To the Editor:
But these things are not so with sible. My heartfelt thanks and ap
Although others have done it man to be acquainted with the ctmpleted, not to sail on the next every company. Some balk, like preciation to those who made this
plant
is
not
of
too
great
impor
before, I just have to mention
voyage.,
a donkey at the plow.
benefit possible.
the present beef about stewards. tance if he knows his job of firing.
Jerry Palmer
Furman P. Hipp
We are not perfect as there are
Firing
in
port
is
kept
to
a
mini
As a steward I think it is about
Ship's delegate weeds in our garden. Tlie per
if
X X
time the membership got informed mum except when working winches
former is a character who disgraces
4*
3^
3i
when a little more fire
is necessary.
about them. They are a highly
our Union and tears down every
skilled and competent rating. We At all times the fireman that can
thing we achieved. We must guard
save
the
company
a
lot
of
dough
have to put Just as much sea time
against these as they are a threat
in the galley as the bosun has to is the one going to sea steady. The
To the Editor:
to our Union.
more
an
FWT
knows
his fire
busi
have or the electrician needs be
The Bradford Island (Cities
Are
we
going
to
let
anjdhing
low, but we are the lowest paid. ness the better he makes a ma To tiie Editor:
Service) has been running from
stand
in
our
way?
Certainly
not.
The
SIU
has
driven
forward
Now the bosun gets a $30 raise neuver and the better he keeps his
Puerto La Cruz to Argentina. This
fires when using all of them at from the beginning and is stiil go The battle has been tough, but will is our second trip to Campona and
and nil for the steward.
never
end
as
long
as
we
are
de
ing
strong.
Vacation
pay,
ma
sea, resulting in a lot less consump
Once Company Man
ternity benefits, a $25 savings bond nied privileges we are entitled to. first to Bahia Blanca.
tion of oil.
I am not knocking the bosun, but
for new babi%s and disability pay No opposition is too great that we We had one cruise around the
my point is that the steward at Having new men all the time ments are only a few of the Union's can't meet it through co^ntinual ex islands—^Arbau, St. Thomas and
one time wa.c a company stiff. The does not help the companies, be gains.
Puerto Rico. . The company for
posure of things as these.
SIU realized that to kiU the food cause even a man. who is an old
wards all the mall except the LCXS.
D.
King
We must never let down if we
beefs they would have to get at hand at firing has to get ac
We
got some LOGs and OT sheets
X. L X ^
the man whose responsibility it quainted with a lot of tricks every wish to continue to enjoy what
off the Alcoa Pilgrim in Ponce.
was. So the stewards were all time he steps into a different fire we. have earned. This brings me
The orders now are Aruba and
brought in the Union and are now room. By the time he gets around to the smaller items which follow.
the States, but they change every
In the LOG of June 27 you may
shipped out of the hall. It cut out to knowing everything a lot of
day on here. The guys sure are
have seen the cartoon showing a To the Editor:
the blacklist, piec^off and cut extra oil goes up in smoke.
hoping they don't change this
We have
months to go on time.
throat practices which hurt the
A relief fireman. Just by going lookout on the bow reporting from
one
year's
articles
on the Olympic
crew.
a
telephone
booth.
Yes,
it
is
a
one hour ahead of time the first
Ray Wright
Games and there are only 12 of
But ever since then the compa day, will find out everything he foulweather dream of an OS.
Ship's delegate
the original crew left on the ship.
m. nies refuse to give the steward needs to do a gobd job in port as I am an OS who has been kicked Included among them is the one
X X
much recommendation. They give well as the regular FWT. The around by company officials and
you the line, "Well, if you didn't FWT going to sea is thf one who officers. But I am not by myself and only Snuffy Smith, our capa
belong to the Union . . ." and there really has to know all tb* tricks if in this matter, that is why I am ble bosun, who is rated among us
you are. The steward takes pride he is to help the chief aave some convinced we will not stand for it. as an A1 serang. The rest of the
crew right now is from the SIU To the Editor:
in his job and the fact that he is a oil.
We shouldn't sit back and let the
member of the SIU. It is time the I think the companies will agree rain, wind and cold beat us no Canadian district. Good Joes too.
I thought I would take this
When we get hold of some pic means to tell you how proud I am
Union bridged the gap. By rights that having relief FWT's wiU do more than we would let anything
tures I'll send them in. So long
the steward should be the highest
else when there is no good reason for now, I guess I'll take a swim. of being with the SIU. I belong
paid unlicensed* man aboard ship. good one way socially and do good
to the Teamsters and Meat Cutters
for it
in the other way, financially.
A1 Pietrowski Union, but never have I been treat
Lee de Parlier
Marine architects Gibbs and Cox
Luis A. Ramirez
4" i
ed like I have by the SIU.
t 3^ 4. .
would
probably have a laugh when
• t 3^ » '
I am in the hospital now in Bal
they saw that cartoon. But I chal
timore and the patrolman just gave
lenge. their ability to construct a
me my $15. It sure comes in
lookout house of this type, one that To the Editor:
handy. I know I could not afford
will hold the glass when hail and
To the Editor:
the treatment I am getting in here.
green seds lash at her. Let's see I noticed in the SEAFARERS It's the world's best.
With negotiations for a new con To the Editor:
LOG
that
we
are
supposed
to
get
tract about to start, you may say Enclosed are the birth certificate the engineers who gave us the su a maternity benefit. So enclosed I thank all the heads, of our
that I waited too long to make a and marriage license as well as my perliner United States go to work you will find the necessary proof. Union for all their work in the
suggestion. But I have learned last ship's discharge.
on this.
It certainly will come in handy past and the future.
Some Are Envious
that in labor matters it is the first
I became a dad on May 14, 1952,
Frank B. McColliair
and we think it is wonderful for
and last opinions that count more. and according to the LOG, I quali" Again I. say we have feelings, the Union to give these nice bene
XXX
Somebody else has been writing fy for maternity benefits.
wanting to be free from weather, fits to Union men.
on the same subject, about the
to be able to smoke on the bridge
Charles N. Bailey
relief FWT's for the regular It is a good thing to receive the and have wholesome food the same
LOG
home
so
as
to
know
what's
FWT's, and surely hit the nail in going on,
as. captains and mates in their lofty'
the right place. This is something
To the Editor:
Miguel F. Diaz perch. Yet some stick to the tra
that many a fireman has been
dition of Mr. Big, holding that sea
Along with the rest of the crew
3^ 3^ 3i>
speaking about for years. I'm mak
men are the scum of the earth.
aboard the Hastings, I would like
ing the same suggestion and have
They are envious that we have
to commend the baking of Felix
many reasons to make it.
forced them to show respect for
Tate. His pastries are excellent.
pur righj^ and have advanced as
The three departments On here
OneTrip Man
far as we have.
have heen good shipmates and all
Almost every time that I sign To the Editor:
is smooth. If the trip continues
We don't want special privileges,
on a ship it Is for one trip only, I receive every issue of the LOG
as it has been up to now it's going
because even if I try for a standby and appreciate it very much as it just things that are enjoyed by
to be a very good one.
helps me keep up many in a free world such as ours.
man either from the hall or one
I. D. Richardson
Even livestock
is sheltered and well
on
what's
going
of my regular shipmates, I'm
Ship's delegate
on. I see some ted by a wise owner.
always confronted with a lot of
XXX
of my. shipmates' Just last week, a mate told an.
hardtiming from
names and pic AB not to come on the bridge
the first or chief
tures in it and it without his cigarettes. The AB
engineer, so
brings back the had left them below, thinking there
much so that I'm
days I spent at wasn't any use to carry tjiem up.
forced to quit
To the Editor:
sea.
most of the time.
This mate had sailed on deck and
We wish to express our heartfelt
I am sending knew what we undergo.
It seems that
thanks to the membership in the.
the engineers do
Kellar
y®" one of my An oldtimet l&ce Jerry Thaxton,
Por^ of New Orleans for their
pictures and now on the Alcoa Corsair, can tell
not like to have
ulood donations in an unsuccess
would
appreciate
it
very
much
if
none but regular
you of a mate that was OS when
ful attempt to save our little three
FWT's standing you would put it in the LOG for he was bosun. This mate is better
Ramirez
yearold niece,Judith Perrone.
watches at all me so some of my old shipmates known as '_'BT" to a few seamen.
We are also thankful for the
times. That they do, I guess, be can see it and write to me. Thank He is truly a good matp, under
flowers presented by the mem
cause the regular FWT's are more you for whatever you can do for standing without airs. Privileges The smiling Shriner is none bers.
acquainted with the plant. But it me along this line.
are given by him to seamen that
other than Seafarer Philip
An SIU. man is always welcome
Isn't a good way to keep the regular
Louis Keilar, No. 86953 would open the ^es of many sel
Reyes attending a Shrine con
in our place.
EWTs because if one has a family
^ Box 69, Loudon, Ohio
vention in Miami.
;
fish mea He holds an SIU/ book
• ,Mr. «r Mrs. G. S.;E^ •
Painting Overdue
On Steel Vendor
Steward Should
Get Top Pag
Bradford island
Getting Around
Fight For Gains
Not Over Yet
rl4
Olympic Games
Out For Year
SIU Treats Him
Better Than All
Approves Relief
Firemen In Port LOG Tells Him
What^s Going On
Benefit Will
Come In Handy
Hastings Baker
flailed By Crew
Seafai'erNoble
Asks For Mail
From Friends
Thanks SIU Men
For Blood Aid
.i • • . • • .vfrw4K
V.. •
;;ji;a v.;
�.i ri t ft? JI i
i;
LETTERS
S E A F A R E R S
sign of going hack yet. So will
you let us know if we are in had
standing. We will not he able to
pay our dues till we get hack.
To the Editor:
Henry M. Murronka
, When. I began going to sea, I
Harry Monahan
was hired off the docks by a chief
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
engineer! I had to work eight (Ed. note: In situations like
hours or more these you can square yourself'by
Vacation Plan, July 7—July 18
to prove myself presenting your discharges at the
$88,250.34
Welfare Plan, June 28—July 12
nearest
hall
when
you
get
back.)
a good worker
to him and , the
t. i t.
first Sunday had
To Cash Vac. Ch^ks ...13899 SJIOO.OO
to work 20 min
Pio Dario
13900
154.00
utes or more
Mayom Davis
13901
82.06
John Morrison
13902
61.83
sweeping out the To the Editor:
Ambrose Magdinia ..... 13903
141.56
engine room and I' can't see why we couldn't
Gordon Loucks
13904
38.11
Andrew Tonon
13905
130.67
emptying trash have a 100 percent yes vote on the
WiUiam Hirst
13906
39.67
cans.
Kenneth Erickson
13907
38.89
resolution on acquiring new halls.
Schrunk
Robert
Bums
13908
50.17
The eats were Any brother voting "no" on this
Ralph Crowley ........ 13909
66.89
REPORT NO. IZ
cooked at midship and carried issue is nothing hut a traitor not
West French
13910
42.39
Calvin
Price
13911
38.89
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
hack aft in containers and set on only to the Union hut our brothers
James Fowler
13912
38.11
Period Covered By This Report—July 7July 18
the table to he served as a meal. as well. After all, look at what we
John Ficarrotta
13913
52.89
Ashford
Panton
........ 13914
131.06
U you like it, okay. If you didn't have gotten in the past year: Cash on Hand
$ 215,088.65 Austin Carter
13915
113.9$
like it, that was okay too. Some $2,500 death benefit, $15 a week Estimated Accounts Receivable
Jose Sanchez
13916
64.17
210,000.00
Jack
Holt
13917
114.33
times the food was cold. You ate hospital and disability benefit, va Vacation Benefits Paid in Period
i.....
62,745.16
Edgar GUes ...
13918
52.89
whatever was brought hack aft. cation pay, $200 maternity bonus Vacation Benefits Paid Since February 11, 1952.....;.. 1,068,743.51 Alphonse Logindis
13919
47.06
West Blanchard
13920
67.28
Things Better Now
plus a $25 bond for each child.
Harry Neale
13921
50.94
Since the SIU was organized in We haven't stopped yet and I Our vacation benefits have slowed down a little bit the past few Jay Norris
13922
50.94
Milton Otto
13923
9L78
1938, things in general have got am sure we will have better con weeks because of the layups of the Governmentowned ships, but we Charles
Cox
13924
48.22
ten much better from then to the tracts when negotiations are taken are still going strong as the figures show. The totals are well past WUliam Smith
13925
117.44
Earl Gonyea
13928
123.67
present time We have good food up in August.
the miiUnn dollar mark now and we'll be looking for that two million EUas
Mendoza
13927
44.72
now, add e:icellent working con
figure.
Edward Lewis
13928
42.39
Keep Banner High
Noel Loveday
13929
142.33
ditions as well as a wonderful
One thing should
be kept in mind
by all men
who are eligible.
Don't
Matthew SUbUe
13930
43.94
Yes brothers, that new hotel
shippingout system.
13931
56.00
hang on to those discharges too long and try to pile up two years' Harry Horn
65.72
From our shipping through the will not only be a dream, but a benefits. Tf you wait more than a year after you get a discharge you're Joseph Broussard ...... 13932
Jose Pacheco
13933
38.50
hall, SIU officials have done a certainty, a home away from home liable to wind up losing some of the vacation money you would get Luther
Pate
13934
45.89
13935
50.56
wonderful job of making this that we can call our own. Let's otherwise. To be on the safe side it's best to come up and collect Ronald Stewart
keep the SIU banner flying high.
Adam Lemoine
13936
47.44
Union what it is today.
whenever you have the minimum of 90 days seatime. In any case, Harry Parrott
13937
48.22
At present I am under doctor's We have the best conditions in the if you have some old discharges lying around that you haven't collected James Brannan
13938
35.39
maritime industry.
All this
didn't
Charles
Martinez
13939
36.56
orders not to work and have been
on yet, check with the Union before those discharges get too old.
Henry Gomez
13940
41.22
so from ApriL I'm taking treat come easy. There was blood and
Raymond Franklin
13941
38.11
42.39
sweat and
even
tears as
the saying
Jack
Mays
13942
35J)0
.
13802
D.
Tselekis
Check
ment for a weak heart. Regards
66.89
,
13803
Edwin
Schmidt
VeUAo
PoUanen
13943
35.78
Amount
No.
Name
goes.
So
long
for
now
brothers
to all my friends and shipmates.
49.00 WUliam SutherUn
. 13804
13944
42.39
To Cash Vac. Checks .. .13706 95,000.00 Elmer Kent
134.94
and
happy
sailing.
,
13805
John
Adams
13945
48.22
Alfonso
Cassaro
37.33
13707
Ignacio Dctumero
Charles G. Schmnk
48.61 Gordon Davis
. 13806
...'. 13946
154.7B
41.61 WUliam Miner
13708
Castro Ignacio
Joaeph
C.
Zliali
48.22 Void
.013807
13947
Void
Sf . if
it
75.83 Harry Rochkind
13709
Edward GravUn
(Ed. note: As reported in the Yu
39.28 Vmd
13948
Void
. 13808
62.22 David Albrlfht
13710
Song Yee
44.72
.
13809
Ward
Ramey
13949
64.n
Harold
Vincent
57.94
13711
June 27 LOG, the resolution won Andrew Boncy
152.44 Angel Urtl
. 13810
13950
73.11
35.00 Ronald Gay ....'.
13712
lb Rasmussen
a 91 percent "yes" vote.)
45.50 Aldwin PhUbcrt
. 13811
13951
83.61
113.56 Jack Gray
13713
George Alexander
84.00
.
13812
Peter
Blanchard
13952
136.11
Giannetto
Ristoii
80.89
13714
Stanley TiUett
i * i
42.39 Paul Huseby
. 13813
13953
134.94
36.56 Jesus Ayala
To the Editor:
13715
Thomas Cherry
38.50 Stewart Hanks
13954
124.44
41.22 Arsemus Wlckini .... . 13814
13716
Roy
Justice
"We have a beef here that we
38.50
. 13815
Adolph Sadenwater .... 13955
36.17
64.56 Karl Eriksson
13717
Edgar Walker
35.00
.
13316
Antonio
Melendez
..... 13956
121.33
think you may he able to straighten
Claude
Scott
90.22
Koa Lira ............... 13718
49.00
,
13817
Bryan
Vam
Jr
13957
35.00
Charles
Heppdinf
....
49.78
13719
Elmer HassenpRug
out. In Yokohama, Japan, if the
121.33 Dan StUeanopoulos .... 13958
58,72
42.78 Andrea Arrogancia .. . 13818
13720
Walter Edwards
143.89
WUey
Hudgens
13959
63.78
.
13819
ship is docked at. North Pier all To the Editor:
67.67 WUbur SatteSield ...
13721
Paul Cathcart .;
65.72 Edward McGowan
. 13820
13960
78.94
120.94 F. A. Savoic
13722
unlicensed crewmemhers must At the time of this writing the James Perclval
111.22 Dagaberto Borges
13961
36.94
35.78 Leonard Layton ...... , 13821
13723
George
Corbett
Burbank
Victory ^Eastern)
is near
44.72
Herman lewis
13962
88.67
walk hack to the ship from the
87.50 Matthew DiLeo ...... , 13822
13724
Frank Nelson
40.44
David
Helm
13963
53.67
,
13823
Roman
Arabskl
57.17
13725
gate. It is more than a mile to ing Yokohama. This is a very Claire HamUn
68.44 Gerardo Rivero
13964
85.56
132.61 Frank Wilhelm ...... . 13824
Herbert Townsley ..... 13726
happy ship so Luis
56.39 Joseph Snyder
13965
9Ct44
the ship from the gate and about
, 13825
75.44 Ray Miner
13727
Ramos
45.89
Anis
Meadows
......... 13966
57.17
.
13826
41.22 Thomas Dennis ......
13728
far, the ship be Arvid Osolin
half the time it is raining.
42.00
Woodrow
Reid
13967
138.83
.
13827
Garland
Stenneth
....
133.00
Restituto G. Impaya ... 13729
ing
manned
by
We are not allowed to even hitch
13968
95.28
117JJ3 Harold Wheeler ,,... . 13828147.78 Werter Roberts
Joseph Violante ....... 13730
13969
94.50
123.67 Francis Higgins
, 13829
35.78 Alexander Izatt
competent and Oleasa Buczok
13731
a ride. But any ship's officer with
Udel
Turner
......,13970
..
38.11
•
140.00
.
13830
Joseph
Dutko
..
35.78
13732
William
Tuck
able Union men. HenrUc MoUer
a pink pass can take a taxi right
43.56 Hans Olsen
13971
63.78
48.61 James Rogers ........ . 13831
13733
128.72 WiUiam Henderson .... 13972
99.94
. 13832
36.56 Herbert Loge
We look forward WUliam CuUen
13734
to the gangway. That covers every
49.78
Carl
Harris
13973
124.66
.
13833
50.17 CecU White
13735
Hfcmpleman
to a pleasant Frank
body from steward to captain.
John
Fisher
1.3974
87.89
106.94
. 13834
James
McClantoc
....
133.78
Nicholas Sargent ...... 13736
13975
127.56
129.50 Leland McMilUan
voyage, this be Joseph Sharp
48.61 Odis Dedeaux ........ . 13835
13737
Borrow Dough
13976
42.39
. 13836 ' 36.94 Giovanni Gueriero
39.67 George Thayer
13738
Jose
Vargen
ing the first trip Robert MeNay
What really gets us sore is that
Diego
Martinez
13977
44.72
84.00
.
13837
Charles
Lambert
.....
44.72
13739
Bernard
Graziano
13978
32ai
56.00
,
13838
Hurmon
Butts
.......
by
this
ship
un
110.06
some of these officers hum money
John Howarth ......... 13740
13979
45.50
36.56 Ambrose Gelhar
. 13839
65.72 Miles Foster
13741
Price
der the SIU ban Thomas
from us to ride hack in a cab while
13980
46.28
53.67 Eusibio Andaya
. 13840
43.56 Emanuel Vatis
Banse!
13742
George Peteusky
Remus
HaU
13981
38.5«
44.33
.
13841
Owen
Foster
..........
71.94
. ner.
we with our yellow passes must
Daniel Seabolt ........ 13743
46.28
72.33 Lorenzo Rinaldl ........ 13982
47.44 Lewis Gayton ....... , 13842
13744
Arthur Young ...'
Some of us are sporting the new Eugene
walk.
13983
71.17
122.50 George Prota
, 13843
148.56 John Murray
13745
Wilson
WiUiam
White
13964
46.67
37.72
.
13844
Reino
Sundberg
One more thing. There are two SIU book. It sure is something to Jlobert Schlagler ...... 13746 ' 46.28 Jack Ponthieux
13985
124.44
52.50 George Jamison
. 13645
99.17
.. 13747
of us here on an SUP ship. Our be. proud of as it is a true expres Tranquillas MaravUlas
13986
156.72
50.94 Evangelos StratU
, 13846
68.83 Francesco Troia
13748
William Girardiau
FeUx
Roehner
13987
94.11
46.67
122.50 Edward Bourgeois ... . 13847
dues are paid through last year. We sion of the Union itself. Steady Harry Davis
13749
13988
37.33
35.78 Beringo Gonzales
, 13848
44.72 Samuel Cooper
13750
Armand
BaldinelU
as
she
goes.
caught this ship in January and
13989
141.56
53.67 David RusseU
. 13849
47.06 Oskar Thelsen
13751
Harry Murray
Alex
Anagnostou
13990
35.78
45.11
. 13850
William Bause' Augustus Hickey
36.94 Dallas Rushing
have been out ever since with no
13752
Casimir Honorowtdd .... 13991
128.33
KeeailB Old Days
Before The StU
I
• 9Mi
:.i ;.
''iSi'
CASH BENEFITS
'"• H
TOTAL
Sees New Hails
Boon To Seamen
VACATION
Officers Mde,
Crewmen Walk
Burbanh^s Trip
Pleasant One
Convisrsatioii Time On Deck
Seafarer John Winters Geft), drives home a point to listeners Bill
Wolden and Willie Deal (right) on the Salem Maritime. Deal,
was making his first trip out since he survived the Southern Isles
disaster, but still hadthe jitters and had to get off the ship.
13753
13754
13755
13758
13757
13758
13759
13760
13761
Conrado Espinosa ...... 13762
13768
Stephen Carr .'.
Juan Pagan ............ 13764
13765
A. Alexander
13768
Ernesto Caliguim
13767
KaUe Rankonen
13768
Peter Kurplnskl
13769
Ervin Tistan
Michael Kicka
13770
13771
Dudley Whittaker
13772
Daniel MuUin
13773
Alejo VUa
13774
Rosendo Serrano
13775
Jose Marrero
13776
Claude Fulcher
Grover Barnes
13777
Donald Herlihy
13778
13779
Gustav Akk
Pedro JudUla
13780
John White
13781
Solomon Stokolchick ... 13782
Victor Aniles
.... 13783
13784
Heinrich Sterling
13785
WUliam HaU
CUfford Welner
13788
Samuel Reed ........... 13787
Edward Smith .......... 13788
Wm. IsbeU
13789
John Stroka............ 13790
Joseph Gill ............ 13791
Burnett Brown ........ 13792
Lawrence Hays ........ 13793
Joao Coelho ............ 13794
Joseph Colht
13795
Benjamin VaUes
13796
Lonnie Buford
13797
Jo]|in Clatchey ......... 13798
Charles Sulo
13799
13800
Leon Malczewskl
James Bond ............ 18801
Roberts Mays
Edward Bussean
Guy Craig
Nicholaos Kallas
Antonio LalU
Jose Griffith
John Hoggie
Walter Zaleski
Warren Lewis
56.00 Leroy Seols
40.44 Dock Slaton
J I
38.11 Ira Bridges . « • e • s s •
39.28 Alfred Fohm
45.11 Herman Jefferson ....
99.56 Howard Hutcherson ..
138.83 Philip Brooks
136.50 Ronald Burton
41.61 Jon Bogren
85.56 Martin Paulsen ......
48.61 Juan Hernandez
43.17 John McCurdy
57.17 To Cash Vac. Checks
116.67 Leo Kosianczuk
105.00 Pedro EUot
96.44 Juan Cruz
60.28 Ward Wanace
82.06 Roy Cutbren
56.78 James Hunsucker ....
49.39 Stan Rowe
93.33, Walter Ulrich
38.11
108.50 Carlos Torres
55.61 John Mutsaers
108.89 Juan Rlos
100.33 Enrique Hernandez ..
47.44 Restituto Barrientos .
89.06 Leondes Aragon
35.78 Kurt Frauske
49.00 Koseo Hampton
60.67 Walter Zajanc
35.00 John McGuinness ....
42.78 Ronald Jarns
37.72 H. Charles West
52.11 Stanisalaw Czameckl .
35.78 George Englehart.....
71.56 Franisco Bartolomei .
45.89. Harry Stesch
43.94 Carlos Corneir . ,,..
49.39 Agustin Rosadu ......
53.28 Richard Kammler ....
104.61 Francis Warren
39.28 Ronald Babler
47.06 William Reith ........
49.00 Carlos Morales ......
5S1.6I Luis Rodriguez ......
69M Antonio Caruso ......
35.^ Alvin Carpenter ....
134.0ff Charles Palmer.......
41.61
13851
13992
50.11
41.22 Jose Torres
13852
13993
Void
35.00 Void
13853
James
Smith
13994
39.67
40.06
13854
13995
51.33
105.00 Thomas Durkin
13855
13996
66.11
41.61 David Fisher
13856
13997
117.44
78.94 Harry Kaufman
13857
Harry
Yancovitch
13998
40.44
13858 « 65.72
13999
105.00
40.06 Dennis McCarthy
13859
14000
53.28
40.44 Jesus Castro
13860
139.61
120.94 GuUlermo Martinez .... 14001
13861
Isidro
Gonzalez
14002
139.61
105.78
13862
Edelmiro Colon
14003
139.61
5JX>0.00 Jose Collados
13863
14004
139.61
99.56 Fiores Medina
. 13864
14005
137.28
50.94 Otto DeBoer
. 13865
14006
41.61
56.39 Edward PonzanelU
. 13866
14007
37.33
47.44 To Cash Vac. Checks .. 14008
, 13867
3,000.00
106.56 La Veme Marsden .... 14009
, 13868
52.11
89.06 Frank LongweU
. 13869
14010
35.39
60.28 FeUx Miranda
, 13870
14011
49.78
35.78 James Newman
, 13871
14012
38.50
50.17 Walter Noel
. 13872
14013
84.39
40.06 Sago Hanks
. 13873
14014
47.06
148.56 Charles Wells
. 13674
14015
75.83
141.56 Donald Wright
, 13875
14016
38.50
65.33 Diego Calarin
. 13876
14017
62.61
84.78 Carl Madsen
. 13877
14018
53.28
37.72 Edward Broussard
. 13878
14019
58.33
40.44 David Johnson
. 13879
14020
94.11
49.39 Alfred Gardner ........ 14021
, 13880
52.11
70.78 Edward Derhak
, 13881
14022
117.06
119 J9 Leonard. Rams
. 13882
14023
35.78
154.00 Kenneth Mayo. Jr. .... 14024
, 13883
50.56
100.72 Terrence Gien
, 13884
14025
40.44
120.94 Michael Tishaeff
, 13885
14026
79.33
56.39 John Byrd
. 1HS86
14027
126.39
35.39 John Monast
13887
14028
70.78
56.39 Thomas Lewis
13888
14029
56.78
84.39 Perry Payne
. 13889
14030
143.89
41.22 Flavio Calomot
, 13890
14031
140.39
48.61 Arthur Wert
. 13891
14032
41.22
60.67 James Coyne
, 13892
14033
46.67
40.83 Victor BruneU
13893
14034
82.83
59.11 Joseph Daleo
. 13894
14035
36.94
41.61 Herbert Coggsdal* ..... 14036
. 13895
39.67
79.33 Jose GonsaleS
13896
14037
59.11
106.94
13897
(Continued on page 341
77.78
13898
.
.
,
.
.
.
,
.
,
,
.
.
^
*
4'?
• ?J
�'Priday.tJuly ti. mi /
SEAWAM^R^ IPG
SEA FARE R S
TOTAL
$88,280.34
CASH BENEFITS
Vacation Plan
July 7—July 18
Welfare Plan
June 29—July 12
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
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No.
Name
George Anderson ...... 14038
14039
James Kyte
14040
Richard Glaze
Paul Simmons ......... 14041
14042
David MUler
14043
Thomas Bobbins
14044
Edwin Davis
14045
John Graham
14046
Henry Adams
14047
Reedy Helmuth
14048
Harry Becker ...;
14049
Miiledge Canaday
Felix VUlarin
"... 14050
14051
James Bird
William Nihem ........ 14052
14053
Marion Akins
WiUiam Bunker ....... 14054
Peter Garden
;... 14055
14056
Peter Patrick
14057
Selig FreUich
14058
Chester Flis
14059
Richard Suskind
Edward MoUneaux .... 14060
Stanley Kasmirski ..... 14081
Peter Ajdamach ...... 14062
Harry Benner .......... 14063
14064
Edwin Ely
14065
Lorence Taylor
14066
August Jackel
14067
Howard Frederlckson ...
14068
Mason Hall
Stanley Malinowskl .... 14069
14070
Carl Graham
14071
James Narsaya
George K a s
przyk, electrician:
Well you can say
that I'm very
pleased, as who
wouldn't be, with
getting the vaca
tion money.
Something extra
like this is al
ways very wel
come.
Anthony Branconl .... 14072
James Logan
14073
James Clarke
14074
Thorleif Hansen
14075
Void
14076
BassUios Arapakos .... 14077
William Stricko
14078
Maximo Tangalin
14079
Charles Mason
14080
Joseph Caron
14081
Paul Keesler ....
14082
James Keller
14083
Curt Starke
14084
Leo Weeks
14085
Geronimo Gapae
14086
Charles Volk ...;
14087
Bernard Grayson
14088
Victor Cooper
14089
" William Crane
14090
.William Kapso
14091
Stanley Kephart
14092
Leo Burimo ............ 14093
Dolph Shiler
14094
Charles McCrary
14095
WUliam Howell
14096
Chester Smith
14097
Santos Garcia
14098
Harlan Peters
14099
Bernard Graham
14100
Henry Limbaugh
14101
Walter Johnson
14102
Aristides Soriano
14103
Joseph Presster
14104
Antoine Christophe .... 14105
Forest Carson
14106
Roscoe Copenhaver
14107
James Lomax
14108
George Rouse ...:
14109
Joseph Warfield
14110
Allen Pluche
14111
Manuel Rodriguez
14112
George Farago
14113
Joseph Seramuzza .... 14114
Anthony La Torre
14115
George Brown, Jr
14116
Henry Foy :
14117
Ramon Irizarry
14118
Paul Ulrich
14119
John Wade
14120
To Cash Vac. Checks .. 14121
Sigurd Odegaard
14122
Israel Santos
14123
Antonio . Gonzalez
14124
kllchael Pagonis
14125
Conception Rivera
14126
Jose Curbano
14127
Luis Carbone
14128
Perley Solberg
14129
Leonidas Tollal
14130
Luis VUa
14131
. Raymond Ulatowski .... 14132
James Rowan
14133
Thomas Bowers. Jr. ... 14134
Angel CarrasquUla .... 14135
Adolph Rodriguez
14136
Fred Barrett
14137
Adrian Cccena ........ 14138
Agustin Oquenda ...... 14139
Carlos Rodriguez
14140
Ludwig Manhart
14141
Charles WiUie
14142
Peter Pedersen
14143
' Chemical Bank 8c
Trust Co
14144
Benjamin Le Blanc .... 14145
Jar Chong
...... 14146
WUliam Versloot
14147
Rulkiiu Camaiitlque .... 14148
Karl Karlsson
14149
Rene Glguere ........ 14150
Charles Lewis ..
' 14181
Stanley Solski
;.. 14152
. Fred Oestraan ......... 14153
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 14154
Tomas Rivera
14155
David Demarits ........ 14156
14524
55.61
14429
145.44 Edmund Murawski
73.50 Gilbert Parker
14302
52.50 Lee Carney
, 14157
Antonio Mangao
23)
14525
42.39
14430
73.11 John Fancutt
94.50 Suloman Harb
41.22 RusseU Skinner ....... 14303
14158
WiUiam Blakeslee
Francoie
Savoie
14526
52.11
14431
85.94
14304
73.11 Bernard Grazis
14159
108.89 John Young
Amount Beraldo Canteli
14527
39.67
14432
85.94 Arthur Gilliland
14305
103.06 Harold NeUi
37.33 Charles Martin
14160
90.22 John Nolan
54.44
Frank Schembri
14433
108.50 Edelmiro Albarran .... 14528
55.61
Benjamin
Parkinson
.. 14306
14161
35.00
51.72 Charles Ross
AUred
Nuneberg
14529
06.06
14434
43.56
14307
39.28 John Shaw
77.39 Mark Jones
14162
141.94 Manuel morman
14530
84.00
14435
99.17 Ernesto Valdes
14308
42.39 George Schneider
56.39 Arthur Seago
14163
43.94 Alfonso waUejo
14531
136.89
Tommy Courson
14436
112.89 James Flanagan .'
86.17
14309
Tolar
Bruton
14164
56.39
Jose
Lopez
93.72
14532
39.67
14437
39.28 Jan Bosman
14310
52.89 Thomas Byus
56.39 Void
14165
50.17 Anibal Albe
14533
65.72
44.72 Anthony Maiello
Void Ralph Pennington .;.... 14438
14311
156.33 Void
14166
40.83 BasiUo Estrella
John
GeUatly
14534
135.33
Francisco
Giordano
14439
43.17
136.11
106.94 Clarence Blanckden .... 14312
14167
14535
47.06
44.72 BUI WUUams
14440
57.94 Joseph Kusmierski
14168
56.39 To Cash Vac. Checks .. .14313 84,000.00 Joseph Sposato
14536
41.22
49.00 Alberto Delapaz
14441
55.22 Milton Baggett .....
14314
72.72 Edward Ross
59.11 Carl Gibbs
14169
WUliam
Pritchard
14537
67.67
44.72 Joaquin Passapera
14442
117.83
14315
110.06 WUUam Funk
56.39 WiUiam Bowman
14170
139.01
38.89 Rafael Torres .'
14443
125.61 Ramon Gonzalez ...... 14538
Daniel PiccerelU ...... 14316
128.33 Rosevelt Brown
47.06 John Conway
14539
58.72
14171
80.11 Vernon Porter
14444
140.78 Edgar Andrews
14317
71.56 BUlie Brown
Lewis
Lowe
14540
47.8.3
14172
50.17
Douglas
Butler
96.44
14.118
114.72 Carmelo Reyes
14443
50..56
Morris Haychuk
14.541
80.11
39.67 Roman Jopski
.37.72 Richard Mounteney .... 14173
14446
118.61 Jean Houston
14319
56.78 Edward Lessor
14174
14542
124.44
47.83 Joseph Taylor
t09.2S WUUam HarreU
14447
50.56 Walter Brown
14320
44.33 Clarence Tobias
14543
72.72
35.39 Earl Brittain
37.72 Robert McCorkel ....... 14175
14448
144.67 Samuel Ayler
14321
36.94 Georgios Kosmas
Clarence
Skipper
14544
38.50
Joseph
Jefferson
14176
47.44
122.11
Raymond Gorju
14449
136.11
14177
150.50
14545
44.33
141.94 Rupert Pierce
Harry, Logan
14450
41.22 Alton Porter ".
112.00
14178
14546
56.00
Clodis Marceau.x
14451
106.17 Shelton. Harrison
141.94 Albert Buck
C.
F.
Boyle,
14179
48.61
Steve
Karlak
14547
54.44
James
Costigan
James Crawford
14452
36.17
44.33
14548
58.33
14180
42.39 OS: It's certainly
James Carter
14453
87.11 Dominlck Dimaio
39.28 Joseph HiU
14549
45.50
Barney Goodman
14454
50.17 John Sadler
42.39 Czestow BrodzUc ....... 14181
42.39 a line system and
5,000.00
Joseph Walters
'.... 14455
44.33 To Cash Vac. Checks ... J4550
143.11 John ScuUy
14182
60.67
John
Nouwcn
14551
100.33
I
for
one
am
Dallas Turner
14456
44.33
14183
58.33 Francis Boggs
64.94
14552
117.06
WUUam Robinson
14457
115.89 Gerald Hoeschen
14184
65.33 Johnny Chow
61.83 completely satis
14553
38.89
Cecjl Wiggins
14458
97.61 Mervin BrightweU
14185
44.33 WUliam Coste
44.72
Richard
Blttman
14554
36.94
fied.
It
looks like
Lloyd Sego
14459
119.78
14186
157.11
98.78 John Farrand
Donald
Medlock
14555
54.44
Alfred Triay
14460
103.06
14187
58.72 the SIU beat all
54.83 Chester Bryan
14556
49.78
Frederick Inglett
14461
103.06 Clarence Gardner
14188
51.72
112.78 Benjamin Seals
14557
60.67
Harry Galphln
14462
42.39 Walter Tkach
14189
75.44 the other unions
40.83 Joseph Marconf
Clement
Bairston
14558
127.56
Ralph Stiefel
14463
42.39
14190
69.81 to the punch on
144.28 Kossuth Fontenot
14559
64.94'
Kenny Warren
14464
57.56 Truman Patriquin
65.33 Andrew Stone
14191
127.94 this setup.
Salvatore Alpedo
14560
40.83
John
Blagg
14465
105.39
44.33 John Marven
42.39
14192
14561
77.39
Thomas Brown
14466 * 61.06 Larry Young
• 01.06 Herschel Worthey ...... 14193
1.33.00
Argentino
Encina
14562
70.78
Boland Hoffman
14467
37.72
Ramon Perez
14194
42.39 John Brunton
143.00 Ruben Negron
14563
61.83
14322
14468
109.28 Benjamin Strauss.
Roman Szczyglel
14195
85.94 James BeneU
14323
57.56 Carl P. Swending
Lawrence Romero'
14564
106.94
14469
19.83
Roberto Diaz
14196
61.83 Reinaldo Monies
14324
52.50 Earl Neidlinger
14565
37.72
14470
37.72 Francisco Arana
Eugene Urbanlak ...... 14197
141.17 Mario FarruUa
14325
59.11 Dennis BrazeU
14566
62.22
14471
37.72 Peter Walsh
Raymond Lavoine
70.00 Nicanor Orenclo
14198
14326
40.44 Chester Lohr
John Morris
14567
83.61
14472
99.17
Alfred Tuck
14199
45.89 Daniel Fitzgerald
14327
130.67 Henry GaUcki
14568
43.56
,.... 14473
39.67 Sverre Olsen
Charles^ Dawson
14260
35.39 Ismael Nazario ........ 14328
14569
141.94
35.78 Hobert Gardner
14474 ' 38.17 Ellas Stratlotis
WUliam Johnson
14201
40.44 Edward Westlake
36.94 WUbert Anderson ...... 14475
John
Gibbons
14570
148.94
14329
127.34
Frederick Maciolak ... 14202
49.78 WUly Manthey
14.'!30
110.44 Eduvigis DeJesus
14571
59.11
14476
120.56 Manuel Sanchez
Moody Willis
14203
49.83 Francisco Sarmento .... 14331
36.56 David McMullen
14572
61.83
14477
44.72 Jack Brest
John Robinettc ........ .14204
95.28 Joseph B. Farmet" •
Floyd
Redner
14573
57.1'.'
14332
70.00 Royal Hightower
; 14478
77.78
Seymour SUberstein ... 14205
41.61 Joseph Bard
14574
41.61
14333
. 65.33 Antonio Sanchez
14479
45.89 WUlie Walker
Anthony Maiello ...... .14206
49.39 Frank Walter
14334
J. D. McGoldrick ...... 14575
46.67
77.78 Juan Hernandez
14480
45.50
Morris Shaeffer ....... 14207
36.94 Robert Carey ....:
14335
Robert
Brown
14576
41.22
39.67 Vladislavs Kelpss
14481
36.94
Charles Henneman .,.. 14208
52.50 Ronald Wolf
14336
51.72 Edward Meeks
Jlmmie
Mascorro
14977
99.56
14482
35.39
Melvin JoneF
...... 14209
38.50 Grant Saylor
14578
59.50
14337
50.94 To Cash Vac. Checks ... 14483
5,000.00 Allen EUls
Melvin Ruszkiewiez .... 14210
67.67 Lester Kimbriel
14.'!38
46.67 James Chauff
, 14579
39.67
14484
36.56 James Robinson
Eugene O'Brien ........ 14211
63.00 James CantweU ........ 14339
60.67 Paul Aubain
Harold
Stlllwell
14580
38.11
14485
40.83
Nils Beck
:... 14212
40.06 James Davis ....... r... 14340
40.06 Obert Morgan
Lawrence
Moore
14581
38.50
14486
42.39
Michal MichaUk
14213
35.78 Cleveland Manning
14341
41.61 Feliks Jarocinskl
14582
39.67
14487
73.50 James Robertson
William Lanier
14214
40.83 Samuel Thomas .'.
14342
44.33 Calvin Medley
14583
49.00
.'. 14488
42.00 Earl Gates
122.89 Charles Price .
; 14215
35.'/8 Michael Haukland
14343
52.89
Vito
Lopez
14584
36.94
Hal EUis
14489
41.61
39.28 Charles Boyle'
14216
77.00 Demefrios Revnatas .... 14344 .
98.78 Curtis Ducote
14585
48.22
J4490
41.61 WUUam Hackett
100.72 Emanuel Hadjidlmitrlou 14217
112.00 lonnis Eginitis
14345
105.78 CUfford Nickerson ..... 14491
14586
115.50
118.22 Ralph WilkUis
70.39 Arthur Nelson
14218
51.33 George Thecharis ..... 14346 .
117.06 Francis Sperry
14587
50.56
14492
129.89 Calvin Wilson
Void Nelson Porter
14219
52^11 Arthur Vereecke ...... 14347
42.39
John
C.
VanderVeur
...
14588,
69.61
Deward Robinson
14493
108.50
91.39 Marvin Eayers
14220
46.67 Fred Olson
14348
53.28
Clinton
Weekly
14589
35.78
George
Harding
14494
54.06
46.67 Void
14221
Void Edward Glazder
14349
107.72 Thomas Starr .......... 14495
14590
63.00
57.56 Walter Anderson
47.44 Jorge Proano
14222
122.11 Hamilton' Hadley ...... 14350
71.94
14591
133.39
Charles Borden ,
14496
131.83 George Balaskos
95.28 Robert Beale
14223
103.8.3 Antonio Martin ....... 14351
44..33 WiUiam Chadburn
14592
39.28
. 14497
' 37.72 Richard Sullivan
44.33 Dargan Coker ....»
14224
111.22 Jose Toro
14352
38.11
Pedro
Perez
14593
46.67
Frank
Votto
14498
40.83
47.44 Frank Simione
14225
61.44 Teddy Tobiassen ......' 14353
35.78 John Dunn
14594
119.39
14499
37.72 Anthony Notturno
44.72 Jessie Jones
14226
38.89 Demetrios Karkanidis ..' 14354
M4.72 Evans Bushnell
14595
98.00
14500
46.67 WiUiam Weise ....'
152.83 Edwin Larson
14227
63.00 Peter Serano ..
14355
40.44
Nathan
Rubin
14596
49.00
Rodney Fulton
14501
37.72
14228
152.83 Herman Carney
43.17 EUiott Gorum
.14356
44.33
Rudolf
Kienast
14597
95.28
Hugh
Barnwell
14502
37.33
14229
59.50 Richard Ferguson
152.83 Jirnius Lacks
14357
49.00 Fred Kagelmacher
14598
45.11
14503
37.72 Hosea Kersh
14230
75.44 Bozo Zelencic
59.89 John Loffler
14358
37.33
46.28
Gerard McGUlen ....... 14.504
37.72 Clarence Deekenne .... 14599 *
66.89 WUliam Golden ........ 14231
80.50 John Hansen
14359
45.11
Henry
Serpe
14600
98.00
Carl
Moore
14505
41.61
14232
84.00 Alexander Prieditis .... 14360
40.44 Eugene McAll
45.50
Teddy
Theordore
14601
63.00
Alva
Abrams
14506
127.56
55.22 Henry Kyladis .
37.33 Wilson Yarbrough ..... 14233
14361
36.94 George Dean
14602
49.39
14507
57.17 Courtney Rooks .
14234
.56.78 Bernard Edm'ohdson ... 14362
63.39 George Crawford •
51.33 Arthur Mallon ........ 14508
14603
35.78
38.50 Thomas Cook
81.67 Thomas Hilburn .'
14235
100.72 Robert Purvis ..
14363
41.22
Leonard
Bailey
14604
42.39
Grant
Marzett
?
14509
38.89
14236
38.50 OrvUle Payne
36.56 Fred Peterson
14364
116.67 Oliver Meder
14605
78.56
14510
94.50 Marvin Bozard
14237
89.44 Stephen Frankewicz ..: 14365
108.89 Barbey Parks
36.94 Leslie Fowler
118.61
14511
40.44 Peter MazzetelU ....\.. 14606
14238
35.00 Ignazio D'Amico ........ 14366
, 37.72 Floyd Deary
144.67
Jesse
TiUman
14607
82.06
Charles Simmons
14512^
114.33
14239
41.22 Solomon Rosoff
42.00 James Neese
14367
88.28 Donald Ruddy
14608
86.72
14513
45.89 James LaCoste
14240
63.00 James Brooks
124.83 Stavros Petrantes
14368
77.78
14609
101.89
Lester
Peppett
14514
47.44 James Fulford
James
Mason
14241
56.00 Aniano Acol
40.83
14369
109.67
94.50
John Channasian' ...... 14515
42.00 Frederick Hartshorn ... 14610
47.06 Robert Barrett ......... 14370
117.44 Noonan Looney ........ 14242
83.22 Robert Murphy
14611
113.56
14516
41.22 Robert Burdlck
14243
39.67 Francis Perry
54.06 Edward Leasgong
14371
63.00
WaUcer
Wilson
14612
110.83
Emlle
LaFrage
14517
44.42
14244
38.89 Ray Casanova
48.22 Roy Theiss
14372
104.22 Mark Oliver .....'
14613
121.3.3
14518
46.28 John MueUer
14245
50.56 Frederick SuUivan' .i.,. 14373
61.03 James Webb
111.01 Sidney Harr
14519
89.06 Pablo Gonzalez
14614
38.89
James
EUiott
14246
59.30
88.67
Armando
Dafermo
14374
38.11
Jose
Mendez
14615
97.61
Phares
Ortego
14520
81.67
14247
75.44 Curtis Wainwrlght
40.83 Edward Going
14375
119.78
Cordon
Brown
:,. 14616
44.33
Dwight
Piatt
14321
61.44
Per
Petterson
14248 • 142.33 Leonard ElUs
35.78
...... 14376
43.56 Thomas Doherty
14617
77.78
; 14522
72.72 Leslie Johnson
110.83 Arless Gunter
14249
35.78 Harry MacDonald
14377
35.00 Arthur Craig
14618
101.50
14523
40.06 Robert Sanchez
John
Orosz
14250
37.33
74.67
Wilbur
Sink
14378
41.61
14251
37.33 Patrick Thompson ....... 14379
154.39 Thomas Coyne
40.06
Walter Hackett ........ 14252
38.89 Arnold Ackerman'
135.72 Raymond
14380
54.44
Frye
78.94
14253
43.56
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks....
14381
4,000.00
Terral
McRaney
14254
130.67
55.22
George Anderson .'
14382
90.22
14255
96.44 Joseph Falci
59.11 Herbert Nelson
14383
44.72
14256
38.11 Ronald Swayne ..'..'
40.83 Glenn GaUatin
14384
48.61
Argentine Encino
142.57
70.78 John McDonneU ........ 14385
35.78 Frank White
43.94
14258
40.44
112.78 Harry Hock
John Smith
14386
38.50
14259
40.44 Vicente Navarrete
50.56 Joh^ Ryan
14387
46.67
14260
109.28 Ronald BeUefountaine .
49.00 Czar Pedregosa
14388
43.94
14261
. 82.06 James Golder
53.67 Oswald Smith
14389
111.61
14262
139.61 WiUiam Traser
REPOmr NO. 33
122.50 Robert Abrams
14390
45.50
14263
57.56 Arthur Samsob
114.72 Aloysius Kesson
14391
86.17
14264
40.06
4.000.00 Yon Kim
14392
75.83
By Lloyd Cafdner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
14265
41.22 Waymon Ling \
133.39 .lullus Park
James Dorr
14393
129.11
14266
105.00
Period Covered By This Report—June 29July 12
41.22 Lester Borges
Charles Pafford
14394
142.72
, 14267
108.89 Joseph Paclttb ..'
43.94 Woo Hai
14395
69.61
14268
103.44 WUUam HaU ........... 14396
112.39 Vincent Mascltelli
64.17 Cash on Hand
14269
I 248.230.04
81.67 Ramon MuriUb
55.61 Leonard Baldino
14397
129.50
14270
45.50
Hubert
Lisenbee
'
107.33 Robert Vazquez
14398
65.33 US Government Bonds ......
1,393,648.44
.............
14271
;i8.50
John Robinette ........ 14399
133.39 Samuel Patterson ..... 14272
43.56
40.44 Elton Waterman ....... 14400
210,000.00
Estimated Accounts
Receivable
136.50 Richard Savior
81.67
14273
42.39 Charles Brinton
45.89 Carl Swending ;...... 14274
14401
38.50
48.22
5,655.00
Hospital Benefits
Paid in
Period.•
•
•
,,,«§•
•
/
iert
WigfaU
14402
56.39 Morris BerlowitZ
47.83
14275
43.94
36.56 Eugene CroweU
14403
71.58 Death Benefits Paid in Period
38.11 Elmer Nottingham
, 14276
11,670.18
14404
49.00
47.44 Roy Harper
. 14277
62.61 Michael Jablonski
132.22 • Henry Principe '....... 14278
Arthur Lucchesi
14405
40.44 Disability Benefits Paid in Period ..
.7
180.00
44.33
John
Maaslk
37.33 John Murry .;
14406
40.83
14279
43.17
Lewis
Blevins
14407
54.06 John Geissler
35.00
Maternity Benefits
Paid
in
Period.
8,000.00
. 14280
44.33
145.44 Henry Geredes
58.72
, 14281
38.17 Humberto Fernandez ... 14408
183,411.00
VUicent Walrath
56.39 Clyde Miller, Jr
14409
50.56 Hospital'Benefits Paid Since July 1; 1950.i.........
. 14282
73.50 Clarence Gibbs
14410
Frank
WlUlams
45.89
56.39
. 14283
38.50
Death
Benefits
Paid
Since
July 1, 1950
333,897.03
14411
Knut
Cato
56.39 William Ott
40.83
. 14284
39.67
j. . 14285
122.89 Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1,1952....
38.11 Marion Martin
124.44 Elbert Hogge ........... 14412
540.00
14413
43.17
55.61 WiUiam Adams
. 14286
59.89 Paul Evans
14414
108.89 Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1, 1952.
151.67 Cipriano Marin
. 14287
•
13,000.00
59.89 Clyde Hotls ...
Harold WUUams
14415 ' 49.78
. 14288
117.44 Troy Thomas
4d.67.
5,000.00 Aurelio Patingo
. 14289
11.22 Woodrow Cain ......... 14416
USPHS HOSPITAL
USPHS HOSPITAL
35.39
137.28 Charles Nuber
, 14290
11.22 WUUam Jackson........ 14417
SAVANNAH, GA.
BRIGHTON. MASS.
154.78
14418
141.56 Charles Lucas
Jacob
Otreba
............
, 14291
60.67
345.00
J!,. D.
Adams
....... 845.00
14410
46.11 R. P. Bowman
45.50 Earl Laws
. 14292
115.50 Maurice Schultz
30.00
Wamer AUred .......
78.94 John Gardner ........ . 14293
14420
46.28 P. Carbone
....... 45.00
146.61 WiUiam Mercer
15.00
E.
A.
Cooley
14421
117.44
153.61 Charles Dandrldge ... . 14294
47.06 Edsel Malsom
15.00
45.00 H. O. Becker
52.11 S. Greenridge
14422
94.50 Paul Terrell
. 14295
50.94 Earl CronseU
45.00 Ronald Canady
30.00
.......
46.67 Raymond Harrlf
14423
43.94 Rofujio Garza
. 14296
80.44 Anthony Gregolre
45.00 R. W. CarroUton
......, 45.00
50.17 W. E. Lake ..................
14424
68.83 John McCliue
91.39 Louis Gassellh
. 14297
T.
Dickerson
........
45.00
A.'
D.
Leva
.............
1.
.......
80.00
_ 147.00
14425
101.89 Robert McNatt ...i...
. 14298
30..56 Jose Ponte
45.00 Eugene Gardner'... .. .
se9eee*««a
....... 45.00
124.83 Donald S. White
3,000.00 Leon Lybert .......,
. 14299
64.17 Curtis Honeycutt ....... 14426
J.
M.
Hall
45.00
• ..,.,
56.39 Lewis Jackson
.
14300
42.39 Emillo Jusino ............ 14427 151.28
$315.00
15.00
39.67
40.83 Louis Mauroner
. 14301
63.30 WUUam BaUweg ....... ,141428
WELFARE
It
.r
,1iii':
.
f 1
� " PafC ^entarllv*
S E A F A R E R S.
TOTAL
$88^50.34
CASH BENEFITS
Vacation Plan
July 7—July 18
Welfare Plan
June 29—July 12
PAIO BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L,
Ancclo J. Martins
Edward G. MlUer
^uis C. Miller
V. T. Moora
Jack D. Merrlson
John r. Murphy
Frank Nelson
Ceorae R. Zlzzi
18.00
15.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
15JXI
15.00
8555.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON, TEX.
830J>0
Leo Broussard
30.00
. Alhiert Carrion
• • OOOtPf
Thomas A. Chapman
Pierre L. Charretto
15.00
Ralph A. HoUand ...
FINAL
OlSPATCH
James F. Kane ..
Joaeph Ncubaucr
Jose Sanchez ....
Joseph Sprlnsor .
30.00 D. R.. Leary
30.00
MT. WILSON HOSIPITAL
30.00
• 30M James R. Lewis
PIKESVILLE, MD.
30.00 Theodore Klose
15.00 Victor N. LitardI
$103.00
XJM>II
J.
IJOW^
O
•
'•
*•
•
•
•
•
•
•
C •
•
•
•
1^.0®
•
•
•
«
30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Joseph Lucas
30.00
FT. STANTON, NM
30.00
5240.00 M. A. Lucas
845.00
Alex HcHarg
15.00 Fredrick Landry
USPHS HOSPITAL
45.00
Olav Mathlson
15.00 John C. Dooley
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
John MlUcr ..
3o:oo
Patrick Dausberty
S80.00 Harold Moore
890.00
15.00
OUrer J. Ease
UJW Thomas Morris ....
30.00
BELLEVUB HOSPITAL
William Timmerman
30.00 A. Mueller
30.00
NEW
YORK.
NY
Pater SnUth
15.00 Herbert Muncie ....
30.00 George E. Moore
David Sorenscn
15.00 Leonard G. Murphy
815.00
15.00
Lawson TrusscU
30.00 Kurt A. Nagel ....
USPHS HOSPITAL
30.00
Robert Wiseman
30 JH) A.' PtSanis
STATEN ISLAND, NY
30.00
8255.00
George Peltonon
3O.00 John E. Orlse
5195.00 Robert E. Quinn
Donald
Gellnaa
15.00
30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
E. Rsmierez
45.00
BALTIMORE, MD.
9270.00
'J. Salgado
30.00
Thomas Ankerson
515.00 Aaron Saeser
15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Rolland R. BeU
15.00 Julius R. Scott ...
75.00
SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO
Earl A. Bink
aOJDO S. Swienckoski ..,
30.00 Jamea L. Wiae
975.00
Krlstoffcr Braaten
'....
30.00 T. Tomlin
30.00
DEATH BENEFITS
Louis A. Brown
30.00 Joseph Traxler ...
15.00 Richard Rowan
91,100.00
Henry CaUan
30.00 Jose Vazquez ...,
15.00 Hubert R. Burke
1.570.00
Manuel Cotty
15.00 Edward Voltz ...,
30.00 Norman Wrye
2,500.00
George Crabtree
F.
D.
WaU
30.00
30.00 Edward C. Barron
2.500.00
Harry J. Cronin
15.00 WUUam W. Anthony
30.00 Richard L. Welch
1,500.00
Robert Ecker .....
60.00
EUas S. Telan
2.500.00
S1.37S.00
15.00
John FutreU
Joseph GUI
.'. 15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
tllA70.00
William C. Hall
15.00
PORT WORTH, TEX.
DISABILITY CASES
John B. HatcheU
15.00 J. H, Ashurst
$60.00
George
M.
Arnold
; 930,00
Jamea E. HiUary
45.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
James Crone
30.00
Nicolas Kailas
15.00
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
Joe Germane
sojjo
PhUlp McBrido
30.00 Pedro De Franco
$60.00 John B. Hegarty
15,00
Donald F. Mease
30.00 Ernesto F. Martinez
30.OO
John Hopkins
30.00
Raymond W. Morrison
15.00
P. Wise
60.00 Otto Preusslcr
30.00
Catalino Ombao
>.... 30.00 Luis S. Medina
30.00 John A. Scara
15.00
Frank Oney
15.00
Charles Payne
30.00
Ruperto Rivera
45.00
John L. Robinson
^
30.00
Ira Van Bridges
15.00
Waiie C. Williams
30.00
Edward Chester Barron, 27:
Brother Barron died of natural
causes at the USPHS hospital in
Staten Island on June 24, 1952. He
had been sailing with the SIU
since September, 1943, and held all
, ratings in the engine departenent.
Surviving is his brother, Thomas
H. Barron Of Long Island, NY.
Burial took place in Cedar Grove
Cemetery, Flushing, LI.
i. i.
,
*
Hubert E. Burke, 28: An auto
USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK, VA.
mobile accident on heavily traveled JuUan M. CuthreU
US Route 1 was fatal to Brother J. W. Etherldge
Burke on June 15. The accident D. H. GUmore
Roger Horton, Jr.
took place not far froih his home John
N. Hull
in Lyons, Georgia, but he died of L. H. Jackson
C. H. Jones
a massive brain injury before he Joseph
G. Knox
could be taken to a hospital. Burke John J. Owen
Joseph Perreira
joined the SIU in the port of John.
W. Ricbol
Savannah in January, 1944, and S.
E. Roundtree
sailed as firemanwatertender. He
is survived by his parents, Mr. and
USPHS HOSPITAL
SEATTLE. WASH.
Mrs. Frederick L. Burke of 208 So. Emii AufUd
Jefferson St., Lyons, Ga. Inter Joseph Falasca
GUUken
ment was in the Lyons City Ceme Henry
CarroU Harper
tery.
Jamea L. Kerr
• l'>'^
'"m
• ''ff I
s I
MATERNITY BENEFITS
Glenlour C. Lawson
8200.00
Rudolph J. Schmidt
«4D0.0e
Simon Gutierrez
200.06
Clarence Thibodcaux
200.00
Andrew D. Junklns
300.00
Ernest F. Aubussoa
300.08
Allan S. Thome
200.00
Julio C. Ruiz
200J)0
Gumermo Ortiz
200.00
Edmundo G. Sepulveda
200.00
Theodore R, Martinez
200.00
Ivan Usera
200.00
Faustlno Margarito Pedraza .... 200.00
Erling Hansen
200.00
Thomas J. Hoar
2iw.0o
Charles L. Shirah
200.00
Milton C. Shepherd
200.00
James Temple
300J)0
Ronald J. Thompson
200.00
Ernest Green
200AO
Henry Garrity
200.00
Tony Ray FUllnglm ..
200.00
Eusebio M. Velazquez
200.00
WeUington Earl Duke
200.00
James H. Costigan ...
200.00
Furman P. Hipp ....
200.00
Robert Beach
200.00
George C. Hoffman ...
200.00
Robert W. Thompson
200.00
Chester A. Krupinski
200.00
Angel Felieiano
200.00
Manuel Cruz
200.00
Flemming Jenaen
200.00
Peter O'NeUl
200.00
Frank E. Wasmer
200.00
WUburn H. MeKinney ......
200.00
AUen R. Nauman
200.00
Robert N. White
300.Q0
George ZhUk
300.00
Ferdinand Greef
300.00
$675.00
$30.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
30.00
60.00
15.00
30.00
45.00
$405.00
Michael Fenner Whealton, bom Ivan Userar Jr., bom June 19, Angel Felieiano, Jr., bom May
May 31, 1952. Parents,Mr. and 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan 8, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. An
Mrs. Demos T. Whealton, Cash Usera, 146 West 105th Street, Apt. gel Felieiano, 1136 Fox Street,
Corner, NC.
7, New York City.
Bronx, NY.
XXX
X
X
X
XXX
Alrlene Gail Petterson, born Nancy Lee Krupinski, bom June Faustino Margarito Pedraza, Jr.,
April 25. 1952. Parents, Mr. and 20, 1952. Parents, ,Mr. and Mrs. bom June 1, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Amund Petterson, 2823 Shel Chester A. Kmpinski, 38 East 50th Mrs. Faustino M. Pedraza, 728 2nd
ter Road, South Norfolk, Va.
Ave. N., Texas City, Texas.
Street, Bayonne, NJ.
XXX
XXX
XXX
Charles Garland Lawson, born
Marsha Denlse Green, bom April
Marilyn
Alice
Thompson, born 4, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
May 13, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Glenious C. Lawson, Ht. 2, May 19, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Ernest J. Green, 54 C Craftmore
Mrs. Robert M. Thompson, 136 Drive, Prichard, Ala.
Box 25, Erwin, Tenn. *
Greenleaf Ave., Richmond, Staten
Herbert StUIman
XXX.
XXX
Rudolph Joseph Schmidt, 3rd Island, NY.
Dorothea Ann Thompson, bora
$165.00
Richard Rowan, 33: The LOG
USPHS HOSPITAL
XXX
May 7, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
born April 11, 1952. Parents, Mr.
learned this week of the death of
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Lewis
Alan fflpp,
bom
June
19,
Ronald J. Thompson, 17 Jackson
and
Mrs.
Rudolph
J.
Schmidt,
217
Lloyd
T.
Bacon
t30A0
Brother Richard Rowan on October Charles W. Burke
15.00 East Beach, Pass Christian, Miss. 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fur Road, Somerville, Mass.
30 of last year, as the result of a Edward S. Byrnea
30.00
man P. Hipp, 903 Jack Street, Bal
XXX
XXX
15.00
two car collision.in Monterey, Cali A. B. Cecil
OUver Cclestine
30.00
Robert Patrick Hansen, bom May
Veronica Gutierrez, bom April timore 25, Md
fornia. Death came at the Kings Jessie
A. Clarke.
30.00
2, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Er
10, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
XXX
City Hospital in Monterey as a C. Cobum
ISAO
ling Hansen, 833 Arabella Street,
Simon
Gutierrez,
7105
Avenue
N,
R.
Cruz
30.00
James
Stanley
Costigan,
born
result of a. cerebral hemorrhage. A W. FeU
15.00 Houston, Texas. .
April 21, 1952. Parents, Mr. and New Orleans 15, La.
resident of Berwyn, Oklahoma, J. FiUpatrick
30A0
Herbert Holland
15.00
XXX
X . X X
Mrs. James H, Costigan, 1618 Wal
Rowan had been with the SIU since L.
30.00
Miranda
Raietta Temple, born
Pamela
Joan
Thibodeaux,
born
lace
Street,
Philadelphia,
Pa.
December, 1938, joining in the port Led I aehapeil
Lang
30.00
June
16,
1952.
Parents. Mr. and
May
21,
1952.
Parents,
Mr.
and
30.00
of Baltimore. He sailed in the deck Clyde H. Lanier
XXX
Alfredo Lopez
ISAO Mrs. Clarenee Thibodeaux, 302
Mrs. James Temple, 1120 Cairon
department as AB. Surviving is a W.
L. McLeUan
30.00
Wellington Earl Duke, Jr., bom delet Street, New Orleans, La.
80.00 Whitney Street, New Orleans, La.
brother. Pvt. Robert Rowan of the Dalio Perez ..'
June 4, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Piecyzkoln
30.00
XXX
XXX
US Army, and his mother, Maggie E. Poe
30.00
Linda LeeJnnklns, born May 4, Wellington E. Duke, 2520 Massey Lawrence Francis Hoar, bora
K. Raana
30.00
Rowan.
Harry Reynolds
30.00 1952. Parents, Mr.^ and Mrs. An St.. Philadelphia, Pa.
June 8, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
A. A. Sampson
45.00
t t X
Mrs; Thomas J. Hoar, 5 N. Wash
t"
J
4"
drew D. Junkins, 1428 Auburn
S.
Schieffler
30.00
Norman Edward Wiye, 60: Broth A. staudcr
30.00 Avenue, Tarrant 7, Ala.
James Allen McKlnney, born ington Street, Baltimore, Md.
er Wrye died in his home in Tam Herman Thompson
30.00
April 15, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
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15.00
pa, Florida, on June 16, 1952. He H.
J. Ward
30.00
Frank Anthony Anbusson, born Mrs. WBbum H. MeKinney, 90 J. L. Kathleen Susan Shepherd, born
had been saiHng with the SIU since
April 4, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
$726.00 April 19, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Jones, WestviUe, Fla.
last Oetober in the deck depart
USPHS HOSPITAL .
Mrs. Milton C. Shepherd, 1026
Mrs. Emest F. Aubusson, 250 East
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ment as an OS. His wife, Gladys
MOBILE, ALA.
117th Street,'New York City.
Burka
Franeer Marie Hoffman, bora 29th Street, Galveston, Texas.
M. Wrye of 715Vi Louisiana Ave Tim
WUItfr Clarke
$
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May 14,1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paula Dean
. nue, Tampa, survives. Burial was H. DougUs
15.00
Shirah,
June
Allan
Stewart
Thorne,
Jr.,
born
A. EUiott
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Geprgo C. Hoffman, 2319 Marigny 24, 1952. Parents,. Mr. born
in Orange Hill Cemetery, Tampan Jamer
and
Mrs.
J. H. JoneS'
SOAO June 6, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
Street, New Orleans, La.
Fla.
E. W. Kinr
15.00
Charles
L.
Shirah,
2877
Frederick
Mrs.Allan
S.
Thome,
Box
327A,
D. D. KHtreU
15.00
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Street, Mobile, Ala.
H. D.. MeWUUams
15.00 Walpole, New Hampshire.
J.
M.
Maekey
30.jM
WiUiam Walter AnthMy. 56: Chariea J. HUchcU ...;
Gersom
Velasquez, born April 12,
4" $ 4
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15.00
Uremia* caused the death of W. H. Whittcn
Mary Patricia Nauman. born
Jorge Custodio Mens Ruiz, bora 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Euse
30^00
15.00
Brother Anthony September 8 of R. W. WUkeraon
bio M. Velasquez, 1025 Chartres May 4, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
WlUard
15.00 June 14, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
last year at the USPHS Hospital in Chariea
Mrs. Allen R. Nauman, Box 191,
W. B. YarbreuA
15A0 Mrs. Julio C. Ruiz, San Lorenzo Street, New Orieans 7, La.
Seattle, Washington. Surviving is.
Roanoke, 111.
Street, No. 2, Catano, Puerto Rico.
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$3X5;00
hir sister, Mrs. Irma A. Perry.
USPm HOSPITAL
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Tommy Ray FUUagim, Jr., born
STATEN ISLAND. NY
Burial waS: in Washellia Cmnetery
Georgle
Lee
Zidik, born June
Geraldinc
.Ortiz,
born
April
3
April
9.
1952.
Parents,
Mr.
and
Omer All
in Seattle:
1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guil Mrs. Tommy R. Fillingim, 706 6th 9, 1952 Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Arevaco
WUUam AVihasoh
George Zidik, 704 W. North Ave.,
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lermo Ortiz, 129 Columbia St., Ave., Chickasaw, Ala.
R. BSbianl
Baltimore 18. Md.
Eiiaa SoUdom Teiaii» 43: Brother Ray B. Brault ..... oesessee*
Brooklyn, NY,
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Maurice Burnstine
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Telan died of complications follow Thomas
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S. Cleverly
ing an operation, at the USPHS Chariea W. Cothran
Gilbert George Sepulveda, bom Kathleen Rose Beach, bom April Maria Fay White, born April
Dodge
Hospital in Baltimore, Md., on July M. A.
May 11, 1952. Parents, Mr. and 20, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 17, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs;
Edmonson
1, 1932. He had foeeti saiUng with R.
Mrs. Edmundo &. Sepulveda, 2319 Robert L. Beach, 21 Piper Lane, Robert Norvie White, 1312 Clay
J. P. FarrcU
Figueras
St., Kenner, La.
the SIU since March 1951 in the Ramon
Maiigny Street, New Orleans, L8. Levittown, LI, NY.
Elmer B. Frost
stewards department as 3rd cook. Donald Gellnaa.
X 4' $
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F. Gribbcn
His wife, Mrs. Anita Telan, of 713 Robert
' Rebtcca Isabel Martinez, born Daniel Leo Garrity, born April Franets E. Wasmer, Jr., bom
Charles Oriet
St. Paul St., Baltimore, survived We GrOttOllhl e ooe et »« • *• • • • • • #• • • May 4,1952. Parents, Mr.
and Mrs. 17, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. May 12, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
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him. Burial took place in New ymmarn Iftttgro
Thepdore R. Martinez, ;4106 Avenue Henry Garrity, 383 Highland Ave., Mrs. Francis E. Wasmer, 3424
Montgall, Kansas City, Mo,
Turtle Creek, Pa.
Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore.« Bt Xs XtUtr
G, Galveston, Texas.
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SEAFARERS LOG
Pagre Twentyalx
... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ...
NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory posedly new washing machine which was
Carriers), Juna J*—Ctialrman, Frank W. obtained in Philadelphia, has had the
Cearin; Sacrctary; Edward J. Wright. motor switched, apparently before de
John Dixon was elected ship's deie
aate. The ship's fund stands at $30.23.
Anyone who ieaves the washing machine
running when it is not in use wili be
fined $5.
July i—Chairman, Frank W. Coarin;
Secretary, Edward J. Wright. Ice box
door and screen doOrs were put on the
repair list as weil as benches for the
recreation room.
rif
WMKATO VICTORY (Victory Car
riers), June la—Chairman, W. Busch; Sec
retary, .E. Collin. Steward assured
brothers that miik wouid be ordered in
foreign ports before the ship's arrival.
First assistant engineer promised to fix
up the washing machine.
July 9—Chairman, Walter Busch; Sec
retary, Ernest Collins. Steward prom
ised that real black pepper would be
'ordered for the next trip. Since there
was a shortage of paint aboard, the mate
promised that the messhaiis would be
painted in port or as soon as ship got to
sea. Ship's delegate will see about a
draw, in case the ship does not pay off
the day of arrival.
LAWRENCE VICTOHY (Mississippi).
Juna 17—Chairman, J. Farats; Sacralary.
Charias O. Patari. Charles Peters was
elected ship's delegate by acclamation.
Motion was passed to have each man
. get his linen on linen day. Laundry
should be kept clean, sinks should be
drained and washing machine turned off.
Messman asked brothers to try and keep
pantry and messhail a little cleaner at
night.
•
July A—Chairman, E. E. Lamb; Secre
tary, C. Robinson. Crew was compli
mented by the chief engineer for con
serving water. Crew was asked to take
better care of the washing machine. Stew
ard was asked to put a can of cleanser
in the wash room for the men. Ship's
delegate will see the captain about some
sort of recreation for the members.
livery to this ship. Repair list has been
turned over to ship's delegate. Ship's
delegate will draft schedule for one or
dinary and wiper to clean recreation
room and laundry in after quarters.
Members should cooperate in keeping the
messroom cleaner. Missing ship's fund
being worked on to find out what hap
pened to it.
No data—Chairman, Josaph Rudolph;
Secratary, Aiaxandar Wabbar. Mate is
working on deck; patrolman in Wilming
ton will set him straight. Walter A. Craig
was elected ship's delegate unanimously.
Washing machine will be kept clean by
all who use it. Ship's delegate will see
the engineer about Installing the new
washing machine.
MARINA (Bull), July t—Chairman, S.
Wells; Secretary, Forrester. Repair list
has been attended to. All members get
ting off should hand over their room
keys to their delegates. Rooms should
be left clean. A new coffee urn is being
installed. .
ALCOA FILCRIM (Alcoa), June 27 —
Chairman, Melvin J. Smyly; Secretary,
Roy L. Fritchett. Cecil B. Wiggins was
elected ship's delegate. Each depart
ment will clean the laundry for one
week. Steward asked all department
delegates to turn in their repair lists
before arrival in Trinidad. Crew asked
steward to give them grits every morn
ing. The steward said he has to make
changes in cereals as officers and some
crewmembers would like a change, but
agreed with the baker to cook a cer
tain amount of grits each morning for
those who want them. Water in the bath
rooms is running hot at ail times. Crew
gave the steward department a vote of
thanks for their food and cooperation.
JEFF DAVIS (Waterman), June 21 —
Chairman, Charles Maiur; Secretary,
Frank Kustura. Motion was made that
poker players clegp up the messroom
after playing. It was decided to have
messman clean up mess. Deck delegate
will see the chief mate about having
the deck maintenance foc'sle painted.
Crew gave the stewards department a
vote of thanks for the fine food. Men
were asked to keep the laundry room
clean and turn off the washing machine
after use.
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ALCOA FILCRIM (Alcoa), July t—
Chairman, Melvin J. Smyly; Secretary,
Samuel Facker. Regulators in the show
ers and wash room need regulating, and
should be put on the repair list. Stew
ard agreed to give the crew as many
cots as needed. Brother who missed his
ship in Trinidad thanked the crew and
told them how much he appreciated the
way he was being treated whUe aboard
the PUgrim.
SEA BEAVER ' (Colonial), May It—
Chairman, BUI Thompson; Sacratary, C.
AZALEA CITY (Waterman), Juna 29—
Chairman, Mark Sweet; Secretary, David
B. Sacher. Repairs have not been made
properly: the company is not sending the
alopchest as requested. There is a total
of S8 in the ship's fund. Motion was
passed that no one sign on until the re
pairs are taken care of and the siop
chest sent. Mark Sweet was elected ship's
delegate. It was suggested that old .crew
members get their port time discharges.
Garbage should not be thrown on lines.
Crew should take care of the new wash
ing machines. Cots should not be left on
deck.
F. Dwyor. Complete repair lists should
be made out. AU cots should be taken
off the deck and, returned' to the steward.
aU bunks should be stripped and rooms
cleaned' before leaving the ship.
TACALAM (Seatrade), June 22—Chair
man, Thomas King; Sacratary, Wilfred
W. Beohnsr. Ship's delegate reported that
linen is being left in passageways and
other places.
June 29—Chairman, Chariot Mote; Sec
retary, not. listed. Ship is being painted
in good fashion. One: man was hospital
ized in Puerto La Cruz. Ship's treasurer
reported S39.90 in the ship's fund.
LONE JACK (Cttlas Service), July 4—
Chairman, Jones; Secretary, A. Baker.
Ship's delegate, reported $52 in the ship's
fund. Crew complained about not enough
jams left on the tables. There should be
more variety of Juices and appetizers.
Motion was passed, fo have patrolman
check on better food conditions with the
port steward. Wind idiutes are needed.
ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcea), July < —
Chairman, Meier T. Costelle; Secretary,
Roy Mulllns. Chief, engineer has com
plained that crew is not taking proper
care of passenger movies; if this condi
tion continues, crew will be denied use
of the movies. Door leading from com
TADDBI (Shipanter), Juno 15^halr
panionway into engine room should be man, Alex Oall; Secretary, Blackla Mar
repaired. Vote of thanks went to the tin. Steward got fre^ vegetables in
cltief steward and the chief cook on France. Motion ..was passed to have
their menus.
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steward and delegates brought before the
No date—Chairmen, Francis F. ,Dre .j>Btrolman for shortages during the trip.
gakf Secretary, Meier T. Cestelle. Ship's Second cook and baker should not be al
delegate will contact Union officials to lowed to ship as a baker for six months,
get larger drain pipe installed on the then he must prove he can do a baker's
washing machine. Any brotlier who lets Job. Motion was passed to have this
anyone but ship's personnel use the ship carry six weeks' linen supply. Uke
washing tnachine will be brought up on other Sru ships, and not four, like it has
charges. Quality of cooking should be been. .
Unproved.
y
SEA MAOIC (Colonial), June 22—Chair
FAtRFORT (Waterman), July 4—Chkir man, Daniel Butts; Secretary, Nick Rich
man, Walter Craig; Secretary, Alexander la. All three departments will take turns
: Webber. Klectrieian reported that the in cleaning the laundry and recreation
company will take the necessary action rooms.' Steward wili go;.in the galley as
to have the old washing machine, which chief cook. Chief . cook missed the ship
belongg to the Union members, repaired. because he was doing, second cook and
Ship's delegate reported that the sup baker's work—and the second cook and
^CanShah^rs*
Have No OK
The membership is again
cautioned to beware of persons
soliciting funds on ships in be
half of memorials or any other
socalled "worthy causes." •
No "canshakers" or solici
tors have received authoriza
tion from SIU headquarters to
collect funds. The National
Foundation for Infantile Pa
ralysis is the only charitable
organization which has re
ceived membership endorse
ment. Funds for this causp
are collected through normal
Union channels at the payoff.
Receipts are issued on the spot.
baker is no cook. Second cook and baker
and galieyman were therefore made
cooks. The galley man did all the baking
and the second cook and baker did the
chief cook's Wo^. Second cook ifnd
baker will pay off^in Curacao, and also
be demoted at the payoff.
to keep out the Coast Guard and let th*
Union handle the beef.
Ne date—Chairman, S. Fralllch: Sacra
tary, not listed. Steward was ask to get
milk In ManUa but said the agent would
n't okay this. The agent said hb was
never asked for mUk. Beer was sent
aboard ship through, the agent. After
rationing men to two cartons of cigar
SEAFENDER (Saalrantport), Jung 29— ettes a week, the steward sold several
Chairman, Sabaitlan Sklba; Sacratary, cases of cigarettes in Manila. It waa
Ralph Mastari, Skipper lald he would recommended that he be fined. One man
have a shore gang paint the crew's missed ship in Manila. Glasses should be
foc'sjes. Each department delegate wiU returned to the messhali. Washing ma
make out a repair list and turn it over chine should be fixed. Beefs from the
to the steward for typing. AU heads and crew about poor service from the mets
showers, deck and ateward foc'sles, rec men. Ice water should be provided with
r;eation room should be painted; the ^meals, <fiean coats for messmen. There
whole vessel should be fumigated before 'are not enough side dishes for the crew.
loading. There is need for a new wasli Steward., paid for beer which each man
ing machine, new matresses for the en ordered and each man paid back the'
tire crew, lights in the chain locker and steward.
a communication system from the main
deck to the chain locker. There is a
W. S. STRATTON (Bull), Juna 21—
question'aS to whether the hatches were Chairman, W. Simmons; Secretary, R. H.
secured before proceeding to sea; there Carrlngten. Men getting off were asked
is also the question of a former crew to leave' quarters clean for the new men,
member who is accused of paying the AU crew's quarters sho'uld be painted.
foFme'r bosun in order to be reiie'ved of
hazardous and dirty work.
QUARTETTE (Carrat), Juna 29—Chair
man, Robarl F. Grant; Secretary, Rodger
JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory Swanton. Steward was instructed to or
Carriers), Juna 17—Chairman, C. Suit; der cots, but when they were brought
Sacratary, T. Bowers. Ship's delegate aboard the master turned them down.
dill see the captain about getting the Ship's delegate will see the captain about
galley paiiited. Cups and glasses should mailing letters for the crew, as no shore
be placed in the sink.
leave wiU be granted in Panama. Stew
July 7—Chairman, C. Suit; Sacralary, T. ard asked .that soiled linen be put in the
Bowers. Captain said the galley wUl be linen bag and not thrown on the lower
painted' next trip. Beef about steam lines deck and ladder. Wiper informed master
heating starboard rooms. Chief engineer he wouid have to leave the ship In Mon
said the ship had opened' a valve in the treal after he heard we were going to
engine room. Everyone should clean his Japan. The captain consented, but when
room before the payoff. Suggestion was we arrived in Montreal the new captain
made to get a new library.
would not give . his permission.
new gangways, made of lighter material
and stronger wires. Washing machine
thould be repaired. All small repairs
should be made. Several beefs about the"
food were discussed with the steward.
Patrolman wiU look into this in New
Orleans. Next trip each department wili
take turns cleaning up after the movies.
DEL SUD (Mississippi), Jung 10—
Chairman, Douglas' Claussan; Secretary,
E. Chant. Motion was passed to buy a
typewriter. Motion was passed to see that
DEL SUD (Mississippi), no data—Chairr
no man be allowed to hire anyone with man, laldy Ballanger; Sacratary, Henatt
out authorization from the agent in any Al Whitmar Ship's delegate thanked the
port.
crew for the cooperation which made the
trip smooth and pleasant. Performers
NIKOS (Dolphin), July 12—Chairman, were warjafed that they will not be tol
Farcy Boyar; Secretary, Arthur Rummal. erated. All hands were asked to return
Repair list will be turned in Jit the end magazines and books to the library when
of the voyage. Stewards department got they have finished them. Ship's treasurer
a vote of thanks for services rendered. reported $366.44 in the ship's fund. Ath
letic director reported 17 ball players
DEL MAR (Mississippi), July <—Chair and a couple of new men: "Honest Al"
man, Joseph Stephens; Secretary, C. Whitmer was elected ship's editor. Movies
Bradley. No more firecrackers will be
be shown In the deck lounge going
shot off on board, since there was a beef WiU
and in the black gang lounge ^
from the old man. Air ducts will be south
ing
north.
Water fountain wUI be fixed.
cleaned out in New Orleans. Repair lists Steward wUi
buy stores in Buenos Aires.
should be made out so that some re
pairs can be done by the crew at sea.
STEEL SEAFARER (lifhmlan), Juna 22
Oiler missed ship in Santos on the way —Chairman,
J. Richardson; Sacra
south and was signed on again on the tary, FradH. Frank
Joseph Blake was
way north. Committee should be elected elected ship's Hauck.
delegate. Wiper wiU take
to draw up p set of rules for the ship's care of morning
coffee; ordinary on
fund. There is $20 in the fund at pres watch, afternoon. Steward
(sked that aU
ent. Motion was passed requesting two Unen
be exchanged on a changefor
change basis andthe crew agreed to co
operate in keeping. the correct count.
Bosun WiU rig barrels over the side for
the disposal of garbage in port. Cots are
avaiiabie for aU when needed. New mat
tresses were promised to men who need
Rene Lu' GBFCIR
them.
PERSONALS
Get in touch with Francisco Rod
riguez, 1098 Woodycrest Ave.,
Bronx, NY.
.'tit
Paul Kent
Contact your wife immediately..
4 4 4
Carl WIlkinB
It is very important that you
contact Sterling & Schwartz, 42
Broadway, NYC, in reference to
an event aboard a ship on which
you were a crewmember.
SOUTHSTAR (Ssulh, Atlantic), Juna 29
—C. M. Rica; Sacratary, S. Candala,
S. Candela was alectad ship's delegate
by acclamation. Ordinary and wipers ivUl
keep the laundry and gear lockers clean;
Steward* department member will clean
recreation room.
SANTA VENBTIA (Elam), Juna 29—
Chairman, Fax; Sacratary, Smilwitz.
Messman will dump garbage over the
stem and not midship in the future.
OCEAN LOTTE (Ocean Trantpertallon),
June 22—Chairman, B. A. Saarcay; Sec
retary, Max LIpkln. Don Alt was elected
ship's delegate by acclamation. Men
ware.asked not to leave cups In tha
recreation room after coffee time. Wash
ing machine should be cleaned and dis
connected after use.
FETROLITE (Tanker Sag), May II—
Chairman, VIncont KIcklrllie; Sscrstiry,
Omar Boudraau. Officers promised that
they will try to complete all repairs at
sea. Departmental delegates wiU check
the ship's fund. Anyone missing watch,
fighting or fouling up will be referred
to patrolman upon arrival in the States,
Motion was passed to ask the steward
for a new toaster in tha crew's messhaU.
Juno i—Chairman, Andy Gewdor; Sac
ratary, Albsrt M. Mors*. Foc'sle doors
and lockers have been repaired; engi
neer WiU try to get gaUey suction fan
repaired in the next port. AU money
spent from the ship's fund is covered by
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NOTICES
Members of crew who got on the'
Seatrain New Jersey at New Or
leans on May 4, 1952, have sub
sistence allowance coming. Write
Seatrain, 15 Broad St., NYC, re
garding same.
4> 4* 4^
ExSS Kyska
Draws issued on voyage paid off
ABiaUA (Cilia* Sarvlca), Juna 29 —
Chairman, Harry Ulratil; Sacratary, R. July 12, 1952, were not deducted
M. Latfarty. Man were asked to turn ih from payroll and should he re
dirty . Unen. Lights in the passageways turned to master^ c/o Waterman,
should, be kept bright for safety rea
sons. . Return cups and glasses to the 61 St. Joseph St., Mobile, by the
messroom. Ship's delegate wiU speak, to following men:—^William Blair,
t ; the
steward about a' better brand of
soap powder. Ship's delegate wUl see If Albert Blum, Bernard Grazis, Er
Clarence Dudley:
awnings
as weU as more nest Ibarra, Sidney Kane, Joseph
Please write when you get a fans. , can be provided
.
Nappo, Harold Nelli, John Roberts,
chance. Rowland Pearson, 154
LEWIS EMERY JR. (Victery Csfrlars), John Stanley, Harold Stillwell.
CharlesSt., New Bedford, Mass. June
29r:Ch*lrmsq, Oscsr KllpFlIng; Sec
4; t t
Helno (StMey) Ekker
.Get in touch with C. J. Norris,
6034B Cameron Blvd., New Or
leans.
retsry. A.. .Bryant, . Steward depsrtmeiU
got B.w.qrd .of praise, ior their good work
during the. trip.. Innerspring mattresses
should be put on. all ships.
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Elmer Wheeler
Please write A1 Pietrowski, c/o
the SS Olympic Games, Westehi
Tankers Inc., 855 '^Madison Ave.,
NYC. •
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ExSS Wanda
, . Former members of the stewards
department on this vessel since
January 16, 1952, to date who Have
port time coming. should contact
the company for their port time
overtime. Write Epiphany Tank
ers, 38 Broadway, NYC.
CANTIGNY (Cltls* Sorvice), July 4—
Mslrman,. Fstor V. Hammol; Sacrotary, .The following men have retro
Jwin . Bulllvan. Motion was passed that
tha ship . ba. .fumigated at the shipyard; active wages due from Robin Line.
Food.wlU be inspected when It Is brought Write or call in person at 89 Cort
aboard and tho steward wiU make sure
J. p. Vetra, Jr.
. .
that it is.net.bad or spoiled. Mora' sUver landt St., NYC.
Contact me at. once regarding waro.should .ho. left out. Record pfsydr CHARLES BULPINCH:
should. bo
kept
low
at
night:
.
Linen
money owed. A. M. Sevier, 1437. should be: returned.
..Lopez, FeUpa: Loong, Yu: GasklU,
Dolan; Fawler, Haywood.
49th Ave., No., St. Petersburg,,Fla.
ALAJMAR (Calmer), June 4—Chairman, • JACOB CHANDLER HARPEft:
', ,4i, .4' , 4"
Johnston. Charles; Talbot, John; Clark,
David. Barry; Secretary,.' Harry Sullivan.
X JamoE H. Smith
CuFi'—lyinf around Lester: Spahcer. Roger; Royaton, Julien;
Da.
'Vaum, David: Harre|s«n. James;
sifter coffee , time. All'departments sboulci
Haven't hearid from you in weeks. tafco
turns cleaning, out recreation room. Owens. Manford; Tangalen. Maximo;. Co
Get in touch with your sister peu Elbow should be put on thq straight panis, Roaario: Florins, Frank; Tripp,
lead' pipe 'on the' water cooler to elimi Josaph: Perlhorg, Edgar; Delp, Lloydt
liah af ' 1618 Ovid St., Houston, nate
Cahoon, Dennis; Consoil.
water spUt, Washing macliiqa should Martir., ZdzUUw;
Walter; AUred, Percy; Miller, Josepht
Texas, afi soon afi possible. Urgent. be . cleaned
after use.
Lambe, Everett; Anderson; Ulysls: Flnlay.
LAFAYETTE (Wat*rman)y May f — Gordon: Folbarg. Edgar; f'Yant, Woodrow;
»'• • • • t
Joe Llssner
Chslrmanc Harry Bsfinar; Sacratary,. Gutoibiner, Ifathan: 'Callan. Henry.
rrAN:
'
.T My miail to you is at the SIU Fetar Fatrlck. Steward reported to I BBNiAMIM
ship's delegat* .that ho has a icomplete. J»,:.iuc, Charles; Mayliin, Robert;
I • • V•
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• .ZONE. •
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.STATE, t»t i t i t * t iiali in Brobklyh. Pick it up th^O. Unen ohange except for spreads; extrd O'Neal, Beverly; CarroU; Joseph; Wulzen,
Patterson; Tlonahl; MeManus, Ken
Gfiorge Lissner, c/o General' Dei sh'eet wUl be used'Instead of a 'spr44d. Johh;
July 7—Chairman, Harry Eannar, Sacra neth; HaU. Frank; Pachuckl. Adolidi;
livery, Comptbn,: Calif.'
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tary, Fetar Fatrlck. Captain ' infermed Dekeza, Angalea; Albright,' David; Sawvel,
.the ship's delegate that ihfi aUer hosV Kichard; White, BlUy; Duncan, laiic.
TO A\^ID~DUfUCATfpN:> if yeu erp en eidl tubseriber enJ bave • chanye
'/y'V:
pltalliiod. in Honolulu was :beaten. up< ANSON MILLS;
A. M. MpouauilRkOB
aboard ship. The captalq Inqttfred If
Yodrls, Stanley: Heiiu, Roland: StoE:f,
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Dolphin'': SS .Corp. ii^ holding any opowmamber knew anything about' Crc^der; FuachUlos. pomlniek; Stone,
• t his happened ' and informed , tho Johitl Cuipmings, Clyde; Anderson, Wil
retroactive wageh for ;you from trip how
ship'sdelegate that, the Coast Guard wUl bert; Felta; Audrey; TImmous, Raymondt
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in the messhall. which was bought by
receipts. Delegate was asked to remind the crew, should be raRled off and the
the chief engineer about the blower in proceeds as weU as the ship's fund should
the gaUey and that all drinking fountains be donated to the Union.
'must.be kept in good order.
FREDERIC C. COLLIN (Trantfuel).
ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Seas Shipping). June 29—Chairman, Clarsnea Hawkins;
June 29—Chairman, K. Roberts; Secre Secretary, Blackle. Delegates reported
tary, S. J. Plerton. Foc'sles due for everything shipshape.' Patrolman wUl be
painting have been taken care of. Repair notified about performing .onrtlle ship.
lists have been handed over to depart Chief mate will be contacted about enough
ment heads. After spelHal meetingwas paint
for the crew messhaU. Vote of
held on the poor variety ' of food being thanks went to the stewards department.
served, the chief steward reported to
the captain that the crew was picking
JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman),
on him. Qetstrician's room wUl be June 22—Chairman, T. A. Jackson; See,
painted next trip. Ship's delegate will retary, John Chlorra. Harry J. Acosta
see the captain about painting the mess was elected ship's delegate. Motion was
halls while the ship is in port. Steward passed to get a new toaster in Wilming
department, has not been cieahing the ton or San Francisco. Deck engineer told
laundry on thei^ turn. Steward wUl make the crew how to care for the washing
sure that utility man cleans laundry machine.
every third week. Member asked for a
special meeting in port of payoR to find
ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), June 22—
. out why there has been no ice cream foa Chairman, O. Ollbert; Secretary, A. M.
a month, no fruit extracts or syrups for WUburn. It was agreed to pay off on
hot weather drinks and no ipipcovement the East Coast. Ship's delegate suggested
in the menus.
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that each man, clean his own room be
fore the payoff. Suggestion was made to
ANTINOUg (Waterman), June
bOy games from the ship's fund on ar
Chairman, C. D. Andersen; Secretary, rival.
Clbsen H. Cekey. Ship's fund stands , at July. 2—Chairman, S. J. Barras; Secre
$32.90; ail new members wiU nuke dona tary, A. M. Wllburn, Motion was passed
tions.
to see the captain about painting the
messhaU or bring the matter up before
STRATHPORT (Strathmere), June 29: the patrolman at the payoff, Patrolirian
Chalrman, Chat. B. Martin; Secretary, will also be asked about clarification on
Hall Ray. Crew was asked to be sober delayed sailing and about transportation
_at the payoR. Discussion was held on to and from the ship. Each delegate
repairing the washing machine in New WiU make up a repair Ust. Ship's del
Yorln Vote of thanks was ishied to the egate should see the steward tbout^fresh
'fruit and vegetables. Ship's fund stands
stewards department.
at $42.90, since $1.90 was spent on
checkers.
used at. the same time. Steward depart W. McClynn. V. Genco was elected ship's
ment WiU clean the laundry; deck and delegate. Deck and engine sanitary men
engine departments wiU clean the rec will keep laundry clean. All galley re"
pairs will be made in New Orleans. AU
reation room.
April 24—Chairman, John Popa; Sec beefs on food should be brought to the"
retary, C. Boguskl. Ship's delegate re attention of department delegates.
ports that Unless the captain gets some
SIU Headquarters urges all discharges for the time the ship ran DEL RIO (Mississippi), June 22—Chair
the patrolman wiU be notified. man, J. Tucker; Secretary, C. Fowler.
draft eligible seamen to. be coastwise,
Each delegate wUl make up a repair Ship's delegate will hold the ship's fund,
sure they keep their iocal Se list. Ship's delegate wUl give copies to which now stands at $19. Norman Raines
the captain, chief engineer, chiefmate was elected ship's delegate by acclama
lective Service boards posted and
patrolman. Deck engineer says aU tion. Brother Nuess was reimbursed for
on all changes of address scuppers wiU be worked on and cleaned the $1.50 he spent in getting a new li
in
port.
Messroom should be kept clean brary aboard in New Orleans. AU hands
through the use of the post at aU times;
cups should be placed in should clean the washing machine and
cards furnished at all SIU the sink after use. Cracked and chipped laundry after use. Steward wUl furnish
cups
and
plates
wiU be replaced. Men cots for aU hands. Everyone should re
halls and aboard ships.
leaving ship should leave foc'sles clean turn cups to the messroom.
Failure to keep >our draft and
coUect all diily linen.
June 1—Chairman, no name; Secretary, .COEUR D'ALENE (Victory Carriers),
board informed of your where
no nama. First assistant engineer has June 22—Chairman, C. Sprano; Secre
abouts can cause you to be plenty of extra light bulbs; they are not tary, J. F. Barrett. B. A. Granberg was
to be taken out of the sockets. Depart elected ship's delegate. Ship's fund
listed as a delinquent and be ment
he'ads should be consulted about stands at $5. Repairs wiU be made be
drafted into the services with painting
foc'sles as soon as possible. Laun fore the crew signs on. Laundry should
and washing machines should be be cleaned up whenever it is used: wash
out a hearing. The Union in dry
cleaned after using.
ing machines should be cleaned, too.
such cases can do nothing to
No data—Chairman, net listed; Sccre
July 12—Chairman, J. E. Chew; Secre
Morris M. Tripp. Missing bunk tary, J. F. Barrett. AU men should be
aid Seafarers who fail to com Jary,
springs should be replaced or put on the aboard an hour before sailing time: the
piy
repair list. Steward delegate will see' captain said he would try to come as
department head about painting decks in close as possible to saUing time. Motion
the foc'sle. 124 watch asiced that there was passed to find out from the patrol
man if the crewmembers. instead of long
who would not reipect ship'i delegate in be less noise during the morning.
shoremen, could put the tarpaulins on.
any beef, hai been relieved, and his re
ARLYN (Bull), June 3—Chairman, Steve
placement is 100 percent better.
Bargeria; Secretary, Robert L. Andersen.
HURRICANE (Waterman), July 9—
Men
were asked not to leave cigarette
KATHRYN (Bull), July <—Chairman. butts on the deck of the showers. Men Chairman, Myles Sterne; Secretary, W.
Conner.
One man was hospitalized in
Alberto Oc La Pai; Secretary, Oaorge were asked not |o mistreat the handles
Burke. Delegates reported no beefs. on the coffee urn. Showers and heads Rofterdam. Ship's fund is $22.65 at pres
ent. Beef on who runs the steward# de
Laundry and washing' machine should decks should be painted;
partment wUl be brought up before the
be kept clean.
patrolman. letter was sent to head
LOCANS
FORT
(Cities
Service),
May
14
ALEXANDRIA (Waterman), July 5— —Chairman, Bartutt; Secretary, E. P. .quarters concerning cold drinks and "the
fact
that the ship signs on before gfores
.W. L. Hemmeck; Secretary, Vothi. Brother Pereisa was elected ship's
CHILORE (Ora), June IS—Chairman,. H, Chairmen,
come aboard for the voyage, making it
Den
H.
Weed.
Ship's
delegate
wUl
as
to take care of the ship's fund. diRicult to do anything about lack of
Wllloughby; Secretary, McClcary. Wash
and chief cook in checking treasurer
was passed to see about getting stores. Motion was passed to have a
ing machine has been used improperly. sist steward
in Honolulu. Crew's heads and Motion
more
milk
and to have the brand of Union slopchest put on this ship, inas
Wiper and ordinary will alternate the stores
showers wUl be cleaned and painted be coRee changed.
cleaning of the recreation room. AU cups fore
much as present slopchest is insufficient.
arrival in States, according to the
June
37—Chairman,
George FInklea; Lazzaro was elected temporary sliip's del
should be rinsed after use.
captain. Due to a shortage of piUow Secretary, Robert Varquez.
Charles
Boyd
egate. since the present 'delegate is get
PENNMAR (Calmer), July «—Chairman,
WESTERN RANCHER IWestern Navlgd^ cases and towels the steward washed was elected ship's delegate by acclama
B. Shuler; Secretary, W. Pratner. One Hon), Juno 15—Chairman, Vernon Por some in the washing machine. Steward tion. Motion was passed to have new ting off the slUp. If sanitary does not
receive
more cooperation in the cleaning
has
promised
not
to
do
this
again.
man was hired.oR the dock in Baltimore. ter/Secretary, C. A. Newman. Ship's
fans put in the rooms. Cots should be of the 12to4 foc'sle, matter will go to
Engine department hkd> several beefs delegate is' in the hospital, so the engine
given better treatment. Steward depart the patrolman for decision. Fruit in the
about not getting a preferred brand of delegate will act as ship's delegate for
ment was given a vote of thanks for a night lunch is either rotten or green. It
face soap. Steward department got a the rest of the trip. No one wiU sign on
job well .done. Ship's fund stands at was understood that the steward was per
vote of thanks for a job well done under untU the water ^tuation has been cleared
$24.42.
responsible for the lack of stores,
depressing conditions.
July 12—Chairman, Orman Bartlett; sonally
up:' patrolman wUl be contacted on this.
he had to make'certain that items
Secretary, J. Bruce. One man failed to since
Each man wiU donate SI for the ship's
appeared
his requisition and if these
BULL RUN (Petrel Tankers), June 15— fund; money. wiU be collected by de
return to' ship. 'Washing machine will items had on
been received, delegates
Chairman, Antheny Debellch; Secretary, partment delegates and turned over to
not be replaced until the ship reaches should have not
been notified so that action
Oswald Ergle. Crew was warned about the next ship's dplegatd.
Philadelphia. Broken lockers will be re could be taken.*
carrying tales topside. Oiler was taken'
FRANCES (Bull), July 4—Chairman, J. paired, fans installed. Chest of .drawers
before the American consul on June 10 NIKOS (Dolphin), Juno 14—Chairman, Fachece; Secratary, B. W. TIngley. Vote in 812 room will not be replaced. New
by the master and paid oR in Aden, Rex Coots; Secretary, Arthur Rummel. L. of thanks went to the steward's' depart repair list has been made up by the deck
Arabia. Reason is not fully known to McCuUough was elected ship's delegate. ment for a good job. Ship's delegate department. Special food may be ob
the delegates. Steward informed the One man was assigned from each depart congratulated the crew in cleanng up tained by special request to the steward.
crew that too much linen was missing ment to clean the laundry and recreation and keeping the washing machine clean.
from one linen chahge to the next. Un room. Foc'sles and passageways should Department delegates wiU turn in repair
McKETTRICK HILLS (Westarn Tank
less crew is more careful, he will hot be kept clean. Repair list .wUl be made lists. Rivera was elected new ship's del ers), June 24^halrman, Don Rudd; Sec
have enough to last out the . trip. Cots up before arrival in home port.
retary, John Fill. Walt Kressman was
egate.
'
should be better cared for.
elected ship's delegate by acclamation.
ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), July 4—
SEACOMET* (Orion), June 24—Chair Hot water line on the washing machine
IBERVILLE (Waterman), June 21—
OOLDBN. CITY (Waterman), July 4t Chairman, Conialai; Secretary, W. Mut man, H. Workman; Secretary, L. Samta should be installed permanently. Crew Chairman, P. A. Taurasl; Secratary, J,
Arnold.
G. W. Ford was elected ship'k
Chairman, Lee Ledurand; Secretary, Jehn phy. Motion was passed to get more faiu Ana. $17.81 in the ship's fund wUl be gave a vote of thanks to the steward de
delegate. Majority must approve any.
Singer. Previous repair list'was not sat and wind scoops in New Orleans or Mo turned over to the bosun. Welding and B^ment.
isfactorily settled. There is $23 in the bUe for the quarters aft. Patrolman ap burning on deck or over cargo tank by
July 2—Chairman, Joseph KowalskI; money spent from the sWp's fund; there
ship's fund. Patrolman will be seeii with pealed. to about fumigation. Crew was order of the chief engineer wiU be re Secretary, John Fill. Motion passed to should be a receipt for aU money spent.
regard to' the chief mate. Vote of thanks asked to donate to the ship's fund at the ferred to the patrolman. Black gang re have each crewmember dbqate $1 to the Crew was urged to be more careful in
and appreciation went to the stewards payoR.
port • will be turned over to the patrol ship's fund. Motion was passed to have the use of the washing machine, (motor
department for the service and good food.
man. Motion was' passed to take action the cooks given larger quarters. Steward should be turned off after use). '
Repair lists wiU. be made out for all de
STEEL INVENTOR (Isthmian), Juno SO against the chief engineer about the fresh should take care of the ship's fund. The
ROBIN KETTERING (Seas Shipping),
partments. Chief mate, playing Dick —Chairman, H. R,Oerdon;.Secretary,. J. water aboard and to inquire of the pa last crew's repair list was not acted on.
Tracy, watches the deck gang from be W. Lowe. I,engthy discussion was held trolman about overloading the ship. since the ship was due for the shipyard. June 7—Chairman, W. M. Burbuna; Sec
retary,
A. Triblo. Discussion was held on
hind kin^ post and portholes to see if on the improvement necessary in the Quarters should be cleaned for the new Minor repairs should be made at sea
they are producing. He told the bosun steward's department..
men. Watches showld clean the pantry. this voyage if possible. Boardihg patrol making ten o'clock coffee early.
to tell the deck gang to pijit their rain
Repair Usts should be made up. Glasses man should check on the condition of
IBERVILLE (Waterman), July 4—Chair
gear on and get out and. do some chip
CALMAR (Calmar), June 11—Chairman,' and cups should be returned jo the laun the eggs and butter. Meats should be
man, A. Gonzales; Secretary, A. Sevier.
checked also.
William Eklns; Secretary, Nail Badlg. dry and all extra linen turned in.
Same
beefs are still in existence, due to
Suggestion was made to check orders of
steward stores with steward and port
STRATHPORT (Strathmore), April 13— . CAROLYN (Bull), June 25—Chairman, the company's buckpassing. 'Henderson
steward. Steward should manipulate Chairman, O. M. Brooke; Secratary, A. C. Chas. HInsley; Secretary, W. Povey. De was elected ship's delegate. Motion was
(1) VA tons.
menus to hawe at least one good meal, Carpenter. Keys will be issued before partment delegates will make up repair passed to get fans and wind chutes in
and he should not put two bad meats arrival in port. Steward department got lists. Motion was carried that the port New York; delegates should consult head
(2) New York City.
together. AU those leaving ship should a vote of thanks for the excellent meals. captain be called in to inspect the state quarters in New York about this matter.
(J)^ Andrew Jackson.
clean the foc'sles. put the keys together Recreation rooms and laundry should be of the ship's deck equipment. Crew There is $14 in the ship's fund. Dirty
kept clean; empty cups should be placed members should be quiet during the d9^ linen should not be left on the cots and
(4) No. A Kentucky court said and clear out all linen.
in starboard passageway where watch in the poop deck.
in the sink.
,
she could let him suffer the same
May. 3—Chairman, A. C. Carpenter; Sec standers sleep. More care stiould be ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping), March
retary, Charles Mertln. Men should hot taken of the washing machine. Living
consequences he planned for his
sit on the table and put their feet en quarters need painting. Suggestion was 23—Chairman, S. Cooper; Secretary, J,
creditors.
m'ade that the crew leave the ship un W. Sampset. Ship's delegate' reported
chairs.
$24.50 in the ship's fund. Suggestion was
May 35—^Chairman, Charles B. Martin; less this is taken care of.
(5) To figure half of an odd num
made to take better care of the washing,
Secretary,
A.
Carpenter.
Each
man
wUl
ber, you take the exact half plus
machine.
donate at least twentyfive cents to the
April 4—Chairman, not listed; Secre
one half. He had 295 eggs to start,
ship's fund. Members were asked to
tary, not listed. Meeting was called to
LAFAYETTE' (Waterman),' June 19— check on needed repairs. One man
sold 148 (a half of the whole plus Chalrm'an,
discuss
the shifting about of stewards de
Joe Carroll; Secretary, Peter missed ship in Japan and caught it again
partment members by the steward with
a half) leaving 147, sold 74 or the Patrick. One man missed ship in Yoko at another port.
out consulting the delegates: also the mis
June 29—Chairman, Chag/ B. Martin;
biier was hospitalized in Hon
major half of 147 and againsold hama: one
conduct of certain members of the de
olulu., Any member who goes to the haU Secretary, Hall Ray. Men were asked to
partment. Ship's delegate warned these
87 out. of 73, leaving three dozen. and discpsses ship's business before the be sober at the payoR. Repair list and
DOROTHY (Bull), July 4—Chairman, members that they would be liable to
payoff wUl be fined $29. Motion was washing machine were discussed. Vote of
(61 Austtalia.
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made that the entire ship be fumigated, thanks went to the stewards department. Norman I. Wast; Secretary, R. C. Klanast. a fine, imposed by the crew, if they did
Thomas
Cornickwas elected ship's del not straighten out * and perform their
. (7) Great Britain and Ireland. A as there are weavels and sUvcr fish in
PAINE WINCATE (Bull), May 1Sr egate by acclamation. One man missed work properly.' Steward agreed to put
storeroom and ants in .the gaUey.
potato famine brought great num the
men back on their original jobs and
Deck. delegate wiU see the mate abput Chairman,. Ben Collins; Secretary, Clar ship in San Juan. Puerjo Rfco.
keep them there execept if an emer
bers of Irish settlem to the US haying tho depart'inent foc'sles sougeed. eqce Faust. Repair Ust was turned over
gency arises.
WINTER
HILL
(Cities
Service),
July
4
to
chief
engineer
and
chief
mate.
Repair Usts of all departments were
during this period.
April 7—Chairman, Stanley Cooper;
July 1—Chairman, Ben Collins; Secre —Chairman, Charles Malstte; Secretary,
handed to the ship's delegate who wiU
(8) Cincinnati. Known . as the turn them over to the captain before tary, Clarence Faust. ' Deck engineer re Joe Wyant. Motion was passed that un Secretary, J, Samptel. Motion was passed
to
shift PO messman to crew pantry,
less
the
steward
is
relieved,
the
entire
Panama. Steward was asked to ported that work which he considers his
'Red Stockings, this squadpiled reaching
get fresh stores^ In Panama. Members, was done topside; he requested that this crew will sign off with the boarding pa which would involve about $200 in over
a record of 64_ games' without were reminded to clean their foc'sles be be brought to the attention of the pa trolman's okay. Motion was passed to time. Frank Baron was elected ship's
fore leaving the ship.;
trolman. Crew . messhaU and recreation' fine all performers,' with the amount de delegate.
a loss in 1869.
June 22—Chairman, Frank Baron; Sec
room'should be'painted. New mattresses termined by the patrolman. Crew was
(9) Venus.
WESTERir FARMER (Western Naviga and' pillows are needed for 'the crew. asked to conserve wash water. If the retary, J. Sampscl. Ship's delegate re
June 21—Chairman,Stanley Boike; Motion was passed to have tho steward crew stays on the ship, an ironing board ported a beef on the food situation. The .
(10) 15. .
. , ' tion),
Secretary, V. E. Monte. Repair Ust has check all stores brought to the ship and should bb purchased; if 'the crew gets steward missed the ship in Tanga. BEA,
been turned in but due to lack of time, report any shortages to the delegates at oR, the ship's fund Aould be donated which automatically means a $50 fine.
nothing has been done about it. J. Nichol once, er he wUl be bald responsibie.. to the building fimd.' Engine delegate Motion V was passed thatThe; steward be •
son was elected ship's delegate by, ac Headquarters wUl be asKbd to find, out will see the patrolman about welding referred to the patrolman, who should
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,
make sure that he does not ship as
clamation.. Repair list wiU be maUed to from the .company why mail cannot be aboard ship.
steward for at least a year, as he is not ,
the agent in New York to be presented forwarded.
CLEARWATER VICTORY (Bloomfield), capable of handUng the job. Old wash
to the ship's owner's attention. Ship must
ing niachine Aould be kept as a .spare,
June
29—Chairman,
Harold
Sheprow; Sec
ALCOA PIONEER tAlcoaj, Juno 29—
be fumigated. Motion was passed not to
sign on untU repairs have been taken Chairman, Frank Sulllvang Sscrotary, retary, RIchey. Delayed sailing, due to
SEACLIFF (Coral), April 15—Chairman,
care of. .Deck, engins and steward de Jehn W. PIcou. Motion was passed unan shortage of men in deck department.
F. P. Votto; Secratary, E. C. Anderson.
partments WiU rotate the' care of the. imously to bring One member up on Two men missed ship in Yokohama.
E.
C. Anderson was elected ship's del
washing machine. Steward department harges for .^King. the ship's fund when
wiU send one matt to do a thorough clean he paid off in New Oi4eans. Plans for IHEYWOOD BROUN (Victory Carriers), egate by acclamation. There should be
ing once a month. Each nii^i should put. the July 4th dinner were discussed. Re May 22Chalrman, A. O. Rey; Secretary, no noise in the passageways, as someone
his .own dirty, cup into the sink and not pairs should be turned in and acted on. Wlllliim CVrten. Discussion was held on is always trying to sleep. Steward will
depend so much on the jtandby for all MesshaU and pantry should be kept keeping the library in better condition. take. care of the ship's fund, which will
the' work.' Steward wiU try to get a clean. It was reported that medicine Steward should put out more foqSI, as be starts at the first draw. Electric irqn
basket for the dishwashing in Germany, cabinets' wiU be instaUcd at the first stiip has been running' short the last few will be purchased out of the fund. Crew
meals, l^enus should ^
, improved.
thinks the bad cigarettes should be ex
i
Bigger drafte basket in every rooih is opportunity.
changed for good ones, and that there
redueste'd'. Steward promised to look 'ihto
BURBANK VICTORY (Eastern), June should be enough for the voyage;^
OCEAN ULLA lOcoan TfahV), March
this fdr th* next rip.
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29—Chairman, John Pops; Sscrotary. C. 29—Chairman, A. F. Martinez; Secretary, June 5—Chairman, F. P. Votto; Sec
W.
C. H. Hause. Toni Martinez was retary, E. C. Anderson. One man ipiiSM(d
Boguckl.
James
Nicholsdn
was
elected
SEA MAOIC (Colonial), June ~ 15—
Chairman; Connors;' Secretary, FancOtt.. ship's delegate. Eac^ man will clean up elected ship's delegate. Schedules for ship. Ship's delegate will check to 'see '
'W. RlcHie 'Was Appointed ship's deivg^ta. the washrpom after use. Both washing cleaning the recreation room were set up. if the water is fit to drink. Ship's del
egate win find out about pencUlin from
Ship'sdelegate' asked the'crew to te^bct machines wiU be keptrMyne wiU bw used
WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (TrSnsFuol), the patrolman, arid,0,110 ^hj^ .t))e. .captaiA
ship's property and ftpt' giVe 'tbifgidb'an for dirty work, clothes, and tpe other for
• ^ighteF clOtheiL Machines^ ars .^ol to be July 4^hairman, R. O'RvUFVe; Secretary, refused to give men 'shoi
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in a ginniill or even on the ship. But you changed all that, because you knew what*
they were after all the time. They're,not around In peraon anymore.
They're still doing the same job through the mails, but Seafarers are wide
Piles of hgndouts
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^re, you believe'in peace^and a square deal for the little guys who're be
ing kicked around, but you don't want it spoonfed to you "Russianstyie." Tho
groups shows they're grabbing at straws and gives you a cipar vieW Into the way
they always work. The catchwords are just a trap.
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them to move on ^ery time. The US has faults w just like any other country but
nobody can soli Americans on the |den
the commtsoars offer Ji way out.
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NEW CONSTITUTION PROPOSED BY SIU
SIU ESTABLISHES DEPT OF WELFARE SERVICES - SIEKMANN DIRECTOR
YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH
LOG EXPOSE READ BY FOUR MILLION
SEAFARERS STUDY PROPOSED CHANGES IN CONSTITUTION
FIRE KILLS THREE ON SUP TANKERS
UNION WRAPS UP OCEAN TOW CASE
MORE FOREIGN FIRMS SEEK US SHIPS
NEW TREATY SETS BASIC SHIP RULES
AUTUMN SHIPPING RISE - IF
KOREA VET RETURNS TO SHIP SIU AGAIN
CREW LOOTED OF $1,000
SIU SIFTING IMMIGRATION ACT'S EFFECT
BIRTH PAY $15,000 IN SIX WEEKS
OWNERS STALLING SUP ASKS MORE
SEAFARER JUMPS FROM FOW TO 2ND ASSISTANT
ITF MEETING ATTENDED BY SIU DELEGATE
A SEAFARER'S FIGHT BACK FROM A WORLD OF PAIN
SEA PEARL SAVES NINE ON BATTERED SCHOONER
NEW 'FRONT' FEEBLE TRY BY BRIDGES
RIVER LEAVES, SHIP STAYS
SALTWATER STUDIES PART II
THE KING'S CHEF PREPARES A SOUP
A TREASURE HUNTER'S JINX
STRETCHING THE DOLLAR
THE CONSTITUTION
WHAT'S NEXT
A MEDAL FOR HARRY
FISH AND SHIPS
SEAFARERS FINDS PALL OF HATE HANGS HEAVY OVER ALEXANDRIA
STRIKES GREET OMEGA IN 2 PORTS
KIRK LIMPS IN, TIRED BUT HAPPY
STRANGER LENDS HELPING HAND TO INJURED SEAMAN
WILD WEST TOUR PROVES PERILOUS
CRIMP HALLS WERE DIRTY JOINTS
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1952
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VOL. XIV
No. 14
SEAIFMERS
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All eyes are on the man of the moment, Seafarer John A. Spring, OS, as he learns his SIU vacation check rep
MnhOnrDmtOf Teoin. resents the nUHiondollar mark for vacation pioney collected since payments began bwely four months ago.
vWith Spring is the Vacation Plan staff at headquarters, which has processed over 14,000 checks so far and wm pay out more than $2.5 n^hon to ^afarers
check for
over the milliondollar figure. (Story on Page 3.)
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Welfare Fund 2 Years Old; 50 Get Birtli Pay
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Richer by $225, Seafarer John Clamp and his
wife. Ana, show off their son, Texas Will Rogers
Clamp, in the yard of . their home.
Seafarer John Rivera's wife, Gloria, holds their newest arrival,
Emallnda, while their six older children pose with her. Their
father is electrician aboard the Robin Mowbray.
PlanLooksAhead
To More Benetif^
How to Apply
For Birth Pay
Applications for the mater
nity benefit must be supported
by the following documents:
• Y
our marriage certificate.
• Baby's
birth certificate dat
ing birth after April 1, 1952.
• The
discharge from your
last ship.
Processing of all applica
tions can be speeded up by at
least three days if photostatic
copies of the three documents
are sent im Applications
should be made to Union Wel
fare Trustees, c/o SIU head
quarters, 675 Fourth Avenue,
H'klyn 32, NY.
Frank Anthony Aabusson looks happy with his
father. Seafarer Ernest Aubusson, and his
mother, Antoinette.
Birih Pay 10 Cs
In First Month
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t lil
Having provided seafaring men with a considerable meas
With news of the SIU's new maternity benefit barely a
ure of security never before enjoyed, the SlUadministered
month old, 50 Seafarers and their families have already
Welfare Fund looked ahead to broader vistas on its second
shared in the $10,000 paid out under the program so far.
birthday, July 1. The complete
New parents qualifying fort '
success of the Plan and its $2,500 death benefit, a $15 weekly
a $200 check from the SIU represent an exact 40 percent of
excellent financial condition hospital benefit of unlimited dura
Welfare Plan plus a $25 US the total.
open almost unlimited possibili tion, a $200 maternity benefit and
bond from
the Union in the baby's . The past two weeks have added
ties of additional benefits for Sea a $15 weekly disability benefit. In
name have expressed deep satis the following Seafarers to the
addition a hotel for Seafarers will
farers and their families.
faction
at this latest boon for Sea growing list of parents receiving
Starting in a modest way oh be constructed with funds pro
farers
from the forwardlooking the dual maternity benefit of $200
July 1, 1950 with a 25cent daily vided by the Welfare Plan.
Welfare
Plan, itself only two years plus a $25 bond:
contribution by shipowners, the Negotiation of an additional 25
old
and
already
heads above other Allan S. Thome, Walpole, Nk;
Plan has grown tremendously, in cent shipowner contribution in
plans
operating
a
decade or more. Ernest F. Aubusson, NYC; Andrew
creasing and expanding benefits last summer's contract talks paved
The
idea
behind
the birth bene D. Junkins, Tarrant, Ala.; Clarence
the way for the present level of
considerably since tlmt date.
fits, wliich
cover
births
since April Thibodeaux, New Orleans; Simon
benefits as well as the recent ad
In Excellent Shape
i; 1952, is to assist Seafarers in Gutierrez, Houston, Texas; Ru
A review of the status of the dition of maternity and disability
meeting
costly hospital and medi* dolph J. Schmidt, Pass Christian,
fund, one of the very few admin payments.
cal expenses
which today put quite Miss.; Glenious C. Lawson, ilr
No Red Tape
istered directly by a union instead t
a
dent
in
any
family budget. In Win, Tetm.; Amund Pettersen, S.
of by an insurance company, shows Thanks to the Upion administra
most cases, the $200
covers all bills Norfolk, Va.; Demos T. Whealton,
it to be in** the best of financial tion of the fund, the SIU Welfare
Cash Comer, NC; James E. Grif
and
will
mean
less financial strain
shape. Where benefits were lim Plan is one of the few plans in
fin, S. Norfolk, Va.; Osbome M.
when
a
newcomer
arrives
in
the
ited in the beginning to $500 for. maritime which operates in the
Brooke,
Mobile; John L. Rivera,
family.
;
death and $7 a week for hospital black. Operating costs have been
NYC; WUlic E. Dillon, Pasadena.
The
retroactive
feature,
unique
benefits, the fund now pays a kept to a minimum by cutting out
in setups of this kind, took in all Md.; Raymond M. Hynes, Brook
the insurance company take. Union
but a half dozen of those in the lyh; Richard Q. Randolph, Nor
NEW
ORLEANS.—Visibly
administration not only saved the
first 50 to collect the benefit. Of folk; John Clamp, Brooklyn; Ches
affected
as
he
voiced
his
ap
Plan a considerable sum, but made
the'
infants, the boys have the ter A. Kmpinski, Bayonne. NJ.
for far speedier payment of bene preciation for the boon, SIU
Also, Robert W. Thompson,
Jaly 11. 1952
Vol. XiV. No. 14 fits with red tape held to a oldtimer James "Paddy" Crone slight edge over the girls, 2723.
became the first Seafarer in this Every SIU port from Galveston to NYC; Furman P. Hipp, Baltimore;
As I See It
.. Page 13 minimum.
Boston is represented in the list Angel Feliciano, NYC; Faustino
Burly
Page 16
Further income has come from port to receive benefits imder the so
far, though men shipping Pedraza, Edgewater, NJ; James H.
newlyinstituted disability program
Crossword Puzzle
Page 12 investment of over $1 million of
through the headquarters branch
(Continued on page 17)
Did You Know
Page 18 the Plan's reserve in US Govern of the SIU Welfare Plan.
Editorial
Page 13 ment bonds, most of which pay One of the Union's original
Foc'sle Fotog
Page 19 better than 2Vi percent interest. members, "Paddy" Crone is a vet
eran seaman in
Galley Gleanings ..... Page 20
Unlimited Hospital Pay
every sense of
the
Inquiring Seafarer ..!. Page 12
Since the Plan got started it has
word. His career
• In The Wake
Page 12 paid out^ $177,756 to hospitalized
began almost 53
Labor RoundUp...... Page 16 Seafarers^ Some men who are
years ago, about
Letters
.Pages21, 22, 23 chronically ill have been receiving
the turn ot the
Letter Of The Week
Page 13 their hospital benefits for two
century, as a very
Maritime
Page 16 years now and will continue to get
young boy in
Mary.Celeste
Pages 14, 15 them for as long as needed. Prac
Ireland. His re<
Meet The Seafarer
Page 12 tically all other Welfare Plans
corded age is 63,
"Oak Island 'Treasure* " Page 11 have a cutoff date on such benefits,
but he acknowl
On The Job
Page 16 usually after 13 or 26 weeks so
Crone.
edges, though a
Personals
Page 26 that the man who .suffers from a
Quiz
Page 19 chronic illness is left out in the little hesitantly, there may be a
"slight" variation between his re
_ "Saltwater Studies" .. Page? 10 cold.
corded and actual age.
Ship's Minutes.... Pages 26, 27
Death benefit payments to wives
Sinking of Portland .. Page 11 and families of Seafarers who "Paddy" was lately discharged
SIU History Cartoon... Page 7 passed away have totaled $322, from the hospital and, in view of
Sports Line
Page 20 226.85 providing badlyneeded fi his inability to return to sea, was
Ten Years Ago
Page 12 nancial aid to families who had confronted with the expected finan
cial problems. The timely an
Top Of The Nigjvs...... Page 6 lost
their breadwinner.
tfouncement of the brandnew dis
Vacation Pay
Pages 23, 24
The newlyinstituted maternity ability benefit greatly lessened his
Wash. News Letter...,. Page 4 and
benefits haven't dilemna.
Welfare Benefits
Page 25 been disability
in
effect
long enough to When he received his initial
Publlthod MwooKiy w ttio fioatfoutrtoro
of tho Soafarort Intornatlonai Union, At make much of a. change in the $15 weekly benefit, he spoke
.
lantic a Ouir District, AFL, «7S Fourth totals. However, the maternity
oenem, Seafarer'Raymond'^^;^^!;.^,^^^
seaiarer Kaymonn ;/,
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maternity benefit.
wifii feeling about how he'd Recipient of the new SIU maiemiiy
Avonvo, Breefilyn 32, NY. Tal. STorllng
• 4a71. 'Entorod as second, class, matter benefit in particular'isr paying out live to see the SIU"rise and
Hynes'
Wife,
Dolores,
holds
their
youngest
dmifhte^
Unda,
at tho Fast Offico In Brooiilyn, NY,
• loent$^4it. be««dehefc''"
iCdntiubiued on page 17)
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under tho Act of Ausvst 24> <1311,.
((^miinded' On i>age 11) • ' Raymond, 2, 'fmA Kt^thlomh
New Orleans
Pays First
Disabled $
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A greatfymodified . LongRange Shipping Bill
squeaked through in the closing days of the 82nd Con
gress and is now awaiting signature by President
Truman. While the bill fell far short of what both labor
and management the maritime industry wanted, backers
felt that any bill was better
is not considered as vital to th«
than none in light of the it
industry as the tax deferment fea
current weak condition of tures that were knocked out of it.
Sealanir John Sprlny, riyht, looks on at headquarters while Claude Fisher changres the fiyures to show
that vacation payihents topped the $1 mUlioh mark. Sprine's vacation check was the one which put
payments Into seven figures.
Vacation Pays $1,000,000
The tax deferment rfeatures, they
the merchant marine.
argue,
are necessary to operate in
Supporters of the hill had
competition
with foreign shipping.
almost given up hope of
(Continued on page 17)
passage when the House passed a
version th^t cut out the allimpor
tant tax deferment features of the
measure as passed by the Senate
last August. With only a few. days
left, the bill was bottled up in a
joint SenateHouse conference
committee. Finaily, the Senators
on the committee yielded on the
tax deferment issue, realizing that
it would be. impossible to get any
sort of bill ^ssed this year other
wise. The House version then
went through quickly.
Construction Subsidies
In its present form, the bill pro
vides construction subsidies for all
operators including tramp ship
owners. Previously only a hand
ful of operators serving certain se
lected shipping routes were sub
sidized in this fashion. Whiie this
feature i$ regarded as a step for
ward by the backers of the bill,'
July. 3 was "Million Dollar Day" for the SIU Vacation Plan. Sometime around 11 o'clock
that morning, vacation payments to Seafarers passed the million dolldr mark by 26 cents
when John "Moose" Spring, OS, collected a vacation check for $126.
Spring became the Vacation
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Plan man of distinction when February. Payment of over $1 der the old system.
"By instituting the first Union
he came up to the office with million in benefits in those five
his discharges from the Cecil N. months means that the ^ Plan is operated Vacation Plan in the
Bean. A native of Brooklyn, the sticking pretty closely to predic maritime industry," a headquar
24yearold Seafarer has been sail tions that it would pay out $2V^ ters spokesman stated, "Seafarers
are now receiving the direct bene
ing with , the SIU for the past two million in benefits every year.
Up to the time that the SIU Va fits of money that ordinarily would
years. As he put it, happily finger
ing his vacation check, "thisMs just cation Plan got underway, very have remained in the pockets of
one of the good things that have few seamen ever collected under the operators. In the long run,
come my way since I've been go companypaid plans since they had this is going to amount to many
to work for one company for a more millions of dollars." •
ing to sea with the SIU."
By ' collecting for sea time full year before they would be Seafarers became eligible for
earned, Spring received the 13, eligible. . Consequently, the mil paid vacations on June 1, 1951.
623rd vacation check issued by the lion dollars paid thus far repre All contracted shipping operators
SIU. Vacation Plan since payments sents Tnoney which Seafarers prob
started just five months, ago in ably would never have gotten un
Under the rules of the Va
cation Plan as set forth by the
trustees, A Seafarer must ap
ply within one year of the
payoff date of his oldest dis
charge in order to collect his
full vacation benefits. If he
presents any discharge whose
payoff date is more than a
year before the date of his va
cation application, he will lose
out on the sea time covered
Coming negotiations with
by that particular discharge.
Don't sit on those discharges. the operators and other mat
Bring them in and collect the ters of Union policy are now
money that is due to you.
being discussed at a conference of
all elected SIU Atlantic and Gulf
contribute 50 cents per day per port agents in Union headquarters.
man for each day of sea time or In addition to contract questions
port time worked into the Union the agents are reviewing the oper
Vacation Plan. Payments under ations of the various Unionoper
the plan began in February, 1952, ated funds. Plans for Union oper
the delay being due to the need to ations in the forthcoming year are
get Wage Stabilization Board ap also under scrutiny.
proval for the system, and to build Local problems facing the va
up the necessary reserve in the rious ports are coming in for thor
fund with which to make the ough examination along with dis
payments.
trictwide matters.
Sat Eve Post Prints
LOG Security Expose
Crewmembera walk off the Panamanian ship San IPedro, which
LOG reporter boarded and photographed wittiout being checked.
Photo was used in LOG exclusive on nation's lack of Port security.
LOG Story
Nets Offer
Of 4 Homes
Port Agents
Meet, Ready
Pact Talks
Little Sean, right, and his
brother Fat sit on the lap of
their father, ^ Seafarer Robert
Nicolai.
Four families in the New
York area have offered to
open their homes to the two
small children of Seafarer Robert
Nicolai. The offers followed upon
the story appearing in the June 27
LOG, which told of the death of
Nicolai's wife in childbirth and
his problem of finding a home for
(Continued on page 27)
Bare Ship Giveaway Plan
Ambitious plans involving the aid of at least one US Government agency to help float
a 50ship Japanese merchant fleet of Libertys directly competing with US shipping were
learned exclusively this week by the LOG.
The loopholess in this country'^ security program first ex
Information supplied by thej
posed by the SEAFAKERS LOG in a copyrighted article four LOG'S Washington reporter Administration, is opposed to the which would enable the Japanese
months ago, will be the subject of a feature spread in the indicated that a newlyformed sale or lease of these vessels, the organization to handie 48 Navy
coming issue of the Saturday•
Japanese organi Department of Defense is known LSTs to carry US Government
zation known as to be studying the matter to deter cargo within the isiands of Japan
a LOG reporter boarded a Pana
Evening Post.
manian
flag
ship
in. New
York,
the
^American mine whether it should sponsor and to Korea.
The LOG series first
Japanese Crews
Ship "Operating legislation empowering the ship
brought to the attention of the walked freely about the vessel,
Company, Ltd. is switch at the next session of Con
It is believed the American Ship
nation the gaping holes in the wa took pictures of the European
iooMng toward gress, which convenes in January, Operating Company, Ltd. will ac
terfropt; tiecurity program as it is crew and left .the pier without
the acquisition and close the deal.
quire the LSTs when the Navy
now iet up and pointed out how once being stopped.
of up to 50 In the light of these disclosures, declares them "obsolete." Under
saboteurs, eiiemy agents and fugt . In the Saturdaiv Evening Post
Liberty type ar earlier agreement between the the agreement with MSTS, the
tives Icpuld come and go aboard article the SeSfarers, International
ships owned by Japanese corporation and the US ships will fly the US flag, but wiU
foreign flag ships touching US Union is.given full credit'forexi
the US Govern Military Sea Transportation Serv be manned by Japanese crews.
ports. Tlie articles were given na posing the situation, one which
tionwide newspaper coverage when is still wide open. Writers asi ment and now held in reserve ice has also come to the attention SIU heMquarters has issued a
of the Union. Under the present strong protest against both plans
they appeared. The LOG demon sigped, by Uie Post worked with fleets on all coasts.
strated .t|ie .«ase with, yirhich sub the LOG and headquarters officials Although, the Department of setup, still not made public, there which, in the aggregate, would
(Continued,,vOn page .17) .
versives could rater our ports j^eq , > , .tCQPtiMied.on page
..v. (Commerce, ,thr9^)|i;h .^e . l^arLtime is already existing agreement
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SIU NEWSLETTER
from WASHINGTON
Four maritime conventions, recommended by the International Labor
Organization, and designed to encourage the development of minimum
working standards for seagoing personnel throughout the world, have
been ratified by the US Senate. Briefly, the conventions deal with
(a) food and catering for crews on board ship, (b) certification .of ships'
cooks, (c) medical examination of seafarers, and (d) certification of
able seamen.
'
Since the maritime industry is essentially highly competitive in
nature, the Senate agreed with the proposition that established and
improved international labor standards will serve t6 protect thestand
ards of the most advanced • countries, such as the US, from the lower
standards of countries that lag behkid.
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Three American companies have lost their battle to get Congressional
sanction, through mortgage aid, to convert their ten C4's into ore
carriers.
Although the need for additional Americanflag oceangoing bulk
ore carriers is very clear if this country is to be able to control a sub
stantial Share of the import of ore from overseas, Government agencies
will not budge from their stand that legislation favoring the three lines
would amount to highly preferential treatment for a very small group
of ship owners. The lines involved are AmericanHawaiian Steamship
Co., Luckenbach Steamship Co., and Joshua Hendy.
At the end of June^ the 400th NSA ship was put back into the re
serve fleet since the reduction in foreign aid program and military
requirements. During the course of that month, 118 ships were re
turned to reserve anchorages, 104 of which were Libertys, 13 "Victorys,
and 1 C1.
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Seafarer Mario Reyei (foreirroiuid with hat) climbs aboard the Puerto Rico during a twoway transfer
with the southbound Beatrice. He was returned to New York for his youneest soft's funeral. At the
same time a stowaway on Puerto Rico was switched to the Beatrice.
4"
The 82nd Congress, which adjourned on July 7, failed to give final
action to a very important maritime bill. It is HR Res. 457, which
would have provided uhemployment insurance coverage • to seamen
employed on vessels operated for the account of the US, through the
National Shipping Authority. Under administrative policy of the Mari
time Administration, these seaiften are accorded, with a few exceptions,
the same rights they would have If privately employed. Oiie of the
exceptions is unemployment insurance coverage, which this resolution
was designed to provide.
,
Since the first of this year, about 400 vessels of the 538 operateid
in the NSA program have been laid up resulting in the uftemployrnent
of a large number of the seamen formerly eihployed on those vessels.
The Puerto Rico and the Beatrice broke their schedules as they met along "BuirLine
Boulevard," on their last trips so that a bereaved Seafarer could be transferred and get back
to New York in time for his son'^s funeral.
At the same tinie, the liner"*'
unloaded a stowaway who had act—^the. breaking of the schedule The Puerto Rico arrived in New
hoped for free passage to of a passengermail ship and a York June 30, the same day set for
freighter to enable Brother Reyes the services for Reyes* son.
New York.
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Seafarer Mario Reyes who was to be home in time foj the last The crews of both ships, as well
rites of
his youngest
son—is some
as all
members of
the
SIU,
extend
During
the
past
year, 1,579
Individual
oceangoing
tollspaying ves
aboard the Beatrice got a wireless
we Seafarers appreciate to Brother Reyes their sincerest sels, representing 29 nationalities, passed through the Panama CanaL
message at 10 AM June 28 telling thing
sympathy.
In aggregate they made a tptal of 5,593 transits. The number of transits
him that his son, John, 12, had greatly."
made by individual ships varied from 1 to 66, and averaged 3.54. The
drowned at Midland Beach, Staten
greatest number of transits, 66, was made by the Ecuador, a vessel of
Island.
Ecuadorean registry, engaged in the banana freight service....
The Beatrice had just left New
Vessels of British registry led in the nuniber of individual vessels
York and was bound for San Juan,
transiting
the Canal during the year with 490, but ranked second in
so Captain Homer Callis of the
the number of transits With l.,004; those of US registry were second
Beatrice contacted Captain Alan
in number of individual vessels transiting with 461, but ranked fifst
Bellhouse of the Puerto Rico, which
in the number of transits with. 2,203.
was bound from Sail Juan to New
York.
WASHINGTON—Opponents of USsupported maritime
The two vessels, bound in oppo
It's in the records of the Office of Naval Records and Library that:
schools scored a victory in Congress when Congress sliced ap
site directions, met about an .hour
Every
candidate selected for an officer's billet in the naval service in
and a half later at 29 degrees, 20 propriations for the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy. 1794 had formerly served in a ship of the merchant marine;
: ——
minutes North Latitude and 69 de The SIU, like most maritime*—^—
grees, 32 minuiss West Longitude. unions, has always opposed nient of $500 for each of the Almost every naval officer from midshipman to captain in the US
Navy in 1798 had been trained and served in the merchant marine;
The passengers on the liner were such academies and fought for school's several hundred cadete.
Almost every early naval hero—John Barry. John Paul Jones, Thoma~s
treated to a display of a real heads the appropriations cut.
Waste of Funds
TruxtOn,
Joshua Barney, Edward Preble—was an exmerchant inaiiher;
up SIU crew as the Beatrice The cut came in the face of a The SIU's position in the drawn
launched one of her boats and took vigorous campaign by I^ng Island out Kings Point battle has been and
Every commanding officer of the first six vessels built for the US
Reyes over to the Puerto Rico. The Congressmen (the Academy is that any kind of Governmentsup
uea was moderate, and both crews located on the island) to secure ported training school is a waste of Navy had previously held, a command in the merchant marine.
give the captains credit for the passage of the full $3,990,000 ap taxpayer's funds in that it tends
way the ships were handled.
propriation for maritime training. to turn out graduates without re
The Puerto Rico, meanwhile, had The Congressional group applied gard for the employment needs of Let's look at the record—The US permitted its shipping to go down
• stowaway
in her brig. The un the ax to the monthly allowance the industry. The Union has held before World War I, found itself forced to build more than $3 billion
welcome "passenger," Salvatores which the Kings Point cadets had that merchant marine officers can of merchant ships, most of which were completed too late for use in
Berries, had boarded the liner in been receiving in addition to free more properly be trained out of that war. Again in the twenties and thirties, a nation that allowed its
San Juan in hopes of a free trip to board and tuition, replacing it with the foc'sle when the need for addi shipping to die was forced to correct that mistake, and in World War II
a $200 annual figure for books, uni tional manpower arises, without spend over $12 billion for ship construction. How much simpler it
New York.
would be to encourage private enterprise to do in peacetime what
He told the ship's officers he had forms and laundry. This will mean the necessity of going through a later may be forcedupon a government in war, with the attendant high
an
annual
saving
to
the
govern
four
year
college.
roamed around "B" deck for some
The SIU argued that the great costs, waste, and even, peril to the nation itself.
hours after the vessel sailed wait
majority
of ICings Point graduates
ing for someone to discover he
never made a career of maritime as This montli, all the major American intercbastal' steamship lines
wasn't a passenger so that he
shown by employment figures in will band together in an appearance before, the ICC to attempt to keep
would get something to eat. He
the industry. In practice, the Union two more, lines from entering the trade. This opposition fight will
got the brig and bread ana water.
said, a large number of cadets used be carried on by Luckenbach, AmericanHawaiian, Waterman, Pope &
Usually he would have gone
Kings Point as a means .of getting Talbot, and PacificAtlantic Steamship Companies. The two companies
hack with the Puerto Rico on her
return run, but since the Beatrice After striking for almost two a free college education or else as attempting to get into the intercoastal trade are the Isbraiidtsen Com
was bound for San Juan, he was months, some 80,000 AFL carpen a back door to a Navy commission. pany, which wants to^ handle lumber, particularly, shipments from thfe
sent over to the Beatrice in her ters in 46 northern California This viewpoint was heid by all • US Pacific Coast, and the West Coast TransOceanic SS Line, which is
boat after Reyes had been trans counties finally forced employers maritime unions up until recently, interested in operating six vessels for the carriage of commodities
to agree to a welfare ,fund to be when the*NMU aboutfaced on the generally.
fered.
financed by a seven and a half question under pressure from the
The Puerto Rico's crew, u^on cents an hour contribution by the United States Lines and half
P
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learning the Reyes had had to qiiit employers. The same benefits will heartedly joined supporters of the Proposed legislation on
St. Lawrence Seaway was effectively
his job as oiler on the Beatrice and go to 47,000 nonstriking construc full appropriation.
killed for this session of Congress. The Senate, on June 18,
was returning to his youngest son's tion workers who observed the car
The recent action on kings adopted a motion of Senator O'Cpnor, Democrat of Maryland, to recom
funeral, demonstrated their Broth penters' picketUnes.
Point is the first time that op mit, the measure to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where it
erhood of the Sea. At a special The settlement also included a ponents of maritime training were will remain until revived again next year.
meeting the nesft day, the Puerto IScents an hour wage increase.. In successful in cutting the allow
Rico crew voted to ^Ve $100 to New York City, 100,000 workers in ances, In the forefront of the bat
Reyes.
17 crafts also got a 15cents an tle, along with the SIU, were the
Both crews also said, "this grand hour wage hike. ..
Masters, . I^tet and Pilota (Af L).
Congress Dumps Pay
Of Unneeded Cadets
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Carpenters Win
2llllontli Strike
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Will Crew First Soon
Steel and parts shortages even be^re the monthold na
tionwide steel strike began have slowed up activation of the
first postwar Governmentbuilt Mariner ships but Seafarers
will crew at least one of them^""
^
Corporation's yards in Chester, Pa.
by midAugust.
The newest assignment was to Seas
Two of seven Mariner ships Shipping, which has been notified
already launched have been as
Comhusker Mariner should be
Signed to SIU contracted com the
ready for them by the middle of
panies, with the probability that
conditions permitting.
another pair will be chartered to October,
Six more Mariners are expected
SIU operators by the end of 1952. to come off the ways this year, but
The Maritime Administration's assignments will be held off until
latest assignment was the Com October 17, according to the Mari?
husker Mariner to Seas Shipping time Administration, which is han
(Robin Line). Earlier the MA had dling negotiations for the Gov
assigned the Keystone Mariner; ernment. Work on all 35 of the
prototype for the class, to the ships was held up last year pend
Waterman Steamship Company. ing Congressional appropriations to
Allotted Equally
get the program go^ig, as wClI as
Seeking equitable distribution, adequate stocks« of shortsupply
the MA is taking into account the steel.
abilities of individual unions to
Pioneer Postwar Fleet
A determined group^ of SUP pickets stand by to make sure the Hawaiian Fisherman stays tightly tied
man them, as well as the considera
The Mariners, all scheduled to to
her San Francisco pier. The SUP strike has firmly put a lid on operations of at! its contracted
tion of dispersing them on differ be completed by the end of 1953,
companies,
allowing only military cargo on MSTS ships to move. The strike was 47 days old today.
ent coasts. As the assignments are pioneer vessels for a new US
now stand, the SUP on the West merchant fleet. Designed as high
Coast will crew two of them. Old speed cargo liners with special de
Dominion Mariner for American fense features not made public,
President Lines and Tarheel they will be among the largest gen
Mariner for PacificFar East Lines. eral cargo ships in the world. They
The NMU on the East Coast will will run about 12,900 deadweight With the SUP standing firm in its strike, West Coast operators desperately casting about
man the Buckeye Mariner for tons at speeds expected to exceed for a weapon to break the 47dayold walkout have linked themselves in a strange alliance
States Marine Corporation, Free 20 knots, way outclassing any of with Harry Bridges.
^
State Mariner for Farrell Lines the warbuilt ships.
lashing
cargo
and the hauling and
instead
of
a fight
for
bread
and
The SUP Strike and Ne
and the Old Colony Mariner for SIU officials are currently v.'ork
shifting of ships. the shipowners
butter.
VS Lines.
ing out a manning scale for the gotiating Committee declared
are taking steps which, in the
SIU Pledges Aid
Indications from Waterman are ships in advance of the August that the PMA was using every As previously reported in the words of the Committee, "could
tfiat the Keystone will be crewed date wh^ the first of them should
LOG, the SIU & A&G district has mean the same things the Com
by August 15, although the date take on a crew, and may have to possible maneuver to pit the long gone on record pledging its com mies tried to put over in 1935 and
hat already been pushed up almost draw up special working rules to shoremen against the Sailors Un plete support to the SUP. The 1936; namely, that Sailors leave
two months. She is presently be take into account some of the radi ion and make it appear that the West Coast imion has been told the vessel as soon as the ship is
ing fitted at the Sun Shipbuilding cal operations of the new ships. walkout is a jurisdictional dispute by the SIU to "just name the tied up and come back when she
ticket" whenever it needs help. is ready to sail."
As the SUP Committee put it, With the shipowners showing no
the shipowners are apparently disposition to negotiate a settle
playing along with the Bridges ment, the SUP is standing fast on
group and making much of the its demands for wage increases
question ~bf jurisdiction over the and other contract improvements.
loading of stores in the hope that Meanwhile, SUPmanned steam
the NLRB will step into the pic schooners and tankers continue to
ture and call it a jurisdictional sail although all ships of the 24
strike. Loading of stores had dry cargo companies in the PMA
been written into the SUP con have been tied up as soon as they
tract previously so that the ship hit port. Essential military car
owner's attempts to reopen the goes are being moved on Gov
question were obviously designed ernment owned ships operated
toplay up the jurisdictional issue. througlb the Military Sea Trans
portation Service.
Refuse To Negotiate
In contrast, the SUP Committee
said, the PMA negotiators _ have
consistently refused to consider
the dollars and cents demands
made by the SUP, concentrating
all their fire on the loading ques
tion. By attempting to give
Bridges' union jurisdiction over
loading of stores,. cleaning holds,
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MID. SIU Back Pa. Engineers' Beef
Foto Fading?
Check Book,
Get
New
One
Experimental
On checking membership rec
ords, headquarters has found that
some of the photographs taken
when the new membership books
were issued are fading. Therefore,
PHILADELPHIA.—Seafarers and segments of organized labor from every waterfront
it will be necessary for the mem
union in the area's Maritime Trades Council have thrown their full support to 4,000 AFL
operating engineers involved in a citywide construction strike.
bers involved to send their books
Entering the picture with>'
Waterman, an SlUcontracted into headquarters withfour new
the strike alreadjy seven weeks going on," he noted, with business to the SlU in the past, particularly company, has been named to oper passport photos, or come up and
old, members of the MTC af agents and rankandfile members during the campaign aimed at or ate the Schuyler Otis Bland on an have their photos taken over again.
filiates beat down a management from all participating unions ganizing ships operated by the agency basis for MSTS. The Gov
Any member who sees that the
inspired "backtowork" movement marching and carrjTing picket Southern Trading Company, by ernment's experimental type ship photoin his book is fading should
attempted by a few expiecards of standards detailing the cause of the taking cranes right off the dock has been operated by American do the same as it means that the
and crippling ship loading efforts, President Lines on a charter basis; photos on record in headquarters
the engineers' union to break up dispute. •
the strike. Members of the Inter "This is really the first time and had likewise "consistently" but no companies bid to charter are similarly affected.
national Union of*. Operating En everybody has gohe out together aided ILA officials in coastwise the vessel when the APL charter When it was discovered that the
gineers, who handle dockside in A solid demonstration of the and deepsea beefs.
photos were not holding up,
ran out.
cranes and pier hoists, are seek strength the MTC can bring to
Unity Pays Off
The Schuyler Otis Bland is one changes were made in the photo
ing payment oI back wages due bear. We have officials and mem
"The best way to show our ap Of the many variations of the C4, graphic process. These changes as
from an earlier dispute.
bers of the ILA, MM&P, boiler preciation for their past help is and has been said to be the fore sure that photos taken from now
makers, 'woodbutchera' who han to lend them a hand now that they runner of the present Marinertype on will be permanent.
Every Jqh Stopped
A list of members whose photos
SIU Port Agent Steve Cardullo,, dle ship maintenance, and in fact heed it. The way the unions in vessels now under construction.
also heading the local maritime every single union working on the our port Maritime Trades Council The Bland is equipped with new are fading and should get in touch
trades body, reported the engi waterfront on the job to aid these have turned out to help shows the ly developed cargo handling gear, with headquarters is on page 26.
way waterfront unity can pay off and is designed to cruise at about Members on the list should take
neers have every building job in strikers," Cardullo stated.
the city stopped cold over the full
Aided SIU
for all hands. We intend to stand 18 knots. The Mariners, which the care of the matter as soon as pos
60 days the beef has dragged on.
He pointed out that Roy Under by the engineers in eveiy way pos Maritime Administration says arc sible so as to keep the Union rec
Picketlines formed daily at 6 wood, one pf the lUOE strike sible until they finish this thing off refinements of the Bland, will be ords straight and avoid any possi'
ble confusion In the future.
able to make 20 knots.
AM look like a "unipn meeting is leaders, had. lent his full support I properly," Cardullo added.
In keeping with its stated policy cd helping other.unions who have legitimate economic beefs, the
Philadelphia Port Council of the
bolsters a plcketline of the Philadelphia Operating Engineers.
This $8,000,000 construction job was Just one of many that were shut down all over the city. The MTD
' threw its support behind the engineers beef after being asked for assistance.
Ship Goes To
SIU Company
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SEAF^Itt^iS t&G
Robin Trent A 'Zetrain' 43 Days
Latest Seafarers to join a growing group of SIU specialists who've bieen riding herd on
shipments of animals are a trio who took care of a mixed herd of zebras during a 43day trip CONVENTION FIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE — The nation was
treated to a cldseup of the Republican convention in action this week
on the Robin Trent. (Seas Shipping).
via TV and radio as Taft and Eisenhower factions battled fiercely for
The shipment of 39 zebras
advantage
in a series of complicated parliamentary maneuvers that
on consignment to a .New
baffled most Americans. Taft held an early lead but Eisenhower's
York importer, is the larges
forces gained steadily as the days went by. While no other convention
ever to come to the US.
ever received such wide coverage night after night over all television
Monkeys In Savannah
stations, the "smokefilled room" was very much in business. Important
A few weeks back, SIU crew
decisions were being made as usual behind closed doors and the horse*
members pulled In at Savannah on
trading for delegates was going on'within the hotel rooms. There were
the Steel Director (Isthmian)
some serious differences over aid to Europe between the two factions
after wetnursing a load of 500600
but otherwise they stood pretty much on the standard Republican
monkeys all the way from Calcut
policies of past years. The big show will be repeated two weeks hence
ta. The chattering of the banana
when the Denfiocrats gCt their turn.
loving treedwellers could be heard
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almost clear down to Jacksonville.
DRAFT
CALLS
GO
UP—The
Army
has
announced that it is in
The Seafarers who kept up a
creasing the number of drafted men this fall. It plans to call up
'roundtheclock vigil over the
30,000 men in September and 54,000 men a month after that until the
black and white stripers brought
end of the year. The reason for the increased draft calls is that a
back on the Robin Trent were
great many men called into service after the start of the Korean War
Emil Gretsky, bosun; Alfonso Cas
will be discharged shortly. Army draft calls do not cover manpower
saro, AB, and Philip Adkins, AB.
sought by the Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.
Adkins had been a cattle raiser
some years ago, so the job was a
natural to him.
MALIK VETots 'GERM WAR' INQUIRY—A US proposal in the
Captured by lassowielding na
United NatTons Security.Council calling for an investigation of Com
lives somewhere near Arusha in
munist China's charges of. "germ warfare" in Korea has been vetoed
Tanganyika Territory, the zebras
by Jacob Malik, the Soviet representative. The US called for the
were taken on at Mombasa, Kenya
inquiry by the International Red Cross to disprove charges that the
Colony, last port of call for the
US Air Force was spreading disease, epidemics among Chinese and
Robin Line ship before it'headed
North Koreans.' The Russian veto was made on the grounds that
back to the States. They were kept
North Korea and Communist China were not invited to participate
out on deck all the way across the
in the discussion. Other Council members charged that the veto meant
Atlantic in individual stalls with
that the Soviet Union did not want an investigation because it would
sliding tops.
disprove
the charge^
The animals, most of them 18 Seafarer Robert Colder hides his face behind the arm of long
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months to two years old and prac foreman Elmer Cufberton while the latter feeds one of the Zebras
NEW CONSTITUTION FOR PUERTO RICO—The US Congress has
in a shipment aboard the Robin Trent.
tically fully grown, subsisted sole
approved the recentlydrafted constitution converting Puerto Rico from
ly on hay, oats and water. Some
a territory to a commonwealth. The change went into effect, on July 4.
time during the trip, one of them
Approval of the constitution means that Congress gives up its veto
fell ill inhis stall and eventually
power over the Puerto Rico legislature and the Governor of tfie island
died of what was described as a
will now make appointments to executive and judicial jobs.' Up until
heart attack. All the rest, 22 fe
now these appointments Jiad been made by the US. President.
male and 17 males, arrived safely.
Seafarers Praised
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All the parties connected with Canada h^s begun work designing a newtype ship that will MERRYGOROUND IN ACTION AGAIN—The endless list of purges
the shipment were loud in their fit its needs in either war or peace. The government has set and shakeups continues in East European countries. Latest Victim was
praise for the manner in which a committee to wo^ on the specifications for the proposed Ana Pauker, once Foreign Minister of Rumania and herself a spearhead
the Seafarers handled their stew
of previous purges and trials of Rumanian political leaders. As in other
ardship of the beasts who, at vessel, but whether any will^
cases of this kind, the procedure was gradual. First she was dropped
This time,
the
Canadian
Govern
times, are particularly omery.
be built right away has not
ment figures it wiU design .the from the Rumanian Politburo. "Then she was accused of rightist and left
After being cleared by the Ani been decided.
type of ship it needs, f d then if ist deviation and apologized for her misdeeds. Now she has been ousted
mal Industry Bureau of the US
the Rumanian government altogether and called a traitor^ with a
Department of Agriculture, the The Canadian Government says anything breaks, the designs will I'rom
trial
and
execution likely to follow.
be all
ready
and
the
shipyards
can
the
project
stems
from
its
exx>eri
zebras were loaded onto trailer
trucks and taken to the Quaran ence in the last war when the bat swing right into action without any
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tine Station at Clifton, NJ, for tle of the convoys put a severe loss of time.
PRICE CONTROLS UNDERCUT—A greatlyweakened price control
further observation. Once cleared straim on the country's shipbuild At the same time, the govern law was passed by Congress in the last days before adjournment. The
there, they'll head for the Cat ing program. Too much time was ment, found that the vessels built bill removed ceilings on fruits andvegetables and further weakened
skill Game Farm Inc., located near lost, says the government, in wait during the last war, mostly slow rent controls. Present limits on wages remain although the Wage
Catskill, NY, where the public ing for designs before the badly ships of about 10 knots, were of Stabilization Board's powers to pass on labor disputes has been reduced
will be able to get a look A them. needed vessels were started.
little use following the war.
considerably. At the same time,'the legislators approved the $5 min
imum monthly increase in social security benefits and laised the
monthly
earnings ceiling from $50 to $75.
Seafarers Escort 1,400 Kids On A DayLong Outing
Canada Designs A Ship
To Use In Peace Or War
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MORE TROOPS IN INDOCHINA—The IndoChinese Vietnam gov
ernment has announced that it is going to draft an{i train another
20,000 men for its Army to help in the war against Communist rebels.
At present the Vietnam has 130,000 regular and irregular troops in the
fighting which has been going on for several years. These are in addi
tion to French armies in the field. The additional two divisions are be,
ing equipped through American financial and arms aid with another
two divisional groups slated to be added in 1953.
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IRAN PREMIER REELECTE&rThe man who threw the British
out of Iran, Priemier Mohammed Mossadegh, has been elected to another
term as head of the government. This signals approval of his policy
of taking over the property of the AngloIranian Oil Company and
virtually eliminates any chance of settlement of the oil dispute. Mean
while, two American businessmen claim they have made a deal with
the Iranian premier for delivery of a considerable amount of Iranian
oil.
XXX
ARMY HIT ON MANPOWER WASTE—A Senate preparedness sub
committee has issued a report highly critical of the waste of manpower
in the US Armed forces. The committee accused the Pentagon of
"using five men to do the work of one," calling it an old Army game.
The committee called for a careful survey of the armed forces man
power situation pointing out, as an.example, that a Navy oiler uses 282
men while a wmmercial tanker can ;get by with ^43'; The cdipmittee
said that this is a disproportionate number of men even though an
oiler has to refuel ships at sea. In addition, the committee reported
a huge "chair corps" oi nonfighting men and an excessive; number of
officers.
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DEGAULLIST PARTY SPLITS UP—General DeGaulls's long fight
for supremacy in French politics suffered a severe setback when 28
deputies in the French legislature , quit him and announced they were '
forming a new political party. DeGaulle has long been trying to amend
^
A Seafarers delegation stands by as some of the 1,400 orphaned, underpriviledged and handicapped
children they escorted on a day's outing go aboard an excursion boat in New York. The Seafarers the French (Institution so as to reduce the number of parties and
helpted escort the group to a beach and amusement park during the day. international Representative : , strengthen the central government in the hopes of'becoming premier'
A1 Bernstein (Wearing hat) led the SIU group. Standing at his right is Ed 25eltner, New York Mirror himself. The newest split means another'party faction added to the;^^, ; . .
columnist Other Seafarers .include William Thompson, Ed. Glazdner, Larry M«ckHn and Red Nielsen,^ already excessive number of political groups in Wrmat '
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Urge Venezuela
CabR acket Probe
A strong protest against the mistreatment of Seafarers in
Venezuela has been made to the US ambassador in Caracas by
the SIU. The protest was made after Seafarer David Archia
reported he was swindled and*
pushed around by cab drivers cabbies refused to pick him up,
and police in the port of Las laughing at him when he spoke to
Pedras with the result that he them in Spanish. After trudging
nearly missed his ship.
along for over four hours, he was
Archia, a veteran of ,30 years at fortunate to meet an American
sea with a 100 percent spotless who was driving a pickup truck.
record (he has never been logged The American gave him a ride for
or fined in his life), was serving as a^short while until he found a po
chief steward on the Montebello liceman and instructed him to get
^
Hills (Western Tankers) when Archia a cab.
the incident occurred on June 19. At 4:55 Archia got a taxi and
Archia was on shore leave with started the journey back to the
The United States sails proudly througrh New York Harbor with just a few of the hundreds of tugs and
the
ship scheduled to sail at 3:30 ship. It was 6:30 when he got to
sniall craft which escorted her shown here. Within minutes after this picture was taken she begap the
the docks. Fortunately the tanker
record breaking speed run on her maiden voyage that ended by making her the new queen o^the seas. the next morning. At 10:30 PM had been delayed in sailing. It
he decided to go back aboard, giv
ing him plenty of time to get on was just pulling away and Archia
as it was just a 20. minute cab ride. managed to get aboard by going
out on the pilot boat.
. Taken For Ride
Previous Incidents
He hailed a local cabbie and Once aboard, he was told by an
For the first time in over a century, an American ship has brought home the mythical gave
him instructions in both Eng
crewmember that the same
blue ribbon which goes to the vessel that breaks the North Atlantic crossing speed record. lish and Spanish to take him down other
racket had been worked on him on
On her maiden voyage, the liner United States snatched the record from England and to the docks. Instead, the driver a previous voyage. When he got
took him 40 miles
back to Philadelphia, the port of
the Queen Mary by a resound^
out in the coun
payoff, he learned that five sea
ing 10 hours and 2 minutes.
try. While rid
men had been picked up in. the
ing, Archia saw
,.The 53,000ton liner made the
same port on flimsy cnarges, im
that
they were
2,942 nautical miles from Ambrose
prisoned for three months and
getting nowiiere
fined $500.
Light to Bishop Rock in the record
near the destina
When the Union learned of the
time of 3 days, 10 hours and 40
tion and protest
way Archia was pushed round, a
minutes. She averaged 35.59 knots
ed to the cabbie
letter, of protest was sent to US
that he v/as tak
for the entire trip.
Ambassador Fletcher Warren in
More Communist propaganda leaflets have been received in g him the
Archia
Caracas, Venezuela. The letter
In^ 1938, when the Queen Mary in recent days by crews of SIU ships. The latest set comes
wrong way. He
set the nowshattered record, she via the Maryland Peace Council and the Maritime Peace Com told him that he v/ould pay foi the urged the Ambassador fS investi
gate this matter and see if steps
covered the same course in 3 days, mittee, both being Com"
mileage if he would take him di can be taken to prevent repetition
20 hours and 42 minutes at an avei munistfront org^izations in the industry is played upon heavily rect to the ship.
of these incidents.
in the leaflet. Seamen are told the The driver continued riding In the meanwhile, as Archia put
Baltimore."
age speed of 31.69 knots.
Since early in the year, SIU Libertys are being laid up as coal around aimlessly stopping from it, "I'd advise anybody going
While the United States was get
ships
have been the targets of an and grain shipments dwindle and time to time when he saw^local po ashore in Las Pedras to make sure
ting the record for the US, Cunard Irregular
barrage of crudely report that China and Russia are licemen and conversing with them that he has a group of seamen with
Line officials were busy denying
mimeographed
propaganda leaflets. ready to sell and buy "Jiuge in whispers. After a while, he him. Otherwise he is liable to wind
rumors that the Queen Elizabeth is
found a local cop who ordered Ar up in the same fix that I did."
While
tiie
names
of the organiza amounts" of goods.
being readied for a speed run of
chia out of the cab, struck him
tions have varied, the theme has
Peace Conference
her own.
4>een the same. "They all call for After exhorting seamen to help with the flat of his sword and took
The English company explained peace in Korea on Communist
open up. world trade, the leaflet away all his money, $25, giving
that new fuel tanks and a 1day terms and hold forth the bait of suddenly^ switches to a different him $1 back.
speed run on the Queen Elizabeth's vast trade with China as assuring theme. It quotes demands for a All the while, Archia protested
last trip were just "routine," and prosperity for American merchant five power peace conference and that he wanted to get back to his
Bosuns and stewards receiv
denied any plans to try to recap seamen.
ing the new membership book
suggests that Truman and Stalin ship and that he would miss it if
ture the crossing crown.
Iberville Gets Set
get together to settle the world's they didn't get him a cab to go now being issued by the Union
back, but the policeman and cab
The last day of the United States' The crew, of the Iberville (Mis problems.
are cautioned td" rt^a k e sure
tr^, froni_noon to noon, covered sissippi) turned the latest leaflet The leaflet technique was evi bie merely laughed at him, with that their ratings are stamped
some 833 miles at an average speed over to the LOG with a note signed dently decided on as the result of the cop telling him, "You will be into the book, if
of 36.21 knots.
If the book is not stamped .
by five crewmembers declaring declining Communist influence on here a while."
accordingly, the dispatcher
Started Walking
She arrived in LeHavre a full "we resent the fact of anyone now seagoing unions. With their pres
day ahead of schedule and had to living being stupid enough to place tige and power at a low point the Since it wias after 11:30 PM, will not ship the man for that
wait until the next day for the this sort of matter on board any party has had to resort to the Archia had no other recourse than rating. As a result, some men
holding those ratings might
welcoming ceremonies that had SIU ship."
mimeograph machines instead of to start walking back in the gen
been planned.
eral direction of the ship. Several lose out on jobs.
The threat of' unemployment in approaching seamen directly.
US Snares Atlantir Speed Prize
Seafarers Wary As CP
Leaflets Flood Ports
Have Your Rating
Listed In Booh
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Cartoon History Of The SIU
The Paeiiic And Gull Federations
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The 'Maritime Fsdcration of the Pacific, a!'
though it started off with all waterfront unions
represented, regular meetings and a .weekly
newspap'^er, was used from the beginning as a
political football by the Communists, and their
' f waterfront stooges led by. Harry Bridges, who
, " ,l was the^^Jn fho otatment
^
The Gulf Maritime Federation was sn orsfahizai"
'.tion within all waterfront organizations. The
. sale of buttons, which constituted inembershlp,
\vas the way funds were collected. The Com"
munists and the IWW gashounds soon took over
the Federation, and it became a club of screw
j Jloose, selfstyled leaders.
Seamen, who were In no incod to repeat the
mistakes of 19151921 and let selfseekers take
over their unions, soon withdrew from both
Federations. Once the legitimate organizations
pulled out, the Federations were left impotent^
without authority or funds, making their ulti
mate dissolution Inevitable.
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PORT MEPORTS
Service); Dpi Valle (Mississippi); Baltimore:
and Del Sud, Del Valle (Missis Mobile:
Trinity (Carras); Seatrains New
sippi).
York, Texas, Georgia, Louisiana,
Business was helped considerab
New Jersey (Seatrain); Seagarden
ly by 4 heavy load of intransit
(Orion) and Maiden Creek (Water
ships including: The Cabins (Math
man).
iasen); Margaret Brown (Bloom
Shipping and the weather for
Shipping was only fair the last field); Cantigny (Cities Service); It looks like, shipping for the The membership. here is pretty
two weeks. Since they just finished Southern Counties, Southern Dis coming two weeks will continue at pleased the way the voting on the this port are at opposite "ends of
the "Miss Universe" beauty page tricts (Southern Trading); Alcoa a slow pace, as there seems to be Baltimore building assessment the plank—the weather is much
turned out becau^ this means
ant in iJong Beach, many of the Patriot, Cavalier, Corsair, Polaris no relief from the slowup.
too hot and shipping is cold.
boys hung on the beach to get a (Alcoa); Steel Advocate, Steel ^Taying off here were the Alcoa they'll be seeing the beginnings of
Flyer (Isthmian);
Del Valle
(Missis
With aU ten ofthe ore carriers
Patriot,
Cavalier, Polaris
and
Clip
a
real
SIU
hall
in
this
port
before
view of it.
laid up pending settlement of the
It has indeed been a long time sippi); Seatrains Louisiana, New per (Alcoa), plus the Maiden Creek long.
Just to show how eager they steel strike, three Bull Line bulk
since so many beautiful gals got Jersey, Georgia (Seatrain); Clai and Mongrch of the Sea for Water
together and it was really some borne, Maiden Creek, StoneWall man. The Patriot; Polaris, Maiden were, a couple of them tried to carriers laid up temporarily for
thing to see. As far as shipping is Jackson, Monarch' of the Seas, Creek and Monarch of the Sea jump the gun and pay their
signed on again. Intransit ships doublesawbuck right after the bal lack of cargo and, by a nasty co
concerned, we expect three payoffs Morning Light (Waterman).
included the Chi lot was completed. You can't hold incidence, other ships coming in
SUP Doing Okay
coming up and couid use some
casaw and . De down some of these Texas men.
for shipyard work or completely
steward department and black The SUP has two ships tied up
Soto (Waterman)
Keith AIsop
gang men to help us along.
here and is doing okay as the
bypassing the port, it's easy to see
and Isthmian's
Galveston Port Agent
One lone payoff, the Jean Lafitte strike continues. The longshore
why.
Steel Flyer.
(Waterman), broke the monotony, men are on record to back the
Council Meets
During the
along with the Fairport (Water Sailors' beef so there is no chance
shipping' lull we Boston:
man), Alamar (Calmar), Steel De of the ships getting out.
The Baltimore Port CSumai of
had a chance to
signer (Isthmian) Another MTD affiliate, the
the Maritime Trades Depaftmeht,'
talk things over
and Seamonitor MMP, had a beef^with the Algiers
after. several informal meetings,
with a couple of
(Orion), ^hich Public Service Co. and tied up
has
been officially reactivated. Al
the boys who
called in trans their ferries over wage demands.
Byers
qualified
for
that
though we have always been able
it.
All ferries operating between. New
Everything on Orleans and Algiers were shut $200 plus $25 bond Maternity, Business continues at a fair pace to get the support of the various
the payoff of the down, so the other ferries at Gret package. One of them, James F. here, as a glance at the shipping AFL waterfront unions, and vice
Lafitte came off na and Harvey had a whale of a Byers, remarks time and time figures will, show.
smoothly, with jam with all the traffic headed again that it sure was a "fortunate Several brothers who had retired versa, a permanent and formal or
special commehd their way. The strike was short day when I got the opportunity to their books cpme in this past week ganization was necessary. We »»
join the SIU."
ation from the lived though, as the men got
positive that the
to take themselves out of retire
Munz
grew for Stew raise plus a reduction in the work Byers, who joined the Union dur ment. 'One of them, Al.Page, re
port council will '
ing the Isthmian organizing drive tired in 1947, and couldn't believe
ard W. Brown for doing a bangup week from 48 to 40 hours.
pay off ip, divi
job with his department both here This will be a pattern for us, in January, 1947, k the father of all the things .that have happened
dends
for. ;all. ,,
and~ abroad.
since the §IU's Marine Allied three children, the'youngest being since then. He did a little quick
affiiliated
qnions
Larry
Nelson
Byers,
hom
April 5,
The ILWU and the Mp&S have Workers will soon be negotiating
figuring on how much ahead he'd
as it has in the
been flooding the harbor^'area with with the same company for the 1952. He recalled that when his be if he hadn't checked out when
past.
all sorts of crummy propaganda deck hands, firemen and oilers. We wife received the issue . of the he did, and decided his stockbroker
Lately we have
sheets blasting the SUP. It's a sad expect we will get at least a five LOG announcing the new birth will never forgive him. Bill Blake
had a few Alcoa
state of affairs when other labor percent pay increase and the 40 benefit and showed her neighbors ly is another one who retired and
how her husband's Union was prac is going right back to duty.
ships , here . in
groups will back the shipowners hour week.
transit ' with • a
against a striking union, but it's a Bus drivers in Algiers are also tically footing the bill, they were Just a light turnover this past
Siiipley
.
few men paying
typical commie trick, It seems striking, causing the tieup of all amazed.
period in payoffs and signons,
Bridges and Bryson have quickly bus jines across the river. Cab "It sure makes a man feel good with the Tagalam (Seatrade) and off under mutual consent. In the
forgotten their own 1948 strike drivers were really raking it in for. to know that hisJUnion is always Yarmouth (Eastern) in' and out case of a mutual consent signoff,
when they were out for three a while when both the ferries and on the lookout for the welfare of again. We had four ships in tran the man wishing to leave the ship
months and the SUP respected buses weren't working. The bus his family whether he's at sea or sit, the Robin Trent and Robin must naturally wait for his re
their battle for decent conditions. men have been out since June 29 ashore," Byers added.
Kirk (Robin),! Republic (Trafalgar) placement, who takes the job with
Cat Tanner
understanding that he is picking
Phone Strike
and are expected to come out okay
and Steel Artisan (Isthmian).
Mobile Port Agent
up the articles and copd^tiops
Elsewhere on''^he labor scene on their demands.
Beef Held Off
agreed to by the man signing eff.
the telephone workers in Long
Auto Workers' Test
There was a little internal beef Therefore, it the original., s^on
Beach have hit the bricks for high
on the Robin Trent, which the crew was in Mobile, a replaedmeht
er wjages and better conditions. We • The CIOUAW put on a demon Galveston:
stration
for
a
couple
of
days
tliat
is
carrying to the payoff port of comes on in BMtimore, and the
have pledged our support to them
closed down the (Chrysler plant in
New York. An overtime beef on ship pays off in Mobile, no trans
in any way we can. help out.
the Tagalam, paid right on .board, portation is due the man signing
A recent addition to our . Broth New Orleans. They walked out
involved oilers doing wipers' work. on in Baltimore.
,
erhood is T. .V. Munz, no relation last Thursday and ;^tumed to,
work Monday
as a sliow of
strength
This is an
item which should never
to "Madma% Muntz" of nationwide
Transportation Rule
fame, but certainly wellnamed for for future talks. The 1,100 workers, Nonrated men will find shipping be disp.uted, but some of. the com
in
the
plant
went
out
protesting
panies
get
confused
between
our
very
slow
in
this
port,
but
ratings
Of. course, if
the man signing on.
his job as an electrician. A Sea
in Baltimore was called to replace
farer for the'last six months Munz their wages being lower than those are always welcome and much in ships and those of other unions.
paid in other plants under contract need. Lake Charles even had to Some of these paymasters get so a man leaving the ship to be hos
has nothing but admiration for the to the
auto union.
call in here for rated men for two confused on OT that they'd dis pitalized, then he would be en
organization. No matter where he
Their committee
is now working tankers because he was cleaned pute the bosun making up the cap titled to transportation back to '
worked ashore, he says he never
tain's room If you can't show them Baltimore in the event of a Mobile
came across a Union that has car on a contract in Detroit. Only the out.
ried the banner for its membership production work of the plant We paid off the Margaret Brown where he can't do'it in the agree payoff.
so. consistently and secured condi stopped as there were no picket (Bloomfield), Taddei (Shipehter) ment. Some tankers can pay off
The real reason behind alj this,
tions and benefits like those in the lines established. All other work and Royal Oak (Cities Service) and in two hours, but some it takes is to remind Seafarers that under
was carried on, since installation signed on the whole lot all over seven for just such reasons, which
SIU.
no conditions are they to allow
jind machine work does not come .again.
costs our brothers some valuable the company "^to' deduct money
While he hasn't any idea of under
the UAW."
Intransits provided the bulk of hours ashore and creates unresi. from wages as transportation
conditions as they existed a few
Lindsey J. Williams
the activity. These included the
James Sheehan
years ago, Munz stated he joined
money for a replacement.The re
New Orleans Port Agent Cantigny, French Creek (Cities
Boston Fort Agent placement should understand the
the SIU because "it won't stand
still but constantly keeps moving
conditions under which he is tak
up." A native Californian, he likes
ing the job. Furthermore, there is
the Yokohama shuttle and intends
no proof that the company or the
to keep sailing as long as he can.
captain will turn this money over
Sam Cohen
.
to the replacement at the end of
Wilmington Fort Agent
the trip anyway.
ti t> t>
Shipping from June 19 to July 2
Wilmington:
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v
EveryUiiag's Slow Bui
Line For Baby Bonofit
Unions Blasting SUP
Forget Own Struggles
Local MTD Coanell
Is Back la Business
ExBrolbers Flocking
Qui Of RellroinonI
Memlwrs Can't Wail
TpSa(itha|liawHall
A & G SmPPJOfG RECORD
lis':
Two DCaffis
New Orleans:
Sea Paliern For MAW
h MMP Ferry Pact
m
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0'
P&':
i|P^="\
All is well down here, with a
couple of jobs open for practically
all ratings. Beefs that have come
up have been settled in fine order,
as the ships coming in have lieen.
in good shape.
• The following were paid off dur
ing tiie last period: Steel Surveyor
(Isthmian); DeSoto, IbeFville
(Waterman); Alcoa Runner, Puri
tan (Alcoa); Del Sol, CapeRomain,
Citadel Victory (Mississippi). Sign
ons were the Wanda (Epiphany);
Chrlstos "M" (Mercador); Alcoa
Runner, Roamer, Puritan (Alcoa)
POET
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Savannah
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Galvestm
REG.
REG.
REG. TOTAL
DECK ENGINE STEW. REG.
34
192
47
180
71
29
11
41
96
25
185
^ 33 ,
132
72
23
12
r.65.::
94 •
42
58
41
51
. Totals, A,
801
70r
W«t Coast
39
98
184
561
33
113
85 " 3
97
68
211
25
77
8 '
67
163
75
265
22
31
105
120
The past week witnessed the
SHIP.
SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL
DECK RNG. STEW. SHIPPED passing of two of our brothers,
Elias Telan and Miurvi ''Mel" Ship
ley.
was a newcomer to the
26
25
81
132 SIU, Telan
having joined about 15
223
185
179
587 pnionths ago. He generally sailed
34
82
98 in the stewards department as
32
third cook.
46
59
88
138
Shipley, well known to most of
81
155 the oldthners around Baltimore
65
89
he hadn't been shipping
19
18'
81 although
14
out of here recently,^ had sailed
9
8
21 with the SIU since 1944 in the
60
66
169 deck department. A candidate in
4ft
the SIU electlona last year, he was
78
89
253 active in all strikes and organiza
25
'32
79 tional beefs, since be became a
22
60
:64.
48
177 member.
Eaii Sheppard
ItattfaBOip rvei Agent
648
614
.1,860
iw
�Sn
;i^ y .J ,
Friday. July It IMt
Page ma*
SEArARERS IOC
l>Oftr ttEPORTS
*
flfeld; General Patton, formerly Son Franciseo:
the operators are trying to claim Lake Charles:
Harry T. (Palmer).
jurisdictional disputes between
Some of the crews seem to have
Harry Bridges' longshoremen and
become lax lately about leaving a
the SUP as a main reason for the
clean ship for the next crew. We
strike.
have been receiving, quite a few
However, everyone on the watet
Things are moving along Me complaints from the new men go . Over 100 men shipped to regular front knows it is purely an eco Business is cracking along at a
out here with problems routine all ing aboard some ships on this jobs aiid an additional 40 to stand nomic strike dealing with wages right smart pace here. Shipping
along the line. We've been help score, so boarding patrolmen have by^nd lay\ii) jobs have kept ship and working conditions, so so one for rated men is still excellent,
ing out the SUP any way we can, been instructed to hold up all pay
is fooled by the PMA's charges. but we must woefully report that
while the partyline characters offs until the ship has been clean ping here pretty much on an even What really did happen in this re the nonrated jobs are almost non
keep on yapping and smearing ed up. We have always had the keel. However, the layup of three gard is that the operators stupidly existent.
them locally every way thUy know reputation that an SIU ship is a Delta Line ships is in the works. signed contracts covering certain Causing'this influx of rated jobs
how. The MTD has also gone on clean ship and we want to keep, it These include~the David B. John types of loading work with both were tbe Paoli, Lone Jack, Bents
Fort, Chiwawa,
record 100 percent behind the that waj^
son, Justo Arosemena and the St. the SUP and ILWU, tind are now
Govern
Agents' Conference
Sailors.
'
trying to cover their mistake by
Augustine Victory.
ment Camp,
We paid off the We now have an agents' confer
Ships paying off in the twdweek claiming they are the victims
Archers Hope
Seavi^l (Orion), ence going on here in headquar period were the Maiden Victory caught right in the middle.
and Winter Hill,
which signed ters with all of the elected port (Mississippi) Md Simmons Victory
H. J. Fischer
all of the Cities
right on again agents from Boston to Galveston (Bull), both in good shape, and the
West Coast Representative
Service fleet.
The
attending
to
represent
their
re
for another trip.
Fairisle (Waterman), clean except
X X x
Federal (Trafal
Intransit . were spective areas. A lot of work has for a water beef which was settled
gar) has also
the Fairport been done at these meetings, and to the satisfaction of the crew prior Savannah:
been ferrying in
(Waterman), Al we feel we will have some very to the payoff.
here
regularly.
amar (Calmar), good reports and recommeixda:
Alexander
Signing on wei^ the Simmons
Things don't
Alaska
Spruce tions to present to the memMr
look too bright for the coming
(Ocean Tow) and ship for its consideration when we Victory, Fairisle, Madaket (Water
McBride
man) and the Burbank Victory
weeks, as jnany of the oil wagons
Irenestar (Tri are finished.
(Eastern).
In
transit
to
the
poiit
are in
the shipyards for 2535 'days
Everything is moving along
ton), which was laid up the last The expiration date of our old
were the Aiamar, Seamar (Cal fairly normal for this port, with having strengthening braces, put
contracts
is
drawing
near
so
we
two weeks.
mar); Steel Designer (Isthmian); 'enoii^h men on the beach to meet on. This repair job is to forestall
We ran into brother William L. will have to set a deadline very Bienville, Fairport (Waterman).
future cracking of some of these
shortly
for
suggestions
and
ideas
any rush of jobs.
McBride on the Spruce, where he's
welded tankers, two of which split
One
good'piece
of
news
along
for
the
new
contract.
The Southport and Southland in two just a few months ago in
working as crane operator and
the
coast
is
that
the
MV
Gadsden,
Claude
Simmons
(South Atlantic) both paid off in
serving as ship's delegate. Mc
Asst. Sec'yTreas. the heavy lift ship owned by Jacksonville and both are laying the Atlantic.
Bride, a family man with one child,
American Eastern which had been up for a while for cargo to pile up.
Cut Payload
ir t Xi
has been sailing as a Seafarer for
chartered by a West Coast operator
These braces
weigh about 180
The Southland will be around
quite a while and is a popular man Philadelphia:
the past year, is again back under about 30 days, and the Southport tons, so of course they will cut
outhere.
the SIU banner.
down on the payload by about a
He had high praise for the lat
The Ocean Tow about ten. The Strathbay (Strath thousand barrels per trip. It's a
more)
called
in
transit
and
took
est benefits achieved by the Union
Company has
considerable loss, but we guess the
in the field of welfare gains, as
chartered her for a few replacements from us, wdiile shipowners can stand it without
well as for the Vacation Plan and
the Alaskaa the Marina (Bull) is due in this having to sell more than two or
what if means to the seaman who . Shipping is holding up pretty
trade,
with an week*
three of their yachts.
On the labor front here, the On the labor front things are
was never before able to collect on well in the City of Brotherly Love.
option
to
buy
E&W leupdry strike is still going just about as they were at the
this score under other setups. The We wish the political conventions
later on.
on, now past the 16month mark, last writing. Fire^one is still stall
new maternity and disability gains Wei's being held here again as in
She
is
now
on
reailly top off a healthy helping 1948, since then we might at least
the AlaskaSeat but the pickets are still holding ing on a new contract, but the
of benefits enjoyed by SIU men, have a little of this "brotherly
tle run a 1 p n g the fort. They've been out all this Metal Trades Council is just about
love" that figures to be missing Pappadakis
McBride asserted.
with some other time for recognition and a decent ready to shut them down since
from the wrangles out in Chicago.
Jeff Morrison
smaller Diesel jobs operated by wage. Some of these workers were it's apparent the company doesn't
Seattle Port Agent Statistics for the past twoweek Ocean Tow. She took a full SIU making a fancy 34 cents an hour. want to settle.
period showed nine payoffs, eight
On the political scene, labor is
» » »
Yellow Cabs 'Unfaif
signons^and six ships calling in crew from the various polls on
backing
the only man in the Sev
NM York.
this
coast
and
after
a
few
days
in
transit.
In case anybody down here for
The item of major interest, how the shipyard in Seattle will be gets, Yellow Cabs are still on our enth Congressional District race
who will give us an even break
ever, is a citywide strike of AFL ready for her first trip.
"unfair" list so if you have to do
operating engineers which we and A few of the oldtimers on the any riding around town, steer out of the seven men eyeing the
the Maritime Trades Department beach at the present time are Ed clear of them. Garden City cabs post. Although he has never held
have taken part in for the past die Mulholland, M. Chapman,' R. are the only union outfit in Savan a big public office, John W. Clark
(no relation) of Eunice, La., is
The past two weeks have seen two weeks. Already seven weeks Schlager, H. D. French, R. Cow
shipping and business booming at' old when we entered the picture, drey, D. Calarin, Paul Gay, Simon nah, under contract to AFL Team said to have a fine labor record,
the headquarters branch, as we the beef has stopped every con Dezee, Sid Ghale and Mike Pappa sters whose business agent inci according to the various AFL
dentaily is a chap named Paul councils in the area.
• witnessed the greatest number of struction job in the city cold.
dakis. Mike, the oldtime chief
Among the boys who have been
Jobs shipped since before the A phony "backtowork" move steward who remembers the old' Hall. ...
Christmas holidas^.
ment started by some expiecards days too well, wants to say hello . Although the brothers in this honoring us with their presence
I guess most of the boys were of the engineers' union hasn't pro to all his friends around SIU ports. branch were a little disappointed are A. G. 'Tex" Alexander, that
that this port was not included in big oil. man from West Texas, and
glad to get away as we also broke duced any result since we and the
SUP Beef Going Strong
the ports recommended for new that native of the Sunshine State
ail records forhot weather too. MTD stepped in to back the pick
That woq't be a problem "sifter this etlines. Officials and members of
On the maritime labor scene, halls, they went all the way on of Florida, Jimmy Chesire. These
week since we are now in the pro every waterfront union in the area the SUP strike against West Coast the reeent assessment vote. Many two were quietly enjoying them
cess of airconditioning the head are joining to aid these people operators is moving into its sixth figure that by the time the lease selves outside the city limits one
quarters building.
who are seeking settlement on week with the Union in a stronger in our present building is up three night about 11 p.m.—the poor
years from now, we can start dick souls thought they were safe out^
We paid off a total of 33 ships back wages owed them. They have position than ever determined to ering for a place of our own in in the woods—when the need
been
good
friends of
ours through
see
the
beef
through
to victory
re
in the New York area and signed
arose for two ABs. Since they left
—
gardless of the time it takes. In Savannah too.
12 on foreign articles during the out the years.
an easy trail we had no trouble
£.
B.
Tiller
A. S.
Cardulio
attempting to confuse the publip
past period. There were also quite
Savannah Port Agent tracking them down. Soon after
Philadelphia Port Agent and make their position look good.
a few intransit jobs, so all in all
they nobly "volunteered" for jobs
everyone was kept jumping Jto
on the Chiwawa and have since
cover them. '
gone north to visit their yankee
Payoff List
cousins.
'Phone Shy
The following were the* payoffs:
Lone Jack, Chiwawa,, Bents Fort,
We also had brothers J. F. Mapp,
Archers'Hope, Ldgans' Fort (Cities
103 Durham St. Jesse Maloney and Donald Lee
Sam Cohen. Agent
Terminal A3S74 PORT COLBORNE
Service); Seatralns Texas, New
SIU, A&6 District
Ontario
Phono: 9581 Smith calling on us the past week,
HEADQUARTERS 678 4tlK> Ave.. BUyn /
TORONTO, Ontario
86 Colbome St. but they seemed a bit shy. You
SECRETARYTREASURER.
14 North Gay St.
Jersey, Georgia, Savannah, New BALTIHORS...
Elgin 9718
4>anl
HaU
Sheppard. Agent
liolberry 4S40
York (Seatrain); Coe Victory (Vic Earl
VICTORIA. B. C
817% Cormorant St. don't have to run off when the
ASST. SECRBTARYTREASURERS
BOSTON
.. m State St.
Lloyd Gardner
Empire 4931 phone rings, boys. It might not
tory Carriers); Milton H. Smith, James Sheehan, Agent Richmond a0140 Robert Matthews
Claude Simmons
VANCOUVEk, EC
969 HamUton St.
Dispatcher.
Richmond a0141 ' HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE
Steel Artisan, Steel Traveler, Steel GALVESTON
PaclBc 7834 be a job after all. Anyhow, we
SOSM 33rd St.
Joe Alging
SYDNEY. NE
304 Charlotte St. always allow everybody^t least 12
Advocate (Isthmian); Frances^ Keith Aliop. Agent
Phone 38448
Phone 6348
LAKE CHARLES. La
14U Ryan St.
Edith (twice), H. T. Rainey, Puer LeRoy
BAGOrrviLLE. Quebec ... 30 Elgin SL hours in this fair city,'since any
SUP
Clarke, Agent .
Phone S3T44
Phone: 949 more time would Just spoil them.
HONOLULU
18
Merchant
St.
to Rico, Ines, Susanne, W. Stratton, MOBILE
1 South Lawrence St.
37 Ormont St.
Phone 3A777 THOROLD. Oaterio
Phone 311S4
It was a big day last week for
Elizabeth (Bull); Lucile Bloom Cal Tanner, Agent
Phone: 33302
Ill W Bumside St.
NEiW . ORLEANS
SSS BtenvUls St. PORTLAND ...
. 113 Cote De La Montague one of our brothers, Steve Stak
. Beacon 4336 QUEBEC
field (Bloomfield); War Hawk, Wa Undsey WUUama. Agent
Quebec
Phone: 37078
397 9th St.
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MagnoUa 611M113 RICHMOND. CALIF. .
costa, Choctaw (Waterman); Cata NEW YORK.......STS 4tb Ave..
' PhinsTSiW SAINT JOHN..... 177 Prince WUllam St. hovsky, when. "Ski," swapped the
Brooklyn
N.&
Phone: 33049 horizon blue of the U. S. Air Force
.dSO
<son St
houla (National Nav); Marymar
STerUng 84671 SAN FRANCISCO
DoughiS 38363
. .137138 Bank St.
for the white cap and dungarees
(Calmar); Cecil N. Bean (Dry NORFOLK
3706 1st A^
Ben Reel. Agent
Phone 41083 SEATTLE
Groat Lakos
District
of
the Seafarers. One of the early
Main 0390
Trans); The Cabins (Mathiasen); PHILADELPHIA
337 Market St. WILMINGTON..
440 Avaloh Blvd ALPENA
133 W Fletcher organizers in the Cities Service
S. CarduDo. Agent
Market 71639
Robin Trent (Robin).
Terminal 4gl31
Phone: 1338W
SAN FRANCISCO:
480 Harrison St. NEW YORK .. S79 4tb Ave. Brooklyn
BUFFALO. N. Y
180 Main St. fleet, he never was able to enjoy
We signed On Uie GatewaylClty, H. J. Elscher, Aaent
DvuglSi SS47S
STerlIng 84871
Phonti: ClevelaniT 7391 the* benefits of his efforts since
SAN JUANi PR
393 POhce de Leon
Citrus V Packer, Choctaw JWater Sal
CLEVELAND
734 Lakeside Ave.NB
Colls. Agent .
Phenei Main 10147 he was called by Uncle Sam. He'll
Canadian District
man); Coe Victory; Robin Gray, SAVANNAH .. .'V
3 Ahercom St.
DETROIT
.
1038 3rd St. be shipping again now, as he just
463
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E. B. TlUey. Agent
Phone 31738 MONTREAL.
Robin Mowbray (Robin); Steel Ad SEATTLE...
Headquartera Phone: Woodward 16897
MArquette 5908
3700 1st Ave
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DULUTH
931
W
Michigan
St. got bis discharge.
, 138% Hollls St
vocate, Milton H. Smith, Steel JeS Morrison. Agent
Seneca 4970 HALIFAX. N.S
Phone: Melrose 34110
Phone; 38011
Leroy Clarke
Surveyor (Isthmian); William Car TAMPA........18001811 N. Franklin St. FORT
3361 E 83nd St
..
Syndicate Ave SOUTH CHICAGO .
Lake Charles Poii Acenl ,
Fhoqes Esses 9;^0;^
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Seattle:
MTD Behind Sailors
In West Coast Beel
Strengtlieiilng Program
Keeps Tankers In Yard
Gadsden Again Sailing
SIU Gnt Gf Sealtie
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Laundry SIrIke Going
Sirong In I Bill Monih
Seafarers, MTB Aid
Cperaling Engineers
Will Hold Up PsyoH
Till Ship Is Gleaned
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The photographer, Seafarer Sal Terracina, poses with
his camera aboard the Steel Maker on his last trip. \tl
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Philip Korol, wiper; John Burford, messman, and John Kennedy, PWT (left to right)
relax on the Steel Maker's deck. Note the .facial expressions. •
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Here's some bnusuolly excellent character studies
made aboard the Steel Maker, Isthmian, by Seafarer
Sal Terracina. Of course, he had the advantage of
professional equipment, but if you watch ydur lighting
and Try for "natural"^ and action shots almost any
camero will produce limilor results. ^Another fwlJ
page of Terracina's work will appear, in the next LOG.
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Second Cook Andrew Biagtan is caught ir/ his galley
in the i good: 'humona;hei«i<'had alji jtiimwagfeU th»»#toip.:
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When Death
Took A Cruise
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The 290foot cruise ship Portland was always a stirring
sight in the 1890s as she steamed past on her regular runs
" 'T' • •
between Boston and Portland.
SHAfTLBAVm
a.;
Always painted a gleaming^
TOkMTER
OAVE/Af
white, trimmed with sparkling'
pitching badly—and the incident
^4
gold, she was a well known happened about 12 miles S by E
ship, and a fast one with her side of Thacher's Island, way off her
paddies clmrning the smooth war regular course.
Pl\m INLETS, ALL
TdE^VlEW
ters. When her end came, it was Other vessels also sighted the
SELOV^ HIGH
an end that,shocked a whole na Portland during the night. Each
incident was miles from the Port
tion.
mTERMAR/C.
TREAst/RB smpr\
The Portland had weathered land's regular course, and each
many a storm before, and there said she was pitching and rolling
Thie :«;i|tawiiy diafram of the island shows the, intrenioiis way that the treasure was buried and pro seemed to be no cause for alarm heavily.
Headed Toward Sea
tected^. The horisontal shaft ieadiny from the ^ore of the island served to flood the main treasure on Friday, November 26, 1898,
shaft!; The top view shows the way the boriMntal shaft brimches out into five inlets.
when her paddles propelled her We can only guess, but it seems
away from the India Wharf in Bos likely that as the storm got worse,
ton. Some 176 persons were aboard the Portland headed out to sea to
when Captain Hollis H. Blanchard ride out the Iieavy gale that, was
roaring across the area. At Boston,
gave the order to cast off.
the wind reached 72 miles per
A Mystery
Since that day, there has been hour during the night.
a controversy about whether Cafl At 5:45 AM the following day.
tain Blanchard sailed against com Keeper A. C. Fisher of the Race
Oak Island, a small bit of sand off Nova Scotia, Imlds what is probably the world's best pany orders despite storm warn Point Life Saving Station, heard
"protected treasure—if if is a treasure at all. For, although nobody knows what is buried ings, or whether he sailed against repeated blasts of the. steamer's
his better judgment because the whistle; coming out of the storm.
there, various expeditions have tried to dig up whatever it is for the past 157 years.
By this time, the storm had
company ordered him to go.
The story has all the ele*^
Almost as the Portland churned reached hurricane proportions.
ments to §xcite the imagina formed. It tried a parallel shaft been physically impossible for away from the dock at 7:30 PM the
Storm Calms
tion of the treasure seekers, which was flooded. Then, with the them to have buried it in such a seas began to kick up.
The "eye," or calm centre of the
however, with mysterious lights, a aid of pumps it got workmen more manner within one night or even At 11 PM, Captain Reuben storm reached Cape Cod at about
deserted island, subterranean tun than half way down the treasure one weCk.
Cameron of the schooner Grayling 10:30 AM that Sunday morning,
nels and "probdble" proof that shaft, and probed with a long So, if there .ever was a "Treasure sighted the brightlylit Portland and several persons reported see
auger.
there is buried treasure.
of Oak Island, it is still lying at steaming directly for him. Captain ing what looked like the Portland
The story started way back In The result was something like the bottom of a waterfilled shaft Cameron said the cruise ship came wallowing in the heavy seas about
1795, when three boys, on a day's this: at 98 feet the auger went more than 100 feet below the sur so close he lighted a flare to warn eight or ten miles out. It was hard
outing, saw that the limb of a tree through another log platform. It face of the island.
her off. He said the Portland was to tell at that distance, but she
on the deserted island had been went 12 inches through earth and
looked badly battered, and in bad
sawed off and apparently used as then went through four inches of
shape.
; ^
some sort of hoist. A spot about oak (presumed to be the top of a
No rescue bokts had a chance .to
12 feet' in circumference directly chest). Theii through 22 inches
go toher, for within 15 minutes
under the limb was softer than sur of metal in pieces (presumed to be
the "e/e" had passed, and the
rounding earth, so the boys' started coins), and then through 8 inches
storm struck with renewed fury.
to do some digging.
of oak (presumed to be the bottom
Nothing happened until 7:45 PM,
.Qontlnue Diggiifg
of one chest and the top of an
when Surfman John Johnson of the
They kept coming back almost other), and then through 22 inches
Peaked Hill Bars Station was walk
every day. When they reached a more of metal in pieces (more Among the fayorite tales of the sea, right from the time ing his lonely patrol along the
depth of 40 feet„the, shovels struck coins), and Anally through 4 inches when Carthage ruled the waves of the Mediterranean, have beach. He saw an object in the surf
which turned out to be a life pre
wood. They thought they had hit of oak (the bottom of the second
the treasure, but it turned out to chest). The auger also brought up been the stories told of sea serpents, monsters, and denizens server marked "Steamer Portland
• of Portland."
be a platform of logs.
what was reported to be three links of the deep that only few per*^
sons have had the honor of arms as they slid over the bul
During the night, doors, bulbs,
At the same time they found from a gold watch chain.
mattresses, deck chairs, spars, and
that people on the mainland re But the water couldn't be drained seeing and living to tell about. warks and across the deck.
membered on the strange lights out of the shaft, and the company «Many of the stories have the Ohe of the tentacles pinned a other items floated up onto the
on the island in 1720. Two fisher weht broke.
ring of terrible truth about them, member of the crew against the beach.
men who went to investigate never
A New Tunnel
while many others are plainly the mainmast and crushed him as if . Most of the debris was from the
returned.
.
In succeeding years a new shaft overworked imagination of the he were paper. The other ten Portland.
At a depth of 20 feet, the boys 118 feet deep was suiik and then persons involved. The few, how tacles quickly encircled the hull of No survivors or bodies were
hit another i>latform ,of logs, and a, tunnel dug directly under the ever, that do sound like the truth the vessel. Then the monster found on the beach.
Three Wrecks
then discontinued tiieir digging for treasure pit. The whole thing col are enough to make for interesting hauled its ugly body up on the
Along
with
the wreckage . from
side
of
the
ship.
a while. When one.of them grew lapsed and was flooded. Apparent and awe inspiring story fare, just
older he interested Dr. John Lynds ly the treasure had dropped into as the stories of overgrown species It hung there a moment while the Portland, however, was some
into forming a company and went the tunnel as well.
of the known types of marine life.' all aboard were frozen in their, debris from the 96foot schooner
back to the spot.
In 1863 several smaller tunnels Perhaps one of the most awe tracks by fear. Then, the monster Eddie E. Snow. Later, the schoon
The digging continued, and plat were dug, but each flooded. In some of the tales involves the gave a lurch and capsized the er Pentagoet was reported miss
forms of logs were found at depths 1893 a horizontal tunnel was dug schooner Pearl, and one of the rea Pearl. The men aboard were flimg ing in the vicinity.
A search of the vicinity later
of 30 feet, 40 feet, 50 feet and. 60 a 111 feet, but that, too, was un sons for this tale's survival is that into the water and fantically be showed
that the hull of the Snow
gan
swimming
toward
the
Strath
feet, apparently put there to make successful,
^
it is completely documented by all
was on
the
a short distance
sure the surfr«ce wouldn't sink and It was finally decided that a the persons aboard two different more which had started over to away from bottom
the
upper
cabin of the
help
them.
give the spot away.
horizontal tunnel, leading from the vessels.
The upper cabin of the
More riatferms
sea to the treasure shaft must have The incident happened back in The monster didn't bother the Portland.
Pentagoet was found bur
. Throughout the years the dig been dug originally so tharThe 1874, while the 150ton Pearl was men in the water, but within min steamer
ied in the sand on the beach, right
utes it had a death hold on the near
ging continued, and. at depths of treasure would be flooded.
where the Portland's wreck
sailing within sight of the steamer bow of the Pearl, and before the
70 feet and. 80 feet, platforms of An examination of the shore of Strathmore.
age washed up.
startled
eyes
of
the
men
on
the
strange fibrous material was. dis the island showed five entrances,
Bodies Recovered
covered. Putty'Was found at an all below the high water mark and Captain James Floyd of the Strathmore and the men in the Some 36 bodies were eventually
Pearl, along
with some
of
the crew,
water,
the
huge
octopus
dragged
other tier. Finally, at 90 feet, a cleverly concealed, which led to a
recovered from the Portland. The
huge flat stone was found with a tunnel that went to the treasure spotted a huge black mass rise to the Peari below the surface of the other 140, along with the bodies of
the
surface
of
the
sea.
Thinking
water.
coded message Carved on it. The shaft. All attempts to stop the flow
the persons aboard the Snow and
message was deciphered to mean of water, however, Were unsuccess it might be some sport, he got his The Strathmore picked up the the Pentagoet, were never found.
rifle
from
his
cabin
and
fired
a
survivors of the Pearl, except for ' Shortly after the Portland sank,
"forty feet below two million ful.
two men, one who had been the engine room clapper of the
pounds are burled."
More attempts were made in suc shot into the black mass.
crushed against the mast and an proud ship, which was mounted on
On a Saturday the diggers ceeding years, and o;ne expedition
\Beast Enraged
other who had been pinned to the wood, floated to the surface. Most
reached 95 feet and quit for the was reported to be in tbe planning
weekend. Oh Monday they found stage only'a little more than a year He scored a hit, for the sea deck by another tentacle.
experts took this as proof that,
swirled and the mass turned to When the Strathmore pqt back sometime
the shaft flooded to within 35 feet ago.
in the midst of the hur
of the surface. Efforts to pump However, to this day nobody show the. large eves r.nd horrible into port, all the men aboard ricane and huge waves, the Port*
it out proved tfultiess, since the knows what—if anything—^lies green beak of a giant octopus. signed sworn statements, because land and the Snow were hurled to
water seemed to run into the shaft buried on little Oak Island, and Crewmembers later estimated that of the nature of the incident, tes gether. They said the hull of the
at better than500 gallons per min nobody has any idea of who buried t£ie monster would have measured tifying that the story was true and Portland would have to have been
ute. Apparently, removing the it there; l)uried it so completely well over 180 feet from tip to tip that they had all been witnesses split open in order to allow the
if the tentacles had been spread to it.
rock had dperied a flood gate de and protected it so wrfl.'
clapper to float free, and this in
The case of the Pearl is one of dicated a collision.
sighed to protect) the treasure. •
It seems unlikely, at best, that out.
Efforts were stopped and then any pirates would have taken the The shot had apparently EuH the the many undoubtedly true stories What really happened when bet*
resumed some time later. A new time, trouble and effort to bury any beast and put it in a rage,for it which help lend a certain truth to ter than 200 persons lost their fives
shaft was dug next to the treasure treasure that completely, even if threshed about the ocean and the many other "unbelievable" in the midst of a howling hurri
pit. It was 110 feet deep when the they had the engineering skill nec then headed, for the Pearl. The stories of sea serpents and mon cane while almost within sight of
water.^ushethb} an^^floaded
J essary) \foc\SUCfa a projofct. 3") ) iS; crewmen frantically grabbed axes sters which 'sailots have been tell sliore, is ' some^ing nobody ' wiO
^
In lff^. :^hpther company was At the same time , it would have and hacked at the slimy greyblack ing since the begiiming of time. ever know.
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MEET THE
SEAFARER
IN THE WAKE
ji^
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EDWARD BLAHA, messman
The custom of performing: an mal sniffs the air, notes the wind
elaborate but burlesque ceremony direction, smells the roots of grass
These days any youngster who Another bit of excitement was off
at sea when the equator is crossed and apparently seeks other sources
quits school
and runs off to sea is the coast of Cuba when his ship,
of
inspiration
unknown
to
humans,
dates back many centuries' and
probably is a survival of a religious then unerringly proceeds to a Question: Why do yon prefer the bound to be a sort of romantic the Norwalk, rammed a Norwegian
vessel in dawn hours mixed with
ship's department you sail in?
exercise. Ancient Greek sailors stream or water hole.
sensation in his hometown or fog, and one man from the engine
often stopped their vessels at cer
neighborhood. But when he's, got department was lost.
i
i
tain points, particularly off capes,
an
uncle who's been feeding him
Owing
to
the flattened figure
of
LU7S
A.
Polanco,
DM:
It's
good
Oldtimer Lost
and offered sacrifices to appease
to
be
working
on
deck,
especially
the
earth,
the
length
of
a
degree
sea stories
since he was knee high, "I remember we were just get
the gods who were in centred of
weather like
well then it couldn't have turned ting up that morning when we
the seas. By the time of the Mid of latitude varies from 69.407 miles in
this,
even with
near
the
poles to 68.704 miles near
dle Ages the ceremony consisted
out
any other way.
bumped, and this oldtimer, about
the sun baking
of a visit from Neptune, although the equator. Thus the width of you.
It was just about ten years ago, 68, ran back to get a picture album
At
least
if
the
torrid
zone
is
about
3,225
it was performed upon entering the
there's any cool
when he was barely 16, that Ed of his family. He never made it
tropics as well as crossing the Arc miles, and the frigid zones are air blowing, you'll
each
slightly
more
than
half
that
Blaha first succumbed to the web back." Landed in Cuba, they stayed
tic Circle.
width . . . Though half a dozen be sure to feel it.
of adventure tales spun by his sea a month on a wild Companyfin
/
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American Presidents were army I can't see being
spree because there was no
Port as the name of a kind of generals, and several others had hot all the time
going relative, known to him and anced
transportation available for several
wine is a shortened form of Porto, varied military experience, none of in the engine
many hundreds of other Seafarers weeks.
the seaport in northern Portugal them had any navy experience or room or roasting
as "Uncle Otto" Preussler. Follow
Then in 1945 the Army got its
which ranks second only to Lisbon connection with ships. The clos in the galley nursing ,a pot.
ing in the tradition of his uncle, hooks
into him, and he wound up
in population and irnportarice. The est any of them came was in the
he started in_the stewards depart
^
a.
a transport unit for a year in
Portuguese refei to the city as O case of both Roosevelts, Theodore
ment, a field in which "Uncle Otto" in
Porto, literally "the port," but in and Franklin D., each of whom H. D. "Rebel" Fouche,. FWT: had held sway for some 35 years Korea. Ed made a lot of native
friends around Kunsan during
English and certain other lan served as Assistant Secretary of I've been sailing in the engine de up untilthen.
those 12 months, but once when he
partment, for 20
guages the article O is made a part tlie Navy at one time.
Broke In With Otto
was out of the service and returned
years because it's
of the name itself. The name of
On his first ship, a coastal coal there on a ship in 1949, a lot of
t 4" 4^
the only depart
the country is derived from that of
ment fit to work batge named the Rineridge, he changes had been made. This,
the city . . . Madeira, another fa The sailor's "peajacket" took its
in. In the black sailed under the oldtimer to break was during the Communist build
mous wine, originated to the south name, not from the garden vege
gang at lea'St in properly, but after a few trips, up which eventually produced the
west on the Portuguese island of table, but from the Dutch word
for
woolen,
which
is
identical
to
you've got your "Uncle Otto" pronounced him fit Korean war in June, 1950.
that name. The island was called
choice, hot or for deepsea sailing and sent him In the period since the Army up
Madeira because it was so thickly it in sound... Since the greater
cold. When it's off on his own. He then threw in to the present, Ed has neeh' S^iling
wooded when the Spanish and part of Greenland is covered
cold, you warm for a job on the Robin Locksley, SIU ships continuouslyV both
Portuguese first visited it. Madeira with ice and snow "Whiteland"
up by
the boilers. heading for Africa, Ascension Is freighters and passenger Yuns. He
would
have
been
a
more
appro
actually means timber or forest.
priate name for the islandeonti When it's hot, you can cool off land and nearby ports.
did make another trip with "Uncle
4.
by the ventilators. It's as simple Another'reason for sailing in the Otto,"this time on the old Seatrain
Useof the. name Enoch Arden nent, but according to legend, Eric as
that.
galley, he noted, was that he'd got Texas, but their paths haven't
for a law providing for a divorce, the Red named it Greenland in the
ten just a little taste of it from crossed since.
annulment or exemption from lia year 985 to induce colonists from
4^/4" 4*
bility'on the ground of an unex Iceland to settle in the new coun 'Vincent Genco, AB: Well, I training in a New York City high
Settling Down
plained absence of a husband or try. Evidently the ruse paid off,, started sailing during the war jmd school with a specialty in food Married now over a year, he
trades.
wife for five to seven years was for the old Scandinavian naviga it seemed to me
figures he's had enough of , travel
tor
had
no
difficulty
getting
peo
"When I got back after my first ing around just the way he pleased
suggested by the story of a ship
a good place to
ple . to
go
with
him
on
his
next
long trip on the Locksley, I had to and really has to begin thinking
wrecked sailor in a poem by Ten
be was in the
make peace with the folks as well of a family. "Otto talked me right
nyson published in 1864. In the voyage there.
deck department,
as the truant officer who was mak off
poem, a sailor called Enoch Arden
4. t i
since being out
the altar twice before because
ing me his number one boy. After he said if a sailor got married it
returned home after being ship Japanese merchant ships usually in the open would
that I went back to the SIU hall was his downfall; but things are
wrecked for several years to find have the word maru added to their be the fastest way
and continued shipping regularly different
his wife, who had supposed him names to distingpish them from to the lifeboats.
now. Everybody's pretty
right through the war. I sailed well used to the idea of my going
dead, happily married to his friend. warships and other craft, as in the
got a release
with the Union from the start be right on sailing and with the SIU
Rather than wreck the marriage of Awobasan Maru, one of Japan's from a war job to
cause my uncle made it plain that a
his wife and friend, he goes away newest freighters, the Fujiharu sail as a cook, but
man can't do anything better.'"
was the only way a man should
without making himself known and Maru,.Masashima Maru and others. couldn't see doing that at all.
Ed's
been on the beach for a
sail,
and
how
right
he
was."
Isn't heard from again.
There is considerable dispute as
4f
t
t
while studying under the GI Bill
to
how
the
word
came
to
gain
its
In the war years, he made a
4* 4' 4* *
Natives of South Africa use a significance. In both Chinese and Jim "Whitey" Cann, AB: The couple of convoy runs, winding up because he eventually wants to try
captive variety of baboon as a "di Japanese it means something round deck department is the best in the in England in '43 during the Lon his hand at being a cook. "If I
SIU and I've been don blitz and in Murmansk in '44. keep sailing and put my schooling
vining rod" foiflocating water. In or circular, so that one belief is
to work, I'll be able to build that
sailing with the
arid regions, it is said, the natives that it may have been originally
"They didn't have any special nest egg for a house that the wife
SIU since 1 start
deplrive captive chacma baboons of I applied, in the sense of a circle^ to
ed going to sea trouble mort of the way to Russia, and I have our ?ye on. One
water for several days while giv' ships which started from and re
except a few times when Gei^an of those Far East runs with SIU
six
years ago.
ing them salty food to make them tumed to a given point, making
planes
tried to scatter the convoy pay and conditions <fught to get it
like
working
out
thirsty. When released, the ani a complete round trip.
doors and you're and pick ojf special targets. going in grand style."
always sure of
plenty of fresh
air when you
work, in the deck
gang.
You're
not
cramped into
ACROSS
DOWN
11. Lightweight
34. Seatraders ship
light places all the time either.
champ, 1902
37 « ,jo„
1. SlU contract
Thq 18 to 20yearolds registered ... Russia admitted that Sevasto
1. Slow — —
16. Clock sound
B. Waterman cargo 2. So be it
for the dr^t throughout the na pol had fallen to the Nazis. . . .
20. Label
Cleans cotton
t
t
4.
out of San Pedro 3. Low reefs
22. — Burr, 3rd VP 41. Legal papers
tion. ... Some 800 refugees ar
8. Algerian port
H. Ekker, oiler: You can take my rived in New ITork aboard the The SIU hit Collier's magazine for
4. Student recruits:
Pert, to prisons 43. Bark used as
25.
Cow's
stomach
cloth
12. Gen. Bradley
abbr.
word for it that the black gang is Drottningholm and were put printing an article which con
26. Friend, in Paris 44. Sharp
demned American seamen as
13. Puerto Rlcoi
5. British ship,
the best gang oh
27. Cloth used in 46. Region
product
20,186 tons
thrllirgh the most intensive cus physically and morally unfit. . . .
work clothes
47. Leave out
the
ship.
I've
6.
Magic
14. Atop
— side
48. Constructed
toms and immigration examina Tola Rose beat Whlrlaway to break
7. Grinding wheel 28.
been sailing down
30. Our union
49. Again
is. — Mariner, new 8. Fly
tion in history. A small acmy of the Empire record. ... US subs
31. Tracks over
51. Sea eagle
cargo, ship
there for 13 years
9. Not in the
government
men took four days to sank three Japahese destroyers
streets
53. Owns
17. Bird seen at sea
States
and I'm not one
clear
the
passengers
off the ship, and damaged another in a raid in
Puzzle Answer on Page 27.
18. Printers* meas 10. Roman ruler
bit sorry. The
ures
and
even
then
300
were
held for the Aleutians.
engine depart
1
2 3
9 10 II
15. Lifeless
further investigation. . . i The SIU
ment
gives
you
31. Fish eggs
•
4^ 4 t
filed a request foV higher and more
12
the best chance
32. Part of play
inclusive
bonuses.
The
28
top
leaders of the Bund
of advancement
33. Complains
15
were
indicted
and a wholesale
4^
4>
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38. Waterman ship
too, and that's no
The first group of women to join roundup of leaders and members
39. Water birds
small consideration
as far as wages
IB
(2.1
the new WAAC were sworn in and took place with well over 200 ar
82. River in China
are concerned.
33. Distress caU
made prepiarations for their train rests. ... The Nazis announced
24
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4f 4!' 4f
ing. The Navy began to talk about that they had sunk 22 ships out of
Drunks
25 26 27
28
setting up a women's auiliary simi a,33ship convoy headed for Rus
129
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Abdul
Hassan, galley
utilityman:
iss. Flying horse
I've been sailing 20 years, half of it lar to the Army's WAAC. . • . The sia. The great majority ef the 20
40. Chew
32
135
42. Trouble
in the SIU, and American League won the AllStar American ships 1:^ the memorable
43. Chinese pagoda a
I've always stajf Game 3 to 1 with the homers of "July Fourth Convoy" were SIU
36
'45. It looks like a
39
• shrimp
r .
ed with the stew Boudreau and York. . . . The SIU, manned. . . . the American League
47. He fought
140
ards department. by fast and strong action, stopped AllS^rs trampled over the All
1^
Charles in '51
80. Palestine port
Of coiirsf, some the plans \bf the Carpenter Steam Service AllStars 5 to 0. . . . The
43 44
46
62. Sailor from
|47 48 49
men in .the crew ship Company to import " Fiji SIU told seamen to be sure they
Dublin
84. Where to tie up
can makd : you Islanders to man its ships for slave made clear their status as seamen
50
152
53
85. A number
sweat a bit some weges. . . . Over 1,000 bombers hit if tjiey were captureiF by the
86. Helper
54
155
times, but I've al Bremen. ,
enemy since the prison catnpg
87. Port near Red
|S6
Sea •
ways thought; it
maintained for Seamen
were usual
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SEAFARERS LOG
SEAFARERS # LOG
'We Need Every Man'
:1
Vol. XIV No. 14
Jily 11. 1952
thiblished biweekly by tbe Seafarers International Union. Atlantic
& Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel.
STerling 84871.
PAut BALL, SecretaryTTeaswrer
Sdiior. HERBERT BRAHO; Managina Editor. RAT DENISON; Art Editor. BERMARI)
SEAMAN: Pftoto Editor. DAnva NttvA Staff Writer*. HERMAN AarBtm. IRWIN SnVAcat
ART PERFALL: Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY.
•
Maritime BoobyTrap
. It is no secret that the maritime industry is disappointed
• with the final version of the LongRange Shipping Bill, Jt Disability Pay
falls well short of what the SIU and others in the industry ^Is WonderfuV
had hoped for after kicking around for a year in the house. To the Editor:
But no sooner had the bill passed than the LOG learned of I have read "Uncle Otto's" copy
new plans afoot to boobytrap our merchant fleet by giving of the SEAFABERS LOG and I
away "50 Libertys to a Japanese company. These would be in am astonished at the good deeds
addition to 48 LST's which wUl suddenly become "obsolete."
the Union does
The sponsor of this deal, which wbuld involve special leg
for the members
and their fam
islation bypassing the ship sale ban, may be none other than
ilies. "Uncle Ot
the Defense Department.
to" stays with us
It has long been known that powerful groups in Washing
at
our place and
ton oppose "the development of a strong US merchant fleet.
is living in his
The State Department for one feels that foreign nations are
trailer home.
entitled to increase their dollar earnings at the expense^ of
appreciates the
American shipping. The Treasury argues against shipping tax
help he gets
, deferments but is silent about deferments in other industries.
through the Wel
Preussler
fare Plan. Since
It is a shock to learn that the Defense Department, which
should realize the importance of oilr merchant fleet, might that time his physical and mental
sponsor this latest giveaway. For obviously, all its prepared condition is greatly improved be
j ness ,pilans for a possible emergency will be useless unless cause he gets his weekly benefits
regularly on Monday.
. there is a modern merchant fleet to carry them out.
Needless to say the SIU will make every effort to defeat Now "Uncle Otto" waits for the
mailman every Monday morning
'.J ^ ?• T this proposal, and believes that the Defense Department has
for his check and then he walks
a lot of tall explaining to do.
to town which is a mile away.
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As I See It
by PAUL HALL
t
Somehow he finds his way there
and sometimes someone that is a 'T'HROUGHOUT THE NATION helping their ovra is the case of
goodnatured citizen of Port
this past week, interest .was Brother Robert Nicolai. As re
. When the SIU Welfare Plan reached its second anniversary, Orange picks him up and takes
ported in the last issue of the
spotlighted on the Republican Na LOG, Brother Nicolai was left with
July 1, it could boast of two notable years. But more impor him home.
tional Convention in Chicago, the problem of finding a home for
tant, the Plan is in such excellent shape that the way is wide
Lives In Trailer
open for expansion into new and untouched fields.
where delegates are meeting to se his two small boys when his wife
In those two years the Plan aided great numbers of Sea "Uncle Otto" lives in an 18foot lect the party's presidential can passed away in childbirth. We are
farers, as well as families of men who passed on. It gave hun trailer which has lights, water, a didate and to draw up a platform. happy to say that four families
dreds of hospital patients $15 a week every week as long as refrigerator and a twoburner With many serious matters oc who have sons or relatives in the
they have been hospitalized. Among them are patients who kerosene stove. He does his own cupying the nation on the labor industry have offered. to open
their homes to his children.
have been on the benefits' list ever since the Plan started. It cooking and housekeeping.
front, such as the steel strike, it
was the Welfare Plan Jhat ^aved a widovv and four children Sometimes he misplaces his would seem that the Republican
4 4 4
from eviction with a $2,500 death benefit check. This same foods and I have to come over party leaders would have taken a A FTER A GOOD DEAL OF
Plan took a blind Seafarer out of a poorhouse and put him in to his trailer and find" them for position on labor problems.
battling back and forth Con
a decent home.
him because he can't read the But in awbole week of speech gress has passed some kind of
making, interviews and arguments,
Seafarers .are usually pictured as hardboiled, roughand labels on his canned goods.
LongRange shipping bill. It's not
ready fellows. The operators in years past used this ajias ex "Uncle Otto" is felling better iftw. not a single word was said one way
exactly
what your Union felt was
or
another
on
the
question.
It
is
cuse for denying the men protection and security. Rough His nerves are quieted down a lot. also noteworthy that an outstand
best
for
the industry and the na
andready or not, the Seafarer is still vulnerable to disease, His artificial eye keeps him. busy ing Republican liberal such as
tion,
and
there, is still much to be
fixing
it
straight.
When
he
tries
injury and death, and has to pay his bills like the next fellow.
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon,
to
look
at
those
beautiful
Florida
done
in
the
way of legislation be
When the Plan picks up the tab for his baby's birth or helps beauties the eye just won't stand is apparently out in the cold inso
fore
the
maritime
industry is on
him w:hen he is ill, it is giving him aid he was denied all for that. Sometimes he looks too far as having a say at the conven
a sound footing.
tion
or
in
the
development
of
its
through the years.
hard and it just jumps out in his
While some people in Washlngf
This Plan is Unionrun for the Seafarer. There'^ no in lap and he has a hard timq find policies.
ton
can't see their way clear to
Sidestepping is ho substitute lor
surance outfit taking a big chunk of the income and tying up ing it again.
build the American merchant mar
dealing
squarely
with
issues
that
seamen in yjurds of red tape. The big savings from Union If I had enough wiiting paper
ine subsidized foreign ships sail
operation show up as substantial reserves which are assur I would copy some of his stories ^e so vital to many millions of into our harbors in increasing num
ance that the Plan will be able to add more benefits for the out of his diary while he was in the citizens of this nation.
bers every day, and subsidized
A, it
the merchant marine and send
Seafarer and his family.
agriculture and industry continue
them to you.
jyjUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN to strengthen their positions for
ir
4
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Live Like Citizen
and said about the brother the country's best interests.
I think it is wondeeful what hood that exists among men who It's hard to see the logic in the
The subject of Unionadministered Plans brings to mind the Union is doing for the dis go to sea. While the shipping in arguments used to weaken tne
that the first Unionoperated Vacation Plan in maritime has abled Seafarers and also Seafarer dustry is a business like any other, LongRange bill. It would surely
be a tragedy if tomorrow we have
paid over $I million in benefits since February.
seafaring men have a habit of go to turn around and look for a fast,
When the Union ventured into this untried field, there Joe Germano to let him know that ing out of their way to help each modern
merchant fieet
were skeptics who said that it was impossible for a vacation he can live like a civilifed citizen other out. TPhat's one of the tradi to serve American
the country fn an emer
instead of a
bum
or a
tramp before
plan to work in vjew of the irregularity of maritime employ
gency and the ships just aren't
tions of the game.
ment. The skeptics are silent now because the SIU Plan has he passes on from this world. This It was like that last week when available to do the job.
worked with remarkable efficiency and each day pays cash could have happened to "Uncle Brother Mario Reyes on the Bea
4 4 4
Otto" if it had not been for the trice learned of the tragic death
to Seafarers who never had paid vacations before.
good brothers of the Seafarers of his son back in Staten Island. TN A MATTER OF WEEKS NOW,
4
4
4>
Union. Many thanks to you and The Beatrice was on its way to San
your Union will start negotia
your brothers in the Union.
Juan at 'the time but the skipper tions with its contracted operators
The March 7th LOG carried a story charging that the I hope you enjoyed the 4th of of that ship and of the cruise ship for a new agreement. A reminder
nation's ports were wide open to potential, spies and sabo July holidays and enjoy a cool Puerto Rico heading back to New is in order that all hands should
as it is pretty hot here in York arranged to meet in mid
teurs who could come and go on foreign ships because of spot
this section of Florida. "Uncle Ot ocean so that Reyes could be trans keep on the ball, so that the com
loopholes in our port 'security. This story attracted a great to" goes around in his short pants ferred and come back home.
i mittee can keep the negotiating
deal of attention in the press and in Congress.
and sweats like a steam, boiler.
When the 'crew of the Puerto sessions pinpointed on the issues
Now the. Saturday Evening Post is making the security 1 will close for now hoping to Rico learned of Reyes' loss they and not have to dissipate any of
expose the major feature of its July 19th issue which will be hear from you soon.
did something that has become its energies in dealing with oper
on the newsstands next Wednesday.
Mrs. June Kovpr natural among Seafarers—held a ators' squawks about isolated in
The security story is just one way in which the LOG tries
stances of a guy fouling up here
{Ed. note: "Uncle Otto" Preuss tarpaulin muster and raised quite and there.
to give its readers a. picture of what is going on in maritime. ler,
a veteran of AQ years bt sea, a nice chunk of cash to help Broth
By pointing out these conditions frona time to time the LOG was compelled
The best way to push ahead in
to retire because of er Reyes get back home imme
contractual gains is by observing.
ill health. He is now receiving the diately.
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the'i>r«Sehftjsj^efthaent
Welfare Plan Birthday
Solid Success
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The Mystery Off The
Mary Celeste! The ship without a. crew.
Of all the stories told about ships and the sea
probably none have captured the imagination of
people everywhere more than the case of this brigan
tine that was found sailing in seaworthy condition
with not a soul of her complement on board.
Mary Celeste was built in Nova Scotia in 1861
and named the Amazon until she was transferred to
American registry • and renamed Mary Celeste In
1868.
Typical small windjammer ^f her time, she made
long voyages to Europe, South America and the
Caribbean. Overall, she measured 99 feet, with a
25foot beam. Being a brigantine, Mary Celeste was
squarerigged on the fore mast and fore 'n aft
rigged on the main.
In 1872 this little vessel—dest'ned to become the
number one, alltime mystery of the sea—was loaded
by her owners, the J. H. Winchester Company of
New York C!lty, with a cargo of alcohol for Genoa,
Italy.
As master for the voyage, the owners engaged Cap
tain Benjamin Spooner Briggs, a 38yearold captain
of considerable experience from Wareham, Mass.,
who had acquired a onethird interest in the vesseL
MARY CELESTE
The voyage being to waters in which he and his
wife, Sarah Elizabeth, had sailed on their honey
moon, he took her along, together with their little
daughter, Sophia Matilda. A son, Arthur, was left
at home because he had to attend school.
A Good crew
Before leaving New York, the captain said in a
letter home that he seemed to have a good crew
and was ,glad they did not appear to be trouble
makers.
As was common in American ships of that period,
the fore mast hands were aliens. The four ABs were
Boz and, Volkort Lorenzen, brothers; Arian Martens
and Gottlieb Gpodschaad.
First mate of the mystery ship wlas Albert G.
Richardson, a native of Maine and a veteran of the
Civil War. Sailing as second mate was Andrew
Gilling, a Dane. Stewardcook was Edwafd W. Head,
a young bridegroom from New York. He was married
just before the voyage.
Mary Celeste loaded 1,700 barrels of alcohol at
.pier 50, East River, and cleared New York Nov. 7,
1872.
A Nova Scotia brigantine, the Dei Gratia, left
New York just eight days later with a cargo of bar
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Typical early vessel record is the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company's registry of the Mary Celeste. It notes she was for
merly the Amazon, launched May, 1861, at Parrsboro, NS, and describe^ her as a ''halfbrig," in contrast to earlier registra
tton ag ."hrigantinerigge(L" The record also shows changes in ownershij^ apd mgg^r^ j^.weU.gjg^varioua.rpAa^ . ,
relied, petroleum, scheduled to stop at Gibraltar
for orders.
From the time that the New York pilot took let
ters ashore for^ Captain and Mrs. Briggs, nothing
.. has ever been heard of them or their crew. Their
fate still remains a puzzle that willprobably never
be solved.
On Wednesday, December 4, 1872, the Dei Gratia
was heading toward Gibraltar, sailing on a course
SE by IT from the Azores, when Captain David More
house and the man at the wheel sighted a sailing
vessel several miles away on a course that' would
cross their own.
^
Sailors are always attracted to another ship at sea,
and they looked at the vessel through the glasses
to isee who she might be.
Yawing About
Even' a quick glance showed Captain Morehouse
that the stranger was acting erratically, Rawing
about and with only three sails set, despite«the
favorable weather.
This historic meeting was at 30 degrees, 20 min
utes north latitude; 17 degrees, 15 minutes west
longitude.
s.
No signals of distress were visible on the stranger,
and when they came up to her, no one answered
their hails. Not a person was on her decks and no
one appeared from beloW. The ship seemed to be a
derelict.
(^aptain Morehouse ordered a boat over to inves
tigate under first mate Oliver Deveau and two
seamen.
• Strange indeed was the sight that greeted these ,
men as they made a painter fast to the low rail of
the brigantine .and climbed onto her deck.
No one did they see on deck, in the after cabin, the
galley, the foc'sle or the hold.
Deveau and his companions from the Dei Gratis,
according to testimony given before a British ad
miralty court in Gibraltar, saw oilskins, boots and
even pipes,in the foc'sle as though the crew had left
in a big hurry.
Personal effects of Captain Briggs, his wife and
child were found in the after cabin, along with an
harmbniHin, sewing machine and: ^desk containing
�Friday, July ii, 195S
seemed to be missing were the chronometer, sex*
tant and ship's papers. A child's toy lay scattered
on the cabin floor as though the young daughter bad
been playing there at the time the crew vanished.
Pots and pans from the last meal had been washed
i and hung up in the galley.
Contrary to flights of fancy Indulged by many
writers over the years, including one that told about
an egg and two cups of tea nn the saloon table,
Mr. Deveau asserted before the court that they saw
no food on the tables or being cooked in the galley.
This seemed to be evidence that the vessel was
desNted about midway between the cleanup of one
me.al and the preparation of another.
SEAFARERS LOG
Pare Fifteea
The year 1872, of course, was long after the age of
pirates In European waters and this theory does not
explain the missing ship's boat or the fact that, ac
cording to the men from the Dei Gratia, there was
no blood or other signs of conflict on her deck.
In 1918 an article was printed in a British maga
zine purporting to be an interview with a man
named Abel Fosdyk, "sole survivor of the Mary
Celeste."
Platfi.rm for Girl?
Sailor Fosdyk said that Captain Briggs. had the
bosun build a kind cf platform on the bow of the
ship so the little girl could play around the bow
sprit as the vessel coursed over the Atlantic.
Differences In Stories
Later, he said, the captain and mate decided to
have
a swimming race around the vessel during a
Some writers tell of the derelict's sails being all
calm.
As they finished the race at the bow, all
set and in perfect order, whereas Mr. Deveau and
hands
crowded
onto the platform built for the
Captain Morehouse testified that only j^b and fore
little
girl
and
it
collapsed, throwing them into the
topmast staysail were set, with the lower fore top
sea.
sail hanging loosely and the mainsail laying on top
Only member of the family who did not make the illfated voy
This is an improbable story and does not explain
of the forward deckhouse. Several sails had blown
age, Arthur Stanley
Briggs. then seven, is shown with his mother
away and the others were furled.
where Abel Fosdyk was all the years between 1872^ •
some
time
before
the ship
saiied. Arthur was left in school to be
abd 1913. Moreover, the ship's articles show no
A complete arid factual expositiim of the testi
cared
for
by
his
grandmother
until his parents returned.
Abel Fosdyk, although there being no discharge
mony at the court of admiralty is set forth in the
books used by seamen in those days, there .was
best book on the Mary Celeste case: "Mary*Celeste,
nothing
to prevent a man from using an alias in ^
the Odyssey of an Abandoned Ship," by Charles
siiriing on for a voyage.. Unexplained, too, is the
Edey Fay, a book that should be in every maritime
absence of the ship's boat
library.
The element of fact backing this story, which has
The boarding party found the binnacle damaged
been
widely quoted, is that two marks were visible,
and compass destroyed. Both the fore hatch and
one on each bow of the. Mary Celeste, when she was
the lazarette hatch^ had been removed. There was
discovered. The Admiralty court, however, did not
plenty of food and Vater on board.
«
seem to find these marks significant or interesting in
Soundings showed three and onehalf feet of water
its investigation.
in the hold, and the forward deck house, which in
Fosdyk, incidentally, says he clung onto some
cluded the galley, had"water in it up to the coam
debfis from the'broken platform and drifted to the
ings.
coast of Africa (hundreds of miles away).
This seemed alanning at first, but when the Mary
That a maniac killed the crew is still another sug
Celeste was pumped out and no more water showed
.
gestion
and one which is certainly not impossible,
during the voyage to Gibraltar, it seemed evident
for crazy men have run amuck on many vessels at
that the water had come in from a heavy sea.
When he look command of
A playing platform built for
sea,
killing their mates until being subdued.'
the Mary Celeste in 1872,
After a long and protracted taking of testimony
twoyearold Sophia Matilda
As the outstanding authority on the Mary Celeste
Captain Benfamln Spooner
and surveys of the derelict at Gibraltar, the ^men
Briggs figured in one of the
case and one who has taken great pains to assemble
Briggs was already well
of the Dei\3ratia were allowed salwgc money for
theories offered to explain
the facts from the fiction about this mystery ship,
known as a mastermariner.
finding and bringing iff the Mary Celeste and her
the mystery.
Mr. C. E. Fay advances this possibility for her aban
cargo. The court expressed itself as being reluctant
donment.
to grant the claim and, hinted that, somehow or
He points out that the Mary Celeste had encoun
other, the crew of the Dei Gratia were involved in
tered
stormy weather touring her crossing to the
the Mary Celeste's being found derelict.
Azores
and there had been no opportunity to ven
But no evidence, was found to substantiate this
tilate
the
hold, which was desirable procedure, es
feeling and the salvage claim <vas authorized.
pecially with the type of cargo she was carrying.
The writer has looked up many stories and articles
And so, when warm weather off the Azores was
j written about this mystery in literature of the sea
finally
encountered. Captain Briggs had the men
f extending over the past 50 years.
^
remove the fore hatch to let air down below. Aside
j Many theories about the derelict have been ad
from ventilatinj^the cargo, sailing ship rnen often
' vanced.
,
did this to ventilate the ship itself, it being a knowii
One theory is that the crew either mutinied or
fact that good fresh air and plenty of it is the best
sampled the alcohol and did away with the Captain
antidote for rot in damp timbers.
and Mrs. Briggs, their child, and the mates, after
It has always puzzled sailing ship men that the
which they left the ship in the small boat hoping
court took testimony that the "fore hatch" was
to reach the Azores.
One of the crew of seven
takgn off and was discovered lying on deck. Even
Master of the British brigan
signed
on for the voyage.
Fata! Malady Theory
in small windjammers, the hatch usually consisted
tine Dei Gratia, Captain
First Mate Albert G. Rich
of a strong back and several hatch boards rather
David Reed Morekouse was
Another idea is that all hands may have suc
ardson
had
previously
sailed
than
one
piece.
one of the first to sight the
cumbed to some fatal malady. The last mari to
under
Captain
Briggs.
abandoned
ship.
survive, it is suggested, threw the bodies over the
Gas Theory
side and somehow then disappeared himself.
However, when the fore hatch was removed, gases
Last log entry was Nov. 25, and last position
accumulated from leaking alcohol in the hold gave
marked on the charts found aboard the brigantirie
forth with a rumbling sound which convinced Cap
was Nov. 24, which leaves quite a gap in time be
^ tain Briggs and his men that an explosion was about
tween what was probably the date of abandonment
to occur. They launched the ship's boat from the
and the time she was found by Dei Gratia. On Nov.
main hatch, probably by all hands "hoisting her oyer
25 the log recorded the M^ry Celeste as six miles oft
the side, .and everyone piled into her.
the island of Santa Maria, Azores.
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.^He also suggests that they then trailed astern at
Because of the water in the hold and galley, the
the end of a line, intending to reboard the ship if
the explosion they feared did not take place. Per
damage to the binnacle and sails and the fact that
haps
the line chaffed through or the boarmay have
there was evidence of a sea having gone into the
beeh swamped, leaving them to the mercy of the
after cabin, one theorist has it that a water spout
sea while their ship sailed on without a crew. No
hit the little ship, frightening the crew Into leaving
explanation is made, however, of the fact that Mste
Deveau of the Dei Gratia does not mention finding
her when they sounded the pump well and "found
a line trailing astei^i from the Dei Gratia as though
more than three feet of water.
it might have served as a towing line or elongated
This theory is worthy of some thought because
painter for a small boat.
water spouts are not uncommon in the vicinity
Whatever theory you choose as iiie most plausible
of the Azores and they have been known not only
explanation for the Mary Celeste being a derelict,
to badly damage ships but to occasionally throw
selling alone upon the seas with her crew com
pletely vanished from her decks, there are improb
them on their beam ends and wreck the/n as well. .
abilities in the explanation that plunge you back into
Still another suggestion is that pirates came
A visitor to the Peabody Museuin studies Mrs. Briggs' early de
the deepest mystery.
aboard the Mary Celeste and did away with the crew,
sign sewing machine, udiiclt was salvaged when the riiip was
Perhaps sometime, somewhere, a clue will be
then left her when they discovered a cargo full of
found to explain this puzzle. Until then, Mary
found. Probably as a result of previous experience of not having
b^feUe4
they were(jnot able torhandle.
Celeste will be the number ode mystery of the sea^ > t
s>anKh?to4o'alM«idik'iiMvt«ok On,mehlne piiM a smaU piano along.'
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SEdFAHERS LOC
Friday, July 11. I95t
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THE
LABOR
ROUNDUP
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Ti'lth the sweltering summer season here, it is a good time to talk
The skipper of a fishing trawler who defied superstition and sailed
about stowage and refrigeration of food. Proper handling of this prob
on Friday the 13th with 13 men aboard died last week when his ves
lem can save the steward department many a headache, as well as
sei collided with a tanker east of Cape Cod. The other 12 men in the
avoid spoilage and consequent beefs on the part of the crew because
crew of the Albatross got off the trawler safely and aboard the Esso
the perishable foods taste bad or are in short supply.
Ill addition, proper food stowage is an important Unitary measure
Chattanooga, *but the trawler's captain refused to leave and went down
which
if neglected, could encourage the spread of rate,, roaches and
with his ship.
The big news in labor is the steel other undesirable company aboard the ship. This might lead to serious
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strike, for although the "Big Six" outbreaks of disease, among ship's personnel.
American.waterborne commerce is growing rapidly, according to a still stubbornly refuses to consider
Food Temperatures Vary
recent report, and most ports are expanding their facHities to handle settling the strike, the effects of
While all perishabre foods need refrigeration, the temperature at
the growth. In the ports of the US, over $300 million in work is now the shutdown are being felt in which various types of foods are best preserved varies considerably.
under way to improve port facilities, while much more wori^is planned. other industries. Some 36 com That's why qn modern, ships there are several storage boxes for meat,
panies have signed contracts with
.
. . Philadelphia has asked Congress to okay plans to have a 40foot the Steelworkers under the WSB vegetables, eggs and cheese, fish, and dry storage, each one kept at
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channel dredged .in the Delaware River for the 38 miles between the terms, but the "Big Six" and their different temperatures.
Temperatures
in
the
meat
box
should
be
as
close
to
zero
degrees
Philadelphia Naval Base and the Trenton Marine Terminal. The chan large satellites still stand fast.
Fahrenheit as possible, and never mpi^ than ten above, nor below zero.
nel is needed, says the city, to handle shipping to keep up with the Congress has officially "re Here are stowed all beef, pork, veal, lamb, ham and bacon, sausages,
industrial development planned for the shores of the river.
quested" President Truman to use poultry and corned meats. Here also should be kept butter, yeast,
a "iaftHartley • injunction against ice cream, frozen foods and nonsterile canned., meats. If bread has
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the workers, and the Senate has
Passengers aboard the Queen Mary got some unexpected excitement passed a resolution asking that been purchased ashore for a long trip, it too should be kept in the meat
box. The fish box should be kept at the same temperature as the meat
as they crossed the English Channel and the big liner answered an SOS bargaining be resumed. The Steel storage space.
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from the Belgian freighter Mahenge. The liner arrived after the workers, meanwhile, have an*
Somewhat
higher
temperatures
are
required
for eggs, cheese, milk
crew had already been rescued but the passengers' cameras kept click nounced that they are considering
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ing as the big freighter sank in flames. The Mahenge, carrying a filing antitrust charges against the and vegetables.
STOW MEATS FROM
cargo of matches, had collided with the French freighter Granville and "Big Six." TJie union says the Shell eggs, fresh
PREVIOUS VOyAQ it HEfcE
HI
milk
and
mild*
went up in flames.
"Big Six" has conspired to prevent
ANO use F//^ST.
packaged cheeses
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the settlement of the strike and
PORK
are kept in the
ANO VEAU
The number of vessels using the Panama Canal during the year has prevented many individual egg and cheese
ending June 30 made an alltime record. Some 6,524 ships used the companies from signing contracts. box at 30 degrees
canal during the 12month period. The previous record had been set
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Fahrenheit. The
in 1929 when 6,289 vessels passed through the locks. . . . The new Some 2,700 AFL truck drivers in vegetable cooler
Danish vessel Birgitte Torm arrived in New York on her maiden voy St. Louis have walked off their functions best at
age. She's th? second of three fast vessels planned for service from jobs after two associations of dray between 32 and
Denmark.
age firms have refused to meet 34 degrees. Its
their wage demands . . . A contents 'should
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The fish around Scotland Lightship had plenty of spuds witt) their 24hour transit tieup in Baltimore include all fresh
meals last week as three full, shiploads of Spanish potatoes were ended after the AFL Street, Elec fruits and vege
dumped into the sea. The shipments were rejected when signs of tric Railway and Motor Coach Em tables, dried
Beer
Golden Nemotode, a dangerous malady which spreadsthroughout po ployes won a "haberdashery" dis fruits, all leftr
tatofields, was discovered. ... The Navy has begun construction of pute. The company ordered the overs, dehydrated
the first submarine to "use electronic controls instead of the usual men to wear only grey shirts and eggs, lard, the
refus^ to let them take out buses stronger cheeses
pneumatic type.
and trolleys when they reported and any packaged
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for work in their usual white_ bread that will be
Passenger traffic to South America has been heavier this year than shirts. The Public Service Com used after a short
in any year in the past quarter of a century. . . . The new Japanese mission termed the order "unrea time. .
ship, Awobasan Maru, arrived in New York on her maiden voyage. She sonable."
Keep Air
made the crossing from Yokohama, including stops in San Francisco, Los With 7,000 cars of grain clogging
Circulating
Angeles and Christobal, CZ, in 28 days.
sidings in Kansas City,and another
The remaining
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5,000 cars on the way, 15 elevator box, used for dry
MAKE STACKS SAME HEICHT
SECURE WITH BATTENS
Work has begun to raise the charred hull of the tanker Hayes from operators settled a oneday strike storage, does not
the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, where she sank after a collision by agreeing to a wage boost of have to be kept
Diagram of meat layout in the chill box.
that took four lives. ... An Italian military rescue party has taken 12Mt cents an hour how and 2ii within any par
35 crewmen off the British freighter Marvis Hill which went aground cents more on Sept. 1 for 3,000 ticular temperature limits, but should be reasonably cool ahd have a
union members.
fan going to circulate the air. All canned and bottled foods go in here
on the coast of Somaliland and is considered beyond salvage.
as well as coffee, flour, cereal, salt and sugar, dried beans and peas,
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The International Ladies Gar and dried and evaporated milk.
Aside frorq putting food in the proper boxes, the manner in'which
Some lines slated to get the new Mariner class vessels have said they ment Workers has blamed a short
; are seriously considering converting the speedy freighters into small age of romance for unemployment the supplies are stowed is an important factor in keeping them fresh.
passenger, or combination freighterpassenger vessels. The conver in the industry. It says that with Ideally, the refrigerators should not be crowded, although this condi
sions, they said, depend upon the amount of vibration caused at high the number of men in the service, tion ^an't always be helped. But if the meats and poultry are stacked
speed by the single screw
The Pocahontas Fuel has gone into serv women have fewer men to attract, too tightly, there will be no free flow of air and the food will not keep
as well even though the box is cold enough.
ice after over $1 million In alterations for her job as a collier. A self and thus buy less new clothes.
trimming cargo device has heen installed, the cargo booms taken down,
In stacking meat in the box, the pork should go in first, farthest
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away from the door because it tends to spoil more quickly 'than other
and the deckhouse made lower and smaller. She's the former SIU
Robert F. Le'^s, president of the meats. Following the pork come veal, .lamb and beef in that order,
contracted Algonquin Victory.
St. Louis Brewery Workers Coun' the beef being last because it keeps best and is usually used more often.
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cil, has announced that the 2,000 Of course any meat that is left over from a previous trip should be
Cunari Lines has announced that three of its vessels will add Ber member Brewers and Maltsjters Lo stacked nearest the door so that it will be used up first before the
muda to their ports of call during the present season
The tanker cal 6 has voted to quit the CIO fresh supplies. This is a standard rule for all leftover supplies which
F, E. Berdon, loaded with kerosene, hit some submarine rocks in the Brewery Workers and affiliate with should be marked or tagged for easy identification.
Hudson River at Staatsburg, NY, but proceeded to New York under her the AFL. He predicted the two
Any food product like butter, that tends to absorb odors from other
other locals would follow the same foods, should be stowed separately if at all possible^ Otherwise, it will
own power after a few emergency repairs.
pattern.
taste rancid when it is actually still wholesome.
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Proper securing of the supplies once they are stowed is also im
The United States Government settled out of court a lawsuit filed
All future printing for GOP portant. If crates and packages get damaged when the ship starts to
by the Oceanic Steamship Co. of San Francisco involving claims for conventions will bear the union roll, the damaged supplies will contribute to spoilage of other food in
wartime use of the Mariposa and Monterey, two of the company's label. The International Typo the box. Consequently, the stacks of food boxes should be stowed at ap
liners, as troopships. The settlement was for $2,826,203, and the Gov graphical Union won this promise proximately the same height and generous use should be made of duiT
ernment will buy Die Monterey for $3,097,203 for conversion to a after it discovered that some con nage and lashings to Tceep the stacks frond toppling over. It is' also
troopship .
. . The Navy transports General J. Pope and General A. E. vention printing was. done in a advisable to make the food stacks run athwartship so as to minimize the
Anderson arrived in San Francisco with troops from the Far East. nonunion plant.
effect of the ship's roll.
Burly
Follow Burlfi Everu isano in The Seainrera Lorn'
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Friday, Jidy 11,198t
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SEAFARERS LOG
Welfare Plan 2 Years
Old; 50 Get Birth Pay
DonHSend Your
Baggage COB
Seafarers have aMin been
warned not to send Meir bag
^gage COD to any Union hall.
No Union hall can accept de
livery of any baggage where
express charges have not been
prepaid.
Men who send baggage COD
to Union halls face the pros
pect of having to go to a lot
of trouble and red tape with
the Railway Express Co. All
COD baggage—regardless of
the port—goes to the local ex
press office, where it is held
by the express company until
claimed.
Seafarers who .want to be
sure of getting their baggage
when they want it, can send it
to any Union hall»provided
they prepay the shipping
charges.
Pace 8«Tcnteea
Congress Waters
Down Ship Bill^
Finally Okays It
(Continued from page 3)
If US shippers cahnot compete in
daily operation with foreign flag
ships then there is no incentive for
them to use the construction sub
sidy features to build new ships
with.
The major opposition to the tax
deferment feature came from the
White House, the Treasury Depart
ment and the Budget Bureau. The
argument used by President Tru
man and other members of his ad
ministration against the bill was
that it was not proper for hidden
operating subsidies to be paid to
American flag shipowners through
tax deferments.
House and Senate backers of the
bill promptly pointed out that
many other segments of US indus
try and agricultnre receive hidden
and indirect subsidies. Senator
Magnuson, who sponsored the bill
in the Senate, declared that Ched
dar cheese manufacturers in Wis
consin alone receive more indirect,
subsidies through price supports
and Commodity Credit Corporation
loans than the entire merchant ma
rine.
Other Subsidies
It was also pointed out that air
if
lines receive heavy indirect sub
sidies from the Postoffice Depart
ment both onoverseas runs whefe
they face foreign competition and
on domestic runs where they do
not. Further, supporters of the
bill argue that the administration
(Continued from page 3)
an alreadydeclining American in the past year had been hand
ing out "certificates of necessity"
build up a 100ship Japanese mer merchant fleet, i
Seafarer Ivan Usera and his vlfe, Jennie, proudiy look over their chant fleet at thb expense of the The information that the Japa to large steel corporations and
first offspring, Ivan, Jr., who brought them a 8200 check and US u^aritime industry and Ameri nese corporation hoped to acquire other fiVms entitling them to build
started out with a 825 savings bond of his own right from the start. can seamen. Representations have the 50 US Libertys came out at new plants for defense and vwite
been made to officials in Wash a Washington cocktail party given off the costs through a high rate of
wanted him named 'Tex' after me, ington that the SIU cannot look by the company. This was the tax depreciation, a procedure sim
and I wanted to name him 'Will with favor upon any agreement first time anyone had any knowl ilar to that suggested in the ship
Rogers.' Don't know how we could which would act to further cripple edge of the existence of the new ping legislation.
Although the LongRange bill
manage today without that 8200 to
corporation, as well as any agree
passed
the Senate last August in
help out on the bilis, but one
ment pending to lease or buy sur
the
form
desired by its support
thing's sure. Texas Will is the be
plus Government owned ships
ginning of a real SIU family."
which have been withdrawn from ers, it ran into rough going all the
To apply for the benefits. Sea
service for lack of cargo or ear: way in the House. It was bottled
farers must
present their
marriage
marked for scrapping as "obso up for months in the House Mer
(Continued from page 2)
chant Marine Committee before a
lete."
Costigan, Philadelphia; Welling certificates, the baby's birth certi
revolt of committee members
ficate and a discharge from their
Approval of the Department of brought about hearings on the
ton E. Duke, Darby, Pa.; Wilburn last ship. Processing can be
Defense to a deal providing 50 measure.
H.. McKini^y, Santa Rosa, Fla.; speeded up at least three days by
Libertys for Japanese use was
Competition Rises
George 0. Hoffman, New Orleans; sending in photostatic copies of
blasted by SIU officials as show
In the meanwhile, the industry
each
document, since
this must
be
Eusebio M. Velazquez, New Or
ing. "wholesale ignorance" of the argues that its competitive posi
nation's maritime plight. It was tion is rapidly deteriorating as
leans; Tommy R. Fillingim, Chick done for the record before pay
ments can be made. Applications
pointed out that Liberty ships other countries add new ships
(Continued from page 3)
saw, Ala.; Allen R. Nauman, Roan should be sent to the Union Wel
were
the backbone of the US cargo (whose construction and operation
oke, 111.; Robert Beach, NYC; fare Trustees, c/o SIU Headquar in ironing out details and ac lifeline
to all. battlefronts during is subsidized) to their merchant
cumulating
background
data
in
Theodore Martinez, Galveston; Ju ters, 675 'Fourth Ave., Bfboklyn
the
war
and remains the "work fleets. With the return of'rela
the case.
lio C. Ruiz, Catano, PR; Guillermo 32, NY.
horse"
of
the merchant fleet even
Ortiz, Brooklyn; Edmundo G. Se
The Post article (July 19 is today . Barely a halfdozen Mari tively normal conditions the obso
pulveda. New Orleans; Ivan Usera,
sue) ties into one complete ar nertype ships, representing the lete American merchant fleet will
NYC.
ticle the half dozen articles car only postwa^' ship program aimed find itself less and less able to
ried in the LOG which in addi at rebuilding the US merchant meet competition.
Good pay, work conditions and
tion
to revealing the nation's lack fleet, will be ready for service by
allaround security on the job and
of security, pointed up several in 1953.
off it have steadily boosted, the
stances of loopholes whereby
percentage of family men in the
known Communists were allowed Attention was also focused on
SIU membership almost to • the
to enter the country and foreign the assurance of the*'Maritime Ad
point where it is the exception
flag ships were allowed to use ministration during the emergency
rather than the rule to find an un
piers denied to US waterfront ship breakout for the Korean
married man shipping as a Sea
(Continued from page 2)
War that every ship that could
farer today. Union welfare gains at present at the rate of $2,500 workers not haying security clear practically
be used had been
ance. 'The articles also showed
like the birth benefits theniselves
taken out of reserve for use in
a
week
or
a
$125,OQO
^^year.
the
ease
with
which
a
fugitive
or
represent awareness of this con
None of these benefits were avail subversive could leave the coun ferrying military cargoes to Korea
dition.
or aid supplies to friendly na
It is evident the benefit will able to Seafarers prior to the start try as a crewmember of a Pana tions. Putting a dent of 50 in the
prove a considerable inducement of tbe SIU Welfare Plan and there manian ship, inasmuch as the coun reserve fleet now, particularly
(Continued from page 2)
to men once reluctant to marry is no question that they have done try does not require seamen's pa when they would be used in open
pers or
identification
of
any sort.
of
nowhere
to become the finest
or to have large families, since a great deal to help Seafarers and
competition with American ship seamen's union in the business.'.^
Could
Bomb
Us
the costs will no longer be pro.
ping, was characterized as an "ex
The Post article develops the tremely peculiar way for a Gov Since he started his career on sail
hibitive. Duplicate payments. and families in time of need.
Broad Eligibility
points^ made in the LOG articles ernment to foster its own mari ing ships, witnessing the,gradual
bonds are given in the event of
multiple births.
Another feature of the Siu Wel one step further and shows how it time industry and safeguard its and then complete transition to
steam and diesel, "Paddy" had seen
Typical of the Seafarers who fare Plan which is not contained would be possible for saboteurs to defense."
many changes in the seamen's
leave
a
foreign
flag
ship
in
New
have collected the benefit is John in other plans, is the broadness of
union movement.
L. Rivera, who has been sailing as the eiigibility provision. It takes York, journey to key civilian and
'Used to the Best'
military
installations
and
destroy
an electrician with the SIU since just one day's service aboard an
"In
the SIU
we have grown used
1942. Boasting seven children, SlUcontracted ship in the previ them without being Mletected.
to
having
the
best while ashore
though the newest, Emelinda, up^ ous year to make a man eligible The expose was first undertaken
or afloat. The benefit for disabled
set the once even balance between to collect all but the disability by the LOG as a check of the secuiv
Seafarers who applied for oldtimers like myself is recogni
girls and boys, Rivera called the benefit. Eligibility for that bene ity program inaugurated by the
new
membership books in tion by the Union that we who
maternity ptpgram a "wonderful fit is determined in each indi government to verify the loyalty of New York
but are now sailing have given our lives to the sea will
help for the family man. The ex vidual case by., the board of America's waterfront workers.
from
outports
don't have . to not be abandoned when our work
While the study revealed that the
penses for our six other kids were trustees.
come
to
this
city
to get their ing days are over. My thanks to
:rtally something, but this time the With the fund in such excellent government had done a thorough new books.
all those who have maua this
iiost didn't even, hurt a bit. It's shape and Seafarers accorded the job of checking Americans, the
grand
thing r ossible," he declared,
If the men involved will
a great thing when a union does fullest possible security through door was being left' wide open ta
Generally
sailing as a bosun,
^ write to headquarters and tell "Paddy" has confined every day of
this for its members."
the Welfare Plan and their con foreign flag ships.
the Union which port they are his career to sailing in the deck
Brooklyn Seafarer John "Tex" tract, further additions to the The LOG'S suspicions were di sailing
of, the Union will department. A staunch Union
Clamp is a long way from the Plan's list of benefits will concern rected particular]^ toward ships of forward out
the
book in care of member down through the' years,
countries
which
:have
no
regula
Lone Star State now, but his, first themselves .with the Seafarer's
the
port
agent.
child, 'Texas WillRogers Clamp, family. No definite steps have tions governing seamen and have
he wiP spend the remainder of
Undor no circumstances his years, resting from a life of
bom April 6, will be a constant been taken as yet since the addi been known to dp business' with,
"however, will the books be toil. The eommente from hik many
reminder of :his former stamping tion, of the ma'ernity benefit, but iron curtain nations,
grounds.'. . ."Texas WUl," Clamp proposals are Jiow under study and . The Union is securing reprints sent through the mails to any acquaintances in^cate his ^ happy
article and will put them
en' fiw>^4nfb add L She po^ble.
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aEOBSSBSaSSB
See Pentagon Behind
Ship Giveaway Plan
Is# Month's
Total Birth
Pay $10,000
Post Prints
LOG Expose
On Security
Broad Cains
On Welfare
Seen Ahead
New Orieans
Pays First
Disabled $
Get New Books
Through Agents
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Far* SiditMa'
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SEA^PkREHtS
rAibtT^ jiar^ti^i^
Seaman'* Son
\auli Champ
Seafarer H. C. Wertz, who sails
as cook on%IU ships, can boast of That the figure of "Uncle Sam" no more romantic meaning than
as a symbol of the US had a pre stanaz or verse? Rubaiyat means
one high flyer in the family. His decessor
in "Brother ^Jonathan,"
son Jim walked off wth pole vault who symbolized the American col fourline stanza, so that the full
honors at a local high school con onies throughout the world? The name of the piece actually is "The
ference track meet back home in name "Brother Jonathan" probably FourLine Verses of Omar Khay«
yam." Khayyam incidentally, means
Pittsburgh, Pa.
stemmed from Jonathan Trumbull, tentmaker, the name Omar took
Jim, took the prize in this dif Governor of Connecticut diudng probably, because of his father's
ficult 'competition with a vault of the American Revolution.
occupation.
10 feet 8 inches, which is consid
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ered quite good in high school
ranks. He then tried for 11 feet That when people believed the That there's a lot of difference!
but knocked down the bar at that world was fiat, they said jt rested between a mosquito and a Mosqui'
height.
on four elephants, and 'the ele to? The former is the insect, whilef
Young Jim is attending Carrick phants on a turtle?" Columbus the Mosquito is an inhabitant; of
High In Pittsburgh. His school changed all'that ifi 1492.
the Mosquito Coast region in Cen
took the honorsin the threeteam
tral
America, named after a tribe
it
competition for the fifth straight
of Indians in the area.
That Seafarers in the crew of a
year.
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shipwrecked vessel are given pref
Dad
didn't
say,
but
he probably
That the faces of half
the "ji cks"
Jim W^rtz sails hieh into the air as he whips himself over the bar
has hopes fbr the Olympic games, erence over all others to join the iii an ordinary deck of playing
in pole vault competition at a hifh school track meet.
ship
taking
the
place
of
the
one
four or eight years hence.
(Photo couriet]/ PittMburgh Preat)
that was lost? This rule applies, cards are shown in profile? The
however, only when the replace "jacks" of spades and hearts show
ment vessel goes into commission the profile. No one has come up
with a reason for the differmce
within 15 days.
though.
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The roachscarred crew of the Royal Oak, long at war with the enemy multitudes, is
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still looking for a tried and true method of exterminating the imwelcome guests once and That the movement of a cat's jaw That msny of the crew sugges
for all. But ever since a bomb of insecticide was accidentally punctured, the roaches seem differs from that of a dog's? A cat's tions for the new SIU agreement
jaw moves "up and down, not side udll be .presented when negotia i
to have developed an immuni^'
ty to the chief weapon, DDT. smelled the stuff) he began spray and one at the head of the ladder. ways. Adog's moves in either di tions get underway in a few weeks?
The SIU is probably the only union
It was a mystery how the ing. Sure enough the roaches made Both would start spraying at the rection.
where the members were fully
i. ii.. i
roaches still prowled aroimd, but for the ladder. This caused some same time. The storeroom roaiches
polled on their
ideas for their own
a messman named Chico obtained commotion in the galley where would run up, the galley roaches That the expression "not giving
two spray guns and a few gallons supper was cooking.
run down. Then they would bump a rap" ori^ated from a small working agreement. ,
of bug juice (insecticide) aiid the A third messman came to the each other into unconsciousness, English coin of little value? Some
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whole crew, after each meal made rescue. He suggested a number of be swept up and cast over the side. one who didn't like an idea, or That the white chalk thai artists
an attack in every nook and corner foolproof methods to get rid of the
didn't think, it was worth much and students use originally wa*s
Perpetual Subject
alive? Chalk is composed of the
of the mess hall and pantry. Occa roaches for good. For one he pro
When the subject of roaches is would remark that he "wouldn't
sionally the galley was gone over posed a slingshot brigade to be taken up in meetings (who knows give a rap" for it, indicating that shells of minute marine animals
too. Within a few weeks, there recruited from volunteers. Ammu how many of them are under the the suggestion was worth even less who. lived centiuries ago. One of
was not a single pest in sight—a nition would be beans from the tables listening) it is just taken up. than the slight value of the coin the bestknown deposits is thecele
brated White Ciiffs of Dover on the
roach, that is.
storeroom.
They say that ships won't be fumi itself.
English
Channel.
Unhappy Discovery
A question was raised as to who gated unless there are rats aboard.
it t X
Everybody looked happy until would clean up the discharged
X X X
At one of these meetings it was That the representatives meeting That Paul Revere was not the
another messman was assigned to beans. Because of thd legal pro
clean a corner of the storeroom. cedures involved that method was proposed to designate a certain ships with samplesof gear from only patriot who made a midnighf
Immediately he retreated to the voted down. Then somebody else date and hour when every crew the Sea Chest at SIU headquarters ride to warn the colonists the Brit
messhall and accused Chico of asserted that since the roaches had member would start spraying. This are. Seafarers, not outside canvas ish were coming on an expedition
chasing the entire roach population trained themselves so well (they event was so momentous that even sers? These members of the SIU which proved to be the start of
below into the storeroom. So now could sneak up into your shirt the captain came down to see if are part of the Union's shoreship the American Revolution? Two '
service offering identical work and other patriots rode forth with the
he would chase them back.
pocket, steal crunibs and run away) he could help.
shore
gear as that obtainable for news, but Revere, who wai^ 'cap
Armed with several bomb type the best strategy was to beat them It was apparent from the start
low
prices
at the Sea Chest to tured and escaped from his cap
that
nobody
knew
exactly
how
to
insect killers (one ready in each at their own game.
those
unable
to make their pur tors the same night, is the nnly
hand because the bugs became He said that one messman would .spray. All they did was to spray
chases on
the
beach themselves.
promiscuously
around
comers
and
like wounded lions when they station himself in the storeroom
person usually connected with the
under beds, thinMng they had
^ X X X
events, pa^kularly because he ^
killed all the roaches. But a mere That the title word Rubaiyat in was immortalized for his ride in *
sprinkling is not enough. You "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" has poem by Longfellow.
have to wait a few minutes until
the insecticide evicts the ioaches
out of 'their hiding places. When
We had quite a bit of excitement 15 years of age and were running they do come out, then you douse
on the Seagate when we were in away from home to see America— them.
Repeat Performance
Liverpool on our last trip. We had maybe a few cowboys and Indians
boot. All they got out of their A day or two later you repeat
just left that port when two young to
adventure was a little ride in the the procedure in case any rugged
boys who had stowed awayoni Seagate's lifeboat which is not ex individual, a female in particular, Some curiosity has been expressed from time to time~as
board were discovered on deck.
actly the same as crossing the survived the assault. (We don't to how the term "ship's log book" originated as the name for
Fortunately, we were still within ocean and coming to the United know how to recognize a female the diary_of the ship's daily movements and all events taking
calling distance of shore. Just off States.
roach ypt as our experinients
the coast of Scotland. The captain Otherwise it was a quiet trip with haven't reached that stage.) This place aboard her. The follow"^"
got in touch with the authorities nothing unusual happening to goes on day after day until what ing information gotten from ing the time at which it passed the
and then put the two boys into one break the monotony of the voyage. ever roaches are left become so Funk and Wagnall's Encyclo stern. The speeds were chronicled
of the lifeboats in which they were We did get a little bit of a kick out lonely , that they come out in the pedia should do much to clear in a 'log book'."
Mine of Information
taken ashore. .
up the facts.
of these two kids though.
open to surrender.
From
this we can easily see how
It seems they were about 14 or
As
the
encyclopedia
puts
it,
"A
Evarlsto Rosa
, If you don't want to try any of
it
happened
that in describing the
ship's
speed
was
originally
reck
the aforementioned methods, there
speed
of
a
ship
it is customary to
oned
by
throwing
a
log
of
wood
is one sure way to keep the bug
say it "logged" so, many knots.
overboard
at
the bow
and
record
population at a minimum. This is
Traditionally, the logbook is a
to examine the stores that are
notebook in which the captain en
taken aboard because they are the
ters much'more information than
sodrce. Brooms, mops, bananas,
the speed of the vessel. In there are
and corrugated paper boxes should
recorded the courses steered, the
be checked.' You will usually find
distances run, the state of wind,
some eager, homeless roaches in
weather and sea, leeway, daily em
them.
ployment of the crew and any in
This particular breed of" stow
fractions by crewmembers, per
away has been well fed in ware
formances of the engines, the ob
houses. Or they may have been
served latitude and longitude, and .
put there by some Russian saboteur
other incidents which are recorded
from a germ warfare outfit. Thej^
at the time they happen in the
are usually very particular about
bridge book or deck booki In turn
what they eat.
these facts are entered into the log
We discovered that fact on the
book every day.
Royal Oak when it was proven that
The official log book is kept by
one of the missing pies mad^by
the commanding officer in charge
a certain 2nd cook was too heavy
and is initialed by a member of the
for the entire roach population to
crew. An engine room log book.
^
carry. Even if they could have
is also kept to cover all the doings
;
Their adventnres cut short, two English stowaways settle them
taken it, they Wouldn't have eaten
in that department.
selves up forw;ard in the Seagaie's, lifeboat as crewmen prepare to it. Some crewmember must have
But the term all goes back td
?
take them ashore. Boat crew included (front, left to right), J. Kehoe, been very hungry that night and Seafarer Harry Kroninel admires that chunk of wood by which thci
OS; K. Puchnlsid, AB; fl)em;.Ricallef,
deck engd
the fancy^jgetup t Of; a .idcksbaw^
it ,wa&4<dU>i^^.'not a roach.
specd,vw»»:^'lqgged.?
• eer, rear left. Chktt jMe la ai
driver tin xjurban^ ^ufiiAff"
Royal Oak Roach A Tricky Foe
'. . S
f
English Stowaways' Ocean
Voyage Jnst A Ferry Ride
^
Method Of Timing Spoed
Gave Log Book Mis Biame
J
t''
Qulte A Rig
It,
sis;. •
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PridiT, July 11, U8t
SEAFARERS LOG
Payc Ninetcea
Ship Is Floating Maternity Ward
By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
Seafaring photographers undoubtedly feel that processing their own
film is a very complicated business. Actually it is a rather simple
matter to produce negati*&es that will match the best of any commer
cial house. If you follow directions and do things in their proper order
you won't have any trouble. With a tank, a bottle of developer and
a bottle of hypo, you no longer have to wait until you reach a port to
have your film developed and printed.
Much of the film coming into the LOG office, both developed and
undeveloped is very much overexposed. Maqy SIU shutter fans are
not shooting fast enough or not closing the aperture of the lens
small enough. In other words, you're letting in too much light. De
veloping a few'rolls of your own film and making a batch of contact
prints will soon show you what a good normal negative is.
Only One Chance
Many a beautiful photo owes a large share of its success to careful
development of film, and paper. There is one important fact to re
member about developing a piece of film—although you can make any
number of fine prints from a good negative—you can develop the
negative only once. If you spoil the negative by poor development,
you've lost the picture. So take care if you are going to take a crack
at
processing your own film. The first time is the last time, the only
Doinr double duty, Bill Sean, deck enclneer (left), beeps two pups happy at once while a third waits
chance you will get.
impatiently. At riyht, Don Heriihy, bosun, struyyies to line up all eleven puppies for the photog
When a film is exposed in the camera, the light sensitive layer,
rapher. Pups were turned out by the Hilton's mascot, Cunoa.
called the emulsion undergoes a chemical change, and an invisible
image is produced. The physical appearance of the film is not changed,
When it comes to emergencies even the maternity kind, there's nobody like a Seafarer, however,
until it is immersed in a chemical solution known as a photo
To prove the point, witness the way the men of the Hilton (Bull Line) pitched in and graphic developer. After developing the film for a specified time,
usually several minutes, a visible image is produced.
served as nursemaids to a family of eleven newborn babes aboard the ship.
The structure of the photographic image consists of silver grains,
Before anybody gets con"*^
and
if the negative image is enlarged sufficiently, the individual grains
fused, let it be known that the ceived more care or attention than is proud of its seagoing record
become
visible. Modem high speed film emulsions have a much finer
those
eleven
puppies."
Rawlings
of
animal
births,
and
until
some
family of eleven were born to
grain
than
the materials which were used before 1940, so the neces
the ship's faithful mascot "Cunoa" echoed the statement declaring, ship comes up with an even dozen
sity
for
using
a developer that will give fine grain is not as urgent
"I
would
appreciate
it
very
much,
pups
bora'at
sea,
are
claiming
the
(pronounced Koonyoa), Cunoa
today
as
it
was
formerly. When extreme enlargement—^more than 10
seemed to have caught some of if you would compliment the swell title of "The Doggonest Ship
times—is required, a negative <vith very fine grain is necessary. Fine
fellows
aboard
the
Hilton
for
giv
Afloat."
At
the
same
time
they
the SIU spirit
ing up their spare hours to save were curious to know if they were grain developers usually need extra developing time but the results
because she went
the lives of the few weak pup eligible for the new birth benefit make it worth while.
out and produced
Factors in Developing Time
pies."
allowance, which with 11 offspring
a bigger and bet
The
time
of
development
with various developers is influenced
While Cunoa is the official mas would come to a tidy sum.
ter family than
chiefly
by four
factors—the
strength
and composition of the developer,
cot
for the
Hilton,
Rawlings
didn't
Incidentally,
there's
a
bit
of
a
most dogs before
the
amount
of
agitation
during
development,
the degree of exhaustion
say what the crew planned to do disagreement about the meaning
her. Incidentally,
of the developing solution, and the temperature. Negative development
with
her
offspring.
Possibly
they
of
Cunoa's
name.
Rawling
quotes
the females had
could be spread around the rest of 2nd cook and baker Don'Juan as times vary from about two minutes with rapid developers to an hour
the edge in the
the Bull Line fleet so that each saying it means "brother m law," with some special types of solutions. Average times for roll films,
litter by a count
vessel could have a mascot, bom while Shackman says it's the film packs, sheet films and plates vary from 5 to 25 minutes in a tank
of six to five.
Rawlings
and bred aboard the company's Spanish word for "cousin." In at 69 degrees F, depending on the amount of contrast desired. When
According to
ship.
either case it might be a go6d you are developing film in a tray, you naturally are agitating the filnl
Seafarers Charles c. Rawlings and
almost constantly, but when you develop in a tank you have to shake
Harold Shackman who supplied Naturally, the crew of the Hilton idea to rechristen her "Madre."
up the tank every couple of minutes for a few seconds. If you take a
the information about Cunoa's
look at the literature packed \yith the film you will note that with
breathtaking achievement, the
the same solution the time for tray development is less than for tank
event took place while en route to
development. The advantage of the tank is that once the film is in
Philadelphia from Baltimore.
the tank the rest of the process can be carried on in the light. Lack
Cunoa nonchalantly strolled into
of a^tation will produce objectionable streaks on the negative. Nega
the deck . department 48 foc'sle
tives must be rinsed in water for several seconds .between development
and gave birth to eleven puppies'
and fixation. This rinse dilutes the developer in the film and lowers
•
w
under AB Clem Bairstow's bunk.
Greetings from the good ship jury but his car was pretty badly the amount of developer carried into the fixing bath. Although water
Faced the Floor
is the simplest type of rinse bath, an .acid solution which chemically
Del Norte. I'm ba£k on board her smashed up. ...
While all this was taking place again after a long absence work
neutralize the developer is better, since the acid stops the progress
Bairstow, Don Heriihy, bosun and ing as linen keeper (rag picker). Before I came to New Orleans of development.
Willie Sears, deck engineer, nerv I've lost eight pounds already . . . I spent five days in Havana. They
AntiFade Procedure
ously paced the alleyways like ex The crew here likes the LOG very have fine shows at the Shanghai
The
purpose
of
the
fixing
bath is to dissolve the silver salts in the
Theatre there . . . From there I
pectant fathers.
film
after
development.
In
the developing solution, only those por
much and three copies are just,
Since nature did not. endow right. There's one in each depart went to Tampa and paid a visit tions of the film that were exposed to light will be acted upon. There
to the hall ...
Cunoa with sufficient facilities to ment lounge. ...
still remain portions of the film that light did not strike. If these
feed her entire litter, one of the
remain in the film they will darken on exposure to light and spoil
Havana Vacation
Seafarers hit on'the bright idea
the negative. The chemical sodium hypothiosulphate, commonly callee
of drafting a baby's nursing bottle Hugh Dick, 67 years old and still
"hypo" is used for fixing. Hypo will clear thefilm of milkiness and
to feed the weaker pups. This going strong. He's bedroom stew
"you can now view your negatives. After a wash they are hung up to
proved to be a success from the ard on here. When hais not sail
dry. The purpose of the wash is to remove all hypo in the film. Hypo
start.'
•
ing, he has the sandwich conces
left in film or paper is usually the culprit guilty of causing film and
Regular. Feedings
sion along the docks of New Or
prints tp fade after a few years.
The gangway was no sooner leans . . \ Leroy Rinker always has
down in Philly before fhe boys the camera handy to take a few
were ashore buying bottles and shots of his shipmates whenever
nipples to feed the pups with. On he get's a chance ... "Razor"
the way to Puerto Rico the pups, Nassor had an i unfortunate ac
were fed via the bottle route three cident a little while ago when his
(1) John's sister, Betty, married Tom's father, Paul. What is the
times daily. "No babies any 1950 Mercury collided with a taxi
relation of John to Paul?
where," Shackman wrote 're I cab. He escaped with a slight in
(2) In going from tKe Pacific to the Atlantic through the Panama
Canal, does a ship sail (east), (west), (north) or (south)?
(3) A man spent $1 more than half of his money, then spent $2 more
LOGARHYTHM;
than oneseventh of what remained. He later spent fourfifths of what
he had plus $4, and found he had onetwentififth of what he started
with. How much did he start with?
Hugh Dick, veteran bed
(4) In what country is the Portuguese language spoken by four times
room steward at work in a
as many people as there are in Portugal?
By Carl Hicks
passenger cabin. Leroy Rinker
(5) If aqua and hydro are both woi'ds uieaning water, what is the
photo.
difference between an aquaplane and a hydroplane?
(6) From what date is the age of race horses calculated?
Zeke Joblonski is still on the
Hey look! See that? The snow
J wonder why my stupid mind,
(7) A group of youngsters on a hike walked L8 miles in a certain
Alcoa Clipper and doing well. His
flakes fall.
.
Thinks thoughts, that puzzle me.'.'
big Chrysler always cafches the time. If the time had been three hours less, their rate would have been
Poor vine, dies on the tree.
For instance, that poor jiying vine Just death, why wtirry, but after eye when he drives around in New one mph more. How long did it take them, and at what rate were
—
Orleans . . . Frank Smith, from they walking?'
That's growin' on yonder ti'ee.
all
(8) What is the largest state east of the Mississippi River? Is it (New
Washington County, Va., was walk
You know, this bothers me.
ing around Jn a daze the last I York), (Georgia), (Pennsylvania), (Qhio)?
. From just a weed, I've watched it
For all goes Up must come back saw of him. Reason? He'd been
(9) While George Washington was. President of the US, did he live
groib,
in (Philadelphia), (Washington), (Boston). (New York)?
dowUf^
married
just a
couple of
weeks and
'Till now, 'tis way up high.
(10) Wind velocity is measured at weather bureau stations by an in
Yes even you and I,
couldp't make up his mind whether
The climb was hard, 'successful Frpm dust, through life, then back to ship out or return to home and strument called the (anemometer), (barometer), (ceiling balloon), (baro
though..
graph)?
to ground.
bride.
.
For what? Tbmiiit and.^diet.Ku ^ Ti* strange, tu^ndSf iohy..'"
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f
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Married Men's froblem...
Ship Or Go Back Home?
Quiz Corner
The Withered
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SiEAFARERS Lae
All Ready For A Dip
Friday, daly 11/ i»8t
LOOAKHrrHM;
faith. Brother
By Spike Marlin
On July 19 in Helsinki, Finland, than not the loser hollers "foul."
By Jesse Watkins
muscular young men and women The flagwaving is sure to be
representing 77 nations that enjoy much in evidence this summer
Monthly payments coming due. various degrees of comradeship since these are the first Olympics
Jobs are scarce and very few. from reasonable friendliness to in which a Russian team is partici
All hands wait for something hew downright hostility will open the pating. As in other situations in
13th Olympic games.
which the Russians are involved
C the board at SIU.
It was in 1984 that a Frenchman the attitude will be "No payoff .on
Monday, all day one ship due;
by the name of Pierre de Couber place and show.. You either winor
Days 'til rent day very few.
tin first got the idea for these in else."
• .
Hope next call there's something ternational sports competitions. In We.are reminded of a couple of
I:
new
those optimistic days it was quaint incidents along these lines.
Oh the board at SIU.
thought that the Olympics would One was an international weight
Tuesday. Wednesday three ships promote international understand lifting" competition in Paris a
ing. There's been some question couple of years back where a pick
due;
since whether or not they were suc up team of Aiperican musclemen
Spending dollars very few.
shellacked a full dress Soviet en
Won't you please put. something cessful. ^
In the last twenty years that the try.. The Soviet weightlifters had
new
nations of the world have been special medals cast for them after
On the board at SIU.
flexing their artillery at each other the brawl was over so that they
Thursday, Friday ten ships due, the games have been conducted in could bring something back for the
Frovfns on faces very. few.
the harsh glare pf national rivalry. home folks.,
.
Dressed up in lifejackets, crewmembers of the Lone Jack line up
on the deck of the Cities Service tanker for lifeboat drill. Photo Brothers Look! It's loaded new. Instead of engaging in friendly Then there was the Soviet bas
competition, the iCMhetes are' car ketball team that visited Peiplng,
Hold your faith in SIU.
was taken By Seafarer Dave Singleton.
rying the whole country's reputa China, last winter with its own
tion on their, shoulders. To lose referee. He called all the fouls
means disgracing the flag.
against the home team, of course.
Off Witt Their Heads
Test Of Prestige
For example, after the 1936 Hot. that Russian athletes neces
As far as the crew of the Transatlantic (Boise Griffin) is concerned, the captain and Olympics the
Japanese tried tp put
mate of the ship are men of a few thousand wellchosen excuses. For four trips now, the a ceiling of 6 feet 2 inches on the sarily have to have things rigged
They have shown a great
crew has been after the old man to okay the painting of crew's quarters, showers and head, height of Olympic basketball play for them.
deal of talent in European track
and each time he has come up^
ers because they took a bad beat and field competition and are sure
with another reason why the seemed that the wheat dust was a it's been a fairly good ship. There's ing fi'om the US entry. Come to to put a strong showing, in Hel .
respecter of the licensed personnel quite a bit of disputed overtimfe in think of it, they had some kind of sinki. What it adds up to is that
job can't be done.
When the men signed on the aboard the ship and didn't fldat deck and _ engine departments argument there.
this Olympics is slated to become
ship in New Orleans for a south past the thresholds of their rooms. which has to be cjeared up but There have been >4uite a few a test of prestige of the US versus
bound trip with a load of > wheat Finally the load of wheat was there's' no complaints as to the other disputes in which the friendly Russia with political repercussions.
they found the quarters bearing a discharged in Europe and no dusty chow. As a matter of fact, the competitors became enraged at To add to the feeling of sporting
crew went on record as saying that each other. The soccer matches rivalry the Soviet entrants will be
slightly rusteaten aspect. Upon cargo was brought aboard.
being approached by the delegates This time the crew was told the this steward department was tops. are always good for vociferous quartered across the border instead
to have a few gallons of paint company had issued orders that Representing the crew on the complaint about the quality of the of living together with all other
slapped on where they would do expenses had to be reduced. The Transatlantic are M. C. Gaddy as refereeing. The boxing tourney competitors.
the most good, the mate sh<mk his old man was sorry, he would have ship's delegate; Paul Turner, deck has contributed Its share of ill All in all we wouldn't be sur
head sadly and said words to this JUked to see the crew's quarters delegate; J. E. Fisher in the en feeling because of differences in prised to see a few verbal brawls
effect: "How can we paint with painted, but paint costs money and gine room and W. C. Fisher for the scoring between American and and propaganda blasts before the
all this wheat dust flying around?" then there was all that overtime to galley crew..
European judges. More often whole thing is over.
reckon with.
Still Dusty
By now the crew was pretty well
The cargo of wheat was duly dis
posed of and a load of bauxite steamed up. The quarters had
taken on. Once again the mate was been in bad shape to begin with,
approached, but he came back and the trips since then hadn't im
One morning last month as the good ship Del Oro (Mississippi) was on it^ course hpaded
readily with a new excuse, "How proved their condition any. So the for West Africa, Brother Mike Davis who was on watch spotted something waving up and
can we paint with all this bauxite men decided that the only way to down frantically. On closer inspection he saw it was a small fishing boat, 22 feet long, that
get any action was to have the
dust flying around?"
—
^^—
Back home to the States with Union let the company know that was in trouble. As a result,
eight persons who were in the
nobody
was
interested
In
taking
on
a
special
diet
to
which
they
re
a
nearby
Island. Their thanks were
bauxite, the ship discharged cargo
more than could be expressed in
and picked up another load of the ship opt again until something boat and were drifting around sponded with very good results.
wheat. Very dusty wheat, too. So was done to clean the foc'sles up. on the verge of complete disaster The next morning, when they had words.
D. F. Kelly
dusty in fact that the mate threw As one crewmember put it, "It were brought ashore safe and recovered a little bit from their
experience, we put them ashore at
Engine Delegate
his hands up in horror at the seems like the company is waitipg sound.
thought of painting in all that dust. to get a cargo of war brides,' or The crew of the Del Oro is very
The crew felt that there was have the' ship converted into a proud of Brother Davis, oiie of our
something odd about it when the troop carrier before painting the oldtimers who holds book G73, for
mate broke open a couple of cans crew's living quarters."
being on the alert and spotting
of paint for the officers' rooms. It Otherwise the delegates report this small craft. It certainly made
us a happy bunch of Seafarers to • T
he LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks,
know that we had; saved the lives bakers and
others who'd like to share favored food recipes, Uttlclcnown
of aU these people.
cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like,
Boat Taken Aboard
suitable for shipboard use. Mail in your suggestions. Here's Chief
When'Mike spotted the boat he Steward Elmer Hansen's recipe for "Lobster Newburg."
called the 2nd mate who was on Summertime calls for something
watch. The mate put his glasses a little out o/ the ordinary to and it's been called that ever since.
"
on the boat and saw that they were delight the eye .and the palate Or so the story goes anyway.
while taking
the mind
off
the heat.
Here's
all
you
need:
M
pound
in bad trouble. He notified the "Quickie" meals shouldn't be
butter, 2 cups flour, 2 small cans
captain who issued the necessary frowned on if they're up to par milk thinnedwith an equal amount
orders to pick up the boat and its and can give the galley crew a of water, 10 egg yolks, small quan
crew right away. Within a short breather.
tity of sherry flavor (the wine itself
time, the boat and its crew of e'ight That's why Chief Steward Elmer will do), salt and pepper to taste, '
were on board 'our 'ship through Hansen, with 30 years of galley ex and 1012 pounds of lobster, crab
capital handling of the lines by the perience, considers a shelUbsh or shrimp, since either can' ,be
deck gang aboard the Del Oro. "Newburg" an allaround pleaser used.
Melt the butter in a saucepan;' v
summer
At the time that the rescued during,
add the flour, then after beating
months.
The
men were brought aboard, it was name for t b e
the egg yolks well with the milk,
found that they were in bad shape. dish, by the way,
add that in with the seasoning
Their boat was all out of drinking seems to have
until the mixture reaches a smooth '
water, and had become water originated in New
consistency.
The shrimp or lobster
logged and was riding very low York's famed
needs about 20 minutes of cooking
with disaster <dose oh hand.
before it feels soft, and when it
Delmonico's Res
As a resultof their experience taurant where a
does, just before aerving pour the ;
the master was a very sick man, particular lobster
sauce and the sherry flavor over it.
and the Other seven men in the boat, sauce caught the
It can be served on toast or in
Hansen
three of them young boys in their fancy of a Mr.
pattie.s and takes all of a half hour
teens,, were ?n need of care. "
Wenburg, a wealthy patron who to prepare. (Feeds 46.)
Had Given Up Hope
consistently showed a preference With it, JHansen suggests a
French onion soup with cheese
When they were brought aboard, for the dish.
they declared that they had given Following the custom, the dish croutons as. a sure hit. The trick ~
up all hope of being saved and was named after him, but the with the onion soup is in having .
gentleman tired o' hearing, his the beef stock, ready for use at any
were prepared for the worst;"
Once we got them on the ship name repeated so often by other time, so that the whole job is
the master was taken to the sick diners so that he finally appealed to browning the onions for about 2(1
bay where he was put under the Delmonico's to change it. They did minutes. To enhance the flavor,?
special attention of the pufsef. so, reversing the letters WEN In make sUre the croutons are In the ' ;
iwNcufh^g.i : plate •
'soupite^ popr^H^
• Thd" rest.:^'! tte as«sv|y<«i r
• [Hl^nbufg; tp
Why Paint ? Sait Air ^oiis it
Del Oro Saves Eight FIshiBrmen
:'6AtiisigigL£A
^
�rmrnr. July 11. 1952
*JDnUm Brothers^
&ot ^ust Words
Pac« TwaKy
SEAFARERS LOG
L M T T E MS
TJ the Editor:
A few days ago while aboard the
SS Beatrice (Bull), I received the barflys or other sharks on the
terrible news that my son had died waterfront, but is a clean saloon
in an accident. As a result of the which some US seamen already
treatment which I received aboard know. Paul doesn't charge "foreign
that ship and also on the SS Puerto seamen" special prices but treats
Rico (Bull), to which ! was later everyone alike, and will gladly
transferred, I have really come' to hand out the LOG to any Seafarer
^ know the true meaning of the coming to the port of Bremen. His
saloon is located near the Weser
words "Union brothers."
My Union brothers aboard the bahnhof, or near the Europahafen.
Beatrice did everything within Anyone whose ship comes into
their power to help ease^the pain Brake, Nordenham or Bremerhafen
may send a letter to Paul and he
that such a loss
will mail the LOG to the given ad
means to a father.
dress. In other words,
any Seafarer
Since we were
who
wants
the
LOG
sent to the
still on our way
above ports can write to Paul
to Puerto Rico,
Holte,. Bremen, Auf der Muggen
Captain C allis
burg 5.
was kind enough
Franz Pietzak
to arrange with
(Ed. note: LOGs will be at the
Captain
Bell
"Muggenburg" in Bremen from
house of the PR
now on.)
for my transfer
Beyefe
t t t .
to the PR, whieh
was bound for New York.
' The transfer was effected and I
found myself the recipient of all
the kindness possible from my Un To the Editor:
ion brothers aboard that . ship. Thanks to the headquarters of
When my case was made known to fice for their quick action in send
the crew of the PR, they voted at ing me the vacation check for
their regular meeting to give me $67.28.
$100 out of their ship's fund to I have been'going to sea for 26
help me further in my time of years and In that time I have been
torpedoed (both afloat and ashore),
need.
1 regret that my knowledge of shanghaied, shipwrecked and won
English Is not extensive enough for the championship of the merchant
me to state in words my feelings at marine playing bridge. But this is
having received such fine treat the first vacation pay I ever re
ment. My heartfelt thanks to the ceived.
Thomas W. King
masters of both vessels for the
courtesy they extended to me. 1
shall never forget their actions.
Mario Reyes
the baloney and looking, for the
first chance to li^t a butt for a
few quick, tasteless puffs when the
mate turns around. It's a ridicu
lous situation.
The following is the latest
Now that new fire regulations are
available listing of official ex set up, the companies probably
don't mind if a guy smokes, though
change rates for foreign cur
maybe a few officers will. Hell, if
rencies. Listings are as of
a. taxidriver can smoke and drive
July 9, 1952, and are subject through New York traffic at night
to change without notice.
with no troubles, why can't a
England, New Zealand. Soutii Africa: . helmsman at sea with miles and
$2.80 per pound sterling:
miles of space In front of him do
Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling.
Belgium: 50 francs to the dollar.
it?
Denmark: 14.43 cents per krone.
No one likes to smoke in a tight
France: 350 francs to the dollar.
Holland: 3.80 guUders to the dollar.
spot or
while taking orders from a
Italy: 625 lire to the dollar.
pilot, especially in a foreign port
Norway: 14 cents per krone.
Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar. where most of them don't speak
Sweden: 19.33 cents per krone.
English at all. But on the sea, with
India: 21 cents per rupee.
Pakistan: 30.2 cents per rupee.
everything running smooth, let's
Argentina; 14.2 pesos to the dollar.
all smoke or make the wheelhouse
Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro.
Uruguay: 52A3 cents per peso.
"offlimits" for everyone by putting
Venezuela: 29.85 cents per bolivar.
up "No Smoking" signs.
Frank Caspar
Ship's delegate
Money Exchange
Bates Listed
His Vaedtion Pay
End ^TwO'Pot^
1st In 26 Years
Smoking Bale
X
X
X
Pay Mondy Owed^
Labels Pals Ask
Not Enough OT
For Stewards
To the Editor:
There's a general resentment
here on the Gateway City (Water
man) following the recent raise
given day workers, with the stew
ards department left out in the
cold.
The resentment,
of course, is on
the part of men
in the stewards
department gen
erally, who insist
they are day
workers. The only
real overtime
they are allowed •
to make, now that
Watts
most of the paint
ing and sougeeing is in the hands
of the deck department, is compul
sory OT on weekends and holidays.*
This OT is forced on them so it
is unlike the setup for the deck
and engine departments which
gives them the chance (in port) to
refuse to work it if they feel like
it. But the stewards department
has to function regardless.
Incidentally, this feeling isn't
only something on this ship. I have
talked to many chief stewards and
men in the department on several
other ships in various ports and
they all agree they are the forgot
ten men.
E. M. Watts
Chief Steward
To the Editor:
«.A few months ago in the LOG, I
noticed some complaints from one To the Editor:
of our brothers about smoking on Many of us, members of the SIU
the navigation bridge while on and SUP, are going to lose our
home, the Wilmington Hotel, un
lookoiit. Since I'm a steady reader less the members who owe money
of the LOG, I have been looking to Lube Plant, owner of the above
XXX
for any other beefs of this kind but hotel, pay their bills and also cash
nothing has come up so far.
given them by Lube.
As I'm a heavy smoker, I believe Lube not only carries the boys,
the brother in question was 100 gives them cash and food, but picks
percent right and that it's time to them up at the ships, takes them To the Editor:
The Afoundria is returning to
end the unfair system we now to the ships all hours of the night
New
York from a Far East run to
haye. There are several reasons and day, takes care of the boys
Hawaii,
Japan, Okinawa, Korea
why the wheelsman in sailing ship when they are sick, etc.
^ X'
and
the
Philippines.
We expect to
days was not allowed to smoke in
To the Editor:
':^l
arrive
in
New
York, around July 30.
Send
in
Dough
the wheelhouse or on deck, such as
Its been a long trip and we'll all
I just finished reading a copy of the danger of a cigarette or sparks Don't the boys who owe her
the LOG and have a confession to being carried by the wind and money think Lube should be paid? be glad to get back to the States.
To the Editor:
make. All the time I was at sea I burning the sails or even the whole Please, wherever you are, send Everything has been running'
We had a poker game.going all never appreciated reading the LOG ship.
her whatever monies are due. smoothly though, with very little
the way over to Greece on the as I do now.
^
Otl^erwise Lube will be compelled disputed overtime.
Bet Rules Prevail
W.
L.
Hammond
Cecil Bean as the ship Iwcame the
I had just completed seven
to give us the names of those men
Ship's delegate
Monte Carlo of the Atlantic Ocean. months on the Alcoa Pioneer in But the time of the sailing ship who owe her money which will go
is long
past and
there are set rulefs
We were playing "jaw bonepoker." August, 1950, when I received my
4
through the grapevine.
In other words, we played owlngs "greetings" and in October, I was where to smoke and where not to
At the present time with the
on
the
ship.
As
everyone
knows,
and you pay at the end of the trip. called into the army. 1 sailed SIU
strike on.
Lube is helping the boys
there
aren't
any
"No
Smoking"
What a game It was. Fifteen dol forjust about six yeais and It real
lars a card In stud was a sociable ly hit hard when I had to retire signs, in the wheelhouse. Further out and we do not want to see her To the Editor:
*
bet. Some men were playing a few my book and don these OD clothes. more, ships carrying quartermast out of business.
I
would
like
to
thank
the fine
.
You
will
remember
the
writeup
hundred dollars behind. What a I guess that I was pretty lucky in ers allow, them to smoke there'and
men listed below
for acting as pall
shock it was when all called It a way though, because I Was as on some Lakes ships they even get Lube had in a previous issue of bearers at my wife's funeral May
a chair, which is not a good idea the LOG which showed what a 27 last month while I was away at
quits and no one paid off.
signed to the engineers. My knowl for deepsea sailing.
fine place she runs for the mer
John Morris
sea. They were all out of the Balti
edge of rigging helped me to get
chant seamen. '
But
so
far
as
the
smoking
goes;
Ship's delegate
more hall: Ed Miemiller. Charles
the breaks.
Signed by 7 Seamen
let's look at it this way. The quar
• X 4. X.
Gill, E. HoUde, G. Worham, Wil
I am sure looking forward to the termaister has a
XXX
liam
Ward.
day when I can get out of the fourhour wheel
I would also like to thank the
watch, but gets a
agent. Earl Sheppard, for giving
halfhoi^'s
relief
me a list of the names, and also
To the Editor:
in between for
the crew of the Marie Hamill for
The chief engineer on the Ala
To the Editor:
cdffeetime.
Since
the fiowers they sent from the ship
mar (Calmar) is a very loyal and
First, we. all know that the SIU while we were on the way back to
he is clean al
noteworthy company man. .Having
is not just one of the best, but is the States.
ready, he has the
come aboard five days before her
the very best for all it has done
full time to rest
Charles V. BedeU
maiden voyage and still around, he
for us. To keep it that way, all
up.
and family
thinks he practically owns the ship.
members should give their^opinions
This is not the
This ambitious Individual mislaid
Ga^ar
4" 4" 4"
to the editor, which I'm sure he
case with the AB
a pair of pliers and accused the
wh^t stands wheel
watch.
He
works
won't mind.
steward and his department of pur
out on deck before .going up to the
Even the committee can see
loining same, at the same time
wheel
doing
all
kinds
of
routine
much better and get
a better agree To the Editor:
'"J
calling the unlicensed personnel a
jobs, painting and so on. He usual ment for us all by all members The Bluestar is just about at its
lot of sundry obscene names. :
ly can't knock off until 15 minutes writing to the editor.
We are contemplating, at this
destination for this trip and I want
before going on watch, during
I believe that a lot of arguments to say that this crew can't be beat
writing,. whether or not to pur
.which time he ^as to wash, possib in the steward's department could or even compared with in the next
chase a new pair for him before
ly change into clean '^nts and be stopped by changing working five years. Any of the oldtimers
he has a stroke. In ahy event, we
shirt, drink his coffee, grab a hours for a messman. At present, aboard would echo what I say if
are going to make an issue of this
smoke and prepare a couple of their hours are from 6:30 AM to they were asked.
when the opportunity develops.
cups of coifee for the bridge. There 10 AM, 11 AM to 1 PM, 4 PM to The ship has just gotten a time
David Barry
Frank Vemer' en joying some isn't much time to spare there, if 6:30 PM as the agreement reads.
Ship's delegate
charter, so it looks like a top pay
of that classio German brew at any."
Not Enough Time
off. We will more than likely wind
TwoPot' System ,
a roadside spot near Heidel
The dinner hour is where most up on the West Coast, as the char
burg,
Then, on the wheel for his two of the trouble lies. They have only ter covers Yokohama, Japan. Need
hours he can't smoke while the onehalf hour to set up ^d most I say more?
arn^ and return to the smooth officer in charge Md several bridge of the. men can't do it, which I'm
By the way, I can't see why peo
To the Editor:
To be sure that SlU ships com sailing in the BIU. I would like to visitors smoke continuously. Some sure quite a few messmen feel the ple use an organization in labor,
or any organization for that matter,
ing iiito the port of Bremen, Ger take this opportunity to say hello officers try to tell you smoking same way.
to
all
of
my
shipmates,
especially
while on
the
wheel
interferes
with
just for the purpose of being able ,;
I suggest
that
the
new hours
for
many, get the LOG I suggest mail
your visibility. That's big joke. all messmen should 'oe 6:30 AM to to say to a casual friend, "You see
about ;30 copies each Issue for around the port of Mobile.
a start to the owner of the'^loon I have always had the LOG sent There's sometimes as manjr as five 9:30 AM, 10:30 AM to 1 PM;"4 PM that union. That is my union."
"Muggenburg." His name Is Paul to my home in Ocean Springs, officers on the bridge all .smoking to 6:30 PM. As you can see that What good does it d» just to say
Holts, and hd's a former German Miss., and my mother has been and using flashlights to read the gives messiAen one full hour to you belong?
set up and time to take care of his We should all devote ourselves to
seaman who sailed foi about 20 sending it to me while I've been beU book, etc.
understanding Die high values
yeanr from New Oiieans as an AB. in the army in Germany. Here's Then we have modern ships run business.
the Union before any of us start
I'd
like
to
hear
some
other
ning automatic
most
of
the
time
Hit wife is a former reiddent of hoping that I'll toe back with you
popping off.
and the AB on the wlieel stays opinions on this matter.
Newark, N. J.
real soom
Rooky MtltMir ,, , ,
Chet Oawycb
Frank Li Vemer there for two hoixrs, listening to
Tho^ pl«»» is not a hangout for
Afoundria Comes
From Far East
GICanH%eOut
01 OBs Too Soon
Jaw Bone Poker
Purely Amateur
Thanks Men Fftr
Aid At Funeral
Anybody Found
ChieFs Pliers?
Asks Change In
Messman^s Hours
CanH Beat Crew
On The Bluestar
JA0GS Avadable
In Bremen Now
c . '' '
• 'i'
�,;» • • »
... r .../• «•
I?'
Thanhs MarCreMv
War Helping Hand
X E T
'if^day, 3fa^y 11; 1951
'fe,
E n s •
Banghter Heedlls
Father^s Career
To the Editor:
I would like to call to the atten
a fine bunch of cooks with him to
of the first things they throw at us
tion of Seafarers some facts'about
make the boys happy.
is, '.'How many men signed on a
I would like to say something my late father Frank S. Mitchell,
certain sMp and how many men re
about everyone, but that would be steward, who passed away August
turned to the States on her?" So
like writing a book. Say hello to 18 of last year at the Mpine
by not sticking with your ship and To the Editor:
Hospital in San
not bringing her in SIU style you This is the first time I've written the boys in Galveston. I hope to
Francisco.
not only hurt your shipmates for to the LOG but I thought I would see them soon.
My father was
M. Boyd Davis
the one voyage but also the Union give it a try as^everyone has to
a seafaring man
which is getting us better Wages make a start. First I would like to
4 4 4
long ^before my
say the SIUhas really made a lot
and conditions all the time.
of
progress
since
I first
came
into
time and
a Union
Brothers, when you ship, do your
member for as
self, your shipmates and your the Union in 1946. I really didn't
long as I can re
know much about unions at that
Union justice. Finish the trip!
To the Editor:
member.
At the
time,
but ,
t
hrough
the
help
of
the
We have a setup on here that
All hands aboard the SS .Potrero
time
of
his
death
oldtimers and
good
Union
brothers
might be passed on to other ships
Hills, on which brother John
we found he had
that have the same circumstances I learned how the SIU works and Grams was a crewmember, very
Mitchell
discharges
, ilU.l.
from
3 J
as Qurs. We have 16 aliens aboard. what it stands for.
sorrowfully regret the announce ships date(| as far back as 1910. It
Some of them have been with us I have talked to .members of ment that he passed away ih Rio de
for quite a while. Others come and other unions and 1 don't think Janeiro, June 9, 1952. Arrange is my belief that he was one of
the first Union members.
go. We have a fund set up where
ments were made by.the crew to
Commended During War
each one can make a donation to
have Mass said for him for a period
Several
times during his career
the LOG. This is voluntary and
of one year, which consists of 21
his
ship
was
commended for serv
you find most all of the men want
4 4* it
prayers.
to give. We have explained how
John' was always an inspiratior, ices rendered..»When he was on
the LOG is operated and that we
boosting the morale of the weakest the John Banvard he received a
also give to keep the LOG coming
at all tjines.' He never allowed personal commendation from the
to us with all the latest shipping
himself a dull moment. His ability master of the ship, while he and
To the Editor:
news and current events.
will long be remembered, plus the other crewmembers were cited by
We have been out of the states Many of • them read the LOG
fact
thai he always conducted him the Air .Corps for displaying a
for seven months now on the with much enthusiasm as the mem
self as a gentleman and was a per "high degree of courage and coop
Camas Meadows and there are only bers and remark about what a great
eration."
fect
shipmate. .
14 of the crew we left with still Union we have and are glad of the
His Gulf number 53. booknumber During the war he held a com
with us. The reason for this letter privilege of riding an SIU ship.
places
him high on the honor roll mission and was aboard two of the
is to try and point out some of the
Applaud Assessment
of oldtime Union brothers who ships mentioned in "Seafarers In
facts about a run out here into the
have
served so faithfully. He will World War II."
Persian Gulf. This run is different The menfibership here is 100 per
Also in the February, 1951, issue
be remembered by all.
from most others. Most of the crew cent for the new building assess
of
the LOG on page one, there
John
A.
Reed
that we left the states with have ment. Most of us ship from Balti
appeared a letter from the Deputy
Ship's
Delegate
more and
Philly so it
will really
be
never been on a tanker or a long
Commander of the MSTS, Navy
a great thing for us. I haven't seen,
• •
'4 4 4
trip.
Captain A. F. Jnker congratulating
the
new hall
yet
but
as
soon as
we
On deck of the Christine
Three Questions
the crew of the Seawind of which
get back I am going to pay it a are M. Boyd Davis, deck engi
I would like to say to men who
my father was a member for their
neer (left) and D. K. Nunn,*""
throw in for a job on a tanker visit.
services during the Korean cam
I
want
to
pick
up
my
new
book
steward.
Photo
was
taken
in
To ^e Editor:
that's not coastwise or nearby
paign.
and some
of
that
good old
vacation
Japan.
I am a Swedish seaman. I hope
foreign to ask themselves three
Last Voyage
green. So long for now and broth
you will send me your newspaper.
questions:
v
This
trip,' lasting
about seven
ers keep up the good work.
there is any other union that has It's perhaps very difficult to make
"Do I wapd to make a long trip?
months,
was
my
father's
last
Donald
N.
Dickson
made
as much
progress as
our
Un
it because Sweden is on the other
Will I stay with the ship until she
voyage. He became ill aboard ship
Ship's delegate
ion
has
in
such
a
short
time.
Be
side
of
the
Atlantic
Ocean.
returns which is eight "to ten
lieve me, that is something to be
I like the SEAFARERS LOG. It but Avas able to attend to hjs
4 4 4
months or longer? Do I want a lot
proud
of.
It
goes
to
show
that
is very interesting to read at all duties. After his discharge he be
of time in foreign ports?"
came seriously ill since he was
every man in Jthe Union is solidly times.
,
I may point out that a lot of the
suffering from
lung cancer.
behind
our
officials
and
that
the
Stig Lindersott
time you are at sea for about 40
At the time of hisdeath he was
officials have the interest of the
days and then when you hit port
4 4 4
68 years old. He was a native of
membership at heart.
you are there foe only 24 hours. To the Editor:
Norfolk, Va.
Would
you
please
send
me
a
Proud
of
Membership
So if a guy likes a lot of port time
S. Spurgeon
copy
of
the
booklet
"Seafarers
In
it's best not to take a tanker head
: , I know that I am proud to be
World
War
II."
I
am
an
exSIU
ing for the Persian Gulf.
an SIU member and proud of the ,To the Editor:
4 4 4
In our case we took our first load man now working ashore in De men behind me for I know I will
Greetings
from
Firlaiid
Sanitar
troit.
from Puerto La Cruz to Haifa. So
always get a square deal in any ium out in Seattle. My first hospi
when we got to Has Tanura to load I receive the LOG regularly'and beef at any time.
we were not allowed ashore there. enjoy reading it very much. It is . 1 have lialled out of most of the tal benefits were '
Not that there's anything there, but beyond a doubt the best union; Sltr ports but most regularly out just like a ship's
To Jthe Editor:
the few beers and the movies help paper printed anywhere, just right of Galveston and they have a fine payoff as I was
The office 4>{ the USCG Shipping
almost
out
of
to kill the monotony of the trip. to go with the best Union in the bunch of fi^lows down that way to
Commissioner will, in the next few
smokes. But, right
world.
The reason for no shore leave at
days, move from its present quar
sail withi
in the nick of
Ras Tanura is that we have been I hope to get to NY "soon and see
ters in the Failing Building, Port
At the present, I am on the time the SIU
the new
hall as all
the pictures
and
to Haifa taking oil to the Israelis,
land, Oregon, to 201 Lincoln Build
Christine
as
deck
engineer.
Our
saved the day and
stories about it in the LOG are
and the Arabians dont' like it.
ing, 208 SW 5th Avenue, Portland,
last crew came out of Norfolk and I am once again
swell.
Keep
up
the
good
work
and
—
Tough Conditions
and we would like to receive the
they
are
a
good
grout>
of
Union
in {he chips.
plenty of good luck in the future.
men.
We
have
Carl
Carlson
as
LOG there from now on.
Brother, if you aren't prepared
If
things
go
Lloyd J. Campbell
to meet conditions such as this
bosun who knows and does every well, there is a
May I take this opportunity to
(Ed. note: A copy of "Seafar thing the SIU way. Eddie Burton
Austad
don't ship on a job and then leave
thank you for your kindness in
good chance I'll
ers
in
World
War
II"
is
on
its
your shipmates stranded. Get a guy
is deck maintenance and ship's del be back at sea again sailing on one sending us the LOG and to compli
way.)
that knows the score and what he's
egate. He is doing a fine job all of those smoothrunning, wellfed ment you for a fine job of publish
^444
in for and can stick it out. No one
the way around. In tlav engine, SIU ships that can't be beat. I hope ing. You and all Seafarers can well
knows what it is to have to pick up
room we have Billy Kohl and L. B. that I will soon be able to hold up be proud of the LOG. It not only
replacements over here.
Bryant who are really on the ball. my end fbr the best Union there is. gives excellent coverage to news
Then too, when the Union meets
A. Good Feeder
Until then hello to all my friends and affairs of your Union and its
with the company to negotiate one To the Editor:
members, but it also provides,
D. K. Nunn is our steward and and shipmates.
Emil Austad through its wellwritten articles
Greetings and salutations from boys, she's really a feeder. There's
and good pictorial work, items of
the rust bucket run. The Archer's
real interest to all who are affiliat
Hope looked anything but hopeful
ed with our merchant marine. •
when I joined her in Houston but
.
M. W. Tomlinson
now we are about to rename her
Shipping Commissioner
the "Homesteaders' Hope." We
(Ed,' note: You will receive
have a skipper, mate, bosun and
the LOG at your new address
steward who will do to "drop the
from now on.)
,
pilot with."
To the Editor:
Recently I have run into some
very unfortunate trouble. ' On
March 18 I lost
my brother in
New Orleans, and
since we have
been in Buenos
Aires I received
word of my
mother's death
on the 17th of
June.
I am writing
Lee
this letter to
thank ail the brothers on the Del
Mar, Pat Thomson and the rest,
who so generously aided me 4n
my time of trouble in true SIU
style as I would have done in the
same kind of situation for some
one else.
J. T. Lee
i'i/N
iS';
':PsEUFl'^'i']is ^tVc
rare Twentytw*
Feels SiV Gains
Pass All Others
Mourn Passing
Of SiU Brother
Long Tanker Hun
Ms Tough Grind
Swedish Seaman
Asks For LOG
Has To See it
is Like Photos
Got SiU Benefit
inNiekOtTime
CG Commissioner
Likes The LOG
ly
]Vew Book is Too
Nice in 'A Way
Dockslde Tour
Chief Steward A. Valentine
stops for a snapshot while on
the way to show off ;his ship,
the Massmar, to Mrs. Valen
tine,
Whippins
I have one objection to the new
book tliat tile office issued me. On
my way back to the ship Friday
AM,; I was loaded with cleaning,
laundry and new shoes. So while
waiting for a subway at 86th Street,
some discerning person of the sec
ond part liked the book also. So
now. I will be the first to apply for
a duplicate.
I will pay up and reapply in Bal
timore next week. But will a reg
ular passport photo be enough?
A. Saint Claude
Ship's delegate
(Ed,^ note: The passport photos
Some Chow
4 4 4
"
Urges Keeping Hq
in Top Condition
Alciok Pioneeir's Cookis are hard at work in the ship's galley as they
Jt)rcpjir« ,<linner fQP,Jhe
To the Editor:
I was at the new hall in Brooklyn
for the first time a few weeks' ago
ari^ have to add my few words to
the many glowing opinions of the
place.
y
I think it is a beautiful hall, one
which all members should be proud
of, .as L wai3 the moment I walked
in. Let's be sure we all take good
care ot it to keep it that way..
• W ^ Comp^n
�• • '
Friday, July 11, l»5t
y''' • ;/' • •"• "'
^/.'w \
'v"
:
SEAtAjiisns £&^
LETTERS
Terry CanH Stay
Ott Seaeoral
Faff* Tweu^Uit** .
S E A FA R E R S
tating overtime. The whole ques
tion of fireman's overtime will be
thrashed out in coming negotia
tions. Question 2: There's no
To the Editor:
standing rule on this. A man takes
Hello Again. 1 made it back to any available bunk when he gets
the old Asiatic homestead, Yoko on
board. If two men are on the
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
hama. It's a wonderful life.
ship the same time they can work
After paying off the Jean La
the. watch and bunk question
Vacation Plan, June 23—July 3
fitte, one of Waterman's prize mis out
$83,246.21
between them. Question 3: The
Welfare Plan, June 13—June 28
fits in Wilmington, CA., a few fi SIU is' against this practice and
nancial performances left me ready hopes to clarify it once and for all
to ride anything that put out three in coming negotiations. Question
aday and a draw in port.
Robert ElUott
13058
115.50
4: The, answer is no. The fellow
Robert Landry
13059
68.08
With nothing in my, pocket but who is promoted has to go back
Billy Walker
*13060
109.67
a sweaty shipping card, I made a to his original job unless other
William J Joe
13061
45.89
Herbert Atkinson
13062
101.11
job on the Sea wise cleared through the hall. He
Marcelino Garcia
13063
147.39
boral. This ship stays aboard however.)
Joseph Schwabas
13064
90.23
Jose Marques
13065
104.61
is better known
Nee Sun
13066
138.83
i
i
j.
as the. tired grey
William Frank
13067
38.50
REPORT NO. 11
John Nash
13068
117.83
hound. When all
laannis
Stratakls
13069
124.83
BJ/ Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
the barnacles on
Theodore Christiansen .. 13070
39.28
Period Covered By This Report—June 23July 3
Leopold Wareham
13071
106.58
the bottom kick
Raoul Walladares
13072
SJ0.94
their feet she
13073
96.06
Cash on Hand
$170,508.24 Tsu Ah Ylng .'
Ralph Armstrong
13074
64.94
makeF a weird To the Editor:
Estimated
Accounts Receivable
.
210,000.00
James Dodson
13075
109.28
It was agreed by resolution at the
eight knots.
13076
101.50
56,482.69 Thomas Murphy
13077
membership meeting June 22. on Vacation Benefits Paid in Period
73.11
After
pulling
Lyons
David Donovan
13078
49.78
1,005,998.35 Void
three months on the SS Hurricane (Waterman) that Vacation Benefits Paid Since February 11, 1952.
13079
Void
WlUlam Holloway ..... 13080
114.72
this bucket and swearing by all in negotiating the new contract
Harvey McQuage
13081
135.72
that is holy never to even look at with the various operators a spec ' We're really putting out the vacation money, that no qne can dispute John
Haggerty
13082
38.50
13083
it again, the ugly duckling makes ial repair item be included in the after the achievement of this week when the SIU sailed past the mil William Morris
121.33
Void
13084
Void
agreement applying to all steadily lion dollar mark. Every dollar of this sum was handled right here in Wioczyslaw Chipkowski. 13085
port and saves my life.
148.56
Leon
Kane
It made me feel kind of sorry operating vessels.
13086
48.61
SIU headquarters and went either directly into the hands of our men
Cash Vac. Checks .. 1.3087
4,000.00
for all the bad things I ever said The resolution recommended that here or to the men in the outports by check. Speedy payments and To
Jose Lopez
13088
117.44
Isidore
Valles
aboard this rapid relic.
13089
43.56
the present type locks for rooms
John Lynch
13090
ease
of
application
throughout
the little
less
than
five
months
that
the
50.94
on this ship, the
Captain Annoyed
Walter Compton
13091
37.33
plan
has
been
operating show
that such
a
plan can
be
put
into
practice
Once on board the captain was ones with the
with little or no red tape to hamstring operations. One thing the SIU
quick to inform me that he was long brass key
Gerald Erlin
four
and
a' half
another ardent reader of the SEA
has always prided itself on is the simplicity of all operations it under
ger,
AB: This is
FARERS LOO! It; seems the ar inches long, be
takes. No flowery language or fancy piano roll forms for usi The, the best
time of
removed
and
ticles I sent in concerning the ship,
vacation fund shows that a simple operation is the best way and the the year to col
trip and chow rather upset the standard Yale
way the SIU operates. Let's see how long it takes us to make the lect vacation
locks be installed.
gentleman.
money, particu
he Yale lock is
five million mark.
We had a good crossing with • T
larly if
the weath
the
type
~that
such guys as "Old Lady" Tommy
Stanley Daunoras
112.00 er gets too hot
12995
Check
Lyons as bosun. It's good to have must be used
No. Amounb Raymond Long
Nam*
Colder
19996
145.44 and you feel like
bim sailing again. Also there's Bill With a key, hot
To Cash Vac. Checks... 12941 $5,000.00 Robert Derosia ........ 12997
80.11
taking off to the
Parks who has quit again, except the type that snaps shut automati Wirnam Kumke
40.06 Eugene O'Mara
12943
12998
67.28
beach for. a few
cally
when
the
door
is
closed.
We
38.50 Stanley Johnson
for coffee; "Deadeye" Young, deck
Kasimlr Puchalski ,.x.. 12943
12999
47.83
days.
realize
this
type
of
lock
doesn't
Void
13944
Void
........a
engineer, whose winches resemble
Anthony Balchus
.13000
69.61
44.33 Carlos Ponce
12945
13001
49.39
a Japanese lumber yard with completely safeguard the contents August WUUams
12946
125.61 Thomas Burgos
40.83
13002
wedges jammed all over them; of the rooms, but it will at least
13093
74.28
Void Francis Brown
Void
13003
59.50 GuiUermo Garcia
Louis Romero and RedSaunders provide us with safer quarters than Michael
Ian Cumming
49.00
13093
43.94 John Kovol ............ 13004
D'Esposito ...... 12948
65.33 Robert Moebus
wq
now
have.
13094
87.50
who both are oiling this three
13949
6563 Joseph ftialinowski
Jose Sanches
35.78 Roberto Hannibal
...... 13005
143J50
13095
legged .sweetheart with profane A complete checkover of the keys William Holbrook ...... 12950
135.33
13096
45.50 Homer GUbert ........ 13006
40.44 Sam Ching ..
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 13097
2.923.68
caresses.
aboard the Hurricane showed that Robert Puckett
12951
64.56 Victor LlUrdi
13007
115.11 James )viullin
13098
39.67
Thanks to an ontheball steward the average crewmember's key fits Rodolfo Gatica
12953
91.00 Helnrich Sterling
13008
66.11 NeweU Keyes
13099
145.83
Londn
Burczy
13100
77.06
44.73 Clarence Baker
department, the chow has been from two to four doors other than Donald Brock
12953
13009
101,11
Arthur Colbum
13101
117.06
108.89 Kenneth Winters
great.
13010
101.89 Leon Ryzop
his own. Ten keys were found to Thomas Chapman ..... 12954
13102
52.11
44.73 Albert Hedges
12955
107.72 .Tames Balmy
.13011
13103
39.28
While on the beach I captured fit the 812 deck department room, Charles Greer
Frank
Adkins
13104
43.56
George Scanlon
13013
39.67
a room in Miss Lube ^nt's Wil though only three should have fit,
William Grabenauer .... 13105
98.39
Joseph Duffy
13013
39.67 .Toseph DiGrazia
13106
75.83
mington H^tel. She's a fine lady and eight keys fit the chief cook's
Everett Ford
13014
39.67 Cleveland HoweU
13107
147.00
Ernesto
Ruiz^
an<Lgoes all out for seamen.
room while only two should be able messman: Work '
James
Thompson
13108
56.39
George Nlemczyk.
13015
39.67
Marcos Medina
13109
86.72
This is all from a ^ast crew, on to open the lock, "fhese rooms were
13016
44.72
wmett
Connors
Clyde Kreiss . . .
13110
ing on a ship sev.
117.44
a mighty slow ship.
chosen at' random, by the way.
Donato Barrelli
13017
80.89 Dominick ChiricheUa .. 13111
112.00
en days a week is
13112
45.50
Terry Paris
Nick Papademas ....... 13018~
57.56 Albert McCabe
Pass Keys Available
Paul Dolhanccy
13113
96.83
not eaisy, so it is
Eugene Martin
13019
123.67 Albert Packert
13114
82.06
Various crewmembers have what nice to know that
134.06 Grady Kneece
Olgerda Blues
13020
13115
68.83
are evidently . "pass keys" since you have the
13116
94.89
Stanley Pacewlcz
13021
98.39 Dorwood McKeel
129.50
Harold Arllnghaus
13022
114.72 Jorge Marrero ........ 13117
they fit 90 percent of the locks on money to take a
13118
44.33
Roslndo Mora
13023
38.11 Newton ' Domaho
one or both sides of the ship.
little time off and
13119
56.39
13024
110.44 Thomas Mercado
Isaac Gromala
4.000.00
Millard Bryon
13025
43.56 To Cash Vac. Checks .. .13120
Five crewmembers had articles enjoy yourself.
To the Editor:
13121
50.17
Lee BrUey
13026
42.39 Louis Johnson
stolen from
their rooms
during the
Toseph
Fonenot
13122
50.94
13027
42.39
Paul Dew
Would you please clarify the past voyage of slightly more than
13123
53.28
Jeremiah McNelce
13028 ,
35.39 Herman Clavier
following:
13124
95.67
Alfonso Surles
13029
35.39 George Boroski
. 12956
49.39 John
a month. Their losses varied from Thurman Broylea
Walter
Migaud
13125
69.61
Lavery
13030
52.11
1. How is overtime to be di $300 cash to two pairs of pants Cleo Brown
12957
13126
48.22 Malvln NUsen
117.83
13031
101.50 Frank Moskol
13127
38.11
36.56 Frank Bamberger
vided among FWT's working car hanging up to dry. The company AUpio TrujiUo .......... 12958
13032
126.39 James Turner
13128
150.11
Melvln Keefer
121.72 Walter Brown
13033
;...... 12959
49.78 John
go? We know this is to be divided has been notified of this condition Roger Beck
James
ShorteU
13129
43.56
Hatchell
13034
36.17
63.78 Frank Clhlar
13130
66.11
13035
43.94 Edward Borg
equally but how is this done? Do and has definitely refused to have Charles Neumaiar ..... 12960
13131
41.22
Arden Haigley
13036
Theodore
Douglass
12961
39.67 Robert Mulholland
62.22
you have the J.2 hours on and 24 anything to do with this situation.
Niclos
Bjorgum
13132
60.28
WlUord Mclntyre ...... 13037
35.39
Edward Saxton
12962
40.44 Franklin
Leroy
Bewing
13133
39.67
off? Does the 8 to 4 FWT work We feel something should be done LesUe
Price
13038
50.17
Shattuck
12963
.... 13134
45.89 Juan Rlnodulla
64.94
13039
110.66 George ParneU
nights? What if one of the fire about it soon.
13135
• 112.00""
13040
Frank Prezalar
12964
99.56 Eldon Froese
70.78 Thomas MeUse
Ygnacio
Pedraza
38.50
Tnen doesif t want to change watch
12965
39.28
James A. Colder Herman Luhrs
Thomas Fleming
13137
96.83
es so that the other two can make
James Davis
12966
Thomas Pilgrim
45.11
.13138
124.44
Ship's delegate
John Stark
13139
107.33
overtime?
Leroy Hennls
12967
93.17
Antonio In
Gordon Boehner
13140
43.94
t
t
t
Moses
Coleman
12968
72.72
fante: FWT: The
Gilbert Edwards
13141
120.17
2. In the deck and engine' de
Floyd Savant
12969
Benjamin Boudreau .... 13142
87.50
108.50
thing I like is af
partments, does the man who has
Loh Chao
13143
135.33
James Stephens
12970
43.56
Talmadge Barbour .... 13144
ter
you
get
paid
been on the ship longest have first
45.89
MarcU Lafargue
12971
38.89
John Buck
13145
53.28
choice on bunks and watches or is
Carroll Qulnnt .......... 12972
104.61 for your work on
Chester Shivery
13146
56.39
this to be done by cutting cards To the Editor:
Margarito Borja ....... 12973
37.33 the ship you can
(Continued on page 24)
each trip or some other way?
Robert Graf
12974
106.17 come to the Union
I read with interest the article Michel Meguissoglon ... 12975
92.94 office and ' get
3. When in a foreign port, is it on the proposed building fund.» I
Jack Wheeles ......... i '12976
43.94 some more money
okay to have a shoreside worker think it would be • w
onderfifl if Jesse Fredericks ....... 12977
65.33 which you never
do work:for you provided you pay every port coilld haVe a hall a^ Vaughn Har.ringt9n
12978
109.28
got before.
the man yourself?
12979
134.83
swell as the one in Mobile which Wrniam Hooks
Seafarers qualify under
149.33
JohnTarmer
12980
4. When in a foreign port and is my home port. I'm very much
the SIU
Vacation Plan every
12981
43.56
one man is taken sick and another in favor of the building assessment Herman Carter
Clarence Collins ....... 13041
time they can show 90 days'
149.73
Robert
Musselwhite
12983
43.94
takes his place, is he allowed to so that soon a new hall in every
Michael Loretto ........ 13042
95.28
discharges for worktime at
Donald Brownlee
13983
139.61 Anastacio Oucnones
13043
137.94
keep the job after the ship re port will be , a reality.
Joseph
Richey
sea or in port after June 1,
George Luke .
13044
147.78
13984
98.78
turns to the States, provided he I notice with Interest'the LOG Fred Baldwin
August Thompson ..
13045
102.38
12989
1951. Vacation pay can be
36.17 Clifton
Clark .......
13046
96.06
has the endorsement? If he is not is getting larger and moreinform George Warren ...ii.. ^3986.
80.89 John Mehalon
collected four times a year
13047
106.17
allowed to keep the job can he re ative which wiU bring every Sea Aycock Brown
12987
13048
53.67
64.17 Bernard Lavnes ....
in cases of
men with continu
13049
103.44
. turn to his old job or must he get ifarer up on current eyients. :
LaseU Mldgett
51.73 William Lawton ...
13988
ous
sailing
time. Your dis
Haskell Copenhaver
13050
66.50
off the ship?
45.11 Edward Granderson .
12989
• 1 hope toxbe released from ac Fray Wert
13051
128.72
charges from an SIU ship
87.89 !
J
oseph
Cave
Ernest
wiler
13053
35.00
139^
Engine delegate tive duty with the Army soon and.
are the key to guaranteed
42.39
76 61
• • • • • • •13053
12M1
SS Jean Lafitte
I expecf to resumemy role as AB Nicolas Valabus
„ "!wiUUm Doyle
13054
38.11
vacation
pay — another SIU
Lawrence
Czorfcowsfct
12993
Lacklln
Oxley
'.
13055
71.17
,
It's tip with an SIU hook in my pocket.
first in maritime!
JiiUus ^ekete
91.39 Floyd Cumminss
91.00
13056
13993
«^ iprlpilmiembef« to decide on
Cp.' Russell N. Giaiuthaifia . Richard Perelrk . .*.;V. .V13894
5764 William Turner ....... 13057
62.23
CASH BENEFITS
TOTAL
VACATION
Gear Unsafe Due
To Present Uoehs
n t *
Some Questions
On Work Rules
Hails Proposal
To Bull4 Halls
Vacation Every
« 90 Worftdays
' • TaK,.lNV5.t':S«i
• ;,'t •
:
i
'fl:
•
.3
•
I
�Miiil
• fVlAtfWlSir
5r
S E A F A R E R S
"iKy
CASH BENEF'ITS
•
TOTAL
$83,246.21
* Vacation Plan
June 23—July 3
Welfare Plan
June 15—June 28
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULFDISTRICT * A.F.L.
om
(Continued from
Andrew Ponzio
... 13266
* * • 13267
Richard CariUo
Torras ...... • • •13268
Amount Ernesto
Norrls Leglui
• * • 13269
83.22 Charles
13270
Wactor
.....
•
•
•
77.00
23)
• No.
Name
• 1 3147
Norman Lynch .... > • •
13148
, Julian Wade
David GUmore .... • • • 13149
13150
Vinston Annis .... 1 •••
13151
Ning Dong ... r....
. s
• s
13152
Alfred Lord
Michael Talianis .. * • * 13153
• 13154
Herbert Brounstein 1 * *
William THiggins .., • •* 13155
• .
* 13156
Max Byers
• • 13157
John Hurd
13158
Tung Hsing
Stephen Burskey .. p • * 13159
13160
Phillip Gibeau .... • * •
13161
George Antus ..... • s *
Abelardo Ruiz .... • • « 13162
* •• 1 3163
Earl, Grube
3164
Willard Francie .... * •• 1
13165
Eric Norden ......
, • • 13166
•
Edward Duea
James Crocker .... • •• 1 3167
• 1 3168
Walter Detrick .... • *
George Gomez .... • • • 13169
13170
Frank Campbell ..
13171
William Franquiz .. ,9 • *
•St
13172
ling Shin
Clarence L.
Graham, mess*
man: There's no
question that va
cation pay for
seamen is a good
deal and that
goes also for the
new benefits that
the Union has for
men who can't
work.
13271
44.72 Leonard Johnston ,.
,....... # •* 13272
124.44 Joseph Ricks ..
s *
• 13273
Leonard
Garbemal
..
113.56
99.94 Samuel Tolecha .... • • • 113274
• • 3275
120.17 Edward Chant'
13276
.
• •
54.44 Jose Spina
.
• « 13277 >
38.89 Edward Delcoure ....
13278
s
• s
Moses
Mathews
48.61
13279
121.33 Dow Nye
13280
•
.
•
135.72 Void
117.83 Thomas Robinson .. 13281
• * • 13282
39.67 Otto McLean
• • • 1 3283
43.17 John Murray .'.
13284 ^
Leif
Sveum
60.28
!!, 13285^
38.89 Sam Florence
• • •13286
39.67 James Moore
39.67 Michael Gottschald .. • • • 13287
1
3288
.
*
•
Edward
Gryb
39.67
39.67 Stafford McCormick . • # • 13289
13290
38.11 Clarence Lobax
38.50 David A. Ramsey ... !!! 13291
13292
39.67 George Chropowicz .
.
•• 13293
35.39 Mai Pi Kali
•
•
•
13294
45.89 Harry Zirkel
13295
^To Cash Vac. Checks
.
•• 1 3296
'Claude Davis
«• * 13297
Antonio Solis
• • • 1 3298
Antonio Sorignano. ..
13299
Edwin Vieira
13300
John Booth
George Howard
• • •13301
13302
Amund Djuve
13303
Paul Cassidy
13304
Ernest SmaUwood .. • •
• • 13305
•
William Feil
13306
Joseph Schmolke ...
13307
Alvin Selico
13308
Jesse Krause
Vernon Lemoint . • * *
. • 13309
13310
Edwin Cooper
1
Anargyros Dokeris • *
•• 3311
* • • 13312
Edward Drcha
13313
Vincent Lisa
WUUam Koflowitch . • 13314
Earnest Shearer .... • •
13315
•
George Lecher
* * • 1 3316
* •• 13317
Vance BaUey
* •* 13318
Carl Erickson
13319
BUly
Mason
40.06
3320
42.39 Alexis BenKori ..... • * • 1
13321
131.83 Aldo Perini
13322
59.89 Victor Alcaraz
1
3323
Richard
Price
50.94
77.78 George Vlckery .... * s • 13324
»* • 13325
42.78 LiUs Figueroa
> •• 1 3328
40.44 Tonis Toniassgn ....
Arthur
Cunningham
•
• • 1 3327
61.06
13328
66.11 David Archia
13329
86.33 fsaac McKenzie ....
13330
Walter
MitcheU
.....
•
•
•
42.39
13331
99.17 Ebbie Markin
> * • 13332
128i}3 WUUe Vickers
•
•
4
St*
•# *
• B
•
SB*
S
•8
Evangelo* Karatzos
13173
John GowUng
13174
t
••
Albert Oromaner
13173
AUredo Perez
13176
Lynn SnUth
13177
Harold Walker
13178
William Faust
13179
Paul Romage
13180
BiUie Bryant
13181
1 ••
Charles Huneycutt .... 13183
WUUam Doran
13183
George Coleman
13184
JesseLewis
13185
Julius Scheidel
1318S
John McDavitt
13187
119.78
Eugene Carhart
13188
, 142.72
Frank PasquaU
13189
103.06
Edward Korzon
13190
77.00
Evaristo Alda
AUchael Birrane
13191
75.06
Frank StreUtz
13192
68.06 hondo, deck: All
Leonard Grzeck
13193
38.89 the time I've been
Amado Albano ......... 13194
46.67
WUiiam Colboume
13195
102.28 sailing the Union
Ernst Eklund
13196
65.22 has been making
Frank Crupi
13197
80.89
James Russell
13198
106.56 things better lor
Charles Dyer
13199
12.06 the' m'e m b e r s.
Chin Yuan Ming
13200
125.61
Roland Pouliot
13201
59.89 This vacation pay
Michael Griffin
13202
116.67 is one of the best
Walter Eckhardt
13203
40.06
Jose Bellaflores
13204
49.00 |:hings that has
] Herbert WUliams
,. 13205
43.17 happened.
Otis Townsend
13206
70.78
Zoilo Oliveras
13207
49.78
Francisco Peres
13208
144.28
Benjamin Tingley
13209
44.72
13333
Martin Prisament
13210
109.28 Heath Oarke
13334
Charles Clark
13211
70.39 John Powlok
CarroU
Harthousen. ...... 13335
Erbie Smith
13212
91.78
13336
Riley Bell
13213
57.56 Thomas Clarke
13337
George Chandler
13214
44.33 Ray Kelly
13338
Kenneth. Humphrey .... 13215
89.83 George Cflock ;
Edward
Huizenga
13339
To Cash Vae. Check.... 13216
4,000.00
13340
Ernesto Serra
...." 13217
58.72 David Clarke
13341
Raymond Smith
13218
57.56 Jacob Buckelew
James
Gatwood
....... 13342
Charles Bauer
13219
57.56
13343
Thomas Pierce
13220
39.07 Murry Wilkerson
Spencer Smith
13221
39.67 Charles Dondridge .... 13344
13345
William J. Benish
13222
37.33 Tom Danzy
Joseph Mainella
13223
65.33 George Huguley ....... 13346
13347
Wilfred Lomothe ....... 13224
74.28 Garvis Hudson
13348
David Fischer
13225
38.50 Adolf EUasson
John
Leskun
13349
• ikWilliam* Gonzalez ....... 1.3226
35.00
13350
Leo Movall
13227
145.06 TaUvaldis Jansons
Harold Holmes
13228
141.17 Mariano Arrgyo ....... 13351
13352
Santiago Ferro
13229
131.83 Gilbert Homan
13353
Daniel Boatwright
13230
35.78 John BaUman
James Malone
13231
77.78 CUfford Lockwood .... 13354
13355
Roan Ughtfoot
13232
73.89 Void
13356
Elbert Lott
13233
87.11 Manuel Torres
Carl Brutom
13234
122.11 Antonio Russo .. i...... 13357
13358
Anton Perme
13235
95.67 Michael Toth
13359
Leonard Jones
13236
70.78 Vincent Kane
James
Buggy
13360
Frank Lockwoo'd ....... 13237
82.44
13361
MUton Awoll
13238
124.44 Frank DevUn
Samuel Howard
13239
134.94 To Cash Vac. Checks.... 13362
Miguel
Velez
1336!!
Karl Peterson
13240
40.06
13364
Reece Oliver
13241
152.44 Lionel Chapman
13365
John Oszdja
13242
40.06 Albert Nash /
13366
RoUan Teets
13243
38.11 Edgar Johnston
Albert Wright
13244
47.83 Fredrick Osborne ...... 13367
Leon Joworski
13245
46.67 Edward McEihinney .... 13368
ixisg
Robert «aU..
...... 13246
96.06 James Don.ahue
13370
Charloa Shaw
13247
35.39 Frank Huttlck
133T1
Nemesio Publico '.
13248
52.50 Juan Medina
13372
RusseU Shelton
13249
40.06 Roy Johnson
13373
WUIlstn Ryan
13250
42.00 Wong Feng
Charles
Burris
13374
Peter Goodzuek
13251.
40.83
13375
James Gentry
13252
40.06 Dale Hibbs
Lloyd Linthieum ..;.... 13253
81.67 Marcel Jette ........... 13376
VirgU
Rogers
13.377
Bobby Mangold
13254
44.72
13378
Walter Adlam
1.3259
126.39 George Schulze
13:179
Vincent Lucas ......... 13256
108.50 Salem Cope
1.3380
Nick Fernandez
13257
134.16 Louie HoUiday
Harold
Henry
13.331
Void
13258
Void
13382
Francisco C.alascione ... 13259
40.83 Charles Wahl
13.383
JPurward Story
..... 13260
36.17 Joseph Chapelle
1.3.384
' Vincenzo Glgiocomo ... 13261
41.22 Louis Van Evera
1.3385
Orlando Lopez
13282
50.96 Clyde Still, Jr
13386
Harry Nicholson
13263
147.39 WUhelm Pieters
Frank Ostrom
13264
40.06 Norman Golland .....;. 13387
La^ence
Siverly
1.3388
Francis NapoU
13265
57.94
46.28
,. 13491
141.56 Joseph Wilaszak
13389
49.78
43.89
.
13492
62.22 Leo Lomey
13390
88.28 Leon Reynolds ......
45.89
.
13493
36.56 Connor AUen
13391
35.00 Robert Berrj'raai^ ..,
36.94
.
12494
13392 . 105.78 James WaUace
50.94 Ernest Goodwin
4.'!.g4
,. 13495
Jesse
Griffith
...'
40.83
68.83 FrankUn Taylor ..... '18393
39.28
.
13496
151.78 WUUam Sharp
s
• 13394
52.89 Clyde Garner
134.17
. 13497
43.17 Yue K. Jah
13395
35.00 Prescott Spinney ....
5.000.00
.
13498
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks
.
49.39
13396
42.78 Guy Langley
38.11
.
13499
38.11 Louis Miranda
13397
62.22 Lloyd Richardson ...
56.00
.
13500
Julian Isaac
73.50
13398
Alvin
Olander
98.78
90.22
13301
' .
145.44 Curtis Aycock
13399
44.72 Ah Pao Chang
Void
I.
13502
Void
118.22
13400
41.22 John Jung
55.61
.
13503
146.61 A. G. Alexander
13401
69.61 Chen Shew Ah
.
13504
121.33
45.11 PhUip Adklns
13402
77.39 Jan Sidor
.
13505
39.28
Eric
Johnson
150.11
Void Sheffield Nerkltt ... 13403
38.11
i;i506
,
. 13404
83.22 James Allen .... v.. • .
145.83 Donnie Nettles
. 13507
150.39
Frartk Glod
140.39
40.83
Angel Cabrera .......
.
13508
131.06
61.83
Ernesto Martinet ...J.. .
13509
139.61
56.00
Arthur
WiUiams
.......
.
13510
103.83
Newtoi^Edrlng
84.00
.
13511
Nicolas Nomlcos ......
114.72
124.44
ton, o i 1 e r:
If
John
Giordano
.
13512
43:94
Fred
Schraggs
.
13513
88.67
71.94 you've ever tried
134.56
Mclvin Wallace
.
13514
101.50 to collect any va
152.83
WeU Denny
.
13515
146.61
Fred
Goff
.•
13516
94.11
42.78 cation pay from a
Samuel Bowden .......
.
13517
98.39
$50.94 shipping company
Wnilam Lewis
.
13518
96.83
50.17
132.61
Donald
Johns
.
13519
135.33 then you can re
David
Ikirt
.
13520
110.83
4,000.00 alize what a fine
Som Wang ...........
.
13521
122.11
126.39
87.89
Lester Wyman
. 13522
63.78 thing it is to have |
96.44
Fernando
La
Guardia
.
13523
43.56 the Union '• han
Louis
Rlzzo
.
13524
134:56
107.72
Richard Garrison .. i. .' 13525
115.50
76.22 dling it.
RusseU Sypher
.
13526
47.06
36.94
Antonio
Da
Costa
...,
.
13527
128.72
.
37.72
Quentin Rewaul
.
12528
43.17
39.28
Carious Bolton
13529 • 109.28
42.00 Francis West
13405
43.56 John Jordon
.
13530
61.83
87.69 Albert Imhof
13406
104.61 Donald Scanlon
.
13531, 49.00
49.78 Roy Tune
13407
128i33 John Breen
.
13532
66.50
136.89 Drew Gay
13408
59.89 Antonio Rivera
.
13533
82.83
42.78 Voldemar Rannamae ... 13409
45A9 Nicholas Stathonpouloa .
13534
38.11
95.28 Henry Williams
13410
106.56 Alexis Thoodos ........
.
13535
111.22
48.61 Robert Menser
13411
41.61 Edgar Carlson
154.00
.
13536
119.39 Henry Kowalski
13412
43.94 Charles W. HaU ......
.
13537
129.11
39.28 James Constantaras .... 13413
142.72 Benjamin H. Balcer ... .
13538
107.33
• 44.33 GUbert Perry
13414
42.78 Robert M. Denton .....
.
135.39
86.33
38.50 Jerry Carl
13415
Frederick
Lewla
.
13540 .
t54.00
38.89 Alton Moore
13416
Ray
Sweeney
.
13541
154.00
79.72 AUen Dunn
13417
43.58 Thomas Bryan
.
13542 $134.00
40.06 Hubert Lanier
13418
36.94 Void
.
13543
Void
82.44 Oliver Cresw ........... 13419
118.61 Robert Carrigan.
.
13544
128.33
39.67 George ZizzI ............ 13420
43.94 Louis Decklemann ...
.
13545
36.94
58.33 Jbseph Patient
13421
89.44 Narwood GasklU .....
.
13546
108.11
135.33 George Tucker. Jr
13422
71.17 John Papa
94.89
.
13547
56.78 Austin Powers
13423
91.00 Thomas Rowe
.
13548
96.39
85.94 Arthur MacLeod
13424
92.56 Robert Anderson
.
13549
43.56
41.22 Stefano Schlavone .7.... 13425
72.33 Alfred Tberrlen
.
13530
59.89
37.33 Harvey Richardson
13426
103.44 WUliam Stark
. 13551
50.94
41.22
.
13352
4,000.00
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks
.
65.33 Robert Connor
J3427
43.17
.
13553
40.06
Korolia
42.39 Harold Wagoner ....... 13428
35.39 Duska
41.61
Michael Kalpii
. 13554
112.39 Daniel Sheehan
13429
38.89 William Burke
39.28
.
13535
86.33 John Galvln
13430
42.39
63.78 Theodore Simonds ..... 134.31
117.83
91.00 Casimir Rinuis
13432
129.50
t
•
Wong H. Nee
13433
117 06
AH jo Seraga,
WUUam Poe
13434
44.72
Thomas King
13435
67.28 utilityt
I don't
Walter Gustavson ....... 13436
59.11
Carlton Wiegand
134.37
3.5.,39 have anything
Robert Burch
13438
48.22 special in mind
Void
13439
Void
Floyd Covington ....... 13440
65.33 on how I'm going
DeLoss Harman
l:!441
51.72 to spend the
Richard BusBjr
13442
142.72
Floyd Foster
13443
151.28 money, but it's
\Orie WUson
13444
49.00 very good to be
Ralph Guito
13445
110.83
Herman Werneth
13446
61.44 able to get it just
Floyd Starkey
13447
149.72 the same.
Coy Morrow
».*. 13448
83.61
Eugene Linch
13449
106,94
Daniel Browning
13450
70.00
Franklin Strickland
13451
63.78
13556
154.00
eWitt Goodrum
13452
60.28 Enoch Pringle
58.33
John Morris
13453
88.28 WUUam Dixon ........ 13557
'......,..13558
128.33
Edward PoweU
1.3454
44.33 Roy Jones
Cleo
Copeland
.'.
13559
124.83
WUUam Jones
13455
138.44
13560
59.89
44.33 Ernesto Rubio
13456
49.00 Therbn Dickerson
13561
133.39
38.89 Daniel J. Nalan
13457
36.17 James Davis
13562
56.00
40.83 Joseph Sadler
13458
45.50 Benny Foster
13303
49.39
45.11 Anthony Pinchook ...... 134.59
84.00 Iverson Hester
Ross
Hebert
13564
42.00
42.78 Bernard RUcard ....... 13460
38.50
13565
.60.28
50.17 Grant Wilson. Jr
13461 . 45.89 Millard Busby
41.22
122.89 Cloyd Mclntyre
13462
47.44 Moses RothschUd ...*;.. 13566
Peter
Mondy
13567
41.61
44.33 Manuel Abreu
13463
129.50
Carlo BUIo
13368
52.50
39.67 Gordon Wheeler
13464
78.94 Harry
Hastings
13569
94.50
49.78 Paul Andersen
13465
138.44
13570
108.89
35.78 Leopoldo Colon
13466
45.50 John CaldweU
BUi
Gross
13571
94.83
38.50 Nicholas Llahoff .;k... 13467
47.44
13572
151.67
44.33 George Djiam
13468
50.17 Alfredo Palacio^
James
Biehl
13573
76.22
85.17 James KeneaUy
13469
52.11
McElveen
13374
62.22
127.17 Arthur Ohler
13470
47.44 Donald
13575
35.39
40.06 Roland BeU
13471
57.72 Newton Huff
WUUam Foley
13576
43.56
139.22
Xvar
Kalroth
13577
47.44
106.94
AureUo Martinez
13578
41.22
74.67
Richard McGuinn
13579
60.67
57.56
W. Edwards,
Clarence Graham ..... 13580
147.39
56:78
AUjo
Seraga
13381
141.56
43.94 me98man: I'm
Anthony Roznlak ...... 13382
66.11
Void very pleased with,
Antonio Infante
13583
51.33
76.22
Ceroid
ErUnger
....... 13584
V
149.72
$73.89 the speedy setup
Raymond
Jones
13585
143.50
47.44 they have here.
MUledge StrlckUnd .... 13586
106.94
152.44
LisUe Deam
13587
40.8.3
38.50 I'll be getting my
Robert
Graf
13588
11.00
45.50 money in just a
John
J.
Yendral
.
13389
38.50
4.000.00
Ernesto Ruiz
13590
113.56
89.06 couple of min
Evaresto Aldahondo
13591
36.56
47.06 utes. No fuss,no
Eug^nlo
Nune;e
13592
110.78
58.33
Newton Edringtba .... 13593
39.28
37.72 bother.
Mario Reyes
13994
85.17
117.83
WUUe
Edwards
13595
35.39
35.39
FiUip Madsen
13596 ,
36.94
43.17
13397
40.44
13472
83.61 Albert Sacco
61.06 Julius Smith
Samuel
ErUtz
.......... 13998
49.78
13473
*^'5?
47.83 Joseph Schenk
13999
49.30
>
38.w Isaac Antonio
38.50 Mclvin FlannagM '• • • • •13474
136.11
13473
61.44 Seward ContreU ...... 13600
148.17 Raymond Phelps
1360F
43.94
13476
66.50 John Bashom
92.17 Emilio Pardo
13602
84.39
13477
W.M Richard Thorp
65.72 Edward Burton .
John
Morris
13603
127.94
W.94
71.56 Walter Ammaiin. Jr. • . . . 13478
92.11
...13479
M.Ol Frank Tamburrino .... 13604
116.28 Edwin Danback
Harry Gaunttett ...... 13609
40J(3
87.11 Warren Lowery ......... 13480
Robert
Brennan
^
13606
44.72
13481
128.33
49.39 Claude Jessup
13607
120.17
13482
•"
'g' John Kruic
37.33 Vyrl WUliams
13608
60518
13483
121.33 Leon White
55.22 Ahan Reese
.13«4
M.56 To Cash Vac Checka ..,1^9 $9,000.00
125.61 JuUus Rosen
Isidore
Dongen
.....
t...
1
3610
39.39
13485
. 144.28
106.56 James Curry
13611
74.67
42.00 Lawrence Edwardr
38.89 Lawrence Reed ........ 13486
Raymond Buckley ...... 13612
.,97,86
139.22 James Peterson
52*22 vArthur Paul
.. 13613
40:83
13488
• 45.89
101.50 John BerkenKemper
Jessie
Bryant
........v.
13614
«.94
> 52.50 Carlos Velez
...... 13^ ^
«• "
63.00
43.11 Georgios Mastoraf .... 13819
142.72 Crowder Storey .i.... 13490 »
*
George Howard
13616
Harvey Maris ^ee
13617
Robert McDonald ...... 13618
Deri WUson
13619
Bernard MatulewicT ... 13620
William WUliams
13621
WUUam Aycock
... 13622
John A. Spring
13623
William LeVetn
13624
Frank Kubek
13629
George Meltzer
13026
William Hightower
13627
Luciano Coticchlo ...... 13628
John Clark
13629
Jimmie Beem .......... 13630
John Moore.•
13631
Pierson Marsh
13632
Macon Welch
136.3:1
Nicholas Swokia
13634
Jerry Broaddus
13639
Warren Whltmer
13636
Mauel Perez
13637
Frank BobattfRl
13638
Rafael Saldana
13639
Abraham Balzman ..... 13640
Luis Moreno
13641
Leo Mannaugh ......... 13642
WUUam McCabe
13643
108.90
147.39
127.17
42.39
38.11
84.78
116.28
126.00
38.89
47.83
35.00
77.39
128.72
43.17
104.61
36.17
41.01
130.11
132.22
146.22
124.83
91.39
55.61
48.61
47.44
42.39
42.39
57.17
Albert Sacco,
OS: This is : th$.
second time I've
collected.
The
money is going to
come in handy
because I'm
painting our
apartment now
and this will cov
er the cost.
WUUam Johnson ...... 13644
97.17
Lawrence Owena
13649
99.50
Joseph Fagan
13646
117.44
Cheung Won
13647
75.08
Elmer Hancock
13648
96.08
TUoihas Cassidy
13649
83.22
Lavoiscla Pickett .«..... 13650
120.17
Francis .Kostohyz
13651
44.72
BUly Lynn
13632
102.67
George AltschaiH
13653
103.44
Vance Reese
13634
36.17
James Bradley ......... 13659
4:!.94
Carl Jensen
13656
36.17
Harry Dossett
13657
57.94
Charleb Lambert
13658
98.33
Allen Bosarge
13639
38.50
George Barlow
13660
73.11
Richard WiUUmion .... 13661
39.67
Edward McGaffigan .^.. 13662
120.36
Mark Buchanan
13663
60.61
Leroy Schmidt
130G4
49.39
James Hall
13065
88.67
Apollos Parker
;.. 1.3666
142.72
Stephen Kamlnskl ...... 13667
62.61
George HarneU
13668
40.83
IThomaS Simmon* ...... 13669
40 44
Robert Perry
13670
37.33
Robert Hunsucker .,... 13671
89.83
John Evans
13872
93.67
Judson Palmer
13673
74.28
James Warren
13674
40.06
Arthur Kinser
13675
108.89
John HoweU
13676
133.78
Vemer FrederUcsen ... 1.3677
133.61
George Perkins.,
13678
42.39
Hlllman Patrick
13679
45.50
Clarence Dyer
13680
41.22
Willis Hubbard
13081 ,
35.00
Charles Bennett ........ 13682
66.11
Thomas Garrity
13683
42.00
Russell McLish
13684
39.28
Bobby Smith
13683
39.67
FeUmon BarUzo.
13686 •
38.50
Vincent Secgna
13687
52.11
Swords Walters
13688
68.44
Ragnar Erickson
13689
. 39.67
Gilbert Trosclair ...... 1H690
124.06
Joseph Mury
13691
75.44
Jose Garcia
13692
152.83
Joseph Carender
13693
124.44
Void
13694
Void
Leroy Doty
13695
119.39
Michael MUler
13696
43.89
Alexander Serra
13697
47.06
Clarence V. Cone
, 13698
72.72
Angus CampbeU
13699
131.08
Steve Mousakas
13700
37.33
Chester McDonald
137(1|
91.39
Richard Weaver
13702
31.03
WUUam Crosby
.* 13703
147.78
Raymond Lopez
.. 13704
42.78
BaslUo Veiga
13705.
131.44
GetThatPort
Time Discharge
Seafarers on the payroll of
a ship while in port should
make sure to get discharges
from the skipper for port time,
as well as for the time spent
at sea.
Failure to get such dis
charges^ will mean that the
Seafarer won't he able to get
credit for the port time toward
his vacation money. This couM
mean that a man would lost
out on some of the vacation
dough. Such being the case,
every Seafarer owes it to him
self to get a disch.arge for port
time worked.
�f ^ ^
I^MtkRRSi iL^C
SEA FA R E R S
CASH BENEFITS
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRia • A.F.L.
TOTAL
$83,246.21
Vacation Plan
June 23—July 3
Welfare Plan
June 15—June 28
Joseph Lucas
Moses A. Lucas
C. A. Markell
Charles G. MiUer
John Miller
Harold Moore
Alfred Mueller
Kurt A. Nagel ....................
William F. Owens
i..
Alexander Peffanis
George Peltonen
Robert E. Quinn
Ernesto Ramierez
John Roberts
Jose Salgado
VirgU Sandberg
Aaron Sasser .... ................
Antonio Schiavone
Stanley Swienckoskl
Frank Tamburrino
Thomas Tomiin
Edward P. Voltz ...
Francis D. WaU ....
Richard L, Welch .,
Joseph H. Wilkin .. • • • • • • • •
William W. Young
15.00
Jackson E. Myer
200.06
USPHS HOSPITAL
Manfredo V. Ciampt
200.06
BRIGHTON. MASS.
30.00
Robert
O.
Nicolal
200.06
830.00
19.00 Richard P. Bowman
Waiter G. Butterton
200.06
30.00 James M. Byers ..'
49.00 Pasquale A. Carbone
200.00
200.00
15.00 John T. Koval
30.00 Edward Cooley '
John
Clamp
200.00
15.00
30.00 Christopher Oacey
Richard Q. Randolph
200.00
~. 30.00 Raymond M. Hynes
30.00 Stanley R. Greenridge
200.00
200.00
30.00 WUUe E. DiUon
30.00 Raymond Harris
REPORT NO. 32
200.00
45.00 Osborne M. Brooke
45.00 WUliam E. Lake
John L Rivera
200.00
30.00 James E. Griffin
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
30.00 Lawrence Myatt
200.00
200.00
.'.... 15.00 Demos T. Whealton
30.00 Lincoln E. Smith
Period Covered
By
This
Report—June
15June
28
Amund
Pettersen
200.00
30.00
r
$240.00
15.00
$4,400.00
Cash on Hand
$162,617.59
USPHS HOSPITAL
15.00
SAN
JUAN,
PUERTO
RICO
DISABILITY
BENEFITS
US Government Bonds ....... ^
1,393,648.44
»fooo«06oa6a4
30.00
$30.00
$90.00 George M. Arnold
30.00 WUbert L. Bush ...
Estimated Accounts Receivable
210,000.00
45.00
30.00 James Crone
15.00 Alfredo Cedeno
Joe
Germano
30.00
Hospital Benefits Paid in Period
7,905.00
Leo Koza
....
15.00
John Hopkins
30.00
15.00
Cruz
Negron
15.00
Otto P.
Preussler
30.00
Death Benefits Paid in P^od
14,293.52
30.00
60.00
30.00 Edward Smith
$165.00
Disability Benefits Paid in Period
165.00
30.00
$210.00
Maternity Benefits Paid in Period
4,400.00
15.00
SAILORS SNUG HARBOR
BosNtal Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
177,756.00
30.00
STATEN ISLAND. NY
45.00
Death Benefits Paid Since July 1. 1950
322,226.85
Joseph Koslusky
$120.00
30.00
•
SS8S
Disability BeneHts Paid Since May 1, 1952 .............
360.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
49.00
NORFOLK. VA.
Maternity Braeflts Paid Since April 1, 1952
5,000.00
$1,945.00 Elbert B. Brown
$19.00
JuUan M. CuthreU
30.00
USPhS HOSPITAL
Maurice A. Gillespie
30.00
FIRLAND SANATORIind
OUver A. Hess
15.00
BALTIMORB. MD.
AH of the following SIU families
SEATTLE. WASH.
Stephanos Glares ................. ,19.00
John N. HuU
15.00 have collected the 8200 maternity
John Abraham
SIS.OO Walter C. Gray
30.00 EmU Austad
$79.00
LesUe M. Jackson
15.00
Chester Antl ...;
19.00 WUliain C. HaU
30.00
benefit plus a $25 bond from the
Charles H. Jones
150.00
^rl A. Bink.
30.00 James E. Hillary
USPHS HOSPITAL
19.00
Union
in the baby's name.
Joseph
Knox'
30.00
SEATTLE,
WASH.
Ffbnk J. Bradley
19.00 Nicolas Kalias
19.00
Shirley
E.
Roundtree
15.00
Louis A. Brown
30.00 William A. Kammerer
$19.00
49.00 Joseph Falasca
Emellnda Rivera, born April 2,
30.00
ArdeU Burkett
19.00 Richard Kavanaugh
45.00 Henrich SterUng
'... 19.00 Henry Gilikin
1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
George
C.
Warren
30.00
Henry K. Callan
30.00 Clifford Kilgus
.19.00
$60.00 Robert R. White
49.0Q L. Rivera, 374 Pearl Street, New
Manuel Cotty ...;
30.00 Anthony A. Klavins
19.00
Albert L. WUUs
19.00 York.
George F. Crabtree
19.00 Samuel S. LaPorte
.;...... 19.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Harry J. Cronln
19.00 Philip C. McBrlde
NEW
ORLEANS.
LA.
.'..... 30.00
$409.00
Robert Morton
' 30.00 Lloyd T. Bacon
,.,.. $30.00
Linda Marie Ciampi, born April
USPHS
HOSPITAL
Catalino Ombao
30.00 Walter CampbeU
15.00
FORT STANTON, NM
4, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
waiter C."PaschaU ....V
19.00 OUver Celestine
30.00 Charles Burton
$60.00 Manfredo V. Ciampi, 8 Upland
William Reinhardt
30.00 Jessie A. Clark
30.00 Francis L Gibbons
75.00 Road, Somerville, Mass.
Arthur S. Reinholdt
19.00 R. Cruz ......'
30.00 Thomas Isaksen
.'. 60.60
Ruperto Rivera
19J)0 James DeHaven
30.00 Donald McDonald
; 60.00
4 4 4
John G. Robinson
30.00 J. Fitzpatrick
15.00 Archibald McGuigan
60.00
EUas S. Tebm
30J)0 E. E. Gross
Larry
Nelson
Byen, bom April
120.00 Renato A. VUlaU
60.00
WilUe C. WUUams
19.00
Herman Kemp
15.00
5, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
• The deaths of the following
$375.00 James M. Byers, 566 Surrey Street, ^
30.00
$690.00 Leo H. Lang
Seafarers Tiave been reported to
Clyde H. Lanier
30.00
MobUe, Ala.
DOCTORS HOSPITAL
USPHS HOSPITAL
the Seafarers Welfare Plan and $2,
Bernard E. Lannes
19.00
WASHINGTON. DC
SAVANNAH,
GA.
500 death benefits are being paid
Alfredo Lopez
'.
19.00 Anthony D. Browne
$19.00
444'
Terrell D. Adams
$30.00 W. L. McLellan
30.00
to beneficiaries.
Texas
Will
Rogers Clamp, born
USPHS HOSPITAL
William E. AUmon
15.00 John E. Mayrbat
30.00
CHICAGO. ILL.
30.00
April 6, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
William Alton DUbury, 46: Warner W. Allred
S. D. Newman
15.00 CUfford Womack
$60.00
Francis H. Coggins
15.00 tDaUo Perez
Mrs. John. Clamp, 232 Garheld
19.00
Brother Disbury died as a result Eugene Gardner
30.00 Raymond Perry
COLON
HOSPITAL
Place, Broiddyn, OT.
.'
30.00
• of injuries received aboard the Vincent J. Hartung
CANAL ZONE
15.00
Frank Pieczykoln
'
, 15.00
Beacomet on March 11 when he Louis C. MiUer
Cesar Laboy
$19.00
30.00
4 44
Alton E. Porter
19.00
iell coming down a ladder. He is J. T. Moore
30.00 Joseph S. Preshong
30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Edward Lee Meyer, born April 9,
30.00 K. Raana
Burvived by his wife. Hazel Dis Jack O. Morrison
MANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN
30.00
1952.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
John
F.
Murphy
30.00
Tiury; his daughter, Alicia, and a
$60.00
A. A. Sampson
15.00 Robert Atmore
son
E.
Meyer, 811 Henry Street,
Frank
F.
Nelson
30.00
60.00
'brother, Gordon S. Disbury. Burial
Sedrick P. Schleffler
60.00 Carl S. Berra
Savannah, Ga.
J. T. Spivey
19.00 Weldon Smith
Rupert
A.
Blake'
60.00
15.00
.'was in Flagler Cemetery, Miami,
60.00
15.00 Claude F. Blanks
$300.00 Wilfred C. Sonnier
Fla.
4 4 4
60.00
Andrew Stauder
30.00 Edmund C. Blosser
John Richard Randolph, born
60.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Herman E. Thompson
30.00 Paul CanneUos
FRANCISCO. CAL.
75.00 April 10, 1952. Parents, Mr. and
J. E. Ward
30.00 Wilson O. Cara
> George Paul Ryninger, 61: One Alphonse SAN
Bosuge
$15.00
Watter ChaUc
60.00 Mrs. Richard Q. Randolph, 131 W.
of the veterans of the SIU, Ry Frederick Brown
$810.00 EmiUo Delgado
30.00
60.00 10th Street, Norfolk, Va.
ninger passed away on June 9 of an Malcom Minton
45.00
James R. Downie
60.00
SOUTHERN BAPTIST HOSPITAL
.ulcerated esophagus. Ryninger Peter Smith
30.00
John J. DriscoU
^
60.00
4 4 4
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
30.00
sailed as chief electrician and held David Sorenson
John T. Edwards
60.00
Richard
Simms
$30.00
Lynda Ann Hynes, born April 11,
:
30.00
Jose Espmoza °
75.00 |
Gulf Book number 7, having joined William Timmerman
~ 45.00
19.00 Fred G. Farmer
E. Ferrer
60.00 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
. the Union in New Orleans in De Lawson Trussell
45.00
$75.00 Leonard Ffanks
60.00 mond Hynes, 472 Columbia Street,
cember, 1938. He is survived by George Vesagas
Sylvester Walker
19.00
Robert E. GUbcrt
60.00 Brooklyn, NY.
• his wife, Mrs. Ethel Rj'ninger of Robert Wiseman
USPHS HOSPITAL
30.00
Bart Guranick
60.00
MEMPHIS. TENN.
'2519 Canal Street, New Orleans,
4 4 4
John W. Keenan
60.00
$285.00 Bomar Cheeley
La.
^
$60.00 Leo Kulakowdd
60.00
William Edward Dilloii, bora
Clarence D. Shiveiy
15.00 Frederick Landry
60.00 April 5, 1952. Parents, Mr. andl^
USPHS HOSPITAL
VirgU E. Wilmoth
. 60.00 James J. Lawior
STATEN ISLAND, NY.S
60.00 ^^.5 Millie E. Dillon, Box 46C,
Emilio P. Collazo, 62: Arterio Leo AUcn
$30.00
60.00
$135.00 Francis F. Lynch
RFD 4, Rugby Road, Pasadena PO,
sclerosis and resultant complica Victor Areylao
SO.OU
David Mcllreath T.
6n oo
Maryland.
CUfford
Middleton
60.00
19.0(
tions took the life of Brother Col Victor A. Artman
USPHS HOSPITAL
Vic MUazzo
60.00
MOBILE. ALA. '
19.00
lazo on June 17 in the New Or Wm. Atchason
Lloyd Miller
60.00
49.00 WiUiam Anderson
,
830.00 John R. Murdoch
60.00
leans USPHS Hospital. Collazo Raphael Babiani
Carol Butterton, born May 1,
Pedro O. Peralta
60.00
Edward
Barron
• »« a 6 •
• 30.00 Barthold A. Christensen
15.00
sailed as butcher and cook and had
George G. Phifer
60.00 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Maurice Bernstein
30.00 James H. Jones
15.00 R. A. RatcUff
60.00
been with the SIU since May, 1947, Ray E. Brault
t
...19.00 Waiter T. .Noel
15.00 John R. Richters
60.00 G. Butterton, 150 Seaboard Ave
sailing out of the port of New Or Richard Broomhead'
60.00 nue, Portsmouth, Va.
19.00 Fred O. Swendsen'
19.00 G. E. Sciiumaker
Robert Sizemore
60.00
leans. He is survived by his wife. Frank Cardoza
19.00 Charles WUlard
15,00 Timothy SuUivan
60.00
Burial took place in St. Vincent De George N. Clarke
4 4 4
30.00
Albert Thompson
60.00
$105.00
Charles W. Cothran .............. 30.00
Paul Cemetery, New Orleans.
Patricia
Marie
Griffin, born May
$2,130.00
Raphael Diaz
19.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
2,^1952.
Parents,
Mr. and Mrs.
4 it 4.
GALVESTON. TEX.
M. A. Dodge
30.00
DEATH BENEFITS
James E. Griffin, 2136 Heather
Leo
Dwyer
."
$15.00
R.
Edmond^n
....................
30.00
Herbert R. Burke '
$929.82
Joseph O'Malley, 45: A fractured
19.00 Jimmie M. Heifer
'30.00 EmiUo P. CoUazo
2300.00 Road, South Norfolk, Va.
«skull caused the death of Brother Samuel ErUtz
WiiUam
A.
Dlsbuiy
2500.00
P. FarreU ..
. 30.00
30.00 James F. Kane
Robert F. Larsen
947.60
4 4 4
Joseph O'Malley on June 24, 1952, Joseidi
30.00 Margaret
Wm., Girardeau .;.. 6sse*st6*s 30.00 Joseph Neubauer
Morsette
1.717.60
in. the Jersey City Medical.Center. Robert F. Gribben ., e60«a06«a» 30.00 Eddie D. Smith
Eddie
Eugene
Brooke, bora May
30.00 Gunvald E. NUsen
69850
Joseph O'Malley
2500.00 11, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
O'Malley had been sailing with the Charles O. Ories ...
60.00 Joseph L, Springer .............. 15.00 George
P. Ryninger
2500.00
SIU since 1946 in the engine de Wladislov Groholski
19.00
19.00 Charles B. Young
Osborne M. Brooke, 128 Colvin
partment, He is survived by a sis Halim Y. Hambouz
814593.52
45.00
Street, Mobile, Ala.
$169.00
30.00
ter, Mrs. Julia Williams of New WUliam M. Herman
MATERNITY BENEFITS
USPHS HOSPITAL
t
4 4 4
York; a brother, William. Francis Sabino Intigro ....0..........;.... .30.0
Alfonso Rivera
$200.00
PORTLAND. ME.
60.00
Anthony Timas
200.00
O'Malley of Bound Brqok, NJ, and Louis F. Johnson
Geraldine
Ann Koval, born Mas^^
$19.00 Vincent Bavlrsha
200.00
Raymond E. KeUer
6o«'• 1S>00 Ernest P. Belkner
a son who resides in Ohio, Burial George
27,
1952...
Mr.
and Mrs. John T.
John
H.
Hunt
200.00
KXtdtien a S OS • • • •no's So O'S*
• •
19.0d
CAMBRIDGE SANITARIUM
Patrick I. Rogers
200.00 Koval, 1445 Bedford Avenuo,
was in Gate of Heayeh Cemetery, p.',R. Lea^
90.00
CAMBRIDGE. MASS.
Sigwart G. Nielsen
200.00
Hawthorne, NY.
.
James R, l.ewis ,.>«i.30.00 Anthony Leva • *a*ess8«se«ss«s«4**
$75.00 Dolor F. Stone »s ee eee8.8««*4««***' 20050 Brooklyn.
WELFARE
4.
4 4.
FINAL
DISPATCH
.
t t ^
i
4.
4 4 4
...
' .
�Fridan July 11, 195F
SEAFARERS LOG
Face Twentyiriz
... DIGEST Of SHIPS' MEETINGS »..
IIS.
its
YAKA (Waterman), June 1«—Chairman,
Blackle Martin; Secretary, Terence White.
Each delegate should prepare a repair
list for arrival In port. Ship's fund stands
at $68.25. Men agreed to fold up cots
when not In use. Washing machine wUl
be cleaned after being used.
STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), May 90 —
Chairman, Ralph Wllklns; Secretary, p.
C. Rollins. Shlplr delegate will see the
captain about painting decks In engine
department foc'sles. Ship's delegate will
aee patrolman about a new washing ma
chine for the crew. Steward asked aU
bands to turn In cots and linen before
the payoff. Stewart department got a
vote of . thanks.
>•
ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Sea* Shipping),
June 0—Chairman, K. Roberts; Secretary,
E. J. Plersen. Captain did not order
milk at Durban because the dairy was
closed for the holiday. Motion was passed
to have the ship's delegate see the cap
tain about painting the deck and stew
ard department foc'sles. Engine depart
ment quarters were already painted tms
• 'trip. Menus have not Improved since the
last meeting. Deck department Is out of
disinfectant. Voluntary contributions for
the ship's fund wlU be accepted at the
first draw In the States.
room should also be painted and keys
should be made for each room. ^
STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), June 3
Chairman, Charles Martlnex; Secretary
W. J. Gilllck. Motion whs passed to
have the ship's delegate Intercede for
the wiper In case he Is discredited. Inci
dent between the engine delegate and
the engine department utility has been
satisfactorily settled.
June S—Chairman, VIncenze De 61a
conio; Secretary, Bill Sutherlln.' Ship's
delegate thanked the crew for Its good
work and cleanliness. Steward depart
ment did a good Job. All previous beefs
have been settled satisfactorily. Steward
will accept donations for the ship's fund
at the end of the trip. Dirty linen should
be turned in then and foc'sles cleaned.
Since the repair of the old washing ma
chine would be very expensive, the crew
has decided to have the patrolman get a
new one from the company.
^Can'Shakers*
Have No OK
The membership is . again
cautioned to beware of persons
soliciting funds on ships in be
half of memorials or any other
socallfed "worthy causes." "
No "icanshafcers" or solici
tors. .have received authoriza
tion, from SlU. headquarters to
collect funds. The National
Foundation, for Infantile Pa
ralysis is the only charitable
organization which has re
ceived' membership endorse
ment.. Fupds for this cause
are. collected .through normal
Union channels at the payoff.
Receipts ere issued on the spot.
FRANCES (Bull), June 22—Chairman,
M. GroHschslk; Secretary, M. Zslenks.
Ship's delegate asked membership for
library fund donations. Chief electrician
made a motion that the chief engineer
stop using sarcastic remarks toward him.
Laundry and washing machine should be
kept clean.
turned over to chief mate and chief en
gineer. Motion was passed to donate
to the library fund. Motion was passed
to give the washing machine to whoever
wants It.
MARVEN (International Navigation),
June 8—Chairman, Herman Whirnant;
Secratary,
Frank Van Dutin, All hahda
SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), June
5—Chairman, Robert Brock; Secretary, H. are to keep the messroom clean after
Peeler. Ship's fund now stands at $25.60.
(Continued on page 27)
Donations will be accepted at the pay
off. Two men who missed ship were re
ported to headquarters. Question of the
dollar deposit for foc'sle keys will be re
ported to the patrolman. Ship's delegate
wUl speak to the chief engineer about
reversing the blower In the messroom to
The following men listed below
blow In cold air. Cooks asked that fans be
Installed In the galley. Dishwasher was have retroactive wages due from
criticized for his poor work. Steward
was asked to order spray guns for Robin Line. Wrife or cqll in per
mosquitoes.
son at 39 Cortlandt St., NY.
MONEY DUE
CARRABULLE (National Navigation).
NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory
ROBIN TUXFORD;
June 17—Chairman, A. T. Arnold; Sec
Carriers), May 2S—Chairman, Frank W.
Van Der Bauk. Jacob'us; Burgos, Angelt
retery,
A. Gsldmilt. Chief officer gave Maissonet, Leoncla;
Gsraun; Secretary, net listed. Sugges
Monte, Vincent; Dedl
warning that he will not allow anrtne
tion was made that each department
.Julian; Johnson. John; Leon.
under the Influence of liquor to' turn tb catorio.
clean the recreation room and laundry
Donahoe, Robert; McArthur.
on deck. A. T. Arnold was elected ship's Alexander;
before turning them over for cleaning to
WUUaih; Grady. Edward Hogan, Robert;
delegate by acclamation'. ' ' A'.' G'oldmill •Sinclair,
the next department.
Francis;
Priola, Edward: Cortes.
was elected ship's , treasurer by Acclama
June 4—Chairman, E. S. Game; Secre
tion. Motion was passed to have the Donald: Perry, Chester,'
tary,
not
listed.
Men
were
reminded
to
ci"
clean and rinse the washing machine Dogs around pert lights that are frozen delegates check Jn slopchest prloes Each
ROBIN SHERWOOD:
R
department should take charge of keep
OR SOTO (Waterman), June IS—Chair after use. $1 will be donated to the up WlU be freed where, necessary.
Hinnant. George H. jr.: Longtuoe, Nor
ing
the
recreation
room
clean
for
a
ship's
fund
by
each
man
after
the
pay
man, A. Danne; Secretary, Philip Reyes.
Reyes, Carmelo: Hassan, Taib:
week. Suggestion was made to insUU a man;
Llanez, BacUlo; Smith. Warren K. jr.:
Beet about the chief will be taken up off.
CAMAS MEADOWS (US Petroleum Car
O'Rourke, John; Houde, EmUe: AvUes.
with the'patrolman. Roberts was elected
riers), June 15—Chairman, Donald N.
AZALEA CITY (Waterman), June 15— Dickson; Secretary, T. W, Carmlchael.
Luis; Gable. George: Medvesky, John: Lo*
Sihlp's delegate. Repair list will be turned
makln. Serge: Maldonado, Ramon; Qui
over to department delegates before ar Chairman, L. Do Ganga; Secretary, C. S. Ship's first . aid kits have been filled.
nones, Felix; Carr, Paul; Undertajlo.
rival In ports. When there are no beefs Sansoma. Two men missed the ship. Crew was reminded to take cots off the
Basil; Cotty, Manuel; Tlnlnlreck, Frank:
and all men are In good standing, ship's Ship's fund sUnds at ST. Motion was deck when not In use; Motion was passed
Terry, CecU; VUlaciau. Vincente: Amett.
delegate wU contact the hall and obtain passed to add to this sum. Discussion to have the captain change the ship's
GUbert: SapU. Ralph: Harris, Walter;
permission to pay off without the patrol was held on the unsatisfactory slopchest chandler In Naples. Steward advised on
and the scarcity of ^arettes. Steward purchasing stores in Naples. Captain will
Vaughn, Alfred: Day, Sidney; Jensen.
man, since this Is a coastwise ship.
led for the fine advise the ship's delegate and steward 'hot water line in the washing machine Helman,
department was thanfed
food.
.
at earliest time ship will reach the next and an electric fan in the laundry. Dirty
BEAURE6ARD (Waterman), June
ROBIN MOWBRAY;
Chairman, Joseph A. Ryan; Secretary, R. MLTON H. SMITH (Isthmian), June 1— port ot call so that the steward can coffee cups ahould not be left on the
Ross, John: Fair, David; McDanlel.
A. Eden. R. C. Sheppard was elected Chairman, L. I. Saguelel; Secretary, Dan estimate the amount of stores needed. messhaU tables and aU over the deck. Paul:
Robert; Logan. Jerlmiatn
steward delegate. Membership was re Stasevleh. Ship's delegate and deck First assistant engineer, who has had a Do not throw' cigarette butts through Purdy. Sipsey,
Jchn; Wendt, Robert; GalUos, Ha
quested not to take guards off bunk delegate had a talk with the captain and good deal of experience In grading meats, open portholes;. use. the ash trays.
merto; Gordon, Jamas; Funk, Richardt
Ughts. New mirrors for deck department reached an agreement a* to what should volunteered to accompany the steward
Spradley. EUU; Rddl. Joseph; Bonltto.
when he selects meat in Naples.
DEL ORO (Mississippi), June S—Chair Henry; TorblriU,
heads and showers vfere requested.
John: Fisher, Louis.
be done. Che ordinary and one wiper
man, Geerge Borck; Sacfatary, Rodger
will keep the laundry clean: steward de'
Baker.
B.
AUison
was
elected
ship's
DEL
VIENTO
(Mississippi),
April
10—
ROBIN LOCUCSLEY:
partment will clean the recreation room.
not listed; Secretary, George driegate . by acclamation. AU but ship's
Dupdrit,' Emll; Wmisms, Roger; Ander
Steward department was complimented Chairman,
L. Kaufman. Acting ship's delegate re personnel should not be in amidship son, Charles; White, Donald; Counts. Wil
on their good work.
ported on repairs which were Hot at house. Ship's delegate wUl hold the ship's Uam; Brunton, John: Edwards. Francis:
tended to in New Orleans; they will be fund—which • now stands at , 81.35. Each Glondano, John; Barnes. Grover; MouUer.
. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Waterman), June put
this trip's repair list. Ship's dele department WiU dean the. laundry for a Amald'o; RusseU, David; De Leon, Carlos:
IS—Chairman, A,. Slstrunk; Secretary, gate on
will write to the negotiating com week In rotation. Ship's delegate wiU Parrett, Thomas; Maldonado, Francisco:
P. Reed. Replacenient df the life jackets, mittee
to ask them if the butane gas inquire Into penalty cargo.
Sanders,. John; Richardson. John; Kel
which are very dirty, will be put on
MARINA (Bull), June 4—Chairman, Wil the repair list. Brothers were asked to which this ship carries as part of Its ClTRU$ PACKER. (Watsrman), Junt 21 log, Charles; Weenls, Albert; Gaudy.
cargo
comprises
penalty
cargo.
Mate
will
John; SUck, Charles; GUI, MarshaU: Wad
liam J. Morris; Secretary, Stan Wills. keep the washing machine, to clean It
WlUlam J. Morris was elected ship s out after.use and not to let It run when Install library shelves as soon as possible. —Chairman, Garland H. Higa; Secretary, dington, William; Schram, Rayford; Gor
delegate, Howard Gllsson, engine dele not in use. Members should not play Cups should be returned to the mess Claud N. Johnson. Repair list has been don, James; Pierson, Schuyler; Frederick.
Walter; Walls. WlUlam; Pomerlasse. Rob
gate. New coffee um was requested. dice aft, as this keeps the off watch room. Ice box In the dry storeroom VHll
ert: Clnquecciasco, Angelo; Fox. Denton:
Screen doors should be locked while the awake. Pantry and messhall should be be repaired Immediately, as well as the
lock
on
the
meat
box
door.
Gromek,
Henry; Thomson, John.
ship Is In port.
kept cleaner at night. Deck depart
June IS—Chairman, J. Meeks; Secre ment head should be fixed.
ROBIN KmK:
tary, Stan Wells. Water was left running
Rush, Vernon; Cruz, Fabian; Ulrlch.
in the laundry and soap boxes were
SWEETWATER (MarTrada), Jun* IS—
Henry:
Dacaney,. Fernando; Makko, Vic
Photos
of
the following
men
are
thrown on deck. OS and wiper wlU al Chairman,. Paul. D. Love; Secretary, Al
tor; Serra, Alexander; Stevenson, Alex
ternate emptying the trash box. All mem bert L. Peves. Crewmembers were
fading,
both'in
their
new
member
ander: Consentino, Mario: Ministerl. Gao
(i bers win clean up after using the laundry. asked to stay out of officers' messhall,
ship books and in headquarters tano.
More variety was requested In the and officers will keep cut of crew's
menus. Not so much pork should be hall. Dispute with engineers has been
files. They can either send theit ROBIN KETTERING: i
Served and the meat should not be settled. Members voted to buy a new
burned. Recreation hall should be kept washing machine, with all hands con
PAOLI (Cities Service), June $—Chair book with four passpcirt photos to Hansen. Eivar: Langston, John; Lltch
clean and keys provided for the foc'sles. tributing $6 towards its purchase. Money man, Norman MSble; Secretary, Anthony headquarters or stop in for hew Held, Lester; Karlak, Steve; Getes, Edwin:
Boles, Bernard; Hewson, Donald; Olsen,
left over will go into the ship's fund P. VIelanto. Engine room head and
Einar; Everhart, Henfy; Scraggs, Fred:
TAGALAM (Seatrade), June 10—cktalr to buy reading matter. Ship's delegate, washing juaclUne are going to be fixed; ones:
Svenningsen,
George; Broughton, Lewis; '.
man. King; Secretary, Rob Lee. Ship's will see the chief engineer about hav fans are needed by the cook and mess
delegate reported many repair beefs ing the wheelhouse and foc'sle fans man.
. Lee R.' Arnold, AllO; James C. Blake, Fuciu, George: Kirby, Walter; Guild, Roy: *
have been cleared up and he Is now fixed. Recreation hall will be locked In
June 22^halrman, R. J. JopskI; SecJ B44; Christopher' Bobbe, B53; Robert B. Swetstka, Franclszek: Oaire, Clarence;.
working on the rest. Ship's fund stands at port.
retary,. Anthony. Pasquale VIolanto. 'One Carry, 043; Rufus Carrington, C47; Pru Ferrandlz, Robert,
$31. C. Moss was elected ship's treas
brother put off for sickness and one dencio De.. Jesus, D49; George Dlnass,
ROBIN HOOD:
—
urer and unanimously. Motion was GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), Jun*
missed ship. Fix settees In recreation D164; Joseph F. Fiesel, F9: JuUo
Hudkins, Robert: Erlcksson, Nils:
passed to buy an Iron and magazines.
Chairman, Callahan; Secretary, D. Plc room and 8to12 foc'sle. 'Ventilation Figneroa; F77.
Dauire,
John;
Rigney.
George; Da Costa.
cerelll. Messhall should be kept clean system, should be instaUed in passage
Angel Cortez, CS; Robert Gresham,
Brown, Melvin: Qrll
ANNISTON CITY (Isthmian), June 9— at all times. Ironing board and Iron ways since the, doors are shut. Motion Gil; Arvld GyUand, G38; WUmer E. Jose; CoUiers, Elmer:
fith, John; Mason, Francis; McKenzie.
Chairman, John Kulat; Secretary, Michael should be Uept In the steward's room was passed to make up a repair list for Harper. .Hll: Alfred Hanstuedt, H36; Avery;
Elverum, Bjoru; Cardoso. Noe:
J. Dembnowtkl. Captain told the ship's when not In use. Since the company all departments.'
Cuthbert Hlnkson, H38; Charles Haug Strickler,
Charles; Webb, John; Ombaa.
delegate that the crew would have to put supplied a new washing machine, the
hey, H42;' Edmund La'rkin, L36: William. Catallnlb; Patzer.
Harold; Kltesky. Peter:
the poop deck awning up on their own old one was sold to a member for $15.
GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), May 25— Lewis, L38.
Baker,
WlUiam;
Everett. Louis; White.
time. Ship's delegate will see the cap Patrolman .will be notified that the hos Chairman, C. Greane; Secretary, E. M.
Earl
P.
Larson,
L39; Kenneth
J,
Lewis,
Chester;
HoweU, WiUlam;
Burchinal, John.
tain about radiograms, as sparks wiU pital was used for cargo space. Ship's Watts. AU repairs that were not taken
Wallace Lowther, L47; Moses A.
not accept messages unless overtime Is delegate will See the chief engineer care of In New York are now being 1,40;
Lucas,
L48;
B.
F.
Lowe,
L74;
John
J.
ROBIN GRAY;
paid to him for it. Brothers were re about repairing the crew's pantry steam taken care of as soon as possible. George Lawton, L79: Islac MlUer, M55: Acosta
Goldfarb, Abraha'm; Wallace, Ward:
aU hours Inside and on deck, and that table. If this matter Is neglected. It McAlpine was elected engine delegate.
J. Soto, S79; Wm. Singleton, S81.
Russo, Antonio; WandreL Earl; CU, Jose:
they should refrain from making too will be reported to the patrolman.
Paul Tassin, T30; Fabian Cruz, C77; Thomas. William.
much noise. Brothers were urged to
Benigno Cortez,. Cl36; Steve Deri, D33;
cooperate .In keeping all but ship's per
MAE (Bull), June 12—Chairman, E. V.
ROBIN GOODFELLOW:
BilUe Doyle,' D77: John Durma, D160:
mlnded that men are trying to sleep at Smith; . Secretary, H. P. Bluhm. Ship's
Thomas, Lloyd; De Havers. Leonce:
Anthony Beiider, B172; JuUua Bocala,
sonnel from the messroom and crew's fund stands at $40. Ship's delegate read
Warffeld.'Van;
Hauna, Anthony: Buzalew
B173; BacUlo Bonafont, B174.
quarters. The steward department was a statement by the captain stating that
skl, Stanley; ElUott, WilUam; Whitley.
praised for good work and the brothers the video set belonged to the crew and
Nicholas
Brancato,
B180;
Edison
Conrad Shlreley
Bennie; MartinelU, Albert; Malsonet, Jose:
were reminded that the galley is hot and to the SlU and in the event that the ship
Brown, B181; Floyd Crumpler, CIS;
Steve; Grutes, Joseph; Phifer.
that cooks and messmen deserve coopera lays up, the set will be removed by the' I have been anxious to hear Idelfoqsq QalinUez, G126; Jort A. Grif KoUna,
Robert; Curtui, George: Zlegler, Elmer:
tion and consideration at nil times.
port agent or someone authorized by from you for over a year. Write fith, G127: Alton Green, G128; Genaro Anderegg, Frederick; Walker, John;
him. A;'Bokan'was unanimously elected
Gonzales, G129: Joseph GUliad, G156; Schroeder, Elmer; Rohrlng, George; Wer
SEACOMET (Orion), June 19 — Chair new ship's.delegate. Suggestion was of, me at Hillside Lake, Wapplnger Hulet Higginbotham, H75.
ner, Frederick; Rogers, Charles; Green.
man, H. Workman; Secretary, L. Santa fered to have a screen made by the
Domingo LaUave, L44; Jose Lopez, L49: EUiott; Goodman. Elvin: Lyons, Edward:
Ana. Ship's fund now stands at $17.81 deck department to cover the store's Falls, NY. Leo Mo vail.
FeUpo Lugo, L73; Ture Sandstrom, S191; MenviUe, John; MlUtar, Diossoro; Davis.
Motion was passed to have the three hatch Oil the stern. Delegates will check
James Shiber, S190; Raymond Torres, T31; James; Sisk, Loonie; Pou, Oscar; Sullivan.
delegates' get together about the nec foc'sles to see where port Ught screens
Daniel Tlcer, T32; Alberto Trevino," T33; James; Hobson, Frank; Squires, Roland:
ssary repair work. All quarters should are needed. They wUl then tell the
Wm. W. Wells, W36; Robert F. Walker, Hoare: PhUips; Hurley, Louis; Kaminskl.
Thomas W. Blevins
painted, messroom and recreation chief mate where screens are needed.
Marion; MasineUi, Pasquale; Gvozdick.
W39: Jtoseph Wa^er. W40.
Peter; Boles, Richard; Laken, Charles:
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Claude, Albert; Matonte, Mauro; Leonard.
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Eugene; Hafley, John; Cefarattl, Rudolph.
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• TEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), June It
(Continued from page 26)
Chairman, Willie Walker; Secretary, R.
night lunch. Department delegatei will Anderson. Any member who comes on
check on fans that need fixing before board gassed up and makes trouble for
the weather gets hot.
the other members will be brought np on
charges In first port of payoff. Coffee
urn
has been tampered with and the
SEA OARDEN (Penln. Nav.), Juna 15—
has trouble making coffee In
Chairman, John Bracht; Secretary, Ken messman
the morning. Discussion was held on
neth Coliint. One man jumped jhlp in day
man coming aboard gassed up and
New York. Department delegates will see striking the chief cook while he was
the department heads since, according
because he could not get
to the minutes of the last crew, 4he com sleeping,
Juice at one o'clock In, the morn
pany has done nothing about the repair tomato
ing.
lists handed in 'at that time. Suggestion
was made that Argentine butter be used
for cooking and baking. MoUon was
SEA STAR (Msrcador), April 27 —
passed to have the delegates Inspect the Chairman, Louis W. Pappar; Sacratary,
cigarette supply and see If It is pos B. L. Owans. Patrolman should get some
sible to get a library on board.
action on the repair list before the
signon. since many repairs were prom
ised after the last trip and were not
OLYMPIC CAMES 'tWeslern Tankers),
Chief engineer will permit the
May 11—Chairman, L. Baldwin; Secre made.
black gang to paint aU foc'sles. Sugges
tary, Donald Forrest. Ship's fund stands tion was made that the ship's delegate
at $8.76 after several purchases. Motion see the master about having the crew
wax passed to press charges against any messhall painted and the patrolman about
member fouling up at the next port of getting aa adequate slopchest next voy
call. Members were asked not to grow age.
Deck engineer would like the over
lax In leaning washing machine after head leak
in the foc'sle repaired Immedi
use and keeping the messroom orderly.
ately. Steward department got a vote' of
June 1—Chairman, Paul Jamas; Secre thanks for the good service and chow.
tary, Den Forrest. Doctor was brought
June 13—Chairman, F. W. Langley;
aboard to examine suspected contamin Secretary, Louis W. Pepper. Very few re
'ated water. He ordered the tanks pairs
were taken care of, as requested
pumped out and flushed. Joe Meyerchak at the last meeting. CaptalA refused to
was, elected ship's delegate by acclama have the hideous green color of the
tion. J'oulups will be referred to port messhall changed. Foc'sles have not
officials.
been painted, as promised by the chief
engineer. All hands were asked to be
sober
at the payoff.
MILTON H.. SMITH (Isthmian), Juna 17
—Chalrihan, Benny Vallas; Secretary, T.
THE CABINS (Cabins), June 24—Chair
Thompson. Ship's delegate saw the cap man, A. Sehrote; Secretary, R.. Malone.
tain: many things were accomplished and It was suggested that the steward get
more repairs will be done. Ship needs, DDT bombs and that doors and lockers in
fumigation. There is not enough hot the steward department" foc'sle be re
water for baths.
paired.
Keep Droit
Board Poeted
SIU Headquarters urges all
draft eligible seamen to be
sure they keep their local Se
lective Service boards posted
on all changes of address
through, the use of the posv
cards furnished at all SIU
halls and aboard ships.
Failure to keep jour draft
board informed of your where
abouts can cause you to be
listed as a delinquent and be
drafted into the services with
out a hearing. The Union in
such cases can do nothing to
aid Seafarers who fail to com
ply.
port and the key given to the electrician
on watch. Crew should take care of the
new" washing machine.
steward department for the swell Job
that they have done this trip, and we
all hope to sail with them again some
time.
and linen keeper work ig needed. Del
egate should, find out whether or not e
crewmember can be notified that he le
fined by customs before leaving.
I
LOGANS FORt (Cities Service), no
HURRICANE (Waterman), June 22—
Chairman, Augic Lazzaro; Secretary, AA date—Chairman, not listed; Secretary,
Sterne. Deck department rooms and
recreation room will be painted this trip.
Crew rooms need new locks. Old maga
zines will be donated to the seamen's
club In Bremerhaven. Motion was passed
to donate $3 to the AMMLA whenever
they service the ship, plus the same
amount to the ASFS library service. Fif
ty cents will be donated to the ship's
fund by each member this trip. Ship's
delegate will see about getting new
buckets, stores and cool drinks (Includ
ing papaya Juice). Company has been
notlAed that in future crew will not sign
on until coastwise pay has been com
pleted. Ship's delegate reported that
someone sneaked into the steward de
partment head and sougeed grease from
engine room workers off the bulkheads
during the annual Inspection, to save
overtime.
ALAWAI (Waterman). June 16—Chair
man, Louis M. Hcnriquez; Secretary, W.
A. Perry. Louis M. Henriquez was
elected ship's delegate by acclamation.
June 22—Chairman, F. S. Crumpler;
Secretary, Robert Benlamin. Repair list
was adequately taken care of. although
silver trays for the crew messroom were
not received. Complaint was made on
the absence of soap powder in the laun
dry. where the pump was clogged up due
to the .failuie of the crew to maintain
cleanliness. Each individual should clean
thw laundry whgn he uses it. with refuse
placed in trash cans which should be
emptied periodically by the sanitary men
of the respective departments.
not listed. Motion was passed to have
the fihip's delegate take care of the ship's
fund, which now stands at $21.42: each
crewmember will contribute $1. Cook
asked for a' fan in the galley and said
that the galley back door, which does
not shut completely should be repaired.
Crewmembers were asked to get to their
fire and Boat stations promptly.
ATLANTIC WATER (Metro), June 14
—Chairman, Steve Deri; Secretary, G. E.
Goodwin. Steve Dori was elected ship's
delegate by acclamation. Motion was
passed that the ship should not sail
again until all repairs have been eoni
pleted. A vote of thanks went to the
steward department for their good work.
The three departments will rotate the
cleaning of the laundry and recreation
room. Ship's delegate asked for the
crew's cooperation in keeping the wash
ing machine in good order. He also
requested that the captain be made to
produce the receipt for the money turned
over to the Union for the washing ma
chine which the crew bought. New York
will be notified about the captain's ac
tion in signing for all stores for this
ship without the steward seeing any bills
of • l ading or receipts: the steward did
not sign for anything. ISuggestlon was
made that the delegate see the chief
engineer about the pantry fan.
STEEL DESIGNER (isthmian), Juna IS
—Chairman, Joseph Poturalski; Secretary,
Henry Bearse. Each delegate will draw
up a repair list and give it to the ship's
delegate for action in West Coast ports.
$37 from the previous ship's fund _wa8
handed over to the ship's delegate: It
wlU be used for the chrew's recreation.
Variety of salads should be served. New
washing machine has been instaUed by
GREELEY VICTORY (South Atlantic),
ABIQUA (Cities Service), May * — the company: one of the old ones wiU
Chairman, Steve Senak; Secretary. R. M. be kept for washing dirty work clothes. June 11—Chairman, Pat Fiannagan; Sec
STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), Juna 22—
rotary, Pat Ryan. Man who suffered in
Lafferty. Ship's treasurer reported a
ROYAL OAK (Citlas Service), June 7— juries is in the hospital. Frank Kon was Chairman, Leonard Bugaiewski; Secre
balance of $11.96 and $10 ip US stamps.
Ship's delegate wiU see' the chief mate Chairman. Davis Gilbert; Secretary, A. M. elected ship's delegate by acclamation: tary, H. C. Hart. One man was sent to
about sougeeing the foc'sles and painting Wilburn. Messhall will be painted this Rosarlo LaParl was elected deck dele the hospital in Port Said for eye treat
the heads. Vote of thanks went to the trip. One wiper is getting off due to gate. Motion was passed to send a let ment. (Hiief steward reported that the
Ulness: he will go to the hospital. Mo ter to headquarters about .getting fresh preservative used in the fresh water
FAIRISLE (Waterman), June 1—Chain steward department—especlaUy the sec tion
was passed to get a shore radio milk for ships on the shuttle run out in tanks is a black, oily substance which*
man, C. J. Quinnt; Secretary, William ond cook and baker. Charles Cantwell— repair
man to check the crew's radio. the Far East: a letter should also be sent turns all food cooked in water black.
Stark. Chief engineer asked crew to he for exceUent food. Request was made No more
ttian $5 will be spent on this. to headquarters and to San Francisco Use of this substance should be discon
careful with the water, as ship Is running that the slicing machine in the galley It was suggested
the agent be con about the captain's attitude towards the tinued at once.. Ship's delegate will con
short. Each department delegate will be left alone. "Washing machine should tacted to see if that
ship could get a flat crewmembers in regard to hospitalization tact the mate about shelves for the li
turn in a repair list. Large number of be cleaned and turned off after use: rate on transportation
Galveston and medical attention in Japan. Steward brary and the first assistant about the
overtime beefs will be turned over to suggestion was made that a red. light to Houston. Pantry and from
crew messhall was asked to Improve the bread situation: extremely hot water In the shower. Laun
the patrolman. Gear of washing ma be put on the machine as a reminder .to should be kept clean; aU cups
should be the baker will make smaller batches, so dry will be locked up while In board.
chine which burned out cannot be fixed. shut It off. Ship's delegate reported
Patrolman will be contacted about a new
back In the sink.
that It will be more edible.
Crewmembers are naked to cooperate In that the captain wiU give out two car put
washing machine: if this cannot be
Juna
26—Chairman,
D.
Gilbert;
Sec
keeping machine clean: crew will request tons of cigarettes to each man: If the retary. A. M. Wilburn. Ship's delegate
supplied, the old ene must be repaired.
a new one from the company. Delegates ship is fined, as in France, for unde suggested that aU members clean their
CITRUS
PACKER
(Waterman),
May
25
Laundry
faucets need fixing.
cigarettes.' the fine will be di
will ask. the patrolman to check the clared
rooms before leaving the ship at the pay —Chairman, Garland H. Haga; Secretary,
vided
up
among
the
crew.
Slopchest
medicine chest for the next trip. Steward
Suggestion was made to buy games Claud N. Johnun. Steward reported that
department got a vote of thanks for should be opened on one day a week at off.
from the ship's fund, which now stands all stores are aboard except fresh straw
a convenient time.
good chow and servlca.
berries. Garland Hoga was elected ship's
at $34.
treasurer. Coffee cups should be put
Juna 2—Chairman, Quinnt, Secretary,
back in the ship's sink. All hands should
ARCHERg HOPE (Cities Service), June
W. Stark. Meeting was called to discuss
MARYMAR
(Calmer),
April
30—Chair
keep
feet off the chairs and tables and
water rationing, with the vessel four 26—Chairman, Frank Vincent; Secretary,
days from Okinawa. Several brothers Thomas Smith. Washing machine has not m .n, A. Nicholson; Secretary, Harry L. put dirty linen in the linen locker.
reported this same condition has existed been received. Avrnlngs are off and there Franklin. E. C. Ruley was elected ship's
for the last , two years. Water now Is too Is no place to stay In hot weather. The delegate, ship's delegate will inquire
ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), Juna 4—
hot to use. Members must take a firm ship needs fumlgaUon. Ck>ts have been about spare fans for the foc'sle. He wiU Chairman, Frank Sullivan; Secretary, J.
stand and stick together: no man Is to Issued to all members: they should be also try to get tablecloths for crew's W. PIcou. Ship's fund stands at $21.
tables,
a
coffee
urn
for
the
pantry
and
pay off ship until some definite action put ajvay after use.
Washing machine will be raffled and
shelves for lockers.
is assured.'Department delegate will col
June 16—Chairman, D. C. Gay; Secre money donated to the ship's fund. Cots
lect $1 from each man to pay for a
and
mattresses should be reported to
tary, Harry L. Franklin. Motion was
telegram to the west coast representative
passed to have the delegates go over the port agent.
explaining the situation and asking for
stores received with the steward before
representation upon the ship's arrival. Ex
(Continued from page 3)
sailing on the next voyage, and report
tra money will be put In a ship's fund.
ing results to the crew. Repair lists
his
two sons, Sean,
three, and Pat
turned In to the ship's delegate wlU be
rick, two years old.
ARLYN (Bull), June 14 — Chairman,
given to the patrolman, chief engineer,
Steven Bargerls; Secretary. Robert L.
and one copy retained by the crew. Men
At present, Nicolai is faced with
Andersen. There should be more silence,
WARHAWK (Waterman). June 22 — on watch should have places reserved for
the happy choice of picking one
out of consideration for the rest of the Chairman, George Engelhard; Secretary, them at meals: the crew's refrigerator
crew. Letter on crewmember refusing Ruth Jordan. Motion was passed to have needs new ice trays. There have been
HASTINGS (Waterman), June $—Chair of the four offers. For the time
to work will be given to the agent at the deck department head fixed before many complaints about the food: stale
the port of the payoff.
signing on for the next trip. WaJhlng and raw potatoes have been served: too man, L. L. Stone; Secretary, W. L. Car being he sent the two boys to a
machine should be kept cleaner. Vote much or too little garlic Is being used: raway. Ship's delegate reported one man summer camp on the advice of the
of thanlcs. was given to the steward de unsatisfactory night lunch and dinner Is got off the ship at the last moment. Deck
partment. Dollar contributions will be served and there Is not enough milk. delegate reports that the company has family doctor. This has left him
Quiz Amswerz
These conditions, however, seem to be the right to hire the shore gang. The with time to make the necessary
made to the ship's fund.
siopcbest and repairs were not com
Uuprovlug.
(1) Brotherinlaw.
pleted. Vie D'lndla was elected ship's arrangements for the boys.
HENRY T. RAINEY (Bull), June 1—
delegate by acclamation. Suggestion was
(2) North, or actually northwest, Chairman,
No Place For Boys
MARY ADAMS (BloomfTcId),' June 22 made that each man turn In keys at the
H. J. Robins; Secretary, Au
not east as commonly supposed.
Up until the SIU learned of the
gust Felkenhour. V. A. Held was elected —Chairman. Red Fink; Secretary, Robert payoff and that the patrolman be shown
ship's delegate. Steward department will M. Douglas. Chief engineer will have the slopchest. Vote of thanks went to the case, Nicolai had been taking care_
(3) An even $100.
take care of the recreation hall: deck and an oiler shipped in San Pedro for the steward department for the fine chow
of both children since his wife's"
departments will keep the laim man who missed ship. There is $31 in and service.
(4) Brazil, originally founded by engine
dry clean.
the ship's fund. Some repairs have been
No data—Chairman, Jeff Gillette; Sec death, approximately nine weeks
Portuguese colonists.
June 22—Chairman, W. T. Strlcklin; neglected. They will be taken up with retary, W. L. Carraway. One man who
A. Fetkenhour. All delegates the chief engineer. Ship's fund wlU he fouled up in the engine room will be ago. His infant daughter, Kath
(5) An aqua plane is a platform Secretary,
will make up repair lists and turn these used for pocketbooks in San Pedro. brought before the shore patrolman. Mo leen, is being cared for by his
to the ship's delegate who will. In Store list will be turned over to the tion was passed that no one touch the
attached by ropes to a powerboat over
turn, give copies to the chief mate and captain In Panama so that stores can heating unit but the deck engineer. sister, but there was no place for
on which a person rides; a hydro chief
be waiting In San Pedro, since the ship, Ship's delegate should discuss with the the two boys, whom Nicolai was
engineer.
will not be there long.
captain and patrolman the purchase of
plane is an airplane built to rise
June 26—Chairman, Harry Mooney: Sec milk in Germany. Men getting off should determined to keep together come
from or land on water.
PUERTO RICO (Bull), June 15—Chair retary, Robert M. Douglas. Members leave quarters clean, turn In soiled linen.
what may.
man, Alan Lake; Secretary, Jim Murphy. were informed by the steward that the
(6) From Januaiy 1. A rdce Two pien missed ship In New York. To captain
All of the offers came from LOG
has received a letter from tlie
tal of $10 was donated to the ship's home office with instructions to buy
AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), June 21—
horse born in July, 1950, is said to fund.
Pete Gonzales was elected ship's nothing but milk and bread in. the Chairman, Dan H. Wood; Secretary, Wil readers who have family members
be, two years old January 1, 1052. delegate. It was suggested that the life transit port of San Pedro. Since It Is liam G. Moore. Deck engineer julssed or relatives in the maritime in
boatman class take a written exam 30 days since the ship has been stored, ship in Manila and rejoined it on its.re
(7) It took them nine hours at aboard
ship before going before the the crew has voted that the ship should turn six days later. One member was dustry. One woman wrote that
two mph.
coast guard, to find out bow much they have fresh fruit and vegetables as per fined for failure to do sanitary work she would be only too h^py to
know.
properly. Second cook was pUt in galley
agreement.
(8) Georgia.
at steward's request and captain's orders. take in the boys as her own father
June 20—Chairman, no name; Secretary,
Deck maintenance who left in Honolulu had died when she was very
no name. Ed Gaudill was elected ship's
. (9) New York. ,
was replaced In'Manila. Several men in
delei[ate by acclamation.
the deck and engine departments have young. Anothei couple wrote that
(10) Anemometer.
June 29rChalrman, Steve Carr; ^ Se<
been logged. Captain says he will get their own children were grown
retary, Jim Murphy. $17 was donated to
fresh stores and meat In Honolulu. Cots
the ship's fund. F. Vega was elected
should be stored when not In use. Del up and they would like to take the
steward department delegate by accla
egate will see the captain about painting two small boys into their home.
mation. There have been eomplalnta,
messroom and engine department show
about the messmen putting their hands
Thanks To Union
TRANSATLANTIC (Pac. Waterways), ers and heads.
insidethe glasses while putting out the
Nicolai, who was much relieved
no data—Chairman, T. R. Tarringtah;
setups.
Sacratary, John FIthar. Mate has refused
STRATHBAY (Stralhmore), June 26— by the favorable turn of events, ex
the request to have departmental quar Chairman, FInnell; $ecretary, Johnson.
LUCILE BLOOMFIELD (Bloomfleld). ters cleaned and painted. There Is a lot Brother Neally was elected ship's dele pressed his thanks to the Union
June 15—Chairmdn, Mike Sikorsky; Sec of disputed overtime. One wiper failed gate. Motion was passed to see the cap for the aid he had received. As
retary, George Schmidt. Suggestion w.ns to Join the ship when It left France. Men tain about getting rid of all old meat
made that the delegates see the patrol were asked to be sane and sober at the and replacing It. Discussion was held he said at the headquarters mem
man about getting Innersprlng mat payoff. Living quarters should be left on the poor quality of food and the way bership meeting, "I don't know
tresses. or at least new mattresses. clean and soiled linen turned in. The It is prepared. Steward will check all
Ship's delegate reported no results • in erew went on record as saying that this stores on arrival and not sail short of how to put it, but I want to thank
speaking to the captain nout mat was $ steward department that was tops milk In the future. Steward department the Union fo^ the great help
tresses and painting steward department In evfty way. The steward department will clean the recreation room: deck and
foc'sles. Painting was "net done although thinks the crew was well behaved: it was engine sanitary men wUl clean the laun they've given me.
I walked up here with a dol
it has been mentioned many times. a pleasure to serve them.
dry. Member who got off In Mobile will
More care shoiild be taken of Ae wash
be reported to the patrolman. Repair
ROBIN TRENT (Seat Shipping), June 22 list will be made up by each department lar and a half in my pocket and
ing machine.
—Chairman, John Read; Secretary, John delegate.
I left the office with $200. And:
ny Haggle. Captain refused to take back
if that wasn't enough, the Union is
• TEELMAKER (Isthmian), Jung 2$ — the poimds left over from the draw In
ALCOA CLIPPER (Alcoa), Juna 29— now helping me find a place for
Chairman, J. Burns; Secretary, G. Hag Capetown, so sqme. members got stuck
garty. More bight lunch should be prs with a lot at South . African money. lairiqan,, .E, . J. .Riviere;. .SecreUtyj. Bob my two children."
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Headlines:
CONGRESS PASSES CUT-UP SHIP BILL
WELFARE FUND 2 YEARS OLD; 50 GET BIRTH PAY
PLAN LOOKS AHEAD TO MORE BENEFITS
BIRTH PAY 10 GS IN FIRST MONTH
NEW ORLEANS PAYS FIRST DISABLED $
WEAK SHIP BILL GIVEN CONGRESS OK
VACATION PAYS $1,000,000
PORT AGENTS MEET, READY PACT TALKS
LOG STORY NETS OFFER OF 4 HOMES
BARE SHIP GIVEAWAY PLAN
SAT EVE POST PRINTS LOG SECURITY EXPOSE
SWITCHES SHIP AT SEA FOR FUNERAL
CONGRESS DUMPS PAY OF UNNEEDED CADETS
CARPENTERS WIN 2 MONTH STRIKE
SIU GETS 2ND MARINER, WILL CREW FIRST SOON
PMA SQUIRMS IN SUP VISE
MTD, SIU BACK PA. ENGINEERS' BEEF
EXPERIMENTAL SHIP GOES TO SIU COMPANY
FOTO FADING? CHECK BOOK, GET NEW ONE
ROBIN TRENT A 'ZETRAIN' 43 DAYS
CANADA DESIGNS A SHIP TO USE IN PEACE OR WAR
URGE VENEZUELA CAB RACKET PROBE
US SNARES ATLANTIC SPEED PRIZE
SEAFARERS WARY AS CP LEAFLETS FLOOD PORTS
SALTWATER STUDIES PART 1
WHEN DEATH TOOK A CRUISE
OAK ISLAND'S 'TREASURE' - SOUGHT FOR OVER 157 YEARS
'CAUGHT IN THE GRIP OF A GIANT OCTOPUS'
WELFARE PLAN BIRTHDAY
SOLID SUCCESS
MORE ON SECURITY
THE MYSTERY OF THE MARY CELESTE
WELFARE PLAN 2 YEARS OLD; 50 GET BIRTH PAY
CONGRESS WATERS DOWN SHIP BILL, FINALLY OKAYS IT
SEAMAN'S SON VAULT CHAMP
ROYAL OAK ROACH A TRICKY FOE
ENGLISH STOWAWAYS' OCEAN VOYAGE JUST A FERRY RIDE
METHOD OF TIMING SPEED GAVE LOG BOOK ITS NAME
SHIP IS FLOATING MATERNITY WARD
WHY PAINT? SALT AIR SPOILS IT
DEL ORO SAVES EIGHT FISHERMEN
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SEAFARERS
JUNE 27
1952
• OPFICIAl ORGAN OP THE SEAFARERS INTE R N ATI O N Al UN|ON • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • API • j
SEAFARERS VOTE
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DisttricfViide Balloting Runs 91
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• Story on Page 3
IT:;;:
' ElirOUte tO
^ntptnates* Puerto
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Rico on the SlUmanned Kath
ryri, PR Governor Luis Mxuioz
Marin (left) chats out on
deck with Seafarer Mario
Farrulla, chief steward, dur
ing the threeday trip down to San
Juan. The Governor joined the
Bull Line ship in Norfolk, one of
its ports of call on the route south
ward.
(Story on Page 6.)
JHTERNATIOKAt UNJOH AF. L<
XN GRATEFUL APPEECIATIOH
' Grateful recog
tnanKS, nltlon of the
SIU's assistance during last win
ter's Prudential Insurance strike
siriKC
is struck in bronze on com
memorative plaque pre
seiited by AFL Insurance
,
Agents Int'l Unon to the SIU. The
82day strike represented a first
time victory for beefsin white
collar field. (Story on Page 3.)
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I CUHiON ACTION IN THE3K Ait
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SIU Patrolman Walt Siek
neiping none?, mann (right) serves as
the eyes of sightless Seafarer Joe Germano, 64, as he
guides him down the steps and away from the Hudson
County, New Jersey, poorhouse. The Union arranged
to have Germano taken to a private boarding home
where he will get the proper care visualized in the ex
panded coverage of the SIU Welfare Plan and new dis
ability progranfi.
(Story on Page 3.)
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Fac« Two
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SEAFABEnS%Oe
Birth Benefits Top $1,000 ft
Fridayt Jme 27/1952
SUPGirds
For Siege
In Strike
The stork is getting a big assist from the SIU these days.
The Seafarer's Welfare Plan has paid maternity benefits of $200 each to 16 Seafarers
since the SIU announced the expanded welfare benefits Jime 4. Along with the benefi
checks went the $25 treasury^:
bond given them by the SlU
Refusal of shipowners to ac
to launch the "first trippers"
cept
a compromise SUP offer
on a happy voyage in life. A sea
Following are the requirements for the two new benefits under'
has deadlocked the West Coast
farer recipient aptly tagged the
strike against the Pacific Maritime
i Union, gift as "Bonds for Babies." the Seafarers Welfare Plan:
Association. As a result, the StJP
The SIU Welfare Plan ofl^'e re
Mqt«riiify;
has taken steps! to tighten up the
ported several other SIU maternity
strike, which is now entering its
benefits were in the processing
Any eligible Seafarer becomlQg a father after April 1, 1952,
33rd day.
stage. At the moment payments will receive the $200 maternity benefit payment, plus the Union's
As^ previously reported in the
are well in excess of $1,000 a week gift of a $25 US Treasury Bond for the child. Needed is a cqpy
LOG,
the SIU A&G District has
and will undoubtedly rise as other of the marriage certificate and birth certificate. If possible, a
pledged all possible aid in any
eligible seafarers come in from discharge from his last ship should be enclosed. Duplicate pay
shape or form to the SUP strike
ments and bonds will be given in casesof multiple births.
trips.
whenever it is needed.
After presenting copies of mar
Negotiations between the SUP
riage licenses and birth certificates, Pisobilify;
and shipowners broke down after
the following men were among
two meetings on Jund 17 and 18
Any totally disabled Seafarer, regardless of age, who qualifies
tiiose who promptly received checks for benefits under the Seafarers Welfare Plan, is eligible for the
failed to produce a settlement.
and bonds:
$15 weekly disability benefit for as long as hc^s. totally unable to
MSTS Carrying Supplies
Kenneth E. Beckerich, Mt. Ver
work.
Meanwhile, no dry cargo is mov
non, N. Y.; John T. Koval, Brook
ing on any ships owned by mem
Applications and queries on unusual situations should.be sent
lyn; Sigwart Nielsen, Brooklyn
"It's easy as pie to collect,"' ber companies of the Pacific Mari
to
the
Union
Welfare
Trustees, c/o
SIU
Headquarters,
675
Fourth
Alfonso Rivera, Brooklyn; John H. Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY.
says new dad John T. Koval, time Association. All essential
.
Hunt, Boston; Vincent Bavirsha
showing off $25 bond and $200 military cargo is being carried on
Brooklyn; Patrick Rogers, Brook
check.
Governmentowned vessels char
lyn; Jackson Meyer, Savannah
tered the MSTS. The only private
his
last
trip ^aboard
the
Susanne
Manfredo Ciampi, Sommerville
lyowned ship, outside of tankers
Mass.; Robert Nicolai, New York: (Bull Lines), found it "almost too
and steamschooners, that has
good
to
be
true"
when
he first
Walter Butterton, Portsmouth, Va.
sailed
is the President Cleveland
James Byers, Mobile; Joe Cave, heard he was entitled to a check
which made one trip carrying mili
for
$200
to
help
with
the
"down
New Orleans; Felix Bonefont, New
tary dependents. Army supplies
York, and Dolar Stone, Baltimore payment" on his son Kenneth John,
and mail.
born May 18.
feasant Surprise
At the June 17 negotiation meet
The $25 bond given the baby by
ing, the shipowners for the first
To these Seafarers, announce the SIU will help him to fully ap
time expressed willingness to re
ment of the new maternity benefits preciate when he grows' up just
fer the question of wages and pen
came as a pleasant surprise. The how much the Union meant to his
alty, time to the Wage Stabilization
payments represented an unex Dad, he added.
Board. However, they demanded
pected bonanza and came at a time "The Seafarer's Welfare Plan has
that the SUP give them a long
when hospital and medical bills done more than anything else to
term contract and allow them to
usually put a big dent in any fami
(Continued on page 17)
dicker vdth West Coast longshore
ly budget.
men on loading of ship's stores,
Since Unionwon security and
which
is SUP work under the ex
improved wage rates has made it
isting" contract.
possible for them to doso, a rap
SUP Compromise Offer
idly increasing number of Seafar
In turn the SUP* negotiating
ers have become solid family men.
Carpenter Alfonso Rivera fondly cradles twomonthold Felix, as committee offered a compromise
Those who were among the first to
his
wife, Juanita, holding $200 welfare check, looks on.
calling for settlement on the basis
receive the new maternity pay
of fringe items already agreed on,
ments were unanimous in recogniz
overtime for Saturday watches, a 5
ing that the expanded Welfare
percent acrosstheboard Increase
Plan will play a big part in easing
and
true overtime for daymen.
the family financial strain when the
This proposal was rejected by the
newcomer arrives.
shipowners.
"This is a big thing for the SIU West Coast steward depart
At the next day's meeting no '
family man," said John T. Koval, ment men will have an oppor
further progress was made as the
a member of the SIU for nine tunity to pick a union of their
operator's representative failed to
years. "The maternity benefit will choice
make any kind of counteroffer, and
under an agreement reached
solve a big financial headache. It with the shipowners and the NLRB
negotiations broke off.
sure helped make things easier last week. The settlement was
Consequently, the SUP commit
for us."
tee reported to the membership, it
hailed as a victory for the AFL
Kenneth E. Beckerich, who has Marine Cooks and Stewards which
(Continued on page 17)
been sailing 41^ years and made has been striving for recognition
as bargaining agent for unaffiliated
steward's department men.
Pending the election, the AFL
Jon* 27. 1952
Vol. XIV. No. 13 union will have equal job rights
with the independent National Un
As I See It
Page 13 ion of Atarine Cooks and Stewards
The kids may not know it. but Dad, Sigwart Neilsen (holding baby
"Bombay Goose"
Page 11 through a joint hiring hall.
Georgianna), and mom, Karolynna, are $200 richer.
Burly
Page 16
NLRB Voids Contract
Crossword Puzzle
Page 12
Up until recently, the Commun
Did You Know
Page 18
Editorial
Page 13 istdominated NUMCS had exclu
BALTIMORE—The offand
Foc'sle Fotog
Page 19 sive control of all hiring imder a
on nationwide steel strike has.
GaUey Gleanings
Page 20 contract signed with the shipown
already idled six vessels out
Inquiring Seafarer
Page 12 ers in December, 1948. Several
of the tenship Ore Line fleet op
' In The Wake
Page 12 weeks ago, however, the NLRB
erating out of nearby Sparrows
Labor RoundUp
Page 16 threw out this contract as having
Point
and threatens to idle the re
Letters
Pages 21, 22, 23 no legal standing. With the worth
mainder when they return to the '
Letter Of The Week
Page 13 lessness of the document estab
The MTD this week threw its full support behind a strike mill site here.
Maritime
Page 16 lished, the AFL union was able to against a New York lumber firm after Local. 282 of the Inter
Seafarer crews on the half dozen
Meet The Seafarer .... Page 12 place its men aboard several ships.
Ore
ships already here have been
On The Job
Page 16 • The NUMCS tried in vain to national Brotherhood of Teamsters, AFL, and Local 205 of jeduced to skeleton complements
keep AFL men out, going to the the International Longshoref
"On Trade Route 20"
of about 1012 men pending settle
Pages 14, 15 extent of tying up the Matson men's Association, AFL, askec^' help. He and other MTD officials ment of the walkout by the CIO
Personals
Page 26 liner, Lurline, last month for a few for support.
went over the strike strategy with United Steelworkcrs against ma*
Quiz
Page 19 days. The tactic failed in face of The two unions are jointly pick the unions and then pledged the jor US steel producers. The Ore
Ship's Minutes
Pages 26, 27 the fact that the independent eting the T&S Lumber Company of full support of the MTD.
fleet is a subsidiary operation of
SIU History Cartoon... Page 7 union had no right to keep AFL Patchogue which refuses to bargain
the Bethlehem Steel Corporation,
"This
is
a
legitimate
beef,"
he
Sports Line
Page 20 men off the ships. Consequently with them despite the fact that
one of the strikebound companies.
Ten Years Ago
Page 12 the Lurliae ^iled with a large the unions jointly won an NLRB saidr"and the MTD will give its At the present time, four of the
"Through the Roads".. Page 10 complement of AFL members.
election in the yard in April. The fellow imions all the support and ships are at anchorage off Spar
Top Of The News...... Page 6
7rc«partial Hiring
teamsters represent the yard's help they may need."
rows Point while two more are tied
Meanwhile, pickets from the two up right at the ore docks. The
Vacation Pay. . Pages' 23, 24, 25
After this defeat, the NUMCS truckdrivers and the ILA repre
Wash. News Letter
Page 4 threw in the sponge and agreed sents the other yard workers. * unions have the plant completely ships sUll at sea, returning from
Welfare Benefits...... Page 25 that an impartial hiring hall should In addition, the company—after bottled up. All of the drivers and the South American mines which
Published biwMiny kr the headquarters be set up pending the bargaining it lost the election—^fired two men yard employees are but.
.supply ore for the , Sparrows Point
• f the Seafarers International Union, At election. Members of either union for union activities.
"We're going to stay out until refinery, are, , according to company
can come there to register for jobs Lloyd Gardner,. Executive Secre we get the kind of wages and con purees, expected.to be idled with
and be shipped in the Order in tary of the MTJ), went, out to tlie ditions, the men; deserve," said a reduced crews as soon as, they
, Brooklyn.
wndtr Ml# Act of August 24, "
which they register,
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SEAFARERS LOG
MTD Aids Teamsters,
ILA In Lumber Strike
Steel Strike
Idles Most
Of Ore Fleet
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stir AlktUtt 166'
Pare Tlfree
Building Program
By 9 To 1 Margin
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Slgiitless oldtimer Joe Gennano, 64 (center), is welcomed to his
new home by Mrs. V. Tentonico. SIU Patrolman Walt Siekman
brourht him there after takinr him out of a NJ poorhouse.
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Now f7/ live Again'
—Disabled Seafarer
/
§
Thanks to the newlyinstituted SIU disability benefit, a • Wrapping up the details on final tally from SIU referendum ballot on new halls. Seafarers on the
blind Seafarer, who had been doomed to spend the rest 6f his Tallying Committee prepare a report for membership approval. Included in the group (1r) are:
J. M. Sprejitzer, Dan Fitzpatrlck, Bob Bowley, C. J. Mehi, Van Whitney and W. J. Reidy.
days in a poorhouse, now has a decent life to look forward to.
Brother Joe Germano, a vet»—
—
Seafarers balloting on a 30day referendum recommending new SIU halls for
eran of 40 years at sea, has it so 1 can live again as a human
been placed temporarily in a being."
the ports of Baltimore, Philadelphia and Galveston rolled up a whopping 91 percent
comfortable private boarding When the Union learned that
home, pending construction of the Germano was in the Hudson vote in favor of the proposal.
The overwhelming passage of the referendum proposal setting forth the need
SIU hotel where permanent quar Coimty Almshouse, Secaucus, N J,
ters will be provided for him.
it immediately took steps to deter for expanded, modernized membership facilities in the three outports was seen as
The 64year old Germano is mine if soniething could be dope a solid reaffirmation of the 4
strong and healthy in body, but for his sight as well as to find
according to the doctors, his optic decent quarters for him. A SIU policy of assuring Sea Welfare Plan would be xi^ed to ing program was originally ap
nerves are almost completely de Union representative went out to farers the best wages and build an SIU hotel to service Sea proved by heavy majorities at
working conditions while at farers shipping from the head shoreside meetings in April.
stroyed and there is little hope the ^poorhouse to pick him up.
Hearty agreement with its purpose
He found it to be a forbidding sea, as well as streamlined, quarters port.
that he will ever see again.
set in motion machinery for the
old brick building situated in the comfortable facilities while
To Members' Credit
Wants to Work Again
of an odorous pigraising on the beach.
Recognition of the value of referendum required by the con
Nevertheless Germano refuses midst
next door to the county jail Certifying the final result, a six modern halls nowjn use in busy stitution on all assessments, to give
to resign himself to idleness after area,
and
a
mental hospital. There, as man tallying committee elected ports like New Orleans and Mobile, Seafarers coming in off ships an
a lifetime of hard work. "If the Germano
told the Union, he had from the membership issued its as well as the headquarters build opportunity to voice their senti
doctors can fix me up," he said
been taken
out of bed in the morn report, subject to approval at ing opened just seven months ago ments on the issue.
hopefully, "I'll go back to sea
ing
and
sat
down in a chair for Union membership meetings July in Brooklyn, was credited for the While full details on the pro
again. But now the SIU has made
16 hours daily until he was led 2. The committee reported the membership's wishes for modern curement of suitable sites in Balti
back to bed again. He didn't even referendum had bqen adopted by facilities.
more, Philadelphia and Galveston
have a cane so that he did not dare well over the twothirds majority Samplings of membership opin could not be formulated pending
venture to get out of his chair and required by the SIU constitution. ion on the ships as well as ashore membership action on the referen
walk about. Throughout the day It called for a $20 building assess in various SIU halls around the dum, plans call for setups com
he received no attention from any ment to become effective July 15, country indickted a strong feeling parable to those at headquarters
body.
to end forever the era of second to be established in the three ports.
1952.
Happy to Be Out
The vote for largescale expan rate Union buildings in keeping This would include facilities sim
When he was taken out of the sion of the Union's apparatus fol with the Union's standing at the ilar to those in headquarters, in
poorhouse he was overjoyed, lowed by less than two weeks the head of maritime labor.
addition to comfortable recreation
announcement that funds from the The resolution for the new build
(Continued on page 17>
(Continued on page 17)
SIU Backs
Sea School
$ Reslash
Ins. Beet Plaque Hails SIU Aid
The up again, down again
appropriations bill for Kings
Point Maritime Academy,
once more faces House and Sen
A plaque' commemorating aid received from "a fighting union—the SIU" was presented"
ate action in its cut version.
to the Union at the June 18 headquarters membership meeting by the heads of the In
The reduced version which has surance Agents International Union, AFL. The presentation honored the SIU's aid in the 82
SIU support cuts $1 million out of day strike of the agents^
the appropriation for the school. against the multibillion dol
The SIU has branded the school lar Prudential Insurance Com
useless because it continues to
grind out officers without any re pany.
Union president George Russ,
gard to the employment situation who made .the presentation, along
in maritime over the years.
with Max Shine, regional director,
The bill started in the House and Isidore A. Landsman, regional
Appropriations Committee, which organizer, declsired that the agents
cut the $1 million out because it were fortunate that the SIU was
felt the cadets did not need $65 willing to help in their hour of
a month pay in addition to getting need. "When days were darkest,"
a free college education. The he said, "you gave us encourage
House approved the cut version. ment, financial aid, moral aid, and
. However, the Senate Appropria every kind of assistance."
tions Committee then put the $1 • The insurance strikers victory in
million back into the bill after a this test of white collar unionism,
hard campaign in which the NMU lie concluded, "was only possible
made its sudden about face and because great guys like you helped
supported the larger version. The Us in a time of need."
Senate okayed the larger bill.
Twice Voted Donations
Then, a conference committee
The
strike, which was the first
from both the Senate and House
went to work and decided to cut successful largescale walkout In
the $1 million out once again. This the white collar field, ^as called Saluting jSIU "In grateful appreciation" of aid during last winter's
Prudential Insurance beef, lAlU Regional Director Max Shine
is the way the bill stands now, on December 1, when the company
(right) presents plaque to SIU SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall.
awaiting action by both full refused to negotiate a contract
lAlU Organtaer liddore Landmaa (left) lends an eiur.
bouses.
(Continued on page 17)
Hailing Seafarers as members
of a "fighting union," George
Russ, lAIV president, buds
SIU aid.
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AfitriK Mrn^Uk tm*
Govt Issues
OR Sea Work
SIU NEWSLETTER
from WASHISGTOS
Admiral E. L. Cochrane, Maritime Administrator, will retire from
his post the end of this month. His successor at the agency will find it
difficult to require steamship lines to embark upon new construction,
and the commitment of millions of. dollars, unless the companies can
be assured in advance that their contracts with the government will
be honored, and will be binding on both parties.
Because of the challenge issued by Lindsay Warren, Comptroller
General of the US, over the Government construction subsidies for ship
construction,, the matter of amending the law in this respect will be a
very hot potato for the EightyThird Congress, which convenes next
January. The construction subsidy squabble has reached the Truman
cabinet level, with Secretary of Commerce Sawyer and Mr. Warren
swinging at each other. At one point. Sawyer talked about quitting
unless he is allowed to run his office the way he wants to. Behind the
public scene, . Sawyer has appealed to Truman to direct Warren to
stick to the letter's statutory duty of performing audit work only, and
not attempt to exercise undue influence on the 'Government shipping
agency's staff.
Seafarers with a youngster in
terested in going to sea for a living
will find a brandnew US Labor
Department booklet on the mari
time industry a valuable introduc
tory primer on seagoing life.
Prepared with the assistance of
the SIU and other seamen's unions,
a copy of the booklet fresh off the
press was received at headquar
ters with thanks and appreciation
Sean eyes the camera as dad, Robert Nieolal, and broflier Pat look
for the "fine cooperation and gen
over ship mod^. A foster hmne for both boys is sought.
erous assistance which your organ
ization gave us," froih US Com
missioner of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague.
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• Entitled "Employment Outlook
On
Ovteber
1,
1949,
the
Military
Sea
Transportation
Service came
In The Merchant Marine," the re
into
existence,
headed
by
Vice
Admiral
William
Callaghan,
US Navy.
port is illustrated with photographs
MSTS
provides
logistical
support for
the
armed
forces
overseas,
and
and charts detailing the jobs, work
maintains
what
it claims
to
be
a "nucleus"
fleet
of
ships
in case
they
ing conditions, wages and training
Tragedy struck the home of Se^arer Robert Nicolai when have to expand quickly in event of war.
available to members of the indus
However, an idea of how fast MSTS has grown, and the competition
try.
his wife died in the course of giving birth to their third child. encountered
by private, American shipping lines, can be gained from
Notes Job Drop
As
a
result,
the
29yearold Seafarer
is struggling
with
the
looking
at
its
operations in only one section of the country, the US
It notes the drop in employment
Gulf area. Over 200,000 measurement tons of cargo moves out of the
experienced since the beginning of problem of finding a foster"^
the ship withdrawal this spring home for his children where to stop work. If she does that now, Gulf area monthly on ships controlled by MSTS. Aside frOm this,
she will lose allher pension rights, some 2,000,000 bulk barrels of petroleum products are expected from
when almost 400 government
owned merchant ships were re the two oldest ones at least, but if she continues working for Gulf ports each month on vessels either owned or operated by MSTS.
another year and a half she'll bis
turned to idle status after shuttling can be together.
foreign aid and military shipments An SIU headquarters representa eligible to retire."
AlUiough (rafffc and revenues of carriers on inland waterways have
all over the world, calling atten tive learned about the case when "What I'm looking for is a pri improved substantially,
the coastwise and intercoastal carriers continue
tion to the "boombust" condition Nicolai was paid the SIU maternity vate home where somebody can
to claim
to
be "marginal"
operators.
care fpr the two together."
which has "characterized the in
benefit. The union is now attempt
Life hasn't been too easy for Packagefreight service no longer exists on the Great Lakes, and
dustry for many years."
The report also echcte the con ing to locate a home for Nicolai's Nicolai in the past few years. Up "lessthanbargeload" service has all but disappeared from other inland
tention of the SIU, the industry two sons. The oldest, Sean, is a until he started shipping with the waterways.
and the Maritime Administration little over three years old, while SIU last summer, he said, "we had Under the law, domestic lines must first get operating rights from
the Interstate Comimerce Commission, and ICC believes that dormant
that it is desirable to carry at Patrick just passed his second a rough time of it."
or vnused operating rights could be a major cause of the slow trade
least half of our foreign trade in
SIU Shipping
Pays Off
birthday. Since his wife's death
conditions, because such outstanding certificates and permits may be
US ships.
seven
v^eks ago, Nicolai has been "Since I've been going to sea revived any time, causing an adverse effect upon old and new opera
Copies of the report can be ob
with the SIU for the first time in
tained by writing for Labor Bulle. taking care of the children himself, my life I have a couple of dollars tors alike. With this in mind, a Senate Committee has agreed to give
but
is
faced
with
the
probleha
of
ICC the power to revoke or suspend domestic carter operating rights
tin No. 1054, to the Superintendent
to spare. When I was working
of Documents, US Government what to do with them when he shoreside we just about kept our in the case of those companies who are not exercising their right of
operating in thpse trades.
Printing Office, Washington, DC, ships out again.
heads above water.".
and enclosing the 30cent cost.
Sister Cares For Infant
In addition to his other worries,
For the time being, Nicolai told Nicolai was facing eviction from A number of American domestic shipping lines have appealied to
the LOG, his sister is taking care his home in a city housing project Congress itor a oneyear extension of time within which they will have
of his infant daughter, Kathleen, because after he started sailing to use funds for the acquisition of vessels. The companies have over
who survived the birth. Placement regularly his income exceeded tite $15 million salted away in special ship: construction funds, set up
of the two boys would be easier if limits set down hy lawfor subsi under law, and these funds are supposed to be used to acquire vessels
they were split up, but Nicolai is dized housing. . For the time be by the end of September of this year. However, the lines, in apply
The CIO Steelworkers now have determined to keep the two boys ing, however, be still has his apart ing for the further extension of time, have said that unsettled world
conditions have prevented thefinalizing of plans in the matter. The
an official song, "Strong Men of together. "I don't want to have ment.
Steel." Copies of the song, along three children living in three sep "If any of the men reading the companies are: AmericanHawaiian Steamshijk Co., Central Gulf.,
with orchestrations, were sent to arate homes," he said.
paper know of somebody who will Eastern Steamship, Isthmian, Pope & Talbot, Pittsburgh Steamship,
all local unions and are also avail
"My motherinlaw could take take the two boys," he added, Sabine Transport, Wilson Navigation, and American Steamship Com
able at the Steelworkers head care of them," he continued, "but "I would appreciate It' If they pany.
quarters.
that would mean she would have would let the LOG know about it."
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A $11, million dollar question is—who will become the new owner
of the" powerful American President Lines. Ltd. (formerly Dollar SS
Historic Boston Waterfront Landmark Destroyed
Lines)? After a hectic sevenyear court battle over the ownership of
stock in the company, R. Stanley Dollar and the Government have
agreed to an outofcourt arrangement. The disputed stock will be
offered to the highest bidder (a minimum price of . $14 mililon having
i':iv, •
been set), with the proceeds then to be split 5050 by the Government
and the Dollar interests.
Sealed bids will be issued soon, and will be opened thereafter by the
Riggs National Bank, of this City, the trustee,, A number of American
steami^ip men are known to be interested in acquiring the valuable
shipping company, either their ownselves or acting in combines.
Seafarer Asks Home
To Bring Up 2 Sons
Steel Workers
Have New Song
II;
p:;
The delivery run of the superiiner United States, from Norfolk,
Va., to New York, was made on June 22. Shortly before this time, some
Members of Congress asked the Maritime Administration, which had
the ship built on behalf of the US Lines Company, whether, as a mat
ter of propriety, government maritime employees should accept the
nvitation to be aboard the ship as guests of the shipping company.
The MA replied that it saw nothing wrong in the matter, and that it
would be good if the Government employees got a firsthand idea of
what the ship looked like.
Some Congressmen, claimed that the run amounted to nothing mora
than a "junket," but this was hotly denied by General John Franklin,
President of US Lines Company. •
~
Although it is claimed that the superiiner cost $70 million to build,
the final tally will show that it cost over $77 million. However, of the
original agreed contract price of $70 millidn, the US Lines Company
is to pay $28 miiiioa, with the goveniment subsidy being as follows:
I lis million to cover extra cost of constructing the ship in this Country
over what it would cost to construct it abroad; and $24 million to cover
cost of special defense features, such as high speed and 2 engine rooms.
CSty llrehoats stand 1^ during recent blaze at Boston's famed India Wharf uhich almost i^pletely
gutted ffie ISOyearold clipper ship dock. The pier was designed by Charles Bulfinch, who htiped
dialga fli# US dapttd to Werthigtoit, P. C Fow drcmeu were tojurcd to
"
''Kir' j J i,
.• :€;'!t;v"^ •
�FrlttCf, Jtiie «T.
SIEHFAR'E'k'S tae
Pare Pir*
Commies Ist BME C/dss itt School
Attack Grew In France
Seafarers off the SlUmanned Tad^dei were mauled with
brickbats and blackjacks reportedly at the hands of French
Communists while they we5,e ashore in St. Nazaire and Nantes,
Fortunately,, none of the menf
was seriously injured in the crewmembers went ashore to a bar
attacks and all were able to that is well known locally as a
get back to ship pfely.
hangout of American merchant
As a result, crewmembers of the seamen. They were in there until
Taddel, told the LOG that Sea about 8 P.M. When they stepped
farers going ashore ip France outside they were met by a gang
from now on should be on their of men wha started pelting them
guard to avoid being duniped by with rocks and paving blocks.
local Communist squads.
Smashed Up Bar
Confirm LOG Charges
"There
must have been at least
The attacks on the Taddei crew
two
dozen
men," Catharine said.
members confirm in part a Sea
farer's charges in the May 2 is "They smashed the windows of the
sue of the LOG that French Com bar and did. a lot of damage to the
munists are concentrating on place. When we started down the
American ships and seamen as tar street, they followed us and kept
gets in their drive to disrupt Amer pitching at us."
ican seamen, as "One Frenchman came up to one
well as to propa of us with a big rock in his hand,
gandize . against but the crewman punched him. Qualifying as a result of his previous seatime. Seafarer Fred .Thayer, FWT (right), becomes the first SIU
Then we all piled into a cab to get
American aid.
man to enroll in school and take part in an accelerated BME program for upgrading unlicensed black
Bosun Robert out of there in a hurry."
gang men to third assistants. Congratulating Thayer is BME SecretaryTreasurer Charles King^
Tried
To
Upset
Cab
Beliveau said that
The
gang
followed
up
the
at
the Taddei's trou
It may be summertime but schuol bells are ringing for Seafarers out of the black gang.
bies begaii the tack by trying to turn over the cab The first group of SIU men to begin study fo r engineers' licenses were enrolled in the
moment it ar but fortunately it got underway, Brothei]hood of Marine Fhgineerssponsored s chool this week.
rived at St. Na Catharine said that the French
Other Seafarers who have
zaire. It was woman who Yuns the tavern de
Beliveau
successfully
passed their li the need for 3rd assistants. Now day, June 19, and expects to be
scribed
the
gang
as
being
local
met by Commu
Communists
who
consistently
pick
cense
tests after
receiving in that the formal schooling feature ready for the exam within four
nist demonstrators parading with
struction booklets from the BME has been added, the BME is pre weeks.
.signs that said "Go Home,'Yanks" fights with American seamen.
Cops Steer Clear
are now helping man BME ships. pared to advance tuition and main The BME made arrangements for
and shouting insults and epithets
at crewmemberS.. Apparently the There were local,, cops in the Among those who are now sail tenance to Seafarerstudents who formal schooling at a recognized
maritime school after it had re
, demonstrators thought the ship vicinity all the while the bombard ing engineer after winning their are in need of financial aid.
Within the next few weeks the ceived a wide response to its
was carrying arms. Actuaily it ment was going on, he asserted, ticket with BME aid is former Sea
but they didn't do anything. "They farer Charles Vam. Yam sat for first group of students .will com original offer to help men prepare
had a load of grain aboard.
That evening, Beliveau and five seemed to be afraid of mixing it his license down in Tampa and is plete their course of study at the for their licenses. Since midMay,
school and will the engineers union has distributed
otherfj went ashore to the local bar. with the gang, or maybe they felt now on the Milton Smith, an Isth
sit for their li several dozen question and answer
While Walking back to the ship the same way that the mob did." mian Line ship.
instruction booklets containing ma
As a result of
this encounter, one
cense
exams.
Training
Program
about midnight, a Frenchman on
• First to enroll terial that is typical of the Coast
a bicycle rode up behind Beliveau, of the men turned to next morning The engineer's training program
in the school Guard tests for 3rd assistants.
blackjacked him and rode away with a badly swollen nose ,and a was set up by the BME to help
under the BME Men interested in obtaining the
tContinqed
on
page
17)
Seafarers secure
licenses and
meet
before the startled seamen realized
program was course of instruction should come
' what was up. The
Seafarer Fred up to BME headquarters at 675
attack raised an
Thayer off the Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, and get
' egg on Beliveau's
R^in Mowbray. in touch with a BME representa
E^ull but other
"I ; found out tive there. Or else they can write
Yarn
wise he was not
about the train in to the BME giving full details
seriously* in jured.
ing setup in the LOG," Thayer of their seafaring background so
"If I were an
said, "so when I paid off the Mow that their eligibility for a license
, older man," Be
be checked. Immediate berths
liveau said, "I
A selfstyled labbr newspaper that once had a runin with bray in Savannah I headed right can
are promised
all men earning their
for. New
York.
' might have had
the SIU; is now being probed by the Government. The Fed
Good Opportunity
tickets.
my skull fra'c
eral Trade Commission, which regulates unethical advertising "I've long had in mind to go for in order to sit for a license, a
Catharine
tured. I was in
practices, has accused thef—^^
a license and this is a good oppor Seafarer needs three years sea time
France in 1947 and I was treated
Trade
Union
Courier
of
New
tunity to get started on it." Thayer as fireman, oiler, watertender or
men working out of
a New York
of
fine. Nothing like this ever hap^
York with wrongfully claim fice over the long distance lines. started school offiQially on Thurs chief electrician.
pened to me before.
Subsequently the ship pulled out ing AFL sponsorship, misrepre While these salesmen often tell
of St. Nazaire and went into senting the number of unions that the prospective customers .that the 90 J>ay» On SIU Ship All They Need
Nantes., There Seafarer Theodore endorse the paper, and inserting paper is "endorsed" or "spon
Catharine, OS, and three other advertisements that were never sored" by the American Federa
ordered and charging business tion of Labor the AFL Executive
firms for them.
Council has gone on record on
The charges have been aired at more than one occasion disclaim
a series of hearings before the ing any connection with the news
Commission but no decision has paper or its advertising practices.
been issued at present, by the Gov
ernment agency.
Used SIU's Name
It was in the fall of 1948 that the
Courier ran afoul of the SIU when
one of the paper's fasttalking tele
phone pitchmen told a tavern own
er near the NY union hall that the
SIU
endorsed that newspaper.
A Brooklyn jury, has awarded a • This had
i
s
the usual tack taxen
$65,000 verdict to a Farrell Lines Courier's salesmen when by the
ap
seaman who lost his right hand to proaching employers who have
a hippopotamus aboard ship. The dealings with one union or an
accident occurred on the freighter other.
Some 40,001) members of the
African Star on the way from East*^
Industrial Union of Marine and
The tavern owner paid for an ad, Shipbuilding Workers in. 10 East
Africa to NeW York.
The hippopotamus was part of thinking it.would'be a plug in his Coast ports were standing by ready
the ship's cargo and is now in. the favor .with Seafarers. Later, of to walk off their Jobs.
New York Central Park Zoo. In course, he found out that the SIU The workers were originally sup
the course of the voyage, the sea had no connection of any kind with posed to have gone on strike Jiine
manr Robert H. Rawlins, was at the Trade Union Courier and that 13, but they voted to postpone the
tacked by the hippo while trying he had been swindled.
walkoff for a week to give the com
Private Business
to open the cage door so as to
panies time to meet their demands
give It a meal. .
^
The Courier, is a privatelyowned which include a 20cent across the
As a result, his right arm had to publication which purports to pre board wage hike, lifting the stand
be amputated almost up to the el sent labor news to its readers. Ac ard rate for firstclass mechanics
bow.
tually the overwhelming bulk of to $2 an hour, a union shop^ eight
Subsequently, the captain of the its columns consists of "friendly paid holidays and increased vaca
African Star refused to complete to labor," or "antiCommunist" ads tions. •
the voyage with the hippo aboard paid for by employers from vari
The shipyards affected include Smooth operation of SIU Yacation Plan is explained by SIU Rep
and it was.later brpugbt here on ous parts of the country. The ads eightyards of Bethlehem Steel Co., resentative Al. Bernstein (left) to headquarters visitor^ George;
;another"^ipi^:|^ 1 • " jj' ' ' • are solicited by telephone sales and two Todd Shipyards <Jp. yards,.. ^a5(ly and Tpnii Sk9^tman (rigjbtl. pf ,
^Building Seryjee Jgt'L;
Govt Probes ' Labor'
Paper Fought By SIU
$65,000 To
^aman For
Loss Of Arm
Prepare For
Strike Caii
I
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.^Hi^.:
Seafarers Host to PR's Governor
M'
SWEDES PROTEST PLANE ATTACK—Neutral Sweden, which
up to now has carefully steered cl^ of alliances with either the West
or the East, is roused up against the Soviet Union because of the shoot
ing down of a Swedish plane over the Baltic Sea. The Swedes charge
that the,plane was unarmed, on a search mission for another miming
Swedish plane when it was attache^ and downed by two Russian jet
fighters over the Baltic. Now the Swedes believe that .the first missing
plane may have been similarly attacked. Crowds have demonstrated
against the Soviet Union before the Russian embassy and the usual
notes of protest have been flying back and forth.. Relations between
Sweden and Russia have become strained recently because the Swedes
have been giving asylum to a considerable number of Polish and Baltic
refugees and are currently conducting spy trials in Stockholm.
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CHEESE QUOTAS STAND FIRM—The much disputed quota limits
on imported cheese are goipg to stand for a while as the result of a
House of Representatives vote. The cheese quotas, which limit the
amount of foreign cheeses that can, be imported into the US, were
pushed through Congress last year by dairy farm interests. The latest
vote was on a repealer attempt. While not of great importance in inter
national trade the cheese Issue roused up a good deal of resentment
among Europeans who argue that they will never be able to get out of
debt to Uncle Sam If they are nof permitted to sell their products
freely in this country. *
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Gathered on deck with SIU crewmembcn in the deck and engine depertmenti aboard tiie Boll Like
freighter Kathryk, Puerto Rico Governor Luk MunozMarin (center, standing ever lifering) poses
. with the gang idiUe a SeafarerIensman reeorded the event.
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UNHAPPY BIRTHOAY—^The Korean War readied its second anni
versary
two days ago on the 25th of June with still no end in sight.
The Seafarer crew of the Kathryn (Bull) played host to CJovemor Luis MunozMarin of
It was on June 25, .1950, that the North Korean forces attacked across
Puerto Rico on the ship's last trip to the island. The governor had attended toplevel con the
border into South Korea and it was on June 23, 1951, that arrange
ference's in Washington and was hustled aboard the ship in Norfolk under a heavy cloak of ments got underway for armistice talks which after one year have
FBI protection.
f
still not broken the deadlock. In terms of time, we have been at war
in Korea longer than in the first World War and have suffered 110,000
Chief Electrician W. La
casualties to date which is more than In any ctmflict with the excep
chance who took the pictures
tion of two world wars and the Civil War, Wbch truce confejrences
of the crew and the governor, said,
started a year ago the expectation was that they would, be pver in a
"the governor was a regular guy.
month.
He'd walk around the deck during
the day and always stopped and
t
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The Federal Trade Commission has cracked down'on at OUTSIDE IN THE ALLEY—^With convention time drawing closer
talked with any of the crew mem
bers he met. We gave him a good least three companies in the past week and has made two of and neither Taft'nor Eisenhower having a decisive majority for~the
demonstration of a headsup SIU them promise to stop making false claims in their advertising. CxOP nomination, an oldfashioned slugging matchis shaping up over
crew at work."
93 disputed delegates the largest group of which, 38, are from Texas.
Unknown to the crew, a cloak The makers of Dwarfies 10 '
Eisenhower backers have been accusingTaft men of stealing the Texas
of FBI men covered the vessel and Vitamins agreed to stop claim charges by the FTC that their delegation by refusing to seat Eisenhower supporters who won election
the pier when she pulled into Nor ing that their product, among claims are false. Among other victories in county primal contests at the state convention. The
folk. The governor went aboard other things helped prevent or things, says the FTC, the claims Taft men retort that the Eisenhower delegates were elected by Demo
beneficially affected common colds, are false that the preparation will crats voting in Republican primaries, a procedure which is permissabla
just before she left.
foot disorders, arthritis, under cure arthritis or is effective treat under Texas primary regulations. The growing heat between the two
FBI Coverage
nourishment, fatigue, exhaustion, ment for a long list of other things
Lachance said, "we didn't know poor digestion, nervous disorders, including: bad teeth, gallstones, principal contenders on this subjec( reflects the belief that the Texas
the governor was coming aboard, night blindness, irritability, in overweight, appendix, bad eye issue will provide a decisive test, throwing enough delegates one way
but those FBI men really did a job. somnia, poor appetite and weak sight, infected tonsils, diabetes, or another to decide the issue.
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Just before we sailed, one of them ness.
and othbrs.
ANOTHER SAWBUCK FOR AGED—Congress is In the process of
told me just about every move I
False ClaiiKS
approving amendments to the Social Security system which will pro
had made all the while we were in
vide another $5 a month at the minimum for retired oldsters. The
port. They covered everyone in The FTC also ordered four com
amendments
liberalise the Income futures as well, permitting a re
the crew that way. They could panies which make hearing aids
tired
man
to
ear A up to $70 a monthbefore benefits are'cut off, as
from
making
false
claims
in
ad
even tell the stores that some of
against $50 a month under the present law. Average payments vhder
vertising. High pressure phrases
the guys had stopped at."
the law will go to $47 a month, which means that most retired oldsters
Once the ship sailed, the FBI like "hide your deafness," "com
left, but the governor's personal pletely out of sight," "no button in Although miners continue to die will require relief assistance or other supplementary aid to get along.
bodyguard stayed right with • h im the ear," and others me now out. in disasters at the rate of seven a Actually retirement benefits have lagged far behind the increased
Claims that the devices will help day, the southern coal opmators cosr of living since the Social Security law was first pasMd back in >
for the whole trip.
'
In all, the governor was aboard no matter what the cause of deaf are battling an already watered the 30'a.
ness, and
claims' that they will
stop
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the vessel for a little over three
down Federal safety bill before the
RACE FOR AIR SUPERIORITYUS military leaders are express
days while the Kathryn had ideal deafness from becoming worse House' Labor Committee. They
were also ruled false.
weather and sailing conditions.
charge that the bill would "tear ing increased concern at the rate at which the Soviet Union is turn
The crew's comment seemed to The makers of NHA Complex, a down all safeguards built up by ing out military aircraft. Best estimates have it that the Russians have
be "if all passengers were like that, vitamin mineral preparation, and the states," and would "cost more 40,000 military planes which is considerably more than the US. Also
the Russians are building longrange bombers which they did not have
everything would be fine."
its advertising firm are nowjkcing lives than it would save."
before. By contrast, American output is lagging principally in the
aircraft engine field so that production goals have been set back sev
fe;.
eral times. One reason for this difficulty is that planes now being
Vacation Plan 'Robot" Gets Onceover From Visitors
built are far more complicated and expensive than World War II
models and cannot be massproduced easily.
Government Nixes Phony
Vitamin, If earing Aid Ads
Owners Fight
Against Safety
LET'S HAVE A VOTE ON IT—The question of privatelyowned
television stations complete with twominute commercials, is agitating
the British public. The House of Commons recently paved the way
for private operation by a vote that ended the broadcasting monopoly
of the Governmentowned British Broadcasting Corporation. *Up until
now ttiefe have been no commercials at all. on British radio ^nd TV
broadcasts. The British Labor Party now say^ it will make an election
issue over the question of whether or. not commercial television should
be permitted to exist.
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ONE WAY TO WIN AN ELECTION—After wining and dining 80
Assemblymen at his country estate and. seeing to it, via the police
that they showed up at the next day's session, President Syngman
Rhee won an indefinite "extension" of his term as head of the South
Korean government. Most opposition members boycotted the session
but many were summoned by police to attend so aa to make a quorum.
In previous weeks, Rhee had failed to win reelection to a full four
year term. The latest move continues him in ofBce until such time
as a new president is elected, but does not set any deadline for holding
such an election.
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tronic tabulators used by SIU Vacation. Plan at headquarters. SIU Representative A1 Bern^ein (left)
explain setup to (1r): Orgapizers E. Schwartz, J, Pave, W. Eggn, General Bep^entative Wiirf,
" CMfice Mgr. M. Kiefer ahd IntT Seeketi^'rlieasurer G. W. Chapman.
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as to business influences affecting the cbnduct of the Department of
Justice was offered by one of the Department's employees in testimony
before a subcommittbe of the House, The employee, Ernest L. Bran
ham, an attorney, claimed that pressure was brought to bear by bis'
superiors in the AntiTryst Division when he refused to sign a report
clearing major liquor producers of' anti:trust charges. The House
cpmmlttee that heard the testimony is checking , charts that prosecu
tion of the liquor firms was softpe'^led Ip 1948 because of their heavy
contributions to both Republican ^and ; I)eiin!^Ktitip j^ie^n funds.
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Fare" WcT^'
High SA Sports Award To Del Sud
men have come a long way even
sinca 1944 when Frank and I were
married. It's a seaman's dreap
come true." Aftei* a dozen or so
ii^roductions to officials and old
shipmates, Mrs. Gardner soon fisft
"right at home" as her husband
showed her through the Sea Chest,
Port O'Call bar, hiring hall and
headquarters offices.
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"Frank bought a lovely Van
Heusen shilt in the Sea Chest,"
Mrs. Gardner said. "They have
such good merchandise in there.
But how^ can the Union sell such,
merchandise at those low prices?"
Gardner, who holds new SIU
book number G173, has been sail
ing in merchant ships since 1916.
His SIU membership dates back Seafarers are all smiles at the awards dinner in Buenos Aires honoring members of the Del Sud
"Rebels" baseball team, which captured the annual spring cup in the international competition.. The
to 1941.
Mrs. Gardner also sometimes Delta Line crew came out on top^ following a series of games between local teams and ships' crews.
works as a cook while Frank is BUENOS AIBES—Seafarermembers of the • victorious Del Sud baseball nine that won
sailing as a chief steward or chief
cook. But when he is home, he the annual Spring Cup in Buenos Aires received their medals at a cocktail party and ban
does most of the cooking at their quet in their honor here during their last trip.
home tn New York.
best in the country if not all South
The Del Sud Rebels, repre"^
Frank's last run was aboard the senting the Mississippi Com dividual presentation of the America. So it is quite an honor
when one of the ships' teams comes
Joseph Priestley (Bloomfield), now pany cruise ship, won the medals.
Crewmen Honored
out of the Spring competition vic
on the layup list.
award by defeating a tdam from
"We had a collision at Pusan the Gimnasia y Esgrima, the larg
H. Hastings, R. Jones, A. Acaley, torious as did the Del Sud Rebels.
and were laid up at Hiroshima for est athletic club in the world with J. "Bat" Nopnan, C. Lewelyn, C.
20 days before we could' come 45,000 members. The Spring cup Thompson, F. "Buzz" Dominicis,
"How about getting this home," he said. 'We're always anx goes to the champion of an infor and C. Forest got their medals at
shirt," the missus asks ' as ious to get back to a Union mal Buenos Aires baseball league the affair.
Frank eyes some good buys home like this—how Else, too, where teams from the Del Sud, Del Medals were also awarded to J
at the Sea Chest.
knows why."
Norte and Del Mar compete with Bitchell, L. Blanchard, O. McLean,
S. Catalano, C. Blades, D. Bansome
local nines.
and J. Mitchell, but they weren't
Also Get Plaque
present to receive them. Mitchell
At the same time, the Del Sud who had been the Del Sud's star
was awarded a plaque in, memory pitcher, has been signed into the
of the late George E. Guenard. Pittsburgh farm system.
Guenard was the purser aboard Banquets are also planned for The American Federation of
the Del Sud and was responsible the teams of the Del Norte and Del Labor lost an active and militant
for the beginning t)f the competi Mar, but there won't be any fighter for the cause of trade
tion between the ship crews and medals or plaques for them, since unionism when Harry Roach died
the Del Sud had the winning suddenly June 21 while on a fish
the local teams.
team.
In making the av/ard, the mana
Guenard was the man who be ing trip near his home at Lake
ger of the Gimnasia y Esjrima gan the idea of ship teams playing Charles, La.
pointed out the games between local teams, but he died before Brother Roach, who was 42 years
teams from the ships and the resi the idea ^ grew to what it is today. of age, was vice president of the
dents has gone a long way toward The games between the crews and Louisiana State Federation of
better understanding between residents now are one of the main Labor and business agent for the
the two nations. The games, which attractions in the city. There's no Lake Charles local of the Plumb
draw large crowds of local persons, actual league, as we know it, be ers and Steamfitters Union (AFL).
were credited with proving that cause of the schedules of the ships, He was regarded as a good and
"two nations . . . can walk together but during the spring there's a true friend of the Seafarers Inter
linked only by their mutual desire game every time one of the vessels national Union. Brother Roach had
to find friendship." ,
worked closely for. a number of
pulls into Buenos Aires.
Well attended by Ideal VIPs, Since the Gimnasia y Esgrima is years with SIU branch officials at
Pausing during SIU headquarters tour to take in aircooled cafe" heads of the athletic club and rep the largest club in the world, it Lake Charles and New Orleans in
teria. Seafarer Frank Gardner and his wife. Else, decide on water resentatives of the company, the prides itself on the team that rep causes of mutual interest to both
melon as a good bet for a little hotweather refreshment.
banquet was highlighted by the in resents it. The team is one of the crafts.
, "It's wonderful," said Mrs. Else
Gardner, wife of Seafarer Fraftk
Gardner, after her husband took
her on a tour of the new SIU head
quarters hall.
"It's aipazing the things they do
in this union," Mrs, Gardner com
mented as she and Brother Gard
ner relaxed over a cup of coffee
in the airconditioned cafeteria.
"Look at the vacation pay and the
Welfare Plan and all that. The
Harry Roach,
La. Unionist,
Dies Suddenly
Cartoon History Of The SIU
In September, 1936, the union met with thei
shipowners and demanded a 10 pert:ent wage
• ; t I* hike and better conditions. All three ^ West •
Coast departments voted in favor of a strike.
,
• ' East Coast firemen ahd oilers okayed a strike, <
1' '
phony ISU officials wouldn't even let East •
On October 30, the West Coas^ men hit the
bricks after their demands were^ refused. All
three East. Coast departments joined them.
West Coast shipowners didn't try to move their
shiips, trying to starve out thq strikers; on the
>East Coast the goingwas tough and bloody, but
the sbips stayed tied up
The Sirihe Resumes, 193637
No. 14
The shipowners took a loss of over a million
dollars a day trying to break the strike, starve
out the seamen and break their unions. After
99 days they, gave up and the seamen went back
to work with a 10 percent raise in wages and
overtime, Saturday afternoons, Sundays and
holidays. «ff. They had won.
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out. Though we have offered help, Baltimore:
known brothers from Texas, Louis Savannah:
they claim to have enough men on
"Big Chief Wahoo" Boren, who
hand to handle all their problems,
hails from Oklahoma. Louis is in
so we're just standing by. They
terested in the cattle business (we
have their tankers and steam
hope they're his cattle) up in his
schobners operating, shipping is
native state and since he sails AB,
we
shipped
hiifl
to
the
Federal
so
The figures for shipping through good and we have been able to Shipping has been only fair and
The weathef has really gotten
he
could
keep
in
touch
with
the
this
port the ^past two weeks pick up a dozen jobs for tUHm. In is expected to slump even more
little on the warm side here, caus
dropped off quite a bit since, th^ some cases, they have issued jobs now that the steel strike is having
. ing the oldtimers 'to predict that cows.
to SIU guys.
Leroy Clarice
last report, .but we expect things
a decided affecton shipping. ' All
before long it is liable to get hot
One of the Ore Line ships that are laid up are
Lake Charles Port Agent will be back to normal the next
it's been 94 the past two weeks.
brothers on the being manned by a skeleton crew,
time.
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But we are able to stand most any
beacji who has and we expect them to be laid up
thing when you recall some of the Seattle:
One helpful item on the sched
been loud in his for the next two or three weeks as
past socalled state leaders.
ule is the probability we will crew
cheers for the
they come in.
Shipping really boomed for the
up the tanker Fort Hdskins for
newest SIU bene
During the past two weeks there
past two weeks, when we were
Cities Service late this month in
fits, those in the have been 20 payoffs in this port,
shipping rated men by the truck
Jacksonville, although we can't be
realm of ipatem plus 14 ships signing on and nine
loads. Nonrated shipping has been
too sure about this commitment.
ity and disability, calling in transit. Beefs have been
slow as the proverbial cream ris
Things are moving along mighty There was an even split between
is
Tony Nottage, minor and of a routine nature, with
Sottu*
ing on buttermilk, but a few of fine for us out here. Shipping is payoffs and signons this period,
a
member
of the the various delegates and crew
the boys did snag some Jobs. We go(^ and we are enjqying fine three in each column. • A couple of Union since 1943. A native Florid
did have to call on Galveston and weather. It's not top cold, not too men fropi the beach were supplied ian, Tony is a member of that members doing their usual good
New Orleans for some rated job hot—just right for collecting to each of the ships calling here so growing colony of men yvhose al job of crew representation.
men, and they responded nobly. maternity benefits.
Entiiitted Over Hall
we drove out. most of the stay
Shipping for the next two weeks The payoffs liept us hopping putters waiting for special runs. . legiance has gone west. He sails All hands faereaboute are very
chief
electrician
generally,
and
is
doesn't look so hot, since we don't around a bit as the ships came in
Among the vessels that took on also a diehard Yokohama shuttle enthused over the prospects of get
have many ships listed in here,
at different places each time. We men
ting a new buildhig for this port.
from here were the Robin man.
lot of the tankers are going to the had the Alaska Spruce (Ocead
iTie vast majority ofthe member
Toidy
takes
special
interest
in
Mowbray
(Robin);
Strathbay
yard for repairs and of course that Tow) in Seattle. Martin Behrman
ship which has visited the new hall
too means fewer jobs until they (Alcoa) and James Price (South (Strathmore); Southern Districts his hobby of photography and has in New York and in other ports
been
a
frequent
contributor
to the
(Southern
.
Trading);
Southstar,
get out. .
Atlantic) in 'Portland, Purplestar
where the SIU owns its own build
Accounting for the rush were the in Tacoma, Seastar at Point Wells Southwind (South Atlantic) and LOG. Married, and making the ing is very happy at the thought
sea
his
career,
he
is
constantly
Seatrain
Savannah
(Seatrain),
our
Winter Hill, Salem Maritime, and Irenestar in Coos Bay.' The
amazed at the rapid improvements of having the siune conditions in
municipal namesake.
French Creek, Paoli, Bents Fort, last three are all Triton ships.
in
conditions the SIU has secured this city.
Lone Jack, Government Camp, The Spruce, Purplestar, Seastar On the schedule of ships coming
Along with the ILA, we have
Archers Hope (Cities Service); Re and Irenestar signed on again, in during the next few days are down through the years.
Sam Cohen
been aiding the AFL chemicaj
public, Federal (Trafalgar), anc while the Calmar and Pennmar tho Southport and High Point Vic
Wilmington Poet Agent workers withstand a raiding at
^ TWnity (Carras). The last »three (Calmar) came around in transit. tory, both South Atlantic, so we
^
tempt by the CIO, which has been
named were over in Texas where Beefs were all routine and settled should be'able to keep our end up
successful
in getting the necessary •
Galveston:
as far
as shipping
goes.
everything is big including the in quick order.
percentage of pledge caids to win
E.
B.
TUIey
mosquitoes.
Roach Chaser
NLRB approval for an election.
Savannah Port Agent
On the labor front, we have the
One of
the boys came up with a
We were not aware
of the fact this
iron workers engaged in a little
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suggestion
for getting
rid
of
cock
condition
existed
until
after the
cBfference of opinion with theT em
roaches. It seems Wilmington:
board had been petitioned for an
idoyers over wages, but the bosses
that the regular
Business continues very slow election.
are really banging their heads
old woods cricket
here, though we expect the lull However, after being asked for
against a brick wall. Talks at
is a deadly ene
can't hold up much longer, and help by the local business agent of
Firestone are dragging, but the
my of the roach.
we'll break ou( ff this soon.
the AFL chemical union, we imme
Metal Trades Council should wrap
and by carrying Though the weather is hot, ship
that up soon. Meanmwhile, the ga
There was plenty of excitement diately went to work on the matter.
one of these ping has cooled off right now. We here when the first batch of new We can't at this time predict what
rage mechanics have won two more
crjckets aboard have just one payoff scheduled, Union books arriv^ for. the guys the outcome of the election will be, ,
' elections and are rapidly tying up
each ship we and enough men to meet a crew who applied for them from this but we believe we have been suc
loose ends.
could scare off up. Bookmen in the steward and hall. There were lots of compli cessful in aiding the union consid
.On the sports" side, our local
the roaches. Of engine departments are rare out ments exchanged when the broth erably. We will have more to re
ScherfHos
team ran into some crooked um
course this isn't here, and they can move out, but ers cast their eyes on the d>ooks port regarding this matter after
pires lately and won five games
in a row. Something is really foolproof yet as I haven't heard of it looks like permitmen should try and looked over the'classy setup July 10, as that is the date the
wrong, since now they will have to anyone who tried the Scheme. Un some other West Coast port if they arranged for their benefit. They labor board has set for the elec
want to get put.
fight like all hades to stay in the til then, in DDT we trust!
were like a bunch of kids with tion.
cellar, but we think they can do it. Brother Robert Scherffius stop
Just one lone payoff, the Mada their first bicycles when the books
« Gearing For Convention
After the latest LOGs came in I«d by to show us his first vaca ket (Waterman), and no signons were passed out. .
There is not much to report from
with the news about the maternity tion check in 23 years of going to the past period, but there were a ^Two payoffs broke the quiet of the political front at this time,
benefit, the FFA (Future Fathers sea, a tidy total of $129 obtained couple of intransits. We had the the past two weeks, the Marie since apparently all the wouldbe
of America) held a closed meeting by applying right at the SIU hall. Raphael Semmes, Bienville (Wa Hamill and Neva West, both for candidates and politicians are gear
and decided that all must get busy While Bob was sounding off and terman); Yorkmar, Pennmar, Ala Bloomfield. We had no signons, ing themselves for the big show in
since $200 is a great inducement. telling us how things have changed, mar (Calmar); Clarksburg T^ctory, but several ships In transit. These
We hope for their sake the checks we informed him of the latest gains Maiden Victory (MississippD; Bes included: Richard Johnson (Bloom the conventions next month. How
in benefits and really knocked bim semer Victory (South Atlantic); field); Seatrains New York, Texas ever, we will keep our eyes open
aren't made out to momma. . . I
for a
loop.
We have been fortunate in still
Ames Victory (Victory Carriers) (Seatrain); Del Aires (Mississippi); and keep the membership posted
having brother Harry Aucoin with Since he's immarried, he couldn't and Steel King (Isthmian). There Julesburg (Mathiasen);. Strathbay as the tug of war develops in this
us to help out in the hall. He was see how he'd wangle a $200 birth were no beefs to speak of on any (Strathmore); Southern Cities state.
The weathej around here has
taking care of the place .the other benefit, but he noted he was sure of these ships.
(Southern Trading); Federal (Tra
cooled off
somewhat after theswel
day when we were in Texas tend the dads in the Union would make
SUP SoUd Front
falgar);' Council Grove, Cantigny
ing to a ship and when an order good use of the opportunity to col The strike of the SUP against (Cities Service) and Catahoula (Na tering heat of a few days ago, but
we don't expect the cool spell to
came in for three rated jobs, Harry lect the dough.
the Pacific Maritime Association is tional Nav).
last too long. We'll probably be
Jeff Morrison
just went out and. shanghaied the
already beyond its first month, but
Keith Alsop
Seattle Port Agent the sailors really have a solid front
boys before they fully woke up.
Galveston Port Agent back to the sunny days and high
mereuiy that is the usual order
With a little more coaching >e
for the port at this time of year. •
think be will make a fine shang
haier. He speaks French too, so
Earl Sheppard
none of the boys can warn the
Baltimore Port Agent
others before Harry is onto them.
We also have had with us for a
couple of days one of the better
Lake Charles:
Crewiag Of OS Tanker
Chance Te Glean Beach
Job Rash Slows A Bil;
Taakors Dao In Yards
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Shipping Censlderebly
'Saraflra' AnliRoaeh
Selmne Slill Ualried
New Union Books Give
Roys Noro Bool Chargo
SUP Ranks Hold SaHd;
Strike Now Monik Old
A&G SHtPPmC RECORD
Shipping from June 5 to June 18
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Get New Books
Through Agen^/s
Seafarers who applied for
new membership books in
New York but are now sailing
frwH outports don't have to
come to this city to get their
new books:
If the men involved will
wr^ to headquarters and tell
the XJnion which port they are
sailing out of, the Union will
forward the, book in care of
the port agent.
Under no circumstances*
hdwevw, will the books be
sent through the mails to any
private addresses:
REG.
BEG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SmP. SHIP. TOTAL
DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG.
BECK. ENG. SIEW. SHIPPED
PORT
Boston
34
New York
213
Philadelphia
47
Baltimore
201
Norfolk
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77
Savannah
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Tampa
11
Afbbile
83
New Orieans
.... 107
Galvest<m
.i.. 33
West Coast
....v 60
42
2oe
2e
147
103
17.
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0
0
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0
0
Totals .,.:..... >.... 882,
44
167
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48
4Tv
120
SS8
105
440
231
50
28
233
298
88
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> 32
161
49
120.
39
29
6
44
94
47
93
801
34
173
31
89
32
19 *
8
32
84
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The United Seamen's Serv
ice h'as Informed the LOG that
individuals owning bars and
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27
hotels in
various ports around
484
~ 150
the world have used the words
39
119 , "seamen's service" or similar
phrases to imply that they are
67
276
connected with USS. Included
110
39
among there was a place that
was open in Pusan, Kotea, un
69
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til recently.
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Actual USS centers in the
25
lor Pacific area are at Apra Har
bor, Gham; Naha, Okinawa;
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Mojl, Kobe and Yokohama, Ja
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127
pan. Allt>ther establishfhents
no matter what their names,
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have no connection wittt ,USS.
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Go Up Now For Thooo
ERgiRO ERdorsoRMRts
Activity continues at a very good
pace here, with engine departnieht
shipping exceptionally good. The
dispatchers have been hard pushed
at times to supply some black gang
ratings, so all of the men who have
the proper time in should go up
and get those endorsements.
We have had 25 ships pay off in
the past two weeks and 14 signed
on foreign articles, along with a
number of Intransit jobs. The fol
lowing vessels paid off during the
period: Logans Fort, Fort Hoskins,
Government Camp, Archers Hope,
Lone Jack (Cities Service); Evelyn,
Kathryn, iBeatrice, Frances, Puerto
Rico (Bull); Seacomet, Seagarden,
Seanan (Orion); Compass (Com
pass); Steel Admiral, Steel Maker
(Isthmian); La Salle, Gateway City,
Alawai (Waterman); Carrabulle
(National Nav); Robin Mowbray
(Robin); Massmar (Calmar); Wil
liam Carruth (Trans Fuel); Monte
bello Hills (Western Tankers);
Nikoklis (Dolphin).
Signons included: John Evans,
Lawrence Victory (Mississippi);
Mary Adams (Bloomfield); S«in
Mateo Victory (Eastern); Alawai,
La Salle, Hurricane (Waterman);
. Cape Edmont (Alcoa); Robin Don
caster, Robin Hood (Robin); <Gom
pass; Steel Maker; Angelina (Bull);
Seanan. All of these ships were
paid off smoothly, which makes us
all very happy.
We now have all of the tanker
operators straightened out on the
matter of the steward. department
overtime in port so that there
should be no problem on this score
in the future,
I have talked with a few of the
members about the new benefits
we have just secured under the
Welfare Plan and everyone seems
very happy about them, especially
the married men and the oldtimers
who have been or may be incapaci
tated for one reason or another.
It seems we have a number of
the oldtimers from Tampa on the
beach here at the present, time. In
cluding Roland Velasco,' George
Burns and a few more. I wonder
if this migration north was caused
by the fact that they Just elected
a new sheriff and a new constable
down there?
Claude Simmons
Asst. 860*7 Treas.
t t t
N4w Orleans:
Port Votes 96% 'Pro'
Ha Mm Halls' Bal|ol
Biisiness affairs of the port are
in very good shape, and shipping
is holding lip fine with more mem
bers moving out than registered in
th« twoweek period. The ships
coming in for payoff were all clean,
and had veryfew beefs except for
those of a minor natdre.
. The list of payoffs included: Al
Now Mm
Perth Ambpy
Crewmen of Cities Service
tankers and other ships dock
ing at Perth Amboy, NJ, will
find i}lenty of LOGs on hand
at. Victor iSankiff's Bar.
Since a great marij' tankers
of companies otheirthan Cities
Service dock at Perth Amboy,
and at other terminals in the
area, the LOGs could help
serve as an entering wbdge in
Esso ^tankers and those of
other oil companies that have
thus far resisted unionisation
SBAFA
Page mag
LOG
sti
coa Pioneer, Ranger, Roamer (Al San Franeiseo:
recentlyconcluded referendum bal Boston;
coa); Del Valle, Del Sud, North
lot on new halls. In this way, we
Platte Victory (Mississippi); An
carried by an overwhelming ma
tinous, Chickasaw (Waterman); Ca
jority, actually over 96 percent in
tahoula (National Nav) and Seastar
favor.
(Triton). The Alcoa Pioneer and
Of course, now we'll have to go
Alcoa Ranger, ,a$ well as the Del Shipping through here kept up through the usual waiting period
Shipping turned out very well
Rio, Del Norte and Del Aires (Mis its full head of steam for the past until arrangements are made, a for the past two weeks, as the num
sissippi) signed on again.
two weeks, with over 106 men proper location secured and so on. ber of men shipping out from here
In transit were the following: shipped to regular jobs, 28 as stand But when we have our new place has doubled since the last report.
Alcoa Cavalier, Pegasus, Clipper, bys and 40 to shifting and layup I'm sure it will be a place to make
Paying off were the following
Pilgrim (Alcoa); Steel Age, Steel jobs.
the membership proud and happy vessels: French Creek, Bents Fort,
Surveyor (Isthmian); Del Aires Only minor beefs at the payoffs it vqted the way it did.
Cantigny, Salem Maritime (Cities
Service); Trinity (Carras); Jules
Del Sud (Mississippi); Seatrains t)f the Carroll Victory (South At
A. S. Cardullo
burg, The Cabins, W. E. Downing
New Jersey, Louisiana, Georgia lantic) and the Maiden Victory
Philadelphia Port Agent
(Mathiasen); Seagale (Seatraders);
(Seatrain); Beauregard, Monarch of (Mississippi), which were easily 0
^ ^ 'Sit
Tagalam (Mar Trade); Ann Marie
the Seas, Claiborne (Waterman); settled.
Mobile:
(Bull). The Tagalam was the lone
Southern Cities (Southern Trading)
We signed on the Burbank Vic
signon of the period.
and Edith (Bull).
.tory, which is making her first trip
In transit were the Steel Maker
Balloting in New Orleans on the under the SIU for Eastern after
(Isthmian); Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa)
new halls' resolution set a record operating for a West Coast outfit,
and Seavictor (Orion). The only
for a 30day period, thanks to all plus the Maiden, making another
the brothers who trip to the Far East. In transit we Shipping has slowed up quite a beefs were minor overtime item.s
showed they were had the John B. Waterman (Water bit here, with little activity noted which were all settled on board in
really interested man); Pennmar (Calmar) and Steel to break the nionotony of the heat favor of the Saiem Maritime, Sea
gale and Trinity crews.
in Union affairs. king (Isthmian).
spell.
Of the more than
Just a few payoffs in the port, One really excited ship that
1,000 votes, the The biggest news around the port including: Alcoa Pilgrim, Corsair. came in was the Julesburg, with a
"yes" votes were right now is the recent court deci Pennant, Clipper (Alcoa), plus the couple of expectant papas in the
in excess of 96 sion setting up a neutral hiring Morning Light and Monarch of the crew. They all had a lot of praise
for the new $200 maternity bene
percent, which is hall for steward department mem Seas (Waterman).
fit plus the $25 bond from the
really a nice per bers in the port, where men can
register and ship regardless of
Signing on were the Claiborne Union in the baby's name. There
centage.
Ballard
One of the whether they belong to the Com (Waterman) and the Alcoa Pilgrim was quite a discussion on her on
brothers who served oh the ballot mie MC&S or the MC&SAFL. Un The intransits numbered four, the the big strides the SIU has made,
ing committee almost the whole der this setoip,, which includes an Iberville, Antinous (Waterman); and with no end in sight.
Strict On Drill
time was Alvin Ballard who, being impartial referee, the men will be Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa), and Strath
ship regularly until the bay (Strathmore).
We would like to remind the
an old member of the Union, knows able
One of the brothers trying to brothers that the steamboat inspec
what it means to have our own NLRB holds an election to see who
keep cool via the airconditioning tors in Portland, Maine, are verj
buildings. A1 says he has seen the is going to represent them.
H. J. Fischer '
in the hall is Jack strict on lifeboat drill and caution
Sru grow in standing year after
West
Coast Representative
"Red" Adams, all members to remain on the ship
year, and agreed there would be
who joined the during the drill. You'll find that
nothing better for the industry than
SIU in 1943and if you go through the thing prop
to have the SIU continue its prog Piii7o«/e/pMo:* ^
has sailed in all erly, you'll get it over quicker.
ress forward.
engine depart The same goes for the port of
Homes For Oldtimers
ment t'a t i n g s Boston. These inspectors are do
In his opinion, one good step
since he's been ing a very good joB.
forward would be to establish
going to sea. The
Our local bus strike is still go
homes for the oldtimers on disabil
The situation regarding shiping
big question on ing on, and is now in its fourth
ity pay so that they could really through this port is still not par
Jack's mind right month. Actually, it's nota strike
Adams
hold their heads high and tell the ticularly rosy^ as it continues to
now is "what's of Boston buses, but rather of the
world what their Union has done lag at a comparatively low level. going to happen next?"
ones coming into the city. It has
for them. Sailing as a Seafarer However, it has definitely picked He cited the Seafarers' best been 100 percent effective so far.
since 1940, A1 has been active in up in the past two weeks for the wages and working conditions in but now the company is trainin.r
SIU beefs aU along the line in this men looking for jobs instead of the industry, top Union halls and new men who are forming their
port, but he says Rio is one of the special runs which are hard to get the promise of newer ones, vaca own "union." They even had th"
most beautiful ports in the world out of this port.
tion pay benefits paid right in our nerve to invite the strikers to
and likes that South American run The membership here was espe own halls and the latest, the bene throw in with them. None of the
the best.
cially touched by the gratitude of fits for new fathers and war bonds local AFL unions have been asked
The SIU Beachcombers baseball the AFL telegraphers for the vol for the kiddies.
^
for help so far, since none is need
team in town is going great guns, untary assistance many of the boys His,only regret is that the Mter ed at this time.
having l<»t only one game in the gave during the recent Western didn't start sooner. "I have four Quite a few boys on the beach
last two Weks. It is stiii waiting Union beef.
children—isn't there any retroac want to say hello to their old ship
for the Mobile, hall to accept a Many members noted that it is tive pay on this?" We hastened to mates, so here's the names of »
challenge, but rumors have it that action like that of the telegraphers remind him that while we couldn't couple of them: Roy Johnson. B.
Mobile has shipped out all its that makes a guy glad he can lend guarantee him back benefits on his Cantwell, F. Parsons, A Lord. V.
players.
a hand to a fellow unionist in times present family, there was nothing Cutter, G. Murphy. G. King, V7.
It seems to us there weren't any of need. As before, we will offer stopping him from qualifying "in McNeil. J. Dimitriadis, J. Connolly.
G. Hunt, C. Dash, S. Cieslak, f.
players in Mobile to start with, es and give assistance to any AFL the future . . ."
Also on the beach, in addition Abundo, J. Hickey and V. Maffucc".
pMially when they found out the union whenever'there is a legiti
The men in the marine hospitr "
Beachcombers beat the Del Norte mate beef involved, because that to brother Adams,, are SIU old
team 462 and in a return game is, and has always been, the policy timers W. F. Simmons, J. Curtis, are, for the most part, comir'
H. Starling, V. Ybarra, E. Walter along just fine. Dick Bowman i'<
where the Norte squad had its of the Seafarers.
High 'Pro' Vote
and A. Ayier.
greatly improved from a linger
dander up, walloped them 181.
Lindsey J. Williams
Cal Tanner
ing ailment, an^ George Vourlor
We feel pretty good here for the
Mobile Port Agent
New Orleans Port Agent way the imembjership voted on the
mis finally got "out after a year an !
is now in good health. He will
probably be shipping again soon.
James Sheehan
Boston Port Agent
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Get MMiseharge
For Port Time
Seafarers should be sure to
get a discharge for all the time
they are on a ship's payroll,
including both sea time and
port time. Port time counts
toward vacation pay just as
time spent at sea, but Sea
farers must have a discharge
to get credit for it.
Those men who fail tc get
port time discharges will not
be able to get that time cred
ited toward their vacation pay.
Failure to get a discharge foi
port time as well as sea tim4
will mean that you will lose
out on some of that vacation
money, so be sure to get these
port time discharges^
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On the job in bustling Galveston harbor to handle
heavy ship movements, an SlUmanned MAW tug
nudges derrick into place to help imload docked ship.
To Seafarers on ships carrying grain, cotton or sulphur from
Galveston, oil from the booming fields 50 miles to the northwest
around Houston ortd the tanker port of Boytown, or those riding
the Seotroins into Texas City, the ports served by the "Roods,"
provide a constant contrast between the "wide open spaces" of
storied Texas and the broad oceans they travel in earning their
livelihood
Farm commodities^ row products and refined or manufactured
goods originating within the far, or near hinterland of Texas, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Oklahoihra and Iowa eventually find their way to
countries all over the globe on SlUmonned ships sailing through
the "Roods" in an endless procession. Ideally located, the net
work of Texas waterways fronting on.,the Gulf of Mexico ore a
major link for US export to faroff places.
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A Seafarer points way to foc'sle for men
bringing aboard new mattresses for Hamill
crew. Restocked with stores and fresh bed
ding, the ship made ready to sail.
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During lull in loading, R, Gusman,
wiper; A. Devine, oiler; D. Baker, chief
electrician; L. Warren, 2nd electrician,
have lunch.
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Pare Eler«i
^ We Cooked The Goose
That Bled On The Moon'
Subsequent developments gave "Chuck" Connors' noblegesture a tragic twist as they
say in the novels, but when he interrupted the pleasant progress of an agreeable ginmill
bound quartet on a sunny afternoon fully a decade ago to, buy a magnificent specimen of
goose that was offered for sale^
in a teeming bazaar in the
mysterious l^d of India, he
was undoubtediy motivated by
nothing but the loftiest humani
tarian principles.
"How would you guys like it,"
Chuck demanded in righteous in
dignation, "how would you guys
like it if you were cooped up in a
The Challenge aa she appeared following her construction in 1851. iittle cage with barely enough
She was the largest merchant ship of her time, 2,006 tons, with three room to stand, waiting around for
some gook to make a curry out
decks and lots of sail.
of ya?"
Ali three of his thirsty compan
ions were forced to confess that
they wouldn't like it at all. But
we were equally
determined not to
spend an anna of
Progress changes the faces of many things, and just as it has
our meager cash
reserve to see the
marked the end of the sailing ship, last year saw the end of
Si'"
great
god Siva
the home of one of the most famous sailing vessels, the
himself liberate
Challenge.
• —^
all the geese in
India, for it was
According to Seafarer David that her lower sails were just
our last night
McMullin, who compiled the about IGO feet square.
ashore and a tar
Skippers Shy
Connors
data ifor this article, the granite
paulin muster
In fatt, the Griswold brothers
hewn building at 7172 South had a hard time finding a skipper had yielded barely enough rupees
Street has been replaced by a park who would take her out, even in to buy the beer to insure a pleasant
Frenchy Michelet recapturing his past adventure with the Bombay
ing lot, just as the steel steamships those days of daring Yankee Clip glow for all hands around.
Chuck, like the obstinate little goose for the entertainment of LOG reading gourmets.
per skippers.
Finally, Captain
Rob
replaced the wooden clippers.
ert H. Waterman agreed to com animal he is, plants his feet firm
Back in the 1850s, however, 71 mand her, and did sail her suc ly before the caged goose, who revealed a bantam rooster hidden and the strangest walls and ceil
72 South Street was the office of cessfully for some years. But an was hissing away at ail and sundry in the family woodpile. To see ing ever seen in a room given to
N.L. & G. Griswold, East India other headache came up when from his cramped quarters, and that feathered fury dragging like uses.
and China merchants, one of the Waterman decided to retire, and announces that he ain't budging an Chuck down the pike with a stout It was evidently a sleeping
largest and best known of the the Griswold brothers couldn't inch 'til the membership there as line lashed to the goose's leg while apartment in the dim and better
many shipping companies of the find another skipper.
sembled authorizes him to expend he (the goose) fought every dog days. The walls are covered with
time.
The Challenge did sail in trade part of the common funds then and cat, Hindu and Mussuiman representations of Eastern deities
after that, but it was only after nestling in his dungaree pocket that ventured within reach of his and the ceiling is painted to rep
Largest Merchantman
her
owners made several reduc to liberate his feathered friend. tether was enough to make a guy resent the heavens complete with
An unprecedented shipping
swear off for life.
stars and a crescent moon.
No Formidable Foe
tions
in her rigging that any cap
boom had hit New York at that
"One
for
the
Goose"
If you were to chance upon it
tain
would agree
to take
her out.
Now, Chuck Connors would have
time, and the Griswold brothers
Finaily, by dint of much tug now you would find the glory long
A
Leader
to
take
on
considerable
poundage
commissioned William H. Webb to
and a few wellpiaced kicks. departed. The walls and ceiling
build the Challenge. The largest A leader in the American mer and a mess of stamina to fight your ging
Chuck
got the goose to a native are faded and stained with great
tenyearold
niece,
so
it
would
merchantman ever projected up to chant marine, tlje Challenge sailed
bar
and
nudged him on inside brown blotches, particularly the
that time, she was also the most with thp many Griswold ships have been no trick to depose him while we tailed along forty lengths moon, that resemble rust but are
extreme vessel built to that time. named Panama, a favorite name of as treasurer right on the spot, ex astern and pretended we didn't actually the life's blood of a
The Challenge emerged from the company .whose blue and white cept that he happens to be the know him. In the fullness of time rugged' old goose whose headless
the New York shipyard as the first checked house flag was a familiar most voluble sea lawyer afloat and we too 'found ourselves inside body was thrown upon the leaden
threedecked merchantman ever sight in oriental ports. A prominent we ali dreaded the idea of listen seated on benches in a rear court floor and left to flop around until
built in the US. She registered 2, writer of that era once wrote, "1 do ing to him rave all the way back yard sipping quinineladen beer an Indian cook required him to
006 tons, which was immense for not suppose there is one country Stateside.
and ogling a bevy of dusky doUs complete as fine a dish of curried
her time, but it was her rigging store, no matter how insignificant, Things were fast approaching a who doubled in brass as waitresses goose as ever I ate. This is how he
and sails that gave her jiew own in the whole United States, that crisis. We were all looking dark and a giggling audience as well. went about it;
has not seen a large or small pack ly at Chuck—each speculating, no There are ports in a sailor's voy
. ers headaches.
Butter was melted in a saucepan
age of tea marked 'Ship Panama' doubt, that the logical solution was age through life that pay him for and
quartered apples, a large diced
Tall Mainmast *
and 'NL&GG' upon it."
to lock him up in one of the empty all the trouble of getting there. onion and a clove of garlic was
Her canvas was really jammed The Challenge's career was a cages and peddle him off with the Let the uninitiated babble of the braised in it for a few moments.
on, with her mainmast measuring long and productive one, with her other goose, when "Philadelphia deep
blue sea and the wake that Then a little curry powder was
210 feet from heel (bottom) to claim to fame being in her lead Red" Griffith got an idea. "Why follows
free and such like non sprinkled over the mixture and it
truck (top). Her lower studding ership in the American merchant not use the bosun's dongh?" Red sense. The
romance, brother, lies was left to simmer a few minutes
measured 160 feet from^leech to fleet's continuous battle for bigger suggested.
further
afield.
It's in the grog longer.
leech (edge to edge), which meant and faster vessels.
This was sheer inspiration. The sellers' huts in farflung places This mixture was then stuffed
bosun had contributed a fifty rupee with a host of dolls who don't care into the goose, who had previous
note and a whole handful of annas if the sun hangs in the tree. That's ly been well rubbed with salt and
to the tarpaulin muster with the what Aline Kilmer was talking pepper inside and out. The bird
solemn stipulation that half was to about when, detecting a faraway was then put into an oven and left
Seafarers riding ships into the port of New York have a chance be used to allay his shipmates' look in her flame's eye, she bade to roast at a slow temperature un
til it had bled its superfluous
to save a lot of that payoff dough when they use a service offered thirst and the rest to be used to him—
grease. The grease was then
by Union representatives coming aboard with samples of work buy a jug that was to be deliv "Take your light, light love
poured off and a few ladles of
and dress gear from the SlUoperate^ Sea Chest at headquarters. ered to his foc'sle unopened ere To a light, light lass.
the cock crowed. ,
Who will smile when you come chicken stock added and the bird
" Those "who haven't yet heard of this new service or had the op
returned to the oven to finish cook
We all thonght this an excellent And smile when you pass."
portunity to take advantage of it are advised that the men lugging
ing, being basted from time to
However,
it's
extremely
difficult
expedient,
for
while
the
bosun
those bulging sample cases to your ship are members of the SlU,
time with the stock and drippings
to
engage
in
light
banter
with
a
was
a
brawny
Irishman,
extreme
acting in behalf of the SlUowned and operated Sea Chest.
ly unlikely to take kindly to the tropical belle while a naturally vi from the pan.
Operation of the Sea Chest in headquarters has been so weil
notion of using his grog money to cious old goose, made even more The cooked goose being re
recelved by the branch membership that speciajl efforts are being rescue a stranded goose, the hour frantic by an overindulgence in na moved, a roux was made by tak
made to offer men coming into the port the same* chance to get at of reckoning was in the distant tive beer, is charging around in a ing equal parts of flour and curry
wellmade, bottompriced gear if they can't get to the beach to dawnjng. As a philosopher among circle indiscriminately attacking powder and browning same in but
come into the store and see what's what.
us so succinctly observed, "Don't friend and foe alike. So a spe ter in a skillet. This roux was
Stock carried varies from A to.Z, including work clothes as well the Good Book say 'Sufficient unto cial meeting was convoked on the used to thicken the drippings to
spot and it was moved, seconded which a little more chicken stock
as the latest styles in men's dresswear and accessories. Suits, the day is the evil thereof."
and carried, with one dissenting' was added. Served over rice with
Greatly edified
by
such hallowed
shoes, shirts and furnishings of all types, in addition to luggage
vote, to cook that goose's goose chutney and the usual attendant
authority
It
was
speedily
resolved
and miscellaneous items not found in comparable haberdasheries,
come
hell, high water or Chuck garnishes it made a memorable
that
the
bosun
and
Chuck
should
particularly at these prices, can be had within hours by ordering^
repast.
Connors.
go
into
the
gpose
business
forth
from the samples carried by the SlU rej^resentative who comes
Incidentally, the ship was the old
To the
Execution
with
and
the
bosun's
dough
was
aboard the ship.
On the second floor of an old LaSalle and the bosun is still wait
forked over without more ado.
At the presenttime, the service is still on an experimental basis,
Of all the evil natures ever to, dilapidated building on Forest ing for his jug. You'll find him in
in order to gauge the demand for 'it in Nc w York and elsewhere. be hatched Yrom an innocuous egg Road, in the heart of the populous Boston because he's the port agent 4
EventuaUyy it is. expected a similar servh i will .be pperated out that damn goose was the worst. A city of Bombay, right smack dab for the Union there. His name Is
minute examination of his pedi over a native bar is a shower room Jimmy Sheehan.
Frendiy Mleheiet
gree would unquestionably have with modern plumbing fixtures
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EUGENE A. STANTON. Canenlei
The notion that the level oi the of President James Buchanan. In
Pacific Ocean is higher than that the Civil War, she fired a shot near
Anybody who tries to tell you lie worked here as a "boomer,"
of the Atlantic has some siight the bow of the steamer Nashville
that
a man can have a healthier mine lingo for someone who drifted
truth, though the exact difference to force her to show her colors, the
has not been determined. Atone fi^t shot fired from a US vessel Question: What. Is your meal' life working elsewhere than at sea from one site to another wherever
can take the word of Seafarer the work, pay or food was better.
time, many years ago, it was found in the war . .. The Barbary States, time favorito aboard shlpT
Eugene A. Stanton that it just isn't The mining towns were rough and
the
African
pirate
kingdom
com
after extensive study that the aver
so.
tumble, fitting for men who worked
age mean sea level at the Pacific prising Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco and L. B. Thomas, steward: Well, I
Cornered
at
the
New
York
hall
hard, fought hard and played th^
Algeria,
which
virtually
ruled
the
entrance to the Panama Canal was
think that soup is just about tops, as he was waiting to throw in for same way. The Commies,
he recalls,
about seven inches higher than at Mediterranean for over three cen
and 1 go for them one of those favored Far East dry had a field day trying to
line up
turies,
probably
were
named
after
the Atlantic entrance . . . The is
every time, no cargo runs, he outlined the back recruits and mine conditions
of
lands owned by Greece in the SE the Algerian corsair known as Bar
matter what kind ground for his beliefs about the sea fered plenty of material with which
Aegean Sea, between Asia Minor barossa ("Redbeard"), who seized
it is. You can
life. One of 12 children, he to propagandize the men.
In the east and Crete in west, are Algiers from the Spanish in 1518.
make a meal out going
left
his
Indianapolis home at 14 "Coal and rock were killers,"
still called the Dodecanese, though
of a good soup if
^ t, %
the number of them now known Probably the first real oil tanker
it's got enough to try his luck on the Lakes, with Stanton asserted. "There was al
eye to getting together a stake ways a hearse drawing up at the
numbers 20 or more. The name is was the SB Charles, of Antwerp,
body to it. Put an
to
help out
the family.
mine for somebody killed by explo
Belgium,
which
piled
between
the
from the Greek for 12 islands,
me down for
US and Europe from 1869 to 1872.
good, rare roast That was in 1924, when he signed sions, gas or silicosis, but it wasn't
t ii
Whalebone, formerly widely used She contained 59 iron tanks, ar
beef too, be on the SS Barium for the ore sea always easy to get out of there."
Couldn't Ship
In. making umbrellas, brushes and ranged in rows at the bottom of cause nothing can beat that when son at $75 a month. He sailed as
a combination crew messman, When the war came, he tried to
other articles, is not bone and has her hold in the 'tween decks, with it comes to meats.
utiiityman and galley boy, and ship out from the West Coast a
ione of the properties of true bone. a bulk capacity of 7,000 barrels,
4> ^
The term is merely a popular but about 794 tons . . . Meander, as a Peter Chopllnski, OS: They're ail when the season was over, went couple of times, but couldn't get
Inaccurate name for an elastic, word meaning to proceed on a my favorites. I like every meal back home to finish school.
clearance because the mines were
fibrous substance that grows on the winding course or wander about every day no
After a hitch in the regular rated an "essential" industry and
roof of the mouth of certain species aimlessly, stems from the ancient matter what the
Army, mostly down in the Canal workers were needed in the pits.
of whales. Whalebone takes the name of a river in Turkey, the Me menu is. You
Zoqe, Stanton found himself on After VJ Day he got a job with
plaicb t»f teeth and functions as a ander or Menderes as it is now never have any
the loose in the middle of the busi a small, private tug outfit that ran
sort of strainer, permitting the known. This stream, long known trouble as far as
ness bust following the '29 crash. barges downstream to New Or
whaie to strain seafood from the for its winding and tortuous chah feeding goes on
After a time, he went to work in leans. "It was hard work, then,
water that it takes up in large nel, is 260 miles long and fiows in any SIU ship,
one of those "deluxe" nonunion just a pilot and myself on the tug,
to the Aegean Sea opposite the Is because the stew
mouthfuls.
factories where the pay was poor but it was good to get out of the
land of Samos.
^ ^
and the conditions were worse, but ground for a change, he recalled.
ard's department
Singing sand is the name given
t t t
a man couldn't be choosy in those This was about the time he met up
really knows how
to certain sand and gravel beds that Ope type of catfish native to the to dish it out. At
days. Following about a year on with the SIU, in 1946, when he saw
make peculiar sounds when shaken, Nile River region of Africa is a least. I don't, and I've got a nice a milling machine, he threw in the better deal the SIU tugboat
stirred, walked upon, driven over real shocker. Called the electric bay window to prove it.
with the migratory harvest gangs men were getting.
or played upon by the wind. It is catfish, it generates a current simi
working the wheat fields all the Soon after he began sailing deep
t
»
3)
usually confined to the dry and rel lar to the electric eel and, accord Julio Torres, AB: You'll find me way from Texas to the Canadian sea ships and has been at it now
atively firm sand above the ordi ing to varied reports, uses its elec where the chicken is.
for about fivB years. "That Far
It don't mat border.
nary water level, moistened by the tricity not only for defense but also
Worked Minea
East
run is my favorite, I guess,
ter what the rest
waves during storms or high tides. to secure its food. This fellow
"It was an outdoor life alright, because those longer trips really
of
the
food
is
as
One theory about the phenomenon, swims along until it discovers an
long as there's and in good times we averaged help pile up the dough, and I'm nut
which occurs on shores of the other fish in the process of digest
chicken, any $10$12 a day. I worked with every one to turn up my nose at that,
ocean as well as inland salt seas ing a meal, swims near and fiicks
kind. I 1 i k e thing from an oldfashioned thresh SIU ships guarantee good food, top
and fresh lakes, is that the grains on its current. Usually, the aston
french fried po ing crew to a modern combine and, conditions and good shipmates.
of silica may pick up sound waves, ished victim vomits its meal in sur
tatoes with it, but as far as experience goes, I could There's no dust to eat up your in
transit them to one another and prise and pain, while the catfish
you can feed me go back on it tomorrow," he ex sldes when you're out at sea," he
magnify their volume on the prin rapidly gobbles up the stuff. Quite
plained. As the seasons changed, declared.
anything if
ciple of crystals in early radio sets. a sport!
know the chick he shifted to the apple harvests, What the future holds for him,
Some noted musical sands are the
4" 4" t
en's coming along up in Washington's Yakima Valley, Stanton isn't too sure. "I've got a
"crying sands" of the Kalahari Scuttle in the sense of intention too. I guess a man gets to like where they really grow 'em big.
lot to learn ye^ even though I've
Desert in South Africa and the ally making a hole in a ship to sink something and Just doesn't change
Then, always on the move, he had a fling at a lot of things over
"barking sands" of Kauai in the it, actually first meant to close up
left the sun behind and took a job the years." Still unmarried, he
t t t .
Hawaiian Islands.
a hole. It stemmed from words .Luis Ramirei,
Generally, in the metal mines strung across didn't shy off a bit when asked the
meaning to shut, as a hatch. Ap I like everything FWT:
4"
t
on
an
SIU ship Idaho,. Utah, Colorado and Death big question. "You might say I'm
The first US naval steamer plied first to the cover o\i^r a hole,
Valley, where he worked laying particular, I didn't marry the girl
named for a woman was the 500 the word was transferred to refer that the cooks
track, blasting, and running loaded I wanted, so I've been riding with
prepare,
but
a
ton sidewheeler Harriet Lane, built to the hole itself and then to the
cars up out of the shafts.
out a caboose ever since."
1^^'
good baker is my
h)\ in 1857. and named after the niece present meaning.
best friend, I us
fe •
ually go for
vegetables over
meats, but when
I see there's a
The French population was all merchant seamen who went into
ACROSS
DOWN
18. Beliefs
38. Sumatra, Java, good baker
21. Man from the
warned toi evacuate all coastal training for unlicensed ratings or
etc.
1. Spot for •
aboard,
I'm
hap
1. Tbey catch
central Cau
buoy
fiih
40. River flowing
areas as a prelude tO\a possible licenses to join the Coast Guard
py. My favorites
cdffus
3. New <ervic«
into Rhone
4. Kind of fish
second front,.. Japanese bombers reserve . . , Churchill arrived in
23.
Type
of Brit
are
the
desserts,
puddings,
pies
to Puerto
43. Region W of
8. • shape
ish gun
Rico
hit Dutch Harbor, Alaska, twice in the US to talk over war strategy
and
things
like
that.
Burma
23. Daughter of
12. Brew
3. Quick look*
the same day in the closest raid yet at the White House .. , Dewey and
Cadmus
44. Paris' river
4. She sailed the
4)
*
4^
13. Tale teller
26. Negative;
43. Chemical
Nile
.Tack
(Cit
14.
Benlgno Bautlsta, chief cook: I to the US . . . The SIU became an Willkie waged a hot preconvention
Abbr.
compound
3. Light breeze
ies Service)
28. Medleys
47. Direction of
6. Booster in
go
for beef, too, because you can't affiliate of the International Trans fight for the Republican Presiden
28. River flow
Maldives from
poker
15. Protection
go wrong with it portworkers' Federation ... A new tial nomination.
ing into Elbe
money
Africa
«
7. Prepare
31. Natty dresser 48. "Hot shot"
.8
Onemast
ves
anytime.
Chicken synthetic rubber was introduced tO'
4) 4) 4"
16. Lake port
32. Rio de
, 48. Wood from
sel
the public . , . Wartime travel tax,
fricasse
is
good
17. Girl'e name
in
Africa
Hawaii
8. Its fleet hae
The Maritime Commission an
33. Sea E of
SO. Olive drabs;
300 ships
18. Nippon's cap
too, but where designed to discourage unnec nounced rules governing the
Borneo
Abbr,
ital
10. Common suf
essary
travelling,
was
raised.
does it compare?
33. On the briny 32. Mme Peron
fix
awarding of the new Merchant
SO. Part of sew
4) 4) 4)
11. Ki.id of
I agree with
ing kit
Marine Distinguished Service Med
lacket
Puzzle
Answer
on
Page
27,
Thomas about the Rhmmel's armored columns ai
82. Back talk
. . . Brooklyn and the Yankees
pushed
the British
back
Into Egypt
soups,
because
23. Exist
1
2
led
their respective leagues . . ,
34. Where Vigo is
they're very im and continued to advance rapidly, The SIU
warned Seafarers to clear
37. Kind of easy
threatening
both
the
Suez
Canal
12
portant to a meal.
chair
their
status
with their draft board
They can make and the entire Near Eastern oil before sailing
90. Compass
and to make sure
bearing
15
fields
,
.
.
Crimean
situation
was
the difference betii'een a good meal
31. Where crew
their
applications
for passports
bad, as the Red armies retreated
sleeps
and a poor one.
le
were
in
order
,
,
.
Charges were
34. Old sailor
all along the front . . . The SiU
4) 4) 4)
36. Ship line
placed against 19 dealers for "boot
blasted
the
shipowners
for
faiiing
Frank
Castlce,
08:
I'm
a
steak
37. Things set In
22
gasoline . . . Uboats be
38. Seafarers
man, no question about that. The in many cases to provide the legging"
gave $6,877 for
gan
planting
mines along the US
proper
provisions
and
water
on
this
trimmings don't
coast.
41. Biblical land
lifeboats and lifecrafts , .. "Yank"
matter much
42. Comfort
4) 4) 4
printed its first issue
A na
46. Ruhr city
when it comes to
48. Fertile spots
tionwide
war
bond
campaign
was
Congress
began
an investigation
steak
because
48. Port 4,800
launched,
of "waste" in war contracts . . .
that makes or
miles from
NY
43 44 4$
New York City Council adopted an
4) 4^ ^
breaks the meal
• 1. Port 6.500
The Navy announced that the qrdinance prohibiting the wearing
all by itself. Of
mUes from
NY
US had started using a ccuivoy sys of bathing suits or "scanty attire"
course you can't
83. Perch
tem so that warships could protect more than 200 feet from a beach
always get a good
84. River flowing
into Baltic
merchant vessels which had been . . . Seafarers played an impor
steak, but when
BS. Re^ue
sailing alone and unarmed in sub tant role in the "New York at
you
do,
nothing
Chemical
suf
86.
fix
can beat it. 8et it up with some infested waters . , , After a fight War" parade . ; » The. FBI nabbed
87. African fox
., ,Gpar4 elgbt/afjot^rn
|ai?de4; ¥9#*
I' 1
at forcing
COaSti.
'
I
The Seafapers Puzzle
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TEN YEARS AGO
�
Mday/June 27/»5S
^EAPAMtnS LOG
. • : ,
Pare Tfifrteea
'A// Set!'
SEAFARERS ^LOG
Jaaa 27. 1952
Vol. XIV No. 13
Published biweekly by the Seafarers Intematioriid Union. Atlantic.
& Gulf District. AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, N. V. Tel.
STerllng 84671.
PAUL HALL, SecretaryTrieasurer
• 0"V' '
Editor, BemiEBt' BaAmi l/lanagtng editor, KAT OENISON; Art .kditor,' BnitAn
SEAMAN:' Photo Hditor, DAiim. NXLVA. Staff 'Wriiert, HZMMAS ABTNUI. IRWIN SPIVACK.
Aw PEMAU,: Gulf Area. Reporter. • Biu. MOODY. •
l,::v;S"V '.v
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Vote Of C>nfideiice
Thanks to a thumping 92 percent "yes" vote, the SIU can He Heealls How
open the throttle on its building program in the outports. A
search is now being conducted in the ports involved—Balti SIU Advanced
Editor:
more, Galveston and Philadelphia—^for appropriate buildings. To It the
is actually amazing the ex
Once they are located the Union will have the funds to go tent to which the SIU has grown.
right ahead and put up the kind of halls in the outports com Not to throw my weight around
parable to what we now have ip. headquarters.
but I can "remember when",
When the New York halt was completed it marked a new guess I might be classed as one
the new oldtimers. I first ship
era in seamen's shoreside facilities. But the Union was not of
ped out of Frisco almost ten years
content to let it rest at that. As the LOG editorial put it at ago. The Union had just then
the time, "What has been done hwe in New York we hope to received, a $17.50 war emergency
extend to our outports so that SIU brothers, wherever they wage increase boosting my mess
sail from, will have the same advantages," The results of man's wages to an incredible
the referendum are assurance that this pledge can now be ful $87.50. I made a five months' trip
to India and counting bonus and
filled.
all of 27 hours overtime, I just
It isn't every day that a group of men will vote sd over did~make the grand total of $1,000.
whelmingly to tax themselves a $2Q bill. The voting results By the time niy taxes, allotment
are proof that Seafarers, having the best wages, conditions draws and slops were deducted, I
and welfare benefits, are willing to put out toget the best in paid off with a little over 300
shoreside facilities. That's the way the Union wants to oper bucks. It didn't last long either.
in those days we had only
ate and thanks to this solid vote of confidence, that's the way a Yes,
few
steamship
companies under
it's going to be.
;
contract. Then, as now. Water
4
t
t
man was the biggest. I think the
Early Results
SIU had under
ten companies
signed up then. I
UT ON THE WEST COAST straddled the big labor issues thus
Although it's just a couple of weeks since the Union an
understand the
the shipowners are still try far. They'd be just as happy, to shoyc
nounced its new disability and maternity coverage, the re
amount now ing to give our brothers in the SUP them into the background and for
sults are already impressive. A considerable number of Sea
reaches close to a rough time. The strike has been get about them. Despite all the
farerfathers have already received their $200 maternity bene
100.
running for over a month now, and fanfare and lioise we've heard up
fit checks, and the disability provisions are providing aid to
Incidentally, in there is no telling when it will end. to now, by the time the elections
making one of The SUP is buckling down for draw near, the issues should be
Seafarers who are badly in need of it.
those overtime
•O
ne such Seafarer is Brother Joe Germano who was able de Parlier hours, I was car a long siege. They are in excellent pretty well boiled down and we'll
shape. They have pickets out, dnd be able to see just where the can
to escape from life in an almshouse, thanks to the new bene
rying laundry
a ship of the Pacific Maritime didates stand and what the outlodk
fits program. While no union is equipped to solve all the bags aboard and stowing them in not
Association is moving anywhere, is from the standpoint of the work
problems of its members; the SIU has always believed in Freemantle, Australia. The black unless the union has released it to ingman's welfare.
taking care of its own wherever possible. The Germano case out curtain swept my glasses off carry military cargo.
points up the flexibility of the Welfare Plan and the speed and I was blind the rest of the Judging from what has happened
trip. It cost me $16 to replace
with which it can operate in an emergency.
E'VE HEARD A LOT OF
the lenses to get that one hour up until now, it appears that the
talk this past year abo^t
shipowners
oiit
on
the
West
Coast
. Nor has the Seafarers Welfare Plan reaqhed the limit of its OT at 85 cents. Today, well, we
the Communists are for peace,
abilities. Seafarers can rest assured that the future will bring, all know how the Union has have piled up quite a bit of dough how
for themselves in the past couple but as your Union has pointed out
additional welfare returns—the hotel being one pending item. brought the pork chops home.
I would like to see the LOG of years. Otherwise they, would time and again, there's quite a gap
4"
4"
print all the ships under SIU con not have been able to sit tight for between what the Communists say
tract, who they are operated by and as long as they have been doing. and what they do. What hap
what type. You could make a Now they are reluctant to share pened to the crew of the Taddei is
grand "then" and "now" issue. some of it with the men who man a case in point.
The experiences of the Taddei crew in various,Fnench ports Show the old shipping halls at their ships and make it all possible. Here is an instance wheie the
reflect a new turn in the international Communist campaign Stone Street, and the new hall in On our side of the fence, the crewmembers were harassed by
against the US and its citizens. In this instance, assaults on Brooklyn, side by side, and follow SUP is determined to push this French Communists from the time
American seamen are one phase of rioting against other up with the halls in New Orleans, thing through to a finish and come they arrived in France. These,
Americans in Tokyo, Rome, Paris and wherever Communists with the old Chartres Street hall out of this beef with added pork "peaceloving" individuals were
and Mobile with the rickety. St. chops for its members. Naturally, not adverse to ganging up on small
can muster sufficient strength.
Francis Street location.
as we have assured our SUP bxoth gioups of Taddei seafarers for no
What happened in St. Nazaire and Nantes are not attacks
Takes Back Criticism
ers. the SIU A&G District is with reason other than that they were
on seamen as such. The Seafarers just happened to.be handy Back in '47 I criticized the LOG them all |he way—financially, phy American seamen. ^
targets of the antiAmerican campaign now being waged by and said it was run like a high sically* and morally.
Your Union has quite a reputa
school paper (and you printed it), This SUP strike is only one of tion throughout the world for be
the Cominform.
. .
but I have to take it all back. I
a staunch antiCommunist out
, Seafarers who have long enjoyed the hospitality and friend subscribe to about five nautical several in recent months in which ing
fit. In our own way we believe
tjje
employers
have
taken
a
tough
ship of French citizens on their runs to France know that the and trade union papers and maga attitude toward union demands. we've done quite a bit to discour
great majority of Frenchmen have no sympathy for such tac zines and find the LOG tops. The national steel strike has been age the spread of Communist influ
tics. At the same time, the 'Taddei incidents should serve Talking about newspapers, the going on now for the past several ence among American maritinte
as a warning to other Seafarers to be careful in French ports. BME paper looks swell, and I wish weekSvand there have been other workers. It doesn't surprise us
"Marine Engineer" success.
If you go ashore, make sure you're not alone, and keep a the
Unfortunately some of the MEBA beefs, like the telegraphers that then that Seafarers should be the
weather eye peeled for gangs who may be out to dump you. men I have talked to believe that have dragged on for quite a while first targets of the "peace loving"
Red ript squads.
members of the BME are dictated before settlement.
t
All
these strikes
px'ove
that
a lot
to by unlicensed men. Far from
4 4. 34
it. The BME enjoys the same au of employers have stiffened up T'S THREE WEEKS SINCE THE
tonomy as fishermen, towboatmen against the unions. They seem to be
long range shipping bill wds
Since the Steelworkers Union called its members out on and seafood packers under the SIU counting on plenty of support in reported
out to the House of Reij
Congress
to
slap
the
unions
down
strike for longoverdue contract improvements there has been banner.
resentatives, but we're still waiting
with
legislation
if
need
be.
All
of
a lot of noise to the effect that the union is responsible for The two BME ships I have sailed which means that union men have for Congress to untrack itself and
(Coeur D'Alehe Victory and
the continuation of the strike! This theme has received more on
get to work on this vital piece qf
Mankato
Vi^ory) had fine engi to tighten up their ranks and pre legislation.
and more stress in the newspapers with'each passing day.
neers and tiiere was no interfer pare for tough going ahead.
Now a story comes out to the effect that the Bethlehem ence with them by the unlicensed The fact that it's a presidential The average citizen is not ver^
election year isn't helping to clarify much aware of the importance of
Steel Company and the union reached an agreement last crew.
week to end the strike. But when Bethlehem took this agree Also in the 16 months I spent on issues for organized labor. Many this bill. Unfortunately, this atti
a candidate for the presidential tude exists in some Washington
ment to the other steel companies it was turned down despite these two ships, arty time therg nomination
cozying up to big quarters. However your Union'jS
were
any
repairs
to
be
made
in
the fact that it represented a compromise on the union's de crew spaces, they were dona business in is
the hopes of winning still pushing for action in the hope
mands.
.
promptly. As a result the crew re poUtioal support at the conven that the Representatives will
awaken to the need und take steps
specte^ these ^ansd^^erS faf better tions. , . •
^_push .thii biU thrdiijgtf befQjrp
Cons^ue^l^^wijth a! fe^_ej
than I liav6 seen 'on most ships.,
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a^ourns next' inontlL
Les de Parlier. tidiis', "most oftfie' candi'd'ate's'have
O
W
Ineidenf In France
Who's At Fault?
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Friday, June t1. 195X
SE Ji FARERS iOG
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In the wheelhouse (right) , OS R. L.
Cline does a little "brightwork" on the
compass to keep it gleaming. Task of
keeping ship in running trim gpes on at
sea or in port, and the spic and span
condition of the "house" shows the boys
are always on the job. When they get
underway, they want to be sure they'll
see where that needle's pointing.
Long familiar fo Seafarers sajling the Mississippi Steamship
Company's Delta Line ships, tracie Route 20 runs from the Gulf
of Mexico down the East Coast of South America. This is the
priie "coffee run" which shuttles southward with general cargo
and, in some cases, 8090 passengers, returning laden with the
coffee that mokes the principal beverage, morning, noon and
night, for most Americans.
Steamship operation on a Government established trade
route follows a set pattern from which the shipowner can seldom
deviate. Set up by the Government as a trading circuit essential
to American commerce with foreign nations, it must be followed
by the subsidized operator whether the cargo hatches ore empty
or full. Eligibility for the subsidy con be maintained only by a
minimum amount of scheduled sailings annually by a basic num
ber of modern ships capable of assuring the regularity of the
service. Mississippi, one of the largest and most successful oper
ators contracted to the SlU, eminently qualifies.
On Route 20 at least, trade has been growing with leaps and
bounds so that the run is a constant source of income for both the
company and the Government. The value of twoway tradebe
tween the US and Brazil, for example, ran approximately $1.8
billions last year, higher than with any other country in the world
except Canada, which is in a special trade category.
The Delta Line operates a dozen ships on the run, ten modi
fied C2s and C3s, plus one Capetype and one Victory. The
voyages usually last about three months, starting out in New Or
leans and, after touching at one or two other Gulf ports, head for
the rrioin coffee port of Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo,
Buenos Aires and a half dozen byports.
The popularity of the run is easily attested, by the intense
competition for jobs when the ships crew up out of the SlU hall
in New Orleans. Preparations for a recent voyage of the Del
Aires, a C2, are presented on these pages and show the typical
Seafarer crews wno man the ships'on this essential route.
;
Hungry men need no urging when the
chow call sounds, and galley utilityman
Jerry L. Miller (left) and chief cook
Humella Fluence are on tap (right) to
see that everything runs according to
plan. OS ^R. J. Arceneaux (below)^
hangs away his clothes fresh from the
cleaners for the days ahead when he'll
be ashore in a tropic hotspot.
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Taking on diversified cargo for the
run south, the ship is the scene of busy
activity as crewmembers ipan winches
and longshore workers load her up.
Bags (left) earmarked for Recife, Bra
zil, come aboard on sling to be lowered
into hatch, while stevedores on dock roll
gas tanks into nets to be taken on as
deck cargo.
Part of shipment of heavy agricul
tural machinery and tools for plantation
use is brought aboard (top, right) from
barge alongside and longshoremen lower
it to deck. Checking gangway lines for
ward. Seafarers Donald Hutchings, AB
(left), and Blackie Sanchez, DM, make
sure everything's running smooth on
deck department end.
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Down in the engine room, the SIU
black gang runs over the equipment to
assure a smooth trip later on when parts
and major repairs aren't so easy to come
by. At left, oilers Paul Cassidy (left)
and C. L. Ducote prepare to take off
asbestos covering on evaporators to give
'em a test run after they've been shut
down a while and lying idle.
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In the messhall, "coffeetime" offers a
welcome pause in the day's work for
crewmembers busy making the ship
ready to sail. Pictured during the lull
are (LR): Seafarers Frank Nunaz,
wiper; P. Hilt, OS; Paul Cassidy, oiler;
Donald Hutchings, AB; A. Nelson, AB,
and C. L. Ducote, oiler, as they stand
by before going back on the job.
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SIU Patrolman C. M. Tannehill
(above) comes aboard to check how
things are, while AB Jack Procell (left)
tests out gangway lines to make sure
they're secure.
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Pagre Sixteen
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Friday, June 27, 1952
IHE
The freighter Overton managed to trap 20 other vessels in Liver
pool's Honiby Dock Basin, and kept the crews of the ships really
jumping for a while.. The Ovefton piled into the 80Dton gates to the
locks of the basin, and ripped them right off. The gates immediately
sank and the water in the basin began to pour out. The level in the
basin dropped over eight feet within a couple of minutes. The crews
of the 20 vessels tied up in the basin had a hectic time slacking off
mooring lines to make up for the audden drop in the water level. The
Overton's bow was damaged but she proceeded under her own power.
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The Coast Guard's attempts to rescue the lumber schooner Cynthia
Olson after she went aground on the Oregon coast proved fruitless, and
finally a tug was summoned to the scene. The cutters tried twice to
pull the Olson off, but each time the line parted and the Olson sent
out another SOS. . .. The Cunard liner Scynthia collided with the col
lier Wabana Just outside the mouth of the St. Lawrence Biver. One
seaman from the Wabana is missing.
LABOR
ROUNDUP
The closeness of living aboard ship and the problems involved in
carrying supplies of food and fresh water aboard for the voyage make
shipboard sanitation a particularly important subject, meriting care
ful attentioq from officers and crew. Protection of the fresh water
supply at all tidies isobviously vital tp the health of the crew since
^ntaminatetd water: can be a source of epidemics of serious diseases
The big news in labor these like cholera and typhoid fever.
past few weeks has continued to
be the developments in the steel While all ships have facilities for distilling fresh water from sea
situation. The steelworkers were water, it is'the general practice for the ship to carry its fresh water
still out, land the mills shut down, supply in tanks which are filled in ports of call.
but the most recent talk about use
Safe Source First Requirement
of the TaftHartley Act is getting
louder, while the industry is taking To begin with it is obviously important to obtain water supplies
a waitandsee attitude.
One report had it that Bethle from sources that are known to be safe. But that alone doesn't prevent
hem Steel had reached, a satisfac water from being contaminated in the course of stowage or while in
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tory compromise with the union, the tanks. This means that the drinking water hose, pumps, water
A spectacular rescue effort was made in the sharkinfested waters but backed out. when the other storage tanks and piping must be kept clean and completely apart
. of the British Bahamas. The freighter Zelma Rose capsized in a companies turned it down. So far from all other wa^er systems, ^or should the drinking water hose
heavy sea. Six persons were lost, and 18 were rescued. The captain there has been no agreement about
and a passenger made several underwater dives and dragged people what shops will reopen to produce ever be used for any other purpose.
put'of the submerged cabins. One of the persons the passenger res vital .defense' materials, a move A:actically all American seaports can supply a ship with drinking
cued was his 18monthold son.
both the companies and union have water that has been chlorinated to kill bacteria. If there is any doubt
about the purity of the water supply, obtained by the ship, addition of
agreed to do.
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chlorine to the water in the. ship's tanks is one way of adding protec
Congress,
which
turned
down
a
The New York pier designed as the teAninal for the United States
features a new rubber cushion system along the side of the pier so number of seizure bills, is talking tion. The usual ratio for adding chlorine is % ounce of chlorinated
that no damage will result if the new superliner is swung against the iouder and louder about the Presi lime for every 500 gallons.
structure. The cushion makes it possible for the liner to dock anytime dent using the TaftHartley Act on
Simple Test for Chlorine
Instead of just at slack water. . . . New York's Department of Marine the workers who have already held One way of determining if there is enough chlorine in the drinking
and Aviation has a special launch cruising through New York Harbor off the strike for over three water after it has been chlorinated aboard ship is to fill a glass half
ihonths.
looking for ships that violate the city's antismoke laws.
way, cover it with the palm of your hand, and shake the water back
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and
forth a few times. The palm of the hand should smell faintly of
The US ranked fifth as far as shipbuilding was concerned for the Congress is still kicking around chlorine after the test. It is important to make sure that the old,
world in the first quarter of 1952. England, Germany, Sweden and legislation to kill the WSB. The untreated water has been emptied from the taps before doing this;
Holland led the US in that order. . . . New York led all other US latest, passed by the Senate, is a If there is no chlorine odor, then additional' chlorine should be added.
ports in the exports and imports it handled during 1951. The figures "compromise" bill which wouid If the ship's drinking water system has been contaminated, either
and order of rank are: (all figures in long tons) New York, 31,301,427; .leave the board made \ip of labor, through the storage of bad water or from opening the tanks for repairs
Baltimore, 19,919,909; Philadelphia, 15,658,794; New Orleans, 8,295,044; industn^ and public members, but or
some other reason, the entire freshwater system has to be over
Houston, 6,362,867; Galveston, 4,979,193; Boston, 4,883,885, and Los would leave it with none of its hauled.
All old water is drained from the system and the tanks and
present
powers.
The
original
move
Angeles, 3,901,563.
lines are
cleaned as far as possible. Then the system has to be disin
was
to
take
away ^ the
board's
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fected and fresh water flushed through it before it can be used again.
powers
and
have
it'made
up
of
As of last month, the privatelyowned merchant fleet of the US was
Disinfection Procedure
set at L281 vessels with a total of 15400,210 deadweight tons.' The only "public" members.
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active, privatelyowned fleet included 830 dry cargo vessels and 451
Disinfe<ition of the drinking water system requires that a high con
tankers... . The search for 18 crewmembers of the Argentine freighter Members of the Brotherhood of centration of chlorine be used, much higher than that used to chlorinate
Lucho IV which sank off Patagonia has been abandoned. After over a Locomotive Engineers staged a the drinking water itself. First the tanks are scrubbed and repaired
week of searching, the rescue parties found only two empty lifeboats successful twoday strike against and pipes checked for leaks or any unwanted crossconnection. A
the Long Island Railroad, the na
and several empty lifejackets from the vessel.
tion's
most heavily travelled com chlorine solution is then prepared in proportion of a pound and ten
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line, while 63 other rail ounces of chlorinated lime for every 1,000 gallons of tank capacity.
The 28,000ton tanker LaCruz, a new 16knotter, was launched in muter
roads
face
strike action if they The chlorinated lime is mixed into a paste with gradual addition of
Massachusetts. . . . The largest icebreaker to be built on this continent don't soon sign an
agreement with warm water until the mixture is a gallon or more. The solution should
was launched last week in Quebec. . . . Two new 28,000ton British the union. The strike against the stand for a little while until the undissolved lime has sunk to the bot
tankers got their sea trials this month. A total of six vessels were Long Island) gained elimination or tom and then the liquid is poured off into a separate container.
ordered, with two already in service.
changes in rules that threatened The liquid mixture is then poured into the tanks which should be
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filled to the top immediately with clean water. After 15 minutes,
job losses for union members.
The New York Collector of Customs, in order to speed up the
the tap nearest the tank is opened until* the chlorinated water flows,
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processing of ships arriving in New York, has issued a booklet describ
Members of the CIO United which can be easily judged by the odor. This procedure is followed
ing the legal documents necessary for a vessel to enter New York. In Auto
Workers in the New Orleans out at every tap, moving outward from the tank, so that all pipes and
past weeks, the small customs force was faced with the arrival of four Chrysler tank engine plant voted the pressure tank get filled with the chlorinated water.
and five large liners in the same day. This booklet is designed to tell 892 to 8 to ask for authorization to
Drain and Flush Tanks
everyone what documents are needed, so they can have the necessary strike if necessary to win a'con
papers ready and thus save time.
The
tanks
are
allowed
to stand for four hours or more with the
tract equal to that in force in other
heavily
chlorinated
water
in them. Then they have to be drained
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Chrysler plants. The union's con
A 143ton tugboat bound for Santos Brazil was loaded on the deck stitution calls for a vote and for and thoroughly flushed with fresh water of drinking quality until all
of the Mormacpen last week. The freighter had to carry special un authorization by the international the highconcentrate chlorine water is disposed of. In turn the fresh
water may have to be given the usual mild chlorination treatment.
loading gear so that the tug could be taken off at the other end of in order to strike.
the trip . . . Portugal's merchant navy, already double its prewar
As a regular procedure, it is advisable to clean and flush water tanks
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strength, is being expanded to take care of 60 percent of the country's Members of the AFL Radio and every time a ship comes out of drydock or layup and at two week in
transportation needs, including two new luxury liners for the Lisbon Television Directors Guild won a tervals thereafter, for as long as the vessel is in service. Other pre
Brazil run.
new contract which cuts out "kick cautions that should be taken include care in the use of ice for cooling
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backs" to broadcasting companies water. Since freezing doesn't kill many types of harmful bacteria,
A 12foot statue is to be set up on the grounds of the Catholic Church and provides for 15 to 20 percent natural ice should not be used for this purpose. If ice is unavailable,
In Port Ewen, N. Y., so that it will be visible from the Hudson River wage increases . . . The CIO Tex drinking water can be cooled by placing containers of it in the re
as a shrine to the riverboatmen. The new shrine of Our Lady of the tile Workers Union's executive frigerator.
Hudson is the result of a campaign among the men who man the river council voted to fight.,in the courts In addition to the drinking water, other fresh water supplies car
boats . . . The Torm Lines motorship Birgitte Torm is ready to sail an arbitrator's decision to cut out ried by a ship include a system for wash water. Here too it may be
from Copenhagen on her maiden voyage to the US. She's the first the costofliving escalator clause necessary to Allorinate this water if it is of questionable quality.
of three fast 7,200deadweight ton freighters slated for the US run in the contract covering 7,000 em Whether chlorinated or not, taps fed by the wash water should be
. . . Trade between Venezuela and the United States has reached a ployees of the Bates Manufactur marked "Unfit for Drinking." The same applies to the third fresh
record high, according to a recent announcement. Some 67 percent ing Co. The decision also called water system, the sanitary system, which supplies water for the heads,
of Venezuela's trade is with the US at presentl
for washing the decks, fire hoses and other purposes.
for a cut in wages.
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SEAFARERS LOG
New Branch BIdg Program
Gets Members' Vote Okay
(Continued from page 3)
space and a roomy shipping hal
suitable for meeting and social
functions after shipping hours.
Members to Pick Site
As yet, several possible sites have
been located adjacent to water
front operations in the three ports,
but no definite selections have been
made. Actual selecting will be
made by membership committees
In each port.
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Applauding the decisive action
of the membership in showing its
prefence for uptodate, modem
halls as SIU "showplaces" in each
city, SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall
commented that "Seafarers have
always travelled first class. We've
seen how efficient operations
can be set up, as in our headquar
ters in New York, and we're going
to put over the same deal for our
members sailing out of the ports
of Baltimore, Galveston and Philly.
We've got some of the finest Union
halls in the country right now, and
we're going to make them even
more so."
The port by port vote count and
the tallying committee's report
follows:
We, the undersigned members of the Tallying Committee, having
Fiveweekold Kenneth J. qualifies his SlUdad Kenneth E.
Beckerich and mother Marcaret for one of those $200 benefits.
Birth Benefit Debut
Hits $1,000 A Week
Have Your Hating been elected at a Special Meeting on Monday, June 16, 1952, have tallied
Listed in Book all ballots and attached hereto are our findings. The Building Fund
Bosuns and stewards receiv
ing the new membership book
now being issued by the Union
are cautioned to make sure
that their ratings are stamped
into the book.
If the book is not stamped
accordingly, the dispatcher
will not ship the man for that
rating. As a result, some men
holding those ratings might
lose out on jobs.
Assessment was carried by more than a twothirds majority as required
by our Constitution.
Port
Boston
No
Yes
No
54
1,194
229
450
92
30
249
9
7
10
2
2
5
29
5
0
2
2
352
Void
0
41
3
1
1
0
2
1
4
1
0
.0
0
54
Vote
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sub
Total
84
1,484
242
458
103
90
120
472
1,009
137
44
69
53
4,364
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Savannah
Tampa
116
Mobile
466
New Orleans
976
Galveston
131
San Francisco
44
Wilmington
67
Seattle
51
Totals
3,958
It is to be noted that Philadelphia was missing two ballots. It is to
be further noted that these two ballots which were missing do not in
any way affect the outcome of the vote either for or against. This Com
mittee recommends that this report be acted on at the meeting of July
2, 1952, and that each Branch Agent immediately thereafter notify
Headquarters of the action on same.
Blind Member Finds
A New Life' Via SIU
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and, if possible, a discharge from
bring the whple family closely in their last ship. Benefits are paid
without delay after the applications
touch, with the SIU," he said.
are received in proper order.
Eliffibility Simple
These and other Seafarers who
• have "received maternity payments
qualified for them by becoming
parents since April 1, 1952, effec
tive date for the new benefits. Any
eligible Seafarer becoming a father
since that date wiir receive the
$200 benefit and his child will re
ceive the gift of a $25 bond from
with the help of the people who
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the SIU.
and kept telling the SIU represen were caring for him.
Homelike Atmosphere
In the case of twins or other tative how happy he was to be out
multiple births, $200 will be paid of there. From the almshouse he The boarding home where Ger
for each child, and each of the was taken to the Staten Island hos mane is now staying is a large two
pital where his eyes were ex story house where five other el
babies will be given a bond.
amined
by the doctors and medi derly men and women live. Ger
Seafarers may apply for the ben
BALLOTS
BALLOTS
BALLOTS
cine
prescribed
in the hope that mane, like all the others, has the
efits by sending to the Seafarer's
PORT
SENT TO PORT
USED"
NOT USED
run
of
the
house,
the
porch
and
it~ might
do
his
sight
some
good.
Welfare Plan, care of Sltl Head
0 to 250
Oto 83
84 to 250
The following day arrangements a large backyard. If he wants, he Boston
quarters,675 Fourth Ave., Brook
New York
5,000 to 6,900
5,000 to 6,484
6,485 to 6,999
can
have
his
meals
served
to
him
were
made
by
the
Union
to
board
lyn 32, New York, a copy of the
Philadelphia
251 to 500
251 to 493
494 to 500
marriage license, birth certificate. him at the home of Mrs. Virginia in his room, or he can come down Baltimore
501 to 1,000
501 to
958
958 to 1,000
stairs
to
eat.
The
atmosphere
is
Tentenico, an attractive private
Norfolk
1,001 to 1,250
1,001 to 1,103
1,104 to 1,250
house in a quiet residential sec homelike and informal.
1,251 to 1,500 . 1,251 to 1,340
1,341 to 1,500
When he arrived at the place Savannah
tion of Brooklyn. On the way out
1,501 to 1,750
1,501 to 1,620
1,621 to 1,750
to his new residence. Germane two small children were playing Tampa
1,751 to 2,250
1,751 to 2,222
2,223 to 2,250
was concerned that he should be in front of the house with a six Mobile
2,251 to2,750
able to go out of the house, or weeksold puppy. Their mother New Orleans .... 2,251 to2,750
3,751 to 4,350
3,751 to 4,259
4,260 to 4,350
buy himself a bottle of beer once answered the door and called Mrs.
Galveston
2,751 to 3,000
2,751 to 2,887
2,888 to 3,000
Tehtonico
who
boards
the
elderly
in a while if he wanted to. He was
3,001 to 3,250
3,001 to 3,244
3,045 to 3,250
assured that he would no longer men and women in her home. Ger San Francisco
Wilmington
3,251 to 3,500
3,251 to 3,319
3,320 to 3,500
mane
was
a
little
apprehensive
at
be left helpless in a chair but
3,501 to 3,750
3,501 to 3,553
3,554 to 3,750
would be able to move around first but was soon made to feel Seattle
comfortable. The first person he
Total Ballots Printed
0 to 7,500
met, strangely enough, was an old
Total Ballots Unused
4,351 to 4,999
acquaintance who used to own a
7,000 to 7,464
tavern on Mulberry Street, New
Sample Ballots
.*... 7,465 to 7,500
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York, where Germano used to hang
All unused ballots were accounted for and it is the recommendation
with the fledgling union. In the
out.
of this Committee that Headquarters thereupon notify the Branch
course of the long picket line
An Old Customer
Agents as to the effective date of the $20.00 Assessment, which will be
struggle, the SIU membership
"1 know you," the man said, JULY 15TH 1952.
"you're in the merchant marine. John Spreitzer, S14
twice voted financial aid, for a to
Daniel Fitzpatrick, F129
You came into my place on Mul Charles Mehl, 35628
tal of $1,250. In addition. Sea
Van Whitney, W11
berry Street lots of times to drink Robert Bowley, 38370
farers made daily trips to Newark
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Walter Reidy, R4
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wine. I'm Jimmy. You remem
strike headquarters with cigarettes,
donuts and coffee for the pickets, is convinced that the shipowners ber me?"
and assisted the lAlU leaders in are carrying on a fight to beat the "Sure, sure, 1 remember," Ger
SUP and turn over part of the mane said, gratified at the thought
the handling of the strike.
of having somebody he knew to
The assistance given by the SIU, SUP'S work to Harry Bridges.
recommendations, talk to.
in dollars and cents and otherwise, Committee
(Continued from page* 5)
Catharine concluded, "we think
Afterwards Mrs. Tentonico ex,
was greater than that rendered by that were approved at SUP mem
that the local Communists are out
black
eye.
They
were lucky
to get
bership
meetings
in
all
ports
on
pressed curiosity as to how the
any other union in the New York
to dump all American seamen
area where the strike was centered. June 23, call for a settlement on Union was interested in taking care the cab when they did; otherwise
As a result, the agents were able the basis of the SUP's compromise of disabled men like Germano. there could have been more casual whenever they can. Something
ought to be done to protect the
to get a contract calling for wage demands, retroactive to April 27. "You see," the SIU representa
fellows
who go ashore there."
ties.
Increases and other improvements The membership also ruled out tive explained, "up until a couple
When
the
ship
had
come
into
any limits
on SUP
jurisdiction over
of' years ago an old fellow like
for 15,000 members.
Germano here who didn't have a port originally, Catharine added,
The text of the plaque, which loading of stores.
home of his own or anybody to the local longshoremen told the
will be hung in headquarters along
Met With Bridges
with similar gifts from other While nd meetings have been help him out might just be left to crew members, "What are you
unions, reads as follows:
held between the PMA representa die in the streets. But now the bringing this stuff here for? We
"The Insurance Agents Interna tives and the SUP committee since Union has a Welfare Fund. It's can get it from tlVe Russians if we
tional Union, AFL, in grateful ap June 18, it is known that they have still new and we're still building want it."
preciation, salute the Seafarers In met several times in the interval it up, but we aim to do something They were disappointed in a way The second annual AFL scholar
temation Un'nn, for exemplifying with Bridges, presumably on the to help take care of the fellows that cargo was not military because ship competition produced three
who spent their life going to sea, there had been a big demonstration winners of scholarships of $500
true trade union action in their loading question.
by local Communists .just .two each at the college of their choice.
all out aid to the striking insur
Besides the SIU, all AFL mari but can't work anymore now."
ance agents against the Prudential time unions affiliated with the When the representative said days before against American arms. More than 500 high school seniors
Bflth men agreed that all Seafar in California and Hawaii took part,
Insurance Company, December 1, MTD, and shoreside outfits like goodbye, Germano was sitting on
1951, to February 19, 1952. The Teamsters and Metal Trades have a bench'near the arbor in the back ers who stop over on the other and Armen Tashdinian and Alex
support of the SIU helped win this pledged support to the SUP strike. yard talking to Jimmy. He had side should be warned to watch Woycheshin of Sacramento and
, W/ljiam Wittenberg ei^^mades
thei Jwhite icol A similar pledge was received
theiflvhite |Col
from fwnd a pljice Iqilive like a,hiynan putjqr the ro^||[h,.stuffl
A simU
^ /rFiton what KappepJd"^ to TisFJ wofl )he '^Watdsy
AFL he;
Ins. Plaque
Thanks SIU
For Support No Break Seen
In West Coast
Sailors' Strike
Reds Stone SIU Crew
Three Boys Get
AFL Scholarship
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DttlYbiliKnow
That a baker's, dozen is 13 up for an engineer's license can
rather than 12? Tha extra one was get the dough for refresher train
the outcome of the penalties im ing by a loan from the BME? The
posed for underweight measures. money can be paid back later on.
In order to be on the safe side, Men with three years as a fireman,
the baker gave a retailer an extra oiler, watertender . or electrician
loaf to the dozen to avoid thejrisk are eligible,
of a fine.
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That a blonde person probably That someone can be an orphan
has more hair on his head than even If one of h^. parents is still
a'tedhead or a brunette? Scien living? The word, despite the gen
tists have figured out that a blonde eral belief, accurately refers to a
has 104,000 hairs on the head, a person who has lost either or both
brunette 102,000 and ji redhead parents.
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just' 83,000. We'll just take their
word for it.
That even if you're not aware
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of it you change position during
That your shipping rights are an eighthours' sleep about 35
protected by the Union even when times? The shortest period of un
you are in the hospital? A man disturbed sleep follows Immediate
on the shipping list who is in the ly after you lose consciousness.
hospital for 30 days or less re Scientists say it usually lasts about
tains his original shipping date, 14 minutes.
while someone hospitalized for
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more than 30 days is entitled to
a new shipping card dated prior That mail sent to the New
to the date of his discharge from Orleans SIU hall ^ can be kept
there only 48 hours, then is re
the hospital.
turned to the post office in the
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Customs House? However, Sea
That the first alarm clock was farers shouldn't call for mail at
invented by Plato 2,000 years ago? the PC unless it is listed' in the
The philosopher fitted a siphon to mailbook at the hall.
a waterclock so that when the
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water was level with the top of
the siphon it rushed down the That in France a limousine is a
tube so fast that the compressed coat? The word existed long before
air was pushed out with a loud the auto body with that name was
whistle. That was how Plato called thought of. Limousine is a French
his students to their studies at word meaning cloak or coat, the
idea being that such a vehicle was
four o'clock in the morning.
cloaked" car, not open as was
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the case earlier.
That the Kaiser and the Czar,
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the former rulers of Germany and
Russia, were named after Julius That when tomatoes were first
Caesar? Differing native tongues Introduced in England they were
produced the variations, which cultivated as floral ornaments in
stemmed, like the Persian Shah, stead of soinething to eat? Now
from the original Babylonian word commonplace there and elsewhere
as a food, the tomato had been
shar meaning king.
grown in greenhouses for its ber
4 4 4
ries. It was many years before it
That Seafarers who want to go came into use as a fruit.
pi'"
is;«
San Juan—Beaehcombiers^ Haven
While it is true in many other industries, life in maritime cannot be compared any more
nowadays with what it was years ago. Both the working conditions and the financial end
have changed a great deal, >—
While not one of the real combination foreign country and always had and has a helpful hand
oldtimers, I have witnessed homeland because of the large dif for beachcombers.
many of the 1,001 problems ference in customs, language and In her home, every beachcomb
that a seaman had to deal with in cjimate. With them anyone doing er, regular seaman or future sea
the old days, since I was brought them no harm was a friend and man that touched San Juan with a
up on the San Juan waterfront, much more if a pint of "cana' couple of problems, worked out
This has often been called the (homemade rum) was with her ,or plans as to how to ship out, how to
"beachcomber's paradise." because him. Since it cost only 15 cents a work ashore, how to get seamen's
a beachcomber could depend on pint it was always very cheap ..to papers or how to become a Union
things ashore be get drunk and if one didn't like to man.
ing little easier sleep it off on the grass in the sur
With all the new conveniences
than in most roundings of Puerta de Tierra, one and good wages and living, condi
could sleep fairly comfortably in tions today inany a seaman still
places.
In those days those places where cots were rent cannot resist the temptation of
seamen were ed for the night for 12 or 15 cents. quitting a ship in San Juan, so
confronted with For 25 cents you could get a bed. much so, that our Union has strict
many problems, These men were more or less ly enforced a rule with a stiff fine
For one thing, organized for two purposes, food for missing a ship to bring that
food was cooked and liquor. While one group situation under control.
on many ships would go around hunting for food
Ramirez
Romantic Ship Jumpers
by irresponsible aboard ships in port, another
people who could not even boil would find a job with the shore One of the reasons for ship
potatoes ashore. This made the gang like painting ships, while the jumping in the island is the ro
worst of the food situation which third was always planning where mantic aspect. That is about the
never was good. On top of it, to sleep that night and where to only reason to become a beach
comber nowadays what with the
there was always a shortage of get the next full bottle.
good living aboard ships. I be
something, and when it was plenti
Beachcombers
HQ
lieve the majority jumping ship in
ful, the quality was not good.
San
Juan have a long and fas
There
was
only
one
place
in
Poor sleeping quarters, .poor
cinating story
of love and romance
town
where
they
could
come
free
pay, no respect from superiors
with at least one of the "seno
ly
with
or
without
money
to
dis
contributed to their troubles. Over
Because one can find, espe
time was so seldom mentioned cuss their plans; a place that was ritas."
cially
in
the interior, the beautiful
home to many
of
them,
where they
that one had to go around hunting
triguenas"
wtih abundant black
were
always
welcome
in
any
state
for a dictionary to find the real
hair,
big
black
eyes, tender hands
—sober
or
drunk,
black
or
white,
meaning of it.
healthy or sick. Religion and and warm smiles for a man with a
If a seaman was so much as to politics never mattered and stiU tattoo on his chest; much more so
smile at a girl who in some way doesn't. It was nothing more thafl than for a man with a guitar in his
belonged in the heart of one of the the humble home of Matilde Pel hands singing a serenade.
ship's officers, the minute the sea lot, whose son "Tootina" (Augusto That doesn't mean that all beach
man realized the officer knew Miranda, now with the SIU) taught combers carry tattoos, but the
about it he could start packing up the beachcombers in the art of ones who do are sure hits with
and get ready to hit the beach. staying alive in the tropics. He those girls who always keep an
There was no union hall to regis used to do this with the help of eye
open for the novelty.
ter at for a job and no union his brothers and his mother who
Luis A. Ramirez
patrolman to clear the situation
for you. You were just another
beachcomber and it was nothing,
LOGARHYTHM:
since ft happened every day in
every port.
Crewmemben of Uie Polaris take aboard disabled fishing boat
Morale Lowered
after rescuing three fishermen who had been adrift In It off
the South American island of Trinidad.
All that and much more did a
lot to lower the seaman's morale
By James R. Porter
Three fishermen who were on the verge of collapse were
and poisoned the character of al
most every man going to sea so
rescued off Trinidad by the crew of the Alcoa Polaris which
that in those days most of them Before you sign me, let me say
I'd rather not go in the mail '
was on its way to the island. The men had been adrift for
turned gashounds and performers, That I don't fee\ so good today. Because I do not want to fail.
90 hours without water or+
with veiy little respect for society I'm not equipped to build gbod
To do my job efficiently
and for themselves. Society in will;
food
and were about to give progress against the running sea.
I need some life and, energy.
turn had very little respect for In fact, I'm positively ill.'
When the men were taken aboard.
Suppose you brush me up a bit; up when spotted by the crew. Captain Mulley gave ordei^ to the
them.
<
Imbue me with some charm and The men had been fishing out of steward to give them food and
San Juan became a favorite .spot My meaning isn't crystal clear;
"it."
with beachcombers as Puerto Rico The way I talk is insincere.
a small inboard mptorboat, and clothing which they were badly in
is an American dependency. There I'myluttered up with phrases trite. Forget the "I" and make it "you," their motor had broken down. need of.
was no red tape for a payoff and The kind of stuff they used to And get my reader's point of When first spotted they were strug
It was a well done Job again by
the Immigration men had nothing write.
gling to make some sort of head SIU seamen, with the bosun and
view.
to do with US citizens there, which My paragraphs are much too long, Rewrite, delete, correct, revamp, way with oars.
chief mate handling things in fine
is still true.
^y ending's, ^ak instead of Arui make me worfh tny three , Howeve;r„ the men were, pretty style.
Here, the beachcombers had a strong;
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Gin
Polaris Crewmen Pick Up
Fishermen Adrift At Sea .
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Familiar Sights On Run Through Suoz
By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
Composition of photographs can be explained as the arrangement
of subject matter as weH as light and shade in a photograph. Good
composition is something photographers strive Jor when they have the
time and the ability to move lighting and subject matter around so
as to achieve the best results. The amateur on shipboard may not
care lo spend so much time posing his subject, but he can follow cer
tain principles that will avoid common pitfalls and make for a pleasing
effect.
The thing to remember is that you want the eye to see certain things
in'the finished photograph. Therefore, it is common sense to place the
most important object where it will be most readily noticed and try
to avoid distracting and unimportant details that will confuse the eye
and carry it away from the subject of the picture. Whatever else is in
the picture should serve to give it balance and a pleasing pattern.
The trouble with composition for photographs is that it is usually
hard for the eye to pick out what will appear on the finished print.
Ordinarily it is too inconvenient or not possible for the photographer
to examine his subject in the viewfinder from several angles before
The pilot station (left) and the everpresent native bumboat&^re well known to Seafarers intransit he shoots the picture. If some action is going on, he's liable to miss
through the canal. Photo by Walter R. Appelt of the Binghamton Victory.
it altogether while studying the subject for the best angle.
Eye Overlooks Details
Getting decent composition then, means training the eye to pick out
and block off one section of what he sees and photograph it accord
ingly.
Too often, the eye tends to overlook minor details because the
Half a loaf may be better than none, but half a haircut certainly isn'ty especially when photographer is not
thinking of them, but they show up just the same
it leaves you with only one sidebum. That wa soon as they hit the States about the chief in the final print. All is not lost however. In enlarging, we can cut
who were all set to beef to the patrolinan ass the feeling of the crew of the Steel Advocate, out portions of _the print that distract from the subject niatter of the
photo.
mate's chasing a barber off thef
ship.
The crew was swayed by this One important point to remember is that a photograph is flat,
tunately for him, he was to wind
Victim of the trimming, as ward and the' mate' didn't hear eloquence and especially the sight whereas the eye sees in three dimensions. A mast that was several feet
of the unbalanced sideburns. It away from a brother Seafarer looks like it's growing out of his head if
the ship's min what he had to say.
utes put it, was That wasn't the end of the argu was moved and passed unanimous you line him up directly in front of it. Then there's the question of '
an unnamed ment. The unfortunate Seafarer ly to report this incident to the distracting background. A garbage dump to the rear is not a very
flattering setting for the girlfriend—just try and convince her you
c r e w nt e mber. started suffering a slow bum e'ispe patrolman.
didn't see it. If your pal is wearing a flowered shirt, don't shoot him
WhUe the ship cially when some of his less sensi
Motion Withdrawn
was in Cueta, tive shipmates started making war However, in a few days the other standing up against a wallpaper pattern. If you pose somebody so that
the tree they are leaning against takes up half the negative, nobody
Spanish Morocco, whoops within his earshot.
sidebum started growing back and is going to notice much about the other half.
alocalbarberhad
" Discrimination Charged
cooler heads prevailed. At the
'
Pick a Good Angle
come aboard and Consequently at the next ship next meeting it was agreed that
deftly shaped the board meeting, the Seafarer raised the mate was right in chasing the When you find a subject, the first thing to do is pick an angle that
curly lo(^s of two the issue charging that here was a man ashore and the motion was presents it favorably. If you can move the subject around to suit your
NUsen
of th^ ship's offi clear
self, so much the better. In planning his photo the experienced photog
case of discrimination in withdrawn accordingly.
cers. He was working on the Sea favor cut
Otherwise, the delegates' re rapher has little difficulty in noticing and blocking out unnecessary de
of
the
officers
ranking
with
farer as his third customer, when the two pot systerii as something ported all beefs settled with the ex tail. Some rely on gadgets to help them out. 'Hiey carry frames that
the chief mate broke up the clip
should no longer be per ception of a few hours' overtime in restrict the view to the area that will actually appear on the photograplKC
session and ordered the barber to that
mitted. No matter what the stand the engine room, which engine A friend carries a reducing lens for thfit purpose. Or you can frame
get off the ship, scissors and all. ing
orders of the captain were in delegate Charles Martinez will the subject in a rough way with your thumb and forefinger at right
PAtesis Useless
respect to peddlers and other char bring up at the payoff. Other dele angles and the tips of the thumbs together in a straight line.
^The Seafarer protested that the acters coming aboard, the chief gates aboard the Advocate ar'* Another simple method of eliminating unwanted subject matter is
mate was distinctly out of order mate should have let the man fin Sven J. Nilsen, ship's delegate; to get up as close as possible to the subject. The average camera fitted
and that it was not time for a mo ish his work before chasing hirii Francesco Cornier, deck, and Clar with its normal lens will cover a 6foot man from head to toe at about
12 feet. So when photographing a Seafarer doing something on the
ence L. Graham, steward.
tion to adjourn especially with one ashore.
ship, move in c^ose. If you stand 75 feet off, what the man is doing
sidebum arid forelock yet to be
will be lost and all you will gain is a view of a lot of foreground which
trimmed. The m'ate, however, was
takes the eye away from the subject. Further, by the time the LOG
as adamant as the Rock of Gibral
blows up the subject to usable size, it will get fuzzy.
tar across the way. He said in so
many words (but in a different
Of course, plenty of experimentation will help along these lines.
kind of language) "We're discharg
Change your position around, look at the subject from all sides, from
ing this unwanted cargo here and
high and low angles, with and against the light, and from any view
now, and it either walks ashore by
that holds good possibilities, being careful not to wind up in the drink
Itself or I'll uncradle a boom and I happen to be a Yankee on this Waterman scow, the City while striving for effect. After a while you will be^n to get the feel
dump it on the docks."
ing of decent composition and you will want to take the shot. Chances
As often happens in such cases of Alma, with a Mobile crew. However I get along well with are that the results won't disappoint you.
the mate won the argument and them. I try to be a good rebel and eat my grits and black
the barber went ashore, though not eyed peas wthout a word off
without a few last words shot in
the direction of the mate. For disa'greement. But the other time? We are looking forward to
day a little incident happened receiving our copies of the LOG
when we get into Brenlerhaven.
that was hard to take!
C. J. Phalen
(DA company offers its salesmen a choice of two salary plans.
Recently the wipers . finished
Both
provide a base salary of $1,000 a year, but one offers a raise of
painting the engine room and a fine
$150 a year and the other $50 every halfyear. 'Which is the better
job it was, trimmed in red, green
Shark Killers
deal?
and black. It looked like an
• With the LOG now contain
artist's
dream.
Then
it
happened.
ing 28 pages, the biggest ever,
(2) The US has rights to a stiip of land for a canal which would
there is more room now than The first assistant, who is from
shorten the water distance between New York and San Francisco 500
ever before for stories, photos Baldwin County, did his bit of
miles. Where is this site located?
decorating and hung the rebel flag
and letters sent in by the Sea
(3) Water evaporates rapidly when the relative humidity of the
farers. Several pages of each upon these untarnished bulkheads.
air
above it is (low), (about the same), (rising), (high)?
We
Yankees
took
this
without
issue are devoted to the ex
(4)
The US gunboat sunk by Japanese planes, causing a serious
periences of Seafarers and the blinking an eye.
international incident in
1937, was the (Robin Moor), (Kearny), (Panay),
ships they sail as they despribe
But that's not all. A sign was
(Reuben James)?
placed under it reading, "Rebels,
it themselves.
(5) A filling station owner bought a tank of gas for $60. After 50
If you run across anything tip your hat when passing this flag.
gallons of gas were lost by leakage, he sold the remainder at four
' of interest on your voyages, or Yankees, take your damn hats
cents per gallon above cost. If he gained 20 percent on the deal, how
just want to let your friends clean off."
Well the old saying, "every dog
many gallons did he buy?.
know how you're getting along,
drop a few lines to the LOG. has his day" is true. The other
(6) Where is; the only place where a man could design a square
Don't worry too much ahout day a wiper (no names mentioned),,
house with each window having a view to the south?
walked
up
to
make
coffee,
noticed
literary style. We'll patch it
(7) Is there any difference between twice twentyfive and twice
up if it needs patching. And the flag and asked innocently,
five and twenty?
of , course, photos illustrating "what country is that from?" He
^e incidents you describe being from Alabama himself, he
(8) Who was the first commissioner of baseball? (A native Ohioan,
make them more interesting will be looking for another job
his
name is the same as a mountain in Georgia which figured promi
soon as it was the first assistant he
for the readers.
nently in the. Atlanta campaign by Gen. Sherman fluring the Civil War.
asked.
Of
course, the first
walked
. Send your stuff to the LOG
(9) The weather behind a cold front is usually (foggy), (clear and «'v. :
Displaying their catch off
at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brqok away In deep disgust.
colder),
(fair and warmer), (warm and rainy)?
Just for the record, this is a fine Trinidad, are (LR.): Peter
lyn, NY. If you want any
(10)
A
half, fourth and seventh of a number added to'three are equal
thing returned after wp^ use . ship and we all have a good time. .Loiki Ajp; John Wilman, AB;
that too.
• ' " , , , ,3uL ,,wlio, ,cpuldn'^, runriiog" 'to'
Ken Stern, txiismii. Joe .Siaribot
ri^nri^pg
faortnern Europe in the summer ski, DM.
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(Quiz Answers on Page 27)
Barber Ban Has Crew In Lather
Ship's Wiper From 'Bama
Fails The Stars And Bars
Quiz Corner
EtOG Welcomes
StorieSi Pies
�SEAfARtKS h^G
Pac* 'TuMlr
Out Of The Family'Album
Friday, Jane Vt, l»5t
Wet Wash
Fazes Ship
Marlin
If some 'crewmembers on the
Along about the end of June the this would cover are a handful of
Seatrain Louisiana have to hang
clubowners start getting the shakes tenderarmed ancients like Preach
their freshlylaundered Tshirts
and don't stop shivering until the er Roc who only go to the hill
and jeans out on the radio mast to
evening of July 8. For on that once a week.
dry, it won't be the fault of the
Suspicious Cases
day their most valuable hunks of
ship's bosun.
property will be going on exhibi
Therft have been a number nf
According to the minutes of the tion in the AllStar game.
highly suspicious cases of players
^ip's meeting held on June 15, The causes of these attacks of bobbing up with "sore arms" iand
some eager beaver swiped the ague derive from fear of injury to "injuries" just before the Allstar
clothesline in an emergency and their most precious ballplayers. It contest, only to heal miraculously
In an AllStar game that a once it wax over. But no clubown
used it for lashings. While the old was
line drive smashed Dizzy Dean's er will dare the wrath of the pub
line is now serving a worthy cause, toe and started him to his down klic by openly holding out a player.
the bosun emphasized that he had fall. It was another such contest
only one more length of rope of that saw Ted Williams splinter his , If they are tempted to do so,
only have to hark back to the
the proper kind to replace it.
left elbow going back against the' they
sad
case
of Bob Feller who was
If it happens again, the Louisi wall for a fly ball.
held out of the 1948 AllStar con
ana might have to sail into port Actually the clubowners' upset test. The next time Bob took a
with her flags—and the crew's un has a pretty illogical base. The turn he was greeted by a thunder
derwear—flying from tbe super same players they are so concern ous chorus of boos from 70,000
structure. Could be confusing to ed about are risked every day fans, followed a few innings later
other navigators. So far, no one in meaningless exhibition games in by equally unpleasant sounds when
has suggested a machine clothes' Mar^h and four or flve times dur he was relieved under'fire.
drier as thesolution to this par ing the summer.
Feller was ridden so hard around
ticular laundry problem.
Do It For'Pough
the League the next few. weeks
It's either that or an emergency
requisition of one of those big The difference boils down to the that his value to the ball club was
backyard portable driert complete fact that the owners collect at the considerably diluted.
Seafarer JuUo Torres had this photo taken of his three children, with 150 feet of rubbeaized line and gate in all contests except the As ball games, the\tllStar con
Allstar game whose proceeds go tests are usually nothing to rave
a set of clothespins to match.
13 years ago. Julio, Jr. (L) was 5; George 3; and Jaime 4.
to the players' own pension and about. There have been some bril
assistance fund. There lies the liant individual performances, but
real cause of their worries. If a there has also been a goodly share
player's going to wreck himself, of sloppy play. We ate reminded
Port Said, Egypt—As far as the rest of the world is concerned, the war between the they don't want him doing it for of the year that the American
League fielded a team including
Egyptians and Israelis ended three years ago. But you can't pass that story off on the crew charity.
Gehrig, Gehriiigerand'Foxx, the
Another
beef
raised
By
the
of the Anniston City (Isthmian). The delegates reported in the ship's minutes that the
basebair bosses is that the three latter playing third base, It was in
Egyp^ans here refused to>
innings their ace pitchers might that same game that Leo Durocher
supply the vessel with fresh ently this situation is nothing new get some medicine wouldn't dam hurl in these contests cause them got four bases on a bunt and •
water and fresh vegetables to. Isthmian ships, since the Egyp age their national interest..
to lose a turn which could have a couple of throwing errors.
because it had made a stop at tian government has been hard
Other than that, the delegates bearing on a tight pennant race.^ It all proves that even the best
Haifa, Israel, six timing these scows if they had reported a smooth trip with no In most. cases this argument is ballplayers aren't much good to
months before anything to do
problems arising on board to speak as transparently phony as domestic each other when, they don't play
op a previous with carrying
of.
Swiss cheese. The only fellows together regularly.
supplies to and
trip.
At last word,, from Israel on
the crevt was go any previous voy
r.
ing light on the age.
showers despite WhUe the ban
The crew of the Del Mar had an opportunity to show off some of the good seamanship
the heat and the' on supplies was
galley gang was more annoying
they had learned over the ^ears, when they rescued their own bosun after he was thrown
hitting those cans than serious, the
into the water by a misbehaving gangway.
Carlin
of beans until delegates (John
Battle
The accident took place on^'
such time as the ship could add to Kulas, ships dele
the night
of May 26 while the and stay afloat until we got a boat The boat crew hustled him back
gate; Michael J. Carlin, deck; Jo
Its stores at Basra.
onto the ship where after a change
Del
Mar
was leaving St. over the side to pick him up.
seph
Legere,
engine;
and
James
The oddest part of the whole in
Meanwhile the general alarm of clothes our bosun was practical
Thomas,
Virgin
Islands,
in
the
Battle,
steward)
said
that
things
cident is that the Anniston City,
had been sounded. From 'the time ly as good as new again.
like practically all Isthmian ships took a critical turn when Egyptian course of her regular cruise run. we got the alarm until we got Bou
Those passengers on the Mar
Bosun
Paul
T.
Boudreaux
was
authorities
at flrst
didn't
want
to
on this run, is carrying vitally im
dreaux out of the water took just who may have been watching what
let
a
crewmember
go
ashore
for
working
on
the
gangway
when
it
portant supplies to Saudi Arabia.
dropped suddenly, dumping him 20 minutes. This was pretty good was going on got a few extra thrills
The Saudi Arabians were Egypt's necessary medical attention.
into
the drink. Fortunately Bou considering that we ^dn't have to talk about when they got home
allies, along with Iraq, Syria and Finally after a lot of jawing
dreaux
was pitched clear of the much light to work by and the sea and a good demonstration of the
Transjordan in the war against back and forth, they backed down
was choppy, which made it pretty
of job that Seafarers can do
Israel in 1948 and lfl49. Appar and agreed that letting the man gangway and the ship's side so that difflcult for the men in the boat kind
when an emergency comes up.
he wasn't injured in any way by
Joseph Collina
to spot him in the water.
the accident..
LIferings Tossed Out
. Bosun's mate Charles Nubor was
right on the spot as he had been
working there with several men of
the deck gang. They immediately The LOG opens this column as an exchange jar stewards, cooks,'
grabbed up all the available life bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, littleknown ,
rings in the vicinity and tossed cooking and^ baking hints, dishes with a national, flavor and the like,
them overboard. Boudreaux man suitable for shipboard ukc. Mail (n your suggestions. Here's Chief
aged to latch on to one of them Steward Richard C. Ricketts' recipe for roast duck mth orange and
wine sauce.
One of the ways to make sure
Catching A Tan half
go ashore to duclc, 2 oranges peeled and sliced,
the crew
3 cups hot water and butter for;
get "a good
basting, 2 cups of bouillon or
meal" the minute
water, 1 glass red wine. Prepare
the ship hits port
the duck as you normally would
is to. keep on
for roastipg, add the wine, stuff
serving the
with the sliced orange, sprinkle ,
same uninspiring
with
salt and pepper to taste and
type of dish time
roast. (Feeds six. For 48, figure
and time again.
8 ducks, 2 oranges each and about
. Often you can't,
6 glasses of wine.)
blame th'em
On the subject of something
either, when
BOARD SHIP
Bicketth
different, here's "South Sea Baked
they're held "cap
tive." to hit or miss cookery for Kidney Beans" a la Ricketts. You
extended periods. "You can really need 4 no. 2 cans nf red kidney
DEtESAlES fiERCESENT
get a kick seeing the boys demolish beans, Vfi pound bacon sauteed, 3
THE OMIOHl IUCSEW
a dish you've taken a little extra sliced dill pickles, 1 teaspoon salt,'
teaspoon pepper, 1 tablespoon
trouble with,'' suggests Chief
BEEFS.
Steward Richard C. Ricketts, and coconut. Place one cup of beans
he's got some 35 years of sea ex inthe'bottom of a casserole, add
perience with which to back up two slices of bacon, one sliced
'|\/e 1HEM SOURSXVOIzr. HELP/HAKE
Equipped with beach chair his opinion, ft isn't necessary to pickle, sprinkle coconut and sea
)R OSEWA SMOOIU'/^NING SlO TEAM !
and. book, the Lone Jack's wait for a holiday to turn out a soning. Repeat all ingredienfls in
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Israel War Echo Rings In Egypt
Crew Pults Bosun From Water
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To the Editor:
To the Editor:
I want to thank, all my former hour for her, about seamen, about
we weren't receiving the proper It may be a little late to talk up,
shipmates who sailed with me in the Raphael Semmes and her crew
supply of food stores because of but I hope that most of the men
years past for understanding what and about New Orleans and Mobile
the company agent in Portland. I voted the way I did on the $20
the investigator was after with where she came from.
had to call Jeff Morrison in Seattle assessment. I've spoken to quite a
those phony, let Thanks a million, Nick. I'll be
The following is the latest and then we got a few more stores few shipmates about it and they
but still not enough.
ters and acting listening in as we approach the available listing of official ex
all agreed it was the best and
Food Requisitions Cut
accordingly.
Golden Gate.
change rates for foreign cur
quickest way of getting the halls
A. D. (Jimmie) Sistrunk
The steward had to give up ten we need in the ^outports.
rencies. Listings are as of
I hope my ex
perience, as it
June 25, 1952, and are subject bags of Irish potatoes in order to I'm pretty sure that anybody who
4
4
get three fresh salmon. They cut has been to the New York hall will
was told in the
to change without notice.
Kncland, New Zealand, SouOi Africa:
his fresh bread and milk order in agree that it is worth every penny
May 31 LOG, will
S2.80 per pound aterUns.
half. As a result, the boips were that wasput into it and more. I
be a good exam
Australia: $2^4 per pound cterlinf.
Belgium: 50 francs to the dollar.
so
bare when we got to Panama ship from New York myself most
ple for other fel TO die Editor:
Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone.
City you could hold a dance in of the time, but I feel that if the
lows in situations I'd like to get one beef off my France:
350 francs to the dollar.
Holland: 3.80 auilders to the dollar.
them. We got stores at that port rest of the membership chipped in
like these.
Pron
chest, that's about the "petty of
625 lire to the dollar.
which must take us to New York. to make things comfortable for me,
The doctors are ficers" mess that they have on lUly:
Norway: 14 cents per krone.
28.75 escudos to the 4oUar.
This company has been shoving I Should do the sdme for them.
planning to operate on my right ships. Some of the men like Portugal:
19.33 cents per krone.
us around long enough. Their
eye in the fall. After the opera bosuns, carpenters, electricians Sweden:
India: 21 cents per rupee.
Good Investment
30.2 cents per rupee.
ships should have to come under
tion is finished and I'm out of the have their own mess and won't let Pakistan:
Argentina; 14.2 pesos to the dollar.
Nobody
likes to part with a ^0
the mme agreement hs Bull, South
hospital I hope to be shipping out the AB's and ordinaries eat there BrazU: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro.
bill, but in this case We're
investing
Uruguay:
S2A3
cents
per
peso.
Atlantic,
Waterpian or anyone
else.
again some day with all the fine even \vhen a man has to go on
No extra stores aboard a ship at sea the dou^ for ourselves, nobody
friends I've made in the Union. watch and there is no room in the Venezuela: 89AS cents per boUvar.
is bad. Anything can happen at else. There's many a sailor whose
PhU Pron other messhall for him.
any time to delay a ship. We must thought nothing of blowing a 20
%,
%
These follows seem to think
get this phony outfit squared away. spot or more on a night out, so why
that because they have a higher
not sink the dough into something
Arthur Fricks
rating that they are entitled to Tm the Editon
Ship's delegate substantial like these new halls the
special privileges. If a man wants In recent letters to the LOG I
outports need?
to sit down and eat there because have read various instances where
To the Editor:
I sure hope that the assessment
This letter is addressed to the the other mess is too crowded, he's the steward's department men feel
got a nice big vote so that the
LOGIi "sports columnist," one always told "You cant eat here, that they are at present underpaid
Union can go. ahead with this thing
Spike Marlin, whose mother, ap this is the PO me^U,"
compared with the other depart To the Editor:
and get the best union halls in the
parently, was scared by a cabin The Union should enforce a rule ments and that thCy should be re It's funny we don't see stories country built in all the ports that
cruiser shortly before Spike En that there should be no discrimina membered when the new contract by some of the SIU oldtimers in need them.
tion in eating facilities, so that a
tered this world.
comes up this the LOG anymore. What about it?
Jess Allison
man could eat
wherever he pleased
summer.
In. a recent column. Spike vent or where there's
t
t
Have
guys
like
Percy
Boyer
and
room for him.
We on the Can Frenchy Michelet lost their nimble
ed his frustrations upon the small We're not in the Navy
where
they
tigny second that touch with the pen?
boat owners who, he said, "rank
distinctions. It has na place
motion and trust (Toriidered overall, the LOG is
in the same class with mo^i air have
aboard our "bhips. I had a big
that our fine ne a paper every Seafarer can be
plane bugs and radio tinkerers," fight
about it on my last ship, so
gotiating com proud of, and you can be sure a To the EditoR
and who, he said, "is just a frus rd appreciate
it if you didn't
mittee will do lot of the members will back me We were having our regular
trated shipyard worker."
print
my
name.
their best to sat up when I say that Some of these shipboard meeting aboard the An*
I object.
tinous when the
Name
srithheid
isfy everyone as other union papers don't come
, As the owner of a small boat—
crew was told by
»
%
they
have
in the
Goncalves
which I use far more than the
within miles of our paper, and
the chairman that
past.
"dozen times a year" that Spjke
we all know the reason why.
the Union had
AU in all. I think we have the Just as in everything else, the
mentioned—there are a few basic
established new
finest
contract
in
the
maritime
SIU is running way ahead of the
facts of life which Spike blithely
benefits for child
field—^top wages, fine working
con
To
the
Ed^r:
pack in securing benefits for the
sailed over.
birth under the
Most smallboat owners do buy We had a special meeting aboard ditions, vacation pay, hospital ben membership, and a goodlooking,
Welfare Fund.
efits,
the
$2,500
death
benefit, tops
the
Fairisle
(Waterman)
to
dis
entertaining and informative news
beatup hulls and then spend a
There was aOlid
in
representation
and
the
best
of
. lot of time working on them. They cuss the problem of water ration officials 'who have made all this paper is part o1 that same type
hurrah
from all
usually enjoy, to some extent any ing. Several of the brothers possible. 'What more could one of topnotch, deal that Seafarers
the prospective
Killstrom
stated
that
this
same
condition
have
always
enjoyed.
way, the work involved and get
daddies aboard
Jerry Thomas the ship. The men
pleasure out of the finished prod h(id been going on on ibis ship for ask for?
agreed that
By
the
way,
I
think
that
the
me last
two years.
The crew feels
(iEd.
note:
You'll find
a
story
uct. It's a sort of pride of work
this was
a very fine step
the Union
idea
to
accommodate
the
members
manship that even Spike—who can that something should be done to while ashore in NT is a great idea. by Brother Michelet in this issue:) had taken and will be welcomed
remedy
the
condition.
tell?—^might feel when he looks
tit
by aU.
only a good investment for
At the present time, the water It's not
over his finished column and soft
H. Killstrom
the
Welfare
Plan,
but
most
of
all
is
too
hot
for
use.
Which
makes
ly chuckles as he reads sbme of
Ship's
delegate
a
good
commodity
for
the
mem
the gems he previously committed it bad for men working with paint bership as a whole. A good ex
3)
4)
4
or other, materials when they try ample of Upion benefits can be
to. paper.
To the Editor:
.However, most smallboat fans, to clean up.
seen
in
the
cafeteria
and
bar
in
We've been out of the states for
I know darned well I for one, The men decided that when we. the new hall which have proven to over two months so far . on the
get
back
to
the
Ck>ast
we
stick
would enjoy hopping aboard' a
be a success.
Bluestar and are now loading salt
|shiny, trim new boat and taking together on this until we get some Let's hear some more from the in Aden for Japan. We have not To the EditoR
Thanks for publishing that
action
from
the
company
on
the
off for a day of fishing and swim
membership on this.
been getting our mail and also have spread in the June 13 LOG about
ming. Unfortunately, I'm the kind problem.
Antonio Goncalyes received only one issue of LOGs. how to conduct a Union meetiqg.
C. J. Quinnt
of guy who works like the devil ^
tit
We would appreciate it if you It will sure come in handy on
over a beatup hall—^but mainly
* i t
would jack the company up as to shipboard where a lot of the men
Just because of that filthy green
sending all LOGs and mail.
are a little confused on how you
stuff called money.
Jack y. Anderson go about these things.
Sometime, Spike might price
Ship's delegate
To the Editor:
With so many new men sailing
different smallboats, and then he'll TetheEditoR
(Ed
note:
The
LOG wants to with the Union in the last year,
Since
you received
my
last
com
get a better imderstanding of why I have been in the Army since
so many people "enjoy" working March and still feel that sailing nTunication from Frisco and so ably hear Jrom any ships that have not I'm sure that information like this
published an account of it in the been getting the "newspaper and
on a battered old tub.
FOW takes more knowhow than LOG, May 30,1 now am giving you other mail so that steps can be is brand new to most of them.
Let's have some more of the same'
Allen Garber what I'm training for. With the
some unusual information on the taken to correct this condition.)
on different topics of importance
t %
need of rated men to sail, I feel Portmar, a Calm|ir Steamship Com
in future issues of the LOG.
that my place is aboard ship. I pany wagon.
«
A1 Devlin
bave'been ^ith the SIU from 1945 Since this ship sailed from £ong
4 i 3)
up until I went into service and Beach, California, to San Francisco
sailed most of that time. I would and points north and south there
To the Editon
Just a few lines to express my like information about 'getting have been ten stops at sea on ac
gratitude for the fine work being back aboard.
engine trouble. Two bear
G. Morriison count of
To the Editor:
done on the 'West Coast by our (Ed. note: Riplit nou>
ings had to be replaced
at different
Army times and two piston rings
Would it be possible for me to
iigent, Harold Fischer, and his able isn't dtschorpiny seamen the
broke
although on two other occasions.
receive the LOG? Not being a
assistant, Carl Lawson, in San
the situation could change later
member of the SIU I was wonder
Francisco, as well as Jeff Morri on.)
CyllBder Head Craeked
ing if this would be permissible. I
son at Seattle and Sam Cohen in
While in San Pedro, Cal., taking
have been getting the LOG in turn
.Wilmington.
on water, fyel and cargo, they put
after one of the members and be
I paid off the Brightstar in
in the second ring and we sailed.
ing a seaman have become an ar
Portland not numy days ago to
When we were within 230 miles of
dent reader, and in all sincerity
find my wife in the hospital in
the Panama Canal thepiston ting
an ardent believer in the SIU.
San Francisco, and let me say
Occasionally Seafarers have on the same piston broke. Heces
The LOG has many articles
right here if it hadn't been for sent in photos and clippings of it got on top 6f thei piston, and
which as a seaman are of great
Brothers Fischer and Laws<Hi and from local newspapers about as the upward stroke was made it
interest to me. After reading the
those brothers who gave their themselves and their families broke the cylinderhead in two or
LOG one may understand and ap
blood freely I would have ho wife. asking us to reproduce them three pieces.
*
preciate the many wonderful things
I don't know who they were but in the LOG.
From Friday afternoon June 13
that the SIU has done and is doing
Unfortunately there's no\ until about 1:30 AM Monday, Jiine
a million .riianks to them all.
every day for its members. In
16, we were in tow until we reached
Also thanks' to another guy : way by which the LOG can re
estimation, thia is the only kind of
Balboa. We left there :^r Port
named . Nick Nickel <smallest produce photos from a news
change on the air) of radio station paper page. We would, have Newark on the 10th, Unking along Veteran Seafarer J. M. Spreitzer Union to belong to.
Calvin C. (htmhobii
has both hands busy feeding
KBOW in Oakland. He's a di^k to get, the photographs them. on two cylinders.
jockey on the 11:30 PM tn 2 AM selves for that purpose.
When we were in Vancouver, grandchild Martin Viti while (Ed. note: Your name's on th*.
Washington (our last loading port),! brather George i^aya with hose, moiling list.)
;riiilt .and lor talked for almost dn^
Moneg Exchange
Rates Listed
Wants End To PO
Mess on Ships
Agrees Stewards
Rate Adjustments
Dispute Spike^s
Views On Boats
LOO TgpieM Of
SIU Leadership
Crew Hails New
Birth Benefit
Water Bdtioning
Hit Bg Crew
Bluestar Crew
Not Getting Mail
Welcomes Info
On Meeting Rules
He Prefers Sea
To Armg Kite
Portmar Lacking
CgiinderSi Chow
Thanhs Brothers
For Aiding Wife
Baby Sitter
He^s Convinced
SIU Is The Best
Cari^t Use Photos
From Newspapers
"m
�fWfis.!
,f,
• '• A*''
^1*'
Fare ,l^enty4w«
li'
Thanks Crew For
Help To Widow
wVHwy, itme if; Hs)^
X E T TEES
Approves Niyht
Relief Proposal
To the Editor:
I am writing in regards to
deck that were scaled but never
ignored altogether the first day of
primed, is going to cost someone
/ his Illness. He complained when Brother Marumoto's letter which
plenty. The last, gang didn't work
J woke him up at night in refer appeared in the May 30 issiie of
any hardship on the niate or com T0| the Editor:
ence to the.^sick man and refused the SEAFARERS LOG. He sug
inJ,'
pany but "they did throw a heavy Just a few lines to say hello to to recognize me as a delegate when • gested that the" companies provide
relief firemen In
load on our backs. The company all my friends and wish them .the I'asked him why he refused" to get
American ' pprti
"wheels" have all this marked best of health.
fresh milk for the crew. Eventu
in the same man
down for the next negotiating com
I thought I would let the fello\vs ally the sick man had to be taken
mittee. Our crew is having the know that I am now associated off the ship and placed in. a hos
ner as they sup
ply night engi
bad time this trip and the SIU with Paul Marty in the Blackstone pital.
. ,
will have it bad when contract and Harbor Hotels in San Francisco , How the trip will go from this
neers.
t.
S.
tinv comes up' again.
I think that it's
and will be anchored there from point on is anybody's guess, though
Ks,
The patrolman can't be blamed now on it.
a
very
good idea.
the crew agreed at a special meet
for not staggering through this
The last few ships
Chick Fisher ing that the only thing to do is
mess. All the deck department
that I've been on
I'l:
make the best of it in the hope
XXX
To the Editor:
h
were pulled off. We of this crew
I've heard this
Fedesovich
that everything will be straight
If you cap squeeze this Into the just hope that those brothers who
subject brought
ened out at the payoff.
LOG in some fashion, I would like made the last trip will be scat
up
and
discussed
quite frequentiy
3^
to say hello to the finest bunch of tered among crews of bookmen
R. M. Guild
among black gang men. Every
guys I know.
Ship's delegate body seemed to be very much in
and leam what this Union is so To the Editor:
I
?3 • ..• •
Whenever I get
After reading several articles in
4" 4
.
proud of.
favor of it. Such a move would
a chance, I go
the LOG about the increase in
v. A. Engel
enable men on the beach to pick
down to the
For the Crew steward's pay I heartily agree with
up a few day's pay while waiting
docks to look for
what brother Leo £. Movall has
for a regular berth.
X X X
SIU ships. The
to say. I certainly could add lots
Also, as the brother pointed out,
To the
Bditor:
receptions I have
more to thiat, but as space doesn't
it would "enable the ship's regular ,
I
read
with
keen
interest
the
received are'
permit so long a letter, I must say
really heart
that the steward story in the May 30 issue of the firemen to spend nights at home
To the Editor:
warming. I have
is really the for LOG on the Pfon case. This story with their families.
recalls to my memory a case in That other suggestion about ad
We have a peculiar, situation on
even run into
gotten man.
ditional' pay for work performed
some of my old Christopher the Trinity (Carras) where the
If an3rthing goes which I am involved.
mate and the old man don't believe
shipmates.
wrong, no matter You. brothers would be astound in excess of eight hours was a very
One of the few pleasiu:es I have in paying overtime foA watches on
what, the poor ed to realize what the unscrupu good one, too.
John "Zero" Fedesovich
Is reading the LOG. I don't know weekends in the deck department.
steward is on the lous parasites employed by the
That would allow the company to
what Td do without it.
spot and he has company or the insurance outfits
XXX
Unfortunately, I have to close hold out $120 a month by refusing
plenty of respon will stoop to in order to destroy
m:
*
now, so ni say so long for now, such pay.
sibility to contend your case. To me it is no surprise
Also the mate said that all hands
but not for long.
with. Yes I think because I am aware of many in
Pvt. Roy Alonzo Christopher were to be called at 3;i45 PM on Seeberger
the chief stew stances during strikes, for ex
Saturday, and then didn't turn the ard's pay should he .on an equal ample, when w^ were in court To the Edltojr:
US 21715033
I just read the article on Brother
men to. Then he wanted to refuse base with the 3rd mate. I earnest cases and had to fight for vindi
23rd Ord. Maint. Co.
Pron
in the LOG. I think it is a
payment of this time.
APO 209
ly hope that at the next negota cation against opposition of the goqd exposure of that rat Schmahl
lowest
type.
These, characters
mas
It
seems
the
mate
and
the
old
c/o Postmaster
tions the chief steward will not be
querading as lawyers, insurance and the depths to which the ship
man are fouling up the overtime. forgotten.
New York, NY
agents,'claim agents, etc., afe in owners will sink to beat a man out
The.old man thinks that an OT
fSf
X
«
And
now
I
must
add
that
I
was
many cases working for the largq of his due. But you can expect
watch doesn't take the usual three
in
the
new
hall
recently,
and
be
company
interests and out to make this from the bosses and their
men, but on regular time days he
stooges.
wants them there. The old man lieve me it is out of this world. My a name for themselves.
most
hearty
congratulations
to
the
The USPHS, which likes to pos§
and the mate also give contradic
Fake Witnesses
To the Editor:
finest maritime union in the coun
as the seaman's friend, is I believe
tory
orders.
After ten enjoyable months of
try. I am very proud of our Union In order to do so, they throw no better. In my case I caught a
P LOG reading in Korea, I'm up for Consequently the crew has been and always have been.
principle and ethics to the wind. couple of rats redhanded in a
'^the big payoff in a week. Therefore cautioned not to pay off until all Last but not least, I will say Before the case comes to a hearing shady deal which beat my case.
I would like my copy sent back to 'this disputed OT is settled.
you frequently find fake witnesses
Edward E. Kunchich that words cannot describe the in court to perjure themselves. As And the sad part of it is I can't sue
pi;^'
my home at 101 Walnut Street,
them because they are the "Gov
beautiful new books this Union is
Ship's delegate
Wilmington, Del.
an instance I look forward in the ernment."
i&suing
to
the
membership.
In
X X X ^
I can only say after my stay here
conclusion I give my vote of thanks near future to exposing another I would advise Brother Pron to
that she was a good ship and only
to the officials and the negotiating case where the company lawyer check on these USPHS guys, as
minor beefs.
committee for a swell job well bribed outsiders and even paid they might have a hand in trying
their taxi fare to court to testify to foul him up. Some of them are
Congratulations on the pay raises
done.
for the company.
and vacation pay.. It's a job well To the Editor:
^1.
not above this sort of caper.
done. Be looking for a birth I'm a retired bookmember and Here's to a bigger, and bptter The unfortunate position of
Name withheld
Union.
receive every issue of the LOG. I
around March, 1953.
the Seafarer is thM in most in
XXX
George
H.
Seeberger
Sgt. T. Drzcwicki appreciate it very much as it .helps
stances he cannot provide witness
XXX
me keep up on what's going on. I
es. So that if he has an injury
X X, X
see some of my old shipmate's
in some way he has a hard time
names and pictures in it and it
trying to convince other people as
brings back the days I spent at sea
'
to the cause and. time of the acci To the Editor:
with some good SIU crews.
To the Editor:
dent. The defendents usually go I have just finished reading the
To the Editor:
I would appreciate it if you ' In contrast to the praise of the into your whole geneology ^tp ^nd LOG and I would like to tell you
On May 15 this vessel, the Mar
What a help it is to the brides of
garget Bro\vn, called for a full would send me a copy of the book captain and pleasant trip enjoyed loopholes to crucify you.
crew from the New Orleans hall. "Seafarers In World War II." Tell by the last crew aboard the Ome^a, There are hundreds of cases of the SIU members. The LOG has
There were many happy Seafarers all of my shipmates hello, es the Captain we now havq is just seamen that have gotten a raw deal helped me understand a great deal
as the shipping cards flew to crew pecially in Mobile. I'm in the used the opposite. He puts out draws because of the fact that they were about my husband's job.
like he was giving away his own not aware of what to do in times of
I have only been married a shoi*t'
up this scow but immediately after car business now.
Don Oberlln money and is generally giving the stress. They become victims of time and I don't understand how
boarding her the smiles faded. We
(Ed. note: The book is on its crew a bad time.
economic . conditions especially these companies work. My prob
could almost smell the foc'sles
We had one sick man who he when the company refuses you sub lem is mail. My husband left for
from the gangway. The bosun's way.)'.
sistence as an outpatient so as to South America and then went to
room was worse than Fibber Mc
starve you into submission. You Iceland. He is with the Orion ship,
Gee's closet. The Ather quarters
LI I. rur nvirv»iiiii
are at their mercy unless you have the Seabeaver.
^
were just as bad.
"
a little money save^ for such emer
The stev^ard stated that the
I have tried to talk to the com
'
1
gencies.
bosun evidently didn't change linen
',
pany, but they tell me all mail is
: , for five whole weeks inasmuch as
I trust brothers that the lesson delivered. 1 have written 52 let ,
he picked up five complete sets
of ^Brother Pron remains in your ters to my husband since May 27,
of sheets and spreads that had
memory and makes you sure you and as yet he has received none.
never been used. The accumula
get proper advice when in these Can you please tell me why this is?
tion of filth in all compartments
legal difficulties.
I thinks that the company should
was unbelievable. This isn't the
Paddy Fatrell
see that the mail is delivered.
worst part. The ship's stores were
We have no other address ex
in just as bad condition.
cept the company on Broad Street#
Supplies a Mess
NY. Can anything be done to in
We are not company stiffs, as
sure delivery of the mail? It stands ,:
one ship or ermpany looks the
to reason that at least one of = 5»
same as any other,, but I do be
letters should be delivered. I ani "
A rejninder from SIU
lieve it is up to the bosun and
sure there ^^re many wives and
headquarters
cautions
all
crew to tak# care of the ship's sup
mothers with the same problem.
Seafarers leaving their ships
plies. It took six men hours to
How can our husbands know we
to
contact
the
hall
in
ample
straighten out a small paint locker
NT;
are writing if the mail isn't de
time to allow the Union to
and we were not sitting around
P
livered?
dispatch a replacement. Fail
cither. When seven cans of red
fr: .
ure to , give notice before
lead and four cans of boottopping
I am certain that the many
paying off may cause a de
have been opened with less than a
women who hive this problem will
layed sailing, force the ship
t,. gallon of paint taken out of each,
join me in thanking you for apy
to sail short of the planning
it creates a problein to stow prop
help you can give us.
'
requirements and needlessly
«rly. •
Mrs.^. Fik^rald.
make their work tougher for
Every lick of work dolie by the
(Ed. note: Tha Uniomoill get in
'
Part of the deck gang On the Del Rio takes advantage of coffee
your shipmates.
last crew on dec_. has to be done time to quaff some ice cold hrew under the hot sun. Photo was takgn
touch toith the company on ihi$ ^
over; The damage to fittings on by W. Van Dyne, steward on the ship.
^
To the Editor:
I would like to express my deep
est thanks to the shipmates of my
late husband, Antoni^ Bertty, on
the Steel Maker. Their generous
donation in my time of need was
very much appreciated.
Mrs. Inez Bertty
(Ed. note: ^rather Bertty's ship
nates collected $245 for his wife,
after his unfortunate death at sea.)
Seafarer Enters
Hotel Business
'Army Mandreets
Old Shipmates
• '•
Asks More Pay
For Stewards
I
m
Warns Of Tactics
Used In Lawsuits
Skipper BoesnH
Know OT Score
m
Applauds Story
On ^Private Eye^
s:
LOG Made Army
Life Pleasanter
i:
i"'
Betired Member
Keeps In Touch
il
Bum Crew Fouls
Ship For Others
Wife Writes But *
MaiVs Not Sent
New Skipper No
Prize On Omeya
Time Out For Refreshments
Quittiny Ship?
Notify Union
/
• mi
�• • : ; rH>,rri >• ;• • '•
SMAFA
rrWay. IflM t7. »8t
SEA FARE R S
• XETTERS *
CASH BENEFITS
Creir, Steward
Tops On SeaJGaie
To the Editor:
I am on the Sea Gale, and we
have a pretty good gang. No ar
guments, no performers, in fact a
solid SIU crew. The chief stew
ard, Egbert Goulding, is doing his
very best, as ,far
as* the table is
concerned and
When it comes
to baking French
bread, he is tops.
He surprises us
pretty often with
the freshmade
bread hot from
the
oven.
Gooldlng
Most of Mie
crew stayed on here tor the last
few trips. The food is 'good and
our rooms were paigted last trip
'out. I'll soon have six months
aboard.
I feel happy that the good old
summer is coming along. I have
plans to drop in at headquarters,
collect my vacation money and
take off for the summer with my
wife and three children.
Also I want 4o take time off to'
renew my book for the new one,
something to be proud of.
Evarlsto Rosa
4" t t
Habp Benefit is
Organizing Boon
To the Editor:
Now don't get me wrong, be
cause I'm single and happy that
way. But these new maternity
benefits are reason enough why a
lot of these nonunion guys who
have been reaping benefits from
our gains without pitching In when
the beefs come around should
savvy up and bring their ships
into a "Union.
The married seaman with a
family is always at the mercy, of
the shipowner and the officers
when he doesn't have a union and
a contract in black and white to
back him up. The SIU, though, has
always stood four square behind
the members in all beefs, big .or
small, and that's the way it.should
1)0.
Now with these new benefits,
200 bucks for each new baby to
help out on the expenses, these
guys ought to be running our way
to take advantagp of this setup.
It's a re?il selling point when you
approach guys on nonunion ships
and I bet it pays off in real divi
dends eventually.
Joe .Bren
Feminine Touch
.
•
^
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND. GULF DISTRICf • A.F.L.
TOTAL
$101,602.94
Vacation Plan, Juno 9—June 20
Welfare Plan. June 1—June 14
12080
43.50
Thomas Ralney
To Cash Vac. Checks .. , 12081 $5,000.00
George Landry
I a 12082
36.17
, ^ 12083
91.00
Ira Kilgore
, , 12084
64.17
James Mahoney
12085
55.22
Marvin Parrow
, , 12086
44.33
Anthony Kelly
, , 12087
35.78
Charles Shatzer
, ^ 12088
44.33
Benjamin Miranda
, , 12089
Victor Lynch
42.00
,
,
94.11
William Little
12090
43.17
James Myers
. , , 12091
104.61
KorneUus Korneluissen 12092
105.39
Alfonsoa Jakimonls .... .12093
12094
125.61
Kenneth Brittaln
, , 12095
120.56
Frederick Holm
140.78
12096
Per Karrman
, ,
106.17
12097
Frederick Edgett
, , 12098
56.39
• Joe Justus
138.44
Elbert Harris
• • 1 2099
1 •
Sister Edna Johanson, Del,
Norte stewardness, totes tray
of dirty dishes from passenger
cabin.' Photo by Leroy Rinker.
REPORT NO. 16
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
Period Covered By This Report—June 9June 26
$176,211.55
on Hjind
210,000.00
Estimated Accounts Receivable
• 82,572.94
Vacation Benefits Paid In Period
949,515.66
Vacation Benefits Paid Since February 11, 1952
As the figures show, our Vacation Plan is new approaching the mil
as a whole is a rotten setup. Every lion doUar mark in payments. We've come up to this figure in just
time yoii come into port you see about five months with nary a hitch of any kind in the running of the
another big page "ad" in the news Plan. By now, practically everybody in the Union has collect^ at
papers teliing how nice the com «least once with the exception of those few men who might be out on
panies are to their people and why a long tanker trip.
.
should they be striking against us
I'm sure that all the men wiU agreethat the Union has done a good
just for a "union power grab."
job of handling this Plan, in view of the fact that it was the first of
It's about time they got the idea its kind. We haven't had a single complaint to speak of and every
that the. union shop is a'going body appears to be weU satisfied. That's not surprising considering
thing, not just the brainstorm of that for the great majority of the men it was the first time any of
a few guys with whiskers and them had collected vacation pay.
bombs under their chairs like the
52.50
Joseph Dorrough
n980
Check
42.00
companies would have everybody Name
11981
No. Amount Weldon Kitchens
40.06
11982
Sprueeon WoodruS
11902
$121.72 Barrett Moore
believe.
46.28
11983
Andre Carvalho
11903
143.89 Thomas Robinson
105.39
Dan
Jrazier
11984
11904
108.89
The only thing "unAmerican" Thomas WalecW
99.94
11985
Howard Greene
11905
42.00 Billy Kimbrell
about the union shop is when a Thomas
136.89
11686
Watson
11906
36.56 Titus Nettles
135.72
Virginius
Morgan
11987
guy in the mill who doesn't belong David BlackweU
11907
50.17
118.61
Nappl
11908
44.33 Evangelos Koundourakis 11988
to the union rakes off all the Frank
63.00
11989
Joseph Gara
11909 . 91.00 James Kendrick
46.28
11990
benefits the union member fought Georse Telford ........ 11910
37.33 Frank Bums
Amado
Diaz
.
11991
80.89
Jacques
11911
66.50
for down through the years. That's Charles
44.33
George
Clark
11093
Edvard Jacobsen
11912 , 88.67
142.33
11993
the'part that really hurts.
James Stephens
11913
35.00 Nicolaoa ib'rsaghis
36.56
John
Benazet
11994
White
U914
78.56
Bob Miller Charles
35.78
11995
Jullen Laquerre
11915
98.78 Charles Hangney
4^ 4> 4
LOG AiMUWith
Other V»Utn» Too
T« the Editor:
Just wanted to let yoq^now that
the LOG is really making the
rounds these days. It's gating so
that when a couple of ships, some
of them SIU and some not, come
into port, we sometimes have a
tough time getting them before
NMU or nonunion guys grab onto
them.
It seems the LOG really makes
an impression on members of other
unions, as well as the poor non
union seamen, because they run
for it as soon as they see it on
the counter of some of these clubs
4 t t
and ginmills where we spend time
in port.
I haven't been sailing too long
jso I can't speak with too much
To the Editor: .
I notice quite a few of the Ore authority on maritime unions, but
ships lying idle out at Sparrows from what I See the LOG is one
Point. It seems the steel strike hits swell publication, ranking high
a lot of us, not just the workers in among all the labor papers, trade
the mills but seamen who ride, the journals and a good many dailies
you see around.
ore boats also.
It's no wonder these guys run
This business of the steel cor
porations holding out for their own for them right off. Otherwise they'd
type of deal at the expense of the never get any news at all.
Charles Mariln
CIO steel union and the country
Sees SteeiStrifce
Bverghodg^s Fight
r5——55555—«—H55=H=====!
Foulups Warned: Keep Ou t
The SIU membership is proud *ot its Union as a group of hard
working responsible Seafarers who know the importance of doing
their job well in order to protect their contract gains and safe
guard themselves on the job.
The membership has long been on record to weed out the small
minority of pilferers, junkies, performers and other undesirables.
We cannot tolerate these disrupters aboard our ships, nor can we
permit them to drag down the good name and reputation of pur
Union.
With the many newcomers entering the shipping industry today.
Seafarers .must be vigilant to detect and expose irresponsible
characters who think that they can get by on MU ships with these
. undesirable practices. We hereby serve notiA that charges will
be placed and severe penalties will be imposed on all men guilty,
of performing on the job, or having marijuana or other narcotics
In their possession on board an SIU ship or in the vicinity of
: t 'an SIU hall.^
William Lister,
messman: You
can't go wrong
when you get off
a ship and the
Union hands you
a stack of dough
for vacation pay.
It's "like found
money the way I
see it.
f ^
Nell Moore
.* 12100
12101
Robert. Ballard
12108
Michael Melis
12103
David Singleton
12104
Demetrios Poupalos
12105
Ronald Gates
12106
Emil Glascr
12107
Alfred Pago
Stanley Schick ........ 12108
12109
Luis Miranda
12110
Ho Kong
12111
Charles Horvath
12112
George Plpinos
12113
Iannis Diakekls
Konstantinos Benizelos.. 12114
12115
Nicopas Kelofatls
12116
Norbcrto EsquUin
12117
Pedro Agtucs
12118
John Quln
Benny Callorina ........ 12119
12120
John Masters
12121
John Norgaard
Antonio Feirelra ...... 12122
12123
WlUlam Geary
12124
Joe BroTFO
12125
Juan Sota
Leodlgaris Bautista .... 12126
12127
Joseph Sezepanski
12128
Edward PoweU
.12129
John Muehleck
12130
Walter Hartman :
12131
Frederick Wray
12132
Paul Savas
121^
.Juan Boncfont
12134 .
Brian Monan
.A. Dixon
... 12135
12136
v. Heron
12137
T. Smith
12138
B. Craven
98.39
113.17
143.50
131.44
143.50
60.67
113.94
46.87
57.17
38.50
143.50
137.67
141.94
115.50
141.17
140.00
49.78
50.94^
67.67 s.
113.94
. 118.61
56.78
63;<K>
106.56
122.50
93.33
138.06
53.67
126.78
71.56
72.72
126.39
66.11
37.72
56.78
56.78 »
56.78
56.78
56.78
142.83
John Barras
11906
37.33
Joaquin Cortez
11997
64.17
dllie KuykindoU
11998
48.61
PhUlip Albano
.'11990
65.72
Joe Justus ........... 12000
102.67
Demetrios Mlsslris ..... 12001
115.50
Evagelos Tsotores
13002
60.28
Jamer Roche
12003
Quinton Whitt
12004
51.72
60.28
Frank Knight
12005
40.83
Howard Dobbs
12006
51.33
Walter Austin
12007
Arnold Purgnce
12008
46.28
77.39
George Gordano
12009
45.50
Sahratore MarineUo .... 120JO .
122..50
Daniel Meyers
12011
62.61
Rufus Stougb
12012
134.94
Otto Pedersen
12013
94.11
EmU Spodar
:. 12014
108.11
Anacheto Doromal
12015
Ernest
SoUberger
12016
129.11
Arthur M. Also
Alexis Boudreaux
12017
126.00
brooks, steward
Antonio Amaral
12018
134.17
Edgar Vaber,
Clyde Lanier
12019"
124.83
dept.: The Union
MarshaU Foster •
12020
134.94 carpenter: We all
certainly came
98..39
Alexander . Martin
12021
77.00 know that the
Thomwas Kenny
1 12022
up with some
John WiUiama
12023
78.56 sailing
man
thing good with
110.06
Neils Hansen
12024
70.39 never got a
Joseph Fucich
12025
this Vacation
59.11 nickel's worth of
George Rome.
T. 12026
plan, and it is
40.83
WiUiam Walker
.12027
.39.67 vacation pay un
E.stel Massey
12028
easy . as pie to
47.44 less he stuck
Cleve Vessier
12029
(yillect the mocey
132.61
Harry MUler
12030
59.50 witlb one ship
.Adelbert Arnold
12031
you pile up.
136.50 for a whole year.
Paul Aton
12032
108.50
Adrian Aarons
12033
41.22 This is a much
12034
68.83 Jose Nazarlo
Alfredo Velasco ....... 11934
82.06 better system.
50.30
Vernon
Stleblg
12035
Elijah Johnson
11935
42.39 William Makewicz
95.67
12036
Harold Harmon
11936
35.39
37.33.
Sylvester Barnes
12037
L. T. Thompson
11937
81.44
36.56
Carleton
Hlscock
12038
43.17 J. Hatty
JuUan wrniams
11938
56.78
61.06 Joseph Lewis
.. 12140
12039
101.50 James Lambert
Philip Livingston
11939
56.78
.. 12141
143..'50 Arthur BeU
84.78 Clyde Smith
12040
Virgil Bartram
119M
$141.17
..
12142
108.89
40.44
Frank
Wohlfarth
12041
Charles Dunn
Robert Martin
11941
143.11
43 56 John A. BuzalewskI .. .. 12143
12042
137.26 Lather Roberts
Marjan Relitke
H2S
Void
... 12144
12043
62.22 Void
50.56 James PoweU
Robert CaldweU
11943
67.17
..
12145
$107.72 Marie Alves
12044
71.56 Joao Fernandes
Edwin Phillls
11944
57.17
..
12146
38.11
82.44
Eknanuel
Westmoreland
.
12045
Alonzo'Slstrunk
Pedro Perales
119«
84.78
... 12147
43.94 Stanley Kuk
106.56 Harold Jackson
12046
Alexander Gurskie .... 11946
110.06
135.72 Nicolas Stephanson . .. 12148
124.44 Carroll RolHnr ........ 12047
Bene^i Smoljan,
5.000.00
..
12149
49.39
94.11 Axel Johnson
12048
To Cash Vac. Checks .
George Bender ......... 11948
50.36
.. 12150
58.72 Sigurd Forsberg
107.72 Felix Boncfont
12049
Edward Cannon
11949
87.50
.. 12151
36.56 Golden Parker
93.33 Elmer Pousson
12050
Walter Yerko
11950
67.28
43.17 Judson Hlggs
12051 •
37.33 Clarence Linden ...., .. 12152
fSrancls Lord
11951
35.78
12052'
42.39 Leonardo Bohm .... ... 12153
57.17 John Kowalewskf
NeweU Merrick
11952
38.11
131.83
Erkkl
Matinkl
12053
Joseph McLaughlin ... .. 12154
36.17
Thomas Finnerty ...r.. 11953
40.00
.. 12155
65.72 Roy Lundqulst ........ 12054 * 119.78 Antonio Garcia
Edward Hao ..
*??5i
122.11
.. 12156
140.00 Kenneth Lopez
... 12055
112.39 Richard Rlgney
Torsten Hagnusson .... 11955
52.11
.. 12157
115.50
Lynwood
Fitzgerald .....
12056
'39.67
Dwell
McCorvey
......
Julio Torres
11956
110.44
117.44 AUred Ortega
.. 12158
12057
46 26 Carroll Andrews
Raymond Conway
11957
97.61
70.78 Charles Goodwyn .... .. 12159
12058
4J)00.00 Edgar Armstrong
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 11958
110.44
.. 12160
103.06
E.
B;
Hardcastle
13059
142.73
'Charlton Epps
Pavlos "Vlachon
11959
42.00
.. 12161
70.00 Lawton Clark
12060
61.83 Joseph Rockfco
Lulu Carmine
...... 11960
111.22
.. 12162
35.39 John Zlereis
37.33 George Rode ......... 12061
Albert Esplno
11961
129.11
.. 12163
137.67
12063
Edward' Atkins
38.50 Carmen Barletta
Robert Irwin
11962
50.17
49.39 John Trentacosta
.. 12104
12063
57.17 John Hawkins
George Dodds
11963
35.78
126.78 Ernest Daniel
.. 12165
12064
56.00 Torolf Klsmul
]^wardo Fi^rrasndes .... 11964
' 44.72
107.33
12065
Cassel Bridgman .... .. 12166
38.50 James Shipley
Richard Ulmer
11965
134.56
60.28
Peter
Lolk
».
12066
Harry Watkhis
124.33
I^onard Morris
11966
143.50 James Poston
37.72
.. 12168
...12067
80 30 Juan Taboada
11967
Joseph Fonseca
65.33 Haralampos Kotsladls .. 12189
6L83
120.56H Mariano Menor ........ 12068
11968
Roland Parady
. 143.50
99.94
.. 12170
James Culpepper
11069
100.33 Clyde Ward .13069
Mars GaUop . . . .
142.72 Johan Axelsson
59.89
.. 12171
101.50 Stavros Markogtannis....' 12070
11970
William Howard
136.89
84.11
107.73
Anthony
Poremski
..:... 12071
Myron Thoamas ...... .. 12172
11971
Orlando Rosales''
101.11 Glen Hatton
48.22
.. 12173
126.78 Momerto GalUos ....... 12072
11972
Phillip Girdano "
143.89
94.11
.. 12174
John
Malinowskl
12073
Elmer Schroeder
11973
135.33
George Fournier
.
38.11
120.17
.. 12175
Salvator
Damlco
...... 13074
Leonldas
Huskey
....
37.33
11974
BgsiUo
11974
BgsUlo .Uopse
109.28 Lee Hunt
41X2
.. 12176
12075
106.94 Samuel Tote
Jakob DteMch v....... il97S
70.00 Marion Luksa
47.44
... 12177
Anders Johansson
120m
Daniel ICdCultea
11976 .128.73 Raffael
121.33
)1S.11
.. 12178
Martini
12077
J.
B.
Chandler
Sbcto Cbunnaeo
ll^ *126.00 Geotxe' Williams ...... 12078
35.39
49 00
' WKtan ,...4:.II97S
(Contlnu^ oxf page 24)« .
108.11
,61.44 Curtis Sotithwick ....... .1$079
Bmdojn ....... 11979
Rex Rogers
11916
Noah Raulerson
11917.
Alexander Norton ...... 11918
Leonard Kirkland
11919
Thomas Harrison ....... 11920
Thomas HarreU ........ 11921
Ray Coffey
M922
Homer Howard.
..11923
ML BoUn
11924
OrvUle Wahlln
11925
Edward HUl
11926
Thomas Gona^ez
11927
Frank Gardner
11928
Philip Korol
11929
Nikolaos Keladltls
11930
Alva Douglas
11931
Daniel Folan
11932
Franklin Walgren ...... 11933
128.72
50.56
50.94
52.11
60.67
96.83
36.56
112.:J9
68.96
104.22
110.06
119.78
108.50
43.94
.107.33
89.06
97.61
68.06
:.
;
v.;'..• •
JJ
• .
' S'
�9Hm, Jteiie^ Vt.
S'PAl^d^irMm ^LOrC
Iir0' :'
S E AFAR E R S
CASH
•
^
TOTAL
$101,602.94
Vacation Plan
June 9—June 20
Welfare Plan
June 1—June 14
'* •
•
•.,
FAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAt UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
126.39 Gasper Mesaros ..,
1253^
63.00
> • •
s • •
13658
104.23 Charles EUsey ...
85.56 Spyrldon GamelU ...... 12438
Knud Larsen ....... .... 12301
55.61 Frank Vortkapip ., • •• « • U658
12534
135.73
35.00 Swing Rlhn
88.67 Arcangel Saaverdra' .... 13439
13303
Richard Sherrill ...
55.22 John Krewson .... • t •
12S3S
. 88.61
« •
12660
37.33 Joseph Casen
Check
40.83 MaxweU LongfeUow ,... 13430
12303
Shum Man
99.17 Karl Ostllng
46.67
>• • • •13661
»
No. Amount Abram Goldsmit ...
53.89 Denis Gomez ........ 13$36
Name
110.83 Pablo ;Carmoega ........ 13431
13304
Roy
Arnold
41.61
137.28
103.44
Jack
CaUaway
131i.37
12663
..
12179
83.61
, a
13433
Joseph Bentz
93.56 WUUam MacDonald ..;.
12305
•
•
•
*
Gumersindo
Otero
..
93.73
131.83
45.80 Walter Dunn
, a 13538 aaa 141.56 Mariano Seano ..., • « • • • 13663
13433
Wilbur Newman .. .. 121A
96.06 Karl Zeits
• • 1 3306
68.83 Huraberto Ortiz .... • ,
43.00 Charles Chlappone , • •• • • 13664
119.39
, a' 13539 •
13434
136.50 George Smith
Louis Rosenthal ... .. 12181
96.06 Athony Vlolante
12307
William Price
Frank
Young
.;....
43.78
43.56
112.39
13540
12669
Franklin
Andrews
...'.
.. 12182
, a
•
9 •
•
•
1343S
5.000.00
140.39 To Cash Vac. Checks..
Alvin Grimm
133U8
57.56 Samuel Branson .... • •• * 13309
89.38 Bin Omar
^03.06
• • t •
• 13666
13436_ 65.72 WiUiam Thiemonge ... a a 13541
Michael Foley .... .. 12183
144.67 Earl Harrison
Savoca .....
79.33 Joseph
104.61 James CoUins
105.00
.. 12184
• • • • •13667
12437^ 146.61 Harold Strehlo w* * t • . a 13543
Francis O'Neill
134.83 Hyman Pitkofsky
13310
Percy
Libby
104.61
Hector
Guzman
...
111.33
12666
37.33
12543
13438
.. 12185
Benito Cuencft
•
•
•
•
•
•
35.78
106.94 John McCauley .
Roy Poole
• 13311
Elzdorle Fisher .... * • .
•
.i'
Paul
PaUesen
107.33
95.38
43.56
13544
12669
Claude
Hoppkins
....
. r 12186
a
a
40.44
12439
Maurice McCatty ,..
114.33 Charles LaRosa .
13313
• • a ,
Ronald
VQSS
49.00
101.89 Chris Clpriano ..,
43.'94
1 • •t •
• 13670
• 12440 108.M Kenneth Blackstone .. , a 13545
103.06 Henry Ward ...
Alex Arsenault • ... .. 12187
12313
•
•
:
>
Villor
Leger
40.83
79.33
Milton
Karlovec
..
4;1.17
a a 13546
• • f •
• 13671
12441
38.11 John Bryant
70.78 John Bourgeois .
Albert Vetu
." ,. 12188
13314
Caludius Archer ...
84.39
Louis
Budetti
83.83
1
3673
*
76.33
,.
12189
13547
Albert
Deforest
a
a
13443
35.78
Robert Hogan
80.89 Robert George ...
13315
Harry
Wolowitz
94..'H>°
95.38 Charles Mathews ... .... 13316
69.61 Albert Kamens ...
13673
,. 12190
Robert McDormen
59.11 Edward Harrell .
13448
40.44 Benjamom Tolbert .... a a 12548
43.78 Datton
80.11
' 40.06 Gosta Morlld
,. 12191
a a 13549
s t • •• 13674
WUliam WiUdridge
13444
80.11 Arthur Brookej:
41.32 Henry Stump
. *.. 13317
Morgan
37.33
'James
Martin
124.83
41.61
13675
..
12192
13650
•
•
•
s •
Edward
Bowers
a a
Frederick Fancy ..
13445
103.44
. • .. 12318 Void James Douglas* .
Void
51.73 Clifford
39.38
To
Cash
Vac.
Chec:
ks
..
13676
"
3,000.00
,. 12193
13551
Edward
Harrington
..
a
a
Robert Hayes
91.00
13446
38.11
13319
S. L. Archer ....
Jones
104.33 Sidney Anderson .. ... * 13330
56.78
39.38 George .GaUant ...
13677
James Frangldes ..... , a 12553
Joseph Dunne .... ,. 12194
39.67
134.06 Benjamin Chappetta .... 12321
90.04
43.00 Clarence PettengUl
13678
.. 12195
Don Page!
...... a a 12553
36.56
James Hickey
38.50
LisardoPena
63.61
,.
12196
45.11
12679
Robert
Coleman
12554
* •
•
•
•
a
a
Joseph Lo Dico ....
37.73
13333
....
Harold
Porter
......
Arthur
Wiess
84.39 Ramon Encamacion ; i! i 13333 • • 126.78
68.44
63.39 Lynwood F«r
. 12197
Thomas Lambert
• •• • • 13680
, a 13555
James Gillespie ..
95.67 Waclaw Rozalski .. • ....
68.44
,. 12198
50.94 Joseph Sevigney , !• • • •13681
•
Matthew Jackson .... a a 13558
Max Acosta
146.61 ner, electrician:
.13334
137.94
Francis
Olson
....
13683
.•
41.61
.
12199
87.89
Edwin
Reighart
......
13557
!•
•
•
•
•
a a
130.07 Somehow
PhiUp Nichols
.... 3323
Walter Coker
it
49.78 James Farrell
Charles
Ison
48.33
13683
38.11
13558
Ihocenco
Cordons
...
Sigfred Syvertsen .. . 12200
•
a
67.28
13326
* •
•
.
35.39 Frank Lis
. 12201
133.61
Wong Han Chin ...... 13559
110.83 seems every time
Marion Kulak
.... ,,.. 12.337
134.44
Min Glen Ho
, a 13560
131.33 I come back from
13338
Albert Kaminiski ..
Ramon Oliviera,
124.83
Wong
Hsi
12561
a
a
73.11
Thomas Greaney ... a . . • 13339
135.61 FWT: This is the
Chin Ming
117.83 a trip the Union
, a 13562
Finlay Chis
a a • • 13330
John Francis
138.73
Woo Yung Pioy
1 a 13563
120.56 has come upwitlr
• a • • 13331
Paul Maximo
holm, steward:
87.89 fastest I've ever
Simon Bunda
, a 12564
69.32
a a a . 13333
Donald Duvall
ah
additional
113.94 collected any
Ving
Ming
13565
36.56
1 •
a a a . 123.33
Thanks to tlie'
Andrea Lala
13566
Vincent Tarallo
93.33
105.39 gain for the
13334
Oscar Olsen
Union, we're en
99^50 money. Not much
Richard Lcikas
, a 13567
35.78
James Lennon
!!!.' 13335
membership
like
41.33
13566
John
DiUon
..........
61.83
, a
joying better con
.
a a a 13336
Paul Garland
fuss and bother.
38.89
135.23 the vacation pay.
Frank HaU
, a 13569
13337
Georgios Kassouros .
ditions today on
60.67 They tell me my
Juan Hopkins
43.39
a 13570
Joseph Wing
a! . 13338
38.50 check will be
James O'Hare' ....... a .13571
83.23
12339
ship than ever.
Richard Waters
54.83
60.06 Birdie Biggs
13340
John McCormack ..
13447
94.11 Blbencio BUlaroza .. a 13573
Now with vaca
123.67 ready In just a
144.38 WilUam Listen
Alcides Lugo ...... a a . . 13341
12448
89.06 Andrew Morales ..... a 13573
13574
130.67 couple of min
119.00 John Horn
tions and other
Rosiario LaRocca .. a • • . 12343
13449
37.33 Guiseppe GaUiano. .... a 13575
94.11
41.61 Edgar Vaber
a
Lyman Koch
.
a .
• 12343
.'
13450
146.01 Frank Piasclk
things, shoreside
13576
41.33 utes.
63.00
LeRoy
Martin
a
12344
aa .
*
Walter Slkorskl ....
Arthuro
Ruiz
13451
44.72
35.39 Joseph Ranierl
Juan Diaz
a 13577
conditions are
George Brown
a .
.
. 13345
s
13453
94.11
Peter Piasclk
137.56 Frederick BaUey
a 13578
13346
James Andolsek . .
40.83
12453
60.28 Martin
Everett .Marsh
13684
improving^oo.
138.33
58.33
Machel
13579
a
12347
....
Clarence White
43.94
Warren Forzly ......... 13454
138.83 Maurice Murphy
Wladyslow Rogowski ... 12685
109.67 Harry Lewis
39.67
a 13580
Charilaos Emerziades
1 .. 12348
111.61
13455
77.39 Luis Guellnitz
Robert D'Flrrflat
12666
139.61
12581
73.73
13349
George
Wise
111.22
Walter Smith
13456
39.67 Koo Moa
Larry Jones
12687
Void
13303
Void
101.11 James Smith
44.33 EUgio Lasoya
12350
a 13583
39.67
35.39 Cecil C. Rush
12457
54.83 Loi Chee
12688
13303
Allen Ritchie
Void Peter Garvin
101.11 Micheal KucUt
a 12583
• • .. 12351
37.73
113.00 Void
'.
12458
132.32
13689
AUen McArthur ....... 13204
37.33
Frederico
Magallanes
.
70.00
a 12584
12.352
Leroy
A. Williams
...
*
•
•
«
148.56
Norman Henson
12690
114.73
Joseph Werner
13459
77.78 Roy Hassey
12305
Robert Guerrere
35.39
89.06 Joseph McDonough .... 12691
a 13585 /
• • •• 12353
41.23
06.06 WiUiam Herman
12306
Tatar
13460
101.11 Hans
Charles Branch
46.28 Nicholas
Luntta
13586
132.61 WiUiam McCarthy
• • • • 12354
• 40.83
13693
136.89 Alfred Verderese ...
BasU
Savoli
13461
54.83
12207
John Schwabland
143.50
Joseph
Wing
.........
68.44
WAW
a 13587.
Michael
Gemelos
...
56.39
38.11
RusseU Simmons
12693
'12308
Harry Posoff .......... 12463
, 61.44 Stanley Lowery
Idar Stamnes
56.39 John Hairciough ....;. 12694
78.17
» • • • 12356
89.83
38.50 George Livanps
35.39 Edward Engelbretson a a 12588
Pablo Vazquez ......... 12209
143.50 Joseph Kowalski ....... 13463
13589
60.67 WUUam Pendleton ..... 12695
12.3.57
47.8S
61.44 Adamantios Rozos ...
12310
Arthur
Alsobrooks
..... 13464
107.73:
Royce Bufkin
75.06
Elmer
Johnson
......
89.44
a 13590
>...
13358
James
Byrne
49.39
Floyd Hurd
12696
77.00
12311
Chlng Tse Cliing ........ 13465
61.06 Edward Rossi
Viljo Sokero
146.32
38.50
13359
a 12591
....
Abdel
R.
Hassan
130.67
Henry Huzzie
13697
35.78
Jose Ross . .
...12466 • 57.94 Albert George
Charles Tyler .......... 12212
109.67 Stephen
40.44 George Lucas
12360
a 13593
Philemondus .Matthys
103.38
13698
12213
110.06
Sloneski
12467
146.61
Louis Vecchelt
90.33
Stanley Yodris
134.06 Aristotelis Miltsos
a 13593
83.61
12699
13314
43.56 John Ramsey ... ..., 13361
.'• 13468
39.67 Reed
Charlie Givens
135.61 Thomas CoUins
Clark
66.11 Charles Ingram ....... 13700
a 13594
• • • • 12363
43.17
12215
53.11 Juan Cruz
Gary Steele
Finlay
Chlsholm
....... 13469
44.33
136.00
131.44
John
McPi^niel
Marco
McMillan
....
13363
a 12595
39.28
Early Punch .:
12701
13216
106.17
EUas Papallos
13470
14330 Ernest Moyer
Oscar Wlnfield ::
65.33 Angel Maldonado ,..... 12471
57.17 George Georgenlch .... 12703
13364
a 13596
137.56
12317
43.39 Za Tu Kan
39.67
Abel Salas
94.89
Edward
Yaneey
60.87
William
Worthington
12365
a 12597
. •
•
63.78
Harris Roster
12703
12218
86.73
WUliam Stewart
Middleton McKay ...... 12473
136.59 Grover Lane
35.39 Ralph Skrotsky
38.89 Nick Lygnos
12366
89.44
• • V?:
• a 13598
12704
37.,33 WilUam WUson
13319
JuUo Gonzalez
.....; 13473
133.22 wmie Albert
38.50
George
Ludwlg
13367
a 13599' ,
68.83
77.39
Frank
Barrera
;
12705
12220
A7.83
Annas Soppi
Joseph
Wheeler
12474
75.44
Pedro
Flores
59.11
12600
113.94
a
»• • • 12368
98.76
Robert Meadows
12706
12221
133.22 WUUam Slovlck ....
Junest Ponson .
Vlctoriano Martinez*:.;.. 13475 '
81.67 Charles Bedell
l34.lf
42.78
12369
a <13601
WiUiam
Strickland
..
....
66.11, ,
koler Pederson ........ 12707
*1.44
Stanley Watlack ;....... 12222
WUUam Brown ........ 12476
116.38 Furman Hipp ..
143.72
98.78
a 12603
Raymond
Waterfield
.
12370
. •
•
.
99.28
lyoot
John McClain .......... 13708
WUUam Hamby
• 36.17
38.89 Frank Schloesser .... 12603
74.67 Charles Cha'mbers ...... 13477
^.00 Hiram Payne .......... 12709
> • •• 12371
61.44
Charles Spencer
13334
99.17 Edward Anderson ...
BlUie
Koontz
..... 13478
65.72
144.67
Dewey
Rollins
12373
• • • .
73.50
Hugh Margan .......... 13710
Dalphin Parker
12225
106.94
Roy Mcintosh .......... 13479
49.00
45.11
Charles
Barone
......
12373
99.17
Kinness. Lumpkin
13711
Fritz Wldegren
12326
35.39
Paul Wooduck ....4.... 12480
.58,33
117.83
James
Krauss
13713
12227
Charles Noriis '
114.73
Newsome Dallos
13481
118.23
Frank Mar
'68.83
WiUiam
Snyder
........ 13713
Knut Fyhn
12228
86.73
Johnnie
Hodges
........ 13483
119.78
B. W. Biggs,
43.00
Alfred Sawyer
13714
. Wiley Hinton ....i
13239
43.94
James Hill ........i... 13483
113.78 tinez,. atewa'rd
43.17
John McVicker
13715
Grant Marzett
12230 . 56.39 bcsun: When you
Herman Sperling
12484. 13533 dept.: When
46.67
Wade
Cook
12716
Alonzo Bettls
12331
87.89
Roberto AquUar
13485
94.11
think
hack
to
54.44 .
Donald Mease
1271.7
Marlon Musgrove
12233
56.00
Ivar Rosnbld
12486
130.17 you're on the
47.44
John Tobln ,
12718
George Plrlano
12233
. 53.89 what things were
Goodwin GuUickson ... 12487
44.33 beach and want
68.83
JameS Moore ......... 12234
Claude
Randolph
13719
83.00
Tomas Juanta
12488
42.39 to take sompi^
just
a
few
short
.36.04
Charles Bryan
12720
Frederick Neally
12235
65.a3
Kenneth Juichter
13489
73.69
70.00
Leo Johnson
12731
Hubert Richardson
122:16
ago it's
119.78 years
Don klcCombs
12490
38.89 time off, pr,9ome
113.94
J. T. Taylor
12732
Amie Glasscock ........ 12337
131.83 stUl a little hard
Lawrence McHale
12491
66.89 thing happens
.38.50
»
James
Roberson
4....... 12723
Herman Ricci ......... 12238
122.50
Donald WUson
13493
129J11
40.06
Charles Thresher
12734
John Gluse
;.... 12239
45.89 to believe that
Jerry Toleski
;
12493
39.38 and you have to
38.89
August Lazzaro
WiUiam Smith
12729
12240
141.36 we have all these
Constan Paraskevopoulos 13494
144.67 stay home awhile,
94.89
LouisHudson
12736
John Winther
12241.
48.01
Nicolas Katslmanis .... 12495
87.11
103.67
Joe Ramos
Wrniam
RandaR
12737
12242
127.17 benefits like va
this
gives
you the
CaUxto Gonzalez
13496
49.78
„35.39
Eldra Young
12738
.Ford Meredith
12243
57.94 cations.
Leonclo Sernidad ..i... 12497
99.17 money you need.
105,00
Mernln McKinnla
1372fr
WiUiam Kovamees ..... 12244
35.39
Walter Filipponl
12408
110.03
47.83
Henrys Koppersmith
.... 12730
Edward O'Rourke ...... 12245
56.78
Warren Chamberlain .., 12499
48.61
39.28
Benjamin Gary
12731
12246
41.22 Donald Meade
145,44 Saul Wartelsky .
George Queeley
12500
35,78 WUlam Hartlove .... . a a. 12604
59.89
... 13374
75.44 • *
George Gartner
12732
35.78 Joseph Caruso
12247
74.38 Kenneth Bowes .
... 12501
73.11 Jeremiah Logan ... ... 12605
117.06 Walter Zekos
... 13375
73.50
Void
Charles
Fedin
12733
12248
Void Winfred Kelley^
35.39
Albert Cosgrove
13503
49.39 Nicholas Peters ... ... 12606
123.28
...
13376
59.11
John Doyle .
12734*
12249
54.06 Joseph Cash
126.78 Richard Keeler . . ... 12377
a.a 12607
12503 • .45.89 Mont McNabb
98.39 Edward Doherty
108.89
Fernando Marques ..... 122.50
; .. 12735
35.39 Paul Rogosch
93.28 Angel Garcia .... ... 12378
12504 , 1^.00 Howard Rode ..:... ... 12608
36.17 Charles Dnsha
40.83
Evaristo Rosa
..... 12251
12736
Void Ralph Landry
123.28 James Nelms .... ... 13379
13609
. 13505
iSSOO Void
40.06 Elton Hamaty
119.39
Carlbs Gomez
».... 12232
91.39 John Ferguson ... ... 13380
125.01 Richard Severson ...... 13737
Mario Canalejo
13506
85.56 Louis Hopkins .... ... 12610
97.61
123.50
Herbert Henderson .... 12253
71.56 Thomas Morris......... 13738
62.22 Leon Robertson . ... 12381
13507
103A3 Francisco Cornier .. ... 13611
114.33 George Hammock
81.38
Sidney Segree
12739
12254
44.73 Ezeb Manuel .... ... 12383
53.67 Albert Bonneau
12508
93.33 Robert Wiiite ...... ... 13613
„ 146.23 Emil Lindenmuth
116.67
Ernst MossI
James
King
13740
12355
102.67 Rudolph Raczka .. ... 12383
134.56
Dane Norton . ........ 13509
43.78 Herman Wilkerson ... 12613
"146.23
58.73
Alphonse Hanis
13741
12256
116.67
105.00 Paul Clement
137.94 James Brown ...... ... 13014
96.83 WilUam Holland ...... HSW
... 12384
54.44 .
Pdero Jimenez
12257
$140.78 S. Manuel
44.33 Douglas Claussen ...... 13743
Elmer Blanes
12511
101.11 WiUiam Levene .... ... 13015
49.00
Weldon
King
....
...
12385
63.00
Herman Webber
DariO
Perez
.v."
13743
12238
53.11
112.78
12512
139.11. Charles Turner .... ... 12616
111.33 Robert Scherffin
39.67
Amedio
Vagnoni
13744
To Cash Vac. Checks
12239
4.000.00 Norbert Pruszka . ... 12386
96.83
12617
12513
137.94 Albert Ayler
46.67 John Slusarczyk
41.23
Frank Fandino
13745
122C0
146.61 Robert Brain .... ... 12387
145.83 Martin MitcheU
... 13618
Julian
Marklam
....... 13514
60.28
Charles
Lowe
George
Daniles
..
36.17
... 12388
73.89
Henry Robinson
13746
12361
39.38
119.39 WiUiam Witty
12515
46.28 WUlam Gardner .... ... 12619
... 13389
88.38 JerroU Smith
135.23
John 'Fabiaiio
12747
13263
40.83 Richard Rogers .
123.50 Arnold Miller
92.94 Lewis Hartley .. ... 12620
146.61 Aric Hoornwig ........ 13516,
143.33
Peter Giron
Ilumlnado
Llenos
....... 12748
12263
137.67 James Ha^s .... ... 13390
116.28
,13621
Andrew
Kiser
......... 12517
87.50
Eddie
Pistole
......
Woodrow
Havis
..
12391
137.94
138.44
Alberto Aranciba
12749
12264
135.32
35.39 Dirk Visser
James McNamara ...... 13518
38.50 Lawrence Holt .... ... 12633
Robert
Grant
....
134.83
... 13393
Miguel Eala ........... 12265
134.17
Robert
Hlngle
12750
146.6,
40.06
12519
88.50 George Davenport .. ... 13623
61.06 Martin Fryer ..
James Dyexs
137.28
13751
12266,
118.61 Jose Varquez .... ... 1339.3
41.23 .lames Hudson
38.89 Albert. Velasco .'... ... 13634
... 12394
143.50 Lyle Cottingham ....... 13530
43.58
James Easterling
13753
13267
38.50 Theodore Aspiotis
43.94 Harry Collier
... 12635
Francis
Keeley
v
... 12531
38.89
Martin
Seithel
.....
Solon
Pateras
.. .
145.44
...
13395
93.56
Levy Smith
• . 12268
13753
44.33
47.83 Eugene Hoffman
Thomas Reynolds . .., 13636
... 12388
5,000.00
97.61
Thomas Hankins
13269
Harold
Simmons
13754
40 83 To Cash Vac. Checks..
114.33
... 13827
Homer
Windham
..
Artemio
Quinones
...
... 12397
134.17
61.83
Jose Miranda
13755
12270
37.72
107.73 Marion McAnench
... 13638
Angel
Suarez,
Henry
Gable
Otho
Babb
.........
,.. 13398
99.17
42.00
Alexander Britan
12271
137C6
70.39
35.00 Archer Engiehart
... 13629
George
Rouse
Joseph
Peragllo
....
... 12399
40.83
135.73
Alexander Rahn ........ 12272
messman:
You
John
Arbes
"..
12757
77.78
109.67
...12630
Keith Potter
45.11
37.73
Raymond Guzman
12273
Olan
Gustavsen
12798
36.94 Williani Robinson .... ... 13400
110.44
... 12631
Wiibert MUeS
... 12401
73,72 work hard while
43.39
Carl Forrest
12274
108.11 Frank Meller
13759
119.30 Edward Polise
... 12632
James
Perkins
Harp'
Coleman
.....
... 12402
35.39
36.17
Floyd Burroughs
12275
120.94
you're on the
138.72 Edward Nash ......... 13760
136.33
Verner Anderson ..
... 12403
66.89
94.11
Clifford Emanuel
12276
115.89 Chester White .•
Murray Francis
13761
97.61
,.•
.13634
John
Marton
......
ship,
seven
days
Void
... 13404
Void
54:83
Tage Roslund
13277
12763
44.33
117.44 Robert McCarthy
John
Edlund
......
Thomas
Henry
.....
137.56
39.28
, Charles McClantoc
12273
117.44
a week, so you
103.83 Leonard Bonsignore .... 12763
... 12636
John Smith
98.08
50.56
John I,«Wig
12279
117.06 Juan Cruz ......... ... 13406
August
Valentine
12764
115.89
... 12637
Roy
Henderson
....
need
to
be
able
113.56
Claude Lomer
100.72
12280
13X67 Adalbertu Perez .... ... 124U7
Arne Torgersen
13765
105.00
....
13638
David
Edwards
.....
Jose
Solano
........
... 12408 . 93.73 to take time ' off
42.00
Floyd Walker
12281
132.61
13766
39.67 Frank Matusiewicz.
,.,..13839
Samuel Hurst
113.17
John McNeU
: 56.39
12282
39.67 Meyer Black ....... ... 12409
12767
111.32 Robert Henderson
George Saucier .... ...12640
... 12410
65.33 between trips.
. Adem FzeU
12283
90.22
45.50 John Burford
John
Szczurkiewicz
.... 12768
40.06
.... 13641
Willie Young ,
47.44 That's what
Adem EzeU
13384
59.89 Rafael Gonzales .... ... 12411
36.94.
13769,
, 38.80 Frank Ramos
Harvey Bray ...... .... 13043
... 12413
41.61
Clifford Doggett
13285
129.11
40.08 John Kehoe
61.44 Mariano C; Loran ..... 13770
....
12643
vacation
John Smith
'.
39.67 makes
39.28
James RusseU
13286
98.39 Rafael Gordllo .... ... 13413
Clain
Fuselier
13771
120.56
13644
James Fllppo ......
61.44 pay so good..;.
Francis Kyser
124.44 Candido Bonafont ... ...*12414
12287
110.28
.Tesse Lopez
12773
119.00
13845
John
CantreU
.......
Neoptolemos
Karavas
.. 12415
89.83
48.61
Jvan Bodden
13288
93.73
Sanders
.;. 12773
To Cash Vac. Check (... 12646 6,000.00 Ernest
... 12416
115.11
Oscar Fergusen
12289
110.44 Veils Pappas
: 36.17
43,17 Herbert Bumpasi ...... 13774
.... 13647
41.61 John Hunt
136.00 James MackUn ........ ijtsaa
Walter Whitten ......... 12290
131.33 Athan Nicoluoutos ... ... 12417
129.50
Marion
Ciaglo
.J.
13775
40.83
.... 13648
12523
41.61 Fred FaU
117.44 Samuel.Ogden
57.94 Arcanjo Crasto ..... ... 12418
12291
• 39.67
James Prevlto
'. 12770
104.23 James Eanes
12649
12924
143,73 Arthur Briinell
... 12419
116.87 Konstan BeniZelbs
43.56 Nicolaos Souris
13392
41.22
John P. Mlkalajunas
12650
80.11 Leonclo Buraatay *..... 12777
12936
99.28 James O'Grady ..f,
48.61 Gordon Anderson
... 12430
36.94 Robert CampbeU
39.67
12393
E. Stanklewicz
BilUe
Neely
12778
61.00
Charles Henderson .. .... 12651
87.89 Juan Colon
... 13431
35.00 Julian Tito
43.17
12394
Guy Walter
Louis
Griswold
13779
117.06
.... 13653
Chaii
Siu
Ki
........
Walter
Pearson
... 12423
63.32
108.11 Irwin Sherman
50.04
13293
John Banach
12780
91.78 Michael Servlne
.... 13853
Luis
Cruz
39139
WiUiam
Gagen
Van
WhlttingyOh
......
57.56
a.a
12433
50.89;
77.00
Albert Smith .......... 12296
12781
138.44 Donald ^hnson
...• a l;3654
, • 7 4,28 . Juan Garcia
80.89 Melano Sospina .... ... 12434
143.50 Benjamin FoStCr '..
70.00
' Jonathan Taylon.,,....,. 12297
Joseph
Flevef'
12782
43.94
...." 13655
Antnony
Czezemski'
.
„
4o;o6
...
.... 12425
74.07 ?
99.56 G»per Noge ..
12208 , 63.78 Robert Robertson ..,
Albert HoUoway ..'
Fred Vernon '
12783
„
*3.50
Alton
Noble
........
4a,oo
Arthur
Langley
Jafneg
Vale
"141.17
.... 12436
101.11
1M80
LiittPolanco
..a'. 126^,,
JcdW^ StruUer
Royal' Wagner
V.'.V....
....
13427
42.39
Aiibott Hopkins
iWaUD:
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S E A F A R E R S
TOTAL
: i'rT
$101,602.94
CASH BENEFITS
Vacation Plan
June 9—June 20
Welfare Plan
June 1—June 14
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRia • A.F.L.
(Continued from page 24)
Chen Ah Chin
12864
82.83 Frank Reeves
12902
90.94
Alfred Borjer
1286S
126.78 Adam Quenedo
12903
76.22
Check
leadOTos
Kyrlako*
12866
39.78
Joseph
McDoughall
.... 12904
39.39
No. Amount
Name
12887
149.06 WlUiam Cathell
12909
35.39
108.50 Salvador Rivera
Grady Brown
12784
12868
120.56 WlUlam CatheU
1M06
37.33
2,000.00 John LUton
To Caab Vac. Checks... 12785
12869
38.50 Frank Blues
12007
35.78
72.33 Bernard Uggett
12766
George Mandzak
Uldarlco
Merjudlo
12870
35.78
Bernard
Boles
12908
112.78
38.89
12787
Ralph Mlchalsen
12871
$115.50 Lester Mack
12909
134.17
61.83 Ro.V Green
12788
George Jorgensen
132.61 Harold Weaver
12910
36.17
136.50 Paiquale Hlano ........ 12872
12789
Stephen Barry
George
Smlra
12873
42.00
Edward
Werda
12911
87.11
40.44
12790
WlUlam R. Smith
Samuel
ScuU
12874
138.44
Morris
MaulUby
12912
121J3
42.00
127SI
Clem Matte
12879
39.28 Harry Byrd
12913
126.00
57.17 Per Olof Hager
12792
James Neely
12876
43.94 Robert Barbout
12914
113.56
37.33 Sanford Kemp
12793
Ralph Beasley
WUllam
Walsh
12877
43.94
Chas.
KeUog
12915
124.44
91.33
12794
George Bossnot
12878
63.00 Daniel Riley
12916
98.78
44.72 Edgar Crockett
12795
Albert Kepley
12879
131.83 David Salgado
12917
147.39
42.78 Albert Clause
'12790
Theodore Buck
Vlncente
Abringe
12880
38.50
Louis
Almiedo
12918
142.33
68.83
12797
Albert Turkovlch
12919
42.78
12881
38.50 Edward Muiler
133.39 JSmes Porter
Royal Hardy
12798
VasUlos Marvomatis .... 12920
64.56
38.11 Chemical Bank it
12709
Robert Post
Trust Co
12882
4.000.00 Leon Fadden
12921
41.66
131.06
12800
John Flanagan
12922
70.78
m.28 George Rourke
36.94 Anthony Petito ........ 12883
12801
Jack Strickland
Kenneth
Mclntost
12884
^.28
NeU
Matthey
12923
71.17
87X9
12802
Hugh Rogah
12889
98.33 Albert Wasstrom
12924
147.00
106.94 Frank Flemmlng
Thomas Ysrborough .... 12803
12886
38.89 Harry Morton
12929
59.90
80X9 Jesse Langley
Harvey Brown
12804
Gerald
Lowery
12887
77.00
Charles
Oppehimer
....
12926
43.94
43.56
12805
Abner Abrama
12927
110B3
12888
149.83 Constatln Glynos
82.06 Maurice Ellis
12806
Darrell Coleman
12889
122.89 Panaglotis Kaufodontls.. 12928
110B3
122.11 Alvln Slay
Frank James
12807
12890
61.83 Gerglos Raptls
12829
110B3
Void Albert Herold
Void
12808
Edward
Stevens.
12891
80.89
CharUe
Mezil
12930
89.06
112.00
WlUlam'Anderson
12800
1289S
102.67 Readus WheeUngton ... 12931
35.39
38.50 James Cole
12810
Lucian Moore
Alejandro
Ramos
12893 '
41.61
WUUam
Dunham
12932
37.33
90.17
12811
Joaeph Green
Anthony
Capo
12894
69.22
Carlos
Diaz
12933
118.61
40.06
12812
Robert BcU
12899
63,78 Carsten Rasmussen .... 12934
43.56
89.83 Walter Helder
12813
12896
41.61 WUUam Oppenhorst .... 12935
138.44
98.00 Thomas Buckley
12814
John MUla
James Masoon
12897
43.56
Hanhus
Randoja
12936
50.17
83.22
Charles MItcheU ....... 12815
12898
47.44 Sven Skele
12937
138.06
36.94 Frank Kelieher
12816
Adolphus Watson
Manuel Archibald
12899
124.83 Edward Gordon
12938
101.11
134.17
12817
Jesse Collins
.
Jose
LoUls
12900
143.90
Tadelusoz
Naurocki
.... 12939
118.61
70.00
12818
Edmund DeHoss
12901
124.06 Fred Daugherfy
12940
52.11
57.17 Lawrence Robertson
Peter CNelU
12819
49.78
Ennls Qulgley
12820
73.11
12821
David Klsner
41.22
George EspoUa
12822
39.28
12823
Bernard GaUeani
43.56
David Blumbo
12824
43.58
Chang Young
1282S
12826
49.00
Ferris EUls
146.61
Rabon Figueiras.
12827
45.89
Robert Lewis
12828
12829
138.06
Bernard Eerman
Henry Falgout
12830
114.72
141X4
Barney Carter ......... 12831
REPORT NO. 31
121.72
Adam Slowick
12832
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer '
136.11
12833
Herman Holmes
125.22
Robert Greel
12834
Period Covered BJr This Report—June 1June 14
May DcMuth
125.61
1283S
84.00
Charles Lee
12838
$ 92,340.92
103.06 Cash on Hand
John Hane
12837
12838
141.94 US Government Bonds
Warner Field
1,393,648.44
James Long
12839
62.01
210,000.00
12840
68.06 Estimated Accounts Receivable
John Geary
47.44 Hospital Benefits Paid in Period
12841
Albert Wunsch
5,765.00
41.61
NelvUle Pacquing ...;.. 12842
12,500.00
12843
38.11 DeaUi Benefits Paid in Period
Joseph Richard
12844
38.50 Disability Benefits Paid in Period.
Andoni Ferrara
165.00
78.56
Vicente Qulrindonga .... 12849
600.00
147.39 Maternity Benefits Paid in Period
Thomas Condon
12846 .
49.00 Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
Harold St. John ....... 12847
169,851.00
George FUomla
12848
38.11
307,933.33
12849
113.17 Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
Raymond CoUet
12850
46.67 Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1,1952
Richard Koch
195.00
35.39 Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1, 1952
WlUiam O'DonneU
12851
600.00
98.78
Walter Rlchlark
12853
12853
112.39
Gabriel Llamas
Henry
C.
SmaUwood
USPHS
HOSPITAL
15.00
12854
53.67
Edward Kurkl
Lincoln Smith
NORFOLK. VA.
30.00
48.61
Jerry Marconi
12855
George
Vourloiunis
.
30.00
12856
119.39
..
$45.00
WUllam Saltares
Hoyt B. AUord. Jr
12857
42.39 Cecil R. Batta
Robert Leary
.. 45.00
$240.00
12858
132.22 Napoleon Blanchard
Dennis Zuwlcker
.. 30.00
55.22 Albert. M. Brlckhouse
12859
EmU Wagner
.. 15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
12860
83.61 Harold R. Harmon
SAVANNAH. GA.
Chin Chi
.. 15.00
82.83 Roger W. Hbrton. Jr.
12861
.. 15.00 TerreU D. Adams
Shio ShUi
... $30.00
12862
49.78 Seba A. Ingram
Walter Johnson
.. 45.00 WUUam E. AUmon
... 30.00
122.50 Leslie M. Jackson
Harold Stever .......... 12863
.. 15.00 Warner W. AUred
... 30.00
.. 45.00 C. W. Epps ...
Alfred B. I.lnman
,.. 45.00
.. 30.00 Ikigene Gardner
WUUam P. Mnrchlson
... 30.00
.. 50.00 Theodore D. Halenda
' HamUton O'Connor
....Z30.00
.. 15.00 Erford A. Harrison
John J. Owens
... 30.00
Joseph Ferrelra
.. 30.00 Bernard M. Larsen
... 30.00
Shirley E. Roundtree
.. 15.00 LouU C. MUler
... 30.00
Henrich SterUng
.. 15.00 J. T. Moore
,.. 15.00
George C. Warren
,. 30.00 Frank F. Nelson
... 60.00
.. 15.00 Amedy L. Rice
Robert R. White
,.. 30.00
.. 15.00 James W. Sweat
Albert L. WUUs
... 15.00
J. P. WUUs
,.. 15.00
$485.00
All of the following SlU families
$420.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
will collect the $200 maternity
GALVESTON. TEX.
, USPHS HOSPITAL
SEATTLE, WASH.
benefit plus a $25 bond from the JUnmle M. HeUer
$15.00
James F. Kane
15.00 Jack Sheppard
$15.00
Union in the baby's name.
George K. Liebers
30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Joseph Neubauer
30.00
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
JoseNi A. Cave, Jr., bom April George
J. MuUen
45.00
$30.00
15.00 L. T. Bacon
2, 1952, in New Orleans, La. Par JUn F. Roberts
120.00
F. Scherhans
15.00 Walter Campbell
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Cave. Charles
30.00
Joseph L. Springer
30.00 OUver Celestine
Jessie A. Clark
30.00
$
15.00
$195.00 E. ColUzo
R. Cruz
30.00
David Allen Hunt, bora April 9,
USPHS HOSPITAL
J. DeHaven
.'
45.00
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
1952, in Boston, Mass. Parents.
K. W. ElUott
30.00
Patrick
Daugherty
$15.00
Joseph
S.' Fazio
15.00
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hunt,
Charles R. Robertson
30.00 Jolui Hane
45.00
ie i'
Peter Smith
30.00 Leo Lang
30.00
David K. Sorenson
30.00 C. Lanier
15.00
Felix Rivera, bora .April 18, William
Tlmmerman
30.00 W. L. McLeUan
30.00
1952, in Brooklyn, NY. Parents, Lawson E. Trussell
30.00 C. Mathews
15.00
George Vesagas
30.00 C. Muscarella
15.00
Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Rivera.
Yao Fang Wing
15^ S. O. Newman
30.00
Robert Wiseman
45.00 Raymond Perry
30.00
J. S. Preshong.
30.00
Georgianna Nielsen, bora April
$255.00 K. Raana
30.00
29, 1952, in Brooklyn, NY. Par
George P. Rynlnger
15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
A.
A.
Sampson
30.00
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Sigwart G.
MOBILE. ALA.
WUfred Sonnler
30.00
Tim Burke
$45.00 Andrew Stauder ................ 30.00
Nielsen.
C. W. Burns
15.00 Preston Stevens
15.00
H. Douglas
15.00 Herman Thompson
30.00
15.00 J. J. Uszaklewlcz
Milagros Bonefont, born May 5, Harry L. Glover
15.00
James
H.
Jones
30.00
J. E. Ward
30.00
1952, in Bellevue Hospital, New Walter T. Noel
30.00 Harry Wolowltx
15.00
York. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Felix James R. Porter
15.00
Roy Pritchftt
15.00
$825.00
Bonefont.
Fred Sorenson .................. 15.00
BAPTISl HOSPITAL
S. C. TurbervUIe
30.00
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
Gerard Rogers, bora May 11,
i. $15.00
$2SS.OO Richard Simmt
1952, in Brooklyn, NY. Parents,
USPHS HOSPITAL
USPHS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, HD.
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick I. Rogers,
BOSTON. MASS.
. $15.00 Thomas Ankerson .............. . $30.00
Tob« Beams
30.00. Chester AntI ................... . 30.00
Richard P. Bowman ........
. 30.00
30.00 Nelson W. BUdes
Raymond Harris
. 15.00
William Xousoiimaa « e •• f 9 eja *
• »
e • 15.00 Frank J. Bradley
.
30.00
ArdcU
Burkett
WUUam B. Laka
eee9*9*c«*»9**» 30.00
. aOM
Gerard McCarthy 9*9$e99*«999«9« UM Hanry Callaa
. 30.00
Manuel M. Cetty
Lawi^nce Myatt
WELFARE
RECENT
ARRIVALS
t
t.
t * *
Reunetti John Beckfrich, bora
May IB, 1952, in Yonken, NY.
Parents. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E.
.'Beckerich.
Adlon Cox
Thomas J. Dawes
Robert L. Ecker
John H. Falrclough
Donald D. Falcover
Cedrlc U. Francis
WUUam H. Gove
WUUam C. Hall
John C. Henriksen
James E. HlUary
USPHS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE. MD.
Anthony A. Klavlns
Ray W. Larson
Marion Luksa
PhlUp C. McBride
Joseph T. McNuIty
'
Catalino Ombao
Daniel R. Parkman
John Pedrosa
WUUam Reinhardt
Arthur Relnholdt
:
Ruperto Rivera
John Robinson
WUUam J. Sheffield
Nicholas Swokla
Abdon Sylvera
EUas S. Telan
15.00
DISABILITY BENEFITS
15.00 George M. Arnold
. $45.00
45.00 Joe Germano
. 45.00
30.80 John Hopkins
. 45.00
15.00^ Otto P. Preussler
. 30.00
15.00
45.00
$165.00
30.00
MATERNITY BENEFITS
15.00 Joseph A. Cave. Sr
$200.00
30.00 FeUx Bonefont
. 200.00
Kenneth E. Beckerich
. 200.00
$15.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
75.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
$855.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND, NY
Leo A. AUen
Victor Arevalo
V. Artmen
WUUam Atchason
Raphael Bablanl
James H. Babson
Anton Back
EMuardo Balboa
Joseph Bennett
John E. Brady
Frank Cardoa
George N. Clarke
.'.
Clarence P. De Priest
M. A. Dodge
Alvardo Dos Santos
R. Edmondson
Jan v. Ekelenburg
Joseph P. FarreU
Gerald Fltz James
Daniel E. Fitzpatrick
WUUam GiannlotU
WUUam Girardeau
H. Goldsmit
Marino GordUs
Robert F. Gribben
Charles O. Gries
Wladlslov Groholski
Luis Henandez
Rudolph Klaas
R. F. Larsen
D. R. Leary
James R. Lewis
Alfonso Lopez
M. A. Lucas
J. J. McLaughUn
Kenneth F. McLaughUn
Charles G. MUler .
John MUler
Marcel MitcheU
N. Mitrosmparas
Harold J. Moore
Alfred MueUer
Kurt A. Nagel.....
• Toseph O'MaUey
WUUam Owens ....;
Alexander Peffanls
George Peltonen
Joseph Prindezle
Ernesto Ramerez
John L. Roberts...;
Jose Salgado
VlrgU Sandberg
Frank Tamburrino ...'.
Thomas TomUn
Joseph H. WUkln
$30.00
45 00
15.00
80.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
$30.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
SOvOO
30.00
30.00
45.00
45.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
45.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
$1,425.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
MEMPHIS. TENN.
Bomar R. Cheeley
VlrgU E. WUmoth
$45.00
60.00
$105.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO
E. M. Adklns..
$15.00
Pedro De Franco
60.00
Rafael Alfonso Gordlls
19.00
Francisco Molina
75.00
$165.00
KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL
BROOKLYN. NY
Sablno Intlgra
$15.00
MERCER HOSPITAL
TRENTON. NJ
Anthony Browne
SIS.OO
USPHS HOSPITAL
FORT STANTON. NM
Charles Burton
Thomas Isaksen
Donald McDonald
Archibald McGuigan
Renato A. VUlaU
$60.00
60.00
60.00
30.00
30.00
$240.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
FORT WORTH. TEX.
J. H. Ashurst
Joseph P. Wise
$60.00
60.00
$120.00
•
.• v3|?
'" Xi
$600.00
FINAL
DISPATCH
rK
The deaths of the following
Seafarers have been reported to
the Seafarers Welfare Plan and $2.
500 death benefits are being paid
to beneficiaries.
John Joseph Grams, 58: One of
the earliest members of the SIU
Grams, known to many in the
Union as Johnny Grimes, died of
a heart attack in
the Santa Cata
rina Hospital, in
Rio de Janeiro
on June 10.
Grams was taken
ill aboard the
Potrero Hills a
Mar Trade tank
er and was re
moved
to the
Grains
hospital. He had
joined the SIU in the port of Sa
vannah in December, 1938, switch
ing over from the old International
Seamen's Union and held a Gulf
book, no. 56. Burial was in Rio de
Janeiro.
4. 4. ^
. Matthew Forrest, 53: A tumor of
the lung caused the death of
Brother Matthew Jorrest on May
16 in the USPHS Hospital, Mobile,
Ala. A native of Meriden, Miss.,
Forrest had been sailing SIU since
December of last year and held
FOW ratings in the engine depart
ment. He was buried in Union
Line Cemetery, Union Line, Miss.
His wife. Lula Forrest of Mobile,
Ala., survives.
'• i'
4. i
4;
Antonio Bertty, 44: Brother
Bertty was lost at sea on May 23
when he went overboard while on
the Steel Maker. He had been
with the SIU since July, 1941, sail
ing in the steward's department.
Surviving is his wife, Inez Bertty,
of 845 Stebbins Avenue, Bronx.
• K''
4 4^
Walter G. Jirak: Brother Jirak
was found dead while ashore in
Moje, Japan. He is survived by
his brother, John J. Jirak, of 100
Nehous AvenuCj Little Ferry, NJ.
4 4' 4*
Louis J. A. Willis, 50: Tubercu
losis of the lung complicated by
an attack of thrombosis caused the
death of Brother Willis on May 10
in the USPHS Hospital, New Or
leans, La. Willis, was born in Al
giers, La., and joined the SIU in
New Orleans in 1947. He sailed
in the engine department. Burial
was at St. Bartholomew Cemetery.
He is survived by his sister Lillian
Aucoin, and a brother, Stuart Wil
lis of Algiers, La.
•
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• iA 1
ill
i]
4 4^
Michael John Lucas, 72: A vet
eran of 11 years with the SIU,
Brother Lucas died of a pulmonary
disorder on June 1 at the. Deer's
Head State Hospital, Salisbury,
Md. Bora in Brookens, Oregon,
DEATH BENEFITS
Michael J. Lucae
$2,500.00 he came into the Union on May 15,
Walter G. Jlrak
2.900.00 1941, and sailed as steward. In
Louis J. WUUs..
2.900.00
Matthew Forrest
$JOO.OO recent years he resided In San
Antonio Bertty booooooooooeeeea ajoo.oo Francisco. Burial was in Parsons
"sMtiiooiee Cemetery, Salisbury, Md.
.
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
HOSPITAL. CORAL GABLES, FLA.
AnseUho Melendes
$120.00
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
NEW YORK, NY
George E. Moore
$30.00
• "Sl
�... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS...
W'
TRINITY (J. M. e«rrat. Inc.) May It—
Chairman, D. B. Moon; Sacrotary, D. B.
Wilson. One man missed ship in Bos
ton. Motion was passed to get a new
washing machine, as the present one
is worn out and we were not able to get a
replacement part. Suggestion was made
that the present machine get a complete
overhaul. Motion was passed to get a
new iron. Steward says he has ordered
much new linen. There is a shortage
of hand towels, sheets. Gaskets, valve
for toilet needed. Sparks has asked us
to stop amateur repairing attempts on
the crew radio.
May It^hairman, Joe Cave; Secre
tary/ D. Wilson. Mate does hot want to
pay off. but to keep the same articles
and crew. Fired man was rehired. Mo
tion was passed that there be a payoff
allowing permit men to get off the
ship as per union rules. It was sug
gested that each man donate $1 to the
chip's fund.
No dato—Chairman, W. Thomson; Sec
retary, D. B. Wilson. Scotty was elected
chip's delegate by acclamation; Stewards
department and delegates got a vote of
thanks. It was suggested that men wear
a shirt at mealtime and that more
buckets be provided for the foe'sles.
Lockers should be repaired and shelves
built. Washing machine is needed and
it was suggested that action be taken
in New York on this matter. ToUets
should be painted.
No dato — Chairman, Wllllo Thomson;
^ Secretary, D. B. Wilson. WUiiams was
elected ship's treasurer, to take care
of the ship's fund and the gear of men
missing ship. Locks are needed on each
foc'sle door for the crews. Cigarettes
are hard to get.
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MARORE (Ore), May 24—Chairman, J.
McStravIck; Secretary, D. Nagy. Ship's
fund stands at $10.50. Motion was passed
to throw the old washing machine over
board, keeping the agitator and motor.
Money made on sale of the motor will be
contributed to the ship's fund. Pantry
should be kept clean: bottles and glasses
supplied for each room. Soap and linen
will he issued at the same time. Collec
tion should be made for the ship's fund.
(C
EDITH (Bull), Juno S—Chairman, Wil
liam Isball; Secratary, Louis S. Rlzio.
Ail members were requested to turn in
repairs as the ship is going to drydock.
Menu should be more varied. Discussion
was held about television set and its use.
SS Mae will be contacted about per
forming. Chief engineer, will be told
about water pressure in' crew showers
and the use of a blower fpr cool air.
black gang. Steward department got a
vote of thanks for the good service.
Juno 18—Chairman, Wasslrom; Sacro
tary, Sir Charles. Steward will try to
serve more beef: bosun asked if new cots'
and longer wind shoots could be ob
tained. He said anyone can ask the quar
termaster. to lower the gangway on get
ting off or on. Delayed sailing time at
Texas City should pay off. Black gang
contributed 50 cents to the ship's fund.
SANTA VENETIA (Elam), May 25 —
Chairman, Pat Fox; Secretary, William J.
Small. Pat Fox was elected ship's dele
gate. Engine and deck departments wiU
be responsible for cleaning the laundry
and washing machine: steward depart
ment will take care of the recreation
room.
June 7—Chairman, M. A. Spires; Soc
rotary, Irvin Smllowttz. Brothers asked
to make a list of improvements to be
sent to the negotiating committee.
HIGH POINT VICTORY (South Atlan
tic), June 16—Chairman, William Mulllns;
Secretary, P. DIckerson. Ship's delegate
will see the captain about washing ma
chine.
DOROTHY (Bull), June 1—Chairman,
W. W. Lawton; Socrotary, R. C. Klenast.
W. W. Lawton was elected ship's dele
gate, as the former ship's delegate
left the ship in San Juan for ex
amination at the Marine Hospital. S27.75
will be contributed to the March of
Dimes. If ship's fund is not in order
at the payoff, crbw members wUl take
action against the former ship's delegate
for misuse of funds. Tanks containing
wash water need cleaning, as water is
rusty. Steward has confirmation that the
new washing machine will be delivered
in Philadelphia. Coffee um will be re
placed before the ship sails again.
GEORGE A. LAWSON (PanOcoanlc).
April 27—Chairman, H. L. Maaeham; Sac
ratary. Earl Mulllni. David Smith was
elected ship's delegate. He will see the
captain about fixing portholes in crew's
quarters, passageway doors: chief engi
neer wilt fix the sink and ice box in
crew's pantry and see about slopchest
when the ship gets back to the states.
Messroom should be kept clean; men
should put cups in sink after using them.
Butts should not be thrown on messrpom
deck.
May 17—Chairman, Edward W. Soeloy;
Sacrotary, Earl Mulllns. Ship's delegate
will see the captain about getting milk.
Men who get drunk and cannot stand
their watches will be reported to the
patrolman for action. Ship's delegate will
see the captain about having the chief
engineer repair the crew's washing ma
chine. All departments will make up a
repair list.
I SANTORE (Ore), Juno • —Chairman, C.
Kellogg; Socrotary, R. Donzek. Ship's
fund stands at $27.60. If the ship is tied
up due to steel strike, money will be
turned over to steward for the new
COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Juno
crew. Patrolman will he notified about
14—Chairman, Harry Nalson; Robarto
member who did not attend meeting.
Princlpa.
Departmental delegates will
ANTINOUS (Watorman), May IS — make up repair lists and turn them over
to
ship's
delegates.
One copy will be
Chairman, Donald Klssol; Socrotary, W.
D. Warmack. Beef on repair U.t will be given to the master, one to the patrol
referred to New York. Steward depart man and one used for crew reference.
ment wants more ventilation ,.and cover More variety in the menus was re
for steam pipes in crew pantry. Bosun quested.
asked crew to be careful about using
COEUR D'ALENE (Victory Carriers),
his room and sink. Steward got a vote of
thanks for cooperation between depart May 26—Chairman, B, Tanar; Secretary,
Y. Malaxlnsky. Captain insists that the'
ments.
radio operator's shack be cleaned even
SEATRAIN
LOUISIANA (Seatrain), though he was told by the patrolman
Juno 15—Chairman, W. Boverltr; Sacro that this Is overtime. Rives was elected
tary, L. Daluska. Ship's fund stands at ship's delegate. New ice box Is needed
$15.23. Two men who missed ship in for the pantry. Repair list should be
Texas City were reported to the New posted.
Juno I—Chairman, C. Sprano; Secre
York hall. Disputed delayed sailing time
will be taken up in New York. Sug tary, J. Malaxlnsky. Mate's working on
gestion was made to get benches for deck will be referred to the patrolman.
the upper poop deck. Steward asked men Beef between brother and captain will
to take better care of the cots and to be settleir in port. Motion was passed
return them to him when signing off not to sign on until proper stores are
aboard and necessary repairs are made.
the ship.
Card players should keep the messhall
SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Soatrain), clean. Department delegates should sub
June 4—Chairman, Sir Charles; Secretary, mit repair lists before arrival. A new
Sir Charles. Ship's delegate reported a library should be acquired.
total of $23.03 in the ship's fund. Engine
department repair list will include bet
JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman),
ter ventilation and more fang. Wastron April 16—Chairman, Jack Johns; Secra
was elected ship's delegate by acclama tary, Norman Vannelll. Jack Johns was
tion. Welfare cards fof new members elected ship's delegate. Ongoing watch
will be obtained in New York. There is should be served first by the messman.
a 50 cent deposit on keys of foe'sles of especially at breakfast. More night lunch
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The membership is" again
cautioned to beware of persons
soliciting funds on ships in be
half of memorials or any other
socalled "worthy causes."
No "canshakers" or solici
tors have received authoriza
tion from SIU headquarters to
collect funds. The National
Foundation for Infantile Pa
ralysis is the only charitable
organization which has re
ceived membership endorse
ment. Funds for this cause
are collected through normal
Union channels at the payoff.
Receipts are issued on the spot.
off In Curacao due to ILnesc thi* will
be reported to the haU. Crew'a quarter!,
gaUey, messrooms and passageways are
to be painted. Water cooker is to be
kept open at all times. Lockers are
rusty and should be replaced. Depart
ments wiU rotate the cleaning of the
recreaUon room. Steward department got
a vote of thanks for doing a good job.
AU hands wiU help keep the messroom
clean and aU cups should be returned
to the pantry. Cots should be taken
off the decks during rough weather.
June I—Chairman, Domini Dl Sol; Sec
retary, Arturo MarlanI, Jr. Master will
give the go aheqd to the painting. Water
cooler Is working smoothly. Two OS
missed the ship at Point Pierre, Trini
dad. One oiler was paid off in Trinidad
due to sickness and replacement was
signed on there. Second cook and baker
was also signed on in, Trinidad. Ship's
delegate wUl contact the skipper on
getting more American cigarettes, as we
are running low. Suggestion was made
to get two pumpmen instead of one, if
the company will agree.
have electricians list the parts needed
for the porthole and have aU repairs
made before the crew signs on. Porthole
fans should be replaced If they cannot
be repaired. Ship's fund will be used to
buy magazines. Coffee cups will be hung
on a rack which will be built in "the
back of the pantry.
ALCOA CLIPPER (Alcoa), June t—
Chairman, R. L. Kelly; Secretary, R. N.
White. Davis was elected ship's dele
gate by acclamation. Suggestion was
made that the movie machine be left on
board unless it is being repaired,' and
that it should not be taken for private
use by any member of the crew. It is to
be operated only by those who know
how. Suggestion was made to show
movies three times a day.
CECIL N. BEAN (Dry Trans.), May IS
—Chairman, John Mahoney; Secretary,
John Spring. Delegates reported no
beefs, with everything running smoothly.
VENORE (Ore),, June 1—Chairman, Je<
seph Snyder; Secretary, M. E. Watson.
Motion was passed for department dele
gate to turn repair lists over to the
ship's delegate. All delegates and the
patrolman wiU speak to company offi
cial about the lack of stores on the
company's ships. Steward said that the
shortage of food was due to a change
of orders—ship made a 23 instead of a
10 or 12day run. Steward is not aUowed
to requisition stores regardless of des
tination or stores received. Ship's dele
gate will ask the captain to publish
slopchest price list. There is $10 in the
ship's fund. Money will be turned over
to the ship's delegate by department
SALEM MARITIME (Cltlos Service),
delegates. Deck delegate^ reported over
Juno 14—Chairman, L. L. Plekot; Sacro
time beef against the mate, who would
tary, Christopher Karat. Christopher
not accept overtime for steward de
Karas was elected ship's delegate unani
partment painting done by members and
OMEGA (Omega), June • —Chairman, who did not pick low men for overtime.
mously. Chief cook wiU write headquar
ters about a Union member who left the James Welch; Secretary, Carl Simpson.
ship without paying money he owed to Ship's delegate reported that his request
FRENCH CREEK (Cities Ssrvlce), June 4
the men. Port steward complained to the to the captain to get fresh milk was Chairmen, Charles W. Gann; Secretary, V.
chief cook that the men are eaUng too refused, as the captain failed to rec L. Ratcllff, Ray Bunee was elected ship's
many steaks. Membership advised the ognize him as delegate. He stated that delegate; Vincent Ratcllff was elected
cook to refer the port steward to the under these circumstances he could do treasurer. Suggestion was made that
patrolman if he makes this beef again. the crew little good as their delegate new books be obtained for the ship's U
Washing machine for colored clothes and recommended that the members elect brary and that men return books after
needs repairing. It was suggested that a new strip's delegate. After discussion, readlnsthem. Ship should be fumigated.
the machinist look It over. Steward de brothers decided that election of a new
partment got a vote of thanks for doing ship's delegate would be admitting de
TAINARON (Aetlum), May 2t—Chair
feat to the captain. Present ship's dele man, J. Mathews; Secretary, M. Bum*'
a good job.
gate will be retained with the full gardner. Ship's delegate reported that
SEAPEARL (Colonial), April 27—Chair support of the crew and department alth<nigh master and officers of this ship
man, Oomtnl OI Sol; Secratary, Arturo delegates and the Union will be con have been very good to the crew, some
MarlanI, Jr. Wiper who missed ship at tacted atMontreal to see if representa members have taken this as an opportu
Curacao will be reported at the next tion can be obtained to take care of beefs. nity to perform and shirk their proper
port. Second cook and baker was paid Motion 'was passed to start a ahip's duties. Bosun went on record as saying
fund.
Men complain that there are that the conduct of some members hag
weavUs in the bread and the food is been a disgrace to the Union and the
monotonoiu. New supply of flour prom go'od conditions aboard and to say that
ised by steward at Montreal, when old he would personally report performers
flour will be dumped. Change of salads to the partolman. Steward will try to get
and more variety of night lunch asked. fresh fruits and vegetables In Greece: he
Discussion was held on the lack of medi will also try to get men to replace those
Frederick H. Johnson
cal attention and the condition of sani that got hurt on the way over. Discus
Get in touch, with your sister tary
work and gear locker.
sion was held on the water heater and
Dolly. Important. Jimmy nearly
various other badly needed repairs.
BEATRICE (Bull), June IS—Chairman,
lost his life in Korea. Write at D. Clark; Secretary, Orlando H. Lopez. EDITH (Bull), June S—Chairman, Wll
fund stands at $20. Motion was Ham Istiell; fecretary, Louis S. Rlzzo.
once to D. Clifford, 11 Fallen St., Ship's
passed to buy such tropical, fruits as Radio in good condition was purchased
Boston.
avocados, papayas. In the States, grapes, In Baltimore. All members were gsked
pears, plums, apples and bananas should to turn In repairs, as the ship is due for
be served. Motion was passed to call a drydocking. Request for more variety in
Chief Cook Buddy Young
special meeting with the port agent on the menu was made. Motion was passed
agreement between the Union and that members donate tl to ship's fund.
Contact. Charles Ayers, Rt. 1, the
the company. The same patrolman Chief engineer will be contacted about
Box 155, BumsviUe, NC.
should pay off the ship.
water pressure in the crew's showers and
about the possibility of using blowers .
STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), March for cool air.
16—Chairman, Francisco Gornlor; Socro
ExDeck Department
tsry, Vinctnzo Do Glacomo, New ship's
SS Margaret Brown
delegate was nominated by acclamation.
Washing, .machine should be cared for
Witnesses to accident in which and
left clean. Department delegates
William "Smokey" Grabenauer was will make
up repair lists. Members with
old
mattresses
exchange them, as
injured please write to J. P. Nel new ones have can
come aboard.
son, Jr.. 709 Caromielet Bldg., New. June 1—Chairman,
VIncenzo De Ole
SEABEAVER (Colonial), February S—
Orleans.
cemoi Secretary, Bill Sutherlln. Crew
was asked to donate SI to the ship's Chairman, Bill Thompson; Sacrotary,
Oustav
Leuth. Two brothers who missed
fund at the payoff. One brother missed
ship at Colombo. Recommendation was ship In Brazil will be reportod to the
Ray Queen
Union.
There
Is a water shortage. Mo
to cut a door from the crew pantry
Get in touch with your sister in made
to the crew mesohall. Chief engineer tion was passed not to go to any of
report to the patrolman that the ficer to ask for a change of job. Mess
Baltimore. Phone Lexington 0379. will
wiper did not do sanitary work satis man will serve meals before Washing *
factorily. Deck delegate reported that the dishes: he will keep the messhall clean
bosun did not call men in time for and put cups and dishes in the sink.
William C. Meadors
meals, nor appoint a member to make The stove In the galley is partly out of ~
order and the temperature in the meat
Important. Contact mother at coffee. In Colombo. Ceylon, he had a and
vegetable boxes is not accurate. No
painting topside when the rest of
once. Write 2 Warehouse St., man
action
is being taken on this by the
the crew vtaa securing and batting down
Spray, NC.
hatches, although this type of ship needs chief engineer. Deck delegate asked for
more
cooperation
in the cleaning of
all men on deck.
tanks. Wlndshutes for the engine room
NIKOKLIS (Dolphin), May It—Chair will be put higher; new awning will be
William P. Roma
man, N. Kodylas; Secretary, J. C. Sorel. put back aft for shade. Steward reported
Urgent for you to get in touch Ship's
captain will .see the captain on that he didn't get the amount of stores
repairs to be made at sea. Member re he requested. Fire stations should be
with Mrs. Rudick, 820 W. Firth St., quested
a greater variety of fruit. Sug looked after.
Philadelphia. There has been seri gestion was
made that the book shelf In
CHRISTINE (Tlnl), May 25—Chairman,
the recreation room be fixed and that
ous illness in family.
mattresses be changed, where necessary. Carl Carlson; Secretary, Michael Vtf.
One member was asked to clean up cups Burns. A. J. Khberski was elected ship's'
and ashtrays in the messroom at night. treasurer. Patrolman will check the hot
Frederick Brady
June 8—Chairman, J. C. Sorel; Secre water situation and settle the beef that
Is not enough for crew's needs in
Get in touch with M. H. Cowan, tary, M. Olson. Most of the repairs have there
made: the rest will be taken care Japan, as the tank is small and in bad
Employers' Group Insurance, .120 been
condition.
of later. Recommendation was made to
22 William St., NYC, regarding ask the captain about getting a new BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service),
washing machine placed amldshlp.
1950 accident case.
May 5—Chairman, Clifford Martin; Sec
AMBERSTAR (Triton), May 30—Chair retary, Isidore Astroff. Members are to
man, I. Craft, Socrotary, Frank T. Cal keep messroom clean. Messman Is to
Robert G. Guerrero
nan. Jose Pagola was elected ship's keep tables and jars and bottles clean
delegate and steward delegate. Discus and spray the .messroom more often.
Your help is needed in accident sion
was held on the sugar containers in Strainer should he kept In the washing
case involving Seafarer Nick Bech use in
the crew messhall and the bad machine at all . times. Chief cook and
which the engine and steward third cook complained to members about
livanis on SS Francis E. Warren. condition
the night cook and baker, who is' not
department heads are in.
clean, and does not wash pots, pans and.
Contact H. Guttman, 66 Beaver St.,
HIGH POINT VICTORY (S!euth Atlantic) other utensils properly. Baker promised '
NYC.
May 24—Chairman, Willard Mulllns; Sec to be more careful in his work, to bake
retary, C: R. West, Motion passed to different kinds of cakes and puddings, to
keep and maintain cleanliitess in the
John D. McLemore
galley. Messman will take inventory
every morning. Repair list will be made
Contact B. Glickman, 305 Broad
up before going to shipyard.
BLUESTAR (Traders), May 22—Chairman,
J. Anderson; Secretary, O. W. Conroy.
Captain, wiU try to get screens in Bom
bay. Mattresses used on cots outside
should be brought in or kept under
tarpaulin while at sea. Discussions was
held on keeping quiet while men are
should be provided. Ship's delegate will alaeping, proper dress during mealtimes,
speak to the captain about the washing better sanitary work, care of the wash
machine.
ing machine.
Juno 9—Chairman, R. $tahl; Socrotary,
H. L. Gardner. Bedroom steward wants
his duties clalrfied by the patrolman
at the next port.
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NOTICES
ALAWAI (Watorman), June • —Chair
man, F. S. Crumpler; Secratary, B.
Walker. Sliip's delegate reported all re
Selective Service has issued clais pairs
caught UP and everything running
smooth.
see If the crew's mess
siflcations for the following men: hall and He
pantry can be painted. Room
Frank William Pascucci, 2A until keys should
he turned over, to delegeteg
Aug., 1952; Robert G. Perrynum^ upon leaving 'ship; bunkg should be
William McDonald
WP.10800
Contact me at 724 CHrard Ave.,
Bronx, N. Y.^.Tegardlng money due
2A untU Dee. 12.1952.
me. Fi^tl^ick W^aJ^
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SEAPAREHSLOa
.. . DIGEST ofi SHIPS* MEETINGS ...
elected ship's delegate. Vote of thanks
steam line to the washing machine. Deck
(Continued from page 26 )
and confldence Went to Max Bryer. re
gang will repair bedsprings.
• tripped and aoiled linen disposed of be signing ship's delegate, for a job weU
fore leavlnf. Steward's department got done. Cooking could be a little better.
WACOSTA (Waterman), June 1—Chair
a vote of thanks for the meals.
Decks in crew's quarters need painting.
man, Manuel De Barres; Secretary, H. A.
The four delegates wUl see that repairs
Orlando.
Steward delegate reported that
made when the ship reaches the
LUCILE BLOOMFIELD (Bloomflsid), are
one brother will be brought up on
SIU Headquarters urges all charges
States: a repair list will be drawn up, in
Juno 1—Chslrmsm Oeords Schmidt; Sec cluding
for
being drunk and performing
repairs not made last trip.
draft eligible seamen to be aboard ship in
retsry, Tom Hasten. Irwin Moen was
at least five Japanese and
May
31—Chairman,
Jack
Thompson;
elected ship's delegate. Chief mate wUl Secretary, J. Mestarlt. Ship's delegate
ports, and falling to perform
sure they keep their local Se Philippine
make up new slopchest price lists. Sug reports that he spoke to the steward
work at these times. Crew asked for
lective Service boards posted his
gestion was made to make up repair
new linen, since almost all of the present
lists. Discussion was held on getting new about the cooking and the steward prom
supply
either has dry rot, mildew or is
on
all
changes
of
address
to see what he could do about im
innersprlng mattresses. Quarters should ised
torn. Suggestion was made that depart
proving food. Motion was passed that
through
the
use
of
the
post
be painted and more water supplied for no
ment delegates turn in their repair lists
crewmember sign on untU. essential
showers. Ship should be fumigated on repairs
cards furnished at all SIU a few days before arrival. Night cook
have been made, Vote 'of thanks
return to the States.
and
baker complained that the foc'sle
went to the crew messman for his good
halls and aboard ships.
is much too small for the chief cook and
Job in keeping the messhaU clean and
himself.
Failure
to
keep
your
draft
ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcos), May 1* — serving the crewmembers to the best of
Chslrmam I. W. Maya; Secretary. James his ability.
board informed of your where
NEVA WEST (Bloomfiold), May 5—
H. Thompson, Jr. Members should not
abouts
can cause you to be Chairman,
Lofty Parks; Socretary, M.
wash their mouths at the drinking fbun
LASALLE (Waterman), June 1—Chair
tain. Old washing machine should be man, A. Biornton; Secretary, J. Davis.
listed as a delinquent and be Andarton. Ship's delegate will a.sk the
first assistant engineer to anchor the
disposed of and the money used to buy There is a total of $26 in the ship's fund.
drafted into the services with washing
machine. There is a balance of
pumps for new machine. Crew would Motion passed to put up a new buUetln
like to go along with other Alcoa ships in board In the mdSshaU and a clock in the
out a hearing. The Union in $141 in the ship's fund. Steward depart
ment got a vote of thanks for good food
asking that no meat be accepted in recreation room aft. Motion was passed
such cases can do nothing to and
service. Messroom door will be
Trinidad, and would like to know what to see the steward department patrolman
locked
in aU foreign ports.
aid'Seafarers who
fail
to com
can be done about this situation.
about the duties of the second cook and
baker at breakfast. Discussion was held
ply.
on poor service in the messhall. Discus
SANTORE (Oro), May 17—Chairman,
sion was held on asking the patrolman
K a 11 o g; Socretary, H. D. RIggt. AB
about the duties of the steward when hot
foc'sles need painting and more juices
breakfast is not avaUable. Shelves should elected ship's delegate: D. Clary, ship's shoidd be provided. Port steward needs
be put up against the bulkhead over each tfeasurer. Book shelves should be put an okay from the company to. provide
table to make mor^room at the table. up in recreation room: crew Is to donate more cold drinks and juices. Patrolman
Patrolman should be noUfled that last loose change to ship's fund at the pay will be consulted about whether the crew
REPUBLIC (Trafalgar), April 12—Chair trip's repairs have not yet been taken off. Delegates will make i)p repair lists can buy their own Juices.
before the ship goes to the shipyard.
care
of.
man, George Hlldreth; Secretary, Joe St.
More linen is to be provided so that there
Marie. Delegates reported no beefs, a
KATHRYN' (Bull), no date—Chairman,
IBERVILLE (Waterman), June $— will be enough for the whole voyage.
Uttle disputed overtime. Discussion was
Ship's delegate
will see the steward about not listed; Secretary, F. A. Bartolomel.
held on keeping the mesahali clean for Chairman, S. Kasmlrsky; $ecrotsry, A. Se getting watermelons
and cantaloupes Anibal Albe was elected ship's delegate
the oncoming watch and seeing that the vier. Murphy'was elected ship's delegate. soon. Members getting
off at Lake by acclamation. A better brand of soap
place was clean for messman and pantry Bosun reports that he has received 36 Charles should
notify the
delegate as soon was requested.
man coming on in the morning. There screens and IB porthole vents. Motion as possible, as replacements
are hard to
was also a discussion on who was to re was passed to find out about getting fans
STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), February
pair the washing machine, the crew or for the crew's quarters. Delegates will .get in that port.
'10—Chairman, John Zlerels; Secretary,
the company, as it is a company machine. do something about the rat situation
One member was put off the ship at aboard the ship In New York. Foul
ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), May 25— Roy Poole. Ship's fund stands at $48:
weather gear should lie kept out of the Chlarman, Ma|or T. Coilallo; Secfatary, New men wili donate S3 to the fund at
Wilmington, Calif.
messhall.
Clothes
should
be
taken
out
Long Beach, CalifJ An extra $1 will be
June • —Chairman, Abernsthy; Secre of recreation room when dry. Ship's Sam Carlisle. Back pay from the last collected
for the purchase of sporting
raise Is to be paid no later than June 15,
tary, P. Wllklns. John Burke was elected fund
should be started. Steward will as It Is In the New York office. The $43.50 gear and film. McDonald was elected
ship's delegate. Headquarters will be .con take care
of
the
money.
ship's
treasurer.
Cooperation was asked
raised on tarpaulin muster that was turned
tacted about procedure regarding trans
over to the two brothers brought back as In fire and boat drill. Repairs were dis
portation and to find out about the
8KYSTAR (Mercador), April It—Chair workaways was donted to the New Or cussed.
ship's two sets of articles: the older men
March f—Chairman, B. Gary; Secre
are on intercoastal and new men were man, Joe Wallace; Secretary, Tony Wasl leans hall for baseball equipment. Mo
put on coastwise articles. Steward and luk. Washing machine has been brought tion wag.passed that only authorized per tary, McDonald. Crewmembers com
aboard
and
installed.
New
bunk
springs
sons go to the ship's paint locker, as plained about the messman's routine
cooks and messman got a vote of thanks
for the excellent chow and service: the are also aboard, but have not yet been paint and varnish have been taken out work. Hp will set another table in the
whole steward department was com Installed. Chief mate wants men to be without permission. Ship's treasurer wiU future. Rooms will be fumigated.
mended for the way they worked to a little quicker getting to their fire and take the movie projector ashore and have
March 20—Chairman, B. Gary; Secre
gether and went out of their way to boat stations. Emerson was reelected it overhauled. Ship's delegate will con tary, McDonald. Special meeting was
do extra things for the crew. Transporta ship's delegate. Washing machine should tact the Mobile agent about a brother call^ on the second cook's work. How
tion rules were discussed. Repair list not be overloaded and should be turned who missed ship in Culdad Trulillo. Un ever. a member of the steward depart
^ authorized persons are to stay out of the ment volunteered to assist him. Second
was made out and handed in to the off when not in use.
proper authorities.
June 5—Chairman, Jos Wallace; Secre laundry room and away from the washing cook, therefore, was given two weeks in
tary, Tony Wasiluk. Captain told the machine. Messhall should be kept clean which to Improve the quality of food.
delegate that port authorities in during and after the movies: men who
May 17—Chairman, John A. Zlerels;
MALDEN VICTORY (Mississippi), June ship's
Trieste said this was the only ship in watch movies should help to clean up. Secretary, McDonald. Motion was passed
3—Chairman, Pete O'Nell, Secretary, Vin two months
that they had no trouble with. Members should not tie up the ship's to call patrolman aboard in New york
cent Sarello. Few hours of disputed over
washing machine any longer than neces
The crew is very sober and efficient. sary.
time wili be turned over to the patrol
as other brothers would Uke to to determine the reason for the bad
man. Steward asked membership to turn Delegates reported everything fine: some use it. Garbage should be put in the food. Steward department will paint
disputed
overtime
will
be
turned
over
to
In old cots, so that they could be replaced
chute back aft while at port and over their rooms.
for the next trip. The trip was a good the patrolman. Men were asked not to the side when at sea.
May 1—Chairman, John Zlerels; Secre
one with the exception of a little misun take the strainer out of the washing ma
tary, McDonald. Washing machine will be
derstanding here and there. Everything chine. Crew gave the entire steward de
overhauled, either in New York or Bos
STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), May 24— ton, and this will be paid for out of the
was squared away to the satisfaction of partment a vote of thanks for the excel
the crew. Vote of thanks went to the old lent food during the voyage. Ship's dele Chairman, Sid Bsrger; Secretary, Pete ship's fund: the washing machine pump
man, who tried to satisfy the crew In gate will explain to the patrolman .the Sheldrake. R. Hunt was elected ship's is out of order. Crew will buy a new
every respect. Oh, brothers, what a story of the wiper who signed back on delegate. Motion passed to have the re iron next trip out of the ship's fund.
the ship without hall clearance. Ship's pair list made out. Gangway watch is
clean ship we brought in!
delegate will find out why the ship has more effective and efficient than watch
not been getting any newspapers or news men provided by the company. For the
MADAKET (Waterman), May 4—Chair letters from headquarters. Each delegate first time in 11 months all repair work
man, Jack Thompson; Secretary, Art will make out a repair list. Next crew was completed. Members were asked to
Pratt. A liew washing machine was pur wiil be told to make sure that all repairs return cups and glasses and not leave
chased In San Francisco: the ship's fund are done before sailing, as the company them on the decks and in the rooms.
now stands at $22. Louis Franken was likes to put repairs off as long as possible.
STRATHPORT (Strathmore), April IS—
Chairman, O. M. Brooke; Secretary, A.
MARGARET BROWN (Bloomfleld), May
C. Carpenter. Ship's delegate reports 16^halrman,
Roy Pierce; Secretary, B.
that keys wili be issued before arrival In F. Grice. Carson
(1) $50 every halfyear. In
was elected ship's del
port. Suggestion was made to give a vote egate by acclamation.
Steward reported
succeeding years, you would be
of thanks to the steward's department for on the amount, and quality
of subsistence
excellent meals. Recreation rooms should stores, stating that this ship
ahead of the other plan by $50,
was the
be kept clean.
first
of
the
company's
ships
to be stored
$100, $150, $200 and so on.
JOHN R. KULUKUNDIS (Msrtls),May 2S
May 25—Chairman, Charles B. Martln; under the new Union storing giude.
—Chairman, A. A. Keiien; Secretary, C, Seeretary, A. C. Carpenter. Although we There is an Insufficient supply of soap
(2) Nicaragua.
R. Hummel. John Worley was elected crossed the international date line on Sat powder. Suggestion was made that the
ship's delegate by acclamation. New urday, the captain had two Mondays in slopchest be checked with the captain
(3) Low.
shower curtain will be ordered for the stead of two Saturdays and said he was before leaving Norfolk. First assistant
(4) Panay. The Kearny and next trip. New washing machine will be authorized to change the day any time engineer
should be told about clogged
installed. Question of who cleans up the he wished. Crew put In eight hours of drains in the laundry and steward de
James were US destroyers sunk recreation
room, washroom and laundry overtime for this. Each member will give partment showers.
by Uboats. The Robin Moor was has been settled to the members' satis at least 25 cents to the ship's fund.
faction. Patrolman will be asked to in
an SIU ship sunk by subs.
quire about slopchest prices.
DEL MAR (Mississippi), June 1—Chair
ANTINOUS (Waterman), June 1—Chair man, Gsrn; Secretary, Bradley. Crew
(5) 500 gallons.
CANTICNY (Cities Strvlce), June 11— man, R. Tallaksen; Secretary, D. Kissel. donated $97 to a sick brother taken off
Chairman, Peter V. Hammel; Secretary, Ship's repairs will be taken care of in the ship at St. Thomas. Proof of at
(6) The North Pole is the only Antonio
Concalvet. Suggestion was made New York and in MObUe. H. KiUstrom least five rats on board must be shown
place from which any direction is that wiper
and ordinary on sanitation was elected ship's delegate. Suggestion to the company before they will fumi
pick up clean linen for men in their de was made that cold pitchers of water be gate with gas, as they have a contract
south,
mealtimes and more Ice be with an exterminating company and the
partments, provided bunks have been provided at
Steward promised a cold drink ship is supposed to be verminproof.
(7) Yes, an even 20. Twice stripped and dirty linen sacked. Met on furnished.
were asked to cooperate In keeping at noon. Table one will be used at all Chairs in deck lounge have not been re
twentyfive is 50. Twice five and watch
their quarters clean. Men voted in favor time by watch slanders, so they can be paired: holes in the deck have also not
been repaired. Deck delegate thanked
twenty is 10 plus 20 or 30.
of a cold supper once a week. Members served first.
all members for donating purse of $143
were asked to put out their cigarettes
(8) Judge Kenesaw Mountain When
LAFAYETTE (Waterman), April 2— to his brother. There is a total of $29 in
leaving aft house.
Chairman, E. Davis; Secretary, Peter Pat the ship's fund and $13 for the ball team.
Landis (192144).
rick. Minor beefs concerning food in Each member wiil donate $1 to the fund
PONCE (Puerto Rice), June S—Chair cluded
the suggestion that meals have this trip. Money from the ship's fund be
(9) Clear and colder.
man, Robert Lasso; Secretary, Pablo Tor
more variety. Ship's delegate will check used to buy books each trip. Washing
res.
Pedro
J.
Erazo
was
elected
ship's
(10) 28. 14 plus 7 plus 4 added delegate. Men in undershirts or pyjamas on the new washing machine which machine needs ' a new belt. ' Members
asked, not to use the crockery few
to 3 yield 28.
wili not be served by the messman. Mem should be brought aboard in Mobile. New were trays,
to return all extra linen and
bers leaving the washing machine dirty mattresses are needed by the deck de ash
to stop throwing razor blades on deck
will be fined $.50: money will go in the partment. Crew went on record as re in
bathrooms.
ship's fund. Wind scoops and screens questing innersprlng mattresses on all
are needed for the portholes. Radio wiil ships, and asking that this be entered
in
the
new
agreement.
BETHORE (Ore), May II —Chairman,
be sold for $25: money goes to the ship's
April 13—Chairman, Joseph M. Carroll; C. B. Ross; Secretary, E. L. Schmidt.
fund.
Secretary, Peter Patrick." New washing Since card. players habitually leave the
motion was passed that they
WINTER HILL (Cities Service), June 2 machine and refrigerator were put on mess dirty,
$1 to the messman for cleaning.
—Chairmen, Thomas Durkin; Secretary, board in Mobile. Ship's delegate recom donate
Coffee
should
ready and hot for the
Thomas O. Davis. Although the patrolman' mended that steward, who threatened watch and for be
aU hands at coffee time.
and captain agreed on a new washing men in his department with a hard time Jam
jars should be covered.
machine when we were at sea. the cap unless they cooperated, not be allowed
tain said we are not entitled to one. Sug to sail for a year as steward. Card play
ers
should
not
throw
cigarette
butts
on
gestion was made that all repairs be list
ROBIN MOWBRAY (Seas Shipping),
ed before the ship gpes to the shipyard. the deck and should keep messhaU clean. March 2—Chairman, Jimmy Davis; Sec
Electrician
said
that
there
are
no
spare
Something should be done about the
retary, W. Rogowskl. Motion was passed
roaches.and ants getting intc iiie night parts for the new refrigerator.
to have both washing machines sold, aiid
lunch. Ship should be fumigated when
turn money over to the ship's fund. En
it goes to the shipyard: crew will not sign
IRENSTAR (Mains), May 3—Chairman, gineer should be told about the leaks
on without the patrolman's okay on this. S. Zygsrowskl; Secrstsry, Virgil Rogers. In the crew's heads and pantry. Desk in
Television should be turned off if no one Harney Hill was elected ship's delegate messman's room needs fixing.
is watching. Ironing board should be by acclamation. Only minor repairs were
May 25—Chairman, Freddy Hart; Sec
purchased. Crewmembers should eon done, although the list was tiurned in retary, James Davis. $20 will be don
tribute $1 to ship's fund.
in plenty of time. Agent in Wilmington, ated from the ship's fund to tl^e purser
June 12—Chairman, Thomas Ourkin; Calif., will'be notified about rOpalrs for in appreciation of his showing motion
Secretary, Jbe Wyant. There is $10.55 in the next trip. Vote of thanks was given pictures. Collection for the fund will be
the ship's fund, pharles Ifajette was to the deck engineer for mixing, the made at the' payoff. Rooms skoUld be
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order and shotild only be touched by
electricians.
SEAGARDEN (Penln. Nay.), June 1—
Chairman, Al Kramer; Secretary, Wil
liams. Action has not been taken on re
placement and , repair lists submitted
after the ship's first meeting. Steward
department was given a vote of thanks
by the entire crew. Deck department
delegate reported that the gangway was
rigged in a dangerous way.
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TRANSATLANTIC (Fac. Wat.), May 15
—Chairman, T. R. Tsrrlngton; Clyde L.
Still. Suggestion was made that the ship's
delegate speak to the chief engineer
about shifting the water from the wash
water tanks to a double bottom, since
the water is too hot to use. One man in
each department will clean the recrea
tion room and laundry.
SEABEAVER (Colonial), June 1—Chair
man, Al LIngham; Secretary, J. W. Tan
nay. Bad meat will be thrown over
the side and good beef purchased in
Argentina. Crew gave steward a vote
of thanks for the way In which he han
dled this situation. Captain agreed to
see what can be done about the awning
at the next port. Draw in Curacao will
be in American money.
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STRATHPORT (Strathmore), May J—
Chairman, A. C. Carpenter; Secretary,
Charles B. Martin. Meeting and inspec
tion of the ship took place with the cap
tain and a detailed repair list was drawn
up and approved.
STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), June 1—
Chairman, Arnold; Secretary, Sal Ter
raclna. Entire ship's fund plus voluntary
contributions made at the payoff will be
given to the widow and family of a dead
brother and fellow crewmember. Crew
gave a vote of thanks to the steward's
department for their efforts.
STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), May 17—
Chairman, Jack Denlay; Secretary, Rich
ard J. Peterson. Suggestion was made to
see about getting a salt water shower
on deck and to keep unauthorized per
sons out of the passageways. Fantail
awning should he put up. Captain on
this ship is remembered from the Steel
Surveyor, whose crewmembers had the
same beef as the brothers have, now—
high slopchest prices. A comparison of
prices between this trip and the last,
under another captain, shows the big
difference clearly.
ROBIN DONCASTER (Seas Shipping),
May 3—Chairman, Red Blumenberg; Sec
retary, E. Max. New York port agent
wiil be informed about last trip's repair
list. H. Buckner was elected sliip's del
egate. There is a balance of $45.25 in the
ship's fund. Suggestion was made that
all new men donate a dollar to ship's
fond.
May 18—Chairman, Red Blumenberg;
Secretary, I. Pearce. Motion was passed
to have the Union officials in the port
of payoff contact the public health de
partment about the scuppers from the
toilets and showers overflowing into the
messhalls. Ship's delegate wiil make sure
that the mate orders screens for all
portholes. Crewmembers agreed that
meals are not up to standard. This beef
will, be taken to the patrolman at the
payoff.
TROJAN TRADER (Trojan), May 4—
Chairman, William J. Smith; Secretary,
Robert A. Derosla. Steward said cots
were ordered for the next trip. Repair
lists should be made up by department
delegates and given to the captain;' Sug
gestion was made to have the patrolman
check on previous promised repairs.
Weather doors on main deck should be
sprung into shape and new gaskets sup
plied, if necessary.
May 25—Chairman, John A. Sullivan;.
Secretary, R. A. Derosla. Vote of thanks
went to the baker for his excellent work.
Patrolman will be notified that commu
nications are not being received through
the mail. Need for first aid kits in the
engine room and in the galley wili be
brought to the patrolman's attention.
CHIWAWA (Cities Service), May 25—
Chairman, James Canard; Secrgtary, Sid
ney Segree. Ship's fund now stands at
$36.45. Disputed overtime wiil be turned
over to the patrolman at the payoff.
Milton Hintor was elected ship's delegate
by acclamation. Greater variety of sea
food was suggested. Retiring ship's del
egate got a vote of thanks for a splendid
job.
ANNISTON VICTORY (South Atlantic),
April 23—Chairman, J. S. Bragg; Secre
tary, L. E. Harris. Delegates reported
everything In good condition. Laundry
should be left clean after use. Sanitary
men will arrange a definite time to clean
the recreation room and wiU clean the
water fountain too. Suggestion was made
that anyone who raises a disturbance by
getting drunk should stay on shore, and
not keep members awake who would
like to sleep.
May It—Chairman, Bill Brown; Secre
tary, 'L. E. Harris. Motion was passed
that no one sign on for the next voyage
until a new ice box has been provided.
Motion passed to have all draws In the
United Kingdom made in US currency.
ALICE BROWN (Bloomfiald), May 21—
Chairman, Paul Marquest; Secretary, S.
T. Arales. Suggestion was made that
requisitions for the next voyage be or
dered now. since there was a shortage
of a few Jtenis of foodstuffs, tbis.trlp.
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Headlines:
SEAFARERS VOTE OK TO NEW BUILDINGS
BIRTH BENEFITS TOP $1,000 A WEEK
SUP GIRDS FOR SIEGE IN STRIKE
AFL COOKS WIN RIGHT TO MCS VOTE
MTD AIDS TEAMSTERS, ILA IN LUMBER STRIKE
STEEL STRIKE IDLES MOST OF ORE FLEET
MEMBERS VOTE NEW BUILDING PROGRAM BY 9 TO 1 MARGIN
'NOW I'LL LIVE AGAIN' - DISABLED SEAFARERS
SIU BACKS SEA SCHOOL $ RESLASH
INS. BEEF PLAQUE HAILS SIU AID
GOVT ISSUES NEW BOOKLET ON SEA WORK
SEAFARER ASKS HOME TO BRING UP 2 SONS
STEEL WORKERS HAVE NEW SONG
ROCK-THROWING COMMIES ATTACK CREW IN FRANCE
1ST BME CLASS IN SCHOOL
GOVT PROBES 'LABOR' PAPER FOUGHT BY SIU
SHIPYARDERS PREPARE FOR STRIKE CALL
$65,00 TO SEAMAN FOR LOSS OF ARM
SEAFARERS HOST TO PR'S GOVERNOR
GOVERNMENT NIXES PHONY VITAMIN, HEARING AID ADS
OWNERS FIGHT AGAINST SAFETY
UNION HQ 'DREAM COME TRUE' TO SEAMAN'S WIFE
HIGH SA SPORTS AWARD TO DEL SUD
HARRY ROACH, LA. UNIONIST, DIES SUDDENLY
THROUGH THE "ROADS"
WE COOKED THE GOOSE THAT BLED ON THE MOON
THE CHALLENGE'S HOME RAZED- NOW A CAR LOT
LOW-PRICED GEAR FOR SHIPS
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
EARLY RESULTS
INCIDENT IN FRANCE
WHO'S AT FAULT
ON TRADE ROUTE #20
SAN JUAN - BEACHCOMBERS' HAVEN
BARBER BAN HAS CREW IN LATHER
SHIP'S WIPER FROM 'BAMA FAILS THE STARS AND BARS
WET WASH FAZES SHIPS
ISRAEL WAR ECHO RINGS IN EGYPT
CREW PULLS BOSUN FROM WATER
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Pridajr, JMae/l3. 1958
As SUP Strikers Dig in
With the strike of the Sailors Union of the Pacific against the Pacific Maritime Association
entering its 19th day, the SIU has notified our West Coast affiliate that it stands ready to
help in any shape or form needed.
Messages have been sent to"*"
SUP headquarters and to all a five percent increase in wages until Thursday, May 8, 11 days
SUP branch balls informing and overtime rates, and a four after the time the two month
the SUP that SIU membership
watch system, as weU as other period had expired.
behind them all the way and that minor changes.
Neither at this meeting nor at
Shipowners Stall
the SUP "need only say the word
any subsequent ones did the oper
to obtain unlimited support, wheth
Althou^ the shipowners had re ators' representatives accept any
er it be financial, physical or moral ceived notice* of "the reopener on part of the SUP demands, include
backing, in keeping with the tra February 27, the SUP was unable ing the Saturday overtime, al
ditional cooperation between our to arrange a meeting with the as though they had already agreed to
two districts." The SUP, mean sociation's negotiating committee such overtime payments in a con
while, is standing firm in its con
tract with the Marine Firemen,
tract demands.
Oilers and Watertenders. Not only
did the operators turn down these
Sign With Bridges
demands but .they asked that the Seafarer Irvin T. Pearce gets in somepreiiaration for. an engineers'
There have been.no recent devel
SUP
give up its right to open « license with the help of the BME instruction iMtoklet, before ship'
opments in the strike, with the
contract in the future.
ping out on the Robin Doncaster. Pearce plans to sit for hfrli'
operators association, representing
Seafarers who have taken
cense
when the trip is over.
One
last
attempt
was
made
by
24 dry cargo companies, failing to the series of innoculations re
the Union to keep the ships sailing
make any kind of contract offer to quired for certain foreign voy
when it agreed to a request by the
the SUt*. The stand pat attitude is ages are reminded to be kure
Federal Conciliation Service that
in marked contrast to the speedy to pick up their innoculation
both parties submit the dispute to
signing of a contract with Harry cards from the captain or the
the Wage Stabilization Board. This
Bridges' International Longshore
purser when they pay off at
the shipowners refused to do.
men and Warehousemen's Union the end of a voyage.
for a 17 cents an hour increase the
As a consequence, a strike vote
The card should be picked
very day that the SUP was com
up by the Seafarer and held .was taken on May 26 with a' tally
Enlarging its program to help Seafarers secure engineer's
pelled to set up its picketlines be
so that it can be presented 4>f .3,5ia to 68 in favor. of a walk licenses, the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers has announced
cause the operators refused to when signing on for another out. Picketlines were set up the
make a counteroffer to the SUP's voyage where the "shots" are
next morning and have been out the setting up of a fullscale training program. Tuition and
maintenance for Seafarers'*
demands.
ever since.
required. The innoculation
taking^
the course of school union with a recognized maritime,
Ail
told,
the
associarion's
mem
Further, the SUP strike commit
card is your only proof of hav
bers operate some 35(T ships which instruction fpr licenses will be school to handle Seafarer candir . ,
tee' pointed out, the next day ing'taken the required shots.
Bridges was quoted in the San
Those men who forget to are being tied up in increasing advanced as a loan by the BME. dates for a license to fi^ in .any
numbers as they return, from their Under arrangements made by the gapsdn their training.
Francisco press declaring that the pick up their innoculation card
voyages and the men pay off. Since BME, it is expected thai qualified These latest features of the BME
operators were "100 percent right when they pay off may find
the strike covers only members of Seafarers can sit forthe license ex training program wore instituted ...
and the SUP 100 percent wrong" in that they hre required to take
this beef.
the Pacific, Maritime Association, aminations after two. or three weeks after the union received several *
all the "shots" again when they
none
of the ships manned by the of schooling.
dozen responses from Seafarers to ,
^ One result of the strike has been
want to sign on for another
SIU, A&G District, are affected by 'Arrangements have neen made its original offer of instruction.al.
that all military cargoes that ordi
such voyage.
the walkout.
by the SlUaffiliated engineers aid for men interested in becoming
narily would have been carried, on
ships of the Pacific Maritime Asso
engineers. With this encouraging
ciation's member companies are
response, the officials of the BME
now being handled exclusively by
decided to provide the necessary
the Military Sea Transportation
financial assistance and make arr:
Service. If necessary, additional
rangements for a regular course; of
ships will be broken out of the
First of the maximum $140 vacation benefits were paid to eligible Seafarers on June 2, instruction.
boneyards for this purpose.
Booklets fllstrlbuted ;
one day after the SIU's revolutionary plan completed its first anniversary.
In addition, SUPmanned tankers
The BME has been distributihg
It was on June 1, 1951, that shipowners started contributing to the vacation fund, although
and steamschooners, which are
instruction booklets since midMay
covered by separate agreements, pajmients were not begun out
containing sample examination
of
the fund until Wage Stabil
steward
utilityman,
who
has
been
abled
a
man
to
qualify
for
the
va
are still being worked.
questions typical of those asked by '
sailing on SlUmanned ships since
The strike situation developed ization Board approval was 1947 but had 35 years' seatime be cation dough whether he Vorked the Coast Guard on their tests for
obtained
in
February.
Since
then
for
one
company
or
a
dozen
dur
when the SUP reopened its agree
3rd assistant licenses. In addition,
ment under the required two Seafarers have received weU over fore that starting in the Philipptoe ing the time. The way the Plan the officers of thie BME are pre.'
months' notice and presented de $800,000 in vacation benefit. On Islands, welcomed the Unionad is set up. Seafarers can claim the pared to give personal assistance '
mands calling for payment of over a year by year basis it is expected ministered vacation benefit as a vacation money as long as they to interested Seafmers.
time for Saturday work at sea, a that the plan will pay out ap muchneeded improvement in the have discharges showing the re
As a result of the booklet dis
$30 a month increase for daymen. proximately $21^ millions. Up un industry. He noted that he prob quired minimum 90 days' wor^ tribution, several Seafarers have
til now. Seafarers had been col ably would use the dough to help time or more.
lecting on the basis of less than out an aged sister and brother who The SIU Vacation Plan is the already taken the exam, with others
first in the industry to guarantee a planning to do so in the near
one year's eligibility. The pl« need it "more than I do."
Fidelion C. Daqiian, third cook, seaman vacation pay based on the future.
was the first sOch industrywide ar
June.13, 1752
Vol. XIV. No. 12 rangement for seamen.
another recipient of a year's vaca actual number of days worked
Typical of the Seafarers now
Under the Plan, anyone sailing tion cash, pointed out that he had aboard ship. Previously, only a preparing for their licenses is
American Merchantmen Page 10
As I See It
Page 13 an SIU ship since last June 1 be each dollar already pinpointed for handful qualified for employerop Irvin T. Pearce, currently sailing
Burly
Page 16 came eligible for vacation benefits a special purpose, although he erated plans requiring months of FOW aboard the Robin Doncaster.
Crossword Puzzle
Page 12 after 90 work days. 'Payments are didn't let on what it was. Damian continuous employment for one Pearce has been studying on his
company. Union negotiations with own for a few months, but now ex
Did You Know........ Page 18 certified by official discharges has been a Seaf;irer since 1946,
Editorial
Page 13 showing the time put in, with They and others who qualified the shipowners in May and Octo pects to be able to sit for a license
Foc'sle Fotog
Page 19 benefits scaled from $35 for a 90 for the full year's payment lauded ber, 1951, put the Plan In motion upon his return from the current
Galley Gleanings ..... Page 20 day period to a top of slightly over the feature aspect«of it. which en pending Government okay.
voyage, with the help of the BME
Inquiring Seafarer .... Page 12 $140 for a full year. They can
instructibn.
In The Wake
Page 12 be collected four times each year
I've thought about getting a
Labor RoundUp
Page 16 or in one lump sum by Applying
license for quite a while," he said,
Letters
Pages 21, 22, 23 at any SIU hall.
but I wasn't happy about the idea
Letter Of The Week
Page 13
One of the first to qualify for
of leaving the Siy. Now I can sail
Maritime
Page 16 the full vacation benefit was Sea
under the BME and still ^e affili
Meet The Seafarer
Page 12 farer James J. Casey, wiper, for
atedwith the same international
On The Job
Page 16 continuous time on the Bull Line
uniOn."^
Order!.
Pages 14, 15 freighter Ines since June, 1951, un
Report to Ball
Personals
Page 26 til he paid off last week in New
A BME spokesman explained that
Quiz
Page 19 York. Casey, who netted a check
qualified men getting off. ships in ,,
Ship's Minutes.... .Pages. 26, 27 for $141.94, representing the year
New York can obtain both the
Sinking of Oregon
Page 11 and a cpuple of days over, needed
booklets and instruction courses by.
SIU History Cartoon... Page 7 no further convincing that the SIU
];epbrting to the BME at 675 4th
Sports Line
Page 20 setup was the best one going. The
Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. •
Ten Years Ago...
Page 12 Ines was his first ship with the
Other intoiested men unable to
Top Of The News
Page 6 SIU, ljut it won't be' long before
come in should write to the union
Vacation Pay.. Pages 23, 24, 25 he'U be heading off the beach
at the abovelisted address, giving
Wash. News Letter.... Page 4 again from his home in Philly on
a full resume of their background,
Welfare Benefits
Page 25 another vessel contracted to the
so that their eligibility can be de
FobliMod BiWMkiy at tiio bMOquaiter* Seafarers.
termined.
• . ..
of tha Saafarars fntarnatienal Union. At
Two otker men, both off the
The spokesman emphasized that .
lantic C. Guif District, AFL. «7S Faorth
Avonua, Braaklyn »X N. Y, Tai. STartint same ship, Isthmian's Steel Archi
One of ffrst Seafarers to colleoi the maidmuia $149 vacatiion bene
the employment outlook for 3rd as «
S4S7I. Enfarad as s«ii»nd class matter tect, also came In for a full year's
fit, Fidelion C. Damian, cook (L)« gets bjia cash from Paul Sanford sistants is excellent, with a big de>
at tha Fast OtSca lirlBrooUyii, M. Y
undar tij^iAft^
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BME Engine School
Easy Way to Ticket
Reach Peak Vacation Pay
SEAFARERS LOG
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Friday. Jolie It 19Sf
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SEAFARBRS LOC
Page Three
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Seafarers Victorious
In Key Ship Veto Case
A far reaching decision hy the National Labor Relations
Board has led to an SIX? election victory in the engine depart
ment of ships owned by . Ocean Tow, Inc. The decision's im
portance goes beyond the
is that in organizing any
Ocean Tow case and holds that decision
company all ships of the company
for purpose of bargaining, all should be voted as a unit, and the
the , ships of a company are to be fact that any one ship might vote
against the union holding a major
considered as one unit.
The case arose when the SIU ity of all votes woiild not affect
organized the Alaska Cedar and the the union's bargaining rights on
Alaska Spruce, two ships owned by that company's ships.
Ocean Tow, Inc.,'and obtained rec Had the original decision been
ognition as bargaining agent for permitted to stand, it would have
the deck and steward departments. been possible, for example, for an
However, the Marine Firemen, outside union to try to get a major
Oilers and Watertenders Union ity on one ship of an SlUcon
challenged the SIU jurisdiction tracted company, and then take
over the engine room and sought that one ship away as a separate
to have the engine department of bargaining unit.
«ach ship considered a bargaining
unit in itself. The MFOW's action
was motivated by the fact that
^Private Eye^
overall in strength the SIU would
win, but if each ship's engine de Looks Other Way
partment was considered a sepa
Two weeks have passed
ratif .uhit,' the MFOW would win since
the LOG printed its ex
one.'
pose of "private eye" Horace
As a result, the NLRB issued an W. Schmahl. Beforelthe article
order last February that separate appeared, Schmahl learned of
elections be held on each' ship the LOG'S investigation and
which was done. The SIU con threatened to sue the LOG if
tested the order, asking that the he found anything at all in the
board reconsider Us position and Story that could be considered
claiming that all vessels of the libelous.
employer should be considered as
To date the LOG hasn't
asingle unit.
a word from Schmahl or his
New hearings wtfre held on the attorney.
basis of the SIU's petition at which
" The conclusion drawn by the
the SIU's position was upheld by LOG is that even Schmahl
the hearing examiner. The deci must admit the timth and ac
sion has now been affirmed by the curacy of the article which
Washington office of the NLRB.
pointed to him as the central
Ballots have already been figure in a clumsy attempt to
counted giving the SIU a five to get former shipmates of Philip
three majority on both ships to Pron to unwittingly testify
gether. The results have been for against the onceblinded Sea
warded to the NLRB's Washington farer. The article also revealed
office with certification of the SIU Schmahl's antilabor spying
as bargaining agent expected during the SIU's organizing of
shortly.
Cities Service tankers.
The net effect of the Ocean Tow
Union's Disability
Benefit A 'Godsend'
if
Fresh out of the hospital and headed for her new Baltimore home, Frances Stone, just seven days old.
Is the center of attraction for her dad. Seafarer Dolor F. Stone, and his wife Iris. Frances qualified
for one of the first $200 birth benefits paid out by the SIU, plus a $25 US Bond in her own name.
Again blazing the trail toward better living for all seafaring men the SIU has
added a new series of valuable benefits to its welfare program. These include
maternity payments for Seafarers' families, and disability benefits for men unable
to work. In addition, the Union announced that a Welfare Fundsponsored hotel
will be buUt adjacent to New York headquarters to provide comfortable, clean and
cheap living quarters for.
men on the beach.
Although these, projects
Dad Terms Benefit
'Family Union Pact'
will mean payment of large
stuns of money out of the Uh
ion^s Welfare Fimd, the fund
is in such soimd'shape that an
other $400,000 of its reserve is
An old seagoing man, John C. Hopkins is one of the first to being invested in Government Joseph A. Cave, is the first Seafarerdad to qualify for the
be eligible for the Welfare Plan's disability benefits, and the bonds which will provide addition brand new SIU maternity benefits for his new offspring. Un
doubtedly typifying the feelings of the hundreds of SIU fam
$15 is a "godsend" for him. Visibly overcome with emotion, al revenue for the fund.
John had just left the head
. The history making maternity ily men, Joe termed the new4
quarters meeting where he he lives alone in New York, and benefit, first of its kind in the benefit "like having an SIU "They couldn't have picked a bet
was introduced to the mem pays $5 a week for his room out of ranks of imlicensed sea unions, will contract for the whole family. ter figure," he explained "because
bers as "one of " brothers who the $4Qamonth payment, he pay $200 to any Seafarer whose I'm now .really beginning to ap the expenses of the doc and the
through the lean years and the fat wanted to give $20 to. the Hnion wife gives birth to a child. In ad preciate the wonderful plan we hospital came to about $210215."
He noted that conditions have
ones always put his heart and soul that "got me good conditions and* dition to this high sum, the Wel have here."
fare Fund will give the baby a At the SIU headquarters branch changed quite a lot since he be
into the Union."
wages while I was sailing."
meeting of June 4 Cave was prob came a Seafarer back in 1941, but
Sailing since the nineties, John If you think that living on $40 a $25 Government bond.
was one of the charter members of month is easy, particularly when • The'only other maritime union ably the happiest member present this latest gain for the Seafarer
the SIU and has always been" re over half of it goes for room rent, that has a maternity benefit at when he heatd that the Union and family man "was a real corker.
luctant to cut his ties with the just try it some time. But now that present is the West Coast branch the Welfare Plan were instituting Alice and I lost our first child, but
Union because "I've always gotten the Welfare Plan has adopted a of the Masters, Mates and Pilots, a new maternity benefit, $200 from Junior is going to be the start of a
a fair break from the SIU. Too disability, benefit plan for those which pays the usual allowance of the Welfare and a $25 Savings real SIU family."
Bond in the baby's name from the Generally sailing AB, bosun or
many of these younger boys don't men who are unable to work any $50.
SIU itself, for Seafarers' children day man, Joe was home at the time
Retroactive to
I
know what it was like way back longer, John's income has almost
of the baby's birth because he
When I started sailing."
tripled. Now, he'U be collecting One especially desirable aspect born on or^after April 1, 1952.
For some time now, John, who is the $40 a month social security pay of the maternity benefit is that it It was the retroactive feature of wanted to be around when every
*!Q, has been forbidden toi go to sea ment, and about $65 per moath is retroactive to April 1, J1952. this Innovation that struck Joe and thing happened, little expecting at
by his doctors. He finally retired from the Union's Welfare Plan, Every Seafarer eligible under the set him computing dates on his ,e time that he would be the first
his Union book last December, but for a total of $105 a month.
Welfare Plan whb .becomes , a fingers. Joe Cave Jr. was born in known dad to qualify for the new
a few weeks ago, he showed up at John's reaction was, "I'll 5e able father after that date is eligible New Orleans April 2, 1952, a^nd est wrinkle in benefits for Sea
the New York headquarters with to get along wonderfully now, with to collect the $200. The usual pracr you can't come under the wire farers. He took a trip on the tanker
Trinity after the blessed event,
$20 "to pay my Way." '
the money from the Union. I'll even tice in maternity plans Is to, put much closer than that.
Itching to Spread News*
which brought him into New York
This in spite of the fact that his be able to buy some clothes that them: into effect ten months to a ^
only income since he had to stop I've needed for a long, long time." year after the plan is announced. Since that session, Joe Sr. has to get the news of his latest boon,
sailing has been social security pay
"This is the kind of thing I was All a Seafarer has to do to get been itching to get back home and all the more reason why Joe is
(Cdntinued 'ofi piage' W ' '
menbst; of $40 permon^."Although
(CH)ntin(ifed on* gage" .17) "' bring*bls Wife'^ tlte good news!
(Continued on page 17)
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'^APAREm
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PRCiew Acfopls Gifts BB jRam SIU NEWSLETTER
from WASHINGTON
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If a war with Russia should break out, the Allies will not be totally
unprepared in the way of merchant shipping. The requiremehts and
availabilities of shipping tp^ meet any foreseeable future emergency
have been worked out in .detail, on a highly secret basis, by the North
Atlantic Planning Board for Ocean Shipping, which was established'
by the North Atlantic Treaty Council back in 1950. This Board repre
sents 12 nations whose Combined, merchantfleets contain a large pro "
portion of the world's tonnage.
The organization works in close cooperation with other bodies of"
the treaty organization in matters relating to merchant shipping in de^
fense planning, and has concluded plans for the quick mobilization
and direction of vessels in event of ,war.
^
it
t •
While on the subject of war. It should be noted again that it lakes
an estimated 250,000 deadweight tons of troopcarrying vessels and
freighters to transport one full division and :its equipmeut the 5,000 :
miles from ; the US West Coast to the Far East. ' Anpther 133,000 ;
measurement tons of supplies are required during the first month of
operation by the military and 19,000 tons each month thereafter tp '
support it.
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The long arm of the law had to stretch but a feW blocks iri this
city from the FBIbuilding to the Department of Commerce to charge
a high maritime official with fraud in connection with the theft of
marine supplies in the reserve fleet at Beaumont, Texas. Captain
Some of the Seafarers off the Puerto Rico line up with "Chicks" at headquarters, where the girls were Manuel Gonzalez, assistant chief of the Maritime Administration's
presented with new uniforms and money for equipment. Crewmembers pictured (LR) are . (top): Q. Ship Repair & Maintenance Division, was only one of several to be ar
Remaud, G. Fitzsimmons, S. Bemstei^. C. Kerrigan, W. Grovner; (2nd row). J. Black. R. McWilliams. rested by the FBI in connection with the diversion and sale of rope
' H. Bennett. C. Sousa^T. Lewis. In center of 3rd row is. team coach B. Greene, and (bottom, right) Rita from Government ships at the reseive fleet base. Over 170,000 pounds
of the rope was disposed of before the FBI stepped in.
Mc Williams, team captain and daughter of Seafarer who suggested idea,
Bwift action will be taken by the Government against Captain Gon
Only a few Seafarers have so far realized the oftrepeated dream of a "chicken farm zalez and the. others involved as a warning against any future pilferage
.. •
somewhere ..." when their working days are over, but the SIU crewmembers of the Bull of Government maritime property.
Line cruise ship Puerto Rico already have some "Chicks" under their wing.
—
"The Chicks," a spirited
A small group of American lines, aided by some Membersf of "Comii
baseball squad of teenage originally organized the squad "Chicks" on the front anc
girls, have been adopted by and coaches them in most of their cular wheel emblem of ^e SIU on gress, is attempting to have legislation passed providing fot the con
version of ten C4 type ships into ore^ carriers.
"
_ '
the crew of the cruise liner, after, games, lauded the men for "their the sleeve.
a. drive spurred on by Seafarer wonderful work in helping these Later on they tried on the new . Those behind the move include AmericanHawaiian Steaifishipi Cdihi'
Richard McWilliams, BR, father girls have good, construetive outfits which fit to a'"T" and are pany, which owns five C4s; Luckenbach Steamship Compapy, owning
sure to give them at least semipro two; and Joshua Henry (Pacific Far East Line), which owns thred. These
of the team's captain, Rita McWil recreation."
He noted that the team has been standing next time they tangle are'the only ten privately owned C4s in operation. Repreienta^^ve
liams.
,
. With the cooperation of all playing boys' teams and "has been with a neighborhood aggregation. Garmatz, Democrat of Maryland, is one of the Congressmen carxl^ng
They've already issued a standing the ball for the shipping companies.
crewmembersj McWilliams started beating them."
'1A
^
the ball rolling to . collect money As the girls continue in their ehallenge to play any boys' or The companies want Congress, to authorize the Secretary of Com
for uniforms and equipment for winning ways, they'll be sporting girls' .team in the 1215 year age merce to grant allowances by readjustment of mortgage indebtedness
the youngsters' squad, which plays uniforms which feature the name group.
to the owners of the C4s toward the cost of conversion to. ocean
teams of either sex out in Jackson
going bulk carriers.
Heights, Long fsland, an . area
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where a good mai?y of the men
Before if adjourns for the current session. Congress is expected to
In the crew live when IJiey're off
pass legislation which will greatly aid publicly owned and prlyately
the ship.
owhed marine terminals, docks and warehousing facilities. The Office
Presentation at 'Hq v " ^
of Price Stabilization, up to this time, has contended that these were
Presentation of the gift from the
Seafarers on the Puerto Rico was MONTREAL—Bolstered by the brand new Great Lakes and not public utilities and, therefore, that they fell within the orbit of
OPS price control. However, Congress will rule otherwise, and send"
made at the headquarters branch
meeting June 4, when a nine deepsea agreements recently inked with the respective groups legislation along to the President for signature under which the ma
player aggregation was present to bf operators, the SIU in Canada has gone out to bring similar rine terminals will not be under OPS rate control,
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accept the bonanza from Thurston benefits to previously unor"*—
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ganized West Coast sfeameh. on the West Coast have indicated
Lewis, ship's delegate.
No
foreign
aid
cargoes
were
carried
by
Govenimentowned ships
'
McWilliams, who had started Reports reaching SIU Canad they stand squarely behind the
during May,
and
the only
National Shipping
Authority vessels rilsigned
the drive rolling, found it snow ian District headquarters indicate Union in its drive to improve their
to Mutual Security Agency operations are now on 4;heir homeward
balling before his eyes as the idea immediate response from the West wageearning position.
caught on with the crew. "They Coasters, whose conditions fali far Some of the companies affected .voyages and will be returned to reserve. On May 31, 1952, there were
really pitched in to help and iti below wage scales elsewhere in the by the campaign are the Black 296 government ships in service under the NSA, as compared with*
..
Ball Ferries Limited, BC Steam 445 at the beginning of the month.
took much less time than we ex Dominion.
ships Limited,
BC Packers Limited
pected to get the money together." As in the earlier negotiations
Besides the uniforms, the girls on agreements covering Lakes and and BC'Barge and Transportation
were presented with almost $100 to deepsea sailors, the Union has Limited.
cover the cost of bats, balls, gloves mustered for strike action if nec
and the like, without which the essary to achieve its principal
squad could not function.
demands. Overwhelmingly behind
Hailing the goodhearted spirit the SIU organizers in the cam
which prompted the SIU men to paign, the crews of the West
aid the girls, Bernard Greene, who Coast ships are fiocking to sign
Seafarers riding ships into the port of New York have a chance
up with the SIU to demonstrate
to save a lot of that payoff dough when they use a service offered
the strength they can bring to bear
by Union representatives coming aboard with samples of work
Get Diseharge if the shipowners become too
and dress gear from the SlUoperated Sea Chest at headquarters.
. Those who haven't yet heard of this new service or had the op
For Port Time stubborn.
"An unusual salvage claim in
To Ask Certification
portunity to take advantage of it are advised that the men lugging
Seafarers should be sure to,
volving the SUP crew of the Wil
those
bulging sample cases to your ship are members of the SIU,
It is expected
that within
a short
get a discharge for all the time
Uam Meredith is now being heard
acting in behalf of the SlUrowned and operated Sea Chest.
they are on a ship's payroll. time, the Union will apply to i gov in Federal couR. The claim in
Operation of the Sea Chest in headquarters has been so well
Including both sea time and ernment labor agencies for certifi volves a 1944 incident in which
received by the branch membership that special efforts'are bekig
port time. Port time counts cation as the'proper bargaining the Meredith spent 40 days trans
toward vacation pay ^ just as agents for these men who have ferring lendlease cargo from a • made tc offer men coming into the port the same chance to get at
long been working under far in wrecked Liberty, the Thomas G^ wellmade, bottompriced gCar if they can't get to the beach to
timespent at isea, but Sea
farers must have a diseharge ferior wages and conditions. Offi Masaiyk,
come info the store and see what's what.
the coast of Libya."
cials have pointed out t||at it would The master and crew of ,the
to get credit for it. .
Stock carried varies from A to Z, including work clothes as well
Those men who fail to get be extremely costly this season if MeiedUh have since filed claim for ; gs the latest' styles in rteri's dresswcar' and accessories. Suits,
port time diseharges will not the operators were crippled by a a" salvage. award fpr fescue of shoes, shirts and furnishings of all types, ^n addition to luggage
be able to get that time cred strike, but that the action will be about bhehalf the cargo of the and miscellaileous items no^ found in comparable haberdasheries,
ited toward their vaeation pay. taken as a last resort.
particularly at these pfices, .can be had within hours by ordering *
Maisaiyli.. ,
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Failure to get a diseharge for
Gains under the latest Cana the US Hepartixicht. of ifusticdi from the, saihples carried by the SIU representative who comes
port time as well as sea time dian agreements involve boosts of fepfesrotlng the US as, the defen • abdafd'the'ship.; .. •
will mean that you will lose up to $20 a month for the deep dant in the aptfoh. are arguing t^t
At the present timej the service is still on ah experimental bgsis,
out on some of that vacation sea ^ilors and increases as • high since the lendiease goods went to
; jnoney, so "be sure to get those as $25 in fresh water pacts cover'^ Russia, apy claim, for salvage in order to gauge .the, demand for it in New "Fork and elsewhere.
Eventually, it is expected a similar se^ice will be operated out
' port time discharges.
ing thie Lakes shippers: Faced should be presented .tp, the Soviet of
stores to, be set up in major outports, :. •
with these improvements, the hien government
Canadian SIU West Coast
Organizing Program Opens
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Court Hears
Salvage Case
On Cargo
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Low'Priced Gear For Ships
St.•
�^rt Contest Awards Completedl Major Feature of Shio ^
Vrf't'li'nrinnini^ cohte^ants
Wnn^ocfanfo r'or^itnne*
fViAir T*ri»pa
Virniirt'h iVio
With'winning
receiving •their
prizes, either in
in nAronn
person nr
or •through
the maile
mails,
the last details of the SIU's First Annual Art Contest are rapidly heing wound up. All
entries have already been mailed out to contestants with the exception of a few in which
there is some question about
the correctness of the return
address.
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B
Bill Cut By House Unit
The longrange shipping bill was stripped of one of its most
essential features when the House Merchant Marine Comrhit
Wide Outside Interest
tee killed proposed tax deferment benefits to American ship
One result of the contest has
ping operators. The bill has re*^
been to stimulate considerable in
With Congress scheduled to ad
ceived the support of all seg
terest outside the Union in this un
journ •
.shortly for the nominating
ments of the maritime indus
usual venture. Several publica
conventions there isn't much time
try, including the
SIU.
tions both in the maritime and the
> jitt the same time, the commit left for action on the measure.
labor field are planning to run
tee
disregarded objections of the . The tax deferment provisions
stories and photos on the contest
White
House and Government knocked out by the coiftmittee
which is a rare event in labor
spokesman
and adopted legislation were considered the heart of the
annals.
calling for additional construction measure and were most sought af
All four winners of the fir^
subsidies to all classes of Ameri ter by the shipping industry. These
prizes in the various categories are
can vessels. In addition,, the'com were the provisions that were
among those who
mittee approved extension of con strongly opposed by the White
have received
struction aid to unsubsidized lines House, the Treasury Department
their waterproof,
both for. the building of new ships and the Budget Bureau.
shockproof, self
and for the reconstruction of older Not only did the Committee kill
winding watchesi.
these measures, but they also took
vessels.
In addition to
away certain tax deferment pro
Time Short
Walter Schnyder,
visions on excess profits
taxes pres
Washington observers expressed
who got his
belief that one result of the com ently enjoyed by subsidized ship
award at the
mittee's action on the tax defer ping companies. Up until now,
head quarters
ment features would be to make the subsidized companies could
membership
Reyea
it less likely that any shipping bill avoid excess profits taxes on those
meeting of two All smiles, Seafarer John Bluitt (R) receives his award from LOG would be completed at this session. earnings that they deposited in
weeks ago, John Bluitt, who took Art Editor Bernard Seaman, for taking down first prize in water They explained that the House bill their construction reserves.
watercolor honors, an(^ Philip colors in the SIU's Ist Annual Art Contest.
would iK>w differ from the Senate The extension of construction
Reyes, who won the award in the
version passed last August. Con subsidies means that many opera
the
only
materials
that
he
could
I
didn't
think
would
even
get
miscellaneous category, c^me up to
sequently, the two bills will have tors, including tramp shippers,
get hold of
at the time.)
mention."
headquarters to receive their
The judges thought otherwise It is expected that the watm re to go into a joint HouseSenate would receive aid which they have
prizes.
and had no difficulty in choosing ception of the Union's first ven conimittee, agreement will have to not enjoyed up to now. However,
Pvt. Roy Alonzo Christopher, his entry as outstanding in its ture will encourage many more be teached .on a Rngle version and doubt was expressed by industry
currently with the Army in Eu. category. (Christopher's sketches Seafarers to. submit their work in the prhole bill sent back to .both representatives whether these sub
rope, received his watch through were done on two torn scraps of the second contest when it is held Houses of Congress for another sidies would have much meaning
the mails. When notified of bis black paper which were apparently next year.
without the tax deferment fea
vote.
success, Christopher wrote the
tures which would enable Ameri
LOG that "I
can operators to compete with for
can't tell you
eign shippers.
how happy it
While the • measure has been
made .me to re
supported from the start by ship
The SIU
and
the
AFL Maritime
Trades
Department
came
in
for
their
share
of
orchids
ceive this news.
owners, shipbuilders, all" of the
last week, when the Commercial Tele^aphers Union (AFL) expressed its thanks for the unions in the maritime industry
Nothing Suitable help it got during its recent strike against Western Union.
and various veterans and civic
. to Send
The orchids came m
in the'
groups, its major opponents have
"It came as a form of plaques presented to tion of the officers, and members from the CTU, was told "Thanks been the various administrative
complete sur the SIU and .to the MTD, and of the Seafarers International for the help of the men of the agencies who have argued that aid
Christopher prise," he said, letters to SIU SecretaryTreasurer Union in helping other AFL affili MTD. We shall be forever in should not be provided in the form
"as I had noth Paul Hall and MTD Executive Sec ates withtheir beefs, but it was, debted to them."
of tax benefits.
ing suitable to send and no time retary Lloyd Gardner.
not until we became embroiled in To the SIU, the CTU said thanks
to do it in. So in desperation I The telegraphers were on the a nationwide strike against West to the Seafarers, "We shall never
sent the two pastel sketches which bricks for some time before they ern Union, that we realized what forget what they have done for
finally forced the company to such help can really mean."
us."
agree to wage increases and other Citing Philadelphia as an exam Seafarers in Philadelphia, where
fringe benefits, including an agency ple, the CTU said the Seafarers, the CTU was hardpressed joined
help, their picket lines, gave them ad
shop. The new wage scale brings 'iin response to an appeal
the average workers' wages up to joined bur picketiines and gave us vice on strike strategy. The A&G
moral and physicaT support, and District voted the CTU $500 to
about $1.54 per hour.
even financial contributions from help in their fight.
Cite SIU, MTD Help
The CTU gives a strong meas their own pockets, and its officers,
The Industrial Union of Marine
ure of credit for its victory to the who BO unselfishly gave of their
and Shipbuilding Workers (CIO)
SIU and the MTD. In a letter time and counsel strengthened our
to the SIU, M. W. Wile, president spirit anrf^ determination so that Have Your Hating representing 40,000 shipyard work
Coast has postponed
The right of a union man to re of CTU Local 22, said, "We had they could not be broken."
Listed In Booh ers on the East
a strike deadline that was set for
fuse to cross a picket line is at heard of the magnificent reputa
The MTD, in a similar letter
Bosuns and stewards receiv
today.
stake in a case now being appealed
ing the new membership book
The strike, if called, would have
. to the US Supreme Court. Both
now being issued by the Union
affected eight yards operated by
AFL and CIO Central labor bodies
are cautioned to make sure Bethlehem steel and two of Todd
in New York Ci1|f are participating
that their ratings are stamped Shipbuilding Corporation's shop.
in the appeal as "friends of the
into the book.
The Union is asking for a 20 cent
court'' on behalf of one and a quar
If the' book is not stamped
acrosstheboard increase and the
ter million union members in New
accordingly, the dispatcher union shop, among other demands.
York City.
will
not ship the man for that
Although the strike was post
The case arose out of the firing
rating.
As a result, some men poned, the companies were warned
of a truck driver for refusing to
holding those ratings mig)it
not to expect any prolonged exten
cross a picket line of the AFL
lose
out on jobs.
sion.
Typographical Union at the Nassau
Dailjr Review Star, a Long Island
newspaper. When the driyer was
fired, his union, the Newspaper and
Mail Deliverers, went to the Na
tional Labor Relations Board in
New York to secure his reinstate
ment.
The Labor Board ordered him
Seafarers have only two days left in which to vote on the
put back to work by a vote of two
proposal
for. new branch halls in Baltimore, Philadelphia
to one, but the company appealed
and
Galveston.
•
to the Circuit Court of Appeals in
The vote, according to the was called, in accordance with the
New York which overruled the
numbers of ballots that have SIU constitution, so a majority of
NLRB. Now the NLRB is taking
the entire case to the Sup!i:eme
been used, has been very Seafarers would have a chance to
Court.
heavy so far, and if the comments register their opinion on the ques
of the membership around the tion. The resolution had been ap
The outcome of this appeal is
various Union halis is any indica proved previously at all branch
likely to have important conse
tion, the vote has been heavily in membership meetings.
quences on the effectiveness 1 of a
The general feeling among the
favor of the proposition.
union picket line. If carried out. to
Most Seafarers have , already membership, according to letters
its logical conclusion, the decision
voted on the resolution which calls and comments, is that the three
of the New York court would mean
for an assessment of $20 for the ports affected should be given the
that union men would be compelled
same comforts and conveniences
on pain of losing their jobs to go Seafarbn and rirls from t&e AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union three new halls. ; .
point to straighttalking sign displayed at Philadelphia eatery by ; Voting began May 15, and will now enjoyed in New York and
through picket lines of other unions
end on June 15. The referendum Mobile.
and carry on their regular work. restaurant unionist while Western Union beef was In process..
CTU Lauds SIU For Strike Aid
CIO Shipyard
Union Delays
Strike Call
Picket Line
Case Will Go
To High Court
Deadline Hears in Voting
For New Outport Buildings
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<Why's He Flashing That Light, Pad?'
CALL ME MliSTER—General Dwight D. EUsenhower finally
plunged himself into the political whirlppol officially by resigning
from active duty and cutting himself off from the Army payroll.
The General's return to the States came on the eve of a narrow de
feat in the South "Dakota primary where according to unofficial
tallies • Senator Taft barely nosed him oiit by less than 700 votes.
This is the last primary in which he and the Senator faced each
other on the ballot' With convention time coming near it is beiom
ing evident that a first ballot deadlock is assured between the two
leading rivals. On the Democratic side of the fence. Senator Ke
fauver boosted his stock considerably with thumping victories in
California and South Dakota..
A Coast Guard board of inquiry
has taken testimony from joffifcers
and crewmembers of the illfated
SlUcontracted tanker Michael
which was involved in a collision
with the oil barge A. C. Dodge in
t
i
t
the Delaware River, May25.
EUROPEAN AID AGREED ON—Both houses Of Congress have ar
Two lives were lost aboard the
rived at a figure of slightly less than $6V^ billion for military and
Michael as a iesult of the collision,
economic aid to US friends and %llies around the world. President
imd several mensuffered injuries
Truman had requested $7.9 billion originally. More than half of the
ift fighting the fire which followed.
total represents military equipment made in the US that will be
Eight men were lost off the oil
shipped overseas to allies under the terms of the "5050" provision
barge.
guaranteeing that at least half will he carried in US ships.
Seafarer Walter Sibley, who was
4"
t
helmsman aboard the Michael at
KOREAN PRESIDENT ROUSED UP—Both the United States and
the time of the crash, testified that
Britain have protested to South Korea's" president, Syngman Rhee for
the captain, pilot and one other
his rough handling Of the country's national assembly and his diwegard
officer left the pilot house imme
of constitutional procedure. Rhee arrestedi several legislators mwl im
diately following the collision. This
posed martial law when it appeared that they weren't going to reelect
was denied by the pilot in subse
him president I for the next two year term. As a result, opposition
quent testimony, A crewmember* The kids mug fw 'the photdg as dad^ pauses to catch his breath
legislators have gone into hiding and the assembly hasn't been able
of the ship told the LOG that an
while guiding them on a tour of the SIU Union hallt Taking the to transact any business.
attempt was made to launch life
tour are Seafarer Gns L. Taylor, Augusta (left) and James.
boats but it failed 'because the
FRENCH COMMUNIST STRIKE FLOPS—A nationwide strike call
launching gear was frozen.
by
the French General Confederation of Labor, the Communistled
The Midiael was just a short dis
wing
of the French labor movement, proved a neartotal failure with
tance from its home port at Pauls
only
scattered
response. The strike was called to protest the arrest of
boro, N. J., bound home from the
Jacques
DuclosT'head
of the French Communist Party. Duclos was
Persian Gulf with a full cargo of
taken
into
custody
in
the course of riotous demonstrations against
crude when the crash occurred at
General ,Mathew Ridgway
upon his arrival to take over General Eisen
10:34 P.M. One SUP crewmem
job. Duclos was arrested, among other reasons, for having a
ber, Clarence Backman, went over Seven ships operated by SlUcontraded companies are in hower's
loaded pistol in his car. The strike had a partial effect on the water
the side although he had a plaster volved in a transaction awaiting final Government approval, front,
tying up the port of Rouen and causing temporary stoppages in
cast on due to a previous injury.
other
ports.
. , . ; • i
which
would
result
irf
the
construction
of
14
new
US
tank
The third mate either was thrown
4*
4*
^
from the bridge or jumped after ers if permission is "granted
to transfer 36 warbuilt ships without a Government okay or MOONSHINE MAKES A COMEBACK—Uquor producers claim fhat
the impact. Both were lost.
of identical tonnage to foreign used in trade barred to US citi production of illegal whiskey has grown to the point where it dwarfs
Six Hour Fight
zens and would have to be resold the output of prohibition days. The liquor industry says that recent
flag and registry.
^
Seafarer^ remaining aboard
or chartered to the US on the increases in Federal liquor taxes have given further encouragement
The
arrangement,
which
hinges
spent a harrowing six hours fight
to moonshiners with the customer having to pay around $2.50 id taxes
ing oil fires aboard the Michael un on the okay of the Maritime Ad same terms as an Americanflag for every bottle oflegallyproduced firewater. At the same time, the
vessel.
ministration,
would
produce
brand
til the blazes were brought under
liquor men complain that tAe number of "revenoors" working for the
control and the ship could make it new high capacity, speedier tank
Federal government, some 900 inen, is far less than there were a dozen
ships
for
commercial
and
possible
to port.
years ago. As a result, they say that more moonshine is being produced
The crash was the last in a series military use, but the kicker in the
than
is legal whiskey.
of mishaps that had dogged the deal is the transfer of almost three
4" ' 4"
4"
Michael on the voyage. Outward times as many ships to foreign
RACE
RIOTS
LEAD
TO
CONVICTIONS—Four
city employees of
bound, her generator broke down registration. Shipping men say if
Cicero,
111.;
the
police
chief,
two
policemen
and
the
town attornejr
they
can't
go
ahead
with
the
plan
in the Mediterramean and she had
were convicted by a Federal grand jury of conspiracy to violate civil
to be taken in tow, while in the in ordinary times their ships have
rights laws. The charges grew out of three days of riots when a Negro
Persian Gulf she ran aground and to lay idle.
bus driver^ Harvey E. Clark, moved into an apartment in the Chicago
had to he pulled off.
Plans for the new ships call for
suburb.
The convicted men were charged with failing to prevent the
11 of them to exceed 29,250 tons
rioters
from "interfering
with Clark's efforts to moVe into the apart
at 16 knots, with the remainder Montreal—Construction workers
ment that
he had
rented.
between 26,000 and 18,000 tons have about neared the halfway
4"
with speeds of 1516 knots. The .point fn renovating the building
CEILING COMES OFF ON POTATOES—Government officials gavg
36 ships to be replaced include 14 which will eventually house head
Libertys, eight Liberty tankers, 11 quarters of the SIU Canadian dis up trying to regulate the price of potatoes and removed price ceilings
T2s and three old tankers, with a trict. At Thorold on the Welland when that handy commodity disappeared from the market. Farmers
total tonnage equivalent to the Canal, units of a new hall are ex had been withholding potatoes from the market in anticipation of Con
pected to be ready for occupancy gressional action removing the lids, so the Office of Price Stabiiization
new Construction.
threw in the towel. At last word, potatoes were selling from ten to
by the end of this month
SIU Companies
Work on the Montreal structure 15 cents a pound in large cities, but a break is expected in the next'
Among the operators pushing is proceeding with the aid of a few we6ks when the new crop comes in.
Dwindling stockpiles of plate the plaif^ are the American Mer
i t
4"
#
steel in US shipyards may serious chant Marine SS Corp., which $25,000 loan voted by. Seafarers in
IT ON CONGRESSIONAL FRYING PAN—The mostinvestigating
ly hamper a strengthening pro would build a 20,000ton, • 18 the A&G IDistrict at a recent head
Congress of this or any other century turned its attention toward the
gram for T2 tankers put in force knotter and transfer two Libertys; quarters .branch meeting.
following the breaking up of the Metro Petroleum Shipping . Co., to So far, the job of clearing out "morals" of radio and television. A subcommittee of the House Inter
^tankers Fort Mercer and Pendle build a 29,150ton, 17knotter and the building forthe installation of state and Foreign Commerce Committee somehow assumed Jurisdiction
ton in a storm off New England transfer one T2 and two Liberty modern facilities ior, the member over the problem of low necklines, crime shows and beer advertising.
ship is moving 'diortg ahead of Prohibition advocates got their licks in early with complaints about
this past winter.
tifiikers, and the Western Naviga schedule, but no .dale lias been set the number of foaming, steins of beer that are dangled at the family
Low supplies of steel for repair tion Corp., which would construct
in closeups. Objectionable hiunor by comedians recently out
ing the 300 tankships affected may a 28,000ton, 16knotter and in for the actual opening. The Cana audience
of
night
clubs
was also criticized. But as one Congressman oliserved
dian
headquarters
will
house
a
stall completion of tbe strengthen turn, transfer three Libertys.
ing program beyond next Winter's Before final Goveniment appro cafeteria ^nd streamlined recrea pithily that if you don'twant your kids towatch it, just turn the set off.
4"
^
4"
deadline, or forvce diversion of the val can be obtained, all parties tion rooms, in addition to the reg ' SLIGHTLY UNDER THE MINIMUMS—After
much statistical com
ular facilities
for shipping and
dis
work to foreign repair yardS~(Ie must 'conform to several conditions patching.
puting, some
United
Nations
specialists
have
figured
out that half of
spite available facilities and work set by the Maritinie Administra
the
world
lives
on
an
annual
income
of'less
than
$100
a year in US
Dormitory
Feature
men in the US.
tion. IJnder these' terms, the trans
The site at Thorold, a few miles currency. Roughly 90 percent of the people in the world get by on
• The required strengthening, in ferred vessels could not be trans from Niagara Falls on the Cana less than $600 a year. Putting it another way, the UN figured out that
volving the addition . of four ferred to noncitizens of the US dian side, will feature a dormitory the lis and Canada, between them having only 10 percent of the
riveted steel straps and reinforc
and hostel for the convenience df world's population, raked in 43 percent of the world's total income. In
ing of thg bilge keel, ^us the
the men, as well .as a cafeteria and short, the study concludes that although real income has risen in. most
straps or girders placed as crack
space for a possible navigation and parts'of the world, a lot more progress is In order.
arresters in 1947, uses about 100
cooking^ school.
4'
4» . 4^
tons of steel per ship.
Both 'structures, realization4>f a KOREAN PRISONERS "RECAPTtkED":—A series of armed raids
Unless more steel Is obtained.
Seafarers who have retroac
dream for many seamen sailing on by infantry, and paratroopers equipped with bayonets, tear gas and
Industry leaders feel the program tive pay coming to them from the Lakes,. are expected to merit concussion grenades "has broken up diehard Comtniinist concentrations
may be, bogged dowa considerably,
Victory Carriers should write the long wait for adequate facili within prisonerofwar camps in South Korea. The raids were an out
thereby ex^sing the ships and the company at 655 Madison ties to service the f.^sh water grow'of prisoner demonstrations and the seizure of the former com
their crews Id the chance of a simi Avenue, New York, or apply in membership.. f ^ .
mander of the prison camp. General (now Colonel) Dodd Groups' of
lar mishap this coming winter, person.
On completion^ the Thorold hall prisoners put up a last ditch fight with spears and clubs, killing one
when the, fury of the Atlantic is
If ..writing, include your, will be the second building erected American soldier and suffered 31 deaths themselves in the process.
at its peafc.. Government officials name, Z^number, the name of in Canada by the SIU since it took After the raids were completed, the Army found that bodies of a con
in charge of allocating basic metal the ship and the dates you , over the ship contracts from the siderable number'of prisoners who.bad been beaten, to death or other
suppli^ have so far nqt indicated have mon^ due for.
eommunistrled Canadian Seamen's wise murdered after kangaroo court trials conducted by CiHnmunist
what action they
. '
leaders within the prison compounds.
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Union in 194R, ' . !<• 'r> •
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.9To1,fd I'ti'a iisiii i'jiaxTO'.ie itsu
.cu'Sij UvirMS i selis;' bus
Tankship Operators Await
Govt Okay In Ship Switch
New Canadian
Halls Hearing
Final Stages
Lack Of Steel
Perils Straps
For Tankships
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Bas Bach Wayes
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Friday, June IS, 1»SX
t d &
Facd 8«yim
Fishermen Win Increase, Hat€hes Open^ Ship Sails On
End Alaska SlU Strike
The crew of the George M. Kulukundis (Orion) put in a hazardous ten days during their
homeward voyage froni Europe tp New. York, when the captain persistently refused to se
cure the ship and sailed through heavy fog and rolling seas with all hatches uncovered.
As a result, when the ship"^
Successful settlement of a 50day strike by the SlUaffili
arrived in New York the skip John Molnar died aboard another Thebosim asked every day, but
ated Bering Sea Fisherman's Union, the second in its brief per was fired by the company ship operating for the same com the mate said the captain refused
history, came last week with the signing of a new agreement after the crew and the Union pro pany when he ifell through an open to order the vessel secured.
providing increases in fishings
tested his neglect of elementary hatch that had been unsecured According to a chronicle kept by
while the vessel was still some iZOO the crew, on the 16th, the vessel
rates for members of the mon Industry, Inc. failed to bring a seamanship.
miles from the start of the Hamp ran into a heavy pea fog. The
satisfactory contract. The strike re
Crew Signs Petition
union.
The settlement calls for an addi ceived the full support of all SIU Although the crew protested sev ton Roads Channel.
hatches were open, piles of coal,
tional four to six cents a fish for affiliates including the SUP and eral times during the voyage and
Bosun's Plea Ignored
guys, runners, wires, cro;s battens,
red salmon. The basic rate before the SIU A&G District, as well as even signed a petition, Captain Captain Anderson is no longer mooring lines, etc. were strewn all
the strike began was 40 cents a shoreside unions of carpenters and Harold Anderson refused to have aboard the . Kulukundis, but he over the deck. The ship was on
machinists.
fish.
full ahead and was rolling since it
the hatches secured for sea. They made the last trip a tough one.
Under the new agreement, the At the conclusion of the strike, said he had proceeded to sea with The vessel put out to sea on May was empty."
rates go to 44 cents on power telegrams were sent to the SIU's the hatches open and the ship in 13. The bosun asked if the ship It was or. a coal ship such as
operated boats and 46 cents on Seattle branch representatives an unseaworthy condition in viola would be secured and was told that this that Molnar was killed by his
thanking the union and the mem tion of Article Seven of the SIU the captain refu.^ed. The bosun and fall into the open hatch.
sailboats and on set nets.
The strike began on April 1 bership "for the valuable support agreement and Act 658 of the US crew had the impression the vessel On the 17th, the "ship was roll
after three months of negotiations and assistance" in helping the Coast Guard Regulations because woirid anchor to secure after the ing steadily and pounding." The
with the employers, the Alaska Sal union win its strike.
he "wanted the holds washed obt." pilot had been di'opped, but the' captain still refused to secure the
Organized Last Year
hatches. "The hatch boards were
In November of 1951, Seafarer ship kept right on its way.
The Bearing Sea Fisherman's
moving on deck. It was a danger
Union was organized in June, 1951,
ous deck to be on."
just a year ago, and affiliated with
Captain Leaves Bridge
the SIU. At that time their mem
Despite
the danger, the captain
bers were forced tO' go on strike
ordered
a
lookout
to_the bow. The
to win union recognition. The
Captain, although the ship was
Bering Sea Union had originally
still in a heavy fog, left the bridge
been part of the communist
and went down to the saloon. The
dominated Alaska Fishermen's
Union but broke away from that Demands by the Masters, Mates and Pilots, AFL, for a 15 ship averaged 71 revs.
On the 18th, "decks are in same
in January, 1951, when pro percent, wage increase for deck officers "employed by At
Seafarers on ships calling at the group
condition, only coal has washed
posals
were
made
to
merge
with
lantic and Gulf Coast ship operators made no progress at off. Pea fog. Ship rolling." On the
port of Singapore in the Far East
Coast longshore union.
have been urged to donate blood the West
the first
negotiation meeting
19th, the Captain countermanded
The SIU and SUP. gave the new
to be credited to the SIU at the union financial
between union representat flat 15 percent rise in both ba.se the mate's order and took all look
support in
its early
Singapore General Hospital as a days, and SUP ships operating in tives and an employer com pay and overtime rates. In addi outs off the bow, despite "dense
result of an emergency which used the Alaska area respected the float mittee.
tion, the union demands include a fog." The lookout was put in No.
tip the blood supply available there ing
The union group, .headed by Cap 15 cent increase in the operators 2 hold cleaning bilges. "Sea high,
picketlines
put
up
by
the fish
in order to save a Seafarer's life. ery union, refusing to load cargo tain C. T. Atkins, national presi daily contribution to the union wel winds in force, ship rolling and
The incident occurred while the
dent of the MM&P, asked for the fare fund, as well as additional pay pitching and pounding." Captain
Isthmian freighter Steel King was out of the Alaska canneries.
for officers who do not stand watch. "left bridge and went to saloon."
in Singapore on its last voyage and
The committee for the Compa On the 20th, "seas calmed down
" Chief Cook Victor Silva had to be
nies and Agents with which the some," but on the 21st, rain and
hospitalized due to a severe inter
union is dealing represents 48 East fog set in. "Revs 70 or over and no
nal hemorrhage. His condition was
Coast steamship lines. Another lookout, no ship's whistle." "Cap
so critical that at one time it was Great Lakes shipping men and residents of the area are meeting between the MM&P and tain in his sack." "Lookout ordered
doubtful he would recover.
anxiously watching record water levels which are likely to the committee has been scheduled to bow—taken off and put on
His urgent need for four blood cause serious damage to waterfront installations and homes. for June 19. In the interim, the em hatches," after mate ordered to
transfusions exhausted the hos
ployers said that they would cover five hatches while watch was
pital's small store of Silva's blood Levels of the lakes tend tof
"study" the union demands.
on deck.
type, forcing the hospital to re' vary year by year. At pres
Last fall, there was lengthy dis
. Not Securing Ship
quest blood to replenish its supply, ent they are at the highest
agreement between the shipowners
level
in
recorded
history.
Should
Captain
was asked if bosun
the staff of Isthmian's Singapore
and the MM&P over the welfaie
could
cover
hatches, and answered
agents, McAllster & Co.., Ltd., a storm blow up in the Lakes
contribution which was not re
. Seafarers have been remind solved until November when SIU that he "was not securing ship,
saved the day by responding to the region millions of dollars of dam
age threatens port installation#.
ed that any gear sent tp any contracted companies broke with just covering up to keep the
appeal for blood.
In the light ot this experience, Ordinarily high .water on the Slil hall baggage rooms must the committee's adamant stand and hatches dry."
the Union urges its members who ];.^kes is welcomed by shipping nien have the shipping charges agreed to a 25 cent increase in On the 22nd,the "weather was
fair." The bosun and a couple of
. pass through Singapore to help set since it means thatXakes ore car
welfare contributions.
up a special fund of blood ear riers can carry heavier loads than prepaid. Any gear sent with
Demands similar, to the MM&P men put hatch boards and one tarp
marked for the use of Seafarers usual and still pass through shallow COD shipping charges cannot program have already been pre on each hatch, and put wedges
who become ill or injured in the harbor channels. In tbiS' instance be accepted at the baggage sented to the shipowners by the staggered around conning.
area. In this way, any serious draw however, the water leveW could be rooms.. So if you are sending NMU and have bwn rejected by At the payoff the whole episode
on the. hospital's supply wouldn't disastrous to both life and prop
any gear to a Union hall, be the employer committee.
was explained by the crew to the
sure to prepay the shipping
risk the chance of serious conse erty.
Meanwhile, on the West Coast patrolmen. The company gave the
quences. Arrangements for donat The US Weather Bureau has charges. The baggage rooms the MM&P voted to arbitrate its skipper the ax when it was realized
ing blood for this special SltJ bipod been extending its storm warning cannot accept COD shipments dispute with shipowners over em that the Union would not let the
bank can be made in iSingapore by system to prepare for a possible of gear.
ployment of officers of . SUP struck skipper endanger the lives of the
contacting Isthmian agents there. emergencyi'
ships.
next crew.
Ask SlU Men
Donate Blood
In Singapore
m
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rsl
MM&P Asks Ship Operators
For 15 Percent Pay Boost
Floods Seen At Lake Ports
DonH Ship Gear
To MJnion COD
Cartoon History Of The SIU
The 1936 Spring Strike
• • y
No. 13
ifl]
The rank and file membership of^ the ISU
called a strike of Atlantic and Gulf seameii in
April, 1936,;after jobactions on the California
and other ships. The A&G Marine Firemen;
endorsed the strike, but the, old line ISU offi
cials caUed It an >"owtlaw at|rike.'*. ;
,
The strike was limited to the East Coast, and the
SUP and other West Coast unions, whose con
i
tracts ran^0 September 30, 1936, helped the
[ i ; strikers every way. thCy could. The result
i : was that it was impossible to spread the,
and cause a general tiejup..
The Conimunists had taken over the strike,
and in May the/seameq revolted and voted to
return to work to await expiration of the lyest
Coast'agreements. They'got no new agree,
.^inents, ; no. raises, no guaranteies. But they
were strohfler than ever bbford.'
. •
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IF'
SEAFARERS l&C
PORT REPORTS
following craft have honored us Seattle:
the SIU for its topnotch opera Boston:
by calling at our fair city: Cantig
'tions.
ny, Salem Maritime, Winter Hill,
Some of the oldtimers on the
French Creek, Bents Fort, Fort
beach include E. W. Nicholson, R.
Hoskins, Lone Jack, Chiwawa and
Nicholson,'E. L. M e r e e v e g u, J.
Government Camp, all Cities Serv
Adams, M. W. Townsend, J. C. Mit
Shipping and business has con Ive. We also had the Republic of Shipping has been fine out here, chell, W. S. Porter, B. Wilkelmsen, Business didn't pick up much
tinued at a fairly good pace for Trafalgar SS Co. calling in here and looks like it will stay that way G. C. Frank, and F. R. England.
since the last report and remains
Joff Morrison
the past two weeks, with a total of and taking a few men.
for a while.
fair as far as the future outlook
Seattle Port Agent goes.
30 ships having paid off and 13 We've also crewed up the W. E. We paid off the Ocean Lotta
signed on foreign articles.
Downing (Mathlasen), which came (Ocean Trans), Robert Lowery,
4 » »
The activity during the last two
The following were the payoffs; in from Japan. Quite a few of Richard Pearson and Joseph Priest Mobile:
weeks was provided by the follow
the
boys
aboard
live
here
and
are
ly
(Bloomfield).
The
last three
are
Steel Designer, Steel Fabricator,
ing payoffs: Tagalam (Mar Trade);
slated for layup, to gather rust
Steel Executive, Steel Voyager getting off.
Government
Camp, Salem Mari
(Isthmian); Angelina, .Frances, Su The Metal Trades Council is still while the foreignflag ships get fat.
time
(Cities
Service), plus The
zanne, Ines, Rosario, Beatrice, Bing hammering away at Firestone Co. The Strathport (Strathmore) came
Clabins
and
Julesburg
(Mathiasen).
hamton Victory, Puerto Rico,
and at the Math in for payoff, but since most of the
All
of
the
above
signed , on
again.
Elizabeth (Bull); Winter Hill, Lone
iason Chemical men were willing to stay aboard Shipping for the coming two In transit were the Robin Mow
jack, French Creek (Cities Serv
Co. We hear that her, we extended the articles for weeks is expected to be just fair bray (Robin) and Steel Maker
ice); Seabeaver (Orion); Seatrains
since only five offshore and four (Isthmian), the latter just returned
some progress payoff in an East Coast port.
Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, New
is being made. The Lotta signed right on again, coastwise ships are due in for pay from the pineapple run.
. Jersey, Savannah (Seatrain); Mary
Meanwhile, the while we had the Topa Topa (Wa off and replacements.
We finally tracked down those
Adams (Bloomfield); Trinity (Car
garage mechanics terman), Marymar and Pennmar The past period we had payoffs Mar
Trade people on some dough
(Calmar),
and Alaska
Cedar (Ocean
ras); Albion (Dry Trans); George
on five Alcoa ships, the Patriot,
just knocked over
Kulukundis (Mar Trade); Cape Ed
Corsair, Polaris,. Pegasus and Cava that was coming to Robins, the
another wouldbe Tow), here in transit
mont (Alcoa); Hurricane, (Golden
lier, plus four for Waterman, the bosun on the Tagalam's last trip,
tough garage
Had Beef
maintenance and cure money.
City (Waterman) and Nikos (Dol
owner, and every When we paid off the Rice Vic Fairhope, Morning Light, Beaure in
Aucion
He
was getting around on a cane,
phin).
body (except the tory some time ago, we had a feVv gard and Monarch of the Seas.
short of
cash and they were doling
Those
signing
on
were
the
Falr
Signons included: Wnfleld owner) is happy.
beefs about the master, a Captain
out
money
to him like it didnt
Stratton (BuU); Steel Fabricator, Brother Harry Aucion, who sails Edwards. However, we settled ihe ly>pe. Young America and Beaure belong to hinu
We collected $2(10
gard
(Waterman),
and
the
Alcoa
Steel Voyager, Steel Architect, in all ratings in the Stewards De beefs but held off saying anything
him, to bring the benefits up
Steel Executive (Isthmian); Robin partment, is catching up on his about him because he professed to Patriot and Polaris. Intransits to for
Wentley, Robin Doncaster (Robin); sleep around here. He says that be a "good union man." Right the port included the Andrew Jack to date.
Seavictor, Seamonltor (Orion); Ann 'anyone who would not vote for after that, however, he tried to son, DeSoto and Chickasaw, all There was also 9 bit of a.rumpug
with the captain of this same ship,
Waterman.
Butler (Bloomfield); Coe Victory, the new halls should'have his head chisel four of the guys out of
Louis Emery Jr. (Victory Carriers) examined, for when I started. go measly $16 on lodging, and when We had no beefs to speak of, ex the Tagalam, when we questioned
on his qualifications for doing
and Warhawk (Waterman) «
ing to sea, we didn't have a decent they squawked, he told them that cept for minor items easily settled him
work rightfully
belonging to the
ri^t
on
the
spot.
The
ships
com
Wide Open Ride
place to apply for a job, let alone if they pushed the beef they might
SIU
crew,
but
that's
been pretty
ing
in
here
have
been
run
very
We ran into a beef on the Kulu have a decent hall in which to lay the ship up.
well straightened out.
smooth
in
this respect.
The thing is,
the ship
was slated
meet
our
friends
and
to
read
and
kundis with an oldtime captain by
Enjoying himself on the beach The big kicker in the deal was
the name of Harrold<A.nderson, who relax. Let's put a fine hall in all for layup vdien the beef came up, in the'cool, coolness of the Mobile that the crew didn't put in for the
and
laying
a
ship
up
for
$16
is
comes out of the mothballs every the ports where we ship from, and
branch hall, overtime until the trip was over,
once in a while to make a trip. He make the SIU even stronger than something new 'to me. • When he
brother Clarence by which time it was too late to .
proceeded to sea without securing it is." Harry usually sails as sec wasn't successful In getting the
Carter has made do anything about it. The broth
the gear and sailed merrily across ond cook and baker, but on his men to phony up, he yelled they
quite a
switch on ers should know that they have to
the Atlantic for about ten days last ship, the Winter Hill, he ate were giving him a bad time. Well,
his original
plans turn ii) their itemized OT sheet
with all five hatches open. Luckily so much he had to get off atad rest. we settled this beef too, but now
before 72 hours are up, especially
for
a
livelihood.
we're ready to say that this charac
they did not run into the weather
Red's A Goner
when it's work done by officers, or
Clarence
started
ter is really a hardtiming so and
that a lot of the ships have enMun
they'll go without the
dough. That's
out
as
an
agrir
Brother
R.
L.
"Red"
Ferguson
so.
tered this year or there might not
just what happened here.
cultural
student
of
New
Orleans
fame
also
paid
us
The
new
books
that
we've
seen
have been anyone left to tell the
in New Orleans We had a clean payoff on the
tale. Needless to say, this charac a visit. He usually doesn't stay out here are really great. We're all
and after a long Government Camp, thoi^h there
here
long
enough
to
get
as
well
Carter
raring
to
go
out
here,
and
get
ter is no longer on the ship, and
and
hard> study was a beef about putting deW grat
known
as
he
is
in
New
Orleans,
those new books as soon as we can.
we have informed the operators
routine decided to
come to
Mobile ings on the catwalk and the hew
however. This
time, he
walked into
They're great
that we don't want him on any SIU
and
put
his
knowledge
to
work icebox for the crew didn't tum up
the hall and.then
walked right back
ship in the future, not in command
Pledge Support
yet. Julesburg and Saleth Mari
for the
Baldwin
County
citizens.
out
to
take
an
oiler's
job.
Broth
of a vessel at any rate.
The
SUP
is
on
strike
out
here,
time payoffs also ran smooth.
He
got
as
far
as
the
aircondi
We have been receiving some er Ferguson is a great lover of the and they just have to name their
James Sheehan
tioning at 1 South
Lawrence Street
Goddess
of
Chance,
and
right
now
overtime from the outports that
own ticket with us and we're with
Boston Port Agent
has been disputed on various tank he's working on a top secret sys them all the way. The Alaska fish and hasn't been able to break the
tie. Since 1938, he's sailed in all
i
t
ers for steward department work tem to beat all systems. If we ermen are back to work in the steward department ratings. Things
watch
Red
carefully
we
might
all
Son
Francisco:
in port before eight AM and after
Bering Sea. This showk what 'uni being what they are thouifii, he's
five PM. Some of the companies get rich.
fied support from all unions can happy albout the whole thing be
Now that
the oil
strike is over
in
or captains seem to be under the
do.
Things are still the same here
impression that the home port nearby Texas, shipping should be as faras the MC&S is concerned. cause with the fish biting in the
nearby streams he can't see moving
picking up, and starting
next week,
clause that was negotiated and
The local MTD meeting pledged on from this port. He hopes he'll be
added to the freight ship contract our old standby, the ferry boat 100
percent support of the SUP
also applies to tankers. This is def Federal, will be on the Port Arthur beef, and the unions, including the able to make that dream come true Shipping has been riding strong
about the chicken ranch in the out here for the last two weeks
initely not so. Any work performed to Mississippi River run again.
SUP
and
Operating
Engineers,
vicinity
someday, but in the mean with well over 150 men sient out
on a tanker before eight AM and Our local baseball team is fight went on record for donating $100
time he sails out of here regularly. on regular jobs plus another 100
after five PM from Monday through ing an uphill battle to capture •respectively
to cover the expense On the beach with him enjoying shipped to standby jobs on Lib
Friday in any port is overtime. ' third place in the Gulf Coast of a delegation
the State con the azaleas are brothers J. R. Por ertys that are laying up.
A bright sign during the period League. Whoever winsr we'll know vention. We also to
plan
to build up ter, E. Hannon, H. M. Hankee, W. During the period we paid off
was the crewing of three ships that that our local boys put up a battle. the till f6r any emergency,
just as Wemeth, O. Stevens and C. Nail. the following ships: Topa Topa
were laid up in idle status and the
Leroy Clarke
the
SIU
has
done
in
the
past.
In
Cat Tanner
(Waterman); Frederic Collins (Dry
gain of one, the San Mateo Vic
Lake Charles Agent the Northwest,'all the unions know
Mobile
Pert
Agent
Trans);
Michbel Moran; David
tory, formerly SUP but now oper
Johnson, Joyce Kilmer (Missis
ated by Eastern. We believe we
sippi); Carroll "Victory (South
have hit the bottom for a while on
Atlantic) and Shinnecock Bay
the layups and a couple of the
(Mar Trade). The three Mississippi
operators seem to agree. They are
ships have since gone into layup.
of the opinion there will be
The rest all signed on again, as
more ships taken out of layup
did the Kyska (Waterman). In
about August. We certainly hope
Shipping froiti May 22 to June 4
transit were the Yaka, Raphael
so, and can assure you that your
Semmes
(Waterman); Brightstar
representatives are working to see
REG.
REG.
REG.^ TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL
(Triton);
Pennmar,
Calmar (Cal
PORT
to it that we get our share of them.
DECK ENGINE STE#. REG.. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED mar) and the Steel
Apprentice
More jobs mean more porkchops
Boston
33
24 . ; 26
83
24
13
10
for SIU members.
47 (isthmian).
Prospects for the next two weeks
Claude Simmons
New York ...,....,...,..,^187 , 197
153
537
174
154
133
466 look just fair, but standby.and
I
Asst. Sec'yTreas.
Philadelphia .... i'
53
41
38
132
38 , 30
26
94 shift jobs on Libertys going into
tit
the boneyard will keep anyone
Balitmore
• eeoeoeeoaei
169
i'l2 t'
79
360
[Lake Charles:
131 •
81
116
328 busy while he is waiting for a reg
Norfolk .,
83
67
89
71 .221
76
85
230 ular job.
Savannah • • • • • «e«ooo«oee~4 34
Naturally, the big news around
23
• 25,
28
88
20
73 the
port is the SUP strike against
Tampa F...,
12
11
32
22 the West Coast operators, and we
10
'
'f
«
239
58
ShippiBg''^as on the slow bell MobUe ...., • teaeeoofl
64
58
ICi, have offered to give whatever aid
.
is needed at any time. The strike
~for a while ddWn here, then broke New Orleans
102
/ 91
286
84
103
83
272
is going ahead on everything ex'
loose with a loud roar, and we not Galveston .,
• • eeeeees
38
cept military cargoes and war ma
49
110
37
31'
117
only cleaned out the ball, but had
V .
teria, as requested by the Govern
to caU for help to fill up the rated West" Coast ,
60
Hi
'
5»'
111
101
159
• 3 301 meat
Jobs.
H. J. Fischer
New York:
LayUp View Brighier;
3 idled Ships Crew Up
fr •
»ti4ay. JaM is. 195s
'ProUnion' Skippor
HardTimosGvorSIB
CrewJsrned in OT Ead
Of Trip, Can't Golleet
From Soil To Tho Soa
Is A Roal Job Swileh
#•
m
ilF:
llP
m'':
^i
iv
standby Job While Yol
Wail Always 0|ien Hero
c smppmc MiEcoRD
• 'v^.
F*"" '
P
Uffions keep Active
Despite HetWeallier
V
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• *'*11
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li'i
�Vriiijr, Jane IS. Ittt
I
SEArARERS IPG
Par* Nfai*
PORT JOEPORtS
his SIU Vacation Plan check for Wilmington:
$117.63 represented the first time
he'd gotten this.benefit, a statistic
echoed by over 05 percent of the
men coming in here.
Lindsey Williams
New Orleans Fort Agent
Activity is moving along at a
The weather's hot, but the ship
t
t
fair scale in the Crescent City
ping's a lot hotter around here. It
with nearly the same amount of Baltimore:
has been excellent, and lo6ks as if
men registering as shipping out.
it is going to be even .better for
We still have a shortage of rated
the next couple of weete.
engine department men, but the
We've had a couple of beefs
steward department jobs are run
from the membership about men
ning a little slow. Deck men are
getting their clothes back late or
moving out Just fine, and happily Everything is rocking along on not at all from various boarding
we have no boneyard Jobs s^ed an even keel here, as shipping cleaners. I have Jumped the com
uled for a while.
holds up very well. There have panies about it, but I think it
We passed another milestone been 18 ships paying off, 17 sign would be a wise move for the men
recently when vacation payments ing on and 6 in transit since our to get a duplicate receipt for the
'
clothes sent out. For that matter,
through this port surpassed $100, last report.
000, an average of about $1,100 a The current political muddle is the membership should never Philadelphia Seafarers on voluntary picketline duty during Teleg
raphers' beef quitting lines after the settlement. Seafarer Casimir
day since the start of the Plants still going full blast, so no one leave their clothes in some shore
Szymanski
(white shirt) Jauntily^ led victory parade back to the
side
laundry
or
tailor, shop.
Why
shnows from on* day to the next
operations.
^
SIU hali. MTD also furnished support during strike.
trust
them
to people
they've never
what
the
picture
will
be
when
the
Paying off during the period
were the following; AlcoaBunner, voters actually grapple with the seen before?
Th^ SUP has hit the bricks out Platte Victory (Mississippi); Steel ter two, in addition to the Cape
Partner, James Caldwell (Ajlcoa); situation in November.
Apprentice (Isthmian) and the Grieg (Mississippi), signing on.
Steel Architect (Isthmian); Del On the Senate side, a Republi here for Saturday overtime, as Liberty Flag (Gulf Cargo).
Intransit activity was a bit
you
probably
know.
Of
course
can
Congressman
by
the
name
of
Aires, Del Rio, Del Norte (Missis
heavier
than usual, with the fol
The, Holystar
paid
off
after
a
we're
standing
by,
ready 'to
give
aippi); Iberville (Waterman); Mas Beale has received the nominatidn
ninemonth trip lowing ships in: Dei • Oro, Del
01^
SUP
brothers
any
help
they
to
run
for
the
upper
chamber.
All
sillon Victory (Eastern) and Wanda
in spotless con Mundo, Cape Grieg (Mississippi);
(Epiphany). The Caldwell has we know about him is the pretty might need. Once again,the sail
dition. The own Julesburg (Mathiasen); Federal
ors
have
had
to
hit
the
bricks
to
poor labor record he rung up whil^
gone to the boneyard.
er, Captain John, (Trafalgar); Seatrains New Jersey,
The signons included the Alcoa he was in Washington; and that's gain conditions which the ship
complime n t Texas (Seatrain); Archers Hope
owners
recognize,
but
refuse
to
certainly
not
to
his
credit.
Bunner and Partner, plus the Del
ed the crew for (Cities Service): Evelyn (Bull) and
This case, is particularly
Alba, Dei Oro, Del Mundo and The Democrats have given the pay.
the Job thiey did Fairhope (Waterman). The Rich
puzzling,
because
the
shipowners
nod to d chap named Mahoney, but
Cape Grieg (Mississippi). '
on
the trip, ard Johnson (Bloomfield), went
are already paying Saturday over
In transit were the. Alcoa Clip he has no record
while
all hands into idle status.
time
to
the
MFOW.
per, Patriot, Corsair, Polaris (Al at all since he has
praised
the cap We expect a real sizable "pro"
Thomas Freela^d, who sails as
coa); E. A. Burnett, Steel Execu not been in Con
tain
and
the vote for the resolution on new
an
AB,
has
been
a
Seafarer
for
Freeland
tive (Isthmian); Del Oro, Del gress before.
bosun for having halls when the balloting is com
the last seven years. He's taking
However,
he
has
Mundo, Cape Giieg; Seatrains
it easy.on the beach around here a wonderful trip. There was only pleted next week here and in the
Liouisiana, Georgia, New Jersey been popular in
right now. Just resting. Tommy, a minor beef about some disputed other branches all over the coun
Democratic
cir
(Seatrain); DeSoto, Fairhope,
who hails from Arizona, says he restriction time in Savona, which try. The boys down here are real
Morning Light, An&%w Jackson, cles for some
ly hot on the idea of a newhall
likes
those South American runs, is being taken care of.
time, and there
is
Monarch of the Seas (Waterman);
especially Rio, but he's settled for Some of the oldtimers around for this port and are collaring me
Southern Districts, Southern the possibility
the YokohamaWilmington shut here now are Jack Gridley, Blackie regularly to toss in their own ideas
States (Southern Trading) and the that if the cur
O'Nell
tle that so many of the boys are Abbey, White Yerke, Jack Walker on the place. If the vote goes well,
Seacomet (Colonial). The Burnett rent split in the
and Del Wenger. Not many left, we'll try to put some of them into
party is sealed, Mr. Mahoney could homesteading right now.
was also idled.
because most of them have shipped use when the building is set up.
Plans Sea Career
be the next US Senator from Mary
Vote SUP Support
out.
Keith Alsop
An MTD meeting in our hall last land. From what we hear of him, Tommy's making the sea his We'd like to remind the guys
Galveston Port Agent
he might be a right guy, but we'll career, and says that it will be a
week took up the wait and see.
having mail sent to the hall to
. 4. i. t
SUP West Coast The Congressional candidates en cinch since he belongs to the best have it sent in care of the SIU.
seamen's organization
in the world.
beef as a major
We're in the SyP building and, Philadelphia:
item and went dorsed by labor are all up for elec Since he's Joined, he says he's unless there's some mention of the
been hard put to keep up vith all SIU, the mail is liable to get
on record to sup tion and a majority of them may the
rapidly improving conditions,
very
well
come
in,
but
time
can
port the SUP only tell. *
wages and benefits that we've got mixed up. The address is 440
100 percent. The
Avalon Boulevard.
PMA and ^ the On the beach with us these days, ten.
Sam Cohen
Men
Needed
while
we
keep
our fingers
crossed
Since the settlement of the West
West Coast are
Wilmington Port Agent ern Union strike everything in this
on
the
balloting
for
new
hails
by
The
time
sure
is
ripe
for men
quite a distance
4" iSj'
port, is back to normal except the
from the Gulf the membership, is brother Luby to come hinning around this port
Bates
O'Neil,
who has
been
a member
of
shipping. Port activity is still con
of
.pleasure.
Black
gang
men
in
Galveston:
but their ships
fined to coastwise tankers and a
all ratings can ship with ease, and
hitting ports down here will be the SIU since its inception^
coastal Bull Line ship now and
tied up the same way they are out Luby started sailing in 1916 and we can also use some good stew
then.
West. The support of the MTD boasts the proud record of never ards department nted men.
We attended a meeting of the
goes to show what unity between having been logged or on charges. The Jeff Davis (Waterman), Sea
Commercial
Telegraphers Union
A
real
oldtimer
in
the
marine
in
coral
(Orion)
and
Holystar
(Inter
AFL waterfront unions can do
when it comes to aiding each dustry, he says he is absolutely continental) all paid off here, and The pace of shipping here hasn't (AFL) last week and accepted a
amazed at the gains made by the then signed on again. Our big changed much since the last re plaque presented to the SIU in
other in maritime beefs.
The Del Norte was on semiIdle SIU and would never in his wildest business was in intransits, though. port, as things continue to be slow appreciation of the help our men
itatus for a few days, with the dreams have thought there would We had the Heywood Broun (Vic and the weather is making every gave the strikers during their beef.
The ipembers of CTU Local 22
crew laid off while she was under be a Vacation and a Welfare Plan tory Carriers); Portmar, Marymar, body lazy to boot.
here
showed they were good union
as
they
ailt
now
set
up
for
Sea
We
had
the
Edward
L.
Scripps
Galmar
and
Pennmar
(Calmar);
going repairs. Possibly as a result
the Yaka and Fairland (Water (Isthmian), Genevieve Peterkin people when they abided by a vote
of the lull, the Del Norte Stars farers.
Earl Sheppard
man); Brightstar (Triton); Carroll (Bloomfield) and Royal Oaks (Cities of the majority and returned to
were off pace and couldn't uphold
. BalUmore Port Agent Victor^^South^Ltl^^
Service) in for payoff, with the lat their Jobs although they themselves
the honors of their ship as they've
had voted to reject the settlement.
done so often in baseball games on
Waterfront Slow
the South American run. In any
Along
the waterfront things are
event, the SIU Beachcombers put
going along at a very slow pace.
across 16 runs to win a recent con
The only thing of note to Seafar
test between the two teams, 162.
ers is the inquiry into the fatal
We will wait for an explanation in
Sam Cohen. Agent
Terminal 42874 PORT COLBORNE
103 Durham St. crash in the Delaware River in
the Del Norte's worthy publica
SIU, A&G District
HEADQUARTERS 875 4th Ave., Bklyn.
Ontario
Phone: 5591 volving the SlUmanned C a r r a s .
tion, the Navigator.
BALTIMORB
U North Gay St.
SECRETARYTREASURER
TORONTO. Ontario
86 Cnlborne St. tanker Michael and the barge
Paul HaU
Elgin 5719
Incidentally, one of our well Earl Sheppard, Agent
Mulherry 4S40
ASST. SECRETARYTREASURERS
VICTORIA. B. C
61714 Cormorant St C. Dodge. It seems as though the
ave SUte St.
known brdthprs. Jack " 'Gator BOSTON
Lloyd
Gardner
Empire 4531
Richmond zmeo
Robert Matthewa
Claude SimmoM
mouth" Bates, stepped ihto the hall Jamea Sheehaa, Agent
VANCOUVER. B. C
565 Hamilton St. whole thing amounts to everybody
DIapatcher
Richmond 2^)141
HEADQUARTERS
REPRESENTATIVK
Pacific 7.124 calling every body else a liar. The
the other day to shoot the breeze GALVESTON
308i& SSrd St.
Joe Algina
SYDNEY. N.S
304 Charlotte St. affair was so mixed up that the
Alaop. Agent
Phone 24(48
and collect his vacation check. The Keith
Phone 6344
LAKE CHARLES, La
1419 Ryan St.
SUP
20 Elgin St. Coast CJuard is going to hear the
BAGOTVILLB. Quebec
• "Gatormouth" feature was ap LeRoy Clarke*. Agent
Phone 6S744
Phone: 545 whole case all over again, and most
16 Merchant St.
....1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU
plied for obvious reasons. It's MOBILE
37 Ormont St.
Phone 58777 THOROLD. Ontario
Cal Tanner, Agent
Phone 21754
Phone:
33202 of the Seafarers who were mem
PORTLAND
Ill
W.
Bumside
St.
been said that if Alex Graham NEW ORLEANS....;....S23 BienvUle St.
. 113 Cote De La Montague bers of the crew at the time of the
Beacon 4336 QUEBEC
Bell had known of our boy, he Lindsey WiUianu. Agent
Quebec
Phone 27078
257 5tb St.
BlagnoUa 81126113 RICHMOND. CALOr
177 Prince WiHiam St. accident will have to appear at the
Phone 2589 SAINT JOHN
wouldn't have troubled Ihims'elf NEW YORK
en 4th Ave.. Brooklyn
N.B.
Phone: 23049 trial to testify.
BAN
FRANCISCO..
450
Harrison
St
STerllng 84671
with inventing the telephone, but
Douglas 38363
NORFOLK
...127139 Bank St.
Meanwhile, the Chesapeake and
Just have opened a window and Ben Reea, Agent
2700 1st Ave.
Phone 41083 SEATTLE
Great Lakes District
Main 0290
Delaware Canal between Phillv
.....237 Market St.
let Jack pass on the message PHILADELPHIA
440 Avalon Blvd. ALPENA
133 W Fletcher and Baltimore will be closed for
S. CarduUo. Agent
Market 71635 WILMINGTON..
wherever he Wanted it to go.
Terminal 43131
Phone; 123HW
SAN FRANCISCO
480 Harriaon St.
NEW
YORK
675
4th
Ave..
Brooklyn
BUFFALO. N. V
.
180 Main St another ten days due to the raising
H. J. Fiacher. Agent
Oouglaa 2S47S
FirstTime Benefit
STerllng 84671
Phonii:
Cleveland
7391 of the barge F. L. Hayes, which
SAN
JUAN.
PR
252
Ponce
de
Leon
Jack's thinking is as clear as his Sal Cone, Agent
CLEVELAND
734 Lakeside Ave.. NE
Canadian District
Phone; Main IU147 figured in an accident with the An
conversation, however, and he's SAVANNAH
S Abercom St.
. . .
1038 3rd St. gelina (Bull) 11 days before the
463 McGUl St. DETROIT
B. B. Tniiey, Agent
Phone 31728 MONTREAL . .
plenty pleased about the changes SEATTLE
Headquarters
Phone:
Woodward 14857
MArquette 5909
2700 Ut Ave.
..
531 W Michigan St Michael episode.
he's seen in the industry since he Jeff Monlaon. Agent
128Vt HolUsSt OULUTH
Seneca 4570 HALIFAX. N.S
Phone: Melroiie 24110
Phone^ 38911
A. S. Cardullo
N. Franklin St.
started going to sea back In 1932. TAMPA..*......18081811
3261 E 92nd SC.
Ray White. Afent
Phone 21323 FORT WILLIAM., . 11814 Syndicate Ave. SOUTH CHICAGO
PhUadelphla Port Afent
Pho
Essex 52410
During this 20year spah, he noted. inLMINaTONrOal)f....440 Avalon Blvd
Onterlo
Phone: 34321
New Orleans:
Vaeation Payments Top
too Grand Mark Here
Be Wary of Gleaners
Or They'll Clean Yen
Polilieal Scene Pleni|
Mnddled 'Til Nevsmber
Telegraphers Present
SIU Plaque For Aid
Menbers Have Plenty
Of Ideas For Hew Hall
SO/ HAtl. DIRMCTCORW
�'i
•
Last cf a frltt — From a portfolio of American
Merchantmen painted by Lemuel B. Line. Reprinted
through the courtesy of Fortune Magaxine.
t^Vr! ;• :
• .'• y. •
• ftV^v'
i'V.;.,
Exportar ^asHng' seven holds,
»,M4 Tont fogr of them equipped
U'A Knot!
humidity controls,
the > SS Exbrook is in the NY
Mediterroneon and Indian Ocean
service. Built to carry extremely
heavy loads) she can handle a
30ton locomotive with her cargo,
boo'ms.
:'jSr;'
%
Converted N3MAI Equipped
iili
i'i' • '
ir'
o •
m^
p'
with
S'WV"* hydraulically
powered cranes
that can load nearly two million
board feet of packaged lumber
in 20 'hours, the M/S CTrader
is a compact coastal lumber car
rier owned by W. R. Chamber
lin of Son Francisco.
Erivate Design Manned by Seafar.
24,^ Ton. ers, the Chilore and
her seven sister ships
ore specially built to carry iron
ore from South America to the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation's
plant in Maryland. Built in 1947,
they are operated by a Bethle
hem subsidiary. Ore bteamship.
Stotrain Working the Atlan
J'"*
coastwise
***** trade, the Seafarer
manned Seatrain Louisiana has a
mile of standardgauge track on
deck and can carry 100 fully
loaded freight cars. A $4 mil
lion oceangoing vessel, she is the
newest of the Seatrains.
T2SEA1 One of o class of 481
U,M7 Tons standard oceangoing
Wh Knelt
tankers built during
World War II, the SS Gulfray
con carry 138,335 barrels of light
oil or gasoline in her tanks. Op
erated "by the Gulf Oil Corpora
tion, she has turboelectro power
and a 12,600mile cruising range.
lsl
One of five coastal
tankers of the Colo
rado class built for
the Texas Company, the SS Dela
ware can carry up to 20 varieties
of petroleum products in her
tanks. She and another sister ship
are all that are left of the type.
The others were wartime losses*
Eilvate Detigh
14,140 Tent
14 Knott
mp
mr}
Private Deiign A new type of super
30,155 Tent K,„|5er, one of three
ships leased by the
Atlantic Refining Company, the
SS Atlantic Navigator is built to
carry 225,000 barrels of oil. Her
pumps, rated at 20,000 barrels
on hour, completely unload her in
12 hours.
,
..hya'/i
"<><?.•
•
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SEAP ARERS LOG
Page Eietea
FUtu YearOld Sea Mf/gterjuz
What SankThe
Liner Oregon?
Way back in 1886, the English superliner Oregon was just
about queen of the seas. Called "unsinkableshe had just
managed to slash the transatlantic speed record down to an
"unbelievable" 6 days, 9 hours
and 52 minutes. But her hour The Phantom and Gorham met
German liner Lloyd Fulda on
of glory was to be shortlived. the
the way to New York, and all the
It was Sunday, March 14, 1886, smvivors were once moire trans
that flie proud Oregon was steam ferred, this time to the Fulda.
ing at full speed toward New York. Meanwhile, one of the pilots had
At 4:30 AM, she had just steamed put the Oregon's third officer, Tay
between Shlnnecoek and Fire Is lor, ashore, and he had telegraphed
the news of the sinking to his com
land, On Long Island. Her chief pany. A flock of reporters hired a
officer, Mathews, was on watch. tug and went aboard the Fulda be
Four • l ookouts were posted. The fore she arrived in New York.
Journalistic History
night^s deep darkness was surren
However, once aboard, the Ful
dering to the murky predawn half
light. The sea was extremely da's captain refused to allow the
reporters off the ship, and this The Sandy Hook Pilot Boat 11, the Phantom, (left foreground) has its deck crammed with survivors
smooth.
gave rise to another epoch—in as a steady stream of loaded lifeboats continue to come from the sinking superliner Oregon (right
Mathews later testified that he journalism this time. Even cub re
rear). The Oregop, shown in a painting made at that time, sank shortly after everybody was taken
spotted a sudden white light al porters today know about "Tom off.
.
,
(Photo Courtesy of Mr. C. C. MlUer)
most directly in €ront of the Or Fielders' Leap."
egon. Then there, was a crash. After interviewing the survivors^ York and got his story into his caused enough damage to sink the Nothing, however, was ever
pride of the seas. There had been found to explain why—if it was
Mathews said he saw another flash the reporters were anxious to get paper.
back to their papers with their When the Fulda arrived with the no trace of any wreckage from any the Ross which collided with the
of white that looked like sail* stories. The tug they had hired survivors, all New York greeted other ship. It seemed improbable Oregon—she just displayed a white
Then the proud Oregon began to was alongside, but the Fulda's cap them. An inquiry into the sinking that if the Oregon had collided light for an instant before the
tain had posted crewmen along the was held shortly, afterward, and with a sailing ship, there would crash; why she went to the bottom
sink.
rails to keep the reporters aboard. then the mystery began to develop. have been no survivors or at least without ieaving a trace of any
Panic Starts
The crew; and passengers became Thomas Fielders from the Times Mathews told of the bright white screams or some sounds from, the wreckage or debris; why she sank
so quickly; why none of her crew
aboard.
p^icky, and Captain Cottier is slowly edged along the rail. Sud light he spotted just before the men
crash. None of the other lookouts The 'inquiry ended on the note survived, or why none of her crew
denly
he
swung
over
the
liner's
s|£^d pistols to his officers and sta rail and jumped over the side. One were sure they had seen anything. that nobody knew what had caused made so much as one outcry. None
iiohedthein on the boat decks. of^ the Fuida's crewmen tried to One of the passengers said he the sinking of the Oregon.
of these things were ever explained
—that is, of course, if it was the
Schooner Missing
The Jsaders of v/hat Captain Cot stop him, but only succeeded in sighted sails brushing past his
Ross
which collided with the Ore
Several
months after the inquiry,
cabin
porthole.
Ap early investiga
ripping Fielders'
cOat
off
his
back.
tier termed a mutiny were put in
the threemasted coal schooner gon. For the only testimony sup
tion,
however,
turned
up
no
ships
Fielders,
luckily,
managed
to
jUSt
IroihS, and order was restored. The about clear the gap between the that were in the vicinity at the Ross was reported missing. Her porting the theory of a collision
passengers were plagued with the liner and the tug. He landed on time of the crash. No sailing ships owners said that, according to her was the flash of a solitary white
schedule, she should have been in light in the darkness,..and 1 person
realization that the Oregon car the deck of the tug and escaped were reported missing.
ried only enough boats for less with only a wrenched hip,, but once Besides, it was "unbelievable" the vicinity of the wreck at just out of 845 aboard the Oregon who
thought he saw white sails.
than half of the 845 persons aboard on the tug Be sailed back into New that a sailing ship could have about tfie time of the collision.
the vessel.
As the Oregon settled lower in,
the sea, the Sandy Hook pilot boat
Phantom sailed into view. She
raced to the scene, and with he^'
three pilots, William Parker, E. E.
There were three men from the
Mitchell and Charles Samson di
strange as it inay seem, there's a treasure estimated be"" UFEUM
k
lifesaving station working during
recting the operation, lowered her
the storm, plus some volunteers
two boats and with the aid of the tween $400,000 and'$8,000,000 lying in 85 feet of water off mum
3H
cA^aso cip<sba> from nearby villages.
Oregon's boats, began to, transfer Delaware, and nobody has recovered it.. The water isn't deep,
the passengers from the sinking and the spot is fairly welU
Delqwavi ZRArt) SlLVEl^
4 Ships At Once
liner.
fSTiMAnsPT&K
At
one
time, they were trying to
bor
of
Lewes,,
Del.,
on
May
23,
known.
Yet,
the fortune has
Clark n.
The Phantom, however, wasn't
\uoeW "KTvvlEE^)
get
the
men
ifif four ships that
1798,
aboard
the
English
sloopof
large enought to take all of the been on the bottom for over
\ Bay
were washed up into the murder
war De Braak. She was supposed mosoovillt
persons off the Oregon, so with 150 years.
ous surf. The schooner Allie H.
fniLLlOyi) LIES
her decks crammed with survivors, As sea bottom treasures go, this to be carrying the pay for English
Belden was the first to hit the
fori
she sailed after a schooner sighted one doesn't have any particular troops in the colony, and had con
in tBWES,
Saulabur ^
beach. She grounded just outside
on the horizon. Soon she returned,
the surf. While the volunteers
"
HAKSoR
ducteh
a
very
successful
raiding
glamour
attached
to
it.
It's
just
bringing the lumber schooner Fan
were trying to get a boat out to
nie H. Gorham with her, and thd that it sunk in a veritable grave expedition on .the way over.
her, the Enoch Turley grounded a
passenger transfer continued.
yard of the sea, and 14 expeditions
Overloaded
few hundred yards away. Then
• Ehreryone Rescued
the Dow hit within a hundred
have tried to locate the wreck, but In fact, she had managed to cap
yards of the Turley, and the Wil
• At 11:30 AM everybody had been were foiled because there are well ture and sink so many "enemy"
liam G. Bartlet went aground about
taken' off the Oregon. Less than over 100 wrecks in just abbut the ships during her trip, that she was
800 yards out.
half an hour later, the proud Ore
overloaded with "prizes" from her
gon gave n last shudder and slid, same spot.
The storm stopped all attempts
The treasure sailed into the har conquests. A huge <iuantity of goid
to the bottom.
to get a boat out to the stricken
ships, so finally, the men managed
and silver, taken from the vessels
her. One of them reported they to get a line out to the Belden, the
she captured, filled her holds to had found
an anchor from the ship,
closest inshore. From her,
capacity. She was so loaded that while another claimed they picked one
they got a line out to the Turiey,
The SIU membership is proud of its Union as a group of hard she had, 70 tons of copper—a huge up some wood from her deck, but and from the Turley they got a
amount for a vessel her sizertied that's the closest any of them came, line to the Dow. The Bartlett was
working responsible Seafarers who know the importance of doing on her deck.
for her grave is overcrowded with farthest out, and it was only after
—their job well in order to protect their contract gains and safe
Her luck had beeh phenomenal, Other wrecks, and none of the ex dVer an hour of trying that they
.guard themselves on the job. '
but it didn't hold out long enough. peditions were able to single out got a line to her from the Dow.
The membership has long bwn on record to weed put the small Just as she glided into an anchor^ the DeBraak.
The crewmen were then brought
! minority of pilferers, junkies, performers and other undesirables. age, an unusual gust of wind swept It is estimated that well over 100 into the beach along the lines
the harbor. So overloaded ships went down in the area, and stretching from one ship to an
• We cannot tolerate these disrupters aboard our ships, nor can we across
was the DeBraak that she rolled singling out one wreck is far from other.
permit them to drag down the good name and reputation of our over as soon as the wind hit her.
All four of the ships were even
an easy job.
The copper spilled into the harbor,
Union.
,
^
tually pounded to pieces by the
An
example
of
the
treacherous
With the many newcomers entering the shipping industry, today. and the vessel sank like a rock.
winds and currents in the harbor surf and the storm. Most of the
Some 35 members of her crew came to light in 1888 when the other vessels had been swamped
Seafarers must be vigilant to detect and expose Irresponsible
characters who think that they can get by on SIU ships with these drowned or' went down with her. Cape Henlopen Blizzard hit the an at their anchorages when the storm
while another 53 were saved. The
undesirable practices. .We hereby serve notice that charges will DeBraak settled in about 85 feet chorage. There were some 28 ves first struck.
sels in the anchorage, and most of So now, Lewes, Delaware, boasts
be placed and severe penalties will be imposed on all men guilty of water.
them went down. Through the su of a sunken treasure of up to
^;^jof berf()rtTdhg
Jeb,;or having marijuana or other narcotics
14 Expeditions
perhuman efforts of the men from $8,000,000—^in addition to the car
their possession oh b(*fhd ^n SIU ship or in the vicinity; of
Since then, g total of 14 salvage a nearby lifesaving station, and un goes of the other vessels—which
expeditions have Uied, to recover believable luck, only three men can't be found because there ara
' ^^siu haiLi:''
'. v,;,. ,
too many wrecks in the same spot.
ithe treasure that went down with were lost in the storm.
Wanna Dive For Sunken Gold?
Foul'^ups Warned: Keep Outi
�gwfss
Vac* Twelra
SEAF ARE It 5 LOG
THE
IN THE WAKE
4 SEAFARER
• I't:. .
Vrlday, Juw is. l9Sa
MEET THE
SEAFARER
Bonanza is now synonymous In mally less violent. One estimated
J. D. McGOLDRICK. steward
the US with a successful enter to be 5,000 feet high was Observed
When your brother sees that "Otherwise I guess I'd be wearing
prise, sudden prosperity or good off New South Wales in 1804.
you've
latched onto a good thing, khaki now .and^ everybody knows
luck. It is a Spanish word mean
tries it and stays with it too,
you've that's not my best color," he re
Question:
Do
you
believe
In/the
ing fair weather, particularly calm Reversing the usual tranter, the
got
the
beginnings
of
a
real
marked. "The Union in this case
weather at sea. To wish someone shark is a fish named after man. old' saying "I've got saHwater In ily tradition on your hands. fam
It's
proved again it's a seaman's one
my
blood."
"bonanza" in Spain meant ^e same The name comes from the German
a sure thing, even if you ha'l from true friend when the going gets
as godspeed or bon voyag'e. There for rascal, especially a greedy para
(Asked of Seafarers in the Gal the Texas cattle country where the tough."
"
'
is still a port in SW Spain called jsite and, in turn, sailors applied veston branch hall.)
only water is in the sundrenched He expects to keep on sailing
Bonanza, so named because of its the word to the fish . . . The Bat
creeks that the big herds use for while he saves up some money.'
good anchorage and security tersea Bridge which Whistler once
watering places.
"Don't know what I'll do with it
against winds and storms suffered painted, located in the borough of Paul Norton. AB: I don't know
Many youngsters drifted into a when it "pUes up, but I guess I'll
if
it's inherited
or
not,
but
I think
elsewhere along the coast.
Battersea in London, does not lead
, that's the way it seagoing life almost as a lark but find a good use for the dough
4 t 4"
to a place the sea batters, but to
^ ' is with me. Both wound up knowing there's nothing when the time comes around," he
About 95 percent of all rivers an island, once khown as Peter's
grandfather like it ashore and stuck with it for explained.
in North America flow south, in a Eye (Peter's Island), from the ad
Lots of Travel
and greatgrand years. That's the case with J. D.
southerly direction or into streams jacent abbey of St. Peter at West
father went to McGoldrick, steward, who, at 24
that flow southward. A number of minster. Varying local pronuncia'
His
longest
trip so far was nine
sea also. But of has been going to sea almost eight months on a T2, the SS Carlsbad,
rivers, such as the Monongahela, tions produced the current name.
course there are years. He was working in a ship in 1946, but he's managed to make
Tennessee, Big Horn, Montana and
41 4> 4«
some excellent yard, got a chance to get a berth a couple of trips around the world
Powder Rivers, flow northward for
seamen today and has been riding the briny and estimates he's been in almost
part of their course, but the St. A pretty kettle of fish has noth
When the LOG reporter
Johns Rivet in Florida is the only ing to do with a kettle as we know
who are the first since.
cornered
him he was eyeing the every big port over the globe.
it
today.
Now
used
as
a
sarcastic
important river wholly within the
in their family to board in the
Galveston hall for a "Goldy" was on the James Swan
US whose course is in a northerly expression though it once was used go to sea for a living.
hauling coal to Italy in 1947 when
good
one.
to
denote
pleasure,
the
phrase
direction ... Dominica, largest of
three. of his buddies were gassed
4
3)
t
An SIU member since 1945, dur and killed inspecting a deep tank
the BritishWest Indies in the came from the word kittle, a dam
Jacob Moser, AB: Sure, you
can't
with
fish
nets.
When
fishermen
ing the war "Goldy" was sailing on the ship while it was in Sar
group known as the Leeward Is
lands, was so named by Columbus saw the fish being led into the nets get rid of something that's in your out of Norfolk mostly to Sicily dinia. "We brought their bodies
and Italy. He was on an American back to Norfolk around Christmas
in 1493 because he discovered it they wquld look on the scene blood. I took a
with pleasure, in anticipation of the job once in the
Trading and Producing Company time,"
on Sunday (Dies Dominica).
he declared, "but I don't
handsome profit they'd make on Philadelphia City
ship while an organizing drive was care for that idea for myself.
4" 4«
going on and switched over as soon • "When
The original India ink was ob the catch. The kittle or kettle down Hall, but I gave
I go, I want to be buried
as he had the chance. He's plenty at sea. No fuss, no cost' snd the
tained from the black and deep through the years somehow became it up to go back
pleased he made the change too, carpenter gets OT foi* the joh,of
brown pigments in certain kinds of linked with a cooking vessel, and to sea again. I've
he noted.
cuttlefish known as sepia. Produced when used today it's taken in the been sailing
sewing me up in canvas.' 1 ckh't
chiefly in China and Japan, it is sense of an uncomfortable situa since 1910 and
Native Texan
see
coming back in an icebox," he
more correctly called "China ink," tion,*'as the idea of someone ac can't get away
commented.
Still single, he
and brother
Gene
from
the
saltwa
having been named in the seven tually coming to a fast boil in a
get together occasionally with the
Tacatlon Pay "Top"
ter. There'll no
teenth century when it was cus steaming kettle.
rest of the family in Cameron, Turning to pleasanter subjb'cts,
better life for a man anywhere.
4> 3^ 3^
tomary to apply "Indian" to nearly,
Tex{i8, when both are in port ,at he noted that he'd gotten his vaca
everything Oriental. .. One species Gateway to the Mediterranean,
4 4 4
the same time. They're the only
of fish native to South African wa the Rock of Gibraltar is another Edward Smith, steward: I don't Seafarers in the family though, tion pay already and had that
ters is known to shed its skin like one of those illused names that re believe in it one bit. If a guy wants 'Since their dad lyorks for an oil spent. • The retroactive pay was
still coming but he figures hq'll
a snake. The Agriopus, a type of peat themselves. Gibraltar is be
to quit going to company at Marlin, Texas, about put that away ^against a rainy day.
horsefish, develops its brightly col lieved to originate from the Ara
sea, .he can do it 30 miles away. Cameron, with a "That vacaticm setup we've got
ored new out,^r skin under the old bian conqueror of the area, Tarik,
easy enough and population of 5,000, boasts 39 sea is really the bOst thing that^s come
one, which is cast off in patches. who called the place, JabalTarik,
the lack of salt men—all of whom, like Bill Eanes, our way. Like in everything, if
or Tarik's mountain. The* easier
4" 41 4«
Grady Coker, Johnny Sanders and conditions can be improved ior
water won't both
Watersprouts at sea are com sounding Gibraltar came about
er him. The only brother Gene sail with the SIU out seamen, the SIU will do it," he a$
posed chiefly of fresh water, not through corruptions of the original
thing is you can't of Galveston. Gene is third cook ^erted.
saltwater as commonly supposed. term . .. ^ The first year of the
get
the pay and on the Martin McCarver right how. When he's not sailing, which is
One type is generally .small and American Revolution, 1775, was
conditions
of the The draft board "was really iiboiit two months out of the year;
starts at the water surface some notable for, among other things, a
SIU
ashore.
breathing down my neck" not too ''GOldy" goes in for hunting and
what like dust whirls on hot, dry sort of naval battle fought on dry
O t h e rw i s e I'd
long
ago, "Goldy" pointed out fishing. "There's lots of catfish
plains. The other, the typical wa land. That year a bunch of Maine
They had him down at the induc where I live and I always get a
tersprout, originates in the upper farmers, armed with nothing but quit the seff tomorrow.
tion icenter^already, but Keith Al mess for eatin'.". He didn't have
4 4 4 . • .
atmosphere and is set in motion by pitchforks and rocks, captured a
a conflict of winds of different British gunboat, the Margaretta, Darid Kosewich, AB: If I've got sop, Galveston Port Agent, finally time to pass around the recipe as
temperatures. It starts at cloud after it had stranded at low tide, saltwater in my blood,~it's really got across the idea that skilled he rushed off for a job call but
seamen were needed at sea, so he maybe someone cin pin' him down
level and burrows down, essentially and repelled a possible invasion of the conditions
got out of it at the last minutel next time.
and wages qn the
a tornado over water although nor their locality.
ships that put it
there. I've turned
down plenty of
jobs on the beach
because the pay
General Jimmy Doolittle was est air'raid of the war thus fari
ACROSS
DOWN
18. Sheriff's group 38." Ore ship
just wasn't any
40. Man over 21
awarded
the Congressional Medal 1,250 British planes dropped 3,00()
1.' Laker cargo' 20. Strange
1. — Port, in
good. At sea I
21. Philippine
42. Title of re
B.A.
2. Legendary king
of Honor for his leadership in the tons of bombs on Cologne.
Island
spect
make
in
six
4. What we.'saU
of Britain
22. Island near
44. Friend. In
historymaking air raid on Tokyo,
in
months
what
I'd
4
4
4
. 3. Cut off 'spars
Cur.icao .
Paris
the first time that twinengined President Roosevelt met with
». Girl's nick
23. Etats
43. Palestine
make in a year ashore.
4. ScutUed
name
25.
At
full
speed
port
bombers took off from the flight Russia's Molotov and Britain's
5. Strike
26. Particles
46. Sack
12. Regret
4 4 4
deck
of an aircraft carrier . .
6. Exist
28.
Exclamation
47.'
Collection of
13. Passage
Joe Pozzuoll, OS: Not exactly. There was talk about a pipeline to Eden in the White House to map
29. JaU
sayings
7. Scheme
future strategy;' . . . Representa^
14. It's setp in
32. Island 30 ml. 48. Call, In poker I've tried to ,quit sailing for ten
8. CutUefish
help ease the East Coast gasoline tives of six Iroquois Indian "nar
Hawaii
N. of Timor ao 24 hours
9. Cut 'blubber
years now ;and I shortage. Meanwhile, the usually
33. Lieutenant:
15. Cape —, A1'
from whale
Abbr.
50. That girl
• o ca
haven't
been able heavy traffic along the East Coast tiOhs" met in New York and voted
10. Meadow
36. Marine in
53. Notary Pub
to "declare war" against the Axis
17. Petition
11. Tanker cargo
to make the break
surer
dropped to a mere trickle as gas powers . . . Shut Out defeated
lic: Abbr.
16. Rio de
19. Noah's ship
yet. Believe me, stations wen| dry and rationing
Africa
20. The SIU
Puzzle Answer on Page 27.
Alsab in the annual Belmont
21. El —, Texas
it's not the call began to tighten up . . . The SIU Stakes
race ". . ; A Seafarer who
23. World peace
of the sea or the played & prominent role in the spent 32
group
days on a raft in the At
24. Province in
call of the dollar Philadelphia Maritime ' Day. . A lantic
called' for
nidders and sails
India
either. I guess I number of Seafarerswere awarded as'standard equipment
• 27. A hobby of
on all life
mariners
must just like the medals during the ceremonies.
rafts.
28. Blame
life and can't see
30. Half: Prefix
4 4 4
4 4 4.
31. Greek letter
changing at this
Commuters aboard a ferry in The Battle of Midway, ending
32. Boat call
stage
of
the
game.
34. Toward
Sydney Harbor found themselves with 15 Jap. ships sunk, was the
85. Firstclass, «•
4 4 4.
in the midst of a battle on their headline news. One young Navy
a seaman
37. Item in Sea
BUI Teffner, oiler: Call It what way home from work. Harbor flier, who was shot down, later told
Chest
you will, there's no hard and fast patrol craft sank tv;?; Japanese of floating through the Jap fleet
38. Contend
39. Where FDR
rule about guys
subs that had invaded the harbor on a life raft. . He said he saw
met Stalin
going
to sea. I've
. ... The SIU took action t<i insure three large carriers sunk and told
41. Arrive: Abhr.
42. Jap coins
been sailing for
that better crew's quarters and of "a whole line of, flaming Jap
43. Fiber used to
16 years, have
more accessible escape ladders ships" .passing him' during the
make rope
45. Own: Scot.
been with the
from the engine room be pro night . . . The Senate passed an
46. Hair tonic
SIU since it
vided on the new Liberty ships :.. Armed Services payhike, bring
48. Young cods
81. Conjunction
started and
Some 187 persons were nabbed in ing a private's pay up to $50 per
82. The United
wouldn't quit
a raid on a gambling house in New month , . . The US and Britaih
States
84. A cheer
now. It's not just
York City. The raid was ordered agreqd to pool their war produc
85. Gossip
money. The con
after a printed invitation to the tion , . . "The SIU won its fight to.
86. Indian homo
f7. Very clo<9, J#;..
ditions of a sea.
.
. gambling palace was niailed to enable seamen to allot their
wind
gq^g ^e:a^ really topa,i^ppfS| ^^or LaCiuardla^. i . |.n ^he larg
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'In the Shade of
the Old Apple Tree
Vol. XIV No. 12
IJan* 13, 1V52
Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic
ti Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel.
STerling 84671,
PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurer
editor. HERBERT BRANOi Managing Editor, RAT OENisoNi Art Editor, BERNARD
SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEI. NILVA. Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR. IRWIN SPJVACK,
> ART PERT ALL.
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Family Portrait
The action of the SIU in instituting two new cash benefits Union Cafe ^ust
for maternity and disability spotlights something that has not
been fully realized—^name.y that the Union's constantly ex Has Everything
panding progrjim of benefits aids not only the. Seafarer but To the Edifor:
I've been reading quite , a few
his family as .well.
In its early days, the Union was compelled to concentrate letters in the LOG about the fine
onfactors'which directly affected the ,Seafarer himself— setup we have in our new head
Wages and. working conditions. Family considerations were quarters hall, but it seems that not
secoridary in the fight for de'cent treatment, i It was not until much has been written in by the
the Union had established satisfactory conditions aboard ship fellows about* the Port O'Call bar,
that it could turn its attention to broadening the number and which surprises me considering
type of benefits so as to include all aspects of thfe Seafarer's
life. In rapid succession the Union established a death bene it's such a impular spot with the
fit, hospital benefit, a vacation plan; and now, payments for Seafarers in the New York hall,
maternity and for disabled men no longer able to Support I've seen quite a few bars in this
town and in other ports around the
their families, ^
Of course, from the very beginning Unionwon wage in world, some good and some not so
creases meant that the Seafarer had more cash in his pocket good. But I don't remember ever
and could better support his dependents. The high standards being in any bar where seamen
eStg^Wished by the Union were in themselves inducements for hang out that can compare with
I jthp S^cafarer to obtain a home and family. In the old days, the Port O' Call which is run by
ith? family man was something of an oddity at sea because our own Union,
^conditions in the industry simply did not permit the seaman The other day, I brought some
to maintain a home. Today the normal ambitions of every friends of mine down to the hall
man for; home and family are within the reach of all Sea to pass the evening. They just
couldn't believe what they saw,
farers,
, . The. rpaternity and disability benefits reflect this change in especially when I told them that
by PAUL HALL
.t.the status of the Seafarer, a change brought about largely by the plac<^ was managed by Sea
farers,
,! the Union's. own activities over the years. 'While they are
• great' forward strides, the Seafarer has not heard the last There must be quite a few fel
in the Union who haven't T IS A WELLKNOWN FACT benefits are not there just for tha
word, as the Union will continue to strive for broader gains for lows
gotten around to seeing the hall
among seafaring men that ten asking. They come to those who
its membership.
and the Port O' Call, Believe me years ago not a soul believed it was are properly organized, and deter
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they have something to look for possible for the SIU or any other
ward to.
maritime union to obtain the kind
They said that ^any Union that of welfare benefits Seafarers now
At the same time that the Union instituted two new benefits could put together a place like this enjoy. The latest of these, pay
for maternity, for the dis
the Vacation Plan^an SIU first—which was welcomed as a and run it the way it's being run ments
abled man who is no longer able
must
be
one
fine
outfit.
great forward step when it began operating, has just slipped
to hold a job, and a hotel to
Wide Selection
• past its first anniversary marker. It was on June 1,1951, that
provide, decent, lowcost facilities
Aside
from
the
fact
that
the
the operators began paying in 50 cents per day for each SIU
for men waiting to ship, show the
crewmember, guaranteeing every Seafarer paid vacations for place is so nicely designed, there big difference in the life of the
is a wide enough choice of all kinds
the first time in history.
Seafarer today.
wines and liquor, I don't think
The Vacation Plan has operated so smoothly that the gigan of
that any sailor would have trouble The SIU has reached the point
tic operation of paying out some $2% millions a year has rolled finding the kind of drinks he likc^. where after years of steady gains,
ahead with a single hitch to the complete satisfaction of all The prices are square all the way— the Seafarer has received the first
concerned.
none of the chiseling too often class treatment he is entitled to,
and can lead a normal life with
The completion of the Plan's first year means the Union is that goes on in other places.
home and
family.
now in a positiorwto review the longrange functioning of the If you feel like sitting down to
Plan.. When contract negotiations open the Vacation Plan, enjoy your food and drink they Looking back on the entire pic
like all other features of the agreement will be evaluated and have nice comfortable booths all ture, you can see where your Union
in and went after these
discussed, with the expedition that further gains will be made around the room. You can get waded
things, winning for the Seafarer
your
stuff
served
to
you
by
wait
along these lines.
resses and everything, is kept spic the kind of benefits he always
t
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rated. These achievements were
and span.
made possible because the SIU
Then there's lots of good food, had the strength, the vision and
steaks and any other kind of meat the solid membership support that
Ordinarily it is expected that the officers of a merchant ship you might like. There's few bars areso
necessary to progress.
take full responsibility for its operation with the unlicensed anywhere which can offer you these
Many
have argued in the
men supposed to carry out their instructions. In the case of kind of firstrate meals to go with past that people
it wasn't the business of
your
liquor
if
you're
hungry
for
the Liberty ship George M. Kulukundis, the roles were re
a trade union to worry about a sea
versed, with an alert and responsible crew taking the initiative some chow.
man's family, or what happens to
Music Too
when the master was unable or unwilling to take the necfes
him when he^' is sick, or unable to
As if this weren't enough, they work for some other reason.
sary steps to have the ship secured.
Failing to receive orders from topside, the crew went ahead have several entertainers here, The need of providing protection
on their own and secured the vessel. "Their action protected who'll sing, play the piano and and assistance to the men off the
instruments. Also, they're job, as well as on the ship, is
all personnel and saved the company from potential trouble other
easy on the eyes. None of this busi proven by simple fact. No ^ooner
in the event somebody had been injured as a result of the ness of feeding nickels and dimes
did your Union go out and establish
master's neglect. Going beyond that, they kept an accurate to a jukebox for some music.
record of events so that they could quote chapter and. verse on The entertainment is on all ^ay new welfare and vacation benefits
other unions in the industry
the whole incident when the ship came into port. It's a good long from early in Che afternoon jfhan
realized we had a good thing. Ac
example of a headsup SIU crew protecting its own—and, in until late'at night, so that any time cordingly, they followed down the
this case, the company's—interests.
you happen to stop into the place same path, with the result that
it .
if
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there's sure to be a little pleasant seafaring men everywhere are en
musical background to your drinks joying in some degree the benefits
and conversation.
that were pioneered by the SIU.
However, the best testimonial to
All
in
all,
when
you
add
it
up,
Another group of Seafarers that have done themselves proud
the soundness and desirability of
it's one
of
the most
pleasant
places
' recently are the men of the cruise ship Puerto Rico, Thanks to to spend an evening that I can ail our benefits is contained in the
their generosity a group of young girls who play in a Long think of. And at reasonable prices letters received by the Union from
\ . Island baseballleague have theuniforms and equipment with too. You can't ask for anything the wives and mothers of Seafar
which to perform.
more, I'm all for it and I know ers, thanking the Union for what it
. „V It may.seem to be a small thing, but it is this readiness to that all of you will be too when has done in this allimportant area.
Lest we £^et. it is good for
which/is winning new respect and appreciation for you've, seen the place. • ,
,
Harry Bairiew' to ramiind our^ielves'llial all these
Seafarers inVthe 'oB^^
^hich ibej^ live. '
Notable Birthday
Knowing The Score
Helping Hand
mined enough, to go out. and get
them.
if
if
if
OUR UNION'S STANDING
Y
poliqy of helping other groups
of workers in their beefs was ap
plied with considerable s'uccess in
the strike of the Commercial Teleg
raphers Union against the power
ful Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. Down in Philadelphia, Local
22 of that union appealed to us for
help when the company started to
hard time their members, some of
them elderly women, on the picket
line.
Local 26 informs us that in re
sponse to this appeal. Seafarers
down in Philly pitched in on the
picketing, helped out on the finan
cial end and contributed to the
leadership of the strikers. In the
words of Local 22, the Seafarers
"so greatly strengthened our spirit
and determination, that they could
never be broken."
We certainly appreciate these
sentiments from the Tommercial
Telegraphers Union ^^s long as
we're able to, we intend to help out
whenever and wherever we can.
Looking at it from our own point
of view, someday we may need the
help of others, and we have been
assured if will be there for the
asking.
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NE POINT TO REMEMBER
O
about all our benefits, new
and old, is that none of them would
be ours today if it were not ff^r
the way the membership has been
solid with the Union to get these
things we all want"
With this in mind, the Union is
anticipating a favorable vote on
the $20 assessment for new halls
in some of the outports. When all
the votes are counted next week,
we are pretty sure that the mem
bers will have given the goahead
signal for the Union to put' up the
kind of rigs in the outporte that we
nowiiave In New York. .'"
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HOW TO CONDUCT
MasferS'Oi'Arms
As many mastersatarms as are
necessary may be appointed to act
as ushers, doormen and to keep
order at all meetings ashore.
The Agehda
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Everyday on the world's well
traveled sea lanes scores of. SIU
• ships' crews gather together in
shipboard meetings.
Similarly every second Wednes
day thousands of Seafarers on the
brich iheet in the Union's various
branch halls to discuss and act
upon the Union's business.
Whether thef meetings Consist
of a gathering of 30 men on ship,
or 1,000 in port, they are all part
of the same process and serve the
same purpose. It is at these meet
ings that Seafarers bring their
opinions and experiences directly
to bear on the functioning of the
Union. In turn, the decisions of
the meetings have considerable
effect on the lives of every Sea
farer.
<v The way in which these meet
ings are conducted is allimporr
tant, and knowing the rules can
count for just as much in the Sea
farer's life as knowing the skills
his rating calls for. A Seafarer
who knows the ropes on the
proper way to conduct a meeting,
is going to be able to contribute
much more of value to meetings
than the fellow who's in the dark
about motions and points of order.
The Union wants every Sea
farer to become thoroughly fa
miliar with the standard meeting
rules, so that he is fully compe
tent at hitting the deck andchair
ing a meeting. SIU meetings on
ship or ashore are outstanding ex
amples of true Union democracy.
A Jieadsup .membership' and a
wideawake crew is a guarantee
of business in a truly democratic
fashion.
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Robert's Rules of Order are the
accepted rules governing meet
ings of all types throughout the
English ftpeaking world. This goes
for everything from the Congress
of the United States to«a county
political caucus.
Special rules are adopted to fit
special needs of groups but rules
of order generally are based on
the Robert's text which CQvers all
possible circumstances.
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The Quorum
The word quorum simply de
notes the number of members in
L
As a
good, standing necessary to cons
titute a wprldng attendance at a
meeting. Due to the fact that tl^
majority of pur niembership is
away at sea, the quorum estab
lished at shoreside meetings is 25.
This means that 25 full book mem
bers .in good standing must be
present when the meeting " is
called to order, or the meeting
cannot proceed. Aboard ship the.
quorum is np problem inasmuch
as all crewmembers not on watch
attend the meeting.
Time of Meeting
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Meetings ashore are held every
other week on Wednesdays. The
meeting hall opens at 7:00 PM
and if a quorum is present the
meeting shall be called to order.
If no quorum is present, the port
agent will remain at the meeting
hall until 7:30 PM and then again
call for a count to determine if a
quorum has been obtained. If 25
book members are not then pres
ent, the agent shall declare "no
meeting."
Attendance at every meeting
is compulsory for all members on
the shipping list. The penalty for
missing a meeting without a le
gitimate excuse is loss of shipping
date. A member must then re
register and go to the bottom of,
the shipping list. Employed mem
bers not on the shipping list are
encouraged to attend all meetings
but may or may not, as they so
desire.
All officials are required to at
tend all meetings unless occupied
on official Union business.
All SIU men are allowed to at
tend meetings. All have a voice,
but only full members in good"
standing have a vote.
Aboard ship, meetings should
be held regularly to take care of
the ship's routine Union business.
Special meetings, should be called
when any disputes between indi
viduals or departments arise that
cannot be settled by the depart
mental delegates. If the dispute
is entirely within one department,
a meeting of the personnel of that
department only should be called
and should not involve the other "
two departments.
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The Agenda is simply the order
in which the business of the meet
ing is conducted. At shoreside
meetings it runs as follows.'
1. Call to order.
2. Election of officers—chair,
man, etc.
3. Rea^ng of the minutes of
previous meetings..
4. Reading of the branch agent's
report and action thereon..
5. Communications, and action
thereon.
6. Resolutions, and action
thereon.
7. New business.
8. Secretary's financial report
and presentation of bills.
9. Election of the auditing com
mittee and unfinished busi
ness.
10. Secretary's verbal report.
11. Patrolman's reports, auditing
committee, special commit
tees.
12. Obligations.
13. One minute of silence.
14. Good and welfare.
15. Adjournment.
Shipboard meetings, too, need
an agenda to keep the meeting
going on an even keel. Since many
things that are taken up at shore
side meetings will not occur
aboard ship, the following agenda
should fit the bill:
1. Calling the meeting to order.,
(ship's delegate)
2. Election of officers—chairman,
etc.
3. Reading of minutes.
4. Ship's delegates' reports, re
ports of committees, etc., and
action thereon.
5. Old business.
6. New business (motions and
resolutions only).
7. Good and welfare.
8. One minute of silence.
9. Adjournment.
Election of Officers
The meeting is called to order
by tl» agwit (ship's delegate
for shipboard meetings, SIU crews ai% urj^ to remoye this section and post it im
aboard ship) who calls first for
the nominations for chairman. He
recognizes only those who raise
their hands. Names shouted from
sections of the assemblyare not
recognized. To nominate a brother
„ for chairmau after you have been,
: reco^ized, you rise and state, "t
nominate Brother ...."
After a suitable number of nom
inations have been made, the
nominations may foe closed by a
motion;
The agent .then asks for accep
tances or declinatimxs. Those who
accept are then voted, upon by a
hand vote and the one iwceivihg
the largest number eJ votes is
declared chairman and takes over
the conduct of the meeting.
/ The doirman. then follows the
same procedurevin the election of
other meeting officers.
The Right
idttfno
SPBAKiS
The chairman is the conductor
and regulator of the meeting.
Every member has a right to
speak but no member has the
right to infringe upon the rights
of any other members. For that
reason no one should speak until
he has been reco^ized by the
chair. He may obtain this rectfgni
tion by holding up his hand or by
rising, as the chair shall direct.
Making a Motion
The method of bringing any
thing toJ;he attention of the mem
bership or crew for action is to
make a motion. The motion is
pimply a proposal, or a verbal,
orderly way of initiating action.
If everyone started flipping lids
and sounding off at once every
time a report was made, nothing
would ever be accomplished The
making of a motion is the way to
initiate discussion on any given
point of the agenda or any issue
that arises. DISCUSSION CAN
ONLY TAKE PLACE AFTER A
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE
AND. SECONDED, EXCEPT IN
THAT PART OF THE AGENDA
TITLED GOOD AND WELFARE.
A motion is "in order" when it
has something to do with the
fixed order of business, such as
motions "to accept" or "to reject"
a report. The same holds for reso
lutions which should be acted
upon with motions "to concur" or
"to nonconcur.'' If you are in
doubt as to the content of any
report you are always in order
to make the motion, 'T move to
refer this matter to new business.''
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A UNION MEETING ON SHIP AND SHORE
The object of such a motion is to
permit the regular business of the
meeting to continue according to
the agenda or order of business,
and then later to discuss the issue.
Ijo motion is valid until it has
been "seconded." The procedure is
to be reco^ized by the chair and
then to rise' and say, "I second
the motion." /
Dis€Ussion
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A motion is open to discussion
only after it has been seconded
and entered in the minutes by the
recording secretary.
Before any discussion takes
place the chairman requests the
recording secretary to read the
motion as entered and then opens
the floor for discussion. Discussion
should continue only so long as
the pro and opposite viewpoints
are clearly expressed by the mem..
bership and then a motion "to
close, discussion" should be acted
upon.
Discussion on the motion can
also be closed by any member
being recognized, and saying, "I
call for the question," meaning
that it his wish that the motion
be acted upon by the membership
at the meeting.
Generally, motions are acted
upon by those in favor answering
with "ayes" when called upori^
and those opposing answering
with "noes." In close counts where
the voice is uncertain, a show of
Union books can be called for at
the discretion of the chair.
The chair determines the result
by announcing that "The ayes
have it—the motion is carried,"
or if the motion is lost, "The noes
have, it—the motion is lost."
Chair's Aufhorify
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It is the chairman's duty at all
meetings to depid^ whether of not
a motion is in order. It is well to
remember, however, t^t a chair
man may be wrong and therf
the voting member always hasa
right to appeal,, the decision of
the'chair.
If any member disagrees with
the decision of the chairman all
he has to do is to rise and state,
"I ^ appeal the dmsion of the
chair." After this motion is made
and.sefidnded, the chairman turns
the gavel over to the recordihg
secretary. No discussion is per
mitted except by the maker of the
appeal and the chairman, who are
allowed to e^lain their points.
The , recording secretary then
takes a vote as temporary chair
man by askingi "Shall the deci
sion of the chair be sustained?"
: The vote is taken by "ayes" and
"noes" and if the chair is sus
tained by an "aye" vote majority,
is lost and the meeting
continues under 4he decision of
the chairman.
Ameiiffmenls
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To Table
A motion to "table" means
simply that you do not desire to
take action at that time on the
subject being discussed. It may be
because inforpiation is inadequate
or because it is not an immediate
issue. This should never be used
to kill action or discussion on any
matter but merely to postpone it
for later consideration. It can be
moved to table temporarily or to
table until the next meeting.
To Refer
Another way of stopping too
much tonsil bursting on any sub
ject, is to move to fefer it to a
eommittee;^ The committee^ is
elects and reports on the entire
matter at a later time.
To Postpane
If something comes before the
meeting which you think is un
wise to have brought up, you can
make a motion to postpone the
matter, indefinitely. This motion,
if seconded, is debatable, and if
carried means that the matter can
only be brought up again after a
motion to reconsider.
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If some drunk :4ias slipped past
the doorman, then it is in order
to call for a point of "privilege"
to have him removed from the
meeting. In plain words, "special
privilege" is a point to be used in
any event where the entire as
semblaige can be aided and never
used as a pretext to stifle any
point of businesi
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Qood and Welfare
Good and welfare is that part
of the meeting where you can get
up and talk about what you think
should be done by the Union and
in the Union, and for the benefit
of the Union.
This is a good placefor the old
timera to clarify issues and give
the score to the n^trcomers.
No motions can be made or
actions taken during good and
welfare. It is strictly a discussion
period where the membership can
clear the air, and give and get in
formation.
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Point of Order
A motion may sound good but
it may be too flowery and there
fore weak because it does not
clearly express the intent. In this
event an amendment to the mo
tion is in order.
No amendment is in order, how
ever, if it destroys the meaning or
the force of the motion. An
amendment is only in order when
it either simplifies or improves
the motion.
In other words the amendment
must in no way replace or change
the original intent of the motion
as the vote on the amendment
carries the motion automatically.
In addition there can always be
an "amendment to the amend
ment" which is limited simply to
clarifying the wording, to add
clarity or to broadening the scope
so as to lend force to the original
motion and amendment.
Substitutions
Often a motion will be made,
seconded, amended and the
amendment will be amended. This
creates general confusion and can
be eliminated by some member
taking the floor and incorporating
the whole thing into a single mo
tion not conflicting with the origi
nal motion or amendments. The
vote is taken on the substitute and.
if it is carried it becomesthe regu
lar motion, replacing the regular
motion offered at first.
Limits
On points of sharp debate
where the matter is liable to con
sume the entire meeting if unham
pered, a motion can ^ made to
limit the number of speakei:s and
the time allotted to eaclu
liXmOFCRKI^
This is the headache of the
chairman—the most misused priv
ilege of all meetings anywhere.
A "point of order" can never^be
used as a pretext to gain the floor.
It is simply what it calls for. A
"point of order" is a question on
procedure. For example, a motion
is under discussion and a speaker
starts to discuss something else.
A "point of order" can and should
be called for tohave the chairman
clarify the rules of order so that
the business in issue can.be han
dled. This holds good in all mat
ters where there is a question as
to whether or not the proper pro
cedure is being followed.
Special Privilege
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An old and wise philosopher
once wrote;
"It is not enough to know what
we are to say. We must say it the
right way."
In Other words, all of Robert's
Rules of Order will not put your
point across to the membership.
The rules will only provide for an
orderly meeting so that you can
be heard. How effective you are
when given the floor—depends
upon yourself.
It is well to keep in mind a few
simple rules when you prepare
to speak. Speak briefly, and or
ganize your talk so it comes di
rectly to the point.
And Remember
Keep to the point.
Convince with facts.
Don't become personal.
Keep it short.
A pint of tact is worth more than
a case of scotch.
Meetings on Ship
"Privilege" is the right of any
Union member but must never be
used except where it benefits the
members as a whole. If the room
is too hot, a point of '^privilege"
can be caUed for to have the fans
turned OR w the portholes opened.
Shipboard meetings should be
held regularly to take care of the
routine Union business. Special
meetings should be called when
any dispute between individuals
or departments arise that cannnot
be settled by the departmental
delegates. " ^
Remember, Union democracy
operates aboard the ships as well
as ashore. Hold a meeting—an^.;,
let the majority decide!
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ROUNDUP
The 26,000ton" liner Empress of Scotland, docked in Montreal last
week, and set a record as the largest ship ever to arrive in that port,
some 800 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The trip cost the liner 43 feet
of her mast, which had to be cut off because of the Quebec bridges.
At times, her skipper said, there was only four feet of water between
her keel and the bottom . . ! Ships on the Qreat Lakes h^ve gone all
,out in a camp'aign to reduce smoke pollution, according to an announce
ment, and have cut the amount of smoke they send into the air by The big news in the labor field,
about half . . . The speed tests of the new superliner United States of course, has been the fast chang
were postponed for the second lime. Her builders said she "surpassed
all expectations" in her preliminary tests, but that some modifications ing picture in the steel dispute.
The Supreme Court ruled that
. were needed before her speed tests.
President Truman had acted un
if
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A new service between New York and Albany started last week as constitutionally wuen he seized the
two former LSTs began making regular runs, carrying loaded truck steel Industry. Immediately, the
trailers. The vessels, which make the trip in about ten hours, carry industry was turned back to the
trailers loaded with low tariff freight . . . Canada got tough with its companies and the steelworkers
policy of prohibiting foreign fishing vessels from operating in its
waters. The Canadians officially closed all their ports to any foreign walked off their jobs.
Unionmanagement conferences
trawlers. Foreign trawlers may put into Canadian ports only for emer
gency or mercy trips, and must put out to sea as soon as possible . . . were held under government spon
The new, 93foot towboat Russel 14 went ihto service in New York sorship, but they were "indefinite
last week. A longrange towboat, she is fitted with a specially fur ly recessed" late this week. The
nished "owner's lounge."
President then went before Con
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The Argentine Government has bought the 42,400ton Juan Peron. mitting him to seize the industry,
The world's most modern floating whaling factory, she has been held
at her dock for the past several months because of a lawsuit involving saying that an injunction against
the vessel . . . Congress is considering a change in ship mail routine the strike vould be unfair to the
that would permit ships to drop mail in several US ports. Present workers and fulile as far as bring
regulations require ships to drop all their mail pouches in the first ing about a settlement is con
US port they hit . . . Five men were injured in an engine room fire cerned.
aboard the Anguslake while she was under repair in LaChine Canal Congress promptly voted down
Basin at Montreal . . . The Italian Line has added a hostess aboard three seizure bills, and the Senate
its cruise ships to supervise social activities aboard the vessel . . . Repre voted to request Mr. Truman to use
sentatives of nine US shipping companies have told the Government the TaftHartley injunction against
they plan to build 14 new highspeed tankers—if the government will the strike. In his address, the
allow them to transfer 36 vessels to forei^ flags.
President made it clear that he
would not voluntarily seek a Taft
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American shipyards have announced that the program to strengthen Hartley injunction, saying that the
all T2 tankers will soon bog down unless the Government allots more union had withheld the strike
steel for their use. The yards claim they could handle more ships, weapon for 90 days' already.
and thus complete the "strapping" program sooner, if they could ^ret
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' enough steel . . . The Excambian gained one passenger between Genoa
Odds 'n Ends—The huge Gener
and New York. It was a healthy boy delivered by the ship's doc al Electric Co. announced it will
tor .. . The Pacific Transport was towed into Yokohama by the Sea force a strike at. its Lockland,
borne. The transport lost its rudder in a storm and drifted helplessly Ohio, jet plant rather than grant
in a heavy fog for two days before the Seaborne took her in tow ... The the workers a union shop. The
Todd Shipbuilding Co. in Houston, Tex. is building a new 3,600ton company,^ which is paying lower
deadweight capacity tanker for Great Lakes service. She will have wages than many other jet com
a retractable pilothouse, folding masts, hinged stacks that fold back, panies, voiced the" threat to a four
and hinged railings so she will clear the bridges in the New York man government mediation team,
State Barge Canal.
and in fullpage newspaper ads at
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tacking the union and the WSB
The Port of New York handled 32,482,000 tons of seagoing cargo and other government agencies . . .
during 1951, according to recently released figures. The total for the Ohio has ruled that workers left
US was 178,000,000 tons of seagoing cargo handled during the year without income because of com
. . . The Sea Scouts went to the rescue on the Hudson River last week, panyenforced vacations are en
when their little launch spotted a 24foot cruiser that had run out titled to unemployment benefits...
of gas and towed it to a nearby dock . . . The MooreMcCormack The NLRB ruled that greeting
Lines has announced that it is postponing ordering two new liners card artists are not "professionals,"
until the "Government sets up some definite contract policy" about and thus are entitled to union pro
subsidies for new ships . . . The Argentine steamer Santa Cruz was tection . . . The Mine, Mill and
towed into Buenos Aires following a 20day ordeal in which six crew Smelter Workers Union, thrown
members were killed and buried at sea. A boiler exploded, ifniing out of the CIO as Comhiunist
the six men. and then storms buffeted the ship, breaking towlines dominated, won a representation
several times before she was brought to port . . . The Erie railroad election at the Consolidated Min
has announced it is going to spend $1,300,000 for three new Diesel ing and Smelting Co. in Trail,
tugs to operate in New York Harbor.
B.C. in Canada, which handles
materials
for atomic research . . .
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The British Admiralty has developed an underwater TV camera that son & Co., a 'meat packing firm,
can be worked at a depth of 1,009 feet. The British hope to use the have won wage increases after a
device to locate the wreck of the Flying Enterprise and other ships. court ruled they were not hotel
The camera can be maneuvered into ho'es and corners of underwater suppliers, even though most of
wrecks ... A Dutch tug took the Socony tanker Shabonee into tow thdir products go to hotels . . .
east of the Azores after she lost her rudder ... Agreement has been The CIO and AFL have joined
reached on control of American President lines, ending a seven year forces to urge an increase of the
court fight between the Government and R. Stanley DoUar . . . The $1.05 an hour minimum wage in
Navy's new troop transport Barrett leaves on her maiden voyage the woolen industry to $1.26Mi or
carrying 382 passengers and 1,^56 troops. The 17,600ton ship is $1.30 finder
the WalshHealey
«ir*conditionedo
Public Contracts Act.
Proper anchoring of a ship is obviously essential to ship's safety
since a ship dragging anchors and out of control is the cause of rnany
an accident. Both the anchors and anchor cables have to be properly
handled as well as pass strict inspection as to their manufacture and
condition. *
The basic principle of the anchor is the same as the pickax, and in
deed the oldfashioned anchor looks very much like one. Once the
point of an ax is driven into the ground it is very difficult to loosen
• with a straight pull on the handle. However, when the handle is lifted,
the point of the ax breaks free. The same holds true for the anchor,
although the modern version has both its arms on one side and swivels
on its shank. When fts cable is taken in, the shank'of the anchor
lifts and its hold on the bottom is loosened.
The weight of the ship's anchor should be in rough proportion of
one to one and a half pounds for each ton displaced by the vessel.
Ships carry two such anchors on either side of the bow (bower anchors)
where the modem anchor is held with shank drawn up in the hawse
pipe, and the flukes (ends of the anchor arms), against the side of the
ship.
Types of. Anchors Carried
Other anchors which ships may carry include sheet anchors, which
are simply spares of the same type as the bower anchor usually car
ried in a hawse pipe abaft the bower anchor,' or on deck; the stern
anchor, which as the name puts it, is carried in the stem; the stream
anchor, a mediumweight job carried in the stern for use in restricted
waters to prevent swinging, and small kedge anchors used to move
a ship ahead a little at a time or warp it by hauling the stern around.
The anchor cable chains have one end hooked to.the ring of the
• anchor, while the remainder of the cable passes through the controller
(riding chock), over the wildcat (grooved drum) of the windlass and
down the spillpipe into the chain locker. There tHe cable Js stored
and secured, either by shackling the bitter ends of the two anchor
cables together, or by shackling the bitter end to a ring in the deck.
Sometimes the bitter end is passed through a ring on deck and then
lashed to another ring overhead when quick release of the chain is
necessary.
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The controller serves to take the strain of the cable off the wind
lass and alsg> keeps the cable from running out accidentally while
raising anchor. The wildcat operates like a gear in that it .has sprockets
on it which fit the links of the anchor cable so as to contrql the cable
in raising, paying out or holding fast.
The amount of cable carried by a ship is regulated by the vessel's
weight, size, girth and amount of freeboard. Usually, in anchoring
the ship five times as much chain is paid out as the depth of the water,
although in rough weather this proportion is increased considerably.
Anchor Chain* Markings
In all cases it is essential to know how much cable the ship has out
Consequently the chains are marked by turns of wire every 15 fathoms,
with an additional turn for each fathom as follows: at 15 fathoms, one
turn of wire on first stud from each side of shackle; at 30 fathoms.
Diagram of .ground tackle hooked together as one unit.
tyo tums on second stud, and so on. In addition, white paint of vary
ing band sizes may be used between marked stud linksi
In letting go the anchor, upon return from a sea voyage the chain
is released by breaking out cement plugs placed in the spill pipes,
taking off the devil claw and releasing the riding chock. After deter
mining that the anchor is not jammed or frozen in the hawse pipe,
it is let go by releasing the break on the windlass. Once the anchor
hits bottom the speed of the chain slackens and the brake can be tight
ened somewhat to see how much chain is out Jty the markings. When
the vessel has come to rest the brake is tightened fast
In heaving in the anchor, care must be taken in the last stages when
the anchor shank starts to enter the hawse pipe. At this point the
windlass is run as slowly as possible and stopped as soon as the flukes
rest against the side.
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SEAFARERS LOG
Friday. Jime IS. 195S
rm:
Hail New Benefits As 'ForwardLooking Unionism'
Van Whitney.
FWT: All these
new gains keep
reminding us that
only a union like
the SIU, that's
constantly look
ing forward to
Inrpreve con
ditions for the
membership, can
produce benefits
like these. That
$25 bond in the
baby's name will
give a child a
good opinion of
unions rigLt
from the start.
Thomas J. Fits
Vatrlck, OS: A
Seafarers' hotel
in New York is
ideal. You can
throw away an
awful lot of
dough to get a
night's flop some
times, and ftis
will r e a 11 y' be ,
something fine
for the guys on '
the beach. It's
just the type of
idea you'd expect
the SIU to come
up with for the
members.
Dad Terms Benefit
'Family Union Pact'
George Stravar
ides, pantryman:
Disability bene
fits, you say.?
That is really
looking ahead,
but the SIU is the
type of Union
that's been doing
that for years.
Maybe there
aren't too many
guys in line for it
right now, but
sooner or later
we'll need some
thing like that
when we can't
sail anymore.
same as for other features of the
Welfare Plan, namely, one day's
service on an SlUcontracted ship
in the previous year.
Incidentally, in the event the
Seafarers wife gives birth to twins
or triplets, each one of the babies
will receive a $25 bond.
The disability provision is de
signed to take care of these Sea
farers who, are 100 percent unem
ployable from one cause or an
other. Eligibility requirements aire
the same^ne day's service on a
ship in the previous year.
EliglbiUty Setup
The trustees of the Seafarers
Welfare Fund will pass upon ap
plications^ for benefits and decide
whether an applicant is eligible or
not. If they agree he is entitled
to benefits, he will receive $15 a
week or approximately $65 per
month for as long as he is totally
disabled without time limit, effec
rine Hospital, but because of the tive the day his application is ap
long period that he was unable to proved.
work, he couldn't qualify for the Here too, applications should be
hospital benefits.
made through the Welfare Plan at
Sailing since the early 1920s, 11 Broadway, or through the Union
George joined the SIU in 1942. He itself. In the cases of disabled
sailed as a mess utility, preferring members over 65, the Union will
the European runs and Waterman assist them in securing social se
ships.
curity benefits in addition to the
"The SIU sure has done a lot $15 weekly Welfare benefit.
of wonderful thinks for us,", he In effect, the new disability
said. "You have ho idea how much benefit will provide Seafarers with
this $15 a week metes to me. I'm help when they need it most, at a
going to be in the hospital for a time when they are imable to do
while, but $15 a week is wonderful any kind of work for a living.
when you're not able to work and The hotel project, long a prime
earn any money. I want to thank Union objective, is still in the plan
the Union and all the guys in it.".f
Onion's Disability
Benefit A 'Godsend'
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George M. Arnold is another of
the oldtimers who will begin re
ceiving the new disability benefits
immediately. George hasn't been
able to sail for some time because
of liis health. Recently, he became
confined in the Staten Island Ma
World's Speed
Record Topped
By New liner
Proud Dad Felix Bonefont
gives out with a big smile as
he appUes for $200 maternity
benefit for. daughter born May
5. For the aid of other Sea
farers, ^e ei^ibits papers . The new superliner the United
needed to qualify for claim, States broke all listed speed rec
your marriage licShse and ords for ocean shipping wiien it
baby's birth certificate.
did better than 34 knots in an eight
you the truth, I still don't know hour speed trial off Hampton
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whether or not to believe it. What Roads, Vai, on June 10.
won't tiiey do for the seaman The actual speed of the new pas
next," he mused, "maternity Jjene senger liner was not announced as
fits on ^p of everything else."
the liner is designed for possible
• An oldtimer jn the SIU, holding conversion into a troop carrier
f book since 1938, Stone holds all and this information would be
ratings in the engine department, considered of value to possible
and usually sails as deck, engineer. enemies. However, it was clear
: The baby, Frances, is his fourth that the ship did far better than
child, and was bom in New York's the 34 knots announced.
Rockaway Beach hospital. During* The previous speed record was
tee festivitiesshe showed no con held by the British liner. Queen
pera about her newly foundwealth, Mary, which did slightly .better
waking only once to squawk ted than. 32 knots for one full day in
then going back to sleep again. ^ August, 1938.
What made the new ship's perv
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|Iearned^9f^^^ew t^ncRtii v|^oni • ms that It was tecqmplished in. the'
'bigh^^drted^rafti.''
Francisco Rodri
guez, OS: No, I'm
not married, but
I know what it's
Uke in the family
when a baby
comes. The bills
pile up and a guy
just gets snowed
under. This $200
really gives yoii
an incentive to
have a family.
You can bet a
family won't for
get the Union for
a deal like this
because its a big
help.
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Win Birth, Disability
Benefits; Hotel Planned
attended the last headquarters
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glad he gave Lady Luck that little membership meeting* where the
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first announcement of them was
extra nudge back in 1947.
made.
A
baby
girl,
Milagro,
born
the
$200
is to mail copies of his
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to Bonefont and his wife, Augus marriage certificate and the baby's
Little Frances Stone didn't much tina, on~May 5,' is their sixth child. birth certificate to the Seafarer's
know what was going on when her Sailing SIU for the past 12 years, Welfare Plan at 11 Broadway, New
dad, Baltimore Seafarer Dolor F. Bonefont echoed the reactions of York City, or toJUnion headquar
Stone, started beaming all over the proud fathers who got wind of ters together with the name of the
when he stopped in at SIU head the new benefit. "This is a real last ship he worked on. The Wel
quarters in Brooklyn on his way break for the big family man like
office in turn, will send him
home from the hospital with his myself, and we mally appreciate fare
a form to be filled out and mailed
wife. Iris, and the baby, bom May how it helps out when a new baby in, after which they will send the
31. Stone had just filled out an mmes," he remarked. He's going Seafarer his $200 check. The Union
application for a new membership to be throwing in for a job pretty will follow up each payment with
book and was handing out cigars to soon because "there are a lot of the $25 bond.
all his old friends when he was people home counting on me."
Eligibiiity requirements are the
told that he was entitled to re
ceive the $200 benefit.
"At first I thought they were
kidding me," he said. "And to tell
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talking about," he said, "when I
said' I always got a square deal
from the SIU, and that it (vas the
best Union around."
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ning stage, with the Union intend
ing to construct the kind of fa
cility that wiii best meet the needs
of Seafarers who will call it their
home while on the beach. Con
struction will be financed by the
Welfare Fimd.
It is planned that the hotel will
include recreational facilities in
addition to sleeping quarters, as
well as other personal services that
would be desirable. It will be lo
cated directly behind the Union's
headquarters in Brooklyn.
One possible delay in starting
the hotei iies in the fact that ten
ants of buildings presently lo
cated on Unionowned property
have to. be relocated before the
Union can demolish these build
ings and start construction. The
Union is making every effort to
find new quarters for these people
as soon as possible so that work
can get underway.
With all these new expenditures _
undertaken or planned, the Wei'
fare Fund is investing another
$400,000 of its surplus in Govern
ment bonds paying up to 2.64 per
cent interest. This means that the
fund now has a total of $1,400,000
invested in such bonds, which are
providing a considerable amount
of income for the fund.
"Won't Rest on Oars"
Reviewing the Union's new ven
tures, SIU Secretary Treasurer
Paul Hall declared: "These new
benefits are proof that the Union
is not going to rest on its oars,
but will try to provide additional
gains for the Seafarer wherever
it's possible. I don't think we've
heard the last word yet on this
score.
"The SIU was the first Union to
establish a real vacation plan, and
now we're happy to be breaking
new ground with the maternity and
disability payments. As to the
hotel, that is something we have
long been anxious to go ahead
with and I think that before long,
we will have gotten this long
needed project underway."
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Vacation Every
90 Workdays
Happy moment for disabled Seafarer George M. Arnold comes
when S|U Patrolman Allan MacDonald presents him nd||^ one of:
the
at tee Staten iMahd iMMgdial:
Seafarers qualify under
the SIU Vacation Plan every
time they can show 90 days'
discharges for worktime at
sea or in port after June 1,
1951. Vacation pay can be
collected four times a year
in cases of men wite continu
ous sailing time. Yqur dis
charges from aq SIU ship
are the key to guaranteed
vacation pay — another SIU
First in Maritime! ; ^ ^
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Stars, Bars and poughnutsjGrace Ths Pii|itzer
That the idea of turning air into can be collected as many as four
a liquid was once ihought so im times a year.
possible that Swift savagely satir
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Travels? Swift reported some a murderer dates back 900 yeara
scientists were condensing air and to a sect of religious and military
letting the liquid flow like water. fanatics in Persia led by a Tnnn
Today, liquid air is a common ar named Hassan? The men were
ticle of commerce for refrigeration known as Hashshashins, from
purposes. ^
haschisch, a narcotic with .which^
it it
they drugged themselves when
That a crazed radio operator sent they went on the, rampage.
an SOS in 1948 that had an Atlan
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a "mutiny" on an SIU ship? The thought to be an antidote against
William Carson, a South Atlantic poison? Centuries ago these pre
freighter, was intercepted by a US cious stones were worn as charms
destroyer as it was proceeding as a safeguard against the plague.
peacefully homeward. The radio It was also believed they could
operator who sent the report, a protect a person against • evil
dud, jumped overboard right after thoughts as well.
Ship's delegate Ed Wilkerson (L) shows off Joseph Pulitzer's newlyacquired rebel, 3rd cook Ping Yeq wards. The captain later called the
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That someone who took a "nip"
out a batch of flaky dougnuts.
of whiskey in" the old days used to
4" it
up a half pint at a throw?
That an album originally had drink
The measure known as a nip comes
nothing to do with autographs or from nipperkin which used to bo
pictures? In Roman times an al
bum was a whitetopped table on just short of half a pint.
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"Democracy is liberty plus economic security. We Americans want to pray, think as which the names of officials and
we please—and eat regular." This quotation is at best, the practice of seafaring men. At records of p^lic transactions were That the cafeteria at SIU head
the dinner table aboard ship, informal discussions are carried on by men from all parts kept in a pumic place. In the Mid quarters still draws down just a
for a fivecent cup of cof
dle Ages in Britain it also was the nickel
of the world. They take pride>
fee? Prices all down the line in
name
for
a
register
or list.
in denoimcing any doctrine forces who would deny this free Missouri, Indiana, Puerto Rico,
the headquarters restaurant are be
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that denies their right to live dom are substantiated by,a typical Minnesota, New York, Alabama,
low those in comparable places all
That the average person living over town.
ship's crew list, identifying men Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsyl
and speak as free men.
vania,
California,
Texas,
South
70
years consumes 44,000 pints of
from
all
sections
of
this
country
t 4> 4i
One of their main interests as
Carolina, West Virginia and H liquid?. Scientists have computed That the next time someone tells
the world.
seamen can be imderstood in a and
A recent list of this kind shows linois. This is just one crew on that during this same period, he, you he had a hairbreadth escape
famous quotation from the late men
would use 8,000 pounds of meat, from something, you can take a
sailing together from such one ship.
Chief Justice of
These
men
despite
their
varied
26,500 pounds of
bread, 12,000 eggs yardstick and measure it. A hair
countries
as
Norway,
Canada,
Ire
the Supreme
background
choose
to
work
to
and
5,000
pounds
of vegetables.
land,
Sweden,
France,
Denmark,
breadth is supposed to be about a
Court, Charles
gether
in
unity,
under
a
flag
and
Italy,
Greece
and
the
British
West
4;
4.
t
fortyeighth of an inch.
Evans Hughes:
Union that protects their interest That Seafarers who applied for
Indies.
41 4 4i •
"The legality of
in democracy.
vacation benefits when payments That a man's nephew is really
It
also
carries
men
who
came
collective action
from Maryland, Massachusetts,
Freddie Stewart under the Vacation Plan began in his grandson? The Latin word for
on the part, of
February, 1952, can already apply nephew meant grandchild or de«
employees in or
again if they have discharges show
scendent in Early English, but has
der to safeguard
ing 90 days worked since then? come down to the present with a
. their proper In
Under this setup, vacation pay revised meaning.
, terests is not to
Stewart
be disputed. It
has long been recognized that em
ployees are entitled to organize for I was on the Kyska, a Waterman ship, out on the Pacific
the purpose 6f securing the re last month when we had a little imexpected excitement
dress of grievances and to promote involving the rescue of a passenger. Fortunately, fast work
agreements with employers relat by the crew averted a possible
ing to rates of pay and conditions tragedy.
water, and to our surprise it was
• of work ...
It happened on Friday, May 9, a woman passenger. She was swim
New Orleans—Steve Silvestrin is back sailing again after a
"Instrument of Peace"
which was a wonderful day, the ming but was too stunned to real
long
stopover in New Orleans. He just shipped on the Del
ize
what
was happening.
The
chief
"Congress was not required to first good one of the whole trip.
Mar
.
. . And speaking about this ship, we see severhl more
mate
threw her a
life ring
but
she
We
had
just
finished
our
lunch
ignore this right of the employees
—
but could safeguard it and Seek'to and practically all bands were on was too bewildered to grab it, so familiar names on the crewf
F.
W.
Brown,
DM,
jumped
in after
deck,
taking
advantage
of
the
list
including
Max
Fabricant
make their appropriate collective
boys. Pay the bill and no more.
action an instrument of peace slumbering Pacific. The steward's her, and held her up until the as chief steward and Charlie The fellow you see around the
department was cleaning up and boats arrived.
rather than of strife.
Bradley, 2nd steward, holding New Orleans hall with a camera
"Such collective action would be getting ready to join the rest of
Skipper Praises Crew
the two stripes job . . . "Val strapped to his shouldeTs is none
a mockery if representation were the gang.
Nunez who used to work on other than "Red" Cobb the offi
We
pulled her
into
the
boat
and
made futile by interference with I was relaxing in my foc'sle,
her back'aboard in nine min' the Del Norte as laundryman cial photographer for thei Beach
freedom of choice."
reading a book when we heard the had
utes
flat. The skipper praised the is aboard, the Mar, as saloon combers . „ . Jack Parker, formerly
The seamen's great sacrifices, to cry "man overboard, man over
with the Sea Hawk, is now selling
perpetuate the existence of this board." I ran to the boats with all crew as an airtight, smoothly func steward . . . Jimmie Hollen insurance and looking very well.
tioning
unit,
and
claimed
it
was
and Manuel Gonzalez are. also Of all the southern; dishes, the
right, is contained in war's history, hands. The mates were in the No.
;when seamen, gave all and were 2 lifeboat so I headed there. The one of the best lifeboat units he crewmembers ...
rebels prefer sS'uthern Caviar,
satisfied to be known only as "un ship was hard over and the en had ever seen.
The Del Mar wi(^ a clean ship which is generally served during
Those manning the boat were: when I boarded her here ... It breakfast with eggs. Perhaps you
sung" heroes.
gines stopped.
The prevailing odds against the We could see the person, in the John T. Hanson, 4th assistant; R. would be nice if some members of yankees will know it better by its
M. Anderson, 4th mate and former the crew would start the ship's pa proper name, hominy grits.
member of the SIU; P. E. Patrick, per again, the "MarLog," which
Salty Dick
chief mate; W. G. Adams, DM; F. was founded by our old friend Bill
W. Brown, DM; A. F. Burris, chief; Champlin.
LOGARHYTHM:
electrician; Hal Nelli, A6 and Joe Since tho officials down here
KidSrster
Nish, OS.
received their new Union books,
The woman passenger recovered their books have. been challenged
from the accident pretty rapidly as' by brbther members, reason being
she was not in the water too long. they just wanted to get a peep at
By Ctt'/l Hicks
William (Irish) Adams the new books. Understand/all out
Ship's
delegate
.ports are now being supplied with
Oh I'm not a thing of beauty
I've tasted of the stormy nights
a^lications.
With my awkward staggering pace. And heard the high winds toss.
And my builders shed their duty I've seen the magic Northern
WeliKept Secret
When my bones were set in place. Lights
F. A. "Blackie" Bankston was
And touched the Southern Cross.
bom Jiiiy 12, Julius Caesar's birth
But with all my low'ly labors,
day. I know what the initials stand
A reminder from SIU
My screw has churned for hours
for but Blacklegs sworn me to
As I roam the seven seas
headquarters cautions all
When I couldn't move d mile
secrecy ... Don't be surprised if
I watch my showy neighbors
Seafarers leaving their ships
Against the monstrous powers
you read that MUton "Rags" Maih
From Suez unto the Keys.
to contact the hall In ample
That battered me the while.
lo has bi:come a prizefighter. The
time
to
aUow
the
Union
to:
other
day he was seen eating rice
And from far off ports down under
I loafed along tlte Irish coast
dispatch a replacement. Fail
and spinach.
To Capetown and Port Said,
And heard a stately blast.
ure to give notice before' ' The best organized and equipped
I roll through seas of thunder
paying off may cause a de
ball team in our organhation is the
Where the mighty waters spread. Or in fog like some great ghost
Vve seen a queen ship. pass.
layed sailing, force the ship
Seafarers Beachcombers under
to sail short of the manning . ' Maurice Duet, Let's have other
No I'm not a thing of beauty
No I'm not a thing of beauty
requirements and needlessly
halls and ships organize their own Youngest of Seafarer Luis
As I wallow '.round the Horn,
As I cross these watery zones.
make their work tougher . for J; teams . . , Received a report from Ramirez' family, Maria Elena,
"And my crew does extra duty
But I'll keep on pulling duty
your shipmates.
. . • Buenos .Aires that the barbers V/i, poses with niom. , She has
* For my gear is old and worn.,
'Til my pent is Davy Jones.
down there are overcharging our two older brothei^
7 •
•
The Creed Of A Seafaring Alan
Passenger Saved By Kyska
Crew In Nine Minnies fiat
SiV Beaeheomhera Eager
7 o Biaplay Biamoud Skill
Ode to a Tramp
Quitting Ship?
Notify Union
�irWar. Jnae II. »SI
Trying Out A New One
SEAFARERS LOG
T*S9 Nincteea
Radio Man's
Book on Sale
dladlo operator Harry B. Antrot
ter's latest novel, "Slow Boat
Across" has been published by the
By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
Psychological Library Publishersj
With summer coming we not only have a rise in temperature but a
103 Park .Avenue, NY 17. Dedi rise In the use of color film. Bright sunny days with nature contribut
cated in the author's words to ing colorful backgrounds, tempts everyone to try a roll of co'.or film.
"the sea, the ship
Regardless of how simple your equipment, if it can take" good black
upon her and
and white photos you can probably take color shots.
above all the
Fellow some simple but strict rules regarding exposure and you'll be
American s e a
amazed at the results. Load your camera with a roll of color film, set
man" the book is
you shutter speed at 1/60 of a second and the lens opening at f ,6.3.
set against the
Put your subject matter in sunshine, click, and you've got yourself a
background of a
nice color photo.
C2 voyage
You've probably heard the proverb that all cats are black in the
througti fhe At
dark. This is a restatement of a fact basic to all photography . . . that
lantic and Medir
objects are seen because of the light they reflect. In color photography
terranean.
the photographer takes into consideration not only the amount of light
The main line
Antrotter
reflected but also the color of the reflected light, because it is the col
of the plot deals with the romantic ored light which forms the photograph. In outdoor color photography
involvement of a crewmember with the principle light source is daylight, usually a mixture.of sunlight and
a woman passenger on the long
skylight. For average subjects fairly close, daylight color films will
Stanley Schuyler, steward off the PetrpUte, takes ckreful aim' with trip to Venice, Italy.
produce excellent results without any filters.
Copies of the book are available
his recentlyacquired Japanese cue stick in the billiard room at
With distant subjects the proportion of sunlight to skylight is greater
SIU headquarters. The cue cost him 900 yen, about $3 American. at the above address at $3.50 each. and your color film usually will have a bluish tinge. Correction filters
are recommended for such cases. Supplementary light can be ob
tained by using reflectors made of sheets of white cardboard or any
surface covered with tin foil. Auxiliary light in outdoor color photog
raphy can also be obtained from synchronized flash lamps. Since
Durban, South Africa—I was in this port on the Robin Hood, when I was so unfortunate you will probably use daylight type film outdoors, such lamps must
as to take a cab to meet my date for the evening. Cabbies being what they are in that port be blue coated.
Judging Exposures
I should have known better, but this is whaL happened.
The
easiest
way
of
determining
correct outdoor exposure for color
At 7 PM sharp I collared thisf
cab and gave Instructions on where New York and I mentioned this "What's that?" (He's hard of film is the literature packed with each roll of film. If this information
is followed carefully, you will wind up with a high proportion of prop
to go. "D» you know where Long fact to my driver (keeping up con hearing too.)
erly exposed color shots. If you own an exposure meter be careful in
view Court is?" I asked. He didn't versation, you know). '
"Longview, Longview, savvy?" using it for color film. Since the color sensitivity of a photoelectric ex
know.
"Yes sir, dont get excited." He posure meter is not the same as that of color film, many errors in ex
Well, he agreed, but started tell
"WeU then." I said, "do you ing me about Johannesburg and had been driving around for half posure can be traced to this cause. Most users of meters get incorrect
know where Cato Road is?"
how it looked the time he was an hour and we were still on the readings because of the inclusion of too much sky in the field of view
main drag of town; somewhat
He thought he did.
there in 1898! .
of the meter. Point your meter slightly downward when used outdoors.
I could see that this was going i saw I had to cope with some slower than a rickshaw pace.
If you are using color film with a meter for the first time make an
Having less of an idea than my
to be a hassle right off the bat. one from the old school.
exposure at the indicated meter reading and at 50 percent over and
self
of
where
he
was
heading
and
He started thumbing through a "You've got beautiful buildings
under. From the results of such a test you {an determine the accuracy
directory and after 15 minutes of here, real nice," I said. But he still bugging me up with Johannes of the meter reading and of the shutter speeds and lens settings.
burg
he
cruised
along
looking
for
looking we started rolling with the Just kept on talking about Johan
If you find consistent errors, compensate in all future shootings.
Longview Court. i We finally
assurance that he would get me nesburg 54 years ago.
Thus, for example, if you should obtain underexposure, take a lower
reached
Cato
Road
and
started
there.
Another thing that annoyed me climbing a hill that seemed to have film speed rating. If you should obtain overexposure, set a higher film
By that time I was wondering was that he had a memory like a no end in sight.
speed rating on the meter. Once determined, these altered set
whether he would get me there fog horn.
My cabby spotted two natives tings should remain constant for a given meter and camera combina
that day or next week.
"Is that Longwood Court you strolling along the side of the road. tion. Ignore any meter reading on outdoor subjects in full sunlight
Now Durban happens to be a wanted?" he asked.
He ^started jawing with them in that indicate exposures of less than 1/60 of a second at f8.
very beautiful city, especially at "No Longview Court on Cato Afrikaans, then English and then
Popular Films
night. Somehow it reminds you of Road."
some strange dialect but they just The two most popular color films are Kodachrome^and Ansco colorl.
didn't get him.
Ektochrome is still going through changes and until it becomes stand
By this ^ime I was ready to ardized as to speed and correction filters I'd be wary about using it.
crawl through the top of the cab. The daylight type of both of these films is balanced for exposure in
The clincher was when my driver sunlight. Both are about the same speed and with care some beautiful
pulled up to a bungalow and non transparencies can be made.
chalantly said to me, "Why don't
Since Ansco color film can be processed by the user the cost of the
you go in and find out where film does not include processing. Kodachrome is processed by Eastman
Longwood Court is?"
We and our dear friends, the roaches, completed the voyage "Who me?" I said, "You must Kodak and the cost of the film includes processing and mounting for
projection.
for Isthmian aboard the Steel Ranger. I can truly say that be ludding, and anyway, it's Long
The following table provides approximately correct exposures for
view, not Longwood Court."
daylight color film in summer. In winter use the next larger lens
they came into the States just as starved as we were. About
He seemed irked at me but re
a week from home, most of>
.luctantly went into the house for opening.
Shutter Speed Lens Opening
our chow ran out.
fellows that go through the Suez instruction. By this time I quit
Bright SunUght
1/60
6.3
There were some good meals Canal the first time. Lay off the smoking my cigarette's and started
Hazysoft
shadows
•
"
1/60
4.5
served aboard during the trip and characters who come aboard try eating them.
1/60
3.5
that's when our dear friends were ing to sell socalled diamond rings. To make it short and sweet, we Bright overcast, no shadows
Dull
overcast
1/60
2.8
in their glory. There were so many They are phonies. The ringsare of finally found Longview Court
that you had to beat them to the brass and the stones are glass. Two which was just a block away all
table when the chow.bell rang or fellows aboard got > stuck. So if the time. I paid him about 12
you were out of luck.
you are smart brothers, you'll lay shillings for my tour' of the city
I guess a fellow like myself ha§ off too.
(approximately $1.7(1) and went on
to consider the situation before
my way.
F. Faskowski
sailing on a ship that's 32 years
Harry Kroipnel
Engine delegate
(1) In Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the Ancient Mari
old. Yep. she was built back in
ner was condemned to (wear a cross), (tell his story), (interrupt wed
192p, even before I knew what a
dings), (stay at sea)?
ship looked like. To look at it, it
(2) An express train traveling 10 mph faster than a local is follow
would remind ybu of an old barn
ing
75 miles behind the local. Five hours later, the express crosses
both inside arid out. Everytime we;
a bridge which, the local crossed a halfhour before. What are their
had a little ' rough weather and
speeds?
. she started to roll, she would shake
(3) Winds aloft usually have (lower), (the same), (greater), (much
and squeak as if each roll was her
lower)
speeds than surface winds have?
last.
(4) The proportion of elderly people in the total population of the
Before getting into Belawan
US is tending to (decrease. slightlT), (decrease greatly), (remain sta
ijeli, Sumatra, we had three bad
tionary), (increase)?
rainy days. I have never, seen it
(5) A man has $11.90 in nickels, dimes and quarters. If he has
rain so hard in aU my life. It was
twice
as many dimes as quarters and has 136 coin^ altogether, how
so bad that soihe of the fellows
many of each does he have?
who slept amidships couldn't sleep
(6) The Monroe Doctrine is a (statement of American poUcy),
in their rqoms because the boat
(principle of international law), (PanAmerican agreement), (treaty
deck leaked so much. They had
between the US and Great Britain)?
to sleep aft and anywhere it was
(7) The amount of water vapor in the air compared with the amount
dry. As for the mess hall—^we got
the
air can hold determines the (temperature), (relative humidity),
« shower with our meals.
(velocity), (ceiling) of the air?
' All in all, she vrash't a bad ship.
(8) "The golfers should know this one. If a "spoon" is a wooden
We got six months out of it and
headed club, is a "brassie" a wooden or ironheaded club?
f made ten ports in the Far East.
(9) You be the judge. Should a husband be allowed to reduce his
. Anyway, it kept us away from old
wife's alimony when times are bad?
man winter. Rumors are going
(10) If three feet are added to each side of a certain square, its area
around that it was her last trip
is increased by • • 69 square feet.., What is the area of the original
These two bearded old salts are none Other than Seafarers Woody
with Isthmian.
square?
and Faskowski aboard the Steel Ranger. They didn't .say whether
That's about all for, this trip ex
. (Quiz Answers on Page27) ,
^
cept for j.^^tl^ pepiin^^
pK 9*"
sl^pqhest ran ®ut of razor blades.
Cabbie Stymies Seafarer
Weary Old Steel Rauger
Host to 'Freeloaders'
Qtfii Cortiei
•
�Vair* Twentr
Passing The Good Word
SEAFARERS LOG
FrUar, Jwu It, IfSt
Oide Photos
Wanted by MMG
By Spikt Marlin
We were stumbling over assort
"It's simple, once you can under
ed feet to our usual 60cent van Stan'," he explained. "In '47 Har
tage point in the Yankee Stadium ris took over the Yankees. Right?
grabbed all the chips too.
bleachers when we happened to He
Right?" We had to agree.
spot a pair of familiar brogans.
"This Page was the greatest
Looking up, ,we saw with aston thing in the bullpen that year. He's
ishment that it 'was none other savin' game after game, includin'
than ,Focus Coyle.
the last one with the Dodgers in
We asked him what strange the World Series. That makes him
quirk of circumstance led him to and Bucky the heroes of 1947."
pay his way into a ball game.
We conceded all this but, . . ' ^
"Well," he admitted sheepishly' "Just relax," he said impatiently,
'^ust when I kicked off my shoes "I'll explain everythin'. Next year,
and parked in front of my set 1 (I didn't have no set then) I calls
smelled some bumin* rubber. First up sick one momin' and comes out
thing ya' know a few condensers to see them take
Sox apart.
Crewmembers of. the Bienville relax while listening to the reports
fried. And here with Bucky Harris Along around the sixth innin' Har
of departmental delegates at a recent shipboard meeting.
in town with the Senators! I just ris waves to the pen — aiid out
hadda get out here."
tomes Page."
We wondered out loud what he
SliglitlyOversize
saw in Harris* collection of clowns
"One
look
at him and my eyes
and castoffs.
is bulgin'. He waddles out of the
Meeting Percy Boyer, who I was shipmate with over 22 years ago, started bringing back
Plain Facts
runway like a momma sow that's
memories of the socalled good old days once again, particularly when I shipped out of New
"Don't
you
go
gettin'
so
smiart,"
gonna
pop nine little piglets.
Orleans in the days when the US Shipping Board was in existence.
he fired at us. "Who's on top of 'Man,' I says to myself, ^if I didn't
Those were the days when ,we
who in the standin's?" We conceded know where I was I'd think it was
sat in the fink hall, and when old lantine and made two trips to Liv fall out and break a leg.
the hard facts and agreed that the Hugh Casey.'
As
the
sling
was
raised
the
old
erpool
and
Manchester,
England,
man Markey called the jobs, we
Washingtonians had shown no "Sure enough he stinks up the
raised our hand as if we were back from New Orleans. We had quite man's legs shot through the holes signs of growing dizzy on the un joint
that* year. Harris keeps
of
the sling.
He
was
quite a
sight,
in a school room. He then would a number of screwball characters
familiar heiglits—^up until now.
w^vin'
for him and the infielders
howling
like a
bulldog
that
he
was
en this wagon, and no
one was nut
choose whoever he saw fit for the
We warned him though, that be keep wavin' at the line drives
Jobs, regardless of how long a man tier than the skipper. He was an the master, he gave the orders and fore the season came to a close whistlin'
by. So the Yankees lose
old guy in his late sevenHles with they were to be obeyed by all
was on the beach.
they could be expected to seek out and Harris gets the gate.
hands.
a
voice
like
a
foghorn
and a
ter
In the fall of 1933 I shipped on
their natural habitat, somewhere in "Then Stengel takes over in '49
an old rustbucket named the £g rific love for whiskey of any kind. Well the winch driver took him the dismal gloom of the second di and Page makes a great comeback.'
I remember one trip where we at his word and when the sling was vision.
They win again that year, andin
made Dublin on the way back to over the hatch he obeyed the order
New Orleans. We were standing to set the skipper d o w n, imme "Never mind," he sneered, wav '50 and '51 too."
by waiting to let go. Everyone was diately. He came down with a ing us aside with a scornful flipper, Everybody knows that, we said.
aboard except the skipper and all bang. Fortunately, he was a tough "this Harris is the greatest. Why What about it?
old bird and was only jarred up. if it wasn't for Joe Page, he'd be_ "Don't ya' see," he exclaimed, "if
the gear was bat
However, the old man managed the most famous manager in his it wasn't for that Page, Harris
tened down ex
to get up, and gassed up that he tory."
cept one boom on
would of kept his job and won
We wanted to know how come. five pennants in a row. Instead
was, congratulated the wirch driv
No. 4 hatch on
er for obeying his orders to let He looked at us with a pitying he gets fired and is stuck in Wash
dockside.
him down at once.
expression reserved for stupid ington. Now don't bother me any
Since it was
Louis Goffin children.
! more, I gotta root my boy home."
my first trip on
this ship,, I was
.curious as to the
reasons why this
boom wasn't cra
Goffln
dled.
I soon
Some of fhe boys sailing with the Unionhave really been around the world a couple of
found out.
times, ahd in all kinds of foreign ports, but I doubt whether any of them has done more
As it was getting late, the chief
mate ordered the gangway in. traveling than the coffee bean. If you look it up in the books, you'll find that the coffee
Pretty soon a cab rolled up and tree really got around in the
out came the old man, gassed up last few hundred years, al still grown in large quantities. It cultivated in 14 Latin American
like a light.
though right how, as anybody got to South America sometime countries as well as in the
Two sailors then shimmied down who has been on the South during the 1700's. The regular Hawaiian Islands, the East Indies
All the world's a stage at the a guy line, a net sling was hooked American run knows most of "coffee run" between Brazil and and Arabia. It took a little time but
mpment for Roberts, AB, on up to the runner of No. 4 boom the stuff comes out of Santos. the US first got started in 1824. that coffee bean sure did manage^
and the old man was shoved into
the Liberty Bell as he slaps the net sling with the two sailors Another idea some seamen might While Brazil grows most of the to get around.
Bill Fryer
coffee in the woiid, the plant is
paint on the mast.
in with him to see that he didn't have is that the coffee time bull
sessions are things that originated
on shipboard. Well they are pret
ty far off the mark, because it
seems these same practices were
common in England 300 years ago. The LOG opens this column as 6 ounces sugar, % ounce salt, Vs
As a matter of fact the first cof an exchange for stewards, cooks, ounce flavoring (such as vanilia,
fee house in London was opened bakers and. others who'd like to maple or lemon), creamed up well
in 1652 which makes this year the shaie favored food recipes, little in a clean, greasefree mixer. Take
300th anniversary of the coffee known cooking and baking hints, 2V4 pounds flour, Vs pdund corn
time talking jag, since 'coffee dishes with a national flavor and starch, 1 ounce baking powder and
houses were famous for the amount the like, suitable for shipboard sift well twice on paper. Add 1
pint milk, then Vb of the flour to
of gossip and tonguewagging that use. Mail in your suggestions.
the mix in the machine, both at
went on in them.
• S lipshod baking often ruins the low speed. Shut off machine as
Originally From Africa '
best efforts of the steward and soon as everything is mixed to pre
Getting back to the start of the cooks to satisfy hearty shipboard vent unnecessary heating of the
whole thing, the experts claim that appetites. "Baking is as exact ^as contents.
the coffee tree, which isn't much any science," says SIU oldtimer
Shake Lightly
fnore than an overgrown bush, orig
Samuel S. 'Van
Have a lightly greased sheetpan
inated in Ethiopia. The bean is
dal, "since you covered with wellgreased paper
supposed to have takep its first
have to tise pre ready. Take bowl out of machine
overseas voyage through the Indian
cise amounts of and fold (shake) in remaining flour
Ocean and Red Sea about 1,200
ingredients and lightly by hand until no clots of
years ago to Southern Arabia. For
know jiist how flour remain. Using six handfuls
quite a while after that most cof
they'll react." ,
of the mix to make one jelly roll
fee was exported through the port
In addition to of 24 servings, spread it out flat
of Mocha on the Red Sea, which
his seagoing ex on bench with palate knife and
V^RK
explains how the word "mocha" got
perience dating drop it to get air bubbles out.
OONE MUST BE
back 40 years. Bake in a 380 degree oven.
into the coffee game. It seems that
Vandal
rTEMlZEDANDTURNEp'
coffee was terrifically popular
Vandal pat in Next, on a pillow slip covered
"DEPARXMSNT
among the Arabs and Turks be over 15 years ashore as a spe with sugar (grated nuts or coconut
cause their religion doesn't permit cialist with nationwide baking can be added), turn the pan up
HEAP WITWIN 72
them to drink. As a matter of fact, concerns, so he knows what he's side down and let stand a few
HOURS OF THE TIME
the Turks prohibited coffee for a talking about. One of his creations, minutes. Remove pan, roll off the
VSftDRl^P.
while on the grounds that it was developed with painstaking care, paper and then, before it cools,
is a "basic mix," which can be cover the cake with jelly or cream
intoxicating.
RHIHS IN A STACK OF OVfeRTlME
used for making jelly rolls, lady and roll up with the pillow slip as
The
Europeans
first
found
out
SHEETS AT THE PAiCfFF IS LABOR LOST
fingers,
Boston cream pie or the a guide, making sure to twist in
about coffee from the Turks and
AMP IVOM'T FATTBN TPUR PAT.
the ends. The entire job takes no
Arabs. After a while, the coffee like.
bean took a long overseas hop to Here's the step by step recipe; more than 45 minutes. "It can't
Java and Sumatra where coffee is Wi quarts whole hggs, 2 pounds miss," vandal adds. ' ^ • •
The LOG is Interested in col
lecting and printing .photo
graphs showing what seagoing
was like in the old days. All
you oldtimers who have any
old mementos., photographs of
shipboard ufe, pictures of
ships or ansrthing that would
show how seamen lived, ate
and worked in the days gone
by, send them in to the LOG.
Whether they be steam or sail,
around the turn of the cen
tury, during the first world
war and as late as 1^38, the
LOG is interested in them all.
We'lltake care of them and
return your souvenirs to you.
Sling Net Carried Strange Cargo
Lofty Perch
. mi
Coffee B^an Really Got Around
RITE IT UP —
PROAlTOi
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Vridar. Jvw IJ, 185*
Marine Telle Why
Hei^s Union Man
To the Editor:
i was very glad to get the LOG
over here in Korea. I am very
proud to wear my Union pin.
Many a Marine
has asked me
why I, as a Ma
rine, wear a
union button. I
tell them with
pride that I be
long to the best
Union in the
world, the SIU.
I'm for the SIU
MacDonald
100 percent. I
told my buddies that without any
unions in the country we would be
at the mercy of big business. I told
them of how they benefit by being
in a union and how organized labor
always helps the individual who is
a union man.
I showed the LOG to them and
they all agreed that the SIU is one
union that certainly does a good
Job.
I told them of the fl^t the SIU
had long before Korea with the
Communists on the waterfront and
how the SIU defeated them, the
same as we over here, will beat
them in tbe end.
Pfc Charles MacDonald 1214526
C Co., 1st SP Bn.
Ifit Marine Division PMP
«/o FPO, San Francisco
^ % It
SBAFAttERS LOG
P«C« Tweiily«B»
L E T T E R S '
Haiis Union Aid
To Disabled Men
To the Editor:
side. That way the captain could
than I am in the beltmaking busi
I was at the headquarters mem
open his porthole for the short
ness. Maybe nobody thought of bership meeting Wednesday nighti •
time the plant was down.
sending them to your contest.
June 4, and heard the Secretaryr
^ Sometimes though, she'd do a To the Editor:
I am very appreciative to all the Treasurer report that the Union
snap roll and his hole dipped a lit
The voyage of the Bluestar has good SIU officials and men of a was going to pay $15 a week to
tle water—not dripped, dipped.
been running along in good shape. great organization second to none disabled Seafarers who no longer
Heat Merciless
We have had two breaks on the for all the things we have accom can work and also that the Union
was going to bat for these men to
The heat was terrible, 130 de trip so far with the good grace of plished in such a short time.
grees in the shade. I don't know Captain Berger. All hands not on 1 I also received my first vacation help them collect Social Security
how hot it was in the sun because watch were granted shore leave to pay in 40 odd years as a seaman benefits.
it didn't shine. All of the mer stretch their legs. All hands co and the agreements are tops. I was happy to hear this because
cury boiled out of the ther operated and we the delegates are Thanks to you and the judges for
I know that a lot
mometer we had in the messhall well pleased in the matter.
of oldtime sea
the lift. Yours for bigger and bet
so it's hard to say how hot it was The deck department has been ter art contests.
men have trou
inside but the paint all peeled off exceptionally cooperative with one
ble collecting So
John R. Taurln
the bulkheads above the engine another, especially the bosun.
cial Security
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Some of you may know him, John
room.
benefits. They
get snarled up
We opened all the iceboxes Gallagher. He has given those
in red tape be
hoping maybe that would act as who are new to the sea as well as
cause they work
an air conditioning unit, but that the old, a fine example of leader
for so many dif
just caused the eggs and other ship in the rank and file of the To the Editor:
I should like to see that the
ferent companies
perii^ables to spoil. We should SIU. All the brothers aboard gave
McCurdy
in the course of
have had a fan in them to kind of him a vote of thanks. Also there steward's department gets classi
circulate the air. Finally we were Jis among us Brother Harry fied as day workers so that they the years and songj^times a man
able to go on deck just before ar (Whitey) Lamacraft of our Ca also get a raise like other day might lose out on Social Security
nadian District. He is, by the way, workers. We all know the Union benefits through one loophole or
rival in Buenos Aires.
one of our photo fans and I must has done a lot forall the mem
There was also a shortage of say that he has some very good bers, "and we know the hard bat another.
cigarettes aboard so when we got shots of the fellows and the trip tles we had to fight to get what When a man has the weight of
the Union behind him to collect
to Argentina, we found there was
we have today. But I'd like to see these things it helps to get things
a shortage down there and were so far.
that a little more be done for the done faster and better.
Winch Handling
compelled to purchase them at
steward's department.
I. J.
Torre,
the
deck
en
Brother
And, of course, I am heartily in
black market prices when we . got
We should take into considera favor of the proposal that the
gineer,' suggests that the new con
there.
tract should specifically: state that tion the fact that the steward's de
Not a'great deal of consideration when a vessel arrives in port for partment has to work seven days a Union pay these fellows $15 a
was shown the crewmembers re the purpose of loading and/or dis week and always has to be on the week additional out of the Welfare
The Social Security bene
quiring medical attention. The old charging, an oiler should maintain ball. The chief stewards are al Fund.
fits are pretty small and this addi
man was approached in regards to the winches during the day and ways between crossfires. They tional money will be a big help to
Emanuel Perez, AB, and he said the deck engineer should handle have to satisfy the crews and also the older brothers who no longer
that the man's ailment was nothing, tjitem at night.
the companies. That's why I think can work. With this money, the
only a bellyache. This member The purpose of this request is they should be the highest paid un men will no longer have to sign
To the Editor:
We have had a couple of xinfor was finally hospitalized and an that not only will more deck en licensed men. Next to them, I their lives away to a welfare
tunate incidents on this ship, the emergency operation performed for gineers throw in for the jobs to think the cooks should get better agency to be able to live.
Bradford Island, which hasn't been appendicitis.
get a little OT, but there are quite pay.
H. C. McCurdy
helped out by the attitude of the Another case was that of Ed a few ships that have had night Also, I would like to see if there
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skipper and the other . officers. Spooner, also an AB, who ap engineers that didn't understand could be a way to get the com
proached
the
old
man
for
medical
While the messman was sleeping
the workings of the winches well panies to supply cold drinks in the
on deck one day, one of the crew treatment and was informed it was enough, to repair them alone.
Mopchest, especially in the sum
dumped a percolator df hot coffee only a wind burn. But in the port In closing all the men are agreed mer months. The chief stewards
of
Trinidad,
a
piece
of
steel
was
out of the port hole, burning him
that those who are responsible for could take care of handling cases To the Editor:
removed
from
his
eye,
which
was
badly around the legs. When he
the new books be given a vote of of cold drinks in case it is too Our Memorial Day dinner on
went to the mate for treatment, infected. •
thanks for its style. We are hoping much for the person that handles the Liberty Flag was one of the
R. Weaver
best we Seafarers have had the
i
the mate turned him down and
that they will fulfill their purpose
Deck Delegate in making clerical work at head the slopchest.
pleasiue of enjoying. The food is
told him to wait until after eight
I think all the steward depart
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quarters less complicated and help ment members would appreciate it exceptionally well prepared by our
o'clock and see the third mate.
our patrolman handle a speedier very much if something could be staff in the steward's department,
This man is now hospitalized in
who, I may say, are above the
payoff.
Porta La Cruz, the port we are
done about it.
average.
Rocky Milton
Shuttling to from Argentina.
Jan V. Rooms
I've been sailing for 32 years
Then there was an oiler who had To the Editor:
Ship's Delegate
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4
4
and
I never had had any better.
a bad tooth at sea and went to Well, I finally made New York
4 4'' 4)
It's like that every day.
see the captain about it. When and my first glimpse of the new
It is a pleasure to write about
port was reached he was told to hall left me speechless. It is no
a steward's department that func
pay for dental work out of the doubt one of the finest union halls
To the Editor:
tions such as the one on board this
draw he had made and was re in the United States. It sure is To the Editor:
Would you please send me the ship. It's also a very good crew
fused any further advance. As a home away from home. The cafe
I received your telegram notify
result the dental work was not teria, library, meeting hall and ing me that I waa the second prize book "Seafarers in World War H"? all over. We have a few oldtimers
I am a retired bookmember and aboard including Scales, bosun;
done because the oiler did not
executive offices winner of the miscellaneous en receive the LOG regularly. I Bishop as steward. Fontenot, our
have enough cash to pay for it
tries in the SIU art contest. The wouldn't be without it and now it chief cook; and Rose our 3rd
are beautiful.
To top it off, the chief cook had
I want to say wire was forwarded to me here in is better than ever. The LOG is cook.
a bad heart attack and as a re
that the SIU has Panama by my wife.
one of the very many things we I, would like to give them credit
sult has been laid up, leaving the
sure come along I am employed by the Ore Line of the SIU can be proud of.
in the LOG.
steward's department, two men
to great success as quartermaster for thr last six
Lloyd
Heinis
S. J. Smith
short.
and this demo years off and on.
' The doctor at Porta La Cruz
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cratic Union It really was a big surprise to (Ed. note: The booklet is on its
stated that the medical attention
me
because
there
are
better
men
way).
must have unity
given to the crew shouldn't be
iq the years ahead
given to a dog and that the mess
if we are going
Capo
man's bums should have been
To the Editor:
to continue along
treated more decently.
successful lines.
While lying here iii the Savan
James J. Finn
If any man wants to see what
nah hospital with a lot of suffer
Ship's delegate organized labor has done for the
ing and a lot of spare time in be ^ '
$ ^ ^
seaman all he has to do ik go down
tween, I have done a lot of re
to 675 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, and
building of. those castles in the
see the new SIU building.
air I built back in 1901 and later
i
Also, I want to say . the the pizza
years.
pie here in Brooklyn is very "good.
I recalled when I first started
To the Editor:
ant to say hello to all my friends
in the windjamme^gs. Landing in
By some strange twist of fate we I • w
New York on December 15, 1904,
have finally blown (literally speak way down yonder in New Orleans,
I got hooked up immediately with
ing) into Buenos Aires, the port especially Brother Kouns, and wish
all my
s
hipmates the
best of
health.
"Shanghai" Gus Brown and was
of ports. What' a sight the Sea,
Paul Capo
mighty proud of my Atlantic Union
cloud must have presented to
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button. Many years later it was the
shoreside observers—broken down,
ILA and since 1940 our beloved
rusty old hulk that she is.
SIU, the one we are all so proud
And weather? Listen, Captain
of belonging to.
Carlsen had a mill pond in com
In summing up these dreams of
parison. We, only had six inches To the Editor:
former years it leaves me with
of freeboard leaving Trinidad and I do think you all have done a
but one picture, a picture of the
the first four, weeks all watertight wonderful job and accomplished a
old rocking chair. So the only
doors and portholes had to be kept lot for the seamen in the past few
liope for us oldtimers with over
dogged down except once in a years. If there was a class of
50 years of sea service is that we
while they could be opened on the working men that needed a break
can expect to rock in one of these
it surely was the seamen.
boat deck.
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chairs for a little while before
But most of the time they were As a. seaman's mother I am
With the themometer In the fiO's, Ler<^ Clarke, Lake Charles port the call comes tb step rocking t» vl
all shut. So on the many occasions proud of what Bar been accom
when she would break down, the plished for them and enjoy read . agent, reminds us it wasn't always that way with this photo of the officials and brother Seafarers, to
Icecovered deck of the Golden Hind: off the coast of Japan in gether as one and all.
standinB order was to come hard ing the LOG.
Crew Of Bluestar
Cooperative Gang
Stewards Bate
Dayman^s Baise
Ottieersyegleet
Illy Mnjured Men
Liberty Flag Food
Simply ^The BesC
New Hall Leaves
Him Speechless
Art Contest Prize SiU War Story
A Pleasant Shock Book Bequested
Cooling Note For Summer
Oldtimer Becails
Bays Gone By
Seaeloud Sizzled
On Way To BA
SiU Praised Far
Job Well Done
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�SEAFARERS LOG
Par* Tirentrtw*
Cait^Us Chiet Tope
On Anne Butler
LET T E R S •
Chief Cooh fLoses
Out On OT Ruiee
I vf' T* the Editor:
To the Editor:
On a recent voyage aboard the
Well, I
have been doing
this now
First I must confpratulate the ne
Anne Butler we had the pleasure
for
a
long
time
and
I
think
it's
IH;:'
Cotiating committee for the fine
Money Exchange about time that the longlost stew of sailing with one of the best
'3g'. "
job you always do for the mem
ard should get a wage increase so skippers seen in a long, long time.
Rates Listed
bers of our Union. I am
go
he
at least gets the same wages In behalf of the crew we would
The following is the latest
ing to express my views on the
as
the
bosun. In my opinion the like to give this man, H. F. Rogers,
available
listing
of
official
ex
new OT victory for the steward's
a vote of thanks
steward should
get the same wages
change rates for foreign cur
'department. I be
for
making this
as
the
third
mate.
rencies.
Listings
are
as
of
lieve this is the
trip
so pleasant.
Wants Increase
June 10, 1052 and are subject
first time In the
Anytime one of
history of the
to change without notiqe.
Too many good stewards don't
the crew needed
England, New Zealand, South Africa:
maritime indus
want
to sail steward any more for
money,
medical
$2.80
per
pound
aterllng.
IS.
try oim Union
the money they're getting. I have
Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling.
aid or advice, the
Belgium: SO franca to the doUar.
has won such
talked to several of them and they
old man was
Denmark: 14.14 cents per krone.
good OT condi
say they'd rather sail messman and
France: 350 francs to the dollar.
right
there. At
HoUand: 3.80 guUders to the doUar.
tions for eyery
have peace than take all the grief
sea
in
the crew
Italy: 625 Ure to the doUar.
body in the
for the money they are making.
Norway: 14 cents per krone.
messhall
the
McCann
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Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar.
steward's depart
This is all the beefs I have. Now
skipper
would
Nomicos
Sweden: 19..a3 cents per krone.
ment. The port
I would like to congratulate the drop in every night and have a
India: 21 cents per rupee.
Pakistan: 30.2 cents per rupee.
OT is considered more than a vic Ihn Saudis Cows
SIU
and the leaders of our Union bull session with the boys. If you
> Argentina: 14.2 pesos to the dollar.
tory but let me express this Miihed By Crew
for the new hall in New York. I met him ashore it was the same as
Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro.
<l> thought for the chief cook.
Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso.
think the new hall is the most meeting an old friend, that's the
To the Editor:
The chief cook on a lot of ships . The after end of the Steel 'Work Venezuela: 29.85 cents per boUvar.
modern union hall in the US. When way he greeted you. He called
gets only one hour per day when
I come back to New York, I would everybody by their first names and.
is a seagoing farm, consisting
in the home gort while the night er
like
make a tour through the seemed more like a watch partner
of
60
head
of
cattle,
six
of
which
Suggests Yearly, ' new to
cook and baker gets three hours
hall
and see how our Union than the captain.
bulls, and four milch cows.
per day overtime. Since he also are
operates.
X'Ray Checkup
Good Shipmate
They
are
going
to
take
up
resi
has the same base pay as the chief
Leo E. Movall
At sea he would joke with the
To
the
Editor:
dence
at
the
A1
Kharj
farm
in
cook, this gives the night cook and
sailors on deck and hold safety
I wish to thank, the Union for
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baker $3.26 per day more than the Arabia, under the care of Tubby the
meetings for the crew's welfare.
check in payment of the bene
Hayes,
an
expert
at
dairy
hus
chief cook.
any of you guys ever ship with
biandry from Texas. Two other fits on my son, .Ciaude A. Ray. Thanks
Union For If
I believe that the chief cook has passengers. Doc Joe Mims and I would like to make a sugges
him you can be sure of having a
more responsibility than any Charles Kirkham, also from Texas, tion if I may. Would it be possible Blood Donor Aid good skipper and a good shipmate.
others in the galley but still the are along to care for the cattle.
We would also like to give, our
for the Union to require every To the Editor:
chfef cook gets less pay. I do be
merchant seaman to have an Xray A short while ago it was essen thanks to the chief engineer. Coy
The
cattle
belong
to
King
Ibn
lieve that the rest of the chief
tial that I undergo serious surgery L. Kinsal who was also a good
made each year?
cooks feel the same way about this Baud and we hope he doesn't mind I visited my son in the hospital at the Staten Island USPHS Hos shipmate. The boys in the black
having fresh milk every day, fresh
a.s I do.
in New Orleans. They have two pital. Because of the nature of this gang really enjoyed sailing with
I do hope the committee will from the cow.
wards for tuberculosis patients. operation, it was necessary for me this man. " Like, the old man, Jhe
The only objection to the cargo So
take this under consideration. •
many of them don't find they to obtain six pints of blood trans was always ready to lend you a
N. Nomicos is noticed when the ship gets a have the disease until it is so f9r fusions.
hand and give you good advice.
tail wind.
Then the barnyard smell
Within
24
hours
the
Union
had
We
would sail with these two any
4.
t
advanced that there Isn't much
penetrates the living quarters and hope
supplied shven volunteer donors to time. .
W
for
them.
gives some of the gang a smell of If it was discovered in time, the fill my needs.
While we're handing out bou
Seaman^s Mom
|i:l "
home.
I would like to thank the Union quets we would also like to thank
patient would
have a
better chance
Praises Union
In addition to the livestock we
it would safeguard other peo and the seven volunteers for mak the steward, A. G. Espeneda, and
To the Editor:
have 200 tons of high explosives and
ple who come
in contact with them. ing it possible for me to undergo a the galley force for the fine chow
Gentlemen, it seems that your in the No. 1 and No. 3 hatches. Our
successful operation. I wish also served on this trip. All around,
splendid cooperation and treat only casualty thus far, is one love I feel very strongly about this. I to extend my thanks to the medical they made the voyage a pleasant
hope
I
am
not
presumptuous
in
ment of member seamen is hold sick fireman who didn't get any
VTiting you and making this sug staff aiid the hospital personnel at one.
our son sea bound ever since he mail yet from his love light.
Staten Island for the fine care I
P. J. MGCanm
was 17. I suppose the salty breeze
Edward Kennedy gestion.
received
while confined there.
Ship's Delegate
Alice
Reed
is under his skin. He has many,
Ship's delegate
Because of the combined efforts
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many times assured me that he was
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of so many fine people I am com
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with the best Union in all the US
convalescence. Yokohama Cafe
Steward^s Task pleting a successful John
or the world, and at last I'm be Finds Marriage^
Keenan
Will Carry LOG
ginning to agree.
Rates More Pay
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To the Editor:
Since our son, H. C. McCurdy, Sea Mix Fine
To the Editor:
Since the seaman's c}ub in Yoko
must sail the seas according to To the Editor:
This is the first time that I have They Say John^s hama has closed many SIU men
his own decision and choice, I am I have been going to sea since written to
LOG but I think it's
here have been missing their
greatful to God and to the kind' 1944 and got married to a Mobile about time the
to
drop
you a line and An Oklahoma Boy LOGs. Frankly, I don't blame
hearted men of the SIU.
girl oh February 23 of last year. 1
opinion about a few things. To the Editor:
them,, for, although I am an NMU
We read the LOG with interest also have a stepdaughter. I think air I my
have
been sailing as chief We have a couple of oldtimers man, I think it is the best sailor's
and see many encouraging items there's nothing better than going steward for 14 years and
have been, on the Transatlantic who are well I>aper on the newsstand.
in the seaman's behalf. •
back and forth to sea especially on sailing as steward on SIU for the known to members of the SIU. One Several guys have asked me to
My husband is not well, and this short trips where I can be at home last 10 years. I like the way the
of them is none other than John distribute it from my bar, the
son has been a great amount of wth my family once in a while.
SIU has been getting
wage increase
Fischer.. John has been shipping PortHole in Yokohama, and I'd
help to me which I've needed. He
after increase
for the members and
out
of Baltimore for the past sev love to do Jt.
has helped me much more than my
better working conditions for us. eral years and claims to hail from Although I'm NMU and my man
other four sons and daughter to
But I know for a fact that one man the great state of I»uisiana.
ager, Tex Wiley, is SUP, I assure
gether. You can depend on my
the SIU must have forgotten about The only trouble is that no one you that the LOG wiB be handled
word that he will never let you
is the chief steward. Since 1948 on this ship can ever recall seeing every bit as tenderly as the Pilot
down, nor any one else. I am glad
everyonr« has gotten wage increases a Frenchman from Louisiana that or the West Coast Sailor.
that there is such a fine union as
much higher than the steward.
wore big cowboy boots, a tengal
Max Byers, your former W^
the SIU. There's no letdowners
The steward is the only man in lon hat, and keeps a special groom mington Agent, who has been on
in the SIU. They strive and suc
the unlicensed personnel that is for his horse. Yep, John might the Yokohama beach long enough
ceed in pushing worthy members
the head of a department and he tell you boys around Baltimore to qualify as candidate for em
ever upwards. More power to you.
should be paid accordingly to the that he'sfrom Louisiana but we peror in the next Japanese elec
Mrs. A. E. McCurdy
capacity. The steward has to take all can detect that drawl. What tion, will see to it.
inventory, order stores, check and part of Oklahoma are iyou from
Dick Tullis
type overtime, take care of the anyway, John?
(Ed. note: A package of LOGs
ISMU's Boost For
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passengers and make sure fhere is
Monroe C. Goddy will go out to the PortHole regu
Kings Point Fishy
plenty of stores for the trip and
Ship's delegate
larly from now ori.l
To the Editor:
many other things that a man does
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It's pretty easy to see through
not learn overnight.
that scheme between Joe Curran,
Steward Gets Blame
Army Man Asks Retii*ed Seafarer
US Lines and their support for
If something goejs wrong, the
giving lots of taxpayers' dough to
captain, company and the crew About Getting Out Seeks Pay Due
to the Editor:
the brass and braid boys at Kings
blames the steward for everything. Tp the Editor:
Point.
In the end of the trip, on payoff Just a few lines to let you know I was aboard the Bluestar from
Curran and the NMU have been
day the Union patrolman jumps that I got the LOG and thanks a February 1951 to January 1952,
knuckling down to pressure from
Seafarer Louis J. Caytpn the poor stewards when the crew
lot. Do you know during which time we got a raise
the shipowners and the 'Govern
shown with stepdaughter DP has a beef about something. It
^ny information *in pay and Saturdays' at sea. I
ment on plenty of occasions, and • anne at home in Mobile, Ala.
concerning sea didn't jcollect any of the pay'as
looks like the' steward should be a
this latest deal probably isn't the
men getting out of yet and I have vacation, pay
father
to
the
whole
crew
and
the
Last either. I remember during the I'm easygoing, like all the crew ship.
of the Army? I coming alsQ. How dp I go about
war when they were trying to put on this ship, the Monarch of the Here is just a few things that
would like to be collecting the money?
over a shipping board setup on Seas,^and they all seem to like me happen every day to a steward. A
back to sea again I retired my book and am away
seamen and Joe and his "union okay. We are all a jolly bUnch. The man wants the steward to send his
and I have an from the waterfront, so you know
pals were the first to fall for the steward and I are great pals, but laundr,;' ashore 'for, him . and pay
AB blue ticket what boat I am in. I wrote the cpm
I'm just cook, and "handy man" for the laundry lyhen it c^es back
idea and love it.
with , three • mor^ pany for the back pay. Please ad
They must be going off half around the deck. How can they do because he Is gdbig ashore to see
Mears
montoS .to
go on vise me what to do.
cocked now, to .plump for more without me?
^
R. R, Wheelington
. it. I get out/of • ,
his wife. Or a man is sicK; fjrom
money for the military boys who My life at sea is to make an hon a bad night ashore,' the word , ia, the Army in Aiarch, 1953,
; (Ed. note: The vacation office at
strut around out on Long Island est living for my wife and step "See the steward. .He will give
CpU Fqrlton J, Mean headqiMrtCrs mill attend to your
daughter left behind at home wait yoii a dihik to help you out.'.' But (Ed. ,note: For the time being, vacation pay 'when you send in
«s <if toey were seamen.
It's a pretty poor seag;bing union ing for me to return.
if you don't give the man a drink the Army is not processing qnj/ your .discharges. The company
that'll fall; for an Idea like Kings
sfumld serid you the other money.).,
mpre discharges of seamen.}
Louig
J.
Cayton
I
you are marked lousy..
;
,S'; V
m.
Point and its militarystuff and
nonsense. "Eut I guess Curran
kii'ows on which side his bread is
buttered so he just rides along
with the operators and backs it.
Anybody who is sailing for a
living can tell you we could use a
whale of a lot of dough for new
ships better than we can use a
bunch of goldbraid characters.
Maybe Curran figures they'll
make him an admiral or something
when it's all over so it pays him
to go for the idea.
Ralph B. Decker
t
•>
• '" '*
• .
ijipi
�Friday, Jane IS, 195t
SBAFARERS LOG
Pace Twenfytiire*
LETTERS • SEA FAR E R S
CASH BENEFITS
Traffic Director
Suggests Bosun
Put In Six Years
To the Editor:
Now that a bdfeun aboard ship
earns much more .wages than an
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
AB, it appears that everyone who is
in Group I wants a bosun's job
when he ships.
Vacation Plan, May 26—June . 6
$85,741.24
Welfare Plan. May 18—May 31
We have a ruling in the Union
. that any AB who produces three
year's discharges can have a bosun
Wincas Krisuinas
11099
98.78
endorsement stamped in his Union
Fred Durham
JllOO
94.50
book. I strongly
Leroy Larson ......... 11101
77.39
believe, and will
George Neyrey
11102
90.22
approve .that any
.4rUe AUen
11103
80.50.
man should have
David Lynch ........... 11104
106.94
at least five or
Louis Susiovitz
11105
114.33
six years on deck
Terrin Young, Jr
11106
115.89
REPORT NO. 9
Eiraer Bennett
11107
57.17
before he can
By Lloyd Gardner. Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
Percy Thompson ....... 11108
136 11
sail bosun. With
Period Covered by This Report—May 26June 6
Frank Martin
11109
89.06
this kind of ex
11110
65.33
p e r i e n c e we
Cash on Hand
$219,338.61 Roger Witham •
James Oliver
11111
97.22
should
have
no
Estimated Accounts Receivable
' 210,000.00 Douglas Patterson
Blanchard
11112
115 56
difficulty in lay
Morgan Harris
11113
86.33
Vacation
Benefits
Paid
in
Period
71,131.24
Street traffic runs light in
ing out work and running a gang:
Donald Ikerd
11114
75.83
Vacation Benefits Paid Since February 11, 1952
866,942.72 William
Lorenco
Marques,
Mozam
Thompson .... 11113
92.17
As it is now, you hear a lot of
bique, judging from the re
11116
44.72
guys holler, "Gee what a bosun we
Our Vacation Plan reached its first birthday on June. 1, and as you Frank Gonzales
Jack Hayes .......... 11117
58.33
had. The deck gang had to carry laxed egression of this native
can see from the list of benefits, quite a few of the brothers have Golden Gillispie, Jr. ... 11118
95.28
him. Sure he's' a good guy, but he cop.
138.06
collected the $140 maximum for a full year's sea time. Up until now, MarshaU McDonald .... 11119
doesn't know anything."
11120
131.83
because of the fact that the sea time first began to count toward the Joe Selby
So I ask the opinion of you fel
Walter Mueller
11121
103.83
benefits on June 1, 1951, Seafarers hadn't been able to collect for Floyd BaUey
11122
87.50
lows around the beach and ships.
Richard McCarthy ....„ 11123
96.83
a
full year.
Let's have some writeins and ex
John Ryder
11124
50.17
press your thoughts on this matter.
But from now on in, it means a lot of Seafarers will be getting the Lembit Saar
i.... 11125
100.72
L. "Frenchy" Blanchard To the Editor:
top
benefit or close to it, depending upon how much time they spent Louis Farkas
11126
88.28
° I think it would be a good idea
James Flynn
11127
57.94
at
sea
in
the
12
month
period
before,
that.
And
of
course,
we're
if the Sea fchest in the SIU head
Jens Jensen
11128
68.06
Eugene Blanchard
11129
36.56
quarters would carry picture post getting quite a few men in for the second round.
11130
84.78
cards showing various scenes in • As the figures show, we've paid out over $860,000 so far since we Lee Yee Kow
Wallis
11131
59.89
the new hall. I have lots of friends started in February,, or better than $200,000 a month. It all adds up James
To the Editor:
Christos Matarangas ... 11132
104.22
• As I sit here reading the new who are seamen who have never to a stack of money and as far as we can see, everybody is very much Pedro Peres
11133
35.78
Arglrios Sfikos
11134
93.33
LOG that was sent to the ship's seen this place and all its beauti satisfied with the way the Plan is working out.
John McHale
11135
91.60
delegate on the Citrus Backer "l ful features and I for one would
Cyril Gleeson
11061
57.17 Leonard Wright
Check
11136
107.33
have been reading some of the like to be able to buy postcards Name
No. Amount Charlie Neuklrcbener .. 11062
119.78 Ernest Cox
11137
35.78
like these so
that I
could send them
876.22 Oliver Oakley
11009
letters about shipboard activities.
Juan Valladares
11063
71.94 Antonlos Yiannacoureas 11138
67.67
136.11 Ernest Andersen
Barney Speegel
11010
I see quite a few good points that copies.
11064
56.00 Nathaniel Einsbruch ... 11139 . 70.39
134.5^ Norman Tukey. Jr
11065
129.11 Miguel Carmona ..... r 11140
were brought out. It does your In this way we could show a lot
36.56
.11012
62.61
heart good to of people what we are talking about Stanley Jandora
Stephen McKinney ...., 11141
38.11
123.57
Armesto
11013
John Dupesko
11142
79.33
know that we when we tell them that we have Ricardo
92.17
11014
James Porter
George TimnlcURe
11143 .
49.78
Aramin Sevier,
have one of the the most comfortable and beauti John Wilson
103.06
11015
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 11144 4.500.00
AB:
The
SIU
has
best unions in ful headquarters of any union.
103.44
Rafael Maldonado .... 11016
Frank Nering .......... II145
$55.61
David W. McMollen WlUlam Tryon
the world to back
80.89 always been the
11017
Charles Conahan
11146
45.89
us up on our
11018
40.06 Union to set the
Ronald Wisham
Joseph Cabral
11147
11.1.56
11019
64.17 pace on benefits.
beefs.
William Bruhse
Hendrik Svrartjes
11148
138.44
Stephen Alesheskl
11020
53.67 4lt looks to me
I notice there
Gerasymos Kokolls ..... 11149
51.72
95.28
11021
Rafael
Santos
like this vacation
are quite a few
Paul WeUs
11150
43.94
Braullo
Ollveras
11022
133.72
pay is another
letters on fouling
aUchael Hynes
II151
87.50
Whitehead .... 11023
103.44 first prize for our
Joseph Gleason
11152
57.17
up on board ship
Seafarers who applied for Chester
Haga
John Spatz
11024
103.83
Friedof Fondila
11153
102.67
Union.
and in foreign new membership books in Cosme Nones
11025
56.78
Donate Glangiordano ... 11154
73.11
countries. We are on this Euro
11026
115.11
New York but are now sailing Graclano Fraustlo
Joseph Rioux
11155
138.44
pean mail run and you see it often.
42.78
Harvey Holstad
11027
11156
110.44
89.06 Duane Fisher
The fellows should be men enough from outports don't have to WUllam AUmon
119.00 James O'Rourke ....... 11066
11028
11157
137.67
11067
88.28 Eugene Lucero
come to this city to get their John Hughes ...'
11029
109.67 Andres Mine
to stay straight, but if they do not
11158
127.56
39.28 Gerardo Medina
109.28 Genaro Bonefont ....... 11068
Paul Carter
/t.,. 11030
I think they should pay for it.
new books.
69.61
11069
50.56 Charles McPherson .... 11159
Stephen Reltter
Ralph Williamson ...... 11031
70.78
11160
68.44
About the Baltimore building as
11070
45.89 Edward Morris
Horace Hunt
If the men involved will Delio Bazo
11032
69.22
11161
94.11
52.11 Stanley Hutchinson
11071
sessment, I for one think it is a write to headquarters and tell Clyde Woods
11033
117.44 C. L. Massey
11162
47.44
Henry RUey
11073
50.56 Thomas Evans
good investment. We need new the Union which port they are
Randolph Fritter
11163
115.50
Charles
BrJwn
..'
11073
52.11
halls in quite a few of the ports. I sailing out of, the Union will
James AUen
11074
60.67
visited the new hall in New Yotk
James W. Par
forward the book In care of
Robert HaU
11075
51.72
for the first time ^^ln May. I think the port agent.
ker, AB: One of
{Theodore Lawrence .... 11076
63.00
Edward Nooney,
we have something to be proud, of
Under no circumstances the favorite ques
Eiverett McChesney
84.39 AB: In the last
11077
there. You cannot find a better however, will the books be
tions you hear
11078
42.00 few years the
Dock Reid
place to go to ship, eat, drink or sent through the mails to any
these days is
Arcangelo Capua
36.94
11079
Union has really
Sloan Orr
11080 80.50
have some relaxation.
"Have you col
private a^esses.
been
coming up
Farris Jones
11081
79.72
Garland H. Haga
lected your vaca
with some big
Robert
Eisengraeber
..., 11082
124.44
tion pay yet?"
for the
Jose Cortes
118.22 gains
11083
Well I just got
Warren Thorpe ....... 11084
72.72 members and the
mine.now and it
Paul Kent
11085
36.17 vacation benefits
feels swell.
John Davles
11086
126.78 just about top
Frederick Engel, Jr. ... 11087
35.78 the list as I see
Ralph' Smith
11088
92.56 it.
H. Leonard Shaw
11034
42.00
TOTAL
VACATION
Postcard Photos.
Would Boost Hall
Baehs New 0all«,
FouhUp Curbs
Get New Books
Through Agents
Whooping it ilp in Bermuda
: Residelnts of the island celebrate the anniversary of its discovery
with traditional songs and ddnces. Photo submitted by Sir Charles
of the Seatrain New Jersey^
'
Juan Contreras
11035
51.33
Auguste Vlox
11036
45.50
Pablo. Rodriguez
11037
39.28
Rudolph Earner
11038
131.44
Yrjo Juvonen
11039
42.39
116.67
William Sloberman .... 11040
11041
WlUlam Kane'
84.78 •
11042
43.56
Grover Turner
Dagpberto Rlquelme ... 11043
99.94
Francis Albore .....a.. li044
121.72
NeU Patterson
11045
108.50
Walter Ralm
11046
117.83
Edgar Barton
11047
84.39
11048
James Moore
63.78
11049
Listen Lanier
110.06
WUson White ....,
11050
119.78
James GUsson ...a..... 11051
88.67
David Sykes
11052
71.94
John Hunter
11053
120.94
91.39
Harold Mlddleton aa... 11054
J. F. KeUey ........a.. 11055
36.17
Warrep Houston ...aa.,. 11056
.136.50
.108.89
3oee Ortlguerra ...a...a 11057,
Wladyslaw Hlnc ...a... 11058
^ 49.00
45.11
dabert' Dobbins ,a.a,aaa. 11059^
WlUlam Bause ..a.....' HOW
73.50
0*1'toi t 16 1.1 nv, :•
11089
Ramose Elliott ......... 11090
Ernest Smith
11091
Frank WoUnskl ........ 11092
George ZecheneUy
11093
Gordon Decker,
messman: It cer
tainly is an inter
esting system the
Union has' work
ed out here, but
even more inter
esting is the cash
you collect when
ycv! present the
discharges.
BensonBlackmon C..i 11094
Adam ' McDiarmid ... 11095
MUton .Zeohenelly
11096
, 11097
Isadora Morgani
11098
61.44
56.00.
35.78
Frank Meacher
. 11164
37.33
Thomas Galvin
. 11165
52.50
Laurentlous KotseUs .. . 11166
Howard Bickford
. 11167
Floyd Shaw
. 11168
Sylvester Walsh
. 11169
. 11170
Richard Harford
Victor Segoba
. 11171
George Rautenfelds ... . 11172
Victor Bellens
. 11173
Robert Ferryman
. 11174
Joseph AUard
. 11175
CUfton Jackson ....... . 11176
Joseph Kurosz
. 11177
Robert DiUon
. 11178
Eric Dahl
. 11179
Frank Pascucci
. 11180
Paul Foy
. 11181
Jean VidaUs
. 11182
. 11183
68.44 Charles Hawley
. 11184 ,
41.61 Chwan 1. Lee
*103.44 Juan Hernandez ....... . 11185
101.50 Thomas Conway ...... . 11186
83.06
121.33
60.28
137.67
116.67
66.89
42.78
91.78
93.33
44.72
63:78
42.00
101.50
122.50
48.28
38.11
114.33
95.28
106.94
123.67
63.39
61.06
108.50
49:78
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S E A F :A<R'^E'R S
TOTAL
ass,741^4
CASH
Vacation Plan
May 26—June 6
Welfare Plan
May 18—May 31
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
• i' •
'<tu
JS* '
I
11516
47.44 Joseph Day
11640
60.67
11517
110.83 Pasquale A. Carbbne
11641
119.39
11518
138
Jl3 Adrlam Roberts ....
11642
52.11
11519
110.06 Van Whitney . ....
11643
41.61
11520
94.11 Emeterio Barraca ..
11644
143.11
11521
118.01 Chang Cltaun
11645
83.61
....
11522 .
36.94 King Shing
11646
104.61
11523
52.11 Jorge Rodrlquez ...
11647
124.83
38.89 Joseph Gill
11524
11648
85.17
67.28 Antonio Lbuzerio ..
11925
11649
83J>2
11526
113.17 Sam Telech
11650
81.28
11527
11651
114..T3
116.67 Peter Heuber
11528
134.17 • Alexander Jones ...
11652
127.17
134.94 Joseph Mlnoglio ...
11529
11653
104.61
11530
134.94 John Hanson
11654
73.89
11531
120.56 Bobby Ethridge ....
11655
01.39
11532
126.00 Robert Hogan
11656
110 08
11533
69.22 Alexander Wheaton
11657
109.38
11534
112.78 John Fonenot
11658
42.39
11535
82.00 Fred Fowler
11659
59.11
11536
86.72 Calouet Savan
11660
71.94
11537
135.33 Clarence Reynold* .
11661
46.28
11538
134.17 John Sikes
11662
89 06
11530
124.44 James Nelson
11863« 100.73,
11540
Ernest
Patton
.....
134.94
11664
52.11
11541
116.28 Edward Fields .....
106.04
11865
11543
85.17 Clarence Mazoue ..
11666
85.78
11543
$37.72 Clarence Cooper ...
11667
40.44
122.89 Henry Donnelly ....
11544
11608
40.44
11545
52.11 Jack Woods
11869
81.28
58.72 Joseph Soliniskt ...
11670
MkM
49.78
Stewart
Healy
11547
11671
99.17
47.06
11548
49.00 Alvin Ballard
11672
80.50
11549
134.94 Robert Olds
11873
61.83
11550
134.94 Frank Bachat .... •* *
112.7$
*
•0
•
11674
134.94 AntoniO Santiago
137.28
11551
11675
134.94 John Zimmer ...
11552
11676
110.06
11553
134.94 Quentln Vaughn
11677
53.28
Telesforo
Vazquez
11554
11678
38.11
113.17
11555
11679
94.11
49.78 Paul Synott ....
11556
40.44
11557
99.17
11558
134.94
11559
42.78 Walter Keenan,
11360
38.50 night cook & ba
11561
56.39
11362
134.94 ker: The thing
11563
118.22 that I like, about
11564
91.00
11565
133.30 it is the way it
11566
126.39 works so fast.
11367
136.11
11568
54.83 The office sure
11569
131.44 has a good sys
11570
91.00
11571
42.39 tem, nothing
11573
133.00 complicated
11573
35.78
11574
93.33 about getting the
11575
80.89 dough.
11576
141.17
11577
57.94
11578
107.72
11379
90.61 WiUiam Evitt ........ .
70.39
11880
11580
47.44 • Alex Francisco
114.72
.
11681
11581
50.94 Johnny BoUday ...... .
134.04
11682
49.78
11582
134.94
.11683
Rose
i. .
11583 96.83 WiUiam*
134.94
.
11684
Leo
Morsette
11584
80
134.94
11685
Stockman .... .
11585
130.28 Watson
127.94
.
11686
Perez ........
11586
132.61 Carlos
62.61
.
11687
Aguilas
11587
122.11 Paul
42.39
.
11688
Charles. JPhelps
11389
44.72 John
57.17
.
11689
11590
Void Edgar Banks
56.39
.
11660'
McVlcker
.....
11591
72.72 Murray GUllkin
43.94
.
11691
11592
82.83 Lester Watts
79.33
.
11602
11593
130.28 Winford Whltehurgt . .
88.28
11603
11594
40.83 Elmer Jefferson
86.33
.
11694
90 44
• 10;!.00
., 11695
Norman Ward
41.22
78.04
.11696
Rafael Ramos
72.72
47.44
.
11607
Alfred
Abote
........
117.03
42.39
11698
Rogue Ramos ........ .
42.78 Antonio Aeosta:
43.58
.
11699
Joseph Carass
71.94 Anybody who
47.44
.
11700
Esko Salomaa
• 79.44
comes
up
here to
35.39
.
11701
Emery
CroweU
.......
141.17
35.78
.
11702
James Smith
131.06 collect cai. see
43.94
11703
Walter Brown ....... .
53.67
for
himself
that
68.44
.11704
Louis
Tuckfield
139.61
57.56
.
11705
Alfred Meier
95.28 the Union has
35.39
.
11706
Gibson Coker
35.00
won
us
a
good
108.50
,
11707
Henry
Sedgeway
^...
116.28
.
11708
103.44
Edward
Burns
.......
102.28 thing that puts
11709
Hugh HaUman ....... .
124.44
66.50
128.72
11710
Paul Burroughs ^.... .
80.11 money in our
82.83
.
11711
Charles
Long
..
A ...:
89.06 pockets when we
78.17
.
11712
Clifford
Wuertz
......
58.72 can use some
140.39
11713
WiUiam Morse ....... .
86.72
88.28
.
11714
Marion Green
54.44 thing extra.
38.50
.
11715
Venson Johnson
93.33
88.67
.
11718
Horace Sikes
41.61
82.06
.
11717
John Holley
94.50
44.72
.
11718
John
Young
111.22
42.00 Theodore Blades .
11595
41.22
.
11719
47.83 Harry Neese
87.89 Erich Sommer ....
11596
77.00
.
11720
116.67\ John MoweU
11597
36.94 Dimitrlos Dafnas ..
.
11721
126.78
61.83 Angel CarrasquiUo
11598 88.28 Eddie Gonzales
.
11722
108.11
Donald
White
60.22
11599
47.83 Raymond Reddick .
143.11
11723
80.72 Fideleon Damian :.... .
84.50 George. Grlswald ..
11600
97.23
11724
56.78 WUUam Passmor* ... .
11601
105.39 WiUiam'Jenkins. ...
117.44
.
117M
Kenneth
Sterner
....
101.89
11602
37.33 Cameron Wooten .
98.00
11726
120.17 Edward MitcheU .;... .
11603
134.94 WilUam Kemmerer
87.11
.
11727
lifm Isaac Hancock
11604
75.03 Floyd Alford .....
.
11728
123.28
Joseph
Samborskl
....
68.89
• 11605
66.89 Halim. Hambouz ,
61.83
.
11729
11606
49.00 John Hack
62.22 Robert Bowley ...
.
11730
1.33.00'
52.89 Joseph Micheal
36.94 Anthony Budvldas ;......
.
11731
121.33
117.44 Tsu Hau Nam
62.22 Edward Spooner .....
.
11732
117.83
141.17 Enrico TireUi ......... b 11609
87.72 CUfford Brissett
134.94
.
11733
108.50 Herbert Collins ........ 11610
40.83 Albert Kaanff
,
35.39
11734
40.06 • Allan Svensson ...... .
11611
Guldo Merola
45.09
11735
42.30 Clarence .Wright ..... .
Edmund SmeryczansU,.. 11612
87.50
.
11730
49.39 Mont McNabb
Robert Lake
i, 11613
96.06
.
11737
Simon CzeSloioski .....;.. 11614 ' 106.17 PhUip McBride
65.33
.
11738
James
Garland
......
38.11
ChrlstopherffBobbe ..... 11615
181.00
.
11739
Richard
SchUltz
'.....
66.89
George Lambert ..../. 11616
11740
42..39
106.56 Theodore Aleck ...... .
11617
Spero Demoleas.
59.11 .
i 11741
Deeds
Fritzbert Stephen ...... 11618 128.00 Jay
.
11742
.47.44
Harry
X.edbetter
100.72
Josef Ferenc .;,...i.i. 11619
11743
63.78
Charles; J. Mebl .... .. 11620 $117.06 James Hibbitts ....... .
.
11744
50.17
89.06 John Wehman
Charles Z. Dichlar* .... 11621
.
11745
Thomas
DlCarlo
60.67
Jack E. Walker ........ 11622 . 36.17
.
11748
Loton
Brooks
49.39
11623
141.94
Jgmes J. Casey
87.11
11747
85.04 Dlmitrioa KatsUcas ... .
11624
Gus L. Taylor
.
11748
120.56
11625
113.04 Isadora Schecter ....
Hubert R. Bower
Erling
Hansen
.
11749
43.17
30.28
Adam A. Kosinski ...... 11626
11750
125.61
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 11627 4,000.00 Demetrlos Hadjicosta* .
.
11751
118.61
40.83 Cysbertus Dys
Michael A. Filosa ...... 11628
Herman
PUler
.
11752
41.23
66.89
Stanislaus L. Molenda .. 11629
Charlambo
Joannou
..
.
11753
143.50
116.67
11630
Howard D. StibOias ....
11754
44.3.3
114:33 James Slmms ........ .
)1631
Ong Song Ching
11755
$43.94
11632
70.39 Laron jGarabedlan ... .
Karl G. Hagstrom
Francesco
Esposlto
..
.
11750
38.11
63.78
11633
101.11 Edward L. Cuddy
11757
50.94
37J13 FeUx Hammona ...... .
53.67 Richard J. McLaughlin... 11634
.
11758
121.33
60.28 Michael Rossi
62.22 John F. McLoughlin .... 11635
WUUam
Andrew*
....'
.
11750
37.33
63.78
109.28 Kenneth P. Jones ...... 11636
.
11760
94.11
11637
69.22 David Nlelson
37.72 Charles Gregson
103.3$
56:00 Fred Morrl* ......... 11761
46,28 Ole En^elSon .......... 11638
11639
52.50
58.33 Earl WUbu*
.io.'
.. JIUK;
»
tit' it,
11413
50.94 Teddy Llntz
11289
John Flaherty
67.67 Manuel Maldonado ..... 11414
11290
Ronald Thompson
11413
Check
57.94 Hans Hallman
WUliam McKcnna
11291
11416
No. Amount Leo O'DonneU
41.61 WUUam Spear
11292
Name
11417
50.94 Francis Connelly
11293
105.78 Juan Ollvero
11187
loannis Giannotis
Francisco
Martinci
.... 11418
47.08
11294
49.00 Erancisco Soils
11188
Morgan CarroU
120.50
11295
Jarjes Temple
42.39 James AUen
11189
39.28
David Shaffer
11296
43.17
11297
50.94 Joseph Fecke
11190
Wayne Rank
35.78
John Fltzsim
11298
Lawrence
Schroeder"
...
3.000.00
To Cash Vac. Checks ... H191
54.06
11299
Timothy Holt
mons,
messman:
46.28
11192
52.50
Gunnar WeUand
11300
Sidney Boudreaux
53.28 I'm a happy fel
11301
93.33 Joseph Wooiey
11193
loannis Pandelios
38.11 low when I have
11302
68.06 Fess Crawford
Nicolaos Karageorgis .. 11194
43.17
Gaspara Sanzone ....:.. 11303
84.78
11195
something to jin
36.17
11304
Thomas Oliver
Kernert Likes
91.00 gle in my pocket.
11305
39.67 Jimmie Arnold
11196
Stephen Wagner
38..50
57.94 Edmund Slgourncy .... ii;;o6
John Robinson ......... 11197
40.83 Having just col
11307
Charles Hyde
49.78 Benedict Veiner
11198
91.00 lected
11308
Juan Reyes
vacation
37.94
92.17 Robert McCluskey ..... 11309
Thomas Harmon .• .....?
11199
pay
on
top
of a
54.44
11310
Foster
Shedd
.
92.56
11200
Carl Mansfield
78.94 payoff makes me
11311
Percey Jackson
52.89 Federico Bucayan
11201
51.33
11312
CecU MUls
77.39 feel cheerful.
111.61 Salvatore Municl ........ 11313
11202
John Short
45.30
11314
112.78 Ralph Garrett
11203
Robert McNeU
110.06
11315
Joseph Lae
40.06. Charles Terry
Victor Valencia ......... 11204
11316
77.39
11419
73.06 A. G. MUler
11317
124.06 Edward Poe
11205
George Manning
11420
11318
82.44 Arthur Wiessner
Michael Burke ;
55.01
11206
CUnton
Murray
11421
Mike Diaz
110.83
11319
Clarence Osborne
11422
102.67 Nicholas Bossanyi
11207
Frederick Brown
127.94 Edgar WUUams
11320
11423
50.94 David Page
11321
87.11 Manuel Segarra
11208
George Ash
11424
50.94 Elliott Shagar
11322
134.06 Evaristo Pantoja
11209
Angel
Suarez
11429
Frederick Nelson
35.39
11323
Thomas Massey .'
11426
35.39 Harold Thomas
11210
Leo Walsh
...•
124.44 Francis Sullivan
11324
Charles Burns ....'
11427
11325
96.83
11211
George Davis
i7.B3 Nicholas Leone
Edward
Jaks
i,
11426"
Void
11326
11212
85.17 Void
Ellecer
Jimlnez
11429
Antonio Loya '
50.94 George Dunn
11327
Pedro Guzman
11430
11213
93.33 Leslie Green
Jack Warren
72.33 George Kasprzyk
11328
11431
113.94
11329
11214
90.61 Gust Svorkos
Harold Robinson
Anthony Meshefsky ..., 11432
110.44 Arnold
Jalnes Armstrong ...... 113:0
Eagen
114.33
11331
.108.50 Harold Giddings
Earl Quinn
11434:
46.28 George Glcnnon
John Hawley
11332
11435
4.000.00 Gordon Shoolridge i.... 11436
To Cash toe. Checks ... 11333
Damion Merca
37.33 Julius Sirilo
Carmine "Tfufaro ....... 11334
11437
do, FWT: The va
Frank Jankowski
11335
72.33 EmiUo Sierra
11438
50.94
Luis
Cepeda
,11336
cation pay is just
Horace McCurdy ....
11439
11S37
43.17 James Hand
Leonard Cole
11440
another point
40.39 Bernard Landos
Chester Komerowski ... 11338
11441
48.67 Antonio Acosta
11339
Paul Bland
that makes it so
11442
63..39 Ramon Olivera
11340
Robert Bridges
11443
good for the sea
11341
53.28 Quintino Nobles
Duane Warrington
11444
62.61 Richard Robison
Thomas Constantin .... 11342
man these days.
11445
Winfred Daniel
11343
140.00 Steve Simmons
11446
We got the pay,
11344
109.28 Mack Patterson
AUen Edenfield
11447
Jesus Lopez
11345
109.67 NoUie Towns
the overtime and
11448
102.67 Paul Louloudes
Claude Pritchett ....... 11346
11449
now these new
95.28 Robert French '
Robert Anderson ...... 11.347
11450
Paul Bruun
11348
63.00 Esteban Oquendo
benefits.
• 11451
James West
'. ll::49
39.28 Robert Goodnick ....... 11452
11350
James Bn'son
38.50 J. B. Brown
11453
Jose Amar
11351
88.67 Hehnar Bjork
11454
Rafael
Rodriguez
....... 11352
140.78
41.61
.... 11215
Alejandro ViUareal
Vincent Stankiewlcz .... 11455
Oron Richard
11353
38.11 Roland Reustle
..... 11456
80 89
11216
Charles Kogler ...
Claud Denny'
11354
42..'t9 Daniel Ruggiano
11457
62.61 Curry Miller
11217
11355
72.33 Ciriaco Panganiban .... 11458
Donald Boyles ....
11356
47.83 Robert Greene
120.17 Fred Shockley
..... 11218
11459
WUUam Etty
Degho Gherardini
11357
71.94 Frank . Bradley
11460
73.11 Emeterio Sugasariaza .. 11358
11219
Ray Jones
84.78 George Lagoros
11461
38.11 Leonard Helie
..... 11220
11359
68.83 Patrick O'NeUl
Dimas Rivera
11462
11360
107..33 Fred Scrrahn
36.17 Dudley Johnson
11221
11463
Arthur CoUier ...
Aubrey Rankin
11361
42.78 Benjamin Lowery ..'.... 11464
124.08
11222
WiUiam Brown ...
Clyde Brown
t 11362
96.08 James Brannon
11469
80.89 Thomas Flood
11223
11363
55.61 John Logan
James Lennon ....
11466
11364
64.17 John Graves
94.50 Clinton Arnold
11224
11467
Konrod Hoffner ...
Nathan Eidridge
11365
57.17 Jack Styron
:.... 11468
55.22
11225
Joseph Mosakowski
Joseph Thomley
11469
101.89
Eladio Torres
WiUiam Little .'.
i. 11470
138.44
11227
WiUiam Singleton ...... 11471
Gus Kounanis ....
Henry DeFeo .......... 11472
60.67 Frank Connelly,
11228
Victor Daca
Ervln Bradley
11473
39.67 engine dept: The
11229
Chester Sksznski .
Henry McNabb
11474
111.61 way I figure it,
11230
Sanderson Charles ..;.. 11473
Edwardo DeLaPena
Vincent MackeUs t..... 11476
80.89 this money is
11231
Richard Tayler ...
Leopold Faulkner
11477
59.89
11232
Arthur Masblech ..
Albert Dohler
just
like
an
exr
11478
127.94
112.33
Antonio LaPorte ..
Benjamin WUson
11479
tra
few
bucks
in
Frederick
Landmeyer
..
11480
88.28
Antonio DosSantos .... 11234
WUiiam Powell
11481
54.06 yoiir pay enveW
11235
Ross Perkins
Charlie Johnson
11482
47.44 ope, only it piles
11236
Vernon Hayse ,...
Donald Benson ........ 11483
John Keeney
11484
38.89 up as you work
11237
Harold Riggs
Richard
Casben' ........ 11485
124.44 so you can get it
11238
John Henchey ....
Herbert Sandcrlin ...... 11486
116.28 when you need it.
..... 11239
Cloise. Coats
Lewis Smith
11487
Edward
Blevins
11488
38.50
Marris George ....
Donald Falconer ...... 11489
115.11
Bert Shannon ....
Maurice GUlespie
' 11490
117.44 William Bames
Francis Mason ....
56.39 Richard Woodward .... 11491
11366
44.33 Lewis Wiiliamson ,..
Eiroy Henderson ..
11367
75.06 WiUard Bankhead ...... 11492
11244
109.67 Robert Ciinc
John Haas
61.44 Raymond WiUs ....... 11493
11368
71.17 Geuige Imniell
Dennis Pierce ... ..... 11245
11369
105.78 Walter Czajkowskl .... 11494
110.06 Raymond Reid
WUiiam Ward
117.00
11370
11495
11247
45.50 Guy Reagan
Harris Futch
11371
140.39 WiUiam KleimoU ...... 11496
11248
Harold Marsh
42.78 Warren Currier
39.67 Ervin Burns
11497
11372
42.78 Miirtha Henley
J. D. Deen
11498
11373
66.89 Clifford Umfleet
Herman Nongezer .
11250
83.22 Warren Burnside ...
ll;!74
103.44 Charles Bartlett
11499
Lois Blizzard
11251
136.11 Jerry MiUer
11375
140.00 Stanley Barras
11500
1:11.06 Cleveland Ebanks ...
Austin Kitchens .,
11252
11376
37.72 Samuel Vincius
'. 11501
Emery Andrew ...
11253
135.72 George Luthi
11377 ' 36.56 Joseph Crowley
.11502
11254
OUver Martin ...,
70.78 Charles Cassard
11378
11503
42.78 Luis Gonzalez
Juan Rios
11255
91.39 William Grimes ;....
11379
11504
98.00 Samuel Paraiez
Teodonio Capriano
11256
108.11 Paulino Guerra
11505
11380
115.89 Joseph Lutz
Jacob Groby
11257
40.44 Sverre Leknes
11.381
115.89 Erwin Belz
11506
Lam Wan
11258
55.61 William Brown
;
11507
11382
82.83 Roy Belz
11259
Carl Jones
92.58 Li Chuan
11383
61.83 Nicholas DeLos Santos.. 11508
Louis Deese
47.03 Jay Beck
11384
104.61
11261
Andrew Howard .,
95.28 Leon Hall, Jr
11385
93.72
Barney Kelly
11262
$39.61 John Williams
11386
104.22
Raymond Vaughan
11263
103.83 John Chiorra
11387
46.67 William V. Spear.
Harry O'Brien ...,
11264
74.28 Miguel Llovet
li;:88
50.94
Alphonse HoUings
11265
102.67 Victor Bejarano ....
11389
97.22 FWT: It seems
Bernard Turk ....
11266
100.72 Jose Rodriguez
11390
138.83 that the Union
Edward Taylor ....
...... 11267
130.28 Joseph Bucher
11.391
133.00
Herman Crist ...,
11268
95.2r "Edward Furneis
11392
80.89 really has worked
Ctancel HoUman ..
11269
109.28 Martin Kird
11393
36.17 up a fine system
John Free
11270
42.78 Elwood Rich
11394
38.80
WUUam Reynolds .
11271
38.89 Julio Colon
11395
84.78 for paying put
Joseph Rodrigues .
11272
36.17 Hubert Andrews ....
11396
43.94 vacation
money
WilUam Durant ...
11273
36.17 Vilhelm Richarsen ..
11397
115.89 besides the fact
Marcus Johnson
11274
59.89 Frank Dalton
...
11398
94.50
Raymond Orso ....
11275
38.11 To Cash Vac. Checks
11399
5,000.00 that we're getting
11276
137.67 SeraHm Dantas
Artemis Fernandez
11400
$77.00 benefits for the
Saturnino Hernandez ... 11277
48.67 Jan Sidor
11401
96.00
George Dinoss ....
'.:578
88.28 Joseph Gibbons
11402
40.44 first time.
11279
136.50 Roger WiUiams
Juan Nuniz
11403
51.72
Thomas Kerrigan .
11230
75.06 Jesse Spivey
11404
73.89
11281
88.33 John Der
Pasquale DeMarco
11405
50.56
Andrew Slewart ..
11282
40.44 Clifton McLellan ....
11406
107.72 Erwln Whlttlngton ..... 11909.
64.94 Robert Robker
John HouUhan .... ..... 11233
11407
80.11 Dwlght CarroU
11810
11234
43.94 John Kennedy
Wilson Morton ..,
11408
47.44 Joseph Dungway
11511
Timothy SulUvan .. ..... 11205
80.50 WiUiam Doppmaii ..
11409
81.28 James Walker
11S12
John Gilbert
..... 11236
12:!.28 D".n Cummings
11410
11313
02.58 Manuel Maldonado
Nathan Richardson .... 11287 •
37.72 Gregorio Diaz
11411
35.00 Adam Falcon'
,,,,.11514
Mark Sweet
,,....11288
37.33 Thomas Carra
11412
1,1319
96.83 Jose Luna
• i
A, •
f,4
f.r> 4, r"., • •
Arthur Browne ..
John McCann ....
Anton! Ratajczak
Perley RoUlns ...
Bernard Kotch ...
Soque Macoray ..
John McWUlUms .
Alfonso Lopez ...
Urho Saarlneh ...
James W. Clark .
Hugh Dick
Evlt Ardoln
Joseph Mendoza ..
PhUlp Colca
Raymond Taylor .
Oliver Landrum ..
Charles Breaux ..
Percy Hernandez .
Ernest Bright ....
Stanley Wright ..
John Nuss
Joseph Engels ....
Emillano Ducusin
Lawrence Messels
Edna Johansson ..
Roberto Carrasco
Francis Paschang
Fabian Prevou ...
87.11 Harold'Crane ....
46.67 Erich Pfrommer ,
135.33 Edward Lane ....
97.94 William Drew ....
96.39 Thomas Rodger*
93.67 Asterlo Delgado .
70.00 Jesse Lyles
39.67 Charles Huscarella
92.94 Thomas' Landa ...
112.18 Laurence Chopin .
93,67 Joseph Loveless .
72.33 Roy Spencer .....
91.00 Ford Doas
38.89 Edward Lowe ....
123.28 Nicholas Bastes ..
35.00 Ramoni..Ferrelra ..
117.44 Anthony Pennine
65.72 James Dangey ...
43.96 William Scot
40.83 John KeUy ......;
40.44 Sam Kmtckles ...
119.89 Vincent lharez ..'
53.28 Louis Schremp ..
39.67 Steven Martin ....
94.11 Nicholas ManefT ..
129.11 Donald Hubbard .,
44.72 Karl Johansson ..
64.96 John Kane
129.89 Thomas Finn .,
112.30 John Beckmann ,.
101.89 Walter Sibley ...
103.44 Thomas McCarthy
35.39 George Maslarov
123.67 Antonio Perez ...
35.00 Edward Skorupskl
68.06 Antonio Irizarry .
111.61 Bernard Brown ..
110.44 Robert McHugh ..
74.28 Huey GuiUory ....
41.61 Melvin Kleiber ..
68.06 William Johnston
120.56 Otho Ware
80.11 Sung Hsu
54.83 Georgios Koustsls
94.11 Alonzo MUefski .
40.83 Void
111.61 Tadashi Yatago...
97.56 Isidore Levy .....
82.06 .Stanley Kurtlsh ..
67.28 Leonard Smith ..
140.39
94.11
94.11
130.28
91.78
46.67
ir
' (Continued
�19S»:
SEAPAn:E1tS tOG
Par* Twen^fiT*: i
SEA F A R E R S
TOTAL
^8,741^4
CASH BENEFITS
Vacation Plan
May 26—June 6
Welfare Plan
May 18—^May 31
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
. (Continued from page 24)
William. SchUtz
11778
Frederick Leftwich .... 11779
Check
^1780
Nam*
No. Amount Frank Stevena
James Boldwia
11781
Harold
Wimer
11782
11762
68.72
OUf Berentien
11783
Harold Lowry
11763
81.39 John MarUn
11784
Caspar Martinez
11764
99A4 Albert Smith
John
Catrakis
11785
Mariano Gonzalez
11768 , 41.22
Theodore
Webb
11786
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 11766
8A00.00
James Ward
11767
87.89 Abraham Aragones .... 11787
11788
Dominyo AcuUar
11768
74.28 William Smith
Charles Young
11769
94.11 Horace Young .......<, 11789
11790
Neopolemus Zacharaia.. 11770 ' 49,78 Leon Kiper
11791
Edward Cumutte
11771
56.00 Frederick Pehler
11792
"Alphonse Stengel
11772
59.11 Henry 'Wintzel
Vernon
Harbison
'
11793
,
John Pentecost
11773
63.78
11794
CUfiTord Eubanks
11774
98.78 Lewis Brown
Lioyd
Paimer
11795
Michael Di Stefano .... 11775
42.39
11796
Joseph Kosinski
11776
42.39 Patricio Guilien
11797
Jabez Sampson
11777 .
63.39 Eigert Trails .;
Bobert Butler
11798
PhUip Mouton
11799
Anno Saucier
11800
Randolph Arceneaux ... 11801
Abdon S\yvera
11802
Harold Laumann
11803
Alex Alexander
11804
Joseph Suarez
11805
George King
11806
Clarence Gardner
11807
Clifford Kent
11808
Harry Henze
11809
Harris Shumar
11810
Bobby Berrier, 22: Seafarer Chester
11811
Bobby Berrier of Corsicana, Texas, William Story
Oissott
11812
11813.
was killed in a truck accident on Lee Coursey
John Tiilis
11814
March 22, 1952. Berrier had been Alfred Blumer
11815
Charles
Scofield
11816
with the sru since July, 1947, and
Karl Karstens
11817
held FOW ratings. He is survived Alexander
Hoaj
11818
11819
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Felix Cordero
FINAL
DISPATCH
Berrier of Corsicana. Burial took
place Ih Oakwood Cemetary.
• '
it"
5^
Walter Edwards, 72: A veteran
of many years 'at sea, Walter Ed
wards died of natural causes in
H^lem Hospital, New York, on
April 9. Edwards, a native of the
British West Indies, had been with
the Union since March, 1939, and
sailed as deck steward. He is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Miriam H.
Edwards of New York. Burial was
In Maple Grove Cemetery, NY.
Daniel W. Midgett, 59: A tumor
of the lung took the life of Daniel
Midgett at the Norfolk USPHS
hospital in January. Midgett had
been sailing with the SIU as FOW
aince March of last year, inter
ment was in Olive Branch Cem
etery, Portsmouth, 'Va. "
Bernard L. McNeil, 26: A native
of Massachusetts, McNefil died in
New York on April 29. He had
been with the Union since last
June as night cook and baker.
Surviving is his mother, Mrs. Sara
McNeil, of Winchendon, Mass.
Burial was at Calvary Cemetery,
Winchendon.
i 4" 4>
Kenneth W. Nickerson, 49: A
cerebral hemorrhage caused the
death of Kenneth W. Nickerson
while a patient in the USPHS hos
pital in Mobile, Ala., on April 25.
Nickerson had been with the Union
since April, 1942, and sailed as an
AB. His wife, MrS. Kenneth Nick
erson,' of Mobile, survives.
t t
Theodore W. Ulinski, 30: While
aboard the Compass, Ulinski went
overboard and died at sea on April
23. He had been with the Union
since December, 1945, when he
joined in Baltimore. Surviving is
his mother, Mrs. Lottie Ulinski, of
Cleve.tand, Ohio.
4ii
$1
$1
George H. Russell, 64: A heart
attack while aboard the Alcoa
Pioneer took the life of George*H.
Russell on May 1. His wife, Mrs.
G. H. RuSsell of Athol, Mass., sur
vives.
Edgar D. Gray. 23: His skull
fractured in a highway accident,
Sesfarer Edgar D. Gray passed
away in Sequoia Hospital, San
Mateo, Calif., on April 19, Grhy
had bfeen with the SIU since
March, ,1947, and sailed in the
' engine department. He is survived
by his mother. Mrs. Berra A. Gray
^ Whistlep, Ala,
Robert N. French,
AB: The vacation
money is like a
reserve, because
if you want to
you can leave the
money in and col
lect when you
run short from
being on the
beach too long.
44.72
118.61
56.00
119.78
42.78
62.22
48.61
105.00
57.56
45.89
64.56
103.83
102.67
132.22
76.61
71.17
53.28
40.06
48.22
1.32.61
112.78
78.17
61.06
78.17
96.44
134.94
140.39
129.50
132.22
71.56
64.56
78.17
133.00
133.00
81.28
73.11
63.39
66.89
93.33
107.72
41.22
107.33
• J
USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON. TEX.
WELFARE
REPORT NO. 30
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
Period Covered By This Report—May 18May 31
Cash on Hand
US Government Bonds
Estimated Accounts Receivable
Hospital Ben^ts Paid in Period .... .>..
Death BeneHjs Paid in Period
Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950 ..
Disability Benefits
USPHS . HOSPITAL
STATEN ISBAND. NY
Alfred Abate ....
Leo A. AUen
• $$**»e»e
Fred Anderegg ..
William Atchason
Victor Arebalo
Raphael Babianl
Eduardo Balboa
Edward Barron
Joseph T. Bennett
John E. Brady
'.
Billy J. Brewer
Loton Brooks
Frank Cardoza
Edward Celkos
Nicholas Chanaridis
Clarence Li^ Cousins
C. P. DePriest
Alvaro^ Dos Santos
Joseph P. FarreU
Michael Forde
D. S. Gianniotis
William Girardeau
A. Goldsmit
Marmo Gordils
William W. Gordon
John W. Keenan
R. Klaas
James J. Lawior
James R. Lewis
Henry Mikuiski
Charles G. MUler
John Miller
• f •
Marcel MitcheU
N. Mitrosmparas
Harold J. Moore
Kurt O. Nagel
Frank Nering
Joseph O'Malley
WiUiam Owens
Alexander Peffanis
George Peltonen
Michael Piskun
Joseph Prindezis
Isabelo B. Quanico
Ernesto Ramerez
Jose Salgado
VirgU Sandberg
Joseph StLaurent
Frank Tamburrino
Nicholas Ventovratos
Richard L. Welch
Joseph H. WUkin
Donald J. Williamson
Leonard Kay
Leo H. Lang
Nolan D. McCurley
William L. McLeUan
Charles Mathews
Harry S. Murray
S. D. Newman
Raymond Perry
Jerry Pontiff
J. S. Preshong
Karl Raana
Oiav Reierson •
George P. Ryninger
A. A. Sampson
Foster B. Shedd
Wilfred C. Sonnier
Andrew Stauder .'
Preston J. Stevens
Herman Thompson
John J. Uszakiewicz
J. E. Ward
Curtis E. Wheat
Joe B. Wilson
Harry G. Woiowitz
f 463,355.38
1,000,273.44
Gerald FitzJames
Lewis N. Lack
Joseph Fusilier
Elbert L. Lawson
George K. Liebers
John O. McCann
Clifford C. Moore
Joseph L. Springer
Johannes VanderEkide
William F. Vaughan
Edward C. Yeamans. Jr
$15.00
30.00
56.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
$265.00
''I.AS.
210,000.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
MANHATTAN BEACH, NY
6,710.00
Robert Atmore
7,900.00 Carl S. Berre
164,086.00 Rupert A. Blake
F. Blanks
284,833.33 Claude
Edmund C. Biosser
• 30.00 Julian F. Bright
$60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
15.00
60.00
*. 30.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
45.00
, 60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
75.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60 00
60.00
60.00
; 60.00
.60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
15.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
Paul Canellos
Wilson O. Cara ..,
Walter Chalk
Emilio Delgado
John J. DriscoU
James R. Downie
John T. Edwards
E. Ferrer
Leonard Franks
Robert E. Gilbert
Bart E. Guranick
Leo KulakowsU
Robert F. Larwn
Francis F. Lynch
David McUreath
Clifford Middleton
Vic Milazzo
:....
Lioyd MiUer
John R. Murdoch
Pedro O. Peralta .
George G. Phifer .
R. A. Ratcliff
John R. Richters
Ruperto Rivera
G. E. Schumaker
$870.00 Robert Sizemore
Timothy SuUivan
Albert D. Thompson
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
;..... 15.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
.30.00
45.00
$15.00
30;00
15.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
45.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
30.00
BRIGHTON, MASS.
15.00
$30.00
15.00 R. P. Bowman
30.00
15.00 Ray Harris
30.00
15.00 Michael Iwassko
30.00
15.00 William Lake
"i.. 30.00
30.00 Lawrence Myatt
30.00 Thomas Ritson
30.00
15.00
45.00 Harry C. Smaliwood
30.00
15.00 Lincoln E. Smith
30.00
15.00 George Vourioumis
15.00
$255.00
15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
30.00
BALTIMORE. MD.
45.00
$15.00
15.00 Theodore S. Aleck
30.00
30.00 Thomas L. Ankerson
15.00
15.00 David G. Bierma
15.00
15.00 Nelson W. Blades
15.00
15.00 Hubert R. Bower
30.00
30.00 Henry K. Callan
15.00
15.00 Andres C. Castelo
15.00
30.00 Raymond E. Davis
30.00
15.00 Thomas J. Dawes
30.00
30.00 Cedric U. Francis
15.00
15.00 Stuart M. Ginsburg
15.00
15.00 Roy M. Hawes
15.00
30.00 .Tohn N, Hull
30.00
30.00 Theodore Kupscznk
Ray W. Larson
30.00
$1,260.00
George B. Little
,
30.00
Bernard Lowy
15.00
WnUam H. MacArthur
30.00
$15.00 Joseph T. McNulty
30.00
30.00 Harry E. Messick
30.00
15.00 Frank Morris
15.00
15.00
$60.00 Howard R Morris
Alfonso Olaguibel
15.00
Daniel R. Parkman
15.00
15.00
Charles N. Payne ,
615.00 WiUiam Reinhardt
30.30
15.00 Louis Rosenthal ...
30.00
30.00 Alfred Seeberger ,
15.00
15.00 Abdon Syivert ..,,
15.00
30.00 Ellas S. Teian ...,
15.00
15.00 Thomas M. White ,
15;00
30.00
$660.00
15.00
Harry Disch
11820
98.39
MikoraJ StrawinsM
11821
41.22
John Fiannery
11822
101.11
Amos Hinman :
11823
45.11
WUiiam Gordon ....... 11824
52.11
Joseph Yanik
11825
47.83
Joseph Wagner
11826
37.33
Edmund Pacheco ...... 11827
107.33
Charles Hughes
11828
40.83
Domingo Ortiz
11829
40.44
Edgar Ungerer
11830
111.61
Juan Parodi
'. 11831
93.72
William Kennedy
11832
49.78
Hiram Goeham
11833
141.17
Klaus Djukastein
11834
61.83
John Rupeikis
11835
54.83
Roman Kubitsky ....... 11836
130.28
Thomas Cormick
11837
$42.78
Robert Warmack
11838
80.11
Rufus Hurley
11839
60.67
John Byrd
11840
110.83
Jesse Turner
11841
43.94
Kenneth Jenkins
11842
84.00
MarshaU Howton ....... 11843
105.00
Chang Ngo
TT.... 11844
86.72
Louis Babin
11845
124.06
Christopher Dacey ..... 11846 .
72.72
Edward Dacey
11847
143.89
Rufus Johnson ......... 11848
58.33
William Smith
11849
38.11
R. E. Smith
11850
46.67
Edward Bender ;
11851
79.33
Larry Webb
11852
68.06
George McCord
11853
55.61
George Reinhart
11854
47.44
Duncan Armstrong .... 11855
60.67
Donald Black
.x.... 11856
117.83
Edward Stefanskl ..1... 11057
117.83
Thomas Jackson
11858
115.11
Endei Pappel
11859
124.44
Vincent Rizzuto ....... 11860
46.67
Void
11861
Void
James Adams
11862
116.28
USPHS HOSPITAL
John Bloodworth
11863
40.06
SEATTLE. WASH.
Omer Dixon
*... H864
107.33
Void
11865
Void William B. Jones .,
John Gribbon
11866
66.89 Francis I. Gibbons .
Antonane Elchuk
11867
134.94 Joseph L. Somyak
Monte Smith
11868
101.11
Oskar Osmundsen
11869
105.39
Roland Hebert
11870
40.44
Charles Case
11871
48.22
USPHS HOSPITAL
Charles Johnson
11872
85.17
MOBILE. ALA.
Boyd Amsberry
11873
117.83
To Cash Vac. Checks.... 11874 4.000.00 Tim Burke
George FUomio
11875
99.94 Joseph S^kFazio
Clifford Brown
11876
58.72 James C. Glisson
Louis Ledlnghan
11877
" 93.33
Robert Boutwell
11878
104.61 Harry/L. Glover
Roy Pitts
11879
49.00 James H. Jones . .
Chee Mohat
11880
49.39 Robert N. KeUey;
Fidel Lukban
11881
128.72
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 11882
1,000.00 Walter T. Noel
Norman Pierce
11883
35.00 James R. Porter .
Jose Abreu
11884
124.83
USPHS HOSPITAL
$165.00
Demos Whealton
11885
44.72
NORFOLK. VA.
Edward Puchalski .;.... 11886
120.17
USPHS HOSPITAL
Vernon Anderson
11887
121.33
$15.00
Herbert Armfield
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
Anthony Ferrara
11888
.89.83
Albert M. Brickhouse .. .... s
45.00
Charile Jones
11889
128.33 Claudius Archer'
15.00
$l5.0t1 JuUan M. CuthreU
loannis Gerontopoulos .. 11890
36.94
15.00
James
C.
Gordon
30.00
Michael Callahan
11891
124.06 Lloyd T. Bacon
is.oo
Thorns® M. Gower
30.00 Andrew HarvUla
John O'Connor
11302
61.06 OUver Celestljie
15.00
Regnal Phillips
11893
92.56 Jessie A. Clark • • • • • • • • • • 30.00
60.00
L.
M.
Jackson
•••••
Eivyn BusseU
11894
113.56
30.00
30.00 Charles P. Jones
Andreas Papadmatis ... 11895
120.94 R. Cruz .
3aoo
Shirley E. Roundtree ....
30.00 Henrich Sterling >......
Robert Pace.
11896
101.89 King W. ElUott
30.00
Victor Lee
..11697
43.56 Joseph S. Fazio
Spurgeon
Strickland
....
15.00
30.00
Harry Kronmcl
11(198
38;89 Ralph C. Garrett
...........
30.00
Robert
R.
White
......;..i • 30.00
Julius Boeala
11899
130.28
30.00
A. L. wmis
John McCarthy
11900
. 38.11 William P. Grabenauer ...... • • • 30.00
Henry Grant ...
11801
88.67 John E. Kane
15.00
, 1345.00
$1,920.00
CENTRO ESPANOL
TAMPA. FLA.
Julius AtweU
Emigdio Reyes
$30.00
lO.OO
$40.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH, GA.
TerreU D. Adams
Warner W. AUred
W. B. Creech
L. A. DeWitt
RusseU H. Eagle
Eugene Gardner
Theodore Haienda
Bernard M. Larsen
I. Chuan Lee
Louis C. MiUer
J. T. Moore
C. V. Strong
Joseph P. WUiis
$15.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
45.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
$360.00
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
NEW YORK. NY
Lawrence DuBeau .
.
$45.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN JUAN. PUERTORICO
Emil J. Medvetz
Angel Suarez
$45.00
15.00
$60.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCSCO, CALIF.
WiUiam J. Anderson
Simon Bunda
John Kosmas
Jean M. Rioux
Charles Robertson ...
Peter Smith
David Sorenson
WiUiam Timmerman .
Alvin Vauderpool ....
$15.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00.
30.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
m
$225.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
FORT STANTON. NM
Francis 1. Gibbons
USPHS HOSPITAL
CHICAGO. ILL.
JuUus R. Scot
$15.00
S J
$165,000
DisabUity Case as per Board of Trustees
.
Meeting 5/6/52
Otto P. Preussler
$30.00
DEATH BENEFITS
George H. Russell
Bobby Wayne Berrier
Richard Rowan
Theodore W. Ulinski
$2.50a00
2.500.00,
40a0O
8.500.00
$7,900,00
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liue II, i9!t
... IM6EST Of SHOPS' MEETINGS...
agreement. Steward reported that he has Sues Canal js disputed both ways. Moro
CHOCTAW (Waltrman), May 14—Chair gate will take oara of the milk situation
stores enough for 60 days. The Japanese strict regulation needed on clothing to
man, Mika • rutonr Saoratary Norman before sailing. Mora night lunch and
tomato Juice has gone bad and will not be worn. General improvement on con
• mykowskl.' caUef mata promised to bread should be provided. When the port
be
served. Suggestion was made that if ditions is needed. There are not enough
havo the Uundry painted during thU trip. steward was asked about mora soft
the
captain refuses to order milk in tablecloths for everyday use, but they
drinks,
ha
said
ha
provided
enough.
Oilers are unable to gat into room tia
Japan, ship's delegate shoidd speak to vriU be, used untU they are worn out,
causa of faulty lock, about which noth Three men volunteered to stay and back
him about the agreement. All hands and then wUl' not be replaced. Per
ing has been dona. The bosun will re the patrolman when ha sees the port
The membership is again should turn off and clean the' washing formers at sea have been brought up for
pair this. Gangway watches should check steward about milk, soft drinks and other
machine
after use. Crew was asked to the third time.
beefs.
There
was
not
enough
tomato
the messroom during night watches in
cautioned to beware of persons turn in all
extra linen.
foreign ports. Bepair lists should be juice and orange a^p.
'soliciting funds on ships in
be
^AkBlON (Trantfuel), May »—Chairman.
turned In as soon as possible. Chief
LOGANS
FORT
(Cities Service), May S D. B. McCorkIa; Secretary, Allan A. Ellis.
steward asked that aU surplus linen ^ LEWIS EMERY JR. (Victory Carriers),
half of memorials or any other —Chairman, Oman
Bartlett; Secre>tery, Company and Union wlU be notified tbat
turned, in before reaching New Vork. May 4—Chairman, Oscar Kllpparg; Sec
socalled "worthy causes."
Roy Feeble*. Delegates reported no this sttip needs a wasliing macliine.
Crew should clean the washing machine retary, L. BarcltxaWskl. Tubercular hos
il •
beefs. Motion wa* made to have the Report was sent to Galveston and head
lifter use and take care that buttons and pital donaUon letter wiU be sent to the
No "canshakers" or solici ship
fumigated, according to contract. quarters that one OS missed ship in
ether objects are not cloging the drain. hall to be okayed. AU soiled linen should
Motion was made to have the crew mess Houston. Repair .lists should be mado
tors have received authoriza
No data—Chairman, MIka Brutonf Vae be returned to the jrtoward when leaving
haU.
and galley 'painted. Ash up before the next jaeeting. Engine dele
ratary, Norman Smykowikl. Badlo for the ship; all fec'sles should be cleaned
tion from SIU headquarters to tray* pantry
should be used for cigarettes, not gate reported not much, cooperation from
the messroom was bought for $ST. Bal and all keys returned to the ship.
on the paint job needed
collect funds. The National cups and plates. Motion was made to the first
ance of $9 left in ship's fund. Laundry
get a different brand of coffee in New in head and shower. Hen who received
room should be kept clean by sanitary
Foundation
for
Infantile
FAOLI
(Cities
Service),
May
4—Chair
transportation
and
didn't get off ship
York.
Vote
of
thanks
was
given
to
seci^
en In each department. Steward asked man, Veal; Secretary, A. RIcclardalla.
Paralysis is the only charitable ond cook and baker for extrafine chow. wiU be referred to the patroiman. Stew
at linen be dried before disposal Into One OS shipped at Lake Charles; one
IVlper left ahip In' Fsuisboro. due to an ard warned that coffee mugs and cups
soUed'linen locker.
organization which has re emergency.
man getting off. Ship's fund now stands
are running low.
at
S48.02.
with
S13.99
going
for
a
spare
ceived
membership
endorse
WINTER HILL (Cities tervlcs). May 7
I. A. BURNETT asthmlan), March 3»— piece for the washing machine.
SAN ANBELO VICTORY (Sbafrade Chairman, John Mitchell; Secretary,
Chairman, R. Thais; Saoratary, Franklin
ment.
Funds
for
this
cause
Del), May S—Chairman, Cyril Magnon; Laroy J. Doty. • Delegates reported no
K. Chance. Minutes will be posted on
are collected through normal Secretary, Jerry DeMOo. Eogin*. depart beefs. Motion was carried to get a new
SEATHUNDER (OrloiOr April 7—Chair
the buUetin board. Ship's delegate re
;..,itsar
ment
quarters and showers .haventbeen washing machine. Motion was passed that
ported a balance of $10 In the ship's man, Clark inman; Sacrafary, Frank
Union channels at the payofF. painted.
Ship's delegate reported that every member clean the deck and the
fund. Request was made for a new per Leonard. Beef over members going to
Beceipts are issued on the spot.
the captain wiU 'not put out a draw machine after use. Ship's delegate wUl
colator by messman. All hands will keep the captain with complaints Instead of
taking
them
up
at'meetings.
MOtlott
to
for
arrival
on Sunday. Men getting. Off find, out why the new lockers are not
the laundry and recreation room clean.
anyone caught tampering with tbp
should strip their bunks .and clean being used and department delegates will
May 3—Chairman, R. Thlaw Secretary, ffne
machine was defeated. Short
lockers. AU men to turn In their, extra prepare a list of rooms needing new
Franklin E. Chance. SIO in the ship's washing
was held on fouling.up Jiy. missing Draw. Delegate* reported no beefs linen. Motion was'passed that . aU hands lockers. Beef was reported that the cooks
fund will be given to the LOG. If the talk
Each
delegate
will
make
up
a
repair, list.
were running short on food. Chief cook
watches,
etc.
Better
cue
should
be
ship goes, to the boneyard, ship's fund taken of messroom and pantry. Steward Boatswain thanked his department for be careful of coffee, a* supply isfVnniOg stated
that this was being taken care ofi
low. Suggestion was made that patrol
and washing machine will be given to discussed
merits of Argentine and South a good job well done by all. Vote of man 'find out why the mate wiU not give he :ia now breaking out his own meatfor
the patrolman. Beef about the pantry African stores.
metos.
Complaint was made about men
thanks
was
given
to
the
entire
steward's
As'
m
any
s
tores
as pos
proper medical attention. Suggestion was
man will be turned' over to patrolman.
department for the good meals and the made to turn over major beefs to the missing watches. Onemember who
Ship's delegate wiU turn over all infor sible wlU be taken at Durban.
missed hli watch In PhUadelphia has do
cleanliness of the , department.
patrolman.
nated SIO to ship's fund.
TAMAR I (Orion), April 2—Chairman,
LONE JACK (Cities Service), April 27—
Leon White; Secretary, Robert McCul
BEATRICE (Bull); May 7^halrman, J.
(lOVERNMENT CAMP (CItIss Sarvlce).
lech. Steve Fulford was elected ship's Chairman, Edward Casey; Secretary, D. O'ROurko; Secretary, S. Evahchuck. Re
delegate by acclamation. Ship's delegate H. Singleton. Delegates reported "too pair list was voted oh and accepted. April 30—Chairman, T. Wevsr; Secretary.
will make up a laundry and recreation beef*. Repairs are being slowly taken Second mate told' the" chief mate he R. McNeil. AU beefs taken up with the
room cleaning schedule. Ship's delegate care of. Balance of S35 was reported to didn't want two of the AB's back aft patrolman in Lake Charles were setUed.
will speak to the captain about painting the ship's' fund. Those who play the when tying up ship.' Both' of these men Deck delegate WiU buy a tube for crew's
crew foc'sles and putting out some cig phonograph at night, should tune It down. have been on the ship fof several trips, radio, and be paid back but of the ship's
fund. Patrolman wiU be contacted about
Vote of thanks was given to the steward
arettes.
mation about ^hting to the patrolman.
keepiu iroards out of the crew messhaU
Beef against captain will be reported to May 4—Chairman, Leon White; Secre department for the food ahd service.
in Lake CUiarles. Motion was pbssed not
the patrolman. Cots should be returned tary, Robert McCulloch. Ship's delegate
to post old minutes of the meetings any
BULL RUN (PofroJ. Tankers), May S—
to the chief steward before the ship reported that the mate has had painted Chairman,
more;
the ship's delegate wUi keep a
KIrby
DIgman;
Secretary, T.
C.
docks. Linen shoidd be turned in be as many rooms as he. could with the paint Minor. Harris' was elected iMp's dele
copy in case anyone wants to see them.
on hand. All delegates will prepare re
fore the' payoff.
Ship's
delegate
wiU speak to the patrol
pair lists to turn in to the ship's delegate, gate. Ship's delegate wiU check on port
man in New York to see about getting
wind chutes, and slopchest. Mo
STEEL. KIN(» (Isthmian), February l»— who. In turn, will give copies to the chief holes,
a new washing machine.
tion was seconded that each man donate
Chairman, Oorward McKeel; Secretary, P. engineer and the chief mate. Discussion $1
to the ship's fundi "In response to a with no beefs against them by other sec
J. Haraye. Steward department should was held on the care of crew washing suggestion,
ond
mates.
Bosun
has
no
complaints
COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Victory
said ihe cleaner in
be quiet at work. Crew messman will machine.' recreation room and foc'sles. . the laundry steward
room would clean the wash about them, either. Motion was made Carriers), May 10—Chairman, L. Hltch
make coffee at 10 AM. and at 3 PM the
that these men be backed 100 percent by ner; Secratary, H. Kowaltkl. Sliip's del
ing machixiG*
OS on that watch will make coffee. Ship's CATHERINB (DryTrans), March IS—
the crew. AU other beefs wiU Im ac egate reported a balance of S8.2S in the
Chairman, Robert Byrne; Secretary, J. R.
delegate was elected.
corded
the same treatment. Letter of ship's fund. Motion was unanimoiiriy
GREELEY VICTORY (South Atlantic),
Young,
Charles
Bolton
was elected
ship's
April 24—Chairman, W. Oedd; Secre delegate; Pickett Lusk, deck delegate; May I—Secratary, Rosarlo Lliiarl; Sacre complaint written by the steward to the passed not to payoff untU aU Iwefs have .
tary, P. t.' Harayo. A. B. Packert resigned Milford Valentine, engine delegate; El tary, Patrick Ryan. Delegates reported company on the poor quaUty of the meat, been settled saUsfactorily. Motion to get
and A. H. Griffin was elected ship's del bert
and vegetables wiU be added to a new second Cook was passed. Vote ot
Lawson. steward delegate. Log of everything in order. Motion was passed fruits
egate. Bosun moved that a member be wiper
that all delegates draw up a list of re the sliip's minutes and turned over to thanks was given to the chief cook.
will
be
lifted,
as
he
was
sick
and
brought up before the patrolman. Mo
quests for the negotiation committee to the patrblman. Ship's delegate wiU teli
KATHRYN (Bull), May II—Chairman.
tion was seconded. Ship's repair list under treatment from the captain. There study and incorporate into the new the patrolman that the entire crew is dis
should be ready at the next meeting. will be steak twice a week. Card play
A. Albsn; Secretary, F. A. Bartolomel.
satisfied with the poor quaUty food.
are not to drink the watches' coffee
Suggestion was made that mora variety ers
Delegates
reported no beefs. Steward
at night.
GULFWATER (Metro Shipping), April asked aU hands to replace used cups in
be Introduced in the menus.
May 4—Chairman, Pickett Luck; Secre
27—Chairman Stavo Dorl; Soeretary, Jo the pantry.
BENJAMIN SILLIMAN (Seat Shipping), tary, Billle Padgett. All members were
seph Medwed. Steve Deri was elected
SANTA VENSTIA . (Elsm), March S—
February 17—Chairman, O. Hunt; Secre asked to list items for the repair list.
ship's delegate by acclamation. Captain Chairman, Sam Singer; Secretary, Mur
Ship's
delegate
reported
that
the
stew
tary, A. J. (tebron. Beef* were made on
lias asked aU hands to watch relations ray Kaplan. MoUon was passed to have
William B. White
the leaky mushroom vents; an attempt ard and baker were not qualified to per
with the people of. Spain. Bxtra cigar aU crewmembers sign the foc'sle repair
. will be made to remedy this situation. form their duties; the third cook was
Contact VA office at 1 Beacon ettes wUl bo issued. Vote of thanks list. Repair list wlU be taken care of in
It wa* suggested that the last standby the only man In the galley who did his
wan given to the steward's department San Francisco. McLaughlin was elected
on each watch leave the messhaU in a work well, but he was untidy. Galley was St., Boston, regarding your GI dis for a job weU done. Crew was asked ship's delegate: Parr, deck delegate!
decent condition. Captain and mate found to be Insanitary. Only the deck ability claim.
to cooperate in keeping the mesahaU and Singer, steward delegate; Kimbrlel. en
complimented the deck department on department has cleaned the recreation
pantry clean, and maintaining quiet in ginedelegate. SuggesUon waa made that
their efficiency in securing the number room: laundry Is being left dirty. Toilets
the morning. Care should be taken with the repair list be gone into more thor
William Owens
one hold during most adverse and trying should be kept clean and reassigned.' to
the washing machine; faucet* and steam oughly. e.specialiy in regard to Ughts.'^
provide ample facilities for all depart
weather conditions.
lines
win be worked on in port. Re painting decks, cleaning the whole ship. .
Get in touch with R. Rodrigue, pair Ust
April 4—Chairman, L. W. Roun; Sec ments. Beefs should not be taken top
should be made up and given Steward suggested that the slopchest and
Box
355,
Westwego,
La.
Important.
retary, R. Keith Sawvel. Eugene Cabral side by a few members, but should first
to the chief engineer five day* before hospital suppUes be checked.
was elected ship's delegate. Card tables be ironed out at meetings. Chief cook
April 4—Chairman, Sam Slngsr; Ssera
the ship reaches poit. AU members
should be kept clean; cups and dishes
should do their own work while in Bal tary, Murray Kaplan. Chief mate wiU is
"CharUe"
should be placed in the sink. It was
sue a Ust of men to go ashore whilo
boa, Spain.
agreed that the deck department will
are being painted. Repair list
. I am anxious to hear from you. TAINARON (Actlum), March 14—Chalr^ foc'sles
clean the laundry, steward's department,
WiU be flUed out and sent to the com
Please write. M. H.
recreaUon room. Coffee um and silver
man, W. Mitchell; Secretary, J. Harris. pany from Japan. Bosun says that aU
ware In crew messroom should be kept
Steward was elected ship's delegate, due decks as weU as foc'sles wUl be painted.
cleaner. There should be enough salads
Motion was passed to use only percolators
to a shortage of bookmen.
Ray "Whitey" Davis
made for each man. More variety asked
April 20—Chairman, O. W. VInar; See to make coffee. Ship's delegate com
for in salad*. More night lunch should
manded the steward for critlcislngths
Get in touch .with Herbie Del retary, T. Schultx. OUer overtime penal dirty
be made—especially boiled eggs and sar has gone to the captain with a beef.
appearance of the ship and starting
ty hour wUl be talked over with patrol
dines.
Crewmembers should not whistle and Vdrco as soon as possible.
man. Sanitary conditions are not up to tha move to get it cleaned and painted.
May 3—Chairman, L. R. Resan; Secre sing in the midship house.
May
4—Chairman, Sam Singer; tacrs
standard. This wiU be brought 4o the
tary, R. Keith Sawvel. Ship's delegate
attenUon of the patrolman. Repair list fary, Murray Kaplan. Ship's delegate re
ThomhiU
reported that the hot water beef has
LASALLE (Waterman), April 24—Chair
wUl be made up and given to the ship's ported that a few repairs stiU need to
been straightened out. Patrolman will man, H. Hallalre; Secretary, J. Bronsen.
Room near the deck engineers'
Gear left aboard Seatrain New delegate. Laundry 1* being neglected be made.
be seen about having the crew's quarters Ship's delegate wiU get slopchest list
foc'sle WiU be cleaned and used by ste
again.
Jersey has been sent to the address
painted; this wiU be added to the re next trip. Motion was passed to have
vedore checkers while in foreiim ports.
pair Ust. Crew mess should be cleaned the ship's delegate suggest to the cap you designated. Sir Charles.
BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Sarvlce),
hnd the passageway on the portside tain that overtime hours be noted on
Chairman, Thomas MeCann; Secrstsry,
$ j; $1
should be sougeed. Fruits and juices pay sUp. Motion was made that the pa
Clifford Martin. SIilp's delegate reported
should be served cold.
trolman take care of deceased bosun's
Morris Cohen
the ship is going foreign. New ship's
effects and money and see that proper
elected. Motion was passed to
Your family is anxious to hear delegate
SANTORE (Ore), April 2SChalrman, disposal is made. Steward wUl check
the ship fumigated when in dry
J. Turner; Secretary, H. Rlggs. Old wash stores as they come aboard for quality from you. Write Mrs. E. Fish have
dock.
There
is no ice aboard; steward
ing uiachiite was discarded, and the and quantity, and report any complaints
is taking ice from smaU ice boxes in
man, 723 Palmetto Drive, Franklin mcssrooms.
motor kept for repair purposes. Ship's to headquarters for further action.
Ship's delegate wiU see the On arrival in th* Slates, discussion wlU
delegate reported that only one water
Square, L. I., N. Y.
steward about making more ice and serv bo held with the patrolman about for
fountain has,to be working; the other
HENRY T. RAINEY (Bull), May 3—
ing
cold
drinks
twice a day instead of eign help doing crew's work. John Parr
^
was just for convenience. Ship's dele Chairman, H. D. Carney; Secretary, L. F.
only at noon. Ebich delegate wUl make was elected acting ship's delegate, to tako
Patrick C. Burson
out a draw list end, the ship's delegate car9 of crew's business whUe in port.
WiU give them to the captain. Mem
Your wife hasn't heard,from you bers
should keep the messhaU clean.
Editor,
MALDEN VICTORY (Mlssltilppl), May «
in some time. Contact her at How Ship saUed
a man short.
Chairman, J. D. Dillon; Soeretary, Blumlo.
SEAFARERS LOG.
ard Apt. 1. Endicott City, Md.
Ship's delegate wlU speak to the first
STONY CREEK (Amer. Tramp), May 4 assistant about keeping the laundry
—Chairman, William Maui Secratary, L. locked when the ship is in port. Patrol
675 Fourth Ave.,
Franklin. Sliip's delegate reported that man WiU speak to the company officials
Richard B. Henry
Brooklyn 32, N. Y.
bosun admits deck should b* hosed down about putting a new washing machina
Get In touch with Henry A. Ga once
a week, but nothing has been done on board.
licki, 201 Broadway, Bayonne, N. J. about this. Wiper overtime through
.1
would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please
THOMAS STONE (Eastern), March «—
St St
Chairman, W. LaClaIr; .Secretary, T. L.
Wilfred "Bed" Shea
put my name on your moiling list.
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Tstara. Sliip's delegate suggested that
each department delegate try and take
Please get in fbuidi with lyrour
care of the beefs in his depariment. Car
mother
right
away
at
248
Prince
penter is standing 813 watch, as one man
NAME
The following men have been missed ship in Norfolk. Steward has sup
ton St., E. Boston, Mass.
pUes for more tlian 60 days; he can giva
classified 2A by their selective out
St St' s>
clothing racks and soap cups. Sug
STREET ADDRESS
service boards: Billy F. Cherry, im gestion was made that 48 watch fiU tha
Joseph Codarre
coffee um
at S PM so that the water wU'
Please write your son, Edwin tU Sept. 2, 1952; WUilam Dauphr be hot enough
when the pantryman has
Codarre (No, 18453); at Box 51, ney, status unchangeid: Kenneth to make coffee.
CITY
ZONE......STATE.
March 22—Chairman, C. H. Mots; See
Paul Marpie, until June 6, 1953; ' rotary,
Comstock, N. Y."
T.. L. Tatars. Ship's delegate re
Thomas D. O'Brien, until Nov. 28, ported tliSt a few articles are missing
St St S>
the foo'sles. Motion was passed
1952; Charles George Peters, Nov. from
• JiQned.
Book No..
David Ashmore
that aU hands remain in the messhaU
27,
1952;
Gerald
Elroy
Peterson,
while three delegates Inspect foc'sles.
Get
In
touch
with
your
wife
at
TO AVOID DUPLICATION;.. If you are an old subtcrlber and hava a change
Discussion was held on rieanlinest
of
until March 1, 1953.
575 W, 177th St., N. Y. C.
of address, please give your former address below:
the laundry.
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April 13—Chairman, R. B. Kledllngery
Richard PaeroU
Secretary, T. L. Taasrs. Motion was
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It is urgent you get in touch with Your geai* may be picked up at to speak to
the patrolman about..condi<
your draft board at 150 Nassau St., the SIU headquarters • baggage Uons and beefs ao tbat he wUl have aU
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�Fridaxr June 13« 1952
SEAFARERS LOG
Page Twentyseveii
... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ...
(Continued from pagp 26)
the necessary facts when he comes to pay
the ship off. Vote of thanks was passed
on the steward's department for fine co
operation and a willingness at all times
to satisfy aU hands to the best of their
ability. Repair list will be made out;
Steward asked that extra linen be turned
over to him. Next crew will, check slop
chest.
should be checked and repaired by the
chief electrician. Shelves should be built
in the messhail for the condiments now
left on the tables. Pantry sink should be
repaired.
WINTER HILL (Cities Service), no date
—Chairman, Thomas Durkin; Secretary,
Thomas G. Davis. New lockers on board
will be used in crew's rooms. S25 was
aUocated for the purchase of basebaU
equipment for the crew. Suggestion was
MANKATO VICTORY <VtcCsr), April ( made that,deck gang showers be painted.
—Chairmsii, W. L. Butch; Secretary, J. There is a balance of $55.90 in the ship's
P. Gavin. Delegates reportbd everything fund.
okay. J. P. Gavin was elected ship's
delegate. Motion was passed to give the
GEORGE A. LAWSON (PanOceanic),
old washing machine to the engine de
27—Chairman,'H. L. Meacham;'Sec
partment. Ship's delegate reported that April
retary. Earl Mulllns. David Smith was
as mapy repairs as possible will be com' elected ship's delegate. He wiU see the
pleled this voyage. Painting of thp captain about repairing portholes In
foc'sles will be started. A supply of peni crew's quarters, passageway doors, sink
cillin Is now on board. Slopchest has and icebox in. crew's pantry. Messrbom
been checked and is all right. New wash should be, kept clean by members. '
ing machine has arrived and will be in
MSy 17—Chairman, Edward W. Seeley;
stalled. in the laundry by volunteers. Secretary,* Earl Mulllns. Any member
Chief cook asked that the galley, pantry who gets drunk and cannot stand his
and other facilities be left clean by those watch WiU be reported to the patrolman
using them between 12 and 6 AM.
actipn. Ship's delegate wiU see the
April 23—Chairman. W. L. Busch; Sec for
captain about having the washing ma
retary, J. P. Gavin. Repair list was read chine
Department repair lists
to the crew, items were discussed and are to repaired.
be made up.
several new ones added.
HARRY T. (Palmer), May 24—Chairman,
SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), May Melvin Keeffee; Secretary, RL'T. Whitley.
37—Chairman, T. B. Lawson; Secretary Better care should be taken' of the
Doug. Acker, Sr. Although a few com washing machine. Repair lists, should be
plaints have been made against members made up and turned in. New coffee um.
who leave the washing machine and refrigerator, mattresses' and'plUows Ubve
messhail dirty, the ship's delegate re been ordered:
ports that all business is in order and
ready for the payoff. A. Gylland was FRANCES (Bull), May 35—Chairman,
elected as incoming ship's delegate for Van Whitney; Secretary, Mike Zelonka.
the next voyage. Delegate wiU take up Motion was passed to have a telephone
the 'Size of sheets with the patrolman. instaUed from reefer room to engine
Members were asked not to wake the room in case of foul weather. Vote of
cooks up. after 6:30 PM to ask for keys to thanks wspt to the steward department
the iceboxes.
..
for the good food.
Keep Draft
Board Posted
SIU Hfeadquarters urges all
draft eligible seamen to be
sure they keep their local Se
lective Service boards posted
on all phanges of address
through the use of the post
cards furnished at all SIU
hails and laboard ships.
Failure to keep iour draft
board'informed of your where
abouts can cause you to be
listed as a delinquent and be
drafted into the services with
out a hearing. The Union in
such cases can do nothing to
aid Seafarers who fail to com
ply.
Moore. liWion was passed not to sail
lintU the (Sinking fountain and the tele
motor have been fixed. Steward depart
ment got a vote of thanks for the good
food. Recreation room aiid pantry should
be kept clean. More night lunch should
be provided as card players eat most
of it.
MICHAEL (Carros), May 24—Chairman,
E. Flalds; Secretary, R. C. Lundqulst.
There is a balance of $22.05 in the ship's
fund. Delegates reported.no beefa.
gate WiU speak to the mate about equal
izing oVertiitae and if he gets no satisfac
tion. will see the patrolman. Engine
delegate warned the men against any
further 'tampering with the new fans,
which have Just been instaUed. Vote of
thanks was given to the entire steward
department—espeClaUy the night cook
and baker, for his great variety of pas
tries. One brother donated $10 from the
proceeds of his radio raffle to the ship's
fund.
HURRICANE (Waterman), May 25—
Chairman, A; Laizaro; Secretary, P. San
SEACOMET (Colonial). May 13—Chair
man, Mack Patterson; Secretary, Hubert.
Terrlll. Beefs wiU be settled by the
patrolman upon arrival in port and the
crew wUl not pay off untU disputes have
been settled; MesshaU, recreation room
and washing machine should be kept
clean. Repair Usts are to be turned In
to dep'artment heads. QuaUty of food
should be improved.
May 25—Chairman, M. B. Harris; Secre
tary, Red Beers. Unlicensed personnel
who f<ml up wUl be given one more
chancq/before having charges preferred
and being turned over to the patrolman.
Mel Harris was elected ship's delegate.
Replacements in the steward department,
due to three members being discharged,
were discussed.
Miguel. 'New locks are needed on the
crew foc'sles. Crew was asked to re
turn'used cups and glasses to the mess
hail. Request was made to have the deck
DEL SANTOS (Mississippi), no date
foc'sles painted as well as the recreation Chairman,
B. M. Moya; CSecratary, T.
room and the messhdU deck, before ar G. Beatraus.
Wolff was elected
rival In the States. Lower passageways ship's delegate. Justin
All repair work has been
should be cleaned.
completed. It was imanimously decided
ABIQUA (Cities Service), April 23— to install the new washing machine and
Chairman, Harry Utratll; Secretary, Rob use both the old and new machines.
ert Lafferty; Fred Huslani was elected
MARY ADAMS. (Bloomfleld), May 17—
ship's delegate by acclamation. Wash
ing machine should be kept clean and Chairman,. Robert M. Douglas; Secretary,
turned off when not In use. Cups should Longfellow. Ship's delegate r e p o r t e d
$10.78 in the ship's fund. Discussion was
be replaced in the pantry,
held on getting a library. Brothers were
SEAGXRDEN (Peninsular), May 11— asked to clean their foc'sles before leav
Chairman, Al Kramer; Secretary, Don ing the ship.
Williams. ^ A1 Kramer was elected ship's
MONTEBELLO HILLS (Western Tank
delegate. SUp's delegate wiU speak to ers),
May 25—Chairman, J. Schilling; Sec
the chief electrician on moving the wash
retary,
T. O'Connor. Ship's delegate Is
ing machine so that an' automatic drain
holding
the steam iron: any member
ing system and hot water pipe can be
instaUed. All' open and bare wire and who wishes to use It 'will sign for It.
electrical circuits in the after hous»
Quiz Answers
(1) Tell his story.
(2) 50 mph, BO mph.
(3) Greater.
Motion was passed to get enough cots
(4) Increase.
for the entire crew at the next port, and
(5) 85 nickels, 34 dimes, 17 check all foc'sles for adequate ventila
tion. Steward asked that all linen be
quarters.
turned in.
(6) Statement of American
ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping),
policy.
May IS—Chairman, C. Terry; Secretary,
(7) Belative humidity.
M. J. Ruane. Crew's laundry will be
done ashore while in port. All unnu
.(8) Woodenheaded.
J.,
.
., ithorized persons ^ould be kept out of
CARKABULLE (National Navigation).
May 11—Chairman, G. HObner; Secre
tary, M. A. Machal. Threedepartment
committee wiU draft a letter to the Un
ion asking for information on the pos
sibUity of terminating articles.
ALBION (Dry Trans), May 25—Chair
man, no name; Secretary, Robert F.
William Jordan; Secretary, Nell Baglg.
New washing, machine arrived. William
Jordan was elected ship's delegate unan
imously. CoUection wiU be made for the
purchase of an automatic switch to turn
off the washing machine. Ship's radio
wiU be repaired.
FAIRPORT (Waterman), May 24—Chair
man, Paul Arthofer; Secretary, . Alex
CANTIGNY (Cities Service), May 18—
Chairman, Giovanni Abumdo; Secretafy,
P. V. Hammel. Men were reminded again
to wait for replacements to prevent the
ship saUing shorthanded. Bedsprings
ought to be repaired, as they are ruin
ing the mattresses.
May 30—Chairman, P. V. Hammel, Sec
retary, G. Calllaito. Delegates reported
no beefs. Members were asked to clean
the washing machine after using it. Juice
squeezer .should be cleaned after use,
and ice cube trays replaced. Men were
asked to use the ashtrays in the mess
halls and recreation room.
Webber. New washing machine and re
frigerator should be placed aboard be
PUERTO RICO (Bull), JUnc 1—Chair
fore ship leaves Baltimore.
man, Allan Lake; Secretary, Jim Murphy.
Maurice
Olsen was elected deck delegate.
SEACORAL (Coral), March 3—Chair
man, George Gragg; Secretary, Calvin J. $14 was donated to the ship's fund.
Slover. Alexander Gur.skie was unani
(Bull), May 1—Chairman,
mously elected ship's delegate. Discus no ELIZABETH
Secretary, Juan Cruz. Motion
sion was held on where to set up the was name;
passed to have a canopy instaUed
new washing machine.' Standby should
aft before the ship sails from New
help clean the messhaU and recreation back
York.
Discussion was held on what to
room at night. Crewmembers are weU do with
the old washing machine. Dif
pleased with the way the foc'slep are be ferent brand
of foap was asked for.
ing painted.
May 25—Chairman, Tony MeshcfskI; INES (Bull), May 25—Chairman, Red
Secretary, Calvin J. Slover. Repair lists Campbell; Secretary, William Jenkins,
for aU departments were accepted. One crewmember missed ship in Santo
Foc'sles should be cleaned before payoff. Domingo. Members wUl ask the Union
patrolman to contact aU ships on the
JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman): April 20 Puerto Rico run. cautioning them about
—Chairman, V. Alstlne; Secretary, W. J. laundry work ashore, as elothes were
Brown. Delegates reported everyW^ing in lost during the last trip at San Juan.
NIKOS (Dolphin), April 27—Chairman,
N. W. Kirk; Secretary, J. W. Thomas.
order. Discussions held on vents for the
crew's quarters aft; rubber mats needed
in the showers.
May, 18—Chairman, V. Alstlne; Secre
tary, W. J. Brown. J. E. Parks was elect
ed ship's delegate. Repair list wUl be
turned in to the chief engineer. Discus
sion was held on moving the menu board.
SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), May
18—Chairman, R. W. Sweeney; Secretary,
E. Jones. Washing machine should be
left clean at all times. More fans wiU
be instaUed, and checked by the elec
trician. Electrician wiU install and check
aU missing lights. Steward will see if he
can get a television set in New York.
EVELYN (Bull), May 25—Chairman, G.
B. Smith; Secretary, E. C. Dacey. Genco
was elected ship's delegate. Repair Ust
WiU be drawn up and turned in to the
ship's delegate before arrival in New
York.
MARVEN (Inter. Nav.), May 17—Chair
man, Fred Isrel; Secretary, Clarence R.
Haun. Fred Isrel was elected ship's del
egate. Steward department wiU clean
the recreation room: deck and engine de
partments WiU alternate cleaning the
laundry. Money draws In Argentina
should be in US money, as it was stated
by patrolman.
Coffee urn, kickout panels and mess
men's head have not been repaired, as
agreed. Chief mate fired crewmember
Just before sailing time and threatened
him with bodily harm in the presence of
several members, when he overheard the
fired man questioning the chief engineer
about this. There should be less noise
at night. Ship's delegate will find out if
the galley, pantry, recreation room, mess
haU and passageway are going to be
painted, as promised.
June 1—Chairman, R. W. Guthrie; Sec
retary, Frank Friesen. Repairs carried
over from previous trips should be done
this trip, as well as painting of the
stewards' toUets, showers and passage
ways. Third cook paid off in Newfpund
land. Crew's bedsprings should be re
paired and mattresses replaced; hospital
• should be cleaned and painted, Motion
was passed to have the patrolman clear
up for the captain the fact that passage
ways and lower deck in general belonging
to the crew should be cleaned up and
quarters should be painted. Departmental
delegates wiU draw up repair lists.
SEACLOUD (Seatraders), May 18—
Chairman, Richard Weaver; Secretary, W
J. Walsh. Captain said that the painting
of recreation room, galley, passageways
and some of the crew's quarters will be
done next trip. All engine room quar
ters, with the exception of the deck en
gineer's room, have been painted. Al
though the ship has been carrying coal
and iron ore. sougeeing of steward's de
partment quarters was ruled out on the
grounds that the ship would only get
dirty again. Mattresses and piUows for
the coming voyage should be placed on
board.
TAINARON (Actlum), May 11—Chair
man, Herbert Bennedy; Sccretal^, M. L.
Bumgardner. M. L. Bumgardner elected
ship's delegate by acclamation. It was
STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), Feb
decided that a man from the steward de
partment WiU clean tjie recreation* room. ruary 10—Chairman, Edward Nooney;
Secretary,
John Latella. John LateUa
(9) Not II he dldnt increase it (inside passageways. Two and a half Wiper and ordinary wiU take turns clean
will be donated to the' ship's ing the laundgy. Each man is to clean was elected ship's delegate. Library and
when times were good, a New York shillings
messroom should be kept in order. Ex
fund by each member, and the fund will the washing machine after using it.
court declared.
tra fans should be instaUed in rooms oe
be held by the ship's delegate. Buzzer
on galley elevator should be repaired.
SUZANNE (Buil), May 27—Chairman, eupied by more than two men. Ship's
(10) ICQ square feet.
W. Blanton; Secretary, L. B. Gooch. Mo delegate wiU speak to the captain about
ANTINOUS (Waterman), April 20— tion was passed to have messhail chairs this. Wipers, who are in the foc'sle with
Chairman, McCarthy; Secretary, Kissel. repaired. Larger cakes of soap should the watches, should have a room to them
Puzzle Answer
Crew should help keep messhaU. pantry be is^ed. Ship's delegate should check selves; this wlU be taken up with the
and laundry clean. Repairs will be repair Ust with patrolman and see that patrolman. Slopchest price Ust should
be posted on (Tie buUetin board.
taken care of by the New York shore it is taken care of.
May 6—Chairman, E. J. Nooney; Secre
gang. Suggestion Was made that the
after part of ship be lighted up at sea
SEACLOUD (Seatraders), March 19— tary, R. Lake. Captain suggests that the
for safety on deck. Light bulb should be Chairman, W. J. Walsh; Secretary, Rich request to separate quarters of oilers,
instaUed oh the washing machine. iYuit ard Weaver. Motion was passed to have firemen and wipers be taken up with the
Juices and more steak should be served. the ship's delegate contact the captain head office. Case of member brought up
May 18—Chairman, O'Connell; Secre about unsafe gear. Ship's 'delegate on charges wUl be referred to the pa
tary, Ty'ir, Action should be taken on th:\.'i;ted the steward's department. Mat trolman. Contributions for the chief
those repairs which were not made duc tresses and bed springs are to be re cook, who is seriously Ul, will be made
ing the last trip. Treasurer reported placed and fans repaired. Ship's delegate at the payoff. Suggestion was made that
$42.50 in the ship's fund. Motion was WiU see the captain about painting inside the crew keep out of the pantry at meal
passed to have the New York patrolman passageways, galley and some of the times, leaving the messmen to handle
aboard to, check the repair Ust. Sugges foc'sles." Company wiU provide cots ber meals. Ship should be fumigated. Stew
ard department was given a vote of
tion was made that a safety code be fore the next voyage. '
thanks for the exceUent service.
drawn up by the Union for contracted
ships.
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service),
May 14—Chairman, Robert Brown; Sec
)SEAVICTOR (Orion), April 28—Chlr
MARYMAR (Calmar), April 3$Chalr retary, Robert McNeil; Ship's delegate msn, George Clark; Secretary, Feul Sin'
man, R. Nicholson; Secretary, Harry L. wUl sde the captain about putting on awn ski. Crew was asked to cooperate in
Franklin. C.; Ruley was unanimously ings on the fan taU and painting the rest keeping the laundry clean, and to turn
elected .ahlp'a delegate.; He wUl see a bout of the crew's foc'sles when the ship goes off the washing machine after uJng it
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gangway put aboard instead of a Jacob's
ladder.
May 25—Chairman, George Clark; Sec
retary, Raul SInski. Although a motion
was passed to have the messballs painted,
the Bosun was told that the captain said
there would be no more overtime, for
painting. List of violations of agreement
by the captain wiU be turned over,. to
the patrolman in New York. It. was sug
gested that the contract be clarified on
several points. Vote of thanks , went Jlo
the steward department for cooking, bak
ing and good service.
LOGANS FORT (Cities Service), Juno
l^hairman, Bartrett; Secretory, C. G.
Bolton. Ship should be fumigated. Some
thing should be done dbout the fact that
this ship always sails six or eight hours
later than the time posted.
Grant. Repair list was made' out and
given to the ship's delegate. Beefs will
be straightened out by the patrolman.
Foc'sles should be cleaned up before the
payoff. Steward reported that there is
a shortage of cups. AU members gave
The steward department a vote of thanks
for the good meals and service.
CITY OF ALMA (Waterman),.:May 30—
Chairman, Harry Huston; secretary, H.
A. Townsend. Running Ust of repairs
WiU be posted in the messroom at the
start of the next trip to insure work be
ing done, inasmuch as the last repair
list was not finished. Spare parts are
aboard the ship so that washing machine
can
repaired at sea. Each department
lockers will be fixed by the crew. Ship's WiU be
take turns oleaning up laundry;
delegate wUl try to get tablecloths, cof steward
wiU post schedule. Robert San
fee urn and locker shelves.
chez was elected ship's .delegate by ac
clamation.
CALMAR (Calmar), May 18—Chairman.
ANN BUTLER (Bloomfield), May 22—
Chairman, P. J. McCann; Secretary, A.
LONE JACK (Cities Service), May 25
CAPE EDMONT (Alcoa), May 20— 6. Espeneda. Suggestion was made that
Chalrman, C. Burns; Secretary, T. L. Chairman, E. N. McEnIs; Secretary, L. B. the snip's radio be fixed during this trip.
Moore. Since the steward still has about
400 pounds of canned coffee on hand,
he will not be able to ehan'ge the brand,
as previously suggested. Ship's fund
stands at S42; the launch fare In Bridge
port has been paid. Unequal division of
overUme was discussed. The deck dele
to the mate about having the fan tail
washed down every morning. Crew
wishes to go on record as thanking the
Lake Charles agent. Leroy Clarke, for
the fine way in which he handles all
beefs—smoothly and with nn fuss.
TOPA TOPA (Waterman), April 13—
Chairman: Paul Drpzak; Secretary, A. M.
Branconi. George King was elected ship's
delegate by acclamation. Black gang
heads need to be repaired. One fire hy
drant and the first aid kit should be re
paired.
May 18—Chairman, A. M. Branconi;,
Secretary, C. Ridge. Motion was passed
to have aU heads repaired before sign
ing on. $10 from the ship's fund waa
donated to a sick MFOW member, who
was a passenger, for his transportation
home.
FRANCES (Bull), March 1—Chairman,
Joseph Buzalewski; Secretary, Mika Zel
onka. Several beefs were reported to
the patrolman, who wiU straighten tliem
out before the payofT with the dele.gates.
Food should be improved and a locker
instaUed for the deck department.
March 30—Chairman, Gottschalk; Sec
retary, Mike Zelonka. Report on 'repairs
will go to the patrolman. Vole of thanks
went to the steward department. Alen
are to be dressed properly in the mess
hall.
April 27—Chairman, Van Whitney; Sec
retary, Mike Zelonka. Deck department
beefs wiU be straightened out by the
patrolman. . Laundry cleaning schedule
wiU be posted on the buUetin board. Toi
lets should be kept clean and locked in
port.
May 25—Chairman, Van Whitney; Sec
retary, Mike Zelonka. Motion was passed
to instaU a telephone between reef e r
room and engine room in case of foul
weather on deck. Vote of thanks went
to the steward department for the good
food.
June a—Chairman, Philip Salino; Sec
retary, E. CRourke. Overtime beefs of
the electricians wiU be taken ip with
the patrolman. Old books and ma.gazines
will be turned over to American Sea
men's Society. More juices for break
fast requested. Request was made that
a complete menu be Usted on the black
board for each meal.
MONTEBELLLO HILLS (Western Tank
ers), June 8—Chairman, John O'Dea; Sec
retary, T. J. O'Connor. Peter Christo
pher was elected ship's delegate. Dis
cussion was held on smoking—where and
when permitted. Steward asked that old
cots be turned in, so th\t he can see
how many there are.
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LONE JACK (Cities Service), June 8—
Chairman, T. J. Moore; Secretary, Robert
Bowes. Ship's fund stands at $52. No
one is to payoff before the patrolm.in's
okay. Motion was passed to. purchase a
timing switch for the washing machine.
Crew was asked to turn repairs in to
delegates, as weU as safety suggestions.
Discussion was held on painting 124 deck
and obtaining new mattresses. Crewmem
bers talked about the bad ehickens being
served.
BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service),
May 24—Chairman, Thomas McCann; Sec
retary, Clifford Martin. Ship's ddegate
wUl see the chief engineer about repair
ing deck and .engine department shower
heads. GaUey and messroom wUl be
painted later.. Medical attention given by
captain and mates scored no good sev
eral times at meeting.
YORKMAR (Calmar), March '23—Chair
man, T. Hirsh; Secretary, Vyrel G. Suth.
Floyd 1. Kelly was elected ship's delegate
by acclamation. One box of washing
powder wUl be issued each week by tbe
steward department, since there is a
shortage. Suggestion was made that de
partments rotate the cleaning of the
laundry and recreation room. Members
were asked to put used coffee cups in
the sink.
May 11,Chairman, Hirsh; Secretary,
R. E. Charrion. One AB jumped ship in
Portland, Ore. Seattle hall sent a re
placement. Steward agreed to put out
more dishes due to a shortage. Crew
complained about the quality and variety
of the food.
ROBERT LOWRY (Bloomfield), May 25
—Chairman, C. W. Doggett; Secretary,
Martin W. Seithel. Ship's delt ate re
ported a beef about the captain and chief
mate working on deck. Several overtime
beefs were reported. All surplus linen
should be turned, over to the steward.
Suggestion was made that messhail and
recreation room be painted and foc'sles
sougeed.
ANNISTON CITY (Isthmian), May 11—
Chairman, Michael J. Carlln; Secretary,
Michael J. Denignowskl. John Kulas was
elected ship's delegate by acclamation.
Brothers were asked to take good care
of the new washin.g machine. The new
iron may be gotten from the steward at
any time. AU linen is to be exchanged,
P!c;e by piece. Messman wiU make cof
fee in the morning, ordinary in the
afternoon.
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June 13, 1952
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Vol. XIV, No. 12
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Headlines:
SIU WINS PAY FOR BIRTH, DISABILITY
SIU PLEDGES FULLEST AID AS SUP STRIKERS DIG IN
BME ENGINE SCHOOL EASY WAY TO TICKET
REACH PEAK VACATION PAY
EXPAND WELFARE COVERAGE
SEAFARERS VICTORIOUS IN KEY SHIP VOTE CASE
'PRIVATE EYE' LOOKS OTHER WAY
UNION'S DISABILITY BENEFIT A 'GODSEND'
DAD TERMS BENEFIT 'FAMILY UNION PACT'
PR CREW ADAPTS GIRLS BB TEAM
CANADIAN SIU WEST COAST ORGANIZING PROGRAM OPENS
COURT HEARS SALVAGE CASE ON WAR CARGO
LOW-PRICED GEAR FOR SHIPS
ART CONTEST AWARDS COMPLETED
MAJOR FEATURE OF SHIP BILL CUT BY HOUSE UNIT
CTU LAUDS SIU FOR STRIKE AID
PICKET LINE CASE WILL GO TO HIGH COURT
DEADLINE NEARS IN VOTING FOR NEW OUTPORT BUILDINGS
CIO SHIPYARD UNION DELAYS STRIKE CALL
CG PROBES SS MICHAEL CRASH, FIRE
TANKSHIP OPERATORS AWAIT GOVT OKAY IN SHIP SWITCH
NEW CANADIAN HALLS NEARING FINAL STAGES
LACK OF STEEL PERILS STRAPS FOR TANKSHIPS
ASK SIU MEN DONATE BLOOD IN SINGAPORE
MM&P ASKS SHIP OPERATORS FOR 15 PERCENT PAY BOOST
FLOODS SEEN AT LAKE PORTS
WHAT SANK THE LINER OREGON
WANNA DIVE FOR SUNKEN GOLD?
FAMILY PORTRAIT
NOTABLE BIRTHDAY
KNOWING THE SCORE
HELPING HAND
HOW TO CONDUCT A UNION MEETING ON SHIP AND SHORE
SEAFARERS HAIL NEW BENEFITS AS 'FORWARD-LOOKING UNIONISM'
WORLD'S SPEED RECORD TOPPED BY NEW LINER
THE CREED OF A SEAFARING MAN
PASSENGER SAVED BY KYSKA CREW IN NINE MINUTES FLAT
SIU BEACHCOMBERS EAGER TO DISPLAY DIAMOND SKILL
LOST CABBIE STYMIES SEAFARER
RADIO MAN'S BOOK ON SALE
COFFEE BEAN REALLY GOT AROUND
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6/13/1952
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Seafarers International Union of North America
1952
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Story On Page 3
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Only winners of the SIU Art Contest on the beach and able to
friZC WlflflCrS* attend receive their prize wfistwatches following a presenta
tion at the recent headquarters branch meeting. Out of all the talented art work sent in
by Seafarers all over the globe, judges' picked three winners in each of four groups. Bjk
Here (LR), SUP member John Suutari, who copped third prize for drawings;
LOG editor Herb Brand, who made the presentations, and Seafarer Walter Schnyder, winner
of the first prize for oil paintings, show their stuff. That's Eddie Parr, Frenchy Michelet
and Keith Terpe on the platform.
(Story on Page 3.)
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Coast Guard rescue craft
JiRK dflip* water down SIU manned
Carras tanker Michael after^ disastrous collision
with oil barge A. C. Dodge' (burning in back
ground) and hazardous nightlong fire May 26 in
the Delaware River south of Wilmington.
Two crewmen from the Michael died, in ad
dition to eight men from the barge missing and
presumed dead, The mishap was the third in the
area m 11 days. For the Michael, it wound up an
eventful Persian Gulf trip which saw the vessel
grounded and adrift without power twice in the
Middle East.
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(Story on Page 3.)
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A shabby attempt to damage the lawsuit of a oncebliiid Seafarer by geteg
his exshipmates to testify against him unwittingly, was eximsed by the SEA
FARERS LOG this week. The central figure in this attempted deception tuiiis out
to be a private investigator, Horace W. Sclunahl, who threie y^rs ago was pi^ pf^ii
infamous antilabor apparatus directed against the SIU during the Cities Service
organizing campaign.
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observed that Phillip Pron's eye stathped with S^mahl's. own post
The story was turned up sight
age meter, apparently inViola
was very poor."
tion
of Federal postal regulations
Check
With
Union
after investigation of a
which call for only . the meter,
Upon receiving this clumsy at
letter sent to dozens of former
tempt to lure Seafarers into giv owner's name td be used on
shipmates of PhUip Pron. Sea ing infoi3pation unwittingly, a metered mail.
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farers will probably rtMutll that
Hired By Robin' Line
Pron was saved from blind
4. After much probing, the LOG
ness by the unselfish generos
This feature Is the outcome
was able
to establish <that Schmidil
ity of a fellow Seafarer, Eric of thorough Investtgation Into
was
retained
on the case ^by the
Joseph, who last year donated the
an attempt by a private In
Robin Line through its law firm.
cornea of his damaged eye so that
vestigator to secure Informa
Barns and Cook. Further the LOG
Pron could see againT The incident
tion from Seafarers that would
received widespread national pub
damage the lawsuit filed by learned tha£his assignment waste
gather dvidehce rotating te
the
licity.
Philip Pron, onceblinded sea
20 my 1992
condition
of
Pron's
eyes
before
he
Lawsuit FUed '
man, against the Rohip Line.
It delves Into the methods sailed on the Robin Trent' in
I Subsequently, Pron filed suit
Mr. June C. TM
1319 Stieas Pl««o
used by the Investigator to May, 19^0.
against the Seas Shipping Com
Bneklya, H. T.
5.
The. LOG
also
found
out
that
achieve
his
purpose.
pany for $500,000 charging that his
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Schmahl,
as
is
customary
in
such
What makes It particularly
Daar Mr. r«8«:
blindness resulted from an acci
cases,
w^ given.a free
hand
as
to
Interesting
to
Seafarers
Is
the
dent which befell him aboard the
X as at irasaat • nsagaS la prapairias an attlala
fact, that the investigator, the conduct of his inviestigaUon,
far • aattonal
aawapopar publiaatioa on tha unuaual story of
Robin Trent on May 11, 1950.
rkllllp Rron, s saaasa,.«tie «aa oaa or your mipostas aboard
Horace W. Schmahl, was a and that Robin Line wasn't inter
The letter in question was
tha S/a HOBDI TRBT* la .1990. '
ested in the methods he used as
key figure In an antilabor ap
mailed out last week to men who
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long
as
he
came
up
with
the
in
Tou probably raad la your Onloa aawapapar as
paratus which harassed the
had shipped with Pron on vari
wall
as
la
tha Sally
praaa
that
Pron
una
aavad
from
a
Ufa
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formation they wanted.
ous vessels in years before the SIU during the Cities Service
of bllaSaaaa by Srtc Xohaaoa, a foraar boxar, and aoo a aaama*,
organizing campaign. The edi
Tha two oaa oat la tha Uarlaa Hospital la Staplatoa, Statan
6. Some of the same letters were
accident. It earned the letterhead,
Isloid, mora bath wars patlaats. Xohnsen than doaatad tha
tors believe that the details sent out under the letterhead of
"Daniel T. Archer, research edi
eoraaa froa bit aya which was aubaaquantly traaapUatad to
uncovered make for important
Patricia Schmahl,— 62 William
ona of Phillip Proa'a bad ayaa. Tha oparatloa was a aaaaa
tor" and suppose^y sought in
tloaal auecaas and Proa has now ragalaad hla alght. Mr.
reading for every Seafarer.
Street, NY, where Schmahl has
formation for a "national newspa
Proa's vision Is so good that many psopla hava asprassad
his business office.
per publication on the unusual
doubt that his vision was raally vary poor bafora tha^opara
tlen. Ho doubt you wars abla to obsarva that ha sould hardly
story of Philip ^on."
When Schmahl learned that the
saa idian you wara shlpoatas tosathar.
The letter went on tp review the large number of alert Seafarers LOG was after him In this case,
who
smelled a
rat, brought
the let
I mid bs vary grataful If you wuld drop
story and the success of the opera
he contacted the editor through an
llM la tha daaloaad salfaddraaaad ataopad anvalopa and lat
ters to
the Union.
tion, then added, "many people
• a know whara you azpact to ba la tha naar futura so that I
intermediary and attempted to kill
or ons of ay asslstaata aay cat la touch with you. If X find
have expressed doubt that his The LOG immediately launched the story by Illconcealed threats
eoursa, aoaponaat
that 1 oaa uao your taatloonlal, J will, of eourso,
aoaponaato
vision was really very poor before an investigation to learn the true of counteraction. He declared
appraoiata It If
you for tha sans If you so daslra. I w>uld a
la your raply you would let oa know that you have obaarvad
the operation. No doubt you were motives behind Daniel T. Archer's that he knew the police very well
that Phillip Proa's ayaslsht was vary poor.
able to observe that he could letter. The facts uncovered thus In Nassau County and hinted he
Many thanks for your kladaaso.
hardly see when you were ship far are as follows: .
could make things "tough" for the
mates together."
1. The address given by Daniel editor.
Siaooraly yoars.
Archer then requested that the T. Archer as his business address
Subsequently, the editor had a
men drop him a line in an en (181 North Corona Avenue, Valley direct telephone conversation with
closed envelope. He added, "If I Stream, Long Island) is the private Schmahl and informed him that
BMIXBL J. ABOn
can find that I can use your testi residence of Horace W. Schmahl, the LOG intended to do an article
monial, I will of course, compen a professional "private eye" who on the case. Schmahl declared that
sate you for the same. I would ap specializes in maritime cases.
the LOG could expect to be sued
preciate it if in your reply you 2. The phone number on Arch for libel for anything that would one of the best libel lawyers in Ostensibly designed to gather
material for "national newspaper
would let me know that you have er's letterhead was listed only im refiect unfavorably on his reputa
the country.
publication on • the usual story
der Schmahl's bame in the phone tion.
Dr. Archer's Background
of PhlUp Pron," letter Aram
book.
He objected to a LOG reporter Schmahl asserted further, that Daniel T. Archer (bottom) bear*
3. Despite Archer's VaUey making a call on one of his clients, Daniel T. Archer was a doctor who home address of private Investi
May 30, 1952
Vol. XIV. No. II Stream address the letters were the Robin Line, and servied warn
was a relative of his wife; that gator Horace IF. Schmahl, lyhose
American Merchantmen Page 10 mailed from New York. The LOG ing to the LOG that another of his Archer was a professor of opthal . home Is shown at top. An identi
Art Contest
Pages 14, 15 has learned that they were clients was an attorney who was molofy In Chicago; that Archer, cal letter bearing name of
As I See It..
Page 13
like his wife, was a writer and was Schmall's wife Patricia was on
Burly
Page 16
preparing an artfcle on Pron; that letterhead bearing business ad
^Crossword Puzzle
Page 12
Archer was on the editorial staff dress pf Schmahl himself.
Did You Know........ Page 18
of the magazine, "Perfect Vision";
Editorial
Page 13
that Archer comes to New York was checked. There was no Dr.
Foc'sle Fotog
Page 19
occiasionally and stays at Schmahl's Daniel T. Archer listed; nor did
Galley Gleanings ..... Page 20
hpme when he does, but that he he have any connection with the
Inquiring Seafarer .... Page 12
was in Chicago at the present time. University of Chicago which is . the
In The Wake.......... Page 12
(Schmahl's wife, however, had told, leading university in the area.
sLabor RoundUp..
Page 16
2) The American Association of
the LOG previously that Schmahl's
Letters
Pages 21, 22, 23
University Professors in Washing
home was Archer's office.)
Letter Of The Week
Page 13
Further, Schmahl declared that ton told the LOG they had no
Lighthouses In US
Page 11
if
he were actually doing any in Yecord of a Dr. Archef in their
Maritime
Page 16
vestigation, he would hot have membership, which includes the
Meet The Seafarer .... Page 12
carried it out so crudOly^ He ex bulk of the country's'professorial
On The Job
Page 16
pressed 'surprise ;:8t' the LOG', talents.
Personals
Page l26
3) The Amc.ican Medical Asso
concern with the case, sayin2^..tuat
Quiz
Page 19 .
ciation
had no record of a Dr.
it
was
settled
a;year
ago
and 'Was
Ship's Minutes
Pages ^6, 27
Daniel
T.
Archpr In their mem
adWd
isstie.
This
differed
con
SIU Hist^ Cartoon... Page 7
bership.
sidiarably
from
the
attitude
of , the
Sports Line
Page 20
itobin Line as they are very nidch
4) The American Opthalmologi
Ten Years Ago.
Page 12
.concerned over Pron's suH for rCal Society had no record of an
Top Of The News
Page 6
$500,000.
optbalmologist by that name. Nor
Vacation Pay.. Pages 23, 24, 25
Hard To Find ,
was he listed' in„^e record of US
. Wash. News Letter
Page 4
medical
specialists. They knew
On
the
basis
of
Schmahl's
re
Welfare Benefits...... Page 25
nothing of n mag^ne called "Per
marks,
the
LOG
immediately
Seafarer Phil Pron (left),
posed for this picture
with Union Brother
Publlihad DIWMkTy M
hMdauartart
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of th« SMfarert IntariMfie'nal Union. At
Eric Joseph Just before theiy went to the hosplt^' a year ago to. attempted to locate the elusive fect Vision."
Untie A Oulf Dlitrld, AFL. *75 Fourth
5)
The
American
Gptometrlckli
have
Joseph's
right cornea
transplanted
In
Pron's
right
eye.
The
Daniel
T.
Archer.. The
following
Avonuo. Brooklyn 12,'N. Y. Tot. STorling
Aiuociattion had never heard of ap
. $4*71. Zntoroo as soOond cfats. matter
operationwas a success, and Pron can noW see—the only thl^ that steps were taken: ; ,
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SEAFARERS L06
Announce
Winners
Paare TltfM
Michael
' Amid the resounding applause of several hundred Seafarers, winners of the Seafarers
First Annual Art Contest were announced, and those present introduced, at the headquar
ters membership meeting of Wednesday, May 21.
^
' Present to receive their awards
were Walter Schnyder, who took
first prize In oils, an'^ John
Suutarl who won third prize In
^ drawings. They, got a big hand as
they were Introduced to the mem
Paulsboro, NJ—Seafarers aboard the Carras tanker
bership and their work held up for
Michael succeeded in a valiant sixhour fight to save
display with other winning entries
including those of John Bluitt who
their ship and their own lives May 26 following a
,tool^.:the watercolor honors, Pvt.
collision and thunderous oil fire on the Delaware River
Ghrtit'opher Alonzo, first prize In
drawing, and Phillip. Reyes In the
south of Wilmington.
miscellaneous division. . .
Shaken and grimy from an ordeal which might never
Telegrams were dispatched to
have taken place if an al
all prize "'winners notifying them
aboard also suffered various de
6t their success.
most identical
disaster had grees
of bums on different parts
} The pannel of judges that passed
not occurred 11 days ear of the body.
on the entries consisted ofHam
Plsher, cartoonist of the well
lier, they ended their "jinx" The accident happened near
known comic strip, "Joe Palooka;"
trip here at the payoff the ReAdy Point Light while many in
Walt Kelly, creator ,of ."Pogo;" Dr.
the crew were in bunks anticipat
same night.
ing the payoff the following
John I. H. Baur, curator of the
Words like "pluck," "guts" morning
from their threemonth,
Brooklyn Museum, and Bernard
and "chance in a million"
Seaman, art editor of the SEA
(Continued
on page 17)
dropped from the lips of eye
' FARERS LOG.
witnesses to the scene when at
Schnyder took the prize In oils
10:34 PM the night before, the
with a palntln^.of a dockslde scene
surun MkH
based on the Norfolk waterfront. Art contest judges concentrate on selecting winners. They are (LR): Michael, Inbound with a full cargo
VTr^nton
Blultt's entry was a watercolor Walt Kelly, cartoonist; John I. H. Baur, Brooklyn Museum curator; of crude oil from the Persian Gulf,
collided with the
barge A. C.
Dodge
painting of the SIU freight ship, Bernard Seaman, LOG art editor; and on right. Ham Fisher, car
PHIUDBLPHIA^
heading downstream. The impact,
fhe Yaka. Alonzo's winner con
toonist. LOG managing editor Ray Denlson Is In rear.
subsequent explosion and outburst
Ch««t#r
i^lsted of a striking pastel chalk
sketch on a black background. less steel selfwinding Swiss using red lead and other ship's of oil fires brought death to one
While Reyes Impressed the judges watches that are waterproof and paints. Another did a racing yacht SUP crewmember and the third
with his huge square knot display shockproof.
scene on a piece of a cardboard mate. Eight men from the barge
are missing and presumed dead.
banner.
carton.
All of the entries were on ex
This was the third oil disaster
Watches As Prizes
hibition throughout the week In Crayon and pencil drawings
: All winners, whether running the headquarters library. Large were done on old pieces of wrap since the barge F. L. Hayes, sister
first, second or third, will receive numbers of Seafarers and outside ping paper, while Reyes' huge sym ship of the Dodge, collided with
identical awards. They are stain visitors stopped In to see the un metrical square knot design was another freighter and exploded al
most alongside the SlUmanned
usual exhibit, representing as It made out of a sheet of ship's can Bull Line freighter Angelina May
did the work of Seafarers from all vas that had been unraveled and 15 and a week later another
knotted together again.
parts of the country.
tanker bumped a tug towing two
While the sailor's popular topics, The setting up of the entrieson barges, all in nearby waters. Both
Monday
morning
May
19
was
no
ships and women, were well rep
earlier mishaps accounted for Numbers show location of three
resented there was no lack of vari more than half done when curious seven deaths. (See map.)
tanker collisions In 11 days. (1)
ety In the entries, which Included Seafarers started drifting In from
SUP Man Dies
Freighter coUldes with Hayes in
the
shipping
hall
to
see
what
was
landscapes, still lifes, and por
Known victims of the Michael DelawareChesapeake Canal May
traits. The Seafarers had shown up. Two men were Intrigued by a were DM Clarence Backman of 15, damaging Angelina. (2) Tug
painting
of
a
lush
crimson
sunset
considerable Ingenuity In making
the SUP and Third Mate Alfred sinks in mishap with tanker May
use of whatever materials were oh over the China Sea. "That's one Magnuson. A score or more of the 22. (3) Michael and Dodge collide
of
those
Chinese
junks," one
said.
Washington—^In the face of hand. Where canvasses and artist's
Seafarers and ship'^ officers May 26.
(Continued on page 23)
a growing surplus of maritime oils weren't available, substitutes
officer!, supporters of the were pressed into service.
Kings Point Merchant Marine One Seafarer painted a portrait
Academy won a round In their of his wife on the back of a jacket,
fight for larger Government ap
propriations to train additional un
needed officers. A subcommittee
of the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee has recommended restora
tion of a $1 million cut that was
voted by the House.
While all maritime unions, li
censed and unlicensed. Including
the SIU, have long been opposed
to the Government program, the
National Maritime Union reversed
Its longstanding position last week
apparently under pressure from
Balloting on a $20 assess
United States Lines, one of Its ment for new branch halls
operators, and announced support reached the halfway ^mark
of the fund restoration.
Seafarers registering their
The appropriation still has to be with
views In large numbers, judging
passed on by the full committee, from the
amount of ballots used.
the full Senate, and then a Senate
The
resolution
calling for the
House conference.
building
fund
assessment
to • pro
NMU Reverses Engines
vide
new halls
in Baltimore,
The sudden turnabout by the delphia and Galveston had Phila
pre
NMU proved to be the most In viously been approved at all branch
teresting development In the Kings
Bappy to be safe and sound. Seafarers and officers of the Angelina gather on the thoroughly
Point fight. Up until now the NMU membership meetings.
scorched ship's bridge as it arrives in PhUadelphla. The crew has since paid off and the ship is under
had gone along with the SIU and A referendum was called for un
going repairs to the damage.
(Photo courtesy The Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia^
other maritime unions In opposing der the terras of tHe SIU constitu
training of officers for a civilian tion so that all Seafg;rers would Speedy emergency action by Seafarers and officers of the Bull Line freighter Angelina
industry like the merchant marine have an opportunity to express saved.the vessel from almost certain destruction May 15 when an oil barge exploded and
In the semlmllltary atmosphere themselves on the question.
sprayed her with flaming gasoline in the narrow Delaware and Chesapeake Canal.
The voting, which got underway .Still shaken and joking nervous'
of Kings Point.
The IJMU aboutface took place May 1.3, will continue for another ly almost a week after their experi Injuries in addition to four men took place just as the watch was
May 14 In a letter sent out on the 16 days until June 15. Judging ence, SIU crouunembers came In kHled and six Injured from the changing at midnight, with most of
stationery of the CIO LaborMan, from numerous membership ex for a hearty round of praise for motor barge and another freighter the crew sleeping, at a point just
agement Maritime Committee, an pressions of opinion, the resolution their seamanship and skill In han Involved directly In a collision a past the Summit Bridge In the
outfit whose cochairmen are John has attracted strong support.
dling the fire |rom Captain Thom few minutes earlier. OS David Canal when the freighter Barbara
M. Franklin of United States Lines, The general concensus Is that the as O. Rainier, the vessel's skipper, Rivers was sent to the Baltimore Lykes, heading through the Canal
and Joseph Curran of theNMU. The comforts and conveniences of new when the ship paid off In Brooklyn USPHS hospital with a fractured ahead of the Angelina, collided
letter, addressed to Senator May halls such as now exist In New and began undergoing repairs and ankle, while UtlHtyman Alex with the oil barge F. L. Hayes com
ing the other way.
bank,. chairman of the Appropria York and Mobile should be extend refltUng.
Smart suffered severe bums.
tions Committee, expresses great ed to the other outports as rapidly • As a result of the accident, two According to Robert Rivera, AB The Hayes was beached by the
as'posilble;
..
.
Seafarers on the Angelina suffered • and ship's delegate, the disaster
(Cotttlhued oh page 28)
Crash, Fire
Jobs Dip; HMD
Backs Govt
For Training
Crew Saves Blazing Ship
Strong 'Pro'
Vote ^en
On BIdgs
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The crew of the Southland formi^ a happy group In SavahPah last February, when they received their
first set of medals and plaques for their important part in the dramatic rescue of the passengers and
crew of the illfated Flying Snterprise.
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The foliowinc is not a shipping item but an indication of what can
happen to the taxpayers' money if a close check is not kept on some
government agencies. Washington has more cheap taxi service than
anyother city in the nation. The average cab fare for a trip is about
sktty cents.
'
,
On the other hand, Washington also has flqets of governmentowned,
chauffeu]>drivencam in the "motor pools" of the various agencies.
Average cost per trip for these cars Is $2.30.
Why don't government officials use taxis? .That's a question that con
tinually comes up in Congressional hearings. Meanwhile, the car
pools grow. For example, toe Federal Security Agency's budget for
the coming fiscal, year 1953 calls for 124 new automobiles. 111 of
which are for replacements and the remaining 13 for enlarging the poOL
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The US has made only a small start on a mUchneeded. shli^ con
struction program. But, if we rely solely on this present Mariner
vessel class as the answer to our overall maritime needs, we may well
again find ourselves in the "too little, and to late"„ category..
Twothings wege learned from the Korean affair in connection with
shipping: (1) that the American merchant marine was able to accom
plish everything it was called upon to do; but that (2) it demon
strated toe need for newer, larger, speedier ships if we are to main
tain our position on the sealanes of the world either in peace or in
a major war.
America leads the world in the production of steel and machinery
and other industrial products, yet in merchant. toipbuilding it ranks
fourth, trailing ibehind Great Britain, Sweden and Germany. A chief
reason for this disparaging comparison is that foreign governments
have long recognized their merchant fleets as instruments of na
tional policy and national prosperity, .and have subsidized them
heavily. .
The crewmen of the Southland, who manned the lifeboat that rescued many of the pa^
sengers and crew of the illfated Flying Enterprise, have added some mo^ m^als to their
collection. At the same time, the ship herself was awarded another plaque commemorat
ing her part in the famous^
the water with a crewmember. A after it picked up four survivors.
sea drama.
This time, the awards were made total of six passengers and eight The Greely boat drifted dovm on
• by the Isbrandtsen Company in crewmembers were picked up. It the Southland's boat, and disabled
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ceremonies held last week at the took the lifeboat crew half an the Southland boat's rudder. Both During the 1$ years since enactment of the Merchant Marine Act of
New York State Chamber of Com hour to get one unconscious boats and occupants were taken 1936, shipbuilding subsidies have cost this government $377,000,000.
woman, who .weighed over 200 aboard the Southland, which then Yet, to support the price of Irish potatoes alone, the Federal,Gov
merce.
pounds,
out of the water.
proceeded to Rotterdam.
ernment spent more than $477,000,000 from late 1933 to 1951. Sup
"It is gratifying that the tradi
Warhawk, Too
The Southland's crewmen critic porting the price of peanuts came to $83,000,000 during the~sam'e
tions of the sea and of mutual
helpfulness came to the fore when At the same time, the British ized Captain Carlsen's failure to try period andi supports for grain sorghum totaled $38,000,000. 'DUting
the occasion required," said Hans ship Sherborn, the Waterman ship returning to port aftier his hull had this period, the total loss to the 'govehunent through <s'ut>Port Of
J. Isbrandtsen, president of the Warhawk, and the Norwegian and cracked two days before; his delay agricultural prices was more than $981,000,000, not including the
company. "It is in this spirit that Germah vessels launched boats, in calling for the rescue boats, and wartime program of direct subsidies, which cost more than two bil
I have the honor and pleasure to but lost them in the heavy seas. claimed that the port lifeboat of lion dollars.
During the average peacetime year, we have spent nearly three times
present these tokens of recognition The General Greely launched a the Ente^rise had its motor run
by my firm, with the added assur motor lifeboat, but toe motor died ning and could have been launched. as much money to support agricultural prices as we have spent
encourage the building of an adequateuptodate merchant marine. '
ance of every man in our fleet
While not meaning to imply complete disapproval of the farm 'suii
that if they themselves should be
port program, because a healthy agriculture is certainly necessary to
confronted with similar conditions,
toe country, the Congress should keep in mind that a' healthy Mer
that they also will not fail."
chant Marine also is vitally necessary ^
the US.
Among those who received the
Awards were Captain William P.
For a number of yjsars now, this nation, as a matter of policy, has
Lawton, Jr., and second mate
Despite alert rescue work by his shipmates, Louis A. Welch, been pouring billions into foreign countries "to keep peace with the
Henry E. Brazil, both of the South
land, who were given inscribed 64, fireman on the Liberty Bell, died apparently from shock world.'' However, in strengthening the structure of toe free world,
watches. Brazil commanded, the and immersion after falling off the dock at the Staten Island and building toward a durable peace, failure to build strength in toe
merchant marine field will represent fatal negligence.
Army Base.
Southland's lifeboat.
The fatal accident took place at Bell collected $50 to be used to While none of us are prophets, yet we definitely can see shadows
SIU Men Honored
4 AM
on the morning of May 26. purchase flowers for their ship in the crystal ball, and withtout too much exercise of toe imagination,
The crewmen of the Southland
these can be interpreted as storm warnings for the future.
who were awarded medals were: The Liberty Bell has been berthed mate's funeraL
Congress and theAmerican people must be made more conscious
at
Pier 12
for
the
past
two
weeks
Marion D. Swisher, third mate;
of toe
merchant marine.
and Welch had
Denver C. Dulmage, second as
been on board
sistant engineer; and Seafarers
The scope of future operating activities of the National Shipping
her for that peri
Barney E. Swearinger, AB; Louis
Authority
is entirely dependent upon the extent of military require
vod on the 812
IL Blizzard, AB; Herman T. Nun
ments for ocean shipping and toe extent of our foreign economic aid
watch.
gezer, AB, and William D. Craw
programs. There will be no increase in NSA shipping needs within
Welch and two
ford, AB.
the next couple of months. However, coal exports may increase dur
other
crewmem
In addition, plaques were
ing the coming Fall and Winter months, meaning that many of the
bers, Hugh Dry
awarded to the Navy destroyers
Governmentowned
shijJs now being returned to reserve fleets, will
den, oiler on the
Willard Keith and John W.
be
put
back
into operation.
;
same watch, and
Weeks; MSTS ships Golden Eagle
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Ferdinand Szob
Welch
'and General A. W. Greely, the
At the present time. Congress is considering legislation having to do
lik,
chief
cook,
Norwegian Westfall Larsen, and had all returned to the ship to
with the disposition of wages and effects of deceased and deserting
the German Arion.
gether in a car. Welch was first Seafarer Tom King took a cold seamen. Under existing law, these effects of such seamen may be de
:The masters of these vessels out of the car and while the others swim in Boston Harbor last week, livered by District Courts to a legal representative of the deceased or
were awarded watches, and the were getting out he walked over and was credited with saving the deserting seamen if they do not exceed $300 in value.
crewmen of the Greely who to the gangway. Apparently, he life of a shipyard worker wito an US jaovernment agencies are supporting measures now in Congress
manned lifeboats were also given tripped in the darkness over the assist from the first mate of a tow which would amend the existing law so as to increase this $300 limita
tion to $1,000 in value. In other words, the legislation, which is ex
medals.
foot of the gangway and fell off boat.
The Southland and her crew the dock.
King is a member of'the standby pected to be passed by Congress, provides that the monies and effects
were also honored last February,
crew
aboard the cruise ship Yar of such seamen, in the custody of a US District Court, could be paid
when plaques and medals were Dryden and Szoblik heard mouth. James Femio, a shipyard over or delivered to closest relatives if the value thereof does not
awarded at ceremonies in the City Welch's cry for help and rushed painter, was working in one of the exceed $1,000 instead of $300 as at present.
to the edge of the pier, but there
of Savannah.
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Yarmouth's lifeboats, which are
Since passage of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, only 13 American
The Seafarermanned Southland v/si§ so much litter in the water mounted in two tiers. He acci
was the first ship to reach the and it was so dark that at first they dently tripped the launching gear, steamship lines have qualified for an operatingdifferential subsidy.
Enterprise. She heard Captain couldn't spot him in the water. and the next thing he knew, he and A large majority of American operators are not eligible for subsidy.
Kurt Carlsen's SOS on December Szoblik dove in and located Welch the boat were catapulted some 40 Of 1,288 privatelyowned American ships, there are in operation today
452 tankships hot eligible for operating subsidy; 154 dry cargo ships
28, turned into the trough of the 20 feet under the pier.
feet down to the water. ,
Pulled Out
seas and battled to within sight of
King was working nearby, and in the doigpstic services not eligible^ for subsidy; 250 tramp vessels
toe listing vessel by nightfall, los
The gangway watch on the ship immediately dived over 30 feet which cannot qualify under existing law. This leaves 245 dry cargo
ing her deck cargo'on the way.
threw a line to the two men and down into the harbor. He caught vessels operating imder subsidy contracts, and 187 American flag
She stood by and guided other Welch was pulled out onto the Femio, but then found that he had cargo common carriers in the foreign trades which are eligible to,
ihips to the scene. At dawn,, the pier. Artificial respiration was ap no way of getting back aboard the but are not presently receiving subsidies.
Southland was ready to rescue, but plied in vain, and when the doctor highsided Yarmouth.
In order to be eligible for an operating subsidy under the 1936
waited two hours until Captain arrived Welch was pronounced Just then the tug Aries came statute, an American company must be operating either dry cargo
Carlsen finally signalled for rescue dead.' The body has been Removed along. The tug's first mate, Dave ships or passenger vessels on any of the socalled essential trade
boats. The number, one boat was to the city morgue temporarily.
Hall, dived into the water and routes prescribed by toe Government in toe foreign trades. Those
launched and put a line aboard Welch, a native of New York helped the two etoausted men stay lines operating in the coastwise, intercoastal trades,'and in the tramp
the Enterprise. One woman pas City, had been sailing with the afloat until they could be pulled ing aiid ore business are not eligible.
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senger was brought back.
SIU since April, 1941. His next aboard the tug.
On the second trip, Carlsen got of kin is his cousin, James G'Toole, When they got aboard, King rec
the other passengers to go over of Auburn, NY.
ognized Hall as an old shipmate
the side by sending each one into Crewmembers of the Liberty from the ;h:eighter MadakeL _
Rescue Attempt Fails^
Seafarer Dies In Fall
Seafarer,
Tug's Mate
Rescue Man
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Congress Weighs
Probe Of LOC's
Security Charges
Fresh emphasis has been given to LOG charges of security
loopholes on the US waterfront in a resolution introduced in
the House of Representatives by Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Jr., Democrat of New York."
The resolution calls for a full aid bill is disposed of by Congress.
Thus far no action has been taken
investigation of waterfront by
the committer, on the proposal.
sectlrity conditions in and
The
terms of the resolution call
around the porf of New York. upon the
committee to report the
The partial text of the rcMlu
results
of
its investigation to the
tion calls on the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs of which Rep. full House by January 2, 1953, to
Roosevelt is a member, to "conduct gether with the recommendations.
a full and complete investigation
Admiring entries in the SIU Art Contest;, which he called a "wonderful way to show the off the job and study of security conditions in
talent of the skilled seamen who man our ships," Connecticut Senator William Benton, an enthusiastic and around the port of New York,
visitor (left), tours headquarters with SIU Assistant SecretaryTreasurer Lloyd Gardnerand Interna in order to determine the effect of
tional Representative A1 Bernstein. '
inadequate port security upon the
mutual security programs of the
United States and upon the ship
ment of materials, supplies, goods
and equipment to Europe under
such programs . . ."
Refusal of the Pacific Maritime Association to accept a compromise offer by the Sailors The resolution is broad in scope,
Union of the Pacific has led to a fullfiedged general strike against West Coast dry cargo and covers all waterfront prac
operators. The strike was approved at SUP m embership meetings in all branches on Monday tices and conditions which might
affect handling of aid cargoes, The slashes made in the foreign
evening, May 26, by a vote of+
such
as those now under the aid budget by the House this week
3,510 to 68. Here in New York the negotiations was that the oper involved were out on voyages and scrutiny
the recentlyorganized
the 319 SUP members at the ators balked at paying extra for will not be tied up until they re Brooklyn of Port
Council of the will probably result in the same
iiie.eting voted tmanimously Saturday, watches although they tium if the strike is still pn.''How Maritime Trades Department.
type of slashes in the expected fall
had previously agreed to this pro ever it is known that several. SUP
for the walkout.
shipping rise observers pointed out
LOG As Background
^ As * result 24 dry cargo opera vision in contracts recently con ships in New York and other East
this week.
tors j that are members of the As cluded with other maritime unions. Coast ports were caught at the A spokesman for Rep. Roosevelt The Senate is now considering
apciatioh had their vessels tied 1!^ In addition the operators insisted piers when SUP members Walked stated that material appearing in the bill, and may go along with the
on all coasts. In all, the associar that the SUP should give up any off in response to the strike call; the SEAFARERS LOG, served as lowered program passed by the
iion's members operate 350 ves rights to reopening contracts in Since, the strike covers only part of the background on which House. The drop of foreign aid
members of the Pacific Maritime the resolution was based, and that
sels. but the SUP is sailing aU the future.
cargoes was blamed for the recent
ships chartered to the Military Sea As a result of the association's Association, none of the ships the loopholes in entry of potential shipping slump aad mass layups
espionage
agents
on
foreign
ships
failure to agree on the compromise,
manned by
the
SIU, A&G
District,
Transportation Servicje or other
was one of the subjects that could of GAA ships.
wise carrying military; cargoes SUP SecretaryTreasurer Harry are affected.
At that time, it was pointed out
be covered by such an investiga
Lundeberg
declared
that
"from
At
last
word.
Federal
Concilia
deemed, essential by iMSTS.
that
the 7.9 billion dollar MSA
tion.
here
on
in
we're
sticking
to
our
tion
Commissioner
Omar
Hoskins
Not affected by the stride call
was trying to break the deadlock Rep. Roosevelt's' office is trying program would probably boost
are tankers and steamschooners origlnaT demands.'
which are covered by separate The immediate effects of the and get the operators back at the to get the Foreign Affairs Com shipping in the fall .when foreign
tieup were difficult to determine, negotiation table to arrive at a mittee to act upon the resolution aid cargoes would #be shipped
agreements.
since a great many of the ships peaceful settlement.
this week, or as soonas the. foreign once more.
Foil Support Pledged
A pickup in shipping is still ex
As soon as the strike began, the
pected for the fall, but if the
SIU, A&G District, pledged full
slashed MSA program now passed
support to the SUP in its fight for
by the House is approved by the
contract improvements. A similar
Senate,
the rise in shipping will
pledge was issued by the recently
not
be as
great as expected.
With
the
time
factor
steadily
working
in
favor
of
^he
opponents
of
the
LongRange
organized Maritime Trades Depart
The House
cut the MSA program
ment which numbers in its mem Shipping Bill, the House Merchant Marine Comittee began consideration of the bill late this
down
from
its
original 7.9 billion
bership the SIU and SUP as weU week, the SEAFARERS LOG learned, although public hearings on the measure ended
dollars to 6.1 billion dollars, a cut
as all other AFL waterfrtmt unions.
of almost 2 billion dollars. If the
The • SUP'S original demands three weeks ago.
Observers have repeatedly other groups, it was opposed by The LOG learned that thd com Senate goes along, the smaller for
which were presented to the oper
ators under a reopening of the pointed out that the only hope the Treasury and Budget Bureaus mittee began executive session eign aid program will not result in
agreement, called for payment of for passage of the bill is in speedy for its tax provisions, which are consideration of the measure this as much shipping as the larger
designed to encourage the build Wednesday. It was indicated that original bill would have. It is be
penalty pay for standing watch on
ing of
new vessels.
committee
action
and
equally
the group began by studying the lieved, however, that the Senators
Saturday; a $30 monthly increase
for daymen; a five percent raise speedy House action. The meas The measure ' woiild make the "non controversial" provisions of have their knives ready and expect
first major change in' government the bill first, saving the "contro to slash the bill further, inasmuch
across the board for all ratings ure hag already been passed by the maritime
planning since 1936.
versial" parts until last.
as this is an election year.
and a four watch system to replace Senate, last August.
the present three watches. Figured However, the time is quickly ap
on an AB's base pay, the five per
cent would come to $14.40 a month. proaching when Congress will ad
journ to attend the party conven
Owners Reject Compromise
Unless the committee re
When the operators refused to tions.
ports
on
the bill in the very near
accept these demands, the SUP
there will be no time for
came back to negotiations with a future,
the House to act on it. Despite
compromise offer. This too was this,
tlie LOG learned, it will
turned down by the operators lead probably
be another week or two
ing to the strike vote.
before
the
One cause for the breakdown in port ready. committee has its re
"On the Shelf"
At the same time, while the
Urgently needed shipping bill was
allowed to lie "on the shelf" from
Seafarers who applied for May 9 to May 28, Congressional
hew membership books in action on funds for merchant ma
New York but are now sailing rine academies has been progress
from outports don't have to ing from day to day. This policy
come to this city to get their lias been termed putting "the cart
before the horse," by the SIU.
new books.
If the men involved will "We need ships, not more men,"
write to headquarters and tell said an SIU spokesman.
the Union which port they are
The Senate passed the badly
sailing out of, the Union will needed Shipping Bill last August.
forward the book in care of Then it stayed "on the shelf" until
the port agent.
late last month when the House
Under no circumstances committee held public hearings on
however, will the books be it. Although the measure received Operations of headquarters setup where patrolmen.are dispatched to the ships are explained by SIU
Sent through the mails to any the wholehearted support of the SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall (right) to Martin T. Lacey (second from right), president of the NYC
private^ addresses. '; ^
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in the iQdi^stry, and veterans, and • it. ^ ,9'^ou^ represents largest local body of AFL wpx^ere iri^ys. • Sri:.
SUP Strikes For New Pact
Aid Slash
Will Curb
Ship Boom
Time Running Out For Shipping Bill
NYC AFL Body Finds That Beef isn't Aiways Steak
Get New Boohs
Through Agents
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MARATHON TALKFEST—Korean truce talks have come to a dead
end with the prisoner of war issue providing the big snag in future
pro'gress of the negotiations. The North Korean and Chinese negotia
tors inrist upon return of all prisoners of war, while the UN has taken
the position that the many thousands of prisoners who do not want
to go back to Communist rule should not he compelled to do so. Never
theless the talks are continuing because nobody wants to take the
responsibility (or breaking them off. They are now being used mainly
as an outlet for Communist propaganda charges'about "germ warfare"
and "torture" of prisoners. It is now almost a year that the truce talks
have bdbn underway without achieving their aim.
Following on the heels of a ne\#
agreement with Great Lakes ship
owners, the SIU's Canadian Dis
trict has won new wage gains for
deepsea members up to $20 a
month.
Other improvements in the new
1952 contract call for a shorter
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work week"" atiea and other im
jSPUliiS IN THE LIMELIGHT—The lowly potato, formerly cheap and
provements in working rules.
The contract was completed af
plain fare for the poor and the thrifty, has become something elge again
ter months of negotiations with the
as the result of a national shortage of this item. A potato black market
deep sea operators. Originally, the
has sprung up and anxious housewives have been raiding store bins
companies offered $6 a month but
in successive meetings raised its Marine PFC Charles Hilbert (right) gets a wistful look oh his face pjiying up to 15 cents a pound' or more for the kitchen staple. Cause
offer as the Union refused to accept as he looks over the model of a C3 type ship in the SIU's New York of the situation is a considerable reduction in potato plantings be
an unsatisfactory settlement. "With Headquarters. Hilbert, a former Seafarer, sailed aboard the Robin cause they are no longer pricesupported. The price supports were
the SIU ready to strike if neces
Mowbray and the Polaris Sailor before goinjg into the Marines. withdrawn by the Agriculture Department during the time: of heavy
sary, the shipowners finally came He and Pfc Edmund Gast (left) have just finished boot training, and potato surpluses a couple of years back when growers refused to ac
across with concessions that were are now headed for training as paratrooi ers.
cept acreage controls.
.
considered fair ones by the
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DISABLED VETS GET INCREASE—Approximately 3 million veter
Freight Rates Off
ans of World War II who are on the pension lists will receive increased ,
Successful negotiation of con
benefits amounting to about 400 million a year under two bills recently
tract gains came in the face of
signed by President Truman. The bills increase the amount a veteran
slumpii^ freight rates in Canadian
may have to be eligible for such pensions, as well as increasing disa
shipping and layups of some ships.
The grain trade, Canada's chief ex
bility benefits from five to 15 percent over existing figures. Benefits
port commodity, was hardest hit,
for widows of veterans who died .of disabilities received in service are
with per ton freight rates tumbling Latest Communist country to build a merchant marine out also raised.
from a high of $32 a ton to an all of thin air, landlocked Czechoslovakia has started off her
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time low of $7. It was this situa
NEW "ATOM
TRIAL" LOOMS—An
American scientist
who
was un
fledgling fleet
with
ten
secondhand
ships.
tion which made for hard and
der
scrutiny
previously
by
a
Congressional
conunittee
because,
of al
tough bargaining on the part of the One of them is a 9,000ton
leged
Communist
connections
while
working
on
a
wartime
atomiq, en
ports
to
crew
up
the
ships as
soon
shipowners.
vessel, the Republica, former
Wage scales under the agreement ly under the Panamanian flag. as they are refitted by their new ergy project has been indicted on perjury charges in Washington.. The
indictment accuses Dr. Joseph W. Weinberg of having lied under path
range from a minimum of $155.50 All will operate out of Polish ports owners.
when
he denied to the House UnAmerican Activities Committee that
to a top of $235 with an AB getting and are expected to join other It is estimated morf than two
$198 a month. Overtime rates are Polish units now running arms and dozen Polish vessels are servicing he had never been a member of the Communist Party during com
"75 to 95 cents ah hour in the vari other war goods to China and the trade routes in the Far East and mittee hearings in 1949. During those hearings, the committee charged •
ous categoric^
Middle East, principally to trouble that Steve Nelson, • & Communist Party leader, had established contacts
Middle East.
In previous negotiations with A surefire ar^ment which may spots where Communist agitators in the University of California research laboratory in order to obtain
information about atomic energy development. At that time Dr. Wein
Great Lakes operators, who consti have persuaded the PragueMos are drawing the best audiences.
berg was employed on the California project.
tute the bulk of the Canadian ship cow government to undertake a
ping industry the Union obtained
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an increase of $25 a month for the seagoing merchant fleet of its own
Notify Union
was
the
probability
that
they
QUINTS
GOING
TO
COLLEGE—The
worldfamed Dionne quin
fresh w^er sailors.
could always claim to be neutral
tuplets have passed their 18th birthday on May 28 and graduated from
When fit Hosp
traders in case the sea routes to
Seafarers who are admined high school iii their home town' of Callander, .Ontario, that same day.
China were attackfed by National
Next step for the five sisters will be a girl's college, site unknown.
to hospitals should immediate
ist forces.
ly notify the hospital delegate As the result of the. mass graduation, the rehool will be closed as it
Smuggling Nothing New
at the nearest Union hall J>y was originally established on the site bf th^ original quintuplet's nur
Armssmuggling on Communist
postcard or telephone. Be sure sery for them and nine other girls of their own age.
owned ships is nothing new. Re
to give your name, book num
cently several instances turned up ber and the number of your
PRISONER RIOTS BUST TWO GENERALI^Poor handling of Com
showing the methods the Moscow ward. A list of Union halls
puppets have been using in the with their addresses and phone munist prisoners on the island of Koje, South Korea, cost two Army
generals their rank and jobs. Both General Francis T. Dodd and his
name of legitimate merchant ma
numbers can be found on page successor.
General Charles F. Colson, were broken to colonels by the
rine operation. One such involved nine.
A diplomatic conference on a
Army
and
given a dressing down. The incident arose when General
Polish vessel unloading at Alex
Staten Island
maritime law ended in Brussels; andria,
Dodd allowed himself
of war,
broken crates
Those Seafarers admitted to and Colson, who took to be seized and held hostage by prisoners
Belgium, with agreement on three marked Egypt, where
over the camp agreed to "concessions" worded
"Porcelain" spilled
out
re
the
Staten
Island
Hospital
bhanges in laws pertaining to col volvers and bullets before startled
by the prisoners to mal^e it appear that the Army had been violating
should notify Hospital Dde
lision and arrest. The United native dockers.
international law. One upshot of.the affair is that the Army is now
gate Eddie Parr at the New breaking
States was represented at the 26
up large groups of prisoners into smaller ones, since Commu
Reports drifting through the York headquarters hall. He nists among the prisoners had seized control of the camps and had
nation conference by observers.
The first new convention pro Iron Curtain indicate that the visits the hospital as follows: been running things pretty much as they pleased.
Tuesdays: 1:30 to 3:30 PM;
vides that in the event of collision, Czech fleet will be manned largely
fourth, fifth and
sixth floors.
with
Chinese
and
other
Asiatic
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the officers and crews are subject
Thursdays: 1:30 to 3:30 PM;
only to criminal or disciplinary ac seamen, more than 300 of whom
WEST GERMAN TREATY SIGNED—West Germany has been recog
tion by the authorities of the coun are believed now waiting in Polish first, second and third floors.
nized as a free and independent nation under the terms of a peace
try under whose flag the ship was
contract signed between that country's government, the US, Britain and
operating.
France. In order to get France to agree to the agreement, the US gov
This action was designed to pre
ernment issued a guarantee that US troops would stay in Europe "as
vent Cases like the one faced by an
long as necessary." While the German Federal Republic has been rec
officer of the French passenger Seafarers riding ships into the port of New York have a chance ognized, US. British, French and Belgian troops will continue to remain
ship Lotus. She collided on the to save a lot of that payoff dough when they use a service offered in Germany and have special rights. Germany will be allowed to manu
high seas with a Turkish ship. The by Union representatives coming aboard with samples of work facture arms but the types will be limited. The treaty was signed in
officer, in addition to facing French and dress gear from the SlUoperated Sea Chest at headquarters. the face of Russian objections.
court action, also had to face
Those who haven't yet heard of this new service or had the op
Turkish court action.
portunity to take advantage of it are advised that the men lugging
It also provides that each state those bulging sample cases to your ship are members of the SIU,
CONGRESSIONAL SLOWDOWN—Congress has been so lax in get
reserves to itself the right to take acting in behalf of the SlUownecl and operated Sea Chest.
ting work done on major bills that it may have to come back after the
action in respect to certificates of
Republican and Demorcratic conventions to take action on necessary
Operation of the Sea Chest in headquarters has been so well
competence or licenses issued by it, received by
the branch memt^ship that special efforts are being bills. Among items remaining to be disposed, of are the regular ap.
and that each country will have made to offer
men coming into the port the same chance to get at propriations bills, foreign aid bill^ extension of price, wage and rent
the right to prosecute its own na
controls. Presidential emergency, powers and other items. With so
tionals for crimes committed wellmade, bottompriced gear , if they can't get to the beach to much unfinished business. Congress may have to go back into session
come
into the
store
and
see
what's
what.
aboard a ship flying another coun
after the conventions and try to get some work done while the cam
Stock carried varies from A to Z, including work clothes as well paign guns are sounding.
try's flag.
as . the latest styles in men's dresswear and accessories. Suits,
It does not apply to any 'bolli
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sions within a port or inland waters shoes, shirts and furnishings of all types, in addition to luggage
and
miscellaneous
items
not
found
in
comparable
haberdasheries,
LAWYERS
MOVE
TO .CLEAN HOUSE—The
American Bar Associa.
of a country.
The second defines the. conditions pariicularly at these prices; can be had wi^in hours by ordering tion has announced that it will take action to disbar attorneys who co
for bringing civil actions in the from the samples carried by the SIU representative who comes operate with bigshot racketeers and advise criminals on how to evade
the law. The association also Announced that it was working on a pro
case of collisions, and the third aboard the ship.
posed law to provide for closer supervision of local police departments
deals with arrest for debt of ships
At the present time, the service is still on an experimefital basis,
in port. It defines which creditors in order to gauge the demand for it in New York and eliiewhere. so as to make more difficult ISrge scale tieins between the underworld
may have a ship seized, and whfcb Eventyally, it is expected a similar service vvill be operated out and city police groups' The recommendations are an.outgrowth of a
study conducted as b result: of the'Kefauver comihltt'ee nevelatiofis of
courts must handle the proceed
of Stores to bb set up in major outports/'
last.year.
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To Carry Red Arms
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Nations Agree
On 3 Changes
In Ship Laws
LoW'Prieed Gear Par Ships
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Use Distress
Call For Fire
In Port: CG
Family Portrait, SeafarerStyle
Pair* Serra
Canadian Unions
Quell CP Upsurge
A new fiareup of the Commimist problem in the Canadian
labor movement has developed with the suspension of 12
With a number of "confusing
leaders of the United Textile Workers of America's Canadian
and conflicting" fire signals now in
division. The upsurge of
Com*
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. force for berthed or anchored
mimist
activity
leading
to
the
where
Seafarers have
been flooded
vessels, the Merchant Marine Coim
suspensions points out tha:t in recent months with a consider
cil of the Coast Guard has issued
while the Communists have been able supply of propaganda on be
: a plea that only the distress signal
considerably weakened in the US half of party causes. The SIU has
and Canada they are still capable been keeping a careful check of
be used in case of fire.
of carrying out assignments on be such material and requests that
The council has pointed out that
half of the Soviet Union in the Seafarers receiving CP or CP front
the continuous sounding of the
trade union movement and else propaganda turn it over to the
where.
nearest branch.
' whistle or siren is the internation
The
ousted
men,
headed
by
R.
Overseas, where the party is
ally accepted distress signal. Since
Kent
Rowley,
director
of
the
Ca
strong,
or where it can count on
the Pilots Rules for all US ports
nadian division, were accused of the physical support of the Soviet
also call for the continuous sound
following the Communist line and Union, it is engaging in such direct
ing of the fog signal by vessels in
of "irresponsible and disastrous action. The conflict in Korea, the
leadership" of two major textile long civil war in IndoChina, the
distress, it is also a nationally ac
SeSfarer K. C. Smith, oiler, stops off in the LOG office while show strikes. Some 6,000 members of renewed '.^Littleblockade" of Ber
cepted signal;
ing his Union to his three children, Richard, Mike and Kathy on the union in Canada have been on lin, demonstrations in France and
Made Their Own
his way back home to Maine. The children had been doWn South strike for over ten weeks at two Italy, and the uprisings of Chinese
Many ports, said the council, with their grandmother.
plants, one in Montreal and one
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have taken the attitude that this
in Valleyfield, iQuebec. The UTWA
signal is applicable only to vessels
announced it was planning a $100,
under way, and have formulated
000 strike fund to cany the de
their own signals for fire aboard
putes through to a successful con
vessels berthed or anchored.
clusion.
Some of thpse signals are per
The textile union's action paral
missive, others are mandatory. The
lels the SIU's 1949 cleanup of
council claims, however, that all
Communist leadership in Canadian
these signals are too easily con
shipping,
when the SIU broke
fused with the many other signals Cracking the tanker field for the first time, the SlUaffil the Communistdominated Cana
used in major harbors, and are too iated Brotherhood of Marine Engineers has just reached a dian Seamen's Union's strangle
complicated.
pacesetting contract covering licensed engineers on all ships hold on the Canadian, waterfront.
An out of eourt settlement of
Canadian SIU Gives Support
Seamen "should not be required of the Strathmore Shipping*^
$85,000
was reached last week in
Immediate
support
for
the
tex
to flip pSges in a desperate search Company.
Seafarers now sailing who have the
the case of Seafarer Fred Huffman,
tile
union
was
voiced
by
Hal
C.
for the local fire signal in a time
required time for a license contact
of stress," said the council. The Earlier, new agreements them' on the procedure for sitting Banks, director of the SIU's Cana who was injured in an explosion
covering
engineers
on
Isbrandtsen
dian District. Banks declared that aboard the tanker Logans Fort
continuous blast ^f the fog signal
• for a ticket.
he
expected the Conamimists to (Cities Service) in January of 1951.
"is an easily recognized, simple, ef and Isthmian freighters were Highlighting the BME's pact
fective, attentionarresting" Signal nailed down and subsequently ap with Strathmore is a feature offer fight the expulsion and warned, "1 The settlement was made on the
think there'll be strife and blood eve of trial.
and sliotild be universally used.
proved by the Wage Stabilization ing the fullest protection to engi shed and we're prepared to meet Huffman has recovered after
neers who have received length of
:,Pfew NY Signal
Board in Washington.
it." There has already been con months of treatment, for the burns
Latest new local signal is that The Isbrandtsen pact features service pay boosts from companies siderable trouble in connection he received, but still cannot do any
adopted for New York harbor on the highest wage scale paid in the they have been sailing with for a with the two walkouts.
heavy lifting or pulling with his
long period. Under the agreement, While well below their peak hands.
Jan. 1, 1952, which consists of five
industry plus retroactive wage and these increases will continue under strength of the years during and Two other men were killed as a
prolonged and two short blasts.
overtime payments dating bs^ck to a clause assuring payment of immediately after World Wai II, result of the blast aboard the
As an example, the council said,
length of service wages above
the International Fire Chiefs Asso last June 15. Amendments to the stan.dard contract pay minimiims. the Communists are far from dor tanker. The third mate, Basil
mant on this side of the ocean. CubittSmith, and Seafarer Joseph
ciation has adopted a signal of Isthmian pact boosted wage scales
' FortyHour Week
Furthermore, as these develop Sheldrick both died.
three long blasts, the American and overtime rates, in addition to
The tanker
pact also provides for
providing
penalty
pay
increases.
ments
emphasize, the party still The three men were working on
Association of Port Authorities has
the
40hour
workweek
with
pen
has
considerable
strength in lim the tanker while she was unloading
Expected
to
become
a
model
in
adopted a fire signal of five long
alty
pay
after
midnight,
monthly
ited
sections
of
the
labor move some kerosene into a barge at the
blasts, and the Sandy Hook Pilots the tanker field, the BME agree
supper relief
pay,
overtime
for be
ment, such as
the
West
Coast long Cities Service terminal just outside
ment
incorporates
virtually
all
the
Association has called for a signal
ing detained from
shore leave, free
shoremen's union
for one
example. Norfolk, when a mysterious explo
of five long and two short blasts superior benefits in the freighter
launch
service
and
various
other
In
its
present
enfeebled
condi sion rocked the ship. A flash fire
contract
and
in
some
instances,
in New York Harbor.
hotably on vacations,* even exceeds beneficial pay and work clauses. tion, the domestic branch of the enveloped the three men in flames.
All these signals, said the coun liberal provisions now in force on Generally, benefits of the tanker Party has been concentrating'large Huffman and Sheldrick managed
cil, are confusing. They resemble the general cargo ships.
agreement are superior to anything ly on the propaganda side, avoid to jump over the side. Huffman
too closely niany signals already in
in the industry today and stimulate ing the direct action that has been was pulled back aboard the ship,
Seek .Seafarers
use, and do not draw as much at
hopes of BME officials to attract characteristic of its policy in the but Sheldrick ,never came back to
tention as the continuous blast of Noting the latest signings, BME unorganized engineers and addi past. This has been particularly the surface. The mate "died later
the whistle or siren would.
leaders reiterated their, hope that tional companies to their banner. true'in the maritUne industry in the hospital.
AFL Engineers Win
Top Tankship Pact
Cartoon History Of The SIU
Seafarer Wins
$85,000 Award
In Ship Blast
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A shadow soon loomed up in the organization7
• tiiough, as the Communists made a bid for con
trol of the vital industry's manpower. Seeking
to turn the seamen's fight for living wages and
conditions into a political football, these groups
' conducted intensive campaigns from within. •
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For the first time, the seamen were able to face
the shipowners with an organization, behind
them. . Finally, they were organized in their
fight to get living wages and decent working
conditions. Now, they had the strength of •
union to back up their demands.
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The honest seaman, vvho followed the sea for a
Uving and was interested primarily in bettering
his economic lot, found himself courted from all
—sides by a number of different groups, the do
gooders, the Wobblies, the Communists, _ the
... Trotskyites, and other political outfits.
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PORT MtEPORZS...
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reaUy makes life worth living away Seattle:
ment for three new branch halls. Boston:
from the city's mad whirl. •
We are casting what looks like a
We again repeat our longstand
very good vote in New Yorle and I
ing invitation to the mambeFship to
hope that everyone is voting "yes"
copne down here and enjoy the
as I did,
sights *with us. If the gals aren't
Claude Simmons
attractive
enough, theite's always Shipping has been mighty fine
Ass't Sec'yTreas. Shipping is holding up pxetty
Business has been going on at
good fishing to while away the out in the Northwest the past pe
well'here
and
we
got
quite
a
few
about the usual pace for the past
riod and we're hoping it will hold
men out. The Yarmouth, (Eastern) hours.
two weeKs, with shipping holding Wilmington:
^hipping has definitely been on lip for a while yet.
tbok
30
standbys
so
that
helped
up surprisingly well considering
too. It looks like .phe'll be mafc the slow bell these past two weeks, We paid off the following ships:
the number of ships laid up in
ing
that BostonNova Scotia run with only a few jobs available, but Rice Victory, Frank Emerson
idle status:
the end of the pil strike should (South Atlantic); Angus MacDon
again
soon.
We have been hard pushed re
activity back to normal.
aid, William Tilghman (Mississip
Paying off during the period bring
cently to fill jobs for rated engine
We've had the following wagons pi), and in Portland, the Richard
were
the
following:
Ann
Marie
department men, one more reason Shipping's been fair lately, and
in nprt the past two weeks: Can
(Bloomfield) and Bright
why we are still urging anyone who the prospects look very good for (Bull), Tagalam (Seatrade), Jules tlgnf. Winter Hill, French Creek, Pearson
star
(Triton).
burg
(Mathiasen),'Montebello
Hills
has the necessary time to go up for the next two weeks. As before,
Fort Hoskins, Lone Jack, Chiwawa
endorsements. It not only means rated black gang men can get out (Western Tankers) and the French and the Government Camp, all of The Brightstar and the Alaska
more money in your pocket, but anytime. Now that the summer Creek and Lone Jack (Cities Serv Cities Service. Another one that Spruce (Ocean Tow) signed on
it will also make it easier for the season is at hand, this is really the ice). The Tagalam and Montebello hasn't been here for a long time during the period. Intransits in
Union to fill its contracted jobs town to ship from as we're having Hills signed on again. Intranslts but called this week was the An cluded the Yaka and John B.
which, in turn, justifies your offi bathing queens elected to every included the Robin Wentley (Rob drew Jackson (Waterman), and on Waterman (Waterman), Republic
cials in going out and asking for thing from Miss "Miss Dogcatcher" in) and both the Steel King and her as steward we found that (Trafalgar), plus the Marymar and
Calmar (Calmar).
to "Miss Crabapple." To top that, Steel Architect (Isthmian).
more ships.
moose of a man, L. L. "Tiny" Phil
in
the
very
near
future
they're
We
had «
beef
on
the
Tagalam
We have paid off a total of 27
lips, who has made so many trips We have run into some Coast
ships in the past period and signed holding an International Beauty when the captain did some work to the Far East that he's beginning Guard charges lately, particularly
in the case of new men unfa
on 11 on foreign articles, with the Pageant here, with all the beautiful that belonged to the unlicensed tu look like a native.
miliar
with Union policy and'
usual amount of intransits and dolls competing for the title of personnel, but the bosun collected
A Clean Ship
"Miss Universe." No seaman can on it. The ice box beef on the The Jackson really was a clean skippers new on SIU ships. Though
ships on continuous articles.
Ann Marie was finally squared ship with a fine crew and a credit these things are to be expected oc
The following were the ships miss this one.
paying off: Elizabeth, Kathryn, We had the Kyska (Waterman) away when the shipyard installed to the SIU. The rooms for the casionally when shipping is good.
Suzanne, Puerto Rico, Beatrice, and the Republic (Trafalgar) in for new ones in place of the old ice passengers were , every bit as clean Union policy has always been to
Winfield Stratton, Carolyn (Bull); payoff, with the Republic signing boxes that were torn out
and neat as any handle such problems between
on again.
Intransit
ships
were the
Wild Ranger, War Hawk, Choctaw
On the labor front, the bus
big p a s s e n g'e r Union and company representa
(Waterman); Tramar (Orion); Lo Portmar, Massmar, Marymar (Cal strike is in its second month, and
liner, sailing to tives without third parties like the
CG clouding up the works.
mar);
John
B.
Waterman,
Raphael
gans Fort, Chiwawa, Cantigny, Fort
the Western Union beef is still go
day.
Newcomers to the Union should
Hoskins (Cities Service); San An Semmes, Mobilian (Waterman) and ing full blast with the pickets
By the way, af
be
enlightened by the oldtimers to
the
Steel
Navigator
(Isthmian).
gelo Victory (Mar Trade); Steel
quite militant at the job. They've
ter he spent the
the
fact that tbe SIU is not some
King, Milton Smith (Isthmian); There was a becf on the SB been sending pickets from here to
night ashore and
Lawrence Victory (Mississippi); Riverside belonging to the Cana, the smaller towns to keep things
was wending thing to hide behind to midce a
Lynn Victory (Triton); The Cabins dian SIU District, where the food going.
his merry way pleasure cruise and get paid, for it,
is an organization devoted to
(Mathiasen); Louis Emery Jr.. was bad and the men had had no We were on the lines with them
through the but
the
men who,, are interested" in
draw
in
the
.States
for
two
days.
Coeur D'Alene Victory (Victory
woods back to his
and have offered cars for their
Phillips
seafaring their livelihood.
We spoke to the use as well as all other help pos
Carriers); Liberty Bell (Tramp
ship, "Tiny" making
master, had some sible. We've provided coffee for heard an owl hoo| and, not being On the local front theri^ was a
Cargo); Ocean. Ulla (Pcean Trans);
fresh supplies in them on the line several times as able to run, began Jooking around meeting of the AFL cen&fal body
Robin Wentley (Robin) .and Sea
cluding meat put it got quite cold and wet for a for someone to rescue him. To add on the Bering Sea Fisherm.on't
train New York (Seatrain).
Union beef in Alaska: lA^pff ifiora
aboard and got time.
The signons were the La Salle,
to his grief, he spied a great big committments from
AFL unions in
the
crew
a
draw.
Citrus Packer, Wild Ranger, Gate
Rrother BiU Prince is still snake and lost his speech to the the way of support
After a lot of around
way City, Choctaw (Waterman);
town, waiting for one long bargain. But, like in the stories, We're hoping for the best for
hunting around, shot before
Robin Tuxford (Robin); Tramar;
he ships and W. Rigby along came someone to save him in brother F. I. Gibbons, who just
we rounded up is sticking it
Liberty Bell; Ocean Ulla; Coeur
to see a couple the person of another Seafarer, the checked out of the local marine
two replacements of ball games. out Pete
D'Alene Victory and Milton Smith.
on bosun, so "Tiny" was brought back hospital and is heading for Fort
for some hospital top of the list in the Jomides,
While carrying cargo to one of
Wenger
home to this earth.
engine
de
Stanton for farther treatment.
cases on her.
our northern bases, the captain of
Contract Troubles
partment,
expects
to
settle "for
a
We've
had
a
hard
time
getting
the Winfield Stratton decided that
Jeff Morrison
tanker job now with the Libertys Meanwhile, on the labor front,
Bull Line couldn't afford to pay some of the black gang men to laying up. All the brothers in the the AFL building trades are await
Seattle Port Agent
the deck department the longshore ship. The boys should remember marine hospital in good condition ing WSB okay on their newly
i ^ 2.
rate of overtime to assist the Army that we have to keep all ships except Bill'Lake who hasn't quite signed contracts but the metal Baltimore:
stevedores in lyiloading cargo, so crewed up 100 percent at all times come around yet.
trades council is still meeting
he and the mates went out to and, while shipping is good right The weather Is so peculiar In with' stubbomess on the part of
spot the booms and run the now, it can't be expected to hold tovra that we don't know when the Firestone synthetic rubber
up forever.
winches.
plant here And may have to hit the
Being wellschooled on how to Taking it easy'for a spell on the summer will be here.
bricks to get any improvements at
James Sheehan
handle this, the deck delegate kept beach now is brother Del Wenger,
Shipping In the port has picked
all.
A great deal of progress is re
Boston Port Agent ported
an accurate record of all the lyork a member of the SIU since 1943
following an ILA district up considerably since the last re
performed by these good Bull Line who has been in all beefs and
i »
convention over in Beaumont, port and we consider the rise a
deck officers and Nve collected the strikes since then, including Wall Lake Charles:
Texas, according to the reports good sign. All ratings with the ex
overtime rate for every hour they Street, Isthmian and the 1946 gen
ception of stewards in group one
we've gotten.
put in to be split among the deck eral strike. Del has seen many
In the oil strike picture, only a have been moving out fast.
department. This is what you call changes in the nine years he's baen
couple of the ,Texas refineries The past two weeks have seen
making it the easy way. If you with the Union and sometimes
have signed up and gone back to 26 ships paying off here, as well
are on a ship and somethiing of this finds it hard to keep up with the
work. Port Arthur, Beaumont and as 15 signing an and another 15
nature comes up, be sure and item^ rapidly improving conditions.
Everything is running fine down Neches still look like ghost towns. calling in transit. Beefs have been
ize all the hours and the type of
Leroy Clarke
few and far between and settled to
Sam Cohen
this way. The sun shines every
work and turn it in before 72
Wilmington Port Agent day and the moonshine at night
Lake Charles Port Agent the' satisfaction of the various
hours elapse. If you wait until the
crews.
end of the trip, we will not be able
Most of the members are aware
to collect it.
of the fact that the AFL Commer
cial Telegraphers Union has been
Baying Off At Sea
engaged for some time in a strike
We would also like to call to the
with Western Union, and we have
attention of the membership that
committed ourselves to support
some companies on coastwise ar
these people in any way possible.
ticles have been paying off at sea
Shipping fro mMay 8 to May 21
At their retiuest, we have been
and when the vessel arrives in port
supplying support in the medium
the men come up to the hall with
REG.
REG.
REG. TOTAL SHIF. SHIP. . SHIP. TOTAL of pickets where, they've been
beefs that should have been set
PORT
DECK
ENGINE ^STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED needed. Both the, strikersvand the
tled on the ship. Once you've paid
branch wish to thank the Bothers
off and left the ship, some of these Boston
32
44 who have volunteered fo^ this
9
16
74
12
21
21
beefs are very difficult to settle.
222
469 duty in past weeks.
165
142
162
192
138
552
Accordingly, don't pay off at sea New York
We are still looking for a build
63
32
and don't pay off or sign on unless Philadelphia
17
18
28
35
45
132
ing
that would be suitable for the
a Union representative is present. Baltimore
llfi
102 348 membership and afford the bene
107
80
314 ' 139
124
You shoufd always notify the hall
127 fits sought in the resolution and
116
34
52
58
99
273
41 ' '
and make: sure we know about it Norfolk
so someone can be assigned to Savannah
33
30
76 referen^ un on new halls. So far
83
23
20
26
27
we have several buildings in mind
cover the ship. Incidentally, we Tampa
30
6
19 but have not settled on one just
10
8
5
.12
8
have been notified by Itshmian
29^ yet. Once the right building is se
%.....; V 101
87
;io8 ' 98
104
^89
that they have completed their Mobile
retroactive payrolL Anyone still New Orleans
199 lected the proper committee and
59
82
61
79
235
74
79
procedure will be set in motion
having money coming should check Galveston........
99 for a final decision on this ques
35 ;
65
183
82
51
32
67
their office to collect it or write in
54
212 tion.
91
67
West Coast .
63
40
136
33
for it
Eari Sheppard
Aa most of you know, we are
BalMniorft Port
Agent . .
1848
895
BOW voting on the building assess
TOTALS
845
705
I
e e e e • e e
C.I
765
623
2301
New
York:
• I '
Nippy Weailiar Gerlain
To Let UpBol When?
Ca|il Mads Longshore
Work Easy, Paid For H
Alaska Fishers Givan
AFL Support In Beef
While Wailing Ship,
Enjoy Beaniy Paraie
•
y
if
ll
Vilunfeer SIU Pickets
AM Telegrapher Beef
Bi Ky?:
.• :
8;'W
ClosedDown Oil Ports
Look Like Gbosi Towns
>
A tfC SHiPPING RECORD
iff
�. 'y. •
Vriiar. Mar S§, IfSt
SJSAFARERS L&^
• tthi
Plifa IHai" • ' "''Sis
.........PORT REPORTS
scrap between the MCSAFL and
the Commies In anticipation of a
full swing of rank and file cooks
and stewards to the AFL.
Dlndsey J. Williams
New Orleans Agent
compared to the figure of the pre Mobile:
vious period.
We sent men out to the South
port (South Atlantic), Robin Tux
ford (Robin), Daniel Wlllard
(Bloomfield), Seatrain Savannah
t
t
Shipping activity Is pretty slow (Seatrain), Steel Architect (Isth
Affairs of this port are in very
We had" a big load of payoffs in
around here, but the hall is pretty mian) and the Frank H. Morgan, this port the past couple of weeks
ffood shape, with no beefs pending Philadelphia:
well crowded with members* com an SUP ship. The statistics with, quite a few signons to boot
and only the usual run of minor
beefs coming up since the last
ing In to vote on the referendum amounted to three payoffs and but the outlook from here on is
involving a new hall for this port two signons.
report. Shipping has fallen off
not too good. In . the next couple
The activity Is expected to be of weeksonly six "off shore ships
some, but rated men are still able
and the branches in Baltimore and
about normal the coming two and three coastwise vessels are due
Philly.
to get black gang jobs without too
Business, slow as it is, dipped Just two ships in for payoff and weeks, with the Southland, Annis in for payoff and replacement.
much trouble.
Our payoffs during the past still further in the past two weeks, signon the past period, the Liberty ton Victory (South Atlantic) and Up until now we've been pretty
period included the Alcoa Ranger but we're looking for it to climb Flag (Gulf Cargo) and the Gene the Marina (Bull) due in port.
busy and with the temperature in
Improvements Endorsed
(Alcoa); Del Alba, Del Mar. Del again to the normal level for the vieve Peterkin (Bloomfield).
the 90's it has been a little rough.
^ Our meeting was highlighted by
Oro, Del Mundo (hUssissippi); port pretty sqon.
Intransit business was supplied the wholehearted endorsement of However the beefs haye been prac
The reason for this forecast is
Chickasaw (Waterman) and Marga
tically nonexist
the branch membership for the
ret Brown (Bloomfield). Signing on the expectation that the Army base
ent so there has
improvements made in the recrea
were the Alcoa Ranger; Del Monte," will be in operation, in about
been no cause
tion room in this hall. Meanwhile,
Del Mar (Mississippi); Paine Win two weeks.
for perspiration
the
balloting is
moving along
nice
gate (Bull) and the Margaret We had a discussion at our
on that score.
ly on the resolution for new halls
meeting regarding the support
Brown.* ,
Load of Payoffs
in Baltimore, Galveston and Phil
Ships calling in transit were the which the membership has been
We paid off 17
ly, with the members apparently
following: Alcoa Corsair, Pennant, giving the striking Commercial
ships, signed on
eager'to see these new setups al
Cavalier, Roamer (Alcoa); Steel Telegraphers and had a rousing
eight and han
ready in operation at these ports.
Fabricator, Steel Recorder, Steel vote of thanks to the boys for their
dled five intrans
E. B. Tjlley
Architect (Isthmian); Del Monte, wholehearted voluntary action in
its all of which
Danne
Savannah Fort Agent
Del Alba; Seatrains Louisiana, this beef.
makes for a good
New Jersey, Georgia (Seatrain); Guest speakers from the strik
X it
load of activity. Our payoffs were
Morning Light, City of Alma, Mon ing CTU, acting President Charlie'
the Alawai, Nathan Currier, Wil
Norfolk:
arch of the Seas (Waterman); Stratton anji VicePresident Ralph
liam Graham, Richard Upjohn,
Catherine (Dry Trans); Southern Roberts, came down to express the
Maiden Creek, Morning Light,
Counties (Southern Trading); Jules thanks of their people for Sea
Monarch of the Sea, City of Alma
burg (Mathiasen) and Salem Mari fafers' aid in the beef, too. We
and Claiborne, air Waterman ships;
went on record to help them to the
time (Cities Service).
The Alcoa Pennant, Planter, Roam
We recently had a request from fullest extent as long as they
Shipping picked up a little bit er, Cavalier and Clipper; two Isth
the Post Office Department to use stayed oiit and voted a $100 dona
since the last report, but doesn't mian ships, the W. B. Yates and
the S e a m e n's tion to their strike fund at that Voting on new halls proceeds figure to get too much better "in E. A. Burnett; and the Wanda (Epi
smoothly In Galveston as Sea
Unit In the Cus time.
phany).
the immediate future.
A. S. Cardiillo
toms House as
We've hadmine payoffs and seven Signons were the Pennant,
farers come in to cast ballots.
Philadelphia Fort Agent
they had several
signons in the past period, the Planter and Roamer for Alcoa; the
by the following:, Mae (Bull); Sea only activity worth noting.
complaints from
Fairland, Warrior, .Maiden Creek
trains Georgia, New York, Loui
people who sent Son Francisco:
Quite a few of the boys got out and City of Alma (Waterman); and
siana (Seatrain); Petrolite (Ma on jobs supplied to the following the Wanda. Our intransits were
mail to the hall
thiasen); Catahoula (National Nav.); ships: Benjamin Silliman (Robin); Isthmian's Steel Recorder and
and didn't get it
Strathbay (Strathmore); Cape Grieg Henry T. Rainey (Bull); Longview Steel Inventor; the Antinous and
back right away
(Mississippi); Transatlantic (Boise Victory, Northwestern Victory (Vic Fairland (Watertnan) and the Al
when we held it
Griffin);
Richard Johnson.(Bloom tory Carriers); Citrus Packer, Aza coa Pioneer.
over. The
trouble
Krohn
Things have been extremely field); Federal (Trafalgar); Warrior lea City (Waterman); John S. Mos
Is these people
AirCondltioning Welcome
were not hep to the fact tliat mail brisk out here, with almost 120 (Waterman); Steel Executive, Steel by (Eastern); Government Camp
for seamen has to be held for a men shipped plus approximately Architect (Isthmian), Archers Hope, (Cities Service) and Seacomet Among the members here enjoy
ing the pleasant airconditioning in
another hundred shipped to stand Government Camp (Cities Service). (Orion).
while until they reach port.
the Union hall during this heat
by
and
shifting
jobs
on
laidup
The
shipping
activity
is
nothing
Keeping track and policing the
Mail Setup Changed
wave is A. L. Danne who joined
Libertys
in
the
port.
like
what
we
experienced
last
win
voting
on
the
new
halls
resolutiqn
Anyway, the Customs House is
Paying
off
during
the
period
is a branch balloting committee ter with heavy outbound coal and the SIU back in November 1938.
only around the comer from the
were
the
Santa
Venetia,
George
composed
of brothers U. S. Mills, graip traffic. "When summer comes, Danne sailed on deck for ten years
hall, so it won't be too much
until he switched over to the stew
trouble for the members to drop Kulukundis (Mar Trade) and the A. J. Highmon and C. A. Roberts. business will still be in the deep ard's department five years ago.
Arizpa
(Waterman).
All three
ships
freeze.
They
report
the
voting
is
proceed
down there to pick it up between
He just came ofel the Morning Light
calls. The way the setup will work signedon again for another trip. ing very smoothly as the members Among. the ships expected in after being on her for over a year
We had
three intransits,
including
here
during
the
next
few
weeks
shipping out of this hall come in
we'll hold mail at the hall for 48
are the Ames Victory and Mankato and is at pr^ent enjoying his va
. hours, enter it In our mailbook and the John B. Waterman (Waterman) to cast their ballots.
plus
the
Portmar
and
Marymar
Victory (Victory Carriers) and the cation pay and helping us out on
then return it to the postoffice
Keith
Alsop
the balloting committee.
Western Trader (Western Nav).
where it can be picked up. There'll (Calmar).
Galveston Fort Agent Balloting on the referendum for Brother Danne says he can still
The
big
news
around
the
water
be no need to make a trip there
^
new halls is going along smoothly, remember our old halls at 2 Stone
unless we have mail listed in our front these days is. the coming
election between the MCSAFL Savannah:
with a good turnout. The brothers Street in New York' and 7 St. Mi
own book.
and
the
Commieled
MC&S.
The
on
the beach agree that the pro chael Street here, where sea boots
The membership here has ap
posal is needed to give the Union and oil skins were appropriate
proved the idea, pointing out that Liurline was stopped from sailing
by
the
MC&Sbecause
there
was
a
boost in the ports directly af dress whenever it rained. And of
the Union will no longer be re
fected by the establishment of a course, you could always use a
sponsible for lost or misplaced mail one AFL waiter aboard who stuck
new hall setup that can make the rowboat to get to the hall.
to
his
ri^ts
and
refused
to
be
or packages, as their care will be
cleared through" the Commie Though we have nothing to branch membership and the city Sitting here in this aircondi
in the hands of the postoffice.
tioned Union hall he says that if
shout about especially, the num itself proud.
From all indications, voting on MC&S hall.
the rest of the membership feels
Ben Rees
ber of men shipped from here took
H. J. Fischer
the new halls is highly in favor of
the way he does about the $20 as
Norfolk
Fort
Agent
West Coast Representative ^ on a little more respectable color
the proposal. The crew of the Del
sessment, (which he is quite sure
Mar went on record" unanimously
they do) our brothers in Baltimore,
endorsing the resolution at a spe
Philadelphia and Galveston will be
cial meeting before their payoff
enjoying the same conditions that
and urging all hands to vote "yes."
we are enjoying in Mobile today.
Steward Committeeman
Cal Tanner
Mobile Port Agent
One of the members on the
103 Durham St.
Sam Cohen. Agent
Terminal 42874 PORT COLBORNE
SIU, A&G District
Ontario
Phone: 5591
HEADQUARTERS . 675 4t» Ave., Bklyn.
beach serving on the balloting
TORONTO. Ontario
86 Coiborne St.
SECRETARYTREASURER
BALTIMOHE
14 North Gay St.
committee is Henry "Tex" Krohn, Earl
Eigin 5719
Paul HaU
Sheppard, Agent
Mulberry 4540
VICTORIA. B. C\
617% Cormorant St.
ASST. SECRETARYTREASURERS
who has been sailing for over 20 BOSTON
878 SUte St.
Lloyd
Gardner
Empire 4531
years in the stewards department. James Sheehan, Agent Rlchm end 20140 Robert Matthews Claude Simmons VANCOUVER. 8. C
965 HamUton St.
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141 HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE
Paclflc 7824
He know|| what he's talking about GALVESTON
308V4 23rd St.
Joe
Alglna
SYDNEY.
N.S
304
Charlotte St.
Phone 28448
when he says the SlU'is the best Keith Alsop, Agent
Phone 6346
Retroactive pay for Robin
LAKE CHARLES. La
1419 Ryan St
BAGCnVILLE. Quebec....... 20 Elgin St
SUP
Union in the business and agrees LeRoy
Clarke, Agent
Phone 65744
Line
crews is now a'vailable
Phone: 545
HONOLULU
16
Merchant
St.
1 South Lawrence St.
with its policy down the line be MOBILE
37 Ormont St.
Phone 98777 THOROLD. Ontario
at
the
company's main office. .
Cal Tanner. Agent
Phone 21794
Phone: 33202
cause he's seen what happens when NEW ORLEANS
...Ill W. Buraside St.
983 BieavUle St. PORTLAND
Those men who have retro
QUEBEC
113
Cote
De
La
MonUgue
Beacon4336
the' Commies take over a union. Lindsey WlUiama. Agent
Quebec
Phone. 27078
357 9th St.
active pay coming to them from
Magnolia 61136113 RICHMOND. CALIF
177 Prince WUUam St.
Krohn was an official In the NEW YORK
Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN
679 4th Ave.. Brooklyn
the Robin Lines can collect by
N.B.
Phone: 23049
SAN
FRANCISCO
.450
Harrison
St
STerUngB4671
MC&S until he was able to transfer
Douglas 28363
applying
by letter, including
NORFOLK
127129 Bank St,
to the SUP and finaUy to the SIU Ben
2700 1st Ave
Rees. Agent
Phone 41083 SEATTLE
their mailing address, or by
Great
Lakes District
;
Main 0290
337 Market St. WILMINGTON
in 1949, vdiere he had a better PHILADELPHIA
Rolng to the company .offices.
440 Avalou Blvd. ALPENA
133 W Fletcher
S. CarduUo. Agent
Market 71639
opportunity to work on passenger SAN
Terminal 43131
Phone: 1236W
FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St.
The Robin Lines offices are at
679 4th Ave.. Brooklyn BUFFALO. N. Y
180 Main St.
ships.
H. J. Fischer. Agent'
Douglas 25479 NEW YORK
39 Cortland Street, Brooklyn,:
STerUng 84671
Phone: Cleveland 7391
SAN
JUAN.
PR
398
Ponce
de
Leon
. He's highly in favor of the SitJ Sal Colls. Agent
CLEVELAND
8802 Carroll St.
N. Y. If applying in person,
Phone: Main 10147
Canadian District
policy of keeping jashpunds and SAVANNAH..
.8 Abercom St.
• the offices «re open from 10
DETROIT
1038 3rd St.
MONTREAL.....
.^:463
McGiU
St.
E.
B.
TiUey,
Agent
Phone 317%
performers out of the Union and SEATTLE
Headquarters Phone: Woodward 16857
MAr«uette3909
AM to noon, and from 2 PM
. 8700 1st Ave.
128% Hoilis St DULUTH ... . 531 W. Micbi.gan St.
cracking down on these characters Jeff Morrison. Agent
Seneca 4570 HALIFAX. N.S.
to 4 PM.
Phone: Melrase 24110
Phone:38811
TAMPA
.. .180BM11
N.
Franklin
St.
' from the start. Meanwhile, he's Ray White. Ag*nt • „ , Phone SrlWJ FORT WILUAM,., tli.M, Syndioi^tv^,, gpyra CHICAGO .
®2r.d St,
a .1
ii ti I r. • .« a ; i. i. 1 i: " 1 a .Uui
I .<<Bkses ':5>3ttn!
" • >» Whene: 33821
; jis H^*pppin|Ssni;^p»:tbe«Wert poast W^4HNGTGN.. Cats {440 AvatoaWM' i " I Ontario • •1 "
New Orleans:
Cheek Hall Mailbook;
Mail Now At CHSfons
Galveston:
Referendum Vefe Brisk
Theugh Shipping Brags
Heal Wave and Slack
la Shipping Hit Port
Army Base ReoinfliBg
May Pa|i Up Aelmly
Business Still Lagging,
Uniikely Tc Rise Much
t
$1
f:
Big Things Eigiecled
In Coming MCS Vole
t"
Redecorated Rec Roem
Welcomed By Members
W
i.;
SIU HALL DIRECTORY
Mtetroactive Pay
At Robin Offices
W.r'''
fc
• '
s"
�Hm
.
Toi
i';
VfNlar^ Sbr Mi mt
S«eoarfJ|ji^^
• portfolio of
Amtrlcan
Morehantmen paintod by LamutI I. Lino, Roprintod
through tho courtesy of Fortuno Ma9axino.
r:
C3»xi An experimental type launched in 1951 lor the Maritime Adminis
to.sieran* tration, the SS Schuyler Otis Bland is chartered to American Presi
il<;6 Knait dent Lines. There are two kingpostlike stacks abaft her dummy stack.
M«affi«dC3 A smartlooking passengercargo ship, Farrell Lines' SS African En
• ,M3TaM terprise carries 80 passengars and general cargo between New York
i7Knatt cmd South Africa, hfer. usual round trip takes about two montlfi.
C3.SA2 Specially aquteped for the San FranciscofHawaiian trade, the Mat
12,177 Tam *on Line freighter SS fdawaiian Merchant has tanks for molasses as
U<^ KnsH welt as refrigerated cargo space for frozen pineapple from the islands.
C3l$A9 One of seven fast new freighters'owned by MooreMcCormack Lines,
II,«OOT«M the SS Mormacmail and her sister ships offer regular general cargo
i7i^Kiiata >ervice between US, Scandinavian and many South Amerfcdn pbrts.
C4SIA Expectpd to be in service soon under charter to an SlUcontracted
12,910 Tent Company, the SS Keystone Mariner is the first of 35 new Mariner
2ol(neii ships. She has a helicopter platform for use in antisub warfare.
it2STAUi Easily able to carry 80,000 stems ofjsananas, the refrigerator ship
7,oos Tent . SS Parismina is one of the United Fruit Company's "Great White
ir^Kiwtt Fleet" operating between the US and various Latin American ports.
M^A4 Right now chartered to MSIS, the SS Nevadan Is one of five ships
l<iMT*ns designed for the American Hawaiian Company's intercoastal tra».
17 Knatt A large sweep of deck enables her to carry bulky deck cargoes.
• C2.SCI Workhorse of World War II built to make up for tonnage lost in sub
ie,isi Tant. warfare, the Liberty, of which Orion's SS Seogallant is typical, was
ll Knaia adapted for mass production from a standard British tramp design.
yc2sAn3 States Marine Lines' SS Buckeye State is an example of the Victory
10,595 Tana , ship, another warbuilt class designed as a faster and more efficient
i7Knata Cargo carrier than the Liben^, with geared turbine propulsion.
C1MAVI A standard, small coastal freighter chartered from the Government.
.5,023 Tana by the Alaska Steamship Company, the M/S Coastal Rambler runs a
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Although ihe busineas. of tending the lighthouses that dot our coasts is usually a lonely
job, it.isn't always.g dull one. There are innumerable instances of adventure and heroism
among the men that ncMkintain the flashing lights and croaking fog horns which warn ships
of dangerous shoals and rocks.
oil has spilled over everything soaked with oil, began to bum.
Ever since the first US light of
inside.
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They threw off a keg of gunpowder
house was constructed in 1716 The two men retreated to the top to the bottom of the tower. It ex
in Boston, hardly a year has passed of the .tower and cut away the ploded but didn't put out the fire.
without at least one. new light stairs, but the fire crept up inside The assistant was killed by In
structure being constructed. From the structure. Their clothes. dian musket fire. Thompson de
cided to jump off the tower, but
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humble beginning, the lonely
collapsed inside the railing on the
i:^ti^sts in 'the fight against the
top and just lay there.' Within
sea have grown to a total of well
minutes the fire went out and the
oyer 400.
Indians, presuming him dead, left
in the station's sloop.
As if the sea sensed that thf'
. lighthouses were there to help
Later in the afternoon, a detach
thwart it, the seas have managed
ment of seamen and marines from
to destroy a good number of them,
the sloopofwar Cpncord landed on
sdme along with their keepers.
the station, after recapturing the
sloop from the Indians. They man
Then too, during their history
aged to get a line to the top of the The Liston Range Front Light is an example of one of the older
the men that were responsible for
tower, rigged a block and lowered and simpler lighthouses in the US. This one, iocated at Middle
. the lights have had to fight Indians,
town, Delaware, is simply an old house, with the blinker light in
the
burned keeper.
enemy troops, enemy vessels, and
stalled in the tower. It has a fixed blinker instead of a sweeping
hrave storms and surf to help
Crossed Signals
light, thus making this type of installation practical. The keeper
resCiie the crews of ships that
The keeper of the Nantucket and his family have their quarters in the lower part of the house.
didn't heed their warnings.
(Great Point) Lighthouse ,was a This type of installation is fairly easy on the keeper and his family
One of the most famous of the
busy man between 1863 anid 1890. because of the size of the building.
Indian fights took place at the Cape
The lighthouse had just been re
Florida lighthouse during the
built, but its signal lights were
Seminole War in 1836. The light
often mistook for the signals of the
jhpuse, which warns ships of the,
Cross Rip Light Ship. So often
.^dati^rous Florida Reef and guides The "Honeymoon Castle," the mistook, that during these nine
. |%m into Cape Florida Channel, Tree Point Light Station off years there were more thaii 43
only by John Thomp
the Alaskan Coast is hard to shipwrecks at the Great .Point light.
' :iaon and an assistant when a large beat as far as a lonely location
The keepers of the light partic
body of Seminoles attacked.^
Is concerned. Now manned by ipated
in rescues of most of the
.'> .The two keepers manager to a Coast Guard Chief Boat
crews
on
the wrecked ships, de
o barrieate themselves inside the 65
swain's Mate and his former spite heavy
seas and dangerous
V|0P^'flS^thouse tower and held of! SPAR bride, the Installation Is surf. The wrecks slacked
after
for a while, but the Indians man six hours' sailing, from the' 1890, when a red section off
was
put
._«aged. to set fire to the base of the nearest small town. It is lo in the light to mark the Cross Rip
::6tQne structure. Their musket cated on a barren peninsula Shoals and the other shoals .Jo'the
balls'had perforated the oil tanks Island/ and Just about cut off south.
for the light, and about 225 gallons from civilization.
The famous Cape Hatteras Light
house has, had to fight the sea,
lightning and poor equipment since
its establlshq^ent in 1798. The light
itself has been moved four times.
In 1851 the Navy reported the light
was "the worst light in the'worid."
A new structure, then the largest in
the world, was built in 1871, but by
1935 the surf had eaten its way to
the base of the tower and a new
light was built further inland. It
was also struck by lightning and
cracked.
An antierosion program was
started and the old structure was
again put in. use in 1950.
The Sea Wins
The Timbalier Lighthouse, off
Louisiana, was built in 1864 on a
"sandy strip of beach." During a
hurricane in 1867, the beach was
swamped and the seas knocked
over the building. The two keepers
survived after spending two days The Egmont Key Lighthouse,
The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
in an iron can buoy.
is once again in operation af
on a tiny sandy island, is a fa
A keeper was killed when the miliar sight to those entering
ter it was threatened by the
seas toppled the Minots Ledge the ports of Tampa and St.
sea, struck by lightning and
Lighthouse on the Cohasset Rocks Petersburg,' Fla. The first
abandoned. A temporary steel
off Massachusetts. It was built in light was erected on this is
light'tower is still being kept
1850 on a small ledge that was dry land in 1848. The present tower
in reserve in case the. sea
for about two hours at low tide. was put up in 1858, and is still
comes back and starts to un
The original keeper abandoned it in operation after almost 100
dermine the present tower
as "unsafe" shortly after he took years of constant service.
once again.
over the new building, and two
other keepers were hired. In 1851
a storm struck while on of the two
men was ashore. The building top
pled over into the sea, and the
The SIU membership is proud of its Union as a group of hard
second keeper went alQng with it.
working responsible Seafarers who know the importance of doing
But there's some romance in the their job well in order to protect their contract gains and safe
business too. Coast Guard Chief guard themselves on the job.
Boatswain's Mate Jim Gavin re
The membership has long been on record to weed out the small
cently took over the Tree Point minority of pilferers, junkies, performers and other undesirables.
Light StaJon off the Alaskan We cannot tolerate these disrupters aboard our ships, nor can we
Coast.
permit them, to drag down the good name and reputation of our
While on duty in Alaska, Gavin Union.
met Spar Coxwain Ann Jacobs.
With the many newcomers entering the shipping industry today,
They were married shortly after, Seafarers must be vigilant to detect and expose irresponsible
and now both of them man the characters who think that they can getTi>y on SIU ships with these
,ril'he sandy, marshy grptfnd upon Which Hiis Sabine PaSs Light Sta
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lion at Louisiana stands makes necessary the unusual buttress base. lonely lighthouse situated ' about ; undesirable practices. We hereby serve notice that charges' will
< • Today, there would be another solution for the problem, but In 1856, six hours away from the nearest be placed and severe penalties will be imposed on all men guilty
' _ ; when the tower was built, the buttresses seemed like a good idea. It village.
of performing on the job, or having marijuana or other narcotics
jA.t present, all US lighthouses in their possession, on board an SIU ship or in the vicinity of
' was the only building on the Mand to survive the hurricane of 1886,
; and the only time its light has been out was during the Civil War are under the control of the Coast an SIU hall.
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MEET THB
SEAFARER
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KENNY LEWIS, bbsun
Jonk, as a term for any old or livelihood'>6n the Island, which is
an
important
radio
and
weather
discarded material, really stems
The consensus of SIU men who've "toe oU run didn't bother me. !•
^from sea language. In bygone days station.'
tried
working ashore as a change like tankers, but you just, never
ftX:. it meant old cable or cordage set
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Question: What's your Idea of a of pace Is that you have to know know where they're going."
aside for making mats, swabs or The word marooned, referring to good shipmate?
somebp(|y from Fort Knox to get Generally sailing out of! Mobile
oakum, as derived from the Latin a survivor of a shipwreck or a cast
(Asked of Seafarers In the away with It.
through the war years and down
word for bulrush, from which ropes away, is thought to originate from MobUe branch hall.)
^ were made in ancient days. The the Negroes in South America and
"Make a nickel, spend g dollar" to toe present, he tried the beach
whUe as a welder at toe Ala
oldtime sailor who referred to salt the West Indies who escaped from
seems to be the prevailing view of for a
bama Drydocks, but he couldn't
beef as junk usually meant that it their slave masters and found ref
was just about as tough to eat as uge between Dutch and French Tony PIsano, BR: The best type those who've tried it, among theih look his pay envelope In the face.
rope. . .The passage into the Red Guiana^n the region of the Maroni of shipmate is a man who knows Bosun Kenny Lewis, who heartily "You just couldn't support a wife
• his work and echoed this sentiment when a LOG and five kids on that kind of
Sea was called the Gatd of Tears River. The term maroons,' either
does it. He's a
dough," he asserted, "so I gave It
by the Arabs because of the large for a group of such people or as
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guy
who doesn't staffer ran Into him at the Mobile up pretty fast."
number of shipwrecks taking place a description of their condition, is
miss his watch hall. Lewis was waiting foi»a ship The family, he pointed out, com
there.
said to arise from this river ..
and doesn't cause making the Far East run,'because
three boys and two girls,
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Historians name Ptolemy, a Greek
any ' trouble to the JapanKorea shuttle always ' prised
four
of
them alreddy making their.
Chinese are known to have used astronomer, as the world's most
the rest of the
man proud of the way they're
a sort of mariner's compass as a famous mapmaker, despite the
crew. Also a guy makes' for a good trip and a husky old
guide to sailors as far back as 4300 fact that his works were not alto
' getting ahead in school. Two other
Svho knows when payoff to boot.
brothers are sailing with the' SIU
years ago, though its first recorded gether accurate. He drew Britain
to beef 'and when A native of Dothan, Alabama, too. James, DM, was in town with
use in sea travel was made by a practically upside down but got the
to stay inline. about 250 miles NE of Mobile, him at the time, but the rest of the
Chinese writer about 750 BC. bearings correctly.
Lewis has spent nearly half his trio—Grady, also a bosun—was
Marco Polo introduced the com*
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life
the saiiing game. Now 34, somewhere out in the Far East
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pass to Europe after returning Hard up as a phrase for someone Harry Huston, steward: A good he's in
been
going to sea since 1937 himself on a GAA run aboard the
from his travels through the Orient in difficulties or short of money shipmate is a guy who keeps his and has been
with the SIU right Waterman freighter Israel Putnam.
... Years back the British army is supposed to be a sea term dating foc'sle clean, who
from, the start of the Union. His "If
I can get out there fast enough
had lobsters in the ranks as well as back to sailing ship days. The ori
first ship was on a Nicaraguanflag myself,
help you out
maybe we'll get together
in the cooking pots. Soldiers were gin arose during storms, when the will
fruit boat which haulgd general one of these days."
with a buck
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called lobsters in the days when captain would order "hard up the when you
cargo from, the Azalea City across
need it,
the red tunic was the required helm" and the man at the wheel
Gonna Stick
the Gulf to Mexico. He spent two
doesn't beef all
dress.
would try to put the tiller as far the time and
months on hei* as a deck hand, he Grady followed him into the
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as possible to windvi^rd in order does his work
recalled, and about all he could Seafarers by a year, but James, is
Located at the northwestern tip to turn the ship's head away from well. He don't
say in her favor was that "she a newcomer, having joined about a
of Scotland, the Orkney Islands the wind and aid her to weather miss ' the ship
wasn't a bad feeder." Lewis made year ago. "All of us are plenty'
get their name from Ore, or Ork,
blow...The New Zealand leg every time you
a handsome $28 a mopth that trip. satisfied with a sea career and in
a fabulous monster of the sea which islature once passed a resolution sail and foul
About the same time, he made tend to stick to it."
early writers claimed would de for the protection of "Pel or us everybody up either.
a
few deepsea trips fishing for While he's home and toe weath
vour men and women. Actually, Jack," q dolphin that for many
snappers on a small boat sometimes er's right, Lewis spends a lot of
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the monster referred to was the years picked up abd accompanied
out 25 days. They worked 1215 time hunting, for ducks and squir
whale, since zoologists stiii class ships along Pelorus Sound. He was
James Branum, bosum: Well, he's hours a day, pulling snappers in on rel. "Sonaetimes I get the limit^
them by that name. The Orkneys, considered a minor god by the a man who's sober at sailing.and a threehooked line baited with
six this year, then go back tp the
then, means Island of Whales, as native Maories.
when securing squid or skip jack. "I was single lakes to fish for trout and
the rest of the name comes from
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ship; because then and it didn't matter, but there The kids go right along with him
the Norse for island ... The Norse
Three sheets In the wind, as an
that's when a wasn't any money in that either.'" too. "Of course, they're too small
men also give us the word "ahoy" old sailor's term for drunk, harks
guy always has
to do much, but in a couple of
Longtlmer
as a call used in hailing from an back to the times of wooden ships
to be
on ^is toes.
yeara they'll get the limit too."
old battlecry used as they ran their and sail where the "sheet" was the
He'll hold down Jurft to .show what a real Union He took home a whopping $2,400
gaileys upon enemy ships.
rope at the lower end of a sail
his ^end of the ship ^meant, he cited a lengthy payoff
on a recent 105day Kofea
4> t' 4"
used for shortening or extending
work and, what's stint of two and a half years on his run where
One of the loneliest places on the sail. If allowed to run free, the
they moved beatup
ptobably most first SIU ship, the Yaka, which he tanks from the front back
globe is Tristan da Cunha, prin sail would fiop about and was said
to Japan.
sailed
to
Europe.
He
came
oA'as
important on
"Without
the
SIU
I
could
pos
cipal island in a volcanic group 12 to be "in the
wind."
When
all
,.
.
— —^; deck, cooperate an ordinary and practlVally buill sibly have made not much more
square miles in area, about half three sails of , a ship
were in the 'vvith^U the men.
up enough time for an AB ticket
way between the Cape and South wind, the vessel lurched and stag
than the $28 I made sailing the
right there.
Nicaraguan ship. When a sailor can
America. Its rugged shores make gered all over the water. Once
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When the war came, Lewis make an excellent living—better
it a tough place to reach by ashore, a sailor who had one too
Frederick DIekow, steward: He'd saiied through most zones, and than ashore—it' s dbyious the
boat. About 230 persons, descend many and followed the same zig have
be sober on the job, even; piled up a year on a risky Union did toe job. You just can't
ants of shipwrecked sailors, and zag course in the street was de not a to
guy
who
tanker run to the Pacific, but do anything like that ashore.
soldiers from St. Helena where scribed as being three sheets in
turns
to
gassed
never lost a ship. "Lucky, lucky as That's why I'm waiting in the hall
Napoleon was exiled, eke out a the wind.
up. A steady guy,
they come," he smiled, adding that for another run like that."
a good . Union
man who lives up
to Union condi.
tions and does
his work as he's
ACROSS
4. Waterman ship 20. River in Russia 37. Ship channel
supposed to do
1: Where the new 5. Unit
The head of the Gestapo In Rommel ... A crew of Seafarers
21. Samoan Island 38. County in NV
it. Not a beefer,
Pier 57 wUl be
6. Free of
22. Good things to 39. Sit for a
Prague
was seriously Injured when manned the first New Orleans
e. Florida port,
7. Knight of St.
fight for
picture
but a guy who
scene of "Red"
Andrew; Abbr. 23. Export to
40. British gun
guerillas ambushed his car with built Liberty ship of toe war . . ,
can take the ups and downs.
incident
a. Any Job on ship
Europe
41. Parly for men
13. Islands of the S. 9. It made port
24. Gloucester cape
only
a bomb and machine gun fire. Mass The Yankees and Brooklyn still led
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Paciiic
on Ararat
25. Little white lies 43. Chowed
their respective leagues, but not
14,.£agerness
10. Initials after
27. Bad humor
44. Sailed
IS. Threw to a base
doctor's name
T. L. MoSs, FWT: I can always arrests and executions followed the by an impressive margin ... A
28. Breathing organ 45. Bearing of Haiti
lUegally
11. Where
29. What
from Jamaica
get along with a guy who stands incident, but the rest of the world Uboat SMk the first American
16. Inquire
San Juan is
Greenland has 46. Unwanted as
17. Rhode Islqnd: 12. Opera (spng
. .. his watches. took note that the people of Europe freighter' in the mouth of the
31. Sullen
membef of. union
16. Part of an
Abbr.
32.' Sec. KimbaU
47. Malayan coin
doesn't stick oth' were not entirely willing hostages Mississippi River ... It was an
18. Hogan is one In
anchor
of Navy
49. Like
N Y
19.
des Pins
ers with his work of the occupying Nazi forces . . . nounced that a total of about 175
34. Reef in Gulf
50. Mother
19. Bother
merchant ships had been sunk
and don't beef
Puzzle Answer on Page 27
20. Miss Hagen.
actress
every second The Coast Guard ruled that addi since Pearl Harbor.
21. Acres: Abbr.
word he says. tional lookouts needed aboard ships
23. Smooth, as sea
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25. To and'
For sure, a .good passing through dangerous waters
26. River in Italy
General Marshal told the 'WCst
shipmate is a
guy
27. PortlnAlgerU
should be drawn from all three
28. Some foc'sle
who don't per departments . '. ; The Union re Point graduating class that "Amer
yarnspinners
ican troops lyill land in France,"
form and is a
30. One of the
good Union man minded all Seafarers that the dead but didn't say when. However, at
oceans
32. Port in Ireland
all the way.
line for getting new passports was almost the same time, the largest
33. Coral island
contingent In history landed
34. Destroyers
drawing close ... Brazil, angered US
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35. With: Prefix
in
Ireland,
complete with tanks
by Uboat activity off her coast, and mechanized
36. Regret
equipment . . .
W. B. Yarbrough, chief cook: A announced that
37. Btack
she was Instituting
38. What a tug does
man who will turn to in the a submarine patrol, and would sink Tobin of Boston was the National
39. Good golf score
League's leading batter, while
morning and per
40. Galway is one
any Uboats in the area.
41. A senor's "yes"
form all his
Gordon of the Yankees led the
42. Ocean: Abbr.
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duties,
W.ho
American League ...
A number of
43. A hobby
The case of JIarry Bridges con Seafarers started to collect checks
44. Reply
makes his bunk
48. Maine is one.
tinued to drag through the courts. for the clothes they lost aboard
and is ready for
80, Durocher or
Bridges was ordered deported as a. sunken ships above the $150 allow
inspection when
Stengel
#1. German city
the
old
man
member
of the Communist Party, ance allowed,
SIU warned all
82. Most northern
comes around.
but promptly announced he would Seafarers to make a complete list
of Virgin Is.
He'll assist new
appeal the decision to a higher of all gear they took aboard toips
DOWN
1. Bump
comers
' coming
court
. . . Nazi tanks kept pushing so they coUld collect toe extra
2. It helped Europe
aboard tO' leam
toward Tobruk in a twopronged inianey aboYe' the. midUmum allow
3. Joins ship's
plates
their Job"liF' iielping jiut
desert offensive
jQenentk,
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StAVARERS LOG
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' I/n</er Surveillance
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Vat. XiV No. 11
Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic
& Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N, Y, Tel.
STerling B4671,
.pAut HAUL, SecretaryTreasurer
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StUtor. Hemiui BRAMD; UanSging fiditot.
BAT OENISOHV Art editor. BERKABE
SEAMAK:'Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA. Staff Writers, HEMCAN ARTBUB, IRWIN SPIVACK
ARE PBBTALL.
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A §eaiiiaiii's Distrust • m •
One of the. fFluent cbmplamts madehy the shipping opera Oidtime SaUAPrs
tors is that seamen will run off to the Union or to lawyers
when they have a problem instead of coming to them.'They nm^rWUh MG
imply that their feelings are .hurt when a seaman does this, To ike Editor:
,
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inasmuch as such action carries a tinge of" mistrust in the After reading your article in Hie
motives and good faith of the operators.
LOG on "Stick and String Sailors,"
The companies repeatedly assure all members that any I find that we oldtimers disagree
sueh in\plication is not justified as they are ready, even anx iU'many ways. TheOe are our ideas
ious to see to it that the seaman's welfare is fully protected. on "the subject. "i
' In view of the above, we wonder how the companies can One distinction between the old
pxplain the case of Philip Proh, jwHich is gone into at great
length in this issue. Nor is the treatment accorded Pron un time sailing ship man and the so
called modem version, was not his
usual in the light of the many instances of shabby handling reliance on
elbow grease; although
that have come to the Union's attention.
it played a large part in good sea
The seaman hks grown justly suspicious of companies, law manship and always will.
yers, investigators, etc., because he carries bitter memories of There were other sources of
the many years that he was kicked around and jobbed by power used such' as' knowing thei
* these groups. It's no surprise to find that the only outfit he amount of line and ptuvhase to
' trusts is the Union that represents him.
useso that no seaman had to lift
, 7; MhfU^ch conditions as outlined in the Pron story cease or pull more than. 40 pounds. ^
tgmcist, we expect the seaman's attitude.to stay that way.
As for steering • when a heavy
sea Was running, they, knew how
and used a relieving gear, jamming
• it with a rope end, rather than
straining against the. wheel. Our
OR THE FIRST TIME SINCE articles, a worldwide smuggling
The saddest thing that can happen to iany union is for it to moderii,. ships carry such a gear
1946 our brothers in the SUP ring exists, with the avowed ob
become the tool of management? When that occurs, the inter made of wire but few seamen of • have hit
the bricks in a general jective of helping aliens to get into
the
new
type
know
how
to hook
it
ests of the membership become secondauy to the demands and up.
strike against all West Coast opera this country illegally.
poliieies of the employers.
tors. The SUP, voted this strike The peo"ple running this interna
Ship Took Up Slack
Something of this nature must have taken place between Weighing anchor was not a heavy only after the • o perators kicked tional racket are charging any
the NMU and United States Lines. Otherwise there is no way task. The ship took up the slack around a compromise offer on the where from $100 to $1,500 to get
an alien into this country. Wliile
to explain why the NMU has abandoned a longrstanding as we do today, by going slowly SUP's reasonable demands.
their methods are many and devi
union policy of Opposition to Government training of mer ahead, whilethe seamen took it in It may come as a shock to some ous,
one of the most popular pro
Seafarers
to find
that
shipping op
with four
men on
deck,
just as
you
chant marine officers.
^
cedures
is to furnish the alien,
i'u the models of sailing ships erators,; in this year of high profits
The SIU has always believed that the Government has no see
in the lobby, of .the SUP Hall of still prefer to force the sailors out with seaman's papers, ship him out
business in the maritime training field. The Union objects San Francisco. (There is much to. rather than share some of the bene and then instruct Jiim to jump ship
very strongly to the idea of men coming out of a naval acad be learned from these models.)
fits of shipping prosperity with wnen he arrives in this country.
them. But this is a condition that This is the loophole which the LOG
emy (which is what Kings Point is to all intents and pur
^ Reefing of sail was made easy maritime unions have to face and pointed out needed closing.
poses) being put in command of civilian mariners. It is the by stringing out, evenly spaced,
Your Uniop cannot blame any
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Union's conviction that men coming out of the foc'sle make and working together, the same as prepare for.
alien for wanting to enter this
better officers and have a sounder understanding of the men's if we were in a lifeboat with a Our own contracts are running country so that he can enjoy the
problems than any cadet trained at Government expense. And stroke oarsman. The result was out and we go into negotiations bencfiits of our democracy. We
this summer. In the past few years
when unlicensed rated men are needed, the SIU can train the same.
your Union has been able to obtain count among the ranks of Seafarers
them in {^equate numbers, as it has already demonstrated.
Our diet was as good as many of new contracts time and again a large number of such men who
have proven themselves time and
The NMU now holds otherwise.»It prefers that our merchant our ships of . today. We put into without having to resort to the again
as good citizens and good
marine be flooded with an unceasing stream o^ unneeded all ports when need be, that was general strike. Our strike actions shipmates.
on or near our course
and got
fresh
were against individual companies However, as the Herald Tribune
Ackdemy graduates. By doing so it, is helping deprive its
own members of a chance to go out fc: a license and improve fruit, vegetables, meat, milk", water and they resulted in important ad rightly emphasizes, this racket af
and what stores were available. vances for the Union.
themselves.
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fords cheap and easy entry into the
No doubt United States Lines has its own reasons for pre The "Stick and String SaUors" We believe, and" the record bears US for any number of undercover
out, that the Seafarers have ob Communists and professional spies.
fering Kings Point graduates, and it is free to act accordingly. (as it pleases you to call us) through it
tained considerable benefits dur It was this danger that the LOG
our
endeavors
brought'
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But the. spectacle of the NMU knuckling under to the com
change in menu which you now use ing this period—not only as a re stressed very heavily in its expose.
pany on a matter of longstanding .union principle is not and
*sult of the strike actions—but as There are signs that the US Gov
is enjoyed by all hands.
pleasant to contemplate.
a result of the work of the negoti
There is much debate oh whether ating committees and the allout ernment is preparing to study this
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the . bakers of . today are better support of the membership.
than our sailing ship bakers were. We must bear in mind that it is edying it. In any event, it would
The oldtimers had more experience possiblefor the operators to gang appear that'action is long overdue
on this serious problem.
The problem of ship safety has again been thrust to the as they baked all of their bread up on us and thus force us to use
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fore as a result of two severe accidents involving SlUmanned and knew how to get a start on the general strike to achieve our • ^WO TRAGIC ACCIDENTS
yeast and keep it going. Many of objectives, as is the case.out on the
ships, the Angelina and Michael. Despite all modern aids to us
A involving the loss • of many
believe that we were better off,
navi^tion, radar/included, these disasters continue to occur as ice box bread is not as good as West Coast at present. That is Uves, as well as serious injury to
something your Union must always several Seafarers, have taken place
with discouraging frequency.
fresh. .
prepare for accord in the past week. Both the freighter
In the case of the Mchael it was a nearmiracle that the This information was given to me consider—and
ingly.
Angelina and the tankship Michael
ship, loaded as it was with fuel oil, did not go up in one flam by an oldtimer of Snug Harbor
As to the present tieup by the were involved in brushes with oil
ing explosion.
who was irked by the article on Sailors Union, the Atlantic and barges which compelled the crews
These latest accidents show that .much remains to be done "Stick^and String Sailors" which Gulf
District is ready, when called to battle gasoline blazes to save
to make ships and navigation safer for men who go to sea. he read in the LOG.
upon, to aid bur SUP brothers In their ships.
Nobody connected^with the industry can afford to" be com He has given me much more any shape, form or manner they We were relieved to learn that
placent about the problem as long as such accid^ts persist. valuable information' on good sea might require..
thanks to the discipline and alert
ness displayed by Seafarers aboard
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These disasters emphasize again
With the handing out of prizes and cheers, the SIU Art (Ed. noteiT The LOG will wel the country's security are having that
the life of the Seafarer is load
information, reminiscenscs widespread effects. The latent de
Contest has come to a close. Judging from the response of the come
and stories from any of yon old velopment is a series appearing in ed with risks and dangers not pres
hundreds who came to see the exhibit, the contest was an un. time sailing ship seamen iaho are the New York Herald Tribune, one ent on other jobs. They point up
qualified success. .
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, ..Theeditors.of the LOG want to thank every Seafarer who paper. Material of this type would papers, confirming much of the deserve proper protection and just
sent in an entry for makinij^ the contest as successful as it prove interesting and infarmaiive charges: first printed in the LOG. compiensation in their, dangerous
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pit was a week of "oh'Vahci "ah" in the SlU
headquarters as Seafarers in port and hun
dreds of other persons trooped though the
headquarters' library /o look oyer the entries
in the First Annual Seafarers Art Contest.
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Some 70 works sent by Seafarers on ships
all over the world were on exhibit from May
19 to May 23 in the library. The contest was
such a rousing success and .the response Wds
so good, it was decided to make the contest o
regular annual event.
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Everyone was impressed by the work which
showed that Seafarers can handle the arts as
well as a running line. Even the judges ad
mitted that there were so many excellent
works they had trouble picking out only three
in each category foiv prizes.
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The LOG and the Union extend their thanks
to those men whose ambition and interest
made the exhibit a resounding success, q sue.
cess that reflects credit upon them ds individ
uals as well as upon their Union.
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their prizes at the regular meeting. All of
the winning works were announced and dis
played at the meeting. (For a full story on
the awards see Page Three.)
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The 1952 contest has ended, and most of
the works have been taken down, but those
who didn't win,^as well as those who did,
are already painting and sketching harder
than ever for next year's contest.
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ones can be identified by the ribbons attached to them. The works deal with
all sorts of subjects and cover all the categories.
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Walter Schnyder looks proud at the regular head
quarters meeting as he shows his painting which
took first prize in the oils division.
The LOG was host to the judges at luncheon in the Port O'Call Bar. Left to right are: Ray Denison
and Herb Brand, LOG editors; Walt Kelly, ("Pogo").; Ham Fisher, ("Joe Palooka"); Bernard Seaman,
LOG Art Editor, and John I. H. Baur, Brooklyn "Museum's painting and sculpture curator.
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Seafarers discuss some of the .ientries (top), while
(bottom) one Seafarer mo4eis. and another ex
amines a painting onthe back of a jacket.
The judges concentrate while jptting down their
choices. Many excellent works, but only three
prizes in each category, made the choices tough.
A Seafarer studies a patriotic entry (top) in one
corner of the exhibit, while the judges (bottom)
discuss the qualities of an entry.
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Three Seafarers take a close look at some of the entries in the contest. This corner of the library was
more than their share as they look over the entries
the meeting place for three of the four categories. The man at left Ipoks at drawings, the man in the
*in one corner of the library.
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Cargo vessels of the future will have the engine iroom iii the steim,
a conventioB of the Interuational Cargo Handling Coordinate Asso
ciation has been told. The future cargo ships will also have full scan
tling decks, because the 'tween decks hatch coamings on shelter deck
vessels impede the mechanical handling of carjgo between decks . . .
Although 13 more passenger vessels ace being added to theNew York
to Europe runs, there will still not be enough ships to take care of the
demand for accommodations. The new ships include the United States,
the French Flandre, the HollandAmerican Maasdam and Uie Italiaa
Andrea Doria, as welj, as older ships being transferred to the run , . .
The Great Lakes fleet carried a total of 14,521,660 Aet tons of ore,
coal and grain during April.
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The only reason for having a merchant ship being its ability
to deliver cargo undamaged anj intact, it follows that care and han
dling of cargo and cargo spaces is one of the most important functions
of the crew. In the main, this involves preparatipn for loading and/
stowing, securing the , ship after loading, and checking the condition
of the cargo en route. All of these duties are the responsibility Of the
. Although the labor front shifted "deck gang. Proper cargo handling is more than Just a fliatter of tak
witb a slow settlement of the oil ing care of the riiipowner's interest. It is also essential to the safety
strike, and a settlement of the long and wellbeirik of the crew.
Weste^ Union strike, the big news As soon as a ship starts unloading the crew can begin to clean out
caihe,joutvol the Senate Banktog the . Various cargo compartments for the next load. This involves
Committee,' hews that could have sweeping the decks, bulkheads, stringers pnd beams free of litter, or
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The American tanker Fort Mercer which broke In two during the • farreaching effects upon all labor. washing toem down with fresh water where the previous cargo left
past winter's Atlantic storms is now being refitt^. She's getting a After a Jong delay, the commitr damaging odors.
The damaged and dirty dunnage should be gathered
new and longer bow section, which wiii add 41 feet to her originar tee. suddc'hly voted to scuttle the up and good dunnage, as well as other objects such as wedges and
length, and also add an additional tank with a 2,000tton capacity. She present Wage Stabilization Board. quoins, should be stowedneatly for future use.
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was originally a T2 . . . The supcrliner United States completed her The board, at present, is made up
After the
hold has been
readied for the
new cargo,
the bilges have
to
initial sea tests, and was scheduled to make a speed test this week. On of three. union representatives, be pumped out with the remaining water taken up by buckets if neces
the ba^ of the initial tests, where she was reported to have travelled three business representatives and sary. The rose boxes (strainer boxes) are removed and cleaned, then
at 32 knots for a short time, her skipper was "sure" she is the "fastest three public representatives.
painted with red lead. Pipes, valves and jwa cocks are checked as well'
liner afloat." The results of the speed test will be kept secret because The Senate committee voted to as 'tween deck strainers..
throw
that,setup
out,
and
to
form
of defense considerations.
a board made up of all "public"
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Soviet ships seized the English trawler Valafell of Grimsby, England, representatives, which, would have
With
«ver}i:hing
spic.and
span in the hold, it Js customary for the
\thile the vessel was fishing well off the northern Russian Coast. Her no power to do anything except ad mate or an AB to give it a thorough inspection. Among points to be
owners reported that the 380ton trawler was last seen by other fishing vise Economic Stabilizer Putnam. stressed aire the following:
boats ivhile she was under escort by two Red ships heading toward the The new setup, of course, still
Holdf ladder rungs are checked for looseness. They might be dis
Russian coast . . , The RAF took the chief engineer off the American faces action by the Senate, the lodged during discharge of cargo.
House
Committee
and
the
full
freighter William Kennedy after he was taken violently ill off Sumatra.
The inspector should be on the lookout for sweat on the metal beams.
The rescue seaplane flew the enginer to Singapore, where hewas House.
If
the ship has a psychrometer (Instrument for measuring humidity)
Otherwise,.the
labor
situation
hospitalized with a sldn ailment ... A slnvUar rescue attempt by the
he call'check this condition on it.
Kayy transport Gen. M. L. Hersey proved useless. The transport raced looks something like this:
Limber holes and limber boxes should be clean gpd dry. Rose boxes
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to the side of, the Norwegian freighter Mosdale after the freighter re
Steel
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The
CIO
Steelworkers*
should
be checked. Battens and tank covers should be in place and
ported One of her crew was having trouble breathing. The mail was
convention voted to:.hold out for unbroken.
dead when the transport's doctor went aboard the Mosdale.
the WSB recommended settle
A thorough search should be made for leaks overhead. Rivets and
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ment and hinted at a Strike al
The carrier Wasp rode out of drydock in New Toric and went to though the . industry is in Govern welds shouldalso be examined for lealcs or missing rivets. Gaskets in
J^rts and side ports should be in good condition, on'tight^ with the
Norfolk to pick'np her air group and .get, further orders. The three
admiral Navy board of inquiry into the eollision between the Wasp and ment hands. Philip Murray told deadlights screwed down.
the d<^royerminesweeper Hobson which cost 116 lives wound up its the industry, to "go to hell" for All of the piping in the
healings, and was scheduled to report lis findings in the very^near fu "violating the rules of common de hold must be examined as
ture . . . The Buckeye Mariner, will be launched next werik . . . The cency," and promised, no further to its condition and free
Navy has ordered construction of its first selfpropelied refrigerated compromise. Meanwhile, the Su dom from damage. These
lighter ... The 690ton livestock freighter Blue Prince went aground at preme Court has heard arguments include pipes carrying,
Malagash, N. S., in a heavy fog. Loaded with coWs, ealVes, pigs and for and against Government light wires, those that are
seizure of the industry and is now part of the ,flre control
sheep, she radioed for tugboat assistance.
considering the case. It has or system, pumping^ lines
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dered no wage or price changes from tanks to bilgesT .and
The Panama Maru, Japan's newest and fastest cargopassenger ship, until it makes its decision.
sounding pipes from the
arrived in New York on her maiden voyage. She made the trip from
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Yokohama in 24 days, 2 hours . . . The Navy has asked for plans to be Telegraph 4
— The Commercial upper deck to the bilges
drawn up for fast conversion of C4S1A type ships to destroyer tenders, Telegraphers Union (AFL) has won and tanks.
and C3SDX1 type ships tosupply vessels ... The government of South its long strike against Western The electrical wiring,
, Africa has paid Danish ship companies $1,680,000 for the seizure of four Unioni The company, which stub whether parried in con
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ships in 1940 when the Nazis overran Denmark ... Japanese shipowners bornly refused to even make an duits pr pipes, should not.
have annotmced their government is "seriously considering" giving offer, finally agreed to a salary be chafed or bent and all
them indirect subsidies . . . Two tankers that collided off Point Dume, increase for its employes. The lights'slioiild be working
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Calif., made their way safely into San Pedro. The David E. Day had union said the new wage scales properly. .
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a fire aboard after she collided with the Marine Flier, but the crew would bring the average workers ~ Haich tarpaulins should
Parts of the eargo kateh.
was able to control the blaze.
earnings up to $1.54 an hour. The be examined for fit and
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union, in turn, agreed to support battens and wedges should be handy for use.
When the new coastal liner Irish Coast sails on her Belfast to Dublin the company's request for a 10 Aseach compartment in the lower part of the ship is filled with cargo,
run, there'll be plenty of painting to do. When the new liner puiis into percent rate increase now pending the intermediary hatches on the 'tween decks are closed. A tarpaulin is
Belfast, at one end of the run, her stack will always be a bright red. before the FCC.
placed over them so that in the event the steam smethering system
When she sails into Dublin, at the other end ot the run. her stack will
has to be used, the steam prill be confined to the ^Id for which it is
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always be painted a gay green. Her operators said that Northern and OU — The Wage Stabilization intended.
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Southern Ireland "haven't quite seen eye to eye" for some time, and Board recommended a 15cent . Once all loading is completed, the hatches should be battened down
that the painting of the stack is "just a matter of diplomacy."
compromise settlement for the in for the outgoing voyage as soon as possible. Each hatch is covered
dustry, and most of the 22. strik by three terpaulins, all of which should be well secured by the battens.
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The rapidly expanding Japanese merchant fleet will get two new ing unions^ have agreed to accept The wedges are tightened as the tarpaulin is stretched tightly over the
freighters ip the very near future, including one twinscrew freighter the figurft The strike is ending hatch cover. Ideally, the wedges are placed fore and aft and from the
that will rank with the fastest cargo vessels in the world. She will be slowly, since the settlements are wings to the center. Where seas are likely to break on deck, break
the first in a serie^ of twinscrew ''express" freighters, now planned being reached oh an individual waters should be erected to protect the hatches. Lengthwise'and cross
since shipping limitations imposed by the occupation have been lifted operatorlocal basis. VicePresi wise planks secured to the rings of the hatch ^ming will do the trick.
. . . The 600ton BF, a St. Lawrence River pulpwood carrier, has been dent B. J. .Schaefer of the Oil
given up as lost along with her tenman crew. She has been missing Workers said they were "reluctant" When working around hatches it is well to remember that a common
for two weeks . . . Ten longshoremen were overcome by carbon monox in accepting' the 15cent raise. accident aboard ship is that' in which a seaman falls through an open
ide gas in Nei^ York when a gasolinepowered hoist with which they "The*bil companies still owe us a hatch into the, hold. Nothing invites this risk as much a., putting a
were working consumed most of the oxygen in the hold of the freights dime," he said, "and when the tarpaulin oh . top of a hatch without any hatch cover underneath it.
Eucadia. Seven of the men were treated at the hospital and then sent day 'comes that we can bargain Chice the hatchekare secured, the Bnal steps are to secure the booms,
home .. . The Japanese ship Yoshino Maru sank after running aground in free of Government interference, either horizontally in cradles or vertically against the mast. Guys are
a channel off Shikoku. The ship broke in two,'but her crew of 34 was we're going to get that dime—^with unhooked, falls unreeved and coiled, winchend up, and stowed below.
The ship is thcu fully secured for a sea voyage.
rescued.
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THE PLOT AGAINST PHILIP PRON
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In Michael Crash
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so
that, he could point out to the investigator Isomes to his office
magazine called "Perfect Vision."
identifies himself as such,
barge blown right in her bow. Con
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6) The, edito|^ and staff of ' the company who the Union men were, openly,
then
he
is free to proceed. But 20day trip which appeared to have tinuously flaming oil from.the bow
and
then
they
would
be
fired
or
"Optical Journal" said', they had
anybody be caught by the been "jinxed" right from the section bubbled up each time* it
never heard of a magazine or a blacklisted. On the side, the rec should
hospital
staff investigating a case start.
was extinguished and caught on
ord
shows,
he
checked
up
on
the
book named "Perfect Vision," der
under
an
assumed
name
or
under
Rain
and
fog
hampered
fire
fire
all through the night. The!
loyalty of
Cities Service
employees
spite the fact thiift they receive
pretenses, the hospital would fighting efforts from the moment afterhouse, midship house and life
^irt^ally every publication con and did a little wiretapping in the false
immediately eject him and report or the impact, when Walt Sjbley, boats likewise were scorched and
nected with vision and the .^yes. process.
him to the authorities for such ship's delegate, was at the wheel. damaged.
* Wired for Sound
Nor had they ever heard of a Dr.
"npfarious and devious" procedr Since the accounts are not clear, On the spot a half hour after re
paniel T. Archer.
Also before the Senate group, lire, as Dr. Nelson put it.
it is believed the third mate ceiving an SOS on her way to
7) "Facts Incorporated" a re Albert F. Strasburger, attorney for ' "They have to keep their cards either was thrown overboard or Philadelphia, the
Isthmian freight
search organization, checked the the nowdefunct Cities Service on the table," he summed up, "if jumped from the wing of the er Steel King, manned
by Sea
Tankermen's
Association,
a
com
• r ecords of all .US publications,
they want to go ahead with their, bridge. He,Js still missing.
farers, had her boats out to aid
house organs, supply houses, med pany union, testified that Schmahl business here."
According to A1 Buck, chief survivors but spotted none, either •
ical groups etc., and found no was sent to his office to wire it so Of course, the regulations of the pumpman, "We thought we could from
record of a magazine called "Per that Lage could check up on what hospital are not the law of the still save her so everyone shifted barge. the Mi<!hael or the Ulfa^d
was going on when a CTMA offi land, but such practices as are
fect Vision."
In retrospect, the Carras tanker
.' 8) Schmahl claimed that Pron 'cial, Fred Wright, met with an ruled out in the hospital would from the boats to fire stations to seemed
destined for trouble from
SiU
representative.
As
Strasburg
^ had met .Archer and. had spoken
seem to be equally objectionable
the
moment
she left Paulsboro
er
puf
it,
"Wright
called
in
and
to him. Pron told the LOG that he
outside it.
early
in
February.
Scheduled to
said he had
made
.
the appointment.
had never had any contact with
Commenting on the whole affair
sail on short
notice, she Was
barely
I then
told Lage
that this meeting
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anybody by tnat name.
an SIU headquarters official de
able to take on stores before she
was scheduled... He sent Schmahl clared: "The shipping companies
Of course all the above does not and some assistant of his and they
was out to sea. Many in the crew
definitely mean that there is no proceeded to install a recorder." often ask us why it is that the men
spent
the first night out removing
Dr. Daniel T. Archer. But it seems Summing i^ all up, Schmahl was run to lawyers when something
stores piled on deck to storage
. strange that a man of his standin'g an allaround spy ip the Cities happens, instead of coming to
spaces below.
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would be unknown to any of the Service case—^he spied on the SIU them. The operators argue that
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later,
March
18, she
above sources; that he should hap for the company, on the independ the men get more actual benefit*
broke down in the Mediterranean
that
way
because
they
don't
have
pen to have a relative who was be
and drifted for three days until
to share with a lawyer.
ing paid by a shipping company to
finally gotten into Alexandria,
investigate Philip Pron; and at the
Companies Exploit Men
Egypt. Nearing Ras Tanura, Saudi
same time Dr. Archer should be do
Arabian oil terminal, the ship ran
"On the other hand, the UnlOn
ing an article on the subject and
aground for six days. After a tug
has learned time and again of
asking for information that would
finally got a tow on her, the line
cases of exploitation of ^amen
be of great value to the Robin
snapped, hit OS Bib Gribben, who
when they, do go to a company di
Line; and that he should use the ad
broke his leg.
rectly. , There's many an instance
dress of the relative for this pur
Looking back over the trip.
we know of where a man got far
pose and , the relative's postal
Bosun Ed Fields, lookout on the
less than the usual settlement in
meter. /
such cases because he did so.
bow when it all began, who suf
Further it is odd that a man of
"You can'j: expect one seaman to Picked up alive after being in fered a bad leg burn, summed it
the education and standing of Dr.
go up against a battery of corpora" water four hours, Clarence all. up by noting that "things
Archer should get the name of one
tion lawyers and come out with a Backman died on way to hos
didn't start out well and they
. of the principles in the case wrong
decent deal, anymore than one pitaL
wound up worse." He explained
seaman could bargain for wages try and fight the blaze. You that the heat during the fire the
(he called Eric Joseph "Eric John
son" in his letter), and that he
and eonditions all by himself. He couldn't be sure of anything with night before was so intense that
needs protection in both instances. that heavy, black smoke clouding the men with hoses could take it
should involve himself in the case^
"There's always the danger that everything up." All during this only 15 minutes at a time while
while legal action is pending.
methods
employed by Schmahl
others played a water hose full on
Schraahl's Background
and others might deprive an in time there was the instant danger them.
Sehmahl's . background as a
jured seaman of his just due. An of an explosion on the Michael it
The ironic note in the entire
"private eye" makes for interesting
investigator doing that is worse self but no attention was paid to train of events was that during the
reading and also won him some
than an ambuliance chaser in our. the possibility.
hazardous nightlong fight against
Six hours later when the fire the
fleeting notoriety in the files of the
eyes.
fire the oil barge F. L. Hayes
National Labor Relations. Board
"When things like these come boats and CG disaster craft arrived could still be seen burning in the
and the Committee on Labor and Horace W. Sehmahl's office at up, you can't blame the seamen on the scene at 4:15 AM, the crew DelawareChesapeake Canal in the
PubUc Welfare of the US Senate.
62 WilUam St., New York, for coming to the Union for ad had the situation well in hand ex distance. Normally, the Dodge
In the course of hearings before from which Archer letters vice because the Union's the only cept for incidental blazes starting would hav£..been traveling on the
up. all over the forward section of Canal but the collision involving
outfit he can trust."
the Subcommittee on LaborMan were mailed.
the
vessel. The barge had blown her sister ship had closed it from
One
interesting
sidelight
re
agement relations on September
25 and 26, 1950, Sehmahl's unsav ent union for the company, on the mains in the case of the Archer up and remained burning where it traffic, and forced use of the river.
company's own trusted employees letters. Sehmahl's approach, clum had drifted away from the larger
ory role in the Cities Service driVe for
Willfam, Potter Lage. There sy as it was, is likely to prove of ship.
'
. was exposed.
was a
question raised at these Sen no value to Robin Line.
Echoing the versions of onlook
Excerpts from the committee's ate Committee
hearings whether When the letters Mieve mailed ers, veteran Captain Nelson M.
testimony read as follows: "Lage or not these activities consisted
of
Amey highly commended the crew
(William Potter Lage, attorney for labor espionage and as such with enclosed selfaddressed en for
its "brave and uncalled for ex
velopes,
the •
enclosed
envelopes
the Cities Service Oil Co.)... whether they violated a New York
posure to _danger in fighting the
were
run
on
a
postage
meter
in
wanted fuller coverage ashore so state law which makes it a crime stead of being stamped. Postal fire aboard the vessel."
he turned to Horace W. Schmahl... to engage in such activities.
which Schmahl should Singled out for praise from the
Sehmahl's job was to uncover the (In all fairness to the Cities regulations,
know,
require
that a metered en Seafarers were: Radio Operator
backgrounds of Union officials and Service Company, it ,should be velope has to be mailed
in the pos Edward Brittain, a member of the
to screen seamen applying~for jobs noted that 'the company dissolved tal zone in which the meter is AFL Radio Officers Union, who
aboard Cities Service ships.. .He this antilabor apparatus some listed.
(Continued from page 3)
stuck to his post although the
also checked into the records of time ago and since signing an SIU Consequently, any letters some flames and heavy smoke enveloped concern about the cuts. It declares
men employed Itboard the com contract has had friendly relations one might send back to Archer the entire midship house; first as that the industry committee is dis
pany's ships and potential em with the Union.)
with the statements being sought sistant engineer Arnold E. Evans cussing the "manpower needs of
ployees. ..
With a background of this kind, would in all likelihood never be who immediately went below and the industry" with the Maritime
turned on the steamsmothering Training Service of the (]k)vern
Access to. Coast Guard
and with a long record of mari delivered by. the postoffice.
and
firefighting system even be ment but cannot plan for the fu
time
investigations
to
his
credit,
"In the presence of one of our
Union's Role
' men.. .Schmahl made the follow Schmahl was a "natural" for the The SrU's only interest in a case fore the alarm was sounded, and tiue in the light of appropriations
ing statement: 'The Coast Guard Robin Line to use in trying to get of this kind is to expose the un second assistant E. L. Feucht, both cuts.
files are an open book to me,' and something on Pron which would scrupii1ou.s methods being used members of the Brotherhood of It. then goes on to plump for
Engineers, who worked the full appropriation for maritime
. said that if he wanted to check on damage his lawsuit.
here against a Seafarer's lawsuit. Marine
side
by
side
with the unlicensed training on the grounds that ship
any man, a phone call to the Coast The question arises whether the The Union objects particularly to'
Guard would produce results... methods used by Schmahl in the the attempt to pit one Seafarer crew fighting the fire and helped ping and manpower shortages, "re
to keep up everyone's morale quired expansion of the program
"The Coast Guard connections Pron case are as justifiable'as the against another without the full with jokes and stories, as well as to train urgentlyneeded deck, en
Robin
Line seems to think.
In
this
realization
and
knowledge
of
those
would make it possible for Schmahl
chief officer Garon for his leader gine and radio officers."
to...tell if the man had sailed connection, the LOG checked with seamen whose testimony is being ship in directing the fire crews.
In light of the current surplus
the
Staten
Island
USPHS
hospital
sought.
Moreover,
the SIU
doesn't
aboard Unioncontracted vessels."
of
both licensed and unlicensed
Backman's
tragic
death,
as
re
where Pron is a patient, and where think that this is the only instance
"Xage became suspicious of regulations were recently imposed in which devious methods have lated by fellow crewmembers, men, observers were at a loss to
James Hanaway, Cities Service curbing the activities of am been used against Seafarers.
came when unexpectedly, he went determine the reason for the
shipping master in New York and bulance chasers and other investi
The Union is not concerned in over the side though encased in a NMU's concern over Kings Point
had, both Schmahl and Scotti (an gators in seamen's lawsuits.' The this story, with the
of the plaster cast from the waist up due and the rest of the Government
"other investigator) shadow, him. regulations require any investi lawsuit involved. That is a mat to a previous shipboard injury. He training program.
Hanaway was shadowed for over 4 gator or lawyer coming to the hos ter for the courts to decide. ,It still also had a cast on his broken However, it is generally known
months and his teleph<^ tapped." pital to identify himself before he does feel very strongly that the right ankle when he was picked up that United States Lines is one of
In other words, Schmahl was can visit a patient, with violators methods employed by a company, barely alive after four hours in the few shipping companies which
hired to get whatever dirt he could being reported to the FBI.
a company agent or anybody con the water. Backman. died, enroute prefers to get licensed personnel
from the Kings Point Acadeiny.
dig. up out of the backgrounds ..of Dr. Kenneth R. Nelson, chief nected with a lawsuit, should b^ to the hospital.
In this instance the attitude of
The
ship, :
i
n
a d d
i
U p n
to
a
UiUon offcials • S o that. the . coitn ixiedical officer of the hospital, told aboveboard. Whenever it finds
pahy could use it to discredit ihd the LOG that the regulations they are .otherwise itintends: to scorched hull rand superstructure, United States Lines niay have r^feeB
Upion, He also spied bp Seafarers would most certainly apply io an point Out the fact?to the jnaemberr wound up withfc A sixfoot hole ap a determining factor ip setting
Jobs Dip; NMU
Backs Govt $
For Training
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Dill You KM»OW . ; i
That buUets fired to the right of as the thaws that defeated Napo
Port Said, Egypt—Having ridden the Fort Bridget for over a year now (and being one a moving airplane have a tendency leon in his Russian campaign? De
of three Seafarers left on the ship) I heartily agree with Brother Sonny Simmons' article to drop but those fired to the left spite the frosts encountered, which
in the March 31 SEAFARERS LOG. He. hit the nail right ori the head when he told the tend to rise? This occurs because killed many of his\men, the great
the bullets fired to the left spin difficulty Napoleon suffered was
feljows "Don't take a long trip >
clockwise, and the friction from caused by the thaws which made it
is that
the
company
is very
happy
manded
more
than
the
American
if you won't see it through."
the wind exerts force at thie top impossible totranspoit his heavy
crew.
They
complained
that
the
about Seafarers getting off
and get
My experience is. a solid ex
and bottom of the buUeti.
artillery and su|>^y trains through
ample of what happens when soap issue wasn't enough, but at ting replaced by aliens.. This is a
the mud. •
'
I)
Ras
Tanura
they
boarded
ah
Ital
condition they
encourage,
and
an SIU crew quits the ship ian tanker with pillowcases full of every one of the SIU crew who
X
and leaves it to be manned by soap and came back loaded with vi(ere paid off was greeted as "Ope "That the members' 1>ook^to«job
ratio
is
being
maintained
despite
aliens.
wine, I. have to shake down the more gone." Now«that the ship the present drop in shipping caused That a flea can leap'a distance
We signed 18 month articles way rooms every so often and find cans has no more left besides us, thd by the layup of govemmehtowned 30 timeis its: own height? Named
back on April 26, 1951, at Pauls of fruit, N sardines, salmon, toma skipper, mate, chief, first assistont sMps? SlU memben have no cause for a word meaning to jump, a flea
boro. Of the 31 who signed on, toes, cookies and excess^linen. One and radio operator are the happiest for alapn over getting jobs, sipce can also draw 80 timeS its own
lihere are only a chief cook (pro man, although he was inaking $400 men this side of the Atlantic. The the Union is making continual ef weight
. \
moted from messman) another a month saved several hundred aliens aboarfi don't know their forts to sign new companies and
':X:XX^,
steward department manand my empty beer, wine, whiskey and work from a hole in the groimd assure greater work possibilities.
self, as steward, left on the ship. juice bottles to seU foy $3.20 (2,000 but they do what they're told after
Thaf~the most dangerous man
X X X
It's true that
lire) in Naples when he got back. a fashion and don't give much back
on a ship is the gashound per
Coast Guard Disturbed
in the beginning
talk; . That is what the company That the membets' bpol|tojob former? Seafarers have always
contains a memorial plaque to a taken a stand against these foul
The Coast Guard representative wants.
some crewmem
traitor?
The naifie of the Ameri ups because their a^ivities endan
in Naples, Captain McDacey, is
bers didn't get
Company Saves on Food
can Revolutionary War's "Quis ger the lives of every man on a
along with'each
pretty hot about this ship, with too
other very welL
many aliens aboard who could not Meanwhile the company gets ling," Benedict Arnold, has been vessel. Any man who driidcs on
But the trouble
speak or understand an order. 1 away with murder on the food. I gouged out, so that he is identified the job or turns to gassed up is yt
wa^ most of the
heard that he was going to puU have to buy meat and dry stores in only as k major general born in threat aboard ship. .
•
fellows who
the ship's certificate for "unsea Port Said. The corned beef is old 1740.
'XXX'
signed on thought
worthiness." Anyway, the Fort fashioned salt beef packed in brine.
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The
ham
and
bacon
is too
salty
to
Bridger does not
go back
to Naples
the articles were 4ep„i|„
That Arlington National Ceme
eat. The fowl is foul, and no . That the work of one architect tery _
a joke and it was
anymore.
in Virginia was established
was
so
skillful
that
his
eyes
were
only going to be out five months. As a result, recently we have amount of. stewing can make It
on
land
belonging at different
When after nine months they saw gotten ten new crewmembers, sev tender. I would rather buy meat gut out "to prevent duplication of times to the Adopted son of George
his efforts?
Ivan the Terrible used
it was still out, all but the three eral Germans, a few Cana^ans, elsewhere but the company says to
Washington and also to Robert E.
mentioned had left.
Englishmen, an Australian and a buy it in Port Said where it costs this method on the architect who Lee? The residence which served
built the f^ous St. Basil's Church
an avqrage of 39 cents a pound.
While the reasons that caused Dane.
in Moscow to avoid any carbon both during the period prior to
Believe me, a man
takes the
Un
I am steward
on this bucket
and
them to leave are numerous, many
the Civil War is still on the.grounds
copies of the structure.
got off just because they were "fed have been sailing almost seven ion too much for granted, but all he
and is maintMned as a national
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up.". Maybe that's why the mer years in thatrating. With the has to do is get tangled up in a
memorial.
chant marine gets kicked around American crew on here there were situation like I am in now and then That a 14inch cube of gold
X X X*
so much because of the immature not any serious beefs, and every he realizes just what the Union weighs a ton? At $35 an ounce,
attitude of numerous men. It seems thing was adjusted as quick as it means.
this would amount to quite a tidy That ambitious, to the ancient
Lee de Parlier sum. An ounce of gold leaLin Romans, referred to someone who
that this stems from social and was mentioned.
SUp's delegate cidentally, can cover an acre of was seeking election to office? The
financial insecurity. The SIU has The important fact to remember
licked the financial end but Tm
ground with a layer 1/200,000 of word meant to go around, and de
afraid it may take time to conquer
an inch thick.
scribed a candidate who virent round
the other.
on a house to house canvass for
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These men take to drink to build
votes. He was thus "ambitious for
That th# SlUaffiliated Inland office."
their ego up. With a few drinks
Boatmen's Union was pne of thC'
under their belts they are as good
first CIO units to quit , that organ
X X X
a man as any. But when the liq
ization
because
of
resentment
uor wears off they are like a de
That the word arena should never
flated balloon, and are not much
New Orleans — After being away for one year I have against Communist leadership in be applied to'any open space,
good on theoob.
returned to this .southern port. Everything, looks good here. CIO waterfront uniohs? By a ref playing area or meetingplace?
erendum vote, members of the Arena is Latin for sand, from the
Paid For Jobs?
The hall is in shipshape condition and the boys have no IBU
voted 61 to break ties with
when sand was spread about
Anyway, as each of these men trouble shipping out. There
the CIO in February, 1948, and days
the
Colosseum
in Rome to absorb
left the ship, a stranger was shipped are some working ashore earn
port, to wait for switched to the SIU.
(he
blood
spilled
in combats be
in his place. There has been much ing a few bucks while waiting
a ship. The lake
X X X
tween
gladiators,
or the
Christians
speculation (no proof, however) for
is about, eight That it wasn't the cold so much
a particular ship.
and
the
lions.
that the Italians who shipped in
miles from the
Naples paid for their jobs. These George McFall, driving a taxi
hall. _
here under doctor's
orders and
los
men could speak very little or no
Steady Rider
English. One has been on the ship ing plenty of weight. Expect him
Zeke Joblonski
to return
to
the
sea
by
September
seven months who still can't speak
still on
th» Alcoa
or understand English and he is a .. .Another brother working ashore
Clipper and in
until
recently
was
Louis
Peed.
He
48 AB. As the ship was running
tend to remain ^ The Seafarers Marching and Courtboullion Club held its
into Na]|ies for some time, all of now carries his right arm in a cast,
put 4or a while.
Bankston
our replacements were of this char but this doesn't stop him from fish
His telephone first annual outing of the season on the banks of the Tearl
acter. Most of them are exbum ing at the lake...
stocks are doing okay.. .Blackie. River at the Spelicer Estate (home of the Delta Line stiff).
boat operators from^ the Santa Speaking about the lake, you Bankston on the beach but waiting
T
Lucia district, the kind of fellows will always fincf Tex Metting swim for a Delta job, Should be out by The affair was a tremendous^ ^
my Italian friends would call "ruf ming there. Tex doesn't care to the time you read this.. Al Brind success with barbecue ribs and but not emaciated nor disgraced,
fianos."
dive from the float however... ley, the man with the best mani barbecue chicken a'plenty—also at the finish.
For example, these fellows de New Orleans is certainly a nice cured hands in the business, now
The evening's conversation grad
much liquid refreshment.
ually
centered on the recently ac
sailing as AB on the Del Santos,
Entertainment was supplied by quired and adjoin ing plantation
South
America
bound.
He's
a
for
Nary A Bite In Sight
M. Hamilton "Moon" Kouns and of gentleman farmer Martin Kouns.
mer BR.
His immediate concern is the po
Joseph "Tattoo"
Reyes Relaxing
tato and bean crop. Drought is
Conrad
wh o
On my trip south 1 paid a visit
the problem, and Moon having
up such
to Miami and found E. Reyes, cre fouled
gained his limited store of agricul.
sweet
old
re
ator of "Sailor Rags," taking it
tural informatioh in the Irish chan
as "Sweet
easy at home. He's on the Florida frains
nel, feels a little unsure of
hunself.
now, but 1 bet he'll be on the cof Adeline," "I
Any
membership
hints
or
cata
fee run within three months... Don't Want to
logue
aid
on
nurturing
and
coax
Brother Duet doesn't talk about Set the World on.
ing.the red bean and the spud into
anything else but baseball hnd Fire" and many
full
blossom will be welcomed.
that's because he's the manager of other numbers
The verbal tour brought us ul
until
the
wee
Conrad
the Beachcombers, a team of boys
timately to the dwelling itself. One
who are now on the beach waiting hours.
audacious character mentioned the
to ship out. I understand they First honors in the eating con lack of bath, but Moon promptly
test were carried away by the fu dismissed this as secondary. The
have a fine record.
Did you know Paul Warren was ture Mrs. Charles Tannehill, but galley is what counts and a bath
a midget car driver? He loves this the award has been held up by is certainly "not numbered, among
sport but had to give it Up on doc the judges pending final disposi the indispensables.
tor's orders.. ."Red" Sully paying tion • o f a foul claim entered by The nearness of the modern tile
a visit to the hall in order to talk Kouns, However, the entertain baths under way at the Spencers
ment committee feels the foul and the known hospitality of those
to the boys.
John Picou is looking to catch a claim should be disallowed due to folks mi|ht have Influenced the
ship and is willing to take any the future Mrs. Tannehill eating opinion.
thing going anywhere.. .George the last three chickens while wear
Catalogues to Moon, please—
Guenard, age 34, sailed as purser ing a muzzle.
seed, flower or vegetable, anything
Three Seafarers off the Marina relax in sunny San Juan harbor and was well liked by SIU mem
Subsequent development of the that can be planted and will grow.
While, waiting for a nibble. They don't seem to be particularly bers. He died in New Orleans on p h 91 o s definitely confirmed the Watch the amazing and heroic
Worried about catching any. They are: (LR) Joe Olive, March 12. 19S2.
committee's rullug. They revealed eXpefliuent;
J
viUre, Ed Odom4;i
• ,
SalfafvDIck • . Brother Ifoune,weary and legging.
Life Pleasant Way Down
Yonder In Crescent City
Motou^^ Welcome Tips—
On Growing Healthy Spuds
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HBAFAKEKS LOG
'PV« Nlneteca
Olde Photos
Wanted by MMG
The LOG is interested in col
lecting and printing photo
graphs showing what seagoing
was like in the old days. All
you oldtlmers' w,ho have any
old mementos, photographs of
shipboard llf^ pictures of
ships or anything that would
show how seamen lived, ate
and worked in th^ days gone
by, send them in to the LOG.
Whether they be steam or sail,
around the turn of the cen
tury, during the first world
war and as late as 193fil the
LOG Is Interested in them all.
Well take care of them and
return your souvenirs to you.
By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
Advances and development in photography have not been confined
only to cameras and.lenses. We find that important strides have been
made also in auxiliary equipment. In enlargers and printers, the
use of cold cathode grids and circular fluorescent lamps as light
sources are recent innovations. Seafarers who haye ever tried to do any
enlarging while a ship is under full steam will appreciate some, new
enlargers that the navy is using. Instead of the usual light bulb in
the enlarger head wefind an electronic flash tube in the light source
thus eliminating the danger of any vibration.
Also in lighting equipment, the reflector spot lamps with their own
builtin reflectors have eliminated the need forbulky reflectors. They
need only be s<yewed into a standard lamp socket for use. In flash
lamps, the midget bulbs have been an outstanding step forward. The
SM lamp, with a flash duration of 1/100 of a second enables users
with inexpensive cameras to stop action by the shoit .duration of
the iamp.
A brandy, new department store, Hammond's, Ltd., is soon to be
Very significant was the creation by Dr. Edgarton at MIT of the
opened In Hull 'In spite of the poor livinp situation" as Seafarer
electronic flash. This repeating flash tube which needs either an AC
Luis Ramirez puts It.
source or a batter pack has cut deeply iiito the cost of taking flash
pictures. In printing papers, Varigam, a paper of variable contrast
on one surface is now available. By using different filters over your
enlarging lens one paper can create any contrast desired.
Having spent a goq^ deal of time in Japan and Korea over the past year, I decided to see The PolaroidLand camera introduced about three years ago has put
what the other side of the world looked like. So I caught the Coeur d'Alene Victory (Victoix an end to the ancient joke about the camera with the built in develop
ing tank. When you are at headquarters for your new book you will
Carriers) and made a quick trip of 29 days, to Bremerhaven, Germany, and Hull, England, see
it in operation. Recently Dr. Edwin H. Land, the inventor of this
before coming back home. in the same amount as the meat. money and in the face of all this, camera," demonstrated
a new film before the Photographic Society of
It was a pleasure to get to Bre
America.
He
took
photos
of the audience in an extremely dimly lit
organized
labor
seems to
be
sleep
While
the
meat
is supposed
to
be
merhaven, and go around visiting
room
with
a
film
whose
speed rating is about 16002400 Weston.
ing.
Our
nigh'
watchman
told
the
principal
item,
the
amount
is
and shopping in the newly^reno
When
we
remember
that
Super
XX is only 80 indoors we see that he
Oiler Ed
Burke and
myself
that
he
doled
out
as
if
something
more
vated town. I found that shopping
really has something here. You can't buy this film at the Sea Chest
was
making
15
shillings
(about
would
spoU
your
stomach.
in Germany nowadays doesn't
for 12 hours work at night. yet. At the moment it is US Army property exclusively.
give you much to figure on in the if you happen to get in one of $3.00)
So
you'll
be doing the right thing We can't conclude without discussing the very latest in cameras.
these
restaurants
(and
there
are
way of bargains. The prices in
if
you
don't ffraw any money
at all Though this properly belonged in an earlier column, it is so new that
not
many)
you
will
think
after
ob
terms of dollars are not far be
in
England
unless
you
expect
to it only wa.e announced since the appearance of the last issue of the
serving
the
cusetomers
that every
hind the ones at home, and there*
stay
for
more
than
two
days.
one
is on
a
diet.
LOG. It's a combat camera developed for the Signal Corps by Gra
is nothing much you can find there
Luis
A.
Ramirez
Everything
here
costs
a
lot
of
flex,
the makers of the Speed Graphic, which has been used by
that we can't find here in our
photographers of the Signal Corps for a number of years.
home markets except for cuckoo
This new camera withstands dust, is fungus proof, moisture proof,
clocks.
and can be used in a driving rain, Really something the Seafarer can
Cameras Not Cheap
use during a storm when he's on lookout, and will operate without
The same goes for cameras. It's
any difficulty at 40 degrees below zero. Loaded with film and with
easy to find a big variety in New
its standard 4inch f2.a lens it weighs only 5M lbs., which is below
York and the prices are even less
the weight of the Speed Graphic. The body of the camera is of
on many of the average ones in
magnesium and even the lens mounts are made in the same metal. It
Germany if you consider how
Just as a home or a ship needs an annual spring cleaning,
much it comes to with the regular so does my notebook. So here are a few items tinged with uses 70mm film and has all the features of the high priced 35mm
customs duty. The only advantage mold that "gotta go." Don Herlihy claims the reason for the camera. This size film gives you a 214x314 negative. It will take a
loading of film which will give 50 exposures. It has a builtin siicer
in favor of your pocket is when
which permits any portion of exposed film to be removed for process
bandage
over
his
eye
is
that*^'
buying one of those masterpieces
Lenses are interchangeable. It takes a 214inch f4.5 wide angle
in cameras like a Leica with the he went into Robert Hall's and cellar . ., Right now we'll trade six ing.
lens
and
an 8inch f4 telephoto.
of
our
best
pitchers
for
a
picture
hit his head on the low over
fl,2 and the like.
of
Preacher
Roe.
The camera
has a coupled rangefinder and the view finder is in the
.t'r^m Bremerhaven we went to head ...
same
eyepiece.
The view finder used is really unique. Whenever you
I
see
Costello
got
eighteen
Last year's Kentucky
Derby gave
Hull, England, and here is where
I. had an eyeopening experience me the miseries. I'd have cut my months; I did a stretch that long switch from one lens to another the view finder automatically com
of interest to my Seafaring broth throat, but the girl next door was with Waterman • and didn't even pensates for the view of the new lens. The shutter has a top speed of
ers. I examined the town from top using my r^or.. .Now I know that play the numbers ., Made a port in 1/500 of a second. A single winding of the shutter spring permits
the r a i I at the Santo Domingo that was so small ten exposures in five seconds. The film is automatically advanced
to bottom, especially the main shop
track is to hold that in a six man conga line thp and the shutter cocked at the same time. The camera has an automatic
ping district, and I can say that if
my horses up... last two guys were out of town... exposure counter, but to make sure that you don't keep on shooting
the same goes for the rest of Eng
Frank
Moran Their highway authority will put after 50 exposures, a red flag appears in the view finder after the
land (and I was told it was worse
says there never the white line down the middle of last shot is taken. Without its lens the camera is 914inches long,
in many places) you are better off
was a three horse the road as soon as they widen 214inches wide and 5inches high.
it you don't draw a penny there.
dead
heat. The the streets...
Aftpr all army needs are taken care of, it will probably be released
There is absolutely nothing to
winner stuck out Memo on politics: As soon as a for civilian use. Present estimates are that it wili cost about 30%
buy that you cannot find in the
h i s tongue... I politician gets elected by the pub 4nore than the better of the 35mm cameras.
States and even if j(ou try buying
only know of one lic he puts "Private" on his door
something just to get rid of the
guy that made a ...My district sent our represen
Campbell
money, almost nothing fits you by
living
following tative to Congress just to get him
home standards. ^
horses. He's with the Department out of town.. He's an honest poli
Food Situation Bad
of Sanitation...The last favorite tician. When he's bought he stays
As for food, the situation is not I had was timed with a calendar. bought.
much better than it was in 1944
(1) How can the number 45 be divided into four parts so that if you
Fair Trade
Definition of Conservative
and the candy is still rationed. Of course, I've got the Pirates to
add two to the first, subtract two from the second, multiply the third
Any meat sandwich that you may help ..me out of the darkness. They Believe me. Congress has some by two and divide the fourth by two, the total of the addition, remainder
ask for contains a very special spice sure know their way around the of the best men money can buy... of the subtraction, prqduct of the multiplication and result of the di
Almost every man has his price. visiou are all equal?
Some of those guys even hold bar
gain sales.. .Contrary to this type, (2) The borders of four of the 48 states are made up of straight lines
LOGARHYTHM:
we h^ve the conservative. Yeah! on all sides. Can you name three of them?
(3) No place on the earth, has a longtitude of more than (90), (120),
He's got his already.
Discovered a new SIU character (150), (180) degrees.
aboaid the Ines. Miserable Jones (4) An American statesman who acted as Secretary of State during a
is the kind of guy who'll eat all the Republican administration and as Secretary of War during a Democratic
By Jesse Watkins
chickens on board and then beef administration in World War II was (Frank Knox) (Henry Stimson),
about the egg shortage.. Here's (Cordell Hull), (James ForrestaD?
• The cook had fried his chicken,'' He placed with loving care each the one that eats two quarts of ice (5) A pound of tea and three pounds of sugar cost $1.20. If the price
^
ond
.
dish;
cream, one pound of butter, three of the sugar* were increased 20 percent, the cost would be $1.32. How
With seasoning just right,
containers of milk, six chops, four much does a pound each of the tea and sugar cost?
His salad turned out swell.
,
Had creamed some peas of stand Surveying all he made a wish,. steaks and a dozen 'hamburgers.
(6)
The baseball manager whose
team
has won
the most
major league
ard brand;
;
First he empties the cow, then he pennants was (McCarthy), (McGraw), (Mack), (McKechnie)?
And rang thd dinner bell.
His spuds were fluffy white.
eats it. , .
This^ boy is the only person. 1 (7) The earth is nearest the sun during our season of (summer), (fall),
Enthused with culinary arts.
know
who can walk into an enipty (winter), (spring)?
The captain couldn't eat a Site; *
His rice and beans were: fine;
building
and sing "Hail, Hail The (8) The battle of the Monitor and Merrimac during the Civil War
The engineer' was blue.
Gang's All Here."
He rolled and made some jelly, And no one hdd on appetite.
(1862). revolutionized naval warfare by proving the utility of the iron
torts.
Not one among the crew.
* / • After reading the foregoing I'm clads. Qn which side was each ship?
So they as kings could dine, V :
available for questioning in Ebbet's (9) Bill, now 24, is twice as old as Tom was when Bill was as old
Field or the Polo Grounds follow as Tom is now. How bid is Tom?
And he toos in o jolly mood,
Deflation came along with fear,, ing the Pirates. Somebody , has got (10) Much Of the heat gained by the earth during the day is lost at
v.. .. Because he mixed a cake
And feeling like an elf.
to follow them. They're following night by (conduction), (radiation)," (convection), (reflection)?
Exactly like the devil'sf'ood
The cook sat doum, and with a tear everybody clgis.
Quiz Answers on Page 27.<0eJ/. > .'Mi
Red Campbell
b(iHvsi'iaiimys make.
|t, «ll himself.
J'.h.i, ;i
Cupboard Is Bare in England
Red Embraces A Hopeless
Cause: Pittsbdrgh Pirates
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After sailing, the North Atlantic through the winter months and knowing how rough it
By Spike Marlin
can be, I saw that the Helen Hunt Jackson was up on the board in the Norfolk hall, heading
for Spain. Hearing about the friendlier relations that had been established between our Spring is the season that trees cruiser, gets his biggest kick out
turn green, mosquitoes start hatch of such tedious jobs as cauUdUK
country and Spain, and that
ing out and small boat enthusiasts painting and varnishing. In most
it was a strange sight to see a
appear on brokendown docks and cases he's just a frustrated ship
US ship going to that country
tidewater mudflats around the yard worker. There's nothing ht
I decided to sail that ship.
country. In the past few weeks
enjoys more than lying .on •
We were loaded with coal and
they have been whipping their splintery dock in a broiling sun,
started for the port of Bilbao which
prized possessions into shape, pre carefully spreading glistening
is strictly devoted to the manufac
paring to enjoy delightful week varnish on his prized possession.
ture of steel.
ends of cruising and fishing hieath
Goldbraided Cap
When we got there, we dis
sunshine and 'midst pleasant
When
he's^finally got his craft
charged into barges until the ship
breezes.
in trim,
he goes
out a^d buys him
was light enough to go to the un
Actually small boat owners rank
loading berth of one of the larg
in the same class with model air self a skipper's cap loaded down
est plants in Spain, known as the
plane bugs and radio tinkerers. with imitation gold braid. No
Altos Homes Company. While dis
They enjoy playing with their stuff master of a passenger liner was
charging into barges the ship was
just as much as using It. Other ever prouder.
anchored to buoys. It was delayed
Usually, this procedure takes be
wise it's hard to explain why they
• >a few days discharging and then
put days of hard work into a boat tween four to six weekends, so it's
shifted to the unloading berths.
that won't be used more than a June by the time he's actually
ready to put his craft t<r the test.
So like all seamen, we went
dozen times a year.
ashore and visited the city of Bil
As proof of this, every spring Armed with six fishing rods, two
bao which is about 10 to 15 miles
there's wholesale trading of boats five gallon cans full of the noxious
from the port of discharge as the
dowif at the docks and boat basins. gasoline and oil mixture used in
river is shallow. The ships unload
When a boating hobbyist buys a the motor, halfadoz^n life pre
at a town known as Portugalate.
boat he makes sure to get the servers, two oars, a spare spark
Electric trains run about every 20
most brokendown derelict he can plug, box of cotter pins and a fire
little siehtseelne locate. If it's a sailboat, it of ne extinguisher, he's all set for a
minutes., The fare is 5 pesetas Crewmembers of the Helen Hunt^Jgickson
In Bilbao. They are (LR): J. R. iWs
mison, AB; T. McFarley, wiper; cessity must be demasted with gap pleasant afternoon. Of course, the
which is .about 15 cents in our
Anthony Rofero, wiper; J. Riley, AB; Victor Ejel, OS.
money, and the trains are fast and
ing holes in the canvas. If motor sailboat navigator travels lighter.
fc' comfortable.
powered, the engine has to be en All he carries is a cap, dark glasses,
man went down to the shelter deck America and Spain in regards to crusted with rust and the boat bot and bathing suit.
Friendly People
for linen as everything was black our stowaways. But the ship kept tom full of gaping holes. Other
However, we must confess that
The city _ of Bilbao is really from the coal. While down there he on its course. Two days later we wise there' wouldn't be any fun^ when
he finally does get out on
saw
a
head
and
found
a
stowaway.
were ordered to the port of Vigo whipping her into shape. And who
wonderful. The people were
the
water
on a pleasant summer's
friendly and enjoyable and the In turn we notified the master of which is on the line between Spain wants to just jump into a boat and day, there's nothing like it—pro
customs strictly Spanish. Very few our discovery. The master. wired and Portugal. The Spanish navy take off?
vided he doesn't run into a squall
of the citizens speak English but ahead for orders on the stowaway came and took off oua stowaways.
Pleasures Of Caulking
or break his propeller shaft on a
stick to the language of their coun and the ship kept on its course for Although there was a lot of ex
The small boat owner, be he the
citement and loss of sleep I can possessor of a modest 14foot rock. And if he actually catches a
America.
try.
The next day I went on the deck say with all the members of the mahogany outboard hull, a two couple of respectable fish—^well
There are the usual number of
for a
little fresh air as it was lunch crew that Spain is a wonderful and seater sailboat or a fullsized cabin he's all set to go through with it
bars and cafes and prices are rea
again the next year.
sonable in exchange for the Ameri time. Biibao was still fresh in my ekciting country. If you have any
mind,
when
I
saw
two
more
heads
doubt, .take
a
ship
there
and
see
ca'# dollar. Among the places there
for yourself.
are the Buenos Aires Bar, the from the No. 4 hold.
Again to the master with the
Charles J. Hartman
Shanghai, the Neguri, and last of
Shifts delegate "
all, Maxims, where a seaman will same story, with more wires to
not want for his heart's desires.
There is also the Swisso, where
Miss Margaret G. Morsette, well known as Magge Greenberg
there is dancing until two in the
steamship stewardess who worked to a great many Seafarers who
m: 'morning, meals that are Spanish Durban, South Africa—Seafarer festivities was further provided by on SIU passenger ships out of New sailed out of the port, and her un
W and drinks for those who like them. Thomas J. Mack, oiler and engine
Orleans, was timely death came as a shock to
our night cook and baker, U. R.
Putting it all together it is a na delegate aboard the Robin Hood
found
dead in her many of her close acquaintances
tural for the seamen, both young went a long way from home to find Merjudio, who supplied Mack with
home at 933 Du in the Union. At the time of her
and old.
a bride. He was married here on the traditional wedding cake cov
maine, from an death she was employed aboard the
Everj'body had a wonderful time, Saturday, April 26, 1952 to Miss ered with a generous supply of
overdose of sleep Alcoa Clipper, one of. the combina
and after ten days when we were Doreen Jones, a resident of Dur white frosting. All the men on the
ing pills. An au tion freight and passenger ships
unloaded we shifted to the oil dock ban, during the time the ship was
topsy conducted of the Alcoa Stemaship Company
Robin Hood
join in
offering Broth
for bonkers. Then we started for in port.
by the New Or for whom she had worked for sev
home with the good time of Bilbao Brother Mack thus became the er Mack their best wishes for a
leans coroner's eral years.
still fresh in our memory, but not first Seafarer that we know of who happy marriage.
office confirmed A native of Tennessee, she is
for long.
the cause of survived by a brother, John Bandy
found himself a bride on the
Florencio F. Letie
Morsette
i< •
Stowaway Troubles
death as barbi and a nephew, Michael Bandy, of
South and West African run of the
, |::.
turate poisoning.
132 " Haywood Avenue, Knoxville,
Clearing the port at about 9 AM Robin Line.
The 37yearold stewardess was Tenn.
we sailed for home. The utility
The SIU touch to the wedding
Sleep Pills Kill Stewardess
Seafarer Weds Durban tiirl
The LOG opens this column as way as your clothing. You can wear
an exchange for stewards, cooks, the same suit for a long* period,
bakers and others who'd like to but you change the tie regular
ly. A soup's the same thing, an
share favored food recipes, little accessory to a meal that calls for
known cooking and baking hints, variety to dress up a regularly
dishes with a national flavor and featured menu, he pointed out.
the like, suitable for shipboard "And when the preparation's no
more involved than with any other
Bridegroom Thomas J. Mack con use. Mail in your suggestions.
soup, there's no excuse for holding
gratulates Robin Hood's baker,
it back from the boys," Thomas
U. R. Merjndle for fine job on
A not infrequent complaint re added, as he offered his wellre
wedding eake (right).
y
garding shipboard chow Is the ceived recipe for a "Pepper Pot
Soup." ^
failure to offer relief occasionally
Here's what you nee(): 34 green
from the weekly
peppers, 1 pound carrots, 1 pound
repetition of
onions, a No. 2 can of tomatoes,
most dishes.
V* pound flour, Vi pound shorten
Soups particular
ing, 4 gallons beef stock, Vt pint;
ly rouse
this feel
Seafarers have been remind
Worcestershire sauce.,Peel, clean^
ing, because
ed that any ^ear sent to any
and dice vegetables, then panfrjr
you'll find
the
SIU hall baggage rooms must
until tender and brown. Add flour;
same one on the
and combine to give the mixture
have the shipping charges menu four or five
body, then mix in beef stock,
days
out
of
seven
prepaid. Any gear sent with
tomatoes and Worcestershire sauce
on
many
ships.
Thomas
COD shipping charges cannot
and add pepper and salt to taste.
. "A cook can't
be accepted at the baggage
let himself grow stale. No matter The whole preparation takes
romns. So if you are sending
how much he knows about his job, about an hour, and the flavorsome
any gear to a Union hall, be there's always room for something result can be served either chilled
sure to prepay the shipping new," asserts brother Joe Thomas, orhot. Incidentally, Thomas says
charges. The baggage rooms steward, who has learned a lot still an extra touch can be added
about the feeding habits of Sea
cannot a^pt COD shipments farers in a decade or more of by using tripe to build up the
flavor even further an4 make the
of«Mir.
sailing with the SIU.
wholesome, tasty soup a meal in
' You have tOr^look at it<the <san)te jitself.' 'i j.i'. i
r;
WOfFOMLY IFA Rni9)UMM IS riTCSCm!
Off AT SEA
^DEPRIVES You OF
TRUE UNIO/Sf
RCPRESEMTATIOA/
AK»D MARES LATTER
&ETTLEA4ENT OF
BEEFS PIFFICOLT.
DonH Ship Gear
To Union COMB
�friday; May M, 1952
FouUng'MJp Hurts
Unisn^s Standing
SEAFARERS LOG
L E ITER S
Fay* Twcfltyan*
CaUs$20BmA
S»mud Investment
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
I think that every Seafarer who excess of eight hours but the fire Foul'Ups Ashore were aboard ship they performed Two days ago I walked up to our
their duty and upheld their obliga new headquarters building from
reads the LOG thinks the same as men, oilers and wipers receive the
I do, with some kind of pride on same pay for work over eight Just As Harmful tions. Their personal habits arc my ihip to vote on the assessment
no concern of mine for I'm not so to provide new and better halls in
being an ^tive member of the hours. In fairness to the working To the Editor:
good that I should set myself as an some of the outports.
man
the
overtime
rate
should
be
There seems
to be
a little
differ
SIU. Up to date there is no sea
made
more
equal
between
engi
ence of opinion between some of informer by reporting them.
going union in the world to be
If there is one thing I detest it As I stood in the voting booth
neers
and firemen.
the brothers on the Union resolu
compared with ours. Think of
is
a hypocrite who constantly reading over the resolution on the
tion to curb the foulups in foreign
Would Not Quit Ship
this; 40 hours a week with over
ballot, my mind
time paid for Saturday, Sundays If a night fireman was placed on ports. A couple of seamen I've points the finger at his brother but
wandered back to
hides
under
the
guise
of
a
re
and holidays, vacation .pay every board the same as night engineers spoken to feel that it isn't right
the early days of
00 days of work and above all tne then firemen would make more for men to be subject to Union former.
our Union at 2
If
more
time
was
spent
seeking
best of welfare plans for the bene than one trip and we honestly be penalties for the way they behave
Stone
Street.
methods to improve contracts and
fit of our SIU members.
lieve that morale would be better. shoreside.
When I com
working conditions by
holding use
These same brothers argue that
Just think, in case of a Sea Above all it would give the fire
pared the build
educational meetings aboard
farers death his wife and children man a chance to be home with his it is alright for the Union to crack ful
ing we were
ship,
less
time
would
be
had
for
down on a performer if he makes
collect a cash benefit of $2,500 family.
renting
at that
those snoopers who seek to con^
that wiU help the
In regards to the present setup, life miserable by not turning to, trol the personal habits of their
time to the beau
family a lot.
when a fireman makes a trip to or doing his job on the ship. But Union brothers.
Hiint
tiful new hall I
Vole of Thanks
was standing in, • .,.'551
India and return^ to the US he they draw the line when it comes
Joseph
S.
Buckley
Due
must get off to stay home awhile; to the same performer's actions in (Ed. note: For other member and thought about our present
^1
Let's all of us
wages, conditions, welfare and 1 >vil
or soon there might not be a home town.
ship
vieiopoints
on
this
issue
see
For the life of
me, I can't see the
give a vote of
vacation plans, and our new Slli
to come back to. If he had the
letters elsewhere on this page.)
thanks to our
book, the finest of everything in
few days off he could remain on big difference. The whole point
4 4
Union officials
Maritime, I could vote no other
the ship. As it is now when he does about the Union cracking down on
for doing the job
W
ants
way but yes.
get a little time off he must repay foulups and performers is that Army Sgt,
so well and try
the time to the fireman who stood these birds have been htu*ting the To Ship Again
I urge all brothers to do likewise
ing to get the
his watch or pay a relief fireman Union and their Union brothers. To the Editor:
Rosa
as it is a good sound investment in
best of protec.
from the hall. Oilers can't be asked What's the difference whether a In reading the LOG of April 18, our own future welfare and prog
tion lor our membership.
to stand the fireman's watch be guy gets out of line on board ship,
ress.
Therefore, as an active Seafarer cause of the overtime involved, or whether he busts up a couple 1952, I noticed letters where you
John H. Hunt
for ten years I believe that it is and the company does not fancy of joints in town and makes it had sent former brothers of the
Union
who
are
in
the
service
a
/ 4 4 4
our responsibility to do the best the idea of paying out overtime. rough for the men on the next
form to be filled out to help them
and help keep our Union in good Now that the matter has been ten ships into that port?
AllisWellOn
standing in the comniunity. I just brought up, let's hear from thd As far as the Union is concerned, get out andfgo back to sea. '
I
would
appreciate it
very
much
we've
been
told
time
and
again
read the story in the LOG of rest of you brothers regarding this
Jersey Seatrain
that the companies throw these if you would send the said form To the Editor:
April 4 about the incidents in matter.
to me as soon as possible as Kam
Singapore and in the ports of
George H. Marumoto things at our negotiating commit very"
much interested in shipping Just a few words from the ocean
tee
when
a
contract
comes
up.
East Africa. I think it is a good
Engine delegate and
highway of the Seatrain New Jer
out again.
Let's
be
sensible
about
this.
If
practice to remember that when.,
5 crewmembers
sey enroute to Texas City, Texas.
When
I
quit
in.
1947
I
wasn't
you are on shore leave in foreign (Ed. note: The questions sub the performers are hurting us, why
The run is good, the chow Tine and
sure
exactly
what
I
wanted.
I
am
should
we
let
them
get away
with
ports or home ports, or on SIU mitted in this letter ore among the
the crew tops.
ships to keep clean and avoid any manysuggestions now under con it? That doesn't mean that a fellow still restless and not too sure of
Everything is thus far in ship
myself
as
far
as
knowing
exactly
doesn't have a right to a good time.
kind of trouble.
sideration by the headquarters ne I'm first in line myself as far as what I want to do, but I found that shape. Regards from the black
If you happen to be in foreign gotiating committee.)
that goes. Believe me, if we I was considerably happier while gang to all.
ports keep in mind that you are
Sir Charles
4
i
straighten out a couple of these shipping in 1946 and 1947 than I
a stranger. Respect the local laws
and authorities and get familiar Rigging Slashers characters, we're only doing them have been in the nine years of
4 4 4
a favor because in the long run, Army service.
with rules and regulations where
When
I reenlisted
I turned
in all
Alert Petrolite
you may happen to be. Remember On Monheg Shift they'll wind up behind the well
receipts covering dues and assess
known eight ball.
that when we respect each other's To the Editor:
Walter Keers ments up to September, 1948. I Crew On Foul^Ups
rights, we gain respect and con We, the 48 watch have been
never received word of my stand To the Editor:
sideration for ourselves and also working aloft on the Pennmar,
t 4.
ing with the Union after that. 1 At our last meeting on the Pe
for our Union.
slushing all the rigging since we
have
back in the States since trolite, the chairman and secretary
US Rep Damaged
left Baltimore. We have been at Opposes Curb On 1950 been
but
haven't
had the chance explained the importance of the
Don't try to foul up or perform. it for six days and the crew are
to get to any hall and find out work .our negotiating committee is
Remember, that our country is calling us the "monkey watch" in Foul'Ups Ashore about
my standing.
doing on the new agreements for
trying hard to keep our policy stead of the star watch, which is To the Editor:
If possible please send all in the coming year. Consequently it
It has come to a fine state of af
overseas clean and it is up to us to some change at least.
you can on this subject. is necessary that there be no beefs
help keep it that way. Avoid any By th^ time we're through, we'll fairs when members seek to con formation
No matter if I never intended to caused by performers, gashounds,
kind of trouble. Remember that if have earned our overtime. Because trol the individual's actions when ship
I still want to be in weedheads and the like.
you get in a mess there is nothing it's so dam hot the rigging has he is ashore. Since when have we good again
standing. I have enjoyed re
It was stressed to the crew that
your Union could do to help you stretched twice its normal length, elected a committee to interfere ceiving
and reading the LOG all any foulballs on this trip will
in foreign lands.
and believe us, there's a lot of the with the civil rights of its mem these years.
Please tell all the have tough sledding as we are not
bers? So long as a member ful
Stop and think that any kind stuff on here.
brothers
that
I
said hello and lots going to let the performers tear
Mark, Jack and Pedro fills his obligations and abides by more and happier
of fouling up hurts your Union for
shipping.
working
rules
aboard
ship
and
down what this Union has fought,
which we have been trying hard
ir ^
Sgt.
Charles
E. James, Jr. for and gained for its members.
does not violate them in any way
to keep strong with the best work
(Ed, note: Unfortunately, the
ing conditions and benefits for our Shntterbug Does in principal or action he has ful Army has stopped the processing Everyone had high praise for
filled his obligation to the organi
the new Union book as I showed
Union brothers.
Worh On Ship
zation. What his conduct is ashore of seamen for discharges).
them mine and told them how they
Also, from the April 4 issue of To the Editor:
4 4 4
comes under civil authority.
are processed in New York head
the LOG I learned that John
I
am
enclosing
a
few
pictures
These
socalled
reformers
make
SutvEeyor Crew
quarters. Also praised were the
Chaker was at the Staten Island
'hospital for some treatment. To which I have taken aboard the me tired with their constant milk Heads For Home fine cafeteria and bar plus the
right prices and higher quality of
my good and old friend and for Jeff Davis. I take, develop, and sop methods of trying to sell their To the Editor:
goods sold in the Sea Chest by our
mer shipmate, Chaker, I wish a enlarge the pictures aboard the goodygoody tales to seamen.
We're aboard tlie Steel Surveyor Union.
ship since I received my equip
Doesn't Want To Inform
prompt recovery.
enroute to the States, now being in This crew owns their own Zenith
Evaristo Rosa ment from Tampa about one month I've sailed on many ships where Colombo,
Ceylon. There have been radio and record player and still
I've seen men who didn't live up
ago where I had it stored.
• 4 t
to ail the rules, yet the time they a few beefs on this trip mostly rel has a balance of $126.08 in the
Anthony Nottage
ative to the breakdown of the ship's fund. It shows what a crew
Ash Reliei For
crew's refrigerator which took 17 can do to make things pleasant for
Night Firemen
days to repair due to the inability their shipmates.
The working conditions of engi
to acquire spare parts.
neers on the Steel Chemist have
Also the repair list turned in by
James R. Porter
now reached a point where the
the old crew on the last trip has
brothers should realize the differ
still not been completed. Painting
ence. On reaching port in the US
of the crew's foc'sles has not been*
a night engineer is placed on board
started yet with various excuses Money Exchange
by the company to do the night
being offered but there has been
Rates Listed
work so that the ship's engineer
a promise to start it as soon as we
The following is the latest
can have time off to be home.with
leave Colombo.
available listing of official ex
his family at night. The firemen
There are a few repairs on the change rates for foreign cur
who carry the same long port
list that are a must and when we rencies. Listings are as of May
watch must remain on board and
arrive we would like to have the 27, 1952 and are subject to
do their watch.
patrolman find out why they change without notice.
England. New Zealand, South Africa;
If the fireman is married it goes
haven't been done.
$2.80 per pound sterUna.
pretty hard to remain on board
On the lighter side, we played Australia:
$2.24 per pound sterling.
and spend the night instead of go
a couple of games of ball at Cochin Belgium; 50 francs to the doUar.
Denmark: 14.45 c^nts per krone.
ing home to the family and kids.
against a Japanese ship and made France: 350 francs to the doUar.
If the company can afford to put
it twp for two. We laid up in Cal Holland: 3.80 guilders to the dollar.
625 lire to the dollar.
cutta for 17 days 3T?d the boys Italy:
a night engineer on board to re
NorwiLy: 14 cents per krone.
lieve the ship's engineers why
made good use of their cash al Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar
Sweden: 19.33 cents per krone.
lowances.
can't the same thing apply to the
India: 21 cents per rupee. .
All In all, it's a pretty fair <rew. Pakistan: 30.2 cents per rupee.
fireman who would enjoy the op
14.2 pesos to the doUar.
A few of the boys are green but Argentina:
portunity of going home for.the
BrazU: 5.4 dknta per cnuelro.
sj
Looking oat at the world from the top of No. 4 hatch are Jeff Darts , they're learning.
night to family^ and kids?
Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso.
Venexuela;
29.85
cents
per
bolivar.
Jack Helma
As to pay, why does an engineer orewmembera (LR) Fonseca* FWT; Donnley, 2nd cook; Rlchard
Sktp'a ddegate
receive ad^tional pay for work in • on*.. oiler; Horsi galley boy, and IJs, AB.
y± Jii'l
J.
�F«« Tweiitytw»
Savannah Cafe
Wm Carry IMG»
' V • '
SJEAFA»EJlt^ toe
E T T E H S
Visit Shipmdteo
in the Wldspitdi '
To the Editor:
get a better deal than what we To the Editor:
I have a lot of boys coming off the Robin Kirk, who would have
Being again a victim of an acci
have.
Waterman, South Atlantic, Robin been a natural for that oldtime
dent and in the Staten Island
ball
team
whose
players
always
I
do
recall
that
the
Union
sent
Line and Seatrain ships In my
slips out to the men so that all USPHS hospital recalls many
—place for dinner. They stop in tried to steal second with the bases To the Editor:
full.
In one port
down the line this
the
members can write what they memories. It remin<|fd me of last
in noticing all the fires, explo
pretty often and always ask for
character
left
his
teeth
behind
think
they can get in the agree Christmas when wfe trimmed the
sions and mishaps aboard tankers
your Union paper, the LOG.
tree and made ourselves at home
after
an
evening
of
fun
ashore.
I have a nice place just outside
in the past few weeks, I am sub ments when they come up for ne despite our many illnesses. ,
Our
ship's
Softball
team
now
gotiation
in
1952.
The
men
.could
of Savannah on Highway 80, known
mitting the contents of this letter
It is only when in these sad
still send theirs in, because there
as The Palms. We serve southern boasts a .500 average, having for the SIU "suggestion box."
straits that one realizes the neces
played
two
games.
We
lost
to
the
still
is
time
from
what
I
get
from
I think that it wUl be a big
fried chicken dinners and a large
sity for coopera
variety of other dishes. Our dance Robin Trent in Mombasa by a score boost for the Union as well as be the LOG.
tion to make life
of
72
and
won against
the
Afri
Electrician's
Overtime
ing a great help to Union member's
floor is one of the largest around
a little cheerful. I
I still have one thing I w.ant to
safety.
Savannah and we also have a large can Sun in Tanga, score 162.
wrote the LOG
clear
up
and
that
is
overtime
for
Three Men Sick
bar that is separated from the ball
My suggestion is this. The SIU
recently
explain
Thus far we have lost three men should put up a pamphlet on the electricians doing work that
room.
ing the necessity
does
not consist
of
electrical
work,
The mates, engineers, and Reece to the hospital; "Blackie" Boyce, safety rules to be observed while
of fraternity and
B. Oliver, chief electrician on the messman; Russell Bach, messman, aboard tankers. It could be called like working oh, winches, doing
was glad to see
machinist's
work,
repairing
doors
Seatrain Savannah, suggested that and Gibbs LiVerman, chief elec 'Do's and Dont's Aboard Tankers."
that
the Seafar
I write you and ask that at least trician. Boyce and^Liverman are
The new tankerman would get and frames, etc. The electricians
ere
of
the Del
20 of the LOGS be sent here week hospitalized in Durban, Union of a better view of tanker life and on the Robin Trent are on my
Sud
in
New
Or
FarreU
ly. I would appreciate it if you South Africa, and Bach is in possibly save his crew and his own neck about these things. I have told
leans
demon
them to put in OT for it and not strated the fact by action. Why
* would send them^and let the boys Laurenco Marques, Portuguese life by such a pamphlet.
know through the LOG that they East Africa. Any friend desiring The pamphlet could mention argue about it.
can't the members in the various
to write these brothersmay do so such things as throwing cigaret This trip is alright except that ports make an attempt to do like
can pick the paper up here.
Andrew Brady care of Mitchell, Cotts & Co., Ltd., butts out of portholes, carrying lying here in the pOrt of Mombasa wise in the local hospitals once in
(Ed. note: The 20 LOGS mil go Robin Line agents in these ports. matches and cigaret Rghters while is no picnic with nothing to do but a while, by giving them a "sur
out regularly).
While in Mombasa we were Working;, on deck, use of proper go ashore and blow your tops. prise party" now and again through
visited by Johnny Hoggie, Red the tools, when and where not to en* Everything is well under control a Visit to sick comrades?
1[>
ir
otherwise with draws every five I have been wondering what you
steward, and others of. the Trent ter tanks and so on.
days, but they hold us ^own to guys are doing regarding our new
crew.
It is my belief that if a pamphlet
I myself had an odd experience wa's to be put out by the SIU for every penny. After they get taxes hotel project. I stated in my pre
here in DaresSalaani. Last night distribution to all tankers it would and slopchest and allotments out vious article the. saving there
To the Editor:
I am receiving the SEAFARERS some strange impuls| led me into help to keep down the percentage then we can make a draw. It would be if we had our own place
LOG here In Norway and am writ a barlounge. At the next table of accidents which Occur on tank seems that a man should make a to sleep, eat and meet shipmates.
draw on his overtime because most Don't sit by. Talk this matter over
ing to give all brothers my love was seated a lad with whom I ers and save more lives..
of the overtime is okayed.
and best wishes. sailed in '47 out of Jacksonville,
with your shipmates. The sugges
Robert Bowes
John Hoggie
I hope it won't be Fla., on the late lamented New
tion of a bond drive is the answer
if
i'
Ship's delegate to getting this muchneeded build
long before I can Northland. He has left America
if it it
be over there for his native England and is now
ing.
with all of you with the Castle Line.
Financially Free
There is no television here yet
again as every
It is great to have a feeling of
thing is hard but it must be on the way because To the Editor:
financial independence when the
On
the
Robin
Trent
we
have
here. There's no Primo Camera, his feet, and his
To the Editor:
SIU representative doles out our
help from this manager are touring the provinces. been discussing the pay increase The crew on the Portmar has $15 per week in the hospital. The
that
was given
to
the
daymen.
We,
country in pen The manager is Tiger Joe Marsh,
been working together very har
the steward's department feel, that moniously. Cooperation is shown same feeling wpuld manifest itself
sions
and every the eminent thespian.
if we had a nice hotel right beside
Christensen
thing is sky hi^ Allah be praised, may New York we should be given consideration by all, especially to the crew the hall.
as well because we are classed as messman who has to take care of
be our first home port.
• and still going higher.
I also would like to see that Sea
day workers and our hour^ are dishwashing for the crew on these
Slim Iliff
If anyone happens to come to
farers
have the same privileges aa
splil.
this port I will surely be glad to
i if %
ships.
civil service employees at our
The steward's department has to I am sure that all hands will USPHS hospitals, namely, medical
see and talk to them. Let me know
work seven days a week and has to agree that Captain Day is one of service for his wife and family.
if there is anything coming to me
be on the job to get pay and over the most cooperative skippers When you see the beautiful plaque
as I am in dire straits.
time Saturday and Sunday while found anywhere. As it is seldom of honor in our l^eadquarters to
I am glad that I have the LOG
the dayman has time off. He only that we can say that, we thought our SIU men that went down dur
at least. I show it to the Norwegian To the Editor:
union so they can see what we The entire crew of the Western works five days a week at sea and it fitting to bring it to your atten ing the last war, remember that
Ranger is too busy having, a.good in port. When the dayman was
have in the US.
these seamen performed their duty
time in Bilbao to bother with tak working 44 hours a week the stew tion.
Barthold Christensen
as any US Marine, GI or civil
Arthur
L.
Fricks
ing any pictures for the LOG. We ard's department was putting in
service employee.
»
Ship's delegate
have the best bunch ever. Every 7 days with overtime on Sundays
4. i i
'They wouldn't be happy to know
one goes ashore, has a good time at sea and in port.
that a line of demarcation exists in
and then comes back and does his
the hospitals. Being that it is a
job. It's all being done with no Overtime wjts put in the agree
To the Editor:
Presidential" election year it is an
ment so that no man would work
arguments or trouble at all.
It had been quite some time
opportune occasion to demand that
This is a good imrt but anyone over eight hours a day and that he To the Editor:
since I had a chance to get the coming here better not plan on should be paid if he wbrks over
Hoping this will find all my ship this inequity does not continue.
SEAFARERS LOG, but the Army this ship if they want their over' that time. But if every member of mates in the very best of health.
Paddy FarreU
was kind enough to give me 30 time to pay the bills. Overtime is the steward's department did not As for myself, I'm not so well in
^ it
days leave after spending ten almost a taboo word here, even if want to work on Saturdays and the Artny.
months in Korea. During my leave the old man is a good egg other Sundays his pay would stop plus
A long time ago I wrote to the
I went up to the Lake Charles hall wise.
his overtime and there would be a Union to see if I could receive the
and got a couple of LOGS.
Our only beef of consequence is beef. The other departments would LOG. I did receive one, but then
I was drafted off the Stonewall that it is almost impossible to get beef but where do we get any I was sent here to Panama and To the Editor:
My son, Walter Piatek, a former
Jackson in Yonkers, New York, in water for a shower. The chief kind of a break?
didn't get it any more. I'm sending
AB
with the SIU, is now with the
November, 1950. I sure hated to engineer doesn't seem to care if
you my new address so please send
Beef At Meetings
Marines in
Korea would appreciate
leave a good SIU ship to come into anything runs or not and his only
the LOG to me. I will be very glad
The last three ships I've been to know how the Union is making receiving mail from his old friends.
the Army but I guess when Uncle answer to complaints is, "I'm not
He would also like to hear from his
on I've heard these beefs and I out.
Sam wants a man be gets him.
going to worry about Jt."
buddies on various SIU ships that
I retired my book before coming
have
told
the
members
that
these
Also
I
would
like
you
to
answer
Guy G. Gage
get over there. His address is: Pvt.
into the Army so the agent in Lake
beefs
should
be
brought
up
at
the
a question I have, that is, if I can
Ship's delegate
Charles told me all I had to do was
meetings in all the halls. There is pay the 1952 dues? I stopped pay Walter Piatek, 1223643, Weapons
go up to any SIU hall ^^en I got
a time and place to talk about these ing last year when I was drafted, Co., 1st Bat., 7th Marines, First
out of the Army and I could ship
but we do feel that the steward's but if I can pay the dues, I can go Marine Div.,.FMF Pac., c/o Fleet
out again.
departdient pay should be brought back with the Union when I get Post Office, San Francisco.
Stanley Piatek
I'm getting out of the Army the
up a little more, and that the out of the Army.
9th of September and if I can I'll
steward's pay should be just as
i i i
I still have nine months to go
be on a ship the 10th of September.
the bosun's pay because he is a and then I will be with my real
I'd like to have the LOG sent to
department head, with more (re friends again. I will be very grate
my home address since I stopped
sponsibility than a bosun has, re ful if you will answer iny question.
it when I went«overseas.
gardless of bis overtime.
To the Editor:
Luis A. ^Cabrera
Sfft. James C. Baudoin
In the old agreement back in
(Ed. note: Your 'question about
I enjoy the LOG so much that
it X if
.1941 the messman's pay was $5 dues will be answered by head I db not want to miss any issues if
more than the wiper and the OS quarters.)
•
can help it. 'I am moving to
and we did get "that extra pay.
sunny California, National City to
•'i
i im
Since that time it was all changed
be exact, so I wish you would take
To the Editor:
and made uniform for all men
my hew address.
—Here we are in Tanganyika,
without ratings.
My son, William A. Masterson,
about to start in the right direction
AB, had your paper sent to me
Now we' come to the overtime. To the Editor:
(home), thank heaven. Fo? some
The steward's department does I have enjoyed the LOG ' for about six years ago. I have learned
years I have heard the Robin ,Line
get it while in the home port for years, but will be traveliug with much about the Merchant Marine
stiffs rave and rant about the
working before 8 AM and after no permanent address, so regrti fhat I never dieamed of before and
wonders of this run. Finally when
3 PM. Why is it we do not get it fully shall have to cancel the sub I am able to understand the things
I had the chance I grabbed one bf
all the time no matter where the scription to the LOG.
my son tells me Just from reading '
the sillylooking scows and went
ships may be at home port or at But it is still the only really in th^LOG.
out to prove to myself that It was Molars of captured sharkare sea or out in these different coun formational and interesting trade
I thank you again for the LOG.
(or was not) the MdCoy. I'll take
displayed by Dickson, pump
tries? There should be a. man or union paper I have everread. and will look forward to it in my
vanilla.
man, and Eddie Westover (D; there at negotiations for the stew Keep up the good work. • '
new address,
We have a stewwd on this ship,
of; Camas Meadows.
. r ards department to , see that we do
. Margar^ Si HbaiilDi
Mrs. Gedrge E. Wall
Tanher Saietg
Manwml Needed
m
Norwegian Living
Costs Too High
More On Steward
Dept Problems Portmar Shipper
Rates With Men'
, CUT
Rilbao Good Port
For Fun'Seehers
Of Vows To Ship
Out On First Dag
He^s Eager For
Seaiarer^s Life
Now In Korea,
He Wants Mail
SharkSkinned
^'1
• ; (I
LOG Helps Mom
Learn Son^s Job
Slim Is Sour On
Robin Line Run
Mvgrets Having
To Drop LOG
'xty::.'
iiSi':
�KjV2««5VSjTv"vT.V^tf• • •• '
May St,
SEAFARERS toe
Pace Twentythree
Art Contest a Success SEAFARERS
Judges Name Winners CASH BENEFITS
with a sheet of aluminum foil, giv
ing a very luminous, effect;)
Over in the other corner a Sea
'PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
farer was explaining what was
wrong with a watercolor of a viva
Vacation Plan, May • 1 2—May 23
cious brunette, clad in a Gstring,
$112,700.48
Welfare Plan. May 4—May 17
sunning herself on the beach. "You
see, the shadow of her face doesn't
look just right. It's too d^k for
:%
Darrell Chafin , , ,
127.94
one thing, and it doesn't fall in the
Joseph Short
103.83
Antonino Dinicola .,
right place."
115.89
WilUam Folse
49.00
; The judges too, were impressed
Kenneth Tomlinson .... 10041
132.22
Alfred Nassar
by the exhibition and enjoyed
37.33
Oscar Winfree ... ,
49.00
their afternoon's work. Aside from
Otto Timm .......
49.00
Phillip MaechUng ..
Seaman, the LOG's art editor, who
10045
49.00
Lawrence Dermady
10046
78.94
is a member of the SIU, the only
REPORT NO. 8
Howard Edwards ..
45.11
Zacharis Margrls
one to claim any kinship with sea
124.06
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
Willis Angelle ..;,.
61.06
faring men was Fisher.
Leon BUlek
..... 10050
49.78
Period
Covered by This Report—May 12May 23
John Psilos
"My grandfather was an old
.... 10051
108.50
Herbert Davis
63.00
sailor man," he declared, "and he Cash on Hand
8194,278.46 William Hale
43.17
Frederick Garretson .... 10054
sailed the China Sea on clipper
54.44
Estimated
Accounts
Receivable
210,000.00
Joseph Cusimano
133.39
ships."
(Continued from page 3)
Boucher ...
10056
83.61
Vacation Benefits Paid in Period .....
81,945.48 Henry
Peter Sanchez
.... 10057
109.28
coliision and, as the Bull Line ship Dr. Baur, who as curator of the
Daniel Byrne
133.39
" 795,811.48 William Copping ,.
came alongside, exploded and Brooklyn Museum has seen thou Vacation Benefits Paid Since February 11, 1952
99.36
Void
....tioooo
Void
showered the ship and surrounding sands of professional works of art, In the pact coupie of weeks there has been a little falling off in the Hugo
HUden
46.28
water with tons of burning high felt that most of the entries had a total of payments under our Vacation Plan. This is duetto the fact Thomas Thompson ,
96.83
strikingly original flavor. They
Anthony Minski , .,
39.67
octane gas.
Edward Mishanski .. .... 10064
34.44
"Fast action was needed and we represented for him, a refreshing that most of the men have already collected their first round of benefits Rocui VeUinga .... .... 10065
35,00
departure from
the
productions
of
Adriaan
Vader
35.00
and
have
not
yet
come
in
for
the
second
helping.
Also,
the
layup
of
took it," the skipper pointed out.
Unable to see astern or ahead be artists who hue to the strict tradi the Government Libertys that were out on GAA charter means that
cause of the rising fiames, he tional styles.
All of the judges showed high there's not so many men sailing right now as there was when the Plan Kazmar Kuehin
ordered full speed ahead in an ef
regard for the entries
and in many got started. That, too, is reflected in the figures.
ski, OS: There
fort to smash through the barrier
of burning fuel on all sides. With Instances found it hard to limit Despite the decline, we are still paying out benefits at a rate of bet isn't much I can
in seconds they were out of the the awards to just three men in ter than $2 million a year which is quite a bit of lettuce for the Sea say that can de
scribe it any bet
explosion area but with flames the light of the many interesting
farers no matter how you add it up.
ter. It's one of the
shooting up higher than the masts subjects submitted.
and blistering the ship on both After the Wednesday night mem
Our Vacation Plan is now coming to the end of its first year a best deals the
sides. One man on lookout on the bership meeting, Schnyder, who couple of days from now, so that we will soon be in a better position men have ever
gotten here.
bridge suffered hand burns when won the first prize in oils, was ex
the flames licked at him before he plaining how he got the idea for to see j|;st how much the fund will pay out. The end of a full year
his entry.
means that from now on in, the men will be eligible to collect the man
knew what was happening.
"Basically," he said, "it's a mum benefit if they have sufficent sea time.
Erik Leino
10067
11588
Praise For Crew
EvaW Falk
10068
48.61
painting of the Norfolk docks al
Paul
Persson
10068
32^8
Soprano VUIaffores
Check
In the interim, Captain Rainier though I've changed things a little
8981
116.67 Thomaa Cox
10070
68.44
No. Amount Charles Young
9982
117.06 Henry Cock
10071
3928
noted, "without confusion—this is to improve the picture. I did Name
Robert WilUams
087%
$98.38 Antonio Liparl .;
Alberto
De
LaPaz
10072
10023
9983
106.56
to the credit of the crew and the sketches when I was there last and Raymond Ruppert
To Cash Vac. Cheek* ... 10073 2.000.00
9973
59.11 John Zarotovicb
9984
71.17 Ralph Molsant
10074
68.83
officen—^the aiarm had been that gave me the foundation for Edward Cronin
9974
103.83 Robert Colyer
9985
53.67 Foster Grant
10O73
65.72
sounded and every man ran ta his the painting.
MUton Shepherd
9973
37.33 George Reed
10076
69.61
9986
69.61 Henry Kilpatrick
Raffalle Garofalo
10077
7320
fire station to work with the hoses. "Usually I do pencil sketches WiUiam Soaetseni
9976
122.50 Eddy Roque
9987
62:22 DcnUtrios Praglaa
13078
85.67
Our boats and the lifesaving gear when I'm on a trip. Then I do John Fruse
9977
101.50 Frederick Russo
9988
50.94 John Bednarek
10079
34.06
Bennie Saitta
9978
40.44 BJorn Wagones
10080
127.17
in them had taken a beating right the paintings when 1 get home.'
9989
54.83 Jesus Garcia
Heninrlch
Laskowski
... 10081
56.78
Ung Fee
8879
76.61 Ramiro Perez
from the start so the job was ail
9990
36.84 Harold Teodorinl
10082
10820
Tough Choice
WUIiam Walton
... 8980
89.84 Herminio Pachco
9991
92.17 Pasquale Mlnunnl
cut out for the crew. They han Leif Hope,
10083
8526
who took the second
10084
88.67
Winston Jackson
9902
38.50 Leo Linam
dled it so effectively that we had price in oils with a portrait of a
Julius
Bolz
10083
5026
Roger Soencer
0993
45.50 Clarence Cousins
the fire under control in about a shipmate, told the LOG he did his
10086
9722
Robert Prltchard
0994
55.22 Edward Schakon
10087
86.72
half hour including the five painting right on the ship. Hope,
Dan
Nathan
10088
105.78
WUHam Sime
9995
66.89
minutes when everything was who lives in Brooklyn not far from
Isaac Romero
10088
72.33
Napoleon Blanchard
9996
124.83 Jose Anido
10090
94.11
happening."
Earl
Lovett
9997
38.89
Georglos loaklm
10091
107.72
SIU headquarters, was on the Coral
The flames inflicted considerable Sea on a trip to Japan and Korea
10092
3820
Justo Paz
0998
48.61 Paul Ladenheim
.Tohn
SulUvan
10093
37.72
damage to. the midship house as when the 2nd cook and baker, Car
William O'Grady
10094
55.61
well as the hull, which was blist los Nelson Hale, posed for him.
Thomas Boarman
10095
10023
Otto
Steger
10096
5726
Luis Hernandez,
ered fore and aft^so that the paint The judges agreed tbet the result
Siegfried Gnittke
10097
81.67
OS: The extra
peeled off in layers.
James Clnquenana
10098
37.33
was a striking piece of portraiture
Juan
Vega
10099
9022
money sure comes *
Seconds after the Impact from and it was touch and go between
Gaetane Galante
10100
93.72
(Continued from page 7)
in handy. Now
the explosion, the crew was scram Hope and Schnyder' for the first
Jamie Pantoja
10101
98.39
and Korean
prisoners of
war are
a
Charles
Chandler
10102
112.78
if I'm not isr a
bling to its fire stations, echoed prize.
George Shookla
10103
52.11
'.several Seafarers, "because we had The excellent response to the few examples of the direct action hurry to ship out,
Volley Collins
10184
118.61
program.
Jose
Flgueroa
10105
35.78
I can take some
no place else to go." Some of the art contest, first venture of its
Herbert Johnson
10106
87.50
Propaganda
Barrage
time
off
and
en
guys, OS Stanley Pacewitz re kind, was assurance that the event
Void
10107
Void
Rex O'Connor
10108
97.61
marked, w;ere "running from one will be held annually, giving ad
Unable to act in a similar fash joy myself.
William Thompson
10109
113.56
end of the house to the other try ditional numbers of talented Sea ion here, the domestic branch of
John Dellglannatds ... 10116
49.06
Joseph Perim
10111
11520
ing to get out to the fire lines but farers an opportunity to display the party is serving as an auxiliary
10112
10694
42.00 George Condos
9999
John Thomas
flames were coming In all direc their abilities.
to the direct action overseas. It is Justino
Paul Carbonstto
10113
30.67
91.39 To
10000
Malice
Cash
Vac.
Checks
... 10114
4,660.06''~
tions. We didn't thing much of our Winners of the second and third plumping for a Korean peace treaty Thomas King
58.72
10001
Llsh Taylor
10115
$12794
future right then."
10116
93.72
94.50 John Lasky
10002
prizes in the various categories on Communist terms, admission of Joaquim SUva
Kenneth
Faught
10117
106.94
Emilio Ramos, FWT, had a rude were as follows in the order the Communist Chinese govern Clarence McDonald .... 10003
72.33 Edwin C. Burk
jcyr 'I
10118
4628
awakening during his night's sleep named:
• 57.56 Theodore Morris
ment to the United Nations and Michael Klein
10004
10119
82.06
David
A.
Mitchell
10120
127.94
46.28
10005
when heat and flames kicked out Oils—Hope, and Mariano Gon support for the IndoChinese reb William Furey
E. Hantusch ... 10121
93.72
111.22 Walter
10006
the porthole glass.from his room zales of New York.
els. It is engaged in an unceasing Walter Conner
Arvl Nissnen
10122
116.67
90.61
Antonios
Anemogiannis
10007
Clifford
R.
WllUams
....
10123
49.78
on the starboard side and "woke Watercolors^C. D. Gould, Nor barrage against the North Atlantic
10124
9926
42.39 Pedro C. Esteban
10008
up suddenly feeling . . . (he) . . . folk. Va.; and Emigdio Reyes of Treaty and the rearming of west William Mays
10125
6494
113.56 David M. King
John West
10009
Estll Robertson
10126
41.61
was in an oven . .." Messman Ver Miami.
ern Europe.
84.39 Vincent P. Chamberlain 10127
10010
106.56
non Dou^as asserted the crew Drawings—Bert Shannon of Home front propaganda also John Curtis ...*
10128
56..39
36.17 Reino Metso
10011
10129
68.06
"was just glad to be here. It didn't Baitimore, and Suutari.
85.94 Frank Sequerla
places great emphasis on repeal of WUUe Cochran
10012
Fortunate Affonso
10130
44.72
look so good when we were on Misceilaneous—John Taurin of the Smith Act under which the loannls Apostolldis .....' 10013
125.61 Thomas P. Clark
10131
117.06
Samuel
E.
Cook
10132
63.00
110.06
10014
those fire hoses that night."
Harold
Smith
Baltimore, and Don Benson of Communist jparty leaders are cur Marvin Barfour
10133
52.B9
38.50 Pearl D. White
10015
The miseries of the incident of Ypsilanti, Mich.
rently being tried. It is the sante
Michael Glson
10134
126.78
70.78 Alfred MuUoy
10016
10135
121.33
fered nothing new to Ardell Bur
Smith Act, incidentally, which the Francis O'Brien
10136
109.28
36.56 .Tack Sheppard. Jr
i 10017
keti wiper, back at spa again after
Communists embraced wholeheart J. W. Short .....'.;,..,.
10137
57.17
47.44 Robert J. DeFord
10018
Berger
Wllhelmsen
.... 10138
91.39
a 30year tour of duty on the beach
edly in the face of objections by Donald Gardner ........ 10019
54.44 August WlUanger
10139
57.17
as a shoreside fireman. "I'd gotten
many liberalminded groups when MUlard Wills .
10140
42.39
54.06 Delbert L. Wenger
10020
Robert
P.
Roska
10141
57.17
used to this soil of thing ashore
it was applied during Worid War Void
Void
10021
Ralph D. Ewlng
10142
46.67
once in a while but I thought I was
50.17 Clarence t.imd
II against a Trotskyite group in the Walter Wright ........ 10022
10143
68.44
Seafarers who have retroac
10144
91.08
105..'I9 .Tack Gridley
Harry Thcash
.10023
through with it for good now. It tive pay coming to them from Middle West.
Illas
Tirakls
10145
116.67
63.78
Robert
Gavin...........
10024
looked mighty, bad there for a Victory Carriers should write
The.lpictuije theii is basically an
• ^uan Blanco
10146
91.78
84.78 Williard Blumen ;
Joseph Wells
10025
10147
35.00
while."
the company at 655 Madison unchanging one, although tactics Birger Johansen ....... 10026 • 99.94 Seymour
Savitt ........ 10148
79.72
Following the accident, the An
67.67 John Fltchett
BrazU
10027
10149
72.72
Avenue, New York, or apply in are altered to suit local situations. Arthur
81.28 Robert Clewis
1D028
Erik Olsson
10150
52.11
gelina ^ut in at Philadelphia where person.
It is one of direct action on a ScUek
66.11 Robert Pierce
10029
Kok
101.51
102.67
its two injured crewmen were
63.7?; Rufus Denm..rk
10030
Joseph Crawford
10152
110.98
If writlnjg, include your worldwide scale whete the party Robert
53.38 Ralph Martin .;
Long
10031
10153
87.11
takieh off, and then 'proceeded to name, Znumber, the name of has strenfth, and demonstrations George WiUiams
lOO.S:" Edward Gomes
....... 10032
10154
46.28
New York. A Coast Guard inquiry the ship and ^e ^^Les you and propaganda where it is not Carey Beck
67.23 .Tames Mecks
10033
10153
.63.08.
117.01 Louie McGowan ........ 10156
10034
Philip Guarisco
76.$8
board studying the disaster has yet have money, due for.
able to muster the necessai^ mus Seifert
. 95.28
Hamilton ....... :10035
to release its fihdings.
(Continued on page 24)
cle for the actibn program.
10036
107.33
Basil Cayton
(Continued from page 3)
"I've seen a lot of them. But
Where's all the sparkle coming
from?"
"Looks like silver paper," his
friend answered. "I guess he
painted right on the glass." (In
this instance the Seafarer had
painted the seascape on the under
side of the glass and backed it up
TOTAL
Angelina Crew
Saves Ship As
Barge Expiodes
VACATION
Unionists In
Canada Quell
CPFIareUp
Victor Carriers
iBas Btoeh Wages
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SEAFAnERS LOG
Fdday, May. 1», |!>5!l
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p.,::,:;;;
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CASH BENEFITS
$112,700.48
Vacation Plan
May 12—May 23
Welfare Plan
May "4—May 17
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
89.06 Damlan Mercado
, 10535
43:94 Frank Tlmmreck ....... 10407
127.94 Anton Back
10280
Augustus Bryan
10663
111.61
111.61 John Fitzsimmons .....
, 10536
10408
112.78 Enos Ott
53.67 Calvin Bettii|ger .
10664
114.33
10281
George Ellebracht
Check
10409
127.94
76.61
Walter Keenan
10537
103.06 Alexander Leon
10282
10665
80.50
James Chassereau
106.56 James Griffin
10338
Name
No. Amount AUen Buliard
106.17 Evangelos ScordUis .... 10410
88.67 Yves Malbo
10283
10666
128.72
40.06 Aidon Newman ... v.... 10284
10411
89.44 Richard Geining
$80.89 George BasUe
Thomas Brand
10157
99.17 James Seeds .
10339
10667
S4B3
110.83 Hayg Tosoian
109?9 Johq Jakelski
10540
70.78 James Cella ...
63.72 Wilmer Heckrotte ...... 10412
WUllam Parker
10158
10285
.10668
52.11
116.28 Jose FeUx .
38.11
Eugenie
Gatmaitan
..... 10418
38.30
81.67
Herbert
Jordan
10541
iliomas Jones
• 10159
10286
David Crcenen
10669
103.06
129.11 Joseph' Martin
35.00 Corrie Shautzer
10414
36.94 Wolhur Lane
10542
93.33 Harry Koziorynsky .... 10670
tak Cine
10160
10287
84.39
89.83 Spiros ChUimidos
49.78 Lawrence Price
v. 10415
118.22 WUoy Talt
10543
35.39 Oswald Delgado
Lacy Deason .. .
10161
10288
10671
54.44
73.11 Darius Jones
97.61 Robert Wilson
51.72 Glen Hines
. 10416
10544
36.17 Paano MeU
Lester J. Moore
10162
10289
10672
92.17
80.50 George H. Keen
10417
52.89 John A. Brown
41.61 Leonard Prima
10543
39.67 Oscar Smith
Robert Kiendinger
10163
10290
10673
30.67
102.67 John Sykes
72.72 Michael Roland
73.11 Leonardo Fiorentino ... 10418
10546
103.44 Irvin Pearce
Leonard Bolton
^. 10164
10291
10674
121.33
129.11 James E. Rogers
84.39 Joseph Backes
10419
35.39 Frank VUlacorte
113.11 Henry Buckner ........ 10675
10547
Theo Schultz
10163
10292
113.17
70.78 John Bipere
35.39 Lewis Fitton
120.56 Carmels Sousa
101.50 John Pennington ....... 10420
10548
Edward Gibbs
10166
10293
10676
113.9<
105.78 Andres Melion
104.61 wrniam Cannon
45.50 Edward Roman
10421
10549
81.67 Davis Brunie
Wylie Jarvis
10167
10294
10677
39.67
86.72 Henry Power
10422
73.89 James M. Staebler
10530
61.44 Manuel Figuero
66.89 Francis Drozak
VirgU Hall
10168
10295
10678
124.06
54.44
10423
55.22
Robert
Blanchett*
10351
Andrew
Snider
103.44
35.78
10296
Irvin Laskin
10169
Richard Anzaloh
10679
96.83
Norman Pettersen
62.61 Maneul Church
97.61 Robert B. Steinmetz ... 10552
10424
38.89 Jay Brown
48.22 Charles Bolton
10297
Ernesto Erazo
10170
.... 10680
96.06
Void John Ramsey
53.28 August Kirk
10425
66.89 Charles Bramble
10553
78.17 Void
Ralph McDaries
10171
10298
10681 '
71.17
127.56
95.67 Francisco .Alcain
35.00 Edison Brown
10426
10554
Louis Coivan
93.67 Castenzio Locigno
• WllUam McChesney .... 10172
10299
10682
42.78
10427
121.33 Micheal Romalho
74.67 McDonald Morrison . . . . 10300
10533
126.78 Keither Smith
32.11 Leonard Bailey
Felix Lado
10173
10683
103.06
41.61 George Gass
116.28 Charles Kinnkc
10428
70.78 To Cash Vac. Cheeks ... 10684 4.000.06
10356
10301
72.33 Charles Welbom
Cecil Morris ...a.
10174
50.17 Cristobal Morales
49.00 Leslie
49.00 Chester lannoli
10537
Wmard RUey
10173
10302
85.94 Raymond McNeely ..... 10429
10685
$119.39
41.22 Eddie Patterson
10430 ^ 129.89 Edwin Robinson
• 10558
94.89 Thomas D. Laney
38.30 George WiUiaAison.
Horace Piland
10176
10303
10688
46.67
131.44 Samuel Disharoom .... 10304
55.22 James Saunders
10539
42.00 Dimitri Skarletis
James Osborne
10177
83.61 Richard Whatley ....... 10431
10687
58.72
45.11 Stephen Sceviour
43.56 Thomas Johnston
10432
10560
110.44 CUfton Gullet
51.33 Leonard Walberg ...... 10688
Herschel Rombach .... 10178
10303
99.94
42.00
10433
52.89
10501
81.67 Harvis Dyas
Leonard Libby
105.78 James Mahoney
MarshaU Sherrill
10179
10689
47.06
Athanasio»>Makaratzis .. 10306
59.11 John Rubinskas
72.72 Paul Baudreaux ....... 10362
52.11 Samuel Gibson ........ 10434
87.30 Jose Grana
Charles McDonald
10180
10307
10690
107.72
39.67 Savas Hrisanthacopoulos 10308
10435
125.22 Douglas Craddock ...... 10563
71.94 Odd Samdal
133.72 WiUiam EUis
Sherman McNeill ...... 10181
10691
109.67
63.39 Nicholas Ventoratos ... 10309
99.94 CyrU Lowery
10436
35.78 Norman Garn .......... 10364
101.89 WiUiam Kunak
Jesse Brlnkley .......... 10182
10692
120.56
101.11 P. Ferenljnos
91.39 Robert McEroy ........ M4.87
53.67 John Gregory
10365
84.39 Dagoberto Borges /....., 10693
David L. Jones
10183
107.72
10310
106.36 Panagiottls Tripolitsiotis 10311
71.94 John MuUis
10438
117.06 James McRae
10566
90.61 Chester WUson
Hunter Mathews
10184
10694
98.78
59.89 Constantin SymvouUdis 10312
10439
73.83 Laurence McCime
41.61 Howard Barber ........ 10695
W. R. Perry
10183
87.30 James Ayler
10567
109.28
122.50
Void
49.00 George Martin
James Nelson ........... 10368
10696
116.28
Abbas Hussein
W"®
10313
Void
68.44 A. VanDerGraaf
89.83 Ralph Bumsed ......... 10697
Tee Toon
10569
Stanley Kasmirsky
10187
33.78
121.33
10314
107.33 Antbnios Chiotis
73.50 Lucius DeWitt
Juan Vazquez
10570
134.17
Joseph MUukas
10188
. 10698
118.22
10313
98.00 Evangelos Magoulas .... .10316
63.39 Joseph Potorakkl,'
Edward Taylor ^....... 10571
132.22 Marion Wells
Raymond Seebureer .... 10189
10899
38.50
71.17
71.94
Eugen
Capeland
10572
Chambers Whiskey .... 10190
10700
45.50
• 96.06 John GUlls
Gordon Ebanks ........ 10317
100.33 John Morrison
98.00 FWT: Getting va
eijw Lola Strickland
William Gillespie ....i. 10573
Clenn Golden
10191
ti 10701
53.67
10318
45.50 Felix Edmonds
52.89 cation money on
10374
Raymond Flynn
113.94 Em* Croft
. 10702
120.56
John ZohU
1®163
10319
43.11 Joseph Pendleton ...... 10320
VassiUos Zannikos ..... 10575
41.22
122.89
BUchael CerrelU
10193
71.36 Pickett Lusk
Fedro Haraye
10576
136.11
86.72 top of your regu .
Caludc Gibson
10194
10321
44.72 Void
Void lar payoff is a
John Forget ........... 10577
94.89
Dominlck Rossi
10193
10322
#•
•
•
•
•
•
•
WUUa Ree«rd,
57.36 Newton Faine ..
Benjamin Sandford .... 10378
76.22
97.61
Frank Metzler
10196
10323
eng. dept.: I'vo
Bryant BoutweU ....... 10379
116.28 Uttle bit like win
103.83
10324
Raymond Queen
George Cutger
1QS80
111.61 ning a prize whon
127.17
10325
Dennis Gibson .
been with the
Raymond Denlne
10581
105.00
112.39
10326
Ernest Ford ....
you're
least
ex
SIU for a few
AUen George '.
10582
39.50
120.56
10327
James Burke ..
Chris Perrottl,
WUliam FUUngim ...... 10583
92.94 pecting it.
37.72
10328
Ludolph Gaills
years now, :.*nd
James Stewart .
10584
119.39
66.50
10329
John Bold ....
utility: You can
when I . began
WiUiam Coggins
10585
109.67
83.56
10330
Nicholas Mark .
see for yourself
Theodore Smith • e e e
77.32
49.39
a e 6 10586
10331
Jim Roberts ...
tailing they
87.56
Joe
Heam
10440
Joseph
McGUl
10587
eeeeeeae*
51.33
110.83
10332
Colden Aubert .
that I'm all smiles
would hav*
36.78 Haneii Lackeny
1M41
10388
131.83
John Bednar ... • • • • •10333
• • • 89.83 Ubie Nolan
about It. Who
124.06 Otha Bryars
10589
83.44
10334
92.17 Francis Koppersinltb ... 10442
Anthony Randazzo
laughed 8 man
52.11
Jack
Trosclair
10443
John
Falrcloth
.........
117B3
10390
10333
68.06
James Young
wouldn't be? The
off the floor for
79.33 Charles Nelson
, 10444
10591
94.11
10336
61.44 Gari Heinisch
Eddiw Kiker
only problem left
132.61 Dewey'SSxbn
10445
10592
115.50
10337
73.06 Joseph James
John Hanley
talking of vaca
93.28
Angel
Reyes
;'...
WiUiam
Woeras
10446
90.61
10393
William Pierce
10338
42.00
Is how to spend
tions.
103.83
Martin
Casey
10447
Edward
Cantoral
10594
105.00
10339
Lowell McNabh ........
93.72
it.
33.39 Roman Cleshkowski ..... 10595
10448
104.94
38.50 George Sakellis
10340
Eldoh Cullerton
77.78 Georgios SarantopouUos 10596
, 10449
40.44 Ah Ylilg
77.78
10341
Louis Guarlno '.
I
I
110.83
James
Walton
Anthony
Malandria
.... 10450
10597
61.06 Marion Haines
43.56
10342
53.67
Howard Tanner
10703
133.72 Salvatore Barbara
10431
10598
99.56 Benjamin Martin
108.11
10704
99.56 Ahmed .511
Marian LubleJiwski .... 10343
891)6 Paul Wilkinson
48.22 Francis Leake
10432
10599
49J10 Frederick Tonucle
136.11
10L50 Lankford CarroU
Vincenzo Busso
10197
10344
10705
129.89 WUUs Addison
56.00 Manuel CaldoS
10453
10600
113.17 William Dodd
62.22 Wellington Duke
88.67
Leo Wolf
10198
10345
10700
72.72 Lynden Webber • V" 10601
118.61 Georgios Xipteras
10434
85.94 Fernando Alonao .......10707
73.11
George Flood
10199
10346
109.67 John Parr
136.11 Roy Pebbles
122.50 WaUace Gibson. ........ 10347
10453
10602 122.11 James Oshoiune
33.78
Mortimer Morris
10200
54.83 Chuan Ding
10708
66.11
72.72 John Green
Eladio Aria
10456
10603
100.33 WiUiam Janasen • ;.....
84.00
Frederick Neely ..i.... 10201
127.94 Felix Farrelly
10348
10708
117.06
47.83
AlU
Nasroen
10604
August
Mannik
10457
108.11
Howard Williams
10202
40.06
109.28
Zygmund Wydra ....... 10349
Robert Strader
10710
42.78 PhiUip Chiotis
115.50 Clarence HaU
10458
10605
62.32 James Heffley ......... 10711
WUburn McKinney
10203
51.33
10330
110.83 Thomas Brennan
97.61 Petros Psomas
41.61 Eugene Hendirz ....... 10606
45.89 Richard Katz
OHle WUUams
10204
89.44
10351
110.83 Bernard Morgan ....... 10439
10712
52.11
37.94
Maurice Gray ......... 10607
10460
Lawrence Odom
1O203
88.67 Gerard McAter
122.11
>10713
98.39 Gunnar Sandlund
10352
^user
43.56 John
106.94
Ermel
HoUey
.
.
<
Arthur
Griffin
10481
10608
111.61
Henry Cartwright
10206
75.83
10333
111.22
Brezina
Alfred Farek
10714
90.61 Edward
83.61 Luiz Lopes ............ 10609
113.56
Herbert Smith
10207
85.56 Walter Orman
10719
127.94 Nikolaos Pagonis ...... 10462
Gustan Carlson ........ 10334
92.94 Spiros Alaforizoa ...... 10610
103.83 James Boone ........... 10355
Joseph Barone
10208
79.72
89.44 Jesse Lochler
10716
101.89 Joseph Grant .......... 10463
46.67
107.72
Alfred
Mlzelle
10484
10611
108.50 Theodore CleSlak
63.79
Garth Durham'
10209
10336
48.22 Oscar Blaln
Charles Moravec
10717
115.11 Theodore Jasman
120.17 Parley Willis
100.33 Leroy Benton
10612
James Sturart
10210
57.17
33.78 Spyridion Kitovas ...... 10465
10357
10718
57.17 Marion Mathews
90.61 Richard J. Egan ....... 10358
10466
87.89 Fowler Childress
10613
50.17 Leon Maas
John BalUe
10211
52.30
10710
129.11
38.89
Harry Poland .
64.17 Peter Seamar .......... 10467
10614
Edward Mixon'
10212
118.01 OUver Flyim
36.56
103.59
10720
Gordon Wheeler
96.83
33.00 Pedro Delacruz
Tommie
Daniels
Leonard
Long
10468
10615
110.44
Rogers Ferry
10213
80.11'
10360
98.00
Alfredo Lopez
10721
74.28 Freddie Bohlken
70.00 To Cash Vac. Checks ... 10361 3,000.00 Sing Cheung
10469
10616
George MiUer
10214
71A4
40.44 Lucian .Allaire
10722
39.28 Agisilaos Mpouzalakos.. 10617
69.61 Nicholas Hagistefanou .. 10362
Eustace Ball
10215
10470
137.28
63.00 Matlaa Magdad
10723
43.11 Elwood Read
• 78.94 Kjcrulf Olsen
78.94
Arnold Boyle
10471
10618 . 49.39 Chalmers StaUings ..... 10724
Charles Cassard .;
10218
120.17
63.00
Rodney OrUlion
10217
To Cash Vac. Checks... 10472 3.000.00 To Cash Vac. Checks ... 10619 S.OOO.QO Jay Steele
10725
101.11
93.33 Ramon Ramirez
41.22
Thomas Williamson .... 10473
10620
50.17
Frank Cole
10218
$54.83 Karris PhUUpe ..
10728
136.11
72A3
43.04
I. B. Pedersen
Manuel Rodrigues
10474
}0621
Lennart Ekstrom
10219
46.28 WUton McNicl
10727
70.30
43.11
90.61
Alfred
Arthurs,
Joseph
Stoerkel
10473
Albert Hoffman
10220
Joseph Waldron
. 10728
90.61 messman: We've
30.94
Rudolph Klass ......... 10476
114A3
John Murden :
10221
George Hatchett
10729
48.61
Eduardo Dos Santos w. 10477 . 72.72
Arthur Roberts
10222
Hazel Thompson
10730
129.11
Fred Ball, DM: James
42,39
129.11 certainly gone
Albert Tacey
10478
Walter Zelffer
10223
50.17
...........110^31
This is one of HiUiter Lewis
83.94
49.78 far in this Union
76.22
Clayton Frost
10479
Frank Wright
10224
Brown
10732
54.06
71.94
Joseph Andrzejewski ... 10480
87.11
James Sheldon
10225
James RusseU ........... 10733
the
biff
reasons
44.72
113.94
when you can col
Hary Diddlebock
10481
Wesley Palmer
10226
Persira
10734
85.17
that ' I'm very Faustino
78.17
80.89
George Seeberger
10482
117.83
Fred Oestman '
10227
Hugh McWUUams
107.35
88.67 lect for vacation
98.00
120.94
Florenz Paskowski .... 10483
Gorham Bowdre
10228
Ernest Anderson
10736
happy
to
be
sail
127.94 in addition to ail
43.56
Carmind Dicrecio
10484
90.22
Manuel Lamela
10229
ColUns
10737
. ing with the SIU. Charles
122.11
109.67 the other bene
Laurence Gaudry
10483
134.94
Richard Brown
10230
George May
10738
130.28
87.50
Catalino Ramos
10486
89.63
James Berglower
10231
Ervln
Max
10739
It's one . Union
62.22
10889 fits we have.
Tommie Lewis ........ 10487
43.56
Max Martin
10232
Handel
10740
that really de Christian
123.61
70.39
82.06
Floro Regalado ........ 10488
Milton Barnes
10233
Einar HenrUcsen
10741
92.56
13183
44.33
George Register ....... 10234
BazUe Nlcolaidls
10489
livers the bene Armado Diaz
..• 10742
120.36
90.94
68.83
Eimer Lamb
10235
Henri HUlion
10490
Emerson
Spoulding
.... 10743
,
fits
in fine
style.
46.26
83.22 VirgU Boivman
120.04 Duncan Mackiniion ... ...10491
10363
William Tellez
10236
Paul Melton
; 10744
91.72
6,3.78
62.61
Salomon
Roas
10364
119.00 Ernest Ibarra ....
Joseys Grbac
10237
10492
Walter Richmond ...... 10745
95?B
42.78
41.22 Roland Kirby
45.11 Raymond Litsheim .... 10493
Emmett TaUey
10238
10365
54.44
Paul Alonzo
10746
10622
37.33 Thomas Tlche
47.06 Raymond Sadowski
10366
135.72 James Fisher
James Walker
10239
10494 , 120A4 Julius Gural
10747
33.78
Domingo
La
Llane
10623
71JS6
40.06 Lee Ya Sing
85.17
RusseU Hill
10240
10367
105.39 Lloyd Piker
10493
Gennaro Cuccaro
10748
83.61
10624 . 94B9 Thomas McCarthy
36.50 Chang C. Lai
43.94 WUlard Taylor
10368
97.22 Dante ScarangeUo ..... 10496
WUliam Walls
10241
10749
105.00
... 10625
65.33 James Elchenberg
83.22 Vassilio Mataragas
.127.94 Eari Biggs
Theodre Kupsznk
10242
10369
108.89 Albert Lima ........... 10497
131.83
10750
10626
39.67 Mgai Cheongi..
122.11 Robert Forman
101.50 John Cars
Jesse Baugher
10243
10370
126.00 Jimmy Morris
10468
10751
79.72
10627
45.50 Robert Croto , • S 9 S S $ 9 « 9 10752
45.11 Uno Vllporn
132.61 Kenneth Brown
Floyd Fritz
10244
10371
115.11 Romolo DeVirgileo
10499
50.94
73.50 Charles Scherhans ..... 10372
63.00 Arvo Raninen ......... 10628
Ben Buck
10243
51,33 Gabriel Colon
10500
John Budahazl
10733
117.44
125.61 Pete Prenas . • *$99«SS9 10754
126.39 Edward Yeamans ...... 10376
Santiago Pena
10246
49.39 Augusto Miranda
110.83 Angelo Saettone ....... 10629
10501
105.00
63:39 Ventura Rinas
36.56 Alex Vasquez
Erik Hedman
10247
10374
85.78 Harry SulUnan ......;.. 10639
75.06 Sabino Intigra
10502
10755
38.11
126.39 Frank Puthe . • SfSSSS9 10736
120.94 Armon Higham
47.83 Joseph Thorton ........ 10631
Marvin Kramer
10248
10375
103.06 Leonard B.' Stone ...... 1O503
112.78
60.28 Lee Tim
97.22 Anastasios Antoniou ... 10376
54,44 Fletcher Johhson ...... 10632
Edward Fiedler
10249
72.72 Edward F. Casgy, .;.... 10504
85.17
0 • as
•• 9
9 10757
.. 10633
81.67 Lawrence Beaudry
91.00 Samuel Gordon
36.56 Robert Kennedy ...t... 10377
Charles J. Hilbert
10230
98.00 Emllio Lerma
10505
10758
106.17
OUver
Headley
10634
90.23
77.78
Harry
Ames.
.
56.00
Sol Weiss
10251
10378
38.M Kenyon Parks
10506
.94.11
Rafael Cuevas
10759
64.17 Eugene Gordwin '...r...'10635
68.44 Miels Jogensen
102.28 Lucas Hernandez
Frank Rossi
10252
10379
135.33 Raymond Myers ....... 10507
10760
78.94
... 10636 . 117.06 Patrick Glaney
9917 Thomas Foster
Eric Joseph
10253
136(60 James Clarke
10380
10508
49.39 Sung Wang
10761
73.89
Mack
Chapman
........ 10637
131.06
Mark
Fitzpatrick
127.94
Edwin G. Mitchel
10254
54.83
10381
50.56 David Flockhart .......: 10309
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 10762 2.000.00
10638
52.11 John Chreftie ......... 10763
83.22 WiUiam Cooper....
AUan Dunbaugh
10253
10510
124.83 WiUiam HaU :
10382
118.22 Doyle Quigg '
$45.89
•
42.39 Sammy Dulacs
101.11 Josef Kuzyk
Sigmiere Boggan
10236
136.50 Alfonso Olaguibel ..... 10639
10383
10511
30.39 Ah Soon
10704
52.11
10640
129(11 John Barnes
129.50 James Hoffman ........ 10384
Fortunato DrilOn
10237
39.67 James Van Sant
10512
65.72 James Frlel
10765
108.50
Gordon
Anderson
Bruce
Barkyoumck
..... 10641
S9.ro
5.000.00
To Cash \^ac. Checks ... 10258
10385
112.39
63.00 Anthony Caldeira
10513
Loyd Ange :..
....10766
61.83
10642
38.50 Joseph LewaUen
$35.00 Richard Greenwood .... 10.386
Bernard Burke
10259
10314
49.00 Morris Wolfe
10767
89 83 Bruce Webb
86.72
39.28 David Berger
Leslie F. Jones ....... 10260
37.33 Frank Lachica
10387
43.17 Henri Van Bysterveld .. 10643
.'. 10315
10768
55.22 John Garcia
78.17
Yong
Kwai
Arthur
Barby
10644
•
39.67
124.44
Douglas A. Bobbins .... 10261
10388
10516
49.78
85.17 Tommy Morgan
Herbert Bowden ....... 10769
39.28
74.28 Myron Neth
46.67 Edwin Pounds
Louis C. Pugh
10262
10517
10389
133.78 Veljo Rinne ........... 10645
10770
83.22 Steve Thayer.
106.17
10646
59.50 Norwood Stephenson . . . 10771
61.83 WilUam Brabham
George Harwell
10263
10390
10518
104.9? MarshaU Dodge
87.11 William Femhont
55.61
,,. 10301
49.00 James Boykin
Minas Emiris ...
... 10647
52.11 Charles Jones
Mabrey G. Salter
10264
10772
127.56 Michael Pappadakis' .... 10519
43.94
43.56 Void
Marcos
Snoronos
.....:
.
10648
114.33
Hubert P. Seymour .... 10263
S7.17
10392
Shirley Nicholson
10773
Void BiU Habbitt ........... 10520
91.78
134.94 WUliam Denikos ....... 10393
Edwin E. Ritchie
10266
10521
57.17 Georges Galanos ...... 10649 ' 52.11 Frank Ryan
10774
51.72 Gean OUivier
105.39
. 52.11 Jessie Matthews
Adolph Danne
10267 . 134.56 Leon HarreUon
10394
135.33 Basile Tsampouniaris . .. 10650
10779
81.28 Lazaro Ellorin ......... 10522
85.94
10651
92.56 VergU Foster
95.67 James Wall
John George' '
10268
10523
59.89 Eiic Anderson
10395
1077d
109.28 Fred Bell
37.94
Joseph
Gumernette
.... 10652
111.22
65.33 Reuben Dodd
Clayton MulUs
10269
Dominic
NeweU
........ 10924
87.50
10396
John
Griffin
10777
'
38,89
83.61
10653
114.72 CharUe Horton ......... 10778
126.78 Walter Woodie
John Rombo
10270
101.30 Shedrick Glenn
10397
81.67 Gene Johnson. ......... 10523
35.39
10654
112.39 Hubert Keecb ......... 10779
Joseph StringfeUow ...^ 10271
57.94 William Canniff
10772 Arthur King
10398
42.39 Webster Williams ..... 10526
50.80
Thomas
Kautsch
Bart
Power
10655
108.50
44.33
William Padget
10272
10399
4278 Domenico MaseUo ....v 10527
John Allman .......... 10780
134.94
80.89
10656 • 46:28 John Fontries
113.56 Martin Yager
..... 10528
John Calhoun ......... 10273
101.50 Fong Wong
10781
10400
57.17 Robert Lang
96.44
132.39 Amund Pettersen ;
122.50 David Barry .
• 'William Jones
10274
10401 .
109.67 Rudolph Evans ........ 10657
, 10782
45.50
36.94 Willis Record ......10529
Void
Dan
Cherry
..
10658
123.67
m.39
10530
70..19
.Charles Saranthus
. 10275
10402
CecU E. Mannlns
1078!'
Void Ralph DiPaola
.,59.80
Walter
Barnes
10659
,
i8;61
93.72
, 76.61 Eugene Grady
' Serajin Souto
10276
Edward
Nooney
........ 10531
10403
WUUaraK.'Macey.....
10784
43.17
72.33
87.89 Vincent Josephs
10660
M.OO Manuel ^otiy .......... 10785 , _ 97.61
53.67 Wilmer C. Whiie. J0404
• Hairy French ...v....,.10277
10532
,50.56 Gordon Decke:
,»8.39:
43.17 WUliam Vogel ...I.... 10405
11822 Peter Neuguth .......... 10661
Charles 'Vanole
10278
10533
43.04 James Parker
(do&tinued on page 25} '
Al{^rt Fernandez
72.'
10406
73.50, Armin Sevier ...vyi... 103j^.
•
'i
(Continued from page 23)
IN
W':
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'•
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:i
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4^ • •
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•('.
I^TIMMSN^'
S"E"A/F"A R'E R"S
TOTAL
• *».• CASH BENEFITS
$112,700^
/, "';^'
'"'^ .• >;V''''''^'''
" rjM
• V • • : •
•«',
'>U?'"
• Vacation Plan
May 12—^May 23
Welfare Plan
May 4—^May 17
::y' •
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
Robert Moylan
10885
8115X9
CharlesF. Rberhart .... 10886
58.33
86.28
10887
Name
108ii8
115.11
43.94 WUUam Tucker
10780
Andreas PlaUs
5056
10888
36.94 Aaron Canaday
Roy Garrison
10787
41.22
10880.
52.11 Claud Kent
l.uis Medina .
10788
1089t: . 54.44
36.56
John Snyder ........... 10789
52X0
10882
99.17 Orval Smith
Georye Murphy
10790
69.22
10893
63.00 James Mapp
Albert Grlllett
10791
119.00
10894
125.61 Edward Edinger
Zenon Rivera
10792
122.50
1089S
10793
124.44 Ernest Harris
David Williams
10890
73.50
10794
69.61 Bryan Varn
Carlos Veler ...'
74X8
10807
94.89 J. Alonzo
Mallory CoRey
10705
70.78
10808
75.83 Ho Wong
Fertecto Tapere
10796
65.33
10899
62.22 Cecil Gates
George Kozaites
10797
136.50
10900
87.11 Emmanuel Pereselis ... 10901
Alvah Burrls ...
10798
133.78
56.78 0(yen Gilbreath
Warren WoodiU
10799
61.83
10902
89.44 Antonia Racoya
Patrick Vlelra
10800
90.22
10903
64.17 Kenneth Bryant
Michael Stanton ....... 10801
92X4
10004
75.83 Thomas Jones,....
Ijeonard Swede
.'. 10802
108.50
10905
Zane Smith ........., 10603
46.67 Hugh Mallard
10906
74.67
EUwood Tolbot
10804
63.00 Lewis I,ack
79.72
10907
Victor Silva
79.33 Harvey Vann
10805
103.44
10908
44.33 Edwin Laurent
Bendt Nielsen
10606
10009
91.00
Eugene Sobczak
10607
89Aa Tedford Morris
77.00
10910
10606
125.61 James Lee
Adrian Torres
10911
68.06
Cart Johnsson ......... 10609 • 93,33 Clasence Spencer
3753
10012
66.50 John Hutchlns ...v..... 10913
Louis Young .'
10810
73.11
60.67 Jose Nunez
10811
Carlos Jaime
10914
82.44
George Vesagas
10812
llOJiO Loonie Sisk
10915
38X9
48.22
Zcma Dula
10916
Broachie Carpenter .... 10917
52.50
83.61
Lazario B. El Zlssls Zoghopoulos ..... 10918
39X8
RtiR
10919
loifc, AB: The Laurence
47.44
Bfaurlce MeCoskey
00820
Thomas
Hicksy
10921—
7953
Union has doi^e
Gorman Glaze ......... 10922
98.00
a lot of good Disocoro MUttar
40.06
10933
10934
119.00
things for the Miguel Vlera
Lloyd Symm
10925
35.39
men in the past Joe Linhart
10026
40.83
40.06
years, but 1 can't John Hawes
10927 '
Joseph
Basch
35.39
10928
think of any James Thomson
46.67
10928
thing that's made Kaarel Leetmoa ....... 10930
116.67
Clarence
Yearwood
.... 10931
110.06
as much of a hit Richard Blake
10932
.117.06
as the vacation Juan Nieves
109^
40.06
George
Coming
10034
102.67
pay.
Peter ChopUnskl
1093S
67.67
Howard lOng .......... 10036
39.28
Paul Alano
10037
85.94
Harold Somd
... 10813
31A3 John McCoUon
10938 , 110.44
Calvert Jones
10614
79.33 Henry Keahe
10839
70.39
SanUagO Rogamos
10813 ^110.44 Durand Moon
10940
45.50
KenneOi MeCtdlough
10816
44.72 Mario Alberto
10041
53.67
Heinrich Rabba
10817
113.94 James MacGrcgor ...... 10942
54.83
George Dackn
10818
102.67 Frank .Berthold
10943
64.94
Jasper Anderson ...... 10819
98.78 Antonio Acede
10944
113.94
Frank Shandl
10820
82.83 Florenclo Marques
10945
9956
John Holmroos
10821
37.33 James Powers
10940
133.78
WacUw RaczynsM
10822
39.50 James Mitchell
10947
100.72
Frederick Burford
10823
41.22 Pleter Devries
10048
89.06
Thomas Cotrell
10624
70.78 George Jonkel
10049
56.78
Mearl Carley
10825
52.11 BUUe Doyle
10950
44.72
(Continued from page 24)
Check
Patrick Green
No. Amount Fred Smith
Arthur Browne
10826
Johnsle Hancock
10823
Bernard Buster ........ 10828
Elroy Hertel
10829
.Amie Cobb
10830
Edward Kolenovsky ... 10831
Francisco Maldonado .. 10832
Bobert Myers
10833
James Meeks
10834
Angelo Martins
10835
Omer Sapp
10886
John SetURe
10837
James Scarborough .... 10838
Charles Fritt
10839
Owen KeUy
10840
Carlos McDonald
10841
James AUen
10842
William Simmon
10843
Charles BaUey
10844
Raymond Bosc
10845
William Johnson ...... 10846
Marlnus Hansen
10847
Theodore Goodman .... 10848
Thomas Price
10849
John Groener
10850
Ward Howieson>
10851
John Hill
10852
Eric Hubert
10653
Claburn Reed
10854
Robert Mitchell
10855
Francisco Rodriguez ... 10856
William Donald
10857
AUon BeU
10858
William Butts
10859
Munrow Mundy
10860
Samuel Levy
10861
Ray DeShong
10862
Henry Maas
10863
Lance Bailey
10864
Willie Boudreaux
10865
Martino Desalvo
10866
Lawrence LachapeU i... 10867
48.61
88.67
85.56
87.50
69.94
62.22
114.33
61.83
39.67
106.17
132.22
110.06
57.17
, 71.94
36.56
105.78
109.28
125.22
119.00
95.28
68,83
134.56
133.78
97.22
93.33
122.11
94.50
113.56
102.28
94.89
110.44
71.94
81.28
91.00
88.67
8838
123.28
67.67
85.56
49.73
35.39
100.72
Ralph Di Paola,
messman: The
word sure has
gotten around on
the ships about
this plan and all
the fellows you
speak to are very
happy about be
ing able to get
the dough.
Leon Schooner
10951
Jack Taylor
...40952
William MacDonald .... 10953.
OUver Trawlck
10954
Robert Kline
10955
Jessie Brown
10956
George Weldy
.10957
Joseph Denton
10958
John Glenn
10959
Roy McCannon
10960
WilUam Sellers
10961
WiUiam Treadway .... 10962
George Shearer
10963
Antonio Cruz
10964
Paul Buczek
10965
Kendall KeUy
10968
TerreU SURord
10967
F. W. Sanchez
10968
Guadalupe Garcia
10969
Fred Shaia
10970
Louis Harris
10971
Andrew Lepune
10972
Evander
Ward
10973
Anthony B. Cal Foster Juneau
10974
deria, AB: The William ApUn
10975
Ernest
SauU
10976
best part of the Marvin Booker
10977
Vacation Plan as Alphonse Flynn
10978
Willie
Edwards
10979
I see it is that Antonio Guggino ...... 10980
you don't have William Cox
10981
go to a com Clara Bennett
10932 .
Ray
EUison
10983
pany and battle James Creel
10984
them for the Ernest MUdonich
10985
Sjoholm .....
10986
money. The serv Ernst
Keith Jones ............ 10987
ice here is real How Chen
10988
WilUam Sherar
10989
speedy.
Edward Pitts
10990
Zenon Marciniewigz .... 10991
10992
35.78 Nicholas Caputo
Roberto Pardo
luueu
10993
Julio Matos
10869
66.89 Antonio Perez
FrancUco
Lago
10994
121.72
Ramon Vila
10870
Ralph BuUard ......... 10871
36.94 WUliam Gannon ........ 10995
; 10996
Arthur Hansen
10872
40.44 Dusan DeDvisin
10997
125.61 Han Yuan
Rueben Ruttkay
10873
Alfred
Niglno
10998
Karl Jarire ............ 10874
96.06
52.89 ^ward O'CUnneU ^.... 10999
Buperto Gautcir ....... 10875
liqoo
80.89 Han Juan
Edison Brown'
10676
11001
William ShaRer
10877.
73.89 David Vazquez
11002
Hans Nettblbladt ...... 10878
69.94 Dean Walte
124.44 Anders Strom ......... 11003
Alexander Leiner ...... 10679
82.11 Slxto Escobar ...........11004
Sverre Johannessen
10660
Alphonso Parker
10681
82.11 Theodore Michaleag ...; UOOS
lUMO
iio.oi lAon Cronw>ln
Stanley Steyens ........ 10662
122.11 Richard HatDca ........ tUtOt
WlUred Chapman
10889.
To CMh Vac. OMcfcs ... HW« 8M0.0t To Cadi V«e. ^Mkg . . . 11000
54.44
78.17
124.44
113.56
110.06
7039
108.50
92.94
51.72
89.44
102.67
52.89
40.06
47.83
52.50
92.94
110.44
35.39
55.61
133.39
35.78
38.50
35.39
35.39
38.11
40.06
57.94
65.72
70.39
72.33
lp3.44
114.33
92.94
91.00
129.li
68.06
89.83
41.22
103.44
73.50
82.44
107.72
4J.56
137.67
56.00
B5.17
89.06
40.83
. 110.08
40.44
72.33
39A8
106.56
138B3
lllJU
ftUBI
M.7a
SAOO<Od
USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK, VA.
WELFARE
.
REPORT NO. 29
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
Period Covered By This Report—^May 4—^May 17
Ca^ on Hand
US Government Bonds
Estimated Accounts Receivable
Hospital Benefits'Paid in Period
Death Benefits Paid in Period .....
Hospitri Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
Death Benefits Paid Since Jnly l/l950
USPHS HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND. NY
#80.00
Leo A. Allen
.30.00
Victor Arevaio
30.00
WiUiw Atchason
30.00
Raphael Babiani .
80.00
Nuardo Balboa .. ..h
John E. Brady /.,.
• • • • Oe •
• • 45.00
30.60
o • • a «
Billy Brewer ....
15.00
Loton Brooks
15.00
F. J. Brown
15.00
Thomas' J. CaRrey
30.00
Frank .Cardoza
15.00
Nathan Cartwdght
30.00
Nicholas Chanaridis ^
60.00
Gino Dellamea
15.00
Alvaro DosSanto
15.00
WilUam Dunham
45.00
Jose Espinosa
30.00
Joseph P. FarreU
R. M. Ferguson
:... 15.00
15.00
John F. French
30.00
WiUlam Girardeau
30.00
Marmo Gordlis '.....
30.00
William W. Gordon
15.00
Oscar Grant
30.00
John W. Hallahan
30.00
C. Houlis
15.00
Karl Jarve
30.00
Jacob KachelhoRer
30.00
John W. Keenan
15.00
M. Landron
45.00
James J. Lawlor
15.00
James Lewis
30.00
James McDufiy
45.00
Victor McMahon
15.00
Charles G. MiUer
30.00
Ditlef K. MoUer
30.00
Alfred HueUer
Kurt Nagel ..................... 30.00
30.00
Frank Nering
15.00
J. O'Malley
30.00
George Peltonen
15:00
WUUam E. Pepper
30.00
Michael Piskun
15.00
A. Princen
30.00
J. Prindezis
45.00
Isabelo B. Quanico
15.00
Eustaquio Rivera
30.00
Joseph StLaurent
30.00
Virgil Sandberg
15.00
Gynnar Sandlund
30.00
Victor SUva
15.00
G. SUvestre
30.00
Emerson Spauiding
30.00
Frank Tamburrino
30.00
Francis WaU
45.00
Richard L. Welch
15.00
Joseph H. WUkin
;
15.00
Wong York
$ 363,664.71
1,000,273.44
210,000.00
5,755.00
25,000.00
157,376.00
276,933.33
Edward McCarthy
WUliam L. McLeUan
Edward Metros
S. .Newman
.
Karl Raana ........
Olav Reierson .....
A. A. Sampson
Foster B. Shedd ...
WiUiam G. Siesfield
Wilfred C. Sonnlw
O. Spiers
Andrew Staudcr
Preston J. Stevens
J. Teague
Curtis Thompson
Lonnie R. Tickle
J. UszaUewicz
J. E. Ward
Joe Wilson
H. G. Wolowitz
USPHS HOSPITAL
MOBILE, ALA.
• AL
USPHS »
NEW ORLEJ [S. LA.
. 815.00
J. H. Adams
. 30.00
Claudius G. Archer
. 30.00
Lloyd T. Bacon
, 15.00
Victor Bonura
. 30.00
Alvin Broussard
Ralph A. Canniff ............ . 15.00
. 30.00
OUver Ceiestine
. 30.00
Theodore Cie'slak
. 30.00
Jessie A. Clark
R. Cruz
...;. . 30.00
« 30.03
King W. ElUott
. 15.00
Alejandro Eusebio
. 3(f00
Joseph Fazio ...
. 15.00
Hugh D, Fouche
, 15.00
Ralph Garrett ..
. 15.00
John Hane ...... • • • • • • ee0800<
. 15.00
Melton Henttm . .
. 30.00
WUey B. Hudgens • • O*
. JO.Od
George F. Immel
. 30.00
Leonard Kay ...
. 30.00
Leo H. L«U
. M.00
O, Liuzza
. 815.00
. 15.00
.. 30.00
. 30.00
. 15.00
. 15.00
. 30.00
. 30.00
. 30.00
. 15.00
. 30.00
830.00
15.00
^5 CO
• .rlEf
8255.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, MD.
Theodore S. Aleck
815.00
Edgar Barton
30.00
Henry K. CaUan ...
1
30.00
George EvanoR ....
15.00
Cedrick U. Francis
......... 15.00
John Frenkler
15.00
Stuart 3L Ginsburg
30.00
Feriand C. Greeff ..
......... 15.00
Hugo J. HUden ...
15.00
John N. Hull
30.00
Murray E; Keener ..
60.00
Theodore Kupacznk
15.00
RaV W. Edrson. .....
ISJW
George B. Little ...
......... 30.00
Earl McKendree ...
30J)6
Frank Morriss
30.00
James A. Nichols ..
15.00
Alfonso . Olagulbel .
30.00
Charles N. Payne ..
.......... 15.00
WilUam Rclnbardt .
15.00
Arthur S. Reinholdt
30.00
Jacob Rosen
................. 15.00
15.00
»).00
15.00
30.00
30.0<t
30 00
30.00
30.00
15;00
30.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
Louis Resenthal
30.00
Alfred Seeberger
15.00
P. TripoUtsiotUs
8090.00 Thomas M. White
Thomas WUls
Tim Burke
J: H. Jones
Walter T. Noel
• ft
• I
• 'V'
<• 1
15.00
3a00
15.00
30.00
30.00
8630.00
ST. AGNES HOSPITAL
FIHLADELPHIA. PA.
William Leonard
815.00
a
860.00
LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL
BROOKLYN. NY
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH. GA.
Serafin Lopez
Warner W. AUred
H. C. Bumsed
R. W. H. CarroUton
C. H. Carter
L. T. Cowart
W. B. Creech
L. DeWitt
Russell H. Eagle
Eugene Gardner
Theodore D. Halenda
B. M. Larsen
James J. Luciani
L. C.'MUler
J. T. Moore
Jack D. Morrison
BasU C. Smith
C. V. Strong
830.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
$420.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
BRIGHTON, MASS.
R. P: Bowman
Frederick A. Burns
Eugene O. Dakin
Ray Harris
WUUam E. Lake
James F. McLaughlin
R."0. Metso
Uncoln E. Smith
George Vourloumis
81,500.00
CHARITY HOSPITAL OF LOUISIANA
NEW ORLEANS. I.A.
WUlUm Crawley
$30.00
Albert M. Brickhouse .
JuUan M. CuthreU ....
Andrew Harvilla
Paul E. Hyatt
Charles P. Jones ....,
Thomas H. McLaddan
Shirley E. Roundtree .
Henrich Sterling ....
Spurgeon Strickland ..
Robert R. White
Albert L. WUUs
Walter S. Warner
830.00
Louis Caloca
*BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
NEW YORK, NY
Law^ence DuBeau
Robert Sltton
860.00
90.00
8150.00
830.00
30.00
15.00
NSO.OO
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
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HOSPITAL OF THE HOLY FAMILY
BROOKLYN. NY
Adolph Anavitarte
815.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
FORT STANTON. NM
Bomar Cheeley
845.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
FORT WORTH. TEX.
I
J. H. Ashurst ..
Joseph P. Wise
$60.00
60.00
8120.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO
Ekigene C. Brown
Pedi'o DcFranco
Carmelo Nieves
$240.00 Norman 1. West
'!?• #
815.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
$90.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
815.00
MANHATTAN BEACH. NY
15.00
$30.00
30.00 Matthew Brimo
415.00
15.00 John Padzik ...
15.00
8445.00
30.00
THIPLER
GENERAL
HOSPITAL
15.00
HONOLULU. HAW AH
15.00
Robert
Sitton
860.00
30.00
DisabUity Benefit As Per Board of
15.00
Trustees Meeting 5/6/52
8193.00 Otto P. Preussler
$30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN raANCISCO.
CALIF.
WUUam J. Anderson ............ 830.00
Henry Dell'Orfano
15.00
Harold R. MUburn
15.00
Antonio Phelepedes
45.00
Charles H. Robertson
30.00
Peter Smith
30.00
David Sorenson
30.00
John M. Sweeney
30.00
WUliam TimmcrmaB
860.00
ST. VINCENTS HOSPITAL
NEW YORK, NY
USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON, TEX.
Hugh D. Fouche
Frederick J. Frennett
Fred Hohenberger ..
George K. Liebers ..
Hubert R. May
CURord C. Moore ...
Blanton Petty
Jack E. Slocum
S. B. Tribble
WiUiam F. Vaughan
815.00
GORGAS HOSPITAL
PANAMA CANAL ZONE
30.00
"4355.00
DEATH BENEFITS
Theodore C. Musgrove
82,500.00
Antonio Orrantia
2,500.00
Claude A. Ray
2500.00
WUUam Waddington
2,500.00
Walter G. Edwards
2.500,00
Daniel W. Midgett
2500X0
Bernard L. McNeil
8500.00
Carmelo Figuero'
2500.00
Edgar D.'Oray
Kenneth W. NlckcrsoB ....4... 2500.00
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SEAFARERS LOG
Vac*
... DIGEST of SHIPS'
STRATHCAPI (StraHimor*). January
1«—Chairman, William O'Connor; Sacra
fary, W. Norrlt. Frank Cobblar waa
elected ahip'a delegate. Steward wUl
check with the messmen on their duties.
Steward ordered milk but none arrived,
ao after the first day at sea there was
no more milk. Laundry and recreation
rooms wiU be cleaned by a different de
partment each week. Since there is a
shortage of linen, it was suggested that
overtime be paid for washing it. If
linen gives out. cash should he paid in
its place. Stores are not to be accepted
aboard ship unless checked by steward
or chief cook. Steward will give out cots
which should be returned in good con
dition.
January JO—Chairman, William O'Con
nor; Secretary, W. Norrli. Captain spoke
on the laundry situation. It was agreed
that two men would wash the laundry,
but if washing can be done under sani
tary condUtions in Arabia or India, cap
tain will send it ashore. Recreation room
and messhaU should be clean on arrival
in the States.
February 3—Chairman, William O'Con
nor; Secretary, William Norrls. Delegates
reported no beefs. Coffee will be made
in percolators at coffee time, and the
bag should be cleaned after use. High
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man wUl not be penalised because mem
bers turn down' overtime. Steward will
make out alist of names for cot issue.
Men on watch will be served first. Laun
dry room WiU be cleaned after use by
each crewmember.
April 13—Chairman, ManuVl; Secretary,
William Norrls. It was suggested that the
chief cook handle the coffee situation.
Glasses should be put awjiy after they
have been washed. Chief cook suggested
that the gaUey be painted. Ship's dele
gate WiU post list of repairs to be made
in Baltimore. Bosun suggested that bulk
heads. etc., be spot sougeed more often
to keep the painting Job clean. GaUey
• tove ^ould be repaired.
April 1i:Chalrman, William O'Connor;
Secretary, William Norrlt. Special meet
ing held on the water situation. Captain
said that the water should be gotten up
in a suitable receptacle; steward wiU put
water in receptacles and make ice in
the meat box. Captain guaranteed good
drinking water. Water carriers wiU get
overtime.
April 37—Chairman, William Norrlt;
Secretary, A. Smith. Water tanks wUl be
cleaned. Ship's delegate and department
delegates wUl go topside with patrolman
when beefs are being settled. No hands
WiU be signed on untU complete repairs
are made. Each man wUl get gross earn
ings of wages due so that he can check
before payoff. Motion was made to get
a new refrigerator for the crew mess as
the old one is always breaking down
and can no longer be repaired. New
washing machine is needed, as the old
one is not worth repairing. Patrolman
should inspect the rooms to make sure
that they are acceptable for the new
members. Old members should clean
rooms and strip beds.
LIBERTY BELL (Tramp Cargo Car
riers), April 6—Chairman, Waters; Sec
retary, A. W. Baldwin. L. Wheeler was
elected ship's delegate. Motion was
passed that repair list be checked and
repairs made before the patrolman okays
payoff and signs on new crew. Vote of
thanks was given to the steward's de
partment for the last trip and this one
as weU. All hands should work together
to keep the laundry and washing machine
clean. MesshaU and recreation room
should be kept clean. Ship's fund stands
at 318.25.
May S—Chairman, E. J. Slllln; Secre
tary, A. W. Baldwin. Engine delegate re
ported that the chief engineer discharged
two men. Each department delegate wUl
make out a repair list for the ship's
delegate. No man wiU be paid off with
out union representation. Vote of thanks
went to the steward's department for
good service and good food. Motion was
passed to post a notice on the timeuse
of the washing machine. A Ust wiU also
be iosted for every man that uses the
washing machine to sign. Ship's dele
gate should see about cleaning and paint
ing the laundry room before getting into
port. Crew should donate to ship's fund
SO that rocreation for the next trip can
oe taken care of. Ship's delegate wiU
speak to the captain about the slopchest.
ALICE BROWN (Bloomfleld), April 27—
Chairman, Paul L. Margast; Secretary, S.
T. Arales. Delegates reported no beefs.
Time was taken to check a njjw ship. J.
Gibbs was elected ship's delegate. Dis
cussion was held on cleanliness of the
ship. Adequate night lundh was request
ed. Vote of, thanks was given to the
steward's department for good prepare
tion and service.
^C^H'Shahers*
nave No OK
The membership ~ Is again
cautioned to beware of persons
soliciting funds on ships in be
half of memorials or any other
socalled "Worthy causes."
No "canshakers" or solici
tors have received authoriza
tion from SIU headquarters to
collect funds. The National
Foundation foir Infantile Pa
ralysis is the only charitable
organization whi^ has re
ceived membership endorse
ment. Funds for this cause
are collected through normal
Union channels at the payoff.
Receipts are issued on the spot.
ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), April 17—
Chairman, D. L. Parker; Secretary, James
Pursell. Simmons was elected ship's del
egate by acclamation. Ship's delegate re
ported that some repairs have not been
made. Bosun reported that OS on san
itary faUed to do his work. General dis
cussion held for new members about per
forming whUe aboard ship. Motion car
ried to give ordinary and firemen who
performed aboard ship another ohance.
Next time, however, they wiU be re
ported to the patrolman;
April 19—Chairman,. D. I,. Parker; Sec
retary, James Pursell. Ship's delegate re
ported that one man. in the engine room
has been logged, and the chief engineer
reports that this wiU not be lifted. New should be washed out after using. Treas
dripolator wiU be instaUed. Motion was urer reported S72 in the ship's fund.
passed that the crew go on record as
being opposed to taking meat aboard in MILTON H. SMITH (Isthmian), May 3—
Trinidad. Sanitary men wlU keep the Chairman, Jack W. Arellanes; Secretary,
laundry clean during their. respective James Montano. Discussion was held on
weeks. Engine department wiU get cof
overtime in the deck depart
fee for the engine room from the steward. equalizing
ment; many overtime disputes were re
May 4—Chairman, Frank Fullbrlght; ported. Foc'sles are not clean or prop
Secretary, James Pursell. Ship's delegate erly disinfected; coffee and tea utensils
reported that the repair Ust has been are dirty. Ship's' delegate did not know
made up. and everything is going fine. that the painting of the ship had begun.
Motion was made that the crew go on Steward said, captain, ordered his depart
record as being opposed to • doing any ment to paint the foc'sles. Delegates
maintenance work at night' In the Is should have held a meeting before paint
lands and paying for lod^g because of ing was started.
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this work. due. to chipping and scraping
May 11—Chairman, Charles Waldren;
of ship. Motion was passed that a com Secretary,
James Montano. Coffee and
mittee be' appointed to write to the ne tea beef has
been taken care of. Dis
gotiating committee at headquarters sug cussion was held
oii finding out more in
gesting that the company pay overtime formation about abiding
to the contract
for men detained aboard ship through more strictly. Three members
failed to
no fault of the port authorities. Dele attend this meeting. I^box and
dry
gates from each department wiU be as stores should be disinfected thoroughly.
signed to this committee. Messroom and As many suppUes <(peanut butter, crack
recreation room should be kept clean. ers. etc.) should be stored as possible.
Crewmembers shotUd' clean up the rec
use of the spare foc'sle, now used
reation room after use. Suggestion wag Future
by the deck engineer. wiU depend on the
made to put a door on the laundry and captain.
Itemized payoff sUps wiU be is
to keep the shore gang out of the laun sued. Steward
asked that all linen be
dry in Trinidad.
turned in as soon as possible; foc'sles
should be left clean.
ALAMAR (Calmer), May 4—Chairman,
E. Hoggs; Secretary, B. Wilton. Ship's
BINCHAMTON VICTORY (Bull), April
delegate moved that a new delegate be 25—Chairman, Fred L o r I z; Secretary,
elected, as he is getting off this trip. Charles Hughes. Joseph Harrison was
Crewmembers were advisednot. to over elected ship's delegate. Whoever uses
load thewashing machine. Vote of thanks the laundry should keep the washing ma
was given to the steward's department. chine and the tubs clean. Steward will
put. out scoiU'lng powder. It was re
ported that there is no disinfectant in
CAMAS MEADOWS (US Petroleum Car the deck and engine departments.
riers), March 29—Chairman, Charles T.
Sheridan; Secretary, O e o r g a J. Baka.
ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Seas Shipping)
Ship's delegate reported that two men
were paid off in Naples by mutual con April 30—Chairman, DeVlte; Secretary,
sent and replacements secured. Ship wiU S. Plerson. Crew passed on the motion
change ship chandler in Naples. Talked to let the black gang and steward's de
to the captain about improving food. En partment paint the foc'sles on weekends
gine delegate reported one new wiper; as overtime work. Department heads
saUed short of engine utiUty. Steward were asked to submit suggested changes
delegate reported one new man; beef on in working rules for negotiating com
serving a late meal has been settled. mittee. Steward will see the skipper
Discussion was held on getting more and
better food. The engine room firstaid
kitneeds suppUes. Hess room is to be
kept cleaner by watch and crewmem
bers. Cots should be taken to cabins
after use on deck.
PERSONALS
DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), April 13—
Chairman, Bob Johnson; Secretary, Don
Collins. Deck delegate reported a few
hours of disputed overtime. Beef about
the captain taking a man. off gangway
watch to act as lookout on the bow dur
ing fog in the Port of Rio de Janeiro
will be taken up at payoff by the patrol
man. Motion was passed to see the lui
trolman about the roaches on the ship.
Foc'sles and passageways should be sou
geed as soon as possible. Suggestion was
made that messroom^ and pantry be
sprayed for roaches. Recreation room
should be kept cleaner. Messroom should
be taken care of as well as the officers'
saloon—tables should, be sanded and var
nished and room should be completely
painted. Steward said that he would try
to get as much done this trip as possible.
If not during this trip, it will be com
pleted during the next trip. Coffee bag
Editor,
SEAFARERS LOG.
675 Fourth Ave.,
Brooklyn 32, N. Y.
mom
• bout paintlnx department foc'iles; en
gine delegate wlU gee the first assistant
about painting black gang foc'alea. Crew
agreed to pay SI apiece for moviea on
the trip. Suggestion was made to sell
the old washing machine to the officers,
with purchase price subject to the crew'e
approval. iSosun apoke about garbage
disposal, and dumping dirty water down
• cuppers.
NOTICES
BasU A. Duffy
Your mother, Mrs. L, E. Duffy, gear in the Savannah haii: Wiiiiam
WARHAWK (Watarman), May 11—
Rockland, Me., is very anxious to Cotner, OS, of the Daniel WUiard; Chairman,
H. V. .Orlmas; Sacratary, John
Percy
Aiired,
wiper,
of
the
same
hear from you.
Klaczsk. Motion was made not to sign
vessel
and
Joseph
Greenfield,
of
off tintU aU. beefs have been cleared.
t
t
Suggestion was made to. have iced drinks
the Southport. See E. B. Tiiiey, served
more frequently. Discussion was
Myron "Lefty" Neth
port agent.
held on the purchase of a pressing iron.
Your gear is in the Norfolk hall.
4 4 4
Ask Joe Liiptcin for it. Bob.
The foiiowing
men should get In
4" it 4"
touch with room 304 in headquar
ExSS Stony Creek
The following crewmen should ters in reference to their applica
get in touch with Patrick Delaney, tions for new: books: Enrique Cor
117 So. Strickler St., Baltimore, reros; Hipolito Ramos; John W. BLUESTAR (Traders), April 14—Chair,
Md., on a matter of great import Parker,' Jr.; Holt Halver;. James man. Rocky Milton; Sacratary, Jack D.
Anderson, Motion was made to use tha
ance: Eugene W. Nicholson; George McPhauI; Charles Lynsky; George new
washing machine for light dress gear,
W. Baker, Jr.; George F. Gluck; Oliver; Edward Czosnpwski; Frank the old
one for work gear only. Mesa
iyn
Webb;
Frank
Rossi;
Ferdinand
.halls are to be sprayed and the recrea,
Charles W. Palmer; Richard C.
tion
room
cleaned by the steward. Deck
Szoblik.
Bauer, and John T. ManfredL
and engine depaitmentg wlU clean tha
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glasses in the fink.
JOHN B. KULUKUNDIS (Martis), Feb
ruary 24—Chairman, D. HsdllcoitU;' See
rstsry, David J. Craven. Election of del
egates held. Andrew J. Howard was
elected ship's delegate; Douglas A. Rob
bins, deck delegate; Carl Hadsen, engine
delegate; Sal M. Resqultes. steward del
egate. Fani were mentioned on several
FOTRBRO HILLS (Mar Trade), April 20 repair lists, hut stUl have not been fixed.
—Chairman, Woodrow W. Tomllnson; Steward was atked to get spare spreads.
Secretary, William F. Bsrth. John Mel tahleclotHs and milk from bunkering port
eUos was elected ship's delegate. Rec. in Canal Zone, as weU as different kinds
ommendatlon waa made that laundry be of. pickles for meals. Ash trays are needed
cleaned by whomever uses it. Cups should for the recreation' room.' Clothing regu
be washed and replaced in the pantry lations during meals Were discussed.
after use. Ship's delegate should see the There la a leak in the sink outside the
captain about installing the new awning. ice box; deck and steward department
Msy 3—Chairman, Woodrow W. Tom showers need checking and repairing.
llnson; Secretary, William F. Barth. John May 9—Chairman, Carl Mfedsen; Secre
Reed was elected ship's delegate by 'ac tary, David J. Craven. Motion waa passed
clamation. Beef about who is to serve that a new, heavyduty washing machine
sick men their meals was straightened be placed aboard by the company. Re
out. Vote of thanks was given to the pairs were listed, as well as needed sup
chief engineer for helping the crew to plies.
get new refrigerators in both messhaUs.
Vote of thanks was given to the steward
SEABEAVER (Orion), May 4—Chair
for getting a ship's library. Crew is sat man, Frank DamasI; Sacratary, C. Dwyar.
isfied that conditions have been greatly Joe Thomas was elected ship's delegate
improved, due to the cooperation of a unanimously. Delegates were asked to
good akipper and officera.
check cdndltlons and make up individual
repair Usts. Delayed sailing wlU be dis
cussed with the patrolman before payoff
SUZANNE (Bull), May 13—Chairman, as well as the fact that the engine and
Jimmy Jonas; Sacratary, L. B. Cooch. steward departments are shorthanded.
BacUlo Llanez waa elected ship's delegate Suggestion was made that all hands help
by acclamation. Baker got a vote of as much as possible in keeping the mess
thanka for a Job. weU done. Suggestion haU clean.
—
was made to put a lock onthe crew's
icebox and to get new chairs for the
EVELYN (Bull), Chairman, O. B. Smith;
crew's mess.
Sacratary, E. C. Oacay. Noe wag elected
ship's delegate. Motion waa passed to
change the brand of soap. Repair list
wiU be' turned owr to the ship's delegato
before arriving in Baltimore. Vote of
thanks was given to the cooks for their
fine cooking. Hose wm be instaUed la
the laundry room. Suggestion was made
that cups be left in the pantry sink at
night.
ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), Msy 11—
Chairman, William' Story; Secretary, John
(Waterman), March
W. PIcou. Two men were reported to have RICHARD UFJOHN
Newton Palna; Sacratary,
missed ship in Mobile'. After the purchase 17—Chairman,
Fred
R.
Hicks.
Crew's
washing machino
of a funeral wreath, there was a total of
been repaired. AU hands should take
S21 left in the ship's fund. New life has
care when using it, and turn it off after
Jackets will be purchased next trip. Mo use.
will rotkte the clean
tion was passed to give the old washing ing of Departments
the recreation room. Dishes should
machine to the first hall passed for dona be returned
to the pantry after use at
tion to some ship that has no machine.
Messroom tables ^ould be kept
Suggestion was made that all hands help night.
dean.
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keep the messroom and recreation room,
May 4—Chairman, Jastis Oratn; Sacro
replacing the cups after use. Suggestion
was made for the wiper and ordinary to tary, Fred R, Hicks. Engine delegate re.:
alternate the cleaning of the laundry; ported that one 'sick member was left
the mesaman will clean the recreation behind in the hospital at Kiel. Germany.
The wiper is standing watches. Repair
room.
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list is to be made up. Request was mado
for more fruit Juices and that potatoea
JEFF DAVIS (Waterman), April 14— for breakfast be cooked that morning,
Chairman, Caorge Mldgait; Sacratary instead of the night before.
Frank Kutiura. Richardson was elected
ship's delegate by acclamation. Sugges
ROBERT a. INTERSOLL (Waterman),
tion was made that the slopchest be
checked completely before leaving the January 5—Chairman, A. Sylnara; Sac
ratary,
Daniel F. M. Sykas. Motion was
States. Each department was asked to
take turns keeping the laundry clean. passed to have the newly elected ship's
Suggestion to start a ahip'a fund waa delegate see the captain about putting
adopted. Crew waa asked to cooperate more gear in the .slopchest in Pedro, and
in keeping passageways, messroom and try to get a library aboard. AU hands
should cooperate in keeping the laundry
clean, with each department taking
charge for a week at ^a time. Laundry
will be kept clean by the steward utUltyt
a light wUl be instaUed on the laundry
room which wiU light up when the motor
is running.
Josevh Raymond Macia
April 27—Chairman, i. Schreadar; Sac
ratary, L. D. Blllak: Delegates reported
You have been classified 1A by no
complaints. AU books should be re
your draft board.
turned to the ship's Ubrary. Each dele
gate ahotdd make up a repair list for
4 4 4
the ship's delegate. AU hands should
dean their own foc'sles and remain sober
''<rhe foiiowing men have their at
the payoff.
John J. Williams
Retroactive payrolls of the Isth
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at 61 WorcesS St., Boston, Mass. farers can get . their money at 71
Broadway, Room 207. See Mr. Kar
James Francisco
I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please
powicz.
put my name on your mailing list.
(Print Information) Your mother is ill. Please get in
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touch with her as soon as possible. Following men have been clas
sified 2A by; their draft boards:
NAME
Bradshaw or Braddock Brothers William Edwardi until
August' 1952;
Contact 2nd Engineer Wilfred Cornelius Starreveid, until Decem
Martin at the Staten Island USI»HS ber 1, 1952.
STREET ADDRESS
Hospital. Important.
CITY
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Ex SSOlltranspoi'ter Crew
Leon Kane
FoUbwinB men have money due
Get in touch with Gene R. Sin
clair or his wife at 1138 Manor them in back wages: Antonio Fer
nandez, AB;: Jose G. Espin, OS;
Ave., New York 72, NY.
Segundp Cam^s, OS; Pedro Mai
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donado, wip^; Felipe Martinez,
Kelley, AB
galley boy. Get in touch with the
exRobin Goodfellow
Transportworkers
E. A. Ziegler has your gear. Let International
him know through the LOG where Federation, 20 Wi 40th St., New
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he cam waQh ypu.
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Ubrary and wash room—wiper and or
dinary WiU take turns each week on U
brary and wash room. Each man wiU be
given a porthole screen, and screens for
doors WiU be purchased at the next port,
AU doors, except the one by the gang
way, WiU be suppUed with hooks before
the ship reaches India.
May S—Chalrniafi, J. Oallagher; Secre
tary, D. W. Conroy. J. Anderson waa
elected ship's delegate by acclamation.
Motion was passed to have two members
who caused a disturbance put on proba
tion for the remainder of the trip; an
other misdemeanor and they. wUl be fined
and logged by patrolman. Door screens
and hooks wlU he purchased in Bombay.
Men were asked net to make noise in
the passageway. at night.' Care ofthe
washing machine was discussed. Steward
department was given a vote of thanks,
CAROLYN (Bull); Msy IS—Chairman,
R. Breomhasdt Secretary, M. F. Stanton.
Captain promised to dislribute cigarettes
as proposed.
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JkMBBRSTAR (Trlteh), May IS—Chair,
man, T. S, Sosa; Sacratary, F, T. Calnan.
Discussion was held on making repairs ai
Fort Everglades and before reaching tha'
shipyard. Capti^ wjuned that any per
formers win be firqdi Motion was passod
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SEAFARERS LOG
Friday, May ^0; »»
... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS...
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to have the ship's delegate see the cap
tain about fixing the water cooler and
getting a drain for the coffee urn stand.
Discussion was held on mUk for the 124
watch's dinner, as they don't get break
fast. Crew also dlstussed ordering more
buttermilk next trlj).
PORTMAR (Cafmif). May 7—Chairman,
Arthur L. Pricks; Stcratary, Oeorga War
rington. Arthur Frlcks was elected ship's
delegate by acclanatlon. Steward was
asked to get more food on the return
trip. A schedule U needed for the rec
reation room and laundry.
HURRICA'Ni (WktarmAi), May 4—
Chairman, William H. Harrell; Secretary,
P. San Miguel. Ship's fund totals SS.eo.
Messhall deck and passageways will be
taken care of during this trip. Each crew
member wpi donatelSO cents to the ship's
, fund at the payoffj Steward will move
mattresses from the outside of the laun
dry to make room to dry clothes.
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nion strike. Bdlanc*. of $124.58' was
reported In the ship's fund.
May 15—Chairman, C. A. Bradlty; Sec
retary, Max Fabrlcant. After a discussion
on the new $20 assessment for recondi
tioning union halls, crewmembers went
on record as being unanimously In favor
of this measure.
ROBIN KETTERING (Seas Shipping),
May 3—Chairman, Robert D. Phifer; Sec
retary, T. F. Faulkner. Ship's fund has
a balance of $33.67. A Uttle more con
sideration was asked for the watches.
Ball players were asked to give the cook
sufficient notice when they want early
meals. A laundry cleaning list will be
posted.
STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), May 11—
Chairman, Richard J. Blake; Secretary, T.
Magnusson. Discussion was held on the
Ice boxes, which are Insufficient for this
long a voyage. Motion was passed to have
a Union representative from the steward
department Inspect these boxes so that.
If the ship makes the same run again,
the new crew can be Informed about
this situation In advance. Suggestion was
made that the company install a washing
machine, according to the agreement.
The crew Is beefing about the poor soap
and the fact that most of the ilnen is
worn out.
PETROLITI (Mat(ilatan Tankers), May
4—Chairman, VIncgnt Kicklrlllo; Secre
tary, James R. Potter. Repair list will
be given to captalja for completion in
Port Arthur, TexasL Ship's fund stands
at S136J)8. All hands will donate SI to
GREENSTAR (Traders), May 4^halr
the fund. Records, magazines, books and
games, and barber equipment, will be man, Vasser Sz^anskl;'Secretary, Arlee
D.
Hill;' V. E. WUkerson was elected
purchased from the riilp'a fund.
ship's delegate. He wlU speak to the
captain about painting aU foc'des. It was
suggested that the laundry room be kept
cleaner, that Instructions be posted over
the washingmachine and that any crew
member who leaves the laundry or the
machine dirty be fined. Ice boxes are
not as cold as they Should be. Chief 'en
gineer and the steward are doing; what
they can, but the steward says he will
«OLDEN CITY (Waterman), April 2*^ not ; accei
accept the responsibility for any
Chairman, Roy Will; Secretary, D. Plc spor
illa^e.
cerelll. Delegates r^orted no beefs. All
hands were asked to maintain silence In ' MOBILIAN (Waterman), May It—Chair
the passageways while the watch is
man, E. Young; Secretary, P. Alvarez.
sleeping.
New washing machine should be instaUed,
and keys should be made for th bosun's
SALEM MARITIME (Cities Service), locker. Chairs and fan in the crew's
May 17—Chairman, A. H. Anderson; Sec mess need to be repaired, as well as
retary, Mike MIchallk. Members who are sinks and faucets in the galley and both
habitually fouling up will be brought to pantries.
the attention of the patrolman. Lack of
blower In the engine room was discussed;
HASTINGS (Waterman), April 26—
m^bers will see If an alrcondltioner
can be placed on board en a 'trial basis. Chairman, Stone'; Secretary, H. Ouenther.
H.
Wilson was elected ship's delegate.
Cooler in the engine room needs to be
permanently repairM. Discussion' was Discussion was held on the care of the
held on installing a blower in the crew's new washing—machine. Suggestion was
quarters due to heavy fumes from the made that the pantry be locked and the
key held by the gangway watch while
deck. Pantry should be kept cleaner.
In port.
May 11—Chairman, J. Gillette; Secre
CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), May 14— tary, G. R. Brown, s Library books and
Chairman, Harry Hbsten; Secretary, De magazines need to be changed. The deck
vlne. Vote of thanks was given to the delegate suggested that cleaning be done
steward department. Chairs will be or more thoroughly by sanitary men. Coffee
dered for the recreation room. Extra cups should be returned to the pantry.
Unen Is to be turned in: the laundry Attention of the department heads should
should be kept cleaner.
be brought to the matter of repairs.
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DEL MAR (Mlssltelppl), May 11—Chali^
man, Paul Baudreaux; Secretary, C. A.
Bradley. Repair lists should be made up
and turned over to the ship's delegate
who may bring them to the attention of
the patrolman, due'to the fact that cer
tain repair Items have been neglected in
the past. Ship's delegate will have the
Union representative check on the fumi
gation of the ship. He will also speak to
company and Union officials about keep
ing unauthorized persons out of the crew's
quarters. Several beefs will be broueht
to the attention of the patrolman. SSO
from the ship's fund, and additional
money to be collected at the payoff, will
be donated te a brother wounded during
Quix Answerx
(1) The four parts 45 are 8,12,
5 and 20. Eight plus 2, 12 less 2,
5 times 2 and 20 divided by 2 all
yield 10.
(2) Colorado, New Mexico, Utah,
Wyoming.
(3) 180 degreeiji.
(4) Henry StMson.
(5) 60 cents for tea, 20 for sugar.
(6) McGraw aiiid the NY Giants
won ten pennan^. Mack (Athlet
ics) and McCarthy (Yankees) each
won nine. McKechnie won four,
two with the Cincinnati Reds and
one each with the Cardinals and
Pirates. '
(7) Winter.
(8) Monitor was on Union side.
Merrimac was Confederate ship!.
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SIU Headquarters urges all
draft eligible seamen to .be
sure they keep their local Se
lective Service boards posted
on all* changes of address
through the use of . the post
cards furnished at all SIU
halls and aboard shi^.
Failure to ' keep • j our draft
board Informed of your where
abouts can cause you to ,be
llsteci as'a delinquent and be
drafted into the services with
out a hearing. The Uniqn in
such cases can do nothing to
aid Seafarers who fail to com
ply.
win see the steward about towels and
soap for the pantry and glasses for
rooms. Request for additional faps will
be sent in.
DOROTHY (Bull), May 11—Chairman,
Mulllns; Secretary, Leu NIhems. Wells
was elected ship's delegate. A new wash
ing machine and refrigerator parts wUl
be ready to be taken aboard in Baltimore.
$25.75 in the ship's fund was turned over
SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), May 25—
to ship's ddegate. New ash trays for the Chairman, Arthur Collet; Sacretary, N.
messroom and an extra can opener for A. Kirk.. Arthur CoUet was elected ship's
the outside of the gaUey are needed.
delegate. Suggestion to change the loca
tion of the garbage can in port was made.
Request was made that action be taken
JOHN MOSBY (Eastern), May 11—Chair on the. shower water situation. Discus
man, Samuel E. A. Bayne; Secretary, sion was held on cleaning the passageway
Philip J. Res. Deck, engine and galley re outside the door on the poop deck.
pairs were listed. They Included water
proofing the dead light over the galley
STEEL CHEMfST (Isthmian), April 21—
range, rellpplng the coal chute door, re
pairing, the telephone on bow, the deck Chairman, J. C. Bernard; Secretary, A.
In bosuns' and carpenters' foc'sle and Andersen. Departments wUl rotate the
cleaning of the laundry; the new washing
the fan In the crew's mess.
machine has arrived. . Milk ordered in
Halifax has not been deUgmred. Bosun
MARGARET BROWN (Bloomfleld), no wiU take care of the painting of the
data—Chairman, B. Owens; Secretary, A. laundry, Willi Walker was elected ship's
Baqus.' G. Lawson was elected ship's del delegate.
egate. The repair list was posted onth'e
bulletin board.
FAIRHOPE (Waterman), no date—Chair
STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), March
U—Chairman,. John Straka; Secretary,
Mark Oliver, Jr. The crew'gave the stew
ard department a vote of thanks for the
good cooking and service. A new ship's
delegate was elected. The deck depart
ment asked the crew to maintain quiet
In the passageways at night, not to slam
doors or ring beUs.
May 8—Chairman, C. Allen; Secretary,
Mark Oliver, Jr. AU plumbing needs re
pairing. There are not enough seats In
the messhaU, and the foc'sle shared by
bosun and carpenter Is too smaU. Com
pany should provide a new washing ma
chine. AU departments wUl contribute
to the newly started ship's fund.
ROBIN WENTLEY (Seat Shipping),
March • —Chairman, not listed; Secrmry,
R. (adowskl. Wright was unanimously
elected ship's delegate. Men were asked
to remove geai from lockers, as they
will be painted with the foc'sles. Wash
ing machine should be cleaned after use.
Sanitary, men were asked not to wash
swabs or buckets In the laundry room.
Cups should not be left out on deck.
May 4—Chairman, L. Wright; Secre
tary, 6. Flaveas. Motion was made to
buy a record player from the ship's fund.
Foc'sles should be cleaned for the new
crew before leaving the ship. Laundry
WESTERN RANCHER O^estern), May
will be sougeed before arrival In port. T#—Chairman, Vernon Porter; Secretary,
All men were asked to be sober at pay C. A. Newman. Guy Gage was elected
off. Repair lists will be turned in to the ship's delegate. A new iron and mag
ship's delegate.
azines were purchased out of the ship's
fund; a motion will be made at the final
meeting of the voyage to rebuUd the
fund. It was agreed to have the steward
department take care of the recreation
room and the deck and engine room
sanitarymen rotate the cleaning of the
laundry between them. Ship's delegate
wlU see the chief engineer about instaU
ing fans in the recreation room, the after
PUERTO RICO (Bull), May t—Chair foc'sle and the gaUey. Chief engineer
man, Simpson; Secretary, Joe Bores. Fire WlU be asked to work on the washing
signals and procedures were explained, machine.
as well as action to be taken if a man
goes ovbrboard..
FREDERIC C. COLLINS (Dry. Trans),
May 18—Chairman, Thurston Lewis; Soe May 11—Chairman, Jack E. Walker; Sec
rotary, Jim Murphy. A total of $130 was retary, K. Anderson. One member missed
donated to the ship's fund and $10 was ship deUberately In Yokohama. Repair
sent to an ordinary hospitalized in San Usts WlU be made up by the delegates;
Juan. Ed Baker was elected steward del members were asked to check for needed
egate by acclamation. Plumbing is In repairs. Steward department thanked the
need of repair.' New loud speaker does crew for their cooperation.
not work!
EDWARD W. SCRIPPS (Isthmian), May
SEATRAIH LOUISIANA (Soctrain), May 18—Chairman, E. R. Van NIeuwenhuIze;
IS—Chfilriiiaii, H. L. Collier; Secretary, Secretary, F. d. Smith. Steward depart
P. Samuolssn. A total of $15.23 was rei ment was given a vote of thanks for the
ported In the ship's fund. Crewmembers firstclass food and service during .the
were asked to turn off the washing ma voyage. Suggestion was jnade 'that all
chine after using it and to keep the laun hands cooperate in making this a clean
dry room clean. Keys for foc'sles or payoff.
lockers available for a SO cent deposit
from the chief mate.
DEL ORO (Mississippi), March 2^halr
man, Philip D. Mouton; Secretary, Philip
SALEM MARITIME (Cities Service), April D. Mouton. WllUam Kumke was elected
30—Chairman, PIckeH; : Secretary, Leau ship's delegate. Steward wiU coi^lt the
ens. Andy,^ Anderson was elected ship's captain about moving the Ice box out of
delegate. Suggestion was made that meals the passageway.
Include more vegetables and a .better
April 5—Chairman. P. D. Mouton; Sec
grade of meat. Deck delegate explained retary,
W' H. Kumke. Jack Lewis was
the $50 fine for not giving enough notice elected ship's
delegate: GaUey crew wlU
to the skipper on leaving the ship, for
work together In the future. , AU hands
jumping ship or missing ship.
wlU keep the messhaU clean, cleanlng^ip
May 3—Chairman, Pickett; Secretary, after card games and taking care of cig
Leauens. Beef between cook and steward arette butts. Less noise should be made
explained by the ship's d^egate.
while crewmembers are sleeping. <•
. May 18—Chairman, Philip D. Mouton;
Sacretary, J, F. FItzpatrlck. Record of
lalrnui
NIekle; Secretary, D. Nagy. O...Bell was disputed overtime and days when no
elected ship's delegate. DlscusSioil on launch service was avaUable wlU he taken
cleaning the washing machine and care up with the patrolman. One man missed
ship at Takaradl. The, two washing ma
of the laundry was held.
May 7—Chairman, A. Nlckle; Seere^ry, chines were sold to a crewmember for
D. Nagy. Ship's fund has a balance of $25; they wjU be taken off the ship after
$5.50.' Fines
be Imposed for leaving a new one has been installed. Vote of
the' washing machine dirty and leaving thanks went. to the chief steward'for a
used cups Iri the recreationroom;, as well job weU. done and for his. efforts ,to
as for negligence In the care, of cots Is please the crew at all times. Engine, de
sued by the company. Shi|i?s delega^ partment shower ahd head should be
il
painted; wipers' bunks should be repaired money loaned to a former shipmate dur
ing an .emergency. New refrigerator wiU
and all mattresses changed.
be Installed in the crew's messhall tlUs
trip. Suggestion was made to have the
ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), May IS— ship's delegate take care of the ship's
Chairman, Frank Hughes; Secretary,' L. fund.
Kane. A few beefs wiU be taken up with
the patrolman In New Orleans. AU crew
GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), May
fop'sles WiU be painted—in New Orleans,
If possible. If the refrigerator cannot be Chairman, Swartzes Van; Secretary, John
repaired. It should be replaced. No one Singer.' Ship's delegate reported a bal
wUl payoff until the ship's delegates say ance of $24.10 in the ship's fund. ' Vote
so. AU crewmembers should be sober at of thanks was given to the steward de
the payoff.
partment. Stewardasked that aU extra
April 1—Chairman, Frank Hughes; Sec linen be turned In for inventory. Crew
retary, L. Kane. W. HoUand was reelected decided to have padlocks put on mess
ship's delegate by acclamation. Schedule haU doors, with each member to be sup
for cleaning the laundry wiU be drawn plied with a key while the ship Is in
port, in order to keep unauthorized per
up.
sons out of the messhaU. New washing
wUl be ordered. Pantryman is
OMEGA (Omega), May 10—Chairman, machine
not to throw away leftover food, but put
R, M. Guild; Secretary, Carl Simpson. R. It In the Icebox.
M. GuUd was elected ship's 'delegate.
Recreation room wlU be cleaned by each
department In turn. Laundry wiU be
FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), May
cleaned by each man after use. More 17—Chairman, Charles Goodwin; Secre
hot water for the showers and greater tary, A. Lemolne, Jr. Deck department
pressure In the drinking fountain were delegate wUl be the last delegate to
requested. Vote of thanks was given to leave the ship In New York. It was de
the steward and his department for the cided that In the future the captain wiU
fine food and the good job done.
be notified by each man who wishes to
go ashore. Overtime for being detained
SWEETWATER (Metre Petro), May 11— aboard ship, due to the lack of launch
Chairman, Albert Pence; Secretary, R. service, will be tamed over to the pa
P. Rawllnferd. Ship's delegate reports trolman.
that alien seamen are getting preference
No date—Chairman, Edward Arrand;
over U.S. seamen, and that this situation Secretary, Charles Goodwin. Karl HeU
is worsening. A man needing medical at man was elected^shlp's delegate. Request
tention Was taken off the ship in Aden. was made to have the foc'sle sougeed
A new coffee um was ordered but has and cleaned. Discussion was held on the
not yet arrived. Bosun reports that there lack of milk In Lake Charles, although a
are no tarpaulins available, although the foreign ship received mUk.
weather is getting hotter.
LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi),
March 27—Chairman, C. AubOrt; Secre
tary, E. Coleman. E. Aubert was unanim
ously elected ship's delegate. Motion
Was passed ttut coffee be made for the
watch coming on and that the messroim
be cleaned. Crewmembers must wear
shirts In the messhall. Motion was
passed to have crew members stop mak
ing noise In the passageways.
April 11—Chairman, C. Aubert; Secre
tary, E. Coleman. Disputed overtime wUl
be settled In port. Repair list was dis
cussed and work done so far was re
ported on; the rest wiU be taken care of
In port.
April 29—Chairman, C. Aubert; Secre
tary, E. Coleman. Washing machine is
left dirty and is not turned off. Watch
men win use the washing machine during
the week: daymen wUl use it on the week
man, Bob Porter; Secretary, R. P. Doran. ends. Coffee urn wiU be drained at
Request was made that the ship's del night.
egate speak to the agent and patrolman
about permit and alien situation. Every
crewmember should help keep the laun
dry clean. Pantry should be kept a lltUe
cleaner and fresh dish towels supplied
more frequently. Overtime beef will be
taken up with the patrolman.
April 18—Chairman, Bob Porter; Sec
retary, R. P. Doran. Stanley was elected
ship's delegate. Suggestion ^yas made that
LONE JACK (Cities Service), May 11—
each department take care of the laun Chairman, C. Crevier; Secretary, T. J.
dry for a week. Suggestion was mfide Moore. Balance of $40 In the ship's fuGB
that a longer hose be obtained for the was reported. Claim for launch service
washing machine.
In Bridgeport has been ta!;en to the cap
tain. Crew was asked not to eat aU the
STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), May 4— oranges put out at night but leave some
Chairman, M. J. Ralph; Secretary, H, E. for the men on watch. Washing machine
Rosencrans. Slopchest hours should be has burned out; discussion was held on
posted and the laundry kept clean. On Its proper use and care. Sliip's delegate
authorized persons should be kept out of will see the chief engineer about repair
crew quarters and passageways In over ing It. AU hands were asked to turn In
seas ports.
repairs since the ship will be going to
the shipyard. Complaint was made
SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), about the coffee, with a request that the
May 21—Chairman, Bill Champlain; Sec brand be changed. Steward department
retary, Sir Charles. Balance of $7J3 in was given a vote of thanks for service
the ship's fund was reported. Jim Stlck and cooperation.
ney was elected ship's delegate for the
next voyage. Each Ulember wlR contrib
ute $.50 to the ships fund at the payoff. ' CAPE HORN (Mississippi),. May 4—
Salt tablets should be provided. Longer Chairman, Whitey Lewis; Secretary, H,
wind shutes aw needed as well as fans Cordes., Motion was passed that two
—especially In the crew's quarters and messmen be stationdd in the crew's mesa
the messhall. Steward will buy ash trays. at aU times. Ship's delegate suggested
Mattress Covers are avaUable for any that all departments take turns cleaning
members who want them.
the laundry, that aU members cooperate
with delegates and help take care of the
percolator Suggestion was made that the
foc'sles be cleaned and painted and that
the engine utility clean the scupper in
lower starboard passageway so the mesis
man can wash it down. These sugges
tions were accepted.
GREENSTAR (Traders), May 18—Chair
man, Yasser SzymanskI; Secretary, Man
uel Joao. Ship's delegate reported that
crew quarters and passageways are al
ready partly cleaned and wiU all be
painted on the return voyage. There is
a lot of unnecessary noise made at night
while the watch is trying to sleep. En
gine delegate reported that thpre was a
good deal of work which would have to
be Hone below on arrival In^ndla, Stew,
ard delbgate reported complaints against
one performer. Motion was passed to
hand over any performer to a shoreslde
trial committee for action. Discussion
was held on the large amount of veg
etable spoUage.
STONEWALL JACKSON (Waterman),
May 11—Chairman, Charles Norrls; Sec
retary, H. F. Wedgeway. Men who miss
the ship wlU be turned In to the patrol
man by the ship's delegate. Discussion
was held on one member's actions, and
whether to turn him over to the patrol
man. Ship's delegate warned the crew
not to be drunk at the payoff.
IBERVILLE (Waterman), May 11—
Chairman, D. Mitchell; Secretary, A.
Servler. Motion wis passed to let the
fumigation of the ship be taken care of
by the patrolman. Motion was carried
to get porthole screens and oscillating
fan for the messroom. Glasses for the
night watch wUl be left out at night.
Date of discharges at the last payoff was
discussed.
DEL CAMPO (Mississippi), May 11—
Chairman, L. B. Brown; Secretary, H. C.
Harris. Brown was elected ship's del
egate'by acclamation. Ship's fund stands
at $46.78. Unauthprized persons are not
allowed in midship house, and any crew
PENMAR (Calmer), May 4—Chairman,
members who bring any such person Orville P. Mayhew; Secretary, Richard L,
aboard wUl have dlscipUnary action taken Taler. Any performers wlU be turned
against him. by the membership.
over to the patrolman at payoff. Ship's
delegate wiU take care of the ship's fund;
DOROTHY (Bull), May 20—Chairman, each member will donate $1. Each de
Leo Koza; Secretary, R. C. Klenast. New partment wUl take care of the washing
ly elected ship's delegate asked aU de machine for two days. All hands wUl do
partment delegates to turn In repair lists. their washing off watch. Steward's dele
Request made that special attention be gate suggested that crewmembers relura
given to the matter of medical suppUes. their coffee cups to the pantry.
Motion was passed to have fresh fruit
with the night lunch. AU kitchen uten
MAE (Bull), May 11—Chairman, O.
sUs should be returned to the galley, and
the recreation room should be left clean. Hudley; Secretary, Ed. V. Smith. Ship's
delegate
reported that there was not
There Is a balance' of $27.75 In the ship's
enough paint on board to, paint quarters.
fund.
Suggestions for Improving quan^ty and
BEATRICE (Bull), May 23—Chairman, quaUty of food and Imp'emenfs. Sugges
Willie Ortiz; Secretary, S. Evanchuck. J. tion was made to purchase a television
Reyes was elected ship's delegate. Mo set on credit In Baltimore and pay for
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Headlines:
SS MICHAEL BURNS - 2 CREWMEN LOST
THE PLOT AGAINST PHILIP PRON
1ST SEAFARERS ART CONTEST BIG HIT; JUDGES ANNOUNCE PRIZE WINNERS
TWO LOST IN SS MICHAEL CRASH, FIRE
JOBS DIP; NMU BACKS GOVT $ FOR TRAINING
STRONG 'PRO' VOTE SEEN ON BLDGS
CREW SAVES BLAZING SHIP
NEW ENTERPRISE MEDALS GO TO SOUTHLAND CREW
RESCUE ATTEMPT FAILS, SEAFARER DIES IN FALL
SEAFARER, TUG'S MATE RESCUE MAN
CONGRESS WEIGHS PROBE OF LOG'S SECURITY CHARGES
AID SLASH WILL CURB SHIP BOOM
SUP STRIKES FOR NEW PACT
NYC AFL BODY FINDS THAT BEEF ISN'T ALWAYS STEAK
OCEAN SHIP FIRMS SIGN IN CANADA
CZECH FLEET CREATED TO CARRY RED ARMS
NATIONS AGREE ON 3 CHANGES IN SHIP LAWS
USE DISTRESS CALL FOR FIRE IN PORT: CG
CANADIAN UNIONS QUELL CP UPSURGE
AFL ENGINEERS WIN TOP TANKSHIP PACT
SEAFARER WINS $85,000 AWARD IN SHIP BLAST
AMERICAN MERCHANTMEN
400 LIGHTHOUSES STAND US VIGIL AGAINST SEA
A SEAMAN'S DISTRUST
NMU 'ABANDONS SHIP'
FIRST ANNUAL SEAFARERS ART CONTEST EXHIBIT
OWNERS, ALIENS MAKE MERRY WHEN SEAFARERS QUIT TANKER
LIFE PLEASANT WAY DOWN YONDER IN CRESCENT CITY
MOON WILL WELCOME TIPS - ON GROWING HEALTHY SPUDS
SPAIN FINE BUT FOR STOWAWAYS
SEAFARER WEDS DURBAN GIRL
SLEEP PILLS KILL STEWARDESS
SEAFARERS CASH BENEFITS
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• OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL •
SHIP BILL'S FATE
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• Story On Page 3
Govt Sea Schools 'Useless:' SIU
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Story On Page 2
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§hgk Jtkh Shown at work on the Isthmian freighter Steel Apprentice^
%/fI iriv 10 W» jgg^. week,,Seafarer Ben Fischman was one of the first ABs
turned out by the SIU Deck Training School. Meanwhile, despite lull in shipping,
government sea schools seek more money.
(Story on Page 2.)
Siahi'Savcr.
over '51 LOG story telling how Eric Joseph
(left) gave his right eye to save Pron's
failing vision. .
(Story on Page 7.)
HELLO, POSOTHIS IS JOE
PALOOIOA ! I'LL MEETCHA AT
THE SEAFARERS . . . O.K./ .
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SiSil
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famed comic strip creators of 'filoe Palooka" and
^ ^ xwwwresr ff ffiie* ^Togo," Ham Fisher and Walt Kelly, Will be; part of the
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hand May 20 to judge entries of Seafarers in the SIU Art Contest. All
entries, o
of which are shown, will be exhibited at headquarters all
(>Stovyi;ou> Page ,3;) .|
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Blast Sea School Funds
As 'Cart Before Horse'
The split personality of Congress when it conies to appropriations for the
maritime industry^ is well illustrated by the current furor over funds for the King^
Point Merchant Marine Academy,
While the long range ship*^
ping bill, essential to pro grading schools in Sheepshead applied toward providing new
vide the ships needed for a Bay, New York, and Alameda, Cali ships.
fornia. The bulk of the fund re
All maritime unions have long
quest, $2,352,000, was for the agreed with the SIU's position.
academy.
Just the other day, however, the
Minor Role
NMU did a complete turnabout on
Supporters of the academy, the Kings Point question. Its
chiefly Congressmen from Long Is New York headquarters last week
land where the school is located, told the press that the union want
have claimed that the reduction ed no part of Kings Point or any
would have a damaging effect on efforts to save it.
the country's ability to man the A couple of days later, the Wash
merchant marine. Actually, judg ing office contradicted this view
At the peak of the man
ing from the experience of licensed
power demand, proposals were officers unions and shipping com point with a one sentence half
made to reopen Government panies, graduates from ICings Point hearted endorsement of the school.
"Our union," the statement said, Huddled with blueprint of "robot" accounting layout to speed
training schools for unlicensed
play a minor role in the shipping "approves of the appropriation for
men such as were operated industry in comparison to men com
welfare and vacation operations. IBM specialist George Singer
the maritime academies recom
during World War II. The SIU
<left> explains setup to headquarters office manager A1 Kerr.
ing out of the foc'sle, who get ex mended by the administration."
strongly opposed such sugges
perience at sea instead of training
It is the opinion of Washington
tions at a conference of AFL at Government expense.
maritime unions in Washing
The Kings Point fracas focuses observers that the NMU knuckled
ton, pointing out that it was a spotlight on the whole question under to pressure from some of the
Instituting its own upgrading of the need for Governmentoper heavilysubsidized .operators under
program to meet the need im
ated training facilities. The SIU contract to that union. These op
mediately without long and has long held that such facilities erators depend for their existence
costly Government schooling.
are entirely unnecessary and a on Congressional appropriation
Always looking for a new wrinkle to help the Union service
As things turned out, had a
waste of funds that could better be and can easily be whipped into line
on an issue of this kind.
the membership more efficiently, the SIU expects to haye a
Government program been
trim squad of seven" electric accounting machines working
Combat Training
started, it would just now be
getting underway at a time
next
week to simplify the*
While theoretically Kings Point
when the shortage of seamen
is training officers for merchant work of the Vacation and date rig possible, the SIU '^robot
has shifted to a surplus. In
ships, it actually serves a somewhat Welfare Plans at headquar accountant" setup is among the
the meantime iiie SIU has up
different purpose. All graduates of ters.
first such layouts put to work for
graded several dozen AB's
the four year college, course re
Installation of these modem union administration ^ purposes.
who are now manning ships
ceive commissions as ensigns in gadgets in a room of their own Most large businesses and: corpora
under contract to the Union.
the US Naval Reserve, in addition will enable the Plans to assemble, tions having been using thdse ma
This experience points up
to their licenses as third mates or sort and collate data in jig time, chines for several years.
one of the gravest defects of
third assistant engineers.' The com thus speeding up payments and The machines, expected to'slice
Governmentoperated training
bat aspect of training is strongly verification of checks for Seafarers the time consumed op paper work
—its inflexibility. Once in
emphasized, with close order drill, applying for" welfare and vacation in half, are produced by the Inter
operation. Governmentoper
national Business Machine Corp.,
The Bering Sea Fishermen's rifle practice and other Annapolis benefits.
ated schools such as Kings
type routines, given a major role in In keeping with the efforts of and can, in some instances, handle
Point cannot be responsive to Union, an SIU affiliate, has
the Union to have the most upto
(Continued on page 17)
(Continued on page 17)
the shifting needs of the indus
again been forced to strike
merchant fleet, is facing tough
sledding in the House Merchant
Marine Committee, several Con
gressmen are beating the drums
for restoration of $1 million in ap
propriation requests so that Kings
Point can continue to train un
needed licensed personnel for non
existent or inactive ships. .
Vacation Plan Gets
'Robot' Speedsters
Bering SM
Strike Gets
SIU Backing
try. They continue to turn out
graduates irrespective of the
fact that they are no longer
needed.
and set up picketlines in an effort
to force the Alaska Salmon Indus
try, Inc., to pay living wages and
give decent working conditions.
The SIU has I>romised to support
The fight over Kings Point flared
REFERENDUM BALLOT
the
BSFU's beef and respect the
up before the Senate Appropria
tions Committee after the House union's floating picketlines. This is
cut $1,069,800 from a requested ap the second time that the ASt, Inc.,
propriation of $3,856,000 for mari has forced the BSFU to strike, and
AlUUmC and GUIF DtSIBTCT
time training. This covers the the second time the SIU has come
FESB» MAT IS. 1852 THBOUCR )OME l»..li5a
academy as well as the two up to their aid.
nsTKDcnoNs TO votna
Last June, after a bitter 33day
VotooilW!
di* iolldwing iMolitlion fcr marking a cteM U()
strike, the BSFU won wage in
in iha <
not uw a load pandl in niaikiog dw ball^
creases, union recognition and a
loUoti nakod ^
ROT fen Montod. Mark your balM wilk
May 16, 1952
Vol. XIV. No. 10 welfare plan increase despite the
pin and ink «
NOT PUT ANY OTHEB MABMNGS ON
IHBIAUJOT.
American Merchantmen Page. 10 opposition of the industry and a
As I Sec It
Page 13 number pf scabs.
FOKEWOID
Burly
Page 16
This year, the BSFU continued
At tfan mgulor buaiiiMS miaUngt held up and dovm the Cooul on April 23.
Crossword Puzzle ... . Page 12 its fight, aiming at winning parity
1952, and May 7. 1952, the loUowing resoluHoa • ubmitted to oli Branches
Did You Know
Page 18 in price for red salmon caught in
shnultanoously was approved and is, therefore, submitted to the membership
as per Constitution.
Editorial
Page 13 the Bristol Bay, Alaska, area com
Foc'sle Fotog
Page 19 parable to that paid in other Alas
* WHDtEAS, tlw Sralarsts Inltmatlonoi Union. Allanlic and Gull Dlilrlct, has dsTolepsd a praoUeo.a( bavlnf
doeont. spadcus (• ia>otBci>nt union halls tn'oll molar portsi onA
Galley Gleanings
Page 20 kan areas. So far the ASI, Inc., has
miBtEAS. this proclleo has ncovsd to bo good businoso, not only horn tho potnl ol vtow ol delag a good
Inquiring Seafarer .... Page 12 refused even to make an offer.
iob lor our own iMmlMrdiin but also In that.il eraalso a good tmprssslon wi|h tho goaotoi public; aid.
In The Wake
Page 12
WHEItEM. In IhOM ports wim wo bar# srt op now union halls, dirtol rssults along thoto tiase em be
Tried Standoff
soon, such as in tho east ol Ibe Port ol Itew York: and,
Labor RoimdUp
Page 16
Last
year,
the
industry
tried
to
WHQIEAS.
Union is now fai bad nood of now uilon bcdli lor tho Pbrts ol BoMlmoto, FhOadolpIiJa and
Letters
Pages 21, 22, 23
Gi^oska, which would l>o suitcblo for tho conduction ol our bustnon, the proper admlnlilrallon ol ea
woUm, and Tocolioo plans, proper admlnlstraUon oi our union contract dlsputoo. and
tor tho oomlort
Letter Of The Week... .Page 13 cram the inferior contract of the
ol our momboraUp; and.
commiecontrolled Alaska Fisher
Maritime
Page 16 men's Union down the BSFU's
WKTCA8. booauM of dw gnat faiTostmonl In our Kow York buUding, tho Union dooo not bare fa tho
Meet The Seafarer .... Page 12 throat, but didn't succeed. This
• uW^rimd at this ttmo sulhcloni mmoy to go ollor such a loigo undortoUng as now buUdings lor tbou
On The Job
Page 16
year, the AFU hasn't signed any
mBKEKme, bo U rosoind thai wo tho undaislgnad.
ol tho SocUar
Personals
Page 26 contract yet, apparently waiting to
I Union ol North Amotioo, Allontlo and Gulf liisli
J go on noord Uiat wo submit a pnpostUon
to tho suadMoUp ol ihlo District lor the purpose
louistlroe a BbUO buUding^^nossmsnl, to be
Quiz
Page 19
known as tlw BoUlmoro BuUding Assossmonl, imd,
see how much the BSFU sucqeeds
Ship's Minutes
Pages 26, 27
TimitPOItX IE IT nmiHER RESOLVEDWI U
In tho mootlagi oi Uio vortouo
in winning, and then just following
Soatorsn InlotnaUonal Union ol North Amorioc^ i
Brawdi mooting of Aprtl 23. ISS2.
SIU History Cartoon... Page 7 along.
and May 7, list that Uilo prcposlUon Ihsn bo pland
scoot roforondura veto com
moncing on May IS. ItSl. to luno IS. USk onA,
Sports Line
Page.20
The
BSFU
broke
away
from
the
B IT rtHAIAY nZEOLVCD lhal wo coll on oU'msmbors to TOI^In
propesilion se thai dui
SUP Man In NY... .Pages 14, 15
^IhormomboBs shippiM. beei tho PortPwl Baltlmoro,PhUadolphla,
.oniOT tho scne bono,
Us. jpiMlogoo, and esndildons that wo new. Iwro In other ports, such OS
Tattoos
Page 11 AFU last year to escape domina
and New Oiiooms.
tion
by
Harry
Bridges'
ILWU.
The
Ten Years Ago
Page 12
An TOD M FAVOI OF A IMM AgnBBilgNI TO mmo
Top Of The News....... Page 6 BSFU, instead, affiliated with the
; AND OAiVCROn
Vacation Pay . Pages 23, 24, 25 SIU. _
ibe BSFU was on strike
Wash. News Letter..Page 4
tn
NO
Welfare Beflefits..... v Page 25 last/year, the SIU was the first
PubiidMd MwiMHty M lifto tioiSmMrtori unioB to come to its aid. The Mar
MiNh Yew Cbelce By BafNef Ae "X" fe The lex Yee Are fe Bevw Off..
of th« SHrfatorr tntomatloMl Ui^. At iiie' Enilneers Benefici'^i Associa
lanii* A Wilt oratrlct. AFL. STT Sourtb, tion, however, refused to honor
Seafarem
In the AAG Distriei will use ballots like this aample
AviWHM.
sa. N. V; ToL STaHfns
>. MifOtOt. as so
the
kept up steam from May 15. td June 15 to register theirvote en'the proposed
St th» Frf
on the ihipfc
<t «>bttildllig 4Anl tO^'preirldeiielV halls in Bslto., Philly sna> Galvdstoni'
oimtrKsVsywtor' A«I
'Aooiiar.
Vote Begins on New Outport Halls
iBtenatiooal Unitii «f North Amriea
SEAFARERS LOG
•
Seafarers began voting yes
terday in « secret referendum
aimed at securing new, branch
halls for the ports of Baltimore,
Galveston and Philadelphia. Earlier
membership approval of a resolu
tion calling for £ $20 building fund
assessment to finance the plans
paved the way for the ballotirig.
Voting as prescribed by the SIU
constitution will enable mem
bers in all ports to cast a secret
ballot on the issue during the 30
day period ending June 15.
Sampling of me nberstaip opin
ion in various outports indicated
overwhelming endorsement for
new buildings in the three ports
involved, in line with the state
ment in the resolution that the
construction of new hails "has
proved to be good business, not
only from the point of view of
doing a good job for our own mem
bership, but also in that it creates
a good impression witb the general
public."
Comfort, Ginvenlence
Emphasis has been placed on the
point that comfort, convenience
and streamlining already in prac
tice at halls in Mobile, New Or
leans and New York have produced
efficiency in all phaset; of the
Union's operations, at the same
time providing a "home away from
home" for the men on the beach
in between Jobs.
Expanding requirements for
smooth functioning of the Welfare .
and Vacation Plans hiM likewise • •
been a factor in t>rompting the
pres^vote,
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Page Thre*
93itV ARERS LOG
Hearings Bndedy ' • 'M
Ship Bill Weighed
"• ?•
By House Croup
The fate of . the longrange shipping bill, long sought as a major step toward solu
tion of the maritime industry's problems, now rests with the 23 members of the
House Merchant Marine Committee. Hearings on the measure wound up on Fri
day, May 9, with the Government's big guns attacking the tax features of the bill,
as had been expected. The bill has the support of the SIU.
' Despite the opposition^
and other sea unions, veter with most of our merchant fleet
voiced by the~Treasury and SIU
ans groups and civic bodies sup rapidly becoming obsolete. At the
by ViceAdmiral Edward L. ported passage of the bill. Its chief same time, the Admiral followed
Cochrane, Maritime Adminis opponent all along has been the Ad the White House argument that
trator, to the tax. provisions, it ministration, which has taken its construction subsidies should be
is believed that a majority of cue from the White House and the granted only .when ships are built
for certain specific trade routes,
Department.
the members of the committee Treasury
Admiral Cochrane, in a prepared rather than for all ships built for
favor the bill. This belief is statement to the committee, em foreign trade. He also opposed ex
reinforced by the fact that phasized the utmost urgency of get tension of tax deferments to un
members ot the committee led a ting a longrange program going.
(Continued on page 17)
revolt against Committee Chairman
Edward J. Hart forcing hearings
on the measure.
Coffee 'n sinkers i>roTided pickmenp for Sei|farer Francis X.
Hart had kept it pigeonholed for
' Keelan, * passenger ntilityman,' after he donated blood at long eight
months following its passage
shoremen's waterfront blood bank set up In SIU headquarters. by the Senate in August, 1951, only
Red Cross nurse Ann Crowley stands by to make sure everything's scheduling hearings at the insis
oksy with the blood donor.
tence of a majority of the com
mittee.
The bill—which would make the
first major changes in Government . Clarifying the rights of hospitalized seamen under the Sea
maritime planning since 1936—is farers Welfare Plan, a headquarters official emphasized this
known to have strong support from
such committee members as John week that all ill Seafarers, no matter what hospital they may
F. Shelley of California and Donald be in, are eligible for $15 a'
L. O'Toole of New York, both of week welfare benefits for an well as in any other hospital are
receiving the $15 a week expense
Utilizing SIU headquarters faciKties as a temporary blood whom have repeatedly shown an unlimited period of time.
money regularly.
interest
in
strengthening
the
mer
The' announcement
grew
out
of
bank, AFL Longshpremen frpm the nearby Brooklyn docks
chant
marine.
Special List Set Up
circulars dltributed to the ships
and SIU men contributed 150 pints of blood to tlie Red Cross
Adjournment
Danger
by the General
Welfare Committee
An SIU headquarters spokesman
^ in answer to a waterfront ap^
However, while the committee is of the Fort Stanton USPHS hos
peal sponsored by ILA Local with a ticket entitling him to a likel^i to make a favorable report, pital. The committee, an organiza stressed that even those men of the
SIU who were in the hospital prior
808.
meal and one shot of whiskey.
it will be at least two weeks before tion of patients, asked Seafarers to to the start of the SIU Welfare
Dockers from seven Brooklyn All agreed the effort was well the bill gets on the fioor of the contribute to thei fund for the Plan were put on a special list
locals, as well as SIU and SUP worth the few minutes involved, House. With Congress pliftining to purpose of providing cigaret and and
are now receiving the weekly
members awaiting job call, joined since the usual allotment of plasma adjourn for nominating conven pin money for hospitalized seamen. benefits
along with all others.
in the blood donor effort held Sat will go to the armed forces and tions, there is a possibility that the The impression created by the Furthermore,
eligibility require
urday, May 3.
the remainder into a special Long bill will get lost in the lastminute circular was that all patients at the ments for welfare bnefits demand a
Portions of the shipping hall and shoremen's .Blood Bank, upon rush.
hospital were unable to procure minimum of only one day's sea
adjacent rooms were set up as for which members may draw for Throughout the hearings, which these comforts for lack of funds. time in the previous year, so that
medical exams, blood tests, beds themselves or their families if the lasted for three weeks, a solid line Actually, as far as Seafarers are it includes every Seafarer.
and a canteen to give the donors a need should arise.
up of maritime organizations, the concerned, those at Fort Stanton as It is recognized that a problem
Quick pepup after the donation,
exists for ill seamen that are mem
with Red Cross nurses and aides
bers of other unions, or who sail
on the job.
with nonunion outfits. In these
•T
he SIU presented each donor
cases, after the men have exhausted
their limited benefits, they are de
With selection of' art contest prize winners coming next
pendent on charities such as the
Tuesday, May 20, cartoonist Walt Kelly, creator of the wide
General Welfare Committee to sup
lyread comic strip "Pogo" has joined the panel of five judges
ply them with expense money.
who will pass upon the en
NMU Plan Limited
tries.
The considerable number of en
Citing
NMU members as an ex
Kelly's drawings of "Pogo" the tries received from Seafarers
ample,
the
spokesman pointed out
possum and other "swampland crit makes it certain that the contest
(Continued oh page 17)
"
ters" have won widespread renown will be repeated next year, and
in the past three years as being One will become an annual SIU fixture,
of the cleverest and most appeal affording an opportunity for
ing cartoon strips in the nation's talented seamen to display their
Notify Union
press.
It
appears
in
265
newspa
wares.
The membership of the Can
When In Uosp
pers and in book form has sold
Prizes Announced
nery Workers Union, sin SIU 200,000 copies.
Seafarers who are admitted
affiliate, has voted td accept "Pogo's" creator has been draw
The judges have announced that
to hospitals should immediate
a fivecent acrosstheboard wage ing for newspapers and factory the first, second and third prize in
ly notify the hospital delegate
increase won by their negotiating publications since he was 13 years each of the categories will be first
at the nearest Union hall by
committee from the California Fish of age.
quality, waterproof and shockproof
postcard or telephone. Be sure
Canners Association.
to give your name, book num
The judging will climax the wrist watches.
The new raises make the basic SIU's First Annual Seafarers Art
ber and the number of your
• J ust to make sure that the win
wage rates from $l.i>5 to $1.75 per Contest. The winners, consisting ners
ward. A list of Union halls
will
be
able
to
back
up
their
hour for women', and from $1.70 to of first, second and third places in
with their addresses and phone
$2.10 per hour for men. An ad each of four categories, will be an bragging about the prizes they won,
numbers can be found on page
each, of
the
watches
will
have
the
justment has also been made for nounced atthe headquarters mem
nine.
winner's
name
engraved
on
the
piecework rates.
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bership meeting of Wednesday, back, along with the nature of the
In acceding the wage hikes, the May 21. "
Those Seafarers admitted to
award
and
the
category
in
which
union pointed put that it has taken
the. Staten Island Hospital
Entries On Display
Walt Kelly
it was won. This will give each of
"a realistic view of the entire sit
should
notify Hospital Dele
the
winners
a
tJermanenit
and
use
in addition to the judges. Sea
uation in our negotiations and de
gate
Eddie
Parr at the New
Newspaper
Guild
of
New
York,
ful testimonial
to his artistic skills.
mands." Slapping at the "laclcjpf farers too will have an opportunity
York
headquarters
hall. He
and
Bernard Seaman, art
editor of
protective tariffs" which allow to view the entries. All of them As announced ih the last issue the SEAFARERS LOG.
visits
the
hospital
as
follows:
of
the
LOG,
the
other
judges are:
"cheap foreign,tuna fish to be will be placed on exhibition on the
Tuesdays:
1:30
to
3:30
PM;
There are four categories of
landed in the US at a price less second floor of New York head Famed cjKrtoonist Ham Fisher, cre
fourth, fifth and
sixth floors.
prizes—oils,
watercolors,
drawings,
than the California industry can quarters for a full weekt beginning ator^ "Joe Palooka;!' John I. H.
Thursdays: 1:30 to 3:30 PM;
afford," the union explained it. had Monday, May 10. At the close of Baut*, curator, df painting^ and and miscellaneous—with first, sec
first, second
and third floors..
taken this blow tpythe industry tlte exhibit they will be returned sculpture for the Brooklyn Muse ond and third prizes to be given in
each
category.
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into consideration.
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Of Sirk Seafarers
Blood Bank at SIU Hq.
Makes 'Draw' on W'front
Contest Closes; 'Pogo' a Judge
SIU Canners
Accept 5c
Per Hr. Rise
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Cards Ready
For Voters
^To Tiie SIU III RecDgnltion
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Printed by the Government, the
postagefree postcards are accepted
by most states as official applica
tions. They are now available at
Union halls, Coast Guard shipping
commissioners. Maritime Admin
istration offices, shipowners' offices
and seamen's clubs. According to
the Department of Commerce, the
postcards should be completely
filled out and mailed as soon as
possible.
Almost all states except Louisi
ana, New Jersey, New Mexico,
Pennsylvania and South Carolina
have provisions enabling merchant
seamen to cast their votes by ab
sentee ballots.
Info With Cards
At most of the places where the The A&G SecretaryTreasurer, Paul Hall, accepts a plaque from
postcards (standard form 76) are Joseph Ryan (right), president of the International Longshore
available, there will be a "voting men's Association (AFL). Plaque was presented to the SIUA&G
information bulletin" on hand. This in recognition of its support, most recent example of which was the
bulletin gives complete informa
ILA strike in Puerto Rico early this year.
tion about absentee balloting in
each state. If this information is
not on hand, the postcard should
be addressed to the secretary of
state of your home state, and will
be forwarded to the proper author
ities.
However, a Government spokes
man warned that all the blanks on
the postcard must be filled out. The Reflecting last year's shipping boom, major US ship opera
postcard also has space for the sig tors raked in the highest profits for any year since 1948. The
nature of a witness to swear to the profit increase was achieved despite the fact that wage rates
truth of the information.
and other expenses were well
cent over 1950. MooreMcCormack
above 1948 levels.
The high profit figures were the showed the greatest increase, from
result of increased freight cargo to 55 to 85 millions, thanks to the
Seafarers have been remind
and from Europe, the Far East and boom in trade with Ryazil and
ed that any gear sent to any Latin America, as well as boosts in other South American countries.
SIU hall baggage rooms must freight raties and increased income Net pfofits after taxes and sub
sidy repayments to the government
have the shipping charges from passenger travel.
were up over 100 percent, from 4.8
prepaid. Any gear sent with
Repayments High
million to 10 million.
COD shipping charges cannot
Profit statements made available With passenger traffic steadily
be accepted at the baggage
rooms. So if you are sending thus far from four major com on the upgrade and freight busi
any gear to a Union hall, be panies—^American Export Lines, ness continuing at a high ' level
sure to prepay the shipping American President Lines, Moore despite the withdrawal of Govern
charges. The baggage rooms "McCormack and United States mentowned ships, these com
cannot accept COD shipments Lines—show increases in gross in panies are looking forward to
come ranging from 8?^ to 54 per good business throughout 1952.
of gear.
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The Department of Navy has turned hands down on the idea of con
verting some existing C4 type ships into ore carriers. Admittedly this;
country possesses far too few a number of ore boats, with only seven en
gaged exclusively in that trade, but Navy believes the C4s are far more
valuable as potential troopers in these troubled times.
Although the Maritime Administration would look with favor upon
legislation authorizing the Government itself to. construct ore carriers,
it will not recommend such a course, holding to the idea that such a
program should be undertaken with private capital.
Seafarers who want to vote by
absentee ballot in the coming presi
dential election and the elections
in their home states will have to
fill out and mail pnnted postcard
applications for ballots now avail
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SIU NEWSLETTER
from WASHINGTON
Ship Firms Reaped
Big Profits In 'SI
DonH Ship Gear
To Union COD
Personnel Students Visit SIU Hq
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Events leading up to World War II and those since Korea have re
emphasized that our strength in world affairs is only as great as our
maritime strength. Without the means of getting cargoes and men
to the front areas, our resistance to Communist aggression would have
amounted to nothing.
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The story is not being driven home—^Whpse fault is it? Although
the st^ pf American shipping has been played up from time to time,,
apparently it has not yet reached many comers of the US.
A number of Congressmen are receiving questions from their con
stituents back home, revealing that the duly elected representatives
in Congress do not have the answers to "elementary questions. For
instance, one Senator was asked recently why all the merchant ships
resting at anchor at the Hudson River Reserve Fleet could not be'
scrapped, but he did not have the answer and had to refer to tbe~Mari
time Administration for advice. This shows that not only Mr. Average
American does not know the story behind this valuable national defense
asset (used so effectively in the Korean campaign) but that particular *
Senator also did not know the reason for the existence of the national
defense reserve fleets, which he himself helped to create by passage of
legislation.
This one case stimding alone may not mean much but multiply it ''
by the number of similar queries that must be received by Congress
men and Government agencies over a period of time, and we have a
sad picture of the lack of knowledge of that fourth arm of Mir military,
called the US merchant marine.
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Within the next year, the Government may embark upon a full scale
study to find out, for the first time, just how much it costs to ia|>erate
American vessels. Some of these cost .items are, of course, well known,
such as the direct subsidies paid out each' year, but others, such as
tax deferment privileges, etc., are not so well known.
If such a study materializes, it could well result in a complete change
of the whole system of Goverhment support for the fleet. More and
more persons in Congress, for example, are clamoring for a subsidy
based on a perton mile basis, in lieu of the method now used of com
puting foreignflag costs as the basis of the aid granted to American
lines. In addition some strong segments of the merchant marine are
urging a complete revamping of the current Government aid system,
in an effort to do away with the essential trade route concept. At
the moment, as provided under tlie Merchant Marine Act of 1936,
both operating and construction subsidies are extended to American
companies operating over the socalled essential foreign trade routes,
those routes which have been determined by this Government to be
essential in the promotion of foreign commerce.
American lines not operating on the essential foreign trade routes
are not eligible for either the operating or construction subsidy, yet
they must face the same foreignflag compietition in order to survive.
This is the matter that undoubtedly will receive Coni^essionaL atten
tion in the iiot too distant future.
Those American shipping lines interested in acquiring Mariner
type vessels now being constructed by the US' Government will not
know the approximate price of these new vessels until about July 1
of this year. At that time, the staff of the Maritime Administration
will have completed their computation, and will then present a so
called "floor price" above which the ships can be sold.
After ^iscomputation by the MA staff, the first of the Mariners
will be offered forsale to American lines under the competitive bid
ding method, with each interested line allowed to submit a sealed bid
by a certain date.
"These new vessels are likely to cost the American owners well over
$4 million each, if they are disposed of under the 1936 Merchant
Marine Act, because this statute puts a limitation on the sales price
of such ships. However, some companies may decide to urge Congress
to pass special legislation to allow the sale of the Mariners at a some
what lower figure.
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In the foreign trades today, there are some 600odd privatelyowned
Americanflag vessels in operation. Nearly threefourths of this num
ber o6 ships were constructed in the years 194319441945.
This means that this whole block of vessels will reach the end of
their economic life of 20 years in 1963, 1964 and 1965, and will have to
be replaced by or before that time.
A strong move is afbot by foreign nations to capture muph more of
the export trade business in the Southern Hemisphere. Canadian and
other foreign businessmen are arranging expeditions to Bolivia, Peru,
Ecuador and Colombia.
If this virgin territory is opened up to Canadian trade, thedemand
fOr cargocarrying facilities in that country will grow by leaps and
boui^s. Development of this CanadianSouthern Hemisphere trade .
will hurt those Americanflag lines trading with the South American
nations, particularly from US Atlantic and Gulf pbrts.
ift.
A group of mahagettieiifcpersohnm students from Hofsti* Colliige in Hempstead, LOhg Island, i^licr
around tho model of a T2 tank^ in the New York headquarters hall as they are toKl how the SIH
opetates. Two groups from thw Allege were taken on g tour of the new building, and told about the
various benefits offered Union member*,
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SIU War History Again Availabio
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Ainbu/ance Chaser Curbs
Protect Patients: Nelson
Recently instituted curbs on ambulance chasers at the US Public Health Service Hos
pital, Staten Island, have no other purpose than to protect and safeguard patients, Dr. Ken
neth R. Nelson, chief medical oflScer in charge, declared. As presently set up, he explained,
the regulations do not in any^''
way prevent a seaman from ing the work of the hospital staff. Consequently, the hospital is a very
securing legal assistance. If In some instances it undoubtedly fertile ground for those lawyers
anything, theyrkeep him from delayed a patient's recovery by who choose to disregard the ethics
falling prey to those unscrup subjecting him to annoyance and of their profession.
With an average of 1,000 visitors
ulous lawyers who indulge in anxiety. Vexing Problem
on Saturdays and Sundays and 800
ambulance chasing, enabling Ambulance chasing is not a new daily during the week, it has been
the seaman to pick his own problem at USPHS hospitals, bqt relatively simple up to now ^r am
ethical lawyer without being it is particularly vexing at Staten
pressured.'
Island due to the size and scope
The Staten Island hospital im of that institution. The hospital is.
posed the restrictions about (six the largest of its kind in the coun
weeks ago after repeated experi try with a normal load of 800 to
ences of ambulance chasers going 850 patients, twothirds of which
round from patient to patient, so' are merchant seamen. "Very fre
.liciting business and generally quently," Dr. Nelson said, "there
making nuisances of themselves. are grounds for a seaman to seek
The situation had reached the legal advice as his illness or injury
point where it was actually hinder ordinarily^ arises aboard ship."
SIU members and their families who haven't seen copies of the
colorful, dramatic history of Seafarers in World War II can obtain
.them from a fresh supply now available at any branch hall.
AntiStrike Crusade
On Again In Congress
Washington—A new and more severe bill regulating strikes
Dr. Kenneth R. Nelson
has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep.
Howard W. Smith of "Virginia, an old hand at antiunion bulance chasers to get into the
legislation. The new "billt
wards unnoticed. There have been
would severely restrict labor's Labor circles pointed out that some flagrant instances of chasers
right to ^rike for improve the practical effect of such a law soliciting business from patients
ments "in an emergency" by would be to deprive a union of the who were still groggy from an
providing for seizure of the right to strike In an essential in asthetics, or otherwise in no con
employer and union's proper dustry. Any employer who didn't dition to.^discuss their legal affairs.
Must Sign Register
With the pace, oTf applications for the new, streamlined ty for an indefinite period of feel like giving an increase could
simply sit tight and
refuse improve
Under the new regulations, Dr.
Union books diminishing at the New York headquarters hall, time.
ments for as long as he felt like,
application blanks will probably be mailed to the qutports Further, during the course of and in the meanwhile the courts Nelson explained that any lawyer
the seizure, the union would be un would be used to keep the union entering the hospital to see a
by the end of this month. '
able to get improvements in wages from striking to enforce its de patient has to sign, a lawyer's
Patrolman Louis Goffin an
register at the reception desk and
and wdrking conditions.
nounced that about 1,000 books
mands.
present a written letter from the
The
bill
has
been
denounced
by
have been issued at the headquar
When the employer finally de patient involved. The lawyer is
all sections of organized labor as cided to make a settlement, the
ters hall so far, and that about 300
depriving unions of the strike courts would hand over to him all then free to visit with his client.
additional books have been com
weapon and preventing labor from profits made in the interval, but OnCe in the hospital, he is not
pleted and are waiting to be picked
obtaining any gains Whatsoever. . the union men would not be able supposed to contact any seaman
up by the men who applied at the
other than the patient he repre
New York hall.
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to get any retroactive benefits. The sents.' If he is caught doing so,
"If at all possible," said Goffin,
tTnder the proposed bill, should result would be that the union or if he enters the wards without
''we . hope to have application"
the President or Congress declare would have to settle on the em authorization, he is subject to FBI
blanks on the way to the outports Rated men in the engine depart that, an impending strike threatens ployer's terms.
ment interested in sitting for li national defensd, a court injunction AFL President William Green, investigation and possible prose
by the end of this month."
censes dan
obtain sample examina would be issued forbidding the testifying against the proposal, cution under the law.
He reminded all applicants that
Seaman Requests Him
all the questions and blanks on tion questions from the SlUaf strike and seizure would follow characterized the bill as one which
the applications must be complete iiliated Brotherhood of Marine En within 80 days if settlement was "withdraws irom organized labor As far as the hospitalized sea
ly filled out. Those application| gineers. They will serve to fa not reached. • The seizure would the one economic. weapon (the man is concerned, all he has to do
coming from the outports must be miliarize the men with the type of continue until final settlement of strike) upon which Its whole ex to get permission for an attorney
accompanied by four passportsized questions asked on Coast Guard the contract.
istence depends."
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examinations for licenses.
photos.
"Considering the mails and the Questions dealing with such sub
Vacation Pay Bandwagon Keeps On Rolling
work that has to be done," said jects as boilers, turbines, recipro
Goffin, "the new book should ar cating engines, electrical equip
rive at the outport about three ment, safety apparatus and other
weeks after the . application is materialliiovered in the license ex
mailed to headquarters, providing aminations have been put up in
the application and everything is in booklet form. Copies of the book
let can be obtained by writing the
order." '
A list of men whose books are • BME at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook
ready and waiting for them can be lyn 32, NY.
found at the dispatcher's desk in Any engine room man with three
years sea time as a fireman, oiler,
the New York shipping hall.
watertender or chief electrician is
eligible to sit for a license in the
engine department.
Officers of the BME will be
available at headquarters to assist
interested Seafarers who want to
take the examination and who feel
that they need some instruction to
The SlUmanned Yarmouth will pass the tests.
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resume its thrfceweekly cruise
service between Boston and Yar
inouth. Nova Scotia, June 27, ac
cording to A. B. Sharp, president
of Eastern Steamship Lines.;
Long a popular cruiseship, the ; "Seafarers who have retroac
Yarmouth will make regular sail
tive pay coming tolthem from
ings from Boston evei'y IVtonday, Victory Carriers should write
Wednesday and Friday aftefnoon, the company at .655 Madison >
and dock in the Canadian port the . Avenue, New York, or apply in
next day.
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person.
The run.is popular with motor
If writing, include^ your
ists touring Canada, since they can name, Znumber, the name of
The fresh crackle of thgt IQOK green draws a rtPAdy procession of Seafarers to the headquarteire vac
save as inuch as 1,500 miles oi the ^ip and the dates you
tion pay .window to collect their dough. On the receiving line here art (LR): Thomas Heggerty».AB;
driving by falsing their .cars' abojur^, have mbaCy. due for.
Blake Daniel, FWT; LeOnel
Cintra,
FWT; Gordon
Martell, cook, • I.:.:.
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New Books In June
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License Quiz
Yarmouth Run
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Victory Carriers
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A NICE PIECE OF CHANGE—The King of ^udiArabia is asking
for an increase in his share of oil income, currently estimated at some
where between 100 and 150 million a year. At present, the King has
a 5050 arrangement with the ArabianAmerican Oil Company after
US taxes are paid. Now Ibn Saud wants the split calculated before
Uncle Sam gets his share, which would increase the Arabian cut con
siderably. He's also asking for more rapid development of the oil con
cession, presumably to increase his earning power.
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MORE $3 FOR EUROPEAN AID—The House and Senate have voted
approximately $6.9 billion in aid to Europe this year. Settlement of
the final aid figure depends on agreement on the' bill between the two
branches of Congress. The House added an additional provision which
would permit the transfer of another billion in military equipment if
need be. The fund total provides for both military and economic as
sistance to Europe, a good deal of which will consist of arms and ravr
materials cargoes .to i)e shipped abroad this fall and winter. '
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South Seas Call
AB'sWindjammer
Some of the Wawona's passen
gercrew relax aboard deck be
fore starting their trip to the
South Sea Islands. The skip
per, RalphsPederson, is on far
right. Others are (left to right)
Bob Sinclair, Jane Fogate,
Greta Sinclair (Bob's wife).
Jack Larson, and the mate,
who is unidentified.
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TB DRUGS SCORE iPIRST "CURE"—New York's Sea View Hospi
tal, first to use the new TB drugs, has officially discharged one of its
patients. A 45yearold woman who was one of the original group of
92 on which* experiments were begun a year ago has been sent home
as no longer heeding hospital care. Additional discharges are expected
within the next couple of weeks. The discharge means that the disease
has been arrested permanently, as far as can be determined, but the
new* drugs will not heal tissue already damaged and in such cases
may have to be followed up with operations to remove damaged tissues.
The patientinvolved began receiving the new drugs in October and
gained 40 pounds since then.
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ARMED FORCES NEGOTIATE A PAY INCREASE—A 9.3 percent
pay increase for enlisted men is provided under a bill assured of pass
age by Congress. The bill will raise base pay for privates and appren
tice seamen from $80.00 a month to $93.60. Dependents' allowances
will go up in the same proportion. IV^imum income for a private
with more than two dependents will be $174.90 a month with a private
first class getting an additional $13.58.
From an AB on the George Walton, which burned and
sank, to captainowner of a "cruise ship" within a few
months is the record of SIU member Ralph E. Pederson.
Actually, the "cruise ship" is the
CONVENTION^ DEADLOCKS LOOM—Further primary results in
threemasted schooner Wawona,
Florida and Ohio bring up the possibility qf deadlocks in both Republi
can and Democratic conventions with' no one candidate haviflg a de
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powered only by canvas, which is
cisive edge. On the Republican side, Taft burled Stassen in Ohio
now on a "share the expense
primaries making it more of a two man race Wtween him. and Eisen
cruise" to Tahiti and the South
hower. Governor Warren, 3rd man left in the running, may well decide
Sea Islands.
the issue depending on which way he jumps, As for the Democrats,
Ralph, a small, rawboned sailor,
Kefauver^s strong showing in both states gave him a distinct lead, but
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has been sailing with the SUl' for
party chiefs are stiii working hard to form a combination to stop him.
some time, but he says his ambi
They hope that Governor Stevenson of Illinois can be persuaded to
tion has always been to own and
accept nomination.
operate a windjammer and "relive
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some of the old adventure and
NO WAY TO GET HOME—Approximately 6,000 Chinese students,
romance."
university graduates and professional men have been stranded in. the
The 135day cruise the Wawona
. United States as a result of the Commupization of China and the war
has sailed on will take it to the
in Korea. The Communist government has been offering tempting
most romantic spot on the'seas, and
lures in the form of big salaries and high position to get badly needed
since the vessel has no power other
scientists, engineers, doctors and technicians to return home. It is
than her sails, some of the "old
also applying pressure in the form of letters ^om family members
time adventure" may well be
in China who fear that harm will be done them. The reluctance of the
relived.
Chinese to return stems from the fact that those who have gone back
Rolls Up Sleeves
have been compelled, to denounce the US in propaganda broadcasts.
He bought the trim little
schooner shortly after he survived"
"JINX" AIRPORT REOPENING—Newark Airport, which has been
The deck and rigging of the windjammer Wawona looks clean closed
the George Walton sinking, and and
for three nionths after three planes crashed into densely popu
shipdiape after her Seafarer owner and a couple of her new
then he and a couple of men who crewmen
lated
residential
areas around the field will be reopened in the fall
worked her over for a few weeks in Seattle Harbor.
agreed to crew the 55yearold
when a new runway is completed that would lead flights over Newark
vessel rolled up their sleeves and new paint and shining decks. New ship, which was taken in tow after Bay. The new runway is designeff to avoid flights over the city of
went to work.
rigging was tight and neat, and the fire was put under control, but Elizabeth where the three crashes took place. Residents of Elizabeth
then Pederson announced he was opened up and sank a few days had sought a permanent closing of tho airport after the three accidents
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took a huge toll of lives both of passengers and victims on the ground.
The Wawona wasn't much to look looking for crewmenpassengers later.
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at—or sail—^when Ralph took her willing to make the trip on a "This trip is going to be a lot
SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE—A former police commissioner, other
different," said Ralph, "I've al
over, but after a few weeks of "share the expense" basis.
hard work, the ship began to look ' There were enough persons ways dreamed of a trip like this— high ranking officials and over 100 policemen were named by convicted
bookmaking king Harry^^ross, as being on his protection payoff list
around who were willing to try the and now here it is."
as shipshape as a new yacht.
Gross named exPolice Commissioner O'Brien and Inspectors Piath
adventure o/
a windjammer
trip to
The vessel was far overaged, but
and Whalen as receiving bribes from him. He also told of "contribut
she was built by H. D. Bendixson, South SeaS, and the Wawona set
ing" $20,000 to former Deputy Fire Commissoner James J. "Moran
one of the West Coast's most re sail April 30.
ostensibly for use in Mayor William O'Dwyer's 1949 reelection cam
nowned shipbuilders, a guy who According to Ralph, who sailed
paign. Testimony came at the opening of departmental trials for 18
' had a rep of building a ship, and on Army transports as an AB and
policemen
who were released from court prosecution a year ago when
building her to last.
bosun during World War 11, he's
Gross
broke
down on the stand and' refused to testify.
Soon she was gleaming under just hoping the trip doesn't be
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come anything like his last trip on
THREE YEARS TO PAY—^Wlth "refrigerators, automobiles, washing
the George Walton. A strainer was
machines and the like backing up in warehouses, the Government has,
being cleaned while the vessel was
dropped its downpayment requirements on installment buying. Many
well out to sea, when a gasket blew
dealers are
advertising "no down payment" on automobiles and similar
out. Oil was sprayed onto hot boil
items
in an
attempt to stimulate business as in many cities, used cars
Port
Isabel,
Texas—^The
SIU
Retroactive pay for Robin ers, and soon the ship was a ra^ng affiliated Fishery and Allied Work are selling well below price ceilings. The relaxation of regulations
mass of flames.
Line crews is now available
ers provided a real treat for sev does not apply to houses, since they are still in shprt supiply, and elimi
Crewmen Lost
eral thousand people attending a nation of down payments would be sure to push housing prices even
at the company's main office.
A number of iships came to her state park dedication at this Texas higher than tliey are now. Other commodities affected by the relaxa
Those men who haVe retro
aid, but still the Walton's^ crew port. All visitors received a pack tion of regulations are household funiishings, clothing, hardware,
active pay coming to them from tossed throughout the night on age of readytoeat shrimp and SIU jewelry and similar merchandise;
the Robin Lines can coilect'by heavy seas. Four of the crewmen shrimpers demonstrated the man
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OLDFASHIONED LOCUST PLAGUE—The entire Near and Middle
applying by letter, including died when they "froze" with fright ufacture and use of shrimp nets.
while tryii#to board rescue ships The ontire demonstration gave East—Egypt, Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Iran—is cur
their mailing address, or by from
the lifeboats.
the public a good idea of how this rently fighflhg a huge locust invasion that threatens to destroy a very
going to the company offices.
"You had to latch onto the Jacobs multimillion dollar industry con large percentage of food crop& in the ai^ea and bring possible famine
The Robin Lines offices are at ladder while the boat wa^ oh the tributes to the economy of thei conditions to millions of residents. Planes equipped with insecticides'
39 Cortland iStreet, Brooklyn, crest of a wave," said Ralph, "and Gulf Coast area as well as the part are being used on a widespread scale to spray huge concentrations dif
N. Y. If applying in person, then climb like hell before the in which SIU affiliates play in the the insects and their eggs. The worst phase.of the plague is expected
in the next few weeks when^ untold millions ,of eggs hatch out into
the' offices are open from 10 lifeboat came back up on the next industry.
wave
and
either
crushed
you
or.
hungry
cropdevouring insects. Locust invasions (similar to grass
On the
site of the new
state park
AM to noon, and from 2 PM scraped you off the ladder,"
is the famed Port Isabel light hopper swarms that periodically infest our Middle West) have been
to 4 PM. :
Ralph, the captain and an en house, which just completed' its known to eat up every single piece of vegetation over areas of several
gineer were the last men off the lOOtb year.
dquare miles,
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At Rohin Offices
L
SIU Hshermen
Treat Texans
To Shrimpfest
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T»ge SeTW*'
Eye Buddy Saved
Is Good As New
Four highpowered salvage
vessels that fire equipped with
just about everything except
a drydock are now standing by
ready to dash to the rescue of any
His left eye now as good as ever, Seafarer Phil Pron whose
ship in Atlantic waters between the
eyesight was saved by the sacrifice of a brother Seafarer,
North and South Poles.
Eric Joseph, is looking forward 'to a similar operation on:
The SlUmanned Omega (Omega)
was one of the first to profit by the
his right eye.
speed and efficiency of this new
The two men, now fast friehds, ation was successfully performed
salvage fleet.
hope that when all the operations on March 28 with sight coming
Loaded with Jlmenite ore, the
and treatments are over, they will back into Pron's eye within a week.
Omega was stranded on a bar near
Since then, Pron's sight has been
be able to ship out together.
Bamegat, NJ. The Curb, one of
improving steadily. "I could ship
It
was
a
little
over
a
year
ago
the four valvage vessels, was sent
that Joseph's offer of his right eye out now if I wanted to," he said,
to the scene. "Two small tugboats
to save Pron's vision attracted "but I'm on a waiting list at the
hauled on her for about a day be
nationwide interest. As a result, hospital for another cornea, and if
fore we were sent," said Captain
a corneal transplanting operation I ship I might lose out on my
Etman B. Munford, salvage officer
was performed by doctors at the chance if a cornea became avail
of the Curb. "We came aboard, and
Staten
Island USPHS hospital. able while I was at sea."
after getting the goahead signal
Pron
can
now see well enough out Usually, he explained, corneas
from the master, we pulled her off
of
his left eye
to carry on a normal are available when someone dies
the bar in a few hours."
and leaves his eyes to an eye bank
life.
Ready To Go
for
such transplanting. The opera
Met In Hospital
. Two of the ships are stationed at
tion must take place immediately
Sfaten Island, and one of them, the
Both Pron and Joseph had been if the cornea is to be any good.
Curb, has a standby crew so. that
patients in the Staten Island hos
"In the meanwhile." he said, "I
she can put at sea within an hour The MerrittChapman. and Scott salvage vessel Curb, Is one of the pital, Joseph for treatment of a keep in shape by riding the ferry
after a call for help comes in. Xn
company's four "floating first aid kits" stationed along the East damaged retina he suffered in the boat back and forth to Staten
other is based at Key West, Fla., Coast ready to rush to the aid of any vessel. This ship recently boxing rkig, and Pron for eye in Island."
and the fourth is berthed at Kings
rescued the Seafarermanned Omega (Omega) from a sand bar off juries suffered on the Robin Trent Joseph's last ship was the Mother
ton. Jamaica, BWI.
New Jersey when two smaller vessels couldn't do the Job.
in May, 1950. As luck would have ML which came back from Ger
The 223foot vessels—owned by
it, they occupied adjoining beds in many recently. He and Pron see
MerrittChapman and Scott—are cement mixer and a number of They each carry a fully equipped the hospital. When Joseph learned each other every time that Joseph
literally packed with power. A fourton anchors used to kedge a diving locker, a complete machine that Pron faced • blindness imless comes in to New York.
huge towing engine in the stern vessel from the beach. When hedg shop, including a drill press, lathe, doctors could obtain a new cornea "We both can't wait until we go
holds 2,100 feet of 2inch wire line, ing, in addition to using the valve grinder, resurfacer, milling for him, he offered to sacrifice his back to sea together," he declared.
while four Dieselelectric engines beached ship's winches, each of the machine, all house(| in their engine damaged eye to make the opera "That will be a great day for the
drive twin screws.
salyage ships can put a number of ropm.
tion possible. As a result the oper two of us."
Their equipment runs all the their own portable winches aboard Each of them also has a work
way from a sewing machine to a to help out.
shop which includes a forge, weld
ing machines, lathes, bench saw,
pipe rack, pipe threader and belt
cutter. And each has a wire stor
Seafarers riding ships into the port of New York have a chance
age locker containing almost two to save a lot of that payoff dough when they use a service offered
miles of oneandfiveeighthinch
A bill that would authorize conversion of a large number wire cable, a spare towing cable by Union representatives coming aboard with samples of work
of C4 ^argo ships for use as deepsea ore carriers has been two inches in diameter, and miles and dress gear from the SlUoperated Sea Chest at headquarters.
introduced in Congress.
Those who haven't yet heard of this new service or had the op
of thinner cable, blocks, thimbles
Representative Edward Garmatz tee, is sponsoring the bill which and shackles.
portunity to take advantage of it are advised that the men lugging
of Baltimore, a member of the would authorize the conversions. There are also portable com
those bulging sample cases to your ship ^re members of the SIU,
House Merchant Marine Commit He said US steel mills are depend pressors, jack hammers, miles of
acting in behalf of the SlUowned and operated Sea Chest.
ing more and more on foreign Ore, manila rope up to 12 inches in dia
Operation of the Sea Chest in headquarters has been so well
and by 1960 this country wili need meter, generators, all sizes of nuts
at least 82 more large ore carriers. and bolts, and food stores sufficient received by the branch membership that special efforts are being
Quitting Ship?
Three C4s have already been for a 3month voyage.
made to offer men coming into the port the same chance to get at
converted to ore carriers for Great Each ship is, also equipped with wellmade, bottompriced gear if they can't get to the beach to
Notify Union Lakes
trade, and two more are in all types of navigational aids, in
come into the store and see what's what.
A reminder from SIU
the process of completion. The cluding radar, radio, Loran, radio
Stock carried varies from A to Z, including work clothes as well
headquarters, cautions all
C4 ships are considered ideal for telephone, echo fathometer and ra
Seafarers leaving their ships
as the latest styles in men's dresswear and accessories. Suits,
conversion since they have the en dio directional finder.
to contact the hall in ample
gine room in the stem. At present They can cruise for ; 9,000 miles shoes, shirts and furnishings of all types, in addition to luggage
time to allow the Union to
the only ships operating that were at 12, knots without refueling, and and miscellaneous items not found in comparable haberdasheries,
dispatch a replacement. Fail
built primarily for pre carrying are can hit more than 15 knots opened particularly at these prices, can be had within hours by ordering
ure to give notice before
those of the SlUcontracted Ore up. During tests, the Curb, unas
paying off may cause a de
from the samples carried by the SIU representative who comes
Steamship Corporation.
sisted, towed a fully loaded battle
layed sailing, force the ship
The new bill would extend the ship at a 5knot rate of speed. Their aboard the ship.
to sail short of the manning
At the present time, the service is still on an experimental basis,
present
law, which authorizes the owners say that any one of the
requirements and needlessly
in
or^r to gauge the demand for it in New York and elsewhere.
conversions for thO Great Lakes, veSsels could tow the Queen Mary Eventually,
make their work tougher for
it is expected a similar service will be operated out
or
Elizabeth
easily
without
any
and allow offshore operators the
your shipmates.
of
stores to
be set . up in major outports.
help from any other vessels.
same privileges.
m
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Tv
Low^Prieed Gear t^or Ships
C4's To Ore Ships Proposed
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Cartoon History Of The SIU
Bloody Thursday
No. It
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The National Guard was ordered out to rein
force police. Union martyrs Howard Sperry
and Nick Bordoise weire murdered in a hail of
bullets' as 109 othbr pickets were gassed and
wounded in the "Battle of Rihcoii Hill" on
July 6, 1934, "Bloody Thursday."
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Organized labor's answer was a general strike.
All labor defended the strike and did homage
to labor's dead and wounded. The shipowner's'
vigilantes continued their.., reign of • terror but
:they could not stem the tide^ By now, the men
were determined to Bght it .o
ut.
The shipowners tried to force conciliation and
were aided by the Government which called
the strike "civil war." The first round of the
strike ended July 31 with the ultimatum "we'll
return to' work when hiring is done through
. omr Union halls and we have a contract." ;
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Friday, May K, 195t
SEAFARERS LOG
Pace Eicht
PORT tUSPORTS....
ing other SIU officials ing setting New York:
(Waterman); Tainaron (Actium); Philadetphia:
up
a Brooklyn Maritime Trades
Transatlantic (Pacific Waterways);
Council, in line with the revitaliz
Strathbay (Strathmore); Catahoula
ing of the entire. MTD about a
(National Navigation), and the
month ago.
Wanda (Epiphany Tankers). ^
On our own local front, politics
^The Runner, Pioneer, Tainaron,
is making the headlines. A good Things have been running
Things
are
really
slow
in
this
Transatlantic and Wanda
all signed
Shipping here was only moder
majority of the legislators en
ate these past two weeks, but prom on again, as well as the Citadel ar&a since the oil strike has closed dorsed by the Baltimore AFL's Po smoothly in the headquarters port
Victory,
Del
down
two
large
refindries
in. the
for the past two weeks, though ship
ises to be a little better in the next mmi
litical League were nominated, ping and business*dropped off a
Monte.
Cape
vicinity.
few weeks. We paid off four ships,
Horn, Del San
Adding to the shipping woes, the among them Congressmen Fallon, little since the last report. There
but they were all headed for the
is still a steady turnover, so you
tos,
Del
Campo
Army
pier at the Northern Metals Freidel, Garmatz and Werner.
layup fleet.
(Mississippi), and Co., one of our best terminals, shut All members who have registered couldn't say that things are slow.
We have three Libertys coming
the Catahoula.
down for 30 days due to a change or can register for the Novenaber We paid off a total of 29 ships and
in for payoffs and signons in the
The intransits in the type of vehicles the Army elections are urged to get out and signed on eight on foreign articles.
next couple of weeks, and three
were the Alcoa will send overseas. This will affect do so. Each vote counts, especially Included here were the follow
others coming in for layup. Ship
Cavalier, Patriot, us more than the oil beef as we when you bear in mind that in the ing: Suzanne, Carolyn, Frances,
ping opportunities in Seattle and
primaries, three counties were Evelyn, Puerto Rico, Hilton (Bull);
Clipper, Polaris averaged a couple of payoffs
Wilmington look good, however,
swung to an antilabor candidate Ann Butler (Bloomfield); Robin
(Alcoa); the Cape week at this pier.
and anyone wanting to ship will be
Basso
Tuxford, John Fiske (Robin); Sea
Horn, Del Santos, The boys on the beach have not by less than 100 votes.
able to get out.
Del Campo, Del Monte; Seatrains lacked excitement, however, as the To the surprise of no one, the trains Texas, Louisiana, Savannah,
The payoffs included the R. Gat
New Jersey, Georgia local AFL Telegraphers asked us resolution on ndw SIU halls was New Jersey, Georgia (Seatrain);
ling, R. Ingersoll, I. Putnam (Water Louisiana,
(Seatrain); William Tyler Page, to lend them a hand in their strug approved unanimously here, as the Fort Hoskins, Chiwawa, Lone Jack,
man), and the Bertram Goodhue Morning Light, Iberville, Mobilian, gle with the Western Union Tele boys chorused their hearty enthu Bents Fort, Government Camp
(Mississippi). They all came in in Alaw^, Fairland, Monarch of the
(Cities Service); Anniston City,
Co. It seems the company siasm for. the idea.
good condition, particularly the In Seas (Waterman); Amberstair graph
Earl Sheppard
S t e^e 1 Ranger, Steel, Fabricator
has
imported
some
out
of
town
gersoll which had a flrstclass crew (Traders), Cecil N. Bean (Dry "officials" to strikebreak.
Baltimore Pert Agent (Isthmian); La Salle, Andrew Jack
from New Orleans.
son (Waterman); John Evans (Mis
4 4 4"
Trans), and Kyle V. Johnson One of these characters tried
In addition, we had the follow (South Atlantic).
sissippi); Western Farmer (West
hard to earn his fink spurs the Galveston:
ing intransits, the J. B. Waterman, The Mississippi Shipping Co., of other night when he knocked down
em Nav); Calmar (Calmar); Tad
Fairport, Jean Lafitte, Madaket, New Orleans reported 1951 as the one of the women pickets and hurt
dei (Shipenter); Petrolite (Math
Fairisle (Waterman); Sea Tiger greatest year in the firm's his her pretty badly. He thought the
iasen).
(Colonial); RepubUc (Trafalgar) tory for gross incomes. It said company would save him from the
.The signons were the Steel Ap
and Massmar (Calmar). There was the total earnings before taxes law but was in for a big surprise
prentice, Anniston City, Steel Di
a little difficulty in getting replace were the largest in the company's when he faced one of the better Paying off here during the past rector (Isthmian); Hurricane (Wat
ments tor the intercoastal runs, history, and the net earnings after labor magistrate^ in our town. The two weeks were the following: erman); Taddei; Ann Butler; Robin
and all the men who sign on these taxes were exceeded only in 1941 court held him on bail for trial. Greenstar (Triton), Richard John Doncaster, Robin Sherwood (Rob
runs should be reminded that they and 1947.
Heroism Fades
son (Bloomfield), Alexander Ste in).
are not to be paid off here except The AFL construction workers When some of these same heroes vens (Bull), Catherine (Dry Trans) All of these ships were paid off
for hospitalization or unless there are out on strike here. About came out of the building last night and Liberty Flag (Gulf Cargo). The with only a few minor beefs on
are mutual consent replacements 12,000 members of 20 AFL locals they didn't look so brave when Greenstar, Catherine and Liberty disputed overtime, which were set
ready to relieve them. They should in the building trades struck the they saw Seafarers had bolstered Flag signed on for another trip. tled at the payoff. The main beefs
never leave the ship until after Associated General Contractors the women's line. They right away Besides these, we had a number from a lot of the men on the beach
their replacements are aboard.
with about 25 to 30 million dollars called for police protection and of intransit ships, including: Royal concerns the fact that some of the
Skeleton Crews
worth of construction tied up. v/ere escorted to their hotel amid Oak (Cities Service); Trinity (Car operators are slow in paying out
Actually, the four layups we Picketing has been peaceful so far, loud calls of "scab," "fink" and ras); Julesburg (Mathiasen); Cecil retroactive pay. We have )^een in
Bean (Dry Trans); Seatrains New contact with the operators Jo try
had weren't a total loss, because with nobody attempting to try so on.
working.
So far,
it looks
like
they
Things
do
not
look
so
good
for
they all kept skeleton crews aboard
York, New Jer and speed up these payments, with
aren't going to need any help as the strikers though, since talks be
to keep them in standby status.
sey, Texas (Sea the result that most of them are
they
have the
situation
j>retty
well
tween the company and the tmion
On the local labor scene, the
train); Mobilian cooperating.
Overtime Beefs
have broken off after they've been
AFL carpenters are still out, along in hand.
(Waterman);
There is some disputed
overtime
with the bus drivers and Western Although the SIU Beachcombers on the bricks for five long weeks.
Strathbay
Union telegraphers. The nation ball team doesn't have an im The remarkable thing in this beef
(Strathmore); referred to us from the outports
Mae TBUID, plus and we are squaring these beefs
wide oil strike hasn't hit here yet, pressive record, won four and lost is that of the imlon's 900 members
as fast as we can arrange
six,
they're
challenging
any
club
800 are
women.
Some of
them are
but it may at any time.
the Cohocton and away
meetings with the operators on this
The boys on the beach are anx in New Orleans. At least they beat up there in their sixties and most
Jacques Laramie.
iously awaiting the arrival of the the Delta Line office team both of the men are likewise well along
, Only minor matter.
Several more ships which have
applications for the new stream times they've played, so we don't in years.
Fielding
encounter
just
paid off here went into idle
CWltUlV
^
yjggg
A. Sr Cardollo
lined Union books. We've told the have to take any razzing fr(Hn the
men to get a little bit ahead of the company boys.
Philadelphia Port Agent ships, all of which were fixed up status and the situation seems the
in the outports. Naturally
One of the 91U brothers that
game by having four, small pass
proper to the satisfaction of all same
4" 4 $
,
this doesn't paint a bright picture
portsize photos made, so they can makes most of the games is Frank Baltimore:
hands.
shipping, although we believe
be sent in with the applications. R. Russo, an ardent baseball and
Now: enjoying a wellearned for
some of these ships will go back
Things on the maritime labor jungle Softball fan. Frank has
vacation after a twoandahalf into active service when the coal
front have been quiet lately. The been sailing for 12 years and has
year stint on the Steel Director, and grain seasons start.
pending election between the nothing but praise for the SIU
brother Oliver Fielding ships out However, due to the fact that we
MC&S and the SUP still hasn't firsts like the Vacation Plan.
of this port as g chief electrician. have been successful in picking up
been scheduled.
Frank likes the South America Shipping activity during the past He says his SIU book has netted a number of new companies, we
H. J. Fischer
runs, and has sailed regularly out period was far from light, as there him $8,000 for the past year plus still
have a great many more jobs
West Coast Representative of here on Mississippi ships. Since were 18 ships paying off, 16 sign his vacation check.
than we have bookmembers.
he's
single,
he
can
really
brag
ing on and 17 in transit.
With seven years' seatime under
i>
Claude Simmons
about liking that run the best. He's But the figures don't tell the his belt, . Fielding thinks the SIU
Asst. Sec'yTreas.
Nevf Orleans:
one of the many guys around here whole story, since We shipped only is tops because of all the benefits
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who is backing the Building Fund 226 men, or an average tumovei and improvements it has gained
Savannah:
to the limit.
of five men per ship.
for the Individual members.
I
Llndsey J. Williams
Your agent has been at head
Keith AIsOp
New Orleans Port Agent quarters the past two weeks assist
Galveston Port Agent
The shipping picture has been
booming here lately, but unfortu
nately, the outlook isn't quite as
The next two weeks figure to be
good for the next couple of weeks
pretty good for shipping from here
since we'll have very few sched
if things turn out the way we read
uled runs coming in for payoff.
the signs.
We had four payoffs in the port
Since our last report, we bad 245
hipping from April 24 to May 7
during the past period and man
memb^s registering and 308 ship'
aged to get a couple of men off the
ping on regular deep sea jobs.
REG.
REG.
REG. TOTAL SHIF.
smF. SBSF. TOTAL beach as well. The visitors included
Shipping on tugs was fai): with 25
PORT
jobs shipped, while layup^ and
DECK ENGiraB STEW. BEG, DECK
ENG. STEW.SHIFFED the Steel Recorder (Isthmian), Sea
train Savannah (Seatrain), South
standby jobs were slow. • Black
32
27
15
64 port (South Atlantic), as well as
23
82
26 / . 23
gang shipping was exceptionally
224^
good.
486
134
481 the Joseph A. Brown and John
155
183
164
565
We've had one shi]^, the Adonl
63
108 Printz. There were no signons.
23
51
37
48
165
M
Due in here so far, according to
ram Judson (Alcoa), leave for. the
137
226 the schedules, are the Southport,
72
132
82
89
358 ; 72
boneyard, and have five 'ships
89 High Point Victory and Anniston
70
77
35
33
21
waiting their turn in drydock be
49
196 :
fore going to the boneyard. They
14 Victory, all South Atlantic wagons.
28
3.
30
23
81
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The branch membership re
are the William R. Davie, George
27 sponded unanimously to an appeal
10
11
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9
12 '
81*^^ ' 9
Pendleton, Benjamin Grierson,
199 for assistance from the AFL Teleg
66
68
70
63
55
190
William Tyler Page and Kyle V. Mobile
67
Johnson.
308 raphers by voting a $50 donation
110
87
99
111
75
245
71
to this union, whose locals over
We paid off the William R.
171 most of the country are striking
51
41
75
45
111
30
40
Davie, George H. Pendleton, Alcoa
145 against Western Union.
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52
70
150
40
40
47
Runner, Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa);
E. B. TiRey
Steel Director (Isthmian); DeSoto,
Savannali Fori Agent
Benjamin Grierson, Antinous
TOTAM
619
1.832
639
674
842
720 . 612
Son Francisco:
New Companies Signed
Assure Steady Work
Western Unlen Plckels
Asslsied By Seafarers
Members Look Forward
To New Unien Beeks •
SIU Book Really Helps
Him Pile Up These Bs
Elections Not Far Off;
Make Sure lo Register,
B'ekeDmbersBBTeam
Challenges All Cemers
A & G SHMPMNG RECORD
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SEAFARERS LOG
Paye iNin*
..PORT REPORTS
others on the beach here include P. Wilmington:
Jomides, W. Prince who just hit a
heavy 50 to 1 shot. Bob Murphy, L.
& N. Ruggeiro, G. Kerr, Joe Mc
Pherson, F. McGuire, and Bob
Fraser.
Shipping has been holding about
Shipping was fair here since the
MTD Discussions
the same pace here lately, and
last .report
and looks as if it will
We met with Nick Morrissey,
prospects look fair for the next few vicepresident of the Teamsters In stay about the same way. We had
weeks. We had ten payoffs, four ternational, and some of the ILA one payoff, and ten intransits.
signons, and five intranslts.
We paid off the Jean Lafitte
officials around here and talked
We went to the Alabama State over the Maritime Trades Depart .(Waterman), and had the Yaka,
Federation of Labor convention ment setup. From the way it looks, Fairport (Waterman); Seatiger (Col
here last week. H. Grady Grin they all think it sounds like a good onial); Barbara Freitchie (Liberty
stead was elected the new presi idea and are very much in favor of Nav); Clearwater Victory, Lucile N.
dent. He is a member of the Mo the whole setup.
Bloomfield (Bloomfield); Yorkmar,
bile Typographical Union No. 27
Calmar, Alamar (Calmar), and the
A
local
bus
strike
is
crippling
(AFL). Harry O'Reilly, national
Republic (Trafalgar) in transit.
AFL Director of Organization, ad the area, and of course we still We had a food lieef on the Sea
have
the
Western
Union
strike
dressed the convention and urged
tiger, but settled it by having the
the members to "go to the polls here. We haven't been c=ked for master get rid of some cases of
any assistance yet,
but
we're stand
and vote for the friends of labor."
bad eggs and rotten meat that had
The Alcoa Clipper, Polaris, the ing by ready to help if we are accumulated from various coun
needed.
The
oil
strike
hasn't
hit
A guest at an ILA Pacific District conclave, SIU Agent Jeff Mor
A. Houghton, T. J. Rusk (Alcoa);
tries.
rison
(right) joins ILA Sec'y Harry Hasselgren (left) and Coast
Ibervnle, Mon this port yet.
It looks like the action of the
James Sheehan
VP Bob Collins at opening of ILA building in Tacoma.
ar% of the Sea,
membership to crack down on foul
Boston Port Agent
Alawai, Morning
ups in foreign
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Light (Water
ber the crummy shipping board
ports is also hav Lake Charles:
1 man), and the Seattle:
balls and other crimp joints, also
ing some effect on
S e a w i n d (Sea
point out that new halls will help
the intercoastfel
traders) were all
the SIU to continue to attract the
runs. That must
; payoffs. The
cream of the crop into the Union.
be it, because
Ibervl^, Polaris
Strike Picture
there has been a
and Alawai, and
The
labor
picture here clouded
sharp
decrease
in
Shipping
is
at
a
very
low
point
mHy
the Alcoa Patriot Shipping is mighty fine out here
the performing due to the current oil dispute. up all of a sudden when various
Crooks
all signed on. The
department None of the brothers are getting employers got sort of stubborn.
Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa); the Beaure with Just routine beefs dovm the
aboard these in off down here, but the situation The AFL Building Trades have
Abemathy
gard, De Soto (Waterman); Marie line.
tercoastal ships. may change overnight and we struck every contractor in Calca
Hamil (Bloomfield), and the Cor
We had no signons, although we The SUP has broken .ground for could be screaming for help in re sieu Parish, and the beef is 100
nell were all intransits.
paid off the Robert Clarkson for a new hall here, and from the placements. But if anyone hasn't percent effective. The AFL Metal
Strikes StiU Going
Bloomfield and the Frank Emer plans she will be a beauty. Plans anything to do right now this is Trades Council, after dickering for
The Western Union and tele son (South Atlantic). .Intransit ac call for a reading room, television, a lovely place to do it in while a long time, finally came up with
a new contract, but the Machini ts,
phone workers are still out *on tivity was also light, as the Sea hiore parking facilities and other waiting for things to pick up.
strike here, and we are helping pender (Orion); John B. Waterman, necessary services. We expect to During the past two weeks we also part of this body, had to hit
them out and have offered them Fairport (Waterman); Seamar, move in for a Labor Day opening. had tlie 'Chiwawa, Paoli, Salem the bricks before getting a settle
any assistance they may need.
Yorkmar (Calmar) and Republic Neill Abemathy is one of the Maritime, Cantigny, French Creek, ment.
Brother Cyrus Crooks is one of (Trafalgar) came in for a spell.
Seafarers taking it easy on the Fort Hoskins, Lone Jack, all from They struck the Cities Service
the Seafarers enjoying the beach
beach right now. A member of the Cities Service, and the Del Campo refinery here, catching the night
No Store Bread
and the warm weather here. He
SIU for seven years, he's another (Mississippi) in the port. All of shift inside (where they stayed),
Joined the SIU in 1941 and has The Western Union strike is still transplanted Easterner who has them took a few men each, but but have since reached agreement.
sailed in all ratings in the black on here, in addition to a local AFL decided to ship from the West business turned bad in the last Performers are generally finding
Bakers' hassle. It looks like some Coast. He says he's a Yokohama four days.
this hall a tough place to cut up in,
gang.
of
the gals will have to stay home boy, one of the growing clan who
as the local brothers don't take to
Still Waiting
Cyrus has just returned from a
Some of our most interesting their activities too well. We ex
trip in the Fast East, and so he's and cook a few biscuits for a have adopted that city for their
brothers were on the Del Campo, pect that gashounds and foulups
plenty flush right now. "I usually change.
second home.
The Pacific Coast District of
stay on the beach until I tap my
such as "MulfeHead" Brown, who of all kinds are going to find it
"FirstClass Union"
self out," he said, "so now if ship the ILA held its 43 annual con
is still waiting for the old Seatrain rough wherever they are from now
ping is slow when I'm ready to go vention last week, coinciding with Neill hasn't seen the new halb New Orleans to come out of the on because the membership is
back out, I'll have that great vaca the op'ening of a new ILA building yet, but says he is planning on tak bush so he can head back to Cuba. pretty well fed up with such goings
tion money to fall back oh until I in the port of Tacoma. A credit ing a trip to see it after hearing all Keeping him company were Earl on.
Leroy Clarke
get a ship. Before I never had any to the trade union movement,, the the raves about the place. He's Davis, F. Vigo and, as serang,
Lake Charles Agent
extra dough like that to help out membership of this group is very just collected his vacation pay, and Ponch, well known to the boys on
active. The wives also take part said that "any union that can get the West African run.
when things were slow."
through
their Ladies Auxiliary, the wages, working conditions and
Cat Tanner
Everyone in the crews of the
Mobile Port Agent which gave a swell luncheon for all arotmd benefits that the SIU has vessels hitting 4iere has been heart
the delegates and guests to the won for its members, can only Im ily in favor of the proposed build
4" 4" 4
; ing assessment for new halls in
threeday sessions which we at a firstclass Union."
We only have two payoffs
in .sight
Boston:
tended.
Baltimore, Galveston and Philly. The effect of true trade union
right
now,
and
have
the
men
to
The
brothers who are most enthu spirit is being watered down by
Just a few brothers on the beach
man
them,
with
exception
of
the
siastic on the issue are those who the reluctance of members aboard
with us right now, including J.
FWT
and
oiler
ratings.
So,
we're
have had the pleasure of visiting ships who assume the responsibil
Adams, J. E. .Tanner, E. D. Feree,
ities of acting as delegates and don't
repeating our
invitation.
Any
FWT
headquarters in Brooklyn, who
C Tylenda, J. Risbeck, R. W.
fill the obligations the job car
or
oiler can
practically
ship at
will
point out that a firstrate Union
Shipping is just about normal in Clark, M R. Moser, F. R. England from this port, and we can always hall is a greatmorale builder.
ries.
these parts and promises to stay and W. McKay.
use them.
Those who'Ve been in this sailing It is a derelic
Jeff Morrison
that way for a while. We had four
Sam Cohen
game
for a long time; and remem tion of duty for
Seattle Port Agent
payoffs, two signons, Md two in
a ship's delegate,
Wilmington Port Agent
transits.
^
or a delegate in
The Cantigny (Cities Service),
any of the de
Julesburg (Terminal Tankers), Sea
partments not to
Beaver (Colonial), and the Hey
collect books,
permits, minutes
wood Broun (Victory Carriers)
and all detail
paid off. The Sea Beaver and Hey
wood Broun were sigi)ons,_ while
103 Durham St. matter involving
Sam Cohen. Agent
Terminal 42874 PORT COLBORNE
SIU, A&G District
Ontario
Phone: 5591 Union business
HEADQUARTERS 673 4th Ave.. Bklyn.
the Trinity (Carras) and "Robin
Stewart
TORONTO. Ontario.
86 Coibome St.
SECRETARYTREASURER
BALTIMORE
14 North Gay .St.
Tuxford (Robin) were intransmits. Earl
Elgin 57'.w before the payoff.
Paui HaU
Sheppard, Acent
Mulberry 4340
VICTORIA. B. C
617Vi Cormorant St.
It is the corresponding duty of
No Awnings
ASST. SECRETARYTREASURERS
BOSTON....'.
276 State St.
Lioyd Gardner
Empire 4531 every Seafarer to surrender the
We settled a little overtime dis James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2^0140 Robert Matthews
Ciaude Simmohs
VANCOUVER. B. C
865 HamUton St.
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141 HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATiVE
Pacific 7824 previous records to their respec
pute on the Sea Beaver, and ran GALVESrON
308V4 23rd St.
Joe
Algina
SYDNEY.
N.S
304
Charlotte St. tive delegates before ship's arrival
Phone 38448
into an interesting beef on the Keith Alsop. Agent
Phone 6346
1419 Ryan St.
Trinity. The men on the Trinity LAKE CHARLES. La
SUP
BAGOTVILLE. Quebec
20 Elgin St in the port of payoff.
LeRoy Clarke. Agent
Phone 63744
Phone: 545
..16 Merchant St.
This procedure not only tends to
1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU
had a mattress beef, and were also MOBILE..
37 Ormont St.
Phone 58777 THOROLD. Ontario
Cal
Tanner.
Agent
Phone
21734
perpetuate
the existence of good
trying to get an awning on the NEW ORLEANS
Phone:
33202
PORTLAND
.\.lll
W.
Burnside
St.
823 BienvUie St.
113 Cote De La Montague Union spirit but to identify a po
Beacon 4336 QUEBEC
fantaiL The skipper has been us Lindsey Wiliiams. Agent
Quebec
Phone;
27078
237 3th St.
Magnoiia 61126113 RICHMOND. CALIF
ing "a firehazard" as an excuse NEW YORK..
177 Prince William St, tential "freeloader" if any. It also
Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN
673 4th Ave.. Brookiyu
N.B.
Phone: 23049 serves to expedite the payoff, giv
EAN
FRANCISCO
...430
Harrison
St.
for not putting up an awning. Since
STerUng 84671
^
Douglas 28363
NORFOLK
127129 Bank St.
ing the lioarding patrolman more
the ship is running coastwise and Ben
2700 1st Ave,
Rest. Agent
Phone 41083 SEATTLE
Great Lakes District
Main 0290
time to analyze and settle your
was only in here for a couple of PHILADELPHIA
337 Market St.
440 Avaion Blvd. ALPENA
133 W. Fletcher beefs.
Carduiio. Agent
Market 71635 WILMINGTON
hours, the crew is holding the S.
Terminal 43131
Phone: 1238W
SAN FRANCISCO
..430 Harrison St.
878 4th Ave.. Brooklyn BUFFALO. N. Y
The Union, your Union, insists
180 Main St.
beef.
H. J. Fischer. Agent
, Douglas 23473 NEW YORK
STeriing 64671
Phone:
Cleveland
7391 that this practice be lived up to
SAN JUAN. PR
282 Ponce de Leon
. Pians Trip
CLEVELAND
2602 CarroU St.
Sal Coils. Agent
Canadian District
Phone: Main 10147 100 percent to be effective^
E. Olson is going to take his first SAVANNAH
2 Ahercom St.
DETROIT
1038 3rd St.
... 463 McGiU St.
E. B. TiUey. Agent
Phone 31728 MONTREAL
Remember, the greatest'destroy
plane flight when he goes back to SEATTLE
Headquarters Phone: Woodward 16857
MArquette 3909
2700 Ut.Ave.
531 W. Michigan St. er of your business is lack of in
Sweden for the first time since he JeS Morrison. Agent
138Vt HoHis St OULUTH
Seneca 4570 HAUFAK. N.S
Phone; Melrose 24110 terest.
Phone: 38911
...18091811 N. FrankUn St.
was a little boy. He'll be gone for TAMPA ite. Agent
3261 E. 92nd St.
Phone 21323 FORT WILLIAM....llBtt Syndicate Ave. SOUTH CHICAGO....
Freddie Stewart
Phone: Essex 32410
.« couple of montiu. Some of tb»
Ontario
.
Phone:
33S21
[OTON. Caltf... 440 Avalon Blvd
Mobile:
Slate AFL.Gronp
Elects New President
Crackdown On FoulUps
Affects 'Coastal Rnns
Gals Home On Range
Due To Bakers' Strike
New Halls Good Goal
For Boosting Morale
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Many oilier Unions Lilce
Maritime Trades Setnp
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FIrsf In a itrte$ — From a portfolio of American
Merchantmen painted by Lemuel B. Line. Reprinted
through the courtesy of Fortune Magazine.
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SEAFARERS LOG
C1B Manned by Seafar
9.524 T«nt er$, the SS Alcoa
14VJ Kno»» Partner is a war
built freighter on the bauxite
run between North and Scuth
American and Caribbean ports.
She generally carries a crew
of 49 to 52, about average for
a ship of her tonnage.
C1A
smallest
7,708 Tons standard oceango
14 Knots irig freighters, the
SS Del Monte is also manned by
Seafarers in the US Gulf and
South American East Coast
trade. Operated by the Delta
Line, the 412foot" vessel was
built in 1944.
imi
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te
P"' •
C2SAJ1 Sailing between US
10,460 Tons Gulf and European
ISViKnots ports with general
cargo, the SS Dick Lykes is one
of 54 freighter's operated by
Lykes Lines on scheduled runs
to Europe, Africa, South
America, the West Indies and
the Far East.
C2Sil T''* SS American
10,032 Tons Leader works the
U Knots Western Ocean ruh^
in transatlantic service out of*
the Port of New York. She it
one of the United States Lines'
46 freighters engaging in ex
tensive 'round the world gen
eral cargo trade.
fe:
life
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C2S1AJ4 On* of nine new
9,512 Tons combination passen
16 Knots gercargo ships
owned by the Grace Line, the
SS Santa Cecilia was built for
the New YorkSobth American
North and West Coasts route.
She has accommodations for 52
passengers.
m
C2SE1 Familiar to Seafar
10,672 Tons ers by the "Flying
15Va Knots W" on her stack, the
SS Afoundria is one of 26 sister
ships owned by the SlUcon
tracted Waterman Corpora
tion. They serve in worldwide
as well as in coastwise and in
tercoastal trade.
IT:'
C2S Believed by many to
11,000 Tons have no rival when
16 Knots it comes to good
looking lines, the SS Robin
Locksley is crewed by Seafarers
sailing.the South and East Afri
can trade. She is one of six
ships of this type owned by
Robin Line.
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Mi^
Pare Eleeeii
The Ghost Ship
ThatSankPort
Of New Haven
It may seem strange today to hear that New Haven, Conn.,
was planned by its early colonists to, be one of the nation's
leading seaports, but the hoodoo that plagued the new port
and the ghostly reappearance
of the new colony's last at the brig Fellowship was purchased.
tempt at shipping are stranger The settlers' leader. Captain Lam
than the wellknown appear berton, brought the ship down from
ances of the Flying Dutchman. New England, and promptly la
It was back In the 1640s that the belled it "cranky," and predicted
colonists decided upon shipping as it would capsize in any sort of
their main occupation. The choice rough sea.
Repairs blade
was a natural one. The location at
the mouth of the Thames River— But the colonists had gone too
navigable for the ships of the time far to turn back. The vessel waS
—and the deep harbor protected put on the ways and extensive re
by Morgan Point and Sandy Point pairs made to her hull. New masts
were stepped and hew rigging and
seemed made for shipping.
The settlers plunged into their sails fitted.
work with an unbounded enthu The vessel was pronounced sea
siasm. Ships were built from the worthy, and then—in a last ditch Fellowship—^from mbn, anyway.,* ny, with^some banks of fleecy flew and was snarled by a raging
lumber of nearby forests, and sootf effort—the colonists loaded aboard Other ships from England ar clouds.
wind. The surface of the cloud be
some small coastwise vessels were her any salable goods they could rived in the New World, but none It was then that the settlers saw came stormy. The vessel pitched
lay their hands on. The Fellowship had seen or heard of the Fellow
launched.
and rolled. Waves on the cloud's
was finally ready to set sail—but ship. The summer passed, and it.
surface broke over her decks. The
Met Failure
The Fellowship appeared—^in the masts cracked and crashed to the
The effort met with a dismal the severest winter in the young then the next winter. The people
sky.
It was sailing atop a large deck. Figures could be seen hang
settlement's history
had
set in,
and
of New Haven held memorial serv
failure, however. Flour shipped to
fleecy cloud.
the
ship
was
locked
to
the
wharf
ing tightly to the snarled rigging
ices
for
the
Fellowship
and.the
Bermuda was found to be of an
The cloud slowly dropped from of the ship.
persons aboard her.
inferior grade, dnd lumber sent to by ice.
Sets Sail
Then, in June of 1647—a year the sky, with the ship sailing peace
Then, the battered hulk slowly
the West Indies soon proved un
seasoned. As a result, the young In January of 1646, the Fellow and a^half after the Fellowship had fully over its surface. The people rolled beam up, and sank into, the
colony lost its only nearby markets. ship set sail under Captain Lam sailed from New Haven—the chron of the colony said later it came so cloud.
; An abortive attempt to set up a berton's command. There were 76 iclers of the time reported the low they could have thrown a The cloud disappeared, and the
subsidiary settlement in New Jer of the colony's leaders aboard as event that turned the settlers to stone and hit the "vessel." They sun beamed down on the commu
could clearly see Captain Lamber nity. The settlers, who had gath
sey was beaten off by the other passengers. The rest of the settle farming.
See Fellowship
ton standing on the quarter deck, ered to watch the end of the Fel
.colonies, and then there was only ment followed the ship along the
one thliiyleft—direct trade with ice for a short way, and then A fierce rain storm had pelted his sword in his hand.
lowship, held an immediate me,
Fngland.
kneeled in prayer as s|he sailed the tiny community from sunny Then, suddenly, a storm seemed morial service there in the square
The money of the New Haven away.
skies. It cleared about an hour be to hit the ship on the cloud. Its —and gave up their ideas of be
colonists was pooled, and in 1645 That was the last heard of the fore sunset. The sky was still sun sails were shredded. Its rigging coming a shipping center.
TATTOOIBTG A VANlSHIIVIs A»T
Tattoo shops—the places the oldtime sailots had to visit at least onct before becoming,
salts—are becoming harder and harder to find, even in the major ports. Although some of
the artists in the profession worked in swank three or four room suites and employed a num
ber of assistants as late as thej^
that the seaman had sailed around and permanent beauty marks put
1920s, the few that are still Cape
Horn and a dragon meant he
around can be found only in had been on the China station. on their dimples.
But since the depression, many
sniall cubicles in the corners While the crew of the Kearsarge
during the Civil War banded to of the old masters have died or
of barber shops or midway gether
and had a star tattooed on dropped out of the profession, and
concessions—if they can be their foreheads to commemorate modern tattooing is done in quar
the heroic exploits of their ship. ters milch the same as in the old
found at all.
dockside, shipboard days.
A LOG survey of the Port of In the 1800s almost every ship
New York revealed that very few had an amateur tattoo artist as a' The influx of new men during
tattoo parlors can be found around member of the crew, but it wasn't both past wars in the seagoing
the waterfront. There were two until the late 1800s with the. advent trades, and the hard ti.mes of the
have been blamed for the
parttime artists who had space in of the electric needle, that tattoo 1930s
drqp
in
the number of tattooed
Chath^ Square barber shops, and ing spread to large numbers out salts today.
side
the
seafaring
ranks.
a couple more in the Navy Yard
area, but the rest of the waterfront The Prince of Wales' two sons, No longer can a man say "a sail
seems to be cleared of the shops George, who was later to be King or without tattoos is like a ship
where internationally famous tat George V, and the Duke of Clar without grog." The grog has dis
but the tattoos still live,
Tattooing takes second place to haircuts on the waterfront as the too artists liljp Charlie Wagner, ence, have been credited with start appeared,
particularly
in the foc'sles, above
Billy
Donnelly
and
LewtheJew
ing the society fad of tattooing in
few remaining tattoo artists work on a parttime basis in corners
deck cabins, and ports of the world.
once
wielded
their
needles.
1879.
It was while serving
with
the
of barber shops.
But the practice of adorning the Royal Navy that the two youths had
body with designs in dull blues and dragons needled onto their arms.
bright reds is still far from dead When they returned, most of the
Olde Photos
among presentday sailors. True, nobles in England trooped to tattoo
a large percentage of the modern artists to have scenes of fox hunts, Wanted by LOG
sailors don't have tattoos as they flags and their p'ersonal coats of
The LOG is interested in col
did back in the early 1900s, but arms emblazoned on their bodies.
lecting
and printing photo
quite a few of them still go in for
Spread to US
graphs
showing
what seagoing
the art that sbamen made famous.
The fad soon spread to the US,
Unlike the sailors around the and actually continued through to was like in the old days. All
turn of the century, though, the
you oldtimers who have any
modem seamen don't follow quite the early 1920s, and it wasn't just old mementos, photographs of
as rigid a system of rules when confined to the men. Women also
shipboard life, pictures of
they choose their designs.
went in for the hew form of dec
ships or anything that would
Were Symbolic
oration.
Then was the time when a sea
Leading female society leaders show how seamen lived, ate
man was almost required t^ have a like Princess Waldemar of Den and worked in the days gone
pig or a rooster tattooed onone of mark. Lady Randolph Churchill of by, send them in to the LOG.
Whether they be steam or sail,
his feet to protect him from drown England, and Mr^. Jackson Gou
ing, while the wellknown "Rock raud. Princess Uhimay, Mrs. around the turn of the cen
,of Ages" was designed to protect George Comwallis West and Elsie tury, during the first world
;the sailor.from any sort of general French Vanderbilt in the US, all war and as late as 1938, the
had designs traced on their* arms LOG is Interested in them all.
mishap.
The oldtime sailor couldn't wehr or shoulders.
We'll take care of them and
Fart of the modeitt tattoo artist's Job Is retouching, the derigns an anchor on his skin unless lie Then, too, in the early 1900s,. return your souvenirs to you.
en oldtimerK u Ibe aiUst is dbifig bew.
j had made, an Atlantic cruise, while nmny women had^ermanent red
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MEET THE
SEAFARER
LEROY M. NICHOLAS, steward
Locks of the Panama Canal, after large dogs which were found
through which all manner of sea there. The principal island was
The transition of the seaman flag fever," he recalled, "and
going craft have passed, were once originally known as the Isle of
from
a homeless, wandering vaga joined the Marines: One day later
opened for a swimmer. Newspap Dogs, in Latin, Canaria Insula.
bond into a settled, wellestab I was sorry and wished I was back
Question:
Would
you
advise
a
ers in August, 1928, featured ex
seagoing man to zet married? lished family man is one of the on a merchant ship." His Marine,
ploits of the swimmer, Richard A. canopy, used nowadays as a
striking achievements of maritime hitch lasted from 1642 to 1946 .
Halliburton, who made the trip sun shield or to drape over a (Asked of Seafarers In the New unionism. Leroy Nichdlas belongs during which he saw service in the
over a period of days. Alligators throne, comes from the Greek Orleans branch hall).
to that constantly growing number 2nd and 5th Marine Divisions. He
•
were the only thing that ggve him konops, a gnat, when it was a cur
of Seafarers who have beeii suc was in on the invasion of Iwo Jima
Vic
Miorana,
stenrard:
Sure,
a
trouble during the trip, which cost tain net used by boatmen on the
cessful in combining the seafaring and Salpan and was nicked by
sailor ought
to get
married.
A Sea
him $.36 . . . The reason behind Nile River to keep gnats away
farer can afford life with home and family relation enemy bullets in the latter cam
the name "Blue Peter," for the sig while they were asleep at night .i..
paign.
it too. I've been ships.
nal flag hoisted to signify sailing, There's an island on England's
married 25 years Furthermore, he is convinced Once out of service and back in'
is probably that "peter" is a cor Thames River known as Eelpie Is
and have 5 kids, that marriage hefps form perma the States Nicholas decided he.
ruption of the French word partir, land, because a featured dish at
4 girls gnd
1 boy. nent ties between Seafarers as wanted to stay shoreside awhile.
to leave.
this pleasure resort is eel pie,
The oldest is 19. their families^ can' get together "I swore I'd never leave home.
made from eels caught in the sur
They miss me when ashore and the men can form again after that experience. But
Iceberg means ice mountain, rounding waters.
when Fm away,^ lasting friendships which would along, came the 1946 General
since berg is AngloSaxon for a hill
tit
but
I can provide not dissolve when a crew paid off a Strike and there I was back .in.
or mountain. An iceberg starts its Submarines are not a new Idea,
again."
for
them
and see ship.
career as a glacier, moving slowly
but date back as far as 1620 when
Nicholas had just dropped in at
Looking For Home
a
lot
of
them
down the mountainside until it
reaches the cliffs and glides into a Dutch builder in the service of when in port since I'm home be the New Orleans hall off the Alcoa . Right now Nicholas is prepared
Pointer to chat with old acquaint to keep on sailing indefinitely, for
the ocean. For each cubic foot of James I constructed the first un tween" voyages.
ances when the LOG reporter drew as he put it, "I've got to keep work
4 i t
the iceberg above water, there dersea boat. It was tried out in
the
Thames,
at
a
depth
of12 to
15
him
into conversation about his ing to keep the family fed and
W.
A.
Van
Dyne,
steward:
I
must be eight cubic feet below the
clothed." Then too he has his mind
water . . . There is nothing "jolly" feet propelled by a dozen rowers. would certainly advise them to get life at sea.
Raised In Mobile
set on buying his own house this
about the small boat sometimes The boat was completely covered married. Being
Like many others in the SIU, the year, so there will be a mortgage
hoisted at the stern of a ship. The with leather, with the oars pro married, I speak
jollyboat gets its name from the truding through flexible leather with authority.
35yearold Seafarer is a native of that will have to be paid off. Real
Mobile having been born and estate costs being what they are
Danish jolle and our own word seals on both sides. The builder It gives a man
devised a method of renewing the something to
brought up in that city. For the in the Crescent City, Nicholas is
yawl.
oxygen which enabled the "sub" to work for when
past two years he has been ship not so sure that he might not go
tit
Some historians trace the begin remain underwater for as much^as he has a home to
ping
out of New Orleans where north to find a home. "They want
go to. You don't "i
nings of a war between England 15 hours.
he lives with his wife and five at least $12,500 for the cheapest
4" 3^ 4"
throw your mon
and Spain in 1739 to an English
monthsold daughter. He more or crackerbox in this area," he de
seacaptain named Robert Jenkins. Most people ^11 say there is no ey away except
less drifted into maritime in 1934 clared.
The skipper appeared before the such thing as a bridge built over for a buck now
when he started working ships out
Meanwhile, like any prudent
House of Commons alleging that the Atlantic Ocean, but actually or then. Since I'm married I'm of Mobile. "I really don't know family man, Nicholas is trying 4o
Spaniards had boarded his vessel there is one that could qualify. not like I used to be.
why I went to sea," he said. "Every pile up the savings. He's letting,
i
t
and cut off one of his ears in 1731. Built in the early nineteenth cen
one in my family was afraid of his vacation pay ride for, thq time.
His story, coupled with the show tury, Clachan Bridge over the Floyd Smith, FWT: I'm all for a water."
being to help build up a reserve..
ing of his ear, reinforced resent Straits of Lome connects the Isle of seagoing man marrying. Our wages
Joined in '39
Consequently he has over $100
and conditions Evidently Nicholas took to water coming from that fund. Theh too,
ment against Spain growing out of Sell to the mainland of Scotland at
are better than well, because except for four years there's a bundle of retroactive pay
an intense commercial rivalry and, a point south of the town of Oban,
those ashore so in the Marines and three months from the Alcoa Clipper that has
led to a declaration of war (1739 Argyllshire. By spanning the nar
why not have a as a waiter in France he has been gone into; the savings account.
41). The incident marked the strug rowest part of the straits it is the
family? I have a sailing regularly ever sinee. He
gle as the War of Jenkins's Ear, a only bridge in the world that spans
While trying to find a better
wife and two is one of the SIU's early members, home for his own family, Nicholas
nickname that has hung on down the waters of the Atlantic , His
kids. When I
torians have yet to explain why
through the years.
having joined up in January, 1939. would also like to see the Union
come
home I
warships are
called meno'war
and
t 4" 4" ,
The French interlude took place put up new halls for the members
spend
all
my
The Mediterranean Sea has that freighters merchantmen, though all
in
1936 as the result of a spur of and expand existing facilities.
time with the
name, aptly enough, from the Lat are referred to as "she." It's a puz
the moment decision to quit the Aside from the many advantages
family,
not
like
in medius for middle and terra, zler.
the 9 AM to 5 PM workers who sea. He left his ship In Le Havre it offers the men thiemselyes, he
t t i
land, or the sea in the middle of
and went to work as a waiter in feels that the Union halls could
the land. The Romans tagged it Rivals at one time merely meant catch their families on the run.' the Rue de Gallione. After three serve as a social center for the men
t t t
that because it split the world as people who liVed on opposite
months the American consul quiet and their families.
it was then known into two con banks of a river or stream, but Laurence Cook, FWT: No, sir. ly but firmly sent him home. The "I think we should socialize
The
cost
of
keeping
two
homes
is
tinents, Europe and Africa . .. This the antagonism of these folk
last Nicholas heard of the Rue de more," he said. "I know a lot of
may surprise some, but the Canary over their fishing rights may pos too much. Too
Gallione was that it was bombed Seafarers who have wives. This
long
a
separation
Islands, in the Atlantic off the sibly have led to the word now be
way we could get together with
out
during the war.
northwest coast of Africa, were ing used in connection with 'dis from home is no
The next time he quit the sea each other more often and learn
good
for
a
sail
not named after birds, but rather putes of all kinds.
he didn't get back so fast. "I got to know each other."
ing man. Being a
former married
man I can speak
with authority.
There's no fu
ture
in it. I can
ACROSS
DOWN
14. Used on the
32. Ship carrying
The US announced the fall of President Roosevelt presented a v
come and go as
Banks
fuel
1,4. Good port for 1. Call we don't
16. Boring tool
33. Butt
ccenery and
free as the breeze. The other way Corregidor. The surrender catne sevenpoint antiinflation program
like to hear
34. Port 1.901 miles
smeUs
after 300 air raids and after Jap to Congress . . . Registration began
2. Drops the hook 19. Breeze
doesn't work out for a seaman,
21. Taken on the
from NY
4. .Same as No. 1
3. Sea nymph
anese troops landed on the. tiny for rationing with gripes about the
Banks
35. Holy City in
tit
8. Rainbows
Arabia
4. NaUves of Kobe .22. Get your pay
rock.
Organized resistance in the low amounts of gas allowed . . .
Earl Cohoon, bostn: I think a
for these
36. Sacred cloth
12. A number
5. Custom
Philippines
ended with the faU of "The SIU backed a proposal to have
23. He
is:
Cont.
38. Part of
ship
man should
be married
if
he
wants
13. Island In S.
6. Form of "ad"
25. Pronoun
40. Island in Irish
the
island..
. . New Yorkers went at least one lifeboat on every mer
Atlantic
to lead a nor
26. Owl's call
Sea
7. Man from
15. Remove, as
through their first blackout. It chant vessel equipped with a port
28. An oil company 41. Supply depot
Omaha
mal
life.
But
he
barnacles
30. Money changers 43. Siamese dialect
8. Man's name
should stay was proclaimed a success . . . The able radio transmitter . . .A Uboat
17. Darwin's ship
in BA
44; The President
9. Job on a clipper
31. Pricefixing
45, Writing fluid
ship
ashore the first Japanese occupied Mandalay . . . sank e freighter in the St. Law
18. Chops
agency
47. Each: Abbr.
10. Hue
year to get ac the SIU backed the Army's rence River for the first time in '
19. Seaman's hobby 11. Slammin' Sam
Puzzle Answei^ on Page
ao. Gazelle
customed to it ordered coastal "brownout," de history..
of golf
SI. How rope
then after that signed to cut down coastal sky
• 4" 4i 4"'
should lie
he can sail again. glow and help prevent merchant
32. By way of
ships
froin
being
silhouetted
for
My wife is dead
Shut, Out won the Kentucky
23. Group of whales
now'but I have a lurking subs.
24. Fort in CaUf.
Derby . . . The British reported a
25. Rougher
is, X t
daughter and am
direct hit on the Torpitz . . . SIU
27. Day's sigbt:
very happy that I did go into a
The British .overcame French crew, which had chipped in to pay
Abbr.
28. Dry, as wine
marriage.
resistance and occupied Madagas for extra rations for Navy gunneja
23. About a mile.
car ... German aircraft sunk four aboard their ship, were given the
in Calcutta
t
t
t
20. Commanding
Richard Taylor, AB: I got mar British destroyers in the Medi shell casing of the shot that sank
officer
ried, so I do approve of it. I've terranean ... Two Seafarers told of a Uboat attacking the vessel . . .
32. Port where re
fueling is fast
been married
how their ship managed to damage The British announced, the Nazi
34. Le
, HalH
just six months
a Uboat while she was sinking battleships Schamhorst and Gneis
35. It sets tides
87. Export from
and my vife ap
Brooklyn and the Yankees led enau, and the cruiser Prinz Eugen
BoUvia
proves of my go
their respective leagues ... A total were hit during air raids and put
38. Performers
39. Period of tline
ing to sea. As a
of 18 merchant vessels were sunk out of action . . . The RAF
40. Red PUne
sailor I'm better
off the Eastern and Gulf coasts launched its first heavy air jald
41. B36 "egg"
42. Port for Lima
able to support
during one week ... ; The House on Paris . . . Mexico. Issued a dec
44.2,S94 miles from
a family. Seago
okayed a pay raise for setvlcemen. laration of I war against the axis
Frisco
46. Desired state of
ing is stable
powers and pointedto the sinking
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washing machine
enough now ^ for.
,The> Battle of the Coral Sea was* of Mexican ships id the Gulf as its
° 48. French girl's
"no"
a man to settle
.announced finished and; avietoiy prime reasow.. i Rumors kept get
49. Pert, to aircraft
down and
one I hope to any for^ the Allies. Spme, SSI ^apahese Upg .more frequent cppcerning. a
ships were sunk qy daniaged . . SeCOie'^.
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SEAFARERS ^ LOG
SE AF ARERS LO G
Pace TUrtecB
^Look Out Below!!'
Vet. XIV No. 10
May U. 1952
Piibllsbed biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic
& Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. V. TeL
STerling 84671.
PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurer
Editor. UcBHEBT BRAND; Manatiing Editor. RAT DeNisoH; Art Editor. BERNABD
SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DAHIML NILVA. Staff Writers, HUMAN ARIBDB. IBWIN SPIVACK.
ART PERT ALL.'
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Upside Down Tiew
The grave lack of understanding, both in and out of Con Reveals LiberuBn
gress, as to the nature of the maritime industry's problems
is brought into sharp focus by the goingson over appropria SMp Conditions
tions for the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy. Several To the Editor;
Congressmen and one daily newspaper have been shrieking I would like this to be printed
to the skies that fund cuts for Kings Point would "sink the in your Union paper to point out
merchant marine," ignoring the fact that Kings Point' plays what it means when seamen do
a negligible role in supplying officers for the industry.
have a good union protecting them.
At the same time, these Congressmen did not let out a I am an AB on the Atlantic
peep about the fate of the longrange shipping bill, the only Coast, a Livanos Company Libe
proposal currently available that attacks the basic problem rianflag ship carrying general
of the industry—how to meet the need for modern ships and
cargo.
face up to foreign competition.
A little thought should make it obvious that it is far more This company has a lot of ships
sail out of New York, most of
difficult and timeconsuming to build a ship than it is to train that
them tankers.
an officer. And nobody has ever heard of a platoon of Kings
The Atlantic Qoast arrived in
Point graduates carrying one ounce of cargo without a ship Baltimore
with a crew of. 35 and
in which to stow it.
left with 22 on March 22, short 13
The problem of the industry is not one of. manpower. The men who got off. At this time,
licensed and unlicensed unions can supply all the men needed April 14, these men have not been
in, any emergency. The SIU has shown in the past few months replaced though the ship has been
that when the need arises it can quickly upgrade men to in four other ports.
fill all, positions. Ships officers can similarly be trained out In the deck department there
was a captain, two mates, a bouts
of the foc'sle in a short period of time.
by PAUL HALL
! If the US merchant marine dies, it will never be for lack wain and four men. The engine
department
was
short
a
fir. man
of trained manpower. Rather, a contributing cause would be
t^ORD was received at Union men in New York now have access
a shdrtsighted jwlicy of training men to man ships that are and third engineer.
W Headquarters this week that to the uptominute information on
No
Care
For
Iiunry
left on; the drawing board.
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As I See It
After leaving Baltimore we the millions of readers of the Sat ship movements every day.
cleaned hdlds, and one of the deck urday Evening Post will soon see Another example is a letter sent
men broke a leg. He was carried an article on the security problem to the LOG this week in which
to his bunk and left there for seven existing along the nation's water Brother James Finn, Ship's Dele
gate on the Bradford Island, sug
days without
medical attention
Held at bay by stumbling blocks like hourts and existing whatever, or any
fronts.
The
loopholes
in
this
gested a listing of the rates of ex
laws recognizing the legal status and necessity of labor unions, ship's officers. even visits from the country's waterfront .security were change prevailing in various na
one of . the champions of the antilabor bloc in Congress has Arriving in Manzanilla, Cuba, he exposed in your newspaper, the tions. The letter appears in this
found a new way out. If you can't outlaw unions entirely, was put on the dock without any SEAFARERS LOG, several issues issue—along with the list sug
gested by Brother Finn. Keep
why not just legislate their biggest weapon right out the identifying papers and stayed there ago.
ing
the LOG responsive to tlie
window?
for ten hours until the matter was
membership is one of the secrets of
If an impending strike is deemed to threaten national settled. He was tak^n to the Arotna The article attracted consider keeping
defense, either Congress or the President should be able to Espanola hospital by attendants. able attention and was quoted in papers. it among the best of labor
slap an injunction on the offending union and then if the Eleven days later the captain re newspapers throughout* the land.
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parties can't get together in 80 days, then just seize the quested that he be put aboard. The The case in point is that men of
leg ha(} barely started healing.
the sea were the first to be in
industry altogether until they do.
• HE DEADLII^'E FOR OPEN
$102 Wages
This demonstration of free enterprise meeting its problems
formed of this important national
ing negotiations with the
squarely (??) may not get far, but it shows the lengths to Our wages are $102 a month with issue, and the planned Post story operators is approaching. Accord
which some people will go, forgetting the fact that legitimate 35 cents an hour overtime. My is an outgrowth of the LOG'S reve insly. your headquarters negoti
union activity is already imbedded in American tradition and overtime for 4li months was 42 lations.
ating committee is now carefully
that the strike is the ,best example of it. The honorable mem hours. No overtime is paid for Here is a good example of the studying the suggestions submitted
Saturday or Sunday. In
by the crews.
bers of Congress behind this bill also overlook their cat watches on
the morning we get two eggs, bread way the LOG has been performing
One of the things being studied
calling in past weeks when that man in the White House and coffee for breakfast. At dinner
a twofold job. By breaking this by the committee are the prob
followed the prescription in the steel industry.
it's a piece of meat, soup and story, which might otherwise have
lems of the steward and his depart
We expect their n\pre levelheaded fellows in the legislative bread.
ment.
The committee realizes that
gone
unnoticed,
the
LOG
was
giv
chambers will try'not to snicker too much when this idea We admire your Union's stand
the
men
working in this depart
comes up on the floor.
against the Communists, enemies ing a picture of a problem facing ment have special problems arising
of America and free men every the nation. Beyond that it was out of. the nature of their work.
& ^
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where,and think you should put performing a public service by
All stewards can rest assured
a" light on the secretary of the calling attention to the problem. that these questions—and mone
UNO, a seamen's union on Broad
It showed people outside of our tary matters—are receiving thor
With today's headlines all flashing news of hectic happen Street, New York. He is a full industry, the maritime field, that ough consideration and will be
ings all over the world, it's always good to take pause and fledged Communist party mem
taken into account when demands
the SIU is alert to all matters that are presented to the shipowners
note the bright side and the humanity of man to man. Such ber.
%
affect the country's and the in in July.
Commimist Outfit •
is a case right in our own SIU membership, wdiere two
dustry's
wellbeing..
As you know, the UNO was a
brothers linked by misfortune gambled and won.
t 4» 5»
Greek
seamen's
union
whose
con
The
LOG
is first and foremost
The fact that Seafarer Phil Pron can now see perfectly out
OUR SIU HEADQUARTERS
of one eye stems fully from the generosity of another SIU trol was seized by Communist in your newspaper in the true sense
is being temporarily convert
member, Eric Joseph, who a year ago .gave his own right eye filtrators to use for their own dis of the word and the Union intends
purposes. He is in a good to maintain that policy. But by ed into an art museum this week,
to save Pron's failing vision. The time is still far off till ruptive
spot to make use of the 300 sea presenting a bi'oad outlook on the with all.the entries in the Union
Pron will have his full sight back, but he will be shipping men who fled Greece and went entire waterfront question, it helps art
contest going on e.xhibition for
out again one day with renewed faith in the spirit that truly to Poland to learn the art of Com to give outsiders an understanding the judges and members interested
makes the SIU a "Brotherhood of the Sea."
munist tactics.
of, the seafaring man's problems in seeing them.
The large number of entries re
At present my biddy and I are and achievements.
ducking the captain and trying to Judging; from the mail that ceived in this contest certainly
get in touch with the Liberian con comes in, the LOG is creating a bears out something we've felt for
sul, but with little hope that he will very favorable impression along a long time. It's always been your
these lines and Seafarers like their Union's belief that we could find in
Washington—testifying during the House Labor Commit do anything for us.
tee's investigation of the Wage Stabilization Board, former
Name withheld publicatioiL The paper continues the ranks of Seafarers a group of
to serve as a good source of sug men who could do almost anything
mobilization chief Charles Wilson suggested that the present I Ed, note: The above letter was gestions
from the membership. and do it well, whether it's paint
board, consisting of labor, industry and public members, be given to Seafarer James H. Parker For example, one
Seafarer recently ing pictures or playing baseball.
abolished. He would replace itwith a bqard consisting of by . two, crewmen. of the Atlantic wrote to the LOG proposing tliat Without any of us being profes
public'members only. .
'
Coast while he was in Rotterdam. the headquarters branch post in sional judges the lieneral feeling
I When asked who tlrt public members would bo/ he replied. Names have been withheld to; wo* formation oik^ilyL ship sailii)^ is that the feUtows have doqe, tljpjn?;
iect the men
V * • '' , Thhf
antf seives''praud'in this iiistan^^
Strike • 'Solntion'
T
SIU Brotherhood
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An Unbiased idea
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SEAFARERS LOG
Friday, May 16. 195t
An SUP
Member On
The Beach
In New York
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Separated by the breadth of a continent, the SlU hall inV
Brooklyn (left, top) and the home of the Sailors Union of the
Pacific in San Francisco (above) may differ somewhat in build,
but their like facilities are available day and night to Seafarers
and Sailors passing through both ports.
Just as the SUP building, located in the shadow of the
familiar Oakland Bay Bridge, opens its doors to accommodate
the East Coast brothers in the SlU, so too does the SlU maintain
its headquarters on the key Brooklyn waterfront for everyday
use by the Sailor whose home port is on the West Coast but is •
in transit through the Port of New York.
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The nature of the maritimfe industry bars frequent visits home
by the men who sail the ships. Thus it is that the Union hall tem
porarily becomes the "home" tp the seaman from Iowa, Texas,
the Pacific Northwest or New England. To fill the gap and meet
the expanding needs of the membership, the SlU and the SUP
have spared no effort to make the members' "home" on the beach
o place where unhurried leisure hours con be worthwhile spent.
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Bpth modern structures ore newlybuilt, combining beauty,
comfort and shipping ease to service the hundreds of seamen
who hail from every part of the country ond look on these build
ings as their, "home owdy from home" when their ship pulls into
either city.
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On these pages, the LOO records the oneday itinerary of
c|n SUP brother, ABJalen O'Brien, as he recently made use pf_;
^
1SIU hall in Brdoklym He, liki|l many of hi§
f passed through ibe hall, agreed thdf£'£'
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fhipping hall. O'Brien registers for job
/ith SUP dispatcher Bill Armstrong.
The board. Looking for a good run, he
keeps an "eye on the shipping boards
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Cafeteria. Coffeetime at the hall and a
real fivecent cup of coffee,.
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Greetings, Over coffee, O'Brien says
hello to SUP brother Leo Kapusick, AB.
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fame Room. Taking his turn at a pool
ble, he studies his next shot.
Library. During lull, he grabs the
chance to drop a line to the folks.
m
.
What's new? SUP paper, West Coast
Sailor, fills him in on
union news.
Slide board. O'Brien stands by, watches
a friendly game of shuffleboard.
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THE
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SEAFARERS LOG
LABOR
ROUNDUP
New York City's Department of Marine, and Aviation has been tear
The dangerjDf fire, everpresent aboard ships, is possibly the greatest
ing its hair out over some new lifeboat davits installed on Its three
hazard a seaman faces. Tankers, of course, are partidululy susceptibla
new ferryboats. Using a new telescopic launching system, they'll work
because of the explosive nature of their cargo, but other cargoes, like
perfectly for a while, then suddenly refuse to work, and then will
Wheat for one, have to be handled with care. A trained seaman should
launch the lifeboats by themselves when nobody is around . . ; The
be a pretty good fire buff, in that he should know the differences be
skipper of a 350ton fishing boat told of an hour of terror off Brazil
when four men went mad with fright as the vessel was sinking in a
tween one kind of fire and another as well as how to handle different
storm ... American inland waterways serve every American city oi The labor front continued hot on types of fire.fighting equipment.
more than 435,000 population, according to a recent announcement a number of fronts, with *100,000 When it comes to fire, the average person thinks of the timehonored
. . . The Port of Houston handled a record high of 4,328,000 tons of
oil workers joining other strikers, fire hose or water bucket. Water is a fine extinguisher under certain
cargo during March.
'
and
the steel dispute going to the circumstances but it Wouldn't dp much good under ordinary use against
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The first oceangoing commercial vessel to fly the Korean flag In Supreme Court. The picture to an oil fire, and would be disastrous if used in an electrical fire. Water
modern times will be the former Swedish freighter Rosa Thoren, re date looks something like th^:
being the fine electrical conductor that it is, the unfortunate novice
cently purchased by the Republic of Korea . . . Nippon Yusen *Kaisha,
who uses it on an electrical fire is liable to
wind up pretty badly fried.
Steel—White
House
talks
be
Japan's largest shipping company, has announced it will resume Euro
pean runs after a lapse of 11 years . . . The W. E, Fitzgerald smashed tween union and industry repre
Three Basic Factors
into the Burlington Beach Canal ^ Bridge in Hamilton, Ontario, and sentatives fell through. The A fire starts When three factors exist: Something to burn, enough
knocked the whole bridge into the canal ; . . The Coast Guard is in Supremo Court agreed to hear the beat to start that particular material burning, and enough oxygen to
specting the life jackets aboard all the New York City ferries since
keep it going. Fighting a fire is a matter of eliminating one of these
one shipment was found defective. So far, some of the older Jackets case involving'government seizure three factors. You isolate or remove the material that is burning, or
of the industry, and ordered that j'ou try .to reduce the temperature, or you attempt to cut off the oxygen
on two vessels have been declared unsafe and undersfeed.
no pay hikes or price increases suwly by amotherlog it with an appropriate foamtsrpe extinguishing
it
i
The first transit this season on the inland waterway between Mont be granted until, it reaches a de agent; appropriate for the type of fire involved.
real ^nd New York was completed last week when two vessels docked cision. The Circuit Court of Ap
When looked at this way, that mysterious bugaboo,jqK>ntaneous com
in New York with newsprint cargoes . . . The Port of Santos, BrazU's
bustion, is easily understood. You don't actually have to strike a match
peals
granted
a
stay
of
execution
largest, is getting Its face lifted as the Santos Docks Company launched
to start a fire, in some materials—they simply have to be warmed up
a $45 million improvement program ... The 40yearold Empress of Justice Pine's order voiding the to the point that they usually start burning. An overheated wall or
of Australia, the ship that carried King George VI and Queen Elizabeth seizure. Since the industry was heat from the sun may be sufficient to get some highlycombustible
to Canada in 1939, has made her last trip. The 615foot 3stacker has still in government, hands, CIO cargoes afiie. Should there be no air circulating to caiTy off the heat
been sold for scrap . . . The Maritime Administration opened'bids
enough oxygen present to keep the fire going, then conditions are
for 18 sunken ships and their cargoes this pasr week . . . New York Steelworkers President Phillip but
City's 150foot Department of Sanitation barge, which sunk in the East Murray ordered his men back to favorable for a fire.
For example, coal is a hlghiycombustible material yet you can drop
work.
Blver, has been raised and floated away.
lighted
matches In a pile of coal all day without starting something—.
3.
4.
4.
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provided the coal has been kept cool enough. Yet that same load of
The HamburgChicago Line's Konsnl Sartorl became the Hrst
freighter flying a foreign flag to dock at Cleveland this year . . . Suez Oil—About 100,00c oil workers coal can .start burning all by itself if it is particularly dusty and in a
Canal traffic during February consisted of 1,050 transits. It had a In 22 unions have been out on nice warm hold.
Types of Fires
daily average of 247,000 tons, with tankers representing 58.6 percent strike since April 30. They have
Fires themselves have been divided into three classes by insurance
of the total . . . The General Electric Company, Ltd., has reported cut their demands from the orig
underwriters, each class requiring different treatment to put it out.
it is experimenting with a method of killing whales by electrocution
... A British World War II secret, stabilizer fins to prevent rolling, inal 25cents an hour, several times Class A fires are those of ordinary combustible' materials in which water
will be fitted to the Queen Mary . . . The Dutch passengercargo ship in an attempt to reach a settlement is the best extinguishing agent. Class B fires ire those including In
Dongedyk was damaged by a $100,000 fire at Vancouver, after her in the vital Industry. Some scat flammable liquids and greases. Here the most effective method is to
maiden voyage . . . According to recent reports, 14 out of 19 ships tered agreements were reported at cut off the oxygen source by smothering the fire. The class C fires are
completed in the world during the first three months of 1952 were this figure, but for the most part, those in electrical
equipment where the<
scheduled for Japanese owners.
the companies w^re making a fire extinguishing agent,
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offer of 15 cents. At last whatever it is, must be
The Vancouver whaling fleet began its season's operations this past "top"
word
the
unions have agreed to • a non conductor of
week ... A May Day celebration In Le Havre forced the Flying Enter
the
15c.
figure,
which was recom electricity.
prise II, under Captain Kurt Carlsen, to anchor outside the port and
wait overnight before entering. The new Flying Enterprise II sailed mended by the WSB, and a settle All USiUg ships are
right past the spot where Captain Carlsen's old command sunk . . .'The ment appears imminent.
required by law to be A typical carbon dioxide fire extinguisher,
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Pioneer, the US Voice of America's floating radio transmitter designed
equipped with fire axes, fire hoses and the various types of portable
to pierce Iron Curtain radio "jamming," sailed through the Panama Telegraph—Some 31,000 mem extinguishers. In 'addition, vessels carrying combustible cargo in the
Canal and was conducting a series of equipment tests off Vera'Cruz bers of the Commercial Telegra holds, or in closed cargo compartments, ha'.'e firesmothering systems
this past week . . . The Atago Maru arrived lii Stockton to load rice phers Union (AFL) are still out on using steam or carbon dioxide. Well marked valves, readily accessible
and gained the distinction of being the first ship to fly the Japanese strike. The company has stub on deck can be used to smother a blaze in a. particular enclosed cargo
flag on the West Coast since before World War II.
bornly refused their demands for space. Modem ships are also equipped with^fire detection and auto
matic alarm systems. In a typical system of this kind, the detector
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higher wages, better conditions.
An Argentine barge, with five men aboard, tore loose from her tow
receives samples of air from lines reaching into all cargo spaces. At
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ship last week and was reported "adrift somewhere in the Atlantic"
tlm first .trace of smoke, the alarm ;is given. In some cases the de
... The 80foot brigantine Yankee completed an 18month cruise Odds 'n Ends—^The Brotherhood tection system is combined with an extinguishing system so that the
around the world under sail, and, as usual, arrived in her home berth of Railroad Trainmen is seeking same lines used to detect the smoke will also carry dioxide gas to
within 5 minutes of the time the'skipper announced when the ship pay increases based on increased smother the fire.
left . . . The freighter Tom Girdler limped into Cleveland last week productivity for its 200,000 US The portable extinguishers carried by a ship will include sodaand
with a jagged hole in her bow made by a piece of ice ... The Portuguese^ members and other raises for its acidtype, antifreeze solution, foam, vaporizing liquid (usually utilizing
freighter Monte Brasil went into drydock in Chester, Pa., after a col 20,000 Canadian members. . . The carbon tetrachloride), carbon dioxide and dry chemcal.
lision with the US freighter Cape Martin off the New Jersey Coast Senate Labor Committee^has ap
Soda acid, water and antifreeze are effective against Class A fires.
tore a gaping hole in her number two hold.
proved an amendment to the Taft Water
handled through a high velocity fog nozzle will also be useful
Hartley
Act
which
would
permit
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against
the Class B fires (oil and other inflammable liquids). Foam
According to the National Federation of American Shipping, the employers in the building industry
US Is lagging far behind the rest of the world In new ship construction. to contract with unions on wages extingiushers are good for botb Class A and B operations.
The federation reported that 1,548 vessels totalling 18,700,000 dead and conditions before hiring, and The last three mentioned typeS) carbon tet, carbon dioxide and dry
weight tons are under construction throughout the world. Of these, cut the probation period before chemical, are the only ones effective against electrical fires although
the US has only 20 ships totalling less than 500,000 deadweight tons joining the union from 30 to 7 days they can also be used in fighting Class B blazes.
on the ways, only 2.4 percent of the worldwide figure . . . The Queen
. The AFL Trades Council in Sodaacid and foam extinguishers are usually alike. To operate these
Maiy was scheduled to dock In Cherbourg for the first time since World San Antonio, Tex., launched a cam extinguishers they are turned bottomside up and the hose directed to
War II. Although she has visited there regularly, her passengers have paign to buy a lot and build a home the base of the flames. The carbon tet extinguisher contains a pump
had to use launches to get ashore. The Qua! de France, demolished for Charles Balmos, an apprentice hardle at one end. The pump handle is pulled out and the contents
during the war, has now been rebuilt and the Queen can dock once member of the Plasterers land are pumped on the flames themselves. Carbon dioxide extinguishers
more instead of anchoring out in the harbor . . . iTie Transcontinental Cement Masons who can no longer have a control valve at the top and a short length of hose. The ex
Gas Pipe Line Co. is laying 6,600 feet of gas pipe across New York's work at his trade because of in tinguisher is held by the handle, the valve opened and the nozzle di
Narrows.
rected at the fire.
juries received in Korea.
Folleir Burly Every iaeme in The Seuiurere hey
�Kriday, May le. l^St
Summer's Here!
SEAFARERS LOG
Face SercBtecs
Furor Over Funds For Sea Schools
Hit As 'CartBefore Horse' Policy
m
m
(Continued from page 2)
the curriculum—hardly essential
though, for the business of saiiing
a merchant ship.
As a result, Kings Point in many
respects is merely an annex of the
Naval Academy at Annapolis. A
large number of its graduates, 1,100
in all, are currently on active duty
with the Navy, many of them going
in voluntarily upon graduation.
There is more than one Kings Point
cadet, who failing of admission in
to Annapolis, went to Kings Point
and immediately volunteered for
active duty upon graduation with
out so much as serving a single day
on a merchant ship afterwards.
Of course, by supplying naval of
ficers, Kings Point is serving a
purpose. But it is one that could
be equally served by expanding
facilities at Annapolis proper.
Few In Maritime
Just how many Kings Point grad
uates go into merchant service is a
tough question to answer. In its 14
years of operation, the Academy
has graduated approximately 10,
000 deck and engine officers. Sub
tracting the 1,100 now in the Navy nomic aid to Western Europe and
leaves 8,900 licensed men.
Greece, plus the regular movement
A rough estimate of the total of of cargo to and from foreign ports.
deck and engine officers now sail All these ships, and the huge
ing US ships would be approxi tanker fleet, were manned by the
mately 25,000. Yet all sources are unions involved. The only delays
agreed that the percentage of the of any consequence resulted from
total representing Kings Point spot shortages of radio operators
graduates comes nowhere near the and engineers. In relation to the
8,900 who are qualified to sail. total number of voyages, these
More likely, it is less than half that delays were very small indped.
total.
Today, with a considerable num.
Here are a few figures obtained ber.of ships laid up, the supply of
licensed men is more than ample
from SIU contracted companies:
The Isthmian Steamship Com to meet the demand. The MM&P
pany has 350 licensed officers in its in New York declares that many
employ in deck and engine depart men with masters' licenses are now
ments. Of its total, only 18 men, shipping as third mates because
(6 engineers and 12 deck officers) there are not enough captain's jobs
to go around. As far as Kings Point
are graduates of Kings Point.
is concerned, the MM&P spokes
The Seas Shipping Company man said, "If they wiped put the
(Robin Line) employs 144 officers. place we would never miss it."
Only 25 of them are Kings Point
The only possibility of merchant
graduates.
ship employment for the large num
Bull Lines estimates that only ber of Kings Point graduates not
Seafarer A. Yarborough tries on a snappy summer casual ^cket in
slightly
over eight percent of its presently employed in the industry
the Sea Chest in the New York headquarters with the help of Sid
deck
officers are Kings Point
men. would be in the event of a third
Seltzer. Seafarer F. Lambert! (left) who came along to kibitz,
No
figures
were
available
for
the worid war. But even in that eventu .
takes a real careful look at the jacket his shipmate is trying on.
engine room.
ality, their reserve status in the
The jacket is just part of the lowpriced new summer stock In
Whether or not these figures are NaVy would mean that they would
the Sea Chest.
truly, representative of the propor be called into service and be un
tion of graduates working, they availabie for merchant ships.
give some idea of the role of Kings
Ships Are The Need
Point in the maritime field.
The Masters, Mates and Pilots In the last analysis, the excite
(Continued from page 5)
the seaman should choose the hospital to screen legal advice Union in New York, where Kings ment about Kings Point is basically •
to visit him is to fill out a request lawyer instead of having the seamen seek. All we are interested Point deck graduates would nor a case of putting the cart before
slip. The slip will be left at the iawyer come in and highpressure in is making certain that the initi mally go if they wanted to ship the horse. Additional trained of
information desk or can be mailed the seaman when he is in pain or ative comes from the patient, so out, estimates that in the past, no ficers, if and when needed, can be
discomfort, and unable to handle that when a lawyer comes here he more than 40 graduates have come licensed out of the ranks of work
to the attorney directly.
has been requested by the sea to the union for jobs each year. ing seamen far faster than new
Dr. Nelson emphasized that these such matters properly.
man."
Last December's graduating class ships can be built. A rated man
regulations in no way interfere A seaman can feel free to recom
consisted
of 134 men, with two with three year's experience can
mend
an
attorney
or
seek
advice
with a seaman's right to consult a
qualify for a license with a certain
classes
graduating
yearly.
lawyer of his choice. On the con from fellow seamen on whether
amount
of preparation. The basic
they know
a good
lawyer, for what
trary they emphasize the fact that
No Hold On Graduates
problem
facing the industry now
ever such advice is worth. How
If
this is
the case,
what
happens
(as
it
has
always been) is one of
ever, such recommendations
to the rest of them who are trained ships rather than men, with plenty
should be followed by a formal re
at the public's expense to 'man our of trained manpower to meet all
quest for that lawyer. For example,
merchant ships? The answer is that needs.
once a lawyer has come to see a
a good many graduates do not The use of Kings Point as an ad
client in the hospital, the seaman
make the merchant marine their junct of Annapolis serves US Navy
he is visiting should never send
career. The fact that Kings Point purposes, but it is difficult to see
him over to see another patient.
offers a free fouryear college how the school justifies its exist
Such action by the seaman violates
course leading to a Bachelor of ence as a Governmentsupported
the law—something which few
Science degree is an inducement maritime academy.
seamen are aware of.
for many young men to attend.
(Continued from page 3)
No Need For Haste
subsidized companies that do not Having completed the course the
(Continued from page 3)
Actually, there is no need for a have operating subsidy contracts. merchant marine no longer has
that they are eligible for benefits seaman
any hold on them. They are on
to be hasty in getting a
Mariners Not Enough
for only 13 wfeeks. Nor were the lawyer. Under the Jones Act, he
own, free to work in mari
The Maritime Administration their
time
or
not as they please.
chronic tubercuiosis patients, long has up to three years in which to head
admitted that the Mariner
fiie claims
against
a
shipping com
time residents of Fort Stanton, in
program was inadequate to fill the This wideopen loophole where
cluded in the NMU plan when it pany. It would be best then for country's needs. He also declared by students at' a Governmentsup
the Seafarer to wait until he is that a serious lag existed in con ported academy are not required
first went into effect.
fully recovered and able to deal
to practice the profession for
Since Fort Stanton is a TB hos with these matters. Then he can struction of ore carriers needed to which they have been trained has
bring iron bauxite and other ores
pital, it means that the NMU mem look around for competent legal to mills now building on the At been recognized to the extent that
(Continued from page 2)
bers there have either exhausted advice and for reasonable terms. lantic and Gulf Coast. Only two a bill is now pending which would
their benefits or never received It has been pointed out that the such carriers are now being built compel all Kings Point graduates as many as 625 cards a minute.
any to begin with. They and the ambulance chaser who solicits cases for American flag companies, with to serve a minimum of two years Eventually, as Seafarers apply for
^ nonunion seamen consequentiy to make a living is not likely to several under construction for for in the industry.
benefits, the information recorded
With all that, some people will on their discharges will be punched
face serious problems in obtaining be a good lawyer. In most in eign flag carriers.
stances, he carries his office in his
argue that even if the Kings Point
a minimum of spending money.
Government Stand Hit
hat.
He
has
neither
the
staff
nor
graduaterare7orw'orking"in marlf*'®^'
As far as the Seafarer is con
In the course of the last day's
cerned, he said, headquarters long the faciiities to build up a good testimony. Representative John J. time now, they provide a reserve of the chance of error to zero.
ago recommended (and the mem case for the Seafarer. And if he is Allen, California Repubiican and trained officers to meet emergency
Expert To Direct
bership agreed) that any donations unscrupulous enough to solicit busi a member of the committee, dis needs.
According to George Singer, an
made should not be for a specific ness, chances are that he wili soak puted the Government's arguments This argument doesn't stack up
the Seafarer
for
ail
he is worth
in
electric
machine accounting expert
too
well
in
the light
of
the experi
hospital, but rather should be con
on tax deferments. He said that
tributed to the Welfare Fund and the way of legal fees and expenses. under the existing bill, tax defer ences of the past year. According brought in by the Union to direct
a Union'receipt issued. . Thus if the Instances have come to the at ment would cost about $120 million to Admiral" E. L. Cochrane, the the operation, one of these gadgets
men on the ships feel like contrib tention of the LOG where am over ten years and at the same Maritime Administrator, 688 Gov can count up the number of days
uting for men in the hospitals, it bulance chasers have gotten men time encourage the private con ernmentowned ships were broken on a Seafarer's discharges for vaca
would be spread around evenly to to sign agreements for fees <Jf 40 struction of a large number of out of the reserve fleet at the peak tion credit and grind out a check
percent or more, far iii excess of ships, at a cost of six cents a year of Government operations since for the amount on the spot.
all patients.
last June. These ships, the Ad Singer, who has had 25 years of
The spokesman agreed that it the normal charge. These men will per taxpayer.
miral
said, constituted the "great experience with the varied com
also tend
to make
the Seafarer
pay
was' extremely unfortunate that
' On the other hand, he pointed
men from other maritime outfits all expenses of the case after the out that Government, construction eist merchant marine of any period puters, sorters and collaters to be
did.not have the same kind of pro lawyer has deducted his share of of Mariner shif)s, admittedly in in history short of actual war . . . used in the headquarters rig, ex
tection. He noted that this was a the award.
adequate to meet needs, will cost In achieving this record we were pects the layout to be of great as
problem which the SIU faced up to Success of the new regulations, the taxpayer ten times as much forced to dig very deeply into the sistance when the SIU issues peri
barrel as far as our maritime re odic reports in the activities of the
w.hen. it began its We;lfare Plan and depends on the seamen themselves over the same period.
understanding that they are de^ vThe California Congressman ar sources are concerned."
has taken care of satisfactorily.
Vacation and Welfare Plans. He
: Unions
also brings to the job knowhow
In the long run, he said, the only signed.to protect the patients aiid gued that the tax deferment system
solution to this problem lies not in have no other purpose in mind. By was the best way to get action These ships, plus the privately gained as a director and past treas
• solicitations by any particular preserving. his freedom ot choice from , private interests on /ship owned fleet, were sufficient to sup urer of the New York chapter^of
• ^rgroup of patients,, but iii other they give him . an opportunity,.tb, %ontruction I wiiereaa under the ply the wari^nt in Kqt^a, the oc the National Machine Accountants,
Mariner 5|>rbgra>n the entire con ciipa^Q forces in Jajian, military an organization of experts in the
; maritime , uniqna ^Ibllowing the. make a .better j^egat deal. . t ,. ,
field;. Two specially trained operor
andnjecbhinniG jaid foTjIndozCh
, pattern of ben^M®;^ first estab*, Sumi^ng it up. Dr. Nels,oft,:cOh, itrugtfpa fru'rden i[alls on the Gov
^
IfiSied by the SIU.
•* ?|yeludefli;*"^^ere js no efhtfi
Lawyer Curbs Aid Sick: Nelson
No Wolves
At Door Of
in SlU Men
House Group
Weighs Fate
Of Ship Bill
IBM Machines
To Speed Up
Vacation Pay
• 'S||
�Friday. May K. 19SS
That the highest and lowest
points in the US are just three
miles apart? California boasts the
nation's highest peak. Mount Whit
ney, as well as Death Vallej^, a
deep, arid basin where less than
an inch and a half of rain falls in
a year's time.
t. t.
ing this effect was adopted a year
after Wyoming was organized as a
territory in 1869. The state also
elected the first woman Governor
in the US.
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That your ship's delegate and
department delegates are on the
jol^ for you every time a beef pops
up on your ship? See them when
ever you have a beef and if it can't
be settled then, make sure you
straighten it out at the payoff.
That when you pass on an anec
dote you're doing just the reverse
of the word's meaning? An anec
dote, a story that everyone hears
about, should really be something
4" 4" 4" "
that doesn't get around. Its origin That the US once had two Presi
lies in two Greek words meaning a dents at one time? In the days
thing not to be published or given when Presidential inaugurations
were held March 4 (now January
out.
20), Rutherford B. Hayes, who suc
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That your SEAFARERS LOG ceeded Grant in 1877, was sworn
can be foimd almost anjrwhere in in privately on March 3, thus cre
the world just for the asking? In ad ating a dual Presidency for one day
dition to the copies airmailed to since Grant technically held the
every ship, the LOG is sent to the office until the following day.
families and friends of Seafarers
4" 4" 4"
throughout the States, and to clubs That something ''brandnew" Is
and places of amusement wherever really too hot to handle? The orig
inal meaning of brand is the Anglo
SIU men congregate.
Saxon word meaning a torch or
t $ J
That the *dogdays, supposed to fire. A "brandnew" item, then,
be the hottest days of the year, get meant something, usually metal,
their name from the dogstar Sir that'Was firenew and had just
ius? The term the Romans gave to come from the smith's fire after it
the six hottest weeks of summer had been forged into shape while
stemmed from the theory that Sir white hot.
ius, rising with the sun, added to
the heat, so that those d>ys bore That the SIU films "This Is The
Kenneth
Jones,
OS,
settles
the combined temperature of the SIU" and "Battle of Wall Street
Bosun Doucett "a good, easy going serang" hit$ the sack for some
on a boom while chipping.
dogstar and the sun. The dogdays are still making the rounds to labor
wellearned rest with a book from the ship's own library.
usually run from early July to mid groups all over the country? If
the members on your ship haven't
August.
•
seen these films, they can be ob.
t 4
That young couples who spooned tained by writing to SIU head
some years back really did just quarters, where a print will be
that? Some 40 or 50 years ago in made available.
ti
i/
Wales, for example, a young man
often made a gift of an elaborately That South Sea Islanders use
I've been waiting for a long time for a chance to write about my unusual experience handcarved wooden spoon to his black and white stripes instead of
the traditional black as mourning
aboard the Seamonitor while in the Port of Pusan, Korea, last fall. If you're looking for a girl as a sign of affection.
ti t> t"
colors?
Syrians and Armen
moral, this story wUl prove that you can get into plenty of trouble even if you are innocent, That Wyoming is called the ians use The
skyblue in the hope that
'
Equality State because it was the the deceased has 'gone to heaven.
One day while in the harbor 4
there, we had been working on the Meanwhile the CID men took a US and take the tests over again first state to give women as well as The Romans used white and Egyp
ship's engines and since we did good look at the engine and found in the presence of a lawyer in men the right to vote? A law hav tians yellow.
not finish the job, we left the cyl eight more bolts which did not order to. have my rights protected.
inder heads open overnight. The belong there. It was obvious that I didn't intend to pay. the penalty
next day, while I was on the 812 the bolts were placed there by per for damages for wWch I wasn't
wa'tch we received orders to shift son or persons unknown to sab responsible.
the ship nearer to the dock, so we otage the ship. However, no lie The CIC men agreed to this. I
had to put the engine in running detector tests were given to the took the test and was cleared, but The crew of the Steel Executive engaged in a bit of mutual
order.
crew.
the 2nd engineer refused to take diplomacy with the American Consular staff in Bombay whea
The third engineer and myself A couple of days later, the ship it. I was the only crewmember the Consulate served as host to the crew at a ball game.
warmed it up, but as soon as the received orders to sail for Sasebo, made to take the test and while Following the game the Con^
^
engine was turning over we heard Japan, for repairs. From there, I was confined to the jail all I was
park they found to, their dismay
sulate
staff
was
treated
to
a
we
were
to
go
back
to
the
US.
a very loud banging noise. We
fed was a couple of sandwiches
a Softball game had been
chicken dinner aboard the that
called the chief and thd 2nd en While we were securing the ship and water.
scheduled instead of the regular
for sea, some CID men came on Finally the CIC decided to send ship.
gineer to see
kind. Being unprepared for this
board and placed the 2nd engineer us to Japan to join our ship. Res
Arrangements for the afternoon kind of competition our team was
what was wrong.
and myself under arrest for sus ervations were made for us on the were made when the crew wrote badly beaten.
Finally we had
pected sabotage. When I asked Japanese ship Kohan Maru but the Consulate challenging some
to open up the
We preserved our diplomatic at
what the reason was for the arrest there were no preparations made body to a baseball game with our titude, nonetheless, and invited the
engine head to
I was told that we were suspected for food or a place to sleep. When top notch nine. When we .arrived opposition aboard for dinner. After
find the trouble.
because we had been working on the MPs escorted us down to the in port on Easter Sunday, the'Con that, all hands went to swim at
When we did
the engine.
this we noticed a
Kohan Maru, I noticed the SIU sulate sent several cars down to Beach Candy where they drowned
Jailed In Pusan
bolt on top of the
Seacoral nearby. I had some the docks to pick up our team.
their sorrows in the pool.
We were taken off the ship and friends aboard her, so I asked the When our strongarmed, fleet
piston.
Vincent M. Mackells
placed in the Pusan jail. After MP's permission to go aboard in footed nine arrived at the ball
The chief en
Ship's delegate
Singh
two days in the filthy jail, we were order to get something to eat and
• g ineer immedi
ately sent for the Criminal Inves questioned by Counterintelligence some cigarettes. The crew really
tigation Division of the Army as Xorps men as to whether or not treated me fine and I want to
LOGARHYTHM:
sabotage was suspected. Every we were Communists. I agreed to thank them for their hospitality
body on the ship was asked to take take the lie detector test but if towards me.
a lie detector test, to which all the test showed something wrong,
Typhoon Blows Up,
then I wanted to be fiown to the
the crewmembers agreed.
When we got to Japan I went
By Charles Cpthran
aboard the Seamoniter and the
ship got 'ready to sail. But my
troubles weren't over yet. Shortly In fourteen hundred and ninety He was no doubt a clever man.
Who bowed and fussed o'er royal
after I got aboard her, a typhoon two
hand.
Columbus
sailed
the
ocean
blue,
blew
up.
Since
the
ship
had
no
The news in the LOG of the pass some of which became principles
ing away of Brother Maxime Vcjo to me and helped me through the catgo and was light, we were blown 'Twas quite a feat, this much we The Queen of Spain, impressed no
end
was very saddening and I couldn't years which followed. I had hoped all over the harbor of Sasebo. We note
keep my eyes from getting wet. to run into him but somehow he had, to drop both our anchors since Besides, 'tis said the man was Her jewels rare to him did lend.
As I knew Maxie, he was a kind was one of my former good ship something went afoul with the broke.
And so it was upoy, the sea
fellow whose sense of humor was mates whom I haven't seen since anchor winch. In the course of
He set a course for you and me.
the
storm
we ran into
an
LST and
great. His company was most the good old cruise ship. He stuck
Although such may have been the With modern 'queens' in every
sought after and his love for the close to shore like on the Sea damaged it badly and a little later case
land
trains, and I was half way around we ran into a Japanese ship.
SIU was considerable.
He did it tinih the^ best of grace. Just waiting for their sailor man.
It was on the old Evangeline in the globe a great part of the time. After considerable excitement Especially when you understand
1947 that we were shipmates oh Maxie died smoothly, the way he and danger, the typhoon calmed Columbus .was a sailor man..
Hats off to the royal Queen of
the 812 watch. He was then a lived, although not while amongst down and we relaxed, being happy
Spain
watertender and I was a fireman. his loved ones. Death came to him, that our lives had been spared.
Whose
faith in Columbus was our
Like
all
good
seanien
who
came
almost
as a
reward because he
was
The
captain
ordered
a
crane
from
As well as I can remember, the
jpain.
watches I stood with him were the resting in bed and his agony was shore to pick up our anchor chain and go'
Let's bow our heads in lave and
shortest ones ever. Time seer^ed most likely of short duration. May and the ship went back to its more Columbus was a Romeo,
devotio7i
Besides the trip., he won renown
he rest in peace.
or less normal routine.
to My by.
T •
' Jkabellfi, "Queen of the OcennA
Fdy
fdv6rS''f!f'om^he ¥otal
crown.
John Chaker
He gave me miicb g&nlMidrijiitf.
Seafarer Finds Ship Sabotage;
Gets Tangled In Army Inqniry
Diplomats Wallop Crewmen
In Bombay Sotlhall Content
A Seaman's Queen
Requiem For A Shipmate
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Frldiiy, Mar 16.19St
SEAFARERS LOG
I
Pafc NIneteca
USS Warns Oi
Fake Centers
The United Seamen's Serv
ice has informed the LOG that
Individuals owning bars, and
hotels in various ports around
the world have used the words
"seamen's service" or similar
phrases to imply that they are
connected with USS. Included
^mong these was a place that
was open in PUsan, Korea, un
til recently.
Actual USS centers in the
Pacific area are at Apra Har
bor, Guam; Naha, Okinawa;
Moji, Kobe and Yokohama, Ja
pan. All other establishments
no matter what their names,
have no connection with USS.
By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
The first hundred years in the field of photography seem to pale when
we examine the rapid and important strides made during the past 15
or 20 years. The big thing was color photography which has advanced
at a rapid pace and is still progressing rapidly.
It all started with the introduction of Kodachrome for amateur movies
and was followed shortly by the 35mm size and cut film for the pro
fessional. Though marketed by Eastman Kodak, it was developed by
two amateur photographers who were musicians. In 1936 Agfa in Ger •
many brought out a different type of color known as Agfacolor. Ansco,
which at that time was the Agfa subsidiary in America, later improved
the process and is known here as Ansco color.
Its advantage over Kodachrome was that it could be processed by
the user, whereas Kodachrome had to be sent to Kodak's laboratories
which they established all over the world. Eastman Kodak also han
dled the making of Kodachrome prints. Ansco, not to be outdone, pro
.duced a print material for consumer processing known as Printon and
Last rites are conducted over the flardraped body of Seafarer
soon there arose commercial color finishing labs to make color prints
by this new process for those who had no darkrooms or did not want
Alexander Strachan aboard the Bessemer Victdry before burial
to bother with a nine step process.
at sea foliowinr bis death from internal hemorrhages.
War Speeded Color
When the European war broke out photography performed essential
military purposes. The war hastened the debut of Ansco color film
which the armed forces was using by 1942. Twb years later it was
A desperate struggle by the captain and crew of the Bessemer Victory was unsuccessful released for civilian use. Its military advantage lay in the fact that
in preserving the life of Seafarer Alexander Strachan. As a result, the 53 yearold seaman it could be processed in field labs immediately after exposure.
was buried on the high seas while the ship was enroute to Korea.
Another big step was the creation of Kodacolor Aero Reversal film,
a relatively fast high contrast color transparency material for aerial
The events that preceded 4
work. This also could be field processed and with this film as a start
this unhappy affair took place their attempt to save Strachan ment without losing control.
Eastman Kodak soon introduced Ektachrome, a film similar to Ansco
As for our late depatled
brother,
have
the
consolation
of
knowing
the night of March 19, and in
which could be processed by the amateur user. In fact, in the
a manner as . to come as a shock that there are still men who under good luck Scotty—and smooth sail color
professional sizes it has replaced Kodachrome which is being produced
ing
wherever
you
may
be.
emergencies
like
this
can
provide
to all aboard. At about 8 PM
Mlscha Kanaef only in the 35mm size.
Brother Alexander was seized by all possible aid at the right mo
The military today are using a film known as Kodak Ektachrome Aero
severe internal hemorrhaging.
film.
It is different from ordinary Ektachrome in that it is sensitive
Quick work on the part of his
into the infrared region and is practically foolproof for camoufiage de
watch partner. Oiler John Gellatly,
tection purposes. ^
had Captain R. L. West and T. R.
Advances in cameras have kept pace with the forward strides of jfilms.
Matzek, his "chief officer, along
Shortly before the war the socalled twin lens refiex won the favor of
with M. W. Loyed, the chief engi
many photographers. More recently there has been considerable in
neer, down to the stricken man's
aid in a matter of moments. These Not many Seafarers in the A&G district get a chance to visit terest in the small single lens refiex which permits the user to view the
men, working quietly and efficient the port of Montreal. But a trip to Canada's largest city is subject on a ground glass screen in full size right up to the instant of
ly, applied all the aid that could well W9rth the experience for those with an eye toward sight exposure. Some cameras are equipped with prism systems to allow
eye level viewing, while others are used at waist level.
4
seeing.
'
possibly be given.
The post war fiurry in subminiatures taking 16mm films and smaller
By
and
large
the
downtown
sec
The churcn
was completed in the
But it was all to no avail. Brother
has subsided and left only the Minox. During the war it was extensively
tion
of
the
city,
particularly
the
year
1657
which
makes
it
almost
Strachan died quietly a few min
used for intelligence work.
older part by the river, looks very 300 years old.
utes later.
much like any large American city. The statue was originally brought The builtin coupled rangefinder, originally to be found only on minia
All Night Vigil
However, a gander at the street over from France and was dedi tures, is now standard equipment on cameras up to the 5x7 size. Prac
The captain, following the long signs and eavesdropping on the cated to the protection of the lives tically all cameras today have some sort of internal flash contact mech
tradition gt mariners before him, conversation sets you straight. Ali of sailing men who go to sea from anism to fire both regular flash lamps and electronic flash tubes. Before
placed an all night vigil over our signs are printed in both English the Port of Montreal. The statue 1943 when Ilex introduced an internally synchronized shutter, either
deceased brother. For this geisture and French and the waitresses in and church stand in full sight of mechanical sychronizers or magnetic shutter tripping devices were used
of respect the crew would like to restaurants have a iittle troubie the river and is one of the land for flash work.
The most significant development in between the lens shutter design
offer their humble thanks.
understanding you when you speak marks of ships coming into Mont
has
been the Kodak "800" synchro shutter. Previously the top speed
English
to them.
At 10:30 AM the next morning,
real.
was 1/500
this only on small shutters. The "800" can be found on
the sun shone bright and warm
For a really good view of the the Tourist and
French and English
camera
using 120 film. Most lenses are now coated. This
for the service conducted by the For seamen, one of the most in Montreal waterfront, it's necessary antireflection coating
minimizes internal reflections, ghost images and
captain. All members of the crew teresting features of the town is to take a hike up the stairs on generally improves shadow
detail. Another big step in lens design is
and the officers attended in proper the church of Notre Dame de Bon Mount Royal, the wooded hill that the Zoom lens which is used
extensively in motion picture and televi
dress to pay last respects to Broth Secours (Our Lady of Good dominates the city. When you get sion work. So far there is none for still
cameras but this can't be too
er Strachan on his final home Health). This is a very old wooden to the top the eiitire riverfront sec far away. The Zoom lens performs the function
of a number of lenses
coming.
church hard by the St. Lawrence tion of the city lies at your feet. in one. This lens is so constructed that effects from wide angle to
Joseph B. Tower telephoto can be achieved. This is done by having moveable elements
Crewmembers who observed River that is dedicated to seamen.
Captain West apd his officers in
right inside the lens. In future columns we'll take up advances in light
ing equipment,
enlargers and printers and some new printing papers.
Sidewalk Superintendent
Fight To
• A
A Lite Fails
Montreal Sailors Chapel
Nearing Its 300th Year
TV Mast Tops
l^ngar Loaf Mt.
Some 01^ the boys who haven't
been on the South American run
recently, like myself, have a little
surprise coming when they get
down to Rio. It seems that since
the last time I was down there, the
Brazilians built a television trans
mitter mast on lop of Sugar Loaif
Mountain.
The Brazilians have gotten pretty
excited about television, and sets
are celling like hotcakes, not only
in Rio, but in Sao Paulo as well
where they also have a television
station.
Although some may feel that the
big metal toothpick spoils the nat
ural beauty of one of the most
breathtaking views anywhere,
Sugar Loaf is just about the ideal
Spot to p'ut up a transmitter. It is
1,230 feet high, or 20 feet less than
the Empire State building in New
York which Is used for sending out
broadcasts here. Besides, there's
no. other skyscraper around to in
terfere, so that the citizens of Rio
probably get better reception than
New Yorkers do.
'
. i •
<r'iLou:HoweU >1
Qitiz Cortiir
Seafarer Evaristo Rosa, oiler, rests in front of some hardworking
statuary whiie doing a bit of sightseeing in and «round .the Ant
(1) Of the following, the place having the greatest extremes of temper
ature is (Honolulu), (Kansas City), (Miami), (San Francisco)?
(2) When two cyclists, riding toward each~6ther at the rate of 10 MPH,
were one mile apart, a fly left the front wheel of one bicycle and fiew
toward the other at 30 MPH. When it reached the front of the second
bicyclq, it turned and fiew back toward the first. The fly continued
this until eventually the two cyclists collided, crushing the fly between
them. The question is, how far did the fly travel altogether?
(3) The Scotchborn American naval hero who became a Russian rear
admiral was (Perry), (Farragut), (Jones), (Dewey)?
(4) The product of the first two of three numbers in the ratio of
3:4:5 is 22 less than seven times the third. What are the numbers?
(5) The agent of erosion that causes the greatest changes in the
earth's surface is (moving ice), (waves and shore currents), (winds),
(running water)?
(6) Several baseball personalities, past and present, have nicknames
associated with common foods, like umpire "Beans" Reardon. Identify
"Pie," "Cookie" and Spud."
(7) What US Presidential candidate received almost a million votes
while he was in prison? (It was the same year Franklin D. Roosevelt
ran for VicePresident on another ticket.)
(8) Jack tells Tom that he (Jack) can put something in his right hand
which Tom can't put in his left. What was it?
(9) When it is 'Tuesday on the east side of Bering Strait, what day is
it on the west side? Is it (Monday), (Tuesday), (Wednesday), or (Thurs
day)?
. ,
(10) A man sold a machine for $35 plus half the amount he paid for
it. If he gained $10 by the two transactions, what did he pay for it
originally?
.
Quiz Answers, on. F.^e .27, '
M
>''1
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Friday. May K, IMf
SEAFARERS LOG
Pare Twenty
Vompeii^2^000Year"Old Port
Anv Seafarer wha touches the port of Naples and has some shore leave should make it
By Spike Marlin
* point to take a trip to Pompeii: When I was there on the Michael I visited the ruins
Nobody
in
.his
right
mind
ex nothing of opening an inning by
and found them more interesting than I had hoped for. In the first place, that ancient
pects the St. Louis Browns to win walking three men in a row, and
city was much larger than I"^
mysteriously gaining control
any pennants, but there is a cer then
thought and preserved to a re
just as suddenly as he had lost it.
tain stirring of interest in the per
markable degree. The street
Part of the s e c r e t of Byrne's
plan is intact, and the different
social and business sections are
easily described.
There is an abundance of recog
nizable objects of art and utility.
Some paintings are intact, or have
been completely restored by re
placing the fallen wall sections arid
there are numerous statues that
have withstood 2,000 years of exr
istence.
Up on Gadgets
Gathered in a small museum are
thousands of pieces of equipage
and use that closely resemble their
present day counterparts. Among
^^^• v them are dental tools, fish hooks,
'
coil springs, balance scales, dishes
of crockery and glass, locks and
keys, anchors, laidup rope and
countless other thipgs to amaze The "Street of Abundance," one of the many streets unearthed
and confound one if he stops to re
alize that the city was destroyed during the excavation of the 2,000yearold ruins of Pompeii.
in the year 79 by an eruption of ported that "oldest profession of as the "guiding signs were carved
nearby Vesuvius.
, all" which thrived there many in the street and sidewalk stones
• ?• • '
Pompeii was a bu|y seaport and years before Christ. The houses and over the doors of the many es
there is much evidence remaining of entertainment were easy for tablishments.
to prove that seaports and seamen even those unable to read to find.
Walter H. Sibley
have things in common through
U
the ages. There are many wine
shops there that, from carved signs,
catered especially to the sailors'
trade.
The people of Pompeii also sup
m:
Mitchell's No Hitter Wins
Prize For Del Snd Rebels
Be Sure to Get
Dues Receipts
Headquarters again wishes
to remind all Seafarers that
payments of fimds, for what
ever union purpose, be made
only to authorized A&G repre
sentatives and that an official
Union receipt be gotten at that
time. If no' receipt is offered,
be sure to protect yourself by
immediately bringing the mat
ter to the attention of the Sec
retaryTreasurer's office.
The Union's word of advice
is to insure that all monies
paid are credited to your SIU
record. Insistence on an offi
cial receipt will prevent "can
shakers" from soliciting funds
for unauthorized purposes, and
will bar any foulups later on.
By defeating the champions of Argentina the Gimnasio y
Esgrima in a baseball game by a score of 2 to 1 the Del Sud
Rebels have added the large and beautiful spring cup to their
collection. To 'top it off, the*
Rebels' ace pitcher, John the catcher who played a whale of
game both behind the dish and
(Speedball) Mitchell threw a a
up
at it. When Mitchell started to
no hitter, with the one run be falter
Blackie cooled him down at
ing unearned.
crucial moments.
All observers agreed that the
A HeartBreaker
Rebels played
their best game The game was a heartbreaker
since being or for the losing pitcher who gave up
ganized :a few only two bits , and struck out nine
years back. Even men, but headsup base running by
the hardbitten Frenchy Blanchard and A c a I e y
experts in Ar contributed to his downfall.
gentine sport cir
In pitching his great game, Mit
cles admitted chell did not allow any balls out of
that this Del Sud the infield. He struck out 12 men
team
is the best and walked only 1, who was im
Blanchard
they have seen mediately picked off first by Aca
off any ship or company.
ley.
Much credit for Mitchell's no
The Rebels' lineup consisted of
hitter should go to Blackie^Acaley, Mitchell,
pitcher; Acaley, catcher;
Chick Thompson, first base, mak
ing his debut in that position; Jim
Noon, who was a standout at 2nd;
Buzzy de Dominicus, who played
a snappy game at short; Manager
Harry Hastings, our longball hit
ter at 3rd; Raymond Jones in left;
Blanchard in center and yours
truly in right.
Otto McLean
formance of Tommy Byrne to date. curve is a peculiar throwing mo
Byrne is a willowyarmed left tion—twothirds o v e ra n d and
hander whose chief claim to fame onethird sidearm. His curve comes
up well outside to righthanded hit
is that he has led the league with ters and then breaks on the insida
remarkable consistency in wild comer under the wrists.
pitches, hit batsmen and bases on For some unexplainable reason,
balls. Normally Byrne would" have Byrne was always most effective
Tigers. One day he had
gotten a oneway ticket to^the against the
the curve breaking so well that the
bushes years ago but for the fact Tigers' righthanded hitters were
that he is the possessor of the best falling away from the plate in .an
curve ball in baseball. They can attempt to cut at pitches that were
talk all they want about Sal Mag legitimate strikes. .
lie, but Byrne's big jughandle Despite his recordbreaxing wild
ness, Tommy has beqn effective at
makes Maglie's best hook look like times. Two ye^rs ago he actually
the merest wrinkle. He owns a managed to win 15 ball games—
better than average fast ball to quite a remarkable feat consider
ing he issued anywhere from si^ to
the bargain.,
dozen free tickets in each game.
Thus far this year, Byrne has dis a Baseball
history is strewn with
played unusual restraint, walking the remains of pitchers like Roy
only five men in his first three Parmalee and Rex Bamey who had
starts. This comer remains some all the ability but couldn't make
what skeptical in view of Tommy's the grade because they couldn't
wellseasoned ability to miss the find the plate. On the other side
platter.
there are pitchers like Red Ruffing
There have been occasions in the who didn't discover the secret of
past when Tommy had a spell of control until long after he had lost
control for a few ball games, only his fast ball.
to revert to his usual wildness the Every once in a while though,
you get a Lefty Grove er Bob Fel
next time out.
ler who overcomes his wildness
Peculiar Motion
while still possessed of his original
There's no doubt in our mind talent. When that happens the hit
that Byrne could be the best pitch ters lie down and cry uncle. Byrne
er in baseball, when and if he has retained most of his speed and
gains control. In his years with the all his stuff. He could easily be
Yankees though. Tommy only suc come a consistent 20game winner
ceeded in graying Stengel's re with just a little more success in
maining hairs. He would think mastering the strike zone.
0
Heart Attack Fells Ma.vimo
The crew of the Waterman ship
La Salle has informed the LOG of
the death of its bosUn, the veteran
Seafarer Joaquimo Maximo. Max
imo died suddenly of a heart at
tack on April 25, 1952, while the La
Salle was at sea.
As far as can be determined,
Maximo is survived by a sister in
Portugal. ,,
Seafarer Harold Hoffman died
at the Veterans Administration
Hospital at Perry Point,. Maryland,
on April 18, 1952. Deafh came as
the result of a malignant tumor in
the intestine. Hoffman had been
sailing with the SIU since May
1951 out of tKe port of Philadel
phia as a wiper in the engine roonu
The 43yearold Seafarer is sur
vived by two brothers and two sis
ters. They are: John Lee Hoffman
and Percy Taylor Hoffman, Esther
M. Gentry and Ruth Childs, all re
siding in Washington, DC.
Seafarer Sam Says
CO"
Sill Younguns
Richard, 6, and Gloria, 5.
children of Seafarer Van Whit
ney, get in sun^ine o'utside of
family home.
The LOG opens this column as Yankee clipper ships,, more so be
an exchange for stewards, cooks, cause the vegetables used are win
vegetables native,to New Eng
bakars and others who'd like to ter
land with which a ship could be
share favored foodi recipes, little provisioned at any time.
known cooking and baking hints, A wellreceived recipe for this
dishes with a national flavor and dish is offered by brother Walter
the like, suitable for shipboard J. Reidy, steward, who has been
cooking for SIU jnen since the
use. Mail in your suggestions.
Union formed in 1938. He, inci
dentally, offers this hint to the '
novice regarding a method of
When compiling menus, espe tenderizing meat. Many may find
cially for a long trip, you can't a bottled brand of tenderizer, with
always have turkey, steak or chops papaya juice as its major ingredi
ent, a bit too steep in, price.
as a . first dish because you'd ex Equally fine results can be ob
haust your first cuts after a week tained by rubbing in any citrus
out. This was a problem that juice or vinegar with a cloth, he
cropped up particularly in" the notes.
For preparing the "Yankee Pot
days of the clip,
Roast" you need an 810 pound cut
per ships, when
of chuck beef, which should be
voyages s o m e
braised with a few carrots, onions
times lasted two
and 3 cloves of garlic, yhen this
or three years.
is wellbrowned, add about 3 quarts
To fill the
of stock and simmer until well
gap, c 0 0 ICS in
done. Thicken gravy to taste and
those days pre
add carrots and peas.
pared a . well
If you'd like potato pancakes on
liked dish that
the side, grind raw potatoes and
has come down
Beidy
onions, add a few eggs, flour, pars
to the present
time with the same name. The ley, a small amotmt of baking pow
"Yankee Pot Roast," then, prob der, and fry in pan with a small
ably stemmed froi)^ the days of the amount of fat. (Feeds 48.)
�SBArARERS LOG
Friday. May IC. 195»
'Building Fundus
'A ^Grent Idea^
Page Tnrentyon*
L E T T E R S '
Seafarer Retires^
Runs Restaurant
To the Editor:
jobs that the steward's department
Fitzmorris and Dr. Ingle have been To the Editors:
Having recently retired my book
I just flnished reading the'last previously did. Members of the
treating me and also Dr. E. Skin
Issue of the • LOG, and read about steward's department should also be
ner, one of the leading chest spe in the SIU I have now gone into
the new Building Fund. I think it's classified as day workers. They
cialists of the South. I sure get the restaurant business. I am man
aging a restaurant and bar called
a great idea, and I'd like to see a have a longer and harder working
The following are current good treatment here. The nurses the Pacific Restaurant, located at
new building in every port one of day than members of other depart
are
511
wonderful.
official exchange rates as of
these days.
ments.
I have put on eight pounds since 3923 South Capi
May. 12, 1952. They are sub
I
have
been taking the new drug tol Street, Wash
The granting of overtime to ject to change without notice.
Before I left
and
I
don't
think it will be too ington, DC.
members of the steward's depart
New York, I had
England, South Africa, New Zea
long
now
until
I will be able to go We're featur
land—$2.80 per pound.
ment in the vessel's home port is
ipme friends
Australia—$2.24 per pound.
back to work. Of course, it will ing all kinds of
a step toward shortening the work
over to our new
France—350 francs to the dollar.
be with the good old SIU for me sea food Special
ing day of the steward's depart
Belgium—50 francs to the doUar.
hall there, and it
Denmark—14V4 cents per krone.
ties, and we have
and nothing else.
ment but did not go far enough.
sure makes a guy
Holland—3.80 guUders to the dol
Virgil E. Wllmoth a pretty nice bar.
lar.
proud to belong
It is the concensus of opinion
Itaiy^25 lire to the dollar.
Any of my old
to the SIU when
XXX
abotfd the Seatrain Savannah that
Norway—14 cents per krone.
'
shipmates who
we have a hall
Portugal—28.75 escudos to the
the present wage structure is in
doUar.
happen to be in Triantafillos
Uke that. They
equitable towards the steward's de
Sweden—19.33 cents per krone.
Washington
were amazed at
Hongkong—17.5 cents per Hong
partment.
Eriksen
at
one time or another would cer
kong
dollar.
the building. We
T. B. Lawson
To the Editor:
India—^21 cents per rupee.
tainly be welcome there.
also visited the Port O'Call Bar in
Pakistan—30% cents per rupee.
I want to give many thanks to My last trip was made on the
XXX
Argentina—14.20 pesos to the dol
the building, and they never got
the crew aboard the Hurricane for Maiden Victory where I worked as
lar.
over the fact that a union could do
Brazil—5.4 cents per cruzeiro.
the donation which they made up night cook and baker.
Columbia—40 cents per peso.
so well and provide so many things
and gave me while I was a pas
Uruguay—52.63 cents per peso.
Peter Triantafillos
for its members.
Venezuela—29.85 cents per boli
senger aboard there from April 8
var.
But we in the SIU have always To the Editor:
XXX
to April 23. I was coming from
led in everything, the best working I have just recently gone back
Hamburg, Germany, after getting
conditions, the highest, salaries, into the Army and would like to
discharged from the hospital there.
• and so I hbpe that every port will have the LOG sent to me at camp
I was never much at writing let
get a new building and that every if possible.
ters or making speeches but I hope
member "will vote yes for this I haven't yet retired my Union
that they understand how I feel To the Editor:
Building Fund so our brothers in book which is currently paid up To the Editor:
The other day while I was at the
about what they did for me. I
the other ports can be just as to date. In the next few weeks We had a very good trip on the think ^11 of the crew would be LSO club here on Okinawa and
proud of their/Union hall as we are I'm going to be able to get a pass Del Sud last voyage. Most of the good shipmates on any ship that happened to spot the SEAFARERS
In New York.
to Norfolk and take care of it and crew on her were oldtimers. As they sailed on because on the Hur LOG on the table I almost broke
other business there.
a matter of fact, the deck depart ricane everyone seemed to get my leg getting it. I haven't seen a
Let's keep up the good work.
LOG since I was drafted in 1951.
As I was being processed at Fort ment had about all the bosuns on along just fine.
Edmund R. W. Eriksen
It suijp was g<jod to read about all
Sam Houston, I met several other her that sail out of New Orleans.
I
want
to
mention
particularly
^
X,
seamen there including one Sea
Upon arrival a picnic and ball Jimmie Golder, ship's delegate; H. the goings on' around the ports.
The issue I had was March 7,
farer awaiting his discharge from game was promoted for the crew E. Webber, deck delegate; Frank
the Army. I myself, being in the against the team of men on the Fava, engine delegate; and Juan 1952. It was the first I knew of the
Regular Army am not eligible for beach. A good time was had by Colon, steward's delegate, in addi Vacation Plan and I think it is
To the Editor:
discharge, as I reenlisted. However
great. Also I like the new size of
Would you please print the fol I was wondering if it would be at ^Of course, we beat the beach tion to all the crewmembers.
the LOG now, and it covers every .
Paul F. Holmes
lowing letter in the LOG for the all possible to have you send me a combers, even if they did throw
thing.
• XXX
benefit of the crewmembers who letter of recommendation.
Shipping must really be great
in a few ringers. The boys here
donated but have left the ship? It I've been with the SIU since had such a good time that it looks
and I wish I could be there to catch
•w
as sent to us by Mrs. Mary Doher 1946 and was active in organizing like another picnic after this trip
a few myself. I noticed that there
ty, mother of James Doherty, ^ho Isthmian and the strike at that with a lot of Dixie on draft; also
is a school for the deck department
died aboard the ship of food poi company, the 1946 General Strike lots of that good southern fried To the Editor:
now. What kind of ticket do the
soning.
I would just like to let the guys boys get, green or blue? I was
and Wall Street strike. In the last chicken.
two years I've been to Korea three
"Gentlemen:
Baldy Bollinger in the SIU know that at present I wondering, as I still have a blue
am working on a novel and that one with two more months to go
"I write to acknowledge receipt times. First was to Pusan on the
Ship's delegate
of your very generous check, your Eugenie, to the invasion at Inchon
(Ed. note: Story of the gala pic several publishers are interested. before I would be able to get the
beatiful floral piece and your many on the Lynn Victory and on the nic was in the May 2 LOG.)
It would be interesting to see green AB ticket Are these tickets
expressions of sympathy on the Coe Victory for the Wonsan
how many of my Union brothers still good after the emergency is
3) 4" 4
loss of my dear son, James evacuation.
would buy a copy when it is pub over?
Can't Wait
. I'd appreciate your/including the
Doherty.
lished. So if anyone who will take
"Your many kindnesses have above in the letter as I'm trying
I've never been in the new hall
the three,buck gamble on a book
helped to alleviate the sorrow his to be sent to an amphibious unit
will write to the LOG, I'll appre in New York and can't wait until
as soon as I can.
loss has brought to us.
I get back to see it, which will be
ciate it.
To the Eidtor:
|tobert C. Meloy
"Kindly accept the heartfelt
in another eight months I hope.
William Owens
While the Stony Creek was in
appreciation of myself and my
h was wondering if I could get
(Ed. note: The LOGs and the Colombo, Ceylon, Robert Hill, OS,
X X X
family for your thoughtfulness.
the LOG sent to me over here as
letter have been taken care of.)
was coming back to the ship in a
"May the Almighty God bless
I have a lot of reading to catch up
rickshaw late one night. He felt
XXX
on with Union affairs. I filled out
and guide each and every one of
sorry for the little rickshaw man,
the application that was in the LOG
you."
so when they eame to a hill, he got To the Editor:
and will enclose it in this letter.
Incidentally, congratulations on
out and put the boy in and pro
We had just come back after a This Army is for the birds. It
the new LOG.
ceeded to pull him up the hill.
nice trip on the Omega, lasting
To the Editors:
Crewmembers
When the local police noticed 43 days, when we ran aground in seems like the draft boards de
Longview Victory
Just a word of advice to the boys the new rickshaw boy, they came Nety York Harbor. Captain Kjol clared war on merchant seamen as
on the South American run. Stay to investigate. They weren't satis sen, a real good skipper, wanted every other guy is a seaman who
X. X X
away from the New Orleans Bar in fied with the explanation and gave to send ashore for beer for us un was drafted.
I'd better sign off now. Keep up
Montevideo, Uruguay.
the rickshaw back to its owner. til the tug pulled us off and got us the good work.
The bird that runs this place has Hill gota free ride back to the afloat again.
a habit of doubling the prices when ship—from the police.
To the Editor:
That shows what kind of master Pfc WUUam Stansky 51020203
Co I, 3rd En, 29th Inf Reg't
the music begins. Beer is 80 cents
Henry Walier he was. It was a good run all the
In relation to the recent wage a bottle (their money) when the
APO 331
Ship's
^
delegate
way
to
Bombay
with
a
load
of
Increases granted to daymen of evening begins,_but when the mu
wheat after which we picked up a c/o PM. San Francisco
both deck and engine departments sic strikes up it is automatically
XXX
cargo
of ore which we took back
(Ed. note: You'll get the LOG
I wish to make the following com twice as much.
to Baltimore.
from now on. Your blue ticket is
ments.
He also likes to stick bottles un
A1 Yarbocough still fifood but you'll need new
Upon studying the new wage der your nose that you didn't even
Ship's delegate validated papers.)
structure, I find the wages of the order and charge you for the suds.
To the Editor:
deck engineer and bosun consider
XXX
You also have to be careful with ^ This is my first letter to the LOG
ably more than that of the steward. these fellows that do laundry and
Previously the steward had always drycleaning in Buenos Aires. They which I think is the best union
enjoyed the highest wage rate, promise to give the laundry back paper printed. I wouldn't miss an
with the exception of the electri the same day, but you never know issue for anything.
To the Editor:
I riso think the SIU is the best
cian. Everybody knows that thp when you are going to get it. We
I want to bring to your attention
steward is the only unlicensed man were there nine days our last time Union in the world. Just show me
the wonderful job that the Catholic
aboard ship that is the head of a out and some of the fellows still another that has the working con
ditions and the sick benefits that
seamen's clubs are doing for the
'department. Accordingly he has didn't get their gear back.
the SIU has.
fellows
that hit West Coast ports.
the responsibilities and headaches
Philip (Alfred) Wolf
I have been in the USPHS hos
Several of the gang from the Bien
that go with the job.
XXX
pital in Memphis for 11 months
ville recently attended the Easter
Many Obligations
and I have been receiving the sick
party at the Seattle club and ' it
Not only must the steward sat
benefits ever since. I want to
was truly a wonderful experience.
isfy the stomachs of the crew but
thank the good Union and the
Miss Jean Feeney and her staff
her also has to put up with the
good
officials
that make
it
possible
extended
u^ eveiy courtesy and I
To
the
E^tor:
,
ship's officers, the master, com
hope that "the fellows on cither
This is to inform you that the for me to keep on receiving them.
pany port officials, Public Health
ships will be able to take advantage
Getting Better
Service doctors, customs officials, radio/donated by the crew of the
of the entertainment and services
etc. Accordingly and justifiably the Ponce de Leon arrived in good I read anarticle in the LOG
offered by this organization.
about the TB miracle drug. I have
steward shobld be high man of the shape.
Other clubs, especially in the
Thp boys here at the Fort Stan "TB and have been getting the won
unlicensed personnel.
Relaxing alongside Bombay's maritime field, could profit from
In addition, the legitimate over ton Hospital are very grateful for der drug 20 days now under ex
time of the steward's department this gift and wist to express their perimental tests, thanks to the up famed Beach Candy pool are, observing the operations. of Miss
Feeney's unit.
and comingyoung USPHS doctors. (LR) A1 Yarborough, B. Kre
has been decreased by eliminating sincere thanks.
BiU McCarthy
lahand
G.
A.
Davles.
They
are right
on
the
ball.
Dr.
.
.
Donald
McDonald
certain painting and soogeeing
most
vine. «•
:
[jxo'/l! Jii: . vu'n«»i • • )£!> jp
Money Exchange
Rates Listed
Hurricane Crew
Thanked For Aid
'
<S J
Seafarer Joins
Regular Army
LOG Has Good
Tidings For GM
Del SMid Crew
Full Of Bosuns
Mother Thankk
EiOngview Crew
He Has A Book
In The Works
Has ShortLived
Riekshdw Career
Omega Captain
Praised By Men
Steer Clear Of
Montevideo Bar
Sags Stewards
Rate Higher Pag
TB Drugs Prove ,
Worth To Him
Hails Catholic
Seamen^s Club
Hospitalized Men
Hdppg With Gift
^
1
�rtiAky, Mrit, f9ik iif
Pill• Vwentirtw®"^'
L E X T E R S
He Hus Protects
in Mind For SiiJ
Btnestar Trip
Smooth Sotting
To the Editor:
in the SIU. A person can live the to the Editor:
wildeyed birds make it tough for
My compliments to the alertness you
rest of his life here without leaving Our voyage on the Bluestar has
and I ashore, but when the
of your staff! Recently (the April skipper gets into hot water because
been exceptionally harfnonious for
the building.
18 issue) I saw an old photo of a member of the crew has been
thei>ast 18 days. Each and every»
The
new books
are beautiful
too
me, along with my letter of sug acting up then he gets sore Md
one of us has tried to help each
and it makes
a
Seafarer feel
proud
With the LOG now contain
gestions on "flash news." I won starts clamping down on the draws.
to show his book. The photo is other. You may be assured that it
ing 28 pages, the biggest ever,
dered where you got it from.
The first thing you know the next
stamped
in your book with the is not often that there is a crew
there is more room now than
I found out via the bound vol port you toucfi he won't hand out
official
seal
of the best Union in as this to he found where there
ever before for stories, photos
ume of LOGS it was in the Octo any dough for shbre leave.
is no friction of any nature. Not
the
world,
the
SIU.
and letters sent in by the Sea
ber, 1948, issue, taken while I was It's all well and good to stick up
only
the Ctew but also the officers
James R. Porter
farers. Several p^ges of each
on the Petrolite. Amazing what a for a shipmate through thick and
as well.
issue are devoted to the ex
3< 3)
filing system you must have! As thin. None of us are saints when
We give a vote
periences of Seafarers and the
there is a certain amount of vanity you get down to it. But there's a
of thanks to Gap
ships they sail as they describe
in most of us, I limit to everything and it's about
tain Berger, Chief
it themselves.
beamed with time some of these troublemakers
Mate Cook and
If you run across anything
pleasure at ..the had the hobble put on them.
Chief Engineer.
To
the
Editor:
of interest on your voyages, or
nice gesture on
M. E. Lee for.
Ed McGarvey
Here we are laying on the hook
just want to let your friends
the part of the
their ..cooperation
3)
i
t
in a
fog
bank
just off
the river
en
know how you're getting along,
LOG to include
with the dele
trance to Yawata, Japan.
drop a few lines to the LOG.
my picture along
gates. It has been ^
Don't worry too much about
vdth the letter.
What ship? Why a Waterman
of great help to
literary style. We'll patch it bucket, the notorious "Jean La
Thanks.
us and keeping
Milton
up if it needs patching. And
I can readily To the Editor:
fitte." Red Diilon and I found this
the peace that's
I have recently received a police
of course, photos Illustrating port much to our liking last year been aboard.
realize that head
Sadenwater quarters has permit to sell souvenirs,, pictuies
the incidents you describe
as the Japanese immigration lo
At our last meeting at the time
make them more interesting cated us and got us aboard in
been, is, and will be plenty busy and chocolate here in Rotterdam.
of departure from the States, one
If
you
would inform
the SIU
mem
for
the
readers.
plenty of time (I think). Daddy of the bcpthers suggested that
with all the new problems con
• Send your stuff to the LOG
Foster's log book tells a different when we go ashore in foreign ports
stantly cropping up along with the bership that LOGS will be distrib
story though.
extensive Welfare Plan, vacation uted on every SIU ship in Rotter at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook
to bear the fact in mind that our
lyn, NY. If you want any
pay, new book issuance and so on. dam, I will be able to get on board
I left the "high speed" Seacoral jobs and Union come first and our
with
the
LOGS.
thing returned after we use it, in. San Pedro, California. As usual, pleasure second.
But as long as I'm writing to the
I amnow trying to make a liv
we'll do that too.
LOG, I thought I might , briefly
we set a record on this speedy
Only One Beef
mention a few more ideas—^take ing and also work as a standby on
bucket, 27 days from Pusan, Korea,
•
The
only
beef we hhve had thus
tankers
or
freighters.
I
am
with
them for what they're worth.
to the Todd shipyard. Never was
far
was
about
an hour disputed
out, my
regular
line
of
work
for
Hobby Comer
a ship more deserving of repairs.
overtime in the engine department.
the' doctors told me working as a
The
only
groan
louder
than
the
One is some sort of Hobby Cor steel erector will kill me.
ship itself came from Sam Cohen, With logical reasoning by Chief
ner where, between calls, a se^jpian
Please notify members that from To the Editor:
the Wilmington port agent, when Engineer Lee, and Brother A. A
could get a start, say, in the art now on I am at their service.
Hawkins, the engine delegate, this
The appearance and fine view of he looked at the repair lists for the was quickly squared away.
of leathergoods making, such as
L. Pleysier
our cafeteria and cocktail lounge three department^.
belts, and . wallets or something
3i> 3) 3)
Brother Mclveen is our night
have been well displayed to the I caqie aboard the Lafitte again
he'd like to leam to help pass the
cook
and baker and he would sure
world, but not a word has been after two trips on it last year.
time on long trips. Our chief cook
create
envy among some ashore
said
about
the fine
quality
of
thdl
is now making a hookrug and it's
Waterman^ Daddy Foster and I aU that think they are tops. Mac has
food. I can assure everyone that should have known better.
beautiful so far. I think he got
40 witnesses on this ship who will
it is wellprepared, tasty and of
the elementary training in the lo the Editor:
No Welcome Mat
testify for him as of now. Brother
f'^ '
Just
a
line
to
let
you
know
that
the
best
quality
that
money
can
hospital.
',"1
I
kind
of
thought
there
would
Lopez is our chief cook. Having
buy.
Second is some sort of SIU pro I'm doing fine in the Army. I'm
3e a band playing "welcome back" sailed with him beforq I'll say he
gram to lend a helping hand to a cooking and baking here for around
All of the steaks are of Grade A
guy having trouble with "drink 170 men. There's other merchant Western steer, and all other meats or something, but there was none hasn't lost his touch.
seamen in this outfit and when are of the same high standard. All to be heard. I looked quickly at Possibly some of you recall Broth .
control," like AA.
the gangway hoping for a carpet to er Danny Conroy. He's our stew
Third is a lump sum as prepay they found out I was an exmer the fowl — Rhode
unroll (none did). I see Dutch Van ard and he puts out all the chow
chant
seaman,
they
said, "Now
we
ment on life membership In the
Island duckling,
Alstine, a very_ famiiiar Lafitte that you can eat, all first grade
SIU. To qualify a member must got someone'who can cook." But young tom tur
charactjer. He's only been on it for food.
^have reached a certain age, length it's" kind of rough on these field keys and capons
14 months.
Well 1 guess that's about all ex
ranges.
of time in the SIU, or both.
are received daily
A man has one consolation on cept that we expect to have some
I hope to be back to sea very from the country.
A! W. Sadenwater
some of these ships. They come to pictures of the trip for you as
soon, probably ' sometime in Oc T h e vegetables
^
Yokohama. Then again, it doesn't' soon as we have a chance to have
tober for I'm to get discharged are garden fresh.
them developed.
take
them forever to get here.
September 27.
Most of the
Rocky Milton
I see by the LOG that the Union pastry is made in
Don't get the idea I'm Asiatic.
Ship's
delegate
is reallystepping up vacation pay the kitchen and
But just wait for Jthe opening of
To the Editor:
Porter"
and
everything.
I'm" sure
proud
to
4*
t
3)
TerrySans
Bar" in
Yokohama.
the French and
In our trip aboard the Bessemft*
I'm going to trade Waterman id
puff pastries are of the best quality.
Victory we went to Masan, Korea, be a member.
I have to say so long for now.
for
a Victory when we get back.
to unload cargo. When we got
Wide Selection
there we found that shore leave Keep the LOG coming for I sure A sample dinner menu includes
The fog's lifting, so we should
has been cancelled for all mer like to keep up with things.
go in. Look out "Sanakes," the La To the Editor:
the following selections:
Pfc. Eugene Ray
We're aboard the Bradford Is
chant crews.
Chilled celery stick, stuffed cot fitte's about to make port.
3) 3) 3^1
land, Cities Service tanker, which
I tried to find out what the rea
Terry
Paris
tage cheese.
is bound for Venezuela. Afterwards
son was from an Army Lieutenant.
3) 3) 3)
Green olives pimento, toasted
we are heading south for Argen
, He had no more satisfactory an
fresh salted almonds.
tina with no further orders for
swer other than that it was can
subsequent ports.
celled by his authority.
To the Editor:
Southern corn chowder, puree
Since we're stopping in several
The fellow had the nttitude of
I just thought you would like to of Jackson.
To
the
Editor:
foreign
countries, ho^y about the
a
martinet
and
it
appears
as if
he
print
a
picture
in
the
LOG
of
our
Shrimp indiene.
• iKy
LOG printing money exchange
wishes to giveall seamen a bad three children. Their father, Hor
It has been my
intention to
write
Broiled filet ' flounder maitre
time. We would appreciate it if ace Gaskill, is now working on the d'hotei with butter, frcnch green you for quite some time,, so it's rates for the different countries Our
ships visit?
confirmation could be obtained Venore as bOsun and is on his way peas with drawn butter, frqnch about time I got to it,
James J.' Finn
from Washington on these restric to Chile. I'm sure he would get a fried potatoes.
I intend to leave the sea soon to
Ship's
delegate '
tions imposed on merchant seamen kick out of seeing his family in
Roast young tom turkey with return to television since the freeze
(Ed.
note:
Wc*?%
acting
on your
in this port.
print, as he is now far away from
has been lifted by the Federal
Edward F. Lessor
home in Sea Lane, North Carolina. pecan dressing, giblet ^ravy, Maine Communications Commission, but suggestion. You'll find tjie latest
Ship's delegate
Incidentally, we both read the snow flake potatoes, steamed brus before I go there is one thing I money exchange figures in this is
sue ow page '21.)
LOG from cover to cover and find sel sprouts, cranberry sauce.
would like to see in this Union.
Virginia honey cured ham, baked
it a very interesting newspaper'.
3) 3) 4" ,
Mrs. Horace Gaskill, in Maderia wine, duchess potatoes, It is a safety code to. be drawn
up
and
adopted
by
the
SIU
and
southern candied yams, hamfla
all SlUcontracted companies. It
vored kale.
To the Editor:
should
include such controversial
Hot buttered biscuits, hot Parker
Here's one sailor who feels that
subjects as whether or not when To tho Editor:
House rolls.
the Union resolution on foulups
Please thank. Brothers Phillip
Choice of cake, pie, ice cream. • man is working, over the side
in foreign ports is long overdue.
another man should be watching Wentz, Robert DeCosia and Floyd
Coffee, hot
tea.
Some of these bad actors have
on deck in c^e he falls in,.or can "Butch" Hillien for. donating their ,
made it real cough in a couple of
Wines & Liquors
blood for my wife while she was
an OS go aloft or over' the side.
ports Uiat I can think of. In one
There's also a choice of many One other thing, when a man is in the hospital.
or two places you begin to feel as
better wih.es, any scotch, cognac working around the radio antenna
I was in the Persian Gulf at the
if ttiey'd just as soon iiump ail
or whiskies, desired. And don't the radio operator should be noti time and unable to help her.
American seamen into the harbor.
forget, the cocktail lounge has a fied. Rut if the operator is ashore This is truly an example of the
Can't Hold Liquor
fine floor show. Furthermore, the
sign "Danger Men Working" true brotherhood feeling that ox.
Don't get me wrong.. I like to
cafeteria is 20 percent cheaper should be placed on the door or on ists in our great Union,
tdke a drink just as much as the
than, any restaurant around the his apparatus ' as sometimes the Surely no organization which has
next fellow. It seems that the real
New York .area.
FCC inspectors come aboard and such strong and sincere feelings,
troublemakers are the boys who
Don't forget the Sea' .Chest, too. test his equipment when he isn't of brotherhood anfong its members
can't handle their liquor. They get
Waiting for daddy to come
They have a beautiful selectionof there.
for one another and their loved:
a couple of shots under their belt home are: (LR) Freddy, 22
all kinds of men's ware, al6ofine Get behind this thing boys, it's ones can ever be broken.
qnd they think they're Geronimo months old; Kay, iVs years; luggage. All of the items are of for your own personal siafety.
Proofs and examples such as
and Casanova put together.
and Jenny
montiis, chil
the better brands. For instance, Best regards to all of my former these assure us that the SIU is'
And another thing that hasn't
dren of Seafarer Horace Gas
cigarettes are 23 to 23 cents a pack shipmates. ,
here to stay.
! r
kin.
been mentioned^ Not only do these
everywhere, but they are 10^ cents
Ben '^renohy" LeBlane :
: . ' .Max R. Moor*
LOG Welcomes
^ Stories^ Pies
Terrg^s Arrived
in d apan Again
IJOGS Available
in Rotterdam
SiU Cafe Food
Rest Available
Korea Gis Relish
SlUStple Chow
Shore Leave Ban
Irhs Seafarers
Rates Requested
On $$ Exchange
Gaskill Children
Waiting For Dad
Sees Need For
Code of Safety
Applauds Union
FoulUp Curbs
Rlood Gifts Show
SiU Brotherhood ^
'• vj
•
• • f'.ii
• • J*!
• ' 'y...
i'
ii'
�wMai, VtVri9, Jmi
SE4PAREit& t&e
LETTERS
Gjuiiwater Trip
Lots Ot Fun
Sags Stewards
Rate As Bagmen
Pac<B ihreii^4hm
S E A F A R E R S
CASH BENEFITS
To the Editor:
To the Editors:
Just a few lines from the Gulf
Things are running smoothly on
water which recently made a stop the Robin Trent. The daymen are
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
in Balbao, Spain. We have several very glad to get the increase but
the steward's department thinks
oldtimers aboard this ship such as that they should be classed as day
Vacation Plan, April 28—May 10
WeUare Plan, AprU 20—May 3
Brother Slim Snow, exbartender men as well because their time is
from Duke's Joint all fixed at different hours. Stew
in Baltimore. He ard's pay should be right above the
Gonzalo Rodriquez
46.28
8947
was afraid to bosun's because he has one tough
John Doherty
8948
66.50
leave Brother job as a department head. The pay
Richard Gayeska
8949
99.94
Henry Dombrowski
8950
127.94
Charlie Simmons is below his rating as well as for
Clifford Dahlgren
88.67
8951
behind when he the cooks and the rest of the. de
Valentino Mansalto
8952
52.11
REPORT NO. 7 '
Donald Dugan
8953
128.72
shipped out so partment, Something can be done
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
Lawrence Larande
8^4
99.56
he brought him about it.
Henry Boron
106.50
8955
Alfonso
Maldonado
8958
77.78
Period
Covered
by
This
Report—April
28May
10
aboard to keep Sure we do get overtime in the
Rene Yargeau
8957
40.83
an eye on him. home ports and at sea but how do Cash on Hand.
William Nesta
8958
96.44
$198,907.27 Thomas
Maher
8959
75.83
We also have we compare with the other depart Estimated Accounts Receivable
210,000.00 James Sanlouzans
8960
89.83
"Nature Boy" ments? They get more than the Vacation Benefits Paid in Period...^
8951
92.17
94,974.93 Francis Sinclair
MariUa.
8982
117.83
Sam Drury as deck engineer and steward's department) does.
Vacation Benefits Paid Since February 11, 1952.
713,866.00 Graeiano
Frank Puglisi
8963
96.44
Bill Ozwinkle as night cook and
Stylanos LecompUes
8964
59.11
John Hoggie
With our Vacation Plan running smooth as silk and not a hitch in Gustav Holgerson
8965
97.22
baker who' is kept busy keeping
Ship's delegate the entire operation, we are now taking steps to speed up payments Benjamin Hayes
8966
$91.39
Snow fiill of apple tarts,
Clarence Fentenot
8967
105.78
t t 4
even faster than they have been going out up to now. The Plan is in Charles ScaUsi
8968
87.89
Simmons asked J. Medwed, our
Samuel Lyle
8969
118.61
the
pracess of
installing speciallydesigned
electronic
machines
to
han
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks
... 8970
5,000.00
steward, to requisition some Jer
dle practically the entire operation mechanically.
Andreas Andrianos ...... 8971
92J)4
gen's Lotion. He claims the dish
Francis Roberts
8972
185.00
The
new
mathines,
now
being
set
up
in
the
Vacation
Plan
office,
But
Lwee
8973
80.50
water is too. hard on his lily white
will also guarantee that all records are kept accurately, and avoid any Tom Hong
8974
95.67
hands. It's been, a mice voyage, To the Editor:
GuUlermo Grajales
8975
55.22
possible slipups. They will make it easier for all concerned to keep Charles
Unphlett
8976
36.17
with lots of fun.
Now that election time is coming a
close
check
on
this
tremendous
operation,
as
well
as
turning
out
ArvU Floyd
8977
64.56
Steve Deri
up I think it's only right for Sea
Norman Smithson
8978
64.17
8979
38.50
Ship% delegate farers to make the arrangements to those checks like hotcakes for Seafarers who have qualified for benefits. .Toseph Rhodes
On
June
1
we
come
to
the
end
of
a
full
year
of
vacation
benefits,
Bobby MesseraU
8980
79.33
get a bailot from their home states which means that those Seafarers who have one year's sea time will Jose Rodriguez
8981
79.73
i. X
John Kulas
8982
99.56
so they can vote in November.
be
eligible
to
collect
the
$140
maximum
payment
allowed
under
the
Reuel Palnier
8983
103.06
I know it's a nuisance, and in
Francisco Carabacan .... 8984
127 56
8985
108.11
some states the. phony politicians plan. We'll be looking for the first Seafarer who hits the $140 jackpot. George. Switzer
George Graham
8986
66.50
Check
Francis RouseU
8846
have it rigged so that it's almost
53.28 George Chance
8987
71.56
Name
No. Amount Ratal Meslowski
8847
50.94 John CaU
8988
58.17
impossible for a sailor to vote. But John
Bitore
8768
44.72
Kenneth
Ainslee
8848
63.39
Loran Bishop
8989
49.39
To the Editor:
Donald Pitman
8769
119.39 August Horbac
8849
still it's worth the effort.
75.08 Frank Oetgen
8990
ia3.44
WUUam Davis .
8770
102.67 Clarence Dowdy
8850
69.22 .Tames Cannady
For the sake of argument, what After all, it's not only a matter James
8991
49.39
Ward ..
8771
81.67 Harold BUbrey
8851
41.61 Reginald Sharpe
8992
38.11
Harry Kight ..
8772
88.67 Alfred Everette
8852
department makes for a good or of voting for President.. The Con John
63.78 George , Kitchens
8993
51.72
Murry ..
8773
70.78 Fred Lynum
8853
98.00
John
Locaparra
8994
122.11
8774
80.50 John Kuczyuski
bad ship? A ship is referred to as gressmen and Senators count ail Eugene Smith .
8854
118.22 Clifford Prevatt
8995
56.78
Richard Torres
41.22 Frank Minard
8775
the
way
down
the
line.
Some
of
8855
84.39 WUUson Waddle
8996
92.56
"a good feeder," a "clean ship," a these boys are but to give the boot Louis O'Leary .
85.94 WUUam Stevens
8776
8856
90.61 Earl Matthews
8997
99.56
Long
8777
. 59.89 John Metsnit
8857
101.50 John Markopole ........ 8998
108.50
"happy ship"^—all of course, the to all unions, including the SIU. John
John Long
8778
55.61 James Smith
8858
40.06 Edward Tarring
8999
95.28
KenYieth Marston
8779
40.44 Donald Patterson ...
8859
103.83
aim of the SIU.
/
If we don't vote, we make it easier Ralph
Mills
8780
109.28 James Akers
8860
100.72
Joao Martins
8781
62.61 WUUam Maston
8861
35.00
The steward's department can for them to pull off this kind of a Sidney
Malkin
8782
102.67 Maurice Kramer
8862
75.44
fast, deal.
Alfonso Velazquez
;. 8783
72.33 WUUam WhiUock
make such conditions exist if
8863
45.89
Ignatius
Gomes
8784
113.17 John Webb
So before you forget," make ar
8864
108.50 John Waith, 2nd
8785
capable men are hired for the de plication for an absentee ballot Edwin Harling
60.28 Joseph Bennett . .
8865
43.94 cook: Since I've
Charles Snbdgrass '.
8786
103.44 John Friend
8866
94.89
partment. Yet the present contract now. You're only protecting your Henry Ferree
8787
77.78 Alfred Luciano ,.
8867
101.89 been going to sea
John Doyle
8788
103.06
Robert Air
8868
108.11 I can't remember
doesn't seem to uphold this. A self when you do it.
WUUam McCarthy
8789
80.11 Harold Cole
101.89
8869
Harry
Harper
8790
79.33
Albert
Loo
120.94 anything in the
8870
Jack
Barnes
messman can make much more
74.28 B. Lowe
John Laughlin ............ 8791
8871
98.39 way of gains that
4.7.17 Salvadore Blate
Nemesio Suarez
8792
8872
money as a wiper or OS. The stew
97.22 felt as good as
ft 4 4.
43.17 Frank LongweU
Antonio Coniado
8793
8873
93.72
ard has the good and welfare of
54.44 Elton Smith
OrviUe Abrams
8794
8874
vaca
38.89 collecting
Samuel Tompkins
8795
74.67 Robert Barrett
8875
the crew and officers, the respon
74.28 tion money.
Herbert Trexler
8796
61.06 Robert Trippe
8876
118.22
sibility of the department, as well
60.67 Clarence Trippe ........ 8377
NorviUe Sikes
8797
118.22
41.61 Donald Burke ........... 8878
Clamon Whitehurst ..... 8798
as stores and conditions, yet does To the Editor:
76.61
Wesley Owen
8799
119.78 Gilbert Foley
8879
43.56
not compare accordingly in wages
Thomas Cavanaugh
8800
50.94 James Rice
8880
50.94
Encloised is a change of address Pietro DanieU
8801
39.28 Hubert House
35.00
with daymen In the" deck depart
8881
116.28 Milburn Darley ...
NeU Boyle
8802
102.67 Raymond Steele
Ernest Salter ....
101.11
8882
85.56
for
the
LOG.
My
brother
A1
Gor
ment.
Confesor Ayala
8803
61.83 Edward KeUy
J>aul
Hansen
118.22
8883
105.00
don) who isa Seafarer, first had Edwin Edginton
8804
70.00 WUUam Tatum ......... 8884
56.00
100.72 James Thompson ..
I suggest we even up this wage the LOG Sfent
Arthur Salzman
8805
65.72 Owen Herring
38.89
8885
115.89 Walter Moran
to me in Fort
Wayne,
8808
117.44 George Brownell
scale and not penalize the stewards Indiana. We have since moved to Thomas Fitzgerald
76.22
8886
103.83 Faustino Pedraza .
Julius McCain ...
... 8807
74.67
Joseph
Lucas
73.50
Reuben
Ingram
8887
60.11
department when the very policy
Walter Savant
8808
41.22 Ekigene Senff
121.33
45.11 Gustav Lueth ....
8888
of the SIU ship depends so much New Mexico and California, an^ Gilbeaux Brown
8809
98.78 James Barrett
115.89
8889
116.67 Derwood Mann
since our last
move
the only
LOGs
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks..:.
8810
2,000.00
James
Cope
9009
40.44
on that department.
Archie Bunn
:... , 8890
60.28 Wade HarreU
Robert
WiUiams
8811
99.17
9010
110.44
we' have h^d are the ones my Charles Varn
Lawrence
Zalensld
......
.
8891
95.67
81.67
8812
9011
53.67
T. J. Sch^ts brother A1 brings us on occasional EUf Brondelsbo
.'....
. 8392
109.28 Joiui Malcolm
8813
122.11 Paul Curd
Bento ......
38.50
Frutouoso Busto
. 8393
73.11 GUbert
BUUe
Fanning
8814
59.11
Giacome
Liuzza
...,
36.17
trips through here.
Marius Rank .. :
. 8894
66.50 Glen Stanford .....
^ ^
114.33
Stephen D'Loughlin ....
.8895
78.56 John George
How about putting us back on
38.11
James Thieilesen
. 8896
58.33 Norbert Voland ..,
40.06
the mailing list?
William BeU
. 8897
66.11 Tadd Terrington ..,
9017
57.17
Joseph Buzaleski ......
. 8898
94.50 Ilenry Piszatowski
My husband and I thoroughly en Lawrence J,
108.50
John Stout
. 8399
81.28
116.67
joy the LOG. As a Union paper it Fleyd, oiler:
Hugh Howell
. 8900
68.83 Amiel Mitchke . .
Garrett
Cameron
.
40.44
Robert Raymer
. 8901
104.61 Joseph If sits
has no equal. I especially enjoy the We're lucky to
87.11
To the Editor:
Elmer Johnson
. 8902
1.15.11 Arthur Boyd
have
such
a
plan
117.06
and the poetry written by
George Fossett .........
84.39
. 8903
Having just gotten my first articles
117.83
84.00 Adrian Duracher
Chester Green ;
. 8904
the seamen. All in all it is a swell and with more
Maximiliano
Pitre
9024
98.39
83,33
Joseph Smokonich
. 8905
work on it I'm
glimpse of the New York headquar little paper.
Anthony Zaich ...,
9025
101.50
Harold Moody
. 8908
71.94 Salvador Hallo . ...
9026
69.61..cn
Elmer BarnhUl
. 8907
70.39 Walter Conley .. A.
ters hall, I had my breath taken Best wishes for the continued sure that the
9027
91.00
John Gandy
44.33
. 8908
Union
will
be
John
McNamara
..
9028
116.67
growth of
the SEAFARERS,
L
OG.
away by the beauty and comfort of
Peter Drewes ..........
. 8909
125.22 George Riehm ....
9029
107 33
able to make it
Luis Soler
^
37.72 Fred Farmer
. 8910
....
48.61
Ruth E. Shrock even better.
9030
the building. Believe me, anvbociy
5 000.00 Lionel Von Lofton
To Cash Vac. Checks... . 8911
...... 9031
69.61
Herbert Averill ^
;. . 8912
$35.88 William York ...
9032
122.50
who doesn't feel that it's worth (Ed. note: Thanks for the com
WUUam Mellon
82.8.3 Elmer Hunt
. 8913
118.61
James McLinden
, 8914
53.28 Svcrre Hansen ...,
while investing a few Ducks in.a pliments. You'll be getting the
9034
36.56
Slavin Harris
'
. 8915
118.61 Joseph Czech ....,
42.78
9035
LOG
in
the
mail.)
Ravenel Dasher
8815
42.39 Halter Jastrzebski
77.00 Richard Johnson ...
. 8916
hall of this kind either hasn't seen
9036
106.56
Hong Yung
8816
56.39 Roberto Tianson
.
8917
90.22 Stanley Cantrell ..,
9037
85.56
Alfred Begg
8817
91.00 Michael Carlin
113.94 Policarpio Martinez
the place or walks around with
. 8918
9038
63.00
Thomas Shea
8818
108.89 John Lane
89.44 Marion Lavine
. 8919
9039
92.56
Valdemar
Toomberg
8819
108.89 Harold Hurlburt
both eyes closed.
47.83 Walter Woods
. 8920
9040
66.50
Edward Prlola ....
8820
46.67 Void
. 8921
Void Henry Lindsay ....
9041
56.39
Albert Mosher
If we can set up the same kind
8821
113.17 Chester Perry
, 8922
43.67 Edward Baker
9042
58.33
Charles McDoweU ;
8823
96.83 Allan Thome .,, J i,,,,.
. 8923
52.11 WilUani Blair
9043
65.72
of rig in Baltimore, Philly and Gal
Richard Wardlow
8823
47.06 LeonicioiCalderon
. 8924
74.28 Dean Hardin
To the Editor:
9044
66.89
Gerald Edwards ......... 8824
87.11 Michel dDouroundoq.
.8925
91.78 Michael Marcello ..
veston for the 20 bucks per head
9045
68.44
Siler
8825
63.00 George Johnson
126.78 Alfred Thompson ..
. 8926
I want to express to the Seafar Dwight
9046
112.00
Frank Steen
8326
90.61 James Stoddard
78.56 .lames Simmons ....
. 8927
that we'i^ being asked to kick in, er^ International Union, the Bos William ^Thompson
9047
49.00
8827
98.39 George Owen
55.01 Allen Ortte
. 8928
9048
75.44
DiiSuccio ............ 8828 .
79.73 Wong York
we are getting the best bargain ton branchespecially, my deep ap John
.....,
.8929; . 84.78 Paul Covington
9049
103 08
Jimmie Heifer"'........... 8829
57.94 John Bigwood
117.44 Clifford Taggart, Jr.
'.. . 8930
9050
since the Indians sold Manhattan preciation for their kindness in the Raymond
61.83
Knoles
8830
77.39 Dominic Scavo
"37.72 Charley Steers
. 8931
9051
49..39
Island to the Hollanders.
113.94 Tra Griggers
8831
. 8932
93.72 Francisco Peralta ..
loss of my husband Walter Bezan Anthony Hidkcy
. • ... ..... 9052
59.89
Edward Toolan
103.94 Windsor Johnson ..
8833
117.44 Edward Cretan
; 8933
9053
73.50
son,
not
only
after
his
death,
but
As far as I'm jcdncerned, here's
James Patrice
$2.83 Uobert Lambert ...
8833
46.28 Stanton Marshall., V.8934
9054
78.56
John Kentrotos ......... 8834
97,61 Paul Burleson
.'8935
49.39 George Brown .
one "yes" vote for the referendum. in their ready response to my plea Romeo
....
9055
63.78
Florent
103.94 James Pcestwood ..
88.35
69.22 ^aristo Jiminez ,.., . 8936
9056
84.00
TheSill's the . number one Union for blood donors.
Pasquale Fioretti
8338
5,000.00 John Knowles
87.50 'o Cash Vac. Checks . 8937
..... 9037
101.89
ZohU
8337
12Vr.3 Marvin lloweU .....' ..... 9058
35.39 P. Broumeriotis, ..... . 8938
In the business now, and we should He always said his book was one John
100.33
Mottrant,.......... 8338
60.89 Wilfred Moore
. 8039
10"i,39 E:mcr EUe.v .•
..... 90"®
51.33
is prize: possessions and his Richard
have grade A halls in whatever of *• h
Hubert Clements ......... 8839
42.00 Onni Peltomaa
115.89 Miguel "Sclcedo .... ; . 8940
9960
108.89
77.78 Irwin Meen
Michael McDonqugb
8840 . . 35.39 Thomas Maynes ...... . 8941
port we sail out df. It's a small Union the best on earth.
.....
9(|i81
113.17
87.J1 Ceorre Schmidt .. .•..... 9052
Anderson
8841.
, 8942
77.78 Arthur BaUu
. 107.72:;
price to pay for the value that you I would like very much to still .Tobn
Charleii Krause
8842
95.23 Francisco Casasco . ..... 9063
42.00 Warren Divid.xon ... . 8943
75.44
receive the LOG.
• Theodora Mnstaler. ...4 8843 : 76.22 Arthur. Bassett :::.. .B944
103.44 Wesley Christiansen .... 9064
110.06
Joseph Miller. ....
...,... 8844 .
112.00. Daniel De.an
. 8945
83 61
' Pete'Kessler .
Rorenee Bezanson iWnltes Rigby ;..i....... 8815
78 .3§
.5838 Gcrtrve Gihb"ns .... . 8946
(Continued on Daee 24)
" ' '
TOTAL
$105,889.93
1
Vacation
Make Sure To
Vote III Fall
Steward Dept is
What Makes Ship
Seafdrer^s Sister
Praises The LOG
New Haiis Are
Bargain At $20
Seaman^s Widow
Thanks Union
. • i: ..'r.u.V i'"" (vvlVsi.'i • '
• Jl
�wwi»ylMrf
Tw Twm
~
•
F
SEA IF A R E R S
CASH BENEFITS '
TOTAL
$105,889.93
Vacation Plan
April 28—May 10
Welfare Plan
April 20—May 3
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
(Continued from page 23)
9187
Ralph StanseU
S188
Lloyd Wetzel
9t89
Jack Cochran
9190
Max Olson
9191
Luther Gaclson
9192
WUUam Scott
9193
James McFaiiin
9194
Fred Ibsen
9193
Edward Thompson
9196
Carl Grummesson
9197
Pedro .Sanchez
Emanuel Hatjimlchalis .. 9198
9199
Pete TrlantafUlos ........
9200
Michael Dletz
9201
Luke Ciamboli
9202
Oscar Sorenson
9203
Louis Delacerda
9204
Joaquin Mlniz
9205
9206
Louis Thomas
9207
Stairos Papoutlsis
Georgnef Lymperato] ... 9208
9209
.Toseph Stodolsk
9210
Bernard McSharry
9211
Charles Kersteins
9212
James Morin
To Cash Vac. Checks .;. 9213
Che,ck
Name
No. Amount
98.39
Charles GUI
9065
112.39
Esteban Conquet
9066
52.11
Anthony Debelich
9067
127.56
X/ester McHugh
9068
67.28
Marion Carter
9069
98.00
Chester Anti
9070
79.33
Arthur Butler
9071
45.50
Torgeir Hoabesland
9072
115.89
WilUam Wharton
.... 9073
47.44
Delbert Horwor(h
9074
49.78
Joseph Wyant
9075
94.50
Anthony Klavinj
9078
50.94
Francis Clawson
9077
93.33
WlUiam Loss
9078
65.72
l>Jose Lago
9079
51.33
Charles Gregory
9000
109.67
Julio Cruz Zamora
9081
79.33
Hernant Mathisen
9082
51.72
Abe Rosen
9083
84.39
John McLaughlin
9084
51.72
Donald Cortes
9085
104.61
Francis McCutcheon .... 9086
96.06
Joseph Wilkin
9087
44.72
Juan Bermudez
9088
122.89
WnUam Small
9089
68.06
George Robertson
9090
105.39
Oliver Lee
9091
127.94
Peter King, stew
Juan Rodriguez
9092
59.50 ard: It used to be
Willie Le Outen
9093
94.11
John Pawluk
9094
50 44 that the only va
James Morris
9095
52.50
Joseph Laguna
9096
129.50 cation a sailor got
Clifidio Esquivel
9097
109.28 was on the beach
Henry Nelson
9098
122.89 waiting for a ship.
Adrian Rodriguez
9099
71.17
Chan Young
9100
86.72 Now he can take
John Lewis
9101
5,000.00 a real vacation if
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 9102
$110.06
Henri Robin
9103
80.89 he wants to.
Lawrence Bond
9104
45.89
Allen Fontenot
9105
. 53.67
WiUlam Langford
9106
45.56
James Carter
9107
51.72
DUlard Adcock
9108
64.17
Malcolm Hansen
9109
Mason Shelton
9214
101.11
Ignazio Ciaccio
9110
9215
89.06 Jan Rani
Joseph Somyak
9111
James
Hamilton
........ 9216
54.44
Benjamin Tolbert
9112
9217
65.72 Lacey PhiUlps
John Morris
9113
9218
126.00 Raymond Davis
Robert Westerfiedl
9114
David
Stanfield
9219
47.83
Bernard Sanford
9115
9220
75.44 Roy Strickland
AlbFrt Blum
9116
9221
102.67 WlUlam Lyons
Carl Blscup
9117
9222
99.17 Jack Brock
Elonza Zedaker
9118
Hoyt
Hackney
9223
127.17
Jimmie Jordan ......... 9119
Kim
Wong
9224
98.39
Lawrence McMuUin
9120
9225
84.39 WUUam WUcdxsen
Paale Pringi
9121
9226
124.06 J. Q. Nunn
James Higgins
9122
Peter
Rlis
9227
81.28
Gilbert Gonzales ........ 9123
9228
99.94 Jehn Kelly
Paul Landry
9124
9229
36.94 Herbert Berner
Vlcter Moreno
9125
Paul
Seldenberg
9230
129.11
_ Oliver Fielding
9126
Benjamin
Joymer
....... 9231
77.78
Max Simon
9127
9232
198.89 Walter Craig
Themas BapracliC
9128
9233
48.61 Ricardo DeVele
David Garred
9129
Vyrel
Suth
.. 9234
47.83
Roy Slice
9130
HlUard
Trahan
9235
106.56
Edward Lewis
9131
David Prltchard
9236
Daniel Perez
9237
'Edgwitt Merrls
9238
Alva Moreland
9239
Nick Mayrantonis,
Lawrence Tefft
9240
Jacobus Lakwyk
9241
ollen This vaca
Armando DeJesus
9242
James Sanders
9243
tion pay is one ol
Knowlton AUen
9244
the finest things
Simmons Phillips
9245
S. L. Archer
9248
that has ever hap
Edward MUler
9247
pened to the sea
Francis Williamson
9248
Garland Bennett
9249
man, and that
WUUam Connors
9250
goes for all the
Emmett Cain
9251
benefits.
Jesse Kent
9252
Roy Warren
9253
WUUam Jones
9254
Joseph Johnson
9255
John Blaislng
i . 9256
Adolpb Dell CeUi
9257
WiUiam Moore
9132
84.94 Thomas Lundy
9258 •
Ranald Thomas
9133
40.06 John Forbes
9259
Mason Scett
9134
114.72 Joaquin Mlniz
9260
Charles Dixon
91.35
125.61 Cherter Chesna
9261
Frederick Chasteen .... 9138
52.89 David Clark
9262
David Yeomans ,."r.
9137
84,00 Howard Ros«ntiel ;
9263
Antonio Llanes
9138
72.33 WendaU Ainsworth ...... 9264
WflUam Higgs
9139
70.78 Jerry Pontiff ............ 9265
Hugh Hodgers
9140
118.61 Leslie Bianchard
9266
Fred Prociar ........... 9141
124.06 Frank GrUletta
9267
Nick Ivanovich
9142
59.89 Thomas Johnson
9268
Ricardo Siddon
9143
48.61 Roberto Borges ......... 9269
Allie Andreh
9144
114.72 Edward Achee ....;
.9270
Dallas HiU .....i........ 9145
35.78 Clyde Wright ........... 9271
John Boksz
,
9146
51.72 Emmett Barrios
9272
'HM • Cordon Hayes
9147
76.61 Michel Dunn
9273
?**"'John Brown
9148
58.72 John Butler
9274
Elmer Mitchell
9149
67.28 Jules Ralph
9275
Wesley Cunninghiim
9150
109.28 Adelain Esteven
9276
Lawrence McCuUdugh ... 9151
73.11 Evange Cbiotis
9277
Dszer Aldorf
9152
125.61 John Merkel
9278
Harold Grlffiu
9153
84.70 Torkel Abusland 1
9279
f
Herman Whisnant
9154
98.39 Cresencio Lagura
9280
Vincent Sherwood
9155
100.72 Cedrlc Francis
9281
Clarence Crowder ....... 9156
72.33 WUUam Glaze
; 9282
Clarence Cornelius
9157
104.22 Stanley Holden ...a....
9283
Spurgen Strickland ..... 9158
42.78 Mike Sikorsky
9284
Robert Odom
9159
49.78 Mac Stelnsapir
8285
Ferdinand Busick ....... 9160'
37.33 Qulntin Plaza
9286
Herman White
9161
49.78 George Gonzales
9287
Jolm Cabral
9163
53.67 Robert Johnson it
9288
Hulet Higginbetbanii .... 9163
129.50 Luis Franco
92B9
Jose Aguiar
....... 9164
118.61 IMward Levy
9290
Andrew Anderson
9165
101.11 Edward MeRee
9291
W.' "' •
VlrgU Steven ..J
9168
46.28 Martin Hagerty
9292
John Kuhley ...;.
9167
90.22 Manuel Romera
9393
Michael Hernandez
9168
77.00 To Cash Vac. Checks
9294
PhUip Rubls
i 9169
109.67 Robert Jones
9295
Albert Stout
9170
89.83 Edward Ketschke
9296
Harry Boyeas
9171
87.89 WUUam Logan
9297
Warren Kohler "I'........ 9172
50.94 William Suslkarl
.. 9298
WiUiam WUson ;
9173
87.11 WUUam Borodatyl ....... 9299
9300
Alejandor Euseblo
9174
129.11 Dale Garrigues
Louis Lae
9175
126.78 Fred Anderegg
9301
Ralph Ewing
9176
59,89 Eustacy Bulik
9302
9303
Hay ward Veal .i
9177
41.61 Gordon MarteU
Harvey Shero ........... 9178
43.94 Angelo Camerote
9304
0303
Robert Burton
9179
89.44 Frederick Oliver
9306
Edwin Rhoads .......... 9180
83.22 Mlcheal Vignapiano
9307
„
James Edge .
9181
65.33 Nicholas Dorpmaus
9308
?r i .Joseph Stocker j........ 9182
89.44 Gerardo Chao ..
Cosby Llnson
9183
113.17 Cornelios Allison ........9309
9310
John Morris
9184
87.11 Roberto Osal
9185
118.61 Joseph
Josep] Hoffman
9311
Richard Dingle
Landron
Manuel
«
931$
s
A:....
8186
103B3
Landt
Euseblo Velazques'A^... 9186
Albert Baker
9439
81.28 Alan Doujet
9563
113.58
Earl LUly
9440
58.72 George WlUcey
9084,
43.58
BrUido FJgueria
9441
59.11 George B, Weaver (Admin
Peter King
9442
49.39
istrator of the estate of
Francis McCarthy
9443
52.50
Arthur B. Chason) .... 8588
71.17
Kazmar Kuchlnskl
9444
49.78 Robert Nlcolai
MMS
36.58
Angel Laria
9445
98.39 Menelaos Rokoi ...'
9567
85.94
Fred kUnutella
9446
65.72 Anthony CosteUo
9568
52.11
Edgar Anderson
9447
. 61.06 Svend Rasmussen
9569
43.94
Crescenzo Perotti .:
9448
66.11 Clemente Aculn
9570
126.39
Martin Badger
9449
38.11 John Basoa
9571
47.44
WUUam Yudvlsbe
9450
106.94 Eugene Nelson
9572
51.33
Nicolas Mayrantonis
9451
120.78 Joseph Demuth
9573
103.83
Joseph McPlee
9452
93.72 BasU Undertajlo ........ 9S7A
126.89
John Lindstrom
9453
62.22 John Harley ............ 9575
33.78
Demetres Kassapladakls . 9454
73.89 Cecil Terry
9576
.. 99.94
Luis Hernandez ......... 9455
47.44 Francisco Rodriguez ....: 9577
61,83
Charles Greenwood
9456
81.67 Vincent Bavirsha ....... 9378
67.28
Joseph PoturalsW ....... 9457
92.94 Francisco Traone
8579
97.01
Adolph Kuhackl
9458
82.06 Luis Cepeda ............ 9580
32.11
Lewis Savola
9459
45.11 James Shiber .<....'
,.9581 •
Jo;i.O0
David Sumulong
9460
100.33 Arthur Schuy
9582
81.28
George Smlther, ......... 9461
1(18.89 Robert Beale ...:
9583
117.06
Thor Thorsen :
9462
82.06 WlUis Thompson
9584
75.44
Arthur Harrington ....«, 9463
72.72 To Cash Vac Checks ... 9585
3.009.00
Jesus Blanco ...:
9464.
114.72 Adrian Fiedler
9586
115.89
Ernst Johansson
9465 « 115.89 Eugene Roszko
9587 ' 115.50
Harold Schgtklma'n ...;. 9588
42.00
John ColUns
9589
48.22
Pedro Reyes
9590
126.39
John Kyrlakou
9591
72..13
Richard Kyle,
Roy Evans ............. 9592
57.94
DM: I've never
James Ryan
9593
Etf.OO
NU<e
Katslnlles
9594
129.5(1
met a single per
Teofllo Laeson
9595,
46.67
son who didn't
Eladlo Grajales .t..j.... 9598.
116.28
David Da SUva
9597
85.94
like to get a nice
Demetrios Proveltzianos 9598
95.67
piece of change,
Patrick FO!0>
9599
116.67
AUen Nauman
9600
so naturally I'm
78.04
Herman Skipper
9601
40.07
happy about this'
Freddie Hankins
9602
59.89
Lemuel Padgett
9603
vacation pay.
41.01
Jose Sanchez
9604
84.39
Esteban Morales ........ 9605
91.39
Edward Powell
9606
126.39
George Oliver
9607
73.50
Reed Griffith
9608
50.38
Lorenzo Diana '.
9466
88.67 Jack McCraine
9609
114.33
54.83
Robert FUnn
9467
37.72 Edward Lewanbowskl ... 9610
70.00
119.00
Gunnar Grahne
.9468
46.67 Albert Cramer .......... 9611
115.50
96.83
Robert Rogerson
9469
36.56 Hazen Pratt
9612
47.44
13098
Edward Van Vynch
9470
93.33 Stanley Snock
9613
40.44
117.44
Pier Jasper
9471
52.89 Michael Flood '.
9614
103.78
45.50
Alfred Arthur
9472
88.28 Francis SuUlvah ........ 9619 ' 117.44
49.78
Rene Oeitzler
9473
73.11 WUUam Albright ....... 9618
43.17
51.33
75.83 Lamar Plamer
94.50 Charles DeJesus ........ 9474
9617
50.58
129.11 Michael Iwassko ......... 9369
Henry
Currier
.......... 9475
87.11
Robert
Sweet
9370
107.33
Nolan
DeLatte
.......... 9618
42.00
105.39
9476
83.22 Rodney Degeter
9371
43.17 Robert Orr
...9619
115.89 Christopher Karas
75.44
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks
... 9477
2.000.00
Charles
DlBlasi
9372
40.83
Eugene Auer ............. 9820
73.89
91.00
9478
41.22 Joseph Smith
127.56 Charles Lavelock '
9621
54.08
106.56 John Asavieuis ......... 9373
9479
43.56 Jean Gulledga ...'
. 61.44 Cedrlc Windhsm
9623
68.44
49.78 Dimltrlos Ramfos ....... 9374.
9480
46.67 Ralph Dagger
9375
35.39 WUbur Johnson
9623
75.83
40.06 Anthony Reardon
9481
47.44 Enoch ColUns
9376
ll9.78 George Cain
9624
55.61
8392 Joieph SanFUlppo
9482
89.06 Turner Parker
9377
103.06 Louis Estrada
9625
71.17
73.11 Isaac Sieger
9483
89.83 Amerlco Medelros
9378
39.67 Jimmie Ivy
9626
7.1.30
49.78 James Ford
Charles Cunningham . .. 9484
114.33 John WaUack
Morris
Tromba
9379
36.17
9627
71.56
61.44
John Robinson
9485
119.00 Robert High
Walter
Butterton
.'..•
380
98.39
9828
94.11
50.56
Charles Dowllng ........ 9486
123.28 Roul Vlves
9688
108.89
38.11 George Conyers ........ 9381 • 47.06 Juan Cruz
9487
97.81
.... 9382
89.83
Ralph Jemigan
9630
125.61
51.72 John Dixon ....
9488
37.72 Michael GrochowaU ..... 9631
9383
90.22 Ralph Herald
83.61 Charles Westraan
113.58
.'.• .. 9489
47.44
9384
104.22 Warren Leruth
94.89 Walker LaClair
73.89
67.28 Alvaro Vega ............ 9490
71.17 Ernest Gamache ........ 9385
9388
105.78 John Slamon
44.33 Byrd Buzbee
To replace Check No. 347 9491
45.49
9387 . 117.06
59.11 Paul Brady
9492
53.67 Alfred Guerreiro,
9388
87.89 Robert Jones
108.89 Leroy Roberson
Philip
Hlneo
9493
. 75.83
9389
116.67
122.11 Anthony Stanton
FWT: Somehow
Bruno
Kerps
9494
91.78
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks....
9390
8,000.00
103.06
119.78 it's hard to be
9391
121.72 SUnisIaw KwiatkowsU ... 9495
58.72 Gordon Green
89.44 lieve that the day
9392
91.00 George Ches ..'.8498
50.17 Thomas Mallon
9497 ,
82.06
9393
45J0 Thomas McCarthy
38.50 Joseph Duffy
Aame
IkkeU
.94fl8_
1S6.60
has come when a
WUUam
Shaw
9394
108.89
51.72
9499
25 S* man who goes to
9395
106.94 Frank HoUand
40.44 George Venetio
'0900
79.06
9396
73.89 James Johnson
75.83 Leo Rice
9991
73.90 sea can collect for
9397
75.83 Frederik Ouweneel
106.94 Herbert Armflled.
Thomas
Dawes
:9S8a
102.28
Ernest
Squires
..... 9398
78.56
67.67
something like
9503
51.72
9399
S5A1 ^Joseph Bober
71.94 WUUam Kane
9504 . . 103.83 vacations.
9400
63.00 Frank' Haher .. ;i.,
108.50 Joseph Woodiln.
V. 9505
9401
56.00 Johh Connolly
129.50 Glenn Newton ...'
59.50
9402
69.61 Octavlan Rogdad ...ij.'.. 9868
85.17 Harold Lennon
9867
99.94
9403
44.33 Carl FYanson
77.39 RusseU Simoons
Angelo
AU
9508
63.39
9404
49.00
38.89 Roy Paston
106.33 Lawrence Smith '
9405
72.72 Jkmes MUler ............ 9509
64.17 Ray Bunn
103.08
8632
Karl Einole
9516
49.39 Eldred Bates
Robert
Jordan
9406
96.44
99.17
117.83
9633
9511
82.83 Thomas Easter
9407
83.22 Floyd Jenkins
46.67 DerreU Caroon
112.39
8634
9512
74.28 Robert Hanna
9408
53.67 WUUam Dollah
71.56 Wlnfred Ballancc
45.30
9635
Martin
Reichlin
9513
47.83
Robert
Allen
.
9409
43.56
77.00
103.44
Francisco MorcUio ...... 8636
Lionel
DeHaven
.
9514
114.72
John
Waith
............ 9410
128.72
91.78
93.33
John Ramiszewskl
8637
9815
43.56 Juan Vazquez
119.78 Leonard Brown . i;...."
69.61 George Ledson *.v«>...... 9411
9638
96.44
116.67 Henry Thomas , • 'east* a a * $639
9412
119.78 David AUen ............ 9516
85.17 John Llvanos
65.33
9517
100.72 Robert Peacock aaaaaaae* 9640
9413
33.61 Vincent Ouinn
101.89 Pasquale Dlnino
61.44
To Cash Vac, Checks
9518
6,000.00 Otis Edwards ..
109.28
8641
90.22
Robert EUls
9519
50.94 Johnnie Jordan aaaaaaaa 9642.
67.28
49.78
Jimmy MacahUas
0520
130.28 Robert SheU ... saaaaaa 9643*
114.33
1,08.11
Boscoe Hobdy
9321
66.50 Oscar Lee .... saaaataaa 9644
4892 Edffar Anderson,
104.22
John Uknes
9522
95.67 Conrad Jensen • • 'aatapaa 9645
54.44
110.44
James Moors
9523 ,
47.44 John MenvUle .
43.50 Jr., OS: The best
9648
• 4.39
George Waas
9524
79.72 Andrew Summerlln
120.94 thing about it the
9647
86.39
Void
.:.,.i..v9525
Void Lester Smith
68.83
78.94
9648
Eugene Chereaznyak ;... 9526
857.56 Thomas Gower
105.39 way I see it is
8649
103.06
Albert Funk
9527
46.67 Julius Fulcher .......... 9650
49.78 the fact that you
39.28
Adolph BlnlUS9528
35.39 Percy Hunt
85.56
9631
54.44
PhlUlp Summershoe ."r.. 9529
109.67 James KeUer
129.50, can com.e back
i 9652
40.08
Edward Lamb ........... 9330
82.83 Okal Jones
118.22 for some more
9653
100.33
WUUam GlneSkl ........ 9331
84.00 Horace Shipwaah i,.,,. 9654
100.33
91.39
Stanley Rodgers
9532
38.67 RusseU Jackson .
98.78 when you have
66.11
9653
Charles Miscauage ...... 9533
36.17 James McNeely
91.00 enough in the
120.89
... 8658
Joseph
Kwaslzur
........ 9534
35.39 Hussein Ahmed
96.44
113.56
8637
Arnold Streeter
9335
47.83 John Medvesky
120.94 way of sea time.
8131.83
8658
WUUam Forney
9538
103.83 Albert Chamer
82.06
64.56
9659
Joseph Carr
9537
117.44 Percy Batson
44.72
79.72
9660
Norman Kirk ..i........ 9338
116.M John Dolan ............ 9661
105.39
77.00
9539
Void Ove Hultln
120.56 Void
9414
55.22 Stokes Harrison , • • • etoes
48.61
9662
9^15
71M Alexander Kerr ....i... 9540
96.06 Robert Lindley ..
66.89
Francis Brown
9663
9541
96.06 Nicholas HowleU
108.89 Jacobus Groen
9416
99.56 Khle Cartwrlght
69.22
9664
9342
99.17 MitcheU ZeUck
43.17 Earble Brace well
50.56 Donald Rogers . . 44S9464S 9417
8665
110.08
9543
82,83 Hassan AU
Void Francis Hohin
9413
* 75.83 Vpld
... 8666
123.61
'9544
44.72 Robert Canton
89.44 Eric Kearsey
9419
85.94 Kal Nielsen ....
8887
39.67
.'9545
1(19.28 DanUp MuUin ........... 8868
64.17 Jocelyn Lee
9420 ,
2.000.00 Homer OUver
39J18
8548
79:33 John BaUay
91.39 WlUlam Dyal
108.89 James Meachum' • iiOeoee 9421 \
73.44
8669
9547
:71i94
105.78 Herbert Young
• so
106.17 Uelvin Spires ... • • • • • 9422
Manuel
9670
89^3
64.17 Alberto
• • 118.22 H^le Plttman.......i... 9548
. 56.78 Paul Babineaux'. • • • .• • •9423
Francis Fischer • .*.....
.
9671
105.39
101.11 Marvin Lutz ......'.i... 8672
89.06 Thomas Scoper '. • • • • • 9424
• • • 36.17 Eddie Perry' ............ 9548
108.30
9550
41.22 Severino Garcia ........ 9673
113.11 Ramiro Perez
9425
• • • • • »,«•
40.06 Elvln Smith ,...• .
94.11
9581
114.72 Luclen EUe
62.22 Ralph .Mueller
••
40.44 Wallace SetUff .. • • *• • •9426
9674
124.83
Atte
MeUln
......v...:... 9552
, 46.67
• • • 94.89
79.33 Frank l.aRo8a . > • • • • • 9427
Raymond Sparks
8675
41.22
9553
41.22
49.39 Edward Farrell
105.78 Flemmlng Jensen «.• '• • • 9428
••
Joseph Grazlano
8676
55.22
77.78 Dan
88.67 Mlchale Rzepkowicz .... 9584
••
66.11 Joseph Carl .... «• • • • •9429
Gentry
.' 8677
104.S
9555
126.00
110.83 Stanley Schuylen
130.28 Alfredo Guerreiro ...... 9430
CecU
Hargroveg
........
<8678
101.11
9558 :
.61.06
87.89 Aghar Caram
9431
99.94 Kaare Log .. ^.
9679
80.89
OSW ' 108.89 Henry Harz
96.06 Donald Evans ... • • • • • •9432
• • 49.00 Felix Quinoncz
Jose
Salinas
8680
'97.01
73.89 Genezhtsz Nowakuntkl .V 9WB
••
3890 Richard Kyle ... • • %• '• • 9433
9681 .
WW
98N i,;126.39 MelvJn Llbby
129.89 Lawrence Tryon
9434
64,94 .lose Guerra ....
$68Sl
, 87.11
9568
91.78 John Doyle • eOSiS«859 8R
94^
68.83 Ake Manner
53.89 WUUam Greer .• .
Edward McCormlck ;... 8883i.''' 86.39
39.67 Ernest Trotman . .... • . 9581' • '. 88.44. Roland Roxbury ........ 8684
'• •'9436
•
95.98 James SeUers . '• • '•«•
81.33
94.50 Herbert C. Albs (adjust
• «•
38.50 Herbert Pcndry . • • • • • 9437
(Continued on page 25)
7.78,
ment of Check No. 3004) 8862
: 82.06
9438
8547 J'ohn Lewih
121.33
105.00
115.89
122.89
95.67
62.61
103.44
94.11
35.00
94.11
50.94
74.28
53.67
80.11
111.6'
123.67
107.33
40.44
88.28
112.00
111.22
74.28
108.89
45.11
113.56
77.78
6.000.00
Leonel Cintra
9313
Blake Daniel
9314
Paul Borg
9315
CyrU Defranch
9316
Joseph Wing
9317
Hugh Duffy
9318
WUUam H. MacArthur .. 9319
Donald Skow
9320
Haywood Kelly
9321
Andres Castelo
9323
Per E. Liljeroo
9323
Louis SlgnorelU
9324
Magnus Pedersen
9325
Jesus Rios
9326
Natallno DeBaggls
9327
Govert Van DeWerken .. 9328
Martin Connaughton .... 9.329
AuerUo Florez
i.. 9330
Henry Thomas
9331
Varn Hodges
9332
Ernest Kolenovsky
9333
Hakon Janson
9334
Albert Redder
9335
Joseph Pomeroy
9338
Ho Kong
9337
Carey Puruls
9338
Robert Bosarge
9339
James Bubose
9340
Noel Wlnland
9341
Ray SUcox
9342
WUUam Wolfarth
9343
Claud Webb
9344
Hubbard McNeil, Jr. ^.. 9345
Hayward Robinson
9348
George Wendel
9347
John Ponson
9348
Frank SulUvan
9349
WiUiam Malvenan
9350
Roy Pierce
9351
Harry Jamleson
9352
Luther Patln
9353
Clarence Cobb
9354
DUly Gurski
9.155
L. J. Harvey
9356
Uoyd Cassa
9357
John McDonough ....... 9358
Richard Comstock ....... 9359
Pater Christopher
9360
Preston Hinds
9361
John Duffy
9362
Joseph Garello
9363
Robert Fields
9364
Peter King
9365
I.awrence Myatt
9366
Bulassec Martin
9367
Lindley MacDonald
11368
#'•• ••*» •
«
•• •>• •• *' • •
133.39
51.72
35.78
78.17
42.78
91.78
849.39
83.61
49.39
129.50
44.33
61.44
46.67
88.28
46.28
57.17
45.89
89.83
35.39
42.78
112.39
87.11
101.11
89.67
70.39
51.72
53.28
38.11
37.33
48.61
44.33
105.39
57.56
66.11
100.33
129.89
38.94
123.28
47.44
87.89
91.78
114.72
103.83
90.61
71.56
72.72
80.50
43.17
37.33
38.50
122.50
55.22
112.78
44.33
113.94
125.61
sees
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S E AFAR E R S
$105,889.93
CASH BENEFITS
Vacation Plan
April 28—May 10
Welfare Plan
April 20—May 3
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
Petrus Sander
9807
Robert AUen
9808
Check
Noral
Jorgensen
9809
Nam*
No. Amount
Robert
Benjamin
9810
Joseph BUlot
$685
128.50
9811
Telesforo Roman
62.22 Lawrence Sheehan
9688
9812
Charles Christ
40.06 ConstanUn Zeppos
9687
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks
... 9813
Patrick McKittrlck ...... 0688
42.78
0814
Mario Cosentlno
106.17 Thomas Kuhn
0689
9815
Roy Myers
9690
43.17 Ralph Fitzpatrick
RusseU
AngeU
9816
Henry Aleeakamsson .... 9601
80.50
9817
WUUam Brown
43.56 Ernesto Borrego
9692
9818
Peter Lannon
100.33 LesUe Swegan
,9$03
Charles
Starling
9819
Augustin GaUegos
9694
60.67
Void
9820
John Scanlon
68.06
9695
9821
Robert Janney
75.83 Vlncenzo Zamblto
9696
Patrick Fitzpatrick
... 9697
40.83 Arnold Krotenl>erg ...., 9822
9823
Clarence Haun
107.72 Edward Jordan
9698
9824
George Bauer
9699
106.94 Clyde Jernlgan
9825
Edward Richard
83.22 Theron Dickerson
9700
Boyd
Payne
9826
Lewis MulUs
9701
37.72
9827
John Hahnay
0702
122.89 Woodrow Whltford
Vlncenzo
Assanto
9828
AlUson Hebert
0703
110.44
8820
WiUiam Mlddendorf .... 9704
54.83 Matthew Zaleck
Eugene Barney
78.94 George Larson
9705
9830
Michael Gaudio
9831
9706
103.83 Roy Cain
Fowler ChUdress
Peter
Arctander
51.33
9832
9707
Honorato Castelino
0708
105.00 David McDuffie
9633
Void
Void Joseph RevlU
9834
9700.
Eemard Carroll
9710
9835
105.00 WUlle Clarke
James Payne
9836
9711
84.17 Clifford Morris
Arvo Ulm
9837
0712
98.00
Corrie Shartzcr
42.78 Leo Gomes
9838
9713
Louis Roskope
9714
115.11 Leo Feher
9839
Dominick FuschiUo
9840
0715
111.22 Norman Whipple
James PhiUips
0710
9841
108.17 Herbert Mclssac
Joseph Rudolph
9842
9717
107.72 Leonard Garrett
James Metzger
9843
9718
64.17 WUlard Brown
John Pedrosa
9844
9719
125.22 Lloyd Orr
William Cachola
9845
0720
112.78 GUbert Gonzales
Nicholas Magash
9846
9721
112J9 BiUie Padgett
Estal Potts
9847
0722
108.89 Elbert. La wsoh
9848
9723
68.50 Anthony Tosado
Alfred Ward
9849
9724
105.00 Leonard Paradeau
Theodore
Lee
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 9725
9850
4J)00.00
Earl Porta
9851
James Fisher
9852
James Bodden
9853
Andrew McCloskey ..'... 9854
Alexander Dumas ....... 98.55
Brijido Firueroa,
Ervin Bradley
9856
WUUam Olds
9857
eUef cook: When
James Paterson
9858
you work at sea
Jesse Martin
9850
for a few years
James Smith
9860
James Braden
6861
you never think
Charles Matthews
0862
of vacations, so
Hubert CantweU
9863
Jonathan
Young
9864
something like
Antonio Blais
. 9865
this .makes you
Gregorio Cortex
9866
Richard Palmer
9867
feel very good.
WUUam Burns
9868
John Burk
.'. 9869
Sheldon Norris
9870
John Williams
9871
9872
Bobble ReyAolda
9728
$38.11 John Dougherty
9873
Jose FagoU
9727
' 113.56 Robert Flnneran
•
Meyer Flnkel
9874
Walter Charles
9728
45.89
9875
Gustav Svensson
9729
115.50 Frank Hammer
9876
Basil Smith
9730
63.39 Jochlm ClcireUo
John
VertUU
9877
Jlmmle Burke
9731
55.61
9878
Jay Harris
• ;
9732
115.50 Thomas Buterakos
Dionlslos
Loukas
9879
Erford Harrison
97.13
50.17
9880
Melvin Hoy
9734
89.44 Angelo Lannone
Olaf
Lefsaker
9881
David Hayes
9735
62.32
8882
Charles Davison
9736
74.67 Arthur Bechtel
9883
Ben Craddock .......... 9737
37.33 George SakeUos
9884
Bussell Harilsr ;..
9738
120.94 Edward Hurley
John
BizUia
9885
John SaUd
9739
116.67
9888
Hubert LoveU
9740
38.11 John Weimer
9887
Patrick Scanlah ;........ 9741
113.17 Kenneth Bane
Joe Arnold'
9742
106.94
Frederick Frennette .... 9743
54jb6
Molses Gonzales
9744
59.89
Joseph Gallant
9745
45.50 Donald E v a n s,
JarrdtHarris
9748
41.61 wiper; This va
carl'Thuipmond .
9747
91.78
James Smith
9748
35.39 cation pgy is
Void
9749
Void
Hubrey Parsons
9750
103.83 another, one of'
Daniel KeUeher
9751
41.61 those things that
Robert Peck
975»
85.56 puts us way out
Edwin Pease
9753
70.00
Frank Albano
9754
83.22 in front of shore
.AUan Prime
9755
64.17, side workers
William Connerty
9756
105.30
Marlon Brodzlk
9757
114.72 when it comes to
Juan Lopez
9758
113.94 gains.
Boieslav Dzelak
9759
43.36
Chester Gawrych
9760
78.17
Stanley Gryszka
9761
54.83
Placldo Aldevera
9762
98.00
9888
Charles Miller
9763
75.44 Conrad Shlreley
9889
Richard Heffley ......... 9764
99.56 Wllford Mclntyre
9890
Donlad Brooks
9765
113.58 Paul Luteman
James
Cauender
9891
Dawson Perry
9768
,132.22
Seymore
Dlener
9892
Joseph Alves
9767
111.61
9893
Clyde Brannon
9768
77.39 Howard Fowler
9894
Claude Hayes
9769 >
113.94 George AUen
Joseph
Dvorak
9895
WlUlam McKay
9770
49.00
9896
John Burke
,
9771
97.22 Eugene Hurley
9897
Johnnie Broadus .'
9772
49.78 Francis Baker
9898
Granville Johnson t
9773
57.17 Algot Borgen
Chainlets
Anderson
..... 9899
John McDuhle
9774
98.00
Harry Bryan
9775
75.06 Nicholas Vrdoljak
9900
Edward Zebrowski
9776
78.17 James Tarver
9901
Edward Calandra ....... 9777
75.83 John O'Toole
9902
Elbert Elmer
9778 .
99.17 Bennle Whitley
9903
Her'mon Thomppson .... 9779
111.61 SImmion Eftimie
9904
Walter Harris
9780
95.67 Richard Harp
9905
Ccrilo Ramos
9781
132.22 Jack dcurlock
9906
Robert Byrd
9782
49.00 Frangos Zapantls
9907
Bdward WiUsch
9783
49.00 Phillip Snider
;...... 9908
EmUe Roussell ......... 9784
76.22 Fidel' Canacho .......... 9909
Juan Sant>'<To
9785
50.94 EmUe Davles
9910
'Joseph RiSioux
9786
493)0 WlUlam Stelnmeyer
• 9911
Lloyd CaUatvay
9787
78.56 Euseblo Flores
991S
John Ewing
9788
79.72 Lim Buck
9913
John Newchurch
9789
94.11 Gerald Anderson
9914
Rpss Rivers
9790
58.72 Euseblo Soto
9915
Tferry Parks
9791 ' 74.28 Carmine Tufaro
9916
Beltran Pino
9792
77.00 Thomas Richardson
9917
Roger WiUlams ........ 9793
47.44 Jack Smith ............. 9918
Castrenze Ralmondo ..... 9794
49.78 Charles Peters
9919
EmiUo Marttnez ......... 9795
61.83 Victorlano Domingo ..... 9920
Roberto RadoUteh ...... 9796
49.39 Lee Llm
9921
Edwin Harris
9797
67.67 Edward Kucstner ....... 9922
WUllam Salazar
9798
105.39 KaUu Relnuelt
9923
Wallace Lonergan ....... 9799
94.11 Edward .Voltz
9924
Evangelo Katradii9800
95.67 Thomas Connell
9925
Hubert Landry
..... 9801
110.44 Armando Frlssors ....... 992$
Jacinto Figueroa
9803.
116.^ Frank Walaska.
$937.
James Murphy' ........... 980S
123.28 Hopier Dowell
$928
Steve Huren
9604'
102.87 Edwin Rowland
9930
Martin Iturrino ..'.'.v.;.: 9805 .
42.78 Leroy Mayo
9S»
Wllllf|in Guentbwa
asM
4».83 Ruel Manes ....
$933
'' '4;
TOTAL
\
(Continued from page
24).
•
jj^j^ T(#««^iWi"*
38.89 Ellis Gaines
99.13
42.78 Heron Garcia
9952
83.22 R.Cruz
30.00
112.00 Grady Leiws
9934
86.72 Charles Frank
9953
57.56 King W. ElUott
30.00
97.22 Jlmmle Lltsey
Levoy
Eggen
9935
53.67
9954
124.44 E. E. Englehardt
30.00
82.06 Joseph Davis
9936
73.11 ArdeU Burkett ...'..
9955
54.44 W. L. Everett
15.00
107.72 Archie Driver
9937
111.61 Norman Kendlrck ...
9956
88,67 Joseph S. Fazio
30.00
96 06 James Kennedy
9938
46,67 Albert Wallace
9957
84.00 Milton Henton
15.00
4,000.00 Jlmmle Jackson
9939
130.28 Francis, Greener ....
9958
60.28 G. F. Immel
15.00
100.28 Eugene Stover
9940
63.78 James McCarthy ..,. , 9959
108.50 Carl C. Jordon
15.00
88.28 Robert Byrne
9941
93.33 Anthony Riley
9960
44.72 Leonard Kay
30.00
70.78 John Whltlock
9942
59.50 Carlos Luna
9961
110.44 Leo H. Lang
30.00
70.00 Rudlolph Himel
9943
79.33 Lois Tidwell
."9962
129.11 John C. Long
15.OO
; 9944
69.61 K. Harding
66.11 Joseph Seaver
9963
49.00 BMward McCarthy
15.00
38.11 Percy Boyer
9945
119.78 Fulton Hendrix
9964
63.78 WUllam L. Mcl.ellan
30.00
Void Harold Brannles
9946
129.11 Olav Kjonbog
9965
132.22 L. F. MarshaU
15.00
120.56 DeVerne Houston
9947
71.56 John Tromblno
9966
132.22 Jesse Milton
30.00
68.44 Buddie Harrington ...... 9948
91.00 Max Engwall
9967
43.17 Stanley Newman
153)0
110.83 Olman Morales
9949
71.17 Tor Worsoe
9968
89.44 L. S. Osma
15.00 jr,.
41.22 Emmett Slone
9950
64.56 Harry Cronln
9969
64.94 K. Raana
30.00
96.06 Maurice WUUams
9951
39.67 Victor Johnson
9970
67 28 Olav Relerson
30.00
86.33
Edward E. Roberts
15.00
45.50
A. A. Sampson
30.00
93.72
Foster B. Sfiedd
30.00
124.06
Andrew Stauder
30.00
108.89
Charles L. Strate
15.00
83.61
Horace H. Tastet
15.00
117.44
Charles A. Thompson
15.00
127.56
Lonnle R. Tickle
30.00
REPORT NO. ZS
105.39
John J. Uszaklewlcz
30.00
55.22
Orlen Wheeler
15.00
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
41.22
L. J. Willis
30.00
90.22
Joe Wilson
30.00
Period Covered By This Repori^April 20May 3
132.22
109.67
$960.00
106.56 Cash on Hand
$ 290,111.38
USPHS HOSPITAL
89.83
STATEN ISLAND, NY
1,000,273.44
36.17 U. S. Government Bonds
Victor Arevalo
$15.00
72.33
210,000.00 WUUam Atchason
15.00
67.67 Estimated Accounts Receivable
Raphael Bablani
30.00
84.00
Hospital Benefits Paid in
Period
8,415.00
James
Barnes
15.00
115.11
G. BlUek
15.00
54.06 Death Benefits Paid in Period...
2,500.00
Victor O. Bonet
15.00
63.00
J. G. Bosman
30.00
128.33 Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950 .
151,621.00 John
E. Brady
15.00
88.28
15.OO
106.94 Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
251,933.33 BeUy Brewer
Dirk Brocrsma
45.00
64.58
Loton Brooks
30.00
81.67
USPHS HOSPITAL
Thomas E. Bunch
60.00 F. J. Brown
;
15.00
. 84.39
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA
Robert L. Dunn
15.OO Thomas Caffrey
30.00
102.07
45.00 Frank'Cardoza
;
$30.00 Leo A; FreundUch
30.OO
77.39 W. W. AUred
30.00 N. R. Cartwrlght
30.00 Eddie Game
15.OO
129.11 Earl A. Blnk
30.00 Nicholas Chanarldls
30.00 Gerald McCarthy .•
30.00
65.33 K. W. H. Carrollton
Thomas H. McLochlan
30.00 Antonio F. DeMelo
L.
T.
Cowart
30.00
30.00
58.72
45.00 Joseph P. Farrell
W. B. Creech
30.00 Edward J. Richard
30.00
87.50 Russell H. Eagle
30.00 R.fcM. Ferguson
15.00 S. E. Roundtree
30.00
88.67 G. W. Graham
James
A.
Sparrow
30.00
15.00
Patil R. Foy...
30:00
127.17 Theodore Halend^
30.00 John F. French
15.00 E. T. Squires
30.00
108.89 George C. Jackson
15,00 William Girardeau
30.00 Henrick Sterling
45.00
94.50 B. M. Larsen . .
15.00 Oscar Grant
15.00 Jack F. Warner
*
15.00
75.83 James J. LuclanI
30.00
George H. Greene
i
30.00
53.28 L. C. Miller
$495.00 John VV. HaUahan
30.00
15.00
44.33 J. T. Moore
30.00
Heraclis
loannidas
"45.00
41.22 Jack D. Morrison
USPHS HOSPITAL
15.00
Karl Jarve
30.00
93.72 C. E. Moslcy
KIHKWOOD, MO.
30.00
J. B. Kachelhoffcr
45.00
37.72 John C. Palmer
15.00 John R. Ballay
$30.00 John W. Keenan
3t.00
71.94 Jack E. Wheeles
30.00
Charles Kerstens
• 30.00
61.44
Francis X. Lane.
15.08
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
110.83
$420.00
James J. Lawlor
15.00
NEtV YORK. NY
36.94
James R. Lewis
30.00
45.89
USPHS HOSPITAL
George E. Moore
$45.00 .Tohannes Llknes
30.00
50.89
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON
William E. Logan.
30.00
88.28 Francis I. Gibbons...7
$30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Alfred MueUer
30.00
87.50 Henry GlUUdn
15.00
FORT STANTON, NEW MEXICO
Kurt O. Nagel
90.00
131.06 Jonas Heidt
45.00 Charles Burton
15.0O
;
$60.00 Frank Nerlng
50.56 William B, Jones
30.00 Thomas Isaksen
Arthur
D.
OgUvie
15.00
60.00
117.83
Joseph
O'MaUey
30.00
Fredrick Landry
60.00
64.56
$120.00 Donald McDonald
30.00
60.00 WHlicm Ovi ens
61.83
Robert J. Patterson
15.00
63.00
FffiLAND SANITARIUM
George
Peltenen
;
15.00
$240.00
77.00
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
WUllam E. Pepper
45.00
74.28 EmU Austad
$30.00
loseph Prindezls
30.00
KINGSBRIDGE
HOSPITAL
49.00
Isabelo B. Quanico
15.00
BRONX. NY
USPHS HOSPITAL
.Arnold Relbus
30.00
Herbert Dunlevle .
$60.00 Eustaquio Rivera
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
30.00
Nathan Rubin
45.00
William J. Anderson
$60.00
USPHS HOSPIT.tL
Juan S. Rneda '.;
15.00
Foster *W. Grant
30.00
BALTIMORE.
MD.
VirgU
Sandberg
30.00
Fred Hattaway
15.00
15.00
Henry Kearns
ISiOO Edgar Barton
$15.00 Walter A. Schlecht
60.00
A. Phelepedes —
15.00 Roland P. BeU
15.00 .Tames ShonkwUer
Victor
SUva
15.00
Jean M. Rloux
75.00 Constantino Brea
15.00
30 00
Charles Robertson
30.00 Henry CaUan
30.00 .Tohn Slaman
30.00
Peter Smith
45.00 WUUam J. Carey. Jr
15.00 Emerson Spauldlng
15.00
David Sorenson
45.00 George' Ehanoff ..
15.00 August F. Stelnman
Matthew
L.
Struthers
30.00
Stuart M. Glnsburg
;... 60.00
v
15.OO
$330.00 Chester H. Green
15.00 Joseph "Traxler ...
45.00
Robert B. Harris
45.00 Francis Wall
Chris
G.
WaUander
20.00
Hugo J. HUden
SEASIDE GEa4^AL HOSPITAL
30.00
15.00
John N. "Hull
'.
WILMINGTON, CALIF.
15.00 .Tames A. Waller
30.00
Robert
Kennedy
15.00 Richard L. Welch
Henry C. Bryant
$45.00
Walter
H.
WilUams
45.00
Thomas V. Logan
15.00
30.00
Earl McKendree ................ 30.00 Americo Zepeda ,
USPHS HOSPITAL
James
A.
Nichols
30.00
GALVESTON. TEXAS
$1,800.00
Marvin A. NUsen
30.00
$30.00 Charles M. Pajne
91.39 Theodore S. Aleck
30 00
USPHS HOSPITAL
30.00 Raymond Plaza
64.94 Joe Buckley '
15.00 MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKLYN. NY
30.00 Richard I. Price
69.22 Hush D. Fouche
30.00
15.00 .lacob Rosen
SSO.OO .
97.61 Jesse Henry .
15.00 Robert Atmore
• .JJ':
45.00 Louis Rosenthal
60.00
105.39 Fred Hohenberger
15.00 Rupert A. Blake
i
15.00 Alfred Seeberger
60.00
92.94 G. H. Nolcs
15.00 Claude F. Blanks
30.00 .Tohn Shiglo
60.00
66.11 S. B. Tribble
15.00 Edmund C. Blosser
210.00
47.44
Emmett Slone
45.00 JiUian F. Bright
$195.00 WlUlam J. Stephens
60.00
43.94
15.00 Matthew Bruno
150.00
95.28
John O. Stout
30 00 Paul Canellos
USPHS HOSPITAL
60.00
127.94
Charles E Suln
........... 105.00 Walter ChaUc
MOBILE, ALABAMA
Emilio
Delgado
60.00
105.39
Panaglotls Trlpolltsiottls ........ 15.00
Herbert'A. AUman
$15.00 WUUam* D. Warmack
69.00
30.00 John J. DriscoU
122.89 E. M. Adkins
15.00 Donald J. WUllamson
60.00
15.00 John T. Edwards....;
111.61 Tim Burke
15.00 Albert L. Willis
.1.
Espinoza
60.00
15.00
78.56 WlUlam J. Gray
30.00 Thomas J, WUls
60.00
;
30.00 E. Ferrer
97.61 J. H. Jones
moO
Leonard Franks
60.00
108.50 Ben G. Ladd
15.00
60.00
$825.00 Robert E. GUbert
103:06 Joseph R. MUler
, 15.00
Leo
Kulakowski
60.00
82.44 W. T. Noel
30.00
Robert F. Larsen
60.00
DEER'S HEAD STATE HOSPITAL
89.83 M. J. Oswald..
15.00
Da\id Mcllreath
60i)0
SALISBURY. MD.
106.17
Francis
F.
Lynch
60.00
73.11
$60.00 Clifford Mlddleton
$180.00 Michael J. Lucas
45.00
28.39
Vic Milazzo
60.00
38.50
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAILOR'S SNUG HARBOR
Lloyd
Miller
60.00
36.56
BRIGHTON, MASS.
STATEN ISLAND. NY
.Tohn R. Murdoch
• 60.00
57.94 Richard P. Bowman
.. !• .,..
.• . $60.00 Pedro O. PeraRa
$30.00 Joseph Koslusky
' 60.00
69.22 Henry V. Keane
30.00
George G Phlfer
30.00
102.28 WUllam.E. Lake
USPHS HOSPITAL
30.00
R. A. Ratcliff
60.00
97.22 James F. McLaughlin
MEMPHIS. TENN.
30.00
.Tohn R. Richters
60.00
48.28 Jose D. Praia . ...
105.00 VlrgU E. WUmoth
45.00
$60.00 Ruperts Rivera
40.06 George Vourloumls
45.00
G. E. Schumaker
60.00
55.22
Robert
Slzemore
60.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
54.44
$270.00
Timothy SuUivan
60.00
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
85.17
;. 60.00
45.50
P. Aldevera
7
$15.00 • Albert D. Thompson
CUSHINCf VETERANS HOSPITAL
103.83
Claudius Archer
45.00
BRIGHTON. MASS.
$2,100.00
52.89
Lloyd T. Bacon...
30.00
Joseph
L.
LoDico,
Jr........!....
$75.00
35.00
Robert P. Burton
15.00
DISABILITY BENEFIT AS FER
V
125.22
Ralph A. Ciuuiia
30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
70.39
WUsen O. Cara
30.00 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING 5/6/52
NORFOLK,
vntGINIA
SI5.00
115.11
James D. CardeU
ibi... ,15:00 Otto P. Preussler
50.50 VasUios Anastasladis .1
$60.00 Andnw B. CecU.
15.00
DEATH BENEFITS
30.80 OUvar Criestlne
50.94 OtU C. BaUey, Jr.. ......
30.00
$1.99 Albert H, Brlekhouse ..w......... 3000: Theodore H. Cicslak...16.00 William Hoffman
$2,500.0$
..'K.'iJs:. .
Welfare
Kg '
�151? kr jttf wt&s^ «,iiic
mairayti1lfi4^1A<;MSS
... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS...
elected ship's treasurer. He wlU be. re A new blackboard has been ordered.
M. V. BRIGHTSTAR (Triton), Fobroary. crew thanked the steward for the good
sponsible for sending a crewmember's Deck delegate reported that one man
B4—Chairman, C. C. Gates; Secretary, chow.
gear home if he misses the ship. Motion was unable to stand his watch in Lak*
William Bause. Last trip's ship's dele
was passed to get Innersprlng mattresses Charles. Steward delegate reported that
gate was reelected by acclamation. Ship's
STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), April
for aU the crew. Winch on deck should a beef against one of the men wUl be re
delegate will see the captain about paint 21—Chairman, Frank J. Jankowtkl; Sec
be
repaired, as it is dangerous to oper^ ported to the patrolman at the payoff.
ing the crew's messhall. Crewmembers retary, Alexander D. Bredle. SecreUry
ate at present. Patrolman will see the Treasurer reported a balance of $38.00 in
were asked not to slam doors. Chief gave each delegate a repair list form to
about the firing of a deck man. the ship's fund. Motion was passed to
The membership is again captain
electrician warned crewmembers to make fill out and turn In as soon as possible.
Recreation room should be kept clean. have the necessary repairs made on the
sure to shut olT the washing machines Discussion was held on whether a new
cautioned to beware of persons Steward
wlU be asked to get equipment television and record player. Anyone
after using them, as there are no spare washing machine would be placed on
to fumigate the ship. Steward's depart found tinkering with them in the future
soliciting fimds on ships in be
parts for repairing them. Machine and board for the next voyage. The company
ment was complimented on the good wiU have to pay for any repairs. Crew
laundry should be kept clean by crew should consider supplying the crew, with
half of memorials or any other food. Discussion was held on the men members wm each donate $1.00 to the
members. The 450 pounds of coffee left Innersprlng mattresses, since the cotton
who want to payoff in New Orleans by ship's fund. Ship's delegate wiU write e
socalled "worthy causes."
from the last trip will be mixed with a ones have to be replaced every voyage.
letter to. headquarters with some sug
new batch, as the crew has been com
No "canshakers" or solici mutual consent.
gestions for the new contracts. Motion
plaining of the poor quality of the old
was passed to ask the chief to install a
tors
have
received
authoriza
MORTON McCARVER (Watermen),
HARRY T. (Palmar), March 2>—Chair new
coffee.
ventUator in the fire room. Sug
tion from SIU headquarters to man, Maldln Keefar; Secretary, R. T. gestion
March 23—Chairman, S. Thayer; Sec April 3—Chairman, James J. Allen; Sec
was made that the chief cook set
Whitley.
Ship's
.delegate
reported
that
retary, G. Arvanltes. Crewmembers were retary, J. O. McGoldrlck. Delegates re
the
clock
In the gaUey by the clock in
collect funds. The National the reason the captain put out a limited
advised to keep the fans turned off, as perted everything all right. James Ham
the
messhaU.
.Men using the washing
Foundation for Infantile Pa number of cigarettes is that he was machine should, turn
there are no spare parts to replace any mend was elected ship's delegate by ac
the motor off when
aUotted
a
certain. number
per
man
per
which may break. Steward asked crew clamation. Suggestion was made that all
ralysis is the only charitable day. Deck delegate asked that the men they are finished.. Suggestion was made
members to be careful of equipment or hands help keep the messhaU and recrea
to
ask
the
patrolman
to have the com
be sure watches. are properly called. pany put a new. washer
organization iwhich has re
utemdls. due to their scarcity. Chief cook tion rooms clean; wiper and ordinary will
on the ship. It
Ship's delegate
will, see
the
captain
about
requested crewmembers not to use gal take care of the laundry. Washing ma
ceived membership endorse
was suggested that the card players leave
having the draw, in US money. Crew will the
ley as a passageway. Crewmembers were chine should be turned off when it is not
night lunch for the men on watch.
ment. Funds ^ for this cause not accept Brazilian money until he has A request
asked to clean cups and glasses after in use.
was made that black pepper
had a chance to call New York on this. and mayonnaise
using them. All hands agreed that a
are
collected
through
normal
in pint jars be suppUed.
Crew wants to see more cooperation be Motion was made
Tshirt and shorts were acceptable dress TROJAN TRADER (Trolan), March 20
and carried to ask for
Union channels at the payofif. tween the pantryman and the crew mess an awning for. the
during meals while in the tropics. Bosun Chairman, L. Short; Secretary, J, H.
new wind
Delegate wUl see the captain and catchers for the.rooms stern,
advised members to keep their cots fold Parker. L. Short was qlected ship's del
Receipts are issued on the spot. man.
the chief engineer about sougeelng quar for the passageways. . and screen doors
ed when not In use. Proposal was made egate. Miscellaneous repair suggestions
ters. Discussion. was held on who is re
that all members who leave the laundry
be turned in to delegates. Ol^
sponsible for cleaning the laundry and
dirty be. fined. This was tunied down as should
crewmembers
stated
that
repairs
were
recreation
room.. Crew will .not accept
contrary, to SlU standards: but any mem
been painted and passageways
in three times and nothing was already
NEVA WEST' (Bleemllald), March 2—
ber who leaves the laundry dirty will be turned
and water closets wlU be painted. Deck the same brand of coffee until the patrol Chairman,
done.
Bosun
said
the
mate
asked
that
La Fraga; Sacratary, Gaorga
reported to the next patrolman. Vote of repairs be turned in; they will be taken delegate reported disputed overtime. A man has decided on whether to use a Llabart. Ship'r
delegate reported that
name
brand
or
hot.' This decision will
ap
thanks was given to the steward's de care of Immediately. Ship's delegate will member who violated shipping rules by
ply to soap .also. Vote • o f thanks was too much water waa being.waited and
partment for excellent service.
see that this is taken care of. CompUlnt faUure to report after dispatch from given to the steward' department for do aiked the crew to cooperate about laun
and reported drunk on watch will
was made that crewmembers were mis baU
Ship'a fund from the laat voyage
be reported to the patrolman. Beef on ing such a good Job. The food is very dry.
using the washing machine. Bosun sug hot
totaled $88.00. Thii money waa handed
good.
water
heater
wlU
be
referred
to
the
gested that the next time the machine Is
over to the ate ward and $30 waa apcnt
Motion was passed to refer
misused the agitator should be removed, patrolman.
on the purchase • o
f' hooka, a filter for
kept by a responsible member, who will the replacement of galley tops with stain
the radio,
playing'cards, a checker board,
less
steel
to
the
patrolman.
issue it only on request and take it back
chips and other items. Steward will han
after use. Deck delegate will post direc
dle the ship'a fund from now on. Bosun
DEL SUD (Mississippi), March 2—Chair
tions on the use of the washing machine.
asked cret^embers' to keep the mess
Bosun asked, that it be" made clear ex man, J. Johnston; focrotary, L. Chant.
room cleaner and return used coffee cupa
actly who shaU keep the recreation room Baldy BoUlnger was unanimously elected
to the pantry and useash trays for clg
ROBIN TRENT (SM Shipping), Feb and latmdry clean. Ship's' delegate will ship's delegate; Leonard Muna was
airette butts. All hands should wear T
ruary 10—Chairman, Johnnie Hoggle; make a Ust for this. purpose, .l^e men elected ship's treasurer. GaUey fans were
shirts
in the messroom. Foc'sles should
COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (VIefery
Secretary, John Reed. Johnnie Hoggle were warned against performing and car discussed. Discussion was held on why Carrlerf),
April 6—Chairman, Thomas be kept cleaner and the washing machine
was elected ship's, delegate, E. Luzler was rying out their duties, badly. . .
emergency work is left over for week Dannit; Socrata'ry,
Bob Brown. A total should be cleaned out after use. Men
elected deck delegate, A. W. McKenzie
days before being attended to. More men of $9.00 balance was
April 25—Chairman, not listed; Secre are
reported in the should be more quiet, and keep from
engine delegate and Johnnie Hoggle stew tary,
needed
for
the
basebaU
team.
Dis
net
listed.
Ship's
delegate
reports
ship's
fund.
Crew
and
repair list was slamming doors when members era
ard delegate. Ship's delegate asked that that the captain will get whatever Is re cussion on night lunch was settled.
turned In to ship's' delegate. Performers asleep. Bosun said he would be glad to
the messhall be kept clean at all times. quested for the slopchest. The ship's
April 13—Chairman, Baldy Bolllngeri were discussed and a fuU report wUl help and explain work to themen who
All three departments will keep the medicine chest is In fair condition. Mo Secretary, E. Chant. Vote of thanks for be
turned over to' the boarding patrol have pot had much seatime.
laundry clean. Electricians will show tion was passed that the steward supply the Easter dinner Whs given to stewards' man.
performers were logged.
March 1^—Chairman, Hutchman; Sec
movies during this voyage. Departments cots for the next trip. New canvas floor department. Motion was passed to do Foc'sles Three
should be clean before crew retary, George Lletiers. Men were warned
will rotate in keeping the laundry and ing will be put down on catwalks In the nate $100 from the ship's fund for the leaves ship.
Crewmembers
were
warned
against
performing . in port. Two men
washing machine clean. Beefs about food
room for the safety of depart picnic which wUl be held on AprU 20. not to perform at payoff.. Spare parts for were left behind on account of miscon
should be reported to one of the dele engine
Any
funds
left
over
wiU
be
returned
to
the electrician were added to the repair duct ashore. Recommendation was made
members. Suggestion was made
gates. Suggestion was made that all hands ment the
ship's delegate speak to the the fund. Up. to $25 wlU be taken from list. Move was made to fumigate the en to put these men on the donotshlp list
keep their feet off the messhall chairs. that
the ship's fund to cover expenses of the tire ship. Steward ordered cots for warm for fighting aboard the ship. In addition,
patrolman
on
supplying firstaid
kits
for
Ship's fund should be kept active. Sug the engine room and the gaUey. Ship's basebaU team. Picnic committee was climate run. Discussion was held on the this case wlU be turned over to the pa
gestion was made to make a contribution delegate was asked to post a notice about elected. Motion was passed to buy a poor service of . the crew messman, who trolman upon arrival In the States. On
to the March of Dimes at payoff.
the opening of the slopchest. Steward's pair of boxing gloves. McGee was elected Is leaving after this trip, and the bad departiue from Genoa the bosun reported
March 9—Chairman, John Reed; Sac stores should be checked when they come Ubrarlan. Discussion on movies was held. pastry and bread. It was suggested that some of the deck gang did not turn to
ratary, Johnnie Hoggle. Those who wish aboard to make sure that menus will be
the baker brush up on his baking.
work. Crew wal warned to behave in
to participate in the ball games which varied. After a general discussion. It was
Trieste, since troublemakers will have
EVELYN (Bull), April 27—Chairman, N.
will be played while the ship Is docked decided that there was no immediate D. Hanson; Secretary, E. C. Oacey. Dele
to deal with the US Coast Guard, and
WINTER HILL. (CIHes Service Oil), will probably be severely punished.
in the Port of Mombasa should see the need for a ship's fund.
gates reported everything In good shape. April
26—Chairman, Orvllle R. Msyhew;
steward. Suggestion was made to donate
Suggestion was made that an extra per Seerstsry, Thomas
April 2—Chairman, Byrd; Secretary,
J. Durkln. Ship's dele
to the March of Dimes, although no con
colator
be
bought
for
the
crew
messhall.
MARGARET
BROWN
(Bloomficid), One member would like to have the gate reported that pay increases for day George Llebers. Discussion was held on
tribution slip had been sent to the ship.
why the crew cannot get shore leave, as
The ship's delegate gave a talk on the April t—Chairman, John Hanks; Sacra brand of soap changed. Suggestion was workers wiU be retroactive to March 1. the
ship has been at anchor for several
ship's fund since several members said tary, B. F. Griea. Chief cook suggested made to get new cots. One member
days. Agent has not come aboard the
they could see no benefits to themselves that departments take turns in keep asked that the canvas be put up back
ship. Boilers have not been checked.
in keeping up this fund. Ship's delegate ing the recreation room clean, and that aft. Repair list will be turned in before
Ship's delegate wUl keep a record of the
also discussed the Union's advantages for books and magazines be returned to the arrival In New York.
time
of shifting, anchorage and time of
library and not hoarded in rooms. Chew
all its members.
arrival of port officials. This will be
AMBERSTAR (Triton), April 25—Chair
ing gum should be discarded In waste
turned over to the patrolman at the pay
baskets before entering messrooms and man, Frank T. Calnan; Secretary, George
off to clear up the question of IS hours
Alfred
Hoff
SANTA VENETIA (Elam), April «— not left on plates, since it Is hard to Mandzay. Ship's delegate reported that
of
overtime. Motion was passed that only
Chairman, Sam Singer; Secretary, M. wash off dishes and silverware. Chief the captain is firing four men 'in New
Money in your name is being men who stand watches will stay on day
Kaplan. Mate will issue a list of who electrician suggested that the laundry be Orleans on the grounds that they are
goes ashore in Japan while the foc'sles kept clean. Tubs should be kept empty troublemakers. One wiper missed the held by the East River Savings work.
April 13—Chairman, La Frags; Secre
and decks are being painted. Repair list and exhaust valve should be turned off ship lb Buffadero and rejoined it the Bank, 743 Amsterdam Ave., NY.
tary, George Llebers. Ship's delegate re
vidll be sent In from Japan. Motion was when not In use. since the pumps will next day in Havana. Engine delegate re
ported
that
a
wiper
was promoted
to
ported
that the captain said that unless
passed to use only percolators to make keep on running If the valve Is not
Unless claimed it will be turned
oiler and an oiler demoted to wiper. Mo
all crewmembers cooperate, water will
coffee. More salads wlU be prepared. closed.
ovtir to
the
state
soon.
tion was carried to speak to the patrol
have to be rationed. All hands were
Ship's delegate commended the steward
In New Orleans before payoff as
asked to be sober at payoff and leave
for starting the Idea of cleaning and
SUNION (Kea), February ^4—Chair man
there
is
a
dispute
about
transpcrtation
rooms
clean. Delegates will make out
painting the ship. Radio will be repaired man, Henry Lopez; Secretary, W. R. Gels.
repair llsU. Agent wiU be notified of
and Installed in the recreation room. B. C. Slald was elected ship's delegate back to the port of signing on for the
Charles
A.
Case
time of arrival in the States. AU crew
Rubber jambs will be put on all doors. by acclamation. Discussion was held on men being fired. William Saltarez was
Mother and father both in Mead members
WlU donate $1.00 to the ship'a
Wlndscoops and new cots will be pro keeping the recreation room clean and
fund.
vided for the entire crew, new bunks and returning all cups and other tableware
ville Hospital recovering from
mattresses for the bosun's foc'sle and a to the pantry. Deck and engine sanitary
pneumonia. Would like to hear
new mattress for the steward's room. All WlU keep the laundry clean; steward de
ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), Feb
fans wlU be overhauled and a new one partment virUl take care of the recreation
from you.
,
ruary 3—Chairman, Samuel White; Secre
provided for every room, and some of room. AU hands wUl cooperate In keep
tary,
Louis de Is Cerda. E. Brown was
i' i'
the foc'sles and messrooms. All flapper ing a clean ship.
elected ship's delegate. Motion was made
ExArchers
Hope
Crew
valves will be repaired, and a shelf built
Bradshaw brothers
by the steward to have the three dele
March 16—Chairman, R. W. Joplln;
all the way around the meat box. Deck
gates speak to the captain about a draw
Secretary, W. R. Gelt. Motion was made
Following crewmembers have a Cfontact 2nd Engineer Wilfred for
In cooks' room will be repaired.
the crew in Honolulu. Since this will
to bring up a motion tabled on a previ day's subsistence apiece waiting at
Martin at Staten Island USPHS be a long voyage, a suggestion was made
ous trip to' discuss painting the crew's
that inembers who get Involved in any
IBERVILLE (Waterman), March 30— quarters. messhaU. recreation room and the Norfolk SIU haU: Herbert V. Hospital. Important.
kind of trouble should be brought before
Chairman, W. Wrubel; Secretary, A. Gon pantry. Motion was passed to discuss the
the ship's jolQt meeting to see if the
calez. Ship's delegate was elected. Sug replacement of the hot water heater dur Townsley; Thomas M. Gower;
matter should be brought to the atten
gestion was made to repair bosun's toilet ing the last meeting before arrival In the Hunter K. Mathews; Alexander
John J. Mallon
tion of the shore patrolman. Ship's dele
and paint the crew's rooms.
States. AU watchstanders wlU take Izatt; Walter R. Weidman.
gate WlU contact the chief engineer about
April 20—Chairman, Stanley Kamlnsky; showers upon completion of their work,
Your
daughter,
Mrs.
M.
Ditzler,
repairing
the toUets properly.
Secretary, Antonio Gonzalez. All repair so that day workers can have hot water.
needs your help. Get in touch with April 27—Chairman, L. L. Phillips; See
suggestions should be turned over to the
April 13—Chairman, Pete Scrogglns;
Following men have baggage her as soon as possible.
rotary, Louis de la Cerda. Delegates re
delegates. Motion was made to fumigate Secretary, W. R. Gels. Ship's delegate re
ported everything running smoothly.
the ship before imyone Is paid off. The ported that the gaUey and pantry have waiting for them in the head
Copies
of the repair Ust wlU be given t»
4 4 . 4"
quarters baggage room that was
the mas^r of the ship, chief engineer,
Frederick H. Johnson
chief mate, shore patrolman, and the
turned ov?r to the Union by the
Editor,
copy WlU be posted on the buUetln
Isthmian SS Co. Unless claimed Get in touch with your sister fifth
board. These repairs have been prom
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ANNISTON CITY (Isthhilap), April
Chairman, N. FOschllo; Secretary, J.
Allver. New repair' list is needed, since
very Utile repairing was done at the last
payoff.^ Suggestion was made . to check
on the new wariilng machine with the
patrolman. The last sUndby on each
watch should straighten up the messhall;
Ne^ door was'paid for bymembers of
the last crew for the 124 Bremen's foc'sle,
but it has.not been instaUed. '
April 27—Chairman, Alfred JRIdtngif
Secretary, J.' Allver. Overtime sheets
WlU be checked before they are turned
over to the chief mate. Overtime disputes
WlU be taken up with the patrolman. Deck
department repair Ust has been made
but; stevfAid department list iyas turned'
bver to (Wef mate; Suggestion was made
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that ship's Oeleaste snd steward ask the
patrohnan about havlnd tables changed
so that more men can be seated in the
messhali. Crew agreed that the messhall
wa» being kept cleaner than before. Again
crew was reminded that the last man on
standby should remove cups and glasses
and wipe up the tables.
Fae« Tweniyserea
"S^E /< P^AIt'^EIl Sy L'O'G
fund will be needed for stationery,
stamps and playing cards.
WILLAM R. DAVIE (Alces), March 15
—Chairman, A. J. Capna; Secretary, Jo
seph W. Rodriguez. A. J. Capna was
elected ship's delegate by acclamation.
April 2S—Chairman, Leen Franklin;
Secretary, Jeseph W. Rodriguez. Charlie
Sweet was elected deck delegate: Wiley
T. Strickland, engine delegate; Willie
Edwards, steward delegate. William Sim
mes was elected to accept the new crew
signing on after payoff. He will check
their shipping slips, books, etc. Dele
gates were each given repair list which
will be filled out. given to the chief en
gineer and then passed on to the patrol
man when he comes aboard. Crewmem
bers who are leaving the ship should
clean their quarters.
ALCOA PATRiCT (Alcsa), April 74—
Chairman, M. J. Martin; Secretary, James
H. Thempton, Jr. Crew was asked not to
leave the washing machine running when
not in use. Steward will order sharp
steak knives in Trinidad. Newiy elected
steward delegate. W. J. Davis, will take
care of .money and basebaU equipment
for the entire crew. Clothes should not
be hung in the laundry to dry. as they
are in the way of the washing machine.
Suggestion was made that the chief en
SEASTAR (Triton), March 3—Chairman,
gineer take one sink out of the laundry. John Doyle; Secretary, Jack McNamara.
John Doyle was elected ship's delegate
by acclamation. Suggestion was inade to
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), keep passageways clean. Clothes should
April 4—Chairman, Albert Weaver; Sec not be left soaking too long in the laun
retary, Francis J. Ahern, Jr. Ail beefs— dry. Suggestion was accepted to keep
including one between a dayman and the shower curtains up at all times, to help
bosun—wiU be taken up with the union keep (he showers clean. Vote of thanks
delegate upon arrival in Norfolk. Re was given to the steward's department
quest was made for fresh coffee when for working so well under difficult condi
all hands are turned to. Ship's delegate tions. getting more Stores and equipping
will give a copy of the repair list to the the ship so well.
chief engineer and the union delegate
March 30—Chalrihan. 6. C.' Fugtit; Sec
for them to take up with the company retary, John Newton. Ship's delegate
port officials. Ship's fund has a balance spoke to the steward about the shortage
of S33.
of coffee and the draw in Yokohama.
Tentative repair lists will be presented
at
the next meeting by the delegates and
LASALLK .(Waterman), April 1—Chair
added to where necessary. One
man, R. L. Piter; Secretary, John Bron then
wiper wiU be put on sanitary work till
son. Motion was passed to fine any crew the
end
of the voyage. Patrolman in the
member who leaves the washing machine next port
wiU be asked to check stores
dirty. Ship's delegate reported' that S3.00 and slopchest
the ship sails. Black
waa spent on poker chips. Motion was gang members before
asked not to leave
passed to put a door,Avith a lock on the used towels in were
the
shower
rooms. More
pantry. Allaire was elected ship's del variety in the menus was asked.
Shower
egate.
drains should be cleaned and washing
water kept at constant pressure.
April 13—Chairman, C,. McLeilan; Sec
retary, V. Zambite. Ship's delegate re
ported that the captain has promised to
paint quarters next trip. Captain was
told about those wipers who are not do
ing their sanitary work properly. Engine
delegate reported that the first assistant
refused to let one of the wipers do the
STONEWALL JACKSON (Waterman), sanitary work till the end of the trip.
April 20—Chairman, Caries Morrios; Sec Crew will not sign on until sufficient
retary, no name. Motion was passed to stores (including food, linen, utensils,
get innerspring mattresses for the crew slopchest supplies), are on board, all re
and a new and bigger ice box for the pairs have been completed and there is
pantry. Crew was asked to keep the pan some definite assurance that the quar
try and laundry cleaner. Members ap ters will be painted as soon as possible.
proved the . supply of fresh vegetables Repair list was read and added to. It
which the steward is going to get in will be given to department heads. Stew
Honolulu. Patrol.'^.an will check on the ard will check to see that messmen have
possibility of getting a larger Icemaker. all necessary stores.
MONTEBELLO HILLS (Western Tank
MAE (Bull), April 25—Chairman, Carl
E. GIbbs; Secretary, Richard V. Gelling. ers), March 30—Chairman, Paul James;
Keep Draft
Board Posted
SIU Headquarters urges all
draft eligible seamen to be
sure they keep their local Se
lective Service boards pcTsted
on all changes of address
through the use of the post
cards furnished at all SIU
halls and aboard ships.
Failure to keep ^our draft
board informed of your where
abouts can cause you to be
listed as,a delinquent and be
drafted into the services with
out a hearing. The Union in
such cases can do nothing to
aid Seafarers who fail to com
ply.
Delegates should see department head* make up repair lists to present to thg
about arranging extra time to clean each patrolman. Sink in scullery needs re
week to compensate for this.
tinning badly.
CCE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), April
22—Chairman, Michel Kennedy; Secre
tary, L. A. Brown. Showers and toilets
should be sougeed and painted. Ship's
delegate will sec the captain about sou
geeing and painting aU foc'sles that need
it. Since the washing machine wringer
is broken, a hand wringer, at least, should
be supplied. Uepair list should be com
pleted before rea'ching home port;
OCEAN ULLA (Ocean Trans.), April 25
—Chairman, John Pops; Secretary, C.
Boguckl. Unless the captain gets dis
charges for the time the ship ran coast
wise. the patrolman will be notified.
Each department delegate will make up
a repair list. Ship's delegate will give
copies to the captain, chief engineer,
chief mate and patrolman. Deck engi
neer said that all scuppers wUi be worked
on and cleaned in port. Messroom should
be kept clean at all times, used cups
should be left in the sink. All cracked
or chipped cups and plates will be re
placed. Steward said there is no limit
to food; too much coffee Is being used
by the crew. Ship's' food is good, but
any beefs should be taken to department
delegates. Men leaving the ship should
clean foc'sles. While in foreign ports,
coffee will be given to gangway watch
or mate on watch. All hands should be
sober at payoff.
Patrolman will look over the situation
In the galley. Motion was carried to buy
a steam iron out of the ship's fund. Mo
tion was passed to send a telegram to
New Orleans agent from ship's fund. A
noise filter wiU be bought for the crew's
radio. Vote of. confidence was pa.ssed on
CHICKASAW (Waterman), April 13—
the skipper. Captain donated a filter for Chairman, Paul T. Brinson; Secretary, H.
the radio, and was thanked by the crew. Westphall. Delegates reported every
thing okay. Each delegate will make out
a repair list before the ship arrives in
ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), April 2$— New Orleans. Crewmembers should not
Chairman, L. Nicholas; Secretary, F. P. slam doors, since some members may be
Russo. Ship's delegate roprted favorable sleepily. Crew gave a vote of thaiiks to
action on previous repair list. A suf the steward department for the fine
ficient number of fans will be installed service and wellcooked food.
In each .foc'sle on the incoming voyage:
the laundry and recreation room are in
April 26—Chairman, H. Westphall; Sec
clean condition. Deck delegate reported retary,
Goff. Delegates reported every
that one .man missed ship in Mobile. Mo thing in F.
order. Ship's delegate wants the
tion was carried that a letter be posted repair list
to be ready when the ship
in the Mobile hall about a brother ex reaches New
York. Someone is still
plaining that he was issued a medical slamming doors
passageways. Sugges
slip by the chief officer on sailing day tion was made in
each member con
and that he was seen at a railroad depot tribute $1 to the that
March
of Dimes.
with a suitcase on the afternoon of sail
ing day. There will be a voluntary dona
tion at payoff for the New Orleans hall
CHIWAWA (Cities Service), May 1—
baseball team. Steward asked for sug Chairman, Sidney Segree; Secretary, Joe
gestions on better menus and for .spe Paul Faget. Balance of $10.95 is in the
cial dishes. There are approximately 36 ship's fund. Suggestion was made to add
days' worth of stores aboard, with a bit to the ship's fund. Money will be col
more poundage than for the last voyage. lected by the delegates and handed over
to the ship's delegate. Efficiency in the
messhall was discussed. From now on.
urn colfee will be served in the morning,
as coffee made in the percolator is cold
by the time it is served.
BERTRAM GOOOHUE (Mississippi),
February 3—Chairman, R. Queen; Sec
retary, W. Mueller. Bob Eli was elected
ship's delegate. Recommendation w a s
made that the three delegates make up
a set of rules for the use and caie of the
washing machine. Crew was asked to
put glasses on the shelf instead of drop
ping them in the sink.
April 20—Chairman, R. Qlmen; Secre .
fary, P. O. Rollins. Motion w.s carried
to instruct the new crew to order fans
for all foc'sles, as the present ones are
worn out. and there are no parts for re
pairs. Delegates will dr.nw up a. full re
pair list. Vote of thanks was given to
the delegates.
TAOOEI (Shipenter),Msrch 30—Chair
man, Jhow Hauser; Secretary, Stan Sol
rki. Ship's delegate reports that the mst»
• ter of the rooms, recreation h.ll, pantry,
and other places which .re (> be painted
was taken up with the Union and v.^Ul be
taken care of. Each delegate will take
care of carrying out repairs, in accord
ance with the agreement with the Union.
April 27—Chairman, Lucken; Secretary,
Stan Solski. Although the dele.gate v/ent
to see the captain and mate three times
about painting the steward's department
rooms, they were only spotted up. All
crewmembers will keep from making
noise in the messhall. Motion was passed
to have the steward department's rooms
painted before the ship leaves port. Rack
and a box with a lock will be installed
in the laundry for the iron. Plugin will
also be installed. Cots and fans wiU be
checked. Repair list will include port
hole screens for rooms. If possible, the
sink outside the galley will be removed.
Leaky sink in galley and toilets will be
repaired.
STEEL RANGER (Isthmian), March 23
—Chairman, L. W. Walberg; Secretary, A.
Tela.n. One man v.ho cr.me alsoard in
Singapore and another in Calcutta were
added to the steward department, lee
cream freezer w,.* repaired by the? car
penter. All repairs for the next voyage
should be completed before the new
erew signs on. Snecial attention should
be given to the drinking fountain back
aft and the frigidaire in the crew mess
hall. The stove should be replaced or
repaired and the whole ship should be
fumi.tated. '
April 19—Chairman, C. Andersen; Sec
retary, A. Telan. Ship's de'ec.te reported
to the captain—who said he knows—that
the ship is full of reaches. ^.lotion was
made .nd seconded thq( the second cook
and baker should be reported to the pa
trolman at the next port, since the crew
does not think he is oualified to be a
baker. This was approved. Crewmem
bers .shall recommend to the ontrolman
that this member be sent to baking school
before shinping out again as baker. Re
pair I'sts should he made UP as early as
nossib'.e. Steward's attention was brought
to the matter of uneven distribution of
fish. In case there is only enoueh of any
particular food to go around, this food
should be rationed. Some got two or
three portions of fish and others got
none.
MAE .(Bull), Aprif 25—Chairman, no
name; Secretary, no name. The crew
members unanimously voted to confirm
PETROLITE (Tanker Sag Harbor), April the resolution to assess themselves $20.00
23—Chairman, Walter Hoephner; Secre toward the purchase of a Union building
tary, Harry Koziorynsky. Disputed over in the port of Baltimore.
time for wipers and second pumpman
'
engine maintenance wiil be referred to
BESSEMER VICTORY (South Atlantic),
the Lake Charles patrolman. Men leaving
the ship and paying off should strip their March 30—Chalrmafa, Chris Christenscn;
bunks and iockers and leave quarters Secretary, E. A. Gomez. Delegates re
clean for the new men. Repair lists ported no beefs. Ship's delegate reports
should be turned in to the ship's delegate that the chief engineer again promised
to fini^ galley repairs, which were post
as soon as possible.
poned. Washing machine is not kept
clean. All crewmembers were asked to
STEELMAKER (Isthmian), April 7— cooperate .in cleaning the machine, a.gl
Chairman, not given; Secretary, Sal Ter tator and wringer after use. Crewmem
(1) Kansas City.
raclna. Frank Buyl was elected ship's bers were asked not to make noise in
(2) A mile and. a half. Since
delegate by acclamation. He was also the passageways. Suggestion Was made
STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), Jan
elected deck delegate; Joseph Heckl was that screen doors be kept locked in port.
both cyclists travel at the same
uary 13—Chairman, Michael J. Carlin;
elected engine delegate and Antonio
speed, each will have gone a half
Bertty steward delegate, all by acclama
PUERTO RICO (Bull), May 4—Chair Secretary, Francis McCutcheon. John
tion. Porthole and door screens will be man, Thurston Lewis; Secretary, Jim Merkel was 'e'eeted ship's delegate by
mile when they collide. At 10 MPH,
distributed and installed. Ship's delegate Murphy. The crew donated $10 from the acclamation. He warned those members
it will take them a twentieth of an
will check headquarters on the question ship's fund to each of two members in who have never made the Far East mn
of purchasing a washing machine. Chair the San Juan Hospitai. One man paid off before to be cautious, due to port eon'U
hour to cover that distance. Since
tions. Doers should be kept lo"'cd In
man explained about the frequency of in San Juan with consent of Headquar' port.
the fly travels 30 MPH, three times
draws.
ters. $11 was donated to ship's fund, in
February 3—Chalrmbn, Michael J." Car
as fast, it will cover a mile and a
cluding $2.00 from the cruise director.
lin; Secretary, Francis McCutcheon.
LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car Eight men are q'uittiirg this trip. Motion Ship's delegate reported that black.gan.g
half in the time.
riers), April 13—Chairman, Horace Mob was carried to reimburse Lewis from the members, without consulting all the men
(3) John Paul Jones. He was
ley; Secretery, B. Trottle. Since little ship's fund for the $15.00 he gave to the in the department and without the knowl
American Merchant Marine Library As
action was taken on the last voyage's re sociation.
commissioned by Catherine the
Motion was passed to have the edge of the delegate, posted a nasty criti
pair list, another one will be made up electricians
check on the possibility of cism of the chief cook aboard. They were
Great in 1788.
and sent in. John W. tVulzen was elected getting a public
address system for crew's told that this was out of order, (^neral
ship's
delegate.
Steward
and
ship's
dele
shipboard meetings. Complaints were discussion was held on the preparation
(4) 6, 8, 10. ^ An answer of 33, 44
gate will speak to the captain about made
the lack of soap and the poor of food. Caid players were asked to clean
changing the cook's quarters. They are quality on
and 55 twelfths would also be cor
of the soap powder. Steward del up the recreation room after they have
now
forward
with
the
engine department,
finished using it. Crewmembers were
rect if you flgure it that way.
WESTERN FARMER (Western Naviga too far away from the galley and with egate asked the captain for the promised asked
to take care of the washing ma
washing machine and he said he would
tion),
February
15—Chairman
not
given:
out
a
wash
basin.
(5) Running water.
get It. Crew wiU be assessed for the chines, clean them, and turn them off
Secretary not given. One member was
ship's fimd, which is getting low—$1.00 after use. Steward asked the crew to
to the safety council from each
(6) "Pie" Traynor, Pittsburgh elected
take^care of the cots, and put them away
department. The suggestion was made
MARY ADAMS (Blcomfleld), April If— per man: $2.00 per new man next trip.
when not in use. Shore passageway should
Pirates: "Cookie" L a v a g e 11 o, that a bench be installed in the 12to4 Chairman, John Schaller; Secretary, Rob
be closed when in port. Request was
room and better lighting be put ert M. Douglas. Ship's delegate reported
Brooklyn Dodgers, and "Spud" oilers'
made
that the engine department show
in the shaft alley. The linen facilities that the captain says there is no material
ers and Lead be painted. Ship's delegate
Chandler, NY Yankees.
and recreation room should be taken available to repair sinks. No stores will
will speak to the mate about this.
care of.
be received in Europe except fresh milk.
(7) Eugene V. Debs on the Social better
March f—Chairman, Willis Thompson; Requested that the ship's delegate Job be
ELIZABETH (Bull), May 4—Chairman,
ist ticket.
Secretary, Donald Evans. Delegates re rotated. Red Fink was elected ship's
A. Gonzales; Secretary, W. J. Ooak. Dele
ported no complaints. Standby on watch delegate by acclamation. Steward de
gates
reported no beefs. Motion was
(8) Tom's left elbow.
will clean the messhall and help to keep partment overtime was discussed. Com
SEATRAIN NEW YORK (S • a t r a t
n), unanimously carried to rig a canvas awning
it clean while on watch. Better coopera pany will put a new washing machine April 20—Chairman, Ray W. Sweeney; aft for the crew. Motion was unanimous
(9) Wednesday.
tion was asked between the deck de aboard. Discussion was held on keeping Secretary, John Monast. Treastirer is ly carried to have the company install
the machine clean. Any member who making inquiries about the purchase of a
partment and the bosun.
(10) $50.
leaves the washing machine dirty or docs television set, instead of the radio dis blackout screens for ventilation when
April I, 1»52JChalrman, Willis Thomp not
Crewmembers should
turn it off when he is finished using cussed during the last meeting. Motion portholes are closed.
son; Secretary, Donald Evans. Lockers it WiU
stay out of the me.<s.cha]l until the mess
be fined $5.00.
was passed that no one payolf until the boy has finiMied setting the tables. Dona
have not been fixed and lights have not
patrolman's okay. Suggestion was made tion will be made to both seamen's li
Puzzle Auawer
been placed in the ahaft alley. Motion
to get a new library aboard ship. Dis
to establish a ship's fund was vetoed.
CITRUS PACKER (Waierman), April 5 cus.sion was held on the mate, who works braries. Ship's delegate will speak to the
April 25—Chairman, Donald Evens; Sec —Chairman,
chief mate about assigning a member to
J.
Holsenbeck;
Secretary,
retary, William Weiss. Ship's fund was Claude N. Johnson. Delegates reported the men until 3 PM so that he doesn't help the carpenter finish varnishing the
have to pay overtime. He moves the men messhall seats and tables.
voted on again and passed this time. The everything okay.
Holsenbeek was to other Jobs without asking the bosun
question of a mixing machine and » elected ship's delegate. J. Each
and then complains because the bosun
grinder for the galley will be brought to should clean up the laundry department
THE CABINS (Cabins), April 27—Chair
room after doesn't get a certain amount of work
the attention of the patrolman.
use. Chief mate and chief engineer wiU done. Mate also expects the cardeckraen man, O. FItzpatrIck; Secratary, Joe E.
Thamas.
Delegates reported everything
check the steerwheel. Door on 4S oUers' to sweep up their decks and maintain
WANDA (Epiphany) April 13—Chair room should be repaired.
ail right. Delegates will coUect all books
their
gear
without
overtime
payment,
man, E. A. Johnston; Secretary, J. Ber
have them ready for payoff. A new
contrary to the agreement. Suggestion and
eiford. Roger Hickey was elected ship's
was mode to have the patrolman come washing machine should be installed for
delegate by acclamation. Ship's delegate
COUER D'ALENB VICTORY (Victory to the messroom to discuss these beefa^ the next trip; a larger hot water tank
will see the master about launch service. Carriers), April If—Chairman, Rex H.
should be provided, both for hot showers
Ship's fund has a balance of $38.Q0.
and te take care of heating in the fos'sles
Ceoto; Secretary, Larry HItchner. Ship's
April 23—Chairman, P. Gradeszl; Sec fund has a balance of $8.50. Discussion
HILTON (Bull), Mey 1—Chairman, Don during cold weather. Galley stove, smoke
retary, J. Beresferd. Ship's delegate re was held on time changes being aU on ald T. Herby; Secretary, Frank Albose. stack and drains in the galley need fixing.
ported that the repair list has hot beeii the 124 watch. Suggested that ship's Three men that missed ship in Baltimore
May 4—Chairman, John O. Moera; Sac
actedon for the pastthree trips. Galley driegate sec the captain about splitting and San Juan will be reported to the pa reltry, Jostph E. Dunne. Deck delegate
range is badly In need of repair, as the hour on the tlu'ee watches. Discus tfulman. Radio wiU be bought from the reported that there was a lot of disputed
coeks are In danger of being burned or sion Was held on the arrangements for ship's fund, with an additional $.50 con overtime. John D. Moore was elected
^ Steivard deleg^ Mparted that cleaning the recreation room, and the tributed by each man to cover the dif ship's delegate and Joseph Pekn deck
laundry. Discussion was teldon topMde ference. Bosun will give one, man time delegate. Delegates of each departn^fit
to' pn+cBksb tlie radio. tteli^Aites wllt wiil mke nzr a reoahr Ifvt. • •
using the laundry . end v^e^lhg machnW.
Motion was unanimously passed to en
dorse S20,000 assessment toward the new
Union haH in Baltimore. Crewmembers
were asked not to leave dirty coffee cups
all over the ship. Three members re
ported that they had found a good buy
for the proposed television set which
the crew is going to purchase from the
ship's fund. Each man. if he can. should
contribute S5.00 at the draw upon arrival
in Baltimore, since the $75.00 now in the
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Secretary, Donald Forrest. Paul James
was elected ship's delegate by acclama
tion. Engine delegate suggested that a
more efficient routine be Worked out for
sanitary work. Delegates were reminded
to collect contributions for the ship's
fund from the first draw and turn this
money over to the financial secretary.
Master will be asked for permission to
play cards in the library, with the as
surance that no noise wiil be made and
that the room will be kept clean. Steward
asked the crew's cooperation in securing
gear during rough weather and Teturn
ing It
the niessroom.
April 13—Chairman, Carl Re)man; Sec
retary, Dencid Forrest. Ship's delegate
reported that the master has granted
permission to use the library a% a recrea
tion room, as long as sleeping, erewmem
bers in adjacent quarters ere not dis
turbed. A,hand wringer has been bought
for heavy gear to save the light rollers
on the new washing machine. Eighty
pocket books were bought for the li
brary. Suggestion was made to build
and install a mailbox in the recreation
room. Suggestion was made to get more
information regarding facilitating of port
toport mail in Europe.
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* • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION # ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL •
MTU
The AfL Maritime Trades Department, now
revamped and revitalized, will play an increas
ingly bigger role in the working life of Seafarers
from now on. Inasmuch as the SlU is a member
union of the MTD, it means that every Seafarer
is part of a mighty force, 200,000 strong, that is
aiming for the economic betterment of all AFL
maritime workers.
It's easy to see that an organization including
all crafts who work in the maritime industry will
be able to do much more for the workers involved
through concerted action on a common front with
a common goal.
I
«
That is the reason why AFL waterfront unions
have banded together in this strengthened Mari
time Trades Department. Member unions of the
MTD, besides the SlU, Atlantic & Gulf District,
include: Sailors Union of the Pacific; Interna
tional Longshoremen's Association; Masters,
Mates and Pilots; Brotherhood of Marine Engi
neers; Marine Allied Workers; United Marine
Division; Staff Officers Association; Radio Offi
cers Union and dockside. affiliates of the Inter
national Union of Operating Engineers. In
addition, local unions of the International Broth
erhood of Teamsters are affiliated in many ports,
although the IBT is not a member of the new
department nationally.
1/
As a national body, the MTD operates through
its local port councils which have been estab
lished in all major US ports. These councils will
dedl directly with the problems common to all
rnaritime workers in that port.
^ There you have it~the most powerful organiza .
tfon of unions ever assernbled: under one banner^'^
dedicated to the wellbeing and advancement of |
every man who niqlc^ the maritime trades his
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BLAST SEA SCHOOL FUNDS AS 'CART BEFORE HORSE'
VACATION PLAN GETS 'ROBOT' SPEEDSTERS
BERING SEA STRIKE GETS SIU BACKING
VOTE BEGINS ON NEW OUTPORT HALLS
HEARINGS ENDED, SHIP BILL WEIGHED BY HOUSE GROUP
BLOOD BANK AT SIU HQ MAKES 'DRAW' ON W'FRONT
SIU CANNERS ACCEPT 5C PER HOUR RISE
CONTEST CLOSES; 'POGO' A JUDGE
'52 BALLOT CARDS READY FOR VOTERS
SHIP FIRMS REAPED BIG PROFITS IN '51
AMBULANCE-CHASER CURBS PROTECT PATIENTS: NELSON
ANTI-STRIKE CRUSADE ON AGAIN IN CONGRESS
OUTPORTS SLATED FOR NEW BOOKS IN JUNE
BME CAN HELP SEAFARERS ON LICENSE QUI
YARMOUTH RUN STARTS SOON
SOUTH SEAS CALL AB'S WINDJAMMER
SIU FISHERMEN TREAT TEXANS TO SHRIMPFEST
SUPER SALVAGE TUGS MAKE DEBUT
EYE BUDDY SAVED IS GOOD AS NEW
C-4'S TO ORE SHIPS PROPOSED
LOW-PRICED GEAR FOR SHIPS
AMERICAN MERCHANTMEN
THE GHOST SHIP THAT SANK PORT OF NEW HAVEN
TATTOOING A VANISHING ART
UPSIDE DOWN VIEW
STRIKE 'SOLUTION'
SIU BROTHERHOOD
AN UNBIASED IDEA
HOME AWAY FROM HOME
SEAFARER FINDS SHIP SABOTAGE; GETS TANGLED IN ARMY INQUIRY
DIPLOMATS WALLOP CREWMEN IN BOMBAY SOFTBALL CONTEST
REQUIEM FOR A SHIPMATE
FIGHT TO SAVE A LIFE FAILS
MONTREAL SAILORS CHAPEL NEARING ITS 300TH YEAR
POMPEII - 2,000 YEAR OLD PORT
MITCHELL'S NO HITTER WINS PRIZE FOR DEL SUD REBELS
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THi SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL
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Story On Page 3
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Vote Curbs On FoulUps Abroad
Story On Page 3
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features hidden to pre
fnoririine liUIZ, vent identification and re ..
prisal against relatives in Poland, this Seafarer told
LOG of French CP attempts to get info on US water
front security from seamen.
(Story on Page 2.)
A tug nudges
LayUp Time. ship in line on
.0
Hudson River as Maritime Administra
tion winds up its layup program. Some
will probably come out this fall to han
dle foreign aid cargo. (Story on Page 5.)
/
Secre
On The Line. Executive
tary Lloyd Gard
ner of the Maritime Trades Department
^at mike), opens first meeting of the
MTD's Brooklyn Port Council. The ses
sion, attended by delegates from eight
waterfront Unions, drafted a farreach
ing program designed tor eliminate .
abuses and remove, causes of friction
heretofore existing on the Brooklyn, wk
terfront. The Council is assured full SIU
support in carrying out its longrange
program.v , ,.
(Story on Page 2.)
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Friday, May «. ISS*
Shipping Program's Fate
To Be Decided Next Week
A long parade of shipowners, maritime unions, shipbuilders, shipbuilding unions and
legislators went before the'House Merchant Marine Committee this paiSt week to urge pass
age of the LongRange Shipping Bill. The bill has the complete endorsement of the SIU.
The testimony in favor of the 4—
—
^
bill has now been eomnlefced,
subsidies to operators who do not tax deferments on voluntary' de
a number of government agencies have operatingdifferential subsi posits by unsubsidiz^d lines to be
are now scheduled to testify against dies, (2) tax deferment benefits on used for shipbuilding.
the proposal. The hearings will reserve funds to be used for ship Some other provisions of the bUl
probably end sometime next week. construction, and (3) extension of
(Continued on page 17)
The Treasury Department. General
Accounting Office and the Bureau
of the Budget areexpected to lead
the attack against the bill, which
according to the Biureau of the
Budget is "not in accord with the
program of the President."
The Senate has already passed
the bill, and its fate hinges on the
(Editor's note: The following represents an interview with Brother
findings of the House committee. Harry E. O'Reilly, Director of Organization of .the AFL. O'Reilly served
After Senate approval last August, as AFL President William Green's personal representative at the re
the program was shelved until the cent Chicago meeting at which the Maritime Trades Department setup
House group began its hearings was revised, and presided over the sessions there.)
this past week.
As AFL Director of Organization, Harry E. O'Reilly is
"Right Step"
The SIU and other shipping naturally interested in seeing the AFL reach out into new
groups have long hailed the pro fields constantly. As he puts it, "Therel is no activity of
gram as "a step in the right direc organized labor more impor'^
tion," to help stabilize the mer tant than organizing." He of nonunion workers, O'Reilly de
chant marine. The present program feels further that the average clared that community participa
of recalling some 365 government
tion helps create a favorable cli
owned GAA ships into the reserve union member carries the b^ mate for union advancement, "in
by talking up the union wher
fleet because of a sudden slump
The A&G headquariers hiring hall looks a lot more like a Holl^^
any case," he added, "It's neces
In the industry points up the need ever he goes.
wood set, as Associated Press TV newsreel cameramen and a re
sary
to
be
a
good
citizen
in
order
When asked how else a union to be a good trade unionist. But porter take TV movies of an Interview with Seafarer Frenchy
for some stabilizing influence, ac
cording to an A&G headqu^ters man can help promote organization the basis for effectiveness if a Michelet who had received handful of Communist propaganda lit
erature while he was aboard ship.
. ,
spokesman.
union is always organization."
The CIO Shipbuilding Workers
Danger Still Great
Union and shipbuilding interests
While recognizing that the SIU
• told the committee that American
has done a solid organizational job,
shipbuilding activities will come to
O'Reilly feels that the danger of
"a complete halt" next year if the
nonunion conditions is still as
lawmakers don't help the industry.
great as it ever was. Nonunion
The AFL Metal Trades Depart
wages, he believes, are just as
ment urged passage of the bill so
much a drag on organized workers
that we can "have a merchant mar
ine of the type, size, speed and
today as they ever were,' even A SEAFARERS LOG story about a new flood of Communist
health that is expected of the US
though we may be enjoying rela propaganda mailings to ships brought Associated Press TV
as the world's greatest power."
tively prosperous times.
newsreel cameramen to SIU headquarters last week. The
Senator Herbert R. O'Conor,
O'Reilly emphasizes that for story, which was widely re'^*^
:
Democrat, Maryland, testified that
unions to be able to do a decent printed in the daily press, told ers interviewed several Seafarers
foreign nations give substantial tax
job, their memflers have to be of various ships receiving sev who had received the literature
breaks and subsidies to encourage
more than just dues payers. Keen eral pieces of literature calling aboard ships. The film has since
the building of new ships for their
interest in union principles and
been shown in several midwest
merchant fleets and urged that the
a readiness to stand up and fight !or release of convicted Com cities as part of a 15minute news
munists,
a
"big five"
peace
present bill be passed for "the in
for them is characteristic of a
reel program distributed by AP to
terests of the United States in in
true union man. "It takes a great conference including Com a large number of television sta
creasing measure with each suc
deal more thanregular payment munist China and many other tions.
ceeding year."
of his dues for a man to be a real choice Communist causes.
Included in the newsreel was a
The tax provisions of the bill are
Harry O'Reilly
trade unionist."
The AP cameramenand report statement of Union policy on; the
the ones under fire by the govern
matter by SIU SecretaryTreasurer
ment agencies. The plan provides
Paul Hall as well as an explana
for: (1) extension of construction
tion of how the Union is combat
ing the latest propaganda drive.
Organizing Top AFL
Oib/ecf/ve—O'Reilly
• 'f :.
TV Covers SIU
Red Mail Expose
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SEAFARERS LOG
|r:
May 2, 1952
I't
Vol. XIV. No. 9
As I See It
Page i3
Burly
Page 16
Crossword Puzzle
Page 12
Did You Know
Page 18
Editorial
P^ge 13
Flying 'W'
Page 10
Foc'sle Fotog
Page 19
Galley Gleanings
Page 20
Inquiring Seafarer
Page 12
In The Wake
Page 12
Labor RoundUp
Page 16
Letters
Pages 21, 22, 23
Letter Of The Week
Page 13
Maritime
Page 16
Meet The Seafarer
Page 12
Oldtimer's Scrapbook
Pages 14,15
On The Job
Page 16
Personals
Page 26
PlimsSll Feature
Page 11
Quiz
Page 19
Ship's Minutes
Pages 26, >• 27
SIU History Cartoon — Page 7
Sports Line
Page 20
Ten Years Ago
Page 12
Top Of The News
Page 6
Vacation Pay ,. Pages 23, 24, 25
Wash. News Letter
Page 4
Welfare Benefits
Page 25
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'Spies' Aim At Seamen;
CG Trains For Security Alcoa To Run
Published blweekty at the headquartcrt
of the Seafarers Intarnatfonai Unien, At
laniic A Gulf District. AFL, «75 Fourth
Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel. STerllng
S4671. Entered as second class inaiter
at the Post Office In Brooklyn, N. Y»
under the Act ef Aus»it
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.AUr.lH, ii: OS. U(<,i
To Puerto Rico
After July 1.
Evidence that French Communists and sympathizers are pumping American seamen
or information about US shipping and the waterfront wets offered by a Seafarer recently
returned from a voyage aboard the Lewis Emery Jr.
In another security develop.^
ment here in this coimtry, the
Alcoa has announdeiPthat begin
Coast Guard indirectly recog
ning July 1 it will start service »
from New York, Baltimore and
nized the need for tightening up
Norfolk to Puerto Rico. It will b®
US port security when it began a
oneway service to San Juan ini
new program of reserve training
tially, with the ships
continuing on
stressing security provisions.
to South America to pick up
Meanwhile, further support
bauxite.
or LOG charges of security
The ports of Mayaguez and
oopholes on our waterfront
Ponce will be added to the service
was provided by another Seafarer
at a later date. Sailings from New
who reported that he and many
York and Baltimore will be week
other seamen had signed on a Li
ly, with ships leaving Norfolk
berian tanker without having to
about every three weeks.
offer any seamen's papers, pass'^
The new service by Alcoa —
ports, discharges or other identifi
which
operates SlUmanned ships
cation of any kind.
—will be in direct competition
Curious About VaUdatlon
with the present runs of Bull
The Emery crewman, whose
Lines — also operators of SlU
name must be withheld in order
manned ships.
to protect relatives living in Com
However, Bull Lines said the
munist Poland, said that he had Coast Guard reservists now undergoing port security training new Alcoa
nms will not affect Bull
watch
demonstration
of
a
pumping
system
In
operation.
The
re
been approached by Frenchmen in
Line
schedules.
"We certainly are
Cherbourg and Bordeaux, who servists' two week Jour of duty in New York ahd Seattle is being not considering cutting
down our
(Continued on page 17)
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Members Vote
Foreign Port
FoulUp Curb
Aroused by repeated instances of fouling up by a
handful of irresponsibles in foreign ports, the Union
membership in meetings held in all branches on AprU
23 authorized pressing charges against these men.
Adoption of the resolution marks a break with
traditional Union policy of^"
the possibility that certain
not interfering with a Sea avoid
ports might ban seamen from go
farer's activities while ing ashore. Such action would work
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ashore Up to now, it was great hardship on Seafarers riding
pointed out, there was no the long run to East Africa. Some
need for changes in that ports have already placed irksome
Executive Secretary Lloyd Gardner of the MTD
explains program of the Brooidyn Port Council
In session with newspaper reporters.
Siglnund Brovarski (right), of the ILA and
Captain Thomas Atkins of the MM&F are sworn
in as officers of the Council.
policy. Action will be taken in re.strictions on American seamen.
In addition, the membership was
cases of fouling up from now on
with charges being filed against told that fouling up of this kind
has a detrimental effect on rela
performers.
tionships between the Union and
Complaints Received
the operators and makes it more
The resolution was offered after difficult to go in and ask for im
headquarters had received several provements when contract nego
complaints of serious misconduct tiation time comes.
ashore by seamen in Middle East
As a headquarters official put it,
em and South and East African "You can always tell when you're
ports. While not all of the Ameri on a ship following a foulup crew,
can seamen involved have been because the local people lower the
Seafarers, some of those incidents boom on you when you get into
bivolved SIU crewmen. There have port.
been cases of homes broken into,
and local resident^ assaulted and "We're not going to let a few
otherwise molested in these ports. irresponsible screwballs hardtime
the whole Union because they run
As a result, the feelings of the wild when they hit a foreign port."
local populace and local authorities
The pertinent section of the
have been aroused against Ameri
cans and all seamen are being resolution reads as follows: "We
made to suffer the consequences. hereby adopt a policy whenever a
The situation is such that the US man is guilty of misconduct due to
State Department has expressed being drunk, and through such mis
concern to all maritime unions that conduct brings the SIU and Ameri
the behavior of some seamen was can seamen into ill repute in for
damaging this country's reputation eign ports, that charges be pre
ferred against such members at the
and prestige abroad.
termination of that particular
Port Bans Possible
voyage, and the offenders be made
Another reason for bringing to answer to the membership of
these performers into line is to the Union for such activities."
MTD Forms Bklyn Group^
Begins CleanUp Of Port
In the most significant action of its brief existence, the newlyestablished Mari
time Trades Department has set up a Brooklyn Port Council with the avowed
objective of stabilizing and straightening out the ofttroubled Brooklyn waterfront.
Meeting at the SIU Brooklyn
headquarters hall on April 29,
delegates from eight unions affili
ated with the MTD estabiished the
Council, elected officers and ap
proved resolutions and a declara
tion of intentions designed to eiim
inate actual and potential trouble
spots in tbe port area.
Benefit To Seafarers
Longsought stabilization of the
Brooklyn waterfront, In itself the
key section of the world's largest
port, would be of direct benefit to
Seafarers and members of ail other
maritime unions. The wildcat strike
In the port last fall was just one
of several such instances in recent
years which have caused grave and
unnecessary hardship to Seafarers
throughout the country.
It is recognized that under pres
ent conditions, trouble can flare
up in the port again with Seafarers
again being major sufferers should
ships be tied up for extended
periods. It has been pointed put
also that the port might suffer
permanent damage from repeated
disruption;
"Social" Clubs Target
SIU headquarters if the meeting
were heid. But the boast did not
materiaiize, nor did it deter any
of the delegates from affiliated
unions from attending the ses
sion.
Aside from the immediate prob
lem of the "social" clubs, all
unions represented at the meeting
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One of the. first steps to be un
dertaken will be to eliminate so
called longshoremen's "social"
clubs which have been a prime
sorespot. In one instance, the
"social" club organized by Anthony
Anastasia is actually a front for a
move to take seven of the ten
Brooklyn longshore locals out of
the ILA Into a separate organiza
Brand new halls for the ports of Baltimore, Galveston and Philadelphia are one step closer
tion. The group would have no to reality as the result of membership approval of a resolution calling for a building fund
connection with the AFL and assessment. Union membership meetings in headguarters and all branches on April 23
would seek separate contracts
from shipowners. This particuiar unanimously adopted a resolu"*^'
"social" club has been branded tion urging $20 assessment that all Seafarers will have an op "home away from home" in be
"dual and hostile" by resolution to provide modern halls in portunity to vote on adoption of tween voyages.
As the resolution points out, the
the assessment.
of the council.
these ports.
construction of new halls "has
Under
the
terms
of
the
resolu
Inaccordance with
the provisions
The day before the meeting the
proved to be good business, not
Anastasik camp stated they would of the SIU constitution, a 30day tion, the referendum will be held
from
May
15
to
June
15,
1952.
A
only
from the point of view of do
place a picketline in front of the secret referendum will be held so
favorable vote is expected in view
(Continued on page 17)
of the unanimous support of the
resolution at the shoreside meet
ings.
The resolution calls for members
• Cartoonist Ham Fisher, creator of the worldfamous comic strip character "Joe Palooka" to support the assessment move so
will be a member of the panel of five judges that will pass upon the entries in the SIU art that Seafarers in the abovenamed
ports can have the same comforts
contest on May 20, 1952.
Selection, of the panel judges
Palooka" joined the Army and was that are now available to men in
was announced as a flurry of en
used to illustrate various recruit ports where new halls have been
tries were submitted ahead of the
ing and instructional booklets and built. As the resolution puts it:
May 10 closing date. Should some
posters for the armed forces. "We call on all members to vote
contestants miss the deadline but
Fisher himself served as war cor in favor of this proposition so that
get their stuff into headquarters in
respondent in Africa, France, Yu our Brother members shipping
from the Ports of Baltimore, Phila
time for the judging, their entries
goslavia and the Pacific.
Continuing vigorous efforts to
will be accepted in the contest.
Other judges on the panel are: delphia and Galveston can enjoy increase the number of jobs avail
Announcement of the winners In
John I. H. Baur, curator of paint the same benefits, privileges and able to Seafarers, the Union has
the various categories—oils, water
ing and sculpture for the Brooklyn conditions that we now have in signed three newlyorganized
colors, drawings and miscellaneous,
Museum and wellknown authority other ports such as New York, steamship companies to SIU con
will be made at the headquarters
on the fine arts; Edward Easton, Mobile and New Orleans."
tracts.
New Facilities Needed
membership meeting of May 21, ac
president, Newspaper Guild of New
Each company is starling out
cording to the present schedule.
York; Leonard Gorlick, consulting The Unioi. has long been desir with one ship at present, but there
Fisher, a native of a Pennsyl
display designer to the Silkscreen ous of providing these three ports are prospects of additional vessels
vania coal town, sold his first car
Processing and Printing Associa with the decent, spacious and effi being purchased by these opera
toon at the age of 20 to the Wilkes
tion, and Bernard Seaman, art edi cient halls they need and deserve. tors.
Barre Record. He first got the Idea
tor of the SEAFARERSLOG.
The need has been emphasized by The companies and the ships
for his nowfamous character, "Joe
Those Seafarers who still want the institution of the Vacation and they are currently operating, are:
Palooka," from a prizefighter in
to enter the contest, can get in un Welfare Plans which require ade Bournemouth SS Corp.," operating
his home town who put on the
ddr the wire by mailing their stuff quate facilities for proper admin the Seavictor; North Seas Naviga
.gloves only to support his orphan
to the Art Editor, c/o SEAFARERS istration. The workings of the NSw tion Corp., operating the Seavigil;
Ham Fisher
ed brothers and sisters.
LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook York headquarters hall have shown and Stratford SS. Corp., operating
1,000 Papers
Today the "Joe Palooka" strip runs lyn 32. Be sure to include iden that comfort, convenience and ef the Tramar. All of the ships are
At first the strip was rejected by in more than 1,000 daily neUspa tification and a return address on ficiency go handinhand, enabling Libertys.
the various newspaper syndicates, pers and has an estimated audience each entry. Prizes will be awarded the Union to conduct its business Assistant Secretary Treasurer
but subsequently Fisher put it over of100,000,000 readers.
to winning entries in each cate in far better fashion, while at the Lloyd Gardner handled negotia
and it became ani instant success. During World War II "Joe gory.,
same time giving Seafarers a tions for the Union.
Vote Slated On New Outport Halls
7oe Palooka' On SIU Art Panel
SIU Jobs
Rise; Sign
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Unions To Share Mariner Ships
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SIU NEWSLETTER
from WASmNGTON
The Maritime Administration has announced it is following a policy of consideration for
companies, unions and coasts in the allocation of the new Mariner class vessels. ^
This is the first time, so far as is known, that the Government has taken into consider
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ships when making alloca
The basic policy of Congress relating to the merchant marine ap«
pears in the preamble of the Merchant Marine Act, 1036, which says,
tions.
in effect, that it is necessary for this country to have an_ adequate
An A&G Headquarters spokes
merchant marine, manned by American citizens, to carry a'"substan
man said the new policy appears
tial" portion of our commerce.
to be a L'rect result of an SIU
fight for a more equitable system
This policy will be greatly aided by enactment of the longrange
of allocating government ships on
bill, public hearings on which have just been ended by. the House
Merchant Marine Committee.
the basis of the men who will man
them.
It was the unanimous position of aU witnesses appearing on this
The first Mariner, the Keystone
bill (Government, labor, maritime employers, and veterancivicpa
• Mariner, will go to the Waterman
triotic groups) that the merchant marine policy cannot be maintained
Steamship Company, and be
without continuing aid from the US Government. At the hearings, the
manned by SIU men. The second,
Committee was told that the fluctuating cycles of earnings of American
the Old Colony Mariner, goes to
operators has made them unattractive to private investors.
United States Lines and will be
However, two important stihnbling blocks to enactment of this bill
manned by the NMU. The third,
appear on the horizon. One is the continuing opposition of Govern
the Old Dominion Mariner, will be
ment agencies to certain features of the measure. The other road
manned by the SUP. Her operator
block is that some of the unsubsidized lines, if they are not extended
has not been selected yet.
the same tax deferment treatment on earnings as given to subsidi^li
It is expected that allotment of
lines, may decide to attempt to kill the measure for this sessijcm |lf
Congress.
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the remaining 32 ships will follow
One
of
the
primary
objectives
of
the
longrange
bill
is
to
help
the pattern of the first three as
American
operators
to
plan,
financiallyspeaking,
for
the
eventual
re
far as imions are concerned.
placement of their vessels. In view of the fact that unsubsidized lines
compose the bulk of the entire American fleet, there appears to be no
valid reason why they should be left out in the cold, why they should
not receive the same tax advantages extended by the Government to
those lines receiving operating subsidy.
Whether the bill is reported to the House "as is" depends pretty
much on the views of Representative Hart, NJ, Chairman of the
House Committee, who is a. stalwart administration supporter. If he
should insist on drastic changes as recommended by the Government
agencies, his own Committee could, of course, overrule him by majority
vote, but Mr. Hart then may decide to insist on the administrative
changes on the floor of the House.
Further tightening of regula
tions governing alien seamen on
Giving in under pressure of big business groups, the House bf Rep
US ships has been announced by
resentatives has voted to investigate the Wage Stabilization Board.
the Coast Guard. From now on, all
A House unit will' look into the matter of the current wage dispute
aliens seeking seamen's certificates
in the steel industry.
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must provide specific proof that
In
passing
Hie
big immigration
and
naturalization
bill (HR 5678) on
they have been lawfully admitted
April
25,
the
House
voted down an
amendment
proposed
by Represen
to the US and are permanent resi
tative Lantaff, to strike from the bill the section imposing a $500
dents of this country.
penalty on a vessel or aircraft owner for each alien stowaiway on
An alien who wants to get sea
board when arriving jn United States.
men's validated papers must show
The House disagreed with the Lantaff argument that existing sanc
the Coast Guard an alien registra
tions against shipping lines provide every incentive for a carrier to
tion receipt card issued by the
prevent persons from becoming stowaways and for the apprehension
Immigration Service, or else a
and detention of them if they do.
formal declaration of intention to
The shipping lobby will attempt to kill this penalizing provision of
become a US citizen as issued by
the bill on the Senate side of Congress.
a naturalization court.
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Up until now, the Coast Guard Passengers and crew of the cruise ship Puerto Rico had an Senator Humphrey, Democrat, Minnesota, has introduced a bill in
had been issuing seamen's papers unexpected bit of excitement on her last voyage when a sick the Senate (S. 3069) to extend the privilege of trial by jury to cei^
to aliens without checking on
tain cases arising within the special maritime and territorial jurisdic
whether or not the alien was le passenger had to be taken off the ship at sea.
tion of the US. The purpose is to expedite the settlement of claims of
The
Puerto
Rico
was
one
day^i
gally in this country, admitted for
merchant
seamen injured on board ship, including those owned by
permanent residence. Once the out of New York when Mr. Louis lifeboat were: Powell, the chief the US Government. Merchant seamen are not covered by any com
Mongiello,
one
of
the
passengers,
alien got seamen's papers, the Im
mate; Frank Douglass, bosun; pensation act and. must look to the courts of admiralty for adjudica
migration Service found it diffi became seriously ill from an at Brothers Iverson, Johnson, Swayne tion of claims from injuries in the course of their work.
cult to deport him, even though tack of gallstones. The Puerto Rico and Thompson, ABs; Olsen, AB
In admiralty, determination of Issues both in fact and law are made
he might have been an illegal en changed course and headed for ren Maintenance; Bob Steward, elec
dezvous with the Coast Guard cut trician, and William Vara^,. the by the court. Federal statute, however, makes exceptions in cases aris
trant into the US.
ing in certain classes of vessels engaged in coastwise trade and those
While the new regulation only ter Cherokee about 100 miles Off third engineer.
operating
in interstate commerce on inland waters. In these cases,
Norfolk.
The
Cherokee
then
transferred
applies to new applications for
either party to
an action in a matter of contract or tort may request the
validated papers, any alien who The cutter was met at 2:30 AM Mongiello to a helicopter and he determination of issues of fact by a jury. This limitation on jury trial
and
despite
darkness
and
swells,
loses his present papers and ap the man was transferred into No. was flown to a Norfolk hospital.
As a result of the diversion, the has been severely criticized by the courts, with Judge Addison Brown,
plies for a duplicate will have to 1 lifeboat and taken to the cutter Puerto Rico was a day late arriv in the Empire Case (19 F.588) inquiring "Why it should be limited to .
American vessels plying between domestic ports and denied to all
supply proof of lawful admission. a half hour later. Handling the ing in San Juan.
foreign vessels, and to American vessels engaged in foreign trade, it
is impossible to conceive."
Senator Humphrey says his bill will remove this unjust discrimina
Philly MTC Rallies To Stabilize Port
tion and will eliminate delays in settlement of ckses involving seamen
injured on vessels owned by the US through the waiver of Govern
ment immunity from suit.
Aliens Need
Legal Entry
For Papers
PR Seafarers Transfer
Sfck Passenger At Sea
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With more and more of tihe new Marinertype vessels being launched,
additional American ship operators are beginning to show interest in
ultimately acquiring them. However, because of. the troubled world
situation, specific arrangements for the immediate employment of this
class vessel by companies have not fully crystallized, excepting to the
extent that they may be operated on a general agency basis for a
limited period of time. Some ship lines are willing to purchase the
Mariner at a price of half of the building costs, or roughly $4,000,000,
for immediate tfre, while others want to use the basic design of the
Mariher for complettotx/as a combination passengercargo ship.
Congressional Committees are expected to give attention soon to
the fixing of a uniform sales, price for the Mariner class so that
American lines can acquire them.
I'M
Ifeetihg or Philadelphia AFL Mazitlmo Trsdea on region's problems, at nearby Chester, Pa., was
headed by SIU Agent Steye CardbUO (third from left) as President, plus (L^ DOcfc ttenitis Chester
Teamsters; Sec'y Cliff Cartei:; ILA, and Sec'yTreas. Henry Vadar^
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As a matter of poUcy, the Maritime Administration, 'Departmient .of
Commerce, is approving sales pT American ships to foreign interests
on the following cpttditiipns: (1) there shall be no change in the owner
ship or registry of. said vessel (after the purchase); (2)'the vessel wfil
not engage in operations prohibited to US vessels; and (3) that the
vessel shall, if requested by US, be sold or chartered back to this
country on the same tenns uid .conditions upon which a vessel owned
by a citiMn of the US could be requisitioned for purdmse or charter
as provided in tiw Hmchant Marine Act.
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SEArARERS LOG
LayUp Recall Hears End;
Hew EC A $ May Cut Slump
The Maritime Administration has announcedthe extent of its present recall program
for governmentowned ships under GAA charters, and only 49 more ships will be recalled.
Less than 10 of these will be SlUmanhed vessels, accoi^ing to indications.
The actual layups will not be"*^
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factors that may put the ships back • slump, an A&G Headquarters
into operation.
j spokesman pointed out, since the
In any event, it will not be until; Union realized the shipping boom
after June that the layup is com: would not last indefinitely and has
pleted. The ships recalled will be j maintained its job ratio policy of
allowed to finish the voyage for a job for every member.
which they have been committed,
316 So Far
and June 30 has been set as a rough There have been a total of 316
date for the time when they will | vessels recalled so far, including
all be back in the US,
j 51 ships ordered back late last
Some of the recalled vessels are ; month. At the end of the program,
being kept on a "standby" basis,; 365 ships will have been laid up.
with skeleton crews aboard so they To date, 70 SlUmanned ships have
will be ready to go back into serv1 been recalled, with 44 GAA ships,
ice with little or no notice.
i manned by Seafarers, not affected
SIU members, however, have no by the program,
cause for alarm over the shipping There will still be some 250 ships
operating under Military Sea
Transport Service, including 112
vessels now operating under bare
boat charters and a few Cape
type ships being put into service.
"We have no way of knowing."
said an MA spokesman, "when the
international situation will change
Clearing the first month of the giant Union book swap, and put some or all of the ships
headquarters officials pointed to the mounting amounts of back into service, perhaps even
new books passing over the counter, more thdn double the before they are laid up. It seems
probable, in any event, that some
initial volume of 100 a week.
of
the vessels will be put back in
Validation of new books for old farer is also furnished free of
has been snagged necessarily by charge for positive identification. use toward the end of August
when we expect European coal and
SEAFARERS LOG Art Editor Bernard Seaman looks over the the individual attention given each About a week is needed between grain demand to pick up."
book
so that
the flow
has not been
the time of application until the
Newspaper Guild of New York's Page One Award, given him for
Program Would Help
"continuing excellence In the . . . field of cartoons . . while as speedy as hoped. Indications are book will be ready so men who will The $7.9 billion MSA aid program
that
once
the
pace
slows
at
head
not be on the beach that long
Patricia Butler, Miss Page One, gives him the .scroll that goes
is now before Congress. If it is
with the bronzecovered stick of type. The award'was made at quarters, outport applications will should hold off filing for the book passed intact, it would mean a big
be
put through
as soon
as possible.
until they'll be around at least' that
the Page One Ball in New York's Hotel Astor.
Exchange of the old Union book long. Membership response to the jump in shipments of coal and
for a new streamlined version was new book issue has been highly grain to Europe.
At the same "time, it is believed
brought about by the need to re enthusiastic, despite the waiting.
that European countries have been
place the large number of books
holding off cargo orders in hopes
expiring almost at the same, time,
that freight rates would drop.
since this is the first new Union
Apparently their wait has borne
book issue in SIU history. Special
fruit. About two months ago. the
emphasis has been "'placed on as
rates were twoandahalf times
suring that the new book will com
higher than the old Maritime Com
bine beauty, utUity and longwear
mission recommended rates. Now
Western Union telegraph workers who have been out on ing qualities necessary in a docu
the rates are from two to three
the bricks for one month received a $500 boost from the SIU ment that wiil see hard wear and
dollars lo\yer
than the MC rates.
when the headquarters membership voted to give financial possible water spoilage.
At the peak, this past winter,
No
Cost
aid to the striking Commercial^
there were some 530 GAA ships in
Distributed at no cost to the
Telegraphers Union (AFL). in line with the SIU's longstand membership,
operation, with the majority of
the
book
features
a
The
Seafarermanned
Henry
T.
The CTU is the parent organiza ing policy of aiding other unions
them wartime Liberties.
tion of the Radio Officers Union, when in picketlipe struggles with moroccan leather cover, water Rainey, owned by A. H. Bull & Co., To date, SlUcontracted com
proof
inside
pages,
goldstamping
was slightly
damaged in
a collision
one of the affiliates of the Mari employers. Action was taken after
panies have the following standing
time Trades Department that has an appeal was received from Lo of each Seafarer's name and new with a small Finnish vessel, the as far as GAA ships are concerned.
always worked closely with the cal 146 of the Western Union Di book number, as well as an addi Rex, oft the Hook of Holland in a Alcoa lost 10, kept 5; Bloomfield
vision which takes in the east tional outside case to add further dense fog.
SIU on waterfront policy.
protection for the valuable con
A company spokesman said lost 5, kept 4; Bull lost 5, kept 1;
coast
from Maine to Virginia.
The strike began on April 8
(Continued on page 17)
tents.
preliminary reports indicated that
Aid For Families
after the company persistently re
Complete
modernization
of
the
the
7,200ton
freighter
was
dam
fused to make any wage offer in The appeal said that all funds Union's bookkeeping system has aged slightly and that no hands
repeated negotiation sessions. It received will be reserved for as been instituted at the same time, were injured. He said . repairs
Involves more than 30,000 em sistance to needy union members t« insure that Union records will would probably be made in Holland
ployees of the company throughout who were having difficulty in meet have up to the minute data on each and the ship would be brought
ing grocery and doctor bills as
the country.
Seafarers on the payroll of
member. A picture of each Sea back to the US.
The Union's $900 donation was the strike dragged on.
a ship while in port should
make sure to get discharges
from the skipper for port time
as well as for the time spent
at sea.
Failure to get such dis
charges will mean that the
Seafarer won't be able to get
credit for the port time toward
money. This could
A brand new newspaper designed to keep AFL union en his vacation
mean that a man would lose
gineers abreast of the latest in maritime and utiion affairs is out on some of the vacation
now being published by the SlUaffiliated Brotherhood of dough. Such being the case,
Marine Engineers. Called sim ^
every Seafarer owes it to him
ply, BME Marine Engineer, the yoimg SIU affiliate and make self to get a discharge for port
the new publication is ona for a better informed member time worked.
inonthly schedule with an en» ship.
finished until after June, and by
that time some of these ships may
have already been put back into
service. Just as a sudden change
in the international situation
brought on the layup program, an
other sudden change may put the
ships back into service before the
program ends.
Hope Seen
The shifting international pic
ture, a $7.9 biUion aid bill before
Congress, and the belief that Euro
pean countries have been holding
off on coal orders in hopes that
freight rates would drop are all
Union Book Swap
Doubles Early Pace
Seafarers Give $500
To Telegraph Strikers
Rainey, Finn
Ship Collide
Off Holland
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Time Diseharqe
Catching Up On The News
AFL Engineers Union
Publishes New Paper
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tirely new format.
Just back from a lengthy trip on the Sunmont, three Canadian
Seafarers stop into Brooklyn headquarters to pick up copies of
the "Canadian SailorThey are (LR) Martial iStonge, OS; Evert
Barton, OS; John Ndwtpn, AB.
.
The frontpage of the new paper
headlines the BME's new agree
ment with four major companies
providing the highest pay in the
Industry for licensed engineers, as
well as increased benefits of the
BME 'Welfare Fund.
The new paper, in addition to
regular maritime and union news,
carries letters and stories about
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Host: Beetf BarBQ, Baseball
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OLD MAN BIVEB BOLLS ON—Twin flood damage by the Missouri
ahd Mississippi rivers continued as the crests of both streams moved
toward an expected meeting at the junction point above St. Louis.
Omaha and Council Blufff survived major flooding thanks to the
New Orleans—Thanks to the crew of the Del Sud, Saturday, April 19, was a big day work of thousands of volunteers in reinforcing dikes and levees, but
in New Orleans. A big picnic and ball game was sponsored by the crew for the men on the Sherman Air Force Base at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, was under
the beach and themselves, witlf wives and childrerl invited, .^ter an afternoon of base ten feet of water as the Missouri breached dikes there. Heavy rain
faUs added to the flood which has Inundated thousands of farms in
ball, fried chicken, beer, soda
and cold cuts, all present rels of beer on hand, as much combers came back and blanked the river valley from the Dakotas through Nebraska and Kansas. The
meanwhile had flooded St. Paul, Minnesota, and La Cross,
agreed that the affair was a chicken and potato salad as could them in the second game 70 as Mississippi
Wisconsin,
with
Iowa cities now taking a beating.
be eaten, various cold cuts and 30 the Del Sud outfit had to substi
tremendous success.
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for
some
of
their
regulars
cases
of
soft
drinks
for
the
kids.
In fact the whole thing went off
so pleasantly, even though over There were plenty of the latter who were not available in the STEVENSON OUT. HABBIMAN IN—Governor Adlai Stevenson of
Illinois said "no thanks" to Democratic Party bigwigs, when he refused
600 people were present, that the around as the majority of the men nightcap.
crew is thinking of making an af brought their families along. It The only explanation that the to run for the presidential nomination. With Stevenson rejected.
fair of this kind a regular feature. has been a long time since the Beachcombers had for dropping President Truman apparently has thrown his support to W. AveriU
Taking care of all the arrange "beachcombers" had a chance to the opener was that the' Del Sud Harriman, New York banker who'has a long record of service in vari
ments 'were a committee of six All up on such good eats at no ders foundered them in an under ous government agencies, but has never held an elective office.
Harriman is currently Mutual Security Director, in charge of the aid
Seafarers cost.
handed manner by overloading program
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
elected on board
Split Doubleheader
them on fried chicken and (NATO). to membernations
Meanwhile
General
Eisenhower added to his strengtjli' in the
the Del Sud; Highlight of the afternoon was beer. However, the Beachcombers
Louis O'Leary, a baseball doubleheader between agreed that it will be worth while Republican column by trouncing Stassen and Taft in Pennsylvania
Raymond Jones, the Del Sud team and a newlyor losing to any ship's crew by one and taking mos^ of New York's delegates. Eisenhower also drew more
Jimmy Noonan, ganized Seafarers Beachcombers run, if they can match the Del writein votes in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary than any other
Joseph Galliano, outfit. The Del Sudders took the Sudders when it comes to putting Democrats except Kefauver and Truman, running far ahead of Steven
son, Harriman, Russell and Kerr. Kefauver headed the list here with
Leonard Munna first contest 43, but the Beach up a topnotch feed.
far more votes than all other candidates combined.
and Edward
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over
$400
NEW
ATOM
TESTS
IN
NEVADA—^The
use
of atom bombs against
Galliano
Seafarer Meets 'Mr.. Rhythin'
from the Del
troops in the field is being studied in a new series of atomic explosions
Bud crew to pay for the fixings.
in the Nevada desert. The first test conducted on April 22 involved
As a result there were six bar
1,000 troops who were in foxholes and bunkers approximately four
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miles from the actual drop. Additional tests along these lines are
planned. At the same time, the Atomic Ener^ Commission plans to
test a "super" atom bomb at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific Ocean
which will be at least ten times more powerful than the bomb that
was dropped at Hiroshima. British pians for a test in Australia are
also going ahead.
Seatrain Wins
Another Round
With Railroads
The Seatrain Lines won the lat
est round in its fight witli the
railroads. This time, the Inter
state Commerce Commission
granted the line an indefinite ex
tension of its temporary permit to
operate between New York and
Savannah, Ga.
The extension, which came just
three weeks before the permit was
to expire, insiues that the line
can operate at least until the ICC
makes a final decision about a
permanent permit.
The railroads have fought the
SlUcontracted company, which
transports fully loaded railroad
freight cars by ship, and has tried
to get the courts to stop Seatrain's
operation. Seatrain, in return, has
filed a damage suit against the
railroads charging conspiracy and
violation of the Sherman Anti
Trust Act.
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Seafarer Bruce Cole (left), now a student at the University of Ala
bama, gets friendly with Bobbysox Favorite Frankie Laine, dur
ing a recent dance on the university's campus.
Over 75 Million Spent
To Improve Port Of NY
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IT'S DIFFERENT IN ENGLAND—The English Parliament is seri
ously considering a law that would permit a wife to take her husband
to court If he didn't allow her enough housekeeping money. The bill.
has been described as the "housewives' charter." Under its terms a
wife who wasn't getting enough out of her husband's wages to manage
the household could take her spouse to court and the judge would
then order his employer to deduct the necessary amount from his wages
to be turned over to the wife. If nothing else, the proposed law shows
that there's still one country left where the man controls the purse
strings.
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ARMY MEDICOS ACCEPT WOMEN — The invasion of the armed
forces by women won another beachhead when the Army Medical
Service accepted three women medical college graduates as internes.
The Army already has some 10,000 women in its medical service, most
of them nurses and technicians, as well as 16 women doctors, but this
is the first time it has accepted women as internes. In announcing
the latest step the Army Medical Service called for more women to
prepare for a career in that branch of the armed forces.
More than 75 million dollars has been spent in the last two
years for shoreside reconstruction and rehabilitation in the WAR WITH JAPAN REALLIT ENDS—The ll^^yearold stat6 of
Port of New York, according to the city's Mafine 'and war between the US and Japan came to an end officially on Monday,
Aviation staff.
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April 28, when the Japanese peace treaty went into effect. Aithough
the treaty puts an end to the occupation of Japan by foreign troops,
"This represents a scheduie of
US armed forces wiil remain in Japan for the time being under the
improvement without precedent in
terms of a defense agreement. In addition, US bases will be retained
any port in the world," said the
on such islands as Okinawa.
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Since January, 1950, the city has
The SlUmanned Liberty Lillca, committed $26,710,000 in contracts,
PRISON GUARDS NEED PROTECTION — As the aftermath of
owned by the Dolphin Company, and as overseer of all waterfront
nearly a weeklong riot in Southern Michigan prison, guards at the
was among the five American ves construction, has approved private Both the SEAFARERS LOG and Institution are demanding protection by state troopers. Convict rioters
were had seized nine guards and held them as hostages for five days until
sels listed as "partial losses" dur projects amounting to $48,383,000. SIU shrimp fishermen
plugged on a recent Voice of the warden and the state agreed on their demands fof Improvements
ing the month of March by the
A New Era
America broadcast overseas to Eu in the parole system and other items. Now the guards, many of whom
Liverpool Underwriters' Associa
"We are in a new era of port rope.
tion.
are unarmed, are being escorted by four armed state troopers in each
In all, 13 partial losses were mindedness, but there is still a The mentions came in 'the cell block. The guards are also asking for rempval of the riot leaders
listed for the month, and 8 total tremendous job ahead," said the bu course of an interview vrith Paul to another prison.
losses — all foreign flag ships. reau. "It will require further large Weston, niember of the American
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The Lilica was the only SIU expenditures and Herculean ef Federation of Musicians and com
SLAVE
CAMP
SONGS
BROADCAST
As part of the Voice of
forts to overcome the remaining poser of the popular song hit America propaganda program, six songs —
manned ship on the list.
which
originated in Russian
The Lilica ran aground in shal port problems, of which the physi "Shrimp Boats, Are A' Cd^n'" slave labor camps have been broadcast around the world in 39 languages.
low water in the harbor of Civita cal conditions of port facilities is and other tunes with a labor The songs were brought put of the Soviet Union by refugees who re
vecchia, Italy. Loaded with coal, one of the more important."
theme. Harry Fleischmann, Voice cently arrived in this country? A choir made up of Russian displaced
she was pounded .^or three days The city has encouraged opera of America staffer who was. con persons sang the songs for the broadcast, while the soloist was a for
with her crew still aboard. Her tors leasing cityowned facilities to ducting the interview, informed mer member of the Odessa Opera who recentiy fled his native country.
hull split and she had water in make their own improvements, and Weston that the shrimp fishermen
three hatches.
have allowed these capital outlaya are SIU members, something that
FROM TOKYO TO NATO—General Matthew Ridgway has been
Her crew was finally taken (iff, to be amortized through rental dis he didn't know.
chosen by member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
and some flew back to the States, counts.
while others travelled aboard a It reported that substructure Subsequently Fleischmann point to replace General Eisenhower as head of NA^O's armed forces. Eisen
plush liner. One of the planes fireprevention has been finished ed out that the LOG had carried hower is coming back to the US after June 1, resigning as of that date
that the. stranded Seafarers took on 108 piers, and that within the a feature on the shrimp fishermen to plunge into the Republican presWential nomination campaign. Ridg
ran into trouble just out of the next few months, abovedeck fire (March 21 issue) in which' the way's job in Tokyo is being fiiled D> qeiieral Mark Clark. The Tokyo
States: and barely made it to an sprinkler system will have been io fishermen claimed that their work position no ionger holds the importance it once had sii^ce the Japanese
wasn't quite as romantic as the peace treaty went into effiVit, althohgh Clark'will still have comhiand
emergency landing field.
stalled on. all cityowned piers.
song made it out to be, :
of military forces th the area.
SlU Vessel In
Sea Mishap A
Partial Loss
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KOREA TALKS DRAG ON—h. couple of weeks of secret talks have
thus far failed to break the deadlock between Communist and UN
negotiators on the question of return of prisoners. The UN argument
has been that Chinese and North Korean prisoners should not be com
pelled to go back to. Communist lines against their will. Communist
negotiators apparently were ready to concede this point when they
learned that only 70,000 of the 132,000 prisoners in Allied hands were
willing to return . At that point the negotiations broke off, but have
since been resumed.
'Voice' Plugs
SlU Shrimpers
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Record For Polio Drive
Breaking all records of the past four years. Seafarers have contributed a total of $6,877.76
to the 195152 March of Dimes drive. This is better than $2,000 over the previous year'g
total of $4,738.57 which was the high figure up until now.
The March of D'mes campaign,.
only fundraising drive officially
endorsed by the membership, is
conducted by the National Founda
tion for. Infantile Paralysis to Sid
in the care and treatment of polio
victims as well as to sponsor re
search towards a cure for the dis
ease.
Sum Increases Yearly
This is the fourth year that the
SIU has participated in the fund
drive, and each year the sums con
tributed by Seafarers have in
creased markedly. Thanks to the
generosity of working seamen, the
Checking over a daily listing of ship movements through the port SIU has become one of the largest
of New York on a headquarters bulletin board, Seafarers K. contributors to the March of Dimes
in the labor field.
Jevnaker, OS (left), and R. Olsen, AB, pick out a good run.
The campaign got underway for
Seafarers at the end of December,
when appeal literature and scrolls
were mailed out to all SIU ships
along with the mailing of the LOG.
Subsequently the question of con
tributions was taken up at hun
dreds of shipboard meetings. What
A Senate Labor Subcommittee has accused southern textile ever sum individual crewmembers
to give was entered with
manufacturers of using the TaftHartley Act, the National decided
the man's signature, on the March
Guard, the courts and local police as ""union busting" weapons of Dimes scroll. The scrolls and
the money contributed were then
in their fights against union
turned over to Union patrolmen
ization.
when the ships paid off in a US Plaque hailing Seafarers' record in March of Dimes is accepted by
Approved by 11 of the 13 Senate
port.
Official union receipts were Asst. Sec'yTreas. Lloyd Gardner (left) on behalf of SIU member
Labpr Committee members, the re
issued
by the patrolman for the ship from I. R. Weinberg, national labor director of the drive.
port says the TH Act, "has in fact
sum
involved
which was turned
served as cover for the ambush of
over to headquarters.
pioneering unions with limited re
One Check Written
sources," instead of "protecting"
labor as it claims to do.
Now that all contributions are in
Law Destroys
and the campaign has come to a
Provisions of the TaftHartley
close, the Union will write a single
Act, the report said, heiped two Ships owned by private "firms check representing the totai re
Longexisting freightrate rulings that put Tampa at a dis
mills to destroy their union locals. under the American flag declined ceived and present it to the March
It also kept the textile workers out by five during the month of March. of Dimes, on behalf of all the Sea advantage with other Atlantic and Gulf ports are being fought
ol several others in Georgia and The totals show 1,286 ships with a farers who chipped in for this vigorously by Tampa trade interests. Under existing Inter
South Carolina.
deadweight tonnage of 15,339,426 cause.
state Commerce Commission 4..^
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The injunction was, in one case, as of April 1,4952.
In the four years that the SIU regulations, the port is not
weeks ago in Washington.
used as an "excuse," according to
has been participating in the cam
the report, to bring in National The decrease of five ships is the paign, the amounts have risen as classified as a Gulf or South Should the appeal be granted,
Guardsmen and state highway result £f four transfers to foreign follows: 194849, $912.33; 194950, Atlantic port and consequent Tampa shipping industry leaders
patrolmen who used "brutal registry and one casualty. Mean $3,207.82; 195051, $4,738.57; and ly rail charges in or out of the feel that the port could compete
while, no new ships of 1,000 gross over $6,500 this year.
port are higher than at Jack with such ports as New Orleans,
violence."
tons or more
were launched during Seafarers are reminded that no sonville and other cities in Mobile,
"Freely granted" court injunc
Beaumont and Houston as
tions destroyed the effectiveness of the month.
organization is authorized to solicit the area.
well as with South Atlantic* ports
picket lines, the report said, while Private operators also had 143 funds through the SIU without the The result has been to cut off like Wilmington and Charleston.
newspapers and radio stations re governmentowned vessels under prior approval of the membership. the flow of goods to and from ships They claim that they would not
fused to grant time or space to the bareboat charter. Included among The March of Dimes is the only in Tampa harbor.
necessarily take away business from
union. In .millowned towns, union them were 62 Victorys. Most of organization which has received
Appeals Unsuccessful
these ports but that they could go
employes were fired and then these vessels are in turn under such authorization, and their cam Several appeals for equalizing out after the growing South and
evicted from companyowned charter to Hie Military Sea Trans paign Is always operated through port rates have been made to the Central American trade on an
houses.
port Service.
Union channels.
ICC, the latestone being several equal basis.
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Unions^ Says Senate Croup
ForeignFlag
Registry Cuts
Private Fleet
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Bias Killing Off Port
Cartoon History Of The SIU
The 1934 Strike
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. . li ip officially went on strike after, tidks with the
r iV!..;iriUioP®)^ors bogged down. The seamen Immedi
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J ately joined them. Joint ilrlke committees were
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formed and the seamen's demands were
^eehted with :(^ae> ^ (fee jUmgshorem
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The strike started with no funds, no large mem
bership, inadequate plans and no strike ma
chinery. Picketlines were maintained 24 hours
. a dfiy, with the strikers facing « huge wray. ttf
ir^rVstrikebreaking apparatus. Police were out the
:^;%st .dayi breakinrfeeads oh aiiy excuse.
: What few scabs the shipowners could buy lived
behipd police lines, barricaded on the docks,
but at no time were the operators able to ef,
fectively . move the tiedup ships or handle
their cargoes. Neither cops nor hardships could
break the strike, or the men's determination.*
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vessel was allowed to proceed only Mobife;
had the Government Camp, Paoli, New York:
after we had posted bond that
Cantigny, Salem Maritime, French
some seven other crewmembers,
Creek, Winter Hill, Lone Jack,
apparently witnesses," would be
Fort Hoskins, and Bents Fort, aU
granted available as witnesses.
Cities Service. Over in Texas we
had the Trinity (Carras); the Fed
"Have no names yet but will
Shipping still exceeds the num eral (Trafalgar), and an SUPcon
We've been rolling in high gear advise you further when we get Shipping in this port has been
ber of men registering in the port, tracted Pacific Tanker.
again here with a total of 33 pay more details of this incident. Am moving along, but will be only lair
but we are beginning to see the You should see the happy smiles offs plus 12 ships signed on foreign sending you this information in for the next couple of weeks with
a drop expected in ships coming in
effects of the layups. Several on these boys'
articles. Most of the vessels had a advance."
wagons which came in durtng the faces when they
minimum of beefs on them.
On a similar subject, we have a for payoffs ancT replacements.
The ships paid off were the
past two weeks are heading for come in here to
Paying off were the following: letter from Seatrpders Inc. regard
Thomas Hejrwopd, Beauregard,
pick up that va
the boneyard.
Beatrice, Kathryn, Puerto Rico ing the Sea Wind.
On this same score, that of lay cation dough.
(Bull); Paoli (in twice), French "We quofb below excerpt of a Phillip Barbour, Morning Light,
ups, it looks like somebody can't That's only part
Creek, Fort Hoskins, Lone Jack, letter received from the master of Monarch of the Seas (Waterman)i
spend our tax money fast enough. of the SIU serv
Royal Oak, Council Grove, Chi the SS Sea Wind, dated Ibicuy, Corsair, Roamer, Cavalier, Knute
The William Tyler Page Is being ice, brothers.
wawa (Cities Service); De Pauw Argentina, March 22, 1952, which Rockne (Alcoa), and the Joseph
sent here from Mobile to be Buster Moore,
Victory, Cape San Martin (South we trust you wiU find selfexplana Meeks (Mississippi).
The Afoundria, Hastings,
stripped, and then she will be that well knowa
Atlantic); The Cabins (Mathiasen); tory.
Raphael Semmes (Waterman), Pen
sent right back there to be laid excitizen of Mo
Amberstar (Triton); George Kulu
Duncan
Body Paralysed
bile has b e e n
up!
kundis (Mar Trade); Fairland, Clai
" 'Clifford Kilgus, oiler, was seri nant and Roamer (Alcoa), signed
With the exception of a few knocking around here a while. He's borne, Azalea City, Las Vegas Vic ously injured by Thomas Melody, all on, while the Steel Maker
performers, the beefs in the port riding one of the Cities Service tory (Waterman); Cecil Bean (Dry OS, when both men were under (Isthmian), Fairhope and Antinous
have been very small apd of a coastwise ferries and taking a mail Trans); Clearwater Victory (Bloom the influence of liquor. The skull (Waterman) were intransits.
order course on how to be a chem field); Steel Chemist, Steel Naviga of Kilgus was penetrated quite
minor nature.
All thee ships
Paying off during the period were ist. He's working on the idea of tor, Steel Apprentice (Isthmian); deeply by a teewrench wielded by
were in good
the following: Adoniram Judson, Al harnessing and bottling the gases Anson Mills, Charles Bulfinch, Ro Melody, and the hospital report
shape, and there
coa Ranger, Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa in the air to do the work of an OS bin Doncaster, Robin Sherwood just prior to my leaving Buenos
were no beefs on
(Robin); Omega (Omega); Cape Ed Aires was that paralysis had
Puritan (Alcoa); Citadel Victory, in his present home.
any of them.
Cape Horn, Del Sud, Del Santos He's a persistent cuss, and is mont (Alcoa); Seatrain New York affected the upper body of Kilgus.
One of the boys
(Mississippi), Antinous and Chicka working on a formula that he hopes (Seatrain), and Sea Gale (Sea I have asked United Shipping to
floating around
saw (Waterman). The Ranger, will show that gold can be obtained Trader).
Mobile these days
keep in touch with the situation
Pointer and Puritan signed on from the air. He knows it can't be The signons included: Gateway and inform the Head Office ac
is Rajmnond L, .
again, as did the Pel Sol and Del obtained from a deck of cards. City, War Hawk, Claiborne, Azalea cordingly.
Perry who ships
Sud (Mississippi).
Right, Buster?
City (Waterman); Robin Locksley,
as a steward. Ray
Perry
Intransit activity was pretty Some of the other boys who have Robin Kettering (Robin); Seapearl " 'I am in the process of getting
Just got, back
heavy, including: Alcoa Clipper, dropped in include D. Horn, Andy (Orion); Steel Chemist, Steel depositions from those of the crew from a fivemonth trip t'a the Far
who
have
some
knowledge
of
the
Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Pennant, Al Gowder, George Conners, J. F. Worker, Steel Navigator (Isthr
East, and he's just talcing it easy
coa Roamer; Steel Maker, Steel Mapps, J. Kornek, and J. Phillips. mian); Cape Edmont and George happenings leading to the unfor and enjoying the beach.
tunate
affair,
this
at
the
request
Director, Steel Recorder (Isth We also had brother George Dun Kulukundis.
Ray joined the SIU back in 1943,
mian); Del Sol, Citadel Victory; can in for a short stay. George We have an overtime beef now of the US Cohsul. I shall forward and has served as ship's delegate
Seatrains Louisiana, New Jersey, has been sailing offshore for a long pending on the Clearwater Victory Head Office a copy.'
delegate on most of
"We also quote below excerpt of or department
Georgia (Sea number of years, but now wants to for restriction to the ship in Casa
the
ships he's
sailed.
train); Fairhope, run coastwise. Guess it must be blanca. When the ship arrived a letter received from our agents "The least I can do for my '
in Argentina, Messrs. United Ship
Morning Light, love.
there she anchored out, but though ping Agencies, dated March 28, Union," says Ray, "is work for its
Afoundria, Beau Formerly with the National Sea there were launches running every
best interests and advise new
regard, Monarch men's Union in Great Britain, he day the captain did not go ashore 1952, dealing with the same sub comers of the history of this great
of the Seas joined the SIU when he came to and pick up shore passes for the ject
organization. Tlfanks to the Union,
Argentina FoulUp
(Waterman); the States, sailing the Murmansk crew until three days later, which
when I.get off a ship I get my va
Evelyn (Bull), and convey route during the winter of was when shore leave expired.
'"Please also note that as a re cation pay without having to stay
Southern States, 194243. He's always been willing The company is contacting the sult of a quarrel between Clifford aboard for a whole year and then
Southern Cities to serve in any capacity while on port authorities there, and if it is Kilgus, oiler, and'Thomas Melody, run up to the company office and
(Southern Trad the beach or aboard ship in the in found that the captain was at fault OS,,the former was badly wounded have to wait a couple of days until
Bonura
ing).
terests of the Union. Generally in not getting these passes this re and has been taken to hospital someone takes my application.
This week the port put through sailing AB or bosun, George just striction will be paid.
whilst the latter has been arrested
All I have to do is walk into the
its thousandth application for va left us for a coastwise trip on the
by the authorities. We are in Union hall and plunk down my
Gashonnd Epidemic
cation pay, with Seafarer Victor Bents Fort.
There are still too many cases touch with the American Consulate discharges and get my check.
"Zeke" Bonura on the receiving Everything around here is quiet of men getting gassed up and go and will not fail to advise you as That's what I call a good deal."
end. "Zeke" is an oldtimer in the on the labor.front, with no out ing on the rampage both ashore soon as anything new develops in Some of the oldtimers on the
area, having sailed SIU in the standing disputes in the area. On and on the ships. This is a serious connection with the above exmem beach here these days include S.
stewards department since 1940. the political front, it is a different problem, and the need for putting bers of the crew.'
Piner, E. C. Vitou, P. Chattey, J. M.
A^art from his last ship, the story. Everybody and his brother a stop to it cannot be stressed too "We trust that the above Infor Skinner and H. L. Graham. Mean
Alcoa Corsair, he had never be has been throwing his hat in the strongly. We have had two serious mation is required by your Union while, L. W. Setowsky, J. H.
fore been able to collect vacation ring in the race for Congress.
cases of this sort come up in the for yo'ir files."
Jones, T. Burke, H. Allman, W. T.
money. So for "Zeke" and a lot I'd just like to throw in a little past two weeks, and are reprinting These letters will show how seri Noel and !'. M. Adkins are in the
of the boys, this clearly demon reminder and tell the boys not to for benefit of the membership two ous this situation is and these are marine hospital.
strated the advantages of the SIU miss their ships. It makes every letters detailing what's been hap only two of many such instances
Cai Tanner
Vacation Plan compared to previ thing rough for your shipmates, pening. The first, from Isthmian, in the past two monfhs. This man
Mobile Port Agent
ous setups for which so few and for the negotiating committee concerns voyage number 13. on the from the Sea Wind may be para
t,
^alified. He particularly asked to that's going to work for you. Be Steel Voyager.
lyzed for life. You can well see
Seoff/jg;
express his thanks for the vision sides making it tough for every "We have just received cable ad what kind of a reputation this
and planning by those involved other guy in the Union, nobody vices from our people at Ras Ta gives the noembership of the SIU,
for the enactment of the new plan. likes the idea of having to place nura in the Persian Gulf that three not only to the steamship opera
Just to top it off properly, the charges, but that's the way it has seamen from the abovementioned tors but to people in all parts of
thousandth check also represented to be for the good of everyone.
vessel are being held by the police the world.
Claude Simmons
the largest one collected here so
Leroy Clarke
over some knife incident.
Activity is still on the slow side,
Asst. Scc'yTreas.
far. "Zeke" and the missus have
Lake Charles Agent
"We are also advised that the
but
the weather is holding up just
a husky $129.19 to use towards
fine. You can see we're not over
some recreation that they might
loaded with manpower, however,
not have had otherwise during his
because we had to call on an out
time ashorebetween trips.
ofdistrict man for one of the few
Lindsey J. Williams
jobs we shipped.
New Orleans Port Agent
There was no business either in
4 3)
payoffs or signons, but a few ships
Shipping from
April ,10 to
April 23
Lake Charles:
dropped around in transit. In and
out while we looked on fondly
SBonp. SHIP. TOTAL were
'
REG.
REG.
REG. TOTAL SHIP.
the Seapender (Orion); Re
ENG. STEW. SHIPPED public (Trafalgar); Fairport, Bien
PORT
DECK ENGINE STEW. REa DECK
ville (Waterman), and Yorkmar
04 and
34
4
Boston
50
34
10
100
10
Alamar (Calmar).
528
134
183
101
130
480
201 .
193
Shipping has been booming New York
One of the big problems con
down Louisiana way lately, partic Philadelphia
133 tinually cropping up here is one
32
59
01
43 ^ 103
07 '
34
uarly for rated men. We've shipped
71
309 concerning members insisting on
140
131
80
35j
120
118 "
anrthing and everything in the Baltimore
paying off when their ship comes
140) into Vancouver. For one thing, this
110
63
09
242
48
'49
4?
way of.jated men, but the non Norfolk
rated jobs have definitely been on Savannah
81
12
07 port is in a foreign country, and,
1
30
25
19
74 *
24
the slow bell.
another, there's always an is
9
12
o '
n fl
20
11
81 for
• ^ne misguided soul of a rated Tampa
sue raised on transportation for
184 the relief.
47
01
09
204
03
74
man got all ,fogbound and made Mobile .................... ,74
the mistake/of walking into the New Orleans
Most of the same faces around
102
5^3
97
09
95
251
W
.78
hall to pick up a copy of the LOG.
the hall, though a few of the boyi
Galveston
;
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37
13
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109^
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,
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50
176
09^
Before he knew what hit him he
grabbed onto the first jobs that
• 4»: 167 came in.
1/1 ' 40.
, 85 . . 182: ' ^ 83^
had volunteered for a job and was West Coast
personally delivered aboard ship.
• Jeff Morrison
. Dtti^g^the past two weeks wst'ye
TOTALS
sgat^.Port
New Orleans:
Vacation Checks Reach
1,000, Peak STctai
Gashounds On Rampage
Very Serions Bnsinass
Shipping Moving Along,
But Drop Is Expoelod
Vaneosver Payoffs Can
Foul Up Transporiatioh
it & e smppme RECORD
Ckanee Visit To Hall
Sara Way To Move Out
Vii ii HI h "
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SEAFAKEMS IPC
Frffay, M«r t. Hit
PORT REPORTS
all the f^ceries and costing the Savannah:
company plenty, what with putting
new stores on every trip and
throwing them over the side each
time.
We also had a little chitchat on
Things have livened up consid the Tagalam, explaining to the Business is moving along fairly
earably since we last reported, but boys the necessity to stay aboard normal for this port. Ships paying
even at the worst period three until they gave the proper notice off came in in true SIU style, some
weeks ago, members had no trou of wanting to quit the ship. It's for the last time since three of
ble shipping from this port. Since important to keep that in mind them are soon to head b^ck into
the last report, we had 23 ships when the ship arrives in port on the boneyard at Wilmington, NC.
payoff and 13 signons. Severai of Saturday aftembon and the halls The payoffs were the Southwmd,
them were Bull Line ships on con are closed untiL Monday morning. Southstar, Anniston Victory, Au
tinuous articles. We also lost two The Steel Navigator had a gas gust Belmont, Helen Hunt Jackson,
There's no question how sentiment lies on new halls' resolution as
more ships to the mothball fleet. hound aboard, but we straightened Abel Parker Upshur (South Atlan
him
out
but
good.
Seafarers at Gaiveston branch meeting approve it by hand vote.
tic),
Dorothy
and Winfield
Stratton
We've been having a heat wave
for the past ten days, with a couple All members should take a little (Bull).
Sweat and T. Wilson. The branch beach here lately are Tex Krohn,
of showers to help cool things off care when turning in a repair list, All signed on again except the also sent a memorial wreath.
A. Liedig, A1 Kessen, Peter Walsh,
and only put down
what is actually
Belmont, Jackson and Upshur,
for a little while. The weatherman
E. B. Tilley
H. Pitt, R. Frye, J. Hart, H. Childs
necessary.
I
just
run
into
a
list
which are
due to lay
up.
Intransit
says we've just about reached the
Savannah Port Agent and G. Mirabueno. In the marine
peak for now, but we're breaking which asked a complete overhaul were the Seatrain Savannah (Sea
hospital, we have William Ander
i> t S>
on lockers ahd fans,
while bnly one
train); Julesburg (Mathiasen); Yaka
out the fans and oiling, them, be
son,
Ben Wallace, Peter Smith, A.
cause it can get really l];pt in fhese or two needed slight touching up. (Wateijnan) and Strathbay (Strath San Francisco:
Phelepedes
and D. Sorenson.
The
three
Eastern
Libei^ys
that
more).
parts.
H.
J.
Fischer
Our branch
The election fight for the May paid off here are laying up, which
West Coast Representative
meeting took up
B primaries is raging hot and heavy doesn't boost shipping any, but we
t 4" 4>
a couple of high
with all the Congressional seats in alway^ have tankers hitting this
ly important sub
Maryland and one Senatorial seat way and coming into all parts of
jects, including Shipping is in a slump in this Wilmington:
open. Things are New England.
We're
happy
to
report
that
all
the $20 building port right now with seven intrans
shaping up for a
the
brothers
in
the
local
marine
assessment and its making up all of our activity.
good show, with
the action against The ships in transit included the
all the interpar hospital are in good condition and
coming
along fine.
foulups who are Steel Scientist (Isthmian); Bien
ty ballyhoo and
James Sheehan
making life on ville, Fairport, Topa Topa, Jeff Shipping has been very good
mud slinging go
Boston
Port
Agent
the ship and Davis (Waterman), S e a m a r and and looks pretty good for the
ing on in both
Musgrove
ashore, particu Alamar (Calmar).
parties.
X X
We spent so much time
larly in foreign ports, tougher on According to avaiiabie informa future.
John "Shorty" Galveston:
during this period drumming up
tion,
we
are
going
to
lay
up
four
everyone.
Miller, one of
SIU Libertys next week. We have men for replacements that the
the original
Floor Dlscumdon
Miller
one
Victory on idle status here boys would start running every
members of the
Several brothers took the floor now, and expect another soon, but time they saw me on the street.
SIU, thinks the Isthmian and Cit
to discuss resolutions regarding the they will go back into operation as The weather's been hot, and for
ies'Service organizing drives 'were
purchasing of new SIU halls in
the shipping was even hot
major achievements, and also feels Shipping out of our sunny little Baltimore, Philadelphia and Gal soop as MSTS gets some cargo for a while,
ter
with five
payoffs in one week.
them.
real happy about ABs going from city has been sort of slow since we veston, with the consensus overall
The
Irenestar, Seastar
and Purple
We'll
also
get
some
jobs
strip
$62.50 to $263.70, along with other last reported. Intransits consti that they were a swell idea. The
star
(Triton),
plus
the
Fairisle
and
ping
these
Libertys,
so
that
will
gains like weekend overtime and tuted most of our activity, with members were highly pleased with
Madaket (Waterman) provided the
take
care
of
some
of
the
boys
on
better living conditions.
nine caliing, while we had five pay the progress the Union has made the beach, since it takes a bosun payoff activity. All but the Madaket
"But definitely two of the best," offs and signons.
in the past 13 years.
and nine men about five days to signed on again.
says "Shorty," "are the Welfare The ships that paid off and
Intransits included the Strath
strip a Liberty.
They
incidentally
voted
to
have
and Vacation Plans." "I'm all for signed on were the Neva West,
port
(Strathmore); Seacliff (Coral);
MCS
Election
us
scout
around
for
the
necessary
the current building resolution," Marie Hamil (Bloomfield), Sunion
Republic
(Trafalgar); Seamar,
materials and
paint
to brighten
up
On.the
maritime
labor
scene,
he said, "and am going to vote 'yes' (Kea), Compass (Compass), and
things
have
been
moving
along.
Massmar
(Calmar); John
B. Water
the
hall
here
and
put
it
in first
as soon as possible. Anybody want Oceanstar (Dolphin). The intrans
MC&S had contracts voided man, Bienville (Waterman); Steel •
ing to know how I feel can just its were the Southern Counties, class shape. They also voted to The
read the resolution. The ports men Southern Cities (Southern Trad approve the action recommended by the NLRB because of a petition Scientist (Isthmian), and Greece
tioned, are in (lire need of adequate ing), Royal Oak (Cities Service), in the resolution on gashdunds and by other interested parties for an Victory (South Atlantic).
election to see who will represent There were repairs and beefs on
buildings where the members can Cape Horn (Mississippi), Seatrains performers.
the personnel. The MC&S— almost all the ships. We had wash
The
only other
bit
of
news from
enjoy the same benefits as other New York, Louisiana, New Jersey,
expelled
from the CIO for being ing machines installed on the Sea
these parts
is a sad
item, the
death
ports, and with seamen's condi Texas (Seatrain), and Bluestar of brother Theodore C. "Skeet" Communist
dominated — after a star, Pulplestar
tions at an alltime high; we should (Traders).
stopwork meeting agreed to abide and Irenestar,
Musgrove.
Present^at
our
last
move ahead now."
Boost New Buildings
meeting, he passed away that same by the NLRB decision, so this will got some repairs
Some of the other brothers en
night at his home here with his expedite the election. This means done and had the
The
members
in
this
port
have
Joying our sunny city include Dolor
that the MC&SAFL has the right company issue an
family.
gone
allout
for
the
new
building
Stone, Sam. Druary, Richard .^ay,
A member of the SIU since join to ship from a neutral hiring hall extra _ ten days'
George Fossett,. Steve Francowicz, resolution, looking forward to the ing in
the Gulf in December, 1938, and to take part in the coming stores" to them.
George Nutting, Russell Wright, day when we wili have a modem
Transportation
Ed. MacNamarar George Matair, hall, and the facilities that go with Musgrove was 52 and sailed in the election.
engine department as an .fWT.
SIU members on the beach have
SetUp
Bill Brewer, Thomas Dyba, Dorsey it, in every port.
The following SIU
brothers acted
been urged
to visit
the
blood
bank
They
feel
that
the
members
in
Our
meeting
Faugh and Ffed Lullins. Some of
the burial in Bon at the marine hospital, since the here featured a
WoodiU
the brothers from the Mae were each port should have a decent as pallbearers at
able to make our meeting the other hall and the benefits that are en aventure Cemetery: Q. S.Lee, Jack supply of blood has hit a new low. discussion on the
night, including Red Gibbs, Fur joyed in other ports. At our meet Meyer, Marion Wickham, Dick This is something all Seafarers 60day shipping rule for permit
ing they voted a resounding "yes" Simpkins, Dave Mann, A. B. Peter should do, so their shipmates and men, and a recommendation that
man Hipp and Frank Allen.
son, Henry Bacon, Paul B. Po^ier,^ even themselves will have blood the Union Negotiating Committee
for the resolution. ,
Earl Sheppard
Buddy Reynolds, Jack Burke, H. available when they need it most. attempt to secure a transportation
Keith
Aisop
Baltimore Port Agent
Wallace, I. M. Peacock, James W. Some of the brothers on the system for the West Coast similar
Galveston
Port
Agent
»
to the one iirevailing in the East.
Boston:
One of the brothers in to see us
the other day was Warren "Woody"
Woodill, who's been with the SIU
since early 1948. He's sailed on
all runs, including South Africa
and
Europe, but is one of that
Business is pretty fair around
Sam Cohen. Agent
Terminal 43874 PORT COLBORNE........103 Durham St.
SIU, A&G District
HEADQUARTERS . 875 4th Ave.. Bkiyn.
Ontario
Phone: 5591 growing number of men who's got
these parts for a change, though BALTIMORE
SECRETARYTREASURER
TORONTO. Ontario
86 Colbome St. a yen for the Orient, preferably
Gay St.
how long it will hold up we can't Earl Sheppard, Agent 14|Nortb
Elgin 5719
Paul Hail
wulberry 4540
Yokohama. Originally from Bal
ASST.
SECRETARYTREASURERS
VICTORIA.
&
C
617V4 Cormorant St.
BOSTON
*78 State St.
• ay.
Lloyd Gardner
Empire 4531 timore, "Woody" has been ship
James Sbeeban. Agent
Richmond 20140
We paid off the Jesse Metcalf,
Robert Matthews
Claude Simmons
VANCOUVER. B. C
565 HamUton St.
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141
REPRESENTATIVE
Pacific 7824 ping from here for two years.
David S. Terry, Timothy Dwight GALVESTON
308V4 23rd St. HEADQUARTERS
Joe
Aigina~
SYDNEY.
N.S
3<)4
Charlotte St.
He always asks his shipmates
Aisop. Agent
Phone 28448
(Eastern); Salem Maritime (Cities Keith
Phone 6346
LAKE CHARLES. La
1419 Ryan St.
what
other industry can give a
SUP
BAGOTVILLE.
Quebec
SO Elgin St
Service); Montebello Hills (West LeRoy Clarke. Agent
Phone 65744
Phone: 545 man the pay, conditions, welfare
15 Merchant St.
1 South Lawrence St. HONOLIH.U
ern Tankers); Ann Marie (Bull); MOBILE
37 Ormont St. and vacation setups that the SIU
Phone 58777 THOROLD. Ontario
Tanner. Agent
Phone 31754
Phone: 33202
Sea Comet (Zenith), and Tagalam Cai
Ill W. Bumside St.
NEW ORLEANS
523 BienvUie St. PORTLAND....
QUEBEC
113
Cote
De
La Montague makes sure you collect. He's aim
Beacon 4336
Llndsey WliUatna, Agent
(Sea Trade).
Quebec
Phone: 27078 ing to see the headquarters hall
RICHMOND.
CALIF..
257
5th
St.
MagnoUa 61128113
177 Prince WiUlam St
The Montebello Hills and Taga NEW YORK
Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN
878 4th Ave.. Brooklyn
N.B.
Phone: 23049 one of these days because all the
450 Harrison St.
STeriing 34871 BAN FRANCISCO
lam signed on again for another
Douglas 28363
NORFOLK
....127120 Bank St.
raves he heard make him more
trip. We also had the Robin Sher Ben
SEATTLE
2700
1st
Ave.
Rees. Agent
Phone 41083
Great Lakes District
and
more interested. '•
Main 0290
PHILADELPHIA
337
Market
St.
wood (Robin) and Steel Navigator
440 Avaion Bivd. ALPENA
133 W. Fletcher
S. CarduUo. Agent
Market 71835 WILMINGTON....
There's
little of note going on
Terminal 43131
(Isthmian) in as intransits.
Phone: 1238W
SAN FRANasCO
450 Harrison St.
around
town.
But we urge rated
NEW
YORK
575
4th
Ave..
Brooklyn
BUFFALO.
N.
Y
180 Main St.
Douglas 25475
It's expected that the longrun H. J. Fischer. Agent
STeriing 84671
Phone: Cleveland 7391 engine department mep to chase
JUAN. PR......353 Ponce da Leon
ning ice bdx beef on the Ann Marie SAN
CLEVELAND
2602 CarroU St.
Sal Coils. Agent
Canadian District
Phone: Main 10147 out here for fast shipping. We're
will be eliminated soon, probably SAVANNAH.........
5 Abercom St.
DETROIT
' 1038 3rd St. pretty well loaded in the other
MONTREAL.........
463
McGiU
St.
E. B. TiUey, Agent
Phone 31728
after this trip. The. shore gang is SEATTLE
Headquarters Phone: Woodward 16857
MArquette 3809
1700 1st Ave.
531 W. Michigan St. departments, however.
tearing out the entire installation JeS Morrison. Agent
Seneca 4570 HALIFAX! N.S........... 128Vi HolUs St DULUTH
Phone; Helro.se 24110
Phone: 3B911
Sam Cohen
TAMPA
.18091811
N.
Franklin St.
which was made recently. It seems Ray White. Agent
3261 E 92nd St.
Phone 21323 FORT WILUAM.... 118)4 Syndicate Ave. SOUTH CHICAGO. .
Wilmington Port Agent
,
Phone: Essex 52410
Ontario
Phone: 33321
the paint they put on was spoiling WILMINGTON, CaUt... 440 Avaion Bivd
Baltimore:
New Halls Bandy Idea;
OleanUp Bus Hera Too
ABoilinsHaalWave
Brings Out The Fans
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To Visit Bleed Bank
'Black Gang'Rates Sure
Bet For FasI Shipping
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City of Alma, typical C2, steams past Sand Island Light into Mobile where Waterman headquarters,
featuring panorama of shipping industry's growth, is located. Shift changes at State Docks Repair
Division (left) which handles majority of minor repairs.
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Eobm Line and tm. dmg rf
ts ovm ships were dorte here,
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A major force during World War II,
the Waterman Steamship Company's
ships—with their SlU crews^—nowfigure
prominently in the free world's plans for
defense^ As they' carry cargo to the
major markets of the world, they and the
Seafarers that man them stand ready to
answer any call—and serve with the same
distinction they did the last time.
During the last war, Waterman—with
its Seafarermanned ships—carried more
tonnage and cargo than any other op
erator. It operated Its own fleet plus as
many c^s 125 ships for the government at
one time—a distinguished war .record in
an American merchant marine that trans
ported 80 percent of the troops and al
most all the provisions sent overseas.
But the impressive Waterman fleet
bearing the familiar "Flying W"—wasn't
always so prominent. It was in 1919, just
after Wor d War f, that the US Shipping
Board allotted the Eastern Sun to a newly
formed Mobile company known as Water
man for the Liverpool trade.
Now, the company and its subsidiaries
operate 43 ships from headquarters in the
Waterman Building in Mobile, and main
tain branches in 25 US cities. In its Mo
bile base it operates gigantic repair, dry
docking, shipbuilding and conversion fa
cilities.
There is a huge Watermanbuilt and
operated citrus fruit terminal in Tampa—
used chiefly by the PanAtlantic Steam
ship Company, a Waterman coastwise
subsidiary. There are Watermanowned
docks in Son Juan, Puerto Rico, purchased
from the government and doubled in ca
pacity. Scattered throughout the US,
wherever Flying W ships touch, are
branches of Ryan Stevedoring, a Water
man subsidiary.
The Waterman tradition is still carried
on by the son of founder John B. Water
man. The current president is Captain
Normait Nicholson, skipper of one of the
company's first ships.
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Pioneers in Safety
And Ship Ciassing:
Piimsoii And Lioyd
Like the landsman, with his goodnatured quip to an inex
perienced factory helper: "get a lefthanded monkey wrench,"
the oldtimer at sea will often hound a firsttripper with a
request for "a Plimsoll line
dustry could imdertake personal
from the gear locker."
Since this line is neither made Inspection of the ships themselves
of hemp or marlin nor easily or via agents. But the growth of
accessible .without stripping the vessels and trade made it virtually
vessel of one or more plates, the impossible to. know If a particular
novice will be hard put for a time ship was a gamble, either to the
to locate one. Actually, the elusive shipper or the underwriter.
line really exists, but it is far out
With the appearance of the lists
of the reach of practical jokers as in Lloyd's, a new industry arose.
well us the seaman who is the butt Groups of specialists in different
for the jest.
ports became the authorities on
This is due to fact that when the seaworthiness of ships and the
Samuel Plimsoll, sitting for the ability of their masters, informa
town' of Derby in the English tion which the remainder of the
Typical situation In the work of a classification society occurs when vessels are damaged and repairs
Parliament (186880), pressed for industry sought to conduct its busi
must
be supervised to keep them in "class." Here, an ABS surveyor makes a lastminute check with
ness.
One
of
the first
known
ship
legislation benefitting the welfare
the captain of the SlUmanned Alaska Cedar after hull damages from an Alaskan storm were repaired.
of seamen, he had a very serious lists printed in book form was
purpose in mind for the ship mark dated 1764, 1765, 1766 and contain for construction or survey. The International Register of Shipping the certainty that ships on the high
ings which have come to hear his ed a multitude of datafor many accuracy of the ratings was entire in Paris, serving a like function seas have adequate structural
vessels of the period, along'with ly In the hands of the individual
name.
strength, are propelled by reliabla
in France.
a classification
rating of each ship. surveyors.
The Plimsoll legislation was an
machiney and maintained in a sea
During
this
period,
the
growth
outgrowth of popular indignation This consisted of a twoletter
worthy. condition throughout their
By
1802,
nearly
20,000
vessels
of
a
merchant
marine
and
foreign
in Britain against the practice in symbol, the first letter indicating were almost equally split between trade in the US likewise saw the lifetime.
the shipping industry—under the an inspector's, or as they had be two rival books, the Lloyd's "Green rise of small organizations linked
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striess of competition and in many come known, surveyor's, rating of Book," and the competing Ship to marine insurers, undertaking Loadline considerations, roused
cases due to an operator's desire the huli and the second a rating owner's Register or "Red Book." risks based on ship information hy the agitation for reform in
to grasp, greater profits — where of the ship's equipment, plus the Subscribers provided" the only they themselves gathered. With Britain by Samuel Plimsoll in 1875,
ships were overloaded, sent out to date of 4:he latest survey. Down source of ipcome, since no charge almost twothirds of our forefgn are an integral part of the work
sea and later perished during gales to the present, this use of symbols was made on a shipowner for trade carried in American ships, of a classification society, like the
or hurricanes with considerable has persisted in various forms.
the competence of ships' officers American Bureau of Shipping. Ex
surveying and listing his ship.
The rise'of a formal association
loss of life. It culminated in the
perience has shown that a ship is
But as onesided operations run became a prime consideration in unsafe—though built in accordance
British Merchant Shipping Act of in 1760 from the irregular gather
obtaining
these
positions
of
heavy
1875, which prescribed that all ings in a London coffeehouse filled almost exclusively for the benefit responsibility and gave rise to the with requirements for hull struc
foreign vessels must have a load a wide gap in the industry, and was of the underwriters, with competi American Shipmasters' Association ture—unless she hjas an adequate
a necessary adjunct to it. Though tion for freight and insurance in 1862.
line marked off on each side.
, amount of freeboard, as indicated
contracts inevitable, both were
by a loadline.
This, in turn, was one of the the coffeehouse was gone, the found prone to favoritism.
This body issued certificates to
first pieces of regulatory legislation owner's name was retained and
This is the line drawn along the
In 1824 dissatisfaction reached masters and mates after appro sides of a vessel showing the limit
in the twocenturyold history of perpetuated in what came to be
priate
examinations
of
their nauti
a unique profession which had been known internationally as Lloyd's a peak, with steps urged to review cal skill and seamanship, a function below which she may not be im
buffeted about since its beginning of London. The.Register of Ship the entire classification setup, which the government had under mersed by loading, although this
in a London coffeehouse in 1688. ping appeared regularly with the especially the longheld view that taken off and on two decades is by no means a guarantee of
latest reports on the conditions of ratingshould be determined by
safety since proper loading itself
Lloyd's Beginning
the ships and their ratings in pe age. and place of build rather than earlier. Within a few years, the assumes great importance. The US
ASA also began a system of
survey
James II was on the throne of riodic surveys.
giving uniform consideration to
ing, rating and registering vessels, followed the British lead in this
It. was principally subscribed to the overall qualities of each vessel as well as publishing information regard as long ago as 1891 though
Britain that year when an enter
prising innkeeper named Edward by underwriters, and its use jeal and its state of repair. In addition, regarding the ratings and surveys, a really workable law didn't appear
a paradox arose, for rating solely
Lloyd advertised informal gather ously restricted from outsiders or
which continues down to the until 1929.
nonsubscribers, to the extent that by age caused overbuilding, since
ings at which business information fines were ievied for giving out once a ship reached a certain age present, though reorganized as the The new measure was prompted
during the first world war and
of various kinds would be dis information, and new issues could it was out of "class," no matter American Bureau of Shipping in afterwards by increased foreign
1916.
cussed, with ship news a specialty. only be obtained by turning in the how well it had been kept up.
trade tonnage and the need to con
In these same years, classifica form
This, in turn, discouraged repairs
with loadline legislation
He drew a large following of cus old ones.
and produced unseaworthiness of tion societies also emerged in eisewhere, where failure to have
Rivals
Opened
Shop
tomers eager to learn about the
Italy, Norway and Germany. A
At various tim.es, rival organiza itself.
locations of vessels, their cargoes,
few months before the organization them involved costly delay in
Impartial Registry
expected dates of arrival, the name tions developed because of appar
of the ASA was formalized, the foreign ports. An international
conference, convened in 1930in
Out
of
the
rival
classification
ent
inequities
in
rating
vessels
of the master, the rig, tonnage, date
Registro Italiano Navale enter
and place of build, armament car from one port over another. How societies and campaigns for reform ed the field in Genoa, followed London, established agreement on
ried and other pertinent da^a of ever, all prescribed ratings with emerged a revitalized Lloyd's oper by the Det Norske Veritas (1864) uniform rules.'
Constant Checks Made
essential importance to prospective symbols based on a theoretical ating on impartial principles, own in Oslo' and the Germanischer
shippers, marine underwriters an"d term of years from the date of ed by no one group but dedicated Lloyd's (1867) in Berlin. The Ger
Operations of the classification
construction during which it was to all. This step in 1840 was man group had no connection with society involve constant checks on
owners.
The eagerness with which cus considered that a ship of a given antedated by a development on the Lloyd's of London, but had merely the condition of the ships in the
tomers swarmed to Ltoyd's evi material and build would be sea continent, and the appearance 12 appropriated the name for its own design stage, during construction
denced a growing concern within worthy. No standards were set up years earlier of the Bureau Veritas use. Japan and Russia also have and while in service, with special
their own societies, the Soviet attention to damages wherever
the industry for firsthand, accurate
they occur. The American Bureau
group forming as late as 1932.
information with which to conduct
and Lloyd's of London are the only
its affairs. Storms, pirates and
Societies Similar
selfsupporting institutions with
actual warfare were a constant
They all had a similar function,
stock nor dividends, and
peril, and hews of events sketchy
though eventually mercantile rep neither
offer no direct financial benefit to
and slow in coming.
resentatives in the various groups
The uncertainties of the times
were replaced by shipbuilders, their members.
Today the American Bureau
found underwriters loath to insure
naval architects, and designers and maintains surveyors in ports of
a vessel without clearcut informa
builders of marine equipment, as more than 70 countries throughout
tion on the' seaworthiness of both
science and technology succeeded the world. It has registered over
the ships and their masters, while
rule of thumb methods and insti 8,300 vessels grossing more than
expanded trade to the New World
tuted structural and power changes 36,000,000 tons, representing about
dictated the need for some agency
in the ships.
threefifths of Americanflag vessels
to gather and report news of ship
The primary purpose of the of all sizes, and virtually 100 per
movements. Taking the cue. Ed
modern classification society is to cent of the privatelyowned Ameri
ward Lloyd capitalized on his
establish standards to which canflag merchant fleet of seagoing
association with various shippers,
"classed" vessels must be built and ships over 2,000 gross tons. Tlie
owners and insurers by setting up
by which the vessels may be main remainder in the 8.300figure are
his coffeehouse as a clearinghouse
tained in seaworthy condition. foreignowned or registered or
for all interested parties.
These rules for construction and both.
WNA maintenance are enforced by the Its stWed A1 symbol or reg
First Ship Data
surv^ors, and are universally istry mark, like the A#1 used
In time, handwritten lists con
regarded as standard.
^
taining pertinent bits of ship news
similarly by Lloyd's, indicating the
Loadline marking (starboard) indicating the maximum draft per
appeared, the first formal collation
They represent an effort by the top classification for hulls, down
missible under. various conditions appears amidships below deck
industry to police itself via an through the years has come to be
of shipping data. Years back,
line (line above A]| disc). The initials TF, F, T, S. W, WNA re
when voyages were shorter and
impartial agency on matters in used colloquially in a general sense
spectively signify tropical fresh water, fresh water, tropical,
Individual familiarity with ships
which all havevital interests. to imply anything that is first clasi
summer, winter and winter north Atlantic loadlines. . The' AB
tvas. greater^ members of the in
Their interests are best served by or first rate.
shows the ship is in ''cla»" ^ith the American Boreau,
a
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SEAFARERS LOG
Frtday^ May 19St
IN THE WAKE
i ?>• • • .
: i;"' •
: y.
|v.
Cavalry with an assist from is believed to be a survival of the
FRED ADERHOLD, bosun
mother nature captured a naval ancient custom of dedicating each
There
were
quite
a
few Seafar to Murmansk, but was fortunate
fleet during the French revolution vessel to the protection of a god.
Ancient ships
often
were decorated
ers
in
the
Galveston
SIU
branch enough to escape the torpedoes
ary war. French troops Invaded
the Low Countries in the winter with the images of the deities to Question: Why do you ship out hall one afternoon a few weeks that spelled doom to so many mer
chant vessels on that wartime sea
of 179495 when traveling was easy which they were consecrated and of Galveston?
ago, waiting for the Cape Greig lane.
'
because of the thick Ice formed the wine probably represents the (Photos taken In Galveston
to
crew
up
for
the
Far
East
shut
Son
Sailed
Too
over the rivers and bays. Frozen liquid offering poured in connec branch hall.)
tle run. Among the men the LOG
in the ice at the time, the Dutch tion with sacrifices. This liquid of
The veteran Seafarer got mar
fleet was an easy mark for horse fering symbolized the blood of a B. j. Robbins, FWT: I'm a true reporter found there looking for ried in 1919 when he first started
mounted hussars who rode out on human or animal offering.
Texan! But also because I sail a ward to the anticipated one year shipping out. Although a native
the ice and captured the country's
4 4 4
lot on toiyboats
voyage was a veteran bosun, Sea of Tampa, he hasn't been there for
entire naval force.
The measurement of ship ton in MAW here in
about ten years and now makes
farer
Fred Aderhold.
4"
4>
nage is derived from the tun, the Galveston and
his
in Galveston and has
Aderhold has been working on been home
The cult of the fish was regarded name of a iarge cask in which wine, like that type of
shipping out of the Texas
ships more or less steadily since port for six years now. His one
as sacred among the Phoenicians ale and other liquids were formerly job. My home is
and Assyrians, in Egypt, and in transported. A tun contained 42 in Lockhart,
1915 when he joined the US Navy. son followed in his father's foot
certain Indian legends it repre cubic feet of space, held 252 gal Texas, s o it's
After a fouryear hitch in the serv steps for a while. He shipped long
sents Brahma. Part of the reason lons of wine and weighed about handy and con
ice, he decided that going to sea enough to get his AB ticket, but
for this reverence was the oelief 2,240 pounds. In Henry V's reign venient for me.
was right down his alley. Soon has since given up the sea and is
that fish are symbols and purvey (14131422), when taxes were levied I used to ship
after his discharge in 1919 he ob now in the exterminating busi
ors of knowledge because they are on ships, a tun was taken as the out of New^Or
*
tained an AB ticket and shipped ness.
able to explore the farthest depths unit of measurement to determine leans, but prefer staying in Texas, out on the Begosa, an old wooden While he himself has no inten
how much a ship could carry. Thus and shipping here.
• f the sea.
sailing vessel.
tions of stopping sailing, Aderhold
tunnage (later tonnage) came to
4 4 4
4 4 4*
can
understand the attraction of
First
Voyage
mean the number of tuns or casks Charles Batsdn, FWT: I guess I
On his historic voyage around of
settling down.
"If. I were a young
wine
a
merchant
ship
could
the world in 1520 Ferdinand Ma carry. "The British still retain the just like the port, and the way the The first voyagd was hardly a married man," he said, "I'd want
patrolmen and howling success. While the Be to stay home with my wife." Actu
gellan explored the region of South long ton unit of 2,240 pounds.
agent
run things, gosa made it to Antwerp, her port ally, he estimated that he bought
America now known as Pata
although I'm of destination, she became water about
4
4.4
ten chicken farms during
gonia in search Shellfish are believed to be the
waiting for the logged and couldn't make the trip
of a southwest original source of purple dye, dis
, day we 'get a back. As a result the crew had to his life and tried to settle down,
but none of these attempts worked
better hall. My be sent back on a cattle boat. out satisfactorily.
ern passage to covered by the Phoenicians, an an
cient
nation
of
sailors
who
lived
home
is
in
Ala
the East In
Nevertheless, Aderhold has con
Back to Sea Again
'
bama. I sailed tinued to sail steadily for the past
dies. Some of along the eastern coast of the Med
out of Mobile in 32 years interrupted by short spells At the end of each one of these
the Spaniards iterranean. The dye was secured
'47 and '48, but I of shoreside work in shipyards. unsuccessful experiments, Ader
notyied very in minute amounts from mollusks
prefer the runs As an oldtimer in the business hold found himself heading back
large foot known to the Romans as purpura,
print s on the beach from natives apparently accounting for the de out of_^here, and can usually pick Aderhold carried a card in the old to his first vocation, the sea. Now
with exceptionally big feet who rivation of purple. Since the ac my berth.
International Seamen's' Union and he says, he's definitely made up
4 4 4
came down to meet them. From this, cumulation of the dye was costly
subsequently came into the SIU. his mind on the subject and will
they named the region Patagonia, and cumbersome it was highly B. W. Biggs, AB: I've been sail He was in the thick of some SIU stick to seafaring, come what may,
from the Spanish patagon, "clum prized by nobles and princes and ing out of here since 1930. I've organizational battles in the early in the future. The way he put it
became the symbol of rank, even sailed out of al
sy big foot."
years while riding the Florida on had an air of finality. 'Tm going
down to present times.
m 0 s t all the
4 4 4
to keep on sailing," he said, "until
the
MiamiHavana run.
ports, but I gen
4 '4 4
The term regatta used to de
Aderhold participated in the sit the end comes."
Generally credited to seamen, erally end up
scribe a boat race is said to come
down strike aboard that ship in Aderhold sums up his prefer
the great horn spoon" is an back here. I
from the Venetians and was the "by
1938
and also the P&O strike of ence for the sea under several
apparently meaningless oath hav
it's kind
name given in the Middle Ages to ing no" more connection with the guess
a yea/ later, one of the early water headings. "First of all," he said,
of
my
old
stamp
annual boat races hreld on the
front victories scored by the fledg "I think it's a darn nice life. Then
and ships than their use ill the ing grounds. I've
Grand Canal in Venice between sea
ling Union on the Atlantic Coast. you make more money than you
galley
of
vessels
in
Colonial
days
been
here
in
the
gondoliers. It is possible that it for ladling out soups, porridge and depression and
He was also aboard the ship when could make anywhere else, and it's
stems from the Latin regus for similar food, as spoons made of the the good days
the SIU successfully rivaled the a much healthier kind of job than
"king" and that it at first referred horns of catte and sheep were com and I guess I just like it here, and NMU in an NLRB election to de most.
to an entertainment given before mon at the time. One theory about will stick around.
termine union representation.
"Of course," he added, "condi
the doge or "little king" ...The them lacking substantiation is that
tions
have improved better than
4 4 4
Only Passenger Ship
economic production of drinking seamen at one time referred to the Blanton Petty,
100 percent since the SIU came
FWT:
I
wouldn't
water from sea water is very old,
as the Big Dip sail out of anywhere else. I like Despite all his years at sea the into being. I remember that many
dating back at least to the time of constellation known
per (Ursa Major, "Great Bear") as
the people, the Florida is the only full passenger a time I got up early in the morn
Aristotle (350 BC).
the ^ great horn spoon, since it
officials, the cli ship that Aderhold has ever sailed. ing and made the rounds of the
4 4 4
would be natural for them to swear
mate and every Ordinarily he's not choosy about docks, asking every mate and skip
Christening a new ship by break by the constellation they used to
thing about the his runs, for as he put it, "I take per I ran across if there were any
ing a bottle of wine over its bow locate the North Star.
place. I've sailed what comes and sail everything." berths. Things are certainly quite
out of all SIU During the war he made the > run different' now."
ports, but will
come back here
from now oh.
Living is high
all over, but it's
ACROSS
DOWN
11. Fixes
34. Miss La —
17. Light spar
not too expensive here, and the A Japanese announcement of a lars in bonus money, in addition to
actress
1. Waterman ship
1. Yelps
19. Before
35. Spoil
climate is good,
2 .
Joss, base 22. The Turmoil
e. "Vacation
daylight bombing raid on Tokyo what thiey received at the payofl^
.37.
Aspects
baU great
with
"
is one
38. Virginia cape
4 4 4
had the entire world speculating was waiting for them at the Water
3. Murmansk
8. Strong brews
23. Fish for oysters 40. Mouth of the
H. Allan,
oiler:
I live
in
Galves
man SS Co. offices.
peninsula
24. Price
Amazon
12. Image
ton and have been sailing out of on where the planes—reported to
4. Where Mobile is 25. Shipowner
41. Thought
13. Laker cargo
42. "Rock of
"
5. City in Poland 26. Cask
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be US bombers—were based. Three
here for six
14. Dry
28. Rage
6. God of war
43. "Monster" lake
29. Reef
years. I was born
A key struggle for the control of
44. Soaked
15. City in W.
7. Yes
weeks
later
the
US
announced
the
31. The linden
45. "
boy!"
Poland
8. PaUid
here and will
historymaking flight
of Gen. the Bay of Bengal got under way.
32. Peddle more of 46. Fairy queen
16. Service provided 9. Islands in W.
continue to sail
Indies
Jimmy. Doolittle's B25s from the Japs sank, two British cruisers and
by SIU
10. Gallic
(Puzzle Answers on Page 27)
from here. I tried
flight deck of the aircraft carrier a 10,000ton carrier, but British re
18. Seagoing
New York a cou
mecliaiilcs
Hornet ... An SlUSUPled fight tained control of Half the bay. Full
2 3
20. Port in Delaware
ple of times and i
was won when a "statement of control of the bay by the Japs
21. Governor of
•
will go up there
policy", was signed in Washington would lay coast of India open to
12
Kansas
soon
to
see
the
binding
the WSA to recognize col invasion ... US Supreme Court
22. Food Ash
new hall, but for
IS
lective bargaining and maritime ruled that a sitdown strike aboard
23. Airfield
steady shipping
26. Old boa/
labor contracts for the duration of ship, even when in port; was mu
18
will sail from here for some time the war.
27. Part of a ship
tiny ... Pro sports gaining in
SO. Easter Island
to come.
popularity because of the .war, ac
4
4
4
31. Foursided sail
cording to a Gallup Poll . . . The
4 4 '4 .
32. Oder, in Polish
Delosantos Raul, oiler: My home Bataan fell to the Japs, and 3,500 SIU urged government to con
23 24 25
33. Chowed
is here. I was born here and have Americans were evacuated to Cpr sider equipping merchant sailors
34. Bill's friend
my family here. regidor, where Jap planes were with rubber, waterproof lifesaving
30
35. Thinker
I've
sailed now averaging 12 bombing raids a day suits to keep down the merchant
36. Man from
33
and then from . . The Allies prepared for a men casualties.
Hamburg
Baltimore and spring offensive in Libya by Field
38. Cap
36
4 4 4
39. Breeze •
New Orleans, but Marshal Rommell ... Laval badk
40. A hot guU
always come in power as a virtual French Pre Navy's first aircraft carrier, the
44. It owns the
back here. Ships mier . . . The House Naval Affairs Langley, sunk in waters south of
Golden City
are plentiful and Committee voted against a bill to Java . . . OPA put price ceil
47. Border
48. School in
tbe selection is outlaw union contracts containing ings on sale of household ap
grsgiami .
good. Since 1943, overtime pay or union security pliances . . . Fifth person indicted
49. Arrive: Abbr.
50. Tea dregs
when • I joined clauses . . . The SIU notified the oh sedition charges, William Dud
• L
Sailers
the^fSHJ, this has been my home former crews of the Jean L'ifltte ley Pelley was ^cked up by
22. Biscay iM one
ta.Citi.fi • a . i n
i fsnd Warrior tha^j^iiuwj«uda pf dol7Bag0^ i.rM. c
jD^paztoieflt
0.
�Friday, May «, 1»S1
SEAFARERS LOG
Paffc Thirien
SEAFARERS ^ LOG
May 2, 19S2
^Wherever You Co ..
.a
Vol. XIV No. 9
Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic
& Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. T(ri.
STerling 84671.
PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurer
Editor. HERBKRT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAT DXNISON; Art Editor, BERNARD
SEAMAN: Photo Editor, DAHDCL NILVA; Staff Writers. HERMAN ARTHim. IRWIN SPIVACX.
ART PERTALL.
'
ilM
Time For A Halt
Some particularly flagrant instances of fouling up in South ELurrUtane Crew
and East African ports have taken place in recent months. As Solid Union Gang
is usually the case, such action by an irresponsible handful To the Editor:
(most of them having no association with this particular The Hurricane hit port again in
Union) has reflected unfavorably on the reputation of Amer the States, and looking back on a
few months on board her during
ican sbamen and on the SIU.
•
the run to and from Germany we
It' has been a long and hard struggle for the Union to win find this ship 100 percent, a. good
a measure of respect and community standing for the SIU example of real SIU Union solidar
and the working seamen affiliated with it. While it has al ity in action.
ways been a Union policy that the Seafarer's activities The crew has been trying to get
ashore are his own business, we have to depart from it in this a recreation room on here for two
years. Finally we got fed up with
instance to protect the good name of the Union and its mem the
company runaround on that
bership.
subject the last
time in New
Enforcement of the new resolution in the last analysis de
York. The boys
pends on the crews themselves. The Union doesn't deny to
decided to get
any Seafarer the privilege of relaxation and entertainment
something done
after many days aboard ship. But if the crewmembers see a
on the subject, so
shipmate obviously making a terrific nuisance out of himself
with a "stand
and causing hostility towards American seamen then it's their
pat" action on
duty to press charges against the errant individuals.
the part of the
• ill
M
As I See It
chew and Paul
Gonsorchik's able
able handling
from the headquarters end of tlie
by PAUL HALL
If Anyone had any doubts about the intent of the Maritime deal, we got it. Except for a few
additions, it is well on its
Trades Department to take effective action on waterfront minor
way to being a rooni worthy of the 1^ ARLIER THIS YEAR, YOUR i sight of the legitimate beefs of
problems, those doubts must be dispelled by now. The tone time spent by us in obtaining it. Mlf Union was called down to the steel workers themselves.
and content of the meeting at which the Brooklyn Port Coun It's just another sample of a heads Washington by the Maritime Ad These fellows, as well as the men
ministration to confer with them in the oil fields and refineries
cil was established make it clear that the MTD means busi up crew getting its due.
Customs Strict
on how best to meet the mapning I who hit the bricks just the other
ness. Those who would disrupt the waterfront and fish in
troubled waters have received fair warning that their tres The customs in Germany seem needs of governmentownecl ships.; day, have • iong been waiting for
to be getting stricter every trip. At that tiipe the Administration j the empioyers to give them the
passes will be tolerated no longer.
Last time this ship was there, we expressed considerable concern j simple economic justice they d^
It is encouraging too, to note that the Brooklyn Port Coun heard they caught a seamen trying over the fact that foreign aid car serve.
. , •
,
,
cil did not confine itself simply to attacking troublemakers, to smuggle in $1,300 in American goes had been held up because
maritime unions had run i „
important as that might be. "The Council also approved a posi money. However, they Were very some
ers. no less than Seafarers or
tive program for improving conditions on the Brooklyn docks considerate and gave it back to short of skilied seamen.
: workers in any other industry, are
after deducting $1,000 as a
and removing the causes of unrest that have led to wildcat him
Your Union representatives ,entitled to decent wage increases,
fine for his pains. The customs went down to Washington and told I Unlike Seafarers, they did not re
stoppages on several previous occasions.
over there have you down to your those present at the meeting in no ceive a singie penny in raises in
The stake of the Seafarer in all this should be obvious. It shorts now when you go out of uncertain
terms, that the SIU had (jie year 1951.
is in the interest of every man who sails out of the port of the gate and we are secretly hop
Brooklyn—or any port—that the waterfront operations be ing that this situation does not get
worse. The German police knowledged by the Maritime Adi
° '
J? "I"®*
conducted fairly and efficiently for all concerned. Repeated any
are feeling their oats too. They ministration people. Further we cases, Can honestly
^ deny
' . the fact
stoppages, uncertain labor conditions on the docks and con gave a coupie of our guys a bad
tinuous unrest benefit no one, least of all the Seafarer, long time, but thanks to Captain Bod told them that whoever was re S ? tit.f i
sponsible for ship allocations had
T
shoreman and men of other drafts who make their living out den we squeezed through that one. fouled
up matters considerably by;
^he men who
of the maritime industry. In the long rim these conditions There were no major beefs on not taking into account the ability
^
could have a destructive effect on the port's commerce and this trip with all things running of the unions involved to
; J^hat larger share of the.ir earnings.
Looking at it from here it seems
pretty smopthiy in good SIU ti.<!. cVtirtc
cause the permanent loss of many jobs,
|
^ad de
style. When we got in for payoff inose snips.
The SIU then, is behind this major effort 100 percent. It is in the port of Norfolk, all was well Let us hope that the strong po • voted a little more energy toward
happy *to see that all other AFL maritime unions in the coun except the payoff itself. We came sition your Union took at that time ' working out a wage settlement and
cil are equally determined to correct conditions which have in with no cargo, and were due to will beat fruit in the aiiocation of a iittle iess toward iobbying for a
developed in the port over the years.
sail from Hampton Roads at new Mariner class vessels now price i^rease, this whole rhubarb
7 PM the night of April 23 after coming off the ways. In chartering might have been avoided in the
4"
S"
if
.
picking up a few hundred tons of these brand new ships to the vari first place,
ous private operators, the Mari
« * «
tobacco.
time Administration is supposed to
'
Men Paid Off
a point of considering the |7 VERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE
For the past ten days,, the House Merchant Marine Commit The company evidently did not make
ability
of the various unions to H/ run across an incident which
tee has been listening to testimony on the LongRange Ship believe us (departmental dele crew them up. It seems possible demonstrates anew that the SIU
gates
Webber, Fava,
Colon and my
ping Bill. A long parade of witnesses from groups inside and
when we told them inasmuch then that the SIU will receive a is truly a Brotherhood of the Sea.
. outside the maritime industry^—veterans' groups, shipbuilders; self)
as we were entttlefi to a payoff fair share of these vesseis which Down in New Orleans last week
maritime and shipbuilding unions, chambers of commerce, and had ten guys wanting to get promise to be the backbone of a the Seafarers of the Del Sud pro
vided an example of this brother
ship operators, and Congressmen themselves—haye testified. off, we expected'one. For a while new American merchant fleet.
u be
uc especially
when they were hosts at a
The SIU, too, has thrown its support behind the bill.
This news would
especially ,
they behaved as if there wasn't go
welcome
at
this
time
when
the
I
'he men on the bhach in
ing to be any payoff whether we
So far, not a single nongovernment word has been raised were
entitled to it or not, but we Maritime Administration is in the I ^hat port.
against the bill. But, the Bureau of the Budget, the Treasury got that beef, ;and the payoff, process of laying up the Liberty ! Judging from all reports it was
and the General Accounting office are slated to attack the squared away the next afternoon. and Victory ships it took out of ; a very pleasant occasion that was
'program.
We want to thank Ben Rees and the boneyard last year. Seafarers ' thoroughly enjoyed by all present
would be assured that they will including the families of the men
It seems evident, since these agencies are concerned about Patrolman Haga in Norfolk for a get
sizeable proportion of new involved. We understand it was so
the provisions that give a break on taxes, they arc worried good payoff. These men did their jobs a being
made available through successful that the crew is plan
usual
solid
job.
* about losing a few dollars in revenue. On the other hand, this
allocation of the Mariners. Let us ning another such affair in the fu
bill will encourage the building of new vessels, the replace At this writing we are how head l)ope that this time the Administra' ture.
ment of obsolete ships, and help put the American merchant ing up the Hudson River for AK tion will stick to this plan of al
The men on the Dei Sud are to
bany. This ship is so unpredict location.
marine in a position where it can compete with foreign ships able
be
conynended for their thought
and unscheduled from day to
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built and manned by underpaid labor. The US ghoffid have day that the galley cannot even
fulness and hospitality. The fact
learned that a strong merchant fleet is vital to our nation's tell when we are sailing or where
ITH ALL THE EXCITE that Seafarers will stick together
defense. We don't think this bill is a cureall, but since it to.
ment that' has gripped the in this fashion shows the. true
V, will help build and stabilize the merchant marine, we're
natipn over the^'pl industry
| community of interest that has
Jimmie Colder
jbaokingdt i«ai^;Som«thmg, bettep come# ialongt,«u or
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The crimp hauls his prey from a ship in New York. He charged
$3 for the ride, $2 for a hack, and $3 per bottle of fotgut.
After hauling cargo to Buffalo all summer, canalboaters and
their families tied up for winter at Coenties Slip.
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In the old days, the seaman was a breed apart whose life
never touched that of ordinary^shoreside.mortals. His days
ashore were few, usually spent in the seamen's boarding
house oc, flag house at the mercy of the crimp to whom he
was perpetually in debt. These drawings from old newspa
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As one writer put it in 1873, "In a few days all he has earned
by very many days of severe toil is exhausted, his hands are
unsteady, his head giddy, home ties are thought of impa
tiently and again dreary forecastle life is resumed."
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often than not, the master bypassed this procedure.
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offers for a whaling voyage.
Seamen catch a few minutes' relaxation
outside the boarding house.
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tries on some new clothes.
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Food, drink, women and crimps were the
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A few oldtimers hold a gabfest while
keeping warm at the stove.
Men hang around outside the agent's of
fice waiting for a job offer.
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The boarding house owner saw to it that
his money didn't last long.
A waterfront supplystore displays its
wares for passing seamen.
Sailor and girl dance a hornpipe to the
beat of a flag house piano.
�SEAPARlERS LOG
Pitt* Sixtcfea
Friday. May t, 19St
THE
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A steady stream of tankers in and out of Vladivostok has been re
ported in recent months by US planes cruising over the Sea of Japan.
The traffic, which passes through US radar screens has been so heavy
that observers believe virtually all" the. Red planes in. Korea are fueled
by the tankers . . . The auxiliary schooner Dorothy P. Sarty put into
New York loaded with 800 barrels of herring. Although this was the
10foot craft's first trip outside the Grand Banks, none of the crew
wanted to go ashore. "We've only been out 5 days," said one, "and
we can see the skyline from the pier. What else is there to see?"
LABOR
ROUNDUP
The labor front has been far
from quiet latdly, with the steel
situation presenting the most im
portant and most changeable pic
ture. Here is a picture of the vari
ous trouble spots as they now
stand;
The most important instrument used in the navigation of a ship is,
of course, the magnetic compass. Consisting essentially of a magnet
attached to a routfd card with graduated markings, it indicates where
magnetic north is, and with due allowances for deviation of the mag
netic pole from true north, enables the navigator to determine in which
direction the ship is going.
The card of the magnetic compass is graduated, or divided, into 360.
degrees in a clockwise rotation, starting with zero degrees at north,
going to 90 degrees at east, and so on, around the compass. In addition,
itis graduated into 32 points. Naming the points in the order in which
they come is calied "boxing" the compass. Each point is equivalent
to IVA degrees of arc and are further divided into half and quarter
points.
The 32 points are named as follows:
North
Southeast by east
West southwest
North by east
Southeast
West by south
North northeast
Southeast by south
West
Northeast by north
South southeast
West by north *
Northeast
South by east
West northwest
Northeast by east
South
Northwest by west
East northeast
South by west
Northwest
East by north
Sonth southwest
Northwest by north
East
Southwest by south
North northwest
East by south
Southwest
North by west
East southeast
Southwest by west
The Navy's newest and fastest troopship, the USNS Barrett, origi
nally planned as one of three sister ships for the American President
lines, completed her 1,200 mile shakedown cruise with flying colors.
She'll be the first completely alrcondltioned troopship ... The Swedish
freighter Yvonne put into New Yoi^ to get fire department and Coast
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Guard help to put out a fire in her cargo of coal in the number four
Steel Seizure—The
government's
hold. The fire started shortly after she left Newport News, Va., bound
for Sweden. Crewmen kept it under control but were unable to put seizure of the steel industry on the
eve of a strike has been ruled un
it out without help.
constitutional by a Federal District
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Japan's merchant fleet has hit 60 percent of its prewar level. A total junction nullifying the move. As
of 1,056 ships are listed with a gross tonnage of 2,541.185, an increase a result, some 600,000 Tlnited Stcel
of 1,170.000 gross tons since World War II . . . The third Marinerclass workers of America—CIO, have
cargo ship, the Old Dominion Mariner, was launched in Newport News, walked off the job, leaving only
Va.,. last week . . \ The new Dominican sugar port of Rio Haina, lo maintenance crews to shut down
cated 15 miles west of Ciudad Trujillo, the capital, has started opera the big blast furnaces. The Gov
tion . . . The British freighter Manchester Merchant was the first ship ernment, however, is now appeal
There are two types of magnetic compasses, the liquid and dry card.
through the ice into the Port of Montreal. The skipper. Captain E. W. ing to the Supreme Court for a Another type of compass, the gyrocompass, is a mechanical device con
Raper, was given the traditional goldheaded cane for commanding the final ruling on the matter. The steel taining a set of coils which are sensitive to the earth's magnetic field.
first ship of the season.
workers announced they would The magnetic currents are coif>
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fight for the full benefits recom verted to electrical impulses which
Contracts for two new tankers have put the US shipbuilding industry mended by the Wage Stabilization operate a hand on a dial. The ad
over the 2 million deadweight ton.mark for the first time since the Board.
vantages of the gyrocompass are
war. A new high of 105 ships are under contract for coastal or Great
that it can be used much nearer to
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Lakes yards . . . The Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. of Chester,
the poles where the conventional
Pa., has £4 jounced it is hiring 1,000 additional employees to take care Telegraph Strike—^The Commer magnetic compass is rendered vir
of increased business which includes a contract for a 30,000ton tanker cial Telegraphers Union (AFL) tually useless because of the wide';
. . . Plans to refloat the Liberty ship William Eaton, which ran aground turned down a Western Union "of difference between true north and
on Toshima, an island about 60 miles south of Tokyo, ran into a snag fer" to have 31,000 striking em the location of the magnetic north
when high winds broke the vessel in two. Seven crewmen left aboard ployees return to work while ne pole.
gotiations continue when the com
had to be rescued from the broken stern.
The most common t^e of mag
pany said no money offer would be
netic compass is the liquid, or spirit,
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made.
Russian inland river boatmen must be "unceasingly educated in the'
compass. This has four colls of
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spirit of Bolshevik requirements and discipline," according to the Mos
magnetized steel wires in cylindrical
cow Communist party organ, Pravda, which complained of inefficiency Aircraft Agreement—The Wage cases sealed under the compass card.
in the Russian inland waterway boat services . . . The Tairea, one of Stabilization Board recommended The coils are placed parallel to the northsouth axis of the card which
the few remaining passenger vessels with 3 smokestacks is to be that two aircraft companies' sign is provided with a float to reduce the pressure on the pivot.
scrapped. Owned by the British India Co.. she was on the Calcutta and union shop agreements. The com
The float, or air chamber, contains a hollow cone, open at its lower
iifc Far East and African runs for 28 years ... The Maritime Administration panies are the Boeing Aircraft Co., end. Within this cone is found the sapphire bearing which rests on
_has received bids for the purchase of 14 governpientowned ships dam Wichita, Kans., with 16,000 emr. the pivot and supports the card. The pivot itself is fastened to the
ployees represented by the Inter
aged during the war and now lying in foreign waters.
national Association of Machinists, center of a cast bronze bowl. The bronze bowl is filled with a liquid
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and the Douglas Aircraft Go., Long consisting of 45 percent pure alcohol and 55 percent distilled water.
Indonesia is operating four schools to train seamen for its merchant
if' marine. Two are elementary navigation schools to train seamen for Beach, Calif., with 10,000 workers Since the compass will be affected by any metal in the vicinity, men
represented by the CIO United handling the wheel should never under any circumstance carry knives,
local and small scale interisland trade. The others give training to Auto Workers.
key^ or other sizeable metal objects. These could cause small but sig
aspiring mates, engineers and radio operators . . . Imports of metaUic
nificant errors in steering. Nor should portable electric lights, port
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ores through the Port of Baltimore in February continued high with
able megaphones
or telephone receivers be permitted in the vicinity of
manganese ores setting a new record . . . The Port of Philadelphia Odds 'n Ends — The AFL and the compass.
CIO
joined
other
groups
in
askiiig
handled 8,749,392 tons of cargo during March. Inbound and outbound
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cargo was about equally divided . . . The Hong Kong Supreme Court that a Senate Select Committee on
Formerly when giving steering orders to helmsmen it was permis
Indefinitely postponed a test case stemming from the US embargo on Consumer Interests be set up..
shipments of critical cargo to Hong Kong or Red China. The China Columbia University's student sible to use the words "starboard" and "port". This has been pro
Mutual Trading Co. is making the test by suing American President newspaper hit the school adminis hibited by act of Congress because of confusion which arose in their
tration for hiring "a scab labor use. All orders.given to the helmsmen must be given as "right rudder"
Lines for damages and delivery of a cargo of drugs.
force of students" in an attempt to and "left rudder", right rudder meaning turning the wheel clockwise,
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break a strike by its cafeteria work or to the right, so that the vessel heads to. starboard, left rudder being
The Marine Robin, a C4, is being converted into a Great Lakes bulk ers... The CIO Textile Workers in a counterclockwise, or left, turn so that the vessel heads to port.
ore carrier for the Hansand Corp. To be renamed the Joseph H. Thomp Kannapolis, NC, a mill town con
Some typical wheel commands and their meanings are as follows:
son, she'll be the largest vessel on the lakes ... A Senate committee trolled by the giant Cannon cottoh
Come right ten degrees—Change ship's course ten degrees to star
is considering a system of tolls on inladd water, and giving the Inter mill chain, is fighting attempts by
state Commerce Commission authority over possible improvement of the local radio station to break a board on compass.
navigable waters . . . The US had more merchant tonnage on the ways broadcasting contract* with the un • Left five degrees rudder—Turn the wheel until the rudder indicator
in the first quarter of 1952 than at any time in the last two years.' The ion ... with laibor members dissent registers five degrees.
activity helped the US retain second place in shipbuilding among mari ing, the WSB approved a raise of
Meet her^—This command is given when turning. Turn the rudder
time nations. Britain still holds the lead.
5 cents an hour retroactive to last indicator over to the opposite side to check or slow the swing of the
July for over l,OjDO workers in the ship but don't stop her.
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Britain* has asked the New Zealand government to speed qp the han Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, Calif.
Nothing to the right—Steer the given course and go nothing to the
dling of ships visiting New Zealand ports and do away with the present .. The Pennsylvania Railroad has right of it; make any errors to the left.
"bottleneck" . . . The Mutual Security Agency has accused three oil become the third major road ,to
Ease the wheel—Take off half of the degrees registered on the rud
companies of overcharges totalling about 50 million dollars on ship sign a union shop agreement lyith
der
indicator.
ments financed with foreign aid funds. The charges were made against the Brotherhood of Locomotive
fludder amidships—Put the rudder indicator on zero.
the SoconyVacuum Oil Company, Esso Export Corp., and ihe Caii Firemen and Enginemen since Con
fomiaTexas Corp. The MSA said the overcharges were made on ship gress approved the union shop for 'Steady as she goes—Look at 4he compass or landmark at the time
ments of Middle East crude oil to Western Europe.
,
of the command and steady the ship up on same.
railroads in Jan., 1951. '
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SEAFARERS LOG
Fay* Semtcea
MTD Sfarfs DockCleanUp Ship Bill Faces Test
Before House Hearings
members who perform their jobs in is solidly and squarely behind this
(Continued from page 3)
local unions of the ILA, Masters ^n honest fashion irrespective of program and we will do everything
in our power, financially and other
?Mates and PUots, Tugboatmen, Ra any previous prison record;
.dio Operators Union, SIU, SUP, 7)—a recommendation that the wise, to see to it that it is carried
(Continued from page 2)
Commerce, and other groups all
Marine Engineers, and shoreside membership of Brooklyn ILA out."
supported
the measure.
have been
attacked by
the agencies
Operating Engineers—wholeheart locals be. given the opportunity of Establishment of a functioning
edly endorsed a broad program of voting as to whether they are in Brooklyn Port Council just about on the basis of technicalities in the The bill, said an SIU spokesman,
,reform which is expected to lead favor of the present "shapeup" completes the organizational phase language.
is not a cureall for the merchant
tc sweeping changes in Brooklyn hiring system or whether they of the MTD program. Councils The National Federalion of marine, but it would be a big help
would rather have the "rotary haOe now been set up in all major American Shipping, however, In cutting down the boom and bust
dock conditions.
hiring" system;
Ten Major Points
East Coast ports with the Brooklyn backed the bill and said the sub cycles of the Industry, and help
sidy an'd tax provisions are needed
those cycles out.
, The program mcludes ten major 8)—^a study of the financial prob council expected to be the focus of so American ves|pl8 "may be ac level
Some of
the supporters suggested
lems
of
irregularlyemployed
wa
MTD
activity
in
the
immediate
points relating to internal union
quired
with
a
capital
investment
various changes in
the bill, and the
conditions as well as conditions terfront workers with a view to future.
equal to that of competing foreign government agencies are expected
ward
establishing
machinery
for
on the job. They are:
With all councils now function vessels so that American vessels
offer extensive amendments
1)—guarantee of internal making loans at no interest so as ing, the MTD is in a position to at can compete with foreignowned to
whe^
they testify. The backers of
to
eliminate
loan
sharks;
democracy in all affiliated local
tack the organizational and func ships built and operated by cheap the measure are afraid that any
9)
A
public relations
program
to
unions, including monthly meetings
tional problems facing affiliated er labor."
virtually kill the
monthly financial reports and "se make the community familiar with waterfront unions in all ports, with Representatives of unions, a amendments may
bill, since it would have to be passed
the
problems
of
the
lawabiding
cret balloting ... on all issues in all
improvement in water large number of shipbuilding and by the House and then go back to
men who work on the waterfront; consequent
affiliated locals;"
front
conditions
expected as the shipping companies, the VFW, the the Senate for a vote on the amend
2)—a guarantee of mutual sup 10)—provision for the designa outcome.
American Legion Chambers of ed bill.
port to improve wages and condi tion of officials by affiliated unions
to act as authorized
representatives
tions for all unions involved, in
cluding a program aimed at "low who can make commitments on be
ering existing eligibility require half of the affiliated unions.
ments for obtaining welfare and Delegates also adopted a con
vacation benefits for memberships stitution for the organization and
(Continued from page 2)
the Commimists are apparently sion. before he started sailing with
elected officers, including Sigu
of ail local unions;"
3)—provision for penalizing of mimd Brovarski, ILA Local 205 as posed as De Gaullists or war vet strongly concentrated, they tried to the SIU he went up to the offices
ficials or members forcing or re chairman; Captain Thomas Atkins, erans. They were exceedingly agitate among men on an Army of a wellknown Americanflag
tanker outfit that also operates un
ceiving kickbacks by expulsion MM&P Local 88, as ViceChair curious, he said, as to the details transport.
der Liberian registry. Although he
Girls Seek Information
from the union; 4) and 5)—similar man; Steve Cardullo, SIU, as Re of US ship movements, informa
provisions applying to shylocking cording Secretary and Frank tion about US validated papers The feminine angle was worked was not a US resident then, he
Garay, Radio Officers Union, as and other maritime matters.
and pilferage;
too. One girl displayed great curi said, they took him on without ask
A former resident of France (he osity about the wildcat longshore ing for a passport, discharges or
6)—a statement supporting all Financial Secretary.
Prepared To Act
lived there from 1940 through strike in New York last fall, a seamen's papers. Other crewmem
Speaking before a battery of TV 1943) the Seafarer was fair game walkout that aroused considerable bers, including several Americans,
were hired in the sdme unregu
Write To Carras and newsreel cameramen following for this kind of approach because enthusiasm in the Commimist lated fashion.
he speaks French fluently. Nat press.
the meeting
MTD Executive Secre
For Back Wages tary Lloyd Gardner, who is also As urally, he said, a Frenchman ap Spanishspeaking crewmen were
No Papers Sought
Seafarers who have retroac
sistant SecretaryTreasurer of the proaching a seaman and speaking approached also, in this case by 'Wo would hang around the com
tive pay due them from the SIU, made it plain that the MTD "English would be immediately sus
men posing as refugees from pany's office," he explained, "and
Carras Company should write is dead serious about its announced pected, so that the Communists are Franco
Spain. They too were an when they had a ship to crew up
to the company at 21 West program. "I would like to give anxious to strike up friendships
xious
to find
out everything about they would just pick out some fel
Street, New York City, for warning," he said, "to anyone who with Frenchspeaking seamen and the US waterfront and seemed
par lows that struck their fancy. They
their checks.
gain their confldence.
tries to disrupt the Brooklyn
water
ticularly
concerned
about
the
ac wouldn't ask anybody, even an
When writing, men should front that such an attempt will be Once they thought they had tive leaders of the anticommu
American, if he had seamen's
enclose their name, znum
made contact with him, he said, nist movement.
met
by
the
Maritime
Trades
De
papers.
ber and the name of the ves
they carefully start asldng ques
partment
with
all
of
the
power
at
The
informant
knew
of
one
in
sel they were on. Also in
tions. A typical inquiry ran as stance in which a seaman lost his if "The only thing they asked me was
disposal."
I had any experience. I said yes,
clude a. mailing address its SIU
follows: "I have a friend on the validated papers. He felt that they and
SecretaryTreasurer
Paul
offered to show them my dis
where the company can send Hall added, "The whole weight of SS
, who couldn't ship might possibly have been stolen. charges
but they weren't even in
the check.
the Seafarers International Union because he couldn't get validated Having been back and forth to terested in seeing them."
papers. What is this validated pa France these last few years, this
A few weeks ago, he said, he
pers procedure?"
is convinced that the in went down and visited this particu
Another man, posing as a French Seafarer
are an organized attempt lar ship while it was docked at
seaman, expressed a great deal of quiries
to
get
information.
Three years Toddts shipyard in Erie Basin, one
interest in details about tanker ago, he said, the emphasis
was on of the port's vital areas. A consider
movements and the US oil indus securing sympathy for Communist
able number of crewmembers that
try. He was also curious as to
longshoremen he had sailed with on this ship a
limitations on the movement of objectives, and
would board US ships and talk up year and a half ago were still
foreign seamen in US ports.
good relationships with Russia. To aboard, running regularly between
(Continued from page 5)
Waterman: W. S. Jennings, Wil
Nor was the propaganda angle day, information
appears to be the
Eastern lost 10, kept 2; Isthrhian liam Harper, William Tyler Page, neglected, the LOG informant said. chief concern. The abovenamed the US and Aruba.
William
A.
Richardson,
Philip
P.
French
Communist
newspapers
lost 6, kept 1; Mississippi lost 7,
ports, plus Le Havre and Rouen
kept 13; Robin lost 5, kept 1; South Barbour, Thomas. Heyward, Benja and literature were brought aboard are points of concentration, espe
min H. Grierson,
and George
Gipp.
the Emery. In Bordeaux, where cially when arms shipments ar
Atlantic lost 11, kept 11, and Wa
terman lost 11, kept 5.
rive.
The ships recalled as of the end
"I know how these people oper
Topping Off Superiiner
of March—^names of the 51 ships
ate," he concluded, "and it is easy
recalled late in April were not yet
to tell that these fellows are phon
available—include: Alcoa: Joshua
ies by the way they approach you
B. Lippincott, Walker D. Hines,
and the questions they ask."
Rudolph Kaufmann, Peter V. Dan
CG Training Program
(Continued from page 3)
iel, James B. Richardson, Adoni
Here at home the US Coast ing a good job for our own mem
ram Judson, Knute Rockne, and
Guard's concern about possible se bership, but also in that it creates
William R. Davie.
curity problems has led to the es a good impression with the general 3.
Bloomfield: James Kyron Walk
tablishment of a port security public."
er. Robert Ellis Lewis, and Clara
training program for reservists. At In order to do the job at the
Barton.
present about 150 reservists from earliest possible date and in proper
Bull: Cornelius Ford, Charles Car
the East Coast area are receiving fashion, it was necessary to secure
roll, Joseph A. Brown, Robert
two weeks of instruction in secur additional funds, because the heavy
Lansing, and William James.
ity problems in the Port of New investment in New York headquar
York.
Eastern: Casimir Pulaski, David
ters did not leave sufficient money
'The Coast Guard said that this in the Building Fund to provide
S. Terry, Jesse H. Metcalf, Thomas
program would continue regularly for these three ports.
P. Leathers, Thomas Stone, Timo
until July 1, with new groups of
thy Dwight, Henry Baldwin, John
First Class Union
reservists called in on two week in
F. Appleby, and James Witcomb
As SIU SecretaryTreasurer Paul
tervals.
While
the
men
are
not
on
Riley.
active duty, the Coast Guard has Hall put it, when speaking in favor
Isthmian: Danlbl H. Lownsdale,
the power to call up these reserv of the assessment, '.'The SIU has al
John Lind and Zane Grey.
ists for such duty if it feels the ways held to the policy that Sea
Mississippi: Francis E. Warren,
farers travel first "blass. We could
need is great enough.
Jonathan Trumbull, Henry Meigs,
pay $1 in dues, but then we would
James B. Duke, David Starr Jor
Liberian Ships
dan, and Joseph L. Meek.
The ease with which a man could have a one buck Union. The entire
get in or out of the country on membership invested' so that Sea
Robin: Jacob Chandler Harper,
a foreign flag ship, particularly farers shipping out of New York
Anson Mills, William Sturgis,
those under Panamanian and Li could have the comforts we're all
Charles Bullfinch and John Fiske.
berian registry, was exemplified by enjoying here at headquarters,
South Atlantic: Cornelius Gil
the case of Seafarer Peter Arthurs. which everyone agrees is the finest
liam, Charles D. Paston, Nathaniel
In previous issues the LOG had Union hall of its kind.
Silsbee, William^ H. Aspinwall,
pointed out that these ships would "It's only fair that the men in
Grenville M. Dodge, Abel Parker
Upshur, August Belmont, Helen Top secret radar installation with enclosed crow's nest is one of be an ideal twoway entry and es the outports who chipped in for
this building and those elsewhere,
Hunt Jacksoh, Josepli Pulil|z«!)^^4!, vthe features pf.jtjie neW^Uperllner, the UhHed States, which is cape route for subversives,
should 'get' 41ie «ainekilid«ef'deal.''
k Acthuss. said that»> «A ««• ooca*
US Seamen Spy Targets In France
Lay Ups Near End;
EC A $May Cut Slump
Vote Slated
OhNew Halts
For Outports
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SEAFARERS LOG
Wnf Blrliteeii
Old Time l>is€harge Gives Idea
Of How Conditions Used To Be
That although It's easier to float
in salt water, you can swim faster
While going over some old papers that I had at home, I came across an old discharge in fresh water? Because of its
that I received back in 1919 from the US Shipping Board, It reminded me of the old days density, salt water offers greater
that are so hard to forget. This plain piece of paper and the information, on it show how resistance to movement The re
cord books prove it.
things were so different
those days. As this discharge
is over 30 years old, it is easy
for seamen these days to see
the change now that we are
under a strong union like the
SIU.
^
~
eERTIFICATE OP SEAMAN'S 8EIWICC
^ 4, If,
inaugurated, and Philadelphia waa
the capital immediately afterward!.
At various times during the Revo
lution and prior to the actual
formation of the US, Baltimore,
Annapolis and Princeton, J^J, as
well as Lancaster, and York, Pa«
were meetingplaces of Congress.
That you qualify for SIU welfare
4 4 4
benefits after only one day's work
on an SIU ship during the calendar That the North American Con
year? More than $350,000 has tinent contains twothirds of all the
been paid out under the Welfare fresh water in the world? The
Plan since it began in 1950.
principal source for this supply
are the Great Lakes, Erie, Huron,
^ if,
Michigan, Ontario and Superior.
That the largest piece of glass
4 4 4"
ever made is located on a mountain
in California? Manufactured in That Seafarers manned the first
1934, this special glass disk. 200 tanker switched to American reg
inches in diameter, is now the istry after the start of the Korean
huge "eye" of the largest telescope War? The 18,000ton Olympic
in any observatory in the world, Games, formerly under the Hon
situated on Mount Palomar in duran flag, crewed up in Baltimore
Southern California.
with an allSIU crew in August,
1950.
if,, if, if,
4 4 4
That the shadow of an airplane
That
clay
originated in a small
is always the same size regardless
of its altitude? Scientists have ex hill in China? The weathering of
plained this condition by the fact certain minerals, forms clay, or
that the sun's rays are parallel. kaolin, a corruption of the Chinese
Anyway, that's how it works out. word Kauling, the name of a hill
from which the earliest samples
i* J"
of clay ireached Europe.
. That Will Rogers was not born
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and did not die in any state
That
some flowers
force their
although he was born and died in
the US? Rogers, the classic Ameri way through solid ice in order to
can humorist who died in 1935, was blossom? Mountain climbers in
born in the Oklahoma Territory the Swiss Alps have seen examples
and died in an air crash in Alaska. of this in the soldanella, a flower
native to the area.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCS
sHippiNO :sntviCK
OPftCe OF U. 8. SHIFFWa
Since this old piece of paper has
FonroF
no value as a record of work
aboard ship, it is a copy of how
awful conditions
were in those To WHOM IT MAT CONCERN:
'C
of thie ofBce diow ttwt
This is to oertifvnthst the
days, when even
the discharges
were terrible.
There was no
Age Xf .yeers,
born in
record of any se
easels mentioned below:
rial number, the
age listed was
Esw—
false and every
Hartman
thing was a hit
and miss affair
that was typical of the Shipping
Board days.
They were the days of two eggs
per man, Thursday and Sunday.
Stew for the crew and roast for
the brass was the rule imder the
twopot system. This particular
vessel, the James Timson, was con
sidered a liberal ship in those days.
Complaints Useless
The crewmembers squawked and
\
bellowed but it was hard to make
any headway. Wages were poor,
and the twowatch system was in
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4 4 4
force. The deck department was
That in the case of a Seafarer
That
the
woman
who served as
in the forepeak and the black gang
dying before collecting his vacation
was aft, away aft.
benefits his beneficiary is eligible official hostess at the White House
When I held the latest discharge
to receive the money due? This is longest was not Eleanor Roosevelt
against this old one, you can see
over and above the regular $2,500 but Dolly Madison? Since Jeffer
son's wife died before he became
that the current certificate is a
death benefit for all Seafarers.
President, Mrs. Madison, as wife
piece of paper of great value in
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of the Secretary of State, became
the SIU.
That Philadelphia and New York the official White House hostess
First of all, it is a genuine rec
were
once capitals of the US? The during his two terms. Afterwards,
ord of service, since it has the Z
first
US
capital was New York, Madison was also President for two
number of the seaman and the of
where
George
Washington was terms.
ficial number of the vessel. It tells
Agnoluw qf Smnaa.
whether or not the vessel was on
coastwise or foreign articles, where my check in less than ten minutes, Turning to the latest discharge,
the man shipped and discharged I look&d at the old discharge and I thought that at the least, it was
and what ratjng he sailed under. said to myself, "Well, you are just a bond, and was gilded by the
It is signed by both the master a piece of paper that ought to be SIU.
and the shipping commissioner to framed."
Charles J. Hartman
make it legal.
I'm not sure where the "graveyard watch," that lonely mid
SIU Benefits Guaranteed
With this worthwhile piece of
night to 8 AM trick, got its name from, but it certainly is an
paper, the seaman who is with the
appropriate tag. There's nothing like the loneliness and quiet
SIU has a guarantee of a $15 a
of that watch to bring back^
;
week sick benefit when he is in
to life old memories and faces.
have
been throughput the world
the hospital. This discharge is his
I've joined a ship in dry dock come to life again. A seaman has
ticket of. admission to the hospital Our boy Moon Koons may have done a lot of things during at a Brooklyn shipyard as a Jfire
plenty of memories, and they cer
when he is ill.
man, and drew the midnight to tainly come back to life on the
his
life,
but
one
thing's
sure—he
always
kept
his
pride.
I
It has a cash value toward the
8 AM shift, so I "graveyard watch."
vacation pay for each day that is guess an incident that happened while Brother Koons was
know. The trick It may not be the reason that
throwing leather for a living*
stated on the discharge.
is bad enough, this shift
was given fhe name, but
shows what pride the guy
has.
When
the
dust
lifted,
the
other,
It has a death benefit value of
but this is a lay the "graveyard watch" certainly
$2,500 if only covering one day of Before Moon took up his po guys looked pretty sad, but so did
up ship, so we does bring up. memories of the far
the year in which the death occurs. sition in front of the New Orleans Moon.
only
have a skel past.
It is a record of sea time for new hall, he was quite a boy in the pro
His $25 topcoat was vrrecked. A
eton
crew, just
fessional
ring.
$25 suit, a $7 pair of shoes, a $9
men who are interested in obtain
ienou£.'
men to Well, time marches on, and my
Well, one day he went to see green silk shirt and a $5 felt hat
ing a rating after serving as mess
keep the ship in "graveyard watch" is just about
man, wiper or ordinary seaman. about fighting a certain palooka in were all ready to be tossed out.
operation
until it closing so I think I'll treat myself
All this did not happen overnight. the Westside Arena, across the On top of that, Moon spit out
is put back in to a cup of java.
FarreU
It was a long and hard fight to get river. The promoter told Moon four teeth and had a big gash on
Paddy Farreil
service,
all the benefits that a discharge that he could only pay him $50 in his head. It cost him $40 for doc stored away for a while. or else
stands for. We oldtimers know it, stead of the $100 he had been tor bills, and he had to stay out Even the engineer on watch sel
of work for two weeks.
and are proud that imder SIU lead promised, and Moon got sore.
Home On Farm
"I wouldn't After it was all over. Moon told dom comes down to the engine
ership we have achieved all these
room
unless
the
man
on
watch
fight anybody for the boys, "I'll still never fight for
changes for the benefit of the rank
calls him for some emergency.
fifty b u c k's," a measley 50 bucks."
and file of the Union.
Moon
growled,
Percy Boyer
Strange Feeling
When I presented my discharges
and walked out
for my vacation pay and received
It's a strange feeling, almost
witlT his pride.
morbid, as you sit all alone, with
By the time LOGAKHYTHM:
only the groan of the feed pump
that Moon got
with its piston struggling up and
across the
down, and the clip, clip, clip of
the word
the spinning generator and the
sort
of
By Roy Fleischer
For obvious reasons the LOG
Koons
tired
rumble of the fuel oil pump
spread around,
cannot print any letter or
for company.
other communications .sent in and a whole gang was bunched up A ship belongs to every star.
You wander cround, making
by Seafarers unless the author on a corner in the French Market.
sure everything is shipshape, and
Moon
came
strutting
along
and
The
gulls, the
sea, the
foam;
signs his name. Unsigned,
then sit down next to the boiler,
anomymous letters will only the gang started to make all kinds It belongs to all the world.
5\
where you can see~ the water
of
remarks.
wind up in the wastebasket.
Every
harbor
is
its
home.
gauge,
and then your mind begins
One guy called Moon "yellow."
If circumstances justify, the
to wander.
K c
Children, of Seafarer . Charles
Another called
him a
"jughead."
It belongs to all who claim it.
LOG wili withhold a signature
Some
of
the
faces
you
luiew
in
Boyd
(LR), James, Terry and
.
Well,
like
I
said.
Moon
had
his
on request, but if you want it
Whose imaginations roam
far ports many years ago pop up Cheryl, pose with mamma; on
, printed in the LOG, put your pride. The fireworks really start And. follow in its wake
in front of you. The memories their < four acre farm near
ed,. and Moon plowed into the
name on it.
wholegang.
To make th^world their home. of home and of the, places you H^hey,;:Pa..,;;;.
X
The 'Graveyard Watch'
Was Given Right Name
Moon's Pride Something
That Nothing Could Kill
Sign Name On
IMG f^etters
The Ship
.
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�rridiey. May X. 19SX
Seafarer's Final Resting Place
Shipmates of the late Burl Eugene McDonald, AB, stand at at
tention after burial ceremonies in, Buenos Aires. As reported in
the February 8 LOG, McDonald's untimely death came January
25 when he fell oyerside in the harbor. Photo by A. S. Parsons.
Pop i» Proud
Of Flo's Debut
Florence Hand, nineyearold
daughter of Seafarer James Hand
of Tampa, made a modest debut
as a thespian when she appeared,
on the boards in a play produced
by the Chil
dren's Theatre of
Tampa.
Florence was a
member of the
cast of "The
Clown Who Ran
Away" which
showed for four
performances at
The Tampa Lit
Florence
tle Theatre in
Park on April 7, 8 and 9.
The local press gave the per
formance a big splash including a
large photo of Florence and two
other cast members doing a spe
cyilty number, straw hats and all.
The play itself drew a sizeable
audience at all four of its showings.
Blond Samaritan—'52 Model
Provides Haven For Seamen
Nowadays with the various newspapers and weekly periodicals throughout the nation
constantly crammed from margin to margin with world shaking crimes, there remains hardly
any space for the once ubiquitous little stories of man's humanity to man.
Current criminals, both national
and international, from the depths
of the underworld to the depths
of the Kremlin seem to dominate
all our attention.
Thus it is with somewhat justifi
able pride that we write about the
seemingly incredible, but' quite
true, case of Lube Plant, guardian
angel of American seamen.
Lube (pronounced "Looby") is
the pert, saucy little blond "owner
of the Wilmington Hotel. She's
private banker, mother confessor
and "sociable funster" to all sea
misses itusy
Subwuy Rush
Face Nlnetaea
SEAVARMRS
men. She has been known to pro
vide sailors with funds so tffat they
could rent rooms iir hotels other
than her own wheh she had no
vacancies. My own experience was
a good illustration of same.
Room and Loan
Being entirely fundless I re
quested a room on credit, which
was immediately granted, followed
by the offer (and acceptance) of
a personal loan.
Through frequent tapping this
rapidly assumed quite alarming
proportions and represented no
small percentage of the little blohd
Samaritan's working capital. '
A typical "Lubeism" is directly
quoted as follows:
"So I get beat a little bit,. OK.
So I g^t rich a dollar less, a year
later."
Although her hotel has been lo
cated in the Los Angeles suburb
of Wilmington a little less than
two years, she is none the less
remarkably wellknown from port
to port around the world. The
hotel itself is a homey, comfort
able type with open sesame to
refrigerator and coffee pot, al
thoiigh the lastnamed is on a rigid
schedule for after hours. These
quarters are, of course, closed to
the public.
It's a business proposition, but
what a business! Whoever heard
of a hostelry actually operating
like one of those large, oldfash
ioned, turhofthqcentury families?
Thad Du Puy
Iran Prisoner Gets Life
Sentence In Oxide Mines
Anybody who gets a little home
sick while in Japan can get a touch
of New York by taking a little ride
on .a subway line if you^ happen to
be in the port of Osaka.
Of course it isn't much of a line
as subways go, because the whole
thing is only a little more than six
miles long. But it has one big ad
vantage. It's pretty new, with one
section completed just a couple of
months ago, and another part un
der construction and due to go into
operation pretty soon.
The city fathers here have big
plans for extending this thing to
make it a real subway syriem with
branches and transfer points Prisoner (left) stands on launch, hands manacled behind his back
throughout the city. Right now it's on the way to the oxide mines. Iranian police who were guarding
him are at right.
more like a shuttle Ime. They fig
ure that it wiil cost them about
All of us have heard about Devil's Island ,i$nd Siberia, but
$1301 million to finish the whole the Iranian government has a place of its own for prisoners
job, which is a nice piece of change which is equally unpleasant. I learned about it in the course
Jn Japan. Like in the US, too, of my last trip to the Persian^
they're having trouble raising the Gulf aboard the Steel Voy sian national who had killed a
money and don't know which way ager.
man in a fight.
The man was
to, turn to spak the taxpayer for We happened to stop in the port brought to trial, found guilty, and
the dough.
of Bandar Abbas, Iran, where we sentenced to life imprisonment in
One thing I must say for riding picked up a cargo of red oxide the oxide mines.
the. Japanese subways.. Although While )ve were loading, an Iranian The mines themselves 'are on an
they can get pretty crowded like boat came alongside with several island offshore which is pretty
' the ones in New York, the people of the local police and a prisoner. barren. I don't envy anybody sen
' haven't been trained to push and Laler on, I gpt to talking with tenced to spend the rest of his
shove the same way they do back the Iranian police captain who life there, working in amine, in
came aboard our ship. He told that Persian. Gulf heat.
. home.
Joseph Reckl
n r
Maurice Sanborn me that "the prisoner was a Rus
By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
Seafarers interested in securing a list of all photographic equip
ment manufactured in the United States and abroad should pick up
the May issue of Photography. This particular issue lists every piece
of photographic equipment available here and abroad. It covers all
cameras, lenses, films, synchronizers, meters, etc.
Important in this listing are descriptions of all the equipment and
their prices here in this country. It's a good idea to pick up this issue
it you are contemplating making any purchases abroad. Since the
local prices are listed it will give you a good idea of what sort of a
buy you are making.
Don't forget the duty that will be slapped onto the cost of pur
chases that you bring back into this country. Also keep in mind that
most equipment can be purchased here at discounts running up to
25 percent. So remember these two items, duty and discount before
making those foreign purchases.
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The Signal Corps recently unveiled "Two Minute Minnie," a camera
that goes beyond the Polaroid camera since it doesn't even use film.
The camera converts invisible electric images into finished prints two
minutes after the shutter is tripped.
The prints are processed without a darkroom, the same plates can be
used over and over again. The process iscalled Xerography, an
electrophotographic process in which light is recorded on a plate that
has been sensitized by a charge of electricity.
When light hits the plate, the charge leaves in proportion to the
amount of light received, leaving an invisible electric charge. Finely
ground black powder then is blown across the plate. Wherever there
is electricity on the plate the dust sticks—the more charge the more
dust. The powdered image is transferred to ordinary paper coated
with, an adhesive layer such as rubber cement. The finished print is
protected by a film of transparent plastic.
The camera offers many advantages for military use since all print
processing is done in the camera. This does away with darkrooms;
the plates aren't light sensitive until they havfe been charged. A
small supply of plates can be used over and over again merely by
wiping off the image. Important is the fact that atomic radiation
won't fog these plates as it will ordinary film.
The Parker Pen Company has shelved its new subminiature camera.
As originally planned it was the size of a kingsize pack of cigarettes.
Yet despite its size it was to yield a large negative. By reflecting the
image from a mirror internally, the needed depth of camera was cut
in half. It was to be extremely simple to operate and was to sell for
well under $20.
It's main feature was to be simplicity in operation. As the camera
became more simple to operate the internal mechanism became more
complicated and when it emerged from the lab the camera called for ^
a price well over $20. Parker felt that its new price couldn't compete
with tiK many foreign cameras and the whole project was dropped.
.
EastmanKodak has just released Ektachrome Roll Film Type B.
This is a color film for use indoors. It is balanced for tungsten light
including flashbulbs. It is being made up at present in both the 120
and 620 size and retails for about $1.79
The Polaroid camera that gives you a finished print in 60 seconds is
now being made up without bellows or lens for use with cameras that
can take cut film holders up to the 8X10 size. Its main purpose is
for "on the spot" industrial and scientific photos, immediate proofs
of studio set ups and shots of all types where darkrooms are not
available.
"
An electronic laboratory in New Jersey is making up electronic
flash units in kit form to sell for under $30. If you find it a nuisance
to carry flashbulbs on. a ship or can't get them in certain ports, this
unit is something to consider. It works off dry cells and is good for
1,500 flashes, which brings the cost per shot down to a fraction of a
cent. The whole unit weighs 6 lbs. If you are interested drop us a
line. The unit can be purchased wired for an additional $3.
Qiiiz Coianef
(1) The product of two successive numbers is 209 greater than their.^
sum. What are the numbers?
(2) The US Constitution tells (how a new political party can get on
the ballot), (who is commanderinchief of the Army and Navy), (how
many members are in the President's cabinet), (at what age a citizen
may first vote)?
(3) The moon appears to rise and set because of the (rotation of the
earth), (revolution of the earth), (rotation of the moon), (revolution of
the moon)?
44) If A varies directly with B and A is 12 when B is four, what is
B when Ais four?
(5) Nine generals have been President of the US during the course
of history. Name three.
(6) What race horse has won the Kentucky Derby classic more than
once?
(7) A weather element determined without the use of an instrument
is (ceiling), (humidity), (visibility), (wind velocity)?
. (8) Muclaakers were Uarmers who raised wheat), (early 20th century
writers who believed in reform), (novelists of the Jacksonian era), (Ted ; •
dy Roosevelt's Rough Riders)?
(9) The member of the Triple Alliance who withdrew from it in World
War I to fight on the opposition side was (Germany), (Afll^riaHungary)^
(Italy), (Turkey)?
llO) The first, angle of a triangle is 30 degrees less than the secon^
and the thhd angle exceeds the second by 15 degrees. How many de
grees in each angle? ..(The sum of the three angles of a triangle is IRQ
degrees.) •
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Quiz Ansvv.rs on Page 27.
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�SEA^AREMS LOG
Twenfir
Fridar. m»T% IfSt
• • • m
No Spring Fever On Atlantrc
As Fierce Winds Smash Ship
By Spike Mtijrlin
They all said that Ray Bobinson ing overhand rights and lefts.
was slowing up, that he wasn't as When he got Ray in a clinch, ha
good
as he used to be. No doubt rabbitpunched virith his right hand.
standing in water up to your armpits in a raging gale and mountainous seas isn't ex
there's
something to it, but you Ray wasn't having any of that. In
actly my idea of smooth spring sailing—but when the old Atlantic decides to kick up, there's could never
telt that by the job he the next clinch he locked Rocky's
not much anyone can do about it.
did on Rocky Graziano.
right hand and massaged the back
The Kyle V. Johnson Is a good
Fading or not, Robinson can still of his neck, as if to say, "Two can
ship, but I doubt if 1*11 ever forget Suddenly, the number three life and the drums. We had to hang do more things faster and better play at this game."
my trip aboard her. I understand boaT was thrown against the en onto something secure all the while" than anybody around today. And In the second round, Robinson <
she's headed for the mothball fleet gine skylight. Its forward davit —or else be swept over the side. when he . has to be, he's all busi changed tactics. He danced away
was ripped from the deck and The captain and chief mate did ness inside the ropes. His fantastic lightly from Rocky's charges, all
—and a welldeserved rest.
I. signed aboard her March 14, in went along with it. A couple of everything they could to make sijre sequence of four and five combina the while pouring in a ceasele^
Halifax, NS, expecting to have a other lifeboats were smashed by nobody was swept over, but it still tion punches, hooks, jabs and up tattoo of sharp left jabs with an
was no picnic.
pleasant trip because I figured the the seas.
percuts all in rapidfire fashion was o~^ccasional crisp right cross to
winter storms were just about The. number three boat was
very much in evidence that night. Rocky's jaw. When they landed,
Bulwark
Goes
Rocky's head snapped and his eyes
over, and there'd be weather more bouncing around on deck and Just when we were getting se
The two men presented a strange glazed
over.
to a sailor's lik threatening to rip up the number
contrast
of
personality
and
style.
Dazzling Maneuver
ing—sunny skies four hatch. It had to be secured, cui'ed, about 40 feet of starboard No sooner had R a y entered the
bulwarks right next to the bow was
• Just before the round's end Rob
and smooth sail so out we went.
ring then
he turned his back
on all
At the same time, the oil drums torn loose. Only part" of it was prefight proceedings and 8pen\ inson executed his most dazzling
ing. What a sur
which
had been lashed on the boat left, and that had to be secured the next 15 minutes loosening up maneuver, an eyecatching flurry
prise 1 got.
Everything was deck also decided tobreak away. before it started ripping the deck in his comer. He studiously ig of left hooks, all the while dancing
sunny and smooth They too needed extra lashing. apart.
nored all greeters from Joe Louis in on his left toe. No ballet dancer
—until we got With the seas breaking over the We finally got through it, though, on down. In contrast. Rocky hopped was ever more graceful.
two days out of ship so that we were up to our and the rest of the trip was what and swayed from side to side, head The end came early in the third.
Halifax. Then, armpits in water at times, and the I had wanted—sunny skies and • dovm like a miniature bull ele Ray cornered a .sloweddown Gra
ziano against the ropes and shot
like
a bolt from wind howling and beating against smooth sailing.
phant, stopping to chatter with all in
Bondreau
Omer
Boudreau
us,
we
started
securing
the
boat
a shortarmed right hand flush
the blue, the
who came over to him.
on the chin. The punch exploded
wind started howling. It got up to
Managerial Brushoff
at the point of greatest impact, just
about 125 miles per hour.
Just
before the bell, Bobby's before the elbow straightened out.
The sea started kicking up too.
manager, GeorgeGainsford, tried Graziano slid down the , ropes to
The waves piled up. The wind and
to tell him something. Bobby the floor. He lay on his left side,
the sea seemed hellbent to chalk
brushed him aside like an annoy his right foot twitching feebly in
up another victim for Davey
ing mosquito, a gesture that plain the air like a fly whose wings have
Jones' Locker.
ly told who was king of the roost. been pulled off. He finally made it
Lifeboats Demolished
It took only about five seconds to his feet, but it was all over.
Some
people
go around
the world
for
pleasure in
40
days.
The wind and sea ke^t hammer
to see that Robinson was "up" for After the fight the TV fans were
ing away all night. For a while Others, who may be in a hurry, do it* in a week by plane. this one. He came out shooting a treated to an/Interview with Jake
it looked like our last trip.
But for the crew of the Steel Navigator, it was a business series of raking left hooks and vi LaMotta, whOm RoHinson had
cious right hands to the gut like butchered just a year before to win
voyage, (mostly business any>
^
a highpowered finelyprecisioned the title. "Robinson," LaMotta de
for the long
haul across
the Pacific
of 3,264 hours' duration.
piston rod. Rocky was a willing clared solemnly, "is the greatest
Be Sure to Get way)
We started out from New York Ocean (o the Philippine Islands. mixer though. He clubbed back the combination punchei' in the world."
This
was
the
longest
run
of
the
Dues Receipts at high noon, December 1, 1951, all trip without a stop, lasting for 17 only way he knows how, with loop You said it, Jake.
Headquarters again wishes set to see the world in SIU style.
until we arrived at Manila.
to remind all Seafarers that It wasn't until April 15, 1952, that days
The year 1952 came while we were
payments of funds, for what
ever union purpose, be made we got back to the home port at at sea, just one day out of Oakland.
Stepped Up Stops
6:30 in the morning, making it a
only to authorized A&G repre
sentatives and that an official 136 day voyage, less 5^ hoims that Once in the Far East, the stops Word has been received by the is now in'the Army, and is a veter
_^Tnion receipt be gotten at that we won't quibble about. It added came with far more rapidity. Wq Union of the death of a former Sea an of the Korean War.
put in at Hugo, then Manila again,
time. If no receipt is offered,
The deceased Seafarer was only
be sure to protect yourself by up to a nice payoff, plus that ^ca and from there to Saigon, Indo farer, Pfc Eugene MandicL, who 20 years old when death camie in
tion
dough.
China. Next it was to Bangkok, was killed in Korea while cover the early days of the Korean cam
Immediately bringing the mat
Our trip went in an eastwest Thailand; Djakarta, Indonesm; Sin ing a retreat in July, 1950. Man paign. When last seen, Mandick
ter to the attention of the sec
was
direction. After leaving New York, gapore, Port Swettenham and half
retarytreasurer's office.
dick's body has operating a machine gun in one of
we
stopped
for
two
days
at
New
adozen other stops in the Malay
The Union's word of advice
just been sent the many desperate rearguard ac
is to insure that all monies port News, and then made the run States, Ceylon and India. Finally
home to Brooklyn tions which took place in the early
paid are credited to your SIU down to and through the Panama we headed home via Aden, Suez
for funeral cere days.
Canal, up to Long Beach, Cali and Halifax.
record. Insistence on an offi
monies.
Arthur first learned of what hap
*cial receipt will prevent "can fornia.
All in all we passed through two
pened to his brother when he ran
Mandick
sailed
shakers" from soliciting funds
We touched two other ports on major canals, stopped at 21 dif
in the engine de across men from his brother's unit
for unauthorized purposes, and the Pacific Coast, San Francisco, ferent ports for periods of from
partment with the shortly after he arrived in Korea.
will bar any foulups later on. where we spent the Christmas holi ten hours to six days (not long
SIU for about 3Vi They told him that they lost touch
day, and Oakland, before leaving ,enough to get bored anywhere)
years before go with Eugene in the course of that
and touched the territories of 12
Mandlck
ing into the Army. retreat.
different countries—the US, Pan
According to Aside from his brother Arthur,
ama, Philippine Islands, Hido Brother Gordon Hann, who shipped Mandick is survived by his parents,
Chlna, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaya, with Mandick on several trips, Mr. and Mrs( Thomas Mandick of
Ceylon, India, Aden, Egypt and Mandick's twin brother, Arthur, 323 12th Street, Brooklyn, not far
Canada.
also was a Seafarer. He, too. from the SIU headquarters.
Anybody craving variety can find
plenty of it on these Isthmian
^aroundthewbrld cruises. There
certainly is plenty of it, provided
you don't mind signing on for a The LOG opens this column as can throw together, but properly
trip that's likely to run about four an exchange for stewards, cooks, spiced with a tangy dressing, it
months, or maybe more.
bakers and others who'd like to assumes a new role. As a sample,
Daniel Dean thare favored food recipes, little Puckett offers "Polish Salad Dress
known cooking and baking hints, ing".
^en vVho payoff a ship
dishes with a national flavor and Here's what you need;
cups
the like, suitable for shipboard vinegar,
cup sugar, 114 tea
fn aforeion port'durTnt)
Mother's Tabby use. Mail in your suggestions.
spoons salt, 2 cups oil, 1 teaspoon
an extended \/oya^ ^
pepper, a fifth of a teaspoon of
A good meal pepperupper can cayenne pepper and 2 large cloves
hoir"h+hemselves and
often add that extra little some of garlic very finely chopped. Just
+he CInion.
thing needed to put a menu over. mix and beat everything very well
Sometimes, to the despair of the before serving on any green or
steward, many sidedishes are tossed salad. If you like, the same
proffered, but* none preferred. mixture canbe used on cole slaw.
Simplicity frequently provides the The big item is taking a little time
margin of suc
fhe remainder
to make something different from
cess.
thb usual runofthemill dressing,
(OpHne'tVip.
ing.
Brother Jesse
the loss Wofks
Incidentally, Puckett suggests
W. Puckett, stew
the following as sure to make a
ard, recently
a hardship on
hit with the peanut butter hounds:
beached at the
the reshoPihecKevi
Take 5. pounds of very finely
USPHS hospital
chopped cabbage, 2 cups of finely
in Seattle, has a
chopped celery and 2 cups of pea
pretty good idea
nut butter and mix them all to
of the tastes of
gether. Add enough mayonnaise
seafaring men,
Pnckett
dressing to moisten, then make
sinoe his own sea
Ship's mkscot on the Mother going career dates back to the time little balls of the mixture. Serve
ML snuggles into arms of Or
he was 12. A salad, he notes, is on lettuce with any dressing de
a colorful dish of greens anyone sirad,
Stor ,more. >
ville Payne, chief cook.
GlobeGirdling^ Isthmian
Style^ Runs 3^264 Hours
JMandiek Killed In Korea
Seafarer Sam. Says
iSffmSiuMMim)!
The iob vacated fs
los+Tothe Srufcr
Galley Gleanings
\
�THday. May t, 1#5«
Seafarer Wante
To Educate Crew
1! .
fagv Tw«^eee
SEAFARERS IPC
Inquires About
Discharge Info
LETT EE S •
To the Editor:
»• :
$ ^
,
I would like to know if you
To the Editor:
Sorry not to have sent these have taken. This way a man will Harmless Photos afraid there Is a lot that has hap could help me with a little in
pened since I entered the service
about seamen getting
Items to you sooner, but you know know M that kind of run is coming
Cause Him Grief of which I am unaware. Any or formation
discharged from the Army so they
how the "postoffices" ^re on the up and can plan what to do.
all information that you may have could go back to sailing. My first
Harry Washburn To the Editor:
Persian Gulf run. I sure do like
seamen's papers, Coast sergeant said I could apply for
that new LOG, I can't give you (Ed. Note: The Union welcomes I was coming off the Sea Gale concerning
Guard
clearances,
shipping regu one, but that if I am discharged
constructive
suggestions
from
Sea
recently which is docked at the
an opinion of the crew, because
lations,
etc., would
be
appreciated. I must keep on sailing until the
farers
and
tries
to
put
them
into
Army
base
in
Brooklyn,
and had
a
there are only three SIU men on
Also
a
copy
of
the
latest
agree Korea situation is over with.
effect
if
at
all
possible. You'll
find
roll of film in my pocket, also some
the ship, but they're all for it. The
ment
and
wage
scale.
a
picture
on
page
5
of
our
new
prints
of
pictures
that
I
took
in
rest of the crew are aliens, non
I sailed in the last war from
A/2o John D. Matchitio 1644
ship's bulletin board which has a Antwerp and aboard the ship. At
union.
to 1947 and I am now a re
(Ed.
note:
The
release
forms
The Fort Bridger has been out daily listing of ship arrivals and the gate I was stopped by a cus are on their way, although for the tired member of the SIU. I would
toms man who asked me if I had
here a year this month, with six departures.)
like to know if I sail until I am
time being no discharges are being over
i L ,4)
anything.
more to run on the articles. The
the draft age, and then quit
I told him that I wasn't carrying issued because there is currently a sailing, can the draft board put
skipper is now on the 12^st line of
anything, only a roll of film and surplus of seamen.)
the articles. We've got a whole Foui'fJps Need
me back into the Army? I am 25
3) 3i 4"
some pictures, which I showed
new crew except for the old man, A Good Lesson
years old, married and I have been
him. None of the pictiures.or nega
third mate, sparks, the chief cook, To the Editor:
in the Army since February 25,
a BR, and yours truly as beliyrob Some of these performers had tives had anything to do with the Get IZS Dollars
1952, which is only a couple^nf
ber—and with the grade and va better wise up to what they're do Army base, just some shots of my In Argentina
months. I would also like to know'
riety of food available over here ing and how it affects all of us or shipmates and also of the SIU To the Editor:
if you could send me the release
I can truly qualify to that title, they're going to wind up in the headquarters.
Anybody going to Argentina papers for seamen.
much to my disgust.
Pvt. Daniel Mollahan
deep six. You can get pretty well Well, this customs man took me should make sure that the captain
We have a
fed up with this type of character over to an MP and he called over has American money to give out (Ed. note: We're sending the
pretty convivial
after you've seen him in action two more MP's. They gave me on a draw. If you take the draw in papers, but right now the Army .
crew now. We
quite a rough time Just because I Argentine pesos you only get 14M! isn't releasing any seamen.)
once or twice.
had 16 Neapoli
I've been noticing reports in the had a roll of negatives in my for a dollar, whereas when you get
4 4 4
tans in the last
LOG about
how some of the broth pocket. Finally they let me go. dollars you can get 26 to 30 pesos
crew, but since
Feels Stewards
ers run wild in certain foreign I think this is a pretty raw deal for each dollar anywhere.
we are not run
when a man can't even take some • Also, make sure that you don't
ports,
particularly
on
the
Robin
Bate Increases
ning to Italy any
Line run. Naturally it isn't up to pictures of his shipmates without buy anything to take home with To the Editor:
more, they went
being treated as if
he was
a
crimi
you unless you get a customs per
the Union to play nursemaid to
home to their
nal. I'd like the fellows to know mit to do so. Otherwise the cus
First of all, I would like to
these guys when they're
over there,
f a m i 1 i e s. I de Pailier
that if you have a camera or film, toms officials will come aboard and thank Brother Bill Hay for his fine
besides
which
the
Union
can't
do
haven't been back
letter in the April 4 issue of the
some of these customs fellows can seize them.
to the States in a year. We have ansrthing about them until they give you an awful lot of trouble.
LOG. He had some very good
The
Crew
of
the
Sea
Wind
had
some Americans, NMU and even get back to ^e States.
points in it regarding the stew
its
stuff
seized
and
taken
ashore,
Evaristo Rosa
one MM&P second mate as an AB But the SiU has down through
ard's
department. With all the
but
the
captain
on
our
ship
pro
^ ^ L
—he missed his ship—but only the the years tried to raise our condi
tested several times to the Ameri new pay increases for day work
tions
and
has
as
a
result
built
up
three SIU. JThe rest, German and the public impression of the sea GM Has Praise
can consul and the authorities and ers, they seem to have left out
Canadian mostly, are a good bunch.
steward department men, who are
got the stuff back.
going
man.
So
when
these
per
For New I4IG
Likes AirMail LOG
day workers, putting in 8 hours
However,
the
stories
that
we're
We're enroute to Has Tanura formers and foulups go into ac To the Editor:
now Aearing in the crew mess in a spread of 12. Or aren't stew
tion,
they're
Just
killing
every
to load for Germany. We're get
Thanks for your kind and im room about the senoritas and the ard department men considered
ting long trips now, with 45 days thing that's been done up to now, mediate attention to my request good time the crew had prove it day workers?
at sea and two in port. Sure like and we can't allow that.
for the LOG. "Your package with was well worth the long trip from With the new pay increases, a
Hurt Brothers
those new LOGs, and the 3edition
back and current issues arrived Baltimore.
wiper who could have Just started
air mail is sure OK. The only If some guys won't toe the line and was received with open arms.
going to sea,
Joseph
Rudolph
hitch is that this bucket moves even after being shown the way, I noticed my letter printed in the
could
get a pay
Ship's
Delegate
they Just don't belong. Anybody^ Letter of the Week column, and
around too much.
scale
above
sec
3) i 3i
How about sending out some who's going to Jam up my chances thank you for this kind gesture.
ond
and
copies of the tanker agreement, of making a living, and I'm speak
I could hardly believe my eyes He'd Like To Go
cooks. T h e'i c
plus all the educational literature ing for the great majority of at the size of the new LOG. It
men have to
you can put in a package. Sure brothers who like to raise a little sure is a fine feeling to know that Bach To Sea
have a little
need to give some of these guys row now and then in its proper the SIU has gone forward once L'o the Editor:
more experience
place, is going to get his lumps again by publishing the finest
I'm an exable seaman, 27 years
some education.
than a wiper to
Missed some LOGs from Feb. 28 one way or another.
trade Journal in the history of or old. I'm not a Union member, but
sail as cooks.
to March 31. They're probably You can see what these foulups ganized labor. All of SIU's past that's not because I didn't want
Another ex
Ulrlch
waiting in Suez. Enclosed are a can do to our Union when you con accomplishments are reflected in to be, but due to circumstances
ample is bosun's
few steward department sugges sider that" every time something the present LOG. As the SIU at the time.
and deck engineer's wages com
tions for consideration by the ne nasty happens, it becomes typical moves forward in the task of pro
I did four years in the Navy, and pared to the steward's and chief
of all seamen, not an individual viding not only the American sea also sailed on the Great Lakes ore cook's pay. Doesn't a chief cook
gotiating committee.
Will you have the Camera Edi situation. When our Union Nego men, but seamen of every flag, carriers. '
have amore responsible job than
tor give me the dope on a III F tiating Committee goes into con with the highest standards of liv
Right now, I'm with the US a bosun or deck engineer?
Leica with a Summltar f:2 lens? tract powwows with the shipown ing and best working conditions Foreign Service, but my heart is
Responsible Job
1 bought it In Germany for $212. ers this summer that's Just the and the highest wages ever still with the ships. I am stiU in
A
chief
cook' is responsible for
What will be the duty on it? Are kind of thinking they've got to dreamed of, so has the SEA terested in Joining your Union
feeding
40
or more men aboard
fight.
there any restrictions? Does that
FARERS LOG kept pace by insur and would do so if there are any
Every little punk action makes ing that the members of the SIU possibilities. I'd appreciate any ship. He has to know all about
$500 allowance cover this situa
butchering of meats and cooking
tion? I'll be coming back as a pas it tougher to present the fair side are, and will be, the best informed information you have on this.
of
food to perfection so that the
of
the
issue.
We'd
better
crack
senger. This is one of the best
seamen throughout the world.
I am sending along a check for crew will be happy and well satis
35MM cameras made, and I could downon these characters before
Army Releases
$2 to cover the cost of the LOG. fied. Still, his wages are lower
never buy one in the States for it's too late.
There were quite a few letters I've only seen one issue, but I than
the other two rated men,
Frank Carter inquiring about obtaining releases like it and would appreciate hav
less than $400.
There
are probably a lot of
I'm sticking it out for the Ar
from the armed forces, in the vari ing it sent to me.
3) 3) &
other
steward
department men
ticles (18 months) so keep "those
ous editions sent me. and at the
Francis John Savage
who feel they have been left out
LOGs conung.
Thanhs SIU For end of each letter I noticed an
4 3) 3)
in the pay raise that day workers
Lee de Parlier
editor's note, informing the corre
Wail St. Film
received. I hope that our officials
Ship's Delegate
spondent he was being sent 'en ap Bough Weather
give this consideration when they
(Ed. note: Those tanker agree To the Editor:
plication form. That there ever
ments are on their way. You can In behalf of the officers, execu was such a form is certainly news Spoiled The Trip open contracts with the ship 6v^>
ers.
bring that camera in under the tive board and membership of the to me and I am very glad to hear To the Editor:
Home Office Employees Union that there is a chance for former It's smooth sailing now—^with
Paul Ulrlch
$500 limit.)
(Int'l Alliance of Theatrical Stage seamen to obtain a discharge to plenty of OT—and the Thomas
4 4 4
3) 4 4
Leathers is a good feeder with a
Employees) the writer wishes to return to sea.
gOQd
SIU
crew,
but
the
trip
over
Suggests LOG
express his sincere thanks and
'Asks Application
Ashs SiV List
grateful appreciation for the loan I have a friend here who is a wasn't so nice.
List All Fines
Of SMp Sailings of the motion picture print of "The former third mate and he would From the time we left Newport To
the Editor:
News,
March
10,
Battle of WaU Street."
To the Editor:
like to know if there is a separate
until March 30, The crew of the Seatrain Sa
I wonder it the Union could list This film was shown iseveral form for former ships' officers, or
we really had a vannah thinks that the LOG should
the ships that are coming and go times by this local union to its if he may use the same one as un
publish a list of all fines imposed,
rough time.
ing in New York harbor in the ship general membership and to a gen licensed personnel. If so, I would
Yes sir, aU the such as the $50 fine for missing
ping hall so that the fellows copld eral meeting of all shop stewards, like to have three copies of these
rigging is dam the ship or quitting at the last
have an idea of how the shipping and the consensus was that the applications, as I also have a
aged. All the minute without a replacement, the
situation is. A lot of the boys go SIU did a wonderful Job in assist brother who is an exseaman and
lifeboats were $10 fine for men not doing sani
running around looking for the ance to the Financial Employees I am sure he would like to return
smashed and a tary work as required and so on.
Journal of Commerce which has Union as well as a magnificent Job to sea.
couple
of davits The LOG should also state that it
How will the new issue of Union
such a list, but you caa't always in the filming ofnhe incidente dur
ripped
out
of the is up to the ship's delegate to turn
ing the strike.
books affect us fellows who are in
find this paper.
Gasvar
deck and the seas men in for these violations.
If the Union would put pp a list It . is our opinion that this film retirement? Will the jiew books
It seems that when a ship's dele
like this in the headquarters, it should be of inestimable value in be made out now, or will we have made a mess of everything.
would be very helpful. A man vigorouisly pushing forward the to wait until we pick up the old There wasnt much sleeping gate turns a man in he immedi
while the rough weather was hit ately becomes a heel or a stoolie.
,
• would know pretty much what to aims of lei^timate unionism. Will ones?
Also, I still have the old engine ting the ship, hut she's i^till afloat Something should be done to tiffin
expect. in the way of tuns and you again extend to the Interna
ships for the next couple of weeks. tional officere the writer's personal department papers. Issued by the and moving slowly towarid Rotter the abuse off the ship's delegate.
Sometimes a fellow wants a par appreciation for the lo^n of this Department of Commerce. Are dank Hope we'll have better After all, he has to live on the ship
with the men.
they good anymore, or do X have wcsthsr ©nthe trip back.
ruu for good reason, but he priut.
Douglas Aeker, Jr.
Franclseo Gaspat
to apply for new ones? From
BasseHM; Moto
doesn't know if he shouM Wait Yor
Ship's ieiegite
ShROr'delegate:' ^
what 1 readt )aF.tJpH8Sw^L06i Aurn
' '
�Pjp ^
Paca Twentjrtwa
SEAFARERS LOG
Be Praises Union
Ettieieneyi Gains
I"'"''.,
• Friday^ May %, 198t " ^
Shipping industry
ADlaehSheep?
• X E T T E E S •
foHhe Editor:
To the Editor:
The smooth and efficient opera everyone can't be a prizewinner.
mix it by hand like they used to All this talk about preparedness
tions of a machine depends largely But at least they'll know there's
gives me a howl. The Government
do in the old days."
^
on the man or men operating it. legitimate handling of this deal
This chief is responsible for prods industry and science night
Smooth and wellordered operation and maybe next year they may
some nasty acid burns that one of and day.<for a buildup in every
To the Editor:
is the rule in the SIU. With this walk off with one of the awards.
the wipers got. The chief was field, new ideas with an eye to the
I
just
want
to
let. my
shipmates
kind of operation we have become
This is not a pitch for myself,
putting a barrel of boiler com future and then lets the cobwebs
the foremost and leading union In because I just don't seem to have know that I have
pound on top of the main engine. on the shipping industry pile up.
become
a
proud
the maritime industry.
the knack for this stuff. But if I'
The
bung was over the platform The only new developments in
. The gains that have been made can rouse up some of the bashful father of a ten
and the acid spilled out and burned
the shipping industiy since the
by our Union in the past few years boys to send their work in, we'll pound baby boy.
the oiler's shoulder so badly it war are these 35 Mariner ships, a
My
wdfe
gave
are ample proof make this a topnotch contest to
welcome sign although only two of
hasn't healed in over a month.
of this. The union show that the SIU guy is not only birth February
We don't mind minor gripes now them are ready for fitting so far,
12
in
Touro
In
operates on an talented on the job, but applies
and then, but this chief is too much and the dribs and drabs in new
economical basis, some of his skill to creative art firmary in New
oil and ore carriers.
to take.
Orleans.
We
which means a after hours too.
Crewmembers
There's plenty of activity in air
saving in money
Gil Schap have" named him
SS Transatlantic craft, weapons and pushbutton
Johnnie Drexell
Johnnie
for each and ev
4 4 4
gadgets but the shipping industry
^ i it
Baxter.
ery member. A
sems like a stepchild in the whole
Merton (Slim) Baxter
comparison
o f
process. Now I'm not heavy in
4 4 4"
wages received
the brain department like some of
by
most
unions
McKay
To the Editor:
the people who should know bet
To the Editor:
under existing "• We're having a good trip on
ter, but I know what this means
I,
being
another
poor
seaman
contrScts, and the amount of bene the Del Santos, but we're think
who lost his freedom of the sea to my job and how it would show
fits they receive, if any, show that ing about asking the company to To the Editor:
by
being drafted Into the Army, if any emergency cropped up.
they pay more union dues percent change the ship's name when we
The Transatlantic may be a good would like very much to have the
Why Is It?
agewise than the members of the got back.
ship—except for a couple of the of LOG sent to me here at camp Most of us understand why these
SIU.
We figure that the Del Matri ficers—but the company is going
Few unions have a union paper iQony would be a much better tag to have a bunch of gripes and rather than at my home address. ships pulled out of the boneyard
that can compare with the LOG. for her because of the number of claims on its hands when we get I enjoy the LOG very much and I are heading back there, because
believe that it is the best Union there aren't any cargoes for them
The LOG is a welledited paper weddings we've had on the trip.
back!
to haul right now. But with every
newspaper published in the US.
dealing in matters of importance While the ship was in Santos,
Most of the gripes are about the I have benefited by being with thing else working on a longrange
to all labor, as well as members of Brazil, we had four weddings, and chief engineer, and the crew seems
the Union. The policy of the Union two more brothers are planning to to feel that when we get back it the SIU and have learned a lot basis, why is the shipping Industry
of assisting other unions is a well get married when we leave and will be—new chief, same crew, or from the Union and the swell guys left out of the picture?
This longrange shipping bill that
established fact in the entire labor start north. So that makes six else same chief and a new crew. that sail out of it. I have made
many friends since coming in to was discussed pretty fully in the
movement.
guys who've tied the knot on this But Bosun Gerald Pettipas also the SIU in September, 1950, when
LOG (Feb. 8, 1952) seemed, on the
All officials of our Union are trip.
has a gripe about the mate, who the Union signed the Cities Serv whole, a good deal for the future
seamen, and are elected by the
Alton R. Booth
he says is also carpenter on board. ice fleet.
of the Industry, since it seems to
membership to represent them.
Ship's delegate
When we started the trip, the mate
Pvt. Robert G. Campbell
be lagging behind all the others
This is sound democratic policy
4 4 4
renovated the captain's cabins and
in the way of progress.
which has made the SIU respected
4
4>
4
the master stood watches.
by the entire labor movement.
If there's some reason for hot .
Mate Does Work
tling it up in Congress, since I un
The election of capable and ef
When his attention was called to
derstand the Senate passed the
ficient Union officials which we To the Editor:
this, he assigned' the dayman to To the Editor:
bill lastAugust, I wish someone
now have, will continue to keep us
Reading about the case of
would come out and explain why.
a Union second to none in the en Brother Kupscznk in the last issue assist him at OT rates, but when
Several months ago I filed There's a lot at stake if US ship
the rest of the cre^v slept, he be
tire labor movement.
of the LOG reminds me of the
William McKay time I got sick aboard the Robin came the dayman, sweeping decks, through Army channels to Wash ping Is getting the cold shoulder
running the deck gang and when ington for release from service as from government planners. We
t 4" 4"
Goodfellow in 1946. We were in
he was asked about it he said that per directions from SIU head ought to know why.
the port of Lourenco Marques, was what they do in the NMU and quarters.
Robert J. Phillips
Mozambique, when I had to be
the Lakes. He raises and lowers On Monday, April 14, I was no
4
4 4
taken in for an operation. I was the hook without calling the bosun tified that my application was
To the Editor:
treated well at the hospital, but
turned down due to the fact that
to turn to.
I am on the Golden City which when I got out, the Robin Lines The bosun also complained about at the present time there is not a
must have set some sort of a rec agent put me in one of the cheap the chief engineer, who has made critical shortage of merchant sea
To the Editor:
ord by hitting seven ports in seven est places in town to stay until
men. The above is, in part, a
our trip miserable.
First he threat
Here's one for some of the old
days. We started by getting into he was going to arrange transpor ened to cut off our water because quotation from the directive.
timers to try their memory on. It
Bremerhaven, Germany, on April tation for me.
I originally joinedthe SIU in any one on this picture taken 32
the ship was 1,000 pounds over
4. From there we hit Bremen on I waited around for a month and
1943 and sailed until being drafted years ago on the Minnesota is still
loaded and
could not
carry
enough
half with no results. Finally, I
April 5; Brocken, April 6; Ham
in February, 1951.
water to make the trip.
sailing, let the LOG know when
burg, April 7; Rotterdam, Holland, went back to the :
If you can advise me any further you will be in port and I will be
When
a
steam
line
was
carried
April 8; Antwerp, Belgiam, April agent, asking
away at the anchor winch, it was on tWs matter I shall greatly ap happy to visit you at the finest
, 9; and Cherbourg, France, April them for my
clubhouse in the world, I mean the
left exposed and the bosun burned preciate it.
1(1. The next day we were on our r a n s p 6 r
James O'Sullivan
one at 675 4th Avenue in Brooklyn,
his
leg
on
it.
When
he
told
the
tation. One ship,
way to Baltimore.
(Ed. note: Unfortunately, due to our SIU headquarters.
chief
engineer
about
it,
he
was
the
Robin
Lock
I think that is really moving
Thanks for sending me the LOG.
told to "sue the company if you the recoil of governmentowned
around a little. No one missed the sley, was avail
ships the shortage of seamen has. It is without a doubt, the finest,
want
to,
don't
bother
me,"
and
ship and everyone turned to In able in the port
disappeared and the Maritime Ad most inspiring and interesting
that's what he's going to do.
every department. It's a smooth and I asked to be
George Prota, a wiper, was ministration is no longer request_ paper published anywhere, or by
put on her as I
running ship, SIU style.
assigned
by the chief engineer to ing discharge of seamen .from the anyone, union or otherwise. Re
wanted to get
Danny Piocerelli
Santiago
gards to all my friends.
spray
paint
over the boilers in the Armed Forces.)
back home.
t 4
George Groves
tropics — where the temperature
Gets RunAround
was
106
degrees
under
the
venti
The agent told me that I had to
go to see the master personally, lator. He was standing on the cat
because all passenger vacancies walk on the verge of heat exhaus
To the Editor:
were
taken. 1 went up to see the tion when he fell through an
With our first annual SIU Art
Contest nearing the final turn, I'm American Consul to find out what unprotected escape ladder opening
y^teally eager to see what the boys was going on. He told me to go which had no chain, and injured
have been turning out. I hope I'll see the agent. So they had me in his back. It still pains him on
be in town when the judging is a runaround, from the agent to occasion.
Told To Sue
made and my brother Seafarers' the captain to the consulate and
Our great chief engineer told
back again. I didn't have any
work is put on display.
One thing I know is that in a money left and didn't know what him he was paying him OT to
paint, and not to fall down ladder.s,
breadandbutter Union like ours, to do.
where there's plenty of emphasis Finally, one day I met a friend and that he was too busy to be
on the breadandbutter aspect, of mine by the name of Victor putting up chains, and tttat this
other considerations aren't forgot Offerra who told me that there was a ship and not a nursery any
ten. This art competition is a were four jobs open on a Liberty way. He told Prota to "sue, us if
ship. I went. to see the master you don't like it," and that's just
good example of what I mean.
It not only gives the boys a and he hired me as AB. That was what Prota's going to _do;
Ship's delegate John E. Fisher
chance to pull off the wraps from how I got back to the States.
son^e of their creations, but helps It seems that according to my says that the chief engineer always
draw out some pretty fine talent experience and that of Brother disputes any kind of overtime and
that you see going on all around Kupscznk, Robin Lines pull the raves and rants, and says' he's
you on the ships. Some of my same treatment all over v^hen they running a .ship and hot r union.
shipmates on many occasions have have sick seamen on their ships. Fisher says the whole' engine de
done art work that would put the They should have a little more p^ment has niade the trip under
professionals
shame, consider consideration to the men who work threats, "With the chief yelling all
ing lihe material they had to work, their ships, for them. Some of the the time, and working the wipers
with, plus the time they were able, agents think they are doing you a from bell to bell, even: in the
favor, or just don't want to bother tropics.
to put in after work.
.
taking care of you. I wonder If
;
Tribute to Men
On our trip south, the armature Crewmembers of the Minnesota, known as the "hoodoo ship" of thq
'i'his contest is a swell tribute to there is my action that can be. In the dough mixer burned out Nortl^ Atlantic, posed for this one in March, 1920. That's George
these men, since it win give them taken so as to protect sick seamen because it was so old. The skipper
GfovM geated on deck —*
the recognition for their ability in foreign j^rts.
said tp get a new. one in Rio, but
Identified',, are' Hetiiian
that they deserve. , Of course.
Marcellno .Santiago the chief says "Hell no, let them some readoni
will
"
Hi'.;:,. •
, .
He^s Passing Out
The Cigars Now
Del Santos Crew
Marryiny Kind
Ayrees ill Seaman
Get KunAround
Go Places
On Golden City
Crew Airs Gripes
About Officers
LOG Will Follow
Where He Goes
Turned Down On
Discharge Plea
Anybody Recall
Minnesota Trip?
Art Contest Real
Hit To Seafarer
•
i
�IMJay, May t. M5»
Vac* TfrenfytturM
SEAFARERS LOG
• LETTERS • S E A F A R E R S
CASH BENEFITS
Far East Tour
Ms Nearing End
There is no union and no contract.
Whatever the company decides, the
people abide by. Sometimes they
are good, sometimes not so good.
We are directly under the com
pany's heel.
When the unions do move in,
I'll be ready to cooperate in every
way. I think the most valuable
asset 1 brought home with me was
the knowledge of unions and their
fi.nctions as the Seafarers taught
me. Believe me, I'll surely use
this knowledge when the unions
do come. Please continue sending
me the LOG, It's a wonderful
paper.
Melvin Jack Hartley
To the Editor:
' •
the Steel Fabricator Is now In
Suez, on Its way home from' the
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND OULF
DISTRia • A.F.L.
Orient on a trip which will last
•«
about four months. We have made
Vacation Plan. April M—AprU 36
a typical Isthmian tour of the Far
Welfare Plan. April 6—April 19
East, calling at 18 ports in India,
Malaya and Indonesia. The best
port out here is Singapore. We hit
there twice for a total stay of 12
Manuel Galvah
, 7703
S6.3»
Charles Gallagher
, 7703
44.78
days. Nobody was sorry to leave,
Leo Gallagher
7704
113.17
because it proved to be an expen
Luciano Labrador .......
105.78
, 7705
Carlos DeLeon
7706 . 68.83
sive place to linger.
Rex Coots
. 7707
87.89
Down in Java, Djakarta is a
REPORT NO. 6
Markes Kalafatis
, 7708
61.44
Spiridon Vozkis
cheap and popular port. Our stay
7709
94.50
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
Frank Lijo
7710
102.67
there was marred by the mdrder
Joe Mirto
54.0A
Period Covered by This Report—^Aprll 14April 26
7711
Raymond Trichs
of a Seafarer off the Steel Appren
7712
9S.m^
Cash on Hand
|236,435.19 Void
, 7713
Void
tice in port at the same time. (A
Albert Akberdin
7714
42.78
Estimated Accounts Receivable
210,000.00 Clifford Moore
report of Claverland's death was
7715
78.94
Agosto
7716
• 110.83
Vacation Benefits Paid in Period
94,948.91 Francisco
in the March 7 LOG.)
George Mastoras
To the Editor:
7717
71.94
Steer Clear
Donald
Olson
7718
42.39
618,891.07 Durwood Dees
I received the March 21 and the Vacation Benefits Paid Since February 11. 1952.
7719
104.61
Most Seaferers are familiar with April 4 edition of the LOG and
Sidney Lipschitz
7720
84.00
the Radio Bar in Tanjong^Priok. enjoyed them very much. The The steady pace of benefits paid out by our Vacation Plan continued Joseph Camp
7721
84.00
Alvin
See
7722
73.50
It is a good place April 4 edition had pictures and without interruption these past two weeks. We've already gone well Oscar Alston
7723
59.89
to stay away from also quotes from the boys, Joseph past
^rmas
Lindfors
......... 7724
119.00
$600,000 mark and the payments are sticking very close to "Wilmar Harper . .•
7725
89.44
as it has long 0. Pelham and Ricbard F. Ran original estimates that the Plan would shell out around $2,500,000 a Joseph Centorbi
7726
81.28
been the center some, while in New Orleans, La.
Thomas Moller .
7727
121.73
year,
or
$50,000
every
week.
Theodore
Milians
7728
101.50
of trouble for I'm sure all parents of Seafarers
William MarshaU ........ 7729
44.73
seamen. The would join me in saying that we Both the number of men collecting and the total amount paid out Jacob Mcintosh
; 7730
44.73
Simpson
• 7731
61.44.
characters who are so thankful for the wonderful these past two weeks covered by this report is practically the same as Carl
Lewis Ware
7732
82.83
hang around are progress our boys are making.
Simpson
61.06
7733
in the previous two week period. The very slight drop in the number Frank
Oscar Figueroa
7734
110.44
the first to be • Their past, present and future collecting is balanced off by the larger size of benefit .checks as men Herbert
Halley
7735
96.44
rounded up by advancements are achieved by the
William Hall
7736
62.61
Paige Trader
7737
82.83
the police wben help and support of their grand coming in later have additional sea time to their credit.
CarUn
Carlos Nava
7738
99.56
Within the next three weeks or so, we expect that there will be some Joseph
a crime has been organization, the SIU.
Tripp
7739
65.73
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks
...
7740
3,500.00
committedi
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pelham men coming in for their second round of checks since they will have Walter Cousins
7741
115.89
Our ball team was victorious
BrightweU
7742
117.44
another 90 days sea time by then. All of which proves the soundness William
,
Harold McMahon
7743
44.33
over the Steel Director in Jeddah,
of the benefits system set up by the SIU, since it provides another help Oliver Thompson ........ 7744
41.61
Saudi Arabia, and followed this up
Richard Anderson ^
7745
114.72
ing
ready for
the taking
every three
months.
Grady
Crews
;
7746
43.56
v.ith a surprise win over a highly
Leonard Howard
7747
93.17
touted team from the President
George Burns
7748
39.67
To
the
Editor:
Albert
Masciello
WilUam
Lane
7631
7749
Check
115.11
69.61
Polk in Singapore. The cruiseship
7632
47.83 Joseph Korchak
7750
No. Amount Henry Cortez
60.67
Name
I
have
recently
seen
several
is
boys made it even by winning a
Harold Stivers
7633
112.00 Juan Nieves
7751
68.44
$41.22 Lester Wolfe
Albert Veverica
7563
7634
83.61 Philip Polito
7752
58.72
return match in Belawan Deli, sues of your SEAFARERS LOG Christopher
90.22 Frank Walters
Kellehen ... 7563
7635
46.67 Albert Richall ..7
7753
which
I
found
to
be
very
inter
52.89
Sumatra. Our team was made up of
58.33 Richard Jacoby
Roscoe Tillett
^.. 7564
Francis Corcoran
7636
97.61
7754
105.78
52.11 Donald Ertizinger ...... 7637
L'Esperanie .... 7565
45.50 George Bimle
7755
106.17
representatives of all departments. esting. The LOG is like no other Bernard
69.22 Floyd Jarvis
Jesse Trynor
7566
. 7638
61.44 Jack Sandrs
7756
39.67
Including topside. Games were labor newspaper that I have eer Georxe Stambilu
80.11 James Murphy
7567
Joseph Donohue
7639
78.56
7757
48.23
95.28 Arnold Ballinger
7568
Charles Smith
arranged by Bob McCutcheon, DM, seen.
7640
44.33 Stuart Liles
7758
47.44
105.39
Clarence
DeBay
7569
Michael Ruane ......... 7641
7759
35.78 Charles McCain
82.0"JH"
who also handled the pitching As a former seaman, I am in Nikodem Glen
78.56 Rudy GladweU
7570
Archie
Martin
7643
7760
97.61
59.89
terested in keeping informed con Purvis Parker
103.06 Lee Foo
7571
chores.
7643
94.89
7761
50.17
41.61 Bryon Clmpman
cerning
the sea and so would like Seldon Sherwood ....... 7573
7644
7762
68.06 Whitney Girouard
75.83
Tops among our suggestions for
93.72 Delbert Haught
Walter WaUace
7573
Alton
Hunt
7645
7763
116.28
87.50.
the LOG regularly.
7574
81.67 Johnny Brown
Horace Sanford
the new agreement which we have to If receive
7646
7764
119.00 Vincent Garvey
77.78
53.67 George Bernard
7575
have subscriptions to the Albert Halm
7647 • 106.94 Dominic Graciaho
7765
101.11
forwarded to the negotiating com LOG, you
66.89 Robert Merritt
Artemio
Vazquez
7576
7648
7766
96.83 Russell Roberts
108.89
will you please let me know Robert Voliva
7577
41.61 Stanley Bobbins
mittee, is the need for crew gang the charge.
7649
7767
113.94 William Oliveri
56.00
Burton Owens
7578
107.33 LeRoy Pierson
Leonard Leidig
7650
7768
59.50
63.39
way watchmen on Isthmian ships.
Wlodzimierz Dietrucki :. 7579
121.72 William Jefferies
7651
7769
66.50 Milford McDonald
45.50
Walter
Kelly
The use of native gangway watch
dies Orr
7652
57.94
(Ed. note: We've
put
your
name
Edward
Shamrock
7653
38.11
men is an inequality in the Isth on the mailing list.)
Robert Stoufflet
7654
74.28
mian agreement as compared to
Conrad Wade
7655
38.89
»
4)
«
Alberto
Diaz,
Wilbur
Purdy
Joseph Flynn,
7656
108.11
the agreements V|ith other com
Bennie Lewderback
7657
114.72 AB: I've been out
messman:
If
you
panies and constitutes a loss of
Minzionis Marloni
7658
64.94
should be stuck
Aldemiro Dossantos
7659
39.67 for the last six
ovettime to the sailors. More im
Stanlslaw
Kocjan
7660
76.22
on the beach for
months, so I got
portant is the fact that the native
Bengt Berglund
7661
66.89
a 'few days, this
James Battle
7662
94.50 myself a pretty
watchmen, are Incompetent and To the Editor:
Martin Rubio
7663
38.89 goodsized check.
careless in their surveillance. They Regrettably, I cannot enter the dough comes in
Harry Peeler
7664
72.72
Edison Thomas
7665
36.56 This vacation
offer no protection to the crew or SIU Art Contest this year as I will real handy. If you
Matoie Boyles
7666
87.11 money and the
be over here in Japan. However, ask me that's the
the crew's quarters.
Thomas O'Brien
7667
118.61
best
feature
of
new LOG are
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks
... 7668
3,500.00
I will have four or five entries next
Draw Problems
Byron Colgrbve
7669
$45.89 both terrific.
Second to this is a request for year. Maybe Morris Weisberger the plan.
Charles Brumfield
7670
92.17
James Weir
7671
88.28
a clause in the agreement concern can submit a couple of the small
Faustino Orjales
7672
91.78
ing draws, to be given every five models made by Walter Smith.
Nichols Borozzl
7673
43.56
Jesus
Araya
7580
74.67
Charles
Hauger
7674
7770
45.89
1
90.61 George Hashagen
days in port. The way it stands Tbey are great works of art and I Abraham Felnsteln
7581
88.28 Melvin Mays
7675
58.73
59.50 C. L. Tal
7771
now, the crew has to depend on know that Walter would not sub LesUe Tyler
7583
105.39 Octovlan Bogdan ........ 7676
58.72
40.06 Hong Yu
7772
Jess Etheridge ......... 7583
58.33 William Davey ......... 7677
57.56
104.61 Emanuel Flamourakis ... 7773
the whim of the captain for a mit them himself. Besides, he is Theodore
Hurlde
7584
84.78 Walter Clifton
7678
58.73
7774
77.39 Sen Chang
probably
out
here
somewhere.
second draw in a foreign port. The
Henry Cavanaugh
7585
38.56 Henry Callan
7679
54.44
55.61 Charles Locke
7775
7586
38.89 Herman Meijer
*
A. Jorgens Eugene Salvador
7680
7776
60.67
94.11 Alf Polusen
crew has no way of knowing how^
Norman Wright
7587
102.28 Donald Trefethen
7777
93.72
7681
103.44 Hugh Meacham
long they are going to stay in port
» * •
Reginald Thomas
7588
68.44 Julius Prochownik ...... 7682
52.89
48.22
Grady Faircloth
7589
110.83 Void
37.'7a
7683
Void James Taylor
7779
and thesefore how much money
Andrew Smurda
7590
71.94 Joseph Kiper
7684
59.50"'.
55.22 Robert Booker
7780
they will need when tha first draw
Adam Doucette
7591
67.67 John Scott
76.61
7685
7781
95.67 Calvin Simmons
Karl Hellman
7592
94.11 John Bryant
99.17
7686
7782
117.83 Earl Neidlinger
list is made up.
Eugenio Ojeda
7593
66.11 Armando Lavagno
99.17
7687
7783
63.39 Hubert Mathes
T|iat is all we have on our minds, To the. Editon
Leon Harper
7594
82.06 Roger Sullivan
78.17
7688
104.61 Florenclo Salmason
7784
Narch
Krzyuda
7595
03.33
00.61
7785
Thomas Hankins
now. We are all looking forward I had just gotten off of the De John Griffith
7596
78.56
88.28
7786
Louis
Greaux
to collecting our vacation pay (the Soto from Mobile at Pier 8, Bush Raymond White
7597
103.67
Edwin Parsley
7787
78.94
1
Paul
Rasmussen
........ 7598
122.50
7788
68.06
firsli for most of us) and to meeting
Herbert Shartzer
Terminal Bropk Donald Klchey
Marvin
White,
7599
38.11
94.11
7789
John
Haynes
old friends at our own Union bar.
lyn, when I ran Tomas Mojica
7600
45.11 cook: There isn't
90.61
:
7790
Luverne Wallin
John Ferreira
7601
38.50
91.39
a
7791
Michael J. Carlin
Francis Donovan
across Mom who Constatin
Cyriakldis .... 7603
58.72 much to say ex
89.06
'n
7792
Seymour Ossofsky
: ^: Deck delegate
run's Mom's VassUlos PentaUs
7603
61.44 cept that I'm glad
46.28
,1
Daniel Parkman, Jr. .... 7793
Chandoha
7604
71.56
73.50
1
7794
Boje Nielsen
Place near, Ihe Mike
Leonard Turi
7605
55.22 to be able to col
7795
106.17
1
Robert Brown
docks. We talked Lauri. Markkanen '
7606
117.44 lect vacation pay.
84.78
1
7796
Aneelo Antoniou
Thomas
Sexton
7607
94.11
7797
77.39
1
George
WeddeU
over the 1946 Thomas WaUer
7608
59.89 And who wouldn't
7798
WUliam O'Brien
73.11
1
general strike Frank Plnkowskl
7609
78.94 be when it comes
Ralph Perry
7799
91.78
1
Aleksander Sarg
7610 ' 67.28
7800
72.72
Marcus Dean
when Mom' s Marvin
To pe Editor:
MUler
7611
80.11 to getting money
86.72
1
7801
Leo Strange
Place served as a Ralph McKenzie
7612
80.50 like this?
I retired my book in 1949 and
68.06
1
7802
Peter Repetto
Alfred Hovzse
.... 7613
78.94
7803
Gilbert Perry
51.73
1
soup
kitchen
for
came home to; Lexington, NC, to
Plsaao
Lester Horton
7614
43.94
7804
65.33
1
Velven Morton
iSeafarers
who
James Byera
7815
51.33
marry and settle down. It proved
Jose CasteU
7805
59.11
1
Fred Britt
;.... 7616
66.89
7806
Daniel Sheehan
52.50
1
to )e a difficult adjustment in were picketing the airea.
96.06 Jose Casais
7689
Paul Reed
7617
118.32 Ellas Telan
7807
108.89
1
85.56 Tomas Ramirez
Mom Said to say hello to some , of Edward Reed
7690
7618
100.33 Glenn Reld
sofar as labor conditions arc con
7808
117.44
1
110.83
7691
Lehtmets .......... 7619
88.38 Nikolai Taska
7809
99.94
I
the bOys and ask them to stop by Teet
cen ed. .
61.06 Spiridon Mavroleon .... 7810
7698
WllUam West
7620
88.28 John Cochintu
115.50
1
64.17 Recardo Barcelons
7631
84.00 Jerome Prodey .......... 7693
I. doti't have the many advan and see her when in the neighbor Newton Baker
7811
37.33
.1
110.44
James Kirchner
7622
102.67 James Conaway ........ 7694
Manousos Mavroleon
7812
124.44
*1
tages ; Seafaii:'er$ had while I wfis hood.
Void
7623
Void Aanastaslos Athana
John Wlljlamson ........ 7813
93.73
1
42.39 Harold Farrington
7695
active as a seaman. He^e unions I plan to be In New York for a Michael Folanls ......... 7624
105.39 sopoulos
7814
42;C»^'4^
1
io3.as Jack Goldman
7696
Arne Hansen
Godfrey
Deshetel
....... 7625
93.33
7815
98.38
>
while,
so
any
of
mg
old
buddies
ai;e* in ^elr infancy. I work in a
43.17 James Milne
WUie Walker ........... 7626
89.93 Anthony Esposlto .;.... 7697
7816
48J3 ; :^1
59.11 Ellzlar MarteU'
furniture plant and make 95 cents who want to get in .touch ^tb 'me James Grinstead
7698
7637 .
41.23 Harold. Scofleld
119,7S
;v]
7817
56.39 Ca>'<uine Manclno
7699
Robert
Stone
..t
Arthur
ScheU
... 7628
87.11
7818
192A9
5I
an hour. If I worK steady and hard, can find in*' at headquarteis^.
47.44
7700
Kosta HatgimisiM ..... 7639
86,06 John Zents
(Continued on page 24)
'r>isano.
117.44
I generally clear about ^0 a week
7701
Lewis ......'....7^ , 105,78 Monty Moser
Parents Find
E40G Enjogahle
Former Seafarer
Asks For UMG
MMe Regrets ReHl
Miss Art Contest
i .
Mom Seeks *46
Strike Veterans
EUe Tough In
NpnMJnlon dob
TOTAL I
Vacation
$ii»,760j8
�SEAVAU tks
he* T#ciit3rf• or
too
S E A F A R £ It S ®
CASH BENEFITS '
Friday. May t. 1952
• ''•mm
TOTAt
$119,760.58
Vacation PJan
April 14 — April 26
Welfare Plan
April 6 — April 19
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT » A.F.L.
(Continued from page 23)
fev
44.72
98.78
40.83
74.67
39.67
100.72
98.78
50.94
108.11
120.94
73.11
39.67
85.17
58.72
116.67
112.00
52.50
90.17
113.56
91.33
114.72
20.22
2,500.00
$49.78
Check
Amount
No.
90.22
Wmard Pratt
7819
81.28
Donald Fisher
7820
93.33
Wheeler Vandersall
7821
96.83
Glenn Walton
7822
100.33
Oscar Raynor
78M
87.89
Wmiarn Kennedy
7824
73.11
John Little
7825
50.17
Manuel Cross
7826
110.44
Ralph Sheffield
7827
102.28
Alfred Isaacson
7828
35.78
James Davis
7829
54.44
DeVaughn Harrison .... 7830
41.61
Stefan Sobczek
7831
64.94
PhiUip May
7832
75.06
Alonzo Morris
7833
80.89
Bjarne Johannesen
7834
61.39
Joseph Blank
7835
104.22
WiUiam MacGregor
7836
102.28
Eustace McAuley
7837
70.00
Norman DeLapouyade ... 7838
54.44
Joseph Alesksandrowicz .. 7839
35.39
James Kemp
. 7840
64.94
Robert Smith
7841
J. Frank Keel
11^.44
Alexander Stankiwici ... 7842
117.83 an, AB: Every sea
Frank Barclay
7843
83.22
Jackson Smith
7844
Void man should be
Void
7845
124.44 tickled to death at
Anastasios Komnlnos .... 7846
61.83
Sing Quey Lin
7847
57.56 all this. It's just
Victor Eng^
7848
57.94 about the best
Elvin Saucier
7849
120.17
Norman Hali
7850
109.28 kind of a deal
Emilio CoUazo
7851
105.00 that the Union
Wiiliam Parker
7852
82.06
Anthony Conti .......... 7853
85.56 has ever gotten
Andreas Swenson
7854
101.50
for the fellows.
Jack Chastain
7855
89.44
Hayden Henry
7856
58.72
George Perdeauvilie
7857
40.06
Charles Coburn
7858
38.89
Claude Gauthreaux
7859
86.72
7962
36.56 Wayne Westbrook
Jack Mauldin
7860
46.28
7963
80.50 Robert Hohman
Francis Ploppert
7861
115.89
7964
66.89 Robert Rivera
Reidus Lambert
7862
38.11
7965
43.17
Herbert Grant ..
7863
Manuel Colao
41.61
7966
35.00 Joseph Stanley
Charles Michalik
7864
85.17
7967
64.17 Larry Williams ..
John Powe
7865
112.39
7968
81.67 Salvatore Conseltao
John Michaelis
7866
105.00
7969
Orvme Arndt
7867
96.44 Izaak Dekloe
•
91.00
7970
Billy Cherry
7868
85.17 Calvin Lake
45.50
7971
Alvizio Oliverira
7869
77.39 Joseph Foley
82.44
7972
39..'28
Marian Gadzinski ...... 7870
Richard Johnson
112.00
7973
3,500.00 Rune Gustafsson
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 7871
55.61
7074
$58.33 Afentakis John
Boyd Bradford
7872
91.39
7975
35.39 Stonewall Jackson
John Macfarlane
7873
45..50
7976
83.22
Andreas Lignos
.. 7874
Calixto Gonzalez
94.50
7977
112.00 Ricardo Ebon
Anwar Toha
7875
48.61
7978
123.28 Stecial SulUvan
Joseph Fiesel
7876
52.89
7979
100.72 Russ Palmer
John Mitzelos
7877
7980
75.83
U6.67 James Harrison
Antonio Condarkis
7878
76.22
7981
36.78 Fritz Widegren
Murray PergaiJient
7879
52.11
7982
36.56 Thomas Ralney
Burgess Marcantel
7880
65.72
61.83
7983
John Fontenot
7881
Robert Schahuber
7984
79.72
113.94 Alvin Bey
Kasimirs Abarons
7882
.
63.39
7985
46.67 George Contaxis
Alfred Rammler
7883
89.83
7986
89.83 Lewis Roberts
BUUe Hill
7884
64.94
7987
62.61 John Sullivan
Donald McNeille
7885
47.44
7988
Ronald Holden
97.61
7989
Albert Kowalskl
49.39
7990
Graydon Suit
100.72
7991
Anthony Zaleski
59.50
Bernard Fimovicz ........ 7992
George Alexan
76.61
7993
Adrian Donnelly
der, cook: The
99.17
7994
Albin Freberg'
7995 ' 56.78
best part of it is
Calvin Webb
98.39
7996
Justin Ball
that you don't
37.72
7997
Clyde Horton
87.50
7998
have to stick to |
Cornelius James
41.22
Robert Legg . ......... 7999
one ship a whole
85.94
8000
Elsworth Real'
49.00
8001
year. If you feel
Robert Jennigan
119.78
8002
Theodore
Fraginos
like leaving earli
42.00
8003
Lloyd Rogerson
er you can, and
8004 >106.56
George Little
99.56
8005
Daniel Lupton
still collect.
99.56
8006
Bert Dawson
61.83
8007
Charles Lynsky
8008
58.33
Juan Maldonado
125.61
8009
Diego Cordero
a2S.61
76.61 VirgU Swanson
Charles Dyer
7886
'.... 8010
114.33
75.06 RusseU Eagle .'
8011
Robert Flattery
7887
80.03 Joseph Neveraskus
113.17
8012
Tong Ylck
788f:
77.78 Richard Stiansen
96.83
8013
Robert 1. Grant
7889
44.72 Leonidas SantourlS
115.89
8014
Herbert Parks, Jr
7890
43.17
79.33
8015
Wayne Henderson
7891
Wesley Young '.
87.89 Demitrios Grivas
81.28
8016
Joe Atehinson
7892
83.01 Henning Bjork
39.67
8017
mas Coffman
7893
50.94 Gerasimos Agapousts .... 8018
111.61
Richard Bush
7894
103.83
114.72
8019
Union Sanders
7895
Charles Taylor
121.33
112.78 loanmis Emmanuullldls .. 8020
Sidney Ghale
7896
84.00 David Rivers '
73.50
Roscoe Dearmon
7897
— 8021
90.22
8022
49.78
Fulbert Bodden
7898
Edward Douglas
98.00
80.50
8023
Frank Bartlett ......... 7899
Clayton Conley
42.39
73.89 Walter Kusmierlzak .... 8024
WUliam Smith
7900
41.61
105.78 Willard CahiU
8025
Anthony Denddo
7901
124.44
42.00
8026
TerriU Nickerson
7902
Claiy
93.33
56.78
8027
Jimmie Knight
7903
.nas Moses
113.56
89.83 James Tucker
8028
Frank Throp
7904
84.!!9
8029
76.22 Paul Signorino
Richard Suttle
7905
69.61
77.78
8030
Harold Allen
7906
Charles Moore
53.67 Harris Bennett
66.50
8031
Earl Clark •
7907
101.50 Horace Dunlap
92.94
8032
Hugh Randall •
7908
47.44
95.67
8033
Jack Peralta
John Pulio
7909
91.39 George E.gner
49.39
8034
Antonio Jlmlnez
7910
53.28 Joseph Briant
8035
105.78
Nevin ElUs . • :
7911
92.17
82.44
8036
John Adams
Arthur Wiggins
7912
10422 Halford Windham
83.22
80.37
Eleuterio Magbo
7913
93.72
113.94 Charlie Bums
8038
James Messec
7914
76.22 Claude Rayfuse
119.39
8039
Constantine Booras .,.. > 7915
66.50
8040
117.63
Andrew Mir
Alfred Seegmiller •
7916
91.78 William Fassett
71.17
8041
Joseph Kerrigan
7917
M.56 Emilio Ramos
8042
107.72
Price Willoughby ...... 7918
109.67 Santo Pessino
8043
53.67
Charles Thorpe
7919
37.72 Edgar Dodds ......... . 8044
54.83
Andrew Suech
7920
. 109.67 Donald Bush
. 8045
40.81
Ralph Murry ^ ...:
7921
100.94 William Ischower
8046
73.50
Beverldge Duiilop
7922
108.50
8047
Milton Reeves
99.56
Charlies Hartman
7923
107.72
Thomas
Munco
'...
8048
80.50
John MUler
7924
69.22 John Eddins
8049
37.72
Thomas Peacock
7925
72.33 Charles Dewald
8050
45..5fl
Carl Hargroves
,'^926
80.89
Virgil
Mahan
....^.
8051
112.00
' Gene Bacon •
7927
122.69
57.94 Edgar Swortelgner
8052
William Morris
7928
08.83 Frank Crider '
76.71
8053
Joseph SzhoeU ......... 7929
100.72 Charlea Zinn :
8054
105.39
Winton Bennett ........ 79;:0
.Tohn
Troyer
.;
62.22
8055
88.67
Wayne Korb
7931
8050
James Slayton
, 7932 ' 111.22 Curt Borman
38.11
112.00 Albert Belt
8057
101 11
Charles Pierce
7933
sa 37
Ocie
Hill
..;
105.17
8058
Jesse Wiggins
7934
71..5fl ." ohn Rodriguez
104 22
. 8059
Floyd Henry
7035
....;.. . 8060
62.22 Douglas Ward
72 33
Artaro Valiente
7936
8061
73.08
Xennit Thibodeaux
7037
69 22 Walter McDonald
Name
IS.: .5^
Joseph Fazio
7938
Edward Brevier
7939
Edward McCarthy
7940
Michael Billo
7941
Thomas Carmichael
7942
James Jackson
7943
MUton Cox
7944
WilUam Massey
7945
John Allmon
7948
Leroy Donald
7947
Louis Salagar .......... 7948
Joel Johnson
7949
John Logan
7950
Niel Nielsen
7951
Louis Roa
7952
Jose Doletin
7953
Alvin Huthmacher
7954
Irvin Gorgas .......... 7965
Efthinios Pappas
7956
Herman St. Clair
796T
Chester Mazuk
7958
Alexander Batcho ....... 7959'
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 7960
James TTroutner
7961
8184
72.72 Herbert Burgesser
8308
125.61
73.11 p. WUklns
8185
60.28 Walter Fitch
8309
125.22
85.17 John WestfaU
8180
60.67 Dary Letoumeau
8310
88.33
"• '5 Ralph KUbourne
8187
82.22 Thomas White
8311
103.00
72.72 CyrU Hagen
Robert
VUlamor
8188
102.67 Hinrlch Wiese
8312
96.44
109.28
8189
}35.33 Troy Thomas
8313
45.11
100.33 EmUe Houde
8190
45.11 Wayne Hartman
8314
103.44
49.39 Joseph Lcger
8191
83.01 Lacy Walker
8315
90.22
85.17 JuUan Czapllcki
8192 >
49.78 Robert Rogers
8310
81.44
98.78 Robert.Zulauf
8193
79.72 GetUs Lightfoot
8317
82.83
W.44 Leong Dai
8194
60.28 Joseph MuUoy
8318 .
70.39
99.56 Bernard Gomez
Burnett
Green
8195
52.50 Angus Winth
8319
58.72
35.39
Harvard
Morrlz
8196
38.89
Andrew
Nickle
'
8320
' 100.72
41.M
8197
87.28 Lawrence Porper
8321
89.08
M.33 Adrian Gonzalez
8198
78.17 Stanley Barbarowics .... 8322
77.39
45.50 John Sercu
8199
55.61 Charles Balalock
8323
58.72
88.38 Peter Degrassi
103.44 Joseph PozzuoU
8324
57.17
122.89 Walter Cressman ........ 8200
8201
89.50 Donald Townsend ....... 8325
57.94
85.17 Joseph BusseU
8202
124.44 Evanguelos Venlzelos .... 8328
120.58
87.89 Edward Johnston
Stephen
McKlnney
8203
35.78
Fred
SuUins
8327
57.17
77.00
8204
107.33 Clarence Conkle
8328
114.72
72.33 Joel Bremer .
8205
52.50 Samuel Hudglns
8329
92.04
46.67 Richard Brown
Henry
Brandies
8206
113.56
CorneUo Preclaro ...... 8330
96.83
95.67
8207
61.06 Ralph Sapia
8331
58.33
96.44 Michael Kavanaugh
Charles Hostetter
8332
110R3
35.00
Harvey Burge
8333
103.08
. 57.17
Harold Jeror
8334
40.33
123.87
Melvln Ward
83.35
44.33
124.83
Clarence Da
AUen Boone
8336
107.33.
105.39
WUliam Webb
8337
115.80
35.00 shwe. deck engi
Herbert Collins
8338
54.83
60.67
Georges Binnemans
8339
42.00
• 77.00 neer: There's no
Stefan Kadziola
8340
126.73
54.06 question, this is
GuUlermo Ortiz
8341
.100.72
54.83
MUtladis Isolakos
8342
54.83
Void quite an improve
Chritsos HouU
8343
97.22
3,500.00 nlent over the
Edward MUler
>8344
40.83
$36.50
Ralph Diaz
8345
44.72
61.83 earlier setup
Void
8340
Void
102.67 where you had to
Harold Peacock (adjust
91.00
stick
with
one
ment of Check No. 4403) 8347
23^2
94.50
Michael Collins
8348
98.00
96.00 company.
Nick Angelopoidos
;. 8349
80.90
78.17
Elmer' B. Frost (adjust
122.50
ment
of
(nieck
No.
6888) 8350
24.11
43.94
To Cash Vac. Checks . . 8351
2.000.00
91.78
8352
$89.83
40.44 F. Szwestka
<8208
75.83 Theodore Moyer
52.50 Joseph Clevenger
8209
90.01 Frederick BOldsborough 8353 ' 101.50
George
Lochman
8394
51.72
104.61 Anton Leire
8210
108.11 Norris Tripp
8355
50.39
113.17 Earl Wallace
8211
107.33 Jerry Morgan
8350
35.78
83.61 Andrew DanUuk
8212
50.00 Bernel GuUlory
8357
35.00
125.22 Thomas Orr
8213
52.11 NeUl Abemathy
8358
99.56
108.89 Vincent Kuhl
8214
92.17 Joseph Bissoiinet
8359
100.17
111.01 Patrick Durkln
8215
86.72 WiUlam Parks
8360
101.11
93.72 Thomas McForbin
8216
61.06 John Paerels
8361
74.28
123.28 Garret Mutter
8217
30.94 Idelfonso Perez
.. 8362
103.83
110.83 Colman Baggs
8218
91.78 Jack Ryan
8363
48.22
48.61 Chong Dong
8219
117.44
Henry Croke
8364
99.17
97.61 Algernon Harper
8220
55.22 Frank Feld
8305
69.22,
43.50 John Bailey
8221
66.89 Warren Gammons ...... 8.366
43.17
117.44 Charles Outlaw
8222
38.11 Jesse Laseter
8367
124.83
97.22 Thomas Bunch
8223
69.22 Han Fong
8308
40.44
61.44 Eddie Hernandez
8224
113.17 Arvln Weeks
8309
119.78
76.22 Clarence Hemby
8225
109.67 Gregorio Troche
8370
60.11
100.72 Henry WiUlngham
8226
43.56 Ben Ladd
8371
87.89
117.44 WUUam Entrekin'
8227
78.17 PurvU BlackweU
8372
84.78
97.22 Charles MerrUl
8228
112.00 Franklin St. Mary
8373
106.17
84.78 Thomas Walsh
8229
44.72 Frank Foley
8374
120.17
108.11 John McDuffie
8230
37.33 George Barbour
8375
74.28
110.06 Raymond Turner
8231
52.11 Eugene HaU
8378
49.00
40.06 Thaddeus Jones
8232
75.44 Leo DeLoach
8377
115.11
87.89 Joseph MontpeUer
8233
65.72 Leo Rondario
8378
, 122.11
Kenneth Alpaugh
8234
67.67
Norwood Geno
82.15
. 86.72
Clarence NaU
8236
102.28
Ralph Denayer
8237
56.78
WUllam Vldal
8238
88.67
James P. John
Axel Lindffren,
David Fonseca
8239 .
84.39
mesgman:
FWT: When you
Harold Welsh
8240
50.56 ston,
Paul Capo
:
8241
46.28 This Is just like
remember the
Joseph BattaglU
8242
56.00
time that we got
Claude RusscU
8243
45.11 getting money
Thomas Rodgers
8244
83.22 from home with
no vacation mon
Bernard Larsen
8245
78.61
ey no matter how
James Robinson
8240
39.28 out haying to
Aurelio Gomez
8247
119.78 write for it. In
long we worked,
Adam Hanke
8248
92.17
then this check
KJeU Lynstad
8249
40.44 other words, it's
a very pleasant
Uoyd
Johnston
8250
63.39
feels just like
Mitchell Reed
8251
83.22 surprise.
found money.
Edward Schielder
8252
39.28
Joseph Worsley
8253 .
71.94
Jack Waldschlager
8254
98.78
John Moloney
8255
87.11
119.39
8379
Kermlt Knutson
OjiOO •
41.81 Carl Costanzo
91.78
8380
71.17
Dwlght
CarroU
8257
,
85.39 Andreas Nikoletoi
.8134
Oscar Cooper
93.33
8381
93.72 Ho Kee
8258
77.39 Johnnie Koen
8135
Albert Hamtiuc ....... .
73.89
8382
83.61 Ham Chee
8259
77.39 Robert Ford
.
8188
James Smith '
114.38
Lewis
Akins
8383
78.17 Charles Cain
8260
99.94'
.
8137
Henry Sojak'
56.00
8384
..8201
71.94 Bobby Walker
60.28 Walter HaUett '
.
8138
Kan Loh
39.67
8385
8262
73.89 Darley Bodden
80.28 Joseph O'NeU.
.
8139
Chong Kong
40.44
VeUe
Osbourae
8388
J.. 8203
llTsOO
85.33 Vincent Jones
.
8140
Ronald Heath
117.83
Bobby
Lynn
8387
Joe
ParcoIIa
8264
105.00
41.22
.
8141
Carl Woodlief
81.28
8388
8268
62.22 John Brady .
52.50 Gerasslmos Galatljl
8142
Alphonso De Souza ...: .
72.72
8268 . 115.11 James Morris eeeoeoeeee
58.33 Albert Sussman
.
8143
Percy AUred
50.17
Robert
Whyte
52.89
37.72 Juan Relnosa ........... 8267
8144
LeRoy Taylor
...<, .
93.00
8391
'. 8268
63.78 George Llebers
8145
51.33 Clarence Crevler
Harold Posey ........f .
8392
38.11 ^
89.08 Daniel Robinson
8140
56.00 Herbert Sprinkle ........ 8269
Robert Pope .........r .
Theodore
Martinez
...... 8.393
101.50
50.94 Void
i.......... 8270
Void
.< 8147
Andrew Marshall^
8394
124.00
37.89 John Abraham
8271
114.72 AncU Cunningham
8148
Charles Sanderson ... i .
James Glenn
8395
84 00
58.33
John
Diakakls
.......... 8272
59.50
.
8149
Chai Shao ............
94.89
8398
62.22 Paul Kolesnick ......... 8273
110.06 Teofil Smlglelski
.
8150
Joe Brim
40.44
Jack
Morrison
^.
8397
82.83 Leo Seleskie ............ 8274
52.11
Gordon McFarland .... .8151
James
PoweU............
8398
104.22
99.17
An.
Miao
8275
59.50
.
8152
Fred Shuler
55.22
73.11 James Chang
8270
59.50 WUliam Shierling ...... 8399
.
8153
Chee Tan
8400
43.17
99.17 Donald MueUer
8277
86.11 Alton Groover
Alfred Anderson
• i' .8154
Elmer
Wheeler
..
........ 8401
81.39
84.39 James WUliams ......... 8278
56.39
.
8155
Walter Browning'.
Walter
Matthews
8402
79.06
94.89
Robert
Fqlch
8279
99.50
.
8158
Hubert Deaii' .... • • • I'
8403
92.56
Cuthbert Hinkson .......8280
122.11 Robert Krug ....
< • • • « , 8157 '73.50 «in
Foo Jwee
122.50
Armando
Vargas
8404
Cheng ..........
8281
49.78
00.89
.
8158
Cyril Newman ...
117.83
NUlo
Relttle
8405
Huo
Liu
8282
71.17
99.17
8159
Roland Hampshire * • «4
.
43.56
8283
115.50 Edward McGowan ...... 8406
53.28 Pasquale Barblerl
.0160
Arrelious Bankstdu
103.06
8284
56.39 Steven Zvobich ......... 8407
8101 ' 40.06 Delwan WUUams
Albert Hahn ......... J. .
Charles
Mclntyre
8408
93.67
8285
84.56
.,85.17 James Glldia v
.
8163
John Sanders .
j,
84()9
105.00
B3.22 WUUam Seattle
113.17 Harold Abemathy ....... 8280
.
8163
Charles Mag'ee ........
8410
49..30
3.000.00 Theodore Just
106.04 To Cash Vac. Checks ... 8287
.
8164
Trussell Beatrous' ....,{.
Jiannl
Santacroee
....;. 8411
100.94
8288
$109.28
85.17 David Zunlga
8165
Lewis Oliver
. J. .
Herberi;
Chase
8412
54.83
Raymond
Lovelace
8289
53.67
70.00
8168
Samuel Oswald
,:i.. J. .
8413
60.61
8290
35.78 Wesley Jackson
89.83 James Johnson
Morton Pariiell
• • •,
1 8167 ,
8414
100.72
72.33 Max. Marcus ....'.
84.30 John SchlUIng ........... 8291
,8108
Benny Coleman
*fi>
Joseph
Neubauer
8415
92.94
8292
82.83
113.17 Billy BaUard ..
.
8109
Paul Gallant ..
8418
90.00
E3.67 Luis Martinez
8293
108.89 Tobe Beams
.8170'
Paul Lay
8417
68.44 Void
112.78 Theodore Graduelick .... 8294
Void
; 8171
George MitcheU
WlUlam
Kehrwleder
.... 8418
125.22
107.33
73.89 Samuel Langbam^ f t.**'* • 8299
.
8172
John Rehm •
Void
8419
Void
Jean
Auger
....r.;.8296
90.01
07.22
Dolphiis Walker .......j. .0173
eee«S99S
98.72
8297
111.22 Janfes McShee .......... 8420
.45.11 Joseph Blake
Angelo Sabella ''. ^'...{. .8174
129.61
58.33 Voljjemar Pold ......... 8421
35.00 Albert Vandyke ......... (1290
8175
Emory Poitef
1'..'. .
8422
125.01
38.17 Hutfcrt. Andrews
8299
89.06 John Moorer .
. 8170
Fulton Hendffx
Harvey
Morris
8423
John
Nolde
8300
:
57.17
80.89
Perry B. Kennedy (To
8434
8.301
50.78 Robert Farrar
40.44
40.05 .Tohii Kulp
place Check No. 3745.;. 8177
Emile 'Davies
.
........
.'.9429
8302
60.28
80.00
872.33 Frederick Benedict/.
Victor Arevalo
....... .8178
Lorence
Wood
8420
72.72 Bllcker Bobbins ........ 8303
85.17
82.06
Modesto Velez '.' .. i., .i. 8179
Andrew
CecU
8427
Enrique
Megido
8304
61.08
114.72
64.17
8180
'i'homns Melton ''.
S423
0000 . 30.17 Homer Uldris
95.20 Raymond Engert
33.53
I. aiOL
Gilbert Arnett '
37.72 Lyndon Wade"".8308 58.38
Bisa
Homer Pattlshall
41.01
Juan
Leib«..r......*A.,w>8307
Johii Clui'k .. . v*.
Paul Babyak ............. 8062
Alexander Smart
8063
Robert Phifer
8064
Joseph Dodge
8065
Charles Uribe ....J
8066
Joseph Cantin ....J
8067
Paul Serrebsted ..J
8068
Newt Williams
8069
Thomas Faulkner
8070
John Boettcher
8071
Jens Madsen •
8079
Rufus Carrington
8073
Viggo Holton
8074
Edward Mtslosky
8075
Lawrence Hickey ....... 8076
Clarence Storey
8077
George Kerr
8078
August Eklund
8079
Maximino Bernes ....... 8080
Frank Carroll ......... 8081
Benjamin Gordy
8082
James Norris
8083
John Cox
8684
Harry Downing
8085
Leo Kennedy
8088
Anthony Pinto
8087
Thomas King
8088
William Canty
1.... 8089
Stanley Cieslak
8090
Augustas Lubas
..... 8091
Constantino RuggierO ... 8092
John Kroon
8093
Dennis Downey
8094
John Duffy
8095
Void
8096
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 8097
John Waterbury
8098
Daniel WUson
8099
WUUam O'Dea
8100
Donald Hartman
8101
Forrest Harper ......... 8102
James Chew
8103
Hipollto Ramos
0104
Victor Menor
0105
Garry Day
8106
Harper Darrow
;.. 8107
Oscar O'Neal
8108
Louis Boren
8109
Edward Hayden ........ 8110
John Dicovitsky
8111
Leo Huston
8112
Joseph Dwyer
8113
Perry Pedersen
8114
Henry Herkinheins
8115
Carroll Sypher
8116
Jacques Forest
8117
Cass Peddle
8118
Clarence Collins
8119
Mieczyslaw Pierprinskl .. 8120
Raymond Bowman ...... 8121
Henry Wirtz
8122
Robert Snedeker ........ 8123
Robert HaUman
v.. 8124
Benedicte Luna
8125
William Matsoukas ...... 8126
David Joiies
8127
Walter Jones
1... 8128
Samuel Anderson ....... 8129
Arthor Milne
8130
Joseph Hannon
8131
Richard Taylor
8132
Eugene Ayler
8133
(CoQjtoued 00 pagy, 25);
....
• 1
,.,1
�• Wfay, M«y>, mt
Pace ^en^ffve
StAFA REUS LP
S E A F A R E R S
TOTAL
$119,760.58
CASH BENEFITS
Vacation Plan
April 14 — April 26
Welfare Plan
April 6 — April 19
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNjpN ' ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT « A.F.L.
(Continued from page 24)
Stephano DIgirolomo .... 8548
JosepiT Keelan
8549
Ralph Rice
8550
Check
8551
Name
No. Amount Eugene McDonough
Alvoie Green
8552
Norman
SasseviUe
8553
Harry Bennett
8429
70..39
8554
Gordon Fletcher
35.39 Bernard Simpson
8430
8555
Frederick Drouant
8431
80.11 Merle Doucette
8556
Chester Gautreau
8432
112.00 Arthur Vogel
John Levee
36.94 Charles Demers ...i.... 8557
8433
8558
Andrew Kusch
8434
89.06 Frederick Cohen
8559
Dale Huffman
8439
71.17 John Ceccere
Arthur
Blanchette
8560
Charles Gasklns
8436
89.28
8561
Void
8437
Void Richard Hutton
8562
Void
8438
Void Charles MacQueen
8563
Harkos Sigalas
99.56 Patrick McNamara
8439
Sten
Birkiand
8564
Dimitrios Cailaa
8440
125.61
• ....
8565
lUchael Kroll
8441
49.50 George Biliek
8566
Theodore CorreU ........ 8442
91.00 Frank Dowd
8567
Joseph Mucia
8443
107.33 John Axeison
8568
John Boritz
8444
45.90 Tyree Radciiff
8569
Edward Jasmine
8449
39.67 WlUlam Luth
8570
Vernon Williamson ....v. 8446
68.06 Miguel Diaz
Stephen
Homka
8571
Glen Acaley
8447
81.00
8572
WUUam Ferry
8448
63.00 Robert Arnold
8573
Alton Booth
8440
81.39 Woodrow McDaniel
8574
Charles Strate
8490
38.89 James Markei
Jabez
Sampson
8575
Harry Toal
8491
72.33
8576
Harold Trahan
8452
93.33 Casimir Szymanski
8577
Thomas Donaldson
8493
111.61 Clarena Dechenne
Constantinos
Frantzis
.... 8578
Leonard Beattie
8494
81.67
8579
Donald Hewson
8499
79.83 Marvin White
8580
Charles O'NeUI
8496
112.39 George Alexander
James
Johnston
8581
Clarence Thibodaux
8497
49.39
. 8582
Vincente Sanchez
8498
108.50 Bernard Feeiy
8583
Vee N1
8498
59.89 William Seltzer
8584
Albert Lavole
8460
101.50 Robert Harvey
Herbert
Lamourleux
.... 8585
Francisco Bartholomel .. 8461
102.67
8586
Kaspar Hansen
8462
41.61 Frank Cavanaugb
8587
Lawrence Gordon ...... 8463
105.39 George Colar
8588
Frank Bradeley
8464
89.06 Walter Makln
8589
Alexander Triblo
8465
42.78 John Benedict
8590
Alvln Huthmachcr
8466
52.89 Michael Hasek
8591
Goon Thiu
8467
101.50 Glen Holbrook
8592
John Velasco
8468
102.67 James McLeod
Richard
Carroll
8593
Clifford SeweU
8468
78.17
8594 .
Vincent Hartung
8470
66.80 Victor Bonura
8595
George Tipton
8471
77.39 Kenneth Fletcher
Edward
Delcoure
8596
Bertram Keenan
8472
37.33
Duvlc Barthelmy
8597
Lewis Ward
8598
Accurso Bontl
8599
Feilden Folse
8600
Hector Mena
8601
Robert Ferran
Frank Kouns
8602
diz, 2nd cook: I
James Davenport
8603
Charles Saton
8604
never bad any
Raymond Saunders'
8605
thing like this
Louis Brlant
8606
Joseph
Bruno
8607
happen to me be
Lester McCarthy
8608
fore since I start
Arthur Longuet
8609
Warren
Canavan
8610
ed working and
Cleveland Sawyer
8611
believe me I've
Dewey Parsons
'. 8612
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 8613
been working a
Francis Taggart
8614
long time.
Arthur Smith
8615
John 'Whited
8616
Johan Pedersen
8617
Nolan McCurley
^8618
8619
55.22 Jessie Basco
8473
Woodrow BUUter
8620
91.00 James Eccles
8474
Luis Canales
Harry
Hammond
8621
79.33
8479
Hebert Laiche
Roy
Pritchett
8622
58.33
8476
Earle Walden
8623
39.67 Salvatore Zammitb
8477
Fred Reinolt
8624
47.44 George Foley
8478
Woodrow LeweUyn
Cecilia
Cervantes
8025
81.28
8479
Alex Boyette
8626
50.17 Casimir KrowlcM
8480
Chester Hatch
8627
103.44 Joseph Stachowicz
8481
Archie Carter
Lucien
Miller
8628
79.72
8482
Michael Marketoa
William
McAuley
8629
40.83
8483
Roland Matthews
8630
39.28 Robert Mahoney
8484
WUUam BeU
8631
35.39 CasUagan Ebon
8489
Bemlce Check
8632
121.72 John Higgins
8486
Fred Murphy
Narmo
Alvarez
8633
81.28
8487
Louis Clark
8634
74.67 Alfonso Riverz
8488
Boy Rayfield
WlUlam
Coleman
8635
83.22
VasiUos Anastasladis ... 8489'
8636
58.72 William Frltts
8490
Santas Martinez
8637
49.78 Cientie Strong
8491
Dee GUbert
8638
66.11 Milton Robinson
8492
Edgar Bryant
FuUer
Childress
8639
100.33
8493
GUbert
Foley
8640
38.11
8494
James Mynes
8641
66.89 James FlnneU
8495
Steven Shewchyk
8642
8496
35.39 Jack Olsen
Ray James
Gordon
King
8643
3,500.00
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 8487
Vincent Dumont
8644
WiUiam J. OUverl (Adjust
$38.11
ment of Check 7767) ... 8498
126.78
8498
Herman Meitz
100.33
Martin Sierra
8500
38.89
Stephen Laffey
8501
WilUam Seltzer,
99.56
Carlos Mojlca
8502 .
74.67 chief cook; This
Harold Spicer
8503
113.56 is vtonderful. Un
Byron Slaid
8504
61.44
Luman Johnson
8509
Hewie Terry
50.56 der the old sys
8506
Gustavus Ekeltind ....... 8507
86.33 tem you had to
Bobbie WUliam
56.00
8508
Domenick Coppola
100.72 stick it out wheth
8508
Axel Lindgren
8910
99.17 er you wanted to
John Anton
73.11
8511
Creth Harrod
78.17 or not in order
8512
Eric Malmstrom ........ 8513
109.28 not to sacrifice
Lloyd Lewis ............ 8514
115.11
Carl Allenby
8519
43.17 vacation pay.
Victor Sadacca
8516
39.67
Cesar Izqulerdo
8517
89.44
Harry SiUerl ........... 8518
92.94
Bernhard Roll
8519
52.89 WiUiam PoUard
8645
A. Cameron
.. 8520
72.33 Jakob Hansen
8646 .
Alphonsus Galdikas
8521
43.17 John ScuUy
8647
Lee Wong
;• .... 8522
49.78 James Tarrant
8648
Nee Dao ......'
8523
50.17 Joseph Stanton
8649
Richard Richetto
75.44 George lUchards
8524
8650
Joseph St. Laurent
56.39 Clayton Stanley
8525
8651
J. C. Duncan
8526
70.39 Robert Dillon
8652
Frederick Pa.tterson .... 8527
93.33 Sam Dlllard
8653 '
Dalton Barnes
8528
58.72 David Mlilican
8654
Daniel Buckner
8655
8529
38.89 Chow Tung
Eugene Kirkland
8656
.8530
101.11 Joe LuJuan
Ralph South
8531
8657
51.33 Juan Tabaras
Charles Parrish
8532
46.28 Nason Nunn
8658
WiUiam Douglas. Jr
8533
70.39 Herman Hickman
8659
Johnnie Proctor ........ 8534 . 105.78 Harold Zurn
8660
Jason Gibbs
.8661
8539
110.06 [Jack Howard
Charles Harkal
8536
8662
41.22 Marcus Multer
Roy HaU ...W
8537
8663
52.11 Roy Alston
Roy Alderman
• SiKia
38.11 loannls MetaUinos
8664
Marion Edga
8539
8665
117.83 George Crabtree
Curtis Harvey
8540
8666
80.89 Paige MitcheU
Everett WllUams
8941
78.96 Benedict Klakowici .... 8667
Robert Annal
41J61 Frank Taylor
8668
8942
Stephen Dent"
85«B
;... 8660
77.39 Louis Hurley
Warren Sm'th .......... 8944
74,87 Chester Hlehelskl ...... 8676
Len. Duncan ............. 8948
44.72 Rosendo Sote
8671
Jow^ JWynn ...........
$64)8 John Trust :
8672
aR88. Jerimin Zwaeru* ...... 8678
afy
3889
96.08
72.33
38.11
43.94
59.11
110.44
87.89
52.50
89.06
80.50
42.39
67.28
45.39
76.22
104.61
77.00
106.94
54.83
99.94
118.61
50.94
76.61
52.89
78.94
36.17
44.33
35.78
77.00
90.22
79.33
103.83
109.67
40.06
92.17
94.89
101.50
40.44
54.06
113.17
125.61
97.61
102.67
117.06
91.39
43.56
125.22
109.28
43.94
50.56
89.83
125.61
66.89
43.56
115.50
84.39
49.78
59.50
120.56
48.22
46.67
90.61
61.06
37.72
104.22
2,500.00
35.00
108.50
95.28
93.72
92.56
121.72
43.17
111.61
112.39
36.17
116.67
126.78
111.22
89.06
77.39
64.17
50.17
102.67
85.94
57.17
106.56
108.11
119.00
80.11
96.83
59.89
74.67
88.28
43.56
56.39
127.56
Franglskos Gounaris
Jose Gracia
Nemesio Rivera
Arthur Roy
Howard Mens
Fred Hausen
To Cash Vac. Checks
Boyd Langley
Paul Petak
Michael Ditsolis
To Cash Vac. Checks
Nathan Bobbins
Lawrence ThomhUl .
To Cash Vac. Checks
Kenneth Cann
I,eonard Lewis
Robert McLean ...
Hans Skottene ....
Henry Eslwlck ....
Leslie Sigler
Void
Frank Semple ....
Charles Wiggln ...
Frank Kuvakas ...
Julian Dedlcatoria .
John Pearson ....,
Clyde Gamel ....,
Richard Sessions ..
Werner Pedersen ,
William BeUgraph
8674
8675
8676
8677
8678
8679
8680
8681
8682
8683
8684
8689
8686
8687
8688
8689
8690
8691
8692
8693
8694
8695
8696
8697
8698
8699
8700
8701
8702
8703
8704
8705
8706
8707
8708
8709
8710
8711
8712
8712
8714
8715
8716
8717
8718
8719
8720
83.61
8a.2<J
73.50
108.11
87.80
68.44
120.94
97.61
44.33
99.56
125.61
104 61
1,500.00
50.56
44 33
79.33
67.67
42.00
99.56
57.17
92.94
1,000.00
123.28
46.67
2,000.00
113.56
84.78
82B3
54.06
49.39
97.61
127 94
Void
119 78
82.44
127.56
127.94
79.72
78.94
80.89
78.56
78.94
101.1)
41.22
61.06
51.33
92.94
William Reynolds
8721
Rudolph Blanton
8722
BUI Mpontsikaris
872.3
Charles Gailen
8724
Clinton Garrett
8725
Roy Hawes
8726
Robert Hoppke
8727
Giyn Davies
8728
Walter Gray
8729
• "ranklin Cain
8730
Walter MitcheU
8731
Louis MarshaU
8732
Daniel Rucker
8733
Frank Paylor
8734
Herman Callaway
8735
LioneU Antoine
8736
Vincent Monte
8737
Konstant Kaln
8738
.1. Stanley Smith
8739
Ernest Skipper
8740
Rudolph SUva
8741
WiUiam Harper
8742
Glen Reid .
8743
Ramire Gonzales
8744
Ivan Trelford
8745
.Toseph Bluton
8746
George Dunfee
8747
Carl Kumrow
8748
Kennyon Bigham
8749
Estuardo Cuenca
8750
John Curtis
8751
Robert Greene
8752
Donald Starling
8753
AUen Beaslcy .......... 8754
Uonel Houde
8755
• Toseph Moore ........... 8756
WUUam Bedgood
8757
Curtis Dials
8758
Clark Medley. Jr.
8759
Frank Wesley
'.
8760
Jesse Parrish
.8761
Herman Bryant
8762
Ernest Vitou
;... 8763
Charles Shirah
8764
Teodoro Urbina
8765
StiUanos Mavromlchalls . 8766
Robert Ray
8767
77.00
47 83
117.44
40.44
41.61
84.78
46.28
119.78
42.00
117 08
94.89
113.56
71.56
87.11
70.00
115 89
127.94
99J6
115.89
92.56
99.17
92.17
61.06
87.11
91.00
93.72
77.00
94.50
95.67
71.94
50.17
57.89
54.83
49.78
102.67
96.83
90.61
63.78
63.39
42.00
116J28
59.50
91.00
104.61
103.06
105.39
83.22
Period Covered By This Report—^April 6April 19
Cash on Hand
^
$ 263,896.45
U. S. Government Bonds
1,000,273.44
210,000.00
Estimated Accounts Receivable
5,745.00
Hospital Benefits Paid in Period
143,206.00
Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1. 1950.
19,066.67
Death Benefits Paid in Period
249,433.33
Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
$30.00
30.00
15.00
.30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
45.00
15.00
$240.00
$30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Francis I. Gibbons
$30.00
WUUam B. Jones
30.00
Jesse W. Puckett
30.00
$90.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
BRIGHTON. MASS.
H. R. Blanchett
Richard P Bowman.
Henry V. Keane.
B. Klakowicz
A. D. Leva
Lincoln E. Smith.
James F. McLaughlin.
George Vourloumis
$30.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
45.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
$285.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK. VIRGINIA
Edward C. Atkins
Austan L. Atkinson
Robert J. AumUler
WiUiam C. Baldwin
Albert M. Brlckhouse
Angelo V. Cossentlno
Maryus M. Ciirrier
Elgin Dover
Roger W. Horton
Gerald McCarthy
Edward J. Richard .;
Shirley E., Roundtree
'
WiUiam A. Rowe
WUliam C. Scruggs
Ernest T. SqiUres
Jack F. Warner
$15.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
60.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
$435.00
USPHS RELIEF STATION
MOREHEAD CITY, N. C.
WUliam H. Guthrie
$45.00
• I
$15.00
60.00
$75.00
REPORT NO. 27
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
FraLAND SANITORIUM
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON
EmU Austad
USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON, TEXAS
Stanley T. Dombroski
Edwin E. Donaldson
Joseph C. Fanara
Fred Hohenberger
W. J. John.son
Thomas F. Lay
Edward P. McLaughlin
George H. Noles
Manuel J. Pedraza
.luan Rodriguez
Peter Sadowski
Howard C. Smith
Howard H. Stansbury
F. W. Walaska
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
NEW YORK, N. Y.
Joseph H. Hare
A. McGuigan .
Welfare
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA
Earl A. Bink [
WiUiam B. Creech
J. E. Garrett....,
G. W. Graham
James J. Lucianl
Louis C. MUler
J. T. Moore
H. ,C. RandaU
Noah J. Raulerson
CENTRO ESPANOL
TAMPA, FLORIDA
Gaetano Busciglfo
... $60 00
$15.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
$180.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
MOBILE. ALABAMA
Herbert AUman
.'. $15.00
Tim Burke
30.00
J. H. Jones
30.00
Walter T. Noel
15.00
L. W. Setowsky
15.00
Cllftord T. Wuertz
15.00
Theodore D. Halenda
Forrest G. Harper
Hugo J. Hilden
Walerek J. Kupidlowski
Thomas V. Logan
Haakon J. Mourn
Thomas Mungo
Malvih A. NUsen
John J. O'Connor
George G. Phifer
Raymond Plaza
Richard I. Price
Arthur S. Reinholdt
Louis Rosenthal
Charles W. Shaw
Loonis F. Sisk
John A. Stout
WiUiam D. Warmack
Albert L. WUUs
Thomas Wills
15.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
.30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
45.00
15.00
90.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
$780.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
H. A. Bishop
$15.00
Leroy G. Boster
30.00
Robert P. Burton
' 15.00
E. F. Caddin
30.00
Rolph A. Cannill
45.00
WUson O. Cara
45.00
James D. CardeU
45.00
Oliver Celestine
45.00
James Crone
30.00
R. Cruz
'
45.00
Martino De Salvo.....
45.00
Erick R. Eklund
15.00
E. E. Euglehardt
15.00
M. L. Everett
,.... 45.00
M. C. Gaddy
45.00
Chailes T. Gasklns
30.00
Carl C. Jordon
45.00
Leonard Kay
45.00
Leo H. Lang
45.00
P. J. Legendre, Jr
15.00
Oliver Lewis
45.00
L. F. MarshaU
15.00
WiUiam L. McLeUan
45.00
J. E. Milton
45.00
John A. Morris ................... . 15.00.
Luis S. Osma
45.00
K. Raana
45.00
James A. Rider
30.00
Edward E. Roberts
15.00
A. A. Sampson
45.00
Foster B. Shedd
45.00
Andrew Stauder
30.00
Charles L. Strata
30.00
Horace H. Tastet
30.00
J. C. Thompson
30.00
Lonnle R. Tickle
45.00
John J. Uszakiewicz
15.00
WiUiam R. Walker
45.00
Orlen Wheeler
15.00
Louis J. WUUs
30.00
60.28
121.72
. 72.72
39.67
101.89
68.83
47.83
. 61.44
$120.00
108.50
46.28
USPHS HOSPITAL
43.94
SAN FRANCISCO. CAUF.
45.89 Russeil D. Roberts
$30.00
73.50 Peter Smith
15.00
52.89 Daniel Sorenson
15.00
68.83 Antoneo Phelepedes
15.00
117.44
104^2
$75.00
42.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
74.67
BALTIMORE. MARYLAND
116.28
$15.00
85.56 Thomas Ankerson
30.00
100.72 Harry L. Baum.
81.28 Rolland R. BeU
30.00
119.00 Helmar N. Bjork
15.00
$1J50.00
74.67 Nelson W. Blades....
45.00
30.00
43:56. Edmund CabansM
CHAiilTV HOSPITAL OF LA.
30.00
83.81 Richard L. Foust.
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
•••
38.11 Joseph F. Goude • • • • • • «• • • •15.00
$90.60
64.44 OiMter SL Green............... 30.00 Ivy B. Hathem*..,
...
USPHS HOSPITAL
BOSTON, MASS.
John Kentrotas
$45.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND. N. Y.
James Barnes
Henry Baron
Leonard H. Beattie
Jon B. Bogren
Victor O. Bonet
J. G. Bosman
John E. Brady
Loton Brooks
Thomas J. Caffrey
Frank Cardoza
E. A. Carton
N. R. Cartwright
John Chaker
Wong Kong Ching
Richard M. Ferguson
.Tohn F. French
David Fun^an
WiUiam Girardeau
Abram Goldsmith
Max G. Graham
Oscar Grant
Charles A. Hartman
Luis Hernandez
Roscoe R. Hobdy
Oscar Jones
John W. Keenan
Charles Kerstens
.lames J. Lawlor
James R. Lewis
.Tohannes Liknes
WiUiam E. Logan
• A. McGuigan
John J. McLauglUin
Marcel MitcheU
Alfred Mueller
Frank Nering
Arthur D. Ogilvie
WUliam Owens
Robert J. Patterson
WUliam E. Pepper
.Joseph Prindezis
Herbert Reene
Nathan Rubin
Juan S. Rueda
Aaron Sasser
Cleveland B. Sawyer
.John S'aman
Jackson K Smith
Emerson. Spauldingi
.Joseph Traxler.
Francis D. WaU
$30.00
90.00
30.00
45.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
30 00
15.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
45 00
15.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
45.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
45.00
30.00
30.00
45.00
15.00
15.00
45.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
30 00
30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
$1,380.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Joseph P. Wise
J. H. Ashurst
$60.00
60.00
$120.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
FORT STANTON, N. M.
Donald McDonald
Jack F. Thornburg
$60.00
60.00
$120.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN JUAN. P. R.
Julian I. Antencio
Joseph G. Bracht
Wayne F. Crow
Walter Garrett
lldefonso Perez
$45.00
30.00
60.00
15.00
75.00
$225.00
DEATH BENEFITS
Remie Doucette
Cornello CastUlo
John Padzlk
Archibald King
William F Thompson
Maximo Vejo .
Burl E. McDonald
Joseph OSsianik ...
Joseph M L'Espcranc*
$66.67
ajiOO.OO
2.500.00
2,500.00'
lJUU.UO
2.500.00
2JOO.00
2,500.00
2JS00.00
$19J>08.n
jf.
�# •
. DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS .. .
PENNMAR (Calmar), March »»—Chair
man, J. Markham; Sacratary, • .
Konon.
Complaint waa made that some of the
officers faU to cooperate durlnff ffre
drills. Station cards should be placed
above each man's bunk. Inferior quality
of some of the goods In the slopchest
will be brought to the attention of the
patrolman at payoff. Crew passed a vote
of thanks to the steward department for
work well done from Longview to New
York. Deck crew gave a vote of appre
ciation to the chief mate. Chief mate
thanked the crew for bringing in a clean
ship and performing all duties in good
SIU style.
SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (S o a t r a I n),
April 20—Chairman, Walter E. Bayeler;
Secretary, Kenneth M. Skonberg. Chief
engineer promised that sewage drains in
124 and 48 rooms would be taken care
of by shore gang in New York this trip.
Bookshelves were put up by desk engi
neer. Names of men who missed ship
were mailed into haU.
PUERTO RICO (Boll), April 21—Chair
man, Thurston Lewis; Secretary, Jim
Murphy. Ship's delegate reports that
soap needed by crew messman for their
work has not been provided. Total of
$14 was donated to ship's fund; $4 was
collected from those absent from last
ship's meeting. A motion to rescind the
present system of electing ship's dele
gates (a new delegate every four trips,
rotating departments) was defeated after
much discussion. Quentin Remaud was
elected next ship's delegate by acclama
tion. Messman will set out coffee for
wipers.
MAE (Bull), March
Chairman, Carl
R. Olbbs; Secretary, Richard V. Calling.
One overtime beef will be taken up with
paymaster in Baltimore. Ship's delegate
will buy playing, pinochle and canasta
cards as well as chess and checker sets
from ship's fund. Seat cushions have uOt
yet been received, although steward has
ordered them. Agreed that the ship's
delegato buy and keep on hand at all
times a supply of stamps for the crew.
March 4Chalrman, Carl E. Clbbs; Sec
retary, Richard V. Celling. Delegates re
ported no beefs. Suggestion was made
that a television set be purchased from
the ship's fund. Since the crew bought
the two washing machines now in use on,
the ship, patrolman will see if it is pos
sible for the company to contribute to
the purchase of this set. Brothers Gibbs
and Gelling volunteered to find out about
prices and terms. Question was raised as
to why the bars of face soap cannot be
larger. Steward explained why this was
so, and said that if anyone needed more
soap he had only to ask for it. After
some discussion, it was decided to get a
new messman in Baltimore, since the
iresent crew messman and pantryman
h{
lave been incompetent. The 8 to 12 or
dinary promised to spend more time and
effort on his sanitary work.
ranging transportation In those ports
where there is no public transportation
service from isolated doidcs and plants.
POINTER (Alcoa), March 1(—Chairman,
N. Nlcbolai; Secretary, F. P. Russo. Del
egates reported everything in order.
Agreed that wiper and ordinary will
clean laundry; recreatiop room will be
cleaned by steward department. All
hands will clean washing machine after
using it. Crew asked not to make un
necessary noise in passage ways and near
sleeping quarters.
SUZANNE (Bull), April 20—Chairman,
Ken E. Bsckerlch; Secretary, L. B. Cooch.
Motions passed to use fresh lemon and
orange juice and to install proper baking
equipment. Suggestion was made about
the installation of chains. Improvement
in food was discussed.
CAPE HORN ((lAltsltilppI), January 20
—Chairman, George E. Egner; Secretary,
Frank L. Bartlett. Delegates reported
everything okay. Suggestions were made
to paint the crew messhall and install
grating in the laundry.
February 27—Chairman, Frank L. Bart
lett; Secretary, Union H. Sanders, Jr.
Bosim asked hands not to throw garbage
out of porthole on gangway. Steward
said that messman' would make coffee
every morning at 9:30 AM. Oiler asked
that a messman be assigned to messhall
during meals. Steward agreed. Crew
members were asked to put glasses and
cups back in the pantry, as ship's supply
is short.
March27—Chslrmsn, L. O. Carney; Sec
retary, Frank L. Bartlett. Motion passed
for steward to get 120 days' stores requi
sition for next outgoing voyage. Crew
asked to keep small pieces of soap off
shower decks. Suggestion made that
everyone be sober at payoff.
€
CANTI6NY (Cllres servtcsfj, April 21
—Chairman, O. Galliano; Secretary, Petar
V. Hammel. Captain suggested that the
company might repair television aerial
and advised against spending money from
ship's fund for this purpose. He also
offered to help crew repair set. Request
was made that crewmembers cooperate
in keeping recreation room clean.
SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrsin),
April 23—Chairman, T. B. Lawson; Sec
retary, Doug Ackar, Sr. Delegates re
ported no beefs. Steward told crew that
extra towels would be available during
summer months. Men were asked to
keep the laundry clean and be sure to
Jte
empty pockets before putting clothes in
ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), the washing machine. Cots will be dis
March 23—Chairman, Ceorge Schmidt; tributed on request.
Secretary, Pete Prevas. Disputed over
SALEM MARITIME (Cities Service),
time will be taken care of in port. Since
ship's delegate Smokovich has been ap April 4—Chairman, L. L. PIckeH; Secre
pointed acting bosun until arrival at US tary, Mike MIchallk. Beef about food
port, Clarence Cousins was elected to act purchased in New. Zealand will be re
as ship's delegate for the rest of the ported to food committee in New York.
voyage. Motion was made and seconded Discussion was held on keeping the mess
to fumigate the ship before leaving the room clean and not using coffee cups
States again, as there are many rats and for ashtrays. Delegates will check
roaches on board. Discussion was held on screens for portholes and doors. Dis
repairing the blowers. Ship^s delegate cussion on maintenance of washing ma
will investigate the hot water in the cold chine.
April 18—Chairman, Henry P. Leavey;
valve in the showers. Union business
should be kept away from the purser, Secretary, Mike MIchallk. Bosun is work
and whatever typing is necessary should ing on deck and mate doing carpenter
be done by the steward.
work. Steward delegate reported beef
about member and captain. Martin J.
CARRABULLE (National Navigation), Hitchcock was elected ship's delegate by
April 13—Chairman, M. H. McKay; Sec acclamation. Agreed to draw $10.00 from
retary, Pets Plasclk. Ship's delegate re ship's fund—^which now stands at $47.15
ported a balance of $105.71 in the ship's —to buy checker set and games. Dis
fund and explained his talk with the cussion held on amount of milk put out
captain about draws in US money at for 124 watch. Discussion held on keep
ports where the exchange difference is ing messhall clean. New members were
great. Crew decided to send a $25 con told the rules regarding washing machine
tribution to US Marine Hospital for tu maintenance. Talked about meal service.
bercular seamen and money for the
March of Dimes upon arrival at Curacao.
WILD RANGER (Waterman), March 2
All hands will donate $2 to ship's fund —ChalrMan, T. J. Connell; Secretary, C.
St the next draw in Curacao.
DeSllva. Delegates reported everything
okay. Request was made that the crew's
SOUTHERN STATES (Southern Trad quarters be painted and that necessary
ing), April 21—Chairman, McArthur; Sec gaskets be installed in portholes. New
retary, M. S. Netto. Delegates reported mattresses, shower heads for deck de
no beefs. Letter was sent to hall to find partment and a new iron were also re
out about new wage scale. Motion was quested. The ship's delegate will speak
passed to buy new tablecloths, pillow to the patrolman about moving the laun
cases and shower curtains. Motion was dry from aft to midship, since present
«made that SIU negotiate with Southern location is inconvenient and dangerous
Trading as soon as possible about ar when ship carries deck cargo. Request
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socalled "worthy causes."
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etassaSgeegege
'sion held on placing charges against deck
engineer due to continual drunkenness.
January 20—Chairman, George Bauer;
Secretary, Marvin Hauf. Added to repair
Ust were: EngliK department heads;
steam Une to sciUlery sinks; handle on
gaUey door; new keys for aU. rooms.
Ship's delegate wiU see the proper de
partment headsabout these repairs. Re
pair list wlU gHnade UP and turned in
at least two weeks before^ payoff, to aUow
time for aU minor repairs.
March t, 1952—Chairman, George
Bauer; Secretary, Marvin Hauf. Delegates
reported no beefs. The repair Ust was
discussed. Discussion was held on the
poor baking for tke past five months.
Steward said the baker shouldn't ship out
as such, since he doesn't try to improve
his work. Baker should not be permitted
to saU under that job classification for
at least a year, and this should be
stamped on his permit. The whole mat
ter wiU be taken up with the patrolman.
AU hands should be sober at payoff.
and boat drill at 11:30 AM. A new wasb
ing machine for the crew hai been asked
for. Complaints were made about the
rusty water in the showers and wash
basins and the orlnUng water, which is
always warm.
WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (Transfual),
March 2—Chairman, J. B. Bugelawtkl;
Secretary, Bing Miller. Ship's delegates
reported on repairs made in Galveston,
draws and customs in Italy. Motion was
made that aU hands refuse to sign on un
tU the ship is fumigated. Shower cui^
tains should be hung in engine depart
ment showers. Passageways and recrea
tion room should be.kept clean. Discus
sion was held on repairs to be made by
the crew, washing machine for new crew
members, mattresses and inner springs.
New plumbing will be installed in deck
department's toilet. Bed springs in 48
oUer's foc'sle should be checked.
April 13—Chairman, J. B. Bugelewtkli
Secretary, C. H. Randolph. Two firsttrip
wipers have not been doing their sanitary
work, although the engine delegate
showed them how. Suggestion was made
that these men be brought before the
patrolman and that, department delegates
testify against them. Crew passed a. vote
of thanks to the steward's department for
the good food. The steward thanked the
crew for good work. Chief engineer wag
thanked for his cooperation.
SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatraln), April
20—Chairman, Paul Ulrlch; Secretary, J.
J. Malont. Paul Ulrlph was elected sl^'s
delegate by acclaihation and the S2S^
In the ship's fund was turned over to
him. Added to the repair Ust were: Fan
for messmen's quarters; drinking foun
tain for crew's messroom; screen doors
was put In for portablo desks in aU for the four passageway exits; a new
quarters.
.. . clothes wringer for the washing machine
March 23—Chairman, Red Connell; Sec and some new ashtrays.
MARORE (Ore), April 2—Chairman, Eii
retary, Otto Robert Hoepner. If payoff
gsne G. Senff; Sacratary, Floyd Jenkins.
is on Saturday, each man will get a $10.00
MONROE (Bull), April 25—Chairman, Balance of $5.00 left in ship's fund after
draw: if it is on Monday, captain wUl Theodore Smith; Secretary, Juan O'Quen buying a washing machine. Electrician
wire in for a larger sum. One messman de, Jr. Old washing machine was sold will repair toaster in' crew's mess as
workaway hired at Bremen, Germany.
soon as he can get parts. Since the ship
Repair list wiU be made up and turned
is going to the yard, crew would like to
in to patrolman in New York. Sugges
get wind scoops, as there are none on
Uon was made to keep sweets. Jams and
board. Suggestion was made that each
pickles in messhaU. Crew was asked not
man clean the laundry after using it; one
to spit in foc'sle sink and drinking fo;^
man be assigned to laundry from each
tains; each department in turn wUl clean
department. Suggestion made that crew
the recreation room from Sunday to Sat
members
be fined $.20 if they leave cups
urday PM. If the laundry is not moved
on deck and in recreation room. Con
to midship, as requested at last meeting, for $35 and this money added to the tribution will
be sent to Manhattan Beach
catwalk should be put up on after deck ship's fund, which now stands at $47.40. USPHS HospitaL
and proper lighting installed along the The $1 contribution from new men wiU
way to the laimdry. Messhall wiU be now be omitted. Ship's delegate and pa
SANTORS (Ore), April t—Chairman,
kept locked in Europe, and man on the trolman wiU inspect the ship's water W. Walter; Secretary, H. RIggo. Motion
gangway wiU hold the keys. Patrolman system.
made
to dispose of old washing machine
will get checkers for recreation room in
motor for parts. Motion passed
JAMES H. PRICE (South Atlantic). and keep
Ekiropean ports. Patrolman to define
to get the water fountain and ice box
sections of department passageways for April 13—Chairman, S. Garcia; Secretary, repaired. Shortage of milk wlU be looked
cleaning. C^ilef electrician should over J. Ranlerl. Delegates reported everything into. Variety of mixed drinks should be
haul foc'sle fans and order necessary in good shape. Motion was passed to or kept on hand. More cups are needed in
der stainless steel or porcelain ^inks for the pantry; crew should return cups to
parts.
April 13—Chairman, Red Connell; Sec thawing out meat. AU men absent from pantry after use.
retary, Otto Robert Hoepner. Ship's the meeting must donate $2 toward the
delegate will see the captain about open starting of a ship's fund. Ship's delegate
MARTIN BEHRMAN (Alcoa), April 14—
ing slopchest at sea for clothing. Bosun discussed conditions of life aboard ship Chairman,
Richard A. Mountanay; Secre
WiU see the chief mate or captain about for the benefit of men making their first tary, JoESph Duffey. Before arrival at
painting rooms. Chief steward wiU im voyage. AU rubbish should be put in Honolulu, the captain said he would not
prove daUy menus. Sufficient night lunch waste paper baskets.
get a replacement for crewmember who
and more fresh fruit should be put out
ship at Portland; he also, an
AMEROCEAN (Blackchester), March 12 missed
at night. New lock with spare keys
nounced that there would be no more
should be installed in crew's messhaU. —Chairman, G. Bozec; Secretary, R. Hunt. fresh milk. Radiogram was sent by the
If deck crew works at night and in the Delegates reported no beefs. Crewmem crew to SUP agent, who met ship and
morning, midnight lunch should be bers agreed to take better care of the cleared up both these matters. Crewmem
served in place of penalty meals or laundry. Stevedores wiU keep out of bers will buy washing machine from
crew quarters.
overtime.
ctRef engineer. Motion passed to ask the
ROSARIO (Bull), March 23—Chairman, captain to put out a draw in US money
CAROLYN (Bull), April 20—Chairman, Jack
at
Calcutta, as this is optional for him.
Secretary, John J. Scanlon. Newly
C. Hensley; Secretary, R. E. Dickey; To Ship's Smith;
elected ship's delegate will find
delegate
wiU
speak
to
the
captain
tal of $58.00 was coUected for March of about fixing the sinks in crew's pantry. out from the captain if the company
Dimes. Suggestion made that the medi Any crewmember who needs a new mat agent at Singapore would mail letters for
cine chest be checked thoroughly. Crew
the crew. Suggestion was made that
should see the steward. Steward's crewmembers
members suggested that the captain put tress
keep their feet off the
department
wUl
clean the
passageway.
out half the amoimt of cigarettes on hand
seats in the messhall. A few of the crew
during the trip south. Suggestion was
members are
not
doing their share of the
STEELORE (Ore), April. IS—Chslrmann work. A committee
made that an alarm be installed in the Ralph
will be appointed at
Dayor;
Secretary,
James
Conklln.
messroom for the standby man.
Calcutta to take care of getting the
Engine and steward's department showers boilers
repaired, since they are in a very
and toUets are to be painted. GUers, fire dangerous
condition, according to the
JOHN FISKE (Robin), April 20—Chair men, quartermasfers and others are un unanimous opinion of the engine depart
man, W. B. Aycock; Secretary, J, R. Lane. able to reUeve their watches on time. ment. If the captain does not have them
Motion was made to arrange for water Patrolman wUl be asked about the fire repaired, crew will go to the US consuL
in the engine room. Motion was also
made that aU hands be present when
SEAWIND (Seatraders), April 19—
bringing up water deal in engine room
Chairman, Edward Lamb; Secretary.
with patrolman and that aU engine de
Charles Martin. Ship's delegate reported
partment hands put down overtime when
that the chief engineer says the ice box
coming up topside for water, to give
in the crew's messhall cannot be repaired
Ray McAndrews
foundation for beef. It was suggested
and a new one must be ordered. Motion
that aU hands he sobef at payoff. Motion
passed to get sufficient food supplies for
Your
gear
off
the
Yaka
is
being
was made that E. R. BaUey be given the
the entire voyage in the States (nonper
ship's crew approval to continue saUing held at the Waterman office in ishable food, canned goods, tea, coffee,
on SIU ships. Each department delegate Jacksonville, Fla.
flour, etc.) and to have the patrolman,
WiU turn in his repair list to ship's dele
delegate and steward check stores before
gate who WiU give them to the chief
if if .if
officer.
Rufino Roca
u
PERSONALS
SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatraln),
April 24—Chairman, Red Barnett; Secre
tary, Sir Charles. Nordstrom nominated
ship's delegate by acclamation. A bal
ance of $7.3.3 was reported in the ship's
fund. It was reported that not enough
meal and mUk were on board for the
voyage. Men are being assigned to dif
ferent jobs without the knowledge of the
bosun. Safety lifeboat string is rotten
and should be checked.
NATHANIEL B. PALMER (Palmer),
January 9—Chairman, George Bauer; Sec
retary, Marvin Hauf. Launch service and
draw In Bombay wlU be brought to the
attention of the patrolman. Discussion
was held on basing overtime amounts on
a percentage of the wages earned, not
just deciding it according to two dif
ferent wage scales. Ship should be fumi
gateg.upon arrival in the States. Discus
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the crew signs in. Motion passed that
captain be required to live up to the
agreement on the purchase of milk In
foreign ports. Deck department agreed
to let steward department paint its own
quarters, as the captain expects the
whole ship to be painted and cleaned up
in two weeks. Delegates will see that
foc'sles are clean for the new crew com
ing on. Steward asked all men leaving
the ship to turn in their cots. Vote of
thanks was given to the stewards depart
ment—especially the cooks and steward—
for making a little go so far.
Buddy L. Young
Get in • touch with Charles
"Chuck" Ayers at Rt. 1, Box 155, DEL NORTE (Mississippi), April 12—
,Chairman, Bob Foster; Secretary, H.
Burnsville, Ala.
it it ^
Crane. Air conditioning units will be re
paired when the ship returns to New Or
leans for fifteen days. Retiring ship's
delegate thanked the cr6w for keeping
the ship on a smoothsailing course.
Brother Swain.^ was elected new ship's
delegate by acclamation. Athletic direc
tor is looking for more men for the ball
club. Ship's fund now stands at $216.27.
All previous motions on the aircondi
tioning unit, gearing of the lifeboat
winches and other repair matters should
be brought uptodate and acted upon at
the end of the present voyage. Motion
was raised thai all flower sprays bought
for the dead will cost $50.00 in the
States; in foreign ports, .the rate of ex
change will determine the size of eaCli
bouquet. AU hands are asked not t»
dump wet garbage, through the portholes,
amidship. as they are left opeii for fresh
air.
Seatraln Texas
Fireman on Seatraln Texas who
loaned money to Joe Costello
should contact him at 38 St. Johns
Robert Jay McAlpine
The abovenamed man or any Place, Brooklyn, NY.
one knowing his whereabouts since
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William U. Martin
New Orleans payoff of SS Choctaw
Trail in Jan., 1946, should contact Get in touch with NYU College
Paymaster, Pacific Tankers, 311 of Dentistry, 209 E. 23 St., NYC.,
regarding appointment for treat
California St., San Francisco.
ments.
Selective Service has issued
it t,
Charles A. Case
draft classifications for the follow
ing men: Michael Aversano, lA; Important for you to get in touch
Joseph A. Calvino, 2A until Oct., with family. Your parents are get XLCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), March 22—
Charles Avers; Secretary.
1952; Thomas J, Sgardelis, lA; ling better after both being ill 'f Chairman,
James Pursell.'Delegates reported every
Gabriel L. WiUiamsen, 2A until Meadville Hospital and hope you'll thing okay. Motion mqdg for, crew to ge
write;
— 4. (qoirtinued orf page 27 >
Oct., 1952. .
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NOTICES
�rrtday, M»T t, 19St
SEJFARERS V&G
?af* TweiityiwT««
... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ..
Heaey. Brother Tagges asked that medi
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cal supplies get special attention as there
on record • •oppoacd
to beef being taken is an insufficient supply of them. A bad
on board in Trinidad. Suggestion made smeU was reported in the crew mess re
not to throw firecrackers on ahip anymore. frigerator. Attempts to eradicate the
smeU have been unsuccessful.
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EDITH (Bull), April 10—Chairman,' J.
March 20—Chairman, Maclntyre; Secre
Wllliamt; Secretary, L. Rlre. Motion tary, Laugford. Ship's delegate gave a
made to draw from the ship's fund for a talk on performing at the last port, and
radio and filter for the crew's use. Fan If it happened again a report would go to
in the messhaU does not work properly. the patrolman.
The keys for the foc'sles are missing.
FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), April
ROBERT LANSiNO (Bull), April 7— 15—Chairman,
Ed. Avrand; Secretary, K.
Chairman, Charles Taylor; Secretary, H. Stalnmetz.
All the hands were asked not
DIddlebock. A vote of thanks was ex to throw cigarette
butts on the deck.
tended to the steward and his department
made for new contract form
for their good service. The wiper will Suggestion
to
be
turned
over
to
the Union.
talk to the patrolmanabout the washing
machine.
LONE JACK (Cities Service), April 13—
Chairman, T. Casey; Secretary, D. Single
CECIL N BEAN (Dry Trans), April 12— ton.
Motion made and carried to set a
Chairman, A. Hansen; Secretary, N. E. $50 limit
the ship's fund. Motion also
Ellis. Ship's delegate reported that beefs passed to on
see that the scuttlebut is re
wiU be taken care of at payoff. Motion paired. Washing
machine needs to be
made and carried that repair list be permanently installed.
Suggestion made
turned in to the patrolman. Bosun and to make a repair lis} with
four copies.
delegates were critical of the steward.
CLEARWATER VICTORY (Bloomfleld),
March' 1—Chairman, E. R. Buckley; Secre
tary, W. C. Povey. It was decided that
each man should be responsible for clean
ing the laundry after using it. A few
beefs in regard to leaking pipes in the
galley, no fans in the reading room, the
radiator In the reading room can't be
turned off and no bunk lights aboard, for
replacing bumedout bulbs.
March 24—Chairman, H. Welsh; Secre
tary, W, H. Povey. Steward said the ship
is badly stored regarding fresh vegetables.
The crew complained that their messman
gave poor service. Coffee urn in the pan
try is out of order. Crew asked for new
percolator to make more coffee In the
mesahall.
April 12—Chairman, E. Buckley; Secre
tary, W. Povey. Suggestion that all dele
MARINA (Bull), April 11—Chairman,
Virgil Swanson; Secretary, John J.
Breen. Delegates reported everything
running smoothly. All repair lists to be
handed to the patrolman when the ship
docks. Chief engineer refused to fix fans,
chains or anything else for the steward's
department.
ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), April 4—
Chairman, D. Parker; Secretary, James
Pursell. Repair list made up and turned
in. Delegates reported everything okay.
Juke box auctioned off and money to go
to punching bag.. Suggestion made that
when finished eating everyone leave the
messhall in order that the messman can
clean up.
AZALEA CITY (Waterman), March 23—
Chairman, Jake Garrison; Secretary, ua
vid B. Sacher. Delegates reported no
beefs. Suggestion made to have something
done about the water back aft. Suggestion
made to put in for a new washing ma
chine as per new agreement. Repairs
have not been made and something
should be done about It.
April 4—Chairman, Jake Garrison; Sec
retary, David B. Sacher. Suggestion made
to have something done about the noisy
steam lines back aft. The delegates were
asked to do a better job of making up
the repair lists. Suggestion to have each
department clean the laundry on a weekly
basis.
check with th« patrolman on the slop
chest supplies, also inquire about getting
new innerspring mattresses for the crew.
Ship's crew went on record to send a
letter to General Ridgway protesting his
forced disbanding of United Seaman's
service. A letter will be sent to head
quarters about the same.
been made, such as ventilators and fhow
ers, washing machine, etc. parts of the
agreement read and explained such as
coffee time, penaity meals, daymen stand
ing watches, working in port for firemen,
steward department working hours, and
questions on Union policies'and custom
^lU Headquarters urges all
ary duties and obligations were asked
and explained. Ship's fund to be taken
draft eligible seamen to be
DEPAUW VICTORY (South Atlantic), up at payoff.
sure they keep their local Se
April 4—Chairman, N. Leone; Secretary,
F. PInkowskl. Delegates reported no
lective Service boards posted beefs.
SEABEAVER (Colonral), March 29 —
made that the patrolman
Nick Magash; Secretary, Gustav
on all changes of address see the Motion
chief engineer about beef con Chairman,
Leuth.
meeting called with the
through the use of the post cerning the fireman and wipers. Motion purpose Special
of
instructing the new crew
made that a new washing machine be i about the Union regulations.
In hot weath
cards furnished at all SIU put aboard ship. Suggestion made that
cots will be given out and they are
delegates make up a repair list. Motion • er
halls and aboard ships.
to
be
kept
under
deck
in
bad
weather.
made that the ship be fumigated for ! Instructions to keep the messhall
clean
Failure to keep >our draft cockroaches.
at all times.
board informed of your where
BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Liberty Naviga
ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), April II—
abouts can cause you to be tion),
no date; Chairman, J. F. Barrel
Davis Gilbert; Secretary, M.
listed as a delinquent and be Secretary, Thomas Moller. Delegates re I Chairman,
Neo.
Motion made to take money from
ported everything okay and taken care
drafted into the services with of. The catpain is going to give each the ship's fund to buy a new iron. The
volunteered to make the pur
out a hearing. The Union in man a draw when the ship arrives in ' treasurer
chase. Motion made and carried to make
Philadelphia.
The
repair
list
was
read
such cases can do nothing to and discussed.
sure to bring to patrolman's attention
. beef on flour, beans, etc., which are full
aid Seafarers who fail to com
GEORGE M. KULUKUNDIS (K A C
ply.
Steamship), April 4—Chairman, Charles
Merrill; Secretary, S. Mavroleon. Dele
gates reported no beefs. Suggestion made
department that all cups, glasses and that all crew members help in keeping
dishes used by crewmembers be secured the laundry room clean. Repair list to
after use and that an effort be made to be made for each department.
leave the messroom and the recreation
room in a tidy condition for the messmen
ALANSON B. HOUGHTON (Alcoa),
in the morning. An explanation was March 23—Chairman, Joe Selby; Secre of bugs; $42.97 reported in the ship's
made by Chairman Robin to the new men tary, M.A. Gray. Delegates reported no fund.
as to their rights in a shipboard meet beefs. Deck delegate gave a talk on un
ing as compared to their rights in a ionism to the new members. Joe Seiby
HENRY BALDWIN (Eastern), March 21
shoreside meeting. AU crewmembers were gave a talk to the crew oh operating the
urged< to cut down on the noise in the washing machine and placing cups in the —Chairman, Galaree; Secretary, R. La
pairite.
Two men to be turned in to the
passageways at night.
sink after using.
patrolman for a Uttle advice on coopera
April 19—Chairman, J. Hickle; Secre
tion and work. Foc'sles to be painted
tary, J. Forget. $21.60 reported in the
MILTON SMITH (Isthmian) March
ship's fund. Subject of ieaving ' dishes Chairman, J. Arellanes; Secretary, B. Val on the next trip. March of Dimes poster
to
be posted and crew to give what they
and messhaU in untidy condition was dis les. Delegates reported no beefs. Motion
to the fund.
made that anyone not cleaning the wash want
March 2—Chairman, J. Bourgeois; Sec
ing machine be fined SS. A new ship's retary, R. Lapairlte. The washing machine
delegate was elected as the previous one cannot be fixed and a motion was made
got off in New York. Messman asked to get a new one. Suggestion made that
that crew please follow general sanitary coffee urns be repaired, as .they were
rules.
not properly repaired last trip.
Keep Draft
Board Posted
STRATHBAY (Strathmorc), April 8—
WILLIAM S. GRAHAM (Watermanh
Chairman, E. Rushing; Secretary, Alfred
gates see the' .patrolman at once to
J. Bronk. Ship's delegate reported that : March 14—Chairman, Gillespie; Secretary.
'
J.
W. Reilly. Delegates reported no beefs.
straighten out the matter of overtime in
the crew's bunks stiU have not been fixed,
Casablanca that was disputed. Boatswain
new fans have not come aboard and lock ' Motion made by the bosun to keep the
asked each man to make up a list ot
ers have not been fixed. Suggestion made ' old washing machine. Seconded and
repairs needed in his forecastle and turn
j that we get an automatic toaster. Stew ' passed. H. M. Conneil was elected ship's
OMEGA (Boise Griffin), April 8—Chair ard says that they need a new mixing : delegate. Motion to report all accidents
it in to the ship's delegate.
man, H. A. Arllnghaus; Secretary, S.
i immediately was seconded and passed.
STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), April Rothschild. Suggestion made by the machine in the galley. Suggestion made ' Discussion was held on keeping recrea
MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), April 13
that the spare steamer in the laundry be
—Chairman, Charles C. Fritz; Secretary, 10—Chairman, James Seeds; Secretary, ship's delegate to have repair Usts made used for rinsing clothes. The crew needs tion room, laundry and messhall clean..
Eight to twelve ordinary seaman, wiper
Paul B. Gladden. Captain said that all N. F. Nielsen. Motion made to have the up for aU departments. Motion made to keys for their rooms.
and sanitary will keep the laundry clean;
rooms will be painted before the trip is ship and particularly the messhaU fumi get an electric iron aboard ship and the
over. Delegates report everything okay gated of red ants. Brother Dean brought washing machine needs repairs. Sugges
messmen
wiU take care* of the laundry.
HENRY T. RAINEY 'Bull). Feb, 14—
so far. Request for less noise while the out report of a lack of respect by permit tion made to check slopchest and stores Chairman, A. Smith; Secretary, David
men
for
the
bookmen.
Repair
list
to
be
before signing on.
watches below are sleeping. Repair list
Mann. Delegates reported some disputed
THOMAS LEATHERS (Eastern), March
to be placed on bulletin board so th^t drawn up ^ department delegates and
overtime. Special meeting to be called 17—Chairman, Thomas Eaton; Secretary.
to be turned over to the ship's delegate.
necessary repairs can be made.
upon arrival in port with either the I H. McAleer. Delegates reported no beefs.
ALEXANDRA (C a r r a s), March
B. Ruggle; Secretary, H. K. agent or patrolman in regard to urgent I F. Caspar was elected ship's delegate. He
ANSON MILLS (Seas Shipping), March 9 HURRICANE (Watarmam, April 20— Chairman,
Pierce. • Delegates reported no beefs. matters. A vote of thanks was 'extended I WiU see the mate about painting faciU
—Chairman, Stanley Claslals; Secretary, Chairman, F. A. Fava; Secretary, P. San Ship's
delegate stated that there will not to the steward's department for their I tieg and find out who is able to give any
James Kelley. Suggestion by bosun to Miguel. Whoever is getting off the ship
be any smoking on the deck at any time fine food and cleanliness. Clothing disap necessary penicillin injections. A sugges
please stop door banging while watches should first pick up vaccination cards I A
vote of thanks was given to the stew peared in Denmark, due to the fact that : tion was made that the messman and
are sleeping. Discussion on the care of from mate. The crew unanimously passed ard's
department for the fine job of work there were no keys for the locks.
! pantryman work together to improve
the laundry and the recreation rooms. a vote of coqfidence to the, steward and they have
March 14—Chairman, A. Smith; Secre meal service. Stewart asked crewmembers
been doing.
Minor repair list for engineers to elimi his department. Motion was niade to get
tary, David Mann. Agent 'Hlley said he to cooperate during evening meals, when
a
larger
quantity
and
a
greater
variety
nate.
STRATHPORT (Strathmore), April 13— will theck on a washing machine aboard aU hands are seived at the same time.
April 4—Chairmen, J. Kelley; Secretary, of fresh friiit in addition to a better Chairman,
O. M. Brooke; Secretary, A. C. this ship. A vote of thanks goes to the Laundry room wiU be kept clean by three
C. Stangenberg. Engine department dele grade of cookies, as those put on board Carpenter.
Suggestion made to give the galley crew for their cleanliness and departments. Pantry should be kept
gate made a suggestion to take up a for the last trip were stale and inedible. steward's department
a vote of thanks good food. Letters were read from the cleaner at night. Crew wiU keep area
collection for fireman who received a Suggestion was made that the ship's del for their fine service and
excellent meals. SIU in regard to the March of Dimes and plates clean. The crew commented
egate
contact
the
chief
engineer
to
see
Tough deal at the hands of the French
All hands were asked to keep the recre and LOG delivery.
' on the good chow.
police. Delegates made out repair lists about moving the boiler tubes, to provide ation
room clean.
and turned them in to the department more room outside the laundry for hang
ROBIN
GRAY
(Seas
Shipping),
Jan.
8—
KATHRYN (Bull), April 19—Chairman,
ing clothes.
heads.
STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), March 30 Chairman, none; Secretary, J. Hauser. G. A. Burke; Secretary, H. Laihance.
Ship's
delegate
reported
about
stores
not
—Chairman,
M.
J.
Ralph;
Secretary,
H.
Delegates
reported no beefs. Francisco
FRANCES (Bull), April 27—Chairman,
PAOLI (Cities Service), no date; Chair Van Whitney; Secretjjuy, Mike Zelonka. C. Brannles. Delegates reported every coming on board and the captain's un A. Bartolomei was elected ship's dele
sympathetic
attitude.
Carpenter
requested
man, BUI Laugford; Secretary, A. E. Beefs from deck department will bo thing in order. Motion made and carried
gate by acclamation.
juices eve'ry day in the tropics.
straightened out by boarding patrolman. for the steward to expiain why he ran fruit
Feb. 18—Chairman, Robert Morgan;
short on stores. Repair list to be turned
LAS VEGAS VICTORY (Waterman),
April 12—Chairman, H. Kelly; Secretary,
in to each department delegate. Steward
Quiz Auzwerz
asked that linen beyond use be turned in
E. Hansen. Delegates reported no beefs.
so he can have it condemned and get
Disputed overtime will be taken up with
(1) 15, 16.
the patrolman. Captain will give a small
new linen. All the crew was warned
(2) Who is commanderinchief
about how SlU expected a clean payoff.
draw before arriving in New York. Draw
and slopchest account will be posted on
of the Army and Navy (the Presi
CHILORE (Ore), April 13—Chairman.
the bulletin board. Motion was passed
dent). The other items arise
Clyde Carlson; Secretary, George Morris.
not to sign on before all repair work has
A laundry schedule for all three depart Delegates reported no beefs. Suggestion Secretary, John Hauser. Air system needs been completed. Engine delegate sug
through precedent or are governed ments
will be posted on the bulletin made that the crew have enough cutlery to be cleaned and filters installed In all gested that all brothers keep the mess
by state law.
board.
and dishes for their use at chow time, crew quarters. Motion made that the ship ! hall clean at night by cleanin.g up after
and to have fresh coffee for each meal. be
Steward volunteer will change
(3) Rotation of the earth.
left in true SIU style, clean and or I themselvc!!.
library. A vote of thanks was given to
ANNE BUTLER (Bloomfleld), April 20
derly at payoff. First assistant refused to ! the
(4) 11^.
ROBIN
DONCASTER
(Seas
Shipping),
steward
department for good food
—Chairman, C. A. Gardner; Secretary,
paint the black gang's quarters.
4—Chairman, A. Mosher; Secretary,
I and service.
(5) George Washington, Andrew Donald Norflub. Motion made that com April
March
29—Chairman,
W.
Wallace;
Sec
pany install a new washing machine. W. M. Komkehrwieder. Ship's fund to re retary, H. Hauser. Delegates reported no
Jackson, William Harrison, Zachary Motion
pasred that crew refuse to sign main aboard ship and to be turned over beefs. Discussion on the use of the two
SEA GALE (Seatraders), April 14—
to the new treasurer as the old one is washing machines. Discussion on opening Chairman, Egbert Goulding; Secretary, E.
Taylor, Franklin Pierce, Ulysses on for another voyage untU company getting
off after this trip. Motion made the FO mess. Discussion on opening the Robinson. Delegates reported no beefs.
Grant. Rutherford Hayes, James £'e«'r^.°ty%tr%re'yarfo«l^P?/''^® that a clarification be put into the agree slopchest.
Wiper complained about lack of medical
ment that if a man is put ashore in a
Garfield, Benjamin Harrison.
• attention in Liverpool. Deck delegate
foreign
port
for
hospitalization
when
he
ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping),
SEAVIGIL (Orion), April 4—Chairman, asked men off watch to get draws im
(6) None. The Derby is a race Fab.
14—Chairman, S. Zubovlch; Secre comes out he be either given the full Clifton Wilson; Secretary, Francis Napoll. , mediately instead of waiting until
for threeyearolds.
tary, J. C. Howard. Delegates reported money he has coming for room or, if he The ship's delegate reported and clarified I 6:00 P.M. in every port and to put out
no beefs. Motion made by ship's dele is put in a hotel by the agent, be given the beef on transportation. Motion made I more draws. Deck engineer asked that
(7) Visibility.
gate to have bosun equalize overtime to the difference between the hotel and the and carried that all beefs should be ' fans be checked for repairs. Deck m.sin
(8) Early 20th century writers see if low man wants it. before asking amount he is allowed.
brought to the attention of the member i tenance spoke about fixing up recreation
Feb. 3—Chairman, A. Mosher; Secre ship
othe.s.
before referring them to the captain i room. Wiper asked all hands to keep the
who believed in reform.
tary,
H.
Dombrowskl.
$55
reported in
the
April 5—Chairman, J. Morin; Secretary,
or the department heads. Windshoots for i washing machine clean. Suggestion was
(9) Italy.
S. Ortiz. 'Delegates reported no beefs. ship's treasury; $3 was spent on books the crew's quarters and screens for the made to get the radio fixed.
Discussion on a brother who was sick in and magazine3 for the library. Each de passageway doors are needed. Steward's
(10) 35, 65, 80.
DEL SANTOS (Miss.), FcEruary 10—
the port of Saint Vincent in the Cape partment to clean the laundry one week department will keep the recreation room
Verde Islands. Discussed about the chief at a time. Suggestion made that outside clean, and the deck and engine depart Chairman, Alton B; Booth; Secretary,
Walter Makln. Crew voted $25 from the
steward not doing his job as he should. passageway be used and not the pantry ment to keep the laundry , clean.
Puzzle Answer
Repair list for all three departments to passageway as it interferes with men
ship's fund for the upkeep of the grave
working, especially at meal times. Sug
be turned in to the patrolman.
PAOLI (Cities Service), April 12—Chair of'a deceased brother in Victoria. As
gestion that men think about and talk man,
i
Mable; Secretary, RIcclardella. the former ship's delegate was left be
CHIWAWA (Cities, Service), March 25— over the new clarifications to be added Crew is not satisfied with the bean cof I hind in Santos due to illness, crew
to
the
agrepment
and
any
other
clauses
'chairman. Rocky Milton; Secretary, Rob
fee, they prefer canned coffee. Milk is '.elected a new delegate. Headquarters
ert Ritchie. Ship's delegate reported to be put in for benefit of the entire sejrved only once a day. The ship needs ! was given a vote of thanks for securing
pending beef against the captain. Paint Union. List to be made up before too to be fumigated, and a suggestion was ' the best agreement in maritime history.
ing of the messhall deck to be brought long a time expires. • *
made to put it on the new repair list.
to the attention of the fifflt mate. A com
Motion made and carried to have each
PAOLI (Cities Service), April 20—Chair
mittee of three was appointed to pur
SEACOMET (Orion), April 12—Chair department rotate one week in keeping man, Norman Kirk; Secretary, A. RIccl
chase recreational games for the crew man, M. B. Harris; Secretary, H. Terrlll. the recreation room and the laundry ardella. Delegates reported no beefs. Mo
to use. Discussion on getting new Ubrary Delegates reported no beefs. Ship's fund clean. Def;k maintenance to ask for time tion was passed for each member of the
books and Union literature for education stanffs at $16.81. If the ship goes to off in port 80 that he can exchange iibrary crew to donate $1 to the ship's fund,
of the new men. Discussion on purchas Aruba or any other foreign port a rider books.
which now stands at $19. Fund is lim
ing a movie machine or television equip is to be added to the articles for the
ited to $100 and will be gradually in
ment.
purpose of transportation. The steampipe
MADAKET (Waterman), March 22— creased if ship goes foreign. Donatioiu
lu the pantry needs repairing.
Chairman, Max Byers; Secretary, Harry will be collected by department dele
D. French. Discussion on the drew in gates Notice on how 4o operate washing
JOSEPH A. BROWN (A. H. Bull). March
14—Chairman, Henri Robin; Secretary, . FAIRLAND (Waterman), April 10—Chair Kobe. Delegate asked to notify the first machine will be posted In tne laundry.
Robert R. Bowley. Ship's delegate re man, C. E. HImby; Secretary, Bill Doyle. i assistant to repair ventilator blowers aft. Each sanitary man will put ,butt cans in
ported that $26.42 was sent to the March Motion made and carried to see that Slopchest was not adequately supplied his passageways. All standbys will co
operate in keeping meschall clean. A
of Dipies at the last payoff. Ship's fund > water tanks be cleaned before next voy , with most popular brand of cigarettes.
April 4 —'• Chairman. Eric Malmstrom; sugge.stion was made to sell phonograph
now stands at. $12. Ship's delegate is to age begins. Motion carried for patrolman
see the chief mate and the engineer to see about having porthole fans in Secretary, Paul Wllkins. Motion made and donate proceeds to ship's fund. All
about painting the engine department's stalled to insure proper ventilation. Sug ! and carried that^crew not sign on new present were in favor of buying a new
quarters. Suggestion made by steward's gestion made that the ship's delegate' articles until the Important repairs have radio.
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cussed. Bean coffee wiU not be used as
replacement for regular standard brands,
second engineer has asked that no clothes
be hung in the boUer room.
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Vacation Plan determines eligibility simply. You need just 90
daysworked on SlU ships since June I, 1951.
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Filling in form is an easy matter. Filing of applications at head
quarters permits processing'in a matter of minutes; air maif
speeds handling outport applications.
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If you^have put in the required time in work at sea or in port, as
shown on your discharges, your check will be made out to you
on the' spot. Outport checks cofhe by return mail.
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as you have discharges for another 90 days worked, or let your
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SHIPPING PROGRAM'S FATE TO BE DECIDED NEXT WEEK
ORGANIZING TOP AFL OBJECTIVE - O'REILLY
TV COVERS SIU RED MAIL EXPOSE
'SPIES' AIM AT SEAMEN; CG TRAINS FOR SECURITY
ALCOA TO RUN TO PUERTO RICO AFTER JULY 1
MEMBERS VOTE FOREIGN PORT FOUL-UP CURB
MTD FORMS BKLYN GROUP, BEGINS CLEAN-UP OF PORT
VOTE SLATED ON NEW OUTPORT HALLS
'JOE PALOOKA' ON SIU ART PANEL
SIU JOBS RISE; SIGN 3 NEW CO'S
UNIONS TO SHARE MARINER SHIPS
ALIENS NEED LEGAL ENTRY FOR PAPERS
PR SEAFARERS TRANSFER SICK PASSENGER AT SEA
LAY-UP RECALLS NEAR END; NEW ECA $ MAY CUT SLUMP
UNION BOOK SWAP DOUBLES EARLY PACE
SEAFARERS GIVE $500 TO TELEGRAPH STRIKERS
UNION BOOK SWAP DOUBLES EARLY PACE
RAINEY, FINN SHIP COLLIDE OFF HOLLAND
AFL ENGINEERS UNION PUBLISHES NEW PAPER
40 CO'S SIGN NEW PACT
DEL SUD UNMATCHED AS PICNIC HOST: BEER, BAR-BQ, BASEBALL
SEATRAIN WINS ANOTHER ROUND WITH RAILROADS
SIU VESSEL IN SEA MISHAP A PARTIAL LOSS
VOICE PLUGS SIU SHRIMPERS
SIU '52 RESPONSE TOPS RECORD FOR POLIO DRIVE
TAFT-HARTLEY USE BUSTS UNIONS, SAYS SENATE GROUP
FOREIGN-FLAG REGISTRY CUTS PRIVATE FLEET
TAMPA BUCKS RAIL RATE BIAS KILLING OFF PORT
THE FLYING W
PIONEERS IN SAFETY AND SHIP CLASSING: PLIMSOLL AND LLOYD
TIME FOR A HALT
A POSITIVE PROGRAM
SHIP BILL BACKED
FROM AN OLDTIMER'S SCRAPBOOK
OLD TIME DISCHARGE GIVES IDEA OF HOW CONDITIONS USED TO BE
MOON'S PRIDE SOMETHING THAT NOTHING COULD KILL
THE 'GRAVEYARD WATCH' WAS GIVEN RIGHT NAME
POP IS PROUD OF FLO'S DEBUT
BLOND SAMARITAN- '52 MODEL PROVIDES HAVEN FOR SEAMEN
MISSES BUSY SUBWAY RUSH
IRAN PRISONER GETS LIFE SENTENCE IN OXIDE MINES
NO SPRING FEVER ON ATLANTIC AS FIERCE WINDS SMASH SHIP
GLOBE-GIRDLING, ISTHMIAN STYLE, RUNS 3,264 HOURS
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SEAFijtERS LOG
APRIL 18
1952
• OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE S E A F A R E R S I N TE R N AT I O N A L UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL •
sn; LAYUPS RISE
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story on Page 3
U5PH5 Curbs 'CaseChasers'
Story on Page 2
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Shown being nudged back to the yard in Chester, Pa., for finishing
now 8/uCCn* touches and installation of machinery, the Keystone Mariner,
launched in February, is expected to be ready for service in June. First of 35 planned
Marinertype ships, the speedy vessel will probably be crewed by Seafarers for an SIU
contraCted company when she makes her maiden run.
(Story on Page 2.)
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SEAFARERS LOG
Pac* Tw«
Union Endorses
USPHS Crackdown
On Case^Chasers
PrMiOr. ASrfl It. ItSS
First Wheat to Transjordan
A crackdown on ambulance chasers has been instituted by
the Staten Island USPHS Hospital. From now on, the
hospital will take legal action against any lawyer found
soliciting cases among seamen '
who are patients at the hos a seaman who has suffered a ship
board injury and persuade him to
pital.
sign a paper agreeing to split the
it
'k'
Half Million
Paid Out In
Vac. Money
'Rounding out the first
two
months of operation the SIU Va
cation Plan has already paid out
well over a half million dollars to
seamen sailing SIU ships. With
the first crush of applications over,
the Vacatio.n Office at headquar
ters has itself been able to take a
bit of a breathing spell.
Reliable estimates hint that the
original $2.5 million expected to
be paid out may be exceeded with
in the first year of operation. Ap
plications at headquarters and in
the outports, processed and paid
out as soon as received, have re
vealed few kinks in the entire
setup.
The Plan, effective as of last
June 1, requires an applicant to
have a minimum 90 days worked
on SIU ships since that date as
shown on Coast Guard discharges.
In this way, a Stafarer may apply
as much as four times each year if
he has the requisite time worked,
or can let it pile up and collect a
lump sum, whichever is more de
sirable.
Minimum amount possible un
der the Plan is $34.99, represent
ing 90 days, with the peak sum
$140. Average payments, based
on the $521,881.17 paid out so far
to 7,661 Seafarers, run about $68.'
Watt for Checks
Headquarters and port agents
in the outports have emphasized
one important point in the whole
operation. Although the process
from form to finish at headquar
(Continued on page 17)
Dr. Kenneth Nelson, medical of
ficer in charge of the hospital, said award in a law suit. In many cases
that ambulance chasing has been the injury is covered by compen
a "vicious" problem at the Staten sation, but the lawyer will con
Ceremony at Beirut, Lebanon shows US Minister to Transjordan,
Island hospital and that drastic ac vince the seaman he can get more
Gerald M. Drew, blessing first load of wheat shipped to that coun
tion is being taken as a result of money through a lawsuit.
try. SlUmanned Skystar was scene of ceremonies* A buffet was
While this may be the case, by
complaints from patients and hos
then given in honor of various Transjordanian dignitaries.
(Continued on page 17)
pital employees.
An SIU headquarters spokesman
said that the action met with full
approval of the Union which has
long been concerned with such
abuses.
Work is going ahead in Union headquarters on classification of crew suggestions for
Protect Seamen's Rights
contract
improvements. The negotiating committee is at present concentrating on sugges
However, the spokesman empha
tions
involving
freightships, with tanker contract proposals next in line for thorough
sized that the new restrictions
should not hinder seamen seeking examination by the commit
ent agreement to which they re tee will be able to select what it
legal assistance. He pointed out tee.
late.
thinks is the best possible way of
The
suggestions
came
in
from
that seamen, unlike shoreside work
ers, face special problems in in crews of SIU ships in response to At the same time, the commit handling a particular provision.
stituting lawsuits since it is often a request by the Union that all tee has set up ^lomparison charts
Censtmctive Proposals
very difficult to locate witnesses SIU crews submit contract ideas of all contra.cts in the maritime in
In its close examination of the
and other parties to the case. He to aid the Union negotiating com dustry so that clauses relating to hundreds of suggestions received,
expressed the hope that their rights mittee in drafting of demands for the same work classifications can the committee is finfiing that the
readily be compared as to their overwhelming majority of them
as citizens would be protected and a new contract.
wording and general provisions. In are serious and constructive. In
not injured under the new regu
Talks Start July 31
turn, these
clauses will be matched fact, not a single one could be
lations.
After the best of these sugges
The crackdown by the Staten Is tions have been selected and in against what Seafarers have sent characterized as a "screwball"
land hospital followed after agree corporated into the Union's list of in relating to these same ques idea. Further, the committee has
found that through their proposals
ment was reached between the demands, negotiations will be tions.
USPHS and the Justice Depart opened on July 31 when the Through this method of com crewmembers have shown an ex
ment for federal prosecution of of operators will receive 60day parison, the negotiating commit
(Continued on page 17)
fenders. The hospital has long notice of intent to write a new
been receiving a flood of protests agreement.
from patients who say they are As far as is. known the SIU is
tired of having lawyers pester the only union, in or out of mari
them for business.
time, to provide for direct and
The first ship of a postwar governmentbuilt merchant fleet, the Keystone Mariner, is
There have been occasions when widespread membership participa
lawyers have been caught in the tion in drafting of a new contract. likely to be manned by Seafarers when she goes into service this June. Indications are
act and their names turned over to Having broken down the sug at present that the new ship, one of 35 now under construction, will be chartered by the
the local bar association. But as gestions into three broad group Maritime Administration to*^
far as the hospital knows, no law ings, one for each department on the Waterman Steamship Cor chant fleet and the best of gov submarine equipment in case of
yer has ever been punished for board ship, the committee is pres poration. However, no formal ernmentbuilt vessels. The Ctype need. Like all modern vessels she
such action.
ently sorting out the proposals and arrangements have yet been ships were built by the old Mari is an allwelded ship.
As Dr. Nelson, explained it, an tying them in with the specific
time Commission before World
Work on the Mariner program
ambulance chaser obtains entry to clause or subsection of the pres concluded between Waterman War II.
got
under way in January 1951
and the governnient, and it is
the wards usually by posing as an
Lots of Horsepower
when Congress appropriated $350
not certain
just when the ship
ordinary visitor. He'll get hold of
Among ottier characteristics of million for such ships. While de
will be ready for service.
the Mariner are her high pressure lays in steel delivery held up the
By the time this radically new boilers. The Keystone Mariner's program, all 35 are expected to be
and different type of ship comes boilers will operate at 40 percent delivered, by late 1953. Some of
April 18, 1952
Vol. XIV, No. 8
into operation, the SIU negotiating greater steam pressures and much them will be assigned to the Mili
A considerable number of
As I See It
Page 13
committee will have negotiated a higher temperatures than boilers tary Sea Transportation Service
communications have been manning scale for these vessels. If
Burly
Page 16
coming into SIU headquarters necessary, new working rules will on Victorys. As a result, the Mar undoubtedly replacing slow and
Crossword Puzzle
Page 12
from crewmembers reporting be written to cover the operation iner's steam turbines will develop outmoded Liberty ships now oper
17,500 hp out of the same number ating under MSTS. 'Others will be
Cruise Ship
Pages 14, 15
instances wherein crewmen of
of the Mariner class ships.
of boilers that produce 8,500 horse chartered to private steamship
Robin
Line
ships
have
been
Did You Know
Page 18
The Mariner type ships carry power on a Victory ship. Her car operators.
performing
ashore.
Not
only
Editorial
;
Page 13
While the Mariner program is
are such performers bringing with them the hopes for American go handling facilities consist of
Foc'sle Fotog
Page 19
disrepute upon the Union's leadership in the maritime indus seven holds serviced by tenton all that has been authorized thus
far, the Maritime Administration
Freak Ships
Page 11
name and its members, their try. They are designed as high and fiveton booms.
speed cargo liners and expect to The Mariners have also been de is desirous of having a number of
actions are harmful to the rep
Galley Gleanings
Page 20
outspeed and outperform any car signed for quick conversion to war fast tankers and bulk carriers built
utation of the American sea
Inquiring Seafarer
Page 12
go ships now 'in existence.
service including the installation to maintain American mercantile
men everywhere.
In The Wake
Page 12
of the latest in antimine and anti leadership in those fields.
The
Keystone
Mariner,
proto
The irresponsible actions of
Labor RoundUp...... Page 16
type of the line, was launched on
the few in question have di
Letters
Pages 21, 22, 23
rectly resulted in restrictive February 29 in Chester. Pa. When
fully completed the cost of the
regulations
and illfeeling in
Letter Of The Week
Page 13
ship will be $8,530,000]
the
ports
involved.
Maritime
Page 16
As a result, headquarters
Many details of her construction
Meet The Seafarer
Page 12
will introduce at the next reg
and performance are secret, em
On The Job
Page 16
ular membership meeting a
bodying as they do, defense fea
A new agreement providing $25 ment call for a flat ten cents an
resolution calling for action
Personals
Page 26
tures developed by government re
monthly
wage increases and hour increase in overtime rates for
against
performing
that
is
in
searchers. It is known however that
Quiz
Page 19
jurious to the reputations and she can do better than 20 knots shorter hours has been won for all all ratings.
Ship's Minutes
Pages 26, 27
wellbeing of its highly re
and wiU have loading facilities su Canadian lakes seamen by the Approximately 6,000 Great Lakes
SIU History Cartoon... Page 7
seamen, members of the Canadian
sponsible membership.
perior to those available on Lib
District, are covered by the new
Sports Line
Page 20
The Union regrets having to ertys, Victorys and Ctype vessels. SIU's Canadian District.,
Under
the
terms
of
the
agree
agreement
which runs until Janiz
inject
itself
into
the personal
Ten Years Ago
Page 12
Largest Cargo Ship
ment, aii lakes seamen are entitled ary, 1953. With this contract under
conduct of
crewmembers when
Top Of The News.
Page 6
they are ashore but it will not
Running at 12,900 deadweight to a day off when the ship docks their.belts, the Canadian District
Vacation Pay .. Pages 23, 24, 25
disregard any irresponsible
tons, the Mariner is . among the and free time while aboard from plans to go all out in an organiza
Wash. News Letter
Page 4
action of a few that directly largest general cargo vessel In the 6 AM Saturday, until 6 AM Mon tional drive to bring in unorganized
affects the welfare of the en
world, although giant ore cajTiers day except for work necessary in companies.
Welfare Benefits
Page 25
tire membership.
Negotiations for another 2,000
and tankers are well over, that navigation. Any other work done
Published biweekty ar tfie lieadquartsn
of the seafarers International Union, Ab
during
that
period
is
considered
seamen
on deep sea ships are still
Full
details
will .appear
in
size.
The
Mariner
is
a
good
2,500
lantic A Cult District, AFL. US Fourth
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the next issue of the SEA
to 3,000 tons larger and four to five overtime to be paid for at over going on.
Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel. STerllng
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FARERS LOG.
time
rates.
Typical
boost
raises
wheelsman
knots faster
than
the
C2,
work
at tiia Pott Office In Brooklyn, N. Y.,
under th* Act of August 24, 1*12; '
'
Other provisions n* the agree from $205 Jo $23a
horse of the" privatelyowned mer
Union Studies New Pact Ideas
SIU May Crew 1st Mariner Ship
SEAFARERS LOG
Union to Seek
FouIUp Curbs
Canadian District Signs
Last Of Lakes Companies
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SEAFARERS iOG
Friday, April IS, USS
Rap 'BoomBust'
As LayUps Rise;
Ship Hearing Set
Seafarer Anthony Madore (left) admires oil paintiny beiny en
tered in the Seafarers Art Contest by Robert Niedeimeyer. Con
test deadline is May 10 in the first competition of its kind ever
conducted for men of the SIU. One will be held annually.
The sudden downward turn taken by American shipping, after several months
of boom activity, was scored this week by the SIU as being typical of its "feast or
famine" pattern. US shipping dropped off suddenly in the past few weeks with the
recall of a good part of the governmentowned fleet. Further decline is in prospect
as the Maritime Administration calls in the remainder of that fleet in coming weeks,
except for 250 vessels
Bill to begin April 22. The need sion of proposals to reopen gov
chartered to the Military for
the bill is emphasized by the ernment training schools for un
Sea Transport Service.
current situation' which once again licensed seamen as in World War
The latest drop in shipping points up the serious instability of II. Now with startling suddenness,
comes at a time when the the American maritime industry. the slackoff of coal exports has led
to mass layups of ships and the
Boom on Recently
House Merchant Marine Com
scarcity of seamen threatens to
mittee, after months of delay Up until about eight weeks ago. become
a surplus.
great
concern
was
being
expressed
has finally scheduled hearings
The
prevailing
attitude just two
on the Long Range Shipping in WashiOaton and in the industry months ago is typified
by a story on
Art Entries Rise
— Deadline Nears Members^ Job
Just three weeks are left for ambitious Seafarers to get
their entries in under the wire for the Union's first annual
art contest. May 10 is the deadline for entries in all classes
— oil paintings, drawings,
hobby. Any Seafarer with a flair
watercolors and miscellane for
art along these lines can file
ous.
an entry with assurance that he
Although a sizable number of
entries have come in, there's still
time for a late comer to come along
and walk off with the prizes. This
is particularly true of the miscel
laneous category, which includes
handicrafts, as entries have run
lighter in this group than in any
of the others.
Talented Amateurs
It should be emphasized that the
entries in the Art Contest have
come from amateurs who draw,
paint: or do other ar^ work as a
Ratio Still Tops
will be able to hold his own with
the other contestants, none of
whom follow art as a fulltime
profession.
Nor do they have to be con
cerned about mounting or framing
their work. Much of the work
that has come on has been done
on plain paper, cardboard, or any
other material that might have
been handy aboard ship. Whei^
ever possible, these have all been
mounted in the same manner so as
(Continued on page 17)
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Despite the recent shipping
slump occasioned by the iay
up of governmentowned ships,
SIU members have no cause
for alarm. The Union was well
aware that the recent boom
could not continue indefinitely.
Accordingly it persisted in its •
longestablished policy of
maintaining a heaithy ratio of
jobs to books, basing its esti
mates on the jobs avaiiable on
privatelyowned ships under
contract to the Union.
As always the Union is
making every effort to increase
the number of avaiiable jobs
through organization and the
signing of new companies.
Union Book Swap Tees Oft
Rounding out the first two weeks of a giant bookswapping
operation, SIU headquarters reports about 100 new union
books a week have passed over the counters in a new book
4
for old exchange.
The pace, a bit slower than
anticipated, is brought about by
the individual attention that must
be given to each book as Union
membership data and a photo of
the individual Seafarer is inserted,
and the moroccan leather cover
and first page is goldstamped with
*he individual applicant's name and
new book number.
Use of the special machines was
slow at the start, particularly due
to the timeconsuming process of
handsetting the type for the gold
leafing. It is hoped that as the
book swap moves into gear, the
operation will be speeded up.
Officials handling the prepara
tion of the new book—which is
free to each member—note that
the forms to be filled out to get
the book are part of a brandnew
membership records system which
will facilitate bookkeeping.
Application Form
One kink in the process is the
lengthy form that must be com
pletely ^ filled out, with one item
a particular troublemaker. This is
the space asking the Seafarer's
first date of Union membership,
which is computed from the date
when an initiation fee was first
paid to the Union. This date, easily
enough, appears right in the old
(Continued on page 17)
over the availability of skilled sea
men to man ships and keep vital
cargoes moving. Coast Guard re
quirements on manning, licenses
and ratings had been reduced to the
minimum and an intensive cam
paign was on to recruit seamen
and secure their release from the
armed forces.
There was even serious discus
An SIU headquarters em
ployee engraves member's
name in gold leaf on book's
. outside end inside fr<>nt cover.
the SIU which appeared in the pub
lication "Business Week" under
the scary heading of "Maritime
Unions Must Staff Ships ... or
Else." The article stated at that
time that Unions are "worried over
the shortage of seamen on the
beach" and that the government
(Continued on page 17)
Two Port Croups
Get MTD Charter
The big task of translating plans for the reorganized Mari
time Trades Department into a working organization is now
well under way. Charters for two new port councils have
been issued, and Executive*
r
Secretary Lloyd A. Gardner's Bridges' influence on West Coast
office is currently putting into labor.
effect other aspects of the pro
Empowered to Direct
gram drawn up at the Chi SIU. Assistant Secretary
cago meeting March 24 and 25 Treasurer Gardner was chosen for
at which the new department the key post of executive secretary
at this meeting and empowered to
was set up.
Revision of the MTD setup call
ing for the establishment of per
manent machinery was agreed on
at that meeting by delegates rep
resenting 200,000 workers from
several AFL maritime unions, in
cluding the SIU. Objectives called
for were coordinated and central
ized action on maritime problems
in New York and elsewhere, as
well as greater organizational work
and a more vigorous fight on Harry
The New Membership Booh
Bosun John M. Spreltzer lists
date on application for entry on
identification pig 9 of the
• /. •• snappy, new.Ixwfe'• • • . o
•
• t'.TiS;
direct the MTD program.
First objective tackled by MTD
headquarters is the creation of an
effective system of port councils.
A survey has been conducted to de
termine the activity of existing port
councils and to find out where new
councils are needed. The two new
charters issued thus far are for
the ports of Norfolk and Boston.
Other results achieved thus far are
(Continued on page 17)
New Ones For Old
Patrolman Louis Goffin in
scribes official Union Seal over
face of man's photo on identifi
cation page of book.
His new book all complete,
Seafarer William J. Westcott,
oiler, signs his "John Hancocl^
as, the final touch.
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USPHS Plans To Use
TB 'Mirasle' Drugs
Directing: new TB research progrram in USPHS hospitals will be
Dr. Robert Anderson (2nd left) Chief of USPHS Chronic Disease
Division. Dr. Anderson is shown on an. earlier visit to SIU head
quarters, flanked by Dr. D. Ottenberg, TB consultant. Region Z
(left); and Dr. R. Kusselbach, Chief, Office of Med. Programs,
Region 2. At right is SIU Int'l Representative A1 Bernstein.
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Pace Four
Seafarers who are victims of TB will be among the first
beneficiaries of treatment with the. new "wonder" drugs,
under an experimental program being planned by the US
Public Health Service at sev
eral of its hospitals around the who have never received any TB
treatment of any kind before. The
country.
Pending the start of this na local project at Manhattan Beach
tional program, the Manhattan is utilizing three groups of pa
Beach Hospital in Brooklyn has tients; those who are resistant to
undertaken this week to treat streptomycin and get unpleasant
selected groups of patients with aftereffects from it; those who do
the two new drugs, rimifin and not show any progress under
streptomycin or are getting worse,
marsilid.
As explained by Dr. Robert An and those who are so seriously ill
derson, Chief of the Division of that the new drugs are being tried
Chronic Diseases, the purpose of as a last resort.
the study will be to compare those As a consequence of these two
patients treated with these drugs programs. Seafarers will be among
with others receiving streptomycin the first to receive the benefits, if
and PAS, hitherto standard TB any, of the new drugs which have
medication. This program will get shown great promise in early ex
underway sometime around the periments.
Prior to this the drugs have
end of the year.
been utilized on an experimental
What the doctors will try to find basis only in ten hospitals, two of
out is the actual effect of the new them New York City institutions
drugs on the TB infection, and and the other eight VA hospitals.
how long their effects will last Those who have received treat
after treatment is discontinued. ment have shown marked improve
The study will probably run for ment in weight, strength and gen
about two years before any defi eral well being. The question to
nite conclusions are reached.
be determined over the long haul
$200,000 Asked
is whether the treatment will go
To finance
the project, the beyond this and actually heal the
US!PHS is asking for a $200,000 TB lesions.
appropriation. This monetary re
All experts in the field are
quest is now pending in a subcom unanimous in cautioning the pub
mittee of the Senate Committee on lic that it. is too early to tell
Labor and Public Welfare.
whether the compounds have last
The Manhattan Beach project ing value.
already underway is somewhat
different. A staff physician said
that the national project will be
limited to new admissions, those
QttitUng Ship?
NotUy Union
A reminder from SIU
headquarters cautions all
Seafarers leaving their ships
to contact the hall in ample
time to allow the Union to
dispatch a replacement. Fail
lue to give notice before
paying off may cause a de
layed sailing, force the ship
to sail short of the manning
requirements and needlessly
make their work tougher for
your shipmates.
Waterman To
Operate From
New NJ Piers
SIU NEWSLETTER
from WASHmerON
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The American merchant marine has been enjoying an extremely
properous period, working in an economy created by war, reconver
sion, and the emergencies growing out of political tensions. But, the
peak has passed, with hundreds of Governmentowned vessels being
returned to the boneyard.
Even during this transition period from peak prosperity back to a
state more nearly normal, American ships should do all right in their
participation in world trade, that is, up to the time when the various
rehabilitation programs end.
. The real pinch will then be felt, and those who will feel it most
keenly in the beginning will be the unsubsidized lines.
There are occasions In peacetime, as well as in war periods, when
bravery of a very high order or extraordinary skill is shown by mer
chant seamen in their struggle against the perils of the sea. The
government is finally coming around to recognizing that in these days
when our merchant marine is so essential to the national defense and
security, it is important that everything should be done to publicize
the deeds of the American seamen which deserve the esteem of the
people.
Therefore, the US Department of Commerce, through the Maritime
Administration, is supporting legislation in Congress to provide medals
for distinguished conduct or service in the merchant marine. Com
merce also is recgpimending the award of a service ribbon bar for
seamen; to be issued in wartime or other dangerous periods. Under
the proposal citations and plaques also would be awarded to ships for
participation in gallant action in marine disasters to save life or
property.
Although such medals were issued during World War 11, the au
thority to make such awards terminated back in 1947. Without such
legislation, the heroic efforts of American seamen do not receive
appropriate recognition by our Government.
The passage of such a bill would highlight the traditions and heritage
of the men who man our merchant fleet.
Plans for construction of new
terminal facilities in Port Newark,
including three additional cargo
piers for the Waterman Steamship
Corporation, have been announced
by the Port of New YorkAuthority.
The $12,000,000 project will pro
vide some of the modern loading
facilities that are so badly needed
in the New York area.
In all the program calls for five
cargo terminals to be added to
existing modernized facilities,
which include rebuilt wharves and
dredging of channels, as well as
Recently, American steamship lines, together with some government
additional trackage, roadways and agencies, appeared before the Magnuson merchant marine subcom
storage space. Waterman is taking mittee, of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, to
three of the five piers in addition set forth discriminatory practices of certain foreign governments which
to its pier space in Brooklyn so as adversely affect the operations of our own ships in foreign trades.
to provide easier and more rapid These discriminations take various forms, but, in general, fall within
handling of cargo originating west the following two broad categories:
of the Hudson, or being discharged
(A.) Those practices which take the form of controls over the use of
for delivery in that area.
national currencies in the hnportexport trades, or in restrictions which
Use of the Newark faciiities t^nd to make more difficult the convertibility of local currencies into
would avoid lighterage as every dollars, and (B.) the board grouping of discriminatory practices which
major railroad, with the exception arise as a result of decrees or regulations giving preferential treat
of the New Haven, has entry to ment to* national shipping with regard to berthing, particularly in con
gested foreign ports.
Port Newark.
Although it has been possible in a number of cases, through the
New Design
efforts
of the American maritime industry and US government agen
The new piers will be quite dif
cies,
to
have some of these practices corrected, in too many cases for
ferent in design from the tradi
eign
governments
are tlatly refusing to do away with these discrimi
tional New York City pier in that
they will have an apron at least natory practices.
There appears to be nothing that can be done by US legislation, be
50 feet wide upon which three side
tracks will run up to the side of cause this would be inviting retaliation by foreign maritime nations.
the berthed ship. This will permit Therefore, Senator Magnuson, Democrat, Washington, is hoping to
loading directly from freight car put the spotlight on the subject so as to cause the establishment of
to vessel and vice versa.' In addi an international conference, aimed at setting international port rules
tion, the pier will have a huge de application to all shipping alike.
livery area for trucks which will
ease congestion considerably by
The powerful railroad lobby is sponsoring a series of bills in Con
providing adequate space for entry
gress which would constitute an economic blow to coastwise and in
and exit of truck and trailer rigs,
tercoastal steamship lines, a blow which jthe water lines may be unable,
something which does not exist in to
stand. Before passage o^any such measures, the Congress should .
Brooklyn.
seriously consider the prime importance of the domestic merchant
marine in our national transportation system.
One of these railsponsored bills (S. 2745) would remove the pro
tection which the water carriers now have in establishing and main
taining rates which are lower than those of the transcontinental rails.
Practically since the beginning of regulation of carrier rates, the Con
gress has recognized the need on the part of coastwiseintercoastal
water carriers for rates differentially lower than those of their land
competitors. This recognition stems from the disabilities inherent
in water transportation as compared with the much faster transcon
tinental rail transportation.
Enactment of S. 2745 would be a fatal, or near fatal, blow to the
domestic water lines in their efforts tp establish and maintain a profit
able level of operations. Passage of the measure would render the
government pfiwerless to foster sound economic conditions in trans
portation and among the several types of carriers, as now required
by the national transportation policy.
A Sea Chest 'Man of Distinction'
New 'Coastal
Run Is fiumpy
For Antinous
New Orleans—Fog and poor vis
ibility combined to make the final
moments of an Inaugural run by
the Antinous (Waterman) on a new
AtlanticGulf coast wise service an
.even more memorable occasion.
Proceeding upriver to this port,
she collided with a Danish cargo
ship, the Argentina, causing it to
lie beached. Minor damage Was
Suffered by the Antinous, which'
proceeded the remaining 15 miles
under her own power,* while re
ports indicated the Argentina was Up from the southland on his first visit to headquarters, SIU Savannah
flooded in holds number one and Agent Ernest B. Tiiley (left) examines some of the extensive stock In
two. There were no injuries to the the Se^a Chest. Clerk Sid Selzer reports a sale for a couple' of snazzy
former's SIU crew.
sport shirts that will soon be dazzling Seafarers in Savannah.
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Special to those who preach against American shipping and par
ticularly hark on the idea of keeping so many vessels in the Govern
ment's reserve fleets; The reserve fleet, in the past eight years, has
supplied our own shipping lines and many foreigners with tonnage to
meet the high level of demand in the postwar years. It is the fleet
which supplied the added ships to meet our present military and eco
nomic aid demands; and it is the fleet which must bear any added
future burden if the call comes before hew ships in substantial num
bers are built.
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Certainly, it is hard to get around the proposition that a key factor
iu any defense plan is the reserve stii(^iglh immediately at hand. From
these reserve fleet anchorages have come the additional merchantmen
that helped to tumthe tide.
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Maritime J^^inlsJtrafion Officials View Rotary ShIpiSlne:
Fac* Fifp
Pact Saves Jobs^' m
Of SI U Oystermen
Mobile, Ala.—An agreement to transplant an estimated
50,000 barrels of oysters to nonpolluted waters in Mobile
Bay has ended the fight of 3,000 SIU oystermen to save their
jobs from extinction.
The Mobile Bay Sea Food Work cannery payrolls will be lost this
ers Union, an SIU affiliate headed season, while failure to solve the
by Urban Bosarge, reached this set problem will mean an annual pay
roll loss of $3V^ millions.
tlement with the Alabama State
Health Department. It was duly
signed by union representatives
and Governor
Gordon Persons
of Alabama. The'
agreement will
have no effect on
this year's oyster
ing, however, as
the season will
end on April 30,
before any large
scale
transplant
Bosarge
ing can take Mild weather last winter and an
place under the new agreement. expected increase in European coal
Despite this settlement, the long output spell out the end of the coal
range problem of pollution in Mo shipping boom next year. Both
bile Bay remains to be solved. The American and European coal ex
SIU representative Bob Matthews, (right), explains the SIU rotary shipping system to Charles Mc
Mobile City Commission and union perts agree that the winter of 1952
and industry representatives have
Guire, (left). Director of the National Shipping Authority, and Captain Martin I. Goodman, Chief, Of
agreed to pool their efforts, to ob 5.3 will see a considerable drop in
fice of Ship Operations, NSA, during the course of a tour of the SIU headquarters in Brooklyn.
tain funds for sewage disposal coal shipments from the US to
plants.
Western Europe. After that, bar
Shutdown Ordered
ring unforeseen developments, Eu
The controversy began when the rope should be reasonably self
Son,e 40 T2 tankers operated by companies under contract to the SIU are expected to State Health Department suddenly sufficient in coal production.
receive additional strengthening by the time winter sets in when an industrywide safety closed down onethird of the oys
ter reefs' because of pollution During 1951 Europe imported a
program gets underway in earnest for all tankers.
caused
by untreated sewage dis total of almost 25 million tons of
The strengthening measures
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were urged following a disastrous Since the danger of splitups is part of World War II when the charged into the bay. The reefs American coal. The greater part
sea mishap in February when two met principally under conditions production line construction of closed were the most productive of this tonnage was carried on gov
T28 split up in an Atlantic storm of low temperatures in heavy seas, welded Liberty ships and tankers ones, with the result that 3,000 sea ern mehtowned Libertys that were
off Cape Cod and brought death as in winter seasons, the strength wq^ started have since been ap food workers were threatened with broken out of the boneyard for this
to 14 crewmembers.
ening program will probably be plied in shipbuilding, it noted. permanent loss of their livelihood.
Although the overall program spread over the milder spring, The Coast Guard has indicated Only 40 of the 200 oyster boats purpose.
has been formulated, most tanker summer and fall months.
its approval. of the steps being were able to contine work under For 1952 the estimated need is
companies, like Cities Service Also , in the aftermath of the taken to" strengthen T2s and is re the shutdown.
between 17 and 19 millioh tons
whose 13 T2s are manned by Sea same tanker disaster, Lloyd's of ported to be preparing a manual Consequently the Sea Food tops. Already BVs million tons
farers, are still awaiting word from
of instructions to assist owners Workers Union took up the fight,
the American Bureau of Shipping, London has reiterated its endorse and masters in loading and bal aided by the SIU Mobile agent, Cal have been dumped in European
ment
of
the
welding
process
in
.the shipowners* regulating group,
lasting tankers properly to further Tanner, resulting in the settlement ports in the first part of this year.
on the exact technical naturd of marine construction, which, along reinforce the ships against another with the state that will keep the Demand has already dried up with
with loading and ballasting prac
the Improvements.
industry alive.
the coming of spring, but there is
tices,
has been under question MercerPendelton disaster.
The general plan calls for each
Strained Facilities
expected to be a temporary pickup
since
the Fort
Mercer
and
Pendel
tanker to be outfitted with eight
A joint statement by the Mobile this fall and winter.i In 1953 coal
riveted crack arresters, double the ton cracked in two.
City
Commission and industry rep imports by Europe will not run
four now required, in addition to Lloyd's, which originated ma
resentatives
declared that part of more than five million tons.
rine
insurance
almost
300
years
having the bilge keel attached to
the problem arose from the loca
Mild Winter
the shell by riveting instead of ago and remains the principal in
tion of a major Air Force base, The mildness of the winter en
surer against shipping losses,
welding as before.
Brookley Field, near the city. As abled Europe to build up coal
It is believed that application of echoed a recent conclusion of the
a result, additional thousands of stockpiles to normal levels. Heavy
these measures will bar repetition British Admiralty's Ship Welding
military and civilian personnel and rainfall has boosted the output of
Committee
that
"given
good
de
of the accident in February which
their families live in Mobile, over hydroelectric plants, taking further
maritime observers credit to the sign, good workmanship and toUgh
straining the
city's sewage disposal strain off coal supplies. British
steelr
the
reliability
of
welded
worst possible conditions which
sj'stem and adding to the pollution and German coal mines expect to
ships of this type could have en ships is beyond question."
Looking ahead to the possibility
increase their output a minimum
countered.
Lessons learned during the early of a war emergency, the Canadian problem.
Both state and federal agencies of ten million tons as a result of
government has appropriated $500, were called
on to assist in securing increased work forces in the mines.
000 for equipment to protect mer funds for sewage
Helicopter Sea Rescue
treatment. It is All this will tend to reduce coal
chant shipping against mines and
estimated
that
as
a result of the imports even though industrial de
subs.
closing of the reefs $250,000 in mands for coal keep growing.
The appropriation will be spent
to equip Canadian shipping with
degaussing gear, and also to fit
There's Always a Kibitzer Around
them with gun platforms. Degaus
sing gear consists of wire cables
which are fitted around the ship's
hull's inside the rails. This equip
ment is designed to protect ships
against magnetic mines. Several
types of these mines were devel
oped in World War II and it is
known that they have been further
refined and improved since then.
Repel Mines
III the degaussing apparatus, an
electrical current is sent through
the cable in a direction opposite to
the ship's magnetic field, thus re
pelling rather than attracting the
magnetic mine.
Preparations for gun platforms
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on merchant ships of 1,000 tons or
niore will consist of equipping ships
with heavier plates on the upper
decks near stern and other but'
Seriously injui'cd in an oil stove explosion, Edward Lundkvist, tressing arrangements.
chief steward of the Vestria, is taken off,a Coast Guard helicopter
Thus far the US government has
'< f|
Skeptically watching over the proceedings, an oldtimer looks on
for transfer to a hospital in Norfolk. The helicopter picked him not announced any plans for sim
as oyster fishermen unload their catch into barrels after arriving
up from the ship *70 miles off the Virginia Coast after receiving ilar protective devices on Amei'i
back in Galveston. (See story on Mobile oystermin above.)
a radio call for aid and emergency medical treatment. ..
can merchant ships.
Heavy Coal
Shipments
Seen Ended
Straps Ordered For All T2's
Canada Ready
To Arm Ships
Against Mines
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All governmentowned ships under GAA charter will be laid up by the end of Jxme, 1952,
a Maritime Administration spokesman announced. Completion of delivery of coal and grain JUDGMENT DAY'S A'COMIN—With the hot wrath of the tax
payer, (and voter) blowing down their necks, memhers of Congress
aid cargoes to Europe is responsible for return of these ships to reserve status. '
Tempering the gloomy picture^
have gone wild in a budget slashing grgy. Elections coming up in
a bit, the Maritime Administration up their business and returned to mand for US coal. Military November no doubt have tempered Congressional zeal for expendi
said that 112 ships now under bare the US. At its peak this past cargoes shipped under the North
boat charter to pHvate operators winter, the GAA fleet amounted to Atlantic Treaty agreement will also tures. First to fe'el the ax have been the armed forces wnich have
been under fire recently for waste and extravagence. The House
will be transferred to GAA charter. 530 vessels, the great majority of contribute to their recall.
chopped
5 billions off the 51 billion dollars requested in the budget.
They will then be assigned to the them being wartime Libertys.
The 112 ships now under bare
Military Sea Transport Service. Not all the ships laid up are go boat charter are those that were Aid to Europe and domestic agencies are next in line on the chopping
When these switchovers are com ing back to the boneyards. Some chartered to, private operators in block.
pleted, MSTS will have a fleet of of them are being kept at docks the months following the outbreak
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250 ships carrying cargo for US on standby status with skeleton of' the Korean war in June 1950. TAFT MAKES A COMEBACK—After taking a trouncing in New
armed forces in Korea and other crews. It is expected that in the When the National Shipping Hampshire and Minnesota, Senator Robert A. Taft made a strong come
overseas stations. Included among fall, a limited number of such authority was formed in March back in his presidential primary campaign in Wisconsin, Nebraska and
the 250 MSTS vessels will be a ships will be pressed into duty 1951 the General Agency Agree Hlinois. While generally conceded to have strong support in these
small number of Capetype ships, upon resumption of European de ment, or GAA, charter, was drafted. states, the Senator put on an impressive show of vote getting, piling
about ten in all.
up 750,000 tallies in the Illinois primary. This was a six to one majority
More Voyages Pending
over Harold Stassen, his only" ballot competitor, and a similar edge
over General Eisenhower who had to' depend on writeins exclusively.
While the layup orders have
Eisenhower took some of the steam out of this comeback by adminis
gone out to the governmentowned
tering a sound trouncing to Taft in the New Jersey primaries. The
fleet and a considerable number
GOP race is rapidly narrowing down to a two man affair, with the
of ships have gone into reserve
General expected to take an active part following his resignation from
status, it will be another ten
his present post in Europe effective June 1.
weeks to three months before the
Complaints that freight charges boost the pnce of coal
entire movement is completed.
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The spokesman explained that exports beyond reason are thorough^ debuiiked by an analy
voyages for which commitments sis made of all factors entering into the per ton retail cost COMBUSTIBLE CLEANUP FLUID—President Truman's adminis
tration cleanup campaign special was derailed, by an explosion when
have already been made will be in France.
completed, with the June 30 date The figures show that freight "commissions" duties, and trans Attorney General Howard McGrath fired his own appointee, special
serving a; a rough estimate as to costs of a ton of .anthracite are port charges alone add up to investigator Newbold Morris. In turn McGrath was bounced by the
when all ships will have wound only $11 out of a total of $53.30 $13.10, or more than the cost of President. The exattomey general gave as his reason for the firing
that a questionnaire sent by Morris to all top government officials
that a resident of Paris pays. The freight across the ocean.
was an Invasion of their personal privacy. The questionnaire demanded
rest consists of the original cost
information about official's income, investments, cars, bank accounts,
plus a variety of taxes, commis
etc. In turn, Morris claimed the reason he was fired was because he
sions, customs, and middleman's
was serious about the job, and was beginning to turn up information
and dealers take.
that would be damaging to Washington politicians in both parties.
When the coal arrives at Hamp
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MISSOURI GOES ON RAMPACiK—Swollen by Spring thaws after
time it reaches France, the $11
heavy Winter snows, the Missouri Rivqr and several "of Its tributaries
shipping charge makes it $30.
is flooding towns in four states. Hardest hit were Pierre, South Dakota,
Commissions, Taxes
and Sioux City, Iowa, with cities lower down the river like Omaha
Requests for the SlUpublished A $2.20 charge is imposed for
and Council Bluffs getting their share of flood waters. Kansas City
pamphlet "Strikes and Strike losses on route. Then the French
down river,
victim of last year's flood, k next in line. Flood oonditlonX
Strategy" have been poiming in coal syndicate, which is actually A proposal now pending before
from libraries all over the country government owned, takes a "com the legislature of the Phillipine are also menacing central California due to very heavy snows in the
and Canada as a result of the list mission" of $2.60, plus 43 cents for Islands is causing considerable Sierra Nevada mountains.
ing of the pamphlet in the Vertical clerical charges. French customs
File Service Catalog. This is the slaps on a $1.80 duty. The port of concern among shipping interests. SCORE ANOTHER FOR KEFAUVER—As an aftermath of Senate
first time an SIU booklet has been Rouen gets in the act with a six A provision of a sugges,ted mari Crime Committee hearings in New York last year, Frank Costello, re
Included in the index.
cent toll charge and $1.08 in whole time code similar to the US Ship puted bigwig of the "crime syndicate" now faces 18 months in jail.
ping act of 1916 would outlaw Costello was sentenced and fined $5,000 for contempt of Senate because
This is an index of publications sale sales taxes.
which is sent to thousands of pub The wholesaler charges two per steamship conferences if passed in of his refusal to answer questions on the grounds that he was sup
lic libraries as well as colleges and cent, or 67 cents a ton, while trans it?, present form.
posedly Incapacitated by a sore throat. Conviction came at a second
schools across the nation.
port to the coal yard from the ship Steamship conferences are rec trial after the first one ended in hung jury. An appeal is being taken
ognized by all other nations in the to the United States Court of Appeals with the expectation being that
Included among those request adds on another 12 cents.
ing copies are such farflung insti
Then the coal has to be sent to world as freight rate making the case will eventually be argued before the Supreme Court.
tutions as the Hamilton Public Li Paris, which runs $3.68 per ton for bodies. The US 1916 act accord
brary of Hamilton, Canada; Baylor a 60 mile journey," over onethird ingly exempts the conferences
University Library, Waco, Texas; the price of transporting the same from the ant? Lust laws.
NUMBER 5 OF A SERIES—A new billion dollar atomic energy
University of Chicago Library; tonnage 3,000 miles from the US Supporters of the pending Phil center will .be constructed by the Atomic Energy Commission within
East Tennessee State College, to France. The retailer takes his lipine legislation claim that the the next three or four years provided Congress approves plans. The •
Johnson City,. Tenn.; Boys High bite to the tune of $8.00 a ton and effect of the conferences is to set plant is part'of an atomic expansion program that will cost about five
School, Anderson, S. C.; Univer various retail.sales taxes, both city freight rates higher than they billion dollars In all. It will be located somewhere in the Ohio River
sities of Santa Clara and Illinois and national, add on $2.66.
should be with detrimental conse Valley and will occupy 5,000 to 6,000 acres of land. Purpose of the new
and many others.
In other words, French taxes. quences to commerce.
plant is to add to production of U235, the raw material for the atom
homb and for any other atomic energy projects such as the atom
powered submarine now imder construction. Approx'mately 34,000
From the Crew of the SS Gulfwater
construction workers will be employed at the peak of the new plant's
construction program.
Freight Small Part
Of Paris Coal Price
SlU Pamphlet
Now in School
Library Index
PI Consider
Outlawing Ship
Conference
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TV, TV EVERYWHERE—^The Federal Communications Commission
has lifted a 3?^yearold ban on constniction of new television stations,
providing for the opening of 2,053 stations in the Ultra High Frequency
(UHF) band. This will permit addition of stations in many cities and
towns which heretofore have had little or no TV facilities. Present
stations operate on the Very High. Frequency (VHF) band, which is
162 megacycles in width overall. Opening of the UHF band with a
range of 420 megacycles makes is possible for many more stations to
operate without interference. In contrast to the 12 channels now avail
able, the UHF band can accommodate 242 additional channels. About
half of them will be reserved for educational purposes.
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MASS EVICTIONS IN RUMANIA—FoUowing hard on the heels of
the eviction of thousarids of families from Budapest, Hungary, the
Rumanian government is planning to dispossess 200,000 people from
Bucharest. This is about 20 percent of the population of the capital.
The evictees are people who are supposedly "unproductive." If the
evictions follow the Himgarian pattern, they wUl mean that people too
old to work, storekeepers, teachers and others who can't fit in the" "new
order" will be sent to labor camps. With whole city blocks cleared,
the Soviet army and civilian agdncies of the Rumaiflan government
will take over the added space.
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Stephen Darl, .AB (left), ship's delegate on behalf of Gulfwater crew, presents butterflywing tray to
LOG managing editor. Ray Denison. The tray was made for the crew in Santos, Brazil, and contains
an estimated, 3,000 butterfly win^ Don^d Gllbo, oiler and engine delegate on the Gulfwater. assisted
Darl in handling details.
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AMERICAN GUERRILLA LEADER CAUGHT—The PhiUppine
Islands government forces have captured the American leader of Com
munistled |ebel8 and will try him in. Manila on murder charges.
Former US Army Sergeant William. Pomeroywas caught in the Sierra
Madre Mountains on the interior of Luzon Island, after a threeyear
search. ' Pomeroy had been a student at the University of the Philip
pines when he left Manila in 1949 and joined tjlie Hukbaltdiap revolu
tionary movement. There he was in charge of Communist propaganda
an^.^ljght at the Huk's "Stali,p V^Ve.ri^tx,;',^
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Brazil Halts
Pier Priority
To Own Ships
nitST ANNUAL
seafarers i
art contest |
kadio'Tapes' SlU Hq
For Labor Broadcast
The SIU, first in the development of many recent innova
tions in maritime labor, will be in the foreground in a radio
presentation of "Unions In Action" offered in a new series
on Fordham University's own"
victim of torpedoing in the Indian
radio hookup, WFUV.
Washington—^Announcement that
Brazil has once again sMspended
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priorities on berthing and other
Material for an experimental Ocean off Mozambique recalled
harbor facilities to stateowned
2. DRAWINGS |
halfhour
show May 2 was gath his experiences for the radio audi
ships followed in the wake of dis;
ered
at
A&G headquarters In ence, reviving vivid memories of
closures of flag discrimination by
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Brooklyn on tape recording, as the dangers seamen faced in keep
several European and Latin Ameri
station newsmen compiled on the ing up the flow of war supplies.
can nations.,
4. MISCELLANEOUS t
spot recordings of activities Other universities and labor
Action by the Rio government
throughout the threestory extent management groups have indicat
followed closely on testimony
THREE PRIZES IN EACH CLASS
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of the headquarters building.
ed interest in visiting headquarters
offei;'ed by representatives of Amer
Among the features visited in to get a firsthand glimpse of how
canflag shippers at Congressional
turn as the announcer toured the the Union's operations function.
hearings that continued bias in
site from the ground up were the Similar presentations are sched
favor of its own ships would neces
cafeteria. Port O'Call Bar, the Sea uled for future release.
sitate retaliatory steps by the US
Chest, the broad recreational fa
to protect the American shipping
cilities on the shipping deck as
industry.
well as an actual job call from the
Particularly flagrant discrimina
shipping board, and the un
tion by Brazil and Aargentina were
rehearsed reactions of rankand
cited by officials of the SlUcon
file Seafarers interviewed as they
tracted Mississippi Steamship Com
applied
for vacation pay, welfare
pany, whose DeUa Line ships op
benefits and tbe like.
erate regular runs to Rio, Santos
Seafarers' Sacrifices
and nearby Latin American ports.
Delays in these ports of up to 2030
Summing up the visit as he
days were reported, causing need
trekked through the building,
less expense as well as abbreviated
WFUV announcer Robert J. Mozer
shore leave for crewmembers, If
made special note of the memorial Ducking their contractual obliga
any at gll.
plaque on the second deck dedi tions, severaL Pacific Coast ship
Speculation has been aroused
cated to the 1,200 Seafarers who owners have been permitting Harry
whether the Rio de Janeiro govern
lost their lives due to enemy ac Bridges' Longshoremen to load
ment's suspension of priorities for
tion in World War II, calling at stores instead of SUE members.
send your work in now to
CONTEST
tention to a percentage of casual As a result of this violation the
Brazilianflag ships stems from
CLOSES
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ties unequalled in any industry SUP has made the shipowners pay
current adverse publicity regard
for this loss of work and notified
during wartime or peacetime.
ing preferential practices or an
SEAFARERS LOG
MAY 10
all operators that the work belongs
outgrowth of a slump In shipping
One
Seafarer
who
had
been
a
1952
to the SUP under the terms of its
675 Fourth Avo. • Brooklyn 32, N. Y.
which eased port congestion there.
contract
with the Pacific Maritime
Imports Affected
Association signed back in 1949.
The flag discrimination in ship
The odd part of the latest con
ping has produced situations where
tract
violations is that shipowners
foreign governments prescribed re
always insisted
that sailors load the
strictions in import licenses stipu
Wilmington, Calif.—Plans are in the works for a brand new
stores. However, when the SUP
lating goods must be loaded on SUP hall in this city, which could be the forerunner of first
compelled them to pay extra for
ships belonging to that country, ex
handling stores, and to hire addi
cept in cases where space on ships time SUP membershipowned facilities in the northwest ports
tional sailors
When needed for this
of Seattle and Portland as well.*—^^
of that nationality are not avail
purpose,
the
owners' attitude
around
it. The new
lot was secured
As outlined
and approved
by the
able. Similar priorities in berth
changed.
At
least
ing and wharfing privileges were" members at a San Francisco head for $21,250, despite an original The Bull Line freighter Monroe in recent months, three companies
the Pacific Far
had a minor accident in the Port
likewise attacked in Congressional quarters meeting, plans call for asking price of $28,000.
East
Lines,
Grace,
and Matson
construction to get underway The problem presented by build of San Juan last week, when it
hearings.
Navigation
had longshoremen
ing
restrictions
and
tight
supplies
"collided" with a 29ton saiiing ing stores, although ship's load
Shipping circles had recently shortly on a lot located on Ma
dele
grown increasingly worried over rine Avenue for a big, comfortable of many construction materials has schooner, the Patria.
gates notified
the mates of
the con
The accident took place while
the upward trend in flag discrimi building to replace the outmoded, brought the possibility of utiliz
nation with consequent increases inadequate facilities at the pres ing stucco to the fore, according the Monroe was shifting fiom one tract provision.
. Appease Bridges?
to Building Corporation Trustees pier to another. The Patria was
in vessel turnaround time in ports ent branch site.
where normal unloading should A meeting hall accommodating Tom Hookey, Charles Brenner, also moored at the dock when the The Pacific Maritime Associa
take a fraction of the time now 600 members in comfort, as well as Harry Johnson and SUP President Monroe crushed it while passing tion, in subsequent meetings,
recreation, baggage and possibly Hari'y Lundeberg.
expended.
by. The one man aboard got off in agreed that the SUP was correct
in claiming jurisdiction over load
Observers have been quick to restaurant areas are contemplated. In all, it is felt the major neces plenty of time to avoid injury.
point out in regard to the lifting The, present structure overflows sity is to get the construction The Patria, which was engaged in ing of ship's stores. Since the
of the Brazilian priority regulation when 200 attend meetings and city started as soon as possible so that the interisland trade, was a total shipowners admit that the SUP has
that this has been done several ordinances pretty well ruled out the membership in the Los Angeles loss. No damage was done to the this right, their assignment of such
times previously, only to be rein expanding the building because of area will have a proper place in 8,900ton Monroe with the excep work to longshoremen smacks of
appeasement of Bridges' union.
stituted time and time again.
its size and the limit§ of the lot which to meet.
tion of a few paint scratches.
SUP Raps Go's
For Violating
Pact Features
Monroe
Sinks
SUP. Plans New Coast Hall
Sailing Ship
In San Juan
CarUkm History Of The SIU
By 1931 things were so bad that many desperate
crews took to job action. The Union began to attract
more men, many of them in the ranks of newcomers.
The Communist Marine Workers Industrial Unloa
grew rapidly, but was Ineffective because it used
its membership as ideological pawns.
The Rumblings Begin
Rumblings, grew as job actions spread. Alarmed
shipowners campaigned to regiment seamen via'tlie
vicious "continuous discharge book" they tried to
force all men to carry. Sponsored by Senator Royal
S. Copeland, the book had space for "character
description" and other means of blacklisting.
2Vo. 9
By 1934 real Union organization existed again. Halls
functioned in most ports and Union action won imr
provements and wage gains. All that was needed
was a spark to unite all seamen in one fighting force.
It came on March 5 when AFL West Coast Long
shoremen demanded a pay increase.
.• jf
�fMmMma it« Mat
^EArAltEmg ii6G
race mkk
poftr JtfiPoyRXS....
1
will be sporting a beautiful tan. San Francisco:
(Orion); Robin Goodfellow (Robin); Mobile:
Let's hope that they don't overdue
Coe Victory (Victory Carriers),
it and wind up looking like broiled
and Wild Ranger and Choctaw.
lobsters.
All of the ships were paid off
Cal Tanner
with a minimum of beefs, most of
Mobile Port Agent
the delegates having done a good
Shipping in the port has kept up
4) t 4"
Business continues to tie slow job in keeping everything up in This port has b»en doing very
well
of
late
on
the
shipping
end,
SIU
fashion.
at a steady pace, although pros
Galveston:
here, with registration a lot heav
ier than shipping. Since the last One of them, the Sea Pearl, had although we do not know how long
pects for the Immediate future
regular meeting, we have had 16 been out for 11 months and had this will last. Quite a few of the
don't
look too promising. The six
ships payoff, 13 signon and nine about 15 aliens on her that had ships that have come in or are due
ships
slated to payoff on the west
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks
are
ships intransit. Beefs have been been picked up as replacements in
going back in the layrup fleet which
coast are all going into Wilming
very few and there are no beefs various ports.
Shipping is only fair right now, ton; however, we wUl have tho
pending.
Those guys real^ like it when i.<! sure to affect our shipping fig
but from the look of things it may usual number of replacements on
After a prettytough winter, the American crews pile off over ures.
spring is perking up all hands. there and let them secure our good We paid off five Alcoa ships, the turn pretty good in the next two the intransit and intercoastal jobs.
With the exception of a couple of wages and conditions, especially Cavalier, Clipper, Patriot, Pen weeks.
Three ships that paid off
showers, we have had some dam since they don't have to pay any nant and Polaris as well as eight Out of the ships in for payoff here, Greeley Victory (South At
for Waterman, the Morning Light, the Margaret Btown (Bloomfield) lantic), Young America (Water
nice weather around here. A few tax on that money.
of the buckos under 40 and even We have had one major beef William Harper, Hastings, Noon and Albion (Dry Trans),, signedon man) and St. Augustine Victory
some over that have been getting sent in from Boston. The Tagalam day, Monarch of the Sea, Afound again. The Nathaniel Silsbee, Wil (Mississippi), were in „ extremely
that gleam in their eyes, as at (Martrade) went out of Philadel ria, David Starr Jordan, William liam H. Aspenwall (South Atlantic) good shape with nothing but a
phia supposedly to make a 28day T Page and George Gipp.
and Rudolph Kauffman (Alcoa) couple of minor beefs. The Young
tested by the local J.P.
A knockdown, dragout fight is run to England and back. They Our signons totaled six in all, paid off and went into layup..
America signedon again, headed
shaping up in the coming elections. ended up by making two shuttles the Patriot, Polaris and the Cape Intransit to the port, we had for Puerto Rico and the Gulf for
We have two Qemocrats running from England to South America Saunders for Alcoa, and the Ala the following: Julesburg, W. E. payoff, and the. Greeley went back
for a seat in the before returning to Portland, wai, Fairhope and Citrus Packer Downing, The Cabins (Mathiasen); on the far east run.
Senate: Mahoney, Maine, for pay off. All of the boys for Waterman. We also had the Sea Trinity (Carras); Chiwawa (Cities Intransit we had the Kyska,
beaten by Re got back short a few pounds in Comet (Seatraders) stopping by Service); Seatrains New York, Lou Beinville, Topa.Topa and Jeff
publican McKel weight, due to the fact that they here.
isiana, Georgia, New Jersey, Texas Davis (Waterman) and the Alamar
din in the recent ran out of stores of all types and
Oyster Agreement
(Seatrain); City of Alma, Fairhope (Calmar), with ail beefs on them
guberaat o r i a 1 were completely out of meats of Our affiliate here, the Seafood (Waterman); Amberstar (Triton); settled before sailing. The Alamar
race, and Sass all kinds for eight days.
Workers Union, has finally reached Sea Tiger (Orion); Steel Chemist was in particularly good shape,
c e r, presently The crew has put in for sub an agreement with the State that (isthmian), plus the Prank Morgan, about the cleanest Liberty to hit
serving in the sistance for 23 meals, and this will
has saved the Ampac California, Salavo and J. this port in some time. Credit be
House. Since the be taken up with the owners as
local oystering in Laromie.
longs to the headsup crew on her
4th District boss soon as we receive aU of the data
dustry. The agree Our hall, or at least part of it, from Baltimore and the eaelcoast.
Frits
has thrown his from Boston. We will report the
ment calls for was given a little spring cleaning Ditto for the**St Augustine, back
support to Sasscer, we expect he results as soon as this is settled.
transfer of oys by some one who broke Into the from a fourmonth trip with not
will get the nod for the Demo
Claude Simmons
ters to sections baggage room and spread the gear one hour of disputed Ol and 'no
crats. The GOP aspirants are too
Asst. Sec'yTreas.
of the bay that left there all over the place. These beefs, thanks to fine delegates. ,
numerous to mention.
are not affected helpful individuals, whoever they This ship took a full crew but
» » $
In the presidential race, the Re Seattle:
by the Health are, made a real mess of things.
when the cargo didn't arrive, the
publicans are beating the drums
Department's
company laid them off. It ^eems
for an Eisenhower writein in the
closing order. In
now there is a lack of Aimy i^ai^go
Walker
coming primaries. A lot of politi
the meanwhile
in Frisco, which explains why most
cians don't think he can make it
the city will try to do sometbdng
of the ships are paying. off i down
here, but we'll wait and see.
about pollution in the bay.
south. All of the Waterman ships
We also have brother Floyd The weather continues the finest One of the veteran Seafarers In
are loading ore out of San Pedro
Fritz, around town these days. He and shipping the worst in the this port at the moment is Edison
for the far east and for the next
has been an SIU member for six Northwest. We have had no water Walker who sails as steward. He
couple of months will be paying
years and sailed with us for two front activity to speak of with just paid off the Nathaniel Silsbee,
off there.
years previously. Floyd sailed as three ships intransit making up a South Atlantic scow that is going
One of the number one topics
volunteer organizer on the Peter our entire shipping load these past back into the boneyard.
of conversation around these parts
V. Daniel during the Isthmian or two weeks. These were the Repub
Walker has been with «ie SIU
now is the deluxe SIU Union books
ganizing drive and subsequently lic (Trafalgar), and two Calmar since 1938. When he came up to
that are soon going to be distrib
served as picket captain in Balti ships, the Pennmar and Alamar. the hall forhis vacation pay he
uted. A lot of the boys are asking
more during the Isthmian strike.
if they are going to be able to keep
Things being as slow as they are said it was the first time in all his
He states that many of the gains here, we have a few oldtimers ac years of sailing that he ever re
their old books for souvenirs. I
the union has made are "almost cumulating on the beach. One of ceived a vacation check, being that
imagine that this will l>e the case
unbelievable."
as headquarters usually puts a void
them is L. E. Meyers, known far he had never put in the necessary
All our conditions go to make and wide as Luigi the grunt and year with one company. The SIU Galvestoii hall baggage room stamp in them and sends them
looks
a
little
worse
for
wear
the most happy, experienced and groaner. His pal Joe Touart is try Plan though assures vacation no
back to the individual member.
satisfied membership and the most ing to keep up with Luigi but not matter how many companies you after It had jwme nocturnal
visitors.
Open
window
(upper
Labor Active
militant and progressive union in too successfully.
work for.
right) and door hanging on
The labor scene is pretty active
maritime, he notes, "and I ought to
More To Come
hinges vrrc used to enter.
around here, with the bus, tele
know. I wks once drafted into the Others around include T. W.
Hinson,
W.
N. Ladnier,
H.
R. Kirk
"There
have been many gains
graph and telephone strikes, as
NMU, though I changed my affili
Because of the situation, it would well as a walkout by the AFL Car
ations fast." He added, "I'm one wood, W. J. Benish, R. Stough, J. for the members due to the im
guy who sure is glad he chose the Adams, and W. A. Delappe. We tiring efforts of oxu: officials and ne be a ^good idea for everyone who penters. At first the Carpenters
hope we'll be able to stir up some gotiating committee," he said, "and checked gear at this hall to claim did not set up picket lines, en
SIU, brothers."
ships for them pretty soon, but I am quite sure there will be many it as soon as possible, so that we abling the other crafts to stay on
Earl Sheppard
can clean the place out properly the jobs, but a week of futile ne
Baltimore Port Agent meanwhile all hands are basking more in the days to come."
in the spring sunshine.
The sun is warming things up and restore a little order to things. gotiating set the need for picket
t, t.
Jeff Morrison
Keith AIsop
considerably here, and it won't be
lines and they have been 100 per
New York:
Seattle Port Agent long before a lot of the brothers
Galveston Port Agent cent effective.
Southern Pacific, owner of Pa
cific Greyhound which is on strike,
seems to have overplayed its hand
in trying to starve the bus drivers
Everything has been running
out. The men got jobs driving mu
smooth for the headquarters
nicipal buses at almost the same
branch during the past ^period
wages and instead of being in bad
although the activity was hot as
shape
after five weeks, are as
Shipping from March 27 to April 9
great as it was in the previous two
strong as ever and intend to stick
weeks.
to their demands.
REG.
REG.
REG. TOTAL star. • smp. smp. TOTAL
We paid off a total of 24 ships
On the maritime front, our
PORT
and signed five on foreign articles,
ENG. STEW. SHIPPED brothers in. the SUP are joing out
DECK
DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG.
compared to 36 payoffs and 11 Boston
17
64 strongly in an organizational drive
17
30
32
89
SO
27
signons in the prior report.
among the MC&S: As yet the labor
285 board has not set a definite date
72
103
110
The port handled the following New York
384
147
133
104
. payoffs: Cornelius Ford, Charles Philadelphia
194 for an election to determine who
45
B2
97
150
58
48
44
Carroll, Frances, Puerto Rico,' Eliz Baltimore
shall represent the rank and file
202
61
67
74
132
858
132
94
abeth, Kathryn (Bull); Chiwawa,
marine cooks but it looks like the
20
81 SUP has a big lead. Brother Ed
27.
34
Bradford Island, Salem Maritime, Norfolk
123
258
64
71
French Creek, Fort Hoskins (Cities Savannah
61 Turner, at the head of the SUP
13
82
26
30
73
22
21
Service); Louisiana, Savannah, New Tampa
campaign, is really going out after
28
9
12
7
8
23
11
4
Jersey, Texas (Seatrain); Steel
those members Who want repre
247 sentation by a bona fide anticom
84
79
Maker (Isthmian); J. B. Richardson Mobile
84
73
208
61
74
(Alcoa); Potrero Hills, Gulfwater J^ew Orleans
82
263 munist union. We are standing be
82
98
103
257
90
64
(Mar Trade); War Hawk, Wild
hind Turner all the way and are
169 ready to assist him in any way pos
61;
45
68
98
49
i8
28
Ranger, Gateway City (Waterman); Galveston
188 sible.
51
84
68
Sea Pearl (Orion), William. Sturgis West Co?st
57
.136
57
42
(Robin).
H.'J. Fischer
Signi^on were the Sea yit||.
'. .,vi. Veit t rOo^^^.SMinffBatetbre
TOTALS.............. 812 :
:il»KG|22>vj.
Baltimore:
IV
Top Craws, Delegates
Bringing Ships In Clean
Business Is Good, But
Layups Cloud Picture
Stale's Vote Campaign
Premises to Be Corker
Baggage Room Thiof
Made a Moss of Things
Activity Still At Low
As Slsmii Holds Fast
Aliens Make Real Deugli
When US Crew Piles Off
A £> C SmPPOfC RECORD
/
�SEAFARERS LOG
FMdUT^ April It. uir
Pace NfM
........PORT REPORTS
New Orleans. Since these Pan At Boston:
who had just gotten off the Robin Wilmington:
lantic ships will pay off in this
Locksiey. He generally sailed in
port, this should mean a few more
the engine department.
jobs weekly. (The Chickasaw and
Some of the members on the
De Soto are also on the nm.) The
beach with us these days include:
Antinous started off the new run
John Lane, W. Wiliridge, T. Bonvie,
The business affairs of the port with a bang; as a matter of fact,
There's little change in the J. Hanson, D. Riley, L. Ruggiero, Shipping has been running very
are really in good shape. We had she nearly sank a Danish ship shipping situation around here, as W. Prince, Shorty Melanson, Joe well out here in Southern Cali
things continue at a "quiet pace.
, only the usual' run of beefs on the coming up the river.
and Bob Miurphy, E. Olson, Don fornia. We had a big load of in
LindMT J. miUams
• hips coming in.
We did have a couple of payoffs Oman, Joe Cash, V. Muffucci, H. transits taking quite a few men
New Orleans Port Agent
in the port, including: Julesburg, Jaynes, Bill Hardy, Bob Bennett, in addition to two payoffs and one
There were five payoff ships in
4
4
•
The Cabins (Mathiasen); Cantigny, M. Sweet, E. Grose, S. Greenridge, signon.
port; Alcoa Runner, Alcoa Pegasus
Lone Jack, Bents Fort (Cities Serv A. Buzzelie, G. Lothrop, Charlie Paying off were the Jeff Davis
(Alcoa), and Cape Remain, Del Lake Charles:
ice); Ann Marie (Bull), and Taga Dwyer, Joe McPherson and A. and Topa Topa (Waterman), while
Norte, Dei Campo (Mississippi).
1am (Seatrade). The Julesburg, Parsons. And in the local marine the Jeff Davis signed on out of this
Signing on were the James Cald
Tagalam and The Cabins signed hospital, we have brothers G. port. Our infransits included the
well, Alcoa Runner, Alcoa Pegasus
on for another trip.
Vourloumis, A. Leva, Dick Bow usual run of Calmar ships, the Penn
(Alcoa), and Del Rio, Del Valle, Del
Food was the beef on several of man, Lincoln Smith, H. V. Keane mar, Yorkmar, Calmar and Ala
Viento, Dei Norte and Cape Remain
(Mississippi).
The weather is really nice down the ships coming in. Plenty of and Benedict Klackowicz.
mar the Fairport, Bienville and
James Sheehan
Young America (Waterman); the
Quite a few intransit ships, in this way. The fish are still biting, beefs on the Tagalam, which were
Republic (Trafalgar), which
cluding: Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Cav and even the mosquitoes are be ail settled on board except some
Boston Port Agent
stopped in twi^e; Ocean "C"
alier, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Clipper, gining to nibble a bit. Shipping questions on meals which are still '
X
(Ocean Trans), Shamons Victory
Alcoa Patriot, Cape Saunders (Al slowed down a week ago, but pending due to a weekend payoff.
The" ship had
a
headsup crew
and
Philadelphia:
(Bull); and Robert .Lowry and Na
coa); Steel Chemist (Isthmian); Dei picked up and really broke loose
is a very good ship.
thaniel Crosby (Bloomfield).
Viento, Del Sol, Cape Romain (Mis last week.
The
Ann
Marie
also
had
a
grub
We
cleaned
out
all
of
the
rated
Recovers Health
ssippi); Seatrains Louisiana, New
Jersey, Georgia (Seatrain); Maiden men here an4 had to send out an beef, but the company put on all
We're happy to say that Brother
Creek, De Soto, Morning Light, Ai SOS, only to find a bunch of rated new stores and the shipyard is go,
Thomas G. Lyons, who was on the
ing
to
tear
out
the
iceboxes
on
awai, City of Alma, Lafayette, Mon men flocking in from out of no
list a few
Things have been perking in the critical
arch of the Seas (Waterman); Am where. Now we can be sure to fill her return trip.
weeks back, is on
In
town,
the
Western
Union
City
of
Brotherly
Love,
with
nine
berstar (Triton); Evelyn (Bull); all the jobs.
his feet again,
Strathbay (StratHmorel; Council It must be the ships that are lay strike is on, but we have no dope ships in for payoff in the past week. thanks to blood
on
it
yet.
If
they
need
us
though,
Rated men were hard to find and donations by his
Grove (Cities Service) and South ing up, 'cause a lot of the boys are
we had to send to New York for Union brothers.
ern Counties (Southern Trading). showing up. Of course, it may not we'll be on hand.
On the civic labor front, a $26, rates in all departments.
be
the
shipping
that
has
dropped
Brother Lyons,
We had an imusual number of
000 fund has been set up by the
gashounds iifthe last few days. This in other ports as much as it's the International Ladies Garment The list of payoffs and signons who has been
during the period includes the fol
was one beef that pretty gals around here.
Workers Union, AFL. The money, lowing ships: Logans Fort, Winter with the SIU for
Ships that
we had
in to
call dur
this port has not
voluntary contributions by 5,000 Hillj Council Grove, Chiwawa, Can ten years, sails
in the deck de
had for quite ing the period included: Salem
Lyons
tigny (Cities Service); Arlyn (Bull); partment and has
some time. The Maritime, French Creek, Lone
Lewis
Emery
Jr.,
Coeur
d'Alene
been on all war lanes, including the
SIU does not go Jack, Fort Hoskins and Winter
Victory (Victory Carriers); Alex Murmansk run. Tommy has trav
for performing, HiU, an of the Cities Service fleet.
andra (Carras); Mary Adams eled everywhere, but likes Spain
and oiur member Over in Texas we had the Sea
(Bloomfield); Barbara Freitchie best for its wine and women.
ship is on record Comet (Zenith) and our good old
(Liberty Nav), and Wanda He says that "It's easy to see
standby,
the
Federal
(Trafalgar),
to bring up char
(Epiphany).
ges against all of shuttle fame. Ail of the above
why we have the best conditions
took quite a few nonrated men as
Our local boys are busy in the and best wages because we show
foulups.
These
Modton
local eateries on Ranstead Street the companies that we mean busi
guys had better well, so all had a crack at shipping.
Walkout Waited
playing host to the striking tele ness and back up bur end of the
get wise to the fact that they will
All
is
quiet
on
the
local
labor
phone operators and, after look contracts."
find it rough going when they
ing over the girls'
place the Union in jeopardy with front, except that, as of this writ
, picketlines, it Tommy wants to thank all the
ing, the Western Union and tele
is
wonder .that
„„„„ blood
KI^
their performing.
, no small
...
... Seafarers
... men who gave
to save his
don't want to do any
any sailing
saUmg at the life. He said that several , ,
, res
It looks like the only one not on phone workers are waiting word
local
present time.
strike in this area are the seamen. from their head offices whether or
idents are still waiting necessary
The women are so plentiful that operations for lack of blood while •
From the last count on strikes not to walk out. On the state labor
"Reds" Healey even latched on to his Union brothers gave all they
here, it looked like more outfits situation, the annual state AFL
On a sort of biisman's holi
were on strike than were working. convention was in session at Baton
one, and was seen in a booth until could for him. He is especially
day, Earl, third cook Geft),
the wee hours of the morning tell impressed by the vacation plan as
The state labor situation is well in Rouge, and all reports show a lot
and Steward Hank, both off
ing the girl sea stories. Well, even his first check is keeping him go
hand, as' reported by the State of progress made there.
The AFL Machinists are stiU
the Ann Marie, stand outside
if we do not give the telephone ing on the beach until he is fit for
Federation of Labor at its annual
hard
at work on the local garages
a local eatery in Puertn Rico.
workers any other support in their duty.
convention last week in Baton
Rouge. Your agent attended the and, as of now, most of the garage members of the Boston Joint strike, we can count on our men to Talking about vacation pay, the
proceedings as SIU representative. employees have joined up. It looks Board, will be used for donations give them plenty of moral support. men who have received their checks
like ^e era of long hours for the
Crackdown on Bisso
But, we got to get back to the here exclaim about the quick serv
to local charities. To date, dona
Antilabor Bisso in this port has mechanics will be ended before tions from the fund have 'exceeded waterfront a moment. We held our ice. They invariably add that it's
run afoul of the law. A complaint long.
monthly Maritime Trades Council the first vacation pay they ever re
During the coming weeks we $17,000.
filed'by the government in federal
meeting in Chester, Pa., and it was ceived from going to sea.
Final Dispatch
district court charges they worked don't expect too many ships to call.
one of the best meetings we have
Meat Beef Settled
Charlie Dwyer, Brother
Hubbard
So
far
there
are
only
three
sched
various people in 1950 and 1951 for
had since the local body was The only beef of any conse
and myself
acted as
honorary
pall
uled
to
arrive,
but
as this
is main
more than 40 hours a week and did
bearers for our late brother Walter formed. The session was attended quence was on the Ocean "C". We
I' ^ not give them time and a half ly a tanker port, one can neve, tell Bezanson,
whose passing was re by delegates from all the affiliated straightened out the meat situation
overtime. It will be remembered who will drop in. We always look
unions, with considerable detail on this ship about which the crew
that this tug outfit is the same one for anything to happen, and it usu ported in the last issue of the LOG. work accomplished.
had complained and saw to it that
Another
such
sad
bit
of
news
for
ally does.
that SIU previously tried to
A. S. Cardullo
the
membership
is
the
loss
of
an
additional
meat was put aboard.
..
Leroy
Clarice
straighten out. William A. "Cap
Philadelphia Port Agent
other brother, William Waddington,
Lake Charles Port Agent
One of these ships, we won't
tain Billy" Bisso is well known for
mention names, came in with com
his anti Pinion attitude and for
plaints against crewmembers for
the rotten conditions on board his
cheating at poker. We removed
tugs here.
the offending parties pronto. All
Recently in to see us, with a
we can say is watch who you play
grin like a inule eating briers, was
with. If you can't trust them, don't
brother Milton "Frenchy" Mouton.
play. There are many cases of jaw
He had a big reason to grin, due
Sam Cohen. Agent
Terminal 42874 PORT COLBORNE
103 Durham St. bone games where some guy runs
SIU, A&G District
to the vacation check for $114.35
HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn.
Ontario
Phone: 5591
SECRETARYTREASURER
TORONTO. Ontario
86 Colborne St. in the hole for his payoff and then
BALTIMORE
r.,.U North Cay St.
that "Frenchy" had picked up that Earl
Elgin 5719 skips. There is nothing the Union
Paul HaU
Sheppi&d, Agent
Mulberry 4S40
morning. Regularly sailing out of BOSTON
ASST.
SECRETARYTREASURERS
VICTORIA.
B.
C
61714 Cormorant St.
276 SUte St.
Lloyd Gardner
Empire 4531 can do except fine the man for
New Orleans and making his home James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 20140 Robert Hatthewi
Claude Simmons
VANCOUVER. B. C
565 Hamilton St. missing the payoff.
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141
HEADQUARTERS
REPRESENTATIVE
here, Mouton is proud of the ben GALVESTON
Pacific 7824
,...308V4 23rd St.
Joe Algina
SYDNEY. N.S
304 Charlotte St.
In addition, we ran into a situation
KeiUi Alsop. Agent
Phone 28448
efits he receives via the SIU.
Phone 6346 where a member of the stewards
LAKE CHARLES.
La
1419 Ryan
St.
A Seafarer since 1940, he has LeRoy Clarke. Agent
SUP
BAGOTVILLE Quebec
20 Elgin St
Phone 65744
Plione: 545 department put in for overtime for
16 Merchant St.
sailed practically every run imder MOBItE
.1 Seqth Lawrence St. HONOLULU...
THOROLD.
Ontario
37
Ormont
St.
Phone 58777
Cal
Tanner.
Agent
Phone
21754
contract to the Union, and the top NEW ORLEANS
Phone: 33202 serving a sick brother. This is a
Ill W. Bumslde St.
:823 BienvUle St. PORTLAND
113 Cote De Lg Montague conunon courtesy and any brother
'
Beacon 4336 QUEBEC
benefits, conditions and wages Lindsey WUUams. Agent
Quebec
Phone: 27078
257 5th St.
MagnoUa 61126113 RICHMOND. CALIF
he's received have enabled him to NEW YORK
SAINT
JOHN
177 Prince WiUiam St. should be glad to pitch in and help
Phone 2599
675.4th Ave., Brooklyn
N.B.
Phone: 23049 out without trying to make money
450 Harrison St.
raise a family with three chil
STerUng 84671 SAN FRANCISCO.
Douglas 28363
NORFOLK
127120 Bank St.
out of it.
dren, one boy and two girls. At Ban
2700 1st Ave.
Rbes. Agent
Phone 41083^ SEATTLE
Great
Lakes District*
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present, he is resting awhile;, wait PHILADELPHIA
337 Market St.
.410 Avaion Blvd. ALPENA
r.
133 W. Fletcher a few men who insist on getting
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Market 71635 WILMINGTON
ing for another Alcoa passenger SAN
Terminal 43131
Phone: 1238W
FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St.
.675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn BUFFALO. N. Y
180 Main St. gassed up and missing ships. Per
«hip. He Just came off the Alcoa H. J. Fischer. Agent
Douglas 25475 NEW YORK
STerltng 84671
Phone:
Cleveland
7391 haps we should apply stronger
JUAN, PR... ..252 Ponce de Leon
Clipper after 11 months, and really SAN
CLEVELAND
2602 Carroll St.
Sal CeUs. Agent
Canadian District
Phone: Main 10147 measures than used up to now so
does a swell job in the stewards SAVANNAH
2 Abercom St.
1038 3rd St. that our contracts aren't endan
463 McGUl St. DETROIT
E. B. TiUey. Agent
Phone 31728 MONTREAL.
department.
Headquarters Phone: Woodward 16857
MArquette 5909
SEA'iTLE
.2700 1st Ave.
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531 W. Michigan St. gered by these performers.
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LOG
Friday, April 18, 1958
Cargo Of Woe Ends Dream
Of Seafarer—Shipowners
With visions of profits dancing in their heads, three Seafarers from New Orleans went
into the shipping business one day last year. But a broken down engine and a mean old
storm blew them right out again, several thousand dollars poorer but certainly the wiser.
Sole remainder of the illfatedt
shipping venture is the converted
subchaser, Sea Swan, lying for
lornly in Miami harbor waiting for
somebody to buy her.
The venture began in June, 1951,
when Brothers Tom Payn, James
Bright and another SIU man, Ber
mudez, pooled their .money and
made a down payment on the MV
Pomander. She was a 79tonner, 85
feet long with two 165 hp diesel
engines. A far cry from a
The original boat owned by the SIU team, the Pomander, shown in
Liberty, but a ship neverthe
drydock where she was worked on by the owners.
less. For three months the men
worekd 10 to 16 hours daily to
chaft." What do you have? "Pine had quite a few beefs," he added,
whip her into shape. When they
apples for cargo and one cracked "but no one to go to for settle
got her ready there was no busi
egg left for stores."
ment. Next trip out, we'lL be
ness to be^.had anywhere. Brother
Prices Go Down
where
we can call on a patrolman
Bermudez, evidently foreseeing the
Checking the price of pineap to take care of our problems."
outcome, dropped out, while the
ples it. was found that "the market
other two sat around until Novem
had dropped and the voyagewas
ber looking for work.
worth $1,000 less. They sold 350
Banana Deal
cases locally and the rest was
Their original plan had been Seafarers Payn, Bright and Bermudez catch a breather in the shade shipped to Chicago.
to carry fruit from Cuba to Florida, of the Pomander's hull during the overhauling job.
That was the end of the Sea
The LOG is interested in col
but they couldn't make connec sisted of Payn as skipper. Bright
Sw^n
as the crew classed her as a lecting and printing photo
no
way
to
cook,
and
no
sleeping
tions. Finally in November they as 1st assistant, Stephenson as
. as she pitched and thrashed around. poor feeder with plenty of OT and graphs showing what seagoing
made arrangements with a Coving
engineer, Joe Carter, a first
One engine went dead during no OT pay. The bananas are still was like in the old days. All
ton, La., man who planned to run chief
tripper,
who
was
the
stewards
de
the
storm, but the other held on inBlue Fields, but the men want you oldtlmers who have any
bananas from Blue Fields, Nicara partment all rolled in one, and a
doggedly and she made it to Miami no part of them. Payn is waiting old mementos, photographs Ff
gua; with his own boat. They Danish
2nd mate.
on Sunday night, March 9, with no to ship out, but it will have to be a shipboard life, pictures of
turned the Pomander over to him
rl^er ferry or at the least a 10,000
ships or anything that would
leaving him to pay the balance on They left New Orleans on that food left but one cracked egg in ton
scow.
Stephenson
and
Bright
the
ice
box.
show
how seamen lived, ate
day
for
Blue
Fields
expecting
to
her $7,500 purchase price and went
just
took
a
job
on
the
Patapsco,
a
and
worked
in the days gone
With
no one
coming out
to meet
pick
up
bananas
and
discharge
in
into business again witji his ship,
the MV Sea Swan. This was an ex Gulfport, Miss. They estimated a her, Payn brought her into the Terry Smith tug that was to be by, send them in to the LOG.
delivered in Baltimore. But lo Whether they be steam or sail,
subchaser of 130 gross tons with 15day run, and with 1,800 stems dock at midnight and waited for and
behold, she broke down and around the turn of tHe cen
much more power in her engine of bananas to be carried, it would daylight. Customs came aboard
the
crew
was paid off in Charles
tury, during the first world
in
the
morning and
started
raising
mean
a
net of
$4,500 per
trip.
room, two 1200 hp, 16 cylinder pan
war and as late as 1938, the
The Sea Swan passed through cain for not radioing in. "I'm ton.
cake engines.
LOG
is interested in them all.
sorry,"
Payn
said,
"but
we
have
Summing it all up. Brother
Payn
She too needed overhauling. the passes and out into the Gulf
We'll take care of them and
Brother Leo Stephenson joined without trouble. The first day went no radio." Why didn't he anchor says that if It wasn't for good SIU return
your souvenirs, to you.
Payn and Bright in partnership and by uneventfully, but 24 hours past out by the buoy shown on the seamanship, they would have
the three went merrily to work, for the sea buoy the first engine chart? "I'm sorry, \ye have no never made it back home. "We
they now had assurance of cargoes conked out. Ten minutes later the
—loads and loads of nice bananas second engine followed suit. All
that would bring a neat profit with hands, including the cook, decided
to turn in until daylight and then
each voyage.
turn too in the engineroom.
Ready To Sail
Next Stop Havana
Finally, on February 20, 1952,
after eight months of work without Captain Payn took a sight in the
OT payments plus an investment morning and decided they were 265
cf $6,000 in cash, they were ready miles WNW of Havana. Stephen
to set sail. The fiveman crew con son cranked up one engine, tied
the throttle down with a piece of
marlin to hold her, and ordered
the skipper to head for Havana, as
she might blow up any minute.
Two days later they arrived in
Havana in time for a solid twoday
blow. After being buffeted at an
chor for 48 hours, they decided to
bring her alongside, come what
may. Under some fine piloting by
Washington.—Prompt House ac Payn, they made it to the Havana
tion is being sought on two bills garbage docks on the 26th.
adopted unanimously by the Sen They remained in Havana until
ate authorizing medals for heroism March 7 trying to get cargo and
The MV Sea Swan In a calmer moment rests quietly at dockside. She was the second vessel o\vned
to merchant seamen and a special repairs. Estimates were that sev
service ribbon for service in a eral machinists and six helpers by the threeman shipping firm.
would be needed to renew gaskets
Korean .combat area.
The special ribbon for .service and washers, so they decided to
in a combat area during the Korean risk returning with the compressor
war was proposed as means of out of order and the throttle tied
honoring seamen shuttling the car down with marlin.
goes which feed the battle troops Finally, on the 7th, they heard
with food and supplies from Japan 01 2,000 cases of pineapple at
and US west coast ports.
Mariel, Cuba, waiting to be picked
Introduced by Senator Warren up. When the pilot didn't show,
G. Magnuson, Democrat of Wash Payn headed the Sea Swan for
ington, the twin measures would Mariel. They still had to pay the
also revive the government's au pilot fees, as well as cargo costs,
thority to issue Merchant Marine customs and other charges amount
Distinguished Service Medals, ing to around $4,000. The Sea
which lapsed after the war in 1947. Swan then headed for Miami with
The Maritime Administration $6,000 worth of pineapple at the
found itself embarrassed after the going market price.
Flying Enterprise incident earlier Four^hours out, they ran into a
this year when it lacked the power 50-knot gale with 20 foot seas.
to confer a maritime DSM on the Green water was coming over the
master of the illfated vessel. Cap pilot house, and the ex-sub chaser
tain Henrik Carlsen. Special leg began to lodk more like a submaislation empowering the MA to rine. She started leaking like a
present a tnedal to Carlsen had basket, and oil skins were rigged
already been passed by the House up to keep foc'sles, wheel house
and was sent to the White House arid engine i-oom reasonably dry. The Sea Swan takes on her fir8t.cargo, 2,000 cases of Cuban pineapples for tr«isport* to Miami.
where the President signed it
OldePhoitos
Wante,d by LOG
Senate Okays
Korea Ribbon
For Seamen
Ilhef f Aiasi sf
at
�Friday, Ayrfl IS, ItSt
$EArAREKS LOG
Pare Elerem
I
The Freak Ships^
Concrefe Boats
And Whalebacks
Many unusual ships have sailed the seas—ships of queer
shapes, novel designs and freak rigs. Most unique of. them
all, perhaps, was a vessel built around its cargo!
This strange craft was called the"
Cleopatra and the reason for its Cieopatra drift away as an aban
existence was to carry to London doned derelict.
from the banks of the Nile a huge For a while it was believed that
obelisk that slaves had quarried the ancient obelisk, pride of King
out of solid rock for one of the Thotmese III and of the seductive
fabulous Pharaohs about 1500 BC Cieopatra, had gone to the bottom,
After the battle of Alexandria far from the hot sands where it
(Photo—Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass.)
in 1801, the • victorious British had lain so many centuries. But
army decided that this halfburied the British troops of 1801 were not The whaleback steamer Joseph L. Colby, built at Superior, Wisconsin, in 1890. Most whalebacks did not
have the tanklike structures along the deck which, as visible here, supported the fore and aft cat
remnant of an ancient civilization to be cheated of the symbol of
walk. This ship had about 12 hatches and had the pilot house aft.
their
hardwon
victory,
and
the
would make a fitting souvenir of
. the campaign, and the troops them Scotch steamer Fitzmaurice came
selves raise.'I money to have it across the hulk, secured a line Most celebrated of these queer turned out a successful concrete of 17 of her crew after a collision
transported to England. But no aboard, and towed it into a French ships was the SS Christopher Col cargo barge.
with the SS City of Atlanta in
umbus, only passengercarrying Convinced that the concrete ship 1820.
ship could be found equipped to port, claiming salvage.
lift the 300 ton shaft or haul it Although the salvage claim was whaleback ever built — another would save on scarce materials and
During World War II, the advo
safely at sea, so the obelisk was high, the Englishmen who had al McDougall creation. She was built labor, the US Shipping Board cates of concrete ships pressured
forgotten for many years.
ready invested a huge amount in especially for the Chicago Worlds authorized construction of 58 of the Maritime Commission, over the
In 1876 some patriotic English the relic as a gesture of patriot Fair in 1893, during which she them in World War I at a cost of objections of Admiral Land, into
men revived the idea and raised a ism, paid the claim and the bar carried 1,700,000 passengers on about $42,250,000, but only 12 were appropriating $151,000,000 for
fund from their own fortunes to nacled Cleopatra — probably the excursions. After the fair, she ran eventually completed.
ships and barges, plus some $16,
bring the monument home as a strangest ship ever to cross the successfully for many years for Three of these "stone" ships 000,000 for the facilities to build
seas—finally arrived in London the Goodrich Line on the Chicago were big, 7,500 ton tankers—the them.
war relic.
Milwaukee run, being a familiar Palo Alto, Selma, and Latham,
122 days out of Alexandria!
Built Around Cargo
It all turned out to be a waste
sight on the Lakes for 44 years. There were also several good of time and money, for of the 24
A
OneTripper
An engineer by the name of
sized, threeisland type, coal burn concrete, steam freighters built at
Concrete Ships
Cleopatra won another unique
John Dixon figured out the idea
ing dry cargo freighters: the At
of'building a ship around the obe claim to fame in shipping annals Also worth a place in the story lantus, Polias, Cape Fear and Sap Tampa, many never made a voyage
when
she
was
broken
up
so
that
lisk and then sailing it home to
of unusual ships were the concrete ona. They proved themselves to under their own power. Seventeen
London at the end of a towrope. the strange, ancient cargo could be barges and freighters turned out be good sea boats, with a slower of them were converted into ware
houses, five were used briefly by
To do this, sand was excavated taken out of her. She was indeed a for emergency use in World War I roll than steel or wooden ships.
the Army Transportation Service
from around the needlelike col onetrip ship!
and World War II.
The concrete was reinforced for training purposes, and two
umn and an iron casing 15 feet in
The obelisk which had defied
The history of concrete ships with steel rods and triangular wire were sunk to help make the break
diameter was built around it, after the skill of Roman engineers was goes back to 1849, when the French mesh.
water at the Normandy beachhead.
which a ditch was dug and the conquered by mechanical ingenuity built one that was used for many
Concrete ships got a bad name
contraption was floated to the near and a band of dauntless seafarers years. Later the Dutch and Nor later on when the SS Cape Fear A Liberty ship cost $1,800,000.
by Nile.
and was erected on the banks of wegians experimented with them, "crumbled to pieces," according Cost of a concrete barge was
Almost 1900 years before, the the Thames in 1878.
and in 1912 a firm at Mobile, Ala., to accounts, and sank with the loss $1,326,000!
Romans had tried to ship the obe
Also in the category of novel
lisk off when the beautiful siren ships—somewhat akin in shape to
Cleopatra had given it to the Em the odd Cleopatra — were the
peror Augustus as a token of her whaleback freighters that traveled
affection. Engineering problems the Great Lakes until a few years
stumped the Romans, however, and ago.
the gift never went to the Em
Looking more like a submarine
Biloxi, Miss.—Bus and subway straphangers in the city who bristle at being packed in
peror.
than a conventional freighter, the
like
"sardines" have nothing on the Seafarers who man the Gulf Coast shrimping fleet.
whaleback
was
the
invention
of
After being floated, the unusual
craft was towed to a shipyard in Capt. Alexander McDougall, a Their accommodations are far different than what the deepsek sailor is accustomed to seeing.
• The larger variety of shrimp
Alexandria to be fitted with rud ScotchCanadian who, like most
der, bilge keels, a deck, small other inventors, went boldly ahead
boat is a 40footer, has diesel pro
with his pet project despite the
cabins and a mast.
pulsion, twoway radio and all the
It was hard to get a crew for prediction of scoffers that it would
other fittings for a normal span
this seabound rig, but Capt. Henry never work.
of
a week at sea. Every accessible
Carter finally lured seven Maltese His first whaleback was a barge
foot
not used as storage space in
with
the
unromantic
title
of
Num
aboard of her at a substantial wage
the lone forward hold, which is
of 20 pounds for the voyage and ber 101, which he launched at
the Cleopatra started off in tow Duluth in 1888. This was followed
capable of taking in 400 barrels,*
of the steamer Olga. Eleven days by others which proved their car
is a slim deck area needed for
later, after much pitching and toss rying capacity and seaworthy abili
working the nets.
ties
in
freighting
ore
and
wheat.
ing, they reached Algiers, where
A generous estimate of the
Captain McDougalls first self
the hardworking, Olga had to put
propelled whaleback was the
in for more coal.
wheelhouse, which doubles as
Every day during the trip the steamer Colgate Hoyt, launched
sleeping quarters for two men, is
iutrepid skipper crawled down into at Duluth in 1890. She proved
eight square feet of space. In
the tanklike hull and through the economical to operate, rode the
cluded here as well are the radio,
numerous bulkheads and wedges heaviest seas quite easily, and sur
prised
everyone
with
the
fact
that
charts and emergency gear. Below
to inspect for leaks.
she
was
selftrimming
due
to
the
in the engine room, where all the
Pitched And Rolled
curvature of her holds.
working gear is also stored, is a
Finally the Olga cleared Gibral
tiny galley.
ler, with the Cleopatra and her So confident war the inventor
3300;yearold cargo yawing and of the whaieback's akJity to go
f
rolling crazily at the end of the anywhere that he took the big,
(Above): Space Is at a premi
3,000ton
whaleback
steamer
C.
W.
towing cable. Bad as the Mediter
Wetmore
down
the
rapids
of
the
um.
Wheel (not shown) can
ranean had been, the Bay of Bis
almost be steered while sitting
cay was much worse, with .waves St. Lawrence to the Atlantic in
breaking ali over the tow and mak 1891, loaded her with wheat and
on bunk. (Below): It's steady
ing it almost impossible for the took, the cargo to Liverpool, where
as she goes navigating rim of
Cleopatra's) men to stay at the the ship amazed the skeptical
engine pit. It's easy to wind
wheel, much less steer the un English and created a sensation in
shipping
circles.
up in
galley (right, not shown)
wieldy hulk. The sail had long
Rode
Out
Hurricane
or
gear
locker (left).
since proved of no avail.
*
When a full gale hit the two The Wetmore returned to New
vessels, laying;^ the Cleopatra over York, where she loaded a general
When underway, one man takes
on her side, the Olga decided it cargo which was safely delivered
care of the wheel while the other
was time to call it quits, and dis round the Horn to Everett, Wash
cooks, sleeps, handles the nets or
patched a boat to rescue Captain ington. As a result • of this trip,
works below. In all, the men must
Carter and his Maltese crew. But some West Coast interests built a
live
a close, integrated existence.
a huge wave hit the lifeboat and whaleback called the ^ City of
Quite often then, you find the
a moment later it wAs swamped Everett—first American ship to go
"crew" is two brothers or father
and smashed with all of its men. through the Suez canal: "This
and son. Whole families have been
Another rescue attempt was made Whaleback later rode safely
working the shrimp fleet for gen
the next day and the crew^ was through the great hurricane and
erations
and they wouldn't *vadf
safely removed to the Olga, which j tidal wave which wrecked many
it for
,
cut the towing cable and
oV
Living's Snug On A Shrimper
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Fat« Tw^c
•
SEAFARERS tOG
IMday, AvrU It. MSt
IN THE WAKE
The doff watch, aplit up as it is rotate around the Pole Star. (Ac
GLENN O. DEMOUY. FWT
Into two twohour stints, is said to tually, to be more exact, one turn
They may talk a lot about farm perience. "However, I wouldn't
be a corruption of what once was takes 23 hours, 56 minutes.) Of
boys going to sea but it seems most take $10,000 for the time," he said.
known as the dock watch, mean course, we know that the sky does
ing a watch which was docked or not really turn, but that it is the Question: Why do you ship out Seafarers come right out of the Although Liverpool in 1942 was
uncomfortable, it wasn't as rough
shortened ... A launching in earth which does the turning. The of Mobile?
ports from which they sail. Mobile as Korea in 1950—especially in the
troduced the tengallon hat to the effect, however, is the same.
(Photos taken in Mobile branch is no exception to the rule, for course of the Inchon invasion and
shipbuilding state of Maine when
hall).
4
4"
4i
like all seaside towns it has quite the evacuation of Hungnam. De
Gov. Brooks of Wyoming presented
•
Many
seamen
have, seen
a
re
a
few of its native sons engaged in Mouy was in on both events as a
a real cowpuncher's sombrero to
Luther tVing, DM: I have sailed the business. Glenn O. DeMouy is member of the Citrus Packer crew
the skipper of a big fivemasted markable natural curiosity on
schooner named in his honor. It Dominica, iargest island in the out of here, off atad on, for 14 one of the many natives of that which spent 5V6 months in the
JapanKorea shuttle.
years now, and
was reported the captain caused British West Indies in the group
city who have made seafaring their It was at the Inchon invasion
known
as
the
Leeward
Islands.
have
been
with
quite a stir when he wore the hat
the SIU since it life's work and found it pleasant that two cfewmembers of the
on the streets of the little Down The famous Boiling Lake, on a
mountainside some 2,300 feet
Citrus Packer, George J. Miller
got
started. This and rewarding.
East port of Bath on the Kenne above sea level, has sheer banks,
and
Lewis W. High, .were killed by
city
has
one
of
bec River.
DeMouy had just gotten off the North Korean snipers when they
and the water is 300 feet deep
the best SIU halls
t i.
near the margin. The seething
to opeiate from. Alcoa Runner in Mobile when the went ashore.
The free nations usually refer waters of the lake are sometimes
In addition my LOG reporter found him at the Subsequently, when the Chinese
to Communistdominated lands as forced two or three feet above the
home and friends Mobile branch hall, planning to go armies invaded Korea and the tide
the countries be normal level by the pressure of
are
here. I know home and spend several days with of war turned, the Citrus Packer
hind the "Iron escaping gases. The fumes arising
a.
great
many his wife and baby. The 33year went to Hungnam at Christmas
Z'' Curtain," but the from it are also somewhat poison
city
and
I
like
time and took 5,600 Koreans who
%
ideological dif ous.
old Seafarer who has been with didn't relish staying under Com
\
ferences aren't
the SIU ever since the Union's munist rule to the port of Pusan.
4. 4> t
i 4» 4"
as sharp in ref
George
Romano,
steward:
My
A
lighthouse
is
often
called
a
founding
is all for the Seafarer's DeMouy found the action here
erence to the
Iron Gate (see map). This is a pharos from the ancient light family lives in this city and most life. As he put it, "Sailing was the greater than any during World War
first job I ever liked, and it is the II. "Mines were everywhere," he
gorge cut by the Danube River tower that stood on the island of of the shipmates
only job where a man can make a said. "We had a lot of close calls
through the Carpathian Mountains, Pharos in the harbor of Alexan I've been sailing
with
come
from
and were lucky to get out of there
dria,
Egypt.
Its
construction
was
decent wage, thanks to the SIU.
between Yugoslavia and southwest
in one piece."
Although he started out as
Eumania. It is about two miles begun by Ptolemy I, a general un around here. This
der Alexander the Great, and com has been my base
Family Life Possible
deck hand, DeMouy decided he
long.
pleted during the later reign of of operations
liked working with machinery bet
% % %
DeMouy still makes his home in
since 1925.1 don't
ter, after putting in six months as Mobile, having married two years
Noted for his powers of flight, his son. Rated as one of "the care for any of
seven wonders of the ancient
a cadet on Waterman ships. He ago. His one child is a four months
the albatross is a variety of sea
world," the white marble structure those northern
took a crack at the engine room old boy. Like many a Seafarer now
bird commonly seen in the Pacific housed
a beacon fire which his ports. This town
the next time out and has been at sailing with the SIU he finds thai
and southern waters. The name, torians say could be seen over the is just the place
it ever since.
originally Algatross, may have
benefits^ wages and conditions for
water for a distance of about 34 for me! You couldn't get me away
Wartime Collisions
changed by association with alba, miles. What was once Pharos Is from here.
SIU men today make it possible
Latin for white, the bird's color...
DeMouy admits that the life of and desirable for a man to have a
land is now part of the mainland
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Fathom as a unit of seameasure the water that separated the two C. J. Beck, electrician: In my a Seafarer is not without risks and family. Actually he feels that the
stems from the AngloSaxon having silted up over the centur opinion this is the best port in the dangers. During World War II, he handicap of having to be away from
feathm, meaning ''an embrace."
ies. The lighttower was completely
mmmMmrn SIU. The officials saw quite a lot of action but iron home while working is not as great
Before linear measurements were destroyed by earthquakes in the
are tops too. My ically enough all of the damage as it used to be. Today, thanks to
standardized and when most of 14th century.
home is here, as his ships suffered.was caused by present earnings, the seaman can
them were derived from the hu
a matter of fact collisions with other merchant ves afford to spend time home with
man body, a fathom was the rough
4. 4< 4^
I've lived here ail* sels. He was on the Antinous when his family between trips.
measure of the distance from fin
The Seafarer has an advantage
Tierra del Fuego, the islands
my life. I've ship she rammed another ship off Phila
ger tips to finger tips of a man's below Magellan Strait at the south
delphia, and in turn, he was on the in this respect, he pointed out, over
ped
out
of
New
outstretched arms. The out ernmost tip of South America,
Orleans and Gal Benjamin Conte, when she was on men on the beach who are seldom
stretched arms are the underlying was, to the early Spaniards who
veston, but al the receiving end of a British with their families more than a
thought of the term.
explored it, a land of deep mys
ways came back tanker's bow in Liverpool. This was day or two at a time. "Seagoing is
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tery. During their stay there, the
to
Mobile for my in 1942, and as a result, the Conte fine life, and the end of every
The navigational star Polaris is Spaniards never caught sight of a
ships
•
w'len
I'm
ready
to head was laid up in the English port for trip is a 2nd honeymoon."
the only star which keeps its place single native, but in the daytime
two months in midwinter.
It wasn't always like that in
out.
in the sky. All the other stars and they could see smoke arising, ap
years gone
by, but today he is cer
Life in
Liverpool in
wartime was
4
4^
4^
constellations wander around the parently from native campfires,
V. T. McKleroy, electrician: My cold and dreary with little to eat tain he couldn't do as well ashore.
pole once daily, counterclockwise, and in the night they saw flicker
as though they were fixed to the ing fires in the distance. Accord biggest reason for shipping out and the everpresent danger of "Conditions have improved 500
raids. Sitting around and waiting percent since I started sailing," he
inside of a vast globe. In other ingly, they called the region Tierra here is that its
for
his ship to be patched up concluded, "and i intend to keep
my
home
town.
words, we see the whole sky slowly del Fuego, for "Land of Fire."
proved a thoroughly unpleasant ex right at it."
I've lived here
since 1940 since I
came from Bir
mingham. Up un
til 1943,1 worked
in the shipyard
DOWN
• ACROSS
20. Beast of
35. Insert mast In
and then I went
1. Owner of the
US forces on Bataan surrendered control over Cameroons, French
1. Island near Java
burden
socket
Ann Marie
to sea. I've always
as Japanese
invaders overwhelmed Equatorial Africa . . . Senate killed
37. Attack
on
the
clspiai"'"
"l^'kname
S. Jim Thorpe's
come back here
Union
ship haggard defenders . . . SIU issued rider to war plants bill seeking to
tribe
3. Mother of Apollo
38. Result
4. Tribe of Burma 24 Unit of force
out.
plea to all seagoing unions to abolish overtime payments, closed
8. Kind of duck
5 .
Georgia
25. Bearing of Baker 40. River flowing
12. Sector
SSi
join against War Shipping Ad shop and picketing by strikers...
6. Helper
from Jarvis
into the Wash
13. Cargo of the
7. Hauling sail
26. Sudden thougtlf 41. break
Joseph Waiters, deck engineer: ministration proposal directed at Beefs representing thousands of
up mast
27. Port in Brazil
Bents Fort
42. Town in Italy
I've been going to sea since 1920 smashing maritime union condi dollars in war bonus pay settled
8. Tangle
28. Port in
43. Flat tableland
14. Nostril
9. Town on the
IndoChina
—and used to ship tions via a WSA manning board favorable to Seafarers on three
44. AidtoEurope
15. It's measured
Irrawaddy .
31. Needs a drink
plan
in degrees
out of Philly. I setup . . . Four oldage destroyers Waterman ships . . . Japanese
10. Sea bird
32. Mountains: Abbr. 45. Floor cover
17. Miss Baxter,
came here in tackled much larger enemy supply landed on Burma, close to Indian
li"
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16. Ford Fnck,
actress
1937 and liked it. line in Macassar Straits, inflicting soil . . . Sale of. new bicycles in
of basebaU
(Puzde Answer on Page 27)
18. Labor group
I've been ship heavy toll . . . RAF blasted one US curbed. War workers given
founded by
League of'
ping
out of here time Ford plant near Paris turn priority to buy them for travel to
Nations
4
1
2 3
and from plants.
ever since. The ing out trucks for Nazis.
19. He tends to
passengers
city
is
not
too
12
31. A cheer
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big and there is
32. Bermuda, or
BaU
IS
Russian
drive
to free Smolensk
a better chance Brazil began roundup of axis
35. Engineroom job
reported
huge
success,
heavy
of
getting
out.
28. Navy hospital
sympathizers,
discovered
Uboat
18
men: Abbr.
The
officials
are good
too.
'
fuel
base
100
miles
front
Santos
German
fatalities,
loss
of
materiel
39. Put oneself in
. . . Campaign to conserve vital ... US planes hit Rangoon to ease
specified position
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30. Export from
Sherwood
Finer,
bosun:
I've
metal called for consumers to bring
Amsterdam
been sailing for a long time, ever in old tubes to get new toothpaste, pressure on British troops forced
31. Moran "cruiser"
32. The high sea
since 1920 and all
shaving cream . . . NMU offered to withdraw . . . Seafarers surviv
S3. Weight of India
... /' support to WSA program as SIU, ing ship sinkings picked up after
I
can
say
is—
34.
Cruel Sea"
35. Fashion
good port, good
other sea unions reaffirmed out 54 hours adrift in lifeboat, week
36. Formosan port
ships, and good
rage at "unionbusting" govern afloat on gangway in open sea .'. .
38. Pronoun
39. Channel off NY
officials. Good
ment plan . . . British commandos Army, Navy, Maritime Commission
41. "Uncle" in a
raided Naziheld Norwegian port protests brought Senate reversal
sailors come out
taU hat
44. 12th largest lake
of
Narvik .
.
. US sub sank Nippo of committee okay on graduated
of
here
too,
that
46. Anxiety .
nese cruiser, torpedoed six' other profits curb for war contracts ...
adds up. I got
48. Island N. of
Isle de Finos
ships.
married in this
Seeking shot at crown, heavy
49. Port on
town and I make
weight contender Bob Pastor beat
S. Honshu
4^ X
.
50. Ship pests
my home right
Jimmy Biyins after being floored,
51. Seaweed
here in Mobile. It's a good place Washington recognized De Gual twice in first round of Clieyeland
82. CaU, In poker
8.3. Port on Opolu
.i.
ninfetiratiye boutj
• Free
ii'c h'adinl
' liig in^ an^wdtk'
J
TEN! YEARS AGO
�Friday. April 18.1888
SEAFARERS ^ LOG
April 18. 1952
PPffalUrteMi
SEAFARERS LOG
'Oil For Troubled Waters'
Vol. XIV Na. 8
Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union. Atlantic
& Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel.
STerling 84671.
PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer
Editor. UEBBMT BIAMD; Managing Editor, RAJ DBMISOIH Art Editor, BERNARD
SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DAHOL NILVA; Stafi Writer*. HEBMAN ABTBUE. IRWIN SPIVACB
I'
Roiler Voasipr
As has happened all too often in the past, US shipping has Europe Easier To
suddenly plummeted downward after riding high, wide and
Reach Than NJ
handsomeon the crest of a shortlived boom. Nobody in the To
the Editor:
industry, least of all the SIU, expected the boom to continue Before I get started on an ac
indefinitely. Still the sharp and jarring drop caused by the count of this trip on the Robin
Kirk, I'd like to go back a little to
mass layup of government ships hit harder than anyone had some
items a'bout my last one, the
foreseen.
Lewis Emery Jr. The dispatcher
These latest developments once again highlight the funda gave me my shipping ticket and
mentally unhealthy condition of the maritime industry. They told me that the ship was loading
emphasize the everpresent need for government action to at Caven Point. He added a few
directions on how to get
stabilize the industry and soften the effects of these wide simple
there, mentioning the Hudson
fluctuations in shipping. The longrange shipping bill, over Tubes and some bus lines and a
which the House Merchant Marine subcommittee has been cemetery which I promptly bol
brooding these past eight months, is the only solution that lixed up in my mind.
has been offered up until now. Until somebody comes along Finally with a friendly assist
with a better idea, the SIU will continue tosupport this legis from four bartenders, a Jersey
City police lieutenant and a cab
lation and urge its early passage.
What has happened now is far from being a major ship bie, I located her, hauled my gear
up the ladder and sank into a well
ping depression. But it serves as a warning of far worse con earned
sleep.
ditions which might come.
We had a very interesting trip
The importance of American flagshipping to the nation'has to Bremerhaven and back, the only
been demonstrated ntany times over in the past few years. monotony being provided by four
Unless we want to see the United States relegated to the days of smooth seas. However, the
by PAUL HALL
status of a nonmaritime power, action should be taken on other 33 days consumed in the
this.legislation to preserve a merchant fleet proportionate to two way crossing were as rough
the industrial might and world leadership of the United as anyone could desire.
^OME WEEKS AGO MENTION might have wondered why your
"Never Were Nazis
States.
,
>3 was made in the LOG of two Union was so concerned over Com
Bremerhaven was interesting, it new drugs that promise to relieve munist activities on the waterfront.
ft
t
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As I See It
being my first trip to that city
and I was surprised to learn in the many an afflicted Seafarer of the There were many wellmeaning but
course of my interviews with rep miseries of tuberculosis. Now the naive individuals in those days who
resentative German citizens of latest word is that the trS Public argued that the Communists de
While on the subject of the industry's shipping, it is en that
city (cabdrivers, bartenders, Health Service has plans for use of fended the rights of labor and were
couraging to note that Seafarers will in all likelihood crew up storekeepers, etc.) that none of these new medicines in its hos fighters against fascism, and there
the first of the new Mariner class freighters. These vessels, them had ever been members of pitals. The USfHS contemplates fore were beneficial to our demo
Nazi party. It certainly is re
35 of which are being built in US yards.by the government, the
markable what a man like Hitler a farreaching program to study cratic form of government.
have no peer when it comes to speed, power, and cargo can do for, and to, a country when the effects of these drugs and de More recently the American pub
none of the people liked him in termine whether they are as bene lic has learned the truth about the
carrying capacity.
the first
place.
operations of the Communists. A
ficial as first, reports have it.
Of course one ship, or even 35 ships, does not make a The steward
on the Emery was
merchant marine. But the many startling advances in design a tall slim gent with a wild mop of All of this is cheering news for typical example of the way they
and engineering incorporated in them give an idea of the curly* hair and
Seafarers, particularly those who do business is the news that the
potential for a great merchant marine existing in this country no razor blades.
have spent long months or years in Communist government of Ru
if the industry is given the opportunity to expand. There is At meal time
hospitals because of the ravages of mania is throwing 200,000 citizens
the capital city, Bucharest, out
no questjon that the construction skill and the trained sea he'd flatfoot in
TB. Your union is happy to learn of
of their homes on 48 hours' notice.
men are available for a first class merchant marine, if given to the galley,
that Seafarers, under this plan, will The only apparent reason for this
taste ' the food,
the opportunity to build and man it.
be among the first to receive the inhuman program is that the gov
and murmer, "I'd
like to see Mich
t
t
benefits of this brand new treat ernment did not trust these people,
elet put out bet
ment, which is as yet largely un most of them working men and
women like ourselves, to toe the
ter chow than
tested.
line
without question.
this." In this con
Kllppert
The one remaining hitch is the There is not an iota of difference
nection
I
recall
Although it is only a few weeks old, the newlyorganized
a little verse attributed to Long question of funds. Congress has between the methods of the Com
Maritime Trades Department is already showing its mettle. fellow:
been asked to appropriate $200,000 munists and those of the Nazis in
New port councils have been chartered in Norfolk and in "If you want to make Jake so that the USPHS can go ahead Germany who came so very close
to wrecking civilization. Both
Shuler ill
New England and already existing port councils are being
with this program. At present the philosophies
regard the individual
And
spoil
his
entire
day,
strengthened and revitalized to meet the tasks facing them. Just praise the culinary skill
program is under consideration in as an instrument to be maneu
Needless to say, the SIU is wholeheartedly behind this Of Frenchy Michelet."
a subcommittee of the Senate vered about at the will of the State.
new setup and will do whatever it can to further the an Other eminent members of the Committee on Labor and Public There are no such things as human
dignity, rights or privileges in the
nounced objectives of the MTD. The Union is confident that crew were "BubbleBelly" Jeff Da Welfare.
the future will bring important developments on the' water vis, who paid off and returned to Fortunately, the chairman of the Communist or Fascist schemes.
front in which the MTD will play a leading role for the bene the Old Dominion, suh; Joe Bar labor committee is Senator James Nevertheless, a study of the
fit of the 200,000 AFL members who earn their living in the ron, the poker tycoon from the £. Murray of Montana, who has re Communist line in this country and
elsewhere shows that they are mas
grits and rice belt, at last word a
maritime industry.
patient In the Stated Island Hos peatedly shown his concern for the ters at putting out bait. They pro
pital; Rex Rogers, "The Beard"; an wellbeing of Seafarers and other fess to be concerned about people's
assortment of good guys named working men. We trustthat Con rights and freedoms. They holler
"Ski"; and Sam Hardy, deck en gress will authorize this project hysterically that they are strug
gling to protect and defend these
gineer from Danville, Va.
Just as, had been suspected, the Seafarers First Annual Art I'd say that anyone who ships on which offers returns far beyond the rights. But at the other end of
Contest has turned up a good deal of hidden talent in the the Emery with its present com value of the small sum requested. the line where they are in power,
as in Rumania, they display a con
ranks of working seamen. The volume of entries has been plement of officers is lucky — a
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tempt for human feelings that is
finer bunch I never saw assembled
encouraging and quite a few have shown considerable skill on one ship—knd the guys in the ¥ ONG BEFORE THE GENERAL almost unbelievable.
It boils down then to what your
and imagination.
foc'sle were a great gang too. Os ^ public in this country had be
Union
and other antiCommunist
car
Klippert,
the
bosun,
is
a
darn
One reason for conducting the Art Contest was to encourage
come aware of the methods used by labor organizations have always
good
bosun, but
he sure does over
Seafarers with a flair for art to go in for thjp hobby by re
the Communists the SIU was only contended — that the Commies
a pinochle hand.
warding their efforts and giving them recognition. The other bid
Well I only Intended to write a too familiar with the ruthlessness stage phony demonstrations to win
was to find out if it was true that among working seamen line or two about the Emery and
sympathy and financial support for
could be found a wide variety of talents. On both counts then go into this voyage on the and brutality that was part and their most rotten and brutal objec
the Art Contest has proven a auccess.
Kirk but it seems to me I've used parcel of their operaHons. In past tives. Against siich an enemy, the
years, the average nltizen, either fight must always be hard and re
Incidentally, there's stiU time for ^lats, entri^ .to• Jbeat .that
the s{^<^ , Z,
lentless.
«s««" niir thmii^ IhdilSeKiiM
May 10 deadline. We'll beiobh'inli for thew,
'
We ^ee Goi the Stuff
MTD Warming Up
a,
Ari in the Foe'sle
�Pace Foartccn'
SEAFARERS
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May. April 18. 195t
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Festive spirit takes hold (above). Here, tra
ditional bon voyage mementoes—fruit and
flowers from wellwishers—come aboard.
'i
Standing by to assist passengers coming up
gangway, Zeke Bonura, bellboy, greets last
minute arrival. Company guard looks on.
As sailing time nears, only a few crewmem
bers and passengers are on deck getting a last
whiff of that stateside New Orleans air.
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Crew gangway aft comes down first. Shore
gang of AFL longshoremen loosen fittings on
deck to ready gangway for dismantling.
In crew's messroom, Arlen Torp, deck dele
gate, points out Union rules, ship's meeting
notes on bulletin board to Elmo Bailey, DM.
Man on boom signals winch operator as deck
gang readies ship for sea. In foreground,
deck cargo of lumber is already secured.
Handling lines from catwalk running along
number three hatch forward, members of deck
department make ready for getting underway.
Coffeetime finds' (LR) G. Murphy, OS; L.
Wilish, fireman; G. Flood, MM; C. Hanowski,
DM, and Ray Reed, AB, grabbing quick one.
Stalls built on deck carry race horses on ship
ment to Caribbean. F. Sullivan, steward util
ity, and G. Flood give them the onceover.
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Th* feverish activity marking the sailing of a passenger cruise ship is nothing like the
calm, businesslike manner with which the general ca/go or tanker ship gets underway.
Festivity is in the air as the holiday aunt begins. Some of the enthusiasm seeps down to
Seaferers who crew thpse ships, thougn many have made the voyage a dozen times or more.
One of the popular cruise runs to the colorful Caribbean country is operated by the SIU
contracted Alcoa Steamship Company on the sister ships Corsair, Cavalier and Clipper. The
17day cruise begins at the foot of historic Bienville Street in New Orleans, then south to
Kingston in the British West Indies; to Curacao, Netherlands West Indies; La Guaira, port
for the Venezuelan capital of Caracas; to the byports of Guanta and Porto Cabello, also
In Venezuela; to the island of Trinidad, whence, paradoxically, comes much of the asphalt
for the city streets many are escaping, and back to Mobile, Alabama, this time.
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The 4,58Ston Corsair, like her sister ships, carries 90 passengers plus a full SlU crew
of 96. Specially constructed on hulls of warbuilt Victory ships, they boast a swimming
pool, lounges, oneclass deluxe accommodations and sparkling crew quarters as well. But
what's going on in the minutes before sailing while the steward's gong rings out "All ashore
that's going ashore . . . 7" Amid lastminute farewells, the work of the Seafarer crew begins
in earnest.
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Hacking through beef, Felix Jarocinski, chief
pantryman, and H. Curry, 2nd pantryman
(squeezing oranges), prepare crew's dinner.
Inching out now, Corsair is nudged away
from dock by tug. It was an allSIU opera
tion as tug crew was from SIU affiliate.
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SEAFARERS LOG
THE
LABOR
ROUNDUP
VtMiy. April is, 195«'
On the Job
A port institution since 1688, ferry service on the Delaware between
Philadelphia and New Jersey has passed,into history. The first boats
carried 12 passengers and a fourman crew—bowman, two oarsmen
and a helmsman. In its peak year, 1926, when the Delaware Bridge
supplanted it, the service handled almost 40 million passengers . . .
Mexico may shortly have a merchant fleet of its own if agreement can
be reached in talks underway between the government and private in
vestors. Under the proposal, the .government would own 51 percent
After months of .quiet the labor
of the stock. Of eight shb?s planned, four would be used in the Gulf
scene exploded last week on three
and four in the Pacific.
fronts—steel, telephone and tele
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In the last Issue we reviewed the various signals carried by steam
ships. Sailing vessels, pilot boats, and in some instances, steam vessels
undbr 150 feet long, will carry signals that differ from those of the
steamship.
For example, a sailing vessel under way and a vessel under tow
between sunset and sunrise will carry the same lights as steam vessels
under way with the excepUon of the white lights. In other words
they do not carry a range or masthead light, only port and starboard
side lights.
Pilot Lights Differ
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The Senate has voted unanimously to renew for another year the graph. In all three cases negotia
A sailing pilot boat, when engaged, does not carry any of the lights
jiuthority of Canadian shippers to provide transportation coastwise be tions had dragged on for some required by other vessels. It does carry a white light at the masthead
months
before
the inevitable
break
tween various Alaskan ports . . . Improvements in the Houston ship
so constructed as to be visible all around the horizon. It also exhibits
channel are estimated to cost about $2,200,000, Bids on a dredging came. Taking them as they come, one or more flare up lights, at intervals of less than 15 minutes. When
this
is
how
things
stand:
project for the fourandahalfmile channel have been opened .
nearing other vessels, the pilot boat should flash its side lights at
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The B & O Railroad has installed mechanical trimmers that will in
short
intervals to indicate the direction in which it is headed. The
crease the speed of loading grain from 3,000 to 11,000 bushels an hour Steel—Government seizure of green starboard light is not to be shown on the port side, and the same
at its two grainloading piers in Baltimore. Use of the new devices the steel industry was ordered holds true for the red port light.
make it possible to eliminate much of the handshoveling which has by President Truman on the very . In the event this type of pilot boat is going alongside to put a pilot
eve . of a national steel strike by
been the practice in trimming grain loads.
650,000
members of the United on board, it may show the white light instead, of carrying it at the
4.
4.
4
Steelworkers
of America (CIO). masthead. It may also use a lantern with green glass on one side and
A freak oil explosion turned a Swedish tanker into ruins in the Red
red on the other instead of side lights.
Sea area, reports from Suez reveal. The disaster on the 8,000ton The walkout was scheduled April
When not eqgaged on its station or on pilotage duty, the pilot vessel
8
after
the
industry
refused
to
go
Trykon almost ripped her apart, started five blazing fires and killed
three of the crew. Ignition of oil fumes by the sun was believed to be along with Wage Stabilization carries lights similar to those of other vessels in its tdnnage range.
On the other hand, a steam pilot vessel when engaged in US waters,
the cause. Fires in five holds went unchecked because the explosion Board recommendations calling for
blew away all firefighting eqiflpment . . . The British collier Swan increases and benefits totaling 22V^ and not at anchor, carries eight feet below the masthead light a red
Valley had better luck, as it steamed 750 miles across the Indian Ocean cents hourly. The industry insisted light visible all around the horizoh. The light should be constructed
to Australia with a. cargo of burning coal. The vessel was allowed in on a sizeable price increase which so as to be visible for two miles on a dark night with a clear atmos
port after a chemist had tested for poisonous gases with two canaries. the government would not grant. phere. The steam pilot
Industry lawyers are testing the vessel will carry all
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Traffic through the Panama Canal reached an alltime high during legality o9the seizure in the courts. lights required for all
pilot boats as well as the
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the last month, topping the record set in the boom year of 1929. A
high proportion of tankers in the total of 613 commercial vessels was Telephone — Approximately 67, colored side lights car
attributed to diversions from former oil trade routes as the result of the 000 telephone workers in 43 states, ried by vessels under
disturbances in Iran and the Suez Canal. . . The world's largest tanker, members of the Communications way. When at anchor
the World Unity, with a capacity of 31,745 deadweight tons, left on Workers of America (CIO) went on the steam pilot vessel
her maiden run from London the same week a British shipbuilder pre strike April 6, against Western dispenses with the col
dicted development of tankers with twice that capacity, as well as Electric Company, manufacturing ored side lights.
eventual replacement of diesel engines with gas turbines in all merchant subsidiary of AT&T. Another 10, '
A steam pilot vessel
ships, a possible prelude to atomic propulsion.
000 union members ended a strike not engaged on her sta
against Bell Telephone in New Jer tion on pilotage duty
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The use of a simple wedge which enables the weight of a ship to sey, Picketing of exchanges con carries the same lights
be transferred from the building blocks to the launching ways just be tinued by striking Western Elec as other steam vessels.
fore the launching eliminates considerable work. In the generally tric Workers. Negotiations are
Fishing Vessel
used method, shipwrights have to hack clear highly compressed lumber, still on between the union and
Lights
much of which is expensive material destroyed beyond further use . . . Bell Telephone in several other
Some 1,700 dockers in Brisbane, Australia, walked off their jobs when states.
Fishing vessels carry
184 workers were suspended for demanding reinstatement of a man
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their own distinctive
fired for "causing delays" . . . Violent gales east of Greenland may have Telegraph — The Commercial signals as well. A steam
sent five Norwegian sealing ships and nearly 100 men to the bottom. Telegraphers Union (AFL) called vessel trolling carries a
They have not be^n heard from in a week.
out 31,000 Western Union workers tricolored lantern in
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on April 3, all over the na the same position as the
Japan's flag is again flying on her ships reaching the US, the first tion with the exception .of New masthead light. It is so.
Fishing vessel, nets out in daytime.
time since the end of World War II her colors have been displayed in York City where they are repre constructed as to show
American ports. The return of the Rising Sun emblem marked rati sented by an independent union. a white light from right ahead to two points on each bow, and a green
fication of the Japanese peace treaty. Prior to that time, ships calling The company has turned down and red light showing ovfer an arc of the horizon from two points on
here had flown the flag of the Supreme Command, Allied Forces in the union demands for 16 cent hourly each bow to points abaft the beam of the starboard and port sides re
Pacific . ,. A new 17,090ton British passenger liner has entered African increases on the grounds that it spectively. Within six to 12 feet below the lantern, it carries another
service. The Kenya Castle has a capacity of 530 passengers, all carried cannot afford the'm.
lantern containing a white light which should show clearly, uniformly
in a single class. She will make her trip around Africa in 10 weeks,
and unbroken all around the horizon.
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calling at 20 ports on the way.
Odds 'n Ends—A labor commit
In a fog, a steam trolling vessel of 20 gross tons or more shall blow
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tee has recommended a minimum a whistle or siren at less than one minute intervals followed by the
Widelyreprinted charges by a Boston shipyard that the failure of wage of 75 cents on hour to farm
the CIO Shipbuilding Workers to guarantee a nostrike clause beyond workers in a report to the Labor ringing of a bell.
A sailing vessel trolling carries the white light in a lantern show
an April 29 strike deadline had cost the yard and the workers a Dept. . . . Governor Adlai Steven
$1,000,000 ship overhaul job have been characterized as "unadulterated son of Illinois is the favorite presi ing all around the horizon. If approaching, or being approached by
hogwash." Union officials pointed out that they had neyer been asked dential candidate of 53 percent of other vessels it should show a white flare up light or torch where best
to make such a claufe and that the yard had never even bid on the job. 150 US union presidents polled by visible to prevent collision. All lights should be visible at least two
The CIO affiliate has been working without a contract since January the Intl. Assn. of Machinists . . . miles.
1 while talks drag on . . . Capt. Kurt Henrik Carlsen has taken com A 25 year old company union of
In a fog, a sailing vessel trolling, if 20 gross tons or more, blasts
mand of the Flying Enterprise II, named after the freighter he skip movie projectionists disbanded in on the fog horn at intervals of not more than one minute, eacl': blast
pered and lost in the North Atlantic in January after considerable effort Baltimore under NLRB agreement. followed by ringing the bell.
to save her. The ship is the former Noonday (Waterman).
The union's "business agent" im
Daytime Signal
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mediately got a job ,as labor ad
When a fishing vessel has its nets out in the uaytime it indicates
A New Yoris trur'; driver drew 14 days in an English court for takL.g viser to the movie owners associa
I free ride across the Atlantic on the Cunard liner Queen Mary. He tion . . . The Intl. Confederation of its occupation by carrying a basket or other efficient signal where
explained he had boarded the ship while drunk and woke up sober Free Trade Unions has opened a it can best be seen. If a vessel or boat at anchor has its gear out, on
when the ship was already at sea . . . The Coast Guard has granted school in France to train labor the approach of other vessels it shows the same signal on the side on
a vessel loading waiver to Great Lakes shippers permitting deeper organizers there . . Minneapolis which these vessels pass.
.loading of bulk carriers an^ tankers during the 1952 navigation season. dockworkers protested against tele
Vessels less than 150 feet long when at anchor carry a white light
In the case of each, ship, age, strength and other factors will be taken vising of their activities because in a lantern up forward at a height not more than 20 feet above the
Into account before permitting them to sail. The action niakes possible there's a strike at the local TV hull. The light should show clearly, uniformly and unbroken all around
greater iron ore, grain and oil movements on the Lakes.
the horizon for at least one mile.
station.
Burly
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SEAFARERS LOG
SlU Backs
Hosp Curbs
On Lawyers
All's Quiet On IMobiie Front
Pap* SercntcMi
Bill Hearing
Set; LayUps Rise
(Continued from page 3)
indicated by official figures on ves
might have to step in as it did In sel movements into the Port of New
York during the year 1951. Pana
World War II.
It was during this period that manian flag ships alone were fourth
the SIU did everything possible in highest on the list, ranking well
(Continued from page 2)
its power to meet the manpower ahead of such legitimate mari
. the time the fees are deducted the
demands and succeeded outstand time nations as Sweden, Canada,
seaman may wind up with less than
ingly.
The deck upgrading school Denmark, France and Italy. The
he would have received in a com
was
functioning,
retired members total of Panamanian, Honduran
pensation award.
were returning
to the
industry and and Liberian ship movements into
Attempts have been made by the
a flexible manpower allocation pro New York was 715, ranking just
hospital in the past to ban flagrant
gram was set up whereby men were behind Great Britain, the world's
violators. In such cases, they usu
being shifted from port to port to leading maritime nation, with 845
ally come in under an assumed
meet the need.
movements.
A moment
of
calm
at counter in
Mobile SIU hall
following a
morn
name or slip in through a second
At that time too, the government
ing call for men. Standing by as patrolman Bob Jordan takes call,
If all of these ships were regis
ary entrance.
was so concerned about the situa tered under the US flag, as most of
steward Fred Diekow (left) chins with patrolman Leo Marsh.
Now notices have been posted
tion that it called a conference of them rightfully should be, the com
throughout the hospital warning
unions in Washington to deal with petitive pressure on US flag ship
attorneys that they must have writ
the situation.
ping would be considerably les
ten authorization from a patient
That nobody had any clear idea sened and a far greater degree of
before getting a visitor's pass to
of what the future would bring, stability would prevail.
see that patient. It states that fail
least of all the government, is
ure to obtain such a pass, or other
characterized
by the statement in
violation of regulations will be re
Business Week that despite inten
ferred to the FBI.
(Continued from page 3)
in that area met recently in Ches
While prosecution of such a the revitalizatioii of existing port ter, Pa., with all waterfront unions, sive recruitment "ship operators
and unions expect the recruitment
case would probably result in a coimcils.
including teamsters, participating. to be harder from now on."
small fine for the offender at most,
This group took several significant
New England Program
Drastic Change
the big risk he runs is the threat The Boston group, known as the steps to close ranks and work to
of disbarment which would mean New England Port Council, has gether for mutual benefit. A pledge Contrast that situation just two
he could no longer practice his already attracted wide interest of support was given to workers of months ago with conditions today.
livelihood.
with teamsters and railroad work Cramp's shipyard, where a dispute Out of nowhere the situation has
Dr. Nelson expressed the hope ers joining Seafarers, longshore is brewing, and a committee was suddenly changed radically So that
(Continued from page 3r
that the new policy will make pa men, radio operators, deck officers appointed to meet with the arbi the supply of skilled seamen now
tients more willing to press cases and engineers in drafting a large trator for the Port of Philadelphia more than meets the demand. Of book. An effort at legibility would
against such lawyers, citing consid scale program for port develop on longshore problems.
course the shipping industry is not also beappreciated.
erable resentment among seamen ment in that area. Establishment
yet. entering a period of deep de
MTD headquarters, temporarily
At the present time, the mem
against such victimization.
of more satisfactory labor relations located in the SIU's New York pression. All privatelyowned ship bership is urged to be patient in
ping not laid up for repairs is ac
At SIU Headquarters an an is another objective of this group.
seeking a new book because ap
nouncement advised that Seafarers Heading up the New England headquarters, have mailed out tively engaged, and there is still
copies
of
the
MTD
constitution
to
noting any abuses or questionable Council are James Sheehan, SIU
the sizeable group of government plications are only being taken in
headquarters with outports slated
practices of any sort should report Boston Port Agent, and Daniel all member unions and delegate.s vessels under MSTS. But if it
who attended
the Chicago
meeting.
to
start up at a future date. With
them immediately to Secretary Donovan of the Int'l Longshore
were not for the temporary needs only
50 applic.iions accepted daily,
In
addition,
member
unions
are
of
the
armed
forces,
American
Treasurer Paul Hall. Inquiries men's Ass'n.
it is about a week before a book
being
kept
fully
informed
of
cur
with regard to any aspect of the The Maritime Trades Council of
shipping would once again be en
problem should also be sent to the Philadelphia and vicinity, repre rent developments via regular com tering a period of serious decline. is ready for use.
munications sent out by Gardner's As far as the Union is concerned
The new books, with leather
secretarytreasurer.
senting some 15,000 union members office.
covers
and waterproof pages, come
these sudden and violent fluctua
tions prove the necessity for stabili with a special case to further pro
zation of the industry. "The Union tect the valuable contents. Besides
cannot put trained men into moth the goldstamping of the member's
balls the way ships can be stored," name and number, its four corners
Headquarters again wishes
Secretary Treasurer Paul Hall boast 14 carat gold tips to protect
to remind all Seafarers that
stated. "With all the managerial the covers, as well as streamlined
payments of funds, for what
talent and planning ability avail bookkeeping on the inside.
ever union purpose, be made
able in this country, there is no A new numbering system, where
only to authorized A&G repre
reason why some way out cannot by each man will have a number
With the coming of April, the annual iceberg season has ar be
sentatives and that an official
found to solidify an industry so beginning with the initial of his
rived in the North Atlantic. From April to July, when warm important
Union receipt be gotten at that
to the nation against last name, will permit the many
currents from the Gulf Stream mingle with cold northern these violent ups and downs."
time. If no receipt is offered,
who, for sentimental reasons, want
be sure to protect yourself by
waters, dense fogs off the
The long range shipping bill, the to have a record of their old num
immediately bringing the mat
Grand Banks in combination lems faced by the Ice Patrol is only proposal currently pending bers. Space is left for inserting
ter to the attention of the sec
with the floating masses of ice that most of the bergs lie just which is designed to cure this these in the new book.
retarytreasurer's office.
provide a prime hazard to below the surface of the water, pro chronic "boom and bust" condi In all, the little volume is the
The Union's word of advice
shipping on the heavily trav viding a considerable hazard for tion, was passed by the Senate last bestlooking Union document, bar"
is to insure that all monies
eled North Atlantic sea lanes. the unwary. Nevertheless the patrol August. It calls for extension of op none. The books that have already
paid are credited to your SIU
has been so successful that there erational subsidies to more Ameri been passed over the counter have
The iceberg danger was sharply has been only one collision since can steamship lines, as well as tax drawn plenty of smiles from the
record. Insistence on an offi
brought to the fore when the pas it was established.
cial receipt will prevent "can
exemptions and deductions which recipients, convinced that the
shakers" from soliciting funds senger ship Titanic sank 40 years Attempts have been made in the will enable American lines to com slight waiting involved is well
ago this month with a loss of 1,500
for unauthorized purposes, and
pete successfully in world trade worth it.
lives as the result of a collision past to blow up the icebergs, but with ships of foreign nations that
will bar any foulups later on.
they
have
proven
impervious
to
with an iceberg. Since then legis
pay far less wages and whose
lation has been passed providing the biggest shells of large naval steamship inspection laws are much
vessels. The
only conclusion
drawn
for an Ice Patrol Service which is
less rigid.
conducted by the US Coast Guard. by the Coast Guard after 40 years
of
observation
is
that
the
way
to
Panamanian Problem
The biggest year for the ice
However, observers are convinced
patrol was 1929 when 1,350 bergs beat the bergs is to avoid them.
that even the passage of the Long
got into the sea lanes although on
Range Bill in its present form will
the average 400 icebergs a year
not deal adequately with one of the
drift into the shipping area. When
prime dangers to American flag
they do, they are kept under
shipping, the growing registration
constant survey by the Ice Patrol
of vessels under the flags of Pan
Service. At present, the Coast
(Continued from page 3)
ama, Liberia, Honduras and other
(Continued from page 2)
Guard has three cutters and two
to
give
an equal break to every
nonmaritime nations. The over
cellent understanding of the exist planes on diity charting the south
contestant.
whelming
bulk
of
tonnage
regis
ing contract with its many work ward progress and position of the
Seafarers are also reminded that
tered under these flags consists of
ing rules.
bergs from day to day. Twice
there are three
prizes in each cate
American built and American
As a result, the suggestions have daily. Coast Guard reports are ra
owned ships, end the sole purpose gory, with no limit on the number
accurately pinpointed those sec dioed to ships at sea informing
(Continued from page 2)
of such registration is to avoid of entries from any one individual
tions of the contract where it is theih of the position of the bergs.
ters is a matter of
at most
an hour,
American wage scales and perhaps in one or more of the four cate
felt that clarification and improve
1,800
Mile
Trip
it
is
considerably
longer
depend
more important, American taxation gories in the contest.
ment are in order. Most of these,
ing
on
the
port
where
application
All entries should be mailed to
on
profits.
Actually
about
.7,500
icebergs
incidentally, deal with clarification
or strengthening of the working break off the glaciers of West is made because of the mails. With Since these nations do not have the Art Editor, care of SEAFAR
rules and; do not affect the basic Greenland every year, but not all air mail utilized both ways, it has any wage or safety codes, and little ERS LOG, 675 4th Avenue, Brook
bread and butter provisions of the of them drift far enough south to been cut down to six days to and or no taxation on such ships, lyn 32, NY. Registered mail is
interfere with shipping. It takes from San Francisco,, for example. ]l^erican flag ships cannot possibly best for assuring safe delivery.
agreement.
The vital point to consider in ioompete with them. The action of Names and addresses of entrants
In a considerable nuntber of about three years for the average
cases. Seafarers expressed their iceberg to drift the 1,800 miles applying for a vacation payment is some American firms in registering should be put on each entry for
satisfaction, with this agreement as between Greenland and the North how long one will remain in a par their vessels under foreign flags easy identification. At the conclu
it stands, proposing slight altera Atlantic shipping lanes, with the ticular port so that the check may does Irreparable harm to American sion of the contest, the entries will
tions in minor matters dealing average iceberg putting in ten be turned over to the applUant maritime and certainly is not in be exhibited for one week in SIU
headquarters and; then returned to
when it arrives and not hav* to the national interest.
with specific practices on the ships miles ;a:,wepk,
ling Is the owpi
of
companies.
dUficulLbrol
inoith!!
Two Port Councils
Issued MID Charters
Be Sure to Get
Dues Receipts
Union Studies
Crew Contract
Ideas For '52
Deluxe Union
Book Issuance
Begins In Hq
Iceberg Season Opens
In Hazardous Atlantic
Half Million
In Vac. Money
Paid In 2 Mos
t
4.
Art Contest's
Entries Rise;
Deadline Near
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SEAFARERS L0€
WtUar, AyrU It, IMt
That some fish live out of water?
One variety, the lungfish, a hang
over from ancient times, lives high
and dry in a ball of dried mud for
a whole season.
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ripped Into the SlUcontracted
Steel Admiral (Isthmian)? The in
cident was one of more than 300
sinkings and damages to ships
from mines during the postwar
period.
That despite the ascension of two
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new rulers during the period, That residents of the District of
Sweden hasn't had a rSyal corona Columbia, as such, do not vote on
tion in over 75 years? When Gus either national or municipal mat
tav V succeeded Oscar II in 1907, ters? Persons residing there ap
he, like his son Gustav VI, who pointed to governmental positions
followed him, foreswore a corona do not give up their voting res
tion as a waste of money.
idence in the states. The laws of
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the various states permit them to
That the Brotherhood of Marine vote as residents of these the par
Engineers and the Marine Allied ticular states.
Workers, now almost three years
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old, are the "newest" additions to That, aptly enough, in a nation
the SIU family? The BME, rep where Smith, Jones and Doe are
resenting licensed engineers, and the names used to refer to the
the MAW, spokesman for fisher average or typical American, the
men, cannery and allied workers exact geographical center of the
in the A&G District, were chart US is in Smith County, Kansas?
ered within a few weeks of each It's almost as if it were planned
other in 1949.
that way.
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h
fe
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That California is the only state
That the rigors of war caused
for which a chemical element has one Seafarer to lose every hair on
been named? Californium (cf), one his head and body within eight
of the new elements discovered months? A thin white fuzz now
during atomic research and devel adorns the head of this SIU brother
opment in recent years, was named and the doctors can't figure out
Going ashore in Paramaribo off the launch is only for the surefooted sailor. Pencil drawing was
in 1950 after the Golden State what happened. He was on a deep
contributed by Seafarer Jesse Lee Rogeris.
where many of the experiments sea tug off Normandy before D
went on.
Day and in London when the V1
rockets came over to blast the city.
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That Teddy Roosevelt, . inaugu
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rated in 1901, was the youngest
That Northern Ireland in the
/
President of the United States? British Isles is the site of the
The Constitution provides that the Giant's Causeway, a honeycomb of
President must be 35 years old stonecolumns, 40,000 in all, each
when "^he attains that office. having the shape of a polygon or
Paramaribo, Surinam—Having just taken a trip down the bauxite trail to the jungles of Roosevelt
was 42 at the time.
hexagon? How these stones came
Surinam, I am impressed—unfavorably. The jungles and its animals are alright; the native
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to be cut to such exact mathemati
Indians probably are too. It's the newcomers and their stupidities that have caused me to That Florida's greatest income cal shapes is still a mystery un
became annoyed.
is derived not from resorts and solved by geologists.
The government of this mainland go back downstream to Fort Stuy not cleared 'til customs boards, citrusgrowing but from lumber?
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coimtry is Dutch—not the liberal vesant and thence up the Mungo
The lumber industry alone provides That the tradition of Royal Ca
and
since
we
can't
go
ashore
'til
island government that prevails River to the Mungo mines, must
then, our shore leave is diminished about .two and a half times the nadian Mounties on horseback is
in the .Curacao anchor at Paramaribo to pick .up in direct proportion to the agent's income received from citrus rapidly becoming a thing of the
dependency. One their longshoremen and gear, re
sloth, and/or stupidities—or both. fruits, despite the emphasis on the past? The Mounties, about 3,500 in
of the alleged turning, when loaded, to discharge This is what happened. We ar the state as a vacationland and all, much like the FBI in the US,
virtues of the them.
rived and were cleared by quaran major producer of citrus fruits. have less than 200 horses today.
Dutch is thrifti
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The horses are now outnumbered
tine
about two in the afternoon,
Sea Hitchhike
ness. In fact, the
and were due to proceed upriver That four years after the end by sleigh dogs, which are still used
customs of the Why don't I mind my own busi at midnight. Two other of our of hostilities in World War II a in the northern country where mo
capital city, Para ness about the thrifty customs? ships and a Honduran, none of floating mine in the Saigon River tor vehicles or horses can't traveL
maribo, has no Because they are compelled to be which could go up 'til later, were
launch for board come nautical hitchhikers in the visited by the agent and customs
>
ing anchored company launch that our good before us. The 6rews of these
Champlin
ships!
kind agent provides. Not only are
All the bauxite ships, whether they dependent on his largess but three ships had all night leave
of them for one or more
they continue up the Surinam also must wait for him to make up ahead
days. We at best had but a few
River to the mines at Paramam, or his mind—if any. Since a ship is hours.
For more than five hours we
Having read in the LOG of February 22 that a messman
watched the launch dragging back died aboard the Frank C. Emerson reminds me of the time I
LOGARHYTHM:
and forth to the other ships before piled off her in Norfolk under the impression that she was
lame brain came out to us. When jinxed. At that time, the Em<
he stepped onto our accommoda
sat there several days,
tion ladder, we felt a distinct list ergon was operated by Smith
not pick the anchor up. So we
&
Johnson
when
I caught
her
to starboard—due, no doubt, to the
Fogbound
n
December, 1944.
lead
in
his
nether
anatomy.
By Charles W.' Cothran
Fog set in during our stay at
To start
with
the chief
mate was
No Forgiveness
hit in the head with a slingload anchor, making us stand by to ring
Riders of the deep are ice.
I'm usually the forgiving type. of dunnage on the day we were to the bell. We then found out that
We hit a port and go ashore,
Who sail the ships across the sea, 'Ti's true, there's sights and sounds I'd probably never have written sail. He had to be taken off and hos the ship's bell was bad so we had
And though you may not under
this, had I not encountered an pitalized. We then went out and to use th'. time bell. It was a little
galore.
stand
other piece of slovenly parsimoni anchored. When it came time to uncomfortable, sitting there un
We work like mad while not on But this one thing, please let me ousness ashore — a matter about
form a convoy the windlass would able to move, and' no bell in . the
say
land.
which other crews have made un
fog especially as we were loaded
It's not like home, so far away.
availing protests in the past. This
with high explosives.
Here's hoping you may get the But after having gotten home
encounter was a highly personal
Finally we managed to get un
point
from waters that rage with one. In fact the diagnosis of the
derway and joined a convoy that
While drinking beer in some nice .Away
foam.
company doctor in PortofSpain,
sailed Janua^ 3, 1945. On the
joint.
Then 'neath the bed we toss our Trinidad was: "Probable fracture
night of January 4 we reached the
The riders of the briny deep
shoes
of the OS calcis." You guessed it; a
climax of our abbreviated voyage.
Have no brass rails to park their Preparing for just one good snooze. broken foot! What happened?
It was a dark foggy and rough
feet.
In order to board the launch in
night. I was on the flying bridge
Then after catching up on sleep
Paramaribo it is necessary to step
We hit the deck, yes, every day
on lookout when the Martin John
And spending money we did keep.
For something less they will not There's nothing else to do or say. down from "the dock about four
son appeared all of a sudden on
feet to a string piece, which is
pay.
our port beam. She plowed direct
But catch a ship and sail away.
about on the level with the deck of
But you landlubbers take two off
ly into No. 2 hold and tore us
Please
don't
misunderstand
these
the launch. One must then step
While on the waves we pitch and
wide
open. I was waiting for hell
rhymes
across to the heaving deck of the
toss.
to break loose in our explosives,
They're not intended for the rolling launch, at the same time
but it didn't.
"whines,"
While riding out typhoon or storm
reaching for the grabrail on the
Five and a half days later we
And wishing we were never born. Just because we go to sea
cabin roof. Just as I was doing so,
limped into Norfolk drawing about
There's many people, just like you. We ask no man for sympathy.
a firsttrip ordinary fell off the
40 feet at the head. We had a
Who wonder what it is we do.
dock onto my foot!
I'm for the life upon the deep.
sizeable hole in the hull and a
It is our contention that about
Ashore I've tried—this can't be
rather nervous
crew. We unloaded
We riders of the briny deep
two dollars worth of ladder, built
beat.
'
,
and
then
moved
over to the ship
Have no dates with girls to keep.
from the dock down to the string
yard in Newport News. It was
While you landlubbers have a So take these words straight fr(M piece, would be of help to ordi
Crewmembers Mahan and there that I gladly left the Emer
choice
my lips.
naries and other passengers—that Jones of the Helen Hunt Jack •
son with the excuse that I wanteid
You pick your girl and theh re The land's alright—but give''me is, if Alcoa can afford to do so.
son enjoy an impromptu feed
to get my AB ticket.
joice.
. • riiij: ^ iiV ;
tffflHD Champlin
( Of itheir .(favorite sHellfisbi'»i.
jSgti James 0..jMCrew'/1 Allen
'Dutch Thrift' At Paramaribo
Proves Painful To Seafarer
CI Recalls Jinx Voyage
On Emerson During War
Riders Of The Deep
Clamfest
�rriday, April 1S> mt
SEAFARERS
LOG
Fat* NlaetcMi
Michael Crewman Finds Egypt
No Place For English Speech
Alexandria, Egypt—The crew of the Carras tanker Michael is currently parked here wait
By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
ing repairs after a breakdown suffered at sea. It was on March 17 about 150 miles east of With this issue we will conclude our discussion pf filters unless therg
Crete that our hasty departure from port paid off with interest. The generators that operate are questions about the use of any of the special filters for use with
the tubines lay down and gavef
uitra violet or infra red.
tract the public attention from cor extreme caution when ashore, and
A filter can only be used with films which are sensitive to the color
up the ghost at 1530.
We drifted aimlessly in a calm ruption in high places, but the stay aboard if possible.
sea, awaiting orders from higher January 26 ruckus in Cairo was' This breakdown has cost the
up until the 19th, when the Pana the spontaneous eruptionwf an em company its charter with Socony,
manian Liberty, Illenao, arrived bittered people, so filled with ha so as soon as repairs .are complet
and stood "by for several hours. tred and malice they had but one ed we are to run out to the Persian
thought—utter and complete evic Gulf to load and go back to Pauls
Next day it began to blow.
We still were waiting for orders tion of British nationals and de boro, NJ. Since we expect to turn
when two tugs showed up looking struction of Jhes'e institutions and only 75 revolutions, we will arrive
for work. The master finally de establishments so long associated there about the 20th or 25th of
May.
cided to be master, so he put them with British imperialism.
Walter H. Sibley
to work at 1300and headed for Shepheards Hotel is but one ex
Ship's delegate
ample.
I
spent
all
of
yesterday
in
Alexandria. We arrived here with
out further ado at 0800 March 22. Cairo and, without seeing, I would
The company sent ah electrical not have believed such complete
engineer by plane from Key High destruction of a building possible
way Shipyard in Baltimore, so other than in war. That famous
work began at once. Some parts hotel is rubbish—months will be
Seafarers on the payroll of
were sent in the plane that deliv required to remove the rubble.
a ship while in port should
ered the engineer, but others ar
British Guarded
make sure to get discharges
rived on the 29th. Work was con
All other British establishments, from the skipper for port time
tinued without a letup down be clubs and homes, were damaged to as well as for the time spent
low, and the latest scuttlebutt a lesser degree. The British em
at sea.
states they will have finished in a bassy is heavily guarded and all
Failure to get such dis
week or so.
charges will mean that the
English nationals as yet unrepatfi
ated are quartered there. Anyone Seafarer won't be able to get
Overhaul Going On
speaking English is suspect, and credit for the port time toward
There has been no lack of activi my dragoman spent much of our his vacation money. This could
ty topside while these operations time explaining me away.
mean that a man would lose
are in progress. A swarm of na
out on some of the vacation
Truly
the
situation
is
rife
with
tives has been chipping and scrap
dough. Such being the case,
ing the hull, decks, tanktops, cargo danger for any white person, and every Seafarer owes it to him
I
shall
be
more
than
glad
to
get
pipes, catwalk, cargo hold, pump
self to get a discharge for port
rooms and everything else in sight away. I heartily advise anyone time worked.
who
comes
to
Egypt
to
exercise
for eight hours daily. Everything
Isto get two coats of primer and
two of covering paint before time
of departiue. The crew is paint
ing masts, kingposts and lifeboats,
so this thing will really shine in a
few days—for a few days!
Tension High
Having just gotten bafck home after being in the hospital
Get That Port
Time Discharge
Company Agents Abroad
Tough On Sick Seamen
The atmosphere here is charged
with tension so strong it weighs
upon one like descending doom.
There is a sense of expectancy that
cannot be defined, and anything
could happen at any time. The 75
years of English domination has
come to an end, and there seems
to be national determination to ob
literate all traces of it. Pro and
antiBritish political factions are
near open conflict, and the forth
coming elections, to be held May
18, might easily make Tammany
stalwarts green with envy.
The Suez incidents might, os 1
belisve, have been fostered to de
LOGARHYTHM:
Old Prayer
By Jess Floyd
Dear God, please make this trip my
last.
You know I've tried before
To save my "pay and quit the sea
And settle down ashore.
You know I mean it, God. You
know
The guys are ribbing me
When they insist I never do
Intend to quit the sea.
Pay no attention to them. Lord.
They think it's all a joke.
The times I've had to ship again
Because I wound up broke,
' Just take last trip ivhen I was
asked
.By all the bloomin' crew
To drink a parting round with
them.
Well, whats a guy to do?
You know I'm sociable at least!
And when you leave a ship
You gotta have a drink or two
To finish up the trip.
I'll give up all my boozin,' Lord,
If you'll do what i ask.
Just lend a hand when payoff
comes,
~
ateri moioeiiliis'tripuwiy lasti
in France I'd like the other fellows to know about the raw
deal some of these company agents give you when you get
sick on'the other side.
The whole thing started when
the ship I was on, the Benjamin
Silliman of the Robin Line, was
docked in Le Havre. We had a
Frenchman working down in the
chain locker and the mate asked
me to go down and see how he
was making out. When I got down
there I found the Frenchman lying
on the floor unconcious.
I thought that the fellow had
been drinking, so I started to tell
the mate that the Frenchman had
passed out, but the first thing I
knew I began reeling and stagger
ing around. I managed to make it
to the deck, where the purser gave
me some medicine that made me
feel better. Some of the other
fellows went down and pulled the
Frenchman upi and they revived
him. It seem^that there were some
carbon monoxide fumes below and
both of us had been poisoned by
them.
Operation Needed
A little while afterwards I got
another attack from the fumes and
they took me to the hospital ashore.
The next morning, wheq I tried to
get up, I found I couldn't walk. I
must have hurt my leg somehow
when I was coming up froija the
chain locker. The doctors said that
I had to have an operation, so they
sent me to a hospital in Rouen
where they operated on me.
While I was in the hospital I got
good treatment, and I don't have
any complaints about that. When
I got better though, the agent for
Robin Lines sent me to a cheap
hotel in Le Havre until they
could arrange transportation. They
handled me and other sick
men together with a bun::h of
beachcombers that missed, their
ships. We were treated jusf the
same as they were, though we were
sick and they had gone off and
failed to make their ships when
sailing time came.
Aside,! from th^i jf^t i t}ia(t i the
Still using cane. Seafarer
Theodore Kuscznk tells of his
experiences with company
agents abroad.
hotel room was pretty cold, we had
to eat in the restaurant there, and
the food they allowed just wasn't
enough. Some of the men who had
money bought additional food on
their own because they didn't have
enough to eat. . I went to the com
pany agent and complained and the
agent said that he was spending
all that was allowed for mainte
nance and cure. I figured though,
that it didn't come to more than
$4 a day in American money. Then
when I asked the agent for some
spending money for smokes, he
refused to give me any.
When they put me on a ship to
go back home, I asked the agent
for some spending money again,
but he turned me down, so that I
didn't have any money for ciga
rettes or anything else on the trip
back and arrived home broke.
It seems that these company
agents, once they get you where
there's no patrolman around, can
give you a rough deal.
.TbpadprwKiipscznk
of the light transmitted by the filter. A film sensitive to blue but not
to green or red, such a noncolor sensitive film, cannot be used with
a filter which cuts out blue. That is, yellow filters cannot be used wTth
a blue sensitive film. When a yellow filter is used for ortho film, the
picture is taken by green light, since the yellow filter transmits green
and red but the ortho film does not respond to red. If you use a blue
filter with panchromatic film, it will produce the same results as will a
blue sensitive film with no filter. Pan films are sensitive to all colors
arid can be used with any of the ordinary filters.
Since filters absorb part of the light passing through them, less light
reaches the film. In order to obtain correct exposure time when using
filters, you will have to open the lens wider or allow a longer exposure
time. 'The number of times the exposure must be increased because of
the filter is called the filter factor.
For example, if an exposure of 1/100 of a second at f16 is called
for without a filter and you want to use a medium yellow filter which
has a filter factor of 2, you will have to open the lens to f:ll or increase
the exposure to 1/50 of a second.
Factors Vary
Different films have different filter factors and these factors not only
vary among different films. The filter factor also changes when photos
are taken indoors. The reason for the difference is that daylight differs
from tungsten light in the relative amounts of red and blue light pres
ent. Daylight is rich in blue and ultra violet, whereas tungsten is rich'
in red, has little blue and practically no ultra violet. Watch the filter
factor when shooting indoors with a filter.
The following rhyme will help in understanding filters:
"There are three main colors—
Red, Green and Blue;
Any one of these
Will absorb the other two."
Remember this little rhyme, plus the fact that yellow absorbs blu«
and most of your filter worries will be over.
The most usual application for correction filters is for pictorial im
provement of a scene containing sky, water or snow. Unfiltered skies
tend to be light and do not show clouds to advantage. The medium
yellow filter is best for a correct rendering of such scenes. If you
wish to overcorrect to a point where the sky appears black, use darker
yellow filters or switch to a red one.
Select this medium.yellow filter for all average cloud effects as it
will absorb enough of the blue to give a pleasing effect without making
the contrast between blue and white too strong. It will absorb enough
blue haze in the landscape and seascape views to make it a very useful
general purpose filter. The following table may prove useful if you
go in for more than the medium yellow filter.
Filter
Prints Light
Prints Dark
Red
Red and Yellow
Green, Blue and Violet
Green
Green
Yellow, Red, Blue and Violet
Blue
Blue
Red, Yellow and Green
Getting the filter factor right guarantees that your exposure is cor
rect. It's tough enough to determine proper exposure without filters.
To foul up because you increase the exposure by an incorrect amount
would be disaster. Since the filter factors for Panatomic X, Plus X
and Super XX are the same we will list their factors under one head
ing. , These films are sensitive to all colors.
Panchromatic Film
Indoors
K1—1.5 K2—1.5 G—2 X1—3 A—4 B—8 C5—10
Outdoors K1—1.5 K2—2 G—3 X1—4 A—8 B—8 C5— 5
Ortho films such as verichrome or plenachrome which are not sen
sitive to red are listed under a single heading.
Orthochromatic Film
Outdoors K1—2
K2—2.5
G—5
B—8
C5—3
Indors
K1—1.5
K2—2
G—3'
B—5
C5—4
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Quiz Corner
(1) John plans to use his new car to drive the 75 miles from home
to work. If he can average five miles an hour more than he made
with the old car, he can cover the distance in a halfhour less time.
What must be his average speed?
(2) Present US law provides that in the event of the death or re
moval from office of both the President and the VicePresident, the
official who shall become President is the (Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court), (Secretary 'of State), (Speaker of the House), (President pro
tempore of the Senate)?
(3) A star differs from a planet in that a star (revolves around the
sun), (is selfluminous), (has a fixed orbit), (shines by reflected light)?
(4) The US, during its historj', has purchased territory from all of
the following except (Denmark), (France), (Russia), (Italy)?
(5) The sum of two numbers is 300. When the larger is divided
by the smaller, the result is 24. What are the numbers?
(6) Weather observers usually use balloons that rise at known rates
to determine (air pressure), (ceiling), (dew point), (visibility)?
(7) The names McSpeden, Mangrum." Middlecoff represent a well
known trio in the sport of (hoise racing), (hockey), (golf), (tennis)?
(8) Of all the sciences, the one least likely to contribute to our
knowledge of prehistoric man is (astronomy), (geology), (anthropology),
(archeology)?
(9) Two chairs together cost $75. One costs $26 more than the
other. What is the cost of each?
(10) Cecil Rhodes, a famous British imperialist, helped to establish
England's control of (India), (South Africa), (Singapore), (Australia)?
(Quiz. Answers on Page 27)
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SEArARERS LOG
Frii«r. Ama is. isst
fireman Finds Tugboat Work
Provides New Slant On Ships
By Spike Marlin
Having given the "sticks" a tan as a one team town, is stuck with
talising glimpse of big league them (both varieties).
One Saturday I was in the SIU Mobile branch hall and the final call was coming up.. action,. the major league baseball There are several grave obstacles
the quick and easy transfer of
There was a relief fireman's job on tugboats on the board. No tugboatmen were present, teams are now displaying their to
big league baseball to new stamp
or did not want it, so I took it to help shorten the weekend.
wares for the pleasure of northern ing grounds. For one thing there
Now I had never been on any4
viewers. There are some who will are the minor league clubowners
thing smaller than a C1. The fire
argue about who won the Civil and their territorial rights. They
man I relieved showed me how to
wouldn't relish the
War, but .nobody can contest north, somehow
light off the ray burners. Right
thought of their big brothers
on the front of the one scotch
em domination of baseball.
muscling in on the same stand.
boiler were three small steam
Our "national game" is actually And such transfers might have
turbines, one for each burner.
a regional affair with 13 of the 16 damaging effects on the 'structure
I asked, "Where's the tele
teams making their homes north of of the minor leagues upon whom
graph?" He replied, "There isn't
the big boys depend for players.
the MasonDixon line and east of
any."
"What about smoke indicators?"
' Ball Park Problem
the Mississippi. Outside of St.
I said. I was shown a dinner bell
Louis" and Washington, the rest of Then there's the problem of ball
hanging on one comer of the ven
the country has to
be satisfied with parks. A major league baseball
tilator. There was a wire attached
second grade stuff displayed by team needs a decent playing sur
to it. One ring meant smoke. Also
face, as well as enough seating
one ring meant you stopped it.
minor league teams.
capacity to pay the wage and feed
"No I do not live in Washington"
bills. Having seen Ebbets Field in
Country
Has
Grown
the fireman said, when I asked
Brooklyn makes me wonder just
Not that there's any conspiracy how
where the DC AyeHi was.
serious this problem Is. If
afoot. The game j)ist "growed" that rinkydink shack can support
Toot and Bong
I wandered around a few minutes
that way. But in the last fifty a big league team in style, the
when I heard a toot and a bong. I
years, the country has grown too, other cities shouldn't have too
thought someone had dropped a
leaving some of our largest cities much trouble.
big wrench. Shortly afterward, the
Last of course, is the transporta
with no teams. ^
oiler came in and lit off the two
tion
Some of the cities
One of
the "little giants" that push and pull big cargo ships around,..
remaining fires. To my surprise
Thp result is that cities like are a dilemma.
pretty far haul by rail and
the Waterman tug Cadet lies dockside fn Mobile harbor.
• we had been underway about five
Baltimore or Los Angeles have no many ballplayers are notoriously
minutes and I did not know it. that three long blasts meant high our next ship until they get ready major league clubs while over' allergic
to flying. Besides, plane
Scotch boilers lose their steam ball, or light everything up.
to
go."
flights sometimes are grounded and
grown
villages
like
Boston
have
slowly;
About 20 minutes later I peeked Thanks to the oiler I made the two. Bids for major league repre a ball club has to be sure of getting
The oiler left with an ahiused into
the engine room and saw the night. It was almost like starting
to its destination. Otherwise the
expression on his face. Pretty soon engine
sentation could be equally justified schedule would be considerably
over.
I
learned
many
things
that
turning
about
half
speed.
we reached our boat. Then a
minutes later it was still night, one of them being that we from such centers as San Francisco, fouled up. Granted all these prob
regular symphony of toots, bongs, Fifteen
turning.
The oiler shouted, "Come have a lot of fine fellows on the Minneapolis, Houston, New Orle lems, the benefits of a dispersal
gongs, dinnerbell rings, steamboat up for a breather, I'm coming down
tugs. Their job is unique in its ans, and Dallas.
would certainly outweigh the dis
blast and toots from the other tug for my round." I asked, "Aren't compactness,
but
they
are
seamen
advantages.
There's
no
question
that
the
all blended together in rapid and we underway?"
of the Sea. game would benefit immeasurably One thing we're dead set against
bewildering succession. I know "No. We got our bow up against too in our Brotherhood
Lee Brannen
if it could spread out. Some of is a third major league. There
you have seen Charlie Chaplin
the weak sisters like the Athletics aren't enough good ball players
running from Slim Somerville and
and Browns could find patronage around for one major league now,
the Keystone Cops. Well, I was
and support while a team like the let alone three. And can you just
shuffling and bustling but from all
Braves, that somehow never caught Imagine having a playoff system
kinds of bells and whistles.
on in Boston,' could
graze In .green at the end of each season? It's
Liberty Looks Huge
er pastures. Of course the Sena enough to make any dledlnthe
Suddenly the tug took a heavy
tors could use a transfusion too, wool fan turn to the roller derby
port lean. We're aground on a mud
bank, i thought. I ran into the Having gotten back some weeks ago from a long stay in but we're afraid that Washington, in despair.
engine room and up the little the Far East I'd like to tell you the latest news from out
ladder and saw the dock on one there. Usually the men are very well satisfied, and the only
side and that huge—I mean mon complaints you hear are that*
strous—Liberty ship swimming when you're out there, with real name of the city until the last
slowly toward us.
minute.
Everybody was calm but me. I all the rumors flying around, Of course, we thought it was a A veteran of 11 years member vived by his sister, Mrs. Arthur
could just see us being squashed you never know what's next. nice place, which is usually the ship in the SIU, Brother Ralph J. Richardson. Interment was in
between the dock and that Liberty. For instance, one time the feeling in Japan, no matter how Sigler, passed away in, the Staten Bell Forest Cemetery.
I returned to my cubbyhole—fire Bessemer. Victory, that I was on, it looks, if you happen to be com Island USPHS Jhospital recently.
Another SIU oldtimer. Brother
room that is. All the signals were came into the port of Tokuyama, ing back from Korea. Anybody in The 48yearold Seafarer was sur
Louis Ross, passed away aboard
still thundering. I soon learned Japan, without even knowing the Japan who asks anyone, especially vived by Mrs. Florence Sigler.
a GI there,, about how he would Sigler joined the Union in 1941 the Raphael Semmes while In the
like to go back to Korea, the im in San Pedro, and sailed as chief harbor of San .Juan, Puerto Rico,
mediate answer is, "Never happen^ cook and steward. Burial was in Brother Ross, 43 years of age, had
been a member of the SlU sinjfe
again." ("Don demonnai" in Jap Calvary Cemetery, Queens.
1938 when he joined up in Nor
anese, pronounced as follows:
"Don, like in none," "de" as in let, Word was also received of the folk, Virginia. He is survived by
"mo" as in mother "nnai" as in death of Fred Grimes in the Man his mother, who lives in New Bed
hattanJSeach Hospital. A native of
night.)
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Popular In Pacific
That was the popular saying in
Japan, in Korea, Okinawa, and as
far as I know in the whole Pacific
area. I heard say that ,it is also
The LOG opens this column as second, and here's one not gen
popular in Guam. For every con
IN ORPBRTO couEcr
an
exchange for stewards^ cooks, erally used, but which usually
versation
that
we
had
there
with
FROM THB COMPANY
j
anybody, "never happens again" bakers and others who'd like to brings calls for seconds and cleans
EARNTBD ABOARP SHIP WHEW|
forms part of it, as "Kilroy" was share favored food recipes, little- out the pot. Jellette calls it "Irish
NOT ON ARTICLES,OR Nor
the word some years ago. Next to known cooking and baking hints, Hot Pot."
PAID BY THE CAPTAIN, YOO
that is the expression, "number dishes with a national flavor and
Here's what you need: Four
one." Everything you might try to the like, suitable for shipboard pounds each of stew beef,, stew
MOST HAVE A yOOOjER..
buy or do that is good is called use. Mail in your suggestions.
lamb and fresh pork, simmer for
"number
one,"
or
as
the
Japanese
an hour
and skim off the fat. Place
XP YOO PON'T G^A '
and Koreans say, "numbah won." Tod oftpn a dish that could ideal the whole in a roasting pan with
VQUCHBR. , YOU'LL HAVE
For example, if anybody wanted ly be used, especially the second the liquid from the meats. Add
TO WAIT U/MTILTHCSHIP
to sell cigarettes to the natives, dish, is passed up. When turkey eight celery stalks, eight large car
RETURNS AND THE MASTER
number one" smokes are Lucky or roast beef is the main offering rots, 10 mediumsized onions, all
Strikes. When they sell to Ameri on the menu, an item such as ton cut in large chunks. Spice with
VERIFIES YOUR EMPLOTAfENT*
cans, almost anything is "number gue, tripe or kidneys is thrown in two teaspoons ground thyme^ three
for a second, leav bay leaves broken up, an ounce and
one."
ing the crew with a half of WorcestersWe sauce and
USS Closed
almost no choice salt and pepper to taste. Stir the
Just before I left, they closed
but the main whole together in the roasting pan
the USS club in Pusan, Korea, and
dish.
until it is evenly mixed.
all I can say is that seamen would
not miss it much. The day before
This results, ac Slice up enough raw potatoes an
we pulled out I went around .there
cording to John eighth of an inch thick to cover
and two big signs were on the door
Jellette, a stew and. overlap across the entire top
which told everything. One said,
ard and chief of the panned meat, add salt and
"closed" and the other one, "off
cook sailing SIU pepper, paprika sparingly and place
limits." I asked one MP on watch
ships
for 10 in a 375° F. oven. Bake about one
Jellette
nearby whether it would reopen
years, in heavy hour or until meat is done and
and he just answered, "never consumption of high cost meats, potatoes are golden, brown. Serve,
happens again."
and the seagulls get the rest. Many and stand by with those seconds
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To the Editor!
nite on the matter although all
think we should do something To the Editor.
Recently our SIU representative three "thought" I shouldn't have to CS Strips Need
about it even if it costs us some, As I write this I notice the sea
came aboard the Seatrain New pay it. As the good state of~ Ala More Literature money for lobbying in Washington. has a reddish cast, so we must be
Jersey with merchandise from the bama is adding a little 25 percent To the Editor:
I also think that the hotel idea getting close to "Port of Bauxite,"
Sea Chest. What an array of meiv delinquent fee and a little six per
is a very good one. We should sup Trinidad. Also the vague aroma of
I
think
it
would
be
a
good
idea
chandise! Bags full of line working cent interest on the whole since if we could see more Union papers port it 100 percent. I would also "idiot Juice" indicates an off shore
gear. As Walter Siekmah would 1947, the bill somes to more than aboard
the Cities Service ships. like to see a Seafarers bank in our wind. We're stopping here for
say in his famous words, "it's a a few shekels. I bought some prop This should include pamphlets of new halL
bunkers before proceeding to
good deal."
erty in Alabama last year which some sort where the new members
Jesse W. Fuckett Buenos Aires.' The Sea Cloud is
Considering we get a $7.50 tax could be sold for these taxes if I as well as the old ones could study
the only ship afloat that coasts the
X X t
deductible working allowance in am being legally taxed.
last three miles to a fueling stop.
up on the ways of the SIU.
our pay for wearing apparel or Here are some facts which might We could use booklets on how liUteeomer Finds They're lucky this is all down hilL
work clothes, we save time, get help you to arrive at some con to hold a shipboard meeting, on
The crew as a whole shapes up
unionmade products of first qual clusion. I did not vote in Alabama the Job of the ship's delegates and HQ Rep dustified very good. We've got the Greek
ty and put more union people to in 1947. I was only in the state a other items. I came aboard Just To the Editor:
embassy, Estonian navy and the
work. We get few days in 1947 visiting and wait before we sailed and was later Having been away from New Southern Rhodesian Amalgamated
what we need ing to ship out at Mobile. I did elected ship's delegate on this York for a few months, I guess I'm Fishermen all well represented.
and want at rea use an Alabama address when I ship, the Logan's Fort. Therefore one of the last men in the SIU to The latter are looking for a Con
sonable prices filed my Federal income tax for I had no time to secure OT sheets get to see the new hall. I must say gressional appropriation to move a
plus a receipt for 1947.
or agreements. On my last ship, that when I first walked in I was section of the Dead Sea inland so
tax purposes.
Incidentally, the new LOG is the the Salem Maritime, we were out at a loss, not knowing where to they'll have a place to fish.
We should finest paper published, bar none, for five months. After three turn. My good friend Slug Siek The stewards department has al
have an SIU slop union or otherwise. I usually re months we ran out of Just about nian took me in tow and showed ready
been publicly commended
chest aboard ceive a couple of popular magazines eversrthlng but work and wound up me around.
for
an
effort thus far.
every ship to suit the same day I receive the LOG but writing most of our overtime on All I can say is "keep up the Headed excellent
by that oldtimer, Mr.
the needs and these go ri^t on the shelf until the back of outdated charts.
good work." Let's try to have halls Walsh, ably assisted by deorge
Sir Charles
requirements. I've read the LOG from cover to
Curtis L. Southwlck similar to this one in every port. Wolfe, how could the results be
Brother McDonald and his col cover.
I think that the anything but pleasing?
Ship's delegate
league did a remarkable Job in
$10 assessment
Jesse 8. Rogers
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showing us the array of goods. It's
we paid for this
(Ed. Note: The best thing for Repairs^ Draws
Yours
truly
has taken on an ad
an added improvement, especially anybody to do in a case of this
new headquarters
ditional fifteen pounds of ballast
on the Seatrain Lines ships.
nothing
com
is
kind is appeal directly to the tax Seamayie Deefs
Styles are the latest, you can be bureau involved.)
pared to what we thus far. Have to make a Calmar
To the Editor:
sure. You can buy a watch for less
got for our scow next trip to insure a suitable
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than three bucks. Anything you
On our last trip out on the Sea
money. It's real reduction.
magic we drew up a repair list at
want Js well within your ability to Seafarer^s Wife
ly something that There's been no disputed over
Curacao, the last port we hit be
acquire — sun glasses if you're
every Seafarer time here. As a matter of fact
fore our arrival in the States. The
working on deck, gloves, hosiery, Tftanf&s Donors
can be proud of. there's been no overtime. The mate
Frank
report
was
presented
to
the
cap
shorts, socks—and you name it.
I'm sure that used to be a bridgeman. He's still
To the Editor.
tain, who was supposed to send it the SIU will not stop here but up in the air about it. I'll bet he
Good For Gifts
It can also be mentioned that My husband Ben (Frenchy) Le to the company. The wire was vwll go ahead in the tradition that never shunned the word "over
the merchandise is fitting to give Blanc, who is now an AB aboard apparently not sent and this has the Union stands for. Let's make time" when it was coming his way.
to others as gifts, and to be sent the SS Seathunder, has been away resulted in considerable confusion this the biggest maritime union in The boys are doing alright below.
Three trips now the ship has been
home. It's another streamlined since November 23 and is now. this voyage.
the world.
service patterned along the policy somewhere in the Persian Gulf. Some necessary items such as I'm just sorry for one thing— short an oiler, leaving only one
of bettering our conditions and While my husband was gone, his new fans for rooms and messhall, that I can't stay here and enjoy wiper. He's getting writer's cramp
getting what we want in onetwo fellow shipmates from the SIU new windscoops, new bedsprings, this place to the full, as much as and I do fear we'll run out of OT
hall in Baltimore came forward etc., were sent aboard in New I'd like to. But you know how it sheets for him.
fashion.
R. Weaver
After you examine everything and donated three pints of blood York before sailing. However, a is, like a lot of other Seafarers I've
Ship's delegate
you'll agree it's so. After some to me as I had to have two opera new coffee um which is badly gone Asiatic. So I'm leaving for
needed was not sent aboard re the coast hoping to catch a fast
catsup got on my nice new shirts tions this past month.
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no one ever knew anything was on I do not know the donors but I sulting in great inconvenience to Victory to Japan.
am ever grateful and this is the the messmen. The present one Is
it—^the spot Just disappeared.
George Frank Marine in Korea .
Sir Charles only way I know how to thank cracked and the messmen have to
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them. I can't find words enough make coffee in two small perco
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to express it.
lators at mealtimes. One has to Story Proves Us
To the Editor:
Mrs. Dora Le Blanc wait for five minutes or more for
I am an SUP permit man now
coffee at meals when the mess Heads Up Union
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serving in the US Marines. I
Applause In Ohio
men are rushed. The men going
would like to know if it would be
the Editor:
To the Editon
Army Man Happy on watch sometimes have to go To All
possible for you to send me a copy
the
stories that
have
been
in
I am wrKing to tell you how
without.
the last few issues of the LOG of the SEAFARERS LOG regu
much your films "Battle of Wall Tf^ere^s a Union
Problem On Draws
larly, as I still have buddies sail
Street" and "This is the SIU" are To the Editor:
Also draws in foreign ports last about security brings to mind one ing for the SIU, having sailed
thing
about
our
Union.
I
always
appreciated in Columbus.
Received the SEAFARERS LOG trip were given in the currency of
SIU ships myself.
They were shown the day they and was very happy to read some the country at which the ship tell the gang I sail with that the
At present I am serving with a
SIU
is
more
than
just
a
porkchop
were received to the delegates of good old ship news again. It was a called. The patrolman informed
the Columbus Federation of La real treat indeed to read that the crew that this trip draws outfit (although, believe me, it Marine Transport Squadron in Ha
bor, where they were enthusiast!' there are still unions. After be would be put out in American really delivers the porkchops). waii and Korea. We do not have
cally received. Since then, they have ing in the Army for a year now it money. However, the present cap What I mean is that our Union has any contact with maritime events
what we may be able to
been shown at a number of union is hard to remember that a man tain states that if the company had its eyes open to what's going on except
obtain
from
the few copies of the
around
the
industry.
meetings at each of which they still has the right to stand up and given him authorization to put out
draws in dollars he would, but the This security business, showing LOG that we may get our hands
voted thanks for their presentation. say his piece.
I am looking forward to the
Hundreds of union members have In one article I noticed that a company did not do so and he has how those phony Panamanian ships on.
endanger the country is just one day that I can get back to sailing
Gl asked about information on no American dollars to put out.
seen the films.
The films and the story they tell getting out of the army in order to In other words, it's the same old example. I'm sure all the fellows can again.
S. L. Ericksen,
remember the big beef we put on
make me proud of the SIU and the go back to sea. Your reply was beef.
VSMC 1206387
the
5050
foreign
aid
cargo
deal.
Thomas J. Snllivan
small part I played in it. Wish the that headquarters would send out
VMR 152 c/o FPO
There's lots of
other things
I could
the
information
required.
I would
Ship's
delegate
SIU were here to help in the Niel
San
Francisco
think of offhand that were like
appreciate it very much if you
House strike.
t i 4i
(Editor's Note:
Your name
is go
that.
I'm
sure
most
of
you
can
would
send
that
information
to
Mardy Polaner, secytreas.
ing on the LOG mailing list).
too.
Hotel & Restaurant Employees me also, as I am a green ticket CaUs Hosnital
Here's a case right in this secur
AB.
Local 505, Columbus, O.
Curbs Unfair
ity story where there's a Coast
Thanks a lot for sending the
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Family Affair
Guard, Immigration,' the FBI and
LOG and please keep, them com To the Editor:
Just a word about our socalled a lot of other highpowered outfits
ing, .
State Tax BiU
Pfc. Leonard G. Dower marine hospital in Seattle now go floating around. But it was the SIU
Causes Grief
(Ed. note: The standard jorm ing under the name of United that put the finger on the trouble
To the Editor:
you have to fill out has been sent States Public Health Service Hos that everybody else just didn't see.
pital. They are very nice if you Or maybe they just weren't talking.
I had a little problem come up to you.)
are a veteran. Coast' Guardsman, It makes you feel good to be part
recently, the answer to which
street car conductor, garbage col of an outfit like this.
might help other brothers when
George Moyer
confronted with the same situation. Ft. Hosftins Esuuds lector or any of their wives or
kids. You get first class treatment
Several days ago I received a SMU^s Sea Chost
%
t
i
and priority over tlie no good mer
bill from the State of Alabama for
Student Finds
chant seamen as they see it.
state income tax due on my earn To the Editor:
ings in 1947. As all my wages In The crew of the Fort Hoskins . All anyone else or their wives or LOG Heipfnl
1947 were earned on foreign trips have nothing but praise for the kids have to show is that their hus
outside the continental limits of SIU Sea Chest. Brother McDonald bands or shirttail relatives work To the Editon
This term we are dealing with
the US, I had assumed they were came aboard last trip with a layout for the city, state or federal gov
not subject. to state income tax. that would undersell Macy.'s or ernment sometime or another, re labor problems in our courses. I
Also I didn't actually reside in Ala Gimbel's basement. The goods are tired or not, and first class service have heard of yow fine organiza
bama at all in 1947. However, I first class and its fire sale prices is theirs. The merchant seaman's tion and of y o u r newspaper. If
wife and kids are out altogether. possible could you put me on your
did use an Alabama mailing ad and no fire.
dress Just as many seamen use 25 We hope Mac comes loaded this The seaman, no matter how long mailing list for a while? They
/
trip as the boys are waiting to stock he has been going to sea, whether would help me in my studies. Father and son team, Paul (1.)
South Street in New York.
and
Steve
Emerson
pose
with
up after comparing quality and he was hurt on the ship during the Thank you and the best of luck on
NetMng Definite
steward John Ryder (r.) on
war or not, must show that he has. future contract negotiating. .
1 went to two lawyers and one prices.
Skystar deck at buffet ^ven
W. J. Ryan
been an active seaman for at least
Leo Dwyer
tax expert down here, but none of
ior
Transjoi^taa oHidal&
.
i —Utaivucdtg
ef lieiylaBd
Ship's delegate 80 daya in thn lsst 90. How come? I
;
couId.4|iv8 me .anything
sir Films WIm
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m
f
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i.j.u
fc'' <
Suggests iMtm
Shipping Buiietin
£ £ T T EM S
'Coils Motel Bond
Drive Good Idea
To the Editor:
T* the Editor:
proves fatal to the patient that lets
It was suggested by one of the
I always thought that the LOG and gettwo houra overttoe every
those colds go on years and yeairs. brothers in a recent issue of the
was a mighty swell newspaper, and day in port, or else a monthly
You are wide open to any kind of LOG that a bond drive be enacted
now—^well it's just beyond mere raise. Then there should be a
steward
maintenance
man
on
each
a
disease, so beware, brothers, to expedite the building of a hotel
words to tell you just how much
To the Editor:
beware.
ship
to
do maintenance
and
paint
near our hall. Personally, I am in
I've been enjoying the recent cop
Just to show you the difference
Mine' started from being hoarse accord with the suggestion.
ies and how I look forward to the ing in the stewards department. I between one officer and another,
I feel that ways and means can
next issue. When the bound vol think that would help keep mess I have this report from the Cape 30 days and ended with a tumor in
ume comes out it will be worth its halls, storerooms, galleyalleyways Romain. The 2nd engineer on this the lung. Believe me when I tell be worked out with the aid of the
and steward department rooms in
you this type of operation can be officials, and that it would be a
weight in gold!
better shape. It would also stop a ship asked me to tell the unli very rough. Ask any one who huge saving both ways. Consider
Please permit me to make a lot of arguments over what depart censed men that this is the finest knows. So get those checkups every t! . fact that shoi\^d a seaman live
suggestiod that if possible, would ment is supposed to do the painting bunch of men he ever sailed with,., six months and be assured of good in Manhattan
costs 20 cents
aid the man on of steward department rooms in meaning us, the SIU men on this health and good sailing.
daily to commute to the hall when
the beach when case the deck department does not ship.
Rex R. Hobdy
you are trying to ship out. There
things get rough. feel like painting them.
On the other hand, the 1st as
fore, if you figure the whole situa
4"
4"
4"
That is, a last
sistant engineer is down on every
tion out you will realize that the
minute report, I would like to hear from other body. He seems to have a super
sooner we get this project under
brothers
what
they
think
about
just before press
iority complex and every depart
way the better it will be for all.
these
suggestions.
time from agents
ment has trouble with him. No
When you consider the money
Jan V.
Rooms
stating any
one has a good word for him, not TotheEditqr:
the average seaman will spend in
changes in ship
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It has been quite some time the bar and other places, I am
even the officers tqpside.
ping recently.
since
I wrote the Union. I've been confident that a small investment
For example, this character
Sadenwater Like in the story
passed a remark saying he would reading the LOG when I get it and to provide a place to live as well
"Acres of Dia
not wash his clothes in a washing I would like' you to send me a as a place to eat is worthwhile.
monds" quite a few men have
How about it brothers? Lets get
machine
that the crew had td have standard application for release.
read in the LOG that shipping was To the Editor:
I was drafted in November 1950 this burning question settled. Send
put aboard. Fivo minutes later he
I don't
know how
other guys feel
excellent in so and so port. But
was seen in the laundry room and still have eight months to go. your ideas to the LOG so that we
by the time he got there it slowed about it, but a million dollars is using the wasliing machine. He is Since I'm slated for five years in can get the trend. of your mind.
still a lot of money to me. When I
up to a standstill.
read that the SIU has a million dol giving everyone a hard time and the reserves it would help me if I When you get to live by the hall,
A man wanting to ship out fast lars of the Welfare Fund stacked as far as the crew is concerned, got out now.
you can then make full use of
could act upon the "news flash" away in government hoiids, it they could all do without him.
I started sailing in 1944 and your meal ticket, meet your ship
and stand a better chance hereto started me thinking. Here we are,
Henry A. Jeffrey
joined the SIU. the liext year. I mates'and be fully at home.
fore with shipping news quite a with all that money in the Welfare
Paddy Farrell
would also like information on
4^
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* few days old by the time he gets Fund alone and not so many years
clearing my papers.
4).
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the LOG. I hear many seamen re ago at 2 Stone Street there was
The
LOG
has .really
improved
mark that they wished they stayed hardly enough to buy a new light
and it was the best a few years
where they were instead of heed bulb if the old one burned out.
ago.' I'd also like to see the hew
ing the agents report.
To the Editor:
It's a real comfort to be able to Just a few words from the Fort hall.
To the Editor:
Thanks again, for a Union paper walk up to that bulletin board and
Sgt. Lewis P. Tararrini
In your issue of April 4, there
Hoskins about
the LOG.
In its
new
second to none.
look at those nice fat figures on
4 4" 4"
appears a letter by Brother Bill
Ai W. Sadenwater money we got in our Welfare Fund form and Indexed in departments
Hay about our last negotiations.
it rates first class and it's about
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and Vacation Fund. It makes the time some of our brothers began
I would like to state that I fully
average fellow realize that this
agree with the brother. The chief
to realize it. I am
Union is a big time operation and
steward has a very hard job. He
in favor of do To the Editor:
it's got the money to back up those
nating $5 every My last trip on the Steel Sea is at all times between two cross
j\ elfare payments and that vacation
To the Editor:
quarter for the farer was more or less enjoyable fires; the ship owner's shore stiffs
pay—plenty of it.
upkeep of it.
That 25G loan to the Canadian
but proved "to be the first one to on one side and the crew on the
You
can
be
pretty
sure
too,
that
other side. That's where your
Some
are
not
District proves what I've believed
send me to the hospital in my
so generous for whole sea career. I sprained my blood pressure goes up. If you will
all along—that there's no union the boys running the show know
supporting it at back while working on a boiler and consult the various hospitals you
like ours for lending a helping where there at. Where else could
the proper time. now am in the USPHS Hospital on V(ill find that out of every ten
hand. I'll say it anytime that the you find a welfare and vacation
stewards, seven will have high
But the same Staten Island.
SIU has done more for seamen setup like ours paying out top
benefits and
still building
up those
blood pressure. It's the worries of
ones
will
stand
than any union anywhere—whether
TUlaboI
My condition poses a big inter
at a bar and rogation mark, because every time his job.
they're SIU members or sailing un big funds? It looks like to me that
before long the Union might be quickly plead the cause of some
It is very unfortunate that we
der some other outfit.
the pain seems to be decreasing it
The best part about this kind of able to do something more in the cutie who is shaking a can for the comes back all of a sudden as were not included in the $30 raise
a deal is that we're able to lend way of benefits for the members. aid of some unknown outfit up in sharp as ever, to the point that I since we are day workers and can
not be classified as anything else.
Alaska. Ask the same person, who
Jim Tonery
out that kind of dough without
have
much
doubt
of
being
my
old
It may be remembered that
is shipping the LOG to our ex
slowing up any of our own plans.
4" 41 4"
self again.
since the painting of all rooms has
shipmates over in Korea?
It shows that there's plenty more
I am getting diathermy treat been given to the deck depart
where that came from if need be.
' There is a job being well done.
ments
in the physical therapy de ment that there is very little over
Anyway, before the year is "fin
Keep up the good work.
partment and spend plenty of time time to be made by the steward's
ished, the Canadian District will
Pedro Viilabol
have their new headquarters and To the Editor:
Stewards delegate at the occupational therapy shop department, if any, outside of the
Saturdays and Sundays.
we'll have our $25,000 back. From Could you please arrange to have
i
t
4
However, I have very confidence
what I've learned about that outfit copies of the SEAFARERS LOG
in our leaders and believe that
they're" doing a swell job and this sent to me at my present address?
when this is called to their atten
is one loan that's going to be paid
I sailed with the SIU from J945
tion they will do their very best
back in a hurry.
until 1951, when I went into the
to correct same. Let me say hats
Mike Neville Marine Corps. My last trip was an To the Editor:
off to Brother Bill Hay for starting
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eightmonth haul on the Stony Thanks for sending me the copy
the ball rolling. I hope to hear
Creek that paid off in Maine. After of the form used to get out of the
from
some of the other stewards.
army
in
order
to
go
back
to
sea.
paying off, I retired my book and
Clarence L. Yearwood
I
think
it
is
going
to
help
me
out
came into this outfit. I took my
very
much
and
I
am
very
grateful
J. 4* 4"
boot training at Parris Island, ad
To the' Editor:
to you.
When Brother Bill Hay wrote vanced infantry training at Camp I would appreciate it if you could
that stewards are entitled to top Pendleton, Cal., and then tank send me the SEAFARERS LOG so
pay in the April 4 LOG he is noth training. Now I'm over here in I can keep up with the news.
To the Editor:
ing else than right. The chief Korea putting this training to^use.
Pvt. Raul E. Cumare
Just a few lines to let you know
steward should be the highest paid
I would like to keep up on the
4' 4 4"
I would like to get the Union news
unlicensed man. At this time the activities of the Seafarers, as I
paper. I am in the army now, but
chief steward sometimes doesn't hope to go back to sea when I get
I used to be a seaman until I was
make as much as some of the cut of here.
drafted and sent to Korea. I am
steward department men working
Pfc R. C. Bauer
Steel Seafarer crewmen, John
now stationed in Okinawa.
under him.
(Ed. Note- You should receive To the Editor:
By the way, print my address in
LOG
regularly
from
now
on
in).
I wish to give my thanks to the R. Chaker Heft), and Max
The chief steward doesn't get
Moore
do
some
sightseeing
in
the
paper for me. I would like to
Union
and
the
brothers
for
their
t>
anything out of extra meal money
Djibouti, French Somaliland.
get some letters "from the boys I
kind thoughtfulness during my
or passenger money. Nor does he
four month stay here in the Staten which is run by Miss Weber and used to sail with.
get extra pay for passengers on
Cpl Ferlton J. Mears, 52091204
Island USPHS hospital. I have her two gorgeous assistants. Miss
some ships. But when he wants to
8110 Army Unit
been treated swell here and have Vandenberg and Miss Gosselin.
make overtime they expect him to To the Editor:
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no
complaints
at
all.
I've
had
two
work like the rest of the steward's
c/o PM, San Francisco
The crew of the Alcoa Patriot minor operations and one major It's no fun being sick while
department for it. He doesn't get feels
that we could use some edu one and I am thankful to say, all ashore in this city, where nice girls
4> 4.; 4.
any overtime for supervising.
and all kinds of other entertain
cational literature that would be a success.
5Year Rating
helpful. We have a good many
But the success of the major ments are plentiful. I wouldn't
That's the reason l am for higher newer men aboard who could use operation I believe, is due to the mind it so much if I was at sea and
wages for the chief steward. I information about our Union.
six brothers who donated blood ten thousand miles from nowhere. To the Editor:
would also like to see that the
Before I finish I would like to I just want to let some of my ex
Incidentally, the pictures we which was so vitally needed.
. chief steward has to have at least sent of the fish that was caught off
mention
the wonderful attitude of shipmates know that I've become a
Get Attention
five year's seatime in galley rat this ship was of a catfish and it The USPHS Hospital is still the the doctors, nurses and attendants piroud father for the first time My
ings and also has to make a trip did weigh 240 pounds. A good finest hospital in every respect, yet of this hospital. The chow is also wife gave birth to a baby boy on
as chief cook every two or three sized catch if we say so ourselves. I advise all Seafarers not to put good.
April 6, in Metho'dist Hospital in
years.
J. H. Thompson, Jr:" off an ailment that needs attention. i hope to hear from' aU of my Brooklyn. "We've named him Texaa '
Steward's department men
Will Rogers Clamp.
(Ed. note: We just didn't tfiinh It takes a long time .to diagnose former shipmates and pals.
should be classified as day workers /hat a catfish came that big!/
John B. Chaker
John Clamp
these caseSi and It. sometimes
Engineers Differ
On Cape Domain
Army Belease
Papero Souyht
Million In Bonds
Impresses Him
He Urges All
To Aid LOG
Sprained Back
Grounds Seaman
Canadian hoan
Proves SiU Tops
s:
Steward^s Task
Has Its Worries
Marine Wants
News of Union
GI Gives Thanhs
For Union Aid
l!i>
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1^'
Agrees Stewards
Bate More Pay
Army Man Wants
LOG and Mail
Get CheehupSf
Patient Warns
Patriot Wants
Union Booklets
Texas Born In
Heart of Bklyn
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LETTERS
AWs Swell On
Master^s Wife
Thanks Crewmen Richard Davis
IgMMf AKMitki^^m
hft.:Tpviiira»W'
SEA F?A R E R $
CASH BENEFITS
To the Editon
.
To tiio Editor!
Having a good captain, crew,
Tho following letter was re
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
ceived by tb.e crew of the Biuestar chow and weather has made this
from the captain'* wife, Arvilla a good crossing to Korea and
Berger, thanking them for an en Japan on the Richard H. Davis.
Vacation Plan. March 30—April 12
There were no beefs to speak of.
joyable trip. The letter reads:
Welfare Plan, March 23—April 5
"Today I am leaving and so I Captain Lang is an old SIU man
want to take this means of express (retired book G73) and still has
ing my thanks to each and every the Union spirit which has gained
George Jones
85B6
6437
one of you for your indulgence Jiim the respect of the entire^ crew.
CecU D. Jones
73.89
6458
Everyone
has
appreciated
his
con
John
T.
Wulzen
........ 6459
90.61
and all the courtesies y6u have sideration in such matters as
Edsel E. Davis
6460
72.33
shown me.
Guy G. Gage
6461
93.72
having a wellstocked slop chest,
Andrew C. Lutey ....... 6462
104.61
REPORT NO. 5
"However, I felt at first that as well as his willingness to dis
Reeves S. Compton ...... 6463
89.44
Cleveland J. Vincent .... 6464
103.06
perhaps I might be intruding on cuss any suggestions of the crew
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
Howard W. HaU
6465
89.06
a realm that was a source of free that would bring about better re
Howard
R.
Harvey
......
6466
61.06
Period
Covered Tby
This
Report—March
30April
12
WUliam H. Mason
6467
81.67
dom to you but you accepted me lations and contentment aboard
Eugene
W.
Vann
51.72
6468
Cash on Hand
|276,962.80 Markle S. Caruthers
and made me feel at home. This ship.
6469
36.94
210,000.00 Joseph M. Hodges
6470
61.44
kindness among all the others, In general we feel that we have Estimated Accounts Receivable
EMward J. Kocanouski .. 6471
9.3.72
95,919.91 John
made this trip a memorable and had the kind of a trip and the Vacation Benefits Paid in Period
Kasigian
6472
47.06
523,942.16 James R. McPhaul ...... 6473 108.50
most enjoyable one—even if I was SIU brotherhood spirit that most Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11, 1952 ...
Rafael Matos
58.33
delugedwith soup when someone men hope they will have when In the twoweek period just passed the SIU shot well past the half Jose
Maisonet ....;
104.22
6475
Aniceto
Pedro
82.44
6476
decided to change course one day. they first go aboard a new ship.
miiUqn dollar mark in vacation pay paid oqt through the Plan's offices Frank K. Szecsi ........ 6477
39.67
"May I wish you all the best of
47.44
Donald D. Dambrino in thp Union's Headquarters. In just one day over two months the EkniUie Gandara ........ 6478
Alfred Domingnez
6479
37.72
luckand all the happiness you are
SIU has put into the hands of the membership over a half million Joe
Ship's delegate
Garza
6480
45.89
looking for."
dollars in cold cash; all money that otherwise would never have come PhUUp J. Carpevich
6481
67.28
. t ^ t
A. Cichomski .... 6482
75.44
to the men who were entitled to be compensated vacationwise for Joseph
The crewmembers of the Blue
Elmer H. Patrick
46.67
6483
time spent working.
Vasser Szymanskl
6484
83.22
star certainly appreciate Mrs.
Fidel Perez
73.50
6485
The Plan is operating smoothly and continuing to meet the demands Robert
Berger's thoughtfulness.
G. WUey
6486
103.44
in headquarters and in the outports with a minimum of delay to the Stephen Modzelewski .. 6487 . 52.89
John W. Hill
M. St. Clair .... 6488
41.61
men involved. It is impossible to think of a manner in which the men Clifford
PhUlip B. Ryan
6489
89.83
Ship's delegate To the Editor:
could
collect
their
vacation
pay
with
less
red
tape
and
with
less
time
James
D.
Scherman
.... 6490
48.22
During a shipboard meeting
MUburn L. Hatley
6491
63.39
^
aboard the Chickasaw it was sug delay.
Joseph Obreza
6492
86.33
Now that this money paid out is getting up there in the big figures Ingvar A. Kappelslaaen .. 6493
97.22
gested by one of the brothers pres
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks
... 6494
1,500.00
it
is easy
to
see
just
how
big
this
thing
really
is
and
of
what
benefit
ent that since we have a ship going
Michael M. Danberg .... 6495
64.94
Thompson
6496
85.94
to every comer of the world, it it is to our members. It is a setup. that was a long time in coming, Joseph
Frank
Borst
•
.
6497
60.67
but the SIU did it despite
a lot of
skeptical hawhawing
that a
workable
would be nice for headquarters to
Antonio Lamego
6498
42.78
vacation
plan
could
not
be
worked
out
for the
maritime
industry.
Im
Alfred
Duggan
'6499
85.17
To the Editor!
have a trophy room.
Thad
Hinson
6500
65.72
We are currently making "a non This would be for souvenirs from possible is just one of those words the SIU doesn't include in its Thomas McCormick
6501
39.67
Brian Fisher
6502
60.28
scheduled stop here in San Juan all ports. We feel sure that the vocabulary.
James Sparks
6503
65.33
to hospitalize one of our firemen rest of the membership would co
6504
71.94
John Hunt
6383
10938 Ferdie Fuselier
Check
6384
72.72 Rodney Fontenott ...... (i.'iOS
60.28
Name
No. Amount Lawrence Kaufman
who is suffering from acute appen operate to such an extent that in Mlchal
Maurice
Ashleigh
6506
113.56
Michaelik
6385
92.94
6310
89.06 Edward Martin
dicitis. The Del Valle's Mp, Dr. just a short time we would have Timothy Less
6507
85.94
6386
57.17 Glenn WiUiams
6311
68.83 Anthony Klecha
6508
Arthur
Queary
"T
6387
59.11 James Martin
113.56
Murray
Plyler
99.56
6312
Donald Peggs, has done a swell a trophy room to be proud of.
6509
Charles (Tironister
6388
117.44 Bernard Birencwajg
35.00
6313
38.11 Georges Stravarides
job" of taking care of him. Not It would especially make a very Harry Summerfield ...... 6314
6389
101.11
53.28 Fred Miller
Eustaquio
Rivera
.
"
6390
61.06
Ralph
Nixon
6315
110.06
having the proper favorable impression upon other Clemmie Mosley
6391
78.56
6316
78.17 Bertll Svenblad
Aifonse Prego,
surgical equip labor leaders and government offi John Floyd
6392
75.83
37.72 John Hundley
6317
When it
John
Watson
6393
56.78 AB:
Lorace
Cowart
6318
65.72
ment, nor the cials visiting our new hall. As we Harry Jones
6394
62.61 comes to collect
89.44 Joseph Yannd
6319
have
seen
by
the
LOG
there
are
necessary assist
Douglas Meefcs
< 6320
105.78 Robert Garrod
6395
103.06
61.44 Clarence White
6396
36.56 ing the hard
James Majewski ...;
6321
ants,^ he advised always many of these people and Jesse
6397
<40.44 cash, there's no
Maloney
6322
105 00 Roger Brennan
Captain Hougens we are sure they would get a kick Michael Shockovsky
6398
58.72
6323
92.94 Frank Wynans
Joseph Simmons
6324
84.78 Isabelo Quanico
6399
87.89 Union like the
to leave him in out of this. >
6325
105.39 Thomas Jagoe
6400
47.06
Stephen LacaUe
H. O. Lembaugh Jasper Williams
the nearest hos
58.72 WiUiam Skurat
6401
49.00 SIU. This is a
6326
6402
79.33 ^eat setup and
6327
36.56 John Meletios
Rae
Ship's delegate Roland
pital. Without
6403
96.44 certainly makes it
Robert Arce
6328
52.89 Charalambos BairUs
_
^4
hesitating a min
Claude
Chaffin
6404
91.78
45.11
Harold
Slater
6329
»
^
4^
64.17 John Flynn
6405
75.44 easy for us.
6330
Charles Daniels
; 1
ute Captain Hou
6406
109.28
60.28 James Morgan
Walter Jefgensen ....... 6331
gens wired San
6407 . 110.44
6.^32
109.28 WUliam Biskas
James Tanner
To Cash Vac. Checks.... 6408 4,000.00 Juliam Herndon
Juan and made all the necessary
6510
49.00
Joseph Pasinosky
6409
59.11
Newell
6511
76.22
arrangements to hospitalize the
Richard L. Welch
6410
$103.83 Richard
John
Witchen
6512
99.17
W.
J.
Gorman,
Albert
Silva
6411
96.44
To the Editor!
Juan Rios
6513 " 89.83
fireman.
Teodoro
Ruiz
6412
55.61
TuUia
6514
53.28
You
Oliver V. Ortiz
6413
38.50 Charles
A guy will have to sail many I've been meaning for a long messma&t
Adolphe Lamonthe ..... 6515
90.61
wouldn't
expect
Thomas R. Parrett
6414
87.89 Costa
Roupe
6516
66.89
ships before he can find a doctor time to write this letter to suggest me to feel any
Thomas E. MacTaggart .. 6415
83.61 Joseph Taylor.
.'
6517
64.17'
Michael Schalestock .... 6416
117.44 Clifford Pressnall
to compare with Dr. Peggs and a that we exchange papers.
6518
66.89
different
from
Francis E. MiUer
6417
79.72 Philip Brooks
6519
39.28
For several months I've been anybody else in
skipper like\Captain Hougens.
Antonio Falco
6418
71.56 Edward Croto
6520
85.17
James V. Ripka
6419
66.50 Rene Martinez
6521
64.56
Last ti^p, while we were along swiping copies of the SEAFARERS the same spot
Richard Savanaugh
6420
71.94 WilUam Hay
6522
48.61
Isaac W. McGlothlin .... 6421
73.11 Joseph Delgado
side the dock in Victoria, Brazil, LOG from the offices of maritime would you? Col
6523
42.78
Norman
J.
Moore
6422
73.89
unions
here
In
Portland.
It's
one
BUI Gross
6524
43.17
a Liberty ship, the Tramar II,
lecting
this
mon
Jack Gardner
6423
88.67 George Weir
6525
^.28
Gordon E. McDaniel .... 6424
65.33 David Wright
dragged one of its anchors jmd of the best labor papers I've ever ey is just swell.
6526
83.22
John Black
6425
49.78 Melvin Foster
6527
88.67
just about scraped the starboard seen.
John J. Brunner. Jr
6426
98.78 Rafael Acevedo
6528
100.33
Chas. A. Donnough .... 6427
46.28 Alfred Fry
gangway of the Del Valle. Nobody To put a stop to this petty thiev
6529
112.89
6428
96.44 Joseph Malone
6333
43.17 Osman Zen
ery, I've added the SEAFARERS William Reno ....
6530
100.72
was hurt, though. >
Mosher ....
6334
88.28 Robert A. Pomerlane ... 6429
61.44 Thaddeus Pijanowski
6531
87.89
LOG to our exchange list, hoping Ralph
Fred Olsen
37.33 Tuby O'Neal
8430
113.56 John Roling
6335
6532
95.28
I'll try to have more news when you will reciprocate.
79.72
Omar All
6336
BiUy
Boatler
6533
58.33
'we get to Rio.
^
97.61
Joseph Gilmore ..
6337
Robert Ross
6534
42.00
Janies W. Goodsellr kdltor Kenneth Woodard
99.94
6338
Thedore
Themelis
....... 6535
117.44
Jose Maisonet,
Edmundo D. Sepulveda
Teofllo Torres ... ....... 6339
112.78
Robert Hatch
6536
54.83
Oregon Labor Press
Wong Dao
91.78 wiper: I'm collect
6340
Philip Syrax
6537
40.83
Ship's delegate '
William GUck .... ..... V. 6341
102.28
Richard Toler
6538
92.17
George GUI
6342
108.89 ing this money
Arthur MUlar
6539
107.33
William Gilstrad
6343
82.83 for ships I was
Leo Allen
6540
72.72
Calvin HamUton
6344
72.33
Edward Leahy
6541
82.83
88.28 on back in July
James Armstrong
6349
Guisseppe Barone ....... 6542
42.00
75.06 of last year. I
Omar Elliott
6346
James
TutwUer
6543
85.56
68.06
Frank Jensen
6347
John Ziegler
6544
103.06
01.78 never thought I
Julio Figueroa
6348
Arthur Langevin
6545
95.67
71.56 would still have
Otto Uiiderhill
6349
Henry Covington
6546
96.44
Hans Vingen
6350
02.94
Thomas
Cook
6547
80.89
Frank Fo'rmiseno
6351
35.78 money coming to
Floyd McNeese
6548
103.44
82.83 me.
Benjamin Raminez
6352
Melvin Turk
6549
47.06
TOTAL
'm
• 3/^ T
0110,679.91
Vacation
Suggest Trophg
Room In Hall
"V.
.1
Freighter Gives
Dei Valie Shove
Oregon Editor
Calls LOG Tops
Harry Schroer
• • • • 6353
• •
6354
Morris Kolitcb .... .... 6355
.... 6356
Stanley Mazur
Biaggio Alfano .... .... 6357
Charles Crawford . .... 6358
.... 6359
Amo Larson ..:
Laurence Relnchuck .... 6360
Herbert SuUiven .. .... 6361
Earl Vanney
6362
Robert Peel
6363
OteUo Siraoncioni
6364
6365
Lewis Jackson, Jr.
6366
Henry Jeffrey ....
6367
Allen Emery
6368
PetronUo Rojo ...
6369
Edward Graham ..
6370
Irini'j P.i'Me
Frank Airey
6371
Joseph Sbaramuts
6372
WUbur Everett
6373
Harold Restucher
6374
Kristian Korneliusen
6378
Victor Tubo
6376
Costas Tsanakis
6377
James Balderstott
6378
Juan CoUago
6379
Mustafo Fakhry ........ 6380
Lloyd Gunnells'
6381
,^lu;obo Enriques ..
Raymond Hynes
The Tramar Il's bow nudges the Del Valie's starboard Side after
drtfs^ her anclior la Victoria, Braril.
114.72
35.78
41.61
78.56 Woodrow W. Balch .... 6431
6432
72.33 Earley Joyner
96.06 Arthur J. Raifsnlder .... 6433
Samuel
P.
Drury
6434
102.28
6435
46.67 I.eonard Rublen
107.33 Constantinos P. Felakas 6436
6437
• 42.78 Arthur S. Turner
6438
114.33 David B. Albright
6439
84.78 WUllam A. Jordan
6440
40.06 Theodores Veliotis
Joseph
MUes
6441
102.67
John
J.
O'ConneU
6442
64.17
107.33 Charles E. GaUoway .... 6443
43.94 Demetrios N. Kambanos 6444
6445
76.61 John J. Winn
97.61 Anthony G. Maciulaltis .. 6446
6447
111.61 Manuel Escubio
6448
105.00 George R. Mates
James
H.
KeUy
6449
59.50
6450
112.00 John E. Kane
6451
84.78 Prudencio DeJesus
Claude
B.
Chaffin
6452
106.17
(to replace check'No. 6404)
74.67
6453
77.78 OUver Hodge
6454
89.44 Michael Lake .
6455
77.39 Donald Ruddy
97.94 Eddie E. Best, ,Jr. ...... 6456
72.33
88.67
57.56
91.78
55.61
113.56
67.28
70.39
84.00
45.11
44.72
41.61
70.00
67.67
73.11
91.78
117.44
70.00
81.28
47.06
60.28
91.78
85.94
52.11
89.06
64.56
Daniel FUlingim
6550
Eugene HaU
6551
Aaron Wilburn
6552
Charles Ough
6553
Fred Havard
6554
Freddie Lane
6555
Richard Tucker
6556
MelviUe McKinney
6557
George Stewart ......... 6558
Aimer Vickers
6559
Bernard Friedman
6560
Guy Newman
6561
Charles Morris
6562
Ira Willoughby "
6563
Raphael Irizarry
6564
Walter Karcyewchi
6565
Joseph Gurka
6566
George David
6567
Francis David
6568
Marcilo Arong
6569
Francis Sturgis
6570
Eusebio Ramirez ....... 6571
Alfred Bliksvan
6572
Frank Hobson
6573
William Morrison
6574
Alfred O'Kroghy
6575
Gordon Daly
6576
Kaare Iverscn
6577
53.28
73.89
83.61
68.06
116.28
42.78
78.17
103.11
43.56
68.44
93.33
60.28
39.28
92.56
59.89
50.56
36.58
88.67
64.56
101.89
118.61
117.06
115.89
54.06
57.56
57.15
64.94
88.28
(Continued on page 24)
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�Far* Twentyfour
SEAFARERS LOG
Friday, April 18. 19SS
• r
'• • ""I
SEA FA R E R S
TOTAL
CASH BENEFITS
$110,679.91
•
'
Vacation Plan
March 30,— April 12
Welfare Plan
March 23 — April 5
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
(Continued from page 23) .
«-/
|S'l£
50.17 George HUI
Lionel Jackson
. 6827
6975
84.78 Atllano Malabet
.. 7101
117.06
43.94 Daniel Alaexander
James Thompson
, 6828
6976
83.22 George Meshorer
.. 7102
97.22
71.58 James Dunlop
Isadora Karoske
, 6829
6977
88.67 Demltre Caloglrou .;
.. 7103
115.89
40.06 John Kelsoe
Ruflno Vldal
. 6830
6978
42.78 Chan Kwang
.. 7104
71.56
Oakley Spiers
41.22 Nicholas Brancato
, 6831
6979
40.06 Void
.. 7105
Void
Albert RoblUard
. 6832
106.56 Daniel Brannon
6980
73.89 William Kuyl
.. 7100
57.56
James AUen
. 6833
49.00 Louie Cook
47J)6 WlUlam Westcott
6981
.. 7107
99.56
51.72 James Morton ...
Charles Wedgeworth
, 6834
6982
10636 Louis Suares
.. 7108
64.56
Edward Hlgglns
, 6835
87.89 James Ormston
6983
53.28 Robert Zumkley
.'. 7109
106.56
Clayton Tinker
51.72 Alvln Mister
. 6836
6984
42.78 Sau Mok
.. 7110
119.78
Nathan Champagne
, 6837
40.06 Raymond Timmons
6985 >1
76.61 Frederick Dunn
.. 71ir
96.44
Ernest Williams
50.94 James Vondra
, 6838
6986
84.39 Buford Watson
75.83
.. 7112
Henry Donnelly ........ 6839
73.50 Allen Kramer
6987
98.39 Joseph Kane
70.78
.. 7113
Felix Brlncat
6840
41.22 Christian Handel
"6988
35.00 Walter Klrby
.. 7114
101.50
65.72 Eugene Nlchalson ...... 6989
Berthall VVlnborne ...:.. 6841
57.94 Rudolph Gross
.. 7115
79.72
Paul KIA
6842
76.61 James Kahl
6990
101.11 To Cash Vac. Checks... .. 7116 3,000.00
Harold Patton
6843
39.28 Edward Ruley
6991
72.33 Markos Potlrladls
.. 7117
93.72
Frank Leonard
6844
117.44 Donald Rood
6992
98.78 Nicolas Chanarldis ....
.. 7118
80.11
Phillip Wagner
6845
47.44 Emanuel Greaux
6993
92.56 Howard Herring
.. 7119
$99.17
James Faulkner
6846
36.94 Eugene Abies
6994
98.39 Fred Rombach
.. 7120
41.22
Felipe Narvaez
6847
60.67 James Nichols
6995
102.28 George Stldham
.. 7121
50.94
Patrick Cleary
6848
75.83 Jeff Davis
6996
103.44 Clinton Mason ....j..
46.67
.. 7122
Jerrell Neel
6849
04.89 Donald Mosher
6997
101.89 Paul Miller
40.83
.. 7123
Michael Eschenke ...... 6850
59.89 Ray Larson
6998
86.72 Frederick Hoffman ..
94.89
...7124
Gerald Hermes
6851
65.33 Helmo A. Rluttula
6999
101.89 August MlcheU
.. 7125
42.00
William Vogler
6852
45.50 Robert Wisman
7000
119.78. Darrell Riley
.. 7126 47.83
Peter Cendrowski
1 6853
57.94
Stanley Novak
.. .7127
99.94
James Banners ......... 6854
101.50
Henry Hence '.
.. 7128
107.33
Henry McDllda
6855 • 110.44
Lionel MlUer
.. 7129
79.72
William
Jones,
WlUlam Hardee
6856
41.22
Edward Jaunet
;. 7130
68.06
David Evans
6857
38.89 3rd cook: This '
Richard Funk
.. 7131
112.78
Herbert Simmons
6858
41.22
Dennis
Bohler
..
7132
78.17
Ernest Carver
6859
101.50 vacation system
Ellga Powe
.. 7133
40.83
Joseph Adair
6860
98.00 is a marvelous
Rlcardo Tonagel
.. 7134
108.89
James Dasher
6861
73.89
Salvatore
Zlttb
..
7135
110.44
Berry Tlpplns
6862
69.44 plan, no doubt
Edison Shaffer
.. 7136
42.00
Walter Terry
6863
64.17 about it. I hope
Victor Engel
..
7137
45.50
Lester Lockamy
6864
49.39
Richard
Johnson
91.00
.. 7138
Roland Wlman
6865
50.56 we keep going
Maurice Duet
..
7139
103.44
Horace Rountree ....... 6866
108.89 ahead In the fu
Lee Massicot
..
7140
100.33
Michael Boris
6867
88.28
Philip Rels
.. 7141 ^ 119.78
Charles Omohundro .... 6868
104.61 ture as we have
Robert Rudolph
.. 7142
60.28
AUan Porter
6869
63.78 in the past.
Hoy Atlzado
..
7143
51.72
George Goumas '
6870
65.56
William Laridon .,...
..
7144
103.06
MaksymlUan Zowada ... 6871
60.07
John Thompson
.. 7145
45.89
Lorenzo Brlglda
6872
99.56 Robert Bright Hams ... 7001
lOSM Richard Janes
.. 7146
46.67
loannls Stamatakls
6873
90.61 Philip Mason Clarke ... 7002
65.33 John Munden
..
7147
71.94
$102.67 Paul Smyth
6874
86.72 wmiam James Carey ... 7003
76.61 Richard Kanousa ..,,
.. 7148
57.17
37.33 Dennis Marcoly ........ 6875
7004
99.17 Nick Mutln
108.11 Ormel Fleet
57.56
..
7149
44.72 John Czajkowski
6876
76.61 David William Straw ... 7005
64.94 Vern<vj Corlls
82.44
..
7150
40.83 Albert Pfisterer
6877
45.50 Ronald Peter Hannigan .. 7006
89.06 Vincent KlcklriUa ....
.. 7151
73.89
71.17 Ulysses Santiago
7007
6878
85.94 Joseph RighetU
110.06 Raymond SasservlUe ..
.. 7152
108.89
104.22 John Coleman
7Ci08
6879
78.17 loannis Koulls
90.22 Edward Kunchlck ....
.. 7133
107.72
92.56 Comas Knight
7009
6880
88.28 Edward Allen
55.22 Jose Polit
..
7154
85.94
85.17 Edward Hooper
6881
78.17 Henry Wooding Love
Nlcolasos Kantzouris ..
.. 7155
116.67
79.72 Orlando Guerrero
lace. Jr
7010
6882
90.61
45,89 Mertln Coleman
..
7156
66.11
99.17 Patrick Dorrlan
7011
6863
86.72 Paul Combs
30.28 John Spuron
.. 7157
68.06
77.00 John McCarthy
6884
60.67 norland Eugene Fltz
Robert Bibb
..
7158
. 71.56
45.89 Paul Smith
patrlck
7012
6885
98.78
70.39 Orvillo TlUett
.. 7159
69.61
55.61 Thomas Freeland ....... 6886
$56.39 James Andrew Sullivan 7013
45.89 Stanlsla Smialowsld ..
.. 7160
121.33
106.17 Ted Thompson
7014
6687
59.11 Paul Junior Morgart
109.28 James Sturgls
..
7161
61.00
43.56 Elmer Frost
6888
44.72 Thomas John Rezeueteb 7015
101.89 James Webb
.. 7162
92.94
100.33 Felix Lartlgue
6889
81.67 Frank Herbert Fowler ... 7016
68.83 James Kerr
.. 7163
71.94
56.39 Juan Sanchez
. 6890
81.67 Richard Laken Tlpexler.. 7017
43.17 Ernest Jacobson
..
7164
51.33
61.83 Jack Predom
AnastasMos Avzangells .. 7018
69.61 Sing Shang
6891
35.39
.
'. 7165
57.58
36.56 J. Bruce Cole
Petros E. Votrtsinas .... 7019
90.61 Jose Gonzalez
6892
36.56
.. 7166
89.94
42.39 Albert Freund
Steve P. Deri
7020
108.50 Gerardo G^cla
6893
70.39
..
7167
• 1.39
36.94 Lester DeMott
Kenneth H. Stelnmetz ., 7021
76.22 Anacleto Goncalves . ... 7168
6894
53.67
79.33
84.00 Stanley White .......... 6895
7022
37.33
, 75.44 AUen A. EUls
45.50 Robert Ratllff
7023
71.17
6896
82.06 Orlen Wheeler
106.56 Richard DeGraaf
7024
70.00 William
6897
84.78 Began CaldweU
Thorn
59.11 Escolastlco Reyes
7025
47.83
6698
117.44 Charles M. Everett
46.28 Juan Urrutla '
7026
79.72 ton, 3rd cook: It's
6899
48.61 Pedro Venegas
51.33 Conrad Tylenda
35.00 a wonderful plan
6900
110.06 Barney B. Thompson .,. 7027
74.28 Vernon Mayo
7028
08.44
6901
50.94 John C. Ramsey
89.44 Yulee Crews
Enrique
Gonzalez
7029
.:. 6902
75.83 and very satisfy
89.06
76.61 John Zukosky
Carmond L. WlUlams ..... 7030
54.06 ing to get that
6903
78.94
117.44 Richard Potter .. A
43.56/
6904
42.78 George A. Pellnard .... 70.11
37.72 Richard Foelster
Lasten
Lanlgan
7032
41.2? check. The Union
6905
49.78
40.06 Henry Deacon ....:
Rafael
S.
Saucede
7033
44.32
6906
106.94
certainly did a
48.61 Yao Wing
7034
:
82.83
6907
86.72 Donald C, Fester
42.00 Francis Wonson
7035
66.50 tremendous job
6908
64.78 Ignac W. Maresh
110.83 Saviour Magro
7036
38.50 in getting it for
6910
44.33 Roy D. Johsen
46.28 Andrew Franklin
7037
92.17
6911
84.39 Peter Sadowskl
93.72 China Lee
7038
86.72 us.
6912
101.89 James F. Hewitt
82.06 EUas ,Perock
Faustina
Velez
7039
71.94
6913
64.17
93.33 Sea Koo
John
F.
Murphy
7049
103.44
6914
81.67
73.11 Boleslaw Derol
Melvln B. Harris
7041
...,7169
105.00
'.. 6915
103.06 John Bonyea
71.94
92.94 Edgar Baker
7042
7,170
64.56
100.33 Efttmlos Floratos
6916
103.83 John Garcia
50.56 Boland Hoffman
George
T.
RusseU
7043
Charles
Goldstein
7i7l
121.33
47.03
6917
102.28
83.61 Thomas Burke
Renato A. VlUata
7044
103.44
43.17 Clarence Hawkins ...... 7172
6918
75.06
38.50 Paul Bertelsen
7173
85.56
110.67 Cicero Douglas
6919
56.78 Emigldlo Cononlzado ... 7045
69.61 Jackson Meyer
7174
113.17
87.89 Louis Borgqulst
6920
52.11 Joseph Griffin Knox .... 7046
47.83 John AUff 1
James
Earl
Baker
7047
James
Brewer
7175
59.50
49.78
6921
40.44
54.83 Harry Barnwell
7176
77.39
39.28 Michael Crlstaldl
6922
68.06 George Monro Reese .... 7048
71.17 James Lucianl
Richard Arendt
7049
7177
70.78
85.17 Bertram Agol
6923
111.61
89.83 Andrew Roberts
Vincent
Fasso
...,
7050
WlUiam
Rogers
7178
84.39
93.33
6924
59.50
63..!9 AUen Gunter
Berkey Shtiler .......... 7051
7179
83.22
94.50 Milton Gross
6925
59.89
100.72 Arthur Valols
7052
7180
119.73
89.83 Edward Northrop
6926
120.17 Francisco Nadal
60.67 Cecil Saunders
Edward
Rowand
7181
Charles
P.
Anderson
..,
7053
93.33
93.72
6927
74.67
43.56 Marlon Parker
7182
74.28
35.78 Stanlsla'w Modzelewski
6928
96.83 Michael Aversano Jr. ... 7054
69.21 WUllam McGlynn
7183
58.72
3,500.00 Vincent WlUlams
6929
120,17 To Cash Vac. Checks ... 7055
46.67
Robert Layko
.7056
98.78
73.50 Joseph Kolodzlejski ..... 7184
6930
63.00 Stephen T. Harris
56.00 Eddie Game
Joseph
Gulp
7185
7057
68.06
76.22
6931
92.17 Aanastaslos Pappas
78.17 James Moyers
James
Magulre
......... 7186
7058
50.17
120.17
6932
36.56 Charles H. Bush
77.39 .Jack Busclk
7187
7059
63.39
112.00 Raybon Threatt
6933
95.67 Henderson Young
64.17 Robert Wroton
Kuo
Fong
7188
706O
68.83
112.00
44.33 WlUlam Bodcnhelmer ... 6934
73.89 Antonio DeMelo
Frank Braun
7189
7061
91.33
64.56
6935
109.67 Salvatore Marone
70.73 John Fedlou
7190
7062
80.89
79.72 WUlle White
6936
52.11 Nlcotlno Oppedlsano .... 7063
92.17 Robert Wlckhara
William
Wung
7191
59.89
90.61
6937
49.39 Hubert O'Brien
101.11 Alfred Gebron
Robert
Courtney
........ 7192
7064
55.22
117.83
6938
86.72 Juan Reyes
49.39 Henry Sosa
John Rose
7193
101.89
7005
110.06
6939
90.22 Charles Lannlng
101.11 Elgin Dover
7194
90.22
7066
41.61 James Falrcloth
'
6940
60.67 Gedrge Thomas
117.44 Gilbert Titus'
7195
89.44
'7067
41.61 James Garden
57.17 Thomas Rhodes
52.50 Jesus Rodriguez ....... 6941
Robert
Wllllmas
7196
108.89
7068
74.67
6942
92.94 Roy Dozler
96.83 Ellas Samonas
7197
56.00
7009
90.83 Charles Howard
6943
64.56 Alfford Mickley
56.39 Bernard Edwards
7198
112.78
7070
82.44 Buddy Young
6944
48.22 Bert WlnReld
57.56 Alvln Olander •
Robert
Ritchie
7199
41.22
7071
67.67
6945
40.83 Gerald Nance
87.89 Eugene Tucker
7200
91.00
7072
91.78 Frank Douglas
6946
70.78 Francisco Panuelos
61.44 Joseph Miller .....'
66.50
'7073
70.00 Hemlngton Hurlstone ... 7201
6947 . 81.67
73.50 Teadoro CastlUo
WlUlam
Sawyer
(to
replace
Floyd Hansen
7074
77.00
40.83 Thomas Daniels
97.22 Albert Sylvestre ....... 6948
Check
No.
5394)
7202
• 7.22
7075
40.06
6949
115.89
105.78 Eugene Ladriere
7076
111.61 Joseph Ryan (to replace
6950
79.72 Robert Ayers
98.39 Nathan Benenate
Check No. 6767)
7203
02.94
35.39
6951
64.17 Edward McLaughlin .... 7077
44.72 Raymond McNeely
7204
76.61
7078
47.44 James Brown
6952
42.39 Calvin Morris
42.00 Ernie Bueaiio
Vance Kesler
7205
44.72
Edward
Idell
7079
79.72
6953
88.28
2.000.00 John Harty
...., '7206
84.78
39.28 Florence Foster . • ^
6954
35.78 Erneste Francisco ...... 7080
102.67 Jesye Granadb ;.
49.00
Mlko
Berry
f..... 7207
7081
94.50
42.39 Bryan Gibson
Void Ernest BiUlngs . I......; 6955
67.67
Hartley
Eckhoff
7208
7082
107.33
6956
117.83 Andres Sanchez
$49.78 George Steele
7209
47.06
90.61 Franklon Grant
6957
115.50 .William Thornton ...... 7083
80.50 Amadeo Arroyo
James
Dixon
.... 7210
/45.50
7084
49.00
6958
117.06 Maynard Porter
42.78 Richard Asplund '
Jack. Gleason
.... 7211
59.11
59.50
7085
107.33 Harold Tllden
87.89 Alfredo Irlzar .......... 6959
83.61
43.56 Harvey Rldgeway , .... 7212
7086
94.50 John Bartko
50.94 Albert Brlndley ........ 6960
49.00
96.06 Harold Eby ...... .... 7213
Robert
Neilsen
......... 7087
6961
98.00
77.78 Cleon Mlxon
John
Stossel
.....7214
35.00
7088
119.78
6962
55.61 Lawrence Floyd
42.39 Leo Benolt
Willie
PoweU
.....
....
7215
77.00
7089
106.17 Thomas Trechern . .... 7216
6963
112.39 Wllliam Jones
101.50 Oscar Thompson
45.50
82.06
!j8.67 Delinar Johnson ........ 7090
6964
105.78 Thomas Keyser
103.83
49.00 Bernard D'OrneUai .... 7217
' 7091
71.17 Horacio DaSllva
74;67 Clement Correla ........ 6965
Edward
Czosnowskt
.... 7218
60.07
Void
7092
;... 6966
67.28 Jeff Skinner
113.94 Void
• 2.94
119.78 Patrick Burson ... .... 7219
7093
93J33 Elbert Wilson
6967
52.89 Arlstides Chrlstofilos
59.89
Void Harry FrankUn .. .... 7220
.».
7094
44.3;t Lloyd Hewitt
6968
119.78 Void
7221
106.17
95.67 James Sinlard ....
7095
84.39 Santos Cardoza
6969
101.89 Ernest WUson
John' Thompson
..
....... 7222
98.78
119.78
74.67 Nl'colaos Hadjlnloalado .. 7098
74.67 Clarence Sansom ....... 6970
7223
68.06
64.94 Thor Larson ..
7097
94.89 Bias Ramirez
79.72 Arne Gustafsson ........ 6971
7224
101.89
. .40.44 John Richardson
100.33 Recardo Barcelona ...... 7098
112.39 Hubert Kennedy ........ 6972
'Maurice'
Flynn
v. 7229
43.58
67.28
7090
102.67 Johannes Elusalu
90.01 Raiisnm Wilson
6973
(Continued on page 25)
...'. 7109
118,22 Thomas Horan
70.00 James Fleming ......... 6974
.
1 '/v.
OM'l,
i W ie.
i.itnA '1 set./., iinkve
George Curry
6699
6700
Hazel Mltcham
Check
6701
Lonnle
Cole
No. Amount Aubrey Lee
Name
6702
98.39
6578
James Gard
6703
6579
91.39 Charles BeveU
Elmer Slmonettl
6704
106.56 Albert Williams
6580
Cregorlo Dieses
Teadoro VlUarln
6705
Leodoro Ruiz
6706
55.61 Otho Parker
To replace check 6412.. 6581
Claude Sturgls
6707
WlUlam G. Gooden
6708
80.11 Norman Power
To replace check 4974.. 6582
Kenneth Hunter
6709
Vincent Yates
6710
60.28 Andrew Marines
To replace check 5919.. 6583
Ralph
Paler
6711
92.56
6584
Orla Nielsen
Colon
McCoy
6712
91.78
6585
Joseph King
6713
72.33 Anthony Waslluk
6586
Thomas Tooma
6714
80.50 Henry Beck
6587
Jan Mucins
Antonio
Barreras
6715
6588
66.89
James Stlckney
6716
Jean
Lataple
38.50
6589
Clarence White
6717
71.17 Carl Carlson
6590
John White
6718
6591
51.72 Edward Jennette
Julius Klsch
Gerald
Peterson
6719
67.67
6592
Lee Tseng
6720
6593
55.61 John Kozar
William Kenlg
6721
72,72 Oscar Pou
6594
Tse Wong
Roscoe
Rainwater
6722
88.67
6595
Andres Ygama
6596
63.39 To Cash Vac. Checks ... 6723
Alfonso Formlsano ^
6724
1,500.00 Anthony Noberlnl
To Cash Vac. Checks.... 6597
6725
58.72 Curt Fried
6598
John De Culty
45.11
6599
Roderick Smith
41.61
6600
John Latimer
116.67
6601
Francisco Arana
William L. Mc
104.22
6602
Francis Cogglns
Carthy,
bosun: I
6603
63.78
Jay Gurganus
111.61 don't know what
6604
Baltasar Ventura
George Harvey
6605
41.22
WlUlam Legg
6606
42.39 to do with this
6607
99.94 money first but
Ralph Sturgls
John Gardner
6608
111.61
6609
85.56 you can be sure
Thomas Harden
6610
61.83 of one thing—
Everette Lambe
Henry Cooper
6611
54.83
6612
51.72 I'll be collecting
Marvin Wood
Robert Rainier
6613
82.83 again in another
Desiderlus Nagy
8614
95.67
6615
44.72 3 months. .
Maryus Currier
Dolan GasklU
6616
82.83
Ernest Bell
6617
94.11
WyUe Roper
6618
41.22 Cheung Chung
6726
Abraham Jessen
6619
36.56 Alclde Duplechin
6727
Ronald 'Whiteburst ..... 6620
42.78 LouUen Istre
6728
Ulus Veach
6621
78.17 Arthur Klbodeaux
6729
Otto Sondermann ...... 6622
61.06 Heinz Ruchatz
6730
Joseph Calvlno
6623
75.44 Joseph Adams
6731
Edward Doyle
6624
90.22 Daniel Hulcher
6732
Arnold Jepsen
6625
59.50 Sotirlos Gelardos
6733
Floyd Holcomba
6626
66.89 Dewey GUlikln ....S.... 6734
Hugo MaccoUne
6627
77.00 Juan Pagan
6735
Herman KlUstrom
6628
85.17 Steven Coker
6736
Clarence Brundage
8629
40.06 Dragutln Mravalc
6737
Horace Carter
6630
54.83 Roland Lomax
6738
Patrick Carr
6631
73.11 Lonzle Albritton
6739
Eddie Diaz
6632
46.67 George Smith
6740
Ralph Secklnger
6633
82.06 Eddie LaFontalne
6741
Isaac Blumenberg
6634
50.94 Evander Bolyn
6742
Henry Lowman ........ 6639
75.44 Sylvester Leggett
6743
Bernard Michallk
6636
82.83 Billy White
6744
John Zacharvlk
6637
47.44 James Pollock ....;
6745
Willie Munford
6746
Joseph Palsat
6747
Donald Mullvrana
6748
A r n o Peura,
.Tack Harrington ....... 6749
Fred England
6750
AB: This is fine,
William Kelly ....'
6751
just fine. I cer
Michael Curry
6752
John Whalan
6753'
tainly appreciate
Eugene Leonard
6754
it, being able to
PhUlp YeneraU
6755
David Montgomery
6756
sail with a Union
Albert Palls
6757
like this. And all
Eugene Dore
6758
Prince Baker
6759
the othei condi
Peter Verkammatt
6760
tions are good
Krlstoifer Braaten
6761
Odls
Davenport
6762
too, for all of us.
George Odom
6763
Thomas Bernsee
.\ 6764
Henry Schultz
6765
Alfred Fajardo ....
6638
60.28 Paul Brlen
6766
Lewis Dickinson ...
6639
44.72 Joseph Ryan ....*
6767
Jonas Heidt
.,,...
6640
87.50 Thurman Little
6768
Torleit Hansen ....
6641
65..33 Levy Williamson
6769
Claude Arable .....
6642
99.56 George Yates
6770
Hubert Wilson
6643
102.28 Oliver Troxclalr
6771
Hervy Harrison ....
6644
48.22 George Johns ...'
6772
Homer Diamond ....
6845
81.67 Courtney Carter
6773
Joseph Tucker ...
6646
35.39 BlUy Hackle
6774
Alfred Steams
6647
40.83 LaBruce Anderson
6775
Closkey Havard ....
6648 '
39.28 Thomas King
6776
Hance Thompson ..,
6649
76.61 Vincent. SanJuan
6777
Sarantos Sarantoue .
6650
52.11 Earl Hodges
6778
Raymond Perry ...
6651
110.06 George Stiff
6779
Robert Smith
6652
53.67 Samuel Stewart
6780
Edison Walker
6653
95.67 Ellis DevlIIe
6781
Claud Coel
6654
73.89 James TannehlU
6782
Peter Morreale
6655
65.72 WlUiam Bates
6783
Woodrow Johnson ..
6656
71.56 Callxto Montoya
6784
Lugl Ferclballl
6657
45.50 Arthur Langston
6785
Joseph Martin
6658
102.67 Luke Sanderson
6786
MarshaU Cooper ....
6659
106.17 Guy Plahn
6787
Ulysses MlUs ......
6660
66.11 Albert Templet
6788
Ramon Ferrelra ....
6661
79.33 James Gorman
6739
Thomas Berry .....
6662
42.00 Frederick Parkes
6790
Felix Amora
6663
95.28 Got4 Berggren
6791
Joseph Pfelfer . . ...
6664
98.00 John McKarek
6792
WlUard LeBourgeols
6665
84.39 James Monahan
6703
Francis Howard ....
6666
109.67 Anthony Bender
6794
Solomon Brian .....
6667
59.11 Oliver Klein
6795
Isauro Cardeal
6668
85.17 Jan Ekelenburg
6796
Weldon Smith .,...
6669
71.94 Douglas Clark
6797
Michael Lluzza .....
6670
64.56 Vincent Orehclo
6798
Jose Tablas
6671
S5.78 Anthony Sklllman
6799
Harry Dorer .......
6672
103.83 Johannes Roos
6800
Thomas MacCaskie .
6673
81.67 Francis McCoUlan
6801
Billy Brewer
6674
89.44 Andrew .Mazurek
6002
Alvln Whitney
6675
118.61 Harold Splllane
6803
Harry Bishop ......
6676
66.11 John Brady
0604
Robert Pitcher
6677
m.tO "To Cash Vac. Checks ... 6805
Lyle Clevenger .:..
6678
99.17 Steve Kollna
6806
Lawrence Hoi brook
6679
94.50 Void
6807
Lester Carruth
6680
99.17 Neves Francis F.
6808
WUbert Grabber ....
6681
73.11 Corneel Amellnck
6809
William HowlaAd ..
6682
53.28 Lonnle Gorden
6810
6683
114.33 Harry E. Nlckols
6811
James Frotton
6884
97.22 Albert A. Richards
6812
Robert Frazer .;...
6685
83.22 Albert W. Saxon
6813
Joaqulm Marques ..
6686
57.56 Frank Peskurlc
6814
Guiseppe Deluca
.
6087
55.61 Henry, E. Hicks
6815
John Whelan
6008
67.28 Lotus I,. Stone
6816
Elmer Grose
6689
96.44 Bernard F. Graham .... 6817
Charles McComiskey
6690'
47.00 James L. McLamore
6818
Thomas Rltson
6691
55.22 Homer L. Singleton
6819
Harold Gabaree .;.
6692
47.06 George F. McKenna
6820
Richard Cross
....
6693
117.44 George G. Rutenkoff ... 6821
Roger O'Connor
, 6394
37.72 Jordan John
6822
Clarence Haynes ...
6695
97.22 Sidney Langley
6823
William Prince .....
6396
81.28 Peter Cheklln
6824
John Asemore
6697
105.78
Joseph
Mendoza
6825
Walter Fogarty ....
6898
50.56 Joseph Farmer ......... 6826
Floriati Kazlukewicz
>,..
92.56
47.06
87.89
89.06
84.78
92.94
49.00
46.28
113.50
86.72
42.78
51.33
70.39
72.72
95.67
64.56
" 80.11
103.83
" 85'.S6
51.33
85.56
89.06
79.33
117.06
2,500.00
94.50
43.17
i...
�. J\
Friday. Airil IS, ISSt
t W ? '• » >
SEAFARERS
.^1 9^. «
>'t ?" •
(• • •* <'
Paye Twen^Hvd
LOG
SEAFARERS
• '> "• I
• • • 'v'nvifel
TOTAL
$110,679.91
CASH BENEFITS
Vacation Plan
March 30 — April 12
Welfare.Plan
March 23 — April 5
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
(Continued from page 24)
Clyde Smith
7350
40.44 Dalton Gabriel
7478
98.78 William Mcllveen
7520
79.33 E. G. BiUings
15.00
Eugene GaUaspy
7351
82.44 John MacPherson
7479
97.61 Angelo Maciel
7521
lOl.W Benson W. Blackmon
15.00
Check
Leo
McKenna
7480
>1.67
7352
80.50
Henry Ramsey
7522
64.94 Ralph Canniff
15.00
Name
No. Amount Joseph Bates
Frank
Good
7353
57.56
Michael
Dusevitch
7481
71.17
Henry
Bacon
752.3
64.17
Wilson O. Cara
15.00
Franklin Combs
7226
50.17
7482
110.44 George Stiff
7354
40.44 Gerald Hunt
7524
42.78 James D. CardeU
15.00
Ralph Ingle
7227
56.00 John Owen
40.06 John Whldden
7483
58.72 Percy Thornton
7525
98.00 Oliver Celestine
15.00
WUliam Pope
7228
70.39 Fltzhugh WUkerson .... 7355
WilUam
Hicks
7484
49,00
Toivo
Pukki
7356
84.39
Thomas
Keller
.......... 7526
94.50
James Crone
15.00
Charles Schrunk
7229
51.72
Roland
St.
Marie.
7485
102 67
Donald
GUbo
7357
82.44
Dan
Sommers
7527
46.67
Rogelio
Cruz
15.00
Eugene Steward ........ 7230
67.28
7486
48.22 Albert Lee
7358
73.89 Andrew Muller
7528
89.03 Martino DeSalvo
15.00
James Gordon
7231
104.22 Joseph Scully
7487
107.72 Peter Walsh
7359
38.50 Benjamin Deibler
7529
70.78 Herbert Eikenberry
15.00
Richard May
7232
60.28 Ho YJoe
Barney
Swearingen
..... 7488
101.11
John
Aba
7360
88.27
Harry
Peek
7530
71.17
E. R. Eklund
15.00
John Tilley
7233
78.56
7489
106.94 Martin .Munster
7361
67.67 Allen Woodall
7531
91.00 M. C. Gaddy
15.00
Charles MUIer
7234
50.56 Roy Guild
7362
35.00 Alfred Shannon
7490
60.28 Percy Legendre
7532
36.56 ,E. E. Gross
15.00
John Gerhold
7235
92.17 Nicholas Dorpmans
Lawrence
Hoyt
7363
47.44
Robert
Fagler
7491
110.44
Wiifred
Roux
7533
93.72
Leonard Kay
15.00
Joseph Barnhart
7236
49.78
George
Stakopohis
7364
83.61
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks....
7492
3000 00
Homer
Workman
7534
121.72
Leo
H.
Lang
15.00
Ben Lawson
7287
68.83
Bernhard
Larsen
7493
105.39
Walter
Weber
7365
85.17
Serio
Desoso
7535
87.89
Oliver
Lewis
30 00
Robert Lasso ....
7328
95.67
Oreste
Vola
7386
87.50
Void
7494
Void
Edward Lorimer
7536
39.67 Jesse E. Milton
15.00
Stanley Schonberger .... 7239
89.14
John
Crane
7495
46.28
Gioacchino
Barlotta
7367
39.28
William
Lennox
7537
77.39
L. S. Osma
15.00
Sigvard Karlsson
7240
64.94
7368
97.22 Eugene Broderlck '.
7496
115.11 Audrey Lester
7538
72.33 Joseph Otreba
15.00
William Ivins
7241
84.00 Mario Carrasco '
7497
70.78 John Uszakiewicz .;
2000.00 Raiford Brown
7539
91.39 Anthony H. Phillips
15.00
Herbert Bates
7242
51.72 To Cash Vac. Checks.... 7369
Nicolaas i>atapatia
7370
75.83 John Burkley
7498
91..39 James Thomas
7540
69 6] K. Raana
15,00
7499
104.22 Harold Grimes
Giovanni Abundo
7371
46.67 Joseph Med wed
7541 .
89.06 A. A. Sampson
15.00
7500
70.78 John Purdy
Charles Glaser
7372
46.67 Bennie Crawford
7542
65.72 Foster B. Shedd
15.00
Ora
Rhoades
7501
78.56
Roger
Muggins
7373
74.28
Rupert Trageser
754.3
84.00 N. Straton
15.OO
Alford Mickley,
7502
38.11 Walter Cearfoss
Robert Lund
7374
43.17 Edward Schielder
7544
87.50 Julius C. Thompson
15.00
wiper: This is my
7503
45.50 Peter Ucci .
John Morris
7375
49.00 Joel Johnson
7545
99.17 L. R. Tickle
15.00
7504
45.11 .lohn Niemiera
George GiUikin
7376
37.72 Edwin Wilkins
7546
71.94 George Tolliver
15.00
first visit to the
7505
88.28 Leo Rhodes
Charles HighflU
7377
35.78 Eugene Patten
7547
101.50 Harry E. Westerman
30.00
new hall. Seeing
7506
44.72 Edward Forestal
Leo Steed
7378
88.67 Robert Morrison
7548
57.94 Louis Willis
15.00
78.94 Angelo Cinquemano .... 7549
Ulysis Anderson
7379
102.67 Henry Kearns ............ 7507
56.39
this place and
7508
91.78 Monserrate Saliva
Alvin Mabe
7380
73.11 Charles Atkins
7550
85.17
$480.00
then getting the
Ernest Chewning
7381
46.67 James Manning
7509
78.17 Harold Stone
7551
43.94
USPHS HOSPITAL
Mikael Sorensen
7382
64.56 Norman Wroten
7510
62.61 Francisco Orgenal
7552
98.78
vacation money
FORT STANTON, NEW MEXICO
7511
99.56 Eugene Graves
Roberto Defranza
7383
77.78 Dennis Cahoon
7553
57.56
as well, really
$60.00
7512
76.22 Patrick Lynch
Charles Potter
7384
37.33 William Meehan
7554
92.17 Charles Burton
60.00
Joel Anderson
7385
96.83 Genaro Mendez
7513
94.50 Ejvind Sorensen
7555
72.33 Bomar Cheeley
leaves me speech
Thomas
Isaksen
60.00
7514
35.39 Cariie IVhite
Arnold Sorey
7386
96.44 Raleigh Ryan
7556
76.61
less.
Frederick
Landry
60.00
Mairie
Ellis
7515
70.00
PhUip Fentress
7.387
43.56
Wayland Critzer
7557
90.61
Void
7388
Void Jack Brock
7516
93.72 Arthur Sulla
7558
101.89
$240.00
7517
41.22 Frank Dows
James Wilson
7389
82.06 David Ramirez
7559
89.44
7518
94.50 Thomas Brightful
7390
65.72 Charles Perdue
7560
82.83
DEER'S HEAD STATE HOSPITAL
Aaron Dickey
7243
96.83 Peter WUliams
Cecil
Martin
7519
83.61
Willis
Harper
7391
88.67
Norman Kramer
7561
38.89
SALISBURY. MD.
Harold Keith
7244
109 28
83.61
Dimas Rivera
7245
85.56 Thedoros Calapothakas .. 7392
Michael J. Lucas
$60.00
105.00
Thomas Parks
7246
57.56 Nicholas Reznichenko .'.. 7393
USPHS HOSPITAL
7394
81.28
Albert LaPlante
7247
75.44 Antonios Tsevdos
.MANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN, NY
7395
119.78
Joseph Richburg
7248
96.06 Stephen Plash
Robert Atmore
$60.00
7396
67.28
Clinton Webb
7249
101.50 Vernon Riddle
Rupert A. Blake
60.00
7397
66.89
Teddy Ostaszeskl
7250
106.17 Eric Zetterquist
Claude F. Blanks
60.00
7398
40.83
John Henriksen
7251
66.89 Sisismund Zalewski
Edmound C. Blosser
60.00
7399
56.39
Irvln Gargus
7252
113.17 James Rider
Matthew
Bruno
60.00
7400
119.78
REPORT NO. 26,
Edward Newcomb
7253
37.72 Preston Bertrand
Walter
Chalk
60.00
7401
75.06
Albert Jorgensen
7254
60 67 George Frank
Jack M. Dalton
60.00
^ By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
7402
81.67
Roberto Torrado
7255
40.06 Ignacio Duque
Emilio
Delgado
.'.
60.00
7403
106.94
Void ..
7256
Void Wallace Perdue
Period Covered By This Report—March 23April 5
John J. Driscoll
60.00
7404
83.22
Charles Slick
7257
87.11 Harry King
John T. Edwards
60.00
7405
100.72
August Princen
7258
100.33 Waldo Banks
60.00
3474,57*1.54 J. Espinoza
7406
58.33 Cash on Hand
Eugene Stewart
7259
85.17 Nathan Brewer
Thomas D. Ezzeil
15.00
US Government Bonds
William Schafer
7260
82.06
754,023.44 E. Ferrer .
60.00
Carmelo Martinez
7261
72.72
Estimated Accounts Receivable
210,000.00 Leonard Franks
120.00
Hoilis Smith
7262
114.33 Hubert O'Brien,
Robert E. Gilbert
60.00
Hospital Benefits Paid in Period
6,760.00 John
George Amblard
7263
47.44
W.
Keenan
60.00
Cartar Davis
7264
65.72 eook and baker:
Total Hospital
Benefits Paid
Since July 1, 1950
147,461.00
Leo Kulakowski
60.00
Wiihelm Newhoff
7265
85,56 It's a great thing
F. Larsen
60.00
Death Benefits Paid in Period
8,000.00 Robert
Wong Cheong
7266
49.39
Arthur
Lomas
30.00
John Hamiiton
7287
117.44 that we have this
Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
230,366.66 David Mcllreath
60.00
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 7268
3,000.00 vacation plan and
Vic Milazzo
60.00
Ernesto Valdes
7269
873.11
Lloyd Miller
60.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
USPHS HOSPITAL
Farris Eilis
... 7270
45.89 I hope the fellows
John
R.
Murdoch
60.00
SAN FRANCISCO. *CALIF.
STATEN INLAND. NEW YORK
Thomas Scanlon
7271
90.61 appreciate it, re
Pedro
Peralta
60.00
....
$15.00
Melvin
Bass
William J. Anderson
$30JK)
Cleve Pruett
7272
122 11
60.00
.... 15.00 Ah Lee King
L. H. Beattie
30.00 R. A. Ratcliff
John De Cahge
7273
109.28 membering how
60.00
.... 15.00 Antoneo Phelepedes
Cesere Bisiak
15.00 John R. Richters
Edward Palmer
7274
74.28 it used to be be
G.
E.
Schumaker
60.00
....
30.00
Bosilio Bonafont
William Rogers
30.00
Francis Johns
7275
110.83
60.00
.... 30.00 Peter Smith
John E., Brady
45.00 Robert Uizemore
Aloysious Kessen
7276
77.78 fore this.
60.00
.... 45.00 David Sorenson
Thomas' J. Caffrey
30.00 Timothy Sullivan
Patrick Sheehan
7277
88.67
Albert
D.
Thompson
60.00
,... 30.00
Frank Cardoza
George Burleson
7278
51.33
,...
15.00
E.
A.
Carton
$180.00
James Valiot
7279
102.67 Robert Spencer
62.61 N. R. Cartwright
«407
$1,785.00
30.00
Sterling Dean
7280
75.83 WUUam Thompson
USPHS HOSPITAL
7408
120.94 John Chaker
.... 15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
William Pierce
7281
102 28 Marshall Tew
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON
110.44 David Furman
7409
....
60.00
TAMPA, FLORIDA
Anthony Pisanl
7282
42.00 Wade Pritchett
7410
104.61 O. Grant
$15.00
.... 15.00 Robert A< Adams
Joe Dean
7283
41.22 Henry Simmons
$20.00
7411
88.67 Benny Hansen
Francis I. Gibbons
45.00 Julio A. Aguerro
....
30.00
RUey Crabb
7284
84.00 Toby Dugan
60.00
7412
92.17 WUliam Harvey
45.00 Julius Atwell
.... 60.00 Henry GUlikin
Daniel Palmatory
7285
66.89 Taib Hassan
Emigdio
Reyes
20.00
7413
66.50 Louis Hernandez
30.00
.... 15.00 William B. Jones
George Hradecky
7286
108.11 Paul Sinski
7414 •
92.17 Lawtehce Hitchner
Jesse W. Puckett
45.00
....
15.00
Louis Colon
7287
70.39 James Hawkins
$100.00
64.56 Roscoe R. Hobdy
7415
.... 30.00
Frederick Houck
7288
74.07 Ruel Barr
7416
66.11 Sidney Isaccs
SAILOR'S SNUG HARBOR
$180.00
,... 30.00
Vincent Meehan
7289
70.00 Elmer Moran
7417
71.94 Willy G. Johansen
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
.... 30.00
FIRLAND SANATORIUM
Waido Harvey
7290
110.44 Robert Anderson ....... 7418
95.67 Oscar Jones
,... 30.00
Joseph Koslusky
$60.00
SEATTLE,'WASHINGTON
George Aimers
7291
107 33 Anders Ellingsen
7419
' 102.67 J. Kachelhoffer
....i 15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Albert Nash
7292
91.00 Douglas Fritz .
.... $30.00
7420
40.83 Charles Kerstens ............ ,... 30.00 Emil Austad
CHICAGO, ILL.
Joe Williamson
7293
35.00 Alexander Webber
7421
54.06 Arnold Kunnepas
USPHS HOSPITAL
,.,. 15.00
Ivey Peacock
7294
91.39 Antonio Elarriaza
7422
45.50 James Lawlor
Fiorian Kaziukewicz
$150.00
NORFOLK. VIRGINIA
15.00
Eugene Martin
7295
107.33 Teddy Tobiassen
7423
122.11 S. Legayada
.... 15.00 Vosilios Anastasiadis
USPHS HOSPITAL
$30.00
Delbert Walters
7296
41.22 George Benetatos
7424
71.94 William LeVeen
,... 30.00 Clarence C. Arnold
.'
BALTIMORE. MD.
15.00
Clarence Barrineau. Jr... 7297
71.94 Roosvelt Bobbins ....... 7425
82.06 Michael Linko
,... 75.00 Albert Brickhouse
45.00 Thomas L. Ankerson
$45.00
John Mitchell
7298
54.06 Joseph Forchia
7426
93.33 Mateo H. Lorenzo
.... 30.00 Flem A. Clay
30.00 David Archie
15.00
James Sweat
7299
49.00 JuUen Fant
7427
87.89 Joseph Leasu
,... 15.00 Leo A. Frenudlich
30.00 Harry Baum
15.00
Marion McClure. Jr
7300
71.56 Everett Kusgen
84.39
7428
15.00
45.00
C.
Makris
Guy
Gage
Georgios N. Belavrakis ..
15.00
Harmon Martin
7301
77.00 Homer Mayes
7429
68.83 M. Mitchell
,... 30.00 Roger Morton
30.00 Nelson W. Blades
30.00
Joseph LaPointe
7.302
91.78 Woodrow Beasley
7430
35.39 Alfred Mueller
45.00 Edmund Cabanski
,... 15.00 Thomas W. Jones
45.00
Francis Wasmer
7303 . 72.33 Stanley Newman
7431
75.44 Frank Nering
.... 30.00 Gerald McCarthy
15.00 Bernie P. Coin
36 00
Alvin Broussard
7304
93.72 Louis Burman
7432
38.89 Albert O'Connor
,...
45.00
Earl
E.
Overturp
15.00
Gregorio Dioses
15.00
William Smith
7305
91.78 Herbert Plaisance
7433
67.28 William Owens
....
15.00
15.00
John
H.
Perry
Richard
L.
Foust
30.00
Victor Sonabria
7306
104.61 Stanford Smith ......... 7434
104.22 Joseph Pasinosky
:... 15.00 Johannes Roos
45.00 Michael Frangias
'
15.00
Isaac Alvarez
7307
117.44 Lawrence MitcheU
7435
102.67 William E. Pepper
,... 15.00 S. E. Roundtree
30.00 Joseph F. Goude
30.00
Jacob Zimmer
7308
115.11 William Heater
7436
115.89 Joseph Prindczis
15.00
15.00
William
Rowe
Chester H. Green
15.00
Foley LeRouge
7309
92.56 Carl Pedersen
7437
109.28 Isabelo Quanico
15.00 William C. Scruggs
30.00 Hugo Hilden
30.00
Nolan Guidry
7310
92 17 Antonio De Souza..
7438
115.89 Sergio C. Rivera
.... 15.00 E. Thedoore Squires
15.00 Walerek J. Kmiidlowski
30.00
Robert Kehrly
7311
55.61 Reginald Sirois
7439
97.22 Nathan Rubin ....
15.00 Jack F. Warner
30.00 Eugene Leary
15.00
Herbert Kennedy
7312
95.28 Joseph McFaul
7440
98.78 Juan S. Rueda .. • T
... 30.00
Howard Ligans
30.00
Felix Vlto
; 7313
97.22 Antonio Moriani
7441
40.44 Cleveland Sawyer
...
15.00
$480.00 Thomas V. Logan
15.00
George Mcintosh
7314
35 00 John Klcmowicz
7442
55.22 Morris Schapiro ..
... .15.00
.USPHS HOSPITAL
Thomas F. Mungo
30.00
Albert Hoag
7315
35.00 Fiorian Clarke
7443
60.28 James Shonkwiler
15.00
GALVESTONt TEXAS
Clarence G. Murray
30.00
Jesse Martin
7316
56.00 Chester Atkins
7444
35.78 John Slaman
... 30.00
15.00
Herman Pedersen
7317
83.61 Paul Swietlik
7445
$15.00 Floyd C. Nolan
70.78 John Snyder
... 15.00 Bogan Caldwell
John
J.
O'Connor
30.00
Rufus Stough
7318
120.94 Earl McCoskery
7446
76.61 Emerson S:
15.00
Eldon Froese
J,
...
30.00
30.00
Frank West
7319
120.94 Joseph Shefuleski
7447
88.67 George Spiliotis
15.00 Thomas A. Philips
... 30.00 Albert Hawkins
30.00
Edward Fuselier
7320
120.94 Edgar Polberg
7448
103.83 Albert Sylvqgtre
^
15.00 Richard I. Price
... • 15.00 G. H. Noles
Arthur
Reinholdt
45.00
Robert Hubbs
7321
99.94 Charles Cothran
7449
49.00 Francis Wall .,
r.
30.00
... 30.00 Juhn Riley
30.00
Roy Grant
"
7322
61.06 Albert Brocato
7450
105.00 Luis Williams ..
S. B. Tribble
15.00 Ruperto Rivera
...
30.00
15.00
Albert Bourgot
7323'
104.61 Leo, Derstler
7451
92.17 Henry Woods ..
30.00 John Robinson
15.00 Charles Veach
30.00
Olus McCann
7324
106.56 George Mauser
7452
92.17
F. W. Walaska
30.00 Charles W. Shaw
Loonis
F.
Sisk
15.00
Emllio Godinet
7325
63.78 Arthur Reinholdt
7453
87.11
$1,305.00
15.00
Albert Story
7326
52.89 Dalvin Sawyer
$165.00 John M. Stone
7454
41.61
USPHS
HOSPITAL
John A. Stout
30.00
Emigldio Reyes
7327
45.11 William Mcadors ........ 7455
50.94
USPHS HOSPITAL
MOBILE,. ALABAMA
Albert L. Willis
15.00
Donald Gelinas
7328
61.83 Jack Ford
7456
35.00
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
$15.00
H.
M.
Buinpass
Thomas
Willis
30.00
Jose RIvero
7329
80.50 Chester Weddle
7457
99.56
$30.00 Charles O. Zinn
45.00 William B. Creech
30 00
Albert Brickhouse
7.S30
36.56 Melvin Jones
7458
96.06 Tim Burke
15.00
J.
E.
Garrett
30.00
J.
H.
Jones
Francis Boner
7331
106.17 Edward Swatski
7459
80.11
IS.Otk
$840.00
15.00 E: H. Larrimore
Virgil Arthur
7332
46.67 Norberto EsquUin
7460
72 72 W. G. Murray
30.00
J. T. Moore
Hugo Olesen
7333
41.61 Jose Maciel
7461
USPHS HOSPITAL
74.67
$105.00
Hanse James
7334
44.33 Bernard Mace
7462 .
97.61
MEMPHIS. TENN.
$90.00 Clarence D. Shiveley
Donald Woods
7335
48.28 Fred Fleischmann
USPHS HOSPITAL
7463
......... $60.00
103.83
Shelton English ......... 7336
91.00 Martin Irwin
USPHS
HOSPITAL
BRIGHTON.
MASS.
7464
Virgil E. Wilmoth
gO.OO
82.44
Tommie Connsr
7337
61.00 Roger Lapointe
WILMINGTON, CALIF.
$30.00
7465
87.89 Waiter Bezanson
William Rowc
.... 7338
36.94 Roger Brennan ......... 7466
15.00' Jose Gigante
$120.00
50.94 Henry R. Blanchett
$15.00
James Crowder ......... 7339
106.94 Thomas Ritson
30.00 Edward L; Pritchard
7467
40.44 R. P. Bowman
45.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
John Gurganus
7340
67.67 WiUiam Garland
15.00
7468
70.78 F. Bruggner
CLEVELAND. OHIO
15.00
< 7341
115.11 Arthur Tucker
7469
40.83 Elmer . H. Grose
$60.00 Vincent Genco
$15.00
45.00
John Waddell
,7342
38.11 William McAIpine
7470
74.28 Henry V. Keane
DEATH BENEFITS
ST. AGNES HOSPITAL
James Johnstom ......... 7343
47.06 James Ellison
15.00
7471
59.89 Benedict Klakowicz
Louis Ross
$ 500.00
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
Clifford Ivey
.... 7344
89.63 Leo Curren
7472
38.11 A. D. Leva
30.00
J. Sigler
2.300.00
Mbert Jenking
7346
54.06 John SulUvan
45.00 William Bargone
7473
57.56 George T, Russell
$15.00 Ralph
Fred
Grimes
SgSOO.OO
Rufus Davidson
. , 7346
94.89 Frank McGuire.
• • • • • • • • 30.00
••
7474
35.39 L. E. Smith
USPHS HOSPITAL
Walter Bezanson
2J500.00
Hay Wilkerson r.,..,.... ,7347
73.89 Gustave Nichols ........ 7475
30.00
78.94 George Vourloumi*
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
7348
55.22 Kenneth Goldman
7476
103.06
~$8.(K».00
$15.00
$300.00 AUen P. AntiU
CharUe Slliit*
7349
43.56 Edward Szar.vtha ....... 7477
119.30
Welfare
i
I^.
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Friday. April 18. 195t
SEAFARERS ZOC
Pare Tweiii7«ix_
... DIGEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS ..
INiS (Bull), March 3»—Chairman,
nona; Sacratary, William Janklnt. Mo
tion made and carried that no one is to
be paid off untU all overtime is checked
and approved by the department dele
gates. Motion made and carried to elect
a new ship's delegate.
March 1 —Chairman, none; Secretary,
William Jenkins. Ship has not received
a washing machine as promised by the
company. One crewmember missed ship
In San Juan. Everyone should give the
baker a compliment for the good baking
during the voyage. All crewmembers are
asked to refrain from spitting in the
passage as it is very unsanitary. All
doors are to be closed during the ship's
stay in the Island.
r
move the TV aerial in front of the stack.
It was finally decided to wait until the
vessel arrives at Camden where there is
an RCA factory.
ELIZABETH (Bull), March 31—Chair
man, Juan Medina; Secretary, Juan Cruz.
Delegates reported all in order. Motion
that a bell be Installed from the bridge
to the messhall in order to call the stand
by man when needed. Suggestion made
that all the ventilation be cleaned.
ANN MARIE (Bull), March 24—Chair
man, John HIgglns; Secretary, Henry
Martin. Ship's delegate reported that the
messroom needs painting. Discussion on
the taste of the food, especially the dairy
products. A washing machine was re
quested as soon as possible as the old
CAPE ROMAIN (Miss.), March 83— one Is on Its last legs.
Chairman, Charles Masur; Secretary, Ray
H. Casanova. On the educational pro
DEPAUW VICTORY (South Atlantic),
gram letter was read from headauarters
concerning the March of Dimes. The March 14—Chairman, Nicholas Leone;
new contract was also read. The speak Secretary, Leo Lwathoney. Delegates
no beefs. Suggestion made that
ers were Brother Mazur and Brother reported
Henry A. Jeffrey. Everyone was asked there be a change in the menus; also
a
request
for more fruit juices. Steward
to leave his rooms clean for the new
brothers coming aboard. The captain said said that everything will be taken care
of.
Discussion
about starting a ship's
that everyone could paint his own room. fund. The pantryman
will take care of
Steward's department was asked to paint
the recreation room. The ordinary and
the messrooms.
the wiper on sanitation take turns in
keeping the laundry clean.
CLARA BARTON (Bloomflold SS Co.),
March 30—Chairman, A. Carter; Secre
tary, T. Rovers. Ship's delegate wiU give
the three department delegates a repair
list to check items that need repairing.
Suggestion made for the card players to
keep the recreation room a little cleaner
than in the past.
ANGELINA (Bull) April S—Chairman,
THE CABINS (Mathlaien), March 23—
Neut Williams; Secretary, S. Pacewlcz. Chairman, James Stickney; Secretary,
Delegates reported no beefs. Motion made
and carried about paying off in Puerto
Bico. Suggestion made to make out a
repair list. Ship's delegate resigned and
the job will be taken over by the deck
delegate.
George FInklea. Ship's delegate reported
that only 37 gallons of milk was deliv
ered in Norfolk. Motion made and car
ried that no one be paid off until all
beefs are squared away. Motion made
that patrolman check with the port cap
tain to find out when the' ship is going
STEELORE (Ore), March 1»—Chairman, to shipyard. All repairt will be tiuned
A. Pricks; Secretary, L. Stark. Deck del over to the patrolman.
egate made a motion to see the mate
about having the crew's washrooms and
DEPAUW VICTORY (South Atlantic),
engine department rooms painted. Sug April 4—Chairman, N. Leone; Secretary,
gestion made to the steward to have ice PInkowski. Delegate reported no beefs.
put in drinking water at meal times. Motion made that the patrolman see the
Communications from headquarters in re chief engineer about beef concerning the
gard to vacation pay apd the art contest fireman and the wipers. Motion made
were read" to the crew.
that a new washing machine be put on
board as per agreement. Suggestion made
JOHN LINO (Isthmian), March 23— that the delegates make up a repair list.
Chairman, Eugene Nicholson; Secretary,
Ellas Teian. During a fire and boat drill
everyone should be at their stations and
put the fire hose in its place. Member
ship gave thanks to the crew messman
and the pantry utility for their service.
Feb. 17—Chairman, Edward Ruiey; Sec
retary, Ellas Teian. Delegates reported
no beefs. All hands were asked not to
let the washing machine. run dry.
BLUESTAR (Traders), Feb. 5—Chair
man, D. W. Conroy; Secretary, J. D. An
derson. Delegates reported few. beefs
and disputed overtime. Motion made to
Instruct new members about the union
agreement. A new library will be ob
tained in San Pedro. All hands were
asked not to slam
doors. Recreation
room to be cleaned by the steward's de
partment and the laundry to be cleaned
WILLIAM JAMES (Bull), Feb. 24—Chair by the deck department and the engine
man, A. Roy; Secretary, J. Pones. Dele department one week each.
gates reported no beefs. There was a
discussion on the new washing machine.
STONY CREEK (Trampship Develop
Men were reminded to bring CUM back ment), April 2—Cheirman, R. Diaz; Sec
to the pantry. Suggestion maob that retary, F. Franklin. Motion made to have
sanitary men rotate in keeping the rec the delegate go to the chief engineer
reation and the lanudry rooms clean.
about the wash water line.
J. H. METCALF (Eastern), Fab. 22—
BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service),
Chairman, E. Hudson; Secretary, Harold April 11—Chairman, B. Colgrove; Secre
Forsythe. Each department to clean the
recreation room and the laundry weekly.
March 23—Chairman, E. Hudson; Sec
retary, Peter Jomldes. S14 reported in
the ship's fund. A motion was made to
elect a new ship's delegate. Beef brought
up about keeping the messroom clean.
Discussion on this beef came to the
point to keep the messroom clean as best
as it could be. Purser assured the mem
bership that he will refund the $10 given
him to buy reading material.
April 4—Chairman, Ed. Hudson; Secre
tary, M. Iwanko. Delegates reported no
beefs and some disputed overtime. The
steward claims that he didn't authorize
the saloon messman overtime, and the
saloon mess claims he did. The beef will
be left to the,discretion of the patrol
man. Motion made and carried to get
new cots.
tary, C. Debay. Two letters in regard to
the Sea Chest sent to headquarters from
the last port. Treasurer reported $53 in
the ship's fund. MeA are not to sign on
or off until beefs are straight. Refrigera
tion boxes to be checked. A vote of
thanks was extended to the ship's dele
gate for the fine job he has done aboard
ship.
NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory
carriers), April 6—Chairman, Frank Goar
In; Secretary, Ed. Wright. Motion made
that a letter be sent to headquarters in
New York that three copies of the agree
ment between th eUnion and Victory Car
riers be sent to the department delegates
aboard the Northwestern Victory upon
arrival in the United States.
^Can'ShakerR*
Have No OK
The membership is again
cautioned to beware of persons
soliciting funds on ships in be
half of memorials or any other
socalled "worthy causes."
No "canshakers" or solici
tors have received authoriza
tion from SIU headquarters to
collect funds. The National
Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis is the only charitable
organization which has re
ceived membership en^'orse
ment. Funds for this cause
are collected through normal
Union channels at the payoff.
Receipts are issued on the spot.
It was announced that a new washing
machine had been received on board.
Old repairs were discussed.
April 4—Chairman, C. B. Kclleher; Sec
retary, Raymond Ketch. Tlie ship's del
egate requested that aU other delegates
turn In a repair list to him. Crew de
cided to buy some baseballs and bats
using the ship's fund to pay for same.
Crewmembers were asked to take better
care of the washing machine. It wag
agreed Jhat each crewmember would don
ate tj for use In the ship's fund. Fred
Chapman was elected to take care of aU
new books and magazines and to see
that no crewmembers get more than
two to read at one time.
BLUESTAR (Tradart), April S—Chair
man, J. D. Andtrson; Sacrafary, J. Tkr
gatt. Delegates to check atores with the
steward. Reported that the master'a wlf*
wrote a letter thanking the crew for th*
most enjoyable trip. Washing machine t*
be kept by crew. Repair llat to be made
out.
WILLIAM JAMES (Bull), Feb. 24—
Chairman, A. O. Roy; Sacratary, V. Pen
tas. Discussion on the new waslilng ma
chine. Suggestion made that ship's del
egate see the captain about the washing
machine. Men were reminded to bring
cups back to the pantry. Suggestion
made that sanitary men rotate on the
cleaning of the recreation room and th*
laundry.
YOUNG AMERICA Waterman), April 4
—Chairman, W. Larsen; Sacratary, R.
Westarfleld. Delegates reported no beefs.
AU hands to keep the . washroom and the
washing machinery clean In the future.
Suggestions for the new contract were
sent In to headquarters.
HILTON (Bull), April «—Chairman, Bill
Sears; Secretary, A. Kominski. Delegates
reported no beefs. Motion made by the
deck delegate to consult the captain
about using the ship's fund and accept
ing contributions to furnish crew with a
and passed that the ordinary, wiper and radio. Motion made to raffle off the old
the steward utUity alternate In keeping washing machine. Voted on and accepted.
the recreation room clean.
ANTINDUS (Waterman), April 4—Chair
man, W. Patterson; Secretary, C. H. Ty
ler. Delegates reported no beefs. Ship's
delegate requested that a repair list and
draw lists be turned in before docking
in Miami. Motion made by many to
suggest to headquarters for the inclusion
In the new agreement that SIU slop chest
be placed aboard aU contracted ships and
that the slop chests be furnished by the
Union. Engine delegate reported the lack
of a first aid kit and salt tablets in the
engine room. Several remarked that san
itary work in crew's quarters Is not up
to SIU standard and the delegates of the
various departments were instructed to
check on the work and see that It is
done right.
hia bookmemberi. Th* crew hai one of
the flneat captaina and offlcera that ever
aailed and the fineat SIU membera: juat
one big family.
a
FREDERIC C. COLLIN (Dry Trans),
March 23—Chairman, O. Oaklay; Sacra
tary, T. Evans. Delegates reported all In
order. Motion made and carried by en
gine delegate to have the engine and
steward department showers painted. Dis
cussion on keeping the recreation room
clean. Last standby man to clean tables
and cups. Vacation plan was discussed
and explained to the new permit men.
Vote of thanks to the steward's depart
ment for doing a sweU job.
JOHN EVANS (Mississippi), March 2*—
Chairman, Charlai P. Baanuay; Sacratary,
Joa E. Thomas. Ship's delegate elected.
All men using the laundry clean when
finished. A messman left the ship in
SKYSTAR (Triton), March *—Chairman, Staten Island and It was suggested that
W. Burke; Sgeratary, Jack Ryder. New he be replaced in a foreign port.
cotton mattresses were put aboard at
New York on recommendation of the
crew. The crew wants to say that aU the
MARY ADAMS (Bloomfleld), March 2*
ship's delegate have done a wonderful —Chairman,
Deets; Sacratary, J. Long
job. Stephen Emerson has always been fallow. Delegates
reported no beefs.
ready to help out the permitmen and also $8.25 in the ship's fund.
Motion made and
carried to have stainless steel sinks put
in the pantry. Discussion on the new
agreement. Some education on the Union
was discussed. Repair list to be turned
CLAIBORNE (Waterman), Feb. 13—
in.
Chairman, James Hand; Secretary, Ray
mond Kosch. Delegates reported no beefs.
The ship's delegate explained the use of
Hershel J. Landreth
MONTEBELLO HILLS (Western Tank
the ship's fund to the new crewmembers.
March 21—Chairman, Staphan Hom
Please contact your wife as she ers),
ko; Secretary, Eddia Pallabran. Vote of
is anxious to hear from you.
thanks to the steward department for
their fine service. Suggestion made that
a ship's fund be started.
PERSONALS
NOTICES
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Samuel Snyder
Get in touch with Edward C.
Savage, 132 Front St., NYC. .
ExSS Choctaw
Crew which paid off March 28,
4 4 4
1952, in Baltimore has a differ
Stephen B. Whitman
ential of $4.00 coming from trans
Contact Mrs. S. Howard, Regent
portation voucher. Contact or 40497, NYC. She is interested in
write Waterman SS Co. in Mobile, your property at 35 Highgate Ter
Ala., giving social security num race, Bergenfield, NJ.
ber and copy of discharge.
4 4 4
4 l"
Charlie Goodwin
Harry McDermott
Please write John Hunt c/o SIU
Your gear off the SS Robin Brooklyn hall.
Goodfellow has been checked at
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the SIU hall in Brooklyn.
James J. Gorman
4 4>
Your mother has a government
tax refund waiting fot you. Get
Eugene Williams
Ship's delegate A. Goldsmit re in Couch with her at home.
quests you donate money you bpr
4 4 4
rowed to the LOG and mail re
Pepe Valises
ceipt to him c/o SIU Brooklyn Get in touch with Charles Stam
hall. The rest of the ship's fund bul at his home as quickly as pos
has already been donated.
sible.
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4 4 4
DESOTO (Waterman), April 4—Chair
man, B. C. Jonas; Sacratary, Philip
Rayes. Ship's delegate reported every
thing running smooth. Needed repairs to
be compUed before the ship's return to
Mobile. Discussion on the replacement
of innerspring mattresses. Headquarter*
to be contacted on this matter. Motion
made and carried to start a ship's fund,
which is to be used only for Union busi
ness.
CAPS EDMONT (Alcoa), no data
Chairman, Roy Hlwas; Sacratary L. B.
Meara. Delegates reported no beefs. A
vote of thanks was extended to the nego
tiating committee for all the things they
have done for the members. Discussion
on keeping the messhall clean. The menu
board in the crew's mess needs painting.
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TOPA TOPA (Waterman), March 38—
Chairman, A. M. Branconl; Secretary, M.
R. Janet. The captain Insisted that the
two men who joined the ship late in
Yawata be taken care of. Ship's delegate
to see that a Hew washing machine ig
put aboard. Ship's delegate and one other
man to buy radiophonograph and rec
ords from the ship's fund. Each delegate
to collect donations for the ship's fund.
Timothy Leary
ExSS Wanda
Call at Welfare Office in SIU . Second cook and baker who
headquarters with all available signedon Jan. 5, 1952, a witness
to accident, please contact Ben
discharges.
Sterling, 42 Broadway, NYC. John
4 4 4
J. Lawton, chief cook.
Rudolph R. CeforattI
Your draft board has classified
WACOSTA (Waterman), March 30—
MALDEN VICTORY (Mississippi), March
4 4 4
Chairman, Manual Da Barros; Secretary,
f—Chairman, A. Beck; Secretary, D. you 2A until Sept. 1952.
R.
R.
Paschal
CANTIGNY (Cities Service), April 8— Blumlo. Delegates reported everj^hing
H. A. Orlande. Ship's delegate submitted
Your father is anxious to hear a
Chairman, Daniel Sheehan; Secretary, A. in order. The chief electrician made a
report from the captain that whoever
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Sathanasopoulos. Delegates reported no suggestion to the cooks that if they want
wants
to donate blood to the PhUippina
Retroactive checks are being from you. Write PO Box 1403', Red Cross could
beefs. $33.S0 reported In the ship's fund. to smoke in the galley to please keep
do so. Motion made and
Pepperell,
Ala.,
or
call
1448J,
held
at
the
Cities
Service
office,
Suggestions were made to buy new rec away from the food. A motion was made
carried that sanitary men disinfect entire
shower
in
deck
and engine department.
23 Pearl St., NYC, for the follow
4 4 4
One brother asked that there be a little
Harry Peeler
ing men: Carmel Belasquez, Frank
less noise In the msssroom during meal
Editor,
hour.
Botifall, Jack C. Brock, William
Frank Sloane .
SEAFARERS LOG.
Bums, Wilson Chapman, Peter Please get in touch with me c/o DEL SOL (Mississippi), Feb. 15—Chair
Gavillo, Anton Hansen, Jesse R. F. Doyle, 1 North La Salle St., man. Red Sullivan; Secretary, J. F. Ger
675 Fourth Ave.,
sey. Complaints about foulups aboard
Henry, Raymond Howard, Jan De Chicago. Urgent. Tliorvald Reps ship.
Motion made and carried that a
Brooklyn 32, Ni Y.
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•
Jonge, Joseph B. Kirk, Phares J. holdt.
certain crewmember has fouled up too
often
and
had made several remarks
Ortego, Robert Maulden, James W.
4 4 4.
detrimental to the SIU and he be prop
I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please McLeod, Donald Pearce, P. A.
John J. Ferreira
erly disciplined. • Harold Ducleux ex
plained that "we need peace In the fami
put my name on your mailing list.
(Print Information) Petersen, Henri Poyet, Paul Your mother would like to hfear ly,
and to work as Union men." The
Pridgen, Robert Sarver, Lewis from you. Write her at 34 Bleek meeting
was called to impress upon each
member
the need of cooperation and to
Savoia, Benjamin Stewart, Thomas hof St., Borgerow, Antwerp, Bel
NAME
work
as
men.
J. Tobin and Fred Wilmarth. They gium.
Msrch 23—Chairman, John Chapman:
wiil be held there for 60 days.
Secretary, J. F. Garsey. Request that
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telegram be sent to family , of lost mess
Frank Vitale
STREET ADDRESS
4 4 4
man Charles Wilson,' who drowned, u*
The following named men have Please contact me at 64 Capron consolation
from the members of the. Del
Motion made and carried that the
back pay coming as a result of an St., Walden, NY. Very Important. Sol.
CITY
.ZONE
STATE.
ship's fund .be turned over to the March
MC&SAFL beef won before the George A. Rose Sf.
of Dimes. A vote of thanks was extended
to the stewgyd department for their fine
NLRB: Alvin Baide, John O. Baine,
4 4 • 4
cooperation.
Richard Diax
j. R. Costello, H. S. DarUng, H.
Signed
Book No
Dean Douglas, William Jenkins, A. Write where I can get in touch MARYMAR (Calma'r), March 2f—Chair,
TO AVOID DUPLICATION:.. If ybii ar* an «|d zubscribar and havg a change
R. Tharpa; Sacratary, Harry t;
L. Jones, Clifford Lattish, George with you. V. O; Bonet and L. Cal man,
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addrau, plaaza give your former addreti below:
Franklin. vote of ihankf.tpr K. Thorps
A. Smith, Leroyi Pierson and Pedro deron, 220 E. 107 St., NYC.
and Frank Olad for the cars they gave
to the operation of the crew's washlnff.
Villabol. They should apply tii
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machine. Dalagatai to coiffar with the
ADDRESS
J[ames E.. Collins
John Geisnm, 811 New World Life
boarding patri^sn about >tha Improvo^
Please, contact B. Sterling,' 42 moiit in cold oti^ tor the night lunchag,.
Building, Seattle, or to the MC&S
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CITY
.. ZONE..;
AFL, SIU or Slip halls in Seattle. BroBdwBy. NYC. ::
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SEAFARERS LOG
Friday, April It. ItSt
... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ...
LEWIS EMERY JR. (Victory Carriers),
(Continued from Page 26)
April 7—Chairman, O. Kllppbaryi Secre
Request made to have the messrooms tary, none. Delegates reported no beefs.
painted before termination of this trip. Ship is to be fumigated. The crew ex
pressed thanks to Mr. Maclntyre, the
manager of the Merchant Seamens Club
in
Bremerhaven, for supplying them with
OCEAN ULLA (Oeesn Trans), March 29
—Chairman, John Popa; Secretary, C. a library on such short notice. The ship
• oguckl. Delegates reported no beefs. was without a library for one year.
The new washing machine to be used
for dress clothes and underclothes and
the old machine to be used for work
ALAMAR (Calmar), April 1—Chairman,
clothes. Deck department and engine de T. Garrlng; Secretary, B. Wilton. S24 re
partment to clean the recreation room. ported in the ship's fund. Several mem
Chairman requested that aU beefs be bers spoke on the new hall In New York
brought up and discussed at the present and how nice it is.
time.
vegetables after a 50 day trip. A lot of
discussion about men taking time off in
port and coming back to the ship un
able to perform their duties. No action
was taken on this matter. Some beefing
about not keeping the messroom clean.
repairs on the list of previous voyagea
made. Motion made that in the event
that the ship was sold the remaining
ship's fund is to be split in half and
donated to the LOG and the American
Seamen's Friend Library. New recrea
tion room discussed and decided that the
SIU Headquarters urges all
sanitary, wiper and OS men would keep
GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), March clean.
draft eligible seamen to be
30—Chairman, Charles H. Bush; Secre
sure they keep their local Se
tary, E. M. Watts. Ship's delegate re
HIGH POINT VICTORY (Sooth Atlan
lective Service boards posted ported that he had sent a letter to Paul tic), March 36—Chairman, J. B. Henley;
Hall
in
regard
to
the
captain
changing
Secretary,
R. Kcemen. Delegates re
on all changes of address the clocks in the daytime instead of the ported no W.
beefs. $20 was collected for
through the use of the post night which is the common practice on the slijp's fund. One of the members
SIU ships. Discussion on the condi missed the ship in Savannah and he was
cards furnished at all SIU ail
tion of the wash water being dirty. Ac replaced in Charleston, South Carolina.
halls and aboard ships.
tion to be taken to have something done Engine department will clean the rec
regard to the cramped quarters of reation room.
Failure to keep your draft in
the deck maintenance. Department dele
gates requested to make up a repair list
board informed of your where
CUBORE (Ore), April 4—Chairman, J.
be turned in to the patrolman in
abouts can cause you to be to
KusmlerskI; Secretary, Thomas Clarke.
New York.
;
Ship's
delegate warned the members not
listed as a delinquent and be
putting in required two hours on sani
drafted into the services with
MARTIN McCARVER (Waterman), Feb. tary detail as per agreement. Members
that a price list be put up on
out a hearing. The Union in 23—Chairman, G. W. VInus; Secretary, 6. requested
Delgedo. The washing machine was re the board in regard to the slopchest.
such cases can do nothing to paired
at Bombay as planned. Captain
asked delegates to see if the crew would
aid Seafarers who fail to com
ANN BUTLER (Bloomfield), April 5—
donate towards the Kings Point Memo Chairman, J. Brady; Secretary, S. Butler.
ply.
rial. Crew raised sum of $44. Captain Delegate reported no beefs. The stew
raised $56. Ship's fund stands at $91. ard and deck and engine departments
At payoff every book and permit to be are to clean the laundry and the recrea
requested to dress decently before en turned over to the patrolman for check tion room alternately every third week.
tering the messhail. Crew was asked to ing. 'Men leaving the ship to leave
lockers and bunks in clean shape.
keep old clothes out of the messhail.
Keiep Draft
Board Posted
CASIMIR PULASKI (Eattern), March 9
—Chairman, T. Olckorion; Secretary,
John Tlllsy. Delegates reported no beefs
pending. It was suggested that an ef
fort be made to have shelves installed in
several of the crew member's lockers.
It was decided that the cook's phono
graph should not be played after and
unless hi his own room or the recreation
haU with the door closed. It was sug
FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), March gested that donations be made to the
30—Chairman, E. Barls; Secretary, Vin March of Dimes at the payoff. The
cent Ratelltt. Motion made and carried chairman asked the cooperation of all
to give the ship's delegate a vote of bookmembers in aiding permit holders to
thanks for a Job well done in getting fans more fully understand the SIU and its
installed. Treasurer reported $47.60 in policies as well as unionism in general.
Feb. 9—Chairman, John Tlllsy; Secre
the ship's' fund.
tary, Theron DIckerson. The chairman
asked
for everybody's cooperation in
GULFWATER (Mar Trade), March 20^ keeping the passageways clean, noise
Chairman, VInce Meehan; Secretary, Joe down and to please return cups and
Medwed. Delegates reported all in good
ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), March 25—
WILLIAM STURGIS (Seas Shipping),
condition. Motion made to have the glasses to the pantry when through with Chairman, O. W. Tralviek; Secretary, J. April 6—Chairman, F. J. DeGange; Sec
ship's delegate see that the repairs are them.
H. Hampton, Jr. Steward agreed to retary, A. Wengsr. Ship's delegate re
done. Brother Deri was commended for
have ham and boiled eggs on the night ported a beef against the skipper. AU
the good job he did as ship's deiegate in
ST. AUGUSTINE VICTORY (Mississip lunch. As there are a lot of permit men doors are to be fixed so they won't bang
keeping down the beefs to a minimum.
pi), April 2—Chairman, Red McDonald; aboard literature about .the union was aU . nighL A vote of thanks was ex
tended to the complete steward depart
Feb. It—Chairman, Steve Deri; Secre Socratary, J. V. Dolan. Motion made to requested from headquarters.
ROBERT LOWRY (Bloomfield), March
ment for the very good service through 24—Chairman, C. W. Doggett; Secretary,
tary, Joe Medwed. Ship's delegate re have ship's delegate contact boarding pa
out the whole trip.
ported that the captain will try to get trolman about having an outside water
J. T. Hicks. Delegates reported every
American money for the next trip. Cap tap for the Koreans. Also to have the
thing okay. Motion made and carried
FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), April
tain also praised the crew for their good gaUey stove overhauled. Suggestion 2—Chairman, Edward Arvard; Secretary,
that meetings be held every other Sun
behavior in port and aboard ship. All made to have a clean ship. coming in Phillip J. Capllng. Motion made to see
KATHRYN (Bull), April 5—Chairman, day during the trip. Discussion on keep
hands were asked to keep quiet in the port and not leave it the way it was last about getting screens for the portholes. A. De La Paz; Secretary, Onlbal Albl. ing the messroom clean. All hands were
time.
Repair
list
was
made
out.
morning in the passageways so that the
The ship's baker gave an interesting and There was nothing done on the last re asked to be quiet in the passageways as
men oft watch may get some sleep.
lengthy talk on the advantages of the port Ust. The ship's delegate wiU see others are sleeping. Anyone using the
SIU and the Sea Chest. Several mem a patrolman about it when the ship washing machine was asked to clean it
NIKOS (Dolphin), March 16—Chairman bers of the crew gave a vote of thanks docks. Suggestion made to put a sign when through.
W. O. Cummlngham; Secretary, S. to the steward department for the good close to the washing machine to re
Blevlns. Motion made to see the captain
mind the fellows to turn off the switch.
CHILORE (Ore), March 1—Chairman,
about painting out aU the foc'sles that chow and service.
Steve Fulford; Secretary, C. A. Kress.
have not been painted. Discussion on
Motion
for each department dele
cleaning the laundry room and the reC'
ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), March 25— gate to made
take up a list of names and
reatlon room. This work is to be ro'
Chairman, O. W. Trawick; Secretary, J. amount
of donations for th March of
tated. Discussion on rusty lockers in
H. Hampson, Jr. The steward department
campaign. Letter from headquar
unlicensed quarters. It was brought to
wants to know what is home port for Dimes
ters
read
and accepted to improve the
the attention of the crew about leaving
this ship. The men on board would future contract.
BULL RUN (Msfhlaten), March 20— the new washing machine running when
like to have Uterature so they could have
Chairman, Lester McHugh; Secretary, not in use.
some educational meetings on the Union
WILLIAM STURGIS (Robin), March 2—
Jack Hannay. Ship's delegate' reported
since they have a good many permit men
one man missed ship in England. There
on board. Men want night lunch to con Chairman, L. DeGange; Secretary, A.
(Ore), March 23—Chairman
Wenger.
Delegates reported everj^hing
is a balance in the ship's fund of S73.10. D. OREMAR
SEAMAGIC (Colonial), March 3—Chair sist of ham and boUed eggs.
P. Carroll; Socratary, Robert L. Mor
ali right so far. If' a washing machine
Motion made and carried to try and get gan.
man, Butts; Secretary, Sullivan. Each
Foc'sles
need
chipping
and
scaling.
is not put aboard as per agreement the
American money in France. Suggestion
crew was asked to cooperate in member of each department contributed
SAN ANGELO VICTORY (MarTrade),
of this ship will not sign on
that last standby man on each watch The
keeping the washroom clean, also sani $1 to the ship's fund. Suggestion by March 23—Chairman, Fred W. Klolbar; members
for
the next trip.
clean up the messhail and the recreation tary
McCarthy
that
crewmembers
refrain
man
in
each
department
ciean
on
Secretary, Jerry DeMae. Motion made to
room.
his weeks. Under education, discussion from contacting captain regarding beefs see the mate about keys for the rooms.
MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), March 30
made on the benefits of having permits and general matters that can be handled The engine department quarters need to
LONCVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car to the new men off the docks. Discus by the ship's delegate. Request made to be painted. There is not enough wash —Chairman, B. KInter; Secretary, Paul
keep
messhail,
passageways,
laundry
and
Discussion on who should call
riers), March 22—Chalrfnan, James H. sion on obtaining a library. Suggestion
ing powder avaUable for crew's laundry. Gladden.
the new library at Norfolk. Sugges
Boyles; Secretary, Gordon D. Marbury. made that each man donate SI toward recreation room ciean at all times.
Motion made and carried that the stew for
tion
made
that a patrolman be contacted
Discussion on permits having a voice in buying magazines and books.
ard give out an extra face soap to be in regard to repairing
the portlights and
the meetings and that they should in
used for whiter.
the
hot
water
system. The members
terest themselves in Union affairs
GATEWAY CITY (Waterman)—Chair
TA6ALAM (MarTrade), March 30— man, Charles H. Bush; Secretery, E. M.
thought It would be a good suggestion to
enough to speak up and discuss same.
RICHARD M. JOHNSON (Bloomfiald), have some paper on the bulletin board
Members discussed the soap powder Chairman, Kosta Hatglmlslos; Secretary, Watts. Clarification on the agreement
situation and came to the conclusion that Marltin F. Forsan. A donation to be was read by the recording secretary and March 23—Chairman, Joseph E. Town aft so repair Ust can be compiled ahead
send;
Secretary, Robert. 6. Weimar. Dele of arrival in home port.
made
to
the
March
of
Dimes.
Motion
the present weekly issue of 13 or 14
acceptedqis read. Motion made and car
ounces of soap powder on these coal made and seconded that the steward wiU ried that a letter of thanks be sent to gates reported no beefs. All men on
watch
especially the deck department
carrying ships is not sufficient. Educa not sail as steward again untU be has headquarters for the raise in pay for
CAPE SAN MARTINE (South Atlantic),
tion bulletins from headquarters were proven capable.
the deck and engine department day should clean up the coffee cups. The March 16—Chairman, Harry Galphin; Sec
read and discussed.
workers. The deck engineer spoke in washing machine should be kept clean retary, W J. Barnes. Delegates reported
behaif of the March of Dimes and toid both on the inside and the outside. The no beefs. One brother asked that the
the members that if they cared to con washer should not be overloaded as this washing machine be cut off after using.
JOHN FISK (Robin), March 14—Chair
tribute to the cause he wouid be happy might result in the motor being burned Ship's delegate was asked to see the cap
man, J. F. Rogers; Secretary, J. R. Lane.
to add it to the coilection that was taken out.
tain about shelves in the crew mess. Sug
Suggestion made that everyone try to
up on the last voyage. Crew was warned
gestion was made to raise the ship's fund
make this a good trip by doing as good
not to lose their share pass in Germany,
at payoff.
Seafarers should. All hands were asked
as they would be fined 20 marks.
to keep the messhail dean for tho nest
watch and messboys.
WILLIAM HARPER (Waterman), March
30—Chairman, Stanley White; Secretary,
ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), March 16—
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service),
Roy Dozler. Motion made and carried
March 24—Chairman, Albart Weaver; Chairman, R. Nicholas; Secretary, F. P.
that all soiled and torn linen be removed
Quiz Anawera
Secretary, Franc' J. Ahern. Motion Russo. Delegates reported everything
from the ship and the steward was told
made for each : ember to donate SI to okay. Discussion on who is to clean the
that
the crackers have bugs in them and
(1) 30 miles an hour.
the ship's fund at payoff, which Is to be laundry and recreation room. Ship's
DAVID STARR JORDAN (Mississippi), they also must be removed. There waa
delegate stated that each member should March 30—Chairman, Alfred H. Ander a discussion about the one hour differ
collected
by
the
ship's
delegate.
Dis
(2) Speaker of the House.
puted overtime will be settled at payoff familiarize himself with the agreement son; Secretary, Ronald G. Heath. Dele ence between east coast and the gulf.
and not forget the clause in the contract gates reported everything okay. The Suggestion that a repair list be made up
by patrolman.
(3) Is selfluminous.
about being aboard ship one hour before crew was asked to let the coffee stay for by each department delegate.
(4) Italy. (Franco Louisiana ANNISTON VICTORY (South Atlantic). sailing time.
the men on watch.
Feb. 24—Chairman, J. S. Bragg; Secre
March 2—Chairman, Alfred H. Ander
Territory; Russia Alaska; Den tary,
PUERTO RICO (Bull), April 6—Chair
L. E. Harris. Delegates reported
MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car son; Secretary, Ronald G. Heath. When man, Allan Lake; Secretary, Jim Murphy.
markVirgin Islands).
everything In good standing at the pres
the
4 to a watch gets up they find that Ship's delegate reported that the ship
riers),
March
26—Chairman,
W.
L.
Busch;
ent time. Motion made and carried that Secretary, M. Dormen. Delegates re the dinner room is in quite a mess, so
(5) 288, 12.^
each department shall have a set day ported everything in fairly good shape. they want all of. the crew to take cups wiU not be tied up in San Juan if the
strike continues. $3 given to the ship's
for cleaning up the laundry room. Any
(6) Ceiling.
locks and door latches were or and dishes to the sink at night. There fund by the three new men. Motion made
one caught leaving the washing machine Spare
was a little misunderstanding about the and carried that $15 be donated to the
dered
by
the
mate
by
letter
from
Bel
(7) Golf. They're Harold (Jug) in bad condition after washing his gium. Ship's delegate asked that all food when the messman brought some American Seamen's Friend Society for
shall be fined.
brothers take a hand In keeping the hot cakes out cold.
service rendered. Jim Foti wants the
McSpaden, Lloyd Mangrum, Gary ciothes
March 30—Chairman, J. S. Bragg; Sec messhail clean. The repair list was read
mess refrigerator and the toaster
Middleeoff, leading figures in retary, L. E. Harris. W. T. Matthews re to the crew and additional repairs HURRICANE (Waterman), March 30— deck
replaced, as It has been on the blink for
ported
that
a
lot
of
performing
has
been
added.
Sanitary
cleaning
gear
was
dis
major tournaments.
several months. The boarding patrolman
done on this voyage and it wiil be taken cussed and it was explained that each Chairman, JImmIe Golder; Secretary, San wiU inspect the fo'c'sles before payoff.
(8) Astronomy, the science of care of by the agent. Motion made that department orders their own cleaning Miguel. Ship's fund stands at $17.80. All
the ventiiation system be fixed in the gear.
heavenly bodies.
first port. All reports to be turned in
as soon as possible upon arrival.
(9) $50.50, $24.50.
RUDOLPH KAUFFMANN (Alcoa), Feb.
10—Chairman, George E. Odom; Secre'
(10) South Africa. Rhodesia is GREENSTAR (Triton), March 29— tary,
Lovis B. Thomas. Ship's delegate
Chairman, Slanlna; Secretary, Brooks. reported that he thought we had a' nice
named after him.
«
Delegates reported no beefs. Suggestion payoif and everything was running very
The SIU membership is proud of its Union as a group of hard
that everyone clean the messhail up af smooth. Anyone entering the messroom
working responsible Seafarers who know the importance of doing
ter himself and the last standby wipe off should be properly dressed. Anyone us
the tables. Suggestion that bunks be ing the water between decks is to use
their job well in order to protect their contract gains and safe
fixed at the earilest chance as they are in the paper cups there instead of glasses.
guard
themselves on the job.
bad condition.
March 15—Chairman, Jessie T. Spivey;
The membership has long been on record to weed out the small
Secratary, LovIs B. Thomas. There was
LONE JACK (CItias Sarvlce), March 30 a little beef about Strawberry jam in the
minority of pilferers, junkies, performers and other imdesirables.
—Chairman, J. J. Moore; Secretary, D. H. saloon. Besides that everything else is
We cannot tolerate these disrupters aboard our ships, nor can we
Singleton. Ship's deiegate stated that re okay. Any members using the wash
pairs have been started and suggested ing machine were asked to turn off. the
permit them to drag down the good name and reputation of our
letting things stand as they are. $35 switch when through. Suggestion by the
iJnion.
reported in the ship's fund. Suggestion ship's delegate that each department get
made to get an orange squeezer. Sug its repairs and turn them in to the stew
With the many newcomers entering the shipping industry to(iay.
gestion made to buy games from the ard so he can type them up. Suggestion
ship's fund, and to collect SI from each that everyone ciean his room and turn
Seafarers must be vigilant to detect and expose irresponsible
man at payoff. Suggestion made to leave in his linen and leave' the keys when' "• characters who think that they can get by on SIU ships with these
i
the pantry and the crew mess a little paying off.
: undesirable practices. We hereby serve notice that charges will
cleaner.
YOUNG AMERICA (WsUrman), March I be placed and severe penalties will be imposed on all men guilty •
BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), 23—Chairman, Frank Arana; Secretary,
March 29—Chairman, Gary Cameron; Sec Edward B. Lewis. Motion made and car i of performing on the job, (ir having marijuana or other narcotics '
rolary, E. Flyhn. Treasurer reported $33 ried for the delegates to check up on ' in their possession on board an SIU ship or in the vicinity of
in the ship's fund. A 'suggestion was the suggestions for the new agreement
an SIU hall.
•
made to fumigate the,ship as there are and signed and approved, by thq member
roaches in .the. galley, storerooms and ^e ship. The chairman wanted to know why
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messhaU. Members of the creW were ttaeyoould not get mere of a variety of
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POTRERO HILLS (Philadelphia Marine),
March 30—Chairman, William F. Barth;
Secretary, D. R. Rogers. Motion made
and carried to clarify the new wage scale
between the agreement and notice of the
new wage scale. Suggestion to turn in a
repair list. A new machine should be
put aboard as per agreement.
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The SEAFARERS LOG Is bigger than ever before.
There Is room In Its 28 poges for more news contributions
by Seoforers—letters, stories, photos ond poetry—since
severoi poges of eoch Issue ore reserved exclusively for
the writings of Seoforers obout their experiences ond
viewpoints.
It hos olwoys been o policy of the LOG to serve os o
sounding boord of membership opinion ond os on out
let for stories ond description of events encountered by
Seoforers in the course of their trovels. This policy is
port of theobjective of moking the LOG os lively ond
Informotive os possible. Tt olso enobles your officiols to
keep o finger on the pulse of'the membership so thot the
Union con respond speedily to the Seoforers' needs ond
desires. In this respect the LOG hos olwoys been the
•m
embership's own poper, published os o service to the
membership for their interest ond enlightenment.
How well this policy hos worked Is Indicoted by the
constont flow, of correspondence from oil corners of the
world into the offices of the LOG. The Seoforer who pens
his thoughts ond observotidns does so secure in the knowl
edge thot they will be printed for oil LOG reoders to see.
Although the LOG hos given wide coveroge to Seo
forer's writings Tn the post, your newspaper Is now In a
position to hondle on even brooder crosssectlpn of news
ond views from the working seomon. |n turn, the LOG Is
providing more news of Unioii octivities ond develop
ments In the Industry thon ever before, keeping the Seo
forer Informed ond up to dote on whot's going on.
In short, the LOG Informs you. You con Inform the
LOG. Whenever you hove something to soy, let us heor
about it. it helps moke your newspoper, the LOG, o
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SHIP BILL HEARING SET; LAY-UPS RISE
UNION ENDORSES USPHS CRACKDOWN ON CASE-CHASERS
HALF MILLION PAID OUT IN VAC. MONEY
UNION STUDIES NEW PACT IDEAS
SIU MAY CREW 1ST MARINER SHIP
CANADIAN DISTRICT SIGNS LAST OF LAKES COMPANIES
RAP 'BOOM-BUST' AS LAY-UPS RISE; SHIP HEARING SET
ART ENTRIES RISE - DEADLINE NEARS
UNION BOOK SWAP TEES OFF
TWO PORT GROUPS GET MTD CHARTER
USPHS PLANS TO USE TB 'MIRACLE' DRUGS
WATERMAN TO OPERATE FROM NEW NJ PIERS
NEW 'COASTAL RUN IS BUMPY FOR ANTINOUS
PACT SAVES JOBS OF SIU OYSTERMEN
STRAPS ORDERED FOR ALL T-2'S
HEAVY COAL SHIPMENTS SEEN ENDED
CANADA READY TO ARM SHIPS AGAINST MINES
ALL GAA SHIPS TO LAY UP
FREIGHT SMALL PART OF PARIS COAL PRICE
SIU PAMPHLET NOW IN SCHOOL LIBRARY INDEX
BRAZIL HALTS PIER PRIORITY TO OWN SHIPS
RADIO 'TAPES' SIU HQ FOR LABOR BROADCAST
SUP RAPS CO'S FOR VIOLATING PACT FEATURES
RADIO 'TAPES' SIU HQ FOR LABOR BROADCAST
SUP RAPS CO'S FOR VIOLATING PACT FEATURES
MONROE SINKS SAILING SHIP IN SAN JUAN
CARGO OF WOE ENDS DREAM OF SEAFARER - SHIPOWNER
SENATE OKAYS KOREAN RIBBON FOR SEAMEN
THE FREAK SHIPS, CONCRETE BOATS, AND WHALEBACKS
LIVING'S SNUG ON A SHRIMPER
ROLLER COASTER
WE'VE GOT THE STUFF
MTD WARMING UP
ART IN THE FOC'SLE
ALL ASHORE
ICEBERG SEASON OPENS IN HAZARDOUS ATLANTIC
'DUTCH THRIFT' AT PARAMARIBO PROVES PAINFUL TO SEAFARER
GI RECALLS JINX VOYAGE ON EMERSON DURING WAR
MICHAEL CREWMAN FINDS EGYPT NO PLACE FOR ENGLISH SPEECH
COMPANY AGENTS ABROAD TOUGH ON SICK SEAMEN
FIREMAN FINDS TUGBOAT WORK PROVIDES NEW SLANT ON SHIPS
'NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN' IS GI CATCHWORD IN KOREA
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Story on Page 3
f#klk rriflcl* Bustling shipping
JOD crusn. counter at Gal
veston SIU hall is lined with Seafarers
eager to throw in for jobs on Cape
Grieg (Mississippi). Probafile year run
shuttling cargo to Korea and Far East
ports kept many waiting weeks until
ship was recommissioned after being
.drawn out of layUp fleet. The forgot
ten man in the shuffle was dispatcher
Mickey Wilburn (rear*far right), who
will see to it rotary shipping list is
following in crewing vessel. (See this
'issue's centerfold for picture story oft
typical Cape ship.). '
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Man From Mors.'
might be the science fiction conception
of a Martian monster, the intricate
camera rig to be utilized to take mem
bers' photos for insertion in hew SltJ '
union books is set up for the kickoff
.next week when distribution begins. It
turns out two finished pictures a min
ute. Patrolman Louis Goffin (far left)
looks over forms while headquarters
employees ready special machines, for
; goldstamping names, book numbers
>nd transferring menibership data to
.hew book.
(Story on Page 3.)
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_|L A fully streamlined,
%vnwUU» permanent AFL Mari
time Trades Department emerged in
Chicago last week when 40 delegates
representing over 200,000 AFL mari
time workers "revitalized" the existing
MTD and prepared the groundwork
for future activities on a national
scale. SIU, ILA, MM&P, Telegraphers,
Operating Engineers and interested
segments of the Teamsters renewed
agreement on basic principles, adopted
constitutional machinery and paved
the way for an intensive public rela
tions program. Attending for the SIU
A&G District were Sec. Treas. Paul
Hall and Asst. Sec. Treas. Lloyd Gard
ner (foreground). (Story on Page 3.)
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Security' Hit In Congress
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Pointing up LOG revelations of defects in our port security, the Panamanian ship North
Princess carrying aboard her crewmen who were "restricted" to the ship in Tampa, anchored
in Houston with no Coast Guard, Immigration or Customs guard on the ship. As a result,
when the SIU Galveston Port Agent boarded the ship on two successive days, he found that
the supposedly "restricted" men were not aboard.
One of the "restricted" men
was William A. Hart, an alleged at Gulfport, Mississippi, where one ship and stationed a guard aboard,
Commimist activist who had been of three men, (including Hart) de contrasting sharply with its inac
expelled from the British seamen's tained aboard by immigration, tivity on the North Princess.
union for leading a wildcat dock jumped the ship, costing the cap
In the meantime, the LOG reve
strike in Liverpool in 1949 on be tain a $1,000 fine. As far as is lation of the nation's shortcomings
half of the Communist dominated known this man is still on the in the ^curity program brought a
Canadian Seamen's Union. As loose.
demand in Congress that the Coast
written up in the March 21 issue In all that has taken place on Guard take steps to plug the loop
of the LOG, Hart was the center the North Princess both in Tampa holes.
of a nearriot in the port of Tampa and at its other stops, the Coast
Congress Concern
after he and three other crew Guard has not taken a hand al
Representative
O'Toole
members were restricted aboard though it is supposedly responsible in a statement in Donald
the
House
de
by Immigration authorities on the for port security. This despite the clared that the various government
basis of information received from fact that the police had to be called agencies concerned witljL seciuity Seafarer Paavo Hislka triet on a suit out of tho ample stock avail
the British seamen's union.
out in Tampa to quell the dis had been instructed by Congress able in the Sea Chest}. The SlUoperated store has recently added
Subsequently, the ship stopped turbance roused up by Hart.
to make certain that no "Trojan suits and slacks to its everincreasing list of haberdashery items
horses" exist within our water
Two More Incidents
available to men ashore and on the ships in New Yoik.
At the same time, two more in front areas. Nevertheless, he said,
cidents came to light involving forr "there is appareptly a loophole
eign flag ships in US harbors. The that requires plugging."
Honduran freighter. Carmen, and O'Toole concluded by inserting
the Panamanian Liberty ship, Spal the entire text of the LOG copy
matori, were boarded by govern righted article on the subject which
ment authorities in Savannah and appeared in the issue of Friday,
San Francisco respectively and March 7.
Hounding out the first few weeks of an experimental opera
crewmembers detained aboard. In Despite Rep. O'Toole's state
ment and
the incidents
which have
tion
in meeting SIU ships as they entered the port of New
the
latter
case,
the
Coast
Guard
* SIU VicePresident Morris Weis
York, the Sea Chest has netted a highly enthusiastic response
(Continued on page 17)
berger represented maritime labor was the agency which searched the
from the membership to the
at the fiveday Institute on For
new service.
eign Transportation and Port Op
The bustling Sea Chest flanking
erations conducted by Tulane Uni
the entrance to the headquarters
versity, New Orleans, March 24
building in Brooklyn has been
to 28.
humming with activity in the
Weisberger participated in the
building; on the ships, the SIU
panel on maritime labor relations
The port of New Orleans—110 miles up the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico representatives hitting the ships
on Friday, March 28, at which he
with samples of gear carried in
discussed labor relations problems —is undergoing a major facelifting.
Nearly $23 millions are being spent to add wharves, warehouses and grain storage fa the Unionowned and operated
along with industry and port rep
store have found SIU crews fully
resentatives before an audience of cilities. When the program is|
in accord with the new set up.
students and industrialists. In completed within the next
Successfully launched in the
the course of his discussion and two years, there won't be
headqu^ers port, the idea soon
the question and answer sessions space available in the port to
will be carried to nearby SIU
he explained the conditions under build anothet wharf. The pro
ports like Philadelphia and Balti
which maritime workers opeltate
more and eventually be operated
and enlightened the audience as to gram will have farreaching
out of similar stores in the major
the operations of the SIU and its effects on the SIU's position in
New Orleans.
Gulf ports.
contracts.
Gear carried by the Sea Chest,
The SIU vicepresident also .ap
The port already boasts some 13
which maintains lower prices than
peared on a half hour radio discus miles of dock facilities strung
the slop chest aboard ship and
sion program on Thursday, March along the levee that protects New
haberdasheries ashore on identical
27, in New Orleans. The program Orleans from the swiftflowing
took up the question, "Is Industrial Mississippi.
(Continued on page 17)
Friction Caused by Poor Human But the port's business is in
Relations?"
creasing so rapidly it needs every
Both the radio broadcast and berth it can get.
the panel discussion on labor re
The city lies in a huge crescent
lations drew favorable comment formed by the river. The east bank
in the local press.
of the river has the loading and
warehouse structures. And the SIU
Hall at 523 Bienville Street
named for the founder of New Or
April 4. 1952
Vol. XIV. No. 7 leans—is in the old French Quar
(the original city) just a few New Orleans riverfront bustles with ships carrying cargo to and
As I See It
Page 13 ter
blocks
from landings used by from all parts of the world. Shown here is Harmony Street wharf
Burly
Page 16 French and
in heart of Mississippi River port area where Delta ships dock.
Spanish settlers.
' A fourday strike by the Masters,
Cape Ship ...
Pages 14, 15
SIU
members
here
principally
Crossword Puzzle
Page 12 man the ships of Alcoa, Waterman inum developments below the city it are a geographic paradox. The Mates and Pilots (AFL) against
Did You Know
Page 18 and Mississippi Shipping Co. For and tremendous oil developments city rests on mush so thin that a the Isbrandsten Shipping Com
Editorial
Page 13 Mississippi Shipping, New Orleans at Baton Rouge have all helped child can hit water digging with a pany ended with complete agree
Foc'sle Fotog
Page 19 is
the port.
toy shovel in many spots. The area ment by the company with the
the
home
port.
From
here
SIU
union's demands.
Galley Gleanings
Page 20
sail. their ships to the far In 1951, approximately 3,500 from the city to the river's passes The strike began on Sunday,
Inquiring Seafarer
Page 12 men
is a
veritable
lace
of
swamplands,
ships dropped anchor in New Or
of the world.
In The Wake
Page 12 ports
leans—actually within the city l^es, marshes and bayous with far March 23, with the union tying up
In
spite
of
its
distance
from
the
four of the company's vessels at
Labor RoundUp
Page 16 sea. New Orleans has long been a since the river divides it. And the ihore water than earth.
Letters
Pages 21, 22, 23 great shipping center.
port authorities boast that average The lower Mississippi's shifting, Various east coast piers.
' With a vital policy session going
Letter Of The Week... Page 13
The growth of New Orleans as a time in port was 4V4 days, which dangerously fast channel is the on in Chicago, other affiliated un
Maritime
Page 16 port
been rapid in recent they believe is some kind of record only commercially practical thor ions in the Maritime Trades De
Meet The Seafarer.... Page 12 years. has
oughfare open to large vessels
From
1916 to 1945, tonnage for arrival, loading and sailing.
New Orleans Port.
Page 2 climbed 245 per
now. And frequently ships go partment rallied to the aid of the
The
impact
ot
ifiiipping
on
this
cent. •
MM&P. Itepresentatives of the
On The Job
Page 16
community of nearly 600,000 is aground in the passes.
Second to NT
MM&P were assured the full sup
Personals
Page 26
Today the poii; ranks second to tremendous. Figures of the port The man who founded New Or port of their brother maritime un
Quiz
Page' 19
Ships' Minutes
Page 26, 27 New York for general cargo. In and the Chamber of Commerce leans in 1712 picked this city's ions under the AFL banner.
that 70 cents of every dollar site upriver because it could be After four days, the Company
SIU History Cartoon . Page 7 1951, New Orleans was the only show
income in
New Orleans comes from reached easily by overland trav bowed and agreed to a 6.2 percent
port
other
than
New
York
to
han
Sports Line
Page 20
the
port.
elers and it had an alternate route wage increase and 50 cents daily
Ten Years Ago
Page 12 dle more than a billion dollars
for small vessels to the Gulf by payment into the union's welfare
Outlet
For
Midwest
Top Of The News
Page 6 worth of foreign cargo. The figure
for New Orleans topped $1,250,
The port is the terminus for way of Lake Fontchartrain and fund. These provisions are retro
Vacation Payments....
active to October 1, 1951, with the
Pages 23, 24, 25 000,000, according to port records. navigation for the Mississippi Lake Borgne.
Wash. News Letter
Page 4 In total tonnage. New Orleans River System that drains about The smair vessels of that era contract running out September
1,240,000 square miles reaching more than 200 years ago could 30, 1953.
Welfare Benefits
Page 25 ranked fourth in the nation.
However, as New England ports from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada easily move through the passes; At the conclusion of the strike
Published biweekly at tfie headquarters
of the Seafarers International Union. At have fallen off as world shipping and from the Appalachian moun But today only South Pass and officials of the MM&P sent tele
lantic a Gulf District, AFL, «75 Fourth centers. New Orleans is steadily tains In the East to the Rockies on Southwest Pass are used by ocean grams of thanks to the SIU for
Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel, STerllnB
going ships. While South Pass is helping to make the ^M&P's
• • 46/1. enieied as second class matter increasing its activity. New in the West.
at the Post Office In Brooklyn, N. Y.,
succdss possible.
V j'
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the huge
Raiser alum.,
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Trade Forum
Hears Address
By Weisberger
Ships Hail Service
Of SI Us Sea Chest
New Orleans: Biz Booms
Isbrandtsen
Bows To End
MMP Strike
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New Powers
Group Creates Machinery
For Port 'Clearing House'
^Gardner in Major Post
Establishment of pemianent machinery for the Maritime Trades Department
representing 200,000 workers in AFL maritime unions developed from a meeting
of 40 delegates to the MTD in Chicago on March 24 and 25. The SIU expects to
play a major role under the revised MTD setup just as it has participated in MTD
actions in the past.
Bonds Held
By Welfare
Now Million
Objectives drafted by the delegate's include such functions
as directing organizational work in the industry, coordinated
and centralized action on maritime industry problems in the
Seafarers, wivea and quests father at the New York headquarters' port of New York and else"*"
Port O' Call bar to take In the tuneful slnfinf of Miss Marsha wherte, and renewed efforts to wiU he located in the SIU's New
York headquart
Kent. Frankle Froba, wellknown keyboard artist, Is at the piano. combat Harry Bri
idge
;e8' in
ers.
fluence on the West t Cc
loast.
To make the
>g
To direct this program, dele
program effec
tive, permanent
gates elected Lloyd Gardner,
maritime port
assistant secretarytreasurer
councils where Bondholdings of the Sea
of the SIU, to the post of executive
they don't exist farers Welfare Plan reached
secretary of the MTD, to direct
now will be set a cool million dollars with the
this program and assured full sup
up in all major decision of the trustees to invest
With the addition of a varied entertainment program and port of all affiliated organizations
Gardner
ports of the
with such delicacies as filet mignon gracing the menu, the to the new program. Temporary United States and Canada. They another $250,000 of the plan's re
serves in US government bonds.
SIU's own Port O'Call bar in New York has become a first headquarters of the organization
(Continued on page 17)
The action by the trustees, con
class cabaret and supper club
sisting of Union and employer
at moderate prices.
representatives, taken at a meet
Fast becoming a popular center
ing held on Tuesday, April 1, is
for Seafarers and neighborhood
further evidence of the excellent
residents, the Port O'Call is the Seafarers will begin swapping old books for new next week.
financial standing of the Unionop
only place of its kind for miles
erated plan. It was made possible
Beginning Monday in Headquarters and
the outports applica
around where Seafarers can bring
despite
the fact that there have
their wives or girl friends to enjoy tions will be handed out in the first niembership book change
been two increases in weekly hos
an evening of musical presenta in the Union's 13year history.
pital benefits and three in death
tions and partake of the tasty cui The new book issue will re ber, one to be mounted in the book
benefits since the plan's inaugura
sine.
place all membership books on the personal description page
tion in June, 1950.
The entertainment program, now in existence, whether or and the other two to go into the
The latest $250,000 investment
which will operate on a 3 PM to not they have expired. All Union's files. Arrangements are
will be in bonds paying up to 2.64
being made by the Union to take
3 AM schedule nightly, beginning
percent interest. Previous Welfare
next week, kicked off with Frankie members will receive the the passport size photos of the men
Plan investments have been in
Froba, wellknown pianist, and goldengraved leather mem as they apply.
bonds paying from 2.25 to 2.50 p.c.
Since the engraving process is
Marsha Kent doing the vocalizing. bership book free of charge.
Provides Income
Currently appearing are an instru
In line with other SIU features time consuming and books from
Aside from symbolizing the
mental trio featuring ballads and and services the new book is de the outports will have to be sent
success of the unionoperated
barrelhouse, with a female singer signed for both style and efficiency. to New York for the purpose, there
.plan, the bond investment brings
who doubles on the piano during In contrast to the old clothbound will be a gap between filing of the
additional income which is used
intermission.
book which tended to grow shabby application and the issuance of the
to help reduce operating ex
The present schedule calls for and tear with wear, the new book is book. Once the new book is issued,
penses, thus assuring the highest
two completely different acts to covered in durable brown morocco the old one will be voided and
possible benefits to Seafarers.
appear nightly. All entertainment leather. The member's name will given back to the Seafarer to be
The value of Unionoperation of
is being booked through New be engraved in gold letters both kept as asouvenir if he so desires.
the plan has been amply demon
York's foremost booking agencies, On the cover and on the first page Aside from the inclusion of the
strated by the fact that the SIU
man's photo, there are other dif
assuring the best in the cabaret of the book.
by avoiding high payments to in
ferences in design which enhance
field.
surance
companies, is able to pay
Contains Photo
the beauty of the book and also
To round out the evening, the
out hospital benefits for an un
Port O'Call has begun serving Along with the application three would tend to discourage any at
The front cover of the neff limited period, in contrast to the
charcoal broiled steaks. For those photos will be taken of the mem
membership book.
13 and 26week limits imposed by
(Continued on page 17)
customers who want a snack to
insurancecompany operated plans.
chew on with their drinks, hors
At the same time, economies of
d'oeuvres are put out at all hours.
operation of the selfadministered
As is the case with all SlUoper
plan have made it possible for the
plan to accumulate the solid mil
(Continued on page 17)
lion dollar surplus which guaran
Further layups of the governmentowned fleet are in the offing as the National Shipping tees the soundness of the fund
Authority announced it would send another 144 ships back to the boneyard when current and opens the way "for possible
voyages end. This cutback, in addition to 122 ships already called in, means a total layup further benefits.
of 266 vessels.
While the names of the second
batch of ships are not yet known.
Indications are that the layup of
Three mor^ ships will be crewed SIU
ships will follow the pattern
up by Seafarers as a result of the of about
percent of the Ships
signing of a new shipping company laid up, or 16
about
45 in all.
by the Union. None of the ships Cutbacks in the
government
• had previously been operated by owned fleet are a direct result of
SlUcontracted shipping companies, the coming of warm weather .and
thus assuring additional jobs for consequent decline in European
Seafarers.
coal needs. Reduction in grain ship
Jhe new outfit is called the West ments is another, though minor,
Coast Transportation Company factor in the. layup program. It is
and Is represented by Orion Ship the policy of the NSA not to k^ep
ping and Trading. The three new governmentowned vessels in busi
phips are named the Seacliff, Sea ness where privatelyowned ships
nan and Seavigir, all Liberty ships. can handle the existing cargos.
It is expected that this company
373 Still Sailing
will purchase additional ships in
the future as it is in the process Despite these sizeable cutbacks
of expanding its operatiods.
there are still 373 USowned
Negotiations for the Union were freighters out under charter to pri
handled by Asst. SecretaryTreas vate operators and the Military Sea four Liberies, pi^ of the 366 going Into inactive status, lie in Sullivan's shipyard, Brooklyn, where
urer Llqyd Gardn|i> '
tliey vi^ll1>a ''n.mothbaUed pliortio lay^^^
ship, the Joshfsa Lipplnbott; U third fMta left.'" '
(fconifriy^ W pagd' 17)
Shows, Steaks Debut
At Port O' Call Bar
New SIU Book Ready For Issue
266 Ships Slated For Boneyard
Freight Outfit
With 3 Ships
Signs Contract
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Scouts^ Ford ham Students SIU NEWSLETTER
Learn Of Unions And Sea from WASHINGTON
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There is still an impression oh the part of some, and unfortunately
in certain high Grovemment circles, that the US does not need to build
more ships nor to have a large merchant marine. This assumption
on the part of these false prophets is, of course, based mainly on the
proposition that we have thousands of Governmentowned vessels in
the reserve fleets.
However, the thought must not be lost sight of that most of these
ships are of the Libertytype.
On numerous occasions, even Members of Congress ask, "Why do
we need more merchant vessels?"
The answer is simple. The Liberty ship, in a normal period, is prac
tically worthless in the international competitive field. Even in time
of a future war, the Libertys could not be sent into forward areas
under combat conditions because they are too slow. Therefore, in a
conflict, the Liberty, if used at all, would have *o be confined to inter
American trade.
In the meantime, if the US flag is to remain supreme on the high
seas, this country must build more modtm tonnage, such as the
Marinertype vessel.
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During World .War II, the US Government built 480 T2 type tankers.
However, the Government, through the Maritime Administration, ap
parently has adopted a policy of encouraging the transfer foreign of
these vessels in consideration of the building of newer and larger
tankers for operation under the American flag.
The Maritime Administration, in allowing transfer foreign of T2's,
is proceeding on the assumption that the T2 tanker was not intended
to be a component of the "longrange" American fleet.
In future years, the US will depend in increasing quantity upon
foreign sources for its supply of petroleum and petroleum products.
Speaking to visitors during fatherson Boy Scout outing to headquarters, SIU International vicepresi
This will open such trades to foreignflag tankers.
dent Morris Weisberger outlined origins of the Union and its present farflung operations.
JThe MA and the US private tanker owners are going on the theory
SIU headquarters has been a mecca for sightseers and wellwishers including top union that disposal of the existing tankers, either by transfer foreign or other
wise, must be assured as a means of funds for new tanker construction
and management officials, Seafarers, their families and others eager to see the efficient in this
country. They are also proceeding on the proposition that the
headquarters operation in action, since last November.
competitive disadvantage of Americanflag construction and operation
inay be equalized, in part, by the construction of the larger tankers,
Latest among the visitors to the"^
new, modern building housing the youngsters were concerned. A hand on the activities of the Sea the socalled "supertankers," ranging from 30,000 to 45,000 tons.
tit
union's farflung administrative luncheon in the cafeteria with vir farers rather than get their idea
tually unlimited ice cream help of the Union from the manage
The future design and operation of US ships may be revolutionized
machinery and shipping and recre ings for
the boys helped top it off. ment side only.
as a result of tests now being made in applying atom power to a US
ational facilities for the port of
^ Students of Labor
The consensus here too was that naval submarine. The first atompowered sub, to be completed in 1954,
New York were one group of sixty Equally interested in seeing the "efficiency, comfort and beauty will be named Nautilus, and it will make present subs technologically
on an annual Boy Scout father shipping and other facilities of the are the keynotes of the SIU head obsolete.
son gettogether sponsored by the headquarters branch was the quin quarters operation." Their visit A chief value of the atom powered sub will be her ability to cruise
Parents Association of nearby Pub tet of students, several of whom was in response to an invitation for fantastic distances without refueling. The engine will be fueled
lic School 130, and a fiveman rep may eventually wind up on one extended earlier this year after by splitting atoms and it has been said that a single charge of uranium
resentation of students interested side or the other around the labor LOG staffers appeared on a radio would propel the craft tens of thousands of miles. A big problem, how
in industrial relations from New management table. They had come broadcast over the UniversitySe sta ever, in the development of this sub will be overcoming the added
down to gather information at first' tion giving the story of the SIU.
York's Fordham University.
weight necessary to protect members of the crew from radiation.
The keel of the Nautilus will be laid this spring.
The former aggregation, some
40 starryeyed youngsters in Cub
4"
Scout Pack 139, many accom
Plans of the bigwigs among American steamship owners aimed at
panied by their fathers, were treat
bringing together all. segments of the maritime industry (subsidized,
ed to a full tour of the building and
nonsubsidized, tankers, etc.) into one federation, have just about
the story of "the men going down
petered out.
to sea in ships ..." from SIU In
At the present time, there are five or six associations and federations
ternational VicePresident Morris
representing various branches of the industry—one represents strictly
Weisberger.
Prospects for passage of the longrange shipping bill took subsidized lines, another the unsubsidized portion, another the tanker
One of the piuposes of their one step forward and one back this past week. After months operators, etc.
visit was the presentation of a case of delay, Ropresentative Edward J. Hart, chairman of the The chief reason why the industry has been unable thus far to unify
of handsomelybound books do House Merchant Marine Committee, agreed to open gearings itself in one overall organization, for the purpqse of representing the
nated by the boys for ships' on the bill. At the same timet
individual lines before Congressional committees and also for the
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libraries and inscribed with their
purpose of serving the companies in other ways, is because of the very
names. The wideeyed young the Navy Department submit tion features of the bill. However, real clash of personalities at the head of the existing associations. The
sters, and their dads too, were ted a report to the committee members of the House Committee present chiefs of existing associations, quite naturally, do not want
amazed at the efficiency and com criticizing the Jjill as it now refused to permit the bill to be to give up any power and authority they might lose if the national
pigeonholed and pressured Hart to
fort built into the building and the sthnds.
schedule hearings. Consequently organization were formed.
SIU's operational setup.
The longrange shipping bill
have been set for April
A good many pledged 4here and passed the Senate last August. No hearings
Although not finding fault with the objectives of proposed legisla
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then to be back one day and ship action has been taken on it by the It is expected that hearings will tion to establish an Accident Prevention Bureau in the Labor Depart
with the Seafarers. Many a dad House committee since President continue for a week following ment in an attempt to cut down on the number of industrial accidents,
learned that day that Jack London Truman and the Budget Bureau which the committee will report including those in the maritime industry, American shipowners re
would be required reading in the came out against the tax exemp the
cently told a Congressional subcommittee that the matter of employee
measure out to Congress.
family household as far as the 4
safety should be handled exclusively on a volimtary basis.
Committee Revolt
The committee revolt against The shipowners argued that tke establishment of an Accident Pre
Chairman Hart's inaction took the vention Bureau in the Labor Department would, insutar as the mari
form of an informal meeting on time industry is concerned, result in a "dual, chaotic and disrupting"
March 6 at which some members system of investigation and regulations to the detriment of an estab
considered petitioning the Speaker lished system which, they say, is producing excellent results.
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of the House for a new chairman.
It was then that Representative Once again, the unsubsidized segment of the American merchant
Hart agreed to set a date for ac marine is charging, in connection with seamen's wage demands, that it
is at a disadvantage with subsidized lines in collective bargaining. The
tion.
The . report by the Navy Depart Association of American Shipowners, .representing the unsubsidized
ment declared that it favored the group, points to "the weakness that is inherent when a group of bar
purposes of the legislation to keep gainers (subsidized lines) is able tp pass its concessions along to the
the merchant marine alive and up Government," which pays the bill in the Hnal analysis.
to date, but objected to the tax In discussing demands of maritime labor, AASO says that "those
methods whereby the bill would who are unsubsidized and who have'every economic incentive to resist
demands that seem on the facts to be unreasonable and unfair, have
accomplish this purpose.
Both the industry and maritime no alternative but to absorb the concessions that the Government pays
unions have supported the bill fdr the subsidized companies, or go out of business."
The unsubsidized element of the merchant marine also is attacking
which calls for extension of con
struction subsidies to all Ameri the hiring hall system as used in the industry, pointing out that it is
can ships engaged in foreign trade questionable whether collective bargaining "as it is conducted in ship
as well as tax deferments for un ping can be relied upon to establish automatically" a tair and reason
subsidized lines for construction of able wage leveL
new ships. It also provides for
Fordbam Vnivecidiy quintet of industrial relations students mug other tax advantages not now
it for , the photog as, they tour .through headquarters' galley and existing under teynu( of the ,F(er<
auct mp with pari of nest 4MJ'^ fish menu.
ghant;
atMarine Act of 1930.
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SEAWARERS LOG
Canada SlU
Wins 2 More
40Hr Pacts
Paye Ily*
SW Triple Play
Oh Potrero Hills
Nips Workaways
Montreal—An important break in
Opening Day for the '52 baseball season is still a week or
the Canadian SIU District's 1952
so away, but a slick SIU combine has already rolled up the
negotiations is the signing of two
first triple play of the year. +——
major inland shipping companies
Smooth liaison on the SIU team, Hills arrived in Portland, Me., Bos
to agreements for a whopping $25
with the action running from Gal ton Port Agent Jimmy Sheehan
veston to New York to Boston and was waiting for her on the dock.
monthly wage boost and a shorter
back, swept the Potrero Hills, a
OT For Crew
work week.
Mar Trade tanker. Clean of beefs He informed company represen
Reached just a few weeks before
and scored a win for the Seafarers. tatives that the ship wouldn't sail
inland and deepsea shipping gets
A persistent problem on this until the deck department was
underway again later this month, Geologists have warned that this submarine volcano off northeast ship for several months has been paid overtime for the work the two
the new contracts with Canada Luzon in the Philippines may blow its top again at any time and send two alien workaways carried by alien workaways had performed
a tidal wave rolling in on Luzon. Here, smoke and ashes pour forth the captain, who were put on the since the tanker left Galveston, a
Steamship Lines and N. M. Pater from the volcano, which sent sparks 10,000 feet into the air.
job every time a shortage in the total of $505. He also made it clear
son & Sons, Ltd. provide the big
crew cropped up.
that a new.^broom was badly need
gest increase ever gained for
In the port of Galveston, on her ed on the ship and that the exist
Dominion seamen plus more leis
last coastwise trip, the captain was ing captain and his two alien co
short a bosun but did not order horts weren't quite the guys to
ure time via a 40hour week.
one. However, Keith Alsop, SIU do it.
Pacesetter
Port Agent, got wise to the' fact After Sheehan spent all night
Obtained without the necessity
and shipped one aboard. The skip and most of the next day on the
of strike action, though machinery
per didn't quite receive him with ship, while headquarters pressed
A new volcano has sprung out of the ocean off the north open arms, but he didn't say any its beef with the owners in New
for it had been set in motion, the
contract settlement is expected to eastern tip of Luzon in the Philippine Islands. The erupting thing when the serang reported York, everything was cleared up
and the beef squared away finan
aboard.
be the forerunner of similar agree mountain has risen to a height of 250 feet above the water
when the ship proceeded cially and otherwise. The ship
ments with the bloc of deepsea near the Didicas Rocks, a*"—
'— to Later,
sea and they got ready to put sailed from there with a new cap
navigational hazard at the site. The volcano is continually the pilot off, the skipper called the tain and a full SIU crew that plans
operators.
SIU officials earlier garnered six northeastern tip of the Philip spouting ash and rock.
bosun up, told him he was through to make sure the problem doesn't
There
are
records
of
an
old
vol
and forced him to pile off onto the come up iigain.
40hour pacts but the current pines.
cano
on
the site
that
was once. 750
An
unnamed
American
steam
pilot boat and go ashore. He then
signings offer the first glint of po
tential success in this year's talks. ship was supposed to have been feet above sea level. It last erupted made one of the workaways bosun
Solid Dominionwide labor back the first to sight the new volcano in 1857 and gradually disappeared and the other one deck mainte
nance.
ing is assured to back up the when it noticed the plume of a» a result of erosion.
The Philippine government has As soon as headquarters in New
smoke rising to a height of sev
Canadian SIU demands.
eral thousand feet. Subsequently, warned communities in the region York was notified, the wires started
Brighten Picture
US airforce planes from Clark to^ be on watch against possible burning as the Union took steps
The developments on the con Field, near Manila, flew over the tidal waves should the volcano to remedy the situation once and
tract front considerably brighten
erupt violently.
for all. Thus, when the Potrero
the waterfront picture here and
elsewhere as the 1952 season looms
closer on the horizon.
First ship crewed and expected
to be the first one out when the
Seafarers on the payroll of
After 89 days of picketing
weather and ice permit, the gray • a
ship while in port should
strikers at the Tidewater Oil Com
hulled Bulkcarrier is the scene of
pany have voted 1.418 to 191 to go
mske sure to get discharges
energetic activity to prepare the
back to work. The vote approved
from
the skipper
for port
time
vessel for sailing. Noisy chipping
There are many men sailing with the SIU today who have settlement of terms reached on
hammers and stirring in the as well as for the time spent
achieved distinction in various fields but Alf Steen Andersen April 2.
engineroom are sure signs of
at sea.
The Tidewater strikers are mem
is probably
the only exOlympic champ in SIU ranks. Ander
spring as the crew puts the ship
Failure
to
get
such
dis
bers
of the Tidewater Employees
sen
won
the
Olympic
gold
In shape to get underway by mid
charges will mean that the medal in 1928 at St. Moritz, American ships for approximately Association, which formerly was an
April,
independent union. However, when
This ship, and her sister ship, Seafarer won't be able to get Switzerland, when he scored four months now since he got on the men found alter three months
a
Seattlebound
freighter
in
Alas
the Cementcarrier, were up until credit for the port time toward 19.208 points out of a possible
of negotiation that the company
his vacation money. This could
last November the last two "cap
20 in the ski jump, the second ka. At the moment he is sailing as would not provide any real benefits
an
unrated
man
in
the
engine
mean that a man would lose highest score ever recorded
tives" of the nowdefunct Commu
under the company Unions setup,
nistled Canadian Seamens Union, out on some of the vacation in this event. It was second room. As soon as he accumulates they went out on the picket line.
six
month's
sea
time
he
will
take
dough. Such being the case, only to the score achieved by
which the SIU succeeded in driv
an examination for a US engineer's
SIU Donation
ing from the waterfront in its every Seafarer owes it to him
Birger Ruud, two time winner license under recentlyliberalized The SIU headquarters member
self
to get
a discharge for
port
short threeyear history. Their
of the jumping classic in 1932 rules whereby alien engineers can ship meeting of February 14 went
crews are now 100 percent SIU. time worked.
hold jobs up to 1st assistant on on record to donate $600 to the
and 1936.
strikers.
Andersen would have competed American ships.
in 1932' except for an injury which
prevented him from accompanying
the Norwegian team to Lake Placid
where the Olympics were held that
year. Subsequently he defeated
Ruud in Norwegian competition.
The 46 year old Seafarer holds
one record which still stands in
the books, namely the longest jump
ever made in Norway, 94 meters,
which is the equivalent of 308 feet.
Andersen was born in Dramman,
Norway, some 24 miles from Oslo.
Since skiing is the universal sport
in Norway, he has been on skiis
since the age of two. Ski jumping
followed naturally, that being the
objective of virtually every Nor
wegian youth.
"I have a little boy eight years
old" he said proudly," who jumped
35 feet last winter, which is pretty
good for his age."
Although well past his prime as
ski jumpers go, "Andersen is still
active in the sport. He competed
in several United States meets in
the middle west the winter before
last, and has just returned from
Norway where he took in the win
Bosun Charles O. Lee examines rotary shipping list in Mobile SIU ter Olympics there.
branch hall to find opt his job prospects. Lee's name stood at top
Andersen has been going to sea
of list as men ahead of him had shipped out. The listing is changed for the past 31 years on Norwegian
dally as men take jobs, so that the Seafarer can always get exact ships and holds an engineer's li
Former Olympic skijump champion, Alf Andersen, points out re
information pfi' where he stands. '
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cord book listing showing his winning score in the 1928 competition.
cense. He has been sailing on
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Time Discharge
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Olympic Ace Swaps
Skis For Seven Seas
T'water Men
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SlU Readies Engine Texts
Unrated men in the engine room who are interested in obtaining ratings can study up
for Coast Guard examinations with instruction material now being prepared by the IT BLOWS ON LAND, TOO—That dry hurricane, the tom4do, blew
Union for early distribution to men in all SIU ports.
up in Arkansas last week. Before It got through, over 230 people were
Booklets are now being printed'f
killed and more than 2,000 homes destroyed or damaged in six states;
containing specimen examination Maritime Administration, there is value in meeting the needs of US Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri. Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky.
questions and answers for the still a distinct shortage of quali shipping, the SIU, by helping en The storm reduced houses and buildings to rubble, parked trucks in
various engine room ratings. Sepa fied ratings in the engine depart gine room men go for ratings, can trees and ripped machinery from concrete foundations. Crops and
rate booklets are being made up ment. Shipping is expected to safeguard itself against sudden livestock suffered heavily and heavy rains followed adding to the dis
for firemen, oiler, watertender, pick up again in the fall with the upsurges in demand for trained comfort of the homeless and injured.
electrician and refrigeration man. resumption, of coal shipments to men that has characterized the
They will be mailed out to all out Europe and an Increase in military maritime industry in the past year.
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ports within the next few days for aid cargoes. Engine room ratings Any Seafarer who feels he needs NEW DISPLACED PERSONS—With the ending of the Displaced
free distribution to interested Sea will then find themselves very additional help and information in Persons Act this year. President Truman has asked Congress to pass a
farers.
much in demand. Just as the deck preparing for the examinations can new law admitting 300,000 European refugees into the US. The origi
The questions and answers in department training school, op get aid from Union representa' nal DP act was passed on behalf of people from many lands who had
the booklets will cover the various erateli by the SIU, has proved its tives in all SIU branch halls.
been torn from their homes and families principally by the Nazis. In
technical phases of engine room
administering the act, however, it was foimd that a great many refugees
work and will help Instruct the
had fled from the Soviet Union and its satellites and were still coming
men accordingly as to their duties
in increasing numbers, Now 15,000 Germans are fleeing the Soviet zone
and the operation of engine room
every month ^d 1,000 people a month are coming from Hungary, Po
equipment they may be called on
land, Czechosldvakia and other Communist countries, with no place to
to handle.
go. It is these people that the act proposes to let into this country.
Six Months Needed
Engine room men with a mini
mum of six months sailing time as
SECOND ONE IN LINE—^Another former Collector of Internal Rev
wipers are eligible to sit for the
enue, James P. Finnegan, has been sentenced for misconduct in office.
Coast Guard examinations. The
Finnegan, who prior to his dismissal was head of the Internal Revenue
SIU is encouraging unrated men
Bureau in St. Louis, received a twoyear sentence and a $10,000 fine for
to go out for their tickets, as in
accepting fees from private firms In their dealings with the government.
doing so, they, help themselves to
First collector to be sentenced was Denis W. Delaney of Boston. Other
bigger earnings and assurance of
trials are coming up for accused revenue men in other cities.
steadier employment, as well as
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tual obligations by manning ships
GOP TURN TO SQUIRM—^Washington Democrats had some of the
with fullytrained and qualified en
corruption pressure eased off them as House of Representatives tax in
gine room ratings.
vestigators involved a Republican bigwig in some questionable trans
Although shipping has slowed
actions. Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire is known to have
down in the past few weeks be
taken an active interest over a period of two years in a Federal tax
cause of the current layup of gov
claim for $7 million filed against a Baltimore wholesale liquor dealer.
ernmentowned Llbertys by the
Also involved in the case is Henry W. Grunewald, whose name has
popped up again and again in the investigation of the Internal Revenue
Bureau. The case in question involved a dealer who ran a $1,000 in
vestment into $5 million in profit and then tried to pay the government
at a rate of 25 percent Instead of the income tax rate of 90 percent. The
Senator had confe'rred with two government officials—since fired—ask
ing them to ease up on the liquor dealer.
it
CHURCHILL'S JUST A BROOKLYN BOY—The birthplace of British
Prime Minister Churchill's mother, Jennie Jerome, was commemorated
in ceremonies attended by Brooklyn officials and other notables. The
Moving* to speed the flow of oil Tattoo ensemble on arms and chest is displayed by Seafarer Joseph famous Englishman's mother was born in January, 1850, at 426 Henry
Street, near the corner of Baltic Street, two. blocks from the Brooklyn
lo the United States, the Public Conrad. Additional decorations are on his back and legs.
waterfront. Miss Jerome subsequently married Lord Randolph Church
Health Service has discontinued
Joseph Conrad was the name of the world's best known ill in 1879. The more than a celitiuyold house is still occupied as a
quarantine inspections on incom
ing traffic from the oilproducing writer of sea tales. Joseph Conrad also happens to be the private residence.
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islands of Aruba and Curacao in name of a Seafarer who could rate as one of the world's
the Dutch West Indies.
MORE TROUBLES IN TUNISIA—^After three months of excitement
most writtenon men—if you^
and violence during which natives of Tunis have been demanding inde
The exemption will cut turn consider tattooing a form of
around time of tankers which call literatinre.
pendence, the French rulers of the country have cracked down on the
at the two islands and enable an The present day Conrad is a 39
local government. Martial law was declared and the Premier and three
appreciable boost in the shipment yearold SIU cook who has been
government ministers have beep arrested. The seizure followed the re
of fuel refined there from the oil getting tattooed for the past 23
fusal of the country's "ruler," the Bey of Tunis, to, fire the minister and
fields in nearby Venezuela.
his cabinet. The drastic action has drawn a storm of criticism both in
years, 12 of which he spent in the
Although government officials US Navy. He specializes among
France, and outside the country as making unnecessary difficulties for
had expressed concern over the other things, in tattooing the names
the western powers.
possibility that yellow fever, prev*. of friends on various portions of
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alent in the area, might thereby his anatomy. A loyal SIU man, and
CONTROLS WILL STAY A WHILE—The Senate Banking and Cur
escape detection, assurances have a loyal citizen of New Orleans Seafarers with several years' rency committee has recommended extension of present price and
been received from authorities in shipping out of the New Orleans
wage controls for one more year, up until June 30, 1953. The vote was
the islands that strict controls hall, he has the words "SIU" and sailing time in engine department unanimous after several attempts to shorten the time of the extension
would be enforced to curb out "Lindsey Williams," New Orleans ratings are being urged to take ad were defeated. The President had asked for a twoyear extension of
breaks of the* disease.
vantage of almost immediate job the law. The full Senate has to act on the measure now, which among
port agent, on his chest.
Tanker trade, already heavy be
But Conrad isn't fully satisfied placement open to junior and third other things would continue the authority of the Wage Stabilization
cause of seasonal requirements, with that. He intends to have an assistant engineers through the Board to pass upon labor contracts.
continued demands by UN forces artist draw up a design of the SIU
of Marine Engineers,
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in Korea and curtailment of oil emblem and have it tattooed on his Brotherhood
an
SIU
affiliate.
HARD TIMES IN INDIA AGAIN—^For the fifth year in a row, mil
shipments from Iran, will be kept back. "Its the only place left to
at a steady pace for many months put it" he explained apologetically. The BME effort to utilize the lions of peasants in Southern India are suffering from the effects of
pool of unlicensed engine depart drought and famine. The drought is so sei^ere that wells anjj, streams
to come.
Movie Roles
ment men is part of the Union's have dried up leaving many villages without drinking water. Approxi
The Maritime Administration es
Conrad's art work has been put campaign to secure a backlog of mately ten million peasants are affected by the widespreal catastrophe.
timates that oil imports will be in
to
use in the movies. When juniors and thirds who can be Untold numbers of cattle have starved to death and the death rate of
creased by a million and a half bar he good
got out of the navy, he served placed in these higherpaying jobs the population at large has risen sharply because of disease following
rels annually because of the relax a three
hitch in Hollywood on short notice, at the same time in the path of malnutrition.
ation of quarantine rulings. Both where he year
was
a natural as an ex assuring that the engineers will
ships and aircraft coming from the
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in
movies
the sea such have a more prounion attitude
Indies ports will no longer be re as Mutiny on about
TRIESTE SORE SPOT ERUPTS—The unsolved problem of what
the
Bounty,. Black
because they came up through to do with the port city of Trieste at the head of the Adriatic has come
quired to undergo inspection by
Swan, Buccaneer and Lifeboat.
SIU ranks.
the Public Health Service.
to the fore with demonstrations and riots by Italians in that city and
While'in the Navy, Conrad spent
some time on duty in Shanghai Experience requirements for in Rome. Trieste has been a bone of contention between Italy and
where he picked up a Chinese juniors..and thirds are three years Yugoslkviaj for the past 30 years or more. Since the end of World
dragon tattoo. This was done by as an oiler or watertender or four War II the city and surrounding territory has been governed as a "free
hand and took 12 hours work. In years as fireman. Seafarers who territory" actually under the control of AngloAmerican military
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contrast, the two eagles on his desire . to obtain licenses should occupation.
Seafarers qualify under
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collarbones took only 40 minutes contact BME representatives at
the SIU Vacation Plan every
SIU headquarters where the ma
via electric needle. .
CANDIDAT'ES COME'CUT OF HIDING—Once President Truman
time they can show 90 days'
Other prominent tattoos include chinery enabling engineer as aonounced.his decision not :.'Uii at the JeffersonJackson day dinner
discharges for worktime at
the tombstone design in tribute to pirants ta sit for their licenses in Washington on March 29, hitherto bashful Democratic candidates
sea^or . in port after June 1,
a friend,
Ed Comiskey, who died in will be explained.
popped up on all sides. In addition to Senators Russell (Ga.),Kerr
1951. Vacation pay can be
1940. Some of the names perma
BME officials noted particularly (Okla.) and Kefauver (Tenn.) all of whom were already out on the
collected four times a year
nently fixed on his skin include that job placement is no problem stump, others whose names are being bandied about include Governor
in cases of men with continu
Police Superintendent Rice, for once a license is obtained. SIU Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, VicePresident Alben Barkley, Speaker of
ous sailing time. Youi^ dis
mer Chief of Police of New Or port, agents in the various ports the House %am Rayburn of Texas, Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minne
jpharges from an SIU ship
leans;' Captain Thompson, skipper also have the necessary informa sota and Senator Brien McMahon of Connecticut, the atomic energy
are the key to guaranteed
of the Boone Island, a seagoing tion available, but warn that a expert. Governor Stevenson seems to have the best chance of getting
vacation pay — another SIU
tug, and Lieutenant Joseph Frick, direct query to headquarter^ will widespread organizational backing with Senator Kefauver showing
First in Maritime!
a Navy frien^
simplify the :pr(k!ess.
strength because of his early start on the campaign.
This Joseph Conrad
Is WelllVri'lOn Man
Quarantine
Here Of DWI
Ships Ends
BME Appeals
To SIU Men
Get Licenses
Vacation Every
90 Workdays
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Friday, April 4, l95t
8111 Cash & Carry
ill .71?
Pare SeTM
StayPut SUP^ Crew Eyes
Swiss Sft/p Salvage Prize
American ingenuity, well salted with seafaring enterprise, may net a tidy salvage award
for crewmembers of the SUPcontracted John A. Westervelt (American Mail). After an
swering a distress call relayed from Las Palmas, Canary Islands, from, the M/S Baden,
Swiss merchantman, then*^
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reported squatting on a reef made fast to a dock at Las Palmas personal gear but not to remain
and in sinking condition, the and the SUP salvage crew stuck on the ship.
Westervelt crew tackled the with her until the proper insur The windup is expected to be a
job of bringing the ship in and ance formalities had been ar husky award for the SUP crew
hope to make it pay gfE hand ranged. At this point the former members when the salvage litiga
crew was allowed aboard to claim tion is squared away.
somely.
According to Frank B. Chad
bourne, bosun, the SUP ship re
ceived the SOS while enroute
home from India about three days
out of Gibraltar, then changed
course and headed for the trouble
Holding on to their prized SIU vacation checks, a quartet of Seafarers site. On arrival, the Baden's crew
at the Mobile hall stand by while Patrolmaq Blackie Neira (seated) came alongside after abandoning
her, several members with their
checks to make sure each got the money due hiim.
clothes and personal gear.
Since none wished to ieturn to
their ship, a sevenman salvage
party from the Westervelt went
aboard to survey the damage,
among them the chief mate. Car
penter N. A. Huff, Third Assistant
Carl Hall, AB W. Rowens, AB J.
. Native waterfront labor conditions in Liberia still hover at Martin, Chadboume and Smith,
feudal levels while more and more US shipowners climb oiler. After taking soundings and
inspecting the ship, they found
aboard the gravy train by registering vessels under that flag. the
ship .lasting on a reef just
The 12hour, 55cent day is fhe^
forward of the amidship house
pattern in Monrovia, and union beatings to boot for not working and, from the look of the hull,
organization is mentioned only in hard enough.
that it had probably hit on the Crippled Swissflag motor ship Baden being towed to Las Palmas
whispers, according to crewmem
Union No Go
starboard side.
by SS John A. Westervelt, crewed by SUP seamen. They gambled
mertiber Roy Garrison of the Del
An attempt to stir up a maritime
Light Up
on bringing her in and made it safely.
Sol (Mississippi).
union in Monrovia by one of the
Writing from Louanda, Angola, educated local citizens proved Night having arrived, they
in West Africa, after spending abortive after he was beaten badjy rigged fore and aft lights, put up
some time in the Liberian capi and shot at by the local powers danger signals and stood by.
Providence moved in to assist and.
tal, Garrison reported on the back unreceptive to the ^ idea.
. ward labor picture there and noted He did manage to get enough by dawn, the ship floated free of
the jubilance of local newspapers money together to go to the US the reef though water had flooded
over the increase in ships regis and plead his cause before United all the holds and the engine room.
The Coast Guard has ordered conspicuous display aboard
tering under the local flag.
That morning, an inchandahalf
Nations officials, but so far noth
ship
of placards bearing instructions on what to do in the
towing cable was passed from the
ing has come of that.
55c Kickbacks
event
of an atomicbomb attack, which will be issued as
Westervelt
but
snapped
two
hours
And, not taking notice of the
The Del Sol picked up 60 Kru miserable local labor • conditions later. A few more haggard hours vessels call at American ports,'
natives in Monrovia to work cargo which help bring it about, the later, a line was gotten aboard via The safety instructions call for
should be worn to cover all ex
while the ship pulled in at about local press, the Liberian Review, a Lyle gun. This enabled two ships in port to make ready to get posed skin areas as protection
15 ports in French Equatorial in a lit of national pride, regales nineinch manila lines to be passed underway immediately when the against radiation and flash effects,
Africa, the Gold Coast, Ivory Its readers with news of the boom aboard and towing was resumed. possibility of attack becomes and crewmembers should take cover
Coast, Belgium Congo and Angola. in Liberianflag shipping.
Up to this time, no desire to re known. Cargo loading or dis against falling debris. According
They drew 55 cents a day all this One recent news item related turn to the Baden was displayed charging operations are to be
time, and much of that sobering that "Liberia seems to be gradual by its crew, and the Westervelt's secured and all external openings, to the instructions, there is no dan
ger of radiation once debris stops
wage was diminished by "kick ly taking her place in international skipper wired for a tug to take up such as hatches, ports, ventilators falling.
backs" to inland and coastal tribal shipping. Not that Liberians them the tow on charter, headed for Las and watertight doors, must be In addition, all personnel should
chiefs who furnish the cheap labor selves, who in the past had their Palmas.
closed.
lie close to inner bulkheads, but
supply, plus the cost of their own gunboats and large motor The following day, with the situ
An emergency squad should be away from equipment which is
three meals of rice daily.
launches, are now engaged in ship ation growing brighter and land mustered to stand by with emer under pressure, such as boilers and
In Angola, where Garrison services. But like most companies close by, the Swiss captain decided gency equipment below deck and, steam lines.
penned his communication, the which registered their ships under it wouldn't be toO bad an idea to where possible, fire hoses equipped
Emphasis is placed on the neces
situation is even worse, with the the Panama flag, Liberia overnight go back to his ship, but this idea with fog spray nozzles should be sity of not standing out in the
native work force treated "like finds about 50 ships now plying was quickly put to rest.
broken out for instant use.
open and, in the absence of other
slave labor"—no wages and daily the ocean under her flag."
Two days later, the Baden was
White or lightcolored clothes shelter, to fall flat, face down.
Cheap Labor Boosts
Liberia Ship Switch
Atomic Raid Information
Readied For Ship Crews
Cartoon History Of The SIU
By 1923 the shippwnerUS Shipping Board drive
had all but broken the Union. But a militant hand
ful still hbld out and a few companies remained
i under. contract. In every port small groups began
the long struggle to rebuild the Union in the facf;
. of shipowners and the Union betrayers of 1921.
The Dark Dayg
With US and shipowner fink halls supreme, seamen
were treated like dogs. The shipping master had
the cops handy to jug seamen for vagrancy if they
talked up. Jobs were openly sold or given to apple
polishers. Conditions declined continually, as
undermanning and the twopot system prevailed..
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Workaways rode ships in excess of crewmen, mak
ing several payless trips while awaiting jobs.
"Field days" with all hands turning to minus over
time were the rule. Entry ratings' wages dropped
to $22.50 monthly. One company paid in scrip,
others cut out messmen. These were dark years.
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but she is slated to go back into signons. The Seacliff (Coral), for
plaining to your Union officials and Galveston:
the boneyard in Wilmington, NC. merly the Alabaman of the Ameri
it is creating abig problem to all
There was one lone intransit ship. can Hawaiian Company, signed on
concerned. The situation is getting
Isthmian's Steel Maker.
for a' trip to Europe via British
to be as serious in Singapore'as
It looks like, the, recent surveys Columbia. This was an extremely
it is in the East African ports. The
in the LOG reporting port security clean ship, and her former SUP
men sailing into these ports should
The past two weeks have been make sure that they do not miss Business is very slow" for us, loopholes for foreign seamen on deck crew is to be complimented
a very busy period for this port their ships and should also watch with mosf ships scheduled for pay foreignflag shjps is getting people for keeping her that way. The
with a total of 36 ships paying off their step and avoid getting into offs diverted to other ports for to sit up and take notic'e of what's Arlzpa (Waterman), which had been
going on. It seems we have a here for some time undergoing
and 11 signed on foreign articles, any kind of arguments or trouble layup.
plus the usual number of contin ashore because once they get you Two ships in for payoff and sign Honduran freighter in here that's a, fouryear survey, also took a
over in one of those countries on in jig time were, the Taineron little fouled up with the < US im crew and signed on for another
uous articles on short runs.
However, there is a gloomy side there is not much the Union or (Actium) and the Edward Scripps migration people as one local paper trip to the Orient. Intransit were
the Yaka (Waterman); Pennmar,
to this picture, and that is the anyone else can do for you.
(Isthmian). The intransits were a reported it. (See story on Page 2). Calmar
(Calmar), and Steel Arti
State AFL Meet
fact that one of these ships, the We are reprinting here a letter bit heavy, among them the follow
Sea Clipper, has been sold to the received by the Isthmian Steam ing: Seatrains New York, Louisi
Our local labor front was pepped san and Steel Rover (Isthmian).
Vacation checks are still 1he big
American Hawaiian Line, and six ship Company Agents from the ana (Seatrain); Edith, Simmons up a bit with the nomination of
of them are being laid up. The American Consulate General in Victory (Bull) ; Del Rio, Del Valle, delegates to attend the state AFL issue around the port now that
ones slated for the boneyard are Singapore.
Cape Grieg (Mississippi); Martin convention to be held in Augusta shipping has slowed down a little.
The following letter is dated McCarver, Maiden Creek (Water in May. This was an important
These checks
the Walker Hines, Joshua Lippln
have saved the
cott (Alcoa); John Riley, Henry March 6, 1952 from Charles F. man); Julesburg, W. E. Down^g item on the agenda of the central
day for the men
Baldwin, John Appleby (Eastern) Baldwin, American.Consulate Gen (Mathiasen); Bradford Island labor body in town.
on the beach.
and Daniel Lownsdale (Isthmian). eral, to Mr. D. W. Holder, McAlis (Cities Service), and two SUP I want to take this opportunity
In the past week though, we ter & Company, Ltd., Singapore: ships, the Frank A. Morgan and to make it clear to the member
Five and six days
signed a company with three ships "Immigration and police officials Ampac California.
after filing
for
ship that I am not a loan collector,
and expectations of buying more, have expressed to officials of this Among the boys on the beach as some of the brothers might seem
vacation pay, the
so this helps the situation some. Consulate General grave concern with us this period, we have broth to think. I have had quite a few
checks are back
Our payoffs were squared away over the fact that in recent weeks er E. C. "Bed" Goings, who has requests recently, by mail and .in
here from head
with a minimum 'of beefs at the a . great many American^ seamen
^ quarters, and
been sailing out person, asking that I collect money
point of production. The long list have missed their ships and a dis
West
^ that includes the
of Galveston the which different men loaned out
included: Elizabeth, Edith, Rosar turbingly large number of seamen
past five years as and neglected to pick up at the four days necessary for mail to get
io, Ines, Beatrice, Monroe, Kath have been guilty of serious miscon
to the east coast and back here.
a messman on payoff.
ryn, Binghampton Victory, Puerto duct ashore.
It's important to remember that
various ships run
Back Pay Takes Time
Rico, Suzanne (Bull); Charles War
"The above mentioned officials
ning/ ccastwise. the men should steer clear of be
field, Joshua Lippincott, Walker stressed that this Colony is in
Some of the members currently
"Red" hasn't ing moneylenders, especially if
Hines (Alcoa); Chiwawa, Govern volved in serious and deadly war
qualified for any they're not too well acquainted enjoying the California sunshine .
ment Camp, Salem Maritime, fare with Communist bandits and
vacation pay yet, with the man who is doing the with us are brothers T. Henkle, R.
French Creek, Fort Hoskins, Win this fact coupled with flagrant dis
but
he thinks it's borrowing. Keep^that in mind, Hunt, P. Coponiti, Frank Kon, C.
ter Hill (Cities Service); John Ril regard of British immigration laws
a great thing for and remember I'm not a collection E. Owens, C. Amelink, T. T^orres,
Goings
ey, Henry Baldwin, John Appleby require that possible strong meas
J. Hart, T. Moriarity, Frank Kus •
agency for personal items. ,
(Eastern); Daniel Lownsdale, Steel ures be taken against individuals to sea regularly,. the boys that go
tura, H. L. Ringo, J. Stoddard, W.
did Home Week
Chemist (Isthmian); Robin Lock who miss their ships through mis
It looks like old home week in Chadbum, and Norman West, who
His
ambition
at
present
is
to
sley (Robin); Seatrains Georgia, conduct and are found in the area ship on one of our passenger ships this port with many oldtimers on asked us to say hello for him to his
New York; John Evans, Lafayette, withouj: visas, landing cards or on a long voyage as bellhop and the beach at one time. This is the shipmates in the east. The roster
Azalea City (Waterman); Mother other travel documents, or with
wmedag become bell cap first time in over a year and a half, of the marine hospital here also. ^
M. L. (Eagle Ocean); Sea Tiger, documents on which the date of maybe
tain. His many shipmates around • in Savannah that I've seen this includes: William Anderson, WU
Sea Clipper (Orion); Trinity (Car validity has expired.
A&G ports know "Red" is the kind many men around who have been" iam Rogers, J. Sprenzel, E. Schi
ras), Jefferson City Victory and
Respect Important
in the Union over 10 years. Among wek, Jean Rioux, D. K. Sorenson,
of guy who will see it through.
Coe Victory (Victory Carriers).
"In view of the approach which Also on the beach, but in less the brothers hiere are R. C. Grimes, Peter Smith.
Signing on were the following has been made by local authorities,
A reminder to the brothers on
M. P. Linsky, R. Bennett, F. Kagel
Charles Warfield; Steel Seafarer, and for other obvious reasons, this favorable condition, are the follow macher,
the
beach concerning retroactive
J.
A.
Hudgins,
W.
Stoll,
Steel Vendor (Isthmian); San An Consulate General believes that ing brothers in the local marine W. C. Saunders, M. Swords, R. B. pay, which is being paid out by the
hospital:
James
Thomas,
F.
W.
gelo Victory (Mar Trade); Robin every measure should be taken to
Littleton, J. Roza and companies and not. by the Union.
Hood, Robin Gray (Robin); Azalea correct the situation and to en Walaska, G. H. Noles, S. B. Trib McCorkel, J.
Each man has to write in to the
R. T.
C.
Musgrove.
ble, James Grinstead,
W. S. Gettes
City, John Evans, La Salle (Water hance the respect of not only the
companies he worked for and en
We're
happy
to
report
this
time
and
Eldoir Freese.
man); Ulla (Ocean Transportation), British officials but also of local
close
the dates of his discharges,
that
we
have
only
three
mem
Keith Alsop
and Jefferson City Victory. The residents for American seamen.
social security number, Znumber,
bers
laid
up
in
the
local
marine
Galveston
Port
Agent
Ulla is the former tanker Sea
'It is requested that you contact
hospital, and brothers W. B. number of dependents and the ad
comet.
t t ^
the Masters of all vessels that you
Creech,
J. T. Moore and R. Hugh dress where he wants the voucher
Serious Business
represent, which either enter the Savannah:
seem
to
be coming along very or check sent. Most operators are
Due to the fact that there is an port areas or fuel areas, acquaint
paying out this money now, but it
nicely.^
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increasingly large number of men them with the situation and ex
takes a, week or two to get a reply.
E. B. TUley
either missing their ships or get pressly request that prior to grant
Savannah Port Agent On the local labpr scene, we
ting into trouble ashore in foreign ing liberty they publish 'at the
have the Pacific Greyhound bus
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ports and running afoul of the law gangway, announce over the ship's
drivers still out on strike, and in
I think that we should once again loudspeaker system "and by any Although shipping is generally San Francisco:
dications are they'll be out for
warn our membership of the seri other means possible, convey to all slow here, everyone around seems
some time, as they intend to stick
ousness of these acts. This is par hands that seamenwho miss their very happy, probably due to the
until their demands are met. The
ticularly true in the East African ships are guilty of misconduct in fact vacation pay is coming in
company
is owned by the Southern
ports made on the Robin Line run Singapore may be incarcerated in a daily from headquarters and vari
Pacific
Railroad,
and their claim
and in the port of Singapore made place of detention until they can ous companies are paying out back
is
that
to meet
the
drivers' pro
by most of the Isthmian ships and be returned to their ship or the payowed since November.
There's, nothing in the way of a posals they would have to raise
the Waterman ships on the Far United States.
We had the High Point Victory boom in shipping out in this port, fares about 50 percent.
East run.
"Your cooperation in this matter (South Atlantic) in for payoff and but things are moving along stead
As of this writing, a federal
The local authorities in these will be sincerely appreciated."
she signed on again for another ily and we shipped well over a conciliator assigned to the case has
ports are cracking down and mak
Claude Simmons trip. The Peter V. Daniels (Alcoa) hundred men for the past period. been unable to make any headway.
ing it extremely rough on Ameri
Asst. Sec'yTreas. came into Jacksonville, for payoff. We had no payoffs and just two Meanwhile, a lot of the Greyhound
can se»nen who miss their ships
drivers are going to work as Mu
or get into fights while ashore. For
nicipal bus drivers. Unless South
a good example we now have four
ern Pacific comes to an agreement
men from a Robin Line ship in jail
soon, most of their outstate drivers
In Zanzibar. They got into a fight
will be on the city's payroll and
with some natives ashore and a
they'll have to train a whole new
couple of them were hospitalized
crew. By the way, the AFL Car
with serious injuries.
penters are threatening to strike
Shipping from March 13 to Miorch 26
They were then jailed and taken
over wages, but every effort is be
before a oneman court. This judge
ing made
to avert a stoppage.
In turn gave each of them a four
SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL
REG.
REG. TOTAL SHIP.
REG.
The
local
papers are plajdng up
, month prison sentence. From all
PORT
ENG. STEW. SHIPPED
DECK
DECK ENGINE STEW. REG.
the big salaries that seamen are
accounts of men who have learned
55
25
55
106 . 25
5
28
23
getting now ai)d comparing them
from experience. East Africa is a
to the wages of shore workers. Ac
171
134
116
222
506
421
164
120
rough place to make time.
cording
to the papers, the seamen
The men riding these ships
58
54
37
149
51
122
47
24
are living the life of Riley, but
should realize that the local
265
181
109
95
61
417.
116
117
what they fail to mention is the
authorities in these ports have it
263
135
104
96.
835 ' fact that the seamen, in earning
133
lis
511:
in for the American seamen and
this "high" pay, are, constantly
wiU make it as hard on them as
19
39
9
6
4
26
31
96
working under dangerous condi
they possibly can when they foul
33
11
11
28
9
13
5
12
tions, while the shore workers come
up or give them any opportunity
home every night to a home and
89
59
' 227
to get them within their power.
67
'81
79
247
79
wife and family. Also not played
All of the companies operating
52
183 up were the ships, and seamen that
84
is
56
59
213
70
into these ports have received com
Galveston
36
142
47
57
.
69
58
53
158
went . down thi8> year and were
plaints from the various officials in
never heard
from again.
charge of immigration and police
77
50
64
191
38
JT
43
158 ,
in these places.
H.J.FIseher
Thecompanies in turn are com
• MVesti.Goast
TOTALS
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676 «.«56B.
New yoffc
Laynps Aren't Helping
Ease Shipping Picture
Port Slow, Ships Slated
For Payoff Go To Layup
Local Incidenl Enffirces
LOG Seeurlly Charges
Vaealion $ RouadTrip
Now Gal Id Six Days
I4&e SHBmm RECORD
• MMiH
�SgAFARERS toe
Pare Nine
PORT MUSPORTS
sissippi); Aiice Brown (Bloom Wilmington:
companies. He told me that right Baltimore:
field), Strathport (Strathmore).
now a great amount of the rejec
Nine signons provided a busy
tions are due to bad teeth. It might
time for the port as well. Among
be a good idea if you have the
them were: Alcoa Pentaant, Ranger,
time to get those choppers taken
Roamer; Antinous, Chickasaw,
care of at the nearest USPHS unit.
This port is in good shape, with Maiden Creek, City of Alma (Wa
Sam Cohen
Shipping still looks pretty fair
The record of business has been
everything running along as terman); Alice Brown, and the out here, and rated men, particu
Wilmington Port Agent fair for the past two weeks, al
smoothly as can be expected. The Strathport."
larly in the engine department, can
though shipping has slowed down
4 4 4^
coming two weeks dbii't look too Intransits to the port numbered come arunning because they will
somewhat, due to the fact that
hot though, since there are only five, including: Alcoa Pioneer, have no trouble getting out. We've Seattle:
three Libertys paying off here are
four regular run ships due in for Pointer (Alcoa); Anniston City, been having some perfect baseball
being laid up and sent back to the
payoff. We've misled out on the Steel Age (Isthmian), and the Lot weather, and some of the big
mothball fleet in the James River.
payoff of boneyard ships, with ta, formerly the Ocean C (Ocean league teams are really showing off
One helpful item was the or ow
only one layup out of this port to Trans). None of these ships came for the local populace.
ing
up of the SS Tramar (West
in with any beefs that couldn't be The Greenstar (Triton) and Ky
date.
Coast
TransOrion), a new com
The layup jobs are tough when settled easily, so all activity came ska (Waterman) were in for payoffs After running along fine for sev pany ship recently signed by head
you think about it, since it means off smoothly.
and both of them signed on for an eral weeks, shipping suddenly quarters.
more and more men hitting the There isn't much, going on of other trip. There were quite a few ground to a halt up here in the Since the last meeting, we have
beach. But there's some small note in town, except that the con loggings on the Greenstar, but we Northwest. If it wasn't for the fact had 18 ships paying off, 15 ships
satisfaction in knowing the help it tinuing stream of vacation checks got together with the skipper and that we had two intransits we signing on and five calling here in
means for the men on the beach from headquarters is making for a had about half of them scratched. wouldn't have had cause to stray transit. There were no beefs to
who take the towing jobs to Mo lot of happy faces as the men come The overtime on her ran to about out of the hall.
off the ships and apply for their 300 hours, and we got that too The two ships that favored us by speak of, and the few there were
bile and Texas.
turned out to be routine and were
when I showed the captain why stopping in were the Republic easily settled to satisfaction of the
Then again, with the molasses dough.
Gal
Tanner
the bosun couldn't supervise for (Trafalgar), and the Pennmar (Cal
season starting, we may begin get
Mobile Port Agent eign labor. We also got a washing mar) making for a little bit of cir crews at the payoff or signon.
ting the tankers back in here. That
It is important to bring to the
4" 4" 4"
machine installed on this ship as culation through the Seattle hall. attention
deal is something that a lot of the
of»the membership one
The Alaska Spruce and Alaska
per our agreement.
local members look forward to be Boston:
beef
that
occurs frequently, but
Cedar
(Ocean
Tow)
are
both
in
cause of the regular runs between
Quite a few intransit ships came
which
could
be eliminated very
New Orleans, Cuba and Puerto
in, including these: North Platte active at the moment.
easily
by
the
individual brother's
Rico with molasses.
As far as other matters are con taking an interest in his own finan
Victory, Lawrence Victory (Missis
sippi); Calmar, Portmar (Calmar); cerned, all is peaceful on the cial matters when working on a
During the past period we paid
Logans Fort (Cities Service); Re Northwest front. The Marine Cooks ship. Several instances have arisen
off the following ships: Alcoa
Planter, Partner (Alcoa); Del Valle, Quite quiet is the way you might public (Trafalgar); Barbara Friet: and Stewards is still groggy from where a man either stayed on the
Mar, Viento, Sol (Mississippi), and sum it up for this port at present, chie (Liberty Nav); James A. Price its losing bout with the courts. The ship after paying off articles or
Paine Wingate (Bull). Signing on although the few ships we had in (South Atlantic); Shinnecock Bay labor front is quiet otherwise, until signingon.
(Mar Trade); Steel Rover (Isth probably due to that fine Seattle, He then got off the ship, didn't
were the Planter, Partner and Del provided some husky beefs.
Accounting for the activity in mian), and Yaka (Waterman).
spring weather which puts every make the voyage and didn't secure
Mar.
Intransit business was supplied the payoff column were the Potrero We got the chief engineer on the one in a mellow and laiy mood. verification of his employment by
by the following: Alcoa Cavalier, Hills (Mar Trade). Montebello Hills Rover to agree to clean out the One of the boys here waiting the master in the form of a voucher
Ranger, Pennant, Clipper, Roamer, (Western Tankers), Wanda (Epiph water tanks at sea, as the water for a ship to show up is Frank P. or the master didn't pay him off
'Cape Edmont (Alcoa); Steel Ven any), plus the Royal Oak and aboard her had quite a brackish Drozak. who sails as bosun. Frank in cash. In these cases, the crew
has been with us member, can only collect those
dor, Steel Age (Isthmian); Sea Cantigny (Cities Service). The taste.
since 1944 and wages or overtime or both due him
trains Louisiana, New Jersey, Montebello HUls signed on for Excessive drinking and fouling
up caused quite 'a few men to be
has been bosun when the ship returns from its voy
Georgia (Seatrain); Warrior, Wa another foreign trip.
on inany Alcoa age and the master verifies his em
costa, Antinous,' Morning Light, There was a stowaway beef on removed from the ships. They're
and Waterman ployment
Chickasaw, Monarchy of the Seas the Wanda which was taken care forgetting what harm their per
ships. He has
(Waterman); Margaret Brown of and reported to headquarters, forming does when the Union Ne
Earl Sheppard
been active in
(Bloomfield), and Lotta, exrOcean while the Montebello Hills came gotiating Committee has to get to
Baltimore Port Agent
into Portland with a few disputed gether with the shipowners on the
quite a few SIU
C (Ocean Trans).
4 4 4
hours in overtime which we got new agreement.
beefs and thinks
Black Gang Beef
•
Lake
C
harles:
paid and a slopchest beef. We got
that the SIU Va
We ran into a few beefs on the an additional slopchest put aboard Men thinking of coming ashore
cation and Wel
without
declaring
their
souvenirs
Drozak~
ships making the West African this wagon.
fare
Plan is just
had
better
wise
up
because
the
run, where the engineers took it The Potrero Hills also came into
about tops
of
all the gains
we have
customs
here
is
getting
rough
on
upon themselves to work the men Portland and helped get us stuck
mpde.
One
of
the younger
men In
guys trying
to sneak
stuff
through.
contrary to the agreement and also up there for a time due to a delay
the business, Frank is a solid Union
You'll
wind
up
short
every
time
to work the Kroo native boys ed arrival. The Potreto was full
Things are humming right along
man all the way through.
other than was called for in the of beefs. The captain never paid if you try any funny business.
here. The weather is just what the
contract. But we got it all squared up on beefs taken up by patrolmen A walk along the San Pedro There's quite a few oldtimers doctor ordered, but the gals are
away and the beefs wound up giv in Baltimore and Philly but we waterfront shows what cheap labor on the . beach including Jimmy running around looking to catch
ing many brothers a husky hunk grabbed her here and made them and conditions can do to an Ameri Adams who just came in off the any unwary male. Anyone who
can industry. The great tuna fish
of overtime dough.
move out of here fast
those and plenty more.
ing fleet that was the backbone Francis E. Warren. Others here doesn't
Long antiunion, Higgins Indus pay
enough
will find
out the local girls
The skipper's workaway setup of this town is lying idle because include H. O. Mesford, W. McBride,
tries has started a vigorous cam turned
are playing
this leap year
game for
sour
for
him
when
he
had
paign against labor unions trying to fork over $505.29 to be split up of the cheap funa provided by H. M. Thomas, H. R. Kirkwood, all it's worth.
R. J. Wendell, William McKay, L. The Winter Hill, Bents Fort,
to organiez its plant Some unions between six ABs and three ordi Japanese and Peruvian boats.
E. Meyers, and Frank Cullison. Chiwawa. Government Camp, Can
The
long
lines
of
jobless fisher
have won out there, but they are narys. There was no delay in the
certainly giving them a hard . time. sailing of this vessel and a new men crowd the streets, and all be We have a few boys in the hos tigny, Salem Maritime, Lone Jack
cause a sleepy Congress will not pital who would like to get some and Fort Hoskins, all of the Cities
A showdown is probable one of
these days and we have pledged skipper. Captain Costello, took her put a protective tariff on their mail. These include Francis I. Service fleet, came to town in very
our support to the AFL organiza out. He listened in while the hass product to give them a fighting Gibbons, Emil Austad, Jesse W. good shape. That ferryboat, the
Puckett, William B. Jones and Federal (Trafalgar), is still running
tions involved, particularly Ma ling went on but naturally wasn't chance.
By the way, I had a talk with the Henry Gillikin.
chinists, Carpenters and Boiler to blame for any of the beefs.
on a fourday schedule, but took
James Sheehan
local doctor who handles most of
Jeff Morrison
ipakers. We have never stood by
on a couple of men. The oil wagons
Boston Port Agent the medical exams for the shipping
Seattle Port Agent each Jtook quite a few new hands
and let any employer get the best
of those who have called on ns for
for their crews, so the single boys
help, and we don't plan to back^
don't stick around long enough to
track now.
get hooked.
Lindsey Wiliiams
We also had three SUP ships in
New Orleans Port Agent
the area during the,last couple of
^
weeks and they also called for a
Mobile:
Sam Cohen. Agent
Terminal 42874 PORT COLBORNE
103 Durham St. few men. Two of the three were
SIU, A&G District
HEADQUARTERS.. 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn.
Ontario
Phone: 5591 going offshore, so some of our
BALTIMORE
14 North Gay St.
SECRETARYTREASURER
TORONTO. Ontario
86 Colborne St. boys were happy over the prospect
Paul
HaU
Earl Sheppard. Agent
Mtdberry 4540
Elgin 5719
ASST. SECRETARYTREASIHIERS
VICTORIA. B. C
617% Cormorant St. of a long trip.
BOSTON
276 State St.
Lloyd Gardner
Empire 4531
James Sheehan, Agent
Richmond 20140
The fish are really biting around
Robert Matthews
Claude Simmons
VANCOUVER. B. C
565 Hamilton St.
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE
,
Pacific 7824 these parts and one of these nights
GALVESTON.
.SOOVJ 23rd St.
' . Joe Algina
SYDNEY. N.S
304 Charlotte St. we're going to stroll down to the
Phone 28448
Shipping is very good, and fig Keith Alsop, Agent
.
Phone 6346
L4...
141? Ryan St.
ures to keep on the same high LAKE CHARLES.
SUP
BAGOTVILLE. Quebec
20 Elgin St river and try our luck. The craw
LeRoy Clarke. Agent
Phone 65744
Phone: 545 fish are plenty fat here now, and
18 Merchant St.
1 South Lawrence St. HONOLTH.U
level for the next two weeks with MOBILE
37 Ormont St.
*
Phone 58777 THOROLD; Ontario
Cal Tanner. Agent
' Phone 21754
14 ships due in for payoffs and re NEW ORLEANS
Phone: 33203 those who haven't eaten such stuff
. .Ill W. Burnside St.
523 BienvUle St. PORTLAND
^
'
' Beacon 4336 QUEBEC . .« . 113 Cote De La Montague just don't know what they're miss
Lindsey WlUiams. Agent
placements.
Quebec
Phone; 27078
RICHMOND.
CALIF
•
. 257
Stb
St.
Magnolia 61126113
irhe past period was spiced by NEW YORK
177 Prince WUUam St. ing by staying up in the cold.
Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN
675 4th Ave., Brooklyn
N.B.
Phone: 23049
STerling 84671 SAN FRANCISCO.........450 Harrison St.
Now that the day workers have
a load of payoffs, 21 all told. They
Douglas 28363
NORFOLK
127129 Bank St.
gotten
a raise, it won't be too long
were the following: Alawai, De Ben
SEATTLE
—
2700 1st
Ave.
Rees. Ageiit
' Phone 41083
Great Lakes District
Main 0290
before
a lot of ABs will stop sail
soto, JMaiden Creek, Morning PHILADELPHIA
337 Market St.
440 Avalon Blvd. ALPENA
133 W. Fletcher ing on watch and go back to day
CarduUo. Agent
Market 71639 WILMINGTON
Light, Antinous, Fairhope, Monarch S.
Terminal 42131
Phone: 1238W
SAN FRANCISCO
490 Harrison St.
679 4th Ave.. Brooklyn BUFFALO. N. Y
of the Seas, City of Alma, Citrus H. J. Fischer. Agent
180 Main St. work. Lots of them would rather
Douglas 25475 NEW YORK
STerUng 84671
SAN
JUAN.
PR
252
Ponce
da
Leon
Phone:
Cleveland
7391 sail as daymen, except that there
Packer, Raphael Semmes, William Sal Colls. Agent
CLEVELAND
2602 GarroU St.
Canadian District
A. Richardson (Waterman); Alcoa SAVANNAH
Phone: Main 10147 was more money sailing on watch,
2 Abercom St.
1038 3rd St. especially on a tanker. Everyone
E. a TUley. Agent
Phone 31728 MONTREAL
483 McGUl St. DETROIT
Pennant, Clipper, Ranger, Roamer, SEATTLE
MArquette 5909
Headquarters Phone: Woodward 16857
2700 1st Ave.
Corsair (Alcoa); Jonathan Trum Jeff Morrison. Agent
931 W. kUchigan St. is happy over the increase though.
Seneca 4570 HALIFAK. N.S........... 128W HoUisSt. DULUTH
. Phone: 38911
Phone: Melrose 24110
1809ieil N. FrankUn St.
Leroy Clarke
bull (South Atlantic); Henry TAMPA
3261 E. 82nd St.
White. Agent
Phone 21323 FORT WILLIAM.... 118H Syndicate Ave. SOUTH CHICAGO
. 0 1 . jLake Charles. Ageni
Meiggg,.,FxAacJis
(Mis Ray
Phones Essex 1^2410
Hri]UHmGTONi^:Gim. . . .44P>'Avalon
Mttha
PUhe: 33231' ' " .
N»w Orleans:
SlU Promises Full Aid
In AFL NIggliis' Beef
Cheap Imports Killing
Loeal Tuna Indusfry
Get Record of Work
To Ease Beefs Later Oi
Sadden Slowdown Hlis
Port After Ship Bnsh
All Quiel On This Front
Exeepi For A Fow Boofs
Plenty Jobs, Leap Year
Join To Cloan Beach
SIU HAIsU BMREmORW
Shipping Sllll In High,
Looks Good for Fufnro
.>• 1.1
'• .'..'ii'
�m
s..
Tw Tea
SEAFARERS LOG
'.'i.'
Frld»$. AvrU 4. 195S
NO Revamping Piers
To Break Port Jam
'•«;
i
0:'
Seafarers shipping out via New Orleans, the nation's second port, talk over
old times outside before a recent branch meeting began.
I:'
I'''
Ife
Returning from Rio, or Korea per
haps, they get books checked at desk.
Having card stamped preserves their
place on rotary shipping list.
Attentive as Port Agent Lindsey Williams gives biweekly branch report,
Seafarers relax, give thoughtful consideration to recommendations.
Filing out of SIU hall after briefing on shipping outlook. Union's plans in New
Orleans and elsewhere, they head for nearby homes, a few hours' relaxation.
Most were back at sea again by the time of the next meeting.
(Continued from page 2)
space to some other ship of an
being dredged, Southwest Pass is other line or agent. This gives the
port the maximum use of its
used and vice versa.
wharves.
The dredging is carried on al
New Orleans is the second port
most continuously, yet a depth per
mitting passage of ships ^drawing of the United States for the im
30 feet or sometimes up to 32 feet port of jute, hemp and sisal; it's
is available but little over half the fourth for rubber brought in from
Latin America, Africa and the
year.
It's a major port for im
So New Orleans—and for that Orient
portation
of bananas, bauxite,
matter the lower Mississippi Valley mahogany, coffee:
—has its, plans for a tidewater
channel to leep water. This would It's the first port for the export
require the port to spend more • of flour ".nd first for the import of
than $40 miliion for facilities on a sugar and molasses. Its grain ele
tidewater harbor and the federal vators handled 70 million bushels
government would have to spend of grain last year, and the eleva
more than $70 million to dig the tors which now have a capacity of
canal. The US engineers have al 2,622,000 bushels are being dou
ready okayed it, and the tidewater bled in size.
New Orleans is a twoway port.
channel is up to the point of Con
gressional appropriation. When the Ships that come in with cargo gen
money will be earmarked for the erally leave loaded with other
project, which would shorten the cargo.
distance to deep water by 45 miles Louisiana has always owned the
and would be straight as a super banks of the Mississippi river with
highway, is not definite.
in its boundaries ever since it was
The US district engineer at New organized, and the board of com
Orleans said the city must provide missioners of the port is a state
for the addition of three million agency.
tons of cargo handling capacity a The board owns 39 large steel
year. And the port faces the need and concrete wharves with 74
of more harbor space for bulk berths for oceangoing ships. More
cargo and barge traffic.
berths are being added. One wharf
under construction " at Napoleon
Channel , to Sea
Avenue is 1000 feet long. There as
A tidewater channel to the sea at all wharves ships will dock par
would solve the problems facinc
the port and it would eliminate the allel to the landing.
hazard of moving in the treacher Private interests own 56 wharves
ous river through fogs that fre and docks. They can't compete with
the port in the public wharfinger
quently shroud its mouth.
business but they are encouraged
But the port has always facied to develop for their own opera
physical problems. Between 1718 tions.
and 1722, owners of land along the
. Second Free Port
river were required to throw up
levees to protect their property and New Orleans T)oasts the second
the city. And these levees also "free port" or foreign trade zone
served as unloading places for the in the United States. It was opened
ships that tacked laboriously up in 1947, and is still operating in
the red although its business is
river.
After the United States took gradually increasing. This year fi
over Louisiana in 1803, the port, should show a profit.
The town hustles for business.
got active attention and was devel
oped for shipping of the time. ' And the results are showing. The
And later city officials leased port's public commodity warehouse
sections of the riverfront to^ bidders covers nearly 86 acres and is usu
who agreed to spend the most on ally filled for storage and handling
development and maintenance of of cotton and commodities.
shipping facilities. Under that era The foreign trade zone has given
harbor masters ran the port's traf New Orleans an edge over most
ports in the country. Goods can
fic and assigned berths.
In 1846 loading platforms were be auctioned in the zone, and
built to handle molasses and sugar. there's a minimum of red tape in
There were no sheds. Everything moving cargo in and out.
was in the open. Private companies The zone permits a shipper to
operated sections of these plat insure his goods for actual value,
a big item on merchandise like
forms or wharves.
liquor.
No custom duties have to
As the Mississippi valley pros
pered and developed so also did be paid on goods that are stored,
the port. But by 1890 private opera only when they are placed in the
tions got out of hand. Private com American market. Goods can be
panies couldn't or wouldn't main assembled, fumigated, culled or
tain the wharye.s. Shippers wanted prefabricated in the zone.
their merchandise protected and The zone comprises 20 acres of
demanded sheds. By 1895 the port land outside the United States for
was bogged down with excessive all commercial purposes. During
wharf charges, general inefficiency the first six months of this fiscal
and pilferage. Fire was an ever year, the zone's business amounted
to more than 27,000 tons valued at
present menace.
about $7 million. Warehouses
Port Control Set Up
there are being doubled in size,
In 1900, ^the Legislature estab and shipments through the^ort of
lished a board of port commis French auto parts to South Ameri
sioners and gave it control over can countries is increasing and
port activities. This started the taking considerable space.
building program with s h fe d
Within the port are government
covered wharves rising in 1904.
wharves for 20 military vessels.
Now the port lias about eight These lie below the most active
miles of wharves and other facili port area and are close to the In
ties labeled as "public" in addition dustrial Canal which is 5V^ miles
to more miles of docks and loading long and provides waterfront for
platforms.
industrial use. The canal connects
The socalled public wharves are the Mississippi River and Lake
put out on a preferential assign' Pontchartrain.
ment basis rather than on leases. ' New Orleans and the area about
A company haying such an assign it are in the throes of industrial
ment gets first call on wharves in development never befdre known
its contract..
in this part of America, The port
If the company isn't expecting is geared to,that expansion, and it
a ship to use a wharf, then the should become an increasingly im
authoiiitiea;. can,; .assign. the poriant qne. for; l$IU. .
�Mar. A»ril it 1M»
. i
SEAfARERS LOG
Para Eleraa
m
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PTTlTrSW
Pace Twch^
ff• 'V •
5g>IF^RgltS toe
IN THE WAKE
feiC
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k.
Avcii 4, i^n
MEET THE
SEAFARER
GEORGE McFALL, deck steward
Next time you glance at a map stead of gaskets when furling
of China, these descriptive words sails. It meant the yams could be
For most men, a career with one paper was good promotion among
may help you make out what the cut and the sails let run.
union would be enough. But the passengers. It made a lot of
names of the waterways are. Hal
4 4 4
George McFall is now operating friends for the SIU."
is sea, ho means river and hu, lake. Danish shipping eompanies have QacBtion: IVhy do yea sail out under Kis third AFL affiliate in a Like any good reporter, McFall
of
New
Orleans?
Kiang is the name for a large river. thrown caution and old supersti
(Asked of Seafarers In the New span of union activity that has led can point with pride to real news
.. . Further geographical confusipn tion to the winds. They now per
from Teamsters to Meat Cutters scoops when the Mar ran aground
may be spread by the fact that mit the wives of both officers and Orleans hall). *
and now to Seafarers.
on August 26, 1951 and also when
some old maps refer to the penin men to join their husbands on long
•
it ran into the Mormacstar. On
Interviewed
in
a
quiet
comer
of
sula of Indochina as Farther India. voyages, taking their turn under a Willie Garrlty OS: For one thing
eacl^
occasion the "Mar Log" got
the
New Orleans
hall, the
32year
... Johnston Island, originally dis rotation system and according to this is my home town. I was bom
out extras and sent the news to
old
native
of
the
Crescent
City
covered by Captain Charles John the amount of accommodation
and raised here. explained that his was a ginion the LOG.
ston of HMS, Cornwallis in 1807, available. The change came about
Besides, New Or family from the beginning. His McFall is a big booster for the
is a US territory about 600 miles because of some disturbing divorce
leans is the best father before him was a member LOG and is happy to see each ship
southwest of Hawaii. Like Baker, statistics in Denmark showing that
port on the Gulf. of the Brotherhood of Locomotive getting three copies. "It guarantees
Canton, Enderbury, Rowland, Jar seamen's long absences from loved
H it wasn't I'd Engineers and he himself has every guy a chance to read it. Be
vis, Midway and Wake Islands, it is ones was not conducive to keeping
sure leave. Any served as assistant business agent fore that one LOG used to cause
counted part of Honolulu County, a family. It was not so long ago
run you want for the New Orleans local union of tussles once in a while. On every
Hawaii, for census purposes.
when the presence of women or
comes in here, Teamsters, as well as international ship you go on 'where's the LOG?'
4,
1,
clergymen aboard a ship, was re
Europe, South representative of the Amalgamated is a beef you always hear." Hs
Scottish highlanders know the gard^ by Danish sailors as an
America and the Meat Cutters, AFL.
feels that Seafarers, who get
bagpipe for its musical qualities, illomen, forboding bad weather or
Pacific. We've When McFall got out of school, around a lot, ican send in a lot of
but when they "bagpiped" the possibly shipwreck.
got the best weather too.
going to sea was remote from his interesting news and photos for
sails aboard ship, it was ijomething
to enjoy.
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mind. He was' set on becoming a others
entirely different. The term
Aside
from the "Mar Log"
meant to shift the sheet of a sail When ocean liners first turned J. E. Kennedy, boson: I started truck jockey and consequently McFall has good reason to regard
in such a way as to bring the sail from sail to steam about 1830, the out of here in 1929 and have al went to work for Universal Car the Delta run with fondness. While
loading, at that time a nonunion in Buenos Aires on one trip, he met
aback . . . The coal sack is a funnel was set amidships and re ways found the
firm. Subsequently, an organizer
descriptive applied by seamen to a garded as a nuisance. Ships re officials tops.
local girl who was working
for the Teamsters Union came a
patch of the southern sky near the tained masts and sails for auxiliary I've sailed out of
in an amusement center. McFall
use
for
nearly
50
years.
Then,
around.
McFall
liked
what
he
had
Southern Cross which apparently
Philly, Mobile
was trying to toss hoops and
when the size and speed of ocean and Texas but
to say about Unions and pitched win
is devoid of stars.
a bottle of wine. He didn't
going
vessels
began
to
increase
in. After Universal Carloadlng was get the
always came
4, 4' ^
wine, but walked off with
all signed up, he put his. organizing a better prize,
An early orsranization of a spe just before the first world war, back to New Or
the girl. They were
talents to work for that Union in married in Buenos
cial craft of seamen was known as the number of funnels was like leans and ahi go
Aires and his
other campaigns.
The Brothers of the Coast. This wise increased. Since the public ing to keep sail
wife
joined
him
in
New Orleans
was an organization of very dar associated the number of funnels ing out of here.
Started Sailing In '47
on January 15.
with
speed,
shipbuilders
even
ing pirates who frequented the
Of course I was
In 1947 McFall pulled up stakes McFall ran into a streak of mis
Spanish Main, and embraced about added dummy funnels. The .Olym born and grew up in this city.
and
started going to sea. "I knew fortune recently when he suffered
pic and Berengaria sported
dummy
1,000 ships. The group operated
4
4
4
I was going to like the life right a heart attack. He has spent most
under a strict code of discipline, funnels, and the Mauretania,
James
H.
Bales,
AB:
I've
gotten
away," he
said. The Seatrain New of 1952 recuperating in the New
a notable penalty for wrongdoing which held the Atlantic speed
Orleans'USPHS hospital. But even
being marooning the guilty party record from 1907 to 1929 and was to like this port since I came down Orleans was his first ship.
here,
the SIU's welfare benefits
from
New
York
McFall had not been with the have cushioned the blow. "It's com
on uninhabited island wastes. De broken up in 1935, had four fun
seven years ago. SIU very long when his organiz
spite their existence over a cen nels. The builders of motor ships,
I've only taken ing experiences came to good'use. forting to know that the $15 a
tury ago, the "Brothers" had some notably th£ Scandinavians, have
one
ship out of The Union had "Victory Carriers week can be counted on for as long
abolished
funnels
altogether.
enlightened practices. They car
another
port ships on an organizational basis as I need it. With the vacation pay
ried accident benefits for those
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since
1944.
The and McFall was right in the middle I collected and retroactive money
injured in action.
The Argo, the ship in which
good weather of it. After that he started riding coming I'm in good shape'consider
l" 4" 4"
Jason and his followers sailed tp
and having the Delta line run. to. South ing I haven't worked much these
The word for lieutenant, either Colchis for the Golden Fleece, ac
past few months.
friends here America.
as a naval rank or a designation cording to mythology, was rec^led
"That $2,500 death benefit is
made me stay.
News Scoops
of a substitute for a higherup, a century ago in the Argonaut, a
good to have too," he continued,
Once a year I go
comes from the French, meaning name applied to the California back to visit my home town. While on the Del Mar, the ener "r want my wife protected and this
one who replaces (in lieu of). It goldseekers in 1849 . . . Ancient Owensboro, Ky.
getic Seafarer tried his hand at does the trick without costing me
was introduced about 1580 with the Roman merchantmen, or corbitae,
editorial work, being, head man on a cent. We sure are going forward
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intention of giving the captain of got their name from the Latin
the "Mar Log" for a year. "It was in this industry. We could still be
a ship an executive assistant who corbis, for basket. They carried Jack Mays, bosnnr I've
a tough job," he admitted, "but I in the woods if we were on our
was qualified to take his place on a basketlike receptacle at their sailing from New Orleans
got a lot of enjoyment Out of doing own, but our Union isn't letting
occasion . , . The term to cut and mastheads in order to indicate 1925 and have
the work. I like to write and the any grass grow under its feet."
run was derived from the practice their occupation, as carriers of brought my wife
in the old days of using yams in both passengers and merchandise. and daughter
from . Oklahoma
to live here. This
has always beeh
a clean payoff
The Tirpitz, mightiest German Qarson for role in "Mrs. Miniver,"
port and I in
battlewagon, partially crippled by and to Jimmy Cagney for ''Yankee
ACROSS
DOWN
16. Scuttlebutt
31. Girls named after tend to keep on
British torpedoplane off Norway Doodle Dandy" ... Joe Louis
19. He had an
Miss West
sailing out of it.
1. SS Sunion'f
1. Miss Hunter,
coast... Program to impose ceil knocked out challenger Abe Sim
"Irish
Rose"
39. Spar
owner
actress
Those northern
20. He hunted
ings on wages, prices and profits ons in six rounds.
37. Island in X.
4. Island in th«
2. High note
. Moby Dick
snowballs don't hold any interest hinted by White House.. . Atrocity
Indies
Solomons
3. Wher* Rabre
21. Bishop of Home 38. What banks make for me.
""4. * t
meets Mig
8. Mr. Shea, of the
22. Where the Norse 39. Bold
stories from Hong Kong seeped
Yanks
4. Popular LOG
lady is
40. LUy plant
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through Nipponese propaganda Returning from mission to In
feature
23. David —, actor
41. Garbage boat
12. River flowing in
24. Officers of Naval 43. Pep
Dick Ranson, AB: I've been com line. .'.First annual International dia, Britain's Sir Stafford Cripps
to Lake Balkash 9. Russian River
Intelligence:
44. Exist
13. Kind of acid
6. Make fun of
ing here for a. long time because SIU convention paid tribute to revealed offer of dominion status
Abbr.
45. Native tribe of
14. Where Moilendo 7. Good card
26. A Waterman
Philippines
I made a lot of mounting toll of Seafarers lost at tp India after the war, with the
Is
ship
46. Carried by the
8. Backbone
friends
and the sea through action of enemy subs. right to quit the' Empire... Rus
28. Kind of fish
Fort Mercer.
19. Owner of the
9. It spUt off
sian forces continued battering
29. Sheep
Atlantic Water
Cape Cod
47. Compass point
weather is fine.
^
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10. Sea bird
Hitler's armies, began drivijig
17. Hostels
I come from
Puzzle Answer on Page 27
11. Swear
18. Everything
Memphis and New Guinea invaded, as Japan Nazis from Soviet territory.. i In
19. "Spine" of
10 II
1
2 3
used to sail out ese landed at Salamaua and Lae dian leaders rejected British offer
S. America
0 f Charleston . .Ordered to Australia, Gen. Mac ... SIU convention named Harry
SO. Attach
|I3
lu
12 •
add Jacksonville. Arthur left Luzon for Mindanao Lundeberg first president, adopted
23. Peace prize
donor
I'll sail here un by motor torpedo boat, then flew constitution and reported vast pro
15
25. Anchor
til I make a bun to Darwin, where he pledged to gress since Union's formation three
26. Christine's
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dle. Then I'll go reorganize Pacific forces!. .US de years earlier.
owner
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fenses of Bataan wavered but
on the beach in Florida.
27. Compass point
,
4. • 4. .
24
20 21 22
held, despite continuous attack...
30. A month; Abbr.
4
4
4
Fierce
naval
battle in Java Sea
Russian troops pushed deeper into
31. Cinema
127 20 29
25
Joseph C. Pelham, chief cook: I Ukraine, roused Ponets offensive. resulted in Allied loss of 12 ships,
32. Service per
formed by Moran
left Tampa for here because I
five of them cruisers... George S.
33. Wager
30
132
4 . $• 4
like the passen
Viereck convicted of hiding infor*
34. Copies
35. Jetty
ger ships. I used
Hivasion ships menaced Port ihation while registering as Nazi
134
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33
36. The briny
to sail out of Sa
Moresby, New Guipea, across from agent.. .SS Wacosta, all crewed up
38. Ship routes
39. Regattas
[38
vannah but 1 got
the Australian mainland... AFL and ready to sail from Philadel
41.. . .
...
tired
of
the
Eu
and
CIO chiefs blasted measure phia, caught fire while taking on
42. Winged
141
43. We're paid for it
ropean
run
and
for
registration
of unions, guised fuel oil... .Toronto Maple Leafs
now
took this for a
as bill to smash "labor racketeer won Stanley Cup hockey playoffs
48. Airfield at
46 47
Stavanger
change. I may
ing" at a time lyhen full energies ... Organizing out of Texas City
49. Ore from Duluth
take time off
of organized workessyvere directed SIU hall brought three new ships
.60. Export from
BoUvia
to war effort... Business as usual under Union banner ... Basket
sooir^and hit the
ai. TUler
beach in Florida
in deferred, "essential" movie in ball's NCjAA title went to • Stan
02. Gulls
83, Brew
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J filnce St.PetersbUM Is May horiife.' , dustry
du
saw "Oscars'' jgo to Greer ford's cagers.
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TEN YEARS AGO
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WHA»r, April 4, 195t
FAREkS LO'G
SEAFARERS Rt LOG
/pril 4, 1952
Fape Thirteea
^Posted'
Vol. XIV No. 7
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Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union; Atlantic
& Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel.
STeriing 84671.
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PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurer
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Editor. HEBBEBT BRAtip; Manuaing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNABD
SEAMAN: Photo Editor,
r. DANIEL
DAJ
NILVA; Staff Writers, HEBMAN ABTHUB. IBWJN SPIVACK
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A Forward Step
The united front presented by AFL maritime unions to the
problems facing the industry was made crystal clear by the Army Man Longs
action of delegates to the Maritime Trades Department, For EtOG Again
which met in Chicago last week. Their decision to establish To the Editor:
new and more extensive machinery for the operation of the It has been quite some time
MTD is a logical outgrowth of the past success of that or
since I last received a copy of
ganization in coping with waterfront beefs.
Under itsoriginal setup devised in 1946, the MTD was a the SEAFARERS LOG due to a
looselyrknit organization that was called into play whenever change of bases. I left my last
its member unions ran into major beefs. As such it served base during October, 1951, and at
its purpose well, being a big factor in several union suc the time of mydeparture I advised
cesses on the waterfront. To make the MTD more effective the squadron mail clerk of my new
and more suitable for today's needs, delegates have strength address, but for some reason or an
ened the organization's machinery immeasurably and by so other I have never had any of the
doing have converted* it into a potent federation of maritime LOGs forwarded to me.
unions.
In the various editions I received
To carry out the MTD's program and direct its functions shortly before I departed the
the delegates selected one of our own, a Seafarer, for the all States, the move to the new hall in
important post of executive secretary. The SIU representa Brooklyn was anticipated for the
near future. But unfortunately
tives at the Chicago meeting have pledged this Union's whole do
not have the new address.
hearted support to the important objectives outlined in the
No SIU Ships
MTD program. The SIU intends to do its share to assure fur
ther progress in maritime and further benefits for Seafarers At present I am stationed here
in Bermuda and there are two
and members of all maritime unions.
As I See It
by PAUl HAH
ports here that can accommodate
oceangoing vessels. I have visited
ail of the local "establishments" in • "PHE WIDELYREAD NATION the competition problem facing
both of these ports on numerous
al news magazine "Tjme" has American operators would vanish.
occasions with the hope of finding
XXX
declared that the high wages of
As every Seafarer should know, the SIU has long been on a copy of the LOG, but nowhere American seamen — specifically
LOSE
AND
EFFECTIVE Co
record against performing, whether on board ship or in the have I been abie to locate one.
operation
between all AFL
un
course of shore leave in US or foreign ports. From time to I have been told that once in those of the SIU—are one of sev ions on the waterfront is assured
time, when necessary, the Union has cracked down, on per while an Alcoa ship wanders into eral reasons why American opera now that the Maritime Trades De
of the ports for a short stop, tors cannot compete successfully partment has streamlined its setup.
formers and foulups who give the Union a bad name and one
but I haven't seen hide nor hair of with foreign shipping. In other There is no question that the new
make it tougher for the average hardworking Seafarer. By one recently. It would sure be a
their actions they not only hurt themselves but they impede welcome sight to see an SIU ship words they are.saying that your arrangements will strengthen bends
the Unions. They wfll now
the Union's progress in negotiating contract improvements resting securely at her berth, for I Union has done too good a job and between
be working as members of a team
and in obtaining longoverdue community respect for sea should very much like to go aboard has harmed the industry by getting which is good news for every mari
and say hello to the boys.
faring men.
you decent conditions.
time worker whether en ship or
One instance of performing that has cotne to light recently A short time ago we were noti Actually the wages of Seafarers shoreside.
took place in the port of Zanzibar, East Africa, where four fied here at the boat station that are no more out of line than those For many years the Building
seamen on shwe leave assaulted a local resident. The men the Lone Jack had radioed in and of shoreside workers who have or Trades and Metal Trades Depart
involved were rescued from a hostile crowd of local residents reported that she had a sick sea ganized into strong, democratic ments in the AFL have had similar
and punished in,the local courts. The net result of their man aboard. We were to stand by unions. It is just that seamen for setups which have been an impor
take him off an^d bring him to so long were illpaid, illfed and tant factor in the prospering of
thoughtless and tmnecessary behavior was to stir up un and
the islands where he could be illtreated that the conditions your their member unions. The same
friendly feelings against Americans stopping in that port. moved to a hospital. The alert was
Union has established today are Holds true for the MTD. The ben
Furtherj it gave the ship's operator an opportunity to jab at called off a short time later though, startling, by
comparison.
eficial results of .this arrangement
the Union by pointing out the behavior of the crewmembers. when we received word that the I trust the editors of Time are should not be long in forthcoming.
Irresponsible jperforming of this kind hits at the very liveli Lone Jack was proceeding to the not sugge.sting that American sea
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hood of every SIU man. Crewmembers are warned to be on States.
men sacrifice an American stand
HIS
WEEK
THE
EDITORIAL
the alert against such foulups who jeopardize the Union's It would sure have been a pleas ard of living for the sake of meet
pages of the New York Times
ure to have aided the man had we ing foreign competition. If they brought to its readers the issue of
reputation and standing.
had to go out and bring him back are, such a proposal would make as port security first raised in the
X
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in. I know the Lone Jack is crewed little sense as telling steel workers Union's own newspaper. As the
by the SlU and I would have been or auto workers to accept the wage Times put it. "The Seafarers Inter
aiding one of my own Union scales prevailing in foreign coun national Union has called attention
brothers.
' tries for that same reason.
to a loophole in portsectn*ity pro
These past six months the Union has been riding the crest
Anxious to Help
Certainly this approach is not cedure that requires careful con
of a shipping boom which at one point pushed the hiri:^g
Every time we receive word that the answer to the problems of the sideration and early action."
totals past any peak experienced in the last six years. How a ship
wants to have a sick or in industry. Anybody putting it forth It goes on to say that foreign na
ever, the arrival of spring has brought with it layups of 266 jured man
removed I am always is merely befogging the issue for tions have assurance that America
governmentownfed ships that were originally taken out of eager to know the name of the ship lack of a better solution. The fact seamen visiting their shores are
the bonieyard to carry coal and grain cargo for Europe's win and the coiiipany as I know there is that American flag shipping was screened while we have no such
ter needs. Their retirement from active service means a re are quite a few SIU ships plodding far worse off when seamen were guarantee relative to foreign sea
duced number of jobs will be available from now on as com the sea lanes now adays. I Will paid 950 a month than it is today. men, and it urges that this condi
It so happens that competition is tion be corrected.
be only too eager to be able to help
pared with last December.
Of course this is something which the Union cannot con see that the man is brought safely much more open and direct in the Similar sentiments were ex
where he can receive prop maritime industry than elsewhere, pressed on the floor of Congress
trol. What it can do, and has done, is cushion the effect of ashore
er medical care, especially if he be, which is the nature of the business. by Representative Donald O'Toole.
these wild and erratic swings which have so long been char longs to the SIU.
is the cold, hard fact, and The Congressman warned the
acteristic of the notoriously unstable maritime industry. The I am enclosing my old and new it That
must be realized by all con House that government agencies
Welfare and Vacation Plans are one means'of softening the addresses and would like very cerned, And the only apparent so must be on guard against "Trojan
blow. Organizing and signing of new companies to bring in mudi to receive the LOG. I sin lution, if we are to keep a strong, horses" within our gates and that
more jobs are other procedures constantly being followed by cerely hope that this letter reaches stable merchant marine, lies in the conditions revealed in the LOG
the Union wherever possible. Come what may SIU members you without too" much delay. In government subsidies, properly ad warrant thorough study.
have the comfort of knowing that the Union's mantojob closing, I would like to hear from ministered.
We are happy to see that highly
some of my old shipmates, especial
ratio is still tops in the industr
And we are not being helped in placed individuals in positions of
the effort by those American inter responsibility are becoming aware
The notunexpected end of last winter's artificial shipping ly Ray Arnold.
boom" again points up the need for passage of the longrange Cpl. John D. Marchitte AF12342848 ests, some of them the. nation's of the dangers first pointed out by
largest corporations, who. are cut your Union. Our purpose in doing
shipping bill to bring a degree of stability to the industry. 6th GrashResoue Boat Flight
ting the
throats of our shipping in so was in the interests of our na
APO 856
c/o Postmaster,
NYC
While governmentowned ships are going back into layup,
dustry by registering their fleets tion's security. Wo hope then, that
the bill is first emerging from its own private boneyard—a (Ed. Note: Your new address under the flags of nonmaritime this early interest will be followed
Congressional pigeonhole—where it Jias gathered dust for the has. been put on, our mailing list nations. If they were to put their • by constructive action that will
last eight months. "The Sly Ippk8,fprward,,h9pefully tp .j.t?, an(i,,q. bupdlg ,^oi ,bacfc.,»nun{bcrs, of, ^hips.. undey,,ivA.merican regig^ pr,ove of value in tightening, the
further legislative prpgress^
the LOG hiuc been sent to you.)
where they belong, • good
part of sat'ieguards of our nation.
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The big story In American shipping this past
year has been the "boneyard boom" with several
hundred Liberty and Victory ships being recommis
sioned to meet Korean and European needs. With
the arrival of spring, the drop in coal and grain
cargoes has caused the Maritime Administration
to order 266 of these ships "back into mothballs."
However, the military needs of our armed forces
overseas remain. The Cape Saunders shown here
is one of many Capetype ships to come out of
the reserve, while other ships are going back in.
The reason is that Capetype ships are better
suited for the coastal, shuttletype operation in
volved in supplying our forces in Korea.
AB Morris Danzey stands the gangway
watch. Shipmate is keeping him company.
The Cape ships, while somewhat smaller in
cargocarrying capacity than the Libertys, more
than make up the difference with their diesel
powered engines which give them greater speed
than the Libertys can get out of their steam
turbines. Then again, less cargo means a shallower
draft and greater ease in getting in and out of
sonie of the primitive harbors now in use on the
JapanKorea shuttle run.
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The Cape Saunders, originally commissioned
May to, 1944, recently was detached from the
reserve fleet in Mobile Bay and went into the ship
yard for ^ thorough overhaul. Subsequently, she
crewed up through the Mobile branch hall of the
SlU. When the LOG photographer visited her at
her berth at the Alabama State Docks in Mobile,
the crew was hard at work, whipping her into spic
and span shape before she went into service.
In common with all "boneyard" ships, the Cape
Saunders has been chartered to a private operator,
in this, case the Alcoa Steamship'Company. The
company in turn is putting her into tiine charter
under the Military Sea Transportation Service.
Consequently, the Saunders is joining 111, other
American vessels that are functioning as the
MSTS supply pipeline to the US armed forces in
Korea, Japan and other farflung parts of the
glqbe. And manning her.are sbme of the Seafarers
who'are continuing to maintain and service the
vital maritime lifeline «f our armed forces, over
seas* without which they would be speedily
overwhelmed.
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up bunk for ship's officer.
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Gfeorge^ Piraino, wiper, stand^ on^ sec^^^
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Ship's sailing board, a small but important item in her conversion to active service, is readied by
members of the deck gang (left to right), Jack Kennedy, DM and deck delegate; Morris J.
Danzey, AB, and Donald Chestnut, bosun.
W. D. Johns, oiler (left), shows William
Russell Noel, wiper, how to clean burners.
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SEAFARERS LOG
FMMT, April 4, 1952
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A Coast Guard cutter on a distress call was forced to ask help itself
^ when a seaman suffered injuries falling down a ladder while the ship
was in heavy weather. Enroute to aid the British Freighter Saxton
Star, which suffered a crack in her hull, the cutter Mendota transferred
the injured man after affecting a rendezvous with a liner heading for
New York . , . Faced with a shortage of passenger space, German ship
owners plan to build passenger flecks into their new freighters. Thirty
one new vessels are on order, ranging from 3,000 to 7,000 tons.
LABOR
ROUNDUP
The International Rules of the Read in effect for all maritime nations
require ships to carry certain specific lights in specific positions.
Familiarity with these lights and the other rules of the road are one
of the major requirements for the AB ticket.
Navigation lights have to be exhibited between sunset and sunrise,
but not at other times during the day. They include a masthead light,
port and starboard side lights, and a range light. The masthead light
WSB proposes 22V& cents—The is a bright white light on, or in front of, the foremast or the forepart
United Steelworkers of America of the vessel. It should show an unbroken light over an arc of the
The 3,200horsepower towboat Delta Cities to be used in a nev^ 1,180 and the industry are hard at work horizon of 20 points of the compass, 10 points on each side of the
mile tow on the Mississippi between New Orleans and St. Paul boasts trying to negotiate a new contract .vessel, or in other words from right ahead to two points abaft the beam
two controllablepitch propellers, largest of this type in the US, and after the Wage Stabilization Board pn either side. The light should be visible for at least, five miles and
radiant glass heating panels for the pilot house and crew's quarters recommended a 17cent hourly shoulfl be not less than 20 feet above the hull. Should the breadUi
The glass panels are similar to those used to heat France's Magipot increase plus another ni^ikel or so of the vessel exceed 20 feet, the light should be carried at a height
Line . . . Port congestion in New Zealand and at Dar es Salaam, Tan in fringe benefits. Employer mem not less than the breadth up to a maximum of 40 feet.
ganyika, West Africa, has again reached the critical stage due to heavy bers of the board voted against the
Port and Starboard Lights
import shipments. Vessel delays of a month or more are reported recommendation. Deadline Jpr a
The starboard side light is a green light, constructed to show an
steel strike is now set for April 8.
at Mombasa and Beira for ships calling at Dar es Salaam.
Outcome of the negotiations is seen unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass.
4"
4"
4"
It is fixed to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the
Aluminum ships are the newest thing to come out of English yards certain to set the pattern for the beam on the starboard side, with a visibility of at least two miles.
rest
of
American
industry.
As
a
A 60foot launch made of aluminum weighs about onequarter as much
result of recommendations. De The port side light is red in color with the same characteristics as the
as a similar vessel builtof the usual materials and consumes only half fense
Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson starboard light for its side. To keep the side lights from being seen
the horsepower for the' same speed. These are particularly suited for
resigned because President Tru across the bow they are fitted with inboard screens projecting at least
service in the tropics since they can carry more cargo than ordinally
three feet forward from the lights.
possible in shallow waterways . . . The second of 35 scheduled Mariner man would not go for a sizeable
The range light, which is optional, is a white light similar in con
class cargo ships was launched last week at Quincy, Mass. Like the steel price boost.
struction to the masthead light. It should be placed in a position aft
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others, the Old Colony Mariner, named in honor of the Bay State,
of the masthead light in a line with the keel so that the range light
will be 525 feet long, capable of 20 knots and carry about 12,000 tons Gov't seizure tested—^The ever is at^ least 15 feet
of cargo.
pending rail dispute is going to the higher than the
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4.
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courts. Three rail uilions are ask masthead light. Tlje
Raising of the sunken liner President Coolidge, which went down ing a court ruling pn whether gov vertical distance be
off the New Hebrides with 4,000 soldiers aboard almost 10 years ago, ernment seizure of the railroads tween the lights
may be attempted by an Australian salvaging concern. The raising makes them federal employees. should be less than
of the liner, reported sunk hy a mine while bringing reinforcements The unions say that if seizure is the horizontal dis
Like the
to Guadalcanal, would be the biggest salvage Job ever undertaken in upheld, they will demand that the tance.
the South Pacific . . . Squeezing through a Netherlands canal lock government impound over IVi bil masthead light, it
with only an inch and a half on either side to spare, the new French lion in profits made by the roads should have a five
ship Safi continued enibute to Amsterdam after workmen hacked away since the seizure took place August mile minimum visi
several inches from the sides of the lock, connecting the Spaame and 1950 and compensate them for bility.
A vessel 150 feet
services as federal employees.
Y Rivei;fi. The ship has a beam of 39 feet.
or longer when at
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anchor at night is
Ferryboats running from downtown Nejv York to Jersey City will
The line may be busy—Tele
soon be equipped with shortrange radar equipment. The seven boats phone workers, members of the required to carry a
running the onemile course make an average of 250 trips daily ... A Communications Workers of Amer white light in a lan
giant ice floe trapped a large Japanese fishing vessel and a rescue ship ica have voted four to one for a tern in a position in
sent out to aid her off northern Hokkaido within sight of Russianheld strike against the Bell System. Con the forward part of
Sakhalin Island. At least 15 other ships sent distress signals after tracts covering many of these the vessel at a
heavy snowstorms fell in the area . . . Further ship layups may be workers have already expired with height of between
axpected if the prediction of a United Nations economic unit chief other agreements running out in 20 and 40 feet above
holds true. He disclosed that Western Europe's coal imports from the the coming months. Negotiations the hull. It should Lights, anchored vessel, over ISO feet Img.
show a clear, uni
US might drop as much as 5,000,000 metric tons this year.
with AT&T subsidiaries have been form and unbroken light all around the horizon at least one mile dis
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going on since January with not tant. A second light of similar construction and visibility should be
Trials of the 18,000 gross ton Vera Cruz, built with an aluminum much progress thus far.
carried at or near the stem at such height that It is not less than 15
alloy superstructure for Latin American owners, are now underway.
feet lower than the forward light.
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With the hope that the use of the light alloy may help improve the All seven in a row—California
The day signals, carried by a vessel at anchor consist of a black,
vessel's behavior in heavy seas. Her entire superstructure above "A" AFL unions have scored seven ball at least two feet in diameter in the forward pert of the vessel,
deck, together with funnels, masts, rails and lifeboats, are made of straight wins ever Harry not less than 20 nor more than 40 feet above the hull.
aluminum alloy ... in a matter of hours recently, two foreign passen Bridge's International Longshore
Should a . vessel not be underway because of any accident it will
ger liners exchanged identities in all but name and flag. The Home men's Union in Labor Board elec carry two black balls or shapes, each two feet in diameter. ^ They
liner Homeland, with German atmosphere, master, crew, food and tions. Latest count was a 95 to 35 should be placed at the .same height as the masthead light where
service, suddenly became Italian la character, and the Italianmanned victory at the California Cedar they can best be seen and in vertical line one over the other not less
Italia became a Germantype of operation. The Italia now runs to Products Company of Stockton.
than six feet apart. A steam vessel not underway at night for the
Hamburg, whHe the Homeland sails Mediterranean now.
same cause should carry two red lights instead of the masthead light.
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4"
4"
4"
Odds V Ends —It's probably The red lights should be in a vertical line, one over the other not less
Almost 8,000 deckers have gone out on strike in the major northern
cold
comfort for American textile than six feet apart. Visibiilty should be a distance of two miles all
Italian port of Genoa over demands for a 20 percent Increase to their
<
workers
but their English counter around the horizon. No side lights should be carried.
present $5 daily pay. The workers stopped handling cargo shipments,
Special
Lights When
Towing
but continued to work passenger baggage
Plans for a new $30,000, parts are suffering .serious unem
ployment and part time work too When a steam vessel has a ship under tow it carries the sam# side
000 harbor at Tema on the Gold Coast, West Afri^n British 'cok>hy,
They're still cooking with gas lights, but up in front it carries two bright white lights in a vertiqal liiie,
are already off the drawing boards. It is expected that the port de in Brooklyn as workers at the one over the other. They should be not less than six feet apart and be
velopment win take about five years to complete.
Brooklyn Borough Gas Company similar in construction and height as the masthead light. If the length
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accepted a $5 boost ... A postof of the tow, measured from stem to stern, is more than 800 feet, an ad
A possible walkout of 32J>00 Bethlehem Steel Co. shipyard workers fice in Cincinnati refused to deliver ditional light may be carried either six feet above or below the oliir
has been pushed ahead tn April 29 by the CIO Shipbuilding Workers coal via mail as drivers union went two lights, as at a minimum height of 14 feet above the hull. A small
Union. The union action was prompted by its desire to reach "a reason on strike at large department store white light may be carried abaft the stack or aftermast for the guidance
able agreement" with the management on wages and other issues "while
. NLRB has voided an election of this vessel being towed. Jt should not be visible forward of the beam.
our members stay on the job to build critically needed warships vital at Timken Axle Co., Detroit, be
When laying or picking'up cable a vessel carries three lights in e
to our national defense" ... The 1952 navigation season In the southern cause boss mailed out antiunion vertical line six feet or more apart at the same height as the masthead
part of the Welland Ship Canal was declared open when a motor ship letter written by one Of the em light; the top and bottom light red, the middle one white. Visibility
cleared her winter berth with a cargo of newsprint headed for Chi ployees . . . Major carpet com should be around the horizon for two miles. In the dasdime she should
cago . . . The first German ship to call at an Indian port in nearly panies have cancelled contracts carry three shapes in a position where they can best be seen, not less
13 years has.arrived there. The maritime link between the two coun with CIO Textile Union in move to than two feet in diameter, or six feet apart. The top and bottom shapes
tries has been open since the beginning of World. War II.
should be round and red, the center one diamondshaped and white.
cut Wages.
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MTD Adopts New Powers
To Stabilize Waterfront
nUT ANNUM
seafarers
art contest
I. OILS
2. DiUWINGS
3. WATER COLORS
4. MISCELLANEOUS
THREE PRIZES IN EACH CLASS
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CONTEST
CLOSES
MAY 10
(Continued from page 3)
will consist of representatives
from local unions or branches
of affiliates of the MTD as well^as
other unions locally engaged in the
maritime transportation industry.
The meeting also approved a con
stitution and elected a slate of of
ficers to serve until a fullscale
convention is held this fall.
In addition, Gardner said that "a
public relations program is al
ready in process that will present
a clear picture of the industry and
its problems in contrast to the one
way tales told by people with axes
to grind."
To his responsible post as execu
tive secretary of the MTD Gardner
will bring many years of experi
ence as an jSIU official. He has
served at various times as port
agent, organizer, negotiator and
representative of the SIU on all
coasts and in Canada.
The new formalized setup of the
MTD reflects the success of its pre
vious efforts to utilize the com
bined strength of all waterfront
unions in major beefs. When it
v;as first formed in August 1946,
the MTD was a looselyknit mutual
aid society of waterfront unions
designed to help each other out
when the occasion arose. It has
proved its value time and again,
helping to win several important
victories for the unions involved.
Local port councils have also sion besides Gardner included ILA
worked together with notable suc president Joseph R. Ryan, who was
cess in several major ports.
elected president of the MTD; Cap
The MTD Is the third such de tain Charles May, president of the
partment in the AFL, taking its MM&P, elected vicepresident; and
place alongside the Building and an executive committee which in
Construction Trades Department cludes Harry Lundeberg, SIU
and the Metal Trades Department president; Patrick Connolly, ILA
which have long proved their value executive vice president, and Cap
as directing and coordinating agen tain V. E. Bishop of the MM&P.
cies for member unions. AFL Pres
Presiding at the meeting until
ident William Green expressed his regular officers were elected was
full approval of the new setup and Harry O'Reilly, the AFL's Director^
assured it of the fullest support of of Organization, who was AFL
the national AFL office.
President William Green's rep
Unions who sent delegations to resentative at the meeting. SIU
the meeting besides the SIU were: representatives at the meeting
the International Longshoremen's were, for the International: Paul
Association; the Brotherhood of Hall, 1st VicePresident and Sec
Marine Engineers; National Organ retaryTreasurer of the A&G Dis
ization of Masters, Mates and trict; Morris Weisberger, Interna
Pilots; dockside engineers of the tional Vice President and Ea.st
International Union of Operating Coast Representative for the SUP;
Engineers, and radio operators of Lloyd Gardner, Assistant Secre
the Commercial Telegraphers taryTreasurer of the SIU's A&G
Union. Delegates from local unions District; Fred Famen, Secretary
of the Brotherhood of Teamsters Treasurer of the SIU Great Lakes
attended as observers.
District; Hal Banks, Director of the
Other officers elected at the ses SIU Canadian District.
Shows, Steaks Debut
In Port O'Call Bar
(Continued from page 3)
asphaltsurfaced parking lot and
ated facilities, prices are moderate, the nearness of the BatteryBrook
675 Fourth Avo. * Brooklyn 32, N. Y.
tailored as they are to fit the lyn tunnel make it easy to get to
from all sections of the city.
pocketbooks of Seafarers.
While the Port O'Call has been
designed as a spot catering to Sea
farers mid neighborhood residents,
it is expected that its grade A fa
cilities and services, together with
its handsome appearance and all
around comfort, will attract a con
siderable amount of transient trade
from
nearby Manhattan. Ample
Alsop said
that
there
was no
guard
(Continued from page 2)
pean national who resides in Balti
parking
facilities in the SIU's own
on
the
ship.
On
a
second
visit the
more,* is a Hog Islander that for
taken place since the LOG story
first appeared on March 7, no ac next day he found the skipper merly was operated under the US
(Continued from page 2)
tion has been taken nationally by aboard and one man in the galley, fiag as the Bull Line ship Dorothy.
and comparable goods, is union
In the San Francisco incident,
the Coast Guard to tighten up on no one el.se.
made throughout and streamlined
The
North
Princess
troubles
the Coast Guard stepped in, un
present security practices covering
for comfort and utility.
foreign seamen arriving in US were multiplied when five British like its inaction in Tampa when
Union representatives hitting
crewmembers
paid
off
her
in
the nearriot took place on the
ports.
the ships with overloaded sample
Houston and appealed to the SIU North Princess. The Spalmatori
Concern over the security reve and the International Transport
cases have reported sales ranging
lations and support of the LOG'S workers Federation for aid. They was boarded while loading cargo
up to several hundred dollars on
position was also expressed in an cited serious beefs on food, wages for Saudi Arabia and searched
many ships visited. The opera
thoroughly by Coast Guard offi
editorial appearing in the New
tion, in cutting out the middleman
and condftions which had obvious
York Times on April 2. The edi ly been exploited by Hart leading cers. After the search. Coast
and the middleman's profit, which
(Continued from page 3)
torial declared that "The Seafarers up to the Tampa nearriot report Guardsmen were stationed aboard.
often means high markups on
As in Savannah, officials declined tempts at forgery. For example, like goods in comparable stores, is
International Union has called at ed in the last issue of the LOG.
to state the reason for the board the SIU wheel emblem is water handled by members of the SIU
tention to a loophole in portsecur
"Dirtiest Ship"
ing other than that it was done for marked on every page of the book who receive no commission on
ity procedure that requires careful
Confirming some of the crew
as well as appearing on the out sales, and not by outside can
consideration and early action... members' complaints, Alsop said security purposes.
side and inside of the cover.
The
Panamanian
registered
Unless the inspectors (immigration that . after looking over the
vassers.
Spalmatori
is
also
a
former
US
The personal description page
inspectors) are tipped off to aliens foc'sles, messroom, galley and
Latest clothing lines to go up
who may have signed on for pur other parts of the ship, he thought ship and had a crew of European provides additional . information for sale in the Sea Chest and on
such as the man's social security the ships, where orders are fi'led
poses other than those connected the North Princess "was the dirti nationals aboard.
number, whether or not he is a within hours after they^are made,
with earning their livelihood, it is est ship I have ever been aboard."
citizen and the port in which he are business suits, topcoats, slacks
extremely difficult to ascertain
In the case of the Carmen, 16
joined up. The department a man and sport coats, all priced way
whether a man may or may not be members of the 28 man crew in
sails in is also entered.
carrying on other activities ..
lower than the tab printed right
cluding the captain, were detained
Seamen Couriers'
Quarterly
Entry
on
the ticket.
aboard by Immigration authorities
Arrival of these items means
"It has long been known," the when the ship arrived in Savannah.
The book is set up to provide
Times continued, "that seamen All of the detained men were Eu
for entry of dues payments on a that Seafarers who order on the
have more often than laymen been ropean nationals. The Savannah
quarterly basis instead of the ship or come into the Sea Chest
(Continued from page 3)
used as Communist couriers be branch of the Immigration Bureau
monthly basis in the old document. for their gear can deck them
cause of .their almost unsupervised refused to give the reason for the Transportation Service. Of this Ten pages in the back are reserved selves out with clothes and furnish
ings for ship and shore use from
movements once they touch an action, but the usual cause for total 261 are under GAA charter for organizational work records.
American port. For this reason it such detention is evidence of Com with MSTS running the remainder Each book will be numbered be A to Z. Spring styles have been
on behalf of the armed forces.
available for several weeks and
seems to us that we should tighten munist affiliations.
Whether more ships will be ginning with the first letter of the the wraps are coming off summer
so far as we. can our portsecurity
The Carmen, owned by a Euro pulled out of service depends on man's last name and numbers will stocks as the mercury keeps
procedures. ..."
day to day developments in ship be handed out in the order in climbing.
The editorial went on to suggest
ping as governmentowned ships which applications are, received so
Fitting and tailoring service for
that this could be accomplished by
are
not intended to run in compe that there will be 26 Number 1 all gear is assured the .same day
having foreign seamen's visas
tition with private vessels. Chances books from A1 to Z1, and so on for most alterations to insure that
validated by American consuls in
are
that in the fall some of the for as many numbers as are neces needless time will not have to be
foreign countries, thus .providing
A reminder from SIU
ships
now laid up will go back sary in that particular letter of spent on the beach on this score.
the equivalent of Coast Guard
headquarters cautions all
into service, since Europe will still the alphabet.
Plans for spreading the ship
screening of American seamen in
Seafarers leaving their ships
be dependent on US coal supplies Issuance ^f a new membership .service to other ports have not yet
this country. It also urged additioir
to contact the hall in ample
next winter and increasing amounts book has long, been under study been set in niotion, but it is indi
of 300 Immigration inspectors to
time to allow the Union to
of military aid will be shipped by the Union. With asizable num cated they will be inaugurated be
check our ports of entry.
dispatch a replacement. Fail
over seas under the terms of the ber of books now expiring it was fore long if the present success
In the North Princess case, SIU
lire to give notice before
Mutual Security Act. .
decided to go ahead with the de continues in New York. The open
Galveston Port Agent Keith Alsop
paying off may cause a de
Since
the
NSA started
operations
sign of a new hook and to estab ing of similar units! in New Or
visited the ship while she was in
layed sailing, force the ship
on March 13, 1951, these ships have lish procedures for exchange of old leans and Mobile would hinge on
Houston on March 25 and found
to sail short of the manning
transported 14,000,000 tons of aid books for neW.
the demand and accessible space.
no one aboard except for one fire
requirements and needlessly
However, headquarters officials
cargo.
The
overwhelming
bulk
of
All
in
all
the
new
book
will
be
man.. Hart and Bernard'McIntyre,
make their work tougher for
these cargoes have been coal and a fitting symbol of the privilege of note that it is toe early yet to con
• the two men who were detained
your shipmates.
>aboard,';^yidontly..y'vers, .as
I
1952
Barred Seamen Rove Port
'Security' Hit In Congress
Crews Prafse
New Sea Chest
Ship Service °
Hq Sets Date
For Issuing
New SIU Book
266 Layups
Now Planned
Quitting Ship?
Notitg Union
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Jordan Proves Herself Just
An Old "SficklnThe Mud
ft
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There is a 27mile difference be
tween the diameter of the earth
at the equator and the polar diam
Having taken one trip on the David Starr Jordan under the Old Sailing Master, a few of
eter. The difference arose from
us foolhardy crewmembers decided to give him a second try. So far all that has happened
the rotation of the earth, with the
is that we have run aground ust once. If you do not hear from us in the near future you
That San Francisco has the only resultant centrifugal force in the
will know, that we are high*
Chinese telephone exchange in the equatorial area causing the earth
eightknotter failed to budge. Tugs shdft. We took the loose end and US? The largest "Chinatown" out to bulge in this region.
and dry on a sand bar.
rafi it
around
the
gypsum
head
to
Our story began with the pilot were then sent for and hawsers
side the Orient occupies 12 square
J" 4" t
in command as the ship steamed were brought aboard. The wheel take a strain. We turned the en blocks in the Golden Gate City
gine
over
by
the
jacking
gear
and
slowly out of the treacherous har was turned by the Captain and the
That
Americans first
used and
and has a population of 20,000.
bor of Norfolk. We arrived at the towing hawser parted, placing 100 kept the hawser tight by the
named the rifle, which was intro
pilot boat and as the pilot departed feet of hawser around our pro winch, succeeding in freeing the That you can collect SIU vaca duced in the Revolution by troops
he said, "bon voyage" not know peller shaft. The tugs left, and at propeller. As it was high tide, t^e tion pay for every 90 days you from Pennsylvaniar It was made
ing that he was due to step on our high tide the Coast Guard cutter order "full astern" was given and work? All you need are official by German residents there and
decks again within the hour. Our Cherokee put out a whaleboat to the Jordan slowly moved from its Coast Guard discharges showing called the rifle, from riffle,, a Ger
trusting Captain Windbag set bring a messenger line aboard. foundation.
the time put in at sea or in port man word for groove.
course for Holland.
The Cherokee applied its maximum The next morning xe actually to get part of the $2.5 million ex (
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power but failed to dislodge us. got on the high seas and settled pected to be paid out the first
No Progress
That the leeward side of a moun
For a half hour we steamed The cutter then ran aground and down to routine duties, including year of the Vacation Plan opera tain has less rainfall than the wind
our new fire and boat drill system. tion.
steadily on, but Cape Henry light had to summon aid.
ward side? When winds rise to
Once free, she attempted to an Our knowing captain had installed
failed to leave us. Our quarter
pass over the windward side of
4; t
master turned to the 3rd mate: chor and fouled It on a submerged a unique method of locating the That there are no forms of pre a mountain, they cool and precipi
"The wheel doesn't turn." The cap cable. Finally she found suitable fire for the crew. After sounding cipitation in the stratosphere? This tation occurs. When the wind
tain cried, "Call the chief, the ground and started tugging. One the alarm he ran a series of short weatherman's paradise has neither passes over to the leeward side,
steering engine has failed." The cutter pulled dead astern, another blasts on the general alarm bell. rain, snow or hail due to a com it is a dry wind.
chief, captain and third mate pulled abeam, one tug was pushing This added to the confusion as plete absence of water vapor. The
4" 4" 4"
huddled in conference. A few on our bow and the second rushed the crew rushed back from bow to stratosphere also has a relatively That one of the oldest zoos on
from
port
to
starboard.
This
con
stem to amidships. The emergency constant air temperature, uhlike record was maintained by the
minutes later a voice cried, "Hard
aground." There we were within tinued for 17 hours without suc squad, loaded with fresh air masks other meteorological regions.
Chinese king Wen in the early part
one quarter mile of the light house cess until the tugs finally gave up and an extra length of hose, lost
iv if i>
of
the 12th century, BC. Wen had
That an echo gets its name from
hard and fast on a sand bar and the cause and left us where we weight fast making numerous trips
a
special zoo where he housed
were.
a young girl who pined away for
a light buoy two feef off our
up and down the deck.
animals captured in all parts of
Afloat Again
her
lover
until
only
her
voice
re
starboard bow. Captain Wind
Boat drill was somewhat better
ancient China. One of the earliest
bag, still turning the wheel, cried The chief mate then decided to but due to bad weather on the mained. In mythology. Echo was a modern zoos is the Jardin des
nymph
who
fell
hopelessly
in
love
"what will I do now?"
take the bull by the horns. First previous trip, the boats were not
Plantes in Paris, established in
The pilot, who had been recalled, we had to remove more than 100 cranked out and had frozen in with Narcissus, a beautiful youth. 1793.
In
punishment
for
not
returning
ordered full astern, but our old feet of hawser from the propeller their cradles. The captain ordered
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the entire crew to No. 1 and 3 her love he was made to fall in That the principle of jet propul
boats to correct this situation. The love with his image reflected in sion was understood and put into
bosun, while attempting to free a pool, then pined away and be design form about 2,000 years ago?
No. 3 boat, was unceremoniously came a flower. Or so the story goes, Hero, an Alexandrian philosopher,
shoved aside by the chief who set anyway.
was way ahead of his times.
t t 4.
himself up as an expert in lifeboat
Sketches for what we .now call
That a $2,500 life insurance
launching.
policy with a private insurer helicopters were made as far back
Aarhus, Denmark—^After a sometimes calm and sometimes
Bosun Retaliates
as 1480 by Leonardo da Vinci.
exciting voyage, we Seafarers on the Benjamin H. Grierson The bosun retaliated by firmly would cost you more than your
41 4' 4*
SIU dues? This is in addition to
(Waterman), have arrived in Denmark with a load of coal, removing the chief in such a way the Seafarers' wages, working con That maintenance and cure bene
though not without mishaps*"
that he rushed to the bridge and ditions and vacation setup, which fits are now $8 a day? In recent re
on the way.
Visibility was about two hundred informed the captain that in the are second to none. Check the opening of the contract the Union
^ To begin with, we left Newport yards when the accident took place. future he would remain in the en figures yourself.
won the new rate which is effective
News March 5 with a mild epi We were sounding fog signals when gine room 24 hours a day. The
as of March 1, 1952. This was in
i
t
t
demic of influenza aboard. Brother we heard the other ship's whistle black gang said tha«: if this Was the That, despite the schoolbooks, addition to wage increases of up to
Klackowitz failed to respond to sounding forward of the starboard case they would fire, oil and wipe the earth is not altogether round? $30 monthly for daymen.
treatment aboard the ship and was beam. We had stopped our engines from above deck.
removed by a Coast Guard cutter and were navigating with caution It is just one big happy family
the sixth day out. Everybody else according to the rules of the road. with the exception of our captain,
The Italian ship came on out of the the Old Sailing Master, and the
apparently recovered by now.
fog with
her screw still turning and chief. Old EightKnotter himself,
Rammed Bow
rammed us in the starboard bow.
both fugitives from Snug Harbor.
We steamed along in unusually
She
smashed
the
bulwark
in
but
Right now as I write we are
calm seas for this time of the year,
did
no
damage
below
the deckline.
passing
the Isle of Wight and the Roland Velasco came up north a ship after one round trip or sixty
until we ran into a heavy fog about
days. This proves the Union takes
a day out of the English Channel. Then she swung broadside to us crew is mustered in the messroom and while in Brooklyn was asking care of its book members and some
and
bumped
us
a
couple
of
times.
for a
prayer meeting.
The
deck
de
several friends where he could eat
When we were still a few hours out
day you'll be one . . .
of the channel, an Italian Liberty That damaged our No. 3 lifeboat, partment prays that the chief mate rice and black beans. Roland hails
Best Dressed
twisted the after
davit and
knocked
will
not
become ill
so as
to
be able
traveling light hit us.
from
down
West
Tampa
way
. . .
John
Lucas
has returned to the
some of the handrail down. We pro to see them through safely. The
ceeded on our voyage, and she went black gang thinks the same of their Billy Reid broke up with the girl Puerto Rico but in a different ca
into Brest with a hole in her bow. first assistant engineer, he being friend and is ready to ship out, pacity. This time he's sailing as
2nd cook . . , Did you know that
How she ever scored a bullseye able to control the steering engine. preferably on a long trip . . .
SIU members are the bestdressed
on us in all that water is astound
The whole crew joins in prayer George Marumoto arrived in
ing. The closest land was France, that all sand bars will remain from {lew York recently from New Or seamen in the world? And now
Here's a puzzle I ran across. I'd 100 miles away and there was not our course—also that mine fields leans with a back injury. He has that the Sea Chest is open, selling
like to see some of the fellows another ship within whistle sound. will steer clear as last trip we wan already shipped out, however, on shoes, suits and other commodities
we seamen need, you can step
come up with an answer to it. She must have had some pinpoint dered two miles in one.
the Steel Chemist heading for the around and see for yourself . . .
An Arabian legend relates that navigators aboard.
> Andy Anderson Far East . . . Permitmen shouldn't The new Union book is now on
an old sheik, upon his death, left
^feel badly about having to get off display and every one is anxious
Record Speed
all his earthly goods to his three
to get them. Bear in mind the
Claude Scott was on lookout at
sons, under the condition that one
book is issued to you without
the
time
the
collision
took
place.
half should go to the eldest, one
cost ...
When
they
saw
from
the
bridge
third to the next, and oneninth to
Bob Black still sailing out of
the youngest. Among the sheik's that we were going to get hit, some
New
York but on short trips . '. .
body
yelled
to Scottie to get off
th^
possessions were 17 fine horses,
A few oldtimers hanging around
and the three sons were at a loss bow in a hurry. He was passing No.
and yeady to ship out are Pat Mc
as to how to divide these animals 3 hatch headed for the fantail when
Cann, Frank Vivero, Paddy Farrell
among them. One day a wise man he intercepted the last part of the
and George Whale . ... As for me,
rode into town, and, in return for message.
the time has come to return to sea
I
am
sorry
we
could
not
get
the
a night's shelter, agreed to solve
so I'm
leaving New York and head
the problem. Adding his own official time on that run as I am
ing south, destination not yet de
sure
if
we
could
have
clocked
him
horse to the others, making 18 in
cided . . Hope to have that stuff
all, he had no trouble distributing we would have a new world's
coming to the LOG via the mails
recordholder for
the hundred
yard
the animals according to the terms
though ...
of the will: of the 18 horses, the dash. There's nothing like a little
There's a sad story going around
eldest son received 9, the second inspiration to make a man move
about
a seaman who had his giyl
son received 6, and the youngest fast.
friend's house roof repaired in
received 2. When this division
After anchoring one night in the
Buenos Aires. Now I understand
was completed, it was found that channel because the fog was too
sh^ wants a new house ... In case
the wise man's horse was left over; heavy for safe navigation, we fin
you're still guessing who the well
so he took it back and rode off ished our voyage without further
dressed cowboy is, it's none other
leaving everyone '.atisfied with so mishap. We are now taking in the
than Alonzo "Tiny" Milefski, well
simple a solution.
scenes of Aarhus and hoping for a
known steward. "The picture was
Of course there's something quiet voyage back to the states, ex
taken more than 20 years ago when
wrong with it. Any of you fellows pecting to leave here about one
This lariat twlrler has long since left the range country for a berth "Tiny" Was tinier than he is
week from now,
think you can figure it out?
on SIU ships, where he is weliknown to Seafgrers. If you can't now.,.
Gil ^hap
u
Salty Dick. ,
figure out who, it
th^ udjoinJug, qplqinn,;,.
liionel G. DeHaven
i
|l'
Miay; April 4, IMt
SEAFARERS LOG
That Spain has a. special denom
ination of weight just for raisins?
Called a frail, it is equal to a US
measure of 50 pounds.
Grierson Suffers Bumps
And Bruises In Channel
I\^ew York Is Short
On Rice and Beans
Here's Horsey
Brain Twister
i
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�FciOayi
4, IfSt
Seatrain Obstacle Course
PlW« Nlneteca
SEAFARERS LOG
•
MJOG Welcomes
Stories^ Pies
With the LOG now contain
ing 28 pages, the biggest ever,
there Is more room now than
ever before for stories, photos
and letters sent in by the Sea
farers. Several pages of each
issue are devoted to the ex
periences of Seafarers and the
ships they sail as they describe
it themselves.
If you run across anything
of interest on your voyages, or
just want to let your friends
know how you're getting along,
drop a few lines to the LOG.
Don't worry too much about
literary style. We'll patch it
up if it needs patching. And
of course, photos illustrating
the incidents you describe
make them more interesting
for the readers.
Send your stuff to the LOG
at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook
lyn, NY. If you want any
thing returned afj;er we use it,
we'll do that too.
By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
• Va
Ji
With spring here, and summer close behind, millions of cameras
will be taken out of hibernation. Undoubtedly Seafarers will con
tribute their share in the shooting of billions of feet of film for the
recording of their favorite subjects, scenes and activities. Pleasant
weather and sunny days bring up the useful role that photographic .
filters play in your pictures.
Filters stop certain colors of light from reaching the film, just as a
water filter stops su.spended matter. A photographic filter has the
appearance of a transparent piece of colored glass mounted so that
it can be attached to a camera Iqns. Usually it is placed in the lens
shade which screws apart for this purpose.
Much the same way glasses help the human eye, so filters are special
glasses that enable the lens to see better. A filter wilL,differentiate
colors so that they may be faithfully reproduced. It will also correct
for color brightness and permit the lens to penetrate haze. We see
that filters are a compensation for the limitations of the film emulsion.
Correction filters, for instance are sometimes necessary to obtain
original color contrast. Black and white photography reproduces colors
not as colors but as a range of grays. The contrast between colors
Paul Ulrich, steward's delegate (front), and Tony Garza making
may be lost, especially if two different colors reproduce as the same
their way forward over the car jacks on the Seatrain Georgia in
gray. A correction filter will differentiate between these grays and
order to get money for "port time operations" (the draw).
indicate by a tone contrast the original contrast which was not re
produced.
Shades Not Shown
Your eyes sense the brightness or dullness of colors but the camera
doesn't. The camera records colors as grays and these grays may not
indicate how bright the colors appear to the eye. A bright yellow
color may reproduce as a dark gray, and a medium blue may repro
duce as a light gray in the print.
Your eyes and photographic film do not respond equally to all colors.
Recent air disasters brought to light several reports of people who escaped death by Your eyes are most sensitive to yellow and green, whereas photographic
missing the plane, or by last minute changes of plan. Many of you have coihe across fel films are most sensitive to blue and violet. Therefore the photographic
low seamen who recall moments when "fate" stepped in and made decisions for them which print may be undesirable in some cases—blue skies too light, green
• giass too dark—and you may wisii to correct the rendering. Filters
afterwards seemed remark*
for this purpose are called correction filters. Most correction filters
wards
in
a
stormy
crossing to
Ice
pie
of
life
rafts,
but
one
by
one
able. For instance, there are
1
the wartime saiors who quit land, during which I suffered my they lost hold and slipped into the are yellow.
first
agonizing
dose
of
seasickness.
cold
sea.
Seafarers do not have to be told about haze on water. It is usually
ships at the last minute, and
During our five week stay in Ice
So young Bob Howard who seen as a blue veil, because haze is composed of fine water vapor or
then th.^i ships were torpedoed land
we saw several ships which signed off the Emerson to avoid the dust particles which scatter more blueviolet and ultra violet light
with all hands.
had unsuccessfully tried to run in hazardous Murmansk run had than green or red light. A filter can penetrate haze because it can
The dictionary defines fate as, to Murmansk. They were lucky to wound up on that run anyway and stop blue, violet and ultra violet light. The distant object can then
"the cause beyond man's control be in one piece.
had perished, after almost reaching be photographed more cleaidy by green and red light without the veil
which determines events, destiny,
Iceland
and safety. The Emerson of haze. All haze penetration filters are either yellow or red.
lot or fortune." During the war I From Iceland we sailed to Liver on the other hand, made the voy
Stop Certain Light
pool
to
have
our
bow
reinforced
was in convoy
age in the same convoy and arrived
with
concrete
for
the
run
through
As
you
probably
know,
white light is made up of many colors which
with a ship that
back in the states eight months form a spectrum when white light passes through a prism. A filter jr..
was destroyed, the icecovered White Sea. It was after leaving Philly.
can stop or absorb part of this spectrum and pass or transmit other
and among whose here, I recall, that Bob Howard
Jim Murphy
parts. Keep this fact in mind whenever you use a filter.
crew was a lad came aboard to see some old
wellknown to us, friends. He had gone to New York
The action of a filter is to stop light of certain colors. A filter ap
whose loss ap after leaving us and had signed on
pears colored because it absorbs certain rays. A red book appears
peared to have with the Puerto Rican. As fate
red because it reflects red light and absorbs light of other colors." A
been governed'by would have it, his ship joined our
red filter appears red because it absorbs green and blue light, and
convoy going back to Loch Ewe.
"fate."
transmits red freely. Red objects seen through a red filter appear
There the ships gather for the run
light;
green and blue objects appear dark.
This
seaman,
Murphy
an AB named past North Cape to Murmansk.
. A filter which absorbs red and green light appears blue, whereas
Murmansk Next Stop
Bob Howard, had joined us on the
Just a few hours before the one which absorbs blue and red appears green. A filter absorbing
Ralph W'aldo Emerson on the West
We finally set out on December Puerto Rico aiTived in San Juan, only blue light appears yellow because it transmits green and red light
Coast taking her eventually to 22, 1942. On the morning of De our ship had an opportunity to per and these two colors together affect your eye as yellow. The correc
Philadelphia. Bob had intended to cember 31 our convoy was attacked form its good deed for the day. tion filter you use most frequently appears yellow because it reduces
remain aboard for the next voy by German surface craft, including We were hailed by a rowboat from the amount of light in the blue region of the spectrum without ap
age. But when the longshoremen the pocket battleship Von Scheer. a Dominican schooner which had preciably reducing light of other colors.
started loading her, rumors spread Heads up maneuvering en masse run out of fuel for its auxiliary
about her next port of call being kept the ships from being hit.
engine and out of wind for its sail.
Murmansk. Quite a number of car
It seems the schooner, which was
That afternoon 12 German bomb
go cases were marked with the ers appeared. The convoy put up from Puerta Plata, had been stuck
letters "NKVD", initials of the a concentrated stream of antiair out on the doldrums for several
Soviet police. News of the disas craft fire forcing them to remain at days and hadn't had the foresight
trous 4th of July convoy to Mur high altitudes and all bombs fell to put on a few gallons of gasoline.
(1) us treaties with foreign nations, like the Japanese Peace Treaty
mansk had just come through, and short of targets. The convoy then Captain Hudgins of the Puerto just adopted, must be ratified by (twothirds of the House), (three
Bob decided to leave our ship.
slipped past North Cape into Mur Rico," after learning of the schoon fourths of the states), (twothirds of the Senators), (a majority of both
Off To Scotland
mansk, while five of the ships, in er's plight, transferred enough oil houses)?
The Emerson finished loading cluding the Puerto Rican andcours to the schooner , to enable it to get
(2) Monsoons are winds that (always blow from the sea), (always blow
and then went in convoy across to went on to the port of Molotovsk. back home. He was thanked pro from the land),, (blow only during the day), (change direction with
We remained there 39 days un fusely for his help, after which we changes in seasons)?
Scotland, arriving early in Septem
ber. We lay at anchor there for loading cargo. The crews of the started up engines and resumed
(3) How many degiees per minute does the minute hand of a clock^
several weeks, then over to Belfast, five ships visited back and forth our trip into San Juan.
rotate?
Allen J. Friend
and subsequently to Loch .Ewe, and got well acquainted. Howard
(4). Salesmen in an appliance store are paid according to each of two
Scotland. Here we just s&t and took quite a bit of kidding about
winding up in Russia after leaving
plans. The first provides a fixed salary of $25 weekly, plus a commis
counted the days.
From there we headed back the Emerson tb avoid that very LOGARHYTHM:
sion of $3 for each appliance sold. The second gives a straight com
trip. From Molotovsk we headed
mission of $4 for each item sold. How many appliances must be sold
back to Murmansk with two ice
for the second plan to be more profitable for the salesmen (20), (25),
breakers making a path. After a
(28), (30)?
By Roy Fleischer
ten day wait there, we sailed
(5) When it is 12 noon at longitude 15 degrees West, it is 9 AM at
homeward in a new convoy with
longitude (60 West) (30 West), (30 East), (60 East)?
the Puerto Rican among us.
Man of the universe.
The first few nights out were The sea, the salt breeze,
(6) The US President popularly known as "Trust Buster" was (Cleve
one continuous barrage of depth
land),. (Wilson), (Coolidge), (Theodore Roosevelt)?
A cottage in lotva
charges. On March 5, 1943, a sub Where the wife waits.
;,;rg
(7) A room is twice as long as it is wide, and its perimeter (the sum
popped up in the middle of the
Here at sea,
of the lengths of its sides) is 144 feet. Find its length and width.
convoy and put two torpedoes into
In cherished repose;
a cruiser. A few days later, near
(8) In what sport does a onepiece, round hardwood stick never more
Breathing with nature,
Iceland, the convoy was attacked You dream of home.
than 42 inches in length figure prominently?
by a sub pack. The ships scattered,
(9) Decisions vitally affecting events of todfy were reached at two
But the home you see
every one for himself. Neverthe
important conferences during World War II. Where are Yalta and Pots
With land and trees
less, 12 freighters were lost, includ
Is only a sailor's fancy dream, dam actually located?
ing the Puerto Rican.
And back to the sea
While many seamen were res
(10) Three times a certain number less 38 equals twice the num
cued, the crew of the Puerto Rican You unll always go,
ArWhitmer, AB, jangles typo
ber less 26, What is the number?
was not as lucky. A number To belong to the world
writer keys while knocking
Quiz Answers on Page 27.
And dream of home.
of them scrambled aboard a cou
out a story ^for the LOG.
Wartime Ship Switch Sent
Seafarer To Watery Crave
11
Schooner 'Gasses
Up', Gets Home
Where's The Story
Sailor's Dream
�Pa«e Twenty
SEAFARERS IQ^
rriday. A»rO 4, 1951
LOGARHYTHM:
You Pass But Once
By "Saki Jack"
m
t
m.
k'
"They call to battle every son
Be he fat, shorty or scrawny one.
Whether from north or southern ground
Well known—or of tio renown.
Like mountain brooks the blood runs free
No matter who, 'tisred as thee.
Each cross you see on hero's ground
Says naught pf whether white or brown.
But could as well life's road be past
As little children pebbles cast? '
For time one day will beckon, son
And you or I cannot outrun.
By "Gate" or "Battery's" wgter flow.
Goodbyes are said and off they go.
This is no yankee or rebel road
A single lanejwhere all can load.
So while you linger yet awhile
Be not afraid to share a smile.
For every single bit of gain
Put's hatred's ugly head to shame.
Fortune smiles on very few,
We may never know just who.
Time mingles men from many shores
And cries that disappear with wars.
So friend we are just of the herd
Remember another's greater word,
"The ball no question makes of ayes or noes.
He knows about it all—he knows!"
Upon the sands in faraway lands
O Men come in form of battle bands.
Ask not ivhy such dreadful deeds
History plants these evil seeds.
Hot Wafer Bottle Kept Him
Warm More Ways Than One
By Spike Martin
The astonishing success of a have a distinct psychological ad
young Japanese woman, Masako vantage. The sight of a shapely
Katsura, in winning four Out of leg stretching out from a billiard
nine matches in the worid's 3K:ush table is sure to have upsetting ef
ion billiard championship tourney fects on . the nerves oLthe average
pught to give us pause. What it male opponent. It might even
means is that the last stronghold make him miss a hanger or^ two.
Sport Invasion
of the male, the pool hall, will
soon go the way of the bar and While women have entered the
bowling alley. They used to be sports field pretty widely, billiards
allmale sanctuaries too. Remem is just about the only place where
ber?
we can see them competing suc
If Miss Katsura can hbld her cessfully with men. In other sports,
own with such masters as Willie such as tennis, golf, swimming and
Hoppe and Jay Bozeman, what's to track, the women have to stick
keep the girl friend from spotting with their own if they want to
make a decent showing. The aver
us ten in a game of pool?
age
male with two arms' and two
Hop, Skip and Jump
legs would consider it a disgrace
Actually the pool hall has been to be beaten by them. As for bas
teetering on the verge of invasion ketball and baseball, some of their
ever since the girls swarmed into efforts in these sports have been
the bowling alleys. In many bowl positively ludicrous.
ing emporiums, such as the one We remember seeing Babe Did
in which we passed a good part of rickson on exhibition one night in
our youth, the dividing line be Yankee Stadium. She's generally
tween bowling and billiards is acknowledged to be the greatest
merely the rail of the number one allround woman athlete since Car
alley. Somehow, none of the girls rie Nation, the saioonsmasher.
would dare step over the flimsy Babe gave a fine exhibition of
boundary and invade the forbid golfing skill, dropping numerous
den domain of chalk and cue. We iron shots within a few feet of
doubt if they'll be bashful about the flag. Then she made the mis
it from now on in.
take of trying to scoop up a few
Thete's really no reason why the grounders in infield drill. Believe
girls can't handle a cue with all us, she couldn't hold down a third
the finesse of the male animal. A base job for the St. Louis Browns'
good game of billiards requires, lowliest Class D farm club.
above all, steady nerves and a cool So rest assured. If you are hu
mind. These are qualities which miliated by some upstart female
women have been known to dis in a game of snooker, you can alt
play, especially when out to get ways take her outside and beat
something they want.
the "bejabbers out of her in the
Besides, women are likely to hammer throw.
Some of you old timers are familiar with the antics pulled by various boys on the bauxite
run in years gone by before the Union put a stop to the interesting {jerformances put on by
men who had filled up with "Vat 19."
Since the* Union's disciplinary
drive to eliminate the gashounds, Nothing seemed to help and finally from the states that someone hap
sailing has been very peaceful, the captain gave orders that no pened to notice a hot water bag
with the tranquility broken only more whiskey was to be allowed in his foc'sle. Taking a whiff of
occasionally by some one who slips aboard ship.
tlK neck of the bag unfolded the
up. Certainly the indulgence and
whole story. It was an ingenious
SHU Dazed
activities of the gashound have This hit him hard and the im idea. The bag, strapped around his
been greatly curbed by the Union. pact must have disturbed his poor waist, held about a quart and no
I remember some years back, alcoholic mind. As time went on one could possibly see a bottle
however, of one such person who with
the captain's orders strictly coming aboard.
at times aroused our sympathy but enforced,
it was noticed that Whatever happened to him (I
at other times we felt like throw "Tank" was
stiU creeping around don't think he is sailing any more)
ing him into the sea.
in a daze. Everyone began to watch he certainly wasn't a dummy when
Hopeless Case
him but no one could catch him it came to securing whiskey.
He was basically a peaceable bringing whiskey aboard.
Seafarer Maxime Vejo died Crewmembers of the Seatrain ex
Nicholas
soul, whom most of us felt sorry It was not until four days out
peacefully
in his bunk aboard the pressed their deepest regrets at
^• Jor. His work ability was nil, as
Seatrain
New Jersey,
on March 23, his passing.
nis coordination was gone com
co
1952, according to word received
Boston Seafarer Passes
pletely. It was the attitude of all
from the crew. Ship's delegate The Boston SIU hall notified
that he couldn't possibly have
Chester Gautreau said that Vejo the LOG of the passing of Walter
enough common sense to get out of
was
resting in his bed before Bezansbn; steward, at the age of
the way of a car bearing down on
lunchtime, when one of the other 56. Bezanson had been sailing with
him. Most of the men on the ship,
being shipmates, helped the man A former Navy man who was on. the light cruiser Helena crewmembers called him to come the SIU out of Boston since October
with his work and did many in when she was sunk is looking for exshipmates of his who and eat. It was then that they dis 1947. He is survived by his wife,
cidental favors to assist him, even may now be sailing with the SIU. The Seafarer, James J, covered he had passed away.
Florence Bezanson, who requested
Vejo, who had been a member that three of the pallbearers be
to giving him that needed "shot" Redican, hopes to arrange a"*"
when his supply had dwindled and reunion with them and other who were with him that night of ofthe SIU since October 2, 1944, Seafarers from the Boston branch.
his system was urgently calling for survivors at a future date.
July 6, 1943, when the Helena was 57 years old. He held all rat She also asked that the SIU banner
drink.
be displayed at the funeral parlor,
Redican personally knows of a went down from Japanese tor ings in the engine room.
The late Seafarer is survived by which was done, and a floral
It was a hopeless ca^e, however. few men now sailing with the SIU pedoes in Kula Gulf.
his wife and two daughters, resid
was sent on behalf of his
As he reconstructed the sinking, ing at 73 Henry Street, Brooklyn. wreath
brothers
in the SIU.
Redican said that the Helena was
part of a task force which had
been pounding
Japanese bases at
New Georgia and
The LOG opens this column as ers who toured the SIU building.
other islands. It
an exchange for stewards', cooks, Here's what you need: 12 eggs,
was part of the
bakers and others who'd like to 2V^ quarts of milk,
ounces
softening up
share favored food recipes, little vanilla extract, ^ ounce anisette
process that
went
THE UNION IS NOW SPENC>IKj6nAAE t
known cooking and baking hints, extract, 3 cinnamon sticks, the
on in the Solo
dishes with a notional flavor and peel ffom 2 lemons, IVi pounds,
mon
Islands
dur
AND MONEY TO ISSUE TO EVERY
the
like, suitable for shipboard sugar, a third of an ounce egg
ing the course of
use.
Mail
in your suggestions.
shade vegetable coloring. Parboil
AVMBER THE AJEW DE LUXE UNION
the US Marines'
Redican
the milk, cinnamon sticks and
campaign
on
No matter how good a meal may lemon peels slowly. In a separate
BCXJk AT NO COST
Guadalcanal and Bouganville. En be, the neception to the dessert is
emy naval reinforcements were in a sure sign of whether it was en pan, mix in and beat the eggs very
tercepted by the task force at 2A? joyed or not. A good dessert can thoroughly with the sugar, vanilla,
that morning in Kula Gulf. In the often make a drab menu appeal anisette and egg shade. While this
course of the sighting three torpe ing, and if the me.al runs well all is going on, make the caramel
pound of "sugar
does split the Helena into three the way through, a tempting des with about a
cooked
in
less
than
an ounce of^
parts, with a considerable loss of sert offering really tops it off.
life. Redican was in the water for Thai;;s the consensus of many water until it reaches a deep"
several hours until he was picked SIU cooks and stewards, among brown shading.
up by a destroyer in the morning. them Frank Vivero, an SIU stew Strain the parboiled mixture
into the eggs and pour the whole
Redican worked shoreside from
ard for many on top of the jcaramel, which will
the war's end up until July of last
years and for 'a appear mostly as crystals oh the
year when he started sailing with
time night mana bottom of the pan. Put the entire
the SIU, signing on as deck main
ger of the cafe mixture Into a bainmarie (double
tenance on the Steel Scientist. He
t e r i a at head boiler) and bake for about 25 min
recently paid pff her in New York.
quarters. Frank utes. If the custard comes up
YOUR.
A committee of former shipmates
has ooe such fa from the bottom .when you dip a
on the Helqna has already held one
vorite, a French knife into it, you know it's ready
meeting to make tentative ar
type caramel cus for cooling, which should take
rangements for the reunion. Red
tard probably about 90 minutes.. When it's com
ican asks that all SIU men who
well known to pletelycooled, invert the pan onto
Vivero
were with that ship should get
Seafarers who a serving dish so that thp colorful
in touch with Terrence Dempsey, hail from Tampa. For want of a caramel fading comes oir top and
chairman of the reunion commit better name, he calls it "Shipown serve. Stand by for seconds be
tee, of 624 Morris Avenue, Spiring ers' Delight," because it went over cause you've got a real hit on your
gS9UR
noi.'cifnoioi. T&ri? ; so well
Vejo Dies On Seatrain IV J
Helena Survivor Seeking
Reunion With Shipmates
Galley Gleanings
BOOK/
' t.
^&\on irt
�Vriday, April 4. 1952
Job CompetUion
H$ts Eleetrieians
SEAFAHERS LOC
Far« Twenty*
X E TIE R S •
Anotfier Boost
For Cap Hallman
To the Editor:
and returned in an unconscious Seafarer^s Mom shipping I would be "very glad to To the Editor:
I just received the February 8
In the March 7 LOG a picture condition to his own ship.
answer any questions which you issue of the LOG and read Tex
appeared on page IS captioned It was freported the next day To Receive lAPG
may have.
Gillispe's article
• 'Once Over Lightly" showing a that the man was still alive when To the Editor:
Thanks again for supplying me
on the William
bosun checking lights. For the life recovered but that he died shortly Please find enclosed application with
your excellent paper.
A. Graham aiid
of me I cannot understand why afterward from internal hem for a mailing of the LOG made out
Rudolph Becker
her fine skipper.
everybody has to orrhage and shock.
to my mother, Mrs. Thomas Dur
4
4
4
Tex
is right.
„ ^ take over elec
Nick Vrcloljak
kin. She enjoys reading the latest
Captain Hallman^
if trlcian's work. If
Ship's delegate
news of the industry and the Gi Seeks Help
rates with the'
the bosuns would
Union, and I know she would like
best. No one is
supervise their
to have it sent to her at home. On Army Release
ever
logged. He
men when paint Sea Chest Visit
The way it is now she only gets To the Editor:
puts out money
ing and keep
the
paper
when
I
bring
it
home,
I am asking for your assistance
anytime, there's
them from paint To Ship Big Hit
Boyer
which, as you know, cannot be too in securing a release from the
To
the
Editor:
OT all the time
ing . the glass
often.
vapor shades it You know, I can't get over the The last copy I got for her was army. I started sailing when I was and he doesn't bother anyone.
would be some fact that every time I come back that of March 21. I would appre sixteen years old, joining the SIU He lets everybody run their own
Watson
what easier to from a trip there's something new ciate it if you would start the sub in New Orleans on January 6, 1945. job and is never seen on the lower
My last trip before I was drafted decks. In short, he lets the ship
see if the light bulbs were lit on the Union's done waiting for me. scription with the next issue.
was on the Greece Victory, a South stay in the water and doesn't carry
Last
time,
it
was
the
new
head
the inside.
quarters hall In New York, and the The enclosed ten dollars is a do Atlantic ship. We left Mobile on it around on his shoulders. By the
On no single ship I've sailed on topnotch way things were set up nation to the LOG I would like to August 13, 1950 and went from way, Tex was making his debut as
place in her name.
have I been able to remove the there.
there to Pusan Korea, after which
job.
wire guard and shade, without This trip, there's the vacation I would like to say that our pa we shuttled between Pusan, Inchon a bosun and did a swell
Percy Boyer
using a hammer and shingle and pay I can collect right at the hall, per is the best ever, and it shows and Japan. Since paying off in
4 4 4
mechanical force to take the shade and this new slop chest rig that we are going places. Keep up the uaxiand in January 1951 I was
to the shop where I use chemical guarantees us union made gear good work.
drafted into the Army and am now He^.s Proud Of
paint remover on the glass. Please from the SIU's own Sea Chest, at
Tom Durkin stationed in Germany.
His SiU LOG
*Mr. bosun, take care of your own prices cheaper than we've been (Ed. Note: Thanks, brother. The
Job. We electricians will be glad paying on the ship or elsewhere. LOG will go out regularly to your I sailed during the last war and To the Editor:
received the Pacific war zone bar
to cooperate.
If there's anything that's been a mother from now on.) •
and Atlantic war zone bar. I also Every time I get a copy of the
It is common knowledge to all headache to many of us, it's the
t t t
hold a thirt mate's license. Your LOG, I keep on wondering what's
hands that we electricians have to need to get shore gear and clothes
help in this matter would be ap coming up next. I can remember
compete with licensed engineers fast when we reach the states. Claims Steward
preciated.
when four pages was the standard,
as they are everincreasingly eas Many times we get hung up by Bates Top Pay
and we couldn't get enough copies
Pfc
Joachim
R.
Von
Holden
ing us out of our jobs. Take Cities these sharpies shoreside who To the Editor:
of the paper. Then it was 16 for
Service Tankers for example. We charge us a husky price for stuff In our last negotiations our (Ed. Note: We are sending you quite a while, and in the last couple
are not needed there as they have that I wouldn't leave around for Union has gotten a great deal for the standard application for release of months, in quick time, 20, 24
welltrained junior 3rd engineers my pup to sleep on back hom?.
all of us. However, I believe that form used b yseamen seeking dis and now 28.
that can do all manner of work in The setup on the ship is no bet the steward holds down a much charge from, the ormed forces.)
One thing's for sure, too, the
the engine room from making ter. when you consider that the more responsible job than any
increase in the size of our paper
444
coffee for the 1st assistant to read ship operator is out to make a other imlicensed man on a ship and
has not put the slightest dent in
ing the funnies to the chief engi profit show on the slopchest he should get the highest pay rate in ^ewly^lieensed^ the quality of it, and I can speak
puts aboard just like on every the unlicensed departments. What
neer.
for a lot 0.' the boys on the ship in
He Sends TJhanks saying
thing else. I don't mind anybody with having a job that is full of To
it really makes a'hit with
Agrees On FoulUps
the Editor:
making profits, but you have a responsibilities he is head of a
all of us.
I also would like to say that the right
This
letter
must
serve
a
two
expect you'll get some department with 11 or more men
I haven't seen too many union,
cartoon "Seafarer Sam Says" on thing to
fold purpose. First, in expressing papers,
decent
when you peel off under him.
except those you pick up
page 20 of the same LOG takes some of that long
my regret that I must retire from here and there on the waterfront,
green
for
a
new
Another thing is why the steward
the words right out of my, mouth pair of shoes or a couple of shirts.
the SIU, and second, that I may
department men are not classed extend my deep appreciation to the but there doesn't seem to be any
when it raps the foulups and per
That's why I was pleased as all as day workers and treated accord
paper around that can stand up to
formers. .'11 admit some of the getout
when the word got around ingly, particularly when we work officials and membership for their the LOG in size, shape or form.
electricians are the first ones that as we came into New York that an
aid and friendship during the six
I'll be glad to see go. However, SIU representative straight from days hut have the split shift to do. ^ars I have been a member of Everything seems to be includeST''
and I guess we Seafarers are the
I'd like to give the names of two the headquarters Sea* Chest was I would like to hear from other this Union.
electricians who are a credit to coming aboard to take our orders brothers what they think about Last December I sat for, and guys that .find out fastest what's
the SIU and whom I'd be glad to for stuff and return with the gear this and what they would suggest received, my original 2nd Assistant going on all through our Union
and in the industry as a whole.
Bill Hay
ship with again. If Ernest M. Metts in a couple of hoyrs.
Diesel license. Recently a position Naturally, I'm a little prejudiced
and Frank Baker read this, and I think this is a great idea, and
t t 4.
• was open on the "Ponce" as 3rd
either approve or disapprove, I'd I know that next time I run into Drafted Seaman assistant and as I wish to put in as in the matter, because, like every
other SIU member^ I'm plenty
sure be glad to read their criticism port and see some of the guys I'm
much time as possible I have taken proud of our Union and what it's
Seeks Way Ont
in the LOG.
the position.
going to make sure I let them
done. But this paper is really
Before I finish I want to express know where I got my new clothes To the Editor:
I joined the Union in January, something. I don't see why the
I have been in the SIU since 1946,
my appreciation for the speed with at rockbottom prices.
and have sailed as a chief LOG couldn't come off with a
which the vacation checks were
Jack Bren 1946 and have a 100 percent record electrician almost continuously couple of prizes in any man's news
all around. Two weeks ago they
given but in Baltimore. Earl Shep
speaks well for our book to paper contest. The LOG deserves
t t 4.
drafted me^ although I am 27 years which
pard the port agent, Johnnie the
job ratio.
''
old. I read in the LOG a couple May I request that with my re a husky round of applause from all
dispatcher and all the staff spent Appendix Fouls
of months ago that anybody with tirement card you send me an ap of us.
their February 12 holiday handling
Jay Manicio
Up a Seafarer
five years' sea
time could apply to plication for vacation pay?
applications, for our much needed
To
the
Editor:
CEd.
Note:
Thanks
for the or
his commanding officer for his dis
and Appreciated vacation money. I
In closing I wish the Union, its chids, brother. You can be sure
As
I am
in
the
hospital
here
in
charge.
I
would
appreciate
it
if
know. I was down to $1.78 at the
Cherbourg and will be here for you could send me the information officials and membership continued the LOS will be in there pitching
time.
unity and prosperity.
when the Labor Press oicards ore
a
month or more, I would appre so I could go back to sea again.
Merwyn E. Watson ciate
George F. Swiizer made this year.)
it
if
you
would
mail
me
the
I
have
aii
ratings
in
the
engine
'» (Editor's note: In all fairness to LOG and the news o£ the states. department and I think my Union
4 4.
the bosun involved, the LOG is It gets lonesome here just lying
not 100 percent certain that he was in bed with nothing but the walls needs me now. Please send it to
Deep Study?
Santos Hospital
actually working on the lights. to look at. I would like the LOGs me as soon as possible before they
ship
me
out.
Care Applauded
Could be that.it was just an inter since February 28 if I could get
Pvt. Raul E. Cumare
esting pose.) ^
To the Editor:
""
them.
(Ed. Note: The official appli
t
The reason I am in here is that cation form for military discharge
I just got back from Santos, r
I had acute appendicitis and is on its way.)
Brazil a couple of days ago, so I
Zane Grey Crew almost died
when peritonitis set in.
thought I'd write a line or two in
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praise of the hospital the Delta
Rescues Seaman I was aboard the George A. Lawson German Unionist
when I was taken ill.
'
Line is now using there.
To the Editor:
Frank Kelly Hails SiU Paper
It's the Casa de Saiide, Angle
We had a little excitement on
Americana (Anglo American Hos
the Zane Grey, which is an (Ed. Note: Hope you'll be well To the Editor:
pital). The matron. Dona Carlotta,
Isthmian Liberty ship on the coal soon. The LOG's on the way.)
In the past two years you have
is 'Brazilianbom of American
run. We were entering the Eng
4
t
been so kind as to send me a .copy
parents and speaks English very
lish channel at 10 AM on Saturday Warns On BA
of the SEAFARERS LOG regu
well.
March 15, near Dover, when a ves
larly. I am very much obliged to
1 was pretty sick when I got in
sel in our vicinity, the MV Capi Money Swindle
you for this kindness as it was
there, with double pneumonia, and
tan Perait raised the "man over To the Editor:
very important for me to know
I can honestly say I got the best
board" signal and radioed a re
Due to the fact that a number the trends in your trade union life.
of care all the time. 'When I was
quest for assistance. The Zane of brothers have been booked on I would like to congratulate you
able to eat I was fed very well and
Grey and three other ships an the quick switch money exchange on the improved edition which
the food was served hot every
swered the call with the crews lin in Buenos Aires it might be a good covers every phase of the Sea
ing the rails to search the area. idea to warn them to keep their farers life.
meal.
I'm feeling good now and will
^ M\
Today I am sending you a copy
A half hour later the man was eyes open when in that city.
soon be ready to take a ship and
sighted floating off our port bow. Several men on the Delta Line of the newest German collective
m
get back down that way.
The No. 3 boat was lowered, ships, the Del Sud and the Del agreement for the whole German
MI
Before closing I'want to say that
manned by Mr. Okland, chief of Santos, have been hooked on this merchant marine, hoping that it
the LOGs are arriving regularly
will be of somq interest for you.
ficer; James Dunn, 2nd assistant; deal.
The note said that Don Hul^ on the Mississippi ships going to
Tex Mettinc The agreement was negotiated in
Williani Caswell, 3rd assistant, and
bard,' oiler, on the Mary South America and are looked
Charles Chandler, bosun. There (Ed, Note: The brother is evi December and January and be
was a rough, choppy sea and a dently referring to men who offer came effective January 1. If I Adams, was learning how to forward to and very much ap
be an engineer. On a combat preciated when they arrive.
fresh northeast wind. It was 11 Seafarersmoney exchanges in the could be helpful to you with fur
Tom SeanloB
ther information about German* tank, maybe?
before the man was recovered itreitM md on thie docks.) '
�Wlflou? Ashg Mail
From Shipmates
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Friday, April 4. 195t
SEAFAU^nS LOG
fmg* Twentjrtw*
L E T T E R S
Cafeteria Tour
ConvineesHim
To the Editor:
money. .Without money they can't To the Editor:
In the February 8 issue of the petty baloney exists, sail with this
meet our longfoughtfor Mving Through the courtesy of our ablo
you will have the same
LOG you had a picture of the captain and
headquarters restaurant manager,
conditions in our contracts.
pleasure we all*" have had. You
burial of my late husband, Cla will also share the same respect we
Profits
Important
Dick Grant, I was shown around
To the
Editor:
rence Cone, aboard the Joseph all have for him.
h^"
I «iV';
Our elected Union officials know behind the scenes of the cafeteria.
Priestly.
Could you advise
me how
Recently
I
had
an
experience
Patty McCann
fe.''
the profit the steamship operators My trip was unscheduled yet I
I could get in touch with the boy
Ship's delegate aboard. the Mae of the Bull Line are making and the demands in found everything and everybody
who took the picture, or any of the
4 4> 4>
O which luckily for me caused no our new contracts shall be based in a scrupulously clean and happy
, old crew who was with him from
harm but could result in severe in accordingly. Therefore, it is our
state. I can assure
November, 1951, to January 2,
the membership
jury if precautions are not taken. duty to live up to our contracts,
1952, when he passed away?
that the places
I would like very much to write
The other wiper and I were spray performing our duties with effici
ency and economy. Guard the gains
where tlte food
them or if they would drop me a To the Editor:
painting the lower engine room we have made. Is there need to
is stored, and
My son, who is a Seafarer, has
line I could answer them.
c 0 0 k e d are as
The LOG is the best paper I your newspaper sent home to me using heat resistant aluminum recite the story of the goose that
clean and order
have read that is a workingman's and I read it from cover to cover paint. We had started to paint the laid the golden egg?
ly as the cafete
There are a few youngsters who
paper and for news it's tops. It's and enjoy every minute of it. overhead on which the fire box of
ria itself.
just too bad Cone can't be here Mothers like to know something the boiler rests and I was using haven't got their sea legs yet that
As a steward' I
to enjoy all the new things going of the kind of work their sons are the spray gun.
blab on subjects regarding the sea
On this type of ship (seam type) and ships with which they are not
found it a pleas
on as he sure wanted to see the doing and unlike girls, boys won't
Jellette
ure to inspect the
^ new hall when it ^^s finished. He bother to discuss it with their the ventilation is forced with no familiar. Just bear this in mind.
told me all about It but I guess I mothers so the newspaper is a big exhaust fan and but two small sky, The SIU is going forward with meat box. The meats are first grade
lights which do not afford free cir your help. There Is no returning cuts and temperatures are perfect.
won't ever get to see it now.
help.
I am informed that nothing is left
' . Pauline Cone
I have learned through reading culation of air. The first assistant, to the old days.
your paper that the young men to make things more interesting
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Captain Carlsen is coriiparatively hanging around to injure its good
who go to sda can be every bit as placed canvas around the area be a young man but with plenty of ness and taste. The galley is
nice as those who choose business ing painted to keep the fumes and sea time under his belt. He seeks fitted out with the very latest in
or banking or the professions for the spray more closely confined. no fame or fortune. His only re range equipment including elective
their life work. The shipowners
Fumes Caught Fire
quest was "give me another En glass and dish washers. The
To the Editor:
and
officers
are
treating
the
per
After I had used the gun a min terprise." Personally I hope he canned goods used are of the
We wish to extend our heartfelt
sonnel
with
more
dignity
thanks
ute or so, the heat from the boiler, signs twenty year articles in" Hol highest grade. This cannot be said
thanks to the New Orleans branch
of the' storage on some company
for the beautiful floral offering to the Union, and in turn the Sea which has no insulation outside of lywood. You youngsters remember ships we sail on.
farer
responds
to
this
new
atti
tlie floor plate and brickwork, you are all potential captains.
sent to our late mother's funeral.
Great credit is due to the fine
We also want to thank our tude with respect and a deter caused the fumes and spray all
Oka! Jones management of Dick Grant and to
branch agent. Brother Lindsey mination to comport himself with around me to burst into flame. I
his staff. So fellows, 'nough said!
Williams, and his able assistants. the dignity in accord with the made a hasty leap from the aux
Grab that tray and rest assured
Bill and Tom Garrity manly and vital work that he per iliary condenser to the floor plate.
forms. I always say to my spn I escaped without injury due to
the goods you buy and eat are tops
i" 4" t
"give the company a good day's the fact I had my hair well cov
in grade and price.
work for a good day's pay."
John J. Jellette •
ered, was wearing goggles and had To the Editor:
Machine Dishwashers
a pair of sponges for a mask. Seems Howdy to all our biothers from
^ 4^ 41
Of course I have no right to as if Bull Line can't afford a paint
the. guys
stuck
out
here
in
Korea.
To the Editor:
make suggestions regarding the ing mask.
„ We the unlicensed members of forthcoming new contract, but I
It is so muddy here that you
the SIU and crewmembers aboard thought that I might make one for Recently I read a memorandum have" to use hip boots when you go
this vessel, the Alice Brown, would the sake of the health of all con put out by Bull Line that a wiper ashore as the dirt lanes are as full To the Editor:
like to take this time out and give cerned, ahd that is that automatic had been burned to death using oi holes as a new cake of Swiss
a little praise to a worthwhile dishwashers be installed on ships, heat resisting paint which is in no cheese. They should change the Upon hearing from the chief
master. His name is Claude Mar since they allow the use of high way fire proof. I've had brushes name of this place to muddy water. mate of the Robin • Sherwood
that he intended to carry a gang
they, a man that any of you fel tempei'ature water and strong de catch fire using this type paint
While on the subject of changing
lows on the beach would like to tergents. These are two factors in also. A few words of advice to of names, we have just found out from one port to another in Africa
a sail with. His record in the SUP the control of trench mouth, which anybody who may in the future (via giapevine scuttlebutt) that this as a "shore gang," I went to see
is well known as a good union man pops up now and then. Of course, use a spray gun with this paint. Be vessel has been sold to IsjMandsten him and asked him what was
certain the area is well ventilated
afoot.
and brother.
the same result can be achieved and the surface to be painted is andher name will be changed from
Unlike the usual captain from by the use of rubber gloves when
The mate told me that he was
the Noonday to the Flying Enter
the foc'sle where the job goes to dishwashing, but they are easily not hot.
taking along these men to chip
prise.
We hope
she has better
luck
Tony Vayevatskl
a man's head, he
ruined when handling cutlery.
than her predecessor, the now de and paint as a shore gang. They
has maintained a
were not supposed to use any crew
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At any rate, I hope you will give
ceased flyer.
high respect for
facilities.
They were to cook their
some thought to the problem, since
A Clean Ship
the c r e Ml. The
own meals with the ship giving
it is partly one of education and
You can bet that the ship will them some coffee, sui^ar and cream
three delegates
equipment.
be turned over to its new owners and no more. He also said that no
and ship's dele
I think I can say on behalf of
in clean shape, as all SIU vessels work was to be done while the
gate found him a
all mothers of Seafarers, "thank To the Editor:
are
at all times. Though seamen ship was underway. When port is
veiy good and
I'm writing for the LOG to be
you for your wonderful achieve
from another outfit are taking, over reached he said he wquld find a
honest man to
ment in the advancement of our sent to me and also to ask some of we know they are getting a real
deal with.
Seafarer sons."
my old buddies to write now that seaworthy ship. For some of us place for them to sleep ashore.
The draws in
McCann
Mrs. R. T. Orr.
I'm in the Army. I sailed SIU it is going to be like losing an old All this took place in East Africa
foreign ports
from Mombasa to Dar el Salam
4. t i
iWere always in American currency
ships for eight years until I got friend. Though none of us has ap and Tanga and back again.
plied for homesteading privileges
whenever possible. The sailing
drafted.
Use Crew Supplies'
we must admit that we intended
board was posted and trips ashore
Over here a letter sure comes in making a few more voyages before Actually when this gang went to
were always there. His good union
handy because I'm right in line hitting the beach for repairs and work they were supplied with cots,
background taught him an SIU To the Editor;
and
expect to stay here until ipy
ship is a clean ship, and his ideals We the SIU members here at points add up. I wish I was back relaxation. Quite a few of the blankets, sheets and pillows out of
crew was of the same opinion. the crew's supply. They slept on
were brought to light by having the Fort Stanton, US Public
in New Orleans where I shipped Even the "old man" stated that he the ship and on our first night in
most of the men cleaning and Health Service Hospital, wish to out for six years.
will get another ship, but never port were refused shore leave by
painting where necessary. Results express our sincere thanks for the
were that 111 hands have their Zenith Radio donated to us by the The boys used to call me SIU another "Noonday." The "old the captain, which means they
hands full of overtime and paint crewmembers of the' Ponce de Joe Curran. I'm hoping I'll be man," Captain Samuels, sort of were being made part of the crew
Leon. Thank you all very much. with you all soon. I'm just dying watched over us like a mother hen under the captain's orders. The
brushes.
over a brood of young chicks.
men were fed by our steward's de
Donald McDonald to see the new hall.
So brothers, lake it from us, if
;UJ
Pfc B. J. Curran, 52152103
you M'ant a good trip where no
If there are any grits left aboard partment just as if they were crew
Co A 23 Inf. Reg.
when we turn this tub over to the members.
APO 248, San Francisco
This gang started to chip at
new owners, we ask Gal Tanner to
7 AM every morning, depriving the
see ,to
it
that
we
have
the
same
as
4" 4" 4i '
rumor has spread that there's a crew of sleep. To sum up, the
"shore gang" slept, ate and worked
shortage of grits in Baldwin.
on ship, using the crew's equip
A Good Trip
ment and facilities.
No trip is perfect, but for an
To the Editor:
Crew Asks OT
Asiatic run this one has been above
Regarding Captain Carlsen of average. There's been very little As a result the crqw had a meet
the sunken Flying Enterprise, let's squabbling, except for some of the ing and decided that the payment
go back to the tradition of the sea, Lotharios who deeni themselves of overtime is just and fair for
namely that the last man to leave goodwill ambassadors to the every hour worked. The total in
Orient. . Could be at that, for a volved is 840 hours.
the ship is the skipper. I have good sailor spreads more goodwill The chief mate, who hates the
nothing but praise for any sea (and loot) than most of the ap Union, said if this overtime goes
faring man who brir^gi honor and pointed goodwill dispensers.
througji. he will resign and stay a
credit to the "men who go down to In conclusion, the delegates of thousand miles away from the SIU
the sea in ships." This is exactly our respective departments say bon personnel. He also stated that I
what Captain Carlsen did, proving voyage. Here we come home from was personally responsible for de
by his action that he is a cour the "land of the rising sun," where manding this overtime and that I
ageous, honorable and humble man, you can see snow on the mountains will pay for this. I want you to
loyal to his duties to save his ship. in July to the terra firma of the know about it in case the revolu^
• t
Let us not be so stupid as to greatest country in the whole uni tion starts between him and me in
the remaining 23 days at sea.
think the various companies we verse—^America.
In typical shipboard meeting, crewmembers of. the Alice Brown lis
sail for can afford to continue in
William Brightwell
Manuel Cotty
. ten intently while delegate give* report on matters affecting men.
Sbip'a delegate
operation if they do hot make
Ship's delegate
Wiper Tells Of
Narrow' Escape
Mom Mails Union
Accomplishments
Thank SiU For
Funeral Wreath
^ a.
Noonday Making
Farewell Trip
Skipper Hates
High with Crew
Sherwood Crew
Sets OT Fuse
SiU ^^Joe Curran^
Asks For Mail
Sick Men Thank
Crew For Gift
Declares Carlsen
Deed Aided All
�BBAFARERS IPC
WtUv, April«. iMt
nw* Tweiilr>fkrt»
• LETTERS • S E A F A R E R S
CASH BENEFITS
Guard Your Gear
In Foreign Ports
when we get back In Venezulean
waters. The fantail will be lined
with disciples of Izaak Walton.
When we get back at the end of
the month the Venore is going into
the shipyard for repairs, and the
delegates are .getting their lists
worked up to make sime she's ship
shape for the next SIU crew that
takes over.
Clinton M. Webb
Ship's delegate
$
To the Editor:
We're still out here In Japan
on the Madaket after our voyage
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
from Long Beach and Frisco. It
has been a good trip thanks to the
Vacation Plan, March IS—March 29
fact that the officers on here are
$120,456.26
Welfare Plan, March 9—March 22
the best than any seaman _could
ever wish to sail with. I want to
say for all the crew that the chief
109.3S
Charles MicaUef
5123
mate, Mr. Peterson, is tops. He
98.39
Elvis O. Warren
5124
certainly deserves,the name "King
50.17
Fred G. Bjorkman
5125
53.28
WUUe
Edwards
5126
Peterson" as he is a real swell
72.33
Juan R. Rodriguez
5127
guy. There's not
48.61
Rafael Quesada
5128
REPORT
NO.
4
57.94
George W. Rogers
5129
one d is p u t e d To the Editor:
94.50
Arcangel
Saavedra
5130
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
hour of overtime Brother Paul Hall's column in
53.67
Stanley A. Vhap
9131
Period Covered By This Report—^March 15March 29
42.39
James Walker
5132
in the deck de the February 22 issue of the LOG
48.22
A. Trapezas ,,,, 5133
I' partment. Sea comments on the setback suffered Cash on Hand
$296,670.22 Georges
94.89.^.
Joachim Yanissis
5134
96.83
going is a' real by the political commissars in Estimated Accounts Receivable
Jose D. Pineiro
5135
210,000.00 Maichael
45.50
5136
pleasure with a maritime labor and the question of Vacation Benefits Paid in Period
102,961.26 Theodore Duco
56.39
A. Kontos ,... 5137
83.61
>man like him for creating laws to eliminate them Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11, 1952
PhUlip
G.
Wenz
5138
428,022.25
45.50
Gustav V. Thobe
5139
mate.
81.67
5140
from all labor bodies in America. For the first time since the Vacation Pian got under way almost six Henry J. Tucker
66.90
A word of wam
Odysseus
Lagonikos
.... 5141
I agree with Brother Hall that weeks ago, the money paid out through Headquarters has siackened off. Joseph Kozlowski
89.06
5142
ing to all Sea we have successfully kept them It appears that the Plan has hit a plateau of around $100,000 which we William Costello
35.00
5143
French
faring men. under control within the ranks of
62.22
Lewis W. Beasley
5144
will
probably
handle
every
two
weeks
here.
80.89
Stanley
Gelak
5145
When in a foreign port keep your the SIU down through the years
83.61
Charles J. Smith
5146
That is Just
about the estimated
amount the
SIU figured the
member
lockers and foc'sle doors locked and I also agree that creating new
66.50
Richard Forgione
5147
ship
would
collect
when
the
Plan first
went
into
effect—$2.5
million
74.67
John
Sullivan
5148
when you're not there. The Junior laws will not entirely eliminate
James
Labenz
5149
70.39
per
year.
That's
a
lot
of
cabbage,
but
every
cent
of
it
is
earned
and
8rd mate had the misfortune of Communists from the labor move
Fred Vykruta
5150
79.72
being paid out promptly to the men who earned it.
William Carney
5151
.77.00
having a suit, shirts, topcoat, shoes ment.
GuUlermo Blanco
5152
106.17
and othe property stolen while out Passing laws will only send While we've paid out money now to 6,309 men as of March 29, there Void
5153
Void
Harris
5154
64.56
of his room for only a few minutes. these people underground until are hundreds of men around who are due vacation money but haven't Raymond
63.78
Mario" Figuerio
5155
Crewman Hospitalized
collected
it.
These
fellows
are
leaving
it
lie,
kind
of
a
bank
account,
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks
.... 5156
3,000.00
such time as they feel safe to come
James
Blake
5157
96.83
At this writing, one of our crew out in the open to spread their which instead of paying interest builds up according to the days they
Matheson
5158
75.44
members, Joseph B. Fiever, sr., usual propaganda. To stop the work, which is a lot better than interest. Anyway you look at it, James
Charles HaU
5159
98.00
Donald
Hicks
5160
101.89
OS. is in the Yokahama hospital spread of such propaganda we whether you. pick up the dough or let it accumulate, it is a good deal Headley White
5161
52.50
with a rare skin disease. The doc must eliminate the source upon for all of us.
Perry Greenwood
5162
S63.00
Aristides
Bastas
5163
47.44
tors don't seem to know what is which they feed.
88.67 Ralph Groseclose
John Alden
5024
5164
71.56
Check
wrong. Joe is hoping along with The political parasites of Stalin's Name
George O'Berry
5165
56.78
No. Amount Pacificio Yuzon
80.48
To
replace
check
3243..
5025
$77.39
Lindsay Tibbetts
5166
82.44
4926
the rest of us that he will be cured^ regime feed upon prejudice, Miguel Salcedo
100.72
Charles Garriz
5026
Mahlen
Johnson
........ 5167
91.39
37.33
4927
Mattiola
in time to make this ship in Kobe. bigotry and hatred that man some Gaeano
83.22 John Bilinski
5027
5168
57.56 Franklin Fyock
4928
79.33
Charles A. Moss
70.39 Sam Sache
Arnold
Kunnapas
5028
60.67
4929
Anthony
Melanson
5169
37.33
times seems to have for his Claudio Pinero
74.28
Johan
Axelsson
5029
105.00
4930
Irvin Ranes. Jr
5170
58.72
68.83
brothers.
Jose
Nazario
5030
89.44
4931
Ferdinand Heck
Kermit Bymaster
5171
57.94
75.06 Venancio Leindo
5031
62.61 William Gonzales
4932
To combat the commies we need Joseph SennevUle
5172
54.83
40.44 George Midgett
5032
101.50 Joseph Hare
4933
John MUler
5173
96.06
education to teach men the true Hans Kehlenbeck
51.72 Thomas Powers
5033
67.28 Catalino Ombao
4934
5174
56.39
50.17
PhiUip
Sachs
5034
43.56
4935
definition of democracy to where Cosimo Geltrude
5175
61.83
82.06 John Turk, Jr
5035
64.17 Thomas Henry
4936
Andre Costantin
Elra
Bergeron
5176
74.28
it becomes a daily practice. Equal Heino Ekker
49.39 WiUie Sancedo, Jr
5036
109.28 WUUam Vincent
4937
5177
37.72
37.33 Mcarl Carley
5037
. 67.67 Ernest Forbes
4938
rights and privileges is a natural Ralph Dillon
5178
67.28
97.61
5038
105.00 John Clapp
4939
Torsten
Lundkvist
5179
74.67
order of democracy when prac Lamar Holt
80.11 Santos Townsend
5039
41.61 Charles Clark
4940
Raul
Santos
5180
91.00 .
89.06
5040
78.17 JameyPulliam
ticed without the force of laws.
4941
Joseph FarreU
Dario Martinez
5181
10J.&.
i\
Buddy
Griffith
5041
54.44
108.89
4942
Drew
5182
91.39
The constitution of these United Lucien
77.39 Rudolph Vasquez
5042
55.61 Melvin Mercer
4943
Murphy GuiUory
5183
40.06
70.78 SaviUe B. Tribble
5043
74.67 Chester Just
States gives to ail its citizens the Ellie Larrimore ......... 4944
39.28
5184
95.28 Henry G. Pacheco
5044
Void Richard Oden
4945
Void
same equal rights by law. If you Eston
65.72
Estaban
Villapol
5045
37.32
4946
Roland G.
73.50
5046
and I have the same duties, must Charles Davis
37.72 Byrd Free
4947
Burke
87.89 Gregg, jr., OS:
Thaddeus Jackson
5047
65.72
4948
Henry Lanier
obey the same laws, then we must James Mann
77.00
5048
92.94 Herbert Coggsdale
4949
59.11 Whether a fellow
5049
have the same rights and privi Reamer Grimes
42.39 Warren Luiro
4950
69.22
Carl Kress
5050
82.44
4951
wants to take a
WiUiam
Horan
leges.
106.56
5051
40.44 Carl Olsen
4952
Joseph Torra
56.39 vacation or not
Mankind has lived under the Alfred Pulvano
5052
75.83 Gerard Riley
4953
40.06 the e.xtra money
5053
36.94 George Warrington
4954
forces of good and evil surround Rocco AgogUa
78.17
5054
4S.11 Thomas Ryan
4955
Lloyd Bacon
81.28 is very handy.
ed by the bigotry, prejudice and James
Francisco
Bueno
5055
73.11
4956
McConathy
57.17 It's good to know
5056
59.50 Ah Chen Chu
4957
hatred of evil men who stand in Eltom Mistich
110.44
5057
59.89 Rolf Karlsen
4958
Reinchuck
65.72
you can collect
the shadows of ignorance too cow Laurence
John
Wheat
5058
44.72
4959
Mabrey Salter
64.17 every 90 days too.
5059
58.72 PhiUip Robertson
4960
Vincent Carmen
ardly to face the light of truth.
52.39
5060
75.83 Dao King Chae
4961
Franklin Hughes
As a great Chinese philosopher John
103.44
5061
68.44 Harry Lowther
4962
Smith
55.22
5185
Carl B. Htnes
84.00
Jose
Dehesa
5062
78.17
4963
once said, we must learn to culti Jesse McElreath
103.06
5186
85.56 Kurt Novy
Walter
Johnson
5063
94.50
4964
Ellis, Jr
40.06
5187
64.17 Donald E. McLaren
vate our own garden before we Ifal
5064
69.22 Arvel Binion
4965
Alvin Henderson
63.00
5188
Preparing night lunch, Mad
107.33 Herbert Ring
5065
86.72 Alen Sauders
4966
ridicule
that
of
our
brothers.
Norman Earley
41.22
Gilbert
A.
Delgado
.... 5189
100.72
aket night cook and baker
5066
104.61 Antonio Cospito
4967
Morris Berlowitz
56.00
5190
Joseph S. Buckley
78.17 Necdem Galloway
5067
59.11 William Johnson
Emmanuel Soultanakis ... 4968
103.06
5191
slices baloney for sandwiches.
64.58 Clifford Martin
5068
103.06 Herbert Knowles
(Ed. Note: Brother Hall's col Walter Anthony
4969
70.78
5192
48.22 Clarence A. Carter
5069
71.17 Edwin Geter
4970
Barbarin
56.00
5193
70.39 Thomas V Logan
However if he can't make it we all iiijin to which the writer refers, Jules
5070
63.00 Riidu Naavisma
4971
Juan Colon
92.56
5194
Frank Rakas, Jr
97.61
Louis
Gambaro
:
5071
dealt with
Senate Labor Committee
55.61
4972
Edward
Mishanski
85.94
wish him a speedy recovery and a
5195
88.67 Stanley Buzalewski
Luis Ramirez
5072
Void
4973
Void
44.72
5196
Walter
Garrett
hearings on whether or not ad WiUiam Gooden
54.06
quick voyage home.
Omar
Ames
5073
80.11
4974
38.11
5197
36.56 .tntonio Lores
Chang
Ping
King
5074
ditional
legislation
should
be
50.94
4975
Paul Brinson
47.83
Joe has been on here for two
5198
76.22 George Phifer. Jr
Goodwyn Elkin
5075
39.28
4976
Deward
Carpenter
.......
104.61
5199
87.11 Otto C. Modin
trips, and on the first trip his son passed to eliminate remaining com Juan Cintron
5076
66.11 Steven Williams
4977
70.00
5200
Bienvinedo
Ledo
77.39
5077
42.00 Angelo Onello
4978
Laddie Harris
y.toi
was AB on the same watch. Joe Jr. munist influence in labor).
93.33
104.22 WiUiam Lr.whome
5078
106.17 WUliam Parker
4979
Bernard Malloy
72.72
5202
^
Ji
J,
87.50 Gus Skendelas
is in LA now.
5079
66.89 AUan Simpson
4980
Robert DonneUy
56.78
5203
77.73 Nicholas Ferracci
5080
73.50 Cosmo Curevich
4981
Luis Medina
By the way, if Joe is detained
5204
91.00
William J. Zietz
106.56
Alfred
Uanstvedt
5081
54.06
4982
Earl Smith
87.89
5205
4,000.00 John Kontoyiannis
for any period of time, how about
5082
41.22 To Cash Vac Checks
Samuel Case. Jr ......... 4983
64.94 .
5206
37.72 Leroy Sinclair
5083
79.72 Anthony J. Forrisl
4984
Jesse Barton
some of you guys on the Topa
89.06 • "<
5207
76.61 WUliam Dobbins
5084
87.11 Justo Escalante
4985
Harold Townsend
60.28
5208
Jack
Delaney
72.72
Topa, Young America, Fairisle and To the Editor:
John
E.
Nevin
5085
109.28
4986
John Riley
58.72
5209
92.56 Edwin Diehl
5086
86.72 George J. Smith
4987
other scheduled ships taking some The LOG hit it on the head Albert Coles
71.56
5210
40.06 loanis Saris
5087
58.33 Martin V. VaUes
4988
John Riebel
80.89
5211
92.56 Ramon P. Perez
cigars up to him. I'm sure we again. That story on port security WUUam Teffner
5088
• 75.44 MiUo A. Incerto
4989
46.67
5212
70.00 Bernard Snow
71.17 Domingo E. Orbigoso .... 5089
4990
would all help a Union brother in sure had it. A lot of the fellows Jolui Hanks
94.11
5213
95.28 Charles Brinton
5090
63.00 Walton O. Hudson
4991
Apolonio Benavides
100.72
5214
39.67 Raymond Hodges
such a position.
5091
i've spoken to agree that it's not WUUam De Lappe
68.83 Thomas Ankerson
4992
40.83
5215
Dioscoro
Militar
70.78
5092
78.17 Edgar Marquardt
4993.
The crew of the Madaket wishes right for us American seamen to WiUiam Porter
59.11
5216
84.00 Daniel Bissett
5093
84.00 Edward Lyons
4994
63.00
5217
Edwin Bartol
all of our SIU brothers "sianata" have to go through all that Coast Joseph Touart
108.50
5094
69.61 Terence A. McNee
4995
Adolph Sadenwater
65.33
5218
106.56 Michael Thomas
5095
106.56 James E. Rose
4996
from the land of hot saki and Guard red tape when thousands of Henry Anderson
85.56
5219
62.61 Carl Anderson
5096
74.28 Peter P. Kitosky
4997
Louis Meyers
57.17
5220
Peter
Mistretta
sukiyaki, chop sticks, rickshaws, seamen on foreign ships can come Bernard Nicholas
80.50
5097
65.72 Ashby H. Souther*
46.>8
98.39
5221
60.28 George Rohring
5098
67.67 Leo W. Schartel
4999
cherry blossoms and the patter of and go in our ports pretty much as Joseph Wread. Jr.
68.44
5222
66.89 Cyril Wagenfcr
Solomon
R.
Berger
..... 5099
99.56
5000
Felix Tate
82.44
5223
Robert
Michael
wooden sandals.
104.61
they piease.
5100
45.11 Arthur J. O'Grady
5001
Thomas Stevens
5224
82.06
97.61 Carl Fleming
5101
85.17 Olav Pederson
5002
Harry D. French Sqre, lets have a security pro Travis BeU
5225
68.06
53.28 WUUam Anerino
5102
105.78 David M. Hebert
5003
Keith
Busch
91.39
5226
Robert
Gariss
Deck delegate
78.56
gram but let'.s make it equal for Robert Anderson ........ 5004
5103
66.89 Harry G. Jarvis
86.72
5227
87.89 Herbert Gardner
5104
72.33 Steve Kikovich
5005
everybody. I've got no beef Alfred Llngham
4 4" t
55.61
5228
100.33 John WeUs
5105
36.56 Robert J. Aumiller
5006
Eugene Reed
5229
35.39
against the foreign seamen. They're Donald Oman
84.00 Richard Parmer
73.50 Joseph W. Romanowicz .. 5106
5007
104.61
5230
John
Schultz
98.00
5107
74.28 Alfred Thomas
5008
out to earn a living like all of us Patrick Greene
5231
72.72
John
Haas
92.56
5108
78.17 Robert E. King
5009
Thomas
5232
52.50
and they're doing their Job. But Joseph
59.11 Joseph Kidd
5109
63.39 Teddy F. Jernigan
5010
John Waller
.5233
82.83
92.17 Self Hamby
Maximo
B.
Tangalin
5110
37.72
5011
that's no reason for putting iis un CecU Chase.
To the Editor:
5234
79.72
Fred
LaPlant
88.33
5111
36.56 JuUan N. Cuthrell
5012
Edwin Harding
5235
52.50
The crew of the Venore, inspired der the thumb «f the Coast Guard Thomas
88.67 Robert Bunner
38.50 Joseph C. Ballance .,,. 5112
5013
Ksposiio
John Thommen
70J19
52^
110.83
5113
6802 Robert J. Ferraro
5014
by the lucky catch of three edible while letting some guys off a Pana Nicholas Likecorn
Elmer
Callins
5237
90.22
104.61
5114
104.22 Helianos Galantis
5015
Arthur
Sanders
John
Longacre
5238
92.96
fish by one of the crew is really manian ship go on the same re Anker Sarvold
46.67
5115
5016
106.56 PhUip J. Rea
5239
38B9
41.22 Richard Smith
5116
44.72 Bill J. Hanf .
5017
going in for the sport in a big way. stricted" docks without papers. I Cresanto Rego
5240
95J» .
72.72 Byron Barnes
5117
50.94 Eugene M Posey
5018
Luis Soler
Alphonoso
Teodorihl
..
5241
96.06
When we got back to Baltimore the don't know the answers to this EMward Biedrzyckl
37.33
........i. 5118
87.50 Carl A, Um
5019
Kenneth Roberts
5242
96.83
George.
H.
Hieis ...........
5119
78.94
80.11
5020
probiem
but
maybe the smart guys
iltanislaw
PelUcsze
purchases of fishing tackle ran
5243
101.50
107.72 Paul Pallas
Void Crispin Vasques ....... 5120
.5021
5244
79.72
pretty heavy giving us an idea that in Washington can figure it out. Void
111.22 Robert Yeager ....
5121
89.83 Thomas Koulen
5022
Walter Ostrowskl
111.22
5122
Bob Vane Candelarlo Ramos
81.67 Charles Fadlo Jr.
5023
there will be a fishing marathon
Sees Education
Anti'Red Force
TOTAL
Vacation
Securitg Problem
2'Wag Street
•»
* Trolling for Fish
Yenore^s Hohbg
to
Jol',
Kt'
• .l'U .11
J i
�SEAFARERS
Pact Twen^four
SEA FA R E R S
CASH BENEFITS
WMMfi Avrll 4. IMS
TOTAL
$120,4S«.2«
Vacation Plan
March 15 — March 29
Welfare Plan
March 9 — March 22
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
5640
87.50 Agapito Asenci
84.78 Patrick McCann ........ , 5784
5512
52.11
52.89 Robert Medicus
5387
Claud Craddock
68.44 Richard Ramspsrgsr .... 5641
97.22 Harold Tennant
5513
. 5785
82.44
65.33 Bertel Johnsen
5368
WUUam Crawley
Garden .R. GaUoway
5642
EUag
Nava
47.44
40.06
5514
,
5788
Harry
Sneii
110.44
66.50
5369
Check
Cleophas Wright
73.1L WUUam Nickel
5643
105.78 Stanley S. Torres
, 5787
115.89
39.67 Lauren Santa Ana .... 5515
5370
No. Amount Arthur Jacobs
Name
90.61 John Bough
5644
, 5788
101.89
112.78
... 5245
70.00 Charles G. Ashcom
5516
Roy Harper
70.39
5371
David Mackie
John
Galas
97.22
LesUe
E.
Simmons
5645
Paavo
HUska
, 5789
83.94
70.78
95.67
5517
91.39 Herman Osterg
Anthony Czeczemski ... 5246
5372
Robert Peters
Hughey
Hodges
,
5790
78.17
42.78
... 5247
5518
105.78 John H. Larson
5646
36.56
40.06 Gasper Note
5373
Duane Clausen
Dirk Broersma
54.83
John
Risbeck
56.00
... 5248
5519
5647
Michael
Makita
42.00
, 5791
41.61
66..50 Lopez Arbon
5374
Eugene Hunt
Charles
Krausch
70.39 Edmund Eriksen
92.56 Thomas C. Hophins
5648
5520
, 5792
80 11 Joshua Lundy
112.78
98.78 John Picou
5375
David Demarets • • •• ... 5249
Henry
Shepeta
5649
Robert
McKnew
63.39
,
5793
69.22
82.06
70.78
5521
i.. 5250
85.56 Earl Hardeman
Jesus Ayala
Hitchcock .... 5376
5650
, 5794
46.67
56.78 Herbert Geissel
47.83 Columbus
5522
87.89 John D. Walker
112.76 CharUe Beverly
5377
Brancolino Branco • • ... 5251
Duplaisir
46.67
, 5795
89.83 Louis
John J. Powers
113.17
5523
5651
... 5252
WiUiam
Mauidin
75.44 Patrick DeFrons
76.61
5378
Leo Bresnan
Calnan
35.78 Frank
Joseph
B.
Stuntebeck
...
Harry
Gerie
5524
38.89
5652
95.28
5796
59.89
97.61 Henry Maginnes
5379
WiUiam
Lawless
........
75.06 Charles Goodwin
96.44 Daniel J. Moylan
5653
5525
106.94 Brice Ruggie
> 5797
87.89
111.22 Thomas Lind
5380
Edward Kastagno .. ... 5254
Marion
R.
Rayland
5654
William
Smith
49.00
.
5798
88.28
105.78
5526
73.89 Wilson E. Dirlam
... 5255
70.00 Delmar KeUy
5381
Jose TarrefeU
Francis Purcell
5655
111.61 Frank Fabiancuk
5799
47.83
95.28 Marlin
5527
45.50
72.33 Everett Gonyea
Leonides Lopez . • • ... 5256
McGrav
9382
5800
60.67
36.17
79.72 RusseU G. King
5528
5656
,.
5257.
John
Decker
73.50 Jame^ Winters
52.89
5383
• David Walsh
JuUo Rivera
46.28
Robert
D.
Dsnzek
88.67
5657
110.06 Anastasios Manoudakis . 5801
45.11
82.83 Paul Davis ........... 5529
Juan Rodriguez • • • ... 5258
Dioscaro Dela Cruz ...... 5384
EUlott
W.
Green
108.89
John
Cummings
Guy
Meslesena
5530
103.83
5658
5802
... 5259
98.78
91.00
83.61
Ramon Rodriguez ...... 3385
Dewey York
Gregorio
Mlrabueno
Otto
Schumaker
.......
5659
5803
106.94
77.00
,75.83 Michael Sovlch
5531
72.33 George B. Barnes
38.11 Shea Francis
5386
Salvator Candela .. ... 5260
5660
5804
47.83
86.33 Vito DAngelo
44.33 Pietro Paulin
5532
72.72
103.44 Peter Karas
5387
Plato Champion ... ... 5261
5805
92 04
109.28
George
M.
Townsend
.,
.55.33
74.28 Juan B. Leon
5661
52.89 Ogul Harris
... 5262
75.44
5388
CrUtobol Bellarosa .
Emil
Papio
44.33 Edward Hubay
84.00 Christian G. Wallander .. 5662
47.83 Robert Green .......... 5806
... 5263
43.94
88.28 Francesco J. Demasi .. 5534
5389
Noe Martinez
Santiago
Laurente
43.17
Gerald
Barnes
41.22
5663
114.72
5807
84.78
64.17 Edward R> Cotreau .., 5535
5390
Gleason St. Germain ... 5264
Einar Starheim
Andres Rivera
5664
85.17 Frank Gianconterl
. 5808
51.3:1
70.78 Eustathios Lagos
95.28 John
... 5265
70.39 John P. Chermesino .. 5536
5391
James Sauviac
H.
RatUiC
Orlando
Gonsalves
5665
5809
89.06
73.50
88.28
WUUam
F.
Martin
....
5537
59.50
97.22
5392
Elmer Grove, Jr. . ... 5266
Jack Fitzgerald
5810
52.50
105.39 John Worley
37.33 Richard G. Amundsen .. 5666
42.00 Jose Quimera
92.56 Norman Broderick .... 5538
5393
Oscar Vasquez ... • ... 5267
91.00 Wimarn Smith
68.06 Earl R. Waists
5667
5811
99.94 Alexander MitcheU
.. 5268
50.94
97.22 Paul D. Broderick .... 5539
5394
James Beasley
Raul
Alyavez
106.56 Richard KeUy
104.22
5668
.. 5269
54.06
40.44 Fred Hohenberger .t... 5812
80.50 WUUam J. Beaton .... 5540
5395
Albert Rogers
Alfred
MueUer
84.78
Thomas
F.
Vaughan
.,
5541
Louis
Zompetti
103.06
5669
5813
78.94
,59.50
Antoine Johnson • • , .. 5270
80.89 Hoiman W. Ryan ..... 5542
5396
WUUam Roche
John
Mastropavlos
79.72
78.17
5814
George
Varthalamia
....
39.28 Earl Fain, Jr
5670
77.39
.. 5271
89.06 Joseph P. Hunt
5397
Robert Young
5543
90.61 Peter F. Hume
58.38
5815
87.50 Edward Webb
5671
72.72 Michael Forde
88.28 Armoitd Remos
5398
John Rusziewicz ... .. 5272
5544
81.28 Glenwood M. Todd
76.22 Joseph Dooiittle
5672
39.28
81.28 Cornelius DeRooy ..... 5816
.. 5273
5399 " 54.83 Lawrence C. Melansnn
Thomas WalU
5545
73.89
James O. Thomas
73.50 Eplirian Adkins
5673
5817
38.89 Ernesto Rivera
.. 5274
57.17
70.39
Louis Bourdonnay
5400
Randolph 0. Shedd
73.50 Charles StringfeUow .... 5401
5674
5818
49.00 Juan Cintron
36.94
William Schultz ... .. 5275
56.00
R.
E.
HolUngsworth
Homer
Ringo
5675
5819
35.39
Oliver Hodfc,
90.61
82.44 Young McMman
5402
65.72
.. 5276
Juan Soto
Ernest
R.
Such
5820
59.89
Anthony
J.
I,aperouse
.,
102.28
89.44 Ross Lyle
5403
5676
75.06
Christoforos Magkos .. 5277
utility man: You
Thomas
McCann
Francis
Lane
54.06
5404
53.67
Dalton
Boggan
5677
5821
65.72
71.17
.. 5278
James Thompson ..
Charles P. Johnson
99.94 don't see
me
75.44 Reuben BeUetty
5405
5678
75.83 Roman Szezygiel
5822
103.39
.. 5279
Joseph Borda
Edward M. Mclni
84.78 looking sad about
5679
5406
5823
70.78 Clarence Burrowes
106.56 George SpUiotis
64.94
Eugene Tucker ... .. 5280
Mar Fook
72.72
Atkins,
Edward
Lee
....
5407
5680
Thomas
Lundy
5824
36.17
52.50
73.50
George Dority ..... ,. 5281
57.94
Mattie
RuusukalUo
.....
collecting
vaca
Boyd
Thompson
5408
5825
91.00
WUUam
Montalro
5681
60.28
38.89
Charles Gallagher . .. 5282
5409
93.33
WiUiam
McKay
Earnest
O.
Stokes
......
Patrick
Nash
5682
82.44
5826
85.94
105.00
.. 5263
tion
pay
on
top
Jack D. Wise
56.78
5610
Anthony C. Parker
5683
55.61 Raymond Holton
98.39 Cornelio Rodriguez ..... 5827
73.50
.. 5284
Carl Carlson
93.33 of everything
5411
George W. Wilson
Charles Bean
5684
66.11 Joseph Falasca
68.06
5828
100.72
WUUam McLaughlin .. 5283
97.22 else.
5412
Robert L. NoweU
5685
88.67 Albert Sinclair
5829
78.94 Agnar Andersen
It's just
.. 5286
86.73
John Bellard
90.22
5413
Void
5686
Void Durand Moon
5830
Void Jose Sousa
... 5287
65.33
Void
75.06
what
the
doctor
5414
Kasim
Tasam
Abdel
AU
George
E.
Sloan
Gervacio
Vinluan
;
5687
91.78
5831
73.80
111.61
.. 5288
Rufus Flynn, Jr. ..
75.06
5415
Francis M. Conners
(To replace check No. 5773)
5688
43.56 AtaUah Surial
78.94
ordered.
Rudolph M. Guthrie .. 5289
5416
RizkaUah Eldwedo
77.00
J. W. McCranie
5689
109.67 Nickolaos Stathopoulos ., 5832
35.00
(To replace check No. 4873)
4873)
5417
85.17
Donnelison
Frank E. Hagin
5690
59.89 Vincent Fitzgerald
5833
106.17 Michael
77.76
.. 5290
WaUace Smith ...
5546
71.94
Joseph
C.
Fawcett
..
Calvin
Kentfield
5418
•
111.22
Aurelio
Pages
John Singer
5691
5834
98.39
36.94 Harold Jensen
103.44
... 5291
AUen Wallace Jr.
47.06 Jose A. Blanco
5547
5419
38.50 Howard G. Senecal .
.' 5692
97.61 Edward Seeley
56.39
5835
96.44
.. 5292
Joseph Johnson ..
91.78 Void
5548
Ming Sing
5420
74.67 Edgar W. Kurz .....
Void Eugene Ernest Cabral ., 5836
5693
80.11 Wong
84.78
... 5293
Ervln Moyd
5549
103.83
S.
J.
Hutchinson
...
Howard
Mcintosh
5421
93.33
Angel Feliciano
92.56 Albert Roland Velasco .. 5837
5694
82.06
68.83
... 5294
Ragnvald Tyssoy
45.89
5550
5422
Stanley
D.
Harrison
Adolfo
Anavitarte
66.11
Raymon
R.
Henderson
,.
5695
40.06 Hosea Kersh
61.83 Remegius Adolphiu
.. 5295 .
Benjamin Huggins
57.56
5551
5423
Lau
R.
Kai
58.72
Norman
E.
Wrye
McDonald
5696
5838
42.39
106.56
44.72
... 5296
Kenny Lewis
82.44 Richard B. Doupe
5552
Lincoln
5424
82.44 Ake E. Andersson ..
5839
93.72 Void
Void
90.61 John
.. 5297
Herbert Lee
59.11 Pantagiotis Vaulgaris.... 5697
5553
5425
Edward Cohoon
90.22 George Bocan
Thotnas Douglas Laney .. 5840
5608
68.06
39.67
105.39 Joseph Valencia
Johnie Fortune
5426
65.72 Constantin A. Ventiadis 5554
70.78
5699
35.78 Charles A. Peterson .... 6355
38.50 Martin Rubio
Ralph WUUs
5427
Edward J. San
45.09 Bacllio Bonafon,
5700
54.83 Ray A. Wright
Joseph Spence, Jr
5428 .63.00 Francis T. DiCarlo .... 5556
5701
101.50
'^^jgiony, oiler: Of
51.33 Henry Hauge
T.. 5557
Charles Carniel
5429
105.78 Paul Constan
5702
44.72 OS: On ship the
109.28 Athanase K. Stratls
5558
Raymond Miller
5430
51.72 Evelino Zugna
course I'm happy
69.22
73.89 Franco B. DeBeaumont .. 5703
5559
Bruce Teter
5431
food is good, the
38.89 Peter Sernyr
5704
110.44
to get this. I'm
73.50 Leo J. Doucette
5560
John Malloy
5432
61.06 Jose L. BeUaflores
5705
42.39 conditions arc
35.39 Joseph Behar
Edwin Thomas
5433
60.28 Samuel S. Pettersen .... 5561
not smiling for
5706
52.11 fine. Then when
87.11 John J. McLaughlin
5562
Louis Rosan
5434
75.44 Teodoro Murphy .4
87.11
nothing. With this
43.56 Frank J. CampbeU ...... 5707
5563
Harold Brooks
5435
51.33 Roy C. Alsager
5708
41.61 you pay off and
90.01 Arthur J. Heroux
5564
Fang Pow Foo
5436
40.83 Richard G. Sohl
vacation money
5709
41.61 get your money
37.72 Rolf P. Svensson
5565
Arthur J. Camara
5437
113.94 Winford H. PoweU
5710
35.78
we got every
95.67 Harold Cohen
WiUiam Williams
5438
91.39 Nicholas B. Hadjianton . 5566
5711
39.28 you come up here
54.83 John F. French
Zdzislaw Sokolowskl .... 5439
105.78 August F. W. Steinmann • 5567
thing. What'll it
5712
83.22 Snd collect vaca
44.33 Arthur R. Pratt
5568
Anthony Browne
5440
83.61 Stefanos Glyptis
5713
62.22
be next?
42.39 J. W. Knight
Melvyn Cruz
5569
5441
56.00 Thomas J. McNeiU
5714
75.83 tion pay.
5570
107.33 John L. Lengos
Void
5442
Void John K. Glass
5715
.
78.17
5571
74.67 Jesse J. Langley
96.83 To Cash Vac. Checks ... 5443 3.000.00 Anthony DlBattista
5298
Dewey Bullard
5716
46.28
96.44 ^o W. Setosky
5572
G. Couch. Jr.
5444
47.06 Enrique Cortes
5841
39.6T
91.00 Andrew Cook
5299
Robert Fioyes
5717
89.44 Walter
Arthur B. Brown ... > • 5 842
5445
46.67
$99.50 To Cash Vac. Checks.... 5573 4,000.00 Emmett Dykes
76.61 Joseph Hughes
5300
Nathaniel Ayler
5718
73.50
Miguel
Medina
5574
Harry
Schultz
5446
97.22
Agustin
G.
Diaz
....
66.11
>
•
5843
77.78
105.39
5301
Richard McAll
Reed Burns
;,. 5719
39.67 Rayford G. Schram
5575
64.94 AUan Stein
5447
40.06 Thomas Lamberth
5844
102.67
65.72 Kenneth Knight
5302
Bervin Bentley
5720
79.72 Harry W. Porter
5576
94.89 George Herrman
111.22 Thomas Sgardelis
110.44
5845
5303 1.500.00 Anderson J. Johnes .... 8448
To Cash Vac. Checks .
5721
59.50
Edwin
Davis
5577
42.00
95.67
Carl
McDaniel
Antonio
Perez
5449
5846
94.50
68.06
5304
Richard Pujos
JuUan kUneses
5722
88.67 Furman H. Hayes ... 5847
61.44 Cecil Kerrigan
5578
90.22 Thomas Gorman
5430
86.33
88.28 WiUiam Siebert
WUUam Edwards .... 5305
5723
36.94
50.94 Robert C. Thomas
Rafael V. Ortiz
5848
5451
75.06 James Harreison ........ S579
87.89
5306
43.94 Emilio Gonzalez
WUUam Drew
5724
40.83 Jose
5580
51.32 PhUip wiener
M. Vega
82.06
5452
71.17 Gerald MitcheU
> • 5849
103.44 Jack Smith
5307
Thomas Byus
40.06 Druey
5725
Grady
Halty
Otto
Stefansson
5581
61.06.
K.
Waters
...
5433
62.61
5850
84.78
95.28
5308
Louis Mussolini
Joseph Doyle
5726
01.44 James J. DeVlto .... 5851
5582
95.28 Edward Boynton
72.33 Howard Forbes
5454
119.89
82.06 Joseph Malazensky
WUUam Guy
e •• 5
309
5727
62.22
5583
78.94 James Helms
93.33 James Barnes
5455
Perry M. Klawber ... > • 5852
77.78
45.89 As F. Morris
Gervasio Menendez ... 5310
5728
42.39 Thomas
5584
92.94 Herbert White
Finwood .... 5853
5456
51.72
57.94 Jose Porto
105.00 Peter Saybolt
5311
Arnold Rosen, Jr
5729
95.67 Richard L.
106.56 Albert Espeneda
Pifer
5457
81.67 Victor Johnson, Jr. ..... 5585
> a 5854
76.22
5312
68.06 Gonzalo Rodriguez
Clark Rowton
64.17
5730
5586
40.06 Steve Macyzko
81.67 Joe Wilson
5458
Leonard L. Gorden .. 5855
91.00
100.72 OrvUle Stich
HamUton Harrison ... S3i;t
88.28 To
5731
5587
45.09 Malcolm Stevens
41.22 Charles GUva
5459
Cash Vac; Checks . a 5856 3,500.00
5314
59.50 Samiel Gordon
Floyd Barnett
5732
85.04 Henrik
5588
42.78 Martin Linskey
36.56 Michael Sinkevlch
5460
Hansen
111.61
George Graham
5315
90.22 George Fernandez
> a 5857
5733
55.61 Joseph Gonsalves .... 5858
43.94 Frank Dolcimascoja .... 5589
53.67 Oscar Pearson
5461
5316
79.33 Perfecto Arroyo
854.06
Richard AUen
5734
58.33 Michael Armando .... 5899
5590
5462
36.94 Harold LoU
35.00 Roger Pellerin
103.83
78.17 Joseph Kriz
Vincent Cellini
• • • 5317
5735
106.17
Charles
Joyner
5591
,
,
Bibencio
Billaroza
77.00
5463
Thomas
Downie
73.89
48.22
5860
99.94
Roger Cowperthwaita « ,
, 5318
August Gerschefske
5736
63.00 Frederick E. LUiard .
5592
87.11 August Fetkenhour
5464
63.78 Frank Adams
88.28 Charles Faircioth
5861
57.56
Albert Claude
• < • 5319
5737
47.83 Cioyde B. Bankston ..
5593
5465
52.50 Edward Lewis
77.00 Samuel Beattie
5862
64.17
82.83 Harrison Burnsed
Thomas Minor
.
.
. 5320
5738
62.22
Stephen
Poole
5594
John
Hudgins
5466
70.78
60.28 Auston L. Atkinson
Milton J. Mouton ,.,
'
Adam Buchacz
80.11
5863
114.33
• • • 5321
5739
42.00 Donald H. Horn
5595
5467
57.56 Floyd P. Smith
67.28 Marvin Forrester
69.01 Walter Steil
81.28
Ralph Mulcare ...... 5322
5864
5740
47.44 Daniel T. Marine .... 5865
5596
51.33 Bartolome Del Valle .... 5468
75.06 George W. Fint
Daniel Ticer
88.28 Harold WaUace
94.89
• • 5323
5741
75.06
5597
5469
Henry Mooney
5324
82.44 Raul Alvarez
95.67 WUson E. Chanove
Demetrio G. Zerrudo . , , 5866
44.72 Albert Peterson
64.56
95.67 Alfred E. LockmoeUer , , 5867
5598
5325
68.06 Alexander Padu
3470
Haakon Mourn
70.78 Calvin H. Owens ......... 5742
95.28 Arthur Goldberg
94.44
5743
38.50 .Tames R. Allen
:. 5599
5471
Reginald Paschal .... 5.326
75.44 William South
81.67 Edward A. Falvey
43.56 Bernard McNeil
5868
102.28
5744
56.39 Pablo R. Lopez
5600
, , 5869
11 W WUUam Rowley
5327
95.67 Michael Mastrandreas ... 5472
76.22 Martin J. Hitchcock .... 5745
80.50 Alvin Lacaze
52.90
103.83 John Smith
5601
71.94 Fletcher Allen
LoiUs Goodwin
5328
5473
47.83 Donald G. Hodge
87.50 Ar^ur Barrett
5870
72.33
76.61 George W. McKnew .
5602
Karl Krlstenson
5329
77.00 Luther Seidle
5474
88.28 Benjamin A. Graham .... 5748
5871
40.44
71.50 Thomas Sanchez
5747
79.72 Edmond W. Jackson .
96.00 Billie Davis
Nicholas Kondyias ...
5330
5475
80.50 Godfrey A. Gunter
84.78 Robert Porter, Jr. ...... 5603
5872
43.94
58.33 Malcolm H. Whitehead
5604
110.44 Ferdinand J. Bruggner ... 5748
52.50 Milton Boling
WaUace WeUersdick . , ,, , 5331
5476
5873
86.72 Clyde Parker
62.61
5749
61.44
'.... 5477
Calvin
Havard
5605
70.30
5332
57.17 Cecil Gray
Ivon Vante
John R. Butler
5874
80.11
56.78
J. Nataie
5750
71.94 Norman West
5606
94.89 Frank
Harold ScheUenberger
5333
103.83 Chaiikias Spyrangelos ... 5478
5875
91.00
61.83 Ricardo Lourenco
Buckley
5751
37.72 Peter J. Nieder ...... , , 5876
5607
50.17 Michael
64.56 WilUe Braggs
Frank Faza
5479
. • • • 5334
62.22 Fred Ingram • . /.
60.28
M. Antoine
5752
37.72 Ismael Romo
, ,, , 5335
60.28 Robert
Void Thomas Stubbs, Jr
Void
5480
5877
43.96
85.17 Neoptoiemos Zacharia ,.. 5608
Joseph P. Petrusewicz ... 5753
60.67 John Kosmas
56.00 Ralph
5609
Enrique Carreras ....
> • « •
5336
66.50 John Hinton
, ,
5481
71,56
53.67 James Gardiner
E.
Hornocker
5754
35.78 Salvatore Alpedo .... 5878
44.72 Edward E. Casey ........
5610
5337
Melvin Boiding
79.33 Thurman Hyatt
5482
110.06 Joseph McAndrew
89.83
5879
5755
98.78 Harry L. Hock
94.89
37.72 Alvah Jones
5483
Cleveland Morris .... .53.38
64.94 Andrew Stauder, Jr. .... 5611
;
41.22
4880
Maurice Gendron
5756
93.72
Matthew
Gardiner
5612
5339
66.50 Jessie Winfield :
36.56
Dallas Clary
5484
76.61
Leon A. Kazmerskl ,.: 5881
81.28
V. Myers
5757
72.72 .Toseph T. Ryan
5613
102.67 Darwin
71.17 Cyrilos Apalopoulos
5485
Arthur B. Chason ...
• a • a 5340
78.17 Robert Butler
5882
84.78
Frank P. Kustura
5758
85.56 Robert O'Rourke .'... ,; 5883
5614
84.39 Thomas
5341
92.56 Suny Bailance
5486
Coy Heiidricks
80.50 Antonio Arenello
48.61
M. Moriarity .... 5759
70.39 Zea S. Wong
85.56
5615
5342
61.44 Carl McCranie
5487
• Bernard Francois ..,.
57.94 Paul Tassin
5884
5i:72
E. Owens ;
5760
74.67 Bobby R. Stalsworth . ,, 5885
5616
5343
79.72 Gerald Kersey
5488
100.33 Clarence
Fred Kageimacher ...
77.00 Leo Kuhn
101.89
William
B.
Hawkins
....
5761
93.72 Walter ». WiUiams . ,, 5886
5344
63.39 George W. Crosby
79.33 Charles Jackson .... i... 5489
Hubert NeidUnger ...
42.39 Maxwell Brooks ........ 5617
36.17
5762 47.44 Marcelino R. Santiago
5618
5345
56.:i9 WiUiam Mills
101.89 JeweU Bennett
Charles Baird
5490
55.22 John Hanczyk
5887
85.17
5763
42.39 Chlh. L. Tsai
5619
5346
105.78 Antonio Gonzalez
5491
61.83 Sherman Wright
Donna Williamson ...
113,94 John Skoglund
5888
51.72
.
5764
68.44 Leonard Leskbwsky . 5889
5620
Queiitin Lee
5347
90.61 James McCarthy
5492
52.11 Bror Wigg
77.00 Alfred Sjoberg
43.94
5765
45,11
5621
Charles Lee, Jr
5348
96.83 James Antonides
5493
73.11 Ernest Schiwek
98.00 Richard Tarman
5890
68.83
5768
66.50
5622
5349
67.28 Herbert Duykers
Joseph Brennan
5494
84.78 Paul B. Wilsen
106.17 Ralph Knowles
5891
45.50
5767
37.33 Davis GuUlory
Juan Bermudez
5350
77.39 Antonio Bertty
5493
99.94 Francis Jeffords ....... 5623
70.39 Void
5892
43.17
5768
Void John A. Obregon .... 5803
5351
95.67 Joseph Bevacqiia
Peter Miceli
5496
5624
78.56 Frank Knapp
68.83 Harold J. Sheprow
59.50
65.72 Void
90.44 William Wilson
Linzy Boslcy
5352
5497
5625
42.39 Jose DeCosta
92.17 Eugene J. Blanchard ... > 5769
Void
• a
5894
5770
72.33 Gcok'ge PaUis
5353
42.00 Egon Leverman .
82.83
94.11 Geo'ce Godwin
Carl Bonks
5498
5626
< a 5895
51.3.7
Benny
A.
Hansen
5771
95.28 Charles P. Achoy ..... , , 5896
41.01 Lambert Martiiulale .... 5499
78.94 Gt.rge Deiker
Dan'el Clifford
5354
5627
40.44
115:89
5772
112.78 Robert E. Adams ..... , , 5897
57.50 AUen Thompson
5355
53.07 Peter Raptakis
47.06 Nicholas Sushko
Armando Dafermo ..,
5500
5628
49.50
5773
111.61 WUUam F. ChristUnsi k 9898
85.17 George WilUams
36.17 Floyd Hillier
5356
5501,
5629
98.78 .Gervacio Vinluan
CUve Harding
99.89
5774
63.78 Koiny Freilich
100..33 WiUiam Wennberg
5502
5630
91.78 Walter C. Zajanc
Carl Jordan
91.39 Vincent Rizzuto
,,
f f ? ? 5357
5899
54.83
5775
106.56 Frank A. llamUton ... .
5358
75.08 J. F. Keiley . .......... 5503
5031
MitcheU Rodriguez ...
76.06 John AusUti.
73.50 Mario G. Lopez
8900
90,61
71.17 Benito E, MalUom .... 5901
84.39 Charles Smith .
Lester Lapham
5359
5504
5632
59.89 Philip Sarkus
70.39 Peter J. McAeneney .... 5776
62.81
i" •
69.22 John D. Psathas ...... 6902
80.50 Leroy Duhoit ......... 5633
5360
106.94 Waddy .Tohnson
5505
Charles Nicholson ...
95.28 Charles E; Wason, Jr.... 5777
113.17
39.67 Joseph F. Laughlln .. 5634
45.50 George A. Sherwood
63.78 Homer Starling.
5506
Frank Post
....., 5361
60 67 Albert 0. Smith ......... 5778
5903
60.28
Thomas
H.
Burnley
5779
64.Vi! James Adams
5362
73;89 Joseph Moody .
5507
George LaFleur
44.'/2 Frank Pieczykolin ...',. 5635
65.72
,,
5904
82.44
37.33 Andreas Platis
40.67 Andrew Junkins
5363
5508
10.(83 Arthur .1. Marrero .... 6836
49.00 Alexander (i. Mitchell ... 5780
Harold Savo.v, Jr. ,...
5905
73.50
113.56 John SuteUiTe .
47.08 Earnest Bailey
5364
5509
5637
Louis Moore
......
49.39 To Cash Vac. Checks .... 5781 3,500.00 WUUam E. Hammond
5906
98.00
5782
77.39 .Tames Gordon
110.44
.6.365
5510
36.94 William A. Fihm ..... 5638
George Dobronick ...
30.28 Earl A. Francher
67.67 Jewel Bostick ..
, (Continued on pa«e ?5).
5366 •
,,!i5,ll.. ,
87.89 ^John P.
Fabian Duco, Jr. ....
JiW
OOiiJ
, ..a.WitiJtii! .3 dlirifj.'
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S E A FA R E R S
CASH BENEFITS '
TOTAL
$120»456.26
Vacation Plan '
March 15 — March 29
Welfare Plan
March 9 — March 22
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION » ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT « A.F.L.
6180
Herbert Reeve
6034
78.56 Oscar Slettemo
6181
Christos Pagalos
6035
38.50 Hilton Blanchard
Check
Walter S. Goguen
8036
77.00 Stanley T. Dombroski ... 6182
Name
No. Amount Ronald J. Ellsworth .... 6037
42.29 Bernard H Kimberly ... 6183
Oustav Klrchner
5907
*3.94 John M. Flaherty
6038
59.11 Joseph W. McKinnon .... 6184
Pablo Mendex
5908
82.83 WUliam C. Hary
6185
6039
66.89 Rafael S. Saucedo
Harold S. Greenwald .,. 5909
64.94 John L. Hubbad
6186
6040
, 74.23 WilUam H. Mansfield
Helnrlch W. Schnoor ... 5910
»3..33 Donald R. Ginn
6187
6041
36..56 Gaither C. Bray
John A. Dunne
5911
38.89 Frank E. Parsons
6188
6042
72.33 Paul L. Davidson
. Lindell R. Jenkins
5912
49.78 Joseph S. Freshong .... 6043
55.61 Edward F. Caddin, Sr. .. 6189
Robert €.' Maloy
5913
59.89 Freda Gardner
6190
6044
35.39 Clyde E. Miller, Jr
Gudjon H. Palsson
5914
91.78 Robert J. Lee, Jr
6191
6045
52.11 Matthew Gichenko
Manuel J. Fedraza
5915
69.22 Jean C. Paquin
6192
6046
41.22 Joseph S. Kornek
Lauren M. Strickland .... 5916
47.08 Frederick H. Taylor .... 6047
110.44 Thomas A Scanlon .... 6193
Jesse Smith
5917
78.94 James R. Hassell, Jr. .... 6048
59.50 Stanley A. Sargeant .... 6194
James S. Bullock
5918
61.83 Ralph Bacon
6195
6049
43.94 Paul Aubain
Thomas V. Yates
5919
60.M Louis M. Henriquez .... 605O
6196
43.17 Arthur Maillet, Jr
Morris M. Shapiro
5920
64.o6 Robert Broadus
6197
6051
85 17 Juan M. Gonzales
John Van Dyk
5921
99.17 Leo Crawford
6198
6052
61.83 Paul R. Turner
Willie C. WlUiams
5922
66.50 Howard K. Pierce
6199
.' 6053
72.72 Willie Walker
Frank R. Sawyer
5923
38.94 John W. Rambo
6200
6054
100 72 Dallas K. Williams
O. T. Dykes
5924
85.94
6201
Shields
6055
57.94 Willard D. Moore
Kal Jong
5925
66.50 James
Robert Fogarty
6056
58.72 Frank E. Shimelfenig ... 6202
John Leys
5926
108.89 Joseph Dean
62a3
6057
52.89 Jennie Rizzuto
Eddie T. Driggers
5927
56.39 Henry J. Manenti
6058
65.72 Ronald J. Yarbrough .... 6204
Ronald B. Barnes
5928
6205
Francis Lacey
6059
46.28 James P. RusseU
Frederick D. Gosse
5929
'f?® Joseph A. Robertson .... 6060
70.00 Carlton A. Roberts .... 6206
Thomas M. Combs
5930
64.17 Pazely V. MUlican
6207
6061
104.22 Brantley Young, Jr
Billy R. Jarvls
5931
78.94 Augustus W. Bowden. Jr. 6062
6208
108.11 Bobby E. Harris
Hubert Justice
5932
56.00 Daniel E. Whisnant
6209
6063
89.06 Patsy J. Frango
James R. Thompson .... 5933
65.72
6210
James
T.
Alxander
Ralph Trlplett. Jr.
6064
61.83
Knud B. Larsen
5934
43.58 Junior
6211
A. LaU
6065
39.67 Isaac B. Duncan
Daniel J. Fegan
5935
110.83 WiUUm R. Philips
6212
6066
100.72 Gordon Bell
Albert A. Albu
5936
94.50
Roland
Grigg.
.Tr
6213
Joseph Walsh
6067
38.11
Hugh Addison
5937
69.22 Stanley
6214
Stauros Gatsinps
W.
Gire
6068
42.78
Void
5938
Void
George Daskalakis
6069
95.67 WUUam L. McCarthy .... 6215
Anthony Scatuno
5939
52.50 Hobart R. Kirkwood .... 6070
6216
37.33 WUliam A. Lang
James D. Lang
5940
98.39
6217
6071
59.89 John J. Nagler
Axcel Roghammar
5941
94.50 Edward L. Haines
Edward J. Santhony .... 6218
Alexander
R.
Bees
6072
60.28
Maurice J. Olson
5942
96.06
6219
6073
39.28 Charles E. Zlateff
George C. Cannady .... 5943
58.72 Alva G. Ault
6220
40.83 George Tsivelos
Aubrey H. Smith
5944
65.33 Matthew L. Struthers ... 6074
Lonis
A.
Brown
........ 6221
59.11
Benny Brinson
5945
70.39 Lyle W. WUliamson .... 6075
6222
Livious Underwood
Natale
Favaloro
6076
94.11
Dennis MiUer
5948
81.06 Raymond J. Daigle .... 8077
6223
103.06 John P. Trust
John L. Lightfoot
5947
58.33
6224
Gerardo
Comacho
8078
93.72
Alton Mackln
5948
84.39 WUliam J. Molse
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 6225
Oscar
F.
Madere
6079
93.72
Dennis H. BrazeU
5949
87.89
6226
6080
98.39 WiUiam Jones
Chester A. Yow
5950
36J6 WUliam C. Fisher
6227
J. DriscoU
6081
105.78 I. F. Gibbons
Alberto Galza
5951
50.94 Thomas
n28
Pedro
Gonzalez
6082
104.22
Sidney J. Vauidul, Jr. .. 5952
79.08 Clyde CahiU
George N. Belariakis .... 6229
Eugene
E.
Engelhardt
..
6063
87A9
James H. McDon^d. Jr. 5953
58.33
$230
6084
74.67 Frank E. Ayers
Harry McClernon
5954
57.56 Thomas B. Farr
6231
6085
98.00 Curtis Anderson
Panayiotis Tsimlssiris .. 5955
100.33 Oscar H. ManUold
823S
Audrey
A.
Felts
6086
103.06
Frank Naklicki
5956
106.56 Hugh F. Wells, Jr.
6233
6087
88.67 Void
Domenic Di Sei
5957
77.39 Jacob J. CuccU
ClovU
J.
Compan
6088
83.22 Pedro M. Diaz Haldonado 6234
Thomas B. Duncan ...... 5958
86.33
6235
Vlge
Manuel
8089
59.22
Wallace Lowthcr
5959
94.50 Jack B. Cherami»
6090
83.22 Thaddcus J. La Boda ... 6236
John W. Altstatt
5960
85.17 Paul K. ChambUss
Thomas B. Lipscomb .... 6237
George
J.
Wanka
6091
68.83
Juan Hernandes
5961
89.83
Robert E. Hampton .... 6092
88.28 Mruland E. Swarthout .. 6238
JuUan B. Royston
6093
88.67
John Langan
Charles R. Johnson
6094
86.72
WUliam Mans
Marvin
E.
HUl
6095
77.78
dus, FWT: It's
James H. Maxey
6096
58.33 field, AB: Some
always a pleasure
Joe B. Farrow
6097
88.28 how
this was
WUliam P. AUman
6098
93.33
to get paid, and
Francis X. McGlon* .... 6099
94.50 hard to believe
this vacation pay
Rocco M. AgogUa
6100
32.28 at first. But you
feels twice as
(Adj. on check No. 4954)
walk in here, fill
Albert A. WilUams
6101
39.67
gcod because it's W'J:
John Kawohl
6102
61.83 out a paper and
something I never
Andrew D. Messana .... 6103
99.56 they hand you a
Allen BeU
6104
83.22
expected I would
Alfunse W. Bamotb .... 6105
37.33 check. That's
get to collect
Robert E. Murphy
6106
63.39 smooth sailing!
John Fabis
6107
88.28
Harry E. Wllloughby .... 5962
94.11 Teodoro Gonzales
6108
103.44
Herbert R. Krcutz
5963
35.78 Laurence WUUg
6239
6109
65.22 Narman O. Murrell
6240
Mai McAllster
5964
90.22 Santiago Pascual
6110
83.61 Woodrow W. Yant
6241
John S. Davies
5965
49.78 Marion Szubert
6111
74.67 Agustin Rivera
6243
Robert R. Aycock
5966
75.44 Walter A. Schlecht
6112
113.56 Joseph W. Wendt
8243
Oscar A. Payne ........ .5967
91.78 Foo S. Chun
6113
74.28 Harold J. Henry
John W. Bradshaw
5968
62.22 WUliam F. Janisch
6114
103.44 Joseph V. Gauthier .... 6244
Ernest J. SUnley
5969
62.22 John Melgin
6115
91.39 Frederick S. Delorenzo ... 6245
6246
Donald R. Catlin
5970
64.17 Anthony J. Palino
6116
63.00 Lonnie L. Akridge
6247
James L. Mabe
5971
38.50 Eugene O. Dakln
6117
58.33 RolUan P. Landry
6248
John R. Wilson
5972
70.78 Lawrence J. Campbell ... 6118
77.39 Calvin Medley
6249
Benlgno C. Rautlsta
5973
97.22 To Cash Vac. Checks ... 6119
2,500.00 Harold R. Orkofsky
6250
Pablo E. Perez
5974
81.67 John P. Fifer
6120
589.44 WilUam J. Holland
Richard
Meyvantsson
.... 6251
Gabriel L. WllUamsen .. 5975
100.33 Lulgi GaUo
6121
51.72
6252
Luis Ballestero
5978
68.83 Charles Humphrey
6122
91.39 Joseph H. Seaver
6253
Eugene G. Plahn
5977
46.67 WUton M. McNiel
6123
75.83 Carlos Troncoso
Harold
E.
Rosecrans
.... 6254
To Cash Vac. Checks ... 5978
2.500.00 Joseph B. Thomassen ... 6124
55.22
62.W
James A. McWhinney ... 5979
8102.67 Jose Rivera
6125
50.00 Alberto C. Rocha
6256
Ricardo LaU
5980
111.22 Void
6126
Void WUliam O. Taylor
Louis A. Welch
5961
73.11 Donald Whittaker
6127
110.06 Thomas G. Plunkett .... 6257
6258
Rachid Gaham
5982
64.56 Robert G. Denny
6128
106.56 Manuel R. Traba
6259
Adrian Remiyn
5983 .
35.39 Ramon R. Sierra
6129
90.22 Otto Timm, Jr
6260
Frank Judah. Jr
5984 •
70.00 James R. Dayton
6130
75.44 Henry J. Principe
6261
Terrance M. Jones
5985
103.83. Samuel A. Breighner .... 6131
65 33 Yu Song Yee
Joseph
A.
Torrisl
6262
Caisto Prasso
5980
109.67 Kurt B. Cato
6132
70.00
6263
Earl G. McNab
5987
112.00 James Benclc
6133
89.44 Kong Foo Yoh
6264
Gordon L. Teacher
5988
78.17 James L. Higginbotham 6134
73.50 Harry May Wong
Patrick
J.
Coponitl
....
6265
Juan M. DavUa
5989
98.00 John F. Guest, Jr
6135
84.00
Joseph Kowalewski
5990
83.22 Christopher Gambie
6136
95.28 Edward S. Ingebrigtsen 6266
6267
Gerdine WUliams
5991
58.33 Robert L. Harwell
6137
108.50 Pablo Ortiz
6268
Arthur F. Hiers
5992
85.17 Anthony J. Hanna
6138
91.00 Robert Mills
Robert
M.
Douglas
6269
64.17
Ralph E. Daylor
5993
36.56 Lynwood E. Gregory .... 6139
6270
Walter H. Frederick
5994
45.50 Wheeler M. Fields
6140
45.11 WiUiam S. WUUams
6271
6141
83.22 Louis C. MUler
Anthony J. DiBatolomeo 5995
38.89 Trifon C. Gialuris
6272
Gilbert M. Wright
5996
82.06 Endel Loosaar
6142
80.50 CarroU M. Conrad
Marcios
N.
Franggos
... 6273
Carlyle
R.
Stack
6143
7.3.89
Michael J. Dembrowskl .. 5997
68.83
Roland K. Richardson ... 5998
51.33 WUliam M. Matthws .... 6144
41.22 Charles R. Chambers. Jr. 6274
6275
6145
78.17 Harry L. Stroupe
Gordon Ray
5999
68.44 Earl G. Oppel
6146
70.39 Leonardo Ruggero ...... 6276
Georgios Kyminas
6000
107.33 Dorsey Paugh
6277
110.44 Edward C. Sieger
Frank C. Kumiega
6001
113.56 Jaime M. HUda. Jr. .... 6147
6278
6148
71.94 Vincent J. Maffucl
Joseph Saxton
6002
96.06 Joseph P. Merkel
6279
Charles L. Johnston ... 6003
42.00 Mendel Wllman
6149
84.39 Anthony MetaUca
WilUam
H.
Reed
6280
6150
78.56
Donald K.. Campbell .... 6004
68.83 Harold K. King
6151
98.00 Joseph L. Bourgeois .... 6281
Archie N, Wright
6005
79.72 Henry J. Gromek
6282
93.33 Samuel Curtis
Ralph C. HUlis
6006
54.83 Melvin R. Knickmau ... 6152
6283
6153
89.06 Terrill D. York
Jacob R. Gnagey
6007
75.83 James W. Stanley
Jimmie
A.
Moody
...... 6284
John
J.
Grams
6154
42.00
Lloyd J. Thomas ...... 6008
102.28
6155 '
59.50 Lynn C. Tibbetts ...... 6285
Floyd J: Hurd
6009
84.39 Manuel Figueira
6286
6156
77.39 John C. Elliott
Nicholas T. Tala
6010
98.00 Claude A. Brown
6287
6157
45.11 Harvey L. Graham
Edward M. Melone
6011
94.50 Michael M. Endres
48.22 WilUam W. Bawden, Jr. 6288
Fennick Sawyer
6012
84.78 Edward A. GUlespie .... 6158
6289
6159
108.89 Bernard P. Losse
WiUlam A. McKenny ... 6013
50.56 John F. Indorf
6290
6160
36.17 George A. Logan
Hebert L. Gardner
6014
51.33 Robert A. Hamlett
John
Grych
6291
6161
75.83
Antonio A. 2elaya
6015
.103.83 Antolin A. Peniza
6162
108.50 Nolan C. Walker, Jr. .... 6293
George L. Warrington .. 6016
39.67 Jan V. Rooms
6293
6163
104.61 Thomas F. Hill
Emie Tamberg
6017
60.28 Harold W. Witt
6294
6164
52.50 Thonms P. GilUMn i
.Gerald D. Martin
6018
49.00 Kenneth W. Miller
Edgar
L.
Poor
6295
Arno
A.
J.
Puera
6165
96.83
John A. Smith
6019
89.06
6296
6166
45.11 Adolph PachuolJ
Edward Splshock
6020
88.28 Friedrich Behrend
6297
6167
98.78 Otis C. Bailey, J.
Ronald J. McDevltt ..... 6021
86.33 Nicholas jV:ellis
PhUip
B.
Livingston
.... 6298
6168
73.11
Eusebio Padilla
6022
93.33 Bacilio fiona'ci'it
6299
6169
96.44 Robert L. Dunn
George E. DeGreve .... 6023
62.22 John C. L^ugandus
6170
68.06 Leonard B. Merriam .... 6300
Alfred V. WUk
6024
52.50 Alfnnto Rrego
6301
.'6171
40.44 Auman Bivins
FraiiCiaCC EnFante .....60^
70.00 Charlns Carey
6173
96,06 Connar J. Gadberry .... 6302
Beu A. Hubbard
6026
60.22 never Waits
Thomas
F.
Lay
......... 6303
Marcelino
Valentin
6173
59.11
James M. SaveU
6027
110.44
6304
6174
66.50 John C. Drake
James Kirkland
6028
68A3 Frank J. Sidaras
6305
6175
107.72 WUUam D. Morris
Albert's. McKlnstry .... 6029
98.39 Robert E. Wagner
Bobby
9.
Thompson
.... $30$
Jose
Rosa
6176
59.11
Antonio C. Mealha ...... 6036
71.17
John
J.
Tobin
6307
Patrick
McGowan
6177
'
62.83
Henry Krohn .......... 6031
90.22
6308
6178
84.00 Paul A. Mason
Horacio A. DaSUva ...0632
47.83 Albert L. Ogletrce
$308
«170
37.76 Joseph B. Simmon*
Albert L. Bagley
6033
79.33 Robert E. Able
(Continued from page 54)
72.3.3
64.94
79.V2
108.50
108.11
55.22
64.17
82.44
58.72
50.56
80..50
94.89
82.06
83.22
104.22
108.11
70.39
85.56
115.89
112.39
50.56
38.50
52.50
83.22
85.50
57.94
76.61
59.50
86.72
8361
72.33
61.44
102.28
94.89
96.44
83.61
52.89
86.33
75.44
105.39
46.28
116.28
52.50
79.72
50.94
3,OOO.0b
$77.39
64.17
62.22
67.28
37.33
48.67
85.17
Void
58.33
37.72
96.83
76.22
42,39
56.00
58.33
86.33
68.06
45.89
88.67
42.00
83.22
56.00
94.11
70.00
101.50
109.28
83.22
94.50
70.39
105.00
37.33
78.17
73J)0
73.11
85.94
73.50
71.94
112.78
112.00
82.83
91.78
48.22
47.44
84.39
42.78
58.72
64.56
52.50
73.89
50.56
79.33
108.50
57.56
71.17
57.94
82.06
49.78
90.22
85.56
108.11
84.39
89.83
75.06
51.33
36.94
68.44
39.67
91.78
75.44
39.67
72.72
61.83
60 67
111.22
65.33
37.72
64.56
98.39
57.56
99.17
91.00
63.78
57.56
$1.44
Welfare
REPORT NO. 25
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
.Period Covered By This Report—March 9March 22
Cash on Hand
$438,333.10
US Government Bonds
754,023.44
Estimated Accounts Receivable
210,000.00
Hospital Benefits Paid in Period
4,995.00
Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
140,701.00
Death Benefits Paid in Period
12,500.00
Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
222,366.66
USPHS HOSPTAL
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
A. Bane
S30.00
Melvin Bass
30.00
John Brady
30.00
T. Caftrey
30.00
J. Callahan
3000
Frank Cardoza ...,
30.00
N. R. Cartwrlght ..
30.00
John Chaker ......
15.00
P. Davenport
15.00
H. Dunlevie
30.00
O. Grant
30.00
John Gleson
15.00
R. Hobdy
30.00
Sidney Isaacs
15.00
O. Jones
30.00
J. Kachelhoffer ....
30.00
Charles Kerstens ..
30.00
D. KimbreU
30.00
To Kong Sze
15.00
John Kosinski ....,
15.00
Thomas Kustas ....
15.00
James Lawlor ....,
30.00
S. Legauada
30 00
K. Lewis
15.00
M. H. Lorenzo ....
15.00
M. Mitchell
30.00
James MacCrea ....
15.00
Daniel Mejias ....,
15.00
Alfred Mueller ...,
30.00
Frank Nering ....
30.00
Peter Orth
15.00
WUliam Owens ...,
30.00
Joseph Prindezis ..,
30.00
Juan Rueda .......
30.00
John Saari
15.00
Thomas Scardells .,
15.00
M. Schaplro
15.00
John Slaman
30.00
Emerson Spaulding
30.00
August Steinman ..
15.00
Albert Sylvestrc ..,
30.00
John Tranaglini ...
15.00
Francis WaU
30.00
Henry Woods
30.00
James W. Grinstead
K. D. Mcintosh ...
George H. Noles ..
Paul Norton
Stephen M. Plash ..
A. J. Scheving
James O. Thomas .
S. B, Tribble
F. W. Walaska
30.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
$255.00
VETERANS HOSPITAL
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
E. L. Pritchard .
.. $45.00
SEASIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
T. ChiUnski
.. $15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL .
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Alex, Andeshak
$15.00
Thomas L. Ankerson
15.00
G. Belaviakis
15.00
Edward Bickley
30.00
Donald Bragg
15.00
Edmund Cabanski
15.00
Eernle P. Coin
30.00
William Curtin
15.00
Joseph F. Goude
30.00
Arthur Haylock
15.00
Hugo HUden
30.00
Howard Ligans
15.00
PhUilp Lewis
30.00
Michael Laasko
15.00
Earl McKendree
iv
30.00
E. Melone
7...
15.00
Thomas Mungo
30.00
PhUip Naviteky
30.00
G. Nichols
30.00
Richard Price
30.00
Alfred Pulvano
30.Cnr
Ruperto Rivera
30.00
Arthur Reinholdt
15.G0
Jose Reys
30.00
.Tohn Robinson
30.00
John M. Stone
30.00
30.00
$1,065.00 John A. Stout
WUUam Wallace
30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
$675.00
Francis I. Gibbnns
$15.00
USPHS HOSPIT.AL
William B. Jones
15.00
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
M. H. Scott
15.00
J. H. Adams
$15.00
30.00
$45.00 Allen P. AntUl
A. Asenci
15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Robert Bs^ster
30.00
MOBILE, ALABAMA
A. F. Bankston
30.00
30 00
T Burke
$30.00 Claude F. Bankston
E.
G.
BiUings
30.00
Walter Harbison
30.00
30.00
J. H. Jones
45.00 L. G. Boster ...
15.00
Alvin W. LaCaze
15.00 .l^oseph T. Bryant
30.00
WUUam Ott
30.00 Ralph Canniff
Wilson
O.
Cara
30.00
Paul W. Richards
15 00
30.00
George Robinson
30.00 James D. CardeU
30.00
W. H. Stokes
15.00 Oliver Celestine
James Crone
30.00
30.00
$210.00 Rogelio Cruz
Martino
DeSalvo
30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Thomas L. Dugan
15.00
BRIGHTON. MASS.
Herbert
Eikenberry
30.00
Thomas H. Bonvie
$15.00
E.
R.
Eklur.d
30.00
R. P. Bowman
30.00
15.00
F. Bruggner
15.00 Henry Gerdes
30.00
Charles F. Dwyer
30.00 E. E. Gross
Leonard
Kay
30.00
Benedict Klakowicz
15.00
15.00
A. D. Leva
30.00 Paul P. Lamb
30.00
Lincoln E. Smith
15.00 Leo H. Lang
Manuel
J.
Lewis
55.00
George Vourloumis
30.00
"A. E. LochmoUer
30.00
15.00
$180.00 M. V. Mobley
M. Newman
15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
L. S. Osma
30.00
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA
Joseph Otreba
15.00
W. J. Anderson
$30.00 James E. Porter
15.00
Paul Pierlouisi
60.00 James R. Porter
15.00
Jean Rioux
15.00 John S. Proscoe
/
,30 00
Charles Robertson
30.00 K. Raana
30.00
WiUiam Rogers
15.00 Claude A. Ray
30 00
Ernest Schiwek
15.00 Herbert Reynolds
15.00
Peter Smith
15.00 Foster B. Shedd
30IH)
David Sorenson
30.00 D. E. Smith
120.00
Joseph Sprinzel
30.00 N. Straton
15.00
L. R. Tickle
30 00
$240.00 George ToUiver
15.00
Louis A. Willis
30.(i0
FIRLAND SANATORIUM
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON
$1,165.00
EmU Austad
$15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
VETERANS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA
PERRY POINT, MARYLAND
W. B. Creech
$30.00 WUUam Hoffman .
$365.00
J. T. Moore
30.00
John Parker
15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
John H. Skipper
15.00
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Marvin Swords
30.00 J. H. Ashurst
$60.00
Joseph P. Wise
60.00
$120.00
$120.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
USPHS HOSPITAL
Albert Brickhouse
$15.00
FORT STANTON. NEW MEXICO
Roger Horton
30.00 Bomar
R. Cheeley
$60.00
Alvah H. Jones
45.00 Frederick Landry
60.00
Gerald McCarthy
30.00 Donald McDonald
60.00
Vincent FalTucci
30.00 Jack F. Thornburg
30.00
Leonard Murphy
30.00
Earl E. Overturp
30.00
$210.00
S. Roundtree
30.00
F. Trenholm
30.00
DEATH BENEFITS
WUUam MiUer
. $2,500.00
$270.00 Moses Morris
. 2,5uu 00
John G. Harris
. 2,500.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Frank P. Kelly
. 2,500.00
GALVESTON. TEXAS
EmU
Mattsson
. 2JSOO.OO
$15.00
Vernon Bolton
15.00
F. W, Burford
$12,500.00
15.00
W* S. Getty
�; '
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... DIGEST of SHOPS' MEETINGS ...
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rAlRPORT (WaUrman)/ Mar. 10—
Chairman, Oaorga Parka; Saeratary,
Ralph Tindall. Motion made and carried
that any man apeaking out of turn be
recommended for a fine. Motion made
and seconded that we elect a master at
arms. Repair list turned in; all dele
gates to retain a copy of repair list. Sug
gestion made that any man with any
charges to be made to the patrolman
discuss it before the crew at this meet
ing. A vote of thanks to the steward
department.
George Mates. Complaint about butter
tasting bad. Request fellows to be more
quiet when going on watch. Complaint
about officers using new washing ma
chine for dirty clothes.
lAPGs Now in
Perth Amboy
—Chairman, .Grvllio R. Mayhem; Secre
tary, Thomas J. Durkin. Wipers have one
hour disputed overtime but they are sure
to coUect it as it was paid once before.
A motion was made and carried that the
sanitary men apply themselves a little
better to their job. Motion made and
carried that the record player and the
television be repaired and paid for out
of the ships' fund. A motion was made
and carried that men failing to show up
for their assigned watches without good
reason shall be reported at once to the
Union. A vote of thanks to the steward
department.
boat driU except the men on watch. Wash
ing machine to be kept clean and prop
erly taken care of. Suggestion that crew
make less noisf in the messroom while
playing radio, especially at night. The
men getting off were asked to leave
foc'sles clean. Compliments were extend
ed to the steward department.
Crewmen of Cities Service
CAROLYN (Bull), Mar. S—Chairman,
R. E. Dickey; Secretary, J. Shea. Discus
tankers
adtl other ships dock
sion on March of Dimes. Ship's delegate
read letter from headquarters regarding
MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), Mar. 9—
ing
at
Perth
Amboy, NJ, will
new argreement and asked delegates to
Chairman, Barney Kinter; Secretary, Paul
get their men together aiid discuss
find plenty of LOGs on hand
Gladden.Reading of letter from head
changes and forward same to headquar
quarters as of Feb. 8, 1952. Discussion
at Victor Dankiff's Bar.
ters. AU hands agreed to donate SI or
about arguments aboard ship. Mention
MADAKET (Waterman), Mar. 1—Chair more to the March of Dimes.
made of good cooperation of crew mess
man, Max Byers; Secretary, Harry D.
Since a great many tankers
man in which membership concurred.
French. The captain had agreed to pur
BEAUREGARD (Waterman), Mar. 1
vacation pay and insurance
of companies other than Cities Chairman, Ronald Eden; Secretary, C. J. Discussions on
chase new washing machine but instead
beneficiaries.
BRADFORD ISLAND— (Cities Service),
we got parts to repair old one. Demand Mar.
Nali. Suggested that if you have a beef
17—Chairman,
Edward
E.
Flynn;
Service
dock
at
Perth
Amboy,
Fab. S—Chairman, Paul Morris; Secre
for sougeeing and painting of engine de Secretary, Fred Boyne. Suggested that
go to your department delegate, who in tary,
Barney Kinter. Repairs not made
partment and foc'sles. Post cards issued ship's treasurer contact marine library to
turn, wlU go to the ship's delegate. There as
and
at
other
terminals
in
the
requested—porthole gaskets, etc., not
by the selective service were offered to get new books for ship; take money from
was a discussion about not having hot renewed.
made to contact captain
anyone who wishes to notify his draft treasury to send cable for books. Dis
area, the LOGs could help water last trip for the crew. Whoever regarding Motion
and if no action is taken
board of maritime employment.
uses the washing machine will clean it. to contact same,
cussion on rooms to be painted. Suggest
haU
Norfolk. Discussion
serve as an entering wedge in The sanitary men in'each department wiU about cigarettes. in Slopchest
we change brand of soap powder.
not being
rotate each week by keeping the wash opened untU after Norfolk; explanation
Esso tankers and those of room mopped and clean.
" JOYCE KILMER (Mississippi), Mar. 1
made that this was in accordance with
Chairman, Caorge Smira; Secretary, Coy
other oil companies that have
custom's rules. Ship's delegate report^
ANTiNOUS (Waterman), Feb. 23—Chair
Presley. Chief cook reports stove not
that anyone fighting aboard ship will be
Leo A. Alien; Secretary, Joseph Ko
giving proper heat but getting full co man,
thus
far
resisted
unionization
turned
over to the patrolman at payoff.
MASSMAR (Caimar), Mar. IB—Chair,
operation from engineers to correct this iodzielski. Twentyeight dollars was col
man,
J.
Thompson;
Saeratary,
William
lected
for
the
March
of
Dimes
and
to
be
by legitimate unions.
condition. It was agreed each depart turned over to patrolman at the payoff,
Davias. Few hours disputed overtime to
ment should alternate in keeping recrea Cabinet to be built in recreation hall aft
ST. AUGUSTINE VICTORY (Misilsilppl);
be taken care of at payoff. Discussion on
tion room and laundry room clean. Each for magazines and papers. To have en
letter sent out by headquarters for any Mar. 12—Chairman, C. J. Quinnt; Saera
member should clean washing machine gine delegate ask chief engineer to order
Juke box to be taken ashore in Mobile to ideas on new agreement or suggestions. tary, J. V. Doian. Discussion on steward
after using it.
thermostat control in engine room. Stew be repaired. Suggestion made that when Old washing machine to be used for work department and delegates. Several points
ard delegate brought out that two lockers LOG comes on board ship for ship's dele clothes and new machine for whites. Not from the constitution and bylaws wera
gate, he will pass them around to the de to loan money from ship's fund out for read. Discussion on the preparing of tha
FORT HOSKiNS (Cities Service), Mar. had been broken into.
food and the baking and how the gaUey
personal use to crew.
partment delegates.
S—Chairman, Jesse W. Maioney; Secre
stove was not working properly. Discus
tary, E. Oavis. Motion made that each
sion
about the terrible maU service, of
FORT HOSKiNS (Cities Service), Mar.
man clean after liimself in the messhall
FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), Mar.
which there has'been very little or nona
STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), Mar. «
or a SI fine. Request made to have more 17—Chairman, Leo Dwyer; Secretary, 1$—Chairman,
William C. Hardy; Secre Chairman, Bsnjam'in''W. Tingiey; Secre at all. Ship's delegate wUl be about get
literature about union; to be placed by. B. C. Hiilis. Discussion on chow to be tary; T. A. Scoper.
Promise of new wash tary, F. Quintayo. '$9.(X) in ship's fund. ting steward department and foc'sles
patrolman. Any addition to repair list taken up with patrolman in New York. ing machine this voyage
by port engineer. Messroom in port hole needs new gas painted and also Ubrary. Deck delegate
Reported chief engineer started working Repair list of last voyage
be submitted to list on bulletin board.
being fulfiUed kets.
asked crew to please bring up all beefs
Feb. 23—Chairman, None; Secretary, I. on repair list but has not finished. Dis as far as possible. Anyone missing
when in a sober state.
watch,
Davis. Discussion on March of Dimes. cussion why new coffee urn aboard has performing, etc., volunteer to get off
ship
Voted SIO from ship's fund along with not been installed. Crew to keep feet at first port or be reported to patrolman
TRINITY (Carras), Mar. 14—Chairman,
individual donations to be handed in at off chairs in messhall. Each man's duty and action be taken. Patrolman instruct
LEWIS EMERY JR. (Victory Carriers),
C. Cravier; Secretary, A. G. Espeneda. Mar.
to help keep messhall clean. Ship's dele
Baltimore to patrolman.
It—Chairman; O. Klippberg; Secre
gate passed ' out cards to the brothers ed mate to cease hoUaring at sailors and Motion made that aU living quarters and tary,
H. Posf. Washing machine la to be
let
bosun handle
them
as customary.
Sug
galley be painted and also instaU chairs: kept clean
who want the LOG sent to their homes.
and'If anyone is found not
gested ship's delegate see about having patrolman to be notified before payoff.
colored light bulbs installed in passage All hands were asked to attend fire and cleaning It after using It they will have
to pay
a fine
of $10.'
ways in crew's quarters so light doesn't
PUERTO RiCO (Bull), Feb. 22—Chair bother men at rest. Seventeen doUars in
man, Thurston Lewis; Secretary, Jim ship's fund. Suggest everyone assess
Murphy. Reported that since the San themselves $1 this payoff to replace
BENTS FORT (Cities Service), Mar.
Juan strike beef the captain has heen money used for wreath of flowers wired
Chairman, Allison I. Hobort; Socrotary,
trying to give the boys a hard time. to shipmate's deceased mother.
W. H. Rood. Ship's delegate requested
Thurston Lewis asked the membership to
memliers to give proper notice of any
approve
the
purchase
of
two
bound
vol
watch
changes. Discussion on keeping
ROBERT E. CLARKSON (Bioomfleid),
WINTER HILL (Cities Service), Mar. 23
of the 1951 LOG. Suggested that a
messroom clean at night. Men on last
Feb. 2—Chairman, Rudolph J. Himei, umes
should be tiken on all ex
PRUI Kent
standby are to clean tables. Repair list
Secretary, D. T. Lynch. Delegates re standing vote
of ship's fund money. Sug
being made up. SIU letter concerning art
ported all well. Motion made and sec penditures
gested
that
since
the
majority
rules,
any
Please
get.
i
ii . touch
with
your
contest
read to membership.
onded to get screens for crew mess ports.
of voting is proper which seemed
Motion made and ' carried that fresh method
aunt
Eva
at
401; Oglethorpe
Ave.,
to
be
the
general
overall
opinion.
water line be run to the deck for steve Brother asked for a vote of thanks to
AUGUST BELMONT (South Atlantic),
dores in India so that there will be no former
Albany, Ga., regarding Olcl Shores Mar. 9—Chairman,
ship's delegate, Jim Stewart, for
H. L. Maacham, Secre
excuse for their entering crew's quar a thankless
job done to the best of his
tary, Robert G. Varnon. It was agreed
ters. Deck and engine departments to ability: round
Estate. Important.
•
of
applause
was
given.
upon
that
aU
coffee
cups, and dishes
Checks from various sources'
rotate cleaning of recreation room every Brother asked for a vote of thanks to Ed
should be kept free of peelings, cigarettes
'o weeks.
Mooney for helping to bring the San Juan have been unclaimed for almost a
and matches or a meeting would be called
beef to a successful conclusion. Clarke
and a fine would be imposed on those dis
Richard; R.
Lelkas
thinks
that
all
crewmetnbers
should
be
year
and
will
be
returned
to
the
obeying the above auggesUon. A schedule
JOHAN FRINTZ (Eastarn), March 1— complimented on their splendid behavior
was made
to foUow in keeping the recrea
Chairman, Robarts; Saeratary, T., F. during the Sah Juan episode.
sender
by
SIU
headquarters
in
Your brother Matt is anxious to tion haU and laundry clean.
Graanay. Delegates reported everything
okay. A vote of than^ was given to the
Brooklyn unless picked up shortly. contact you regarding a forward
steward department for the fine cooking
MARY ADAMS (Bioemfleid), Mar. 2—
The following men have checks ing address for. your mail.
and the prompt and efficient service ren
Chairman, R. Pink; Secretary, Jalce Long
dered by the department.
feiiow.
Suggestion made to sell washing
coming: Burley E. Nankivil, Harry
machine to company for $75. Repair list
O'Brien, Thomas C. Lockwood,
wiU be posted in order to finish repairs
PONCE DE LEON (Waterman), March
James ''Smoky" Cardin
that were not done. Vote of thanks to the
f—Chairman, George Midgett; Secretary,
Clyde Finney, Gordon C. Ander
new LOG, and all members express their
F. P. Kustura. Nelson reported $3.19 in
Important you get in touch with gratitude for the new articles in the LOG.
the ship's fund. . Discussion by several
read and posted. Delegates are
ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), Feb.' 23— son, Slgurbjom A. Bjomsson,
on what to do with the record player Chairman, D. L. Parker; Secretary, James
J.
Hathaway, Rt. 6, Box 71, Mo .XJterature
to get suggestions concerning new agree
and the ninety records that belong to Purseli. If any performing is done dur Harold Cahen, Raymond Donway,
ment and
forward
to headquarters.
;.
the crew. It was decided if the ship is ing the voyage it will be reported to the Luther Borrego, Frederick J. Dur bile, Ala.
sold that the records be given to the patrolman in Mobile. Two men who
hospital at Fort Stanton, New Mexico.
missed ship in Mobile to be reported to ham, Juan Delgado, John Early, W.
patrolman. Discussion on having juke
Bill Gluck
I
box fixed to be brought up the next meet A. Henley, Harry V. Garztecski,
ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Seat Shipping), ing before arriving' in the States. Laun
I
am
trying
to
contact
you.
Mar. 11—Chairman, S. Pierson; Secretary, dry to be kept clean: each man to clean Philip P. Gulmond, Kenneth Singh,
C. P. Achey. The painting of foc'sles at up same when Jinished and also to keep Ronald E. Voss, Frederick Kakkum,
Write Ray Creseski, FN, Division
sea was deferred because there were no messroom clean. Ship's delegate to see
hunks available in the hospital. It was captain about officers keeping saloon pan Sigurd Christensen, George N. M, USS Columbus (CA74), FED,
agreed to take up the matter of loggings try clean so as not to make too much
CLARA BARTON (Bleoinfieid), Mar. 9—
upon arrival in New York with patrol work on the messman.
Chairman, R. L. Abernathy; Secretary, R.
Kaeliwai, Walter L. Pritchett.
NY, NY
man. The sum of $23.00 held by the
C. Sypher. Have patrolman see that the
Mar. 9—Chairman, D. L. Parker; Sec
chief steward as ship's fund turned over
water tight doors are seaworthy before
t
t
to ship's delegate. Engine delegate re retary, James Purseii. Deck delegate re
signing
on. Suggestion made for everyone
ports
a
few
hours
of
disputed
overtime
ported that all black gang foc'sles be
to keep the washing machine clean. Sug
D, Hall
but trying to get it straight before arrival
painted on the next outbound voyage.
ExSS Irenestar
gestion mlide for deck and engine depart
in Mobile. Motion made that steward and
H. Dowell
'
ments to clean the laundry and steward
ship's delegate contact patrolman about
department
to keep' the recreation room
Please
leave
radio
I
left
on
the
SALEM MARITIME (Cities Service), steak lK,iiig taken on board in Trinidad.
Write where I can get in touch clean.
Mar. B—Chairman, L. Pickett; Secretary, Repair list to be checked after repairs. ship at the Baltimore hall. Jimmy
PERSONALS
NOTICES
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Editor,
SEAFARERS LOG,
675 Fourth Ave.,
Brooklyn 32, N. Y.
4 t 4"
with you. J. Bough, 11 Burbank
Ave., New Dorp 6, SI, NY.
ft. .ft ft
ROBIN HOOD (Seat Shipping), Fab. 17—
Chairman, J. Cantreii, Jr.; Secretary, J. J.
Levin. Nothing can be settled with mate,
matters to be turned over to patrolman
at payoff. First assistant giving men a
hard time. Foc'sles are in bad shape; they
need a painting. Motion made to set aside
sum of money from ship's fund for purser
in appreciation of crew for the time and
trouble he took to show motion pictures.
Ship's fund amounts to $35.00. Long dis
cussion by chairman on conduct of men
which would tend to serve in the best in
terests of the SIU.
ExSS Joseph Priestley
Titiu Netties
Seafarer who took photo of Your family is anxious to hear
burial of brother Clarence Cone, from you. Write Dr. John T. Net
.
or other crewmembers on that tles, 1656 Dublin Street, Mobile,
trip, please get in touch with Mrs.
I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please Cone, 7701 N.' Packard, Tampa, Ala.
ft. ft ft
put my name on your mailing list.
(Print Information) Fla.
RICHARD JORDAN CATLING (Water
William . R; Perry Jr.
man), Feb. 9—Chairman, Fercy Boyer;
Secretary,
Norman Fettersen. Anyone
4' 4" 4"
Your mother is ill and in need using washing
machine to leave same
NAME
Crew asked to keep messroom
Giovanni F. Abundo
of aid. Contact Mrs. L. Thiba clean.
clean at all times.
Your 2A occupational deferment deoux, 1605 3 St., Lake Charles,
MONROE (Bull), Mar. 15.Chairman.
STREET ADDRESS
expires April, 1952. You will be La.
Edmund K. W. Eriksen; Secretary, James
Maguire.
Motion made that treasurer for
classified lA at that time.
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ship's fund make a report. Motion made
that we donate to ship's fund until a
David Ashmore
CITY
......ZONE
STATE
maximum of $50 is reached. This money
4" 4" 4"
will ha available to any crev;member
Your wife is anxious to contact needing
money in emergency. Motion
Draft classifications for the fol
you. Write 575 W. 177 St., NYC. made to purchase ironing board.
lowing
men
have
been
set
by their
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Contact .Asst.
Sec. Tfeas. L, A.
I,:.
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until March 17, 1953. ^ ^ ^
^ darker at SIU headquarters. .;
man, Steve Carri Secretary, Jim Murphy.
Cooperation in turning in Trujillo passes
waau^excellent. That'doors between cargo
Holds and quarters be closed in port.
Messman wishes to have safety mats pro
vided in the galley near the pot washing
siiiks. More membeis of this ship should
,Attend the shdreslde meeting. Member
(Continue4 OA page 27)
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Miiir, Afril 4, im
fjiwc Twcn^sercB:
SEAFARERS LOG
... DIGEST of SHIPS' BfEETINGS *.
(Continued from page 26)
report* that the last few trips, leavinc
San Juan, many of the crew have been
getting ill. SMpper thinks that outsiders
hanging near the galley and maybe using
food utensUs may have something to do
with it. More help is needed on the ship's
paper. Member wants new chairs 'which
were supposed to have heen ordered a
long time ago for rooms.
HILCN H JACKSON (South Atlantic),
Feb. »—Chairman, V. Mahan; Sacratary
C. H. Hsrtman. Motion was made to no
tify the Union in regards to the repairs
made by the shipyard—some of the work
is very poor. Suggestion was made that
the recreation room to be polished one
week by the black gang and one week by
the steward department. The laundry
would be taken care of by the deck de
partment. Suggestion was made for the
standby to clean up the messroom, so as
to prevent the breakage of. dishes and
help protect the proper^ of the ship and
the crewmembers. Toasters and percolat
ors were put on the ship for the crew.
Suggestion mad* for a ship's fund to be
formed for the purpose of buying an
iron. etc. Keys to be supplied for various
lockers and rooms. Overtime to be dis
puted before ship arrives in New York.
SEATHUNDER (Orlon), March. It.—
Chairman, J. B. Barnett; Secretary, B.
Black. Second cook asks not to be rushed.
Compliments to the steward department.
Ship's delegate instructed to obtain new
belt and screen for washing machine. See
3rd mate about new slopchest price Ust..
Feb. 10—Chairman, Bill Mason; Secre
tary, Frank Leonard. Reported S23.3S in
ship's fund. Ship's delegate reports quite
a few beefs on overtime. Deck delegate
cautioned steward not to report ship*
from the bridge through the field glasses
before the lookout has a chance to sight
them again. Discussion on shortage of
American stores: laxity on part of the
steward. Motion made and carried to
have one of the utiUties help serve in
crew mess. Motion made and carried to
elect three brothers to check stores in
future and to turn down stores that were
not firstclass.
Keep Draft
Board Posted
SIU Headquarters urges all
draft eligible seamen to be
sure they keep their local Se
lective Service boards posted
on all changes' of address
through the use of the post
cards furnished at all SIU
halls and aboard ships.
Failure to keep your draft
board informed of your where
abouts can cause you to be
listed as a delinquent and be
drafted into the services with
out a hearing. The Union in
such cases can do nothing to
aid Seafarers who fail to com
ply.
tsry, L. Arnold. Delegates to work up
a repair list. Laundry room to be cleaned
in rotation by three departments. All
h^nds to see that unauthorized persons
are kept out of quarters and messrooms.
Discussion about rusty water to be taken
up with chief engineer.
DAVID S. TERRY (Eastern), March 9
—Chairman, King, Secretary, R. MacDon
ald. Request that ail unnecessary noise
in passageways be stopped during day
time so men off watch can sleep. Re
quest hose for washing machine.
James L. Morgan. The ship's delegate re
ported everything running smoothly. A
motion was made to have the ship's dele
gate see the patrolman and have some
kind of action taken on work permits.
There was a suggestion to have the wash
ing machine repaired. Another suggestion
was made to have books brought aboard
in the next port for the ship's library. It
was resolved by aU to contribute 29
cents to pay the cab fare of the delegate
and to buy magazines with the re
mainder.
JOYCE KILMER (Mississippi), March 3
—Chairman, George Smira; Secretary,
Roy Preslay. Chief cook reported that
JAMES H. PRICE (South Atlantic), the stove is not .giving the proper heat,
March 4 — Chairman, Garcia; Secretary, but he is getting full cooperation from
Ramlerl. Motion made and accepted that
new agreement be posted for discussion.
Cooperation was asked for in keeping
messrooms and washroom clean.
March 223.Chalrman, S. Garcia; Secre
tary, M. RIegar. Ship's delegate reported
washing machine burned out.
th6 engineers to correct this condition. It
was agreed that each department should
alternate in keeping the recreation room
and the laundry clean.
MOBILIAN (Waterman), March 14 —
Chairman, Robert Zulauf; Secretary,
Charles GUI. $54.35 was reported on hand
In the ship's fund. $2 was donated t«
the library fund. Ship's delegate will
see about a new washing machine, and
he will decide what is to be done with
the old one as it needs constant repairs.
SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatraln),
March 34—Chairman, T. B. Lawson; Sec
»
retary, D. Acker. Old washing machine
which belong* to the crew burned out.
STEEL RANGER (Isthmian), Feb. «.—
Suggestion made that ship's delegate
Chairman, PaskowskI; Secretary, A. Telan.
Ship's delegate reported about the beefs
contact salvation army in Savannah and
in the steward department. A motion
donate it to them for salvage. Due to the
fact that Seatraln carries only one
made and seconded that the steward sbaU
wiper and an engine utility and that
supervise the ggUey boy and show him
there is enough work for two wipers,
the routine work within his prescribed
another wiper should be added to the
hours of work. General discussion about
engine personnel. Ship's delegate told
beefs to be settled and reported to the
ship's delegate before going to the cap service at Lake Charles. Kinfbcrly ex the crew that all beefs are first taken
tain. It was noted that there is no fresh plained SIU ruUngs to newcomers. He to the department delegates and then
PENNMAR (Calmar), Feb. 21 — Chair
water faucet back aft; the engine depart was asked to explain what seamen do in to him.
man, J. Markham; Secretary, Ralph
ment delegate wiU talk to the first engi a case when the ship hits port on Sunday
neer about it. The chairman admonished and the haU is not open. Crew wants at
HEYWOOD BROUN (Victory Carriers), Mosher. A washing machine will be in
the membership to keep everything as it least 180 quarts of milk when running March I—Chairman, William Alvaro; Sec stalled. Discussion on the lights and a
coastwise.
was made for the deck engi
is insofar that everything is'going along
retary, W. Wallace. Friction concerning suggestion
neer to contact chief and fix same.
smoothly except for a few minor beefs
the
washing
machine
to
be
referred
to
Motion made and carried to see about
LUCILI BLOOMFIELD (Bleomfleld), Mar. in the respective departments.
ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), the patrolman. A vote of thanks was ex getting
clock for the messroom. Motion
9—Chairman, Robert P. Pattlson; Secre
Feb. 9 — Chairman, Louis DeLaCarda; tended to aU permitmen for their coop made
and carried to allot two days a
tary, Douglas B. Patterson. Deck delegate
Secretary, Robert J. Byrd. This par eration during the trip. Discussion on week for
each department to use the
reports a smaU' beef on overtime to .be
MARTIN BEHRMAN (Alcoa), Mar.
meeting was called to elect a keeping the washroom clean. All hands washing machine.
taken up with patrolman. Suggestion that Chairman, Richard A. Mounleney; Secre ticuiar
reminded to standby the washing ma
new
ship's
delegate
due
to
the
fact
that
water pressure in steward department tary, Joseph W. Duffsy. A very interest the former ship's delegate was left in chine while in use.
March IS—Chairman, J. Markham; Sec
• hd shower be checked on. Crewmem ing talk was given by the chairman on Yokohama.
retary, R. Mosher. Ship's delegate re
Japan. After the ship's dele
bers were again requested to see that unionism for the benefit of the men who gate was elected
ported that $35 was turned into the
the meeting was ad
current is turned off washing machine have no knowledge of the benefits of our
OREMAR (Ore), Feb. 2S—Chairman, R. Baltimore patrolman for the March of
when through with clothes. Recommend organization. A request was made to have journed.
Nicholson; Secretary, F. Orjales. All Dimes. The ship's delegate impressed
ed that steward department members the radio operator send a message to
brothers should help clean the night upon the crew the danger of performers
unable to make the S;30 PM boat in Kobe Honolulu to see if we could get some
NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory pantry and the lounge. All hands should as being detrimental to the welfare of
be paid S2 each day they were incon books on arrival there. A suggestion was Carriers), March 23—Chairman, Frank W. try and keep everything in general in the Union.
venienced. Usual admonition to crew made to buy the electric washing ma Goarin, Secretary, E. Wright. Delegates SIU style. Motion made and carried that
members to help in keeping coffee cups chine that is aboard: it is the property reported a few minor beefs. Motion the ship's delegate see the captain for
OLYMPIC GAMES (U. S. Petroleum),
clean, and litter from tables and decks of thg chief engineer. A request was made and carried that both washing certain repairs.
March 14—Chairman, Paul James; Sec
in recreation room at night.
made to have 14 fans installed in the machines be kept down in the wash
retary, Donald Forrest. A motion was
crew's foc'sies.
room to be used by officers and crew.
BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Liberty Navi made and seconded to set up a ship's
Motion made that delegates take up mat gation),
fund with $1 being the minimum sum ac
KATHRYN fBull), March If—Chairmen,
no
date—Chairman,
J.
Barret;
W. Lachance; Secretary, J. L. O'Rourke.
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cifles Service), ter of subsistence while in drydock with Secretary, T. Moller. Delegates reported cepted. The new washer had to be re
The old beef about the locks and keys March 13—Chairman, Bernard KImberly; the patrolman before payoff.
everything in fine shape. Crew asked to built and a new motor installed. This
came up again: delegate to see the cap Secretary, Lamer Holt. The chief engi
have key made for every room before work was done by the two pumpmen on
tain and see what can be done. Suggestion neer said he will take care of everything
leaving
next port and to have repair their own time.
COUER
d'ALENE
VICTORY
(Victory
made to see if we can get a different on the repair list with the exception of Carriers), March It —' Chairman, Rex list made before arrival in States.
brand of soap.
those things which must be handled in
ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), March 13
Secretary, Bob Brown. Delegates
Feb. 3 — Chairman, C. J. Blanchard;
the ship yard. Pump man reminded mem Coot*;
reported three men missed ship. Discus Secretary, T. Moller. The crew com —Chairman, R. B. Carey; Secretary, T. B.
bership
that
time
is
approaching
when
BINCHAMTON VICTORY (Bull), Feb.
sion on the washing machine being plained about the turkey and declared Morlarty. All new crewmembers were
34—Chairman; Vlto D'Angelo; Secretary, headquarters is interested in the pro burned out. Ship's delegate to see chief it wasn't fit to eat. The steward agreed asked to donate $1 to the ship's funl... \
Anthony P. VIolsnto. Motion made and posed contract changes.
to aUot time for repairing the same.
and will not put it on the menu. A Additional games were requested such as
accepted that each department elect their
vote of thanks was extended to the stew dominoes, etc. Discussion on the clean
own delegate. Motion made to let ship's
ard department for the good service ing of passageways outside of crew's
SUNION (Kea), Feb. 24 — Chairman, they gave to the crew.
quarters.
delegate go and see captain about having
Henry Lopez; Secretary, W. R. Gels.
things done throughout the ship, such as
Discussion on keeping the recreation
painting foc'sies and passageways. It was
SALEM MARITIME (Cities Service),
room clean and returning ail cups to
suggested that ship's delegate go see cap
March 17—Chairman, Pickett; Secretary,
the pantry. It was agreed that the deck
tain about having crew's quarters painted.
George Mates. Men coming aboard early
and engine sanitary men keep the
March II—Chairman, Fernando Loriu
are to have their linen ready for them
laundry clean and the steward's depart
Secretary, David Raiay. Ship's delegate
and the men who were getting off were
ment keep the recreation room clean.
saw captain about foc'sies being painted:
to take their dirty linen back to the
CUBORE (Ore),March f—Chairman, W. AU hands were asked to cooperate with
nothing was done about it. Motion made
Steward. Machines will be moved to the
to have three copies of the repair list Fields; Secretary, J. Kutmlerskl. Discus the sanitary men in keeping the ship
mid
section, and the washing machine
made end given to patrolman for action. sion on having a letter drawn up and sent clean.
rules were explained.
to headquarters complaining about the
CANTIGNY (Cities Service), March 27
March 14—Chairman, R. Joplln; Secre
quantity and variety of food put aboard.
—Chairman, G. Gulllono; Secretary, An
Compia^t made that members make too tary, W. R. Gels. Motion made and car tonio
SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatraln Lines).
Goncalves. Ship's delegate gave a March
Quix Angwers
much noise in passageways while others ried to discuss replacement of hot water brief talk
— Chairman, S. J. Reed; Sec
about new raise for daymen retary, 30
are sleeping. Request to have washing heater at the last meeting before the
D. Meyers. Delegates reported
and
reminded
the
membership
about
(1)/Twothirds o| the Senate.
arrival
in
the
States.
Resolution
to
have
machine installed.
no beefs. Delayed sailing overtime dis
aU watchstanders take showers upon union responsibilities. A motion made puted. AU linen, both clean and soiled,
and carried to see a patrolman in the was turned in for a correct linen count.
completion
of
work
to
allow
day
men
to
(2) .Change direction with STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Mar. f have hot water.
next port of call about writing a letter Discussion on keeping the washing ma
to headquarters to possibly further re
changes in season.
—Chairman, H. W. Clemens; Secretary,
lations between the skipper and the deck chine clean.
J. H. Chapelle. Motion made and accept
EVELYN (Bull), March 23—Chairman, department. A suggestion was made that
ed that repair list be completed immedi G. Smith; Secretary, Edward C. Dacey.
(3) Six degrees.
FRANCES (Bull), March 30—Chairman,
ately. Suggestion made that all hands A suggestion was made that the wash the messman try to keep messhall
wear shirts in the messhall. Suggestion ing machine only be used twenty min benches cleaner. Ail crewmembers were Gottschalk; Secretary, Mike Zelonka. Mo
tion
made and carried to have an agent
(4) 28.
made that old washing machine be re utes for a tub of clothes. The ship's asked to cooperate in keeping the mess
or a patrolman straighten out all beefs.
paired and washroom kept'clean. Re delegate asked the crew for permission hall clean.
The steward department was given a
(5) 60 West. There is a differ ported $35 in ship's fund.
to use money in the ship's fund to call
vote of thanks for the good prepared
PETROLITE (Tanker Sag), March 2— meals.
delegate notified the mem
ence of one hour of time for every VENORE (Ore), March It—Chairman, headquarters in New York.
Chairman, Stanley F. Schuyler; Secretary, bership Ship's
to the various Union brothers
James R. PIrtI*."SCa.OB reported in the coming as
15 degrees of longitude. The earth Chas. Hagerty; Secretary, M. E. Watsort.
ship's fund. $55 was turned over to a dressed. into the messroom not properly
carried to impose fine of 25c. on
rotates through 360 degrees on its Motion
patrolman to send to the March. of
anyone caught leaving coffee cups any
Dimes in Galveston. Texas. Discussion on
axis every 24 hours.
place but in coffee room. It was agreed
ZANE GREY (Isthmian), March 3—
the vacation pay.
that each department delegate complete
Chairman, hone given; Secretary, none
repair list and turn into ship's delegate
(6X Theodore Roosevelt.
given. Delegates reported no beefs. The
before going into shipyard in Baltimore.
SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatraln), ship's delegate told the members, of the
Steward
reported
continued
effort
to
March
24—Chairman,
H.
Erickson;
Sec
negotiations for a new agreement in
(7) 48 feet, 24 feet.
keep cleaning gear available in coffee
retary, Sir Charles. AU notifications to
YORKMAR (Calmar), March 2—Chair be given to membership as mail or com prospect and of the desire on the part r" i
room, same being vandalized by crew
headquarters for suggestions as to
(8) Baseball. It's the official members. Suggested that any clothing man, Jack Berger; Secretary, M. L. Wood. munications come aboard. Each depart of
what improvements could be made in
Deck delegate reports plenty, disputed ment delegate to get repair lists ready the
left
in
washroom
tubs be
turned into
luck
existing agreement. Everyone agreed
t>edigree for a bat.
bag and fine imposed for recovery of overtime. Motion made by steward and for arrival. Ship's delegate to handle to exercise a little care in keeping the
same by owner. It was reported that a carried that public health department be telegram and money for condolence pur messhall clean at night, the standby man
(0) Yalta is in the Russian Cri washing machine is to be installed for asked to inspect the sanitary conditions poses. AU members are advised to know on walch to watch the direction of the
of the ship upon arrival in New York. their lifeboat station especially new
and to take care of the watertight
mean on the Black Sea., Potsdam crew while ship is in shipyard.
Deck delegate asked a vote of apprecia crewmembers. AU stores to be checked seas
and to suggest to the officers that
tion for good job the steward depart before coming aboard. Crew donated for doors,
is a city near Berlin, Germany.
SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Ssatraln), Mar. ment has done. Discussion of shortage flowers and telegram for departed the officers using the crew's washing
machine
make a donation to the ship's
23—Chairman, W. Byeler; Secretary, L. of stores by steward.
brother.
(10) 12.
fund.
Galuska. Ship's delegate spoke to port en
gineer about water cooler. He refused to
TROJAN TRADER (Trojan), March 14
STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), March 12—
get one because of the tap in aUeyway. The
FAIRPORT (Waterman), March It
matter wiU be taken up with patrolman —Chairman, J. P. Crowder; Secretary, Chairman, HenriC GregorskI; Secretary, Chairman, L. Woles; Secretary, O. Far
H.
K.
Pierce.
AU
departments
to
make
Edward
Leahy.
$81
in
ship's
fund.
Mo
for better results. Department delegates
rara. Motion made and seconded to try
to check aU books before getting into repair list and turn into ship's delegate. tion made and seconded to have ship's to settle beefs on ship. Suggestion made
port. Spoke to chief engineer in regards A vote of thanks given to the steward delegate contact patrolman an arrival at for Mate to check on all crew quarters
to door checks on ice boxes and he claims and his whole department on the, fine Savannah in order to clarify ruling on as they need painting vepy badly. More
draw in port. Disputed overtime in deck cooperation was asked for in keeping the
that the men should look where they are Job they are doing on the ship.
department: ship's delegate to discuss laundry room clean.
going. Report on first assistant's actions
matter with chief mate. Suggestion
in engine department to be turned over
CHIWAWA
(Cities
Service),
March
2S
made to*have repair list made ready
to patrolman in regard to his working on
CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), March
—Chairman, Rocky Milton; Secretary, prior to ships arrival at Savannah. Mem
unlicensed work.
Robert Ritchie. Vote of thanks to stew ber spoke of behavior of all crew mem 14—Chairman, James Morton; Secretary,
ard department. Painting of mcsshail bers respecting sleeping hours of men A. Wllburn. Delegate reported no beefs.
J. PRIESTLEY (Bleomfleld), Mar. 14— deck to be brought to the attention of off watch. Delegate to inquire about new Discussion about all crewmembers being
sober at payoff.
Chairman, D. Gay; Secretary, D. TIklrt. the 1st mate. A committee of three was washing machine.
Feb. i7—Chairman, J. Morton; Secre
Ship's delegate contacted captain on appointed to purchase recreational
tary, A. Wllburn. Motion made and sc
draws; one .draw to each port or two games for crew's use. Strong com
STEEL ROVER (Isthmian). March 12— ented for each man to keep the laundry
draws if the ship stays more than one plaint against condition of washing ma
week. Some men have left washing ma dbine ana a recommendation for new Chairman, H. Newton; Secretary, D. Mil clean. The laundry wiU be painted at
chine running after heing used. Men are machine. Discussion for the securing of ler. Delegates reported no beefs. $27.50 the first possible chance. Ship's delegate
.•
requested not to make noise when coming new library books and union literature reported in ship's fund. Discussion on resigned and a new one was elected.
for education of new men. Discussion on increasing the amount in the fund. Sug
aboard drunk.
March 29—Chairman, H. Huston; Sec
purchase of movie or television equip gestion for each man to donate $1 at retary, B. Devlne; Brother Jenson made
the first draw.
the motion that dele.gates inspect the
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), ment.
slopchcst. Motion made to have canvas
Feb. 29—Chairman, Bernard KImberly;
chairs
in recreation room replaced with
CHARLES
CARROLL
(Bull),
March
23
LAS
VEGAS
VICTORY
(Waterman),
Secretary, L. Holt, Motion made and car
ried that Cities Service provide launch i March 14—Chairman, B. Hansen; Secre —Chairman, William Mccarty; secretary, something more substantial in Mobile.
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• asnlght. Letter read conccriAiig agree
ment: copy given to delegate of each
department. Suggestion made in reference
to keeping the messroom clean by putting
cups away after using.
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Vol. XIV, No. 7
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Headlines:
ALL M'TIME TRADES SET UP NEW FORCE
BARRED SEAMEN ROVE PORT; SECURITY HIT IN CONGRESS
TRADE FORUM HEARS ADDRESS BY WEISBERGER
SHIPS HAIL SERVICE OF SIU'S SEA CHEST
NEW ORLEANS: BIZ BOOMS
ISBRANDTSEN BOWS TO END MMP STRIKE
MTD ADOPTS NEW POWERS
SHOWS, STEAKS DEBUT AT PORT O' CALL BAR
BONDS HELD BY WELFARE NOW MILLION
NEW SIU BOOK READY FOR ISSUE
266 SHIPS SLATED FOR BONEYARD
FREIGHT OUTFIT WITH 3 SHIPS SIGNS CONTRACT
SCOUTS, FORDHAM STUDENTS LEARN OF UNIONS AND SEA
SHIP BILL RAPPED; HEARING DATES SET
CANADA SIU WINS 2 MORE 40-HR PACTS
SIU TRIPLE PLAY ON POTRERO HILLS NIPS WORKAWAYS
NEW VOLCANO RISES FROM OCEAN OFF PI
OLYMPIC ACE SWAPS SKIS FOR SEVEN SEAS
T'WATER MEN END 89-DAY NJ STRIKE
SIU READIES ENGINE TEXTS
THIS JOSEPH CONRAD IS WELL-WRIT-ON MAN
QUARANTINE HERE OF DWI SHPS ENDS
BME APPEALS TO SIU MEN-GET LICENSES
STAY-PUT SUP CREW EYES SWISS SHIP SALVAGE PRIZE
CHEAP LABOR BOOSTS LIBERIA SHIP SWITCH
ATOMIC RAID INFORMATION READIED FOR SHIP CREWS
AMERICA'S SECOND PORT
A FORWARD STEP
INNOCENTS' ABROAD
SHIP CUTBACKS
A CAPE SHIP COMES OUT
JORDAN PROVES HERSELF JUST AN OLD 'STICK IN THE MUD'
GRIERSON SUFFERS BUMPS AND BRUISES IN CHANNEL
NEW YORK IS SHORT ON RICE AND BEANS
HERE'S HORSEY BRAIN TWISTER
WARTIME SHIP SWITCH SENT SEAFARER TO WATERY GRAVE
SCHOONER 'GASSES UP' GETS HOME
HOT WATER BOTTLE KEPT HIM WARM MORE WAYS THAN ONE
HELENA SURVIVOR SEEKING REUNION WITH SHIPMATES
VEJO DIES ON SEATRAIN NJ
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SEAFARERS LOG
• OFFICIAl ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS i N T E R N AT I O N A1 UNION • ATLANTIC AND GUIF DISTRICT • AFi •
SlU BEGINS STUDY
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tfS^m f^fk RAMIHC Sorting out crew suggestions for SIU contract
JOD RCRffIS* talks coming up in July, headquarters clerks
ready them for study by Union's Negotiating Committee. (Story on Page 3.)
A crew member on the Robin Goodfellow care
fully cheqks tags on gear from SlUoperated
• S ea Chest against ship's slopchest priced as Union representative takes
orders for the Unionrun store, inaugurating service of meeting ships as
Wise Shopper.
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Meeting at Mobile branch SIU hall. Port Agent
Cal Tanner (right) huddles with Urban Bosarge,
Seafood Workers president and SIU Int'l Representative for the Gulf, to
discuss ways to get Alabama ban threatening life of area's $3.5 million
,oystering:industry iifte(L
(Story on.Fiig& 2.)
Baffle Plans.
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PACE 7 Tin M«Hfa IUtliN»
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Article Gtes Weakness
Of Waterfront Security
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1, • » Iwk UntoB. h totribuUd to oU tn«m
b«o of Ih# SIU in Mobile. Tht
• rtlcl# itvooiod tbot oner two
yein ot opvoUon. thi U. S. port
«o«;»F mnrn hot ocroened
400,000 Amtricaa MUMII and
lonnhortaicB, but thot u TOt BO
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All LOG Chqrges
On Security Lack
Co Unchallenged
Serious weaknesses in the nation's port security
setup, detailed in a copyrighted story in the last issue
of the LOG, were pointed up shaqily last week through
an incident involving a Panamanian ship stopping at
Tampa. Only the vigilance of the unions involved made
it possible to block one^
workers have been rigidly screened
man, reputed to be a Com and
subversives weeded out, there
munist agitator, from com? is no such check on alien seamen
who come and go in our major
ing ashore in this country. ports
virtually without restriction
Easy come, easy go is the practice en the Galveston waterfront, emphasizing lack of. adequate port
Meanwhile, no further offi other than check by the imigra
security in US. Foreign flag ships like this one tie up daily midst heavy military stonage.
cial action has been forthcom tion authorities. It emphasized that
ing to tighten CG security regula subversives signing on as crewmen
tions on foreign seamen at US on Panamanian ships, which are
ports of entry, in the wake of the notoriously lax in their manning
LOG article pointing up the ease requirements, could easily^ enter
with which possible subversives restricted port areas and other
could enter and leave the country. vital installations. Further, these Mobile—Joined by Cal Tanner, SIU port agent, officials of the SlUaffiliated Mobile Bay
Foreign flag ships are continuing ships could serve as an outlet for Seafood Workers Union are feverishly moving to get the stfite to lift a ban against oystering
to tie up at restricted piers^ subversives fleeing the country.
marine terminals and other sensi The recent incident in Tampa in an area which represents almost 95 percent of the commercial fishing grounds. Alabama,
tive spots.
illustrating the LOG statements, with a $3.5 million annual^
However, indications are that involved crewmembers of a Pana yield, is the only state in the affiliated with the SIU Fishery by the action of the State Health
Congressional reaction is forthcom manian Liberty ship, the North U.S. with a sizeable crop this and Allied Workers for the past Department.
ing in Washington in the form of Princess.
year, and the season is fast six years, are in the midst of a life Meanwhile, in addition to at
and death battle to keep their in tempted couii action to enjoin the
possible queries into the security The ship crewed up in England running out.
setup. One Congressman, Repre
The Mobile Bay Seafood Workers, dustry going before its operations state from clamping a lid on the
(Continued on page 17)
dwindle further than today's 20 industry, the union has releined a
sentative Ernest Greenwood of
percent peak. Only 40 boats .of marine biologist to test the water
Long Island, declared "We are
200 usually working are in the for impurities and see if the ban
opening our gates to all sorts of
can really stick. Tests over a two
oystering area now.
people who might well prove to be
This situation has developed week period are being made by Dr.
dangerous to our security. Those
from a state order declaring the James N. Gowanlock, who is em
more than 100 foreign seamen who
prime oyster beds in Mobile Bay ployed as a marine biologist by the
had jumped ship and were re
polluted, leaving open only two State Conservation Department.
turned only recently show how
easy it is for an enemy alien to get
small beds able to produce a frac One of the big puzzles in the.
(The following statement was written expressly for the SEAFAR
In and stay in."
tion of the customary yield. Six whole picture is the sudden de
ERS LOG by Senator Warren G. Magnusdn (DemocratWashing
The LOG story pointed out that
thousand fishermen and cannery termination by state health offi
ton). Senator Magnuson has for some years been Chairman of the workers operating out of the cials that the bay is polluted, at a
while American seamen and dock
Senate Subcommittee 'on Maritime Affairs and has sponsored a union headquarters at Bayou La time when conditions for it are
great deal of maritime legislation. Senator Magnuson addressed Batre, Ala., are seriously affected'
(Continued on page 10)
the SIU Convention in San Francisco in 1951.)
SIU Oystermen Fight Crop Ban
Ma^nuson Sees Hope
For Ship Bill Okay
SEAFARERS LOG
March 21; 1952
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Vol. XiV, No. 6
NMU Routine Beefs
Take Year Jo Settle
The long range shipping bill, offering a guarantee of a
continuing strong American Merchant Marine, got over one
big hurdle when it passed the Senate in 1951. Still remain
ing are two hurdles — the*
House of Representatives and enable it to remain as the foiurth
the White House.
arm of our defense.
Patience is a virtue most people have need of quite a bit
I know the interest of all seg
I firmly believe that the legisla
of
the time, but NMU seamen with routine contract beefs
ments
of
tke
vast
maritime
indus
tion, if approved by the House, will
be signed by President Truman. try, including labor, in this legis need an unlimited supply of it while waiting out settlements^.
^
Those of us who steered the bill lation and that the industry will Typical of the old "hurry up andf
wait"
Army
silualiop
exGIs
re
be very active in
continuing to
sup
At the payoff In Mobile, th*
through the Senate are hopeful that
member is a ninemonthold beef oiler related, "a patrolman said it
the House of Representatives will port its passage.
needling NMUer Joseph F. Bednar, was a legitimate beef and took my
see fit to act on it without undue
book no. 84389, as he described name, address and book niunber.
delay.
it Jn that union's paper (March 6, He advised me I would hear from
I was informed a few days ago
1952), and. which drew attention him when the CED (Contract En
that early hearings are scheduled
from several. Seafarers formerly forcement Department) committee
by the House Merchant Marine
sailing with that organization.
acted on it. When I did not hear
Subcommittee but that no definite
The grievance, an apparent viola from him, J wrote to him, and
date has been set.
tion of the manning scale in thie Agent Leslie Mixon who answered
'Risk Obsolescence'
contract, arose from the absence of stated that the beef was no good."
I feel certain that the able mem
a junior on watch in the engine
Anniversary. Near
department and the necessity for
bers of the House of Representa
The
payoff,
he noted, was in
Bednar, an
oiler, to
do the
junior's
tives will recognize the vital im
work on watch. It also required a July, 1951, and. to this date he
portance of the Idhg range bill.
fireman to work without a junior still doesn't know where he stands
Without legislaton of this type, our
to help out in the fireroomof the and why he's not entitled to extra
Merchant Marine stands the risk
ship, an 8500HP Victory, calling money. On this issue, the NMlI
of becoming obsolescent in a blockr
contract plainly reads: "For any
for three watch juniors.
The junior in question, it seemsi reason there is. a man short, his
Published biweekly at the headquarters We need a provision in our law
• f the Seafarers International Union, At that will encourage the building
• had been taken off the,, ship in wages shall be split between the.
lantic A Gulf District, AFL, t7S Fourth
Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y, Tel. STcrlina of new ships—passenger vessels,
Japan for hospitalization and after other members of his watch." .
<4671. Eniercd as second class matter
about two months until the payoff The ..entire exchange,, pinpoinhi.
at the Post Office In Brooklyn, N. Y., freighters and tankers—to keiep
Madap;"iH'e .TwraaaBiiWMi .rtvnvnT rr. our shipping'industryfitrwig 'and
Senator WasrefrY Magnuson there <wasi still* no'dunioroii watch.
(Combwe#cD»g»agwd'J>
As I See It
Page 13
Burly
Page 16
Crossword Puzzle
Page 12
Did You Know........ Page 18
Editorial
Page 13
Foc'sle Fotog
Page 19
Inquiring Seafarer
Page 12
In The Wake
Page 12
Page 16
Labor Roundup
Letters
.Page 21, 22
Libertys Names
Page 20
Letter Of The Wdek... Page 13
Majitime
Page, 16
Meet The Seafarer
Page 12
On The Job
Page 16
Personals
Page 26
Persian GUlf ...... Pages 14, 15
Quiz
Page 19
Ships* Minutes .... Page 26, 27
SIU History Cartoon... Page 7
SIU Shrimpers.
Page 10
Sports Line
Page 20
Ten Years Ago........ Page 12
Top Of The News...... Page 6
Vacation Payments..
Pages 23, 24. 25
Wash. News Lette^;;... Page 4
Welfare Benefits
Page 25
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Pasa HUM
Crew Response In;
SIU Opens Study
Of Contract Ideas
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Headquarters employees this week began the task of sorting out crews' sug
gestions as to changes to be made in the SIU contract in coming negotiations with
the operators.
A large number of crews have mailed their contract suggestion forms back
to headquarters, giving the Union a virtuallycomplete crosssection of the crews'
feelings on the question.
large the suggestions show ing the Union. Judging from th«
Once the suggestions and
that the Seafarers approached the suggestion forms that I have seen,
covering deck, engine and task in a serious and responsible tlie SIU negotiating committee is
stewards' department person manner.
nel have been put into order, Commenting on this aspect of
the survey SIU SecretaryTreas
the Union negotiating com urer
Paul Hall declared: "The re
mittee will review and discuss
going to find much that is useful
arid valuable in these replies when
it comes to drafting the Union's
1952 contract demands. The com
mittee will then be sure that its
demands rest on firm ground, rep
resenting as they will the wishes
of the Seafarer sailing the shipsf
them, prior to drafting formal de sponse from ship's crews all over
mands to be presented to the oper the world is typical of the Sea
ators when negotiations for the farer's keen Interest in and under
new contract get underway on July standing of the problems confront
30.
Future headquarters of the SIU Canadian District wiil be located
Airmailed To Ships
in this building in the heart of Montreal's business secUon.
The crews' role in shaping SIU
contract demands began back on
January 11 when the SIU airmailed
copies of the 1951 agreement plus
three suggestion forms to every
SIU ship around the world. A cov
ering letter with the mailing asked
The SIU Sea Chest is going aboard ship. Beginning last
each department to hpld meetings
Helping to assure the permanence of the SIU Canadian to sterdy the existing contract and week. Union representatives in New York started hitting
District and to maintain its bargaining positionwhile 1952 then mail back reasonable and ships in port with samples of merchandise carried by the
contract talks are in progress, Seafarers at the headquarters practical ideas to headquarters as SIU's own furnishings store.
to what the Union should ask for Orders are being taken on
'• ^branch meeting March 12 in
ing to the ships it was stressed,
its 1952 negotiations.
shipboard
with
merchandise
voted a $25,000 loan to their The
are
not salesmen, but Seafarers,
purpose of the survey was
dominion brothers to help to obtain a good crosssection of ordered delivered to the men and they do not receive any com
mission.
pay the cost of a new Cana membership opinion and formulate on the ships.
Thus far the Sea Chest service
dian District headquarters in demands for the shipowners ac By offering merchandise well be
low prices charged in the ship's direct to the ships is being con
cordingly,
Montreal.
•
Beset by a housing problem like An examination of a random own slop chest, the Sea Chest is ducted on an experimental basis.
most everyone else these days, the group of Teturns shows that a great tolling the beginning of the end The early response of men on
Canadian SIU sought out the aid many crewraembers expressed their for the ship chandler, who has board ships/^isited was enthusias
satisfaction with the present agree long victimized seamen with high tic, promising a wide demand for
Just five weeks old last Sat of Seafarers in the A&G District pient.
Most suggestions that were prices for secondgrade items. The this newest SIU venture.
to meet dilemma. Housed in an
urday, the SIU Vacation Plan inadequate structure for its gen submitted involved clearer word Sea Chest, being a Unionowned
Other Ports Too
is rolling strong. Payments erally expanding operations and ing of certain clauses so as to and operated service, eliminates the If the procedwe proves work
have already gone well past the faced with the possibility of not be clear up conflicting interpretation^ middleman and the middleman's able, it is planned to extend the
on some of the working rules. By profits. Union representatives go service of the Sea Chest to ships
(Continued on page 17)
$300,000 mark with nearly 5,000
hitting at other ports in the vicin
Seafarers already receiving vaca
ity such as Philadelphia and Balti
tion pay checks for time earned.
more. Eventually the Union will
Jn the two weeks up to Saturday
open similar stores in the Gulf
March 15 $123,092.42 was paid out
ports
of Mobile and New Orleans
A welldeserved accolade has been conferred on Bernard Seaman, LOG art editor who so that
making a grand total of $325,
in that area too
060.99.
,
has been awarded the Newspaper Guild of New York Page One Award for cartooning, the can have Seafarers
the benefit of this money
Far from dropping off after the first time honors have been voted in this field, and significantly, to a specialist in labor saving facility.
early rush, the vacatton payments newspaper cartooning.
Prices Are Right
have been going out steadily to Seaman, an SIU member, has point pictorially the workingman's work also appears in Justice, pub
The first ship to be visited by
men in New York, and all the out been with the LOG seven years. viewpoint and beefs on many lication of the International Ladies Sea Chest representatives was the
ports. If anything, the total num His vigorous style, studded with issues. Well known in his field. Garment Workers Union (AFL), Robin Goodfeliow. Crewmembers
ber of payments has been increas labor savvy learned in,many years Seaman has also contributed car and. is syndicated by the Labor aboard immediately compared
ing as men coming off the ships of active participation with the toons to Fortune Magazine, the Press Association, a news organiza prices posted for the ship's slop
make it their business to hit the union movement in beefs all over New York Times and many other tion serving labor papers through chest with those offered by the
hall first thing for their vacation the country, was first introduced nationallyfamous periodicals. His out the country.
Sea Chest on name brand items.
money.
to LOG readers on March 23, 1945.
In every instance the price quoted
The size of the average check
by the Unionoperated store was
Since then, his energies have
has been incieasing steadily as the been utilized for all of the car
below the slop chest listing. As u
^ " days pass by. Since credit for va toon work and illustrations ap
(Continued on page 17)
cation payments went into effect pearing in the LOG and in edu
as of June 1, 1951 the later claim cational and membership material
ants have had more time and more published by the SIU.
money coming to tbem than those
The Page One awards made an
who filed early. ^
nually by the New York branch of
A $2 increase in daily main
Working Smoothly
the union comprising newsmen,
tenance and cure benefits
editors,
artists
and
other
profes
Despite the. very heavy load of
from $6 to $8 has been ap
. claims that have been coming in sionals in the newspaper field are
proved by the Wage Stabiliza
presented
to
outstanding
per
to the vacation plan office at the
tion Board, The new scale was
rate of nearly 1,0Q6 a week, the sohalities in all areas of ' public
obtained in the course of ne
life.
work has been proceeding with re
gotiations during the recent
Labor's Viewpoint
markable smoothness. A large staff
reopening
of the SIU's con
The Guild Page One Award in
in the Vacation Plan office and an
tract. It is part of a three
efficiently functioning system has public affairs this year went to
point program of improve
made it possible to pay Seafarers the US Secretary of State Dean
ments which included raises
within 15 or 20 minutes of their Acheson; to Jose Ferrer, Jimmie
for daymen, and determina
completion of the application. Pay Durante and Vivian Leigh in en
tion of home port as the port
ment in the outports has been as tertainment; to the late Harold L.
of payoff in clarification on
speedy as the mailing system per Ickes and the late Robert P. Pat
stewards department overtime.
terson for lifetimes of distinguished
mits.
All SlUcontracted operators
While the rate of payments is service to their country, and many
have been notified by the
expected to drop off somewhat other personalities in public life.
Union of official approval of
< after the first claims are in, the The signal honor given to Sea
the new maintenance and curV
Skti^^V out an idea on th^" drawing board. Art Editor Bernard
Vacation. Plan expects to pay out man, the first time an award in
rate.
. _
Seaman; begins preparation of
an art layout for the LOG,
Seaman
$2V^ millions a year to Seafarers cartooning is being made, is tribute
has irepaved,the/1952> aw«*d of thethlX.JfftWspaper fiuyd,,
to.^s outstanding, effoits, to >pln
V
y tConl^uieftooitCqiagealTl,
A&G Mofes BIdg Loan
To Canadian District
Hq. Sea Chest's Services
Expanded To Cover Ships
SIU Passes
$300GMark
In Vat. Pay
News Guild Honors LOG Artist
Maintenance,
Cure in Effect
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�Fare Four
SEAFARBKS IPG
Friday. MmA tl. USt
Barrage of Red Propaganda SIU NEWSLETTER
Aimed At American Ship Crews from WASHINGTON
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A new Communist propaganda campaign, aimed at seamen, is now underway. Seafarers The past 20 months, have been a most critical period in world history
working for several SlUcontracted companies such as Bull, Waterman, Isthmian and Sea in the conflict between two basic political philosophies. The threat
of communism appears to have been allayed for the present because
train, have turned over to the LOG several pieces of literature aimed at enlisting support of the material assistance furnished by the US in the form of food,
military supplies and fuel in enormous quantities.
for the Communist program
in the ranks of American sea Harry Bridges' Longshore Union hold in the nation's vital shipping Reporting on the matter to the Congress, Admiral E. L. Cochrane,
Maritime Administrator, says that "this material assistance could not
on the West Coast.
industry.
men.
have
been delivered to our associated Democratic nationshad the US
Seafarers
receiving
such
mail
Despite
the
change
in
the
for
One piece of literature that has
not
had
only a reserve of ships, but the reserve of trained seafar
been widely distributed by the so tune's of the Communist Party, the aboard their ships are urged to ing men not
to
man
them" and experienced shipping management.
check
the
souive
carefully
before
called "Maritime Committee For basic purpose of their propaganda
t
t
Peace" consists of a "Seamen's drive remains the same now as it signing any petitions or answering
Some 13 large American steamship lines receive operating subsidy
Ballot For Peace and World was in their heyday on the water any "polls." Any ship's crews re
Trade" printed on a returnad front—namely to divide and weak ceiving these or other pamphlets aid under the 1936 Merchant Marine Act. Last year, for the first time.
dressed and stamped postcard. The en the maritime unions and use of a similar nature should notify Congress put a limitation on the number of voyages that the Govern
'
ballot contains two questions with them as a base for getting a foot the .Union.
ment could subsidize, meaning that some of these lines would not be
boxes for "yes" and "no" answers,
able to perform the maximum number of voyages called for in their
asking seamen if they favor an im
contracts with the Government.
mediate end to the Korean war,
In an opinion not yet made public, the Maritime Administration's
as well as a disarmament meeting
general counsel has ruled that the Government is, in fact, liable for the
between the "USA, USSR, Great
number of approved voyages made up to the contract maxima.
Britain, France and the People's
t
t
Republic of China."
While
on
the
subject
of
Government
subsidies, it can now be re
Incliided in the mailing is a mim
eographed letter which declares Applications are available in the LOG office for the Ruskin ported that a combination of factors, including principally the dormant
stand of Representative Thomas, Texas, is slowly but surely resulting
that the merchant marine is being
^"militarized" and that trade union College labor scholarships, three of which are awarded yearly in the breaking of the monopoly on subsidies, held for so long a time
conditions are under attack every to the American trade unionists. The scholarships provide by the 13 American subsidized lines. Putting it another way, from
this point on, more and more American steamship lines will be granted
where. It declares that the Mari for a year's study at Ruskin^
Government operating subsidy.
time Peace Committee is "conduct
College,
Oxford,
in
industrial
The Federal Maritime Board is expected any day now to announce
ing this poll to gauge the senti
approval of subsidy applications for the Pacific Far East Line and the
ment of seamen on these impor relations or workers educa
Pacific Transport Lines, two West Coast Lines formed back in 1946.
tant questions."
tion. They are for 250 pounds
The operating differential subsidy program enables American ship
Attacks PoUcy
($710) each, covering tuition,
operators
to maintain high standards for seamen and still compete
Still another propaganda mail
with foreign flag operators in a highly competitive field.
ing, this one from a source in Bal room and board at Oxford
J,
4,
timore, attacks the war in Korea and leaving 125 pounds for
and the US arms budget, quoting personal use.
Although American shipyards did a magnificent job during World
leftwing unions as calling for an A fourth scholarship available to
War II in the turnout of merchant vessels, they are not in shape today
immediate end to the Korean war. Americans in the 195253 season A 30foot airborne lifeboat that to handle"any new largescale construction program that would be
A somewhat slicker job comes is at Coleg Harlech, In Wales, some can be dropped by parachute and brought on by a total mobilization of this country. It is not known by
from a selfstyled "Provisional 350 miles from London. This guided by. radio controls directly many persons, but plans are about ready calling for the redesign of
Trade Union Committee for Re covers tuition,
to survivors in the water is the these yards in any future war, because the shipyards are not suitable
peal of the Smith Act." This con room and board.
newest wrinkle in lifesaving gear for the kind of ships that would have to be built. Government agen
sists of a fourpage printed pam There is a possi
,cies have been atwork, behind closed doors, turning out. mobilization
for use at sea.
phlet with an enclosed resolution bility that addi
plans of a shipbuilding program to match the program of the armed
Final trial runs on an inland services.
asking the men to go on record tional scholar
lake have shown the adaptability
for repeal of this law under which s h i p s for Amer
i(>
of
the remotecontrol craft, which
the Communist Party leadership is ican trade union
Foreign nations are not allowed under existing law to buy surplus
was
developed
for
the
Air
Force
being brought to tr^al. The pam ists will be avail
by the Westinghouse Electric Cor US Governmentowned vessels, but, even so, they are still pestering
phlet complains Of the arrest of able at other col
the State Department with inquiries as to the availability of warbuilt
poration.
such wellknovra CP unionists as leges. if so, ap
tonnage. It is not likely that State will ask Congress to approve legis
A rescue plane'employing an in lation
A1 Lannon of the CP waterfront plications for
authorizing these sales, because all the sales would not be con
SaaU
tricate radio apparatus sets the summated and
section.
Ruskin Coliege
State would not want to be put in the position of taking
This material comes from the of will be considered for these posts. boat in motion once it hits the action which might be interpreted as discriminatory as between friendly
fice of John D. Masso, business In 1948, an SIU member, Irwin water and can guide it from the foreign maritime powers.
agent of Local 528, Glass Revelers, Suall, won one of the scholarships. air to survivors drifting in the wa
In New York City. Other union of Suall served as organizer during ter or on a damaged ship. The
ficials listed among the sponsors of the Isthmian campaign and as a controls' operator in the plane This column ran a story In the last issue relating to the Congressional
the committee are the Rev. Ber member of the publicity committee overhead can then stop the boat investigation of the sale of , US, tankers to the Casey group and others,
nard Andrews, President of Int'l during the 1946 general strike. from moving until the survivors and predicted that Congress would find nothing illegal about the. trans
Longshoremen's Association Local Suall is now an educational direc climb aboard and then set it going actions. That prediction still stands, at least to the extent that the
letter of the law was not violated. However, .an important outcome
1303 in Gulfport, Mississippi. An tor for the International Ladies again.
of this investigation has been the revelation (althou^ this has been
drews has repudiated sponsorship Garment Workers Union, AFL.
The instrument setup is such
of the group saying that his name Scholarship winners are respon that control can be switched from suspected right along) that some American shipping corporations have
was used without authorization.
sible for transportation to and from the plane to a manual or electrical "dummy" fronts, with American citizens allegedly in control, but, in
The mail barrage to the ships England unless successful in secur control in the boat, if the condi reality, actually controlled by Chinese aiid other foreigners through
now initiated by the Party reflects ing a Fulbright travel grant and tion of the passengers would en substantial financial backing.
its growing weakness. Formerly will need additional pocket money able them to handle it from that Thus Congress will be called upon to decide whether it is good or
when the Communists were strong for personal expenses.
bad to have American shipping corporations financed largely by non
end.
in certain maritime unions they
citizens.
went in for direct organizational
»
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$
action on the waterfront. Now they
LOG Reports In Person to Members
An
Important
decision
that
could
affect
many American steamship
have been driven out of most un
lines
was
handed
down
recently
by
the
Federal
Maritime Board in
ions with the exception of the Ma
the case involving construction subsidies for the two big passenger
rine Cooks and Stewards and
ships of the American Export Lines—the Independence and Constitu
tion. Under the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, the Government, through
the FMB, can allow a subsidy covering the excess cost of building
ships in this country as compared to what similar type ships cquld cost
if built in a foreign yard, with the difference being the subsidy paid
by the US Government.
The old Martime Commission, now abolished, had awarded Ameri
Headquarters again wishes
can Export a 45 percent construction subsidy on the two ships, mean •
to remind all Seafarers that
ing that Export's share 'would have been about $12,000,000 for each.
payments of funds, for what
However, after a redetermination of the case, the present FMB re
ever union purpose, be made
duced this subsidy to 27.07. percent, so that Export, if it takes the
only to authorized A&G repre,
ships, will now have to pay around $18,000,000 for each vessel.
s4ntatives and that an official
Union receipt be gotten at that
While this is a very important decision for Export to face, a more
time. .If no receipt is offered,
important issue is the law itself. Undoubtedly the fault lies in the
be sure to protect yourself by
fact that the FMB's authority in the matter of constructions is much
immediately bringing the mat!
too wide—Congress has given this agency entirely too much discre
ter to the attention of the sec
tionary authority. This authority should be tied down, pinpointed,
retarytreasurer's office.
so that such squabbles, as surrounding the Export subsidy case, can be
avoided in future transactions.
The union's word of advice
is to. insure that all monies
The FMB is now working on amendments to the law in this respect,
paid are credited to your SlU
these will.be sent to the Budget Bureau and White House for ap
record. Insistence on an offi
proval, after which they will be transmitted by President Truman to
cial receipt will prevent "can
Congress for action.
shakers" from soliciting funds
SEAFARERS LOG
Managing
Editor Ray
Denisoh speaks
to Sea
for unauthorized purposes, and
farers at March 12 membership rheeting in New Orleans. Visit to
.will bar any foulrups later on.
New Orleans hall came during course of trip to Golf SIU branches
Ruskin Scholarships
Open For Seafarers
Airborne Boat
Newest Device
In Lifesaving
I
Be Sure to Get
Dues Receipts
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art contest
1. OILS
2. DRAWINGS
3. WATER COLORS
4. MISCELLANEOUS
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Coo/^ Groifi Cargoes Drop;
NSA Lays Up J22 Libertys
Washington.—^Dwindling coal and grain requirements of friendly foreign nations under
the Mutual Security Administration has forced the Maritime Administration to call in 122
Liberty ships being operated under general agency agreements.
Included among the total are at9
least 20 SlUmanned ships oper per, William T. Page and William early in April. They will be deacti
ated by eight companies under A. Richardson (Waterman).
vated in five different layup fleets:
contract with the SIU. As they Current voyages of all these Tomkins Cove, NY; James River,
come into Atlantic and Gulf ports, ships are expected to bring them Va.; Mobile, Ala.; Wilmington,
most of the vessels will be re into port by the end of March or NC.; and Beaumont, Texas.
turned to the layup fleet as if
they had never come out.
THREE PRIZES IN EACH CLASS
Some 48 USflag operators are
involved in the giant shipping en
terprise undertaken just a year ago
when the privatelyowned fleet was
found too small to handle the
mounting amounts of foreign aid
cargo and sharply rising arms
shipments by the Military Sea
Sail Francisco.—^Approval of a 100 percent rise in operator
Transportation Service.
A new agency, the National Ship paid contributions to the SUP Welfare Plan has been an
ping Authority, was created within nounced by President Harry Lundeberg of the Sailors Union
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the Maritime Administration to of the Pacific.
oversee the giant operation which, Matthew Dushane, SIU interna
The backlog of pending welfare
at its peak, included 528 govern
tional represen agreements before the WSB has
mentowned ships of all types.
tative, signaled held up approval of similar plans
Ships Did Job
the Wage Stabili negotiated later on, such as the
Statistics for. the first full year
zation Board okay identical increase for the SIU
of NSA activity revealed over 12,
of the SUP wel Plan, retroactive to November 1,
000,000 tons of economic and mili
fare boost in a 1951, which still awaits final gov
I
tary aid cargo routed by thje
wire to Lunde ernment okay.
agency, according to ViceAdmiral
berg from Wash
send your work in now to I CONTEST
E. L. Cochrane, Maritime Admin
ington.
istrator.
The increase,
CLOSES
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ART EDITOR •
Deactivation of the 122 vessels
_
doubling the
SEAFARERS LOG I MAY 10
so far does not mean the end is in
Lundeberg
shipowner con
sight as far as cuts in the NSA tribution from 25 to 50 Cents per
1952
675 Fourth Avo. • Brooklyn
32. N. Y. '
fleet are concerned. Varying pre day, followed by two months WSB
dictions by maritime observers approval of thie wage aspects of
hinge on figures running up to 25ff the new SUP agreement, which
Washington—A special three
or more of the vessels now sailing, was negotiated retroactive to Oc
judge federal court has held penalty
or about half of the total pulled tober 1, 1951.
out of the reserve fleets up and
provisions and other sections of
down the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Technicalities in the welfare the 1946 Lobbying Act unconstitu
In any event, the expectation is portion of the agreement held up
that the foreign aid program will full government .approval of the tional.
The ruling, a victory ror the Na
require many of these ships back pact, which was
into service once again when coal negotiated with
tional
Association of Manufactur
Word has been received from Washington that the Wage stockpiles abroad fall low and frost the Pacific Mari
ers,
which
was under the shadow
Stabilization Board has approved recent increases negotiated nips farm production. Changes in time Association.
of
prosecution
under' the act, was
The
additional
by the Union for daymen in the deck and engine departments. the Korean military situation, as 25 cents per day
expected
to
be
appealed
to the US
elsewhere, also would dictate fu
Supreme Court by the Justice De
The official letter of notification ture policy on breakouts from the towards welfare
partment.
will not affect
should arrive in headquarters with reserve fleet units.
Sections of the act Were tossed
Affected directly by the current already existing
in the next few days, formally put
operations of the
out as being too vague and depriv
ting these increases into effect as list nominated for layup are the SUP Plan, which
ing persons convicted under the
following SIU vessels and opera
of March 1, 1952. The companies tors: Rudolph Kauffmann (Alcoa); has previously
Dushane
law of Constitutional rights of free
should begin paying the back James K. Walker (Bloomfleld); been paying out benefits.
speech and to petition Congress.
money due within a. short time. Charles Carroll, Cornelius Ford Dushane, representing the Inter
In its decision, the court noted:
The Union negotiated a $30 (Bull); John S. Appleby, Jesse Ap national as Legislative Represen "Congress is prohibited from mak
tative in the capital for oVer 10 ing any law abridging these rights.
monthly increase for all daymen plegate, Henry Baldwin, Casimir
Montreal — SIU Canadian Dis with the exception, of wipers, who Pulaski (Eastern); John Lind (Isth years, noted in his message to The penalty provision of the Act
Lundeberg that "we can now
trict chief Hal C. Banks, a vice will receive $15 additional, in a mian); David S. Jordan, James B. secure prompt approval of all manifestly deprives a person con
Duke (Mississippi); Grenville M.
victed of violating the statute of
4>resident of the International, has recent reopener of the contract. Dodge, Nathaniel Silsbee, William identical welfare plans that are his constitutional right of freedom
been appointed to an advisory post The reopener was made possible H. Aspenwall, Cornelius Gilliam, now before the board and/or will of speech and his constitutional
on the Canadian Maritime Com by the exclusive SIU reopening Charles D. Paston (South Atlantic), be submitted to the board for its right to petition the legislative
branch of the government."
mission, which has been in opera clause which allows for renegotia and W. S. Jennings, William Har approval."
tion since the end of World War II. tion on money matters any time
Banks, as Canadian Trades and during'the life of the contract.
Labor Congress representative to Classifica|:ions covered by the
latest increase include the follow
the government
ing: wiper, engine utility, engine
body, will serve
maintenance, deck engineer, elec
on the labor ad
trician, bosun, deck maintenance
visory committee
and carpenter.
which assists in
the formulation
^ No Overtime Change
of policies regu
It was emphasized that while the
lating the devel
latest increases put some of the
o p m e n t of the
men involved, such as deck main
Canadian mari
tenance, over the dividing line on
time industry.
overtime scales, no changes in
The commission.
Banks
overtime are included in this
with headquarters in Ottawa, over latest contract adjustment. Exist
seers shipping and shipbuilding ing overtime rates will continue
activities throughout the dominion. to be paid to these men for the
The Canadian District director duration of the present contract.
was one of the. SIU officals instru
Other changes that were nego
mental in clearing the Communist tiated during the contract re
led Canadian Seamen's Union off opener included a clarification on
the dominion's waterfront where stewards department overtime in
it maintained a stranglehold on home ports. The agreement pro
shipping and provided a constant vides overtime for work in a home
source of trouble for waterfront port before 8 AM and after 5 PM.
and* maritime labor generally.
For purposes of this clause it was
Banks' appointment followed on decided that the home port would
the heels of approval of his desig be the port of payoff except for
nation to the commission by Lionel Rcbin Line ships whose home
Latest in a long series of notables to visi€ headquarters in Brooklyn were Judges Bernardo Kozike,
Chevrier, Minister of Transport, pbrtj is NeW York, and company
in the group (L.R.):_LuUf Eto^
andJ. cr Lejisard, c Q.|n'm i s s i 6 n owned shijps of the Delta Line (second from left) an^JEhplUo,Nunez {secqnd .from.^rlght),
^^,,^;|j^airmani.
whose honfe port is New Orleanis. Browne Vlntner'si* SIU t^ecretary^T^asurer Paul liaU and Arthur KeBll«ly;"B011" LiildS*' irR|(&f
Wage Board Okays SUP's
Doubled Welfare Fund
AntiLobbying
Act Held Void
VfSB Approves Boost
Of $30 For Daymen
SlU Canadian
Chief Named
Govt Advisor
New York Judges Tour SIU Headquarters
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'Long Dead' Sfiofdrer Court Widens '
Proves Obit Wrong Salvage Rules
For Crewmen
REVIVAL BY POPULAR DEMAND?TFormer Cuban dictator Ful
gencio Batistti has ovftrturned the government for the second time in
20 years and seized control. Batista's first revolution took place in
1933 when he was only a sergeant in the Army. Now, as a general,
ousted President Prio Socarras and other government officials and
Crew members of vessels partic he
indefinitely
postponed elections scheduled for June 1. Batista has
pating in salvage operations have also seized the
offices of the Cuban Confederation of Workers and
had their rights to salvage awards several union leaders are
reported to haye ."disappeared." Guarantees
broadened considerably by a re of press and radio freedom
have also been suspended. One reason
cent admiralty court decision.
given
by
Batista
for
the
latest
upheaval was corruption and violence
The decision derived from the
case of the tugboat Farallon, which in the government, but the actual cause seems to have been that Batista
went to the rescue of a Panamaflag didn't have much chance of winning the election in which he was
vessel, the Ionian Leader, in March, a candidate for president.
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NO
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CANYON
TOURS
EITHER—In
retaliation for restric
propeller south of Bermuda. The
owners of the Ionian Leader con tions on travel by American diplomats in the Soviet Union the US
tracted with the Moran Towing is restricting the Russians here. From now on all employees and repre
Company to tow the disabled ves sentatives of the Soviet Union and their families will have to limit
sel into Norfolk. Moran got $2,500 their traveling to within a 25mile radius of Washington or New York,
a day for the job, with the 26 crew depending on which city they are stationed in. The order includes
members of the tug receiving only representatives of Tass, the Soviet news agency, and Pravda, the of
ficial Soviet newspaper, as well as employees of the Amtorg trading
regular wages and overtime.
Crew members then hied suit corporation. Other countries, including Canada, Britain, Prance, Italy
against the Ionian Leader for sal and the Netherlands have imposed similar restrictions. US and other
vage. The court held that the con foreign diplomats in Moscow have long been virtual house prisoners of
tract with the owner of the tug did the Soviet government.
not deprive the crew of its right to
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EVERYBODY LOVES A WINNER—Despite a strong votegetting
dered meritorious service under drive by the Taft machine led by the Senator himself. General Eisen
peril out of their regular line of hower still came out on top in the New Hampshire presidential primary.
duty as a towboat crew. The total The popular vote was fairly close, but the General led by a margin
award was $2,982.25 in this par of a little less than three to two. He also took all 14 Republican dele
gates in that state. Meanwhile, Senator Kefauver gave President
Randolph "Whitey" White, still very much alive, reads his obit. ticular case.
Truman an unexpected beating by winning the Democratic primary.
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Ten years ago, Randolph "Whitey" White was officially "buried" in the columns of the While New Hampshire is one of the smallest states, with little voice
LOG. But the veteran Seafarer, as he put it, has "a harder head than they gave me credit in the Republican convention (the winner needs to have at least 603
delegates to get the nomination) the contest attracted national interest.
for." He has recently returned to sea after several years on a shore job.
Eisenhower was expected to win and a defeat there would have hurt
White, as the LOG obit indicated,
his chances badly. With this victory under theijT belts, the general's
was torpedoed on a Cuban Dis of circulation White finds
that tions and money as you can with supporters almost overnight set in motion a writein campaign for this
tillery ship in the Caribbean in
changes
in
conditions
have
been
the SIU," he said. He plans to week's Minnesota primary since he was not on the official ballot. The
April 1942. In the resultant ex "amazing," as he puts it.
ship out regularly from now on results, with Eisenhower drawing more than 100,000 votes, drew gasps
plosion a rivet pierced ohe eye
SIU Better Life
and will sail out of Baltimore which from the political pundits.
rendering it sightless and do
"You
just
can't
get
anything
ing considerable damage to the ashore in the way of living condi was always his home port in the
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IT, CAN'T HAPPEN HERE—A radical aboutface in the trend to
However, the doctors managed to
ward increased taxation is offered in the new'British budget. The
patch him up with a silver plate
government will exempt two million lowincome workers from payment
and other major surgery, so that
of income taxes, as well as reducing taxes on overtime earnings. The
he could make the LOG apologize
changes are accomplished by increasing personal and dependent ex
for its obituary a few months later.
emptions
and by reducing the rate of climb of the tax rate as income
Actually it took 17 months to re
goes up. One slight fly in the ointment for British workers is that
by
pair the damage completely.
the government is going to reduce food price subsidies so that food
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prices will increase in most basic staples. It's basically a case of dish
White left the seafaring trade in
ing it out with one hand and taking away with the other.
1945 and worked ashore for the
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kiKw Robert Rindoiph NX'hite
better knouii as
THEY'LL HAVE TO ASK FOR IT—The US Marine Corps is try
decided thht there was no life like
tes;.
w Is al\v.)y> bound ii)' i;i.t sLfatelieti itr bruised. On the ing hard to get back on a volunteer basis effective July 1. The Marines
the Seafarers and returned to his
have been taking draftees since last August, a total of over 73,000 men
i'.iAR.
tb'e
I'loihers woultl ieel scr.inye it they didn't sex:
original vocation.
being drafted into the Corps to meet its needs. Traditionally the
X iin
liitey. It .inythini;, \sas to tall, \\ hitev |ust had to be hit.
In the six years that he was out
Marine Corps has been a volunteer unit with higher physical standards
\!ter .:.,.vir,i; asluirc tor .i tesv month.; Whitey made anoth.er
than the Army. The Corps feels that the volunteers it accepts will
"rrrd' J O'; mrO dtTsHTTrdfrr"?! iTartl—1 uot.. 1te ssas dhoard onC ol the meet these standards and also have a better outlook than men taken
ir. Distill ,:s sli.p, that was rseenth lorixdoed. He was on the in whether they like it or not.
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jl. jr.
Pursers, MMP
Win Increase
In New Pacts
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i!k .shell tile ship was hit .ind was s[;uek with a nvet which
\d ill ii.eht e\e. NX hen the brothers ^ot .ishore in .San fuan,
ley Vs.Is iLishe'ei to the hos|sital. I^he doeteits tomul that he losr the
: o! tsoth eses .ind was mneiir.e with. von,.jSMon ot the b.'"ain.
tie hop. \s is held tor h.is reeoeers 1: is un!ortun.ue to state that
liave seeii the 1 vn I Ne hiteo . .m able s. miah and a neht eus' .
,a! SlL" mm
Two other maritime unions rep
resenting pursers and deck officers
.esideii: ot i jie I' m. Lm.,. uhen iiitervie is ed eiii the
have won wage increases in nego
tiations with Atlantic and Gulf
White is "mourned" in LOG of April SO, 1942.
coast ship operators.
The Masters, Mates and Pilots,
AFL, have obtained a $46.80 wage
increase bringing masters and first
mates up to parity with chief en
gineers and first assistant en
gineers respectively, where . the
by
latter officers have received extra
compensation for lack of overtime
earnings.
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On ships with four or more
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Its k IHI ut louy.h i> '.eii:,
.lii,ibo;.'. • bi.eli.i .it: 1 • . n
mati^ and first assistant do not
n 11 b t leaeip! irta r.s .aiul .s is*. 1 ie'llo. .At' i er
stand the regular watches but work .1=1
8 AM to 5 PM five days a week, • .jKnilmt; a short time in a iiospltal In San Juan, he w is shifte.l to i'nl
thus eliminating them from over iiiivure, \» here .one of the he it doe toi s pei fiirni. d ran m ijm:.. iipei '..'..i .'.i .
time consideration.
Pursers and purserpharmacist upon hmi. W ith .a siieer plate in his he.iet .UK1. .I lie .S .eye, v. c elirlii't
mates, members of the Staff Of ireeiyiii/'e IDilxit W'hite. (V. hose ii.i.ins frtendv .knio', Imii as Wlii'ep)
ficers Association, AFL, have re as he vsalketl into tJie O'lic e.'" W~ lilteV' slTrilrd"!!. IK ii' i.e diiin, .\r hr .i Ins
ceived a 6.2 percentage increase on
etfeedint il
passenger vessels and on freight obituary. 1 le intends .tOSte'
ships, increases of $47 to $58.50 Ik: settled with the iiisur.ini.e Ca.nii.p.iuv ftir in.s iMp.iV. W'e don't hise
monthly, fetroactive to October 1. to slV • (• • ".'d
1 Iiili trf,
he .f.;.i.lt li'.U. >'hp r. .1. Un.. imK'.:
A new vacation plan has been nego
, A
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tiated providing for a three week , ., r.'
vacation and 50 cents a day con
tribution into the_.union's welfare
fund.
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ALIEN DEPORTATION LAWS UPHELD—The Supreme Court has
ruled that it is constitutional for the government to deport an alien
for having been a member of the Communist Party at any time. The
Court also ruled that the Attorney General could hold such aliens
without bail if he felt that they were a danger to the country. The
first ruling upheld a section of the McCarran Act which provides that
membership of an alien in the Communist Party at the time of his en
trance into the US or any time afterwards is sufficient grounds for
deportation. The court decision on bail was by a five to four vote
with dissenting judges holding that denial of right to bail was depriving
a person of liberty without due process of law.
NO STEAKS FROM CANADA—An outbreak of hoof and mouth
disease among cattle in the Catfbdian province of Saskatchewan has
caused the US government to place an embargo on imports of meat
from Canada. The ban cuts off a thriving trade which had been grow
ing in recent years due to high meat prices. At the same time the
government lifted a ban on Mexican beef, effective September 1, after
a fiveyear fight to stamp out the disease there. Almost a million cat
tle, sheep and pigs were slaughter^ in the Mexican campaign to
eradicate the disease, which spreads with drastic rapidity.
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COLD WAR ON MX. EVEREST—The cold war is shifting to another
theatre of operations this summer when Swiss and Russian mountain
climbers will attempt to reach the 30,000foot summit of the world's
highest mountain. Eight previous expeditions by British mountain
climbers have all failed to reach the top, although one party of climbers
were last seen 200 feet from the summit in 1924, from which they never
returned.
HORSEMEAT AND POTATOES—The Office of Price Stabilization
has been having trouble with a black market in the lowly potato trade.
Idaho potatoes are being widely blackmarketed as much as five cents
a pound more than the legal price ceiling, with Maine potatoes not far
behind. Two years ago, there were so many potatoes on hand that the
government had to bum the surplus. Now Federal price supports have
been removed resulting in a decline in production and a price increase.
At the same time, the OPS is putting the $100 million horsemeat in
dustry under price controls. Horsemeat is sold for human consumption
In^ some states but most of it iS'sold as animal feed:
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SEAtAREKS LOG
Canada SlU
Rates High
In Security
SIU Art Entries
Continue Strong
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With the May 10th deadline for entries still seven weeks
away, there is still plenty of time for talented Seafarers to
submit their entries to the Union's first annual art contest.
The effective job done by the
Since the art contest was firsts
—
Canadian SIU in cleaning out left
announced in the LOG of Febru
wing elements is pointed^ up by the
ary 8, a considerable number of
results of the Canadian govern
entries have been received with
momentum picking up in recent
ment's screening. After checking
weeks. With seven weeks yet to
the records of 16,000 Great Lakes
go, many more entries are ex
seamen, the Royal Canadian
pected before time runs out.
Mounted Police reports that only
12 seamen have been refused se
Paintings Lead
curity cards.
Most
of
the entries received thus
MONTREAL.—Membership
It was only three years ago that
far have
been
oils and watercolors. authorization has been re
the Canadian Seamen's Union, a
Since prizes will be awarded in
communistdominated organization,
four different categories, oils, ceived to set machinery in mo
tion to strike all of Canada's inland
was boss of the industry. Since
watercolors, drawings and miscel and deepsea shipping if 1952 ne
the SIU took over in 1949 it
laneous, there is ample opportun gotiations betw^n the Canadian
started its own screening program
ity for talented individuals to pick SIU and Dominion shipowners
Informa.tlpn
on
seafaring
Is
pointed
out
by
Charles
Carlson
(left)
designed to weed out subversives
for benefit of his father, Alford Carlson, who sailed with him as OS up one of the awards in each di yield no further progress.
and make it impossible for a Com
vision, particularly when there is Union meetings in Vancouver,
aboard the Mankato Victory on his first trip to sea.
munist to hold membership in the
no limit on the number of entries Victoria, Toronto, Montreal, Hali
union.
that can be submitted in any cate fax and St. John reiterated rank
As a result, when the Canadian
gory by a single contestant.
and file opposition to any wage
government put its own screening
The subject matter in the mis cutting campaign, at the same time
program into effect, the SIU had
cellaneous category covers any pledging strike action as the course
already done the job and saved the
kind of sculpture, carving, or han of last resort.
Canadian shipping industry from
dicraft work, providing room for a
Pi'incipal issues at stake are the
possible disaster.
wide variety of entries. It could 40hour work week and a $50
The screening of Lakes seamen
Reversing the usual story of a son following in his father's include such items as ship's acrosstheboard
wage increase for
covers the area of the Great Lakes footsteps, Seafarer Charles A. Carlson set the pace for his
models, decorative carvings in all members. The coming of spring
and all connecting waters, plus the
section of the St. Lawrence River father to go to sea. Father and son made a trip together for ivory and wood, work in clay, or and the '52 inland navigation sea
handicraft work in leather, copper son promise_^ the highest wages in
west of Montreal. These men man the first time on the Mankato*
the history of the Canadian mari
some 399 large inland vessels and Victory and the trip was so the fact that he held up his own and similar materials.
pleasant that the two are end of the job. "There wasn't an If the response to the art con time industry as well as less work
many smaller craft.
planning to sail as a team officer aboard who didn't want me test is great enough as first re hours and more leisure time far
turns would seem to indicate, it is the sailors on Dominion fag ships.
back when the trip was over."
from now on.
Charles Carlson has been sailing Having gotten his first taste oi planned to make this an annual With six 40hour agreements al
regularly with the SIU since 1944 the sea, Alford was preparing to event to stimulate interest in this ready tucked under their belts,
and holds all ratings in the engine sign on again, this time looking for type of activity among Seafarers. SIU negotiators are tackling the
department while his father Alford a short run coastwise or to the In addition, the lens bugs will have remaining shipowners with an eye
H. Carlson works regularly ashore West Indies. Time was running their opportunity to display their to bagging the holdouts, before
as an outside salesman. They had out on him, and he had to get back wares some time in the future in shipping really gets underway in
With the Eastern Steamship been talking of taking a trip toi«^ to his shore job. "Next winter, a Seafarers photography contest. earnest for the year.
A major selling point set forth
Company trying to sell the cruise gether for some time. Since Al though," he concluded, "we'll try
Use Registered Mail
by
officials in on the talks is the
ship Yarmouth, proposals to con ford does not work all year around to grab a ship to the Far East. Those Seafarers who still have continued high level of shipping
If
I
leave
early
enough
I
can
get
but takes off a few months a year,
struct a new ferry for service be the two signed on together on the there and back in time. In any entries that they haven't mailed in and undiminished profits resulting
tween New England and Nova Mankato Victory, Charles as oiler event, my son and I are going to as yet should send them to the Art for those operators already work
Editor, SEAFARERS ^OG, 675 ing under a 40hour setup, as well
Scotia have been revived.
and his father as ordinary seaman. ship together from now on"
4th Avenue, Brooklyn. It is a good as the vital consideration of having
Permission has been granted by
Enjoyable Trip
idea to use registered mail so as the ships manned with contented,
the Maritime Administration to
to make sure that the entry doesn't efficient crews.
sell the Yarmouth to Brazilian in
They got on the ship in Norfolk
go astray in the postoffice. Each
Better conditions on the ships,
terests. Pending unraveling of the on January 29, ran over to Rotter
entry should be identified on the the Canadian SIU points out. mean
many legal requirements involved dam with a load of coal, and re
back with the name and address greater benefit as well for the ship
in the sale, the Yarmouth will most turned on February 24. Alford
likely resume her regular run be was enthusiastic about this first
The SUP's office is at of the contestant so that the en owners because broader induce
tween Boston and Yarmouth, Nova voyage. "I enjoyed every minute the SIU A&G Hall where tries can be returned when the ment to the men end in more ef
ficient work.
,
of it," he said, "even though we the complete facilities of the contest is over.
Scoria, this summer.
Judges of the contest will con
Throwing in their support with
In the meantime, however, the ran into some very rough weather building are available to Sail
Canadian government has already on the way back home, which ors Union men. Shipping, sist of the LOG'S art editor plus the SIU to enforce the demands
reached agreement with the US on buckled a beam and caused us to beefs, mail and all other SUP other authorities ki the field. ..All of the sailors are the Trades and
joint financing of a new $5 million take some water In the hold when services are maintained at the entries will go on exhibition Labor Congress of Canada, AFL,
Transportworkers
in the Union's New York head International
vessel for this service.. Construc we got back."
the 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn, ad
quarters for a full week at the end Federation and Canadawide con
tion has been delayed up to now Although his son was sailing on dress.
ference of 15 rail brotherhoods.
of the contest.
the same ship, Alford is proud of
by the steel shortage.
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SIU Readies
For Walkout
In Dominion
u
:
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Sea Calls Pop, Son
Shows Him The Ropes
New Ferry Service
Planned Between
US—Nova Scotia
SUP Offices
In New Hall
Cartoon History Of The SIU
New contract or not, shipowners were out to. smash
the union. The US Shipping Board helped by con
tinuing operations, despite the war's end, with its
"Hooligan Navy;" Union officials were blind to the
danger. In many cases they were shipowners' tools,
planted in the Ihilon during the war.
The GovernmentShipowner Attack
In May, 1921, a combined shipownerShipping Board
attack was launched—sweeping wage cuts and a
lockout. .The looselyorganized International Sea
men's Union, although it had 115,000 members,
crumbled under the assault. Seamen, first to die in
1917, got their "reward," in the form of pay cuts.
IVo. 7
The storm, broke with institution of a 171.4% wage
cut and refusal of shipowners to recognize the ISU
,ai^ longer. The US Shipping Board's tailormad*
finks manned the ships. City and state government*
aided the scabbery by smashing picketlines and ar
resting hundreds of seamen.
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SEAFARERS LOG
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occasion here too as the local citi New Orleans:
tory (Bull); French Creek (Cities Lake Charles:
zens became "wearers of the green"
Service) and Ocean C (Ocean
in order to properly commemorate
Trans).
the clay. The Calcaseu River was
Around the hall for a breather
the Shannon for a day and the
these days we have brother Wil
town was well populated with
liam Mitchell, who ships regularly
O'Leblancs,
O'Fontenots and the ' Shipping is still going along at a
All
is
well
in
this
fair
city;
the
as
bosun.
Mit
Shipping continues to hold to the
like.
flowers
are
in
bloom,
the
sap
is
chell
had
a
good
steady clip with jobs for any and
relatively slower pace we've ex
Leroy Clarke
taste of how Sea flowing in the trees and the fish
all
takers In practically every rat
perienced for the past several
Lake Charles Port Agent
farers fight back are beginning to Jump at what
ing. Although the current activity
weeks but the outlook is very
when the going ever one throws to them. In fact,
4" J"
was a bit under par for the port,
bright for the immediate future.
gets rough when it is getting dangerous to walk too
Wilmington:
he participated near the river lest a hungry cat
our lookout is plenty good with
We expect to have 17 ships coming
with many of his fish will jump out and claw you.
eight regular run ships scheduled
here in the next few weeks for
SIU brothers in The ships that called here took
to come in.
payoffs and replacements which is
the 1946 strike in quite a few men, helping to keep
Paying off during the period were
a nice change from what we've
New York. He the situation on an even keel. Al
MitcheU
the
Simmons Victory (Bull); Del
missed out
on
the
been having.
most anyone who wanted a job
Shipping broke wide open in the
Isthmian
beef
since
he
was
at
sea
Rio
(Mississippi), and Alcoa Run*
could
get
it
by
sticking
around
a
We paid off eight ships in the
port during the past period, the
that
time.
few
days.
We
even
had
to
call
ner.
Pioneer and. Puritan (Alcoa).
last twoweek period and handled
'Foolproof Plan'
New Orleans for a couple of rated heaviest it's been in quitea while. The signons included: Del Aires
four signons and three intransits.
In for payoff were the following:
Our payoffs included the Alcoa Mitchell is pretty keen on the men, but all jobs were filled and
Frederick Collins (Dry Trans); (Mississippi); Alcoa Runner, Pio
Corsair, Cavalier and Polaris (Al SIU Vacation Plan because he says the ships left happy.
In excellent shape when we Santa Venetia (MarTrade); Jean neer and Pointer (Alcoa), and Sim
coa); the Chickasaw, Raphael Sem he knows we have a foolproof set
mes and Monarch of the Sea (Wa up now, far different than it was visited them, which just goes to Lafitte (Waterman); and Seacoral mons Victory.
terman); the Charles D. Paston and before. No quirks can crop up, he show what bangup SIU crews can (Orion). All of the same again Intransit traffic was heavy, 17
Cornelius Gilliam (South Atlantic). said. "A man can be sure he's get make of them, were the regular signedon.
ships all told. These were the fol
Our signons were the Polaris, ting vacation for every day he puts Cities Service wagons Cantigny, The intransit activity included: lowing: Catherine, Edith (Bull);
Warrior, Raphael Semmes and the in and doesn't have to go chasin' Fort Hopkins, Winter Hill, Bents Republic (Trafalgar) in twice; Alcoa Clipper, Patriot, Corsair,
Cape Edmont. We had Mississippi's all over for it." Seamen, on SIU Fort, Government Camp, Salem Steel Artisan, Steel Flyer (Isth Polaris (Alcoa); Steel Advocate
mian); Richard H. Davis, Bessemer
Del Aires intransit, along with the ships anyway, don't get a run Maritime and Lone Jack.
(Isthmian); Del Aires; Seatrains
The good ship, or rather, the Victory (South Atlantic); Michael Louisiana, New Jersey, Georgia
Alcoa Pioneer and the Robert Low around on that score anymore, he
stated.
ferryboat Federal (Trafalgar), was Moran (Mississippi); Michael (Tri
ery (Bloomfield).
(Seatrain); Beauregard, Morning
Keith AIsop
in three times the past two weeks. ton); Pennmar (Calmar) and John Light, Monarch of the Seas, Raph
Checks Rolling In
Galveston Port Agent That shuttle between the Missis B. Waterman (Waterman),
Those vacation checks are really
ael Semmes (Waterman); Southern
4"
We collected transportation and
sippi and Port Arthur, Texas, is
rolling in here in quantity now
States (Southern Trading!, and
really something. We hear the lodging on the Frederick Collins Julesburg (Mathiasen).
with the boys stepping up and col Savannah:
company has taken the bunks out for those men left in Japan when
lecting regularly evei*y day. The
Thanks To Delegates
of the deck department fod'sle so the ship sailed with no notice.
size of the checks keeps growing
the boys can use the space to keep Using section 20 of the clarifica
Most of them came in clean with
too, what with the men coming in
their OT sheets in them.
tion in the new agreement, we also just minor beefs settled at the pay
later having more days sea time to
collected
400 hours for the crew off. Our thanks go out to all dele
The
Trinity
(Carras)
came
in
their credit than the earlier appli
This port certainly has its ups here in fine shape, as did the SUP when the master failed to produce gates and crews during the last
cations.
a letter from the military regard
A few of the boys in the Marine and downs, as it wavers between contracted Frank A. Morgan at ing shore leave. Repairs on the few weeks for bringing in their
ships in fine shape.
Port
Arthur.
heavy
shipping
one
period
and
hospitals, P. W. Richards, G. H.
Collins and Seacoral were also One of our young oldtimers,
Local Front Quiet
Robinson, J. H. Jones, T. Burke drops down to a crawl the next.
l^ken care of, as was the installa
and W. E. Harbison, would like The past two weeks have definitely
Everything is going along fine tion of a washing machine on both, who has his home in this city, is
brother Hayden "Red" Henry. Sail
some mail from their friends.
been of the lastmentioned variety. on the labor front, all local unions as per our agreement.
ing generally as
being well along in their contract
Cal Tanner
The
slow
activity,
contnbuted
in
A
few
performers
needed
bosun, "Red"
was
negotiations. Since no hitches
Mobile Port Agent
part by the fact that we hdve few seem to be developing so far in straightening out pretty badly.
at
last
report
on
tr t t>
men aroun^ on the beach to fill in the talks, it looks like all will get When they got told off and
the Nathaniel
Galveston:
as replacements anyway, was stir their demands without trouble.
squared away, the only thing they
Crosby (Bloom
red from its sluggish pace by the
kept screaming about was about
fleId), heading
Our local baseball aggregation, the next guy doing the same
arrival of four ships. Thi lonely
back from Europe
quartet included: Robin Hood the Lakers, are warming up and thing. We can't condone perform
for stores and
(Robin); Southport (South Atlan so far appear to have a good class ing by anyone. If the next man
bunkers on the
tic); Ocean C (Ocean Trans), and B team. They claim they are going fouls up, he'll get his too, so that's
west coast before
Shipping through the Lone Star our municipal namesake, the Sea to bring the pennant for their no excuse for someone to be a
going
out to the
Henry
league home with them this year foulup himself.
State metropolis kept up a full train Savannah (Seatrain).
far east.
head of steam during the last two Two payoffs and two signons and we are all pulling for them.
Men who are missing ships are It hardly seems possible that one
We need something to visit during
weeks.
were the statistics for the period, our rare free hours and this looks still a problem, as are those guys so relatively young in years can be
Accounting for this goodsized and the future doesn't seem to like it.
who pile off at the last minute justly termed, a veteran seaman.
activity, for the most part, were hold out much more as encour
The quick service on the vaca and put a strain on the hall to Only 26, "Red" Henry has devoted
five ships that we paid off, all of agement. Things look to be slow tion checks—it's down to four get replacements. The fellows 10 years of that span to a sea
which signed on again for another for a while as we laze into the days from form to finish'—is draw who get off the ships like that going career. A native of Georgia,
voyage.
spring season.
ing happy comment from the boys have an obligation to let us know he is married, takes an interest in
The visitors included the follow
Construction on the new Port collecting via this hall. The fast in plenty of time so that we can his community and, most of all,
displays a keen Interest in the or
ing: Ames Victory (Victory Car Authority facility here is going mail and processing setup is keep the crew up to strength.
riers); Martin McCarver (Water along, but that won't be officially really clicking, particularly with
All in all, we need men in all ganization which he feels has en
man); Genevieve Peterkin, Marie open for business until November. the men formerly with other ratings out here. The same goes abled his family and himself to en
Hamill (Bloomfieldt, and Tainaron We hope it offers some stimulus to unions, who are continually amazed for the local gals, who need a break joy a better way of life in the past
few years.
(Actium).
the port, as it surely needs it.
with the efficient way things are too.
Always Willing
A couple of intransit ships also
Sam Cohen
E. B. Tilley
run under the SIU banner.
He's
been
ever willing to partic
came in, helping to maintain the
Wilmington
Port.
Agent
Savannah Port Agent St. Patrick's Day was a festive
ipate in whatever action might
pace for the port. Among these
benefit the SIU membership as a
were the Seatrains New York,
whole. His parents also keep
Georgia and Texas (Seatrain); Del
abreast of Union affairs by keep
Aires (Mississippi); Steel Advocate
ing up with things when the LOG
(Isthmian); Potrero Hills (Mar
is mailed to them. We hbpe "Red"
Trade); Cape Grieg; Simmons Vic
has a nice trip and a profitable
one too He and his wife, Daisy,
Shipping from February 27 to March 12
can always use that vacation dough
when he comes bacli: to town.
SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL
REG. TOTAL SHIP.
The> first ship in this port sched
REG.
REG.
Seafarer's on the payroll of
ENG. STEW. SHIPPED uled for the boneyard is the James
PORT
DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK
a ship while in port should
86 Duke (Mississippi), though she is
29
30
Boston
34
27
68
22
12
make sure to get discharges
still here awaiting orders. We sure
103
423 hope this item is not going to be
145
175
New York
192
468
from the skipper for port time
147
129
as well, as for the time spent
147 come a regular with us whenever
34
52
Philadelphia
62
61
145
37
46
at sea.
335 wt report the activities in our baili
135
113
87
Baltimore
202
446
112
132
Failure to get such dis
wick, although judging from what
146
336 we have been told, there will be
101
89
Norfolk
176
411
lie
119
charges will mean that the
Seafarer won't be able to get
57 quite a few more like her.
21
Savannah
22
19
17
59
16
21
credit for the port time toward
Tampa
n
13
45 * There are few other labor beefs
14
18
7
9
his vacation money. This could
around ashore, except for the AFL
165 Machinists striking at Todd's yards.
46
Mobiie
7Q
~ 50
190
69
mean that a man would lose
49
71
out on some of the vacation
253 The men are able to' wait out the
72
New Orleans
127
106
75
'302
88
87
dough. Such being the case,
for a settlement though,
• 54; •
Galveston
44
50
44
148 company
119
35
40
every Seafarer owes it to him
because there's plenty : of other
238 work available.,
West Coast....'......
... 46
79
65.
.( '94, 'X
self to get a discharge for port
38
38
time worked.
Lindsey jr. Williams
' New Orleans Port Agent
...607;:^:;::2!
TOTAL9
652
717
, f
.,
A o'i ; 1' 'j «
I' ^^^4
.ttf i, .
» m m «'« •
iSlsk '.fil'ih':
Mobile:
OT Sheets Needed Mora
Than Bunks en Federal
Port Looking Forward
To Busy Two Wooks
Ships Gondng In CIMU
Thanks lo Snappy Crew
Next Gay's Fouling Up
Not Excuse For You
Port Could Use a BoosI,
New Terminal Can Be li
No Slowup Those Days
For Shipping Thru Here
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Pare Nina
SEAFARERS LOG
PORTKBPORXS
'ta the SIU veterans in the Fort New York:
Stanton Hospital.
The payoff of the Arizpa after
a sevenmonth trip brought out
the news that two crew members
had died during the course of the
The general shipping picture in voyage, Messman William Thomp
Shipping and business has
this port is pretty good this period, son was lost over the side a few dropped off in the past two weeks
what with nine payoffs and a pair days out. His body was found with 21 ships paying off and 12
several hours later after the ship signing on. There are quite a few
of signons.
Our payoffs here included: Fort circled the area.
ships due in for payoff in the com
Electrician M. L'Esperance ing period, but we understand sev
Hoskins, Royal Oak, Bradford
Island, French Creek, Government passed away after a heart attack eral of them are due to lay up,
Camp (Cities Service); Ann Marie in Japan on his first trip out with which doesn't sound too good from
(Bull); Julesburg (Mathiasen); Mc the SIU. In addition tp his wife, the standpoint of shipping.
Kettrick Hills (Western Tankers), he is survived by a son who is also
All of our payoffs wound up
and Seacomet (Orion). The two a Seafarer. This branch extends its with a minimum of beefs. These
deepest
sympathies
to
the
families
last named of these slgnedon
included the following: Steel Ad
of both men.
again.
vocate, Steel Scientist (Isthmian);
Busses Still Struck
The only beef we had was a mat
The Cabins (Mathiasen); Seagate,
tress beef on the McKettrick Hills, Employees of Pacific Greyhound Skystar (Triton); Chiwawa, Can
which we squared away to the satis are still out on strike here, so tigny, Salem Maritime, Lone Jack
faction of everyone. The company members who live out of town and (Cities Service): Robin Gray
has guaranteed to have new mat couldn't make our last bi''anch (Robin); Stony Creek (MarTrade);
tresses on her when she returns meeting were excused and credited Suzanne, Evelyn, Kathryn, Frances
in two weeks, because, since this for attendance.
(Bull); Las Vegas Victory, Nathaniel
thing cropped up on a Sunday, we Meanwhile, although attorneys Currier, Golden City (Waterman),
couldn't do too much about it that Vincent Hallinan and James Mac and Seatrains Louisiana, Savan
day.
Innis for, Harry Bridges lost their nah and New Jersey (Seatrain).
We have word here, by the way, US Supreme Court appeal of a
from the Eastern SS Company, citation for contempt of court The following made up th; dozen
that they're going to lay up three during the 1950 trial, it is ex signons: Steel Surveyor, Milton
Libertys, the Jesse Applegate, Hen pected Hallinan will get a stayof Smith (Isthmian); Hastings, War
ry Baldwin and John S. Appleby. sentence in order to represent Hawk, Nathaniel Currier, Gateway
They're getting ready to tow more Bridges for Bridges' own appeal City, Mobilian, Las Vegas Victory
(Waterman); Seagate, Skystar
and more of these ships back into from his perjury conviction.
(Triton); Shinnecock Bay (Mar
the boneyard every day. "
Incidentally, we have a sugges Trade), and Robin Kirk (Robin).
Today is the first good day we've tion for the members riding these
had in a long time, but it is e^ly transPacific ships in order for
Back Pay Coming
yet. Two weeks ago we had to them to avoid trouble later. When
Most of the companies have now
shovel a foot of snow from the ever there is any question about started paying the retroactive pay,
front and back of the building. being restricted to the ship, we
except for a couple of the larger
It's just like summer at present, urge the men to have all four dele outfits who will take a little longer
though.
gates check with the skipper on to get it made up. The larger out
James Sheehan
this, not take it for granted they're fits, like Robin and Waterman, are
Boston Port Agent restricted just'because there is no
mailing checks out alphabetically,
i
launch available.
according to the ships' names. Mis
The officer in charge of the ship sissippi has sent out forms to all
San Francisco:
should make the restriction defi of our branches. All you have to
nite. In that way, it will be a lot do is pick up one of the forms, fill
easier for the patrolman to collect it out, mail it into the company and
overtime due when the ship comes wait for the check in the mails.
in for payoff. If you don't ask
We have had a number of cases
Shipping out in Frisco isn't about it, you might lose out on that
lately
of men walking off their
setting any records, but still moves OT.
Prospects for shipping in this ships at sailing time and causing
along at an aboveaverage pace.
Quite a few ships took the few port the next few weeks don't the ship either to be delayed or to
remaining hands on the beach with look too hot, but the West Coast sail shorthanded. There is an
them, practically cleaning us out. area can always handle you. Seat automatic $50 fine for doing this,
The twoweek period just passed tle and Wilmington are both but since it doesn't seem to stop
marked payoffs for the following strapped for men, and rated men a lot of the fellows, we're going to
ships: Carroll Victory, Bessemer can get out of either as fast as have to take stricter measures.
.Victory (South Atlantic); Maiden they get there. Wilmington itself This type of performance is caus
Victory (Mississippi); Ponce de has six payoffs coming and no one ing us a lot of trouble with our
Leon, Arizpa (Waterman). The Car on the beach, so guys wanting operators, so we are going to put
a stop to it one way or another.
roll, Bessemer and Maiden Vic work can come arunnin'.
torys all signedon for another By the way, a warning to those There is another thing that is
trip. Intransit to the port were who are draft bait. The boards becoming an increasing problem,
the Steel Flyer (Isthmian); Santa out this way are getting tougher and that's the case where men sign
Venetia (Mar Trade); Frederic on seamen who don't keep them in on to tankers for 12 and 18month
Collin (Dry Trans); Yaka, Jean formed of their whereabouts. In articles, then after shuttling for
Lafitte (Waterman), and^ Portmar order to be safe, keep sending three or four months, they get off
(Calmar).
those postcards to them wherever the ship on the other side and are
replaced with aliens.
One of the finest ships in the you are.
Waterman fleet,
the Ponce de
Most of these ships are coming
H. J. Fischer
Leon, has been spld to Isbrandtsen.
West Coast Representative in with only five or six of the orig
Her loss of an SiU crew will cause
many a heart to sink in the fair
city of Yokohama across the seas.
As a fine brotherly gesture, the
departing crew voted to . send
their record players and records
Boston:
Doii'l Take Long Trip If
Yon Won't See II Thru
Things Will Be 'Softer'
On Tanker Next Trip
Don't Assume II, Check
if Ship Is Reslrieled
inal crew on them. IWs is a prob Norfolk:
lem for the companies and the
Union. If you don't Intend to stay
on a ship for the entire voyage,
you shouldn't signon in the first
place.
Claude ^immons
Shipping dropped a bit, but we
Asst. Sec'yTreas. guess that's been the experience
t>
3^
up and down the Atlantic with
Seattle:
winter on the way out and heavy
coal export to Europe finally drop
ping off.
Even so, there were 19 payoffs
here and all but one of those signed
on again. The roster included
We're still sticking with our these vessels: August Belmont,
slogan—"Our Shipping the Best in Helen H. Jackson (South Atlantic);
the Northwest"—as activity here George Kulukundis (Mar Trade);
continues to race along at a high Thomas Stone, Thomas P. Leather'
level.
fEastem); John Fiske (Seas Ship
Our calling list this period in ping); William R. Davie, Alanson
cluded this trio: Alaska Spruce Houghton (Alcoa); Ambersea
(Ocean Tow); Martin Behrman (Al (Blackchester); Joseph Brown
coa), and Lawrence Victory (Mis (Bull); Nikos (Dolphin); Amberstar
sissippi). The latter two signed (Triton); George Lawson (Pan
right on again for another trip.
Oceanic?); William B. Yates, E. A.
Intransit business was supplied Burnette (Isthmian); Anne Baxter
by the following: Yaka (Water (Bloomfield); Longview Victory,
man); Republic (Trafalgar), and Coeur D'Alene Victory (Victory
Massmar, Portmar and Marymar Carriers), and Strathbay (Strath
(Calmar). Nothing but routine more).
beefs on all these ships, with every
The Strathbay was the lone ex
thing settled to the mutual satis ception to the 100 percent signon
faction of all hands concerned.
record. She is, at the present time,
Our nomination as Seafarer who up for sale to another company.
most typifies the young, steady The beefs that cropped up were
going type of fellow who is a credit settled at the payoffs to the mutual
—
to the SIU is satisfaction of all hands concerned.
brother Carl
Contract Ideas
Ainsworth, who's
been with us Members at our branch meeting
since May '47. touched on a few subjects that bear
Before joining repetition for all Seafarers. One
the Union, Carl big item was the question of sug
put in a three gestions from the ships for the
year hitch in the negotiations coming up in July on
Army and then the new SIU agreement. Crews
made what, ac that up to now haven't had a meet
Ainsworth
cording to him ing to kick around any ideas they
end many other boys, was the may have for the agreement should
smartest move he could have man do so as soon as possible so that the
aged. Since then he has piled up committee will have a chance to
an active record on all beefs as a study them.
Seafarer.
There was a discussion on mail
Ainsworth, an AB, hails the Wel service, and several beefs from the
fare and Vacation Plans as the brothers that it sometimes takes
greatest benefits gained by the two or three months to get letters
SIU. He wouldn't trade his SIU because of a poor mail setup. It
card for a million bucks, ht said. v/as suggested that headquarters
On other fronts, the Communist might contact some of the opera
led MC&S has been taken over the tors and see if a method could be
jumps locally and probably won't worked out for improving the ex
ever be the same again.
i.sting service in foreign ports.
We're happy to report that, on
One other point that came up
the election front, the working was the necessity of supplying pam
man's choice came through to win phlets and educational material
in fine style. Former union rail generally to those ships with com
roader A1 Promroy nipped Mayor parative newcomers to the Union
Bill Devin by a healthy enough abroad. It was felt that this would
margin to make the results deci be one of the best ways for these
sive. Seattle had the largest turn men to understand how times have
out of votersin its history, a good changed so much for the better
sign since jt shows public interest and that it's up to each and every
in local government is rising.
member of the crew to do his share
Jeff Morrison
of the work to keep things getting
Seattle Port Agent better.
Ben Rees
Norfolk Port Agent
Biz Slows, bnl Ninsleeii
Payoffs Keep Perl Busy
Labor Choice for Mayor
Wins Vole Hands Down
ssnr HALL DIRECTOR t
LOGo Naw fit
Perth Amboy
Crewmen of Cities Service
tankers and other ships dock
ing at Perth Amboyi NJ, will
find plenty of LOGs on hand
at Victor Dankiff's Bar.
Since a great ma^ . tankers
of companies other than Cities.
Service dock at Perth Amboy,
and at other terminals in the
area, the LOGs could help
serve as an entering wedge in
jEsso tankers and those of
other oil companies that have
thus far resisted uhidnizatibn
bi^ iejfltitqate utriidns..
SIU, A&G District
BALTIMORE
:..14 North Gay St.
Earl Sheppard. Agent
Mulberry 4540
BOSTON
276 State St.
James Sheehan, Agent
Richmond 24)140
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141
GALVESTON
308Vi 23rd St.
Kellli Alsop. Agent
Fhono 2 0440
LAKE CHARLES, La
1419 Ryan St.
LeRoy Clarke, Agent
Phone 65744
MOBILE
1 South Lawrence St.
Cal Tanner, Agent
Phone 21754
NEW ORLEANS
523 BienvlUe St.
Lindsey Williams. Agent
Magnolia 61126113
NEW YORK
675 4th Ave., Brooklyn
STerling 84671
NORFOLK
127120 Bank St.
Ben Rees, Agent
Phone 41083
PHILADELPHIA
337 Market St.
S. Cardullo, Agent
Market 71635
SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St.
R. J, Fischer, Agent
Douglas 25475
SAN JUAN. PR
252 Ponce de Leon
Sal CoUs, Agent
SAVANNAH.
t Abercorn St.
E. B. TiUey. Agent
Phone 31728
SEATTLE
. .*100 1st Ave.
JeS Morrison,* Agent
Seneca 4570
TAMPA
10081811 N, Franklin St.
Bay White. Agent
Thone 81383
inMWOTON. Ciail....«M Avaloo Blvd
Sam Cohen, Agent
Terminal 42874
HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn.
SECRETARYTREASURER
Paul HaU
ASST. SECRETARYTREASURERS
Lloyd. Gardner
Robert Matthews
Claude Simmons
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE
Joe Algina
SUP
HONOLULU
PORT COLBORNE
Ontario
TORONTO. Ontario
103 Durham St.
Phone: 5591
86 Colborne St.
Elgin 5719
VICTORIA. B. C
ei7V4 Cormorant St.
Empire 4531
VANCOUVER, B. X!
565 Hamilton St.
Pacific 7824
SYDNEY. N.S
304 Charlotte St.
Phone 6346
BAGCTVILLE. Quebec
20 Elgin St.
Phone: 545
TBOROLD, Ontario
37 Ormont St.
Phone: 33202
QUEBEC
113 Cote De La Montague
Quebec
Phone: 27078
SAINT JOHN
177 Prince WiUiam St.
N.B.
Phone: 23049
16 Merchant St.
Phone 58777
PORTLAND
Ill W. Burnside St.
Beacon 4336
RICHMOND. CALIF
257 5th St.
Phone'2599
BAN FRANCISCO
.^dSO Harrison St.
Douglas 28363
SEATTLE
2700 1st Ave.
Great Lakes District
,
Main 0290
WILMINGTON
440 Avalon Blvd. ALPENA
133 W. Fletcher
Terminal 43131
Phone: 1238W
NEW YORK
675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn BUFFALO. N. Y
180 Main St.
STerling 84871
Phone; Cleveland 7391
CLEVELAND
2602 CarroU St.
Phone; Main 10147
Canadian District
....1038 3rd St.
MONTREAL...
483 McGUl St. DETROIT....
Headquarters Phone; Woodward 16857
MArquctte 5909
DULUTH..
531
W.
Michigan St.
HALIFAX. N.8
mtiHoUisSt
Phone; Melrose 84110
Phone:38911
888rE. 88nd St.
FORT WILLIAM...vUSik Syndicate Ave. SOUTH CHICAGO
Phond: Essex 58410
.
Phone: 9^1
Ontarie
Keep Kraft
Moard Posted
SIU Headquarters urges all
draft, eligible seamen to be
sure they keep their local Se
lective Service boards posted
on all changes of address
through the use of the post
cards furnished at all SIU
halls and aboard ships'.
Failure to keep your draft
board informed of your where
abouts can cause you to be
listed as a delinquent and be
drafted into the services With
out a hearing. The Union in
such cases can do nothing to
aid Seafarers who fail to com
ply.
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Prlday, Manlt 21, 1952
Laboring SlU Shrimpers
Not As Nomantit As Song
Biloxi, Miss,—SIU affiliated fish and cannery workers in this city, hub of Mississippi coast
shrimping activity, utilized tightknit organization this month to help stabilize prices in their
industry, foundering at the lowest level in the Gulf area.
Far more serious in character
than the shrimp country folk ro working at the processing and can Most boats are dieselpropelled
manticized in a current popular ning end of the industry ashore. and carry twoway radio for in
stant shiptoship and shiptoshore
Modem Boats
song hit, they drew their boats up
Thoroughly modernized, the communications.
dockside in a protest demonstra
The canneries are located right
boats
run on a strict time sched
tion against falling shrimp prices
at the docks, where shovel buckets
ule.
The
usual
mode
of
operation
paid by the packers who own 80
is for four or five boats to go out or conveyors take hold of thertl as
percent of the boats manned by together and, after a sixanda soon as the boats, pull into port. In
SIU fishermen operating out of half hour run to the shrimp beds all. the operation stresses speed
this shrimping center.
begin trawling with nets. The boats and cooperation among the indi
The concerted action was led by rotate in handling the catch, each vidual boatmen, although only a
the Gulf Coast Shrimpers and Oy one being out at most a week. This fifth of them run craft they them
stermen's Association, branch' of is accomplished by ail available selves own outright.
the SIU's Fishery and Allied boats feeding their catch to one
Fly SIU Banner
Workers.
boat which, when fully loaded, will
Their
representative labor group,
It effectively beached 1,400 head back to port. The average 40
boats as union officials met with foot boat can take on about 400 flying the SIU banner for the past
three and a half years, has been
the packers to emphasize demands barrels of shrimp.
in existence
for two decades, Louis
for a penny and a half increase in
When one .boat returns to port,
Simmons,
president
of the Gulf
the price of shrimp per pound, the remainder resume feeding
Coast
Shrimpers,
revealed.
'The
now pegged at a low $55 a barrel. their catch to the next in line. As
Reaching agreement soon after, the process continues, the first Union itself owns a hotel in town
the shrimpers headed out into the boats will already have returned which also serves as its headquar
fishing grounds again, hoTpefuI the to the grounds and taken their turn ters. The mayor of the city, how
ever, runs the hotel on a lease
season may yet produce a catch all over again.
from
the union. The former police
A
big
problem
is
presented
be
worthy of the name. Shrimping is
chief
and sheriff are both staunch
the source of a livelihood for thou cause the shrimp canlt be kept on
union
men. Biloxi is definitely a
sands of men and women up and ice more than three days before
proUnion
town, as far as the SIU
down the coast, 4,000 of them man they begin to spoil. Speed, there
shrimpers
are
concerned.
ning the boats and the remainder fore, is vital in handling the catch.
Mention of the song hit sweep
ing major cities everywhere else
stirs up .smiles from the shrimp
fishers. "Shrimp Boats Are A
Comin'", it seems, was the brain
child of a songwriter who hap
pened to be passing through an
other shrimping community, Mor
gan City, about 175 miles away in
neighboring Louisiana. His fertile
imagination went to work when he
witnessed the seasonopening cere
mony where .the priests of the town
bless the boats and crews, while
each, festively decorated for the
occasion, passes the end of the pier
where the frocked clergymen ad
minister the blessing for a good
season and safe return of all
hands. Few boats will venture out
without this blessing.
And though many of the fisher
men may knowingly smile at the
thought of what millions of lands
men are given to believe is a ro
mantic way of life, through the
medium of a popular song. It is
Tied up dockside in Biloxi when the Union called in all boats while
not infrequent that you hear the
negotiations with packers went on, the Paramount, an oyster boat, airs of the melody whistled and
floats quietly still loaded with catch from nearby fishing grounds. hummed right here by these hard
Machinery to adjacent cannery can be seen on pier.
working folk.
Stretching as far as the eye can see, boats of ttie shrimp fleet lie
Idle. These small boats, manned by tow or thiieo men, boast of
twoway radio and dlesel power for speed and easy shiptoshore
liaison.
Their faces reflecting the seriousness of the situation, with local
shrimp prices the lowest in the Gulf, Shrimpers Union officials
stand by outside during packers' confab on price boost. Leading
the Union team was whitehaired Louis Simmons (far lifeht rear).
SIU Fishermen Fight
Alabama Oyster Ban
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at a minimum and threaten the
livelihood of thousands in the area.
Question Action .
fishing in the area and that, Jn any
event, the city should act now to
build a sewage disposal plant cap
able of handling the flow of refuse
into the bay before it actually be
Urban Bosarge; union president, comes a. serious health menace.
asserted that if the bay was never A finding that the affected oyster
ing beds are contaminated before
found to be polluted during the the facts are fully ascertained
war, at a time when refuse from would affect not only the oystering
a big army installation, and night industry but shrimping as well.
and day drydocking and shipbuild Tanner and other interested labor
ing operations were going on, .then leaders note. "These two fishing
industries are big business; opera
how is it suddenly found contami tions affecting many thousands of
nated now?
families depending on them for a
"It our tests clearly, reveal that livelihood; We cannot let the
there is pollution in the bay, there authorities kill them off before they
by forcing, confiscation of these fenow for sure what they're doing."
oystering grounds, naturally we'll B'qsarge, hailing the support of
move to have the pollution ended." the Seafarers, also reminded state
Town landmark, the Uhlop Hotel, owned by the Gulf Coast Shrimpers and Oystermen's Ass'n, and serv
Both union and industry leaders leaders that although the 6ystei>
ing as headquarters for the organization, illustrates extent of Union enterprise in the area. The hotel feel, however, the situation has ing season generally runs'from the
is, run on ft lease by the mayor of Silosi, the heart of which is the fishing and canning industry which not reached ^ the point wherc' an , first of January i to June, in actu
dDPpUes eihployiiictat for many ihoiis^
llownspeople there and In nearby communities.
1 outright bah can belthpOsed on ality it wiU be
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Paf* Eleire«
Ship's deck gang goes aloft to reef the
topsail in a spanking breeze.
The fog bell is tolled continually as the ship makes her
way cautiously through a white blanket of mist.
One distinction between the old
time sailing ship man and his modern
counterpart was the former's reliance
on pure and simple "elbow grease"
as the only source of work power.
Whether weighing anchor, steering,
or reefing sail, the "stick and string
sailor" had to rely exclusively on his
own musde, nourished by an indiffer
ent diet of "salt junk and biscuit."
The lack of mechanical aids of any
but the simplest kind made the most
routine task a source of backbreak
ing strain. Holding the wheel steady
in a heavy sea was a tough and tiring
chore while setting sail under any
conditions requirecT both brawn and
agility. The man who was clumsy or
careless too often found himself spin
ning dizzily through the air, to land
in the drinkrrlf he was lucky.
Yet with all the gadgetry and
power driven equipment available on
today's ships, the modern seaman and
his oldtime counterpart can still
meet on common ground. A large
part of a seaman's work still consists
of siich tasks as sougeeing, slushing,
painting, chipping, topping booms,
handling lines and other manual
tasks. 'Ships today, like their wooden
forebears, are far from the push
button stage.
Fishing boat lookout spots a school of
mackerel at the head of the sound.
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With wind and rain blowing up, two
men are needed to hold her steady.
Not to be forgotten of course, ore
the common hazards of the sea.
Storm, fog and rocks are still danger
ous, menaces. The old time sailor,
lacking radio and radar, relied on a
wellbuilt ship and good seamanship
to carry him through. In the summing
up,: these two qualities stilL count
heavily, when it comes to mastering
the seds.
;; Fiddler plays a sea chant while tl^ crew strains to^
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Seated in a crude bosun's chair, a seaman
pgiv^s^.the. ropes.a. thorpuglb^^rr coa,^PS
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IN THE WAKE INQUIRING MEET THE
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SEAFARER
EDWARD B^ HANSEN, carpenter
Scientific teport has it that of war for exchange. Privateers
used
to
make
it
a
practice
of
dis
Norway has long been a maritime work in addition to their usual
Death Valley, Calif., now below
nation and many a Norwegian duties. Wages of course were
tea level and one of the hottest posing of their prisoners by turn
youngster has followed his father pretty low. They ran around $20
areas in the world, was a lake ing a capturedvessel into a cartel.
Question: What do you do In or brothers into the seafaring a month for bosun and about $13
about 15,000 years ago and that Its
X
shores were Inhabited by a primi
trade. For Edward K. Hansen, the for AB's. There were no regula
A round robin letter was first your spare time aboard ship?
tive tribe of men. Stone implements used by English seamen in the
routine was somewhat different. tions as to hours as the captain
of a design not so advanced as eighteenth century to protest
The oldest son in a family of 13, could make the men turn to at
those found in the nearby Mohave grievances. This was a paper on E. Waters, FOW: Well, usually he was the only one to turn from any time of day or night.
sleep farming to the sea. Today at 78
Desert region were found on what which the signatiures radiated I do one of two things—go to
Hansen subsequefitly switched to
or
play
poker
was once a lake beach . , , The from the center so that no one
he is one of the oldest active Sea deep sea ships, riding the old coal
with
some
of
the
Lusitania, Cunarder sunk by Ger tould be tabbed as the ringleader
farers, with 64 years of sailing
other boys. If behind him on Scandinavian and burners mostly to North Sea and
man subs (1915), was named after . . . The blocks of sandstone used
channel ports in England, France
I'm not tired, I'll American ships.
an ancient Roman province by that In whitening wooden decks, called
lie in my bunk Hansen is a veteran of the sea and Germany. The ships were con
name which now chiefly comprises holystones, were distinguished ac
smaller than today's
and listen to the men's union movement. In 1906 siderably
modern Portugal.
cording to size as bibles, for the
ocean
going
freighters principally
radio. The wash he joined with other Norwegian because of the
large ones, and prayerbooks, for
t
shallow draft of
ing machine takes seamen in forming the Norwegian
Geographers sometimes refer to the smaller variety. What it had to
many harbors. "They had condi
care
of
the
laun
Seamen's Union, of which he was tions on ships then," he recalled
New Zealand as the Antipodes be do with Philadelphia nobody
dry for you, so a member until he came to this "that
wouldn't let a dog live
cause its location is diametrically knows, but the Philadelphia Cate
that doesn't oc country. Over here he joined the under they
today. Sailors got food that
opposite to the British Isles. An chism summed up the old sailor's
cupy much time.
International Seamen's Union in nobody else wanted. They had to
antipodean day, incidentally, is the life:
1926 and has been a member of the keep their own linens and mat
day gained when going westward
XXX
Six days shalt thou labor
SIU since its founding in 1938.
tresses. They had to buy food
across the 180th meridian . . .
And do all thou art able,
Mike Miller, chief cook: That's
themselves ashore to get something
You're just repeating yourself
Farm Boy
And on the seventh —
a
good
question.
when you refer to it as Mount
The veteran Seafarer was bom decent to eat. Why, the sailors
Holystone the deck
I used to work hi
Fujiyama, for the whitecapped
in
the far north of Norway, near today on SIU ships have it much
And polish up the cable.
ivory, carving
peak on Honshu Island, Japan.
North
Cape, the closest point to better now than the captain did
watch bracelefs,
XXX
Yama is Japanese for mountain.
the North Pole on Europe's main then."
The word admiral, denoting rings, crosses,
land. His parents owned a small He shook his'head a little. "I
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naval
officers of flag rank, origi hearts, and the
farm on which they kept cattle and jiever expected that seamen would
When someone is said to show
like, out of wal
sheep, and grew potatoes and grain ever get the kind of conditions we
his true colors, possibly as a result nated in the near east, where a sea rus tusks. It was
lord was
known as
an amiralbahr
in the brief three and onehalf have today in the SIU."
of abusing a professed friendship,
a profitable hob
month growing season.
he uses a tactic long recognized in (with the bahr eventually dropped). by, too.' Lately I
The coal burners usually carried
The
word
was
brought
westward
Hansen's interest in sailing start ttoee ordinaries and deck boy. In
maritime w^are. Ships often
haven't done any
ed as a hobby. But at 14 he
showed a neutral or friendly ensign by seafaring people of the Medi of
this kind of work, and usually started going to sea in earnest on the black gang, the firemen had to
terranean
area
and adopted
by the
In sight of an enemy to escape
play pinochle in my spare time. the local fishing boats which went do the oiling and wiping them
attack or capture, and then did a Spaniards as almirante. References
selves. There were no messmen,
out in the Atlantic'for cod, "There compelling the crew to help them
turnabout by showing their true to the rank have been traced as
XXX
far
back
as
the
year
1297
in
Eng
colors when in an advantageous
John Orsolics, bosunt Next to wasn't much money in it though," selves in the galley.
position for attack . . . Essentially lish journals. An admiral is also sleeping, I spend my spare time he said. Consequently he switched Hansen came to America on a
free from salt, glacier ice is com the largest wooden fid. About 40
Danish ship, the Phoenix, in 1925
playing poker. If to small coastwise vessels, the main
carriers of freight and passengers
posed of compacted snow and, inches long, it was formerly used to*
I can't rustle up up and down the long coastline. and subsequently ran to and from
open
the
eyes
of
hemp
rigging.
when melted, supplies fresh water.
a game I go in In those days there were no rail the West Indies on Danish and
In bygone days, thirsty sailors
XXX.
for
reading the roads running to North Norway at Norwegian ships in the sugar trade.
filled empty water casks with water Anchor comes from a Greek
classics.
For in all. He worked for one company His first trip on American ships
obtained from icebergs.
word for a hook or crook. The
stance, I read on this run for 17 years as AB, was made on an oil tanker out of
most ancient ones were large
4" 4" ti
New. Orleans. He has been sailing
Freud and a lot bosun and carpenter.
Floyd Bennett Field, Naval air stones, baskets full of stones, sacks
US
ships since, his favorite run
of Shakespeare's
station on the Brooklyn shore filled with sand or logs, o'f wood
Longshore Work Too
being the Robin Line to East
works.
Before
jutting into the Atlantic, was loaded with lead. Later, anchors
These ships were small vessels, Africa.
going to sea I generally
named after the aviator who pi with one arm were invented, and
a few hundred tons, and Back in 1897 Hansen got married
never did much
I
loted Admiral Byrd on a trip over later still, with two arms. The
since
they
were the main means and settled down for a couple of
the North Pole (1926) . . . Students anchors of past centuries resembled reading, but you have the time of communication, they would stop years on shore. But his wife died
of economics know a cartel as an those in modern use, except that aboard ship.
at practically every settlement up four years later and he never re
international combine formed to the stock was absent . . . Some
XXX
and down the coast. Between Oslo married. He now makes his home
regulate prices and output in some sources believe a derrick got its Ramon Morales, AB: Sometimes in the south, and Kirkeness, the in Brooklyn.
field of business, but it's also the name when English sailors ran I will write let
northernmost city, there were 121 "I was figuring on retiring," he
term for a vessel used to negotiate afoul of Thomas Derrick, a well ters home. I also
stops. At only four places did they concluded, "but I feel too good.
with an enemy under a flag of known hangman during the time take a lot of pic
have longshore gangs so that the So I'll keep on sailing for a while'
truce and usually bearing prisoners of Queen Elizabeth I and James I. tures of my ship
crew had to do their own longshore yet."
mates and 4olngs
aboard ship, be
li •
cause I have a
Contax camera.
Iv '
Or if there Is
ACROSS
DOWN
19. Nickname of a 37. New Zealand ex
Japanese troops landed on Java duction director. • . . . Continued
If .
noted footbaU
nothing else to
tinct bird
1. Part of A&G
1. Gulp
coach
after
an allied fleet nipped first high toll of shipping lost to subs
38. Biggest
SlU
B. Latin
for
I'r?
2. Mts. between
do I will pass the
Virginia city
family
goddess
try. . . . British parachute force and failure to arm merchant ves
Europe and Asia 21. NE
23. In the USA
time
talking
to
the
other
fellows
40. Facts
a. British SS
3. What a liner
25. Army cops
damaged utilities in sneak raid sels drew fire of shipyard workers.
41. Turkish Utle
in the crew.
symbol
foUows
t
26. Cargo from
42. Bents
, of
on
French coast. . . . Rommel . . . Proposed new tax bill hit
4. Rundovra hotel:
12. 4th largest
Duluth
Cities Service
XXX
Slang
27. Louse egg
inland sea
called to Berlin, reported relieved lower income taxpayer hardest,
43. Where the
5. Kind of dock
28. Bearing of
Shannon flows
13. Civil War fight
A1 SacGO, OS: I have a hobby of North African command to doubling levy on group.
6. Hearing organs
Samoa from Fijis 45. Scene of Perry's
ing ship
7. Busy European 29. Kind of wood
which I work on take over leadership, stem rising
victory
XXX
14. Foc'sle yam
port
30. Seen in Hawaii 46. City on the
aboard ship, Russian power. . . . Essen blasted West Virginia won basketball's
8. Packs, as cargo 31. Baby food
,1S. In right mind
Jumna River
9. Famed home in 34. Product of
namely, drawing as RAF hit the Ruhr area.
National Invitation Tournament at
47. Mr. Walker of
16. Years: Abbr.
"Gone With the
Trinidad
footbaU
or
painting
pic
Madison Square Garden. . ; . A
17. Port In AlgerU • Wind"
36. A big oU shipper 50, Inlet in NJ
XXX
10. Winged
18. Fold of cloth
Japanese
report claimed occupa
tures. I do pen
Increased possibility of gas ra
11. Apartment cost
Puzzle Answer on Page 27
ao. Island S. Of
cil sketches or oil tioning noted by Interior Secre tion of Batavia, damage to major
New Zealand
paintings, mostly tary Harold Ickes. .. . Second Bra rail line on Java. . . . Virtually
' 22. Motor carrier
1
2 3
9 10 II
portraits and zilian ship sunk off US east coast complete. Coast Guard control over
24. They're vanish
ing In NY
12
drawings of wom by midget subs. . . . Planned cam the shipping industry was assured
25. Monte Casslno Is
en. Sometimes I paign against 40hour week as all supervisory and regulatory
one
15
draw the ship I'm softened as a surprise vote in the functions were stripped from the
29. Mt. Blanc
32. Smug person
on,
like
I
did
on
my last trip, but House dropped antilabor plan, ,., Commerce Department . . . Total
33. St. Pierre
18
Miquelon
I don't do sea subjects very often, British General Wavell shifted of SIU brothers lost with ships
34. Not on the
as casunjty list mounted
from Indies to command in India. reached 65
beach
XXX
. . , Lightweight champion Sammy
35. Spread to wind,
...
Pacific coast
SIUSUP whipped
as sails
Alonzo Bi^ant, night cook ft NMU, 31, in labor board election Angott outpointed favored Bob
36. The "United
baker: To tell you
States"
on Associated Oil tankers. . . . Six Montgomery in nontitle bout.
3®. Regret
the
truth,
I
usu
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Nazi spies found guilty in first war
39. Common ship
US
national
income reached a
a 11 y read the
article
time US espionage trial.
40. The Navy Is Its
record $94.5 billion . . . Tokyo
LOG or any mag
first line
XXX
named Yamashita new commander
azines we might
44. Bridge signal
48. China port
in
Philippines, to replace Homma,
Nipponese
Bali
invasion fleet
have in
the
ship's
49. Fury
40 41 42
smashed. . . . Canned food prices conqueror of Manila ... Produc
library. Life and
61. Legendary
Greek ship
"frozen" by CPA chief Henderson tion of radio sets for civilian use
Readers Digest
48
B2. Protective de
to stop hoqfding. . , . Stalin halted . . . Brazilian crowds
are
two
that
I
vice on docks
53. Verbal thrust
pledged
Nazi defeat in major ad smashed Axis shops in Rio protest
52
like
to
read
par
54. Money in Naples
dress to Soviet people. .. . Abuses ing Nazi activities . . . Burma cam^
ticularly, but, of
55. SkUls
55
56. Every freighter
course, you havo. to take anything in setup of dollarayear men paign heightened:.'as British fore*
has one: Abbr.
07. Tropical cargo
it.
;that turns up. mmviu maij . irapped by Donald Nelson«*war pro
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Vol. XIV No. 5
March 21. 1*52
Published biweekly by the Seafares.'s International Union. Atlantic
& Gulf District,'AFL, 875 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. TeL
STerling 8467U
I; PAUL HALL; SecrcfaryTrcasurcr
Editor.: Umnna' • RADIX Managing Editor. BAT DsDisoni Art Editor, BRRHARB
SCAMAD; Photo Editotj, DAim NILVAJ Staff Wrttart. BEBMAD ARTHUR. IBWIM flpiTAca.
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its True SiV Style
Going to the "grass roots" is a popular expression d^oting
an attempt to fend out what people really think. The SIU's Oeeanstar Trip
own "grass roots" poll to find out what rank and file Seafarers Good 'it Spotty
have in mind as to contract improvements is providing some To tbe Editor:
interesting and encouraging results.
A word from the good ship
With but few exceptions, the overwhelming bulk of sug Oeeanstar that is on its way to the
and Olive Oil Country"
gestions received thus far have been serious and practical "Oza
(Greece to you landlubbers). After
'ones. They denionstrate the maturity of outlook and sense of signing on in Houston and taking
responsibility of the average Seafarer. Even more gratifying on a light 60 days' stores, we load
to headquarters are the unsolicitedexpressions of satisfac ed to the mark with grain and got
tion with the present agreement. JJone of the numerous pro under way full speed ahead—a
posals thus far submitted suggest any basic changes in the slow
knots. "No sooner had we
started than Captain "Spot Sougee"
agreement as it stands.
Long called me up and informed
Thanks to the response of the membership the SIU nego me
he. wanted a cleanedup
tiating Committee will be able to telf the shipowners this ship, that
regardless of overtime.
summer just what the rank and file wants. It is a clearcut I thanked him, as I am a be
illustration of how the policy of encouraging the members liever in keeping any ship in the
to participate in Union affairs, promotes Union democracy true SIU manner. So then he says
to me, "sougee the ship from top
and Union effectiveness.
to bottom inside." I answer, "yes,
sir" and he replies, "and steward,
after it is sougeed I want you and
your men to keep it spotted up."
No sooner had the SEAFARERS LOG printed its copy Again my "yes, sir" and as I left
the captain's office I thought,
righted exclusive on the weaknesses of our nation's port "Good
by PAUL HALL
good overtime, fine
security program, than an incident involving the crew of a captain ship,
and a dam good, depart
Panamanian ship sharply pointed up what the LOG had con ment. What more could a steward
tended—namely that under the present setup, foreign ships ask for?" I soon found out.
TN THE INTERESTS OF HELP ing right to our docks, marine ter
offer an easy means of entry—or departure—for subversives.
Inspection Tour
ing .to preserve our country's minals and other vital installations.
What took place in Tampa aboard the North Princess was On the second day out the gal security American seamen have
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not too serious of itself, thanks to the fact that the authori ley sink stopped and we couldn't cooperated fully in the screening
drain out
the
water.
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deck
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^HE PROBLEM OF WATER
ties were alerted by the British seamen's union and the SIU.
summoned and the sink program carried out by the Coast
front. security brings to the
But it should serve as fair warning that our present security gineer was
was unstopped at 9 PM. At ten Guard along the nation's water lore the fact that the seaman is in
setup is woefully inadequate and. leans too heavily on the the same "evening the captain
a class by himself, as far as regu
fronts.
shoulders of American seamen.
pulled a oneman inspection and,
lations and restrictions are con
It is noteworthy that the Co^t Guard didn't even show up of course, found some grease in It is a surprise to many people, cerned. No other civilian in a US
in the Tampa fracas presumably because it had no jurisdic the aforementioned sink. He woke however, when they learn that industry is subject to the semimil
while the American seamen and itary rule which the Coast Guard"
tion in the matter. Had the same thing happened on an the 3rd cook and informed him to longshoj:emen
are thoroughly exercises over seamen, both as to
tip and clean it.
American ship there would have been a halfdozen loggings get
We tried to explain what had checked for security purposes, there security and as jo his behavior on
and trials. Noteworthy too, is the fact that not a single gov happened, without success. Mter still exists a loophole which no
the job. The very nature of his
ernment agency involved has in any way contradicted the that he proceeded to chew me out governmeni; agency seems to be calling
puts severe limitations on
facts as printed in theTjOG story. The truth is that we are about spots on the passageway able to do anything about.
his way of life.
still waiting for official action on this vital issue, since the handrails (which are painted a '^"oreign ships come in and out On board ship the Seafarer is
situation remams as it was, with our ports wide open to light cream). He wanted the spots of our ports with little or no super subject to the master's orders. His
removed without overtime 24 vision, a fact that seems to be a entire day's activities are confined
interested parties.
hours a day.
little inconsistent with reality. The within the limits of the vessel;
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I tried to explain that the ship press throughout the coimtry gave worldng, eating, sleeping and re
was rolling and that we had spotted wide coverage to the story on the laxation. He is in close contact
them up after breakfast that AM, security loophole that appeared in with his shipmates day in and day
but
no soap—^he wanted them the previous issue of the SEAFAR out. Unlike the shore worker, he
There are few stories in maritime more heartening than the
remarkable progress of the SIU Canadian District. In three spotted. After cursing him out ERS LOG, which would indicate cannot say goodby to his cowork
"yes, sir" and swear that the story offered much food ers and his work problems at 5 PM.
short years since control was wrested from the Commimist with my usual
ing to myself that I would' quit for thought.
idominated Canadian Seamen's Union, our Canadian brothers goiilg to sea, oi* ship as messman Not the least of the problems_^in but lives with them as long as he
is on the ship. "It requires a good
have taken giant strides fdrward.
or deck hand, I got the spots off.
volved arise in connection with deal of 'understanding, give and
Now the Canadian District is faced with a problem of get
Well Done Chops
vessels flying the Panamanian flag
to get along under those cir
ting itself a new headquarters in a hurry. A new building Then the captain began riding —long, a scourge to US shipping take,
cumstances—and Seafarers are do
has been located, but it will require considerable alteration the saloon mess. He ordered a for a number of reasons.
ing it mighty Well.
to make it usable. The Canadian District currently is hesitant medium steak and itdidn't suit Several years back, when the The seaman's life rides with the
to lay out much of its cash while in negotiations with the him so he called the saloon mess US began disposing of its wartime ship. He is e.xposed constantly to
kinds of dummies. The pork fleet, Qur Union was in the fore
Canadian operators. Consequently they asked us to lend aU
the elements and dangers of navi
chop wasn't
cooked enough for Jiis front of the fight to halt the trans gation. His health is subject to the
them $25,000 out of our funds for one year, and our mem taste and again
the saloon mess fer of American bottoms to Pana conditions on board from which
bership_has gone oh record accordingly.
took the rap and the pork chop manian and other registries tliat there is no escape. He is compelled
Seafarers will remember that the A&G district once before back. Chief cook Frenchy Le Dou
were not genuinely maritime in t6 be away from his wife and chil
lent money to Canadian Seafarers. That^ loan was put to good get got mad, threw the chop on the character.
use in getting the fledgling union firmly , establish^, and was stove, burned it. to a crisp and sent Our position was that the, trans dren for long periods of time.
Once he gets a.shore, the Sea
repaid in full. This one too, will help our Canadian brothers, it back to the old man. He sat fers made possiblethe use'of farer has
to concentrate his recrea
back and waited for him to come
dnd by doing so will help Seafarers everywhere.
storming in. Instead the saloon cheap, inexperienced labor and an tion and entertainment in a few
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mess brought word that the chop e s c ap e from the relatively high short days. After close confinement
was perfect and thanks for the standards of maritime law and reg on the vessel he has a very real
,ulatfons in force in this country. need for release from the seven
cook.
Getting back to more pleasant, We argued in essence, that it day a week routine.
No pains have been spared to ^akie the SEAFARERS LCXl points we have a good crew on was extremely risky business to The SIU has long recognized
the best labor newspaper in the country. If we have achieved board in all departments and good set up unregulated shipping in non these restraints and difficulties
that goal a good deal of the credit belongs to theXOG's Art cooks to keep them well fed and maritime countries looking for a whieli are peculiar to the calling,
buck at the expense of the US and has been able to minimize
Editor, Bernard Seaman. Just recently the ,Newspaper Guild, happy. Even Captain "Spot Sou fast
marine industry.
them to a great degree. The nature
gee" agrees
with
this,
which annually hiatributes national awards for outstanding
Much has come to light in recent of seafaring is such that many of
Before I forget, we, the crew of
achievement iil various fields, honored him With a "Page One the
would like to thank months to prove the validity of the these problems often seem to defy
Award" in cartooning.
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negotiating committee for a Union's positfon and the others in solution. But tliat will not divert
The SIU is justly proud that one of its own, ji/member of swell job .done in the ftast and the the industry who took the same the Union fi'om continuing to work
our Union, has been ^iven sueh recognition. Beyond that, the swell job they will be^oing in the atand. Now there appears to be an on these problems facing the^an
award reflects jconsiderable credit on your newspaper, the future.'!
additimiai danger^ese sliips who goes to sea, with an eye to
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LOG, which is a product of Seaman^s taints and : of the
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ward bulkhead enroute to Persian Gulf.
Native longshoremen cook potful of
curried rice on stern during lunch period.
Arabian checker, Abdul Houssein, catches
native music on crewmember's radio.
Work lull enables natives tc catch some
shuteye in Steel Voyager's passageways.
"Bumboat" carries load of natives out to
Steel Voyager's anchorage in Damman.
Traditional Arabian b .jah :omes in for
a few puffs during leisure boui on deck.
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I Isthmian Liberty ship, at Has Tanura marine ter
Iminal, where she has come in to pick up bunkers.
A tanker steams away from 2,400foot south pipr at
Ras Tanura after filling from pipelines. Tshaped
pier (see large photo) handles four ships.
One of Isthmian's C3's berths at freighter terminus
of Damman for unloading of oil field supplies.
Damman was built to provide deep water harbor.
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To keep the oil coming, a small army of 4,500
The oilrich sands of Arabia are the beall and
American employees and their families has '
endall of the Persian Gulf run. Seafarers man
been put down in the desert to work alongside
ning tankers on the "shuttle," or riding freight
ships with supplies for the huge oil undertaking additional thousands of SaudiArabs and numer
ous other nationalities. Freighters from the US
in the desert wasteland, are part of a vital life
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other western countries hove to supply
line to the west. Without Arabian oil to fuel
them with the necessities of daily living plus the
ships, planes, autos, trains and factories, to heat
immense variety of industrial equipment needed
homes and supply the world's armies, oil output
for oil wells, railroads, refineries, docks, pipe
in the free wor d would be hardpressed to meet
minimum needs at home in the US and abroad. lines and airfields. Ships running to the Persian
The closing of the huge Abadan refinery in Iron Gulf call at two main towns. The freighters,
has thrown an even greater load on the Saudi such as Isthmian's, run into Dommgn carrying
Arabian fields of the ArabianAmerican Oil trucks, tractors, steel pipe, field and refinery
Company (ARAMCO) so that production this equipment, ^furniture, tires, building materials
year is running at an annual rate of 300 million and all other necessities of a thriving industry
set down in the desert. The tankers run into the
barrels of crude.
Loading lines at the Ras Tanura marine terminal
are labeled with the product, they carry for con
venience of tankers putting in for. oil cargoes.
Crewmen of 22 different language groups can get
the idea from this manytongued warning; an indi
cation of worldwide extent of the oil trade.
marine terminal at Ras Tanura (large photo), a
spit of land some 25 miles above Damman, to
pick up a multitude of petroleum products pro
duced by the Ras Tanura refinery, or to fill their
tanks with crude oil to be hauled to refineries
halfway 'round the world. In 1951, some 1,300
ships of all nations put in at Ras Tanura.
Whether or not Abadan ever reopens, the oil
fields of Saudi Arabia, Bahrein and Kuwait loom
everlarger in the world oil picture. Despite
intensive development, the US consumes more
oil than is produced domestically and western
Europe depends heavily on Outside sources.
Saudi Arabia's booming output and its huge
oil reserves ore sure to make the Persian Gulf
run increasingly important for years to come.
SaudiArab worker handles flexible fuel pipe dockr
side, showing American children how tanker takes
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oil products at Ras "Tanura refinery.
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LABOR
ROUNDUP
The second of two new Italian liners for the lush South American
run is on its maiden voyage to Rio, Santos, Montevideo and Buenos
' Aires. The 27,000ton Augustus has joined the Giulio Cesare, which
entered the service last fall . . . Three oceangoing Coast Guard
cutters, the Evergreen, Acushnet and AndroscoggiUr and two converted
. B17 observation planes, compose the 1952 International Ice Patrol in
the North Atlantic, a service growing out of the Titanic disaster (1912).
Although this season is starting a month later than in 1951, there is
Another "Strike Injunction—
no prediction yet that it will be lighter than last year, the lightest Members of the engineers, firemen
on record. Ships and aircraft at sea have been urged to report on and conductors rail brotherhoods
all ice sighted. The patrol contipues through midJune.
conducted a threeday strike
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against the western division of the
' Carrierbased aircraft took the place of tugs to movp the 14,000ton New York Central and other mid
Australian carrier Sydney from her.berth into the stream at Free dlewestern railroads until ordered
mantle in the land down under. A strike of tug employees produced back by court injunction. The
the novel idea. Twelve planes were lined up, secured on deck and strike was in protest against fail
their engiiyes started." The propeller thrust moved the'flattop side ure tosettle a threeyearold con
ways into position to sail under her own power . . . Salvage operations tract dispute, principally over work
on 11 tankers sunk off the Louisiana coast during the war are ex hours and working rules,as well as
pected to get underway soon after bids are opened today by .the Mari continuing operation of the roads
time Administration. The vessels are supposed to be lying in depths under technieaf control of the
army.
ranging from 18 to 243 feet.
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A trial of stabilizing fins on. the Cunarder Media was halted by
faulty operation during rough weather on the vessel's first transAt
lantic crossing with the antirolling devices. Comment from passengers
and crew indicated the fins had met with some success during the
time they were in use. The stabilizers are rectangular fins 14 feet
loiig and four wide, which are projected from the ship's sides slightly
forward of amidships.
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In lowering a lifeboat from a ship, the sea painter comes into'use
in the proper and safe maneuvering of the boat.
The sea painter serves three important functions: It prevents the
lifeboat from dropping aft/ thereby taking the strain off the boat falls.
It has a tendency to sheer the boat from the ship's side. When the'
boat is sheered
off at the proper
angle — 45 de
grees, the sea
painter is re
leased at the
command of the
man in charge.
The sea painter,
in combination
with the sweep
oar or ruddeV,
helps keep the
lifeboat close to
the ship's side,
enabling the crew
to board the
boat.
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The sea painter
should not be confused with a regular boat painter. It is longer than
the boat painter and has an eye about two feet in diameter at the boat;.^
end. Sea painters are fastened to the boat by passing the eye under**^
the second inboard thwart from forward to aft, then back over the
thwart. The eye is then spread over the standing part of the painter
and a wood toggle inserted. In releasing the sea painter at the boat,
the toggle is simply pulled out.
Attachment of the sea painter to a point aft of the stem causes the
boat to sheer away from the vessel, ^removing the danger of its being
smashed against tbe side of the ship by wind or waves.
One danger that arises in slipping the painter is that the boat will
sheer off and may broach dangerously. Counter pressure should,be
applied with the sweep oar at the exact moment the painter is slipped
so as to avoid this possibility.
Reds at River Rouge—The House
Committee on UnAmerican Activ
ities was told, by a aepresentative
OF the United Automobile Workers
that Communists were in control
of the bO.OOOmember Local 600
which represents wor^rs at the
Ford Motor Company plant in
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British dockworkers have accepted an arbitration settlement in a River Rouge. Local 600 was then
wage and vacation dispute with the government. The accord, besides taken over by a UAW admintrative
providing a second week's paid vacation, brought minimum weekly committee.
earnings up to about $17.50 in US money. The actual increase
amounted to roughly $1.20 a week . . . The SlUcontracted Robin Line
Labor Board Bounces UE—^The
has set up a travel plan offering combination airsea travel between
National
Labor Relations Board, in
the US and Africa. Joint operation with British Overseas Airways
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first
case of its kind, has re
will enable travelers 4o go by sea or air in either direction at a fare
In handling a boat when under oars, the following commands apply:
voked
the
certification
of
the
computed at half the Robin roundtrip and half the BOAC roundtrip
Stand By The Oars—Lift oars off thwarts, place blades flat on the
cost. If the passengers choose to return by the original carrier ar fare United Electrical Workers at the forward gtmwales, push oars forward until handle is over respective
Sunbeam Corporation because the
reduction will apply.
union had not filed nonCommunist thwart.
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Up Oars—Lift oars to vertical position, trim blades fore and alt
affidavits. The UE won an election
Mystery shrouded the deaths of three men from asphyxiation aboard at the Chicago plant to represent with handles resting on footings.
the Orientbound refrigerator ship Fleetwood. Areport from the ship some 2,800 workers, in April, 1950. , Shove Off Bow—Bowman lets go of boat rope or sea painter or hands
stated the crewmen died when a refrigeration line broke, letting off The Labor Board's action means in boat painter. Shoves off bow using boat hook.
freon gas. According to company officials, they are "at a loss" to that the UE no longer is recognized
Let Fall—^Let oars fall into rowlocks using crook of outboard arm to
explain the deaths because freon gas is considered nonpoisonous ... as bargaining agent.
control the oars. Trim oars horizontally with blades trimmed fore
'and aft. Bowman ups oars before command of "Let Fall" or puts out
Japan's largest steamship operator revealed a planned resumption of
service to Europe via the trunk route thrbugh the Far East, Black
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oars as soon thereafter as possible.
Sea, Mediterranean and Red Sea ... An enterprising Frenchman
Give Way— Blades of oars are moved forward and dipped about
They Gotta Do Business—A Con
bluffed his way through a free transAtlantic roundtrip on a passenger necticut textile company that re half way into watei^ and stroke started. At end of stroke, blades are
liner with the aid of a white steward's jacket. Using the jacket in fused to obey a court order to bar feathered fore and aft and another stroke is made. ^
stead of a ticket as he boarded the gangway, he escaped detection gain with the CIO Textile Workws
Oars—Complete the stroke and level the oars horizontally with
by posing as a passenger, feigning sickness and sleeping on deck. Union is facing charges of civil blades trimmed fore and aft.
Sandwiches bought at the bar solved the food problem.
Back Water—^Row in astern motion.
and criminal contempt. The com
Hold Water—Complete the stroke, stop rowing, dip blade about half
pany, Israel Putnam Mills, said
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Revival of a small papal merchant fleet after 82 years, mainly to that its financial condition made way into water and hold water to stop the way of the boat.
Stem AH—When rowing in ahead motion complete the stroke,
assist with emergency service during floods and similar disasters all bargaining impossible but refused
over the world, is reported to be under study by Vatican authorities. to supply a copy of its financial then commence to back water, gradually increasing the depth
of immersion of the blades.
A limited number of 10,000tpn passengercargo ships would be em statement.
Way Enough—^When rowing in ahead motion, complete the stroke,
ployed, ail based in the traditional Vatican port of Civitavecchia and
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raise oars with crook of elbow to about 30 degrees, swing blades for'
carrying the papal flag. The operation would require the approval
of the Italian government under the Lateran Treaty (1929) . . . Sale Odds 'n Ends—The Senate Labor ifard and place oars in the boat.
Toss Oars—Complete the stroke, come to "Oars," raise the oars
of the familiar Swedish liners Gripsholm and Stockholm may take Committee has approved the
NeelyPrice
bill
providing
for fed
smartly
to the vertical, rest handles on the footings and trim blades
place when two newer vessels, speedier and offering larger passenger
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accommodations, come out of the yards and enter the transAtlantic eral enforcement of mine safety fore and aft.
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Amalgamated
Clothing
Work
In
Bows—The'bowmen
complete
the
stroke,
swing
their
oars
for
service. The Gripsholm was employed many times during World
War II as a neutral "mercy ship" carrying foreign nationals from war ers blasted Pentagon as responsible ward and boat the oars, then stand by with boat' hooks or to receive
for unemplbyment in clothing in the sea painter' or boat rope.
torn countries.
dustry by award of contracts to
Boat the Oars—From "Oars" or from "Toss Oars" place the' oars In
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nonunion flybynight outfits . . • the boat with blades forward. ,
Shipping on the Great Lakes got off to an early start this year Building Service Int'l organizing in
Out. Oars—^Place oars in rowlocks directly from the boated positioh'
when two auto carriers moved out of Detroit bound for Cleveland WashiUgton hospitals where min or from "Standby Oars" position.
with a load of new cars . . . South African whalers repeated last year's imum pay is 55 cents an hour . . . StandBy To Give Away—This term is used in racing. The blades
top catch by capturing the whaling honors for the Antarctic season Wage Stabilization Board says 15 are pushed to forward position and slightly dipped ready' for an in
for the second time running. The catch produced 30,000 tons of whale cents hourly increases are okay in stant start.
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and spem oil valued at more than $8,000,000 and was bought by the construction field . . . Legislatiop
Give Way Port. Back Water Stjirboard (or vice versa)—^The orders
British Ministry of Food . . . The superliner United States had its controlling illegal Mexican la are followed to turn the boat without making way ahead or aslern..'
first collision while in drydock before being completed for a maiden borers has passed the House of
Give Way Fort, Hold Water Starboard (or vice versa)—This com
run in June. She was hit squarely in the stern by the Panamanian Representatives ... A bill in the mand wni result In turning the boat with slight headway.
ship Shakin, causing damage to the upper portion of her hull and NY legislature to curb union polit.
Trail Oars—The blades of the oars are brought alongside and left,
mam deck railing. The Shakin had slipped her anchor.
ical contributions was defeated.
trailing in the water in single banked boats fitted with swivel rowlocks.
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'Red' Incident In Tampa
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through the medium of newspaper
advertisements, avoiding the hir
ing hall of the National Union of
Seamen of Great Britain. As a re
sult, one of Jhe men hired was
William H. Hart, who had been ex
pelled from the British union as a
Communist. Hart had figured
prominently in the unauthorized
Liverpool dock strike in 1949,
which was an attempt to aid" the
Communistdominated Canadian
Seamen's Union in its unsuccessful
fight against the SIU in Canada.
Trouble Aboard
The North Princess, first called
at Newfoundland, picking up a
Arrival of a batch of vacation checks from SIU headquarters stirs ex cargo of newsprint. While en route
citement in Galveston hall as Seafarers receive wellearned vacation there was considerable trouble
aboard, with Hart a spokesman for
pay from Port Agent Keith Alsop and secretary (seated).
the crew in its beefs. Considering With the exception of Greece, the
conditions on Panamanian ships, LOG found that European nations
beefs were no doubt easy enough merely pass on a man's qualifica
to exploit.
tions to sail and not on his poten
Meanwhile, the British seamen's tial as a subversive. The unions
union office in New York had themselves, if they are rightwing
iearned of Hart's presence aboard. organizations such as those in Bri
They immediately notified the SIU tain, Scandinavia, Belgium and
and the authorities of the facts of the Netherlands will "screen" men
the situation. As a result, when in the sense of keeping subversives
the ship arrived in Tampa, the im from membership and out of hir
migration authorities detained ing halls. However there is nothing
Hart and three others, Bernard to keep such men from getting a
Mclntyre, John Hamilton and seaman's rating and shipping out
Demostenis Stelianos, aboard the on Panamanian or Liberian ships.
ship. The remainder of the crew, As the LOG story emphasized,
consisting of English, Dutch. Ger such men on foreign flag ships can
man and Greek seamen, received get onto piers in New York, for
example, that are classified as re
shore leave.
stricted. Longshoremen working
Near Riot In Port
them have to have port security
When the crew returned, they cards, yet Panamanian and other
raised a further beef on wages and foreign ships can tie up at these
food and threatened to walk off restricted piers regularly.
the ship. When told to get back
Polish Regulations
on, the men started throwing gear
Contrasting with the relatively
and tools at the port captain. It
felt it an ill moment to cut down ture more suitable to the Union's took the sheriff and three squads open status of American piers,
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reserve
funds by disbursing much growing needs. Once the sale is of police to restore order. Sailing even socalled restricted ones, is
Ing*^able to remain on their present
property by the end of the year, of its assets for the purchase of a completed, it is expected the build was delayed for six hours before the practice in Communist, coun
ing would be ready for use within the ship finally got underway.
tries. Seamen from western na
the dominion SIU has located suit permanent headquarters site.
The fact that Hart,, a suspected tions, such as Sweden, that sail
able headquarters nearby which Expiration of its lease on the four months after redecoration and
present building accommodating installation of facilities for the Communist, who was barred from to Polish ports find their activities
completely fill the bill.
districtwide operations, plus its membership and modernized Union British ships by the seamen's un severely restricted. Before the
Lease Expires
ion, was able to sail on a Panaman men are permitted to go ashore
size and age, contributed to the operation.
ian
ship, illustrates the weakness of armed Polish police come aboard
Now in its fourth year of opera necessity for securing property
Repaid Earlier Loan
the security setup here. If the and go through the ship from stem
tion after successfully driving Com which could care for the antic
Approval of the $25,000 loan British union had not learned of to stem examining the foc'sles and
munist elements out of the water ipated need of future years.
by
the headq.uarters branch mem his presence on board, he could the men's personal property.
front, the Canadian District,' led by
Convenient Site
bership
took into account the fact conceivably have gone ashore with Meanwhile they confine the crew
Director ial C. Banks, has estab
lished itself as a going concern. The site chosen, about 500 yards that the Canadian District repaid out detection in this port and any to one section of the ship. Permits
Currently bogged down in negotia away from the present one at 463 an earlier loan, in February, 1P51, others the ship stopped at in the are then issued to each crew
tions for a new agreement covering McGill Street, a convenient harbor which helped put it in business, Gulf. Immigration authorities lean member.
Each time a crewman goes to
all deep water shipping, the Union location, is a newer, sturdier struc and led to its success in estab heavily on just such information
lishing its position as a fully from other sources in detecting po and from the ship he has to show
functioning maritime labor organ tential subversives. As cited in the his permit to armed guards who
ization.
LOG story, the Immigration Office patrol the piers on a 24hour basis.
As before, the A&G membership is hampered by a shortage of per The seamen are not allowed to
extended the loan on a nointerest sonnel, and finds it impossible to leave the city limits of the port.
basis, although the Canadian. Dis make, a close check on all foreign Nor are they permitted to take any
trict offered to pay a regular rate seamen.
book or publication ashore that is
of interest. Assurances have come
Other Countries
banned by the Polish government.
from District Director Banks that One difficulty in the port se Other restrictions are spelled out
SIU headquarters warns all Seafarers calling at the port the loan will be repaid at the curity picture is the lack of re in minutest detail, including the
earliest possible moment, within strictions on the issuance of sea number of ci.gaiettes they can take
of, Singapore in southeast Asia that Americans missing ships a year at most.
men's papers in other countries. ashore, the kind of clothing they
can wear, and the types of food
through their own performing ashore may he picked up by
items
the^, can carry with them
local authorities.
for personal consumption.
trouble with
local officials by
keep
Information circulated by the
Failure to abide by any one of
US Commerce Department on ad ing close contact with their ships'
the regulations subjects the visit
sailing
board
in
order
not
to
be
vice from the American Consulate
ing seaman to immediate arrest.
General in Singapore disclosed left behind when the vessel sails.
Usually, he isn't let out of jail in
Foulups will
not only make
trouble
that continued fouling up which
time to make his ship so that he is
causes US seamen to remain on for themselves but will harm rela
sent home on another vessel. A
tions
between
the
local
public
and
thfc beach when they, miss their
large number of Swedish seamen
(Continued from
page 2)
it
out
at
sea
a
couple
of
thousand
Americans,
particularly
seamen,
ships could result in jailing for the
the Commerce Department memo ing as it does a woeful stealth in miles away and you can't do much have been imprisoned under these
wrongdoers.
caring for the beefs of the mem for the men, but when one of our regulations, and the Swedish union
added.
British authorities in the port,
bers, brought sharp comment from ships comes in with a beef, we get has made a point of notifying its
the memo notes, are naturally
several SIU patrolmen who daily that grievance settled one way or members to live up to the letter of
aware of the extremely heavy traf
meet Incoming ships and settle another or the ship sits there till the Polish law.
fic of men and ships from different
Nobody of course, advocates this
similar beefs on the spot. "The somebody can give us a good rea
countries through Singapore, but
kind of control on American piers.
practice of these NMU sealawyers son otherwise."
hint casual indifference to local
The contrast between conditions
to let these beefs lie around wait
It was also stated that since here and behind the iron curtain
laws and customs will result in
ing for a committee to get together
seamen are always on the move,
harsh measures against men ille
and chin with the operators is working out of one port or an points up the ease with which sub
gally ashore without proper papers.
naturally a big cause for discon other, a man with a beef might versives could enter this country
Seafarerr are urged to avoid
as against the tight regulation of
tent within their organization.
have to wait it out for years be foreign seamen in Communist
"It's bad enough when the ship fore
he'd leam where he Stood on ports.
((jontinued from page 3)
a particular issue. "That's no way
for vacation time earned at sea
While there has been no official
to handle a beef. Either settle it re.^rtion to date on the LOG ex
and in port.
on the spot or know the reason pose of last issue, the nation's
Prior to the negotiation of the
why," was the consensus of opinion press has shown considerable in
Seafarers Vacation Plan last
on that score.
terest in the problem. Reports
The LOG is interested in col
spring, seamen hardly ever col
"You" could keep a 20man con on the LOG story have appeared
lecting" and printing photo"
lected vacation money because of
grgphs showing wha( seagoing tract committee busy just keeping in severai New York newspapers
track of guys with grievances so including the Times, Herald
the
fact
that
they
would
work
for
was like in the old days. All
(Continued from page 3)
several different companies in the you oldtimers who have any that you could notify them if and Tribune, Brooklyn Eagle and News
result several Hundred dollars course of the year. In the rare in
whenever the thing was squared day as well as outoftown publi
worth of merchandise was ordered stances where they 'were eligible, old mementos, photographs of
away,", an official at SIU head cations in Tampa and Mobile. The
shipboard life, pictures of
hy the Seafarers.
quarters, added.
national news magazine Newsweek
the companies would keep them
ships
or
anything
that;would
Commenting on the new service,
waiting for weeks before they show how seamen lived, ate
A sampling of rankandfile also carried a story on the expose.
SIU SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall
. .
and worked in the days gone opinion garnered from Seafarers Several other national magazines
declared, "Seamen have long been could collect.
Every Day Counts
by, send them in tq the LOG. in the shipping hall drew Identical have also expressed interest in
kept on the hook by theship chan
reaction/ "You can get mbre cal bringing the story to their mil
Whether they be steam 6r sail,
dler who has soaked themwith In contrast, the SIU Vacation
louses sitting around waiting for lions of readers.
around
the
turn
of
the
cen
Plan
pays
but
money
for
every
high prices for years, knowing that
a
clarification, from those people Thus far, despite all the queries
tury,
during
the first"
world
they couldn't do anything about it. day of actual time worked at sea
thkn
from working 365 days a by the preSs and other sources, no
wair
and
as
late
as
1938,
We
or
in
port.
Handling
of
payments
We're but to putan end tq the ship
year," oiie
Seafarer, who has been government official or agency ^as
LQG
is interested
in
themjiall. .
jchandler'e profiteering
ex by the Union guarantees ; speedy
in any way cljallenged the correcft
saHing on
SIU'W^s ridce' q^
We'll
take
care
of
them
jbd
pep«e ioi Seafaiiers. by sfel^Sg them service for the Seafarer,. Who is
hess ..of thB VLi^'s'statemefits "In
te
Nii^Ui
;
remaf]^€id. kbiy iumming
retorn •
your souvenirs
to
y'ou;;Sf
etuff theyneed at ^fsiight Eligible for benefits every time he
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BIdg Loan Voted SI U In Canada
Singapore Tighfens
Rules On Foulups
Routine Beef In NMU
Takes Year To Settle
SIU Passes
$3006 Mark
In Vac. Pay
Sea Chest
Sets Up New
Ship Service
Olde Photos
Wanted by VOG
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Friday, March U. IMF
SEAFARERS LOG
Moon Breaks Tradition
Hits $$ On Longshof
That a peacock's tail contains salt is used in the manufacture of
the eyes of a mythological monster chemicals than any other materiaL
with a hundred eyes? The multi Michigan is the leading domestie
After all these years of sticking with the favorites, brother Moon Koons has seen the colored orblike decorations in the producer of table salt.
4 4
light. Of course he backslid a little the same day, but I'm sure that his experiences on Satur tail plumage of a peacock were,
according
to
legend,
the
eyes
of
That
the
SIU is the only sea^
day, March 1, 1952, have changed his outlook on horseflesh.
the monster Argus placed there by men's union that will directly pay
All Seafarers from the Gulf tof
the West Coast should know that and get Moon to wager on any me, "I ain't never bet on a long Juno after it was slain by Mercury. you benefits no matter how long
you're sick? While most unions
» it »
Moon sits like the Rock of Gibral horses quoted higher than 6 to 5. shot in my life. I always follow
tar as doorman at the New Orleans Well, we blew the second race due the smart money" (meaning the That earthquakes are always cut off benefits after a specified
Hall. After the last call on that to the fis^t that the favorite ran favorites who are made choices by more likely* to occur on the US period, Seafarers who are ill col
day, Moon and this writer took off fifth.
the public and the money bet in west coast than in the east? The lect them indefinitely.
t 4 4
for a popular oasis to sooth our In the third race there's a horse the mutuels). "But I'm going to young, growing mountains on the
tonsils. Someone suggested that going named "Tempt Me." The listen to you just this race. Here's west coast are easily prone to That the seasons on Mars are
we take in the races and the run odds are 24 to 1 against Tempt Me 35 doHars. bet 15 to win, ten to crustal movements that can lead longer than the season on the
earth? The length of the seasons
ning of the Louisiana Derby.
home in front. Here's place and ten to show." So I hur to earthquakes.
is determined by the length of a
Moon, being a real follower of coming
ried
over
and
got
the
ducats
on
where I got a bright idea. I grabbed
t
»
planet's period of revolution around
the bangtails, said, "Let's go," so the racing form from Moon and Tempt Me.
That, statistically at least, women the sun. Since Mars is further
we piled into his saw that Tempt Me had been run
Slow Start
drivers are involved in fewer from the sun than the earth, it has
ancient Chevro ning at one mile and a sixteenth
let, which has a recently. Today he was dropped The race began and at the quar automobile accidents than men? a longer period of revolution than
ter Tempt Me was running sev Although it seems that the fair the earth and consequently longer
port list due to down into a sixfurlong affair.
enth. At the half he was still sev sex carjockeys are always in seasons.
the fact that
4" 4 4'
Moon is the Moon had all eyes on a standout enth. Moon turned to me and trouble, the figures in 1949, for
driver. We ar favorite and was deaf to my pleas said, "See! What did I tell you. example, show women took part That Mauna Kea mountain in
That plow horse in only seven percent of the fatal Hawaii, rising to 13,784 feet, is
rived at the Fair that he put a wager on Tempt Me.
Is last and will accidents, and 10 percent of all really the world's highest peak?
Grounds through He argued and bellowed like a
Although Mount Everest in Tibet
porpoise that Tempt Me doesn't
still be last when accidents.
iilii?; an act of God
rises 30,000 feet, Mauna Kea
stand
a
chance as
he was
the long
the race
is over."
and
we
started
Koons
4 t
Incidentally the That if you turn up something, springs from an ocean floor 18,000
off betting on estpriced horse in the race.
favorite that even a pair, in four.suit poker feet below sea level, for a near 32,
the first race.
Well I was determined that it
Favorites Only
Moon liked is more than half the time, you're 000feet total.
was the time tO' keep tempting
out in front up
Now as everybody knows it would Moon, so I kept on working on him
4 4 4
the laws of chance? There That artificial
respiration is first
to the back beating
take an act of Congress to try and he finally broke down. He told
are
only
2,598,960
possible
hands
recorded as far back as biblical
stretch.
you can hold, of which, on the days? The Bible tells us that the
Well Jockey average,
1,302,540 hands, or 50.1 prophet Elisha restored the life of
Taylor put the percent, show
nothing.
a Shunammite boy by blowing his
whip to Tempt Me and he moved
breath into his lungs. But this
4" 4" 4
up to fifth turning into the stretch.
He came down the stretch like the That the average American uses method of forcing lifegiving oxy
Panama Limited and passed horse about six pounds of salt each year gen into the lungs under pressure
A lot of us cooks and bakers who ride SIU ships regularly, after horse to finish fifst by half to season food? Moreover, more may be even older than that.
have developed their own recipes and methods of cookery. I a length at odds of $24.30 to $1.
know I've collected quite a few in the years I've been working. Moon let out a bellow that shook
the grandstand, threw his racing
It would make for even bet*
form away and started jumping up
ter feeding if we could ex of lemon juice and
tablespoons
down like a real Indian. (Yes,
change tips on cooking and grated lemon rind. You beat the and
Moon is part Indian. His great
baking through the columns egg yolks until thick and lemon grandfather was Chief Koons.) I
colored. Beat the sugar in gradu knew that all the excitement and After reading our SEAFARERS LOG, which I do at every
of the LOG.
One dessert that always goes ally, blend in the lemon juice and the thrill of hitting on a 24 to 1 opportunity, and taking notes carefully reading the column,
over pretty good is called angel rind and cook in a double boiler, shot might cause Moon to have a "The Inquiring Seafarer," I have become deeply interestecl
pie. The recipe I have turns out stirring constantly until thick and heart attack or a nervous break in the position of the ship's^*
eight nineinch pies. To make it clear. Then cool before using. down. So I steered him to the bar delegates and why so many of
"Just what kind of a person am
you need deep nineinch pans This mixture may be used for reg for a sedative; double shot of bour us prefer to decline this posi I?"
ular shells, lemon custard pies or bon, coke chaser.
with cutters on the bottom.
tion rathet than to accept it. 1. Am I too selfcentered? Can
The pie shells are made as fol puddings.
Pretty
Ck>od
Payoff
I am inclined to believe that I take the other fellow's needs and
Lots of Whip Cream
lows: Ingredients are 32 egg whites
most
of us do not realize the pres desires into account?
After
he
downed
the
drink
and
(save the yolks for later use in the To finish off the pies you use two
sing
need
for real representation. 2. Am I intolerant of other peo
his
nerves
were
settled
I
got
a
filler), two quarts of sugar, sifted quarts of whipping cream, a tea
It
is
regrettable
that some of us ple and of opinions that differ .from
pencil
and
started figuring
the
two or three times and 4wo tea spoon lemon or vanilla extract and
don't realize
the honor and respon
mine, or am I prepared to concede,
payoff.
The
result
was
$508.50
for
spoons cream of tartar.
V4 cup of confectioners' (4X) sugar.
You beat the egg whites until You whip the cream until thick and his $35 investment. Moon was so sibility of this position. A delegate that others have a right to their
frothy, add cream of tartar and stiff, add the sugar and extract happy he started buying everyone for each department should be own habits and beliefs? In short,
carefully picked. He should have can I live and let live?
he knew a drink.
heat until the mixture is stiff gradually while beating.
enough to hold a point. Then beat Spread half of the cream evenly I'm sorry to say though, that al all the necessary qualifications and 3. Do I maintain an unrelenting,
high pressure pace, or have I
in .sugar gradually and continue over the eight shells and cover with though Moon finally realized that always be alert and capable.
beating until meringue is very stiff the lemon custard filling. Top it favorites can be beaten, in the He is thei living example of all learned the inestimable value of
and glossy. You spread the mix off with the balance of the whip next race he put it on the nose of the fine principles, of our Union. setting aside some time each day
ture evenly in a wellgreased and cream. Chill in the refrigerator at a horse called Little Lupo at 4 to He must realize he has gained the for complete mental and physical
floured deep pie tin or deep cake least 24 hours before serving. This 5. He bet $200 on him, convinced respect, trust and confidence of relaxation?
can with the cutter on the bottom. recipe can be cut down as low as that he couldn't miss. The result every member of his ship.
4. Am I one to have real re
For the good of all members I'll sources within myself, or am I
Bake for one hour id a slow oven. one pie for home use, by dividing. was, of course, that Little Lupo got
quote nine questions to study and dependent upon others to amuse
For the first 20 minutes use 275 I have lots more recipes on pas her lumps.
degrees Fahrenheit and then in try, breads, cakes, pies, salad dress
Vic Miorana answer to themselves.
or to entertain me?
crease the heat to 300 degrees to ing and dinner dishes. I would
5. Am I one to grow a crop of
finish baking. Remove the shells like quite a few of the other boys
hatred and
resentment to sour and
immediately from the pans when to send in their pet recipes for my
LOGARHYTHMS:
embitter
my
life, or do love and
they are taken from the oven to information.
affection
to
do
things for others
prevent sticking, and then cool be
Jesse W. Puckett
dominate
my
relationship
with
fore using.
others?
For the filler you use the 32 egg
6. Am I constantly irritated by
yolks, four cups of sugar, VA cups No Squeaks Here
By Ken McLeod
large or small annoyances or can
I take matters as rthey come With
a minimum of friction?
^CaU'Shahers^
Ain't happy
"Get hitched,"
One night
7. Does an appeal for help make
Have No OK
me close my mind
and pockethook,
No
more.
Me
say.
In June,
or am I one who is generous with
The membership is again
Carry baby
She say.
Stars shine
time and money?
cautioned to beware of persons
8. Am I sure to worry and let
Walk floor.
soliciting funds on ships in be
"Ofeaj/".
Big moon.
guilt gnaw at my peace of mind,
half of memorials or any other
Wife mad
Wedding bells
In park
or am I content to do my best to
socalled "worthy causes."
She fuss.
Ring
ring.
On. bench.
solve 'each problem as it comes,
No "canshakers" or solici
forgetting past failures? Can 1
Me mad
.Honeymoon
tors have received authoriza
With girl
profit by my mistakes?
tion from SIU headquarters to
Me cuss. .. '
' Everything.
In clinch.
9. Do I merely liay lip service to
collect funds. The National
Life one
• Settle down
Me say
the principles of my Union or my
Foundation for Infantile
Big spat.
Married life.
'Me love.
religion, or are they a practical,
Paralysis is the only charitable
Nagging
wife.
dynamic part of my dailylife?
' Happy man
She coo
organization which has re
I sincerely hope that all of those
ceived membership endorse
Bawling
brat.
Happy jwife.
• Like dove.
who^have
taken time out to read
ment. Funds for this cause
Another night Realize
Me smart _
this article wijl,. in some measure,
V. A. Reid, deck engineer of
are collected through normal
At last.
• ^ In June,
Mf last)
find this knowledge to be of greai
the Hey wood Broun, appjies
Union channels at the. payoff<
Me
too .
.
.Stars
shine
^
Never
let
grease and pil to winches to
Receipts are issued on the apot.
t; •
Big tnoojv,^
U§f'.
t&S??.' runn'na smoothly.
Want To Know How
To Bake Angel Pie ?
Here's Personality Test
For Ship Delegate's Job
Chinese Talk
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Mar^ Jl, im
"2i|^
SEAFARERS LOG
Par* NIiici««B
• 'fl
• f&r
Ocean Go/e Shifts Seaman Beware
Claiborne Cargo
LOGARHYTHMS:
By Jesse E. Watkiiis
' By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
My daddy is a seaman, and
Seafarers bitten by the shutterbug who still have sufficient resist
He reads the 'FARERS LOG;
ance to keep the infection from spreading to the point where they
Then raves 'n rants 'n slaps his do their own enlarging will probably be happy with a camera that
hands ~
takes a film size larger than 35mm.
'N scares my puppy dog.
A verypopular size is the camera using 120 film and giving 12
negatives 214 inches square. There are dozens of ipakes of cameras
that can be picked up in foreign ports using this film size. The con
I never know what ifs about,
tact size is quite visible, and saving the price of an enlarger is some
I cannot read a line.
thing to consider. The cost of enlarging the outstanding negatives
So I just sit and hold any dog
that you shoot is still far below the expense of an enlarger and its
accessories. A contact printing frame for 120 film will run about $1.
"fil everything is fine.
The most popular of the cameras using 120 film and giving 12 ex
My daddy tells my mommy he
posures 214 inches squaxe is the Rolleiflex. This is a twin lens reflex
Would tear a scab apart. _
camera, one lens for viewing, and focusing and the other for exposing
But every time I pick my scabs, the film. The latest model comes with a choice of 3 lenses. Stay
He makes my bottom smart.
away from the 80mm f 2.8 lens. It may be a little faster than the other
two lenses but it is quite poor in quality. From all tests ihe 75mm
Schneider f 3.5 is just as good as its Zeiss counterpart and costs less.
He tells her, o, so many things.
Both of these lenses are mounted in a compur rapid shutter giving
And says a word like "fink"
speeds from 1 second to 1/500 and bulb.
>After the storm had blown over, crewmembers of the Claiborne But yesterday corrected me
The camei^ has a delayed action timer, depth of field scale, and ex
examine damage caused by shift in deck cargo load of lumber.
And said I should say "Think."
posure counter. It is fully automatic, the film advancing with the
That old devil, the North Atlantic, gave us a few anxious
cocking of the shutter. The builtin synchronizer can be set for
hours on the Claiborne when it started acting up on our return Then mommy kisses daddy, and
ordinary flash bulbs and for a strobe unit.
Zeiss Model
,
from Europe recently. ^ We were on our way back to New I hear a little slap.
Zeiss, not to be outdone,, has a twin reflex similar to the Rollei called
York after a trip to Europe
That's when I take my puppy dog
the Ikoflex. Its latest model has most of the attributes of the Rollei
and Turkey. It was just about wonder of she would take too much And crawl up in his lap.
of a beating and start to turn over
plus an extra bright reflex finder and magnifier.
260 miles out of the city and on her side.
However, she was able
Just, as in the 35mm field a newcomer is putting the oldtimers to
the boys were already count to ride out the blow and get into
shame, so in the 214 square inch size. The newcomer is a Swedish
ing up the payoff when the port without any further accident.
camera and called the Hallelblad. It's a single reflex, focusing and
sea started whipping up and We brought her into the Army
shooting through one lens. The advantage of single reflex cameras
knocking us around.
base in Brooklyn, where she got
lies in the fact that all sorts of lenses can be used on the camera. In
Aside from the stuff in our holds, squared away and went out on
the twin reflex both lenses would have to be changed if you wanted
For obvious reasons the LOG
we had a load of deck cargo, most another run.
to*use a different lens on the. carriera.
cannot
print
any
letter
or
of it being lumber. After a few 'Except for the trouble we ran
The Hallelblad also uses 120 film and you get the regular 12 ex
hours pounding by heavy seas and into on the way home our trip over other communications sent in
posures 214 inches square. The camera comes with a 80mm Ektar
strong winds the deck cargo loos and back was pretty uneventful. by Seafarers unless the author f 2.8 lens in a bayonet mount. The shutter is of stainless steel and of
ened and started sliding around, We stopped at the Azores first,
signs his name. Unsigned,
the focal plane type. It has shutter speeds from one second to the
doing quite a bit of damage top and from there ran into the Medi
new high of 1/1600 and bulb. It is fully automatic, one operation
anomymous letters will only
side.
terranean, making stops at Ca
wind up in the wastebasket. advances the film, cocks the shutter and operates the film exposure
counter. It has a builtin synchronizer for both standard bulbs and
As if that wasn't bad enough, the sablanca, Trieste, Piraeus and
cargo in the hold shifted. The ship Istanbul. The cargo we were If circumstances justify, the strobe units.
At this writing lenses are available up to 10 inches in focal length.
began to take on a slight list, not carrying consisted of military LOG will withhold a signature
The cost is rather high here so look for your bargain in a Hasselblad
enough to really bother us or in supplies for US bases overseas as on request, but if you want it
terfere with its operation but just well as for the Greek and Turkish printed in the LOG, put your, in Sweden.
Folding Cameras Too
enough to get us all a little bit armies.
name on it.
George Quinones
Cameras using 120 film axe not only made in the reflex type. There
worried. We . were beginning to
f!
are a couple of good cameras using this size in the folding type camera
and for eye level use. Zeiss makes an excellent one known at the
Super Ikonta B. An "X" after the "B" indicates that it has a built
in exposure meter. For some unknown reason the spacing between
frames is slightly wider with this camera and all you can squeeze out
Inchon, Korea—Out here where the weather is freezing and the pavement, really ends, the of it is 11 exposures. Shutter speeds from 1 second to 1/400 and
bulb. Built in range finder. View and range finder in one window.
crew of the Noonday is managing to keep up its spirits while waiting to get home. We've It
has a delayed action timer and double exposures are impossible.
had, a few blackouts in this port, but only one real one, with bombs to match. No damage The
Japanese have a camera similar to the Super Ikonta B, the
was done however, for after"
Mamiya. It doesn't compare in quality to the Ikonta and I only men
a few shots from the guns said that in the Army he gets all was his surprise Ihe sez) when he tion it because df the odd focusing devise "that it makes use of. Al
here, the red planes tailed it the overtime, penalty time and found the last pair prozen to his though the camera has a built in rangefinder it is riot the lens that
meal time he wants. When we of tootsies.
moves when the rangefinder is activated. Instead it is the film plane
back home.
6ne Man's Meal . . .
that moves. In larger view cameras this procedure is not unusual,
We ran into one of our SIU fered to give him an overtime
brothers over here and told him sheet he replied, "I can't use that Then there's the time that Red but in a small hand camera this is something new.
There are undoubtedly dozens of. cameras that you may be interested
of all the gains we had made. He now, but tell Paul and all the Mitchell found Robby Burton, the
gang that I'll keep it and use it speedy up and down oiler, sitting in that we have been unable to repoxt on. If there are any specific
when I come back to the states in a cafe doing justice to a large cameras that you would like reports on don't hesitate to write and
porterhouse steak. Red asked him request such information. And while we're on the subject questions
and the SIU."
While we were here, the Arizpa, if he was through with his light on any aspect of photography are always welcome.
another Waterman packet, showed diet. Robby replied that he was
in port A few of us grabbed, one still on it, but needed a steak a day
of those leaky sampans and went to give him strength to continue.
Basing his story on his experi over for a visit. We had the pleas
Of course, I can't forget one of
ences sailing on SIU'ships, radio ure of giving them a few LOGs our new brothers who decided that
cperafor "Harry B. An trotter has and briefing them on the latest de his mattress was a little thin. He
written a book velopments on vacation moola and politely, and brazenly, walked into
^1) As the relative humidity of the surrounding air increases, the rate
to be published the other gains. When one of the one qf the topside foc'sles and took at which water evaporates from exposed surfaces (becomes very rapid),
shortly, entitled engineers on said tub asked about himself a better grade innerspring (decreases), .(increases), (remains unchanged)?
"Slow Boat the licensed men in his depart job, putting his old thin one in its
(2) Two airplanes start from Chicago at the same time traveling in
Across." A
ment, some guy piped up, "Cease; place. Naturally, he was discov opposite directions. The westbound plane is 80 miles faster than the
The book deals your worry, and get on the SlfJ ered after a short time, and asked eastbound. After four hours, they are 1600 miles apart. What is the
with the experi bandwagon like you've done in the why he pulled the stunt. His reply speed of each plane?
ences of a female past."
(3) The onlywoman ever to be a cabipet member of the piesident's
Was, "We're over here in the land
passepger on a
of the forgotten sailor and should cabinet in the US is (Helen Hull), (Frances Perkins), (Jane Addams),
Needle Phobia
freighter and her .Our deck maintenance man, you have to abandon ship these (Anna Rosenberg)?
romantic entan Frenchy Valois is grumbling about innerspring mattresses do not give
(4) The moon and the sun are on the same side of the earth at (new
. Antrotter
glements with a the number of inoculations and you a back ache when you are mootti),;(noon), (eclipses), (full moon)?
crewmember. Psychological Li vaccinations he has received. floating on same in the water."
(5). Onethird of a certain number increased by onehalf of the num
brary Publishers is releasing the Every time he sees a white cape, We'll conclude this dramatic ber Is. 80. What is the number?
(61 One of baseball's most famous doubleplay combinations was
book this month.
jacket or white shirt he either series with a firsthand report from
Antrotter has been working re holds out his arm or runs like he Jerry (Curly) Garland, the pxide of the combine of Tinker, Evers and (Traynor), (Johnson), (Chance),
cently as • radio operator on the did the previous afternoon when Elicolt City, Md. Jerry was telling (Mathewson)?
(7) You be the judge. Tom and Jack argued over which side of the
Bull Linq ship "Elizabeth." A shots were being issued. He hid us about the first drink he ever
member of the Radio Officers in the paint locker and missed had, and also his first automobile, town cemetery Frank was buried in. Each deposited $50 with Harry,
Union, AFL, he has served as the his supper.
thusly. "I had just come out of a with $100 to be paid to the one who was I'ight. Tom turned out to be
union's representative in San Fran
It is so cold over here that taproom and slipped on a wet right but Harry wouldn't give him the $100. . Can he sue and collect?
(8) In 13 houi's. Jack walks seven miles more than Tom does in nine
cisco.
Slim (tall grass) Edge, the" tab sidewalk. A policeman who noticed
"Slow Boat Across" if the third heel terror, had to don four pair same, saw me get into my car and hours, although after eight hours, Tom walks 12 miles more thin Jack
novel he has written, the others of socks in order to stand a watch' said; 'You're not gOing to drive that does .in seven. How fast can each walk?
(9) Tbe city that has come fo be known as the Pittsburgh of Ihe South
being "^Wife In A Home Port" and On the bow. When he. got finished care are you lad?' Heck yes, I told
"Someone to Believe In.'' He has he lost track of how many pair ho him, for I am in no shape to walk is (Richmond), (Birmingham), (New Orleans), (Mobile)?
(lO) A thick fog is; most likely to occur when the (air is*turbulent),
also' written foiir plays and has had OD; He took three jMiir off,' home."
.
(temperature is rising); (wind velocity is high), (wind velocity is low)?
done newspaper and magazine' went into the shower and turned"
Ci B. Pickle
lot vi)atfer on hilt earcaisii. What
(Quia Answers
Oeck delegate}
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Sign Name On
LOG Letters
No Pavements In Korea
Radio Operator
Publishes Novel
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SEAFARERS IOC
Fridiy. Bfudtl tl. Itit
School Story:
AB To Baby
By Spike Martin
We stopped in to visit our old cause they can dump 'em without
;M;
The Maritime Administra
friend.
Focus Coyle, the TV fight tryin' hard. They gotta play the.
ftfe
tion hasn't taken up the mat
expert, the other evening and best. They should make the boxin'
ter yet, but the SIU deck de
ii^
caught him in a philosophic mood. champs do the same. You could
partment training school has He'd just been watching a movie set up a board that's honest 'n
impartial like sportswriters, and
managed to produce some
replay of the third ZaleGraziano they gotta select the first three
thing more than ratings in fight. "Man" he was muttering, challengers that the champ has to
fight."
the few weeks of its existence. "that Zale could hit!"
We reserved any, remarks we
Along with the considerable
"I tell you" he said, steering on might make about sports writers,
number of AB's graduated by a new tack, "the trouble with the
• 1?^
and let Focus continue.
^v '• ' •
the school and put through the
fi^t game is that every champ "But that ain't all," Focus said
Coast Guard paces, the wives^ isn't like this boy Zale. He fought triumphantly. "I got the money
of the newlyhatched ratings the best, and took on all comers. problem licked too. The way it's
have been equally successful. Half of these champs run away and now, if a challenger wants more'n
No less than five of the hide with the title like some bully's 15 or 20 percent, the champ says
'nuts' and the fight don't go. Now
school's graduates have be
gonna come along and grab their why should the champ always get
come proud poppas with a lollypop. Look at Walcott, or
Alcoa Pioneer's lifeboat hits the water and erew takes to oars ready
new birth certificate handy to Maxim or Jimmy Carter. Ya call the biggest chunk of the nut even
to pick up messman Arthur Marrero who went overboard.
display alongside their brand them champs? Pah! Why take if he dusts the canvas with his
new AB tickets. Latest to join baseball. If the Yankees ran out pants all night?"
the parade was Howard on the Giants because they were We agreed that it wasn't logical
"Whitey" Bennett, who made afraid they'd get licked how long for the loser to walk away with
a mad dash by airplane from d'ya think they'd keep the cham most of the cash.
"We gotta run this thing like the
the Gulf to be back home in pionship?"
World Series. The Yanks don't
time for the blessed event.
Well, we asked, what could any hold out on the Giants because
One big "hitch in the whole
body
do about it?
Durocher won't sign for a rematch
procedure is that not a single
or guarantee the champ a mini
"I got a plan," Focus said, "that's
potential
ordinary
seaman
has
Quick action by crewmembers of the Alcoa Pioneer in
guaranteed to make the fight mob mum take. It's a fixed percentage,
responding to an emergency call saved the life of messman been born yet. All the babies honest. It goes like this . . ."
around 6040, and the winner gets
have been girls, which limits
Arthur J. Marrero. Marrero went overboard in the Caribbean them to stewardess ratings as
We settled back with a certain the bigger slice. No reason why
it can't be the same in the fight
but was rescued when the>
of now.
beer bottle from Milwaukee, all game.
crew got a lifeboat into the ward and Windward Islands on the
Despite the heavy run of ears.
"Ya see," Focus concluded, "ya
water in what must have been way down.
females, school instructor
"First of all," he expounded,
C. "Butch" Wright
Eddie Parr still has hopes for "we gotta make a law that every gotta get this thing organized, so
near record time.
that when a guy becomes champ
Ship's delegate *
The accident took place on
a couple of boys.
champ has to defend his title at he fights regular and fights the best
February 11 when the Pioneer was
least three times a year. If he don't in his weight division. Then the
near the island of Grenada in the
—off Mdth his head." We ducked whole thing makes sense."
Windward Islands, about 100 miles
ours as Focus illustrated his point All well and good, but how was
north of Trinidad. It was 2:52 PM
with a swinging left hook. "Now this plan to be put into effect?
when one of the passengers, Dr.
ya gonna ask me, 'How're we gonna "I ain't whipped that into shape
G. H. Ingham, spotted Marrero
keep him from pickin' up three yet," Focus admitted. "But I'm
overboard. A lifering was imme
lemons to defend his title against?' workin' on it now. My idea is for
diately tossed to the messman and Any day now, we're expecting a Rico "Advocate" can also be found
a lifeboat was lowered away just photo to come in to the LOG show there. How about the Del Norte "Well I got that figgered too. us fight fans to go on strike and
eight minutes later with a rescue ing a group of exprizefighters now and Del Mar sending their's too? The Yankees can't pick on the then maybq we'll ,get a decent
crew aboard consisting of Chief sailing out of a southern port,
. . , And speaking of the library, Pirates to play in the Series be bre^."
mate R. Orie?, in charge, "Wild understand that some of them have there's also a huge collection of
Bill" Milner, "Butch" Wright, John been champions In their time . . . books to choose from while you're
Gluse, J. Kellan, all AB's; C. W. Who is spending his vacation in on the beach.
Garrison, oiler, and Ed Byrnes, New York instead of back home For quite some time Val Nunez A severe attack of pneumonia
liams' death took place in the St.
wiper. In 18 minutes the lifeboat in California? He plans to go back sailed as laundryman on the Delta
hospital, Sete, France,
crew got Marrero into the boat to Wilmington and ship out on the
ships but changed, took the life of Seafarer Arthur Charles
where
he
had been admitted after
safely, with no lasting illeffects. Japanese run.
over to waiter. Chason at the age of 38, accord becoming iil aboard
ship. The body
ing
to
a
report
received
by
the
... He's now
Captain J. J. O'Keefe commend "Shorty" Sanchez likes to be
was
returned
to
the
States
headwaiter o n LOG. Chason passed away in New for burial at the end United
ed the whole crew for a fine job. called Prince Charming. He's the
of
February.
York
after
a
short
illness.
the Del Mar ,
The boys were all proud of doing little fellow who smokes the big
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Joseph L 0 n e y One of the tankermen in the Mamie
a good job in true SIU style as gest cigars made anywhere . . .
Williams.
writing from Chi Cities Service Fleet, Chason joined Veteran
befits the world's best seafarers. "Southern Cross," Ahe welledited
Paul A. Leon
cago for informa the SrU ir 1948 during the course ard passed Seiffarer
The pioneer left Halifax, Nova newspaper published by the crew
away
in
Mercy Hospi
tion on how to of the Union's organizing drive at tal, Baltimore, as the
Scotia, on January 31 and has been of the bel Sud, being read in NY
result of a
be
an
AB.
You
that company. He is survived by liver ailment. Surviving is his
making all the stops in the Lee headquarters library. The Puerto
have "to have 12 his sister, Mrs. Ola Chason Forbis daughter, Mrs. Mary L. Klein of
Denlse
months seatime of Lumber Bridge, North Carolina. Arlington, Va. The 68yearold
on deck as ordinary seaifian before A crewmember of the William seaman had been a member of the
you can go for your AB papers . .. A. Richardson, Richard N. Wil SIU for almost eight years, joining
Little Denise, shown here, is the liams, was reported to have died of the Union in Boston, Mass., on
granddaughter of Hector Guzman, a lung infection in France. Wil May 19, 1944.
now working as waiter on the
Puerto Rico. You sceptics .who
didn't believe Hector is old enough
GET CREDIT
to be a grandpappy can see .for
yourselves now.
WARD VACATOS/
The government, when it under by Grant,; he became Secretary
Switch Departments
PAY FORAULTIME
took
the tremendous shipbuilding four, years later. Despite his part
Quite a few of the boys in the
steward's
department
have
been
program
of World War II, named in the bank Panic of 1873, he was
WORKED ABOARD
making the switchover to the deck its Liberty ships after famous named to the US Court of Ciaims
SHIP You MUST
and engine rooms in recent months. Americans. Below are the ^names and became its chief justice (1885).
Vernon Bechtold's one of them. He
GET PISCHARSES
,
. X X X
left the Delta passenger ships and of a few SIUcontracted Libertys Josepli Pulitzer (South Atlantic).
FOR PORT TIME.
the steward's department and is and thumbnail sketches of the per Journalist and publisher (1847
THESE ARE OVIYGIVEAI now sailing in the black gang on sons whose names they bear.
1911. A Hungarian native, he
freighters. He's ready to secure his
UPpM REQUEST. TO
served
in the'Union Army (1864).
license ... Received word also Jdhn Hanson (White Range). He helped bliild up the St. Louis
from Erich Pfrommer who's sailing Revolutionary statesman (171583). PostDispatch, l^ought the New
6AVE YOURSELF TIME
out of the west coast to the Far Bom in Maryland, he was an ac York Worid and, applying aggres
AND TROUBLE LATER.
East. He's another exsteward de tive patriot, a member of the Con
newsgathering and promotion
A3K FOR A PORTTrME. partment man who now sails as AB. tinental Congress, the Congress of sive
methods,
made it highly success
Since the change he's feeling much the Confederation, and its first ful. Pulitzer Prizes for achieve
DISCHARGE WHBNYOU
president. Although he is often ments in journalism and letters
better.
LEAVE A SHIP.
Bill Robertson, the Sulphur referred to as the first US Presi are awarded in his name.
Springs kid; Leading for the Medi dent, his duties were merely that
XXX
terranean after a stay in New York. of a presiding officer, unlike duties
Bill took bis favorite Hbhaldng prescribed for the President under Robert Ingersoll (Waterman).
Orator and lawyer (183399). A
Cussidy belt buckle along with hina. the Constitution. '
native of New York state, he even
Nothing more heard about "Tex"
X. » X
tually settled in Ulinois. An attor
Metting.who always was a well
ImoWn figure in the port of New WliUam A. Richardson (Water ney and head of an Illinois cavalry
Urleans. Speaking about the Cres man). Jurist, Secretary of Treas regiment during'the Civil War, ho
cent City we hear shipping is good ury (182196). Borii in Tyngsboro, became the state's Attorney Gen
out of there and the boys are get Mass. and a graduate of Harvard, eral. The son of a minister, ho
ting ready tp go to Ponchartrain he helped codify the statute law gained wide reknown for his anti
of Massachusetts. Appointed As religious beliefs which he aired io
Beach.
Salty Dick sistant Secretary of the Treasury large audiehces at lectures.
>•
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Alcoa Crew Pulls
Man Out Of Briny
They're All Champs
When Sailing SIU
Pnenmonia Fatal to Chason
Seafarer Sam Says
BsrVom
POKT'TIMe ,
ptsatARoe/
How Liberfys Were Named
�Frl^r/Mwoh ti ust
Suggests Bond
Sale tor Hotel
BEArARERS LOG
Tt* Twentyoa«
Seafarer Awaits
Army Term End
LETTER S '
To the Editor:
To the Editors
There is talk around the hall of is managed by Miss Marjorie
I have been over here in Korea
had aboard, but after all no matter
n hotel to accommodate the mem Winter of Ohio. Her hospitaUty is
how you fix it It's still hamburger. about a year now and should rotate
bers while ashore in New York. beyond compare and our only
We had quite a few first trippers in about four more months. My
.I'm for it 100 percent, and I hope regret is that our stay in Japan
24 months in the
aboard
who fell in love in Japan.
To the Editor:
to live long enough to see it and wasn't confined to Moji alone.
Army will be up
No wedding bells rang but lots of
sleep on board.
It sure was a pleasure to read in promises were made.
In
August. I can
No trip would be complete with
Some might not like the idea, out some untoward events. Brother the LOG that we daymen are going
hardly wait for
The crew greatly appreciated
but some I've talked to agree that Joe Chadzak lost parts of two to get another $30 per under the Chief Mate Hilmar Sommerfelt's
the day when I
it should and can fingers one hour before sailing for agreement that was opened by our educational lectures and demon
will be free
be achieved. We home. Taken to the hospital, he Union officials. I have been with strations on the life saving equip
again.
know why we chose to retiun to the ship and is the SIU for quite a few years now ment aboard ship. After each fire
My mother
need it, but here's doing fine as of now. The crew and it seems that every time we and boat drill, we were mustered
sends me the
a . suggestion as also offers its deep regrets on the turn around the Union is getting on the boat deck or the Hying
LOGS air mail
how it should be death of our late brother, John R. something more for us in the way bridge to watch the practical dem
and I really enjoy
Duval
of gains and improvements of our onstration of the Lyle gun. Hare
done.
reading them. I
Wood.
conditions.
Why not have
guns, smoke signals and so on. The share them with another SIU man
The ship is going to the ship
the Union sell yard upon arrival and the weather This latest Increase oomes on many first trippers as well as the in the company. He was pulled off
bonds to mem has prevented us from making it top of what everybody knows are old hands agreed that it was a the Wild Ranger to be inducted
bers: SIU Hotel look like a real SIU ship should just about the best conditions that good thing.
into the Army.
Stanton
Bonds bearing a look. Captain Kenneth Worrell has any man ever sailed under. Be
I still have the old type papers '•
Terry Paris
small late of interest on the invest cooperated with the men 100 per tween the latest raises and the
so
I hope you will send me the
Ship's delegate
ment, around IVi percent. The cent and it has been a pleasure to overtime setup and all the other
form to fill out to get the new
4 4 4.
bonds should be sold at par. They sail with him. As a mixologist, he benefits, I can say that we Sea
validated papers.
would be nontransferable, but would put the "H bomb" to shame. farers have it much better than any
Faul C. Duval. US51001350
(Ed. Note: The application form
could be cashed by the beneficiary Thanks to him it has been a very guy oh a shore job anywhere,
is on its way. Fill it out and mail
thanks to our Union. Some of us
or paid back in case a man was good trip.
direct to Commandant of the Coast
a
few
years
back
like
to
say
that
leaving the Union.
To the Editor:
Charles Slanina
Guard, Washington,
D C.)
we
never
dreamed
that
we
would
I think we have enough mem
I have a few suggestions to make
Ship's delegate
have what we have now. I guess that the membership might want to
4 4 4
bers to finance same, and quite a
4* 4" 4
that will be just as true five years discuss as ways and means of im
few are willing to do so. The de
from now.
tails can be worked out by the offi
proving on the best Union condi
Art Vensel
cials of our Union. What do you
tions in maritime.
think? Let's hear from everyone
4> 4' 4"
For one thing, I feel that the To the Editor:
To
the
Editor:
on this.
man who takes the delegate's The crew of the Chilore received
For example, here's a picture of
I was sitting in the New York
position on a ship should be given the letter from headquarters ask
how it could be done:
hall waiting for a job to come up,
"some kind of incentive by the way ing for suggestions on improve
1,250 menJnvest $500
$625,000 when the dispatcher calls one'out
of free dues or credit for same as ment of future contracts. They
To the Editor:
2,000 men invest 150
300,000
long as
he serves in that capacity. wish to give a vote of thanks to
We've
heard
a
lot
of
talk
about
500 men invest 100
50,000 for the Chiwawa, a Cities Service
Another
thing I have in mind is our negotiating committee for the
1,000 men invest 25,... 25,000 ship. Well my mind is in a how Friday the 13th is supposed a sealawyer school to acquaint splendid job they have done in the
to
be
an
unlucky
The $25 bond would be the low fog so I throw in for it. The
day for sailor men who are interested with mari past, and they are confident that
est one on sale, and should be re next morning I take the ferry
with such men as we have on the
men.
Indeed this time law as it applies to us.
deemable at face value plus 11^
committee
we will continue to get
Then
too
we
could
use
a
class
has become a
percent after five years from date to New Jersey, then the bus.
in which the delegates could be the best in maritime in the future.
common
supersti
of sale. This hotel can become a then another bus. I ask the
The increase for day workers
tion on shore as taught a few simple lessons on how
corporation and the membership driver where the Cities Service
to speak before a meeting. The which was obtained recently also
well
as
aboard
can elect their officers to conduct docks are and he says "It's the last
ship and includes classes coul<^ also take up educa went over big with the fellows,
the hotel's business efficiently and stop." When I got off the bus I
who were happy to hear about it.
the number 13 in tional topics of other kinds.
economically for our good and for find it's a short walk of about 2Vi
Amando Lavagno
general. Judging
Amendment Suggested
miles, me with all my gear weigh
the future.
Ship's delegate
from our experi
Then I feel that we sorely need
Fisher
Do you agree or disagree? ing me down.
4
4 4
ence aboard the an amendment to the constitution
There's lots of us who are willing
NMU Directions
Steel Artisan, however, we knocked and bylaws in the form of an ad
to invest in this. Are you? As far
On the way it. began to rain and this superstition into a cocked hat. ditional clause in the oath of ob
as I am concerned, I want no more snow wheii a fellow comes along We sailed from New York on
ligation, having to do with the line
doghouses!
and asks me if i'm a seaman. When Friday, July 13, 1951 and several of demarcation between topside To the Editors
• Gene Stanton
The .crewmembers of the Sea
I say yes he tells me that he's an men mentioned this sailing date and crew. When officers or li
NMU man. I teU him I'm SIU. as sure to bring us trouble, when censed men start becoming too pender would like to take this op
i 4. 3i
nothing but the best. He says "I'll we happened to be delayed in San chummy with crewmembers, in the portunity to recommend to the
tell you how to make a short cut Francisco. But during this time long run it can only lead to sus membership the Bar Pesu Fritti in
to the ship." I follow his directions the old nian put adraw out every picionof collusion among Union Savona, Italy. There aren't words
that can express the wonderful
and first
thing I know its raining Thursday so the boys who were members.
To the Editor:
' Here we are back on our way real hard and I'm walking like a grumbling about unlucky 13 were
Lastly, pertaining to the contract way the people who own this place
negotiations,I think it should be have treated this crew during our
home aboard the Santa Venelia, wet duck in mud over my shoe happy and content.
Good News
after a three and onehalf month tops.
specified that deck loads are a month stay in this port.
trip to Japan. We started out from
What I'm walking on must be a From there on w;e hit 17 ports. hazard to the crew and should be There isn't anything here in Italy
Philadelphia and will wind up in road but looks more like a lake. I We landed in five of them on the considered as such except in time tJiat Mom and Pop haven't got or
the states at Long Beach, Cali take another step, the thin ice 13th of the month.
of war when such hazards could be won't get for you and it will cost
When
we
hit
these
ports
we
got
fornia.
breaks and I go in the water sea
overlooked in the light of the a lot less than most places over
here.
Leaving Philly on a cold and bag and all. When I get back on copies of the LOG and each issue much greater issue at stake.
We would appreciate it if you
gave
us
news
of
all
the fine
gains
blustery night, we were more than the road I see two big lights com
Clarence L. Cousins
could place this bar on the LOG
glad to hit such warm points as ing towards me. It's an auto, and and benefits the officials won for
(Ed. Note: Beolnntng soon, the mailing list. The owners have been
Tampa, New Orleans, Galveston the kind gent stops and takes me the membership. Nothing unlucky
and Houston. We headed for the down to the docks. Meanwhile I'm about that! Finally we learned LOG ivill carry a feature dealing told all about our Union paper and
Canal and about two days before moaning that I'd give my payoff that the SIU celebrated its 13th directly with maritime law, ex are very anxious to have them
our arrival developed engine to be back in Brooklyn at the hall year, which is the best year it plaining how the decision came available for all SIU men in this
about in specific cases. Your in port of call.
ever had.
trouble. We put in at the ship where I could get warm again.
terest, and that of many other Wishing you all smooth sailing,
The
Friday
the
13th
sailing
date
yard at Cristobal and after repairs
Well, the trip will soon be over
and the usual doing up the town, and I will be back even if I have also didn't affect the weather. It brothers, has pinpointed the need we remain your Union brothers.
George Talhberg
we were underway again. One of to walk the track from Bridgeport. ran fine all around the world. The for such a feature in the LOG.)
our many Casanovas decided he But no more tankers. They're too crew and officers got along swell
too. I must mention in particular.
preferred the ^surroundings in much like ferryboats.
Chief Mate Raymond Ayil, Junior
Panama to continuing the trip.
Jack Delaney
Mate Harold Hill and H. C. Hart,
Hook, Line and Sinker
who is our chief steward. I found
4> 4. 4i
After leaving the Canal, a few
these men very cooperative and
of the hands received fishing les
willing to do everything to help
sons from the captain and bosun
the crew.
and were quite successful. We
After a trip of seven. months
Stopped over at Long Beach just
and five days I received vacation
one night to top off and take on To the Editor:
Just a word to let you know that pay amounting to some twomonth
bunkers. Although we spent all of
our holidays at sea, I must say that the crew of the Madaket is 100 trips that I have made in the
the^ MarTrade Company which percent in favor of the new SEA past. From now on, I'm not going
owns this ship made them as FARERS LOG. There is only one to believe any stories I hear about
pleasant as possible.. Thanks to man aboard who claims that he Friday the 13th.
Claude Fisher
them we received our quota of has very seldom" seen the paper
holiday cheer every Sunday until when it is sent to ships in foreign
4 t .
[ill
ports, but all the others expressed
the supply was gone.
When we arrived in Yokohama, their complete satisfaction with the
we spent yen as though it was paper.
wallpaper. Though our stay in this
We also got the copies of the To the' Editor:
city and at Kobe was enjoyed by new contract and are going over Here's the good word from the
all hands,', it wasn't until we hit it" thoroughly so that we can sub Seaeoral, which is on the way back
Moji that the love affairs and ro mit our suggestions for changes from Japan on the "hamburger"
mances started. Of the three sea or improvements. Otherwise things ruq. Did I say hamburger? Man
men's, clubs here, our hats are off l^ave been running pretty smoothly. we had it, 850 pounds of it. Chief
Seapender sblp'a delegate, George Talhberg (left), shown with
CookJ Magrinl did his best with it
Max Byers
m
Moji.for the swell
and the rest of the lousy chow we; daughten father, mother and son who own tiio Bar Fesn ErittL
way we, ,w«i» tre?lt!^
SWp's
BagmanApplauds
Edtest Increase
Sags Delegates
Need Incentive
Chilore Crewmen
Okay Negotiators
He Finds Walking
Rough in Jerseg
He Finds 13th
Ms Luekg Dag
Italian Bar Hits *
Spot With Them
Trip to Japan is
Pleasant Vopage
Madaket Crew
Calls ERG Tops
Seaeoral Revels
In Hamburger
« «* :V.'4
Ti' *•
�SEAFARERS LO€
Korea Shmttlers
Mjong for Home
rtUMW, Manh SI. ISfil
LETTERS
Finds SMU Gains
Keep Up Moraie
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
ing material,
cigarettes
and
money
served
and
as
the
agreement
de
I started receiving the LOG this
Just a fev. lines to say hello
manded.
week and was happy to get it. It
everyone and hope this finds all from the ship's fund but he has to
But that waa not all as the cap does me good to hear of the con
well. We received an issue of the be left here.
tain made another speech this time tinual raises in pay and improve
LOG at the last port of call and Aside from the two accidents, To the Editor:
were glad to hear that the compa everything has been fine. The Each time the SEAFARERS on conservation of overtime. As a ment of conditions in the SIU.
nies were paying off, also that, we steward department is doing a LOG in its new format reaches result, the deck gang called in to Being in an outfit which is in need
could collect our vacation pay now bangup job and they say some of my desk, my eyes pop "out reading paint galley and passageways cov of improvement it' boosts my
I shipped out all of last year and the gang are getting fat. It the wealth of material contained ered three inches of old grease by morale.
will be out all of this year so that couldn't he anyone on the 48 within its 24 pages. Congrats, one coat of white. As I pen this There were a few articles in your
letter I can look at the paint crack issue of January 25 which states
will give me quite watch I'm sure.
brother, on a really splendid pub
that there is a shortage of rated
a lump of money From here we go to Kuwait in lication which does justice to the ing and curling and falling off.
for my time spent the Persian Gulf and then to the SIU and well serves its large and So on sailed the Jordan at a men and explains how they can get
merry clip of eight knots to con released from duty. I would like
"Rock" for orders from there.
at sea.
conscientious membership.
It
has
been
a
good
trip
with
serve fuel oil, rusty masts tower one of these instruction forms sent
I am on the Is
When trade unions in this part
rael Pdtnam, for only minor beefs and no disputed of the world will have reached the ing over still rustier decks and to me if possible. I have the re
quired sea time and rating since
Waterman. It is OT. All the delegates are doing a stage of putting out journals of hulls.
Our voyage is to be lengthened a I have sailed constantly since 1943.
Liberty and if it fine job and getting good coopera the type of the SEAFARERS LOG,
few days as our old sailing master However if I have to he released
holds together we tion.
Norman A. Kirk well may we say: "We have come decides that the southern route is under the supervision of the draft
will
be
h o m
of age," but that day is far off yet. the safest navigable way to Eu
tS>' ^• •
4" 4" 4"
board, the FBI, Coast Guard and
about December^
Zaiick
Meanwhile, we of the Maritime rope. After battling the grand Army, I will be better off serving
5 of this year. We
Union
of
India
and
its
official
or
IS'"'
daddy of all storms for five days, my other year and then be free to
left Mobile December 5, 1951 for
gan, "Oceanite," are delighted and we lost one lifeboat, two gang
where I choose and when. I
threemonth trip and when we got
instructed to continue under your ways and all other objects not sail
put up with that for eight years
over here to Pusan we were told To the Editor:
blanket order to use much of the
we would be out here shuttling My sister sends me the LOG material contained in the LOG to welded to the deck. The captain during and after the last war.
coal from Japan to Korea for the every month so I have been keep the profit and pleasure of our own looked to the heavens and cried, I hope they come to the point
It is not me, it is the ship, a where some respect is given to the
duration of our time. If only we ing up on maritime news fairly membership.
jinxed Jonah."
rated seamen and" for the boys who
could get some mail we would be well. The case of Eugene Dore'
Thanks, brother, for everything.
When the first approach buoy haven't had to put up with a bunch
alright. We crew members sure release and the other requests for
J. F. Scares
hove into sight on our way home, of sorry characters at the draft
hope you mail the LOG to us as discharges from the army made
General Secretary
we shouted with glee for it was a board as long as I have.
that lets us know what is going on me feel I was in the same cate
welcome
sight. The captain pre
Sfft. Thomas V. Drzewlcki
We have a bunch of homesick gory.
XXX
dicts we will arrive at Norfolk at
"Panama Moose"
fellows on here, from the captain I started my career at sea late
six in the morning. We arrived at
(Ed. Note—That form is on its
on down. Our starboard gangway in 1943 and became a member of
six alright, but that same evening. vmy if you want to use it.)
went last night during a storm so the SIU in 1944. I sailed continu
The next morning we brought our
if we lose the port one, the ship ously through December 7, 1950
XXX
good ship to dock and with the
is just about gone. We have Grady and was inducted off the Aktion To the Editor:
You could call this one the able assistance of our Norfolk
Lewis from Mobile as bo;sun, and my last ship. Since my basic train
John Burke as steward so every ing I have been assigned to Korea "Saga of the David Starr Jordap" agent Ben. Rees collected our dis
body is happy.
I will have 31 points at the end of or "Captain Bligh is Not Dead.' puted overtime and paid off. Two To the Editor:
When the weather gets better I March out of 36 needed to rotate Anyway, we signed on this ship, thirds of the crew signed on again,
Here's a report from the Sea
will take some pictures of the crew to the States. I believe I will be which is a Liberty assigned to Mis but that's another story.
pearl,
in Curacao now, with never
Andy Anderson
and send them in. Well, I said this home sometime in May or the 1st sissippi, on December 31, 1951, all
a dull moment. There have been
Jack
Mitchell
was going to be short. Thanks for part of June. My discharge from set to start the New Year. Weset
So many changes in both licensed
4> $ 41
sending the LOG to my home.
the Army should he on or about sail from Norfolk on our way to
and unlicensed'personnel that no
Germany.
I want to say hello to all the September 12, 1952.
body aboard can keep up with it.
The voyage started out pleasant
gang in Mobile and any other ports
After I get back fyom Korea
In less than nine months we have
I've shipped out of. Keep up the feel the Army couldn't get nearly ly enough. The new crewmembers
had two chief engineers, two first
good work, we're pulling for you. as much service out of me as our were eager to learn as the book To the Editor:
&
assistant engineers, three second
Matthew (Skippy) Zaiick country could if I were allowed to members were willing to teach all
Just a word or two by way of assistant engineers and four third
return to sea. I have an imlimited new sailors their duties as Union a report from the good ship Ado assistant engineers. There have
f,**
t t !•
AB ticket and have a mother as a men and explain the agreement to niram Judson bound for the land also been two chief mates, two
dependent, which might haVe some them.
of oolala, and ThreeStar Hen second mates and two third mates.
A Retread Captain
bearing on my case.
nessey (followed by tomato juice Among the unlicensed men we
With the shortage of rated men Everything was fine for the first on the morning after). There are already have 14 alien seamen
To the Editor:
these days I would appreciate it if few days. Then the captain called an exceptionally good bunch of aboard and two more soon to be
Things are running along fine on you would inquire into my case
the crew into the fellows on this ship. For example added. We'll have to call this a
the Fort Hoskins, but will be even for my release from the army so
messroom to I am with two oldtimers who are League of Nations ship from now
better when we get some action that I will have some sort of an
make a speech. very good shipmates, none other on in.
on repairs and chow. The same answer some time in June.
He ex plained than Walt Cressman, deck en
With all these changes the short
repair list has been turned into Cpl. Casimer M. Giganteili,
that this was his gineer, and Joe Brennan, oiler. * age of necessary help in our stew
293 Qm. Grs. Reg. Co.,
the old man three times now.
first ship in five
The galley gang is composed of ard's department has been a real
C/o PM APO 301, San Francisco.
years, that he Joe Blake, chief cook and Chico, pain in the neck. We have been
For
a
coastwise
ship,
the
chow
• v i
(Editor's Note: The standard
was a tough mas 2nd cook, who are turning out the shorthanded since the beginning,
is pretty sad. Even the sea gulls
orm
for seamen has been mailed
ter, and if he old garbage to the satisfaction and ami right now are lacking a eook
take one look at the name of this
logged anyone a contentment of the entire gang. baker and a nressman. Our cap
wagon and haul off in the other out to you.)
team of mules I can truthfully say that this is tain has been informed that we
X X
direction.
Anderson
could
not pull it one happy ship.
must have some help in this de
If the ship keeps this schedule
off. He also stated that the ship's
of getting in port on weekends
George H. Seeberger partment if we are to survive the
food was being wasted and he
trip. He has agreed to do the hest
we'll have to pay off to get a hair
XXX
To the Editor:
wanted it stopped. Further, he
he can.
cut.
Drinking water has been another
At our last shipboard meeting I have just read your interesting said that the crew was "ambassa
big problem. At times it seems
we had some educational discus paper and find it very good read dors of good will" in foreign ports
hardly drinkable, due to the need
sion and it was very helpful for ing. It must be of tremendous and he would not tolerate anyone
for cleaning and recementing the
some of the new men. The patrol help to our brothers that go to sea. being drunk ashore. We listened To the Editors
About a year ago I wrote the tanks. All in all it's been quite a
man at Providence also left quite However, sometimes in any paper and agreed on no wasting of food
LOG advising the young permit voyage.
a bit of Union literature on board we find certain gripes that gall us and being sober ashore.
men to attend the meetings and
First Ashore
S. M. Flash, Jr.
which I'm sure vvill not go unread. with their inconsistencies. You
have one on page 19 of your Feb
Ship's delegate
Eugene Dore
When we hit Germany the first take advantage of the chance to go
Ship's delegate ruary 22 issue that just doesn't man to hit town was our captain. to our school and obtain a rating.
4" X 'X
read right to me. I refer to the The first man of our crew intoxi We are now reaching the crucial
$>
letter from a ship's delegate who cated wasithe captain. And of point of a shipping slump and the
says that members of the crew of course, the first crewmember back opportunity is passing away for the
his ship have taken up a collection to the ship in a plxillated manner, young man. The shipping situation To the Editor:
for Captain Carlsen (Flying Enter assisted hy the messboy was—you has been bad of late and I predict
Here I am back on the beach
To flie Editor:
prise) to buy a diving suit for the guessed it, our captain. 'The rest that it will get worse. I WDuldn't and ready for Freddy to ship out.
Here we are on the good ship purpose of recovering cargo that of the crew performed its duties. doubt that the permitman may be I just made a
Paoli on a tramp tanker trip to was lost in the ship's unfortunate Nobody was logged, nobody made subject to the 60 day clause and 3V4 months trip
India, the Persian Gulf and way accident.
spectacle of himself ashore and that the book man will be awaiting to India after
points. So far we have had a fine The letter states that "we are all lived up to the agreement 100 his time trying to ship out within getting off the
trip with stops in Port Said, sorry that the saga did not have a percent.
the 90 days.
Del Monte. I{ow
Egypt; Karachi, Pakistan and here true comic book ending with the After the speech made by the
Of course, some of the sceptics I'm on the beach
in Bombay, India.
hero coming out the victor and captain for benefit of the crew our will say I am full of feathers, but and am ready to
In Karachi we had two unfor saving the poor steamship owners steward tried to save food until it I believe in being forewarned. The go dn another
tunate incidents. One of the their valuable cargo."
was obvious we were not getting coal we were shipping to Europe long voyage.
wipers, A. Fontenot, had a row Now tell me, isn't that what a our just ration. The night lunch has met the needs and a bunch of
Before closing,
and was knifed ashore. He got a good seaman should do. If it became intolerable as our good Libertys are being laid up.
I would like to
KoroUa
deep cut on the upper *arm and had wasn't for poor steamship owners Union brother, the steward, cut all
Many of these ships now in oper announce that I
to have nine stitches taken in it. where would the writer of that let corners to be frugal. When ques ation are far from seaworthy. They have heard rumors on the grape
Then Brother L. L. Bentley, OS, ter fit in? Back on the peanut tioned the steward stated the day were made for war purposes in the vine that Moon Koons is going to
tripped while on watch and broke farm, perhaps.
men were unlawfully consuming past and not for the present. The operate a bunch of fiying horses at
his kneecap. This happened in Even my wife—a true AFL gal the appetizing lunch and posted a day of the rust bucket Is about the amusement park in the New
C Karachi, but he was brought .to twinged when she read the kick in notice on the refrigerator door re passed. So if the permitman did Orleans amusement center. I also
Bombay and is in St. George's the pants from the brother. The serving it for watch standers only. not take the advantages that were want the fellows to know that I
Hospital.
St. Augustine crew should save its
special meeting was called and his when hfe had a chance to get a met a mermaid by the name of
We have tried to make him as money.
Sadie my last trip out.
caused untold benefits. The crew rating, it will be his hard luck.
comfortable as possible with readJ
,
George Crossley. Jr. ate as SIU members justly de'
Faddy Farrell
Spider Koroll|4.,y
indian Sea Union
Chief HaUs LOG
Army Man Asks
About Release
Captain's Antics
Enliven Jordan
Turnover Fast
On Seapearl
Ad Jndson Has
Contented Crew.
I
Gulls Snub Chow
Off Fort Hoskins
I'
Defends Carlsen
Against Critics
Expects Shipping
To Slough Off
Paoli Tramping
The Oily Orient
Spider^s Here
And Gone Again
il
�WMn, liiardi 21.1932
Fsffe TmnfyttiM
SEArARERS LOG
SEA FA R E R S
CASH BENEFITS
TOTAL
•:,|
$142,968.42
Vacation Plan
March 1—^March 15
Welfare Plan
Feb. 23—March 8
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L,
Vacation
REPORT NO. 3
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
Period Covered By This Report—^Maroh 1March 15
Cash on Hand
^^nnnn^nn
Estimated Accounts Receivable
200,000.00
Vacation Benefits Paid in Period
123,093.42
Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11, 1952
325,060.99
After little more than a month of operations, it is safe to say that
the Union's Vacation Plan is operating without a hitch and is paying
out sizable amounts of money in record time. Here in this Union
administered plan our object is to pay the membership the money they
have earned with the least amount of red tape and in the shortest
time. In this we have succeeded tremendously. Not only in head
quarters do the men get fast service—a matter of a half hour or so—
but in the outports the round trip from application to receipt of check
is weil less than a week. In headquarters we send the checks out the
same day we receive the applications.
The administration of the plan has already proved its soundness,
the only hitch we've found is in the failure of some men to get dis
charges for port time. On the fast turnaround ships this can amount
to a lot of time. Eventually the members will get in the habit of
asking for port time discharges when they leave a ship and that hitch
will be no more.
With every Seafarer who presents himself for vacation money we ve
found practically no men who have collected vacation money before.
Inasmuch as we have already paid out well over $300 thousand it is
easy to see what the shipowners have been getting away with all these
years. That's all over now, thanks to the Seafarers Vacation Plan.
Joseph R. Dougherty
3280
Check
3261
No. Amount Thomas H. Mctees
Name
3262
$89.04 Robert N. White
3184
Melton R. Henton
3263
48.99 Henri R. Poyet
3185
James C. Kelly
KJeU
O.
Lyngstad
3264
66.10
3186
WilUam A. Driver
3265
92.92 MUton F. Flynn
3187
WiUiam H. Howtil
Robert
C.
Drain
3266
55.99
3188
Charies J. Dawson
3267
92.15 Hetman F. Webber
3189
Kasimir Puchalski....
3268
94.87 Elton Painter
Herbert F. LongzynsWi,. 3190
3269
64.15 Fred T. MUier
3191
James W. Wood, jr
Elmer
Lane
3270
58.32
3192
Ernest J. Guthrie
3271
76.20 W. A. Lusk
OUe E. Johnannisson... • 3193
3272
102.25 Joseph L. Arch
3194
Louis HoUiday
Richard
M.
SuUivan
3273
46.66
3195
Bomar R. Chceley
Arthur
B.
Slaybaugh....
3274
40.44
3196
Thomas Denier
3275
81.26 Jean L. Monnier
3197
Isaac V. Brown
Frederick W. Donald.... 3276
97.98 Phillip
3198
John W. Parker
Bilbao
3277
49.38 Harry W. Blanchette.... 3278
Charles W. Thompson.... 3199
87.48 Winston
3200
Arthur G. Collett
L. Vickers
3279
82.81
3201
Peter S. Valashos
L. Eriksen
3280
46.27 Edmond
3202
John W. Garbutt
Benjamin F. Grice
3281
75.82 John H. Spearman
3203
Earnest L. Waters
3282
50.16 James C. Broome...
3204
Olivero Guerra
3283
95.64 Jons A. Karlsson
3205
Richard P. Thomas
3284
47.43 Ernest J. Green, jr
3206
Robert L. Morgan
3285
103.42 James E. Rounsavall.... 3286
3207
John H. Bove
64.54 David E. Thomas
3208
Khan F. Jon
3287
57.54 Henry O. Limbaugh
3209
Carl O. Hakanson
3288
86.31 James V. Neese
3210
Horace W. Phelps
3289
66.48 RusseU S. Stone
Franklyn S. Thenholm.... 3211
3290
66.10 Antoine Landry
3212
Roger W. Horton. jr
3291
35.38 WlUiam J. Lane
3213
Lucien Lavoie
3292
79.32 Ernest D. Noble
3214
Vernon L. Porter
3293
71.93 Joseph P. Pocius
3215
Fred W. Adcock
3294
57.15 Stanley R. Greenridge... 3295
Benjamin W. Sumski.... 3216
67.26 PhUip E. DeMinico
3217
Louis J. Cevette
3296
49.38 Egbert C. Palmer
3218
Daniel Guerrero
3297
James W. Hanson
3298
William Gon
Richard E. DeFaii........ 3299
David S. Furman
3300
Balez,FWT: What
John T. Koval
3301
a system! The
Kenneth G. Sanford
3302
Arturo Castro
3303
guys in the Vaca
Santiago M. Pagan
3304
tion Office
• Tosephus S. 1. Torre....'3305
Ray C. Coffey, Jr
3306
whisked me right
Eugene McGoldrick
3307
through there. In jp;
J. D. McGoldrick. jr
3308
LesUe H. West
3309
less than an hour
Robert Zeichner
3310
I had my check
Tan Kia Dow
3311
OUver A. Hess
3312
with no fuss or
Frederick W. Kloiber.... 3313
bother.
Peder Espeseth
3314
Ditlef K. Moller
3315
50.54 Persons L. Campbell
3219
3316 ,
Ignacio M. Caspar
93.70 .Ufred J. Bronk
3220
3317
Rafael PadUla
66.87 Joseph G. Greco...
3318
George Hrstich.,• 3221
50.16 Edward Glenn
3222
3319
FhiUip Jennaro..
80.48 George R. Wickey
3223
3320
Frank Prezalar. .
48.60
3224
Albert
L.
Forgue.'
3321
R. G. Garcia
92.15 Benjamin Schwarti,
3225
3322
Charles Doroba
52.10 Cort C. Severinsen
3226
3323
Daniel F. KeUeher
44.32
3227
Arthur L. Cunningham.. 3324
Wiadiskaw GrohulskI
102.25 James Alston
3228
3325
John Melnychuck
69.99 Manley E. Rountree.
3229
3326
Tomas Martinez
78.93
3230
Charles Jensen..
3327
Donald J. Moore
71.15 Frank R. Farmer
3231
3328
Rudolph C. GremUtz
99.92 James Montane
3232
3329
Charles W. Palmer
45.88 Aksel Glerup
3330
Kenneth F. McLaughlin.. 3233
47.04 Frank J. Lananskl
3234
3331
Jack H. Young
73,09 Ture Sandstrom
3332
tlldarico P. Repiedad.... 32.35
46.66 Warren G. Simmons.... 3333
3236
Paul Lallas
68.43
Cedric R. Wood
3334
3237
Walter Seubert
53.65 Harry Larson
3335
32%
Joseph L. Wholahan.
63.27 To Cash Vac. Checks.... 3336
3239
WiUiam J. Talley
51.71 Luigi J. AUeluia
3337
3240 .
Gienn N. WiUiams
69.60 Vincent Genco
3338
3241
WiUiam E. Lintz
63.37 Warren N. Woodward ... 3339
3242
Robert W. Myttoh
80.48 Hektor Murka
3243
3340
Pacffco S. Yuson
63.37 Clyde E. Hiers
3341
Vincente M. Abringa.... 3244
Void David Barry
3245
3342
Void
39.66 Kirk L. Anderson
3246
3343
Fred T. Smith
98.76 Julian Kulakowski
Dennis L. McLaughlin.... 3247
3344
43.93 Ben H. Faulk
Graham A. Puissegur.... 3248
3345
78.15 Simon P. Morris
3249
George M. Hobbs
3346
71.54 Thomas B. Lash
3250
Ernest L. • Magers
3347
40.44 Virgil L. Harding'
Martin HiUary MeCloskey. 3251
3348
99.53 Jan Walkiew'.cz
WiUiam Joseph Tarrant.. 3252
3349
85.92 Frederick RV mroii.ad .. . 3350
Joseph D. Blanchard.... 3253
66.10 Dlamo .d v. ocher
3254
Arnold J. Valente,
3351
3255
99.53
Jack ProceU
3352
101.87 John KaiPv \
Joseph L. SoUeau
.... 3256
93.70 Czestow E. U'icakawud.. 3353
Francis D. Gonsoulin..., 3257
iOM Cbsrles H.; V.:.'».es ..... 3354
• L». Chafes I. Fouaa ..... aaso
57.54
54.82
69.60
90.59
80.48
103.81
83.98
70.37
54.04
85.92
53.27
46.66
38.49
84.37
86.70
70.37
50.16
90.59
62.60
91.76
79.70
92.15
38.88
35.77
75.82
46.27
67.65
78.15
61.43
54.04
92.92
97.98
48.21
57.54
53.27
80.09
67.65
81.26
49.38
36.55
101.48
62.60
78.15
85.54
86.70
49.77
68.43
53.65
80.87
47.43
77.76
70.76
92.53
57.54
89.04
48.60
69.99
39.27
103.81
92.15
35.77
58.71
107.70
56.38
85.92
95.26
41.60
84.37
43.93
38.88
53.65
64.15
99.14
62.99
101.87
97.20
4000.00
$99.53
99.14
43.16
71.93
92.53
57.54
85.92
36.94
90.59
36.19
59.47
38.10
66.87
73.09
45.49
85.15
71.15
48.80
«s.7i
James E. Easteriing .... 3356
Edward Vrablitz
3357
Richard W. Jenkins ... 3358
Ernest R. Brandt
3359
Harry F. Englehart
3360
Edward J. McElhinney .. 3361
Robert Skonecki
3362
Edward A. Boyd
3363
Thomas J. Gray
3364
Bennie F. Creshara
3365
Horace J. Williams .... 3366
Athanassis Konstantinou 3367
Theodor Bluemler
3368
Edwin S. R. KrcU
3369
Urbin E. LaBarrere
3370
Arthur F. Compau
3371
Ceiso Rodriguez
3372
Charles A. Carlson
3373
Lock Kum Hing
3374
Louis L. Racioppo
3375
Mike Piskun
3376
Rudoiph Profozich
3377
Boss Holmes
3378
Wong Chin
3379
Aif F. Oisen
3380
James W. Canard
3381
Arthur Petrin
3382
Joseph F. Maimone ... 3383
87.09
66.48
48.60
72.32
89.04
62.60
36.55
97.20
106.53
79.70
64.15
79.70
91.76
57.15
90.20
39.66
• 47.04
61.43
49.38
77.37
68.04
54.43
47.82
66.48
52.88
97.59
70.76
49.77
John M. Alden,
OS: I don't know
what to do with
the dough first.
Plenty of things
it's got to pay
for, only where
do I start? One
thing's plain
though, this real
ly makes a hit.
Peter J. Pasenosky
3384
70.37
Robert J. Henninger .... 3385
97.59
Justo C. Vega
3386
48.99
James H. Parker
3387
81.65
James Oehienslager .... 3388
36.55
Arthur J. WUson
3389
89.42
Alex Lefchik
3390
90.98
Swen E. Jansson
3301
76.98
Franceses Soils
3392
89.81
Vernon C. Warren
3393
56.76
Juan Olivero
3394
89.81
Joseph A. Zarraca
3395
70.76
Denais A. Denais
3396
78.54
Edward J. O'Rourke
3397
51.32
Oscar J. Adams
; 3398
36.55
Jose Negron
3399
61.43
Franklin T. Reynolds ... 3400
75.43
Arthur H. Vereeche
3401
38.88
Samuel B. Thomas
3402
79.32
G. P. Duncan
3403
72.71
George D. Finklea
3404
86.70
Robert A. Hobson
3405
78.15
To Cash Vac. Checks.... 3406
2500.00
T. B. Lawson
3407
47.82
Herman E. Skipper
3408
53.65
Joseph M. GUlard
3409
36.55
Hiroshi Shiba
3410
84.76
Pedro Guzman
3411
69.99
Per H. Bjorklund
3412
38.10
Alejandro C. Reyes
3413
106.53
Phillip O. Howe...,
3414
54.43
Eugene A. Stanton
3415
84.76
Leonidas Velentza
3416
72.32
Thomas A. Benson
3417
72.71
Daniel B. FitzPatrick .... 3418
82.43
Jose Vargas
3419
89.81
Pedro EUot
3420
82.43
George W. Murphy
3421
48.21
Eugene R. Hall
3422
88.26
Joseph H. BuUock
3423
66.10
Vernon J. Bechtold ...... 3424
77.37
Raymond A. Duhrkopp ... 3425
105.36
Albert Alexander
3426
47.43
Joseph Kearnes
3427
69.99
Oiav Gustavsen
3428
80.87
Antoni Wojcicki
3429
97.98
Anthony W. Vieira
3430
82.04
Charles A. Gedra
3431
91.76
Andres J. Menendez
3432
102.64
Paul A. Franks
3433
76.98
George Vistakis
3434
71.93
WiUiam C. Bergquist .... 3435
70.37
Marvin L. Leache
3436
73.48
Marion Hurst
3437
55.60
William P. Flynn
3438
84.76
William C. Brown, Jr.... 3439
73.87
John M. Monast
3440
83.20
Richard Villarreal
3441
73.S7
Manuel Segarra
3442
89.81
Armando Yidal
3443
64.54
Fabian G. Cruz
3444
84.37
Nicholas Beck
3445
94.48
James H. Jackson
3446
75.82
Sidney V. Stringer ........ 3447
79.32
Harold L. Moore
3448
59.47
Grady W. Coker
3449 • 75.43
Lyles D. Brunson
3450
38.10
Simon Gutierez
3451
47.04
Joseph Molis
3452
39.27
Harry K. mff
3453
59.10
Juan Gutierrez
3454
68.43
RusseU E. Mofrison
3455
89.04
Walter R. Appelt
3456
60.65
Douglas E. Lowery
3457
106.53
James P. McCoy
3458
84.76
Void
3459
Void
Jack A. Helma
3460
57.15
John B. Harris
3461
86.70
WilUam Franquiz
3462
69.60
Lowell S. Ensley
3463
7.5.82
RusseU L..Brundage
3464
65.71
Stephen Strungosky ..... 3465
43.55
Charles H. Moss
3466
62.21
WUey T. Stricklin
3467
74.26
Glen C. Ogiesby
3468
77.37
Vernon W. Bryant
3469
80.48
Valentin Acabeo
3470
91.37
Kostantin Syrigos
3471
75.82
Rodolfo Cancela
3472
46.27
Kenneth L. Guthrie
3473
54.43
James Gonzalez
3474
82.81
Francisco B. Farina ...... 3475
61.43
Jacob J. Levin
3476
94.48
Alfred H. Smith
3477
85.92
Joseph Hoffman
3478
73.09
Alfred J. Baker
3479
49.38
Herman H. Winborn ..... 3480
87.48
Maynard M. Grantham ... 3481
58.32
Stefano Guggino
3482
54.82
Angel GareUr3488
48:86
James Thomas Kern
3484
Woodrow A. Brown
3485
Franklin F. Reid. Jr
3486
Frank CanneUa
3487
Aureiio Perez
3488
Robert G. Warmack
3489
WiUiam L. Osborne ..... 3490
Roberto Lopez
3491
Alberto B. Gutierrez
3492
Carl R. Jackson
3493
George Fowles
3494
John R. L. Dodds
3495
WiUiam H. Jones
3496
Jasper U. Jones
3497
Paul Joseph Noel
3498
Charlie L. Burnette
3499
Bernard F. Overstreet ... 3500
Thomas F. WUkins
3501
George B. Von Vlaenderen 3502
Caswell E. Warner
3503
Grant Wilson. Jr
3504
Joseph E. Harbison
3505
Anthony Scandiffio ...... 3506
Jack T. FiUingin
3507
Lloyd P. Sheffield
3508
Harry R. Houston. Jr. ... 3509
Void
3510
Wilton B. Warning
3511
Enos E. AUen
3512
Sanford H. Word
3513
Francis Tokarchuk .......3514
Louis D. Bernier ........ 3515
Melvin E. Jones
3516
WiUiam A. Brewer
3517
Thomas S. Steele
3518
Elmer N. King
3519
WiUiam J. Long
3520
Gordon K. Grimes
3521
Arthur A. Forcier
3522
Primo F. Fernandez
3523
SteUos Coutsodontis
3524
Anterio Ferreira
3525
Beringo Gonzales
3526
Sidney Z. Berger
3527
Dee W. KimfieU
3528
Jesse James Lyons
3529
Andrew H. Reasko ...... 3530
Paul J. Carr
3531
John B. Kennedy
3532
Everett M. MaxweU
3533
Clarence W. GuptiU
3534
Charles E. Sharp
3535
Ahamed A. Suodie
3536
Roy J. Kelly
3537
Louis M. Dickehnan
3538
George A. WiUiams
3539
George J. CampbeU ..... 3540
Kenneth L. Bewig
3541
Edwin E. O'SulUvan
3542
Donald J. Zublick
3543
WiUiam N. Thomas
3544
WiUiam A. Oswinkle
3545
OrUe Price. Jr
3546
Void
3547
Toomas Laarents
3548
John F. Hester
3549
Robert M. Lenon
3550
Charles A. Kreger
3551
Joseph Long
3552
Gustaf A. Johnson
3553
James Kalogrides
3554
Allen J. North
3555
Warren D. Thomas
3556
James E. George
3557
James G. Keavney
3558
Void
3559
Joseph Dallas
3560
John James Breen
3561
George H. Harvey
3562
Franklin D. Gilman
3563
Woodrow W. Moore
3564
Raymond W. Morrison ... 3565
Gustave L. Loeffer
3566
Ira S. Cannon
; 3567
John L. WiUiams
3568
WiUiam H. Mays
3569
Aiexander Lukas
3570
Eari P. WUcox
3571
Aiex A. Anbresbak
3572
Severo S. Acero
3573
To Cash Vac. Checks .... 3574
WiUiam J. Duiinigan .... 3575
Darreli Downing
3576
Max Fingerhut
3577
Alfred W. Booth
3578
Carl F. Lindemon
3579
A. G. Alexander
3580
Nolan Fontenot
3581
Stagg Fontenot. Jr
3582
Richard S. Pawlak
3583
Pavlos Vourderis
3584
Winston E. Renny
3585
Cbstantinog Nakis
3.586
Andrew B. BaUey
3587
Allen G. Brown
3588
Antoni Plaza
3589
Edward Morris ..
3590
Edward G. Tesko
3591
George F. Burns
3592
Ben H. McLendon
3593
William G. HamUton .... 3594
Lloyd J. Zimmerman .... 3595
Francisco Alvarez
3596
Robert Valdez
3597
Charles H. Kirby
3598
Thomas Renedo
3599
Robert H. GiUett* ...... 3600
Omer E. Clark
3601
Spyros G. Kalogrides .. 3602
John A. Brewer
3603
Qulnton Royals
3604
Isidores Kyriakos
3605
George J. MuUen
3606
Dimos E. Vourvouhakis.. 3607
John F. Stephenson.... 3608
Pieter Ouderkerk
3609
WiUiam V. Rosmalen .. 3610
Salvatore A. DiMaggio .. 3611
Henry Hernandez
3612
Jose G. Sanchez
3613
Joseph B. Holsenbeck, Jr. 3614
Hyman Mendoza
3615
Paul C. Norton
3616
Charley E. Phillips .... 3617
EUgio LaSoya
3618
Bennie J. B. Andlng .... 3619
WiUiam R. Walker
3620
Andrew Kinney
3621
George A. Haggerty .... 3622
Cornelius Sprano
3623
David C. Archia
3624
Henry McCullough
3625
Leo F. Gwalthney
3626
James L. BUleaud
3627
Harry M. Aucoin
..... .393S
Lennot Wilfcft* ".....i. 30S9
51.32 Deri Wilson
56.38
.3630
83.20 Carl J. Koziol
92.53
3631
76.59 Wilbert Fruge
3632
76.98
78.93 John W. Fuselier
3633
47.82
40.82 John E. Renski
3634
80.48
78.15 John Wiegand
3635
75.04
82.43 Benjamin Rucker
3636
70.76
50.93 Alexander P. Morgan ... 3637
42.77
3638
67.65
62.99 Theodore Popa
3639
44.32
55.99 James H. Newton
3640
100.69
80.48 Victor Svendsen
99.53 John Durmo
3641
66.10
74.65 Peter Moreni
3642
87.09
57.54 Charles W. Muntz
3643
92.15
82.43 Thomas J. Makaila .... 3644
75.04
42.38 George "Watson
3645
81.65
64.54 Stephan R. Mehringer . 3646
45.10
103.81 WiUiam Pieszczuk •
3647
75.82
66.87 Norman W. Kirk
3648
95.26
91.37 Henry L. Pruitt
3649
40.82
85.92 Frederick H. Johnson ... 3650
80.09
56.38 Michael E. LaSoya
.3651
48.60
73.48 Lawrence B. Rowan .... 3652
61.04
NeU
G.
Shaw
43.16
3653
96.81
73.48 WiUiam B. Aycock
3654
79.70
70.76 James E. Leggett. Jr. ... 3655
56.38
Void Leonard Rhino
3656.
105.36
43.16 Daniel G. Clapp
3657
66.10
57.54 Void
3658
Void
78.93 Bernard F. Appenzeller 3659
83.59
76.59 Harold C. Hoiderfieid .. 3660
77.76
89.04 Robert L. Parker
3661
51.32
91.76 Elmer E. Booze
3662
68.43
56.76 Ronnie W. CasteUow. Jr. 3663
41.99
49.38 Luis V. Martinez
3664
61.82
95.26 Charies Ogiesby
3065
40.82
49.77 George Farago
3666
53.27
71.54 John J. Kearney
3667
80.87
41.60 Fred A. Baldwin. Jr. ... 3668
75.04
106.53 PhUlip Brown
3669
53.27
72.71 Norman K. Best
3670
53.27
83.98 Raul Maitin
3671
87.09
63.37 Vernon L. Sawyer
3672
55.60
99.53 Augustus Boyce
3673
46.27
53.65 WiUiam M. Jensen
3674
48.99
92.92 Howard U. Bergeron .... 3675
79.32
85.54 Arthur J. Shaw
3676
84.37
68.43 Waiter Sanderson
3677
84.37
55.60 Richard J. Peterson ..,. 3678
85.15
88.26 Pedro L. Agtuca
3679
89.81
39.27 Gilbert T. Wolfe
3680
78.54
98.37 WUbur L. Brooks
3681
53.65
101.48 Egon R. Pedersen
3682
97.20
96.42 John Petusky
3683
103.81
75.43 Jobe E. MuUen
3684
44.32
72.32 Dominick M. Ravosa .... 3685
81.65
76.98 Michael Smee
3686
78.15
75.04 Ray F. McVey
3687
77.37
74.26 Generoso C. Crispala .... 3688
08.37
66.48 James M. Lennon ...... 3689
102.25
55.60 John P. Brooks
3690
60.65
79.70 Dolor T. Stone
3691
99.92
101.87 Samuel K. Reed
3692
43.55
Void Martin Gross
3693
62.21
61.04 Donald W. Mosher
3694
42.38
65.71 Karl A. Eriksson
3695
102.64
79.70 John Hearox
3696
72.71
52.49 Albert Gapinski
3697
83.59
57.93
84.37
40.05
Riidu Naarris
55.60
ma,
oiler: Sea
52.10
100.69
men in other un
96.81
ions ought to run
Void
down here and
44.71
67.26
see how the SIU
51.71
operates. Vaca
66.48
43.55
tion pay is a
69.99
thing most of us
40.82
35.77
never came near
78.93
before.
38.88
65.71
47.43
71.15
Man
^8
91.76 Shum
68.04
36TO
75.04 James M. Dawson
65.71
Earl
H.
Young
37OT
5,000.00
59.47
3701
61.82 Horace S. Curry
58.71
3702
60.65 John N. Crews. Jr
99.53
37M
52.49 Luther E. Wing
64.54
69.21 Henry A. Anderson .... 3704
55.21
3705
51.71 Earl T. Minton
58.71
37TO
82.81 Milton A. Havens _
52.10
50.16 Joseph A. Dizengoff .... 3707
38.49
37W
70.37 Ernest J. Logan .
3.11
3709
104.99 Joe A. Forrest
83.59
3710
85.54 Clarence E. Roney
56.76
3711
80.09 Andrew E. George
51.71
^12
62.60 Carl Pierce
75.43
Porter
J.
Causey,
Jr OT13
107.31
55.60
^14
$41.99 Bruce E. Webb
08.04
• 60.43 Nathan H. Eldridge .... 3715
90.20
3716
80.09 Herald R. Deason
72.32
3717
78.54 .Joseph W. Carey
66.10
Manuel Pereira
3718
77.76 Raymond
45.88
F.
Meagher
...
3719
92.92
60.65
3720
94.48 Robert T. SulUvan
35.38
3721
60.65 Ralph ChurchiU
37.71
Peter
D.
Vroom,
Jl
3722
78.54
70.37
3723
54.43 WilUam E. Lake
46.27
Edgar R. Goulet
3724
40.05 James M. Enwright .... 3725
86.31
66.10 Amos BuzzeUe
65.32
3726
40.82 Jerome D. Moyniham ... 3727
72.71
38.10 Joseph E. Noonan
44.71
3728
67.26 Timothy J. Mahoney
69.60
3729
64.15 John J. Gala
41.99
3730
76.59 WiUiam J. McDonough .. 3731
70.76
100.69 Robert J. Prideaux
58.71
3732
74.65 Edgar J. Andrews
78.54
3733
76.98 Duska P. Korolia
90.20
3734
83.20 Ira C. Bridges
67.26
3735
108.48 John F. Buckley
93.31
3736
108.48 Leon J. Penton
62.99
3737
73.48 John Davis
105.75
3738
66.87 John Pennino
83.20
3739
64.93 George T. Harrison
65.32
3740
50.16
Sidney S. Irby
3741
84:37 Erven Sire
38.49
3742
69.60 Fredie H. Thompson
40.05
3743
51.71 Jcxseph P. Shaughnessy .. 3744
78.15
76.98 Perry B. Kennedy
40.05
3745
50.54 Charles L. McCulloch ... 3746
75.82
69.99 Hubert R. Gaubert
68.82
3747
53.65 Lawrence E. Keneker, Jr. 3748
85.92
78.54 Howard B. Gates
3749
78.15
73.48 To Cash Vac. Cheeks ... 3750
3000.00
82.43 Roy M. Ayers
61.43
3751
37.32
87.09 Lorenzo CarrasquiUl .... 3752
Barron
E.
PhilUps
3753
106.53
43.93
3754
106.53
62.99 August F. Kothe
3755
101.87
47.82 Anthony A. AUeman
(ContfilUBd bh page 24)
43.19
«1
�SEAFARERS LOG
Pace Twentyfour
?
:
SEAFARERS
CASH BENEFITS
:
Friday, March tl, 195t
TOTAL
$142,968.42
Vacation Plan
March 1—^March 15
Welfare Plan
Feb. 23—March 8
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT * A.F.L.
4153
55.99 OdeU B. Powell
4026
62.60 .Toseph R. CueUes...
... 8879
4154
Void Donald V. Kayl
4027
89.04 Void
... 3880
45.49 Emmanuel Tousounis ... 4155
4028
89.04 Gust Liakas
Check
... 3881
4156
64.93 Marharlto Borja
. • •4029
96.42
No. Amount
... 3882
Name
4157
43..'T5
4
030
Norman D. Maginn
•
•
•
80.87
... 3883
47.04
,
3758
Mitchell V. Mobley
4158
109.25 Rudolph Schwarz
4031
55.60
Louis S. Grab ...... ... 3884
74.65
,
3757
Edward G. Blackmon ...
4159
id
Peter V. Larsen
83.20
101.09 Joseph D. Richoux . ... 3885
Samuel W. Price ....... 3758
4160
12.05
« • 4032
Warren E. Messenger...
41.21
39.27 Pablo Vazquei ..... ... 3886
Howard James Savanl .. 3759
4161
71.15 Roy S. Theiss
• • 4033
43.93 Lee Koo Vong
77.76 Charles Sweeney .... ... 3887
3660
Clement J. Mellnle
4162
85.92
4
034
Plo
E. Ejercito
.
.
•
Felipe
Aponte
.
.
55.60
r.. 3888
Robert
D.
Niedermeyi
35.77
Oscher B. Anderson .... 3761
4163
102.25 Thomatra N. Scott
I •s 4035
87.87 Henry J. Kowalski
48.21 Octave S. Bourgeois ... 3889
3762
Ervln F. Shirley
4164
95.64
4
036
Bernardo
S.
FavUa
Apron
Castillo
.
.
» •
•
101.87
57.54 George A. Nuss .... ... 3890
3763
4165
Curtis L. Rector
35.77
4037
r
.
•
Joseph
Culeton
84.37
Sedrick P. Schieffler ... 3891
24.11
3764
Aubrey Williams
49.77 Joseph O. Thibodaux... 4168
4038
73.48
Elmer W. Rushing .. ... 3892
(Adjusted Check 2727)
4167
65.32
I s a 4039
Pasquale F. MarineUi...
87.87 Chow Ging Song
66.87 Carl E. Scott, Jr. ... ... 3893
3765
, ,,
4040
4168
Michael Kapral
48.60 Charles Semey
100.69 William J. Hogan
84.76 Raymond J. Thomas. Jr. 3894
3766
,
,
,
4169
Edward Jury
4041
50.93
Roy W. BeU . ..
45.88
... 3895
Homer W.. GiU
9.3.31
3767
Charles Dillon .........
83.59 Leonard E. Craddock... 4170
> •• 4 042
70.37
72.32 WlUiam K. SutherUn ... 3896
James Powell
• 3768
4171
4043
87.09 Steve Szanto, Jr.
62.60
73.09 Theodore Fortin ... ... 3897
3769
4172
Walter Tkach
59.47 Rondald G. Buckley
4044
t •
s
97.59
George W, Huber .. ... 3898
83.20
3770
Anthony D'Antonlo .....
75.82 Clifford E. Slngletary... 4173
• • 4045
76.98
90.59 Henry P. Meyers ..., ... 3899
3771
Jesse Metcalf
4174
. .• 4 046 104.59 Oris A. Roblcluiux
77.37
... 3900
55.60 David Kennedy
William Atchason ...... 3772
88.26
4047
•
•
Herbert Eikenberry ... 4175
78.15
Thomas P. Crawford . ... 3901
39.27
3774
Theodory Guillory
4176
68.71 Robert P. Adams
• • 4048
89.81
44.32 Hans A. Schmidt .... ... 3902
3775
Harry Westerman
96.81 Harold H. McVay....... 4177
4049
62.60
... 3903
82.04 Adolf Cllasson
3773
Joseph Scaturro
4178
41.99
4050
Charles F. Jeffers..,
86.31
76.98 Kuno G. Schopfer ... ... 3904
3778
Robert McCorkel
4179
4051
80.09 Victor Romolo. Jr
84.37 James Ackerman
80.09 Charles A. Andersen . ... 3905
3777
Willie Sanders
4180
4052
73.87 Bo Y. Karlsson
105.36
60.65 Bernard J. Perry ... ... 3906
3778
William Findley
4181
95.64 Lewis Seward
• • 4053
85.92
... 3907
Ling Shin
4182
72.71
4
054
.
•
Albert
B.
Smith
105.36
Fred A. DelaPenha . ... 3908
4183
4055
55.60
Fred
Fagan,
Jr
•
•
36.16
... 3909
Robert C. Wright ,..
Luis Ramirez,
4184
96.81 Afton J. Bush
a a 4056
83.98
George A. Holland . ... 3910
FWT: Brothers,
4185
87.09
4057
Carl J. Palmqulst
43.16 Ramon Agular
Joseph Scramuzza ... ... 3911
4188
4058
66.48
Jesus
Fernandez
....
' a a
CecU
E.
WaUick
77.76
... 3912
John R. Cleater
this is the first
4187
48.60 Edward E. Roberts
I * a 4069
75.82
Walter E. Phelps ... ... 3913
time I've col
4188
41.21 Aurelio Sanchez
4060
98.76
Gordon C. Irving ... ... 3914
4189
67.S6
4061
Ferdinand V. Vigo......
89.42
Carl R. Johnson ..... ... 3915
lected vacation
4190
Si.82
4062
WUUam
B.
Kavitt
45.88
Curtice H. Robbing . ... 3916
pay before and
4191
83.59 Nicholas Yaclshyn
a a 4063
64.54
George H. Bryan. ... ... 3917
4064
73.09 Warren D. Alderman... 4192
58.71
Edward A. Johnson . ... 3918
I've been sailing
4193
4065
69.99
EUlot
Gorum
43.16
Joseph U. Chandler . ... 3919
a long time. The
105
J6 Sotlnlas A. Foseolas.... 4194
a a 4066
Ervln W. Anderson ... ... 8920 . 78.54
4067
56.38 Howard T. Torgessen... 4195
86.70
Rudolph Davis ....... ... 3921
family won't for
4198
39.27 Otis J. Harden
4068
62.60
Joseph <R. PuUen ..... ... 3922
get this payoff
4197
4069
52.49 Karl O. Helse
66.48
Edgar E. Bankston ... ... 3923
4198
a a 4070
103.03 Carlo Mansl
40.05
WUliam H. Hodgklsa . ... 3924
too easily.
4109
4071
79.32 Anthony P. Serpe
90.98
... 3929
George Meltzer.
4200
4072
35.77
Thomas
J.
Smyth
75.04
80.87 James T. Regan ..... ... 3926
..... 3779
George Pavtas
4201
4073
67.26
Robert
D.
Phlfer
a a
92.92
... 3927
John E. Adams
62.99
8780
,
, 4974
Arsenio Acenvedo .
4202
44.71 Frank R. Myatt
50.54
... 3928
57.15 Edward J. Parr
3781
Hector DeJesus ....
4203.
4078
45.10 Wesley J. Smith
69.60
57.93 John H. Johnson .... ... 3929
3782
George Stavros .....
4204
4078
53.65
Robert
C.
Brennan
87.87
73.48 Joseph P. Pettus .... ... 3930
3783
Arnaldo Moulier ..
4205
4077
101.87
Fred
J.
Johnson
70.37
... 3931
54.04 Felimon Barlizo
3784
James Fort
4206
4078
64.15 Daniel M. Alvlno
71.93 Michael P. Pvochok.
... 3932
92.53 Vincent Rosato
3785
John Capuzzi
4207
Julio Aguero
44.32
37.71 WUliam H. Simmons . ... 3933
: ....3786
Frederick Greenberg
4208
Ernest
Bonego
64.54
... 3934
Luis S. Osma
46.27
3787
Edward Miller
Jose M. Nz
Arthur F. Gonzalez ... 4209
73.48
... 3939
Alf J. Nautnes
91.37
3788
Joseph Probech
Nicholos V. Fernandez . 4210
Void zario, FWT; I'm
... 3936
89.42 Void
3789
Hiversby Brown ....
4211
Void
87.87
102.25 Clarence M. Hawkins ... 3937
...... 3790
Richard Savior
heading
right out
To
Cash Vac. Checks... 4213
73.48
George H. McFall ... ... 3938
75.82
3791
James Nash
4213
Manual L. Ferreiro
98.76 again. If I: can
85.92 Carl R. Morton . ..... ... 3939
3792
Ellis Watts
CyrU H. Sawyer ....... 4214
58.32
... 3940
69.99 Amund Djuve
3793
Irving Lovejoy
4215
collect
for
vaca
Luther
Roberts
52.88
... 3941
91.37 John Hill
3794
Daniel Haggerty ....
.4218
Dennis R. Smith
38.10 tion everytime I
... 3942
45.10 Charles J. HarreU .... ... 3943
3795
Sam Mayer
4217
Jesus F. Otero
63.76
Claude
L.
Bibb
74.65
3796
Paul Schad
sail
90
days,
you
Francisco Fernandez ... 4218
71.15
67.26 JamesR. Lane ...... ... 3944
Edwin Clark
4219
Ignacio
S.
Delafe
66.10 can bet I'll grab
... 3945
50.54
3798
Vito Lopez
Royden Vandervort .... 4220
... 3946
87.09
47.04
3799
John Hallihan
4221
Pedro Penelas
... 3947 3500.00 a ship as soon as
62.21
3800
William Sargent ....
Antonla A. Dominguez . aoM
... 3948
85.54 I can so I can
50.54
3801
John Flanagan
4223
George
C.
Roberts,
Jr.
.
89.42
... 3949
41.21
3802
Edward Mooney ....
4224
Ramon Rogue. Jr
61.43 pile up time.
W. Batson ... ... 3950
86.31 Charles
3803
Leon Causey
4225
Fidel W. Diaz
40.82
Alfred
Stankiewiez
..
... 3951
70.76 Peter Lint, Jr.
3804
Herbert Bliss
4226
Francisco
Delgodo
......
107.70 Francis J. Buhl....
... 3952
89.04
4079
81.26
3805
Francis Fullbright ..
4227
40.82 BUly G. Edelmon........ 4080
A. Hammond . ... 3953
76.98 Emelio Godinet
56.38 James
3806
J. C. Keel
Grant
W.
Nutting
...
56.76
42.38 Rozello CastUlo .'
... 3954
Ordway
D.
Scott
4081
93.70
a .. 3807
.
82.04 Placido Arango ......... SMSI
Manen .
... 3959
84.76 Robert L. PurseU
4082
85.54 John
3808
Esteban Cruz
.
42.30
38.49 Delio Bazo ..:...'
47.82
WUliam M. Highto.wer .. 3956
Ray
Lofton
..
...'
4083
44.71
3809
Jesse Turner
.
4231
Broussard
... 3957
39.27 GuUdford R. Scott
83.20 Aurelio Suarez' '
4084
50.93 Leo
3810
John 'LaCosta
.
4232
W. Sagarino . ... 3958
107.31 Joseph Walters
78.15 Charles M. Henning ...,
4085
77.76 Harry
3811
Howard Matson ...
.
4233
Donald Riley
... 3959
76.59 Aubrey B. Kennedy. Jr... 4088
92.5.3 Faustino Lamelas
90.98 Theodore
3812
Robert Weeks
.
4234
Victor
Shavroff'
......
92.92
W. Webb .. ... 3960
59.10 Chris A. Markris........ 4087
60.26
3813
Bobbie Fuast
.
4235
G. Beilanger ... 3961
78.93 Louis W. Huff.....
85.15 William Guenther .......
4088
78.93 Roland
3814
James CoUier
4238
James H. DuBose . ..
61.04 WUliam O.WUson....... 4089
... 3962
_74.65 Johnnie Lopez .... .
96.03 Joseph
3815
Aubrey Ranking ...
.
4237
Bernard
M.
Larsen
.....
86.31 Anders KalvUd ..'
... 3963
4090
57.93 Manuel Zeschitz
3816
. Evie Kinman
.
4238
H.
Leonard
Shaw
.
L.
Olvera
...
99.53
... 3964
Joseph
D.
Saxon....
4091
68.83
3817
Robert Sawin
.
4230
Hector Reyes
A. Quintal ..... ... 3965
82.04 Casper Duff ..T.
4092
65.71 Robert
3818
Eugene Davis
.
4240
Ernest G. Perdomo
N. Margarltes .. 3966
67.26 Joseph W. Brodeup...... 4093
62.60 George
3819
Thomas Dailey ....
.
4241
Enrigue
Gonzalez
..
38.49 Dart W. Lunderman.... 4094
39.27 Howard L. VandygrUf .. 3967
3820
Paul LaCoste .....
.
4242
Ernest
Rodriguez
..
Tr.
3968
101.09
Jerome L. Proce
4095
75.04
3821
Buford Jones .....
4243
Juan J. Perera '....' .
... 3969
97.20 Edward Jeanfreau
4096
77.37 George F. Stropich ...
3822
Charles Tucker ...
.
4244
Edgar Hansen .....
... 3970
79.32 Shirley Poole
4097
80.48 Charles R. Sawyer ....
3823
Ernest Mosley ....
.
4245
Raymond
Kaduck
..
... 3971
88.65 James H. Rawlins..
4098
74.65 Hiram F. Hanes ......
3824
Pablo Gonzalez ....
.
4246
Constino Diaz
... 3972
71.93 Raymond. Averitt
..... 4099
58.32
3825
Lucian Moore
.
4247
Ramon Prado
J. Duffy .........
... 3973
65.32 Thomas D. Smith........ 4100
88.65 .Tohn
3826
Joseph Vuytech ...
.
4248
Antonio
Castio
....
J. Duplechin ..
... 3974
53.65 WUlard T. CahUI
4101
80.87 Callhan
3827
Raymond Shields .
.
4249
Roy
Herrera
Isham
B.
Beard
... 3975
74.65
Aifonsa DlFabiizU
4102
103.03 Trinidad Garcia, Jr.!....
3828
Stephen Fulford ...
.
4250
Pantaleon D. Santos
... 3976
89.04 To Kong Sze4103
50.16 Charles Savant .......
3829
William Miller ....
.
4251
Ismael Lopez ......
... 3977
53.65 Augustus Francis
4104
61.82 James A. Winget .....
3830
Leonard Harsh ....
.
4252
Ernest Roberts ....
... 3978
77.76
Peter
A.
McGoldrick
4105
92.15
3831
WUliam Jackson ...
4258
Mario A. Reyes .... .
G. Fonts .......
... 3979
80.87 Harry D. Fitzgerald
4108
55.60 James
38.12
John Audshoorn .,
.
4254
Curtis T. Ridge ....
Mitchell ......
... 3980
87.48 Charles Engelsma
4107 .
71.15 WUliam
38.33
Robert Griffin ....
.
4255
Martin
Bodden
....
H. Lee ......
...3981
69.60 Thorvald Pedersen ...1.. 4108
87.48 WilUam
3834
Ralph Ruff
.
4256
George
Suarez
.....
Casper
McLemore
....
... 3082
57.15 CecU B. Thomas.
.'. 4109
35.38
3835
Kenneth Phillips ...
.
4257
Henry S. Chemel ..
W. Murrlll ...,
... 3983
80.87 John L. White...
4110
79.70 George
3836
Chester Zakroski ..
.
4258
EmUio P. Rey ......
William N. Rollins [...
... 3984
88.65 Finn N. Ostergaard.
4111
88.26 Howard
3837
James Long
.
4259
Juan
Manso
..........
Davis ....,
... 3985
82.81 Harold Fine
.. 4112
83.59 Herbert B.
3838
Andrew Lutaves ..
.
4260
Richard
L.
Perez.
..
J.
Hale
......
... 3986
62.60 Charles N. Slanina....... 4113
55.21 Charles H. Emanuel ..
3839
William Rose .....
4261
Wenceslaa Garcig .. .
... 3987
86.70 Charles E. HIU.......... 4114
3840
87.87 Charles E. Jordon ....
Pablo LaTorre ...
.
4262
Carl E. Vega .............
... 3988
60.65 Robert F. Nelson....
4115
3841
59.47 Harry M. Hankee ....
Fred Pittman
.
4283
Nick
Glosue
.............
... 3989
83.20 Arthur F. Lindsey
4118
3842
71.93 Earl Hebert
James Pope
.
4264
George I. Kimwles ....
73.09' Sverre I. Brenna
4117
99.14 Charles M. Hanson .. ... 3990
Samuel Kristoffersoi a ... 3843
.
4265
David Pedrajo ..........
83.59 Joseph'B. MalneUa....... 4118
...... 3844
88.65 Arthur W. Rummel . ... 3991
Roy Fithen
.
4268
Antonia Owantia ......
73.87 Marlon Sharpe
4119
3845
65.32 Earl F. Marsters .... ... 3992
John Keelan
.
4267
Manuel
Yelesias
45.10 Joseph Henault .........,. 4120
62.99 Ivan M. Sullivan .... ... 3993
3846
Frederick Darcy ..
.
4268
Alfred Someillan
... 3994
106.53 Edmund Abualy ........ 4121
60.26 James E. Ward . ....
3847
Harold Gillan ....
.
4269
Robert C. Bennett .....
... 3995
105.36 Joseph Chadzak
4122
108.48 George A. Noble
3848
Kiena Bishaw ....
.
4270
Edward
Roig
............
... 3996
84.76 John S. Shaffer.....
4123
81.65 Hamilton Dailey .....
3849
William Anderson
.
4271
Carlos
V.
Machado.
....
... 3997
47.82 Anthony P. Oreo......... 4124
61.43 Rafat Kendnoorski ..
3850
Arshad IsmaU ....
.
4272
Benjamin Alvarez .....
... 3398
85.15 John H. McFetters. ...... 4125
89.81 John J. Bear's
3851
Robert Cowdrey ..
.
4273
Benito M. Lcma..
... 3999
71.54 FUiip Madsen . .....i.. 4126
46.27 WUlUm F. Healy ....
3832
Francis Aucoin ..
.
4274
J.
M.
Hall
.
.......
... 4000
84.37 .lames L. Stogaitis
4127
92.92 Henry Cullen .......
3853
Peter Drevas ....
.
4275
Louis P. McCoy. ..
... 4001
47.43 Stanley Perzeproki
4128
62.99 William Wrubel
3854
Fitzgerald Smith ...
.
4276
Genaro C. Banios
78.15 Nicholas Makos ......... 4129
90.98 Charles C. Murray ... ... 4002
.1835
Roy Johnston ....
.
4277
Miguel
H.
Sedeno
60.63 John J. Schaller.
4130
72.32 Charles M. Kirkland . ... 4003
3856
Leo Thomas
..4278
M. Carmona
... 4004
83..39 Harold L. Potosky
4131
50.16 Burton A. Reed
3857
Joseph Boucher ..
.
4270
James Fenstado .......
... 4005
98.76
EmUlo Romano
41.32
38.49 Willow L. Crawford, J
3858
Hugh Terrm
.
4280
Jaime Fernandez
Ir. 4006
93.31 Bernard Sachs .......... 4133
37.32 William M. Todd ....
Zechariah WUliams .... 3859
.
4281
Rogelio
Brito
42.77 Antonio Phelepedes
4134
41.99 Arthur W. Brown ... ... 4007
3860
George Smith ...'.
.
4282
Herman
H.
Casas
.....
... 4008
73.09 Harry A. Gauntlett
.' 4135
106
3861
Anlonllno Soto ...
.
4283
James T. Desomreaux .. 4009
Jo.se M. Seara
96.42 Sant H. Persaud ."
4138
67.26 George
3862
Aaron Sasser ....
.
D.
Linford
...
Jesus G. Fernandez .... 4284
63.37 George M. HUdreth
4137
88.65 Livingstone C. Fortner ... 4010
3863
Francis Keelan ..
.
4285
.B
B.
Saunders.
:
.. 4011
62.21 Leopold Bruce
4138
106.53 John E. Kennedy ...
3864
John Halpin
.
4288
Julius S. AtweU .......
83.37 William J. Forde........ 4139
101.87 Herbert P. McDaniel .... 4012
3865
James House .....
.
4287
Peter Blanco
... 4013
39.66 Stanley F. Koenig....... 4140
55.60 Feliks Jarocinski
3866
Charles Lufkin ...
.
4288
Josephine
Messiper .....
.... 4014
83.20 Chas. D. Paden.
4141
7.1.09 Monroe Caddy
3867
John Koney
.
4289
Enrique
Hernandez
...,^
.... 4015
64.15 .Toseph Scott
4142
82,43 John U. Sauerheber .
3868
Robert Eaton .....
Grover P. Duncan ... • .
.. 4290
.... 4016
97.98 Peter Cemashko
4143
...... 3809
' 61.43 Eugene R. CroweU ,.
George Heale.v ....
.
4201
Isaac Craft
.... 4017
81.26 Wasll P. Zimiak.....,.:. 4144
36.04 Hoy B. Wlngard .....
3870
Harold Chanley ...
.
4292
Arba
M.
Scarlett
.... 4018
55.60 Merle W. Houx .......... 4145
36.94 Roy Roberts .......
...... 3871
John Seymour ......
.
4293
Herman W. Norris • ....
.... 4019
74.65 Jack D. Sefatt........ ..... 4148
04.09 James C. Craddock ..
3872
Henry Martin .....
.
4294
Maiden D. Hibbs
4020
66.87 Bobby Whitehores
4147
65.71 Alfred Aavs
3873
Lauton Beale ....
.
4295
Otto W. EdwaU
.... 4021
lai.03 Ah. Lee King
4148
Void
3874
Void
.
4208
Joseph A. Leslie .......
....4022
35.38 Jolm H. Hunt
4149
45.49 John P. Tessitore ...
...... 3875
Joshua I.and
.,4297
Frank
Manero
John
Homen
.... 4023
61.82
Frederick V. Noblitt ... 4150 !
73.87
3876
Dargan Coker..i..
(Continued from page 23)
Paul G. Lighten .
Adie Coleman ....
Mateo H. Lorenzo
1
••
1 •
SiS
Is s...
Hafry F. Goodwin ...
•
;s,
65.71 'Cralz O. Dewltt .. .
65.32 WllUam C. McCousitIo 1 4301
65.71 S. Arrebola
.. 4302
101.09 Ramon Fuentes
.. 4303
87.87 Ekifemio Chanez
..4304
57.9.3 David Knight
; .. 4305
75.82 Harvey T. Higgins ... .. 4306
85.18 Albert G. McLaughlin .. 4307
68.82 Gerald K. Lima
.. 43<%
63.37 Howard C. Parker .. .. 4309
49.38 Mark Plummer
.. 4310
102.64 Harold O. Jansen .... .. 4311
54.43 Alex Strachan
.. 4312
39.27 William W. Walker ... .. 4313
75.04 Clarence R. Brockett., .. 4314
40.44 Peter F. Spencer
.. 4315
94.09 Edward Becker
.. 4316
44.32 Robert L. Littleton ... .. 4317
97.59 Charles W. Shaw
.. 4318
55.60 James E. Hillary T.... .. 4319
43.55 Philip C. Mendoza .... .. 4320
72.32 Dennis M. Tabor
.. 4321
57.03 Cecil H. Hardy
.. 4322
92.53 Antonio J. Sanchez ... .. 4323
59.88
84.76
107.70
Charles Floren
97.59 cio, chief elec
94.09
37.32 trician: Ain't this
78.54 something? Top
89.42
64.15 pay and condi
57.15 tions on the
75.82
50.54 ships, benefits
109.25 when we're sick
100.31
93.70 and now vacation
38.40 for every day we
96.42
102.64 work.
73.87
43.55
4324
38.10 Earnest E. Morgan
55.60 Stephen J. Frankewig .... 4325
48.21 Cleveland W. Manning .. 4326
4327
85.15 Edgar A. Johnston
4328
35.38 Francisco G. Vega
PhiUp
F.
Korol
4329
30.27
4330
87.87 Morgan L. CarroU
4331
47.82 .WUUam F. Jones
82.04 Richard F. Roberts, Jr. .. 4332
Lars
Johansen
4333
62.60
4334
97.20 Juan M. Pascual
4335
53.27 Thomas E. Doane
Leroy
A.
Tolson
'..
4330
91.76
Andrew
J.
Martel
4337
71.15
4338
Void Russell M. Wright
4339
3500.00 John D. Moore
Diego
Martinez
.r.
4340
101.48
4341
87.09 Harry .1. Cronin
,. 4342
77.37 Frank W. Thomm
4343
82.81 James D. Beck
Emmett
P.
Burke
4344
79.32
4345
92.53 Fred R. Hattaway
81.05 Joseph A. McDougall .... 4340
Frank
E.
Williams
4347
75.04
4348
75.04 Edgar H. Fogler
4349
76.59 JuUus R. Scott
96.81 Nlckolay Dorolchuck .... 4350
Francis
L.
Sherwin
4351
101.87
4352
64.93 James L. Nicholson .
4353
104.09 Thomas Wills
Harry
A.
Weeks
...
4354
35.77
4355
John
Cisieckl
56.38
4350
88.65 Anthony Adomaltis .
4.357
59.10 Everista Misa
NeU
L.
Floyd
4358
38.49
WilUara
K.
Lockamy
4359
105..36
4300
109 25 John V. Clausson ..
94.48 Louis F. Blankenbeckler.. 4301
Stephen
T.
Cartwright
..
4362
47.04
4363
89.42 Arthur N, Thompson .
4364
39.66 Eugene L. Stark
4365
69.21 Howard B. Spell
Burl
C.
KUby
4366
82.04
4367
75.43 Charles V. Majstte ...
4368
64.93 Thomas J. Dennis ....
Richard
E.
Snyder
....
4369
65.32
4370
71.54 Gordon D. Marbury ..
4371
109.25 Van Whitney
4372
109.25 James F. Kennedy ...
Void
4373
104.20
4374
William
R.
Smith
.....
100.25
4375
109.25 Michael Klimvkis ....
4370
109.25 Edward R. Mastrianni .
Charles
J.
Dougherty
.
4377
109.25
4378
76.98 John ». Wisloff
4379
89.81 Sam A. Hutchinson
Jose
R.
Gonzalez
4380
90.14
Adelbert T.
Arnold
4381
74.65
4382
89.81 James A. Waller
106.92 Joseph V. Ptacek ....... 4383
Robert
Morton
4384
71.93
4385
94.09 Riley D. Carey
4380
101.00 William W. Barrett
82.81 Melvin C. Herring ...... 4387
Richard
J.
Boles
........ 4388
101.09
103.03 Fred Israel ............. 4389
82.04, Robert Henderson ....... 4390
101.87 Andrew Switch ........... 4391
4392
105.36 Alfredo Carmoega
4393
100.31 Raymond J. Graner
4394
104.20 Martin P. Linskey
To
Cash.
Vac.
Checks....
4395
100.31
60.65 Theodore Guidry ....... 4396
4397
75.04 John J. O'NeU
4398
104.20 John Boncek
Richard
Schwartz
4399
101.09
4400
81.26 Vincent L. RatcUff
4401
92.53 Jerome Pine
Raymond
Beltz
......... 4402
87.09
Harold
Peacock
4403
71.15
4404
106.02 Marlen T. Buttke
94.07 Joseph C. Fernandez .... 4405
4406
109.25 Alberto Rivero
871)9 Charles F. Eberhart ..... 4407
62.99 Walter C. Patterson .... 4408
4409
109.25 Frank Nagy
4410
. 97.98 Mack V. GalUgan
84.37 Donald Schmermund ... 4411
4412
82.81 Niels K. Pedersen
90.20 Josepfii .Wagner ........ 4413
90.98 Manfred Oscliltzki ...... 4414
4415
94.87 LesUe N. PearsaU
4410
86.31 Moses MUano
Harry
W.
Muches
4417
93.31
103.42 PhUlp G. Wright ....... 4418.
4419
52.10 James E. liaragona
4420
65.71 Frank Travis
Andrew
A.
Smith
...... 4421
65.71
102.25 David C. HaskeU ........ 4422
Jlohnson ..... 4423
James D, Johnson
108;48 'jrgmes
Grosvenor;,... 4424
79.70. .falter
52.10
81.65
04.48
67.26
103.42
99.92
104.20
100.31
62.60
108.09
108.86
$69.21
91.37
04.48
43.55
45.88
52.10
100.31
88.65
48.60
84.76,
41.21
87.87
70.76
Ml
! I
83.20
71.93
104.20
41.99
75.04
48.21
68.43
83.59
100.69
87.09
104.59
04.54
50.54
58.32
71.15
01.82
69.60
38.49
36.55
39.27
56.76
67.26
34.99
65.32
52.88
. 92.15
86.70
61.43
83.59
68.43
64.15
79.70
94.48
77.76
37.71
58.71
100.69
74.65
87.09
60.20
75.43
52.10
80.87
60.60
73.48
77.70
75.82
80.87
72.32
Void
99.14
90.98
41.21
86.31
84.76
89.42
103.81
59.10
92.53
64.15
81.20
101.48
68.82
102.64
68.04
94.87
62.60
07.65
41.60
65.32
47.82
2,000.00
30.27
60.65
40.82
37.71
59.10
102.25
51.71
83.59
104.59
108.48
61.43
65.32
59.88
60 26
62.60
06.81
44.32
105.75
09.92
50.10
41.99
47.1)4
61.43
85.92
89.42
83.20
62.00
105.36
85.54
^9)
�VrMay. March f 1* IMtt
WMf Tmeutjtm
SEAfARERS LOG
SEA F A R E R S
TOTAL
$142,968.42
CASH BENEFITS
Vacation Plan
March 1—^March 15
Welfare Plan
Feb. 23—March 8
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
(Continued from page 24)
Luis Lopez
4549
Leo Rose
4550
Check
Stanley E. Brown
4551
Name
No. Amount Robert L. Zimmerman .. 4552
Max E. Greenwald
442S
78.15 John T. Shaw
4553
WUUam O'Brien
4426
52.10 Silno J. Gonzalez
4554
Osman B. Mat
4427
40.82 John R. Hlchele
4555
Genieun Baranakl ..... 4428
52.10 Robert L. Selken
4556
Czeslaw Jankiewic* .... 4429
75.43 Commacho Reyes
4557
John G. Naugle
4430
56.38 Robert C. Fravel
4558
Arthur G. TarbeU
4431
100.69 David P. BeU
4559
Willie M. Holcomb
4432
36.16 Francis P. Flanagan .... 4560
Louis L. Arena
4433
73.87 Terrence J. White
4561
Joseph E. Richard
4434
107.31 Alton E. Goodwin
4562
Edward Barry
4435
41.60 James W. Patterson .... 4563
Oswaldo R. Arango .... 4436
46.66 Lawrence P. Hogan .... 4564
John Gluse
(..4437
59.88 Efthimlds E. Ntentakls ..4565
Clarence J. Norrls
4438
85.15 WUllam P. DrlscoU
4568
James Brasfield
4439
104.09 Carl E. Comeaux
4567
Francisco Lucemo
4440
105.36 Robert Brown
4568
Anthony P. Smith
4441
35.38 Leland Henderson ..... 4569
Augustus R. Hlckey .... 4442
70.32 Curtis L. Handcock
4570
Daniel J. Hunt
4443
70.37 John A. King
4571
Duncan McCorklndale .. 4444
52.88 George O. Porter
4572
Clarence Halner
4573
Leland N. Bowman
4574
. Thomas J. Es
Dimitrios Gamvrilgiannis 4575
posito, messman:
Ralph A. Cannlff
4576
Richard F. Ransoms ... 4577
We Seafarers
WUliam F. Long
4578
have a lot to be
Joseph F. Barron
4579
Julius Smjdhe
4580
proud and happy
Roy R. Richardson
4581
about these days.
George Howard
4582
Nemesio Rodriguez
4583
Everything
Joseph H. Thomas
4584
Is running smooth
Arthur D. WUson
4585
on the ships and
niomas G. Lyons
4586
Tadeusz Chillnskl
4587
vacation pay to
Jno E. Anderson
4588
top it off. '
Harrison L. Wright .... 4589
James C. Langley
4590
53.27 Robert Guthrie
4591
Ralph G. LeRoy
4445
91.76 Luis R. WiUiams
4592
Daniel J. Sheehan
4446
83.20 Agustin M, Rodriguez ... 4593
Julian T. LeUnskl
4447
40.44 AUred A. Jackson
4594
Robert R. Bennett
4448
4595
106.14 Joseph Beary
Louis F. Ballarlnl
4449
36.55 Ray E. Schrum
4596
CllRord 'Thome
4450
34.99 BasU C. Resko
4597
Charles COllett
4451
65.71
Melvin F. Ebberts
4598
Charles Meloon
4452
35.38 Leroy Hite
4599
Frank J. Demasi. Jr
4453
103.0.3 Michael Laakso
4600
John Dunn
4454
72.71 John Rekstin
4601
John A. Turklngton ..... 4455
4602
103.81 Edward T. Apel
Edmund Giza
4456
42.77 E3mer C. Danner
4603
Irvin J. Saulsby
4457
53.27 Stanley Brown
4604
Frederick Ness
4458
4605
83.98 Paige C. Toomey
Arcadio Macapagal
4459
87.48
Charles
K.
PiersOli
4606
Frank P. Votto
4460
63.37 Thomas N. Johnson .... 4607
Merton D. Tlska
4461
94.48 Claurd H. Fowler .."... 4608
Ceferino Gonzallcs
^2
53.65 WUliam D. WUey
4609
Frederick H. Drewes ... 4463
Orville R. Mayhew
4610
82.81
Arther Botelho
4464
4611
98.37 Walter ConsoU
Marcelo S. Magaud
4465
• 87.09 Christos Elevtherlou ... 4612
Edward J... Leltch
4466
Gregorio
D.
CebaUos
.... 4613
63.76
Juan A. Colpe
4467
71.93 Rudolph R. Cefarattl ... 4614
William E. ApUn
4468
4615
42.77 Charles Carlson
William F. Vaughan .... 4469
4616
92.15 John Kowmanis
Joseph M. Skawlnskl ... 4470
Francis
J.
Dcptula
4617
63.37
Luis G. Figueroa
4471
40.44 Harry A. E. Jurgenson .. 4618
Eugene C. Drew
4472
4619
81.04 WiUy G. Johansen
Ludwlg Manhart
4473
4620
101.09 Perry P. Farson
WUliam T. Elwood
4474
61.43 Walerek J. KupidlowsM.. 4621
Troy M. Carver
4475
52.88 Joseph J. Melita ....... 4622
Arthur R. Brooka
4476
97.20 Robert L. Bouchard .... 4623
4477
Louis Samlo
^
4624
95.64 Arthur C. Onsrud
4478
Johannes Maehle
4628
78.15 Joseph F. Lewis
Oskar Vusmann
103.42 Antonio J. Arambum ... 4626
Olsit Rappana .........
Uoyd
E.
Wilson
4627
88.65
4481
CURon Nelson
64.54 Francis M. DoUn ....... 4628
Arnold Turi
4482
4629
38.49 Sedrlck J. Travis
Forrest D. Hood
4483
87.54 John G. McStravlck .... 4630
Joseph Roll
4484
Ralph
W.
TindeU
...... 4631
40.05
Guidlermo Pena
4485
.. 4632
96.SI George M. Fulton
Thomas J. Bolton
4486
4633
41.60 James J. Girolami
' Homer F. PaschaU
4487
38.88 Charles V. BouskUa .... 4684
Jefferson D. Griffith .... 4488
Andrew
L.
OUver
4638
99.82
' Per Samuelson
4489
4636
88.26 James A. OUver
Ray R. Austria
4490
«8.65 TTiedore Papoutsoglou .. 4637
Lloyd W. MacDonncU ... 4491
Bias
Torres
4638
37.32
Johnnie Snow. Jr.
4492
46^9
76.59 Thomas C. Deals
Jess. W. Martin
4493
4640
76.59 Gordon F. Hart
John T. Watt
4494
Eugene S. DanviUe
4495
103.03 Seifert J. Hamilton. Jr. 4641
88.71 Harvey Trawlck ........ 4642
Herbert R. Kreutz
4490
4643
78.15 Arthur Opsal
George R. Anderson ... 4497
4644
71.54 Joseph P. Wetzler
Jack Oosse. Jr
4498
Gd'orge
R.
Moors
4648
65.71
Wallace M. Simpson .... 4499
Floyd
Peary
4646
45.88
James H. Naylor
4500
4647
47.04 Edmund F. Cooks
Walter L. Griffin
4501
Carl N. Bolton
4502
92.53 Malcolm E. Chandler .... 4648
Herbert
L.
Burgin
4649
61.82
Ralph A. HoUand
4503
4650
89.04 Stanley Bojko
WUey Hinton. Jr
4504
4651
46.27 GUy R. Craig
Richard H. Hinton
4505
Clarence
Hodge
4652
Benjamin Aim
4506
88.32
Stanley
Lesko
...'
4653
Arthur W. Sentlf
4507
. 43.16
4654
45.49 John N. Crews. Jr
Fred M. Hazard
4508
97.20 HUdlng L. Palmqulst ;.. 4655
Charley W. Rhodes
4509
Matthew
J.
Fields
4656
38.88
Bearnard M. Rikard ....4510
4657
83:20 Luther J. Pats
Harry H. Fierce
4511
4658
Russell E. Lund
4512
87.09 Robert .K. Holt
"4659
William F. Helms
4513
95.26 Samuel Ginsberg
4660_
Clanton D. Jernlgan
4514
92.92 Eugene Iverson
4661
Kenneth G. HuUer
4515
73.09 Boleslau' J. Ozelak
Glenn O. DeMouy
4516
74.26 John C. Hirsimaki ...... 4662
Alfred
J.
Murtaugh
...; 4663
Armado R. Rivera
4517
41.99
James W. Johnson ..... 4518
42.38 Teofilo A. Garcia ...... 4664
4665
108.86 Frank Petrone
Emmett W. Mayo
4519
4666
68.82 Howard LeCompts
Herma * Johnson
4520
John
J.
DePoo
...; 4667
Andrew R. Johnson .... 4521
81.32
James
J.
Redlcan'
4668
97.20
Manuel V. Daza
4522
4669
83.08 Alfred D. Tuck
Andrew Perez
, 4523
Steve
W.
Kliderman
.... 4670
,80.87
Warren H. Cassldy ..... 4524
John
J.
McMahon
4671
65.71
Antonol Paguete
4525
4672
2,500.00 Wade H. Sexton
To Cash Vac. Checks.. 4526
4673
41.21 James H. Wood
Abe Partner
4527
William
C.
Gray
4674
69.21
Carl N. Petersen ....... 4528
Walter
L.
Gass
4675
61.82
Victor A. Benlsatto
4529
4676
74.65 Shelton T. Butler
WiUiam A. Danpheny ... 4530
Morris
Rosenberg
4677
Bertram Goluberg
4531
43.93
Fook
Fung
4678
88.85
Herman A. Luhrs
4532
4679
73.09 Juan V. Fernandez
Walter S. Smith
. 4533
4680
68.43 Charles R. Watson
Gordon E. Flnlay ...... 4534
Robert
F.
Leeman
4681
57.15
Arthur R. King
4535
Walter
M.
Cutter
4682
97.59
Hugh R. Duggan ' a s • • • •• '•
4536
4683
' 57.15 WUUam H. Cooney
Oscar L. Sartln
.4537
4684
36.94 Fred W. CarroU
Morris J. Black
... 4538
.John
J. •
K
ennedy
4685
80.87
Robert J. Raty
4539
39.66 WiUiam T. Connolly .... 4686
RueU' E. Webster ....... 4540
4687
80.93 Walter J. Edmunds
Leonard P. Sterland
4541
68.04 James A. Anderson .... 4688
John T. Giloskl ........ 4542
Irwin
W.
Bassett
4689
80.16
RoUan R. Teets ;
4848
82.10 Charles R.' Robinson ... 4690
Edwardo B. Santarowana 4544
WUfred
W.
Beohner
.... 4691
Thomas H. Bonvle .. 1... '4548 3. '46.27
'40.82 GOlbert J. Camden ...
MUton D. Falrcloth . . .. 4546
irry L. Baiun
83
France A. Marie ....... 484*1
Whl^^r;;
107
4695
77.37 Allen Vegh
4696
71.54 Junior Midcalf
4697
41.21 Georg W. Pritchett
83.20 To Cash Vac. Checks .... 4698
4699
61.82 Samuel Johnson
4700
99.53 James V. QiUnlan
4701
87.48 Jesse Henry
4702
73.48 Gabriel Borjancie
Clair
P.
Wingfieid
4703
73.48
4704
69.21 Garland O. Travis
4705
74.26 Wayne Murphy
4706
81.26 Charles C. Arnold
4707
53.65 Frank A. Fiorini
4708
79.32 Jessie R. GrifUn
4700
56.38 James Robinson
John
D.
MUton
4710
75.04
59.47 MitcheU L. Lemieux..... 4711
' 4712
71.93 John Bednar
4713
36.16 Jose C. Morales
Kenneth
J.
Lewis
4714
107.31
4715
105.75 Jose M. Lopez
4716
73.48 Joseph Kowaiski
4717
56.76 Joe O. McLeve
Kenneth
P.
Pouiter
4718
54.04
4719
94.87 Thomas H. Safrit
4720
74.26 Lewis C. Deese.
Joseph
Kissel
4721
78.15
4722
36.55 Junius MiUer
4723
70.37 Warren E. Frye
Charles
Seroczynskl
4724
73.87
Frank
Fabanuk
4725
71.93
4726
75.82 Moody WiUis
4727
95.64 Robert Wiseman
Charles
P.
Vam
4728
61.43
4729
72.32 Foo Ching
4730
53.65 George J. Betz
Ray
O.
Noack
4731
68.04
Lawrence
O'Clair'
•
4732
61.04
4733
106.14 Edward L. Foss
4734
99.14 AUan E. Gordon
4735
38.88 Joseph E. Wilkee
Charles
V.
Horton
4736
35.77
4737
62.21 Lewis K. Gordon
4738
64.54 Charlie C. Conner
Jimmie
Littleton
4739
78.15
42.77
51.71
54.43
Angelo B. Orel
108.53
48.99 lo. OS: I've been
69.60 telling some of
57.93
75.82 those other char
40.44 acters what a un
87.87
39.27 ion we have.
76.98 What'll they say
65.32
57.54 now when I
48.60 flash some of
83.20
105.36 these cris^ bills
72.32 at *em.
59.10
59.10
73.09 Woodrow W. Spivey
4740
51.71 Charles W. WUliams..... 4741
111.20 Charles B. Russ (Adjusted
35.38
Ck. 484)
4742
94.09 WUUam H. Lewis
4743
56.76 Werner W. Reichenbach. 4744
96.81 John R. Chaker
4745
62.60 Arthur A. MaUon
4746
78.93 Charles W. Garrison. Jr.. 4747
73.87 Theodore Catharine
4748
87.09 Andrew R. Jones
4749
48.99 CarroU E. Martin
4750
90.98 Harry E. Swanson
4751
71.15 Christos Mavroudis
4752
86.70 Joseph Leloy
4753
77.37 Harris E. PhilUps
4754
68.82 Sidney Rothman ........ 4755
104.20 John H. Peterson
4756
63.76 Max E. Moore
4757
85.15 Jan J. Vanos
4758
38.10 Thomas Moore
4759
76.59 Constantin Dobrovolsky.. 4760
101.48 Fernando Senet
4761
78.15 Edward T. Cunningham.. 4762
106.92 Robert R. White
4763
96.48 Frank P. Drozak
4764
52.49 Ronald D. Stough
4765
64.93 George F. Davey
; 4766
41.60 Daniel D. Backrak. 4767
75.04 SterUng F. CuUison
4768
75.82 Lamar H. Grizzard
4769
85.92 WUliam C. Spivey
4770
61.82 Michael W. Budzah
4771
99.14 Frank B. BrazeU.
4772
85.71 Roland C. Heins
4773
100.31 Richard A. Carter
4774
80.87 Von Lehe R. Beverley... 4775
39.66 Reuben B. Hubbard. Jr.. 4776
39.27 Benjamin Woznicki
4777
45.10 Albert M. Morse
4778
11.66 Concepcion Mejia
4779 °
103.42 Wyatt W. Hughes
4780
40.05 James Francisco
4781
103.03 Edward V. Smith
4782
45.88 Pedro Moreno
4783
55.21 Albert R. Castro, Jr
4784
94.09 GUbert W. Viner
4785
54.43 Edward M. "Stevenson
4786
73.09 Jesse Rabago. Jr
4787
58.32 Edward G. Makarok
4788
85.54 Paul H. Raggett
4789
38.88 Charles J. Burns
4790
69.99 Arless M. Gunter
4791
36.94 Herbert A. Reynolds.... 4792
89.04 Edward J. Arostegui...., 4793
96.03 Charles S. Smith..
4794
104.20 Leonard F. ElUs ........ 4795
56.38 WUiis C. Hubbard
4796
42.77 Albert J. Chavenal
4797
48.60 Antonio Garza
4798
76.59 Richard H. Schulze
4799
48.60 Gordon F. Walker
4800
99.53 Ernest P. Janosko
4801
51.71 Earle B. McCoUom
4802
48.99 Ralf Davis
4803
48.09 James M. Mason
4804
47.43 James P. Rankin...
4805
42.38 Henry A. Voland
4806
73.09 Spencer WUson
4807
89.04 S. Wieczorkiewicz
4808
57.54 Curtis E. Wheat
4809
71.15 James W. Hunt
4810
48.60 Horace Ledwell
4811
74.26 Charlie B. Karlsen
4812
86.31 Wilbert J. Bunthoff
4813
41.99 John F. McLaughUn
4814
77.76 Richard J. Chiasson
4815
62.21 Theodore H. Gerber..... 4816
36.55 Adolph Swenson
4817
Truman. A, Potrlquln...> 4818
• .chardilji Taylor..?^:l^Jl) ,
84.76
94.09
47.82
3000.00
$99.14
70.76
97.98
57.15
64.15
42.38
37.71
55.60
38.10
56.38
94.09
68.82
97.59
06.81
86.70
96.03
46.66
58.71
42.38
81.26
40.44
68.43
82.43
37.71
58.32
89.42
36.94
62.99
91.37
84.37
93.31
107.31
106.53
74.65
48.60
82.43
47.82
86.31
56.38
67.65
108.86
97.98
42.77
23.72
106.92
40.05
106.92
45.10
97.59
99.14
71.54
37.32
106.53
90.98
48.21
55.21
, 72.71
41.99
38.49
97.59
88 85
111.60
102.25
50.54
82.04
59.10
95.64
106.53
^ 77.37
'108.09
86.31
96.81
99.14
91.76
97.98
103,42
93.31
44.71
82.43
64.15
87.87
58.71
47.82
60.65
59.88
38.49
91.76
70.37
55.21
. 54.04
53.65
68.04
77.37
45.10
94.48
100.31
72.71
68.43
45.88
89.04
78.15
43.55
77.76
86.31
50.16
84.76
79.32
100.69
73.46
69.60
55.60
. 77.76
101.48
79.32
94.48
59.47
57.93
91.37
89.04
48.«8,
I
Frederick J. Rundblad.
Arvid GyUand
Donald J. Pressby
PhiUp Lobianco
Edward A. Lukowskl...
George W. CampbeU...
Louis Borowick
Olav N. Seim
David B. Sacher
Sidney C. Day
Chiang Ah Kang
George Green
To Cash Vac. Checks..
Joseph P. McKay
Pasquale A. Taurasl...
Frank W. Smith
WUUam Stricko
Vernon HaU
Phillip G. Salino
Alvaro M. Dos Santos..
Edward J. Farrell.....
Edward P. R. Harper..
Stanley E. Duda
James L. Thomas
WUUam M. Herrin
Joseph P. G. Le Blanc.
Andrew A. Thompson..
Roy E. Stern
Richard E. Charroin...
Daniel Mejias
Walter J. Reidy
Void
Frank Ramos
Bobby M. Slade
Edgar L. Krotzer
Robert Alvarado
Jesus Gonzales
Walter C. Craven
Armando Gon Flores...
Aughtley G. Worley...
Charles E. Veach
Francisco P. SortiUo...
Anthony Korsak ......
August Chardiu
PhiUp Navitsky
Leo GUlis
EUwood E. Trainer....
John W. Tingle
WUUam B. BadUlo
Vertis C. Smith
Louis Hernandez
Hale R. Hampton, Jr...
Raymond F. Holder
Guthrie M. Guthrie....
CorneUus V. Murray...
AUden Bennett, Jr
Richard J. Swiderskl...
Flem H. Clay
Robert Berryman
Norman I. West
CUnton R. Carpenter..
John L. Madden
4820
4821
4822
4823
4824
4825
4826
4827
4828
4829
4830
4831
4832
4833
4834
4835
4836
4837
4838
4839
4840
4841
4842
4843
4844
4845
4846
4847
4848
4849
4850
, 4851
4852
4853
4854
4855
4856
4857
4858
4859
4860
4861
4862
4863
4864
4865
4866
4867
4868
4870
4871
4872
4873
4874
4875
4876
4877
4878
4879
4380
4881
4882
40.82 AUen W. Fitts
4883
68.82 Haywood Scheard
4884
66.10 Francis Levene
4885
36.55 Clarence L. Jones
4886
83.59 Felipe M. Reyes
4887
100.69 John A. Chestnut
4888
101.11 Henry HUl
4889
48.61 Charles Perkins
Floyd
S.
Crumplen
4890
99.17
4891
64.54 Martin T. OToole
4892
108.50 WUUam A. CutshaU
61.83 WUliam H. Chadburn.... 4893
4894
3500.00 Paul E. Huggins
4895
65.72 James V. Nelson
4896
80.89 Frank Wong
Robert
Avalon
4897
67.67
4898
52.11 Walter C. Paris
4899
75.06 Richard L. Abbey
Jose
Moral
4900
42.00
Eric
P.
O.
Berg
4901
78.17
71.17 Frank W. Schmiedel. Jr.. 4902
4903 .
79.33 Robert Luxemburg
4904
41.61 Arthur A. Seago
• 85.17
72.72
Johan A. Axels
62.22 sohn, AB: Sea
50.56
85.94 med always were
90.61 given a rough
60.67
61.44 deal in the old
Void days and a paid
57.17
73.50 vacation was us
78.94 ually a pipe
72.33
49.00 dream. I didn't
72.72 think I'd see the
80.50
78.56 day like this.
92.56
4905
63.00 Harold P. Scott
4906
87.50 Acneal A. Benoit
4907
108.50 George L. ToUiver
62.61 Tinerman J. Lee
4908
38.11 John D. Barnett
4909
77.78 Clarence F. Gardner
4910 ,
84.00 Ivan A. Duming
4911
70.00 WiUiam E. Roberts
4912
43.56 LesUe J. GuiUot
4913
32.28 James Dand
4914
4915
70.78 Lum E. Quinton
65.72 JosephC. WUUams
'4916
43.56 Manuel Rial
4917
36.17 Dexter L. WorreU
4918
62.22 Marion H. Simoneaux.... 4919
47.83 Francis Pastrano
4920
82.06 Kenneth GUlanders
4921
102.28 Harold R. Freeman
4922
81.28 Agripino P. DipasupU.... 4923
38.50 George T. Jackson
4924
82.06 Antonio Viera
4925
102.67
102.67
109.67
84.78
96.44
35.00
102.28
94.11
95.67
108.50
78.56
71.56
92.17
64.94
61.06
65.72
94.89
98.39
110.83
65.72
93.33
53.28
95.67
64.56
101.89
75.44
70.00
64.17
57.56
41.22
'42.39
65.72
42.39
52.50
98.78
99.94
61.83
47.83
79.72
39.67
42.39
83.22
54.44
72.33
Welfare
REPORT NO. '^4
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
Period Covered By This Report—Feb. 23March 8
Cash on Hand
$391,944.59
US Government Bonds
754,023.44
Estimated Accounts Receivable
200,000*.00
Hospital Benefits Paid in Period
6,875.00
Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
135,706.00
Deatii Benefits Paid in Period
13,000.00
Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
209,866.66
FIRLAND SANATORIUM, SEATTLE
EmU Austad
$60.00
USPHS HOSPITAL, NORFOLK
WiUiam Armstron
$15.00
TerreU D. Adams
15.00
Albert Brickhouse
15.00
John HUl
15.00
OUver Holmes
15.00
Roger Horton
30.00
Gerald McCarthy
30.00
Leonard Murphy
30.00
Edgar McVicker
15.00
WUUam Murchison
15.00
Willie L. Outen
30.00
Earl Overturp
45.00
Edbert Palmer
15.00
Shirley E. Roundtree
30.00
Thomas Stevens
30.00
Franklyn Trenholm
30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL. GALVESTON
F. W. Burford
,$15.00
Nolan Fontenot
15.00
W. S. Getty
45.00
B. F. Grice
15.00
K. D. Mcintosh
15J)0
PaiU Norton
15.00
Shirley Poole
30.00
A. J. Scheving
15.00
S. B. Tribble
30.00
F. A. Walaska
: 30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL. SAVANNAH
W. B. Creech
$30.00
O. S. Flynn
15.00
J. T. Moore
30.00
T. S. Musgrove
15.00
John H. Skipper
15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL, PHILADELPHIA
Stanley Perzeproski
$15.00
SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSP..
LONG PEACH
Thomas Lyons
. .
$15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL. BALTIMORE
Thomas Ankerson
$30.00
Nelson W. Blades .
30.00
Donald Bragg
15.00
Edmund Cabanski
90.00
Bernie P. Coin ...
15.00
David Gilmore ...
15.00
Joseph Goude . ...
30.00
Ruthwln Haylock ,
15.00
30.00
Hugo J. HUden ...
Walden Jester ...,
15.00
T. Larrents
15.00
Charles Lockman .
15.00
30.00
Earl McKendreo ..
30.00
H. W. Muches ....
30.00
Thomas Mungo ...
15.00
PhUip Navitsky ...
G. Nichols ......
.15.00
WlUlam, Pendleton
•W
''' • V'
M
."f A*jf ir ft.t
J. E. Recalde
30.00
Arthur Reinboldt
30 00
Ruperto Rivera
30.00
John Robinson
30.00
John M. Stone
30.00
John A. Stout
30.00
WUUam Stromberg
15.00
Charles Sturmer
30.00
WiUiam WaUace
30.00
Albert WUUs .
30 00
USPHS HOSP.. FORT STANTON. N. M.
Thomas Isaksen .
. $60 00
SAILORS SNUG HARBOR, S. 1.. N. Y.
Joseph Koslusky
$30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL, MEMPHIS
Clarence Shively
$30.00
Virgil E. WUmoth
60 00
USPHS HOSP.. STATEN ISLAND
C. Adams
• . $15 U0.«
O. Ames
45.00
A. Banes
15.00
M. Bass
30 no
N. Bechlivanis
15.00
John Brady
15 00
Thomrs Caffrey
l.l 00
Francisco Cnlascione
15.00
Frank Cardoza
15.00
Alfred Carmoega
15.00
Walter Cox
70 00
Joseph Cuelles
.30 no
P. Davenport
3" "0
James Downie .
30 00
Lawrence DuBeau
30 00
Robert Dillon
15 00
F. Farina
30 00
John Frenkler
1". no
John Gleson
15 no
Hans Hanssen
15.00°
R. Hobdy
30 00
O. Hultin
30 00
J. Kachelhoffer
30 00
Ch.rles Kerstens
°
30 <X)
D. W. KimbreU
15 00
John Kosinski
30.00
Thomas Kustas
30.00
Robert Larsen
15.00
James Lawlor
15 00
S. Letayada
15.00
K. Lewis
15 00
WiUiam Lo.van
30.(X)
James MacCrea
15.00
George Mandzsk
.'
15.00
J. E. McElreath
15.00^
M. Mitchell
....ii;.... 15.00*^'
Alfred MueUer
30.00
F. Nering
45.00
William Owens
30 00
• Toseph Prindezis
'.
30.00
F. PurceU
30.00 .
Si;
w.i^i
"vll
�5'j; 7^= j'" <•
• " •
tr.
S^ArAkEKS" t&G
... DIGEST of SHIPS'
should not be used for washing clothes. check and see If necessary repairs ar* Ship's delegate outlined the new vaca the chief engineer about repaira or ra>'
tion plan. It was advised that all hands place fans as needed.
keep their own record of their Saturday
overtime as it may be retroactive. A mas
YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman), Feb. 16
ter repair list should be made up for the —Chairman, Nals Larson; Secretary, Tad
Thompson. After some discussion on the
cided that steam jets in the laundry Chairman, Jack Duniap; Secretary, John Mace. The ship's fund stands at $199. It patrolman and the oncoming crew.
transportation question, a motion waa
room not to be used after 8:00 p.m, Forget. $15.10 reported in the ship's fund was brought to the attention of the crew
NORTH
PLATTE
VICTORY
(Mississip
that
news
of
ship's
meetings
has
been
made to take It up with the patrolman
The
12 to
4 foc'sle
is
in
need
of
two
fans.
Deck delegate urged more cooperation in
pi),
Mar.
4—Chairman,
Gaorga
Chandler;
flnding
its
way
topside.
If
that
person
is
on
arrival back home. A suggestion mada
Locker
space
is
insufficient.
keeping the messroom and the recrea
discovered he will be brought up on Sacratary, R. W. Elliott. The ship's dele to keep the messroom cleared of all out
tion room clean.
gate
is
to
see
the
Captain
about
getting
siders. The delegates of each department
GREECE VICTORY (Sooth Atlantic), charges. Discussion on crew messman
more clothing and other needed items in plan to get together and set up a set'of
SOOTHSTAR (Sooth Atlantic), Feb. 14 Feb. 10—Chairman, John Connolly; Sec keeping crew messhall cleaner.
the slop chest. Delegates reported no rules to maintain the upkeep of thft.
—Chairman, R. M. Godwon; Secretary, C. retary, Amos Baum. Delegates reported
messroom and pantry.
FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), Marcij beefs.
M. Rice. All hands were asked to keep new man signed on in Yokohama to re
the laundry clean. All screen doors need place man in hospital. Ship's delegate 3—Chairman, M. Joao; Secretary, J. A.
BENTS. FORT (Cities Service), Chair
FRENCH CREEK (Cittas Service), Mar.
repairing. Decks in deck department are explained to all trip and permit men that Scoper. Suggestion made that men going man,
H. F. Jaynat; Secretary, Lewis L. 3—Chairman,. M,. Joao; Secretary, T. A.
they were free to have their say as well on watch sit at regular place at the
to be painted.
Henry.
Delegates
reported
ship
is •
r
un'
Scoper.
Instructed members to check cff
as book men. He also asked more coop table for the conveniedce of the mess
man serving them first. A vote of thanks ning in a smooth condition. A vote of with patrolman at payoff. Ship's delegate
STEEL ROVER (isthmian), Joe Kramer; eration in keeping the laundry clean.
extended to the steward for perfect thanks was extend.ed to the headquarters to have patrolman and port engineer
Secretary, Howard Newton. The ship's
officials for the good work on the wel checls on washing machine and repair
WACOSTA (Waterman), Feb. 25—Chair menu suggestions.
delegate discussed the importance of and
fare plan and the vacation pay. All the
(Continued on page 27) ;
the procedure for suggested changes in man, E. Mosiey; Secretary, G. Buseigiio.
lockers
are tq be checked.
SALEM
MARITIME
(Cities
Service),
All
books
to
be
turned
over
to
the
the agreement. Chief electrician brought
up the need for overhauling scupper sys delegates with a list of how milch dues Feb. 29—Chairman, L. Pickett; Secretary,
FAiRLAND (Waterman), Chairman,
they want to pay. Suggestion that each George Mates. $16.90 reported in the
tem. Ship's fund stands at $32.50.
crewmember give at least $1 to the ship's fund. Steward was asked to put Durwood Dees; Secretary, Bill E. Doyle.
ice in the water or to ask messman to Delegates reported everything okay. "The
FRANCES (Boil), March 1—Chairman, March of Dimes fund.
change water at mealtime so as to keep crew was asked to wipe their hands "be
J. Buzaiewski; Secretary, Mike Zeionka.
fore entering the pantry. Amount of ice
The cook was asked to improve the menu
JAMES K. WALKER (Bloomfieid), Feb. the water cold. Repair list will be made cream to be served was brought up and
and the night hinch and juices in the 16—Chairman, W. L. Hammock; Secre up. Motion made that milk be seived at settled
(Continued from page 25)
successfully.
morning. The deck department needs tary, Q. H. Krohn. Delegates reported noon for the watch which was not at
Juan Rueda
15.00
lockers for their dirty paint clothes. Pay everything okay. Motion made and car breakfast.
BRADFORD
ISLAND
(Cities
Service),
A.
Ruiz
15.1W
off patrolman to straighten put beefs rled that no one from ashore be allowed
Mar.
6—Chairman,
Vincent
KIchvice;
Sec
CANTIGNY
(Cities
Service),
Feb.
37—
John
Sanri
.......
30.00
• bout boat drills on Saturday mornings. in messrooms. galley or foc'sles and that Chairman, D. M. Irulne; Secretary, G. retary, Charles C. Smith. Treasurer re
T,
Samford
15.00
no work be permitted by any outsider Galliano. Chipped cups and dishes to be ported $29.15 in the ship's fund. Discus Julius B. Schutte .
15.00
GREELEY VICTORY (Sooth Atlantic), from ashore. Discussion about the way
sion
on
keeping
the
messroom
dean
in
discarded.
All
hands
reminded
to
turn
Fred
Serrahn
15.00
Feb. 15—Chairman, John Thompson; Sec the food was being cooked.
port,
Suggested
that
ship's
delegate
see
off
switch
on
washing
machine
after
us
Ralph
Sigler
30.00
retary, B. Adol. One crewmember was
ing it. Men were instructed that under
30.00
John Slaman
liarred from further ship's meetings be
JAMES
McHENRY
(Bioomfleid),
Feb.
17
no
circumstances
were
they
to
discuss
15.00
John
Snyder
cause of his activity with topside. The —Chairman, Breeden; Secretary, P. L. union activity with .any of the officers.
30.00
Emerson
Spaulding
crew was asked to settle all gripes at Whitlow. Motion made and carried that
80.00
August Stelnman
meetings. Steward and cooks given a
30.00
KATHRYN (Bull), March 3—Chairman,
Albert Sylvester ...
vote of thanks on handling department the contract be studied by the crew for George
Nelson;. Secretary,
George
Burke.
15.00
recommendation
for
clarifications
or
S.
Swienckoski
nicely while ship was in dry dock and
changes
and
be
sent
into
headquarters
Delegates
reported
no
beefs.
Messman
John
Tranaglini
30.00
While men were sick.
for the negotiating committee. Sugges asked crew to cooperate at feeding time
J. Walklewicz
15.00
Anthony F. Comodeo
Francis Wall
30.00
tion made that fan situation be checked to avoid confusion.
Henry Woods
30.00
and if extra fans are needed to get them
Fellit Bonefont
USPHS HOSPITAL. MOBILE
in San Pedro.
ALCOA P.URITAN. (Alcoa), March 3— . Report to 'Vacation Fund office
Tim Burke
:... $30.00
Chairman, A. Mitchell; Secretary, Gerald
MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Can Dunham. The washing machine aboard in NY headquarters, Room 303, im E. E. Dykes
15.00
W. J. Gray
30.00
riers), Feb. 23—Chairman, D. Mease; Sec is the property of the SIU and it was mediately on arrival in port
C. L. Jones
30.00
retary, W. Burch. Delegates reported decided that in the event of breakdown,
J. H. Jones
30.00
that everything appeared to be in fairly the machine will be repaired at the ex
George
Robinson
30.00
KNUTE ROCKNE (Alcoa), Jan. 35— good shape. All hands were asked to pense of the company. List of slop chest
The following men have been
USPHS HOSPITAL, BRIGHTON
Chairman, J. Stringfeiiow; Secretary, C. treat the lockers a little better as the needs to be presented to the captain at
classified as 2A by their local draft Walter E. Bezanson
$15.00
L. Shirah. Discussion about men making company does not want to be repairing Newport News. Virginia.
Thomas H. Bonvie
15.00
too much noise in passageways, and keep the same lockers every trip.
boards:
William
A.
Abercrombie
R.
P.
Bowman
15.00
ing otiier men awake. All hands were
until September 1952; Logan J. C. F. Dwyer
15.00
EVELYN (Bull), F«b. 34—Chairman, A.
asked to help keep the laundry clean by
A. D. Leva
15.00
bringing empty boxes out with them. Anderson; Secretary, B. C. Dacey. All
Richard,
until'
S
eptember
6,
1952;
James
R.
Lewis
15.00
crewmembers were asked to donate $1
Crew was asked not to waste water.
Raymond Charles Buckley ~ until G. Vourloumls
15.00
to the ship's fund. The deck department
USPHS HOSPITAL. SAN FRANaSCO
CARRABULLE (National Navigation), was asked to keep the lower door on the
September 1952; .Phillip Von Wet W.
J. Anderson
$30.00
Feb. 3—Chairman, M. A. Machei; Secre port side closed during rough weather.
tering
until
June
1952;
John
T.
Cheng
Gee
15.00
tary, Pete Piascik. $117.79 reported in the
3a.(.'0
STEEL VOYAGER (isthmian), Feb. 10
Fab. 13—Chairman, A. Mitchie; S«cr» Flanagan until.September 22, 1952; Plo Ejerclto
ship's fund. Motion made and carried
60.00
to donate S25 to the March of Dimes. —Chairman, Wiiiiam Brewer; Secretary, lary, Varnon Hail. .Delegate asked each Orlando Lopez until September A. W. IsmaU
Richard Pujos
15.00
Each department was asked to submit Joseph Hecki. Suggestion made that member to donate two dollars to the
Charles
Robertson
15.00
March
of
Dimes
campaign.
Members
of
their suggestions for the coming new. every crewmember check up on his over
1952.
•
Peter Smith
30.00
agreement. The question was raised time siips for any errors before ship the crew paid $22.50 per 300.000 units of
David Sorensen
t
30.00
• bout the lockers aboard ship. It was reaches pqrt. The steward asked for all penicillin. Vote of thanks to the steward
15.00
department.
The following men have retroac Joseph Spenzel
suggested that a letter be sent asking the excess linens to be returned.
Leonard
Stinnett
15.00
Union officials to contact the company to
USPHS HOSPITAL, SEATTLE
ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), March 3— tive checks waiting for them at
see what could be done about repairing
MONTEBELLO HILLS (Western Tank
I. Gibbons
SOO.OO
or renewing lockers.
ers), Feb. 16—Chairman, John R. Talbot; Chairman, Ma|er T. Costaiio; Sacratary, Cities Service Oil Company, care Francis
William
B. Jones
,.v
60.00
Secretary, F. J. Smith. Ship's delegate Jimmie Nelson. Communications read of E. A. Sadowski, 23 Pearl Street:
DEER'S
HEAD
STATE
HOSPITAL.
from
New
York
headquarters
on
vacation
GULFWATER (MarTrade), Feb. 3— to see the patrolman about contacting
SALISBURY. MARYLAND
Chairman, S. Dere; Secretary, J. Med Masters. Mates and Pilots about putting pay. Washing machine to be checked Checks will be held for 60 days.
S60.00
William Alpin, Jose Anldo. Eugene W. Michael J. Lucas
wed. Motion made that transportation be a stop to 2nd and 3rd Mates doing again to get it put aboard ship by com
USPHS
HOSP., MAN. BEACH,
pany. Suggestion to post payroll before Auer. Herman BJurkland. Arlliur Brown,
furnished to seamen transferring from sailors' work.
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y.
payoff.
Frank
H.
Carroll.
Robert
W.
Campbell,
March 2—Chairman, V. E. Burxak; Sec
one ship to another. Engine department
SOO.OO
John R. Chaker, Arthur CoDler. Jack C. Robert Atmore
• greed to let the washing machine be in retary, R. Ellis. Discussion on the im
60.00
TRANSATLANTIC (Boise Griffin), Feb. Cripe. William Dcmarets. Homer Dowell. Rupert A. Blake ....
stalled in their shower, and in return the provements of prime cuts of meat and
Claude' F.
Blanks
..
60.00
36—Chairman,
Carald
E.
Pattipa;
Secre
EUon K. Ebanks. Leroy Eggen. Edward
steward department agreed to let the en arrangement of menus. If company won't
60.00
C. Blosser
gine department tise their shower on the improve conditions, steward is to report tary, John E. Fisher. Motion made that Thomas Glazder, Maurice Gray. John Edmund
60.00
we ask that • the union try to secure Heacox. Thomas P. Hendricks. Lloyd p. Matthew Bruno .:. •
starboard side.
to the ship's delegate.
45.00
Waller
Chalk
larger hot water heater for this vessel. Anthony. Donald Annitage. Leo A.
60.00
Jack
M.
Dalton
The
ship
delegate
asked
that
all
mem
Benoit.
Edward
Brickley.
Robert
Cheek.
CORNELIUS
FORD
(Bull),
Feb.
16—
. DEL SUD (Mississippi), Jan. S—Chair
205.00
bers of the deck department keep the Harold J. CoUlns. Felix Carrero. Ar Epiilio Pelgado ....:
man, J. Johnson; Secretary, L. J. Bollin Chairman, R. M. Hamshira; Sacratary, J. shower clean.
r
60 00
thur ColUer, Edward Y. Corral. Jo John J. DriscoH ,.,
ger. Delegates reported no beefs. Motion H. Brandon. Suggestion to write to head
60.00
seph D'Entremont,' Richard E. Dingle, John T. Edwards ...
made and carried to buy recreation gear quarters to have the company furnish
60.00
Isaac
B. Duncan, Bobby E. Edwards, J, EspinoZa • ^ i,.
WILLIAM HARPER (Waterman), Feb,
up to $20 such as cribbage boards, domi new washing machine. The one on hand
60.00
Ely. Eiigens E. Flynn, Bernard Thomas D. BzzeU .<
noes. checker boards, chess boards, etc. was bought by the crew and it can not 17—Chairman, Stanley White; Secretary, Charles
E.
Ferrer
..
60.00
Hubert Phillips. The crew was told that Francois, George G. Glennon, Carl Gun Robert E. Gilbert ;.
Librarian spent $20 for magazines. Dis be repaired.
60.00
nesson,
Joseph
T.
Harrison,
Robert
W.
the
new
washing
machine
was
left
run
cussion on the March of Dimes.
75.00
FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), Fab. ning all night and was advised to take Hill. Donald Hutchins, Charles Robert John W. Keenan ..
Feb. 17—Chairman, Leonard Brown;
.45.00
Jefferis, John Karpen, Zohrap Krlkorian. Leo Kulakowski ...
Secretary, Baidy Bollinger. Motion made 23—Chairman, T. A. Scopar; Sacratary, better care of it in the future.
Arthur
Lomas
73.00
Arthur L. Langstou, Laurence Laronde,.
• nd carried to buy a new typewriter for R. Aivarado. $33 was collected for .TB
Makris
60.00
SEACORAL (Coral), Mar. 3—Chairman, Tommie K. l.ewls. Charles A. McCain, C.
the ship's paper, delegates, and ship's use. Seamens Hospital. Motion made and car
60.00
Faauo
Fred W. Nichols. Charles David MclUeath ...
Motion carried to send moving picture ried to post minutes of previous meeting Bill Thompson; Sacratary, Brnast W. Ja O'NeUl, Merta.
Vic
MUazzo
........
45.00
Jessie L. Perkins. Joseph V.
machine and washing machine ashore for on the bulletin board for benefit of new cobson. It was requested that all hands Ptacek. Walter
Lloyd
Miller
60.00
Ramln, Frank Ramos. Eu
members. All agreed that each depart take care in keeping the ship clean.
repairs.
John
R.
Murdoch'..
45.00
gene
Sobezak,
George
Shookla,
James
H.'
ment take a week in keeping the recrea
60.00
Stevens. Earl F. Steele. Aarne Ikkela, Pedro O. Peralto ..
tion room clean.
R.
A.
Ratcllff
......
60.00
SOUTHERN
DISTRICTS
(Southern
Joseph J. Jones, Bernard Kimberly, Regi
John
J. 'Richters
,...
60.00
Trading), Feb. 26—Cttairman, Cecil Pacist; MICHAEL (Carres), Feb. 2t—Chairman,
nald Langley, Joseph Lewnuk, Joseph
E. Shumaker ...
60.00
Secretary, none. Ship's delegate explains Roy Lundquist; Secretary, H. M. Ward.
Leger, James F. Mapp, WUlle L. Means.
60.00
to the new members of the 'crew the Ship's delegate reported everything in
Victor Moreno,' Michael Ondus, Walter Robert Slzemore
Timothy
Sullivan
60.00
duties of a union delegate, proper pro shipshape condition. Ship's iron to be
Onofrichuk, Wflliam Perry. Joseph O.
Albert
D.
Thompson
00 00
cedure for handling a legitimate beef, used promptly and returned to its re
Reese. Burton Reed, Calouet Savan, Jo
James C. Mitchell
USPHS HOSPITAL, NEW ORLEANS
new wage scales and overtime rates, and spective place so other crewmembers can
seph Santosplrlto, James Sherman, An
;
$30.00
Your brother is anxious to get dreas
the proper relationship between the crew use it.
Swensen, Joseph Stodolskl. Wil J. H. Adams
Allen
P. AntiU
30.f>0
• nd company officials. Delegate will see
liam Susikarl. Paige Toomey, Juan T.
in
touch
with you.
Write him soon,
30.00
the chief mate about painting the crew's
Urrutla, Ira Vaii Bridges, John Wilson. A. Ascend
BESSEMER
VICTORY
(South
Atlantic),
15.00
mess.
ilr
Sherman Wright. Walter L. Taylor. J. L. Arch
Feb. 22—Chairman, Edward F. Lessor;
30.00
Theodor Trlgohls, • William Utlsy, Al E. G. Billings ..
Secretary, J. Curlew. Motion made and
Ken Johnson
L.
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Busier
.'.
30.00
THOMAS P. LEATHER (Enstern), Feb. carried that a new washing machine be
len T. Welch, Thomas J. Wilson, Donald
Ralph Cannlff ..
Contact Woody by radiotele Zweep. Gilford Fontenot.
43.00
t4—Chairman, T. Smithers; Secretary, H. put aboard as per agreement. Member
Wilson
O.
Cara
30.00
Hankee. Delegates reported that as a ship asked to concentrate on suggestions gram about your expected arrival
James
D.
CardeU
80.00
whole everything was running along fairly for new agreement and notify delegates.
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L. Carrasqulllo
30.00
Well. Suggestion made that showers Repair list to be turned in. Patrolmen to time.
30.00
Crewmembers who paid off the Oliver Celestlne
Douglas (Haussen
15.00
Lawrence Victory in Portland, Ore James
Anyone
having
a
copy
of
"Cook
Crone
30.00
Edifor,
Cruz
30.1)0
ing and Baking on Shipboard" for gon on March 6, 1952 can collect RoseliO
B. P. DePriest
15.00
SEAFARERS LOG.
sale, contact George A. Pellerin, transportaticin moifey due them Martlno DeSalvo
30.()0
Eikenberry
15.00
523 Bienville Street, New Orleans. from agents of the Mississippi Herbert
675 Fourth Ave.,
E. R. Eklund
15.60
Shipping Company.
E.
E.
Gross
30.00
Brooklyn 32, N. Y.
Leonard
Kay
30.00
Ray (Whitey) Davis
P. Lamb
30.00
Tax statements for the following Paul
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Leo H. Lang
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15.00
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15.00
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(C«rr»t), F*b. 3}—Chairman, Suggestion made to be sure ' and have made.
Mika Rossi; Secretary, F. Haigney. The slopchest checked.
NOONDAY (Waterman), Feb. 7—Chair
operation of the washing machine was
CHiWAWA (Cities Eprvice), Feb. 31— men, D. E. Jones; Secretary, Bernard
explained by the steward. If was de
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... DIGEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS...
befors leaving the laundry. All hands to
keep ail unauthorized personnel out of
the messrooms and passageways in Italy.
Feb. 2)—Chairman, E. Brandelsbo; Sec
retary, Robert Bowley. Motion made and
carried unanimously that a letter be sent
to headquarters in regard to the com
pany's failure to forward mail to crew
RICHARD UPJOHN (Waterman), Jan. members in foreign ports. A discussion
30—Chairman, Alfred Slobarg; Secretary, was held on whether or not to start a
Joe Carrol. Suggestion made to be more ship's fund. A vote of thanks was given
careful in keeping the • •messroom
and to the steward department. A suggestion
night lunch table clean. Delegates re was made to take up a coUection for the
brothers in the Manhattan Beach Hospital.
ported no beefs.
Repair Usts are to be made out by the
SANTA VENETIA (MarTrade), Dec. U department deiegates and turned into
—Chairman, J. C. Shaeffer; Secretary, H. the (hip'£ delegate before the arrival in
A. Oeuntlett. Steward's department to No.foU;.
clean recreation room. Deck and engine
STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), Feb. 17—
departments to keep laundry clean.
Dee. SO—Chairmen,' H. A. CauntleH; Chairman, Earl Fancher; Secretary, Jamas
Sieeretary, J. C. Shaeffer. Motion made Redlcan. Motion made to have patrolman
and seconded that ail beefs in a depart clarify Just how the agreement is to be
ment be settled by tb~t department. Any construed regarding the painting of gal
beef that affects the welfare of thecrew ley. messrooms and pantry. Motion made
as a whole be brought up at a general to have ship fumigated because of com
meeting. Steward agreed to put out a plaints of the roaches in foc'sles.
larger variety of night lunch.
STONY CREEK (MarTrade), Mar. S—
Feb. 34—Chairmen, Charles Saline; Sec
retary, Harry Ceuntlett. Motion made Chairman, L. Fracklln; Secretary, William
that anyone paying off to get OK from Herman. Ship's delegate requested new
patfiolman. AU delegates to make up re mattresses and repairs on bed springs,
pair list. Ship's delegate told aU men which was denied as usual. Warning' was
that are getting off to leave foc'sle clean given to niierformers. There was a dis
and neat. Engine delegate reports a few cussion on the contract and the status of
beefs on disputed overtime.
aliens aboardship.
(Continued from page 26K
came or repUce It" wltti new one. su«
leitlon men goine on watch (it at regu
lar place at table for convenience of
messman in serving them first. A vote of
thanks to steward for perfect menu.
wni be read and posted on board. It Is
reported that there wUl be a soft baU
game. Mr. H. X. Kelly has given the
team a check for S50 to be dsed toward
a cup. New brothers are reminded that
the ship has a ship's fund of SI. We
give each brother left sick in foreign
ports S50 each.
gested that we keep our own washing
machine and have the company replace
4>arts as needed. The crew was asked
to close messroom door after ten o'clock
so the cooks could get their night's rest.
HURRICANE (Waterman), Fab. 12—
Chairman, JImmla Gaidar; Sacratary,
William O'Grady. Ship's fiind total is
$19.30. Lock shower to Keep dock work
ers from using them and leaving them
in a filthy condition. Motion made that
ship's delegate shall only concern him
self with union business and will have
no other connection with ship's business
outside his delegate's duties. Discussion
on why maintenance had not been dump
ing garbage.
Mar. 9—Chairman Augia Lazzaro; Sac
ratary, John Winn. Captain complained
about men other than delegate coming
to see him. Motion made to refer to
patrolman the procedure company used
in checking off men regarding delayed
sailing in the port of New York. Men
were awakened at 6 AM to enable the
company to get list of men who were
aboard and who were not.
There is plenty of disputed overtime In
the deck department. Engine department
'reports first assistant boasting he brought
a man up .on charges, which we think is
entirely out of his Jurisdiction as an
officer on this ship. Discussion about
gassing up for the payoff and the penalty
for same and to bring to the attention
of the patrolman the unfairness by
which some members were logged.
HASTINGS (Waterman), Fpb. IS—Chair
man, J. O. Miller; Secretary, 6. Guenther.
STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Mar. 3—
Chairman, N. B. Donahue, Jr.; Secretary,
C. T. Scotch. Motion made and seconded
that each man on last standby to clean
cups and messroom. Each dflegate.(s to
collect 25c from each man for keys to
rooms.
CAMAS MEADOWS (U. S. Petroleum
Carriers), Mar. 2—Chairman, Warren
Nellson; Secretary, B. L. Robblns. Com
plaints from two departments about men
not being aboard to work in morning. If
men want to payoff of ship by mutual
conseiit it is their business but against
the ship's delegate's approval. Fuse in
washing machine to be removed in port
so that machine may not be used at this
time. Membership on record approving
new LOG and the way it is sent out to
the ships. It is a 100% gain over the
old LOG and the finest maritime paper
published.
• BAPEARL (Orion), Pab. 1—Chairman,
L. I. Floyd; Sacratary, L. I. Floyd.
Brought up discussion on overtime pay.
Chairman read to crew the working
agreement and each has been explained
his rightful duties.
TIMOTHY DWIDHT (Easfarn), Fab. 14—
Chairman, E. L. Nottingham; Secretary,
J. Lakwyk. Much discussion on soliciting
donations in Norfolk. It seems that there
Is a hole in the aide of the ship in the
engine room. Repairs urged.
ROYAL OAK (Cities .Service), Mar. 5—
Chairman, J. Healy; Secretary,. R. Thais.
Motion for ship's delegate to contact
steward in regard to supplying sufficient
DDT to exterminate roaches in all pasts
of the ship. Ship's delegate reported new
raise for day workers. New wastiing ma
chine installed. Games to be purchased
were discussed and listed
Delegates reported aU in order. Ship's
delegate read a letter from headquarters
on the new LOG. All hands were asked
to make suggestions for rbpair list. Mo
tion made and carried that a list of the
suggested foods needed to be made.
CHARLES WARFIELD (Alcoa), Mar. 3
—Chairman, Ramon Hodges; Secrtary, O.
T. Dykes. Ship's Delegate reported a
few hours disputed overtime. Donated
$1 each for flowers for shipmate's father
who passed away. Motion made for per
DANIEL H. LOWNSDALE (Isthmian), mits to be issued to other men. Over
Jan. 27—Chairman, P. V. Mlllican; Secre time to be split between firemen.
tary, E. O. Salvador. Delegates reported
ANGUS MCDONALD (Mississippi), Fab.
everything in good order. Motion made
and carried that all hands donate as 9—Chairman, N. A. Towns; Secretary, J.
much as possible to the March of Dimes. F. Lee. Every member to help take care
Discussion on keeping the ship clean and of washing machine. Steward utility
cooperating with the men on sanitary would take care of recreation room, and
work. A short talk was given on Union wiper and ordinary seamen would take
ism and cooperation and all hands were care of laundry room. Steward suggested
asked to make this trip as pleasant as that crew tell him of any beefs on any
thing they would like to eat. Everyone
possible.
March 2—Chairman, P. V. Mlllican; Sec should bring cups back to pantry.
retary, E. O. SalvadOT. All petty beefs
SWEETWATER (MarTrade), Feb. 24—
that came up during the voyage were set
tled. Motion made and carried that the Chairman, Roy Tune; Secretary, Herbert
2nd cook and baker not be'allowed to sail Tottan. Ship's Delegate to see the cap
by the Union until he has had experience. tain ir. reference to new bedding. New
Warning by ship's delegate to all hands York headquarters to be notified that the
ship has no new agreements and no over
to leave rooms dean.
time sheets on board. Steward reports
that mess halls, galley and foc'sles will
BENJAMIN saLIMAN (Seas Shipping), be
painted. Waste baskets, ash trays and
Feb. 17—Chairman, G. Hunt; Secretary, new
to be ordered. Suggestion
A. J. Gebron. Suggestion that the last made dishes
for ship's deiegate to see the cap
standby on each watch leave the mess tain in
reference
to overtime.
hall in fit condition. Compliments were
handed down from the Captain and the
TOPA TOPA (Waterman), Fab. 23—
Mates on the efficiency of the deck de
partment in securing No. 1 hold in the Chairman, J. Paarls; Sacratary, A. M.
Branconl. Suggestion that each depart
most adverse weather conditions.
ment hold meeting on opinions for com
ing
new contract. Letter of opinions to
CORNELIUS GILLIAM (South Atlantic),
no date; Secretary, Frank DemasI; Secre be turned into ship's delegate before ar
tary, William Gllstrap. Discussion on the rival in Yokohama.
new contract, improving conditions on the
STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), Mar. 2—
ship and general betterment of agreement
with companies. Letter from Paul Hall Chairman, Arna Hovda; Sacratary, H. C.
concerning upgrading schools read, dis Hart. Washing machine to be repaired.
cussed and explained, and posted on the Contributions to be made at first draw
bulletin board for general reading and by each member of the crew. The stew
further discussion. Motion made and car ard spoke about glasses being thrown in
ried that a coUection be made for the the sink, and men cutting their hands
on broken glass. Wiper talked about the
March of Dimes.
laundry being left in a filthy condition.
AZALEA CITY (Waterman) Feb. 24—
ARIZFA (Waterman), Feb. 24—Chalr Chairman, Jack Garrison; Feeratary,
mkn, R. Laparl; Secretary, J. F. Austin. David B. Sacher. Suggestion made to
THE CABINS (Mathiasen), Mar. 1—
Chairman, Ben Gurty; Secretary, R. C.
Roblee. Ship's delegate reported much
disputed overtime; also had conference
with captain about repairs. Motion passed
to ask headquarters to remind outports
to verify validated papers and endorse
ments for men sent to ships.
JOHN EVANS (Mississippi), Mar. 9—
Chairman, Snow; Secretary, Bluhm. Mo
tion carried for discussion on 16 hours
disputed overtime for deck engineer.
After discussion a motion was carried to
refer the 16 hours overtime and the beef
concerning the first engineer approving
or disputing the overtime to the patrol
man at the payoff.
Jan. 2—Chairman, Lonnle Cola; Secre
tary, H. F. Myers. It was decided that
overtime should be paid for cooks bail
ing water out of foc'sle.
Mar. 2—Chairman, Snow; Secretary, H.
Myers. A motion carried by all that
everyone check his room regarding re
pairs and report same to ship's delegate.
A motion carried that a letter of com
mendation be given the captain for his
cooperation with the crew. Vote of thanks
and appreciation extended to the stew
ard's department for fine service and
good food.
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have a ship's fund to be kept at a min
imum of $50 by each man giving $2
a trip also that 50% be taken from this
fund for moviea held on board.
LAFAYETTE (Waterman), Mar. 9—
Chairman, R. Seckinger; Secretary, A.
Johnes. Disputed overtime to be taken
up and settled at port of payoff. Motion
to dispose of crewacquired washing ma
chine by sale and turning over proceeds
to worthwhile charity upon receipt of
new companysupplied washer as per
Union agreement. Recommended that
dish towels be acquired that have dis
tinctive markings to reduce danger of
having them become mixed with face
towels. Discussion of cots, their pur
pose and care of same. Brought to the
attention of the membership that ten
dollars was collected from performing
crewmemtmrs on previous voyage for
breaking glass.on bulletin board and
turned over to chief mate to replace
same, but after 3JA months stUl no glass.
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SANTORE (Ore), March 1—Chairman,
T. W. King; Secretary, W. C. Dowley.
Discussion on washing' machine. There
was also a discussion on the distribution
of overtime. Deck department delegate
saw mate about overtime.
JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory
Carriers, Inc.), Feb, 19—Chairman, Jack
Bates; Secretary, Robert M. Hammond.
Delegates reported no beefs and every
thing smooth. New washing machine to
be installed and used as a spare until
Union decides to handle the old one. All
agreed that steward department' stagger
meal hours to avoid congestion in mess
room at meal hours.
INES (Bull), Jan. 20—Chairman, A. G.
Cambcll; Secretary, William Jenkins. The
crew requested that the ship's delegate
contact the captain and see if the allot
ment of cigarettes can be increased as
the crew claims that two packs is not
enough. Suggestion that sheives be in
stalied in the crew messroom.
Feb. 12—Chairman, None; Secretary,
W. Jenkins. New agreement to be dis
cussed among members of each depart
ment and brought up at the next meet
ing. All hands were asked to contribute
as. much as possible to the March of
Dimes. For sanitary reasons, the crew
was asked to put cigarette butts in cups.
Crew asked to have a change of iibrary.
MOTHER M. L. (Eagle Ocean), Mar. 9—
Chairman, Deck Charryon; Sacratary, Or
vllle Payne. Vote of thanks for the 'fine
food that was put out by the chief cook.
Few beefs in deck .department about
overtime will be taken up by patrolman.
Repair list was discussed and read men
ISRAEL PUTNAM (Waterman), March
tioning the things the crew wants done
5—Chairman, Pat Fox; Secretary, John
before the ship sails.
Burke. Brother Fox spoke on the sub
WINTER HILL (Cities Service), Mar. ject clearing things up to everyone's sat
9—Chairman, B. A. Reed; Secretary, O. isfaction. All hands are beefing about
Raymayhew. ^ggestion made to keep radio not working. Several members
messroom clean, have messman. clean spoke about the noise in the passage
coffee um and refrigerator. Suggestion ways. Crew asked to leave some night
made to. have everyone quit smoking on lunch for the men on watch.
(3) Frances Perkins, Secretary MALDEN VICTORY (Mississippi), Jan. deck.
RICHARD UPJOHN (Waterman), March
V
17—Chairman, Anthony Beck; Secretary,
LIBERTY FLAG (Dover), Fab. 4— 2—Chairman, J. L. Green; Secretary, C.
of Labor (193345).
C. E. Gloves. Motion made and carried Chairman, A. Oliver; Secretary, M. N. L. Strlngfellow. Motion made and car
(4 New moon.
to turn over the repair Ust to the patrol Etchako. Suggestion made that ship's ried for the baker to sail messman for
man on arrival in port and no one be delegate see captain about painting show one year before sailing nite cook and
(5) 96.
signed on next voyage untU all painting ers.
baker again. Instructions to be posted on
(6) Chance. Joe Tinker, John and repairs are made.
Mar. 3—Chairman, A. OlWer; Secretary, buikhead for operation of washing ma
March 1—Chairman, F. Smith; Secre M. N. Eschako. Suggestion made that chine.
Evers and Frank Chance are im tary,
Al Lambert. Second mate to be re
delegate see patrolman about new
mortals in the Baseball Hall of ported to the patrolmen for his confessed ship's
LOGANS FORT (Cities Service), March
mattresses and have same delivered be
stand
against
Unionism.
Chief
Engineer
fore
ship
sails. Suggestion made that I—Chairman, Ray Peebles; Secretary,
Fame at Cooperstown, NY.
reported as unfit to act in a supervisory
delegate make out a re Tommy LIplay. It was suggested that the
(7) No.. The winner can nevfer capacity. Chief Electrician jcported each department
pair list. Everyone urged to be present ship's delegate get more overtime sheets
winches
unsafe
as the
manual
brakes
are
in Wilmington. The crew was cautioned
at
the
payoff.
collect. It is against public policy not operating. Chief Engineer refused to
Fab. 14—Chairman, Johnson; Sacratary, about the' use of the new Bendix washing
for a court to enforce gambling fix them.
A. Ollvar. Discussion on chow aboard machine. Everyone to keep his overtime
up to date. Steward department
contracts. Tom and Jack each get PUERTO RICO (Bull), March IS—Chair ship. Crew would like more variety in sheets
the menu. A suggestion brought to the was complimented on the good food and
their money back.
man, Thurston Lawls; Secretary, Jim attention of the membership %o voice service.
Ship's delegate congratulated their opinions at the meetings and save
(8) Four, five miles per hour. Murphy.
JOSEPH L. MEEK (Mississippi)—Chair
the crew for the good work. Motion made a lot of beefing afterwards.
(9) Birmingham.
man, George Allen; Secretary, E. W.
that a man from the engine department
Auer. Delegates reported everything
be elected to serve on the educational
(10) Wind velocity is low.
BESSEMER VICTORY (South Atlantic), okay. A vote of thanks was given to
committee in place of a member who left
the ship. Chief Steward explained about Mar. • —Chairman, Ed. L'assor; Sacratary, Baker Paulor for his Ihiproved pastries
E. A. Gomaz: Ship's delegate reported and fine bread. Deck maintenance sug
the linen and where it is to go.
that chief engineer said he would make gested that all hands check foc'sle locks
Puzzle Answer
repairs for chief cook, but as yet they to see that they are okay before arrival.
ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), Mar. 2— are not completed. Steward stated that
Chairman, Frederick A.. Pehler; Secre mattresses and pillows have been ordered Several crewmembers volunteered to at
tary, Francis R. Napoll. Crew discussed but not delivered as yet. Ship's delegate tempt to change library with another
price on cigarets and thought the price stated that port captain will give the SlU ship while in port.
of Si per cartoh .was too high. Suggested okay, on, securing fresh milk ancf ice
WANDA (Epiphany Tankers), March 9
that men leaving thie ship clean their cream and other fresh stores overseas.
Chairman, none; Secretary, Norman
rooms and leave keys for the next man.
H. Madle. Delegates reported no beefs.
Suggeste4'that patrolman look into the
(Ore), Mar. 2—Chairman, T. Crew voted money earned by stowaway
situation on penicillin because chief mate' M. MARORE
Jones; Secretary, Lloyd Jenkins. $9.>k> be given to him. A vote of thanks was
refused to give it to injured seaman. in ship's
fund. Suggytion to notify all extended to the steward department for
Vote of thanks was given. to aU the
steward department. Vote of thanks, was new men to keep feet off Chairs and re their fine work. Three men were logged
cups to proper place. The last man in Aruba.
also given to aU crew members on the turn
on standby to clean up coffee pantry.
rescue of' the man that feU overboard. Suggestion
made for sanitary man to
ROBERT E. CLARKSON (Bloomfield)
Jan. 24—Chairman, Alton M. Bell; Sec
DEL NORTE (Delia),' Feb. 10—Chaliv change linen for his department.
retary, Q. T. Lynch. Motion made and
man. Bob Foster; Secretary, Bill Kaiser,
EVELYN (Bull), Mar. 9—Chairman, P. carried that each deiegate collect name,
Ship's delegate reminded everyone of the
March of Dimes. Gear locker for crew's C. Wllloughby; Secretary, E. C. Dacey. book number and dues standing of each
gear ia overcrowded with .unclaimed suit A suggestion was made to see chief en man in his department and turn it in
cases and trunks; everyone should claim gineer about keeping engine room doors to the ship's delegate. It was agreed
his. gear. Treasurer reported there is cloMd so the' heat would not be so bad' among the crew that anyone leaving the
in the passageways below. It was sngl «f«rtl!nK.
;^ixtV...or .nanning, bq
*165.62 in the treasury.,
JOSEPH A. BROWN (Bull), Jan. IS—
Chairman, Henri Robin; Secretary, Rob
ert Bowley. A discussion was held on
the best method of keeping the recreation
and laundry rooms clean. The stewards
would be responsible for the recreation
SUZANNE (Bull), March 4—Chairman,
room and the engine and deck for the
laundry. Suggested that men be certain Jack BlulH; Secretary, Jimmy Jones. Mo
that the washing machine 'is turned off tion made and seconded that crew re
fused to saU unless, a new refrigerator
be installed. Suggestion made that aU
crewmembers notify the steward before
Quiz Angwera
arrival if new mattresses are needed. Sug
(1) Decreases.
gestion made that the butter im board be
examined by patrolman.
(2) 160, 240 miles per hour.
fined $1 for the first offense and $5 for
subsequent offenses. Engine delegate to
see chief engineer about some minor re
pairs and alterations for crejy's comfort.
Jan. 27—Chairman, Anderson Jones;
Secretary, Peter Patrick. Ship's delegate
called special meeting to discuss and take
action on one of the brothers for per
forming. Ship's delegate also made a
motion that a petition be written and
have all brothers sign it for the removal
of this man in Manila.
CHIWAWA (Cities Service), Mar. 11—
Chairman, Rocky Milton; Secretary, For
aft. Automatic switch on washing ma
chine not working. A vote of thanks to
the steward department for service ren
dered. It is up to the individual mem
bers to keep messhall clean. Ship's del
egate to ask members to turn in mem
bership credentials to have ready for
patrolman. At payoff each member to
donate $1 towards punching bag, gloves,
etc.
ROSARIO (Bull), Mar. $—Chairman,A.
DcBartolomeo; Secretary, Lawrence P.
Contlcello. Discussion made on who
should clean recreation room. Motion
made and carried that man from each
department shall take turns on cleaning
recreation room.
Feb. 14—Chairman,. D. Bartolomee:
Secretary, Jack Smith. Motion made
wiper and ordinary seamen alternate one
week each on cleaning laundry room.
JOSHUA B. LIPPINCOTT (Alcoa), Feb.
16—Chairman, W., Young; Secretary, R.
Hedges. Discussion about cleaning recre
ation room and. laundry room. Deck en
gineer suggested that everyone keep
electric fans off when not in use as there
are no more fans.
MCBILIAN (Waterman), Feb. 3—Chair
man, G. R. Brown; Secretary, RIversly
Brown. CoUection of ships fund came to
the amount of $25.05. Correspondence
from headquarters concerning additiona]
suggestions for 1952 contract was read
and discussed. The crew was asked to
make a Utile less noise during meal
hours. Discussion on ways and means of
coUecting vacation pay.
Feb. 22—Chairman, J. Stephenson; Sec
retary, F. PInkowskl. Literatuie from
headquarters was read. Suggestions from
the departments to the negotiating com
mittee for new contract were discussed.
Motion msAe that the ship's delegate,
patrolman and the steward discuss the
possibility of obtaining milk in Germany.
STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), Jan. 17—
Chairman, Charles Scofield; Secretary,
Henry Bearse. The ship's fund had S9
from a previous voyage. Su.ggestion made
that linen be issued on Fridays at 8 a.m.
and 11 p.m. at sea and if arrival is on
a Friday then Unen wiU be issued on
Thursday.
March 3—Chairman, C. Scofield; Secre
tary T. Magnusson. Suggestion that a
variety of fruits be put out at night.
Ship's delegate mentioned forms sent
from the Union in regard to the 1932
contract and suggested that each depart
ment hold a meeting and list any im
provements so they can be returned to
the Union.
THE CABINS (Mathiasen), March 14—
Chairman, G. FInklea; Secretary, H.
Schulhman. Suggestion to start a ship's
fund voted down. Suggestion for new
linen because much of the present linen
is in poor condition. There should be a
general checking of stores as the cookies
and crackers are getting old.
HIGH ..POINT VICTORY (South Atlan
tic), Feb. 10—C h a I r m a n, Aubrey C.
Smith; Secretary, Trevor S. Little. Stew
ard said that he would take suggestions'
at any time for better menus, also that
he will work with aU departments and
he expects the crew to work with hini.
A motion was made that messroooms
clocks be taken ashore and fixed.
TRANSATLANTIC (Boise Griffin),
March 1—Chairman, Gerald Pettlpea; Sec
retary, J. Fisher. Special meeting called
to discuss the two men who at the last
minute on a holiday saw fit to jump ship
when it was impossible to get proper re
placements.
BETHORE (Ore), Mar. 9—Chairman, J.
J. Scanlon Secretary, J. ,J. Kempa. Ship
going to drydoch for few days. Try to get
all union men aboard. To see patrolman
why there was no shore leave at St.
Thomas although the captain and first
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ALL LOG CHARGES ON SECURITY LACK GO UNCHALLENGED
SIU OYSTERMEN FIGHT CROP BAN
MAGNUSON SEES HOPE FOR SHIP BILL OKAY
NMU ROUTINE BEEFS TAKE YEAR TO SETTLE
CREW RESPONSE IN; SIU OPENS STUDY OF CONTRACT IDEAS
A&G VOTES BLDG LOAN TO CANADIAN DISTRICT
HQ. SEA CHEST'S SERVICES EXPANDED TO COVER SHIPS
SIU PASSES $300 G MARK IN VAC. PAY
NEWS GUILD HONORS LOG ARTIST
BARRAGE OF RED PROPAGANDA AIMED AT AMERICAN SHIP CREWS
RUSKIN SCHOLARSHIPS OPEN FOR SEAFARERS
AIRBORNE BOAT NEWEST DEVICE IN LIFESAVING
COAL, GRAIN CARGOES DROP; NSA LAYS UP 122 LIBERTYS
WAGE BOARD OKAYS SUP'S DOUBLED WELFARE FUND
ANTI-LOBBYING ACT HELD VOID
SIU CANADIAN CHIEF NAMED GOVT ADVISOR
'LONG DEAD' SEAFARER PROVES OBIT WRONG
COURT WIDENS SALVAGE RULES FOR CREWMEN
PURSERS, MMP WIN INCREASE IN NEW PACTS
CANADA SIU RATES HIGH IN SECURITY
SEA CALLS POP, SON SHOWS HIM THE ROPES
SIU ART ENTRIES CONTINUE STRONG
SIU READIES FOR WALKOUT IN DOMINION
NEW FERRY SERVICE PLANNED BETWEEN US-NOVA SCOTIA
LABORING SIU SHRIMPERS NOT AS ROMANTIC AS SONG
STICK AND STRING SAILORS
IN TRUE SIU STYLE
NOT SO SECURE
SOUND INVESTMENT
JUST RECOGNITION
THE PERSIAN GULF RUN
SINGAPORE TIGHTENS RULES ON FOUL-UPS
MOON BREAKS TRADITION--HITS $$ ON LONGSHOT
WANT TO KNOW HOW TO BAKE ANGEL PIE?
OCEAN GALE SHIFTS CLAIBORNE CARGO
NO PAVEMENTS IN KOREA
RADIO OPERATOR PUBLISHES NOVEL
ALCOA CREW PULLS MAN OUT OF BRINY
THEY'RE ALL CHAMPS WHEN SAILING SIU
PNEUMONIA FATAL TO CHASON
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a LOG survey reveals No screening is
required of seamen arriving on foreign
ships, while American seamen must go
through a security checkup.
Illustrating the port security loophole are
these foreign crewmembers coming down
the gangway of a Panamanian ship in New
York. They are almost completely free to
come and.go as they please. (Story on Page 3.)
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SIU Story On Alrwavesj^p
Members Soon
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Deluxe Books
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Se£ifarers in the Atlantic & Gulf District will have a real
beauty in their hands before long when distribution is begun
on the new SIU Union Book,
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The expiratiqn .Q£. many books ume will turn them out in jig
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enmasse, because they only accom time.
modate a 10year or 12year record The exchange of books will be
at most, has necessitated the new at no cost to the membership in
book issue, and its promises to be line with the Union policy of pro
vidirg all services w.tb no charge
a whopper.
It is expected the tradeins, old attached. They will be distributed
bock for new, will begin within a a batch at a time, in keeping with
month, since proofs and samples a now numbering policy setup con
are already completed and mass forming to alphabetical listing.
printing of the valuable little vol Seafarer Brown will have a Bnum
lier and Smith a number beginning
with S. Since many men have a
sentimental attachment to a num
ber that they've sailed with for so
many years, a space has been left
in the new book for former book
numbers.
Story of SIU operations and Union's newspaper were discussed on industrial relations program over
The design is similar to the ex
isting model. That's where the Fordhani Uuiveisity's radio station WFUV Thursday, Feb. 28, by Herbert Brand (center) editor, and
comparison stops, however, as a Bernard Seaman (left), art editor, SEAFARERS LO G. Program's moderator was Robert J. Mozer.
Seeking to gag organized labor thorough overhauling has been
support assisting the striking Tide made to bring record entries and
water Oil Employees Association, all data up to par with current
oil barge operators have secured a bookkeeping methods of the Union.
14€araf Job
temporary New Jersey restraining
order against • the International The book will have an allleather The NMU has a few words of solid fidvice to its ill members who are unable to collect
Longshoremen's Association and cover, goldleaf lettered with the maintenance and cure benefits from the operators. According to the last issue of the
its Marine Tugboatmens Local 333. man's name and number, and 14 NMU's newspaper, members who have difficulty getting such benefits which are provided
The 2,000 workers in the TOEA, carat gold tips to keep it whole. In for in that union's contract^
an independent union, broke with side pages will be waterproofed have to pay for legal aid to says flatly that men. should get
can not be obtained^ through the
management nine weeks ago after and will have a place for an identi
lawyers when "claims for main help of the Union representatives."
balking at stalled negotiations for fying photo of the Seafarer. An collect them.
a new agreement. Their efforts to attractive folder will be provided, The article, quoting National tenance and cure benefits . . . As far as weekly hospital bene
Secretary Neal Hanley of the NMU, are contested by the operators and fits and death benefits are con
(Continued on page 17)
enforce the beef at the Tidewater
cerned, the NMU Secretary says
oil refinery and tank farm in Bay
that "lawyers are not needed" to
onne, NJ, have been aided by the
collect them, and continues that
ILA, MM&P and the SIU.
"Union
officials in every port are
Obtaining the injunction in
prepared
to give necessary advice
Superior Court, Patterson, the
needed" in
collecting these claims.
(The
following
article
was
written
expressly
for
the
SEAFARERS
barge operators, who transport oil
Members Victimized
products in the harbor area, as LOG by Senator JAMES E. MURRAY (D.) of Montana, Chairman of
The reassiurance on legal aid was
serted that the activities of long the U S Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.)
shoremen in helping the strikers I first became well acquainted
offered, the article said, when it
was harming their business. Mean
was learned that members have
to organize tanker seamen had met
while, the strike is continuing as with the Seafarers' International with vigorous resistance.
been "victimized by having to pay
Union, Atlantic and Gulf District,
actively as before.
legal fees to obtain claims to which
Happily, as we found, the Union
Seafarers at a headquarters during the investigation by my sub
they are justly entitled under the
branch meeting February 13 voted committee of labor relations be was strong and intelligently organ
... Welfare agreement."
to assist the striking refinery
In other words, beneficiaries and
tween the Union and Cities Serv ized and led, and was able to over
workers with a $600 cash gift.
come
employer resistance.
The
members
of the NMU in order to
ice Corporation. The invest'gation
collect benefits from the Insurance
struggle
was
certainly
one
of
the
revealed that the Union's efforts
company to which the NMU turned
epics, in the history of American
over its welfare plan, have been
labor, and at the conclusion of our
compelled in some cases to get a
March 7. 1952
Vol. XiV, N.e. 5
investigation I had a deep and abid
lawyer before they could receive
As I See It
Page 13
their just due. In at least one in
ing admiration for your great Un
Burly
Page 16
stance,
previously reported in the
ion. Incidentally, throughout my
LOG,
the
widow of a NMU mem
Crossword Puzzle
Page 12
boyhood I always wanted to go to
ber had to go to court to collect
Did You Know
Page 18
Senator James E. Murray
sea. Undoubtedly the glamour and
a death benefit.
Editorial
Page 13
romance of seafaring has greatly numbers under able and devoted A SIU Welfare Fund spokesman
Foc'sle Fotog
Page 19
added to my interest in your af leadership.
commenting on the article, de
Inquiring Seafarer
Page 12
fairs.
I am looking forward to my first clared, "The reason so many NMU
The 67th birthday of the Sailors I was very proud that our in opportunity to visit the New York members and" widows of members
In The Wake
Page 12
Labor Roundup....... Page 16 Union of the Pacific was celebrated vestigation played a constructive hiring hall and see it in actual have had to run to lawyers to get
their claims settled is because the
Letters
Page 21, 22, 23 yesterday in San Francisco and part in the establishment of good operation.
NMU has abdicated its responsibil
labor
relations
in
the
Cities
Serv
wherever SUP men
sail.
Libertys Names
Page 20
ity to represent the members and
It was on March 6, 1885, that a ice tanker fleet. I know that after
Letter Of The Week... Page 13
turned over its whole welfare oper
the high executives of Cities Serv
Current
IJOG
Maritime
Page 16 group of aroused seamen, an ice learned the facts, they made a
ation to an insurance company.
Biggest Ever
SIU Handles It
Meet The Seafarer
Page 12 gered at shipowners' wagecutting determined and effective effort to
The new, streamlined LOG
On The Job
Page 16 schemes, gathered on the Folsom establish good relations. Accord
"Where the SIU distributes
to my information, the Union will be a 28pager beginning hospital benefits every week in
Ore Ship Feature . .Pages 14, 15 Street wharf in San Francisco to ing
and
the corporation now enjoy this issue and continuing
form of cash to the men in
Panama Ship Story
Page 10 form a union that was later to be peaceful and stable relations which through subsequent editions of the
the hospital, and mails out death
come
the
SUP.
Personals
Page 26
contribute much to the wellbeing the Seafarers' own newspaper. benefit checks immediately upon
The impetus to the meeting was of the tanker industry.
The addition of four extra receipt of death certificates, the
Quiz
Page 19
pages has been prompted by NMU member or beneficiary haB
a
shipowner
plan
to
cut
the
men's
I
have
recently
heard
of
the
es
Sailing Ship Feature.. .Page 11
the expanding welfare and to make application to the insur
wages
to
$20 a
month.
It
was
de
tablishment
of
your Vacation
Plan.
Ships' Minutes
Page 26, 27 cided then and there that the only
I am sure it willdo much to assist brand new vacation operations ance company. The company is .
SIU History Cartoon
Page 7 way to fight the scheme was to your members. The Union has as
presented in full in the LOG, never anxious to give out money
Sports Line
Page 20 form a union. The 220 men pres sumed a great responsibility in the as well as the desire to in
and will investigate and delay
and sometimes refuse benefits,
Ten Years Ago
Page 12 ent raised a sum of $34 to rent a administration of a joint plan, and clude additional news and fea
ture reading matter. The fact compelling the member or )iis
Top Of The News.
Page 6 meeting hall for the next night. At so far as I know it is the first un
that this issue marks the larg
that meeting the union was estab ion, certainly in the maritime in
widow to hire a lawyer."
Vacation Payments
lished and a constHution and by dustry, to actually make vacation est SEAFARERS LOG ever
When it comes'to maintenance
Pages 23. 24, 25 laws were unanimously adopted.
payments to its members. I think presented to SIU readers can and cure it has always been the
Wash. News Letter
Page 4
be attributed wholly to the practice in thb SIU for a Union
Simple ceremonies were held it is an amazing feat that the Un
Welfare Benefits
Page 25 yesterday in San Francisco to com ion could pay out in excess of mounting interest and support representative to go after the com
$100,000 in one week, in 13 ports, by the membership to make pany and collect such benefits if
memorate the occasion.
Publlthed biwMkly at Hia iiaadquartcri
their paper the most alert and they are disputed, in contrast to
The men of the SIU A&G dis without a serious mistake.
ef fh« Saafarert Intarnallonai Union, At
lantic A Suit District, AFL, *75 Fourth trict on this birthday say to the
attractive
Union newspaper in the NMU policy of telling mem
I have the utmost confidence
Avanuo, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tal. STariinn
the world.
• 4471. Entorod at lacond class matter SUP, "Steady as she goes, broth that your Union will continue its
bers that the union can do nothing
at the Post Office In Brooklyn, N. Y.,
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unusual; grawttk in^jatresgth. midi
for
under theAct?dif. AuaiMHHfllli,
Court Bans
Tug Aid In
Oil Strike
Get Lawyer^ NMUers Told
SlU's Plan 'Amazing:' Sen. Murray
SEAFARERS LOG
Sailors Union
Born 67 Years
Ago This Week
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Failure To Screen
ForeignFlag Ships
Perils US Security
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(Copyright, Seafarers Int. Uni|n, A&G Dist.. 1932)
Despite the establishment two years ago of a security
program for America's waterfront, our piers, harbor
facilities^ oil terminals and drydocks are wide open to
any potential enemy.
Thousands of seamen aboard foreignflag ships arrive
in United States ports every day with virtually no
Wide open for potential subversiTe traffic to and from ship, the Panamanian registered San Pedro
lies at dockside at foot of Woicott Street, Brooklyn. Pier gate was open with no guard and LOG re
porter boarded ship and took photos without being questioned. Crewmen were all foreign nationals.
SiU Vacation Payments Well
On Way; 200G's In 3 Weeks
Continuing to serve up thousands of dollars in vacation
benefits with every working day, the SIU Vacation Plan paid
out over $200,000 after only 20 days of operation. While the
pace has slackened off a bit
the thousands of dollars
from the early rush, payments include
paid out weekly by . the Seafarers
in the twoweek period Mon Welfare Plan in death and hospUal
' day, February 19, through Sat benefits.
urday, March 1, totaled $102,
In the 20 days since the Plan
896.59. Added to the money first started jpaying out benefits, a
paid out in the first week's total of 3,183 Seafarers have re
operation, the grand total ceived vacation checks from $35 on
up, depending upon the total num
comes to $202,067.57.
restriction on their movements
or check made of their back threat. The question might even be
raised; Is the security program
grounds.
Guised as seamen, a small realiy aimed at making the ports
army of saboteurs, spies and spyproof or is its intent to give
spy couriers could be landed the Coast Guard tighter control of
in this country with little to stop American seamen?
The staunchly antiCommunist
them.
Seafarers
International Union,
While the United States Coast
which
in
this
matter is working
Guard, .which is
with the
Coast Guard
in its attempt
charged with op
to
minimize
the
dangers
to the vi
erating the se
tally important ports of this coun
curity program,
try, undertook this week to ieam
has checked the
what, if any, steps are being taken'
security of the
to
plug the dangerous gap. The re
400,000 American
sult
was startling!
seamen and long
The New
York office of the Coast
shoremen,
Guard
reported
that it was aware
the biggest dan
of
the shortcomings
of the security
ger to the na
program as it
is now
operating, but
tion's safety has been left unchal
lenged, and indications are that
little if anything is being done to
plug the hole in this country's Is This Security?
security program.
Under the present security
While American seamen ai
program:
screened, the procedure made
• American
seamen and
more difficult for American sea
Longshoremen are screened,
men to get duplicates of lost pa
yet no provision is made te
pers and even the men sailing on
screen possible subversives on
the Great Lakes must undergo the foreign ships tying up in our
screening process, the gate is left
ports.
wide open to a really dangerous
• Unscreened
foreign flag
ships tie up at restricted piera
barred to unchecked Ameri
cans. .
• Hundreds
of foreign sea
men jump ship here every
year. >
• The
McCarran Act bars
"suspected" visitors; no such
rule on foreign seamen.
• Enemies
— for example,
the convicted Communists now
at large — can escape this
country on those foreign ships
which require no seamen's
papers.
of days on their sea and port
The. abovelisted figures apply .ber
time discharges. The largest check
to vacation pay only and do not
paid out thus far went to Seafarer
could not report that steps are be
Edward Zebrowski, OS, covering
ing taken to clamp down. Restric
the period from June 1, 1951, when
tions on foreign seamen aboard
the plan %ent into effect, until
foreignflag
ships actually are no
February 26, 1952, when he signed
more
stringent
today than they
oft the Lewis Emery Jr. Zebrowski
were
prior to the security
program.
received a $105.36 for the nine
HalfWay Check
month period. Maximum* obtaina
The Department of Immigration
ble for a full year's sea and port
First Seafarer to apply for vacation pay in Lake Charles, Melton R. stated that it checks crews of for
time is $140. Zebrowski had been
Henton (right) hands completed form to SIU Agent Leroy Clarke. eign ships for possible undesir
riding 4:he Emery steadily on the
He got a check of $89.04, for 229 workdays.
(Continued on .lage 10)
coal and Army cargo run to Eu
rope.
Smooth Job
Despite the tremendous amount
• With some shipping com of clerical work involved in han
dling the applications in New York
panies completing all pay and in all outports, the job has
A $30 increase for all day men in the deck and engine departments, with the exception of.
wipers who will get $15,
went into effect on March 1. The latest increases were negotiated
proceeded with remarkable smooth
ments and others not yet
ness.
After the
initial rush
of
pay
by
the
Union
under
the exclusive
SIU reopening clause which allows for renegotiations on
beginning, payment of retro
ments subsides, the Vacation Plan monetary matters at anytime^
active wages to Seafarers back expects to pay out benefits in an
dividing line on overtime rates, to receive overtime in the home
to November 1,1951, shows a spotty even shorter time than it now during the contract's life. Ap the Union emphasizes that the port for work before 8 AM or
aspect. A good number of the takes between filing of application proval of the Wage Stabiliza existing overtime rates paid for after 5 PM. Questions have arisen
small companies and some of the and issuance of cfieck. In New tion Board is required which the various ratings will continue under this clause as to what the
larger ones, notably Waterman, York, the Plan has gotten the. time make for some delay in get for the remainder of the contract. home port was. It was determined
Calmar and Cities Service, have limit down to onehalf hour and ting the money to the men in
Stewards Overtime
in negotiation sessions that the
virtually wound up the job of mak is confident it will be turning out volved, but in any event pay
In addition to the wage in home port was the port of payoff
ing payments. Others are well on the checks within 15 minutes of fil ment will be retroactive to creases, clariflcation was reached with two exceptions. The home
the way toward completion.
ing. Payment in the outports Is March 1.
on the question of stewards de port for all Robin Lines ships is
At this stage it woijld be difficult necessarily limited In speed be
Although the newest increase partment overtime on freight New York, and for all company
to. estimate what percentage of cause of the mailing problem, but puts some of the day men, notably ships. Under the existing contract, owned ships of the Mississippi
deck maintenance men, over the stewards department workers are
(Continued^^
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Go's Hearing
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In Back Pay
Daymen Win $30 Increase
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SEAFAREKS LOG
Pace Few
Lame Ship Draws Shrimp Boat
But Coast Guard Aint A Xomin
SIU NEWSLETTER
from WASHINGTON
Mobile.—Like the traditional "Queen for a Day" stripped of her trappings the morning The current investigation by the special Congressional subcommittee
after, the SS Cape Corwin retraced its ghostlike course to New Orleans and once again com into tanker sales of thq former Maritime Commission, negotiated with
certain interests headed by Joseph Casey (former Congressman) is
fortably settled herself in this port's layup fleet.
pointing up the alien control of US corporations engaged in shipping.
Allocated to the Waterman
Insofar
as the acquisition of ships from the Commission is concerned,
Steamship Company under govern
the Senate subcommittee will never be able to prove any violation
ment authority, the vessel was
of law in the Casey ship dealings or that undue Influence was used
withdrawn from the boneyard near
in receiving the allocations.
Mobile and, with an SIU riding
What will be brought out is that, legally, everything was on the up
crew aboard, towed to New Or
and
up, and that everyone complied with the letter of the law but not
leans to be refitted for active serv
the spirit of the law.
ice. She no sooner arrived ^lere,
after a hectic 17day tow on a trip
One thing that will result from this investigation, however, is sure
normally taking three to four days,
to be a recommendation from the special Senate subcommittee that
when she was declared unfit for
Congress enact legislation to tighten up any loopholes existing now in
service and marked for a return
Sections 9 and 37 of the Shipping Act, 1917, having to do with transfer
to the reserve fleet.
of vessels to foreign flags.
The incident, costly in dollars to
Another result of the current hearings into the Casey ship dealings
the Government and in hardship
with the former Maritime Commission is the revelation that US owners
for the four Seafarers making up
may charter to foreign corporations at very low rates and, therefore,
the riding crew, also drew the fire
reap a huge profit, tax free, through the operation of the vessels Hinder
of the SIU participants because of
foreign registry.
the role of the Coast Guard in the
&
^
' situation. In a report to the LOG,
The
US
Coast
Guard,
it
will
be
recalled,
was authorized some
brothers Paul Chattey, W. H. Grad
time
back
to
use
500
officers and 4,200
men
to conduct
a limited port
dick, Charles O. Lee and Clyde
security program in 10 major ports of the United States and in 4 fields
Rayford set forth what transpired.
of activities. These four fields consisted of, first, screening of seamen
The Cape Corwin left Mobile for
to eliminate subversives; screening of dock workers; protection of all
New Orleans on the last day of
port areas; and the control of shipments for explosive loadings.
Trip
on
"ghost
queen"
Cape
Corwin
was
«
real
hardluck
Junket
January under tow of the tug H.
Throughout the country. Coast Guard has issued some 225,000 vali*
f?7
(LR)
Seafarers
Clyde
Rayford,
W.
H.
Graddiek,
Charles
O.
C. Whiteman for New Orleans. On
dated seamens' documents so that this phase of the activities is pretty
February 1, the tow line parted Lee and Paul Chattey.
well cleaned up.
and, due to heavy seas, the tug was
However, the stevedore problem is still before the Coast Guard, and
unable to make contact with the
it is expected that by the end of June 30, 1952, about 225,000 steve
powerless ship. Drifting for several
dores also will have been screened.
hours, the Seafarers sounded 10
fathoms of water and dropped an
chor; however, the hook would not
Something that has been brewing for a long time but has never
hold until they drifted into nine
been faced headon is the subject of Government competition with
feet of water.
private enterprise in the steamship business. This matter will come
No Lifeboat
Five SUP crewmembers of the Alaska Bear have been in for a lot of attention in a couple of months before a special Sub
The following day, the men cleared by a Coast Guard examiner of charges brought committee on Sea and Harbor Transportation, of the House Armed
noted, the sea had gone down against them for violent and unruly behavior aboard the ship Services Committee.
enough for them to have been able and in foreign ports. At the>
During the past few weeks some elements fit the Capitol, not directly
to launch a lifeboat—if they had
connected
with the House Armed Services Committee, have quietly
same
time,
members
of
the
Cisco last October
4 for the
Orient.
one—and get supplies from the
been
digging
up facts as to competition, to privatelyowned ships of
Upon
arriving
in
Karachi,
India,
steward
department,
who
tug, which was standing about five
by the Military Sea Transportation Service. Although this
miles out from them, but the tug brought the charges, are stiU the steward department told the fered
matter at the moment is held to be confidential, figures thus far un
made no attempt to find out their awaiting hearings for delay captain they would refuse to work earthed by some
of the staff boys in Congress will show tiiat numerous
unless the five
SUP men
were dis
condition.
ing the vessel in Karachi, In
passengers
(in
addition
to CMgo) have been carried on MSTS vessels
charged. The
reason
given
for
this
A Coast Guard boat, the Nike dia, and refusing to work the
that could,
and should, have
been carried by American privatelyowned
was
that
their
lives
were
threat
112, appeared February 3 and ship. The steward men are
though it chinned with the tug for members of the Communist ened by the sailors and they could vessels.
not continue work.
In addition to Government competition with shipping on the high
a while, also made no attempt to
seas, the special House Armed Services Subcommittee also has been
Stewards Obstinate
contact the Cape Corwin, despite controlled Marine, Cooks and
distress flags flying, a barrel of oil Stewards Union.
A hearing was then held by the delving into the matter of ArmyNavy competition with private barge
burning on deck and other indica Exoneration of the five deck American viceconsul in the port tug operators within the iinmediate pott areas throughout the country.
tions that aid was needed at once, hands was hailed by the SUP as of Karachi. He found no grounds The Chairman of the Special Subcommittee, Representative Haven
the next day, the Whiteman foiling a frameup.
for the steward department be ner, California, is veiy friendly to the cause of private enterprise,
moved in to about three miles away The Alaska Bear left San Fran havior and ordered them to sail wants to keep the Goveriunent's competitive ship operations down and,
and sent over a boat—but still no
the ship. However, when the vessel with just a little persuasion from those interested in the merchant
groceries. Fortunately, no one
left Karachi, the men refused to marine, would be only too happy to reconimend, in the final analysis,
aboard was sick or hurt at the time,
work, and the captain put them in a^.firm policy prohibiting Government competition when priyate^
the SIU quartet agreed. *
the brig on bread and wat6r. One owiied ships,and tugs are available to do the job.
February 5 brought no change
of the SUP men involved, Gott
Ji
j;,
^
in the situation "and the men took
freid Ruff, a carpenter, took over . Over the objections of some maritime unions, the Departments of
to chopping up hatch boards for
the galley for the next leg of the Commerce, Treasury and the Federal Communications Commission
heat. Some of the water supply
trip. When the ship arrived in Co
was used up the following day for
chin the stewards went back to are teaming together to work for passage of legislation to suspend the
6 months previous service requirement during the emergency, in con
washing so the men could get
work.
nection with radio operators on cargo vessels.
themselves clean and finally the
On the ship's return to San Fran
skipper, who was riding with them, A plastic "reflection plotter" de cisco, January 17, the stewards de ,The position.of these Government agencies is based on the current
was told that if no attempt would signed to cut down chances of er partment and the five SUP men shortage of radio operators.
be made to get fuel to cook and ror in utilizing marine radar data were taken off for an investigation The Federal Comnf^unications Commission recalls that some unions
beat with they'd be forced to get may help nip future collisions at by the hearing examiner of the had opposed such a move, primarily on the basis that safety required
ashore some other way.
sea.
local Coast Guard in San Fran that radio operators be experienced. However, FCC emphasizes that
This was accomplished by one of Designed to fit over the radar cisco, who found nothing against the proposed legislation it favors does not .automatically suspend the
the Seafarers "hitching" a ride on scope, the plotter enables the any of the deck hands. The men previous sea experience requirement but w6uld only give FCC au
a shrimp boat to the tug H. C. navigator to visually track the subsequently returned to work on thority to modify or suspend it for limited periods of time when it
Smith, and getting in touch from course and speed of vessels to de the Alaska Bear.
might appear that such action is neceissary.
there with SIU officials in Mo termine the point where they may However, they were not in the Officials of FCC, recognizing the desirability of having experienced
bile, who contacted Waterman and meet or cross. The nonreflecting clear yet. Just before the. ship was
arranged for a shrimp boat to de plastic screen is edgelighted and ready to leave again, the stewards radio men as operators aboard ships, state that thqy are no more in
to waive this requirement "except when, necessary," than they
liver stores, fuel and cigarettes to has an optical setup < permitting department refused to sign on and clined
are
to , waive
any other requirements. of its rules designed to insure
the men on the evening of the speedier interpretation of observ on February 3, the Coast Guard
operators are fully qualified.
.
^ ^
seventh, after a week of founder able data.
again took ^e five men off to face
, Ji;
;5;i .
ing. ,
Use of the new device does not 21 charges preferred against them
With the outside world now require the navigator to remember by the stewards. A trial was then For inany months, the US merchant marine has been expisnding,
aware of their plight, assistance the information or utilize a maneu held before Daniel H. Grace, Coast primarily because, of the addition of Govenimentowned tonnage thrown
was rushed to the scene and tow vering board. Waxpencil mark Guard hearing examiner from New in to take care of abnormal requirements. However, thn peak has been
lines were gotten aboard , to float ings on the plotting surface appear Orleans who was brought in as an reached, with tfie active merchant fleet amounting to about 2,046 ves
. the ship down to New Orleans.
to be reflected as though they were Impartial outside hearing officer. sels.': Unless', the. emergency becomes worse, this fleet gradually will
The fact that the ship was sub on the face of the screen, so that After a five day trial, during bejgin t'6 . decline, and when all of the Government ships have been
sequently found not up to standard the luminous radar "pips" can be which the chief mate testified that returned to reserve, wiU amount to ,a maximum of 1,250 privateiy
. ;
. ; > ;
and towed right back again where retained. Several successive "read the SUP men had done their work owried v€^,ls still in operation.
it came from, with a different crew ings" will enable a calculation of properly and fulfilled all orders, • Ift'.^he meantime, Americanr shipovmers will keep the Gbvernirient,
aboard, was bad enough from the the exact course and the point the examiner dismissed all the advised as to the availability of privatelyowned iships to c^y foreijgn
aid shipments so that the Gtovernmentban schedule the orderly re
taxpayers' standpoint, the Seafar where the ships might meet, as charges as unfounded.
ers remarked, but why the Coast well as the probable time of con The SUP is still looking fojward turn to inactive status of governmeniowned ships now carrying the
Guard ididu't see fit to look in on tact.
with interest to the^ outcome of a coal, grain and other bulk cargo shipments.
them or let them in on the secret If constantly, followed, the proc Coast Guard hearing on the mem
.11 they had changed distress sig ess could mean fewer sea mishaps bers of the steward department for
nals is one of the mysteries they'd and losses of lif^ maritime ob their refusal to work the ship out
like answered.
servers say.
of Karachi.
MCS Charges Flop;
CC Clears SUP Men
k"'
Pridac. Maiek 7,195t
New Radar Rig
Seen Aiding
Ships Safety
�l.iR.i.W.'!!.i!iW!
Friday. Mareb T. 195*
Pay* PiT*
SEAFARERS £0G
Insurance l^ents Laud Master Deaf To Crew Plea
Sill Support In Strike As 1 Dies of Food Poison
Expressions of thanks for aid rendered by the SItJ to the Just returned from a hospital siege in the Azores, two Seafarers oif the Longview Victory
Prudential Insurance strikers have been received from both related a harrowing tale of food poisoning striking down six crewmembers and bringing
death to one of them. They charged neglecf by the captain was indirectly responsible for
national and local officers of that organization.
The insurance strikers, members^^
"• • the death of James Doherty,
of the Insurance Agents Interna SIU membership twice voted fi
AB, and prolonged and seri
tional Union, recently concluded nancial contributions totaling $1,
ous illness for Clarence E. Ar
an 82day strike against the Pru 250 to the insurance agents. Sea
nold, wiper; and M. M. Cur
dential Insurance Company which farers also made daily trips to
rier,. AB
who were worst af
won them wage increases and strike headquariers in Newark
fected
by
the ailment.
oth^r improvements for some
with coffee, donuts and cigarettes
Furthermore, they said the ship'i
for the strikers. The SIU's assist
operator. Victory Carriers, was not
ance to the strikers, financially and
far behind in its crilous neglect
otherwise, was greater than that
of the ill seamen. After the men
rendered by any other, union in
had been put ashore in the Azores
the New York area, the heart of
Arnold said, the company not only
the walkout.
failed to notify his wife but cut
"Morale Booster"
off the allotment on which his wife
Isidore A. Landsman, regional
and two children were dependent,
organizer for the Union, wrote to
without a word of explanation to
SIU Secretary Treasurer Paul Hall
her.
that the daily trips made by Sea
Just Left Port
farers with donuts, coffee and
The Longview Victory had just
cigarettes "was certainly a great
left the port of Brake, Germany,
morale booster."
near Bremerhaven January 31 and
"The visit by the striking agents
was running into the English chan
Efforts by the Eastern SS Com to your fabulous headquarters in
nel when Doherty, Arnold and
pany to sell two popular cruise Brooklyn," he added, "was an in
Curridr suddenly took ill about a
ships long familiar to Seafarers spiration to them."
half hour after lunch. They suf
have been snagged so far by gov
Similarly, Oscar d'Adolph, act
fered from continuous vomiting,
ernmental requirements imposed ing president of Local 19 of the
diarreah and severe cramps. Sev
on the prospective buyer despite union wrote, "Mere acknowledg
Clarence Arnold (left) and M. M. Currier, crewmembers of the
eral other crewmembers were
US Maritime Administration ap ment of your contribution . . . Longview Victory, back in New York after suffering a severe case
stricken that same evening. The
proval of the sale to Brazilian in could not possibly express for my of food poisoning on the ship which led to their hospitalization.
exact cause of the poisoning is not
terests.
membership and myself our deep
known, although some maggots
Affected by the proposed sale to appreciation."
were found in creamed corn which
the Companhia de Navegacao Sao "Please jccept my heartfelt ap
was served to the crew.
Paulo are the sister ships Evange preciation for all you have done
Although within easy reach of
line and Yarmoutli, both of which for us and our neighboring locals
half a dozen channel ports where
had worked the cruise lanes be in New Jersey."
he could have put the men off for
tween New York, Boston, Nova
James Moran, Jr., trustee for
medical attention, the captain
Scotia and the Bahamas.
the Insurance Agents, wrote in a
failed to do so. The men involved
Holding up the sale are a maze similar vein, declaring, "I wish
Oil paintings held an early lead as entries started coming sent word to the captain that they
of federal regulations that would to thank you and other members of in from far and wide in the First Annual Seafarers Art Con were in bad shape, but evidently
make the buyer conform strictly to the Seafarers Union for the great test. The number of oil paintings which have been received the captain and mate thought that
US laws, according to a spokesman help they have been to us in the
they were putting it on, because
thus far came as '
somewhat • •
^
at Eastern.
strike. Their generosity made this
as the mate put it, "they don't have
be
distributed
in
each
category,
of
a
surprise
in
view
of
the
Among these are the require small success possible."
high degree of skill required and there is no limit on the num a temperature."
ments that the ships be made avail
Belated Advice
ber of entries or on one man en
to produce a good oil.
able to the US during an emer
Further,
as far as Arnold and
With the deadline for entries set tering more than one category in Currier can tell, it was not until
gency, that they not be sold with
the
contest.
Nor
is
there
any
at May 10, 1952, there is stUl
out Federal Maritime Board per
they were well out to sea and still
plenty of time for all ambitious limitation on the subject matter of severely ill that the captain radioed
mission or transferred to another
the
art
work.
Seafarer artists to enter any one
flag, and that they have to be sold
for medical advice. He was noti
of the four categories covered by Some wellknown Seafarer pen fied that the men were suffering
or chartered to the US, upon re
and
ink
artists
are
yet
to
be
heard
the contest: oils, watercolors, draw
quest, under the same conditions
from food poisoning and should
as if they were owned by an Amer
A 6,020ton ocean freighter. will ings and miscellaneous which in from. Interestingly enough, most be given milk of bismuth. By this
of
the
entries
coming in
so
far
are
ican citizen.
go into se^ice as a Great Lakes cludes any type of sculpture, carv
time, however, they could no long
ing or handicraft work. There's from men who had never contrib er put into port as they were out at
Additional limitations are im cement carrier by 1953.
uted
to
the
LOG
previously.
posed on where they may sail. The The CoastalJDelegate, now under plenty of opportunity to pick up a
sea. It wasn't until they were ill
Use Resristered Mail
new owners must agree not to oper charter to the Bull Line for trade prize too, since three prizes will
for a full week that the ship finally
Contestants
who
want
to
submit
ate them in trade with Sovietdom between New York and the West
entries should mail them to the put in at Horta Fayel in the Azores
inated countries or anywhere, else Indies, will continue in that service
Art
Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 on February 6. But it was too late
than the Western Hemisphere, this until mid1952, when it is expected
4th
Avenue, Brooklyn. It is de for Doherty. He died before he
last further limited by a ban on to go into a Hoboken shipyard for
sirable to send the entry by reg could get medical aid.
calling at ports of the US and its alterations in preparation for its
Even ashore the sick men's trou
istered mail to make sure the work
possessions.
new career.
bles
were not over. Hospital facili
doesn't get lost. It 4s also very
The Evangriine has been out of The 321foot vessel will be
ties in Horta Fayel were primitive,
important
for
the
contestant
to
service sinbe September, 1950, laid brought to the Lakes through' the
identify his entry very clearly by as there was no heat nor any mod
up at a Hudson Siver pier. Com Mississippi River and the Illinois
putting his name and address oh ern equipment. The two men could
pany officials state, however, that waterway. Owned by the Southern
not understand why they were not
the
back or bottom.
summer cruise plans for the Yar Steamship Ck>bipany, she has been
put ashore in Puerto Delgado which
All
entries,
winners
and
losers,
A
Navy
tactical
maneuver
in
the
mouth are going forwfird unless purchased by the Huron Portland
is the largest city in the Azores
will
be
exhibited
in
New
York
middle
Atlantic
area
involving
the sale is completed before then. Cement Co. of Detroit.
where they could get better care.
headquarters
for
a
week
following
simulated attack by undersea craft
on a "dummy" merchant ship con conclusion of the contest. Entries The same viewpoint was held by
voy indicates that the Defense will then be returned to the own the American consul in Puerto Del
gado. , "Incidentally" Arnold said,
Department is employing a lock ers.
"the
consul was never notified of
the bam before the horse
our illness, though the captain was
is stolen philosophy should an
supposed to send word to him. It
emergency arise.
was only when we got out of the
Atlantic Fleet exercise Convex
hospital 18 days later and went
III, concerned with the protection
Philadelphia—The SS Alice to Puerto Delgado ourselves that
of merchant shipping, is now
Brown
took an unexpected he found out about it."
underway with about a hundred
Back home now, the two men
ships. The first convoy to "safely" cargo to sea with it, although
are still receiving treatment. Ar
reach port pulled in at Charleston, the extra load never got to the
SC, last week. No merchant ships vessel's next port of call. The nold's eyes have been affected by
hazy weather obstructing the the illness and are badly blood
are actually being used in the man
view of the. pilot when the shot. Currier, who had only one
euver."
Through the simulated "enemy" Bloomfield ship departed from kidhey to begin with," has appar
attack, the Navy strategists hope to pier number five caused the ently suffered damage to it as he
develop techniques for defending ship to take half of the tower still has back cramps and head
US merchantmen, too often sitting at the head of the pier to sea aches.
An SIU headquarters representa
ducks in the face of enemjr attack, with it, Pat McCann, ship's
if and when the necessity for delegate, reported. Though the tive, when notified of the case,
transporting troops and supplies in ship suilered no damages, it is declared, "This kind of treatment
unofficially disclosed that the is further evidence of the utter
another war develops.
disregard some operators have for
A force of 60,000 is engaged in bricklayers of Philadelphia ex
the exercises. Seafaiftrs sailing the tended a vote of thanks to the human lives in their pursuit of the
ship for making extra jobs for dollar. It isn't the first time that
sealanes along the Atlantic sea
Bomb "casualties" are treated by Civil Defense aids and nurses board from Maine to the Caribbean the locai membership because seamen have been neglected in
may possibly observe thq opera
of repairs necessary to the foreign ports because there isnt
in course of mock airraid drill held at SIU heaclquarters in Brook
any Union representative around
lyn. "Victim" Is receiving plasma transfusion while other "wounded tion, which will continue through tower.
to keep the operators in line."
March 19.
civilians" await further care.
'
15,000 agents. It was the first suc
cessful largescale white collar
strike of its kind.
In the course of the strike the
Yarmouth, Eva
Sales Stalled
By US Rules
Oil Paintings Lead
In SIU Art Entries
0
Ship Switching
To Great Lakes
'Convoy Safe'
In Simulated
War Sailing
Aftermath Of ''Air Raid''
Alice Brown
the Bricks'^
^ • • •
�Par* SIz'
SEAF^ntns 10 c
PMda3r.MMMIiT.i9n
New Drugs TB Seamen's Cure?
New hope for the many Seafarers who suffer from tuberculosis Is' contained in the
announcement that two new "miracle'* drugs have proved highly effective in treating
the disease.
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THEY'RE MAKING IT OFFICIAL NOW—With representatives of
Thus far the two drugs, rimifin Matthew Bruno, » patient at the TB germ might develop resistance 14 countries attending in Lisbon, Portugal, the North Atlantic Treaty
(or nydrazid) and marsilld have hospital, declared, "We're all happy to them. In order for the drug to Organization (NATO for short), has agreed on formal establishment of
been utilized on an experimental
about the news be effective in the long run, it has a united armed force for Europe, including divisions from West Ger
basis in ten hospitals only, two of
but the doctors to be able to overcome, this re many, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg. Present
them being New York City hospi
plans call for the establishment of an'army of 50 divisions by the end
are not too op sistance.
tals and the other eight being
timistic. They've Patients who have received the of 1952 in Western Europe, as well as for the construction of airfields,
Veterans Administration Hospitals.
been fooled so drug at Sea View Hospital, a New roads, depots, and other building projects. Greek and Turkish troops
A limited number of patients at
many times be York City institution on Staten were brought under General Eisenhower's command, although they
the hospitals involved have been
fore that they Island, were those who were con will be apart from the socalled "European Defense Community."
receiving treatmer and • have
want to wait and sidered hopeless. Appetites were This setup makes it possible for German troops to participate in the
shown marked impio^ment in ad
see before saying quickly regained, and became rav united armed force without being a fullfledged partner in "NATO."
vanced cases of TB. All experts
anything. They enous. Coughing stopped and
in the field,. however, are unani
weight gains of flve to ten pounds
Bruno
mous in cautioning the public
have some of a week were common. Patients THE BIGGER THEY ARE . . .—Texas oil millionaire Glenn Mc
that it Is too early to tell the real these new drugs on order for us. who were bed ridden could get up Carthy, quite a headline grabber these past few years, is suffering
value of the new compounds.
It has made us a whole lot happier and walk.
from a widespread ailment common to . us all—financial trouble.
Not In USPHS
and everybody is keeping up with
McCarthy is in hock to the tune of $34,100,000 to the Equitable Life
A spokesman at the Staten the stories about it in the papers.
Insurance Company and hasn't been able to meet payments. The In
Island Public Health Service Hos The two new drugs have been
surance company is consequently taking over management of his oil
pital said that at present none of six years in the making at two
properties in addition to the fabulous Shamrock^Hotel in Houston,
the USPHS hospitals where Sea drug companies. They are syn
Texas. He also owes a mere $5 million or so to the Metropolitan Life
farers are treated have yet re thetic compounds made out of
Insurance Company. Action was taken by Equitable when McCarthy
ceived any supply of the new med coal tar derivatives and promise
fell two years behind in payments. While all that may be an awful
ications.
to become very cheap when mass
load of debt to carry, around, it takes a good man to touch someone
for a $34 million loan.
TB has long been a scourge of produced. The actual production
seamen, particularly in the daysc of the drug involves only two
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gone by of poor food, overcrowd major steps, conversion of a coal
THEY WEREN'T APPEALING ENOUGH—The United States Court
ing, " and illventilated foc'sles tar derivative known as gamma
of Appeals has upheld lower courts in two important cases, that of
which contributed to its spread. picoline into isonictonic acid, and
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted as Abomb spies, and James J.
Seafarers at the Manhattan then into rimifin.
Giant supersuper tankers, able
While the new drugs have had to carry more oil than five typical Moran, who perjured himself before the Kefauver committee. The
Beach hospital, which is an institu
tion for TB patients, were reported dramatic effects on TB patients prewar ships, are expected to be court unanimously approved the Rosenbergs' convictions based on the
to be considerably cheered over who were too far gone to operate, under construction by next year grounds that they had transmitted secret information about the struc
the new development. Seafarer doctors are cautious because the in the yards of the Bethlehem ture of an atom bomb to agents of the Soviet Union. In doing so, the
court upheld the death sentence originally imposed by Federal Judge
Steel Co.
Irving R. Kaufman in April, 1951. A further appeal to the Supreme
Two 44,000 deadweight ton tank Court is pending. In Moran's case, the former sidekick of New York's
ers ordered from British builders exMayor, William O'Dwyer, had his flve year sentence for perjury
by the same company have already affirmed. Moran was found guilty of lying to the Kefauver Committee
lost their title as the world's larg about the visits of a number of racketeers to his office when he was with
est with the placing of orders for the Fire Department. Moran has just been sentenced to 13Vi additional
two .45,400tbn capacity bottoms years for his role in fueloil inspection shakedowns.*,
A sudden slackoff in European needs for coal bas caused 700 feet in length. The ships will
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the Maritime Administration to withdraw seven ships from be longer than the biggest Ameri
can flag
liner
no\g
in
service,
the
GARDEN 'OF
EDEN
REVIVAL?—The
government
of Iraq has an
service. The ships are all operated by theNational Shipping
America,
although
they
will
still
nounced
adoption
of
a
longrange
irrigation, plan
using
the waters of
Authority under GAA charter^
be dwarfed by the 990foot United the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to bring millions of acres under cul
to private owners.
boneyards to recommission them States.
tivation. Ancient Mesopotamia, legendary site of tKe'Garden of Eden,
The seven ships, six of which are remaining in the. reserve fleet. The supersupers will be oper , was a very fertile country several thousands of years ago when legen
are crewed up by the National Most X}t the ships operated un ated by owners of the largest in dary kingdoms constructed elaborate irrigation works long since fallen
Maritime Union and none by the der the GAA charter have been dependent tanker fleet. World into disuse. The new plan will be financed in' part from oil revenues
SIU, will not go back to the moth carrying coal and grain to Europe Tankers, and will have speeds ex and wiU be an attempt to get back to the "good old Mesopotamian
ball fleet but for the time' being and elsewhere. Mild winter weath ceeding 16 knotb, despite single days."
will be anchored at docks in New er in Europe has built up coal screw propulsion.
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York and Norfolk. In the event stockpiles and grain shipments An estimated cost of $10,000,000
HOW TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK—Under act of Congress, the
the cutback continues they will be abroad haTe also decreased. Since, will turn the vessels out by De
put back in the boneyard.
it is the policy of the National cember, 1953, for active service, Internal Revenue Bureau is alibwed to pay up to a total of $500,000
< Others SU.id By
Shipping Authority to stay in busi double the price of currently work to tipsters who inform the bureau about delinquent taxpayers. Last
Aside from these first seven ness only so long as private oper ing 28,000ton supertankers and year the bureau paid but the fuli amount and collected ^,700,000 in
ships, additional ships of an un ators cannot handle all cargoes the. six times the price brought by TTs unpaid taxes. Tipsters usually are given about 10 percent of tiie amount
determinate number are being put cutbacks are more or less automatic sold by the government under the of taxes collected, although this is not a fixed figure. The largest award
last year, $62,000, went to ui informer who let the bureau know about
on standby status. They will keep once cargoes decline. Additional ship sales act..
one
taxpayer's practice of keeping two sets of books with different
skeleton crews on board until such retirements of NSA ships are Ex Each of the 45,400ton jUants will
time as it is determined what their pected in spring and summer have threefourths the displace figures in them—one for himself and one for benefit of the tax
fate will be. Sixteen other vessels months as the demknd for coal de ment of the Cunard passenger collector.
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en which work had begun in the clines.
Queens.
ORDER ONE FROM SEARSROEBUCK—Great Britain has an
nounced that she has produced an atomic bomb and has a plant ready
Union Chief Learns SIU Methods
to go into regular production. The British version of nuclew fission in
action will be tested sometime this summer in the arid and empty
interior of Australia. Two fullyloaded freighters have already left
home for the long mp to the test site, a trip made necessary by the
lack of suitable open space in England to conduct such a test. The
British announcement means that three countries, US, USSR and
England, now have atom bombs with other nations probably pre
paring to get in on the act. What was once the world's greatest secret
is now becoming almost as common as a washing machine—though
slightly rqore expensive.
SuperSuper
Oil Tankers
To Built
NSA Retires 7 Ships
As Coal Needs Drop
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A SLIGHT LEAKAGE OF FUNDS—Waste of funds in construction
of huge air biases in Morocco is the latest subject of Congressional in
quiry. An army auditor and other investigators have told a House of
Representatives subcommittee that at least $50 million has gone do«m
the drain in the form of waste, kickbacks,and collusion on over
charges for equipment. Biggest source of waste was on overcharges for
supplies and equipment with consequent kickbacks to the purchasers.
Arab workers on the job were shaken down in order to get. employ
ment. Much of the material purchased by the Army for base con
struction was bought without advertising for competitive bids. Total
cost of the bases is estimated In excess of $300 million.
m^:
^lanation.of how SIU vacation pay works is given by Vacation Plan repftsentati've to two hq. vis
itors from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, President Arnold Zimder
(right)* and International Representative Jerry Wurl
^ .
DEMO CANDIDATE NUMBER 2—With still no word from President
Truman at to his 1952 intentions^ another Democrat has thrown his
hat in the ring. Senator Richard Russell of Georgia Senator Russell
attracted'attentibn by his chairmanship of the MacArthur hearings and
is expected to have strong Dixlecrat backing as well as support from
party regulars in the South. Meanwhile Senator Kefauver is pressing
his campaign.vigorously and will oppose President Tnunan in the New
Hampshire preferential primary and elsewhere. The president, while
his name has been entered in: New Hampshire, isn't talking about his
future plans bnU has again praised Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois.
Another canaidate mentioned as^ apossible Truman choice is Senator
Robert Kerr, Oklahoma oil millionaire;
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Face Seyea
SEAFARERS LAfG
Sea Calls Back Oiier^ 72
The sea's own will return to her when their country needs them, and Gerald Fitzjfimes,
72, is just back from an eightmonth foreign trip to prove it.
Fitzjames left sailors Snug.Harbor on Staten Island after a comfortable sojourn of less
than a year there in answer to*
^
the feverish Government ap shipped from San Francisco on the DDay in Normandy, though he
peal for rated men to return
sailing ship Maid was a ripe old 65 at the time.
"Time was when you had to
of Sydney back in
to sea during the current
1894. He has bring your own bedding, knife, fork
emergency. He's been out
been going to sea and spoon with you," he declared,
since then in engine ratings
since
then, and "but today, a seaman sailing with
with the North Platte Victory
expects to stick the Seafarers has every advantage
(Mississippi) on trips to the
to it until he he can think of." As long as a man
Near East, Germany and
can't pull his does his job and pitches in with his
Japan.
share of the work shipmates, the 72yearold cau
Now looking to ship as a deck
engineer—those "black gang" jobs
are a little too wearing on the legs
from liaving to climb around so
much—he urged younger men now
sailing to realize the multitude of
benefits that have come their way
through the SIU.
Still vigorous, though with energy
belying his age, Fitzjames first
Split Ship's Stem •
Towed Into Port
mi
tioned, he'll live a good life.
any longer.
Fitzjames
, "}
had a lucky star
over me all the time," he" recalled,
as he recounted the days when
steam replaced sail and some of
his experiences in two major world
wars, both of which he sailed
through without a scratch. He
noted particularly being in there
FIRST ANNUAL
SIU Raps Bid
To Reopen
Ship Sales
I
seafarers
art contest
~ 1, OILS
2. DRAWINGS
3. WATER COLORS
4. MISCELLANEOUS
THREE PRIZES IK EACH CLASS
I
send your work in now to I
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SEAFARERS LOG |
CONTEST
CLOSES
MAY 10
«7S Fourth Avo. • I rooklyn 32. N. Y. '
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The SIU has concurred in pro
tests by American shipowners
against a proposed law enabling
Philippine interests to purchase
eight governmentowned, w a r
built vessels as a dangerous pre
cedent.
Legislation permitting the sale
would reopen the Ship Sales Act
of 1946 at a tirtie when American
buyers are unable to secure addi
tional vessels from the government
reserve fleet and chartered ships
now active are being returned to
layup status.
The measure, now being weighed
by a Senate (Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce, was
attacked as presenting a onesided
advantage to foreign buyers who,
it was pointed out, had the same
opportunity as American buyers
to secure ships when the Act was
in force but failed to take advan
tage of it.
Unfair to Market
Creating a precedent in ailowing
foreign buyeis to secure the ves
sels would unfairly affect the cur
rent market as well as open the
door to future sales by the samP
method, opponents urged. Philip
pine citizens are the only for
eigners presently permitted to
charter American Ships.
It is not up to the US Congress
to bolster foreign maritime fleets
at a time when the American
merchant fleet is at low strength
and few steps are being taken to
insure its active future.
Seafarer officials point to the
continuing national apathy toward
the projected Long Range Ship
ping Bill which has long lan
guished in Congress, as sharply
contrasting with the legislation
favoring the foreign sale.
Cartoon History Of The SIU
Altfink halls and crimp joints hewed to the same
pattern. , A five spot counted more than ability
with good jobs peddled over the board. Only the
union's strength and the wartime shortage of rat
ings kept the Shipping Board's private fink halls
from monopolizing hiring.
L
The stern section of the crippled Fort Mercer passes under the
Brooklyn Bridge as tugs haul her to berth at 23rd Street in Brook
lyn after taking her in tow off Cape Cod.
Thirteen crew members of the illfated tanker Fort Mercer
won their battle against the sea by riding the stern section
of their ship into New York last week. The Fort Mercer,
along with the tanker Pen>^
dleton, had been broken in were taken in tow off Nantucket
two in a severe storm off Cape lightship.
Crewmen disclosed that they ate
Cod. Both sections of the very well throughout the ordeal,
Pendleton were completely since the galley was in the extreme
wrecked in the storm, as was stern of the wreck. With food
for 45 men, the remaining
the bow of the Fort Mercer, stocked
13 had ample supplies of steak,
but the stern stayed afloat and turkey, bacon, milk, eggs and other
was subsequently taken in eatables.
tow.
After being taken in tow. the
Thirteen members of the crew
stayed aboard the stern half of the
tanker, deciding to ride it out. Al
though five men on the bow lost
their lives, the men stayed on. the
stern reported that thej' were com
fortable at all times. The ship's
power plant was working, so that
there was plenty of heat, light and
good food.
Stick It Out
When the ship split, there were
34 men left on the stem and 11 on
the bow section, five of whom were
subsequently casualties. The Coast
Guard removed 21 men from the
stern of the ship but the remaining
13 decided to stick it out until they
Ooverninent Fink Halls
The setup was part of a plan for postwar union
smashing by shipowner and bureaucrat. Fearful
of the union's growth, they used the war emergeney
to build their unionbusting apparatus. Seamen
• had served their purpose and they were out to re
• turn them to prewar slavery.
Mercer was still not out of danger
as she had to negotiate the tricky
waters of Hell Gate on her way to
Brooklyn. Nevertheless, the tow
ing passed without mishap. In ad
dition to saving half of the ship,
the owners recovered some 45.000
barrels of oil carried in her stem
section tanks.
Crewmembers of the unfortunate
Pendleton were not so lucky. Nine
out of the crew of 41 lost their
lives in her splitup, with half of
the ship going on the rocks and
the other half sinking soon after
the crew had jumped onto life
ratts floated over by a Coast Guard
cutter.
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The war's end saw soldiers coming home and ship
ping at its peak. Contracts had expired but pros
perous shipowners wouldn't talk wage increases. A
strike called on May 1, 1919, brought quick sur
render, with a twoyear contract that was the best
, eVer up until then.
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SEArAKKkS LOG
Pare Elchi
PORT MtEPORTS..
shipped too many jobs,, but with San Francisco:
the Alaska Cedar (Ocean Towing), Wilmington:
the climate being so wonderful and
which limped in here after suffer
the women dandy and handy,
ing a crack in her hull during a
nobody has a desire to move out
storm up north. She's been fixed
too fast But those who do will have
up and is back in shape.
a chance soon as we expect a regu
The Seastar (Triton) and Mass
The outlook for the coining two mar (Calmar) were in for a short Just as we anticipated in this lar bodm here in about two weeks. Shipping turned mighty fine this
Sam Cohen
weeks indicates that things will be stay as intransits. The^astnamed port of seesawing activity, shipping
period—although it had stood very
Wilmington Port Agent low for a long time. We're having
, very slow around here, consider of these, plus the Fairisle and was just fair for the past two
ably quieter than it has been in Johnson, took on a couple of. the weeks, the bulk of business
some nice sunny weather after a
t t t
few remaining men on the beach provided by intransits to the port.
this port for quite « while.
spell of rain, so that both shipping
Boston:
^rise aqd weatherwise things are
Two payoffs and signons high
We had the Beauregard, Warrior and nearly cleaned us out.
looking up.
and Morning Light (Waterman) We are having a bit of trouble lighted the picture. The Lynn
In here for payoff, plus a run of with Ocean Towing regarding the Victory (Triton) and Madaket
All the ships that called here
Alcoa ships, the Cavalier, Pennant, black gangs on their ships, but we (Waterman) paid off abd signedon
took some men off the beach, so
Roamer, Patriot and Clipper, and hope to have this straightened out right away again.
we could use some hands out here,
the North Platte Victory (Missis before long.
The intransits kept us busy for The business of the port wound particularly rated seagoing men.
Vacations are still the topic on a while. These included: the Re
sippi ).
up fair, better than usual anyway, Two ships in for payoff. Bright
On the other side of the ledger, everyone's tongue. The boys are public (Trafalgar), which came in for the period, although the weath star (Dolphin) and Maiden Victory
the signons were: John Kulukun really happy with toe. setup and twice; Portmar, Seamar, Marymar
(Mississippi), and both signed on
at toe other extreme.
dis (Mar Trade); Monarch of the hail this gain as one of our great (Calmar); Yaka, Fairport (Water er was
again. The intransits to the port
We
had
eight
payoffs
and
two
Seas, Beauregard (Waterman); est.
man); Steel Admiral, Steel Flyer signons during the last two weeks totaled seven, including: Marymar,
Alcoa Pennant and Roamer, and Emil Austad and F. I. Gibbons, (Isthmian), and Angus MacDonald to keep us in practice.
Portmar, Massmar (Calmar); Steel
the North Platte Victory. Intran two of the brothers in toe local (Mississippi).
Admiral (Isthmian), and Yaka,
sit to this port was the Alcoa Ran marine hospital, could use .a little We had a little hassle on the' In for payoff were the following: John B. Waterman and Madaket
Anson Mills (Seas Shipping); The
cheering up via mail or a visit toe
ger.
Lynn Victory when the captain Cabins, Julesburg (Mathiasen); (Waterman).
Just back from several trips on next time one of their shipmates failed
The activity shaping up for next
to set sea watches and the Trinity (Carras), plus the French two
looks good too, with
the Morning Light is brother Al comes to town.
not cleab port. I managed Creek, Government Camp, Brad foim weeks
payoffs
and three dntransits
fred Wright, a member of the SIU Generally, our slim crop of men, ship did
hours there. The old ford Island and Bents Fort (Cities already in sight.
These figure to
since 1941 who especially those with ratings, is to secure 440
man's
excuse
was
that
he
was
try
sails in the deck making our hair grow a little thin. ing to get engineers, but he did Service). The Anson Mills and be the following: Arizpa, Ponce De
department He We can't even shake a firsttripper not make provisions of launch The Cabins signedon for another Leon (Waterman); Carroll Victory,
trip.
Bessemer Victory (South Atlantic),
came by to apply out of the bushes, let alone find
service for the crew. It took a There was an overtime dispute all payoffs; Yaka, Jean Lafitte
for his vacation an oldtimer on the beach.
phone call direct to the~owner to on the Anson Mills which we got (Waterman) and Steel Flyer (Isth
and was glad to
Jeff Morrison
get the okay, but the crew stuck paid, and a slopchest beef which mian), intransits.
hear about the.
Seattle Port Agent and did not pay off until we squared
we easily squared away before she We just had routine beefs on all
smooth opera
^
away the beef,
sailed for France. We have been the ships coming in, but plenty of
tions of the sys Savannah:
AmmoSlinging
repeatedly warning the men about big smiles over the vacation pay.
tem set up in
headquarters 10
The deck department on this paying off at sea, but the crew on
Wright
Short strike
handle these ap
same ship came in for high praise the Julesburg went at it anyway., There's nothing much new in
plications.
from the chief mate as the best We took hold of an OT dispute on town either, except for a short
A1 thought it would be quite a
crew he'd had in the last 30 years. her when she came in and got it strike by toe AFL Carmen's Union.
while before he'd see his check, The picture down here is look When, a fire broke out in number cleaned up.
Froin where I sit,
but he found to his amazement ing up as far as shipping goes. We three hold, the crew jumped in
Agents Thanked SIU
it
looks like the
that he'd just have to stick around shipped men to eight ships that and put it out, even slinging Our regular meeting featured a
Mayor tried to
• few
days or a week at most. In turned into this port and also around cases that were beginning discussion on the Welfare Plan and
give the boys a
this way he can take a rest, pick racked up a half dozen each in to burn by hand. The kicker in the ships that, are sailing short
rough go, al
up his money and be ready to payoffs and signons.
this story is that the hold was handed. Some of the representa
though he was
ship all over again.
loaded with ammo.
tives of the Prudential Insurance
well
backed by
Among
the
ships
that
took
men
He asked to add his thanks, like
There is a growing tendency of Agents were on hand to thank the
labor
in the last
off
the
beach
were
the
following:
many other members, to the offi
men missing ships and then squar members for their support diuring
election. The
Dorothy
(Bull);
Zane
Grey
cials of the Union, for a job well
ing it away with a fine. They jiist that beef. They had full use of our
beef centered
4ione on the many benefits he re (Isthmian); Robin Wentley (Rob pile off here and then try to get hall and all other help we could
aroimd
the fact
in);
Cape
San
Martip,
Southstar,
Bearden
ceives through our negotiators'
the Korean run. The only trouble give them during their strike.
that toe
city
Southwind;
Jesse
.H.
Metcalf
long hours of work and effort to
with that is they're getting fooled. The brothers at the meeting were wanted the men to put in their
(Eastern), and
our
port
namesake,
make Seafarers' conditions the
the Seatrain Savannah (Seatrain). We have very few ships going into also pleased to see .our two Union eight hours a day over a period
best in the maritime field.
Korea. Most of them go directly films. This Is The SIU and The exceeding 10 hours, despite a city
There's little doing of note in Business is expected to continue to Japan.
Battle of Wall Street, the first time charter provision calling for eight
town. But our members in the at this healthy pace for the com
most of them around here had hours work to be done within lO.
There are maijy
smiling faces on
marine hospital could use a little ing two weeks, according to. pres
After a couple of days a court
cheering up by mail or in person. ent indications. The number of the beach these days with the vaca seen them.
Among them are W. J. Gray, T. men on the beach being small, tion checks coming through. Money Those of us working in the j>ort rule was handed down stating that
Burke, J. Jones, E. E. Dykes, G. there was no regular branch meet flows" on the boulevard, and the want to know how the membership these men were right to demand
boys are digging down deep bring feels ou toe matter of issuing skis, the existing setup of eight in 10.
ing.
Robinson and S. S. Irby.
ing out
their discharges.
snowshoes or a small dogsled to The guys are back on their jobs
The men coming in are a happy
Cat Tanner
Mobile Port Agent gang because of our new Vacation Among our old timers out here us so we can make toe ships. The now, but the Mayor is still belly
Plan setup, which is siurely mak are brother "Babe" Aulicino, trains have been stopped, toe aching that the city is going bank
4"
4"
ing a hit both near and far. Fact Teddy Freeland, Jesse Lewis and roads are blocked to buses and rupt. We didn't have to send in
Seattle:
is, the men must be figuring their "Red" McManus. In the marine there is no way to get to the ships any support during the beef, as the
vacation dollars every time they hospital and eager for a bit of mail unless you have a good dogteam Union had an effective strike and
sign on, or should I say $ignon, from their friends are F. Cohen, on hand. We will knock off for no outside help was needed.
because every day they work adds T. 6. Lyons and E. L. Pritchard. now as we have to go out front We had brother Arvel J. Bear
up to a husky check when they Well, generally we've got no and shovel eight more inches of den in here off toe Portmar, a man
who said he'd get k chicken farm
beefs. The weather has been great new snow off the sidewalks.
We're still holding up our end put in more than 90 days time.
and went ahead and got one. A
E. B." Tilley
and shipping, though not at a peak,
James Sheehan
on shipping as it remains con
Savannah Port Agent is holding its own. We haven't
Boston Fort Agent native of Louisiana and member
sistently good. As far as shipping
of the SIU since May, 1943, Bear
goes here, we'll stick to our slogan
den sails nothing but carpenter
—The Best in the Northwest.
and is one of toe best, on ship or
Since the weather's improving,
ashore. Mosf of the vessels he_
we hope some rated men will head
rides he acts as ship's delegate or
out this way as they're sure to get
deck delegate, and he always
out in jig time. We always have
brings In a clean ship with all
to send to the outports to get the
beefs in first class order.
men as fast as they're needed.
Shipping from Febriiary 13 to February 27
His place is located northeast of
The David B. Johnson (Missis
Los
Angeles and now that he's on
sippi) paid off in Portland with
the
beach. Brother Bearden ex
TOTAL
REG.
SHIP.
SHIP.
REG.
TOTAL
SHIP.
REG.
just routine beefs aboard her and
pects
to head home and see it
PORT
DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK
ENG. STEW. SHIPPED
signed on again. Also signing on
an^hing
hatched while he was
were the Fairport (Waterman) and
50 away.
49
17
10
65
23
27
9
Mobile:
LaborBacked MayorNo
Barpin to AFL GarmoB
Lynn Vieiory Deck Gaog
Gheernd as FireKiiiers
Shipping Slowing a Bit
After a Stretch in High
Paying Off at Sea Easy
Way fa Trouble in Port
Shipping in This Port
Heavier for a Change
Shipping Pace Out Here
'Best in the Herlhwesl'
A&G SmPPJOfC RECORD
199
62
168
165
26
12
51
109
54
SUP Offices
fit New Hall
The SUP'S office is at
the SIU A&G Hall where
the complete facilities of the
building are available to Sail
ors Union men. Shipping,
beefs, mail and all. other SUP
services are maintained, at
the 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn, ad
dress.
J
kWALS •
949
.
• • toooegovgtto*
170
66
112
130
25
11
46^
60
54
60
.
7M
'
104
32
101
104
29
12
45
62
86
47
fid
473
160
361
399
80
39
144
231
164
160'
171
42
187
124
33
21
49
126
78
• 1
139
102
38
19
48
81
70
89
426
93
105
20
;
434
112
324
98
98
27
90
16 :
132
300
93
197
94
200
80
76e
low
927
162
*i
,
Another of our members, R.
Ulmer, who just paid off tho
Madaket in LA. came in for a
breatoeb, but before he could get
it was shipped to the John JB. John
son in Portland. A tough go, toe
brother admiu, but when the
Union needs men, it's up to every
one to turn to as a replacement.
The thing to do, he says, is ship
when you're needed and take your
vacation later on when things turn
slow.
H. X Fiaeker
Wfft'^Ceast
�Friday. Mareh T. Wig
SEAFARERS lOC^
Pare MM
.... PORT REPORTS
and Robert Lowry (Bloomfield). Lake Charles:
Yulee H. Crews, who's been sail bership's approval. Our SIU Wash
The Joyce Kilmer (Mississippi)
ing for the past 12 or 13 years. He ington representative, Robert Ma
crewed up finally after leaving
was in the campaign to sign up the thews, has been in the city assist
drydock, as did the Del Mundo,
Cities Service fleet, and won't sail ing in the search 8nd looking over
Sud, Oro (Mississippi); Puritan,
anything else now because, as .'he a few sites we have lined up. Wa
Pilgrim, Ranger (Alcoa); Clear
says, we should ride them now to expect to hear from headquarters
f he pace of shipping has been a water Victory and Robert Lowry. ^hipping and business in this collect the gains that we worked concerning this plan for the port
Intransit activity was ahum
hard to score. Yulee sails in of Baltimore in the near future.
little slow these past few weriu, ming, with the following'recorded: lovely city has definitely been so
booming the past two weeks. If the steward department, usually as The membership will'also be
although it has pieked^up in the Alcoa Corsair, Pennant, Cavalier, there's anything we like to see the department delegate, and al pleased to note that the wage dis
last couple of days, and prospects Roamer (Alcoa); Steel Vendor around here, it's plenty., of ships ways does a fine job.
cussions for day workers on SIU
for the coming period look good. (Isthmian); Del Mundo, Oro (Mis and mucho jobs to keep the boys The biggest item for conversa contracted ships have been cli
tion these days around the hall maxed with the Union securing a
Quite a few ships due in for pay issippi); Seatrains Louisiana, New happy.
Jersey, Georgia (Seatrain); Mon The local prosperity is abetted (when we can find enough men to $30 monthly for all daymen in
offs.
arch of the Seas, Afoundria (Water
to) is thevacation pay, par the deck and engine departments,
We paid off a total of 21 ships man); John Kulukundis (Mar no end by the comings and goings talk
of Cities Service ships, the recent ticularly the fact that it was se with the exception of wipers, who
and signedon four in the last two Trade); Southern Counties (South crop including the Lone Jack, Win cured at all as many didn't think will receive a $1.5 monthly in
weeks. The big difference between ern Trading), and Margaret Brown ter Hill, Fort Hoskins, Government they'd see it in their lifetime.
crease in base pay.
Camp, Cantigny, Bents Fort, Salem One of our good brothers who Despite the huge outgoing flow
the payoffs aiid signons is due to (Bloomfield).
Since the last report the AFL
the fact that a large number of the Electricians went out at the Kaiser Maritime, French Creek and Brad lives in Lake Arthur, La., about 50 of manpower through the SIU hall
Island, all of whom .^hipped miles away from here, is taking up here these last two weeks no ships
ships are on continuous articles. All plant in a beef against a subcon ford
quite a few men each.
the art of helicopter flying. He were delayed in sailing for lack
.'of our payoffs ran fairly smooth, tractor who had the idea he could Over in Port Arthur, Texas, the figures that since a CS tanker only of men.
however, with all beefs being taken hire and fire as he saw fit, or can good ship Federal (Trafalgar) came stays in port about 10 hours, he
Earl Sheppard
a man for any trivial reason. With in, shuttling between the mighty can fly home with his 'copter, chin
care of at the time.
Baltimore Port Agent
out" electricians at the plant it will
The following were in the tally not be long before Kaiser will Mississippi and Texas ports. The a while and be aboard his ship
4"
boys positively again in quick, time.. So far he is Galveston:
for this period: Lone Jack, Abiqua, straighten out this subcontractor '
do not quit her on lesson number one put out by
Salem Maritime, Council Grove, in order to get things going in full
the International Correspondence
as she is running
Winter Hill, Cantigny, Royal Oak, swing. These antilabor characters
School.
1
n
competition
have to be put iq their place or
(Cities Service); LaSalle, Hastings, they'll run
with the US mint We don't know how far he'll get
wild.
in
making on this project, but we can be sure
Wacosta, Gateway City (Water
Berry Pickers Win
there won't be any fuel problein
money.
man); Binghampton Victory, Bea
anyway
with a refinery just a This port was really humming
The
other,
strike
sftuation
in
We
also
had
trice, Inez, Puerto Rico (Bull);
with activity as shipping over the
coon's
breath
away.
volves
the
Louisiana
Fruit
and
one of the SUP
Shinnecock Bay (MarTrade); Sea
iiii
past period turned very good.
Leroy Clarke
tankers, the
trains Georgia and New Yqfk (Sea Vegetable Producers Local 312 in
We had six ships in for payoff
the
strawberry
country.
After
Lake Charles Agent
Frank A. Mor
train); Sea Magic (Orion); Steel
Crews
and
the same bunch signed on
picketing
several
berry
plants
in
gan,
which
car
Vendor (Isthmian), and Fort
4
t
again.
Among them were the fol
Ponchatoula, Hammond, Albany ried a large number of SIUbroth
Bridger (US Petroleum).
lowing: Sunion (Kea); Neva West
Baltimore:
and
White
Hall,,
the
union
has
ers.
We
went
down
and
paid
her
Our signons were the Steel In
(Bloomfield);' William Carruth
ventor and Steel Voyager (Isthmi gained complete control of the off in company with the SUP rep
(Trans Fuel); Oceanstar (Trfton);
strawberry
crop
in
the
state.
Five
resentative
and
everything
ran
off
an); Wild Ranger (Waterman), and
James H. Price (South Atlantic),
major handlers of berries tried to okay.
Robin Mowbray (Robin).
and William A. Graham (Water
hold out against the farmers, but On the local labor scene, the
man).
Puerto Rico Back
learning from past experience, the AFL Metal Trades Council is ne
Shipping has really gone over
That strike down in Puerto Rico farmers were not going to be de gotiating for a new contract and the top in this port, with over 400 A flock of intransits pulled in
Is over, and we have the good ship prived of the packers and handlers has served notice on the refineries men moving out during the past during the period, including: Brad
Puerto Rico back on her regular before the berry crop started in. that they intend to get it or else. period. The exact figure, 434 ford Island, Logans Fort, Abiqua,
run again. We hope she 'runs Last year the farmers struck late The AFL Electricians have a pick shipped in all departments, is a Chiwawa (Cities Service); Seatrains
New York, New Jersey, Texas (Sea
steady for a while. Those boys in the season and although they etline on the air base here against record peak for this branch.
train); Petrolite, Julesburg
(Mathi
one
of
the
contractors,
and
the
got
their
price
it
was
too
late
in
have had more vacations in the
Contributing to the heavy
past six months than a Standard the season and some berries were Building Trades . Council is making activity were 24 ships paying off, asen; Schuykill; Afoundria, Beau
lost. They made sure no berries headway in its contract talks. We've 13 signons and six ships intransit. Tegard (Waterman); Evelyn (Bull);
Oil sailor gets in three years.
the IBEW that the SIU With the "exception .of a couple Compass (Compass); Frank Mor
There's a happy note in that we would go to nonunion handlers notified
branch
in this jmrt stands
ready to of small beefs submitted for gan; Del Oro (Mississippi); Cata
this
season
by
striking
early.
are' able to report that we haven't
give
them
all
the
aid
it
possibly clarification, aU vessels paid off houla (National Nav); Southern
Market Control
been plagued by performers aboard
Counties (Southern Trading), and
can.
the ships in port for the past couplS As in the past, the berries will
and signedon without a hitch.
Cape
Grieg, just out of the bone
Machinists
Active
be auctioned at Hammond by com
of weeks.
We would like to impress on
petitive bids, but by controlling 'Lastly, the AFL Machinists are the brothers at this time the re yard.
Bar Busy
The William A. Graham, in for
the berries no. one market will be moving to organize local garages sponsibility they have in the edu
The Port O* Call bar is now flooded and thereby lower the and are meeting with huge success. cation of newcomers which th^ payoff from India, came in very
doing a rushing business with . a price in that area. The union has To date, they have every garage in Union is taking in, due to the over clean and smooth. Nothing could
great number of the boys'coming now set its sights on handlers in town signed up with pledge cards abundance of shipping. Since we compare with the cleanliness of
ashore to their own bar to quench both Tennessee and Arkansas. and expect to call for an NLRB can't help but get a few performers that ship, both inside and outside.
their thirst. It must be quite an When these are organized, a con election very soon.
and foulups in taking in these The boys made plenty of overtime,
attraction, as I have seen some of trolled flow of berries from three Things are quieting down on the men, it is therefore up to each and you could see it all by the
the oldtimers around lately that states will enable stable market political front now that labor's member to help the Union as much looks of everything when you
I hadn't seen,for some time.
prices.
friend has been reelected sheriff of as possible to keep, performing at walked aboard the ship.
As a matter of fact, Capt. Miller
I ihust say also that I've seen Quite a few brothers from this the parish (^ounty) for another four a minimum.
some really big smiles around the port live in the strawberry coun years. He won by over 3,000 votes Of special interest in this port of the US Maritime Administra
counter on the third floor where try or have families or friends and showed the antilabor gang are the efforts now being put forth tion, the port captain, called the
the vacation pay is'being paid out. there. There is no doubt that that we do not intend to have to obtain a new branch hall in hall and stated he wanted to com
Many of the men who have been their being with the SIU spread a goons around when we strike to the port. A search for suitable mend the SIU, its officials and es
uphold our rights.
going to sea for 10 and 15 years lot of unionism in that area.
buildings is now going on and it pecially the crew of this ship for
Lindsey J. Williams
The only old timer we have on is expected one or two sites will the condition of the vessel and the
had nevei* collected a dime for
New Orleans Fort Agent the beach at present is brother eventually be selected for the mem conduct of the crew during their
vacation before. They have good
voyage.
reason to be happy about the new
Keith Alsop
Vacation Plan.
Galveston Port Agent
Claude Simmons
Asst. Sec'yTreas.
Nmw York:
Onilook Tarning Belter
For Mea Seekieg Berth
SIU Stands By to Help
At Electrieiatas Picket
Snappy Graham Crew
Wins Plaudits for SIU
M
• 1
• n
Wide Search on to Got
Now SIU Hall for Port
New Orleans:
Farmers Union Pickets
Bring Home tke Berries
Sm BALL DIRECTORY
SIU, A&G District
BALTIMORE
14 North Gay St.
Earl Sheppard. Agent
Mulberry 4540
BOSTON
276 State St.
James Sheehan, Agent
Richmond 20140
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141
GALVESTON
308V4 23rd St.
Keith Alsop. Agent
Phone 28448
LAKE CHARLES, La
1419 Ryan St.
LeRoy Clarke, Agent
Phone 65744
MOBILE
1 South Lawrence St.
Cal Tanner. Agent
Phone 21754
NEW ORLEANS
523 BienviUe St.
Lindsey Williams. Agent
Magnolia 61126113
NEW YORK. .
675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn
STerling 84671
NORFOLK
127129 Bank St.
Ben Rees. Agent
Phone 41083
PHILADELPHIA
337 Market St.
S. CarduUo. Agent
Market 71635
SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St.
H. J.' Fischer. Agent
Douglas 25475
SAN JUAN, PR
252 Ponce de Leon
Sal Colls. Agent
SAVANNAH
2 Abercorn St.
E. B. TUley. Agent
Phone 31728
SEATTLE
2700 1st Ave.
Jeff Morrison. Agent
Seneca 4570
TAMPA
.18081811 N. Franklin St.
Ray Wiate. Agent
Phone 21323
Sam Cohen. Agent
Terminal 42874
HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave..Bklyn.
SECRETARYTREASURER
Paul HaU
ASST. SECRETARYTREASURERS
Lloyd .Gardner
Robert Matthews
Claude Simmons
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE
Joe Algina
PORT COLBORNE
Ontario
TORONTO. Ontario..
103 Durham St.
Phone; 5591
86 Colbome St.
Elgin 5719
VICTORIA. B. C
617% Cormorant St.
Empire 4531
VANCOUVER. B. C..... 565 Hamilton St,
Pacific 7824
SYDNEY. N.S
304 Charlotte St.
Phone 6346
RAGOTVILLE. Quebe'c....... 20 Elgin St.
Phone: 545
THOROLD. Ontario
37 Ormont St.
Phone; 33202
QUEBEC
.113 Cote Da La Montague
Quebec
Phone: 27078
SAINT JOHN
177 Prince William St.
N.B.
Phone: 23049
We're happy to say that every
thing's running along very smooth
SUP
ly here. The port has settled down
HONOLULU
........16 Merchant St.
Phone 58777
to the regular, routine, with the
PORTLAND
Ill W. Burnside St.
election for governor and the
Beacon 4336
Mardi Gras over.
RICHMOND. CALIF
257 Sth St.
Phone 2599
Shipping is very good with
SAN FRANCISCO..
450 Harrison St
Douglas 28363
plenty of jobs for the takers, and
SEATTLE
2700 1st Ave.
Great Lakes District
no major beefs cropping up ex
Main 0290
WILMINGTON
....440
Avalon Blvd. ALPENA
133. W. Fletcher
' cept the usual run of disputes
Terminal 43131
Phone: 1238W
handled at the payoffs or signons.
NEW YORK
675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn BUFFALO. N. Y
180 Main St.
STerling 84671
Phone: Cleveland 7391
Payoffs for the period included
CLEVELAND...
2602 CarroU SL
the following: Del Oro, Del Sud,
Canadian Disfrict
Phone: Main loi47
tlETROrr
1038 3rd St.
MONTREAL
463
McGUl
St.
Del Aires, James Duke (Missis
Headquarters Phone: Woodward 16657
MArquette 5906
Isippi); Aicoa Puritan, Pilgrim,
DULUTH
531
W.
Michigan
St.
HALIFAX. N.S
.128Vi Hollis St
Phone: Melrose 24110
Phone: 34911 ;
'. Ranger (Alcoa); Clearwater Vic
3361 E 92nd St.
PORT WILUAM....IUM1 Syndicate Ave. [SOUTH CHICAGO
; tory, Steel Surve^pi; (Isth|^ji(^), n^mNGTIOhr, Calif• 440
I .
^
Phone: Essex 52410
Avale^, Mvj|.
....
Be Sure to Get
Dues Receipts
Headquarters again wishes
to remind all Seafarers that
payments of funds, for what
ever union purpose, be made
only to authorized A&G repre
sentatives and that an official
Union receipt be gotten at that
time. If no receipt is offered,
be sure to protect yourself by
immediately bringing the mat
ter to the attention of the sec
retarytreasurer's office.
The union's word of advice
is to insure that all monies
paid are credited , to your SIU '
record. Insistence on an offi
cial receipt will prevent "can
shakers" from soliciting funds
for unauthorized purposes, and
will bar any foulups later on.
• ^ I
J
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SEAWARBRS IOC
Frtdar, March 7,1952
Pdfiomonion Flag
—Ideal for Subversives
F!'
I
I
K
Panamanian registry, long a loophole through which ship
owners can escape maritime safety codes, wage standards pel them to require such papers. It
and other regulations, also provides one of the biggest gaps is'possible then, for someone wish
ing to leave the country to get him
in the security of US ports.
self a job on a Panamanian ship
terested
in
getting
out
of
the
US
While ships of all foreign nations
without seamen's papers.
provide easy access for interested in a hurry. Inquiries made by a
No Outgoing Check
LOG
staffer
at
the
Panamanian
parties to and from this country,
consulate
in
New
York,
produced
All
that
the US government de
Panamanian flag ships are a spe
cial case. Other foreign ships are a list of 25 shipping companies and mands of the Panamanian company
usually manned by their own na agencies in New York alone where 01 any other foreign ship, is a full Tin cup days still live on Panamanian ships. Note bare wood table
tionals and as such under control a seaman could get a job. The con and accurate list of the crews' and wooden benches. , Crew has to help Itself as there Is no
messman. In contrast, officers eat in banquetlike atmosphere—
of that nation. Panama not being sulate sought no evidence of sea names. Failure to supply a com
and
the two pot system prevails.
plete list
or
use of
assumed
names
men'spapers
and
said
that
it
did
a seafaring country, ships under
on
the list
would
subject
the
com
not issue credentials. The consulate
its flag are manned by a conglom
some of the smaller ports where a spying in this country. Once the
eration of foreign and American merely referred the man to the pany at most to a small fine.
Panamanian ship might pick up a man obtained a set of seamen's
Of
course, if
the company
know
shipping
companies.
seamen who are more or less out
man as replacement on a pierhead papers from aiy country, he could'
ingly
conspired
with
a
fugitive
It is the general
practice of
Pana
side the regulatory scope of their
jump, or through a local oneshot run regularly to and from the US
from
justice
it
could
suffer
more
manian
companies
and
their
agen
native countries.
on Panamanian ships with nobody
cies to ask for sean^n's papers. serious penalties. But that wouldn't agent. ^
No Questions Asked
Papers of any maritime nation are stop a man from getting aboard Aside from the possible exodus being the wiser for it. The fact
The procedure for getting aboard acceptable, so that a seaman from under an assumed name without of US citizens on a subrosa basis, that many Panamanian ships run
a Panamanian, ship is short and Poland, to cite one example, could seamen's papers if the company Panamanian ships would be ideal regularly to Iron Curtain countries,
sweet, indicating that they would ship an Panama flag ships. But v/ere so disposed to hfre him. This for any foreign agent interested help make them an easy pipeline
be an easy mark for anybody in there is nothing in US law to com would probably be much easier in in doing^ a job of plain or fancy. for two way traffic of undesirables.
us Lacking Port Security
(Continued from page 3)
LOG,fanged from "We've got noth brought American civilian seamen' ten piers last week ships of foreign were purchased under the Mer
ables: fugitives, men who have rec ing to do with it" to "we do enter under the jurisdiction of a military registry were tied up; one British, chant Marine Act of 1946, when
ords of being deported previously into the picture, but our role can group. The hearing units, so sim one Panamanian and one Hon this country was glad to help "our
ilar to courts martial proceedings, duran. Moreover, the Coast Guard friends to gain their maritime
and men who have criminal rec not be publicized."
ords. Aeursory check is also made None of the agencies, however, have never been endorsed by the stated that these ships would con standing and rebuild their econ
for possible subversion, based pri reported that there was any 4)ro men of the merchant marine, who tinue to use these restricted piers. omy to withstand the pressure of
marily on information that has gram in effect or in the planning feel they should be tried in civil At these restricted piers the only communism."
courts.
precaution being taken by the
been furnished the agency from stage to combat the danger.
Means of Escape
The Coast Guard has done an ex Coast Guard is the posting of addi y While foreign flag ships, notably
other sources. In other words, they
State Dept. Policy
work much the way the Customs Several questions could be raised cellent job in its screening pro tional guards.
those of Panamanian and Honduran
men do in apprehending smug as to the wisdom of certain prac gram. American seamen have found These ships in restricted piers registry', might well constitute a
glers. Unfortunately, a search tices of this nation in relation to that the appeals boards have been were not tramp vessels, which may threat to our security through the
won't reveal a man's subversive foreigndag ships. One wellknown fair where a question arose as to not touch an American port again transporting of subversives to this
tendencies.
policy of this country's State De a man's security; however,, the for months or years, but were ships country, these vessels could also
The Immigration Office in New partment has been to oppose a Seafarers International Union has in regular service—an ideal setup serve as a means of refuge for
York told the LOG that it is im large American merchant marine never given blanket endorsement for subversive elements. One of Communists, spies, saboteurs and
possible to make a close check on except in time of war. The State to its quasimilitary rule of the the ships, the passenger ship fugitive Americans who wish to
all foreign seamen entering the Department believes that goods for merchant marine.
Argentina, is in regular service to escape this country.
country. A shortage of personnei foreign countries should be carried At the same time the SIU does South American ports. Another While an American must carry a
is part of the story; the department in foreign bottoms to help the not seek preferential treatment for ship at the restricted dock, the seaman's certificate and be screened
has also discontinued its practice trade balance. The problem of what men on American ships, nor does Horta, is in regular service to Por before he can work on an Ameri
of fingerprinting foreign seamen the State Department would do in it believe foreign seamen should be tugal and the Azores. And outside can
ship, no such provisions are
and now only does so if a man has time of sudden hostilities when a the target of any special witch of the restricted areas, ships of made
crewmembers of Pana
stayed in the country over 29 days. large foreign—and unscreened— hunt. The SIU, however, questions Panamanian, Honduran and all manian for
flag vessels. For a man to
the
direction
of
a
program
in
maritime flags of the world tie up get a job aboard a Panamanian flag
In a recept television show an me]y:hant marine would raise grave
official of the Immigration Depart questions of reliability and secur which precautions are aimed al regularly.
ship he needs no seamen's papers,
ment told of the recent deportation ity has never been made clear. most primarily against the Ameri
LOG Boarded Ship
no passport, no previous experience
of over 100 alien seamen—men In the government, the security can seamen.
The Seafarers International In New York this week a LOG —nothing except the rules of a
who had jumped ship in this coun program for the nation's water
reporter boarded a Panamanian Panamanian Steamship Company.
try and had been here for months front was set up by government Union has felt that from the be flag ship at its pier. There was no All these potential enemies of
and years. Anyone of these men agencies with little working knowl ginning of the security program guard at the gate, no pier official our country could theoretically
the maritime unions of this country
* could have been a threat to this edge of the waterfront.
anywhere to check the going and leave on one of thiese vessels. The
nation's security. And for every 100 The Coast Guard's job until —the men who know tl^e water coming of seamen. The reporter regulations under which ships of
front
best—should
have
been
con
departed, there are dozens of World War II was one completely
boarded the ship, took pictures and Panamanian registry opei'ate are
others who are not apprehended. apart from the actual operation of sulted.
left without once being met by any extremely loose and are almost
"We're too lax with foreign sea the merchant marine. Merchant Throughout the country wher one except' an Italian speaking totally at the discretion of the ves
men. We don't have control," was seamen'until then were under the ever ships tie up, the potential crewmember.
sels' owners.
the way the immigration official Department of Commerce's juris danger to this country is ever Not only are New York piers According, to a spokesman for the
present.
summed it up to the LOG reporter. diction.
open to (foreign flag ships but Seamen's Syndicate of Panama,
No Law barrier
Other federal ageneies whose When the Coast Guard was
tankers
of all of the nations Jiave which supplies men; in this country •
work is of an investigative nature handed the additional duties of is Citizens of foreign nations who the right
to enter strategic high for Panamanian flag iships, possesr
were checked by the LOG to leam suing seamen's certificates and wish to visit the United States
octane
gasoUne
production centers slon of a book issued by the Pana
what role they played in the secur maintaining hearing units for dis must be screened tinder the pro situated along our
manian consulate would be author
coast.
ity program. The answers given the ciplining seamen, its setup visions of the McCairan' Act. In
With the decline of the Commu ization enough to secure a berth
many cases persons who have ap nist Party in American" waterfront on a Panamanian ship.
plied for visas to come to the unions it is only natural to assume In the vital oil terminals along
Editor,
United
States have been barred. that the Communists would' have the coast foreignflag tankers ar
SEAFARERS LOG,
There U no such procedure . for to resort to the use of foreign flag rive daily. At Norfolk, the hub of
675 Fourth Ave.,
foreign seamen. If a spy or sabo ships for their operations. While coal shipments for European re
teur were to attempt entry into the Gerhardt Eisler escaped from this armament, ships of all nations are
Brooklyn 32, N. Y,
United States, his bSst bet would country as a stowaway aboard the at the loading piers constantly. In
.1 would like to receive.the SEAFARERS LOG—please be, to become a crewmember of a Batory, it is also very possible that the Gulf and on the West Coast
the Communist fugitives presently the situation is the same.
put my name on your mailing list.
(Print Information) ship hitting the United States.
It wouldn't be difficult. In a at large escaped aboard other ves
The threat to the piers and the
oneday
spotcheck
of
the
ship
ar;
port cities of
our country is. a very
sels
flying
flags
of
other
nations.
NAME
rivals in New York 39 ships entered : Particularly useful by subversive apparent one and a yory tempting
New York harbor. Of these, .19
, would be ships flying one to our enemies. i<Tom these
STREET ADDRESS ...
; were foreignflag ships. These elements
facilities this nation will launch
Panamanian flag.,
ships tied up at piers throughout According to tb® survey made its armies and its supplies if it has
CITY
/.....; .ZONE...... STATE.
the city—oil docks; drydocks, pas by the United .States Naval Intel to stop an aggressive enemy. Our
senger terminals and piers recent ligencerverliled with photographs enemies are well aware of: that.
ly declared restricted.
and names—most of the ships trad Here, too, is the gatewa;y for the
Sighed..
. ....... Book No
In New York on March 1 ten ing' with Communist China aind spies and Saboteurs whose targets
TO AVOID DUPLICATION:..if you ar« ah old tubscnbcr and hava a'ckanqa
.
piers were classified restricted other Coihmunist controlled area^ are. inside our country.
of addrast. plaafa qfva .your,former addrasf below:
areas. Longsbmremcn working the fly the Panamaniw flag, a good Our ports are Qiir . outposts
piers have to, carry port security many of them'owjied—ironicallyilr against the enemies of our country.
ADDRESS
cards in order to work these clas by .American interests,Many. ,qf. JbOy. ,arft,9i^tP99}^ V{liicb,,/V:e
'
a~=^.l.;;?.r^ZONE;^.(t...;...:;.. STATE:......,:;.,.:. sified areas. Yet at three of the the fbrei^ 'flag ships iii ihls'trade 'fenseless. '
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SeAFAtlEHS LOG
m
Tag9 VImwm
a
Longshore gang stacked planks of southern pine on Nomis' deck
while the schooner was at anchor in Charleston harbor.
Threemasted lumber schooner, the Nomis, is pictured at anchor,
sails furled, with a full load of lumber on her deck and in the hold.
to modem times aboard her was which Martin applied regularly,
the use of towboats for docking wrapped in a cloth, to draw the
when the wind wasn't right. Other remaining pus from the infection.
wise she would have had to wait Evidently the cook's medical re
The Nomis shown going "wing outside the harbor until favorable cipe had genuine value, because
and wing" with the wind di
winds sprang up.
in a week the swelling disappeared
rectly aft. Martin was at
and the arm was as good as new.
Emergency Operation
wheel.
All
this time, one handed or not,
Work on the Nomis, a hard grind
stood watches together, each one under any circumstances, became Martin had to steer, stand watches
tougher for Martin when he suf and go aloft.
half of the watch.
It's the rare seaman who has an opportunity to turn back steering
fered
an infected hand. The in
The trip on the Nomis was Mar
In practice however, the men
the clock and find what sailing was actually like a century would be on call at all times. When fection spread and blood poison tin's only voyage on a sailing ship,
set in, swelling the arm up to although he worked subsequently
ago. Seafarer Leroy Martin is one of a handful that have headwinds blew up, which was ing
the shoulder. With no radio aboard, on a fourmaster while she was in
more
often,
than
not,
all
hands
undergone this unusual ex>
~ would have to go aloft to shift top the skipper tried to signal passing port. When he signed off the Nom
perience. In 1935, at the age ship displacing 457 tons. She used sails in
order to tack the ship. Sail steamers to take Martin off, but is, he continued working on
of 19, he signed up for a voy to run regularly between Charles had to be set and shifted by hand none came close enough to get the dredges and harbor boats, switch
age under sail aboard a small ton, SC, and the New YorkNew since the gasoline engine merely signal. He decided that the only ing to deep sea ships during and
England area, carrying lumber, raised them. The Nomis carried way out was to operate.
after the war.
lumber schooner, the Nomis, with
an occasional load of coal or enough sail to keep the gang hop
Consequently, the captain ster
which gave him a thorough potatoes
While under no illusions as to
from Maine's Aroostook
taste of the sea as it used County. While Martin was uncer ping; foresail, mainsail spanker; ilized a razor blade by boiling it the "romance" of working a sail
foretopsail, maintopsail, spanker over the galley stove. He then cut ing ship, the trip was a memorable
to be.
tain of her history, indications are topsail; fore staysail and three jibs.
an "X" at the original site of the experience for Martin. "It was a
Aside from the use of an auxil that she was built in Maine ship
With no electric power or refrig infection, and the mate squeezed long hard grind day after day," he
iary gasoline engine to raise an yards in the period just prior to eration, life aboard the Nomis was
out as much of the pus as he could.
chor and saiis, life and work aboard the first World War. At that time pretty primitive. The food supply The cook put together a hot poul said, "but if 1 had the opportunity,
the Nomis was pretty. much the there was a brief revival of sailing was necessarily limited to non tice mixture of cornmeal and lye 1 would like to take one more trip
on a ship like that."
same as it was on the heyday of ship construction, mostly for the perishables such as casks of salt
sail, 100 years ago. Even'the own lumber trade.
pork, potatoes and plum duff. Eggs
erskipper, Captain Charles C.
were available while in port but
Sank Off Hatteras
Clausen, fell into the same pattern.
fresh fruits, vegetables and milk
Shortly
after
Martin's
trip
He was a true "sea dog" 80 years
were out.
old, who had been on sailing ships aboard her, the Nomis came to an
Laundry Problem
since the ageof ten, starting out untimely end on the treacherous
in 1865 right after the Civil War. reefs near Cape Hatteras. She ran
Fresh water was a pretty severe
aground at Ocracoke Inlet in a problem. It had to be carried in
In his day. Cap
The area surrounding "Washington, the nation's capita, long
storm, and broke up after the crew casks and lugged by the pailful, fallow as a port of entry of any consequence, is fast growing
tain Clausen had
was taken off her by breeches buoy. making for a very limited supply in stature as a shipping point.
commanded pas
senger packets,
After Martin and his friends reserved for cooking and drinking. It's importance to Seafarers, of'
the cream of the
signed on as deck hands at $45 per Salt water came into play when course, has never been pinpointed
sailing trade, ca
month, the Nomis ran from Perth the crew wanted to wash clothes as a place to ship out from, but side unloading and storage space
taring to the
Amboy to C^iarleston, a trip which or clean the foc'sle. A bucket was rather as as the site of the Con required. It was an important port
tastes of trans
took 13 days. She spent a couple put over the side and the water gressional mill which annually during the early history of the
Atlantic travelers
of weeks there taking on a cargo heated on top of the coalburning grinds out some 350 new laws country, principally for tobacco
He con tinned
of planks. The lumber was stacked galley stove. The crew would then affecting the maritime industry in export. With the coming of the
railroad and larger ships unable
sailing for some
by hand ta the hold, as well as ten scrub their clothes with it, using one way or another.
Martin
to navigate the shallow Potomad,
time afterwards
feet high all around the deck. the deck for a washboard.
Disclosure of the 1950 figimes in the nineteenth century its com
and was nearly 90 when he died. While in Charleston Martin ran The crew foc'sle boasted the tra
and the estimated statistics for the
into a common nautical problem, ditional wooden bunks with straw year just past are expected to show merce grew negligible.
Sailing A Hobby
Nearby Alexandria on the op
the size of the draw. Captain Claur mattresses and no springs. Warnrth
Martin's spell of service aboard sen evidently kept a firm hand on was supplied by a potbellied wood a continued sharp upturn in the posite bank of the river is also
the Nomis grew out of his enthu his mariners, for he only allowed burning stove. With plenty of lum activity of seaborne commerce experiencing a relative boom in
siasm for sailing as a hobby. He, two draws of $5 each while in port. ber aboard, fuel was no ^fficulty, through the Washington area. commercial shipping and adds to
his brother and two friends owned When fully loaded, the Nomis but the men had to do a little saw Showing a steady increase every the rise in waterborne traffic for
a small sailboat which they oper ran back to New York and from ing as one of their side duties, year, the shipping activity is be the entire area.
ated in the waters of the Raritan there to Bridgeport, Connecticut, both for this stove and to supply lieved considerable for a city some
Though the "Port of Washing
River near their home town, Perth before returning to" Perth Amboy. kindling for the galley. The watch distance away from any large in ton" won't in the foreseeable future
Amboy. At that time there were The entire trip took some 10 weeks arrangements being what they dustrial center.
loom as an actual threat to the
Its geographical location — 180
a dozen lumber schooners running in all.
were, at least one man would be miles from the Atlantic Ocean and prominence of major US ports
regularly into Perth Amboy, many Aside from its four man deck asleep in the foc'sle at any given
such as New York, Philadelphia,
of them from as far off as Nova gang, which slept forward, the moment of day or night, unless of 108 miles up the Potomac River New Orleans, Houston or San
Scotia. When the, Nomis put in at Nomis carried three others; cap course when there was sail setting from its mouth in Chesapeake Bay Francisco, it is worthwhile to note
Perth Amboy at the end of one of tain, mate and cook whose quar to be done, in which case it would —is certainly not one to build up it is once again a "going concern"
any'reputation as a major port of for waterborne commerce, in
her coastwise trips, , the quartet ters were aft. In theory, the deck be all hands aloft.
entry.
signed on as ,her deck gang;
addition to its function as the hub
gang's day was divided into' ten For illumination and running
But many items for local con of government in the United States.
The Nomis was a; threemasted hours' watches one day, 14 hours lights the Nomis depended on ker
the next. Watches were rotated osene lanterns. In foggy weather, sumption do arrive daily on barges
and split up in this matter by use a hand foghorn was used for sig and inland vessels sailing the
of two dog watches of two hours nalling. Aside from the gasoline Potomac. Petroleum and petroleum
each in the afternoon. Two men engine, the only other concession products, for one, are a major In
coming cargo essential to the
sprawling center of federal govern
The LOG is interested in col
ment in the District of Columbia
lecting and printing photo
and suburban Virginia area.
graphs showing what seagoing
Building materials for the con
was like in the old days. All
struction of expanding quarters for
government bureaus and agencies you oldtimers who have any
also provide a considerable bulk old mementos, photographs of
of the cargo arriving yp the river, shipboard life, pictures of
as does pulp wood and newsprint ships or anything that would
show how seamen lived, ate
for the mountains of printed mat
and
worked in the days gone
ter emerging from the capitol
by, send them in to the LOG.
each day.
Whether they be steam or sail,
Georgetown Wharves
around the turn of the cen
The major activity, moreover, tury, during the first world
war and as late as 1938, the
is nowhere near the actual
LOG is interested in them aU.
seat of the government but
beyond the District of Columbia We'll take care of them and
Mate of Nbmls was lucky flslier Deck loadt of lumber was stacked high aroupd the entrancewajr to the in historic Georgetown, whose return your souvenirs to yftu.
nfan.'Nbte salt pork'banel,"<rear).
jwooden u^^rws provide
,dock
aoi in"
V. I./
Life On A Schooner
—Woy Back In '35
Washington Gaining Fast
As Important Sea Port
Olde Photos
Wanted by LOG
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IN THE WAKE
JOE GALLIANO, Waiter
St, Elmo's Fire, an electrical yard, though in modern science it
phenomenom frequently" observed usually means an insect's "feeler"
The things that lead men to go Ave months ago
at sea, got its name when the and in radio terminology an aerial
to sea are many and varied. In when he caught a Cities Service
crews of Columbus and Magellan ... A beef, either a complaint or
Joe Galliano's case a school essay tanker, the Cantigny.
saw it and rejoiced, convinced dispute in sea slang, probably Question: What do yo.u consider contest touched off a lasting in
As far as Joe is concerned,
that their patron saint, St. Elmo, stems from the same direction as
terest in shipboard life. Nowa there is nothing like riding the
the
most
dangerous
part
of
your
to
chew
the
fat,
referring
to
the
was near at hand. The "fire" is
days Joe is one of the "regulars' Delta Line cruise ships. For one
caused when atmospheric electri gristly salt beef which requires work?
sailing out of New Orleans on thing, there are the attractions of
much
chewing
before
it
can
be
city of low intensity induces elec
Delta Line passenger ships and South American cities like Rio,
tricity on the ship or other ob swallowed, and which caused many
hopes
to become a steward some Montevideo and Buenos Aires.
Walter
C.
Patterson,
chief
stew
ject that happens to be under its an early complaint. When. some
day.
influence. The induced electricity one chews the fat today, he usu ard: Well, sometimes you run into Joe, a native of Passaic, New "When we get to Rio," he said,
"everybody who is free comes on
mighty rough
concentrates at the extremities of ally just talks on anfi on aiidlessly.
seas and can get Jersey, was just 13 years old when deck to see the port, no matter
structures where it becomes visi
4^ 4> »
a nasty bum from he won the essay contest sponsored how many times they've seen it
ble.
frying fat. You jointly by the US and Italian gov before." In addition to being
When
a
ship
was
caused
to
heel
4. t 3^
can't be too care ernments. The prize was a three satisfying to the eye, Deita Line
A plum pudding has a special over on its side for making repairs
ful when you're month tour of Italy on the Conte seamen find a good time in the
or the like, she was said to careen,
significance for American whale from
handling fat. The de Savoia, one of the luxury pas Brazilian metropolis.
the French carener, or Latin
men. It's a term used for the carina,
least jolt can senger liners of the Italian Line.
or keel. A place where this
^ Facilities Open
muscular substance in the tongue was often
make a mess out He doesn't recall what the essay This is especially true when it
done gained the name
of sperm and humpback whales ... of Careenage,
of you. Too many subject was, but the trip certainly comes to the Delta Lines baseball
sometimes abbrevi
The light, fast boats formerly ated, as in Bridgetown,
proved memorable, opening up a
men
aren't
careful
enough.
Barbadoes,
used by the Moros on piratical ex to "The Ca'nash" . . . The sailor's
fascinating vista of travel and teams on which Joe performs
peditions are called salisipans.
usually as a third baseman. All
change.
for the cootie, the bother
These dugouts from the southern name
the
facilities of the luxurious
When
the
war
came,
he
joined
Thomas J. Heggarty, AB; Work the Navy and spent
Philippines have a wash strake some body louse that GI's first be
Gymnasia y Esgrima and the Mu
years
in
made of palm leaves (nipa), which came familiar with during World ing on deck topping off and han service. Like many a returning nicipalidad clubs are open to the
also serves as a protection for the War I, comes from the Polynesian dling gear is no
veteran who went off to war just team's players. Brazilians are
paddlers against arrows and darts word kutu, meaning a parasitic picnic any day.
out of school, Joe didn't know wildeyed sport enthusiasts and
insect.
Guys can get
when fighting.
what
to do with himself when it the clubs offer the last word both
t
4.
4
tangled
up
in
was
all
over. He knocked around as to sports and entertainment
J"
4
The lodestone, magnetite with lines as easy as
in
his
native
Passaic for about a With~all that, Joe's favorite city is
In the waters of the Suez Canal magnetic properties, was used as pie, I saw one
year,
most
of
the time as a mem Buenos Aires where the food is
or lower Danube River a salmon kind of mariner's compass man get caught
ber
of
the
"5220"
club. Finally tops and the prices right.
tail has nothing to do with the by the Norsemen, Arabians, Chi up in a line go
some friends of his, who were al
Riding the cruiseship itself has
finny delicacy by the same name. nese and other early nautical peo ing over the side
ready sailing with the SlU, per its solid points too. "You meet
Used to get increased turning ples. Floated on a piece of wood and fly off in it
suaded him to come along with some wonderful people, and the
power when navigating narrow in a basin of water, it always just as if he were
them to Savannah. They caught crew is really a fine bunch." Delta
waters, it is an extension plate pointed to the north ... At log a bird.
a South Atlantic Line ship out of cruise ships being smaller ones
added to the trailing edge of the gerheads, a shore phrase meaning
XXX
there on which he .made one trip out for the relatively lengthy
rudder . . . Sampan, the general to quarrel or be in disagreement,
before
returning to New York.
period of 47 days, the atmosphere
name for a small open boat or probably arose from whaling prac
Rudy Leader, messman: I don't
Wall Street Baptism
is informal and there is plenty of
skiff in the East Indies, Malaya, tices. A loggerhead was a post in think you run into anything too
landed in. the big town just time to get acquainted. The usual
China and Japan, is said to be a a whaleboat to which the harpoon
dangerous in the in Joe
time
to become involved in the quota of cruise ship festivities also
corruption of "shanpan," which line was made fast when the whale
steward depart Wall Street
He received makes for a congenial and pleasant
In Chinese means three planks.
was "ironed."
ment. At least I his baptism of strike.
fire as
a
union man trip.
4" 4* 1"
haven't, anyway. by spending a month or
more in While he finds the South Ameri
4"
4"
t
But I guess han support of the Financial Employees
Natives of the south of England
can run enjoyable,' Joe isn't con
A
tourniquet,
as
we
know
it,
dling
hot
liquids
refer to a wrecker as a moon
picket line.
or oil in the gal When the strike ended, Joe and tent to let it stop at that. He is
curser, because of his practice of usually refers to a surgical device
ley can be plenty his sidekick found shipping a awaiting the opening of the stew
enticing vessels ashore by tying a for stopping bleeding, but the
tricky in rough little slow in New York. They ard department school for as he
lantern to a horse's bridle and French seaman uses it to open a
put it, "lhave been looking for the
watertight
door
aboard
ship.
It's
weather. You al
hobbling one leg so that the. ani
took off for New Orleans which chance to improve ipyself. It's good
mal's stumbling simulated the mo the equivalent of a "dog" or snib ways have to watch your step.
was more active at the time and to be a member of a Union like the
Seaweed or sea grass, excel
tion of a ship. Naturally, this was
caught the Del Valle. One trip SlU and work under top notch con
XXX
not possible on fair, moonlit nights, lent for manure, is one of the prin
on Mississippi's Latin American ditions but it's really a wideawake
cipal sources of iodine . . . Elk
hence the name mooncurser.
leather is used to make the sail Bob Roberts, oiler: If a man's run was the proof of the pudding Union that gives a guy like myself
i 4" 4"
and rigging for a Siberian dugout not wide, awake when "feeling" the for Joe. He has been riding Delta the opportunity for advancement
crank and the
line ships steadily up until about at no cost to him."
Antenna is Latin for a sprit or known as schitiki.
ship is pitching,
he'll get a whack
he'll remember.
Checking that oil
flow is no joke if
you're still sleepy
ACROSS
DOWN
19. Bearing of Mal 36. Abbr. for a
Fighting to retain a foothold on with no lives lost . . . Two other
1. Ships are need
rating
lorca from Ibiza
or not alert while
Bataan,
battered U$ planes at SlU ships sunk in sea accidents
ed to carry this 1. Stop at a port
41. One of the
23. Ship's initials
2. Wind instru
you're doing it.
9. Bring a yawl
tacked Subic Bay concentration of same week . . . Spring training
Apostles
ment
24. Ties up
close to wind
It's a hard lesson
Japanese fleet, sinking three big for the 1942 baseball season got
42. Sailors' patron
8. Complaint
3. New plant at
25. Symbol for
for someone who turns to
12. Seaman with
Chalmette
44. Where Jask is
ships
. . . California oil plant underway.
arsenic
rating
4. Irish sea god
up.
shelled by enemy sub offshore, in
26. Pitcher Pameil 46. Italian m^pey:
13. Girl's name
XXX
5. Projecting arms 27. Heavyweight con
14'. A song
flicting minor damage in first at Japanse won hold on Sumatra,
XXX
of
cranes
37. Father
15. Lower, as
tender in 1951
tack on mainland . . . Britis'h
weather
6. Fuss
39. Britain's fleet:
28. Took men
Samuel L. Vandal, baker: Cook parachute troops raid French twice bomb Darwin on Australian
16. Where ships
Abbr.
7. City on the
aboard
are laid up
ing donuts. No, I'm not kidding. coast . . . Russian fleet blasts mainland . . . Opposition protests
Irrawaddy
40. Vipers
29. Log reader
—M. Man's nickname
8. Bengal or Biscay 30. Vase
It's usually done Nazi Crimea line, relieves Sevas mount, Churchili reorganizes Brit
47. Stockades
19. Where Cape
Sable is: Abbr.
9. Periods of time 31. Spread to wind 49. Large tub
at
night with no topol, under siege since previous ish cabinet following fall of Singa
10. Medical abbre
10. Where Youghal 33. Where Browning 50. Woman's name
pore . . . RAF pounds Kiel, exacts
body around,
and fall.
viation
. Bay is
lived in Italy
heavy
damages, casualties In raid
51. Greek letter
31. CaU, in poker
a
guy
trying
to
11. Cover, in craps
X X ^
22. Bay SE of
on factories near Paris . . . Burma
take
down
the
Honshu
17. Infielder's muflt
Puzzle Answer on Page 27
Seafarers blasted NMU proposal
34. Uwner of the
deep fat fryer of a maritime "czar" for the east defenses weaken as entire civilian
football Giants
will be a sad coast with authority to crack down population of Rangoon is evacu
1 2 3 4
36. Region in
9 10 II
Belgium
sight in the on any union activity that "might ated . . . Unbeaten contender for
28. It once guarded
12
morning if he hamper" war effort . . . Desert boxing's welterweight title, Ray
Rhodes
32. Bird of
don't know' just dust temporarily halted fighting in Robinson breezed to 28th straight
IS
Australia
win . . . Brig. Gen. Eisenhower
what he's doing.
33. Making a loud
Libya, grounding rival air forces named war plans chief on Army
noise
You have to be extra cautious on . . . Java under continuous bom
18
1290
^• 21
34. Before
s,taff in reshuffling of US staff,
that job.
• 35. Holy place In
bardment and invasion attack as field commands . . . Trial to de
22 23
Tibet
25
X X X
Nipponese forces moved ah Bali termine^ war guilt opens in France.
37. Breathe rapidly
38. They cut the
. ; . Worsening
USVichy relations
27
26
29
30
3
Charles P. Benway, FWT: There's
water
'XXX
eased as
Marshall
Retain promised
39. Victor in Battle
nothing like what happens to a
5i
of Britain
134
that French fleet wouldn't be The House voted a record $32
man
when
he
40. Animal native to
turned over to Germans.
Gibraltar
billion measure to pay war costs
falls from the
39
43 .
Cap. HalU
XXX'
» . . . US, Cuba commemorated 44th,
crosshead grating
44. Docked
45. Mountain in
138
Treasury proposed payasyou anniversary of the sinking of the
into the crai^
Switzerland
gp
tax plan, sought to hold down battleship Maine in Havana,
pit.
You
heard
48. Where Santa
143
Ana is
inflationary, buying
. . . FDR en springboard for SpanishAmerican
.about
it
a
lot
91. Lake port
CPA revealed
ters 10th year in White House . . . War (1898)
years ago, but
52. Cougar
SO
53. A great place
AFLCIQ chiefs iisued strong plans for rationing of sugar . . .
not as much
now.
54. Sea swaUow
153
caution against wage curbs while Admiral Ernest J/ King assumed
It's practically
55. Passage S of.
Rabaul in WW U
profits, prices continued to rise top Navy post ... Toiri Mooney,
impossible
96. Sift earth for
156
; SlUratmned ore carrier freed from prison three yekta
to come out alive
gold
07. Greek war god
Marore torpedoed by sub pack earUer, died.
once you get caught in. tl^ei^
Puzzle
I
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L
TEN YEARS AGO
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SEATARERS LOG
'On Guard'
SEAFARERS LOG
Vol. XIV No. 5
March 7. 1952
Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic
& Gulf District, AFL, 675 FourU Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel.
STerling 84671,
PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurer
Editor, HEBBBRT BBAMD; Managino Editor, RAT DENISON; Art Editor, BXBNABD
IBCAMAK; Photo Edlitor. DAMUL NILVA; Staf/ Writers. HERMAN ARIHOR. IRWIN SFZVACX.
isa
/Locking The Barn...
The hue and cry set up in all corners of the nation to cleanse
the country of possible fifth columnists and saboteurs in the LOG Is Example
person of subversive elements like the Communist Party and To Errant Men
their "pink" fringe of supporters has left a monstrous flaw To the Editor:
I am writing this letter to you
in its argument.
.
.
Assuming, we can rid the US of these undesirables before concerning the SEAFARERS LOG
a real emergency sets in, what about the unending flow of which I was receiving at the San
potential security leaks daily entering the country via vir Quentin penitentiary. I have been
tually every major port in the land? We refer, of course, to transferred now, and the only pos
the danger implicit in a policy of not screening crews of sible way I can get the LOG is by
foreign ships crowding into our harbors within a stone's notifying you of the change. I
throw of vital harbor defense installations.
would appreciate it very much if
American seamen have to wade through a maze of security you would send me the LOG to the
procedures set up to check their national allegiance and com new address. •
petence to sail on ships carrying billion dollar defense
cargoes—a necessary step in times like these—while alien During my stay at San Quentin,
seamen flock down the gangways of foreignflag ships into as a former Seafarer I had the oc
casion to meet men from different
the US as free as the seabirds flying over them.
What worth has such a policy—shortsighted at the outset union organizations around the
—since it subjects the mass of patriotic citizenry to security country. The interest in the LOG
controls in a search for the potentially subversive few, and was so great that it took me at
at the same time conspicuously overlooks the bloc of thous least thirty days to pass the LOG
ands of foreign seamen in whose midst, cloaked as seamen, around to the fellows of these dif
there may be an entire corps of subversives?
ferent unions. They all praised
The SIU is not antialien or antiforeign seamen. We just the good work that you fellows are
want to make clear this loophole in our security program.
doing in the SIU. The former sea
. If the national security program requiring screening and men were especially pleased be
loyalty checks of seamen on American ships is to have any cause they are hungry for good,
purpose, why has the more obvious security loophole been honest waterfront news that the
left untouched?
LOG gives its readers.
We wonder if the screening setup is no more than a means
New Hall Is Hit
of imposing controls on the comings and goings of American
seamen. There is no reason why we should be more suspect The issue with the pictures of
the new ""hall in it really made a
than men sailing under allegiance to foreign flags.
bit., The men just couldn't say
't'
4«
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As 1 See It
by PAUL HALL
THE In the NMU, for example, hospital
MANY OF US HAVE HAD
shock of learning that one of benefits last only 13 weeks. Then
they yank off the feedbag, although
our shipmates has come down with you might be just as badly off as
the TB bug and has to be confined when they started. Not so in the
to a hospital bed for endless SIU. You get that dough as long as
months or years. I can think of a it's needed whether it's ten days
couple of men I've sailed with who or ten, years.
are now drydocked in a TB hospi
4 4 4'
tal. That's why its such welcome "T^ALKING ABOUT TB AND
enough in praise of it. The LOG news to learn that the doctors have
our benefits points up some
itself didn't need any explaining come up with a couple of little pills thing that the public, and the operr
as it talked for itself. I knoAr that that might nail down that TB germ ators, doii't always realize. The
In some quarters it is still popular to scare children with they would appreciate it at San for good.
man who goes to sea runs far
frightening tales of bogeymen. The fellowtraveling Marine, Quentin if you could possibly keep TB has long been one of the greater risk of accident and disease
worst perils facing seamen. In the than the man ashore. Aside from
Cooks and Stewards Union tried the tactic out on the^Cpast on sending the LOG there.
Guard with five SUP crewmembers of the Alaska Bear cast I can honestly say that receiv days of crowded, dirty foc'sles, the deathdealing power of the sea
in the bogeymen's role. They found that the Coast Guard ing the LOG regularly made us poor food and long hours, TB sent itself, there is the problem of get
examiner wasn't interested in fairytales, because he threw realize what kind of fellows we had many a seaman to the hospital to ting early medical attention.
out a long list of 'MC&Ssponsored charges and exonerated the honor to work with when we cough his lungs out. Even today,
the sailors 100 percent. The ship's stewards department, were on the outside. It made us with all the improvements the If you're shoreside and you
which was flagrantly guilty of refusing to sail and refusing realize 'that to be a good union Union has fought for and won break a leg or come down with the
to work the ship while at sea, is now undergoing a Coast member we would have to take a there are TB hospitals filled with flu, the doctor or ambulance is
genuine interest in our work, work hundreds of seaman.
there within a half hour. But once
Guard crackdown.
hard, and participate in our Union
No
matter
what
the
Union
has
the
ship leaves port and heads for
There is no love lost, nor will there ever be, between the that made our gains possible.
done or will do in the future. Sea sea, the suffering seaman has to
SUP and the MC&S and justly so, for the leaders of the
Leave Drink Alone
farers will have to work in close wait days and sometimes weeks
stewards union are among that dwindling handful who still
quarters and be exposed to heat,
But
most
of
all
it
taught
us
to
hold fast to every twist and turn of the Kremlin line.
for medical aid. Usually what
leave the booze alone, the downfall chill and dampness. It's part of the
With all their professed concern for working people, the of a great many of us and the job, just like the miner going down happens is that serious infections
MC&S leadership was perfectly willing to frame five sailors, main reason for our beingwhere in the pit knows he is going to and complications set in, making
and possibly cost them their livelihood just to take a crack we are. I hope that you will put inhale that coal and rock dust into things far tougher than they would
be if medical care was available on
at the SUP. It's another in a long line of unsavory illustra this letter in the LOG so the fel his lungs.
the
spot. That's why. for example,
The
doctors
tell
us
that
right
tions of how the Communistliners operate on the waterfront. lows will see that we appreciate
your Union has fought
for the addi
the good work that they are carry now they're not sure whether the
tion of
penieillin to
ships' medicine
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new
drugs
have
all
the
answers.
ing on towards making a better
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SIU and improving things for all Even if they do, it's going to be chests, and for welfare benefits in
some time before they are put to general.
seamen.
•
A tragic iuustraiion of this
I also hope that the gashounds general use, one reason being
With the Opening of the Sea Chest and the Port 'O Call will take an honest tip from one there's simply not enough of the simple fact is the case of a Sea
farer aboard the Longview Victorj
B.^r, the long and complicated task of setting up a new head who knows too well what it means stuff to go round right now.
who died of food poisoning jusi
quarters building has been completed. All facilities are now to drink too much. Leave the booze
Comfort to Seafarers
one day
port. Whatever
operating smoothly and efficiently giving Seafarers the very alone, you will be a lot better off. In the meantime. Seafarers at the facts away from
of
the
case,
it does make
Believe me when I say that, or else
best kind of service and convenience.
some of them will be keeping com least have the comfort of knowing clear that the Seafarer faces ter
The functioning of the new headquarters in its various pany with me if they don't take that their Union will continue to rible danger if he sufferers illnes."
pay out those weekly hospital ben or injury on ship, far from a doctor
departments, particularly vacation, welfare, and contracts, my advice.
is of benefit to all Seafarers no matter what port they sail In closing, I and the other fel efits, no matter how. many months or a hospital bed.
from. Nevertheless, the Union fully appreciates the desire of lows who read thie LOG thank you or years they are bedridden. And Therefore, when your Union sets
where an important fact its sights on broadening the scope
Seafarers in the outports for the. same kind of modern con once again for the ieally fine Job here's
should be emphasized not only for and increasing the size of its wel
veniences and physical comforts that are available to their that you are doing.
TB patients but for any hospital fare benefits, the public, govern
brothers in New York. Consequently, the Union is now
Name Withheld ized Seafarer. Your Union is the ment and everybody else concerned
knuckling down to work on the problems of the branch halls (Ed. Note: As requested the LOG only one that guarantees that its should realize that these demands
iri the outports. It will take a little time, just as New York will be forwarded to this man's hospitalized members will receive ere not plucked out of thin air but
did, but the planning is now underway. Men sailing from new address. In addition we sick benefits indefinitely.
are solidly based on the actual
the outports can rest assured that new setups will be provided will continue to isend a'copy of In most of these welfare plans needs of ^afaring men who plaj'
for them which will be comparaWe to • y^at now exists in . the LOG to the San Quentin run by insurance companies they with death and Injury every
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Seafarers manning Ore Line ships on the
South ,AmericaSparrows Point, Md., run are
key m(»n in a chdnge of fqr reaching conse
quences for thif country. For the first time the
US is compelled to go outside oil the, country
for major sources of iron ore to feed the ever
growing demand of the nation's blast furnaces.
With US steel production topping 100 mil
lion tons annually (the prewar figure seldom
went over 50 million tons) and the first grade
iron ore of the Mesabi range in Minnesota ex
hausted by wartime demands, the steel indus
try is turning more and more to foreign sources
for its ore supplies. Leader in the development
for ore mines outside the US is the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation, whose huge Sparrows Point
plant outside of Baltimore is ideally situated to
handle imported ore without transshipment. US
Steel will undertake d similar operation when
its new plant opens in Morrisville outside of
Philadelphia this summer. Like at Sparrows
Point, ore brought by ship frorn Venezuela will
be dumped right at the plant site.
The Ore Line operation started a year ago,
in March, 1951, with a fleet of 10 vessels carry
ing 800,000 tons of ore from.Bethlehem's El Poo
mines to Sparrows Point up to the end of the
year. This is only the beginning, for in the near
_ future, Sparrows Point will be receiving 3 mil
lion tons of ore yearly from Venezuela in addi
tion to ore importation from mines now being
developed in Chile. As the US steel indus
try expands its use of foreign ore, iron ore im
ports are sure to bulk everlarger in the ship
ping picture along with bauxite, copper, man
ganese and other ores needed to feed our in
dustrial machine. All this means expansion of
deep sea orecarrying operations with a conse
quent increase in jobs for Seafarers, although
some of the ore imports are certain to come
from Canada via the St. Lawrence Seaway
when that project is completed.
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The ten ships now operated by the Ore Line
are among the most modern vessels manned by
Union members. They are well dedgned for
the crew's comfort providing roomy quarters
and uptodate facilities. The ore shuttle is one
of the best jobs available to Seafarers, offering
the advantages of short runs which come and
go, with clockwork regularity, and assurance
of continuallyexpanding operations for many
years to come.
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arm directs operations as ore is scooped out of
Cubore's hold through hatches (lower left).
Huge ore stockpile at Sparrows Point needs
constant refilling to keep up with demand. The
Venezuelan run supplied 800,000 tons last year.
The big scoop gets to work inside the hold
gulping up giantsized bites of raw material
which will later be converted into steel.
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age. Ore Line paymaster came aboard when ship tied up to dole out cash. . ,
In course of payoff SIU Baltimore branch patrolman, Curly Masterson,
brings men up to date on dues and settles beefs that arose during trip.
With payoff conipleted, March
gets share. Cubore's deck dele . ' Two sides of beef hang in the ship's chill box ready for use. Modern re=
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signs name to ,scroll recording his contributionu '
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LABOR
ROUNDUP
Familiarity with the operation of davits and the launching of lifeboats
are included among the required skills for an AB ticket. There are three
types of davits which are currently in use among most ships operating
under the American flag; they are respectively, the gravity type, boom
type sheath screw, and quadrant davit.
The gravity davit is generally found aboard Ctype ships; Cl's,
C2's and C3's.
As the name im
They'll have to behave—^The CIO, plies it is based
t
t
i
Petroleum suppliers have been told that Navy requirements of special which has been plagued recently on the principles
fuel oils must be met by the July delivery date at the peril of cutting by disputes between member of gravity. The
certain fleet operations.. Requirements of 9,500,000 barrels "remain unions, has appointed an arbitrator lifeboat is carried
uncovered to the extent of 5,300,000 barrels" a spokesman revealed to settle such disputes. The un in two cradles
.. . Owners of a new highspeed freighter, the Silver Gate, claim she'll usual aspect of the appointment is which are mount
be the "highest powered cargo vessel in the world," with a loaded that he will have the final say with ed on rollers.
speed of nineteenandahalf knots.. Built in Germany, the allwelded no appeal from his decision. First The rollers move
ship has two 8,000 horsepower diesel engines which developed twenty man to take on this delicate task over two parallel
is Dr. George W. Taylor, who used tracks at right
eneandahalf knots on her maiden run.
to be chairman of the Wage Stabil angles to the side
A frail houseboat that parted her lines and strayed into the stormy ization Board. 28 of the 35 CIO of the ship. When
Gulf of Mexico with a small, middleaged woman aboard has been found unions have ratified the new setup. not in use, or
tossing around in heavy seas about eight miles from the mouth of Su
"cradled" the
if if if
wannee in Florida. Its lone occupant, a 120pounder, had finally man
Wetback problem grows—The boat is held at the
aged to push a 175pound anchor overboard . . . Record bargeborne wholesale invasion of the United top of the davit.
tOATA?
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graifi shipments passed through the ports of New Orleans, Houston and States by hundreds of thousands When the gripes
the Illinois waterway last year.
of illegal Mexican immigrants, are released
if
ii
if
known as "wetbacks" is still with and a brake lever
The converted freighter Courier, refitted for use. as a floating radio us. The wetbacks enter the US by raised, the' entire
Gravity davit
station to beam the Voice of America across the Iron Curtain, is in swimming or wading the Rio assembly, boat
Chesapeake Bay testing equipment this week. Manned by Coast Grande and then go to work for as and cradle, rolls down the tracks by gravity until the lifeboat is suspend
Guardsmen, she will have a shakedown cruise in the Caribbean and little as 10 cents an hour usually ed over the side at the embarkation deck.
depart, probably in May, to relay broadcasts in a way to cut down at on farms. The Mexican govern
Tricing lines swing the lifeboat into the ship's side and hold jt in po
tempted radio interference from Soviet broadcasts . .. The Great Lakes ment is trying to get the US to sition until trapping lines are secured around the falls. This brings
tanker fleet, comprising 103 vessels, carried over sixteen million tons penalize employers hiring wetbacks the boat in position for boarding. The tricing lines are then cast
of petroleum products during 1951, setting a new record for the fourth si> that legal importation of Mexi adrift and the boat loaded. When the lever is raised again the boat
year in a row.
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can workers under safeguard, can continues downward until it reaches the water.
i.
t
continue. The AFL Farm Labor
The first Scandinavian ship with a fully equipped movie theatre is Union charges the US has failed in Care must be taken when raising the boat and davit heads to the
now being built in Holland for transAtlantic service . . . Ship losses a pledge to bar wetbacks from this secure position. Limit switches are provided on these davits to shut
off the electric power before the' davit heads strike the stops during
during January, abetted by stormy, wintry seas in many areas, totaled country.
hoisting.
A check should be made to assure that these switches are in
10 complete losses and 823 partial losses, exceeding by over a hundred
position to cut off power at the proper time.
if X if
the figure for the same period a year earlier. A breakdown showed
Oil Keeps Flowing—A strike call
163 resulted from collisions, 160 from weather damage, 117 stranded,
Hand Cranking
by the Oil Workers International,
47 from fire and explosions and 146 from damages to machinery .
Once
the
power
is
cut
off
the hand crank is used to hoist the boat
Charged to war reparations, a busy shipbuilding operation for the set for last Sunday, March 2, has and davit heads the last few inches. The operator of the hand crank
USSR is going on in East Germany. At least four passenger ships been put off pending federal me should make sure that the power switches are open and that nobody
diation. Companies involved In
are on the ways now.
clude
Sinclair, Texas, Cities Serv will apply electric power while the hand cranks are In place or are
if
if
if
being used. Once the boat is cradled, the hand cranks should be re
ice,
Shell
and Socony Vacuum. moved
Ten more oceangoing vessels are going into Great Lakes ore opera
immediately.
tion by the 1953 shipping season,, several of them this year. Three Union demands total 25 cents an The two other davits in general^ise, the boom type sheath screw and
vessels 710 feet long will be cut in half on their way from New Orleans hour and ,Dther items.
the quadrant dav
to Chicago. The remaining ones can make the trip without suffering
4 4 4
it, both operate
a hatchet job . . . Salvaging of 150 new cars dumped into the Ohio
Year Round'Wages—One of the on the same prin
River when a barge capsized in December are now underway. Pon few guaranteed wage plans in the ciple. They em
toons will be lowered and attached to the barge by divers in order to country has been obtained by the ploy upright dav
float it . . . The Governinent again extended a "temporary" suspension United Packinghouse Workers at its which swing
of price controls on the shipbuilding industry, affecting sales, repair the National Sugar Refining Com out in an are
and conversion of vessels more than 65 feet long. The extension runs pany. Some 1,100 workers em when ' In opera
to May 13.
ployed there will be guaranteed an tion, carrying the
average of 37 hours paid employ boat outwards
if
i
if
The Coast Guard reported "only 25 persons" out of 30,000 screened ment for every week of the year.
and down to the
last year jor jobs in the Great Lakes were rejected as poor security
proper
position.
4 4 4
risks . . . The Senate Commerce Committee has approved a bill to ex
Odds 'n Ends—Price Increases In both cases, op
tend for two years the authority of Canadian ships to carry passengers brought an automatic three cent eration of the
between Alaskan ports and the continental US . . . Most of the imports hourly boost for more than a mil davit is pivoted
through the port of Houston during 1951 came from south of the lion automobile, aircraft and farm near the foot.
border, particularly Mexico, which supplied crude oil, coffee and ben implement workers . . . 8,000 New The difference
zene. Latin America accounted foi; 61 percent of the shipments, and York bus drivers got six cents an between the two
Europe, principally Belgium, France and Holland, for 26 percent ... A hour under the escalator clause . . . is in the mechan
30man Russian crew at Genoa, Italy, is testing the 4,650ton motorship CIO Electrical Workers is demand ism used to ac
Tobolsk, the second such ship built there and ready for delivery to ing interest payments from GE and complish this
Boom type sheath screw davit
the USSR.
Westinghouse on $15,000,000 worth purpose.
4'
if
if
.
The quadrant, an earlier model used on Hog Islanders and other prd
of wage increases held up for sev
stormy seas went on the rampage last week, flooding part of the eral months by Wage Stabilization World War II ships, makes use of a "traveling nut," oh a worm gear.
business section in downtown Havgna, Cuba ... An offer by the owner Board . . . Cost of living has in A crank handle is rotated outboard, moving the nut along the' threaded
pf the illfated pleasure ship Noronic which burned ata Toronto pier creased faster in Savannah since gear. This swings the davit arm outward and suspends the boat over
in 1949 with a loss of 119 lives has been accepted by all but 22 of the 1939 than in any other US city side. The boat is frapped into the embarkation deck and lowered by
claimants for damages. Settlement of $2,150,000 was okayed by 553
. More than 14,215 employers its falls.
auitors for damages resulting from the disaster on the vessel, which cheated their employees by paying The boom type sheath screw, which is used on Libertys and T2's,
had been manned by members of the Canadian SIU . . . Australian less than the 75 cent minimum is operated in the same manner, with the difference that a sheath screw
dock workers have walked off their jobs in sympathy with wharf wage in 1951 ... Bookkeeper is used to swing out the davit arm. The lifeboat may be carried either
laborers who wheel hand trucks. Sydney harbor was tied up when Harry Poling in Teamsters Intl. on chocks under the davits or be cradled between the davits.
the laborers objected to moving three instead of two bags of fertilizer headquarters was victimized by a There is a fourth type of davit, the round bar or radial davit, which
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a time on a hand truck.
thief who stole his baby's diapers. is no longer generally used on oceangoing vessels.
Two Navy icebreakers, lendleased to Rugsia during World War 11,
have finally been returned to the US. Recommissioned at Bremerhaven
after being handed over by the Russians, the Northwind and Westwind
were found to be in good shape for seagoing duty. They are now in
Boston . . . Bids on five vessels sunk off the coast of Florida during the
war will be opened by the Maritime Administration next week. The
ships, two tankers and three freighters, are the Lubrafoil, Halsey,
Leslie, Norwalk and Laertes. They are lying in 48 to 300 feet of water.
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SEAFARERS IPG
Deluxe Book
ComingSoon
To Members
They Ve Seafarers Too
Vacafion Payoff:
20 Days$200 C's
(Continued from page 3)
stituted as an answer to the vaca
here too, payments go back to the tion problems of Seafarers arising
port of origin the same day the^, out of the fact that they seldom
worked long enough for any one
are received.
(Continued from page 2)
company to qualify for benefits
Discharges
Needed
also at no charge, to further pro
from that company. The plan
One
of
the
hitches
that
has
tect the book against soiiing.
arisen in the payments in some in makes it possible for any Seafarer
In all, the new Union Book will
stances is the
problem of port time to collect vacation money for ac
be the most uptodate, stream
discharges. The SIU has instructed tual time worked no matter how
lined Union document in existence,
the shipping companies to give many companies he might have
a proud possession of every Sea
port time discharges in addition to worked for in the past year. Under
farer.
the sea time discharge so that Sea the plan, operators pay 50 cents a
A consequence of the new book
farers can receive credit for port day into a central Vacation Fund,
setup will.be a $10 charge to re
time toward their vacation money. out of which the Union dispenses
place any book lost, a cost neces
In the event that the company benefits up to a maximum of $140
sary to cover the new book and of
doesn't issue the discharge, Sea a year on a per diem basis to the
fice work involved. .The fee is also Experienced deep water sailors Grace N. Corbett (left) and Hilda
Seafarer involved. Each day worked
farers should contact the Union.
Revesz discuss a feature of a C3 ship's model on display in head
to discourage careless handling of
means that much more vacation
As a Vacation Plan staffer put money.
quarters. The girls work as stewardesses aboard the Puerto Rico.
the book.
it, "^Vacation pay can't be issued
50c Daily Contribution
unless the Seafarer has a discharge.
No letters from the company, pay The Vacation Plan was negoti
vouchers or any other document ated with the operators last May
can be accepted. Even if a man on the basis of a 35 cents a day
off about 10 percent of the men so and last will be MSTS vessels. The only works one day on a ship he shipowner contribution and a $115
(Continued from page 3)
Seafarers have received money due far. The fastest way to get payment mailing has been completed for is entitled to the money and should annual maximum. In November,
them but a good overall guess is to go to the agency's office at the company's own ships. Vouchers get that discharge so that he can the contribution was increased to
50 cents daily and the ceiling to
would be somewhere in the vicinity 80 Broad Street. Mail requests have to be signed by the men and collect."
of 3540 percent.
have not yet been taken care of.
returned to the company in order The SIU's Vacation Plan, first $140. The obvious superiority of
of its kind in maritime, was in the SIU's Vacation Plan to other
Retroactive wage payments are Eastern SS Co.—Payrolls have to get checks.
arrangements prevailing in the in
due to Seafarers under the terms been completed for four of the Southern Trading—All men have
dustry has led many maritime un
of the contract signed back in ships operated by the company. been paid off with the exception of
ions to include similar provisions
October, 1951, but were held up They are being made up in order stewards and cooks as the contract
in their contracts with the oper
by the Wage Stabilization Board of the ships' arrival in port. Men rate for these men is still not
ators.
which did not issue approval of the should write to the company at 40 definitely settled.
Commenting on the operation
agreement until well into January, Central Street, Boston, Mass., giv
Bloomfield Shipping Co. — They
of the plan in its early days SIU
1952. This piled up a considerable ing a correct mailing address and are sending out checks to all men
SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall de
backlog, and along with payments checks will be mailed to them.
concerned this week as per ad
clared,
"The Vacation Plan which
due other maritime unions—engi
dresses
they
have
listed
in
their
Dry Trans (Trans Fuel) — All
was hailed as a great step forward
neers, radiomen, deck officers— payrolls are ready with the excep office. Men who do not receive
when we negotiated it last year is
have made for a considerable tion of the Catherine. Men have checks within a week or so should
now proving its dollars and cents
accounting problem.
to apply to the company's office contact the company's accounting
value for every Seafarer. For the
Wrong Addresses Hurt
by mail or in person at 25 Broad department at the Ck>tton Exchange
Building, Houston, Texas.
Another difficulty in handling way, NY.
As part of a scheme to furnish first time anywhere in maritime,
MarTrade Agency — About 200 China, Korea and Communist revo the operators have to come across
the payments as revealed by in
Triton Agency — Payments are
with cash for the men's vacations.
quiries at several companies has being made alphabetically by the checks, roughly 10 percent of the
lutionists elsewhere in Asia with The SIU is seeing to it that the
total
amount
due
have
already
been the lack of accurate ad name of the ship. About 25 per
dresses. In many cases checks or cent of the men have been paid been mailed. The remainder will arms, Czechoslovakia is starting money is going where it belongs,
vouchers have been sent out to the out. They will make payment to go out during the month of March, her own merchant fleet. The fact into the pockets of Seafarers and
addi'ess in possession of the com men requesting them by mail or with everything wound up by that the country has no seacoast not into some phony company
operated vacation kitty from where
April 1.
pany only to be returned by the in person at 80 Broad Street.
doesn't seem to bother ther'Czechs it went right back into the pockets
Mississippi
Shipping
Co.
—
The
post office, Seafarers with money
Dolphin SS Corp.r No checks
of the operators."
due them are advised to contact have been mailed yet due to delays forms which men are to fill out in who will base their ships at Polish
order to
secure paymenffhave
been
ports.
the company involved giving them occasioned by US tax returns. They
a correct mailing address.
will start mailing after the March airmailed to all SIU halls. Forms The Czech merchant fleet will
are to be filled out and signed and start off with ten secondhand ships,
The following is the status of 15 tax deadline.
SlUcontracted companies not re
Isthmian SS Co. — Retroactive mailed back to the company's main at least one of them being a 9,000
ported as fullypaid up in previous payrolls have been completed for office in the Hibernia Bank Build tonner, the Republica, which for
issues of the LOG:
the following vessels and voyages: ing, New Orleans, La. Once the merly sailed under the Panaman
Alcoa SS Co.—^The company is Steel Chemist, voyage 12, from system gets well underway, which ian flag.
drawing up a payroll covering all 'August 13 to November 7, 1951; will be during the month of March,
Once these ships are put into
unions under contract to it, and Steel Ranger, voyage 82, August 11 they expect to be able to mail service they will join Polish ships
will not send any vouchers out to November 9, November 1013, checks back within 48 hours, not in running to China and the Mid
until the entire payroll is com 1951; Steel Voyager, Voyage 11, counting weekends. No payments dle East to supply arms and other
pleted for all ships. They expect November 6, 8, 1951; Steel Navi will be made on personal applica essentials, to troubled areas. The
With the Coast Guard waiver on
payments to begin sometime in gator, Voyage 14, August 3 to No tion to the company's offices.
advantage to Communist nations in
alien
officers in effect for a few
Palmer
Shipping
Co.—All
retro
April. Vouchers will be sent to vember 6, November 1728, 1951;
having these ships in service is
home addresses for signing and Steel Apprentice, Voyage 11, June active wages are being handled on that they could always claim to be weeks, 64 aliens have applied for
return to the company after which 12 to November 28, 1951, Novem the payoffs as there will be no "neutral" in case sea routes to sailing permits in New York
checks will be sent.
ber 29 to December 8, 1951. Wages money due otherwise.
China were attacked by Chinese Coast Guard headquarters. Of this
As reported in previous issues nationalists.
Seatraders (Amer Merchant Ma are available at the company's
total a dozen men, mates and en
rine, Ocean Carriers, Zenith) — main office, 71 Broadway, NYC. of the LOG, other companies that
Hidden Arms Cargo
gineers, have met the necessary
All men have been paid.
Additional infofmation will be have already completed payments
Instances have been turned up
Bull Lines—Payrolls have been printed in future issues of the LOG. include Western Navigation, Strath of arms cargoes on Polish ships requirements and are awaiting let
made up on 20 of the company's National Navigation—About half more Shipping, Shipenter, Omega being disguised as civilian goods. ters of approval from the Coast
30 ships. and checks will go out of payments due are made up. Waterways, Pacific Waterways, Recently a Polish ship was unload Guard which will permit them to
very shortly to all of the men Requests on hand in company's Liberty Navigation, Seatrain and ing^ crates in Alexandria, Egypt,
ship as second or third engineers,
involved.
office, 11 Broadway, are being Eagle Ocean.
that were marked "Porcelain" on or as mates if no qualified citizen
Calmar SS Co., Ore SS Co.—All taken care of now. 'The rest will
the outside. One of the crates
checks have been mailed out and be completed when the ships pay
broke, spilling out revolvers and is available. The waiver approval
many have come back because of off.
came over the bitter opposition of
munitions.
incorrect addresses. Anybody who
Robin Line — They have been
Poland already has fifteen ships the Masters, Mates & Pilots, AFL,
has money due from this company paying men as they come into the
in service on
the Polish China Line which felt the armed forces should
and has not collected should get office, starting two weeks ago. Mail
that
are
carrying
military supplies release any needed officers.
in touch with the company's New is just beginning to go out now
to Chinese and North Korean Com
as the total payroll has just been
York office at 25 Broadway.
To qualify for the Coast Guard
munist armies as well as to other
Carras Agency—The majority of completed. Men have to apply to
points in the Far East such as waiver, an alien has to show an
men were caught at the payoff. In Robin Lines to collect, c/o Seas
IndoChina.
Three additional ships English translation of his license,
(Continued from page 3)
most other instances the remaining Shipping Co., 39 Cortlandt Street,
are
being fitted
for this service be and have proof of nationality and
men have a month and nine or ten NYC.
Shipping Company, New Orleans.
Victory Carriers, Western Tank For Mississippi's GAA ships it is sides the ten ships that the Czechs proper immigration documents. He
days due. Payments have not yet
will have.
also has to pass a physical exam
begun for these and no date has ers, Trafalgar SS Corp., US Pe the port of payoff.
Crews of the Czech ships will ination, obtain seaman's papers
troleum Carriers—They are still in Classifications covered by the
been set yet.
, Cities Service — Practically all process of drawing up a complete latest wage, increase are as follows: consist largely of • C h 1 n e s e and and lifeboat and firstaid certifi
checks have been mailed out Some payroll which they expect will be wiper, engine utility, engine main other oriental sailors. More than cates.
Of the total applying thus far,
have come back with incorrect ad ready on May 1, 1951. Men should tenance, deck engineer, electrician, 300 Chinese sailors are now wait
655 bosun, deck maintenance and car ing in Polish ports to crew up the 39 have been mates and 25 engi
dresses. The company will hold write letter to bompany
neers. Many of the men find
them for a while and then forward Madison Avenue, or come in per penter. Handling the negotiations new merchant fleet.
Another Polish steamship line, that they cannot pass the firstaid
for the Union were SIU Secretary
a list of men who have money due sonally.
to the Union. For further informa
South Atlantic SS Co.—They are Treasurer Paul .Hall, Assistant the Levant Cine with six ships, is examination because it requires , a
tion contact Cities. Service at 70 now mailing vouchers out on a ship SecretaryTreasurer Lloyd Gardner busysupplying arms and ammuni better command of written Eng
Pins Street, NY.
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.Jtiy ^dp basis> Company's own and Int'l VicePresidcbt Morris tion to theseething Arab lands of lish than most aliens would or
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Go's Near Midway Mark in Back Pay
Czechs Buy
Fleet To Aid
China's Reds
Alien Waiver
Of Officers
Now In Effect
Union Wins
$30 Increase
For Day Men
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SEAFARERS LOG
Cake of Soap Causes Sensation
On Steel Voyager Arabian Run
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That tiny Monaco, home of famed Lindbergh case in 1932? The ab
Monte Carlo on the French Medi duction of the baby son of Col.
Having just arrived in New York after a trip to the Persian Gulf and India aboard the terranean coast, is named after Lindbergh and the circumstances
Steel Voyager, I can proudly claim that our Seafaring crew developed an entering wedge Hercules, the strong man? The surrounding his de^h so aroused
into bathless Arabia. We introduced .the virtues of soap and water to a young Arab boy, Phoenicians, and after them the public sentiment and pointed up
Greeks, had a teniple on the Mon the loophole in the law that Cong^
whom as far as we know, had"* ~
acan headland honoring Hercules. ress finally
adopted a specific
never had his back scrubbed the difference particularly at the
The
little
tourist
country
took
its
statute.
in all 14 years of his existence, back of his neck which he missed
name from Monoikos, the Greek
4 4 4
although we can't vouch for it. in the bath and had to be done
surname
for the mythological
over again.
That the oldest college fraternity
strong man.
In the meanwhile, I had cut
in the U. S. was born at the second
t
4"
4>
down an old shirt and an old pair
That one of the three largest oldest college in the country? Phi
of dungarees to size so we could
paintings
in the world is in Atlan Beta Kappa, whose letters stand
give him a clean set of clothes.
£a,
Georgia?
Located in Grant Park, for a Greek motto meaning "Love
The boy himself was tremendously
the
Cyclorama
depicts one of the of Wisdom (or Philosophy), the
pleased by the change. He cer
great
moments
in the city's his guide of life," was formed in 1776
tainly came out of his ordeal with
tory—the
Battle
of Atlanta July, at William and Mary College in
a lot of prestige among the rest
22,
1864.
The
painting
is 400 feet Virginia.
of the longshore gang, because
around,
50
feet
high
and
weighs
4 4 4
when he got ashore they all crowd
18,000 pounds.
That
the first
recorded Olympic
ed around and looked at him with
t 4> 4"
Games were held in 776 BC out
awe.
That only one state in the Union ^de tiie little Greek town of
Natives Impressed
has a legislature with one house? Olympia? The only event was a
This little gesture made a very
The bicameral system, referring to great foot race of about <200 yards.
good impression among the na
the governmental setup having two From that date the Greeks began
tives. in Damman and made for
separate houses or chambers, exists to keep their calendars by "Olym
friendly relations during our 17
in all states except Nebraska, piads," the fouryear spans be
day stay in that port. The long
which has a onechamber legisla tween the celebrations of the
shoremen here have a long way to
ture whose members are classed famous games. Modern Olympics
go before you could say that they
as Senators.
on a worldwide basis were started
were actually getting a wage.
i 4 t
in 1896.
These poor fellows work for one
That the SIU is one of the few
4 4 4
rupee a day which is equivalent to AFTER. All cleaned up from unions in the maritime industry
about 25 cents American money.
head to toe, he poses with his and in the entire labor movement
That the density of comets is
They have to support families benefactor. Seafarer Joseph altogether to hold annual secret so low that we can see the stars
BEFORE. "Bathless" stands
Heckl.
balloting for officials? Yearly elec through them? There is more
for portrait on deck with old with that kind of "cash" which
tions for officers are provided for actual material in one cubic inch
ciothes and old dirt stiil on makes it understandable why they
can't afford a piece of soap, al get through visiting ports like Ras in the Union Constitution with of ordinary air than in 2,000 cubic
him.
though we think that part of the Tanura, Bahrein, Bander Abbas many safeguards to insure fairness miles of the tail of a comet. The
In our own way we feel that reason is local custom and re and Bombay you begin to get a in the voting.
Earth passed through thg tail of
bit accustomed to the local
the Steel Voyager may have ligious superstition among the little
Halley's Comet in May, 1910, but
4
4
4"
That the U. S. didn't have a law no observable effects were noticed
started a modest unheaval in Arabs that they should never take odors.
Joseph Heckl to cover kidnappings until the by astronomers.
a bath.
Arabia.
The history making episode took Consequently while we got the
place in the port of Damman, Sau boy cleaned up the rest of the cool
di Arabia, where water is scarce ies were in pretty bad shape and
and soap even scarcer. When the being older were considerably
longshore gang came aboard in dirtier. At night they used to sleep +V,
geishas and rice and another one underway, the crew, of
Damman we noticed a young kid in the passageways and believe me, the Madaket has gotten to know each other pretty well. By careful delving at shipside.
that
smell
they
gave
off
was
suf
working with the coolies. For want
cortee sessions and assorted information brought to me by my agents I've come up with the
of a better name we can call him focating to us crewmembers who
following
data. (Did I hearf
are
used
to
cleaner
and
more
del
"Bathless Groggins, Jr." He seemed
some one
say gossip?)
icate
living.
It's
all
part
of
the
Joe grew a nice handlebar mus sists he is going after the Titanic's
like a pretty clever boy and the
Take Joe Flever for example. tache yet when we got back to treasures. The only thing holding
crewmembers became quite friendly Isthmian run though. When you
with him as he made himself very
Long Beach ft suddenly disap him back is lack of equipment.
useful around the galley. He was
peared. My informant telis me Anybody know where he can get
a used diver's outfit?
obviously ragged, illfed and dirty
that his girl said "off with it," so
so we decided to clean him up and
Our two wouldbe deck officers
off it went. The tyranny of wom are in a quandary each of a dif
give him some decent clothes to
en! By the way, Joe's father was ferent kind. Red Sperling left all
wear. .
OS on the same watch returning of his books on navigation on the .
Successful Plunge
beach, claiming he'd rather stay in
The boy was a little timid about
Here I am on Bull Lines' Ines. This one however, is the
the foc'sle. Maybe trignometry
it all and insisted on bathing in
stumped him. On the other hand,
private, with his back turned to "stray child" of the company and follows the ice and snow,
Scotty Lewis says he's going to
us, but no doubt about it, the ex rather than the rum and coke.
We only made one port o'call;
Washington to find out why alien
periment was a success. "Bathless"
told
me
that
garlic
was
the
secret
2nd mates can't sail as such on
emerged almost unrecognizable, namely, Bremerhaven. That how of his strength. Believe me—it's
American ships. He figures if any
several shades lighter than before, ever sufficed to keep the boys no secret! Most of the time though
one is smart enough to tell time
while the water of course was con broke. One's conscience doesn't he's a real gentleman. He'd never
by the stars he should be privi
siderably darker. You could see stop one from doing things—only hit a lady with his hat on. One of
enjoying them. In the postwar
leged to use his British license
our
crew
had
a
run
in
with
him.
years Germany has made several
here. By the way, getting back to ;
noticeable changes. One shoe man Total damage—one ruined Mohair
Red, he has a sister in every port '
LOGAKHYTHMS:
chair.
This
can't
be
taken
as
triv
ufacturer is now making shoes out
and
spends most of his time with
of soybean. When they're beyond iai considering the time it takes
his family wherever he goes. Poor
to
raise
a
Mo.
the wearing stage they can be
Red!
Chilly Quarters
eaten—delicious with ketchup. Buy
Tobacco's Profitable
By Charles W. Cothran
the 12D size and you don't have to Still ever present in the Ger
Tennessee Lowe insists that
man winterland are the '.'not so
Don't muzzle the ox that plows the go back to the ship for ni^t lunch. warm" living quarters. I guess the
there's more money raising tobac
corn.
Women Everywhere
co than raising the gear, but he re'
Heinie janitor would rather "sleep
That's quite unfair you know;
The most noticeable change than heat." Bucking the elements
fuses to go hpme. You figure it
If it' wasn't for him there'd be far though, is with the femme fatale. with me are Ray "Jughead" Garor
out. Anyway we're sure Tennessee
less.
As children they were satisfied fala and Charlie "The Kangaroo"
has it figured better that the Greek
So let him eat as you go.
with ah all day sucker. Now, they Palmer., Palmer is presently work
seaman we picked up in Naha,
Hon Holt, (Left), and Cliff Okinawa, after a^.five day spree on
ing on a new drink to cure in
You'll both fare better when har just want one for
the evening. The
somnia. Actually it doesn't cure McKie slash the topping lifts the bpach. He missed his NMU
vest is done,
likes of these are
ship where he . was deck mainten
it, but it makes you feel content aboard the Madaket.
Tis a fact you cannot ignore;
usually
found
ance. rOne day on the way back
to be awake.
For a man with an ox can plant
around
the
Pen
to
sea
after
a
long
stay
on
the
we had a meeting so wd sent him
Summarily
speaking,
our
trip
more com.
guin Club and
to relieve our.ship's delegate
was fairly good. ...Steward Jenkins beach.
Than, a man alone can score.
the Rote Muhle.
Bank Account Growing
Whitey Leiishner, on the wheel.
and Co. handled'the grocery de
Don't count the stalks the oxen Both places are
partment very well. If our steaks Don Holt, our Sup man, is grow He'd have done alright, if she was
so close to the
eat.
were any thicker you could milk ing a bank account instead of a on Jrbn Mike, but 80 ' degrees off
But rather the stalks they make. WeSer River
them. As for the North Atlantic; mustache. He's from Seattle and course was a. little mbrd than tol
You'll find there's crop galore for they appe.al par
she didn't roygh us. up too much, hopes to make enough money to erance would allovy. Whitey didn't
Campbell
ticularly, and ca
you.
except for one time when we realiy go into the construction business. stay long at tliat meeting. ,
For each of the stalks they take. ter to, seamen and herring. Most took a deep dive. I'm not sure just I doubt if he'll make it unless he As for me, I've got my ifihancial
of the girls claim to be exmem how deep, but I can teil you if the gets back on the Alaska run. Cliff problems tpo^. I'm staying. dn oM •
Go to the crib and count your corn. bers of the underground.' Too bad Flying Enterprise is heads or tails. McKiiE^ has money problems too. more trip . to' make, the down pg^
You'll find much more since oxen they didn't stay there.
In conclusion, I just want to say The question that has everyone on m'ent on my new record shop in
came;
One of the bouncers typifies the that the Ines is really a ship "put edge is how he's going to pay for Long Beach. 1. never Was much bn
So treat them good, they'll pull the wartime "superman." This guy too
of this world." I guess that's why his big '50 Chryslpr convertible painting or splicing, but'yob nahie
plow.
can leap over tall buildings in a
took us so long to got back to that will show its rear to any hot it and I'lrWhl^le it.
*
That turns the ground for golden fingle bound. All you have to do this one. •
rod on the West Coast.
Harry D. French
grain.
is touch him in the right ptace.' Hft
"Tigei Shdrk'^Ibarra" itill 11(1^'
"Red" Campl>«ll
" 'Heck ddlegaie'
Here's Real Info On Madaket
Red Gives Vs Loivdawn
On German Womanhood
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Far« Nlneteca
SEAFARERS LOG
Sailor llags Is Hospitalized ...
Contributed by E. Reyes
Crewmen's Quick Action Saves
Lynn Victory From Disaster '
Saigon, IndoChfna—Thanks to the alertness and initiative of a couple of Seafarers on
the Lynn Victory, this ship was saved from a disastrous ammunition fire while unloading
here. The possibility of sabotage is not ruled out in the light of circumstances which I will
describe. But before I start It^'
want to pay tribute to Paul R. of the crew that were aboard made which would rule out such an ac
I
Foy, OS, and Robert S. Elston, haste to assist Elston and Foy. cident.
AB, whose quick action saved Both of them were quite ill after Substantiating this, Foy stated
the ship and possibly the lives ward from inhaling so much smoke that when Elston threw the smok
and had to lie on deck for air. ing box of grenades out of the way
of all aboard her.
Other crewmen who helped put so it wouldn't ignite the others, he
• I
.By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
In our last issue we discussed the virtues and characteristics of
several 35 mm cameras, including the numerous models of the Leica,
most popular in the midget camera field. No discussion of miniature
cameras would be complete without some words about the Coittax,
another 35 mm camera manufactured by Zeiss Ikon, which is also
an excellent miniature. It has everything the Leica has with
some minor differences. Its top shutter speed has been boosted to
1/1250 of a second, its range finder and view finder are combined into
one eyepiece, and its focal plane shutter crosses the film on the 24 mm
side making flashsynchronization a little easier. It has a delayed
action device and the Zeiss lenses are bayonet mounted instead of
being threaded as the Leica lenses.
It should be noted here that the Russian zone is also producing
a Contax. Its model is known as the Contax S, undoubtedly standing
for Soviet. The latest model Contax is 2A and is engraved "Stuttgart."
Zeiss lenses for the Contax follow pretty much the same sizes as the
Leica lenses.
Model 3A is the same as 2A, but has a builtin photoelectric cell
exposure meter. Before finishing with the Contax cameras it should
be pointed out that double cassettes can be used. This eliminates
the necessity of rewinding exposed film, and partially exposed film
can be easily removed in broad daylight. The use of two cassettes
facilitates changing from black and white film to color before the whole
roll of film is exposed.
Zeiss Ikon has recently introduced another 35 mm camera. It is
much cheaper in price than the Contax and is known as the Contessa.
It will turn out as good pictures as the Contax, though it hasn't all
the refinements of the costlier Contax.
Instead of the focal plane shutter, it has a compur rapid shutter
from one second to 1/500 and bulb. No interchangeability of lenses.
It is fitted with a 45 mm f2.8 tessar, has coupled rangefinder, one
eyepiece for view and rangefinder, built in exposure meter with two
measurement ranges—for indoors and out. Has the usual standard
things such as picture counting device, film speed scale, depth of field
indicator, etc. Double exposures are possible with the Contessa since
the shutter must be cocked for each exposure.
A newcomer in the miniature field is the Japanese Nikon with its
Nikkor lenses and it threatens to take over from Zeiss and Leitz.
It's a 'bit puzzling how this came about since Japan never had any
reputation for quality optical goods, but since the war this camera has
been the rage and has been cutting deeply into the sales of the Leica
and Contax.
Life's New Eye
Photographers from Life magazine /'discovered" the camera and
its terrific lenses during the Korean war. All the excitement is not
about the camera box. It closely resembles the Contax box. The big
difference comes in the quality of the Nikkor lenses.
No lens manufacturer, from the oldest to ,the youngest has ever
made a lens for the miniature that comes near the quality of these
lenses. They are of such superior quality that for a while Life maga
zine was buying the total factory output for its own staff.
Before you rush out to purchase a 35 mm camera there are a num
ber of things that you should consider. The miniature became popu
lar for many reasons. It's small, light in weight, and can be loaded
with film up to 36 exposures. There are more types of film available
in the 35 mm size than for any other camera. The cost of film per
exposure is cheaper than for any other camera, not only because the
film is smaller but because 35 mm film can be bought in bulk and
loaded into your own cassettes. At the present time film can be bought
for about $1 per hundred feet, and you get 8 exposures per foot.
All this sounds quite convincing but there's a catch in it. Unless
you also have an enlarger to make a print large enough to view you
will find that it will prbbably cost more to run a 35 mm camera than
a larger camera that makes a visible contact print. So take care. Un
less you are prepared to set up a dark room and do your own process
ing and printing, stick to a larger camera. Only by doing your own
work will the 35 mm camera remain cheap to operate. If you have to
have all your work done by commercial processing plants you will
not be saving any dough. Let your pocket make the final decision.
The fire broke out while we out the blaze were Edmond Giza, tried to release the grenades to
were anchored in Saigon on Fri chief electrician; Albert Akberdin, avoid further danger. "I had to
day night, February 1. I noticed a utility: James Gillespie, OS; really pry the top off with a piece
commotion at hold No. 3 and over Thomas Lambert, AB; Eric V. of metal," he said. "The grenades
heard Elston ask the chief mate, "Is Riseberg, AB; Harold Sollis, AB, were so tightly packed that I could
any of the crew down there?" The and Soppi, AB.
hardly pry them apart."
mate replied that Foy was in the
My impres^on of the events is
Packed
Tightly
hold. Elston then urged the mate,
that
the skipper was of no use
The
grenades
involved
in
the
"Let's go down there and give him
a hand before the ship goes." At blaze were packed to the top of whatsoever to the crew in their
this point large billows of smoke the hold in boxes, end to end. The fight to wipe out the fire danger.
started pouring from the hold longshoremen were under instruc His attitude seemed one of indif
which carried cases of phosphorus tionis to lift the boxes carefully ference. With all possible fairness
from the top and not to tip them. to him, I did not rest on my own
grenades.
Each box contained 16 grenades, opinion but asked the men who
They were part of the cargo which are individually metalcasecL took part in quelling the danger
which the ship Wjas carrying to sup one explanation of the fire is that and they seemed to share my sen
ply the French armies fighting in two grenades rubbed together timents.
IndoChina against the Commu cauring a spark. However, the
Harry Pitt
nist revolutionaries in that country. grenades were very tightly packed.
Ship's delegate
Rush Into Hold
Elston plunged into the hold
with the mate at his heels, fol
lowed shortly by other crew mem
bers. The men worked feverishly
for:the better part of an hour to
bring the fire under control. For
the rest of the night small fires
broke out only to be extinguished Here's a real. commuting prob steward,, gaining weight on shore
lem for ydu. Albert H. Birt recently side while waiting for a ship.
immediately.
When the smoke first appeared, bought a hqme .in Saint Peters .What became of Frank Fernan
the. French checkers and coolies burg, Florida, and plans to moye da's plans to open up a second
all ran for safety, while members tha family ^here. But he intends hand store in Tampa?... Two crew
to continue working at the Port O' members of the Puerto Rico dur
(1) A hospital has four times as many patients as nurses, and twice
Call bar . . . Curley Barnes who's ing, the recent strike in San Juan as many nurses as doctors. The total number of patients, nurses and
in charge of our parking lot behind picked up their daily allotments in doctors is 110. How many nurses are there?
Once Over Lightiy our.
new headquarters building style with a car.. .A1 Tocho >^11 (2) The color of a star is an indication of its (composition), (surface
says these Brooklyn • dogs are real probably open a super market soon. tieinperature), (magnitude), (distance from the earth)?
toughies. He. tried to chase onie out He's always , bragging a b o u t his (3) Through how many right angles (90 degrees) does, the minute
of the lot the' cither, day but was Softball team . . .
hand of a clock turn from 11:45 AM to 2:30 PM of the same day?
bhased out hilRself. . .
Most of us know the Seamen's (4) The arbitrary rearrangement of electoral districts for party pur
According to latest reports from Church Institute* the world oyer poses is kno^n in government as a (lobby), (filibuster), (gerrymander),
the Gulf, Argentina is still a good as the dog house. But where is the (police power)?
country to visit, A dollar really goes puppy house? See answer at bot ,(5) The
Dome Scandals during Harding's administiation
places there.. The Del Mar's back, tom of column... About ten years (1924) involved (oil), (illegal whiskey), (Chinese imports), (child labor)?
on the run after a Jong stay in the ago i spent a little time in Iran (6) When the moon casts its shadow on a portion of the earth's sur
drydock. .^Haye you receiyed your and I'll never forget where' they face, we have an eclipse of the (earth), (moon), (earthmoon), (sun)?
vacation pay yet? • Just go to the washed the beer glasses... in the (7) Here's a question that needs both history and baseball knowledge.
Union hall and apply for it. Now's yard pan where the guests washed How many of the original 13 American states are represented by teams
the time.
their feet. i. George King making in the major baseball leagues (3), (5), (12), (8)?
plans to enter a tailoring school, (8) At ^e seashore, during the afternoon, the wind blows from land
SIU Chaperone
artd
become a professional thim to sea), (blows from sea to land), (blows parallel to the shore), (blows
Bill Gardner aiTived in the big
city (NY) from New Orleans ac ble and needle man.. .Bill Champ faster)?
companied by a stewardess from a lin has been spending his leisure (9) If a certain voltage is trebled and the result diminished by 220
Turkish ship. 'He was her gu3>^* time in "the village" as the Bleecfc volts, the remainder is equal to the original voltage. What is the
dian during the trip tip north by er Street section is known.
voltage?
Bosun A. Gonzalez, gives lights rail. Bill was disappointed when Answer: 'Seamen's home in New (10) Someone who nicitates (smokes), (drinks coffee), (winks),
• a thorough
eking over be foupd he'd ,have ;tQ :go back by
(ghowers often)? , • v.i
.
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his lonesome ...Tony Schavone,
Salty Dick
Florida To iV. Y. Shuttle
Makes Tough I'omniuting
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SBJ4F4KERS LOG
Friiv. Hmh T, IM*
Rosario Crew Sighting Gleam
Of Cash Award For Salvage
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By Spike Marlin
Prognostication is the bane of problems for years since Charley
sports writing. A sportswriter's Gehringer retired. The return of
Crewmembers of this ship, the Rosario, a Bull Lines Liberty, are cotmting their chickens real business is second guessing, Art Houtteman to the mound staff
in anticipation of a 50 percent salvage award for helping rescue the Nausica, a Liberian ship, yet in order to maintain his pose won't prove an adequate substitute
as an expert he has to climb out for a sound shortsecond combine.
when the latter broke down north of San Juan.
on a limb every March and tell you Thatleaves it to the Indians and
The Rosario was making forf
how the teams will stand at the Yankees by default. Our pick is
Norfolk when we received an SOS
end of September.
Cleveland. The Indians have more
. from the Nausica. She had devel
If writers could really predict, depth in the pitching department
oped evaporator trouble and her
they would be sipping frosted but the key to their success is
engine went dead, leaving her
champagne on their baronial Paul Bunyan's kid brother, Luke
adrift at the mercy of a 20mile
estates in the Hudson Highlands Easter. Big Luke was in and out
trade wind.
for a living. Between the writer's of the ^neup with a bad leg last
The Rosario, being temporarily
forecast and the actual outcome year. If he is sound the Indians
unemployed due to the longshore
there's many a rock to stumble should shoo in. The Yankees with,
strike in San Juan, made for her
over—injuries, sore pitching arms, out DiMaggio are in a pickle, and
full ahead. We arrived on the
marital troubles, too much beer the loss of Jerry Coleman to the
scene as daylight broke. Our skip
and too little sleep, swelled heads, Marines will hurt. But as usual,
per, Captain Clark, made several
the sudden loss of skills, army there's plenty of reserve strength
passes at the Nausica while strong
draft calls, clubhouse fights and plus an ample quota of heart
armed exsandlotters in the deck
all of the innumerable factors in which has brought the berries
department unsuccessfully attempt
cluding plain luck that can drasti Jiome to inferior Yankee teams the
ed to land a heaving line on the
cally affect a player and a team's past three years. Could do again
Nausica's deck.
too if the Indians run true to
performance.
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Tries Casting Rod
fainthearted
form.
A successful forecaster would
Our deck engineer then came Rosario'a deck gang takes kinks out of the towing line before
The
Nationals
have a threeteam
have
to
be
a
combination
of
pro
up with a very brilliant suggestion putting it aboard the stricken Liberian ship Nausica.
fessional psychiatrist, soothsayer, scramble pending between Philly,
which all hands agreed to give a
Anthony Dibartolomeo, .,3rd cook. specialist In physiology, and keen Brooklyn and New York. Brook
try. He secured his new casting deal with the tug Berwind of San Oh
yes, all hands partook of a student of the art of baseball. lyn's pitching without Newcombe
rod from his foc'sle and attached Juan instead of losing all if our victory
party the next, three days Our being hone of these bothers won't do. The Dodgers always have
wire
broke.
Sure
enough,
the
his heaviest sinker to it. He then
ranging
from the Caribe Hilton us no end, but the forecasting task the .promising rookie hurlers but
morning
of
the
third
day
the
made, according to bis own de
Hotel
to
the Bayview Brawlropm. is made much easier this year be they are like some of the honey
Berwind
got
a
line
aboard,
and
at
scription, "some of the most
The last radio report we received
10 AM
our line
parted
leaving
the
cause there are only five clubs in dew melons we New Yorkers get
tremendous casts in the history of
the fishing game," only to fall Berwind towing alone. None of our however, had a familiar tone. The both leagues who have the slight stuck with—never seem to ripen.
other competitors showed up so Nausica, after making repairs, est chance for the flag. You can The Giants will miss Stanky and
short by breathtaking inches.
^ Mays. They showed a jittery de
Being a fisherman at heart be we stood by and let our partner sailed <or Trinidad and developed forget about the others. *
a
water
leak
in
her
fuel
oil
tank:
fense and lack of reserve strength
earn
his
50
percent
by
towing
her
was quickly diverted from the
TwoTeam Affair
Not
knowing
if
it
is
allowed
to
last year which cost them the
the
next
two
days to
San
Juan.
Nausica when a large school of
The AL boils down to a twoteam World Series. Our pick, for no
hammerhead sharks appeared. Our success was adequately salvage the same ship twice we are affair
between Cleveland and New good reason, is Philadelphia, main
Here he succeeded in hooking two celebrated in the press. Tbe news continuing our cruise, trawling for York. Boston
without Bobby Doerr ly because of youth, speed and
tuna
or anything
else
that
bites.
paper
£1 Mundo
printed
story
and
of them but was no more success
and Ted
Williams just
doesn't have the expected return of Curt Sim
Jack
E.
Smith
pictimes taken by
our photographer
ful in bringing them to heel than
it.
The
White
Sox
will
be plenty mons. Their egos were thoroughly
be was with the Nausica.
troublesome
with
the
two best deflated last year and they should
In the meanwhile the bosun had
,young pitchers in the League in rebound strongly. As for the Cardi
withdrawn his offer to swim to the
Rogovin and Pierce, but not enough nals—well, Eddie Stanky insisted
Nausica with a line, sharks being
punch or allaround strength. De on a two year contract as man
what they are.
troit has been plagued with infield ager. Smart man, that Stanky.
Finally we got a line on the
Nausica by means of a lifering. At
3 PM after seven hours bard work, Tokuyama, Japan—With so many new men coming to Japan
we started towing to San Juan at where like in any oriental region the food varies a lot, I'll
fou; knots. A half hour later one explain for the benefit of those interested in this run what
of our bridle wires rigged on our these foods are and how they*
A knife attack on Seafarer Olav was used to provide him with a
stem parted. Captain Clark then are made. My information is hungry here because they don't Herland of the Steel Apprentice on decent funeral.
ordered slower speed and more
know what they are and how they February 16 led to his death in a Herland, who held firemenwa
slack on the tow wire which kept reliable, coming directly from are
made, here's the score for the hospital in Djakarta, Indonesia, six tertender ratings, was 37 years old
a chief cook of one of the best
her well in tow for two days.
and a native of Norway. He
restaurants on the Ginza, benefit of those interested.
Competition Shows
days later, according to a report shipped regularly out of Baltimore
Sukiyaki
is
nothing
else
but
On the second day word came Tokyo's main stem.
of beef cooked in. a shallow received from ship's delegate John and New Orleaps.
that three tugs werq coming to Most of the food here doesn't slices
pan
with
and other vege Friend.
Word was also received of the
stand by and take their chance of resemble Frenchy Michelet's cui tables and onions
a
Japanese/sauce
con
death
of Arthur B. Chason, OS, in
getting a line on her in the event sine in the least, but some of these sisting of sweet "sake," soya, and Friend v^ote to the LOG that
according to eyewitnesses, Herland New York City on February 18.
ours parted. With winds on the dishes like "sukiyaki" or_ "tem some sugar.,
had gone ashore and was walking Chason shipped out of the Norfolk
increase and heavier swells pre pura" are favorites of many,for
StreetSide, Bar
down a street when d rickshaw hall. He was 39 years old and is
vailing, we consented to a 5050 eigners. Since many souls wiU go
Tempura are fish and shrimp driver tried to pick his pocket. survived by his wife Eileen, resid
fritters cooked and eaten at the Herland caught the thief and took ing in Washington, D. C. The body
cook's stove, fish after fish, just as a swing at him whereupon one of has been sent to Sayville, N. C;,
you do when eating clams at a the thief's companions knifed him for funerai services.
Another SIU oldtimer. Brother
street clam,bar. The difference is in the' stomach.
Louis
Ross, passed away aboard
that tempura is fried. The price He was taken to Tjikani Hospital
on this dish' ranges from 600 to in Djakarta and was operated on the Raphael Semmes while in the
800 yen respectively in the avef without success, djring on the 22nd harbor of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Brother Ross, 43 years of age, had
age restaurant.
of February. He was buried the been a member of the SIU since
In many hotels and ^restaurants next day in Djakarta.
1938 when he joined up in Nor
you can take groceries with you Crewmembers of the Apprentice folk, 'Virginia. He is survived by
and after paying a couple hundred took up a collection of $150 which his mother, who lives in New Bed
yen for service they let you do. was left with the local agent and ford, Massachusetts.
IE SiU BEGINS
• your own cooking. It's very fair
if you know the trick of handling
'AlEeOTlATlONS
a skillet, casserole and the like.
IN JOLYIiOR A
Those interested in learning more
about Japanese food can drop me The government, when it tmder (17561820). A native of England,
NEW CONTRACT.
a line c/o the Bessemer Victory. took the tremendous shipbuilding he graduated what is now Prince
MEN WHOPERPORAA
South Atlantic SS Co. in Savan program of World War 11, named ton University, NJ. During the
ANDFOUirUP>\BQl^
nah. If I don't know the answers, its Liberty ships . after famous American Re'volution, he was ac
SHIP HURTAU
I'll find out for you.
Americans. Below are^ the names tive in the Carolina campaign, be
Luis A. Ramirez of a few SIUcontracted Libertys coming Gen. Greene's commissary
SEAIVXRERS BY
and thumbnail sketches of the per general. ANorth Carolina legisla
MAKING THE UNIGNS
sons whose names they bear.
tor and later governor, he was one
NEGOTIATING JOB
of the peace commissioners sent to
NVDRE DIFFICUUT.
William A. Graham tWaterman). France (1799) when hostile rela
Statesman (180475). Born in tions arose between the two coun
For obvious reasons the LOG North Carolina and educated in tries.
cannot
print any letter or the state university, he was state
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YOUR JOB «
other communications sent in legislator, US senator and later Henry Meiers (Mississippi). Pro
PROTECT THE BEST
by Seafarers unless the author governor. Secretary of Navy in
CONTRACT IN
signs his ^name. Unsigned, Fillmore's cabinet, he was unsuc moterand railroadman (181177>
MARITIME *
anomymous letters will only cessful candidate for vice president Bom in Catskill, NY, he went to
wind up in the wastebasket. in 1852. An advocate of compro California for the gold rush, where
If circumstances justify, the mise' rather than secession, he he made and lost a fortune, and
LOG will withhold a signature eventually supported the Confed then to Chile. He had a spectacu
on request, but if you want it eracy.
lar career there and elsewhere in
printed in the LOG, put your
South America as a railroad build
William Davie (Alcoa). Revolu er. beating nature at every turn
name on it.
tionary soldier and statesman despite innumerable obstaclepi.
Sukiyaki?—B eef Ala Mode
Done Up Japanese Style
Seafarer Dies Of Knifing
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FriiUqr. Mirch 7,1952
SiU Dues Pay
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S E A FAME MS
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Quotes Emerson
On Idle at Sea
LETTERS'
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
From time to time on board ship the SIU and other maritime
$74 to date, but that isn't aU yet. I just finished reading Emerson's
and in the hall 1 hear gripes from unions there are bound to be a
I'm pretty sure we will go over essays in his book, American Civ
some of the younger men who have few heavy drinkers, trouble mak
the $100 mark at the payoff. I ilization, and find that he has quite
come into the SIU in the last cou ers and exhibitionists, just as To the Editors
think all of the crew deserves a a few nice things to say relative
ple of years about how much dues there are newspapermen who are
vote
of thanks for their generous to our merchant shipping. Al
As an e'xNMU man who got
and assessments black sheep in the offices of their wise some years back and started contribution.
though written a great many years
they have to pay. big dailies.
ago,
they are still good to quote in
We
would
also
like
to
say
that
sailing with a real Union, I got
If these fellows The seaman has been called a a horselaugh out of Joe Curran's the mailing of three LOGs to each our SIU paper as follows:
would sit down bum at times. Why? Just because "confessions" as reported in the ship is really helping us keep the "The ship, in its latest, complete
and figure it out, he is a seaman? Would the same last LOG. So the NMU is going LOG moving among the crewmem equipment is an abridgement and
as I've told them people call a lumberjack, a miner, to cut down on the number of pa bers and helping teach the new compendium j>f a nation's arts. The
over and over a cowpuncher, a welldigger a trolmen. So what? Their guys comers the Seafarers way and ship is steered by compass and
again, they would buiQ? Many of them drink and never did anything for you any stress to them the importance of chart, longitude reckoned by lunar
see that they're have their moments of passion. way. Many's the time you'd come being an allaround shipmate.
observations, and when the heav
getting about the Others who live shoreside under into payoff with a load of beefs
W. M. Fields
ens are hid, by chronometer, driven
greatest bargain better circumstances do the same. as long as your arm and all those
Ships delegate
by steam in wildest seamountains,
Sosa
that anyone ever
at vast distances from home. The
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birds would tell you was, "we'll re
Family Men
got for $80 a year.
pulses of her iron heart go beating
fer it to headquarters," and that
The
gossip
against
seamen
has
Where else could they get a
through
the storm."
was
the
end
of
it.
$2,500 insurance policy, $140 vaca caused people to shrink away from
No
wonder
the
NMU
members
Here's
another one. "The most
tion pay, the kitid of wages and a man who says he works on a won't vote a $1 a month dues in
advanced nations are always those
To
the
Editor:
ship.
Too
many
people
do
not
conditions we have, plus the kind,
crease. Judging from the kind of
No words are kind enough to who 'navigate' the most. The power
of setup we have in our new hall? understand that seamanship today representation they get they ought
thank
the shipmates of our late which the sea requires in the sailor
is
hot
like
the
story
books
and
Insurance Costs
to ask for a cut in dues. Believe
makes a man of him very fast, and
Just take my case for an exam motion pictures of yesterday, like me, I know what I'm talking about. beloved husband and father Wil the change of shores and popula
liam
A.
Miller
aboard
the
Frank
in
the
days
of
Jack
London.
To
ple. I am 51 years old. If I wanted
Eddie Stimpson C. Emerson. The sympathy they tion cleanses his mind of much
to buy $2,500 worth of insurance day, thousands of seamen are re
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felt toward us in our sorrow and nonsense."
spectable,
married
men
who
send
at my age, the cheapest rate I
Stanley C. Korzen
their great regard in sending the
could get for that insurance would money home through the allot
donation of money will never be
ment
system
and
carry
an
album
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be $144.50. And most companfes
forgotten by us.
won't even sell you a policy when of loved ones in their wallets. To the Editor:
We want to thank Bosun Wil
you're over 50. My wife says that Many ' in their spare time study . During 15 years of sailing on the
liam C.
Moore for sending Mr. Mil
all the
intricacies of
maritime
law,
if I ever give up sailing, she's go
ing to keep up my dues Just, for the science of navigation and hun West Coast, practically all the time ler's last words to us and being To the Editor:
on passenger with him to the last. If any of his I am writing from the Port of
the sake of the insurance alone, dreds of other duties so that they
ships as bell boy, shipmates care to write us, we Mombassa, East Africa, where the
because she could never get that can become mates and captains
bell captain and would be very grateful to hear Robin Sherwood is waiting for
kind of policy on the outside as later on.
all top side rat from them.
Down below there are more
cheap as that.
cargo. At present, thg morale
ing jobs, I made
Mrs. Kathleen Miller aboard the ship is low because of
When;;you add on the vacation who aspire to become engineers
a lot of friends
Mary Lou Miller
pay now, that I never got before and like the deck hand are getting
annoyances we have had on ac
am 0 n g sailor
in my life, and believe me I've practical experience on the ship.
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count of our cigarette supply, the
men.
It
would
be
been sailing for quite a few years, The man in the bowels of the ship
amount of the draws and how often
a privilege to say
you can see that actually you're faces a most complicated mass of
our slop chest is opened.
"hello"
and
wish
getting your dues paid up for free machinery which he has to leam
As to cigarettes, we get the
all of them pros
Villabol
with $60 left over besides.
how to operate. The student in
brand they want to give us, which
perity and good To the Editor:
Anybody who doesn't think that the galley wants to be a cook or health through the LOG.
Thanks for sending us three is usually Chesterfields and no
this is the best possible deal he steward and studies evenings to Now that I'm sailing with the copies of the LOG. It helps give other. Aside from this, we are
can get just doesn't know what he's this end.
SIU off the East Coast, I find the everybody aboard a chance to get told we are allowed one carton
talking about.
The job of, a seaman is. .an edu job to be a very good one, and en a look at what's doing in the SIU. every five days which is all well
Tony Sosa
cation in itself. Many of them joy the company of my shipmates Our experience in the past, when and good except that sometimes
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are learned in foreign languages. who are a fine bimch, there's none only one copy was sent to each we have to wait nine days between
Their minds are broadened by better. Best regards to all of them. ship, was that the ship's delegate issues.
Draws Irregular
travel. They come in contact
Pedro Villabol usually monopolized the paper and
not
more
than a few
crewmembers
with people in strange lands and
Then
comes
the trouble over
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got a looksee.
learn all about them, their cus
draws. Sometimes we get a draw
To the Editor:
Now with three copies, one has every ten days, sometimes eight
Some sections of the daily press toms and politics.
been given to each department days, sometimes five. We have
The people who are respons
have been mercilessly abusing
delegate which gives all crewmem been in Mombassa about five
American seamen for many years. ible for groundless slurs against To the Editor:
weeks and we usually have to beg
These accusations are probably seamen are the same people who
The crew of the Monarch of the bers an opportunity to read it.
Crew, Nathanial Currier for our money. The captain states
based on the actions of that hand said during the war that ships Seas disagrees with the world opin>
he only has to put out one draw in
ful of seamen, who haying been were indispensable. But they never ion of Captain Kurt Carlsen as a
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each port regardless of the length
pent up on long voyages, gave vent mentioned the men who sailed hero. We feel that as captain in
of time we stay in the port, but
to their emotions when ashore. those ships, more than fi,000 of charge of a vessel and its cargo,
we can't find any rule in writing
But all seamen should not be con whom died and went to a watery his job was to assure proper load
that says anything one way or an
grave. Nobody called them bums ing, improper loading being found To the Editor:
demned because of those few.
The biggest mistake journalists then, when they were out there on the cause of the loss. He was also
I've just returned from the Ger other.
and their reading public.make is a vast ocean on a ship that was supposed to follow regular ship man run on Waterman's Gateway It might be a good idea in the
to harass seamen without being fair target for enemy warships. ping lanes which he was not doing. City. While far from my native agreement to stipulate how often
familiar with their lives. There But perhaps for want of some
When the ship split across No. 3 Sheepshead Bay, I had plenty of we are allowed a draw and to what
is practically no way .to really thing to say so that they could hatch just forward of midship family company aboard as my two amount, and how often we are al
know a seaman without being one. meet the' deadlines, something is house, he had to do but one thing, brothers went along on the same lowed cigarettes and when the slop
chest should be open. This may
Nor would one or two trips on a said to lampoon seamen. Whether have crew and passengers evacu ship.
seem
like an unimportant matter
ship make a newspaperman a Jo war or not, ships are important ate. His remaining may have been
My . brother Frank and I signed
seph Conrad. To know seamen as and the men manning those ships that he wasn t anxious to jump on for the voyage in New York. in comparison to what oiu* Union
they are, one must travel with are respectable, hardworking into the fury of the sea and hoped When we got to Philly who should has accomplished for us in our
them for more than a year, make men.
to ride out the storm, but then catch the ship there but brother agreements, but some of the small
things help keep a crew peaceful
voyages to Europe, cross the Pa
William Calefato seeing it was inevitably going
and happy.
cific and visit most of the ports.
down
he
was
forced
to
jump
and
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In closing, I hope this letter
Hearsay is the wrong tool to use
was rescued by the tugboat. The
finds everyone at the New York
in a serious matter of judging the
crew of our ship feels that there
office in the best of health.
behavior of men who shoulder the
was nothing so heroic about this
Walter J. Fitch
oehavior.
responsibilities of our merchant
To the Editor:
Stewards delegate
marine.
Incidentally, the new LOG is a
Our maritime Industry gives The crew aboard the CarrahuUe big improvement over the old one
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men of every nationality a chance wants to let other Seafarers know and really is a pleasure to read.
to work and helps make good citi about the raw deal we received on
J. Bruce Cole
zens of sailors from Poland, Nor money exchange while we were in
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way, Sweden, Italy and even little Recife, Brazil. The captain on this
To the Editor:
Estonia. The unions have the pol scow refused, to give out a draw
Just a note of appreciation for
icy of selecting mentally and in American money aboard ship.
the Welfare benefits I received
He
did
give us
a
draw
in Brazilian
physically fit and competent men.
To the Editor:
while in the USPHS Hospital at
money, but the catch is that he Among other things we discussed
Face Daligera
Baltimore. I was in from Decem
Much has been said about wages gave us the rate of 18 cruzeiros to aboard the Cubore at our last ship
ber 19, 1951 to January 10, 1952
and living conditions. There is the doUar.
board meeting was the question of
and I'd like to tell the world that
Fitsgeralds pose In life jack
no doubt that men working on If he gave us our draw In Amer hospitalization for Seafarers' fam
the $25 Christmas gift, plus the
ets during fire drill on Gate
ships face great dangers as is evi ican money we could get 28 cruz ilies which someone wrote about in way City. Left to right: Al, $15 regular benefits really came
dent in all the newspapers which eiros to the dollar ashore. It sure the LOG recently. It's the unani
"outdder" Bob Estrich, Frank in handy.
describe in detail every catastro makes it a nice racket for some mous feeling of the crew on this and Vlnce.
Biondie Johnson and Al Stans
phe to ships at sea. A ship can body.
bury were right there every week
ship that seamen's families should
sink within a matter of minutes, It might be possible for the Un have privileges in the Public Al. All of us signed on as deck with a good word and the money.
and if it is a tanker it can burst ion to make an arrangement with Health Service hospitals. We don't maintenance which meant spending My best appreciation to them too.
Into flame just like a match box. the operators to issue American know just how this could be ar both working hours and leisure Believe me, we have a nego
tiating committee and a Union
The forces of nature; fog, storms, money in those ports that have' ranged but it is something we time together.
All told we made three crossings that's tops In taking care of the
uid high seas, cause considerable such a difference in exchange rates could try to go after.
damage and sometimes send ships aboard ship and ashore.
The boys on this ship have really to Germany and back before pay membership.
H. C. MoCurdy
to the bottom. .
come through in fine style for the ing off this ship.
F> H. Browii
Vine* Flticeraid
^ . Steel BxeentlT*
March of Dimes. We hav^ collected
; Of all |he thp^spds^.of.men in
Tells NMiJ To
Cut Their Dues
Widow Thanks
Crew For Aid
East Or West^
He Finds Pals
Draws, Ciys Get
Crewmen Down
Ohays 3 LOGs
For Every Ship
Holds Newsmen
Abuse Seamen
Crew Questions
Carlsen Heroism
3 Brothers Ship
On Gateway City
CarrahuUe Crew
Short'Changed
Families Should
Get Hospital Aid
Hospital Benefit
Comes In Handy
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a
�iPafe Twentytnw
prriday, March 7,195ie
SEAFARERS LOG
Mate Beefs Up
Stony Creek Trip
L E T T E R S •
He^d Like Cooks
Column in IJOG
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
Here we are on the Stony Creek take me in. I was made to sign
who fought for conditions that 1 I have been on the beach better
(MarTrade) with the same first off and was not given time to pack
am now enjoying."
mate problem we have had on the my belongings. I was questioned
Today we are in a position to than two months under doctor's
previous trip. There is quite a lot at headquarters and then arrested To the Editor:
support families even under this care. I hope to be back in the near
of disputed overtime as a result. In On Tuesday, February 19, I was Having recently been discharged high cost of living. But there is future. I just read in the January
addition this character consistently taken to Immigration Headquarters from the Staten Island USFHS one important loophole which is 25 LOG about 9 members saying
refuses to turn Cwo men to on'OT. for a hearing.
Hospital I would like to recall my in the US Marine Hospital set that Captain Dunn of the SS Mass
He also wouldn't have a gangway
I had the right to hire a lawyer experiences and pay respects to up. If you are on the beach for
watch on working days between but did not do this as I did not the doctors, nurses and help that more than 60 days the hospitals mar was one of the best captains
t AM and 5 PM.
think my offense (being away from took good care of me. Without will not admit you, whereas in the that they have known. I have been
The sign on pspcedure on this the ship ten hours) was a basis for throwing bouquets at any individ armed forces I believe that if you going to sea since 1910 and I want
ship was a little odd too. We left being imprisoned any longer.
uals, 1 feel that 1 must pay tribute spent time in them you are en to second that. He is not only one
Providence on February 2 and
Well, I was wrong. I was Clas to the staff as a whole for the care titled to get hospitalization for the of the best but he is the best in
signed on while sified as an "illegal immigrant" in and attention given me. This is not rest of your days.
at sea four or five the warrant, although I was on only my view but that of the many I do not begrudge this to the all ways as a captain and a man,
days afterwards articles as a crewmember of the SIU brothers 1 came in contact armed forces, but why can't mer fair and square.
If all of the skippers were as
on a payroll DeSoto at the time of my arrest. with during that time.
chant seamen be entitled to the
fair
as he is, Seafarers would have
sheet. When we I had reported to work when I was
1 am stilL receiving treatment as same? Also why couldn't a fund
got to Beaumont supposed to, had not been paid off, an outpatient, but believe me, be set up between the Union and a wonderful life. Not that he is lax
on February 11 fired, or asked to sign off on when 1 make my visits 1 feel right the US Public Health Service or easygoing. He is a captain first,
we signed on for request.
whereby every seaman could con last and always but he will treat
at home.
foreign articles
tribute so as to allow his imme you as a man and will talk with
Not Allowed Ball
More Females
without paying
diate
family to use the hospitals' you as man to man. More power
The
ten hours
I
was absent
from
However,
conditions
at
the
hos
and lots of years sailing to him.
off on coastwise, the ship was termed an escape and
Herman
pital have changed considerably facilities?
dating the pay
Recipe Exchange
Protection Needed
sheet back to February 2. Then the judge ruled that deportation since I was a shutin in December
By
the
way, why not have a
The way things are now, a sailor
1949. For one thing 1 was sur
we loaded in Beaumont for Cura proceedings should be started,
stewards
department column
in the
cao, DWI, discharged cargo there don't question the right of the prised to see so many females and can be on ship in the Far East paper on the boys' likes and dis
authorities
to
deport
me
but
and
get
a
letter
from
home
that
have
found
also
that
the
number
and reloaded for New York.
likes? • Also, how about us cooks,
Although we've had our prob don't think my offense warrants of seamen there is on the decrease. his baby is suffering from an ail stewards and bakers exchanging a
my
being kept
in
jail.
The warrant
ment
which
costs
so
many
dollars.
The hospital
has changed
its name,
lems the chow has been holding up
few recipes with one another? I
fine for which the steward depart called for release on $1,000 bail the former US Marine Hospital What can he do? He is thousands have some fine baking and salad
but
when
I
inquired
about
this
I
now
being
defunct,
and
perhaps
of
miles
from
home
and
has
to
ment received a well deserved vote
was told that the bail provision was seamen are becoming a secondary have this on his mind while work dressing recipes to exchange which
of thanks.
ing, which could be a cause of I have gotten up in the last 20 or
William Herman in there by mistake. I was told it consideration.
30 years. I would also like to see a
was different with
people who were
When
one
considers
the
heroes
a
shipboard accident.
Ship's delegate
on
the
Pennsylvania,
all
46
lost,
in the country illegally for several
If his family could get assis iittle sea. law printed so I can
years, but I just could not walk and others too numerous to men tance from the hospital the letter keep up with these sea lawyers as
tion, I wonder if the merchant sea from home could say that his child we hear, different things here and
off a ship and be let out.
there. A little bit of^sea law in
A dangerous criminal or gang men should not be taken into ac is getting the best of attention.
each
LOG would benefit us all. I
ster can be turned loose on bail count in all institutions, whether A lot of you may say; "I never
To the Editor:
but apparently my record is nqt they be the USO or what have you. had a sick day and I am never would appreciate if you would mail
the L0(*' to me. Yours for the best
I am not currently a member good enough. From August 2, 1951, Merchant ships cannot sail with
of the SIU; I left the SIU for other until my arrest I had 184 days sea out qualified seamen. So as one going to get married." Yet you Union and paper in the world.
carry insurance on your automobile
pursuits in 1939.
time on SIU, ships and in previous of that group, I think we should or your house, and if anything Before I forget, we have a swell
If it is possible for you to do admissions to. the US never had get a break.
agent in Wilmington. Hats off to
happened the first thing that would
so, I would appreciate it very any trouble with the authorities.
Paddy Farrell come to your mind is "Boy am I Sam Cohen.,
much if you would put this in the
Jesse W. Puckett
I would like to bring my case to
it X i.
lucky that I carried insurance."
LO(j so some of my old shipmates the attention of the membership
it it
Tell me, what is better Insurance
can see it and write to me. Thank and would like to know if any
than
that
on
you
and
your
loved
you for whatever you can do for Seafarer had a similar experience
ones' health?
me along this line. Any of my old in another country.
To
the
Editor:
Jerry Lurie
shipmates reading this, please
Heinz A. Ruchatz
Although
no
longer
sailing
on
it
it
it
•
. write me when you can.
To the Editor:
4. i t
my SIU book after 12 years, I want
Louis Kellar. No. 86953
I'm confined to the hospital here
Box 69, London, Ohio
to congratulate the Union for the
since June, 1951, with an ailment
wonderful conditions prevailing
that only time will cure if luck
aboard SIU ships these days, Back To the Editor:
To the Editor:
and God are on my side. . Just. the
I'm writing a few lines to let other day I was running through'
I was reading in the LOG about in 1939 the average saHor could
this longrange shipping bill that never dream that he would be you know, how much I like the some of my stuff and cSme across
To the Editor:
LOG. You're doing a fine job of
is up in Congress. It, was a little
On February 11, 1952, I arrived tough going for me, but I got the sailing under such conditions as letting the men know what's going the picture that I took with , my
in Philadelphia aboard the DeSoto, idea that if this bill passes, we'll exist now. Some persons feel that on in the Union, and keeping them buddies on the Mary Dodge in
a Waterman ship, on which I have some new ships and it will the war and high living costs in touch with things. I have been 1945 when we were in Naples. "This
worked as an oiler, signing on in help keep those ships sailing. That brought this about. This is partly sailing with the SIU since 1943 and was a swell hunch of shipmates.
Norfolk, Va. on January 11. The sounds like a pretty good Idea to true, but the membership itself, look forward to getting the LOG I was night cook and baker and
ship docked at 5:30 PM. As a me, as 1 suppose it does to any with proper officials at (fie helm,' every time another one is put out. if I do, say so myself, we had good
native of Germany and subject to body who goes to the sea for a brought these conditions about and
If possible, I would like to have pastry and bread. It would be nice
. immigration laws, I was cleared living.
are maintaining them.
one sent to my home to let my peo if I could hear from some of my
by the Immigration Department
Newcomers should look back a ple, know about what kind of work buddies who were with pie in times
inspector who examined me in the What I'm getting at is, maybe I }it and not take them for granted. I am doing.' Then when I come in when I was lots healthier than I
don't know too much about how
usual manner.
Many an old seadog carries a off a trip I can look over the back am now.
I made arrangements with a few these things are done, but every scar, and you newcomers can say papers and catch up on what's
George Vourlounls
shipmates to go to New York on Seafarer should be interested in What a difference things must what.
USFHS
Hospital
the 7 PM train. We left the ship keeping a healthy merchant have been for him? He was one
77
Warren
St.
. Otis L. Townsend
''
at 6:30, and were about to board marine.
Brighton, Mass. ^
4
a taxi, when the 4th mate called It seems to me though, that
us and told me the inspector want while this kind of thing is pretty
ed me back on board for half an much out of SIU hands, that the
hour until he had checked about shipowners could do a lot more
for our merchant marine than
me at headquarters.
I met the inspector and told him they have in the past. As soon as
about my intention to go to New things get a little slow, they start
York. He told me to wait until he dumping their ships or selling
made a phone call which would not them to foreign flag operators.
take more than 25 minutes. I went But when things get hot, you don't
back on boar4 and waited until see these birds building any new
7:20 PM. When the inspector did ships, or if they do they got them
not return, I thought the matter under Panama registry.
had been cleared up and anyway,
More Than Share
I thought it was unimportant. I If you ask me the SIU has done
had been admitted to the US at more than its. share to keep the
different ports 9 times during the merchant marine going. Right now,
past year so I saw no reason for for instance, with our traihing
being stopped now.
program which is supplying the
Called Illegal Immigrant
men for the ships. Or the way the
I told the watchman I was going Union has always fought to keep
to catch the 8 o'clock train to New the gashounds, performers and
York and would be back before 6 foqiups off the ships, and to sup:
AM. The chief mate heard me and ply efficient, clean crews.
saw me leave. I was back at 5:40 The SIU is doing it from our
AM the next morning.
end, its up to the shipowners to
Later in the day I was called take care of their's. Maybe if there
before Inspector Cox of the Immi was an SIU negotiating committee
gration Service asked for an ex down in Washington things woiild
planation of my absence. He in go a lot faster.
In happier days, Seafarer George Vourlounls (center with moustache) is showh with a group of ship
formed me that he^had ordefrs to
,
M^ler J mat^.^ni'A.*i>Ml»S)i4e'^«rty ltt,.the,voi^
years a^0.he(y|^
his illnesO..
Finds Changes
in Si Hospital
ExSeaman Asks
Pals To Write
Urges Broader
Hospital Care
Night Off Ship
Fouls Up Alien
• ft
If
lii^ •
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III;'
s/.
Seafarer Hecalls
Heathier Bags
LOG Deceives
Headg Praise
Union Doing its
Best on Shipping
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LETTERS
'Bottomless Boats SMp Agroundf
Bring Crew Blast Fjood Is Short
'WAFAREltS^tOc '. "''^^
9ag* Tfhnif4kn»
S E A F A R E R S
CASH BENEFITS
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
After years of Just applying We the crewmembers of the
paint to the Robin Sherwood, they James B. Richardson wish to bring
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A
.F.L.
have decided to knock some rust to your attention the unbearable
off this tub. The first thing we situation that exists aboard this
VacatUn Plan, Feb. lOMarch 1
know, we found a couple of holes ship. Besides receiving no coopera
WeUare Plan. Feb. 10Feb. 23
through the deck Just aft the laun tion at all from the captain, we are
dry at No. 4 hatch. The mate or receiving no subsistence for decent
captain had the chief engineer take lodgings ashore.
Edward Polise
1895
36.S»
the water line through the laundry The steward has informed us
MorrU Prizant
1896
69.21
bulkhead to supply water for ste that we are desperately in need of
John M. Pinkus
1897
42.77
WUUam
Frasor
1898
60.26
vedores. The water line was re fresh stores and has told the cap
Arthur J. McKenna...... 1899
55.99
placed and chips plugged the deck tain o.f such and has given him
REPORT NO. 2
Edgar C. Doane
1900
37.71
Carl
F.
Tynes
1901
58.71
reasonable time to replenish such
with wooden plugs.
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
Cooley A. Edward...
1902
65.32
stores. The captain has completely
John F. Connolly
1903
68.04
Holes In Lifeboat
^Period Covered By This Report—^Feb. 19March
Robert J. Murphy. Jr.... 1904
59.10
disregarded the steward's request.
Next the mate was going to have He has stated that fresh stores will Cash on Hand
Earl W. Hackine
1905
59.47
9371,257.16 Edward J. Wade
1906
38.49
natives chip and scrape the boats be gotten off another ship when Estimated Accounts Receivable
139,000.00 Thomas J. O'Connor..... 1907
75.04
but he had his mind changed and one arrives in this port. By that Vacation Benefits Paid in Period
Donald
F.
CarroU
....1908
34.99
102,896.59 Leroy L. Dixon
1909
82.81
used the crewmen as he should time, the crew will be suffering Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11, 1952
202,067.57 Thomas J. Heggarty
1910
. 40.44
have. We started scraping No. 2 from malnutrition. Six crewmem
Abdel G. Mohamed
1911
48.99
Manuel Perry
1771
82.04 Harold B. Vincent
1912
92.15
Check
lifeboat and found such nice rusty bers have already suffered from Name
1913
76.59
1772
65.32 Robert W. Scales
No. Amount Charles J. Wille
holes that you could run a chip severe vomiting due to the food. Hubert L. Lanier
1914
43.16
$80.48 Laron Garabedian........ 1773
83.59 Arnold Ackerman
1649
James
T.
Lassitu
1915
67.65
83.20
Andrea
Lala
1774
57.15
O. Peralta
1650
ping hammer through the bottom The steward also informed the Pedro
, 62.21
1775.^
82.43 Henry A. Manchester.... 1916
87.87 Jake Tripton
B. Schutte
1651
in places. The bottom of No. 1 captain three weeks ago that the JuUua
1917
84.76
1776
72.32 M. L. Flannagan
70.37 Eduardo Balboa
Angel L. Romero........ 1652
Henry
J.
Wood
1918
44.71
1777
82.43
71.15 Edward J. DevUn
lifeboat was worse. We were in iceboxes were unsanitary. Since Francis X. Phelps....... 1653
1919
43.55
1778
89.04 Allredo Morales
78.93 Harry Stelnman
August A. B. Schroter... 1054
Dar el Salaam at the time and the then the food in the iceboxes .has Robert L. Sizemore
1920
69.99
1779
41.99 John.G. Salmon
61.43 Richard J. McConnell
1655
1921
43.55
50.93 Antonio P. Garcia
63.37 Edward W. Bamberger... 1780
bosun had to put on temporary been deteriorating and has become James M. Stephens....... 1656
Thomas
J.
Mack
1922
100.31
George
H.
RusseU
1781
93.31
Charles D. Teems
1657
52.10
patches until we could get to Mom too contaminated to use.
1923
68.43
1782
45.10 J. T. F. Sigmor
45.88 Michael Sovich
Robert J. Cramer
1658
1924
102.25
84.76 Albert W. NeUon
1783
69.60 Carlos Lopez
basa. The boats are ashore now, The captain and chief engineer Israel Ramos
1659
1925
97.98
69.21 Mallie H. Gaton . .
1784
61.43 WiUiam J. Hartlove
John W. Marrs
: 1660
having new bottoms put in. They are
Alfonso
J.
Surles
1926
88.65
67.26
Ignatius
A.
Nuccio
1785
36.55
Joe A. Forrest
1661
able
to
sleep
ashore
and
don't
98.37
1786
68.43 Maxwell E. LongfeUow... 1927
Just passed ^ 10 years' inspection
68.82 George W. Guscott
Hilding V. Erlckson..... 1662
with this.
1928
52.10
1787
44.71 Anthony P. Violanto
56.76 Ernest R. SmaUwood
Delphls J. Caron
'.. 1663
on this trip too. Wonderful inspec have to put up
George
S.
Kohler.
Jr
1929
54.82
J.
R.
Phipps
1788
86.70
73.87
1664
Robert M. Garrod Vernon Bolton...~
42.38
tion!
50.54 Roy T. Smith
1789
62.60 Raymond W. Kaboska ... 1930
Carl DeMarco
1665
Ships delegate
1931
95.64
10L09 Hewitt B. Goodman
1790
53.65 Walter C. PaschaU
Emique
A.
Soto
1666
We have been shuttling hack and
John
W.
Jones
1932
45.88
61.04 Audrey H. Thurman
1791
96.03
John T. Weber
1667
t ^ 4
1933
70.76
forth between Mombasa and Dar
52.10 Woodie E. Pamell
1792
76.59 Andrew Pickur.
Giovanni F. Abundo
1668
1934
84.76
36.16 Stanley L. Palfrey
76.20 Woodrow Dickens ....... 1793
Harry R. Philfips
1669
el Salaam. The mate had a bunch
1935
49.77
1794
81.65 Louis Marrichl
87.09 Warren G, Lewis
Charley W. Gann
1670
of natives chipping in Mombasa.
Walter R.
Hayes
1936.
42.77
WiUiam
E.
SwiUey
1795
69.60
45.88
Peter Orth
1671
George
A.
WoH
1937
68.43
Raymont
P.
Franklin....
1796
56.38
47.04
Nieolaos
M.
Mellis
'.1672
He picked the seven best and took
1938
88.65
1797
73.48 Uuno Pipinen
40.82 Manuel Church
Frank K. Robertson...... 1673
them aboard working them all the To the Editor:
1939
90.59
82.81 Jose A. Silva
1798
75.43 Jack Arellanos
C. J. Whatley
1674
Stanley
Szerszen
1940
79.32
WUson
A.
Keane
1799
76.59
93.70
1675
time while, in the ports. We put I have a little story to tell you Joseph Wohletz
1941
81.26
1800
66.48 Leslie Brodkin
48.99 Calvin Hayes
VelUnga
1676.
down OT just as if they were work about how the US Army operates Rocus
1942
72,32
1801
57.54 Jeremiah McNeice
38.10 Manuel Maclas
ErUc P. Jensen..
1677 .
1943
79.32
1802
82.81 Leon Curry
91.76 Floyd Schwartz
' days. It is just like Robin Line to when it comes to handling dis Malcolm B. Woods • . '1678
1944
54.04
1803
83.98 John Chrestie
77.37 Durward D. Story
George
Austin
1679
putes. There was one going around Panagiutis PapadopouU.. 1680
pull a., stunt, like this.
1945
62.60
1804
67.26 John Sand
63.37 Victor L. Durden
CUfford
Weimer..
1946
89.42
1805
83.20
68.04 Thomas E. Tucker
The incessant chipping with all on the Great Lakes oyer tugboats WUUam H. Thompson ... 1681
1947
84.37
1806 '
85.92 Vernon Strut
82.43 Oskar Kirs
Herman Forstermann.... 1682
kinds of hammers is about to put and other craft and there was a Francisco
1948
82.43
1807
37.71 Herbert Muncie
87.09 Angel Valdes
Pineiro
1683
1949
71.15
1808
75.82 Grover Lane
57.15 Charles Morris
some of the watch slanders off possibility of a strike call by the Julius A. Luksevich
1684
George
Rode
1950
52.88
1809
63.37
52.88 Esteban G. Abad
Frank S. Gustav.
1685
their nut. They have one man militant seafaring men who sail Samuel
Claude
Scott
1951
65.82
John
T.
Canon
1810
42.77
49.77
Connolly
1686
1952
85.15
1811
63.76 William Baker ....".
77.76 WUbur Taylor.
chippingin the starboard blower them every day for a living.
Edmond Beikotsky
1687
Arthur
Huhn
1953
78.54
56.38 Frank Okoorlan
1812
97.59
Kader A. Maameur
1688
ventilator who will be there as I can only guess that the state Joseph
1954
84.37
1813
87.87 Edwin Thompson
39.66 Alexander Benzuk '
B. Schweinefus... 1689
1955
55.99
long as we are here and rtill have or ship operators must have gotten Keith W. Foster
1814
43.16 Woodrow Lawton
90.98 Carmine C. Giordano
1690
1956
47.82
1815
35.38 Clarence Gibbs . .
59.88 Clarence M. Smith
Daniel H. McGinn
1691
nothing done.
together with the Army to cook up John
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks
1937
2.000.00
1816
86.31
'79.32 Edward H. Denchy
TravagUm
1692
1958
46,27
1817
55.99 Lawrence O'ConneU
a deal whereby seamen trained by Rodney A. Harris
61.82 Cheng Yung'
1693
Heat Too Great
1959
73.09
Ronald F.
Wallace
1818
36.55 John Cobb
79.70
Jvnes E.
Ashley.
Jr.
1694
the
Army
wouid
step
Into
the
pic
James
Michael
1960
94.46
43.16
The starboard side of the engine
73.48 Thomas F. Tierney...... 1819
George O'Rourke
1695
1961
67.65
1820
69.60 Julian Brykczynski
85.92 Robert Borland
Antonio A. Garcia
1696
room is so hot that one oiler passed ture to take over and run the boats Francis
Walter Katarzynskl
1962
89.42
Salvatore
Terracina
1821
48.21
86.70
J.
Sylvia
1697
under
a
declaration
of
a
national
Joseph
Wolan
1963
52.88
1822
Void
out of. heat prostration, Working
66.48 Void
Marion J. Goold
1698
Harold
Rlggs
............ 1964
48.21
emergency
by
the
President
or
1823
Void
61.04 Void
Mandor Loschnik
1699
men under such conditions here at
1965
76.59
1824
44.71 Harry AcosU
48.21 Alton L. Noble
Maurice P. McCoskey.... 1700'
some other official, an
i
If
not
that,
1966
57,15
the hottest time of the year is
1825
52.88 Walter Walsh
62.60 Victor O. Bonet
Jerome S. Dob
1701
Marion
Abremsld
1967
40.82
by force of
arms.
69.21
93.70 Calvin T. DeSUva........ 1826 .
Charles Babick
1702
sheer inhumanity. It looks like
Floyd
Bamett
1968
64.93
Albert
P.
Eikel
1827
42.77
74.65
Charles E. Ackerman
1703
Twice
Alerted
1969
66.87
two more weeks here and six weeks
76.50 WUUam H. Kumke....... 18^
83.59 Clarence WaUac*/..
Charles W. Heppding.... 1704
1970
64.54
84.37 Robert F. Black
1829
91.37 Earl Griffin
Vladyslaw Soltys
1705
to Beira, Here's ho^g nothing Twice in the last year our com Samuel
.Tames
Bryant
1971
64.93
77.76 Vincent J. Stefanick
1830
66.48
S. Brown......... 1706
pany
has
been
alerted
to
pack
1972
62.99
gives way.
1831
56.38 WUUam Kennedy
70.76 Nicholas E. Sarris..
Abner J. Ralford
1707
1972
92.92
clothes and be ready on a minute's Adam T. Buck
1832
89.42 Lihwoed Brown
65.71 John F. Sims
1708
• •
Manuel . Cotty
1974
74.26
1833
76.20 Eugene StinehcUcr.
95.26 Fred L. Rochon
Allison
1709
Wilbert
Wentling...
1975
75.43
Ship's Delegate notice to move out by whatever Blair
Clarence
J.
Oliver
1834
64.93
73.87
Harry R. Crabtrae
1710
1976
66.10
transportation the Army provides Joseph y. Sullivan.....;, 1711
1835
80.48 Kemp Smith. Jr
65.71 Paul R. Klausen
» » *
1977
84.76
1936
70.76 Hendley Beave
53.27 Roy R. Thomas
Jerry Valentis
1712
to the struck area.
Edward
Nathanson
1978
40.82
1837
82.81
49.77 Daniel W. Cap
George F. Glock .
1713
1979
82.04
We were also told to take our Charles P. Stangenherg.. 1714
1833
51.71 Clinton Hurt
69.21 Thomas J. ConneU
Joseph
Sanchez
1980
54.04
1839
84.76
83.98 Mikael Hovlano
1715
carbines with us just in case—and Howard Garnt
1981
80.87
1840
101.09 Peter Marozas
99.53 Patrick A. Dunphy
Edward J. Foley
1716
1982
48.60
you can imagine what that case Sidney
Robert
W.
MiUer
1841
48.21 Isaac C. Shelton
59.10
A. Cavanaugh... 1717
1983
74.65
1842
94.48 Lewis J. FUippis
To the Editor:
81.65 Vance A. Raid
would be!
George Ananidakis
1718
Charles
R.
Brown...
1984
73.87
1843
76.59
78.15 Jennings J. Long
Y. Lakin. Jr
1719
The whole thing started very in
1985
51.32
It seems to me that the Army Charles
1844
77.37 Jesse W. Puckett
64.54 WUUe M. Brasnight
Alexander Becker
1720
Fred Schrottman
1986
46.27
Charles
F.
Connors
1845
63.76
nocently at a table, four shipmates is all too ready and willing to make Karl Treimann
93.31
1721 .
Edward
L.
Coleman
1987
62.21
95.64
71.15 Constanta E. Constantakis 1846
Alexander J. Leiter
1722
having coffee and shooting the a deal with the operators in a Leo
Lewis
M.
Judd.
Jr
1988
77.76
1847
56.76
91.37 Adriaan Vader
J. Kulakowskl..
1723
1989
44.32
1848
52.88 Eaton G. BrookshU*
breeze. Someone mentioned the scheme to run things their way. James J. Kelly
95.64 Marshall R. Frlddle
1724
Francisco Mateo
1990
77.76
Frank
N.
Schloersen
1849
71.54
44.71
James D. Felts
1725
coming election, and while we
WiUiam
L.
Strike
1991
74.65
Name withheld Gaspar
1850
67.65
56.38 Joseph M. Cash
Garay
1726
.... 1992
71.15
45.88 Szc A. Soung
: happened to agree that we needed
55.99 Theodore D. Halenda.... 1851
Ramon Galarza
1727
71.93
1852
93.31 Anthony A. Meshefsky... 1993
98.37 Jose R. Moro
Luis E. Gutierz
1728
a complete change of administra
80.09
1853
73.48 Herbert W. Ehmsen ..... 1994
50.93 Anthony J. SakeUls
Charles . F. Schuck....... 1729
Robert
J.
Edwards
1995
77.16
tion, no two seamen seemed to be
1854
92.92
87.48 Roscoe T. MUton
Howard T. Glisson
.1730
1996
68.82
1855
80.09 Michael Haukland
73.09 Ronald R. Norfleet
David G. PoUte
v. 1731
able to agree ajs to who should take
1997
64.54
1856
55.99 Boyd E. Hess
79.70 James W. Thomas
Ralph A. Stiefel
1732
1998
35.38
Truman's place. But we sure did To the Editor:
1857
47.04 John F. Smith
38.10 Petridis G. Nicolas
Nelson Gorbin. Jr
1733
Jack
B.
Wenger
1999
41.21
1858
89.04
79.32 AUison L. Schantz..
Charles B. Bennett
1734
agree on one point, Mr. Taft smells The port of Kunsan, Korea, is Leonardos
89.81
1859
38.49 James M. Rogers ........ 2000
76.20 Albert R. Jones
Behm
1735
2001
77.76
kind of bad to a Union man and^ in good hands. We have in this George E. A.
1860
92.15 John T. DUlon
70.37 AUan G. Burke
Kitchens
1736
Robert
M.
Nordeen
2002
60.65
Earl
T.
Congleton
1861
52.88
72.32
victor
A.
Valencia
.
1737
we wanted no part of him.'
96.03
port company almost enough SIU Marvin C. Wright
1862
64.15 WUlard Mulling ....... 2003
67.26 James W. Robertson
1738
2004
70.76
Now this coming election is very men to crew a ship.
1863
71.93 Samuel M. Pearson
47.04 Jerry E. Wood
George* F. Krava...
1739
Palmer
S.
Lanier
2005
44.32
1864
37.71
1740 , 77.37 Cho Yeung
important to us. Far be it for any Myself and Roy Lee are the two Chang K. Yung
2006
64.93
1865
71.54 Daniel F. Kearney
46.27 WiUiam E. Barrett
Maasik
1741
2007
71.54
member to stress whom the other GI harbor pilots. The rest are John
1866
80.09 Santos P. Garcia
73.48 Emery D. Crowell
Jesse S. Lewis
1742
Leslie
A.
Dean
2008
63.37
56.38
46.66 Joseph E. Caron ........ 1867
1743
guy should vote for but I would scattered around here on small Thomas C. Finnerty
2009
61.43
1868
50.93 Charles Hancock
45.49 Herman D. Carney
Benedict L. Smith. Jr.... 1744
2010
60.65
like to emphasize one poiiit, that craft as longshoremen or truck Max
1869
44.71 BiUy Dale. Jr
68.04 John Melvin
R. Diinlap
1745
2011
62.21
1870
43.93 Rosindo Mora
68.82 George K. Owens
1746
is, that every seaman is entitled drivers. We would have liked to Richard D. McManus
Robert
Mader
2012
07.05
1871
41.60 William B. Gardner
55.60 Valdemar Koskinen
Fred W. Clifford
1747
2013
64.15
to an absentee vote.
82.04 Johannes Tani
1872
66.48 Charles Davalos
paint a flying W on the Uboat Pascual D. Juagpao...... 1748
2014
62.21
1873
65.32 Kenneth F. Elvin
82.81 Frank J. OevUn
1749
All thQ man has to do is apply when the Citrus Packer (Water Claude L. Fulchcr
2015
68.82
1874
67.26 Frank J. HaU
38.49 WiUiam Sisto
Henry J. Banicki
1750
2016
89.04
for an absentee ballot well in ad man) was here, but I'm afraid the Theodore R. Maples..... 1751
1875
54.43 Neil Thurston ...;
70.76 Jose M. DaCosta
2017
61.43
1876
65.71 William J Clegg
81.26 Carlos Rocafort. Jr
Henry L. DUl
1752
vance in his home state, and tell brass wouldn't understand.
2018
73.48
1877
47.82 William J. Hirst
57.15 Arthur M. Harris
Mchin J. Martin
1753
2019
52.88
the local board of Sections where All of you boys will be ruining Samuel T. Pappas.
1878
68.04 Harold L. Paige
77.37 WUbert V. Sorensen
1754
2020
40.82
1879
50.93 General C. Fugitt
36.94 Earle G. BouteUe
to send it. The skipper of the ship in here so if I don't happen to WiUiam R. Kern. Jr...... 1755
2021
45.49
1880
61.04 Henry Dell'Orfano
61.43 Edward J. Whelan..
Alphonse J. Tremer, Jr.. 1756
2022
42.38
' is responsible for his ballot reach spot you right aw^, Just look me John E. Nordstrom..^... 1757
1881
44.71 Albert Jones
54.82 Jack Chattin .
2023
89.04
1882
56.33 John D. Boje ..
89.42 Manuel L. Joao
Ing the board of elections to time up. I'll be hCTt "iqr quite some Eric B. Hayes
1758
2024
82.04
1883
93.37 John C. Orser
74.65 Arne W. Howde
Hubert
G.
Weeks
........ 1759
:.... 2025
73.09
so that his vote may be counted, time I'm afraid. And if they don't Howard T. Compton
1884
83.98 Russel E. McLeod
53.65 Owen A. Podkosoff
1760
2026
73 48
36.94 Hugh Murphy
49.77 Duncan McCorkindale.... 1885
r vlt Is so little trouble, and may get here they can at least write. William O. Murray
1761
2027
62.99
!.. 1886
52,10 Jerome H. Shain ..,
71.93 Henry A. Buckley
Omer
G.
Prescott..
1762
2028
46.27
I mean so touch to all of us, iuclud
' Pvt. Ray Wennberg
1887
72.32 Francis W. Keeley
58.32 Albert Vetu
Thomas Boyd
1763
2029
62.21
1888
55.60 W. W Wells
03.31 Arthur L. Brooks
:tog the fate of pur hiring hall. Let's
Ralph CoUier
1764
2030
50.93
US S8142m
Monroe
HaU
1889
37.32
75.04
Saga Hanks
1765
Robert V. Anderson2031
48.99
^^e this a
of sert^ toought,
Hq & SenriceUo«:
62.21 Michael Klepelg
41.21 Lincoln E. Smith........ 1890
EUian M. Mercer.,
1766
2032
85.15
1891
74.65 Manuel Alvarez
'59.88 Walter E. Bezanson.
^'and take action on it after coming
nth Trana. Fort Bn. Charley Stevenson, Jr.... 1767
2033 ' 67.65
James J. Crotty
1892
55.60 Charles H. DeRouIe
James C. Armstrong. • • • • ..1^ 78.54 Leonard
3034
36.38
to a donclusion.
AFO 970, e/o FM
H. Goodwin
1893
41.21
42.38
. Aarti A. Huffarl.
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Otto R. Hoepner
1894
82.81
.; famiiel'EM 'V^dal:
San Francisco, Calif, suig. J.
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'Feb. 19 — March 1
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Feb. 10 — Feb. 23
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
79.70 Anthony L. Siamato
2471
2617
68.43 Grace N. Corbett
2325
George Peteusky
... 8173 62.60 WUfred M. Gurtnaw
83.98 Frank Adkins
2472
2618
59.47 Ned L. Remley
2326
82.04 Boyd B. Burger
... 2179
Francis J. West
53.27
Victor
G.
Rico.. .
.
*.
2473
40.82
Jack
Johns
2619
2327
97.98 Charles O. Tucker
... 2180
Richard W. Wlmer ...
Check
83.20
2474
Francisco
A,
Martinez...
Connor
M.
AUen,
Jr....
2620
71.15
Joseph
A.
Gomez
2328
86.70
... 2181
Name
No. Amount Sorat K. Singh
82.81 You Hong Kim
2475
2621
59.47 Leo D. Loney
2329
54.43 Walter O. Wilson
... 2182
42.77 Rayus Freeman
Edwai:d Tierney
263S
99.14 Poo K. Gee
2476
2622
35.38 Lester Joseph Campo ... 2330 , 39.27 Lexie Tate
.. 2183
Theodore
C.
Musgrove
82.04
John L. Crowley
2036
52.10
2477
WUiiam
W.
Wilcox
Anders
Thevik
2623
68.04
Norman
E.
Melton
2331
65.71
... 2184
68.43 Albert M. Weems
Frank L. LamberU
2037
89.81 Henry J. Childs
2478
2624
48.21 Everett F. Marsh
Curtis
Thompson
2332
59.10
... 2185
Kenneth
N.
Vancour
.
38.10,
Leonard F. Lewi*
2038
2479
74.26 Donald C. Saunders
91.37 WiUiam C. Reid
2625
... 2186
65.71 Clarence A. Hancock .... 2333
48.21 James F. Yanner
Harry E. Brophy
2039
65.71
2480
Sung
Ah.
Sue
95.26
Pete
Matovich
2626
Henry
L.
Giilot
2334
... 2187
56.76
Charles WUlard
2040
54.82 James A. Bodiford ....
66.87
2481
Paul
Gay
Gerald
F.
Shaffer
92.92
2627
Albert
Richoux
2335
... 2188
58.32
Niel E. Badlg
2041
60.26 Harold J. Masdon
93.31 Wpng Ah Sal
73.48 WUUam H. MiUison, Jr.. 2482
2628
2336
87.48 Essen A. Johnson
96.42 Joseph W. Henderson ... 2189
Bernard P. Burke
2042
2483
40.05
Edward
W.
McAndrews..
Daryi
David
Waiizer
91.37
2337
2629
66.10 George Mi Chang
85.15 WiiUam G. Moore .... ... 2190
Martin M. MitcheU
2043
2484
46.66
James
M.
Clark
21.21
Albano
Leal
2338
... 2191
71.93
61.43 Ravaughn Johnson ...
John W. McCaslin
2044
55.80 Grath A. Broad
83.20 Joseph T. Arnold...^.... 2485
2630
2339
... 2192
38.10 Paul Laborde
50.93 John W. Quimby
Clark C. Wood, Jr
2043
45.88 Albert Morales
2486
86.31 Leo McCusker
'. 2631
78.15 Francisco Esposito
... 2193
Abner
A.
Abrams
45.88
Boleslaws J. Gezeskowick. 2046
79.32
75.43
Burton
Hirsh
2487
Paul
G.
Kyrk
;
2632
Sebastian
C.
Foti
2341
70.37
48.60 Frederick F. Farthing. ... 2194
Alexander Duddle
2047
2488
69.60 Waciaw Leuschner
67.65 Thomas Comtek..^
2342
2633
71.15 Lewis Rivere
2195
59.88 Ervin W. Crabtree
Glen M. Curl
2048
50.54 Aurelio Domenesh
2489
49.77 Richard James Maiey.... 2634
2343
61.04 Max R. Trocha
... 2196
101.48 George Romano
Edgar C. ChUcott
2049
2490
83.98
85.54
Robert
W.
Arleque
2344
Theodore N. Louden
2635
... 2197
62.60 Faiemino Palume
62.60 Charles M. Cobb
Paul C. Turner
2050
75.82 Burton J. Frazer
2491
38.49 John J. Brennan
2345
2636
54.04 Stanley C. Scott
76.59 Malcolm P. Cieutat... ... 2198
Stanley Ruzyski
2031
98.37 WiiUam Lweth
57.54 Mark G. Dugan
2492
Frederick Harvey
2346
2637
... 2199
94.87
Clyde
W.
Burns.......
79.32
Howard J. Abell
2052
72.32 John Ally
69.60 Stanley A. Niederberger. 2638
2347
2493
87.48 John J. St. John
... 2200
Frank S. Findlay
2053
77.76 Bernard ' Jackson
80.09 James V. Warning
2494
52.49 Simeon Crocker
2348
2639
55.99 Harlow B. Wright
... 2201
Salvatore G. Zammith.... 2054
73.87 Clyde C. Ra.vfort
85.54
.Tohn
McWiUiams
2349
Robert
N.
Keiley
2495
89.04 George J. Smith
2640
39.66
....2202
Jose F, .Santiago
2055
74.65 William H. Werneth..
77.37 Ebenezer Smith. Jr
88.26 Arthur A. Morrison
2350
2496
2641
66.87 Waiter Nash
i ... 2203
Reino R. Sundberg
2056
42.38 M. E. Cazaias
82.43 Osborne M. Brooke. Jr... 2497
23Sl
70.76 WUiiam H. McNeil
2642
65.32 WUiiam Kovamees
... 2204
64.15 Rex Swain
Patrick 1. Rogers
2057
66.10
Robert
Fred
Walker
..... 2352
Alphonse
P.
Bosarge.....
2498
64.93
66.87
Edward
J.
Amerault
2643
85.54 Waiter C. Coleman... ... 2205,
Wm. Nuttal
.
2058
Arthur G. GiiiUand
2353
73.09 Roy C. Bro
88.26 Francis P. O'Connor
2499
75.43
2644
... 2206
Cleave
G.
Cazaias
79.32
Carl Wayne
2059
96.81 Clarence H. Alexander... 2500
2354
81.65 John C. Drummond
... 2207
41.99 William H RockweU.... ,2645
95.64 Robert J. Callahan.....
Alphan Fruge
2060
Geronimo
Morales
2355
88.26
2648
... 2208
65.71
Walter L. Goodrum
2501
62.60 Arthur J. A'Hearn
65.32 Charles Smith
CecU R. Batto
2061
75.82 Hubert C. Gordon.
2356
2647
... 2209 ' 74.26 Stephen N. Carr....
2502
80.87 Charles T. Scott
62.21 Glenn Darling
Lee H. Thompson
2062
54.43 Lesley Courthey
Walter Frank Pierce .... 2357
70.76
Robert
E,
Doyle
2648
... 2210
Waliace
E.
Cooper
2.503
88.26
52.10
Wm. A. G. Marpenhoft... 2063
89.04
Edward
Joseph
Smith
... 2358
2649
... 2211
74.26
William F. Cogswell
2504
67.26 Quentin H. Remaud
36.55 Thomas D. Melton....,
James S. Barker
2064
41.60
Otto
DeBoer
2359
...
2650
2212
Marion A. McCiintoc
2505
69.60 Theodore C. Adams
72.32
94.09 Harold Stiilweil
Roy L. Justic
2063
73.48 Sidney
2360
2651
... 2213
72.32 Rafael L. Ortiz
D. Turner
38.49 James F. Carroll
2506
40.44 Sam Singer
Julian R. Wiison
2066
77.76
Ronald A. Swayne
2361
55.99
Frank
B.
Burns
2052
Anthony
Wychunis.....
... 2214
Albion
P.
Glassner
2507
78.93
77.76
Joseph E. Woolford
2067
84.37
Evaristo
Aldahondo
2362
61.82
... 2215
Lloyd C. Knowles
2500
103.03 George F. Blackmore.... 2053
72.32 Arthur Sampson
S. Athanasion
2068
Abraham
Vegas
2363
34.99
John
S.
Rubery
....>2654
59.47
... 2216
..James F. Johnson
2509
73.48
61.04 Francisco Nicoles
C. L. Margaritaraki
2069
50.16 Harold Westphall.
2364
'
2655
77.76 James D. Bergia
... 2217
2510
73.48 Douglas K. Hines
77.76 Robert Smith
Harold C. Peterson
2070
75.82 Arnold C. Givens. Jr
Edward Seserko
2365
2656
Nicholas
Hatgimisios..,
82.43
... 2213
2511
49.38 Harold L. Wagonci>
55.99
Joe W. Kusmierski
2071
39.66
James
Terracciano
2366
2857
69.60
82.43 Charles F. Dwyer
... 2219
Hubert P. Seymour
2512
72.71 Alexander Szmir
Remuso O. Perkinson .... 2072
2367
55.21 Joe Camblor
2658
87.09 Raymond Perks
2513
... 2220
39.27 George E. Lothrop
36.16 James R. Eanes
Edward W. McNamar ... 2073
Daniel T. McGovern
2368
86.31 Thomas W. Mullaney
Albert
R.
Trotman
2659
Frank
Strickland
51.71
2514
... 2221
96.03
45.49
Walter E. Harris
2074
68.04 Escolastice Sanchez
2369
54.82 Joseph W. Bale
96.03 William J. McKeon...... 2660
... 2222
51.71 Stephen Kaminski
George Cobieinsky
2075
70.76 Andoni Joseph Ferrara... 2515
2370
2661
84.76 Carlos F. Rocafort
2516
79.70 James Sabrila
... 2223
44.71 James L. Alien
Jose Rivera
,
,.. 2076
Richard
F.
Bianchard....
2371
66.10
2662
Leon
F.
Davis
61.04
Emerto Torres
2517
75.43 Earl M. Mabie
... 2224
94.48
Victorio E. DTndia
2077
John D. Wright
2372
78.15 Joseph M. Cyran
John
J,
Kavanagh........
2663
... 2225
74.65
Emil
G.
Gaare
2518
83.20
83.20
Russeli Sheiton
2078
Frederick
O.
Piper
2373
69.99
2664
... 2226
89.04
Edward C. Caudill
2519
85.54 Dominick DiMato
88.26 Henry T. Miller
George Ddhiels, Jr
2079
Edwin
A.
Ainswbrth
.... 2374
79.32
John
A.
Da
w
ay
2665
... 2227
93B1
Walter Flom
2080
36.16 Alfred H. Janlcke
Benno Ar Zielinski
2520
57.15 Milton A. Poole
John
Breimo
2375
40.82
2666
... 2228
WUUam
E.
Lanier
69.60
Kenneth H. Kristensen .. 2081
90.20
Michele M. Amato...... 2521
74.65 Thbmas F. Young
Richard
R.
Leikas
....... 2376
57.93
2067
... 2229
92.53
Frederick J. Macioiak ... 2082
90.20 Jeff Workman
2522
76.20 Francis J. McGarry
52.88 King W. Elliott
2377
2868
... 2230
56.38 Ralph M. Ricketts
Andrew J. Westerlund .. 2083
62.99 William Lipscomb
Theokiitos D. Demestichas 2523
55.60 William H. Willdridge.... 2669
Harold
E.
Laird
2378
49.38
... 2231
72.71
Samuei S. LaPorte
2084
75.82 Leonard A. Miller
75.43 Arnfin A. Oyhus
2379
57.54 Archibald J. Andersen... 2524
2670
. .i 2232
49.77 Truman L. Sustaire
James C. Pampiin
2085
49.77 Joseph Springer
2525
80.48 Pachu A. Saunders
66.48 James C. Wingate
2071
... 2233
73.87 M. K. Weber Madsen.... 2380
63.76 Denis BouiUt
Frank C. Bona
2086 ^
John Bilko.
2526
80.48 Jeremiah J. McCarthy.... 2672
Clement
De
Hospedales
.. «381
81.65
... 2234
57.93
55.99 Jack D. Sayre
Noian H. Hurtt
2087
2527
94.87 James Keiley
Charles R. Garner
2382
63.76 Gaetano T. Busciglio
2673
William
J.
Stephens...
.. 22.35
45.88
James D. Schulze
2088
49.77
89.42
2528
2383
62.60 Vincente Garcia
... 2236
100.31 John D. Struiler
64.54 Vernon Douglas
WUiiam E. Mau
2089
73.87 Nicholas A. Ritrovato.... 2674
John GaUetta
2529
Athanasios
Tsitsinakis
... 2384
53.65
Andrew J. Tobin
2675
.. 2237
73.09
Miles C. Foster
2090
77.37 Delvini Brodeur
2530
36.94 OUie G. English . ..4b... 2676
57.15 Lawton. J. John.
... 2238
65.32 Fernando C. Rocafort .... 2385
35.77 William Horton
Edwin L. Chesser
2091
Adolberto Gautler
2531
36.55 Charles R. Shatzer
Merrill F. Hummel
2386
74i65
2677
Paul
Strickland
67.26
,.
2239
47.43
John C. Roberts
2092
2.532
42.77 George L. Hand.......... 2678
2387
76.20 Joseph M. Bock
.. 2240
86.70 Wong Kong Ching
Edward F. Martin ....... 2093
65.71 RusseU Ciymer
James T. Balny
2533
50.16 Tadeus Wrona
William
J.
Goodchild
.... 2388
48.21 ,
2679
74.26 J. D. Smitty
66.48 Meibron W. Clarke..., .. 2241
Robert E. Thomas
2094 '
Hilda E. Revese
2534
79.70 Edward P. Scherzer
2680
2242
92.92
Duval O. Tibbetts
2095
43.55 Peter Losado
Richard W. Kemmler.... 2535
43.16 Norman T. Jackson
(To
replace
check 511)..
2389
44.71
2681
Paul
Evans
.. 2243
45.10
Richard C. Brown
2096
53.65
Sidney
Bernstein
2536
79.70
2390
64.15
Jean R. Longhucst
2682
.. 2244
46.27 Justo BesuiliT
George E. Poweli
2097
77.76 John J. Bowdon
Timothy F. Leary..
2537
75.04
Abraham
Sanchez
2391
75.43
Donald E. Zweep
2683
.. 2245
36.16
85.15 Fred L. Miller
Richard T. Shanahan
2098
Michael M. Manning
2538
96.81 John J. Yendral
56.38
Robert
H.
Builoek
2392
MiUard
M. Cutler
2684
..
2246
83.20
Hailbrook Pittman
2099
73.87
Alex Gall
2539
54.04
Vassilios
Mamais
2393
96.03
Aubry
T.
Sargent
Samuel
C.
Gibbons.......
2685
.. 2247
36.55
Wilton If. Stokes
2100
38.71
Joseph
G.
Johnstone.....
2540
50.93
75.43
2686
... 2248
62.60 William H. Dunham .... 2394
Alfred C. Crabtree
2101
61.43 George Fuciu
2541
45.10 Bjorn A. Granberg
2395
50.54 James D. Moore
John Hartman
2687
.. 2249
71.93 Henry Waller
Wilson B. Yarbrough .... 2102
66.87 Laurence L. King
James Stewart
2542
63.37 George W. Mattalr ....... 2688
Henry
S.
Bonitto
2396
88.65
Albert
R.
Guidry
..
2250
52.49
John Ballman
2103
46.27
2543
92.92 James E. Eschinger
52.88 Robert F. Stewart.
2689
.. 2251
73.48 Ladisiaie A, Ziembka ..... 2397
36.16 Eriing Hansen
Oscar F. Labrador
2104
2544
35.38 Julian 1. Autenceo...... 2690
2398
82.81 ToUi Olsen
... 2252
59.47 Tranis C. Leake
Nicholas Lomas
2103
91.37 Matthew Eursia
James J. Crown
2545
55.21 BiUy M. PrUiaman....... 2691
Jaun
A.
Goglas
2399
71.54
Bernard
M.
Moye.
.. 2253
90.59
Gerossimos Totolos
2106
51.71
2546
77.37
2400
63.73 Ronald P. Bentick
;....
H. Somers....2692
.. 22.54
57.54 Harold S. Tuttie
Jose L. Gomez
2107
45.49 John Luther
2347
58.32 Harry
2401
"• 83.20 Stand M. BeU
Phillip A. Lewis
2693
.. 2255
55.21 James E. Dawson
Simplicio C. Franco
2108
58.32 Charles A. Hau .
Conrad J. A. Ganthier.... 2548
57.93
WUiiam
Lieberman
...... 2402
75.82
C. Clark
2694
.. 2256
65.71
Kekis Demetrios
2109
99.59 Cline S. Gaihraith
Louis A. Fricks
2459
89.42 Lester
Paul
Dayton
2403
86.31
WUiiam
T.
Presley....
Chris
J.
Bamette..
2695
..
2257
63.76
Harold R. FaU
2110 .
91.37
2530
74.65
2404
Void Gerard A. Maher
Vincent WalrSth
2696
68.43 Void .
Tiburcio C. Ibabap
2111
79.32 Thomas E. Gould...... .. 22.58
Ramon
R.
Ortiz
2551
56.38
James
J.
HiUier
2405
101.48
George A. SuUlvan.....« 2697
.. 2259
47.82
John J. Cook
2112
56.76 Paul M. Lytell
Mung S. Yip .2552
58.32
Kurt
P.
Franzke
2406
36.94
2698
Antonio Diaz
8113
75.43
85.92 James M. Edmonston.. .. 2260
2553
58.32 Fred Lambert'
47.04 Chen Y. Vung
.. 2261
2699
Stylianns Zografoi
3114
46.66 WUUam C. Versioot ..... 8407
56.76 MUton P. MaiUho
2554
61.43 Franciszek Mietki
2408
71.54 Eugene Leary
Chester
A.
KrupinsM....
2700
Laurie P. Welch
2115
69.60 Arthur H. WUUams
73.09 Warren W. Currier.... .. 2262
2555
82.43
2409
83.50 Daniel H. Boyce
2701
Claudius E. Fisher
2116
85.92 Reginald M. Roberts..., .. 2263
40.44 Peter Gonzales
2556
66.10 Albert A. Williams
75.82 Howard Y. Whitely
Kenneth D. Thomas '
2117
39.66 Charles A. Martinez.,.. .. 2264
38.49 Eugene Katko ........... 2410
Johannes
C.
Sorel........2557
88.26 Clifford L. Middleton.... 2702
81.26
2411
Waiter J. Joseph
2118
John
F.
CasirOMover
2703
... 2265
66.48 JuUus P. Thrasher
80.48 Carlo Visi
2412
90.20 To Cash Vac. Checks.... 2558 $5000.00 Rheiuo Y. Pelasoja
... 2266
Nicholas DeMarco
2119
43.16 David A. Kamsey
2704
76.98 Eric James Day
2559
50.93 Joseph Fernandez
69.99 Rafael Reyes
Archie J. MUne
2120
74.65 Chester. Hughart
2705
... 2267
48.60 Nicholas G. MaryeUos. ... 2413
2560
77.76 Leon Krawczyk
2414
40.44 Nicholas Moraco
Elmer C. Mixon
2121
2706
40.05 Frank Morris
42.38 Frank Friesen
... 2268
2561
105,36 Joseph V. Simms
2415
78.03 Edward J. Zebrowski
James W. Henderson .... 2122
50.93 Anthony R. Ducote...,
64.76 Edward F. Casey
2707
... 2269
Walter
A.
ivarlak..
2562
80.09
Joseph
Francis
Russel
... 2416
48.21
Alfred P. Stearns
2123
77.76 Arthur N. Wert
John A. Call
2708
73.87
... 2270
JuUus Bang
2563
61.04
Francis
V.
Keiley
2417
66.87
Renfroe
HaU
Marvin D. Bozard
2124
61.43
James D. Cannady. jr.... 2709
73.48
... 2271
2364
70.76 Joseph H. Booker.
2418
73.87 Albert Stracciolinl
Elma E. Wasden
2125
2710
69.60 Thomas Navgrre
77.76 Ramos Roque
... 2272
2565
87.87 Ronald Canady .^.
2419 $3,000.00^ George D. Koenig...
MUlard B. EUiott
2126
70.37 Richard Reinecke.
." 2711
78.93 To Cash Vac. Checks
... 2273
Charles
R.
Hensley......
2566
96.42
Milton
AUen
2420
62.21
Thomas R. Stanley
2127
Ronald W. CanVUton.... 2712
47.04 Clarence DePriest
57.54
... 2274
70.76 Loran Bishop
58.71 Joseph E. Brooke... i.... 2567
2421
Lyman J. Bexley
2128
3713
34.99 James Robertson
86.70 James P. Lord.
... 2275
2568
75.43 John M. Tujague
76.20 Belford B. Simpkins
2422
...i,
Cyrus M. Crooks, Jr
2129
2714
... 2276
87.48 Paul J. Senior
66.87 George Clement
Arthur
A... Butler
2569
41.60
82.04
AUen
J.
Friend
.2423
Charles O. Lee
2130
... 2277
2715
41.60 Ernest C. Smith
94.87
2570
75.43 .Joseph C. Lucas
88.26 Arthur J. Scheving
Reed E. HumphriesT..... 2424
WUioughby C. Byrd
2131
46.27 Patrick Thompson
... 2278
2716
47.82 Lloyd
BiUy B. Arledge
2571
57.93 Joseph A. Rusheed
W.
Miller
2429
71.93
Joseph J. Chatess
2132
54.43 Francisco Garcia
Benjamin
Mundy,
Jr
2717
... 2279
76.98 George Mike
70.76
2572
2426
102.25 LeeRoy H. Hoffman
Angel R. Silvestri
2133
46.66 Ernest C. De Bautte.. ... 2280
Max
Lipkln
2218
94.87
Daniel
C.
Robinson...... i 2573
38.49
Rickard
H.
Simpson
8427
88.65
Joseph Prindezis
2134
74.65 John J. Newman..... ... 2281
Arnold F. Rehm
2719
75.82
Hugh Turner Roughton..' 2574
65.32
71.54
William
E.
Hampson
.. 2428
Phil L. Huss
2135
88.26 James K. Little
... 2282
Howell Fairbanks 2720
52.49
2575
72.71 Everett
66.48 BiUy J. Anderson
2429
Connors S. Connors
2136
48.99 Albert MitcheU
Henry
L.
ChapeU
2721
... 2283
50.54 Edward S. Johnson
2576
81.65 Harry Scholes ...;
79.70 Edward Mikkelsen
Antoni Przbysiak
21.37
99.53 Adam Lemoine, Jr.... ... 2284
2722
57.93 Vincent A, Fitzgerald.... 2430
Melvin
G.
Moore
2577
47.82
Antonio
Fancellu..
2431
58.32
Keith
Winsley
WilUam O. White
21.38
59.88
... 2285
Dewey A. Penton
2723
38.49
Heiiry M. Connell
2578
87.48 Nils A. Ohlson
87.87
Paul
C.
Baxter. . .
2432
Angeio Meglio
2139
....
72.71 Morris R. King
... 2286
2724
45.88
2579
. 84.76 Walter H. Cook
2433
85.54 Miliedge P. Lee
Tony S. Sosa
2140
62.99 Frank "Digangi
... 2287
2725
101.48 Christian J. Voss
2580
80.09 Claud Bankston. Jr...... 2726
2434
78.93 Kenneth E. Foster
Henry D. McRoui
2141
80.48 Dan S. Munro .•
... 2288
38.88 Roy A. Johnson
Howard
C.
Hutcherson...
2581
52.88
Hector
Conrad
2435
77.76
Maurica L. McCarty, Jr... 2142
90.98 Paul T. Cassidy
... 2289
William H, Padgett
2727
89.04
2582
94.00 James McNaliy Quinn.... 2728
2436
52.40 Cyril J. Magnan
Shelley M. Lynn
2143
50.16 Alfred Fahm
... 2290
75.04 Christor Mantzakos
2583
09.14 RobertS. Singletary. Jr.. 2729
41.99 Gerald C. FitzJames
Philip J. Capiing
2144
47.04 Erick R. Ekiund.
... 2291
59.47 Jerry Chapkewit;: ....... 2437
2584
51.71 Robert L. Ferguson
2438
55.21 Hoyt L. Tanner
Irving DeNobriga
2145
98.37 William D. Thiemonge. ... 2292
2730
82.04 Frank H. Dougherty
John J. Munno
2585
71.15 Manuel Laca. Jr
Kenneth Rubel
2146
49.77 James G. GUI
... 2293
2731
89.42 Allen M. Fitzgerald.....'. 2439 . 79B2 Leedam B. GilUkin...... 2586
41.21
.. 2440
65.71
Roger L. HaU
2147
72.32 Edward C. CromweU.. ... 2294
Charles
Morris
Barkins..
2732
63.76 Paul KrajcirUc
2507
77.76 Edward TerreU
2441
62.99 Lawrence E, Melton
John W. Prescott
2148
74.26 James C. Brannan..... ... 2295
2733
63.37 Andrew W. Albers.,
2588
73.48 Ashton L. Stephens
2442
84.76 Julio SoU
Brantley L. Fowler
2149
37.32 George L. Esteve...... ... 2296
2734
38.88 Biaggio Paniccin
John W. Norman
.' 2589
58.32 James R. Williams
Herbert
J.
Danelon
2443
"
99.92
Clifton M. Weaver
2150
69.21 William G. Rogers.... ... 2227
2735
73.09
2590
66.87 Henry D. McKay......:. 2738
2444
89.04 Lewis T. Everett....
Spyridon Nikoiouzos
2151
45.88 Louis PinUia .
... 2298
80:09 Earl S. Shinaberg
.... 2391
48.21 Aubrey WiUiams
2445
58.71 WUiie Carpenter
Spiridon Vangelatos
2152
63.76 Richard G. Martinez .. ... 2299
2737
48.60 John C. Whittington
54.82 Carl P. Swendlng
2446
88.65 Rufus D. LiUy...2592
Jesse Griffith
2153
83.20 Harvey H. Guenther .. ... 2300
2738
101.48 Gervais J. Bozec
2593
.35.38 Robert J. O'Brien
2447
57.15 Raymond Nomio
67.26 Patrick L. Macklln ... ... 2301
Lewis J. WiUiams
2134
2739
81.26 Thomas J. Hoar....
2594
42.77 'John B. Geissler
2448
70.37 Jerry C. Moody....
Gleason G. Weaver ...... 2155
59.88 Guss A. Janayaris ....
... 2302
2740
41.60 Julin £. Ross
.' 2595
55.99 William Glesen
69.21 Elton T. Hayes
82.43 Charles Szakacs ......
Raymond E. KeUer
2156
... 2303
2741
46.27 Anthony Zielinski........ 2449
Walter H. Nickelsen
2596
47.82 Sydney Garden
Georg
Bekken
2450
59.47
82.04 Robert U. DiUon .....
Jose V. Alvarez
2157
... 2304
2742
61.82
104.99
2451
93.70 Desal W. Barry
86.70 Edward Y. Corral.....:. 2597
John A. Sheevin^
2158
... 2305
Standish
B.
WoodeU
2743
70.98 Marcelo Reposar
42.77
2492
82.81 Felix R. Bonife ..;....
Hugh A. WiUiamson..... 2159
76.20 Robert L. Harrell ...... 2598
... 2306
44.32 Robert Eschricb
Mateo
Ramirez...
.... 2744
66.10
67.65 Fredrick W. Brandenburg 2599
2453
85.92 Jack R. Utz
Thomas L. Teears
2160
... 2307
49.77 Howard J. Lahyn
2745
2600
76.98 Joseph R. Delise
90.20 John D. Harper
75.82 Joseph A. Cole
Billy Russell
2l61
... 2308
74.65 Howard. E. Rode......... 2454
2746
66.48 Eugene Watson
Joh^
W,
G.
Iglebekk
2601
95.26
94.09 Robert Rosenberg ... ... 2309
James W. Cox
2162
87.48 James C. Chrlstant...... 2459
Sabato
S.
Mancino
2747
56.38
52.88 Archie Z. Scarborough... 2602
73.87 Daniel E. Miller
2496
Herman M. McCoy
2163
... 2310
72.71 Frank 6. Scott
'. 2748
95.64 Edward W. Bolden
2603
69.32 Endel Knndissiim
8457
45.10 Louis J. Graham ...... ... 2.311
Gregorio C. Gonzales.'... 2164
40.44 Ralph E. Stahl
Antfonio Tarquinio
2749
68.82
Francis
E.
Becraft...2804
35.77
.... 8498
42.38 Allen L. Dunn
Rex G. Etheridge
2165
... 2.312
86.70 Van E. Warfleld
Bryant' Alonzb
2750
74.65
2605
57.93 John M. Power....:
38.88 Herbert Clifton ......
Willie G. Saunders, Jr
2166
,.. 2313
56.38 Herman L^ Unglesbee.... 2459
Peter
Prokopok
2751
37.32
John
A.
Bueha'nan..:...
2606
89.04
82.04 Aristede Dafmis
Stanley
C.
Fauntelroy...
2460
Guy Wbitehurst
2167
2314
...
74.65
2752
74.65 George Taylor
.'.... 9607
Void Xenophon Balis
73.09 Morris D. Donovan ,.. .. 2315
..2461
Joseph C. Waliace
2168
52.49 Void
2753
40.05 John P. McCarthy
69.99 James E. Hurst.2608
41.60 Daniel A. Hutto
.. 3468
Eugene Gardner
2169
.. 2316
39.66 Mack J. Acosta
SeraBn
G.
hopez
2754
68.04
^ 83.20 Llcurgos Parasamlis....'.'. 2609
39.66 AntoniosE. Manesis .. .. 2317
Joseph F. Vickers
2170
68.43 Crittenden E. Foster..... 2463
James J. Powers
2755
61.82
Andrew
HarviUa
2610
91.32
38.49 Tomas Juanita
Gustave
L.
Loeffer.......
2464
Harold J. Moore
2171
.. 2318
45.10
To Cash Vac. Checks.. 2756
59.10
2611
43.16 Angel Pedrosa
63.32 laiovou A. PoUdoros
2465
Jorgen L. Oisen
2172
.. 2319
09.21 Elroy W. Henderson
John
W.
Clark
2757
94.48
38.10 Edward R. Barnes .... .. 2329
78.54 Lloyd D: Richardson..... 2612
Edward J. Worthy
2173
...'.. 8466
69.99 Jose Pacheco
Joseph DiOrio:
2758
53.27
Lemuel
McClenney.
Jr.... ,2613
55.99
47.04 Robert A. Tate
Karl H. Hakanson
2174
WUUam
S.
Trotman..... a 2467
... 2321
60.26
89.04 Newton B. Dohaha... 2759
8r.48 Weston B. Howe........ .v261<
70.37 Charles Henschke ....
Joseph Sprenzel
2175
2322
67.26 Rudolf Mlchalek........V. 8466
2760
90.59 August Jensen
88.65 Hubert N. Hsrrell......;. 2615
71.15 WUiiam E. Stephens .. .. 2323
Arthur O. KeUy.2176
75.04 Charles O. Bergagna..l.r 2460
59.86 I Robert L. Gresham ... ... 2324
David Blumlo
2177
... 2470 .
75.43 BrenlaUw, KuUkowiU. .^.. afW.,
se.70 Fred Thayer.
.
.... J
i
(Continued from page 23)
. . . • . . . .'
66.48
89.81
103.03
94.48
73.09
98.37
63.37
60.65
72.32
104.5,9
88.65
104.59
54.43
62.60
43.16
80.70
97.,59
40.44
37.71
48.99
38.10
37.32
RO,f>i
41.99
• 53.27
38.88
83.20
70.76
62.99'
83.20
77.37
83.93
89.04
64.93
57.93
37.71
40.06
69.99
80.48
50.93
56.76
90.93
50.76
38.10
42.38
. 52.10
59.10
77.76
74.05
91.76
42.77
99.53
55.60
90.59
54.82
66.48
61.43
48.21
69.60
47.82
39.66
75.82
67.65
86.31
57.15
85.92
75.04
5.5.60
97.20
97.20
' 60.65
92.92
64.54
44.32
84.76
78.15
62.gi9
98.78
88.65
102.64
88.^
101.48
79.70
46.66
54.04
97.20
73.4S
61.04
73.87
66.48
36.04
63.76
39.27
55.99
75.43
54.04
72.71
69.60
85.15
92.15
75.43
68.43
43.55
60.65
74.26
72.32
68.04
52.49 '
76.20
73.48
77.37
94.87
62.60
72.32
44.71
38.45
64.54
66.48
66.10
67.65
48.60
54.82
89.04
40.82
36.16
43.55
80.87
59,47
74.69
102.25
91.76
64.54
88.26
67.26
83.59
68.82
47.82
48.99
97.59
3000.00
72.71
64.15
96.03
66.67
. (Continued dn page 29) '
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Pace Tw«otyfiT«
SEAFARERS LOG
S E A FA R E R S
TOTAL
$131,888.26
CASH BENEFITS
Vacation Plan
Feb. 19 — March 1
Welfare Plan
Feb. 10 — Feb. 23
PAID BY THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A.F.L.
(Continued from page 24)
Robert Bridge
3050
46.27 James L. Hart
75.82 Robert P. Coleman
.. 3117
55.21 Thomas Stevens
90.00
Jack Burke
66.48 Edward Le Roy F. Schmidt 3051
81.26 Clifton V. Berg
,. 3118
100.31 Harry Thompson
30.00
Check
Lindbergh Parrlsh
3052
43.15 Robert P. Vemey
84.76 William J. Hanlon
.. 3119
94.87 F. Trenholm
30.00
Name
.No. Amount BUUe .Mooney
3053
78.54 Edward D. Montague .. .. 3120
38.10 David G. Horton
64.93
Thomas
WlUlamsen
15.00
Henry C.
tower
2761
89.04 Luther DUls
. 2908*
3054
90.98 Felix L. Serrano
68.26 Curtis J. Hill
.. 3121
94.48
Richard J. Brooks
39.27 Austin Smith
2762
USPHS HOSPITAL, GALVESTON
3055
62.21 Marcelo B. Belen
66.87 George R. Smith
.. 3122
81.65
Thurston J. Lewis
2763
71.54 Floyd Perkins
3056 '
75.43 Walter J. Chamberlln .. ,. 3123
77.76 Leonard Bailey
90.00
62.99 I. B. Beard
74.26 Gideon AUen
2764
Ah mng Fons
73.87 Robert D. Musselwhite .. 3124
. 2911
64.93 Charles L. Dandridge .. • . 3057
15.00
97.59 WUUam Brown
68.82 GuUlermo DeJesiu ;
George M. Craggs
2765
Chester
I.
Splnks
3058
90.98
WlUlam
H.
Titus
. 2912
68.04
60.65 W. W. Brown
15.00
.. 3125
78.15 WUUam Gale
Clifford Newton
2766
Douglas E. Driven
3059
49.77 Edward A. Wlcak
.
3126
76.20
92.53
D.
Caron
15.00
87.48 Herbert Svanberg
Harry Krunmel'
2767
WUUam Havelln
3060
68.04 Charles H. Montgomery ,. 3127
87.09
93.31
Walter
Connors
15.00
35.77 Herman Sampson
Paul F. Arthofer
2768
39.27 McGhee J. Mackey
,. 3128
55.99 Charles B. Stephens ..... 3061
100.69 B. F. Grice
45.00
77.37 Henry Mlkulskl
Joseph W. Duffy
2769
3062
38.10 Harold L. Weaver
.. 3129
58.32 William J. Gray
38.88 John Manen .
15.00
84.76 Void
Eugene B. Flowers
2770
Irvln Matthews
3063
81.'65 Harold L. Weaver
Void
.. 3130
62.99
.
2916
Marion
H.
Maynard
15.00
77.37 Leon Gordon:
George W. Thayer
2771
Lee A. Smith
3064
49.38 WUUam A. Wade
.
2918
102.'64
,. 3131
43.93
A
Peffanls
15.00
41.21 Ignatius McCormlck
2772
Klmbrlel J. Kimbriel
3065
95.64 Earl P. McCaskey
76.98 Joel Peoples
.. 3132
. 2919
69.60 Eric W. Johnson
15.00
40.44 Calvin Buzbee
Andrew C. Stortreon
2773
Tommy R. FllUnglm .... 3066
63..37 Harry C. Stesch, Jr. .. .. 3133
92.53
62.21
Stephen Plash
30.00
52.88
Frank L. Smith
2774
Jack Adams
3067
102.25 Alfred F. Wright
105.75 Shirley Poole
,. 3134
Veikko
Pollancn
82.04
15.00
56.76 Aide Pontiff
2775
Ivan H. Behnke
3068
b9.60 Walter J. Holman
85.54 Edward Rivers
.. 3135
88.65 Floyd L. Jeffryes
15.00
63.37 William
Edward V. Ortiz
2776
Paul
Leonovich
3069
54.04
Leroy
C.
Bewig
95.64
.. 3136
Nicholson
. 2923
89.04
Charles Scherhans
30.00
44.71 Norlin Berry
2777
Alvjn A. Vanderpool
Egbert W. Goulding
3070
70.76 John W. RleUy
. 3ft7
86.31 F. W. Walasks ..
.
2924
80.09
45.00
69.21 Homer Nichols
Joseph R. Flever. Jr
2778
3071
75.43 Vincent Gonzales
. 3138
66.48
. 2925
77.76 Thomas ,C. Ballard
72.32
Ernest L. Alexander. Jr.. 2779
USPHS HOSPITAL, SAVANNAH
68.43 Victory A. Mlchelettl .. , 3139
41.21
40.05 Joseph L. V. Dionne .... 3072
. 68.04 James Bertand
Hubert Q. Lawson
2780
Norwood O. Cain
3073
69.60 John W. Donaldson ... . 3140
89.04 S. L. Archer
Benjamin
Stewart
66.10
15.00
35.77
James D. Jackson, Jr.... 2781
3074
44.71 Rred Adehold
.
3141
58.32 James Brown
67.26 Roland O. Sulklvan
45.00
63.37 Joseph Brodelon
Herbert L. Drawdy
2782
John J. Kane
3075
38.49 Tliedore Weems
,. 3142
46.66 W. B. Creech
Thomas
Hyde
.
2929
94.09
15.00
37.71
Walter Sudnlck
2783
3076
45.10 Maurice Bailey
. 3143
41.99 R. W. Dasher
. 2930
38.88 .Tames R. Brandley
30.00
80.09 Lucian Edmonston
John'F. Santos
2784
Cecil G. Merritt
3077
78.54 Loyie L. Hairston
. 3144
63.76 J. T. Moore
70.76
Thomas
Dugan
30.00
105.75
2785
James L. Meeks
3078
74.26 Johnnie. Sanders. Jr. .. . 3145
79.70 T. C. Musgrove
88.26 George F. Klmbrel
30.00
102.25 Roy Truly
Ralph Dlcken
2786
3079
50.93 John S. McCullen, Jr. .. .
3146
38.88
66.87 Henry B. WllUams
37.32 Philip Foy
Donald A. Relyea...'
2787
ST.
AGNES
HOSPITAL,
PHIL.
BUly
C.
Ward
3080
80.87
Cuder
Q.
Holt
.
3147
35.77
. 2934
87.87
2788
85.54 WUUam Herman.
Isidoro VaUes
54.82 Julius A. Rohebaugh ... .
3148
66.87 PhUip Navitsky
$15.00
59.88 George E. Murphy ...... 3081
Virgil M. Hanley
2789
61.04 Michael Romanowicz.... . 2935
Luther B. Green
3082
51.32 Howard M. Webber .... .
3149
81.65
Ralph
Williams
101.48
2790
79.70
Henry L. Lowery
VET.
HOSPITAL,
LONG
BEACH,
CALIF.
John
D.
Morgan
3083
85.92
Alfred
A.
Bernard
.
3150
81.26
. 2937
43.16
2791
57.93 Paul F. Ellis
Hike Miana
3084
40.44 George W. Common ... .
3151
62.99 E. L. Pritchard
$30.00
62.21 Mlchele Liuzza
. 2938
Simon J. De Zee
2792
103.03 Joseph Santalla
Robert A. Reynolds
3085
53.65 Void
Void
,. 3152
Rufus
E.
Stough
77.76
.
2939
73.09
George M. Harrison
2793
SEASIDE
GENERAL
HOSPITAL
CyrU
M.
D'Andrade
3086
100.69
Henry
J. Rote
3153
.
38.88
55.99
. 2940
74.26 Bennle Guarlno
Raymond P. Harrison.... 2794
3087
60.65 Martin J. Pyk
. 3154
82.04
LONG BEACH, CALIF.
. 2941
38.10 Horace Douglas
Shirley C. Butler
2795
74.26 Frederick E. FarreU
Raymond E. Mott
3088
59.47 Ralph T. Moore
. 3155
67.26 Thomas Hanson
.
2942
47.82
Frank
C.
CarroU
$15.00
BUUe G. Neeley
2796
57.03
•
Tames M.
Foster
3089
37.71
Woodrow W. Perkins . . 3156
73.48
. 2943
69.60
48.60 Hugh W. O'DonneU
Leonlclo O. Bumatay
2797
Allen H. Bosarge
3090
49.77 Jack B. Gardner
.
3157
96.03
TORRANCE GE.NERAL HOSPITAL
Ehigene
S.
Brown
.
2944
61.04
68.82
2798
Jack C. Brock
309i
76.98 WUUam Tank
.
3158
52.49
TORRANCE, CALIF.
73.87 John F. Dixon
35.77 Charles Ray. Beimett.... . 2945
Thomas P. Gavin
2799
3092
72.71 Carl Jensen. Jr. '
. 3159
91.37 T. J. Lyons
. 2946
74.65 John R. Roberts
$45.00
69.21 Jack E. Walker
WlUlam A. Guernsey
2800
WUUam
R.
Stone
3093
50.16
WUUam
J.
Doyle
.
3160
58.32
74.65
. 2947
2801
102.64 Walter K. Yerkes
Giovanni Bubo
Kenneth
W. EUsson
...... 3094
61.04
Jack
Mays
.
3161
36.94
USPHS
HOSPITAL,
BALTIMORE
. 2948
64.15
George Rees
2802
75.04 John W. Ward
3095
71.93 Yace H. Smira
.
3162
64.54 Warner W. Allred
$15.00
. 2949
48.60 Herbert O. Green
83.20 Edward A. Lane
WUUam H. Murphy
2803
Morris J. Danzey ........ 3096
92.15 Edward J. Kosecki .... . 3163
30.00
59.47 Thomas Ankerson
Pat
J. Colonna
.
2950
84.37
50.93
CecU Ison
2804
Herman P. Stokes
3097
57.54 Walter R. Jackson .... .
3164
James
D.
Bergerla
IS.Ot
50.93
82.81 OUlce D..FUUngim
64.54 Lawrence C. Franklin... . 2951
Dale H. Garrigues
2805
3098
45.10 Wllmer G. Black
.
3185
46.66
Nelson
W.
Blades
30.00
. 2952
105.75 Frederick E. Kerfoat .... 3099
61.04 Michael KaUds
WUUam F. IsbeU
2806
74.65 Ira P. Hemenway
. 3166
49.38 E. Cabanskl
15.00
99.14 Dennis J. Black
. 2953
Amos A. Ralney
66.10 Frank S. Borkowsld
2807
3100
52.49 James E. M. Guffey .. . 3167
96.42 Ira Cannon
45.00
. 2954
57.54 George E. Armstrong .... 3101
88.26 Antonio Pereira
James F. Belsky
2808
44.32 Joseph H. Prudhomme . 3168
60.23
Michael
Frangias..'
30.00
75.82 WilUe Kyles
45.10 Karl V. Christensen..... . 2955
Harry Johnson
2809
3102
103.42 Bernard R. Chason
.
3169
85.54
J.
F.
Goude
30.00
. 2956
75.04 Clyde H. Flowers
2810
59.10 Richard 1. ChatAeld
Jeremiah E. Logan
3103
55.21 Douglas E. Clau.sen .... .
3170
47.43 B. C. Granberg
15.00
. 2957
Void Earl J. DeAngelo
55.21 Void
Ovlla VaUey
2811
3104
88.26 Robert Z. Banister
. 3171
102.64 Hugo J. HUden
60.00
John
H.
Henrich
.
2958
54.43
105.36
John W. Powers
2812
Joseph Green
3105
73.09 Frank P. Breck ........ .
3172
38.49
Thomas
Hoar
15.00
. 2959
78.15 Courtney Rooks
2813
64.15 Joseph F, Lanahan
Kenneth S. Collins
3106
50.93 Harold T. Brown
.
3173
83.20 Robert Hunt
15.00
73.48 Charles W. Halla, Jr. ... 3107
64.93 Clarence A. Baldwin.... . 2960
Speros C. Cavassls..
2814
82.04 Vincent A. Hebert
.
3174
71.15 Joseph M. Kueider
15.00
52.49 Gustave Hoyzam, Jr
101.48 Nicholas A. Levitsky.... . 2961 i
WlUlam R. Hare
2815
3108
91.37 Warren Conner
85.92
.
3175
Earl
McKendree
30.00
. 2962
74.26 McCleveland Baker
2816.
43.93 Salvatore R. Casella
Frank Oney
3109
96.81 George V. Wright
42.77 John Mllbum
.
3176
15.00
. 2963
87.87 John J. CrossweU
Daniel W. Lippy
2817
69.60 Louis Jaffee
3110
79.32 Alexander Sokolowskl .. . 3177
90.98 H. W. Muches
30.00
. 2964
76.20 George I. Lawrence
38.40 Baldo Coccia
Henry Schwartz
2818
3111
63.37 Leonard B. Brown
95.6a Thomas F. Mungo
.
3178
30.00
. 2965
34.99 Joseph H. Koppersmith.. 3112
2819
86.31 Rosario Copani
Dorsey L. Shumake
79.32 Henry F. CUne
54.82 Francis H. O'Brien
. 3179
15.00
. 2966
59.10 Jack C. Trosclalr
39.27 Thomas Janczak, Jr
David E. Emerlck
2820
3113
39.66 Evis J. Thibodeaux
.
3180
47.82
John
J.
O'Connor
45.00
.'... . 2967
75.43 Charles B. Martin
2821
73.48 Frank DeFUippo
I.awrence Johnson
3114
74.65 WlUiam G. Seisfeld
. 3T81
30.00
61.43 Paul L. Painter
53.65 Hans H. Pederson
Edward C. Barron
2822
77.37 Anthony C. Landwajowlcz 2968
3115
38.49 Raul E. Cumare
. 3182
54.82 P. Peralto
15.00
Richard
H.
Cummings... .
2969
83.98
Samona SuUman
2823
98.37
Harry R. Pitt
3116
73.09 Samuel U. Guess
.
3183
55.99
Walter
PSschaU
30.00
. 2970
56.38
2824
62.60 Edwin Lleber
Dryce G. Purdy
Fred
Plttman
30.00
, 2971
81.26
63.76 Albert Lock
Thomas J. McDermott.... 282$.
Arthur Relnholdt
'.
30.00
35.77
97.98 John R. Shannon....... . 2972
2826
Frank A. E. Harper
R. Rivera
60.00
, 2973
83.20
75.04 Fmile J. Olive
WUUam E. Murphy
2827
John
G.
Robinson
30,00
66.10
. 2974
49.38 Joseph O. Bush
George E. Henderson.... 2828
A. L. Sargent
30.00
. 2975
78,93
58.71 Benjamin Prltiken
fesse W. Floyd
2829
Leonard T. Splvey.
30.00
88.26
, 2976
2830
41.60 Louie B. Payne
Robert Morawltz
John
M.
Stone
>.
30.00
, 2977
99.92
Clyde L. Knab
2831
90.98 Petros Andronoglou
John A. Stout
30.'00
REPORT NO. 23
, 2978
74.26
Harlan E. GraveUe
2832
83.59 WUUe E. Cole
WilUam Stromberg
15.00
. 2979
52.10
83.20 Robert G. Varnon
Hans M. Shaalegaard.... 2833
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
Charles
F.
Sturmer
15.00
, 2980
37.71
Frank Bamberger
2834
87.87 Yung Lai Ong
Thomas
WaboUs
30.00
. 2981
37.71
78.15 Fang Ah Lung
Kalph O. Masters
2835
Period Covered By This Report—Feb. 10Feb. 23
WUUam Wallace
30.00
, 2982
41.21
87.87 Lawrence F. Eder
CyrU Loades
.' 2836
30.00
$274,496.56 Walter Warner
Clennon
O.
Baccus
,
2983
50.93 Cash on Hand
36.55
Felipe Lugo
2837
Albert
WiUlS
30.00
. 2984
48.21 US Government Bonds
754,023.44
2838
82.43 SwindeU W. Lewis
fiamon
Morales
79.32 Estimated Accounts Receivable.
. 2985
55.99 Stephen T. Arales
Richard E. Racine
2839
USPHS
HOSPITAL,
NEW
ORLEA
S
169.000.00
99.53
. 2986
68.04 Byron J. Johnson
Eugenio F. Hemandes.... 2840
Howard J. Abell
15.00
Hospital Benefits
Paid
in
Period
i
6,425.00
Franklin
C.
Rose
.
2987
51.71
38.49
Japies J. Battle.
2841
Asenci
30.00
. 2988
72.32 Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950.;
l23,83M:f? A.
2842
36.94 Calvin B. Moose
.James C. Chen
E. G. BUUngs
30.00
. 2989
62.21 Death Benefits Paid in Period
2843
73.09 Roswell A. Sanderlin
AUan L. Lake
15.00
22,566.67 T. G. Roster
87.87
2844
89.81 Rufus Leroy Abcmathy., , 2990
Isidore Welshrot
Wilson O. Cara
30.00
196.866.66 James
87.87 Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950,.
2845
75.43 Arthur P. MUls, Jr ,. . 2991
Frederick N. Kopf
D.
CardeU
'
30.00
66.48 Frederick A. Burrus
. 2992
47.43
2846
Henry Gock
'.
30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Ralph Siglcr:
45.00 OUver Celestlne.
85.02 Fred R. Hicks, Jr
83.98
2993
2847
Ertbn Hurst, Jr
15.00
STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK
John Slaman
15.00 L. CarrasquiUo
80.87
Everette. C. Dooley
. 2994
59.10
Izaac C. Krallngen....;.. 2848
James
Crone
.*
30.00
30.00
2849
43.93 Benjamin Griffith
. 2995
80.09 C. .Adams
'&Ung O. Andersen
$30.00 Emerson Spauldlng
30.00
.'
45.00 Rogello Cruz
61.82 Thomas W. SterUng
; . 2996
44.71 C. Ames
.uhornas J. Dixon
2850
30.00 August Steinman.
15.00
30.03 C. DePrlest
54.04 John C. Loffler
Julio S. Russettl
" 2851
. 2997
92.15 A. Banes
60.00 Thomas SuUivan
30.00
15.00 Martino DeSalvo
2852
96.42 Mohford M. Owens
.Torster J. Forsberg
. 2998
71.15 Edwardo Balboa
75.00 Stanley Swienkoskl
W.
F.
Doran
15.00
30.00
Arthur OgUvle
2853
36.94 Ezekiel E. Daniels
. 2999
69.99 Joseph Barron
;.... 45.00 Albert Sylvestrc
T.
L.
Dagan
30.00
30.00
2854
Rol^ert A. Sipsey
99.53 Robert J. Lendry........ . 3000
15.00 S. A. Thompson
52.49 Robert Anderson...'.
30.OO
15.00 L. S. Grab
84.76 Arthur Running
Ellis S. Samia
;.. 2855
30.00 John TranagUni
90.98 M. Bass
, 3001
E. E. Gross
30.00
Jack
R.
Utz
90.00
2856 . 74.65 John I. DaU
James P. Rowan
15.00
61.82 J. Bazzell
, 3002
Leonard
Kay
60.00
45.00
2857
101.48 Robert F. Wendt
GaUndez Idelfonso
30.00 John Walklewicz
, 3003
48.60 Ronlad Bentick
15.00
15.00 Paul P. Lamb
2858
48.99 Lionel Chapman
John J. Cook
45.00 Francis Wall
89.81 J. B. Bogren
30.00
Henry
Woods
45.00 Leo H. Lang
2859
95.64 George D. Rourke
Clkiide V. Morgan
15.00
1 3005
50.93 Thomas Caffrey
WlUlam F. Lynaugh
30.00
Ventura G. Colas
2860
54.82 John R. Gleeson
15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL, MOBILE
. 3006
90.98 Francisco Calascione
C. W. Matthews
30.00
2861
Edmund J. Floo J
78.93 John J. Morrison
30.00 Tim Burke
57.15 Alfredo Carmoega
, 3007
30.00
15.00 Thomas McLees
2862
82.43 Salvatore C. Alu
Robert A. Stokes
15.00 C. A. Crabtree
3008
93.70 Edward Celkos
30 00
15.00 Lawrence C. Melanson
2863
77.76 Frank J. Galvin
Richard L. Reed....
15.00 E. E. Dykes
50.54 Frank CoUlns
, 3009
M.
V.
Mobley
30.00
15.00
Ernest D. Mabee
2864
75.04 Abraham Goldfj^rb
15.00 W. J. Gray
74.65 J. R. CueUc^.
. 3010
J.
G.
Naugle
30.00
15.03
2865
84.76 Thor M. Waage
Arthur Grof
Juan
Cortez
60.00
54.43
3011
30.00
Sidney Irby
15.00 K. Raana
69.21 Wfnston McCants
Glildo Merola
2866
30.00 J. H. Jones
55.99 Charles DeRoule
3012
30.00
15.03 Claude A. Ray
2867
105.36 Jay W. Savage
Theodore M. Larsen
15.00 George Robinson
62.21 James Oownle
3013
H.
D.
Rasure
15.00
30.00
Myles C. Sterne
2868
42.77 Melvln W. Bass
'.... 30.00
65.71 Lawrence DuBeau
3014
T.
Savage
15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Sigurd HUseth
2869
76.20 Isadore C. Dongen
30.00
42.77 Frank Fabanuk
• 3015
Foster B. Shedd
30.00
BRIGHTON, MASS.
45.00
To Cash Vac. Checks..... 2870 1,000.00 Harry Robert Gunderud.. 3016
56.76 Roy M. Green
Lonnle R. Tickle
30.00
45.00 R. P. Bowman
45.00 Louis WUUs
FraiUc E. Guitson
2871
40.82 Ramon Maldonado
3017
87.87 Hans Hanssen
15.00
45.00 Charles Collett
45.00
Carlson F. Clyde
2872
78.54 Enrigue A. Abad
60.65 R. Hobdy
3018
USPHS
HOSPITAL,
FORT
WORTH
O.
Hultin
45.00
Charles
F.
Dwyer
15.00
James Logan
2873
87.48 Angel Amadns
40.44
3019
15.00 J. H. Ashurst
,15.00 WUUam Hardy
93.70 Leo J. CinqMars
:Charles Burke
2874
3020
91.76 M. Incerto
$60.00
nO.OO John Kavanaugh
45.00
Stephen Carey
2875
83.59 Charles A. Carr
3021
66.10 B. E. Jackline
USPHS
HOSPIT.AL,
MEMPHIS
J.
Kachelhoffer..A
45.00
Anthony
Kaznurskl
30.00
2876
Robert Barber
83.98 Francis P. Geraghty
80.09
3022
45.00 Anthony D. Leva
45.00 John B. Hegarty
2877
43.16 Georges L, Pltour
Leroy Westcott
$75.00
55.99 C. Kerstens
3023
30.00 James R. Lewis
45.00
2878
62.21 Morris Rlechelson
Mlscha Kanaef.;
64.93 D. W. KimbreU
3024
USPHS
HOSPITAL
15.00 Leonard Richard
30.00
Gustav HaUenborg
2879
51.71 Victor Bosnich
77.37 George Kitchen
3025
30.00 George Vourloumis
45.00
Lawson TrusseU
;. 2880
86.70 Demetrius M. Kyrlakos... . 3026
FORT STANTON, NEW MEXICO
80.09 John Kosinski
Thomas
Kustas
30.00
.John Guerrlero
2881
78.15 PhiUp F. Jordan
3027
82.43
USPHS HOSPITAL, SAN FRANCISCO
Thomas Isaksen
60.00
45.00
Shio Sun
2882
49.77 Francisco A. Gonzalez.... 3028
94.48 Robert F. Larsen
90.00
$30.00 Bomar Cheeley
T..
45.00 WUUam Anderson
>2883
66.10 Dixon R. Stroup
Herbert HaU
3029
78.54 James Lawlor
45.00
USPHS HOCPITAL, SAN JUAN
30.00 Gee Cheng
Leonard Rams............ 2884
49.77 John W. McCauIey
96.42 WlUiam Logan
3030
15.00 Valentin Acabeo
$60.00
15.00 John Maasik
James Beresford
2885
59.47 Frederick D. Roman
77.76 J. E. McElreath
• 3031
Charles
Robertson
30.00
Emillano Acabero
15.00
15.00
Leonard Richard.
2886
66.87 Francisco Gaspar
84.37 A. McGuigan
3032
Peter
Smith
45.00
D.
Magglo
30.00
George Meaden
2887
63.37 John. WeUs
3033
56.38
DEATH BENEFITS
David Sorensen
45.00
W.
J.
Mlchaclis
15.00
Victor Carlsen
56.76 Donald S. Gardner
2888
79.32
3034
Fred Summerlln
$2,500.00
USPHS HOSPITAL, NORFOLK
30.00
' Edward Riley
76.in To Cash Vac. Checks
2889
3035
4000.00 Vic MUazzo
500.00
30.00 George W. MUler
45.00 Iris' Arkerson
Karris SmaUwood
62.60 J..^C. Bendas
2890
3036
$47.82 AUred MueUer...
Charles
L.
Moats
2.500.00
William
Armstrong
30.00
James Chancey
3Q.00
70.76 Paul J. KeUy
2891
3037
84.37 Kasimer Oborski
Gldlow
Woods
1,500.00
Albert
Brlckhouse
45.00
Lawrence
O'Connell
30.00
84.37 Joseph B. Arceo
Ernest Belkner
2892
3038
99.53
1,500.00
5.0C Eugene Krlstiansen
45.00 Roy M. Green
WUUam Macdonald
59.47 Constantine
2893
Harvey... 3039
73.93 Charles Oglesby
2,500.00
45.00 Paul A. Leonard.
Charles Berkeley
46.27 Roszel D, Vlck
30.00 Theodore Halenda . ..
2894
49.77 WUUam Osmundsen.
3040
Welfare
Patrick Flaherty
Joseph Murphy..V.......
WUUam Rees.
2897
James Wzeklel
8888
James McLaughlin.
Daniel Fltzpatrick
2900
John Mlnnahan........
Richard Famkd'ff.
FrewfeHB Sebblns..
^
45.88
37.33
84.76
48.21
52.10
39.27
72.32
Robert S. VanValkenburgh 3041
Harold J. McDonald.. .
Robert Schlagler
3043 .
Royee A. Ymdborough.., 3044
An^ew W. Page
3045
HamUton L. Hadley
3046
Jiohn T. Norgaard
3047
73.48 Charles B,' Rubinstein.... 3048
' 8T.7*
/•
JtUltur V. Sacmas.
.
..A..
S049
WUUam Owens
Joseph Prlndezis
Peter Prokopuk.
F. Purcell...
Robert Qulnn
jdaiirice Rosenthal
jl. Ruppert
John Saarl
J.
P. Schider.
83,69
97.59
63.76
55.60
40,44
83.98
43.16
82.81
37.71
^
30.00
60.00
30.00
30.00
45.00
15.00
>^.... 15.00
30.00
30.00
John HUl
Roger Horton
I. Laskaratos
Gerald McCarthy
OUver MUls
Leonard Murphy
WUUe Outen
Shirley Roundtreea.
George Sawyer
/
30.00
30.00
45.00
45.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
^f...
,
Louis Ross
Hermanus Out
Paul P. Painter
John Barron
Remie Doucette
Joseph Johnson
Joseph Fussell
2,000.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
2,500.00
66.67
1,500.00
2,500.00
«22,SC«.67
�"r:
Fridar. Mmli f; 1M»
SEAFARERS LOG
TwentrnHx
... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ..
THOMAS P. LBATHBRS (Katfarn)/ Jan. G. R. Dotch. On* member from each de to and not aUowed to lUp by. It is use wUl be referred to patrolman. Motion care of the recreation room while th*
17—Chairman, O. Smithart; Sacratary, H. partment to buy magazines which money leu to make decisions at meetings and made that each department bring their engine department and the deck depart
Hankea. Delegates reported no beefs
and no disputed overtime. Suggestion
made to find out about cigarettes and
how many each man is allowed when em
tering Yugoslavia. All hands were asked
to keep their feet off the chairs.
PETER V. DANIEL (Alcoa), Jan. 37—
Chairman, Clinton M.
':^'h
will be returned to them through the
ship's fund. When through with maga
zines. members will return them to U
brary.
HURRICANE (Watermen), Jan. —
Chairman, Mike RozalskI; Secretary, Wll
Ham O'Grady. Painting decks in crew'i
quarters and mess referred to the patrol
man. Total ship's fund $34.55. Washing
machine discussed after clarification by
patrolman. The question arose on draws
for short port stays. The captain is not
avaUabie to give dratvs to off watch crew
members. A vote of thanks to SIU of
ficials for our Union advances.
E J. Wright. Motion made and seconded
to make an amendment that t^sporta
tion be paid from port of payoff to
of engagement. The rtewart was asked
how he Eot on the ship and he
came through hall at Norfolk but lost
ahipptag^M^airman, Clinton M. Wabbi
CLAIBORNE (Waterman), Jan. Jr
Sacratary, E. J. Wright. MoUon made
Chalrman, Cherles George Peters; Seer^
that any man who
tary,G.
R. Kosch. Delegates reported
brought up on charges. Complaint that
some disputes on overtime. No beefs.
menus are not Issued on time.
Stewards department was requested to
CULFWATER (Mar Trade), Jan. JO— get a new set of books from the Me^
Chairman, J. Madwed; SawataiT, "• chant Marine Library Association. Each
Coodulck. Disputes on overtime wiU be member of the crew will donate $1.00 to
taken up by patrolman at Payo/ts. No the ship's fund. Ship's delegate to see
signons until repairs are c^pleted. alM patrolman about new mattresses and new
stores and medical suppUes wlU be washing machine.
checked before signons.
ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping). Jan.
CLAIBORNE (Waterman), Dec. 10— 13—Chairman, Pete Prevas; Secretary,
Chairman. Joseph D. McPhee, Secretary, William Nesta. Delegates reported no
beefs. Toaster Is to be replaced for a
new one If the old one can not be fixed.
Chief electrician said that he would have
it fixed.
YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman), Jan. 37
—Chairman, Nels Larson; Secretary, Herb
Dunlevie. AU agreed to put pressure on
Ame V. Olsen
company for a new
Mississippi SS Co. has forwarded the
Motion made and carried that there wiU
be no signon for the next voyage until
a US Treasury check for you to ample stores
and Unen are placed aboard.
the New Orleans SIU Hall. You Remarks were made that it is important
can claim it upon presenting proper that suggestions and motions made and
carried at meetings shouid be attended
NOTICES
1.1 't'
t'
identification.
35. 4. 4
Archie Bishop
Eugenius A. Cioper
Your seamens papers are heing
held for you at 23 Pearl St., NYC.
4. 4" 4"
The following men have been
reclassified by their draft boards:
William Ryan, Harry Larson, David
R. Johnson, all 2A until September
1, 1952; Edward James Foley,
Nathaniel Einshruck, both 2A un
til August, 1952; Peter J. Arthurs,
2A until August 20, 1952.
PBRSONALS
D. D. Walker
It is important that you contact
your brother Roma at Rt. 1, Ash
ford, Ala., as soon as possible.
4i 4;
Ray Queen
Get in touch with me at the SIU
hall in Seattle. Ralph Groseclose.
4> 4> 4*
Tony Comman
Your wife is anxli us to hear from
The following men should make you. Write 3119 Baldwin St., Los
out new SIU Welfare beneficiary Angeles 31, Calif.
cards in any SIU branch: Nils
3r 45' ' 4>
Harry Lundquist, Stanley J. Grys
Robert McCarthy
zka, Dominick Quorici (?). The last
Harold McVey •
named man listed Elder Klaus as Your money has been sent to
his beneficiary.
Jerome. Thanks Austin J.
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O'Maliey.
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The following seamen have disputed
overtime checks at this office and they
are requested to pick them up as soon
as possible:
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SS ABIQUA—D. Alt, H. J. Byer, Jr., W.
Cruser, J. Hartman, Juan Leston, M. Me
Intyre. Robert Michael, Julius Moore, J.
C. Mun<len» J. Permuy,' Manuel R€^ C.
then Immediately forget the things as beefs up in form of discussion.
soon as the meeting is over. ITie various
STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), Jan.
engine, deck, and steward delegates
should see that such items are carried Chairman, John H. Schmidt; Secretary,
Tony
Gsspar. Blank copies of Union con
out.
tract were distributed to ail delegates to
GLENVILLE M. DODGE (South Atlan be filled out for the benefit of aU mem
tic), Jan. 37—Chairman, Roy L. Justice; bership. AU hands agreed to donate
Secretary, Carl E. Simpson. Each de towards the library fund. More keys to
partment delegate wlU make out a repair be made for rooms and messhaU. "Stew
list for his respective department. All ard .to check with the chief mate the
disputes in the engine room and any repair list for the foUowing voyage.
other department to be presented to the
EVELYN (Bull), Feb. 3—Chairman, A.
patrolman.
Anderson; Secretary, E. C. Decay. A sug
gestion
was made that the door on the
HURRICANE (Waterman), Dec.
side be kept closed as the seas keep
Chairman, A. Lazzaro; Secretary, F. L. Al port
Into the passageway. A sugges
len. Delegates reported some disputed coming
tion was made by the steward to get up
overtime. There was a talk on Union from
the
supper table after eating so
policy by the ship's delegate.
others may sit down, also so messman
can get through at his regular time.
SEA GALE (Scatraders), Jan. 37— Stamps for ship's use to be paid for
Chairman, S. Sonlding; Secretary, George through the ship's fund.
M^ndzsk. Delegates reported everything
running smoothly. Request made to have
foc'sles painted, as well as the lockers.
Suggested that a letter be written to the
Union concerning chief cook who left
the ship without giving proper notice to
the steward or anyone else conceimed.
Letters from the Union were read to the
brothers.
LOGANS FORT (Cities Service), Jan. 3
Walter Hantusch; Secretary,
SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Scatraln), Jan. —Chairman,
Frank Parsons. Motion made and carried
35—Chairman, R. W Sweeney; Secretary, for
men
to
wear
tee shirts at meal times.
C. Goldstein. Treasurers report $83.12. Motion made to order
more milk as there
S.'OO was donated to the March of Dimbs. has
been a shortage.
Suggestion that two washing machines be
Feb.
4—Chairman,
O.
M. Bartlett; Sec
available, one for white clothes and an retary, Kenneth Coldman.
Ship's dele
other for dungarees.
gate resigned his Job. Letter fromMarch
of Dimes was read and wiU be acted
SWEETWATER (Metro Petro), Jan. 14 upon at next payoff. Ten minutes devoted
—Chairman, R. HIghtower; Secretary, to various subjects. An awning should
Paul Jakubesak. A safety meeting was be brought up to the company for boat
held on arrival into port and crewmem deck. The new men should read agree
bers were asked to cooperate by saving ment carefully.
water due to the fact that ship has been
Jan. 30—Chairman, Frank Parsons; Sec
losing water somewhere. AU depart retary,
Walter Hantusch. Ship's delegate
ments wiU alternate in keeping recrea reported
that the repair Usts wUl be
tion haU clean.
taken care of in the shipyard. Delegates
reported some" disputed overtime which
STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), Jan. 30 patrolman will settle.
—Chairman, J. V. Fernandez; Secretary,
Charles Gedra. A letter from the Union
STEEL MAKER, (Isthmian), Jan. 30—
was read informing the brothers of the Chairman, Henry GregorskI; Secretary,
Seafarers Training School. The March Edward Leahy. Motion made to have re
of Dimes was discussed. No man is to pair list taken care of on arrival at Mo
enter the messhall at any time if he is bile. Suggestion made to have steward
not properly dressed. Articles referring distribute fifteen mattresses now in sup
to the new 1952 contract were read. AU ply to men who have greatest need for
departments decided to discuss the agree new ones.
ment of their own department and see If
there is room for improvement.
PHILLIP P. BARBOUR (Waterman),
Feb. 3—Chairman, Jim Shiber; Secretary,
DEL NORTE (Delta Line), Feb. tr Frank Steen. Delegates reported no
Chairman, M. E. Foster; Secretary, H. E. beefs.' 'Springs on bunks should be fixed
Crane. Motion made and carried to pur or replaced. Suggestion made to see about
chase a new movie screen. Motion car getting new washing machine. Crew asked
ried to purchase a floral wreath for the to check drain in laundry when using
departed brothers upon arrival in New washing machine. Suggestion made for
Orleans. AU crewmembers were asked
to speak English aboard ship as foreign each department to mak^ up repair list.
languages are not understandable to
TOPA TOPA (Waterntan); Feb. 3—
others.
Chairman, A M. Branconl; Secretary, M.
R. Janes. A vote of thanks was extended
to the entire steward department for
their continued fine chow. Motion made
that each department delegate bring their
beefs in a form of discussion.
4. 4^ 4^
Jack Delaney
Am trying to contact you. Write
520Vi N. Mobile St., Mobile. Addle
Richardson.
AZALEA CITY (Waterman), Feb. 3—
Chairman, Jack Garrison; Secretary,
Charles Lord . Dispute with mate con
cerning gangway watch not being aUowed
in Nordenham. Germany. Suggested that
seamen's Ubrary be requested to renew
ship's Ubrary. Suggested that crew make
an effort to keep inesshaU" clean at aU
times.
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'^AVCHERS HOPE—LeonarJ Ells, R. F.
James V. Murphy Jr.
Jacobs.
SS CHIWAWA—R. Jackson. H. Staples.
Get in touch with' your parents
SS COUNCIL DROVE—Ivan Bradbury.
Edward Crosby. Edward Farrell. J. San at Clover Hili Gariien Apts., Mount
CANTIGNY (Cities Service), Feb 3.—
Chairman, Arthur Colburn; Secretary, G.
Fiilippo. Peter Jomidcs. J. Macaulay.
Holly,
N.
J.;
.
. .
.;
Galliano. G. Galliano reported coUec
wniard Parks, Edward Szarythe. Thomas
tionsfor March of Dimes totalUng SIOO.OO.
Walker.
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SS BENTS FORT—Alfred Case. Albert
Crew was informed that they wUl be paid
Roy "Blackle" Peters
for launch service which was not avail
Eikenberry. Timothy Griffin. R. J. Hen
able at Lake Charles. Treasurer wiU keep
ninger, James Ray. Waiter Stubbe.
How
about
dropping
me
a
line.
SS BRADFORD ISLAND—John Capuzzl.
electric steam iron in his room which
T. McCann. James Preston. Edmund Ray (Navlrro) Borowski, USS Sis will be checked in and out by anyone who
it. Discussion about aUoting time
Spencer.
kin (AMS58), c/o FPO; N.Y., N. Y. uses
SS FRENCH CREEK—Ernest Bossert.
to ordinary seamen for washing down
A. Carrano. Stune Christiansson. P. Fitz
poop
deck each morning. Crewmembers
445' 4
simmons. Paul Kronbergs. C. B. Ma
were asked to contact their delegate
John
Lee
Nugent
honey. Manuel Poperman. George Snee
whenever beefs ariise.
Want to get in touch with you.
den. W. E. Treadway. William Wendland.
WILD RANGER (Waterman), Jan. 13—
Elmer G. Wetmore.
Write Robert M. Godwin, SS South Chairman,
Charles Gann; Secretary, Ed
SS GOVERNMENT CAMP—Thomas P.
Condon. Joseph Foley. E. Molineaux. J. star, South Atlantic SS Co., Savan ward K. Parker! Steward delegate re
Staniecki, Jose Tablas. Arnold Valente.
ported
that
the captain and the steward
nah.
SS LOGAN'S FORT—Robert L. Mays.
jre having difficulties on overtime. It was
requested that the messhaU be kept a
John B. Shilling.
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SS FORT HOSKINS—^Robert Anderson.
littie cleaner and that the. menu be
Edward Nooney
Edward Corral, Olav Gustavsen, William
changed a little. Requested that the
Anxious to hear from you. Write delegates contact their department heads
Watts.
SS WINTER HILL—Thomas W. Bren Joseph Rechsteiner, Box 128, about having the toc'slea painted. Re
quested that the delegates inform the
nan. Raymond Averitt.
SS ROYAL OAK—Louis W. Boren. Chino, Calif.
newer members about their responsibUl
George Brown. David Demarets. John Di
ties
to the Union and to their Jobs.
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4
4
Feb. 3—Chairman, Robert Bellveau;
Pietrontonio. Cecil Gray. Maurice A.
Sergio Bonilla ^
Secretary; Edwsrd Parker. The crew is
Gray. John Levack, Albert Perterson.
James Romano. Joseph Stodolski.
to keep tl)e messhaU clean as
Contact Ben Sterling, 42 Broad requested
it was painted recently. AU repair Usts
SS SALEM MARITIME—Edward A. De
way,
NYC.
toibe turned over to the department dele
Felice. Nathan Benenate. Clarence Brace.
gates who in turn w;iU give them to the
WiUiam Carraway. Delvin Reynolds.
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ship's delegate who wUl turn them over
Hans Richardson. Francoie Savdie. Har
Jesus Landron
to the correct authority for final action.
vey Shero. K. Lewis. W. Basnight. C.
Martinez. E. Sanchez. F. Warren, H. L.
Please call me up in Brooklyn at MONROE (Bull), Jan. 34—Chairman,
Hackney, R. Young. Francis A. Warren.
Juan Oquendo, Jr.; Secretary, James Mac
Thomas ' D. Smith IH. Ivan H. Behnke. Main 48827. Mrs. Landron.
Gulre. Unable to contact San Juan Rep.
John R. Kain. Curtis L. Southwick. Gyrd
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4
4
to consult him about ILA strike and re
W. Marrs. Robert Sweet. Philip C. Mc
I am trying to locate the name placements
for injured AB and the stew
Bride. Jack D. Sayre. Alan E. Whitmer.
John L. Ohannasian. MUledge P. Lee, and address of a man who joined ard utility who got off. To have steward
personally check aU stores coming aboard
Raymond Averitt.
the Tuskegee Victory in NY on or for
his department and that when un
SS ABIQUA—W. Susikarl.
SS LONE JACK—Jesse Melton. John about July 27, 1951, as crew utility able to procure items notify delegates at
Michele. WiUiam Meijer, Mack Galligan. in the stewards dept. His testimony once. Ship's delegate suggested that,
menus be turned over to patrolman in
Robert Krug. Gayland Bahan. Henry Ban
sen, Eugene Roberts. Elvis Warren. Pat may be crucial in my accident case. port of payoff and that his decision be
rick Coponitl. Charles Seney. Otho Ware. Herman Uriarte, 785 Broadway, final. Communication from headquarters
read concerning SIU Training Program.
Ralph Todd. David GulUory.
Crew's attention directed to article in
SS CHIWAWA—Vincent Carmen. James San Francisco.
LOG about SlUTP members urged to
A. Phillips. Walter Ramin. William Berks,
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guide new men and help them learn SIU
SS GOVERNMENT CAMP—T. E. Tetl.
Anyone knowing whereabouts of style.
W. Craven.
SS BENTS FORT—M. Bugawan. Quinn Jack Chestine, who sailed the Alcoa
Moore. Max Pitre. John Bough. B. E. Ed
TOPA TOPA (Waterman), Feb. 3—
wards. Wm. Prltchard, H. E. O'Brien, Runner the last part of 1947, please Chairman, A. M. Branconl; Secretary, M.
Ray Boudreatix. Arthur J. Aheam. E. K. coritact H. E. Hopkins, 293 Olds R. Janes. Repair list maUed in from
Japan.. Discussion on wiper. Engine dele
field Rd., Decatur, Ga. rr '. .
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.ment cleaned up the laundry room. Thla
was agreed to by aU. A suggestion was
made that the last standby clean the
place up a Utile.
JOHN B, WATERMAN (Waterman),
Jan, 31—Chairman, Alfred Ls Plante; Sec
retary, Frank P. Votto. Motion made that
each department delegate coUect 25 cents
from each crewmember at the next draw
and turn it in to the ship's delegate. AU
freeze boxes should be checked as ice
cream will not stay hard.
FAIRHOPE (Waterman), Mc. 33—Chair,
man,. C. H. Straling; Secretary, A. Brind.
ley. Delegates reported everything run
ning smooth. Discussion by Brother Star
ling on having a regular ship's fund.
Everyone was in favor. The crew tyas
asked to cooperate in keeping the pantry
in shipshape. Two men who missed ship
were referred to the patrolman.
Feb. 3—Chairman, Charles H. Starling;
Secretary, Al Brindley. Discussion on
buUding up the ship's fund. Delegates
reported everything going along fine.
Steward made a requisition for new
mattresses for crow, preferably inner
springs.
SEATRAIN
SAVANNAH (Seatraln),
Jan. 30—Chairman, Acker; Sacratary, R,
Whita. Motion made and carried to have
door stopper installed on door port side
of ship leading to crew's quarters so as
not to wake up the men who are sleep
ing. The Seatrain Savannah made a
good impression' upon the people of Sa
vannah, Ga. They Une the river and'
meet the ship when it comes in port
every Sunday.
FRENCH CREEK (Cities Sarvlca), Jan.
37—Chairman, K, R. Marstan; Sacratary#
T. C. Thompson. There have been com
plaints on the cooking and chow. Due to
the milk shortage for coastwise run there
was a suggestion that more miik be ob
tained.
GLENVILLE M. DODGE (South Atlan
tic), Dae. 33—Chairman, G. Whitahursti
Secretary, C. E. Simpson. The purpose
of the meeting was to elect a ship's dele
gate. Any member using the washing
machine should help to keep it clean.
Discussion of distribution of washing
powder to the deck and engine depart
ment due to the limited supply. A little
effort and cooperation were asked for in
order to keep the recreation room and
the pantry clean during coffee time and
night hours.
DEL AIRES (MIsslsslppU, Fab. IS—
Chairman, Douglas Claussan; Sacratary,
Jarry J. Palmar. Ask the membership to
contribute to the support of the March
of Dimes. Deck delegate reported some
dispute on overtime, will be settled at
the payoff. AU hands asked to cooperate
at the payoff.
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SEAMAR (Calmar), Jan. 37—Chairman,
E. Godfrey; Sacratary, J. Marshall. Mo
tion made that each member donate $1.00
for ship's welfare fund. Engine and deck
departments to supply swab buckets for
sanitary work. Discussion about mate
working on deck. Deck engineer to
TRINITY (Carras), Feb. 3—Chairman, check washing machine.
James L. Stogaltis; Secreta'ry, Albert G.
JOHN F. APPLEBY (Eastern), Fab. 3—
Espeneda. AU hands were jisked to keep Chairman, C. O. Saunders; Sacratary,
the washing machine" in better condition R. McNslly. Motion made and carried
after using it and they were asked not that port patrolman be contacted to find
to leave the clothes in the machine for out the home port of this vessel. A
too long a period. Any crewmember hav lively discussion was held pro and con
ing any beefs should see his respective for the members' benefit.
delegate.
'
WILLIAM JAMES (Bull), Jan. 4—Chair
KATHRYN (Bull), Jan. 37—Chairman, man, Willard Mulling; Sacratary, A. Lin
W. Lachance; Secretary, G. Watson. Dele go Dunn. The ship's delegate was ap
gates reported no beefs. Engine utUities. pointed to see about a washing machine.
requested a little quiet at night in pas Ship's delegate to collect all donations at
sageways In port. Three keys to be made the payoff for the March of Dimes.
for messhaU and given to each watch.
March of Dimes and new contract nego
SEATIGER (0:on), Fab. 15—Chairman,
tiations were discussed. New ship's dele T. Bladas; Sacratary, C. Kantflald. Sug
gate to be elected at next meeting.
gestion made that a wire span be in
stalled between the davits of the midship
OMEGA (Omega), Jan. 30—Chairman, lifeboats and lines leading from it into
Harold. A. Arllnghaus; Secretary, S. Roth the lifeboats. A motion was made and
chlld. Committee elected to start a ship's carried that paper for crossing the Une
fund. AU hands were asked to refrain certificates be bought ashore. Requests .
from slamming doors while men are try made that the ship's delegate contact the
ing to sleep. Steward suggested submit captain^about making out aUotments.
ting another list of perishable stores for
the master's approval at the next port,
as he refused to get any stores at Las
Palmas.
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THOMAS HAYWARD (Waterman), Jan.
37—Chairman, N. E. Geno; Secretary, P.
WIdegren. AU members were asked to
turn in all repairs to their department
delegates. Steward • department
was
CAPE ROMAIN (Delta), Dec. 30—Chair
praised for doing a good Job.
man. None; Secretary, Ray Casanova.
Ship's delegate asked permit men to
BULL RUN (Mathlasen), Jan. 37—Chair study in their spare time our SIU agree
man, Lester McHugh; Secretary, Jack ment. Ship's delegate was asked to sea
Groener. Three new men signed on in captain or mate about permitting some
England, two to replace hospital cases one to scrape starboard and port passage
and one for missing fireman. A Ught wUl ways on crews' decks. Ship's delegate
be kept on at night so the men on the asked steward department to please not
fantaU can. see. Steward asked men not dump garbage on deck in ports.
to use handtowels for. hats.' Ship's dele
gate to see the captain for draw in Ras
MADAKET (Waterman), Fab. 10—Chair
"Tanura.
man, French; Secretary, I. Rosvold. Ship's
delegate requested crew members to be
CATAHOULA (National Nav), Fab. 10— sober at payoff. . Discussion by several
Chairman, Joe Cave; Secretary, N. Whip crewmembers of messman's habit of
ple. Steward requested that aU dirty stripping tables before meal hour is up.
linen be turned in promptly on linen day. Laundry to be cleaned up after use by
Motion made to have one hour and each individual.
twenty minute wheel watches stood at ail
times. Collection to be made at payoff
FRENCH CREEK (Cities Sarvlca), Feb.
for March of Dimes.
17—Chairman, E. Barls; Sacratary, J. C.
Thompson, A motion was made that
DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), Jan. 3»— anybody fouUng. up in port be askedt to
Chairman, Charlie Murree; Secretary, Don pay off by delegates. A io.otion mads
Collins. Motion made and carried that a' that each delegate, make up a repair Ust, <(«
sufficient number of towels be put aboard and also that the washing machine be
before leaving the states. Discussion on checked.
the March of Dimes.
ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), Fab. 15.—
WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON (Water Chairman, Donald R. Kaddy; Socratary,
man), Jan. 30—Chairman, Jamas Glenn; R. D. Bufkln. Deck delegate reported
Secretary, Barnard D'Ornallas. A first that some arrangement be made about
aid kit was badly needed in the engine standing gangway watch in port. The
room but the captain would not put one engine delegate. reported the watches
there so a suggestion was made to see mixed up in foc'als and asked some
the chief mate' any time of the day or changes he made. Bosun made the sug
night • no matter how small .the. inlury gestionUigt. all the ..departments leave^.
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HENRY MEIOeS (MtfSlHlppI), Jan. IS—
Chairman, Jarrail Naalj Sacratary, John
W. PIcou. Suggestion made by steward
to gtop and straighten tarps when one
sees It not lying right. Suggestion made
to have water tanks cleaned and lined
when we arrive in the States.
STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), Jan. 27—
Chairman, John Prescott; Saeratary, VI,
Smith, Delegates reported everything
okay." List ot repairs to be turned in to
the ship's delegate. Every delegate to
mdke notes on new agreement.
PAOLI (Cities Sarvlea), Jan. IS—Chair
man, N. Xlrfc; Secretary, W. T. Langford.
Ship's treasurer reported a. balance of
S27 87 in the ship's fund. Brother Kirk
spoke to membership about smoking in
unauthorized places. Motion made that
• II overtime be written down as soon as
worked to avoid mistakes with the proper
time and work. <
delegates see that better slopchest be michael. Brother McNorton made a sug
built for next trip.
gestion to compliment the steward's de
partment on the excellent job they have
EDWARD A. SCRIPPS (Isthmian), Jan been doing in preparing the food. $14.65
27—Chairman, E. SImms; Secretary, J. P, in the ship's fund. Suggestion made to
Riley. Notations read from New York see the first engineer about fan in fire
hall regarding changes In agreement. man room, and have deck engineer check
Suggestion that crew make less noise in heating system aft.
messroom at night. Suggestion that head
doors be kept closed at night to prevent
COVERNMENTCAMP (CItIss Service),
banging. Steward asked that aU extra Feb. 2—Chelrmen, Holt; Secretary, A.
linen be turned in.
Usher. $4 reported in ship's fund. Dis
cussion held on ship's fund and the
ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), Feb. March of Dimes. New screens are needed
10—Chairman, E. Myer; Secretary, O. F. in the messhall.
Robertson. Talked to captain about wash
ing machine motor. Motion made to
CHRISTINE (Carres), Jan. 20Chelr
write letter on "Duties of Men on Watch" man, A. J. KuberskI; Secretary, M. Boyd
—whether bosun should work or not. No Davis.. A vote of thanks was extended to
milk to be bought in foreign countries the steward's department for the deli
that is not pasteurized. Men to take cious food and fine service. Repair lists
orders from bosun while working, not of ail three departments made up, and
mate.
(hey wUl be turned over to the ship's
delegate. Deck and engine sanitary men
CATHERINE (Trans Fuel), Feb.
volunteered to clean up the washroom.
Chairman, W. J. Reldy; Secretary, Julius
P. Thrasher. Motion made the headquar
ters officials be given a rousing vote of
confidence for their untiring effort In
securing the best conditions in maritime
history. Several members took the floor
to point oiii to new members the neces
sity of maintaining the shipping rules,
STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), Feb. also promotions, aboard ship. Patrolman
S—Chairman, Michael J. Carlln; Secre is to be advised as to the condition of
tary, Francis McCutcheen.
Brothers the fresh water tanks.
were asked to take care of the washing
PETROLITB (Mathlason Tankars), Fab.
machine. Steward asked the crew to take
care of the cots and not leave them on 12—Chairman, Walter Hoaphner; Secre
deck when not in use. Engine depart tary, Stanley Schuyler. Delegates re
ment's showers need to be painted. Scup ported no beefs. Watertight doors, need
per to be cleaned in deck department to be repaired. Suggestion was made to
buy cribbage boards and dart board from
shower.
ship's fund.
STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Jan. 27
PONCE DELEON (Waterman), Feb. 10
—Chairman, Thaoders M. Larson; Saera
tary, Charles ZInn. Motion made and —Chairman, R. L. Abbey; Secretary, F. P.
carried to have foc'sles painted before Kustura. After several members dis
the next signon. Discussion on the ship's cussed the situation regarding the pur
fund and a suggestion was made that the chase of a new record player, A letter
present crew contribute to it. Suggestion from headquarters regarding the mem
that donations for the March of Dimes be bership's ideas on the new agreement to
collected by the ship's delegate upon be negotiated in September was read by
the ship's delegate.
arrival in States.
SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain)
Feb. 24—Chairman, R. W. Sweeney; Sec
retary, C. Goldstein, Ship's deiegate sug
gested that the crew on payoff see the
patrolman with their books, trip cards,
etc. Disciusion on the food situation.
CANTIGNY (Cities Service), Feb. 14—
Chairmen, None; Secretary, Antonio Con
ceives. Ship's delegate made a motion
that a contribution be made to the US
PHS Hospital in Fort Stanton, New
Mexico. After the purchase of a record
player and a steam iron, the ship's fund
now stands at $33.93. A letter was re
ceived from the New York office concern
ing the necessary changes as. worked out
by company and Union officials.
ROBIN CRAY (Seas Shipping), Feb. IS
Chairman, Robert Morgan; Secretary,
CHRISTINE (TInl), Fab. 10—Chairman, John Houser. Motion made that all do
DAVID STARR JORDAN (Mississippi),
Jan. 4—Chairman, H. D. Camay; Secre D. K. Nonn; Secretary, M. Boyd Davis. mestic water tanks and air system be
tary, H. Brandies. Delegates reported
everything running smoothly, no beefs in
any department. There wag a brief dis
cussion on keeping the washing machine
clean. There was a short talk for the
benefit of thb new men. explaining the
function of the Union and what is ex
pected of good Union men.
The crew was asked to be more careful
in the use of glasses. Suggestion made
by the ship's delegate to start a ship's
fund for the purpose of Union business
on board ship. Repair list of last trip
read.
cleaned and filters be installed in same.
Informed crew of repair lists made out.
SWEETWATER (MarTrade), Feb. 3.—
Chairman, Ed Jury; Secretary, R. M.
to exceed one dollar to provide a ship's
fund was agreed upon.
Jan. 27—Chairman, V. D. Mahan; Sec
retary, C. O. Parker. Motion made and
carried for repair of cabinets and sUver
ware drawers in crewmess and saloon.
Suggestions were made that each indi
vidual using the washing machine to be
responsible for its cleanliness. Agree
ment was reached by all members for
contributions at the payoff for a gen
eral ship's fund.
JOHN FISKB (Robin), Feb. 17—Chair
man, Stanley Bojko; Secretary, J. J.
McMahon. Motion made that the next
crew will not sign on until a drinking
fountain is installed in the engine room
for the engine department. Suggestion
made that innerspring mattresses should
be put aboard all SlU contracted ships
for the unlicensed personnel.
. Jan. 27—Chairman, S. Bofko; Secre
tary, J. Tutwiler. Ship's deiegate re
ported that the hot water system was
fixed and was assured by the chief en
gineer that it would be okay for the re
mainder of the trip. Motion made to ex
tend vote of thanks to the chief engineer
for help in instailing new washing ma
chine. General discussion on all hands
keeping the messrooms as clean 'as pos
sible.
crewmembers were asked to turn tat
their linen and leave their foc'slea in n
clean and orderly condition.
ARLYN (Bull), Feb. 10—Chairman, S.
Bugeria; Secretary, J. McPhaul. AU hands
were asked to leave the messroom in a
more sanitary condition after having
night lunch. Donation for the March of
Dimes to be taken at payoff and sent to
headquarters.
Feb. 24—Chairman, S. Bugeria; Secre
tary, J. Rambe. Discussion on the chief
engineer's unfairness to the black gang.
Deck watch to make sufficient coffee for
the reUef watch.
SEASTAR (Triton), Feb. 3—Chairman,
Jack Mays; Secretary, Lew Meyers. Mo
tion made that a donation be made for
widow of Joseph Mauer, messman who
passed away on leaving Formosa. Decks
in alleyways wiU be painted. A vote of
thanks was extended to the ship's dele
gate Red Simmons for hoiding down
beefs to a minimum.
STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), Michael
La Soya; Secretary, Alex Lefchlk. Delfri
gates reported everything okay. Fumiga
tion of the ship was discussed. Lack of
medical treatment by company doctors
in foreign ports for crewmembers who
are injured also discussed. Vote of
thanks to the steward and his depart
ment. March of Dimes coUection was very
good. $102 was coUected. Final returns
should be $150 or more.
JULESBURG (Terminal Tankers), Feb.
24—Chairman, L. Paradise; Secretary, R.
Arnold. Discussion on the repair list and
the results of the March of Dimes. Mo
tion for ship's delegate to see the mas
ter and have the bed springs repaired.
NIKOS (Dolphin), Feb. 2—Chairman, E.
Men warned on quitting without giving J. Slllln; Secretary, B. R. Lynn. Delegates
proper notice. Men should remain aboard reported one man missed ship in Norfolk.
until properly relieved.
AU crewmembers were asked to give as
as possible to the March of Dimes.
WARRIOR (Waterman), Feb. 17—Chair much
Reminder to keep port Holes and doors
man, W. H. Banks; Secretary, Thomas C. locked in Italy and other ports.
Ballard. Delegates reported no beefs.
Suggestion made that the noise be
STONY CREEK (MarTrade), Feb. 24—
stopped aft while the watch below sleeps.
AU hands were asked to donate some Chairman, William Herman; Secretary,
thing to the March of Dimes. Suggestion William Dyer. On account of patrolman
made that the $9 left in the ship's fund not being able to contact ship in Beau
mont,' ship left minus repairs and im
be used for books.
provements. Vote of thanks to the stew
BENJAMIN H. 6RIERSON (Waterman), ard department for the good chow.
Jan. 4—Chairman, Thomas Dawea; Secre
SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain),
tary, H. Rosenstlel. SlUp's delegate spoke
to the captain about posting time of slop Feb. 24—Chairman, J. Buckey;. Secretary,
chest opening. Repairs to be handed into K. M. Skontierg. Ship's delegate reported
the chief engineer before arrival in $15.23 in the ship's fund. A vote of
States. Crew had discussion on use of thanks extended to those who contrib
washing machine, which is to be kept uted to the March of Dimes. Motion
made and carried to bring any man
clean and properly taken care of.
caught tampering with the food or locks
on
the doors be brought on charges. A
WARHAWK (Waterman), Feb. 17—
Chairman, Frank Baskurlc; Secretary, Eu repair list wiU be made before ship
comes
in port.
gene R. Ceccato. Messman left in Rotter
dam, reason unknown. Donations to be
PAINE WINGATE (Boll), Feb. 9—Chair
made to the ship's fund. Repairs were
discussed and aU hands were asked to man, J. Murray; Secretary, A. 3. Wedge
worth.
Ship's delegate suggested that
keep the messhali clean at all times.
chief cook prepare better meals. It was
RAPHAEL SEMMES (Waterman), Feb. decided that the ship's delegate and the
20—Chairman, Bill Hare; Secretary, B. captain get together and iron out the
Grayson. Brother Judah made a motion few beefs. Night cook and baker given
^
that aU hands contribute $1 for flowers a vote of thanks for a job well done.
for Brother Ross who died. Repair list
TOPA
TOPA
(Waterman),
Jan.
13—
to be made up by the three department
delegates for new mattresses, lockers, etc. Ch'.irmen, Schmidt; Secretary, A. M.
Suggestion made that membership clean Branconl. Captain tried to get a new AB
their quarters and have them ehecked by as AB did not show up. FWT missed
their respective delegates before payoff. ship, unless he was hospitalized to face
charges. Engine delegates report con
tinued that first Asst. shows favoritism
to one of the wipers.
Tune. Ship's delegate gave a lecture on
all overtime. Report to be made and
MOBIL IAN (Waterman), Feb. 3—Chair sent to headquarters on condition of life
man, C. R. Brown; Saeratary, RIversly boats.
Brown.
Collection of ship's fund came
KYLE V. JOHNSON (South Atlantic),
CAMAS MEADOWS (U. S. Petroleum),
Jan. 13—Chairman, S. J. Smith; Secretary. to $25.05. All hands have not yet con
tributed.
Correspondence from head Feb. 17—Chairman, L. J. Brilhart; Secre
Ed Taylor—Short talk given by chairman
quarters
concerning
additional
sugges
tary, B L. Robblnt. Deck delegate re
to pew men in the Union. Men were
told to work together and do their jobs. tions for 1952 agreement. Motion made ported disputes on overtime. Motion
Steward department given a vote of by ship's delegate to have the ship prop made that an educational class be had
erly screened, as per agreement. Motion for all new men. The engine department
thanks for the good food being served.
also made by ship's delegate that anyone complained about the natives coming
JOSEPH L. MEEK (Mississippi), Jan. 13 willfully destroying ship's property be aboard the ship at 2 AM and trying to
—Chairman, W. H. Butts, Jr.; Secretary, brought up on charges. Discussion on sell their wares.
E. W. Auar. Suggested that ship's dele ways and means of collecting vacation
WINFIELD S. STRATTON (Bull), Fe||.
gate see that mail Is taken care of in pay.
10—Chairman, Charles J. Hertman; Sec
transit ports to Calcutta, so that we are
NORTH PLATTE VICTORY (Mississip retary, J. B. Chandler. Attention was
not overcharged for stamps. Suggested
that American money be issued on voyage pi), Feb. 8—Chairman, Patrick Ryan; sec called to all members as to the impor
retary, Vernon L. Porter. Motion made tance in filing
customs' declaration
wheii permissible* as per agreement.
that the health inspector be contacted to forms. Deck delegate reported disputes
SHINNECOCK BAY (MarTrade), Feb. inspect all meats, as the icebox had been on overtime will be brought to the atten
10—Chairman, F. W. Coarin; Secretary, out of order for ten days. A motion tion of the patrolman. Compliments were
D. D. Falconer. One beef of discrimina made that a strong letter of protest be extended to the steward department.
tion by chief mate and one on promo sent to the company office in New Or
Jan. 13—Chairman, Charles J. Hart
tion be referred to patrolman. Motion leans and ask them to make an effort to
made that no one is to payoff before ail have the ship's mail waiting for the ship man; Secretary, J. B. Chandler. All
beefs and disputed overtime are settled. when it arrives in the gulf. A motion members of the creW to conserve and
was also made that the medicine chest maintain all steward utensils. Discussion
ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), Feb. 10— be fully stored in the payoff port. All as to the cleanliness of the recreation
Chairman, C. Parker; Secretary, Piggy crewmembers were cautioned about re room and washing facilities.
MARY ADAMS (Bloomfield), Feb. 10—
Sahuque. Ship's delegate reported every vealing what goes on at shipboard meet
Chairman, R. Fink; Secretary, C. Murray.
BIENVILLE (Waterman), Jan. 27— Delegates reported beefs to be taken up
thing is ok. Get new mattress for crew. ings to those not entitled to know.
Chairman, Georges Brazil; Secretary, J. with the boarding patrolman. New and
Have juke box fixed, also have keys* to
FO mess, so that juke box can be locked
E. Stuckens. Motion made to have cat old members were briefed on how to aet
up in poii.
walk made across deck cargo: patrolman at payoff. Repair lists to be made up.
to investigate. Any man found with his
STEEL VENDOR (Isthmhn), Feb. 10—
feet on chairs will be fined 50c. Discus
ALICE BROWN (Bloomfield), Feb. 1—
Chairman, Prescott; Sacietary, Smith.
sion made about cleaning laundry room: Chairman, John R. Butler; Secretary, Ed
Ship's delegate reported all logs still
will alternate between deck and engine ward Costa. Motion made and carried
stand. To be sure to see that mate gets
departments.
that aU rooms, passageways, and showers
enough soap, and powder for next trip.
Feb; 12—Chairman, Ceo. Brazil; Sec that painting be painted. Edward Costa
retary,
J.
E.
Stuckens—Old
chief
cook
made
a motion for bookmembers and
SEACDMET (Colonial), Feb. S—Chair
SEAMADIC (Orion), Feb. 12—Chairman,
wants letter from crew before being able permit members to attend the educa
Daniel Butts; Secretary, Chat Caurych. man, John Williams; Secretary, Fred to sign on. Ordinary seaman fined $10 tional meeting in order to familiarize
Ship's delegate reported all beefs are in Bruccner. March of Dimes literature
not cleaning quarters. Chief engineer themselves with the proper procedure of
steward's department. Drinking fountain read. All hands were asked to contribute for
a union such as the SlU. All hands were
to this worthy cause. Discussion on uncooperative.
to be fixed.
Feb. 23—Chairman, George Brazil; Sec asked to donate to the ship's fund in
keeping the messhall clean at night.
retary, W. McCarthy—Suggestion made order to bring up treasury in case of an
DEL ORO (Mississippi), Feb. 11—Chair
VENORE (Ore), Jan. 27—Chairman, B. that ship's fund be utilized to buy crib emergency.
man, Jack Parcell; Secretary, Philip Mou
ten. Bulletins from headquarters dis Holmes; Secretary, H. Vincent. Chairman bage board and chess set. Ship's delegate
MILTON H. SMITH (Isthmian), Fab. 10
cussing vacation plan read to the mem Holmes gave a talk on Union education. reports that the matter of discharges be
bership. Delegates check overtime with Slamming doors and loud talking in pas taken up with patrolman for coastwise —Chairman, none; Secretary, C. Irving.
trip. Suggestion made the' books be re Another request wUl be made to have a
department heads. Ship's delegate wants sageways discussed.
turned to library and also fos'cles be left washing machine put on board as pro
to call meeting when patrolman is aboard
vided for in the new SIU agreement. It
TRANSATLANTIC (Boise Drlffln), Feb. clean for next crew.
to straighten out beefs. A vote of thanks
was unanimously agreed that charges
given to the chief cook and baker for a 3—Chairman, H. Casklll; Secretary, Jack
WILLIAM STURCIS (Robin), Jan. 20— would be made against the 2nd cook for
job well done with the food. Captain Whitaker. Delegates reported no beefs.
and chief mate mentioned that the deck Motion made that the steward be brought Chairman, I. J. DeCrange; Secretary, S. deserting the ship while in London,
department waa the best he had sailed up on charges for disregarding the health T. Arales. Deck delegate reported dis England. Before leaving the ship all
with since he started going to sea.
and welfare of his Union brothers. The putes on overtime. Suggested that all
men getting off were asked to leave their bands sign a petition concerning the cap
EDITH (Bull), Fab. 3—Chairman, Vin quarters clean.
tain's attitude towards us as a whole.
cent Canco; Secretary, H. McAlaar.. Crew
Suggestion to ship's delegate to see the
MARORE (Ora), Jan. 25—Chairman, J. captain about sougeeing.
discussed letter from hall in regard to
(1) 20.
new agreement. Clarification of vacation Wallace; Secretary, Floyd Jenkins. Mo
and retroactive pay situation to 1>e sought tion made for delegates to explain living
STEELORE (Ore), Feb. 19—Chairman,
(2) Surface temperature.
from patrolman.
conditions to the patrolman. Repairs B. SagodzieskI; Secretary, Jones. Ship's
(3) 11. Imagine the clock dial
will be made on the washing machine as delegate reports that all messrooms and
LONeVIEW VICTORY (Victory Cat: soon as the ship's fund is built up.
living quarters be painted. To see pa a circle. In an hour it turns
tiers). Fab. 10—Chairman, James H.
trolman about washing machine for
through a circle, or 360 degrees,
Boyles, Jr.; Secretary, Baniamin P, Trot
CASIMIR PULASKI (Eastern), Jan. 3(L ship's use.
tle. It was duly put into the records and Chalrman, James K. Cann; Secretary, Paul
four
times.
on the repair lists that 3 keys were to be J. Morgart. Delegates reported no beefs
BESSEMER VICTORY (South Atlantic),
made for each foc'sle. It was declared except a few hours disputed overtime for Feb. 22—Chairman, Edward F. Lessor;
(4) Gerrymander. The redis
by hand vote to donate $10 by each shore gang shifting ship. Repair list was Secretary, J. Curlew. Motion made and
member of this cfew to the mother of read to all members. All men getting off carried that a new washing machine be tricting of Massachusetts under
ourlate brother.
ship are to leave their foc'sles clean.
put aboard as per agreement. Member Gov. Gerry (1812) produced a
ship asked to concentrate on suggestions state map in which Essex County
SEATRAIN 6BOROIA (Saatrain), Fab.
ROBIN MOWBRAY (Saas Shipping), for
agreement and notify delegates.
17—Chairman, J. Melons; Saeratary, Paul Dec. 22—Chairman, S. Storoy; Secretary, $145 new
pledged for the March of Dimes took the shape of a (sala) mander.
Ulrlch. A resolution was read from the Jack Ross. Aerial for radio needs to be to be was
collected
at first draw and turned
Crew of the Seatrain Savannah regarding taken care of. Each crewmember will over to the patrolman.
(5) Oil. Teapot Dome was a
the wages now paid to electricians on donate SI to the ship's fund to be used
government oil reserve in Mon
Seatrain vessels. J. Malohe, steward, for the benefit of the crew.
HRLEN HUNT JACKSON (South Atlan tana.
said he was sorry that the milk was sour,
and If necessary ha would taste all 160
J. PRIESTLEY (Bleomflald), Feb. 10— tic), Feb. 22—Chairman, Charles Ma|elie;
(6) Sun.
Secretary,
Charles 0. Parker. A sugges
quarts of milk.
Chairman, Day; Secretary, I. Kirk. Dis
cussion on washing machine. Motion tion to the forthcoming negotiating com
(7) Just three; New York, Penn
ANNISTON VIcrORY (South Atlantic), made that all members use the machine mittee to work for the assurance of a
Jan. 27—Chairman, R. Brown; Saeratary, for only 20 minutes. Motion made that mailing address for each voyage. The sylvania and Massachusetts.
L. E. Harris. Itseems as If some.of the all members cooperate in keeping mess fact that this is the year for negotiation
(8) Blows from sea to land.
for new contracts, all crewmembers were
firemen do not know trhen to report back hail and recreation room clean.
urged to be alert and to do their best
to the shU> for duty. Motion made and
(9) 110.
at
their
respective jobs
for benefits
to
carried that'the shippayoff on theday . KYSKA" (tWatermanlf' Jan. • SO^halr
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WESTERN FARMER (Western Naviga
tion), Jan. 24—Chairman, L. Lowe; Secre
tary, V. Bough. Thanks to steward and
department for job very weU^done, and
also thanks to aU delegates for a job weU
done. To have delegates draft a letter
of commendation to captain to editor of
LOG. AU men warned to not do any per
forming at payoff and give a sizable do
nation to March of Dimes.
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service),
Feb. 4—Chairman, Bernard Kimberly; Sec
retary, Lamar Holt. Membership again
cautioned not to payoff before arrival of
patrolman. Pumpman cautioned men
working on tanktops to be careful that
they don't faU as they are being opened.
LASALLE (Waterman), Feb. 10—Chair
man, H. S. Greenwald; Secretary, G. M.
Fernandez. Delegates reported no beefs.
Anyone caught leaving the washing ma
chine dirty should be fined. Suggestion
for the steward to exchange toaster. AU
laundry, to be handed in on Fridays and
not kept around foc'sles.
BULL RUN (Mathlasen), Feb. 20—Chair
man, Roy Roberson; Secretary, Jack Han
nay. Ship's delegate asked the full co
operation of aU men who signed on in
foreign ports to uphold our working rules
and to abide by our contract at aU times.
Money not u.sed on draw wiU be taken
back if in time to give to agent.
TRINITY (Carras), Feb. 24 —Chair
man, Albert Espeneds; Secretary, D. B.
Wilson. D. B. Moon recommended that
everyone cooperate in leaving the mess
room clean at night. The pumpman re
ported that his overtime sheet was taken
from his 'foc'sle causing him much in
convenience and trouble.
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Headlines:
SECURITY LOOPHOLE
MEMBERS SOON WILL BE ISSUES DELUXE BOOKS
COURT BANS TUG AID IN OIL STRIKE
GET LAWYER, NMUERS TOLD
SIU'S PLAN 'AMAZING:' SEN MURRAY
SAILORS UNION BORN 67 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
US PORT SECURITY A MYTH
SIU VACATION PAYMENTS WELL ON WAY; 200G'S IN 3 WEEKS
CO'S NEARING MIDWAY MARK IN BACK PAY
DAYMEN WIN $30 INCREASE
LAME SHIP DRAWS SHRIMP BOAT BUT COAST GUARD AINT A 'COMIN
MCS CHARGES FLOP; CG CLEARS SUP MEN
NEW RADAR RIG SEEN AIDING SHIPS SAFETY
INSURANCE AGENTS LAUD SIU SUPPORT IN STRIKE
YARMOUTH, EVA SALES STALLED BY US RULES
MASTER DEAF TO CREW PLEA AS 1 DIES OF FOOD POISON
OIL PAINTINGS LEAD IN SIU ART ENTRIES
SHIP SWITCHING TO GREAT LAKES
CONVOY SAFE IN SIMULATED WAR SAILING
NEW DRUGS TB SEAMEN'S CURE?
SUPER-SUPER OIL TANKERS TO BE BUILT
NSA RETIRES 7 SHIPS AS COAL NEEDS DROP
SEA CALLS BACK OILER, 72
SPLIT SHIP'S STERN TOWED INTO PORT
SIU RAPS BID TO REOPEN SHIP SALES
PANAMANIAN FLAG SHIPS - IDEAL FOR SUBVERSIVES
LIFE ON A SCHOONER - WAY BACK IN '35
WASHINGTON GAINING FAST AS IMPORTANT SEA PORT
LOCKING THE BARN
VANISHING BOGEYMEN
SIU ON SEA LANE
CZECHS BUY FLEET TO AID CHINA'S REDS
ALIEN WAIVER OF OFFICERS NOW IN EFFECT
CAKE OF SOAP CAUSES SENSATION ON STEEL VOYAGER ARABIAN RUN
HERE'S REAL INFO ON MADAKET
RED GIVES US LOWDOWN ON GERMAN WOMANHOOD
CREWMEN'S QUICK ACTION SAVES LYNN VICTORY FROM DISASTER
FLORIDA TO NY SHUTTLE MAKES TOUGH COMMUTING
ROSARIO CREW SIGHTING GLEAM OF CASH AWARD FOR SALVAGE
SUKIYAKI? BEEF ALA MODE DONE UP JAPANESE STYLE
SEAFARER DIES OF KNIFING
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VOL. XIV
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A F A R E R S :L
First JEntries Arrive^
Art Contest Rolling
Gladly quitting their ship after requesting payoff rather than cross a legitimate dockers' picketline,
SIU crewmembers of the cruise ship Puerto Rico leave the ship, with their gedr in San Juan.
PR's Crew A Hit
In Longshore Win
N,
First entries have already arrived in the LOG office as
Seafarets start submitting bids for prizes in the Union's first
art contest. Prizes will be distributed in four categories—
oils, ^atercolors, drawings*
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arid miscellaneous—^with the test, SIU SecretaryTreasurer Paul
deadline for entries se£ at MaJ' Hall declared: "We know we have
a lot of talented fellows sailing
10, 1952.
Aside from conventional paint our ships. Now's the time for them
ing, drawing and sculpture, entries to strut their stuff. We can show
involving any type of decorative or that Seafarers have a lot more on
handicraft work will be welcome, the ball than some people give
They could include such items as them credit for."
Contestants can submit as many
ships' models, wood carvings, dec
orative work in copper, leather or entries as they want in any one,, or
other materials, clay modeling, all, of the four categories involved.
weaving and similar hobbies which Entries should be mailed in to Art
Seafarers might pursue. As long C^ontest, c/o SEAFARERS LOG,
as the work is original and cre 675 4th Avenue, Brooklyn. Use reg
ative, and shows, skill and work istered mail wherever possible to
manship it will be eligible imder make sure that your entry doesn't
go astray« It's also important to
the miscellaneous heading.
Urging participation in the con identify your entry on the work
itself by putting your name on the
back or bottom whatever the case
may be. All pntries will be well
taken care of and returned to the'
owners.
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Judges of the contest will in
clude the art editor of^the LOO
plus other professionals in the
field. All entries will be exhibited
in headquarters for a week follow
ing the conclusion of the contest!
Aided by the deteriqination of Seafarers not to cross their
lines, Puerto Rican AFL longshoremen have returned to
work with a sizeable pay increase, thereby enabling paralyzed
operation of the SlUcon*
tracted Bull Lines to resume their conditions. The walkout was
endorsed b:/ the SIU as a legiti
through the port.
, The 25day longshore beef mate economic strike for wages; ,
slowed harbor activity" to a walk as Negotiations dragged for almost
the workers, affiliated with the a month until the final settlement
ILA on the mainland, struck , for which sent the men back on the
the second time in less than two job with an 18centanhour pay
months in an effort to improve boost for the current year. A retro
active pay accord was also reached,
in addition to liberalized shift dif
Stretching out the hand of
ferentials.
Maritime labor officials who helped obtain dockers' accord in friendship to a former "cap
Docking Mn San Juan with the
Puerto Rico included: (from L.R.), Packy Connally, ILA vp; Whiter tive" independent union, Sea
strike already on, Seafarers on the
Mason, AFL rep; Eddie Mooney, SIU rep; trear), Sal CoUs, SIU farers at a headquarters branch •
"hardluck" , cruise ship Puerto
rep
and Maritime Trades president; E. G. Merino, ILA District
meeting February 13 voted $600
Rico quickly made their feelings
Council
president, and
G.
Ortiz, San
Juan
ILA
president.
cash aid to the striking Tidewater
known in the situation, by immedi
Oil Employees Association
in their
ately voting afa shipboard meeting
battle against the giant oil con
to set things in motion for ^ pay
cern.
offthe next day. The aggressively
Once happily married to manage
unionminded crewmembers on the
ment during the several years of
Bull Lines cruise liner chose leav,
its existence at the Tidewater As
The Seafarers deck training ing the ship rather than push
sociated
oil refinery and tank
school continues to function through a legitimate ILA picket
farm.at Bavonhe, N. J., some 2,000
as a source of trained AB's for barrier.
"Having belatedly caught up on the inequities of its contract, workers finally bristled at com
US ships with four classes grad
Touch and Go
uated. Class No. 5 gets underway The Puerto Rico has been dogged the National, Maritime Union Is now turning its attention to pany antics seven weeks ago and
at headquarters Monday, February by a streak of ^ bad breaks which, lother longstanding sbrespots which it has heretofore neg voted to quit their jobs.
The breaking point in the cosy
25.
canceled four out of five scheduled lected. Included among them**
arrangement came when company
The fourth class, largest group sailings last fall since she was dry
negotiators refused to budge in
thus far to qualify, took lifeboat docked for repairs October 8.
are the problem of the stew number of patrolmen and their the talks which had dragged oh
visits
to ships
in
transit.
examinations early last week and Following the inking of the new ard, union hall facilities and
since last September 9 when the
sat for their written and practical agreement, the vessel finally un
' At the same time the newspaper previous
contract expired. The re
others.
AH exam'on Wednesday, February loaded cargo laying in her holds
revealed that stewards have been finery employees had been on the
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At the same time, ^NMU Presi neglected by the Union, in negotia job since then without a working
since she arrived in port early in
CandMates for the Mcket sent February and sailed for Trujillo dent Curran, in the last issue of tions and "thete isa conviction agreement.
,up oy the SIU have thus far shown City, Dominican Republic, a regu that union's newspaper, announced that justice needs to be done."
Action by the SIU in voting to
(Continued on page, 15)
larly scheduled stop on her cruise that the NMUis going to curtail while stewards are mem^bers of lend an assist to the strikers came
run. She is expected back in New its services to the membership still the NMU, under their contract the after an appeal to SIU Secretary
further, by cutting down on the companies are given wide latitude Treasurer Paul Hall by officials of
York Monday.
in selection of the steward. This the independent union, which he
keeps the steward under the presented for approval to the mem "
Feb. 22. 1952
Vol. XIV, No. 4
thumb of .the company to a great bership.
degree, with consequent neglect of
As I See It
Page 11
By Sea and Air
that department and detrimental
Crossword PuSzle
Page 10
The
strike
at the Garden State
effects on feeding. ^The NMU. is
Did You Know
Page 16
refinery
has
been highlighted by
now turning its attention .to defi
Editorial
Page 11
ciencies in its contract for stew picketing and strikebreaking by
Inquiring Seafarer..... Page 10
ards and cooks, in an attempt to sea and air.
Located right off the Jersey
give,
these men longoverdue ad
In The Wake
Page 10
shore
across from Brooklyn, the
Seafarers who lose, their validated papers too often may justments.
Letters
Page 19
refinery and tank farm provides
Halls Need Overhaul
Letter Of The Week... Page 11 find themselves in hot water with the Coast Guard under its
the production and storage facili
latest, policy.
The
Coast
Guard
is
clamping
down
on
such
Curran
also admits in his col ties for petroleum products dis
Maritime
Page 20
umn that the NMU's halls through tributed throughout the eastern
Meet The Seafarer.... Page 10 men in the belief that some of
the lost documents may be a thorough investigation as to his out the country are badly in need seaboard area.
Personals "
Page 15 falling into the hands of un reliability.
of overhauling and "that some new At a time when 200 supervisory,
Ships' Minutes
Page 23 authorized persons.
The law permits the Coast buildings might be erected." He employees were manning the plant,
Guard to deny a duplicate set of blames the inability to proceed a helicopter had been used : to
Ten Years Ago......... Page^ 10
Can Deny Duplicates .
papers to a seaman, even though on these improvements on the drop food for them inside com
Top Of The News..... Page i
A Seafarer can save himself a they have issued them in the first grounds that Union members re pany grounds, weather permitting.
Washifigtom News
Page 4 considerable amount of ^trouble by place.
fused to vote a $1 a month duos When, early in the strike, hazy
.
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Vacation, Welfare
taking' good care ol his papers. The Union can do very little un increase in p. recent ref^endum. A skies barred the airborne feeding
Benefits
Pages 20,21,22 Should he lose then) once or twice, der these circumstances for the simple m^ority of those voting mission, pickets took advantag*e of
the Coast Guard will issue dupli men involved. Seafarers are was needed, but the NMU mein the occasion by manning a boat to
Published biweekly at the headquarter*
of the Seafarers International Union, At cates without too much trouble. warned to hang on to those vali bers turned it down.
intercept a lighter which had been
lantic A Gulf District, AFL, *75 Fourth But if a man loses his papers sev
dated documents, and protect While bemoaning the fact that pressed into service to bring in
Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel. STeriing
,• 4*71, Entered as secend class matter eral times, the Coast Guard will their livelihood, for duplicates the membership has refused to go food for the company people on
might not be obtainable.
,
Sltdw* th7 Art
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become suspicio^.an^
, i^Continueij, on .page 151..,, i the ilriiide. '
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SIU Votes $
In Tidewater
Union Strike
SIU School
Busy As 5th
Class Forms
NMU Has More Woe
Cuts Crew Services
SEAFARERS LOG
Lose Your Papers Again?
CG May Refuse Duplicate
�Friday, FebrMiy "it,
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Vacation Cash Being Paid
In All 5IUA&G Branches • m
Framinr a handlettered poster pot op by one of their own^ a
yroup of striking AFL Insurance Agents at Newark, N. J. strike
headquarters sample the coffee, donuts and cigarettes provided
by the Seafarers for those on relief from a picketiine stint. The
Insurance Union lauded the SIU's "unqualified support . . . truly
trade unionism in action."
Insurance Agents End
Strike, Win Pay Boost
Carefuliy eyeing the processing of a vacation application. Seafarers stand by with their forms and
substantiating discharges at the headquarters Vacation Plan office. Two staffers check the forms be
fore they're rechecked and total eligibility time is computed to determine the nayment due.
Rounding out the first week of a revolutionary operation, the SIU Vacation
Plan paid out over $100 thousand to Seafarers eligible for an estimated $2.5
million in annual vacation benefits.
Though the initial rush of applicants has subsided momentarily, the Vacation
Approximately 9,000 striking Prudential insurance agents
Plan staff
at headquarters has geared itself to processing 2030 payments an hour,
throughout the country voted to accept terms ending their
11weekold strike. Agents in New York approved the agree roughly one every two minutes. Tripling the staff to handle the stream of appli
cants' and parry a barrage of questions from informa
ment on Tuesday evening,
tionseekers has enabled headquarters not only to turn
February 19, by a vote of 861
Vacation Payments Listed
Beginning this issue, the names and amounts of monies paid over a vacation check to an applicant within an hour
to 670 and the rest of the In
surance Agents International
Union's affiliates followed suit
in later voting.
The SIU has given considerable
support to vie strikers since the
early days of the walkout, which
began on December 1. The mem
bership originally voted a $500
(Continued on page 15)
out to Seafarers under the SIU Vacation Plan will appear in the
LOG on Pages 21, 22, 23, in addition to the biweekly report of the
Welfare Benefits whicU, since the inception of the Welfare Plan,
has also been a regular LOG feature.
The account of funds disbursed under the new Vacation Plan,
which began paying out benefits February 11, 1952, is published
in accordance with the policy of the Union to show the disposition
of all payments made into the Welfare and Vacation Plan funds.
Burly, On the Job, and Labor Roundup will be back in the next
issue of the LOG.
but to receive and process
applications from 4he outports try as more and more marine work
two weeks earlier than antici ers' unions come to recognize its
fairness to all parties. Since tlie
pated.
Revolutionizing previous vaca
tion setups in the maritime indus
try, the SIU plan enables anyone
sailing an. SIU ship to obtain an
annual paid vacation no matter how
many companies worked for dur
ing the year. Payment by the ship
owners into a central fund admin
istered jointly by the Union and
the operators permits payment for
actual time worked, at sea or in
port. Payments are handled only
through the Union.
The SJU Vacation Plan, negoti
last May with contracted
,Seamen, traditionally scorned at most places of amusement except for their dollars from ated
steamship companies, has already
a payoff, now really have a place of their own in the port of New York. Opened for business provided a pattern for the indus
Pprf 0' Call Bar Opens;
Hq Now In Full Operation
on February 13, the Port 'O Call Bar in the SIU headquarters building offers the type of spot
long sought by Seafarers.
The opening of the bar markfd
the beginning of operations on a
full scale of all facilities at head
quarters. Port 'O Call, like the
Sea Chest, in business since earlier
this month, flanks the main en
trance to the building on Fourth
Avenue. Though construction and
decoration had been completed
last year, when the ' u n i o n
physically moved from 51 Beaver
Street in downtown Manhattan, the
actual opening had to wait upon
the approval of a liquor license by
the State Liquor Authority.
Figurehead Feature
Grated by a nautical atmosphere
which instantly stamps it a happy
hunting ground for those who fol
low the sea for a livelihood, the
Port 'O Call also features the fig
urehead of a Norsewoman,.a spe
cially carved composite of a dozen
such ornamental pieces below the
bowsprit on wooden sailing ships
familiar to oidtimers.
The figurehead, as yet unnamed
except as "The Lady," is at the
foot of the 40foot long bowshaped
bar which is actually double that
' because it runs up both sides of
(Continued on page l3)
original signing of the precedent
shattering plan, many maritime
unions have followed the Seafarers'
lead by seeking similar plans for
their memberships.
Previously, seamen found the
(Continued on page 15)
Union Asks
Boost For
DayWorkers
Wage increases for deck and
engine department day work
ers plus a boost in mainte
All shipshape in its spanking new nautical motif, the Port 'O Call Bar in the SIU headquarters build
ing is host to Seafarers returning from all corners of the globe. The wellstocked shelves of the'
bar, tended by unioh barmen, offer drink at reasonable prices'plus food service from the adjacent
cafettvia. ' The stem Norse' lady figurehead offers a sharp contrast to the pleasant goingson.
nance and cure benefits were pro
posed by the SIU Negotiating Com
mittee to the shipowners , at a
headquarters conference February
20th,
The discussion with representa
tives of the majority of SlUcon
tracted companies centered around
a $15 monthly pay hike for wipers
and a $30 boost for all other deck
and engine daymen. The Union
also urged that maintenance and
cure benefits rise to $8 per day
from the present ceiling of $6.
Owners to Meet
Following the presentation of
the Union position on increasing
basic wages for the nonwatch
standers, the operators scheduled
conferences on the demands and.
were expected to have a decision
within a few days.
Attending for the Union were
Secretary Treasurer Paul Hall. As
sistant SecretaryTreasurer Lloyd
Gardner, New Orleans Agent
Lindsey Williams and SIU Vice
President Morris Weisberger.
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Friday, Febniary XX. 195X
SEAFAREkS LOG
City Of Savannah Honors SIU NEWSLETTER
Southland's Heroir Crew from WASHINGTON
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Several Members of Congress have introduced bills having for their
purpose the recognition of service in the merchant marine as a basis
for exemption from induction in the armed services. Although the
Selective Service Act of 1948 provides for the exemption from military
service during peacetime of those men who completed certain periods
of activemilitary duty during the recent emergency .and war, the
Selective Service Systemi is taking the position that "the service per
formed by members of the merchant marine, including service as
cadetmidshipmen at one of the US merchant marine academies, being
a civilian service and not a military service, does not qualify them for
these exemptions."
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The "big three" of the "US maritime fleet, and the United States,
all earmarked^for use in transatlantic trade, may be reduced to the
big "one" in the near future. That is to say, there is some chance
that American Export Lines may refuse to purchase the Independence
and Constitution if the price is not right.
The old maritime commission set a construction subsidy figure for
After presentation of plaque and medals, Souttiland's crewmembers pose on City Hall lawn with these two ships at 45 percent, meaning that Export would have to pay
vessel's skipper. Captain William Lawton. Plaque being held Is the original given by South Atlanilo about $12,000,000 for each ship. However, because of criticism levelled
by the General Accounting Office, the Government has been reviewing
Steamship Company, owners of the Southland.
this matter for well over a year, and rumor has it that the 45 percent
Recognition for the crew of the Southland, who rescued passengers and crew off the ill subsidy figure may be cut way down.
fated Flying Enterprise has been accorded by the City of Savannah. Special welcoming
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ceremonies were held at City Hall on February 6 when the Southland returned to its Back in 1934 Congress passed a resolution (Public law 17) specifying
that all commodities purchased by foreign nations in this country
home port on the last leg of"*
with
US loans should be shipped 100 percent In Americanflag ships.
fall, losing her deck cargo and suf down on the Southland's and dis
its journey to Rotterdam.
The Southland was the first ship fering deck damage in the process. abled the Southland boat's rudder. However, at the same time Congress left discretionary authority in
to reach the Enterprise when she The Southland stood by during the Both boats and crew were taken the government maritime agency and the loaning agency to waive this
lay listing in a North Atlantic gale. night and guided in other rescue aboard the Southland which then 100 percent requirement and allowed some of the goods to be shipped
by foreignflag tonnage.
In an episode which has now be ships, the Sherbom, Noordam and proceeded to Rotterdam.
A recent check up by this reporter indicates that the government
come a legend, the Southland Warhawk, as well as the navy
Criticize Judgment
maritime agency, along with the ExportImport Bank and other lend
rescued the first batch of Enter transport. General Greeley, the
Tke Southland's crewmembers ing agencies, have taken a very liberal view of this Act in so far as
prise passengers and crew under next day.
were critical of Carlsen's failure the foreign ships are concerned. What the agencies have done is to
extremely hazardous conditions.
Two Hour Delay
to attempt a return to port when take the term "substantial portion" (as appearing Insome of the ship
Mayor Olin F. Fulmer of Savan
nah presided at the ceremonies at At dawn the Southland was ready his hull cracked two days before; ping laws), and interpreted this to mean about 50 percent. Next they
which E. S. Trosdal of the South to rescue but Captain Carlsen of also his delay in calling for launch have applied this principle to the Public Law 17 so that today, and
Atlantic Steamship Company pre the Enterprise delayed for two ing of lifeboats the morning of the for some time past, foreignflag vessels have been allowed to carry up .
sented a plaque to Captain William hours before asking for rescue rescue. Members of the boat crew to 50 percent of the commodities purchased in this country with US
P. Lawton and the crew. Crew boats. The Southland launched its claimed that the Enterprise's port loans.
members received miniature copies number one boat which reached side life boat had its motor running The reason given by the government agencies for applying such a
of the plaque which read, "In rec the Enterprise and put, a line and could have been launched, sav principle is that trade is a "twoway street" and that if Americanflag
ognition of heroic services ren aboard. One woman passenger ing passengers and crew the neces ships were to carry all of this US government financed movement, this
country would be inviting retaliatory measures by foreign nations that
dered by the officers and crew of jumped and was picked up and sity of going into the water.
Members of the lifeboat crew would prove equally harmful to the American merchant marine.
the SS Southland, commanded by brought back to the Southland.
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Captain William P. Lawton, Jr., in On the second trip, Carlsen got were: 2nd Mate Henry Brazil, 3rd
rescuing passengers and crewmem the other passengers to go over the Mate Marion D. Swisher, 2nd Asst. The US merchant marine may acquire a flag of its own soon if the
bers of the Flying Enterprise, De side by sending each one over to Engineer Denver C. DiUmage, and present plans for amendment to the US Code are approved by the
cember 29. 1951."
gether with a crewmember. Six ABs Barney Swearinger, Louis H. House Judiciary Committee. Representative James Murphy, Democrat
passengers and eight crewmenibers Blizzard, Herman T. Nungezer and of New York, in sponsoring the bill, has recognized that the American
Skill And Courage"
merchant marine played a great part in two wars and is prepared to
Mr. 'Trosdal declared that despite were picked up including one un Willie D. Crawford.^
do the same if another War should develop.
conscious
woman
passenger
who
modern radar and radio equipment
Many foreign nations have distinctive flags for their merchant fleets.
which help immeasurably in any weighed over 200 pounds. It took
The Stars and
Stripes would continue to be flown at the stem with the
the
lifeboat
crew
a
half
hour
to
rescue it took skilled and courage
proposed
flag
displayed either at the bow or forward masthead of
ous seamen to rescue the men of haul her aboard.
the vessel.
the Enterprise.
Meanwhile, the British ship
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According to a report received Sherborn, the Waterman ship War
The Japanese merchant marine, a principal competitor of the US
by the LOG from crewmembers hawk and a Norwegian and Ger
fleet in prewar days, has a promising future ahead of it. American
James Manners and Leo F. Weeks, man ship in the vicinity made
shipowners already are complaining
of the revival of this once power
as well as the captain's log, the rescue attempts but all lost life
ful
competition.
How,pver,
the
Japs
were, hard pressed during the
Southland received an SOS from boats. The General Greeley also
war
as
to
shipping
and
are
Still
confronted
with ship replacement
the Enterprise on December 28. arrived on the scene and launched
difficulties
and
it
will
be
some
time
yet
before
they become a real
She turned north into the trough a lifeboat whose motor conked out
menace
to .the
US
fleet
again.
of the seas and battled to within after picking up four survivors.
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sight of the Enterprise by night The Greeley boat then drifted
Only those seamen employed .on American subsidized vessels, esti
mated in the neighborhood of around ICi.OOO men, will be directly af
fected by the outcome of a battle taking place between Government
agencies as to just which agency will have jurisdiction over the deter
mination of minimum wages and «vorking conditions on privately
owned vessels. Although authority to conduct such a study now rests
in the Federal Maritime Board, some elements are urging Congress
to transfer,this jurisdiction tg the Department of Labor.
The Department ot Commerce argues that there is no reason to dis
rupt the functions of the Maritime Board with regard to establishment
of minimum wage scales, which are but one element involved in the
problem of determining operational subsidies. A bill (S. 1142) now
pending in the Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Executive
Departments and currently being considered by the Committee would
transfer the minimum wage study to the Labor Department.
The 1936 Merchant Marine Act provides that in determining operat
ing subsidies, the government shipping agency must make a review
of wages and subsistence for seamen operating on such vessels.
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Although the international illicit traffic in narcotics presents a seri
ous internal problem in the US, sole responsibility should not be placed
on steamship lines, banks and insurance companies. Such would be
the net result if Congress passes a. bill (H.R. 6543)''recently introduced
by Representative Sabath, Democrat, Illinois. Under this measure,
the future stake of shipping companies would be jeopardized becau.se
the operators would be fined $50,000 upon a first conviction of bring
ing in narcotics Illegally; $100;?>0() upon a second conviction; and upon
a third conviction, all of the ships of the particular line tvould be
prohibited from entering American ports.
Certainly government agencies should continue their own responsi
bility in the matter of enforcing the prohibition of international traffic,
and not turn this responsibility over entirely to steamship linesi
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Savannah Mayor Olin F. Fulmer presides at City Hall welcoming cereihony fo^ officeik arid
of
the Southland (seated, frpnt row). A bronze plaque (Inset), was presented to the ship,honoring the
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Paye Five
SEAFARERS LOG
Bridges 'Supports' Ins Strike;
Gives Welfare Fund To Company
Eight weeks after the AFL Insurance Agen ts Union began their strike against the Pru
dential Life Insurance Company, Harry Bridges' International Longshoremen's Union signed
a welfare plan agreement which is being administered by the then strikebound company.
According to Bridges' own news f
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paper, the agreement was reached would not have hurt ILWU mem the SIU official said, "was noth
on January 26, 1952, with three bers, he added, because the em ing more or less than simple scab
waterfront companies in the Ha ployers had previously agreed to bing on the insurance strikers who
make it effective as of July 1, 1951. were in the midst of their fight to
waiian Islands. Prudential agents
"The ILWU's action in giving its crack the open shop insurance
have been on strike against the welfare business to Prudential," field."
company since December 1, 1951,
and are now voting on a settlement.
Negotiations for the new agree
ment had begun well in advance of
Steve Cardullo, Philadelphia port agent, (center rear, white shirt)
the insurance agents strike, but
presides at meeting of that city's Maritime Trades Council. He was
had continued through the months
recently reelected chairman of the city's AFL waterfront group.
of December and January. Ail the
SIU patrolman Ray Dates sits with back to camera.
while, the Prudential company,
which was selected by the ILWU
and the employers to run the plan,
Further tightening of security clearance regulations has
had been making strong efforts to
break the strike of the agents been announced by the Coast Guard. Under an order which
through a massive advertising went into effect on February 15, seamen on coastwise, inter
campaign.
coastal and Great Lakes shipst
will have to obtain the same tion, and that waivers now being
Other Co's Available
An SIU headquarters official security clearance validation granted are on the way out.
Recognition of the allaround support of the Seafarers in the pointed out that there was no on their papers as seamen on Severe penalties are provided for
violation of the order. Should a
campaigns of Philadelphia AFL maritime labor for better reason for the ILWU to sign with foreign runs.
Prudential, as welfare and pension In addition to. plugging this seaman be sent out on a job with
conditions has again returned Steve Cardullo, SIU port agent, plans can be secured from dozens
out the required papers and signed
as chairman of the AFL Mafi*^
of insurance companies on an loophole in the regulations, the on, not only is the man subject to
punishment but the owner of the
time Trades Council of that waterfront in the City of Brotherly almost identical cost basis. Any Coast Guard is clamping down on ship
and the Union as well.
Love as one of the chief ports delay that might have resulted in the issuance of temporary waivers.
city.
switching to another company Waivers have been issued in the
throughout the US.
Gathered at the' Seafarers hall
past in cases where a seaman had
on Market Street, the city's repre
filed application for his papers but
did not have them on hand. A
sentative body of AFL marine
man sailing out of the West Coast,
workers met and reelected, in ad
Seafarers on the payroll of
for example, might have had his
dition to Cardullo, Recording Sec
papers sent to a West Coast port. a ship while in port should
retary Clifford Carter, ILA organ
In order to sign on out of New make sure to get discharges
York
or any East Coast port he from the skipper for port time
izer, and Financial Secretary Henry
would secure a waiver from the as well as for the time spent
Varlack, business agent, ILA Local
at sea.
Coast Guard.
1291.
Failure to get such dis
Alien seamen who are not legally residents in the United
Waivers. On Way Out
charges will mean that the
Meanwhile, the Philadelphia
States, or who have not filed intention to become citizens In the near future, however, the Seafarer won't be able to get
Waterfront Council, ILA, sent a
Coast Guard will discontinue is
credit for the port time toward
formal letter of thanks to Cardullo can no longer get seamen's papers under new regulations suance of waivers so that the sea
his yacation money. This could
in appreciation of the "help and recently issued by the Coast
man will simply have to get hold mean that a man would lose
assistance you have given us in the Guard. The regulations apply form was issued back during the of his papers if he wants to sail. In out on some of the vacation
past."
effect, the new regulations mean
dough. Such being the case,
both to new applicants, and to war years.
Lockout Aid
If an alien has his papers signify that a seaman will not be per
every Seafarer owes it to him
aliens who have lost their pa ing his intention to become a mitted to sail on US vessels, coastal. self to get a discharge for port
The testimonial, signed by Coun
time worked.
cil Secretary Frank H. McGann, pers and are applying for citizen he does not have to get Lakes, or foreign, without valida
stated: "We are particularly grate duplicates.
the residence form. Under no con
ful for the efforts you have made Those aliens who are applying
ditions
however, will the Coast
in the recent lockout by the oper for papers or duplicates must first
FIRST ANNUAL
Guard
renew seamen's papers
ators and the strike that Local go to the Immigration Bureau and
1537 had alainst the Philadelphia secure the green card form. No. without the proof required. Any
Piers, Inc. at Pier 98 S., in bring 1151 which states that they are aliens sailing on US ships now
ingthese beefs to a successful con legal residents of the United States. who have not established legal resi
clusion."
The Coast Guard stressed that the dence must hold on to their pres
Acknowledgement was also given old form, a blue or white paper ent papers for if they lose them,
for the role played by Seafarers with the identifying letters INS the Coast Guard will not renew
in efforts to maintain the busy AR1035 is no longer valid. This the documents.
Phila MTC Reeletfs
SIU Agent As Head
CG Widens Validation
Rule; Waivers To End
Get That Port
Time Discharge
Halt Issuing Of Papers
To NonResident Aliens
seafarers \
art contest \
The Admiral Views an SIU Ship
1. OILS
2. DRAWINGS
3. WATER COLORS
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Friday, Febmaiy Xt, 19St
Govt Probes Big Tanker Deal
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Washington.—A complex business deal involving eight government surplus tankers, which
manipulated an initial $101,000 investment into a $3,250,000 profit inside of three vears, has
THREE STRIKES AND OUT—^After three airplane crashes in Eliza
been termed nothing more than an honest example of American free enterprise in operation. beth, NJ,
city limits since December 16 with a toll of 118 lives, Newark
The intricate transaction, curf——
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airport has . been closed down indefinitely. In addition to deaths of
rently highlighting hearings be new ammunition from disclosures ment in the purchase of the surplus passengers, the crashes have taken lives of residents of the city in
petroleum carriers was legally met their homes just outside the airport. In all cases tee planes crashed
( fore a Senate investigation unit, at the current hearings.
Legal, but Fishy
by an actual stock investment of no while taking off or landing at the airport which is a little over a mile
utilized 15 separate domestic cor
Though apparently within the
from the city of Elizabeth. The tragedies and the closing of the air
porations and, though dealing law, the transaction remained high more than $6 by Americans.
Another aside in the transaction port raise the problem of what to do about locating airports within
through taxfree Panamanian sub ly questionable in the eyes of was the puzzle presented to Sen or near city limits. Many other major US airports hre too close to
sidiaries, was never promoted by Senate members of a Permanent ate probers by the action of the thicklypopulated areas for the comfort of the inhabitants.
a desire to escape payment of Investigation Committee, since it former US Maritime Commission
corporate income taxes, one of admittedly involved an attorney up in approving a sale of three tankers
on charges of perjury for earlier
THE SAME OLD FAMILIAR PATTERN—^Four men who were for
the prime manipulators stated. It testimony, who has been cited as to the group which hauled in the merly
top officials of the Czechoslovak Communist government will
profits a full 24 hours before the
was just "luck," he asserted, and the original inventor behind the corporation actually existed.
be tried on charges of plotting to assassinate the country's president,
the thought of tax avoidance whole scheme.
The entire promotion, complex Klement Gottwald. The men involved include Rudolpf Slansky, for
never entered his mind, according Five tankers purchased from the as it is, has stymied the Senate in merly Moscow's key man in Prague, and Dr. Vladimir dementis,
to Joseph E. Casey, former Massa government under the ship sales quiry, which is expected to con former foreign minister. It's part of the same pattern of constant
purges of Communist officials in all satellite nations and in the Soviet
act were first chartered under a tinue into next month.
chusetts Congressman.
15year agreement to a Panamani
Union itself. Ironic part of tee situation is that Slansky was one of
The complicated workings of an concern controlled within the
those responsible for dementis' downfall and now he too has to dance
the tanker deal also assumed a machinery of the corporate setup
to the piper.
new facet recently when it was now under question, then instantly
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revealed one of the individuals in rechartered for five years to a
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE AN OIL WELL—King Ibn Saud of Saudi
volved was Newbold Morris, a Re Standard Oil of New Jersey Pana
Arabia, who is sitting on more oil reserves than any other human be
publican, named by President manian unit at a fee two and a
ing anywhere, got a little token of esteem from the Arabian American
Truman to head a national probe half times as large, though it was
Oil Company. The gift consisted of 20 speciallybuilt Cadillacs at a
of corruption in government. Those asserted the disparate fees were
cost of $12,500 per buggy. They are designed to transport the aging
seeking to discredit the govern both "going rates" in the industry
monarch's 100 exwives (and his four present ones) in luxurious com
nient corruption inquiry gained because of the difference in charter
fort. The limousines are sixdoor, aircooled jobs seating six wives
periods. The succeeding profit en
in the rear seats plus a chauffeur and attendant. All windows are
Speciallytrained
squads
of
cus
abled repayment of a near $10
made of oneway glass, so as to protect the wives from tee prying
million loan made to finance ship toms agents are now on duty in eyes
of outsiders. In addition the cars have speciallyinsulajed tops,
purchases. The remaining three all major seaports to prevent
tankers were since resold for a smuggling of atom weapons into fire extinguishers and heaters. Ibn Saud, who is supposed to be 72
is allowed four wives, but has escaped from teis little detail
$450,000 profit. One of them is the the country. The Customs Bureau years old,
by
divorcing
100 others, whom he still supports. And that takes a
Sea Tiger, an SlUmanned ship._
lot of oil wells.
has
revealed
that
these
squads
A requirement that control of
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the corporations involved had to were set up because of increasing
THE
FIRST
ELIZABETH
WAS
DIFFERENT—With
the traditional
Another severe Atlantic storm, be in the hands of US citizens in concern over the possibility of display of pomp and pageantry, the British buried their late king,
order to receive preferential treat smuggling such weapons into the
one of a series that have plagued
George VI, and proclaimed the accession of Queen Elizabeth 11 to the
country.
throne. The new queen has the job of presiding at all the complicated
shipping this winter, split two
A spokesman said that the bu and mysterious ceremonial which holds the British Commonwealth
tankers off the Coast of Cape Cod
reau
is more worried about this together. Otherwise^ she has no political power. In other ways too,
and caused damage to several
than
smuggling
of gems, narcotics she is quite different than the tough and lusty Elizabeth 1 who came
other ships. Two seamen, mem
to the throne in 1568 in an atmosphere of assassination and intrigue.
and gold.
Headquarters again wishes
bers of the National Maritime
She
established England as a leading sea power for centuries there
To facilitate their inspecUons
Union, were known to have to remind all Seafarers that agents have been given such highly after by her vigorous support of such sea pirates as Sir Francis Drake
drowned and seven others are be payments of funds, for what secret information as the size, ap and others. The present Elizabeth is quite refined by comparison.
ever union purpose, be made pearance and parts of an atom
lieved lost at this writing.
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bomb. Other unconventional weap
only to authorized
A&G repre
The tankers, the Fort Mercer
THE
MONEY
IS GOOD
ANYWAY—There's a business man in Mil
war are also involved in the waukee who has the city in
and the Pendleton, both T2's, were sentatives and that an official ons of
debt to him to the tune of over half a
customs scrutiny.
million dollars since 1946, but hasn't sent in a bill yet. When the
broken in two by a severe winter Union receipt be gotten at that
The Coast Guard estimates that
blizzard which crippled New Eng time. If no receipt is offered, in a given month 30 to 40 vessels news..came out, Leo Schneider, president of the Schneider Fuel &
Supply Co., was reported to have left town for a few days to escape
land and whipped up tremendous be sure to protect yourself by from the Soviet Union and its sat the publicity. The bill is for building materials and sewer castings
ellite countries enter New York which Schneider's firm had sold the city. His wife explained that it
seas in the area. Several small immediately bringing the mat
harbor. Traffic into other harbors, was a oneman business and Schneider hadn't had the chance to submit
fishing vessels have been lost or ter to the attention of the sec
while lighter, is still considerable invoices. Meanwhile the money due has earned $7,500 interest.
damaged and a third ship, the retarytreasurer's office.
enough to cause concern.
freighter Helen Stevenson, is in
The union's word of advice
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While no information has ever
distress north of Bermuda with
is to insure that all monies been given out as to the size and THEY NEED A UNION, TOO—The British government is reported
cracks across the deck.
High winds in New York and paid are credited to your SlU shape of atom bombs produced in to be considerably worried because American imiversities and indus
this country, it is generally under trial firms are offering wellpaying jobs to British scientific workers.
elsewhere along the coast caused record. Insistence on an offi
minor mishaps. The Cities Service* cial receipt will prevent "can stood that engineers have been Chemists, engineers, electronics experts and nuclear physicists are
tanker. Council Grove, was blown shakers" from soliciting funds aiming' at progressive reductions having tempting offers dangled before them, one chemist being of
in size and weight since the first fered $40,000 a year by an American drug concern. Since the average
from its anchorage and went
aground. It had to be freed by for unauthorized purposes, and atom bomb was dropped on Hiro run of the mill British scientific worker on British government projects
receives about $56 a week it's easy to see that American offers would
two tugs. Similar accidents af will bai; any foulups later on. shima in 1945.
attract a good response. The government is concerned because these
fected two freighters in the port
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men are badly needed in Britain for research there.
of Philadelphia.
The Soup Smells'Good
Off Massachusetts
DEFENSE CONTRACTS PLACED ABROAD—Industry in Western
The Fort Mercer, a 16,500 ton
vessel was broken in half 32 miles
Europe is going to get another dollar transfusion as the United States
east of Chatham, Mass., en route
will place halfabillion dollars worth of defense contracts with Western
from New Orleans to Portland,
European manufacturers between now and June 30. Major items to be
Maine. At last word, at least
manufactured include ammunition, electronics and aircraft supplies.
some of the crew was still aboard,
The purpose of the program is to get European rearmament going
although a Coast Guard plane re
with US money. The theory behind it is that producing the same
ported that the lifeboats appar
goods at home would be much more expensive and would not have
ently had been launched.
any stimulating effect on European production.
The 10,000 ton Pendleton did
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not even have time to send an
GOODBYE TO
KHAKI. .
. FOREVER? —
Beginning in March the
SOS when the seas split her just
Army has announced it will start releasing the first of 220,000 soldiers
five miles offshore. Thirtytwo
who are members of the reserve and of the National Guard. Releases
crew members were rescued off
wilLteegin ahead of time because the Army has more men in it right
her stern section which drifted
now than called for under its requirements and budget allowances.
into the surf off the bbaches of
All told, the Army called up 320,000 men from the Guard and the
the Cape. The bow section was re
reserves since the start of the Korean War. |About
100,000 of this
portedly drifting eight miles off
total have already been released upon completing a tour of active
shore with Coast Guard cutters
duty up to 17 months.
reporting no sign of life. One of
the men known to be lost weighed
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300 pounds. He missed the Coast
DUST BOWL MIGRATIONS IN BRAZIL—Northeastern Brazil is
Guard lifeboat when he jumped
suffering from prolonged drought and dust bowl conditions which are
for it and was too heavy to pull
similar to those that affected Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska in this
aboard.
country in the 1930's. More than 300,000 Brazilians have pulled
The Pendleton had left Baton
up stakes and gone south to the vicinity of Sao Paulo and Rio in the
Bouge last Tuesday with a cargo New Jersey Congressmen Peter Rodino (left), and Hugh Addo
hope of finding jobs. In the Sao Paulo region alone, more than 1,100
of fuel oil for Boston. She bad
such refugees are airiving every day. Practically none of the Brazilian
been scheduled to arrive Sunday nizio get an appetizing whiff of the day's specials as cook stirs "Oakles" have any money, food or shelter. Conditions in the wheat
night but was delayed .by the tee broth in SlU cafeteria's shiny galley. The two legislators looked growing areas have become so bad that the goveratnent has banned
storm.
I in during a tour of facilities at SlU headquarters.
the baking of white djread. •
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Customs Alert
For Smuggled
Atomic Bombs
Heavy Storm
Splits Two
T ankships
Be Sure to Get
Bues Beceipts
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SEAFARERS LOG
Pare Sevea
A Lotto Smiles
lOOG'sW orth
A small gray sixinchhigh check quipped, not the first time this lit
writing machine virtually dwarfed tle joke had come from the stew
the giant 22foot colored shipping ards department, but everyone
board in importance at headquar laughed. It was a happy day for
ters the past two weeks. The com many, holding a vacation check
pact little machine, operated by an for the first time since they went
equally trim young lady on the to sea, the most agewrinkled of
Vacation Plan staff, ground out them looking spry, even eager to
checks by the hundreds as pay go back to sea again, though a cas
ments averaged one every two ual observer might say it was tiuie
minutes from the time forms were for him to sign off for the last time.
filled out to the moment the com
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pleted vacation check was in the The scene was repeated else
hands of the happy applicants where, in the outports. New Or
clogging the stairways and offices leans for one. No. 523 on Bienville Drawing of pier shows how concrete box will be positioned under twostory pier shed. Second hoz
nearby.
Street a beehive of activity as the will be behind it and third will support bulkhead shown in rear.
men filled in forms, showed their
discharges and officials there kept
Market Street in Philly and an eye on the men, smiling in an
look of confounded amazement on ticipation of spending their "first"
the faces of Seafarers kidding, real vacation dough.
pushing for a next in iine. "You Baltimore: A strict one for pro
mean I'm finished...?" murmured tocol, knowing his office must ac
one, fingering a check for $71.15, count for every application by num
representing 183 days of work, half ber, Bull Sheppard fuming when
Netv York's longoverdue port modernization progranv strongly supported by the SIU
a year to the day. "Heli, I figgered a youngster, 18 maybe and back
I'd be here for hours before I'd from his first trip, ceremoniously and all maritime interests, is still bogged down in the talking stage. But one indication of
see this thing." Mugging it for fills out the form, then finding he what the future might bring if a portwide program was undertaken by the city is con
those standing around, he kissed left his discharge home, getting up
the oblong bit of paper...The and racing off like a potential miler tained in the radically new^
Brotherhood of the Sea in the City while the Baltimore Bull fumed design for the North River's gets moving on its problems. The them. Then a passage willbe cut
of Brotherly Love celebrated that and hoped the kid'll be back with Pier 57, now under construc Brooklyn waterfront, where a great through the intervening 100 feet
many SIU contracted operators of land and the boxes will be
night on into the wee hours...
the form so he can account for the tion.
are located, is in rundown shape. towed down river to the site.
The conventional New York pier SIU contracted companies, such as Once on the site, the boxes will '
number.
i t
is a wooden one supported by tim Bull and Isthmian, who have long be filled
it t> X
with water and sunk be
"No, you can't collect for time Bank guards drawing up to the bers driven down into the harbor term leases on their docks from low the mean water level of the
on those ships!" the Vacation of building, a highwayman's prize in bottom. The new pier will be private interests, have sunk a great river. Two of the boxes will be
concrete and steel throughout, and
fice clerk moaned. "What are you the
thin cloth bags they brought will be supported by three floating deal of money into pier and ter placed end on end to support the
doin' here anyway,'! he asked the
length of the pier (725 feet over
up to the third deck conference concrete boxes based on the pon minal improvements.
brash young seaman who had room
Space Problem
all) while the third will be placed
where
checks
were
being
shouldered his way ahead of the cashed. . One of New York's "fin toon principle.
Construction of the concrete crosswise to support the bulkhead.
The boxes themselves are being boxes was made possible by a com
line a dozen times before finally est," a city cop, sitting back com
The four levels of the pier will
waiting his turn with the others In fortably in a plush chair, but al built in Haverstraw, NY, roughly bination of ingenuity and good for consist of a basement, the two
25 miles up the Hudson from
the smokefilled office. He had pro
as the jingle of coin northern limits. When finished tune. The contractor was faced floors of the shed and the roof. The
duced discharges from an obscure ways watchful
and crackling of new paper cur they will be floated down river by with the problem of finding a site basement, framed by the concrete
line not contracted to the SIU. rency
another com tugs and submerged at the sjte to to erect three boxes, each of them boxes, will be accessible by freight
"Umpteen companies to choose pleted announced
350 feet long, 82 feet wide and 34 elevator.
transaction.
serve as supports for the pier feet deep.
from and this guy finds one we
The roof can be used for auto
proper.
never even heard of," the clerk
The location which was selected mobiles and other cargo not affect
XXX
remarked under his breath... It
Familiar Hazard
is an abandoned clay quarry which ed by being outdoors.
was nearly closing time for the A sudden outbreak of colorful The old pier fell victim to a has been described by the pier's Other features of the pier in
day—a hectic one. The Vacation ties, eyecatching sport shirts blaz familiar waterfront hazard—^fire— designer. Captain Emil Praeger, as clude a truck ramp direct to the .
staff had worked overtime several ing with color, a new hat for some in September, 1947, and was com the "biggest natural drydock in the second floor of the shed, a taxi
nights, past closing on Saturday as they splurged on a few clothing pletely destroyed. The concrete and world." The big advantage of the ramp to the basement, escalators,
and still they kept coming. "It's items during their stay on the steel structure replacing it will pit, aside from its huge size (it is and elevators for freight and pas
like an Invasion," someone com
be fireproof throughout. Its design 2,800 feet long, almost half a mile, sengers. The pier will be com
mented ... "But most of us haven't beach at the Sea Chest down be provides Jor twice the floor area and 800 feet wide) is the fact that pleted some time in 1953.
seen a vacation check in years," low, sampling the unionmade on four separate levels as against it is just 100 feet away from the While there are no plans afoot
said a balding, thin Southerner, wares at their "own" store, a un two levels of the conventional pier. Hudson River, and is below the to construct additional piers of this
while expounding on the merits of ionoperated "slop chest" in their While the new pier 57 is being river's level.
kind, the "natural drydock" in
his grandchild to a former ship
constructed as a replacement for In order to use the pit, water Haverstraw is always available. All
own"
building.. .Feet
on
the
rail
mate he'd met after a run to Italy.
old pier, rather than as part of which had accumulated in it had that would have to be done to use
at the Port 'O Call Bar, the boys an
a modernization program, it could to be pumped out into the Hudson. it after the present boxes are com
enjoy a quick "nip" after they become the prototype of what When the boxes are completed pleted would be to fill in the cut
"I don't know what I'll do with picked up their checks and talked Seafarers would find in New York water will be sluiced in, or pumped in the dike and pump the water
this dough," a paunchy baker about the "the old days. ..." harbor when and if the city finally in from the river in order to float out again.
Novel Construction Methods Used
In New Waterfront Program For NY
$1
Cartoon History Of The SIU
Clouds of war hung heavy in 1915. Europe was
aflame and US seamen were dying as sub warfare
was unleashed on a huge scale. Despite years of
persecution, seamen's unions sounded the call to
the membership to serve the nation. Seamen were
iirst to serve Americain combat—^first to die.
First to Die
For the first time all shipping was done through
union hiring halls. In the war emergency, the union
held oif on wage demands and "kept them sailing."
World War I casualty lists show 20 seamen's deaths
for each uniformed man. Yet wages were low and
protection less than in the armed forces.
No. S
When the US Shipping Board was established, it
set up government hiring halls patterned after ship
owner associations' fink halls. They operated
largely as recruiting centers. With the bars vfsy
do^ on requirements, an AB ticket being good
for all ratings, men came from all over, to ship ouL
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SEAtARERS LOG
Friday, February. 22, 1952,
PORT REPORTS.
when the boys hit port and desire Baltimore:
Victory (Mississippi) and Bluestar New York:
refreshments they can find it in
(Traders).
their own bar, and probably meet
All the necessary repairs turned
a lot of old friends thei'e at the
in by the crews were taken care
same time.
of nicely, so there was no beef on
Claude Simmons
that score. We did have a little
Asst. Sec'yTreas.
gettogether with a chief engi
Shipping
and
business
has
Shipping has slumped some
Business affairs of the port a/e neer concerning his treatment of
what f(^r the past two weeks, as
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in good shape, with beefs few and one of the wipers and straightened dropped off somewhat in the past
two weeks due to the fact that a
several of the 20 ships paying off
far between. Shipping is still good, him out for the future.
Mobile:
here have been put into drydock
and we've nine payoffs scheduled, The Jeff Davis came in looking number of ships due for payoff
for repairs. The coming period,
plus the crewing up of the Joyce pretty bad in the steward depart here were diverted to other ports.
however, shapes up to be normal
Kilmer (Mississippi). The Kilmer ment. Her galleys, messhalls, ice In addition, the longshoremen's
with business running from fair to
has been here since July due to the boxes and pantries were all filthy. strike in Puerto Rico has had all
good, and with no cause for the
strike at Todd's shipyard, but is We gave the steward a dressing of the Bull Line ships held up,
men on the beach to become
due to crew up shortly now that down for that and our talk wound along with some of the intercoastal
Shipping for the coming period alarmed.
ships that stop there.
the strike is over.
up with putting a new steward We paid off a total of 23 ships looks fair with eight ships due in
Fourteen ships have signed on
Paying off were Alcoa's Ruimer, aboard to straighten the whole de and signedon 8 in the past period. for payoff and replacements.
in this port and six stopped around
Polarus and James Caldwell; Del partment out.
The strike ended today, so the Our payoff activity the past two in transit.
Mundo, Del Norte (Mississippi);
Brother Thomas G. Lyons, ex
Payments under the Vacation'
Frank C. Emerson (South Atlantic), pected to be shipping within two freight trade to the islands should weeks included the following;
begin
jumping
again
around
here.
Plan
have been greeted very en
and John H. Marion (US Water weeks, is "recovering nicely since
Christine (Tlni); Alcoa Clipper; thusiastically. Several of the
The
list
of
payoffs
included
the
M^ays), since sold and signedon as the blood donations by his Union
City of Alma, Monarch of the Seas, brothers at our meeting called at
the SS Compass, for Compass SS shipmates. He highly praised his following: Suzanne, Frances, Kath Afoundrla (Waterman), and Alcoa tention to our gains during good
ryn,
Evelyn
(Bull);
Lousiana,
Sa
Company. Others signing on were brother Union members for the
Corsair. Signing on again were the and welfare, as 53 vacation checks
the Frank C. Emerson and Richard way they rallied when the chips vannah (Seatrain); Fort Hoskins, Christine, City of Alma, Afoundrla were turned over to eligible mem
Abiqua, Cantigny, French Creek,
Davis (South Atlantic); Del Mar, were down.
and Angus McDonald (Mississippi). bers.
Monte and Norte, and Alcoa Part
Seriously ill in the hospital, Council Grove, Lone Jack. (Cities
Front Quiet
ner, Runner and Polarus.
Lyons was on the critical list un Service); Western Farmer (Western Six intransits also came around
Things on the labor front are
to
call.
They
were:
Steel
Maker
Nav);
Steel
Artisan
(Isthmian);
til a gang of Seafarers answered a
InTransits Good
(Isthmian), Cecil Bean (Dry Trans), faiidy quiet. The Baltimore Feder
call
for blood donors and volun Atlantic Water (MarTrade); Lilica
Our intransits, 19 all told, in
(Dolphin); Claiborne, Fairhope, Bradford Island (Cities Service), ation of Labor and the Labor
teered
more
than
enough
to
take
cluded: Steel Recorder, Steel Sur
Wild Ranger, Azalea City (Water Michael Moran (Mississippi), Alcoa League for Political Education,
veyor, Steel Inventor, Steel Maker care of his needs. It was a real man); James McHenry (Bloomfield), Runner and Amarillo Victory. No meanwhile, are laying the ground
demonstration
of
the
brotherhood
Isthmian); Alcoa Clipper, Corsair;
and John Hanson (White Range). beef worth noting on any of these work for the endorsement of can
Del Mar, Mente; Seatrains Louisi we so often take for granted.
didates in the coming election. We
Our signons were: Steel Kin^, wagons.
Sam Cohen
ana, New Jersey and Georgia;
understand there is going to be
Steel
Executive,
Steel
Flyer
(Isth
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Like
every
Wilmington Port Agent
Maiden Creek, Stonewall Jackson,
mian); Chickasaw, Azalea City,
where else at SIU some real downtoearth organizing
City of Alma (Waterman); Sea
4 4 4'
Claiborne, Fairhope (Waterman),
halls, all the men to register labor's vote and to
Comet (Seatraders); Nathaniel Sils Galveston:
and Robin Trent (RolSin).
here are very make a good showing for labor
bee (South Atlantic); Evelyn, Edith
No Major Beefs
happy these days endorsed candidates. We truly
(Bull), and Julesburg (Terminal
There were no major overtime
because after hope so as this is the only method
Tankers).
beefs involved in any of these pay
such a long time in which organized labor can make
Biggest topic of conversation
offs, everything having been settled
they are now ac its voice heard amid the clamoring
around here is the paying of vaca
tually able to col of the politicians.
at that time. Most of the ships
The Masters, Mates and Pilots
tion money, and one of those fil
lect
dough for a
were
in
very clean
shape,
with
the
Shipping activity is holding its
are holding a Bull Roast (nothing
ing and express
vacation.
delegates
and
crews
doing
a fine
own down in the Lone Star State,
Cayton
ing great pleas
' One such is personal, I understand) this Sun
although we're not setting any job. There was one exception to
ure with the set
this,
the Steel
Artisan,
which came
Louis Cayton, a member
of the SIU day. We offer our best wishes for
records.
its success to Captain Kirk.
up is Gaetano Sil
We had seven payoffs and the in with a few men who had been since 1944, who goes to sea pretty
Earl Sbeppard
vestri, a relative
drunk
and
performing
on
boai'd
regularly
because
he's
a
married
same seven signed right on again.
Baltimore
^ort Agent
newcomer to the
These were; Thomas Heywood ship, with the result a number of man with a family who needs those
4
4 •
4
SIU. Gaetano is
legitimate
loggings.
dollars to buy groceries. Lou, who
(Waterman); Rudolph Kauffman
very pleased with
(Alcoa); Catherine (Dry Trans); All of these men should remem sails in the steward department,, Savannah:
the Vacation
Richard Pearson, Margaret Brown ber that we will be sitting down to found it virtually impossible, he
Plan, which gives
(Bloomfield); William Tilghman negotiate a new contract in July, noted, to ever get a vacation be
all members the
Silvestri
and the companies will have records cause, like many other men in his
(Mississippi) and Sunion (Kea).
money due re
There were 14 intransits: Cata of all of these activities to throw same position, he liked to spend a
gardless of rating or length of houla (National Nav); Maiden in front of us. This type of action little time at home with his family
Rated men willing to come down
Union membership. He's been sail Creek, City of Alma (Waterman); makes it doubly hard to obtain the and therefore could never meet
ing now since 1940, and came over Seatrains New Jersey, Louisiana, standards and conditions we are the strict requirements under pre south will find good weather and
good shipping still the standard
to the Seafarers and better condi Texas, Georgia; Wanda (Epiph entitled to. Every member of this vious vacation setups.
tions in 1947 from the NMU. He any); Stony Creek (Mar Trade); Union should take it upon himself "It's one of the many conditions bill of fare in this port.
regularly sails waiter on passenger Del Mundo (Mississippi); Compass to see that nothing or no one that an SIU man can appreciate," We paid off and signed on the
trips. Known as "Blackie, the Sing (Compass); Steel Surveyor (Isth jeopardizes the conditions enjoyed he stated. "I'm very proud of be High Point Victory, Southland and
ing Waiter" to his shipmates, he miian); Bradford Island (Cities by the membership of this Union. ing a member of this organization," Annlston Victory, all for South
originally hails from the Bronx, Service) and Spencer.
We have started paying out the he added, "and although this has Atlantic, during the past period.
NY, but settled in our fair city. One of our brothers from this vacation pay, which is coming in been said many times, I would like Our intransits numbered four:
He plans to be married in June to city, Richard H. Williams, Sr., 67. really handy for the boys on the to offer my thanks to the negotiat Clarolyn (Bull); Seatrain Savannah
a little gal named Emily, but an AB, has made his final depar beach who need some dough to ing committee and the headquar (Seatrain); Steel Surveyor (Isth
doesn't expect that to keep him ture. Stricken with a heart attack tide them over during the slack ters officials for a job well done." mian) and the Portland Trader, an
away from the sea. He's on the Del aboard the William A. Richardson period of shipping. A lot of them I'm sure the brothers will be SUP ship.
Norte, due to sail for South Amer (Waterman), he died at a hospital are also using a part of it to catch saddened, as we were here, to learn There was a beef on the High
ica soon.
in France. Our condolences to his up on their dues since, they ex that brother Fred Sumerlin died Point Victory regarding repairs to
the stove and other minor repairs.
Lindsey J. Williams widow and family.
plain, if they pay it with the vaca at the local USPHS on February 12. We had let the ship ride the last
New Orleans Agent
Keith AIsop
tion money they never miss it.
Cal Tanner
two trips on the promise that the
t 4 4
Galveston Port Agent
Our new bar is now open, so
Mobile Port Agent stove would be fixed up before she
Wilmington:
sailed from the states.
However, at the payoff this time
the stove still hadn't been repaired
so the crew took it on its own not
to signon until it was. This got
fast action from the company, which
Business in this port is running
got busy and had parts brought in
just like a kid's seesaw—up high
by plane. When the repairs were
Shipping from January 30 to February 13
one time, way down low the next.
completed a day later, the crew
In contrast to a bleak picture last
signed on the dotted line and the
REG.
REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP.
period, our shipping was great the
SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL ship sailed on time for France.
PORT
DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK
past two weeks. But nW that's
Southland Story
ENG. STEW. SHIPPED
over. The beach has been swept Boston
There was a very heartwarming
26
19
8
21
18
50
53
11
clean, and the prospects for the
story concerning the crew and
173
147
98
133
65
94
418
292 officers of the Southland, for their
next period do not look too good New York...
in the way of payoffs.
Philadelphia
71
43
163
52
49
59
42
154 part in the rescue of passengers
Four Waterman wagons pro
and crew from the Flying Enter
Baltimore
180
116
386
70
53
214
90
91
vided the payoff activity here,
prise, the nowsusken freighter
126
331
122
89
• 83
74 • 261
98
among them the Young America, Norfolk
which had the headlines most of
Topa Topa, Fairisle and Jeff Da
Savannah ...;
16
last month. This was a big day for
20
23
69
17
24
57
26
vis. The first two of these men
the
bo3fs in Savannah. (See story
Tampa
11
20
13
18.
17 ~ 55 on Page
10
34
tioned signed on again.
4—^Ed.)
66
40
31
56
63
30
101
185
Intransits even picked up a bit, Mobile
The annual elections were held
Ships that dropped in for a while New Orleans.
108
66
243
93
117
114
324 at the recent central labor body
69
were: Alamar, Yoikmar, Seamar
and we're happy to report
40
67
41
88
63
218 meeting
36
117
and Massraar (Calmar); Republic Galveston
that yours truly was elected third
West ^oast
;
61
48
(Trafalgar), came in twice; Bien
36 *;
77
42
167 vice president for 1952.
137
40
ville, Fairport (Waterman); Walker
E. B. Ulley
D. Hines^^(Al9oa);..i5!lo<rth Platte
TQTAl^^, , ji;, V,........ 878 ^ 4
Siv;ani^ ilPort, Ageint.
573
2.124
New Orleans:
Performers Only Make
Work Tengli for Others
Vacation Setup a Sure
.Hit Fair 'n Square Deal
AFL Sets Groundwork
For Coming Elmitlon
Annual Vacallon a Break
For SeamanFamily Man
Shipping Holds lis Own
Down In Lone Star Slate
Good Woathor, Shipping
Is Rogular Faro Horo
SIU Blood Donors Put
Sick Soafaror on Foot
WHrnNom Mmcmo
m
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SEAFARERS LOC
Frtdar, Petiruih^ 22; 1952
T
''•
Fare Nln*
JiQRT REPORTS
Lake Charles:
SlUBaeked Clerk Beef
Squared Away Quickly
into the furraising business. He
hais the brilliant idea of crossing
the plain alleycat with the skunk
and the swamp rabbit and hopes
to be able to produce a superior
grade of mink. After we told him
mink was now in disfavor he de
cided to call it chinchilla. In the
meantime, his relatives are trying
to secure room and board for him
at the state institution in Jackson,
where the man with the net and
the white coat can look after him.
Guess we'll close before some
one makes the same arrangement
for us.
Leroy Clarke
Lake Charles 'Agent
San Francisco:
Don't Keep II a Secret
If You're Hespilallzed
If my crystal ball isn't playing
For the past two weeks things
games with j^e, it looks like the
have been going along nicely in
shipping picture might pick up a
the lovely heart of the Cajun
bit around here, although it now
country. There's plenty of jobs,
stands about the worst it's been in
but everyone's ducking yours truly
a year and a half.
for putting them to work too fast.
We had no payoffs during this
Contributing to the rush were
period, but did manage to eke out
the Lone Jack, Fort Hoskins, Win
a lone signon, the Young Ameri
ter Hill, Government Camp, Sa
ca for Waterman. Our intransits
lem Maritime, Chiwawa, Cantigny,
kept up the usual pace. They in
Bents Fort and French Creek, all
cluded the following: John B.
of the Cities Service fleet; Stone
Waterman, Topa Topa and Fair
4 i" t
wall Jackson (Waterman); Trinity
port (Waterman); Steel Designer
(Carras); Federal (Trafalgar), Boston:
(Isthmian), and Seamar (Calmar).
which came in twice, and Royal
Oak (Cities Service), which we
The outlook finds the Brightstar
visited when she came into Port
and Lynn Victory, both for Triton,
Seafarers representing just over a hundred years of sailing time
Arthur, Texas, from an offshore
due in for payoff, which is an im
between them show off their vacation checks at the Philadelphia
trip, although she went on to Nor
provement from the pace we have
hall. Standing according to "seniority," they are (LR): Amador
folk for payoff.
Things'are moving along here at been having. Also expected in port
Lorenzo, AB, 51 years; Joseph Phillips, FOW, 27 years, and John
We shipped a number of men a speed a little less hectic than a are a couple of intransit ships:
Ossmow, AB, 23 years.
to each of the abovelisted ships snail's pace. The shipping picture Massmar (Calmar), Steel Admiral
for men who have never been able
and it cleaned out this port for is generally quiet and there doesn't (Isthmian) and Madaket (Water Philadelphia:
to qualify before.
a day or so, but now they are seem to be much activity in the man).
Generally, activity on the water
drifting back here. Most of them offing for the immediate future.
All in all, shipping would seem
front
is very quiet. Chaos reigns
Most
of
our
business,
as
usual,
are nonrated though, so there's'
to be picking up ahd any rated
on the political side, as the new
came from Cities Service ships men can always find a berth out on
still a need for ratings.
Democratic administration goes to
The performers on the ships are paying off in the port. The Chi the West Coast.
town cleaning out the old Repub
wawa, Bents Fort, Logans Fort,
learning that al
Check With Hall
Things have been moving along lican drones who have been in con
Bradford Island and Stony Creek
though this is a
on the slow bell since the last trol of this town for the past 68
We've
urged
our
members
accounted for the activity on that
small port, it
meeting, but there has been enough
score. Also in for payoff was the checking into the hospital to let shipping for a man to get out if years. We expect to see some of
does not pay to
the
hall
know
where
they're
lo
the outcasts trying to grab a ship
The Cabins (Mathiasen).
act up and vio
cated so that we'll be able to get he is not particular what run he as their books must be pretty hard
late Union rules
There were a few overtime dis their benefits to them when they're goes on.
. here. The crews
putes on the Bradford Island, due. If we don't know a man is The main topic of conversation to balance.
A. S. CarduIIo
are really show
Stony Creek and Cabins, all of there or what ward he's in, some around this port is the proposed^
' Philadelphia
Port Agent
ing no mercy to
which were squared away to every poor joe is going to miss his cab dredging of the Delaware River
4. 4.
them, which is , :
one's satisfaction. The Cabins later bage when it comes through, and channel up to the new US Steel
the way it should
signedon foreign, and the Stony
Nutting:
plant in Morrisville. This project Seattle:
it will be his own fault.
be if we are to
Creek inked new coastwise articles. A lot of the brothers have been is of vital importance to SIU men,
hold and better our conditions.
Our meeting had 35 members in asking questions aboul the Vaca as it can make this city one of the
attendance, and featured a discus tion Plan and when they can start best shipping ports in the organ
Clerks Win
On the labor front, the AFL Re sion on the Welfare Plan, the ret cashing in on their worktime. We ization. This is one time when the
tail Clerks' strike against J. C. roactive wages and how to collect are starting here accepting applica local politicians are going to bat
tions this week but would like to to help this harbor improvement This is one spot where shipping
Penney was 100% effective. It re same.
always looks good and it seems
Ask Cooperation
warn those applying right now to get started. ,
sulted in the fired employee be
Tlie
membeiship
was
urged
to
be a little patient, as this thing is The dredging of tlie channel will like it's going to .stay that way
ing reinstated and now the mana
for quite a time to come.
ger of the local store will think cooperate with the shore patrol new and might have a few growing also open the port of Trenton,
men
on
days
that
the
ships
are
pains at the start. However, it NJ, to oceanborne commerce. In port the past two weeks we've
twice before he acts. The Ma
without
a
full
complement
as
per
should
be remembered that head Latest hearings held on the proj had the Irenestar (Triton), Repub
chinists are engaged in organizing
garage mechanics in this area and the agreement. We pointed out quarters has gone to a lot of trou ect indicated there would be a long lic (Trafalgar) and Alaska Spruce
are meeting with the full cooperS that the companies are not re ble to see that only a minimum of delay before it got going. It's and Alaska Cedar (Ocean Towing).
claimed that if it gets to the Senate The lastnamed of these, the
tion of all AFL unions. Of course, quired to pay the 50 cents to the kinks crop up.
Seafarers
Welfare
Plan
on
those
One item on that score is par in 18 months, this would be consid Cedar, limped in on her own
the SIU is right in the middle of
the work. For its part, the Build dates when the full complement is ticularly important and the broth ered fast time because of the red power after taking a crack in her
hull during a storm off the Alas
ers should keep it in mind when tape.
ing Trades Council is at present not on the ship's payroll.
kan coast. The boys did a real
putting
in
their
vacation
forms.
Still
on
the
beach
are
a
lively
Happy
Branch
negotiating a new contract for its
members and so. far has gained a bunch of SIU brothers, including: Since all applications are being Our local boys were made very patch job on her to bring her in
Vic Carlson, V. Warren, Bob Col handled and processed by head happy this past week with the start from Delia Bella up in the north
lot of improvements.
country.
On the political side, we are in lins, Harry Jaynes, C. Karas, P. quarters, it's impossible to get of payments under the Vacation
They put a crane to work draw
your
dough
immediately.
So,
any
Plan. To date, thirtytwo men ap
the final days, of the campaign and Repetto, T. Tuohy, W. McKenna,
ing
the cracked sections together
one
not
expecting
to
be
around
D.
K.
Hines,
Bob
Bennett,
J.
B.
plied for a total of $2,150 in pay
labor's friends seem to be gaining
ground each day; however, no one Murphy, R. J. Murphy, J. Beres long enough to be able to collect ments. These checks will surely —the split was about 12 feet long
ford, W. Willridge, G. Fleming, J. the money due him for vacation make the men happy as they mark —but they inched them in with
is getting overconfident.
help from cable and old scotch
Hanson, A. Vetu, C. F. Dwyer, E. should sit tight and hold off on
That wizened oldtimer pic Cotrtau, J. Leston, E. Graham, W. his application until he hits the the first time in maritime history tape and patched up the damaged
that
a
man
may
collect
his
vaca
tured somewhere in here is brother McKeon and E. Whalen.
beach to stay for a while.
tion pay without staying with one spot enough to jog back home
George Nutting, 72, a Seafarer
James
Sheehan
H.
J. Fischer,
ship
or one company for a long without any trouble. None of the
since 1938 and still going strong.
period
of time. It opens the way crew was injured during the mis*
Boston
Fort
Agent
West
Coast
Representative
George started sailing in 1897 on
hap, by the way.
the schooners out of Boston, Mass.,
The incoming traffic from the .
under several different countries'
Far
East is never too certain until
flags. He joined the Seamens
the
last
minute, but we do expect
Union back in '97 and has been a
the Seastar (Triton) in for a visit,
Union man ever since.
plus the usual run of Waterman
Wants Short Ones
and Calmar ships.
Sam Cdhen, Agent
Terminal 42874 PORT COLBORNE
103 Durham St.
On the labor scene the Marine
He's been torpedoed, ship
SIU, A&G District
Ontario
Phone: 5591
HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn.
SECRETARYTREASURER
TORONTO.
Ontario
86 Colborne St. Cooks and Stewards are having a
BALTIMORE
14
North
Gay
St.
wrecked several times on the old
Elgin 5719
Paul, Hall
Slieppard. Agent
Mulberry 4540
sailing vessels and he's now here Earl
VICTORIA, B. C
617V4 Cormorant St. bit of a hassle and may wind up
ASST. SECRETARYTREASURERS
BOSTON
278 State St.
•
Lloyd
Gardner
Empire 4531
in receivership within 10 days or
to catch a coastwise run because James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 20140
Robert Matthews . Claude Simmons
VANCOUVER, B. C
565 Hamilton St. so.
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141
It seems that they haven't
he figures he wants to make short
REPRESENTATIVE
Pacific 7824
308V4 23rd St. HEADQUARTERS
Joe Algina
SYDNEY. N.S
304 Charlotte St. put up the $300,000 awarded in a
oues from now on. He's one man GALVESTON
Keith Alsnp. Agent
Phone 28448
Phone 0340
1419 Ryan St.
who knows how far we have ad LAKE CHARLES, La
SUP
BAGOTVILLE. Quebec
20 Elgin St suit a few months back. All the
LcRoy Clarke, Agent
Phone 65744
Phone: 545 nece.ssary legal steps have been
vanced since the days of crimps MOBILE
16 Merchant St.
1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU
37 Ormont St. taken, so before long if the MC&S
Phone 58777 THOROLD. Ontario
Phone 21754
and salt horse because we didn't Cal Tanner, Agent
Phone:
33202
Ill W. Burnside St.
NEW ORLEANS
523 BienviUe St. PORTLAND
vll3 Cote De La Montague can't put up the dough, they'll
sit around waiting for it like some Lindsey
Beacon 4336 QUEBEC
Williams. Agent
Quebec
Phone: 270'.8 wind up in receivership.
257 5th St.
Magnolia 61126113 RICHMOND. CALIF
other socalled maritime imions.
177 Prince William St.
Phone 2599 SAINT JOIiN
NEW YORK
675 4th Ave., Brooklyn
It's still a way off yet till June
X4.B.
Phone:
SAN
FRANCISCO
430
Harrison
St.
But back to business again. • We
STerling 84671
Douglas 28363
when the term of our Mayor runs
NORFOLK
127129 Bank St.
were in Port Arthur to payoff the Ben
2700 1st Ave.
Rees, Agent
Phone 41083 SEATTLE
Great Lakes District
out, but a large majority. of the
Main 0290
tanker Federal and it's always a PHILADELPHIA
,..337 Market St.
WILMINGTON
....440
Avalon
Blvd ALPENA
133 W. Fletcher AFL unions in town have already
S. CarduUo. Agent
Market 71635
real pleasure to visit one like her. SAN
Terminal 43131
Phone: 1238W pledged support to a onetime
FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St.
675 4tb Ave., Brooklyn BUFFALO. N. Y
IBuMainSt.
The delegates had everything set H. J. Fischer, Agent
Douglas 25475 NEW YORK
STerling 84671
Phone: Cleveland 7391 union railroad worker, A1 Pomroy,
JUAN, PR
252 Ponce de Leon
up for us, there were no disputes SAN
CLEVELAND
2602
CarroU St.
Sal CoUs, Agent
Canadian District
Phone: Main 10147 who lost the last election by a slim
and only one man got off as the SAVANNAH
2 Abercom St.
1038 3rd St. margin. They think he's got the
463 McGUl St. DETROIT
Phone 31728 MONTREAL
boys are making good on the E. B. TiUey. Agent
Headquarters Phone: Woodward 16857 stuff to take it this time.
MArquette 5909
SEATTLE....
2700 1st Ave.
shuttle.
DULUTH......
531
W.
Michigan
St.
128Vj HoUisSt.
Jeff Morrison. Agent
Seneca 4570 HALIFAX. N.S
Phone: Melrose 24110
Phone: 38911
Jeff Morrison
..18091811 N. Franklin St.
One of our local boys who sails TAMPA..
3261 E. 92nd St.
Ray.WhUe, Agent
Phone 21323 FORT WIIX1AM....UBV& Syndicate Ave. q^OUTR CHICAGO
Seattle
Port Agent
Cities SeMce h'As tlctcided'to go
•
Phone: Essek 8:2410
OnUrib '
^ Phone:' 33221
IN. CaUfL'.';440 Avalml Blvd
Shipping Nol Like Snail
PaceIt's Much Slower
A Vllal Projeel for SIU
'Injured' Alaska Gedar
Llm^s In PalehedUp
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MEET THE
SEAFARER
Peter Arthurs, OS
Seamen run into a different type tities of it to be exported for ma
laria sufferers
who, even
today, are
o£ "table cloth" when they hit the
If Ben Franklin's favorite prov and he has been sailing SIU ever
area around South Africa. It's the still partly indebted for their
erb about the early bird catching since.
name given a cloud formation health to this Spanish noblewoman."
the worm holds any water, then Although he has an unusually
Question: If you had your life Peter Arthurs is going to go pretty
which hangs over Tabletop Moun
4. t 4i
wide and varied sea background
The term to turn turtle, or cap to live over again, woul4 you still far. Although he still has to round for one of his age, Peter was far
tain, near Capetown, before a
southeasterly gale. . . . The Aegean size, stems from the observations of go to sea?
the mark of his 18th birthday, be from, a work novice" before he went
X
•
Sea, stretching for 40Qrmiles be seamen that the shelled reptile
has been going to sea for three to sea. At the age of 12 he had
tween Greece and Asia Minor, gets couldn't right itself if it was John Horn, chief cook: I sure years and sailed on the ships of been the town milkman, delivering
its name from Aegeus, legendary placed on its back. The name tor would. There is no better liveli four different nations.
milk in a small donkey cart. He
king of Athens, who, believing his toise (tortuga, in Spanish) is also hood than follow
Peter started on his seagoing had also worked as a cattle butcher,
son had been killed, drowned him believed to have been bestowed by ing the sea. You
career in traditional seayarn fash in a shoe factory and at a consid
sailors, and influenced by turkey, can't get better
self in those waters.
ion by running away from home. erable number of other jobs, all at
because of the long stringy neck conditions than,
4" 4 3^,
He was only 14 when he got the an age when American boys are
we have, both as
Battery Park, located at the common to both creatures.
itch to see'the world in March, cadging nickels and dimes from
to wages, accom
$1 4> 3r>
southern tip of Manhattan in New
1949. He lit out from his home in poppa for ice cream.
Among the miscellaneous sea modations and
York City, has had a varied career.
the seacoast town of Dundalk, Having worked on both US and
The site of a Dutch, and later, an superstitions are those concerning food. The work
County Louth, Ireland, just a few foreign ships Peter has had ample
English fortress, it was well known cats, always considered breeders of is pleasant and
miles south of the Orangemen's opportunity to compare conditions.
as
in the middle of the nineteenth foul weather. Everything the feline interesting
No Ships' Delegates
border, and got himself a deck
century as Castle Garden, an did had significance. She carried well. Incident
The biggest disparity, of course,
boy's job on an English collier, the
amusement hall and opera house "a gale in her tail." If she meowed ally both my sons are now sailing Beryl.
was a small 600tonner has been in wages. On the Norwe
where Jenny Lind, the Swedish at night she was provoking a tem with the SIU too.
that ran in the coastwise trade be gian ship, he said, he was paid the
nightingale, made her. debut under pest or calling on witches to do
tween England, Scotland and Ire equivalent of $40 a month, includ
3> 3> 4^
P. T. Barnum. It thereafter became their worst. On the ship they were
land. He stayed aboard her a ing overtime, compared to the $400
an immigration station, serving as never considered the ship's cat, Joseph T. Kriz, OS: I would cer while, then got off in London and a month an OS can earn on SIU
such until the opening of Ellis but some specific crewman's cat. tainly go to sea again. With the worked ashore in that city. • ships. Besides, foreign ships had
vacation plan
Island. Its worldfamous aquarium, How seamen felt about it was ex
He got restless again one day, an annoying habit of mixing day
can collect vaca
opened in 1896, closed shop with pressed pretty clearly in naming
men and watchmen in the same
tion money every and went to the Norwegian con bunkrooms, something that is never
the construction of the Brooklyn the cato'ninetails. An unsatis
sulate, getting
himself
a
job
as
a
three months.
factory sleep was even called » cat
Battery tunnel.
messboy on a Norwegian ship. As done on American vessels. Ship's
You have
nap,
although
this
significance, has
delegates, shipboard meetings and
i 3/ 4"
chance to travel, the only Englishspeaking crew patrolled payoffs are unknown on
Spanish sailors and adventurers long since vanished.
man
aboard,
Peter
found
it
rather
and the meals
first spread the tobacco habit from
tit
foreign ships.
and wages are lonely until he picked up enough Living alone In New York, Peter
Latin America to the continent, The color of the sun was an im
Norwegian
to
converse
with
his
much better than
but American homesteaders got the portant item in gauging the weath
was fortunate in striking up an ac
you could get shipmates. After 4^^ months quaintance with Philip Auditor, a
credit for the stogie. This slender er for old sailing men. A red sun
aboard
her he
caught
another
Nor
xutside. I have
version of the cigar got its name was a sure sign of poor weather or
ska ship which took him to New Brooklyn resident. Auditor has
from Conestoga, Pa., and the like the coming of a storm, as in the no interest in ever taking a job York. Fate intervened here in the served as his sponsor before the
named wagon which those young saying that "a red sun has >vater ashore.
form of a shipboard accident, and Immigration Bureau, enabling
men who took Horace Greeley's in Its eye." An oldtimers' verse
4" 4" t
a doctor took him ashore in the big Peter to establish legal residence
advice to go west used to carry capsulized the feelings of seafarers Herman Filler, messman: Oh, town. Fittingly enough, it was St. here and file for his citizenship
their goods and supplies. . . . Now regarding a rosy sun or moon:
papers.
definitely. Right now going to sea Patrick's Day, March 17, 1950.
Red sky in the morning
you know why so many European
Right now Peter has two ambi
is the best thing
Rode Liberian Ship
Is a sailoifs sure warning;
place names begin with Aa. It's
tions in the fire. He would like to
you can get.
After recovering, Peter took in get his AB ticket, something he
Red sky at night
from a word for. "water" of the
There is nothing
the
sights of the big city for a has been denied thus far. He was
Is
a
sailor's delight.
same root as the Latin aqua. Sea
ashore like it.
while and then caught a 38,000ton a member of the first deck training
norts or river towns like Aachen, On the other hand, a red moon was The wages; meals
super tanker, the Bulk Trader, class in headquarters, and h a d
Germany, Aaalborg, Denmark, or desirable. It indicated wind, while and other bene
which is registered under the Li more sea time than any'of the
the Aaland Islands get their name a dim or pale moon foresaw rain. fits are tops.
berian flag. On this trip and sub older men there, but was washed
that way.
t t 3^
Besides that, you
sequent
ones Peter served as OS, out by the Coast Guard for being
The
hazing
and
funmaking
ritu
4. 3^ 3^
have the oppor
messman and dayman all wrapped under age. This summer, he hopes
Native to the Andes of South al observed when crossing the timit^ to get out
up in one. This ship was a floating to catch an SUP ship which runs
America but cultivated elsewhere Equator or the International Date and see the world
for the commercially valuable Line is an extension of an early and meet all kinds of interesting Tower of Babylon with just about into Dublin so that he can have a
every nation and every tongue rep reunion with family and friends
'Peruvian bark," the source of Dutch custom. The Hollanders used people.
resented.
quinine, cinchona or chinchona to duck firsttimers who had not
back home in Dundalk. "The shoe
4. t t
trees were named in honor of the previously passed the 36th parallel, Tony Gonzales, DM: Oh sure. I Subsequently he obtained sea factory workers have their holi
Contesa de Chinchon who, in 1638, off the Straits of Gibraltar, which
men's papers which permitted him days in July and August," he said,
was cured of a fever by a prepara was then considered a long way have been doing it all the time, to sail on American ships. His and I'm looking forward to a fine
because going to first was Isthmian's Steel Scienti.st, time with them if I canmake it."
tion of the bark. She caused quan from home.
sea is a great
thing. It is the
best way to get a
few dollars to
gether and it is
a better living
DOWN
11. Headland
33. Site of Taj
ACROSS
Taking the war to the enemy, a parachutists attacked Sumatra . . .
than a fellow
16. What we need
Mahal
1. Animal living
1. Lifetime
US naval force ripped Japanese The RAF administered a record
18. Food
34. Greek war god
like
myself
could
on
Gibraltar
4. Eats food
20. Weave together 36. Cape on
make on a shore bases in the Marshall and Gilbert bomliing to Palermo, Sicily, and
2. Weapon carried 21. Vessel
Europe's tip
9. Just opened at
in
wartime
22. Where TripoU
NY HaU
37. Channel mark
job under any Islands, sinking 16 ships . . . First Naples on the Italian mainland.
the
ers
scorning a surrender demand, Sin
"2. Witty remark • 3. Take
conditions.
whole of
23. Blunder
39. Pretty girl
: 3. Port in Sweden
4"^ 3?"
gapore finally gave in as its de
24. Short jackets
40. Good thing to
4. Sound of an
4"
4"
4|
'A. Period of time
25. Port near
foUow
chor chain
fenses
crumbled
. . . Registration
13. LSading sea
Benefits for Seafarers in hos
Lancelot Alexander, utilUy man:
Casablanca
41. Initials on
5. Pursue
faring nation
began for all men 2044 in the first pitals were doubled . . . Fire
Navy ships
6 .
Point Com 27. Unit of light
17. Results of .
If
I
had
the
choice,
I
would
do
30. Stay secured to 42. Sheep's cry
fort, Va.
wartime draft.
. opened plates
gutted the luxury liner Norman
the same thing
foremast and
43. Night before
• • 9.
Very short man 7. Pronoun
mainmast
44. Cold
and damp,
8. Rooms
on
die,
set to go into service as a
over
again.
I
;0. It flies the
t
4)^4^
31. Having a top
as wind
liners
Atlantic
troop carrier. A special naval board
have no regrets
knot
47. Toward
9. Place for Idle
'!1. Timeteller •
Three Nazi battleships bottled up went to work to see if there had
seamen
about it. I would
'J3. Name of 2
10. Noah s craft
Fuzzle anwers on Page 23
islands in East
in the French channel port of Brest been sabotage . . . Rogeis Hornsby
be
hard
to
ex
River
slipped through a British sea of St. Louis' "Gashouse Gang" dur
plain just what
?3. Chance
1
2 3
; 7. What hock
blockade and steamed safely into ing twenties named to baseball Hall
the
particular
at
• shops make
Heligoland.
traction of being
of Fame.
C3. Symbol for
12
steward appren
a
seaman
is,
but
• prentice
4' 4' 4' '
4* 4' 4"
15
its simply that I
ra. Absent: Abbr.
to. Gulf near
A
Navy
pilot
in
the
Atlantic
just like going to
A motor torpedo boat sank a
Bizerte
stirred the nation with' message Jap cndser off the Philippines as
sea.
ni. Lump of coal
la.
. lie, to
"Sighted sub, sank same" . . . defenders of Bataan dug in . . .
3> 3> 4>,
fum «
President
Roosevelt asked Con First annual SIU convention called
13. Carryihg guns
Fred Musiani, DM: Well I was
; 4.WUd ox of
gress
for
$5.5 billions in lend in San Francisco.
bom in Naples and have been on
India
lease aid . . . Car rationing began,
VS. Port in Morocco
the
water
ever
: .7. Port in Brittany
4 4" 4"
since I was a kid. curbs on tire sales tightened.
.8. Port W. of
Algiers
Seafarers' officials demanded in
I have never
4" 4" 3^
: 9. They help run
creased bonus rates for sailing
done s ly other
the SIU
48. Port on Gulf
The Russians ffnariy licked the West Indies waters as nine ships
kind • of work
of Cambay
other than sail Nazi threat to Moscow, causing went to bottom in one week on
• :2. A good union
member
ing arid am per 55,000 German casualties . . The Atlantic side of the Panama Canal
• 5. .Superlative
fectly
satisfied SIU crew of the torpedoed SS Del . .. Middleweight champ Tony.Zale •
ending .
43 44
• '• 3.
Country getting
with the life. Plata (Mississippi) safely reached whipped by Billy Conn in nontitle
ECA cargoes
Right now I am Puerto Rico .after being picked bout ... Light heavyweight king
•8
. Girl's name
9. Kind of wood
studying to. get up by a. rescue khip . . ;, Batavia Gus Leshevich won'' decision oyer. .
oO. Needed export
'
air, wld. aa Japp,
mate"s license because I suffered its.fir^t
ts fir^t air; raid as
JaPd% .Bob Pastpj:, ainaed for heavyweiflh^^!
to. Eprope: PL.
31. Ground moistuTS .
b^gan
'Want to makA a dafHk bUt'of it. '
K
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Pildajr, Febrndry ti', IbSt ^
Pare EfcTca
SEAFARERS LOC
Topping It Off'
SEAFARERS 0 LOG
hhruary 22, .1952
Vol. XiV No. 4
Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic
Sc Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel,
STerling 84671,
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PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurer
Editor. HERREIII BRAND; Mandging Editor. BAT DINISON; ' Art Editor. BERNARD
SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ABTBDR, IRWIN SPIVACX.
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M^^uU Vourne Meal
Beginning these last two weeks, and from now on in, the
Unhappy Tale Of
Seafarers Vacation Plan is putting that hard cash on the line
for each and every Seafarer who has served a minimum of 90 Esso Tanherman
days sea and port time. When seen in actual operation, the To the Editor:
Vacation Plan is more impressive than at first glance. Whether I aii(^ writing you in the interest
of men who follow the sea, for a
the Seafarer is here in New York or 3,000 miles away in living. For myself I am finished.
Seattle makes no difference. The handling is the same, as the My health is wrecked due to a
that affected my heart mu.s
smoothrunning administrative machinery guarantees speedy strain
cles and my lawyers tell me there
service to Seafarers everywhere. .
is nothing I can do about it, as
The plan, first real vacation system in maritime, has paid the Jones Act is completely out of
date and is all the protection we
out more than $100,000 in the early days of operation. But seamen
have. They say that if I
this sum is just one pebble on the beach, because in the first had been working ashore I could
year, (and succeeding years thereafter) Seafarers will collect have had plenty of protection.
Here is what happened. While
over $2,000,000 where 99 percent of them never got a solitary working
on the Esso Annapolis as
sawbuck before. After every 90 days worked they can come engine room storekeeper I was tak
ing down the pipe line on deck. I
back for another helping of the same.
had just put a Ubolt in the vise
Viewed in this light we can see what the operators have and as the bolt was plenty rusty
been getting away with all these years with their socalled I had to give a real pull. As I did
companypaid "vacation" plans—getting away with that is, this, I felt a sharp pain across my
heart, I .was sent to the Marine
until the SIU stepped in and took action.
Hospital in New Orleans where i
The Vacation Plan is of a piece with the rest of SIU contract almost died.
terms and enforcement. With top wages, top working rules,
Muscle Affected
best of feeding, on7thespot settlement of beefs, vacation and The doctors claimed that one of
welfare,' it all adds to a solid and satisfying menu.
^ the muscles around my heart was
As I See It
by PAUL HALL
ESPITE the setbacks suf Our union, the SIU, has a long
fered by the communists in record of battling the communists
badlyaffected due to strain which
made this more of an accident case the American trade union move on the waterfront, where their in
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than a sickness' case, I did not ment, they are still a factor to be fluence at.one time was possibly
worry much about financial prob
lems because Esso carries a health reckoned with. They siill wield greater than in any other field.
Even at this date, the commie
Several recent orders by the Coast Guard relating to secur and accident policy on all their influence arid, consequently, pose influence is evident in various sec
employees, and I was led to believe a threat to labor organizations
ity clearances have tightened up existing regulations and that it was like most of those high
wherein they hold power and to tions of maritime. You merely need
closed loopholes by which a man could sail without validation. class policies that pay for a life democratic institutions generally. an incident to discover that they
Security clearance is now required on coastal and Great Lakes time for either sickness or acci This problem is a matter of con are still alive and scheming.
dent.
ships, waivers are slowly being eliminated, nonresident But on November 30 last year, I siderable concern to our nation, In our own organization, the
aliens are being denied clearance, and men who habitually found out different. The poiicy and in Washington steps are being commies were never a factor. The
they have is very much like one of taken to work up a solution.
problem they posed for the Sea
lose their papers will find it very tough to get duplicates.
those cheap policies you hear ad
farers
was in the general area of
All these steps are being taken within the framework of the vertised on the radio which prom Early n^xt month a Senate La
maritime.
Our objective was and
Security Act of 1950 and are designed to keep unauthorized ise a lot and give little. What they bor subcommittee, headed bj' Sen has been to stop them from dis
persons and security risks off US ships. * This being their olv have, is a policy called mainte ator Hubert H. Humphrey of Min rupting and wrecking the Ameri
nance and cure which gives the com
waterfront w h e n fe v e r they
jective, the Union will cooperate in their enforcement—in pany the right to say when you are nesota, will hold hearings on the can
"problem of communists in labor reared their heads. The record
deed, the Union has a certain amount of legal responsibility sick and when you are well. (Main
shows that we have been success
tenance and cure is provided by unions."
ful and that we have been the most
to see that they are not violated.
US law, and not at the discretion, On the basis of answers to a formidable obstacles to the com
The Union, of course, will do everything it can to protect of a company—Ed.)
questionnaire circuiated by the munists' plans for the control of
Seafarers from arbitrary or unreasonably denial of their right
Insurance Cost Him
committee, there appears to be the waterfronts in the US and
to sail. Union representation on the Coast Guard appeals Moreover, when I was with them sharply conflicting views on how Canada.
$4,000 worth of group in
to handle the problem. In some The success of the SIU's anti
boards is one aspect of that protection. But it is up to the I carried
surance at $6 per thousand per
communist activities is due to edu
Seafarer to stick to the letter of the law as closely as possible month. When retirement was quarters decided sentiment exists cation. Throughout the years our
forced on me due to illness the for legislation as a method of deal membership has been alerted to
'—and whatever he does, to hang on tight to his papers.
rates went up to $96 per thousand ing with the commies.*
the dangers inherent in the com
for the year.
t
it
t
Among those favoring the legis munist rabblerousing. Our people
Now that's the kind of security lative approach are officiais of the know a commie and how he oper
Esso offers, and they offer it in National Labor Relations Board ates. • They know that the commie
place of overtime. I tell you through who point out that if the investiga is interested in pushing the party
sad
experience that all the security tions of the Senate subcommittee program and nothing more.
The peaceful settlement of the 81dayold insurance agents
that Esso gives you can be carried reveal that some unions are still Seafarers' iearned way back that
strike against the giant Prudential Life Insurance" Company is in one pocket, I'm convinced now controlled by commies, "it is pos
economic progress—top" wage s,
a milestone in the white collar field. Although the agents that the Dnly security that seamen sible that new legislation will be working conditions and welfare
were pitted in a national battle against a billion dollar • cor will ever have is through organiza required to deal with the prob benefits—can only be attained
tion,
^
where the Union's objective is un
poration determined to break them, they never wavered and One piece of propaganda that lem,"
When the TaftHartley Law was hampered by a phony political
held their ranks solid all the way through. It is the first time the Esso Tankermen's Association passed many people justified the line, and where democracy is a
that 'any white collar union anywhere has emerged intact, puts out is that if the men vote law, saying its requirement that daily practice and not a slogan.
for the SIU they will be voting
with a cofftract, from a major strike. This outcome is assur themselves out of a job, I know all union officials sign noncom The answer to communist dom
munist affidavits wouid put com
of unions, as in anything
ance to the agents tfiat in succeeding years they will be able that's not true, yet a great many munist controi of unions at an ination
else, lies in education. The workei
men
believe
that,
I
was
with
Esso
end. Actually the commies either who can recognize a conamie anc
to attain all of their objectives.
for six years and never had a signed the affidavits or put a fig understand the chaos he creates 1:
The. SIU, along with a very large number of other AFL and chance to vote for a good union.
urehead in office while they re
CIO Unions, is happy to have played an active role in helping I just simply would not join that tained control. Legislation didn't unlikely to be victimized.
Th demoeralic elemants in the
the strikers. Ho we ver^ there is one sad exception to the nota Esso Tankerm.n'? Association. It work as it was supposed to in this communist dominated unions—nt.
stank.
matter how small these elements
ble record of assistance rung up by organized labor. In the In couMusion I wish to say that case, •
Other
legislation
proponents
are
may be—should, continue to fighl
aslong
as
such
a
large
company
course of the strike while the agents union was battling for its
more direct m caliing for a law to with all the lo^c that is on theii
remains
unorganized,
conditions
very existence, Harry Bridges' International Longshore and afloat are going to get worse (,ln eliminate the commiecontrolled side.
Warehousemen's Union scabbed on the strikers by signing stead of better. My advice to them unions.
This is the best way to defeat
Driven Out
a group insurance contract with Prudential. The ILWU's ac is to get into a good Union before
communism. It is the most convin
I iLe^slationAjS^wevet, does, not ce and effective way to vict^
tioh demonstrates again _.t^at tibere is^ .a vast
1^,7.
" " *'' '
s proper approach. • " for democracy.
kppear'ftrBe tlie'
tween Communist slogans' iiha Cbrhmunist''actions.
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w.,,. ^ _ 1 vacation payoff rgllcall, the first of its kind
evfer to take place anywhere.
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Seafarers lining up at the payoff counters
front Boston in the north tp Galveston on the
Gulf, from Seattle to Wilmington, are, expe
riencing a new sensation in maritime;'actual
payment of vacation money justly earned.
The exact figures change hourly and by
now are well past the $100,000 ihafk and ar6
still climbing skyward, at the rate, of $140
per man for a year's sea time.
~
While this is the first payoff of its kind, it
will become a familiar and continuing proc
ess. Every time a Seafarer has accumulated
' 90 days sea duty, he can step up to the hall,
in whatever port he may :be;and be paid the
money owed him.
ls'
Not only is this payoff good as goM, it's fast
as lightning as well. In New York, the time
between presentation of application ^nd
issuance of check is down to less than a half
hour. In the outpprts, it is limited only by
the speed of Uncle Sam's airmail.
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No. 1 man in New Orleans, Thomas Garrity, has application checked by Port Agent
Lindsey Williams. Like most seamen he'd never collected a iiickel's vacation pay before.
Baltimore Port Agent Earl Sheppard read s off names of those men whose checks are
ready while eager Seafarers hold books in hand, open for quick identification.
One Seafarer Cotteets
if:'
St
Galvert Gooding, deck jengiheer, starts vaca
tioh pi^i routine
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^ He hands his <hst^argeftio;VsM»1doh Pla
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"We've got em." Baltimore, men wave those precious i.
bits of paper .representing : their wellearned dough./j
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] ispeedy messenger service direct by"train from
New York, enabling men to show off their
' valuable confetti when payments began.
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Galveston adding machine is kept busy totaling number
of days on discharges, necessary prelude to payment.
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• Those who wanted to exchange.checks for cash
were obliged as Philadelphia office, (left) j
swapped greenbacks for men's endorsements.^
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Application forms were ready 8^
AM in New York, (right), the day
the payments began. The line .
kept moving steadily all day long.
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Plan. At right, clerks check forms for any errors or omissions.
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SEAFARERS LOG
Friday, FeBcnary 22,1252
fish On Friday'
Via SlUManhed
Trawling Fleet
As the population of the world zooms upward at an alarm
ing rate, many nations are looking more intently toward th^
sea for food supply. The fishing banks are being exploited
with more ships and larger**
ships as the call continues TEor McHugh. Headquarters arc
"food . . . food for millions Boston.
Fishermen, both union and non
more every year."
union, work on the traditional "lay
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What are probably the world's
system whereby all hands get
richest fishing grounds lie in the share of the catch instead of a sal
cool waters of the North Atlantic ary. The crew of a vessel usually
Ocean across the shipping lanes gets 60 percent of the gross sale
traversed by liners and freighters of the fish, wFh the owner getting
plying, between the United States, 40 percent. Out of their share the
Canada and northern Europe.
crew pays for food and fuel. Trawl
Fishermen sailing the New Eng ers carry 17 men as a rule; drag
land trawling fleet (some of which gers carry less.
is manned by union fishermen af
When prices are up, as they have
filiated with the SIU) get most of been since 1942, crews make out The trawler Lynn, rammed and sunk Nov. 28, 1951, by the tanker Ventura with a loss of 15 of her crew
their catch from the great ocean well financially and it is not ex
of 17. This ship is typical of a number of the large Boston trawlers.
shallows known as Georges Bank, ceptional for a trawler to "stock
which has been fished bj; New Eng or gross from $10,000 to $15,000 on the draggers William Landry and people. It is easier this way to fish which are not brought in be<
Four Sisters. Caught in a sudden finance ai vessel and not so hard cause there is no market for them
land vessels now for more than 300 a 1012 day voyage.
at all or because they do not bring
violent
storm, they never returned on the owners if she is lost.
years.
Merchant seamen who have
Big Investment
a sufficient price to make it profit
Georges is .an area of about 20, watched these little trawlers "roll to port.
There
are
other fishing
banks
Even
a
small
two
or
three
man
able.
000 square miles laying due east their railsr under" while fishing on
of Cape Cod along the continental the banks or who have .seen them from the Delaware Capes up to dragger nowadays costs upwards of
• To eliminate this waste the Jap
shelf, with a generally sandy bot steaming home in the winter with Nova Scotia, with several produc $25,000 to build and power. The anese and several other nations
tom covered by water from 100 to thick ice covering deckhouse and tive areas aside from the huge average dragger represents an in have employed fish factory ships
vestment of from $75,000 to $100, which utilize almost everything
150 fathoms deep. It is richly rigging,know that the fishermen Georges Bank.
But
the
greatest fishing
grounds
000,
while a steel trawler running that comes up in the net, making
stocked with haddock, cod, floun well earn thdir pay.
der, whiting, pollock, hake and The work is.,cold, hard and dan of them all in the Atlantic are the upwards of 100 ffeet in length costs fish meal or oil out of that part of
Grand Banks of Newfoundland anywhere from $200,000 to $350,000
other varieties of "groundfish" that gerous.
the catch which isn't usable as
feed on plant and animal life on Although the fisherman's job is home of a great variety of fish to build and equip. Diesel enginek food. The fish is processed right
the ocean floor.
not as hazardous now as it was sought by fishermen long before are expensive and .account for a on the ship.
when fishing was done with hand the Pilgrims sailed for the new large part of this cost, but the
Sizeable Fleet
As world food supply problems
lines and dories, every year takes world. Right now, bigger trawlers engine companies allow liberal grow acute, this type of operation
Hundreds of vessels fish this its toll of ships and men on the are being built by Canada, Eng financing for owners who have a
land, Iceland, France, Italy and goodreputation in the industry and will become more and more im
area out of Gloucester, Boston, North Atlantic.
portant. A modified factory ship
Portugal to exploit these grounds can show adequate credit.
New .Bedford, Provincetown and
Dangerous Work
was tried in New England two
more
intensely.
A
good
sized
dragger
is
an
80
other ports along the coast. Trav
In 1951, two large Boston trawl
eling as much as 200 miles to sd^a ers were lost. The steel trawler Fleets of "salt bankers" sail in footer with a 250 h.p. diesel enfiine, years ago but had to suspend oper
and staying out from 9 to 14 days, Gudrun, most powerfullyengined the spring of every year from Por depth finder, radio <delephone and ations when not enough men could
the boats vary in size from 70 foot ship in the fleet, disappeared with tugal, Spain and France to the loran. The radio telephone is the be found willing to live with the
draggers up to 140 foot trawlers. her crew of 17 while homeward Grand Banks, fishing with the old biggest boon to the fishing industry discomforts of cutting and packag
Both trawlers and draggers fish by bound from the Grand Banks off style dory and staying at sea for since diesels replaced sails^for it ing fish aboard ship in rough
months until their holds are filled enables the disabled or storm weather on an extended voyage of
the same method—dragging a net Newfoundland.
across the ocean floor. Trawlers Just last fall, the Boston trawler with salt cod, after which they sail tossed fisherman to summon Coast three weeks to a month.
The importance of the fishing
are usually classed as vessels over Lynn was rammed and sunk by back to Europe to sell the catch, Guard help, to receive weather and
100 feet in length... draggers as the tanker Ventura while leaving vacation, outfit and return to the market reports and keep in touch fleets and of the men who take
banks for another season's work.
them down to the fishing banks is
those under 100 feet.
the harbor. Fifteen men went down In the days of the New England with his owners so as to time his seen by figures of the 1951 United
arrival
home
for
the
most
ad
The larger vessels of the Boston, with her. And there have been salt cod industry, trim schooners
States fish haul. These statistics
Gloucester and New Bedford fleets other losses in the past several raced from the "Grand Banks to vantageous market.
show that the 10 leading fishing
Several fishing
vessels
have
ac
are manned by the Atlantic Fisher years. The trawler Corinthian was Boston, Gloucester and other ports,
ports handled more than 1,694,000,
mens Union, AFL, an affiliate of Iammed and sunk in a heavy fog )ut these distant grounds were de quired radar and more are certain
000
pounds of fish during the past
to
follow
if
these
$7,000
to
$8,000
the SIU, and headed up by a for by the freighter Mormacfir; and serted by Yankee trawlers until
year.
installations prove useful.
mer fishing skipper, Capt. Pat out of New Bedford in }950 sailed ust recently.
There are millions of dinners
Heavy Waste
Moving Eastward
Trawling operations as carried from the sea represented by those
Spurred on by depletion of fish on in the western Atlantic grounds figures. Besides food, this fish was
in the New England banks, the are very wasteful.
converted into vitamin oils, poultry
larger trawlers have been ventur
The net is no chooser of fish as meal and many other uses.
ing far to the eastward, "shooting it sweeps relentlessly over the
As the years go by and rising
the trawl" in the prolific waters of ocean bottom gobbling up every
the Grand Banks, where the holds thing that swims into it. As a population strains the ability of
farmers to produce the beef and
can be filled with flounder, cod or
redfish (ocean perch) in two or result, a large portion of the net's corn and wheat so important to
three days. This means a three day haul is often forked back into the our standard of living, the fishing
voyage each way out of New Eng sea—dead and useless—from the fleets will assume an even more
trawler's deck.
vital role in providing the nation's
land ports and only vessels able
This includes perfectly edible dinner." .
to carry at least 200,000 pounds
of fish consider it economically ad
visable to make such a long haul.
In area, the Grand Banks of
Newfoundland are said toPbe larger
than Ire^hd and they continue to
produce an abundance of fish de
spite the fact that fishermen have
exploited them since the early part
The strike of longshoremen In lifeboat cruise. The wind was
of the 16th century.
San
Juan, Puerto Rico, proved an' blowing nicely offshore. And
This is a foggy area, as are many
unexpected
windfall for Seafarer he parked her alongside with all
of the fishing banks, and hundreds
the finesse of a Fifth Avenue Bus
have been the number of men who Nicholas Brancato. After paying driver sliding his doubledecker into
set out from the mother ship in off the Puerto Rico along with the the bus stop.
their dories for a day's fishing only rest of the crew in support of the
Brancato also passed a fourpage
to become separated in the heavy, strike, Brancato took advantage of written examination on" seaman
blanketing vapors ... to join the the idle time to take his AB exami ship. His papers are being certified
long, long roll of fishermen who nation.
in Washington and will be ready
have gone down to sea in ships As Brancato put it, "I had in for him shortly.
and who have not sailed home. tended to go up for my rating any
Although Brancato completed his
Most of the 1,000 or more trawl how and with this unexpected op study on his lonesome'Aboard ship,
ers 9nd draggers comprising the portunity, I would have been fool he urges all ordinaries with 'the
NewJEnglsnd fleet are owned or ish not to take advautage of it. necessary sea time to go for up
partly owned by the skippers and The Union is training men and grading courses in the New York
crews who sail them. As In the urging us to get our ratings, so I hall before applying for their tick
old sailing ship days, when a vessel' took the big step."
et. "It's a lot faster that way," he
: . Hauling in the net • »
m Boston trawler. The maw of the net is was built arid owned on 64ths, so With the strike on, Brancato was said, "and you know you are get
; taA:en over the rail bjr hand, after wdiich the "cod end" or after la large number of the fishing .fleffet the o^y dflfe navigating in San, ting, the Jti^'t tpck frqm h«i^dquarr
;^iifaoldiiig^he
^be'^lsi^d dboard by thd
"'<>1 are owned on rttdte'g
Juan ull^k ' iie ^ tb(« JiVs %ilef' ters Instructidni" * ^
• ^ ' "
Strike In PR Gives OS
Chance To Get Rating
�ri;"':'
FrMay. Fcbraair U, UBS
TheirVck in The Arniy Now
MEAFARERS LOG
V:J
FaceFtftcea
Vacation Cash Being Paid i
In All SIU~A&C Branches
(Continued from page 3)
credit for every day worked, and The delay in beginning pay
door closed to getting any sort of nothing could be fairer than that." ments under the Plan arose from
A typical case showing how the the necessity of building up a re
yearly vacation since, because of
the nature of their .industry, many Seafarers Plan measures up against serve in the fund before payments
worked for several companies dur other vacation programs existing (;ould be made. This was in addi
ing the course of the year and the prior to the present setup is that tion to {he need to secure approval
multitude 6f forms and red tape of Clarence Templin, messman, of the Wage Stabilization Board
inherent in these setups barred hercr after a 13month trip on the for the increase in the operators'
many from getting what was due Seamagic (Orion). Templin,' who contributions and clearance from
signed on the voyage October 25, other government agencies which
them.
1950, and paid off December 11. must pass on these agreements.
"Many seamen" SecretaryTreas 1951, had a split eligibility. The
urer Paul Hall asserted, "never SH> Plan, which became effective
knew what a paid vacation meant. June 1, 1951, requires a minimum
Some have worked as long as 30 90 days' worktime shown on offi
years inside the industry without cial Coast Guard discharges since
qualifying for the various planned that date.
vacation swindles forced on them.'
Filling out the one form neces
Former seamen, members of the SIU and SUP have "organized"
Commenting on the current sary for payment at headquarters,
their own "district" in Whittier, Ataska, where they are now sta
pacesetting operation, he noted, he was finished in a.few minutes
tioned. They are, seated (1. to r.): D. Gasser, SUP; Vick Masetti, SIU; "Our new Plan, reached after dis and within the hour had a check
Chester Hazel, SUP; Nick Hoogendan, SUP. Standing, <1. to r.);
cussion with our operators, and for the amount due him for the
Charles Miller, SUP; Dave Forchemer, SUP; Robert Fischer, SIU; set down plainly in our agreement time since June 1, six months and
M. Lazzari, SUP. The men are operating tugs for the Army.
last year, gives the men vacation 11 days. Applying to Orion for his
retroactive pay and vacation money
(Continued from page 3)
for the more than seven months
donation
the strikers and then
prior to June since the signon, he followed to
it up subsequently with
was told it would take "about a an additional gift of $750. When it
month" before he could ge' it.
was discovered that the insurance
Long Tripper
John Garber reports he lost the
agents had no funds to supply eats
Templin, unlike many other Sea and smokes to the pickets. Sea
addresses of his friends and asks
farers, had qualified for the older farers began delivering daily sup
them to get in touch with him at
plan because of a long trip. Many plies of fresh doughnuts, coffee
the following address: Corp. John
for longshoremen from the docks
(Continued from page 3)
Garber, 52008365, Company B, 7th the oakpaneled, colorful room. a block away and the families that others in the first twoweek crush and cigarettes to strike headquar
at the vacation counter were on
Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div., APO 468,
make their homes in the neighbor shorter trips on ships belonging to ters in Newark.
c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, It's longer still than that, if you hood.
Provisions of the final settle
ask the union barmen who fill the
different companies. Their recep
Calif.
Domestic and imported brands tion to the smoothfunctioning ment between the Insurance
orders
for
liquid
refreshment
and
Buck Hulet
of liquor are pyramided on glass
Agents International Union, AFL,
Contact Pat Robertson, SIU, 450 daily cover miles of territory by shelves the length of the bar, and SIU setup was instantaneous and and the Prudential Life Insurance
actual
count,
if
you
add
up
trips
overwhelming.
The
hundreds
of
Harrison St., San Francisco, Calif.
the prices? A known brand scotch approving smiles with check in CompanyiCall for a $5.35 weekly in
back and forth.
whiskey
can be had at 55 cents a hand indicated their sentiment. crease plus a $150 per man com
The
overall
impression
is
a
rep
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4.
shot, just as an example. Beer, for The opportunity to speed up the pany donation to the agents' pen
lica
of
the
interior
of
a
sailing
Mason Hall
the sudsdrinkers, is available by beginning of processing and pay sion fund. The agents also won
Get in touch with Pvt. Benjamin ship, with curving ribbed beams in the bottle only.
the
ceiling,
oak
paneling
in
the
ments for men applying from the the right to do outside work if they
Bond, 53053677, Company B, 315th
Reminiscences of opening day outports was credited to efforts so desire.
walls and
thick
oak ribs
making up
Const. Bn., APO 46, c/p Postmas
still have the bartenders shudder put forth by the Vacation Plan
UnionBusting Attempt
the bar itself.
ter, New York, N.Y.
Huge jjolor transparencies, al ing. "Not quite an elephant stam staff prior to the opening of pay
The Insurance agents went out
4i
t
.
mostalive shots of worldfamed pede . . . hilt no ladies' tea either" ment operations in setting up sim on the picket line in 33 states after
harbors seamen frequent, line the seems to be the consensus of that plified application and certification several weeks of fruitless negotia
Harry L. Franklin
walls
— Shanghai, Hawaii and day and night. Crewmembers com procedures, ks well as to the co tions with the company. When the
Contact Miss Dolan, Inspectors
ing in from several ships just ar operation of Seafarers themselves strike began the company imme
Office, American Express Com Waikiki Beach, New York's sky
rived in port plus the crowd at when the pileup of applications diately opened an intensive cam
line,
London
Bridge
over
the
pany, 65 Broadway, New York.
Thames and many other familiar meeting night contributed to make began. Publication of information paign to break the union.
it a memorable one for all hands. via the LOG, in addition to wide Several millions of dollars were
1. t
ports.
For most Seafarers, the Port 'O circulation of the necessary pro spent in full page ads in all major
Mellow Atmosphere .
Joe Renteria
Call
is a welcome addition to the cedures in all the outports enabled daily newspapers urging the public
Roomy,
yet
not
enough
so
tljat
Your bag is at the Railway Ex
press office, 10th Avenue at 33rd one feels at sea while imbibing. list of SIU services available to the operation to get underway to continue doing business with
Port 'O Call also offers booth and men coming off the ships in the without any kinks.
Street, New York, N.Y.
the company. Policyholders were
table' service for those who like world's largest port. "Port 'O Applications from the outports. threatened with cancellation of
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their spirits better sitting down Call tops 'em all," was the poetic first accepted February 11, the their policies if they did not pay
#
These accommodations, for about chorus from a few railliners — same day as in headquarters, per premiums. Subsequent ads an
' Lawrence Gordon
60 persons, are available for din and it's easyrto see why.
George Urda
mitted payments to be forAvaided nounced "back to work" move
Contact Thomas M. Breen, 220 ers as well since the adjacent
to the other branches within a day ments and gave the impression that
Broadway, New Yorjc, N.Y., con cafeteria offers its regular fare in
after they had been received here, the strike was over.
cerning an accident aboard the the bar with table service. Pleas
in the case of nearby ports like
Despite this intense campaign
ant music drowns out the raucous
Marquette Victory.
Philadelphia and Boston, and com and lack of funds the Union held
sounds of busy traffic outside,
parable periods for those further firm in an unusual demonstration
piped in via the building's inter
from headquarters in Brooklyn. of white collar trade union mili
Schuyler J. Plerson
com system.
Baltimore, Mobile, New Oileans, tancy. The SIU and many other
"Please drop a line to mother. Neither a plush uptown bistro
Norfolk and Philadelphia have so AFL unions pitched in to help.
Miss you and am worrying about nor a waterfront dive. Port 'O Call
far provided the bulk of incoming Several unions holding group in
is definitely a place where work
you."
applications from the outports. surance policies with the company
ing men can congregate around a
West coast ports will begin paying thereatened cancellation if a set
t t 4^
barrail. Like many other facilities
(Continued from page 2)
this week because of the delay in tlement was not negotiated.
Ken Woodard
As a result of these pressures
Your books and papers are at operated by the SIU at headquar a high degree of success in passing volved between the date of the ap
Bull Hartlove's house, 807 S. Old ters, it is open to the public and Coast'Guard exams, demonstrating lication and the forwarding of and continuous picketing by the
ham Street, Baltimore. "Cleve." fast becoming a popular stopover the top quality of instruction and same with the a p p 1 i c a n t's dis union, negotiations were resumed
training offered by the SIU train charges and the processing done leading up to the settlement now
t it" 4"
being voted on.
ing .school. They have done far exclusively at headquarters.
better than other candidates being
Alfred Tampol
tested at the same time.
Contact Duke O'Connor, Balti
As presently operated, new
more Marine Hospital.
The following men have been classes are being formed at two
4 i
(Continued from page 2)
men can get seiwice right then and
reclassified by their draft boards: week intervals in headquarters. As
Ray (Whitey) Davis
Frank LaRose, 2A until August 6, the word of the training school along with this small dues in there. In the NMU they always
Get in touch with Herbert De 1952; Leon Toth, 2A until July 5, spreads and ships now out come crease, Curran also announces that pass it on to some union headquar
Varco, 51 Chambers Street, New 1952; Robert F. Donahoe, 2S until back it might be necessary to run from now on "it is not necessary ters committee, and by the time
York.
August 11, 1952; Charles G. Pet two classes simultaneously by start to service ships in every port anrthing gets done the ship is gone
ers, lA; Charles Strangenberg, 2A ing a new session evei'y week.
touched by that ship." He contin and forgotten."
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The NMU membership, the
Requirements
ues that "Ship's committees will
until July 22, 1952; Edward T.
Jack Tobin
Candidates for the AB ticket see to it that disputes . . . are at spokesman continued, has long
You are asked to get in touch Dompkoski, 2A until August, 1952;
with Fred Drier, 312 Finch Street, Vincent L. Carnegie, 2A until Au must be at least 19 years old, have tended to" enabling the Union to been apathetic and unwilling to go
along because of the fact that con
gust 11, 1952.
one year's seatime and pass a lay off some of its patrolmen.
Elim, Johnstown, Pa.
tracts were inferior and that this
Noting
that
the
NMU
is
sudden
physical
exam
including
an
eye
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ly awakdning to a'sizable number onthespot service was not avail
1951 Kaiser Deluxe for sale. Hy sight test.
E. C. Piatt asks his friends to dromatic, white walls, radio; $1,500. While no opening date has been of shortcomings in the union, an able to thehi on the ships.
write him at the Marinp Hospital, H 0 g a n; New York; Telephone announced on the school for the SIU representative declared: "It's "The NMU boasts it has never
Savannah, Georgia.
stewards and engine departments, no wonder that NMU members levied an assessment," he declared.
Murray Hill 38069.
progress Is being made in arrang won't vote a dollar a month in "But considertng the fact that the
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Tony Commata
Howard Schuyler ^
ing of faicilities for these depart crease considering the lousy serv members would not even vote a
Your wife is anxious. to h e a r
Marcus S. Johnson
ments. Annouacemients of the ice they have been getting from dollar dues increase, they wouldn't
froiri joii.. Write 3119 p^ldwih.St,, Pick up your: discharges At the opening of .the school will be car their union. We believe in settling dare ask them for .^^ ^ssessmei\t,to
Los; Angeles 3i;
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jpl,;sqn^e I
^ur 6eefs;p,B,i4ft^|i
Prudential
Strikers OK
Settlement
PERSONALS
Bar Opens; Hq BIdg
Now Fully Operating
Deck Training
School Readies
5th AB Class
NOfi^S
NMU Has More Woes
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Pace Sixteen
Friday. Februa^ t2. Uitt
SEAWARERS LOG
Bosun's 'Educated Toe' Proved
Effective Teacher In Old Days
That seamen were restricted
from keeping diaries during the
The training program that the Union inaugurated recently set me thinking of the old war? A Navy regulation issued in
1943 forbade seamen to keep per
days and the type of training seamen used to go through to get a rating.
sonal diaries chronicling the move
The first program I can remember was run by the government during the latter part ments of merchant ships as part of
an effort to prevent leaks of in
of World War I. The less said" •
formation to the enemy.
about it the better. The phgny
uniforms worn by the trainees
were even worse looking than
those worn by the peach fuzz
boys down at Sheepshead Bay
and other training stations
during World War II.
e. :
t
Their course of instruction was
even more pitiful than that of the
World War II trainees. Very few
of that first batch ever became
rated seamen.
The real training program of the
early 1920's was as it should be,
at the point of production under
actual conditions. In order for a
guy to make the sea a career, he
had to learn the hard way to hold
a job. The hard way meant a good
tough bosun who taught by the
Maritime trainees of first World War are shown as they lined up
boot.
at
US Shipping Board's Atlantic Training Base, located in Boston.
In other words, a few wellplaced
The men were being sent out on American merchant vessels in
kicks in the right spots convinced
three department ratings after an eight week course on a training
many an ordinary seaman that it
was much easier, and less painful ship run by the Shipping Board.
—to learn quick.
washing down and on a lot of ships, at the headquarters school will
OS Never Steered
surely help in a big way to in
pushing the holystone.
In the old shipping board days, In his spare time, if he was crease our. total of AB's. Those
when eight AB's, two ordinary sea fortunate in having a good bosun who figure seafaring for a career
men plus the bosun • and
maybe or AB to teach him, he could try should in every way try to improve
a carpenter constituted the deck to learn seamanship. The result themselves and work for higher
department, the ordinaries were was that it took many years be ratings.
not required to stand watches. fore a guy became a qualified AB. After all, experienced Seafarers
Watches then consisted of two If he was on the ball he would are the backbone of the Union.
AB's on each. The two other AB's make it his business to check the With men of high ratings we can
and the ordinaries were on day lifeboat equipment §nd get a run always service our ships with the
work. This prevented the OS from ning knowledge of the operation finest Seafarers in the world. We
of a lifeboat so that he could of the SIU realize this need, and
steering or standing lookout.
through our training school and the
qualify
for a lifeboat ticket.
, Ij; is true that there were skip
cooperation of our experienced
Good Bosun Helped
pers who would allow these boys
seamen,
we can keep up a steady
In cases where the bosun or an
to take the wheel for learning pur
flow of trained seamen to our
poses. But in most cases, the OS old time AB was interested in ships
and live up to our motto
had a hard time trying to learn teaching, then the ordinary seaman that the
SIU is the best in mari
how to steer. His work consisted was in a position to get the best time.
mainly of chipping, painting, training there was. We were for
Louis Coffin
sougeeing, tying up, letting go, and tunate in sailing with a couple of
hanging on to a guy line when bosuns who were good guys and
raising and lowering gees. Then who had an interest in teaching
of course there was sweeping. seamanship. One bosun in particu
LOGs iVoir in
lar taught us how to splice wire
Perth Amboy
and rope, how to distinguish the
Crewmen of Cities Service
various sizes of rope and wire,
LOGARHYTHMS:
how to tell the weights of canvas, tankers and other ships dock
how to sew canvas and thread a ing at Perth Amboy, NJ will
find plenty of LOGs on hand
needle with a sail turn.
He also taught us the use of the at Victor Dankiff's Bar. Begin
By Jesse E. Watkins
various tools such as marlin spikes, ning with this issue, a package
fids, wrenches and other assorted of LOGs will be mailed out to
We listen while a seaman reads
equipment. This serang was the the bar at 744 State Street.
A farewell to us all.
Since a great many tankers
best teacher in my memory and
A little farm is what he needs;
one of the finest all round sea of companies other than Cities
He's heard the plowman's call. men we ever shipped with. Through Service dock at Perth Amboy,
his instruction we were able to and at other terminals in the
We shake his hand without a pause get both our AB and lifeboat area, the LOGs could help
And send him on his way.
serve as an entering wedge in
tickets.
He must have found a crap game, The oldtimer who knows his Esso tankers and those of
stuff should take an interest in other oil companies that have
cause
teaching the ordinary on his ship. thus far resisted unionization
He's back again today.
This type of teaching plus courses by legitimate unions.
Devil's Dues
That it is quite possible, after
inviting someone to think of a
number, to determine it? Tell him
to add one to three times the num
ber he has in mind and multiply the
sum by three. Then he is to add to
this the number thought of, sub^
tract three and tell you the re
mainder. The remainder is always
10 times the number originally se
lected.
TJiat all you need is 90 days
worked since last June 1st on an
SIU ship to be eligible for vaca
tion money? An estimated $2,500,
000 will be paid out to Seafarers
who qualify.
t
That Samuel J. Tilden, Demo
cratic candidate,' was within one
vote of becoming President of the
US in 1876? Rutherford B. Hayes,
who won the office, had less of a
popular vote than Tilden but an
Electoral Commission gave him 22
disputed electoral votes, producing
the onevote margin, 185184.
That Oklahoma is the Sooner
State because of people who got
there "sooner" than they were sup
posed to? In 1834, Oklahoma was
set aside as Indian territory until
noon, April 22, 1889, when it was
opened to homesteaders. On that
t t
day, 50,000 people swarmed in and That a world weightlifting, mark
the term "sooners" was applied to of 4,235 pounds was set by a 180
those who sneaked into the state pound New Jerseyite in 1950? Jack
sooner than the noon deadline. Walsh, 22, raised a load of 76 iron
test biocks of 50 pounds each plus
That West Point is to silver what a 435pound special platform. The
Fort Knox is to gold? The gov previous record was 4,140 pounds
ernment's silver stores are • c on lifted by a 390pound French Ca.
tained in vaults on the grounds of nadian in 1905.
Right Foot Always Knows
What JLeft FooPs Roiny
(The writer, long a contributor to the LOG, is now on the Puerto
Rico after a long run on the Cities Service tanker. Paoli. As
ship's delegate of this vessel and an active Seafarer for seviral
years, he readily utilized past experiences to set down this parable.
—Ed.).
I once heard an oldtimer explaining to an ordinary seaman why
the crew had been giving him a little dose of the "silent treatment."
The kid had been complaining to the old codger and wondered
why his shipmates didn't want to talk to him. He knew that he had
broken one of the Union rules, but then the ship was 'way off in
the Indian Ocean. Did it matter so much?
< •
"Well, ya shouldn't a' did it," the old salt told him. " 'Tain't no
use figgerin' that just because you're off in a fur
rin' port or fifteen hunnert miles out on th' water,
that you c'n bust a Union rule and th' Union won't
know nuthin' about it, because, hell, son, you are
the Union!
"If you beat yer left foot with a marlinspike,
yer right foot is gonna know about it, too—and
feel some of th' pain.
"You caint hurt anythin' as big and benevolent
as the Brotherhood without hurtin' y'self.
"The whole Union is a body like yer own body,
Lewis
an' if ya hurt a part of it, the rest of th' body feels
it, too. Th' best way to look at Union rules is to unnerstand thet
they wuz made fer a purpose an' that purpose is fer yer own per
tection."
The kid looked down at the deck for a minute. Then he looked
into the old timer's grizzled face. "Yeah—You're right. Pops. You're
darned right! Thanks for the dressin' down."
That's all right, son," the man said. "Come back aft some Sat
urday when you're not on watch an' I'll show you a easy way to
make a Liverpool splice."
At coffee time I saw a twinkle in the old brother's eye when we
overheard the same ordinary seaman fervently explaining to a com
pletely puzzled wiper:
"Breakin' a Union rule is like bustin' yer left shin wid a fid; it
hurts yef right foot, too!"
Thurston Lewis
^Country Boy^
OF ALLTHEB1?A1NLE5S.IDI0T1C
IMBECILES I'VE SEEN
you TAkX THE PRIZE H
LAD, WHAT MAKES VOU SO
STUPID?^
the military academy up the Hud
son River in New York state.
ii>
That January got its name from
a twofaced god who could look
both into the future and the past?
Janus, one of the figures in Roman
mythology, was the god who had
the seer's gift.
Contributed by John Boss
I KNOW I'M NOT VERV BRIGHT
I TRY HARD 'AN WORK
LIKE "GANG BUSTERS"
GEE//I CAN'T
THEM//
r
BOATS. COULDN'T FIND
THE MONKEY FIST
WILL THIS 00*?^
o o
ALRIGHT. FORGET
^GO FORDWARD AND
BRING BACK A COUPLE
spP MONKEY FISTS
OK
I'M UNDERWAY/VA^
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�Friday. Febmary 22, 1952
SEAFARERS LOG
They Say It's Only A Catfish
Fayc gereiiteai
LOG^ARHYTHMS:
Stew's Muse
By John W. Parker
(Brother Parker is chief steward
aboard'the SS South wind.)
By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
Many seafarers interested in photography have the opportunity to
make purchases of photographic equipment in the various foreign
A poet, I guess, is more or less
countries they visit. Some have asked about these cameras and lenses
Preoccupied with gender,
Yet I, though custom call me crude. and whether it's worthwhile making purchases abroad.
If the cameras that they are interested in are for sale in this coun
Prefer to sing in praise of food.
try, there's no doubt that they can be bought for less money in the
country that manufactures them. We can only discuss those cameras
When work seems rather dull
that we have examined and used. To just list the foreign cameras
And life is not so sweet.
and
give the manufacturer's advertising blurb would not be of any
One thing at least can bring me
value. You can read the advertisements in any of the photo magazines.
joy
With the introduction of new varieties of glass and the develop
I simply love to eat.
ment of the anastigmatic lens by Paul Rudolph in 1890, Germany
•
Stuff it, roast it, baste with care, has more or less led the field in the development of photographic
Crewmembers of the Alcoa Patriot pose, with a victim of their
Daintily then the gravy prepare, equipment. The Leitz works celebrated their hundredth anniversary
fishing prowess, a 240pounder caught in the waters off the Para
While round you savory odors tell a few years ago and Zeiss Ikon is ninety years old.
Their optical equipment in cameras, binoculars and microscopes
nam bauxite mines. The boys claim its a catfish but it looks a Whate'er is worth doing.
are known throughout the world and have been standard for many
little too big for that.
Is worth doing well.
years. Voightlander, not as well known is even older, having intro
"duced its first lens in 1840, only one year after Daguerre developed
a practical method for taking photographs.
Discuss Miniatures
In view of space limitations we can only discuss some of the minia
tures, using 35 mm film and smaller. At some later date we will take
up those using larger film. Let's
start with the smallest.
The Minox is a subminiature
Every once in a while you'll run across the sailor who says he's tired of the sea. He'll tell using 9.5 mm film and its picture
you it's no life, especially for a married man, you like to stay in one place after a while, size is 8x11 mm. The film con
tains 50 exposures on each roll of
he's sick and tired of looking at the Persian Gulf and so on. Sometimes you get tired listen film. It has shutter speeds from
Vz second to l/IOOO plus time and
ing to these guys beef, espe"^
cially when you consider the job staked out for myself. My inlaw says T can't let you out on bulb. The camera can be used
in that I'ag, go out and as close as 8 inches and has two
sad experience of an exship brotherinlaw owns one of those the floor
buy yourself a new suit.'
stores
where
they
sell
washing
built in filters. Film winding,
mate of mine. This boy actual
refrigerators, vacuum
"Before I'm through I have to shutter cocking and exposure
ly tried out the shoreside life machines,
cleaners, toasters, auto tires and
counting are one operation, thus
for a couple of months. He everything else you could think of. get two suits, six shirts, some ties making double exposures impossi
and
a
felt
hat.
That
takes
care
of
settled down in Brooklyn and The wife talked him in to giving my first three weeks' salary with ble. It has a f3.5 lens but no ad
got himself a job as a sales me a job because she wants to see
justable apertiue. Adjustment for
man in a household appliance me home every night and not once something to spare.
exposure is made solely by the
"This store I'm working in is on shutter speed. Its steel blade shutter is in front of the lens. The
in two months.
store.
Fulton Street a few blocks from complete size is about that of a package of cigarettes and weighs
Just the other day I was up in
Plushy Salary
our old hall at 51 Beaver. Comes two and a half ounces.
the Brooklyn hall, and I run into
"So he breaks his heart and time for the lunch break on the
This sub miniature is not a toy but a masterpiece of precision
him at the dispatcher's counter
when he's registering. I asked him starts me off at a big sixty bucks first day and I ask the boys where craftsmanship. A magnifier is necessary to view the contact print.
"how come" and he looks at me a a week, plus commission. For that to get something to eat. They take With extreme care in making exposures and in processing of the film
little sheepish and mumbles under I gotta be in six days a'week from me into one of those crummy good enlargements up to 8x10 can be mkde. A film processing tank
his breMh, "Just changed my mind, nine to six with a half hour for cafeterias. Everybody in New York and enlarger are made as accessories of'the same high quality.
The Old Standby
that's all." But I wouldn't let him lunch, and half the time I'm stay is shoving into the joint.
The oldest standard miniature camera is the Leica. Oscar Barnack,
go at that. I worked him into a ing late because we gotta get some
"I pick myself up a cold roast
corner and* wormed the whole story stock on the floor.
beef sandwich, a cup of coffee that who joined the experimental department of the Leitz works .in 1911,
out of him.
"First thing I know I have to you could just about fit half a constructed his first Leica in 1914. The first world war, plus the poor
"Well," he sighed "you know the get myself some clothes. In this donut in, and a piece of pie that quality of movie film, suspended experiments until 1920. By 1924 the
last time I saw you I told you I was job you have to have a nice suit, covers the end of a fork. When I Leica was ready for production and sale. Within 5 years 80,000 were
quittin' this life for' good, but I a clean white shirt and a tie on.
get to the cash register, the dame • sold and by 1934, 170,000 had been sold. With production resumed
guess I forgot how things were had one suit that I bought five says, 60 cents for the sandwich, 20 after the second world war 500,000 had been spread through the world
ashore.
years ago, but when I showed up cents for the pie and a dime for by 1950.
Other companies copied and developed their ovm miniature cameras.
"You see, when I left I had a with it the first day, my brother the java. Practically a buck gone.
When I get through eating I'm still The "candid" camera using 35 mm film was here to stay. The
Leica has been through 10 models with constant changes and improve
hungry.
ments. The latest model 3F has everything but the kitchen sink built
.
"All I get to eat at home is
it.
hamburger, stew and hash. When into
The Leica has shutter speeds from one second to 1/1000 with time
I ask the wife, how'se about a piece and bulb. It has a built in rangefinder. Range and view finder eye
of steak, she tells me that it costs pieces are separate but close together. The camera can be used with
$1.40 a pound and on what I'm many lenses all coupling to the rangefinder. It has a builtin syn
bringing home she can't buy it. To chronizer for standard flash bulbs and strobe units. Winding of the
Brooklynites in our ranks • will instructor, and sign up. It's good
top it off, I wind up washing the film automatically cocks the shutter which is of the focal plan* type.
be happy to learn that the sand for you and the Union ...
dishes every evening.
There are about 25 lenses for the Leica, from the 28 mm wide angle
in the ash trays in our headquar
Another Steward's department
Subway Setto
to the 800 mm telephoto. The standard lens for it is the 50 mm in
ters is pure native stuff, straight man, Joe Pacheco, is really versa
from Coney Island. It's clean tile. He's working as a waiter on
"But what finished me off was speeds varying from F3.5 to F1.5.
too, because it comes from the the Puerto Rico but often sails as the day I had the fight with that
ocean bottom and not off the steward or chief cook.
dame in the subway. I'm standing
beach itself . . . Cities Service
The Best Age
in a corner minding my own busi
Oil Co. has the gasoline station
Tad Wrona, age 36, finds wome*i ness when the door opens and a
concessions on the recentlycom most interesting between the ages stack of people start jamming their
pleted Jersey Turnpike. This of 34 and 42. He says he doesn't way in. This dame must've weigh
(1) The shortest distance between two places on the earth's suiface
means the company will expand. go for young girls because they're ed about 250 pounds and she's got
Brother F. Morciglio says he not mature. Brother Wrona also one of her spiked heels on my foot. is measured along a (great circle), (contour line), (rhumb line), (parallel)?
(2) A man desiring to pay a debt of $340 in monthly payments .finds
will take it easy until spring. Dur attends the most exclusive clubs in I get sore and tell her to get her
ing this time you'll find him play New York and in foreign ports. clodhoppers off me. She starts yell that he can pay $25 the first month and thereafter increase each
monthly payment $2 over the previous month. How long will it take
ing pool and just loafing . . . The P.S.—He's still a bachelor.
ing back at me, and carrying on
Sea Chest is now open and it's Who's the fellow (he sails out of because I made an honest state him to pay his debt?
(3) Who became President of the US as a result of a fatal shoot
worth your while to do your ship New Orleans) who bought a brand ment about her weight. First thing
ping here. Take a look at those new car and can't drive? We hear you know everybody's giving me ing at a "world's fair" in 1901?
(4) Through how many degrees does the minute hand of a clock turn
sport shirts for $2.8^.
he's not even taking driving les dirty looks like I robbed a bank.
in five minutes? ®
Howard (Whitey) Bennett be sons . . . E. Reyes spent a little
(5) Which of these were not acquired by the US as a result of the
came an AB af
time in the Coral Gables Veterans "When I get to the store, my
ter attending the
Hospital. He says the hospital brothejrinlaw starts crawling all SpanishAmerican War (Guam), (Puerto Rico), (Virgin Islands),
deck upgrading
staff deserves a big hand. He's go over my neck, telling me what a (Philippines)?
(6) When a mass of air rises, it is cooled chiefly because (ice crystals
school in head
ing back to the SS Florida . . . lousy salesman I am, and he's pay
quarters, al
The reason Vincent Michel likes ing me too much money as is. So are formed), (it expands), (it mixes with cold air), (moisture condenses)?
(7) How did boxing's "Manassa'Mauler" get that name?
though.. he had
the South American run is because when the day's end comes I'm feel
(8) You be the judge. During a storm a bus was struck by a large
sailed as a mess
he likes to eat and the Ineals in ing pretty low. I take a little walk
man and waiter
Buenos Aires are the best in the down to Beaver Street and pass tree jvhich toppled after weakening in the storm. The injured bus
the old hall. It's still got the SIU driver sued the city for damages. He had been exce^ing the speed
in the steward
world ...
sign
outside.
limit at the time. Could he collect?
d e partment.
I hear that the Delta Line pas
(9) Pat's present age is Your times Frank's present age. Four years
"That
settled
it.
I
went
home,
Shows that he
senger ships are bypassing Recife
Bennett
kept his eyes and
and stopping at St. Thomas again. packed my new suits in mothballs, from now Pat will be one year older than Frank is by then. How old
ears open on board* ship.. There . . . VTho's the bosun who has got out my sea bag, and off I go. are they now?
are many other ordinaries with been on the same ship for eight I hope I get a run to the Persian (10) A basketball game starting in Chicago at 8 p.m. will be seen on
TV screens in New York at (7), (8), (9), and (10) p.m.?
Gulf, so I can get warm again."
enough sea time who could attend. long years?
(Quiz answers appear on page 23.)
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Del Monte Is Host
To Ancient Mariners
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Which Paper?
By Spika Marlin
February is that deceptive month flag, or at least move up into tho
when the sun shines invitingly but first division, nobody would show
up on opening day. Since last
The twin attributes of age and experience were much evi
the wind cuts you in two when you year's
collection of tanglefoots is
dent aboard the Del Monte when she sailed on her 19th voyage
step outdoot's. It's also the month known to be nearhopeless, the
when the $50 bettors, stockbrokers press agent's cry goes out through
with this writer aboard as AB to the sunny ports of Brazil.
on the lam and baseball players the land about the rookie "sensa
We had no less than five mas '
all head south for spring training tions." Who can forget Long Tom
as he approaches his 69th birth
of one kind or another under that Winsett, the boy who was going to
ter licenses on the bridge, day. The rest of us comparative
Florida
sky.
make them forget about Babe
with a considerable number new bom babes readily conceded
There is nothing
fuller of hokum Ruth? Se made the front cover of
to
these
three
veteran
mariners.
of Snug Harbor prospects in
than baseball spring training. Ac Life magazine with his "flawless"
25 Year Men
both licensed and unlicensed
tually any player worth his salt, swing and the night train out of
Topside from the skipper John
with the exception of pitchers, can Brooklyn a couple of weeks after
personnel.
While I reserve the right to keep F. Owens on down, we find all Andrew Jackson's 48 AB, get ready to open the season in a the season started. More recently
my own age a secret, let irbe said personnel with licenses for a quar "Ski," is shown reading his week, provided he stayed in shape there was Clint Hartung the "Hon
that I am no newlyhatched chick ter of a century or more, with the favorite newspaper, the LOG, over the winter. And if he's get do Hurricane" who never blew up
ting paid ten thousand per and more than a gentle zephyr.
en in this sailing game. But in the average well above that. They also of course.
up, he's a fool not to stay in shape.
company of the venerables aboard rate first class pilotage endorse
Back To The Bushes
Even with inflation that's darn
the ship, one could truly feel like ments in such widelyscattered
harbor
waters
as
San
Francisco
good pay for a three hour day and Of course not all the rookies
a frisky youngster just kicking up
Bay, the Mississippi River and the
a six month year.
fade out but 90 percent of the new
his heels.
coasts
of
Texas
and
Florida.
DiMaggios, new Fellers, new Wal
There's many
cases that could
be
Top man on the seniority list
cited offhand of ball players be ter Johnsons pack up their tents
was our most amiable 4th mate. Our licensed elders include 2nd
ing idled by injuries for a month and steal away in the night, before
Captain George Farley, who has Mate Herbert Olsen, who has an
or two and then coming back and the ink has dried on the press re
enjoyed 72 summers and is still imposing collection of 1st class'
going strong. He held a comforta pilot licenses; Mississippi River Followers of Brother E. Reyes' busting the apple as if they had leases. They go back to Indianap
ble lead over such comparative from Southport, La. to sea via cartoons in the LOG will be happy never been gone. That should olis, Springfield, Decatur, Moline,
newcomers as Bill Price and Joe south and southwest passes; Gal to leara that the Seafarerartist dispose of the myth of ball players Kansas City, Augusta, Memphis and
veston bar and tributaries; Tampa has recuperated from his recent needing two months "conditioning" other points where minor leagues
Stocker.
and Hillsboro bars from northwest
flourish. When you boil it down,
Price, fireman of note and a bar to Tampa and Port Tampa, illness. Reyes has just been dis before they can put their best foot baseball spring training is often
forward.
charged from the Coral Gables,
Georgia boy, hit the 68th milestone Florida.
Fla., hospital and Another supposed purpose of like a display window in a run
on Christmas Day and actually 3rd Mate Hans G. Rogde rates
is now recuper spring training is to give the team's down hash house. They may have
went ashore by his lonesome in as a 1st class pilot on the Missis
ating
at home. brain trust a chance to look over a papiermache steak in the win
Paranagua, Brazil, for a meal with sippi from Destrehan, La., to the
A frequent con the rookie crop. This theory shows dow but when you get inside you're
a bottle of beer. Stocker repre sea via south and southwest passes.
tributor
to the a tendency to spring a leak. There's likely to find nothing but watery
sented the department of steward 4th Mate Farley is a California
LOG of the well many a rookie who hit .500 down stew.
"Scotty" Malvenan on the roster man on the pilotage side. He holds
known
"Sailor in grapefruit land, only to fade There's one other slight consid
of ancient mariners. This hop, skip a 1st class pilot license on San
out three weeks after his first eration involved in the, procedure.
Rags"
cartoon
and jump lad, who serves as chief Francisco Bay and tributaries to
Spring training means exhibition
series, Reyes glimpse of the real thing.
cook, is leading Price by a nose, Port
Costa, as well as San Pedro
games. Exhibition games mean
sails as waiter
Pure Ballyhoo
and San Diego Bays. In such au
paying customers, and customers
and
head
waiter.
Reyes
gust company, 2nd Mate Harry Bell
In recent years Spring training's main reason mean money. The baseball fathers
KaffeeKlatch Powell
still rates with a license he has spent a good deal of time for existence is pure boxoffice discovered that simple truism long
which he has held for nigh on 25 aboard the Del Norte, and the ballyhoo. If the fans around the ago. They have been working hard
circuit don't believe that their at it ever since under the guise of
years.
Florida.
With such a surplus of naviga During hisf illness, crewmembers heroes have a chance to snatch the conditioning" their hired hands.
tional skill there was smooth sail of the Florida contributed $75 and
ing on the Monte for my first trip four pints of blood to Reyes with
to Brazil since 1938. I'll try an the message "There's plenty more
other sea next time cut '^ut I'm where that came from."
sure that wherever I sail officers According^to reports, Reyes will
and crew will all be acvices by be back on his feet soon. He has Word has been received of the his home. "I knew he never
comparison.
several cartoons in the works and death of William A. Miller, mess wanted to be buried at sea," she
Edwin C. Robinson will send them in to the LOG.
man, aboard the Frank C. Emerson said.
while en route to the port of New Describing Miller as a good
Union man who "always spoke
Orleans.
highly of his Union," Mrs. Miller
Brother Miller, only 42 years of said that he had been sailing
age, died suddenly on January 31, steadily since 1941 with the excep
1952. He is survived jjy his wife, tion of a twoyear period, 1943
Vince Fitzgerald, messman
Mrs. Kathleen Miller, Rt. 2, Mc and 1944, when he stayed home at
(left), ancf DM Joe Ottsianik
An accident at sea aboard the Robert, E. Lewis cost Sea Kenzie, Ala., his daughter, Mary the request of his family.,
enjoy coffee on deck of Besse
farer John Stout four fingers of his left hand. Stout is now Lou Miller, also of McKenzie; his "He stayed as long as he could,"
mer Victory in the Far East.
in the Baltimore USPHS hospital recovering from a series of brother. Major James E. Miller of she said, "but he just had to go
—
^amputations and skin grafts. Austria; a sister, Mrs. Pearlie Mae back to sea. He wasn't happy
Adams of Tampa, Fiorida; and a working ashore."
Officers and crew of the Lewis, halfsister,
Mrs. Lucille Turner, Mrs. Miller expressed her grate
Stout said, came through for him Crestview, Fla.
in fine style when they took up a Funeral services for Brother fulness and thanks to his late
collection for him to the tune of Milier were held on Thursday, shipmates, who proved to be good
$300. "The money was very help February 7, from the Methodist shipmates and the best of friends
ful to me," he said, "as I had not Church of McKenzie. Burial was for the deceased.
Ship's delegate Harry H. Pierce
received any pay at the time."
in Bushfield Cemetery.
had informed the LOG that crew
The
accident
took
place
on
Jan^
• me opettr15rs have uary 8 in rough seas while Stout Miller had been a member of members of the Frank Emerson
for over ten years, joining took up a collection in the amount
was working in the bow of the ship. the SIU
^ied'fe'pat' men
in
Mobile,
Ala. on June 8, 1941. of $160.72 which was sent to Mrs.
When a big sea came over, he His wife expressed
Miller, along with the crew's ex
aboard ships who
grabbed the combing of the fore for the retimn of his appreciation
remains
to
pression of deepest sympathy.
peak to avoid being swept off his
ora not" membeKJs
feet. The sea slammed the open
door down on his fingers crushing
ofhhe Uviion OK
them.
The captain immediately or The government, when it under coach (18881931). A native of Nor
who hoyen'i^been
dered the ship to set out for Ber took
the tremendous shipbuilding way, he emigrated with his family
c\eoyed thKouth
muda, two days away. 'By the time program
of World War II, named to Clhicago, attended Notre Dame
he got to Bermuda however, in its Liberty
the Union HaiR
ships after famous as a science student and inciden
fection had set in. He spent about Americans. Below
are the names tally excelled in football. First
10 days in the hospital in Bermuda of a few SIUcontracted
Ships'dele^a^lgs
Libertys user of the legal but unused tactic
during which his fingers were am and thumbnail sketches of the per of
the forward pass, he returned
should 't(aKei4ie.
putated.
sons whose names they bear.
to Notre Dame as a chemistry in
Subsequently,
he
was
trans
pKe(3QLrHon oP checkmo each nevV
structor and later'became football
ferred to the Baltimore USPHS
Thomas Nelson (Waterman). Rev coach. He revolutionized the sport
hospital
where it
was
necessary
to
member oPfbe
comlnb
trim the fingers still further. Stout olutionary general and statesman throughout the country.
t> ti
a board and
he does neh
expects to be in the hospital for (173889). Born in Yorktown, Va.,
another month but he is not he graduated from Cambridge in Nathaniel B. Palmer (National).
a bonafide. di'sp^stch Card
through yet. He will have to come England. A signer of the US Dec Sea captain (17991877). Born at
back for another operation to re laration of Independence, he com Stonington, Conn., he was well
hall, ncfhi'fy~fhe hall cJfonce
move the bone from the stumps manded the Virginia militia during known as a commander and de
the revolution and was governor signer of clipper ships. While on
so fhat" we csan ^uiTa sloploihiS and' make other adjustments so of
that state in 1781. He lost his a whaling voyage in the South
that he will be able to regain at
ptticfrce. ChccK. ev/eKy newcrfew
fortune aiding the patriot cause Shhtlands (southern tip of South
least partial use of the hand.
America), he led an exploring trip
The youthful Seafarer, who is 22 and died penniless.
membeK
and reported land now known as
it 3; 4
years of age, has been sailing with
Football Palmer ]^<^hinsula.
the,SIU only sin<:?,Marcti.of, IPSl. ^]ite, ^ojckne
'Sailor Rags'
Recuperating
Wm. Miller Dies On Ship
Injury On Ship Costs
Seafarer Four Fingers
How Libertys Were Named
�Friday, February 22, 1952
'Aship Or Aohore
She^s A Dream
SEAFARERS LOG
L E TIERS
Page Nineteen
i
Seapeari Finds
Shipper Awash
To the Editori
To the Editor:
About four years jigo I wrote a Next day when I opened the mail
Here's a continuation report on
that
seagulls
build.
Anyhow
they
letter to the LOG extolling the box out pops a check from Bull Theg Roughed It were cooing on same. It had been the Seapeari, one of the wierdest
merits of a dream ship and a Line for retroactive pay I earned
chipped, red leaded and then ships I ever rode. We were on
dream cruise. It's been a while back from last November. It looks In the Old Dags
painted a real bright buff color, our way back from Santos when
To
the
Editor:
' since I've been on another such like me and the missus are going
but these
birds proceeded to really the second pumpman and wipers
ship, but the one I'm on now cer to get a few of those things we've , Brother Louis Goffin's article and truly camouflage the whole worked on all four pumps and
in the January 25 LOG about con
tainly deserves such mention.
couldn't get them to function
been talking about buying.
ditions years age makes me won mast.
It takes many ingredients to
well,
so they had to fly parts from
der if seamen realize how well The captain, chief mate, bosun the States.
Good Feeling
make a good ship. Undoubtedly
and
assorted
steward,
engine
and
the first necessity is a godd skip
Here I am with that SIU payoff, off they are today.
captain said he was going
per. We of the Western Farmer, SIU vacation money and SIU back My sea service only goes back deck hands threw things at them to The
get the FBI to come aboard
believe that we have one of the pay stuffed in my pockets. Believe 24 years, yet I experienced many and tried to scare them off, but when, we
got to the states to have
soap. The old man gave the
best Masters sailing today in the me, a lot of good things have been of the conditions Goffin has writ no
whistle a short blast and the male an investigation. He was sure
person of Captain Dewey Darrigan. happening to us in the last few ten of. I can remember Joe Daly, gull flew
for a short while, that a member of the crew would
Too often a captain takes com months, a new hall, a new contract, Joe Hagen and Markey, as well as but when away
the female
let out a yell be charged with sabotage.
the
Pacific
Coast
Shipowners
fink
mand with the
a new vacation plan. It makes you hall and the back door payoff many (as all females do), he immediately The other night the 812 OS
idea that he is
feel real good to know that you guys used to give shipowners' returned and resumed his cooing was on the flying bridge on look
the only person
have that SIU book in your pocket. stooges to get a job.
with his partner once again.
out, and he saw a peculiar object
o f importance.
down on all fours. It turned out
The only
company
I can
remem
Encore
Number
Captain Darrigan
Hal Treadwell
to be the old man trying to catch
ber that treated seamen as human
does not enter
They refused to depart, but the 3rd mate sitting down on
^
beings was
the Los
Angeles SS Co.
tain any such
I sailed as watertender on the City when one of the AB's went aloft watch.
feeling, ^o him,
He Leaves It
of
Honolulu back in 1929. They had to chase them off, they left. Re The bosun found his dog, but
each man serves
shower baths, white linen and good turning as soon as the deck man when the steward got off he took
To Negotiators food.
a vital function;
Pay was $72.50 a month with alighted on deck, they once again him to the States and now the
To the Editor:
helping to sail
Hall
time off on each end of the trip. began their camouflage work. Not ship is without a dog.
the craft by do
Greetings from "hot to cold" Ali the other companies on the only did they take care of the Outside of all our troubles this
ing the. utmost required of his and from "tranquility to uproar." West Coast refused to recognize mast, but the whole deck and may be a good trip yet.
rating.
Everything is oh, soso aboard the seamen as part of the human fam everyone and everything in their
Happy Family
Clayton Conley
Steel Seafarer out here in Saudi ily. When the Shipping Board cut vicinity.
Our captain feels that he is the Arabia. The only suggestion we wages in 1931 the oil companies Well, all hands are really happy
4
4 4
head of a big family, and he does can make to aid the September ne followed suit. Cargo outfits were and pleased about the raise in
his best to see to it that the family gotiating conference is, consider paying $45 for firemen and $50 for wages, overtime, vacation plan and He Was Grinding
stays happy, on ship and ashore. ing the past results, let's lay it all oilers with field
days. If you didn't most of all, the gaining of the 40
His attitude towards us has re in the lap of those who have won work them, you found yourself on hour week. Itdoes conclusively His Coffee Fine
To the Editor:
sulted in the formation of an alert, so much for us in the past.
the beach. Each watch, including prove to the whole maritime field We're on the Fort Hoskins, Cities
efficient, hardworking crew that We will payoff in Baltinore these the officers, had to chip in to buy that the Seafarers are always first
extends to him every respect and days with an ore cargo. Until then coffee, sugar, milk and their own in line to gain benefits and con Service tanker, and have the over
time and other
admiration.
we are sailing along nicely with coffee pot. There were water buck ditions for their membership. It
Ably assisting the captain are Captain Bill Williams and Mate ets for bathing, with the chief en was a job well done, and we ask things running
three good mates, and the other Kelley, two of the fairest men gineer tolling out the water, a that the committees and officials smoothly, but a
licensed positions are filled by four have ever sailed with. The LOGS bucket to a man.
who handled same accept congrat little trouble with
very good engineers, all bookmera have been coming through and like
ulations and thanks from the en the chow. Our
Nobody Got Fat
bers of our affiliated Brotherhood everything else, its "tophole." We
tire crew, and we could say from steward has been
a hard, hard man,
of Marine Engineers.
The food was so rotten that you the entire membership of the Un and for a while
hope to see you all soon.
A fine steward's department,
never heard a guy kicking about ion.
Saint Claude, deck delegate
was using hand
turning out the best of meals and
S. J4 Marone, ship's delegate being overweight. Many companies There'll probably be some live ground coffee at
varied menus, is another bellringer
demanded six months previous ones on this scow when we return
cents a
4" t J"
on the Western Farmer.
Dore
service before, employing a seaman, to the States, but when that will be eleven
pound.
You
can
but
Nordenbam's Tops
who
could
stay
that
long
on
only
God
and
the
powers
that
be
Sees Good Year some of those bellyrobbing ships? can tell.
imagine how good it was. He also
To top all this off we hit one
does not allow the chief cook to
To protest conditions in those days
William Brightwell go in the meat box, but cleans it
of the best ports in Europe today. Ahead For SIU
meant a black list and drifting
Ship's delegate
The little town of Nordenham, Gei> To the Editor:
himself, keeping the contents a
many, just down the river from Before I get started on my first from port to port to try to find a
deep,
dark secret.
4 t 4
Bremerhaven. We had the town all letter to the LOG in a long time, job.
However
we are doing our part
to ourselves too, no competition I want to wish the LOG staff, SIU The good food, living conditions Bridger is Still
as
well
as
possible and hope to
from the Army, from the MSTS, or officials and the membership a and take home pay we have today
straighten out
things after a while.
from the US lines.
very Happy New Year. It's been came from the militant action of hong Wag Out
We
wish
to
thank
the LOG staff
"Xtoing ashore we found that the a Happy New Year for me, because organized labor. It will only re To the Editor:
for the good
job you're doing. Keep
young unattached feminine branch before I shipped on the Wild main as long as we uphold the prin
Here we are still on the Fort up the good work and high spirits.
of the populace outnumbered us Ranger on the express run to ciples that created these conditions. Bridger after ten months of Adios for now.
by several to one. Some of the northern Europe I received my Brother Hall, our secretarytreas wandering around the Persian
Eugene Dore
boys are starting to think about be first papers in New York. I have urer, has often spoken on the sub Gulf and other points East. We're
Ship's delegate
coming Mosldms, which religion al been trying to get my citizenship ject of overtime. It's your safe in Port Said, Egypt, right now and
4 4 4
lows a man to have four wives. papers ever since 1946 but I lost guard against exploitation beyond should be able to get back home
eight
hours
a
day.
Years
ago
we
Besides the fair frauleins, we
out when they cut
in time to collect our Social Sec Theg^re Skeptical
sampled the best products of Ger
out the five year worked fifteensixteen hours daily urity payments.
man breweries. If the famed Per
discharges in for a dollar a day. By our gain of Most of the original crew have About Enterprise
sian tentmaker and philosopher,
September 1950. the eight hour day we earned more long since come and gone. There To the Editor:
Omar Khayyam, were able to visit
I was at sea .^t leisure hours to rest. To abuse such are only three of us SIU men left We the crewmembers of the St.
Nordenham he would probably for
the time on the leisure time by seeking overtime aboard this ship. Bob Rebolledo, Augustine Victory have heard with
get about his book of verse and
Steel Voyager, so is to abuse the principles for which Ken Wong and myself. The rest great interest of the exploits of
Captain "StayPut" Carlsen and
loaf of bread. Like the crew, he
when I got back we fought.
of the crew consists of some Eng his floundering vessel the Flying
So
when
Brother
Hall
and
Gof
would be too busy with the jug of
1 started all over
lishmen, Italians, Germans, a
wine and blueeyed blondes to
again by applying fin, and others write on the subject Canadian and an Australian which Enterprise. Having quite a few
of
wages,
conditions and
the
gains
crewmembers on our ship who"
worry about such mundane things
for a visa.
makes us a small sized United Na have been on sliips that were tor
Eriksen
as reading and eating.
I got a job on of seamen today, read and under tions.
pedoed, shelled, bombed or sunk
So there you have it. A good the Puerto Rico and after four stand they are seeking to protect
clean ship, a captain who is aces, trips, I succeeded in receiving my your personal welfare and .that of We've begun to forggt what New one way or another during the WM,
our sympathy goes out for Captain
swell bunch of officers, good crew visa and was able to file intention our organization, the SIU.
Carlsen that he should lose his
and a good run. Anytime you see to become a citizen. Now I have
Joseph S. Buckley
vessel.
a job on the board for the Western my first papers with only two years
4.
Si
After all, his crew and passen
Farmer, don't hesitate, throw in to wait until I will be able to be
gers abandoned him with the sole
for it.
come a fullfledged citizen.
Gulls Paint Mast
burden of saving 6,500 tons of
But if you're a gashound and a While waiting in New York I
valuable cargo for his company and
performer, better think twice. The looked over our new building and Without OT Pag
insurance company. It reminds us
crewmerabers know when they was surprised to see how wonder To the Editor:
of a wartime poster, a picture of
have a good thing and they aren't ful our hall is. I never thought Hello and howdy from the crew
a toughlooking hombre with a sea
letting anyone spoil it.
that when I started in the SIU in of the Noonday (Waterman), some
bag on his shoulder captioned,
times
called
"Midnight"
because
1943 that we would ever be able
Donald Hall to have a hall like this. At that of her tendency of sailing at that
"You bet I'm going back to sea."
Feeling we must compensate him
time our hall was in a little place time. It has been a great trip so
for his loss the crew hereby pledges
with no beqfs, no arguments
Sailing With SIV at 2 Stone Street. We sure are far
a small amount of money to be
and the food is above average.
all the time.
Reallg Pags Oft gaining
used toward buying a diving suit,
Let's prove to the operators In fact, some of the red beans
the suit to be used exclusively by
To the Editor:
when we open our negotiations and rice boys were demanding that Last of the SIU on the wander
the Captain for the sole purposeof
It's' not a good idea to boast that we are still able to improve the abovementioned delicacy be
about it, but man I'm really loaded and have the best conditions on served on Thanksgiving and Christ ing Fort Bridger are this trio, diving for the 6,500 tons of cargo
—with money that is. I just paid the waterfront. So here's hoping mas, but the scrapple and borscht (1. to r.). Bob Rebolledo, Lee in the Enterprise's hold.
We are truly sorry that the saga
off here in New York, got myself this will be a wonderful new year boys from east of Hatteras de de Parlier and Ken Wong.
that good SIU pay and overtime. with a new and powerful contract manded a hand vote. Gentlemen, York looks like but hope to hold did not have a true comicbook
First thing I know when I come up on all SIU ships.
it was a draw.
out to the end of the voyage. At ending with the hero coming out
to the hall they're handing out By the way, that new LOG is A little humorous event occurred least we're trying anyway. We'll the victor and saving the poor
vacation money. I hotfooted it .really something. Let's keep it as while enroute from one port. Two probably be the last ones in the steamship owners their valuable
cargo.
home, got my discharges and got good and try to make it bigger. seagulls adopted the crosstrees on SIU to see the new hall.
back here. I collected myself a
C. J. Qulnnt
the foremast and began building
Ship's delegate
fewbucks vacation money.
EOliibba K. W. Flriis^n a nest, or whatever. in hell It is
Lee de Parlier i
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�Twenty
Friday. Pebruary 22. 1952
SEAFARERS LOG
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Eighteen men adrift for a week on the disabled, rudderless Colum
bian schooner Gloria have ben rescued by Navy patrol craft but their
abandoned vessel poses a navigational menace to Caribbean shipping
... A sulphur fire at the state docks in Charleston, SC, was touched
off by a spark when a huge bucket scoop unloading a steamship struck
a part of the metal framework inside the hold. Injuries were suffered
by 11 stevedores from fire and poisonous fumes which sent up a
blanket of smoke visible across the entire waterfront.
CASH BENEFITS
Paid by the Seafarers International Union, A&G District
Vacation
REPORT NO. 1
t
i
i
By Lloyd Gardner, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
A fishing boat skipper is asking the Navy to pay for 600 feet of line
he lost when a submerged submarine off Newport, RI, ran into
Period Covered By This Report—Feb. 11Feb. 18
the cables of his 62foot dragger. He said he was forced to cut the
Cash on
liand
$400,115.00
lines, found on the sub when she returned to her base, when the ram
ming caused the dragger to go backwards and threatened to sink Estimated Accounts Receivable
146,000.00
it . . . "Unsinkable" aluminum lifeboats will be aboard the superliner Vacation Benefits Paid in Period
99,170.98
United States when she makes .her maiden run this summer. They are
232 Carlos Matt
47.82
said to be the first fully fireproof craft of their kind and virtuaUy Check
73.48
Amount 233 .lose Mclendez ...«
No. Name
unsinkable.
50.88
234
John
Bluitt
To
Cash
Vac.
Checks
$8,000.00
101
4.
4.
i
.
41.32
Void 235 William Craven
102 Void
57 93
41.99 23G Alfonso Olzuulckel .....
103 Erick Pedersen
40 82
41.60 237 Alexander Serra
104 James Pedersen
69.09
38.49 238 Santiago Crespo
105 John De Abreu .*
53.27
89.04 239 Vlncente Navarrete ....
106 Willard Blumen
48.30
37.32 1J40 Henry Leavey
107 Thomas. J. Tlpaldos
83.20
73.09
241
Bcncdetio
Poreello
....
108 Wilfred Bennerson
37.32
81.65 242 Peter Bergen
109 Ed. Taylor
83.59
55.21 243 Bertrand HoBinan
110 Sanford Brooks
95.26
50.54 244 Kenneth Marplc
111 Hcber R. Guymon
85.92
58.71 243 Benjamin Parkinson' ....
112 Michael J. Slinskl
6G.I0
45.10 246 Jean St. Jucques
113 Frank M. Stone
75.43
114 Grenesto Ramirez ........ 69.60 247 Carlos Ponce
64.15
38.10 148 Ilaymoiid Webber
115 Oalerl Foodlng
58.32
37.32 249 Luis Valentin
116 Flnley Chrisholm
38.88
83.98 250 Domingo Ortiz
117 Jose Escobor
51.32 251 Pablo Gonzalez '
• 64.1S
118 Francisco Gonzalez
81.65
79.32 252 Joseph Bracht
119 Albert Sasco
48.60
Void 253 Mario Serrano
Void
Unexpected good weather and little ice may enable the Great Lakes 120
, 53,65
77.37 254 l.ars "Nielsen
121 Hllarlon Aqulo
43 93
66.48
shipping season to get off to an early start this year. Very little ice 122 Aldorlco R. Mezudio
'
255 Frank Pasaluk
61.43
77.76 256 Hoberto Principe
123 Richard J. Grant
is reported Jamming the flow in Lake Erie and L^ke Ontario . . . Re 124
64.93
Void 257 Antonio De Jesus
Vbld
73.87
ceding flood waters on the Ohio River threaten to leave a towboat 125 Valentine 11. Benner
80.97 258 WlUle Walker
Void 259 Alberto Trenino
40.05
Void
and three barges aground in a Kentucky cornfield. The towboat and 126
55.60
38.10 260 Benjamin Bulamy ....
127 Victor M. Perez
54.43
six barges, coming from Pittsburgh, drifted into a stream. Three of 128 Rlcardo Garcia
44.71 201 Herbert WlUlams
48.60 262 Luige lonlne
48.60
129 Alfonso Lopes
the barges were floated off the field before the waters receded.
72.32 203 Antonio Fernandez ....'
97.59
130 Henry GoUcki
66.48 204 Franci.seo Antonelli ....
97.59
131 Joseph Persyallo
89.97 263 WilUam Jimenez ........
48.60
1 132 Oscar Seara
Activity through the Panama Canal continued to spurt upward, with 133 Ignasio Tlrado
72.32 266 Adolph Watson
37.71
62.60
52.49
Wilfred
Schoenborn
......
.
134
267
TlnofiU
Pantiley
January '52 representing the fifth month in which more than 500 com
92.53 268 Luis Aviles
51.32
PhlHp Levine
mercial ships have used the canal ... An international group organized 135
97.20 269 Robert EUis
36.94
136 Jose Lopez
67.26
75.82
Leroy
Williams
137
270
Samuel
Erlitz
last fail to cut turnaround time in port by bettering cargohandling
38.88 271 Ramon Lonez
35.38
138 Eduardo Bonebont
methods will meet in Rotterdam April 21 to study ways of reducing 130 Gennoro Bonefont ......... 97.59 272 James Macklin
48.99
81.65
81.76
Rupert
Daniels
".
273 Patrick Burke
port congestion. The presence of labor representatives at the sessions 140
75.43 274 Walter Edwards
35.38
Florian J. Gllnskl
is urged, officials stated, since it is recognized that faster cargohan 141
45.10 275 Michael GottschaUc t...
44.32
142 Donald Rundblad
45.10 276 Void
Void
dling can be managed only with cooperation from waterfront workers. 143 Howard Bennett
73.48 277 .Tames Keno
83.98
144 Albert J. Bagley
39.47 278 Joseph Falci
76.59
145 James Scaly .
Void 279 Edwardo Toro
64.34
Void
One of two Esso tankers involved in the most disastrous sea collision 146
97.59 280 Charles Stevens
80.48
147 Cartas Roddiyucz ....'
0
off an American coast in eight years is back in service. The mishap 148 JuUo Torres
95.64 281 Charles Ray
........ 0, 62.21
59.10 282 Raphael Badlani ....... • 54.43
149 Luis Gonzales
last April, which claimed 38 lives, sent the tankers Suez and Greens 150
47.04 283 Charles Benvay
41.09
Ramon Salas
boro into different shipyards for repairs. The Suez, delayed six months 151 Adraln Denena ..
97.20 284 Cecil Rush
95.64
95.04
51.71
Julio
C.
Ruiz
152
285
Fernando
Dacanoy
.....
in drydock by the Mobile shipyard strike, is again sailing . . . Japanese 153 Angel Maldonado
64.93 286 Felix Jluiioz
• 50.93
supertanker construction for export may hit 50 percent of all that 154 Louis R. Goach
75.04 287 Frank Tltl
46.66
80.09
91.37
155
Thomas
Dudkln
288
Sltlney
Isaecs
0.
nation's shipping construction this year, if orders keep coming in. 156 William O'Brien
69.21 28j Joseph Spaulding
46.66
Orders for more than 250,000 tons were placed there in two months. 157 Emila Sierra
77.76 290 Edelmbo Albarran
40.82
66.87
Alfonso
Rirrera
Void
158
291 Void
64.15 292 James Zlzman
159 Fructuoso Camacho
52 88
59.88 293 Joseph Cane
66.10
Replacing outmoded wooden piers, a $5,300,000 dock ship terminal 160 Fenardo Munoz
95.64 294 Fernando Toriz ........
Santiago nosarlo
73.09
in the Charlestown section of the Boston waterfront will be completed . 161
7.8.54
162 Ian G. Gumming
38.88
295 NUsh Fundquist
69.21 296 Henry Blrt
89.97
; .. a
next week. It will provide berths for three modem ocean vessels at 163
79.32 297. Damase De Jesus
85.13
Jose Cannl
a time . . . Switzerland's "infant" oceangoing merchant fleet will 164
82.43 298 Joseph Sharp
165 GuUlcrmo Rosardo
71.54
55.60 2d9 Peter Arthurs
44.32
reach a record strength of 36 vessels by mid1953 when nine ships now 166 Domlnlck De Angelo
74.65 300 Charles Henry . <
167 Confesor Arrazo
37.71
under construction are completed. The tiny, landlocked nation first 168 James Mitchell
73.48 301 Emllio Ortiz
61.43
66.87 302 Francisco Ortiz
acquired a merchant fleet during World War 11 to insure food imports. 169 Edmund Murowski
44.71
49.77 303 John FitzSlmmons.
170 Pablo Rodriquez
50.54
95.64 304 Antonio Infante
171 Ralph BuUard
53.65
75.43 305 Hugh WllUams
Ward M. Wallace
A Japanese liner is carrying a bronze model of the Statue of Liberty 172
53.27
71.54 306 Jose Torres
173 Anthony Gregoire
.97.59
dedicated to "eternal peace and freedom" to Nagasaki, site of one of 174 Jose Prats
58.32 307 Lew Hee
92.53
67.26 308 Emll Dupont
Harry Cook
two atom bombs blasts in World .War II. The model was presented 175
75.82
0
49.38 309 Rafatel GaidUs
176 John S. Lucas
75.82
by a New York brokers' association ... A New Jersey ship line em 177 Antoni BUyk
65,3B 310 Felix Aponte
67.26
178 Roberto Natal
59.10 311 Augustln Oquendo
ployee may benefit by an award of $42,799 for supplying information 179
• 97.59
Inoccnclo Perez
38.38
37.32
312
Moses
Lucas
•
which led to the finding of gold bullion in an automobile being loaded 180 Ramon Garcia
48.21 313 George Dingle
« 41.09
63.37
181
Leo
Monnaugh
onto a ship for export early last year. The award, representing 25
97.20
314 Charles Cronler .......
50.16 315 Juan Burgos
Denley W. Walter
75.43
percent of the find, was urged on Congress by New Jersey Senator 182
183 Thomas Velez
• 84.37 318 Ben Hitehcn
55.60
80.09 317 William Vclosquez
184 Jose Toro
Hendrickson.
77.37
185 .Richard Diaz
83.20 318 Frank Soriano
38.10
64.54 319 "Hans Erlckson
186 Walter Marquart
79.32
73.48 320 Edward Newman
1C7
Alberto
Esplno
40.27
The New Orleans Port Commission has awarded contracts for a 188 Tomas Rivera
97.59 321 Julio Bernard
62.99
giant public grain elevator expected to almost double its present 189 Gerard McGillen ......... 80.26 322 Jose Cll
61.82
81.65
Pedro Claudio
55.90
323 Wladyslaw Gllas .......
capacity. The project is part of a $15,000,000 expansioii program be 190
191 Conclpclon R. Rivera
92.15
50.93
324 Hermon Tiller
gun in 1948 . . . The Cuban Navy and US Coast Guard have given up 192 Stanley Duda
57.54 325 To cash vac. checks.... 30s000.00
193 Joseph DlGloglo
61.04 326 Luis Aeencldo
87.09
a search for a ship reported on fire off northwestern Cuba as "a hoax." 194
85.92 327 Void
Edward Ezernieckl
Void
The distress signal which set off a spurt of rescue activity yielded 195 James Curran
66.10 328 William Andrews
40.05
71.54
196
James
McPolin
36.94
329
Arne
Larsen
no sign of .any ship afire or trace of wreckage . . . Crewmen of the tug 197 Thomas Flnegau
48.60 330 Julio Napoleonls
7(rn8
Bill Endter have received a plaque from their union. Local 333, United IDG Void
Void 331 To cash vac. checks
2,000.00
88.26
199
•
lohn Fedesovlch
97.59
3.32
George
Burke
Marine Division, ILA, in recognition of their participation in a mid
52.10
Robert LaGasse
. 73.48 333 Julio Flores
January rescue of passengers involved in an East River plane crash. 200
50.93
57.15 334 Angel Rosa
201 John Eliasson
93.31
42.38 335 Christobel Rlnas
202 Nleola Richie
67.65
336
Joseph
Tekulre
Arthur
Beck
64.15
203
Twentyfour seamen aboard the Argentine steamship Buneos Aires 204 Francis Wall
45.49
52.88 337 Mariano Gonzales
87.48
70.76 338 Clarence Wallace
reportedly mutinied against an order not to go ashore and \yound up 205 Antonio Gonzalez
43.16
339
John
Murdock
Manuel Aquas
84.76
in a Canary Islands jail. The skipper said he had planned to get un 206
30.27
89.97 340 William Palmer
207 Elwood Read
79.70
... 47.82 341 Luis Mareno
derway right after the loading of cargo was completed. A hurried 200 L. C. Wallace
78.93
a
34.99 342 Rafael Saldana
Hurshel Orlando
roundup' of seamen on the beach enabled the ship to sail as planned 209
52.49
66.10 343 Ruben Lauger
210 Isabelo Garcia
60.65
344
Hezeklah
Donovan
88.26
211
Leopaldo
Colon
. . . The 180foot Redbud, multipurpose freighter and onetime Coast
87.09
86.31 345 Ramon Irizarry t.......
Frank Mozet
Guard huoy tender, has been turned over to the Navy's MSTS. She 212
346
Salvador
Legoyada
63.37
44.71
213 Harold Walsh
45.49
67.26 347 John Slamon
will go on duty in April as a combination icebreaker, light cargo and 214 John .Durkin
71.54
348 Samuel Setleff
215 Ignaclo He Fumero ....... 38.88
radio communications ship between east coast and north Atlantic ports. 216 George Brown
i • 97.59
43.93 349 Juan Dcnopra
85.92
350
Edward
Jones
66.10
217 Carlos Torres
68.82
53.65 351 William Hernondez .... J
218 Isacc Antonio
The Navy has reeived the first six of a planned antisubmarine fleet ,219
40.82
93.64 352 Domiel Scda
Gilberto Gonzalez
89.04
55.21 353 Steve Lenert
«
of automatic pilot helicopters, which will be used to screen troop and 220 Charles Collins
66.10
394
Dimos
Cortez
69.60
Adam Kosinskl
merchant ship convoys from enemy Uboats. Use of the aircraft will 221
43.93 335 Peter Garden
• 41.99
222 Julio. Santiago
« 68.43
69.60 330 Harold Jones
permit release of destroyers and patrol sea craft for other duties
223 Raymond Torres
60.10
357
Tony
Sparrow
50.54
Antonio Sohiamone
Indian shipping tonnage is three times what it was in prewar days, and 224
48.99
95.64 338 Cruz Negrou ............
22.5
• . 48.21
80.09 359 Mloheal Regeg
the longestablished foreign monopoly of Indian waters has virtually dis 329 Gerald Artiaco
42.38
97.59 360 Thomas Steinmeyeir ...
Luis VUa
appeared. The govefrtment has set a goal of 200,000 tons to be acquired 227
381
WUUain
Smothers
» 86.31
40.44
228 Carlos Doll .
a...
89.97
75.48 362 Fortunato Constsntiny .
wlthlin the next five years. Almost one and a half times that figure in 229 , Israel Echanania
. 69 60
Francisco MareUUo
' ' 64;fM '^3 AndieW Bragtbif
gross tonnage was added to, its .merchant fleet in the last four yMre. 230
go* Amede* FMriV A'Uyt..
331 ' ArthitfOaHdxltM
. f i F.
The launching of a 664foot freighter in the Saginaw River off Bay
City. Michigan, set off a splash that drenched 50 spectators and tossed
two children into the water. When the vessel hit the water, she kicked
up a wave 300 feet wide that spread across the river, cracked a thick
crust of ice that children were standing on and dropped two of the
youngsters in. Other onlookers were doused with a heavy spray ...
Detained in Manila after their ships left without them, nine foreign
seamen have ended a fiveday hunger strike in protest against what
they called an "indifferent attitude" by their consulates to their
detention.
t
S
4 •
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4.4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
TOTAL
•
^
'
v.'."!,
Vacation Plan, Feo. 11Feb. 18:
Welfare Plan, Jan. 27Feb. 9:
$111,721.30
38.10
364 Amedeo Fedele
74.26
365 Fortunato Dellcna
47.04
366 B. G. Waturskl
68.43
367 Vincent Donlnguez
97.20
368 Wilfred Lachance
85.54
36» Enrigue Rasado
95.64
370 Julio Rcy
371 Camlel Caus
89.81
84.37
372 Eugene Balboa
78.15
373 Anlbal Albc
62.00
374 Kong Ken You
52.10
375 Eddie Parr
40.27
376 Pete Perotto
78.15
377 Joseph .Morton
64.54
378 Robert Pumls .
46.27
379 Joseph McCormack
72.71
380 Juan Oluro
82.04
381 James Flpplncott
60.28
382 Robert Past
40.05
383 Oscar Larsen
43.16
384 WlllPin Burke
85.92
385 Angel Sc.la
386 Edward MeNamara
73.48
387 Andres Mallna
95.64
388 Luis ^ujcro
80.09
389 Constiditio Petrolilias ..... 94.09
390 John Polaskl
42.38
391 Enrique Clntron
58.71
80.87
392 Edg.ar Benson
393 Cnrlln Dennis
70..37
82.43
394 Marcel "IwitthcU
394 Radolphu Rnducquez ...... 70.76
396 Vasco Barros
63.32
43.16
397 Alphonso Parker
308 Robert Joy
38.49
*.
63.76
399 Donny Tacub
400 Harry CoUlns
63.37
43.93
401 Talmadge Johnson
' 38.88
402 Rosendo Serrano
403 Rafael Torres
97.20
404 Daniel Nolan
30.35
405 Anthony Guilana
55.99
406 Reinaldo Moiitcs
41.21
407 Snerre Federssen
50.18
408 Willie Bednar
' 46.27
76.59
409 James MeCrea
73.82
AlO Oscar Ro.sman
411 Frank Bosnionte
88.65
75.82
412 Jues Nielsen
413 Carlos Morales
84.37
414 Abraham Ruiz
65.71
52.10
415 Jollo Pacheco
416 John Gavllng
73.48
04.15
417 Chen Std Vu
72.71
418 Jack May
419 Ivar Kabrnth
77.76
62.99
420 Augustln Rosardo
82.64
421 Evans Lawsou
422 Leonard Smith
67.26
36.88
423 Robert Orlander
424 Simon Dam
82.81
38.10
425 Trinidad Vigo
426 Alfred Uhler
92.53
427 Freeman Ro.val
99.53
428 Adralii Fase
70.37
429 Robert Neblett
73.45
78.54
430 Vincent McCloskey
66.48
431 Thomas Lowe
4.32 John O'Rourke
78.54
40.82
4.33 Stanley Prieslnskt
48.21
434 Carinelo Figueroa
435 Edward Muller
74.26
69.21
436 Francis Oleary
50.93
437 Jose Gigante
63.37
438 Runen Martinez
439 Trinidad Navarro
61.43
97.59
440 Hipalito De Leon
88.26
441 John Nolan
442 Robert Fjerstedt
73.48
; 35.77
443 Frank RHey
69.21
444 James MeDevltt
Void
445 Void
45.88
446 Howard Batcho
62.99
447 D. Hein
448 George Hinnant
66.10
61.04
449 Charles Hemmis
450 Arthur Nelson
82.43
451 J. Czerwlnski
41.21
452 J. Bosch
40.05
453 George Mills
47.04
454 Albert Grzeck
45.49
455 Mervln Watson
59.10
436 Coley Crockett
62.99
38.88
457 Willie C. Thomas
60.26
438 R. George
459 A. Weatherell
79.32
79.70
480 L. Rinaldi
70.76
401 S. Wagner
68.43
462 J. Smith
65.71
403 E. Vlodek
464 S. Musco
68.04
465 D. Pontes
:...... 87.09
86.70
469 J. Martinez
467 L. Price
40.44
468 C. Simmons
44.71
409 A. Ferrer
59.47
470 S. Kutzer
81.26
55.99
471 R. Rozpedowskl
472 H. Mcsslek
41.21
473 I. Ellserlo
78.93
474 W. Hlgglns
49.38
76,59
475 W. Moddy
476 A. Diaz
67.65
51.71
477 D. Rogers
478 E. Cherman"
i.. 71.54
479 A. Stnnklewlcz
84.78
81.04
480 W. Mclntyre
481 J. O'Hare
85.92
482 B. Blshay
81.26
483 M. Bugawan
92.15
484 C. Ross
38.10
485 N. Peters
95.26
62.99
486 D. McComs
487 J. Regelman
50.93
72.32
488 J. Vista
489 J. Peyalo
78.93
490 W. Plnkham ;
51.71
491. M. Flores
82.43
492 O. Agan
59.47
493 J. McCree
87.48
494 R. Owens
41.99
495 R. Michelson
42.38
496 W. Poe
77.76
497 F. Bantz
87.48
498 O.. WaU
42.77
499 L. Moore
56.38
500 Franceskos Angelates ...... 66.48
501 Hpward E. Hennis
79.70
502 William G. Klesvetter
. 71.15
503 Halk Alexandier
77.76
504 John T. Sherey. Jr
; ' 41.60
505 Solomon Stokolchlch ....... ' 56.38
506 John S. Simpson
93.70
507 Tonnle Hall :
• 71.93
508 Joseph C. Lupton ....i.... 80.65: .
509 J. Saywer
69.60
510 R. E. Edwards
39.68
511 J. D. SiiUtly .............. 44.71
512 N. IL Strickland
63.78
513 A. P. V.cestslnls
'61J2
(Ckiutintiea dii
Sa)
jil
�Faff« Twentyone
SEAFARERS LOG
Friday. Fcbnutfy ft, 1952
SEAFARERS
CASH
BENEFITS
Paid by the Seafarers international Union, A&G District
(Continued from page 20) .
514 C. Lopez
74.65
515 J. Lawer
79.70
516 C. R. Perkins
36.16
517 Earl Poe
68.04
518 C. J. Barone
82.81
510 J. li. Brandon
63.76
520 R. M. Hannonds
58.32
521 K. D. Baustina
83.59
522 1. A. Taskarata
41.21
523 P. A. Roderigues
75.04
524 J. A. O'Brien
71.15
525 C. H. Aiorrisson
80.09
526 J. Quikley
68.04
527 Void
Void
528 Wm. Le Veen
86.70
529 W. Cruz
61.82
530 T. E. McAlpln
51.32
531 E. Vallcjo
97.59
532 A. C. Jennson
68.04
533 Sarmento
81.26
. 534 J. Hownardis
54.04
535 D. B. Kaum
51.71
536 J. Alls'
42.38
537 F. Hanson
67.65
538 F. N. Vincent
87.48
539 B. Rivera
53 65
540 J. Koslaste
55.99
541 Edward Castro Medina .... 97 59
542 R. C. Perez
46.27
543 Ray Herbert
56.76
544 Luis Rodriquez
63.76
545 Juan Diaz
57.93
546 Ed. Robinson
95.26
547 Sergio Rivera
78.93
648 W. Blanton
97.59
549 S, G. Nielsen
97.59
550 Arturo Marianl
88.65
551 J. P. Newman
87.48
552 B. J. TomUn
40.82
553 A. W. Flutts
85.54
554 J. F. Vanderspool
8i.65
555 J. Passepora
97.20
556 C. Nikaner
86.31
557 C. 1. Caropessa
65.71
558 A. Fabrigant ..A.....
92.15
559 W. A. Roesch
48.99
560 Jose Wisconick
45.10
561 L. H. Jones
73.48
562 J. Cruz
97:59
563 A. A. Wolf
69.99
564 A. R. Volkerts
77.76,
565 N. H. Gruhart
66.10
566 R. Rivers
97.59
567 F. Bonnefont
61.04
568 P. Corlez
54.04
569 J. A. MitcheU
57.15
570 J. Paszek
92.53
571 B. Jokse
47.43
572 A. M. Monlerano
59.47
573 M. Montemorano
52.88
574 D. R. Dononon
82.04
575 R. Horkes ;
i
'• 0.82
576 E. Hansen
61.43
577 E. Olsen
95.64
578 C. K. Hughes
61.43
579 P. Reyes
61.04
580 M.B.Wilson
93.70
581 J. McQuain
55.99
582 J. F. McGonneU
81.65
583 E. CUkos
56.76
584 A. J. Selkos
39.66
585 G. Ernin
37.32
586 W. J. SmaU
71.93
587 C. Bogucki
59.10
588 F. Hufana
63.76
589 B. Jenkins
87.09
590 H. Possoff
38.88
591 Albert Pietrowskl
80.87
592. S. Bogucki
69.99
593 F. Pallando
72.71
594 K. BuUock
76.59
595 C. C. Holt
35.77
596 A. Cruz
68.04
597 W. Bellger
70.76
598 F. Forte
68.82
599 J. E. MoUay
50.54
600 Joseph Phillips
70.37^
601 Norman M. Baker
'46.66
602 John A. HetzeU
, 51.71
603 Egil 1. Borge
78.54
604 MiUard B. Dutkin
74.65
605 William F. Barth
90.98
606 George Hatgimisios ....... 92.15
607 John Ossmow
77.76
608 Void
Void
609 Antonio LalU
.85.54
610 John O'Dea
91.37
611 Carmine Di Crecio
67.65
612 Ole Neison
48.99
613 Amador T. Lorenzo
79.32
614 Joseph Decinque
89.04
615 Paul Whitlaw
80.09
616 Sidney Segree
41.21
617 Richard Doftn
53.27
618 Ewen Steele
99.53
619 William A. Kine
38.10
620 Ralph P. Muller
37.71
621 Manuel Rodriguez
' 97.59
622 Lionel J. Carmier
75.43
623 Andreas VUalopoulos
98,76
624 William M. Todd
98.37
625 Ivan C. Buckley
80.09
626 Martin Solomon
46.66
627 Robert Bacon
73.87
628 John Taylor Annal
73.87
629, Patrick Fay
66.48
630 Raymond C. Lewis
73.48
631 James E. Smith
63.37
632 Richard H. Albert
40.82
633 Robert Welgado
52.49
634 Anthony J. Resler
95.64
635 John C. Jackson
61.04
636 John S. Johnson
77.76
637 Waiter Onofrlchek
58.76
638 Viadck Sieska
'.
81.65
639 Patrick Daugherty
41.21
640 Henry Lee Guerin .^.....« 45.10
641 Frank Hernandez
64.93
642 John Lord ...,
56.38
643 G. Calliaro
46.66
644 N. DavU
35.77
645 H. Guzman
66.87
646 J. ElUott
66.18
647 A. Lihotz
68.43
648 D. Meade
67.65
649 J. CaUahan
S4.04
650 £. Going
67.26
651^81, Lomakin
66,10
652 Everisto Pantaja
89.81
653 J/ Cortez
61.37
654 Juan Medina .. • • • • • • • •
78.15
• • •
655 C. Praia
50.93.
656 R. Wair
39.66
657 De Hall e»• »»• • • «• «• 6^
• • •36*94
• •
658 L. Bonsignoro • 6 •
' 36.55
660 T. Purcel
46.66
661 W. Coutant
.39.66
662 J. Bcye
50.93
663 M. Despesito
68.43
664 J. Cates
50.54
665 C. Cipriano
89.81
666 Pedro Erazo
73.48
667 G. Rosarlo
81.65
668 G. Akk
63.37
669 John C. Therlot
69.21
670 E. Rubio
68.04
671 D WiUlamson
82.04
672 A. Acosta
68.82
673 E. Luchrigsin
72.32
674 C. Vacilion
75.82
675 D. Aalst
53.27
676 A. Scuri
4121
677 R. Zaragoza
64.54
678 C. Anaditate
95.64
679 C. Tobias
62.99
680 H. Godderied
87.48
681 F. Warren
57.93
682 Robeli: Beach
91.76
683 W. Hatriek
43.16
684 C. Carey
51.71
685 E. Tocco
66.48
686 M. Amad
48.60
687 N. Grundahl
75.82
688 Sylvester Bonnes
99.53
689 M. Delaney
67.26
690 C. Wysocki
67.26
691 J. Carey
40 05
692 Miguel Llovat
89.81
693 M. DeBarros
78.93
694 Joseph Godsie
58.71
695 William ReUly
73.48
696 Frank Camodio
38.88
697 David Arscott
54.82
698 P. Kent
48.60
699 C. Sherman
68.82
700 Emil Paszek
99.53
701 Francis Williamson
40.82
702 Oskar Kaelep
80.87
703 Earl L. McLcn
69.21
704 Jerzt Valeskl
43.55
705 Luis Miranda
30.94
706 Bernard Edmondson
71.54
707 Antonio J. Corral
62.99
708 Alfred J. Johansen
45.49
709 Bacilio Llanez
72.32
710 Spiros Paravalos
50.93
711 James N. Frain
36.16
712 Jo.seph T. Vaughn
52.49
713 John Francutt
'.
50.54
714 Donald F. Hilton
35.77
715 Cornelius E. Filkin
36.94
716 Timothy McCarthy ....... 80.87
717 Mauriee Whale
75.04
718 Richard Cavanagh
62.99
719 Evangelos Perselis
95.64
720 Jesse Wood
40.44
721 Michael Kennedy
70.37
722 To cash Vac. Checks
5.000.00
723 Paul Dew
38.49
724 Wallace L. Wallace
64.54
725 Ray Hutcheonson
43.93
726 Wilson McAvoy
81.26
727 Cecil Parrish
71.93
728 Frank Campbell
64.93
729 John Shaw
69.60
730 Jouquin De Carvaliacs
40.44
731 Prescott Spinney
75.43
732 Erik Fensen
83.98
733 Juan Sato
73.09
734 Paul Meadowcraft
70.37
735 Antonio Martin
82.04
736 James Downie
51.71
737 Richard Bergola
39.27
738 Johannes Karl
72.32
739 Manus Diver
95.64
740 Simon Goldstein
75.04
741 Manuel Paperman
44.32
742 Newton Edrinigton
87.09
743 Joseph Fusella
74.26
744 Ramon Benitez
64.54
• 745 Oscar Siren
76.98
746 Robert Fell
49.77
747 James Shelton
55.99
748 Ferrer Sigilfredo
72.32
749 John Bacchus
46.66
750 Charles Welsh
62.99
751 Feo Janusas
60.26
757 Eugenio Rodriguez
46.27
753 Owen McEnaney
68.82
754 Christopher McBnen
76.20
755 William Doak
65.32
756 Michael Kornibsky
97.59
757 George Clarke
71.15
758 Lewis Lynam
66.87
759 Pete Henderson
77.37
760 Eari Garberson
89.42
761 Henry Milier
77.37
762 Charles Anera
40.44
763 Clifford Doggett
63.76
764 Sidney Saltea
85.92
765 John Mastin
79.70
766 Russell Aldrich
39.27
767 James Pendergrass
85.54
768 Junior Jaekson
77.37'
769 Michael Darawich
69.21
770 Orville Sprinkle
42.38
771 Sherwood Piner. Jr
78.93
772 James Webb
87.48
173 David McCoUum
65.71
744 Fred Cooper
75.43
775 Talmudge Moss
62.21
776 Oskar Theisen
94.48
777 Tom Danzy
82.81
778 Eddie Howard
65.32
779 Louie Williams
45.10
780 WUiiam Durant
92.53
781 James Juzang
72.71
782 James Starke
63.37
783 John Berrier
72.32
784 Charles Lewis
80.48
785 Henry Laired
50.93
786 James Crawford
65.71
787 Dawson Lyssam
53.65
788 John Scott
66.48
789 Howard Perry
42.38
790 Carl Moore
80.09
791 Robert Land
70.37
792 Franklin Andrews
40.82
793 Edward Moore ........... 73.87
794 Ray MuUins
82.81
795 John Laipb
36.55
796 MizeU Cross
71.15
797 Henry Yeats
66.87
798 Domingo Molina
62.21
799 Constance Stanford ....... 68.82
800 Morris Siegel
61.82
81.65
801 Charles Frey
802 Carl Madsen
48.60
80^ Louis Duracher
47.82
804 Jackson Coble «• • «• • • • • • 42*38
• «•
805 Thomas Begtty
, (118}
807 Joseph Ross
88.26
808 Fred Easter
54.04
809 Jo.sepli Kamienski
75.82
810 Guiseppe Vaccaro
73.48
811 Philip Wolf
69 99
812 Leo Crawford
73. '
813 Frank Dampier
64.15
814 Jose Spina
87.09
815 James Jackson
83.59
816 Edward Wilisch
78.98
817 Clarence Fau.st
33.55
818 Anlonio Sirignano
61.04
819 C,rlo Billo
74.26
820 Tregorio Briguera
78 93
821 Gaetano Silvestri
42.38
822 Troy Savage
82.04
823 WilUam Dillmm. Jr
77.37
824 Dalio Perez
56.78
825 Milton Williams
'53.27
826 Joseph Wahl
38.10
827 Frank Kenderick
84.76
828 Robert Leary
72..32
829 J.nmes AheVn
72 32
830 Vincent Michel
79.48
831 James Ellis
4' 99
832 Hurlcss Minkler
92 53
833 Hals Johannes
68.04
834 Thomas Hill
92.53
835 Fay Langley
'
97.98
836 Leon Breaux
30 16
837 Charles Cumin^s
• 85.54
8.'^ Nils Lornsen
68 04
8.'^9 Anton Tamm
56..38
840 Robert Young
83.26
841 Ernest Cox
78 93
842 John McElroy
50 16
843 James McClarence
50.93
844 Ignace Decareaux
64 93
845 Victor Gustafson
77.76
846 Kristian Gunderson ....... 41.99
847 .Tames Pippin
38.88
848 Nathan Cartwright
47.82
849 Elbert Brown
66.10
850 Eustalkios Gouraras
98.76
851 Oscar Larsen
68.04
852 George Perry
8? 65
853 Frank Delgcdo
97.20
854 Albert Jensen
4121
855 Norman Hall
39.27
856 Hugo Loorcnto
68.82
857 Perfecto Mangual
48.60
858 Jose Velazquez
66.87
8.59 Earl Wandrei
43.55
860 Clarence Wright
95.64
861 Void
Void
862 Robert Kuhoupt
50.93
863 Charles Sv/ect
61.04
864 Stephen Zaradcson
55.60
865 John Orosz
92.92
866 Joseph Bruno
44.32
867 Robert Sojka
82.04
868 Grant Saylor
89 81
869 Guillermo Nunez
40.44
870 William Leahy
40 05
871 Fortunato Dotti
84.76
872 Void .
Void
873 James Black
78.15
874 William Ruskouski
45.10
875 Julian Jaranilla
66.48
876 Milton Karlonec
;.... 97.98
877 Paul Witthaus
97.59
878 Nlnonor Orencio
89.81
879 John Horn
52 88
830 Edward Meeks ......;
50.54
881 John Papodgonas
40.82
882 Arthur Kanel
68.04
883 Nicolas Vastardis
71.93
884 Peter Tamloory
76.20
885 Louis Lowe
62 99
886 Salvatore Frank, Jr
68.43
887 Roy Tallaksen
55.99
888 Michael Chuhta
36.55
889 Coil Graham
73.09
890 Marcos Fortes
83.20
891 George Vickery
45.49
862 Daniel Romolo
83.98
893 Joseph Fanara
47.43
894 Charles Migak
40.82
895 Enrico Tiielli
91.76
896 Robert Menser
75.43
897 Harold Petterseri
54.43
898 Vincenzo De Giacomo ...... 64.15
899 Lancelot Alexander
56.76
900 Charles Rizzo
68.04
901 Victor Cooper
79.70
902 Theodore Rush
80.09
903 Void
Void
904 Edward Lyons
;
' 50.54
905 Carmelo Reyes
61.04
906 Joe Pardo
60.65
907 Santos Pizarro
45.10
908 To Cash Vac. Checks .... 5,000.00
909 Abraliam Aragones
89.81
910 Aleksander Czerwinski .... 95.26
911 Cecil Rose
52.10
912 Robert Hutson
75.43
913 Robert McCulloch
93.70
914 Peter Serano
71.93
915 Michael Filosa
, 78.15
916 Jose Bazarro
43.93
917 Raymond Matsouski
69.60
918 Roberto Diaz
82.04
919 Julius Styles
71.93
920 Spyro Pandslides
71.93
921 Thomas Ulisse
37.32
922 Anthony Riccardeila
49.38
923 Joseph Boyne
62.21
924 William Rhone
77.76
925 Leonidas Tohlias
90.98
926 Michael Beres
64.54
927 Aurelio Martinez ......... 49.38
928 James Sweat
44.71
929 Willidm Jones
95.64
930 Paul Kent
34.99
931 Jose Luiz
47.04
932 William Troser
89.81
933 Sherman Emery
68.04
934 Tormod Semmen
92.53
935 Nathan Goldfinger
64.15
936 Howard Hamlin
40.44
937 Marviff Swords
>63.76
938 James Henley
77.37
939 William Vaughan
38 10
940 Joseph Ray
51.33
941 William Taylor
67.26
942 Edward RachUn
38.88
943 Nils Beek
89.04
944 Gerglos Veziris
55.60
945 Samuel Jonas
59.88
9'46 Charles Oppenheimer .... '71.93
947 Nathan Dixon
;
71.54
948 Pedro Viruet
49.77
949 Joseph Thomas
76.59
850 Earl Spear .;
38.49
951 Void
;
Void
952 Bernard Si^th
• • • <•. • 4160
.853
J
TOTAL
Vacation Plan, Feb. 11 Feb. 18:
Welfare Plan, Jan. 27Feb. 9:
954 Nelson Wood
67.65
955 Alexander Kinsepp
55.99
956 Erik Pe.irson
5910
957 John Klepadio
95.26
P=!8 Joseph Teicher
76.20
v59 LeRoy Martin
80.09
960 Harry Yeniovitch
43.77
961 Carl Berg
38.49
962 Andres Maldonado
95.64
963 Evangelos Karatzas
50.54
984 Antonio Damoulakis
83.98
965 Jean Veliotis
35.77
966 Henry Gordon
7154
937 Pedro Arteaga
68.43
9G8 William Michaelis
57.93
939 Joao De Maderas
66.10
970 Arthur Ohler
'.... 57.15
971 Jack Corey
73.48
972 Thomas Sullivan
53 27
973 Anthony iViaseiek
59.10
974 Sven Stockmr.rr
71.54
975 Adolf Inersen
89.97
976 Joseph Giardina
63.76
977 Bernard Gill
9409
978 Charles Boyd
85.92
979. John Collins
47 04
980 Mario Farulla
78.54
981 Jose Makdonado
97.59
982 Lastor Retoriano
50.54
983 Waymon Lee
71.15
984 Edward Adamko
37.32
985 Thomas Scruggs
62.21
983 James Lippincott
8'J.04
937 Delma Hightower
89.04
988 Renee Zepeda
44.71
989 Walter Kilgose
41.60
990 Emile La Frage
69.60
991 Charles Murray
55.21
992 Edward Krcha
41.21
993 Clain Fuselier
70.76
994 Earl Gilbert .'.
79.32
995 Joseph Lutz
56.33
996 Void .
Void
997 Vivian Wilkerson
80.09
998 Elino Cabatan
63.76
999 Adrian Ropero
68.04
1000 Elwood Storye
54 82
1001 Van B. Gray, Jr.
36.16
1002 Theodore Buck
37.71
10D3 William Scruggs
49.38
1004 Franklin Taylor
83.87
1005 David Smith
66.87
1006 Lee. Briley
70.37
1007 Viktor Egel
83.70
1008 Vernon Reese
57.54
1009 Daniel Leary
57.15
1010 Lynan Sawyer
67.26
1011 Demetries Apostalios
57.93
1013 Harold Bart
72.71
1013 Jack Lennon
73.59
1014 James Benell
81.65
1915 James Pursell
77.76
1016 Robert Henderson
58.32
1017 William Johns
80.48
1018 Joe Collins
72.71
1019 John Young
63.10
1020 Earl King
72.32
1021 Charles Carlson
61.43
1022 Alvin Headrick
55.21
1023 Stephen McDuffie
40.05
1024 James Martin
74.65
1025 Charles Roberson
' 53.27
1026 Walter Whitten
62.21
1027 Salvador Resquites
93.37
1028 Charles McMahon
75.82
1,029 WUliam Hamley
74.65
1030 Harry Logan
66.87
1031 Void
Void
1032 George Dean
73 48
1033 Dallas Reynolds
40.82
1034 Nils Groncherg
73.':.8
1035 Robert Palmer
76.59
1036 Leonard Carpenter
57.54
1037 Hugh GiLaore, Sr
53 32
1038 Emanuel Vatis
93.37
1039 James Clinton
51.71
1040 Golee Andrews
6o.43
1041 Anthony Phillips
47.82
1042 James Norfleet
34.99
1043 Jack England
t2.99
1044 Don Hattenstein
' 71.54
1045 George Chandler
72.71
1046 Theodore Harris
94.87
1047 August Benson
93.91
1048 Eldra Young
38.10
1049 Murray Wilkerson
74.26
1050 Jack Kennec'y
84.37
1051 James Williams, Jr
5.365
1052 Herbert Allman
43.27
1053 Benjamin Wolf
7J.59
1054 Gibson Caker
59.47
1055 Frank Catchat
C2.6Q
1056 Woodrow Gatewood
52.49
1057 Thomas Massey
60.26
1058 Tage Roslund
31.55
1059 James Hendricks
92.92
1060 Leu Marsh
72.71
1061 Clyde Cezalas
48.60
1062 .Toseph Hall
77.37
1063 Esau Wright
75.82
1064 Thomas Caylorf
;.. 70.76
1065 Lyod Palmer
83.20
1066 Vernon Barficld
48.99
1067 Ralph Taylor
94.09
1068 Percey Kyser
54.04
1069 Daniel Harrison
• 57.93
1070 Claude Walker
67.26
1071 Ronald Eden
74.65
1072 Horace Gray
42.77
1073 Harry Nelson
43.93
1074 William Ott
43.60
1075 Thomas Quigley
43.16
1076 Barnislaw Mizitkowski
47.04
1077 Stanley Taylor
56.38
1078 Stephen Padlo
85.54
1079 Charles Maynard
80.48
1080 Marno Gordils
52.88
1081 WUliam Hataway
60.65
1082 Milade Olenchick
62.60
1083 Lucas Spinelii
48.21
1084 Howard Garland
59.10
1085 Joseph Gallant ....'
41.99
1086 Charles Ross
56.38
1087 Arne Jensen
61.04
1088 Guilford Sims
68.04
1089 Erasmo Array a
60.26
1090 Void
Void
1091 Julio Gonzales
63.76
1092 Fred Donaldson
42.38
1093 Void
Void
1094 Alphonse Loginds
82.43
1095 George Hudson
66.48
1096 John Sadler ............. 67.65
1097. Joseph Sadler
. 33.10
1098 WUUam Gardner
43.55
10&9 Richard Koch
62.60
$111,721.30
1101 Peter Bush
92.15
1102 John Alferi
60.26
1103 Acisclo Perez
60.26
1104 Vaidemar Koel
52.10
1105 Henry Czerevinskl
41.60
1106 Rafael Vidal
47.82
1107 Jesse Melton
72.32
1108 Ramon Alnarada
54.04
1109 Charles Starling
39.27
1110 Jerome Fleck
40.82
1111 Mikolai Straninski
34.99
1112 Thomas Tighe
55.21
1113 Onidio Rodrigqueg
6S.87
11'14 Julius Sweyhert
92.92
1115 Edward Kaznowsky
41.60
1116 Rosco Hampton
46.27
1117 Francis Sullivan
........ 69.60
1118 Panogfotis Mourelos
57.76
1119 Ju'.io Ortiz
61.43
1120 WilUam Barrett
56.76
1121 Ramon Mon^n
37.32
1122 Bertil Hager
40.82
1123 Harold Cartright
47.04
1124 Samuel Doyle
.'
43.16
1125 Lee Arnold
43.55
1126 Pedro Perez
37.32
1127 Leif Hope
58.32
1128 WUliam Flynn
67.26
1129 AUen Futts
64.15
1130 Arthur Wilfert
75.43
1131 Eugene Olsen
35.38
1132 Sture Christannson
54.82
1133 Daniel Lucey
75.82
1134 WUliam Vander Vlist
86.31
1135 Byron Karas
89.97
1130 Jorge Cortez
81.65
1137 John Bloodworth
68.43
1158 Void
Void
1139 Eugene Hayden
48.60
1140 William MurreU
86.31
1141 Jack Lewis
79.32
1142 Samuel Hurst
80.87
1143 Alan Whitmer
77.37
1144 Arthur W. Baker
61.82
1145 Louis Teck. .Ir.
58.71
1146 Cresencio Ortega
36.16
1147 Coy Presley
68.04
1148 Storrs DunkUn
73.48
1149 AUen AntiU
63.37
1150 Alejandro Ramos
86.70
1151 John Lott
82 43
1152 Mike Pitre
45.88
1153 Joseph O'MaUey
74.65
1154 Leonard Lanzi
45.88
1155 Maynard Newman
90.98
1156 Curtis Ducote
77.37
1157 Lawrence Schroeder
80.87
1158 Thomas Garrity
72.71
1159 Louis Harris
74.65
1160 Lucuis Breeland
43.55
1161 John Ohannnasion
92..53
1162 Ocor Winfree
83.20
1163 Duane Ellis
78.93
1164 Peter Grozclieb
83.20
1365 Vaiente Gharra
64.54,
1166 George Corcoran
82.43
1167 Joseph Moore
56.76
1168 George Burch, Jr
55.99
1169 Horace Denton
69.99
1170 Charles Adams
42.77
1171 Void
Void
1172 Henry Cordes
39.66
1173 Arthur Mcanoy
69.99
1174 Seamon Wyre
45.10
1175 Gregory Morejon
65.32
1176 Maurice Webre
79.70
1177 Joseph Fitzpatrick
81.65
1178 Jo'nn Schafer
53.65
1179 WiUiam Van Dyne
75.43
1180 Luther Mason
90 98
1181 Jack WUlims
62.99
1162 Clarence Mazoue
58.71
1183 Lee Snodgrass
59.10
1184 • James Barthes
36.16
1185 George Libby
55.21
1186 Clayton Thompson
59.47
1187 Olan Reierson
66.87
3188 Charles Ely, Jr
73.87
1189 Antonie Christophe
62.21
1390 Frederick Davis
72.32
1191 Hrrv Green. Jr
78.54
1192 William Newman
66.87
3133 WiUiam Stanley
73.09
1194 Hubert Lanier
80.48
3 395 Richard Simpkins
78.54
.1196 Harry Galphin
89.97
1197 Ceorge Willi.ms
56.38
13C3 Clarence Williams
86.70
1139 James Sellers
79.32
1200 John Neineth
84.76
201 John Cato
.
64.93
1202 James Fumer
66.48
1203 To Cash Vac. Checks .... 15,000.00
204 Erling Nelle
89.97
1205 Elmer Witzpe
95.64
1206 Justo Velasqueg
93.70
1207 El. ward Budny
79.32
1208 John Flynn
73.48
1209 Salomon Tyrold
61.43
1210 Charles Carter
.«.
68.04
1211 John Lenack
57.93
1212 Vladmir Sedej
86 70
1213 John Mayer
40.44
1214 Leon Kame
65.71
.3215 A. Ally
48.60
3.216 Charles Grell
101.09
1217 H. Berlin Richerson
66.87
.1218 Bernard Baa
101.09
1219 William CatheU
7J.43
.1220 Joseph Gleason
40.44
3221 Fr.nklin Snow
72.32
1222 Pedro De Franca
43.93
1223 James Renshaw
47.82
1224 John Green
............ 81.26
3225 Charles Schuiling
60.43
226 Arden Haigley
80.48
,.3227 Kenneth Brown
72.32
1228 Vernon Hoppe
45.10
1229 William Rynn
69.21
=230 John McGregor
45.10
.231 Richard Faust
80.87
3 232 Harry Rachkind
47 82
.233 Lester Long
73.09
3234 John Clamp .
61.43
:'235
1236
J 237
• 238
.,239
.'210
241
1242
1243
1244
1245
1246
83.4E
62.99
80.09
49.38
71.54
93.70
40.05
48.60
59.10
83.98
74.28
54.04
William 'i homas
Carroll Harthausen
Raymond Noe
Jan Kozers.'ti
Raymond Linkowsid .......
John Burchinol
Lewis GlenvUle
Henry Ozimek
James Ellcrs ..'
James WaUace
James Keahimui
Charles Roger
1100: James SkafyeUa .'l'0281 ' '3 3 (Continued on page 28)
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•
sl^k'if
Flic* lWeiiWtw*'^
SmAFARERS
CASH
BENEFITS
Paid by the Seafarers International Union, A&G District
(Continued from page 21)
U ,'•
I''
T'.
k#
Ik*'
iS"
tej
Peter Ley
William .lo.v
Olane Bosenhers
James Doyle
Simon Gamier
William Blakeslee
Ollie Kislak
1254 Louis Van Evera
1253 William Pauls
1258 Zolls Ollners
1257 Eusibio Andaya
1258 Frank Blues
1259 Robert Hudkins
12G0 William Sears
1261 Lloyd Short
1262 Wladvsiaw Rogawski
1263 Remus Hall
1264 Willis Saglors
1265 James l.erette
1266 Stephen Shock
1267 Claud Stroud
1268 Harold McAlcer
1209 Leny Clarke
1270 Donald Nelson
1271 Richard Yost. Jr
1272 William J. Williams
1273 James Corcoran
1274 James Di Francisco
1275 Pierson Marsh
1276 William Hone.vcutt
1277 Thomas Robbins
....
1278 George Vasilion
1279 Obert Morgan
Edwin
Bell
1230
• 1281 Chester Jowers
1282 Edward Leasgang
1283 John Straka, Jr
1284 Luciano Ramos
1285 John Laurin
1286 Charles ison
1287 Francisco Latorre
1288 Frank Andruszklewicz
1289 William Powell. Jr
1290 Frederick Walker
1291 Harvey Hood
1292 Manuel Sanchez
1293 Edward Farrell
1294 Richard Montina .........
1295 Anthony Reale
1296 William Sharp
1297 Jorge Recalde
1298 Robert Hunt
1299 John Berkenimper
1300 Williams Esans
1301 Robeit Kemp
1302 George Lindsay
1303 .John Bass
1304 Robert WigfaU
1305 Rowland WiUlams ....
1306 A.shley Harrison
1307 Earl Iven
1308 William Gone
1309 Jacob Wornanen
1310 Charlie MizeU
1311 WiUiam Renehart
1312 Leonard Spiney
1313 Henry Fay
1314 Sehert Sutherland
.'....
1315 Leo Dyyer
1316 Ferlnand Grieff
1317 Edward Mullen
1318 Leo Koza
1319 Richard McBride
• 1 320 Ruthwim Haylock
1321 Robert Reynolds
1322 Anthony Kabiska
1323 William Walter
1324 Harold Rivers
1325 Mark OUner
1326 Reginald Herring
1327 Micheal Angino
1328 Constantino Brea
1329 WiUiam Ford
1330 Luther Vaughan, Jr
1331 Glen Adams
1332 Clarence Lenton, Jr
1333 George Zlzzl
1334 Aldrige Turlington
1335 Jack Nelson, Jr
1336 Emile Degen
1337 Henry Thornton, Jr
1338 Santos Re.ves
1339 Blanton Petty
1340 Charles ICimball
'
1341 Marlon Maynard
1342 Robert Toker
George
Baker
1343
1344 William Forrest
1345 Charlie Roberts
1346 William Dunn
1347 Edward Slviontkleiskl
1348 Francis J. Haigney
1349 Evangelos Velalis
1350 Styliamos Lujantos
1351 Edward Wright
1352 Jack Harrell
1353 Robert Brown
1354 Torman Aban
1355 Nicolas Mantas
1356 Victor Olearas
1357 Irving Coffee
1358 Earl Gates
1359 Leo Freundlick
1360 James White
1361 Fred Henderson
1362 WiUie Walker
1363 Alexander Massey
1364 Horace Williams
1365 Iris Akerson
1366 Nlghbert Straton
1367 Robert Corter
1368 Harry Parrott
1369 Roland Hebert
1370 Jesus Ferendez
1371 Merton Baxter
1372 Faustino Torres
1373 Earl Pradat
1374 Joseph Kemp
1375 George Ryninger
1376 John Stewart
1377 Andrew Kennedy ,
1378 Franls Dean
1379 Edward Metros
1380 Edward Buckley
1381 Arthur Nelson
1382 Joseph Dr.rce
1383 Anthony Dugas
1384 Clyde Bankston
1385 Carl Cuhorn
.
1386 Theodore James ,,,.
1387 John Malioney
1388 . Chris Jenson
1389 James Coyne
1390 Joseph Powers
.v>
1391 Charles Tannehill
1247
1248
1249
1250
1251
1252
1253
57.93
71.93
40.05
83.59
62.99
68.04
54.82
51.32
66.87
101.09
48.99
26.94
62.60
53.32
75.43
58.71
62.60
63.82
38.10
82.81
69.99
77.37
56.38
49.38
59.47
54.82
63.76
59.47
60.65
69.60
77.37
80.87
77.37
58.71
85.92
75.59
98.76
36.55
83.31
44.71
69.99
61.82
88.65
54.04
76.20
80.48
98.37
53.65
88.65
89.04
95.26
56.38
74.26
50.93
70.37
84.37
76.98
42.77
61.43
61.82
8826
8826
62.60
57.54
38.49
58.38
38.10
45.88
59.47
52.88
84.37
66.43
53.65
54.04
67.26
45.88
68.04
75.04
61.43
48.99
84.76
66.48
93.31
76.59
84.37
41.21
41.21
45.49
89.04
69.99
74.65
36.16
50.93
89.04
41.21
62.99
97.98
59.10
41.99
84.76
69.60
55.60
43.93
39.66
92.15
75.43
64.15
51.32
56.76
67.26
tia.U2
77.37
60.26
97,98
41.99
54.04
91.76
49.77
39.66
57.15
71.93
87.87
73.98
77)37
73.48
52.49
72.71
54.43
61.82
43.93
55.21
44.32
77.37
35.77
84.76
89.04
75.43
80.48
39.66
81.26
73.48
64.15
77.37
47.04
V^M^^ February iB2, 19S2
Yoltf
TiOTAL
i
• 'jj, ' «.>•
Vacation Plan, Feb. 11 'Feb. 18:
Welfare Plan, Jan. 27Feb. 9i
$111,721.30
' 15.00
45.10 Leonard Pretions
101.09 1594 FrancTs Regan
49.38 1539 Juan Landron
1392 George Pellerin
15.00
«5.71 Robert Qulnn
58.32 1595 Edward Hagen
78.54 1540 John Larko
1393 Joseph CoUins
Sergio
Rivera
15.00
George Pierre
76.20
1596
1541
Vincent
Carnegie
62.21
Francis Peredne
"
66.48
1394
"30.00
80.09 Raymond Ruppert
85.92 1597 MUtOn Beasley
75.43 1542 Samuel Joseph
1395 Fred Wheeler
A. 30.00
74.6R J. P. Schuler
99.53 1598 George Dean
1396 Charles Slater
37.71 1543 Robert Graham
15.00
69.21 Ralph Sigler
89.97 1599 Leslie Jaymer
1397 Theodore Spencer
80.09 1544 Charles Sexton
Emerson
Spaulding
30.00
John
Maples
83.20
78.93 1600
1398 Edward GilUes
52.49 1545 Edward Westlake
15.00
49.38 Simeon Simos
54.93 1601 Matheas Oswald
1.399 George Smlra
68.04 1546 Diivid Rich
15.00
65.71 Earl Spear
66.87 1002 Hermon Fields
1400 Eldon CuUerton
42.38 1547 Albert O'Connor
August
Stelnraan
15.00
75.43
74.65 1603 WiUiam Ryan
1401 Frank Cacippo
73.48 1548 Ismael Nazayio
30.00
62.60 Albert Sylvestre
35.77 1604 Fred Fishkin
1402 Billy Lassiter
89.97 1549 John Blair
30.00
86.31 Stanley Swienkoskl
96.42 1605 Fred Paul
1403 Clarence Wilspn
74.26 1550 Luis Caloea
Jan
Walkiewicz
15.00
41.21
64.15 1600 Roderick Fossett
1404 Henry Gerdes
57.93 1551 Vincente Remolary
Henry
Woods
15.00
90.59
101.09 1607 Michael Dacken
1405 John Malcolm
44.32 1552 Herbert Morey
64.15
78.15 1608 Theodore Henkle
1406 Oscar Barffeld, Jr
47.82 1553 Raleigh Thomas
$825.00
Jose
Luis
Morrcro
41.99
1609
1554
Jerry
Lopez
47.43
1407 Marnin Eayers
69.60
James
P.
Pierce
85.92
USPHS
HOSP.,
NORFOLK
1610
1555
Walpole
Clark
101.09
1408 George Ruiz
37 32
81.37 Haik Alexanderlan
30.00
97.20 1611 Schrader Hunter
1409 Alton Clement
61.82 1556 Oriando Lopez
82.04 Iris H. Arkerson
15.00
37.71 1612 Joe R. Bryan
1410 William McLennan ........ 42.77 1.557 Nick Gaylord
47.43 William Armstrong
iS.OO
44.32 1613 David Lee Clarke
1411 Frank Russo
73.09 1558 Gullerrao Garcia
51.71 Angel A. Barquero
30.00
40.05 1614 Paul W. Richards
1412 Victor ,\rimon
52.10 1559 Samuel Vandal
Lawrence
Anderson
64.93
Albert
Brickhouse
30.00
1615
41.60
1413 James Stikes
56.76 1560 Gustan Abn
63.76 Roger Hortbn
45.00
86.70 1616 Ramon Moran
1414 Robert Brock
58.38 1561 Jerry Bohlman
67.26 J. La.skaratos
15.00
1617 Houston S. Thomas
1562
Major
Reid
101.09
1415 Rodger Baker
75.43
'Houston
Thomas,
Jr.
77.37
Gerald
McCarthy
30.00
76.98 1618
1416 Robert Wells .
61.43 1563 Saturnine Calle Ja
Jeremiah
Robert,
Jr
77.76
Oliver
M.
Mills
15.00
1619
Void
1417 Frederick Blanterburg
50.54 1564 Void
45.00 '
57.93 Leonard Murphy
56.38 1620 Aleck L. Alford
1418 Charles Fox
' 50.16 1565 Trifon Papastefanos
30.00
66.48 WiUie Outen
57.54 1621 Rease C. Lumpkin
1419 Edward Powell
71.93 1566 Pauli Johnson
George
Owens
.'.
15.00
Sverre
M.
Stohke
82.81
89.04 1622
1420 Harold Lawrence
51.71 1567 Frank Gutierrez
David
Page
15.00
Burnice
Knowles
48.60
1623
84.37
1421 Lawrence Holt , .i
52.88 1568 Walter Edwards
45.00
05.32 Shirley E. Roundtree
77.76 1624 Emile Schilling
1422 Robert Dickens
39.66 1569 Antonio Moljis, Jr
30.00
71.15 George Sawyer
73.48 1625 Daniel W. Fischer
1423 Robert Wilkerson
36.16 1.570 "Herbert Hutchins
James
Shelton
15.00
Willie
Holladay
59.10
60.26 1626
1424 Walter Christian
69.60 1571 Ascens Gonzales
15.00
85.92 Harry Thompson
71.93 1627 Lawrence E. Trent
1425 Buford Johnson
37.32 1572 Charles Christ
45.00
42.77 Thomas WiUiamsen
Void 1628 Paul Simmons
1426 Void
Void 1573 Void
44.32
66.10 1629 Gerald Algernon
1427 Martin Schjott
62.60 1574 Edward Parsons
$480 00
42.38
40.44 1630 Michael Feeheny
1428 Walter Anderson
41.99 1575 Patrick Willis
Brooke
Butler
83.59
1631
1576
Howard
Smith
69.99
USPHS HOSP.. SAN JUAN
1429 Clarence Buckless
57.54
97.20 Carlos Rodlquez
130.00
86.31 1632 Hubert Halfhill
1430 Oscar Stevens
59.10 1577 Ralph Hampson
68.43 Mariano Arrojo
10109 1633 Phibbs Dexter
15.00
1431 Joseph Curtis
68.43 1578 Ale jo Cruz
William
F.
Quigley
67.26
1634
Marcalino Valentin
60.00
62.60
1432 Terrill Clark
73.87 1579 Richard Suskind
Erik
Matehiescr
85.15
1635
1580
Louis
.Nelson
56.38
1433 Dewey Stanford
74.65
47.04
$205.00
69.60 1636 Jerome Thompson
1434 Harry Jackson
70.76 1581 William Burch
44.71
97.59 1637 Kenneth Williams
1435 Edward Assery
74.26 1582 Luis Rivera
USPHS HOSP., SAN FRANCISCO
Robert
A.
Stewart
59.88
1638
1583
Eugenio
Gatmaitan
66.48
1436 Elroy Webb
74.65
Anderson
15.00
Void WiUiam
73.48 1639 Void ;
1437 Colon BoutweU
72.71 1584 Alexander Hodg
Gee Cheng
...
30.00
100.09 John Dillon
65.71 1640 Francisco Molina
1438 John Elliott
60.65 1585 Anselmo Melendez
30.00
Void Carl Erickson .....
74.05 1641 Void
1439 Tullas Steward
54.04 1586 Joseph Di Sabo
16.00
WiUiam
B, Thomson
62.60
1642
1587
Void
Void
1440 Vance Cain
42.38
Bui Harb
15.00
92.92 Charles Robertson
62.99 1643 Federico Reyes
1441 Darwin Jessup
^.21 1588 Gordon Dickson
30.00
74.65 Leonard Russl .
72.32 1644 Thomas P. O'Rourke
1442 Clinton Portello
41.21 1589 Ernest Anderson
15.00
7'2.32 Hans SkaaUgaard ,
• 65.32 1645 Robert Bram
1443 WiUiam Walsh
39.27 1590 Christopher Moonan
15.00
Domingo
Gayal
.37.32
1646
1591
Lawrence
Helling
48.99
1444 John Hosier
40.43
Peter Smith
15.00
101.09 David Sorenson'
1445 Charles Shaw
;, 74.26 1647 Joaquin Maldonado
52.88 1592 Carsten Rasmussen
30.00
l 38.10 Silverier Walker
1446 J. Brown
59.47 1648 George T. Lampos
89.81 1593 mchael Ray
60.00
1447 Charles Rowlings
39.66
1448 WilUara Klopmeyer
69.21
$270.00
1449 Martin Badger
75.04
UiSPHS HOSP., SAVANNAH
1450 Clark Waldron
71.15
John Hudgins
15.00
1451 Tom Martineau
88.31
Carl D. Lowery
30.00
1452 James Meares
89.04
George W. Luke
15.00
1453 John Hansen
57.93
REPORT NO. 22
O. F. Martin
15.00
1454 Crowder Storey
83.98
J. T. Moore^
30.00
By
Lloyd
Gardner, Asst.
SecretaryTreasurer
1455 Thomas Dinkins
57.54
T. C. Musgrove
30.00
1456 Hector Duarte
48.21
E.
C.
Piatt
15.00
1457 Floyd Nolan
Period Covered By This Report—Jan. 27Feb. •
97,59
David C. PoUte
45.00
1438 Harold Long
40.82 Cash on Hand
$257,615.62
1459 Joseph WUanszak'
78.93
$195 00
754,023.44
1460 Frank Baron
69.60 .US Government Bonds
FIRLAND SANITARIUM. SEATTLE
1461 Henry Robinson
58.32 Estimated Accounts Receivable.
150,000.00 Emil
Austad
30 00
1462 Leroy Johnson
101.09
7,417.00
1463 John Pasko
USPHS HOSP., SEATTLE
' 76.98 Hospital Benefits Paid in Period
1464 Dudley Whittaker ......... 87.48 Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since'July 1, 1950
15.90
123,109.00 Sverre I. Brenna
1465 Harry Mossburg, Jr
Francis I. Gibblns
30.00
64.54
Death
Benefits
Paid
in
Period.
5,133.32
1466 Louis Galasse
George Lecher
15.00
J.,., 39.27
1467 Donald Farrest
89.21 Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1050.
186,866.65
1468 Frederick Fancy
$60.00
84.37
1469 Walter Szczepanski
60.26
Sidney Irby
*
1560
SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
USPHS HOSP., BALTIMORE
1470 Edward Rzerak
34.99 Warner AUred
15.tn
WILMINGTON, C.ALIF.
$30.00 Fred O. SummerUn
1471 John Kadecki
63.37 Thomas Ankerson
Marvin Shipley
30.00
15.<H>
1472 Edward Novak ;
48.21 Nelson W. Blades
8180.00
30.00
VETERANS HOSP., LOfilG BEACH
1473 Edgar Hay
61.82 Frank Blues
15.00
USPHS HOSP. NEW ORLEANS
E. L. Pritchard
30.00
1474 Esteban Oquendo
71.93 HaskeU Donegan
30.00
i
30.00 E. G. BiUings
HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL
1475 Johnson E. Johnson
36.94 Donald Duvall
15.00
15.00
LOS
ANGELES.
CALIF.
PhUip
Bommaiito
1476 Nicholas Di Cesare
44.71 Michael Frangias
15.00 Thomas G. Lyons
15.00 J. T. Bryant
45.00
1477 Clarence Murray
44,32 Clarence Gibbs
30.00
:.... 15.00 Wilson O. Cara ........
1478 Joseph Smith
USPHS HOSP., HONOLULU
44.71 Joseph Goude
30.00
30.00
James
D.
CardeU
.......
1479 Clark, Edward
Fleming Higgason
240.00
i,,.. 54.04 Thomas Hoar
30.00
15.00 OUver Celestine
1480 Percival Barclay
L. I. COLLEGE HOSPITAL
67.28 John Hoffman
15.00 J. H. ChapeUe
30.00
1481 Stanley Johnson
LONG
ISLAND.
N.
Y.
80.48 Earley Joyner
15.00 James Crcne
154)0 Ralph Slgler
1482 Joseph Garcia
462.00
69.21 J. Kueider
15.00 Rogelib Cruz
30.00
1463 Peter De Vries
DEER'S HEAD STATE HOSPITAL
77.76 Edwin Leiber
, 30.00
15.00 Martino DeSalvo
1484 Athinoieos Staikopovlos .. . 86.70
SALISBURY. MD.
15.00 Michael Lucas
Earl McKendree
30.00 Paul F. ElUs
1485 William Maggio
60.00
• .59.47 Lloyd MUler
30.00
15.00 L. S. Grab
1486 Juan Rodriquez
USPHS HOSPITAL
10l!o9 Jack i>. Morrison
30.00
15.00
Maurice
E.
Graham
1437 Victor Bums
FORT WORTH. TEXAS
85.15 H. W. Muches
30.00 Joseph P. Wise
15.00 E. £. Gross
1488 Rufus Fields
60.00
1
48.99 Thomas F. Mungo
15.00
15.00 Louis G. Johnson .......
1489 James Menur
USPHS HOSPITAL
49.05 Francis R. O'Brien
30.00
15.00
Leo
H.
Lang
1490 Leon Gray
MEMPHIS, TENN.
33.49 Pedro Peralto
15.00 VirgU E. Wilmoth
1500 WUliam Lynaugh .... z..
1461 Frank Hall
60.00
;
7737 Dalio Perez
45.00
15.00 C. W. Matthews
1492 Angel Bargciero
USPHS
HOSPITAL
4i;21 Fred Pittraan
15.00
15.00 John Mayrbat
1493 Joseph Stevens
FT.
STANTON. NEW
MEXICO
87.48 JuUus Prochownik
15.00
15.00 John McElroy
1494 Alfonso Styron
60.00.
48 60 Arthur Reinholdt
30.00 Charles Burton
30.00 Thomas McLees .........
1495 Calvin Price
F. Landry
60.90
70 73 James Robertson ..;
30.00 Donald McDonald
30.00 Lawrence Melanson
1496 Joseph Perrira
60 DO
63.37 John G. Robinson
15.00 Clarence D. Shively
15.00 M. V. Mobley
1497 Leroy Bird
60.00
43 55 Leonard Spivey
15.00
30.00 J. G. 'Naugle
1498 George Puhin
75 4,t John Stanley
30.00
30.00 L. S. Osma
1499 William McKay
$240.00
" 82 04 John M. .Stone
30.00
45.00 J. N. Powers
1500 aarenee Dyer
MANHATTAN BEACH HOSPITAL
88.'65 John A. Stout
30.00
30.00 K. Raana
)...
1501 William Faii.st
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
71.93 Thomas Wabolis
30.00
30.00
H.
D.
Rosure
1502 John Asmont
60.00
Robert Atmore
76!20 WilUam WaUace
30.00 Rupert
30.00 Claude A. Ray
1503 Edmond Sahuque
A.
Blake
.f. 60.00
64.93 Walter S. Warner
30.00 Claude F. Blanks
30.00 Edward C. Robinson ....
60.00
1504 Ragnor Erikson
58,76 Albert Willis
15.00
30.00 T. Savage
60.00
1505 Elaska Weems
68!82 Vernon Stiebig
30.00 Edmund C. Blosser
30.00 Foster B. Shedd
• ....
60.00
1506 Harry Rasure
75 04 John Richters
30.00 Matthew Bruno
20.00 Lonnie R. Tickle
60.00
1507 Frank Williams
Walter
Chalk
79 32
30.00
Louis
A.
WUIis
60.00
1508 Philip Bomraarito
Jack M. Dalton
45 10
$815.00, P. J. Wilkinson
15.00
.
60.00
1509 Peter Hand
54!o4
15.00 John J. DrlscoU
A. J. Wonlger
USPHS
HOSP.. BOSTON
60.00
1510 Ross Hebert
John
T.
Edwards
5132
. 30.00
R.
P.
Bowman
60.00
1511 Joseph Warfield
Thomas
D.
EzzeU
65 71
SOOO.OO
. 30.00
60.00
1512 Anthony PhillippiUe
J. Espinoza
sgioi Ch.arles Collett
15.00
.
USPHS
HOSP..
STATEN
ISLAND,
N.
Y.
Patrick
Flaherty
.,
60.00
1513 Roy Boyd
E. Ferrer
73.43
. 30.00
60.00
Ray
Harris
J*
Robert
F.
GUbert
1514 Alphonse Tolentino
15.00
74 65
Joseph
Barron
. 30.00 Melvin Bass
60.00
Fred Grimes
1515 James Sumpter
95 R4 J. J. Kavunuugh ..."T
• •• » 30.00 James
. 30.00
60.00
1516 Adam Kelly, Jr.
4?M Anthony D. Leva
• • •• 15.00 Arthur Lawlor
John Bazzell
.
•
30.00
James R.
Lewis
60.00
1517 Gottfled Melting .;
Lomks
73 87
«• • • 30.00 Constantino Makris ......
J. R. Cuelles
. 15.00
WiUiam
McKeon
60.00
1518 Tage Nilsson
15.00
63 37
•
•
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•
Charles
DeRoule
. 15.00 F. Farrell
60.00
1519 Floyd Smith
15.00 R. A. Ratcliff
i;,:;;;. IOM G. Mlnisteri
. 15.00
60.00
1520 Robert Dufrene
15.00 G. £. Schumaker
70 37 Leonard Richard
Henry Foy
. 30.00
George
Vourlouiuis
Robert
Sizemore
60.00.
1521 James Darouse
30.00
69 60
M. Green
.
30.00 Roy
.
60.00
1522 Benjamin Collins
15.00 Timothy SuUivan
• tee
I
sj'.lS Joseph Wilaszak
Elmer. Hansen
60.00 .
1523 Leslie Burnett
45 40
• • •e 15.00 Albert D. Thompson......
Hans Hanssen
$300.00
Lloyd . MUler
........
Too
1524 John Frederick
gz'gB
• lohn T. Hawlcy
."TT, . . e • • a 15.00
......... bO.OO
1525 August Brnsig
USPHS HO.SP.. GALVESTON
. e • •
• 30.00 David Mcllreath
40 05
Roscoe Hobdy
Pedro, 0. Peralto
15.00
1526 WiUiam Folse
• « • • 15.00 John
John Manen
15.00 A. M.. Ineertp.
.Richters .
385.00
. 15.00
152J Early Punch
.'..... 30.00 J. Kaphalhnffer
57.15 Alexander Peffanis
1528 Philip Maeckling
< 4 a • •
15.00
15.00 John Keenan
69!21 Charles Savant
$1,795.00
30.00
1529 Dominlck Frenisano
15.00 Charles. Kerstens .
a.,
82.43 Charles Scherhans
.SAILORS SNUG HARBQR
30.00
1530 Walter Vargas
George., KUchen
59,88
, STATEN ISLAND. N. Y.
30.00
$75 00 John .Kosinskl
1531 Frank Wolinski
v..
50.93
60.00
30.00 Joseph. .Koslusky
1532 Kenneth Beckerlch
97.59
Thomas Kustas
USPHS HOSP., MOBILE
DEATH BENEFITS
30.00
.
•
•
•
1533 Luke Wymls
,,,, 47.82 R. H. Aldrich "
. 15.00 Robert F. Larsen
$ 133.32
15.00 Remie. Doucette.
1534 Francis Freely
48.60 Franklin T. Andrews
30.00 A. M. McGulgan
2.500.00
15.00 James. J. Doherty.
1533 Churjes Welch
3V.94 Tim Burke
'^S.OO W. J.MiebaeUs
Leonce
L..
RiguaA
,.
a. c,.....s ....
2.500.00
"^30.00
1536 Armando Rivera
55.21 C. A. Crabtree
• 15.00 Vic WXnfo
30.90
•
•
•
•
•
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1537 Clarence Templin
75.43 B. Goodman
15.00 Charles ogiesby
» • • « $ 15.()0
1533 Jesus Maisonett
52.88 J. H. 'Jones
30.00 WiUiam Osmundsen ..........
Welfare
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�SEAT ARERS LOG
Friday. February 22.1982
Face Twentythref
... DIGEST of SHIPS^ MEETINGS .
TRINITY (Carrai), Jan. 17—Chairman, th% voyage. Messhall chairs nefd fixing
O. Nobia; Sacratary. D. Wilson. It was or replacing.
voted that crewmembers wUI make their
voluntary contributions to the March ot
Dimes individually. Eddie Rowland will
record the donations and collect the
money. The steward department was
Siven a vote of tbanks for the excellent
meals It prepared throughout the trip.
ST. AUGUSTINE VICTORY (Mississippi),
Jan. 7—Chairman, C. J. Quinnt; Secretary,
J. Dolon. Delegates reported everything
running smoothly so far. A joint meet
ing every two Weeks while away from the
States was approved by all. Suggestion
for all hands to close valves on sink top
FAIRLAND (Waterman), Jan.'• —Chair and bottom when finished using laundry.
man, C. Hamby; Secretary, W. Harpar All hands were asked to leave the mess
The bosun suggested that the crew not hall clean at night.
storm their orders to the messman since
ALASKA CEDAR (Ocean Tow), Jan. 1*
this Is his first voyage and he should be
given a chance to learn the job. It was —Chairman, P. THtso; Sacratary, Arthur
suggested that the ship's delegate find out Rummal. Delegates reported no beefs.
from the mate how much penalty cargo The steward promised fresh stores In
Alaska If available. The crew asked for
there Is on board.
more heat in foc'sles as the temperature
is
below zero. The Steward wants fuel
SEATHUNDER (Orion), Jan. 13—Chair
man, F. Leonard; Secretary, C. Jackson oil tank removed from the deck to keep
the
pipeline from freezing. The deck
$32 in the ship's fund. The last^an on
standby will clean up the mess hall and gang is handling the cargo on this scow
not leave dirty dishes for the pantryman. and is certainly doing a great job as the
Any member who doesn't do his work will Hemperature is far below zero with gales
be brought up on charges. The deck dele, over 100 miles per hour, and it sure takes
gate said the two men who joined the a hardy sailor to stand those hardships.
ship in Antwerp, due to two brothers go,
CANTIGNY (Cities Service), Jan. 20—
ing to the hospital, are to be treated like
ElU brothers and should feel free to call Chairman, Arthur Colburn; 'Secretary,
Raymond
Cooke. A motion was made to
on their delegates at any time.
purchase a new steam iron out of the
ship's fund. Each crewmember agreed
STEEL DIRECTOR (lithmlan), Jan. 7— to donate SI to the ship's fund. A motion
Chairman, M. Ralph; Secretary, F. O. was also made to purchase a record
Baker. All visitors must have passes and player attachment for the TV set wini
they must be approved by the mate. Each the provision that each member buy and
man after using the washing machine Is donate records of .their choice. "Ship's
to clean the machine and the deck. The delegate reported that each crewmember
chief engineer will permit the drying of was asked to donate $2 for the March
' clothes in the fidley.
of Dimes.
CLARKSBURG VICTORY (Mississippi).
Jan. t—Chairman, A. A. Kessan; Sacra
tary, W. Pannlngton. Motion made and
seconded that all stores for the three de
partments be sbnt to the ship at least
two days before the ship sails so that the
delegates can check them for shortages.
A vote of thanks was extended to the
CATAHOULA (National Navigation), steward department for the way the food
Jan. 30>Xhalrman, J. A. Cave; Secretary, was prepared.
David W. McMullen. Discussions on the
untidy condition of recreation room. It
CARROLL VICTORY' tSouHl. Atlantic),
was suggested that the deck be painted
and the last man on bach watch clean Jan. 12—Chaitman Robert Cowdary; Sac
rataryAP.
C. Smith. Electrician Cowdery
and tidy It up. All delegates were asked
to make out a repair list. Steward re reminded the crewthat the watch stand
quested that all innerspring mattresses ees were entitled to overtime since sea
have mattress covers for cleanliness and watches were kept in excess of 24 hours
in San Pedro. Ship's delegate asked that
sanitation.
clearance arrangements be made by the
company to get new replacements through
LUCILLE BLOOMFIELD (Bloomfiold), gate at Naval munitions depot so they
Jan. 20—Chairman, R. Pattison; Secretary, do not have to wait at gate all night be
N. Patterson. It was suggested that the
ship's delegate see the captain In regard fore being able to join the ship.
to painting the crew's quarters. Crew
members were asked not to put clothing
In the washing machine and leave It run
ning for hours. Half an hour or three
quarters of an hour should be sufficient
time to get the clothing clean.
JESSE H. METCALF (Eastern), Jan. 20
—Chairman, E. Hudson; Secretary, W. E.
Befsnson. The deck gang was requested
to be more careful in writing up over
time and to specify the exact operation
performed. Engine delegate compiained
about sanitary work not being properly
done.
Jan. t—Chairman, E. Hudson; Secre
tary. W. Beganson. Discussion on the
noise in passageways when men on watch
are trying to sleep. Discussion on leav
ing messroom clean at night. Recreation
room will be taken care of by the three
departments in rotation.
TRANSATLANTIC (Boise Griffin), Jan.
11—Chairman, H. Casklll; Secretary,
Baker. The bread and coffee for night
lunch to be checked. Night lunch to be
thrown out every AM. Hot water Is to
be provided for showers. All hands
should try and keep,the laundry room a
little cleaner.
DEL SOL (Mississippi), Jan. <—Chair
man, Red Sully; Secretary, J. F. Cersey.
$47.50 reported in ship's fund. All mem
bers were asked to refrain from making
undue noise in the messhall during night.
Old members were asked to assist new
members, as some of them were a little
green, and to show them the way of all
good Seafarers.
HARRY T (Palmer), Jan. 20—Chair
man, N. Swokia; Secretary, V. E. La
Barrare. Discussion on washing machine
settled satisfactorily. Crew urged to go
easy on linen for balance of the trip.
All beefs In each department should be
presented to their respective delegates
and not over their heads.
STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Jan. 25
—Chairman, Max E. Moore; Secretary,
fresh vegetables and stores were not being
brought to the ship, also in the future
the master should be more cooperative
WILLIAM HARPER (Waterman), Jan. with the ship's delegate.
24—Chairman, G. L. Brownell; Secretary,
E. Kolenovtky. Slopchest and stores
COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Dec.
should be checked before next trip. Vote 14—Chairman, E. C. Bell; Secretary, L. A.
of thanks to the steward department.
Brown. Roaches have been seen even
though the ship was serviced for the ex
ROBIN HOOD (Seas Shipping), Dec. 2— termination of vermin. Scuppers must
Chairman, J. Cantrell; Secretary, T. H. be opened, but the chief engineer claims
Mason. A complaint was made about that it is impossible until the cargo iy
cleaning, up messroom after using it. Men unloaded. Bosun informed crew that port
were asked to ^op shouting and holler hole gaskets have been purchased and
ing in passageways. $35.12 in ship's fund that they will be put on as soon as the
at present.
/Weather moderates.
Ken Juechter. Letter concsrning new
agreement was read. The ship's delegate"
mentioned a fight and a discussion on
discrimination follovyed. Delegate asked
SOUTHWIND (South Atlantic), Jan. 22—
for cooperation from the men on deck Chairman, A. LaTorre; Secretary, J.
concerning their work.
Wendt. Delegates reported no beefs.
Chairs in recreation room need repairs.
JOSHUA B. LIPPINCOTT (Alcoa), Jan. Letter was written to the agent "in Sa
20—Chairman, W. Young; Secretary, W. vannah and a copy sent to the New York
Hackett. It was suggested that any crew office about getting the dogs off the ship
member should consult the ship's dele also about the last steward^eaving the
gate about a second draw in a foreign ship with the ship's fund.
port and not go to the skipper himself.
HIGH POINT VICTORY (South Atlan
All hands agreed to buy a punching bag
tic), Jan 25—Chairman, J. LaPointe; Sec
of the ship's fund.
retary, M. Whale. The Agent is to be
GENEVIEVE PETERKIN (Bloomfield), requested to check the slopchest prices
Dec. 2—Chairman, T. Deal; Secretary, C. and the quality of goods. Vote of thanks
Foster. Suggested that ship's delegate .to the steward department for a job well
be present while patrolman is checking done throughout the voyage. Discussion
all departments overtime to avoid fu on the brand of coffee being used. The
ture disputes. Steward's department will steward requested a change to a better
clean laundry and recreation room and brand.
deck and engine department will clean
JAMES McHENRY (BloomfieJd), Dec. 23
passageways and main deck.
—Chairman, T. Faulkner; Secretary, Sell
OREMAR (Ore), Feb. 10—Chairman, J. ers. Suggestion made that the three de
R. Taurin; Secretary, F. Oriales. Voyage partments clean the laundry room and
Js six days late on account of the Chilian the recreation room in rotation. A ship's
strike. All crewmembers are to wear delegate was elected.
proper clothing at meal times in the
GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), Jan. 20—
messrooms. Six dollars in the ship's fund
Chairman, Richardson; Secretary, Watts.
to be donated to the March of Dimes.
Ship's delegate reported that he had
ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), Jan. 20— mailed a letter to headquarters in regard
CKa
lalrman, A. Gowder; Secretary, A. Jun to the repairs that were to be made on
klns. Delegates reported everything run the fresh water tanks which had been
ning smoothly. Letter conceming train neglected. There was a suggestion that
ing program at headquarters was read all the men that were logged meet with
and discussed. The program is consid the ship's delegate after the general meet
ered a great step forward for the Union ing to decide what action should be taken
by all hands. Discussion on the condi in regard to the captain taking the men's
tion of the laundry room and a sugges war bonus money' along with the regular
tion was made to keep the laundry log.
locked while in port.
ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), Jan.
THE CABINS (Mathlasen), Jan. 31— 4—Chairman, Turner; Secretary, B. R.
Malkln.
Delegates reported no beefs.
Chairman, F. LambertI; Secretary, J.
Stickncy. There are not enough tools to Beef about Bosun turning to without deck
work with on deck. Bosun suggested that gang and collecting overtime for his
a patrolman be notified crewmembers work. Speech made on keeping the
want literature from the hall on how to washing machine ciean. Steward gave
instructions on the care of new inner
conduct a'meeting.
spring mattresses.
WILLIAM TYLER PAGE (Waterman),
LONE JACK (Cities Service), Dec. 15—
Dec. 10—Chairman, Roy Lundqulst; Sec
retary, D. K. Fisher. Fisher, the .deck Chairman, J. R. Michele; Secretary, W.
delegate, brought out the fact that since Sofford. $52 in the ship's fund. The pho
we have such a fine steward department, nograph will be fixed in Antwerp. Sug
that it was every man's duty as an SIU gestions were made to keep messhall and
man to help keep the messhalls clean at recreation hall cleaner. The. speaker in
all times. Roy Lundqulst read an article the messhall needs fixing. Motion made
from the LOG, which concerned ship re and carried to send a letter to port of
strictions, sent in by the Thomas Rusk. payoff and one to headquarters concern
We had a full crew except for a 2nd ing conditions aboard ship.
Engineer, who the company had trouble
STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), Dec. 30—
procuring.
Chairman, J. Coe; Secretary, James Redi
WANDA (Epiphany Tanker), Jan. 20— can. Ship's fund amounts to $51.50, with
Chairman, J. Caffrey; Secretary, B. Gross. a left over Christmas fund of $11. Ship's
Crewmembers were requested to clean delegate will contact Merchant Marine
up cups after using them or 'be fined Library Association in an effort to renew
twentyfive cents. No rewmember is tq the library. B'sun is to consult chief
sign on foreign until patrolmait. Is seen, mate regarding a request to have sink
and bunk partitions installed in all
due to a question of transportation.
foc'sles.
STONEWALL JACKSON (Waterman),
Jan. 6—Chairman, J. B. King; Secretary,
BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service),
L. C. Smith. Voluntary donation of 50 Jan. 24—Chairman, Chester F. Just; Sec
cents from each member for the ship's retary, R. Henninger. Ail men were
fund. The steward volunteered to get a requested to aid first trippers in their
new library. Education committee wiU routine duties as union men. They were
be ready for next trip.
also requested to take advantage of. all
the literature available. Ship's treasurer
to collect $1 per man at the payoff. It
was pointed out that the standby should
not clean up unnecessary dirt caused by
deliberate negligence on the part of the
crew.
it
FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), Jan.
10—Chairman, John J. Gaia; Secretary,
J. C. Thompson. Suggestion for the cap
tain to post a notice as to when he wants
the ship's articles signed. Delegates re
ported no beefs.
Dec. 25—Chairman, Frank Carroll; Sec
retary, Richard Farnkoff. Motion made
and carried to contact the Merchant Ma
rine Library for a set of new books.
$34.70 in ship's fund, and a motion was
made not to use ship's fund on anything
unless voted on by the crew.
SUZANNE (Bull), Jan. 27—Chairman,
Den Beckerich; Secretary, Leonard Jones.
Motion made and seconded that milk sup
plies be increased. There was a discus
sion on fire and boat drill being held on
Saturday morning. Suggestion made to
make a repair list and turn it over to
the pantryman.
Jan. 4—Chairman, Wiiliam Blanton;
Secretary, A. Aragme. Motion made and
seconded that a special meeting be herd
in New York when patrolman comes
aboard to settle all beefs. ^Painting of
crew mess hall was postponed.
STRATHPORT (Strathmore), Jan.
Chairman, Parker; Secretary, A. Carpen
ter. Suggestion that departments alter
nate each week in order to keep the
• 'ashing machine laundry and the re
creation room clean. There is a shortage
of fans which will be corrected at the
first opportunity. All hands were asked
to be a little more quiet as there is al
ways someone sleeping.
SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Jan.
27—Chairman, Walter E. Beyeler; Secre
tary, L. Caluska. Ship's delegate advised
all department delegates to check on
books and permits. Communication from
Union hfill was read regarding upgrading
of members at new Union hall, Disou.s
siuii«Mi having a di'inking fountain in the
messhall. Collection on March of Dimes
amounting to $50. Motion made to buy
TACALAM (Mar'ftade), Jan. «—Chair an electric iron and ironing board, money
man, Donald Rood; Secretary, M. Pier to be taken out of ship's fund.
prlnskl. Motion made and carried that a
repair list be made up on the way to . WINTER HILL (Cities Service), Jan. 27
t&i
H.
England and should be sent to headquar —Chairman, W. Crawford; Secretary,
ters. Motion made and carried to cooper Auqoin. Ship's delegate is to see the pa
trolman
in
Lake
Charles
about
having
ate and understand position of messman's
duties aboard ship. Suggestion made that the company put a new washing machine
the steward attempt to get coffee'percola aboard.
Feb. 2—Chairman, Karl A. Hellman;
tor in England. Letter read from head
quarters on accepting the March of Dimes Secretary, H. M. Aucoln. $86 in ship's
fund. The ship'is delegate explained to
as a good and helpful organization.
s6me of the new members about Union
SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), Jan. rules and shlf^ng ship. $57 has been
10—Chairman, J. Malone; Secretary, P. collected for the March of Dimes. An
Ulrich. Brother Mark, deck delegate, other donation will be taken. The com
discussed .the seriousness of lifeboat drills pany has agreed to put a standard wash
siid asked that all men perform their ing machine aboard.
proper duties In regard to the station
ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), Feb. 2—
bill. He further stoted that In the past
many members were shirking their du Chairman, B. Wright; Secretary, J. Hlr
ties causing, others to crank out the life rlnakl. A vote of thanks was extended
boat davits. An iron and ironing board to the cooks for the good food. Mem
will be purchased by the ship's delegate. bers were asked not to wash mops In
the laundry tub. Suggestions that Tvatch
FAIRPORT (Waterman), Jan. 13—Chair keep watertight dWs closed when the
man, Elvis Warren; Secretary, Anthony main' deck Is taking" seas.
Mattel. $20 reported in the snip s lunu.
A vote, of thanks was extended to the
SALEM MARITIME (Cities Service),
steward department for the fine food Jan. 27—Chairman, R. Sweet; Secretary,
thi^t wpg prepared and, served throughout R. Averltt. Ice box beef and linen,
TAINARON (Actlum), Jan. i—Chair
man, James Mathews; Secretary, J. E.
Hanks. Delegates • reported all is well.
A plan was worked out to the crew's
satisfaction to take care of the laundry
Slid the recreation rooms. The washing
machine needed
led securing and the Bosun
agreed to take care of the job.
were settled. Books and permits to be eign ports Is poor. All hands are not co
taken up by delegates day before arrlvaL operating in keeping the laundry clean.
LEWIS EMERY JR. (Victory Carriers),
Jan. 24—Chairman, Cyril J. Magnan; Sec
retary, J. Mayhen. Ship's delegate re
ported that everything has been taken
care of except a few items and they will
be put on the new repair list. Crew
wants more pickles served at meal times.
Suggestion made to keep washroom
clean.
PENNMAR (Calmar), Jan. .27—Chair
man, J. Orai; Secretary, W. Woodward.
Motion made to get ample supply of milk
from port to port going South. The crew
of the Pennmar wishes to correct the
LOG. The new wage scale was accepted
by all hands at this meeting.
(Note: Report received by LOG re
ported four men voted against contract.)
GENEVIEVE PETERKIN (Bloomfield),
Jan. 13—Chairman, T. Deal; Secretary, C.
Foster. Motion made and carried to pre
pare a fetter for a patrolman In regard
to the third mate striking an ordinary
seaman aboard ship and cursing crew.
LONE JACK (Cities Service), Jan. 27—
Chairman, R. Krug; Secretary, W. J.
taway. Ship's delegate reported $47
Cofl'i
in the ship's^fund. Motion made to con
tribute to the March of Dimes campaign
at payoff up north. Motion made to see
that all portholes are secured tightly to
prevent leakage and to plug holes in
messhall .where water drains down below
in crew's quarters. Motion made to pur
chase new Iron and ironing board.
SEA COMET (Seatraders Inc.), Jan. 18—
Chairman, N. H. Price; Secretary, F. C.
Seabolt, Jr. Silence in passageways after
8 PM to be observed. Suggestion that
night watches keep messroom and recrea
tion room clean. Food situation was dis
cussed.
JEFF DAVIS (Waterman), Jan. 22—
Chairman, F. Wawson; Secretary, J. Orm
ston. The steward suggested that his
department get on the ball. Deck dele
gate requested closer cooperation in his
department. Wiper discussed beef with
the chief engineer.
SKYSTAR (Triton), Jan. 22—Chairman,
William Trose; Secretary, J. Ryder. Mo
tion made and carried 'that inner spring
mattresses be placed aboard for all mem
bers of the crew. All members agreed
that the Skystar was a clean and a happy
ship. Everyone respects each o'ther's
feelings. All the members are proud and
happy to be brother to a grand Union
STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), Jan. 1
—Chairman, Brodie; Secretary, Frey. It such as the SIU.
was pointed out that the chief mate said
SEATIGER (Orion), Jan. 14—Chairman,
there was no pain killing drugs aboard T. Blades; Secretary, P. Neary. A special
and in one case an injured man suffered meeting was held on Dec. 29th. The cap
needlessly while waiting for the launch tain said that fighting must stop on board.
to be taken ashore.
Suggestion that a letter be sent to New
York headquarters informing them about
CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), Jan. 27— the rationing of eggs and also to find out
Chairman, Jim Morton; Secretary, Smoky what can be done about it.
Crabenauer. The ship's delegate asked
the membership to donate to the March
ROBIN GRAY^tSeas Shipping), Jan. *—
of Dimes because it is a good cause, and Chairman, W. Monafield; Secretary, John
the SIU has held a good record so far S. Houser. Motion made and carried that
but would like to see a better record the ship's delegate sec the captain and
If possible. The launch service in for have, a reasonable explaiiation as to, why
AMES
VICTORY
(Victory
Carriers),
Jan. 24—Chairman, H. Sadaerno; Sbcre
tary, David I. Helm. Report made that
radiators have been repaired. Letter read
at meeting from hiVidquarters concern
ihg the way in which the LOG is being,
put out. Members seem to be satisfied.
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service),
Jan. 20—Chairman, Bernard Kimberly;
Secretary, Floyd Shaw. Engine depart
ment sailed two men short due to injury
to an oiler and lack of a machinist in
Lake Charles. Motion made and carried
to donate $42 to Brother Gilbert, who
was hospitalized in Louisiana. Brother
Richardson cautioned crew of the danger
in throwing lighted cigarettes and
matches overboard while butterworthing.
SOUTHLAND (South Atlantic), Dec. 23
—Chairman, J. Hanners; Secretary, G. B.
Gapac. Motion made and carried that
the ship's delegate see the patrolman •
and have him see the company about
putting a new washing machine on board.
The recreation room needs painting and
it should be kept cleaner.
VENORE (Ore.), Jan. 20—Chairman, A.
McKenzie; Secretary, H. B. Vincent. The
question of food on all Ore. ships was
discussed. Committee appointed to see
the boarding patrolman to talk over milk
situation, also the matter of leaving cups
on deck.
NIKOKLIS (Dolphin), Jan. 27—Chairman,
Max Olson; Secretary, Anderson. Dele
gates reported disputes on overtime bill
everything is okay. Motion made by An
derson, that a special meeting be hold be
for payoff. Consideration should be given
aliens aboard. Cook and baker were se
verely criticized, no action was taken as
both were to leave ship at first chance.
Vote of thanks was given to the deck de
partment for all the extra work they did
for the crew.
WILLIAM TYLER PAGE (Waterman),
Jan. 25—Chairman, Roy Lunpquist; Sec
retary, R. Rayfield. Ship's delegate
asked that no one pay off until he had
all disputed overtime settled with patrol
man. Engine department has over five
hundred dollars disputed overtime, not
including delayed sailing. Motion made
fur all crewmembers to please observe
shipping rule not to hold up payoff due to
drinking or unnecessary arguments. Mem
bership voted to commend the steward
department on a job well done for their
good chow and service.
ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), Feb. 3—
Chairman, L. Nikolas; Secretary, J.
Whited. Ship's delegate repbrted that
everything seems to be running smooth
ly. Motion made that negotiating com
mittee be requested to look into the
working rules conceming stevedore work
by the crew, as some of the companies
have been taking advantage of the clause
concerning "no cargo in the vessels."
Suggestion made that all hands take care
of the library placed aboard in New
York and return all books and maga
zines promptly.
Quiz Answers
(1) Great circle.
(2) 10 months.
(3) Teddy Roosevelt, upon the
assassination of McKinley.
(4) 30 degrees.
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Denmark in 1917.
(6) It expands.
(7) Manassa, Colo., was Jack
Dempsey's birthplace.
(81 Yes. It was the duty of the
city to protect people from being
hit by falling trees even though
the injured, person may have
broken one law or another in get
ting under the three at the mo
ment it fell. After all, he might
have been going even faster than
he had, and then would have been
far from the spot when the tree
toppled. His speed didn't matter.
(9) 16 months, four months.
(10) Nine.
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Sea Chest in New York headquarters assures
Seafarers of first quality merchandise and
supplies at substantial savings. Seafarers will
no longer be dependent on waterfront ped
dles and grasping storekeepers who have
long been victimizing them with shoddy, de
fective and overpriced merchandise because
seamen are here today and gone tomorrow.
^ The Sea Chest is equipped to supply Sea
farers with practically all their needs in both
work and dress wear, as well as other essen
tials like shaving gear, toothpaste, smokes
and luggage. Seafarers will find, among other
items, denim and chino work shirts; sport,
shirts in splashy plaids.and.sober solids; the
basic white dress shirt, key to any man's ward
robe; cotton, nylon and rayon socks; variety
of summer and winterweight underwear and
pyjamas; an assortment of neckties; sweaters
and sweater ^vests; and innumerable other
items, all of tlfem top quality. Best of all is the
guarantee that nobody will be trying to "put
one over" by passing off secondrate stuff.
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is only the beginning of what will eventually
become a farflung operation. It is the pat
ternmaker for similar faciliies .which will
be established in the other major ports out
• o f which SIU men • sail—Mobile, Baltimore
and New Orleans. The. lessons learned in
New York can be applied in servicing Sea'
farers «rho touch these ports and are equally
in need of this type of facility. Since at one
time or another practically everjj Seafarer
passes through one of the above ports or New
York, establishment in the branches will bring
the services and s?vings of the Sea Chest
within the reach cf all SIU m^u.
Pending this expansion, the Sea Chest in
New York will continue to broaden its range
of haberdashery aHiqles and; other personal
items, to bring to the men of the SIU sav
ings on ^virtually all merchandise that they
would ordinarily purchase from other sources.
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supply Seafarers with "Everything in Sea
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Headlines:
FIRST ENTRIES ARRIVE, ART CONTEST ROLLING
PR'S CREW A HIT IN LONGHSORE WIN
SIU VOTES $ IN TIDEWATER UNION STRIKE
SIU SCHOOL BUSY AS 5TH CLASS FORMS
NMU HAS MORE WOE, CUTS CREW SERVICES
LOSE YOUR PAPERS AGAIN? CG MAY REFUSE DUPLICATE
1ST WEEK PAYMENTS: 100G'S
INSURANCE AGENTS END STRIKE, WIN PAY BOOST
UNION ASKS BOOST FOR DAY WORKERS
PORT O' CALL BAR OPENS; HQ NOW IN FULL OPERATION
CITY OF SAVANNAH HONORS SOUTHLAND'S HEROIC CREW
BRIDGES 'SUPPORTS' INS STRIKE; GIVES WELFARE FUND TO COMPANY
PHILA MTC REELECTS SIU AGENT AS HEAD
CG WIDENS VALIDATION RULE; WAIVERS TO END
HALT ISSUING OF PAPERS TO NON-RESIDENT ALIENS
GOVT PROBES BIG TANKER DEAL
CUSTOMS ALERT FOR SMUGGLED ATOMIC BOMBS
HEAVY STORM SPLITS TWO TANKSHIPS
NOVEL CONSTRUCTION METHODS USED IN NEW WATERFRONT PROGRAM FOR NY
FULL COURSE MEAL
SECURITY CLAMP-DOWN
WHITE COLLAR MILESTONE
PORTS HOLD VACATION $ ROUNDUP
'FISH ON FRIDAY' VIA SIU-MANNED TRAWLING FLEET
STRIKE IN PR GIVES OS CHANCE TO GET RATING
BOSUN'S EDUCATED TOE PROVED EFFECTIVE TEACHER IN OLD DAYS
SO YOU'RE THINKING OF QUITTING THE SEA FOR A SHORESIDE JOB?
THIS SAND IS GENUINE--IT'S FROM CONEY ISLAND
DEL MONTE IS HOST TO ANCIENT MARINERS
'SAILOR RAGS' RECUPERATING
INJURY ON SHIP COSTS SEAFARER FOUR FINGERS
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after eight months in the lap of Davy Jones. The huge boxlike structure on her decks, a cofferdam, "fenced in" hatches
iuid superstructure, enabling pumps to empty water from her; The Sandmate^ one of several similar craft manned by Seafarers, went down last May.
No lives were lost. She had been used to carry fill for the NJ Turnpike and Newark Airport extension.
(Story on Page 5.)
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Labor, Indusfry Support S11J Annoimees 1st
Bill To Stabilize Maritime Annual Art Contest
(The following is a special article on the proposed longrange shipping hill currently All budding artists who have been hiding in a foc'sle can
before Congress. The article was prepared to acquaint Seafarers with this highly important now come out into the open. The first annual Seafarers Art
measure which h«Ls a direct beariny on the entire future of our merchant marine and, of Contest is underway and entries are open to all Seafarers
course, the jobs of Seafarers. The SIU supports the bill, but with certain reservations noted who have shown any artistic*
in the article.)
leanings.
giving ample opportunity for en
The Art Contest covers four dif trants to win a prize.
Against a background of strong Congressional opposition to tax benefits for limited seg
categories — oil paintings, In order to allow enough time
ments of American industry, and threatened maritime probes, American shipowneropera ferent
watercolors, sketches, and miscel for competitors to send their en
tors, the SIU and other sections of maritime labor, are attempting to secure passage of the so laneous, which includes carving, tries in, whether they be in Brook
called LongRange Shipping* ^
^
sculpture, model making, or any lyn or Singapore, the deadline for
Bill (S. 241). Admittedly, this u.g in the foreign trade, without routes, .are entitled to the con thing else of a creative nature. A entries has been set back to May
measure is the most important regard to the "essential trade struction aid); (2) provide nonre panel of professional judges will 10, 1952. The judging will take
piece of maritime legislation route" theory (only American ships course loans on American pas pass upon the entries and will place on May 20 and awards will
introduced in Congress in'the now operating on essential routes, senger vessels, with the balance of award first,' second and third prizes be announced at the headquarters
or to be operated on essential trade
in each of the categories, thus membership meeting of May 21.
. (Continued on page 14)
last 15 years.
An exhibit of winners and also
Just what is this "longrange"
rans
will be held at headquarters
shipping bill, its history, present
for a week thereafter. All entries
status, and prospects of ever re
will be well taken^ care of and will
ceiving Congressional approval?
returned to Contestants.
The bill ini
Widespread Talent
tially was devel
The idea of an art contest: grew
oped after a, se
out of Abe fact that a good number
ries of meetings
of
Seafarers have been sending
With the 1952 March of Dimes campaign coming to its end.
between Ameri
sketches and other art work to the
c'a n subsidized Seafarers' contributions are beginning to roll in from ships
LOG from time to time. It was' felt
and nonsubsi paying off in all ports. The official conclusion of the campaign
that for every Seafarer bold
dized stetamship is January 31, but for Sehfar'*'
^
enough to step forward there must
lines and members of the former ers it continues for several behind. Paying olF in Wilmington,
be at least half a dozen bashful
Maritime Commission, several weeks afterward as ships con California, they contributed a to
fellows
whose work is equally as
years ago. A primary purpose of
good.
tal
of
$92.
The
Trinity,
a
Carras
tinue to reach home ports with
the measure is to strengthen the
tanker piled up a $52 kitty in
Up until now, a lot of these tal
competitive position of the Ameri their contributions.
Philadelphia, while
the crew of
the
ented
Seafarers have probably
Judging
from
reports
covering
can lines on a longrange basis,
Evelyn
(Bull)
totaled
$51.10.
been
hiding
their canvasses un^er
and not merely for the immediate the first three weeks of January, Many ships still at sea, or in for
the
mattress "or
ihside their sea
future, and to allow for more or the drive will go over the top of eign ports throughout the world
bags. It is hoped that the contest
derly replacement of the present previous years.
will smoke these fellows out and
sent in ships minutes telling
American fleet when the ships be The March of Dimes is the only have
give them the recognition wh)ch
of the crew's decision to take up
come obsolete. One of reasons the fundraising campaign which has a
many of them justly deserve.
collection for the March of
SIU supports the legislation is be been officially endorsed by the Dimes..
While the contest wifi be judged
It
will
be
some, weeks
yet
cause it would bring greater em membership. With the member before all returns are in from
by
professionals, that, shouldn't
ployment stability.
ship's approval; an appeal letter these ships as the money will not
sqare anybody away. It is fully
Because of the divergent views and the March of Dimes scroll was be received from them until they
understood that this is a contest
of the different segments of the mailed out to all SIU ships late touch a US port.
for amateurs, and nobody expects
industry, it took many months in in December. The question of ' Seafarers are urged toremem
any Winslow Homers or Rdm
executive meetings at the old Mari contributions was then taken up at ber that the March of Dimes is the
brandts to show up, so that any.one
time Commission before a bill was shipboard meetings with crew only fundraising campaign which
entry has as good a chance' as in
finally agreed upon as being the members deciding on the extent has been officially endorsed, by the Seafarer Eugene MllanesI, vis ' other to hit the jackpot.
most acceptable to the industry as of their ship's participation in the membership and which is author
Those versatile seamen who
iting SIU Hq. this week. MUa
a unit. After this beginning, the campaign.
ized to collect funds from Sea
nesi was stricken with polio paint, draw, sketch, sculpture and
bill was introduced in Congress, Men who wish to contribute ep farers aboard ship.»
early last year while on a ship.
(Continued on page 15)
and was the subject of extensive ter their names and the amount
public hearings by the House Mer given on the scroll. The funds col
chant Marine and Fisheries Com lected are turned over to the pa
mittee and the Senate Interstate trolman at the payoff. He issues an
and Foreign Commerce Committee official Union receipt for them.
in the Seventyninth, Eightieth,
Single Check Issued
Several wedcs'after the National Maritime Union'pfoudly announced it had licked the.
and Eightyfirst Congresses. The When all returqs from the ships
"inequity
problem" the union's official publication has come out with a new list of gains
same measure was reintroduced in are in, the Union makes out a
under
the
heading "Mtnre Progress On Inequities." These inferior contract provisions
the Eightysecond Congress, was single check which it turns over
:
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reported to the Senate on Afilril 24, to the National Foundation for In which that paper had for4
1951, and passed by the Senate on fantile Paralysis. Last year. Sea merly referred to as "petty" catching up to the SIU on many cdntribuUon for the NMU WeHare
August 21, 1951. Ever since, it farers contributed a total of $4, now turn out to be even contract provisions. Included Fund. These provisions had been
has been resting at the House Mer 738.57 to the campaign. Funds greater and more extensive among the latest inequities which obtained by the SIU in its contract
chant Marine Committee which collected by the foundation are than previously indicated.
the NMU has finally eliminated negotiations in October of' last
must consider this Important bill used for research into the causes Examination of the new provi are the increase in maintenance year.
and pass on it before going to the and cures for polio as well as aid sions obtained by the NMU shows and cure rates from $6 to $8 a day, Further "admission of SIU pace
Houses
to the victims of the disease.
that it is still in the process of and . the additional 25 cents a day
(Continued on page 22)
The longrange shipping bill Included among some typical
would accomplish the following ships contributions received thus
things: (1) extend the benefit of far was $104 from the 24 man
constructiondifferential subsidy to crew of the Sand Captain. Peter
many more American lines operat Lint, Jr., handled the appeal on
this vessel. The crew of the Ponce
DeLeon (Waterman) was not. far Striking insurance agents of
the Prudential Life Insurance
Company, showing bulldog
Feb. 8, 19S2
Vol. XIV, No. 3
tenacity, are still on the picket
As I See It
.... Page 11
lines as the strike enters its 11th
Burly
Page 21
week. The company thus far has
Crossword Puzzle .
Page 10
persisted in its unionbusting tac
Did You Know.... .... Page 16
tics and has refused to sit down
Editorial ....
.... Page 11
and negotiate an agreement with
Inquiring Seafarer.
Page 10
the Insurance Agents Internation
In The Wake...... .... Page 10
al Union (AFL).
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Page 21
Despite the company's attitude,
Letters
Pages 19, 20
Balloting among the member the insurance agents are holding
Letter Of The Week. .• Page 11 ship of the" Sailors Union of the firm in an unusual demonstration
Maritime
.... Page 21 Pacific during general elections of militancy never before seen in
Meet The Seafarer
Page 10 amended fhe constitution regard the ranks of whitecollar workers.
On The Job
.... Page 21 ing frequency of branch meetings. The strike began on December 1
Personals ........ • ...
Page 23 Henceforth, SUP will hold branch and picket lines have been main
Ships' Minutes.... .... Page 23 meetings every second Monday in tained continually since that date.
Ten Years Ago.. .. .... Page 10 stead of weekly as before.
The company has spent many mil
Top Of The News. .... Page 6
In the event a holiday falls on lions of dollars of advertising in
Washington News
a meeting night, the gathering an attempt to break the strike but
. Letter.
....Page 4 will be held the folowlng evening. has not yet made a single offer to
Welfare Benefits.. .. Page 22 The meeting time will still be wards settlement of the dispute.
7^M,
As reported. in preylous issues
Pubtishad biweekly et the headquarteri
ef the Seafarers International Union, At
The first session under the new of the LOG, the SIU membership
lantic A 6ulf District, AFL, t75 Fourth
insurance striker picks up a handful of free amtrites donated by Seaf
Avenue, Brooklyn 32, M. Y. Tel; STerllns setup was held Feb, 4. Next bi approved two cash donations to the
SffZI. Entered as second class matter weekly dates are Feb. 18, March Insurance Agents to help them out
farers before going out en picket line before company's head|
at the Post Office In Braoklyn, N. Y.,
3, 17 and 31.
quarters In Newarib
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under the Act of August 34, 1912.
in their pacesetting fight.
Crew Response Ta Polio Appeal
Indicates New Record Donation
NlifU Still Seeks Inequity' End
Striking Insurance Agents Dig In
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SEAFARERS LOG
SlU Set For Vacation Pay
Seafarers Plan
Isf To Guarantee
Vacation Cash
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The SIU's revolutionary vacation payment plan, first
of its kind in maritime, kicks oft in New York on Mon
day, February 11. Headquarters will start accepting
applications and making payments on that date.
Applications will be accepted in the outports effec
tive February 25.
Go's Speed
New Pact's
Back Pay
, This delay is made neces vacation plan was first negotiated,
has become a precedentsetter
sary by the fact that head it
for all of maritime, with . other
quarters needs time to handle unions in the field following suit
the first rush of applicants and and signing similar agreements.
get its payment system in The SIU, however, will be the
smooth working order. Also, first maritime union thus far to ac
a certain amount of delay is in tually pay money out of a central
evitable because all applications vacation fund.
will have to be forwarded to head
Since the Vacation Plan covers
quarters from the outports,'and a all SlUcontracted operators with
out exception, every man on SIU
A sample vacation fund appli ships is eligible to get vacation ,
cation form, and instructions on money provided he has served up
how to fill it out and meet re to a minimum of 90 days sea time
quirements can be found on page and/or port time. The plan pro
vides benefits up to a ma'^imum of
15 in this issue.
$140 for a year's sea time. It was
The big job of clearing up
approved by the operators in May,
retroactive wage payments for check covering the amount in 1951, and
went into effect on.June
volved
has
to
be
mailed
back.
Seafarers, is beginning to get
1. Therefore ft covers a littie more
under way in earnest. Several of Headquarters will make every at
the smaller companies have already tempt to speed up this procedure than eight months so that the max
paid the increase, while the larger so as to cut down the time interval imum that a Seafarer could col
lect as of February 11 would be in
operators have set the machinery involved.
the vicinity of $90. The minimum
This is
the first
time in
maritime
in motion for handling the back
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history that seamen wiii get vaca
wages.
tion
pay
based
on
the
actual
num
Retroactive wages back to No
vember 1 are provided in the con ber of days worked aboard ship.
Business May
tract signed last October between Previously, only a handful of scj^
the SIU and its operators. Pay men had over been able to collect
Interested Seafarers (top photo) take an Inspection tour of newly
Lauds SIU Hall
ment of the new wage scale was vacation money because they had
opened Sea Chest in New York hall. Store managrer Lou Bush
to
have
months
of
continuous
em
The widelydistributed na
held
up pending
approval
of
it and
(above) shows a pair of shoes to » prospective customer.
the 40 hour week by the Wagd ployment under one shipowner to tional magazine. Business
Stabilization Board. The Union re qualify.
Week, devoted a two page
In the ordinary course of events,
ceived notice of the WSB decision
spread
of pictures and text in
a seaman normally works for many
on the 14th of January.
In practically all instances, the different companies, thus making its February 2 issue to the
new SIU headquarters. The
shipping companies have paid the it difficult for him to collect vaca
new scale at the payoff to ships' tion money from any one of them. magazine, which is one of the
coming into port since that date. Therefore, the SIU originated
Another Unionoperated service to the membership, the The problem on retroactive wages this revolutionary plan in which most important of its kind,
Sea Chest, is now open in N6w York headquarters. Located consits of paying men who had operators pay into a central fund, has a very large circulation
on the ground floor of the headquarters building the new paid off ships at the old rate be and in turn the fund pays the Sea among industrialists and man
tween November 1 and the 14th of farer for actual time worked, agerial personnel throughout
facility, like the cafeteria, is*;
whether put in for one company or the country.
also open to the general pub .weather gear will also be stocked. January.
Although the stress of the
100.
The
method
whereby
several
of
In addition,
the store stocks drug
lic. It carries a full line of
article was on
maritime hiring,
As
was
predicted at
the
time
the
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haberdashery items as well as
the publication came to the
cigars, cigarettes and shaving
SIU for its information, and
devoted all of its photo space
accessories. Prices for most
to operations of the SIU hir
items are below the prevail
ing hall. It described the
ing retail level.
headquarters as a "snazzy
The new store, on a par with
new union hall" which "has
other facilities in headquarters, is
deluxe facilities for relaxa
a roomy, airy and attractive layout. "Full speed ahead" is the word for the Seafarers deck training school at New York head
tion, recreation and training."
It contains far more space than the quarters. Three classes have already taken their Coast Guard examinations and success
average men's haberdashery. All ful graduates from the first two classes are now on the high seas, manriing SlUcontracted I
items carried by the store are on ships with the AB's they need.
display on open racks or under Class No. 3 completed the two men on hand in New York head
glassshelyed counters for easy in day Coast Guard examination for quarters. Since the government is
spection by the purchaser.
lifeboatman and AB yesterday. pleading for skilled manpower to
Included in the store's stock are The men passing the examination man GAA ships, the message urged
work clothes made by such well and getting their AB tickets wili the Maritime Administration to
known firms as Lee and Sweet Orr, register with the dispatcher Mon take steps to utilize manpower
and dress wear made by Manhat day morning. The fourth class is available in the SIU on these gov
tan, Jayson and other leading ha already underway with a new ernmentowned vessels.
berdashers. All merchandise will
The message pointed out that de
be first quality with none of the
For the picture story of one spite the shortage of seamen else
seconds or rejects with which wa
SIU trainee undergoing, his where in the industry," SIU branch
terfront peddlers and<»storeowhers Coast Guard examinations, see halls in other ports as well as in
have long been victimizing seamen. this issue's centerfold.
New York have a supply of skilled
Whenever possible, unionm a d e
manpower in excess of current de
products will be carried.
group of ordinaries on tap for mands made on the Union by its
Complete Toggery
classroom instruction and practical contracted operators.
Other Schools Planned
Among the many items carried training.
are sport and dress shirts, dress' With the school having gotten Meanwhile arrangements are b^
shoes. Jackets, ties, underwear, over its early growing pains and ing pushed for the opening of
dress socks and similar items. now functioning smoothly. The Un schools in the stewards and Engine
Work clothes carried include shirts, ion has notified the Maritime Ad departments so as to train ratings
slacks, gloves, shoes and^boots, and ministration that the Seafarer's in these categories as well. While
socks. A supply of luggage will be training and upgrading pro'gr'am is shortages of AB's have been the Three Seafarers of 1st deck dept. class rig a stage under the watch
ful eyes of a Coast Guard examiner, during AB test.
addgd in the near future and foul adding to the pdol of skilled sea'
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Cigs To Sou'westers
—Sea Chest Has 'Em
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3 Trainee Groups Now ABs
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SEAFARERS LOG
Isles Owners Seek
Li mil On Damage Pay
Owners of the illfated Southern Isles which sank on Octo
ber 5 with the loss of 17 lives are seeking to limit their finan
cial responsibility for damages. A petition, filed January 25
in the US Eastern District •
Court in Norfolk by the ship's acceptance or rejection of the
owners, has temporarily held petition is whether the owners
up 24 damage suits for a total knew that the ship was defective
of $1,847,400 filed by relatives and overloaded. Should this be
proven the courts would be certain
of the dead seamen, and sur to
deny the petition.
vivors of the sinking.
SIU NEWSLETTER
from WASHINGTON
Be Sure to Bet
Dues Receipts
Headquarters again wishes
to remind all Seafarers that
payments of funds, for what
ever union purpose, be made
only to authorized A&G repre
sentatives and that an official
Union receipt be gotten at that
time. If no receipt is offered,
be sure to protect yourself by
immediately bringing the mat
ter to the attention of the sec
retarytreasurer's office.
The union's word of advice
is to insure that all monies
paid are credited to your SlU
record. Insistence on an offi
cial receipt will prevent "can
shakers" from soliciting funds
for unauthorized purposes, and
will bar any foulups later on.
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In the absence of an upheaval, very f^ more Governmentowned
ships will be withdrawn from the reserve fleets for agency operation in
connection with the Mutual Security Agency (ECA) program. This pro*
gram has about reached its top level, shipwise.
An interesting angle is that simultaneously with the decreasing ship
needs of the Mutual Security Agency, cargoes being carried by vessels
under contract with the Military Sea Transportation Service have been
increasing at a rapid pace. The result is that from here on out, many
ships now operating under control of the National Shipping Authofity
and carrying MSA cargoes gradually will be released so that they" can be
transferred to the carriage of military support items for MSTS.
Should the courts accept the Further delay in the case arises
petition, it would mean that a limit from the question of where the
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24 damage
suits, 13 have been filed
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In
the
American
merchant
shipbuilding field,
work was maintained
that could be collected in law
at a steady rate throughout 1951 and should be sustained during 1952,
suits. It is expected that such a in Delaware and 11 in Norfolk
when most of the ships under construction will be delivered. At least
limit would probably be in the which raises a question of court
97 merchant ships of 1,000 gross tons and over were under contract for
vicinity of $250,000 which would be jurisdiction over the case.
construction at the close of 1951.
split up among the plaintiffs.
The 17 lost in the disaster in
Shipyards in seaboard states. Great Lakes, and inland points, were
cluded eight Seafarers, the eight
fairly busy during the past year.
ship's officers and the radio op
However, the outlook for new construction, over and above that sched
erator. The SlU men who went
uled for delivery during 1952, is not good. Private operator are some
down with her were: Simeon
what afraid to contract for new ships in the absence of further incen
Delacruz, AB; Hal WiUiams, AB;
tives to do so, and because of the current difficulty of Government agen
Marion Gorman, OS; Cecil
cies and Congress in agreeing on a formula as to constructiondifferen
Vaughan, OS; William Asble, oil
tial subsidies. A number of American ship lines have obligations with
er; Joseph A. Miller, oiler; Tolon
the Government to replace their fleets in the near future, but these
Shumake, wiper, and Richard As if a threeweek ordeal aboard a ship foundering in an
obligations will be seriously hindered not only because of the absence of
Meejdns, messman.
Sole survivors were Seafarers Italian bay with a cracked bottom and water in three hatches an agreement as to construction subsidies, but because of the contin
James Childress, AB; Samuel A. weren't enough, a party of crewmen off the SlUcrewed uing critical shortage of certain materials.
Lynn, DM; Howard Bastenbeck,
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oiler; Wilson H. Deal, steward; coaler
Senator Pat McCarran, Democrat of Nevada, and Chairman of the
make
minhnSl
repairs
to
the
dam
Charles Perkins, and Raymond up in an air crackup while be ages on the bottom to enable the Senate Judiciary Committee, will put forth strenuous efforts in the,
Holden, second cook.
coming weeks to have legislation passed dealing with employment of^
ing flown back to the states ship to proceed into drydock.
Meanwhile there has been no
communists in labor organizations. Specifically, the Senator wants to
Though within sight of land, the make it unlawful for a Communis^ to be connected with any labor
word from the Coast Guard as to after the sea mishap.
when its report on the case would The way Seafarer Stanislaw Hei Lilica's lifeboats hung outboard at organization, and also to allow the discharge by employers of persons
be issued, and the concensus of ducki told it, although he wasn't all times since it was expected that whO' are members of organizations designated as subversive by the
opinion is that the report will not on the disabled plane himself, the the pounding on the shallow bot Attorney General of the United States.
tom might crack her in two and
be forthcoming for i^me time.
workings of fate seemed strange add to the misery. Earlier, able
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Claim Overloading
indeed.
Failing to
be swallowed
up
to
go
ashore,
crewmembers
trans
Just
as soon
as the
current
shipping
boom
is over and the merchant
The six Seafarers who survived
the disaster which took place in a by the sea, the eight men on the ferred their luggage to land lest fleets of the world get back to a normal competitive stage, a number of
Americanflag lines can be expected to fight vigorously for permission
gale off Cape Hatteras testified that plane came plenty near to it a a further mishap occur.
Feverish activity by local divers to transfer some of their ships to foreign operation. However, there
the converted LST was laboring second time, but their plane man
badly and had an unusual amount aged to coast in for an unsched finally patched cracks in four is now pending in Congress a bill (S. 1704), sponsored by Senators
places permitting the vessel to pro Magnuson, of Washington, and O'Conor, of Maryland, both Democrats,
of vibration. Other testimony was uled landing off the US coast.
to the effect that the ship was The events leading up tp this ceed north to La Spezia, a short which woulcTput much stronger teeth in e^dsting law, and make'it very
overloaded, carrying 4,000 tons of airsea tale started off with a rou distance from Genoa, where the difficult for American owners tp transfer their tonnage abroad.
iron ore which was 200 tons over tine coal voyage from Norfolk Lilica put in for extensive repairs. Generally, the American shipping industry is opposing this measure,
her limit, and that she had only bound for Civitavecchia, Italy, a She's expected to sit there four or along with some of the Government departments such as Navy and the
one athwartship strap as compared port about an hour from Rome. five months, Heiducki, who was Maritime Administration, but the hill is being strongly indorsed by
with five on one other LST oper Christmas eve and slipshod navi steward's delegate on the voyage, maritime labor.
reports. The vital coal cargo was
ated by the company.
gation, according to Heiducki,
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Shortly after the hearings con found the Lilica, a Liberty owned taken off by barges.
Discrimination by foreign governments against American merchant
cluded, the Coast Guard ordered by the Dolphin Corporation, wal
A month after first going shipping is nothing new. However, in the past year, American lines
the remaining LST's operated by lowing in shallow water right off aground, on January 25, the crew have been complaining bitterly to the US State Department and gov
the company into drydock for Civitavecchia.
was paid off and secured, transpor ernment shipping agencies.^ American companies serving Latin
further strengthening.
tation in three separate ^groups: America have been particularly bitter in their denunciation of such
A principal factor in the court's The sidetoside bobbing of the The first group ran into air trouble
vessel didn't aid yuletide festivi somewhere off the states and bare discriminatory acts, but their denunciation has been "off the record."
ties any and three days later, the ly managed to make an emergency, That is, they are reluctant to protest publicly and, thus, have been'
weather not being on the good side, landing at a nearby airfield, he ex urging the State Department to do something.
the ship still awaited assistance plained. Part of the second shift, Unfortunately, State has been slow in acting in the matter. The rea
and repairs. No personal injuries Heiducki noted that his air trip son is that State and the American shipping lines are afraid of retalia
were suffered however.
was without any tod moments, and tory action by foreign maritime pourers.
Expected CrackUp
he reached New York, without One answer to the American complaints is to have the discrimina
A power failure necessitated a trouble. The final aggregation of tions aired by IMCO (InterGovemmental Maritime Consultative Or
tug's standing by throughout to crewmembers took the slow way ganization). The one thing that many foreign nations can't stand (even
supply the juice for normal ship home, and arrived here this week though they may be able to withstanding State Department "notes")
Washington — The evident em board operation, and eventually after a leisurely voyage home on a is international adverse publicity.
barrassment of the Maritime Ad five divers set to work trying to plush liner.
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One interesting situation that has developed within the past 12 to 15
unable to award a medal to Captain
years is the shift of more Americanflag vessels to foreign trade routes.
Henrik Carlsen of the illfated
There has been a gradual, but substantial, expansion of the American
Flying Enterprise has prompted
merchant fleet trading foreign. Up until last year, and carrying over
Congressional activity to fill the
into this year, about threequarters of US shipping was employed in
gap.
the various foreign trading routes (in 1939 only onethird of our fleet
Senator William Langer, Repub
was empioyed
in foreign routes).
lican of North Dakota, has intro
In contrast, American lines in the coastwise and intercoastal trades
duced a bill Which would authorize
have had a much more acute problem recapturing their shipper con
the commission to award medals
tacts since World Wiar 11, much of this traffic going to transcontinental
to members of the nation's mer
rails and trucks. Whereas in 1939 nearly 45% of the American fleet
chant fleet force for distinguished
(excluding tankers) was eniployed in these domestic trades, today only
service. The maritime agency
about 12% of the fleet is used coastwise and intercoastally.
had such authority during the war,
but legislation empowering con
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After a stormy background dating over a period of many years, it can
and never was renewed by Con
be said that the year 1952 is a year of critical decision for this country,
gress.
in connection with the muchdisputed St. Lawrence Seaway Project.
Still in the works this session,
Politically, it' is still very much a hot potato in the |JS Congress, but
meanwhile, is a measure recom
Canada
has served notice that she will finish the job alone if not aided
mended by Democratic Senator
by
this country
in the near future.
Warren G. Magmison of Washing
The question
before
our Congress, therefore, is not whether the sea
" ton authorizing a war ribbon for
way should be constructed, but whether the US is to participate • i n!
seamen who have seen service in
the project, and thus maintain joint operating control. Construction of ,
the Korean war area. Senator
the seaway would result in a deep water channel connecting the Greai
Magnuson, chairman of a Senate
Lakes with the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Merchant Marine subcommittee,
urged the award to all seamen
and officers of Americanflag ves
Sitting like a squatting duck in the bay off Civitavecchia. Italy,
sels who have been in the combat
the Lilica founders in'shallow water as shore craft try to repair'
cone during hostilities. :
damages. Crane from barge may be seen in rear.
Unhurt In Ship Mishap,
Just Miss Air Crash
Merit Medal
m' Is Proposed
For Seamen
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SEAFAREkS LOG
'Jinx0(l' Applegate Reaches Boston Crew Pact Ideas
Rolling Into Hq
Suggestions on new contract demands requested by the
Union are beginning to come into headquarters from SIU
ships. Over two dozen ships that have held meetings on the
subject have returned their
suggestion forms to head' While it is not possible to eliminate
quarters with their ideas on every difference of contract inter
revision of the new contract. pretation that may arise, revision
The suggestion forms were mail of the rules will answer some of
ed out to SIU ships along with the questions that have been aris
three copies of the existing con ing since the present set of working
tract. The purpose of the survey 'rules was put into effect.
is to give the Union negotiating
committee a basis on which to draw
contract demands. Negotiations
with the operators will begin on
July 30 and the Union intends to
be fully prepared with its "bill of
fare" to be presented to the opera
tors.
Crews Satisfied
In the returns that have come in
thus far, crewmembers have ex
pressed their satisfaction with the
overall basic contract provisions.
The bulk of suggestions submitted As an aftermath of the disas
deal with specific clarifications of trous sinking of the SUPcon
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working rules, or certain shipboard tracted Pennsylvania, Representa
Pictured from the air oil Montauk Point, Lony Island, the yhostlike SS Jesse Applegate is seen inch
practices which are not spelled out tive Gordon Canfield (Rep. N.J.)
ing its way to Boston under tow. Fresh out of the boneyard, the vessel proved to be a "death ship" fully in the existing contract.
announced that the Coast Guard
for two members of the riding crew. She is now drydocked for refitting.
Judging from suggestions sub has ordered lifeboats to be
Saddled with somewhat of a "jinx" even before she goes to work, the SS Jesse Apple mitted up to now, crewmembers equipped <^'ith portable radio trans
have been taking this task serious mitters.
gate is expected to be in a Boston shipyard for refitting until early next month when a Sea ly.
Most of them have been serious The Pennsylvania sank in the
• farer crew will take her out for a maiden run.
and practical, worthy of considera stormy North Pacific on January
' Pulled oiit of the James Riverf
tion by the negotiating committee. with the loss of 45 lives, 14 of
In most instances the number of whom were SUP members. As far
boneyard"" for operation by the
such suggestions has been small, as is known some of the crew took
feastern Steamship Company, the
indicating the soundness of the to lifeboats which were blown far
Applegate, a liberty ship, ran
present contract.
from the original site of the sink
into all sorts of trouble on her
ing
by the storm and were not lo
These
suggestion
forms
have
towtrip from Norfolk to Boston.
cated by search planes until they
been filed
pending.receipt
of
addi
A powerless ship, she was being
tional returns from other SIU were swamped. Equipping 1 i f e
towed northward by the tugboat
ships.
As soon as a representative boats with radio transmitters will
Obvious
waverings in
policy
and
a
dollar
and
cents loss
of
Peter C. Gallagher when, more
number
of returns is in, the ne enable search planes and shigs to
thtin midway in the trip, rough $100 brought home to Seafarer Erich Pedersen some incon
gotiating committee
will go through locate such boats with greater
seas took hold of her and caused sistencies in policy practiced by the US Customs Bureau.
the
forms, to
seleet
points whieh speed.
the towline to part about 10 miles
The new regulation, which was
best represent
the expressed wishes
in
Germany
recently,
Ashore
off Montauk Point, Long Island.
supported
by the SIU, will go into
of the men aboard the ships.
' Manned by a sevenman riding Pedersen made a legitimate .pur prohibition against allowing them
effect on November 19, 1952 on all
It
is
likely
that
in
fortheoming
into
the
country.
crew, two of whom died at sea, chase of a ZeissIkon camera from
negotiations the Union negotiating dry cargo vessels of 500 gross tons
apparently overcome by fumes one of the homeland distributors Pedersen, meanwhile, will have eommittee will attempt revision of or more.
to content himself on his next trip
from a sto"Ve in their sleeping 0 f t h e product,
with imagining the pictures he the existing working rules so as to While the Coast Guard has taken
quarters, she anchored In open which has drawn
might have taken if he had the bring them more in line with this step to insure greater safety
seas when the tug had to put in at a conside r a b 1 e
changing practices in the industry. for ships at sea, the Maritime Ad
camera
to take them with.
New London to wait out the following from
ministration has denied a request
weather. A Coast Guard cutter amateur and pro
by the AFL Radio Officers Union
later took off the bodies of the fessional lensmen
and the SIU to install a high fre
two men.
quency transmitter aboard the Jo
who became fa
seph Priestley, an SIU manned
Due to the weather, several at miliar with it
tempts to resume the tow failed during the war.
ship now going on the Far East
until the fourth day when two tugs A declr mainte
run.
got lines aboard. The lack of nance man aboard
Equipment Insufficient
pedersen
power on the vessel precluded any the Cecil N. Bean
The ROU declared that present
attempt to raise the anchor so that iDry Trans), he returned with the
radio equipment on the Priestley
Raised
up from
her
resting
place on
the bottom
of. Newark
a cutting torch had to be brought prize to the States, where a Cus
was insufficient for the vast reaches
into play to cut the chain and al toms inspector picked it up as he Bay after an eightmonth tussle, the sunken sand dredge of the Pacific Ocean, having a
low the towtrip to proceed.
left the ship in Galveston. The Sandmate will undergo extensive repairs before going back maximum range of 500 miles in
The remainder of the trip pro official reason was a "trade mark into service again.
the daytime and 1,000 miles "at
The salvaging of the illfated emptying of a swimming pool, as night. Fred Howe, secretary
ceeded without incident, according restriction," but the little scrap of
to Eastern officials and the ship paper attesting the fact is tiare rec sandsucker, formerly manned by 14 pumps were brought into play treasurer of the Union, explained
is now being "demothballed" ompense for the ensuing trouble a Seafarer crew, marked another to float her to an even keel.
that all Ctype ships. Victorys,
"pridr to reentering service. She or his personal loss of 100 bucks colorful chapter in her 20odd She is now due for an estimated T2"s and the vast majority of Lib
years of harbor activity. She sixmonth drydocking to refit her ertys built during World War II
is part of a recent allocation by the in hard cash.
sank after losing a bout with the and scrape off a thick crust of were equipped with high frequency
National Shipping Authority.
The situation is magnified, he tricky currents off Bergen Point,
marine growths which attached to transmitters, but shortages of such
beefed to an SIU headquarters of New Jersey, last May 24.
the hull during her stay on the equipment resulted in its being
ficial, because the ship's second
A former Army dredge, she was bottom.
left off some of the wartime Lib
mate brought an identical camera
ertys.
in Germany and went through Cus converted by her present owners.
He declared that the equipment
toms later on in nearby Port Ar Construction Aggregates Corpora
was plentiful today, was relatively
thur without a snag. Texas is big, tion, to scoop up sand from Am
inexpensive and could be installed
Pedersen commented wryly, but it brose Channel and deliver it via
in one day. It would assure that
Balloting by the membership of isn't so big that Customs officials an intricate pumping apparatus to
fill in swampland for the site of
the Priestley could maintain con
in yie port
don't know
what's going
the United Marine Division, Local
the nowcompleted New Jersey
tact with shore stations and other
on in the other.
333, of the International Long
Turnpike and an extension of New
ships from any point in the Pacific.
Others Beefing
ark Airport. Her lessfortunate
shoremen's Association returned
Company Okayed It
Moreover, Pedersen is not the
The Bloomfield Shipping Com
the entire administration slate first to suffer unaccountably from sister ship, the Sandcraft, was lost
a year earlier in a collision with
A third freighter, tne Steel Mar pany, operators of the vessel un
headed by Captain William Brad the failure of the Customs Bureau the coal ship Melrose in the Nar
iner,
has been sold by the Isth der NSA charter, also supported
ley for another term. Local 333 to publicize the existence of an' im rows off the Brooklyn shore. No
mian Steamship Company to an Is the request, but the NSA turned
embraces New York harbor port restriction against the partic lives were lost in either ausnap,
raeliflag. operator for service be it down on the grounds that "it is
workers.
ular camera, providing there actu however.
tween the US and the middle east. not the policy of the National Ship
In addition, Louis Ziegler, sec ally is one. Mounting complaints
The salvaging operation, after
Like the earlier two, the 9,400 ping Authority to assist in the bet
retary, and Captain Joseph O'Hare, of similar losses have reached thousand tons of sand were re ton Steel Mariner was built in terment of existing radio equip
secretarytreasurer, were renamed, headquarters.
moved, utilized a cofferdam, a pre 1921, is steamturbine powered and ment on Liberty vessels unless re
as were delegates Mike Jensen, An SIU official, meanwhile, has fabricated wooden structure like a has accommodations for six per quired by the FCC or dictated by
Danny O'Mahoney, James Murray taken up the ball, notified Customs rectangular fence which was low sons. The purchaser, the Dizen special operating requirements."
and Larry Nelson. Steve Murphy, of the obvious inequity in a camera ered on to her decks and attached goff Shipping company, will re
Howe indicated that he would
Canal and Lakes delegate, and the ban in one port and not in another, by divers to make a watertight name it the Abraham Graetz, after not let the matter rest but would
sevenmember executive board and has since applied to the com connection after damages below the father of the new owner's go after the Maritime Administra
were also reelected by the tugboat pany's outlet in New York which the waterline were repaired. The president. The Mariner had been tion to get them to make this in
lien., : .
can, in ceitain inst^ces, relax th^ operation then proceeded like the in the roundtheworld cargo trade.
(Continued on page 22)
CG Orders
Radios in
Lifeboats
Any Port In A Storm
—But Not For Cameras
Raise Sandmafe
From Newark Bay
ILA Tugboatmen
Rename Bradley
Isthiiilan Sells
Third Ship To
Israeli Outfit
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SEAFARERS LOG
Friday, Febrnary 8, 1952
Seafarer, 76, Can't Cut SI U Ties
Sailing off and on since the nineties, John C. Hopkins has seen immense changes wrought
in the life of the seagoing man. Laying no claim to any title for longevity, Hopkins can
A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN—^After several weeks of guerilla
still look back on a pretty full lifetime in his 76 years.
warfare
between British troops and Egyptian police and irregulars,
A member of the SIU since De *
largescale rioting
broke otit in the city of Cairo. With police in many
cember 7, 1938, he saw many sea eteria in Brooklyn headquarters, impression though that the differ cases refusing to take
action, the Egyptian Army had to be called out
men's unions arise and then fall he recounted how the food was ence was sort of "astronomical"
as the
mobs put
over 100 foreign
business buildings, hotels, night clubs
by the wayside since the earliest aboard ship in decades past.
and left it at that. To one who and other hangouts to,the torch. All Americans have been evacuated
days of organization by marine The worst crew mess today ranks has sailed as long as he had, it
from the town proper and are under heavy guard in the suburbs. As
workers. "I've sailed as a Sea way better than anything the probably is.
farer," he declared, "because I've "swells" on passenger runs used What's he going to do next? a result of the riots King Farouk fired the Egyptian premier for failing
always gotten a fair break from to be served, he stated. As for the "Well, son. I'm only going to be to keep order and appointed a new one. While things have quieted
the SIU. Too many of these young pay, he could provide little in the 77 this September. How far ahead down since, the basic issues, British occupation of the Suez Canal Zone
and of the Sudan, still remain to be solved.
er boys don't know what is was all way of accurate data. He left the do you think I can plan?"
about In the beginning."
Still spry as he totters up to the
dues counter, Hopkins has given
DEMOS GET INTO THE ACT—With the Republican preelection Une
thought to retiring his union
up pretty well set—Taft, Eisenhower, Warren, Stassen being the four
book, but he still hasn't taken the
candidates—^the Democratic party nomination contest is shaping up.
I plunge. There's
Thus far Senator Kefauver is the only announced candidate and is be
a long line of
ginning to make inroads, as President Truman seeks to bind delegates
seafaring tradi
to him. until he announces his intentions. At present he himself seems
tion behind him
undecided about running again. At first Supreme Court Justice Vinson
i which somehow Crewmembers of the Puerto Rico, backing up the three was mentioned as his handpicked successor but that idea has cooled
weekold
longshore
beef
in
San
Juan,
paid
off
the
ship
in
impedes every
off rapidly. Now the president's choice as possible successor is sup
attempt at sever San Juan as a result of a decision voted at a special shipboard posed to be Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. Supreme Court Jus
ing the ties that meeting on February 4. The^—
tice William Douglas, and Illinois Senator Paul Douglas have both taken
bind him to his action of the crew ties up that tain in accordance with the Union themselves out of the race.
former ship vessel until such time as the contract.
' mates.
His dad longshore strike is settled.
Hopkins
and uncle were The longshore tieup in the port The shipboard meeting was ad
deepwater men way back in the of San Juan has been endorsed by dressed by officials of the ILA who WIRETAP EVIDENCE KILLS COPLON CONVICTION^udith Cop
recalled the SIU tradition of back
early nineteenth century.
the SIU previously as a legitimate ing all legitimate longshore beefs Ion, the former Department of Justice employee who was found guilty
Now a little hard of hearing, and economic strike on wages. At last and the reciprocal action of the in New York for espionage for the Soviet Union, had her conviction
suffering from an old knee injury report, stevedoring companies and ILA in cases where the SIU had to thrown out by the Supreme Court. The court ruled that her con
viction was illegal because of use of evidence obtained by wire tapping
as well as a mouth infection—^the the ILA were four cents apart in hit the bricks.
her
telephone as well as her arrest by FBI agents without a warrant.
infirmities of advanced age come their negotiations.
In recent months the Puerto Miss Coplon
will be remembered as the girl who was tried for stealing
rapidly now—Hopkins was last on
Rico has been in the center of sev government documents
Special Meeting
to give them to her boy friend, Valentin Gu
the Evangeline (Eastern) in 1949,
According to a communication eral longshore tieups in the ports bitchev, a Russian who was working for the Soviet delegation to the UN.
when he shipped as a bellman.
of San Juan and New York, forc
Running coastwise the greater received from Quentin Remand of ing three cancellations of sailings. The Supreme Court decision means that she is entitled to a new trial,
the
Puerto
Rico's
engine
depart
which the government announced it will seek as soon as possible.
part of his life, he has made a lot
of friends in the many ports that ment, a special meeting was called
dot the Atlantic seaboard. Born in by Jimmie Stewart, the ship's
Baltimore, he now makes his home delegate, when the vessel arrived
WHO INSPECTS THE INSPECTORS?—That ageold problem of
in New York because his native in San Juan and found the strike
keeping
the government's law enforcing agencies honest has come to
on.
city just isn't what is used to be.
the fore
again. The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representa
When
crewmembers
were
in
Friends and shipmates in the Mary
tives has ordered
a fulldress investigation of Attorney General Howard
land metropolis have long since formed that the SIU considered
McGrath
and
the
Department of Justice as an outcome of the tax fix
the
strike
a legitimate
dollarsand
taken final departures.
cases In the Bureau of Internal Revenue. At the same time, the Justice
cents
beef,
they
were
unanimous
Sailed Three Wars
Department is itself conducting an investigation of corruption in gov
in their feeling that they would
Though he sailed through three rather leave the ship than cross
ernment. In Boston, one of the tax collectors who was dismissed in
major wars since the Spanish an ILA picket line. Twentyfour
The longawaited launching of the course of the tax fix investigation, Denis Delaney, has received a
American fracas in 1898, and with hoiu: notice was given to the cap the first Marinertype ship now be twoyear jail term for accepting bribes.
in hollering distance of Uboat
ing built for the government will
traffic during the last two, his
take place February 29. The Key
closest scrape was on the steamer
stone Mariner, first of 35 such ves
William Morris, more years back
vels will be launched at the Sun THEY HAVE TO TAKE THEIR MEDICINE—With.^ Britain's re
than he cares to remember. The
Shipbuilding Company yards. Mrs. armament costs zooming, the government has announced new "auster
Morris sank the Decatur H. Miller
Edward L. Cochrane, wife of the ity" restrictions on an already lean and hungry country. Among other
Seafarers on .the payroll of head
off the Atlantic coast, but Hopkins
of the Maritime Administra things, Britons will now have to pay one shilling (about 14 cents) for
a ship while in port should tion will do the honors with cham all doctor's prescriptions which they formerly got free of charge under
survived the encounter without in
make sure to get discharges pagne.
the national health service, as weil as charges for hearing aids, wigs
jury.
and
surgical appliances. The Conservative Government, however, has
Oldtimers who were on the Fall from the skipper for port time
Completion of the first Mariner
River Line may remember how as well as for the time spent ship comes after lengthy delays. made no move to repeal the popular Labor Governmentestablished
conditions were back when the at sea.
Construction was halted on 14 of medical program. Ten thousand government workers will be laid off,
Failure to get such dis
New York, New Haven and Hart
the Mariners for several months and imports of tobacco, canned goods, fish, meat, coal and other staples
ford Railroad's waterborne sub charges will mean that the due to lack of steel, but was re will be reduced. Britons going abroad will only be allowed $70 traveling
sidiary was the vogue for summer Seafarer won't be able to get sumed recently on the basis of an allowances.
pleasureseekers. Hopkins put in credit for the port time toward increased steel allocation. There
^
^
a long stint on those old paddle his vacation money. This could are 21 ships actually on the vyays
mean that a man would lose with another 14 authorized by Con
HE'S INDIA'S EISENHOWER—General Eisenhower Is not the only
wheelers.
silent candidate for political ojflce these days. In India, a Hindu
A familiar figure on picket lines out on some of the vacation gress.
In New York during SIU beefs, dough. Such being the case,
The Mariners, successors to war religious devotee who has taken an oath never to speak, is running for
he's taking it easy now that his every Seafarer owes it to him
time Victorys will gross 12,900 tons a seat in the Indian Parliament against Prime Minister Nehru. Like
active seagoing days are over. En self to get a discharge for port and have a speed up around 25 Eisenhower, he may be silent in his own behalf, but he has plenty of
assistants thumping the tubs for him at political meetings. Reports have
joying mealtime at the Union caf time worked.
knots.
it that the silent politician has attracted quite a follo\(ing who no |joubt
consider his verbal restraint something to be admired in these days
of windbaggery. The big question is, will he be able to keep his mouth
'Bottoms Up' Is Launching Toast. Tanker Does it!
closed if he's elected?
PR Crewmen Pay Off,
Back San Juan Beef
Set Feb. 29th
For Launching
Of 1st Mariner
Get That Port
Time Discharge
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CLOAK AND DAGGER MYSTERY OPENED~The government of
Italy has filed a request with the United States for extradiction of two
former American Army men on charges of killing their commanding
officer while on a secret mission behind the German lines in North
Italy. The men involved, former Lieutenant Aldo Icardi and former
Sergeant Carl G. LoDolce have been accused of poisoning Major Wil
liam V. Holohan and stealing $100,000 that was to have been used to
finance Italian underground fighters. The men involved had been
parachuted behind the German lines in 1944 on an OSS mission.
Overturned IBce the lifeless form of a giant whale, the 480ton Italian tanker Piero Rlego Gambinl
tirwi
during its launching ceremony. Work
ers astride the keel look on as shipyard authorities and firemen survey the damage. Only minor
injuries were reported although abftui .80 ^persons, wives and children of workerVwere aboard.
THEY MUST HAVE RUN LAST—Two of Chicago's better known
restaurants, one of them being the Blackhawk, have been closed by the
Board of Health on charges of selling horsemeat in place of beef. The
health commissioner says that this is only the beginning of an investiga
tion of widespread horsemeat sales in Chicago eating places. Boot
legging of horsemeat in place of beef has been on the increase through
out the midwest because of the extravagant price of beefsteaks. Since
horses arc rapidly disappearing from the nation's farms and streets,
we can only assure that the boys in the horsemeat racket have been
picking up worn out platers in claiming races at local tracks. With
the average racehorse weighing about half a ton on the hoof, they can
get more for him as pseudobeefsteak than he could ^ver earn at the
tr^k.;,,,
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�SEAFARERS LOG
WaiDm t, U52
rage tenm
Govt To Raise Sunken Tankers Ship One Happy Clan;
Yep! The Captain's
That old expression about family relations, "blood is thicker
than water" really applied with a vengeance to the Strathbay,
a Liberty run by the Strathmore Shipping Company of New
York. The ship paid off in^
New Orleans recently, and also signed on as a junior assistant
among other things, boarding purser, and the chief's three year
patrolman discovered that the old son was carried as a passenger,
no doubt because they could not
skipper and chief engineer find any
job classification in which
had signed on their family a threeyearold
would fit.
members as members of the All of these relations
were not
crew.
around at the original sign on in
In the course of an eight month
voyage, during which the ship
Torpedoed by German subs in World War II, the Halo Is one of two Cities Service tankers resting^ on touched at nine or ten ports in
the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana Coast. She is the target of salvage operations through Europe, South America and the
which the Maritime Administration hopes to recover badlyneeded scrap metals and possibly cargoes. West Indies, the captain signed on
his wife as a junior assistant
purser and his 13 year old son
Salvage bids for 11 tankers sunk in World War II have been opened by the Maritime and 15
year old nephew both were
Administration in the hopes of recovering the hulls and cargo. . The tankers are in addition classed as ordinary seamen.
to some 125 dry cargo ships on which similar bids were opened earlier.
The chief engineer's wife was
The Administration's action was
spurred by the shortages of steel,
scrap, copper, tin and other ores
and vital materials which the ves
sels were carrying, as well as any
tankfuls of oil that might have
Another in a long series of mishaps which have affected shipping in recent weeks beset
survived the sinkings.
Some of the dry cargo ships up the SlUmanned Alaska Cedar out of Seattle. The Cedar suffered a cracked hull in a storm
on which bids were ' previously off the coast of Alaska, but succeeded in reaching the port of Delia Bella safely.
Ominously enough, before thef
opened were known to have car
ried such relatively scarce ores as Alasjqa Cedar left on this voyage
manganese, tungsten, cobalt and on January 1, it was docked right
other industrial raw materials
which have grown increasingly ex next to the illfated Pennsylvania.
pensive partly as the result of the That ship sank with the loss of
cut in trade ties between the 45 lives just nine days later, a few
United States, China and the Soviet hundred miles north of Seattle, in
Union.
a severe North Pacific gale. She
Several bids have already been too, in her last radio messages, re
received by the Maritime Admin
istration. The government is not ported that she had suffered a
announcing which ships carried the cracked hull.
more valuable cargoes in order to The full story of the damage is
discourage selective bidding.
not yet known, but the Alaska Ce
Two of the eleven tankers in dar, after being thoroughly exam
volved are Cities Service ships.
The Cities Service Toledo, a World ined by the authorities in Alaska,
War I ship of 12,000 deadweight has been pronounced seaworthy.
tons was sunk about 40 miles due At last word has left Delia Bella
south of Marsh Island oil the coast bound for home. Just to be on
of Louisiana, in three fathoms of
water. The CS tanker Halo was the safe side, the ship will take the
sunk about 110 miles to the east inland route back home, and is ex
of the Toledo, southwest of the pected to reach Seattle without
main stream of the Mississippi further accident.
delta. She was built in 1920 and The Alaska Cedar, and her sis
rated about 11,000 deadweight tons. ter ship, the Alaska Spruce, are
Other tankers involved are the motorships operated by the Ocean
David McKelvy, Wm. 'C. McTar Towing Company m the coastwise
naham, Benjamin Brewster, Aurora, trade. They run regularly be
Virginia, Rawleigh Warner, Shehe tween the port of Seattle and vari
razade, and R. W. Gall.agher, All ous Alaskan cities. The SIU was
of them were victims of German victorious on these vessels in a Na
Alaska Cedar loads up topside with antes and tractors In Seattle
subs in the same region of the tional Labor Relations Board elec
before leaving on trip on which her hull was cracked.
Gulf.
tion held just a few months ago.
New York but met the ship after
wards and rode it until the payoff
in New Orleans.
BigFour Payoff
This and other practices by the
skipper, including that of paying
different rates of pay to different
crewmembers, made for quite of
bit of overtime figuring and other
tangles. It took four patrolmen to
pay off the ship beginning at 2
p.m. and ending past midnight of
the same day.
But that wasn't the end of the
story. The next day, one of the
crew that paid off the previous
night came to the hall and reported
that the captain had refused to pay
him 79 hours overtime which had
been settled at the pay off the day
before. Further, he threatened the
crewmember with jailing if he'
didn't leave the ship before he
moved her to Baton Rouge. The
result was a patrolman took off for
Baton Rouge and collected the 79
hours from the dismayed skipper.
Practically every member of the
crew had a stack of disputed over
time at various wage rates depend
ing on how the skipper liked the
man involved.
Alaska Cedar Cracks Hull
Cartoon History Of The SIU
For many years seamen sailed without legal pro
tection against the whims of skippers and mates. It
was not until 1895 that the Maguire Act was passed
followed in 1898 by the White Act. This legislation
was the first "Bill of Rights" for seamen, abolishing
corporal punishment and increasing allowances.
Dawn of A New Day
Sailing vessels, long masters of the sea, were on
their way out in the early 1900's. Steam replaced
sail all over the world just asoil has now replaced
coal. Although new ships came in, union organize
tion crept forward at a slow pace. Still the early
unionists stood fast, aiming at 100 percent unity.
Olde Photos
Wanted by LOG
The LOG is interested in col
lecting and printing photo
graphs showing what seagoing
was like in the old days. All
you oldtimers who have any
old mementos, photographs of
shipboard life, pictures of
ships or anything that would
show how seamen lived, ate
and worked in the days gone
by, send them in to the LOG,
Whether they be steam or sail,
around the turn of the cen
tury, during the first world
war and as late as 1938, the
LOG is interested in them all.
We'll take care of them and
return your souvenirs to you.
No. 4
With the passage of the 1915 Seaman's Act a new
era dawned. Although seamen still worked under
miserable conditions, they were now on a parity with
other American workers. Andrew Furuseth called
this act the dawn of a new day. The hiring hall,
contracts, and legal rights were now facts.
I
I
�SBA PAREUS toG
Pace Eliiii
; Friday; Febnuyy 8,' 19581?;:^^,^,^,,
PORT RRPQRTSl...
•
over because of the strike in Puerto Boston:
the Union op Who haven't been Galvesfon:
Rico; and the Florida (P&O). We
cleared through the Union hall.
One of the worst offenders here is
expect the Alcoa Pegasus and Part
ner (Alcoa) and the Southern
an owner who is part of the Mar
Trade Corporation.
States (Southern Trading) in Tam
pa next week.
Ship's delegates should take the
Everything here is as rosy as We have a few oldtimers here The only thing islower than ship precaution of checking each new We have slowed up quite a bit
could be, but we have had so much such as Frank Land, Bill Warmack, ping around here these days is the member of the crew coming aboard In Port Galveston at present with
rain that the main drag looks like Johnnie Ficcarrotta and N o 11 i e temperature. It refuses to budge and if he does not have a bona fide not too much action. There were
the Mississippi River at high water. Townes. They came down to en much higher than the low twen dispatch card from thehall, notify five payoffs and sign ons which
During the past two weeks ship joy that Florida sunshine, but the ties,. and at one point settled down the hall at once so that we can put isn't bad, but our ihtransits
ping has really been on the fast weather man played a trick on to a nippy one degree, which has a stop to this practice.
dropped off quite a bit down to
side and, bless 'em all, every ves them and sent us some cold air us all yearning for the Gulf and
We had quite a big beef on the an even dozen.
points south generally.
sel calling here has taken any from the North.
SS Gulf Water (MarTrade). The We paid off and signed on the
where from one to a dozen men off
Panama Ships
But slow as it is for shipping, captain on ,this ship decided he Liberty Flag (Gulf Cargo); Cecil
our hands.
On my last trip to Miami, I took we did have a bit of Activity from wanted to go down into the hold
5: Bean (Dry Trans);
Cities Service oil wagons pro a looksee at the Silver Star, a six payoffs and one lone signon, and direct the men in the cleaning.
Marie Hamil
vided the bulk of the business, luxury passenger ship which will the Amberstar (Triton). Calling at Informed by the bosun that if he
I (Bloomfield); and
with the Lone Jack, Fort Hoskins, operate between Cuba, Ciudad this port for the payoff, in addi did not leave the hold and let the
I Bertram G 0 0 d
Chiwawa, Winter Hill, Government Trujillo and Mexico. It is crewed tion to the aforementioned, were bosun work the men as he should
1 hue (Mississippi).
Camp, Bents Fort, Cantigny, with French and Germans and is the Michael (Carras) and a Cities the serang would leave the hold,
Our in transits
French Creek and another one registered under the Panamanian Service quartet, the Abiqua, Can the old man took the bosun up to
1 were the Sea
due in Beaumont, that's Texas, suh. flag.
tigny, Bradford Island and Lone his room and broke him down to
:£ trains New York,
All of the above were in good It's too bad that these American Jack.
an ordinary seaman.
New Jersey,
shape, with a fine bunch of men owned ships are permitted to go There were no really hot and The captain then acted as bosun
Georgia and
and delegates on them.
under foreign flags. She docks heavy beefs on any of these ships, for the remainder of the voyage and
Texas; the Lib
Davis
One of the brothers we ran into right next to the P&O docks in except for the Michael, which had had the chief mate work on deck
erty Flag, Cecil
while the Gov
Miami and has a swimming pool a big enough load to carry the most of the time. Well, at the pay Bean, Marie Hamil and Bertram
ernment Camp
and three bars on her..
ball on that score for all the rest. I off we forced the company to pay Goodhue; the Cabins (Mathiason);
was here was
went along with the patrolman to the bosun his full bosun wages for Alawai and Andrew Jackson (Wa
Ray White
Jimmy Parker,
Tampa Port Agent this scow and boys, that wagon was the entire voyage, and have now terman); and the Julesburg, (Ter
her ship's dele
beefladen. I couldn't blame the been successful in getting them to minal Tankers).
gate. He was
4 4 4
crew one bit for yelping either. pay the serang overtime for every With the end of the shipyard
quite an active
On the windup, we succeeded in hour that the mate and captain put strike here, the Del Mar which was
Norfolk:
boy in organizing
getting rid of a load of South in on deck and in the hold.
in drydock, finally got out and
the fleet. During
American sausage and meat which
Payoff Lineup
went
over to New Orleans to pick
the war he sailed
the weevils were playing tag with
Getting back to the statistics for up a full crew for her South
to all zones, and
Parker
and cleaned that whole mess out. the period, our payoffs were: Bea American run.
in one more trip
We also got all our overtime dis trice, Frances, Evelyn, Elizabeth, One of the men who just payed'
will be able to get his endorse
putes paid to the satisfaction of Jean, Suzanne and Puerto Rico, all
ment as machinist. He has had A slight lull in shipping was ex those concerned and got a chuckle Bull Line ships; Seatrains ° New off the George Gipp is Brother
perienced
this
past
period
but
it
Leon F. Davis who has been ship
several years' experience in lathe
when they had to pay the pump Jersey, Texas, Georgia and New
work ashore, but under Coast looks to be only temporary. We man on her for about 50 hours' York; Steel Flyer, Steel King ping out of Galveston for the past
three years. A member of the SIU
Guard rules must have six months had 14 ships in for payoff and 14 work the mate had done.
(Isthmian); Joseph Priestley, Alice since 1943, Brother Davis ships as
signed again pronto. The outlook
as a wiper.
Brown (Bloomfield); Sand Chief a messman. He was at sea during"
New Sacks
Parker says the conditions for the future, in the matter of
(Construction Aggregates); Stony the Isthmian strike and was one of
coming
payoffs,
is
good.
By
the
by,
we
got
new
mat
gained by the SIU cannot be foimd
Creek,
San Angelo Victory, Gulf the boys on the bricks in New
tresses and lockers,
plus repairs on
Our payoffs
were mostly clean
as
anywhere else in any Union and is
Water
(Mar
Trade); The Cabins York during the 1946 general
very proud to be with us. (We're a whistle with no undisputed over the port hole gaskets before she
(Mathiasen);
War
Hawk, Hurricane strike beef. Brother Davis was on
sailed.
Wo
gave them
time enough
time
or
beefs
pending.
We're
try
happy to have you aboard,
(Waterman),
and
Government the Gipp for two months and is
ing to rouse all companies signing to do this and caused no delay in
Jimmy!)
Camp,
French
Creek
and Logans waiting for another SIU ship
her
sailing.
on
to get
on
the
ball
and
bring re
Rock of Trafalgar
Fort, for Cities Service.
James
Sheehan
pairs
up
to
date,
according
to
the
where he can enjoy those good
Trafalgar Steamship Company's
Signing on were: Eastern's J. SIU conditions.
Boston Port Agent
Federal is running between the crew repair lists that were turned
Printz; Steel Admiral, Steel Ar
Keith Alsop
4 4 4
mouth of the father of the waters in.
chitect
and Steel King for Isth
Galveston Port Agent
(the Mississippi, you Yankees) and The ships which dropped in to New York:
mian;
Bull
Line's
Marina
and
Fort Arthur, Texas, and is with visit included the following; Rich
Angelina; Mother M. L: for Eagle
4 4 4
us every four days. The boys on ard M. Johnson and James K.
Ocean,
and
Bloomfield's
Joseph
her are really coining the cabbage, Walker (Bloomfield); W. S. Jen
Baltimore:
Priestley.
but she doesn't take on a new man nings, William Harper and William
We are still having a lot of
too often. The good ship Cata T. Page (Waterman); Henry Bald
trouble with some members of
win
and
John
Mosby
(Eastern);
houla (National Navigation) will
Shipping and business through the ships' crews while .in port.
also be in Port Arthur so we will Daniel Lownsdale and E. A. Bur the headquarters branch continues Some of the crew members still
nette
(Isthmian);
Alanson
B.
pay her a visit too.
to be good. We had 25 ships pay persist in getting drunk and fail
On the labor front, the AFL Of Houghton (Alcoa); Nicos and Nik off in the past twoweek period ing to turn to, and on coming The shipping picture here has
fice Workers are organizing for the lokis (Dolphin); Mankato Victory and nine signons.
back they perform aboard the been vei*y good for the past two
AFL Retail Clerks and in the J. C. (Victory Carriers), and Benjhmin Activity for the coming period ship. It looks like we are going weeks with no beefs to speak of.
Penney store a picket line was Silliman (Seas Shipping).
looks favorable according to our to have to take more drastic ac We had 23" ships pay off, two shy
slapped on the store when the We're sure the brothers will be reports from the operators. We tion than we have been on this of that signed on and seven ships
manager fired one of the clerks for happy to leam that there's a regu hope this information is correct as
in transit.
joining the Union. They called all lar parade of crates to the ships so there is quite a surplus of men on matter as it takes two or three Of the handful of beefs that did
patrolmen to cover these ships
AFL unions to help out, so in the that washing machines can be the beach at the present time.
and straighten out these perform pop tip, there were none that were
true tradition of the Seafarers we placed on vessels that haven't had
There's been quite a bit of trou ers in order to take care of other not handled at the payoff or sign
responded by sending 15 pickets a them previously.
ble with a couple of our operators Union business.
on withi the exception of the Ore
day to the line. Our boys would
Ben Rees
who have tried to put men aboard
Steamship Company and Calmar
Claude
Simmons
ship in the morning, stand a picket
Norfolk Port Agpnt
the ships who are not members of
Lines, who persist in working the
Asst.
Sec'yTreas.
watch and then head for their ves
eight to 12 watch
on Saturday with r
sels. So far the line has been very
out paying overtime. This has" been
effective and will keep up until a
noted and brought to the attention
settlement has been reached.
of headquarters, from whom we
Leroy Clarke
are expecting a favorable reply re
Lake Charles Port Agent
garding the overtime in the very
near future.
.
4 4
The buses and street cars are
Tampa:
Shipping from Janudr^ 16 to January 30
once again rattling through the
streets of our fair city. After 18
REG.
REG.
REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL days of a complete tieup, the
PORT
DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK
ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Union and company got together
on terms. In the field of wages,
29
17
19/ 65
38
24
76 the employees received a total of
14
The state of Florida has had a Boston
204
slight pickup in shipping in the New York.
197
111
512
147
143
393 21 cents an hour more, nine of that
103
last few days due to several ships Philadelphia
45
38
36
119
52
56
167 immediately and six cents each
59
touching Miami and Boca Grande.
year for the following two years.
Baltimore
175
184
109
468
154
96
374 The signing was for a threeyear
124
Things aren't booming, but are
......... 203
moving along somewhat better Norfolk
145
98
133
130
333 agreement proposed by. the com
481
105
than they have been recently.
Savannah
22
19
24
65
25
33
93 pany.
3p
We had the Sea Comet (Sea
, We don't know whether, this
Tampa
6 .
6
20
8
11
13
36 longterm, contract is acceptable to
12
traders) in Miami for a very pleas
ant payoff. There wasn't a beef on Mobile
61
58
52
59
171
66
45
170 the average union guy, but the "
her with all hands including the New Orleans .'
96
72
66
96
84
127
307 transit workers votgd overwhelm
234
stewards department doing a good
ingly for it and they are the ones
70
52
39
63
239 to be pleased. We wish them a lot
52
16l
124
job and very satisfied. We" gave Galveston
her three men as replacements.
West Coast
52
36
49
122 of luc.k for the next three years.
49
48
137
25
Also in Miami we had the Morn
Earl Sheppard
ing Light (Waterman) stopping
TOTALS
Baltimore Fort Agent
963
837
833 2,433 925
r764
m
2.310
• rt.
lake Charles:
Moreury, LIko Shipping,
Pratfy Slow on Pickup
Union Backs Up Clerk
Strike at J. 0. Penney
•!.;
I&"'
m
io: •
Port Hit by Slackoff;
Mar Oaf of Drydock
Payoffs Go On Without
A Hitch, Mora to Como
Bncko Skipper Learns
He Can't 'Play' Besnn
Trolleys' 3Year Pad
Has'Em Clanging Again
tmcoBo
Shh! It's Been Pretty
Geld Down In Florida
j an . L i I, b
. u f J t ^ L . I'll yr'.i". ttnoi'i ID'l. ...'li.ji / ..
jfeii
I
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Friday. Febmair 8, 1952
POMtT ItEPORIv
iel Crosby (Bloomfield), and Paine Savannah:
Wingate.
A load of intransits, 22 !h all,
came in, as follows: Pennant, Clip
per, Ranger, Roamer and Corsair
(Alcoa); Steel Executive (Isth
mian);
Del Campo, Del Mar and
The shipping outlook in these
We've got no kick on shipping,
• parts look like it will be very good. Del Alba (Mississippi); Kyska, An as it's generally good, but we wish
Business generally has been pretty drew Jackson and Alawai (Water the yankees would come around
godd and beefs few in number. man); Seatrains Louisiana, New and take their cold weather back
That's the way we like to see it. Jersey and Georgia; Anne Butler with them. It's spoiling our repu
Ves.sels paying off in thjs port (Bloomfield); Lone Jack (Cities tation.
totaled ten and our signons added Service); Cecil N. Bean (Dry
Had five ships pay off and sign
up to seven, which is a lucky figure Trans); Sea Comet (Zenith); South on right away so we've been keep
em
Counties
(Southern
Trading);
no matter how you look at it.
ing pretty busy. The fivesome in
The payoffs included the follow Nathaniel Silsbee (South Atlantic), cluded: Jonathan Trumbull (Mis
and
Catahoula
(National
Naviga
ing roster: Las Vegas Victory, since
sissippi); Southport (South Atlan
returned to the government by tion).
tic); Thomas J. Rusk (Alcoa), and
Outlook Is Fair
Isthmian; Alawai, Stonewall Jack
Alexander H. Stevens and Monroe
The outlook is pretty fair, too, for Bull Line.
son, Monarch of the Seas (Water
^ man); Nathaniel Silsbee and Wil with seveu payoffs scheduled and
^ liam H. Aspenwall (South Atlan now that Todd's strike is settled,* Our intransits are our Seatrain
namesake, the Savannah;" South At
tic), and the Ranger, Corsair, we should entice additional ships lantic's High Point Victory and the
Roamer and Cavalier (Alcoa). All into the port.
Carolyn (Bull).
The Teamsters are still having
but the Alawai, Cavalier and Cor
There was quite a beef on the
an "unfair" beef with the company
sair signed on again.
Monroe. Seems they have a chief
A duo of intransits due here. putting out Holsum bread and engineer who ws trying to out
They are the Alcoa Pegasus and cakesand our meeting went on Bligh the captain by that name. He
John Ringling.
record supporting the IB of T and knows all, brothers, and doesn't
A first tripper to the new SIU urging all hands not to use these, need any old agreement to "clut
hall in this city recently was products on their ships.
ter up" the ship he's on because he
brother James C., Dial, a member
Lindsey J. Williams
runs things to suit "himself.
to our brother
New Orleans Port Agent
Well, at the payoff in Jackson
hood since 1942
ville, Fla., he found out that our
t.
t.
who's been sail
men gained 29 hours overtime for
Seattle:
ing in all ratings.
his stupidity. He had the half
He claims he u;as
cocked idea that when you run into
amazed to walk
a port where there is freezing
into the place.
weather you don't need an oiler to
"When I last
4ake care of the winches and be
sailed out of
Shipping is mighty fine out here sides, he'd rather pay his night
Mobile," he stat
in the northwest country. We can't engineer overtime for this work.
ed, "the hall was
Dial
TwoTime Losers
brag about the weather here like
at 7 St. Michael
Street, and without a doubt was a our southern cousins (they're not This wound up causing the com
rat hole. I remember when it bragging either—Ed.), but we can pany to have to pay twice for the
rained the roof leaked, and the use some men who aren't scared same work, but I guess that as long
sewers used to back the water up by a little (?) frost and want to as the company can afford to have
move off the beach.
this type of engineer aboard, we
to the hall.
"Well, when I came back heilF; I
The way shipping is out this can still go to the trouble of see
couldn't believe my eyes. There was way, the weather shouldn't make a ing to it that our men get paid
for the work that belongs to them,
this beautiful building with the mite of difference.
name of the SIU across it. I walked
The Seamonitor (Orion) was in but is done by officers.
in to register, and sure enough, it here for payoff and signed on again That strike at the New E&W
was the right place. Then, after with hardly a beef on her. Alcoa's Laundry is still going on. just
hanging around with my old ship Walker K. Hines also paid us a about a month short of a year on
mates, I went up to 'rec' deck and visit for payoff and came in clean the picket line for those workers.
They're out to get union recogni
we had pool tables there!
too.
tion and a decent wage to bring
We're
getting
a
couple
of
in
'Here 'Til I Ship*
home to the wife and kiddies.
transits
soon,
so
they
should
keep
"Well, brothers, being a pool
We're
all behind them in their
things
busy
for
a
while. Expected
plajjer, that's my spot, and you'll
effort.
in
this
port
are
the following:
Ala
have no trouble finding me there
untii I ship. Boy, things sure have mar and Yorkmar, for Calmar; Getting back to the weather,
changed since my first trip! I'm Fairport and Beinville, for Water however, we don't expect this cold
man; Bluestar (Triton), and Re spell will continue. We are look
very proud it was an SIU ship."
ing far and near for rated men,
public
(Trafalgar).
That's eloquent testimony, for
There've been reports of men particularly ABs, FWTs and oilers,
which we thank brother Dial.
Only other item of interest in who insist on piling off the ships so if any of you men want to take
town is that all shipyards are back in some of the outports out here a fast trip to England, Scotland
at work again. The AFL strike without getting the proper relief. or Ireland, shed your overcoat and
which was in effect at the last re Men who keep up this practice are head for this port, where you'll be
port has been settled. It broke out, going to get their tails burned, un welcomed with open arms. Plenty
you will remember, right after the less they let us know in time to of ordinary seamen, wipers and
CIO shipbuilding workers returned get a replacement aboard their messmen around though, so we ad
vise they stick where they are.
vessel.
to work from their walkout.
By the way, we've gotten notice
Jeff Morrison
Cal Tanner
Seattle
Port
Agent
the Coast Guard that anyone
from
Mobile Port Agent
Mobile:
All Shipyards Working
Finally as AFL Returns
Rated Men Can Escape
Fresl, Head for Soulli
If You're Quilling Ship,
Lei Hall Hear About it
^
New Orleans:
Paffc Nine
SEAFARERS LOG
^
Fori Business Hopiiing
'N Outlook's Good Too
We're pleased to report that as
far as the Crescent City is con
cerned, shipping is good and the
affairs of the port generally are in
very good shape.
No beefs are pending and few
were encountered with the excep
tion of the SS Strathbay, Strath
more scow, which came in with
more headaches than all the pay
off, sign on and intransit ships
put together..
Seven vessels paid off here, in
cluding the Pegasus, Partner and
Patriot (Alcoa); Del MontO (Mis
sissippi); Fort Hoskins (Cities
Service): Paine Wingate (Bull), and
the Strathbay. Signing on were
the: Del Campo, Del Alba and
Michael Moran (Mississippi);. Pe
giasus and Patriot (Alcoa); Nathan
not holding validated seaman's pa
pers by February 15 will not be
able to ship on any ship under any
circumstance's. That sort of makes
it official.
E, B. TUley
Savannah Port Agent
Wilmington:
Blood Donors llluslrale
Brolherbood In Action
There is nothing to boast about
in the way of shipping out of this
port, what with no payoffs at all
in the past two weeks and only
one signon, the Ponce De Leon
for Waterman. But we can really
be proud of the way our SIU boys
turned out to help one of our
Brothers,
Thomas G. Lyons, who
This port is experiencing its
worst shipping slump in the last 17 is fighting for his life in the hos
months. Only six ships hit here pital.
We got a call from the hospital
during the last two weeks, all of
for
blood donors for him. I passed
them in transit. However, they did
it
on
the boys one morning and in
take the usual number of replace
no time we had
ments so we got some men off the
three
carloads of
beach anyway.
men on the way.
The lonely six included the Jean
In fact I had to
Lafitte, Bienville, Ponee DeLeon
turn some of the
and Fairport, all Waterman vessels,
boys away be
plus the Clarksburg Victory for
cause there were
Mississippi, and Alamar for Cal
so many volun
mar. None of them signed on or
teers. All in all.
paid off.
Brother Lyons got
Prospects for the next period
Hill
20 pints of blood
look equally dim, as only four in
all
of which will
tercoastals are scheduled for the
port. In the meantime, we have be available to him if he needs it.
made arrangements with agents in It's just another example of the
both Wilmington and Seattle to true brotherhood that exists in the
have them notify us if shipping SIU.
picks up for them so we can get Getting back to the shipping pic
some of the guys stranded on the ture, we had a few intransits to
help us out; the Republio (Trafal
beach here to get up to them.
With business being generally ger); Raphael Sempies, Fairport
slow, we are rehiinding the mem and Robert B. Ingersoll (Water
bership that the USPHS maintains man); Clearwater Victory and Steel
a blood bank for seamen, and urg Designer fltshmian); Yorkmar*(Cal
ing all hands who can donate a . mar); and Justo Arosemena (Missis
pint of blood to go out to the sippi). There were no difficulties
marine hospital and do so. In the aboard any of these ships except
event anyone wishes to go and on the Yorkmar where I had to re
can't get transportation, he can move one man for excessive drink
contact the hall and we will see to ing and fouling up.
Vacation Queries
it that he has round trip trans
With things going slow here and
portation to the hospital. In the
past this blood bank has been valu men on the beach, we have been
able for our membership and it is getting many inquiries about the
up to us to see that none of our vacation plan. The men seem anx
brothers go wanting for lack of ious for it so that they can have
some money while on the beach
plasma.
here.
Suggestions Wanted
Now is the time for all hands We noted a piece in the news
who think they have worthwhile paper that the Coast Guai'd is con*
suggestions for changes in the con sidering permitting Guamanians to
tract to get them in for the negoti sail on American ships. The article
ating committee's use when they sa.ys that they will let them clear
start to work on the coming agree through registry to avoid safety
regulations that are standard US
ment.
Everything is quiet on the local procedure. This is one thing our
labor scene. The MFOWs are pres Union will have to fight since it
ently in negotiations trying to get threatens to bring back cheap labor
their overtime on parity with the and substandard conditions which
SUP, but we guess this "follow the we have all but eliminated.
Our 'man of the week' here is Ed
leader" routine must be old stuff
to them by now. The AFL has been "Chuck" Hill, who has been sailing
blazing the trail for these guys for with the SIU since 1947. Ed is one
some time. At this writing they of those who likes the Far East
are working on a day to day con run, and he has been on it for the
pafst three years. He believes that
tract pending negotiations.
H. J. Fischer
the SIU is the biggest factor in the
West Coast Representative advances that all seamen have
made in the last 15 years. In the.
short time he has been with us, he
has. seen our Union grow bigger
and better constantly. He says that
it is only through the Union that
seamen can make the world realize
that they are doing a hard and
PORT COLBORNE
103 Durham St.
Ontario
Phone: 5391 necessary job, and win the public's
TORONTO. Ontario
86 Colborne St. respect for our trade.
Elgin 5719
VICTORIA. B. C
617V4 Cormorant St.
Sam Cohen
Empire 4331
Wilmington Port Agent
VANCOUVER. B. C
565 Hamilton St.
t 4. 3)
San Francisco:
Shlpiilng Lull A Time
To Drop By Blood Bank
siV OAm DmMcroRm
SIU, A&G District
BALTIMORE
14 North Gay St.
Earl Sheppard, Agent
Mulberry 4540
BOSTON
27B State St.
James Sheehan. Agent
Richmond 20140
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141
GALVESTON
308>/4 23rd St.
Keith Alsop. Agent
Phone 28448
LAKE CHARLES. La
1419 Ryan St.
LeRoy Clarke. Agent
Phone 65744
MOBILE
1 South Lawrence St.
Cal Tanner. Agent
Phone 21754
NEW ORLEANS
523 BienviUe St.
Lindsey WiUiams. Agent
Magnolia 61126113
NEW'YORK
675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn
.STerling 84671
NORFOLK
127129 Bank St.
Ben Rees. Agent
Phone 41083
PHILADELPHIA
337 Market St.
S. Cardullo. Agent
Market 71635
SAN FRANCISCO
...450 Harrison St.
H. J. Fischer. Agent
Douglas 25475
SAN JUAN. PR
252 Ponce de Leon
Sal Colls. Agent
SAVANNAH...
2 Abercorn St.
E. B. TUley. Agent
Phone 31728
SEATTLE
2700 1st Ave.
Jeit Morrison. Agent
Seneca 4570
TAMPA
18081811 N. Franklin St.
Ray White. Agent
Phone 21323
WILMINGTON.. CaUt... .440 Avalon Blvd
Sam Cohen. Agent
Terminal 42874
HEADQUARTERS. 675 4tli Ave.. Bklyn.
SECRETARYTREASURER
Paul HaU
ASST. SECRETARYTREASURERS
Lloyd Gardner
Robert Matthews
Claude Simmons
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE
Joe Aigina
SYDNEY. N.S
SUP
HONOLULU
Paci6c 7824
. 304 Charlotte St.
Phone 6346
BAGOTVILLE. Quebec
20 Elgin St
Phone: 545
THOROLD. Ontario
37 Ormont St.
Phone: 33202
QUEBEC
113 Cote De La Monta.gue
Quebec ,
Phone: 27078
SAINT JOHN
177 Prince Wiliiam St.
N.B.
Phone; 23049
...16 Merchant St.
Phone 58777
PORTLAND
Ill W. Burnside St.
Beacon 4336
RICHMOND. CALIF
257 5th St.
Phone 2599
SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St.
Douglas 28363
SEATTLE
2700 1st Ave.
Great Lakes District
Main 0290
WILMINGTON
440 Avalon Blvd. ALPENA
133 W. Fletcher
Terminal 43131
Phone: 123UW
NEW YORK
675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn BUFFALO. N. Y
180 Main St.
STerling 84671
Phone: Cleveland 7391
CLEVELAND
2602 Carroll St.
Canadian District
Phone: Main 10147
1038 3rd St.
MONTREAL
463 McGiU St. DETROIT
Headquarters
Phone:
Woodward 16837
MArquette 5909
531 W. 5Uchigan St.
HALIFAX. N.S
128V4 HoUis St. DULUTH
Phone: Melrose 24110
Phone: 38911
3261 E. 92nd St.
FORT WILLIAM.... 118U Syndicate Ave. SOUTH CHICAGO
Phone: Essex 52410
Ontario ..
Phone: 33221
SUP Oifices
fit New Hall
The SUP's office is at
the SIU A&G Hall where
the complete facilities of the
building are available to Sail
ors Union men. Shipping,
beefs, mail and all other SUP
services are maintained at
the 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn ad
dress. . '
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�Face Tea
•
IN THE WAKE
The Red Sea owes its name to a
floating form of bluegreen alga
(marine plant) that contains a red
pigment, and is responsible for the
red color sometimes seen in the
surface waters . . . Varying in
tonnage from 150 to 400 tons, the
baghla, largest cargo carrier of
Ai'ab design which frequents those
same waters, is derived from the
Arabic for mule, overworked pack
animal of the land.
• V : .•
SEAFARERS LOG
.: • '
Friday, February S,; 1951
MEET THE
SEAFARER
brew made from yeast, molasses
and sugar by Alaskan Indians.
CHARLES HENRT, messman
There are few active seamen active in the famous 1919 general
4" t t
around who can say that they have strike. He was on the bricks on
That mock sun sometimes seen Question: What luck have you sailed before the flrst World War; New York's West Street for about
at sea, appearing at a point in the had
for souvenirs in for fewer who can claim ah unbroken a month until the strike was
sky opposite to and at the same eign shopping
record of union membership for settled with significant gains for
ports?
altitude as the sun is called the
35
years. One of this dwindling American seamen.
i1.
anthelion. Believed to be produced
handful is Charles Henry, who at
Coastal Sailor
E.
M.
Newman,
pumpman:
I
by the reflection of sunlight from
the age of 62 is still saiUng SIU Although tie has been sailing for
ice crystals, it comes from the haven't been in any foreign ports ships regularly.
so many years, Henry is not one
Greek anthelios, or antihelios, for six months,
In his day, Henry has held all of^ those seamen who has been
opposite to the sun. Helios was the last ones be
ratings in the stewards department, round the world dozens of times.
the mythical Greek sun god who ing in South
but failing eyesight and ill health He has stuck pretty close to home,
America. I have
France does not have a coast was represented as driving a been going to sea
have compelled him to give up preferring coastwise and intercoast
guard service in the sense of that chariot across the heavens.
work as a cook and accept less de al runs to ships going to foreign
for 42 years, and
4i 4' 4)
maintained by the US. and Great
manding
jobs such as messman and ports. The farthest away he has
my souvenirbuy
Britain but maintains a niunber of A pelorus, a navigational instru ing days are all
utility man.
been from the United States is one
semaphore stations manned by ment similar to a mariner's com over. I have seen
* A native of the Virgin Islands, trip he took to Australia. During all
experienced navy men, called pass but having no magnetic all the gadgets
Henry came up to Baltimore in the years of World War II he rode
guetteurs semaphoriques ... A needle, was named after the sailor and gimmicks
1907 looking for work. The first one ship, the George Washington.
chocolate gale seldom is as "sweet" of the same name who piloted the there are in practically every port jqj) he got was aboard the Ala This ran between the West In
bama, one of the Old Bay Line dies and New Orleans, Miami and
as it sounds. It's a sailors' collo ship in which Hannibal sailed from there is.
quialism for those brisk northwest Italy after defeating the Romans
ships
that ran between Baltimore New York carrying migrant farm
4) 4> ^
in approximately 210 BC . . . The
winds around the West Indies.
and Norfolk, Va. carrying passen workers from Jamaica, Puerto Rico
WUliam
B.
Rutkowksi,
AB:
I
slopchest aboard ship is supposed
gers. The Alabama has long since and other West Indian Islands to
',lr:^r..
4" 4" t
to come from the loose, baggy haven't any desire to buy souvenirs been scrapped, but both Henry and help meet the labor shortage on
in
foreign
ports
The AlaskaSiberia water bound breeches or hose chiefly worn by
the Old Bay Line are still going American farms during the war.
as I have found strong.
ary, the Bering Sea and Strait, was sailors in the 16th and early 17th
Having had his torpedo experi
that
we
have
named after a Danish navigator centuries, known as slops and
Once a sailor, always a sailor is ences during World War I, Henry
everything
y b u
and explorer of the northern Pa which, along with bedding, were
want cheaper Henry's story. Since that first job was fortunate that the George
cific area named Vitus Bering. first supplied for sale on the ship.
he has sailed continually, and has Washington escaped unscathed dur
here in the states. never
(Wonder if Bering was looking for
held any kind of job on ing her four years of shuttle serv
4" 4" 4"
There
used
to
be
herring?) . . . Formations of cirro
shoreside.
AngloSaxon and Old Norse are
bargains once After working the Old Bay Line ice, although it had its share of
cumulus clouds, made of small combined to produce the word
sub scares in the Caribbean.
but not any more.
globular masses, white flakes with starboard, for the right side of the
a few years, Henry got his baptism One of the chief attractions of
Besides,
if
you
out shadows, or showing very slight ship, from the words for rudder
don't buy any, as a deep sea sailor during World a seaman's life as far as Henry
shadows were dubbed "mackerel and side. This wac originally the
War I. In 1915 he got aboard the
concerned is the flexibility it
sky" by oldtime sailors. Though steering or rudder side in early thing, you keep out of trouble with Armenia of the Leland Line which is
offers."
"A seaman's life is a good
the
customs
authorities.
arranged in regular waves covering types of ships . . . Changed by law
sailed out of Newport News with one," he said. "You can work a
4"
4
4i
*the
sky,
but
showing
blue
sky
in
a cargo of horses and ammunition
in England (1844) and in the US
I
of months and take it easy
I
the gaps, they prompted the verse; Navy (1846) to port, larboard may Frank Thamin, OS: I have for England. There were subs couple
a couple of months. That's what
brought
back
quite
a
few
things,
; iC:''
aplenty in the first war too. One I've been doing all my life, and
have come from lade, the side of nothing very un
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Mackerel sky, mackerel sky.
night the Armenia was split by that's why I like the coastal runs.
the
ship
on
which
cargo
was
re
usual though. I've
Never long wet and never long dry. ceived.
a
torpedo in the North Sea. Henry
gotten cuckoo
was
in a group of 36 that got in "You can save your money if
The belief was that they brought
4" 4i 4"
clocks in Ger
a lifeboat but when morning came, yoi^ want to, and can manage to
fair weather for that day, but rain There was plenty of imagination many, umbrellas
there were
only 11 left to be picked pile up much more than you ever
a day or two later.
working when seamen who sailed and stuff like
can on a shore job. Or you can
up by a Belgian fishing boat.
along the Malabar coast of India that. I've never
spend it if you are looking for
4> 4> 4i
Always
Union
Man
coined the word elephanta for the had any trouble
While in New York in 1917, a good time."
Fishes that live at the bottom of southsoutheasterly wind of gale with
the
customs
Illness Ended
Henry joined up with the Inter
the sea, such as cod, haddock and force that blows there. It's one of when it came to
national Seamen's Union, which Recently, Henry's lifelong rou
halibut, are in a class by them the major haunts of the Ivory bringing stuff in.
selves. They're known as demersal tusked giants by the same name. If there was a duty I paid it and was actively organizing along the tine of a couple of months at sea,
New York waterfront at the time. a couple ashore, was interrupted
fish, distinguishing them from
t 4) t .
"I've been a union member ever by a long siege of diabetes. Now
'their finny brothers who stay close First American ship to circum that was that.
4 4" 4"'
since, first with the old union and he's back at the hall looking for
to the top . . . The word harbor navigate the globe was the Colum
John Blair, wiper: On miy flrst now with this union, the SlU, with another
dry cargo coastal run, as
stems, rightly enough, from older bia, a sailing vessel built in Scitu trip
out I went down to the out a break since that time. There the money
languages' equivalents for shelter ate, Mass. The voyage, from 1787
short during«his
Panama Canal. It wasn't a single month in those nine months ran
of illness.
or inn. In France, it's auberge, an to 1790, was skippered by Captain
was
a
big
kick
more than 30 years that I haven't "I'll keep on shipping as long
inn ... In case you ever wondered, Richard Gray and promoted by
for me seeing been a union man in good stand as I can," he concluded.
hooch, for homemade or just plain Charles Bulfinch, early American
"Maybe I
what I had ing."
can
reach
50
years
before
I'm
bad liquor, is a contraction of architect who designed India
learned about in As a union member, Henry was through."
hoochinoo. This was a very potent Wharf in Boston.
sclipol. I bought
scarves for my
sisters and pho
nographs of the
canal which I
showed off to the
ACROSS
DOWN
The first American offensive ac in Donets Basin and moved on the
21. Salt
37. AtoU at 176» 31' fellows at school when I went back
l. The SIU. for
1. Initials of our
22. Compass point
W.
tion
of the war began when a US Ukraine... OPA revealed plans to
the
next
term.
instance
ships
24. It's used as bal 33. An export of
S. An outstanding
task force attacked Japanese bases ration sugar.. .Favored to repeat
2. The HaU is this
last
4
4
4
Spain
paper
3. Where Cobh is 26. Golf mounds
A. Fedele, cook and baker: I in Marshall and Gilbert Islands... earlier win, Ray Robinson kayoed
39. BrazU port
». Port 'O CaU in
4. Racetracks
27. River flowing
the HaU
5. Roman tyrant
into Gulf of
picked
up a German police puppy Nazis began buildup for spring exwelterweight boxing champ
41. Female buffalo
U. SIU officers do
6. Means of board
Lions
43. SaUors'
drive in Europe... Texas coast Fritzie Zivic in the tenth.
in Germany about
" this
ing ship
29. Fish Uke the
Harbor
blacked out'as Navy searched Gulf
13. A constellation
7. Lakers' cargoes
a month and a
snapper
44. Ship pests
14. Port on Guana
8. Windy talk
4 4 4
31. Man from Reno 46. Great
Inlet, half ago when it
of
Mexico for Uboats...A new
bara Bay
9. Graft money
32. Grow old
N. J.
Japanese invasion of Bataan was US Navy sank five Japanese
19. Take an oath
10. Pointed a gun 33. Negative
was only three
48. Scurve
Ifl. Island in Naga 11. Places to anchor 35. Heights of saUg 49. Observe
smashed by Corrcgidor's guns... troopaiiips, three more vessels.',
months old. I
saki Harbor
17. Where Le Cap is
Sv;
Tokyd forces pounded Singapore, right off Yokahama.. .Malta at
18. They insure
have been train
19. Belonging to
Puzzle Answers on Page 23
• hips
you.
moved Into the Solomons.
ing him and
he Is
tacked by air seven times in one
SO. Gone to sleep
S'r
21. The Baltic and
learning
fast.
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day..;RAF
checked blasted Rom
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the North
am taking him
ir.
23. Wind of the
Hushhush Washington talk of mel, helped check German drive in
Faroes
with me on all
labor unity between the AFL and Libya... Inquiry headed by Jus
24. German tonga
my trips. He
29. Cape
, Mass.
CIO fizzled after a plan formulated tice Roberts blamed Admiral Kim
makes a big hit with the crew. by UMW chief John L. Lewis was mel and General Short for Pearl
26. Housing for big
guns
4 44.
28. What a book
rejected in favor of joint «ction to Harbor disaster, asserting warning
John Tarko, bosun: I go in for police jurisdictional feuds and to defend Hawaii was not heeded
keeper keeps
30. Island off China
buying art objects in Germany and strikes.. FDR 60 years old.. .Con .. .Australian forces moved to halt
34. Put new shoes
Italy, like carved gress adopted a "watereddown" Rising Sun armies in Malaya.
on horse
.36. SeH
wooden figures, price control bill.. .A Gallup. Poll
37. Windfall from
4 4 4
'paintings and survey Indicated nationwide belief
the Welfare
Fund
similar itemsi the war would end in two years.
James fcandis became chairman
40. Upon
The last time I
of Civil Defense Office, assuming
41. Swear
42. Wolfhound
4 4 4
was in Italy I
post held by New York Mayor La
43 .
Leone, in
bought
two
Sentiment
gained for a clearcut Guardia.. .Although baseball Yan
Africa.
49. Little cats
carved wooden armament policy for merchant kees whipped Dodgers in previous
47. Mountains in S.
mosSlcs which ships ias ieleventh Vessel went to fall's world series, 41, each team
/ merica
90. Girl's name .
were, done by a bottom from submarine attacks.. placed three' on AllStar team.
91. Strait
blind artist. They Nineteen of 21 Latin American re Dodgers stare were Pete Reiser,
92. Annoy
93. Hetative! Abbr.
showed mountain and skiing scenes. publics broke'with' Axis following Dolph CamilU, Whit Wyaft; Yan
94. Racehorses:
CoUeciihg
is a sort of Rio pMlpy.^. .JRMsssian. tfjtr eaith keea placed Joe. DiMaggio, Jtfe
Slang "'
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gaihed as army tobk, vital rail city
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SEAFARERS LOG
'Where'd You Loarn'fo Drive?!!'
SEAFARERS 0 LOG
February t, 1952
Vol. XIV No. S
Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic
& Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel.
STerling 84671.
PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurer
' Edttor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, ^AT DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD
SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DAMUX NXLVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTBCR, IRWIN SnvACX
ISO
LEHER
of the
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Conversion Fout^llp
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Late in 1950 when the US mobilization program got under
way, we were told by the "dollarayear" businessmen in New Hq Mahes
charge that defense output would be booming in 1952. The Big Hit Abroad
"experts" said that we would face a terrific labor shortage, To the Editor:
that armaments would be pouring but of our faqtories and I have received the SEAFARERS
the sacrifices involved would be ^evenly shared under a sys LOG of November 30 for which
I do thank you very much. I have
tem of wage, price and profit controls.
been getting it now for four years
What actually has happened is quite different. While un and consider it one of the best
told billions have been spent, our rearmament is lagging badly union papers in the world.
This issue contained in my opin
and unemployment and wage cuts are cropping up in in ion the best news ever in the ex
dustry.
istence of the LOG, about your
new headquarters building which
Out in Detroit for example, the "arsenal of democracy" of is
a monument to free seamen.
World War II days is faced with mushrooming unemploy To my knowledge no other sea
ment among auto workers—120,000 jobless and the figure men's union in the world has ac
.growing daily. Yet there is no lack of defense contracts for complished something like your
auto manufacturers. The profitswollen tycoons of this in headquarters building, despite the
dustry prefer to turn out arms in new plants, built in other fact that your union is only 13
areas at the taxpayer's expense, instead of converting their years old. (I've been around, so
that I know what I'm talking
auto assembly lines to defense work.
about). Therefore you fellows have
In textiles the story is equally gloomy. Wage cuts up to a real reason to be proud of your
25 percent have been instituted for 20,000 union hosiery outstanding building.
by PAUL HALL
workers. Other firms, paced by the giant American Woolen Your building is a spiritdal for
Conipahy, are assaulting hardwon gains with demands for tress against Stalinism. It is a
IGGEST NEWS OF THE WEEK
Statue of Liberty of free labor
wage cuts and speedups.
demonstrating that real freedom
—from the standpoint of Sea
The SIU, too, has been affected by shortsightedness. With and liberty is the objective of real farers' welfare, at least—is the
the government crying for skilled seamen to man its ships, trade unionism.
announcement that the Vacation
the SIU has a pool of ratings on hand, while government
SIU Seen Spearhead
Plan goes into operation on Mon
ships are delayed for lack of these very same ratings.
Seamen in Europe and other
parts of the world consider the day. On that day, the vacation pay
What it boils down to is a mad rush for the dollar by busi SIU
the spearhead we must fol accumulated by men sailing aboard
ness and the devil take the hindmost. The men running gov low as
to withstand the ideological SlUcontracted ships will begin
ernment affairs are not helping by tolerating these conditions warfare of S^lin's stooges and the rolling across the counters at Head
or worsaiing them through mismanagement. It's time for pressure they are putting on sea
quarters ' Branch into the men's
vigorous and effective direction to straighten out this foulup. men here and round the world.
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In the world of seamen you fel
lows are considered as statesmen
in dungarees who are defending
seamen's rights to live as human
beings. By doing this you are
The" welcome announcement that the SIU will start paying building up communities of free
out Vacation benefits brings into sharp focus the fact that the and satisfied citizens who will never
SIU has once again been proven the pacesetter for all mari swallow the line Stalin's stooges
trying to smuggle in.
time. Fpr the first time ever, seamen will have a real vaca are
No brasshats, high ranking offi
tion plan providing actual payments for actual time worked. cials or politicians have been able
Here again, just as it was with the Welfare Plan and other to bring the bacon home as you
gains, 4t was the SIU which blazed the trail for others to did it for the US seafarers. There
follow. It is no accident that the SIU is consistently up in fore you fellows from the SIU are
front of the pack. These gains have been made possible by better statesmen than most of the
in striped pants.
the existence of a militant and thoroughly united member gentlemen
Someday, we here in Europe
ship operating through democraticallyelected officials who hope
to have the same conditions
are responsive to the membership's needs.
that you American seamen are en
The SIU, first to win a unionoperated vacation plan, and joying today through the weapon
first to pay but benefits under such a plan, would have had of free trade unionism. With a
the money in the pockets of the'membership months ago good living standard we can main
were it not for the necessity of havjng the government exam tain seamen free from the shackles
a dictator as we have experi
ine and okay the set,up. Once approval had been received of
enced in the past and as Stalin
from the government, the Union lost no time in' putting this and his stooges are trying to put
revolutionary plan into effect. All details had been arranged over right now,
„
beforehand. It was merely a matter of waiting for the
American Seamen "Tops"
green light.
I suggest that you fellows from
What has been done in the past can be duplicated in the the SIU show your headquarters
future. The SIU intends to stay right up there at the head of to seamen of all nationalities com
with their ships to New York.
the maritime parade. It will do so provided it has the same ing
Let them take a look at the monu
staunch and alert membership support and participation it ment of free American seamen
has received in the past.
who are tops in the world. I also
suggest that you ask other ITF
affiliated seamen's unions to have
their papers sent to your building
so seafarers belonging to other
unions may be able to pick up their
It will be scant consolation for the parents, widows and newspapers at your place.
children of 45'dead seamen of the illfated Pennsylvania to All this will bring us closer to
learn that by this fall lifeboats will be equipped with radio gether, which we want, in order to
transmitters. Seamen can be thankful that their lives will be defend a free world arid the prin
safer in the future, but it took 45":dead men to bring action ciples of free trade unionism, to
from the Coast Guard on this score. The sad.dest part of it the end of establishing a real
Brotherhood of the Sea f or.:all sea
all is that lifeboat radios were called for in the international farers
in order to make a decent
convention on safety of life at sea, which this country signed living and live peaceably with their
in 1948. If this was in an agreement signed, by the US, why neighbors.
"
was<it necessary to wait for those men to die before putting
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hands. Within a week or so later,
processing of applications for vaca
tion pay will begin in the A&G
District Branches in all other ports.
At the outset at least, the task
of processing the applications and
paying out the money will be a
formidable one. However, the
Union has set up a system designed
to pay the men llie money they
haye coming with the utmost speed.
Additional personnel has been
enlisted to meet the expected de
mand. We want no man to be
delayed needlessly in getting his
vacation money. The Union will
do its part to keeps things moving
smoothly. But the cooperation of
all hands is essential, as in any job
involving the general welfare.
Therefore, Seafarers are urged to
fill out their applications with due
care and to otherwise follow in
structions, which are outlined else
where in this paper.
It is not impossible that here and
there a kink will develop in the
initial phases of the operation.
When and where they do, improve
ments will be made as soon as
possible. Overall, a very efficient
administration of the vacation pay
ments appears a certainty. Head
quarters has made careful and
thorough preparations to insure the
success of the SIU's Vacation Plan,
first of its kind in the marititrie
industry.
equities in the NMU contracts, as
compared to the SIU's. We ara
glad to note that progress.
Naturally our Union is pleased
with its record of setting the pace
in achievements for the American
merchant seaman, as has been the
case in the establishment of the
Welfare Plan, the revolutionary
Vacation Plan, a multitude of gen
eral and working rules, penalty
cargoes and transportation clauses,
to cite a few examples.
The function of your Union, and
the job' to which its officials are
dedicated, is to improve the eco
nomic status and working condi
tions of the SIU membership.
However, we are also anxious to
see the benefits won for our people
extended to seamen everywhere.
We hope that the NMU can make
further progress in wiping out its
contract inequities.
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N WASHINGTON, ONE OF OUR
affiliates, the Cannery Workers
Union, is in the forefront of a
battle to protect the tuna industry
and its workers from being put on
the rocks by the flood of cheap
tuna being imported into this
country.
With the backing of the inter
national, Jim Waugh, ^president of
the Cannery Workers Union, and
Lester Ballinger, secretary of the
San Diego section, have been
presenting the union's viewpoint at
hearings in the nation's capital.
If their efforts are successful,
the smashing of an important do
mestic industry, providing work for
thousands of peopie, will have been
averted.
The fight our Brothers of the
fish and cannery field are making
is a tough one. They are facing,
terrific opposition, and their ex
perience once more emphasizes the
VER IN THE CIO NATIONAL incalculable value of representa '
tion by a trade union that is ^
Maritime Union, progress has constantly alert in behalf of its
ma||tersl\ip'si and the
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taken so far. Requirements include visioi
plus general physical and mental fitness.
Answering the government plea for skilled man
power to soil essential cargoes all over the world, the
SID set up a unionoperated deck school as part of its
program to meet US requirements for rated seamen
end, at the same time, provide the opportunity for
Seafarers to boost their earning power by sailing with
higher ratings.
An initial function of the school, in its brief lifetime,
has been to upgrade ordinary seamen, • l owest rung
on the rating ladder for men in the deck department,
to able seamen by training them in the requisite skills
end seamanship problems faced by an AB'aboard
ship.
The school provides the training needed to meet the
government arid Coast Guard requirements before a
seaman can qualify for on AB ticket.
As a means of illustrating the procedure, the LOG
• has prepared the pictorial review on these pages, show
ing the passage of a typical Seafarer through the
Coast Guard examining unit in New York. Pictured
in all photos, among other Seafarers taking the exam
inations is QS Benjamin Fischman,"24, one of the first
,SIU members to make the grade and attain a higher
rating via the Seafarers Training School.
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i results of physical exams Physical proceeds as USPHS medico 8:30 AM.—Qualifying physically, his next 9 AM.—^Actual lifeboat test begins. Sea
test with or without glasses checks for heart ailments which might dis step is appearing
_ for test for lifeboat farer takes turn handling line to swing out
qualify him and bar further testing.
ticket, part of AB requirements.
lifeboat from davits.
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9:40 AM.—Men stand by on oars as coxswain (standing) takes first turn 10 AM.—Seafarer turns to on sweep oSr 10:50 A.M.—Completing boat test, seamen
with sweep oar to move boat away from dock. Each man must prove watched by coxswain Fred Scholl who apply strain to line in order to take up
ability to handle oars and obey commands.
will pass on fitness for lifeboat ticket.
boat and secure it on dockside davits.
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From beginning to end, the upgrading of on
OS to AB requires at most two weeks' time, in
cluding a week to 10 days for training in the
SlU deck school. This time can, of course, be
cut in half or less for men who need only a re
fresher course in the subjects covered or who
have taken advantage of shipboard instruction.
CG tests require a minimum of three days.
Preliminary processing and o physical before
the actual testing can be done take up one
morning, according to present operations, the
lifeboat testing o second morning ond the written
and remaining practical seamanship examina
tion and completion of processing the best part
of a full day. This amount of time would be nec
essary in ony cose, it should be pointed out.
The Union, therefore, has and will continue
to provide the training facilities for unrated men
seeking ta better their earning power and im
prove themselves at their jobs. But it cannot
take the test for you. It is up to every ordinary
seaman seeking advancement in his job to make
the proper move himself. Moreover, the SlU
has plans underway for Jmilor training for en
gine and steward ratings. ProcedOres for getting
these ratings, though substantially similar, will
olso be given wide publicity in the LOG.
jicess of exam. 3:15 PM.—
[PM. —^P'roG^ssinjg is com
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Fare FonrtecB
Ill Whale Hunters Bag Albino,
Friday, Febroary t, IWt,.
No Overtlmo Smile There
Prove Tale of 'Moby Diek'
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Elizabeth, N. J.—legendary figure of the sea, "Moby Dick," the white whale, has been
proven real by the whahng ship Anglo Norse. . This ship, on a whaling expedition off the
coast of Peru, killed a 56ton albino sperm whale, pure milky white in color. None of
the veteran Norse whalemen
on the ship had eyer seen one based on the existence of rare pacity, an old time whaling ship
like it in their years of Whal white whales, whom superstitious was lucky to hold a few hundred
ing service. The story was re seamen endowed with supernatural tons of whale oil. With modem
harpoon guns the Anglo Norse took
ported this week when the powers.
3,066 whales on its trip, going as
Profitable
Business
ship reached port here.
Whaling has changed a great high as 73 in one day. The old
Those who have read the famous
time whalers considered it a stroke
classic "Moby Dick" by Herman deal since Melville wrote his now of extreme good fortune if they
famous
book,
but
one
fact
still
Melville will remember that the
could land more than one whale
book relates the story of a whaling remains—whaling is an extremely in a given day.
ship captain who is obsessed with lucrative business.
Risky Operation
the idea of killing Moby Dick, the
Many a New England family
Harpooning a whale in those
mysterious white whale of the fortune was established in the
South Pacific. Moby Dick was en early 1800's by whaling expedi days was an extremely risky busi
dowed with superstrength, even tions out of Nantucket and New ness. If you managed to get your
for a whale, and almost human Bedford, and today is no exception. harpoon in a whale it was like
cunning. Captain Ahab's pursuit The Anglo Norse came home from catching a fish—^you had to let out
of the white whale leads to disaster a seven month trip with a cargo of line when the whale sounded, and
when Moby Dick turns and de 8,000 tons of sperm whale oil take in slack when the opportunity Reminiscing over past history, SIU Patrolman Louis Coffin dug
stroys the whaling ship and all its valued at $2 million. Previously it arose. All the while the boat was up his 20yearold photo froin the Saugerties, a Mississippi SS
crewmembers, with but one surviv had transferred 8,700 tons of oil being dragged far from the mother Company Hog Xslander. That's Louis (over the side, far right),
ing to tell the tale.
into a tanker which emptied the ship, sometimes miles.
part of the deck gang painting while the ship was dockside in BA.
While Melville's story has long vats of the ship while still on the In contrast, the Anglo Norse's These were days when an AB earned $55 a month and overtime was
been a classic, among otherreasons, hunting grounds. The total value killer .boats are 110foot motor
Just a pipedream. (The LOG is interested in reprinting your old
for its excellent reporting of life of the expedition's catch eaiiie to driven vessels with a harpoon gun
photos of "days
back when..Send them in, we'll return 'em.—^Ed.)
in
the
bow.
The
gun fires
a
160
aboard a whaling ship, nobody over $4 million.
regarded Moby Dick as anything Of course, the" 10,000ton Anglo pound harpoon with an explosive
more than a symbolic figure created Norse has a tremendous advantage charge'tn its head—in other words drifting.
is cut up and dumped into boilers
The killef boat then tows the for rendering its oil. '
by the writer's imagination. The over the old wooden whaling ship the haiftbon is a small cannon shell
feat of the Anglo Norse in killing both in size and in the destructive with line attached. The explosion whale to the mother ship and it International law prohibits whal
an albino sperm whale leads one power of its armament. Compared kills the whale and spreads barbs is drawn on deck via a ramp in ing vessels from taking sperm
to believe that Melville's story was' to the Anglo Norse's 8,000ton ca inside its'carcass to keep it from the stem. From there on the whale whales less than 38 feet long.
;>rr;
Ship Bill Seen As Stability Aid
Is
; }: tr
• ty
mr
t
k
w
the subsidy contract, the $25,000 bill. They have in mind that as a quirement of any sound tax sys of annual requests for direct fi
(Continued from page 2)
result of world rearmament and tem is that its burdens be equit nancial aid to the shipping indus
payments on new ships, after the limitation shall apply.
revival of world trade; the indus ably distributed among all tax try recurring specific Congression
The
bill,
of
course,
contains
down payment, to be secured by a
other features, but the aboveenu try is realizing substantial profits payers. However, tax adjustments al approval. The Department of
first preferred mortgage and the merated items are the most Im and, therefore, should not ask Con and concessions ara not restricted Commerce knows that the tax
obligation of the piurchaser, in case portant.
gress at this time for an extension to the shipping Industry but are benefits under the 1936 Merchant
of assistance diming such a period extended to other segments of Marine statute have been reduced
of default in payment, being dis
Assistance Needed
of sustained prosperity.
American industry, and that fig from "tax exemption" to "tax de
charged by surrendering the ves
sel and all rights therein to the Those close to the merchant fleet
The SIU disagrees with this po ures reported by Treasury itself ferment" and that no one can say
Government; (3) reduces the mini are arguing, in connection with the sition, for it well remembers the seem, in themselves, to be a pow what the situation would have
mum age from 17 to 12 years in longrange shipping bill, that Gov talk durl'jg World War II of sup erful demonstration of the results been without the tax benefits of
determining the eligibility of "ob ernment assistance to American porting a large merchant marine achieved under the 1936 Merchant this law.
solete vessels" for tumin by shipping, in the form of both direct during the postwar years, yet the Marine Act, particularly for the
Indicating its opposition to the
owners to the Government, for an subsidies and tax benefits, is nec American merchant fleet was al American subsidized portion of the Treasury stand in the matter, the
allowance of credit to be applied essary if this country is to main lowed to deteriorate in the years maritime industry.
Department of Commerce states:
upon the purchase of a new ves tain an adequate merchant fleet on 19461950. Only the outbreak of
Although Treasury believes that "There is no ground for assur
sel, and extends this benefit, now a longterm pull. Just such as hostilities in Korea halted the tax benefits should not be extend ance or even assuming that an ade
confined to foreign trade, to in sistance is provided in the pend downward trend of US shipping, ed to special groups, it cannot es quate flow of private capital into
clude vessels engaged in the do ing shipping bill.
llhe nation and Congress too cape attention that there are de
While from a competitive stand quickly forgets its merchant ma pletion allowances Jn many cases, the industry for replacements and
mestic trades; (4) extends the privi
for necessary additional competi
leges of reserve fund monies kept point our present merchant cargo rine and the time to plan for keep such as ores, minerals, deposits of tive units can be maintained with
by steamship lines under Section fleet is in a fair position, foreign ing the merchant marine strong is sand, gravel and clay. Railroads, out some such benefits, as the tax
511 of the Merchant Marine Act, construction of new ships is tend during the time all of the nation is during the last major war, were provision in operation."
1936, by allowing the additional de ing to make our fleet obsolete.
being made aware of its vital role! able, with Congressional sanction,
The main stumbling block to en
Subsidy Dangers
posit in the funds, on a tax de
to write off, during five years of
Treasury Opposed
ferred basis, of "earnings" from actment of the longrange ship
high war and postwar earnings, Dangersseen by the SIU in a
Other than the President, the over a billion dollars of capital in
operation of vessels. The author measure is the opposition of some
policy of greafer subsidization,
of
the
executive
agencies
and
the
main
opposition to enactment of vestment.
ized uses of these reserve funds
either
through direct tax exemp
President
to
the
tax
features
of
this bill comes from the Depart
also would be extended to make
tions or
through appropriated sub
As
to
the
very
important
prob
them available' not only for the the bill. Just what is this op ment of Treasury and the General lem of the necessity of eventual sidies, are the possibilities of cer
position?
Accounting Office. Treasury is
construction or acquisition of new
President Truman, along with particularly opposed to tax fea replacement of the American fleet tain large steamship companies
vessels as under existing law, but
because of obsolescence. Treasury becoming the "favored carriers" in
also for the construction and re the Treasury Department, is tak tures of the measure. This de holds to the position that shipping foreign trade, and through their
ing
the
position
that
tax
benefits
partment
of
the
government
takes
conditioning of vessels and for the
companies have been enjoying an vast operations being able to elim
liquidation of purchasemoney in do not represent the most suitable the position that, to use their own unusuaT period of prosperity not inate American competition by the
means
ot
providing
necessary
as
words, "the greatly improved
debtedness; (5) extends the privi
contemplated when the tax bene .smaller ship operator. Prominent
leges of the construction reserve sistance to the American merchant profitability of the shipping indus fits were first provided in the 1936 in the bill, the SIU feels, should
marine.
The
Chief
Executive
try" already has "contributed to a
funds to vessels operating on the
Merchant Marine Act, and that un be machinery to "bird dog" the
Great.Lakes and the St. Lawrence agrees that Government assistance substantial strengthening of its fi der present and prospective con operation of the plan's construc
River; (6) provides for accelerated is necessary, but, along with the nancial position."
ditions, such as depreciation al tion and operating subsidies.
depreciation, allowing American Treasury Department, believes this This, of course, is all well and lowances and reinvested earnings,
Before the Committee finishes
owners to amortize the cost of ves should be in the form of "direct" good, but the prime question re together with potential outside fi
with
the measure the Union ex
subsidies
and
not
"hidden"
tax
sels in an amount for any taxable
mains—what measures can be nancing from sale of stock and pects to present its full position
year not exceeding 10% per an benefits.
taken now, at this time, to help the borrowing, funds made available on the matter in hearings before
Tax Question
num of the adjusted tax basis of
American operator replace his ob from internal resources of Ameri the Committee.
the vessels; (7) permits the recom
Therefore, a main question for solete tonnage in the future. Mari can companies should be adequate
putation of the "life expectancy" Congressional consideration is the time experts feel that tax conces to finance new investment in The bill now pending at the
House Merchant Marine Comihit
of a reconstructed vessel, in use effect on the merchant marine re sions are necessary to help in the fleets.
tee is in the nature of a compro
under an operating subsidy, with sulting from the possible complete eventual replacement of the fleet
mise measure, having been amend
Commerce
Dept.
View
such ship to be computed, for tax elimination of tax benefits, and the and to offset tax advantages en
ed on the Senate side in a number
purposes, on the redetermined life development of alternative forms joyed by the foreignflag competi
Conflng to the aid of the posi of respects to coincide with the
expectancy instead of the usual 20 of Government aid to insure the tors. The longrange "bill merely tion taken by those intelrested in
year life basis; (8) allows subsi maintenance of an adequate fleet, says in effect—lets plan NOW the merchant marine, the Depart views of the Treasury Department.
It stands a good chance of beings
dized operators to increase de through thick and thin.
for the uncertain future, lets plan ment of Commerce asks the ques passed by this Congress, but only*
posits in capital reserve funds; and
This is the type of very formid at this time for the maintenance tion as to whether the defects of through Joint efforts of all con
(9) provides for payment of sal able opposition that the American of the merchant fleet in years to the maritime tax benefits method cerned.
aries to subsidized operators in ex shipping industry must overcome. coma.
outweigh the practical advantages It's now up to the House M
cess of the present limitation of
Within the past few months some The position o? the Treasury De of relatively permanent aid provi chant Marine Committee to re;
$25,000 per annum, with a proviso American owners have taken to the partment can be stated simply, sions Involving no direct appropri the bill out, and for the House
that for the purpose of determin belief that this is the Wrong time namely, that this department be ation.^ iun^ asi^contrasted with
ing the Government*a rights iimd«»~ «»
that tho most .essentWirf^' Ihf
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Friday. February 8. 1958
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SEAFARERS LOG
Need Discharges For Vacation $s Dates Set For
Seafarers applying for payment under the SIU
Vacation Plan, applications for which will be ac
cepted at headquarters on Feb. 11 and in the out
ports on Feb. 25, will have to meet three basic re
quirements;
(1) Ninety days worked (2) since June 1, 1951,
starting date und«r the contract, as evidenced
by (3) presentation of official ITS Coast Guard
Certificates of Discharge.
It is estimated by headquarters officials that the
processing setup for Seafarer applications will en
able payment at headquarters the same day they are
presented if they fulfill the requirements above, and
a week or more depending^on the speed with which
they are received at headquarters for processing
from the outports.
The sample form printed below, which may not
be used as an application, calls for the following
information: your name, the port you apply in,
book or permit number, znumber (from seaman's
papers), social security number and a listing by
company, vessel and actual time worked as given
on CG ^scharges, plus your signature.
If presented at headquarters, it is expected the
application will be verified on the spot'within a few
hours and payment made the same day. If you
apply at any SIU hall in the outports, the same pro
cedure will be followed, except that your applica
tion will be sent with your discharges and processed
at headquarters.
Payment will then be forwarded, when the in
formation is verified, to the same port where the
application is made. It is important then, if you
wish payment as soon as possible, to apply at a
port where you will be shipping from so that pay
ment can be made to you there.
The 90 working days must be accumulated since
June 1, 1951. Your discharges will show how many
days you have from the dates you shipped and date
you were discharged. Therefore, port time must be
entered on the discharge as well if you want credit
for it "toward your vacation pay. A supplemental dis
charge can be obtained for port time from the
companies. The discharges themselves should be
kept carefully as they are your working record.
If you do not have the requisite 90 days yet. do
not apply until you have them and they are Recorded
on official discharges.
Sample: Brown, AB, has discharges shov^ing 150
days worked since June 1, 1951. He can apply and
collect for those 150 days starting Monday. He can
apply again provided he has accumulated at least
another 90 days since the period when the previous
payment was completed. You may apply as often as
you wish, providing you have a minimum of 90
working days since the last time you applied.
Vacation Payoff
a dime. There are men with more
((Continued from page 3)
amount based onthe minimum re than 30 years of seatime who have
never had a single paid vacation.
quirement of 90 days is $34.99.
"The new vacation plan will
$2.5 Million A Year
change
the existing inequities and
Once the Vacation Plan gets roll
ing, it is expected that it will pay as a result SIU men will collect the
out a total of $2.5 million in the money they're entitled to," the
first year of operation. Handling SIU official said.
of these vast sums of money and Originally, the Vacation Plan ini
all the paper work involved has tialed by the operators on May' 15,
been expedited by the establish 1951, called for payment of 35
ment of a special vacation fund cents per day per man for each
staff in New' York headquarters. day worked. This set the vacation
Headquarters has been preparing pay rate at $115 maximum for a
for this for several weeks now and, full year.
once the first rush is over, ex
Last October, through Union
pects to process claims and have negotiations wHh the operators, the
dhecks ready a few hours after ap vacation payments were increased
plications are received. Collection to 50c a day, and the maximum
in outports will necessarily take allowable to the present $140 limit.
longer because of the time lapse in
The Vacation Plan operates un
mailing applications and checks der the supeiwision of a board of
back and forth.
six trustees, three of whom are
At present, headquarters is pre Union representatives and three
pared to cash vacation checks on designated by the employers. In
the spot for Seafarers, although addition, there are three Union,
this service will not be available and three employer, alternates,
THIS STUB TO BE RETAINED BY FORT AGENT.
in the outports for the time being. i Union trustees are Paul Hall. Bob
Reserve Built Up
Matthews and A1 Kerr, with Lloyd
The delay in instituting the ; Gardner, Joe Algina and Lindsey
SEAFARER'S VACATION PLAN
Vacation Plan arose for several Williams serving as alternates.
reasons, the most important one One of the unusual features of
NMM af AppBeaat.
JBook or VFoxk Farmit.
being the necessity to build up a the agreement is that if a Seafarer
large reserve so as to be able to dies after becoming eligible for
Data AppBeatioa HaUad LL.
J>ata AppBad...
pay out the money when applica vacation pay, his benefits will be
tions were presented. The plan paid to his widow or other desig
Nnadbar of Days Woricad
..Vazifiad By..
was delayed still further by the nated beneficiary. This is over
need for winning approval from and above the $2,500 death benefit
the Wage Stabilization Board for for the beneficiaries of Seafarers
DATE CHECK RECEIVED..
..CHECK NO..
• DATE
CHECK DEL.
increase in operator's contributions contained in the Union's Welfare
and securing clearance from other Plan.
governmental agencies.
mS SECTION OF FORM TO BE SENT TO HEADQUARIERSt
The idea of instituting a Unionop
erated Vacation Plan was brought
up in May of last year when the
SEAFARER'S VACATION PLAN
Unionoperated Welfare Plan was
proven to be a highly successful
To tha Seafarer's bitamational Union of Notth Amaric^^ Atlantic and Calf Diatiict:
method of operation. The Union
I, hardly nuka application for aB the vacation pay dna ma from the Seafarer'a Vacation Flan. I am listing bdow tha ships had been aware for some time that
existing vacation plans in maritime
I have sarrad on for the period for which I am claiming vacation pay.
contracts were outmoded and un
Continued from page 2)
fair.
Fait
Dau
As SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall make decorative objects of art on
put it at the time the plan was the side, can send as many entries
negotiated with the operators. as they want in any one category,
LaN Raarn
FInl NaM
Book or Woik Ponalt No.
"The standard vacation setup is a or in all categories combined. Natu
swindle as far as seamen are con rally, the more entries a competi
ZNawbor
Sodal Saearitf
cerned. A man would work prac tor makes, the better is his chance
tically a full year and never collect to walk off with one of the prizes.
1—Company
VaamL.
While the panel of judges has
Employed Fkmn
No. Of Days
not yet been completed, it is
\ planned at present to have four
8—Company
I judges, one of them being the art
editor of the SEAFARERS LOG.
Employed FriML.
No. Of Days.
The other judges will probably
consist of two professional artists
SCompany ^—
and an art museum representative.
Employed From..
No. Of Days
Although the deadline is May 10,
don't hold on to your stuff until
4—Company
VemaL
the last minute. Send it in as soon
Employed Fbona
.To..
. No. Of Days
as
you cJn to the Art Editor, SEA
The problem of Camden, NJ's
FARERS LOG. You can rest as
drinking
supply
is
throwing
kinks
SCompany
VasaaL
into plans for deepening the Dela sured that eveo'thing will be stored
Employed Fiem
.No.OfDays
.Tn.
ware River channel from Philadel in a safe place. It would be best
phia to Trenton. Mayor George E. to send the entiy by registered
d^Company
VaamL
Brunner of Camden has asked Con mail to avoid any possibility of the
Employe4|Wim
.To..
. No. Of Days
gress to block the preject on the entry going astray.
grounds that it will peril the city's The art contest, as the name
shows, will be an annual affair. In
7—Company
fresh water supply.
VeaaoL
The river dredging project will the future additional contests will
Enploy^ Ft«»~
.To...
.NaOfDayai.
enable Isthmian's orecarrying be held, including one on photog
ships to sail direct to docks being raphy, to give the shutter bugs an
t—Company
constructed
by the United States opportunity to display their wares..
Employed Fkem
.N^OfDsysL
.Tn..
Steel Corporation at its huge
Bucks, County plant now going up
9—Company
Vasad
at Morrisville, Pa. It will also open
iBmploycdFreln,.
.To
. No. Of Days........
up both sides of the river up to
Trenton to heavy industry which
10—Cbmpany
VcaaaL.
is expected to locate ia the area.
Difficulties lie in the fact that
Employed Fresn
.No. Of Days...
.Tn.
Camden's (drinking water comes
Although the deadline for alien
t, haiehy'certify that the infomation aentainad hatdn ia accurate. I hndecstaud that if I make falm statcmjHita and from artesian wells which tap an
cellact money Irandalentiy from the Sadarer^a hatamatioeal Union of N^ America, Atlantic and Gnlf IKstriet, I am uqdergcound stream which runs reports expired last n.onth, those
liable to etpnlakist from the Union fas aocordance with terms of the Conatitntioo.
underneath the Delaware River who haven't fi'ed still have an op
bed. Camden wants assurance that portunity to comply with the law,
VariiedBy:
the channel dredging will npt lead All alien seamen who are residents
(MaeBa
alivi
SisaataraafAiflleaal
to pollution of its water supply by of the US as of January 1 must re
port to the nearest Immigration
salt water.
At present, tlie Delaware River and Naturalization Office as soon as
ncf Rot wun IN THIS EPACB
channel: at Morrisville is only 18 they arrive in port. They should
feet .deep. Plans afoot would al, bring their discharges to show tlwt
low for passage of deep sea Isth they were at, sea dju^ng the re^s
i
Union Opens
Uirst i%nnnal
Art Uontest
Deep Dredging
Of Delaware
River Fought
Aliens Must
File Reports
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�Paee Sixteen
SEAF ARERS LOG
FHdajr, February 8, 1952
Uprising in North Africa Stirs
Memories of Second World War
That only one US President was • births? One, set of twins is born
a bachelor? James Buchanan, for every 87 confinements, one set
(The following are remembrances of a Seafarer who served on the shuttle run between American chief executive who pre of triplets for every 87 sets of twins
Lincoln, was unmarried and one set of quadruplets fot
North Africa and Italy during World War. II. The current unrest and rioting in Tunisia have ceded
throughout his term of office.
every 87 triple births. Theoreti
inspired him to write of his memories of that country.)
cally, the ratio should hold for
4" t
A sure sign of growing older is the importance memories begin to have to an individual. That September is so named be quintuplets, although only 47 au
I remember ... is the introduction to a reverie enjoyed by the gtory teller and only some cause it once was seventh month of thentic sets are on record. Quin
times by the listeners. But Seafarers who shared some of the same experiences I did dur the year? It is derived from sep tuplets should occur once In every
tum, the Latin word for seven. The 57,289,761 births.
ing World War II may find^
Roman
originally had only 10
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with me something in com seem as a period when the world like raw meat and the burned skin months, year
beginning with March.
That
kissing
in public is forbid
hung
in
tatters.
The
pain
must
stopped
normal
activity
and
put
mon in recalling those days
January and February were added den in Egypt between people who
gone now almost ten years on a macabre drama for its own have been unbearable, yet he made later.
are not related by blood or mar
no outcry.
amusement.
ago.
4
t
t
riage? Violation of the law by too
The
army
medics
did
what
they
I
wonder
if
those
ten
graves
I remember Bizerte, that bombed
That a carat, used for weighing ardent young men means a stiff
could
and
took
him
to,
a
French
marked
by
maltese crosses
are
still
out port town near Tunis. Bizerte
precious stones, was originally the fine and possibly a jail sentence.
was no place to come after enjoy at the road intersection near Ferry run hospital ten miles away. The weight of the seed of the carob
ambulance
returned
later
with
the
4 4 4
ing a few days in Naples on the ville?
tree in the Mediterranean area?
native
still
aboard.
The
hospital
That
Bob
Fitzsimmons weighed
Camel
Tiains
shuttle run. Not a soul lived in
It is also used as a measure of the
that bombedout shell of what was I wonder if the "Ayrabs," as the had refustd him—^he was an Arab. purity of gold alloy, indicating how only 167 pounds when he was
once a peaceful coastal town on GIs called them, still trudge the The man made* no protest, he ac many parts out of 24 are pure. heavyweight champion?^ Fitzsim
the Mediterranean. Lake Bizerte, roads at night leading their camel cepted the rebuff. His legs wrapped Eighteen carat gold, therefore, is mons fought at that weight when
he knocked out James J. Corbett
trains to nowhere. The nights were in bandages he walked out of the
in 14 rounds on March 17, 1897.
often bitter cold there, yet the na camp through the olive grove and only threequarters pure.
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Fitzsimmons gave away 39 pounds
tives still shuffled along barefooted into the hills, never to be seen
That the government's "manu to James J. Jeffries when he lost
and ill clad. "They can take it," I again.
was told. Yet why did those pitiful I wonder if that Arab is part of facturer's excise tax" on matches the title to him two years later in
funeral processions occur with the shouting, screaming mobs that is twotenths of a cent per. 1,000 Coney Island!
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such regularity? Along the mud are demanding that the French get for ordinary ones but .055 cents
per 1,000 for wooden ones? All of
That the koala "bear" never
roads they marched with the body out of Tunisia?
of the lost one lying on a board I wonder how Bizerte looks to which is lots less than the tax on takes a drink of water? This Aus
carried on their shoulders. They day? I'll probably never find out cigarette lighters which are treated tralian animal, which looks like
the toy teddy bear, obtains enough
buried their dead in deep narrow unless I happen to make one of like jewelry.
moisture from the leaves of the
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holes in a standing position, I was those very rare trips that hit that
part of the world.
That there is a mysterious sci Eucalyptus tree to make quaffing
told.
Bill Luce entific "rule of 87" governing any brew unnecessary.
The natives were such fatalists
that it's hard to believe that they
could be part of the current re
volt in Tunisia. They lived in ab
solute poverty; they died young;
they resigned themselves to their
miserable existence. No flame of
smouldering rebellion showed
When Seafarer Van Whitney was a boy, he probably toldf
across their face.
Ragged Arab boy frolics near
I remember once when an Arab the kids next door, "My dad can lick your's anytime," with
by as ship unloads in a North
workman was badly burned while a good deal of selfconfidence. The boast could still hold good
African port of call.
I was visiting a friend at a nearby
the convenient Inland port for army camp. The man's legs were today in the upper age brack
shipping safe from prying subs,
ets. For his father, Dr. Cephas also a dentist in Illinois, suggested
was a comfortable haven for ships,
Whitney, former cycle cham physical culture as a cure for his
but what else was there?
pion, gymnast, trapeze artist ailments. He took to It "like a
No Fish Story
The French were attempting to
and
allaround strong man, is duck to water" and by the age of
build an army on the plains out
still
leading a vigorous and 17 was so accomplished as a tra
side the city and the Allies used
peze artist that he considered turn
active life at the age of 82.
the rolling hills as storage for am
ing pro. Instead, he went to dental
munition. Everywhere one looked
Dr. Whitney, who will celebrate college and received his license at
there was nothing but components
his 83rd birthday this coming May, the age of 20. Nevertheless he
of the war machine; war mate
has been a practicing dentist for continued to participate actively in
rials, barrage balloons, antiair
the past 63 years and is engaged in sports and gymnastics.
craft emplacements, soldiers of all
his profession
Trapeze At 60
Dr. Whitney strikes a strong
nations.
down home in
Dr. Whitney moved from the man pose fer this photo taken
That was an unreal time in every
G e 0 r g etown,
states at an early age settling first
at the age of !^1.
one's life. To everyone that must
British Guiana.
in Jamaica and then in 1900 mov
Dentistry . is no
ing to British Guiana He became the house was built were made~ in
mean feat for a
cycle champion of Jamaica while the doctor's own block factory.
man of his age,
he lived there, and on moving to While not active personally in
requiring as it
Georgetown became active in local the sports field the way he once
does considera
sport organizations. Up until the was. Dr. Whitney serves as presi
Readers will note that ships
ble muscular
age of 60 he used to exercise reg dent of the British Guiana Ama
minutes in recent LOGS are
strength and co
ularly on bars, mats and trapeze teur weight lifting association and
Whitney
printed in smaller type, en
.ordination. The
holds several other positions in
rings.
age 79
abling the use of much more
doctor has been
Just a couple of years back. Dr. various sport clubs and organiza
news of shipboard meetings.
an enthusiastic physical culturist Whitney found himself in need of tions.
As,part of the effort to make
all his life and attributes his un a permanent home and office. He His son Van is currently work
the LOG a bigger and better
usual vigor to his life long devo sat down and designed a three ing in the Puerto Rico's engine de
paper in every way, Seafarers
tion to sports and exercise.
story concrete block establishment partment. A member of the SIU
are urged to be sure to send
Luby O'Neil, deck engineer of,
Like other physical culture en with a roof garden containing liv since October, 1943, he recently re
ships minutes to headquarters
the Chilore, shows off samples thusiasts, from President Theodore ing quarters, dental laboratory and ceived his US naturalization papers
so that they can be reported to
of his fishing prowess in Vene
Roosevelt on. Dr. Whitney was a operating room and other facili and is now going out for an engi
the full membership.
zuelan waters.
sickly child. His father, who was ties. The concrete blocks of which neering license.
Seafarer's 'Strongman' Dad, 82
Still Working As Dental Snrgeon
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LOGARHYTHMS;
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Who's A Sailor?
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By E. Wiley Carter
Seafarers, and people are we.
The SIU's our Union, and I'm sure
you'll agree.
We are the best, and for the best
from sea to rolling sea.
By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
Practically all cameras manufactured today, from the simple box
camera to the most expensive contraption come equipped with some
means of using flashbulbs. The flash mechanism may be built into the
shutter of the lens or a means for attaching a magnetic solenoid to
trip the shutter is supplied. Let's examine this versatile and flexible
tool:
There are lots of
A little over 20 years ago the photoflash lamp was introduced. It
folks that just
consisted of a bulb containing very thin aluminum foil and filled with
don't know,
oxygen under pressure. The lamp had a filament covered with a
about us sailor
primer that flashed and ignited the foil when the filament was heated
men.
by the passage of an electrical current.
But I am here to
This photoflash lamp proved to be very attractive for two kinds of
tell them all,
service. First, for the amateur where the camera shutter is opened,
we come from
the lamp flashed for taking the photo, and the shutter closed; second,
such as them.
for taking pictures where the flashing of the lamp and the opening of
the camera shutter are synchronized by an apparatus called a synchro
You'll find rig
Carter
nizer or flash' gun.
gers, mainte
The narrow time intensity peak of these foilfilled bulbs did not allow
nance men, construction bo's as much
leeway for variation in the operation of the lamp, the synchro
well;
nizer or the camera shutter. For instance, if the lamp flashed a few
Carpenters and plumbers, and thousandths of a second slow, or the camera shutter opened a few
salesmen who really sell;
thousandths of a second early, a properly exposed negative would not
There's bakers, cooks and waiters, be obtained.
yes you'll find barkeeps, too
If one considers also the possible variation in the synchronizer, it is
And nurses, doctors, lawyers, my evident that some leeway is needed. To solve this problem an attempt
was made to broaden the peak of the flashlamp, that is to make the
friends its all so true.
flash last longer.
Technical Problem
We have a great community within
Attention was turned to a flash lamp filled with very fine pure alumi
our
mass
of
steel;
That grim look on the face of Shifty, Warhawk's second cook, is
So whenever you get to talking, num in place of foil. Difficulty here was the problem of drawing
more than just concentration oh potatoes. He's trying to keep balance
the aluminum fine enough for flashing purposes. This was finally
remember ... we are real.
as ship bounces around in a North Atlantic storm. Photo by Jay Beck.
licked with the development of diamond dies tliat could draw aluminum
wire as fine as one ten thousandth of an inch.
Due to the higher temperature of the burning wire as compared with
the foil, the wire filled flashlamp gives more light for the same amount
of material in the bulb.
With the greater light output of the wire filled bulbs their size was
reduced considerably and the No. 5 bulb was introduced. (About the
size of a walnut.) It was designed and timed the same as the former
(Editor's Note: The following collection of stories would have to be seen to be believed. flash lamps so that the peak of the flash comes 2Q milli seconds after the
We wonder if any of you oldtimers could outdo this set of yarns. Any takers? The LOG's current is turned on thru the filament.
• The burning of the wire in the No. 5 bulb did not last long enough
always willing to print them.)
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with the miniature camera with a focal plane shutter. The No. 6
When they yell "coffee time" on an SIU ship, no seafaring man belonging to the SIU Tor use
bulb was introduced to take care of cameras with focal plane shutters.
will ever turn down the chance to have a good cup of Joe, followed by the most interesting By making a lamp containing two sizes of aluminum wire in pioper
stories. Sometimes, though, these sea stories are spiced with, shall we say, "bull"?
proportions it was possible to so control the burning of the aluminum
Often when I walk into the mess **
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wire that it is satisfactory for this use.
hall with my boots on, or with my size of a great dane, sitting on the in a French port after a 40day
Flatness of light or the splash of light on the subject generally asso
pants legs rolled up in order not side of the highway. As I rode by trip. With five seconds to live I ciated with flash photos need not be so if precautions are taken. If
to mess my Salvation Army dun he tried to beat meacross. We could already picture myself an possible, the flash gun should be held off the camera so that the light
garees, the boys look bewildered had a headon collision that scat angel standing gangway watch at striking the subject comes from a slight angle instead of head on. Hav
at me. I feel depressed, because tered motorcycle parts and bones the pearly gates. It's a good thing ing the light bounce off a nearby wall and then on to the subject elimi
I can notice that no one believes all along the highway. I was be I woke up the first time the bosun nates flatness of lighting.
what the other man is talking ginning to lose consciousness, lying called me to turn to before my
Pioper exposure for flash is down to some elementary arithmetic.
about, and maybe that is why I as I was in a heap of mangled limbs plane crashed in an infernal mass Flashbulbs, of different sizes have numbers assigned to them at differ
never tell them about my very nar in a muddy ditch. But never will of flames. I will have to put it this ent speeds and with different films. Just divide the distance between
row escape, the time I well remem I forget the sight of that big fright way, because if I really tell you camera and subject into the assigned number and you have the proper
bered.
ened jackrabbit limping and hop how I survived you would never' opening to set the lens. Until you become expert in the use of flash,^
believe me.
It was a roman: ping across the prairie horizon.
stick to a medium speed film like plus X and a shutter speed of one
...
tic desert night of
Dove For Treasure
To verify this story I will drop
hundredth of a second for flash work. Below is a table for this ver
moon and love around the hall one of these days
Say, did I ever tell about the satile No. 5 bulb and Plus X film.
that is only and show the members my plastic time I was a deep sea diver during
Shutter Speed
Exposure Guide Number
known io those kneecap and four artificial ribs. the depression, working under the
1/50 second
140
that have made At the same time I'll pick up some dark, perilous depths of the ocean?
1/100
100
aii Isthmian trip fantastic fiction novels that I just I was trying to get at the "Titanic"
1/200
80
to the Orient. I love to read.
treasures—a fortune in jewelry, All you have to remember in using the above at the speeds indicated
was escorting an^ Come to think of it, I haven't gold and the first issue of the and with Plus X film is to divide the subject distance into the Exposure
Arabian maiden told the boys about the time I tried LOG." When all of a sudden . . . Guide number and the result is the opening of the lens. For example
home down a cob to work ashore as a test pilot at
Did I hear someone yell, "coffee at 1/100 of a second, the subject is 12 feet away—divide 12 into 100
Iberra
blestone alleyway Muroc Field. One day I was testing time?" Sorry, I will have to huxTy,
and the result is 8. Set the cameia opening at f8 and you are all set
when all of a sudden out of no a super job at 30,000 feet when it roll my pants legs up, put on my for some excellent results.
where appeared four of her hus blew up and tore off my left wing. boots and fall in line.
bands. They surrounded us with I was falling like a T2 anchoring
Ernest H. Iberra
silver daggers hutched in their
hands, hashish on their breath,
ready to tear out my jugular vein.
But, as you know, any SIU man
(1) A light year is a measure of (intensity), (distance), (time),
can handle himself in the most
(velocity)?
awkward situation. So I got real
mad like a dog when there is no
(2) Compared with a land area, a water area (heats faster and cools
faster), (heats faster and cools moie slowly), (heats more slowly and
other way out, and beat them all
off with a big fat pork chop that
cools faster), (heats more slowly and cools more slowly)?
I was carrying around in my back
(3) Who holds the record for the most consecutive years as manager,
pocket. When they saw that pork
of a major league baseball club?
they cringed for fear of contamina
(4) How many people have occupied the post of Secretary of Defense
tion, and turned and ran. As the
in the Cabinet of an American President (19), (4), (33), (ID?
old saying goes, Allah defends
(5) A man has 12 coins, all nickels and dimes, with a face value of
those who defend themselves.
85 cents. How many coins are nickels?
(6) The Boxer Rebellion in 1900 took place in (China), (London),
Texas Trip
(South
Africa), (New York City)?
No, I don't even tell the tough
(7)
Here a
tough mathematical puzzler! Find a twodigit number the
hombres of Texas (although I'm
sum of whose digits is onefourth the number, and such that the num
sure they would believe me), about
ber formed by reversing the digits is 36 greater than the original
the time I was driving across their
number?
state in a motorcycle. There was
(8) The ".Pirates of Penzance" performed their skullduggery along
nothing but a pleasant thought on
the Barbary Coast in the Mediterianean. True or false?
my mind about my peaceful haci
(9) What union label is shown most often on movie screens all over
enda in California, the beautiful
the world?
girls strolling in summer shorts Happy capitulation is shown by M. E; Watson, electrician (2nd, left),
(10) You be the judge. Can a wife claim mental cruelty in a divorce
and lots of pure grape wine for the at his marriage in Emporia, Va. Bridal party includes Clyde Cum
action
because her husband is unable to make enough money to satisfy
mings, deck
engineer, as
best man; Mrs. Malinee Watson,
the bride,
asking.
her?
,
Suddenly I saw an overgrown and Miss Geraldine Jennings, bridesmaid. Watson writes, "This is
(Quiz answers, appear on page 22.)
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happens whfep
a
bachelor
on a
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Tampa."
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SEAFARERS LOG
Friday, Febnuvy fl. 19St
Safe and Sound Aboard The Southland
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By Spike Marlin
TV is a great educational Insti
"Well somebody upstairs must
tution. We have a friend who has have a piece of him" our friend
been highlyeducated about the agreed. "But gettin' back to the
fights through the medium of a Minelli fight, this was a 100 per
TV screen. He finds it more con cent buildup job because Minelli is
genial at home than at the fight quoted at one to five with no tak
eiubs, and the blood bothers him ers."
less that way.
"Now Minelli he's no puncher,
We met our friend the other but he's the best backwards run
day and found him highly indig ner since Bill Robinson. When
nant about a fight which took place they get in the ring, Minelli starts
at Madison Square Garden. "You hookin' and duckin' and clinchin'
see," he says, "the IBC is buildin' and tappin' Saxton in the belly.
up this kid Johnny Saxton to be Then when Johnny starts to throw
a welterweight contender so they his buckshot, Minelli's' got his el
throw him in against this stiff Liv bows in the way. They took more
io Minelli in a main event that you punches than any honest pair of
could smell a week before they elbows shouldexpect. Every time
went on."
Saxton gets real close, Minelli taps
We interrupted to find out what him gently on the chin with a right
is this IBC and what does he mean cross; not hard enough to make
they are building up Saxton?
him mad, but just enough to throw
"The IBC" he explained, "is to him off stride.
boxing what DuPont is to nylon. "Me, I'm enjoyin' this display of
You want nylon you gotta go to boxing skill, but the fans in the
DuPont. Understand?"
Garden are howling. They like
We said we understood.
plenty of ketchup splattered on
Passengers, bottom, and crew of the Flying Enterprise pose with men of the SlUmanned Southland
Buckshot Puncher
their meat. It's the seventh round
in front of the lifeboat that picked them out of the Atlantic. Southland's crewmembers are: (1. to
"Now this kid Saxton" he went already, and I got Minelli ahead
r., top row), B. E. Swearinger, AB; H. Brazell, 2nd mate; D. C. Dulmage, 2nd engineer; H. Nungezer,
on, "is plenty strong and fast with four rounds to two. All of a sud
AB; M. Swisher, 3rd mate; Captain W. P. Lawton; W. Crawford, AB; L. Blizzard (with lifering).
his hands an.d feet. But he's a den the ref stops the fight, because
buckshot puncher. He would do in his opinion Minelli is no match
swell against the side of a barn for Saxton."
but he* doesn't land more'n one in Well what does it all prove? we
20 on a guy's kisser where it asked.
counts. As for building him up, a
• By A Knockout'
year and a half ago when the kid "It proves that these buildup
only had about 18 pro fights they boys get all the breaks," he said.
threw him in against Tough Tony "Here the IBC was settin' Minelli
As a Seafarer who has sailed with shipmates from many states and backgrounds I have Pellone in a Garden main event. up for Saxton like a hunk of cold
Tough Tony, who knew his way turkey, and the turkey is beatin'
long been convinced that we seamen come from every possible walk of life and every "^art around
a ring when this kid was the butcher boy. Now the fight
of the nation. (See LogARhythm on page 17.) Here aboard the Noonday I've satisfied playin' marbles,
left hooks Saxton goes into the records as a knock
my curiosity by conducting a*
all over the place for ten rounds. out for Saxton. Some knockout!
little informal poll, and be Cooper, who posed for clothes overlook "Two Ton" Valois, who, Guess who got the decision?"
You watch in a few weeks they'll
lieve me I've come up with sold by a wellknown firm; and an you guessed it, used to be a We guessed right. Saxton it was. throw him in against another tur
We said that fight promoters had key. I'm layin' odds that when, the
some interesting conclusions. exAir Force fly guy, former cap wrestler by trade.
tain
Ben
Tolbert.
been
known before to develop a announcer introduces him he'll say
Going
on
and
To begin with on this one ship
on, we have an strange interest in the prosperity that he knocked out Livio Minelli
we have guys from 26 different Talking about flying, Billy
in his last fight."
ex oil geologist, of certain fighters.
states. This has posed quite a McGlinn is a pigeon raiser when
Clarence Haun,
problem for our stewards depart he's ashore. A couple of boys
an ex professor,
ment .which has had to satisfy all have the saltwater background,
Irvin P a r b u s
the variety of local tastes in food, too. Tommy Pappas used to pad
(what university
but believe me they've done a fine dle the gondolas in Venice and
Irv?) an excoal
joh. While there's plenty of local John Markkehane is an exFinn
miner, Robert The death of two more Seafarers quest of his mother, the body is
pride aboard, everybody gets along ska mate. Eddie White has had a
lot of experience navigating a bus,
Burton, an ex aboard ships at widely scattered being sent to Maryville, Mo., where
in fine SIU style.
bank employee, points has been reported to the the funeral will be held.
But what really gets me is the while yours truly used to run a
Mace
Bemie Mace; and LOG.
unusual occupations I have turned motion picture projector for a
Brother Joseph Mauer, a mess
even an exbaby sitter (blond, red
up. For example, we have one living.
An unfortunate accident aboard man aboard the Seastar (Triton)
young man named Roger Sullivan We also have an exbusinessman, head or brunette) Chan Kwang. the Potrero Hills (MarTrade) in died, apparently from a heart at
who at one time or another has E. A. Martell, who used to owa a Gh, I mustn't forget our exhill the port of Buenos Aires, Argen tack aboard ship, off the island of
been vocalist with several big bakery; an exnewspaper reporter, billy singer. Curly Garland, the tina, took the life of Burl E. Mc Formosa, south of Japan. Mauer,
name bands. Also in the glamor George Hauser; an expolitician, former brewmaster (home brew) Donald. He fell over the side of who was 45 years old, is survived
field we have an exmodel, Cecil Zeke Zitto, and of course we can't D. Jones, and our exdiesel spe the ship and was drowned in the by his wife, Mrs. Theresa Mauer
cialist, Frank Crider.
harbor. He is survived by his of New Orleans, La. At last report,
There are many others too nu
mother, Mrs. Edna McDonald of
merous to mention, but I will Kansas City, Kansas. At the re burial was to be held on the island
of Formosa.
close by noting Nolan Guidry, who
has just informed us that he is the
disherouter par excellence of
crawfish bisque, Louisiana turkey,
swamp seed. Mobile ice cream and The government, when it under failed to get a constitutional^ ma
the Guidry style of poor, poor boy took the tremendous shipbuilding
jority of votes.
sandwiches.
program of World War II, named
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With all the classy boys on this its Liberty ships after famous
Barbara Freitchie (Liberty Nav
scow, the operator of the slop
Americans. Below are the names
chest states that there must not be of a few SIUcontracted Libertys igation). A resident of Frederick,
Md., during the Civil War, she was
a single Lothario or Casanova
and thumbnail sketches of the per said, according to legend, to have
aboard, as he has not made a sale
waved a union flag at the retreat
of hair tonic, face lotion, face sons whose names they bear.
ing
armies of Stonewall Jackson
cream or talcum powder.
following a military defeat in 1862.
William Brightwell
Joseph Priestley (Bloomfield). Despite historical doubt on the ac
Ship's delegate
Clergyman and chemist (17331804). curacy of the legend, she was im
A native of Leeds, England, he was mortalized in a poem by Whittier.
a minister, tutor and lecturer on
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scientific subjects. His researches
into the nature of air resulted in William James (Bull). Educator
his discovery of dephiogisticated and philosopher (18421910). Born
The membership is again air, now known as oxygen. He in New York City, he attended
cautioned to beware of persons emigrated to the US in 1794, set Harvard and graduated from medi
tling in Northumberland, Pa., and cal school there in 1869. A lec
soliciting funds on ships in be
half of memorials or any other became an active figure in the Uni turer on anatomy at Harvard and
later a professor of philosophy, he
socalled "worthy causes."
tarian church movement.
was founder of the pragmatic theo
No "canshakers" or solici
ry of philosophy and author of
h=TT .
hrr
tors have received authoriza
Richard M. Johnson (Bloomfield). many essays and books expoimding
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tion from SIU headquarters to
—
collect funds. The National US Vice President (17811850). his ideas.
pL
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Foundation for Infantile Born in Kentucky, he was admitted
Bt n3 eavsr.". STAR ns *
Zane Grey (Isthmian). Novelist
Paralysis is the only charitable to the bar in 1^2 and two years
TJSf
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later elected to the state legisla (18751939). Born in Zanesville,
organization which has re
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ture. He commanded a company Ohio, he attended the University
ceived membership endorse
ment. Funds for this cause of riflemen in Canada during the of Pennsylvania and soon after em ,
are collected through normal War of 1812 with England, and was barked en a prolific writing career.
Union channels at the payoff. later named to the US Senate. In His most famous novel was his
Receipts are issued on the spot. 1837. the Senate, elected him US first. Riders of the Purple Sage
vice president when all candidates (1912).
Crewmembers' Variety Spices
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Boards are deferring seamen.
Most skilled seamen ufho comply
luitli Selective Service rales are
being deferred. In ttiis; local
boards demand that seamen
keep them informed of their'
a/hereaboats. The Maritime
Administmrion has provided
formsjbr seamen to usefor
, this purpose. Get the
forms from S.I.U. dis
rpatcbers or yourdiip.
"Can'Shakers^
Have No OK
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Friday^ Febnury 8, 1982
Pace Nfaetem
SEAFARERS LOG
Expects 'Newshop
ToHawhSiULOG
L E TIER S
Calls New Halh
Personnel ^Tops^
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
After visiting the new hall in
I cannot contain my pride in our
Brooklyn for the first time, I find
new streamlined SEAFARERS
that it reminds me of 51 Beaver
LOG.
Street—it's so different! I was es
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
Having first been informed of To the Editor:
I would like to express my
I wish to express through your
The following is a copy of the pecially curious to see the hall
changes in the SIU paper in a let
ter the crew received overseas on thanks for being put on the LOG paper my deepest heartfelt grati letter which was drawn up by the because I was down here in April,
the Paoli, we naturally expected mailing list. Ditto for the wonder tude on behalf of my husband and crew to Captain Tortenson who 1951, picketing the Blackchester
improvements. Our Union has ful job. that this paper is doing for I to the Boston port agent of the was our skipper until illness forced lines while the builders were re
been improving ever since it was organized labor the world over, SIU and to the members of the him to leave the ship. As you can modeling the place. Since then I
chartered in 1938, and especially in plus the fact that it also makes us Boston hall who so quickly an see from the letter, we on the Sea haven't seen it, as I was shipping
recent years.
one of the bestinformed member swered my appeal for blood donors Comet are really going to miss him around here and there, and was on
last week. Our baby son, Stephen because none of us have sailed un a Cities Service tanker for the
• But Brother! When we arrived ships in the world.
I also noticed an article inquir James, now has a much better der a better one, and some of the last six months.
in Beaumont and got some long
Now that I've taken a good look
ing
of the procedureMn applying chance to recover from his illness crew have been sailing for quite a
awaited mail, we thought someone
at the place, I sincerely believe
for
a
discharge
from
the
Army.
and
to
come
home
to
us
from
the
while.
We
hope you
can
forward
a
had sent Uo a cou
This information would be very hospital. During treatment, 15 copy of the LOG with this letter in that the membership can really be
ple of copies of a
much appreciated in my case too. pints of blood were given.
it to the captain at his home in proud of our new headquarters as
big New York
the best building of its kind any
I have 40odd months as a seaman,
I pray that the good Lord will Hampton Bays, L. I.
daily newspaper
^
at least 37
of
these
in
the capacity
bless these men who have given
The text of the message is as where. Besides its beauty and its
by mistake!
fine architectural design, I was
of able seaman. I was a member him that chance. I can truly under follows:
I wouldn't be
very pleased with the efficiency
of the crew of the SS Wild Ranger stand now the meaning of your "Sir:
siurprised to see
and businesslike manner shown
when called for my preinduction union slogan "Brotherhood of the
Brooklyn kids
"The whole SIU and SUP crew by the people who work here.
physical, and a member of the crew Sea" and why my husband has al
peddling S E A
Of the tanker W.E. Downing at the ways been so proud of his mem of this vessel, to a man, having just They are all really on the ball.
FARERS LOGS
learned of the critical condition of
A1 Fabricant
actual time of my induction.
bership in that brotherhood. He's
on the city streets
Lewis
I have been an active member now aboard the Puerto Rico as your wellbeing and the imperative
XXX
at a nice profit
necessity of your leaving us, wish
of the Seafarers International
except for the fact that the LOG Union throughout my entire sea Quartermaster. .
to bid you Godspeed, an early
Mrs. John Hunt recovery and the best of luck for
is published for the membership time, since approximately July,
Dorchester, Mass.
of the SIU—^the Brotherhood of 1944. When my seagoing career
ever.
XXX
the Sea.
"Quite a few of us are oldtimers To the Editor:
was ended abruptly in September,
and wish to go on record, along
I want to let all my brother
We were absolutely astonished 1950, my book was put in retire
with the younger ones, that of all members know that, because of
at its size, its many varied features, ment in good standing.
skippers in our experience you are illness, I am forced to retire my
Any information or assistance
its timely news, its readability and
outstandingly the fairest and most book for a time, but I do hope I
its utter interest! To top it all off you can pass on to me in this mat To the Editor:
shall be able to return if the situa
and proving that it wasn't merely ter will be greatly appreciated. I What with the many new men understanding one.
a special issue or a flash in the pan, also have a dependent mother and starting in on deck, some things "Rarely does a man coming.up tion permits.
the Lake Charles Agent came father, who would equally ap are bound to happen. Take the before the mast like yourself re
Presently I am recovering from
aboard with earlier issues we had preciate any possible assistance. OS on my watch, for example. He's member what things were like in
injuries received
Cpl. Russell Grantham on his first trip to sea and is try their younger days. But you, sir,
missed, and some later issues, all
aboard the Algon
(Editor's Note: Headquarters ing hard to start out on the right seem to have done so and this crew
in the same marvelous vein!
quin "Victory •
which led to hos
I Justfinished working the Sea will send you the information you foot. It took a little doing, but we appreciates it, and gives you, along
requested).
finally got him straightened out on with the above good wishes, the
pitalization at the
farers Puzzle and I missed out on
the ship bells: one ring for star credit you deserve.
USPHS Hospital
i> X X
the first letter "s" in lobscouse,
board,
two
for
port
and
three
for
"May
there
be
more
skippers
in
Staten Island.
meaning a kind of ship's stew—
dead ahead.
like you in the future. .
I got pretty well
but stew is not served as often on
banged up in the
The other night there was a "Signed on behalf of the whole
SIU ships as it was in the days
leg and back and
spray coming over the bow, so the crew."
before SIU. And as for the abbre To the Editor:
Joseph E. Carendier
also underwent
viation "ors," meaning owners
Rneda
We're all at sea on the Seacoral lookout vras shifted to the bridge.
Ship's delegate
treatment in the
risks, I guess I seldom look at and at the rate we're going, we'll When he'relieved me on lookout
psychiatric ward there due to the
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things from an owner's point of have long white beards by the time I told him not to worry much about
XXX
fact
I
was
shaken
up
quite
a
bit.
the
lights
on
the
staiboard,
but
to
view anyway. Not that Seafarers we get home. The crew is all agreed
I would like to say at this time
shouldn't, of course, because most that this is the slowest moving ship be sure to repoit all blinking lights
that the SIU has done and con
of us realize that contracts work under contract with the SIU. We on the port side. "How do I do
tinues to do a wonderful job on be
both ways.
cut through the water with the that?" says he. I showed him the To the Editor:
speaking tube when he yelled over,
half of all of us. It made me very
I prophesy that If kept up to its speed of a tired turtle.
Since you ran that article on
The SS Seacoral will never be "Whafll I do, yell down 'ding tattooing, a lot of people have been proud and happy this past Christ
present standards there will be
ding'?"
mas when I was able to make the
journalistic prizes awarded the known as a greyhound. As a mat
writing me on the subject. I never holiday a happy one for my wife
W. "Woody" Whitford
LOG in the near future, and if it ter of fact its the first ship we
realized
that
people
would
be
so
XXX
and children through the Union
keeps on improving who knows ever sailed where the pistons
interested in having tattoos. I Welfare Fund.
flipped coins for a rest between
what to expect?
think if there Is space in the Union
The $15 sick benefit plus the $25
Thurston Lewis
each revolution of the screw.
hall, it might not be a bad idea to
extra
for the holiday to all men in
It may take us long to get where
put in a tattoo shop.
the hospital enabled me to go out
we're going but at least we're eat To the Editor:
When I'm on the beach, which is
ing well on the way. The stewards
Having received the gift from more often than not, I could lec and buy a little something for the
department from top to bottom is the crew of the Joseph Priestley ture on the art to all the wouldbe family which I knew I would not
have been able to do otherwise.
doing a fine job and Herb Knowles, I would like very much to extend customers.
Other
men in the hospital, from
our
steward,
rates
high
praise.
my
most
heartfelt
thanks
and
ap
To the Editor:
Incidentally, that "Newsletter" other unions, were
not as fortunate
Terry
Paris
preciation
for
both
myself
and
the
and the "Focsle
Fotographeri' sure
I see in the LOG that the sellout
as the Seafarers.
Ship's
delegate
baby.
are hits in the new LOG.
artists in the NMU are getting
It is gracious and both kind of
If some of my former shipmates
XXX
Luis A. Ramirez
ready to pull another doublecross,
the crew to do this nice thing for
get a chance to write to me, I'd
by asking the government to open
XXX
like to hear from them. I'll be at
us at home.
schools and turn out seamen. It
Please
extend
a
coffee
invitation
home at 67 East 106 Street, New
doesn't surprise me because these
to
the
crew
if
they
are
ever
in
York 29. N. Y.
same characters gave us theshaft To the Editor:
Tampa.
Juan S. Rueda
in the last war, when they let the Just wanted to say hello to my
Thank you
ever so much.
To
the
Editor:
government walk ihto their head old shipmatesi and I know the LOG
X X X
Mrs. Pauline Cone
At our last shipboard meeting on
quarters and open a recruiting and is the best way to do that.
(Editor's Note: The crew of the the Fort Hoskins the brothers took
manning office. They may have I'm confined to the hospital here
Priestley,
as reported in the Jan. note of the fact that there were
changed their colors but it smells since June with my ailment that
25 LOG, took up a collection for quite a few men aboard this ship,
like the same old NMU to me.
only time will cure, if luck and Mrs. Cone upon the death of her making their first trip to sea. To the Editor:
Sometimes the younger seamen God are on my side. I'd like to husband aboard ship.)
Some of them are a little green Just a few lines from the Gene
hear from some of my old good
I sail with ask me what I'm
on seamanship and also do not vieve Peterkin, which is still afloat,
down on the NMU for. I'm glad buddies if they get a chance to
know much about how things are although she's a considerably bat
this story appeared because it's write.
tered lady thanks to the mean
run aboard an SIU ship.
George Vourloumis
just the kind of thing that the
It was agreed among the crew storm we ran into on our way
USPHS Hospital
NMU is famous for, letting some
iiiiiiili
members that the older hands across the North Atlantic. We have
77 Warren St.
one else do the job for them, even
should
put a little effort into show to get our port holes and Water
nil"'
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Brighton, Mass.
at the expense of their own mem
ing the new men the ropes so that tight doors repaired as a result
bers.
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they can help live up to SIU slup of the dirty weather we had.
When you see the SIU opening a
board standards and maintain con j I want to warn all brothers go
training school and going down to
ditions as well as do their work in • ing to France .to make sure and
I have any dry cleaning and press
Washington to tell off the govern
a proper manner.
ment boys on how they're giving To the Editor:
With many new men going to I ing done before they leave the
out ships, while the NMU. sits on
sea these days, it would be a good ; States. From what we xperienced
I've been reading the LOG since
Its fanny and does nothing, who its first publication and think it is
idea for this policy to be followed : in the port of Brest it takes your
would you say is doing the right a wonderful piece of work.
aboard all SIU ships. "There will i right arm to have i suit dry
kind of job for seamen?
always be new men coming into ' cleaned here. They charged us
My husband shipped out and so
our industry, perhaps not as many t $3.25 to have a suit cleaned and
That's why I'm down on the I feel bad thinking it won't be com
as now, and its up to the oldtimers pressed and $3.00 for a topcoat.
NMU and I'm not bashful about ing into my home each week, un
^ j
to make siure that every man That's a pretty stiff price for re
'letting some of the boys, who never less you'd be kind enough to put
aboard an SIU ship comes through moving a couple of stains from
set foot on an NMU ship or had me on your mailing list.
your clothes.
Shipmates stand at attention at in true SIU style.
any e.xperiences with that crowd,
Mrs. Marie Saline
T. C. Deal
Albeit Mitche!
find out what the score is.
tEditor's Note: Those LOGs vAll last rites for Seafarer Clarence
.
.,,^,,.ship's
delegst.
iV
SWp's
delegate
Cone aboard
pave Repettq kjeep coming;),
Joseph fricstlnrji,,
Soldier Wants Out, Bouors Thanked Crewmen Laud
Asks Information For Aiding Baby Sick Shipper
III Seafarer
Betires Booh
Novice OS Proves
Beal Bellringer
Somebody Should
Get Out and Push
Tattooing Shop
Proposed in Hq
Seaman^s Widow
Thanhs Crewmen
^
x.
Says tt^s Same
Old NMtf Selloat
Mail Welcomed
Oy ill Brother
Give New Men
Help9 He Urges
This Port Takes
"Em To Cleaners
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The Lady Tosses
Us a Bouquet
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L E I T E R S
Friday, February 8, 1952
Graham^s Skipper.
CaUed^TheBest^
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
Just a line or two to let all of
We Seafarers have accomplished Wilmington Hotel Insurance Agents Draftee Seeking
the brothers know of the best
a great deal in the last few years,
and chief mate sailing to
Disserved Help
Mail From Pals skipper
tout the question is now, where do Nice to Seamen
day.
They
are Captain H, T. Hall
To the
Editor:
To
the
Editor:
we go from here? As long as the
To the Editor:
man
and
Mr.
Bernard Alidor of
We feel one good turn deserves Here's one Seafarer who's all Haying just been drafted into
membership uses the good judg
the
William A. Graham.
they're
ment that they have in the past in another, so here's our pitch.
for any help we can give the in the Army, January 9 to be exact, not the best, they'll do If
until
the
Whenever the brothers are in surance agents who are out on I am in Texas now for my basic best get here. They are strictly
electing officials whose considera
tion for the Seafarers' welfare is Wilmington, Calif., let them stop strike. I think the membership training and will be here for the good Joes. We have been on hero
paramount^ to all other thoughts, at the Wilmington Hotel on East did the right thing by voting $500 next 16 weeks. I would appre since she was brought out of the
"C" Street and cooperate with the and then $750 as they did at the ciate getting the LOG and some boneyard four months ago and it
then we can only go forward.
last meeting. I know from personal letters from former shipmates.
The untiring efforts the various owner, Lube Plant.
only seems yesterday.
port officials have exerted to make She has been cooperative and experience what it is to be an in
Since the LOG is the only way We are on our second trip now,
the members' stay nice to two brother seamen and surance agent, not that I ever was I can let in touch with Leon having gone to good ole Norway
on the beach as myself. I'm sure she'll continue in the business myself but I have "Killer" Hane, Danny Kaim and last trip. We had two wellknown
pleasant as possi to help us, as she has in the past. a cousin who is.
Ben Pritiker, I would be thankful brothers from the Gulf with us on
Richard Abbey
ble can't be prais
The poor guy doesn't have a life if you would print my address. that voyage. One of them was
^
ed enough. Take
he can call his own. He's running
Pvt. Gene R. Sinclair Percy Boyer, a very good pal and
this hall, the Mo Army Vet Finds
around day and night taking care
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running mate of Moon Koon. He
bile SIU Branch:
of his sustomers and looking up
BAH A 10th Trng. Bn. quit us in Houston, claiming it was
If some one had Amazing Change prospects. If he has a bad month,
AAA RTC
too long a trip to India. But he
told me in 1938 To the Editor:
that's just too bad for him, because
Fort Bliss, Texas
wasn't fooling us. We know he
that I would be Having just b ee n discharged the company he works for isn't any
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wanted to get back to the Crescent
sitting here writ from the Army after being in serv better than Prudential; they just
Manley
City so he could be by his old pal
ing this in an ice for a year and a half, I got the don't pay him anything to speak of. Korea Gl Craves Moon.
easy chair, at a glasstopped writ surprise of my Jife when I walked . When I see him and tell him
The other brother was going to
ing table, in an airconditioned hall into the new headquarters build about the conditions and protec Mail From Pals
stay on with us but he had an acci
owned solely by the membership, ing for the first time. For a min tion we have in the SIU he can To the Editor:
dent. He is Charlie (Whitey) Tan
I would have asked the agent to ute I thought that I must be in hardly believe it. He says that the After being in the Army for a
call the paddy wagon. That citi the wrong place, as I had been out white collar guys should go out while over' here in Korea I would
zen would certainly be considered of touch with things in the Union and get the same thing because if like to hear from some of my old
off the beam.
and had no idea that such a beau the sailors can get it, so can they. shipmates.
Not only that, we have our own tiful place existed.
Maybe they will soihe day and if I've been sailing with the SIU
All you can say about it can be they do, they'll have the SIU to since
pool tables, a shuffleboard set, com
1946 and made a lot of
fortable chairs to relax in, couches summed up in one word "phenom thank for part of it.
friends.
Please say hello to all of
to recline on, card tables and vari enal!" It is a real monument to
John Morrissey my pals on the Delta Line, espe
ous table games. . Best of all, our the accomplishments of the SIU
cialy to Monk Kelly. Also, send
j. ^
brothers show pride in their prop and I don't believe that there is
my best regards to Moon Koons in
erty by behaving soberly and in any seamen's headquarters any Oceanstar Has
the New Orleans hall.
responsible manner in our recrea where in the world quite like it.
Pvt. Paul Magro,
When you compare it with what Nice Trip Over
tion room.
R.A. 14371816
we
had
before
over on Stone Street
To the Editor:
Misses Oldsters
E Co
14 Regt 25 Inf Div
I only wish that Brothers Oldin and Beaver Street the difference is Just a few lines to say hello to
APO 25, c/o PM
amazing.
Banks and Scotty Ross were here Some of my old friends in the one and all back home. We're on
San Francisco
the Oceanstar which belongs to
to see the gains we have made,
4" 4 4'
SIU
will
remember
me
as "Stacy."
Triton, out of Houston. We left
call it "From the pine bench on
I've
been
with
the
Union
since
the
19th
of
December
for
Pireaus,
Conception Street to the easy chair
Bosun Speaks On
on S. Lawrence Street in 13 years 1943 working in the steward's de Greece, stopping at the Azores on
partment, and sailed on the shut the way for bunkers. After we got Shipboard Duties
Overtime smiles wreath Curly
of hard struggles."
tie
run
aboard
the
Thomas
Wolfe
Cottrell, (left) and Bill (Pol
our
bunkers
we
set
sail
for
Gran
All these gains come with wages
To the Editor:
with
Marty
Breithoff,
and
Red
lock) Kavitt
after painting 2nd
for the rest of our stores. We ar
four times what we received in
I want to express my congratu
Campbell
among
others.
I
got
to
mate's
room
on Wnfl" A. Gra
rived
here
in
Pireaus
January
19.
1938, and with officials proven to
lations to Charles Hartman, whose
be more honest than our own gov know quite a number of the boys Weather was pretty good on the letter appeared in the December 28 ham.
when I served as organizer on way oyer.
ernment officials. I say thanks, Cities Service, something I've
been We received the new agreement issue of the LOG. I think he has nehill who is a fine man and all
fellows, for a job well done.
fully expressed the views and around union brother. Brother
proud of ever since.
W. H. (Bill) Manley
and copies of the LOG and have a thoughts of every SIU member, Tannehill was elected joint patrol
i was drafted into the Army question about
Article 3, Section 4, especially those that remember the man for Galveston for 1951, but
tit'
after the Korean" War broke out in "work at sea and
men standing sea old days and conditions.
he's got so much sea in his blood
September 1950 and was discharged watches." The agreement
states There is something else I would he gave it up before his time was
He^s Expecting
just a couple of weeks ago because men standing sea watches shall
be like to see appear permanently in up to go back to sea. He did a
of a broken leg. I got it in a foot paid overtime for Sundays and
A Long Voyage
ball game of all places and spent holidays. It doesn't say anything the LOG; that is, a space or col fine job while he was in Galveston
To the Editor:
and we lost a good patrolman
Just a few lines for the LOG to quite a few months in the hospital about Saturday's watches. Do we umn devoted to nondenominational when he started back to sea.
portrayals
or
sermons
on
religion.
with
it.
let all my old shipmates know that
get Saturday's overtime?
Car Crash
T have signed lifelong articles on When I fiirst got into the Army The stewards department on this After all, the Lord is the one we
have
to
thank for
our
health,
hap
they
put
me
with
the
heavy
artil
The
accident
happened when
the vessel of matrimony. The ar
really fine, including a won piness and all our gains. I am sure the mate gave the gang Wednesday
ticles were signed Jan. 2 in Galves lery. Then I was transferred to ship is
derful baker who just Cfin't be that all will agree with me on this. and Friday off during Thanksgiv
ton, Texas. _The skipper is the for the Fort Bragg post band, because beat.
He is William Walker, our I would like to comment on your ing Week while in Houston. I was
was a professional musician be
mer Miss Dorothy Willis of Gal
ship's
delegate.
Our other dele recent letter of the week. I do driving Tannehill and Curly Cotr
veston.
gates
are
Allen
Ellis
for the en
not agree with trell to New Orleans, and just as •
Although I intend to continue
gine
department
and
Hugh
Rough
some of Brother we were coming into Baton Rouge
shipping we expect to have a very
ton for stewards.
Santiago's opin a sharp curve sneaked up on me
prosperous and enjoyable voyage
The officers on the ship are a
ions as to the and we turned over three times.
through life. Who knows, we may
good
bunch from the old man.on
crewmen's duties. It threw Curly and me out of the
even have additional members in
down and things have been run
The bosun espe car and broke. Tannehill's neck.
our crew some day?
ning smoothly. Best wishes to all.
cially should not My car was completely demolished
Oh yes, could you send the LOG
J. A. (Speedy) Rusheed
be elsewhere but I was very Jjucky I didn't break
to me at my new address? Thank
Deck delegate
you.
when raising or my neck again as I did once before
securing gear.
All in 1948. We all want Tannehill to
(Editor's Note:
With the 40
hour
Daniel C. Robinson
know we send our deepest sympa
hands
possible
{Editor's Note: Congratulations!
week in effect, overtime has to be
Braxton
LOG is on its way.)
should be used as thy and best wishe^ for a speedy
paid for Saturday's watches).
per the agreement. I do agree, recovery.
i
t 4" 4'
however, with his statement that ^nother well known brother
some fellows that do not from Gulf on here with us is
Red Cross Fails^
Las Veyas Cdp^n there are
hold their own on board ship. I • Brother Bill (Pollock) Kavitt. He
Crew Fills Bill
Gets High Praise do believe, too, that cooperation is a fine shipmate to sail with.
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
and safety are most important Just a few words of praise to
I wish to offer my heartfelt
We were out on a scheduled 52 points.
the staff of the LOG for the fiiie
Cirignano, in uniform
thanks to the crewmen and officers
day trip, on Isthmian's Las 'Vegas I wrote to the LOG before, on job they are doing in making our
of the Madaket for their generous fore I started sailing. After I suf Victory, but" due to the MEBA's September 7, 1951, on the best way Union paper the best in the world.
help to me on the occasion of my fered my injury I was transferred tactics on the West Coast it turned to get along as bosun. I have been We went on record at the last ship
wife's death. The entire crew to special services and finally dis into slightly less than a six sailing bosun for over five years board meeting to give them a vote
pitched in and donated money so charged late in January.
month's voyage. However, we're and can remember when I got paid of thanks.
that I could fly home for the fun
I met quite a few Seafarers while happy to'report that the master of less than $100 a month for the job. As you can see from the picture
eral. All I can say is I have in the Army, and all of them seem this scow, Mark Suglian, and the I know many oldtimers and mem there is plenty of overtime on this
never sailed with a finer bunch to keep up that attachment to the chief engineer, W. C. Dunn, a bers that will agree my letter is ship. We have painted every room,
of men.
SIU, even though they are in serv BME member, are tops that any well spoken. What I said in my passageway, head and shower on
I would like to say that when ice. They are looking forward to one of us have ever sailed with. letter about cooperation of deck here with plenty of work to do yet.
the chips were down and Ineeded getting out and getting back on They are both t'o oughly coopera and bosun duties may help some WeU enough for this trip. We're
help the American Red Cross failed those good SIU ships:,
tive, congenial, and in our opinion, of our brothers to get along and hoping for all of us to be home
to come through. When I applied
Incidentally, the only thing that there are none better.
understand the best way to get soon.
for aid to their Yokohama office I can see that's lacking in the new We would be most happy to work done aboard ship.
G. B. (Tex) Gillispe
was told that they were not there headquarters is a piano.' But may meet either or both the captaiin I hope to be sailing soon, aiid
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to help seamen. It's another il be I'm a little prejudiced in that and the chief engineer aboard any wish happy sailing and a Happy •: (Editor's Note:
Seafarers on the
lustratio., that as always. Seafarers direction because I've been a mu Isthmian ship or any 6t our SIU New Year to all my old shipmateit Wnu Graham will be glad to leant
have to, and do,' help their own. sician.
contracted vessels.
and friends. Thanks for yotir cards; that Tannehill has recovered from
Ma* Byers
Louis N. Clrlgnano.
Crew, LM Vegas Victory
his injuries J
Gordon,Brax^
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We^ve Gone Far
fit Only 13 Years
SEAFARERS LOG
�Friday, February S, 1952
Pare Twentyone
SEAFARERS LOC
THE
Continuing where we left off in the last issue, we will discuss some
of the functions of lifeboat equipment, and handling of same. One
of the objects which was mentioned in passing, but which plays a very
important role, is the sea anchor. This is a coneshaped canvas bag
with openings at both ends. The larger end is fitted with a bridle
formed by the bails, and swivel for attachment of the holding line.
The tripping line, which is at least two fathoms longer than the hold
ing line, is spliced into a loop in one of the bails near the smaller end.
The sea anchor has four Important functions, which can best be re
called by remembering the "word "hold." These functions are:
(1) H . . . headed. The sea anchor will keep the boat headed into
the sea and wind when the holding line is secured to the bow. In
utilizing the anchor, the holding line is fastened to its swivel. The
anchor is placed in the water and the holding line paid out. Ideally,
the anchor should rest in dead water at the time that the sea begins
to lift the boat. Therefore, the amount of line paid out depends on
the size of the seas.
(2) O . . . oil. When the seas are very heavy the sea anchor is used
to spread oil. The coneshaped storm oil container is inserted through
the mouth pf the sea anchor with the pointed end extending through
the opening. The container is attached by two rings to the two lan
yards provided at the apex of the sea anchor. When the cocks at both
ends of the oil container are slightly open they will spread oil on the
water. This is usually vegetable or animal oil. Since the anchor Is
to windward, the oil helps prevent the seas from breaking and spraying
into the boat.
(3) L.. . . landing. When making a landing on a beach where there
are heavy swells or breakers, the sea anchor may be attached to bow
or stern, depending on how the landing is to be made. Judicious use
of the sea anchor, will prevent the boat from broaching and being
swamped by broadside seas.
(4) D . . . drifting. The sea anchor keeps the boat from drifting
rapidly by acting as a drag when secured anywhere to the boat.
Whether the sea anchor is attached to bow or stem, the point to
remember is that the holding line is secured to that part of the boat
which it is desired to keep into the wind or sea.
If there is no sea anchor available, an emergency substitute can be
rigged up from other lifeboat equipment. A bucket, a provision tank
full of water and properly bridled, several oars lashed together and
weighted, or anything else that will serve as a drag, can fulfill the
purpose.
^
The two signaling mirrors called for in the lifeboat supply list, make
possible a directed beam from the reflection of the sun. They^are a
simple refinement of the hand
mirror that small boys like to
annoy passersby with. One of
the signaling mirrors has a small
P
hole in its center. This is spotted
/
on the sun and the second mirror
held underneath it on a direct
/
line with the sun's rays. Moving
/
the second mirror back and forth
/
gives off a bright flashing signal
/
which is visible to search air
craft.
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The mast and sail carried by
a lifeboat must be kept in a can
vas cover and have proper gear
for rigging. Usually, lifeboats
are equipped with square sails
known as lugs. To set the sail,
a yard attached to its head is
hoisted by a halyard on the lee
side of the mast. The halyard
Use of Signaling Mirror
is fastened to a strop located
about onethird the distance from
the forward end of the yard. Stays are provided in the kit for setting
Up the mast.
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Provisions carried by a lifeboat consist simply enough of hard^ck
or equivalent emergency ration in sealed containers, two pounds for
each person. On passenger ships there is an additional ration of one
pound of condensed milk. Of far greater importance, however, is
the supply of drinking water which amounts to one quart per person.
Water is carried in sealed cans which are specially treated inside to
keep the water fresh. If the outside of the can is covered with a coat
ing of petroleum jelly, the water in it will be good for an indefinite
period of time, as much as eight to ten years.
UBOR
ROUNDUP
A French court has fined two Cleveland companies $500,000 as an
outgrowth of a disastrous ship explosion in Brest almost four years
ago. The blast, from a cargo of ammonium nitrate, which killed 22
and injured 400, paralleled a similar disaster in Texas City, Texas, a
few months earlier . . . An enterprising New York department store
had a new lingerie item on its counters a few days after Captain Carl
sen of Flying Enterprise fame was feted upon his arrival in the city.
"Caliing all damsels who dare to be different" was the pitch for "ship
Coal Safety Hearings — Repre wreck pajamas in a gay fiour sack print, ..."
sentatives of two coal producers
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associations have opposed passage
Four ILO agreements setting minimum working conditions for sea
of a feder^d mine safety law in men have been approved by a US Senate subcommittee. They provide
hearings before a senate labor sub certain basic standards in food preparation and service, experience
committee. The United Mine ratings for cooks, medical exams for all seamen and standards for
Workers is pressing strongly for able seaman certification ... No injuries were reported when the
sudi legislation in the light of the US freighter Thomas Sim Lee hit a mine in the Elbe estuary en route
recent disaster in West Frankfort, to Hamburg. She proceeded to port under her own power . . . Two new
111., which took 119 lives. The Italian Line vessels are being built with prefabricated superstructures
UMW says that present state in made elsewhere to speed up construction time. One superstructure is
spection laws are inadequate and already well along, although the liner has progressed" only as far as
do not have the teeth needed for
enforcement of safety provisions: the keel in her hull construction.
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Brass Blocks AFL — The US
Army in Japan has rejected an
AFL request that Richard Deverall
be admitted to that country as an
AFL representative. Deverall has
worked with unions in the Philip
pines and Thailand on behalf of
the Free Trade Union Committee.
The AFL feels that trade unions
in Japan have been losing ground
and need help to combat increas
ing government restraints and the
growth of communist power. AFL
officials are taking the matter up
with General Ridgway's office in
Tokyo.
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Rail Dispute Still On^—Recom
mendations of a Presidential
emergency board for settlement
of their two year dispute with
the nation's railroads have been
turned down by the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen. At stake
in the dispute are wages, hours,
and working rules covering some
52,000 union members. The rec
ommendations include increases
from 231^ cents to 38 cents an
hour. Center of the dispute is on
the 40 hour week provision and
working rules.
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We Ride Again—The 18 day old
strike of streetcar and bus work
ers in Baltimore came to an end
with an agreement for a 21 cent
increase spread over a three year
period. The strike began when the
company offered the union four
cents an hour as its "top offer."
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Roundtheclock quarantine service for New York and other ports
is again being urged on Congress,.based on claims by major operators
that turnaround time would be speeded for vessels arriving from
foreign ports. The industry would absorb overtime expenses in the
operation, since admittedly these would be minor compared to the
costs of delay between 6 PM and 6 AM when USPHS inspections are
not available . . . US Naval technicians were among observers on the
experimental voyage of the Shell tanker Auris, the world's first mer
chant ship powered by a gas turbine. Successful performance of the
turbine was reported on the maiden run.
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A 30year peak was reached by British shipyards during 1951, with
40 percent of all the world's new tonnage under construction in the
yards of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Though the US, as late
as September, had been fifth, it finished a poor second for the year
as a whole. American yards have a quarter of the work underway
last year in the British Isles . . . The Cunarders Andria and Alsatia,
inaugurating regular freighter sailings from England Feb. 14, both
have captain's quarters in the ship's stack. The dummy stack also
houses the pilot house, radio shack and an observation platform from
which the old man can command a full view of the ship.
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Houston, Texas, maintained its position during 1951 as the nation's
second port for the third straight year. It again surpassed previous
figures in total tonnage, foreign trade, dollar value of cargo and ship
movements . . . Reports of a "floating mine" sighted near the mouth
of Choctawatchee Bay at Pensacola, Fla. have been unconfirmed. A
Coast Guard warning was flashed to all ships in the Gulf area pending
a search ... A $30,000,000 contract has been awarded by the Navy
for conversion of two heavy cruisers into guided missile ships. Suc
cess has already been obtained in test firings of guided missies from
shipboard, according to Navy sources.
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Traffic officials for one major line solved a bothersome problem
—the freight tariff for transporting rhinoceroses—in the absence of
a specific schedule, by posting it at the same rate as "elephants under
six feet high." The tab will run $1,726.50 for two of them on a 40day
junket from Singapore to New York . . . Seventythree years of steam
ship service between Toronto, Queenston and NiagaraOnTheLake
has been suspended by Canada Steamship Lines. It was a 32mile trip
for the 1,850passehger Cayuga, in recent years the only vessel on
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Here 'n There—Building Service the run.
Workers in Manhattan office and
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loft buildings have accepted an Company officials placed the blame for the death of one man and
increase of $3 for a 40 hour week injury to eight more during a routine lifeboat drill aboard the liner
...CIO Textile Workers have re Lurline dockside in Wilmington harbor to accidental shifting of a re
jected requests by several New lease lever which freed the boat from the cables, lowering it. The ac
England companies that they ac cident occurred when the boat was being lowered, and somewhere be
cept wage cuts up to 11V6 cents an tween C and D decks dropped away and smashed hull first into the
hour... Both AFL and CIO unions harbor, caving in the steel bottom.
in Alcoa factories have postponed
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strike action pending Wage Stabil
ization Board recommendations on A ghostlike band ofi robbers appeared out of the jungle near Bogota,
a new contract. .. Amalgamated Colombia, boarded the Magdelena River steamer Napoleon and made
Clothing Workers have increased away into the jungle again with $300 stolen from the master . . . More
hospitalization, surgical and dis substantial "ghosts" were apparently at work in the Mobile Bay Ship
ability benefits for 100,000 workers Channel. When a tug being towed from New Orleans sank in 10 feet
in cotton garment industries .. of water the Coast Guard tied a flag to the wheelhouse protruding from
AFL Paper Makers have added to the water and returned two days later to mark the spot with a buoy.
the insurance strikers kitty with a The tug was gone, however, and the bay has been dragged for over
three weeks now with no sign of the vessel.
$500 donation.
�Back Pay Sieh'^dules
Announced By Co's
mi
H'
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I i
"','1'
Friday. FAniary 8, 1952
SEAFARERS LOG
p«(« TweBtsr4ir»
WELFARE BENEFITS
Board Posted
REPORT NO. 21 •
By Robert Matthews, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
Period covered by this report—Jan. 13Jan. 26
Cash on hand
US Government Bonds
754,023.44
Estimated Accounts Receivabie
150,000.00
Hospitai Benefits Paid in Period
4,490.00
Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950............ 115,692.00
Death Benefits Paid in Period
8,066.67
Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
181,733.33
SIU Headquarters urges all
draft eligible seamen to be'
sure they keep their local Se
lective Service boards posted
on all changes of address
through the use of the post
cards furnished at all SIU
halls and aboard ships.
Failure to keep your draft
board informed of your where
abouts can cause you to be
listed as a delinquent and be
drafted into the services with
out a hearing. The Union in
such cases can do nothing to
aid Seafarers who fail to com
ply.
be handled by mailing checks to
(Continued from page 3)
home
addresses. For further in?
the larger shipping companies are
handling their payments was re formation contact company at 7th
ported in the last issue of the LOG. and Chestnut. Streete, Philadelphia,
Additional information we have re Pa.
Strathmore Shipping Co.: They
ceived since then is as follows:
have made all paymelits already.
Alcoa Steamship Company: Pay
Shipenter Lines: Will be ready
USPHS HOSPITAI.
ment will begin when the entire to pay at end of ship's current
STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK
retroactive payroll is made up. The voyage. Anybody else should apply
15.00
Vincent Assanto
"$15.00 Frank T. CampbeU
15.00
Melvin BaCs
15.00 James B. Ford
order of payment will be the same In writing to company at 19 Rector
15.00
Joseph Bennett
15.00 Lonnie Hall
as the order in which their ships Street, N.Y.C.
Roger
W.
Horton
30.00
Joseph Barron.
30.00
Jlerald
McCarthy
,30.00
Lawrence
Bond
15.00
paid off. Applications for payment Trojan SS Co.: Only money due
1.5.00
Thomas Caffrey
15.00 Leonard Murphy
should be made directly to the New is for those aboard. Men will be
15.00
Sture Chrlstlansson
30.00 Willie L. Outer
Frank
L.
Craig
...
15.00
George
K.
Owens
15.00
York office, 17 Battery Place. paid off at new scale.
Joseph R. Cuelles
30.00 Shirley E. Roundtree
60 00
Checks will be mailed out or paid Western Navigation Co.: They
Ian Cummings
15.00 Clyde Vickers
15.00
Charles DeRoule
15.00 Brantley Young
60.00
in person.
have taken care of payments al
Henry Foy
30.00
Mississippi Shipping Co.: They ready.
Joseph Farrell
30.00
$300.00
Frederick E. Farrell
45.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
expect to begin on March 1. Retro
Roy M. Green
15.00
GALVESTON. TEXAS
active pay form's will be sent to
Hans R. Hanssen
30.00 Nolan Fontcnot
30.00
John
T.
Hawley
15.00
the Union's halls to be filled out
J. H. Hammer
15.00
Rosco Hoby
15.00 Charles Scherhans
45.00
and signed by men hnd then mail
Valton E. Jordon.
30.00
John W. Keenan.
30.00
ed back to the company's main of
$90.00
Charles Kerstens
15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
fice, Hibernia Bank Building, New
Sylvester Kettunen
15.00
SAVANNAH.
GA.
George Kitchen
30.00
Orleans, La. Checks will be mailed
3o!oo
Thomas Kustas
.'
......'. 30.00 Von R. Beverly
out within 48 hours, exclusive of
15.00
Robert Larsen
15.00 Carl D. Loweiy
L.
C.
MUler
15.00
A.
AlcGuigan
30.00
weekends. The company em
in about two months. This will in Perfecto ManguM
(Continued from page 2)
30.00
15.00 J. T. Moore
phasizes that no payments will be setting is contained in assurance to clude all the adjustments which Clifford Middleton J
J.
C.
Musgrove
30.00
15.00
30.00
15.00 John C. Palmer
made on personal applications, the NMU membership that any in the NMU has made so far as to Vic Mllazzo
Domenico LiUo
;
~ 30.00
Alfred
Mueller
30.00
only through the mails, and no crease awarded to unlicensed per catch up on the many inequities Lawrence O'Connell .............. 15.00 Lorace Cowart
.10.00
payments will be made until sonnel of any other union on the which heretofore existed in the Wirnam Osmudsen
15.00
$190.00
John Parra
30.00
March 1.
ST. AGNES HOSPITAL
Joseph Prindezis
30.00
Atlantic and Gulf coasts (the SIU NMU agreement.
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
William
F.
Quigley
15.00
South Atlantic SS Lines: The is the only other union involved)
Sam
Foss
$15.00
James A. Ray
15.00
company has not yet set a date 'or would open up the NMU contract
Juan Rivera
15.00
VETERANS HOSPITAL
Sergio Rivera
15.00
LONG BEACH. CALIF.
payment, but will mail wage "for an immediate wage review."
Juan Rueda
15.00 E. L. Pritchard
$30.00
vouchers to each man's address, to
J. P. Schuler
15.00
Contract Caused Shortages
SEASIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL .
Ralph
Sigler
15.00
be signed and returned. When the An editorial in the same issue
WILMINGTON. CALIF.
Emerson Spaulding
30.00
.. $15.00
signed voucher is received a check
Earl Spear
15.00 Mcrvin Shipley'
of
the
newspaper declared
that
the
HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL '
August Steinman
45.00
will be mailed out. If the voucher
TORRANCE, CALIF.
Albert Sylvester
154)0
comes back because of an incorrect admitted inferiority of NMU con
$15.00
Henry Woods
15.00 Julius E. Parks
tracts
was
responsible
for
that
C. Tsambis
30.00
address, the company will hold It
USPHS HOSPITAL
union's
inability
to
man
its
ships.
BALTIMORE, MD.
for several months and then for
$1,005.00 Warner Allred.
45.00
ward a list of unclaimed wages to The editorial, ditcussing the nego
USPHS HOSPITAL
Thom.is
L.
Ankerson
30.00
MOBILE, ALABAMA
Roland R. Bell
45.00
the Union. For further informa tiations with shipowners, declares:
30.00
R. H. Aldrlch
30.00 Nelson W. Blades
tion contact South Atlantic at the "The committee placed the cards
(Continued from page 5)
15.00
Franklin T. Andrews..
15.00 Frank Blues
on
the
table
some
weeks
back
by
Pedro
DeFranca
30.00
Tim
Burke
30.00
Savannah Bank Building, Savan
pointing out that many difficulties stallation which would be a rela J. H. Jones
30.00
30.00 Donald DuvaU
nah, Ga.
40.00
Allen B. Lynn....;
15.00 Harry Gerle
in recruiting top ratings for ships tively inexpensive safeguard for C.
30.00
Partello
30.00 Theodore Halenda
Actium Shipping, Kea SS Corp.: on all coasts could be traced to valuable cargoes and for the lives
15.00
W. H. Stokes.;
15.00 Eugene R. HaU
Payments will start at the end of various inequities that crept into of crewmembers.
15.00
Harold Westphall
15.00 Thomas J. Hoar
Charles I. Ingram
30.00
next week. Vouchers will be mail contracts completed in past years. ' Meanwhile, the SUP has released
$180.00 Anthony Korsak
15.00
ed to last mailing address. Upon In other words, rated men re the names of the 14 deck depart
Edwin Licber
'. 15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Earl McKendree
1.5,00
BRIGHTON, MASS.
receipt of signed vouchers from turning to the industry preferred ment men who were lost in the
30.00
R. P. Bownam
15.00 Lloyd Miller
the men involved a check will be to sail with unions that gave them sinking of the Pennsylvania. They C.
Jack
D.
Morrison
30.00
R. Collett
15.00
15.00
forwarded.
Edward A. Cooley...:
15.00 Charles Paynb
top conditions rather than sign on are: Fred Krahn, carpenter; Lynn W.
Julius Prochownlk
15.00
S.
Connors
30.00
Seatraders, Ocean Carriers, NMU ships inferior contract terms. Pointexter, bosun; Henry Lems, J. J. Kavanaugh
15.00
15.00 George Schmidt
Leonard"T.
Spivey
60.00,
Zenith, American Merchant Marine In order to lay at reist any mem DM; Lawrence W. Jeannin, DM; Anthony D. Leva
30.00
John
Stanley
30.00 '
Lewis
15.00
Corp.: Most of their employees bership suspicions that the NMU Donald R. Wilkins, DM; Lloyd D. James
55.00
WiUiam J. McKeon
15.00 William Wallace
30.00
have been paid off already. Any might have overlooked something Lignitz, AB; Pedro D.R. Magtulis, George Vourloumis
15.00 Walter Warner
Wallace Wellersdlck
30.00
one who has money due should in its attempt to catch up, that AB; Eino H. Haisanen, AB; Knut
45.00
$165.00 Albert L. WillU
Fred Mertinke
85.00
contact the office, 17 Battery Place. union is assigning a committee of Gatzwiller, AB; Gardar Johanns '
USPHS HOSPITAL .
James Troutner
30.00
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF.
Blackchester Lines: Men should officials to supply its research de son, AB; Akira lida, AB; Eugene
John J. O'Connor
75.00
Gee Cheng
30.00
make application to company of partment with the principle fea J. Jacobsen, OS; Einar O. Nord Carl
E. Erlckson
30.00
$945.00
fice, 139 Broadway.
30.00
tures of all other maritime con ness, OS; and Melvin D. Mullins, Sul Harb
USPHS HOSPITAL
Burley Nankivil
15.00
OS.
SAN
JUAN.
PUERTO
RICO
Dolphin SS Co.: Checks are now tracts. The purpose would be to
Charles Robertson
30.00 Robert Harris
15.00
Peter Smith
30.00 Luige lovlno
being prepared and will be mailed publish a study of all such con
85.00
Frank
M.
Stone
15.00
Eugene G. Plahn
55.00
to seamen's homes. If the checks tracts to show that the NMU is
Quiz Answers
$180.00
coine back they will be sent to the now on a par with the SIU in its
$155.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
(1) Distance. Used for meas
USPHS HOSPITAL
men care of the Union.
contract benefits.
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON
NEW ORLEANS. LA
urements
in
interstellar
space,
it
The NMU is also in the process
Gulf Cargo Carriers, Tramp Car
Francis Gibbins
30.00 Vincente Arjona
$15.00
45.00 Philip Bommarito
30.00
go Carriers: Checks will be mailed of editing a consolidated agree is the distance light travels in a George Lecher
J.T.Bryant
v..
30.00
ment which it says will be ready year at the rate of 186,273 miles
out to the men's homes.
$75.00 WUson O. Cara
30.00
per
second.
FIRLAND
SANATORIUM
James
D.
CardeU
30.00
Liberty Navigation: Payment
SEATTLE, WASH.
Oliver
Celestine
30.00
(2) Heats more slowly and cools Emil Austad
will be taken care of at the pay
$60.00 J. H. Chapelle
30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
more slowly.
off as most of the men involved
Stephen Conner
30.00
NORFOLK. VA.
Rogelio
Cruz
30.00
will be aboard. The Union will be
(3) Connie Mack, who piloted H. Alexanderlan
15.00 Martino DeSalvo
30.00
Bernard B. Bartow
30.00 Arthur Fivek
notified if there is anyone else en
15.00
the Philadelphia Athletics through James
H. Brandon
30.00 Henry Gerdei
15.00
titled to money.
half a century (190150).
Albert Brickhouse
30.00 E. E. Gross
30.00
National Navigation: Lists are
Clyde
W.
Kales
r..
30.00
(4) Only four, all in the Truman
Leo H. Lang
30.00
already made up. Payment will be
Rene LeBlanc
15.00
administration.* The office, cre
made at the payoff in most cases.
Paul
Malarkey
15.00
ated in 1947, has been held by
John Mayrbst
30.00
Others should apply by mail or in
James Forrestal, Louis Johnson,
Sam McDonald
15.00
person to the company at 11 Broad
J.
H.
MeElroy
30.00
George
Marshall
and
currently
by
.Thomas
McLees
45.00
way, Room 1631.
(Continued from page 3)
Lawrence C. Melanson
30.00
Carras Agency: Payments are greatest of any rating, FOW's have Robert Lovett.
M. V. Mobley..;
25.00
not ready yet. The new wage scale also been in tight supply over the (5) Seven.
L. S. Osma
30.00
W. A. Perry
15.00
is being applied to all ships com past few months. Establishment of
(6) China. The Boxers were a
K. Raana
30.00
ing in. They will notify the Union the engine room school waits upon Chinese secret society who prac
Claude A. Ray
30.00
Basil
Savois
15.00
when they are ready to start pay arrangements now being made with ticed a ritual posture known as
Foster B. Shedd
30.00
ments to" men not on their ships SlUcontracted operators to use boxing.
.
N. Straton
15.00
(Continued from page 3)
Fred O. Summerlin
30.00
and will mail cheeky to home ad engine room facilities aboard their (7) 48. Four plus eight is; 12, or
Lomte R. Tickle
30.00
ships.
dresses.
15.00
onefourth the number. 84 is 36 store supplies like hair tonic, lo Horace..H. Tostet
15.00
tions, pipes, tobacco and tobacco P. E. Walsh
Omega Waterways Corp., Pacific Entrants into the AB classes are plus 48.
A. WUlls
30.00
products, shaving kits, candies, Louis
Waterways Corp.: All men have being supplied by the Union with
A.
J.
Woniger
30.00
(8) False. If they did any at toothpaste and similar items.
Joseph W. Wread
15.00
been paid as far as they can tell. a food and lodging allowance dur
Present planning calls for the
Anybody left should make applica ing the course.of their training. All all, it is only in the minds of the
$040.00
tion to their office (Boise Griffin) candidates must have at least one audiences who watch the Gilbert & Sea Chest to be open six days a VETERANS ADMINISTHATTON HOSPITAL
CORAL GABLES. FLA.
90 Broad Street, New York.
year's sea time, and be at least 19 Sullivan operetta by that name. week from 9 AM to 6 PM. On
$15.00
(9) The label of the Interna meeting nights the store will stay John J.wLawton
Palmer Shipping Co.: AU pay years of age. They have to be able
BAYONNE HOSPITAL
BAYONNE. N. J.
ments not disposed of at payoff to pass a physical examination and tional Alliance of Theatrical Stage open later to accommodate Sea
.;... $25.00
will be ready at the end of Febru an eyesight test as well as a test Employees "(AFL) usually appears farers attending the membership Raymond Frye
DEATH BENEFITS
Melvin Brown
$500.00
ary. Money can be picked up at for color blindness. Candidates along with the "credits" in Holly meetings.
Mauer
2,500.00
office, 17 State Street, N. Y.
Suggestions as to the type of ar Joseph
with one year's sea time are enr wood flickers.
Clarence Cone ................... 2,500.00
Mathiasen: They have been pay titled to "blue tickets" if they pass .(10) No, becaufJe all husbands ticles to be carried by the Union Donald E. Sammon............. 2,500.00
. 66.67
ing off on the ships that have come the exam. Three years' sea time 'S suffer from that fault,_the Supreme operated slop chest will be wel Remie Doucette.
.In recently. Other payments will required for a "green ticket" AB. Court of Michigan declared.
$8,066.67
comed.
NMUContinuesWork
To End Inequities'
Radios In All
Lifeboats: CO
Requirement
1^
; •
Third Group
Of Trainees
Pass AB Test
_, i
I f:
11;
Sea Chest
Opens In
New Hq
�Friday, F«l»niary 8, 1958
SE AF AREKS LOG
Fac« Tweniythrca
M ; DIGEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS...
SSACOMIT (CelenUI), Jan. 11—Chair foc'dea and passage ways and mess halls. HalL All repairs' were taken care of at into the fund to be used for Xmas extras tary, Allison Hobart. Treasurers report.
man, NIal Narrla; Sacratary, Frad Briia Cooperation asked In keeping washer New Orleans. Suggestion made to check Discussion on sheets Brbich are too short $73. Motion made for each member to
clean.
steam in all showers as water is too hot. for bunks. .Steward is willing to cooper
Water tight doors should Be fixed on ate by issuing an extra sheet to cover ex
DANIEL H. LOWNSDALE (Isthmian), main deck. ~ All hands were asked to posed part of the bunk.
bring
soap and soap powder boxes out
Jan. i—Chairman, P. Mlllecan; Secretary,
E. Salvador. Delegates reported every of the laundry after using.
ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), Jan. 4—
thing in order. Ship's delegate read lit
Chairman, Tommie Tucker; Secretary,
erature from headquarters on new con
DEL SUD (Mississippi Shipping Co.), Glenn A. Lanier. Delegates reported no
tract gains on wage increase. Mr. chair Dec. 23—Chairman, Tom 'Gould; Secre beefs. Suggestion made to stay out of
WINFIELD S. STRATTON (Bull), Nov. man made a suggestion that the lifeboat tary, L. Brown. S38 was donated to the the mess hall with shorts. Chairman says
13—Chairman, R. Diaz; Secretary, Willlann be checked by ship's delegate. All hands ship's fund. Motion made and carried mess boy has improved but is still lack
Forney. The ship's delegate is to see the were asked to cooperate with the mess that the ship's delegate contact the edi ing in keeping mess room clean. There
captain about having the stewards depart man in keeping the messhall and recrea tor of the LOG and request that at least was a discussion on fans.
ment foc'sles painted. Members decided tion hall clean.
24 copies of the LOG be sent aboard.
to rotate in cleaning the laundry and the
Motion made to start a baseball fund.
STEEL KING (Isthmian), Jan. 23—Chair
recreation room. Urged that all cooper
MONROE (Bull), Jan. 13—Chairman, T. Discussion on the new pay scale and man, J. Hoggie: Secretary, Frederick Ott
ate in keeping both clean.
benefits
and
all
agreed
that
the
SIU
is
Smith; Secretary, Jamet Maguire. Stew
Delegates reported everything okay. The
still and always will be the best in mari ship's delegate asked all mender to help
CAPE HORN (Mississippi), Nov. S— ard reported stalling By company on re time industry.
quest
for
Hobart
Mixer
200A
for
galley.
the permits in teaching them what the
Chairman, Lao Hamilton; Secretary, Frank
Stewart's Utility states that the chief en
SIU ^tands for and to help them out in
L. Bartlatt. Some disputed overtime. gineer
is outspokenly antiunion and has
ANNISTON CITY (Isthmian), Dec. 14 — their work. There was a talk on the
Suggestion made to make use of the made ccntain
statements to that effect. Chairman, Steve Kopuk; Secretary, W. SIU and what it has done in the last
shower curtains when taking a bath. All Ship's
delegate
asked
that
the
crew
co
Fogarty.
Chairman read in full the new few years for the membership.
departments will take turns cleaning operate and abide by the agreement.
gains in contract effective Nov. 1. Sug
laundry.
gestion that ship's delegate see the chief
AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Jan.
ALAMAR (Calmar), Jan. 13—Chairman, mate in regard to putting the ship's hos 9—Chairman, F. Moyer; Secretary, A.
ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping), Jan.
pital
in
an
orderly
condition.
Motion
Batcho. Ship's delegate says milk is be
Chairman, Swanson; Secretary, Samset E. Hogge; Secretary, C. Yearwood. Let
There was a discussion on the menus. ter from New York on the March of made and seconded that a contribution ing wasted. The gear ruined by seas is
Steward was told not to pat two sec Dimes was md and agreed upon. A mo for seamen's friends society be filed and to be checked. Request for new locks on
doors In toilets. Literature on the March
onds on. the same menu. Ship's delegdte tion was made that no one should come discussed on the voyage home.
of Dimes was read to the crew and a
la to see the captain about washing to meals without a shirt of some kind on.
ROBIN MOWBRAY (Robin), Dec. 22 — donation was agreed upon.
A request was made by the chief steward
Chairman,
Slick
Storey;
Secretary,
Jack
that the crew cooperate in taking care
of the gear In the mess room, such as Ross. Delegates reported no beefs. An
PURPLESTAR (Triton), Jan. 4—Chair
aerial is to be installed for the crew ra man,
cups, glasses, dishes, and so on.
Oneal Sikcs; Secretary, Frank C.
dio. SI to be collected from each man Connon.
Motion made and carried to buy
and money to be taken up on first draw, a new iron
STEEL VOYA'CER (Isthmian), Dec. 2^ homeward
from the ship's fund and the
Money is to be used for money to be replaced
Chairman, Joseph A. Heckl; Secretary the benefit bouifd.
by each member of
Tony Comman
of
the
crew.
F. Qulntayo. A motion was made that
the crew at the payoff. A very good talk
Your wife is anxious trying to each
crewmember donate a sum of fifty
was given by Steven Barry to the SIU
cents toward the ship's fund and reim
brothers about the Union and what it
get news of your whereabouts. burse
the electrician out of it for the
means to all men now going to sea. A
Write 3119 Baldwin St., Los An $4.50
owed to him. The carpenter re
point was made for each member to look
ported
that
the
manually
operated
pro
over the old issues of the SEAFARERS
geles 31, Calif.
peller in number 1 lifeboat is not in
LOG and see just what the Union has
workable operation. The ship's delegate
gained for the men going to sea. Repair
said he would speak to the captain about
lists are to be made up and sent in to
Samuel Torina
putting it into shape.
JAMES K. WALKER (Bloomfleld), Dec. the Union and the company. The port
Get in touch with your sister
20—Chairman; A. C. Flynn; Secretary, H. holes are broken and have been put on
list for the last three trips. Bunks
Betty, at 2666 Philip, Detroit 15, CANTICNY (Cities Service), Jan. 7— Krohn; Motion made to prefer charges the
Chairman, C. Calllano; Secretary, An against a membeV for , deserting ship are brojcen and the. lockers need fixing.
Mich.
—
tqnla Gohcalves. Motion made and car without notifying the master or the stew
MARINA (Bull), Jan. 4—Chairman,
ried that each department delegate see ard. The engineer and deick depart
to it that all members of their depart ments will take care of the laundry and Johnson; Secretary, J. Hunsucker. Dele
Joseph Lee
ments attend meetings. A clarification of the stewards department will take care gates reported no beefs. Drains need to
the agreement was given to all new mem of the recreation room. There will not be fixed in the passageways as they are
Your help is being sought in con bers..
A suggestion was made that ship's be any performing allowed and severe stopped up at present. Members want a
nection with accident to Herman delegate and steward's delegate see the. pqnalties will be initiated for refraction new kind of soap powder oA the next
about having a better grade of of this rule.
trip. Side springs for bunks being or
Uriarte onTuskegee Victory. Write steward
dered by the steward.
milk put on board.
E. E. Emmons, Jr., 1095 Market
JUSTO AROSEMENA (Mississippi), Jan.
ROSARIO (Bull), Jan. 4—Chairman,
CASIMIR PULASKI (Eastern), Dec. 29 15—Chairman, C. W. Doggette; Secretary,
St., San Francisco,
—Chairman, Joseph Carello; Secretary, J. Arnold. Talk made on repairs made nec Fred Serrahn; Secrelary^f. Latorre. The
essary
due
to
long
period
of
idleness
water
tastes bad. The chairman says
Paul E. Miller. The ship sailed short
without a bosun from Norfolk to Copen while ship lay in boneyard. Delegate there is a very good baker on board and
J. "Smokey" Sceviour
hagen. The captain put an AB to act as reports such repairs are being made sat asks the steward to make something else
isfactorily^nd with as much haste as pos besides cakes and pies.
Contact Mrs. T. C. Ballard at 606 bosun untU ship arrives" in Copenhagen. sible.
Chief cook reported on the non
A motion was made and carried that one
Conti St., Mobile, regarding your man
QUARTETTE (Carras), Jan. 13—Chair
from each department clean recrea cooperative attitude of skipper concern
Insurance.
tion and laundry room , and that all broth ing the ordering of stores in California man, W. J. Smith; Secretary, P. Fentress.
and
unwillingness
to
have
laundry
done
AU
book members stressed to new mem
ers take on the responsibility of keeping there. Electric iron to be left with chief
bers the reading the new 1952 SEA
the, ship clean in port.
cook when not in use for safe keeping.
FARERS LOG, uptodate literature and
h
Francis Farley
organization material andpamphlets from
RICHARD UPJOHN (Waterman), Jan. ( HEYWOOD BROUN (Victory Carriers), headquarters in the ship's library and
Write your brother Hubert at Chairman,
J. Green; Secretary, C. String Jan. 6—Chairman, Frank t^ncent; Secre on the bulletin board. A vote of thanks
48th St., Union City, N. J.
fellow. Delegates reported no beefs. Dis tary, L. Martin. Motion made that a was extended to the steward's depart
cussion on men not performing their proper gangway watch be maintained at ment for a job well done. Men leaving
proper duties. No one will be paid off all times in foreign ports and that no ship were asked to make sure that their
until all beefs are settled. All crewmem unauthorized persons be allowed aboard. foc'sle is left in clean and shipshape
Frank Rakas, Jr
Deck engineer offered to make any me condition.
Get in touch with your mother bers are tg be sober at the pay off.
chanical repairs necessary for the bene
as soon as possible. Write Pennsyl
fit of the crew.
gnar. A letter was sent' to Robert Mat
thewa on agreement clarification. Report
sent to headquarters on men who missed
ship. Recreation room to be left In a
clean condition and all hands should
carry their cups to the sink. Repair list
drawn up.
PERSONALS
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CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), Dec. 23—
Chairman, J. Morten; Secretary, Smoky
Grabenauer. Delegates reported no beefs.
Discussion on galiey clock. Motion made
WiUiam R. Parks, Jr.
to order new one on arrival in States.
NEVA WEST (Bloomficld), NOV. 25 —
Contact Mr. Lee at 313 W. 28th FELTORE (Ore), Dec. 14—Chairman, Discussion on laundry which is to be kept Chairman,
Buzelewski; Secretary, Paschal.
St., concerning your mother's ill David R, Johnson; Secretary, G. Williams. clean by all hands.
Suggestion made for the radio speaker to
Delegates reported all is well. The beef
EVELYN (Bull), Jan. 19—Chairman, A. be moved away from the 124 bulkhead.
ness.
was brought to the attention of the crew
All hands were asked to close watertight
about keeping the laundry clean. The Anderson; Secretary, E. Dacey. .A sug doors
if seas start coming over before
settlement was that the sanitary man in gestion was made that all crewmembers passageways
get flooded. New men were
who
haven't
put
their
name
on
the
list
Riley Carey
each department take weekly turns clean for the March of Dimes do so right away. asked to read all SIU pamphlets aboard
Write Frank Reeves at SIUSUP ing ib for the crew that uses it to clean A general suggestion was made that each the ship, also advised to read the agree
up after themselves. Complaints of a man watch keep messhall clean. Ship's fund ment before jumping at eonclusions.
New York Hall, 675 4th Ave., going
in crew's lockers, but no one can
was read aiJd accepted.
put the finger on him so far.
Brooklyn 32.
BINGHAMTON VICTORY (Bull), Dec.
JOHN LINO (Isthmian), Jan. 1—Chair 23—Chairman, V. J. Stefanick; Secretary,
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM (Waterman), man, W. Reid; Secretary, E. Telan. Mo C. Backman. A discussion was held on the
Viggo Holton
Jan. S—Chairman, Robert Foreman; Sec tion made to order new (toasters in addi proper way to conduct a meeting, ship
Your sister in Brooklyn wants retary, J. W. Rfelly. Delegates reported tion to a juice extractor. Fresh eggs for ping rules, union constitution, the organ
no beefs. Motion made and carried to the next voyage are needed.
ization and history of Seafarers. Questions
you to contact her. Write S. Soren send vote of confidence to editing staff
were asked on these subjects to test the
of the SlU LOG for their success in hav
sen, 5718 Ft. Hamilton P'way.
AMBERSTAR (Triton), Jan. 6—Chair knowledge of both new and old mem
ing the LOG reach this ship in every port man, Pete Sorano; Secretary, Thomas J. bers.
of call.
Esposite. Motion made to notify chief
CHOCTAW (Waterman), Dee. 23 —
William Edward Kain
engineer to .fix drains and showers on
starboard
side. Motion made to send Chairman, G. Frank; Secretary, L. Pep
OCEAN
STAR
(Triton),
Jan.
13—Chair
Your brother is now sailing, and man, Aba Ellis; Secretary, J. McGoldrick. ship'sdelegate
to captain for clarification per. A vote of thanks was given to the
is trying to get together with you. Motion made to draw a few rules and of ship's articles that v^re signed by the negotiating committee for the benefits
crew.
Discussion
on the condition of the the Seafarers have gained in the new
any
member
found
guilty
breaking
these
Contact him via Seaman's Church rules be fined fifty cents, and this money ship. It was stressed
that the galley and contracts with the steamship companies.
Institute, 25 South St., NYC.
be donated to the March of Dimes at the the ship in general was filthy before the
STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Jan. 5 —
present
crew
boarded
her.
payoff. Suggestion made not to put
Chairman, J. Crawley; Secretary, C. Hor
clothes that you are washing in showers
ANN MARIE (Bull), Doe. 8—Chairman, rath. Men complaining about the food.
to set.
J. HIgglns; Secretary. F. Johnson. Ship's Drains should be opened in the deck de
fund "e'xhausted,
as money was used for partment showers. Motion made that the
DAVID JOHNSON (Mississippi), Dec, 22
patrolman be notified of fhe
—Chairman, Georga Howard," Secretary, a new radio purchased for the crew mess steward's
B. Blackman. The steward extended a room. Suggestion that libraryvbe changed. lack of stores for the full voyage.
The following men have been welcome
the new crewmerabers who Steward and his department were given
McCARVER (Waterman), Jan.
classified 2A by their draft boards; joined the to ship, at
Wilmington. He also a vote of thanks for the fine food they 4 MARTIN
— Chairman, L. VIner; Secretary, T.
stated that too much coffee was being have prepared.
James Vincent Vitale, until July wasted.
Beams. Discussion on India shore crews.
bosun was complimented on
JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), Discussed sending a letter in apprecia
21, 1952; Leo Emanuel Linam, un the nice The
job he did on the broken coffee Jan.
3—Chairman,
Frank
P.
Votto;
Sec
tion
of the new LOG.
The steward asked that the recrea
til July 22, 1952; Peter Mqreni, pot.
tion room be used for bull sessions and retary, Edward Leahy. Motion made by
EVELYN (Bull), Jan. 4—Chairman, Hen
member to have catwalk erected over
until July 16, 1952, and Charles not the mess room.
deck cargo before sailing. Suggestion son; Secretary, E. Dacey. Motion made
John Hilbert, until July 24, 1952.
made to have all members contribute do to have wiper donate $10 to the LOG for
ANNISTON VICTORY (South Atlantic), nation towards the ship's fund. Motion missing ship in New York. The ship's
Jan. i—Chairman, W, Brown; Secretary, made to have the patrolman increase per delegate explained the "March of Dimes"
James Carr Phelan
L. Harris. Delegates reported everything centage of fresh vegetables and fruit and asked the crew to put there names
in good standing. Motion made that no on both ends of the voyage in order on the chart and the amount they wish
James Leo Bain
one shall ^ be allowed to carry garbage to eliminate subsequent shortage;
to give. Collection to be made at the
You haveJbeen classified lA by from the pantry or galley except the
next draw.
department. Motion made and
WALKER D. NINES (Alcoa), Jan.
your local draft board and board steward's
carried that If an.vone killed any rats Chairman, John Thompson; Secretary,
JOHN S. MOSBY (Eastern), Jan. 13—
of appeal.
during this voyage aboitrd ship they Robert D. Niedemeyer. The patrolman Chairman, E. Glbbs; Secretary, C. Jones.
should be kept for proof so as ship could will straighten out the first assistant The crew wishes to thank the negotiating
be fumigated.
engineer about overtime and other mat committee for bringing the scale of wages
Marcus S. Johnson
ters concerning the engine room. The up to the cost of living. A stationary can
Pick up your discharge from the MONROE (Bull), Dec. 23—Chairman, J. steward with the help of the delegates opener should be Installed in the mess
Oquendo, Jr.; Secretary, C. Lablosa. A will' check all mattressei and aprtngs hall.
SS Alice Brown at the Welfare Of letter
was written to headquarters in on the ship. The' quarters and the pas
fice in Headquarters.
BENTS FORT (Cities Service), Dec. 23—
New York giving the names of the two sageways will be sougeed Bbfore enten
Chairman, Dan Veard; Secretary, Allison
meg who were in a fight. The fireman ing port.
Hebert.
Meeting called to elect a new
was hurt. A deck engineer Is badly
' Andy A. Gowder
NMDAKET (Waterman), DM. 17—Chali^ ship's delegate. Beef on no fresh fruit
needed aboard the Monroe.
Max Byers); Secretary, Alonxo Sis drinks with meals. Discussion on keeping
Your discharges and papers are be ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), Jan. « — man.
$13.70 reported in ship's fund messhall chairs and tables clean.
ing held "for you in New Orleans. Chairman, R, Tulvoli Secretary, Vernon trunk.
Dec. 30—Chairman, B. Shuler; Secre
Men voted unanimously to pay « dollar
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donate $1 to the March of Dimes. Motion
made and carried to give the SIU officials
a vote of thanks for the great work
achieved this year and hope that the new
year brings as great a success.
LAS VEGAS VICTORY (Isthmian), Jan.
4—Chairman, Joe Spina. Secretary, Mon
roe C. Gaddy. Ship's delegate reported
everything shipshape. Suggested that the
patrolman contact company officials in re
gard to getting new fans and windscoops
aboard this ship and also having ali fresh
water tanks thoroughly cleaned and ce
mented.
Dec. 21—Chairman, Joe Spina; Secre
tary, Monroe C. Gaddy. Ship's delegate
saw the captain about opening the slop
chest, but no dice until south of Long
Beach. Considerable * conversation about
beef between chief and the cook, how
ever, all was squared away to everyone's
satisfaction.
PUERTd RICO (Bull), Jan. 27—Chair
man, Thurston Lewis; Secretary, Jim
Murphy. Quite a bit of discussion cjn
whether donations to the ship's fund are
voluntary or obligatory. It was pointed
out that Chester Jancowizctz needs $15
more to finishship" model for the hall.
Chief steward reported that he is now
responsible for all ordering of food and
supplies. Any beefs on these items should
be called to his attention.
ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Seas Shipping), Dec.
23—Chairman, T. Tobiassen; Secretary,
W. Pepper. The captain told the men to
paint their own foc'sles on weekends and
put in for overtime. Men on watch told
where coffee and sugar could be found;
also men in the engine department told
about having coffee for the men relieving
them.
ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), Jan. 25—
Chairman, Jack Cosse; Secretary, N.
Sedgeway. Motion made that logs be sent
to the Port of. Spain, Trinidad, so that
the crew could be informed on Union
literature and educational programs. AU
hands agree that the standard of meat in
Trinidad is not good.
KATHRYN (Bull), Jan.' 11—Chairman,
John O'Rouke; Secretary, S. Wcilsen.
Delegates reported no beefs. One crew
member was asked to leave by the chief
mate because of his age. Wipers and deck
department have agreed to sweep out
the wash room daily, taking turns weekly.
COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Jan.
8—Chairman, E. Bell; Secretary, L. Brown.
Rooms of the unlicensed personnel need
sougeeing and painting. Lockers in stew
ard's department need repairs. There
was a suggestion that all hands donate
enough money to buy a new washing
machine.
BRADFORD ISLAN& (Cities Service),
Jan. 12—Chairman, H. Gordon; Secretary,
J. Leiinskl. Treasurer reported $59.17 in
the ship's fund. $52.50 donated to the
March of Dimes. Donations to be collect
ed at payoff.
FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), Jan.
23>—Chairman, S. Holden; Secretary, J.
Thompson. Delegates reported no beefs.
Suggestion that everybody pay up dues
and assessments. $47.60 in the ship's
fund. Suggestion that more coffee and
more cups be left out at night.
ELIZABETH (Bull), Jan. 20—Chairman,
H. Robinson; Secretary, B. Toner. The
ship's delegate read a letter that was for
wa'rded to the New York hall about the
refrigerator, also the correspondence con
cerning the March of Dimes.
THOMAS J. RUSK (Alcoa), Jan. 20—
Chairman, W. McCarthy; Secretary, S.
Solskl. Delegates reported all well. All
members should get to know their jobs.
A vote of thanks was extended to the
chief cook and steward department for
the crew's dinner. Motion made that all
alien work permits be allowed to make
one trip only. This was discussed and
the membership agreed that it was best
for the benefit of the Union.
E. A. BURNETT (Isthmian), Dec. 17—
Chairman, G. Reglsto; Secretary, J. Noldc.
Motion made and carried to move wash
ing machine up amidship. Members de
cided to make up a Ust of the things
needed in the slopchest on the way back
and turn it over to the nest gang.
Jan. 14—Chairman, H. Taylor; Secre
tary, G. Reglsto. Motion made and car
ried for a committee of three to get to
gether with the port purser to see if a
better variety could be obtained for the
slopchest. AU men who failed to go in
watch in France wiU be reported to the
patrolman.
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VACATION PAY BEGINS
LABOR, INDUSTRY SUPPORT BILL TO STABILIZE MARITIME
SIU ANNOUNCES 1ST ANNUAL ART CONTEST
CREW RESPONSE TO POLIO APPEAL INDICATES NEW RECORD DONATION
NMU STILL SEEKS INEQUITY END
STRIKING INSURANCE AGENTS DIG IN
SUP MEETINGS ON BIWEEKLY SCHEDULE NOW
SIU SET FOR VACATION PAY
CO'S SPEED NEW PACT'S BACK PAY
CIGS TO SOU'WESTERS-SEA CHEST HAS 'EM
3 TRAINEE GROUPS NOW ABS
ISLES OWNERS SEEK LIMIT ON DAMAGE PAY
UNHURT IN SHIP MISHAP, JUST MISS AIR CRASH
MERIT MEDAL IS PROPOSED FOR SEAMEN
JINXED APPLEGATE REACHES BOSTON
CREW PACT IDEAS ROLLING INTO HQ
CG ORDRS RADIOS IN LIFEBOATS
ANY PORT IN A STORM--BUT NOT FOR CAMERAS
RAISE SANDMATE FROM NEWARK BAY
ISTHMIAN SELLS THIRD SHIP TO ISRAELI OUTFIT
ILA TUGBOATMEN RENAME BRADLEY
SEAFARER, 76, CAN'T CUT SIU TIES
PR CREWMEN PAY OFF, BACK SAN JUAN BEEF
SET FEB. 29TH FOR LAUNCHING OF 1ST MARINER
GOVT TO RAISE SUNKEN TANKERS
SHIP ONE HAPPY CLAN; YEP! THE CAPTAIN'S
ALASKA CEDAR CRACKS HULL
CONVERSION FOUL-UP
SHOWING THE WAY AGAIN
TOO LATE FOR THEM
HOW SIU TRAINEES PASS GOVT AB EXAMS
WHALE HUNTERS BAG ALBINO, PROVE TALE OF 'MOBY DICK'
NEED DISCHARGES FOR VACATION $S
DEEP DREDGING OF DELAWARE RIVER FOUGHT
ALIENS MUST FILE REPORTS
UPRISING IN NORTH AFRICA STIRS MEMORIES OF SECOND WORLD WAR
SEAFARER'S STRONGMAN DAD, 82 STILL WORKING AS DENTAL SURGEON
TALL TALES FROM THE PACIFIC ADD LUSTER TO COFFEE TIME
CREWMEMBERS' VARIETY SPICES SHIPBOARD LIVING ON NOONDAY
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Govt Sets DrafUDischarge Pol icy Union Votes
Exemptiehs Based On Skill, Rating, Five Years Seatime $750 More To
Adherance To Board's Rules Among Needs For Discharge Ins. Strikers
A guide for seamen on how to secure draft deferments has Skilled seamen in the armed forces of the United States An additioiial $750 boost to
been issued by the National Shipping Authority. The guide, can apply for release from the Army, under a procedure striki..g agents of the multi
prepared by Selective Service, contains a complete explana which has been recently released by the Maritime Adminis million dollar Prudential In
surance Company has been
tration. The procedure ap*^
tion of the steps to be taken by
voted by the membership. The
proximates
what
the
SIU
has
cqntrating
its
efforts
on
securing
a Seafarer if he is to avoid local board.
headquarters meeting of Jan
a
blanket
procedure
for
draft
de
been fighting
for the past
sev
Copies
of
the
guide
containing
being drafted into the army.
ferment, one which would apply uary 16 unanimously approved
One of the more important points full details of the above procedure eral months.
equally
throughout the country. a second contribution over and
are
available
to
Seafarers
in
SIU
Now
that
this
formal
procedure
for Seafarers to keep in mind are
has been issued, the SIU is con At present it is up to the indi above the $500 voted the strik
that he should keep his local draft Headquarters.
vidual draft board to decide ers one month ago, in line
board informed at all times of his
whether or not it wants to ex with the SIU's standing policy
employment, his whereabouts, his
empt a skilled seaman.
mailing address and all other mat
of giving a helping hand to
In order to be eligible for re other unions in their strike
ters dealing with his occupation.
lease from the Army a seaman has battles.
While it is up to the individual
to have a rating and furnish a rec
local draft board to decide whether
ord of five year's past seagping The strikers, members of the
or not to draft a seaman, his
service.
Other information sought AFL Insurance Agents Union, have
chances for exemption will be con
siderably reduced unless he gives
from the seaman is his union affili been pounding the bricks in 33
states since they went out on De
ation, if any.
the board this kind of information.
cember 1. Thus far, the immense
Seafarers should remember that,
The seaman has to supply this ly wealthy insurance company hag
in dealing with a draft board, they
information to his commanding of refused to budge on union de'"
will be dealing with people who
ficer, plus statement of intent to mands. Instead it has allocated
have no sea background. It Is nec
go to sea upon discharge, or face millions of dollars to a national
essary for the Seafarer to explain
recall to service. His request will advertising campaign designed to
his work thoroughly to the board,
then be processed through chan persuade the public to pay insur
to list his occupation, ratings, du
nels to Army Headquarters in ance premiums by mail, and to
ties, the training that he had to go
Washington and then be screened split up the strikers by implying
through to hold that job, and so on.
through the Coast Guard and the that most pf them have gonejiack
In this way board members will
union of which he is a member. to work.
acquire an understanding of the
Actually, despite the company's
Goes to Washington
Importance of the seaman's work
wellpublicized
threats . to^ cancel
to the nation's defense.
Should it then be determined policies if policyholders
let their
Must Stay at Sea
that he is a skilled seaman who payments lapse, an insurance;
un
Deferred seamen are usually
is needed by the industry, the re ion spokesman said that^ thq^r in
placed in Class IIA. This is not a
quest for a discharge will be for surance agents have leqrned'"^pf
permanent category and is good
warded to the Adjutant General several such cases in which ddath
only so long as the seaman is doing
of the Army.
benefits were paid by the company.
vital work in the eyes of the draft
If the seaman's discharge is He
ridiculed company statements
board.
granted, it is up to him to report on the
to work" movement,
The amount of time for which
to the Union hiring hall immedi saying, "back
"Why
thej^ claimed that
a local draft board will defer a
ately and keep his draft board and 5,000 agents have gone back td
seaman varies considerably. It will
the National Shipping Authority work in New York State.' "thferfe's
seldom run more than a year at
fully informed of his employment only
3,500 agents in the'wh old
most, and sometimes is as little as
record at all times.
state
to begin with."
three months. Consequently it is
SIUmembers in the Army who
Other Unions Help
very important for the Seafarer to
have written headquarters asking
keep in contant touch with his
Other AFL unions are
coming to
for assistance in securing their re
draft board even after he has re
the aid of the strikers. In New
lease
have
been
sent
copies
of
ceived a Ila classification so that Contract snggestion forms for SIU ships crews are run off on offset the instruction form distributed by Jersey where the home office of
he can secure renewid of that press by Frank Bose. headquarters employee.
the Maritime Administration. Any the company is located, repre
rating.
other Seafarers in the armed sentatives of more than one mil
Should a seaman be placed in Seafarers throughout the world were deep in thought this forces who are interested can se lion AFL trade unionists in tho
Class 1A, he can appeal the classi week. Crews of all SIU ships are currently holding depart cure these instruction forms by northern part of the state are mak
fication by writing to his local ment meetings on proposals for new 1952 contract demands. sending a request to headquarters.
(Continued on page 23)
board. This must be done within
The
sessions
got
underway'
ten days of receiving notice of clas
sification if the seaman is in the after the SIU mailed out three
US. If outside qf the country he copies of the existing Contract,
has 60 days in which to file appeal.
An appeal automatically goes to an plus suggestion forms to every
Faced with sailing delays on a considerable number of its ships due to the lack of rated
appeal board, which will issue a SIU ship.
classification. If the appeal board Arrangements have been made men, the National Maritime Union is asking the government to reopen the World War II
again classifies the seaman as 1A,
training setup.
he has no other recourse, except if in headquarters to handle the sug
Terming its plea a program, the a costly and cumbersome program nickel and has been set up at a
there is a dissenting vote on the gestion forms when they are
minimum cost to the Union witb
to train merchant seamen.
NMU seeks to abandon to the Mari
appeal board. In that case he can mailed back. A file has been set
maximum speed and efficiency for
No Surprise
appeal to the president through his up for easy access by the negoti time Administration the union's
the men. Further, under the SIU
Commenting
on
the NMU's posi
ating committee, so that the com job of supplying men for its con tion, SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall program, men . already'in the Indus*
mittee can study the suggestions tracted vessels. The move by the declared: "The NMU'sbuckpass try will receive the training.
NMU has brought general opposi
He said that the NMU's attitud#
and formulate 1952 contract de tion from most of the nation's mari ing, donothing act;ion is no sur
Jon. 25. 1952
Vol. XIV. No. 2
prise. It's the sort of thing they've of "Let Uncle Sam Do It" means
mands on that basis.
time unions who well remember had a reputation for a long time. the union has abandoned one of its
As I See It
Page 11
Suggestions Sought
the War Shipping Administration's They would rather let the Maritime primary functions to the govern
Burly
Page 21
The contracts and suggestion attempts to hamstring maritime Administration assume their job of ment. The. Maritime Administra
Crossword Puzzle
Page 10 forms were sent out by airmail unionr during World War II. At furnishing men than step out and tion would be training hundreds
Did You Know.Page 16 with a covering letter to all ships' that time the NMU cooperated with do something for their members. and perhaps thousands of seamen
the government to the extent of "As usual just as it was with at the government's expense and
Editorial
Page 11 delegates poiifting out that the throwing
open its branch facilities
Inquiring Seafarer
Page 10 Headquarters Negotiating Commit to the Recruiting and Manning Of contract conditions, the draft prob once the schools are open, bureau
lem and other issues, the SIU is cratic. Job holders would be reluc
In The Wake
Page 10 tee will be able to improve the fice of theWSA. The action was carrying the ball for all seamen." tant to close the schools and lose
Labor Boundup
Page 21 present agreement after it re part of the then communistdomi
The SIU program, he pointed their jobs, whether the men trained
Letters
Pages 19, 20 ceives sound and practical sugges nated NMU's policy of forsaking out, will not cost the government a were needed or not.
its role as a union to do all possible
Letter Of The Week... Page 11 tions as to shipboard improve to help the Russian war effort.
ments, changes in working rules
Maritime
Page 21 and all other matters which fall The SIU, which has not had any
Meet The Seafarer.... Page 10 within the scope of the agreement. of its ships delayed, termed the
Thanks to the staunch membership backing of the LOG, which
On The Job
Page 21 Each ship received copies of the NMU move a "buck passing, do
has
helped immeasurably in putting out a better and newsier
nothing" act
typical
of
that
union.
agreement
which
applies
to
that
Personals
Page 23
paper, beginning with this issue three LOGs will be airmailed to
particular
vessel,.be
it
freighter,
The SIU
has already
taken steps
Ships' Minutes...
Page 23 tanker or special, such as the sand
to furnish additional trained men every SlUcontracted ship, one copy for each of the three ship
Ten Years Ago
Page 10 boats.
for the merchant fleet should any board departments.
The membership's response to the new LOG has been most
Top Of The News....'. Page 6
The present contract expires on greater demand for manpower de
gratifying.
With their full support it is now possible to increase
Washington News
velop.
The
SIU
training
school,
September 30, 1952, but negotia
Letter.
Page 4 tions get underway sixty days be now in operation will turn out the airmail distribution of LOGs to all SIU ships round the world.
Seafarers who do not receive any LOGs when their ship touches
Welfare Benefits
Page 22 fore that on July 30. With the qualified men for all departments
port should notify Headquarters as soon as poseible. No effort
within
a
short
time.
help
of
the
suggestion
forms
the
Published biweekly, at the headquarters
ef the Seafarers International Union, At Union will be able to entet; into
Under the NMU's proposals, the is being spared to get these airmail copies to th ; correct port in
lantic A Gulf Olttrict, AFL, «75 Fourth negotiations fully prepared on all
advance, so that members can be kept fully tip to date on the
union would take no action itself
Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel. STerMng
Union's activities.
• 4471. Entered as second class matter points where the contract needs to meet the need, but would leave
at the Post Office In Brooklyn, N. Y« improvement.
• it to the^government to embark on
under ttie Act of August 2,4, |fl2..,^;
Crews Begin Huddles
On 1952 Pact Ideas
Can't Sail 'em; Open US Schools: NMU
SEAFARERS LOG
Three E40Os Sent to Each Ship
m
�fMdajr. JaasifT <8/i»8«
F»re l%tc«
SEAFAREkS LOG
Pay Rise^ Vacations Approved
Ready Back Pay; Vacation
$ Held OH For
US Ruling
Approval by the Wage Stabilization Board of the latest SIU contract has put the
new wage scale and the 40hour week in effect as of November 1. The approval was
announced in a letter sent the SIU on January 10th and received on January 14th.
• The WSB also gave its okay to the vacation plan, but pay
ment of vacation money is waiting on legal review by the
Department of
Justice.
The method of handling re
The decision means that all this precaution because, in the
troactive payment by several
of the major steamship compa
Seafarers paying off from now past, some vacation plans which
nies is listed in the adjoining on will collect wages on the have some resemblance to this one
story. Additional information basis of the new scale and the 40 have run into legal difficulties.
on this score will be published hour week at sea. In addition, Since there is no other plan ex
' in the next issue of the LOG. retroactive money will be due from actly like the SIU's, either in this
In most instances, the steam
many of the shipping companies industry or any other, there is no
ship companies have indicated from those Seafarers who signed legal precedent to go by in judg
that it will take several weeks on for trips after November 1, 1951. ing it. Clearing the details of the
before they will have their re A few of the companies have been plai with the Department of Jus
troactive pay setup working paying the increase all along, but tice could save a lot of potential
smoothly. Seafarers are urged the majority of operators were headaches later on and assure the
A section of the first training school class that Is now takinf the
to be 'patient, as there will be running their ships on the basis uninterrupted functioning of the
Coast Guard examination is' shown preparing to lower away a life
delays In many cases before of the old wage scale pending the vacation payments once they get
boat from the deck of the Puerto Rico during the course of lifeboat
they can collect the money. . arrival of official word from Wash under way.
exercises at the Bull Line docks near SlU headquarters.
In the interim, the Union has
ington.
The new wage rate represents a made all the necessary prepara
6.2 percent increase on the basis tions for payment of the liTdney.
of wages in effect on January 1, Forms have been printed and sent
1950. It is in addition to a 6.38
(Continued on page 22)
percent increase won in October
1950. In dollars and cents, the in
crease means a monthly base scale
of $262.89 for AB's as against
With two classes completing the course of instruction and a third starting this Monday, $248.41. The overtime rate has
been increased to $1.29 for men
the SIU deck training school is well under way as a going operation. Members of the first earning
less than $277.30 per
class are already going through their Coast Guard examinations, while the second class month. The
overtime rate for men
Jhade their applications forf
above that figure is now $1.63
the AB ticket yesterday at the ments are being made therefore, He must also pass a color vision hourly.
Coast Guard.
Vacation Clearance
to clear all entrants to the classes test. One year's sea time, based
Since the Coast Guard procedure when the course starts.
on 12 calendar months of 30 days, While the wage and hours pait With the livelihood of 20,000
takes several days, from applica
is the minimum time required.
of the contract is now fully in ef workers at stake, the SIU affili
Basks Raquirements
tion, through physical examination The basic requirements for an Under the present Coast Guard fect, and the /acation .plan has ated Cannery Workers Union has
and the actual taking of the two AB certificate are that the appli setup, the men first have to make been approved, the Union is hold taken its fight on imported tuna
exams, the second class of ten men cant shall be at least 19 years of application for their tickets at ing up on the latter because it to Washington. President James
will be starting through the Coast age, pass a vision test with a which time they enter their dis wants full assurance that the oper Waugh of the union is currently in
Guard procedure before the first minimum of 20/20 vision in one charges showing that they meet the ation of the vacation plan is 100 the nation's capitol campaigning
group will have completed the two eye and 20/40 vision in the other, minimum requirements as to sea percent legal. Consequently, the for tariff increases which would
examinations for lifeboat and AB. with or without glasses, and be able time. They also have to show their Department of Justice has been protect American workers from
Within a couple of weeks, however, to read at least 20/40 with one eye seamen's papere. Then they go to requested to issue an opinion as the growing flood of imported tuna.
the school will be able to turn out and 20/70 in the other without the United States Public Health to the legality of the vacation pay A bill* has already passed the
graduates on an assemblyline glasses if the applicant wears them.
procedure; The Union is taking House of Representatives imposing
(Continued on page 22)
a three cents a pound tariff on
basis at the rate of 10 to 12 men
dutyfree fresh and frozen tuna.
weekly, ,
'
The Senate Finance Committee is
Taking into account the food and
scheduled to begin hearings on
lodging allowance which the Union
this measure
is granting the men during their
shortly. Also be
course of training, the Union esti
ing
sought is an
mates it will cost about $50 per
increase in exist
inan to turn out an AB.'
ing duty on
Washington—The US Maritime Administration was raked over the coals by the SIU for
Some of^the men in the first
b r i n epacked
group ran into snags on the physi its foulup of'the manpower problem at a recent conference of AFL sea unions and govern
tima along with
cal examination or lacked the pa ment officials. The conference was called to discuss the critical shortage of skilled seamen.
other types of
pers, and on other qualifications • The SiU representatives. Inter
canned tuna. A
required before they would be national VicePresidents Paul Hall that the Maritime Administration ministrator, was for the purpose
hearing on this
permitted to take exam. Arrange and Morris Weisberger, contended had not made realistic ship alloca of finding ways and means of solv
score will be
Waugh
tions under GA.V charter, and had ing a shortage of ratings on cer
held by the US
failed to give adequate considera tain GAA ships which had held up Tariff Commission on January 29.
tion to the SIU's manpower sur a considerable number of such Waugh said that unless the sit
Ships in recent weeks. However, uation is remedied, AFL fishermen
plus.
the SIU delegation pointed out that and cannery workers in California
Ask Blanket Deferment
ifepresentatives of ~ Selective since the start of the Korean war, will be in desperate trouble. "Over
Service who also attended the con the SIU has a record of manning 300 tuna fishing vessels and thou
ference, held here on January 21, virtually every one of iis ships on '^ands of cannery workers in South
were told that a blanket deferment time with a full complement of ern California are now idle" he
Another set of ship allocations out of the government re should
said. He indicated that failure to
be granted to all rated sea seamen. =
serve fleet has brought seven ships to companies under con men. In addition
the SIU proposed "In fact," Hall said, "we are at take action would put the Ameri
tract to the SIU. The seven were out of a total of 40 released that all skilled Seafarers now in a .loss to understand why we were can tuna industiy on the rocks.
by the Maritime Administra
Tuna Flood
the armed forces should be re ever even called to the conference.
tion, once again not in propor ceiving a just proportion of the leased immediately.
The Cannery Workers president
We have had no manpower prob
tion to the SIU's ability to boneyard fleet as these ships are In revealing the Union's posi lems and are well prepared to meet pointed out that imports of foreign
tuna had risen from 2,983 tons in
tion, Hall said, "the Maritime all future needs.
man additional vessels.
being released and crewed up.
With this allocation, there are Of the most recent 40 ship al Administration screams of short "If GAA vessels assigned to op 1946 to 50;000 tons in 1951, all of
now a total of 508 ships operat location total, 25 were distributed ages while we sit on a surplus of erators under contract to other it duty free. Brine packed tuna,
ing under the terms of the Na on Jami'ary 16 and the other 15~on. rated men. If the Mar'time Ad maritime unions are held up, while which is subject to small duties
tional Shipping Authority's GAA January 19. One ship each went ministration means business, let it we have ample manpower to man has also flooded the country, with
charter. Of this total 116 ships to Alcoa, Eastern, Mississippi, find the obvious solution to its all our ships on time, then the only more than 20 times as much com
conclusion we can arrive at is that ing in last year than in 1946.
are being manned by Seafarers South Atlantic and Waterman on problems.
"They
have
a
shortage
of
men.
the
Maritime Administration is In response to the Cannery
with the remainder going to other January 16. The Bull Line and
Unions. This is just slightly bet Alcoa got the two ships allocated We have a surplus. It is the Mari muffing the manpower problem on Workers appeal for support, the
SIU has communicated with the
time administration's obvious and general agency ships."
ter than 20 percent of the total the SIU on the 19th.
Tariff Commission and members
Training Program
number of ships involved.
An interesting feature of these clearcut responsibility to get these
of the Senate Finance Committee
The
Union
further
emphasized
men on ships
where they
are badly
For some time now the Union allocations is that there are sev
that it had brought many members asking them to support the above
has contended that the allocations eral C1 types included. Recent needed."
The conference, called by Ad out of retirement and is! currently listed proposals so as to save the
to date have not been distributed allocations have been Libertys ex
Jobs of American workers.
(ContiQued on page 22)
miral E. L. Cbchrane, maritime ad
fairly,, and. that the SlITds not rer clusively.
BaeUPay Story
1st AB Trainees Sit For
Exams; 3rd Class Forms
SIU Canners
Seek Tuna Aid
In Washington
'Govt Fouled Up Ship Manning/
SIU Tells Washington Meeting
Latest US Ship Allocation
Bypasses SiU Manning Pool
�• "
'
• • ,
Friday, Jannary tS, 195X
SEAFAkERS, LOG
Paffe Fonr
Canadian SlU
Building New
Hall At Falls
SIU NEWSLETTER
from WASHINGTON
e
Excavation work is already
underway, on a brand new
home for Canadian District
SIU Seafarers sailing on the
Great Lakes. The new head
quarters is being. constructed
in Thorold, Ontario, just east
of the Welland Canal near
Niagara Falls. ,
Dispatcher Marty BreithoflF looks puzded as he tries to figure out
The, new building, which will who's who of the Rocafort twins. In case you're wondering, its
cost approximately $100,000, will Carlos Fernando on the left. Fernando Carlos on the right. Both
feature a 200 bed hostel, a cafe
sail on tiie cruise ship Puerto Rico.
teria, bowling alleys, recreation
rooms, a library and an outdoor
baseball diamond. Modern dis
patching facilities and a school for
training seamen are included in
the plans for the hall.
The hall is located just north of
the town adjacent to the twin
The present period continues to be one of substantial preparation
locks of the Welland Canal, one When the purser of the Bull Line ship Puerto Rico hands and progress towards our goal of readiness for defense of the nation.
of the heaviesttraveled waterways out the draws to crewmembers these days, he is doubly careful Unfortunately, although defense production has been steadily expanded
in North America. It is another
and the productive capacity of our defense and supporting industries
step in the Canadian District's an when the name "Rocafort" comes up. For he has to make has been broadened, too little, attention is being paid to shipbuilding^
nounced plan for new halls in all sure that the right Rocafort •
and the part played by ships in total* warl
Its ports.
gets the money, otherwise his a headquarters official riled up be
Admiral E. L. Cochrane, Maritime Administrator, will forcefully
One attraction of the hall's lo accounts will be slightly cause he thought that Fernando bring this to the attention of the Congress within the next few weeks.
cation is that it will make it pos scrambled.
had quit the SS Puerto Rico.
He and his crew will be called before the House Appropriations Com
sible for Lakes seamen to walk off The Puerto Rico's purser is not Actually the two brothers fea mittee
to give an accounting of their stewardship in relation to the
their ships right into the hall it the only one who is confused. The tures are not identical when seen American
merchant marine. At this meeting. Admiral Cochrane will
self.
two Rocafort twins, Carlos Fer close together, and they are some take occasion to urge the contiiluation of a shipbuilding program to
Considerable delay was encoun nando and Fernando Carlos have what different in height and
the merchant ships constructed en masse in this country dur
tered by the Canadian SIU in been confusing people for years weight. Th^ resemblance is close replace
ing
World
War II.
building the hall because of legal because of their strong resem enough, however, to puzzle Feman
blocks thrown up by the town blance to each other. And some do's wife who sometimes can't tell
council. As a result, the Canadian times when the occasion arises, ;.er husband from her brotherin
A direct freight shipping service between Seville, Spain, and the
District had to go to court to se they will stand in for each other law.
Great Lakes ports of Canada and (he United States has been started
cure title for the land and a build without anyone being the wiser.
by the Fabre Line (French).. This new service was inaugurated by the
It, may make for difficulties for
ing permit.
The fact that they work together other people, but as far as the cargo vessels Kollbryn and the Cygnus.
on the same ship in the same de brothers are concerned, they plan It is understood this is the first direct service ever made from Spain
partment doesn't help matters any. to sail together from now on in. to Great Lakes ports, previous shipments having been transshipped
at Montreal; Canada.
However, the two Seafarers, 46 After being together for quite
^
$
years of age, demolished that old while they would miss out on a lot
adage about twins always doing the of fun if they separated noiy.
The territory of Guam is looking for a merchant fleet that will make
same things together. Carlos has
this American possession its home port in the Far Western Pacific.
been working on ships since 1927
Ships under Guam registry would be in a similar category with
The Masters, Mates and Pilots, and has been an SIU member for
those
under Panamanian registry, with only the master required to be
AFL have notified Moscow that more than" ten years. Fernando
an American citizen.
they will be glad to attend a mari was in business up until a few
time conference there — provided years ago when he came into the
Seafarers on thepayroll of
Legislation authorizing the Isbrandtsen Company, Inc., of New York,
Stalin and Co. are no longer run Union in 1947. Carlos' son is also
a ship while in port should to purchase a Governmentowned Victorytype vessel, to replace the
ning the show. Captain Charles F. with the SIU, sailing in the stew
make sure to get discharges Flying Enterprise, which sank off the English coast recently, has been
May, president of the union, re ards department.
from the skipper for port time introduced in Congress. With the feeling still running high in favor
plied in this manner to an invita
Both men are currently working as well as for the time spent of Isbrandtsen, Congress may be in a mood to pass the bill.
tion from the leftwing World Fed
at sea.
eration of Trade Unions to attend in the Puerto Rico's stewards de
However, the importance of this particular legislation lies in the
an "economic world conference" in partment, Carlos as crew cook
Failure to get such dis
possibility that
it might crack the Government's ship sales policy. The
and Fernando as second pan
Moscow in the spring.
charges will mean that. the many thousands of vessels built during World War II by this country
The MM&P president wrote that tryman.
Seafarer won't be able to get were available for sale under the Ship Sales Act of 1946. But, this
Pranksters
it would be a good idea to compare
credit for the port time toward
particular Act is no longer effective, with the ship sales authority
conditions of seamen in the west The brothers like to play pranks his vacation money. This could having terminated on January 15, 1951.
em democracies with those exist on people by posing as each other. mean that a man would lose
It is expected that some elements in the maritime industry will
ing in communist countries. How Sometimes though, the joke back
out on some of the vacation oppose
the Isbrandtsen ship bill on the ground that it would tend to
ever, he charged that under So fires, such as the time that some
dough. Such being the case, break the ship sales
formula, and open^up the whole law once again.
viet auspices, such a conference body tried to collect money from every Seafarer owes it to him
t
t
*
could only be used as a propa Carlos4hat Fernando owed him, or self to get a discharge for port
ganda attack on the US.
the other occasion when Carlos got time worked.
Government regulations as to "deductible spaces" on vessels were
developed many years ago at a time when seagoing vessels were pro
pelled by sails and paddle wheels. As a result, the Navy Department
believes tfiat the continued application of these antiquated measure
The Lady Wins Some New Admirers
ment rules will subordinate modern trends and achievements in naval
architecture and marine engineering to the archaic measurement re .
quirements of the early days.
Navy officials say that the large high speed diesel tankers under
construction provide an appropriate example of the effect of these
rules on ship design. Greater cargo carrying capacity, more economical
propulsion, and an improved allaround design; they contend, would be
achieved if the machinery space in the stem was smaller and the cargo
oil tanks shifted farther aft.
Rocafort Twins Find
If Confusing Amusin'
is' •
ii
I i ri;
m
liS'^
The Second Session of the 82nd Congress, already nearly three
weeks old, should be a short one, possibly quitting early in July in time
for the Democratic and Republican conventions. This is a "presiden
tial year" when Congressional partisan spirit runs high, with politicians
striving for high stakes.
Because of this and the prospect of early adjournment, those in
terested in pushing maritime legislation in this current Congress will
have to hurry along.
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steamship operators to aid in the international movement of goods.
The privatelyowned American merchant fleet has not been able to
take care of these total needs.
The 512 Government ships now in operation employ fn the neighbor
hood of 20,000 officers and seamen. Forty^rCight American steamship
companies have been appointed by NSA to handle the actual operation
of this vast Governmentowned heet.
Revenues derived from NSA operations are expected to exceed ex
penditures of NSA by 99 million dollars within the next year.
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American flag steamship operators holding subsidy contracts with
the Government see hope for fulfillment of those contracts in the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1952, on the basis of the budget sent to Con
gress by President Truman earlier this week.
The budget would provide a total of 1,650 subsidized voyages during
the year as compared to the present figure of 1,522 for last year, of
which latter figure 307 are earmarked for those companies who, on
July 1, 1951, had no subsidy agreements with tbe Government.
The 1953 budget also estimates a total of $140,000,000 for ship con
struction during the year beginning July 1, 1952, but this money al
ready has been obligated by the Maritime Administration on the exist
ing shipbuilding program, with no new vessels' included. It is expected
that President Truman, later this year, will ask Congress for a supple
mental appropriation to cover ^ pew building prograni.
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Call bar during a tour of SIU headquarters. Accompanying the Senator are (left to right), Patrick
Connally, executive vicepres., Int'l Longshoremen's Assn.; SIU SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall and
Senator Chavez', son.
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SEAFARERS LOG
rSIU In Canada
Seeks 40Hour
Week In Fleet
Abandon SearcA
For 45Af oil Crew
Of Pennsylvania
With six 40hour work week
agreements under its belt, the
SIU's Canadian District has
All hope for survivors of the SUPcontracted Pennsylvania
opened negotiations with its
was abandoned as the Coast Guard gave up its search for the
operators to extend the 40
45 or 46 missing crewmembers, 14 of them members of the
hour week throughout Cana
SIU's Sailors Union of the*'
da's maritime.
Pacific. Th% Pennsylvania dis ings are going ahead in Coast
Also on the agenda for the nego
appeared without trace in the Guard headquarters on the "sink
tiators is a union demand for a
stormtossed Waters of the ing of the Isbrandtsen ship. Fly
$50 a month across the board wage
North Pacific after sending ing Enterprise. The chief engi
neer, George Brown, told the
increase for all departments and
out an SOS on January 9.
ratings.
The Pennsylvania was caught hearing that in his opinion the
In its negotiations with the ship
in the first of a series of severe fatal list of the Enterprise could
Meeting at SHJ headquarters for first time since Korean en
owners, the Canadian District can
storms which have raked the west only have been caused by a shift
counter, Tom McCaffery (center) greets Sabestino Fires (right). coast, while she was 700 miles in the cargo of pig iron. Other
point to the successful operation
McCaffery's cousin Bill Brown of the Navy (left) is in same ward northwest of Seattle. She reported crewmembers testifying at the
of a 40hour week on ships of the
A&G District as well as on the with him at St. Albans.
that she suffered a 14foot crack hearing criticized the manner in
West Coast of the United States.
in the hull as a result of the which the cargo had been stowed,
storm's pounding. The last word as well as questioning Captain
Improvement Shown
from the ship's radio was that she Carlson's 24hour delay in seek,
Full support has been pledged
was down by the head and out of ing aid after the ship first cracked.
to the Canadian SIU by the Trades
control
in seas as high as 40 feet, They also declared that the ship
and Labor Congress of Canada and
whipped by 50 mile an hour winds could have turned back to an Eng
by the American
lish port and possibly averted
and
torrential rain.
Federat ion of
disaster.
It is known that crewmembers
Labor in this
The long arm of coincidence took a husky whack at retired abandoned ship and attempted to
fight to secure
Seafarer Thomas E. McCaffery the other day during his first launch lifeboats. What happened
for Canadian
visit to SIU headquarters since being knocked out of action after that is not clear. Search
seaman what is
ships in the vicinity, planes and
by an enemy bullet in Korea. ^
already enjoyed
Guard cutters were unable
It
was
another
link
in
a
chain
those things. We met and then I Coast
by American
to
find
any trace of the ship or
of circumstances that had McCaf got hit. So what?" he asserted.
Seafarers and
its
crew
several days later,
fery, a PFC, meet
up with a former
"We met today too and look at me. when the until
it he bulk of
Coast
Guard found two
shipmate in a Korean port on I'm 'on ^y way to getting better
shoreside work
Banks
overturned lifeboats in the area.
the Greeley
Victory
before moving
ers in industiy.
and Sabestino and I are laughing Other ships spotted (febris which
In presenting its claim for the up to the front. Their second over the whole thing."
apparently came from the illfated
40ihour week, Hal Banks, head of chance meeting in the Brooklyn Just to prove it, they'll try and vessel.
With a grand total of 457 oil
hall found
McCaffery
walking with
' the 'Cianadian District, pointed out
ship out together again one day if The Pennslyvania was a States wagons, the US privatelyowned
that there has been a vast im a set of leg supports because of a the situation works out that way, Line ship and was manned on tanker fleet is easily the largest
provement in Canada's shipping thigh wound.
he added. "I like the chow Sabes deck by a full complement of aflokt. However, construction in this
since the SIU took over from the He and Sabestino Pires, second tino cooks up and I'm looking SUP members. She was a Victory country is lagging far behind
now defunct Communistdominated cook, had been together on the forward t^more of the same when type ship rated at 7,800 tons.
others who are busily engaged in
Canadian Seamen's Union. Public Alcoa Pegasus shuttling cargot to I get out of the Army."
Meanwhile, in New Vork, hear modernizing their tanker supply.
confidence in the industry has been Korea before McCaffery reenlisted.
As of January 1, 1952, the US
By chance, they met later in the
regained both in Canada and else
tanker fleet tonnage was 6,806,286
where so that shipowners have UN battleground area when Mc
deadweight tons. This was nine
been able to pile up tremendous Caffery spied several SIU ships
more ships and 133.000 tons more
profits in the past year. The ship in the harbor, and thought perhaps
than on the same date last year.
owners themselves have compli he might run across someone he
Included among the additions to
mented the union for dispatching knew. The first gangway he tried
the fleet were two 30,000 ton su
more competent and more reliable was the Greeley's, leading him
pertankers of the type that is be
coming increasingly popular in
men than they wefre able to obtain right to Pires and, he recalled, the
Men attending the SIU training school now operating in new construction.
under the chaotic conditions which first good meal he had downed in
New
York don't know how lucky they are, in the eyes of The problem facing the Ameri
existed when the CSU dominated several months.
Seafarer
Adrianus Remijn. A veteran of 20 years at sea, can tanker fleet, similar to ,that
Canadian seamen.
Hospitalized Here
facing dry cargo ships, is one of
Remijn
had
to pay through
;
While
attached
to
a
tank
outfit,
The six companies that have al
ready signed the 40houf week McCaffery' was wounded in Octo the nose and attend school for have eased off in the current growing old together. Of the
agreement did so only after the ber, 1951. He was moved from a a long period in his native worldwide shipping emergency. tanker total under the US flag,
Canadian SIU threatened a strike field hospital near Seoul to Tokyo Holland before he could sail. "Not only are these fellows in 356 were built during World War
cqlt on their ships. At first the for further treatment, and then to "When I started going to sea out the SIU school far better off than II and will become obsolete all at
operators claimed that the 40hour St. Albans Hospital near his home of Amsterdam 20 years ago," he I was," he concluded, "but the gov once.
Coasters in Lead
week would not work and that they in Long Island.
said, "I had to attend a training ernment will save itself a lot of
Most
US
tankers operate in the
money
the
way
the
SIU
has
set
could not afford it. But since the He expects to spend several ship school for one full year, and
new arrangement h^s gone into months there before his release. had to pay the equivalent of $600 up its school to supply skilled intercoastal and coastwise trade,
some 4,000,000 tons in all being
seamen."
effect, these companies are oper
Does he look on Pires as some for the course."
active in this type of trade. An in
A
member
of
the SIU
since
May
ating just as successfully as they sort .of "jinx"?
After completing the course of
1942, Remijn is currently s|iiling teresting trend noted here, is that
had been before.
"Hell, no. It was just one of instruction, h e
as
AB aboard the cruise ship while the tonnage in the foreign
went to sea as
Puerto Rico whose lifeboats are trade has not changed much, the
a deckboy which
being used for training purposes US has shifted from a net ex
'51 LOG In An Attractive Package was the lowest
porter to a net importer of oil.
when she is in port.
possible entry
rating. He had
to sail one year
in this category
before he could
go for his life
boat ticket.
Remiin
Provided a
man was in good standing with the
company, he could go for the life
boat ticket. After I got my ticket
I was promoted to ordinary sea
man. I sailed three more years as
OS before I was eligible to go
through the examination for AB."
Seafarers Lucky
Considering the large sums of
money and considerable amount of
time Remijn had to put in to get
his AB ticket, he is understandably
enthusiastic about the SIU's train
ing school setup. "These fellows
may not know it, but they are get
ting a wondtrfur break. They are
getting the instruction free,"
As far as Remijn knows, the
Seafarer John Waterbury, OS, scans back numbers of the LOG in school he attended is still in opera
the newlyrlssued bound volume for the year 1951. "Volumes are tion in his native country, and sea
Twenty years ago Seafarer Adrianus Remijn had to pay his way
available td. Seafarers at SIU headquarters or by sending check »t men still have to pay plenty to get
through this class in seamanship before he could sail. The sea
the cost price of $4.00 each.
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a rating, even though things may
men's schools in Holland were run by private firms.
Korea Vet On Mend,
Hopes To Ship Again
Tanker Fleet
Largest, But
Building Lags
20 Years Ago An AB
Bating Cost Plenty
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Friday, Janoaiy S8, 1952
Truman Cold to Shp Bill Features
Indications of rough going for the SlUsupported longrange shipping bill were contained
in President Truman's budget message to Congress. The president expressed opposition THE PRELIMS WILL BE TOUGH—General Eisenhower's announce
to any legislation which would provide benefits to operators in the form of increased tax ment that he will "accept a draft" from the GOP as their presidential
candidate has really set the political pot aboiling. The strange aspect
concessions, and asked Con^
gress to reduce existing con concessions, the president de is pnost needed and where it will of the situation is that the fight for the nomination is expected to be
much more colorful and a lot tougher than the elections themselves.
cessions.
clared, "While I strongly favor all produce the best results."
One of the features of the long assistance necessary to maintain On the other hand, the presi Almost everybody is agreed that once nominated the general would
range bill as of now calls for an an adequate merchant marine, I dent indicated his sympathy for an have little trouble romping home in front by several lengths. Getting
increase in such tax concessions again recommend to the Congress increase in the present govern the nomination is another story again. Senator Taft, who figured to
In the form of larger depreciation the immediate reduction of pres ment ship construction program, have the nomination sowed up this time after 12 years of trying, is
allowances. At present a five per ent unwarranted tax benefits for indicating'that the Maritime Ad sure to put up a bitter struggle at the Republican convention. Right
cent yearly depreciation is allowed, the shipping industry as an initial ministration "may have to under now he holds a distinct edge over the Eisenhower forces as to number
while the new bill would double step toward the <diniination of take additional construction in fu of delegates pledged to him. Primaries coming up in several states
thatfigure. It would also extend this hidden form of subsidy. Such ture years" over and above the 35^ should provide a clue as to Eisenhower's real strength among the GOP
the benefits of tax deferred funds tax provisions 'generally fail to Mariner class vessels now author rank and file.
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distribute the assistance where it ized by Congress.
Passed by Senate
BET HIS MOTHERINLAW DID IT—^The importance of a single
The bill succeeded of passage in
vote is fully impressed by now on Richard C. Lee of New Haven. The
the Senate last year and is now
luckless Lee ran against William C. Celentano for mayor and lost
pending in the House of Repre
by exactly two votes out of a total of more than 68,000 cast. A Superior
sentatives. President Truman's ex
Court judge, after examining disputed returns, declared Celentano the
pressed opposition to certain of its
winner by 34,287 to 34,285. A shift of one vote to Lee would have
features is likely to bring several
thrown it into a tie and two votes would have given him the election.
Seafarer Gustav Aim, who won the merchant marine dis
attempts to amend it.
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The SIU, together with other tinguished Service Medal during World War 11, is going back
maritime interests, is supporting to sea. Aim, a carpenter, had been shoreside for two years THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE—With Libya becoming an
independent country and Egypt dueling with the British, the rest of
the longrange bill in its present because of his wife's illness. •
form, as a means of strengthening A veteran seaman. Aim won
North Africa is not far behind. Natives of Tunisia, where Allied troops
and maintaining the American justified fame during the war, for
won a memorable victory over the Germans during the last war, are
merchant marine in normal times saving the lives of four crewmem
putting the pressure on France to grant them independence. The
as well as in crisis.
government of Tunisia is appealing to the United Nations Security
bers of the SIU Angelina, of the
Council to force France to make some concessions toward local rule.
Reviewing Subsidies
Bull Line. His extraordinary feat
The problem is further complicated by the fact that 300,000 Europeans
The president's budget message of strength in keeping four men
are,permanent residents of Tunisia. Similar troubles are stirring in
also stated that the Federal Mari from slipping off an overturned
French Morocco where the United States is building several huge air
time Board Is reviewing the exist lifeboat for over 12 hours won wide
bases. As a matter of fact, the only quiet place in North Africa is
ing subsidy program with an eye attention.
Algeria, and
that is because that section is considered a part of France
toward improving the procedures The full story of Aim's exploits
for determining subsidy rates. He was OTitten up in the SIU booklet, With several nonmaritime na and has full representation in the French parliament.
estimated that subsidy payments
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for the fiscal year 1952 (July 1,
in World War way, foreign competition has been A ROSECOLORED OUTLOOK—Five of the world's leading econo
1952 to June 30, 1953) would total
II." The An steadily increasing in postwar mists have predicted that the world hasseen the end of major depres
$60 million.
gelina was tor years. The National Federation of sions. In a report to the UN Economic & Social Council the five men
In his statement on the tax
pedoed in the American shipping reports that 14 did not rule out the possibility of recessions but said that these woald
middle of an At
be temporary. The "full employment" policies of practically all coun
lantic storm, countries who had no shipping at tries, as well as national economic planning, were cited as reasons for
and 43 seamen all in prewar days now have more this view. The men admitted, however, that a serious recession could
crowded into a than two million tons active
take place throughout the world if the US suddenly cut back its re
single lifeboat under construction.
ai9nament program without substituting anything for it.
History books will never be
which was soon These countries had a total of
the same as long as the Rus
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in the 1,636,500 deadweight tons of ocean
sians have a printing press
heavy
seas.
A
handful
of
half
going ships, with another 434,000 BROADWAY ISN'T BROAD ENOUGH—New York's most famous
available. Latest in the in
frozen survivors clinging to the tons under construction as of July thoroughfare, Broadway, is about to succumb to the traffic jam. Plans
creasing list of newlydiscov
ered Russianmade talents— overturned lifeboat were kept from 1, 1951. This is far more than the are afoot to make the Gay White Way a one way street between Times
invention of the telephone and slipping off into the water time total tonnage on order for Amerl Square and Central Park, along with Seventh and Eighth Avejiues, tlie
other main stems in New York's entertainment district. The plan is an
wireless are but a few—is and again by Aim despite the can shippers.
seamanship. According to the heavy seas.
Included among the countries extension of a traffic system that has been tried out on New York's
Tied Lines
Soviet navy newspaper "Red
—which have acquired merchant lesser known north and south avenues. Even with this change a good
Fleet," the ancient Norsemen
When the rescue ship Bury fleets since World War II are Co many visitors are likely to find that the Broadway section is easy to get
who sailed the Arctic and in
came. Aim caught the line thrown lumbia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, into, but a little difficult to navigate out of, after an evening at one of
vaded Russia didn't know any
from her and made it fast to the Iceland, Ecuador, Iran, Ireland, Is the many bisbos that dot the area.
thing about ships—at least not lifeboat. Then he caught five more rael, Korea, Liberia, Pakistan,
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DC MAT GET
THE VOTE
YET—The
more
than 600,000 residents of
taught them. The ninth cen
chest of his shipmates and himself land has a fleet totaling 112,000
tuiy Norse Invaders really so that all could be pulled aboard deadweight tons and has another the nation's capital and surrounding territory in the District of Co
were sailing on ships of Rus
the rescue vessel. When he was 46,500 tons under construction. lumbia have .a chance to become reasonably fullfledged citizens of
the United States this year. The US Senate is considering a "hoibe
sian design, claimed the Com
hauled up he passed out com
A large port of the shipping of
munist publication. The new
pletely.
• these new maritime nations is of rule" bill which will give Washingtonians the right to govern them
selves via an elected city council. Up until now. Congress has legis
lyfound historical "fact"
Now that his wife is well again. comparitively recent construction
therefore necessitates revision Aim intends to resume Seafaring and as such is more modem than lated for the ^ity, and Washington has suffered accordingly, since
Congressmen have been known to be notoriously indifferent to the
of present textbooks, it noted. as a regular occupation.
American shipping.
needs of people who do not vote in Congressional elections. The bill
does not give capital city residents the right to vote In Presidential
elections.
It Looks Pretty Good to Them
SeafarerHero Of WW II
To Resume Seagoing Life
New Maritime
Nations Pose
Threat To US
Eric the Red
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ANY GOING MY WAY?—Although the government, is dispensing
billions of dollars in defense contracts on all sides, unlike wartime,
there isn't much basic change in the industrial pattern. Most defense
contracts are going to the highlyindustrialized states despite the talk
about dispersal of plants as a protective step against atomic warfare.
New York State leads the pack with $6.2 billions in arms orders. Sec
ond is California with $5 billions, mostly in aircraft. Next In line are
the industrial states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois
and New Jersey. Of course, these figures are for direct armaments
orders. The arms plants themselves have to get materials from other
areas of the country, which spreads the money around quite a bit.
QUEEN BEE'S A COMMISSAR—Soviet bees, whq like all others
have flown the traditional beeline to the nearest flower, are now being
trained to obey the dictates of agricultural experts. Word from the
Moscow Minister of Agriculture is that from now on the bees will fly
to plants which the government wants pollinated on a large scale. Sup
posedly, the bees have been trained to do so by being first fed syrup
flavored from the type of clover that the government wants pollinated.
US authorities expressed scepticism, pointing out that similar experi
ments had worked well in laboratories here, but as soon as the bees
got out in the open, they went their own sweet way. But, of course,
US bees didn't have to worry about deportation to Siberia.
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BUT THERE'S NO OVERTIME—All members of the armed forces
from GIs up to generals would get an across the board 10 percent wage
All, eyes, delegation from Display Fixture and Smoking Pipe Workers, I.ocal 21625, AFL, admires a increase under a bill that has been passed by the House of Representa
feature of the new SIU hall. Included in the group are Sal Prezioso, manager (2nd from right, tives and will probably go through the Senate shortly. With .all that.
front), Miss Cumminga of union offico stafi (3rd from right), and President Herman Silverman (4th Seafarers In the Army are agreed tha.t the military will have to go
from right).
J a lonffw^y to come up to SIU conditions.
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Unwary Ships Sfill Fall Prey
To Treacherous Goodwin Sands
One of Davy Jones chief assistants, the Goodwin Sands, claimed another victim last week.
The French steamer "Agen" was the latest to be added to the countless hundreds of vessel!
that have been swallowed by the treacherous quicksands ever since the days that ships
began to beat their way^j
through the Straits of Dover.
Seafarers who have ridden ships
to North German ports or to Lon
don should" be familiar with this
notorious graveyard o^ ships. The
sands lie about 5Vi miles off the
east coast of Kent between Deal
and Ramsgate just at the point
where the English Channel merges
with the North Sea, narrowing
down the neck of the passage.
Treacherous enough in themselves,
the sands hazard is made worse
by the wellknown stormy channel
weather and the wide spread be
tween ebb and flood tide in that
section of the seas, which is more
than 15 feet.
The,sands themselves are about
Comingr home to new apartment redecorated for happier occasions,
10 miles
in length lying in a north
"Whitey" Offlesby faces fourmonth stay .in bed with lev injuries.
east to southeast direction. At the
southern end they are split into
two forks. North Goodwin and
South Goodwin with deep water
known as Trinity Bay between.
North of the sands is the Downs
which is a secure anchorage area
The New Year started off pretty poorly for Seafarer when winds blowfrom the east or
southeast, as the sands serve as a
Charles Oglesby, and it doesn't look as if it will get much protective breakwater.
better for quite a while. Oglesby, an AB, spent eight days at
Latest victim of the Goodwin Sands, the French steamer Agen, lies
No Lighthouse
aground after being broken in two during English Channel storm.
sea on the Eugenie (Carras)
At ebb tide, portions of the
"Whitey" was j>ainting the big ven
bedded down without neces
tilator aft of the bridge when rough sands are very firm. Golf and been recognized as a tremendous part of the estate of the Earl of
sary medical aid following a seas took hold of the Eugenie, a cricket games have been played navigational hazard, attempts to Godwin and on some old maps they
25foot shipboard fall which Liberty. The ship's violent roll upon them. But when the tide be establish a lighthouse in the area are so noted. One story has it that
gins to come in, the sands begin to have thus far been unsuccessful. after the conquest of England by
landed him flat on his two sent him sprawling down some 25 soften and crumble. Within an There are at least four lightships the Normans in 1066 AD, the prop
feet and luckily, if you could call
feet.
it that, landed him squarely on his hour or two, the once firm and stationed around the sands, and erty passed into the hands of an
hospitable looking sands are under numerous buoys. South Sands English churchman. He devoted
Now with his left foot wrapped two feet.
15 feet of water.
Head light being the first one a funds appropriated for mainte
fn a plaster cast and his right,
Crew Helped Out
Although the sands have long ship picks up on the way to the nance of the seawall to the con
though exposed, not in much bet
North Sea. But the lightships have struction of Tenderton steeple, with
Medical provisions being what
ter shape, he's been prescribed a they are aboard a freighter, the
to grapple with the problem of the inevitable result that the sea
fourmonth stint flat on his back crew and officers administered to
anchoring
themselves securely in wall fell into disrepair and the
Olde Photos
the powerful cross currents that island was submerged in a storm
before he can really get on his him as best they could.
Wanted hy LOG infest this part of the channel. The during the year 1099. English
Arriving in Baltimore finally,
feet.
Oglesby
was hustled
off
to the ma
The LOG is interested in col sands themselves have a tendency schoolchildren still recite a poem
Christmas Day on the Eugenie
t shift position with every ebb to that effect.
hospital for treatment and a lecting and printing photo
as she plowed from Casablanca rine
Actually, less romantic geologic
day later,' his left foot sporting graphs showing what seagoing and flow of the tide.
and the Azores was a merry one a plaster cast, left for kew York. was like in the old days. All
One of the worst of a long string surveys indicate that the sands
for the crew and particularly for Sailing with the SIU since 1945, you oldtimers who have any of disasters on the sands took were that way long before that.
Oglesby, whose heavy blonde chock Oglesby has made a good many old mementos, photographs of place in the year 1703. Thirteen For all we know, they might have
of hair naturally has won him the friends and shipmates over the shipboard life, pictures of ships of the British Navy, an wrecked some of Julius Caesar's
nickname "Whitey" from his ship years. He noted that the fellows ships or anything that would chored in the Downs were either galleys when he invaded Britain.
mates.
on the Eugenie got a Big kick out show how seamen lived, ate blown onto the sands or driven In the old days, the sands served
He was heading for home in of his lugging a model sailboat all and worked in the days gone ashore by a hurricane. The whole a useful purpose for smuggling
Brooklyn and a new threeroom the way home from the Azores by, send them in to*the LOG. fleet was completely wrecked with Jamaica rum between England and
France. French smugglers used to
apartment which he had redec after picking it up at a native shop. Whether they be steam or sail, the loss of 1,200 lives.
Like every long established Brit leave the liquor at the sands in
orated from the floor up for his The trim little sail craft was duti
around the turn of the cen
wife, Helen, and himself after two fully christened the "Helen," after tury, during the first world ish institution, the Goodwin Sands casks submerged in water, where
years of makeshift housing ar his wife, and stands next to his war and as late as 1938, the are surrounded by a goodly share their English partners would pick
,
rangements.
bedside ^here he can think of the LOG is interested in them all. of legend and history Intertwined. it up later.
Today Goodwin Sands are just
Two days after the Yiiletide, pleasanter moments of his illfated We'll take care of them and The sands were originally sup
however, on December 27, voyage.
return your souvenirs to you. posed to have been a fertile island. another navigational nuisance.
Injuty on Ship Dampens
Seafarer's Housewarming
Cartoon History Of The SIU
r , The Sailors Union of the Paeifle emerged from uni
fication of the Coast Seamen's Union and the Steam
' shipmen's Union. In 1892 the SUP began organizing
all US seamen under one banner, the National Sea
men's Union. The first national convention laid plapg,
this ambitious and farreaching program.
Birth of A New Union
The Union which was created by the convention
and the organizing drive was called the International
Seamen's Union. It had three geographical affili
ates; Atlantic and Gulf, Pacific, and Great Lakes. In
turn, each affiliate was divided into craft unions
lor engine, deck and stewards.
No, 3
With Andrew Furuseth as president the ISU began
making progress. In 1912, Lakes seamen struck with
saltwater union support. In 1915 the first national
maritime strike took place, bringing about passage of
the 1915 Seamen's Act. For the first time, seamen
could begin living as human beings.
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Friday* January 25, 195t
SEAFARERS LOG
JPORTREPOnrS..
make application. for vacation Baltimore:
Senator Russell Long and Mayor San Francisco:
money.
Morrison of New Orleans; Lieut.
Outlook Only Fair
Governor William J. Dodd of Oak
dale; Lucille May Grace of Plaque
Our shipping prospects for the
mine, first woman ever to run for
next couple of weeks are not too
Governor; Judge Robert F. Ken
exciting, but rated men such as
We haven't had too much in the AB's and FOW's are still scarce The ships are really moving in
With shipping running good, non of Minden,'independent candi
and plenty of biothers on the date; State Senator Dudley J. Le way of ships here in the past two and won't have to wait long for a and out of this port, but the busses
and street cars are standing still.
beach to take care of all jobs, we Blanc, former owner of Hadacol; weeks but enough coming by to ship.
have no beefs and no problems to Cliff Liles of Lake Charles, ser keep things on an even keel. In a The San Francisco branch ex Its now the eighth day of the trans
speak of in New Orleans. How geantatarms of the state House way it's a good thing that there tends their sympathy to the family it strike, as of this writing, and
Representatives who advocated wasn't a big demand for men, as of John Graham Harris, who died there seems to be no relief in sight
ever there has been quite a bit of of
gambling; James L. Mc the weather has been so bad here recently in Long Beach. Harris, as the company is refusing to
excitement in this town as the legalized
Lemore
of
Alexandria, independ that a lot of men haven't been able known better as "Pop" Harris, has make an honest effort to negotiate
state really got down to the busi
been shipping out of the west a settlement with the transit union.
ness of electing a governor. There ent candidate with the support of jo get up to the hall.
New
Orleans
newspapers;
Kermit
coast
for some time, and is well As it is, it is much harder to get
The whole state of
California has
were no less than nine candidates
to choose from which gave every A. Parker of New Orleans, first been hit hard by heavy rains and known to the west coast member to the Baltimore hall than it is to
ship out of here. We have shipped
body an opportunity to find some Negro candidate in a Democratic snow for the last couple of weeks. ship.
primary in this state; Carlos G. There have been several small hur
H. J. Fischer
352 men from this port in the past
one he thought he liked.
Spaht of Baton Rouge, supported ricanes which havo isolated some
West Coast Representative two weeks, with 22 ships paying
As far as the shipping is con by the present governor. Earl Long,
sections of the state for days at a
off 'here and 18 ships signing on.
tit
cerned, we had five payoffs and uncle of Senator Russell Long.
time.
Men
living
in
the
central
Transit strike or not, all the
signons with our usual big bunch The majority of the talk was that
boys have come back here from
01 intransits, 19 of them stopping Spaht and Boggs would be in the part of the state, and the northern Galveston:
.their holiday reunions and as a re
by this time. Two of our signons two top slots. There was some end, just haven't been able to get
sult we have registered over 400
were boneyard jobs that we thing of an upset, however, as to us.
Heads Up Crew
men, so that we had no trouble
crewed .up; the Henry L. Meeks Kennon, an independent candidate,
supplying men for all those ships
(Mississippi), and the Robert E. came in . a close second behind We had one ship pay off here,
including replacement^ for the 13
Clarkson (Bloomfield). We expect Spaht with Boggs back in third the Clarksburg Victory (Missis
We're
still
doing
well
on
the
ships
in transit here.
sippi).
It
is
always
a
pleasure
to
to crew up two more ships before place. The runoff between Spaht
the next report; the Michael Moran and Kennon. will be on February pay off this ship as she has a head shipping end here with enough
Company Denounced
for Mississippi and the Nathaniel 19. Kennon has picked up support up crew and pays off about every stuff showing up in port to keep According to the local news
two months with never a beef on the boys happy. We had three
Crosby for Bloomfield.
from five losing candidates includ her. The entire gang has nothing payoffs and an equal number of papers, the governor of this state
Our other signons were the Al ing Boggs, McLemore, Lieut. <]lov
has laced it into the Baltimore
but good words for the skipper. sign ons with a nice load of 19 Transit
coa Pointer and Alcoa Pioneer; and emor Dodd, LeBlanc and May Captain Evenson.
Company for not making
intransits to take replacements
He has
been run
the Cape Horn (Mississippi). Pay Grace. Mayor Morrison is also
an honest
effort to settle the trans
from
us.
ning off this coast for some time
offs were the Cape Horn, Del supporting Kennon.
it strike. He is quoted as saying
now
and
always
gets
praise
from
Shipyard workers in this port that the company is trying to use
Campo, and Del Alba for Missis
We are looking forward to a hot
are currently fighting out a beef the strike to unload its business
gippi and the Pointer and Pioneer and heavy campaign between now the men who ship with him.
There are quite a few Yokohama with Todd Shipyard Corporation. oir the city or the state at a profit ^
for Alcoa. The heavy load of in and February 19.
lovers on
this scow, and as a result About 1,500 of them have gone on to the directors. The Union re
transits included Alcoa's .Runner,
Lindsey J. Williams ,
their payoffs
were pretty low from strike here in conjunction with
Polarus, Cavalier, Patriot and Cor
New Orleans Port Agent a monetary standpoint. But there the walkout In Mobile. The AFL peatedly attempted to meet with
sair; the Steel Scientist and Steel
the company in an effort to settle
must be something about that town Metal Trades Coimcil is handling this
i* t
Architect (Isthmian); the Cape
strike. From where we are
because the men keep making the strike, with the basic demand sitting
Horn; the Seatrains Louisiana, Philadelphia:
it appears the strike is 100. .
those trips on her.
being a 12 percent pay increase percent effective with not a bus
New Jersey and Georgia; Beaure
Our in transits the last couple of for all hands.
gard, Kyska, Monarch of the Seas,
rolling or a streetcar rattling in
weeks
included, the Steel Appren
No sooner did the men set up our city of Baltimore.
Warrior and Morning Light (Water
tice
and
Clearwater
Victory
(Isth
their picket lines than the corpora
man); Ocean "C" (Ocean Trans.);
O'Conor Bows Out
mian); Calmar (Calmar Line); tion began running ads for yard
Sea Comet (Orion), and Catahoula
Raphael
Semmes,
Bienville
and
We
also see
in the local scandal
workers—^what they expect to do
(Nat'l Navigation).
We have had a sudden spurt in Jean Lafitte (Waterman).
sheets that our esteemed Senator
with
them
is
a
puzzle,
although
Del Mar Stranded
shipping out of this port which on
None On Pennsylvania
is always a pos O'Conor has decided not to run
The poor old Del Mar is still in the whole has been doing very As far as we can determine strikebreaking
for reelection as Senator from
sibility.
its run of bad luck. Just as she well in the past few months. The there were no SIU members on
Maryland. He claims that he won't
was due to take a crew on in Gal ships keep going out on coal runs the illfated Pennsylvania, which From the looks bf things right run because he doesn't see eye to
veston to bring her over here for and any rated men who are in a was lost recently with all hands. now, I don't think they will have eye with the administration. It ap
the rest of the men and set sail for hurry are sure to ship out from There is no hope held out for much luck with their recruiting pears that the real reason is that
program.
South America, the AFL Ma here without any time wasted.
he doesn't have too good a chance
survivors as the weather around
chinists went on strike. That left Most of the oldtimers in this the area that they disappeared in Getting back to the shipping of winning if he should run. The
the ship high and dry in the Gal port that came back from the hol has been so bad that they would story, our payoffs and. sign ons Democratic Party at the present
veston dry dock until the strike if idays have drifted out, except for have hardly been able to survive were the George Gipp (Water moment is in a chaotic condition
Reds Healy and Jimmy the Reefer, even if they had been able to man); Simmops Victory (Bull); and in this state and unless some per
settled..
One of the brothers who is who are still holding forth true launch the lifeboats and get away E. W. Scripps (Isthmian). In tran son acceptable to all factions of
among the many here sweating it to form.
from the vessel. From last re sits included three Seatrains, the the party is nominated it is very
Checkers Strike
out for a ship is
ports the Coast Guard has found New York, Louisiana and Texas; likely that the Senator's job in .
Lamar Palmer, We now have a picket line two capsized lifeboats which are The French Creek, Bradford Isle 1952 would go to the Republicans.
who has been a around Pennsylvania Piers Inc., believed to have come from her, and Council Grove (Cities Serv
Wandering around the SIU hall
member of the put up by the coastwise local of
The membership was glad to ice); Warrior, and William Rich here we chanced to meet Donald
SIU since 1944. checkers. These men are getting learn that applications for vaca ardson (Waterman); Cape= Horn Campbell who has been an active
He has taken 45 cents less per hour than the tion money are on their way and (Mississippi); Knute Rockne (Al member bf our union since 1943.
part in all the checkers in the deep sea local. will be passed on to them. As coa); W. E. Downing and Petrolite Donald, who holds all ratings in
beefs since then They are asking for parity on soon as the final approval on the (Mathiason); Catahula (National
the engine room
and is proud of wages and being that it is a legiti plan comes through, all will be Navigation); Lucille Bloomfield
depart ment,
the growth of the mate strike we aim to follow in readiness for them to collect and Aiin Butler (Bloomfield); and
spoke enthusias
Union. A once through in good union fashion.
tically about the
their dough. The entire member the Joseph Meek.
Palmer
A. S. Cardullo
familiar face in
Keith Alsop
tremendous gains
ship is advised to .have all their
New Orleans, Lamar had been ab
Philadelphia Port Agent discharges in order when they
Galveston Fort Agent
of this Union
sent from this port for a couple
since he became
of years, making his home port
a member. He
Baltimore. He echoed the enthusi
reminisced about
asm of the membership about the
the improve
proposed new hall in Baltimore.
ments in wagei
Campbell
Being thoroughly familiar with op
and living condi
erations in this port, and having
tions, the gains made by organiz
toured the new headquarters in
ing and the latest boon, for seamen
Shipping from January 2 to January 16
Brookljm, he expressed the opin
in our Welfare and Vacation Plans.
ion that everything has been
Brother Campbell has seen the
BEG.
REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL new
achieved in the way of conven
building in New York and
PORT
DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK
ENG. STEW. SHIPPED feels that it is a monument to all
iences, comfort, recreation, access
to all departments and beauty.
Boston
40
13
14
67
17
14
11
42
the struggles, strikes and organiz
Brother Lamar feels that acqui
ing actions fhat our Union has par
306
229
167
702
217
188
144
547
sitipn of a hall in Baltimore is in New York
ticipated in. He says that the
75
48
42 ' 165
74
68
44
181
keeping with the Union's iadvance Philadelphia
building shows we are at last rea^
ment which is by far the best in Baltimore
207
137
81
429 - 156
U7
92
365
ing the benefits of all our past ef
the industry. He voiced the opin Norfolk
forts, and is anxiously awaiting the
223
182
159
564 , i 156
122
123
<01
ion that the vacation and welfare
day when all major ports bf this
24
20
26
70 " 24
- 18
17
59
plans emphasize the fact that the Savannah....
Union have similar facilities.
expression "Best in Maritime" is ^Tampa
21
14
16 ,
51 '
19
11
12
42
He concludes by saying that it is
no idle boast.
Mobile
75
49
gi
195
40 / 48
37
125 a privilege and pleasure to belong
Political Whirligig
to this Union of ours, and asks all
New Orleans
95
73
55
223
90
78
56
224 hands to
Join in keeping this Union
Getting back to politics here's
94
81
44
159
68
' 68
66
202 the militant organization it has al ' ;
a rundown of the nine candidate^ Galveston
•
for governor;
West Coast
' 41,
44; \51
136 / ^ 5tf
i 44 ^ 1 4l ;
143 w^s been.
Hale Boggs* at present a Con
:
Earl
Shepparil
m. gressman ,wh9.,was, ,gup>,Qrt^ by
Mill
HhlHmere
•
f • • • •
New Orleans:
Transii Walkout Solid
As Bossos Won't Bndgo
Rain, Rain and More
Rain Foniing Up Fori
9 WottldBe Governors
Mako for Hoi Primary
InTransit Load Helps
Brighien Job Picture
Coastwise Clieckers
Strike Seeks Parity
A & G smppme RECORD
>
�Friday, January tS, 1952
SEAFARERS LOG
Faf* Mi*
POJtr JR£!POJRrS
that they will land on a ship too Boston:
ships in the past two weeks and Wilmington:
quick. Not that we are engaged
signed on seven. There were no
in the business of shanghaiing, oh
major beefs on payoff, but we have
no, hot us. It's just that people
had to use a little pressure on some
ought to work on ships more often,
of the operators at the sign on to
as staying on the beach can only
do necessary repairs.
We've quieted down a bit up We paid off the Kathryn, Ines, The shipping business has been
Believe me fellows, I have a soft make you go broke.
Leroy
Clarke
here in the last couple of weeks Puerto Rico, Carolyn, Suzanne and only fair down here in Southern
spot in my heart for the state of
Lake Charles Port Agent
although there has been enough Elizabeth of the Bull Line; Cities California. We had two payoffs
Texas. During the past, two weeks
activity in the port to keep things Service tankers. Bents Fort, French
we have suffered from a shortage
t.
i.
moving. We have had five payoffs Creek, Bradford Island and and one sign on with a few in tran
of ships in Lake Charles, but the Mobile:
and three signons, with the only Archers Hope; Steel Admiral, sits as usual taking some men off
Ports of Beaumout and Port Ar
problem coming up on the Michael Steel Worker and Steel Designer the beach. The future outlook in
thur in Texas have kept us plenty
(Carras) where we collected money (Isthmian); Antinous, Mobilian, and this port is nothing to get excited
busy supplying men.
Alawai (Waterman); Louis Emery
for a delayed sailing.
Here in Lake Charles, where the
and
Victory for Victory Carriers; about either. It has been particu
Paying
off
in
addition
to
the
women are still lovely, we had the
Sand
Captain (Constr. Aggregates); larly tough on the stewards de
Michael were the W. E. Downing
Bents Fort, Government Camp,
Shipping has run good for the (Mathiasen); Carrabulle (National Robin Kettering (Seas Shipping; partment, although AB's can al
Cantigny, Winter Hill, and just to past two weeks, although the fu
day, the Bents Fort again, all the ture outlook is not too exciting. Navigation); and Logans Fort and Seamar (Calmar); Wanda (Epipha ways get out.
ny); Petrolite (Mathia.son) and De
above being operated by Cities We had a nice stack of payoffs, a Cantigny (Cities Service).
We had the Jean LaFitte and
Pauw Victory (South Atlantic).
Our
signons
were
the
W.
E.
' Service.
dozen in all, with eight sign ons to Downing, Carrabulle and the James Our sign ons were the Antinous, Ponce De Leon of Waterman pay
Over in Beaumont, we had the complete the two week's business. Whitcomb Riley with all running Wild Ranger and Chicakasaw for ing off here with the Jean LaFitte
Paoli, Cities Service oil wagon,
Most of the activity here has smooth on these ships.
Waterman; Steel Fabricator and signing on again. They both came
which paid off from a three months been supplied by the shipyard
Pineapple Moves
Steel Director (Isthmian); DePauw in 100 percent clean, no beefs, no
trip to India, and signed on for an workers. The Marine and Ship
Those cans of pineapple which Victory (South Atlantic); and the
other Indian run. We had a call for a building Workers (CIO) settled have been lying in the hold of Robin Tuxford.
headaches, and no logs, which
full crew, and by throwing out the their strike at the Alabama Dry Isthmian's Steel Flyer are finally
makes
it easy for the port agent
He'll Regret It
dragnet into all the swamps and Dock and Shipbuilding Company going to find their way onto the
and
the
men aboard her.
bayous we "filled her up. We had after being out on the picket lines shelves of Boston's grocery stores. We had one beef that came up
Honey's No Honey
to holler for help from New Or for 167 days. The final settlement The longshoremen have gone back from Beaumont, Texas. The ships
leans too, and that city responded called for a 25 cents hour wage in to work on her after she had been delegate on the Paoli told us about
However, we had a little trouble
gallantly.
crease and double time for over tied up since December 3 on ac the second mate working over one with one of our intransits, the
Also in Beaumont we had a tub time.
count of the phony picketline main of the sailors. We are meeting Greece Victory (South Atlantic).
running for Carras which was call
No sooner had these boys gone tained by the Marine Engineers with the company in this matter,
ing for men every day until we back back to work when negotia Beneficial Association. From the and 1 think 1 can assure you that The skipper aboard her. Honey
found out the cause and put a stop tions broke down between the AFL looks of things, we will be able this character will be taken care of Shaw, was spotting men for the
to itv That was on the Michael, a Metal Trades Council here and the to clear all Isthmian ships in and properly.
bosun. We had a talk with him,
Claude Simmons
T2 ' tanker. Mississippi's Cape Gulf Shipbuilding Corporatiop and out of here without any more dif
and he agreed to cut this out in
Asst. Secy.Treas. the future. However his manner
Horn stopped in this city too, with Waterman Repair Division, both of ficulties from now on.
Mike Reed as serang and a bunch which are part of the Waterman
James Sheehan
of running the ship lost him his
of oldtimers aboard her.
Boston Port Agent Seattle:
chief and the second mate. Some
family. As we write, both of these
l" 4" i*
day soon that ship will be a one
Another Carras ship, the Trinity, companies are shut down tight
man topside operation. Judging
gave us a little trouble in Port Ar with 500 members of the various New York:
from what the boys told me.
thur, Texas. There was a slight AFL unions involved staying away
Honey will get no bouquets when
misunderstanding on the part of from work.
the crew piles off at payoff.
the captain as to the firing of one The men here feel that Water
of our members. After a short man should give them a 12 percent
Our other intransits were the
Our beach has been swept as
talk he saw the light; the man is increase in accord with the wage
Republic (Trafalger); Pennmar
still happily aboard.
pattern set up by the Gulf Coast With the holidays over and all bare as a newbom babe as ship (Calmar); Carrol Victory (South
Other business in Port Arthur Metal Trades Council, which rep the boys who spent time at home ping continues to run very fine Atlantic); Santa Venetia (Mar
included the Abiqua and Chiwawa, resents 10,000 shipyard workers back on the beach, we have quite out of this port. There is not Trade); Bienville and Yaka (Water
which each took a couple of mqn. throughout the Gulf.
a crowd of men in the New York even a permit man left here at man).
That old standby, the W. E. Down
hall now. However, shipping has the present moment.
Incidentally, 1 think the crew of
Bunch of Alcoas
ing, was in Freeport and we sent
the Ponce De Leon deserves a
Getting back to the shipping pic been holding up pretty well and
We paid off the Bluestar (Triton)
her some men.
ture, we had a big load of Alcoa the outlook is good. We should after she was out for 11 months. boost for responding in true Sea
farers fashion to the March of
Paoli Payoff Fine
ships paying off, including the Al be able to move the men through
Considering the length of time in Dimes appeal. The boys came
Getting back to the Paoli, 1 want coa Corsair, Clipper, Cavalier, Pen here without much delay.
There was a slight dip in the volved, she came back in pretty through with a contribution of
tosay that she was in very fine nant, Runner and Polaris; the War
shape after her trip to India. That rior, Monarch of the Seas, Kyska, number of men we. shipped out due good shape. Also paid off was the $92.00.
Awaits Vacation
well known Seafarer, Thurston Alawai and Morning Light (Water to the fact that most of the boys Walker D. Hines (Alcoa) which
Lewis, was ships delegate on her man); and the Las Vegas Victory seem inclined to stay aboard the
One
of
the boys on the beach
ship they were on. But we've been signed on again. The Calmar and
and did his usual bang up job. (Isthmian).
with
us
is
Jack Gridley who lives
Our sign ons were the Corsair, getting plenty of ships all along. Pennmar (Calmar); and Republic out California wdy. Jack joined
The payoff was a pleasure, and no
Permit
Men's
Behavior
(Trafalgar) took a few men on
one got impatient with the usual Patriot, Polaris, Pennant apd
the Union in 1946
We have been having some leaving our beach with nothing but
Knute Rockne for Alcoa; the War
delays.
and likes the
One of the oldtimers aboard her rior and Kyska for Waterman. We trouble lately with permit men pebbles on it.
Japanese
run
committing
acts
both
on
ship
and
was Brother William Herman who al&o had the Justo Arosemana, an
and
the
easy
liv
The
situation
being
as
it
is,
we
ashore which are detrimental to the
has been, ship SUP ship, in transit.
ing
on
the
West
Union.
Needless
to
say,
all
of
have had no meeting here, and
ping out since Some of the oldtimers we have
Coast. He thinks
1919. During the on the beach right now waiting to the men on permit should remem from the looks of things, it will be
that the im
early days of the ship out are G. Chandler, J. C. ber that if they wish to continue a little while before we get any
provement in
sailing
on
SlU
ships,
they
have
to
Dunlop,
R.
Eden,
S.
P.
Morris
and
late unlamented
conditions in the
learn to live up to the Union's high sizable group of rated men here.
fracas with Hit B. Manley.
last six years has
Jeff
Morrison
standards
and
its
stated
policy.
Cal Tanner
ler, he was on
been
nothing
Gridley
Mobile Port Agent We have paid off a total of 25
Seattle Port Agent
the August, 1942
short of remark
convoy to Russia.
able, particularly the vacation
His ship was hit
plan. He considers it a godsend
then by the Rus
Herman
because it will do away with chas
sians, . atthough
ing after the companies for his
she was supposed to be an ally.
money, plus the fact that he does
Brother Herman sailed all through
not have to ship all year long.
the war and wound up afterwards
Sam Cohen, Agent
Terminal 42874 PORT COLBORNE
103 Durham St.
Jack likes his Union and has
SlU,
A&G
District
HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn.
Ontario
Phone: 5591
on the Sand Mate, only to get sunk
BALTIMORE
...14 North Gay St.
SECRETARYTREASURER
TORONTO. Ontario
86 Colborne St. made a lot of friends of his Union
in the peaceful waters of New Earl
Elgin 5719 brothers. He's happy to know that
Paul Hall
Sheppard/ Agent
Mulberry 4540
York harbor.
ASST. SECRETARYTREASURERS
VICTORIA. B. C
617V4 Cormorant St.
BOSTON
276 State St.
. Lloyd Gardner
Empire 4531 he is a member of the most mili,
Upon finding there was a job James Sheehan. Agent . Richmond 2.0140 Robert Matthews
Claude Simmons
VANCOUVER.®. C
865 Hamilton St. tant and progressive union in the
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141
HEADQUARTERS
REPRESENTATIVE
open on the Michael going to New GALVESTON
Pacific 7824
308Vi 23rd St.
Joe Alglna
SYDNEY. N.S
.^...304 Charlotte St. industry with good conditions and
Phone 2844S
York, he grabbed it saying that he Keith Alsop, Agent
Phone 6346 good leadership.
LAKE CHARLES. La
1419 Ryan St.
wants to see the new hall in op LeRoy
SUP
BAGOTVILLE. Quebec
20 ElglmSt.
Clarke. Agent
Phone 65744
Phone: 545
HONOLULU
16
Merchant
St.
1'South Lawrence St.
Agent Signs On
eration. "1 watched the building MOBILE
37 Ormont St.
Phone 58777 THOROLD. Ontario
Cal Tanner. Agent
Phone 21754
of it," he said, "and now I want N^W ORLEANS ....823 Bienville St. PORTLAND
Phone: 33202
Ill W. Burnslde St.
In between meeting ships and
113 Cote De La Montague
Beacon 4336 QUEBEC
to see it in action. It certainly Llndsey Williams. Agent
Quebec
Phone: 27078 squaring beefs your agent man
RICHMOND. CALIF
257 5th St.
Magnolia 61126113
is a far cry from the days of 1919 NEW YORK
177 Prince William St. aged to find enough time to get
Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN
678 4th Ave.. Brooklyn
N.B.
Phone: 23049
..450 Harrison St.
STerilng 84671 SAN FRANCISCO
to now." Herman, who should
married. 1 hope that all my old
Douglas 28363
NORFOLK
127129 Bank St.
know, says that of all the ships Ben
SEATTLE
2700
IsfAve.
Rees. Agent
Phone 41083
friends
will drop in to see me if
Great
Lakes Districi
Main 0290
and contracts the SlU has. Cities PHILADELPHIA.
337 Market St.
WILMINGTON
440 Avalon Blvd. ALPENA
133 W, Fwlcher they get out this way.
S.
CarduUb.
Agent
Market 71638
Service is tops, thanks' to the fight' SAN FRANCISCO
Terminal 43131
Phone: 1238W
450 Harrison St.
I'm sorry to close this report on
678 4th Ave., Brooklyn BUFFALO, N. Y
180 Main St.
the SlU put up at that company.
H.' J. Fischer. Agent
Douglas 25475 NEW YORK
STerilng 84671
Phone;
Cleveland
7391 a somber note, but 1 regret to
SAN
JUAN.
PR
382
Ponce
de
Leon
We haven't let anyone> light Sal Coils', Agent
CLEVELAND
2602 Carroll St.
Canadian District
Phone: Main 10147 report that J. Graham "Pop" Har
around her long enough lately to SAVANNAH
3 Abercorn St,
DEH'ROIT
1038 3rd St. ris, has died as a result of an
463 McGill St.
Phone 31728 MONTREAL
get any good stories for this week E. B. TiUey. Agent
Headquarters Phone; Woodward 16857 accident.
. MArquette 8909
SEATTLE
3700 lat , Ave.
so you will have to excuse us; It Jeff Morrison. Agent
B31 W. Michigan St.
128«i HolUs St. DULUTH
Seneca 4870 HALIFAX. N.S.
Phone: Melrose 24110
Phone: 38911
18091811 N. Franklin St.
Sain Cohen
is getting so that nobody will even TAMPA
SOVTH.CHICAGO
3261 E^ 92nd.St.
Ray WlUte,,Agent
Plmne 21323
'
Wlhhingtoh Port'Agent
isay "goodAmoi!nifi<";<to.ii8(!Jor fear WILMINOTON. Calil.?'.4.440 A^n Blv^
'
Phone: Etttz M410
Lake Charles:
Texas Performs Nobly
in Picking Up the Slack
All's Quiel as Shipping
Slarts to Slack Off
AFL Shipyard Strike
Begins As CIO Relnrns
Hoi a Living Soui Left
End of Holidays Brings As Hall Is Cleaned Out
Crowd On Beach Here
Stewards' Dept. Finds
Shipping Pretty Slow
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SEAFARERS LOG
Paee Te0
Fridar. Jaanaty 25. lOSF
IN THE WAKE
using "So long," some authorities
believe, we are using the seamen's
garbled version of the East Indian
greeting salaam, meaning peace be
with you.
FRED SCHOENBORN, carpenter
' That mysterious lure, "the call Radio City, building exhibits for
of the sea," may not come early in the museum and for the New York
Question: Why have you served life, but when it does it hits hard. World's Fair which took place in
1939 and 1940.
as ship's deiegate?
Fred Schoenbom was 40 before he
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9
Amateur Sailor
Tarpaulins, used as hatch cover
Julio Bernard, bosun: I took the heard it, but once he decided to
All the while, the idea of going
ings or the like to keep out water job the last time on the Milton H. go into the Seafaring life he took
to sea was not forgotten. Schoen
or simply protect what's underneath,
Smith because the plunge wholeheartedlyt
bom spent his vacations at the
are derived from the old English
someone has to
A
cabinet
maker
by
trade
here
shore,
trying his hand as an
word palyoun, or canopy (today it's
talk to the cap
pavilionk They used to be tarred,
tain when beefs for twenty years, Schoenborn was amateur sailor. When the War
hence the word. Today these
come up. I want batten by the sea bug at the end Shipping Administration issued its
canvas
coverings
are
treated
with
ed to cooperate of 1945 when the War Shipping appeal he decided to fulfill his
4 i i
a
w\terproofing
solution.
with my ship Administration appealed for men lifelong ambition.
Counting all the ins and outs,
4
4i
As a good union man (he was a
mates
in every
the state of Louisiana has 7,721
to man ships and bring the soldiers member of the Carpenters Union
way.
The
job
is
Sea
superstitions,. many
dating
miles of tidal shore line. The actual
an advisory one home from European battlefields. here for many years) Schoenbom
coastline is 397 miles, but it is 20 back to "ancient times, concerned
but the delegate Before long he was in the thick first shipped out as an NMU
many
common
items.
A
bit
of
salt
times that figure when taking all
can help a great of the Isthmian organizing cam organizer on the William Whipple
the indentations into account . . . in a sailor's pocket was said to
paign and played a role in the of the Isthmian line. But' as he
A breaker, a water keg in a ship's bring him good luck, yet when salt deal when problems .come up.
4> 4r 4>
successful organization of that put it, "I soon found out which
' boat, is an alteration of the Spanish spilled it was looked on as an omen
union had something to offer." He
William Frank, oiler: I was dele company by the SlU.
word barrica, for cask. Many sea of bad times to come . . . Even
signed
an SlU pledge card as did
sneezing
had
its
good
and
bad
gate
on
the
Alcoa
Puritan
because
terms stem from the Spanish
Schoenborn, who is 46 years old,
because of the early seafaring aspects. When someone sneezed on the crew needed
was born in Dresden, Germany, most of the other men on the ship.
the port side of the ship at the somebody to rep
tradition of Iberian folk.
but grew up in the seaport town "When, the ship returned to port
time of getting underway, it was resent them and
of Hamburg, where he first devel it voted overwhelmingly for the
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regarded with much foreboding. I felt it was my
oped an interest in ships and SlU in a Labor Board election."
The shore phrase "since Hector If it happened on the starboard duty to speak for
As a result, Schoenborn got an
sailing. At 15 he was apprenticed
was a pup . . ."—referring to time side, it was supposed to assure a them. I'm always
Isthmian organizers bpok from the
to
a
carpenter
to
learn
a
trade.
long past, has its parallel in sea good voyage.
ready to take
For four years he passed through SIU and sailed 'round the world
lore. "Since Adam was an oakum
the job if the
4.
4>
4>
the careful course of instruction on several other Isthmian ships
boy," means the same thing. It
crew wants me
A
good
weather indicator
at sea,
given
under the supervFsion of the helping to sign up ther crews until
comes from the shipyards where
to. It's easy to
local Board of Trade and the the company was finally organized.
. it was a boy's job to keep the barring use of a barometer or other handle because
"There is a big opportunity," he
Cabinet Makers Guild.
caulkers supplied with oakum and instruments, is offered by the usually the men
habits of
seabirds. Moderate winds
said, "when
the Union conducts an
other items.
Hard Grind
and fair weMher can usually be cooperate and you get things done.
organizing campaign for our per
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Apprenticeship in those days mitman to do organizational work
expected when they are far out to
Aloof, from the Dutch te loef, seaward. The opposite is well
Marceiino Santiago, bosun: 1 was all,work and no pay. After and get the benefit, because many
to windward or nearer to the wind, illustrated by the old seamen's took the job to see to it that all working hours, the apprentice Union men have gotten their books
is seldom heard today at sea. verse:
the Union con swept the floors and ran errands that way organizing Isthmian and
Ashore, aloof means indifferent or
tract terms are for the cabinetmaker. "Still it was other big companies."
When seabirds fly to land,
distant in manner . . . The seaport
lived up to as an improvement over the old
A storm is sure at hand. .
Since that time Schoenbom has
city of Barcelona in Spain probably Storms can also be expected, it is
well as to help system where the apprentice "sailed all over" on ships of vari
got its name from that lan said, when porpoises and whales
keep the men up worked ten to 12 hours a day, ous SlUcontracted companies, in
guage's derivation of barca, mean spout about ships at sea.
to Union stand seven daye a week," he said. "And cluding Waterman and the Robin
ing boat , . . Similarly, a barcarole,
ards. Most of the training they gave you was Line. His last ship was the York
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4>
a boating song of Venetian gon
the time the men very thorough."
Traditional rivalries between
mar, one of Calmar's ore boats. He
doliers, stems from the same root. deepwater seamen and coastal
cooperate so that At the close of his apprentice has a^so been active in many of the
The most famous of these was sailors find expression in many
beefs ^are kept at ship he passed the theoretical and beefs of shoreside unions that were
immortalized as Hoffman's Barca old jests. The deepwater man
a minimum and practical examination which qual aided by the SIU.
role by Offenbach.
everybody gets ifled him as a journeyman carpen
called his coastal counterpart a
A citizen of the United States
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dogbarking navigator," from the equal treatment.
ter. Shortly afterwards, in 1925, since 1931, Schoenborn is un
Longshoremen, also called steve supposition that he found the
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he came to the United States, and married. He makes his home in
dores (as are many of the com ship's position by recognizing the Ernesto Erazo, AB:. You always settled here.
Auburndale, L, I., and has his
panies engaged in this work), are barks of the dogs along :;>hore have problems on a ship with over
He worked for many years in parents, whom he brought over
likewise indebted to Spain for their
, . Yachtsmen and amateur time and other
furniture factories as an architec from Germany just four years ago,
name. Early sailors probably sailors fared no better. They were beefs and I felt
tural woodworker, constructing the living with him. "They are very
brought the word back home with called softwater men by the pro that by serving
pilot
models for the factory from happy to be here," he said, "and
them. Spanish cargo handlers fessional seaman, who often com as delegate
the
designer's
drawings. Sub spend their days looking forward
were called estivadores, from the mented that "anyone who would I helped keep
sequently he worked for the Mu to their 'sailor boy' coming home
verb estivar, to pack or stow . . . go to sea for pleasure would go peace and har
seum of Science ahd Industry in between trips."
When we say farewell to someone. to hell for a vacation!"
mony. If you get
help from your
shipmates it is
easy to handle
the job to every
body's satisfac
A Japanese offensive began on weight championship bout, Joe
ACROSS
tion.
DOWN
20.'Shifts course
37. The British
Bataan with 200,000 troops...US Louis a y o e d Baer in the first
of ship
J. The Baltic or 1. Spread, as sails
40. Cargo
4"
4"
4"
21 .
seaman
Red
42, Lyric poem
2. Period of time
Charles Bush, bosun: I've been troops began garrisoning bases in round and announced plans to en
22. It's headed by
43. Firebug's de
3. It has a fluke
4. Ship's comple
Adm. Fletcher
light
delegate oh several ships including Northern Ireland"... Int^Ameri ter the Army... Baseball's Babe
4. Poker counter
ment
45. Suave politeness
5. Rapid currents 24. Wading bird
the Steel Work can talks of Western Hemisphere Ruth ill from a nervous condition
8. School exam
26. Dodge
46. Russian name
of water
29. On
12. Sea bird
48. River flowing
6. High note
er and Steer Ap nations opened in Rio... After be following an auto crackup... Hol
30. Flat bell
7. Greeting at
into Seine
13. Healthy
prentice in order ing pushed back by the British, lywood actress Carole Lombard
33. Newspaper men 51. Kind of money
new SlU haU
14. As far as
34. Goods sunk at
8. Of a tube
52. New: Prefix
to help maintain Rommel's, North Afrika Korps was died.
sea
15. Pert, to short
53. Acquire
9. Join up
Union conditions. reinforced and started its own
4 4 4
range strategy 10. Astonish
President Roosevelt urged a
17. Sea color
11.Digits
The fellows felt counteroffensive ., Donald Nelson
Puzzle
Answers
on
Page
23.
18. Cape of
16. Islands east of
that because I've was named "czar" of the US arms mammoth war" production pro
Good
Fiji
gram, calling for 60,000 new planes
19. They hold an
been in the program, led production setup.
chors
4
4
4
and
45,000 tanks... Japan invaded
Union
a
long
21. Soon
27. Shallow places
time I was better AFL pledged Its members would the Dutch East Indies... A new
25. Boat withouj:
qualified to serve, speed arms production, but asked War Labor Board, headed by Wil
an engine
27. Flightless bird
I knew the con a voice in the planning operation liam H. Davis, contained equal
28. Towboat
tract
better
than
most of the men .. The Navy prepared to take over labor, public and employer repre ,'
31. A Roman 55
32. Mr. Harrlman's
the former French luxury liner sentation... Intercoastal steamship
and could act accordingly.
middle name
Normandie
as a troopship, the La service was suspended and some
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35. River flowing
into Adriatic
Eric Sommer, AB: I served as fayette . . . British commandos 40 affected ships placed on more
36. Center of a
delegate on the Kathryn because made a lightning raid on the coast "essential" runs.
hurricane
of Naziheld Norway... Director
38. Fuss
I was one of the
4 4 4
39. Room on a liner
Lewis B; Hershey of the Selective Average weekly pay t)f seamen
oldest Union men
41. Holy City of
• Service System issued a memo ran below $27.25, according to the
Islam
in the crew.
44. Longshore
randum urging continued defer US Labor pepartment, which listed
There were a lot
men's group
ment of seamen, as long as they earnings in 27 major American in
45. Long black
of new men
scarf
dustries... British guns dropped,
maintained seagoing jobs.
aboard
who
47. Place to anchor
five Italian naval vessels to the
49. Exchange
didn't have too
4 4 4'
premium
bottomSabotage was suspected
Fiftyseven
SIU
men
went
down
much
informa
50. Sing Sing's city
with the City of Atlanta (Savan in a fire on a 43rd Street pier in
84. Heavy strlitg '
tion on the conr
55. Rivers, in
nah) and Venore (Ore), as enemy New York.. .Georgia labor law was
tract and the
Spain
Uboats concentrated their furies held unconstitutional by the US; i
86. Born
Union. I liked
; 87. Elm or maple
Supreme Court for violating anti ^
along the .Atlantic coast.. .Favored
the
job
very
SB. In . right mind
much befauseo.l j{ot cfwperation; It? oyer Buddy Baer in a heavy slavery .aniendtneu^.^',^t >"5^
09. Obtained
The islands of Juan Fernandez
are famous for two widely sepa
rated items: lobsters and Robinson
Crusoe. Located about 500 miles
west of Valparaiso, Chile, the
islands abound in the muchprized
seafood delicacy, which is caught
and shipped to the mainland where
it brings fancy prices. Daniel
Defoe's shipwrecked mariner hero
never actually inhabited the islands,
but the man who probably inspired
the tale must have.
TEN YllARS
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�FHday, Jaanavy 25, 1552
SEAFARERS
SEAFARERS 0 LOG
Janaary 25. 1952
Pasre Eleven
LOG
sm In Business'
Vol. XIV No. 2
Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic
& Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel.
STerling 84671.
PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer
Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD
SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA: Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR. IRWIN SPIVACK.
IM
The Sea's Still Boss
In our conceit over our immense technical and scientific
accomplishments, we tend to lose sight of .the fact that nature SiU Yule Visits
is still allpowerful. Just when man thinks he has tamed the
seas with big ships, powerful engines and advanced construc Cheer Bospital
tion techniques, along comes a storm which shows him who's To the Editor:
I arrived here at the USPHS
really boss.
Hospital,
Island, about a
When the winds and waves begin acting up, the biggest week ago Staten
suffering from injuries
and strongest vessel is a mere chip on the waters. Water sustained aboard ship. After a
driven by the winds is a nearirresistable force and there day or so I had become acquainted
is no ship now, nor will there ever be one, that can prove it with my wardmates and settled
self wholly immune to that powerful combination.
down for the stay.
In the last few weeks there have been two exceptionally It being on the verge of Christ
severe storms, one in the Atlantic off northern and western mas, everyone around appeared
Europe, the other in the North Pacific off the coast of Canada. very busy making preparations for
In these as in other storms in the past, ships have been sunk, the jruletide. Each ward had a
run aground, or severely damaged with heavy loss of life. tree and the patients who were fit
enough were up and around trim
Ordinarily, not too much attention is paid to these nautical ming
them. I might say in pass
disasters. But this time, the decision of Captain Kurt Carlsen ing one that
one of these was none
to ride with his stricken ship, the Flying Enterprise, attracted other than brother James Bay,
public attention to the risks and perils of the sea. For those and he did a swell job.
who jumped the Enterprise it was no less dangerous. They On the whole, the place had all
risked being crushed by the vessel or swept away in the the appearance for the holiday
churning seas. The fact that all but one survived is a tribute time, what with relatives and
to the efficiency, skill and bravery of the seafaring men who friends of many patients around.
by PAUL HALL
rescued them. Unfortunately, the 45 crewmen of the freighter I also wish at this time to extend
on
behalf
of
many
SIU
brothers
Pennsylvania had a different fate in store. They were swal
our gratitude for the. many gifts
lowed up by the Pacific, becoming further additions to the given
us by various organizations, V7"OU'D NEVER KNOW IT a victory for all working 'men and
long list of maritime casualties.
particularly the Seamen's Church
from reading the daily news women. On this score they rate the
As long as ships ride the seas, there will be a certain per Institute.
papers
but there is an epic strug support of all organized labor.
centage of casusdties—sacrifices to the allpowerful waters. Spending Christmas in a hospi
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Those who sit secure and comfortable in heated houses ashore tal is very depressing, especially gle going on, the outcome of which
ACK IN MID 1950, WHEN
should
be
of
vital
importance
to
while the wind howls and the rain beats down should give a
for the unfortu
hostilities in Korea broke out,
thought to the perils that beset the seaman on his storm
nate seaman who every member of the organized la the SIU foresaw the need for a
tossed ship, exposed to the fury of winds and water.
has neither bor movement. For almost two program that would insure an ade
As I See It
B
friends nor rela months now—since December 1, quate supply of manpower to man
tives to visit him. 1951—15,000 insurance agents of the American flag vessels that
Throughout the the Prudential Life Insurance would be so sorely needed in
holiday season Company have been waging a mili transporting supplies to the mili
visitors came tant strike for a union contract. tary and to our allies all over the
The sorry spectacle of a government agency becoming
through at all
globe.
hopelessly entangled in problems of its own devising is by
hours of the These lads, all of whom are As a result, your Union spent
' now a familiar one. Unfortunately the Maritime Adminis
day and night. Of members of the Insurance Agents considerable time and effort in de
Farrell
tration has proven itself no exception to this melancholy
course, patients International Union, AFL, have veloping a program to make sure
practice. From somewhere within the labyrinth of files can get passes to go home if they been having a tough go, as the that this manpower would be
record of the past two months forthcoming. The Union has been
and offices, orders have been issued forth in the last several have one, but many others must shows.
Perhaps the most inspiring successful in carrying out this pro
stay
until
they
get
well
and
"fit
months assigning ships to this or that steamship company
thing
about
this struggle is the
with fine disregard of the realities of labor supply. Suddenly for duty" before going back to fact that it is being fought,by peo gram and has been able to man its
ships fully and on time. Other
one morning around Christmas time, the Maritime Adminis home on the briny.
ple of the socalled white collar unions have been unable to equal
tration woke up with a start to find a nasty problem under
Pleasant Surprise
group, a group which has fre this performance. At the confer
its Christmas tree, namely, an unbalance in the distribution Thus, it certainly was a pleasant quently been criticized for lacking ence
called early this week by the
of ships so that the SIU had more men than, ships and the surprise when a representative the gumption to unite themselves Maritime Administration to dis
NMU had ships which it could not possibly man on time. from SIU headquarters walked into under a trade union banner for cuss the critical shortage for
purpose of decent wages and skilled seamen that exists else
Letters were hurriedly dispatched to the SIU and other our ward and passed around our the
working
conditions.
extra Christmas
benefits
of
$25
where in the industry, government
maritime unions to come quick to Washington and "let's
The
AFL
Insurance Agents has officials acknowledged the SIU's
liave a conference about this thing." SIU representatives at per man. And weproudly made established that
they have that ability to meet its manpower re
tended and wasted no time setting the record straight. The it known to all and sundry.
gumption, which is a prime essen quirements.
I could
see the
dour faces
of
pur
Maritime Administration and other government bigwigs
tial for any kind of victory on the Your Union representatives
were informed that the SIU was doing very nicely when it brothers from other marine unions. economic front. What makes their made
it clear at this conference
was almost worth being here
came to manning ships given to it; that it could handle as It
on the bricks even more in that we are unable to understand
just to see the reflection and the turn
many ships as it was asked to take, and that it has already reaction of others on that occasion. spiring is the fact that these peo why we had even been called to
taken steps to assure a steady supply of skilled ratings for The wonderful story attached to ple are pitted against one of the the conference. The problem that
the industry. In short, the SIU pointed out that it had no this is the fact that there was no most powerful financial institu exist.s is not ours. The shortage of
in the country, an institution manpower does not exist In our
manpower problems and threw the whole matter back in the line of demarcation and that all tions
which is one of
the remaining hold organization. It is up to the admin
lap of the Maritime Administration. The SIU can only hope members received like treatment, outs against trade
unionism with istration to resolve the matter by
the MA takes the obvious steps needed to correct this situa whether oldtimers or newcomers in its own organization.
developing a formula for alloca
to the Union.
tion. .
The AFL Insurance Agents are tions of GAA ships that would uti
Personally I consider this a won not only bucking Prudential, they lize the manpower which we have
^
$
derful measure of progress to are, in effect, fighting the entire made available.
dwell upon and especially when multibillion dollar insurance in
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one is shut in away from his dustry. A victory for the agents
HE SIU'S TRAINING
We note a recent news item from West Virginia reporting frends because of siclmess. What undoubtedly will set the pattern
program, whose first
. a "witchhunt" on kids' chewing gum machines because bub a feeling of independence to re for the rest of the Insurance field deck school
department
class completed
ble gum distributors included a bonus with each one in the alize that when we are discharged —the Metropolitan Life Insurance its curriculum this
week, is an
form of a miniature geography lesson. It seems one of the from here we'll be able to have a Company, the John Hancock and other way in which
we have
countries covered in these innocuous Chamber of Commerce few bucks in our pockets!
the other big boys in the field, all tempted to meet the need for
Please convey to all our brothers of whom are well aware of the fact skilled rated men. This school
spiels was the USSR.
— Well, then and there, "publicminded, responsible" elements our best wishes for the new year that their long standing antiunion will provide additional qualified
thank the officials for their position is at stake.
seafaring personnel for United
in, Wheeling, West Virginia, started to track this thing down. and
diligent
efforts in securing these For those of us in the seafaring States flag ships and it will also
After all, they were against Communism, even though it benefits we now
enjoy. I also wish field who have come up the hard provide our membership with the
meant stopping the kiddies from learning there was such to express my grateful
apprecia way, who have had to fight out on opportunitv to increase, not only
a place as Stalin's "workers' paradise."
tion to the crew of the Seatrain the bricks to lay the groundwork their'own sxills, but their earning
We wonder if the town fathers of Wheeling haven't gone Ceorgia fiHr their Yuletide greet for the benefits we now enjoy, the power as well. It is our sincere
a bit afield in their yearning to expose the Reds.
ing card and re^propate the same insurance agents have earned our hope that all hands will avail them
: If the Russians rewrite histoiy, will Wheeling do a sirhilar for their kindness.
respect and adqijration. A victoiv selves of this opportunity for up
• Job• on^geograp^:^^|:i^^/;'feH^
• ' !•
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ibr thesb peo|»«'MU,'6f cbtirse, be' grading.^
it
t
t
Setting 'Em Straight
Hummed Up Geographg
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Photo Highlights
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All dressed up to celebrate Japanese New Year,
two Yokohama belles are squired by Seafarers
Mario Figueroa (1.) and Luis A. Ramirez.
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rescue operations, Seafarers on the Warhawk eye the dangerously
hsting freighter Flying Enterprise, which later sank in the stormy Atlantic. *
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Taking oh professor's chores. Bosun Mfke Rossi
holds class in practical seamanship aboard SS
Anniston City somewhere in the tropics.
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�Friday, January 25, 1952
SEAFARERS
LOG
Pace Thirteea
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A merchant seaman
pauses outside Yokohama
nightspot to show papers
to an MP. Well ^
anchored in Japan,
US occupation forces keep
tabs on servicemen and
civilians alike. Stockpile
for supplies to the UN
Korean front, Japan is
but' stepping stone to the
waV 2one, should unau
thorized persons dscape
notice.
Utilizing offhours while Steel Apprentice was
anchored in Straits of Malacca, AB John Bilko
guts fisherman's prize—9foot shark.
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Solemnly observing last
xites for deceased crew
member William Surrick,
Am Seafarers aboard
tanker Abiqiia hold
flag draped pallet out
board before traditional
burial at sea somewhere
off the Virgin Islands. The
Abiquajs one the many
SIU manned floating oil
wagons which carries oil
cargo from Venezuelan
fields to US ports.
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Down from home in Danbury, Conn, with dad
Arthur Ohler, wiper, Arthur Jr. and Bill watch
fhui^bodrd contest at^vecdi]i^!h ha^
AJl members of crew not on watch turn out for a merry Yuletide celebration aboard the SS Yaka,
at sea on Korea shuttle run. Gailydecked tree and other holiday trimmings helped make Christ
concerned until the Wie hours.
•
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.SA'
SBAFARERSlOe
Mday. Jaaoarr 25, IWIt
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HERC'S NOW, @kds9ie^/
There's a right way and a wrong way to conduct yourself on board ship. The right way means smooth sailing, less
beefs and a more pleai^ant trip for all hands. It also means a stronger Union and more protection for you. You don't
have to read Emily Post to learn how. The following material, adapted from the booklet of the same name issued
by the SIU Educational Department, will keep you abreast of the code of etiquette to be followed on all SIU ships.
i'Vn'r*
Injury To One
Is Injury To All
thing is wrong, notify the Union shipmates and with the skipper's
hall immediately. Don't count on OK, then limit yourself to actual
promises that things will be liberty. You'll save money and
straightened out "after she sails."' protect the Union's reputation.
You can save yourself headaches What you do ashore is up to your
later.
conscience and the authorities. Pay
You should check on the follow attention to military regulations in
ing items: Whether proper requisi military zones. You can get fouled
tions have been made,, what's in up if you don't.
the slopchest, the condition of the
foc'sles, bedding, etc. If possible
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get a patrolman to come aboard
and see that things are shipshape.
officers. You must carry out your
duties until paid off and given a
discharge. Failure to do so means
you can be logged as if you were
on the high seas.
Remember, everyone growls
when coming aboard a dirty ship.
Turn your ship over to the next
crew in good condition. Keep
sober at the payoff and don't rush
off to shore without settling re
maining beefs.
Always carry your Union book
and have it available for the board
ing patrolman. Pay current dues
and assessments in port of payoffs.
Remember, the SIU is an Interna
tional Union and every port is your
home port.
You have been dispatched to a
ship from an SIU hall, and from
now on you and your shipmates
represent the Union. Whether old
timer or newcomer you all have
a common bond—the SIU con
tract. Its up to you to protect the
agreement, and in so doing, help
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yourself.
A good Union man is a good sea
man who does his job the best he
Aboard ship the government,
can. The oldtimer should acquaint
ship's officers and above all, ship
the new men with their shipboard
mates, have a brake on you. If
duties and educate them in Union study your agreement thorough you wallow aboard listing badly,
principles.
ly. Remember that overtime is to hit your bunk and stay there. If
sSvS'r.
keep you from overwork not to your shipmate is groggy help him
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make you rich. An overtime hog is to his foC'isle. Sleep it off instead
of
making
an
ass
of
yourself
and
a pain to the crew. Help see to it
that all hands share overtime as the crew.
equally as possible.
To avoid beefs on overtime, keep
an accurate record of your work,
After you have paid off and got
with date, hour, nature of the
ten your fill of shoreside amuse
The good seaman is neat and work and by whom ordered. Keep
ment go down to the Union hall
clean. He takes a few minutes to a separate sheet for disputed over
and register for a job. Your hall
keep his gear in shape and the time. Have the sheets checked by
maintains a rotary shipping list,
your
delegate and
presented
to de
foc'sle orderly. He cleans his boots
which means democratic distribu
and oilskins and hangs oily, dirty partment heads for signing. For
your own protection, hang on to Take good care of ship's gear. tion of all jobs. Each man takes
gear outside the foc'sle.
Tjje Union is constantly fighting his turn.
The same goes for the messroom. these sheets until payoff.
It's the men's club room and
for more and better of the same, When you register, you get a
should be treated as such. Dirty
whether cups and saucers or wash d:^tted shipping card. Then when the
cups belong in the sink, butts in
ing
machines. Good gear is a ne jobs come up, you can throw in for
the ash trays, and uneaten food
cessity,
a comfort and protection any of them along with all Union
in the refrigerator. If you throw
for your life. The next crew is brothers on the beach. The man
junk and food around you invite
roaches, files and other nuisances.
entitled to inherit a wellkept ship. with the oldest card has first crack
Remember, a messboy is a crew
at the job. If he doesn't take it,
member just like you.
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the man with the next oldest card
You
put
down
v/hat
you
think is
gets, a chance.
4"
4
overtime and let the Union be the
interpreter of the contract. If the
ship's officers think differently, the
issue can be settled at payoff.
Remember, you do the work Homeward bound is the time to
that
the officers order you to, even get all affairs in order. Overtime
Foc'sle bullies are out of style. if they
say it isn't overtime. Put should be rechecked and written
They no longer rate on ship. Re
down on your "disputed" sheet
spect your shipmates' opinions. If it
up so it can be easily understood at
you disagree, discuss your differr and settle at the payoff.
the
payoff. Union books should be
ences, don't make a muscle. Save Should the officers do work checked and a list made so that the This means that the men out of
normally
performed
by
the
crew,
your scrapping for the dock if you
work longest get first chance at the
have to. You can always find some notify your delegate. The entire patrolman can get Union business
crew
may
collect
overtime
in
cer
through in a "hurry and attend to jobs. It's job democracy and pre
one ashore to accommodate you.
tain of these cases. Here again, the beefs. A list of beefs, com vents backdoor shipping, crimping
the final decision will be made at
or discrimination.
the payoff. If the officers are plaints, logs, and other contro
buckos, it's no use trying to settle versial items should be made so Remember you belong to a fine
all beefs aboard ship. Save them that these matters can be attended Union that will guarantee you the
best conditions in the Industry—if
for your shoreside officials.
to.
you support it and live up to its
principles. Be proud of your
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Union and conduct yourself in a
manner
that the Union can ba
Examine the ship thoroughly
proud of you.
when you come aboard. If some
Know What You
Have Coming
Etiquette For
The Cassed'Up
M
m
SIU Democracy
In Action
AGREEMENT ^
Make Her
Ship Shape
Don'/ T hrowYour
Weight Around
i
'coNmci
y . <r
jm
Remember^They
Keep A Record
Taking time off without permis
sion or performing aboard ship is
a bad habit. If you are logged, the Your ship may be in port sever
Coast Guard starts a record on
you, and your share of the work al days before paying off. During
falls on your shipmates. If you this period you arc still on arti
can't arrange for extra time with cles and under the orders of ship's
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�Friday, Jannary 25, 1952
SEAFARERS LOG
Pare Fifteeif"
Tanker's Growth:
Old Windjammer
To !$iiper!$uper
Shipping experts predict that by 1953 the Americanflag
tanker fleet will comprise half TOur total merchant marine.
The tanker fleet is growing in total tonnage as well as in the
size of individual ships.
During World War II, the T2 tanks built in the lower holds. She
tanker was considered a huge ship carried barrel oil in the 'tween
far advanced in speed, size and decks:
carrying capacity over most pre
Still further development was
war carriers. Measuring 528 feet made in 1869 when the Charles,
over all, the T2 has a 68 foot also a sailing ship, had 59 iron
beam and a 15 knot speed. Its ca tanks constructed in the holds for
pacity is 138,335 barrels of liquid oil, each tank having to be filled
cargo.
and emptied separately from the
Postwar "super tankers" built others. Similar conversions fol
for Esso, the Texas Company and lowed with other sailing ships and
other operators here and abroad by 1870 there was a large fieet of
measure about 625 feet over all windjammers carrying both bulk
and carry some 240,000 barrels at and barrel oil from the Pennsyl
a speed of from 16 to 17 knots. vania oil fields, via Philadelphia,
The only supertanker manned by to England, France, Belgium and
SIU men is the Olympic Games, other European destinations.
owned by US Petroleum Carriers.
The oil trade became prosper
But even these giant ships will ous, and in 1872 the Red Star Line
be greqtly exceeded in size by built the SS Vaderland as a com
tankers now being planned by Na bination oil and passenger ship, al
tional Bulk Carriers. Still in the though there is no record of this
blueprint stage, these contem vessel having loaded oil and the
plated ships would measure 50,000 assumption now is that the author
deadweight tons compared to the ities prevented her from carry
27,700 deadweight tons of the av ing passengers with such a vola
erage "supertanker."
tile freight.
As tank ship design nears the Another advance in design was
point where even the term "super" marked by construction of the iron
will be outdated and a new phrase steamer Zoroaster in 1878 for the
wilt "have to be found to describe petroleum trade on the Caspian
the new giants of the sea, it is in Sea. This ship was distinctively
teresting to look back on the his a tanker, having eight cylindrical
tory of tankers as a distinct type tanks built independently of the
_ ,
.
CPeabody Marine Museum)
of ocean carrier.
hull. Capacity was 240 tons. Sev
Only Sevenmaster ever built, the Thomas S. Lawson was converted into an oil carrier in the early
China can probably claim credit eral other vessels of this type_were
1900's. In 1907 she was wrecked on the Scilly Isles off southern England.
for having originated the tanker, built for the run from the oil fields
for there are pretty clear indica by the Caspian Sea up the Volga
tions that the Chinese built some River and through the Marinsky a coal burner like many early the Pacific for 20 years with oil. developed deck and hull cracks
junks, even with expansion tanks, canal to the Baltic. As the canal tankers, had all its tanks of equal Standard Oil built some big tanker and were made subject to a Coast
to carry fuel cargoes hundreds of was only 28 feet wide, ^ these length, each with a separate ex schooners and barges, towed by Guard order directing all T2s to
years ago!
tankers were necessarily narrow pansion tank. It featured water tugs or behind selfpropelled be specially strapped at the points
Oil transportation from the and had a limited capacity Like tight rivets, vapor pipes for each tankers, some of them journeying of seeming weakness.
United States began in 1861 when most early steam tankers, engines tank, machinery spaces aft, navi to far ports in this unusual fashion. "Super tankers" are designed for
the brig Elizabeth Watts was char and boilers were amidships. Auxil gation bridge amidships and other One of these was a 360 footer with the fareast trade to the oil fields
points of design common to pres five masts and auxiliary sails which of the. Persian Gulf, all of them
tered by a Philadelphia firm to iary sail was usually carried.
entday oil
carriers.
sailed for many years under" the having a draft which assures tran
carry a cargo of oil in barrels from Over the yeare, there were new
The first sailing of this ship, it anonymous name of "Number 94." sit of the Suez canal. These
Philadelphia to London. This was designs and various improvements,
oil from the newly developed all tending toward the tankship as is interesting to note, was delayed
"supers" carry the equivalent of
Tow Work, Too
fields in Pennsylvania.
we know it today. In 1882, for when the makers of barrels and
1,200 railway tank cars or about
Quite a few of the early tankers ten train loads of oil! While the
instance, a ship called the Ar tin cans believed she would revo
Windjammer Tankers
meniak was built having its tank lutionize oil transportatioa and had towing machines aft. In 1907 30,000 ton supertanker carries
Nun\erous cargoes followed this bulkheads on the presentday long would put them out of jobs. As a the twin screw, 476 foot tanker about twice as much cargo as the
one, most of them being sent itudinal, foreandaft plan, with result, they prevailed upon coal Iroquois was built at Belfast, T2, the operating cost is relatively
aboard old windjammers that had transverse partitions.
handlers not to bunker the ship. Maine, and the same yard con the same, for fuel consumption is
outlived their usefulness for other
But progress, could not be denied structed for her the sixmast barge not so much greater and the "super
First Real Tanker
trades and whose owners were
and the Gluckauf escaped the boy Navahoe, a 450 footer with a ca tanker" carides only eight more in
willing to take a chance carrying Most historians, however, credit cott by sailing to Halifax for pacity for 10,000 tons of oil. This crew than does the T2.
this new and, what was considered the S.S. Gluckauf, built in Eng bunkers. On subsequent trips she steam tanker and her engineless
The SS Ohio has a power plant
then, a higbJy dangerous cargo. So land in 1886 by the firm of Arm bunkered in Europe for the round tow made many voyages across the
typical
of the supert^nker with
Atlantic.
old and decrepit were these first strong and Mitchell, as having trip.
two water tube boilei's w5rking at
petroleum freighters that 58 of been the granddaddy (or grand
Many interesting tankers were A famous American tanker was
them were lost on the North At mother, if you prefer) of the mod built in the earlier days of oil the seven masted schooner Thomas '600 pounds pressure: steam tur
lantic in just four months of 1882! ern oil carrier |>ecause the Gluc carrying, with most of them seeing W. Lawson, largest schooner ever bines developing 13.750 h.p. (more
A step toward evolution of a kauf was the first ship to carry oil a long and useful career. The built and the only seven master than double the horse pojvtr of a
tank ship came about in 1863 when in tanks that were a part of the Union Oil Company of California, ever to sail the seas. Launched at T2), and a 22 foot propeller push
ing the ship along, fully loaded at
a windjammer named the Ramsey ship's hull.
for instance, built the three mast Quincy, Mass., in 1902, this 375 about I6V2 knots.
was altered to carry oil by having This 300 foot ship, which was barkentine Fullerton, which sailed footer was a coastwise collier for
Phenomenal Growth
a short time until she was sold for
conversion into a tanker. On a
The steady growth of the
voyage from Philadelphia to Eng Americanfiag tanker fleet is evi
land with a cargc of oil in 1907 she denced by the fact that in 1914 we
was blown ashore and wrecked on had 80 such ships; in 1918, the
the rocky. Scilly Isles off the south number had increased to 170; and
ern tip of England, only three of by the end oif World War 11 there
her crew surviving the wreck.
were 907 tankers under the Ameri
One of the earliest American can flag!
bulk tankers was the 239 foot There is certain to be heavy em
steamer Maverick, built for Stan ployment of tankers for years to
dard Oil in 1890. She carried 500, .come. As the United States con
000 gallons of oil between Phila verts more from coal to oil for
delphia and New England ports.
fuel, finds new byprodifct uses
As tankers increased In size, de for petroleum, enlarges its indus
signers had to cope with many new trial output with machinery depen
problems of constuction. Not all of dent on oil for operation, and
these problems were solved imme boosts its use of gasoline, a huge
diately, for a number of big tank fleet of tankers must be used to
ers cracked at sea, were wrecked, bring this previous fuel to the
or mysteriously disappeared. In States from overseas. American
1914, the world's largest tanker, fields no longer can begin to meet
the Oklahoma, disappeared at sea; domestic consumption, which is
in 1920 the tanker Mielero broke zooming upward year by year.
in two, and in 1^0 also the tank
The oil tanker, whatever its fu
er Cubabist went missing to be ture development may be, has •
come another mystery of the deep. vital role to play in the welfare
One of the maiiy 'r2's built during World'War II, this tankeif the Sinclair HC/was turned out in the
record breaking time of IdO dejris'rom keel lajing to deliveiT.
Since the war, some T2 tankers and security of the. nation.
a
m
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�Paffe Sixteen
Friday, January 25, 1952
SEAFARERS LOG
San Angela Victory's Crewmen
Nip Ship Blaze In Record Time
That we never see the other side
of the moon? That's because the
moon rotates on its axis only once
during its 27day trip around the
earth, keeping the same face to
wards us at all times. It makes us
wonder what the back of its head
looks like.
(The account below was sent in by a crewmember of the San Angela Victory, which has since called at
Dunkerque, France, and is due in New York late in January—Ed.)
That for a while during the war
seamen were not allowed gasoline
rations for their cars? It wasn't
until January 12, 1945, that the
Office of Price Administration got
around to allowing seamen three
gallons of gas for each five work
days of service at sea, up to a max
imum of 30 gallons.
The crew of the San Angelo Victory (Seatrade, Del.) has been highly commended by
the'third mate, who was in charge at the time, for their action during the fire which
raged for six hours aboard the vessel in Bremerhaven. The speedy turnout and whole
t t
hearted cooperation displayed
That there are at least 48 known
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by the few men aboard had
waterfalls that are higher than That the best seller book lists
Niagara? The honeymoon spot has for the past few weeks have been
all available hoses in the area
a fall of only 167 feet, while there topped by three salty books? The
directed at the heart of the fire
are two waterfalls in Venezuela "Caine Mutiny" and "The Cruel
within five minutes of the
that are at least 2,000 feet high. Sea" are fiction stories about navy
Niagara's reputation comes not ships during the war, while "The
alarm. Though the crewmem
from its height, but from the tre Sea Around Us" is a study of the
bers aboard were few in num
mendous volume of water that seven seas and how they affect our
ber and could not have quelled
passes
over the falls daily.
lives.
the blaze, they did check it
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until local shore fire fighting
That the ancient Incas of Peru That your shoe size is seven
equipment could come to their
built huge buildings without ce even though your feet measure
relief.
ment? A great many such build
During the first two hours, the
ship took a considerable list to
port, due to the great amount of
water being pumped in by as many
as fifty hoses at one time. How
ever, the engineers righted her as
soon as they could. At aroimd one
AM, holds number two and three
were flooded to number one 'tween
deck, so the fire was attacked by
burning several holes in the main
deck and approaching it from
there.
Fire Guard
nine inches from heel to toe?
Blame the confusion on King Ed
ward 11 of England. In the year
1324, Edward made a decree that
three barley corns taken from the
center of the ear, and placed end'
to end, equalled one inch. Con
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temporary shoemakers discovered
That It wouldn't do you much after a while that the longest feet
good to build a house on Falcon they were asked to fit measured
Island? This tiny island in the *39 barley corns. From this they
Friendly group in the South Pa deduced that if three barley corns
cific disappears and reappears at were one inch, 39 of them equalled
irregular intervals. The Island is 13 inches, and therefore the larg
the top of an underwater volcano est shoe size should be 13. Even
and shows up everytime there is today, in most retail stores, it still
an eruption.
is. .
ings, which were constructed out
of blocks of stone fitted together,
are still standing in the ancient
Peruvian capital of Cuzco. Nobody
has yet figured out what makes the
buildings hold up.
Aftermath of sixhour fire a'^oard San Angelo Victory finds crew
men looking into hold to surrey damage caused by blaze.
Soccer No Laughs Though
By two AM, it was all over, but Some Get Kicks Out Of If
a skeleton crew of firemen stood
All over the world millions of people weekly crowd into
by with hoses ready day and night huge sports arenas to watch their favorite pastime—soccer
'for several days. During this time,
all cargo was removed from these
action,
Last year, the largest soccer there is a weekly flutter at tfte
two holds to safeguard against any palace
in the world, the Stadio de "pools." Last year nine ipillion
new outbreaks of fire.
Maraca, was built in Rio de Janeiro "punters," as those who wager on
There were reports that an in at a cost of over $15,000,000. This the game are called, "invested"
cendiary bomb was found in one beautiful work of modern architec almost
200 million dollars on the We seamen have come a long way since the days of the
of the holds and that sabotage was ture is set amidst the lovely back
of these contests in bets Shipping Board. Our beautiful building in Brooklyn with all
suspected, although details of this ground of Rio's mountains. It has outcome
that
averaged
about 50 cents each.
have not been disclosed.
140,000 seats with standing room In Italy, two million persons risk its conveniences, and our various halls in other ports, set me
As a result of the fire, all power for another 42,000. The stands and $500,000 weekly on the games. A hinking of the old Shipping
|
lines on the fore deck were burnt playing field are separated by a miner recently picked 12 winners Board crimp halls and. their counted, and guys would go out of
out and new permanent lines were ninefoot moat, and subterranean for a $125,000 bonanza, without inconveniences.
their way to grab something going
run to the windlass, masthead and exits are furnished through into ever having seen a game.
Who among the oldtimers can to Havre and Antwerp^ or Ger
range lights. The crew was told which players and referee may
forget the way shipping was done in many, which were the favorite
Real World Series
that these were all the repairs nec scurry.
New York when old Joe Hogan and ports. The shipping masters, know
Every
four
years,
76
nations
be
essary so far until she reaches New Soccer is played on a field 120
old man Daly handled it? Remem ing all this, could demand and get
longing to
the International Feder
York.
yards long by 75 wide. There are ation of Football Associations boot ber in New Orleans when old man the gifts that they wanted for these
It is very apparent to us all on two teams of 11 men who try to it out for the silver Jules Rimet Markey and Mr. Pozzi did the ship jobs. After all, these poor guys
board, if only to the eye, that the kick or head a 27inch, 14ounce cup, symbol of the world cham ping, or even "Baldheaded" John had to make a living, and after, all
section where the fire was most in ball into the enemy's goal cage. pionship;
in Philadelphia and his way of a seaman was nothing but a
tense has been contorted, if not Play is in two halves of 45 minutes. In the "world series" held in shipping?
"whiskeysoaked bum" anyway.
weakened. The section I refer to It is a game of continuous play Brazil last summer, Brazil and They all had rotary shipping in Because of the tales these guys
is in the starboard deck and hull with no time outs. If a player is England were oddson choices as their own manner. They shipped spread about, seamen, most people
section between number two and hurt or removed from the game, finalists but the US, unanimous only those they wanted to regard figured a sear lan was nothing more
three holds, and has three or four his team continues without him. choice
for the consolation prize, less of how long a guy was on the than what was told to them—one
ridges and furrows, some three or Tackling, tripping and slugging are beat the
British 10. Chile later beach, and a little gift usually word: dirt. But considering the
four inches high or deep.
fouls, subject to penalties ranging booted the US out of the play. made you eligible for the first job Conditions seamen worked under in
A special meeting was called in from free kicks (at the ball, that In the finals, Brazil, the top out. Old Joe in New York shipped those days, it's a wonder they
this regard and it was decided that is) for the opposing team to re heavy favorite, lost to its tiny from his own boarding house and weren't called more names. What
we draw up a letter expressing our moval of the offending player from neighbor Uruguay before a crowd Johnnie the Greek in New Orleans, else could a guy do those days
view on the matter and that sever the game.
of 200,000, many of whom waited who also had a seamen's boarding when he didn't have enough money
al copies be made and presented Gambling is the life of soccer. around the stadium two and three house, used to relieve old man to stay ashore more than a few
Markey from time to time. These days, and since he had such a
Though a few countries, including days before just to get in.
tothe auth<?rities concerned.
J. W. Grant Brazil, France and Canada, forbid Unfortunately for the Brazilians, birds controlled the shipping in miserable existence during the trip,
gambling, almost everywhere else their team lost by what some say their ports, and if you didn't stand he had only one thing to think
was bad luck and what others insist in, you had a long wait for a job. about, to get rid of his dough.
was better playing. In any event, Then of course we had the Ship
{• '• • it
Louis Goffin
thousands really took it to heart ping Board ships, which in many
and the next day flags throughout cases were first World War ships
operated by various companies for
Brazil were at half mast.
the Shipping Board, with their big
Fred Carranza Irizar foc'sles,
crummy messrooms, bath
ing out of a bucket, unsafe working
conditions, and about the lousiest
food that money could buy.
Blue Coffee
On these ships one could enjoy
The membership is again
cautioned to beware of persons drinking blue coffee, eating cold
grub, and being told that the food
soliciting funds on ships in be
half of memorials or any other was going to be cut each tfip..
Only on these ships did you .see
socalled x'worthy causes."
guys buying food ashore, and stor
No "canshakers" or solici
iors have received authoriza, ing it in their lockers, and under
tion from SlU headquarters to their bunks. Of'coprse the piece
collect funds. The National de resistance was the wages, where;
Foundation for 'l n f an t i 1 e an AB was paid the magnificent
Paralysis is the only charitable sum of $62.50 a month,^and a mess
boy $40 a month, o! course, this
organization which has re
was the shipping board's big selling Proud dad Charles Morrison,
ceived membership endorse
ment. Funds for this cause point, as most private companies steward, shows off Larry, 2Vi,
are collected through normal only paid an AB $55 a month. All at the Brooklyn hall. Morrison
Union channels at the payoff. in all,.the good old USSB, as It was just made it back from Franc*
Aerial photo of mammoth Rio atadiom ahowa nearcapacity crowd
for the holidays on the Win
Receipts, are issued on the spot. called, was a freat operator.
irf SOO^OQQ. wateUnf ^iogfl^ of f(^eyfupifw fiayc^s.dot,^ j^lid.
Ip Ihhto: daya.,th*^fim» ,wfs::M:fleW.Strattam .
Crimp Hall To New Hall
—A Far Cry, Says Louie
Can't I 3hip Too?
^Can'Shahers^
Have No OK
�Friday, January tS, 19BS
SEAFARERS LOG
Seafarer's Safari Solves
High Meat Cost Problem
LOGARHYTHMS:
Boiler Blues
By Tom Finnegan
(TTiis lament was written by
Brother Finnegan, a wiper off the
"boneyard" refugee James B. Rich
ardson.—Ed.)
It's four in the morning
It's stormy and cold
He's going to work
Engine's squeaky 'n old.
It spits and it sputters
His fingers they cross.
He hates to be late—
He'll get hell from his boss.
Down with the boilers
The fireman gets mad,
He brakes up his fire
The thing's smoking bad.
While the feed water pump
Keeps moaning on low
The darn water whistle
Refuses to blow.
Now the steam's going down
The chief blows a fuse.
And the fireman sVhgs
The boiler room blues.
3) i" t
Paul, aboard the Transatlantic, framed by the antlers of the solu
tion to the Oakley family's butcher bills.
Pace Seventeen
Bellyachers
By Jesse E. Watkins
By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
• The final aim in all photography is good prints, unless you're carry
ing around some old Xray plates of yourself. For good prints we
need good negatives and they in turn are dependent upon your selec
tion of film, its exposure and development. • We'll leave color film
alone for the time being and stick to black and white. Black and
white film has different characteristics. . To get good picture's we
should know something about these qualities.
Color sensitivity—This means the manner in which black and white
film reproduces various colors. There are two types, orthochromatie
and panchromatic. The "pan" film is sensitive to all colors and the
"ortho" film is blind to red. Anything red being photographed with
ortho film will make no impiession on the film and will appear in
tlie final print as black. Unless you want red objects to photograph
black, stay away from ortho films. The two popular ortho films are
plenachrome and verichrome.
Speed—^The speed of a film is its sensitivity to light, or the relative
amount of lighf needed for correct exposure. There are roughly three
groups of films: fast, medium and slow. The speed of a film can within
certain limits be controlled by development and other treatments.
Graininess—Under a microscope the negative image which is made
up of metallic silver is found to be made up of coarse granules of
silver. If they are large and coarse, enlargements made from such
negatives are said to b'e grainy. Actually the grains that we see in the
final print are enlargements of the spaces between the grains of silver.
Generally the faster the film the coarser the grain.
Contrast:—This refers to the brilliance or range of tones between
black and white. If a film is capable of rendering many shades or
gradations of grays between black and white it is known as a long
scale film. If there is a short range of tones between black and white
in the negative so that it appears brilliant or "hard" the film is known
as a high contrast or short scale film. Contrast is basically a function
of the film, but is also influenced by exposure and development.
Latitude—^This is the ability of*a film to withstand over and under
exposure and still produce a usable negative. All films have some
degree of latitude. If this were not so it would be necessary to "hit
the exposure right on the head" every time. For example: someone
with a box camera and XX film exposes that film outdoors on a sunny
day at one twentyfifth of a second at f:16; someone else with a snazzy
outfit would expose the same film at the same opening but would use
one twohundredth of a second. Here's a difference of eight times
in exposure, yet both will produce usable negatives. Generally, the
high speed, long scale films have more latitude than slow speed con
trasty films.
Types of film—^The reason that there are various types of film is
because no single film is best for all photographic applications.
1. High Speed Pan is of greatest sensitivity and is used where
illumination is dim, as indoors where you can only use natural room
light. It is very useful when flash is prohibited by law or by your
pocketbook. The grain is relatively coarse, it has low contrast and long
scale tones • w
ith excellent latitude. Two high speed pan films are
E. K. SuperXX and Ansco Ultra Speed Pan.
2. Medium Speed Pan—It is more brilliant and has finer grain
than high speed pan. It has good gradation and is generally a good
allaround film. Two such films are E. K. Plus X and Ansco Supreme.
Stick to these if at all possible.
3. Slow Speed Pan—^These films have sufficient speed for daylight
photography. They have a speed of 24 outdoors and 16 indoors. The
negative produced with these films are more contrasty than medium
speed films, have less gradation, but have extremely fine grain. Where
extreme enlargements have to be made slow speed pan films should
be used. Two slow speed pan films are E. K. Panatomic X and Ansco
Finopan.
There are hundreds of other types of films and they all have their
uses. However for most of our needs these three groups will do most
anything that we will ever run across.
(A member of the Marine Allied
Families of Seafarers plagued by rising meat costs ashore may ex
pect. a mass shipping out movement to northern hui^ng grounds after WorkersSIU, Brother Watkins
sails cook on a tugboat out of New
the menfolk read this.
f*
Orleans.)
It seems Paul Oakley, steward on proffered to the LOG staff as
the Transatlantic on a run to corroborating evidence of this A griping lad is talking loud
Belgium last fall, paused during a statement. The moosehead, whose To others on the ship.
stopover for paper cargo at New 17 points measure slightly over And telling 'em how he is proud
foundland to do some shooting and four feet in width, is still in the To be with thein this trip.
wound up bringing home several hands of the taxidermist because
hundred pounds of edible meat it is a less welcome addition to^the It seems he'd like a meeting called
settle here and now.
stuffs plus a huge moosehead ear Oakley household than the tasty To
Just
why the Union always stalled,
marked for the taxidermist.
meat of the body which sup And where and when and how.
Oakley (aptly named for this ported it.
tale), who has sailed with the SIU But Paul Oakley is not daunted The Union this and that should
for six years, has done quite a bit by this reception. There's a spot on
. buy.
of hunting around his home terri the living room floor lacking a He raves and airs his views.
tory near Scranton, Pa., and while homecaught bear rug. That's his You guessed it brother.
on a Waterman run from Japan next target when a chance for He's the guy
back in 1947 bagged an eightpoint, hunting again presents itself.
Who never pays his dues.
196pound buck in Washington
state. This was the largest game
he had dropped up until the pres
ent travelogue.
While awaiting loading of cargo
in Newfoundland this past Septem
ber, he and fellow crewmember
Edward Fields, DM, moved inland
to Botwood where Oakley sought
the aid of townsfolk to do some Shorty Sanchez is back in town after a long seavoyage, but
hunting. Legalizing his expedition he's getting ready to ship out again. The cost of living ashore
by obtaining a hunting license, he is too high, he says...Jerry Rosenthal apparently suffering
set out a with a local guide. Find from a similar ailment. He's just
ing moosetracks, the Seafarer waiting to ship out on an Isthmian
safari which, by this time had left run to the Far East. Jerry's going ... A certain linen keeper who
Fields elsewhere for some quiet to make a few dollars and save it. sails out of New York is now wor
ried over a love affair in Trujillo
fishing, traced the animal until
4"
4"
City. . . Some time back a wiper
they caught up with him in the
Teddy Cepriano has a very was very angry with the chief en
open near a roadway.
fancy cane which he bought in gineer because the chief threw the
Shot 'm daid
Japan. When he comes around to wiper's gblf clubs over the side.
Nine shots later, a 1,200pound,
the pool room at It seems the wiper wbuld play golf
Answers to these puzzles are on page 23
17point bull moose had been
headquarters he while at sea and this was too much
peppered and demilitarized with
opens the cane for the chief.
(1.) A Singalese is a native of (Singapore), (Sumatra), (Ceylon),
8030 shot in his vital parts
and makes his
(Sakhalin)?
4
4
4
and was proclaimed a prize for
own cue stick. Blackie Otvos can tell us quite
(2) You be thq judge. . Do you think your wife would deserve to be
the Pennsylvania huntsman. The
He even brings a bit about history past or pres
toughest part of the whole opera
his own chalk. ent as he's been reading quite. a jugged if she pdured castor oil in your whiskey?
. . . The baggage bit along this line. According to
tion was lugging the weighty
(3) Who, was the last harekmickle heavyweight champion?
carcass the 350 yards back to an
room in our new present historians, he says, the (4) A seaman decided to go into the importing business. He bought
auto after spending most of the
headquarters is ruling country in a hundred years a shipment o^golf balls for $45 and sold them at $4 a dozen, thereby
remaining daylight butchering,
Salty Dick open, but bags will be in the East. . . .Jimmie making as much profit as five do'zen balls cost him. How many dozen
and suitcases can Golder is now in the real estate did he buy?
skinning and decapitating it; But
this was accomplished without only be checked foi up to 90 days. business as a sideline. He and a
Then you have to renew it.
incident.
partner have bought land, built (5) Which English military hero is a direct ancestor of British Prime
Back at the ~Ship, which then
4 4.
houses and made an artificial lake. Minister Winston Churchill? (Wellington), (Marlborough), (Wolfe),
(Kitchener)?
headed south for payoff in the New Who's the fellow who has bought It's near Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
York area, Oakley managed to three cars within several months.
4 4 4
• (6) In which of the following cities would you be closest to the North
squeeze the several odd hundred To ride iii the first two you needed Frank Vivero buying an SIU but Pole? (Rome); (New York), (Yokohama), (San Francisco)?
pounds of edible meat into. the an umbrella when it rained. . . ton for his new suit. Frank is now
ship's cbill box and^ notified his Marty Breithoff and the r^lssus employed at headquarters as night (7) The old salts should know this one. What's the difference be
folks of the bonanza awaiting them hqye finally moved to their new manager of the SIU cafeteria . . . tween a hurricane and a tornado?
ujwn his arrival. Getting past the apartment in Brooklyn and both Thurston Lewis "shanghaiied" on
(8) Here's another one for the oldtimets. 'When you land in France *
customs with a $12 tab for duty, are very happy about it.
the'Puerto Rico after a long voyage today you can get about 350 francs to the dollar. What was the ex*
Oakley dispatched the meat to his
on the Paoli . . . There are quite a Change rate before World War I?
4 4 4
home via a pickup truck which had Mike banbcrg sprained his an few. Seafarers who didn't retire (9) A ship left port and was traveling at a steady rate of speed. An
come down to take it back. Moose kle on the SS Puerto Rico and was their books or pay dues while hour later, a s^ond ship set out from the same place at a rate, five,:
steak has been a recurrent item flown back to New York from San working ashore and are now in bad knots
an . how greater and overtook the firstship after .traveling 100
on the family menu ever since. Juan. There are a couple of other standing. If you plan to work nautical miles. Find the rate of the first ship.
.
It's better than venison, he brothers on the Island of Enchant ashore, retire your book.
:;.:;(10)
xnia^ fdet
in
a
nautical
mile
(6,0801^
(C080.2),
(6,076.09'7)7
clulms, though no samFfes were' i ment^^ecu^^erMUg\''fr^tri'''illness.'
Living Costs Ashore
Help Boost Shipping
Quiz Corner
�Pare Elcbteca
Sailor Rags' Problem
Friday, luiitary tS, 195F
SEAFARERS LO&
Contributed by E. Reyes
By Spike Marlin
Ted Williams may not think so, Williams' eye Is still as good as
but the Marine Corps probably did ever, but his shattered elbow
him a big favor when it called him seems to have affected his timing.
back into service—^reputationwise, In the past year some of the
that is.
pitchers began to show a tinge of
It's hard to say that separating disrespect for him. They began
a man from a $100,000 pay check throwing the ball right past his
is a favor. Williams is taking a fi bat. The popups vere becoming
nancial beating, "but getting out of more frequent than his famed pop
baseball now may have saved his offs. A long distance hitter like
rep as one of the game's greatest Williams usually has a reasonable
hitters. Since Williams is terri number of strikeouts but Ted's to
bly concerned about what people tal of 45 for the last season is a
think of him he might be better little bit more than a real good
off in the Corps fancy dress than hitter should have.
in a baseball suit.
What Ticks?
There's no question that Wil
liams slipped badly since he It really is pretty hard to flgure
smashed his elbow in the 1950 All out what makes this fellow tick.
Star gante. For a man whose life He smashes into the wall full tilt
time batting average stood at .350 to catch a fly ball in a meaning
until that disastrous day in July, less allstar game. Yet the same
1950, batting .318 for two succes man will loaf on an important
sive seasons is quite a comedown. play, such as the triple off Billy
Part of Williams' reputation as Johnson's bat in the 1949 endof
a great hitter rested on his amaz season series with the Yankees
ingly keen eye. He was known which cost Boston the pennant.
as the hitter who never swung at That was just a long fly ball that
a bad pitch and never missed a eight of ten outfielders would
good one, thanks to his eyesight catch, only Ted simply didn't run
which is far better than that of for it. The surprising part of it
ordinary mortals. This quality, in all is that he has the makings of
addition to his strength and excel, a fine defensive outfielder when
lent reflexes,. was what made him he feels like playing the role.
so dangerous a hitter.
There's nothing wrong with his
When there were men on bases throwing arm, or his speed out on
pitchers were in a quandary. They the grass.
couldn't get him to swing at bad At 33, Williams is headed for
ones they served up, so that he two seasons with the Marines. By
always drew a record number of the time he comes back he will be
walks. If they gave him a good overage as ballplayers go. The
pitch he would invariably meet the irony of it all is that Bob Ken
ball and advance the runners. It nedy of the Indians, who was Wil
got so after a while that Williams liams' flight instructor in World
was practically calling the balls War' II, will still be cavorting on
and strikes. If he let a close one the diamond this summer while
go b:i|ithe umpire's tendency would Williams Is teaching a new gen
be to^call It a ball.
eration of Marines how to fly.
Seafarer's Diary Of 38Day Trip
(The moods of the sea and thoughts of the seaman as his ship gropes her way over the seas are many
and varied. The following are the highlights of a running account of the 38-day voyage of the tanker
Petrolite (Mathiasen) from New York to Japan, set dotvn in his own words by Harry Kronmel, crew
messman, during the trip last fall.—Ed.)
We left New York with cargo for Japan Oct. 20 and arrived in Port Arthur, Texas, the
26th ... . All of us got to know each other pretty well during the short run . . . Nov. 3 —
Tied up outside of Colon (Panama Canal) around 2 AM and aboijt a half hour later were
in town. At three in the morn*
Ing there is still plenty of about 1:30 PM and I was sitting from Yokohama and 700 from Si
action on . . . Mucho rum and aft alone just looking at the heavy beria . . . Baby, it's cold outside!!!
mist that surrounded me . . . The Nov. 26—Five weeks out of New
women.
We were in the Pacific at 9PM sky was dull gray and the sea an York . . . The sky is blue and big,
that night . . . The next five days unearthy color . . . We have these white fluffy clouds are overhead
were unbearably hot (averaged 100 "gooneybirds" following us every while the roughest ocean I'll ever
110 degrees every day) . . . Phoned day ... I was thinking of their see is knocking the hell out of us
home on the 9th and got a big kick ugly faces, but they fly so beauti . . . We are bucking a gale and the
out of talking to the folks back in fully . . . They just glide nice and waves are coming in 20 to 25 feet
easy.
New York.
high ... It's like being in an eleva Seafarers were saddened to on charges they refused to turn to
Graceful As . . .
After a week of terrific heat, it
tor that's on the blink and starts leam of the deaths of two brothers in unmooring the ship. The men
suddenly changed and a strong NE The thought came to me, "they're jarring from side to side and up this month. Taking final depar asserted she was undermanned
wind started building up for a few as graceful as—as—as God !!!... and down .. . We seem to be stand tures were Charles Moats, 41, and and consequently unseaworthy.
days . . . Nov. 13—That ocean was I just thought it, I don't know why ing still in one spot... Just falling Clarence V. Cone, 49.
Their militant stand pinpointed
angry about something . . . About . . . Some queer feeling possessed into a huge canyon of water after Moats, who joined the SUP in for the shipowners the fallacy of
the 16th, the sea really started to me in that fog ..." 'God'—I must another . . . The electricity has 1936 .and then switched to the SIU turning to the CG for every minor
act up . . . We pitched for three be cracking up" . . . And then, the gone dead in our foc'sle—it's upon its founding in 1938, was beef when the SIU and its mem
familiar to many bership backed their case to the
days and boy, did we go up and funniest feeling crept through me flooded everywhere and everjrtime
as the bosun and limit. Moats died on the beach in
down! . .. The 17th, it settled down and an impulse forced me to look we hit a wave it feels like we're
guiding spirit on San Francisco.
a little, but we're still rolling and up . . . Lo and behold, before me gonna split.
the SS Helen
was the most beautiful rainbow I've Nov. 2T—It's quieted down a bit;
(Bull) during a Felled by a heart attack. Cone,
ever seen ... It just stretched a strong wind is still blowing but
beef with the AB, was buried at sea by his ship
out . . . Then three birds just nothing like yesterday ... I think
Coast Guard in mates of the Joseph Priestley.
glided—^they seemed to be floating we're headed for Kobe (not sure
Born in TaAipa, he joined the
1946.
—right into the rainbow ... It was yet) . . . 11:30 AM — Sighted
Union in
1949 in that citjfc
He and seven
too much for me ... I never land! .. . Lovely, lovely Japan . . .
Crewmembers
of his last ship
other
deck
de
dreamed anything could be so Those big mountains are real
have
donated
$100
as an expres
Moats
partment
men
beautiful . . . Coincidence?
pretty after 24 days at sea.
had their papers sion of sympathy to his wife,
Nov. 19 — Today was a routine Nov. 28—Dropped anchor In
day. Sougeed all morning and Shimatsu Bay ... Nov. 29—^Tied picked up by the CG after a trial Pauline.
scrubbed the deck in the after up
morning. Went ashore
noon . . . Overtime . . . Formosa 1:30 this
PM
. . . Saw too much to
cancelled. We're to drop cargo in put down about Shimatsu.
I'll wait.
Yokohama and return empty to the
Harry
Kronmel
The government, when it underJohn Mosby (Eastern). Attorney
States. It's cold and choppy but
took the tremendous shipbuilding and Confederate Leader (1833
not as bad as two days ago ... We
passed the "datelin6" this evening Seafarer Now Gl program of World War II, named 1916). Born in Edgemont, Va., he
its Liberty ships after famous was an officer in the Confederate
Readying Thanksgiving fete are and we gain a day. It's 11/19 up
Americans. Below are the names Army, heading a cavalry unit
until
8 PM,
11/20
to midnight
and
(I.r.): George Mates, chief
of
a few SIU-contracted Libertys known as Mosby's Rangers. Later
cook; Ray Blatz, saloon mess, 11/21 from midnight on. It's too
and
thumbnail sketches of the per- in life he was US consul to the
much
for
my
little
brain.
and Harry Kronmel, crew mess.
sons
whose names they bear.
Hague Court.
Nov. 22—^Thanksgiving. The big
the sky is black! We gonna run day came and went—a success. We
4" 4 4"
into something good before we get had a tremendous dinner and at
Walker K. Hines (Alcoa). Gov
Henry T. Ralney (Bull). Legisla
to Japan. All hell broke loose to night, during a Union meeting, the
ernment Official (18701934). A tor (18601934). A native of Car
night—we got flooded and I stewards department got a vote of
Kentuckian, he became an attor rollton. 111., he was educated at
couldn't stay in my roomr
ney after schooling at Ogden Col Amherst and later admitted to the
thanks . . . Honorable mention to
Nov. 18—Isn't it strange how crew mess (me) for setting such
lege and occupied several posts bar. He was a member of the US
funny things can happen in a life "pretty" tables . . . We're being
with the government. During the House of Representatives from
time? You hear about people see thrown around like a cork. She's
first world war he was one of the 190321 and from 1923 to his
ing and feeling things others can not just rolling and pitching—she's
chief administrators over the rail death. Onetime floor leader of the
not comprehend. You can get very doing somersaults. Only kidding,
roads, and later helped formulate House, he succeeded Vice, Presi
lonely in the middle of the Pacific of course, it's something you don't
rules of navigation with European dent Garner as Speaker of the
nations.
. . . thousands of miles from home notice after awhile . .. Listened to
House in 1933.
. . . Plenty of time to figure out radio tonight. Got a Japanese disk
4" 4i 4"
things. I've been reading a lot of jockey playing Armstrong's "Hot Former shipmates of PFC
Joyce Kilmer (Mississippi). Poet William H. Aspenwall (South
the Bible lately ... I guess that Five" records ... A touch of home. Harold M. Hockersmith, shown (18861918). A native of New Bruns Atlantic). Merchant (180775).
helped to influence today's occur
Channel Fever
home on leave, could do a good wick, N. J., he pursued a literary Born in New York City, he en •
rence.
Nov. 23—About three and a half turn by dropping him a line. career until Jellied as an Army vol gaged in several business enter
A heavy fog had settled all days out of Japan . . . I'm getting He's with 2nd Infantry Plv., unteer in World War I. Compiler prises and helped promote the Pa
• round us .. . the kind of weather the "fever" already! . . . According 38 Reg., 3d Bn., Co. L, APO of a dictionary, he is most known cific Mail Steamship Co. (1848) and
libat just pins you d^wn » .. It was to the chart we're about 1.000 miles 248, c/o PM, San Francisco.
for his famous poem "Trees."
the Panama Railroad (185055),.
Death Claims Moats, Cone
How Libertys Were Named
Sfavi'^
�Frid«r> Jamuny 28, 1»52
Ex-Seatarer Now
Working on BR
Maybe Next Trip
Witt Be Better
To the £ditor:
After making one or two trips
on dry cargo ships, I decided to
return to the good old tankers. So,
last month I shipped out of Gal
veston on the Cities Service scow
Fort Hoskins.
A day or two out of Freeport,
• the
slopchest opened and the men
were in line to get supplies. How
ver, we find there is no hair oil,
shoe polish, pipe tobacco, tooth
brushes or anything else. Seems
we were just lining up for prac
tice.
Everything goes well for the next
week or so and we arrive in Liver
pool and drop the hook. The ship
was cleared and the old man put
out the draw. Now it develops that
there is no launch service in Liv
erpool so we have to get ashore
the best way we can.
After hours • of standing on the
well deck in the freezing wind,
some of the men finally got ashore
on a tug. All returned except one
and we haven't seen him in the
last 10 days.
After leaving Liverpool we an
chored at Greenock, Scotland, and
again the old man put out a draw.
The men oif watch are dressed and
on deck for hours without sign of
a launch. It seems it was a good
Idea for them to air out their
clothes anyway.
There hasn't been haven't been
any cigarettes for the past 10 days,
but we don't mind. We just forage
around until wa find enough butts
to make one. The only thing good
on this scow is the chow. We do
have good cooks.
Tonight is Xmas eve and there
Is plenty of shore leave but no
money. Result? No Xmas after
all. I sure hope things are differ
ent next trip.
Slim Parsons
Ship's delegate
Paye Ninetcea
SEAFARERS LOG
LETTER S '
Eaud Ship^s Br*
For Aid to Crew
To the Editor:
On behalf of the crew members
of the MV Del Campo (Mississippi)
we wish to thank Dr. Jack E.
Walker for his kindness and con
sideration in the treatment of our
many ills, thereby making it more
pleasant and bearable for us all
during the course of our recent
voyage.
Ship's delegate
(Ed. Note: The above is from a
letter of thanks presented to Dr.
Walker at the conclusion of the Del
Campo's voyage No. 17.)
He^s Happy About Housing Ottered
Appeals Boards In Lahewoodf NJ
To the Editor:
I sure was relieved to read the
story in the LOG about the appeals
setup the Coast Guard has on the
security clearances. When I was
sweating out those validated papers
last year I had no idea that in
case some character down in Wash
ington'decided to flunk me out for
picking up a copy of the "Daily
Worker" in the subway, I would
have a chance to square things for
myself.
The important thing about this
as I see it is that our SIU guys are
on those boards. We in the SIU
know that the tiny minority of red
flag wavers has long since departed
from our Union. Consequently any
one of our guys who comes up be
fore those boards will have the_as
surance that he will get a fair
shake because a brother Union
man will be one of those passing
upon him.
God knows we have had our
beefs with the Coast Guard and we
will have them again. It seems that
the Coast Guard did itself a good
turn this time by adopting the
kind of methods that give a sea
man the chance to clear himself
and continue to earn his livelihood
by going to sea.
Lenny Johnson
To the Editor:
I have an apartment for rent
for a seaman and his wife. It has
three rooms and bath and is furn
ished. The rooms are very nicely
decorated and modem.
It is about one hour by car or
bus to New York or Philadelphia.
The rent is $70 a month, which in
cludes oil heat, electricity and gas.
I may be contacted by telephone at
Lakewood 62675 R2.
Mrs. G. Vogel
RD 2
Lakewood, NJ
To the Editor:
My book is now retired but I in
tend to keep up with things
through the LOG. I've been work
ing on the railroad in Newport
News since retiring my book, but
I'm still an active Union man. I
now belong to the Brotherhood of
Railway Carmen (AFL).
Congratulations on the new hall
in New York and my best wishes
for good shipping in '52.
R. N. Mahone
(Ed. Note: Fittingly, Brother
Mahone is affiliated with Salt
Water Lodge No. 185 of the BRO.)
SIU Conditions
Always Better
To the Editor:
It's been some time since I've
written
but here goes.
Food First'Bate
Lone Jack Awash Last May to the LOG,
I shipped as steward on
On Golden City
In Clothesbucket the Seacoral (Coral) which paid off
at San Francisco in December The
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
trip was a good one and was the
We would like to give our vote
This is all true—so help me!
longest one I've had in seven years
of thanks to Steward Daniel Pic
Here on the Lone Jack (Cities of going to sea. Captain R. V. Tal
cerelli. Chief Cook Edward F.
Service), we have one of those new lon was as good a skipper as I've
Lamb, Night Cook and Baker
fangled automatic washing ma had the pleasure of sailing with,
Micheal Grochowski (better known
chines like you see advertised. It was fair with everyone and never
as "Big Mike"), and Second Cook
washes, rinses, dries and does railed to sign a requisition I placed
everything all by itself.
Peter Ritcher for their kind and
before him for food.
untiring service to the crew of the
Some joker forgot and put too The bosun was Clarence Owens
Golden City (Waterman).
much soap in and poof—^it shorted of New Orleans, a mighty fine guy,
and burned out some of the elec and Alexander Gurskie was our
Without a doubt, we believe that
trical parts. The delegate got in chief cook. We also had other
today this ship Is one of the best
touch with the skipper, who in good sailors whose names I remem
turn got in touch with shore and ber only as Whitey, Blackie and
4 4 4
told the agent to have a mechanic other nicknames. We had a good
come and fix it as soon as we
payoff in Frisco.
Training School docked.
The agent there
was really on the
We docked at night, and eveiy
Is a Great Idea
ball.
body
went
ashore
and
promptly
To the Editor:
By the way, I
Here's one fellow who thinks the forgot about the machine. Some
was
married De>
time
during
our
layover
this
me
SIU really hit it on the head when chanic comes on board and pro
cember
22 i n
it opened the training school in
Yuma,
Arizona,
ceeds
to
operate.
New York. From what I've read of
which I think
the setup in the LOG, it looks just When I came aboard late at
will
be news to
about ideal for any OS who is am night, I found that you could hard
many
of my
ly
walk
through
the
starboard
al
Midgett
bitious to better himself.
friends
all
I know what I'm talking about, leyway. This mechanic had the I'm now in Wilmington, Calif., over.
Golden City galley force going
and
all torn apart and scat
full blast on holiday meal, because I'm one of the unfortu machine
ready to ship out again. This might
tered
up
and
down,
along
with
an
nates
who
went
through
the
Mari
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steward Piccerelii le slicing
odd assortment of tools and so be my last trip for some time
turkey as second cook Ritcher time Commission mill down at forth.
Looking this guy over, 1 though, as I intend to beach my
Sheepshead
Bay
during
the
last
Operation Gala
and chief cook Lamb (wear
saw
he
had mud on his shoes self here if all goes well on my
ing apron) turn to grilling war. It was pretty hard down there which, in
itself, didn't make me shoreside, job.
to find where
the seamanship came
Welcomes 1952
steaks.
suspicious.
(It was the faint aroma I would like to mention the
in, in the middle of the close order
To the Editor:
agent here in Wilmington as a good
of
cow
manure
that did it.)
feeding vessels among our SIU drill and all the other nonsense the
for settling ^beefs and other
On DDay (Dec. 31) at HHour contracted ships.
brass thought up for us poor guys Well, I decided to think no more guy
union
affairs. As* I've sailed with
(midnight), the crew of the SS
in'our monkey suits,
about it and hit the sack. Upon
John B. Kulukundis invaded a You can always find the steward Down there it took them weeks awakening next morning, I found him, I know him as a good ship
tremendous spread set out by stew there at mealtime giving a helping and weeks before we could get two things happening; we were at mate as well as a good agent.
. ard Jimmie Hadzicostas. Jimmie hand to the messmen, dishwasher through, to say nothing of costing sea on our way to Europe and The weather out here has been
outdid himself by baking a huge or cooks. He always says, "If we the taxpayers (that's you and nie) some guy was yelling his head off everything but nice. It's been very
cold. Even though the sun was
cake, and with the help of his got it you can have it, and if we
hunk of dough. The way that the
wa.shing machine shining
very brightly it was cold
capable crew messman Henry don't have it we'll see if we can a sizeable
the SIU has, it set up it's all busi didn't work right. The first one
(Harry) Semon, utility Jack "Red" get it. Nothing's too good for the ness and no baloney, and from the was okay with me, but Uie second for the Rose Parade.
Several things w ere changed
Sheppard and salon messman Jim SIU."
looks of things, won't cost the men I found hard to believe.
while I was away, one being the
mie Cella, all of whom ' served, You can never hear anyone a cent and the Union very little.
went through the passageways and complain about the chief cook's It's easy to see now why the SIU The machinist was called to make change in dues. I like very much
a thorough inspection, and found the idea of paying every quarter.
loudly rang the bell for the charge. cooking for we all agree that we is best in maritime.
a tangled maze of wiring in back will be very glad too when the
never,
tasted
any finer
food.
It
is
There was beer a'plenty and egg
George Kingman —^some of it baling wire—and the I
vacation pay can be picked up
nog galore with dainty sandwiches, seasoned to everyone's satisfaction,
dam machine would do nothing right in the Union halls.
4
4
4
not
a
hurried
job
of
just
throwing
candy and nuts. The ship's owner
but wash and rinse alternately. It In closing, I would like to say
sent a radiogram, and the ship's everything into a pot. You can see Asks Ship Listing
wouldn't
spin dry or stop unless that I have always been very hap
officers came down amid the in that he takes pride in the food he
you
pulled
out the plug.
py I'm, a member of the SIU. It
Published in LOG So, to make
vasion to wish the merrymaking cooks.
a long story short, seems as time moves along I get
crew a happy new year.
The second cook and baker is To the Editor:
we are all out here (Le Havre) happier simply because every time
Many thanks to Jimmie and all by no means to be underestimated. The enlargement of our biweek washing our clothes out of buckets I go on a voyage I return to find
his gang fior their trouble as it His baking is as good as any store ly paper, THE SEAFARERS LOG, and cussing the agent at Lake conditions better and better.
was a very successful operation. bought pastries, if not better than is a welcome development. In this Charles who called such a me
George L. Midgett
connection, I think it would be a chanic. I still think they got it
Tom Arnold some.
4
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idea in the interest of the twisted and thought he said milk
We are thankful we have good good
membership
and
their
families
to
Yuletide Cheery
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Union brothers like these aboard have a list of every SlUcontracted ing machine.
David H. Singleton Thanks to 'Mom'
ship. I think we can truthfully say vessel
the paper. You could in
Situation Tiptop that no one was disappointed with clude in
To the Editor:
all
and outgoing
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dinner. As it is never ships with incoming
It is with great pleasure and de
their
dates and
destina
With Topa Topd Christmas
too late, in closing we wish all our tions.
Victory^s
Crew
light that patients at the USPHS
To the Editor:
i bi'others a Happy New Year.
Hospital in Galveston take this op
Every one of the members wait
Ship's delegates ing for a job in the hall would be 'Spirited' Now
Let it be known that this crew
portunity to express their extreme
really appreciates the fine job
gratitude to Mrs. Knowlton, whom
interested in finding such a list To the Editor:
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turned out by our stewards de
Everyone on the Ames Victory we know was "Mom," the seaman's
as I propose in our papfir.
partment in the way of continued Massmar Skipper
Julio Evans (Victory Carriers) had a good time friend.
good, chow and especially our
(Ed. Note: The suggestion is at Rotterdam, our last port. Some Her undying faith and help in
Rated Top-Notch welcomed,
holiday dinners.
but unfortunately, is drank quite a bit but I am glad to providing us with candies, cigar
To
the
Editor:
not
feasible.
An A&G newspaper, say no one missed the ship or ettes and many other favors is well
This has been a happy ship for
We, the undersigned, wish to though published at headquarters failed to tuin to. On the whole this appreciated.
the past seven months, since Cap
tain Mumpeton and Chief Mate state that Captain Dunn of the SS in New York, we would be unable has been a very homogeneous As I write this, I have on a pair
of bedroom slippers, one of the
Kuziak have been aboard. They Massmar (Calmar) is the best dog to present data concerning all AScG group.
We had a wonderful Christmas many pairs of shoes "Mom" gave
are among the best officers in the gone skipper we have ever sailed ports. The inaccuracies of the
Waterman fleet, giving 100 percent with—bar none, and there's few daily papers which print this in- dinner and everyone got nice us today for oim Christmas pres
cooperation at all times. This is of us that have been going to sea formation point up the difficulty cards. The old man's donation sure ents. God bless her and all her
a very clean ship in all depart for 25 years or more^ We have no involved, in addition to the prob- helped to lift our spirits. It's been many friends who helped make
this possible.
lem of the page space which would rough and cold out here.
ments,
beefs at all.
B. & Stenfelt
F. Rodriguex
, ^inc ercwmembcra be needed.)
.Top* Cttw ,
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SEAFARERS LOG
SIl/ Brotherhood
Not Just a Slogan
Learning to Live
Together Vital
LETTERS
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
I • want to impress upon my
Whenever a group is confined to
brothers the outstanding accom
a certain area, that place becomes
plishments made by the SIU in
their little world. The person who
To the Editor:
its short history. Few have ever To the Editor:
has gotten along with others be
To the Editor:
It is hard for some of us to real fore he came with us, will also get
taken the time to analyze them
A few of us on the Royal Oak
I was just reading the new LOG.
ize that conditions aboard ship are along here. People are people any
selves as Seafarers and their se
(Cities
Service)
have
experienced
curity for life when the grey You see, it's a little old when I the relief offered by a dentist down not the same as they've always where you find them.
tinge starts to show around the get it as everyone at home reads near the CS refinery in Lake been. Most of us take it for The character whose code i%
it and these air force mail rooms
that people going to sea
temples.
Charles. We thought that there granted
have always had the conditions "myself alone" will soon find that
For one thing, the word are a little slow.
might
be
other
Seafarers
who
But the new LOG is tops with
and wages we now enjoy. This is those around him will protect
"brotherhood" is something you
might need him as there» is no certainly not the case. The good themselves from his unethical ac
me—more
news
and
a
little
of
can feel in the atmosphere when
marine hospital nearby they could
conditions and wages we have are tions. The results are that he will
*. ever you enter everything covered.
go
to.
be placed apart and left to him
If
any
of
my
old
buddies
can
an SIU hall,
We had some work done with no the result of a series of hard self. It's easy to imagine how un
stilt
write,
I
would
like
to
hear
know every agent
fuss or red tape. Emergencies are fought battles by men with a will
from Boston to from them. My last ship was the taken care of without appointment for a better way of life for sea happy you would be, should you
find yourself in this position.
Seattle and lean Choctaw (Waterman). I can't say on Sunday and hblidays and the farers.
much for
the Air
Force as the food
There are several small actions
The
strength
of
the
Union
is
in
assure you that
office is fully equipped with modern its membership and its choice of that can be performed, by each
there is never and pay is not so hot. I came into apparatus.
any favoritism the SIU in December '45 and will The "doc" is H. J. Guidry, DDS, competent officials. The SIU has one to help in keeping, not only
shown to any be glad when I can get out and 222 West Thomas, Sulphur, La. a membership which is willing to yourself, but your shipmate happy.
come back to sea.
make personal sacrifices to attain Give a pleasant "good morning"
one.
If any of the boys are tiiinking The phone is 8212.
and you'll probably get a pleasant
You
register
Porter
Wm. Calefato better things for all. Officials of a one in return. Should you not get
Union like ours are going to be
and ship when of coming into the air force, all I
sure that new men coming in are one, well! That is the character
your time comes. All agents and can say is—they're cracking up!
Pfc. H. A. Wiltshire
an asset to the Union before they I'm talking about! The one thing
patrolmen are ready night or day
AF 13416976
are granted full membership. This certain is that you were in line.
to help you on your vessel or to be
3767 Stud. Sq.
brings up a question: "Are we as The next morning make it a. point
hospitalized when needed. The
Sheppard
AFB, Texas To the Editor:
individuals an asset or a liability to give him an even more pleasant
Seafarers have a code that could
t it 3)
easily be termed a bill of rights.
I want to thank everyone at the to the Union?" Think about it, greeting. By so doing you may re
mind him that he's among decent
Their way of life is dictated by
LOG for the job well done in your brothers.
brothers. Nobody is a sissy by be
Uphold Pacts
no one. We are always ready to
new issues. They call for a great
help the underdog secure an
deal of work and money, and we Oneof our most important du ing polite and conscious of the
American standard of living and To the Editor:
members of the SIU should be ties as members of this Union is othei', fellow's rights. As we go to
good working conditions. Take Since the last letter to the LOG very proud of our leaders because upholding our contracts. One • of breakfast, a good word to the mess
time out sometime to notice the about the Seapearl (Colonial), they all work very hard to give us the worst violations of our con man will get you better service
plaques from other unions that many strange things have hap the best.
tract is working overtime and not and he will also take pleasure
your organization has helped finan pened.
Personally, I'm always eager and putting in for it. If an officer on serving you. Thanks and please
cially and with moral suport to The captain hasn't had a ship ready to show off to everyone not a ship asks you to do some job are polite words that will go a
get them to function properly.
before and if the Coast Guard has acquainted with SIU ways what a which should be overtime as a per long way to show your apprecia
We have the best and most en anything to do with it he won't great union we have.
sonal favor, don't do it.
tion. Some may think these cour
lightening paper in the trade union have another one either. He seems
Right now I'm In the first place if he were a tesies are unnecessary, but try
world, tops among them all. Our to think that he can take anyone's
taking it easy Union man he would not ask you them and you will see how well
job security, wages and working papers and keep them as long as
here in Rotter to violate your contract. Second they work.
conditions are surpassed by no he likes. When we went up to get
dam for the last ly, he is certainly not thinking of
Help Others
maritime union anywhere.
three weeks with your welfare or he would not ask
them he raised all kind of a com
For myself, I never intend to re motion and wanted to know why
you
to
jeopardize
your
livelihood
While you are performing your
the family. And
tire my book in the SIU even we didn't trust him. We finally got
believe me, my in such a manner. One of the duties, do the best you can and do
though I may get to the stage of them back after asking for them
wife and kids are belt ways to avoid this is to study your ^share if the other fellow is
life when I cannot gq to sea. When three or four times.
100 percent SIV the working rules for the capacity stuck. He may not outwardly thank
I get to the Great Divide, I pre
too. As soon as in which you are sailing.
you, but don't worry about appre
Just to give you an idea, how the
fer to cross it as a Seafarer.
the
LOG arrives Overtime and time off have no ciation. At coffeetime get an ash
captain gets along with everyone,
Caspar
James R. Porter over a period of six months we've
at home they relationship. The working rules tray or some receptacle for ashes
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had 23 replacements here^ In the grab it, and right away start ask in our agreement are laid down and cigarette butts. Don't throw
opinion of the crew this would ing questions so they can spin big for us to follow and not change as them on the deck. Pick up used
it suits our fancy for the time. cups and place them in the sink.
have been a better trip if the cap yarns for their friends.
Having had the pleasure to sail Help to keep the ship clean, for as
I get
a
kick
out
of
that. Besides,
tain could have been among the
the paper is really good anyway, with several charter members of long as you are here, it's your
first
replaced.
To the Editor:
If someone'wants to go to the and has plenty of good reading our Union on the SS Paoli (Cities home. Because you don't have to
I'm back at my "alma mater"
Service), I have heard these old clean up, think about the fellow
doctor
he looks at them and tells matter, witch is what counts.
again—^the Steel Seafarer. It was
timers tell of the extremes they who must. Put yourself in his
And
now
that
we
have
our
new
with Isthmian in '46 and *47 that them there isn't anything wrong headquarters running full speed, had to go to sometimes to get place. Consider his side, and you
I got my "passport" to the heaven with them. When we were in San our welfare plan well organized, things as they are today. We, as inay begin t'o understand how
tos a fireman went to the doctor
on 4th Avenue, Brooklyn.
the best wages, and all of this good Union men, are duty bound wrong you are.
And what a change has been for a blood test and when he re topped by a good vacation plan, I to uphold this contract the old
turned
for
the
results
there
was
The individual who" can only »
made; all for the good, of course.
feel like a big happy old salt who timers fought so long and hard criticize others is, nine times out
The only thing is they are feeding the captain's hat and coat in the has reached the end of his big for.
of ten, most imperfect himself.
us steaks, duck and chicken all the waiting room. Then he heard the dream. I'm sure plenty of Sea
Robert Williams
captain
tell
the
doctor
that
it
cost
The
one who is continually com
time and we have only had good
4 4 4>
"over $500 to fly this man back to farers feel the same way too.
plairiing about others should stop
• old grits three times.
Many thanks again for the LOG.
for a moment and examine him
This sure is the ship for the OT the states and the company doesn't I'll soon be shipping out again to
have
that
kind
of
money." So,
the
self. Believe me, he'll find a lot
boys, and we will bring her in
fireman didn't get off. The same enjoy a good SIU ship.
to criticize there. Nobody is per
like a yacht.
Frank Caspar To the Editor:
fect. But all can try to improve
Tell Grover Whalen, the Wacs, thing happened in Curacao only I
4> 4> 4>
Youngsters ought to be glad to themselves.
Waves and the Girl Scouts to stand hadn't said anything about getting
sail the sea nowadays. They have
Allan Lake
by. In case the Girl Scouts are off. When I walked into the doc
their own messroom, messboys,
busy, have them send their big. tor's office he said I guess you
4.
4.
4.
clean quarters, a decent bed and
want to get off. I knew right away
sisters.
other facilities. There are no bugs,
someone
had
been
talking
to
him.
A. W. "Saint" Claude
To the Editor:
fleas or rats to share their rooms.
No Coffee Pot
Say, that new SIU hall in In days past, there was neither
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We have been without a coffee Brooklyn is really'something! And o V e r t i e nor time back. You
pot for over three months. Every the cafeteria really has 'em all worked sunrise to sunset, usually To the Editor:
time the steward put it in on the beat. I'm up from Mobile^ off the starting at 4 AM and winding up
I have been at the USPHS hos
list
the captain marked it off. I Beauregard (Waterman), and be at 8 PM. There was no coffee pital in San Juan for one week,
To the Editor:
lieve
me,
Morrison's
was
never
asked the captain about the coffee
time; your life was run whatever and because .of an operation I must
Everything's running pretty well pot in Curacao. He said he couldn't like this.
way the old man and bucko mate
have, I shall be a
on the Venore (Ore) as she chugs get any so I told him I knew bet
The whole setup arid the chow wanted it. You'd work for almost
resident here for
through the Canal Zone.
ter because I had seen one uptown. sure made a hit with me. The
four more. I
We've got one man on the ship This got him mad so he sent the building itself, well, that's some no pay and get salt horse bones
would like you to
though who has tried in every way chief engineer out looking for one thing you gotta see to believe and for food. You couldn't even be a
know what a
he could think of to prevent a and he couldn't find one either. believe you me, I didn't listen to performer. Now you live better
wonderful place
Union meeting this trip. The mem Next the three of us went to the those tall tales from the fellows than Joe Stalin himself.
this is. The doc
bers believe they know who it is dealer and the captain bought one. shipping out of New York before. I read in the LOG where some
tors and nurses
and will give a complete report on When we got back to the ship, the But this joint's got them all beat. of the men talked about their
longest trips running three to six
are the best I
this bird to the boarding patrol pot ended up on the bridge and
The n d w layout of the LOG months. In the old times, we)
have
ever been
man.
we got the old one, naturally.
rates high praise too. My Wife
with. The
The steward's department on The American consul makes him can't put it down until she prac shipped for round trips of up to
Utz
grounds, which
here has done a fine job, the mem self scarce when the Seapearl pulls tically wipes the print off the three years at 1520 dollars a
bers feel, considering what they into Curacao, but who can blame pages. But I'm not letting her month. We had t. bring our own the inmates are given the freedom
bedding or sleep on whatever we
had to do it with. The crew also him for that.
cheat on that crossword puzzle, could find. I know. I was on a of, would put any other marine
hospital to shame.
thinks that the two LOG deal for
The .new third mate seems to you can be sure of that.
each ship is very good. Many think the ABs on his watch are Some of the boys who have fourmaster, the Dirigo, in 1912,
Every other night movies are
thanks.
messboys because hehas them known me since I joined the SIU from Baltimore to Seattle around shown, and the food is better than
Charles Hauger
average. In shoft, all seamen
make lemonade for him. They back in 1947 may be interested to Cape Horn.
(Ed. Note: Three copies of the didn't say anything about but put know I just got my license as a Best wishes to all our brothers. should be proud of . this institution
John G. Holm
LOG are airimiled to each ship in for overtime. We're waiting for third assistant and expect to be
which is at their disposid here in
(Ed. Note: Brother Holm hnowa Puerto Klco.
heginning this ^issue,. It had been the fireworks to start.
going out with the Steel Worker. whereof he speaks. Now 75, he's,
boosted to two just last monlh.)
Clayton Conley
Jack Richard Utx
J. w. Little
been sailing since he was 14.)
U nion Newcomers
Must Measure Up
LOG Scores Hit
Dentist at Lahe
For SIU Airman Charles Fills In
SIU Benefits Like
Dream Come True
Seapearl Voyage
Not His Oyster
/• ,
r'.^'
isthmian Far Cry
From the Old Days
Old Seaman Has
Advice for Tyros
Little Says New
Hall Is Big Hit
n'
m
W[C
0:'
Chow on Venore
Not Bad At All
Sees PB Hospital
BeaMly Good Deal
I
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f:
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�¥»ge Twentyoil*
SEAFARERS LOG
Friday, laniiaiT 2S, 1952
= THE
(Editor's Note: With the opening of the training school in N. Y.
headquarters, this column trill begin carrying information which is
useful in qualifying seamen for higher ratings. The information in the
column will be similar to the material in the school's classroom work.
If there are any questions you want answered on these matters, send
them in to the LOG, do "On The Job.")
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Part of the examination for a lifeboat ticket consists of questions
designed to test the seaman's familiarity with the required contents of
the boat and handling of such contents. The minimum equipment re
quired in a lifeboat on oceangoing vessels, Irrespective of size is as
follows;
(1) One bailer (this is a scoop with a handle and is not to be confused
with a bucket). (2) At least two boathooks, minimum length eight feet
and IV^ inches in diameter. (3) A galvanized iron bucket, minimum
twogallon capacity, with attached lanyard. (4) A compass and mount
ing, which usually comes attached in a small box.
(5) Distress signals, consisting of the following: 12 red flares in a
watertight containeri and four orange smoke cans in a watertight con
tainer. These have more recently been packed together in a small brass
container as a combined "day and night distress signal." The day sig
nal is the smoke can, which has a watertight cap with a ring and wire
set in it. The wire has to be pulled and the can thrown into the water
where it will burn onehalf hour, giving off yellow smoke. The night
signal is the red
flare, which is a
phosphorus cart
.meeci
ridge set on a
wooden holder
stick. The end of
the cartridge is
taped over. When
the tape is re.
moved a piece of
emery cloth will
be found under
neath it. Rubbing
the emery cloth
over the flare will ignite it. Care should be taken to hold the flare over
the side of the boat at full arm's length to avoid serious bums from
the phosphorus.
(6) Parachute flares. These are night distress signals of a different
type and 12 of them are required. They are packed in a watertight
container with a Very pistol. The shells are about IVi inches in diam
eter, six inches long and cannot be" more than, three years old. They
are inserted in the barrel and the gun flred straight up in the air at
full arm's length to minimize recoil. The shell reaches the top of its
climb about 100500 feet, explodes, and a small parachute emerges
with a flare attached, which drifts slowly downward.
(7) A ditty bag, which is a canvas bag containing sailmaker's palm,
needles, sail twine, marline and marlinspike. There is usually a piece
of beeswax for the needles.
(8) Two enameled drinking cups. (9) A CoastGuard approved flash
light with three cells and an extra bulb carried in the bottom. This
gives both blinker and steady signals. (10) Two hatchets with lanyards
attached, one at each end of the boat. (11) A gallon of illuminating
oil, which can be kerosene, mineral oil, whale oil, etc. (12) A lantern
that will burn at least nine hours.
13) A lifeline is required, properly secured to the boat. It should
be not less than twelve threads and should be secured to the gunwale
at threefoot intervals with a seine float in each bight. (14) Two spare
life preservers in addition to those worn by each passenger. (15) One
or more lockers, located under the thwarts for storing equipment and
supplies.
The remainder of the required items, which will be discussed in de
tail in our next issue, are: (16) A mast and sail with proper gear for
same, a proper cover. (17) A box of friction matches. (18) A single
banked complement of oars, two spare oars and steering oar. (19) A
painter. (20) Plugs and bilge pumps. (21) Two pounds of provisions
per person. (23) One and a half sets of row locks attached by separate
chains. (24) One rudder and tiller. (25) A sea anchor of approved
type. (26) One gallon container of storm oil. (27) One quart can of
drinking water per person in approvedtype sealed cans. (28) Two
signaling mirrors of approved type. Watch next issue for further ex
planation of' these items including a discussion of the functions of the
sea anchor.
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During the war, there were several other items required in the life
boats, including .charts, blankets, firstaid kits if anybody was wound
ed, a fishing kit, chocolate bars, cigarettes, pemmican and other sup
plies designed for wartime use. These have now been eliminated
although some ships' lifeboats might still be carrying them as optional
equipment
Burly
LABOR
ROUNDUP
CG weather information from Station NMY, East Moriches, L. I.,
will be discontinued to avoid conflict with similar radiotelephone
and radiotelegraph broadcasts from New York, Boston, Norfolk and
Wilmington . . . Cargo runs from Hamburg, Germany, will be resumed
starting Feb. 8 when the HamburgAmerican motorship Speedwald
inaugurates the service . . . Icebreaking chores on the Hudson River,
where the ice is 1215 inches thick, will be taken up by the Coast
Guard icebreaker Eastwind, assisting the Gentkm and Mahoning,
Talking Up A Raise—The more vessels already in the area.
than 300,000 unionized telephone
4
4"
4"
workers in the Bell System are
A
quicker
and
ultramodern
connection
between the North Sea and
going out for "reasonable" wage
increases in contract talks getting Amsterdam on the one side and the Rhine and Meuse Rivers on the
underway now. The Communica other will get underway this Spring, probably by June. It will enter
tions Workers of America (CIO) the Rhine at Tiel through the world's largest inland docks . . . Gradu
has called on the giant Bell System ally breaking down the long established British monopoly of Indian
waters, the New Delhi government has diverted a considerable amount
to "accept present day facts of life
of
its limited tonnage to coastal trade, cutting by 95% the number of
in labor relations" and deal peace
British
ships In its ports.
ably with the Union. The CWA
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ran a nationwide strike in 1947
for six weeks when it was an in
An indictment has been handed down against Captain Franklin B.
dependent union, and had another Weaver of Isbrandtsen's Flying Trader on manslaughter charges aris
strike in 1950 against part of the ing out of the fatal shooting of William Harvey, utility cook, while at
Bell System, which lasted 11 days. sea. The skipper has pleaded "selfdefense" in the shooting, although
crewmembers assert Harvey was deliberately shot and killed while
Guessing The Pattern — While handcuffed . . • The Alcoa Pilgrim carried Dr. William Beebd to
the Wage Stabilization Board Trinidad this month where the naturalist will conduct botanical and
ponders the delicate issues, guesses zoological research.
are flying fast and furious as to the
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amount of a wage increase which
One of the world's largest cargocarrying windjammers, the f^ur
will be recommended in the steel masted German bark Pamir buiit in 1905, ran into a North Sea gale
dispute. The latest quoted figure 200 miles off the English coast and was last reported in considerable
is 15 cents an hour. Just how trouble. She was carrying 45 boy sea cadets, trainees for the merchant
authoritative these estimates are marine ... A record total of aliens deported last week aboard the
nobody knows until the WSB Satumia included many seamen and stowaways who illegally entered
speaks its piece, but it is certain the US . . . Two research vessels will shortly begin a fourmonth trip
that the recommendation will be to study equatorial currents between West Africa and the South Ameri
the basis for a new national wage can coast which, it is hoped, will yield information on the "birthplace
pattern.
of the Gulf Stream."
^ ^ $
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Still In The Army—Few people
A persistent fire which refused to die was again threatening a
realize it, but the nation's railroads
are still being run by the US cargo of explosive chemicals aboard the British cargo ship City of
Army, and railroad workers are Lichfield. Firemen used up the book of fire fighting devices to stem
under the jurisdiction of the mili the blaze, even flooding the ship with 20,000 gallons of water, the
tary. The Army seized the roads vessel's safety limit. Three days later, stevedores reported the fire
in August, 1950, to head off a strike was still on in the lower portion of the hold ... An ambitious pro
call by four of the rail brother gram involving a fiveyear expenditure of $30,000,000 will be under
taken by Flota Mercante Grancolonibiana, one of the largest shipping
hoods. Now the Order of Railway
Conductors is asking the Army to operators in Latin America. Plans call for 13 new cargopassenger
put a 12V4 cent wage increase, ships. The company will also soon extend its service to the US west
retroactive to last March, in effect coast.
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for 30,000 of its members. The
The Atlantic command of MSTS has announced a new policy re
increase has been already agreed
on by the railroads but has been garding secrecy on incoming vessel movements whereby arrival times
held up because of a dispute of Navy transports and privatelyowned vessels operated for the agency
between the union and the com will be made public within three days of US ports. Previously only
transports carrying DP's were allowed to reveal arrival times ... A
panies over working rules.
new French luxury liner, the 20,300ton Flandre, will enter North
Atlantic
service this Summer, replacing the veteran liner DeGrasse.
Aid For Insurance Strikers —
New Jersey AFL leaders have She will have cruising speed of,. 23 knots and make the crossing from
discussed a one day stoppage of Le Harve and Southhampton to New York in six days.
100,000 AFL members in North
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Jersey in a public demonstration
The British Guiana Waterfront Workers Union reached a satisfac
of support for striking agents of tory settlement with major shipping agents in Georgetown following a
the Prudential Insurance Company. oneday strike which netted the longshoremen a 14 percent pay boost
The recommendation was made at . . , Employees at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton,
a meeting of 1,000 union officials Wash., netted a bonanza when a drydock was pumped dry in prepara
in Newark. To suit the action, the tion for repairs on a USN cruiser. Between 20 and 50 tons of herring
entire group paraded through made a layer over a foot deep on the drydock floor when the operation
downtown Newark and joined the was over. Every handy container in the area was utilized to scoop
picketline in front of the com up the finny ocean refugees.
pany's home office.
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Camera Conscious—California's
Machinists NonPartisan Political
League is going for TV in a big
way. They have arranged for a
weekly television program which
will feature a series of documen
taries on important issues. The
show will be shown in the west
coast cities of San Francisco, Los
Angeles and San Diego on Tues
day evenings.
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Taxicab operators in Uelsingfors, Finland, will be sporting 600
brand new Checker cabs for the Olympic Games this Summer. The
first shipment of 60 is en route to Finland, which will be the site of
the international competition, to help solve the local transportation
problem . . . Japan and Indonesia will undertake a joint survey of
sunken Nipponese vessels in the latter's waters. The hopedfor salvage
operation centers around some 17 ships with gross tonnage of 50,000
, . . Meanwhile, seeking to bolster its maritime strength, Japan has
reached agreement with 40 countries for use of its ports since the
end of World War 11. Chile and Peru are the latest. Clearance of
Japanese shipping in European ports will be sought next.
Follow Burly Every iasue In The Seatarers Loy
�Fare Twentytwo
SEAFAREkS LOG
Friday. Jumary M. 19S2
WSB Okays Pott. ...WELFARE BENEFITS..
Ready Back Pay
REPORT NO. 20
By Robert Matthews, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
Period covered by this report—Dec. 30Jan. 12
Cash on hand
;
$209,596.25
US Government Bodds
754,023.44
Estimated Accouns Receivable
150,000.00
Hospital Benefits Paid in Period
8,586.00
Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
111,202.00
Death Benefits Paid in Period
16,000.00
Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
173,666.66
k
Donald J. Bcerd
John H. Johnson.,
D. D. Kelleya
Leo H. Lang
John MaUoy
Frank Martin
John Mayrbat
Sam McDonald
Thoma McLees
Davis McMullen
L. S. Osma
W. A. Perry
Frank H. Post
C. C. Presley
K. Raana
Claude A. Ray
Basil F. Savois
Foster B. Shedd
N. Straton
Fred O. SummerUn
J. P. Synott
Ernesto Torres
Horace H. Tosted..
Lomie R. Tickle
P. E. Walsh
Louis J. Willis
15.00
30.00
, 25.00
30.00
15.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
16.00
13.00
15.00
30.00
15.00
16.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
30.00
15.00
30.00
(Continued from page 3)
sent to the men Involved, but they
to all the outports whereby the suggest that , the men write in, or
men will be able to apply for their apply in person if possible.
checks as soon as clearance comes Victory Carriers: The company
will handle it in the same manner
from thei, Justice'*l)epartment.
as unclaimed wages. Men should
Welfare Delay
One portion of the contract yet come to file claims personally in
USPHS HOSPITAL
Roscoe Dearman
15.00
to be approved is that relating to the company's office if possible
W. J. Grey
15.00
STATEN ISLAND. N. Y.
They
expect
to
begin
paying
out
Eddie
Howard
15.00
the doubled welfare contribution;
Edward Balboa
$30.00
J.
H.
Jones......
45.00
Sam BaUey
40.00
from 25 to 50 cents per day. This next month.
Charles Lambert
15.00
Joe Bennett
15.00 Tage
H. Roslund
15.00
has been held up because the WSB South .^tlantic SS Co.: All pay Thomas Caffrey
30.00
M.
A.
Schmuck
13.00
CarrasquUlo
30.00
is setting up a separate panel to rolls are handled through the Angel
13100
Walter Chalk
15.00 Harold WestphaU....
pass upon welfare plans. The delay Savannah office. Men involved Sture Christiansson
30.00
$195.00
ConneU
15.00
will not affect the present func should contact that office for fur Thomas
USPHS HOSPITAL
Joseph Cuellers
30.00
tioning of the Welfare Plan which ther information. •
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
Jan G. Cummings
15.00
$1,075.00
Yanas
DaUal
30.00
John Tingle
25.00
will continue to pay out existing Seatrain: The company has al John P. Doyle
USPHS HOSPITAL
230.00
NORFOLK,
VA.
benefits as before.
ready made payments to men in its F. B. Farina
30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Joseph FarreU
30.00
William Armstrong
30.00
While full information has not employ. Those who have left the Henry
GALVESTON. TEXAS
Foy
30.00
Sonny Ballance
13.00
yet been received from all com ships will have to apply to the John Frenkler
30.00 Kermit Bymaster
53.00 Charles H. Cummings
30.00
30.00 Bernie Coin....
Donald Gclbo
13.00 Claude L. Davis
lio.OO
panies as to how they will handle company's various office^ to re Roy
40.00 D. Daifas
M. Green
13.00 Lester Peppett
13.00
the retroactive pay, the following ceive payments.
13.00 V. Psiris...
1. B. Grierson
15.00 Charles Savant
30.00
15.00 W. Saunders
Golomb..
40.00 Charles Scherhans
55.00
is .what has been learned to date;
Triton Agency: They will send Murray
;
53.00 John Stoiit
Hans R. Hanssen
13.00 Ted Terrington
15.00
Waterman 88 Co.: Full procedure a general notice to the Union when Joseph
30.00 Lyndon G. Wade
A. Humphreys
13.00 S. B. Tribble
15.00
40.00
60.00 Clarence C. Wilburn
not yet set up, but all payments they are ready to start payment, Roscoe Hobdy
E. Jordan
45.00
$233.00
will be made from the Mobile of which will be in about a month. Velton
$235.00
William D. Johnson
70.00
VETERANS HOSPITAL
43.00
fice. Men should apply at any The men should apply to their of Sylvester Kettunen
LONG
BEACH,
CALIF.
USPHS HOSPITAL
Kerstens
13.00
E. L. Pritchard
$45.00
SAVANNAH. GA.
local office of Waterman which fice to collect. As each ship which Charles
OUie A. Kisiah
13.00
30.00
30.00 Von Beverley
wnl forward their application to they handle is ready, the Union George Kitchen
HARBOR
GENERAL
HOSPITAL
13.00
Robert Larsen
...r... 43.00 E. L. Godges
TORRANCE. CALIF.
Mobile. Mobile will mail back a will receive notice accordingly.
30.00
Harold LOht
30.00 J. T. Moore
Julius E. Parks
$15.00
T.
C.
Musgrovc
53.00
E.
Mattson
15.00
voucher to the local office for pay
40.00
Cities Service: Men still on board Thomas Kustas
30.00 W. H. Titus
VETERANS
ADMINISTRATION
ment to the men involved.
'
15.00
James Macklin
55.00 John Travaglini
BRONX. N. Y.
40.00 Vernon HOSPITAL.
43.00 L. T. McGowan,
Bobin Line: Payments will be Cities Service ships will receive Perfecto Mangual
E. Derry
$15.00
retroactive
pay
checks
at
the
pay
Vic
MilaAo
^43.00
ready by March 1 for men no
$223.00
Alfred
Mueller
30.00
USPHS
HOSPITAL
15.00
longer working on Robin Line off. Others will have checks mailed Ferrando Munoz
LEXINGTON, KY.
USPHS HOSPITAL
Mattsson
'.
13.00
John R. Berwick
,..$250.00
ships. Seafarers should write in, to their mailing addresses. Should E.
BRIGHTON,
MASS.
Cyril
J.
Magnan
13.00
USPHS. HOSPITAL
....< 45.00 Charles Collett
or apply in person to New York some of the checks come back, or A. McGuigan
85.00
BALTIMORE, MD.
John J. Munno. ................... 13.00 B. Conway
30.00
office with all records of time on should .^the company lack an ad Lawrence
10.00
O'ConneU
85.00 E. A. Cooley
43.00 Warner W. Albred
dress, they
will hold
the money for
15.00
ship, Saturday and Sunday work,
Joseph L. O'NeU
15.00 N. G. DeBaggis
30.00 Thomas L. Ankerson
13.00
M. Perry
13.00 Joseph H. FusseU.. 33.00 Nelson W. Blades
etc. Other retroactive payments the men. The system will begin George
60.00
Joseph Prindezis
83.00 Daniel J. Hunt
....'.
43.00 IMmund Cabinski
at the end of February.
Pedro
DeFranca
15.00
will be handled at the payoffs.
William Quigley
30.00 Chris Karas
15.00
15.U0
Ray
45.00 John Kavanaugh
53.00 Donald DuvaU
Bull Line: This company intends Eastern Steamship Co.: The James
Theodore Halenda
15.00 '
Jose Reyes
121.00 James R. Lewis
43.00
Otto
F.
Hay
13.00
to mail checks to home addresses. New York office has no informa Pedro Reyes
30.00 William McKeon
43.00 Frank P. Keily
/
30.00
Sergio
Ricera
43.00
D. B. Moon
'
13.00
It is going through its fleet in tion. Seafarers should write to Alfonso Rivera
30.00
40.00 George' Vourloumis
43.00 Horace McCurdy
alphabetical order. The Angelina Mr. H. T. Hoffer at Eastern's Bos Pastor Retoriano
Carl McKendree
15.00
83,00
Edsel
O.
Malcom
15.00
C. G. Sails
15.00
$510.00 Charles Payne
has been completed and work 4s ton office for details.
45.00
Earl F. Spear
13.00
going ahead on the Ann Marie. DryTrans and Trans Fuel: They Stanley
Graham Puissegur
30.00
Swienckoskl.....
13.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
James F.
Davia
70.00
Christor Trambis
30.00
SEATTLE. WASH.
The full list should be finished will have the money ready in about Samuel
Ruperto
Rivera.'
15.00
Vandal
30.00 Francis I. Gibbins
45.00 Alfred B. Seeberger
within a month.
one week.
15.00
Fernando Vargas
30.00
15.00 Corrie J. Shartzer
13.00
Henry Watson
30.00 Joseph R. Touart
Isthmian: The company expects Eagle Ocean: This company has William
John
Stanley
45.00
Wells
30.oo
$60.00 WUUam A. WaUace
to have the payments ready in a already paid the increase.
30.00
Albert L. WUlis
15.00
$2,041.00
month or so. Postcards will be National Navigation: No date has
USPHS
HOSPITAL
USPHS HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
jeen set yet.
$535.00
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
USPHS HOSPITAL
Frank P. Brecfc...
30.00
Alcoa: No announced date as to Carl E. Erlckson
100.00 J.
Bryant
15.00
FORT STANTON, N. M.
Gee Cheng
55.00 Wilson
when payment will begin.
O. Cara
30.00 Charles Burton
85.00
Sul Harb
30.00 James
D.
CardeU
30.00
Frederick Frennette.'
85.00
Calmar and Ore Line: Will be Yuan Bain Hung
15,00 Oliver Celestlne
30.00
Thomas Isaksen
;.... 145.00
Nagel
30.00 J. H. Chapellc
gin mailing checks to home ad George
30.00
Donald
McDonald
83.00
Burley E. Nanklvil..
30.00 L. D. Cook
45.00 Clarence D. Shlvely
85.00
dresses for men who have paid off Charles Robertson
70.00 Stephen Conner
30.00
Peter
Smith
43.00
ships already. Checks will go out Ted Thompson
Rogelio
Cruz
30.00
$483.00
45.00 F. P. Daugherty
15,00
in a few days. Those men still on
USPHS HOSPITAL
Martlno DeSalvo
30.00
$420.00 Arthur Fivek
FORT WORTH. TEX.
board will get retroactive money
30.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
85.00
F. H. Garretson
30.00 J. A. Ashurst
at the payoff in Baltimore.
MOBILE. ALA.
Joseph
P.
Wise
83.00
Henry C. Gerdes.../
30.00
MarTrade: A special payroll has J. T. Buckelew
15.00 Jesee T. Green
30.00
$170.00
:
30.00 E. E. Gross
30.00
been set up. The men now on ships Tim Burke
(Continued from page 3)
USPHS HOSPITAL
will
get
paid
off
at
the
new
scale.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
conducting a training program for
Silvester Walker
.".
$60.04
upgrading of unrated personnel so Those "who have already paid off
USPHS
HOSPITAL
should
write
into
the
office
and
as to meet all possible manpower
MEMPHIS. TENN.
checks will be mailed out to them.
demands of its operators.
VirgU E. WUmouth.....
83.00
Orion
Agency: They
will
paythe
John B. Hegarty
83.00
Since the SIU has enough men
and is taking steps to increase the men upon personal application at
$170.00
supply of ratings, the Union ques the office. Those on ships will be
SAn,ORS SNUG HARBOR
STATEN ISLAND. N. Y.
tioned the Maritime Administra taken care of at the payoffs.
5bN ORDER FOR THE WELFARE PLAN TO MAKE
Joseph Koslusky
$85.00
tion's plans for expansion of its
PROMPT PAYMEMT OH DEATH BENEFITS,^
DEER'S HEAD STATE HOSPITAL
own training facilities. Govern
SALISBURY: MD.
• n^E BEHEFICIARY CARD MUST BE PROPERLY
ment officials present were told
Michael J. Lucas
$85.00
FILLED OUT. IP YOU HAVEH'T FILLED OUT
that any appropriation of G vern
USPHS HOSPITAL
MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKLYN,
ment funds for that purpose
YOUR BEHEFICIARY CARD, DO SO IMMED
N. Y.
would be completely unjustified
IATELY. ASK FOR IT AT THE A/EXT HALL
Robert Atmore
60.00
Rupert_ A. Blake
60.00
in the light of the SIU's manpower
YOU HIT.
ClauderF. Blanks
60.00
surplus.
Edmund C. Blosser
60.00
Matthew Bruno...
60.00
Officials of the administration
Walter Chalk
45.00
who were present at the session
Jack W. Dalton.^
60.00
John J. DriscoU
60.00
• acknowledged the SIU's ability to
John T. JEdwards
60.00
(Continued from page 3)
man its contracted vessels.
Thomas D. Ezzell
60.00
J. Esplnoza
60.00
With respect to the draft ques Service at 45 Broadway for the
E.
Ferrer
eO.OO
• tion, the Union stressed the fact physical examination. As soon as
Robert E. Gilbert
60.00
that it had repeatedly called for a the okay comes through on the
Fred Grimes
60.00
John
W.
Keenan
'60.00
blanket deferment policy for all physical, the men can go back to
Frederick Landry.
60.00
skilled seamen since the outbreak the Coast Guard for their lifeboat
James Lawlor
60.00
David McUreath
60.00
of the Korean War.
and AB tests.
Arthur Lomas
eo.OO
Representatives of Selective Candidates passing the AB test
Constantlne Makrls
60.00
George Moore
60.00
Service who were present assured with one year's sea time are en
R. A. Ratcllff
.'
60.00
the SIU that every possible consid titled to a "blue ticket." In order
G. E. Schumaker.......'
60.00
Gustaf SJoberg
So.OO
eration would be given to skilled to get a "gVeen ticket" the men
Robert Slzemore
iis.oo
seamen, provided the men them have to have three years' dis
Timothy Sullivan
60.00
HOSE BROTHERS WHOSE CARDS HAVE
Albert D. Thompson..
60.00
selves follow through on all points charges.
BEEN IAAPROPFRLY FILLED OUT WILL
of procedure. (See story on draft While work is going ahead at
$1,630.00
DEATH BENEFITS '
FIND THEIR NAMES IN THE NOTICES
and Army releases, page 2, this the deck school, preparations are
Melvin Brown
$2,000.00
issue).
COLUMN OF THE LO^ f THE^ SHOULD
Harry L. Hendrickson, Jr..
2,300.00
still under way for the courses of
Albert N. Kerns., ..vr.2.500.00
Others attending the conference instruction which will be available
SUBMIT A NEW CARD CORRECTPY
S'PS, "^1, S™"*
•
•
•
..•
...•
i.....
2.300.00.
Included representatives of the for men in the stewards and engine
Hal B. WjlUtoms.....1,500.00
FILLED OUT AS SooN AS POSSIBLE,
John
A.
2,300.00
Masters, Mates and Pilots, AFL, departments who want to be up
William. J. Mutpby.
2,500.00,
and the Radio Officers' Union.
graded.
•
SlU Raps Govt
For Foulup
On Manpower
1
P'
ll''
m
SIU's School
Turns Out 1st
AB Trainees
$18.000J)0^
"v;
f
• .
I
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�V' ,;;2ig
Friday, Janaaiy 25. 19S2
Pa*« Twentythre*
SEAFARERS LOG
1
... DIGEST oS SHIPS' MEETINGS ...
OCEANSTAR (Triton), Dec. 1—Chair compiled of needed .repalri in creWa cate should be made by each delegate good order. A letter from headquarters, Chairman, A. Meglle; Secretary, R. Jsr
man, Cliarlla Copeman; Secretary, C. quarter* which is to be presented to the and delivered to him or the secretary.
read and posted on the buUetin board. bron. There was a discussion on the
Dwyer. Ship's delegate cautioned the mate for consideration during vessel's
brothers to leave all rooms clean, to stay in shipyard.
strip their bunks and to turn in ail linen
INEZ (Bull), Nov. 12—Chairman, none
and to be sure and be sober at payolT.
givsn; Secretary, A. Collett. Delegates
CHILORi (Ore), Nov. «—Chairman, C. reported no beefs. Captain gave ship's
Kellogg; Secretary, B. Zubllck. Delegates delegate a copy of the new agreement
reported no beefs. Memorandum of and it was read and discussed. Scupper
agreement was read and discussed. Re in after end to be put on repair list. The
quest for more windshoots. List to be water on laundry deck was discussed.
PERSONALS
Harry Guliksen
Get in touch with J. Stangeland,
121 Broome Street, New York 2,
New York.
1. t
Tony Cornman
Anybody knowing of his where
abouts is asked to get in touch
with his wife, Mrs. Mary Cornman,
3119 Baldwin Street, Los Angeles
31. Calif.
t 4"
Don J. Peurala
Contact Benjamin B. Sterling,
42 Broadway, New York City. ^
i
i
t
Charles Winfrey, Jr.
Get in touch with your father at
505 W. Summit St., Ponca City,
Oklahoma. Anyone knowing of
his whereabouts please advise,
tit
Ed Decker
Your father has been stricken
with a heart attack. Please con
tact him at the Holy Family Hos
pital in Brooklyn.
$1
$1
Bill Dirlan
Write A. D. Tuck, c/o Brook
lyn SIU.
i i i
Jimmy iSistronk
Contact Pedro Villabol at SIU
Brooklyn headquarters.
tit
William A. Mitchell
Your sister, Mrs. Grace Clark,
is anxious to hear from you. Ad
dress: Valley Road, Walpole, NH.
i i i
John T. Shaw
Important that you get in touch
with your wife at 2108 Wilkens
Ave., Baltimore 23, Md.
^
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Robert Fink
Anxious to hear from you. Get
in touch with me, c/o SIU Brook
lyn HaU—Mai Collins.
t
t
TAINARON (Actlum), Novtmbor S—
Chairman, Jos* Ortlguerra; Secretary,
Charles C. Burnetto. Delegates have no
complaints. Motion made and carried
that the ship's delegates see the captain
concerning dismissal of an ordinary sea
man. Moved that each department dele,
gate should collect books from members
to present to patrolman.
NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory
Carriers), Dec. 9—Chairman, J. McBrlde;
Secretary, C. Hartman. Suggestion made
to turn over the ship's fund to the new
crew when they reported on the vessel
and a receipt is in order for it.
SEADREAM (Colonial), Dsc. 24—Chair
man, Ralph Williams; Secretary, not
given. Lost two men in Aruba. Suggested
that a letter be written to Headquarters
regarding these men and their deport
ment. The new contract and its benefits
were discussed and approved with a vote
of thanks for their skillful handling of
the contract. Crewmembers were ad
vised not to play cards with the officers
and generaUy refrain from association
with them other than is necessary for op
erational purposes.
SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Dec. 21
—Chairman, F. Walatka; Secretary, E. . STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), Nov. S—
Jonas. Delegates reported no. beefs
Steward spoke about giving the Christ
mas dinner on Sunday as the ship wiU
be in port and a lot of brothers want to
go home. Everyone was asked to turn
in the soUed linen.
Chairman, Kristensen; Secretary, J. Redl
can. Suggestion made to purchase records
for ship's phonograph. Total of S51.55 in
ship's fund. A request was made .for
more generous night lunch.
ROBERT LOWERY (Bloomfleld), Dae. 2
SUZANNE (Bull), Dec. 1«—Chairman, —Chairman, J. Pullen; Secretary, Hugh
J. Cochsco; Secrotary, A. Cuagans. It Terrlll. Motion made and seconded that
was reported that the mate was working
on the deck on Saturday and Sunday
while the members of the deck depart
ment were kept idle. A new refrigerator
should be installed in the crew pantry as
the oae now is in very bad condition.
the %ecreation room be used for that
purpose only and that no food or salads
were to be prepared in that room. Motion
made to have all the delegates see cap
tain about having the decks repaired and
painted.
MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Caiv
CARROLL VICTORY (South Atlantic),
Dec. 22—Chairman, none; Secretary, A. riers), Nov. 22—Chairman, Walter L.
Lambert. Delegates reported no beefs.
Everybody to be on the job at fire and
boat drill. Last standby on each watch
will clean up the mess hall and put every
thing back in place. As the ship is car
rying ammunition there shaU be no smok
ing on deck. Chief electrician requested
that fans be taken out of portholes in rain
and heavy seas: also that cheese sand
wiches not be toasted in the toaster.
Busch; Secretary, Ernest Zaugg. Captain
was nasty about draws in Okinawa. He
wants to limit draw for Seattle to S20
as he doesn't want to wire ahead for
money. Vote taken to wire ahead to
warn the Union that many replacements
will be needed as in the past the Union
Jias not gotten warning from MSTS.
Complaints were made about slopchest.
NATHANIEL B. PALMER (Pslmsr),
STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), Dec. 18 Dec. It—Chairman, George Bauer; Sec
—Chairman, C. L. Graham; Secretary, retary, Cresenlso Logana. The deek en
L. A. Cardlas. Delegates reported that
everything is going Just fine. The entire
crew is well pleased with the. great im
provement of the LOG and will do its
very best to support the LOG's good
work. Instead of the deck department
making coffee in the evening let it be
switched to the engine department for a
week. The rotation plan wiU be followed
from here on between the deck and the
engine room departments.
gineer was drunk on five
brought up on charges.
DAVID STARR JORDAN (Mississippi).
Dec. IS—Chairman, V. MaffuccI; Secre
tary, F. Daugherfy. Delegates reported
everything okay. Beef about men taking
aU day to use washing machine. All
bunks are to be stripped and the room
left in a good condition when paying off.
Delegates to check aU books and permits
before payoff. A vote of thanks handed
to the steward for the fine job he did
taking over two jobs.
DAVID STARR JORDAN (Mississippi),
Nov. 18—Chairman, V. MafauccI; Secre
tary, Ussery. Captain promised American
money in the next port. All crewmem
bers should refrain from leaving razor
blades in soap dishes as that is an ex
tremely dangerous practlee.
WILD RANGER (Waterman), Dec: 2—
Chairman, M., Ladron; Secretary, C. W.
Gann. Food not too good, to be improved.
Crewmembers wefe asked to keep their
feet off the chairs. Motion made to fine
anyone twentyfive cents leaving cups on
the deck.
MILTON H. SMITH (Isthmlap), Dec. »—
Chairman, C. M. Cain; Secretary, Frank
L. Peres. Delegates reported a few hours
disputed overtime. A repair list in tripli
days and
DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), Nov. 13—
Chairman, Clyde Cahlll; Secretary, D. Col
lins. The ship's library was broken into
in the port of Bahla. $69.30 in the ship's
fund. AU screen doors should be locked
at aU times to help keep out the flies.
AU hands were reminded to be back to
the ship one hour before sailing time.
Union Votes
$750 More To
Ins. Strikers
untidiness of the crew mess after the
boys finished their games at night. Dis
cussion on who should clean ship's laun
dry. It was decided that each depart
ment would take turns.
JOSEPH PULITZER (Sbuth Atlantic),
Nov. 25—Chairman, John Cummlngs; Sec
retary, J. Gates. Delegates reported no
beefs. Crew voted to send vote of thanks
and confidence to the negotiating com
mittee. General discussion on various
working rules as covered by the new con
tract. Motion made and carried to stop
aU unnecessary noise in the quarters.
RAPHAEL SEMMES (Waterman), Dec.
10—Chairman, B. Hare; Secretary, C.
Slover. Secretary read the memorandum
and the report on the new LOG. All
hands voted approval. Chairman Bill
Hare gave a very fine talk on the devel
opment. struggles and growth of mari
time unions and the unbelievable gains
to seamen thereby. He also presented an
GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), Dec. 18— article from a Panama paper about the
Chairman, Steve Boguckl; Secretary, D. Atlantic Seamans' Fool in Panama.
PIccerelll. Radio bought from ship's fund
for crew messhall. The steward told the
MOBILIAN (Waterman), Jan. 4—Chair
meeting he expected the same kind of man,
L. Karalunas; Secretary, A. Vicira.
payoff as the last one: no beefs and no Delegates reported everything smooth
drunks.
with the exception of a minor beef in the
stewards department. Steward requested
LAFAYETTE (Waterman), Dec. 23— a complete linen change to avoid a linen
Chairman, R. Seckinger; Secretary, P. shortage next trip. Ship's delegate sug
Patrick. Discussion on delayed sailings. gested a larger variety of meals. Discus
Suggested that the crew cooperate in sion held
on man's penalty fine of $157 for
keeping the messhaU clean at night. being absent
for seven days in Europe.
Laundry to be kept clean by men on sani
tary work. AU men to help keep ship in
HURRICANE (Waterman), Jan. 1 —
sanitary condition. Discussion held on
beefs and performing on previous voyage. Chairman, D. Cummlngs; Secretary, A.
Laxxaro. Motion made to fine all fu
SHINNECOCK BAY (MarTrade), Dec. ture performers aboard ship. Motion
22—Chairman, A. Thorne; Secretary, H. made to donate fifty cents into the ship's
Relaford. Motion made and carried that fund at payoff. Membership decided that
aU foc'sles be cleaned before members a washing machine be ordered from the
leave vessel. Suggestion made that all company as per new agreement.
changes in jobs aboard ship be cleared
from haU. Men staying aboard see that
DAVID STARR JORDAN (Mississippi),
this is done.
Nov. 5—Chairman, Mafaucci; Secreiary,
Ussery. All brothers were asked to wear
ZANE GRAY (Isthmian), Dec. 27—Chair shirts in messhall during meal time. The
man, Joe Molina; Secretary, none. The crew sends a getwell message to the
members were reminded of the necessity steward who was put off in Bermuda.
of sober attendance at the payoff. The Everyone was asked to cooperate in keep
ship's delegate reported that the only ing messhall clean. Discussion on the
trouble seemed to be in the deck depart unnecessary noise being made in the pas
ment where the mate couldn't seem to be sageways. All hands agreed to be more
able to teU that things are not the same considerate of each other in the future.
as they were 20 years ago. Deck depart
ment delegate reported plenty of dis
PAOLI (Cities service), Jan. 5—Chair
puted overtime and some beefs.
man, O. Harden; Secretary, T. Lewis.
Men
complaining about the inferior food.
STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), NoVbmber $2.08 left in the ship's fund. A vote of
11—Chairman, A. Langley; Secretary, H. thanks extended to Brother Lewis for a
Hart. One of the members spoke directly
to the deck department about being on good job as ship's delegate.
board to secure the gear and to be sober
WANDA (Epiphany), Dec. 15 — Chair
as some one might get injured if drunk.
The membership of the Steel Artisan man, none; Secretary, none. Ship's dele
voted a word of thanks to aU of the gate reported on a letter the captain re
Union officials who were instrumental ceived concerning the new agreement.
in obtaining the last raise in pay and Discussion on keeping the'laundry clean.
In an earlier meeting it was decided that
overtime benefits.
each member using the machine would
PUERTO RICO (Bull), Dec.30—Chairman, clean up the machine and the laundry.
Reed Humphries; Secretary, Jim Murphy.
Ship's delegate reported that a few
members did some excessive drinking and
performing. Motion made that crew lend
Advocate staff whatever funds they need
to buy a typewriter. Carried. Mcftion
made
that a man from each department
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service),
Jan. 1—Chairman, Bernard H. KImberly; be elected for educational committee.
Secretary, Robert Bowes. Motion made
STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), Novem
and carried that the ship's delegate try
to get the ship fumigated in the near ber 2—Chairman, Charles Soonfield; Sec
future. Motion carried that each mem retary, T. J. Boore. Delegates reported no
ber donate $1 at the payoff to the ship's beefs. Suggestion was made when feed
fund. An educational class wiU be held ing extra workers in foreign ports, that
for the new members In the SIU by the they be fed after crew, is finished or in
deck delegate and aU new men are urged the other mess halL When through
to try and attend to better their knowl using cups and other kinds of dishes, to
put them back in the pantry and not
edge of the Union.
leave them lying around the messroom.
DEL CAMPO (Mfssrsslppl), Dec. 9—
WESTERN FARMER (Western Naviga
Chairman, Harold Tehnant; Secratary,
tion), Dec. 14—Chairman, James Dawson;
Bob Johnson. The financial report of the Secretary,
S. J. Evan. Motion by messman
ship's fund was read. J,etter of thanks
paint the deck and chairs in messhaU.
to doctor on board for treatment of crew to
Motion
made
by Bos'n to have a loud
was read. AU meats from dinner which
in the messhaU. Complaint about
are eatable during day to be put in speaker
meat. The crew wants a laundry and
steam table for crew.
a mixing machine for the galley.
DEL RIO (Mississippi), Dec. It—Chair
(Orion), Dec. 17—Chairman,
man, F. Hughes; Secrotary, BUI Hoy. A. SEATIGER
Ccldsmit; Secretary, C. Goodwin. Six
Delegates reported everything running in men
from the deck department were
logged. Some action should be taken to
stop this. Beef about the captain and the
mate nosing around wlule deck crew is
performing their routine duties on deck.
Much discussion about time off in port
and if obtainable have the chief officer
put it in a written order to prevent con
fusion.
BUI Whalen
ifuix Anxwer
Wondering what ever happened
(1)
Nope,
It's not Singapore.
to you. Please contact us or come
over. We're at 62 Sand St., The correct answer is Ceylon.
Stapleton, S. I.—Joseph Palmerie. (2) If you do, the Kentucky
Courts don't see ,eye to eye with
you. They ruled that it is a wife's
right to try to reform her husband.
(3) John L. Sullivan beat Jake
The following men have been Kilrain in the last bareknuckle
classified 2A by their draft boards: championship light.
Julian A. Tito, until December 15, (4) 15 dozen.
1952; Louis 6. Gooch, until Janu
(5) Marlborough's your man.
ary 10, 1953; Charles G. Hoene
(6)
Rome's the farthest north.
' mann, until July 7, 1952; Chew (7) A
brings heavy
Edward James, until June 1, 1952; rains. A hurricane
tornado
is
a dry wind
George Anastatasios Kandaras, un storm.
(Continued on page 2)
tU April 15, 1952; Charles La Rosa, (8) Yoii used to be able to get
Ing plans for a one day work stop
until July 16, 1952; Rodney A. only five francs for a dollar.
page in support of the strikers.
Harris, until July 15, 1952; John (9) 20 knots an hour.
Many unions in Newark have aided
St John, until July 14, 1952; Ed
win A. Liidvigsen, until July 1, (10) Strangely, enough, all the in mass picketing of the company's
1952; Charles George Peters, un answers are right. The first is the headquarters there.
til June 30, 1952; Anthony R. Ben British measurement, the second The strike was called when after
der, until July 9, 1952; Norman the US measurement and the third several weeks of futile negotiations
Albert Fisher, until June 4, 1952. has been adopted by several coun the company refused to budge pn
tries.
union demands, which included an
4" "t it
increase in the men's weekly guar
The following men are asked to
antee from $35 to $55 plus other
make out new beneficiary cards
IRmzxle Answer
benefits. Since the strike, began,
for the Union Welfare Office. Bob
the company has concentrated its
bie Reynolds, Frank Fabiancuk,
Rafat Kendnoorski, Herbert D. SQca [SQ9S mciDS energies in an attempt to destroy
the union rather than to settle the
Geissel, P. D. Juagpao.
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dispute.
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dsas asiQacia Evidence , of the company's grow
Anyone at Lake Charles SIU
ing concern over the strike's ef
who knows whereabouts of roll of • [ZISIGS
film to be sent to headquarters in [DQSISli [1C2LE] DOCS fectiveness' is thp fact that over
N. Y. from crewman on Abiqua mm QQSQSBB QS 100 pickets were arrested in Ne
early last November contact Frank SOS SSBS SQBSQ] wark in the c o u r s e of a mass
picketing demonstration there. In
Mackey, c/o Brooklyn hall.
aHEaiBH (§HI21@ Brooklyn
too, where the company
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maintains
an agency not far from
Woodward Tobey
QEIIE SSSnCSDSlE SIU headquarters,
piricets have
• please contact Union Welfare
Department at SIU Brooklyn hall HEBE snsB caiia taken a pushing around from the
0E@!1 BEGSIS BBO jpqlice.^^ .
,as soon as possible.
NOTIGES
AU repairs to be finished by the company
before signing on. AU others were asked
to be sure that the washing machine is
turned off when finished with it.
MOBILIAN (Waterman), Dec. 14—Chair
man, L. Karlunas; Secretary, A. Vielra.
Motion made and carried that the ship
be adequately scjeened as per agreement.
Bosun to see chief mate about making li
brary cabinets. Coffee to be kept by
gangway watch while in port.
RICHMOND M. PEARSON (Bloomfield),
Dec. 17—Chairman, Charles Elesey;.Secre
tary, Robert White. Delegates reported
no major beefs. Suggested that a light
be put on the washing machine so as to
remind the eiew when finihed
using
to be a litUe more particular in keeping
the ship clean.
PETROLITE (Tanker Sag), Jan. 9 —
Chairman, Stanley Schurler; Secretary,
P. J. Capllng. A letter from headquar
ters concerning the new contract gains
was read by the chairman. W. Hen
derson volunteered to donate a type
writer to the ship on arrival to the
states. The crew deluded to buy some
new records for the crew's radio and
phonograph. A three man committee was
elected to subscribe to the magazines and
buy the records.
STEEL KING (Isthmian), Oct. 14 —
Chairman, J. Straka; Secretary, F. Mott.
Linen wiU be given out piece by piece so
that the steward can keep a true count
of his linen. John Hoogie said that all
crewmembers should back up the union
officials for the fine work they are doing.
The SIU has fought to get the conditions
they have.
VENORE (Ore), Jan. 1—Chairman, B.
Thompson; Secretary, H. Vincent. Mo
tion made and carried that anyone not
attending ship's meeting be fined $25 to
be given to the Marine Hospital. Fresh
milk situation was discussed. Motion
made and carried that a protest be made
and signed by the crew about the food
situation. The man that threw the cof
fee cup over the side wUl be fined $3.
SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), Dec.
23—Chairman, Charles Oppenhelmcr; Sec
retary, Paul Ulrlch. $35.20 reported in
the ship's ftmd. Brother Marks called
the members attention to thenecessity
of learning their fire and boat stations
and to check their cards with sUtion
bill to better acquaint themselves with
their proper duties at fire and boat drills.
PETROLITE (Tanker Sag), Dec. 14 —
Chairman, W. Hoepensr; Secretary, P. J.
Capllng. A beef between the wipers and
the ordinary seamen over sanitary work
was settled to the satisfaction of the
crew. A list of repairs was made.
ALICE BROWN (Bloomfleld), Dec. 30—
Chairman, J. C. Flanagan; Secretary, E.
Bender. Delegates reported everything
okay with the exception of a few hours
disputed overtime. Repair lists from ail
departments were read and discussed. A
vote of thanks was extended to everyone
for SIU cooperation shown during the
trip.
ALCOA CAVALIER (Alcoa), no date
Chairman, Brother Moyd; Secretary, Sis
ter Cervantes. Few minor beefs to be
taken up with the patrolman. Motion
made and carried to nominate three men
to be responsible for the purchasing of
movies and showing them. Decision was
made to have the patruhnaii look into
the matter of the ship not being ade
quately supplied with stores. Steward
said in a reply to more steaks that he
absolutely refused steaks in Trinidad as
they were only fit for shoe leather.
WILLIAM R. DAVIE (Alcoa), Dec. 30—
Chairman, Norman West; Secretary, Wil
liam Doran. Motion made that there be
no payoff until all beefs are squared away
to the satisfaction of the crew. A vote of
thanks was extended to the steward's
JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory department for services rendered. Stew
ard
asked that all linen be turned in so
Carriers), Dec. 9—Chairman, E. Bates;
Secretary, Hoch. Delegates reported no that he could get an accurate inventory.
beefs everything under control.
All
CITADEL VICTORY (Mississippi), Dec.
members weie asked to replace literature
when finished with it so other brothers 24—Chairman, R. Pierce; Secretary, C. ,
Moore. Motion made that any man
can have a chance to readit.
caught spilling what he knew about union
TOPA TOPA (Waterman), Dec. 23 — business and business concerning unli
Chairman, A. BranconI; Secretary, M. censed personnel be brought up on
Janes. Deck delegate asked all hands charges. After a lengthly discussion on
to cooperate when taking off. The food and the preparation of it. it was
chairman explained rights of book mem agreed by the crew to give the stew
bers. Ship's delegate asked all new ard's department a chance to improve.th#
comers to ask any questions pertaining food situation on the vessel and if tt
continues in the present status the dele
to union history and ship's business.
gates will consult the captain. Performerr
JEFF DAVIS (Waterman), Dec. 30 — were given a definite warning.
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Sure, the basic wage scale is the meat and potatoes
of any union contract, but just take a look at the
trimmings and desserts, the cake and coffee that the
SIU contract provides for Seafarers. For example,
there's the new shorter work week, 40hours at sea.
Take this feature in combination with the new higher
overtime rate and penalty rates in the contract and
what have you got? More overtime at more dollars
and cents per hour. The end result it all adds up to
being more dollars—at the payoff!
But that's still not the whole story, far from it. There's a
real.honesttogoodness vacation plan, the first genuine dollars
and cents vacation plan in all of maritime. You collect for
every month you put in aboard ship up to $140 a year. How
many men ever collected a nickel in vacation money from
shipowners before? Very few, just a handful. Here again
the SIU contract means a bigger payoff, more dollars for you.
There's also a welfare plan which actually amounts to
money in the pocket. A $2,500 death benefit free for every
Seafarer's family adds up to a nice round sum that you
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won't have to spend to assure a little protection for your
ifamily when you're gone. It's money to help put your wife
and children at that last payoff. Then there's $15 a week if
you get sick and have to lay up at a hospital for a while. It
helps slow down the drain on your savings when ho money
is coming in because you can't work. The payoff, SlUstyley
continues even when you're ill or incapacitated. ;
There are many other benefits which you can't measure in
dollars and cents, but they count just the same. Things like
better feeding all around on board SIU ships withi assurance
of fresh, well prepared food, in ample quantity; or like more
comfortable quarters to eat, sleep and rest in when off duty.'
There's better working conditions—assurance that you don't
have to break your back. They all make that jongrange "
payoff a solid one because they pay off in better health and
more comfortable living.
There's an old familiar saying that the proof of the pudding
is in the eating. The proof of a Union is in the payoff. The
answer is pretty obvious by now—the Seafarer enjoys the
best benefits, the best wages, and the best conditions, all of~
which adds up to Jhat now familiar phrase to all Seafarers4 .
"the best in maritime"—the real payoff where it counts.
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WSB GIVES OKAY ON PAY INCREASE
GOVT SETS DRAFT-DISCHARGE POLICY
UNION VOTES $750 MORE TO INS. STRIKERS
CREW BEGIN HUDDLES ON 1952 PACT IDEAS
CAN'T SAIL 'EM; OPEN US SCHOOLS: NMU
PAY RISE, VACATIONS APPROVED
1ST AB TRAINEES SIT FOR EXAMS; 3RD CLASS FORMS
SIU CANNERS SEEK TUNA AID IN WASHINGTON
'GOVT FOULED UP SHIP MANNING,' SIU TELLS WASHINGTON MEETING
LATEST US SHIP ALLOCATION BYPASSES SIU MANNING POOL
CANADIAN SIU BUILDING NEW HALL AT FALLS
ROCAFORT TWINS FIND IT CONFUSIN', AMUSIN'
MM&P REJECTS BID FOR MOSCOW PARLEY
SIU IN CANADA SEEKS 40 HOUR WEEK IN FLEET
ABANDON SEARCH FOR 45 MAN CREW OF PENNSYLVANIA
KOREA VET ON MEND, HOPES TO SHIP AGAIN
TANKER FLEET LARGEST, BUT BUILDING LAGS
20 YEARS AGO AN AB RATING COST PLENTY
TRUMAN COLD TO SHIP BILL FEATURES
SEAFARERS-HERO OF WWII TO RESUME SEAGOING LIFE
NEW MARITIME NATIONS POSE THREAT TO US
INJURY ON SHIP DAMPENS SEAFARER'S HOUSEWARMING
9 WOULD-BE GOVERNORS MAKE FOR HOT PRIMARY
RAIN, RAIN, AND MORE RAIN FOULING UP PORT
TRANSIT WALKOUT SOLID AS BOSSES WON'T BUDGE
IN-TRANSIT LOAD HELPS BRIGHTEN JOB PICTURE
COASTWISE CHECKS STRIKE SEEKS PARITY
TEXAS PERFORMS NOBLY IN PICKING UP THE SLACK
AFL SHIPYARD STRIKE BEGINS AS CIO RETURNS
ALL'S QUIET AS SHIPPING STARTS TO SLACK OFF
STEWARDS' DEPT. FINDS SHIPPING PRETTY SLOW
END OF HOLIDAYS BRINGS CROWD ON BEACH HERE
NOT A LIVING SOUL LEFT AS HALL IS CLEANED OUT
THE SEA'S STILL BOSS
SETTING 'EM STRAIGHT
GUMMED UP GEOGRAPHY
PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS
HERE'S HOW, BROTHER
TANKER'S GROWTH: OLD WINDJAMMER TO SUPER-SUPER
SAN ANGELO VICTORY'S CREWMEN NIP SHIP BLAZE IN RECORD TIME
SOCCER NO LAUGH, THOUGH SOME GET KICKS OUT OF IT
CRIMP HALL TO NEW HALL - A FAR CRY, SAYS LOUIE
SEAFARER'S SAFARI SOLVES HIGH MEAT COST PROBLEM
LIVING COSTS ASHORE HELP BOOST SHIPPING
SEAFARER'S DIARY OF 38-DAY TRIP
DEATH CLAIMS MOATS, CONE
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SEAFARERS LOG
• OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL U NI ObN • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL •
SlU OPENS SCHOOL
Story on Page 3
Crews to Be Polled on '52 Pact
Story on Page 5
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Of >ipprOrCIf# ballots, tally committee members
sign official report on^ Union election.
(Story on page 3.)
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Drake, (1.), BME mefti
ber,. relates his rescue from "
Flying Enterprise to twoSeafarers. IF I vy nnpage 30[,;
CAfnlkMMa'ifl ITMMW.IIMUV Attentive students listen as SIU instructor
OflfpOOCirCI AflOir now* Eddie Parr (center, fur collar) describes method
iV of handling lifeboat to first deck dept. training class, .
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(Story on page 3.)
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CG Appeal Board Sef
IMhr. Jauwr 11. ISSf
Clarified Crew Blasts
Coast Guard Security Law
Protects Rights of Seamen
Panama Pool
Offer of Men
A potential threat to union
The big job of security clearance of America's merchant
seamen was turned up by the^
seamen, which got imder way at ihe beginning of 1951, is
alert crew of the Raphael
.rapidly nearing an end. Latest word from Washington is that
Semmes and its wideawake
approximately 225,000 vali*"
delCjgates, Bill Hare, John
dated documents have been treason, sedition, esqpionage or sab
Powers and Frank Judah. The
issued by the Coast Guard, otage, aiding or' associating with
crew notified the LOG that a
with an additional 45,000 com people committing such acts, dis
pool
of nonunion seamen has
ing through shortly. With the closure of confidential information
been
organized in the Canal
to foreign governments, past or
backlog almost eliminated, present
Zone, and is attempting to get
membership or participa
validation will soon involve tion in an organization deemed sub
these men aboard American
only newlyissued seamen's versive by the Attorney General,
ships.
papers. All seafarers have be and similar causes.
The outfit, which betrays its
come familiar with the pro A man who is denied clearance New York Appeals Board Chairman Julius Rosen writes to Wash
origins
by stating that it, has no
ington for secret file on seaman prior to' calling hearing on the connection with any union, is called
cedure of securing validated will receive, a letter stating that man's appeal for security clearance.
the Atlantic Side Merchant Bee
papers, but unless they ran the government has strong basis
men's Pool. Its headquarters are
into difficulty getting clear for believing that his presence on
in Colon and it has shown great
ance, few are aware of the se merchant vessels is contrary to the
eagerness
to get aboard National
interests
of
the
United
States.
At
curity law's appeal setup
Shipping Authority's Libertys
this
point
the
appeals
procedure
which . assures them protec comes into play.
which have been running ioto
tion from arbitrarily being
difficulties in' getting experienced
14 Chairmen
barred from US ships.
seamen in various ratings. The
Actually, every seaman has the An appeals board representative
organization claims that it has
right to appeal denial of validated explained that there are 14 local
1,000 seamen on tap to fill vacan
Crew
members
of five
SIU ships
who
distinguished
them
papers to a local appeals board board chaimten in various port
cies,
composed of civilians, and beyond areas. These men, all civilians, are selves for gallantry during World War II are entitled to cita . So anxious is this outfit to get
that to a central board in Wash selected for their background in
ington. The regulations governing maritime and in judicial proced tion ribbon bars awarded by the government. The Mafitime a toehold that it has contacted the
Associated Press in Washington
this procedure were set up origin ure. Each chairman has a panel of Administration has asked, thd"* ^
ally by executive order of the Pres industry and labor members at his SIU to help locate men to Mills, Samuel Parker and informing the news service that it
was eager to make up vacancies
ident on January 15, 1951. There disposal from which he selects one whom the award has been Schoharie.
on the Libertys.
have been a considerable number of each to hear a particular case. ^iven. SIU ships covered by
At least five active Seafarers and
of successful appeals which re
Keep Eyes Open
When a seaman wants to file an the award are the Virginia eight inactive ones are on the list
sulted in seamen winning the clear
for
the
award,
which
consist
of
a
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on
page
22)
Dare, William Moultrie, Cedar
The Raphael Semmes crew warns
ance which was first refused them.
ribbon with a tiny silver sea horse all SIU men to keep a sharp look
' ,
Labor Represented
in
the center. A complete list of out for any seaman who might be
The crux of the appeal system
ships and
men involved is on page affiliated with this organization,
is the fact that industry and labor
14.. The active SIU members are: particularly when passing through
representatives participate in the
John W. Carlson, Stanley Gelak, the Canal, as some skippers might
hearing boards/ so that it is not an
Henry Lanier, Robert C. Sheppard try to get these men aboard as
exclusive government operation. In
and Earl H. Young.
replacements.
New york, SIU SecretaryTreas
urer PaulHall is a member of the
The ships and seamen cited in In the shipboard discussion on
panel, and there are SIU repre
the award contributed to the Allied the question, Hare pointed out that
sentatives participating on these
cause during the war by helping these scab seamen could never ^
panels in the other potts around
fight off enemy attacks and deliver get a footing on SIU ships if \
the country where local appeals
ing, vital cargo in the face of ex Seafarers in busy ports would take '
boards are located. While the rec
treme danger. Three of the ships, the jobs as they come off the board,
ommendations of these local boards
the Virginia Dare, William Mo^ instead of staying around on the
are not binding, they usually carry
trie, and Schoharie were in convoy beach.
considerable weight in the final de
PQ:18 to Murmansk, in 1943. This
cision.
followed the famous "Fourthof
When a man applies for vali
July" convoy, PQ17, which lost 22
dated papers, lie fills out a form
of its 33 ships to dive bombers and
in his local port of call. The form
subs after it was deserted by its
is then forwarded to Washington
escort vessels.
where the man's record is checked
OneThird Lost
against confidential information in
Convoy PQ18 also took a fearful
government files. Clearance may
lacing, losing 13 dut of the 40 mer
be denied for any one. of a number
chant ships in the group. The three
of reasons under the terms of Pub
SIU vessels were in the thick of it
lic Law 679 passed by Congress in
Approval of the recent contract
and helped fight off sub and tor
August, 1950. Such reasons would
pedo plane attacks during the trip. negotiated by the. Sailors Union
include: Commission lOf acts ..of
Two sup ships' crews are also of the Pacific has come throuilh
included in the HSt for the award. from the Wage Stabilization Board
These are the Marcus Daly, and in Washington. The government OK
the Adoniram Judson. The "Ad" covers the wage aspects of fhe
Jon. II, 1952
Vol. Xn^Ne. 1
Judson won its spurs during the contract only, with, the newly
As I See It..
Page 11
invasion of L^yte by delivering negotiated SUP Welfare Plan still
landing mats and high octane avia held up.
Burly
Page 21
tion gas to a captured Jap airfield There are several tecbnicalitie*
Crossword Puzzle
Page : 10
at Tacloban. and then standing by which may delay the SUP Welfare
Did,You Know
Page 16
to provide air protection for sev Plan for. several weeks, But it is
Editorial
Paie 11
eral days. The Marcus Daly won expectedthat it too will win final
a special commendation from Gen approval from the government.
Inquiring Seafarer
Page 10
eral MacArthur for shooting down The SUP contract provides for
In The Wake. ^.
Page 10
three Jap bombers and defending increases in wage scales, overtime,
Labor Roundup
/ ; .Bage 21
the docks at Leyte during the same penalty time, meal and lodging
Letters
Pages 19, 20
invasion.
allowances, and other provisions.
Letter Of The Week... Page 11
The latter ship suffered a suicide The entire contract is retroactive
Maritime
.......i Pagf 21
attack from a Japanese kamikaze to October 1, 1951.
Meet The Seafarer..,. Page 10:
b om bq,r on Christmas Day 1944: The Masters, Matei; and Pilots,
Oh The Job... .
.. .. Page 21
which killed and wouiided some representing all deck officers, an
nounced that they too had won ap
200 soldiers aboard her.
Personals . ..
Page 23
proval of the WSB for their new
Slups' Minutes........ Page 23
An additional group of SIU men contract. The agreement pro
Ten Years Ago, ......i Page 10
is entitled to receive the Meritori vides for wage increases, addi
Top Of The News
Page 6
ous Service Medal which is award tional daily vacation payments and
Washington News
ed to all crewmembers who were other improvements.' Like the
ifeUP, the MM&P contract is retro
Letter. ..
Page 4
commended by the War Sliipping active to October 1, 1951 and was
Welfare Benefits .. .. .. Page 22
Administration of the Maritime negotiated during August and Sep
PublisbMi biwMkly at tho hcadquartaf^a
Pounded viciously by the Jreldntless Atlantic storm the Norwegian Administration for conduct of a tember of last year, although the
• f
Hie Seafarers triternaOenal Union, At*
tanker Osthav split's in twb off the Spanish coast in the Bay of
vacation aspect of. the agreement
lanflc a Golf District. AFL, *75 Fdtirth
Biscay. Dramatic photos show the forepart (below) going to the meritorious nature. Names of these was not settled imtil November,
Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel. STerlins
bottom of the sea whilestern (top) lied helplessly in the surf after men .and the ships they served oni IbllowiiK concliision of the long
• • 4«71.' Entered at second class matter
being
driven aground by winds. A Swedish steamer r^cu^ ^ are published alcmg with the bth^; shor^nea's wRdeat strike in the
at the Post Office in Brooklyn, N. V«
survivors off the stem sectio^.
. under the Act of Auflust 34, 1*13.
fist in this is5u4«if the LOG.
of iKNfW ¥<HPk.
5 SIU Crews Named
For WW II Citations
'Death of AT anker'
WSB Gives OK
To SUP, MMP
On Oontracts
SEAFARERS LOG
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mW'''" ifrUMT. Jtmmar 11, l§g»
VMTC Thre*
BEAFARERS tOG
V"
As SIU Launches
Training Program
M
The first of three projected upgrading schools for
Seafarers is now operating in Headquarters with the
opening of a class for deck department hands. Sessions
are now being held both in the Headquarters classroom
and aboard ship for the purpose of qualifying men for
their AB certificates and
also going ahead for engine de
other deck ratings.
partment classes, which will make
In addition to the deck use of the engine room facilities
department classes, the Sea aboard SlUcontracted ships while
they are in port. The Union is mak
Crewmen of the Southland, an SIU Slip sailing out of Savannah, played a major role farers Training School will ing arrangements .with representa
ln 4he nowfamous tale of the Flying Enterprise and her skipper when they were Johnny have facilities for instruction tives of its contracted companies
onthespot for rescue operations. The Southland picked up eight crew members and seven of steward and engine department, for use of these ships' facilities.
personnel. The steward's depart
Refreshers Later
passengers who had aban"t
ment school, which will get under
doned ship at the height of a vicinity, had one of its lifeboats eral Greeley also had a lifeboat way in the near future, will have The course of instruction in the
vicious North Atlantic storm swaihped and was lucky to be able disabled, and in turn, the lifeboat full use of all facilities in the deck department includes handling
which crippled the Enterprise to get its own crewmembers back crew was rescued by the Southland. Unionopercted cafeteria, galley, lifeboats, seamanship, safety prac
(Continued on page 14)
butcher shop and bakery. Plans are tices and requirements for upgrad
and caused her final sinking. on board. The army transport Gen
ing. It is planned to add a refresh
The decision of her skipper to
er course in seamanship at a later
remain with his ship wrote a
date for men already holding AB
new chapter in the annals of
and bosun ratings. The stewards
men against the sea and cap
department school will cover such
tured the imagination of mil
With the shortage of trained seamen growing severe, the Maritime Administration has subjects as food handling, storage,
lions. Among those rescued invited all AFL sea unions to confer on the problem. The SIU has accepted the invitation food preparation, garbage disposal
by the Southland were two of and will participate in the conferences which open in Washington the week of January 21. and sanitation.
As announced in the secretary
the vessel's engineers, mem
In his letter of acceptance. Sec
treasurer's report
to the headquar
bers of the SlUaffiliated retaryTreasurer Paul Hall points ship, no SIU contracted vessel has L. Cochrane, Maritime Adminis
out that while the manning prob ever been delayed for lack of man trator, who declared that the man ters membership meeting of De
Marine Engineers.
cember 19, the entire training
So severe was the storm that the lem is industrywide In nature, power in. the unlicensed ratings ning problem threatens to get school program
will be 100 percent
SlUmanned Warhawk, also in the affecting all classifications aboard covered by the Union.
worse because more ships are be Union operated and financed. In
ing withdrawn from the boneyards structors for the three departments
Can Man All Ships
"We further point out," Hall by the Natiohal Shipping Author will be drawn from the ranks of
stated, "that we are in a position ity. He is certain that there will Seafarers and will be men with
now to man any and all vessels be a growing demand for ship long experience and thorough fa
which may be contracted to this ping in the coming months and miliarity with the subject matter
that the present tight manpower of the courses.
Union."
might suddenly become Thanks to the facilities available
The SIU secretarytreasurer sug situation
much
worse.
in New York Headquarters, and to
gested 'that at least part of the
the operational setup of the train
Steps Fall
Short
manning
difficulties
which
have
Officials elected' to serve the A&G District in 1952 were
arisen in the past resulted from The admiral stated ..that steps ing schools, it is expected that tlie
announced this week following the Districtwide vote tally. allocation of vessels to companies taken up until now, such as re Union will be able to train men at
The annual election for officials ended on December 31 after" contracted by unions other than cruiting additional men from considerably less expense than the
60 days of balloting.
the SlU. These vessels have suf shoreside, deferring needed men cost of similar training in govera
Announcement of the voting re ing of January 2 to count votea fered delays in sailing due to the from the draft, relaxing Coast mentmaintained schools.
sults was made by the headquar cast and prepare a report on the inability of those unions to man Guard manning requirements and It has been roughly estimated
ters tallying committee elected at election. The committee's report the ships. A more realistic allo other measures have fallen short that it will cost the Union about
the headquarters membership meet> and complete voting tally will be cations program which would of meeting the need. "Certain $50 to upgrade a seaman to AB.
submitted to the membership meet take into account the manpower legislative measures are also being Of course, governmentmaintained
ings of all branches on January available to the various shipping advocated," he said; "though the schools are financed by taxes
16. Upon approval, the newly companies would have averted at processes are necessarily slow whereas the SIU will be supplying
elected officials will assume office least part of these unnecessary and therefore without immediate skilled seamen for the US mer
at once.
chant fleet at no cost to the ta.x
delays.
effect."
The results show six changes in The invitation to the confer
Under the circumstances he payer.
All hands are urged to take ad
the ranks of SIU officials as com ence came from ViceAdmiral E. said, "It is obvious that an ex
vantage
of the opportunity offered
pared with last year's election re
pansion of the emergency measures
by
the
training
school to improve
sults. Among them are: Lloyd
presently employed will hot meet
their skills and inerease their earn
Gardner, elected assistant secre
manning requirements of even the
powers accordingly. With the
tarytreasurer; Earl S h e p p a r d,
early future." He is hopeful that ing
demand for skilled seamen running
chosen
Baltimore
Port
Agent;
W.
a series of meetings with AFL sea as heavy as it is today, men with
Only a few weeks old, the SIU
unions will help the government
headquarters building in New York P. Gonsorchik, elected Baltimore
has already set other unions on.the Stewards Patrolman; James Shee
come up with a solution to the ratings in the deck department will
it much easier to secure jobs.
road to revising^heir facilities. han, elected Boston Port Agent;
problem of providing trained man find
This
will generally hold true in
Herman
Troxclair
as
New
Orleans
•S
everal unions in the metropolitan
power for American shipping.
Stewards
Patrolman;
and
C.
Kim
(Continued
on page 22)
area have shown interest in pro
viding similar comforts and con ball as Galveston Joint Patrolman. Three additional Libertys o^t of
The total vote cast in all ports
veniences for their members.
a total of 18 withdrawn from the
added
up to 4,676.
One union in New York which
honeyard have been assigned to
60day Vote
has'taken steps to construct its
SlUcontracted operators. They
own building is Bartenders Local Voting got underway at all SIU will be ere wed up by Seafarers for
15. The membership of that union branch halls on November 1 and companies operating under Gen
voted to invest part of the union's ran for two months. There were a eral Agency Agreements with the
defense (strike) fund in.the uniSn's total of 37 nominees for the 29 government.
elective posts, which include one The National Shipping Authority
property.
secretarytreasurer, one assistant announced that with these alloca
President Jack Townsend of the secretarytreasurer,
three head tions the total number of ships im
union told the membership, "Using quarters representatives,
nine port der the GAA bharter is now 469.
defense funds for such a purpose agents and fifteen port patrolmen.
SIU operators receivirig one ship
is not a new idea. The Seafarers
each are the Bloomfield Steamship
International Union, AfL, which
has a reputation for democratic The report of the tallying com Co., Mississippi Shipping Co., and
procedure second to none in the mittee is on page six. The election South Atlantic Steamship Co. An
labor movement, recently trans figures begin on page seven of this other ship is going to the Orion
ferred close to half a million dol Issue, Special feature on balloting Agency and consequently mifiht be
a s s i g n e d to an SlUcontracted
lars from the strike fund into the is in center section.
shipper operating through that
general fund so that a building
, The tallying committee consisted agency.
could be bought."
The bartenders union is one of of two men each from deck, engine Most of the ships, 14 in all. are
the largest of its kind and em and stewards departments. In its being withdrawn from West Coast Deek upgrading class gets down to sclioolroom work for first time
braces bar^riders in MahMttan's report the committee states that it boneyards, but two each are com in headquarters elassroom under the tutelage of Eddie Parr, who is
expounding on the rules of navigation.
ing out of Mobile atid Beaumont.
taverns and restaurants.
(Continued on page 22)
Slightly tippy to say the least, the Flying Enterprise wallows heavily on her side in the North Atlantic
waiting for the British tug "Turmoil" to take her in tow.
Sea Manpower Parley Called
Results Of A&G Voting
For Officers Announced
Unions Follow
SIU Pace In
Building Hqs
Seafarers Will
Crew Up Three
More Libertys
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SKAFAREKS LOG
Get That Port
Operas Are Models Time Discharge
SIU NEWSLETTER
For SeafarerArtist
from WASHINGTON
Seafarers on the payroll of
a ship while in port should
make sure to get discharges
from the skipper for port time
as well as for the time spent
at sea.
Failure to get such dis
charges will mean that the
Seafarer won't be able to get
credit for the port time toward
his vacation money. This could
mean that a man would lose
out on some of the vacation
dough. Such being the case,
every Seafarer owes it to him
self to get a discharge for port
time worked.
Mario Gonzalez shows off the latest product of his paint brush, a
copy of one of the scenes from the opera "Carmen."
Bunker Lack
Held Threat
To Shipping
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Another booming year for the U. S. merchant marine Is es^ected
during 1952. Maritime Jobs will be plentiful and the U. S. Government
will continue to pour some expenditure into development of the fleet,
particularly via the rearmament program.
In the next month or two, maritime employment will reach new
peaks.
A big war could change this picture, and your guess on that is as
good as anyone's. However, in the absence of an ailout confiict, the
nation's merchant marine will be busily engaged during the coming
New Year in hauling materials and supplies for the rehabilitation and
rearmament of European nations participating in the North Atlantic
• Treaty Organization (NATO). The transPacific ships under the Ameri
can flag, and those trading to South American nations, will be less
heavily engaged.
Not too much change is expected in the financial plight of those
lines trading coastwise and intercoastally, with transcohtinental rail
road competition and Interstate Commerce Commission inactivity con
tinuing to loom as the dark clouds.
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Many thousands of American seamen operating on vessels owned by
The latest shortage to plague
the
Government and managed by agents for account of the National
shipping out of the East Coast is
According to Winston Churchill, dabbling with paints is the in
bunker oil. At least one coal Shipping Authority will be directly affected by a bill (H. R. 3974) now
best possible relaxation from the cares and worries of the ship to Europe has been held up resting in the House Merchant Marine Committee. The bill will be
day's work. That being the case, Seafarer Mario Gonzales has for several days, and others may
the subject of lively hearings within the next few months.
discovered the most.pleasant'
be delayed in the coming weeks
timekiller for olf duty hours
because of a lack of sufficient The primary purpose of the measure is to specify that, although
crude oil for the ships' engines. the large group of seamen sailing on the Governmentowned ships
aboard ship.
Government officials say that shall be deemed to be Government employees during that service, that
Gonzalez, who has never had any
there are several reasons for the they nevertheless will not be deprived, by reason of such status, of
kind of formal art training, paints
shortage,
among them being the the enjoyment of their customary rights, benefits and privileges in
in oils as his hobby. If samples of
heavy demands from Korea, the connection with the usual private employment.
work he has shown are any crite
rapid
growth in the size of the The bill is being sponsored, among the Government agencies, by the
rion, he has a real flare for handling
world's
merchant fleets, and a Department of Commerce (Maritime Administration), and the reason
color in vivid and startling hues.
greater industrial demand for this agency wants masters, officers and seamen to be "Government
A member of the SlU for the
lighter grades of fuel oil which employees" while serving on the NSA vessels, is to accord to them
past ten years, Gonzalez has been Steps to protect America's tuna has caused oil companies to con the right of sovereign immunity in United States and foreign ports.
pursuing this hobby for almost as fishing industry from a fiood of centrate on their output. The clos
Although Congress is expected to pass the legislation and thereby
long as he can remember. He usu cheap
ing of the giant Abadan refinery preserve the private rights of seamen, considerable trouble will de
Japanese
imports have
been
ally does copies of photographs and taken by the SlUaffiUated Can in the Persian gulf is a contribut
velop on the proposed legislation before final Congressional action.
other illustrations although he has nery Workers & Fishermen's Un ing factor.
For
instance, one provision in the bill would provide that State Un
tried his hand at turning out a ion. The Union is appealing to or
Should the current tight situa employment Insurance coverage shall be made retroactive to March,
couple of original paintings. His ganized labpr to help it in its fight tion get worse during the cold
latest work consists of scenes from for equalizing tariff on all types weather months, which is possible, 1951, and the Commerce Department will take the position that this
is impracticable, particularly in those States requiring contributions
popular operas, "Carmen" and
canned tuna, and for removing it could' mean a cutback in the from employees to be deducted from wages.
"Madam Butterfly" being among of
tuna from the coverage of the Ice shipment of ECA coal and grain Most of the interested Government agencies will go along with the
those he has done.
cargoes in Europe. This in turn
landic agreement.
Although purely an amateur, The Cannery Workers point out would have serious repercussions idea that seamen, in shifting from private to Federal employment,
should be assured of unemployment insurance protection and will sup^
Gonzalez has done a little bit of that the tariff for tuna packed in on Europe's economy.
professional work as a sign writer. brine is far less than tuna canned Basically, the oil problem arises port this principle before Congress.
"I put my hobby to use for the in oil. As a result, brinepacked out of the fact that many ships
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Union too when I lettered strike tuna is being widely distributed at have been broken out of the bone
The extent to which this Government will actively support the
signs" he recalled. Nor does he a price with which American fish yard in recent months. As ships maintenance of American flag passenger services in the foreign trades
have any idea of trying to make a ermen could not compete.
are sent to sea, more tankers are will be made known within the next few months. All those interested
career out of the art work, pre
The SlU, acting In support of needed to supply them, and right in the continued development of the merchant fleet are looking for
ferring to make his living as a sea the affiliated cannery workers, has now there is a shortage of tankers. ward with much interest to the final outcome of current probes by
man.
written to President Truman ask The ECA cargoes would tend to the Federal Maritime Board, involving operations of' some five
Gonzalez's only complaint is that ing him to takethe necessary steps be the chief sufferers In the event companies.
the high cost of living has hit the to have tuna removed from the of a severe shortage as steamship The actual future existence of some of these services could well
art materials field too. "The can scope of the Icelandic agreement, companies would not be expected be at stake. Specifically, the Government, at the insistence of the
vas keeps getting more and more and to promote legislation de to divert fuel oil from their regu, General Accounting Office (watchdog of the public purse) is reviewing
expensive," he said, "and that goes signed to protect the American lar operations to the Government's the extent to which the following American flag services are, and have
for the brushes and paints too." tuna fish industry.
ships.
been since January, 1947, subject to substantial foreignflag com
petition, and the extent to which they are entitled to continue to receive
Government aid:
No Christmas Snowman in Savannah
(1)—American President Lines' transPacific service from Cali
fornia to Far East, involving the operation of passenger vessels; (2)—•
Mississippi Shipping Company's combination passengercargo ship opera
tion between U. S. Gulf and East Coast of South America; (3)—Missis
sippi's service between U. S. Gulf and West Coast of Africa; (4)—Grace
Line's operation of passengercargo ships between U. S. Atlantic and
West Coast of South America; and (5)—^Farrell Line's combination
passengercargo ship service between U. S. Atlantic and South and
East Africa.
In effect, the GAO has expressed doubt as as whether sufficient
foreignflag competition exists of the kind to warrant the continuation
of the above American flag services under Government aid. However,
your reporter believes that the Federal Maritme Board, upon com
pletion of its study, will find that a combination of circumstances
involving foreignflag competition (such as foreignflag cruise and
foreignflag freighter competition) is« sufficient to warrant the con
tinuation of the present U. S. Government aid being extended to the
American operators.
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If some elements in Congress proposed complete elimination of all
restrictions upon compulsory unionism in the maritime industry, look
for Senator Taft, Ohio, Republican Presidential candidate, to fight
again for enactment of legislation to regulate the internal affairs of
labor organizations.
Although Taft takes the position that maritime employers, as a prac
tical matter, cannot exercise the right to reject seamen sent to their
ships by the union, a majority in Congress undoubtedly will rule, and
pass legislation, recognizing that the unionoperated maritime hiring
hall is the best means yet advised to man mierchant ships.
SlU Canners
Seek Higher
Tuna Tariff
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Christmas in the Savannah SIU hall had everything except the snowman as ^hese happy faces attend
ing the Umon Christmas party will attest. The affair was held on December 21 to give all those on
the be.ach a chance to at.'iend and then to get away to visit their families for Christmas Day proper.
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SEAJARERS LOG
Tate Tire
Crews To Be Polled On '52 Pact
Crews of SIU ships around the world will soon take a hand in formulating 1952 contract
deniands through a survey of the membership's opinions which has just gotten underway.
Beginning today, the SIU is mailing copies of the present contract, plus suggestion forms and
return envelopes to every
ship under SIU contract.
portunity to go over the present mands to be presented to ship
The purpose of the survey is to contract thoroughly with the mem owners accordingly. While the
prepare the Union fully for con bers of their respective depart present agreement does not expire
tract negotiations when they get ments. Suggestions can then be until September 30, negotiations
underway in July. The survey will taken up and opinions that the de will open 60 days before that, or
enable the Union to find out just partment members have as to con on July 30. and the Union intends
what points of the contract the tract proposals can be put on the to enter negotiations fully pre
crews think should be improved. suggestion forms and mailed back pared.
As the communication to all to headquarters in the s e 1 f
The Union welcomes all serious
ship's delegates puts it, "The SIU addressed return envelopes.
and practical suggestions as to
has at all times enjoyed the In this way, the Union will have shipboard improvements, changes
best agreement in the maritime in a good solid crosssection of mem in working rules, and all other
dustry. This does not mean, how bership opinion on the contract matters which fall within the scope
ever, that we can be satisfied with and will be able to formulate de of the agreement.
present conditions. Therefore, if
Headquarters receives from each
SIU membershipauthorized $500 strike aid for AFL Insurance department aboard each" ship ideas
as to contract negotiations, your
Agents on strilre against Prudential Co. since December 1 is turned
over by SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall (I.) to Frank H. Booth, Headquarters Negotiating Commit
tee shall then be able to improve
Brooklyn Local 19, member of the strikers' negotiating committee.
the present agreement."
Happily accepting the check. Booth asserted "It will sure help to
Three Copies
keep us going. It's terrific to see how many friends we have. Our
To make sure that all depart
Further evidence that Cities Service has the best tanker
• membership is determined and is becoming more determined to
ments will get in on the survey, conditions in maritime is contained in the pay voucher of Sea
win as the strike continues."
three copies of each item will be farer Bernard Kimberly. Sailing as an OS on the Government
sent to the ships, one each for the Camp, Kimberly collected a^"
delegates of the deck, engine and total of $206.54 before taxes,
ice clarifications was in effect. The
stewards departments respectively.
for
a 12day
voyage from
De
Union
recen^'y reached agreement
The envelopes will contain the
on
a
second
set of clarifications
cember
15
to
December
27,
proper type of contract for the ship
which
will
add
still more in the
1951.
in question, that is, ships covered
Kimberly's jackpot breaks down way of overtin e provisions for
by the general agreement will get
copies of that contract, tankers to $93.81 in base pay, $7.50 in men sailing the company's ships.
The widow of a Seafarer who faced eviction at Christmas will be sent the tanker agreement, clothing allowance and $105.23 in Nor are these contract changes
time with her four small children has been bailed out by a and so on.
overtime. This covers a period in complete yet, as discussions will
Delegates win then have an op which only one set of Cities Serv get underway shortly for further
$2 500 death benefit check from the SIU Welfare Fund.
revisions in working rules.
c
' Vhe death of Seafarer Johnt*
CS ships are righi up there too
iviikolajunas on December 13 left
with
the feeding, Kimberly said
his wife, Anna, destitute. She owed
He had high prai.se for the Govern
four months rent for their apart
ment Camp's steward, who, he said,
ment. Grocery bills and other
put out a very fine Christmas din
debts were piling up. To top things
ner,
and kept the boys well stoked
off, a dispossess notice was re
up throughout
the voyage.
ceived from the landlord ordering
"As far as I am concerned,"
the family to move out the day
Kimberly declared, "I'll take a
after Christmas. The timely pay
Seeking to further its long Cities Service ship any time it
ment of the death benefit made it
range plan for intercoastal
trade on comes along. Some of the fellows
possible for her to settle Outstand
"a fullyrounded basis," the who knew what it was like before
ing bills and keep her apartment.
"Believe me," she said, "I didn't
Waterman Steamship Company has the SIU came along might be a
know where to turn until the SIU
applied for government permission little suspicious about sailing these
Welfare Fund representative got
to revise its operating authority to ships.' I can assure them that con
in touch with me. It's a good thing
run to ports north of Baltimore, ditions are right up there with all
other ships under contract to the
that the benefit came through
to and from the West Coast.
SIU."
when it did, otherwise I don't know
The SlUcontracted company al
what I would have done to get out
ready has been granted the okay
of the fix I was in."
of the Interstate Commerce Com
Mrs. Mikolajunas still isn't out
mission, through its subsidiary,
of the \t'oods, as she has the prob
PanAtlantic Steamship, to resume
lem of what to do about securing
service between Galveston, Texas,
maintenance for herself and her
and Atlantic coast ports. Water
four children. Nevertheless the
man
is now restricted from serving
funds from the death benefit are The widow of Seafarer John Mikolajunas holds Anthony (two), on
ports
north of Baltimore in inter
assurance that she will be able to her lap as Michael (six), and John, Jr., (four) look on. Carol, the
coastal
traffic.
shelter herself and her children oldest, was not at home at the time.
It dropped a request for unre
Stirrings of activity in planning
and meet their needs in the im
stricted authority in July, 1950, ship construction to help meet fu
mediate future.
because of problems imposed by ture needs are reportedly under
Mikolajuna.s, who was only 32
the Korean war which broke out way in the Maritime Administra
years old at the time of his death,
a month earlier. The company tion. Included among plans under
had been a member of the SIU for
now wants to carry all commodi consideration are the conversion of
the past ten years, joining up in
ties eastbound from the Pacific existing government ships into high
New York on December 4, 1941.
coast to Eastern seaboard points speed bulk cargo carriers.
The children he left behind range
Chinese seamen sailing with the SIU's Canadian District north of the Maryland metropolis These plans are conditioned by
in age from two to seven; the
have
been caught up in the ransom squeeze devised by Red and westbound between all the At the fact that tire government ex
oldest being the girl, Carol and
lantic and west coast ports it now
the others, all boys—^Michael, six; China's government. Several men have received pleading serves. This, the Waterman pe pects heavy movements of coal,
— tition asserts, would permit greater grain and other bulk commodities
John Paul,. Jr., four; and Anthony, letters from family members'*
in China asking for money to which preys on the lives of their economy in operations and "more to continue for the next few years.
two.
In addition to this program, and
"My husband liked the seaman's save them from prison and relatives, but little hope is held fully establish its service on a
the completion of new Mariner
life" she said. "He always used to torture.
that anything can be accomplished. secure and permanent basis."
class ships now being held up for
say that the sea was in his blood A Chinese cook on a west coast
lack of steel, the Maritime Admin
and he couldn't do any other kind ship told a Canadian .district
istration would like to get started
of work.
patrolman in Vancouver that he
on a tanker building program. The
"I hope you can continue to send has been receiving such letters
need for additional tankers is es
me the LOG because my husband from his brother and sisterinlaw
The SIU membership is proud of Its Union as a group of hard
pecially acute with a worldwide
was always proud of his SIU mem asking him to send large sums of
working responsible Seafarers v/ho know the importance of doing shortage of these vessels now ex
bership and I would enjoy keeping money to save their lives. Other their job well in order to protect their contract gains and safe
isting.
in touch with the Union he was a Chinese seaipen have reported guard themselves on the job.
member of for ten years."
One of the steps that would be
similar experiences.
The membership has long been on record to weed out the small
An SIU headquarters official Many of them have been pay
minority of pilferers, junkies, performers and other undesirables. taken in the conversion program
said that because of situations like ing this kind of blackmail to the We cannot tolerate these disrupters aboard our ships, nor can we for existing Liberty and Victory
this one, additional stress will be Red Chinese government to save
permit them to drag down the good name and reputation of our ships would be to provide them
placed on the pUght of widows and their relatives from an unkind Union.
with larger hatches so that me
children of Seafarers when con fate at the hands of the Chinese
chanical unloading devices could
With the many newcomers entering the shipping industry today,
be used to speed turnaround of
tract negotiations are reopened in Communists. Others have reported
Seafarers
must be vigilant to detect and expose irresponsible coal and grain ships.
the fall.
that property they owned back
characters who think that they can get by on SIU ships with these
Any Seafarers who wish to help home in China has been confis
Also under consideration is the
undesirables'practices. We hereby serve notice that charges will
out in this unfortunate case can cated and their homes, have been
possible construction of a new type
be
placed
and severe
penalties
will
be imposed
and
all
men
guilty
send their donations into head looted, supposedly for payment of
of troop carrier that could be con
quarters. An official Union receipt taxes. The Chinese are appealing of performing on the job, or having marijuana or other narcotics verted for commercial passenger
in their possession on board an SIU ship or in the vicinity of
will be issued by Headquarters for to the Canadian government to try an SIU
service when the current emer
hall.
auch donatloDsi,
to do something to stop this racket
gency is over.
• :4",_
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• • 'Ji ;;|
12Day Trip Wifh CS
Nefs OS Tidy Total
Death Benefit Saves
Widow From Eviction
Waterman Seeks
New OK To Serve
'Coastal Trade
US May Convert
Cargo Vessels,
Build Tankers
SIU Seamen Victimized
By Red China Extortion
Foulups Wurued: Keep Out!
r
�AFL Trounces
Bridges' Union
In Two Votings
11. u«
'
Wg stick'' Keeps Suez Peace
San Francisco — The Harry
Bridges machine, still reeling from
the effects of the election defeat
suffered in his home local, took
two more whacks on the chin from
the AFL. The International Chem
ical Workers Union (AFL) soundly
tiounced the International Long
shoremen's and Warehousemen's
Union when Bridges boys tried to
move in on several industrial
plants.
Merchant ships in Port Said dock under the shadow of British
At McFarland in the San Joaquin Navy guns, as tension between British and Egypt
continues. Heavily
Valley, the Chemical Workers won armed British troops and naval vessels are keeping
watch through
a collective bargaining election at out the zone and in surrounding waters to pfbtect
all shipping.
the Camp and Felder Compress
Company. The second AFL victory
came by a resounding margin Jn
the California Compress Company
plant in Fresno.
Bridges' organizers started their
move into Fresno and Kern coun
ties following similar lickings in
'plants in Stockton, San Francisco With skilled seamen hard to find, the Coast Guard is look
and Los Angeles. Following the ing the other way as far as manning regulations for merchant
loss of an election at Montgomery ships are concerned. The regulations have been drastically
:
Ward in Stockton to AFL Ware relaxed, practically down to^
house Local 12, ILWU organizers the level of World War II.
jobs for the duration of the cur
showed up in Bakersfleld putting At least 43 ships have been held rent shipping emergency.
In jurisdictional claims. They put up on the Atlantic coast in the last Former deck officers and engi
themselves on the ballot in the couple of months because of a lack neers who want to renew their li
Phillips Foundry election in oppo of ratings or licensed personnel, censes have found that they can do
sition to the AFL Metal Trades qone of them SIU ships. Conse so by passing a relatively simple
Council. Results of the voting are quently, new emergency rules have written examination. In many cases
still pending.
been issued covering officers, un these men have renewed their li
The Local 10 longshoremen in licensed seamen, alien ratings and censes by mail.
San Francisco administered a solid men seeking seamen's papers. For
rebuff to Bridges, one of its own example, the Coast Guard is per
members, when for the second year mitting deck and engine officers
in a row a Bridgesbacked slate to sail one grade higher than their
was defeated in local union elec license permits. It is also renew
ing lapsed licenses on the basis of
tions.
a quick onceover of the licensee,
and is allowing aliens with foreign
officers licenses to sail on US
ships. In addition, a large number
of men who never went to sea be Far from slowing down, US ex
fore , are being permitted to sail ports of coal to Europe are ex
after ieceiving security clearances. pected to increase in 1952 over the
previous year. Approximately 34
Appeal To Oldsters
No injuries were reported fol
At the same time, the govern million tons of coal will be sent to
lowing a collision in Delaware Bay ment is conducting regular appeals Europe this year as against the
26M million ton total which went
Involving the Bull Line freighter to men who left the sea after out of US ports in 1951.
World JV^ar II, asking them to come
Dorothy and the Tidewater Oil back to maritime and man the While coal export is expected to
Company's tanker Tydol Flying A ships. The difficulty arises in that taper off rffter this year, all indi
during a heavy fog.
few men are willing to throw up cations are that the European coal
The collision impact touched off their shoreside jobs for an uncer shortage will persist at least
a flash fire on the tanker, which tain future in maritime. Attempts through 1956 at which time it will
suffered a gash in her plates above are being made to secure legisla amount to about 20 million tons
the water line. Quick work on the tion which would guarantee reem annually. AM of this, of course,
flames extinguished the blaze and ployment rights on shore jobs for will not come from US sources.
both ^hips anchored Inshore to such men. If this could be done The expected coal deficit in Eu
await better weather. The Dorothy the government is pretty confident rope is based on anticipation of
was not reported as sustaining that it could lure large numbers of further increases in industrial pro
damage.
men away from their shoreside duction every year.
CC Whittles Sea Rules
To Ease Crew Shortages
Coal To Europe
In '52 To Total
34 Million Tons
Tanker Rammed,
Dorothy Unhurt
Tallying Committee's Report
We, the undersigned Tally Committee, duly elected
at the regular business meeting of Jan. 3, 1952, at
Headquarters, submit the following report and re
commendations:
All used ballots from all Ports were counted and
the cprrect tally is submitted herein. An asterisk
Is placed besides the names of the candidates that
were elected to office. The ballots used and unused
In each Port were checked and the correct check is
submitted herein.
It is to be pointed out to the membership that
this Committee, upon checking various Ports' tally
sheets, found that all reports submitted by all out
ports committees were correct and in nearly every
case checked exactly with the New York Head
quarters Committee's final tallies. In a few isolated
Instances where the findings of the various com
mittees differ, the differences were slight and made
Arrys Gray Campbell
Book Number, 28491
Charles W. Palmer
Bopk Number, 34610
WtUv.
SEdFAREttS IOC
Pace Six
no cfiange whatsoever in the final results of the
election for any office.
It is to be further pointed out that the Port of
Phil'adelphia Tallying Committee did not report any
ballots as missing. However, when the Headquarters
Tallying Committee received the ballots, we found
that Philadelphia had five (5) ballots missing. As
the loss of these five ballots would not have changed
the results bf the election in that Port, the Head
quarters Tallying Committee has accepted the vote
from Philadelphia, with our count being five (5)
less than the count of the Philadelphia Branch Tally
ing Committee.
In addition to the lost Philadelphia ballots, the
Port of Galveston reported one (1) ballot as missing.
Your Headquarters Tallying Committee has accepted
the Galveston Branch ballots.
Full copies of the reports contained in this docu
ment with the original signatures are on file in
Headquarters Office of this Union.
Raffaello Garofalo
Alotuo M. Milefakl
Book Number, 7352
Book Number, 48345
A. E. Anderson
Pat McCann
Book Number, 47417
Book Number^ 30273 ^
HIGH COST OF SHOOTING—^In the next three years ending July,
1954, the United States and Western European countries are expected
to spend $66^ billion on military expenditure in Europe alone, a
good part of which wijl come from the US. SomS idea of the problem
ahead can be gained from the fact that it costs five times as much
to outfit an infantry division today as it did in World War II. A war
time division then cost $19 million to equip. Today the figure is $91
million. An armored division is more than seven times as expensive
and a single B36 plane costs 3V^ million dollars as against the $680,
000 for a B29 of World War II vintage.
WORLD'S BIGGEST JUNKHEAP—If you are worrying that your
old jalopy is about to fall apart, don't think your plight is unusuaL
More than three million autos were hauled off by the junkies in 1951,
which makes it the largest mass destruction of cars on record. With
all that, there are still 18 million cars on the road that are ten years
old or more, proving that old autos die hard. With scrap metal in high
demand, it is expected that a considerable number of old car owners
will let their sentiment melt at the sight of hard cash from the junk
yard.
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MARSHALL PLAN IS HISTORY—The ECA, more popularly known
as the Marshall Plan, passed out of existence at midnight, December 31,
1951, after 3i^ years of aid to Europe." It has been replaced by the
Mutual Security Agency which is in charge of both economic and mili
tary assistance to Europe.
The Plan was first suggested by General George Marshall (then
Secretary of State) in a speech at Harvard University on June 5, 1947
and went* into effect in March of the next year, as an economic aid
program. Few people remember that all of the Iron Curtain coun
tries were invited to participate in the plan. Several of them, includ
ing Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia expressed keen interest,
only to change their minds when Russia blasted the program. That
was the open declaration of the "cold war" as we now know it.
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ORGANIZED DOGNAPPING—^The Atomic Energy Commission ad
mits that it has been paying as high as $35 apiece for "bootlegged"
dogs that are used for research purposes in its Brookhaven plant and
at the University of Rochester. With several hundred thousand un
wanted dogs being put to death every year in city pounds, the AEC is
trying to work out arrangements to secure these dogs instead of buy
ing "strays." The animals are used to help determine the effects of
radiation and bacteriological warfare on human beings.
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A BRIEF MESSAGE FROM THE SPONSOR—Republican and Demo
cratic conventions which Vill be held next July in Chicago will be
televised courtesy of two commercial sponsors. The cost of the pro
gram coverage vdll run pretty high, from two to 3V& million dollars.
Evidently the sponsors believe that housewives will rush out and buy
a new refrigerator after the program for no other reason than to put
some of the politicos in a deep freeze. They are counting on an audi
ence of 18 million television sets to exercise a profound influence on
the voters' choices both at the polls and in the appliance stores.
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KEFAUVER FOR PRESIDENT—President Truman, who has thus
far declined to say whether or not he will run again, may soon be
snvoked out by the growing boom for Senator Estes Kefauver of Ten
nessee. Ohio Democrats have informed the President that unless he
lets them know where he stands by February 6, they will file on be
half of Senator Kefauver in that state's primary. The Tennessee Sena
tor is actively campaigning for delegates in several other states. Demo
crats figure that Kefauver, who "starred" as chairman of the Senate
Crime Investigating Committee, would be a very popular candidate.
More than that, he would offset Republican plans to campaign against
corruption and crime in government, as he has been a leader of the
anticrime movement.
KOREAN PROGRESS REPORT—With Korean truce talks in their
sixth month here's how things shape up to date (subject to change
without notice). Firet, a truce line jrunning across the peninsula has
been agreed on. While there have been many local attacks since the
line was set, no important changes have taken place and the line is
likely to stand up when and if final settlement is agreed on. Second,
both sides have accepted the principle of inspection by a neutral nation
to enforce the truce, and to assure against a buildup ofjnilitary force
over and above truce levels. Third, both sides have exchanged prisoner
lists. Still to be settled are the important questions of how the truce
inspection system will work, and what will be done with the prisoners.
Beyond that is the longrange problem of a permanent settlement. At
the current rate of negotiations it will be many weeks, or even months,
before an armistice is finally agreed on.
DICK TRACY ESTABLISHES A BEACHHEAD — British school
teachers are on the warpath against US comic books. They c\um that
the publications have damaging effects on young people "morally and
culturally" and are trying to get the government to ban them. Con
ferences have been held between the teachers and Scotland Yard, with
the latter agency politely informing the indignant schoolmasters that
they only have rights to seize obscene literature. Actually most of the
comic books do not come directly from the United States, but are im
ported via continental Europe.
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NEW GOLD DISCOVERY—Stung by hot and heavy criticism, the
Internal Revenue Bureau is putting the heat on gamblers, racketeers
and other gentry who have been absentminded when it came to paying
taxes on their incomes. Internal Revenue Commissioner John B. Dun
lap reports that an eightmonth drive by Treasury agents has smoked
out $27,360,000 in unpaid taxes with more to come. A special 2,300
man racket squad is handling the drive.
�Friday. Jamiarr 11. If St
VMge Setem
SEAPAREKS IPG
Complete Tabulation Of Vote
In A & G Election For Officials
Candidates witii an asterisk (*) after their totals are those who were elected.
Bos NY Phi Bal
SecretaryTreasurer
P. HaU, 190
103 1399 228 676
No Votes
13 109
1
3
Voids
0
7
0
0
Write Ins........ 0
6
0
0
SubrTotal
116 1521 229 679
Asst. Sec.Treas.
L. Gardner, 3697. «64 1277 218 649
No Votes
22 232
11
30
Voids
0
9
0
0
Write Ins
0
3
0
0
SubTotal
116 1521 229 679
Hdqs. Representatives (3)
J. Algina, 1320... 95 1172 219 627
R. Matthews, 154. 83 1216 203 595
J. Volpian, 56.... 78 1076 210 567
No Votes...
92 1061
55 239
Voids
0
32
0
9
Write Ins
0~
0
6
0
SubTotal
348 4563 687 2037
Boston Agent '
£. Dakin, 180
51 313
29 101
T. Fleming, 3821. 16 233
12
89
J. Sheehan, 306.. 48 729 179 444
No Votes........ 1 232
9
40
Voids .......... 0
14
0
5
Write Ins
0
0
0
0
SubTotal ..... 116 1521 229 679
New York Deck Patrolman (2)
L. Goffin, 4526... 87 1123 210 555
G. Ruf, 23724.... 82 1125 195 533
No Votes
63 775
53 260
Voids ...;
0
16
0
10
Write Ins
0
3
0
0
SubTotal ..... 232 3042 458 1358
New York Engine Patrolman (2)
T. Babkowski, 7391 53 802 176 396
E. Eriksen, 50495. 52 534
67 198
C. Simmons, 368. 74 946 190 563
No Votes
53 734
25 195
Voids
0
0
24
6
Write Ins
0
0
2
0
SubTotal
232 3042 458 1358
New York Stewards Patrolman (2)
H. Guinier, 478.. 86 1130 215 544
F. Stewart, 4935. 78 1200 213 575
30 230
No Votes
68 688
Voids
0
20
0
9
0
Write Ins
0
4
0
SubTotal
232 3042 458 1358
Philadelphia Agent
S. Cardullo, 24599 94 1293 223 636
No Votes........ 22 215
4
40
Voids
0
12
0
3
Write Ins
0
2
0
1
SubTotal
116 1521 229 679
Baltimore Agent
E. Sheppard, 203 93 1319 220 674
No Votes
23 167
7
5
Voids
0
34
2
0
Write Ins
0
1
0
0
SubTotal
116 1521 229 679
Nor Sav Tarn Mob No Gaiv
SF
WU
Sea Total
169
4
0
0
173
89
5
0
2
96
•
157
16
0
0
173
89
6
0
1
96
135
143
126
115
0
0
519
83
82
80
43
0
0
288
25
13
132
3
0
0
173
12
12
68
4
0
0
96
140
142
64
0
0
346
85
77
30
0
0
192
103
0
0
0
103
456 972
2
4
0
0
0
0
458 976
129
0
1
0
130
64
1
1
1
67
84
3
0
0
87
41 4513*
0 145
0
9
9
0
41 4676
98
5
0
0
103
426 940
32 33
0
0
0
3
458 976
127
2
1
0
130
63
2
1
1
67
79
8
0
0
87
41 4258*
0 399
0
11
0
8
41 4676
.
99 400 841
95 " 406 870
97 391 804
18 177 412
0
0
1
0
0
0
809 1374 2928
122
125
120
20
3
0
390
61
54
54
29
3
0
201
75
70
67
49
0
0
261
40 3969*
36 3978*
36 3706*
11 2321
48
0
0
6
123 14,028
0
1
101
1
0
0
103
27
13
17
98
3
0
458
121
72
721
44
18
0
976
15
6
100
266
3
0
130
13
5
38
11
0
0
67
19
10
49
9
0
0
87
3 729
1 483
37 2963*
0 458
0
43
0
0
41 4676
92
97
17
0
0
206
381 793
375 789
160 370
0
0
0
0
916 1952
125
120
13
2
0
260
54
58
20
2
0
134
68
72
34
0
0
174
38
38
6
0
0
82
121
40
150
35
0
0
346
66
96
3
24
85 102
17 . 5
0 ' 0
0
0
192 206
323 727
38 192
341 852
211 177
3
4
0
0
916 1952
95
20
105
40
0
0
260
39
22
45
16
12
0
134
52
26
66
30
0
0
174
29
16
33
4
0
0
82
156
145
45
0
0
346
82
87
23
0
0
192
89
93
24
0
0
206
393
393
130
0
0
916
124
125
9
2
0
260
51
&3
27
2
1
134
70
74
30
0
0
174
35
41
6
0
0
82
166
7
0
0
173
90
6
0
0
96
100
3
0
0
103
388 867
70 109
0
0
0
0
458 976
126
57
3
5
1
1
0 • 4
130
67
79
8
0
0
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96 103
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(Continued on page 14)
Cartoon History Of The SIU
Out of the foc'sles emerged the early leaders of sea
men, chief among them Andrew Furuseth, a young
Scandinavian, who devoted himself to amalgama
tion of two existing unions into one organization,
the Sailors Union of the Pacific, His. pioneering laid
;ii 4 i
i ,, ^^e j^pl for today's powerful Seafarers Hnio^. ^ ,
Two out of nine, Frank (left), and Jose Reyes pose on behalf of
their seven other brothers who sail with the SIU.
Nine Brothers Claim
Biggest SIU Family
The word "brother" was never better applied to Seafarers
than in the Reyes family. This extraordinary group consists
of nine brothers who sail SIU ships, to say nothing of 11
other brothers and sisters still
living out of a family of 24 of them following in his footsteps
children.
in succession as they grew old
Genealogical data on the Reyes enough.
Govt Split 'em
family was supplied by the oldest
brother Jose Reyes, 41, a crewman During World War II an attempt
on the Dorothy, and the youngest was made to have all the brothers
one sailing under the SIU, Frank who were then seamen, sail to
Reyes, who is a veteran of five gether on the same ship. The plan
years at sea at 21. In order of was vetoed by the War Shipping
age, the other seven Seafarers are: Administration as too risky, par
Jose
C. Reyes, Calmero, Luis, ticularly in the light of the loss
2975*
Federico,
Conrado, Rafael and of the four Sullivan brothers on
1232
Mike.
There
are seven other a Navy vessel.
3552*
The Reyes brothers had their
brothers
and
four
sisters not ac
1542 .
share of wartime experiences
counted
for
in
this
tally,
all
of
49
nevertheless. Jose C. Reyes, second
2 whom are children of Mr. and Mrs.
9352 Federico Reyes. Mike Reyes will in age, was one of those aboard
be put out of circulation soon as the illfated Robin Moor, first
American merchant ship to be
he is going into the Army.
3766*
sunk by German Uboats during
3873* The Reyes family originally came World War II. He spent 19 days
1674 from Puerto Rico, but all the Sea in a lifeboat before rescuers
33 faring brothers now live in New picked him up. Jose Reyes, the
6 York. Jose was the first to go to oldest, has three fingers missing
9352 sea, at the tender age of 11. He on one hand, the result of machine
sailed a few years on old two gun attack by aircraft on therun
masted and fourmasted lumber
4159* schooners which ran from Jack to Murmansk.
493 sonville, Fla. to San Juan carrying While none of the Reyes has
17 railroad ties. In the mid twenties come near to duplicating their
7 he switched over to steam freight parents in size of family, there
4676 ers and has been sailing them ever are more grandchildren in the
third generation than they can
since as AB and bosun. Jose is a count. Jose C. Reyes is the leader
4345* veteran union man, having been
with seven children. There is just
290 a member of the old ISU. He one
greatgrandchild to date, but
38 joined the Seafarers Union in 1938
as
Jose
put it, "My brother Jose
3 when it was first organized.
C. has several daughters approach
4676
Jose was responsible for the rest ing marriagable age and they'll be
of the brothers going to sea, all some more before long."
3751*
3703*
1865
30
3
9352
A Leader Arises
Seamen met then on pier heads, quay sides or in
back rooms, "t'olsom Street Wharf in San Francisco
was headquarters for Furuseth. Buoyed by his fa
mous slogan "tomorrow is also a day" seamen held
fast in the face of difficulties with Furuseth at their
, ^ipd 9a( ap^pwledged leader.
No, 2
Andy is dead, his ashes scattered at sea, but his
wori^ live on. A monument erected by seamen
in his memory stands at the foot of San Francisco'i
Market Street, but more symbolic than this is the
strength of the unions he founded. Today we have
the "tomorrow" for which he fought.
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TtUkii JTaaimy il, 1952
PORT ttEPORIS..
1
IS
as good as they are has everyone
attitude, but fast. Shortage or not, Galveston:
we want to keep those SIU ships
happy. We have no major beefs,
as clean and shipshape as they
as all ships paying oft here were
ever were.
in good shape. I particularly waht
There were a few minor beefs
to single out the crew of the Steel
aboard the Israel Putnam which
were
straightened
out.
The
com
We've got the ships here in Mo
We slowed down quite a bit from Director for bringing in a ship that
With a lot of coal ships going out
pany
agreed
to
put
on
additional
the pace of the previous two weeks any patrolman or official is proud bile and the men to: supply them
of this port things have been boom
but shipping continues to be good. to call an SIU ship. She was in too, which is a happy situation all
ing in Philadelphia in every respect stores to cover all her needs.
except in the number of rated Otherwise things have quieted There were two payoffs and sign better shape than any ship we have around. Shipping is very good and
all indications are that it will con
men. We had expected to have down after the holidays which ons, the Henry Meiggs (Mississip
paid off here in quite some time. tinue that way for the coming two
plenty of men after the holidays, were full of cheer. The weather pi); and William Richardson (Wa
but when the celebration was over, has turned colder than Stanford terman), which was a considerable That's saying quite a lot consider weeks. With the holidays over now,
all we could muster was 31 book U. after the shellacking they took drop off from the middle of De ing we have many fine pay offs in the beach is loaded and we have
in thp Rose Bowl game. New Year's* cember.
men.
this port.including the passenger enough men to meet all expected
This was enough for us to hold Day.
The intransits also declined ships. But the Steel Director was needs.
Sam Cohen
our first Jjranch meeting in the last
with
11 coming in to this port, in a patrolman's dream, and I say Payoffs and sign ons were about
Wilmington Port Agent
equal with eight of the former and
six weeks, but made it tough for
cluding three Seatrains, the New
us to get the necessary replace
4. 4" 4"
York, New Jersey and Texas; the "hats off" to t|ie entire crew from seven ships signing on. We crewed
ments as well as supply the three
Bradford Island, Royal Oak and the skipper^^ on down. Its a good., up the Fairland, which is back in
ships we had crewing up the day Baltimore:
Archers Hope (Cities Service); Dei example of what can be done by active service for Waterman, and
before Christinas. •
Sol and Henry Meiggs (Missis all members working together on the Knute Rockne, a boneyard job
being run by Alcoa. Other sign
We spent the best part of Christ
sippi); and the Fairland, William
ons were the Alcoa Roamer,
mas Day rounding up nine replace
Richardson and Beauregard (Wa a ship.
Our other paypffs were the Alcoa Ranger and Patriot; the Beaure
ments for a Cities Service tanker.
terman).
Pilgrim
(Alcoa); Del Sol and Del gard (Waterman) and Charles War
We had to raid a couple of Christ
Shipping is still jumping and jiv
All things considered it was a
mas parties before we could turn ing in the Port of Baltimore, so pretty good period for us as we Sud (Mississippi); Carabulla (Cuba field. Our payoffs were the Alcoa
the trick.
much so that we are doing even didn't expect the midDecember Distilling); and Ocean C (Ocean Roamer, Ranger, Clipper, Patriot
Tales Of The Deep
better than in the past few weeks, rush to keep us at that high rate. Trans.), Coming out of the bone and Corsair; and the Beauregard,
yard and crewing up were the Monarch of the Sea and Morning
We have a constant visitor to. the which were very good indeed.
Among the SIU men we have Robert Ingersoll (Waterman); and Light for Waterman.
hall now due to the fact that one Since the last report we have had
of the local bistros changed hands 22 ships pay off, 18 sign on and had recently in this port is Wil the Justo Arosemena (Mississippi); Among the many men we have
and laid off Reds Healey who was several ships making our port in liam E. Aplin who joined the in addition to which we signed on on the beach here who have come
Union in Mobile, the Del Sol, Del Viento, Del Sud back 'after enjoying Christmas
manager for the old owner. Reds transit.
in
1947. Aplin and Del Santos (Mississippi); the holidays with their families is'
can be seen here every day with a Considering this great big chunk
participated in Pilgrim, Carabulla and Ocean C. R. A. (Scotty) Eden. Scotty has
crowd of younger men around him, of shipping we have had little
th the 1946 gen
mouths wide open in awe, as he trouble as the delegates have been
been sailing as chief. electrician
Boneyard Jobs
eral strike as a
unfolds a tall tale of the briny doing a very good job on these
since 1946. Since coming ashore
permitman and We are expecting two more bone he has been giving us a hand by re
deep.
ships.
has been sailing yard jobs to crew up here in the placing a member of the balloting
Also on our shipping list looking Our brothers in Baltimore are
under the SIU next couple of weeks, the Henry committee who has shipped out.
for a run to Italy is former middle enthused over all the reports they
banner ever L. Meeks for Mississippi and Rob
weight "• tender Roxie Foregione. have been receiving about the new
This is pretty
since. He is now ert E. Clarkson (Bloomfield). In
Roxie, who has Headquarters building in New
typical of Scotty
serving as chief addition we have a lot of the
Apau
fought such out York. Naturally they are all anx
who is always
pumpman on the homesteaders from the Del Mar on
willing to serve
standing middle ious to see similar buildings in
on any . and all
weights as Jimmy all major, ports with comparable Cities Service tanker, French the beach sweating it out until
Creek.
she comes out of (he shipyard. She
committees while
Jones, Frank Bat type of facilities. At our last mem
Keith Alsop
is due to take off for South America
he is ashore.
tagni, Walter bership meeting here, they warmly
Galvestan Port Agent
on the 31st of January and will
Eden's last ship
Woods, C 0 1 e y greeted the agent's recommenda
crew up on the 23rd and 24th. The
4i 4" 4"
was the Alcoa
Welch, Frankie tion that a similar type building
gang is beginning to hang around
Runner, and at
Caras and Babe be established in the port of Balti New Orleans:
yours truly asking the usual ques
present he is
Risko says none more when, feasible.
Eden
tions. When is the Mar due out?
waiting
for an
of
those ring
bat
Transit Problems
Foregione
When will she crew up? Will she other one so he can enjoy the good
tles was as tough
A large percentage of the more
take a crew here? and so on.
conditions that prevail aboard all
as crossing the North Atlantic in than a million people in this city
Getting back to the New Year's SIU ships.
the winter aboard an empty are liable to be hoofing it soon if
celebration, it seems that the ban Scotty feels that he is very for
Liberty.
the transit workers go through We had a hot holiday season In
Roxie campaigned in the middle with their proposed strike for more ways than one here in the on fireworks put more people into tunate in being a member of the
V. eight class for ten years, 1932 to higher wages and conditions. All Crescent City. The temperature on business selling firecrackers than SIU fpr he can still remember the
1942, After retiring from the ring the big brass in the political world New Year's Day was a nice warm it put out of business. There were old days at sea, and doesn't wish
he promoted fight shows in Allen are chewing their thumbnails, if 84 degrees, to add to which we had 85,000 fans at the Sugar Bowi to to have them come back again.
town, Pa., but then got restless and the reports we have are correct. one of the biggest and noisiest New witness Tennessee take on a little We have quite a few other old
decided to go to sea. From all re Both Governor McKeldin and hiz Year's that New Orleans has ever too much Maryland, to say nothing timers on the beach, among them
ports, he is just as good a shipmate zoner the Mayor came out with an witnessed. It seemed like every of ali the basketball fans who saw being S. P. Morris, E. Bailey, J.
as he was a fighter. His last trip appeal that there must not be such Tennessee and Maryland fan was St. Louis set up Kentucky for the Crawford, V. Hayes and J. Chand
to Italy was aboard the David Starr a strike. What with only a thou here for the Sugar Bowl to say fourth straight time winning by ler.
Jordan of the Mississippi Steam sand cabs in the city to service a nothing of ali the snow diggers one point 6160.
Cal Tanner
ship Co.
Mobile
Port Agent
At
our
last
regular
meeting
we
million people, and with the city who got tired of the cold and
That's about all from this fair sprawled out over the entire coun headed south. We're hot on the elected our tallying committee
it 4> 4i'
city for now. and in closing we ty, some ankle supporter company shipping end too, what with seven consisting of Whitey Tannerhill,
would like to wish the' entire mem should do a lot of business. Every pay offs and nine sign ons, two of Rubber Biehl? Steve Stephens, Bill Boston:
bership a Happy New Year.
body will have to be shinning to them being boneyard jobs crewing Frederick, "Vic Miorana and Frenchy
A. S. Cardullo
Michelet. A total of 976 ballots
work from the far flung suburbs up here.
Philadelphia Port Agent that make up our metropolis.
was cast in this port.
Salute to Director
Earl Sheppard
3^ 4 4
Well its been an exciting couple
Lindsey J. Williams
Baltimore
Port Agent of weeks, and business affairs being
New Orleans Port Agent
Wilmington:
Our port continues to hold up
fairly nicely with four payoffs and
two sign ons being the record for
the past two week period. Payoffs
were the Michael (Carras); Federal
After the terrific load of ship
(Trafalgar); W. E. Downing (Mathi
ping we had earlier in December
ason);
and James Whitcomb Riley,
things dropped off considerably in
Shipping from December 19 to January 2
this port. There were no payoifs
We signed on th» W..E. Downing
or signons, but we had a few in
REG. REG., REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL and F.deral.
transits which took some men off
The only beef of any conse
PORT
DECK
ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK
ENG, STEW. SHIPPED
the beach.
quence was on the Federal where
Our intransits were the Israel Boston
40
28
14
82
52
91 oilers working, in the fireroom on
2jf
13
Putnam and Yaka (Waterman);
New
York
.*....
249
184
147
580
171
379
138
.70
day work had an dvertime claim
Calmar, Portmar (Calmar); Clear
47
37
22
water Victory, Las Vegas Victory Philadelphia
106
100
54
235 disputed. This was finally paid r".
81
There hasn't been much new on
and Steel Apprentice (Isthmian); Baltimore
165
124
116
405
151
371 the Steel Flyer situation to date.
100
120
Republic (Trafalger); and Barbara
Norfolk ....... r..
175 . 131.
121
427
141
96
341 The longshoremen are meeting
104
Frietchie (Liberty).
31
16
14
1 had a little trouble with three Savannah
• 61
20
20
18
58 with the ship operators on the sul>
ject j)ut as yet no decision has been
performers on the Yaka whom I Tampa
27 — 13
15
12
17
53
13
42 react
hed.
had to remove off the sliip. These
MobUe
70
56
68
62
194
175
61
52
Among
some of the men in port
foulups, all i» the 'stewards de
are
Bill
McNeil,
Don Hodge, Char .
partment, were drinking continu
New Orleans..
.84
7if
50
213 • 110
• 89
76
275
lie
Dwyer, Red
O'Brien,
Bob Mur •
ously, failing to turn to, and caus.
Galveston
58 i
48
49
: 52
148 phy, Larry Campbell and
54
/ 42
155
Toni ^
ing difficulty on the entire ship.
West Coast.37
27 '
37
47
107 Hubner.
27
101
33
•
They had the idea that beca t of
.James SlieejHin, .;.. • • • • p
the manpower shortage they could
Boston jP^irt Ageiitl!
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^
iwjijflidattwit a J. jitiaHg»A^tbat4^ • TOTALS
Philadelphia:
H«t Pace Slaclcens Off,
Outloolc Is Good
Agent Spends Holiday
Digging Replacements
Botli Ships and Seamen
Are In Ample Supply
Stiips Moving, But
City May Hoof tt
• I r
Hew Year's Celebration
Blows Off the Reef
Shipping Doing Hloety
As Year's End Conies
Qaleic HeaveHo Given
Stnpboard Periormers
|(.
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SEAFARERS LOG
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PtUtTBEPORTS
lake Charles:
Weather and Shipping
Are On the Warm Side
for a while after ridiifg the W. E.
Downing for two months. He said
he needed a rest and thought the
boys were yearning for him.
One of our local boys who rides
the Cities Service tankers. has a
baby "seven foot" alligator for a
companion. He wanted to get a
letter for seaman's papers for it,
saying that it was a good OS. He
feels that with a little training it
will make a fine FWT or even a
bosun. We told him that we would
do everything possible to ship the
gator as bosun, for after sailing as
bosun ourselves we guessed that
the gator could do as well.
Leroy Clarke
Lake Charles Port Agent
Savannah:
Laundry Strikers Get
Aid From Local Unions
It was a good holiday season for
Good shipping,' warm weather
the men of the SIU in this port.
and fish biting out of season are
Shipping is doing well and we had
our New Year's portion down here
a very nice Christmas party on
in the swamps and water lilies of
December 21 at which all hands
Louisiana. We hope our less for
enjoyed themselves.
tunate brethren don't turn purple
We paid off the Anniston Victory
(South
Atlantic); Mary Adams
with envy.
(Bloomfield);
and William James
Three Cities Serviqe ships helped
(Bull), and signed these same ships
bring in the New Year, the Chi
on during the two week period.
wawa, Cantigny and Government
We also bad the Seatrain Savannah
and the Bienville (Waterman) pass
Camp, and all were in good shape
ing through.
starting the year right. We took
The local unions here put on
a little run over to Port Nueches, Seattle:
quite a show for Christmas and
Texas, to visit the Del Sol (Missis
also chipped in to provide a good
sippi) and clear up a little misun
Christmas for laundry workers on Santa In Savannnah wears a union label as he dispenses Christmas
derstanding. There were some real
strike at the New E&W Laundry. cheer to needy families in the Christmas Day celebration sponsored
These people have been out on the by the city's trade unions.
oldtimers on her including Frank
"Red Sully" .Sullivan as serang Up here in the Northwest we are picket line for ten months; fighting
for union recognition and a wage
with "Dirty Mouth" Chapman as doing ourselves proud by the SIU. scale that is more decent than the tion. Our intransits were the cerest sympathy to the family of
his partner. That's a good pair of We continue to have a fine run of miserabiy low pay they are now Yaka and Raphael Semmes (Water Brother Moats.
H. J. Fisher
man); Steel Navigator (Isthmian);
men nn a ship.
shipping with one payoff and three getting.
West Coast Representative
Marymar (Calmar); and John B.
The Seacomet (Colonial) was in sign ons as well as the usual bunch • In closing I just want to put in Waterman.
t l" 4
a word of praise of Jhe Southland.
Port Arthur, Texas, and took one of in transits.
New York:
Outlook Poor
We
had
her
in
port
recently
for
a
man. The Republic, a Trafalger The only sour note in a ^ood pic
payoff and I must say that it was The outlook for the next two
tanker, was there too and ordered ture are the handful of foulups one of the best ever in the port of weeks is nothing to • get excited
two men from the Lake Charles who insist on paying off without Savannah.
about, but you can never tell as
E. B. Tllley
we do not get any schedules on
hall. We also had the Isthmian securing proper replacements. The
least a man can do is have enough
Savannah Port Agent the governmentoperated ships un
Steel Director in here for 41 couple interest in 'the Union to make sure
The past two weeks have been
til they come in. While there are
t> ^ if
of hundred tons of rice before sail that proper replacement is made
busy
ones for this port, but alsc
no payoffs scheduled right now, quiet and
peaceable as we handled
ing for New Orleans for the pay: by the hall, before paying off. It San Francisco:
they might come in a bunch. That's
a
very
good
load of shipping with
makes no
difference
whether
he
is
off. Shj was really a credit to the
the way it is with this port any practically no
beefs of any kinc
on
articles
or
not
as
this
simple
way,
boom
or
bust.
SIU, clean as could be with no
coming up. We paid off a load of
precaution is the safeguard of our
There's quite a lot of conversa 25 ships and signed on five durinf
beefs.
existence as a Union.^
tion about the pending approval of the period. The only trouble we
Sheriff Endorsed
We paid off the Rice Victory
We slowed down considerably the new increa.ses and the vaca had of any kind was with the Taga
On the local labor frdht we are (South Atlantic); and signed her
over
the holidays here, paying off tion plan by the Wage Stabiliza 1am, a MarTrade tanker, and that
expecti a showdown between the on again along with the Alaska
just one ship, but what with every tion Board. Along this line of was quickly straightened out. Wc
Central Trades Council and con Cedar and Alaska Spruce (Ocean body going home for Christmas we thought, the decision to send Bob saw to it that she was fumigated
tractors in C
ey, La, Otherwi.se Tow). Our intransits were the had our troubles supplying re Matthews to Washington and en and necessary repairs made before
all is still here. The political pot Clearwater Victory (Isthmian); placements for the usual run of in large our representation there met she went out again.
with a favorable response. The Our payoffs were the Seatrains
is really boiling however with the Madaket (Waterman.); Raphael transits coming through.
boys feel that in these times the New York, New Jersey. Louisiana.
unions endorsing one of x the can Semmes (Waterman); and Portmar
Our
payoff
was
the
Strathcape
didates for sheriff of this parish and Pennmar (Calmar).
of the Strathmore Co., which more representation we have down Tex^s and Savannah; the Fairport.
When the Clearwater Victory signed on for a voyage to the Per in Washington, the better off we Wild Ranger. La Salle, Gateway
(county). His opponent helped to
break up a local union of the ma ifirst came in we had the usual sian Gulf. She was in pretty bad will be.
City and Andrew Jackson for the
chinists a few years ago, and now MEBA trouble. The longshoremen shape in the crew's quarters so we The new hall in New York is Waterman Steamship Co.; the
wants labor to back him, but got at. first refused to work her but made sure to get a written order also coming in for quite a bit of Bents Fort, Government Camp.
when she got into Portland they from the company that all foc'sles comment. The men who helped Bradford Island. Chiwawa, Can
a quick co'd shoulder.
One of our gubernatorial candi worked her down there after an would be painted and the ship make this hall and all its fine fa tigny and Abiqua, ail of Cities
injunction was issued.
cleaned up on the. way. We also cilities are sure entitled to a vote Service; Bull Line's Suzanne.
dates promises that everyone 50
Otherwise
there
hasn't
been
too
got them to put a cquple dozen of thanks from all hands. As for Kathryn, Beatrice and Jean; twc
years old or over will get $100 per
month (that will Include this writ much going on as we had no meet extra fans on, the Persian Gulf be our Welfare Plan, the boys in the Isthmian ships, the Steel Scientis"
er) if he is elected. We wonder ing due to lack of quorum as per ing the hot box that it is, and this hospitals were really enthusiastic and Steel Fabricator; the Heywood
ship likely to be put there quite about it. Those $25 Christmas Broun (Victory Carriers); Tagalair
where he will g^t the doughray usual. ,
presents certainly came in handy (MarTrade); and Western Farmei
Just a word to those who know a while.
me because he claims'^'he will cut
him, F. I. Gibbons (Gibby the The intransits hit this port just helping make it a merry Christmas (Western Nav.).
taxes i
and in some cases made it possible
We found one of our real old Bosun) has gotten himself in a about on the holiday and we had for family men to send gifts home We signed on the La Salle and
Gateway City (Waterman); Robir
rough
deal
as
he
has
come
down
quite
a
time
replacing
men
who
timers, Walter "Dutch" Hoepfner
to their wives and children.
Goodfellow; Amber Star (Triton!;
with
the
TB
germ.
He
is
now
in
were
hospitalized
or fired.
Mem
on tl,e Petrolite, a Mathaisen
and Seamagic (Sea Traders).
The
membership will
be
sorry
to
Seattle
Hospital
and
all
hands
are
bership
should
be
reminded
that
tanker that came
With the holidays over, we art
': in during the urged to drop him a line now and they must wait until their replace hear of the death of Brother
all settling back to work and look
Charles Moats,
who passed
away
in
then.
ment
arrives
before
they
can
pay
past week from
off an intercoastal run, unless of this city during the holidays. The ing forward to a bigger and bettei
Jeff Morrison
a 21^ months
course, it is a case of hospitaliza San Francisco branch extends sin year than ever before for the SIU.
Seattle
Port . Agent
trip to • Japan.
This year has certainly gotten ofi
Hoepfner has
to a good start here in New York
been going to sea
with branch affairs runninr
since way back in
smoothly and no problems facing
1908 and joined
us at the present time.
the old ISU. He
Claude Simmons
sailed during the
Hoepfner
Asst. SecyTreas.
war to all zones
WILMINGTON, Call£....440 Avalon Blvd. PORT COLBORNE
103 Durham St.
SIU, A&G District . Sam Cohen, Agent
Terminal 42874
Ontario
Phone: 5591
and has worked on organizing sev
86 Colborne St.
X4 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. TORONTO. Ontario'!
eral lines. After being on the BALTIMORE
SECRETARYTREASURER
Elgin 5719
Earl Sheppard, Agent
Mulberry 4540
Paul Hall
VICTORIA. B. C
61714 Cormorant.St.
Petrolite for eight months he in BOSTON
278 State St.
ASST. SECRETARYTREASURERS
Empire 4531
tends to stay on her until the sum James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 20140 Robert
Matthews
Claude Simmong
VANCOUVER, B. C......565 Hamilton St.
The membership is again
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141 HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES
Pacific 7324
{nertlme and then knock off for GALVESTON
SOB'A 23rd St.
Joe Algina
Joseph Volpian
cautioned to
beware of persons
SYDNEY. N.S
304 Charlotte St.
Phone 28448
' some fishing on his vacation Keith Alsop, Agent
Phone 6346
soliciting funds
on ships in be
SUP
LAKE CHARLES.
La........
1
419 Ryan
St.
BAGOTVILLE, Quebec
20 Elgin St.
money.
LeRoy Clarke, Agent
Phone 65744 HONOLULU
16 Merchant St.
half of memorials or any other
Phone: 545
Phone 58777
1 South Lawrence St.
He says it certainly is a long MOBILE
THOROLD, Ontario
37 Ormont St.
socalled "worthy causes."
Cal Tanner, Agent
Phone 21754 PORTLAND
Ill W. Burnslde St.
, Phone: 33202
cry from 1908 to what we have NEW ORLEANS
Beacon 4336 QUEBEC..
523 BienvlUe St.
No "canshakers" or solici
113 Cote De La Montague
RICHMOND, CALIF..
257 5th St.
today, all of it gained the hatd Lindsey WlUlams, Agent
Quebec
Phone: 27078
tors
have received authoriza
Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN
Magnolia 61126113
177 Prince WUliam St.
way. He is very anxious to get to NEW YORK
675 4th Ave., Brooklyn SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St.
tion from SIU headquarters to
N.B.
Phone: 23049
Douglas 28363
• STerUng 84671
headquarters and see the com
collect funds. The National
2700 1st Ave.
NORFOLK
127129 Bank St. SEATTLE
Great Lakes District
pleted building as he saw it in Ben
Main 0290
Foundation for Infantil*
Rees, Agent
Phone 41083
133 W. Fletcher
440 Avalon Blvd. ALPENA
337 Market St. WILMINGTON
October before leaving for Japan. PHILADELPHIA
Paralysis is
the only charitable
Phone: 1238W
Terminal 43131
S. CarduUo, Agent
Market 71635
ISO Main St.
675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn BUFFALO, N. Y
organization
which has re
Also with us if the past two SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St. NEW YORK
Phone: Cleveland 7391
STerUng 84671
Gardner, Agent
Douglas 25475
ceived membership endorse
days is Brother Dugan who Sports Lloyd
CLEVELAND
2602 CarroU St.
SAN JUAN, PR
252 Ponce de Leon
Phone: Main 10147
Canadian District
ment. Funds for this cause
one of the largest beards in the Sal Colls, Agent
1038 3rd St.
,...463 McGiU St. DETROIT
2 Abercorn St. MONTREAL
ara collected through normal
SIU. He is waiting for aiiother SAVANNAH.......
Headquarters Phone: Woodward 16857
MArquette 3909
E. B. Tllley. Ageiit
Phone 31728
531 W. Michigan St.
Union channels at the payoff.
Cities Service tanker. Our old SEATTLE
;... 12814 HoUis St. DULUTH
2700 1st Ave. HALIFAX. N.S
Phone: Melrose 24110
Phone: 38911
Jeff Morrison, Agent
Seneca 4570
Receipts are issued on the spot.
friend brother "DingDong" Bell TAMPA
SOUTH
CHICAGO
3261
E.
oand
St.
FORT
WILLIAM....118V4
Syndicate
Ave.
..18091311 N. Franklin St.
:\k.
«WFW>
has moved wer t0''New Orleans Ray
i
om^TiPi;
t.j i Fhont; ,83221
Don't Pay Off Vessel
Withenf a Replaeemeni
All Is Peaeefal In Port
With Plenty of Ships
• '11
Men Eagerly Awaiting
GoAhead on Vacations
SiU MAtt OIRBCrOKY
^CanShakers^
Have iVo OK
m
�SEAFARERS LO€
Pare Tea
IN THE WAKE
The relisrious,. though mischie
vous nature of seagoing men is
well illustrated by the designation
of angel's footstool in cli|>per ship
days to denote any light sail above
the skysails. This was also called a
heaven disturber or star shifter.
lowed to drip so as to form a film
on the'water and prevent the
waves from breaking over the
vessel.
wam^ Jimutr it 19SS
MEET THE
SEAFARER
HARRY L. FRANKLIN, steward
Pearl Harbor Day was one of yery heavily laced with rum. Frank
those earthshaking events that lin was "feeling no pain" for quite
Questipn: Why do you sail out of changed the lives of a lot of a while after getting that mixture
i i i
The barnacle is basically a small Baltimore? (Asked of Seafarers in Americans to greater or lesser de down his gullet.
One trip out and one sinking,
primitive marine animal which the Baltimore SIU hall).
gree. Harry Franklin was one of he went aboard the Antinous, a
spends its adult life attached di
3. > 4
Arthur Butler, wiper: I have no the many people who had his life Waterman vessel, for his second
' Quarantine, meaning the period rectly by its base to foreign ob
jects such
as a
ship's hull
or wharf
particular
reason for shipping out' radically altered by the war.' He voyage. She got the sub treatment
during which ships coming from
of here. It's has never gotten back to his mode off British Guiaiia. This time
infected ports are held incommuni piles. As a young'animal, it is free
Franklin went over the side in a
swimming
for
as
long
as
two
or
purely accidental.
cado, or the akual inspection point
of existence as it was on December lifeboat and rescue ships from
I w a s working
itself, gets its name from the origi three months, then it attaches it
Trinidad picked them up within a
for Bethlehem 7/>1941.
nal period of 40 (quarante) days self to a suitable surface and com
Steel and took a When Pearl Harbor came. few hours.
Covered by the earliest quaran mences to secrete the shell, which
grows both in diameter and height
notion to go to Franklin had been established for After that the law of averages
tines.
as the aniro?' matures. After it
sea. I've been at several years ,in the advertising broke in his favor, as it was bound
it ever since. I'll and sales promotion field, hav to. He continued to sail through
A bull'seye squall, usually oc has formed this shell house, toxic
out the war on SIU ships but es
shipbottom
paints
will
not
affect
continue
sailing
curring oft the coasts of South Af
ing been associated' with, newspa caped further sinkings. By the
it.
Immersion
in
fresh
water
for
out
of
this
port
rica, is such because it is charac
because I have pers and other publications. Like time the war ended he had ad
terized by the appearance of a 48 hours will kill the animal, but
the
sheil_can
only
be
removed
by
my
home
here
now, although I many others, his first impulse vanced through the ratings in his
small isolated cloud which marks
when the bombs fell on Honolulu department to his present classifi'
the vortex of the atmospheric dis continued scraping of the surface wasn't born here.
cation as steward.
to
which
it
is attached.
4"
4"
d)
•
turbance. . . . On the other hand,
was to join up with the armed
4.
i
Stayed At Sea
Ruby Oneal, deck engineer:
aboard ship, the cow's tait is the
Seaslang for casting the hand ship out of here because I like this forces. But at 39 years of age be A lot of people at war's end
frayed end" of a rope. ^
lead is to "fly the blue pigeon, town and make
was too old for ttie Army or Navy, tried to go back to what they had
i* i
4<
though the term was not originat it my home now
and was turned down by both. The been doing before, picking up the
The word filibuster, which is a ed by sailors. In the late 1700's, it although I'm not
one
thing left was the merchant old threads. Franklin thought of
political term ashore meaning to was the slang used by London a native of the •
marine. Franklin got hisseamen's giving up the life of a Seafarer,
hold the floor in a deliberative thieves for robbing metalroofed city. I got tiTUal*
body to prevent action on legisla churches of the sheet lead used to timore in the
papers and went over to the SIU but decided against it. He felt that
a seaman's job was more interest
tion, was actually a seaterm mean cover them. It may have come to first place haul
hall then located at 2 Stone Street. ing and gave him greater financial
ing to run contraband of war. to the sea when the churchrobbers ing coal here
Two days later he shipped out as security than he could get ashore
revolutionaries.
found themselves within reach of from Norfolk. I
a messman on the Seattle Spirit, where he had been out of touch
the law and shipped out to avoid looked around a
an old Hog Islander run by the with the field for the duration of
imprisonment.
Robin Line.
A "slush" fund, money used for
little bit and de
the war. He continued to sail as a
4"
i
cided that it was a good place to
bribes or to "grease" the path of a
First Ship, First Sinking
steward and has been at it ever
job aspirant or pet measure, stems A type" of sailing rig used on stay.
This was in February, 1942, and since. As far as he is concerned,
from bygone days when cooks used racing craft, a doubleclewed jib,
4 4i
Franklin's baptism under fire was after ten years at sea he would
waste faji from the galley to grease is also called a Greta Garbo. . . . T. W. King, quartermaster: This not long delayed. The Seattle not go back to any shore job now.
the wooden masts on deck. This When yachtsmen refer to Annie port happens to be closest to my Spirit was on the Murmansk run
As a man who has a varied back
produced easy vertical movement Oakley, they're talking about a
home, which is which in those early days of the ground both in business and as a
of the parrels, the "collars" by saii pierced with small holes to
in West Virginia. war was a graveyard for merchant seaman. Franklin has long been
which a running yard was kept let out dead air. Annie, immortal
I have been shipping. The convoy she was in impressed by the SIU's mode of
ized on stage and screen in "Annie
against the mast.
working on the was under attack continually up operation.
"I have never seen
Get Your Gun," was a lady marks
Ore Line boats the coast of Norway and back any organization," he said, "formed
i t
man handy with a pistol.
for the past but the Seattle Spirit survived with better business procedure,
To heave a tub to a whale, or
4" 4" 4'
three years now, without damage. Just as she was and practicability in methods of
to try and distract someone's at
Among many superstitions of the
and manage to nearing the North American coast operation as this Union has been.
tention, is from the old whaling sea was one concerning birds. It
get home about and the crew'was congratulating I'm very proud of being an SIU
custom of giving a frightened or was always considered an ill omen
twice a year, themselves on a safe voyage, the member and the Union has done a
ugly whale something besides the to kill a bird that followed a ship
When I
do get in, ship was torpedoed off New, lot for me. Certainly I have live"d
boat on which to vent its rage at sea. The gull and the stormy
don't want to waste too much foundland. Franklin was dunked a lot better since I've become a
when harpooned. Jonathan Swift, petrel were supposed to be the
^
in saltwater but managed to get Seafarer than I did before.
in his Tale of a Tub, refers to this souls of seamen lost at sea, while time traveling.
aboard a life raft. He was pieked "I particularly like the progres
practice.
4"
4"
4"
the albatross was the bringer of
i t i
Patrick Lynch, oiler: As far as I up shortly afterward by a British sive methods the Union has used
winds and of fogs and mists. The
to establish itself,, the political
Another land borrowing from Ancient Mariner in Coleridge's am concerned Baltimore is the best corvette.
This grim experience was not knowhow it has displayed and its
the sea is the phrase to pour oil Rime of the Ancient Mariner was hipping port
without its humorous sidelights. allied union activities. It is a
on troubled waters, meaning to at first condemned for killing the there is. I make
The officers of the British ship good feeling for a Seafarer to
soothe or quiet down. In extremely bird that brought the wind, but my home in Phil
insisted that every rescued seaman know that he is a member of such
heavy weather, a bag of oil was later was praised for destroying adelphia, but I
drink a cup of coffee that was a wideawake organization."
sometimes hung outboard and al the bringer of the fog.
like to sail out
of here because
you can go any
where iii the
jyorld ifrom Bal
timore," and at
the same time its
ACROSS
Do you remember the beginnings front to take charge of things him
DOWN
19. Singlemast rig 34. Pert, to air
1. Capital of Nor 1. Eight: comb,
easy for me to get home from here. of 1942? . . . The American public self . . . In Africa, Rommel was
21. Headpiece
craft
way
form
23.
Port
N.
W.
of
35. Where
5. Curve
4) 4i 4i
got used to the idea that the pushed back to El Aghelia . . .
2. Illtempered
Natal
wrestlers meet
8. Strikebreaker
3. Kipd of ship's 24. Plead
37. Blocks to guide
E.M. yillapol, oiler: I used to Japanese weren't going to be such Chinese forces on«the mainland
12. He works in
stew
25.
Smaller
running rigging
galley
4. Marks of ap
ship out. of Galveston, but I pushovers as the forces of the claimed a total of 52,000 casualties
26. Hang loose, as 38. Waste time
13. Away from
proval
a sail
40.
Breathe
noisily
switched to this Rising Sun went on the rampage. in three days of fighting at Chang
wind
5. Place to wor
27. Fall to win
42. Light breezes
14. Without color
ship
port,
.because I Manila and Cavite fell, as the sha, and made gains near Canton.
28. Old Dutch
43. Thin board
15. Old boats
6. Behind
measure
44. Flattopped
have
found that fight in the Philippines moved to . . . President Roosevelt went to
16. Kind of bene
7. 100 years
31. Freed a ship
buoy
fits won by SIU 8. PUe
shipping is usu Luzon and Bataan . . . The British Congress to urge a sweeping, long
by paymVnt of 45. Man's nickname
18. Owners' risks:
9. Taxi
duties, etc.
46. Decay
ally very good adopted the "scorched earth" term war program involving a $56,
Abbr.
10. Everything
92. Corrode
47. Edge of dress
19. Pricefixing
11. Honey maker
here. I make my, policy, burning everything, behind 000,000,000 outlay with nine billion
monopoly
17. Adventure
Puzzle Answer on Page 23
home here now, them as the Japanese kept gaining in new taxes.
20. Burn
.22. Helpful
and another im in^ Malaya and Borneo . . . Hawaii
4> 4" 4>
26. Ride on water
imrtant item I was sbelled by subs ... Jittery San
Auto production was halted in
28. Painting, in
general
have'to consider Francisco was blacked out for 42 the US . . . Twentysix nations at
29. Lake boat '
is that my girl minutes when unidentified planes war with the Axis signed a declara
cargo
30. Bumpkin
friend, Eileen Thompson, lives were reported nearing the coast. tion pledging unity of purpose ...
31. Low reef
L'r'^:, • .
here too.
Draft registration of the 2044 age *
4> 41 41
32. Units of en
f';»4iM' t.
ergy
1 • ^'*:' '
Britain's Gen, Wavell was named group was set for midFebruary."
K.
t
4
33. Beast of btir
den
Harry Collyer, quartermaster: unified commander in the south ... A Marine Ship Scalers Union
34. Bit of charity
I've
been shipping out of this port westPacific area ... A new and was chartered in New Orleans by
39. Deck officers
amended edition of the SIU con the SIU . . . The Maritime Com
below captain
for the last 20
36. Mr. Reese of
stitution
and: bylaws was made mission was given the goahead
years
now
and
the Dodgers
available to all members .. . Navi with a $40,000,000 fund to insure
haven't given any
38. Facts
39. Noah's landing
gation through the port of New shipowners against war risks since '
thought to trying
place
York became more of a game of private rates had jumped too high
another one. My
41,
Palmas. in
Grand Canary
hide and seek as the Coast Guard for profit.
home is in Hag
I>.
removed Scotland and f'ire island
erston, Md., jiist :
Ifii:, 44. Souad leader
4" iiif 4i
• 47. German shout
Lightships
from
their
moorings
as
Football
bowl
games went on as '
hours ;trip
48. Tilted
a "security" measure. .
usuat New Year's day, with Oregon
from thie, hail
49. Cloth measure
50. Book of Old
State, Alabama, Fordham and
. ;
w h lcti m^ans I
•
''"fe S4' it';, , '
Testament
Russian power ^ihouoted as (xeorgia takingDuke, Texas Ag • i
can get; : hp m e
61. Fish snares
it v . 82.
Algerian ruler
pretty often and se^rmy itoily in Stalinljst armie.s retook Kaluga and gies, Missouri and TexSs .Christian
S3. Vcr'''al pole of .
betweeu'itripfc : ,
^
Hitler was reported ipmtfae Eastern' k»«jR^yglysia ithcin^
ciane
�.. •
'.i
• ',/ <• '
^
9EAVARKRS LOe
SEAMKERS^LOG
^• NMnr 11.1VS1
Val. XIV lf«. I
Published biweekly by the l^afaren International Union, Atlantic
& Gulf District. AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Bvooklyn 32. N. Y. TeL
STerling 84671.
PAVI. HALL, SecretaryTreasurer
Editor, HCKKBT Btum; Managing Editor, BAT DCNISOH; Art Editor. BoNAn
• BAMAH; Photo Editor, DAMBL NILTA; St<tf/ Writor*. HDIHAN AaiRini, IBWIM STIVACK.
laa
LETTER
of the
WEEK
Lonff'Range Outlook
The 82nd Congress is back at its old stand in Washington
with one of the prime pieces of business facing it being the Cooperation Vital
muchdiscussed longrange shipping program. The Uniorf is For Deeh Hands
hopeful that for the first time since 1936 Congress will take To the Editor:
constructive action on behalf of America's maritime.
What I want'to say is addressed
Seldom has a program been presented with such unani mainly to the brothers sailing in
mous support from all concerned. There may be portions of the deck department, but it is
the bill with which thS Union could disagree, but nobody can something that should be put for
find fault with the overall objective of planning for a sound ward to' SIU men in ail ship's de
and efficient merchant fleet
partments.
It is unfortunate that the only time that Congress applies • Why anyone wants to make it
Itself to the problems of the industry is when a crisis is upon tough for the guys bunking with
us. We can't help but wonder if the nation would be as him is a mystery to me because
interested in the future of our merchant fleet if lives did not working together on the ship would
hang in the balance in Korea and elsewhere. It seems that it
is only intimes of crisis that the American people realize seeni to me to make things easier
how vital the martime industry is to the security and well for ail hands. A great trip could
being of each and every citizen. But crisis periods tend to be had by all at the same time if
produce, shortrange, improvised solutions to meet the imme the men in the deck crew would
diate need rather than the long haul. The immediate needs work together like one big family
of World War II and the current international fever may instead of making it harder for
have been met by hasty improvising. But that is the curse of their fellow members of the Union.
our maritime industry. Its instability is so great due to the
Had Experience
lack of interest shown in its peacetime development that
when an emergency does arise it requires a lot of tightrope As a bosun (my last ship was the
HE LAUNCHING OF THE
walking to get the necessary ships and men. Planning, for Michael), 1 have had experience
SIU Atlantic and Gulf Dis
the long haul means planning for a merchant marine that with this sort of thing too often.
operates in peace as well as during, wars, hot or cold. It It would be best for many hands to trict's Training School Program
means having good ships and trained men functioning at all wise up and not go around half should be good news all around.
times, not just in fits and spiurts. It's up to Congress to take cocked, making the trip miserable Of particular interest is the fact
the necessary steps to produce the kind of legislation which for some Just so they can take it that those of our members who are
will have constructive effects on the maritime industry.
easy.
seeking the knowhow to obtain
T
HE UNION'S CURRENT
agreements expire this year—
on Sept. 30. However, the Union
will present its new demands to
the operators sometime aroimd
August 1 and negotiations should
be underway shortly thereafter.
While no definite demands have
been
decided upon at this early
upgrading
now
can
have
the
When most of the feUows are
date,
the
Union is determined to
benefits
of
competent
instruction
working to secure gear for sea and
at our new Headquarters building. keep SIU contracts the best in
the bosun is busy working else This development comes as the the industry. Our contracts, in
The workings of a huge and complex chunk of govern
where and a result of considerable planning.
fact, are widely acknowledged as
mental machinery are sometimes hard for an individual to
brother asks you The deck department training the tops in maritime.
In this connection, the Union
fathom. When the seaman files for his validated papers with
to give him a courses have already gotten un
is
anxious to hear from crewmem
the Coast Guard, his application is swallowed up in the maze
hand pulling a derway in the Headquarters class bers in the three departments
of governmental apparatus, to emerge some time later with
rooms.
Classroom
work
and
lec
line, don't give
suggestions for contract timprove
*'0K" or "Reject" on it. It is imderstandable then, that sea
him a. hard time. tures will be supplemented by in ments. They, of course, should
'men approach the process with considerable misgivings.
When you give struction under actual working be reasonable and practicable sug
him a nasty an conditions aboard vessels of our gestions. Mail them to the Secre
Consequently it is our pleasant duty to r^sport that within
swer and tell him contracted operators at piers close taryTreasurer's Office, SIU Atlan
the limits of the law, the appeals system, as set up by execu
he's not the bos by our Brooklyn headquarters.
tic and Gulf District, 675. Fourtt
tive order of the President, offers every break possible to a
un, so where The stewards department train Ave., Brooklyn 32, N. Y.
Santiago
seaman denied security clearance. The local appeals board
does he come off ing program, which will start Incidentally, fresh copies of our
setup is a civilian operation entirely, with your Union par telling you what to do,
you're just shortly. Will also offer to our
ticipating fully in the program. Representatives of the SlU fouling up the whole setup for Union brothers Excellent facilities current contracts, including the
are serving on the lo<^ appeals board panels all over the everybody.
for acquiring« additional knowl amendments won by the SIU in
the contract reopening last fall,
country. As described in this issue of the LOG, the appeals After all, he's just trying to do edge of their jobs and for obtain are
now being mailed to all ships.
system gives a seaman the fullest opportunity to clear him a job and if you're not busy at the ing upgrading. The full appara Seafarers
should study them and,
tus
of
our firstrate
cafeteria,
gal
self of any taint of subversion. It thus assures him that he time, it can't hurt you to give him
of
course,
work by them. Respect
bakery and butcher shop will
will not be denied his right to earn a livelihood because of a little help to make the job easier. ley,
be used by these men to supple for current contract provisions is
some unsubstantiated, crackpot accusation, or because he un Some fellows walk around think ment their classroom work.
the surest way of winning improve
wittingly joined some organization ten years ago. Nobody ing they're prima donnas and don't Plans are almost completed for ments in the next negotiations.
relishes having to go through these procedures, but as long know the meaning of cooperation. engine department training classes.
4" $• i
as they are necessary, the appeals board setup makes things Cooperation goes a long way to This instruction, too, will be facili,
HE TRAGIC SITUATION
make a trip pleasant for all hands
as fair and as pleasant as possible for the Seafarer.
surrounding the death of one
and it doesn't hurt you or anyone tated by onthejob techniques of our members who left a wife
aboard
ship.
else to give your brother a lift on
and four children recently, very
a job, whether he's the bosun or The SlU's new training program strongly points up the Union's con
will
prove
of
inestimable
value
an ordinary on his first trip.
hot only to our Union brothers tention that one of the most im
Give A tut
Now and then the Union runs across an incident which
who are anxious to improve their portant areas ' for exploration is
proves again our boasts of an alert, ontheball membership. Sure, we have to watch our con shipboard knowhow—and increase the field of welfare.
A story in this issue reports that thedJnion was notified by tract and do only the work that is their earning capacity—^but it will Deprived of her husband's earn
power, the widow and her four
the crew of the Raphael Semmes that a pool of nonunion up to us but not giving somebody also have a much broader effect. ing
youngsters,
ranging from two to
seamen (formally known as the Atlantic Side Merchant Sea a lift in hauling a line won't hurt Our contracted operators will seven years of
age, faced eviction
anyone
but
you
and
your
brother
have
access
to
personnel
whose
men's, Pool) had been set up in Panama with the avowed in the long run.
experience has been augmented at Christmas time.. A dispossess
purpose of using the tight manpower situation as a Iqver to
I don't want to sound as if a by competent, qualified instruc notice had already been served.
get aboard American merchant ships.
bosun's work is the hardest thing tion. Consequently, the operators' Fortunately, the SIU Welfare
. The boys on the Raphael Semmes deserve high praise for on a ship, but cooperation among should note an increase in the op Fund's $2,500 death benefit pro
being right on the beam in sjwtting this case and reporting all the fellows will help the bosun erating efficiency of their vessels, vided the timely and muchneeded
it to the Union. As good Union men they were fully alert and all the men to keep out of each which, it should be said, already relief. Though not by any means
to the danger implicit in this kind of setup. They know that other's way and still get the work are manned by extremely, capa solving the bereft family's prob
and responsible seafaring lem, the death benefit at least
the enemies of the Union can be found not only in the US in done. By the way, when 1 say this ble, alert
men.
wolf from the door.
rm not
speaking of
the Michael
in
the ranks of shipowners, but also everywhere that SIU ships particular, but many ships that I've All hands are encouraged to drove. the
This is one of the everpresent
touch port. That is understandable, too, because the SIU has sailed as bosun and seen the same participate in the Union's new problems which your Union is de
established conditions and there will always be those who thing, going
on.^ It's just time the training program, which the SIU voting time and effort to solve.
will want to undermine them for selfish reasons. So here's a boys woke up to the dama.ge they're is determined to put on as an The spectre of destitution must
big pat on the back for the crew of the Raphael Semmes, a doinft
efficient operating basis as:.il;s not be allowed .to plague our peo
.group of twidcrawake Seafai^rs. who reaf^.knair ^
scoire.
MaredMag'ItarilafB various bther facilitiesk • • • .
ple >iMid their families.
Safeguarding Seawnen
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OuthO'ttaH t'reiE
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Friday, January II, 195S
SEAFARERS lOG
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Down through the years, the SlU has always encouraged
wide and direct membership participation in all Union
affairs. This continuing effort is nowhere better illustrated
than in the vigorous emphasis placed on a free ballot for
Union officials.
One of the few labor organizations holding elections
every year, the SlU is often asked why. The operation in
volved in annual polling—like any democratic proc
ess—Is cumbersome and heavy with safeguands. But,
as set forth irr the Union's constitution, procedures for year
ly voting insure fairness to all and are ironclad against
fraudulent, handling of each individual ballot.
Once elected and declared in office, the officials as
sume their duties for a full year; however, they must con
stantly be on their toes. Little more than eight months
after they take office, the election machinery rolls into
gear again. This constant check wielded by the mem
bership through the secret ballot necessitates conscien
tious, everalert officials, keyed, to respond to the chang
ing needs and,demands of the rank'and file.
Nominations for office ore made at all branches In At
lantic and Gulf ports at regular meetings during Septem
ber. Any qualified member can nominate himself as well.
Nominating statements must reach the SecretaryTreas
urer's office, as per SlU bylaws, by midOctober, to
gether with a biographical sketch of 100 words and a
passport'photo of the norninee. The wh'ole js published
and circulated via the LOG, the official Union news
paper, to familiarize the members with the candidates.
General qualifications for'office pfescribed by the
constitution include: American 'citizenship, active SlU
merfibership in good standing for two years, no previous
rniscohduct whild employed as a Union officer^ dn aggre
gate of three years sea service;plus four months sea serv,
ice for the current year, the last waivedin the case of •
incumbents.
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A credential committee (above) com
• posed of two members in each de
partment is elected by headquarters mem
bership to determine whether nominees
meet qualifications required in union by
laws and prepare official ballot. Candidates
for each office are arranged alphabetically
on ballot with provision for writein
candidates. . ,
2
. Insuring check against fraudulent
• handling, all ballots are perforated
With stub numbered in sequence, enabling
a daily check. Record must be kept of all
numbered ballots, forwarded; to variou^
branches. Each ballot must be accounted
for whether properly used, disqualified, or
blank. These safeguards are enumerated
in the Union constitution.
Balloting is secret (left)»and con
• tinues each day during November
and, December, Only members' in good
standing may vote. Bylaws further pro
vide that only ink or indelible pencil may
be used to mark ballot. A daily vote re
port is made by committee elected to serve
that day (below) by checking stubs against
remaining ballot numbers. '
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notarized by sig
nature and records secured under
4seal • in All operations are
a locked ballot box. The disposi
xtion of each ballot, as required constitu
tionally, is reported at each branch meet
ing during the.polling period. At the con
clusion of the ^60day voting pdriod, tally
ing committees are elected at each branch
meeting to check ballots and record 'out
port count for each candidate. These find
ings are forwarded under seal by regis
tered inail to headquarters where a similar
imit is chosen to recheck branch reports,
Tallying committee (above) is chosen 1^ .
yqte, at headquarters meeting follqwmg;
. ^ectiph P?Ti6(^
�Friday, Jannaty 11,19St
Pace Tbfrteea
SEAFARERS LOG
/ m ACTION
J The elected headquarters tallying
• > committee is responsible for a re
port showing the number of ballots cast,
the votes received by each candidate at all
branches, plus the total number of ballots
and votes and the disposition of same if
disqualified for any reason. Ballots from
each outport are kept separate as are all
tally sheets. Constitutionally, all ballots
must be kept for 3 months after election
to allow inspection at any time. The ballot
box is opened (right) for first count by
headquarters tallying unit and procedures
expljained (far right) by headquarters
staffer for making count and checking
against misuse of ballots. Sealed package
nf ballots from outports (below) is opened
by two committeemen.
5
Headquarters tallying unit begins
• work of checking stubs against bal
lots^ cast (right) to insure numerical
sequence has been followed and that no
unofficial ballots have been used. Working
in teams of two, committee mem.bers make
canvass of votes cast (below, left) for each
candidate. As further safeguard against
mishandling of ballots, the committee re
checks votes and correlates tally sheets
(below). Where the choice of a voter for
any Office cannot be determined with cer
tainty, the vote for that office is .not
counted. This may arise in a case where
a inember voted for more than the des
ignated number of candidates to be elected
to a particular office.and .his preferences
cannot be fairly ascertained.
6
•
1.^. >s..
'The candidate receiving the highest number
of votes for each office is declared elected and
assumes office within 30 days. If no • candidate
meets this requirement, the office is declared
vacant and is filled by appointment of the
secretarytreasurer until an election can be held.
The membership is constitutionally given power
of suspension and recall over all officials in the
event proper charges against him are upheld by
a membership meeting.
the workability of thb entire process is con
clusively demonstrated by the fact that no SlU
election has ever been challenged or a recount
de'manded. Thus, annual elections, cumbersome
qs they ore, have proven their merit time and
time again.
Moreover, the men are constantly being urged
to . run. The infusion of new blood via yearly
balloting has helped immensely in the stride
toward broader benefits for the membership.
Proper use of a free ballot can never be over
emphasized, nor can the power of the rank and
file be underrated. The freedom of choice en
visaged by annual elections is the cornerstone of
the democratic prpcess.
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�Fare Feurleea
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SBArAnERS Loa
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VMmf,
Names Of Sebmen Cited Complete A&G Election Tally
For Wartime Gallantry In Annual Voting For Officials
4
The following men, whose names arelisted below are eli
(Continued from page 7)
•
gible for World War II citations but have not yet obtained
Boa NT Phi Bal Nor SaT Tarn Mob No OalT SF WU Sea Total
them. Men whose names are on the list should get in touch Baltimore Deck Patrolman
with the Maritime Adminisf
L. Johnson, lOfr.. 96 1290 217 661 165 89 100 383 855 128 63 80 40 4167*
Stephen Hopkine; Price. Carl W., Marcus
tration, U. S. Department of Daly;
20 218
11 15
8 7 3 75 121
Pujol, Anthony, Marcus Daly; Bako No Votes
3
1
7 1 488
Commerce, Washington 25, vickt, John.R., Adoniram Judson; Reed, Voids
0
14
0 3 0 0 0 '
0 0 1
1
0 0 19
Aubray
D.,
Marcus
Daly.
D. C. for their awards. (Story Reedman, Joseph, Nathaniel Greene; Writeins
0
1
1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
on page 2.)
SubTotal
116 1521 229 679 173 96 103 458 976 130 67 87 41 4676
Reese,August, Stephen Hopkins; Roches
ter, Elvy L., William Moultrie; Romero.
The following men have been Leonardo L. (deceased), Stephen HopMnsz
• warded the gallant ship citation Rottman, Thomas J., Marcus Daly: Rous Baltimore Enrine Patrolman
sella, Joseph L. G.. Adoniram Judson: A. Stansbury,4683 89 1270
216 665
ribbon tar, awarded to officers and^ Rupinski.
Stephen. Virginia Dare: Sarra
27 237
13 12
seamen who served during World zin, H., Stanvac Calcutta: Sca'mbler, Percy No Votes
0
13
A., Marcus Daly: Schad: Wallace M., Ado Voids
0 2
War II on a ship which, at the niram
Judson.
Write
Ins
0
1
0
0
time of such service, was cited for Scott, Malcolm Boice, Nathaniel Greene;
SubTotal
116 1521 229 079
Luigi, Samuel Parker: Sheppard,
gallantry by the Administrator of Servidio,
Maurice G., Virginia Dare: SHieppard, Rob
the War Shipping Administration: ert C.. Virginia Dare: Simpson, James Baltimore Stewards Patrolman
Thomas.
Nathaniel Greene: Smith, Harry
Addison, Roy G.. Marcus Daly; Ander
Sr., Nathaniel Greene; Smith W. P. Gonsor
son. WiUiam W.,' Virginia Dare; Baze Levering,
Veatis C., WiUiam Moultrie; Steele. Fred
more. Jred F.. Virginia Dare; Binlcowslti. A.,
chik, 749
60 1168 170 461
Marcus Daly: Stenman. Justaa Anton,
Sigmund, Nathaniel Greene; Bonafe. Bene, Nathaniel
48 136
Adoniram Judson: Bouchey, Larence, Ado Hopkins. Greene: Stilson, Ford, Stephen E. V. Smith, 48961 36 188
20
niram Judson: Brennen. James V., Wil
154
10
75
Thames, James .Roy, Cedar MUls; Trif
liam Moultrie: Bryant, Rnssel H., Cedar fltt,
0 11
Robert, Nathaniel Greene Voids
i
7
MiUs: Carlson. John W., Virginia Dare; Tritt, Benton
Euclid James, Virginia Dare;
0 0
.
0 0
Clarke. Stanvac Calcutta.
Troches,
Jack
G.
(missing),
Stephen
Hop
Colin. Irwine Richard (deceased), Na
SubTotal
116 1521 229 679
thaniel Greene: Corbett. William J., AdO' kins: Tsiforos, Gus E. (missing), Stephen
III'
I?s
' ^'•'•<'•
1,' .
164 88 100 381 848 128 60 83 38 4130*
9
8 3 77 128
6 4 3 528
1
0 0 0 0 0 1
1
0 0 17
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
173 96 103 458 976 130 67 87 41 4876
103 71 75 178 769 47 39
45 18 26 48 "146 12 14
25
7 2 229 48 70
0
0 0 0 3 13
1 14
0 0 0 « 0 0 0 0
173 96 103 458 976 130 67
57 30 3228*
26 10 753
4 1 645
6
8 50
0 0 0
87 41 4676"
Hopkins: Tsigonis. Andrew B. (missing),
niram Judson: Crawford, Alvin R. (de^ Stephen
Hopkins: Valdez. Pedro (de Norfolk Agent
ceased), Marcus Daly; Davidson, Erving, ceased),
Stephen Hopkins; Vallar, Edward
Marcus Daly: Delorio, Raymond V., Mar Luke, Nathaniel
Greene;
Van
Nostrand,
C.
Lee,
70
36
333
'
79
180 39 29 41 47 218 10 21 27 10 1070
cus DaljUb DeLafayette, William J., Ado William H., Nathaniel Greeme; Vickers.
B. Rees, 95
61' 957 141 429 131 59 60 179 725 40 38 54 31 29054>
niram Judson: Demetriades, Athanasies George
A.,
Nathaniel
Greene.
(deceased). Stephen Hopkins; DeShields,
Walker. R. J., SUnvac Calcutta: Webs No Votes........ 19 217
9 65
3 8 2 228 30 79
8 6 0 674
Jack. Virginia Dare: Dickie. David. Natha ter,
S., Nathaniel Greene; WU< Voids
.' 0 14
0 5
0 0 0 4 3 • 1
niel Greene; Dougherty, Joseph G., Vir^ liam, Thomas
0 0 0 27
Floyd
James,
Virginia
Dare;
WU<
ginia Dare.
0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph C., Adoniram Judson: Yar Write Ins
0
Drake. James F.. Marcus Daly: Dykes, Uamson,
berry, Lawrence W.. Adoniram Judson
SubTotal ..... 116 1521 229 679 173 96 103v 458 976 130 67 87 41 4676
Marcus M.. Virginia Dare: Elliot. L., Stan Young,
Earl
H.,
WiUiam
Moultrie;
ZieseL
vac Calcutta: Finley, Gordon E., William
Moultrie: Folsom. Gerald B., William Jean (missing), Stephen Hopkins.
SaTannah Agent
Moultrie; GaUe, Larenzo, Virginia Dare;
The following men have been
Galley, David Henry, Nathaniel Greene: awarded the meritorious service E. Tilley,, 75
, 97 1264 216 633 162 92 99 382 863 127 62 80 41 4118*
Gelak. Stanley, Virginia Dare: George,
. 19 241 12 41
8 4 4 76 113
2 4 7 0 531
Harry. Cedar Mills: Gianattasio, Vincenzo, medal, which is awarded to any No Votes:.......
Voids
0
15
1
5
0
0
Nathaniel Greene.
0
0
0
1
0 0 23
1
Gibbons. Robert Ingyal, Nathaniel master, officer, or member of the .Write Ins.
0
0 0 3
1
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
4
Greene: Goff, George fi.. Marcus Daly; crew of any United States ship oj;
SubTotal .....
, 116 1521 229 679 173 96 103 458 976 130 . 67 87 41 4676
Gould, Delmar G., Marcus Daly; Green, any foreign ship operated by or for
Herman F., Samuel Parker; Grupo, Bias
Japson. Samuel Parker: Hand, Calvin the United. States Maritime Com Tampa Arent
Hutcherson. Nathaniel Greene: Handley, mission or the War Shipping Ad
R. White. 57.,
Billy G., Marcus Daly: Harris, BMward A.,
90 1283 218 640 167 91 100 383 870 127 65 82 41 4157*
Cedar MHls: Hethcoat, Fred. Virginia ministration during World Wair II
26 228 11 35
6
5 3 75 105
2
5
0 502
1
Dare: Johnson, Ernest L., William Moul who was commended by the Ad
Voids ...
0 10
0 4 0 0 0 0 0
trie.
0
1
0 16
1
Johansson, Gunnar Ivar, Nathaniel ministrator for conduct or service Write Ins.,
0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 1
0 0
Greene: Johnson, Paul A.^ Marcus Daly; of a meritorious nature, but not of
116 1521 229 679 173 96 103 458 976 130 67 87 41 4876
Keenan, Peter, Adoniram Judson; Koka
fcis. Nicholas George, Stephen Hopkins; such character as would warrant
Knowles, H. (deceased), Stanvac Calcutta; award of the Merchant Marine Dis Mobile Af^nt
'
Kounelis, Gus Nick, Virginia Dare: La
Monica, Albert, Cedar Mills; Lanier, tinguished Service Medal;
C. Tanner, 44
91 1296 220 647 165 94 100 454 930 129 64 81 41 4312*
Henry, Virginia Dare; Lawton, Vincent' Aratt. Genara C.. Melville E. Stone; No Votes
25 212
9
30
8
2 ' 3
4 46
0 2 6 0 347
Paul, Samuel Parker; Lowe, Herbert Ed Atkinson, P. W.. Mormacwren: Baler,
ward (deceased), Stephen Hopkins.
0
12
0^2 0
0
0
Charles, WiUiam T. Coleman: Berkowitz, Voids
0 1
0
1
0 0 16
Madsen. Rasmus, Virginia Dare; Makrea, Morris (deceased). President Grant: Bry
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0
0 0 6
I
Nick (missing), Stephen Hopkins: Maly, ant. RusseU H.. Cedar MUls; Byl, Adrian Write Ins
SubTotal ..... 116 1521 229 679 173
96 103 458 976 130 67 87 41 4678
Fred L., Cedar Mills: Martella, Francis J., C., Brooklield: Caneda, Santiago A., Bush
Adoniram Judson: Maslany, Frank, Wil rod Washington: Champagne, J. (de
liam Moultrie; Mattiesen. Richard (de ceased), Stanvac Calcutta; Chapman, Mobile Joint Patfotman
ceased). Marcus Daly: . Miller, Jesse C., George. Saint Mihiei: Chapponi, Robert
Virginia Dare: Moore, Donald W., Cedar W.. Juan CabnUo.
R. Jordan, 71
61 908 190 537 138 77 100 311 801. 106 52 61 38 3380*
Mills; Moore, Kenneth Bud, Nathaniel
Chung. Alfred. Ruth Alexander: Ciegg, G. Kimbrel, 45925 30
428 64 151 26 11
3 11 177
1 14 23
5 954
Greene: Nelson. Oscar, Nathaniel Greene. Harold. Lyman Abbott; Cox, Ralph S., Ed
. 70 845 184 505 144 86 100 311 804 106 49 64 39 3307*
Ohman. Werner, W., Adonii^am Judson: ward P. Costigan: Dalmasse, James R. Wm. Morris, 264
Orr, Daniel J., Adoniram Judson: Padr Brookfield: Danielson, Alfred T.. Juan de No Votes....
71 834 20 160 38 18
3 280 154 34 13 26
0 1651
dock. John H., Adoniram Judson;.. Pa Fuca: Davidson. Fritz E., Kate Douglas
0 25
0 5 0 0 0 3 16
quette, William A., Adoniram Judson; Wiggin: Delong. Alvin Eugene. Stanvac Voids
3 6 0 0 58
Parks, William Roy, Nathaniel Greene; Calcutta: Dickinson, Robert E., Kittan Write Ins
0 2
0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 ,2
Phelph,' Allwyn Davenport (missing). ning: Dodd. Claude R., Harper's Ferry;.
SubTotal ..... 232 3042 458 1358 346 192 206 916 1952 260 134 174 83 9352
Drevas. Peter, Matt W. Ransom.
Farrow. Ednest. MobUoU; Fernholr. Al
bert F.. John S. Copley; Fetter. WUUam, New Orleans Aseni
Juan de Fuca; Fleming, Thomas H.i Ar
thur Sewall; Fox. Charles G.. Bushrod L. Williams, 21550 93 1282 224 645 167
89 101 450 935 129 62 81 41 4299*
Washington; Gardner. Edward. Schpharle; No Votes......:. 23 224
5 30 6
2
8 41
L 4 6 0 358
Gillis. Joseph R.. Schoharie; Godfrey, Ra
0 15
0 4 0 0 0
leigh (deceased), CapiUo: Graham, Wal Voids
0 0 0 1 0 0. 20
ter F.. Solomon Juneau; Gresham, Otis Write Ins..
0 0
0 0 0 0 1
0 • 0
0 0 0 0
1
E., Mathew P. Deady.
SubTotal
116 1521 229 679 173 96 103 458 976 130 67 87 41 4678
Harrington. James (deceased). Ruth
Alexander; Harvie. Alan Lewis, Honomu:
Heath, Philip (deceased), Stanvac Cal New Orleans Deck Patrolman
cutta: Hensley. Everette, Bushrod Wash
ington:
Herbert, John T., James W. Mar L. Clarke, 23062. 91 1211
216 631 167 89 97 379 874 129 61 79 41 4065*
(Continued fl:om page 3)
shall: Holm. Martin, Joel R. Poinsett: No Votes
25
293
13 49
6 7 6
79 100
0 5 8 0 • 587
Holten.
Pat
(deceased),
CapiUo:
Hunnie
John Drake,,,first assistant engi
0
15
cutt, Laurens W.. John Howard Payne: Voids
0 3 0 ^0
0
0
0
1
0 0 20
I
neer of the stricken vessel, told the Ing,
Albert. President Grant: Jorgensen, Write Ins......... 0
2
0 0 0 0 0
0 2
0 0 0 0 4
LOG this week, "The only thing Laurence. Clevedoii.
SubTotal
116,. 1521 229 679 173 96 103 458 976 130 6^ 87 41 4678
Kacocha. Charles Albert. Juan CabrUlo;
that probably saved the ship from Lanes.
Sol Sehg, Francis C. Harrington;
going undfT was the cargo of pig Larsen, K. (deceased), Stanvac Calcutta; New Orleans Eneine Patrolman
James E.. Anson Burllngame;
iron she carried, which shifted in Lawson,
Lewis. Wallace N.. Schohtfrie: LiU, Ralph C.J.Stephens, 76 . 93 1226
218 641 169
90
383 933 127 62 80 41 4161*
the course of the storm and formed M., Jr., Benjamin Holt; McAlister, Louie No Votes
23 277 , 11
35 ' 4
6
5
75 42
2 4 7 0 491
Wales, Jeremiah M. Daily; McCarthy,
• second keeL"
Thomas Francis, John C. Calhoun; Mc Voids
0
16
0
3
0
0
0
0 0 1
1
0 0 21
Reviewing the course of events, Cord, M. D., Irving M. Scott: Manice, Ar Write Ins........ 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drake said that the Flying Enter thur James. Knute Rockne.
SubTotal ..... 116 1521 229 679 173
96 103 458 976 130 67 87 41 4676
Matkowski. Emilian. Yellow Tavern:
prise suffered a steady battering Mazonson,
Morris. Fort Moultrie: Meis
ner,
Walter
P..
Edwin
T.
Meredith;
MU
New
Orleans.
S
tewards
Patrolman
.
for three to four days prior to the
Jack Arthur. Samuel Parker; Mur
time she was abandoned. She was som.
99 232 53 23
9 20 185 IS 29 35 13 1355
phy. John E., President FiUmofe: Oben A.W.Gowder,36884 56 585
shain.
G. P.. James Buchanan; Okander, H.Troxclair,6743. 38 667 120 384 114 66 93 205 763' 40 31
in distress on Friday, December 28
43 28 2592*
Nelson W. (deceased). Stanvac Calcutta;
when the Southland came up about OUver, Robert R.. Lebaron Russel Briggs; No Votes.
22 247 10 60
6 7
1 231 21 73
3 9 0 690
Parker. James F.. David F. Barry: Par Voids
5:30 in the afternoon.
...... 0 22
0 3
0 0 0 2 7
1
4 0 0 39
George Robert, Gus W. Darnell.
On Saturday morning. Captain sons.
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
Powell. Hamilton. Sea Sturgeon: Reed, Write Ins—...». 0
Carlsen gave the "abandon ship" • L. Stanvac Calcutta: Risk, James L.. City SubTotal ..... 116 1521 229 679 173 96 103 458 976 130 67 87 41 4676
of Omaha: Romero. Angel. Bushrod 'Wash
order. Each of the first seven crew ington:
Rounds. Allen (deceased), CapiUo; Galveston Agent
members went into the water with Rusk, Frederick H.. Kate Douglas Wiggin;
Ryan. Joe. Harper's Ferry; Sarrazln, J., K. Alsop, 7311... 93 1219 220 641 166
89 100 379 857 129 62 79 .41 4075*
one passenger apiece, the BME en Stanvac
Calcutta; Seymour, Charles, Un No Votes......,. 23 284
9 35
7 7 3 79 119
0 4 8 0 578
gineers being in the first batch. known: Sbipman. Calvin G., Tachira.
0 16
0 3 0 6
Smithers, George W., Coast Farmer: Voids
0
0 0 1
1
0 0 21
The Southland put out a boat and Sorenson.
Selmer T., Clevedon; Styles, Write Ins
0 2
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 *2
picked up this group of 14 people, Julius, Schoharie: Sullivan. Charles E.,
SubTotal ......
116 1521 229 679 173 96 .103
Honoluian; Thames. James R., Cedar
976 130 67 87 41 4676
plus one other crewmembm, after Mills:
Tolliver, George L., ^hoharie:
they had been in the rough water Truiett, Fritz. James Buchanan: Valentin, Galveston Joint Patrolman
Mariano, Francis C. Harrington; Verhey,
about 15 minutes.
77
218 8b8 56 : 48 51 34^ 3102*
Dick, Unknown: Neison, A. V/. (deceased), C. EimbaU, 52... 63 906 161 451 130
"Considering the weather condi Jordan Valiey.
M. Shipley, 36213 31 356 51 191 31 12 :''4:
7 123
2 15 29
7
Walker.
WUlie
E..
Schoharie:
Warner,
tions," he concluded, "it was a mir John Edwin, Bushrod Washington; WMt No Votes.:...... 21 242 17 35 12 V T: 'tt 231 37 71
0 7 0 680
acle that the Southland and t}ie torn, Roland, Esso Little Rock: Wood, Krt Voids .....i.k.. 0 18
0 2 0
Z\:
1
4 0 0 33
itransport were able to pick all of sey, Castillo; Worthington, R. P., James Write Ins....,.y,i : T : <1
SS Southland
Rescues Crew
Of Enterprise
6
a
'^• upRlive.^*
' ^
m
t
0
SubTotal .116 153d
(T
mr 98 103 W 978 130 M
0
07
6 2
41 4678
*
�Friday. Jaiaanr 11, !• «
Taee Fifteea
SEAFARERS LOG
/J
F LAS B B AS
When old seamen get together the taHc will, on occasion,
turn to how it was "when I first went to sea." Memories of
the bitter old days have a strong attraction, so from time to
time the LOG will reprint old photographs such as these
which catch a good deal of the flavor of how things were.
We will try to show how seamen worked and lived, as well
as picturing the ships they worked on. But ships will be
secondary to the men whose work, too often overlooked,
helped build our great industrial civilization.
Steamboats were used in the early 1800's, but the sail hung
on stubbornly for a century more. Experienced sailors knew
better than to trust the temperamental steam engine to bear
them safely to port. Engines could (and did) break down
with unhappy frequency. A ship without sail in those cir
cumstances was at the mercy of the seas.
So for many years, a strange hybrid rode the ocean, half
sail and half steam. When no breeze stirred, the ship would
depend on its engines. But if a favoring wUid sprang up, or
the engines became troublesome, the sails would be unfurled.
The change was not necessarily an imjgrovement for sea
men. Stoking the fires was a mankilling job. Coal made
ships and men dirty, hot and uncomfortable. And before
unions came, the bucko skipper and the hamfisted mate still
ruled uncontested. A seaman's life on the coal burner could
be just as hard as under sail.
Slushing the bowsprit, crewmembers of a sailing vessel carefully go over the rigging,
before their ship leaves New York's South Street for the long voyage to.China.
Deep down in the hold,
seamen (above) relax in
the foc'sle as best they can.
Note the traditional "tin
cup" on the right. Laun
dry and possessions hang
off pieces of string. Seamen
sit on their beds or the
floor, as chairs are a luxury.
Mealtime was in the foc'sle on a dirty, littered wooden
table. The men help themselves out of a common pot.
Fresh water (right) is
rationed severely. With
hardly enough to go
round, these seamen pool
a little of their precious
reserve to do their laun
dry in a common tub. The
tight water supply was
especially tough on the
black gang.
Old Photographs Wanted
The LOG is interested in collecting, and printing more
photographs of this type showing what the sea was like
in the old days. AH you oldtimers who have any old
mementos, photographs of shipboard life, pictures of
ships, drawings, or anything else that would be interest
ing to your brother Seafarers, send them in to the LOG.
!We'll take care of them and return your souvenirs to you.
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VMiar. Attwity 11. IMt
StU Ship Rams French Coast;
Pleat In Deck No New Vogue
That Governors Island in New That one of the bestknown
York harbor south of the Battery houses in the world. No. 10 Down
(The account below, in his own words, is from a crew member of the SS James B. Rich was the home of Wouter van Twil ing St.. home and office of the
ler, second director of New Neth British prime minister, i bears the
ardson (Alcoa) which ran aground within sight Of Cherbourg, France, on Dec. 16 with con erlands (163738)? In 1698 it was name of an American? George
siderable damage to the vessel. After a week of pounding, the ship was towed three miles set aside for the benefit of "His Downing, son of one of the earliest
into port Dec. 23, discharged the remainder of her cargo and has since gone into drydock. No Majesty's Governors," and for this settlers of Massachusetts, became
reason is called Governors, without a successful bhsinessman in Lon
injuries were suffered.—Ed.)
an article or apostrophe.
don and Downing Street waS'
named for him.
One jolly morning Frenchy Auger, Red Gargas and myself shipped aboard the good ship
4" t
J. B. Richardson. The ship was held up awaiting an engineer, which started us off with a That a pretty accurate guide for
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forecasting the weather by yourself That you can't fold a piece of •
lousedup sailing.
is by observing changes in the paper across the middle more than
After a rough trip across the
wind's direction? If the jchange is seven times? The size of the paper
North Atlantic, we hit the English
in a clockwise direction, the weath makes no difference; it works with
Channel on a Saturday night. Sun
er will improve. If it's counter a newspaper page or a postage
day morning the crew was spruc
clockwise, keep your slickers stamp.
ing up and looking forward to a
handy!
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gay time in France, with Cher
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That the love of smoked meat
bourg our first port.
That the expression "someone is was why the pirates of the Spanish
About eight I started on watch,
not worth his salt" stems from an Main were dubbed buccaneers? The
and the deck gang was at its usual
cient times, when every Roman word "buccaneer" was derived
task of raising gear. About coffee
soldier going to the wars was pro from the French "boucaner,"
.time I relieved the wheel. Good
vided with a bag of salt or a spe meaning to smoke meat on a bucari,
old "Coastwise" Jones was on
cial sum of money for its pur a grill for drying and smoking
lookout.
chase? This stipend was called the meat.
About 10:45 A.M. all hell broke
soldier's salarium. The modern
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loose. Brothers, hell might be be
English word salary also springs That the pastime of kicking a
low, but we were skyhigh. When
from this practice.
ball around goes back beyond the
the mist finally rose, we were shak
limits of recorded history? There
4
4
4
ing hands with the Frenchmen on
That when the Georgia Federa was a sort of football played by
the beach, who were digjging clams.
tion of Labor's wartime bond drive Athenians, Spartans and Corinth
, This was only the beginning,
went over the top and two Liberty ians 2,500 years ago called "epis
however.
ships were named for AFL leaders. kuros." Most likely the gridiron
Like vultures a bunch of sal
Seafarers crewpd them up right sport we know today goes back
vage tugs tore down on us next Neatly pleated fold in deck of Richardson shows part of damage out of the Savannah hall?
only as far as English rugby.
morning at high tide, trying to tow after .she ran aground. Engineer Allan Sarg is taking soundings.
us off the rocks. The seven of
them represented four different were dirty. We thought of a poem, gan as they began to dump our
countries. After six fruitless hours "The Rime of the Ancient Mar cargo overboard. But the ship had
they gave it up.
iner," about "water, water, every already broken her back.
Twothirty that afternoon where, and not a drop to drink." It is really nefrve wracking wait
Frenchy was on the bow working, All we could do was sit and wait. ing so close to shore without leave.
when suddenly things began to Lifeboats were readied in case of The whole crew feels for the
happen again. 'After the shock he emergency. The ship was expected skipper, Carl Shutz, who was one
realized that the ship was break to break all the way in half any hell of a good Joe. The bottom,
ing up, and he made a mad dash time. Sleep was impossible. The steering gear, rudder, screw and
for the midship house to warn the big hope was that the weather all the holds are badly damaged.
crewmen who were asleep. Deck wouldn't worsen.
We are all hoping thibgs better
engineer Allan Sarg, taking sound
Towards morning things began themselves before long. The sal
ings at the time, found he was sud to brighten up, as the weather did vage crew is working like mad to
denly rising skyward. He stood hold up. A salvage crew came save the ship.
there for a minute frozen stiff, aboard and a major operation be
Bob Garrod
then broke all track records run
ning for the midship house. (Up
to this point, I had been catching
a little sack time.)
All of a sudden the ship gave
a lurch and there was a loud crash.
A hell of a turmoil broke loose. I
made a dash for my lifejacket and
headed for the door. When I hit Of all the dances that the slaves brought from Africa—.
the passageway, a scramble had war, hunting, sexual and marriage ritual, funeral and religious
started among the crew. Saloon rites—dances that accompanied every important act or occa
messman Willie White streaked
past me headed for the deck aft sion of tribal life, it was"*
.tishistic dance of the them practiced long before they
In his shorts and carrying a suit the '
case and lifejacket.
Macumbas that exercised the gained popularity in the States.
Only one thought bothered this
The Samba in Rio, Bahia and
crew, and that was how to get off greatest force in Brazil.
As tne ^uizomba of the Ango Pernambuco was known under at
the ship? But, assured by the cap
tain that there was no immediate lians or Batuque of other tribes, it least 16 other names in other parts
danger, the men stood by. The ship was the forerunner of the Samba of the country. And since any
was almost cracked in two and the that is sweeping the world as a number of dancers could join the
evening tide was coming up.
Tokohama hit parade favorites—the Melody Sisters' Trio
Supper that evening was a mess. popular dance today. Many crew circle and dance for hours on end,
while one individual
at a
time took
There was no water and dishes men off the Delta Line ships saw
Yokahoma, because of the many seamen and GI's passing
the center to demonstrate his through, is one of the closest cities in appearance to any big
particular artistry, it was admirably stateside metropolis you can name. The local citizenry has
Make Yule Sick Call Cheerier
suited for all occasions.
endeavored to please their^t
Sometimes the man dancing solo American trade in every way. The USS building offers a res
would challenge a woman, or a
taurant, souvenir shop, bar and
woman a man. Then, surrounded The Bessemer Victory crewmen cocktail lounge, barber shop, hotel
by the dancing, shouting, stamping considered it rare fortune to turn accommodations, photos, money
circle, they woifld stage a dancing up in town after a run to Korea exchange, shoe shine and post of
duel.
just on Christmas Day because Jt's fice among other flourishing enter
Meeting European and Indian a good place to be for the holidays. prises. No Waldorf Astoria, of
dances in Brazil, the Samba ac
One of the bright spots for Sea course, but a pleasant spot to be
quired other characteristics, grad farers were the attractions of the when you're 10,000 miles from
ually becoming generalized and USS club which offers many enter home.
simplified. But though it lost its taining and recreation facilities for Here since 1947 is L. W. 'Sned
primitive aspect, it always retained travelers through the port.
aker and his wife, who were for
its African rhythms.
A highlight was the appearance merly with the" USS in Kobe, and
With the Negroes from the vari of the Melody Sisters, an aggre they really give the men a good
ous colonies about Rio, it descended gation of six girls, who feature deal, visiting many in the hospi
to the Praca de Junio during Hawaiian music and are rated tals and providing similar kind
carnival for the threeday festival among the top entertainers in that nesses otherwise unavailable.
the Negroes hold there. Thus, as field. New Year's was a lot like The beauty of it all is that all
native and urban civilizations home at any nightspot. Their most are treated alike with no favors for
mingled, the dance lost more aii0 solicited number is the "Japanese licensed men as against unlicensed
more of its character as . a tribal Rhumba," which is probably a personnel. And nobody presses
dance and began to be stylized as leader in the local hit parade. you to buy lots of liquor, food or
Trio of hdspitalized Seafarers at Savannah USPHS happily waves we know it on the ballroom floors There's also a male musical group, the other sidelines customary in
925 sick benefit bonus after getting it Christmas. Pictured of today.
the Gambollers, which provides a other spots.
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"MarLog" good, variation of American, ttmesi
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Yokohama's Melody Girls
Help Chime In Crew's '52
Samba? An Old Ritiial
To Delta Line Crews
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�Del Siidders Nine Wins; LOGA'RHYTHMS:
Credo
Now Tops Caucho League
By Jimmie C, Arnold
("I must confess my hands are
more accustomed to a marlinspike
and a paintbrush than a typewrit
er," Brother Arnold notes with ap
parent misgivings. We think his
poem exceeds his expectations.—
Ed.)
Back again 'tween sky and sea
Where always I long to be,'
Solitude like the rarest wine
Creeping through these veins of
mine.
By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor
Next to the pinhole camera that can be made with cardboard, a
razor or a pin, the box camera is the simplest to operate and get ex
cellent photos.
Get one whose film size makes a sizeable negative. If you are
trying to save aoney there's no point in getting a 35mm job and
spend a fortune making enlargements so that you can see what you've
taken. Stay away from anything that gives you a negative smaller
than 2VAX2V4 inched unless you have the money to blow up each nega;
tive. If the camera takes other than a 2V4inch square negative make
sure that it can take both Horizontal and vertical photos. This meajjs
that it must have two view finders, one for the horizontal and one
Sick of shore, its worry 'n' strife for the vertical view. Use the horizontal and longer side of your
My mistress, the soothing sea,
film area for large groups and views and the narrow side for photos
Restores my ebbing life.
of individuals and small groups. Your negatives area will thus be
utilized
more efficiently.
Never may ships cease to ply
Some
box cameras have means for varying the opening in the lens.
Those nearforgotten trails.
This is usually in the form of a small plate with holes of different
The world is slowly passing by
Where you find simple pleasures sizes in it. The plate can be moved so that different sized holes come
before the lens. This is necessary when using films of different speeds
Victorious Del Sud nine after rame with SS Brazil, latest in strinx That never will change:
and under varying light conditions. If the small plate has three holes,
A cheerful
glass,
friendly
maid
of .wins piled up by. Delta line crew. The charming young miss
the largest is. usually marked f16, the middle one is f22 and the
Then back to sea again.
in foreground is the' good luck charm of the SIU team.
smallest is f32. Under average light conditions use the largest open
Buenos Aires—The undefeated add a little confusion by talking it When my last articles are broken ing, the middle one under very bright conditions, and the smallest
under brilliant light on water or beach where reflected light is being
Del Sud "Rebels" baseball team up in Spanish to throw the '"Reb And stiff and cold I lie.
added to the subject you are shooting.
continued its winning ways by tak els" off, but it was to no avail. Sew me in my canvas shroud
If the camera is, so constructed that filters can be attached, so much
After the game, a large smorgas And gently lower me overside.
ing a determined SS Brazil (Moore
Mac) aggregation over the jumps, bord was set up, and needless to Shed rio tears for my base remains better. A medium yellow filter known as K2 is fine for general work.
A filter's major purpose is to absorb some of the blue of the sky so
149. Scene of the contest was the say, a merry time was had by all. Have a drink, say a toast
that the whiteness of the clouds stand out b#tter. At some later date
plush Gimnasia y Esgrima Club at The thanks of both teams goes out If but this I can claim
we will devote more space to the use of filters of other colors. For
Palermo.
to Alberto Kaufman of the Gim "As he lived, so he died
beginners the medium yellow will do fine.
The "Rebels" who, just the week nasia y Esgrima Club who handled "In a seamanlike manner
"Bolstered by a seaman's pride." If you can afford an extra buck or so, it's a good idea to have a
befote had edged the powerful all the arrangements.
built in flash attachment in the box camera. The flash gun does not
Gimnasia nine in extra innings,
have to be purchased immediately. Master the camera, without any
76, were off form but managed to
gadgets before you start to fool around with flash.
coast in.
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Off to a fast start by scoring four
Make sure that the camera has a threaded insei't in the body of the
markers in the first inning, the
box so that the camera can be mounted on a tripod when a steady
Del Sud squad never lost the lead
rest is needed for time exposures.
thereafter by maintaining a com
It is important that the camera can take time exposures for indoor
fortable margin in the run column.
shooting
without flash. There are times then j'ou may want natural
Hal Ebby, veteran southpaw,
lighting,
as
weak as it may be for special effects. A camera thus
started on th^'mound for the Del The call of the sea4sgetting Mercado is tired of woiking ashore, equipped will
either have "Bulb" or "Time" marked on the shutter.
Sud and put in an effective job de louder for one brother. George we hear. He first worked as a On the bulb setting
the shutter remains open as long as the shutter
spite some loose playing by his John, who sailed out of New Or driving instructor and then as a lever is depressed and
when you release the lever. On the
mates. He got into trouble in the leans for several years, is now liv cabbie. But he says the public is time setting, one push of closes
the lever
opens the shutter and it stays open
fifth frame, however and the burl ing one block from Broadway and too hard to please, so back to sea until another push closes it. Time
on the camera makes it possible
ing chores were taken over by attending college. He's soon to he goes.
to
leave
the
camera,
and
this
is
very
handy for very long exposures.
Harry "The Cat" Hastings, man receive his degree . . . Dick Grant
if if • if
Some
night
shots
may
run
as
long
as
30
seconds and longer.
ager of the Delta vessel's nine. is no longer on the Puerto Rico. Tom Keenan made a resolution
Hastings, although off form, and He's the new manager of the SIU for the new year. He's through with
Let's review these points. A serviceable box camera should:
further thrown off by additional cafeteria at headquarters.
love and that goes for the senoritas 1. Use 120 to 620 film giving 8 photos 2l4x3l^ or 12 photos that are
miscues behind lilm, managed to
in
the islands too . . Vic D'India 21,4 square.
keep the Brazil batters in 'Check.
back
the "Sea Beach Express," 2. Have time and bulb for making time exposures.
The losers utilized three twirlers. Those having difficulties with which on
is
a sand dredge operating
their
speech
(stuttering
and
stam
"The Cat," incidentally, was the
3. Have adjustable openings for controlling the amount of light
out
of
Newark
to Coney Island.
mering)
might
take
a
crack
at
the
hero of the previous week's con
entering the
lens.
The N.Y. hall is packed with men
test by bla'sting a gamewinning training offered at the School of
now but there's no trouble shipping
Speech Correction, 61 Irving Place,
4.
Take
both
horizontal and vertical photos and include view finders
homer over the left field fence.
Ray Jones and "Sonny" Catalano N.Y.C. A good deal for those who out. "Mush" Siegal leaving his ship for accurately viewing what is included.
alternated behind the plate and at need it . . . Mike Rossi paid us a for a checkup. He's having a little 5. Have means for attaching and using a flash gun.
trouble with an old head wound ...
first base in order to foil the heat visit recently and
Allan McDonald and the missus 6. Have a way of placing filters in front of the lens.
of the day. Both are equally adept he said we have
played shuffleboard here in the 7. Have a threaded insert so that the camera may be mounted on
at either position and dangerous everything in the
new hall duiing a visit and
the fair a tripod.
men up at the plate as well. "Son building except a
sex came
out
best.
swimming
pool.
ny" made a bid for a fourbagger
"Tiny" Mease blew his top \.'hen
by pulling a powerful drive to deep The next time he
he
had four blowouts on his car
left center which was literally comes around,
within an hour recently ^ . . After
snatched right off the far barrier. we'll refer him to
working ashore as a scrap dealer
Although the "Rebels" defense the Hotel St.
in Boston for a couple of years, and
played a choppy game in the in George.
(Test your wits on these pu^ers. Answers on page 22.)
doing very well, Walter Rigby must
field, the boys in the outer pas
if if ir
Rossi
have caught a whiff of salt air. (1) The name of the airplane used by Charles Lindbergh in his 1927
tures did well for themselves. Joe Pacheco
He's back at sea on his way to the solo flight across the Atlantic was the (Kitty Hawk), (Spirit of St. Louis),
"Frenchy" Blanchard and „Ken and Myles Stern back
on the island
(Winnie Mae), (Independence)?
Candetta played a bangup game, run. Myles was showing the charm Far East.
Salty Dick
pulling down some really hardhit ing Mrs. Stern around the new
(2) You be the judge. If the husband of a flirtatious wife sees a wolf
balls.
making passes at her, must he warn her of her danger?
building . . . Ray Usera a proud
In contrast to the Mooremac
father. He expects the
Safety Squad
(3) Only one member of a college class came up with the answer to
squad, which had little success in expectant
bundle of joy sometime in June .. .
this poser in one minute. Try it! Tom said to Jack, "Give me one of your
its attempts to pick up extra bases, For
10 months Edward Glazder
cows and I'll have twice as many as you." Jack replied, "It would be fairer
the Del Sud men again played an
stayed
on
the
Government
Camp
for you to give me one of
your cows, for then we'd be even." How many
aggressive game on the basepaths,
with stopovers at Iceland and Ger
did each have?
pilfering bases almost at will.
A sidelight to the contest was many. The rest of the time was
(4) Who is the former world's heavyweight champ of the thirties who
the effort by the Brazil hands to coastwise.
is
stil making headlines today as a wrestler?
The Del Mar has had a streak of
bad breaks in the past. Let's hope
(5) Where is "Anna" not a girl's name, but a unit of money (Brazil),
1952 will bring her smooth sailing.
(South Africa), (India), (Denmark)?
. . . Bob Garn, bosun on a Liberty,
(6) A man, when asked whose picture he was looking at, replied:
stopped over in the N.y. for a few
"Brothers and sisters I had none
days, but he's pining for the wife
But that man's father was my father's son."
Readers will note that ships back in New Orleans.
Who was the person in the picture?
minutes in this issue are print
if if i>
ed in smaller type, enabling
(7) The islands in the Paciflc named originally after the Earl of Sand
Pete De Vries has just joined the
the use pf much more news of
wich are now known by what name?
shipboard meetings. As part crew of the PR. Pete left l^Tew
(8) A and B can complete a piece of work in three days. A can do it
of the effort to make the LOG Orleans and went to Pennsylvania
alone in
four days. How many days would it take B to. do it alone?
to
see
his
teenage
daughter.
He
a bigger and better paper in
brought her up to New York for
every way. Seafarers are urged
(9) Low, formless dark clouds (himbostratus) usually indicate (clear
to be sure to send ships minutes the holidays and showed hcK a
weather), (a possible thunderstorm), (continous rain or snow), (cold
to headquarters so that they grand time by staying at one of
front)?
can be reported to the full; the, swankiest hotels and seeing Safety's the keynote on YOung (10) The point O' latitude and O' longitude is roughly near (Uberia),
sqmU' top . shows.v £h? was the America. J. Fisher and M. Tindell
memberdiip. .:
happiest kid, in town « .
. Brother help emphasis it for the crew. (Marshall Islands), (Cape Horn), (Newfoundland)?
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Can Whistia it Sanoritas In Thalr Own Languaga Naw
By Spike Marlin
It's a good thing that there's a Who wouldn't want to swap him
hot stove league, because January's for Musial?
a bum month for sports. Football With Ray Robinson beginning to
fade. Kid Gavilan looms as the
is a thing of the past, baseball just cream of
the boxing crop—^when he
a warm weather dream. The box feels like fighting. The Cuban
ing promoters are talking big about could give Ray a very good run fo*
outdoor bouts in the spring and his money right now.
golfers are practicing new swings Brooklyn's Duke Snider is one
behind locked bedroom doors. All of the most overrated players in
baseball. Tommy Byrne of the
there is to do is watch "the elon Browns has the best cuiwa ball
gated rubber bands bounce around anywhere.
the basketball court or hockey The guy who should be welter
players battle their way to the weight champ, but isn't is Tony
usual tie. Some ambitious people Janiro. He has the most talent, but
least resistance to beef and
are out on skis, fracturing ankles the
bourbon,
especially the latter.
and coccyges in the process (that's
Billy
Pierce
of the White Sox
the tail end of your spine, son).
is our
best
bet for
winning twenty
Things being dull all over, we'll
scan the sports scene for some games next year. You would be
personal observations and proph hard put to find a better lefthander.
"Repita Usted" is the byword these days aboard cruise ship Del Norte, whose crewmen have pooled ecies. Here's a few samples:
When all is said and done about
talents to learn the language of their Latin ports of call. With chief steward Bill Kaiser (the three
Sports writers should have their scholarships and under the table
striper) as prof, and Spanish linguaphone records, the boys in the class have made dandy progress. heads examined. The last three payments etc. to football players,
years running they've selected the you really gotta enjoy the game
wrong man for the American to play it—all the money notwith
League's TMost Valuable Player standing.
award. In 1949 Rizzuto was the We often wonder who supports
best but Williams got the duke,
(The following short story was written hy a Seafarer who, though he enjoys seeing his although he helped kick away the tennis players while they swat the
ball around in England, Egypt,
work in print, prefers to remain anonymous^)
pennant the last two days of the Australia, the Riviera, India and
season. Rizzuto grabbed the award
She was heading intcJ the wind at a slow rolling pace, while the lights of the great city a year late in 1950, when he was other assorted places.
were shining bright against the morning sky.
well below his '49 form. Berra, We've never seen the Olympic
anything but Inter
I guess no one, including myself, slept very much that night. Here was the city, here who deserved it, was shut out. The games produce
national illwill.
Yogi was
a big disappointment
last
was America.
'
so they voted him the award, The 60yard dash rated as the
The Brickside, as I will call her, chored out in the harbor awaiting blanket. I pulled the blanket down y«!ar,
while
Allie Reynolds, the top man, "Most Idiotio Pastime" until the
a
berth
and finally
that
afternoon
and
told .him
outright:
Come
on,
was one of those ships the Navy
didn't
even come close. Perhaps roller derby came along.
never dared build; but this was she tied up portside to, to America. kid, spill it. What's wrong? Come the players or the
managers should Who remembers when people •
' war, an allout war, and because The first section of a threesection on talk.
"I was dead set on going home," select the MVP from here on in. had arguments about Medwick vs.
of this the Brickside was drafted leave group was posted.
Steve's face beamed when he Steve began, "when I arrived at Ralph Kiner hits lots of home DiMaggio? Or for that matter,
Into the Naval Service.
was
included in the first group, the depot, I found I had a couple runs, but what else can he do? Gordon vs. Doerr?
I was talking to Steve the morn
ing we were coming into port. He starting the next morning at 11:30 of hours to wait and decided to see
was just relieved of his watch, and and for twelve days afterwards. He some of the city. I walked in this
came up on deck to see the lights was soon ready to go, but before bar for just one beer. I'm drinking
^arid how much farther we had to he did he came to bid me goodbye. my beer when I see her at the
With a sharp salute off he went other end of the bar. She's nice*
'4fo.
down the gangway. The days went looking, real nice but I never
"Steve, you must have, a pretty by fast and the day came when the
The advent of the new year ward his body still had not been
good sum coming to you. I noticed first group was due back and the fooled around like some of the marked the final departure of two found.
most of your dough wasleft riding second to leave. I noticed Steve other boys. So I turn the other Searfarers, reports to the LOG re A member of the SIU since De
on the books. I can assure you a coming up the gangway and I was way because I start feeling funny
cember, 1938, Sammon made his
vealed.
lot of others wish they had done rather anxious to ask him how he all over."
home in Sarasota, Fla. He is sur
XRay Eyes
Donald Emory Sammon, 32, and vived by his mother.
the same. Almost two years with had spent his leave. I called—but
"I know the type, Steve. Those Otto Lorey, 56, both passed away The departure of Brother Lorey
out a decent liberty and'some of no response.
babes with the Xray eyes. She aboard their respective ships in was no less tragic. Aboard the
them are coming home broke."
I caught up with him and asked
Ames Victory (Victory Carriers) as
The morning air was becoming what was the idea in pretending saw right through your wallet and December.
a bit chilly, and Steve pulled on not to hear me. He said he was started working her way closer to Brother Sammon, AB, born in a bedroom steward, he had passed
Florida, was last on the Ocean C away during the nght, a fact dis
the collar of his Jacket closer to sorry and wasn't feeling any too you. Am I right?"
"Yes, Red, but how did you (Ocean Transportation) tied up at covered when he failed to wake up
his neck.
well and was going to bed. I know?"
the bauxite docks in Baton Rouge, with the rest of the stewards' de
"The only reason I saved that noticed something was wrong and
money was to be sure I could make begged him to spill it, but no dice. "Forget it, keep telling your La. With payoff due the next day, partment when awakened by the
he went ashore with some friends 48 standby the morning of Decem
it home when we got back. My I couldn't hang around much story."
mom kept telling me to hurry longer for I had my own bags to "It's not long before we are talk December 23 and apparently re ber 4.
home in every one of her letters pack. I, too, was anxious to get ing and I tell her how it's my first turned to the ship about midnight. An SIU'member since 1947, he
and that's what I intend to do." off this bucket of rust. Before I Statewide liberty in almost two Crevnnan Stanley White, ship's del also had been sailing in engine
After that she cracks one of egate, reports he heard a noise like rates prior to becoming a Seafarer.
Straight Course
did, I thought I'd better take an years.
those
jokes
that makes you forget something heavy falling into the He was buried at sea that same
"That's the spirit kid," I told other look at Steve. I was along train schedules.
I'm not going to water and later learned a seaman day in accordance with the request
him. "Don't you listen to any of side of his bunk and talking, but go into details, but
no doubt you was overboard. A search between of his sister. His survivors also in
those wouldbe old salts. Keep no answer.
can
guess
the
rest.
dock and ship produced no clude a brother, William, of Rock
clear of the joints and you'll be all The kid was faking a sleep but "She keeps talking, I keep drink the
trace
of him and five days after land, Long Island.
right. I'm going to hit the sack. I knew he couldn't be because I
ing
and
before
long
she
suggests
See you later, Steve."
was dead sure I heard a couple of
That morning the Brickside an sobs coming from under that her apartment. I wake up the next
day with an awful headache,, alone.
I feel for my wallet, pull it out and
find she was rotten enough to
leave me a couple of bucks. Tdo
The government, when it under Mexico, he was presjident of the broke to get home and too ashamed
took the tremendous shipbuilding convention urging annexation with to return to the ship, I spent my "Brotherhood of the Sea" takes in a lot of territory for Sea
leave at the USO and canteens, farer Joe Sodolski. An AB on the Cities Service tanker
program of World War II, named the US and later a US Senator.
mostly crying my heart out."
Royal Oak, Joe carries the brotherhood theme all over—even
its Liberty ships after famous
I was worried, for I knew the to a dusky cigar store Indian stand
4 4 4^
Americans. Below are the names
of a few SlUcontracted Libertys Nathaniel Currier (Waterman). kid would never be the same and ing guard in a Texas bar.
The proprietor and patrons of
and thumbnail sketches of the per Lithographer (181388). Born in another trip out would go hard on Having sailed for over 20 years, the ginmill have attested to Joe's
him.
I patted
Steve
on
the
shoul
Roxbury, Mass., he opened a litho
Joe has picked up a lot of friends. noble spirit whenever he meets up
sons whose names they bear.
graph business in New York and in ders and told him not to worry. I iiii
not the least of with this Indian friend. Some have
Augnst Belmont (South Atlantic). 1834 issued the first of what is now spoke ta the Executive Office.
which is the stol been shocked on "occasion to see
Banker (18161890). Austrianbom, known as the Currier & Ives prints, Finally after arrangements were
id Chief who him chatting amiably with his pal,
he established a banking concern titled "News of Merchant Ex made, where I would take oyer all
graces the por but onlookers insist that Joe al
after coming to the US in 1837. A changes." (Ives was a partner.) of his duties, I had it fixed for
tals of the Long ways treats the timber Redskin
naturalized citizen, he was consul
Steve to take his leave.
horn Bar in Gal like a gentleman. He may of course
4 4 4
general for Austria in the US and
"Look Steve, here's some money
veston.
use the Indian's skull for a hat
later American minister to the Adoniram Judson (Alcoa). Cler • to make it home. Be certain your
Known near rack, but this, is as far as he goes
Netherlands.
gyman (17881850). Bora in Mai on that train and give my regards
and far by the in overstepping the line of pro
den, Mass., and educated at Brown to your Mom."
4"
4"
name Joe Toma priety.
Thomas J. Bosk (Alcoa). States and Andover, he was a founder of That afternoon I sent a telegram.
toes,
Sodolski re
Sodolski
man (180357). Bom in South Car the American Board of Commis —^Leave which was expected has
cently won men It is further agreed that Joe, be
olina, he became an outstanding sioners for Foreign Ministers and been cancelled. Sorry I hurt you. tion in the Galveston News for sides being the sole patron to treat
figure in Texas history until it be a leading figure in the early Chris Dear. Fray it won't be too long. his yeai% of kindness to the Chief, the Indian gently, believes the
came a state. Secretary of War tian missionary movement in Asia. I love yoy.
whose fivefeet, 11inch frame has Chief is alive. If you had seen him
and commander of an army group He was chiefly known for his work
Your loving husband, Red.— been marred by the pranks of talking it up with the Chief the
fn the war for independence froiji as a Baptist missionary in Burma.
(Name withheld.) 0|aiw an imbiber.
ypiu:4
it ^QiO. .
. (^tjipr
TwelveDay Leave • ..
^ Short Story
Jki'
I
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Tragic End tor 2 StV Men
Seafarer Blood Brother
To Texas Wooden Indian
How Libertys Were Named
\
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11. Uit
MJnele Otto *Omo
Wonderiui Man'
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SgjfFilJIgKS £OC
LETTERS'
Turkey Day Feed
Was a Whopper
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
Coast Guard and police. The Coast It sure was a pleasure to ship
I am very proud to. read the earnings are posted in the main New iOG a Bit
Guard said we had to pay because on the Bradford Island (Cities
LOG as my son is a member of the hall for inspection anytime.
it's the law and the only way to Service) the last trip. We have a
SIU. I read about Uncle Otto Our welfare fund is growing Aboard Trinitg
beat this thing is to have our un swell stewards department, and be
(Dec. 14) and am very sorry to every day and we all hope it will To the Editor:
continue to grow, so that all can be The first new LOG has been re ions protest against it.
hear of his trouble.
lieve it or not, a perfect chief cook
Uncle Otto was at my house on protected to even greater extent ceived aboard the Trinity (Carras), This officer claimed he was try and an excellent second cook and
two trips he made to Charleston than now.
and speaking for the crew and my ing to do away with the law and baker.
,
*
and what he told my son was right All the benefits that we have self, let me say that the new paper needs some outside help. He said Stew and his entire department
if' we
would
yell
loud
and
long
. because Bill has been going at sea achieved, as to wages, contracts, is a fine conception of what the
really went allout for Thanksgiv
enough we could have this law ing. At 10 AM coffeetime, they
for five years now in the stewards vacations and welfare are the part fellows want.
done away with. Well, we're yell put out an eggnog that couldn't be
of the Union that is the memorial
department.
Particular praise has been made ing.
I'd like to remind Otto about of the SIU.
change in port reports, that So If you want to be $5 richer, beat in any bar, plus a smorgas
the good times we had here in That is what the building stands on the
is, the briefing of
port minutes into don't lose your pass in Germany bord to go with it.
Charleston (Boston, . Mass.) be for. As for the marble, tile and an interesting account
The day's menus included: as
things while they have this phony law.
cause I think he is one of the stone, they have no life, no wel happening in the ports of of call and
sorted nuts, hard candy, stuffed
Frank J. Shandl celery, olives, radishes, green on
nicest men I have met in a long fare, no benefits, nothing except not the dull routine that used to
Ship's delegate
the union which they surround and
time.
ions, oyster stewi roast turkey with
make them un
During the war I asked him what protect. I hope that in the future
giblet gravy, oyster stuffing, cran
interesting.
The
he would do if the ship got tor the walls of today are too small
berry sauce, roast prime ribs of
change in the All's Well With
pedoed and he said he would lock for the union of tomorrow.
beef au jus, baked Virginia ham, i
presentation
of
Charles J. Hartman
himself up In the refrigerator.
parkerhouse rolls, cloverleaf rolls,
ship's minutes is The Seathunder
Then at least he would have
candied yams, buttered broccoli,
also a welconfe To the Editor:
enough to eat down there, he said.
one because it I'm a crewmember of the SS whole corn, mashed potatoes,
Care tor Injured
He must have loved the sea.
permits the publi Seathunder (Colonial) and I'd like pumpkin pie, mince meat pie, coco
Please print this letter if you Wiper Applauded
cation of more of to take this opportunity to tell you nut cream pie, plum pudding with
can. I had to say a word about a To the Editor:
these. These are a little about our wonderful ship rum sauce, chiffon cake, fruit cake,
wonderful man. The children and The crew of the Steel Chemist
ice cream, assorted cookies, the
import ant b e and crew.
Milton
I send him our very best and wish (Isthmian) Highly commends Chief
cause many of the And we really have a wonder whole works and then some.
him and all of you a happy new Engineer Leonard. Wilson for the brothers come up with some fine ful crew. The same goes for the After reading this, we hope some
year.
and ideas through them. officers above and below deck, the of our Union brothers \vill take
Martin Cosiin devotion and care given to Homer changes
Gills, wiper, who was Injured Personally speaking, I'd like to black gang, the deck department, heed and try to do likewise. If this
t, K,
aboard ship. Gills was struck in see a section, not too large, about and last but not least the stewards can be done on a CS ship, it can
the eye
wrench while clean educational books such as the "En department headed by Charlie be done on any of our contracted
Seamar StewArd ing the with a
ships.
floor plates with an elec cyclopedia of Fancy Rope Work," Jackson.
Crew, Bradford Island
Does a Fine dob tric brusher.
by Raoul Graumont and John Hen
We've had some wonderful times
ft ft ft
To the Editor:
The chief gave up his bed to sel. Ditto for something like "The aboard here also. My mouth is still
Having just made the coastwise the wiper and did everything pos Mature Mind" by H. A. Over watering at the thought of the Hails Crackdown
run and back on the Seamar, one sible to make him comfortable street. There are a good many of fine Thanksgiving dinner we had
of Calmar'g ore boats, I want to until he could be put off in the our fellow seamen who like this while we were in the shipyard for On Ships' Agents
type of deep reading and most al repairs in Baltimore.
say a few words Azores for hospitalization. ^
To the Editor:
of praise for the A small fund was collected ways ask the ship's delegate to We are now in the Mediterra I read about the Union's crack
ship's crew and within the engine department for have them added to the ship's li nean, one day out of Genoa. We down on company agents who give
especially for a missionary nurse on board who brary since the American Mer passed the Rock of Gibraltar two the business to the sick men in for
the steward who also administered medical aid to chant Marine Library Assn. doesn't days ago but couldn't see the Pru eign ports and all I can say is, "hit
was a 100per the injured man day and night, in seem to carry books of that nature. dential sign as it was kind of foggy. 'em again, harder." I had the mis
cent union man. addition to feeding and. washing I think if the members came Our ship's delegate is Frenchy fortune to be stranded on the beach
Wecre wed him to make everything easy until across them in the LOG, we'd LeBlanc, with Red Imnan, deck, once a long way from home. Be
have the book stores working over Jacob A. Otreba, engine, and Smit lieve me, once those company
up this ship he could be put ashore.
time. Many thanks for the kindness ty Smith, steward, the department agents get out of range of
J. D. Croker
from Baltimore,
the Union
Ship's delegate of the brothers who sent the crew representatives.
went through
patrolman
they drop
that "we
Wright
season's greetings from Port Ar I'd also like to add that you the Union" stuff quick, and love
the canal and up
L L
givovj
thur, Texas. We'll be back that way couldn't find a better skipper than you a worse kicking around than"
the West Coast and back, getting
Smoking on
Oil
again
real
soon.
Captain
J. E.
Mosely.
He
not
only
off In New York just in time to
they would to a hound dog who
Rocky Milton has great ability in seamanship, lost
wish everybody at headquarters a Ship is No Joke
on a fat raccoon.
but he is very understanding as It the scent
Happy New Year. It was a good To the Editor:
just
goes
to show that these
trip with a fine crew, and that Had a little discussion aboard Gi Doesn't Want far as human nature is concerned. guys only behave when the Union
Best wishes from this crew.
goes for the mate and the engi the Seathunder (Colonial) which
breathing down their necks like
Abe Rosen is
neers, too. The steward did a can't be repeated often enough on To Lag on News
the old schoolteacher I once had
ft ft ft
swell job and made it a pleasant an oil ship.
To the Editor:
back home. It's a good thing that
trip for all hands.
we have the kind of Union that's
The subject of smoking on deck I'm enclosing my address as I'm The Lady Finds
Archie Wright came up and for the benefit of new hoping you will send the LOG. I
right in there with these broken
field artists and got them taped be
t ^
men, the rules were strongly em don't want to get too far behind New LOG Swell
To the Editor:
fore tliey'd start othenvise they
on
the
news.
Besides,
I expect
to
phasized
once
again.
New
men
Real Memorial
were cautioned to confine smoking be back at the SIU hall to get a I am writing to tell you the new %vould run hogwild over you and
me and everj'body else that sails
is SiU Record
to oilclear areas of the ship and shipping card as soon as I get my LOG is swell.
for
a living. Brother, when I was
discharge.
Of
course this
is only
a
woman's
to
steer
away
from
spaces
where
• To the Editor:
over
that other side with a bum
They've
got
me
working
in
a
view,
but
I am
sure
the
Seafarers
gas
fumes
might
make
a
spark
I wag looking over our head
leg so that I could hardly
walk they
port company,
so I meet
some SIU
all like it
as well.
quarters building and I came to somewhat dangerous.
had
me flat
on
ihy
back
and
would
ships
in
here.
I've
met
a
couple
Thank
you,
by
the way, for
pub
The
membership
has
voted
that
this conclusion. It is a wonderful
do
me
a
big favor
by
throwing me
of
buddies
I used to sail
with
and
lishing
the "personal" I
requested.
memorial for the members, both this subject be treated at every
Mrs. Gabrlelle Umsted a fiver even though I had money
present and past, and proves that shipboard meeting so that new it sure felt good to get a couple
coming to me.
of
good
meals
for
a
change.
comers to the trade will become
ac
all our struggles were not in vain.
T. J. Sugsbee
Pvt.
Edgard
Nelson
quainted with
the proper
places for
To describe the new hall on
Hail Boston SIU
US
51104898
ft ft ft
smoking on
tankers.
paper is really something impos
14th Transport Bn.
C. R. Jackson
Blood Donor Aid Abiqna Chow Has
sible; if has to be seen tobe under
APO
59,
c/o
PM
To the Editor:
S*
4"
stood and enjoyed. True it is very
San Francisco, Calif.
We had a heartwarming experi Harry Drooling
modern and beautiful, but it stands Union Newcomer
(Ed.
Note:
Brother
Nelson's
letter
ence here in Boston which I'm To the Editor:
as a memorial to what union labor
bore
a
Munsan,
Korea
dateline.
Owes
Big
Debt
sure all the
boys would like to hear Who was it said that "the way
and management can achieve.
He'll get the LOG pronto.)
to a man's heart was through his
about.
We all know the trouble we had To the Editor:
i ft
It all started with Mrs. Sarah stomach?" Brothers, this dood it!
obtaining our present day con The new LOG speaks for itself.
Molloy being in the hospital and We've had some real humdingers
tracts, welfare protection, vaca It's greatly Improved, easier to Don't Lose Pass
needing blood. Her daughter, mar for holiday meals on the Abiqua
tion plan and other benefits and • read and shows a professional
When in
Germany
ried to one of our men, called to (Cities Service), but Tony Fran*
now they are down'in black and touch. We of the Seacomet (Col
To the Editor:
find out if we could help her out really outdid himself this trip.
white. How did this come about? onial) like it.
Well, we are a democratic union Our Union is new, too, and came I would like to bring to your in any way. Easy as pie, we asked This is the best feeding ship out of
and we crew the ships with men into its position'of leadership be attention the situation regarding the men at the hall and got five to Skeeter Gulch.
Harry R. Crabirse
that try to run the ships to the cause its foundation was laid by passes in Germany. We aboard the go. Seems only three were needed
Ship's delegate
best of their ability, and live up to the unlimited sacrifice of men with Western Farmer (Western Naviga so we got them in a cab and sent
ft ft ft
the law and order of the sea, as knowhow. If is therefore up to tion) havo found out the hard way them to the hospital.
well as the contracts of our Union those who have found top pay, that if you lose them, the German Well, when the lady got out she Oceanstar Crew
that we work under by our own hbmeJike atmosphere and tops in police tag you with a fine of 20 sent us a nice card and donation
for the LOG. She also called me to Lands Shipper
choice.
working conditions without any marks or five bucks.
We don't profess to know it all. personal effort to hold SIU stand The wiper lost his and after the tell how thankful she was, and To the Editor:
and we don't try to force the will ards high and with respect and ap old man called him up to pay the from her voice I gathered she was The crew of the SS Oceanstar
fine, he came to me and asked me a "youngster" in her 70's. I told 'Triton) wishes to commend the
, of a few on the backs of the many. preciation.
But we do respect each for his The strength of the Union lies in what could be done. I saw the old her it must be the Irish in her that skipper on this vessel as a pretty
good guy
ability to act as a man and conduct the efficiency of its men. To. err man and asked how come you can keeps her going.
himself as such, not as a tool of is human, but to not do as well as be fined if it doesn't say anything She tells me she's not Irish. We especially appreciate the way
some foreign dictator or other hid you know how is unpardonable. It on the pass about it. He explained Well she's part Irish now. I replied, in which Captain Pierres has
as two of the blood donors we treated all the men aboard. We
is up to all of us to be motivated it's a German law^
den power.
We have officials who help us in not only by our own initiative, but I told the wiper to refuse to pay sent up were Irishmen. She had have found him to be ji'st in all
any capacity within their means by our intelligent understanding of as I think this is some kind of quite a laugh out of it and is well his dealings with us on SIU and^
other matters.
the improvements sought by our racket. The agent went' ashore on the mend now.
when help is most needed.
Charles F. Dwyer
James
Sheehan
then,
as
we
were
to "sail soon,
but
Our rank and file brothers audit representatives and leaders.
Ship's delccat*
Port Agent
John S. Williams showed up in the locks with the
the books, and the reports and
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�Fare Twentr
Hated Seafarer
Seeks Diseharge
Friday, Jaauiy 11, 1982
S EAFAKERS LOG
L E T IE R S
Had Amor Galore
In Old Singapore
To the Editor:
To the Editors: =
where I spoke to the Captain in
Noticed an article In the LOG how it originated, when, the people
charge. He told me that about to It seems like the crew sure hated
(Nov. 2) on an AB who was dis who participate and so on. The in
leave Singapore. With all the
25% of the ships coming to lovers on this ship the town was
charged from the army. I'd like to formation would be applicable to
Trieste had currency trouble, but rocking and the boys had one
merchant seamen, mem of the USN To the Editor:
know the procedure necessary.
the other 75% were issued US swell time.
I was drafted in November '50, and fishermen.
Here I am way down in India
though sailing at the time on a I should be most grateful for amongst all the Hindus, some money and could avail themselves The Steel King (Isthmian) sure
N4vy tanker hauling jet fuel to any assistance you can give me and 10,000 miles away from New Or of the Armyowned and operated is an overtime ship this trip, but
Japan. My endorsements include I offer yoii my thanks in advance. leans where we signed on the good PX. Sugar Bowl, and Club 24, what the next one will be no one
which by arrangement with the
F. C. Rhodes
electrician, oiler, fireman, and wa
ship James Caldwell (Alcoa). We Maritime Commission and the US knows. You slave all day with this
(Ed.
Note:
Seafarers
can
contact
tertender. My total sea time is 30
mate—he wants your blood, it
arrived in Ohka after about 44
months, 24 as a rated man. How Mr. Rhodes directly, c/o The Cos days at sea with a load of grain, Army has been made available to seems. All he wants you to do is
ever, I don't have a "continuous ford Times, P. O. Box 71, Oosford, and rumor is we'll be here another merchant ship personnel.
He added that apparently the work every time he looks at you.
service" discharge. Please advise. NSW, Australia.)
two weeks.
captain didn't have the crew's wel He gives out overtime but brother
Cpl. Gerald Heiner
Brother, what a port to be in! fare in mind when he issued us how you have to do that work.
US 56080991
There is nothing whalsovever. No nothing but Lire, as it was impos
All members on these runs out
Co. H, 34th Inf.
dames, no movies, sible to buy anything at the Army in Far East had better be careful
APO 50, c/o PM
no souvenir shops facilities unless you had scrip. with their cigarettes in Saigon. The
San Francisco, Calif. To the Editor:
—^nothing but a This can only be obtained with customs boys come around after a
(Ed. Note: Your letter has been
village with about US money.
day or so and they grab the butts .
This is
the first
time I've
written
turned over to headquarters and
1,500 people. He further stated that it was not and whack you with rough fines.
to
the
LOG,
but
I
believe
it
is
a
they will inform you of the proper
There is another illegal to have US money provid In most ports you can do well with
good practice to let our member
procedure.)
town about 16 ing it was brought to the Army your cigarettes and not have to
ship know the importance of keep
4" 3^ 3»
miles froml here Finance office for exchange into make a draw. Hold on to all your
ing our Union spirit alive. (I am
with about 10,000 scrip and/or Lire.
American money because you can
on the SS John S. Mosby.)
people that is
get a good deal in Singapore. The
I remember years ago when I
C. E. Miller
supposed to be a
best two ports to hit out here, by
joined the SlU the pay and work
Korolla
t 4.^ 4>
little more civi
To the Editor:
the way, are Singapore and Penang.
ing conditions were miserable. At
know about that yet.
Everything's running in order the present time, however, we have lized. • I don't
Well, everyone says hello to the
We were supposed to go to Cal
with the DePauw Victory (South the best contract in the whole in
membership and officials and a
Atlantic). We had a grand Christ dustry, thanks to the officials and cutta but our orders were changed
happy new year to all. There is no
mas dinner which the boys are all general membership who have and we were here for the holidays. To the Editor:
other Union that can do what the
writing home about.
helped build this strong organiza That's the same as being out at .1 am writing this letter to let SIU ,has d p n e for its members.
sea.
you all know that I am thinking of We're all glad about the way things
Jack Denley tried his hand at tion of ours.
This ship is a pretty clean ves you, and hope my old shipmates are turning out for all of us.
poetry in a little verse about our Therefore, we are all under an
mess boy, George Smith, to wit: obligation to help and give full sel, more than most of these I've are in the best of health.
Johnnie Hoogie
He is a good joe
support to our Union. It is impor been on. Before crewing up, the I'd have written before" but I
Ship's
delegate
And never slow,
tant that every individual do his whole ship was painted. It still haven't had the chance until now.
4"
4'
4'
needs a
lot
of
chipping though
due
Anyway, I expect to be going back
best. By doing so, we are all gain
When he gets your order
He is ready to go.
ing greater respect for ourselves to the fact it was laid up in the to sea soon, and would appreciate
boneyard. All in all, we are run hearing from my old buddies.
He's not tall
and for our organization.
But he's sure on the ball.
Whenever some one fakes un ning this ship in true SlU style "" If possible, how about putting
We had steward George Dackn authorized time off or turns to with all hands helping out. We me on the mailing list for the To the Editor:
to thank for the gassed up, he is creating danger have the cleanest laundry that I've LOG?
You sure bowled me over when
Louis Keiiar # 86953
fine y u 1 e t i d e for all hands. Good discipline and seen in a long time because every
I read the last
LOG. Probably most
one
works
to
keep
it
clean.
After
Box 69,
spread, in addi correct watch standing are also im
of us forget or lose track of what
all
it
is
our
home
as
long
as
we
London,
Ohio
tion to" chief cook portant, as bad practices in this re
the Union's been doing during the
(Ed. Note: You're on!)
Mike Sorensen gard should be stopped. Too ?)flen are aboard her.
year's time and I guess I was one
Blackie's
the Whip
and baker Carl irresponsible chai'acters go ashore,
•
4/ 4 4"
of those.
Jordon. We also tank up and forget to come back
Among the brothers on this ves
We just know what we're getting
had a Xmas tree to relieve a watch. They don't real sel, we have Blackie Bankston
in our pockets most of the time
cared for by chief ize that their union brother has popping the whip as bosun and
and if we miss the LOG for some
electrician enough to do standing his own ship's delegate. Dusty Espalla as
reason once or twice, we're really
To
the
Editors:
George
Wass and watch without having to fill in for deck delegate, Whitey Nelson, "Tex
Dackn
his helper, Nick him as well.
McCullock, plus brothers Tucker It pays to share your experi out of touch and don't know what's
Leone, and "sparks" gave us all
ences, boys, andl having been on been happening. It's a good idea
The guy who pretends he don't and Gomez on deck.
the news about the new year. Our understand the contract or worse,
In the greasy department, we this packet, the Shinneeock Bay, to run that feature of the year in
little feline mascot even had an don't give a damn about it, should have Eddie Blackman squirting the for two trips, it's really been an review (Dec. 28) because it gives
extra feed for the holiday, so wise up. There are better times to oil can and HandleBar Cassidy, experience. Hear my tale of woe. us a chance to set back and reflect
things are going really well.
come. But we must give full sup who it is rumored will try to raise This scow had been on the coal on what those 12 months have
Felix Aponte
port to our Union by doing our a mustache as long as the ship. run out of Newport News and had meant to us, not just for today or
job well and observing our con Blackie Mason is with us as bull really gone to pot. Little by little tomorrow but for many years to
4) it 4i
come.
tract very closely for the benefit wiper.
we got things done. We got the
and welfare of all of us.
Steward Woody Perkinsdoes the messrooms and some of the foc'sles Things like tjie improvements in
Evaristo Rosa
honors, followed by Tommy and heads painted but they wouldn't that welfare fund of ours, for ex
4"
4»
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'
Beatty, a darn good cook, and do any more as it involved over ample. Hell, I never knew half the
To the Editor:
Jesus Fernandez as
third. We also time. At the beginning of this trip things about thator the leaps and
I am endeavoring to assemble
have one of the best bakers in the we got new mattresses and checked bounds "with which the benefits
material on the origin and observ
Gulf
on here as night cook and the stores. As a result, we had bet have been improving in the quiet,
ance of sea tradUions and am writ
baker,, Ed Buckley. Yours truly is ter chow this trip than, has been efficient way the SIU operates. All
ing to ask if you could help me in To the Editor:
holding down his end as BR.
put out since MarTrade took over. that in a year?
my research.
Just a line to let my shipmates' Quite a few new men aboard,
Why, I bet some unions are still
The chief mate is really a whip
Thus, I would like to bring my on the Southstaf (South Atlantic)
quest to the notice of your read know that my "leg is pretty well dong a bangup job to make this per from the old country. He had trying to get one of those' funds
the watch on deck stowing lines for the puny benefits we had when
ers. I am an exmember of the mended and that I'm due back soon a pleasant voyage.
Spider Korolia
and the stowaways doing overtime the program started. Sure, I don't
British Merchant Service and was in Jacksonville aboard the Annis
4'
4"
4'
work. The engineers were using expect I'll have to woryr about a
in the airsea rescue branch of the ton Victory.
the
stowaways for overtime work death benefit for a while yet. But
Royal Australian Air Force during
A. R. Gordon
the last war.
on Sundays and had the wiper it's good to know the wife and kids
Note: Gordon, messman, in
can count on a $2,500 lift when I'm
paint during sanitary work."
As a matter of fact, I was in (Ed.
jured his leg in London.)
gone. It used to be a thousand, I
charge of the rescue launch which
To the Editor:
We've stopped that alright, but know.
4" 4' 4"
picked up 40 members of the crew
We have just returned from a I have a feeling they are only wait
of the US ship Coast Farmer, tor
trip to Trieste on the James Mc ing for'a chance to start something Well, brother members, I know
pedoed off Jervis Bay, New South
Henry (Bloomfield) and while else. Most of this crew are new when this Union makes strides it
Wales, in July, 1942. We picked
there picked up some information men and first trippers who don't makes them where they count."
Keep letting us know what's going
up the men about 35 miles off the To the Editor:
that may prove helpful to some of savvy the score.
on
because It's so easy to lose sight
coast, 38 of them In a lifeboat and So far we are having a very good our brothers.
So, on a ship like this,every
two on a raft. Before I went to trip. There has not been much As ship's delegate I approached thing depends on the few regular of things out here.
Gil Schap
sea I was a journalist and re rough weather except for a few the captain ^bout a draw a couple members setting a good example;
turned to journalism when I came occasional squalls and showers. Wc of days before arrival. He said he Well, we had a bosun who "really
ashore. I still have a deep love of are trying to get the Robert Low had no US money and that he set an example. He had a man
the sea.
ery (Bloomfield) in good shape and would have to get lotcal currency painting while the gang was top
Impressed by Sea
by the time we get to Bombay we from the agent. I informed him ping gear and, as far as he's con
In the past coUple of years I hope to have a good bit done. The this was a contract violation and cerned, coffeetime never' wasj. In
have been impressed at the little captain and all the officers are a he said "That's too bad, take it up fact, while leaving Bermuda, he To the Editor:
that is known about the traditions swell bunch to work for, and we with your union when you get rushed out to take in the lines as I would like to thank the Sea
and customs of the merchant serv hope that the trip will continue back." He seemed to think he soon as called without taking any farers Union and all the gentlemen
ices and I thought I would en this way.
could make up for his deficiency coffee time at all. And the new "who made it possible for the chil
dren and I to receive a Christmas
deavor to collect this information. We've been having a little dis in stature by throwing his weight guys trailed right after him.
There are also countless port tra cussion on the food aboard, and around.
Anyway, we have tried our best basket this year.
ditions—^I would draw your atten our chief cook has promised to do A couple of days after arrival to make this an SIU ship. I hear . We greatly appreciate your kind
tion to English port customs in this better. Stewards delegate Hugh D. he informed me it was US Army the whole deck gang and "black, ness. "Tm sure you have made a
regard^and it is most likely that Terrill noted that the third cook regulations that no US money be gang" are getting off for Christmas, great many people happy this past
US seamen and US ports observe and chief steward were willing and issued in Trieste. But, since US so it's going to be up to the new Christmas. I'm sure sorry .this
traditions of which little is known ready to give him a lift on prepar naval vessels and other merchant gang to keep pushing.
thankyou letter was delayed. My
in other parts of the world.
Good luck and greetings to all. aunt passed away on December 26.
ing some menus and meals. No ships were being issued US money
The information I seek is the na kicks , here otherwise.
in port I decided to investigate. I
Allan S. Thorne I'm sure you understand.
ture of the traditional observance.
Terrell McRamy went to the US Army Finance HQ
'
Mrs.'TheresaJames
Ship's delegate :
India Port Same
As Reing at Sea
4. $ a
Doing Work Weil
Very important
De Pauw Victory
A Happy Family
How About Some
Mail for Louis?
Many SIU Gains,
'51 Review Shows
Shinneeock Ray
Trip IV o Joy ride
Wr
WL'
Reader Asks Data
On Sea Customs
Soutkstar Man
On Voyage Home
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When in Trieste
Life on Lowery
Running Smooth
Family Hails SIU
For Xmas Rasket
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* On the Job
THE
LABOR
ROUNDUP
There used to be a time when the adjective "little" was automatically
attached to cargo carriers. That still holds true to a great degree,
but new developments in shipbuilding promise to change all that.
Freighters, and to a lesser extent, tankers and ore carriers* were
limited in size for various reasons, among the most important being
the problem of propulsion. The big ships were all luxury passenger
liners,'which could afford to devote as much space as was needed
to get the necessary power and. speed. Modern marine engines, giving
more power in proportionately iess space, are helping to make possible Formula Making—In World War
expansion in the size of cargo ships.
II it was the "Little Steel" formula
that
for many years determined
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the
size
of wage increases Ameri
While we don't have any cargo ships under construction which can
match the Queen Mary, the trend today is toward much larger vessels, can workers could obtain. Now the
or faster ships, sometimes both. In both cases the shipowners' objective Wage Stabilization Board is hold
is plain—to carry more
ing hearings on a "Big Steel" for
cargo at less cost. Even
mula which will have the same ef
if no greater speed is
fect. The hearings are on wage
built into these vessels
and other contract demands pre
the increase in cargo
sented by the United Steel Work
carrying capacity
ers (CIO) to United States Steel
means a considerable
and other major companies. Hear
saving for the opera*
ings opened January 7 after the
tor.
union called off its proposed New
The shipowner will
Year's strike of 700,000 workers on
save in another way
a plea from President Truman. The
too. The size of the
WSB's recommendations will not
crew does not increase
be binding but strong pressure will
in proportion to the
be on both sides to accept them.
greater size of the
ship. Bigger ships,
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and faster ships could
Breadline Looms — Detroit un
pose an employment
ions, including theUnited Automo
problem for seamen.
bile Workers, are worried over a
At the same time, the
big rise in unemployment in the
smaller Libertys and
area. Reductions in automobile
other ships in our
output due to lack of steel, copper
merchant fleet are
and other vital materials has
rapidly becoming ob*
caused largescale layoffs. The city
solete and if US ship
of Detroit had 120,000 out of work
ping is to (survive at
in December, and these totals are
all in tough interna
expected to rise to 190,000 by next
tional competition it
summer. Union officials and com
has to face up to the
pany representatives have been try
modernization of its
ing to get the government to in
vessels. Then again,
crease allocations of needed mate
new ships will provide
rials so that production can be ex
far better sleeping,
AcMng feet of helmsmen, caused by panded. A great many of the un
eating and recreational
employed have already exhausted
standing on steel decks, can be re
facilities for the crew's
their unemployment insurance ben
lieved by use of this neoprene mat.
comfort, as well as in
efits.
corporating new de
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velopments which will help make maintenance and navigation easier.
It is well known that the Mariner class freighters now on the ways Strike Slowdown—The year 1951
are larger and faster than the wartime Libertys and Victorys which was a quiet one as far as strikes
make up so large a part of our fleet. They are supposed to develop were concerned. The first ten
up to 25 knots and weigh 12 to 14,000 tons deadweight. But these months of the year saw almost 400
general cargo ships are dwarfed by tankers, under construction or fewer strikes than in the previous
planned, which will go as high as 35,000 to 40,000 tons. They shrink year, with considerably less time
further in comparison to proposed oceangoing ore boats, which may lost. Among the bigger strikes of
some day be built as large as 50,000 tons, putting them in a class the year was the walkout in the
with the very largest of passenger liners.
copper industry and the wildcat
walkout of longshoremen. The
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Giant tankers are under construction in several countries. Japan basic indust^s; coal, automobile
has some 38,000 tonners in the process. British shipyards are working manufacture,^steel and transporta
on several behemoths of 28,000 tons and two such monsters are under tion, had industrial peace.
construction in this country at the Sun Shipbuilding yards. The
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American vessels are 640 feet long and have a cargo capacity of 250,
600 barrels of oil. Their speed will be'around 16 knots which is Get Going Boys—^AFL Secre
more or less standard for tankers. These ships, despite their huge taryTreasurer George Meany,
size, will get by vith a crew of 31 to 34 men (unlicensed personnel). back from a European trip, says
Among the more interesting accommodations for the crew are individual that Europe's'unions are not show
sleeping rooms, recreation rooms, ceramic tile baths and air condition ing enough "getupandgo" in
ing systems.
fighting Communist influence in
As far as ocean going ore boats are concerned, all developments are trade unions. Meany also said that
still on the planning boards, but the newer Great Lakes ore carriers the AFL would fight the inclusion
show the distinct trend to greater size, speed, tonnage, and cargo carry of Yugoslav upion representatives
ing capacity with each passing year.
in the International Confedera
tion of Free Trade Unions on the
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One of the most ingenious shipboard gadgets we've come across is grounds that the Yugoslav unions
an Australian development to reduce smoke from ship's funnels. The are dominated by the government.
gadget consists of an electric eye beam rig in the sides of the funnel.
TL.! AFL has indicated that it
When the smoke reaches a certain density, the beam Is broken, throw might withdraw financial support
ing a switch. The switch starts fans moving, supplying extra oxygen from the ICFTU if it does admit
to the furnace and helping to burn up the gases which cause the smoke. the Yugoslav unions to member
It's a very clever method of keeping down that shipboard soot.
<^6hip.
Burly
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SEAFARERS IPG
The 52,000ton supefliner United States, the largest and fastest vessel
built in this country, is expected to be put through trials in May and
make her maiden run July 3 to Le Havre. Capable of speed in excess
of 30 knots, according to the ship's operators, she will also he the safest
vessel on the seas. Special defense features will enable swift conver
sion of tha liner into a transport for 14,000 troops . . . Ships running
too close to the Massachusetts shore may go mountain climbing if they
don't stay on course. Geologists have discovered an underwater moun
tain there more than a mile high and extending for more than five miles
off the Bay State.
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A makeshift rudder apparatus rigged up for a Norwegian freighter
while it was out of control for three days in a North Atlantic hurric. ne
utilized an 18foot, 1,400pound steel hatch beam as an emergency tiller.
Lacking proper tools and^ working on icecoated decks, crewmen fas
tened the beam to the rudder post as a temporary repair and steered
the vessel by cables running to deck winches. Deckmen took in or
let out cable on orders by megaphone from the bridge for 10 days.
A salvage settlement which observers feel should not be regarded as
a precedent encouraging naval vessels to seek similar financial gain
was made by the Isbrandtsen Co., operators of the SS Flying Arrow,
which was attacked in 1950 by a Chinese Nationalist gunboat. The
crew of a British destroyer claimed that its aid to the American freighter
saved the ship and cargo. Settlement was $10,000 . . . Ship arrivals in
Boston during 1951 dropped sharply from the 1950 figure, a decrease
attributed to "labor difficulties" last fall by that city's Chamber of
Commerce. Last year's total of 2,217 vessels of 1,000 gross tons or more
was almost 500 below 1950.
A 26foot steel boat for use as a patrol or utility craft has been dem
onstrated to be "unsinkable." Despite three feet of water inside the
hull, the boat still floated on an even keel. The secret to its "nonsink
able" powers iies in three buiitin air vaults below deck that can be
made watertight by closing a bulkhead door. Even underwater engine
operation is possible since the power plants are encased in a steel,
watertight compartment . . . November tonnage at the port of Houston
pushed an 11month total above the previous year's record high.
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Norfolk tugboatmen ended a fourday. strike which snarled harbor
operations last week. Members of the Marine Division, AFL Long
shoremen's Union, the men accepted a general pay increase amounting
to about 25 cents hourly plus a 40hour week with halftime extra on
Saturdays and Sundays . . . Dock workers at Georgtown, British Guiana,
walked off the job when a pay adjustment they received fell far short
of demands. The six percent wage increase was "insufficient" in light
of living costs, the workers asserted.
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Regular service to Europe and the Mediterranean with Detroit as
home port will be inaugurated next April, the first transatlantic sail
ing from a Great Lakes port by US flag vessels. Cargoes will be mainly
auto parts and machine tools from the surrounding industrial area.
Nine freighters will make the more than 30 sailings scheduled during
the season.
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A total of 80 new ships hit New York on their first voyages during
1951. Japan with 15 and Great Britain with 11 led the parade of new
vessels from foreign nations. US newcomers entering the port for the
first time were an even dozen, including two Seatfains, the Georgia and
Louisiana . . . Longshoremen in ILA Local 791 refused to unload a
consignment of Polish hams aboard a US Lines' freighter, a gesture of
retaliation for action of Hungary toward four American flyers forced
down in that country and "ransomed" by the US for $120,000.
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Some $19,000,000 in claims arising from a fire hazard aboard the
cruise ship Noronic in Toronto, Canada, during 1949 have been met
with an offer of $2,150,000 from the company as full settlement, in or
der to void "probable" years of court action to reach an accord on all
claims. The fire aboard the vessel, manned by the SIU Canadian
district, brought death to 119 persons . . . New ship orders during 1951
set a new high in Great Britain. The more than 1,000 orders represent
between three and four years' work, worth $1,540,000,000, for British
shipyards.
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American exports of wheat are running at the highest rate since 1948,
the record year for grain shipments to Europe. Movement over a five
month period more than doubled the total during the comparable period
the previous year. Nearly half of it went to Europe and about 30 per
cent to Asia, mainly to India and Japan . . . Shipments of coal, the ma
jor ECA cargo moving abroad, should run about 40,000,000 tons for
last year, although spokesmen hope that increased coal production in
countries now receiving it will cut that figure in half by mid1952.
Folloir Burly Every issue in The Seaiarers Ley
XHATE&A5ESAU.( l.HATC^ 1
AN' APPLE PIE^
WOM6A/1
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Security Screenout
SEAFARERS i&h '
IMiar. immuf U.'fl«iS
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.WELFARE BENEFITS...
J. L. Bryant
95.00
REPORT NO. 19
Wilson O. Cars
95.00
By Robert Matthews, Asst. SecretaryTreasurer
James Cardell
95.00
(Continued frompage 2)
clear him^ the Coast Guard Com
Oliver Celestine..
55.00
Period Covered By This Report>Dec. 16Dec. 29
J. H. ChapeUe..,,
95.00
appeal, he goes to the chairman in mandant is not bound to follow Cash on hand.
1220,191.59 Lawrence Cook......
95.00
Rogelio
Cruz
95.00
his district and notifies him accord that vote, although there have been US Government Bonds
:
754,023.44
Martin
DeSalvo
...»
55.00
150,000.00 N. Fayaloro
ingly. The chairman, who has no many cases in which such recom Estimated Accounts Receivable
40.00
Hospital Benefits Paid in Period
9,980.00 Arthur Fivek
connection with ^the Washington mendations have led to reversal
..............a 85.00
F.
H.
Garretson
;, i,
55.00
Total
Hospital
Benefits
paid
since
July
t, 1950
102,616.00
procedure, then secures the secret the original decision to deny a man
Gerdes
95.00
9,000.00 Henry
file from Washington and all other his validated papers. The Coast Death Benefits Paid in Period
E. E, Gross
a 55.00
Death
Benefits
Paid
since July
1, 1950
'
157,666.66
Donald
J.
Ikerd
..........a
53.00
information he can get on the man Guard commandant will tend
Daniel D. Kelly
13.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
He examines the file thoroughly give considerabie weight to an ap
Daniel H. Hunt
. 40.00 Leo H. Lang
59.00
NORFOLK,
VA.
James
B.
Lewis.,,.
25.00
John
J.
MaUoy
100.00
and then writes the man notifying peal board recommendation be WUliam Armstrong
55.00 Frank Martin
40.00
$25.00 William McKeon.....
him of the reason he has been cause the board has seen the man K. M. Bymaster
40.00« John Mayrbat
59.00 '
25.00 Leo Strange
George
Votulourais.
1
55.00
Sam McDonald......
95.00
Bernie Coin
55.00
denied clearance. He also notifies and has had an opportunity to Eaward
•
55.00 Thomas McLees
40.00
Costin
15.00 Steven Williams....
the seaman that he has the right to judge him at first hand.
David McMullen
55.00
Alphonso DeSouza...
30.00
$335.00 M. V. Mobley
15.00
Roscoe J. Hampton....:
15.00
Second Appeal
be represented by a lawyer, to pre
L.
F.
Padgett
15.00
Robert L. Harrell
45.00
sent witnesses, affidavits, letters Should the appeal board recom Percy Ray Hunt
W.A.Perry
55.00
65.00
NEW ENGLAND' HOSPITAL
Francis J. Petipas
40.00
Frank H. Post
53.00
BOSTON. MASS.
and any other material he thinks mend denial of a seaman's appeal S.
Raana
53.00
£. Rountree
40.00
30.00 K.
would help Hirfi secure clearance, he can make a second appeal to John Stout
Claude A. Ray
55.00
25.00 Ernest Cornell
Brentley
Young
40.00
Foster
B.
Shedd
55.00
another
threeman
board
in
Wash
*" This notification is sent well in ad
SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
N. Straton
55.00
L. G, Wade
25.00
vance of the hearing date to give ington. This board also consists of George
LONG BEACH. CALIF.
Warren
60.00
F. M. Strickland
55.00
one
labor
member,
one
industry
J.
P.
Synott
55.00
Robert
Layko
65.00
the seaman time to prepare his
C. M. TannehUl
53.00
$495.00
member and a Coast Guard officer
appeal.
Horace H. Tostet
55.00
VA HOSPITAL
who
serves
as
chairman.
Ther
USPHS
HOSPITAL
Lomie
R.
Tickle
55.00
LONG BEACH. CALIF.
Challenges Permitted
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
Torres
40.00
EMward Pritchard
have been occasions in which such John Brady
55.00 E.
25.00
Arnold J. Valenta
40 00
In addition, the seaman is noti appeals . over the adverse recom Jay
Flaherty
60.00
Louis J. Willis
55.00
. USPHS HOSPITAL
fied of the names of the panel mendation of the local board have John Tingle
.
45.00
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF.
$2,080.00
members who have been chosen to been successful.
40.00
$130.00 JPercy J. BaUon..
hear his case. The seaman can chal
Garth A. Broad
55.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
In the New York area, there are
USPHS HOSPITAL
Gee Cheng
45.00
lenge the choice of any one labor currently three appeals chairmen,
STATEN ISLAND. N. Y.
BOSTON. MASS.
Joseph T. McNulty
55.00 JosSph Bennett
55.00
representative, or industry repre Julius Rosen, Francis Coughlin and John Boneck
25.00 George Nagel
55.00
83.00.
70.00 WiUiam Burck
40.00 Burley Nankivll
sentative, without cause, in which Walter Lawlor. From January of Edward A. Cooley
Maurice
Bumstine
13.00..
Charles Robertson
45.00
Caffrey......ii85.0<F'j>i.
case another panel member will be 1951 until June, the chairmen were
Louis Ross....;.....
15.00 Thomas
A. R. Carrasqaillo
'
40.00
Peter
Smith
150.00
appointed.
Subsequently, the hearing cases without the use of
Walter
Chalk;
83.00 :
Frank Stone
40.00
seaman can challenge, with cause, panel members, as the panel mem
Sture
Chrlstianson.....i...
55.00
.^':
Ted Thompson
25.00
13.00
Herman Urlarte
;..., 5.00 Christopher Cooney
as many panel members as he bers themselves were in the proc
40.00
SUvester Walker
25.00 Joseph CueUers
wants. If he can show sufficient ess of being cleared. Since June,
Yanas Dailal.t
53.00
Glenn W. Williams
15.00 William
DeArmon
40.00
cause that they might be preju however, the panels have been
DeMarco
30.00
$640.00 Carl
diced against him personally, they functioning in the port of New
John P. Doyle
95.00
John Eliasson
15.00
will be replaced by others who are York, although other ports are still
USPHS. HOSPITAL
Samuel Erlltz
13.00
SEATTLE.
WASH.
acceptable to him.
Joseph P. FarreU
40.00
(Cpntinued from page 3)
in the process of organization.
Francis t. Gibbons
53.00 Francisco Farina
70.00
At the appeals hearing itself, the
checked all ballots, used and un A. D. Sistrunk
25.00 Angelo P. Ferrie
30.00
Time Element
Donald Gilbo
40.00
burden of proof is on the seaman In practice, the appeals boards used, and noted the figures accord
53.00
$80.00 Edwin F. Grows
that he has not been guilty of the tend to make considerable allow ingly in the tally report. The com
Roscoe Hobdy
25.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Joe Humphreys
55.00
acts of which he was charged. ance for the time element. A man mittee further stated that "this
SAVANNAH. GA.
Velton E. Jordan
40.00
The spokesman stressed that the might have been a member of tHe Committee upon checking various
Sylvester
Kettunen
55.00
Von L. Beverly
40.00
appeals board hearing is not a trial Communist Party during the World ports' tally sheets, found that all Carl
70.00
S. Coppedge
15.00 Olie A. Kisiah.
George Kitchen
93.00
E.
L.
Hodgea
95.OO
in which witnesses appear for the War II "honeymoon period" or had reports submitted by all outports'
13.00
D. Lowery.
40.00 WlUiam Klopmeyer
government. The man has already been a member of one of a group committees were correct and in Carl
Frank
Kubek
45.00
James T. Moore
70.OO
55.00
30.00 T. J. Kustas
been adjudged guilty of being a of front organizations several years nearly every case checked exactly James H. Nelson
:... 70.00
H. C. Neidlinger
40.00 Robert F. Larsen
security risk in Washington, in ac ago, but has since dropped out. In with the New York Headquarters John Travaglini
55.00
40.00 Haroik Lunt
A. McGulgan
5.5.00
cord with information on file there. such a case, the board could make Committee's final tallies.. In a few
Perfocto
Mangual
1
40.00
• 330.00
It is now up to the seaman to clear favorable recommendation, being isolated instances where the find
E. Mattson..;
40.00
Vic Milkzzo
70.00
himself of the judgment that has that the man is no longer asso ings of the various committees dif
USPHS HOSPITAL
John
J.
Munno
40.00
GALVESTON. TEX.
been made against him, just as a ciated with these organizations and fer, tlie differences were slight and
Emil A Oppici
40.00
Fred Aderhold
55.00 Norman R. Petteraon
40.00
man appealing a court conviction obviously has no sympathy for their made no change whatsoever in the Charles
Berkelew
40.00 James A. Ray
40.00
to a higher court has the burden present day objectives. What the final results of the election for any Claude Davis
59.00 Vincente. Remolar
40.00
J. H. Hammer
;..... 15.00 .Tuan Rueda
55.00
of clearing himself of the lower board, and the Coast Guard, is con office."
Floyd 1. Kelly
40.00 David Sumulong
40.00 '
court's judgment.
Earl Pradat
40.00 Stanley SwienckoskI
95.00
cerned with in the main is that the Tallying committee members Charles Scherhens
55.00 George Thumer
30.00
Following the hearing, the board seaman should not be currently, or were: A. G. "Red" Campbell, S. B. Tribble
40.00 Samuel L. Vandal
53,00
Wilson
60.00 Henry
members will vote on whether to recently, active in such organiza Charles W. Palmer, Raffaelo Garo Joe
.99.00
Charles Savant
40.00 WUliam Watson
WUUs
40.00
recommend that the man be tions. This would place him under folo, Ake E. Anderson, Alonzo M.
$440.00
granted his clearanceor not. In suspicion as being a member at a Milefski and Patrick J. McCann.
$2,169.00
the overwhelming majority of time when theorganization's policy
USPHS HOSPITAL
USPHS HOSPITAL
MOBILE. ALA.
cases, the votes have been unani was very strongly inimical to the
MANHATTAN BEACH, N. Y.
Btyant 6./BoutweU.
70.OO
mous. Should the .board vote to government of the United States.
25.00
J. L. Buckeley
70.00 Robert Atmore
Fliiisli Tally
Of A&G Vote
fe
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1 •
Jnion Opens ,
Seaman School
OME SVCIPPERS HAVE DEKIEP
'1HEIR MEN SHORE LEAVE IN
FOREI&M PORTS, CLAIMING
THE ORDER C2AME FROM THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IF
YOUR CREW IS DENIED
SHORE LEAVE FOR THIS
R^^ON, DEMAND TO SEE
A WRITTEN ORDER PROM
THE GOVERNMENT TO
TMAT EFFECT. IFNONI
IS PRODUCED, You
ARE ENTITLED TO
OVERTIME FOR THAT
PERIOD.
\f
tv
Tim Burke
Roscoe B. Dearman
Aden C. EzeU
Joseph Holsenbeck
J. H. Jones
T. A. Lewis
D. W. Manley...'.
Lawrence L. Myatt
Donald E. Pool
Tage Roslund
Joseph Saxon
(Continued from page 3)
good times and bad, as the higher
the rating a man has the more
will he be in demand.
USPHS HOSPITAL
The institution of the training
BALTIMORE. MD.
schools is one part of the SIU's A. All.
Wa
arner
A.
Allred
longrange objective of bringing
Ankerson
strength and stability to the mari Thomas
John Barron
time industry. By supplying the Nelson W. Blades..
Callan
skilled seamen to meet the need, Henry
BUly Coleman
and manning the ships with effi Pedro DeFranca
W. Dodds
cient, capable and experienced Edgar
Donald. Duvall
men, the Union feels it will im T. Halenda
;
L. JloKman
measurably add to the quality and John
James L. Jones
competitive resourcefulness of US Frank P. Kelley.,,,
George Keplch
shipping.
A. Lopez
Quiz Angwerz
(1) Spirit of St. Louis.
(2) He'd better in New ^Jersey!
"A husband acquainted with his
wife's weaknesses is required to
shield her from temptations which
she may underestimate," said that's
state's Court of Chancery.
(3) Tom had seven; Jack, five.
(4) Primo Camera.
(5) India. A rupee is 16 annas.
(6) His son.
(7) Hawaiian Islands.
(8) 12 days.
(9) Continuous rain or snow.
(10) Liberia. It's actuiilly in the
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of
Africa.
55.00
55.00
55.00
25.00
65.00
13.00
40.00
30.00
23.00
55.00
55.00
9605.00
Rupert A. Blake..
Claude F. Blanks
Edmund C. Blosser
Matthew Bruno
Jack M. Dalton
John J. DriscoU
John T. Edwards.................
Thomas P. EzzeU
J. Espinoza
E. Ferrer
Robert E. Gilbert
Fred Grimes
:
John W. Keenan
Frederick Landry...'.
James Lawlor
David Mcllreath.....
Arthur Lomas
Constantino Makris
George Moore
R. A. RatcliSE
G. E. Schumaker
• '
Timothy SuUivan.....
Albert Thompson
23.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
23.00
25.00
23.00
23.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
23.00
2.5.00
25.00
23.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
15.00
25.00
35.00
70.00
55.00
15.00
15.00
53.00
$600.00
40.00
55.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
70.00
NORFOLK, VA.
35.00 Samuel Merkerson
10.00
40.00
25.00
USPHS
HOSPITAL
, 55.00
FORT WORTH. TEX.
40.00
60.00
Horace McCordy
40.00 J. H. Ashurst
Earl McKendree
55.00
USPHS
HOSPITAL
Raymond Miller
70.00
. BALTIMORE, MD.
Paige Mitcholl.
25.00
Jack D. Morrison..
85.00 Joe Goude.....
45.00
John D. Norris.
..v.... 40.00
VA HOSPITAL
Charles N. Payne......
W...., 25.00 / .
BRONX, N, Y.
Ben Price
40.00
Graham Pulssegur.
25.00 Vernon Derry.
115.(M
Ruperto Rivera
. 55.00
Claude Scott....
55.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Corrle Shartzer
40.00
CHICAGO. ILL.
' i
Ashby Southera
55.00 Jack Thprnburg...;...,
J45.00
John Stanley
40.00
Paul Strickland.. 55.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Robert Thomaa. .1,".
.vi?.,.... 55.00
CLEVELAND. OHIO
A. G. Trezos
iv.'.,.... ..v..... 55.00 WiJUam CaroU
15.00
WUllam Wilcher....
13.00
Albert Willis
55.00
USPHS
HOSPITAL
Chester B. Wilson
, 40.OO
PORT STANTON, N. BL
Norman Wrye,...40.00 Bomar R.. Cheeley.
• 05.00
John ZohUl
13.00
DEATH BENEFITS.
81.663.00 David Bahr
$2,500.00
• Tohn Bloodgood
1,500.00
USPHS HOSPirAt.
WUlie Lamb.
2Ji0CJ)0
• 'NEW ORUISANS. LA. ^ =
John Wynn....
2.300.00
J. E. Ball
,i...;53.00
Frank Breck.55.00
$8,000.00
�Vrltar. tammanr H. MKI.
SEAFARERS IPG
» . DIGEST M SHIPS' MEETINGS ...
aiip'i delegatp reported that
TOPA TOPA (W«t*rm«n), Nov. 11 —
CiMlmMii. A. M. • ronconli Soerolarv, Uw captain waa very well pleaaM with
J. M. Molondox. Delegates reported no
bMfs. Thero was a suggestion that
sMp's delegate take the repair list to the
captain and go over all the work not
repaired. <37 of the ship's fund turned
over to the ship's delegate to be put
liK safe keepings in captain's safe. A
vote of thanks was extended to the stew
ards department for their good work and
fine ehow.
the crew's workmanship and actions. Mo
tion made the bookmen give messmen a
trial after the meeting. Firenun stated
he was logged for being sick at tea and
stated that it was unfair and should be
lifted by the commissioner. All hands
were asked to leave the rooms in a clean
condition and put the dirty linen in the
linen locker.
JOHN EVANS (MlislsslppI), Oct.
SANTORE (Ore), Dec. 17 — Chairman, Chairman, Robert Maloy; Secretary, Theo
4elin R. Talbot; Secretary, C. E. Taylor. dore Mangut. Deck department short
f.
Ddegates reported no beefs. Discussion
.on the ship's fund. Ship's fund voted for
and is to be taken care of by the ship's
delegate. Cots, wind shoots, mattresses,
etc., were discosaed.
two men. one ordinary who misted the
strip on sailing day and the AB who
Jumped over the side. Motion mtde the
recreation room be cleaned in rotation
by iCach department.
BEATRAIN SAVANNAH (SMtraln), Dac.
24—Chairman, R. Nawalls; Sacratary,
Reaca. Olivar. A couple of beefs to ba
turned in to the patrolman at payoff. Mo
tion made and carried that patrolman
contact Mr. Chapdelaine in regard to
putting a washing machine on board. Sug
gestion that crewmembers keep the water
cooler free of cups and cigarette butts.
GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), Dec. IS
—Chairman, M. Rlchardsons; Sacratary,
E. M. Watts. Motion was made that three
members be elected to go to the haU and
get in contact with the negotiating com
mittee in regard to the working rules.
Discussion on the heating system in the
crew's quarters aft.
HEYWOOD BROUN (Victory Carriers),
Nov, 11 — Chairman, Glllli; Sacratary,
FORT HOSKINS (CIHds Sarvlce), Dae. 9 William Alvaro. Laundry room to be
SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain Lines),
' DK. f—Chaltman, F. Walaska; Secretary, —Chairman, J. FItipatrIck; Secretary, T. cleaned by wiper and OS every week and
E. Jones. Delegates reported no beefs,
everything going smooth. A vote of
thanks extended to the negotiatihg com
mittee for the good work th^y have done
on the Welfare. Vacation and the wage
agreement.
Harrell. Delegates reported no beefs. Sug
gestion made that anyone paying off
without a patrolman be brought up on
charges. The dangers of smoking on the
weU deck were pointed out to the new
men.
pantry mess to keep spare messhall clean
and crew to help keep it clean. Dele
gates reported ^ in good standinsb no
beefs.
^
a
TRANSATLANTIC (PacHie Wafsrwsys),
DEL NORTE (Mississippi), Dae. 1 —
Chairman, Bob Foster, Secretary, BUI Dec. 2—Chairman, C. Locke; Secretary,
new, a motJon was made to discuss any
WARRIOR (Waterman), Nov. 25 —
new business at the next meeting.
Chairman, T. C. Ballard; Secretary, H. F.
Webber. The new memorandum agree
CLARKSBURG VICTORY (Mississippi), ment was read to the crew and a vote
was taken.
The crew was advised to keep
Nov. 14—Chairman, J. Wads; Secretary,
A. A. Kessen. Delegates reported every the laundry cleaner. Permitmen were
thing okay. Amount in ship's fund t4.92. briefed on the act of throwing cigarettes
Motion made and seconded that all crew on deck. A ntnnber of repairs were men
members donate to the ship's fund for tioned.
the upkeep of the washing machine and
to buy reading material for the crew.
STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), Dec. 4
Suggertion that all crewmembers be prop —Chairman, Anselme Melandez; Secre
erly dressed when eating in messroom at tary, F. V. Fromm. Delegates reported no
meal times. All repairs to be turned in beefs. Chief mate refused man a slip to
to the department delegate as soon as the dentist saying he was busy and had
possible.
other things to take care of. , Motion
made to fumigate the ship holds and
quarters.
Rats and roaches were seen
MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car
riers), Dee. 14—Chairman, W. L. Burch; by the crew. Suggestion to keep the
washing machine
clean. There was a mis
Secretary, Frank Hall. .Ship's delegate re
ported that everything is ftnning along understanding in the steward's depart
smoothly. Any additional repairs are to ment.
be added to the repair list which will be
turned in to the department delegates.
MADAKET (Waterman), Dee. • — Chair
The ship needs fumigating. Quite a few man, Freeland; Secretary, Cridlcy. Dele
cockroaches were seen in the living quar gates reported no beefs. Discussion on
ters.
man who missed ship in Yokohama. Com
plaints on bad stores. The ship is not
GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), Dac. 2— being supplied as it should be. Slopchest
Chairman, M. Rlchardsons; Secretary, E. on board is sadly depleted.
M. Watts. Delegates reported no beefs.
The steward was requested to put out
GULFWATER (MarTrade), Nov. 25—
more cheese for the night lunch so that Chairman, E. M. Cerlane; Secretary, J.
the crew could make toasted cheese sand Mcdwed.. Delegates reported misunder
wiches on the toasting machine that was standing about cleaning the passageways.
purchased out of the ship's fund.
A vote of thanks was extended to the
delegates for their capable handling of
SUZANNE (Bull), Nov. 25—Chairman, ship's affairs. The steward's department
J. Pacheco; Sacratary, G. Boncfont. Com was complimented on the good food in
plaints of too much noise by chipping spite of the equipment to work with.
and scaling while the ship is at sea which
disturbs the 12 to 4 watch. The crew
quarters will be painted this trip, includ
ing messroom chairs and tables. Mess
room locker out of order to be renewed
on ToUowing trip.
H. Bradshaw. Delegates reported no beefs.
The crew was reminded that the chow
on board is theirs and they are free to
ask for changes in menu at any time.
Dec. f—Chairman, L. Gllllt; Secretary,
AU crewmembers are to clean laundry
L. Cwalthnoy. A vote of thanks to the
trays after using them.
steward's department for their fine meals
SEAPEARL (Colonial), Nov. IS—Chair during the trip and for the fine Thanks
man, Clayton Conlcy; Secretary, L. FloycL giving dinner. The remaining ship's crew
Educatlon bulletins read to aU hands, and that is staying aboard agreed to make a
newcomers were told how the Union got voluntary donation to the ship's fund.
FURPLESTAR (Traders), Now. 4 — where it is today. Everyone seems to be
MARTIN McCARVER (Waterman), Dae.
Chairman, Tom Lowe; Eecretary, Xhuck pleased with the new contract. The Sea
pearl broke down at sea and while it was 15—Chairman, G. VInerz; Sacratary, G.
being repaired the crew had a good time Delgado. Delegates reported no beefs and
catching sharks and they had a big. one' a few disputed hours overtime. The mess
on the line but you know the story. It man is not dumping garbage at the
ABIQUA (Cities Service), Nov. 27—
proper place. Unnecessary noise in the Chairman, John Giancola; Secretary, R.
got away.
passageways and aU hands were asked Lafferty. Ship's delegate reported that
RObERT ELLIS LEWIS (Bloomfleld), to close doors quietly and stop the loud the washing machine js beyond repair.
Dec. 14—Chairman, Walker T. Loclalr; talking. Discussion about the Indian A new machine will be^iut aboard by the
Levi Walker
S. Butlar. Delegates reported watchman and longshoremen to be taken company. Several members at the meet
Contact Silas Axtell, 15 Moore Secretary,
no beefs. Two men missed ship in Ger up at next meeting.
ing had complaints about the poor mail
many.
Vote
of thanks to the steward's
service given to the crew by the com
St., New York.
LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car pany. The door to the crew messroom
department fora pleasant and a good
riers),
Nov.
'II—Chairman,
James
H.
feeding trip. The slopchest will be
needs repairs.
checked to see if cold weather gear is Boylet, Jr.; Secretary, Beniamln F.
Gordon Chambers
Nov. 15—Chairman, Rocky Milton; Sec
Trottle.. Delegates reported no" beefs. retary, Robert Lafferty. The question of
aboard for the next trip.
Please get in touch with your
Discussion by the steward on the merits overtime for delayed sailing time will he
of the new bakers that were coming left up to' the patrolman in the next port.
mother, Mrs. Annie Chambers, at
aboard and the bakers who are on board The messman complained that the mess
1076 Teller Ave., Bronx, N. ¥., as
at the present time.
room is often dirty in the morning after
Dec. 18—Chairman, James Boyle, Jr.; the previous night's card games. The rec
soon as possible.
Secretary, Benjamin TroHle. Delegates ord player in the recreation room needs
reported everything in fair running or repairs. Cranks on some of the lifeboat
der. The chair chaUenged every member davits slipped during a drill. The ma
Charles Gedra
CHRISTINE (Carfai), Dec. 23—Chair present to blow his top but there wasn't chinist reported that they are being re
Robert Brosh
man, A. KuberskI; Secretary, E. Beatty. even a little squeak out of anyone. All paired.
Delegates reported everything okayi Stew hands were asked to leave the washing
Get in touch with your local ard suggests
that aU hands help keep rec machine in a clean condition in the fu
YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman), Dec. 9—
draft boards immediately.
reation room clean. Steward is issuing ture.'
Chairman, Nets Larson; Secretary, Ralph
cots and suggests that aU hands take
Tindell. Delegates reported everything
care of them.
JOHN F. APPLEBY (Eastern), Dee. • — okay. Motion made and carried that the
Duane Clausen
Chairman,
Herman
Whisnant;
Secretary,
steward
make sure that in the future he
BERTRAM GOODHUE (Mississippi), Dec. W. D. Canty. Delegates reported no beefs.
You have been classified" 2A If—Chairman,
C. R. Thurmond. Delegates The crew was asked to leave the washing has enough linen for the entire voyage.
by your local draft board. No. 5, reported everything going smoothly. Mo machine in better condition after using. Suggestion that one of the brothers check
,
tion carried to have educational meeting. Ship's fund stands at $15.56. The deck on books for the ship's library.
in New York City.
Discussion on proper attire for messhall and engine department wiU take care of
STONY
CREEK
(MarTrade),
Dec.
13—
it t 4»
and the recreation room. Discussion on the laundry room and the steward's de
R. Sinclair; Secretary, Holt.
keeping laundry room and the recreation partment will talce care of the lounge Chairman, G.
Thomas Galvtn
Gaskets in need of replacing on port
cleaned.
room
keeping
it
clean
in
SIU style.
holes.
Broken
glass in portholes due to
A very important letter is be room
Dec. 23—Chairman, J. Mahoney; Secra
bad weather. Washing machine needs
ing held for you at the office of tary, C. R. Thurmond. Motion made to ANTINOUS (Waterman), Dec. 14—Chair attention;
it was left unclean. Suggested
write a letter to Lindsay Williama, New man, L. Allen; Secretary, Eugino Oecato. to post instructions
on operation of the
the SEAFARERS LOG. See the Orleans
Port Agent, if the ship goes to There was a discussion on a Christmas
machine.
Crew voted to thank union for
the Gulf concerning the condiUon of mat party. Delegates reported everything
editor.
the use of the films, "Wail Street" and
tresses. pillows, and bunks aboard. Crew okay, no beefs.
"This is the SIU." Congratulatious go
voted to approve the new contract gains
to the steward and chief cook for their
listed in a letter from Headquarters.
John J. Leskun
ANNISTON CITY (Isthmian), Dec. 3— fine cooperation at all times.
Kaiser. The athletic director reported
that five baseball games were played
this trip not including the scrub game
with the stars. The editor of the Navi
gator reported that this is his last trip
and he would like to get someone to
take over the editorship. Walter was
left In Uontevideo with some sort of
heart trouble. We gave him <100 from
the ship's fund.
PERSONALS
I
4" t t
STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), Dec. 2—
Chairman, E. G. Tesko; Secretary, H.
Newton. $32.50 in ship's fund. Chief engi
neer said that too much water is being
consumed as the rate of consumption is
far above normal and it must be con
served or rationed. Captain asked crew
to guard against theft from men in port.
4" 4 ,
COUER D'ALENE VICTORY (Victory
Carriers), Dee. 2—Chairman, Walter J.
Walsh; Secretary, Gerald Hoeschen. S25.4S
reported in the sliip's fund. A few re
freshments will make the holiday away
from home more cheerful. A new elec
tric iron • wUl be purchased.
Your sister, Anne Leskun, is ALAWAI (Waterman), Dec. 23—Chair
anxious to get some mail from man, J. Fedesovlch; Secretary, J. DuBose.
you at 38 So. Catherine ^t., Suggestion made to keep the washing ma
chine clean. Memorandum was discussed.
Shenandoah, Pa.
Repair list to be made out. Delegates re
Chairman, A Stout; Secretary, W. Fogarty.
Delegates reported everything okay. A
suggestion was made : deck engineer
that a fresh water line run out on deck.
Some discussion as to the time of the day.
the' slopchest should be opened. The
steward said he would open it up any
time the men needed anything.
BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Liberty Naviga
Hon), no date—Chairman, Red Morgan;
Secretary, Th. Moller. Delegates reported
everything okay, no beefs. Motion made
and carried to start a ship's fund on a
volimtary basis. The ship's delegate will
see the captain about following repair
list before leaving La. A vote of thanks
was extended to the steward's department
for the good job they did and for the
good food served. Everybody is satisfied
and happy.
OCEAN C (Ocean Transportation), Dee.
14—Chairman, Vernon Bryant; Seeretary,
W. Roma. 1)010 taken on the new mem
orandum agreement. Each department to
get up a repair list to turn in. New mat
tresses needed. Steward will order them.
WESTERN TRADER (Western Nav.),
Dec. 24—Chairman, T. Hirsh; Secratary,
T. Wasiluk. The crew crtnplained about
'4 4' ^
ported a couple of hours disputed over
the shortages of stores. T. Hfrsh ex
time. One man logged.
Louis W. Boren
plained to the members the Union motto
an
SIU ship is a clean ship. He told the
CECIL N. BEAN (Dry Trans), Dee. 14
Anyone knowing his where
SEAGARDEN (Orion), Dec. «—Chalr^
—Chairman, Ely; Secretary, Lcif Hope. crew when they leave the ship leave it
man,
Pete
Walsh;
Secretary,
N.
E.
Roun
abouts please notify his wife,
trea. Delegates reported no beefs. The Delegates reported no beefs. It was the way you would like to find it.
Beatrice Boren, Box 714 Paw
Headquarters report and memorandum agreed that the last man on standby clean
DEPAUW VICTORY (South Atlantic),
was read and accepted. Discussion on the messhall and the recreation hall at Dec.
huska, Okla., or his mother, Mrs.
23—Chairman, P. Constan; Sacrotary,
ship's repairs will be turned over to the night.
Dunley. Delayed sailing discussed. Sug
Minnie Washabough, Box 233, It would be appreciated if ship's delegate for action. Medical sup
WILLIAM JAMES (Bull), Nov. 4— gestion to have ship fumigated of roaches
plies will be checked sometime in the
Pawhuska, Okla., or have him get anyone knowing whereabouts of near
future.
Chalman, Vic Dindia; Secretary, Nell L. in foc'sles. Lockers to be repaired in
in touch with his family.
Floyo. Delegates reported everything run messhall.
George Malinofsky's gear taken off SEACOMET (Colonial), Dec. 23—Chali^ ning
smoothly. Each man is to wdkh his
CAMAS MEADOWS (U. S. Petroleum),
man, M. Harris; Secretary, Homer Renge. cup and place it on the, drain board after
the SS Petrolite in New York would
John Bober
Delegates reported no beefs. The repair using. All hands were asked to cooper Dec. 23—Chairman, E. J. Lane; Secretary,
return
his
Army
discharge
and
B.
Robblns. Everyone asked to turn off
will be turned over to the patrolman ate with the steward changing the linen.
Get in touch with Wanda Bober, other papers to him c/o SIU list
in Tampa. Discussion on performii^ All crewmembers were asked to keep the the switch on the washing machine when
233 East 32nd St., N. Y.
aboard ship. It will not 'be tolerated. messKall and the recreation room clean finished withiit and also to release pres
headquarters in Brooklyn.
sure on wringer. Crewmembers were
Brother Lee gave a talk on the impor at all times.
asked not to leave towels around in the
tance of delegates aboard vessels at sea
4>
41
4^
Lopez, AB
and advised all new men to contact them
COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Nov. pantry.
Woolard. FWT
on any matters they were in doubt of. 2*—Chairman, V. D. Kicklrillo; Secretary,
ExGateway City
ExZane Grey
Brother Lingo explained the principles of A. Fabrlcant. Chairman suggested that
BENTS FORT (Cities Service), Dec. II
Lost your address. Shipping on
our organization and importance of our OS. wiper and BR take care of the linen —Chairman, Dan Board; Secretary, Alll
Check
Baltimore
hall
for
gear
slogan,
"Brotherhood
of
the
Sea."_
Mott
Hehert. Motion made and carried to
for each department. There was a dis
Western'Farmer. Please contact if it hasn't arrived at home.
cussion on the night lunch and milk. increase mdlr supply from 120 quarts to
n» c/o Brooklyn Hall. W.
BULL RUN (Mathiasen), Dec.
JBb quuts. Crew was asked to cooperate
Painting of crew's quarters requested.
^ 4i 4
Chairman, Jack Groentr; Sacratary, Jack
Dec. 11—Chalratan, Johnson; secretary, with the messman. Discussion on increas
Thompson.
Hanhay.. Delegates reported one man A. Fabrlca. Delegates reported everything ing the ship's fund.
Richard Parmer
missing in engine department. The ship's in order. Deck department showers need
Gilbert Maurice
delegate is to see the' captain about shore repairs. Complaints on the coffee. Soap
Cpl. Gordon Feck
SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), Dee.
You
must
sign
hjneflciary
cards
and a draw in Arabia. The men and matches . are to be obtained. Hot
R. Sweeney; Secretary, C.
Saw your letter in LOG. Please' to be eligible for Welfare benefits. leave
were asked to participate in the meetings. water supolv to washing machine is dan 3G—Chairman,
Geidstein. Delegates reported no beefs.
The menu shoiil,} be arrangsd to please gerous.
write, Cpl. Gerald Heiner, US
Treasurer reports $105.52. The crew was
all crewmembers. .
given to'Understand that some overtime
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ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), Dac. money was being held over into the ne.xt
WILLIAM JAMES (Bull), Dee. IS—
c/o PM, San Francisco.
payoff. The crew did hot want any over
Chairman, William Jones; Secretary, Nell 12—Chairman, William Ivlnsf Secretary, time money to elapse into the new year.
Johnson. Letter to Headquarters was ex
4^ 4 4i
L. Floyd. Motion made that the ship's plained.
The ship's delegate was instructed to see
Explanation
of
proper
psoccdure
stores he checked thoroughly for the next
T. J. Stafford
captain, and have him call the office
voyage. If there are any shortages the to follow at payoff. A motion was made the
Get in touch with Terrell
" lie
• " be informed of such and and accepted and a suggestion made that to straighten this matter.
delegate
shall
the Union take action toward seamen's'
wlU notify the union haU.
McRamy at Galveston Hall, SOSVii
families receiving benefits in Marine
BEAUREGARD (Waterman), Nov. 23—
23rd St.
STONEWALL JACKSON (Waterman), Hospitals. Crewmembers of the Archers Chairman, Brown; Seeretary, V. Harding.
Dec. 9—Chairman, J. King; Secretiry, Hope wish to give a ,,word of praise to Suggestion that more night lunch to put
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John Murphy. A wiper and a fireman the captain for bis kindness and coop out. Juices to be tdillled before serving
in the morning. Suggestion made to use
Tony Comman
missed ship and a letter was made up eration.
ash trays on tables Instead of deck.
to send to Union headquarters. a'bout it.
Urgent you contact Mrs. Mary
CATAHOULA (Cuba Distilling), Dec. 12
Motion made to keep the wasliroom clean.
DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), Dec.
Cornman, 3119 Baldwin St., Los
Anyone caught leaving the washroom —Ctiairman, Adolph Capote; Secratary,
dirty will pay a small fee to the ship's B. E. Phillips. Letter read from Head Chairman, Charles Muree; Secretary, Den
Angeles.
quarters regarding steward's department Collins. The ship's delegate reported that
fund.
beef on m^ight..lunches
li^ight..'
served. Siig a mattress was burned and that the per
SEAMONITOR (Excelsior), Dee. S— gestion made to get a new library for son would have to pay for it. Del Mundo
John W. Allstali
Chairman, John Zackowskl; Secretary;. the recreation room. Suggestion that a goes on record 100% for the new' con
Get in touch with Lawrence
William Bauta, Delegates reported every communication be drawn up by the dele tract gains and a vote of thanks was ex
thing in good shape. Motion made to gates and turned over to the agent in tended to the negotiating committee. Dis
O'Counell at Staten Island Marine
alternate in cleaning the recreation room New Orleans for membership action cussion on ship's funds. Suggested that
everypne donatg $2 at payoff.
Hospital.
and the laundry room. This crew beinff against the performers during the trip.
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see the patrolman about the mate not
putting out medical supplies. It was sug
gested that each department delegate
take up a voluntary ship's fund.
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SEAFARERS LOG
/ * OFFtCJAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFt
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The World's
Most Alert
Union Man'
ilr
Membership ratification of all contracts nego
tiated by the SIU is a l/nion procedure provided
for in the Union's constitution. Contract ratifica
tion is just one aspect of the membership's final
say on all important matters, "including reports
of officials,"finances, communications, and other
business that comes up in the course of a mem
bership meeting.
The regular shoreside meeting has last word on
this score. But owing to the nature of the mari
time trade, only a small part of the total member
ship can be present at any given time at shoreside
meetings. The large majority of Seafarers will be
aboard ship. Thi$ makes for a difficult problem,
but the Union is determined to sound as many
Seafarers as possible on any given issue, so as to
get the broadest possible membership response.
In this way the Union can avoid the danger of
an unrepresentative response that might arise if
the membership on the beach alone passed on a
particular question.
; Consequently, an important issue like a new
contract is submitted to the entire membership
for approval. The polling of the men aboard ship
must of necessity be unofficial, but it is a good
barometer of the feelings of the Seafarer who at
the moment will be closest to the contract prob
Seafarers in the midst of a typical shipboard meeting hear a delegate's report.
lems. The vote gives these men a voice in Union
affairs which they would otherwise lack because
they were at sea at that particular time.
It has been found that the opinion of men aboard
ship on a given issue tends to follow the same
pattern as that of men participating jn the shore
side meetings. The meetings then, have been;
proven representative of the entire membership.
In accord with this policy, the SIU submitted
its latest contract, already approved by the shorer
side meetings, to the members at sea. .The table
listed below is a random sampling of early returns
received from SIU ships and demonstrates the
overwhelming acceptanceof the new "agreement.
Submitting the contract to the men at sea is
just one way in which the Union attempts to keep
in close touch with the entire membership. It is
the SIU's, standing policy that the best member
ship is an active and informed membership. This
method of Submitting issues stimulates discussion
and as a rfesult ,helps keep the membership alert
and informed on the issues of the day. It is the
Union's belief that the policy has been carried to
the point where the membership of the SIU is the
bestinformed of any union membership in the
world.
Partial List Of Shipboard Voting
n"''
Meeting
Ship
Company „
Chairman
Date
. Calmar
. Calmar
... 11/ 6/Sl ..... . W. Ekins ..,
Latf Vegas Vic. ... ,. Isthmian
... 11/12/51 ..., .T. Finnerty
Dei Valle
,. Delta
... 11/18 51 .... .J. McGuSen
Ponce
,. Puerto Rico ... ..11/16/51 .... , T. Viera
, Edith
..BuU
... 11/18/51 ..., . L. Rizzo
. Aicoa Puritan .... ,. Alcoa
... 11/11/51 .... .B. Maye
Chilore
..Ore
...11/ 9/51 ..., .C. KeUogg
. Chiwawa
.. Cities Service ... ... 11/25/51 .... .J. PhUlips .,
. Antinous
..Waterman
... 11/18/51.,.. . B. Vara
Cubore
..Ore
... ll/14,/5t ..,. :C. Davii ....
Stonewall Jackson ..Waterman
... 11/18/51 .... .J. Smith ....
, Santore ... I
. .. Ore
,.. 11/18/51 ...; • ; P. Allgeler : .
. Bradford Island . .. Cities Service ... ... 11/18/51 .... .F. Lambertl
Beatrice
..Bull ..;
... 11/27/51 .... .W. Rhone ..
, Alcoa Pilgrim ... .. Alcoa
... 11/19/51 .... .R. Mullins .
Bethore
..Ore
.. 11/13/51 .... .D.' Cherry
, Seatrain N.Y. .... .. Seatrain
:..11/18,'51
.R.Sweeney ..
Madaket
.. Waterman ....;. ...11/10/51 .... .A. Sistrunk
Steel Apprentice . .. Isthmian
...11/14/51 .... .J. Bilko ....
iloyal Oak
. Cities Service ...
. E. Duxbury
, Sweetwater ..... .. MarTrade
... 11/18'51 ... .R. Bridge ...
. Oremar
.. Ore
...11/15/51
.L. Brilhart
Harry T
.. Palmer
'.. ... 11/25 51 .."
.N. Swokla ..
Yorkmar
.. Calmar
...11/18/.51 .. . E. Luzier ,...
Golden City
.. Waterman ..... ...11/26'51 .. '
.J. Sinunons .
.. Agean
Peconic Bay
... 11/25/51 .. ' . A. Crichton
Thomas Caldwell . ..Alcoa
...11'25/51 ..
• "
. T. Beatty ..
Steel Director .... .. Isthmian
... 1122/51 .. ' .W..Fahm ...
P. P. Barbour .... ..Waterman ..... :.. 11/25/51 • '
. C. Murray ..
; Robin Tuxford ... ., Robin
...11/2451 . "
. D. Bassy
; Montebello HiUs . .. Western Tanker ...11/20/51
. R. Blake . ..
Logans Fort —... .. Citier Service ... ... 11/30/51
.M. Hitchrock
; Lafayette
. .Waterman
...11/18/51 . . H. Borwn
" W. E. Downing .". ..State Fuel
• • • 12'
3 51...: . T. "Fleming
PaoU
..Cities Service ... • •12/ 1/51 ..
. V. Whitney
..Waterman ..... ...12/ 2
^ City of Alma
51 .. . L. Marsh
Del Oro ........ ..Mississippi
...12/11/,51 ...: . J. Procell
Maiden Creek ... .. Waterman
.. 11/25/51 .. . B. Kinter ..
Binghamton \iq. . ..BuU
.. 12/ 1/51 ... . V. .Stefanick
Alcoa Cavalier .'.. ..Alcoa
... 11/25 51 . • . E. Meyd ...
Couer d'Alene ... .. Victory Carriers .. 12/ 2/51
. N. Walsh ...
So. Districts ...... ,. So. Trading .... ... 11/25'51 .. . T. Cornick .;
N. B. Palmftr
. Palmer
... 11/17/51
. G. Bauer .....
D. S. Terry ....... .. Eastern
... 11/20'51 .
"
.R. Murphy . .
.Isthmian ....... .. 11/28/51..;
Zane Gray
.,..
Seatrain Georgia , , Seatrain
...12' 8 51 .. .B. Frederick .
J. C. Harper ....'. . Seas Shipping
.. 11/25/51 .. . E. Hall
Southstar ........ . South Atlantic . ..12/ 2/51...; . C. McDowell .
' Sliinnecock Bay ..'. . MarTrade *.... ...11/17/51 ... . A. Thome ...
iBuU
Elizabeth
...12/11/51...; . A. CampbeU ,
G. A. Lawson .... . Pacific Range .. .. 12' 2'51 .A.
. J. Spuroii
Kyska
.Waterman ....; ... 12/ 9 51
.M. Reges . ...
. Ore
Venore
. 12/ 9/.51 .. .E. Thompson
.Calmar ........ 11/20/51 .... i L. Naipo
Pennmar
Charles Carroll ... ..Bull
12'09/51
.J. Poo' .......
.Colonial
Seacomei
...12/14/51 .... .J. WilUams ..
. South Atlantic . '. ,.. 12/03/51 ... .J. Charrereau
Rice Victory
' Bents Fort
.'Cities Service
... 11/22 51 .... .H. Kelly ....
Mae
....i. .BuU
,.. 12/ 6/51 .... .C. Cibbs
Dorothy
.BuU ........... ...12/16/51 .... , M. Brightwell
Archers Hppe
. Cities Service .. ...12/12'51 ....
Warrior
. Waterman
... 11/25/51 .,.. ;T. BaUard
Steel Rov«
.
Isthmian
;. 12/ 2/51 .... .E. Tesko ....
Cecil Bean\
.DryTrans
... 12'16/51 .... .C. Ely. Jr. .
Del Campo
.Mississippi ..... ...12/ 9/51 .... . H. Tennant
W. B. Yates^
. Isthmian ....... ... 12/16/51
.c. Carniel ..
Steel King
.Isthmian.
.,
.
12/10/51 .... .J. Hoggie ...
Seagarden
.Orion ........... ... 12/ 9/51 ..., .P. Walsh ...
Annlston City
. Isthmian
... 12/16/51 ..,. ,S. Prokopuk
Ocean C
can Trans. .....,w/i6/5i
. V. Bryant ...
TOTALS Sa PAR:
Ships; 70
Secretary
.;. J. Leuack '....
.
..S. CuUison
...J. Whited ....
.. G. Surtzer
... V. Genco ....
...v. HaU
. ..D. Rublic'k .....
...R. Koch
...L. Allen .....
...p. Koral .....
... R. Gralickl ....
... T. Patriquih , ..
... C. Just .......
!.'."W.'Scott•
. B. Dillman
... C. Goldstein
I.. G. Garcos ...,
..C. Hitchcock
,;.T. Moore ...;
,.. T. Maher
,.. F. Oejalen ....
. .. D. Ravosa ....
,.. W. Schoenborn
,..J. Malajensky
...S. Wartelsky .
,..W. Perkins ....
...W. Stark .....
. .'. W. Yarborough
... J. Gadseasou ..
..t.H. Ryan
.;. K. Goldman
...P. Patrick
... G. Hair
.
... J.' Bowman.
... S. Grabenauef
,.. G. Tarbell ;..
,.. P. Gladden
, ..L. DeSUva ...
.G. Hoeschen
.C. Parrish
.C. Logura
.R. Lee, Jr
Deck
..A. Primen ...
.. T. Finnerty . .
..V. Earley ....
. .W. Clarbon ,
..N, Richardson
.. J. Stackoweig
..H. Cutlier ....
.. G. Clement '.
.. R. McCarthy .
.. C. Jowers ...
.. L. Long : .....
..P. Atkins
..F. LanlBerti .'.
.'.'R/MuiUns' "!;.'
..J. Wing
..J. Tarrant
. .D. Van Buren
.. J. BUko :...
..E. Duxbury
..J. Rexstin ...
.. G. BrownweU
..J. Michael
..H. Kooutz
..W. SmaU ....
..E.' Liljeroos.. .
.. A.' Nelson
..M. Ralph
..J. Barone ...
. . N. • Tukey
..R; Blake ....
..M. Hitchrock
i.M. Smith
. .W. Lowther .;
.. C. Wysocki ..,
. .S. Grabenauer
.. W. Tarrant
..P. Gladden ..
,. L. DeSilva ..
.. H; PhiUips .
,.M, Joao ....
• . ,.J. Benchey ...
; . .K Lee, Jr. ...
,.ie Urdoljak
.sir Charles
,.N. Nark
'. Cnnonizado
...... ..E. Hall
....
. R. Godwin
,.B. MaxwcU
.H. Releford
,.T. King ...;..
.J. Clark
,.E. Witche
. E. Cottls ........... ,. J. Mgye, Jr. '..
.R.Kelly
,..M. Reges
. W. Powell ... ..;. O. BakCT'
. H. Butler
,.T."Neves ....,
. J. Luksewich ..... ,'. 0. Gonsalers
. H. Ringo ...
.3. WUUams :
. L. Kriston ........ .J. GUneki
;:.Leo Benort, ..
iKGeiling
.K. Wright ....
. F. Knapp
.J. Olive .......
. J. Johnson ........, .J. Harrison
.H. Webber 1....;;, .H. Webber ; ..
.H. Neften
';H.,Lemten ...
.L. Hope .......... ;W. Maher
•B
. Johnson
.C. Pedersen /.
.1. Nima
;P. Israel
.J. Straka
;W. Dodds: ...;
.M. Rountree .....i :.M. White
W. Fogarty
.A. Debebib
•W
. Roma
..L. Clark
DELECATES
Engine
Steward
,.. V. Douglas ..
..;. B. Snoux ...
.... J. Spina
....C. Thorpe ...
.... J. McGuifen
...J. Gonzalez
,..J. Ayala
L. Renta .
.,.C. Wagenfor
.... A. BUksnar
,.;j. Warfried .
.... P. Taurvi ..
,, r J. Gardnu
.... C. Ashcom
,, A. Martin ....
,..C. Johnson ..
;. ^. C. Kennedy ...
.. R. Lipscomb .
P. Mayo ,1.'..;.
..M. EUiot ....
>... L. Gonzalez ..;
,..P. Allgeier
.... T. Patrlquln .'.
..J. LeUnski ...
....'A.Jensen ..'...
,;.M. Reid ......
R. Moran ....
..W. Kyles ...
....ESmlth ......
, R. Jones ...
,... D. Cherry ;.
...W. Vidal
H. Kowalskl ..
,,. L. Morris ...
C. Young .....
..W. Yan .....
....J.Jacques ....
. . J. Shomoc ...
A. Weaver ....
. .N. Gcundohl .
• • • R.
/ Bridge '
..W. Rose ....
.... J. Barnette ...
. .W. Osurnlkle .
• • • • C. Shaw • .;...
.
C. Corter ...
. • • • J.
Busrell ...
. J. Rioux . .. .
.... F. Zananskl ..
. V. Porter ...
. • .
• A. Clouse .....
. E. Buckley ...
.... E. Blackman ..
. D. Cohpn ...
.... T. Coskie
i M. Cuip
..i W. Morris ;...
, V. Monte
.... J. McPolin ....
.
A. Valdea ;.
.... H. Mclsaac "
; 6. Rdblckauf ,
.... K. Goldman . .
.. E. Frost .....
.... H. Brown .,...
..P. Brien
.... K. Moston ....
. T. Johnson
.... N. Kirk ......
,, A. Wilburn ..,
....G. MurriU ....
..El TerreU ....
F. Williams
. W. Kilgare '.,
.... C. Merrltt .....
. J. Tarrisi ....
...;F. Heck
;.L. GuiUet ...
.... E. Hall ......
. G. Wolf
.... B. Collins ;...
. W. Thompson ,
.;... ;C. Parrish
.... W; Ellis
; G. NichoJa
.... R. Murphy ....
. F. Sawyer ....
.
... J. Saxton
V.P. Ulrich .....
..;. B. Frederick .
. J. Mogen ..,,
.... D. Cahoon: . ..'
. R; Godwin ....
R, McCorkel ,
. H. Releford , .
C. ,Chesna ......
; R. Gordits
.... :j. Ruiz# ..
. F. Longwell ..
.... :G. BeU
'. .T.
Whlttaku .
;c.',Dougherty .•
..D. Fabon .....
.... ;A.McKenzle ;.
.. S. Bell
i
.... L. Rinere .....
..M. Regis .....
.... J:. Poo
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. Hernandez .
...; R. Ramos
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. §.• DeGCe
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;.. R. Nobson , '.
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., . A.' Clement" *.;...'..'. 'T* Xeis
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.J. Hoggie
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M. Rountree . .
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W.Marrin ....
... H. Rluttata ....
W..Ronia
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Vol. XIV, No. 1
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Headlines:
SIU CANNERS SEEK HIGHER TUNA TARIFF
BUNKER LACK HELD THREAT TO SHIPPING
CREWS TO BE POLLED ON '52 PACT
DEATH BENEFIT SAVES WIDOW FROM EVICTION
12-DAY TRIP WITH CS NETS OS TIDY TOTAL
WATERMAN SEEKS NEW OK TO SERVE 'COASTAL TRADE
SIU SEAMEN VICTIMIZED BY RED CHINA EXTORTION
US MAY CONVERT CARGO VESSELS, BUILD TANKERS
AFL TROUNCES BRIDGES' UNION IN TWO VOTINGS
CG WHITTLES SEA RULES TO EASE CREW SHORTAGES
COAL TO EUROPE IN '52 TO TOTAL 34 MILLION TONS
TALLYING COMMITTEE'S REPORT
COMPLETE TABULATION OF VOTE IN A & G ELECTION FOR OFFICIALS
NINE BROTHERS CLAIM BIGGEST SIU FAMILY
AGENT SPENDS HOLIDAY DIGGING REPLACEMENTS
SHIPS MOVING, BUT CITY MAY HOOF IT
HOT PACE SLACKENS OFF, OUTLOOK IS GOOD
BOTH SHIPS AND SEAMEN ARE IN AMPLE SUPPLY
NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION BLOWS OFF THE ROOF
SHIPPING DOING NICELY AS YEAR'S END COMES
QUICK HEAVE-HO GIVEN SHIPBOARD PERFORMERS
WEATHER AND SHIPPING ARE ON THE WARM SIDE
DON'T PAY OFF VESSEL WITHOUT A REPLACEMENT
MEN EAGERLY AWAITING GO-AHEAD ON VACATAIONS
ALL IS PEACEFUL IN PORT WITH PLENTY OF SHIPS
LONG-RANGE OUTLOOK
SAFEGUARDING SEAMEN
ON-THE-BALL CREW
SIU DEMOCRACY IN ACTION
NAMES OF SEAMEN CITED FOR WARTIME GALLANTRY
FLASHBACKS... WHEN STEAM REPLACED THE SAIL
SIU SHIP RAMS FRENCH COAST; PLEAT IN DECK NO NEW VOGUE
YOKOHAMA'S MELODY GIRLS HELP CHIME IN CREW'S '52
DEL SUDDERS NINE WINS; NOW TOPS GAUCHO LEAGUE
THE CALL OF THE SEA IS BRINGING 'EM BACK
TWELVE-DAY LEAVE
TRAGIC END FOR 2 SIU MEN
SEAFARER BLOOD BROTHER TO TEXAS WOODEN INDIAN
SEAMEN CAN APPEAL SECURITY SCREENOUT
THE WORLD'S MOST ALERT UNION MAN
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HoHdoif
representative John Cole checks list
• fVfffWM/
WfffWr. gftgj, delivering $25 Christmas bonus to
Seafarer Harold Lunt in Staten Island Hospital. (Story on Page 2.)
T
All Shipshape,
Negotiators for the SIU
and Cities Service Oil
Co. wind up session in
J which agreement was
. reached ori a written
clarification of the
contract. Shown around
_ . the table (1. to r.) are;
Wm. Roten, paymaster.
Marine Division; Rus
' sell E. Brandon, Direc
tor Industrial Rela
• tions, Marine Division:
Lloyd Gardner and
Sonny Simmoni^ SIIT
headquarters Officials; '
: and KOith Terpe, SHJ
. patrolman. (Story on
. Page 2.)
Let er Ride Camera whirrs and lights blaze as Telenews
photographer films new hall for CBS TV net
work and 80 independent television stations.
(Story on Page 3.)
�ni« TiM
SEAFARERS LOC
i
1931 Was Prosperous For
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Looking back over the calendar, necessary—which we did through many counts. The SIU opened a March was the month too wbau began tb take, shape «ji .cdn8i
1951 was a pretty good year for out the year.
fight for draft exemption for sea Seafarer Eric Joseph spelled out tloff wbskiers swarmed all over
the SIU. It was the year of con The Canadian District held its men and for release of seamen the meaning of brotherhood by History was made on May
siderable bread and butter prog convention in that month, proudly from the armed forces. It also donating a cornea to his buddijr lb when SIU operators s i g n e d a
ress, and of vastly improved ship reporting a membership of 6,200. leveled fire at the National Ship the marine hospital, Philip Pron, memorandum agreeing on the first,
ping. It was also the year in which A check for $8,000 came back to ping Authority's proposed GAA to save the latter froni blindness. guaranteed vacation plan in mari
A8cG repaying the loan in the 1949 agreement denying civilian rights The fifth biennial convention of time. The plan became official on
the new hall became a reality.
January started on a familiar organizing drive, with many thanks to seamen.
the SOU wound up the month Iff June ir and^guaranteed a^aaeKimuiir
note. The shipowners were trying for our help.
The operators were presented San Francisco. It voted to demand of $115 vacation annually. The
to get the government to require February saw the SIU Welfare with a demand for a guaranteed a fairer allocation of ships out Union tucked this imder its belt
ratings to go through government Plan invest $500,000 of its surplus vacation plan, and work on the of the boneyard.
and went'after the operators ior
schools and set up a big pool of in interest bearing government new hall got underway in earnest April saw the first in a series of new contract terms on wages and.
manpower. The SIU opened up its bonds, further reducing the over with the ietting out of contracts increases in Welfare Plan benefits, other provisions.
for alterations and Reconstruction with the death benefit going up to Thf welfare plan hit the heia»<
guns, told Uncle Sam and the ship head cost of the plan.
$1,000. The SIU headquarters hall
owners it would supply all the men March was a busy month on of the property.
(Continued on page 14)
*
Rap Company Agents
For Lax Sick Help
To SIU Men Abroad
Union Officials on Security
Insurance claim agents and company representatives who
have been giving ill seamen the runaround in foreign ports
have been called down by the SIU. Headquartess has written
>all insurance companies am
foreign representatives warn
ing them that sick and dis
abled seamen are entitled to
firstrate care.
Action was taken after headquar
ters learned of several cases where
men who had to be hospitalized in
foreign ports were denied their
Appreciation of the role played rights to proper care, maintenance
by Seafarers in keeping vital car and firstclass transportation back
goes moving has been expressed home.
by Shipenter Lines, an SlUcon Since the Union has no repre
tracted company.
sentatives in foreign ports to pro ..Membership cards on the Coast Guard Appeals Board for the^. Y, area aire pfeseihted to SecyTrsai.
Paul Hall, (1.) and SUP East Coast Rep. Morris Weisberger (3rd, 1.) by Capt. W. L. Maloney; U. S."'
In a letter to the families of all tect seamen in such cases, all Sea
Seafarers employed by the line, farers are strongly urged to get all Coast Guard. Looking on is SUP Rep. Bill Armstrong. Board hears appeals In security cases.
the company praises the job being the written statements they can on
done by Seafarers. It points out their cases. These statements
that the men are denying them should not be given to a claim
selves the holiday season because agent or company representative
they know the importance to the until the Seafarer has had a chance
nation of delivering cargoes on to consult the Union.
After four months of hot and heavy negotiating the NMU has ihanag^ to clear up parf j
What has been happening is that of the socalled "petty inequities" in its contract. The SIU's Contract department, upont .!
time.
Shipenter' further informs Sea a seaman injured, or falling ill, close examination of the supplementary agreement, said that the "petty inequities," as th«i
^rers' dependents that they will aboard ship is taken to a hospital NMU referred to them, +
:——
r
keep the families informed of all in a foreign port. When discharged amount to no less than 28 pro the National Maritime Union, CffO did a job for all seamen, regard
from
the hospital,
he may
find that
ship movements and agent's ad
same type or for equal less of the union they belong to.**
dresses and telephone numbers so there is no transportation available visions, several of them being . . . for the
work . . . then there has been an
at the
time.
The company
agent or
among
the
most
fundamental
that they can get in touch with the
• inequity'."
Seafarer as quickly as possible. insurance man will put him up in clauses in the SIU contract,
a fleabitten flophouse despite the relating to overtime penalty An SIU headquarters represen
The company concludes by de fact that the man is entitled to $6
tative, when apprised of the con
claring, "We are proud of our Sea a day in maintenance and cure. cargo and other conditions.
tent of the. editorial, declared,
farers, and we trust you share that Then they will more often than All of this covers only deck and "The NMU is doing
The membership is again cau
a lot of squirm
pride, for they need every bit of not send him back home in a rat engine departments. The NMU ing and twisting, trying
tioned tobeware
of persons solicit
to
explain
still negotiating for improve away its failure to keep up yiith ing funds on ships
encouragement and moral support, infested ship, or as a workaway.
in behalf of
ments
in
the
stewards
department
which you will not fail to offer In one recent instance a Sea
memorials
or
any
other
cocalled
the
SIU
in
the
matter
of
money
them in order that* they can suc farer was taken ill and had to have rules.
"worthy causes."
and conditions
for its members.
To
cessfully. carry on their task in his appendix removed in a German With but slight exceptions, a date, they .^haven't explained how , No "canshakers" or solicitors
.these trying times."
hospital. He was sent back home contract department, representa it is possible for a union to get su have received authorization from
tive declared that the new provi perior conditions by "waiting for SIU headquarters to collect funds.
(Continued on page 22)
sions were more or less identidal somebody else to do their fight The National Foundation for In
in nature and wording with stand ing," as their editorial states.
fantile Paralysis is the only char
ing provisions of the SIU's stand
Pec. 28, 1951
Vol. XIII, No. 26
itable organization which has re
"It seems
to us
that
the shoe fits
ard contract.
very snugly on the other foot. It ceived membership endorsement.
As I See It
Page 11
Basic Clauses
is the NMU that let somebody else Funds for this cause are collected
Burly
Page 21
do
the fighting for them, and now through normal Union channels at
Among the inequities which the
Crossword Puzzle
Page 10
the payoff. Receipts are issued on
their members are reaping the ben
NMU has been sneering at, but
Did ISpu Know........ Page 16
the
spot.
efit
because
the
SIU
went
out
and
working so hard to get, are: Pro
Editorial
Page 11
vision for securing the vessel in
Inquiring Seafarer
Page 10
Hospitalized Seafarers all around harbor limits, provision for ade
In The Wake
Page 10 the country have received their quate sailing board time, air trans
Labor Roundup
Page 21 $25 Christmas bonus money in portation, compensation for pen
time for the holiday. With all alty cargoes, special rate on ex
Letters
Pages 19, 20 figures not yet in, indications are plosives, recognition of longshore Additional money in the pocket of Seafarers sailing on
Letter Of The Week... Page 11 that the total amount of the bonus holidays, standby work scales,, a Cities Service tankers is now assured. A second set of clari
Maritime
Page 21 will pass the $6,500 mark with similar port time clause, new long cations has been agreed upon between the company and the
Meet 'ITie Seafarer.... Page 10 over 250 Seafarers in the hospitals shore rates, continuous overtime, Union which will mean more"
This Is not the last of the talks
free launch service, purchase of overtime payments for crew
. On The Job
Page 21 receiving the gift.
on the Cities Service contract.
The bonus is in addition to the fresh provisions in every port, hot members.
Personals
Page 22 regular $15 weekly benefit which night lunches and many other simi
Agreement was reached at a Discussions have been recessed for
Ships' Minutes
Pagi 23 all Seafarers receive for as long lar provisions which have long meeting held on December 20 be the holidays, but Union and com
Ten Years Ago
Page 10 a period of time as they are been the regular practice on SIU tween representatives of the com pany representatives will get to
pany and the Unii^n. The agree gether again after the fi.i:st of, the
Top Of The News
Page 6 patients in the various hospitals. ships.
In
New
York's
Staten
Island
ment,
which is in addition to year for further clarification, on
The
same
issue
of
the
"Pilot,"
..Washington News
hospital
alone,
approximately
clarifications
arrived at in Novem working rules in the contract.
Letter
Page 4 $2,500 was paid out with 100 ill the NMU paper in which the new
As soon as negotiations are com
ber, should reduce disputes at pay
changes
were
announced,
takes
a
Welfare Benefits
;. Page 22 Seafarers getting the benefit.
pleted with the Cities Service fleet,
slap at the SIU for having superior off to a minimum.
The Christmas bonus was voted conditions. As the "Pilot" put it. All three departments are cov the Union will begin negotiations
Pubiishod biweekly et the heedquerfers
• f the Seefareri International Union, At by the Trustees of the Seafarers If the companies award some ered by the latest clarification.' with the remaining tanker com
lantic A Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Welfare Fund at a meeting held
thing to another union—one of Copies of the new terms will be panies to work out the same rules
Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y, Tel. STeriIng
on
December
7,
1951.
Union
rep
those
sitting by waiting for some sent out to each Cities Service changes that have been put into
84671. Entered as second class matter
nt the Post Offlce in Brooklyn, N. Y., resentatives had proposed the gift body else to do their fighting— ship as soon as they are written effect, or are on their way, at
for hospitalized Seafarers
Cities Service.
vnder the Act ot August 24, 1912.
over and above what is awarded up and printed.
Owner Praises
Seafarers For
'Job Well Done'
51U Basic Clauses Given NMU
^Can'Shahers^
Have No OK
SEAFARERS LOG
Christmas Welfare
Bonus Paid to 250
Sick SIU Members
CS Parleys Clarify OT
y
e
I .
C,
•
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�ma^
SEAFARERS LOG
n«eTkra»:
Mr
'i
To Postwar High
! %r^
S;':
A tremendous upsurge of shipping in the two weeks prior to the holidays has
surpassed all SIU records since the end of World War II. A total of 3,348 men were
shipped out of the A&G District in the period from December 5 to December 19,
smashing to smithereens the previous iHgh postwar figure of 2,500 for a compar
^able period in. April, 1947.'^
Pact Still Waits
WSB Approval
The recordbreaking total
climaxes a long haul back
HigMight
Xute for Seaidrers
Insurance Strikers
Voted Financial Aid
Stricken Seafarer Saved
By Passenger's Surgery
I •
Press, TV
Tell World
Of New Hq.
from the middle of 1950, when
Despite recent meetings US shipping was in the dol
drums. A large part of the suc
with the SIU, the Wage Sta
bilization 'Board has still hot cess of the SIU in establishing^ the
acted on the provisions of the new record is due to the Union's
Seafarers load Christmas baskets made up by the SlU for delivery
latest contract signed by the manpower allocation setup which
^ needy families in Brooklyn. ,
is making it possible fbr the Union
Union the end of October. Of
to man all the ships it is given,
ficials of the board have ex
wherever
they are, despite the
pressed sympathy with the
tremendous
demand for ratings. The unusual facilities of
Union's request for speedier
Seafarers
themselves
deserve a fered the men of the SIU in
action, but have explained
great
deal
of
credit
for
taking the
that there is a tremendous
ships
as
they
come,
and
not wait the new headquarters build
.backlog of contracts to be ing for runs of their choice, so
that ing are attracting increasing at
tention from newspapers and mag
On shi]p or ashore throughout the world, Seafarers celebrated gone over.
SIU representatives held the Union could man more ships azines, as well as television.
Christmas with the traditional partyi At home, in SIU halls, several
with the WSB than at any time since the war.
Among the many newsmen who
and aboard all SlUmanned ships it was turkey and trim recently sessions
Can Handle More
in
which
various
have
commented favorably on the
(4
mings, with lavish full course "
Commenting on the record new hall waa the nationallysyn
clauses of the new contract
dinners designed for the most and reflected the Union's oftstated were discussed.
breaking totals, SecretaryTreas dicated labor columnist, Victor
fastidious and the most ambi Intention to participate more wide
For further information on urer Paul Hall declared: "These Riesel. In his column, "Inside La
ly in community life. The baskets the WSB's policy announce figures illustrate the efficiency bor" of December 10, Riesel spoke
tious appetites.
In New York headquarters, Sea contained chicken, coffee, fruits, ment on welfare plans see and speed vdth which the SIU is glowingly of the new hall's fa
manning ships throughout our cilities as indicating a new trend
farers and their families ate Christ vegetables, candy and other neces story on page 4.
district. The record shows con
mas dinner in the new cafeteria, sities for a good dinnei'.
clusively
that we are the only
along with guests from the neigh
union in a position to accept ad
borhood. It was a raw, wintry day
ditional ship allocations with full
in Ne_w York with a touch of snow
est confidence that they will be
and sleet in the evening, but , all
manned
just as effectively as all
was warmth and good cheer inside
other
vessels
in the past."
the cafeteria. Seafarers and guests
The shipping figures, high as
were served ham, turkey and roast
they are, would have been even
beef, as part of the dinner, plus
greater but for the fact that turn
assorted pies, desserts and other , Prudential Insurance agents locked in a bitter strike over is at a minimum
on SIU ships.
struggle with the giant insurance company have received a
trimmings.
aspect of thd record is
A few Indian sailors, shivering in $500 boost from the SIU. The headquarters membership Another
that it was accomplished largely
their scanty jackets, joined in. meeting of December 19 ap*^
on the basis of freighters and tank
Their' religion forbade them dd proved the contribution after strikers was displayed in a series ers,
there being few sizeable pas
touch the meats but they partook several letters of appeal had of full page ads which they ran in senger
ships to swell the totals
of the fruit, cake and coffee. All been received from the vari all major daily papers throughout with their signons.
guests enjoyed the meal to the fiAl,
the country at a cost of nearly $1 In mid1950 before the outbreak
and as one Seafarer put it, loosen ous striking locals around the million. The a'ds appealed to pol of the Korean war, the Union was
nation.
ing his belt ^th a sigh, "This may
icy holders to mail their premiums shipping out an average of 450 men
not be home^ but it is the nearest The strikers, members of the in, bypassing the agents, and car a week. Several ships owned by
Insurance Agents' . International ried the. implied threat that Pru
thing to it."
Victor Riesel
Union, AFL, have been on the dential would void the policy hold SlUcontracted operators were ly
, Early Parties
picket line since December 1 in ers' .insurance coverage if they ing idle for lack of cargo. Since
In other SIU halls up and down 33 states. They are seeking a boost
that time, all these ships have been in providing services for members
the coast, similar parties were in from $35 to $55 in their weekly did not pay up on time.
leactivated, additional ships have and in tying the union in with
progress or were held over the pre guarantee plus other "fringe" Meanwhile, three of the com been purchased by the operators, community life.
vious weekend, Sd that men ^ho benefits. Approximately 15,000 pany's policyholders have filed suit and large numberji of vessels in "For the man anywhere, be he
had to ship out or wanted, to go union members are affected by the against Prudential charging that the reserve fleet have been taken industrialist or working Joe," Rie
sel wrote, "who thinks in terms of
home could attend.
walkout which is a major test of the heavy expenditure on advertis out of the boneyard.
the significance of the newest la
Some of the parties were put on the union's abHi'ty to survive in ing was an unauthorized expendi
Organizing Helped
a little early to make sailing time. the tough whitecollar field.
ture over and above the company's The Union's organizational de bor trends, this building marks a
Such was the one on . the Puerto
legal rights to spend policyholders' partment has contributed its shgre turnoff point in the route of
history.'J
, .
Bico which took place the day of In their letters of appeal to the money.
(Continued' on page 22)
sailing, December 20 and had both SIU the strikers point out that the
Following
publication
of
his col
passengers and crew in a festive union has only been organized as
umn,
Telenews
productions
was
mood for bon voyage. But whether an International since July, 1951.
attracted to the Hall as a feature
Their
limited
financial
resources
on passenger ships, freighters or
for TV newsreel programs. Cam
tankers, SIU men celebrated were rapidly exhausted by the cost
eramen came down and shot the
Christmas in the same fine style of eight weeks of futile negotia
various facilities, particularly the
that they have been accustomed to tion. As the strikers put it, "The
shipping
and men going out
company has forced this strike at Seafarer Bill Scott, quartermaster of the Del Norte, is alive on rotary board
for the past several years.
shipping.
The newsreel
An extra fillup was added at this time in an effort to destroy and'well today, thanks to an emergency operation performed was shown nationally over CBSTV
headquarters when ICQ needy fam our union . . .«The results will de by a doctor passenger on the Delta Line vessel,
and 80 independent television sta
ilies in various sections of Brooklyn termine the future of unionism Scott was stricken with appen
tions on Monday night, Dec. 17.
received baskets containing the throughout this field of unorgan dicitis while the ship was at sea
News Coverage
fixings for a holiday meal. The ized workers.".
en route to Bio de Janeiro from
Several other New York news
The
multimillion
dollar
insur
St. Thoinas, Virgin Islands. He was
distribution Of the baskets was part
papers, including the Daily News,
of the SIU's good neighbor policy ance company's attitude toward the examined by the ship's doctor, Dr.
Brooklyn Eagle, Herald Tribune
Deigman, and Dr. Osorio, a pas
and Times have carried photos and
senger on the ship. It was decided
stories on the new headquarters.
that an operation had to be per
Marine journals, trade magazines
formed at once.
and the labor press have also given
"With the first of the year just three days away, balloting With the aid of several crew
wide coverage to the building's
in the A&G's district elections js fast drawing to a close. Total members, including Brothers Bill
opening.
figures to date show the vote running well ahead ollast year's. Kaiser, steward, Phil Erck, ship's
Widelycirculated national maga
delegate. Bill Sistrunk, second
At stake in the referendum vote"^^
zines catering to the general pub
purser, and Harry Tucker, as well
lic have also expressed interest in
are 29 posts in Headquarters and the committee will be read to the as Dr. Deigman, Dr. Osorio per
membership and
will
be
printed in
doing features on the hall. They
the A&G branches around the coun the Seafarers LOG for benefit of formed the operation successfully.
are waiting for the opening of all
try. There are 37 nominees on the those who are unable to attend the Although Scott was pretty ill for
facilities, including the Sea Chest
ballot, all of whom were foimd qual meetings.
« some time, he has come through
and Port 'O Call bar, before send
ified by
credentials committee. Voting has been going on in all his convalescence very well.
ing staff members down to photo
As soon as all the returns are in SIU branches since November 1, Dr. Osprio, who was on a vaca
graph and write up the building.
from the outports, a balioting com 1951. At stake in the election are tion cruise with his wife and fam
Fortune magazine, the business
mittee will be elected to tally the the posts of secretarytreasurer, as ily, was presented with a watch Ship's delegate Phil Erck (r), publication put out by the pub
results. This will take place at the sistant secretarytreasurer, three by the ship's crew as a token of presents watch to Dr. Osorio lishers of Life and Time, is one of
January 2 meeting if possible^ or headquarters representatives, nine their appreciation for his services as token of thanks from Del the magazines which has, shown
on January 16. The full report of port agents and 15 port patrolmen. in the emergency.
Norte crew.
interest in such a feature.
A & G Voting Passes 1950 Total
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�SEAFARERS IOC
Pa«e toor
Wage Board Lifts Ceiliiigs
On Health, Welfare Plans
T
SIUHistorw
fit Cartoons
M new cartoon series 6n the
history of the SIU begins in
this issue on page 7 and will
run regularly in the LOG. The
series traces the beginnings of
organization of seamen's un
ions, the establishment of legal
rights for seamen, and the
many victories and setbacks
they experienced through the
years.
The organization of the SIU,
its early struggles and its ac
complishments for the men
who man US sailing ships will
be taken up, bringing' the his
tory up to date.
SIU NEWSLETTEfk
from WASMtNGTON
After several weeks of backing and filling the Wage Sta
'
...
i
^ I.'
.1 .. ..
*
bilization Board has decided to free health and welfare pro
Penoiu located in varions '^uble spots abroad will receive quick
grams from wage ceilings. This longexpected decision came
and orderly evacuation in aiiy future allout'emergency under plans
with a set of new standards
being readied by the Department of pefepse. Cooperating wiith Ps
by which the WSB will pass cal and surgical care from the US
fense are the Customs Bureau and the Coast Guard which 'are,acting
Marine Hospitals, most of these
simultaneously to authorize waiver of navigationinspection laws to
on such plans.
allow operation of whatever belowstandard vessels that might bo
Labor members of the board ex matters would not/hpply to the
requisitioned
by the Government for the evacuation Job.
pressed dissatisfaction with^ some Seafarers Welfare Fund. . It has
of the restrictions agreed on by been the practice to permit a cer
The reason behind this ear^ planning is that the U S Government
the WSB, but were willing to ac
does not want to be put In position, in a future war, of being flooded
cept these conditions in' order to tain degree of substitution when
with frantic appeals to Washington for evacuation vessels;
release health and welfare pro all of the benefits normally pro
grams from the deep freeze in vided are not covered by the fund
which they have been resting for in question.
The present mbvement .toward development of overseas sources of
f
months.
iron ore to keep our industrial machinery turning is causing some
One of the regulations to which
American shipping lines to think in terms of acquisition of large ore
labor members objected very
carriers. Some of the lines giving attention to the subject have been
strongly was the one which gave
strictly drycargo companies in the past, but are expected in the future
preference to plans in which work
to acquire ore boats, either through private construction or conversion.
ers contribute part of the costs.
One case at hand is the AntericanHawaiian Steamship Company
The WSB said it would appprove A novel plan for shipping United States coal abroad under which is attempting to secure favorable Gdvemment action looking to
automatically any plan in which the wing of the United Mine Workers is currently being con ward conversion of some of their C4's into Ore carriers, by the addition
workers contributed up to 40 per sidered by that union. President John L. Lewis has revealed of a new midsection.
~.
,
cent.
that the union hopes to form '
The keen interest in the overseas ore development and movement also
Among benefits which the board a shipping corporation, with that the UMW is dickering with enhances the early probability of direct, overseas service to ind from
the. government for the release of the United States Great Lakes.
indicated it might rule out were:
death benefits in excess of $1,500; the intention of becoming a some of the remaining Libertys in
surgical expenses for dental and permanent feature in United the boneyard fleet for this purpose.
t 4^
4
The United Mine Workers al
plastic surgery, as well as unlimit States coal export.
In ordinary times US coal is ready operates several subsidiary The shipping industry can expect some Members of Congress to press
ed surgical fees; disability bene
fits over 26 weeks wages; and priced too high to compete with companies including banks, real for legislation next year to protect theGovernment's interest in fu
ture sales of Governmentowned vessels. This move is.'antiCipated as an
special hospital benefits such as European coal in the foreign mar estate and other firms.
outgrowth of the case that came to the public's attention tart year
ket, particularly when the cost of
special nursing care.
when a former Member of Congress (Representative Casey, Mass.) told
Since Seafarers get their medi ocean freight is added on. Under
Congress that he realized a profit of $270,000 on a $20,000 investment,
Lewis' plan the proposed shipping
through the purchase and then resale of Government surplus tankers.
company would operate as a non
profit organization so as to bring
After many months of intensive undercover study by Us staff, the
the price of US coal in foreign The sale of a cargo ship belong^ Senate Expenditure Committee's investigating subcommittee Is about
markets down to a competitive ing to a nation receiving Marshall ready to publicly air the Casey tanker deal. Public hearings are ex
level.
Plan aid to an Iron Curtain'coun pected in less than two months by the Subcommittee, with the Con
In the immediate future, the try has brought the total of re gressional unit to concentrate on the question of taxes in relation to
new company would be able to
acquisitions by Russiandomi the gain realized by those purchasing the tankers.
A continued shortage of tankers make up Europe's coal shortages cent
nated
merchant fldtets to 14.
for the next several years is seen at a price closer to what the Euro
Polish
reportedly paid
as a result of a slowdown in tanker peans can afford. Any reduction $840,000 buyers
for
the
Line A "Model T" merchant marine? This is a question being di'sCussed
construction in the United States. in the price of coal would mean freighter Wisconsin, French
built
in
Ger in the Capital city these days, with Congress holding the final answer.
Figures to date show that the that Europe could devote corre many in 1929 with a cargo capac
Most of the American inerchant ships date back to the early stage
United States shipyards are build spondingly larger amounts of US
of 10,200 tons and accommoda of World War II, and the word is being spread around that they will
ing or have on order less than ten aid funds to other economic pur ity
for 70 passengers.
become obsolete in a bloc unless plans are pushed now.
percent of the world's total tanker poses and to rearmament. In addi tions
Earlier
this year Polish shipping Having in mind that the answer" lies in the construction bf the
construction.
tion, such a step would reduce the purchases in the open market in
Leading the United States in amount of coal purchases from cluded seyen Danish, five Norwe Mariner" type vessel, Congress will be asked to allow the construction
tanker output are Britain, Sweden Poland and other Sovietdominated gian and one' Swedish vessel, the of an additional bloc bf these vessels, together with high speed tank
While such vessels would be built by and for account bf the Gov
and the Netherlands, with West countries.
latter originally an American C2, ers.
ernment,
through the Maritime Administration, the latter agency, if
em Germany ranking on a par
See Surplus End
the Axel. Salen, built in 1940.
with America. The result of the ~In the long run, the United Mine The Wisconsin, familiardn New the international emergency quiets, will undoubtedly invite bids for the
small American construction pro Workers feel that formation of a Orleans on the Gulf Coast run, sale of these new ships, with the bids to be limited to American citizens.
gram will be that tanker rates will nonprofit shipping company would has a speed of about 14 knots, If it is determined that the Government does not now have the
continue at their present high helpeliminate the surpluses tha^ slightly better than a Liberty ship, power to sell the new Mariner ships. Admiral E. L. Cochrane, Maritime
level.
have plagued US coal industry in the principal offering on the open Administrator, will ask for special legislation, and is als j expected to
Shipping experts figure that the normal years, and provide more market these days. The ship was ask that they be sold to American citizens at a special reduced price.
present condition might persist work for the miners.
considered to be a welcome addi
as far ahead as 1957 unless there The chief bottleneck in the for tion to the Polish maritime fleet
is a radical upswing in tanker con mation of such a company is the because of her dllaround utility A scandalshy Congress will be called upon soon after convening
struction.
lack of ships needed. It is reported and speed.
next month to decTde a very important basic issue for the merchant
marine, the results of which will be widely felt for years to come.
The issue is this—should the existing American steamship lines be
strengthened further with whatever. Government aid they desire, or
should their strength be held to a minimum so that the Government
might encoura'ge expansion of smaller shipping lines.
Seafarers who fall ill aboard
ship have the assurance of expert
The whole case is premised on the general admission by most that
a certain amount of Government backing, through the form of sub
long distance medical diagnosis
sidies, is necessary to put the American company on an operating par
through, the facilities of the Inter
with foreignflag competitors.
:
national RadioMedical Center in
The lineup on the issue is expected to be as follows: The principal
Rome.
Government maritime, agencies (Maritime Administration and Federal
The center has been functioning
Maritime Board), although willing to listen with open minds to the
pleadings of smaller companies, will oppose any Congressional limita
for 17 years. It was founded by
tion on their authority to authorize maximum subsidized sailings. In
Professor Guido Guida, a retired
this respect, these agencies will be backed by the existing 13 American
, Italian naval doctor, who runs the
subsidized lines, speaking through the National Federation of American
whole works including the radio
Shipping.
• station, which he owns, at his own
On the other hand. Representative Thomas, Democrat, Texas, power
expense.
ful Chairman of the House subcommittee that controls the pursestrings,
will fight in the direction of holding down the expansion Of existing
200 Cases Yearly
subbsidized lines, so that smaller companies can get a share of the
: There are 40 physicians on the
subsidy money. Lined up behind Mr. Thomas will be a small group of
center's staff, all of whom are
American ship companies which are aspiring for Governpient aid to
tide them over the uncertain future.
specialists in their field. The Cen
ter diagnoses illnesses aboard ship
and transmits instructions on how
Althoughthere was considerable adverse criticism last year when
to care for the case via an estab
Congress allowed large merchant vessels te; be converted into freighters
lished radio wave band known to
for service on the Great Lakes, Admiral E. L. Cochrane, Maritime
all ships. On the average, the cen
Administrator," is convinced that their new sole on the Lakes In speed
ter will handle morC than 200
ing up steel production is every bit as important as their potential use
emergency medical cases in a year,
as components of the offshore merchant fleet.
and ha3 proved invaluable to mer
chant vessels, most of . which have
no'medical personnel aboard and
may be far from any port where
treatment could be given;
Radio operator (left) transmits Ds Guida's medical advice to sh^.
Miners Consider Setup
To Operate Coal Ships
Five Year Tanker
Shortage Expected
Iron Curtain Fleei
Gains 14 Vasseis
Rx bi/ Radio to Merchant Ships
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SEAFARERS LOG
New fliuminuiq Plant May Aid Shipping
Denied Shore Leave,
Crew Nets OT Melon
?; C2]^ew OirliiSns^pening of the new Kaiser primary aluminum plant at Chalmette on
P^^ember jLlf nQLar}^.»ano^ step forward in the rapid industrialization of the Gulf Coast
and isi. being watcnld closely by the SIU. The heavy increase in consumption of bauxite ore
Crevirmen of two SIU ships cut up a melon of nearly 2,000
and other commodities which>
will result from the operation needed can best be understood in than doubling its present alumina hours disputed overtime in New York recently.
of the new plant appears cer light of the expansion of Kaiser's capacity, up from the present 300,
Men aboard the Sweetwater, a MarTrade ship that came
Baton. Rouge alumina 000 tons to 800,000 tons a year. At
tain to add to the growing existing
plant. The Baton Rouge plant will present, Baton Rouge gets its baux in to New York after 13"*'
shipping bpom^ in^ the New meet tlie
requirements of the Chal ife on SlUmanned Alcoa ships months received a juicy total
Orleans area.
mette production setup by more
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The new plant, built on the site
of 1,400 hours as the Union
Bridges' Men Lose
In Second Attempt
To Win Home Local
of the 1812 Battle of New Orlehns,
will have a production capacity of
400,000,000 pounds of aluminum
annuaily, when finally completed
in 1953. This is more than the na
tion's entire prewar aluminum
output. To produce aluminum in
such huge quantities wilt require
some 530,000 tons of raw material
annuqlly, including 378,000 tons of
alumina, the intermediate powder
like product processed from the
bauxite ore.
In line with the growing trend
of American industry, most of the
ore ajd other raw material will
have to be imported from outside
the United States, This is a post
war development which is rapidly
extending to all fields in which un
refined ores are a starting point of
pi'oduction.
The increased tonnage of bauxite
backed up their claims for OT. The
bulk of this, 79V^ hours per man,
came through because the crew
was denied shore leave in Buenos
Aires from June 29 to July 4.
San Francisco — Harry Bridges
The ship's operators claimed that has been licked again in his
they had a letter from the Argen own backyard. An antiBridges
tine government detaining the slate has been victorious in elec
crew aboard ship during that pe tions in Bridges 6,000 member
home local. Local 10 of the Inter
riod. When challenged by the Un national Longshoremen's and
ion to produce the letter, they Warehousemen's Union (Ind,),
were unable to do so, and the over
Walter Nelson squeaked through
time parents went through, again.st Henry Schmidt, a veteran
Bridges man 2,211 to 2,101 in the
amounting to about 1,000 hours.
The remainder of the disputed presidency race. Another Bridges
supporter, George Walsh, lost to
overtime came from painting offi Bill Kirby 1,253 to 1,986 in the race
cers' quarters, late meals, port time for secretarytreasurer.
and other minor causes. The pa
The antiBridges forces also beat
trolmen reported that although of down a Bridges proposal for a
ficers quarters had been painted, Harry Bridges defense fund assess
the crew quarters had been badly ment, and kept control of the board
of trustees, the labor relations com
neglected and there was very little mittee and the publicity committee.
food left aboard.
Bridges was not coqipletely
San Franciaco—Standstill west coast shipbuilding got a lift this monthwith the ten
Delegates Lauded
washed out, since
his followers still
tative promise of steel for the start of a $47,000,000 order for the Maritime Administration,
have a chance in runoff elections
Ship's
delegate
Robert
Barger
•
early in 1952.
and the crew were praised by the for vicepresident, two business
Construction of the new builders could compete more fa rently lies in having to start up patrolmen for being on the ball. agents and for dispatchers,
Mariner class freighters has vorably with east coast shipyards operations from "dead stop" plus The permitmen too did very well Schmidt, a perennial candidate
bidding for contracts, they mounting freight rates from the considering the length of the trip. for the presidency was one of those
been held up by slim steel in
noted.
Their disadvantage cur east.
raUocatibns. The delays mean an
All the overtime put in by the crew found guilty in 1950 of conspiracy
other year's wait before any of the
was in accordance with the con to conceal Bridges' membership in
vessels can go to work. Five had
tract except for the time the crew the Communist party.
been scheduled for completion in
thought it was in port but the Although Biidges' men have
mid1953. The ships, singlescrew
ship's log showed differently.
been beaten two years running in
propelled and capable of 22 knots
In another case, some sort of his home local union, there is no
maximum speed, would carry 12
record for individual disputed sign yet that the antiCommunist
passengers in addition to enlarged
overtime was set when the second group in the ILWU has enough
Philadelphia—The fast pace of shipping in the Philadel cook on the Seamagic, a Colonial strength to oust him from his po
cargo space.
A total of 35 Mariner bottoms phiaCamden port area is quietly rewriting the record books ship, collected almost 400 hours. sition as president of the Interna,
have been, contracted by the Fed for Delaware River port commerce.
This ship too was out for 12 months tional Union, The government is
eral agency, headed by Vice Ad
and the man was disputed in his liable to solve that problem, how
Latest ' figures released by
miral Edward L. Cochrane, who
claim for an hour of overtime daily ever, when i'»gal steps leading to
disclosed the probability that con the Delaware River Joint City of Brotherly Love shipped throughout the entire period. His his ouster from the country are
struction keel would be made Commission reveal a six 7,096,587 tons the first six months day of reckoning came when pa completed. Should Bridges be de
available to the Bethlehem Pacific month cjtport total in 1951 running of 1950 as compared with 8,107,952 trolmen showed the company ported observers expect that con
tons up to July 1, 1951, a gain of where the contract called for the trol of the union will shift to the
Coast shipbuilding division around
higher than all of the previous over a million tons.
OT payment.
rightwing faction.
February 15.
.
year and doubled for the compar
The prospect that the keel of able period in 1950.
the . first vessel would be laid late
this summer heightened chances , It is estimated that' still greater
of a further tightening of the records will be run up next year
skilled labor supply in the area. with the beginning of operations
With his eyesight failing rapidly, Seafarer George B, Thurmer has had to give up the
West coast interests havfe strong at the huge US Steel plant at Mor
risville.
Pa.,
opposite
Trenton,
and
sea. He is going home to wrestle with the problem of finding employment to support his
ly urged the need for activation
of the locality's shipbuilding fa a projected National Steel Corp. wife and two children.
cilities, asserting the desirability mill south of Camden.
Thurmer is suffering from a tives on the decks of ships. He has The Union's Welfare and Con
of not having the yards lay idle Statistics in the analysis of the
done a lot of sailing on Robin Line tract Department is taking steps
and not allowing trained personnel area's commerce also pointed to rare eye disease, a condition vessels, including the Robin Good to try to work out an arrangement
Philadelphia itself as an example known as diminishing vision.
to drift off to other jobs.
fellow, Robin Locksley and others. whereby Thurmer can secure re
Given proper impetus. Pacific of the boost in export trade. The His optic nerve is slowly deteriorat He has two sons, Stephen, 6 years, training, and possibly employment,
ing and doctors hold forth no hope and Sidney, dVz years, both of in or near his home town, as well
that anything can be done to pre whom are anxious to go to sea as some kind of maintenance for
when they grow up.
the time being.
serve his failing sight. He has left
for his home in Oliver Springs,
Tennessee, which is just three
For the first time since the beginning of World War 11 coastwise miles outside of Oak Ridge, and
service will be resumed between the port of Galveston and the East will cast around for some kind of
employment.
Coast.
—
. Permissien* has been granted by Galveston as the terminus is part
"There isn't very much in the
the Intmstate Commerce Commis of Waterman's expanding progiam way of jobs in my home town,"
sion to the Pan;Atlaptic Steamship to iegain its leadership in coast he said, "but I have to find some
. Corp., a Waterman subsidiary, to wise operation and assures added thing because those bills are run
. inaugurate (Service from Galveston jobs for men shipping from the ning up and I may have to mort
to the Eastern seaboard poits of Gulf area when the, run actually gage my home,"
New York, Boston, Baltimore and begins early next year.
Thurmer has been examined by
Philadelphia. .
Coastwise trade, once the pie several eye specialists, all of whom
Before the war, Galveston had eminent phase of US flag opera confess that they do not know the
regular coastwise service, amount tion, will get a big Ijft from the cause of his condition. Some of
ing to about 2,000,000 tons an government decision permitting them believe that it might be the
• hually with these cities. This was Waterman to run up the Atlantic result of heredity,
• usually much more than the coast from the hub of Texas ship
"Railroad Seaman"
. amoupt of tonnage carried in for ping.
The ICC issued a decision in A member of the SIU since
:eign trade.
"The Waterman Company, through favor of PanAtlantic back on 1942, Thurmer has been going to
its subsidiary had been operating August 9, but this was protested sea for the Ipast ten years as an
an extensive prewar coastwise by several other ship operators. oiler and wiper. Before that, he
service, but the war largely mini Reconsideration of the decision worked on railroads. Thurmer
mized l^is pjhase of American ship was denied by the ICC which was known as the "railroading sea
George Thurmer prepares to retire his SIU book before leaving
. ping./^^
means that service will get under man" because of his background
for his hmne in Oliver Springs, Tennessee.
and his hobby of drawing locomo
V Rt sumption of the j^ervice with way in the npar future. .
Pac/f/c Shipyards To Get Steel
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Delaware River Ports Enjoy Boom;
Shipping Doubles '50 Tonnage Total
Blindness Hears For Seafarer
Waterman to Inaugurate Coastwise
PanAtlantic Service to Galveston
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SEAFARERS LOG
MM&P Blasts
Alien Officer
Waiver Setup
rwUar,
Taklnff a Reading On Union Finances
LITTLE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE—^RUssian propaganda films
aimed at belittling the United States' role in World War II have made
some startling alterations in hirtorical fact. A film prepared for the
North Koreans called "38th Parallel" shovirs newsreel shots of the 8Ui>
render of the Japanese Empire aboard the battleship Missouri: All is
authentic except for one slight detail— those parts of the film showing
General MacArthur receiving the surrender have been cropped out, ahd
shots of a Russian general seated at the table haVe been spliced in
instead!
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DAY OP JUDGMENT COMING—^AU the discussion about the In
ternal Revenue Department's errant tax collectors, plus a glance at the
calendar is a reminder that the time to file income tax returns is draw
ing near. Returns can be fiied at any time after January 1, with the
deadline being the "Ides of March," March 15, 1952. It's to the adi
vantage of the taxpayer to file fearly. • If any questions arise or any re
funds are due, an early return will help clear up matters for the
Seafarer.
Recruiting of alien officers to
man American fiagships has been
protested by the AFL Masters,
Mates and Pilots. The deck of
ficers union feels that it could
supply ail the men needed if draft
and reserve regulations were
eased.
The MM&P acted after the
Coast Guard announced that it
would permit alien officers to sail
because a shortage of personnel
has been holding up many Ameri
can ships. Applications will be ac
cepted from alien officers to sail
i ir
as second and third mates, and as
t
3.
i.
engineers,' provided the men in
ANOTHER
MARSHALL
PLAN
EXPORT—Talk
about taxes brings
volved are approved by the Coast
to mind the fact that Italy has adopted the United States system, basing
Guard. Applications would be
tax rates on the basis of the taxpayers' own declarations of income.
passed upon by marine inspection
Previously, the government had arbitrarily assessed taxes ati'a rate
officials in the various Coast
two or three times the amount of the declaration. This action was
Guard districts.
based on the theopr that the taxpayer was lying and would automati :
Captain Charles May, president
cally
understate his income by that amount. Net effect of the old sysr
of the MM&P said that his union
tem was that taxpayers were forced to hide their income to avoid ex
would fight the proposals. Most At SIU headquarters Seafarer F. T. DiCarlo checks the promi
of the officer shortages thus far nentlydisplayed SecretaryTreasurer's financial report on the cessive taxation. They stiil tell the story of the poor fellpw who worked
all his life, scraped together some money and bought an apartment
have been on government owned Union's expenditures of the past week.
The Union's " weekly building. When the tax collector came around, the proud landlord hon
ships operated by the National reports on where the money goes are audited by membership com
estly declared the value of his property. The tax collector promptly
Shipping Authority. Captain May mittees and have always been available for open inspection.
tripled it for purposes of taxation and the landlord had to sell his. newlyr
declared that the government
gained property to pay up.
could easily get the officers it
. . $>
3^
needs if it would suspend the re
quirement that such officers work
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR FROM ABROAD^For the first time
ing on government ships must be
since March, 1946, this January Winston Churchill is coming to the
long to the Naval Reserve.
United States to confer with President Truman and other leaders on
Britain's economic troubles. The last time Churchill was here, he made
Other steps that would have to
be taken to ease the situation, he Crewmembers of the McKettrick Hills ran into unscheduled excite a speech at Westminster College in Fulton,Misseuri, In which he pop
said, would be to halt the draft of ment on December 11. when the ship's engine control panel caught fire idarized.the now wellworn phrase, the "Iron Curtain.'* Among ques^
ships' officers, and to discharge at sea. The result was that the SlUmanned tanker had to be taken in tions to be taken up. In addition to Britain's dollar difficulties are:
what to do In Iran and Egypt, how to set up an European army and
those already drafted into the tow and hauled into Philadelphia *4
what to do about Chiang Kaishek.
,
for repairs.
Armed Forces.
and leg injuries from the towing
He suggested that if the Wage Considering that she was loaded cable.
4.
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Stabilization Board would get with fuel oil, crewmembers were Finally on Thursday, after the
moving on the recently negotiated thankful thai the worst that hap ship had been drifting for 36 IT COSTS A DIME TO GET IN—New York City's ma jdr subway sta4
wage increases, it would encour pened was that the engines were hours, a Moran tug took her into tions are going to be altered to provide increased underground shelter^
disabled. There were no injuries Philadelphia. The weather con space in case of air raids. The State Defense Council has approved!
age men to go to sea.
resulting directly from the fire, tinued rough and it took three the city's $15,000,000 program for building bomb shelters under Timea|^
except that the chief engineer was days to get her into port. Even Square, City Hall and other central locations. Actual start of the proi^f
waits upon Uncle Sam's kicking in half the cost as^;i$quired IUIT
overcome by smoke.
in port the crew's troubles were gram
der
the
civil defense law passed in the last session of Ccnigivss.
Bosun Bertil Hager, who paid off not over as they had to pull the
the ship in Philadelphia when she lines up by hand up forward for
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drydocked, told the LOG that the lack of power.
control panel The disabled tanker is now in BUBBLE, BUBBLE, TO^ AND TROUBLE—The Iranian oil cauldroni
An infiux of new revenue for
caught fire while drydock at the Sun Shipbuilding continues tp seeth with ^flammable crises, the latest being a sitdown|
the government from a Customs
the ship was 180 Company where it is expected to strike by opposition members of the Iranian Parliament (the MajlisK
Bureau recheck of tonnage on Lib
miles off Hat stay for several weeks for a thor in the Parliament building. Thirty members of the Parliament have
erty ships is causing .considerable
teras. The lights ough overhauling. Part of the moved into the building locki stock and barrel In order to protect them
headaches for many shipowners.
went out and the crew has been laid off, with the selves from, "government by assassination," which is the stock in trade
of extremist groups supporting Iranian Premier Mossadegh. The op
The program begun last spring
panel burned for remainder standing by.
position charges that Mossadegh's refusal to accept compromise prp.,
of remeasuring warbuilt Libertys
about an hour
posals from the United States on resumption of oil production is bring^i
has uncovered increases ranging
while crewrtiem
ing the country to the brink of disaster. More than'that, his failure i "
from 69 to 1,200 tons in over 100
bers battled the
to obtain a US loan, has reduced his local popularity considerably. Com
ships. The treasury gain stems
blaze
with
C02
Hager
plicating the picture is the growing strength of the Tudeh Party (Iranian
from a tax of six cents a net ton
extinguishers and
Communists) in this oilsoaked land.
levied on any ship entering US other firefighting equipment.
ports. While the revenue bonanza
Ended Drift
Safety in handling cargoes of
is negligible in the case of a 69
ton discrepancy, it is considerabie When the fire was finaliy put ammonium nitrate lies solely in BLACK GOLD FLOWINCi—^The cutoff of oil supjplies frdm Iran has
for 1,2Q0, especially for operators out the Western Tanker vessei was the use of steel drums when tran:^ meant money in the pocket for the Sheikdom of Kuwait, a barren
with many ships prone to the same unable to make headway because porting it by ship, a study follow stretch of sand at the head of the Persian Gulf. British oil interests
assessment. Port entry taxes are her engines would not turn Over. ing the Texas City, Texas, disaster are exploiting Kuwait's oil reserves with increasing intensity to make .
up for the loss from Iran. They have just concluded a contract with^
based oh a ship's tonnage certifi A Coast Guard cutter that came in 1947 revealed.
out the next day tried to take her An explosion of the chemical the Sheik which is expected to bring him a personal income of $130,000,j
cate.
Improvements, removal of war in tow but heavy seas kept her substance, a fertilizer material, 000 a year. That should make him the richest man in the world. The [
Ame gun crew spaces or failure to from making any progress. At this blew a French vessel to pieces and Sheik has decided that he doesn't need quite that much to live on. He
follow strict specifications affect point Bosun Hager suffered arm wrecked the small community ad will use some of the money to help out his 100,000 povertystricken |
jacent to the harbor. A second subjects by building schools, homes and hospitals for them.
• the net tonnage figures and in most
though smaller explosion in Brest,
cases were never entered on ton
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France, bolstered the order ban
nage certificates. The taxes, for
IT
HURTS
LESS
THAT
WAY—The
tlS
Chamber of Commerce
ning heavy shipments of ammoni
many, date back to 1947 and also
which usually groans at
the thought of
the government
spending money
um
nitrate
through
the
port
of
affect taxes in the Suez Canal area
on anything,
is surprisingly receptive to the idea of
more aid to
Britalin
New
York.
and elsewhere.
The growing Russian Uboat
The
way
the
C
of
C figures
it)
this
wouid
help
out
the
Tory
govern
The
chemical
should
not
be
car
The net tonnage of a vessel is fieet makes it more and more nec
ment in England and keep down the bogey of a Labor Party comeback
determined by the measurement of essary for the U. S. to build faster ried aboard ship unless packed in in that country. As Mr. Dechard A. Hulcy, presidentof the Chamber;
steel
drums,
the
study
reported,
tankers and easily
convertible
pas
all enclosed space up to the first
put it, the Conservative Party is trying to "shore up the; failure of a
tier of deckhouses and deducting senger liners. Sen. Herbert R. based on experiments which yield socialist experiment" and should be given a boost in that task.
ed
the
result
that
the
universally
O'Conor
declared
last
week.
from that figure the space taken up
by machinery, crew spaces, ship Recently returned from an over used fertilizer component was rela
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stores and other operating neces seas trip, the Senator from Mary tiveiy free from hazard when HONEST MA, HE'S HONEST!—In these days of Internal Revenue
that way. Smoking or open
sities.
land asserted that the nation's packed
flames
should never be allowed shakedowns, bribery of government officials and other assorted scan1
The need to remeasure the preparedness program is acutely near the cargo in any, stage of dais. Including the lesser ones of padded expense accounts and profi^j,:'
Liberty ships arises from the hur challenged by the increasing handling.
eering, it is a pleasure to come across iSreene, Tweed & Co. of No^
ried situation during the war when menace of the submarine buildup Moreover, other highly inflam Wales, Pa. The company shocked all ahd sundry when they refunded
ships were coming out too fast to in the USSR.
mable material should not be the govemmient $6,216 because they found that they could fill: a defense
handle. The measurement for all "The reported policy in our gov stowed in the same holds. In the order at less than the amount originally set.
pf them was based on the proto ernment of depending upon foreign case of fire, it was strongly imged The company expressed bewilderment at a flood"of telephone calls
type ship for the class and certifi vessels in case of emergency is that only water be used. Steam and other congratulatory messages which they have been: receiving.
cates for that tonnage were auto shortsighted and, I believe, dan might produce disastrous effects A spokesman said that he couldn't see why people should'find business
matically Issued for all Libertys geroua to our future securitv." Sei
h£aU!ig.thecbjemieaI_reifc_IioD£rtly_SQ_ij.n«isisl "Ww wnnldn'* tbinlr nf nrofit.e«»Hng at
thereafter.
O'Conor stated.
ders it extremely dangerous.
pense o| the Government, or any other cusfomer," he SAid.
FireDisabled SIU Ship
Towed In; No One Hurt
Libertys Too Big
For Their Taxes
Nitrate Cargo Only
Safe in Steel Drum
Si4
Senator Urges Faster
Tanliers for Defense
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SEAFAmSRS LOG
r
m..
ft;
As Major US Maritime City
The Boston hall of the SIU stands on a street which was onec the busiest commercial
dock in all America. Lower State Street, where the hall nestles among a row of brick and
granite stores and wholesale houses, was once Long Wharf. More than a hundred years ago,
fill was dumped into the shalf
low flats around the inshore taking shape under the guidance however, is the huge Army base
end of the pier and dry land of the Port of Boston Authority. dock in South Boston. This com
bination pier and warehouse han
was created upon which was Several piers are being built in a dles
all kinds of freight, but dur
rejuvenation program
aimed at giv
built the crowded warehouses
ing
the
winter and spring millions
ing Boston the uptodate facilities
of the Atlantic Avenue dis it
of dollars worth of wool are un
needs to
compete
with
such
up
trict.
starts as Halifax and New York. loaded here from South America
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The fate of Long Wharf, "T" The new Hoosac pier where the and Austraiia to feed the textile
wharf, and India wharf, once cen SlUmanned Waterman ships tie mills in Lowell, Lawrence, Fall
ters of American foreign trade up is the first of these. A similar River, New Bedford, Nashua and
other industrial towns a short dis
with far countAes, dramatizes the project is now underway at the old tance away. A large part of the
Mystic
piers
at
the
other
side
of
chahge in the port and'its relation the Charlestown Navy Yard. The textile trade may have moved Tremendous length of Conunonwealtii pier shows up well in this
ship to the rest of the nation.
photo. It is reputedly the longest pier anywhere in the world.
Mystic docks receive huge cargoes South out of New England but Bos
Wijen the clipper ships cleared of paper pulp from Scandinavia. ton remains the world's major wool
port, and wool is its largest import this, for there were vessels such as are highlights of American history.
to China, or the gold fields of Cali
Piers To Come
the sloop Nancy with 40 tons of Near where the SlUmanned Prov
fornia. with hundreds of hungry More docks
item.
will
be
built
across
49'ers, New England was the tail the harbor from the hall at East This reconstruction program is whale oil from Nantucket, and the incetown steamer runs in the sum
part of Boston's valiant attempt to schooner Elvira with 76'hogsheads mertime is a tablet marking the
which wagged the enormous, but Boston
as
soon
as
steel
and
other
its once high position. Bos of sugar from Barbados. Each voy spot of the Boston "tea party," at
undeveloped mileage that was
are available. These regain
ton is
handicapped
by the fact that age was no doubt a thrilLir, for in Griifins' Wharf where patriots
America. T6day New England has materials
berths are used chiefly for the mid it is further by rail from
the indus those days a good sized vessel dumped precious boxes of tea into
shrunk to the status of an append dle east and South American trade,
age on the nation's booming econ receiving a great variety of freight trial heart of America than any measured 100 feet on the water the harbor as a protest against
omy.
Middle Atlantic port. New Eng line, and many cargoes originated British treatment of the colonies'
that ranges from hides, and bones land
trade.
has suffered accordingly, due
• Old India Wharf, which dates to sisal, tea and mica.
Constitution Wharf
to
the
high
cost
of
power
genera
back to 1807, is almost deserted ex
In South Boston" the port can tion, whether by coal, oil or elec
Several blocks up Atlantic Ave
cept for. little'freighters, running boast of one of the largest and fin
nue from the Boston hall is the
down from Nova Scotia with froz est ship terminals in the US, the tricity. While Boston may never
big Coast guard base, berthing
en fish. "T" wharf still serves as Commonwealth Pier. It berths again be the dominant port it once
buoy tenders, lightships and the
home port for some fishing drag Luckenbach and AmericanHawai was, it should continue to play a
white hulled cutters that patrol
gers and towboats and looks as ian ships in the intercoastal trade, major role as the gateway to the
weather on North Atlantic sea
though a heavy east wind would plus a variety of other ships in Northeast.
Yankee Traders
lenes. Officially this dock is known
send it and ita dozen remaining cluding the SlUmanned "lady"
as Constitution Wharf, for it was
tenants tumbling into the harbor. liners of Canadian National, run Boston's true glory began way
back
in
the
17th
century.
The
here in 1797 that the fighting ship
While the old Boston^ rlchlyen ning from Halifax and Montreal to granite buildings at the harbor end
Constitution,
"Old Ironsides," took
crusted udth tradition, has died of the Caribbean and South America. of Long Wharf where the SIU hall
to
salt
water
and began her fabu
genteel old age^ the new port is The heart of the new Boston, stands then housed enterprising
lous career.
Yankee merchants, whose small
"Old Ironsides" won fame
brigs, barks and schooners ven
throughout the world when to the
amazement of Europeans, the frig
tured all over the world with New
England merchandise, ^^ey
ate thoroughly thrashed French
brought back such exotic items as
cruisers in the undeclared naval
pepper, jamoke, teak, Indian cot
war with France and, later, made
British men of war strike their flag
ton and other commodities from
in hardfought battles during the
Europe and the Orient.
war of 1812.
There are some old wharfinger's
Hundreds of SIU men sailing
ledgers, still preserved, in which,
written in beautiful, clear script,
Waterman's Pan Atlantic Line ships
was recorded every ton of cargo Shipping out of Boston Hall have seen the Constitution at close
landed at Long Wharf from about are Seafarers Rocky Milton hand, for Waterman docks right
1680 up to the time of the Civil (carrying bag) and Robert next to "Old Ironsides" at its new
Hoosac pier in Charleston.
War. Similar ledgers are at the McDorman.
Boston then, is in the throes of
India Wharf.
A ledger for the year 1807, in distant lands where a ship could a major transition.' The old is pic
which speaks from that distant past easily be wrecked, pillaged or turesque and romantic^ but hardly
as though it was only yesterday, so sacked by pirates and word of her practicable to meet the needs of
clear and distinct is the writing, fate would never be known. There modem shipping. The new Boston
lists the ship Juno, In from the Far were mot even any charts for half hopes to keep its tradition alive,
East. She landed 3,000 chests of of the places these adventurous but also to provide the humdrum
necessities, such as good loading
tea, 200 boxes of sugar, 80boxes crews sailed their little ships.
of white lead and 40 cases of Many portions of the port are facilities and faster turnaround to
VoDuiaiii card ready for shipment to the Far East are down at China.
rich wdth the flavor of "wooden enable it to meet the future real
• tte
dock ready to be taken aboard an SlUcontracted Isthmian ship.
All cargoes were not as rich as ships and irop men" whose deeds istically.
Cartoon History Of The SIU
Men Without Rights
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Lfess than a century ago, American seamen were
truly "men without a country;" They had no vote,
no legal status, no champion.. The shipmaster needed
• iiut to point a finger and the foc'sle malcontents
' Would ibe ' taiight their place. The eouCts gave no
Any sign of rebellion was quickly trampled. These
were the famed days of "wooden ships and iron
men," but many "iron men" died from brutality,
bad conditions and disease. The mate who wielded,
the lash was the first object of every seaman's
: hatredj and many stirred individual acts of defiance.
When conditions could no longer be endured, open
rebellion flared up. Mutiny, the only weapon avail
able to the seamen, bred greater violence. Many
were shot down, hung and imprisoned for raising a
cry against injustice, but their increasing numbers
awoke the need for organization among themselves.
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out. The tank was full of gas Galveston:
Marina, Beatrice and Suzanne all Philadelphia:
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fumes aud all three men passed
coming in during the past two
out in it. The crew pulled them
weeks. Other payoffs were the
all out and were able to revive
Clairbome, De Soto, Azalea City,
the other two. They worked on
War Hawk, Bienville and La Salle
Lopshas for several hours to no
of the Waterman line; Bents Fort,
avail.
Bradford Island, Royal Oak, Chi
wawa,
French
Creek,
Logans
Fort
Iff the same old story from Walt had been with the SIU "Tops" is the only word you can
For a little port we are really
for
Cities
Service;
Steel
Scientist,
doing things up proud out here in (Isthmian); Sweet Water, (Mar down here as far as shipping goes. since 1941 and was active in all use in describing shipping out of •
of our beefs. He is survived by
. California. Shipping has simply Trade); Seamagic, (Colonial); Elly, For the past two months business his parents and his brother George this port these days. There were
been terrific, and that's no Holly (Int'l Navigation); Longview Vic has been very good out of this who is also an SIU member sail half a dozen payoffs and sign ons
wood exaggeration either. We had tory (Victory Carriers); Carroll Vic port and it looks like it will keep ing in the engine department. The and the intransits are running
the biggest load of intransit ships tory, (South Atlantic); Sand Chief, up that way for quite a while. A funeral took place here in Phila heavy as usual in the past few
(Const. Aggregates); Western Ran
weeks.
Wilmington has ever seen, 20 cher (Western Nav.) and Amberstar lot of the coal we have been send delphia.
Ships paying off here were the
ing over
to the
other side
is
going
A. S. Cardullo
ships in all, to pile on top of four (Triton).
Rudolph Kauffman (Alcoa); Marie
through
here
which
makes
things
Philadelphia
Port Agent
payoffs and one sign on.
The signons were the Robin
'Hamel (Bloomfield); Bents Fort
So all you men who like the Far Mowbray (Robin); Mobilian (Water look bright for the future.
(Cities Service); Oceanstar (Tri
4" 5" 4"
East run, drop in and register man); Western Rancher (Western We also expect an increase In
ton); Sunion (Dea); Julesburg
(Terminal Tankers). All of these
with us. We have no men on the Nav.); Elly (Intl. Nav.); Robin business due to the fact that this Baltimore:
(Robin); and the War port has been awarded an army
signed out of this port within the
beach and lots of demand. The Locksley
Hawk and La Salle for Waterman.
two week period.
contract. Tanker payoffs are be
' Y'eather is good and yon can catch
Our intransit load ran up to 21
Despite
this
heavy
load
of
ship
coming more frequent too, with
uie Rose Bowl game before you
ships including a couple of SUP
ping, all the beefs were pretty
" "ship out.
vessels which took some of our
minor ones except on the Sweet the onset of co^d weather. These
men. We had five Seatrains in
Our payoffs were the Fairisle, water which had been out for 12 ships always take a few men off
Topa Topa, Madaket (Waterman); months. On this ship we settled the beach as replacements, and the It was a merry holiday season in here, the Texas, Louisiana, New
and St. Augustine Victory (Missis about 1,400 hours disputed over coal ships have been adding to the this port as shipping continued to York, New Jersey and Georgia;
sippi). We signed on the St. Augus time in favor of the crew. Most of demand.
hold up beautifully and future two Isthmians, the Steel Scientist
tine Victory. Calmar gave us a it, about 1,000 hours worth, in
prospects look very nice for Sea and the Steel Director; the James
big load of ore ships in transit volved detention of the crew aboard The manpower pinch has hit us farers who ship out of Baltimore. Price (Bloomfield); Seacomet
Seatraders); Council Grove and
with the Pennmar, Seamar, Port ship in Buenos Aires. The com real hard in the past week. We
We had a very heavy load of Bradford Isle (Cities Service);
mar, Massmar, and Marymar com pany claimed that the shore leave have been scraping the bottom of
ing through. We also had . the was refused on orders of the Ar Jhg bsirjrel,. in , or^er. to. fplfill. our ^yoffs, J.8 . in all, ..with 12 ships Trinity (Carras); Israel Putnam
Steel Worker, Steel Navigator, gentine government but they could contracts and sail the ships on signing on and six in transits add and City of Alma (Waterman); and
and Clearwater Victory (Isthmian); not produce a letter to this effect time. The holidays haven't helped ing to the activity. As a result quite a few others.
us with a lot of the men piling off
Yaka, Raphael Semmes and John so they had to pay off.
One of the men who favored
and going home. There are two several hundred Seafarers have us with his company , here recently
B. Waterman (Waterman); North
Ask For Letter
ships on tap at this writing, ready been passing in and out of the was Brother James R. Mathews,
Platte Victory, David E. Johnson
and Maiden Victory (Mississippi); If anything like thisarises when' to sail on Christmas Eve, both of hall these past two weeks.
who ship's out as
Mankato Victory (Victory Car you are on a ship in foreign ports, them ordering a full crew in ad
AB and Bosun.
With
all
that
activity
there
was
riers); Seastar (Mercador); Repub always ask to see a written order vance. We could accommodate only a couple of beefs of any con Mathews joined
from government authorities to the anybody who wants to be aboard a
lic (Trafalger).
the SIU in 1947
nice Liberty for sequence. One was oh the Sea and regularly
effect that you are not allowed
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Couple of Beefs
the hfilidays. The Cloud, concerning cleaning holds ships out of
shore leave. Otherwise detention
hall is deserted in which coal had been carried. Galveston and
• With all these ships coming aboard ship means overtime for
.,|v;r
here, but we There was also a question involved New Orleans. He
through there were a couple of that period.
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manage to keep of restricted shore time in a for^ has been active
beefs to dispose of. We made the
. s'
them sailing eign port. Both beefs have been in a great many
Seastar at anchorage and had the The Seamagic was another ship
somehow.
agent put on additional linen, out a long time, 13 months. There
passed on to Headquarters for beefs, including
Mathews
slopchest supplies and canned were no major beefs on her, except
Fire Damage clarification. All other beefs we^re the United Fi
food so that the boys would have for a Captain Bligh skipper who
on the spot to the satisfac nancial Employees strike attd the
We had an un settled
enough to go around on the had to be toned down a bit.
shir yard strike in Baltimore. He
tion
of
crew members.
expected visitor
voyage. There were also some re
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We are still getting a few com
was at sea wheq the SIU struck
Lopshas
this week when At our last membership meeting Isthmian. It was nice to have him
pairs to be made on the Madaket plaints from the stewards on some
wbich the company attended to. ships about the port stewards faiP the McKettrick Hills was towed the boys agreed to hold a Christ around again.
We ^lad a little bit of trouble ing to give them items that they into this port after catching fire mas Party in the hall on .Monday
Keith Alsop
aboard the David E. Johnson which order. Remember, don't wait until at sea. The crew handled. things afternoon, December 24 ' in the
came in for emergency repairs. sailing time to notify the Hall well, putting out the fire them Union hall. We're planning to
Galveston Port Agent
One of the oilers had to be yanked when you fail to get what you ask selves. She was taken into tow make a lavish affair out of it and
hope for a nice turnout although
4^ it 4)
off for continuous fouling Up. for. Notify us at once and we'll and brought here to unload.
With all this action we haven't see to it that you get the supplies After a week or ten days in the the way shipping is running these Seattle:
days we don't know how many
had much time for outside meet if at all possible.
'
shipyard she should be ready to men will be on the beach to take
ings of the Central Trades here.
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We are also receiving beefs here go back on her regular coastwise advantage of it.
A few of the oldtimers who have in the mail about overtime, trans run.
We picked up an additional 118
been beached here are Charlie portation and other matters, with
Accidental Death
votes in the Union elections in
Young, Babe Aulicino and Doc out sufficient explanation and facts
' i'B
Moran. They won't be around for accompanying them. • Remember, We received the sad news re the past two weeks which puts
cently
that
Brother
Walter
Lop
Baltimore
right
up
there
with
628
Help
in
the fight
to
get
seamen
long <1* the rate things are going. when mailing anything into head
shas was killed in a shipboard ac
just a little bit shy of last exemptions from the draft, and in
Let me take this occasion to quarters, it is important to send cident aboard the Barbara Fritchie votes,
year.
We hope by year's end to speeding up the screening program
wish all the brothers a Merry all' of the facts along so that out in the Pacific. Together with have that total
beat along with the
Christmas and Happy New Year. matters can be handled as speedily the chief engineer, and another shipping record.
has been promised by Washing
as possible.
crewmember, Walt went into the
ton's Senator Warren Magnusoik'
Sam Cohen
Claude Simmons deep tanks in the No. 1 hold be
Earl Sheppard,
The Senator, long a friend of thc;
Wilmington Port Agent
Asst. SecyTreas. fore it had been properly aired
Baltimore Fort Agent SIU, spoke at a meeting of water
Wilmington:
Everylklng ilasl Fln%
Futnre Outleek Bright
As Skipping impreves
ome On Out and See
he Rese Bewl Game
• /fi
As Slilpplw.Hltefeak
Skipping Holding Up
Hlcoiy at HIgk l.evei
V
Magssson Promises Aid
On Draft And Screening
4" 4" 4"
New York:
WBtVOMBWlMS ^EWkn fl
Port at Highest Peak
Since Wartime Days
The port of New York is still on
the rise with shipping getting
better every day, better than it has
been at any time since the war.
Not only are we shipping a great
many men out of this port but we
have been filling a. lot of 'jobs in
the outports where there is a short
age of rated men. This is especial
ly true of Norfolk where the coal
ships are keeping things booming
at a fast pace.
In the past" two weeks, we have
paid off 29 ships and signed on
seven. The Bull Line supplied
seven of the . payoffs ,with , ]thf
Kathryn, i^n^Zr ^osari^,;
Shipping from December 5 to December 19
PORT
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Savannah
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Galveston
West Coast
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DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED
125
29
27
19
19
65
49
47
806
251
275
211
• 153
639
303
252
347
37
29
29
95
UW
106
124
405
119
177
132
100
4Q9
160 .126
361
108
130 ' 113 ' .99 ^ 342
135
118
88
26
30
16
72
31
33
24
31
16
17
64
21
12.
14
47
267
69
59
78
206
91 , 102
74
374
101
LJO . 79
117
316
,155
118
169
• ... 50
35
34
119
66
62
41
58
50
44
152
143
107 : 109
359
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front Unions held here. He if
spending a few days in one of
the local hospitals recuperating^
from the strain of his work in";
Washington.
The shipping situation up here _
in the Northwest continues to be
all that any one could ask for/
We paid off the Rice .Victory
(South Atlantic) and sighed on
three ships, the Rice Victory, the
Madaket (Waterman) and Alaska
Spruce (Ocean Tow).
s •
We had three ore ships in transit,
the Pennmar, Calmar and Mary
mar (Calmar) as well as the Yaka
(Waterman); and the Las Vegas
Victory (Isthmian).
The latter ship is now tied up
in Portland dufe to MEBA disrup.
tive action against the BME. The
crew is keeping her in fine shape
pending the legal moves that will
free her of the picketline. '
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Jeff Morrison
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no thfe SIU are tops In maritime and
f^ew Orleans:
seamen's papers, he pulled out a Mobile:
Lake Charles:
were gained through the coopera
discharge from the Navy (Confed
tion of members and officials.
erate) and said that he had been
George has been active in various
a cabin boy under Admiral Raph
of our SIU beefs and strikes, and
ael Semmes at the age of six years.
is .^11pleased with the accom
Now that he heard the war was
plishments of his union.
over he decided that he could get
With shipping Continuing to At our last membership meet
Way down here In Southwest along with the Yankees.
Port Mobile keeps getting bet
We asked him where he had
Eoom along at a very healthy rate, ing the balloting committee re La. where everyone's a king (at
ter
and better with each passing
our big problem these days Is to ported that the total amount of least that's what Huey P. Long been and he told us he had been
votes cast thus far in SIU elec told us), shipping has been slight up among the swamps and bayous week. We shipped a big batch of
find the men to fill the jobs. We tions was 894.
ly on the slow side for these past for a spell and kinda out of touch men out since our last report and
have a board full of rated jobs and
two weeks. We had only seven with the world. About this time the coming two weeks looks like it
Lindsey J. Williams
few takers, with niost of the men
ships in this area but each one his old hound dog came in and will continue to run just as
New Orleans Port Agent of them took quite a few men, started to scratch. Pretty soon
registering here waiting until after
heavy.
probably due to the holiday turn all the boys were scratching. He
the holidays. With all that, we
K.
t
Alcoa and Waterman supplied us
said that the dog was born on St
over.
managed; to ship all the men
Patrick's
day
in
1878
and
we
be
with
most of our business, which
We had the usual run of Cities
needed to deep sea jobs and no San Francisco:
Service ships in here, the French lieve him for the hound shows it consisted of 11 payoffs, seven sign
ships were delayed.
Creek, Lone Jack, Winter Hill, Finally we convinced him it ons and two ships in transit. Pay
The Outlook for the next two
Royal Oak and Cantigny. Over in would be impossible to hire him ing off were five Watermans, the
Beaumont, Texas (that's in the so he says, "Well I will come back
week period is very favorable
Monarch of the Sea, City of Alma,
USA, son) we had the Seacomet in a year or two."
with seven ships coming in for pay
(Zenith) and in Port Neches Well I guess we had better end Morning Light, Fairland, and
off as far as we know, and others
We have had a pretty good run (that's also in Texas, USA) we had here before someone gets the Afoundria; four Alcoa ships, the
idea we are a big liar.
expected. In addition we have of shipping herie with five payoffs the Tagalam (Orion).
Corsair, Cavalier, Polaris and Pen
two boneyard jobs to crew up, the
Leroy Clarke
nant; thje Clearwater Victory (Isth
and sign ons and eight ships in Our old faithful, Mathaisen's
Justo Arosemena (Mississippi) and transit through here, mostly W. E. Downing came in to liven up
Lake Charles Fort Agent mian); and the George Kulukundis
the picture with a few jobs. The
Robert IngersoU (Waterman).
(MarTrade).
Watermans.,
Figures for the last two weeks Payoffs were the Greeley Vic Lone Jack (Cities Service) was Boston:
Signing on were the City of Al
also in, on articles. She took one
show eight payoffs, six signons
ma, Afoundria, Polaris, Pennant,
tory (South Atlantic); Lynn Vic man on her way to Antwerp, Bel
and 20 Intransits. Paying off tory (Triton); Seacoral (Orion); gium and Le Havre, France. The
Cavalier, Clearwater Victory and
were: Alcoa Runner and Alcoa Christine^ (Carras); and Young boys were all anxious to see how
George Kulukundis. The intransit
the girls have grown up over there,
Puritan (Alcoa); Del Mar, Del
ships were
Mississippi's Angus Mc
America (Waterman). All of these for she has been running coast
Norte, Del Viento, Del Santos
ships signed on out of this port. wise for a long time.
Thanks to the fuel oil business, Donald and the Seacomet (Colo
(Mississippi); James McHenry
. Waterman ships In transit in
The weather here is the most shipping in the port of Boston nial).
(Bloomfield) and Catahoula (Cuba
With this kind of shipping, and
cluded the Fairisle, John B, Wa peculiar that we have ever seen. continues to do very well. We had
with the holidays coming up it's
Distilling). We sighed on the two
eight
payoffs
and six
sign
ons in
a
One
day
you
need
a
bathing
suit,
terman, Topa Topa, Madaket, and
Alcoa shi^jggjjte^,.Del Norte, the Yaka. We also had the Penmar then—bingo—^you need two over two week period, the bulk of them really tough getting the men,
out. Anyone with ratings who
Cape Roi^ffw;|lVIississippi, the and Portmar (Calmar) and the coats, then back to the bathing being tankers.
suit again. (Why you need a suit
Payoffs were the Cantigny and wants to go out can come down to
McHenry «nd Cat^oula.
Steel Worker (Isthmian) stopping to take a bath is one we will leave Abiqua (Cities Service); Jules Mobile snd we can guarantee to
burg
(Terminal);
Montebello put him aboard in a matter of
Lots of. Im^'ransits
for the scientists to figure out).
here.
Hills
(Western
Tankers);
Greece hours.
There were
mess of Alcoa All beefs were taken care of
Only One Vote?
Victory (South Atlantic); Stony One of the few men who is still
and Waterman^4)8 in transit^with without too much trouble with the
The politicians around here are Creek (MarTrade); W. E. Downing on the beach at present is Joseph
the Alcoa Clipper, Patriot, Pola exception of shore leave and pro really going to town, imploring (State Fuel) and Federal (Trafal Lewallen. Joe just paid off from
rus, and Corsair; and for Water vision for launch service. We are the citizens to vote for them as gar). Signing on were the Greece a Far East voy
man, the Moflinrch of the Seas, still working oh these and hope all other entrants will only wreck Victory, Federal, Stony Creek, age and wants to
everything. But the system of vot Montebello Hills, Julesburg and stick around a
Fairlan^, Lafayette, .Maiden Creek, to have them cleared up soon.
ing here is not democratic, for Jesse H. Metcalf (Eastern).
while. He was
City of Alma anil! Morning Light,
Report to Hall
the law will only allow you to We had a bit of a beef on the very happy to
Isthmian had ,the .Stpel Director
We have had a little difficulty vote once these days. Now as. we Greece Victory when the bosun see the new is
and Steel Scientist in while other
transits were the Citadel Victory here with some characters who see it, the real democratic way was canned by the skipper. We sue of the LOG.
and Cape Romain (Mississippi); the can't make their minds up about would be to vote as often as you straightened that out and he is When he first
Seatrains Louisiana/'. New Jersey whether or not they want to ship. wish. At least there was a time in ack on the job. All disputed over picked it up, he
and Georgia; ..the, Jnlesburg They go out on a ship and then this state when such was the case. ime was cleared up and paid on thought he was
(Mathaison); Santa Venetia (Dry decide they do not like her, which One would get writer's cramp on this ship. On the Stony Creek looking at a copy
Lewallen
Trans); and Council Grove (Cities is perfectly okay, provided that Election Day, as some of our old there was a dispute about paying of the New York
overtime to an oiler for turning Daily News. He liked the way the
they let us know about it so that Louisiana boys will remember.
Service)..
steam on deck, but this was dis LOG was laid out and when he
With all these ships coming we can send a replacement. Then
Strictly Imaginary
saw the pictures on the inside
posed ofj,kSatisfactorily.
we
have
the
fellows
who
are
through there were no beefs of
Into our hall one day last week
pages of the new headquarters in
"Thanks
For
Help
pipped out
and never
show
up
on
note, eiteepi; for. the usual run
comes the quaintest character we
Brooklyn his first reaction was,
We
have
been
aboard
the
Steel
the
vessel.
,
that we get on pay offs. The only
have laid eyes on in many a moon. Flyer (Isthmian) most every day "get me a ship) that pays off in
.
If
you
decide
you
don't
want
to
thing remaining ,'to bO pleared up
He was dressed in a coonskin hat,
is a technical beef on the Del hlar go aboard a certain ship after you with a long white beard, home and find that the boys are doing New York, so I can take a good
their work aboard her in fine SIU look at the new headquarters
have
your
card,
notify
the
ship
which we expect to dispose of
spun pants, leather leggings and
shortly. It. involves eight hours or the hall so that we can send out toting a longbarreled muzzle style. The crew has been giving building."
the fullest cooperation to us here Joe has been a member of the
OT for sevefal crewmembers when a replacement. Failure to report loader.
during the BME beef and have SIU since 1945 and sails^in the
she ran, aground in Recife. AH the from now on in is going to put
proven
themselves a credit to this deck department. He wants to ex
He
wanted
to
know
if
he
could
crews on ships paying off should these men in hot water.
get
a
job
on
one
of
them
big
iron
port.
tend his best wishes to the offi
be commended for a swell job in
Lloyd Gardner
James Sheehan
boats with the chimney*at the end.
cials and members of the SIU.
bringing them in In good shape.
Boston Port Agent
West Coast Representative When we told him that he needed
Other oldtimers we have on the
Among the veteran Seafarers
beach now are'L. McNorton, O. D.
we have in here is Brother George
Thompson, R; Eden, J. Crawford,
Allen who has been* doing a lot
E. Bailey and C. Hemby.
of good work for
us on various
Cal Tanner
committees, in
Mobile Fort Agent
cluding the bal
Porl Fal Wilb ShiiiSi
Thin (#Rhl«i Mait'^ • '
Weather and Shipping
Belh Blow Hoi, Geld
Alcoa And Waterman
Supply Port's Businoss
Notify Union If Yon
Dooido Not to Siilp
$1
$
Tanker Trade Makes Up
Bulk of Runs in Area
•.
J,., j#
4!
loting committee.
103 Durham St.
WILMINGTON. Calif....440 Avalon Blvd. PORT COLBORNE
Ontario
Phone: 5591
SIU, A&G District
Sam Cohen. Agent
Terminal 42874
George, who
86 Colborne St.
. 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. TORONTO. Ontario
...14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS
holds all steward BALTIMORE.,
Elgin 5719
. SECRETARYTREASURER
Sheppard, Agent
Mulberry 4540
VICTORIA. B. C
617t4 Cormorant St.
Paul HaU
department rat Earl
BOSTON.......
276 State St.
Empire 4531
ASST. SECRETARYTREASURERS
ings, worked for James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 20140 Robert
565 HamUton St,
Matthews
Claude Simmons VANCOUVER. B. C
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141 HEADQUARTERS
REPRESENTATIVES
Pacific 7824
just about every GALVESTON
308H 23rd St.
• Joe Algina
Joseph Volpian
SYDNEY. N.S
304 Charlotte St.
The country's privatelyowned
Phone 28448
company under Keith Alsop, Agent
Phone 6346
La
1419 Ryan St.
SUP
BAGOTVILLE. Quebec
20 Elgin St. active merchant fleet of more than
Allen
contract to the LAKE CHARLES.
LeRoy Clarke. Agent
Phone 65744 HONOLtmU
16 Merchant St.
Phone: 545
SIU. He has been in port for quite MOBILE....
1 South Lawrence St.
Phone 58777 THOROLD. Ontario
37 Ormont St. 1,000 gross tons burst the 2,000
Cal
Tanner.
Agent
Phone
21754
PORTLAND
Ill W. Burnside St.
Phone: 33202
some time now as he says it: is no NEW ORLEANS
523 Bienville St.
Beacon 4336 QUEBEC
113 Cote De La Montague mark this month with little fanfare
use for a" man of his age to work Lindsey WiUiams. Agent
RICHMOND. CALIF
257 5th St.
Quebec
.
Phone: 27078 attending. A total of 1,991 ships
Magnolia 61126113
Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN
177 Prince William Bt.
too steady. With the top wages NEW YORK
675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St.
N.B.
Phone: 23049 was rung up as of the last report
and conditions we now have he
STerling 84671
Douglas 28363
NORFOLK
127129 Bank St. SEATTLE
2700 1st Ave.
can get by working several trips Ben
on December 1.
Great Lakes District
Rees. Agent
Phone 41083
Main 0290
a year.
PHILADELPHIA
337 Market St. WILMINGTON
440 Avalon Blvd. ALPENA
133 W. Fletcher
Figures revealed by the Mari
S. CarduUo. Agent
Market 71635
Terminal 43131
Phone: 1238W
37 Years at Sea
Administration indicated
SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St. NEW YORK
675 4th Ave.. Brookl.vn BUFFALO. N. Y
160 Main St. time
Lloyd Gardner. Agent
Douglas 25475
STerling 84671
Phone: Cleveland 7391
Brother Allen started his sea go SAN
JUAN. PR
252 Ponce de Leon
CLEVELAND
2602 Carroll St. over 1,050 seamen and officers re
ing career way back in 1914, which Sal Colls. Agent
Canadian District
Phone: Main 10147 turned to the sea during Novem
a Abercorn St. MONTREAL
463 McGill St. DETROIT
1038 3rd St.
gives him a record of 37 years at^ SAVANNAH:
E. B. TiUey. Agent
Phone 31728
• MArquette 5909
Headquarters phone: Woodward 16857 .ber. Fortyodd ships were towed
sea. So he knows wftat ,he is talk SEATTLE
8700 1st Ave. HALIFAX. N.S
128t4 Hollis St. DULUTH
531 W. Michigan St.
Jeff Morrison. Agent
Seneca 4570
Phone; 38911
Phone: Melrose 24110 out Df the layup fleets and are be
ing abo^t. YJieij h£^ savjs jt^j^t wages, TAMPAj.f.at,...
1808*811 N. Frk*klin St. lECdtfr WILMAM.... mvk • S
yndicatp yVve. SOUT'Hf CHICAGO
3261 E: 9and(Bt.'
conditions and benefits enjoyed by Ray
White. Agent '
Phone' 21323
Phone: Essex 52410 ing Tefrit'eti'at the pr'eknt tiine; ^ '
Ontario '
Phone: 33221
US Merchant Fleet
Over 2,000 Strong
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1
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race rtim
1
5
K 'J
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IN THE WAKE
SEAPAREkS LOG
WaiiiMiiiil m IMl
SEAFARER
CLARENCE OLIVER, Chief Cook
A Jacob's ladder, the rope ladder ringing ship's bells is believed due
with wooden rungs used to go over to the Mutiny at the Nore (1797),
We found Clarence Oliver relax in maritime. Many seamen joined '
the side of a ship, is said to get its the most serious one affecting the
ing in the shipping hall,
batting the the union so that they could hold
name from Jacob in the Bible, who Royal Navy, in protest against
Question:
What
was
the
longest
breeze
with
several
of
his
friends, on to what they had in the way of
dreamed of scaling a mythical intolerable abuses of seamen. The
wages and protection. Oliver was
while waiting for a ship out. He working on the Saccarappi, a South
ladder reaching heaven from the signal for the mutiny was five bells trip you ever took?
in the second dog watch. Since
earth.
had recently come off the Bull Line Atlantic Mail Line vessel, when the
that time, only one bell is struck
Ed Edginton, chief electriciaii: I ship Inez and was waiting to catch ISHi^came aktng. He and his ship
4. 4. i
mates joined up and the union did
In days past, when a seaman on British ships at halfpast six, guess just about the longest one another one out of New York.
was on the Iber
succeed in winning some small Im ;
wanted to trade his sealegs for two at 7 PM, three at 7:30 but
ville, when I went Catching ships is an old story to provements in conditions for the
land duty, he used to "put an oar the customary 8 bells at 8 PM.
around the worldi this veteran Seafarer. A quiet, men aboard her and other ISU
on his shoulder." This probably
4 jt 4
on her in 1938. softspoken man who looks young ships in the^next few months.
referred to an old story about the
We left f r 0 m er than his 41 years, he has already
A gunnysack or gunnybag gets
sailor who announced: "I'm going
Joined on Gull '
Philadelphia and
to put an oar on my shoulder and its name from the East Indian
put 23 years of sailing under his
the
trip
took
us
gunni,
a
coarse
cloth
made of
jute,
When the ISU disintegrated a
start walking inland until someone
about eight belt and intends to keep going for few short years later, Oliver joined
asks me what that stick I'm carry brought home by sailors . . . The
months. We quite a while yet. During all that up on the Gulf when the new
ing is. That's where I'm settling term "jury" applied to makeshift
stopped in Ara period, he has never once taken seaman's union was being estab"
gear
used
in
an
emergency,
such
down!"
bia, Penang, Sin off from the sea to work at a shore lished. He holds book G23 in the
as
a
"jury
anchor,"
is
from
the
4> 4« 4"
gapore and the
French word "jour," for the day.
SIU today and was active in the
Several European explorers who
East Indies carrying general cargo, side job, good times or bad. That's 1946 general strike on the Brook
came over the seas to what is now
4' 4"
a record which takes a lot of doing. lyn waterfront. * .
t 4" 4"
the united States curiously have
Roy Worden, wiper: My longest
Santa
takes
his
ride
on
Christ
Oliver was born in Savannah,
Although he has been sailing for
been immortalized not in the
mas Day with Dasher, Dancer and trip lasted about six months. It Georgia, and stayed around just 23 years, including the wartime
names of ships, but in the nanies
was
aboard
the
long enough to finish high school. period, Oliver has been fortunate .
of motor vehicles strictly for land the rest of his reindeer, but when Steel Admiral
a
sailor
refers
to
a
Nantucket
"I
always wanted to sail," he said, in never losing a ship. One of his
use. The Hudson, Cadillac, De Soto
when we were or
Sleighride,
he's
talking
about
the
"and
anyway, jobs were pretty closest calls came aboard the Ar
and La Salle are but a few.
wild ride whalers experience when ganizing Isthmi
hard to find ashore.. As soon as I thur Dobbs, a Calmar ship that he'
4> 4 3^
graduated in 1928 I got aboard the was on in September, 1943. She '
a harpooned whale goes off with an, either late in
1946 or the early
The Sargasso Sea, an imaginary the whale boat in tow.
Tulsa of the South Atlantic Mail was in a 75ship convoy in the At
part of 1947. We
region known only in the literature
Line." His first job was as a mess lantic off the coast of Southern;
4< 4> 4>
went through the
of the land, is a place where dere
man in the steward's department. France when she was attacked five
Mediterranean
to
lict ships float on through the ages.
Those were the tin ciip, tin plate days in succession. Every after
An old sailor's superstition that
Actually it is a region of the cen Tuesday was not a very good day Alexandria and
days, Oliver recalls. A man workv noon promptly at 5:30 P.M. the
tral Atlantic where, through some to start a voyage is credited to Port Said wd
ing in thesteward's department as German planes, would come over
peculiarity of currents, floating Spanish and Portuguese origin. It then to Singa
an assistwt cook would get paid with bombs and torpedoes, striving
driftweed accumulates in large most likely comes from an old pore.
aroimd $40 a month, and that was for the kill. There were a good half
fields. The freefloating plants are proverb reading: "El Martes, ne te
4" 4' it
it. There was no such thing as dozen nearmisses but not a ship
W. E. Coutant, AB: It was during hours. You were on call all the was lost in the entire convoy.
in the sargassum seaweed family, casas, ne te embarques, ne de te
whence the name.
mujer apartarse." — "On Tuesday, the early part of the war, in 1942, time. You also had to perform any
when I was on kind of duties which you were
Sudden Death
4i 4' 4>
don't marry, don't go to sea, and
the Memphis City
called on to do, whether they right
The phrase for "hell to pay" us^ don't leave Jfour wife."
Nevertheless he is constantly
carrying war sup ly belong tn your rating or not. As
by landsmen to denote an emer
aware of the hazards of life at sea,
plies to the Red Oliver put it, "They didn't ask you, having seen many a shipboard ac
3^ 4' 4"
gency not prepared for stems from
Sea area and they told you what to do and you cident that cost life and limb. One
the shipbuilding operation of filling
Thursday, on the other hand,
back. The trip did it."
the seams of the deck with hot was a liicky day because it was
of the most peculiar took place on
lasted 61^ months
Shorthanded
pitch after caulking. The complete dedicated to Thor, the eldest son
the Liberty Glo in 1929. ','We were
and most of the
phrase is "hell to pay and no pitch of Odin, the Viking mariner's chief
sitting on the hatch one afternoon
It
was
customary
then,
he
said,
way was without
hot!" Some authorities believe deity . . , Friday was a day that
just talking," he said, "and one fel
convoy
except for the steward's department on a low did a hand stand. He fell and
that "hell" was the name for the carried particular fears with it
freighter
to
sail
with five
men
from one short
seam next to the waterway, because among seaman for many years,
broke his neck and we buried him
stretch
between (counting the steward) as against at sea that same day."
it was difficult to work on. Others indicated by the verse:
the
eight
to
ten
man
departments
Key West, Florida and Trinidad,
say it was just lively imagination
of today. Of course that made for
Oliver sails these dkys as a chief
Friday's noon
t 4i t
conceiving the hard job of "pay
Come when it will,
* Robert Allen, chief cook: I was a very heavy work load, and very cook. When not at sea, he makes
ing" the seams of hell itself. The
little in the way of time off for the his home in New York with his
It comes too soon.
corruption of • "hell to pay" to Folk lore offei's many evidences on the Marine Dragon, which was men. The same condition was no wife and daughter.
"devil to pay" was on the false of charms used by seamen to ward run by Water
doubt true of other departments in "The Union has done a great
assumption that to pay involved off bad. luck. One such was ta man, but carried
those lean and hungry days.
thing for seamen in the past few
troops, for about
the transfer of money.
break a small piece of wood with 61^ months in
Oliver was in Boston in 1934 years," he concluded, "and this
4" 41 4"
a snapping noise. This ^s called 1944. We had
when the old ISU started organiz new hall and restaurant tops it all
The reason many British ships "the lucky break," and was sup 3,500 soldiers
ing ships there. It was a time off. It's a wonderful place to spend
deviate from the usual course in posed to bring good fortune with it. aboard on a run
when unemployment was rampant your time waiting for a job."
from New York
to Leghorn, Italy.
They got off
there and then
we loaded up
ACROSS
DOWN
17. Got one's bear 34. Strait
and went to the Philippines.
What were the headlines on the nized strike rights and imposed a
ings
37. Brighter
1. Calm, as the sea 1. Ship's ^emblem 19. Stormy cape
4i
eve of 1942? Do you remem 30day "coolingoff" period before
39. Change
22. Cross tide
6. Cargo from
2. Huron is one
41. Mineral springs
C. WalterXirosvenor, headwaiter: ber • • . ?
a strike could be called .
24. Born
Aruba
42. Cape of
3. Made to move
25.
Animal's
foot
That
was my first trip to sea, and
Good
The
U.
S.
was
trying
to
thread
8. Port of trans
4" 3> t
4. A
number
26.
Town
in
Hol
43. Irish
shipment
it lasted just four its way through the chaos arising
'5. Where Pearl
land
An election for union represen
45. Gulf of
12. Steamship route
Harbor is
28. "HMS
"
near Arabia
months, from from its entry into the war. Iso tation among Ore Line employees
6. Put in chains
29. Black cuckoo
13. Part of "to be" 7. Man's
47. Stettin's river
nickname 30. Footlike part
April
to Septem lationism was quietly buried for saw the SIU. whip the NMU, 239
48. Equipment
14. WUd ox
8. Turned white
32.
Harbor,
50. Strong beer
ber 1941, on the the duration.
9. Blame
15. Like
L. I.
42 . . . Baseball's Joe DiMaggio
51. Cheer
10. Kind of fish
16. Capital of
old Yaka. The
was named athlete of the year
11. Ready
3^ 4" it
Puzzle Answer on Page 22
Hawaii
thing I remem
Britain's Prime Minister Church . . The War Emergency Maritime
18. Precious stone
ber most about it ill wasjjt the White Ho.use during Board reached agreement on broad
19. Barbarian
1 2 3 4 1
5 6
20. Replace
was that old "Red Christmas for war parleys with policy, authorizing war risk bonuses
21. Constellation,
• Lead" Anderson FDR . . . Douglas MacArthur was as well as $5,000 life insurance
12 *
13
The Altar
was the skipper. made a full general, and Admiral for all runs except inland and
23. Girl's name
15
16
I broke in the King took over, top command of in the Gulf of Mexico.
25. Kind of jury
27. River in Eng
hard way.
U. S. naval forces ... An inquiry
_
IS
land
was begun into the Pearl Harbor
SIU agents marshalled ma
i, 4i i
28. Baby food
David Pashkoff, OS: I had a real disaster.
31. Skillful people
chinery for the duration at a con
22
24
33. It drives a ship
long one, IIV^ months on a tanker,
ference in Savannah, voting to
^
4i
35. Marry
25 26
the Choctaw
^
29 30
The Japanese took Hong Kong, pour $25,000 of the Union's funds
36. Hearing organ
Trail out of New
bombed the open city of Manila into U. S. Defense Bonds.
38. Port in N. W.
31
34
York. We finally
Africa
and invaded Sumatra ... In
4> 41 3^
39. Jason's ship
wound
up
in
the
Africa,
Rommel w^ given a lick
The' Cleveland Indians baseball
35
136
37
138
40. Greek letter
Persian Gulf, but
ing by the British at Bengazi . . . club took on a new pilot, shortstop
41. Silk from India
not
until
we
had
and
in Berlin, Hitler assumed Lbu Beaiidreau, 24, as playerman
. 44. Gloomy
stopped in Vene
supreme army command with the ager for 1942.• ..Frank Leahy of
46. Kind of horn
41 42 43
45
49. City on the Suez
zuela and Italy
rank of field marshal}, ousting Notre Dame was chosen football's
51: Floated
first. It was a
Marshall Vqp Brauchitsh.
coach of the . year , . .Fordham ac
49
50
52. Part of church
pretty rough trip
cepted a bid to play in the Sugar
41 3> 4"
53. Sheltered side
52
53
all around and
Organized labor's angry pro Bowl January 1 and Georgia, by
54. Region
there weren't too
tests were ignored as the House downing hapless Georgia Tech,
55., Wise man
55
56: Sea eagle
„ nmny left, abi
passed the Smith Labor A(^^ wj^i^h
ny left, aboard from the
shot In.
I )|
ifiliGfefiaatic {fli.
21. }.
"jnlster"
outlawed many previously fhcd^ the Orange Bowl In Miani
w hy the time we got b!
mi.
7 1
w
lEN YEARS AG
�Fiid|ayr,JDi;^^
'M
1951
SEAF ARERS LOG
Elerm
Tfie kecord'
^ , JEhifaJUshed biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic
Cfiiif District, AEL, 675 Fourth AVOTUC, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel.
~ STerling 84671.
PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurer
jvirit,, toaBEBT
BRAND; Managing Editor, BA* DENISON; Art Editor. BERNARD
ii
'SEAMAN; Photo Editxir, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SnvACK.
ftiui)
"to ztv" olii
lei;"
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We^ve Manned 'em
This past year, and particularly, the past couple of months,
have seen a considerable boom in US flag shipping. With Welfare Gains
^ drawals from the boneyard have continued at a heavy rate Top Them All
and the SIU has broken all postwar totals in the number To the Editor:
of men shipped out.
While standing in the new hall
;It hasn't been easy to meet the sudden upsurge in demand at headquarters, and admiring the
for*skilled manpower for US merchant shipping. The gov wonders, a young chap talked to
ernment's shortsighted policy on the draft and its tendency me, and asked this ageold ques
to let American shipping wither in peacetime has deprived tion:
maritime of the trained manpower it needs today. A Seafarer What do you think is the most
in the army cannot help move cargo, nor can a seaman be of gained by the union? Well, it has
use in his trade if he has to work ashore to make ends meet. been answered so often that it is
hard question to answer, but it
With vitallynecessary cargoes for Korea and Europe in .a
was a great question and all the
the balance, the SIU long ago took steps to assure that ships answers, no matter how old, should
would be manned on time. Our manpower allocation setup have a place in the welfare of the
and the guaranteed transportation payments have been de union.
vised to supply men where and when they are needed. With First, I stated what we have we
all the difficulties that have faced us, the Union is proud to fought for, and that they were not
. say that every SIU ship, whether privately owned or on allo handed to us, but won, over some
cation from the government reserve fleet, has been a fully hardfought battles.
Some of us remember the two
manned ship. None of these vessels has been held up need watch
system, and the two pots on
lessly for lack of unlicensed personnel. The SIU has estab the galley
range, and the damp
lished this record in the face of the fact that other maritime quarters, and the poor salary, that
unions, not as well prepared foi®the emergency, have been went with the job, and the laugh
caught short, tieing up ships imtil men could be found.
about overtime, but that is history,
The SIU has every right to be proud of its successful man and it is dry reading, but still true.
So I went on to answer the ques
ning record. We intend to keep it that way.
As I See It
by PAUL HALL
tion again. To me the best and
the most we have gained is every
HE NEED FOR SKILLED, Ex is customary at this point to take
thing that we have and all hope to
perienced hands to man Ameri a look back over the past 52 weeks
have and to hold, as long as we
bottoms has become so acute, to help us take a bearing on our
This past year has been a good one for Seafarers. With al have the will and the power to can
notably for licensed officers, that future course.
fight
for
what'we
all
hold
dear
to
due respect to the great progress achieved by the'Union in our hearts.
the Coast Guard has adopted a rule Much has been done in 1951 to
the previous 12 years, it is no exaggeration to say that we True, we have wonderful take permitting aliens to sail in classi advance
the cause of the Seafarer.
in the SIU have gone forward farther and faster during the home pay, good meals, legal over fications up to second mate and His position is notably better than
past year than at any time in our history.
time clauses, clean linen, and rep engineer.
it was at the similar period last
Our affiliate in the AFL Marb year. Among our gains, the Vaca
Just tick off the accomplishments of the past few months: resentation at the
time Trades Department, the Mas tion Plan is one of the outstanding,
Building of a new Union headquarters, the finest anywhere in payoff, which is
ters, Mates and Pilots, lashed out because it wiped out a long
the east; a guaranteed vacation plan; wage increases; doubled first and fore
at this ruling as totally unneces standing abuse of seamen—^the
welfare contributions; four increases in death benefits and most, legal slop
sary if the government would pro traditional vacation setup whereby
chests,
medical
three in hospital benefits; vigorous and successful representa
vide sufficient inducements to at seamen were given vacations on
and all too
tion of Seafarers' interests in Washington, and many more. care,
tract US citizens to the jobs. And paper but actually never got them.
many to write
It's a pretty imposing list when you look baek at it. And about, but to me ^
the MM&P proposal was not with We had vacations but they were
as the whip cream on top of it all, we have the best shipping I think the most
out considerable merit.?
loaded with gimmicks.
The only solid answer to the
record for the SIU for any time since World War II.
important of all
whole problem is the longrange Under the SIU Vacation Plan,
In the coming year the Union has no intention of sitting is the welfare Hartman
shipping
program, which wopld which set the pattern for the entire
back on its haunches when problems arise and new opportu fund of the Union.
for this nation's maritime industry, every Seafarer
nities turn up. Life for a union is a succession of such prob The hardest minutes of our life guarantee stability
maritime industry,
in
peace as well will get his vacation pay for each
lems and opportunities. With the same staunch support we is the leaving of it, and it has been as crisis. As long as American ship
year of work—^whether he works
the dread of the families of Sea
for one operator or ten. And he'll
have had in the past from Seafarers we are confident that farers,
ping
is
to
be
regarded
as
a
bone
for years, what to do when
get it in a prorata basis. If the
we will be able to master anything that comes along.
these minutes arrive. Sickness and yard setup in periods of inter Seafarers had done nothing else,
H
national
peace,
this
country
will
death are the handwriting on the
the Vacation Plan victory alone
wall for all us humans, and to not be able to fully meet man would have stamped 1951 a suc
power
demands
in
emergencies.
evade the issue is trying to have
cessful year for seamen.
the moon heed our beck and call. Our government bears the re
Sometimes it happens in this fair land of ours that the local But sickness and death are as real sponsibility for keeping the mer The year 1951 also saw SIU men
chant marine on the high seas at become the first seamen to work
communities are more wide awake and more on the ball than as life itself.
the national government. This applies' particularly to the It is of great comfort to know all times. The vitalness of US ship the 40hour week at sea.
nation's maritime, where the commendable energy of local that when a Union member is in ping in crises has been clearly es
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tablished. Whether we like it or
port administrations contrasts sharply with the donothing the hospital he is receiving good not,
we
must
accept
the
fact
that
medical care and if the time has
ness prevailing in Washington.
S IS CUSTOMARY IN SUCH
come, then his family will have our country must continue to play
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> disasters, investigations into
Several of the major ports in the A&G District have shown some
a
leading
role
in
the
international
aid from his Union, and his
the Illinois mine explosion, which
considerable foresight and energy in planning for the future. good fellows
who.were shipmates picture. And we can't keep man
As this issue of the LOG shows, Boston has not permitted its with him, when it is most needed power in mothballs. Skilled seamen took the lives of 119 miners last
and officers, the kind that are nec week, have been launched on state
centuriesold tradition to interfere with the business of re and of the greatest help.
federal levels. Whatever the
f. modding the port to meet present day needs. New Orleans Who would deny a widow, or essary for firstrate operation, can and
findings
reveal they will be small
has been pushing a port expansion and modernization program some children the help the welfare not be produced at the blowing of comfort to the victims' families.
an
emergency
whistle.
for the past few years. New facilities are going up in the fund can give to them?
The longrange shipping pro
While coal mining, like lumber
PhiladelphiaCamden area. Even New York, long complacent, I think that the greatest issue gram
will make US shipping a ing and seafaring, will always be
we have
gained
is the
welfare fund
is beginning to bestir itselfand examine its port needs.
I would like to see it grow, stable operation. It will provide a hazardous occupation there is a
All this hustle and bustle over port improvement is a good &nd
that in
the future we would be able stable employment for the men great need for tightening safety
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thing for Seafarers and for shipping. But there is one weak to do more for
our members when who are willing to follow the sea. measures.
link in the chain of progress which could be fatal. That is the hand of sickness and death In this way only is there any as The Bureau of Mines, which has
the absence of any kind of longrange program for the con tries to rob his family of the means surance that trained and experi jurisdiction, is without statutory
struction of a new merchant fleet.
of support and income and the enced personnel will be constantly authority to force mine owners to
available.
A very large percentage of American shipping afloat today fruits of his efforts.
comply with inspectors' recommen
The" hitandmiss, upanddown
consists of wartime Liberty and Victory ships. As the Mari This is one of the gains, and the operation
that has marked mari dations. And the operators will ob
time Administration has put it, all these ships are going to foremost of what we have won, and time activity in this country re viously not do anything unless tliey
we all will try to maintain
are required toby law. Mines that
become obsolete at the same time.' If th^ present policy of I hope
preserve what we have won. veals hindsight rather than fore do not provide the maximum in
drift is followed, we may wake up one morning to find that and
Let's all look to the future and sight, as the present problem clear safety standards should be shut
American shipping, like the famous "one boss shay," has gone gain some more that can be en ly shows.
down. What kind of thinking holds
" Vd • • ^ 3 to pieces all at bnc^. It's time for Washington to catch up
joyed by all the seamen, the family
that coal miners' lives are less
ilrrv'
with the rest of the country and make provision for a mer and the children.
|N A FEW DAYS WE'LL BE costly than the installation of
, ,<^ha^les, J; ;i|9,r^m^n [ Ijst
jstei^pi^|i|ff Into n^|r||eaq It 1 proper safety precautions?
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One of the greatest paradoxes offered by Mother Nature is the provision
of oil wealth in climates where it is least needed.
Wherever the oil diggings are, in Venezuela, Oklahoma, Texas, or halfway
around the world in the Persian Gulf area. Seafarers are there to man the
ships that shuttle these precious fuel cargoes.
SIU tankers and the crews that man them are among the least recognized
skilled elements in the process. The pumpman on the tanker is no less
responsible for the eventual safe delivery of fuel oil to the coldbattered
consumer than the refinery worker, derrick boss or surveyorengineer who
marks out the original site.
Crews of oil ships plying the seas carry a cargo susceptible to disaster when
exposed to the slightest spark. It is no wonder then that the order "No
smoking on deck" is well heeded. (Smoking on tankers is barred in ship
spaces accessible to oil lines or fumes.)
Nature did not make the task easy when she caused the first seepage of the
crude, thick "black gold" from land seemingly barren of other wealth.
The route of the crude oil from the well to the home is long, cumbersome
and often hazardous.
The picture story below illustratessome of the component operations in
the process. The tankful of oil in the basement cellar passes, always
unseen by those who shepherd it, through thousands of miles of pipe, in
arid out of tanker holds and storage tanks ashore to the home.
The LOG presents these photos in a salute to the xmheralded Seafarers who
man the tanker fleet^ The various steps have been pictorially recorded
at the irislallatroris of the" Cities Service Oil Company. The ship and most
Of theworkers pictured are with the SlUmanned Bradford Island.
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products are stored.•
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to discharge
oil
Lines are hoisted aboard for start
of pumping into shore {nMVe
tanks.
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Intake valve is opened on dock to
AMAIVIA pumps 4A
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enable
to go
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to allow oil
discharge to tank.
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SEAFAkERS LOG
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1951
Heavy Shipping Nips ¥ule
Reunion Of 4 SIU Brothers
the brothers who are one year
apart in age. After him in suc
cession come Eddie, Ralph and
Bill, the latter having just turned
,22, The brothers cover all three
ship's departments too. Ralph
works as a chief steward, Eddie is
an AB, Charlie, a wiper, and Bill
the youngest, is OS on the Puerto
Rico but expects his AB papers
shortly.
The seagoing saga of the Hamp
.sons began back in 1942 when
Charlie joined the Navy at the
tender age of 16, Ralph was'the
first of the family to go into mari
Enjoying a snack in the SIU cafeteria during their mother's visit
time when he joined the merchant
to the hall, Charlie~serves coffee while Bill U.) and Ralph look on.
marine and went to the Maritime
School at Sheepshead Bay. He the seafaring life. V,As Bill the out for bosun. As far as I know, I
worked one trip after his gradua youngest, put it, "I'm going to get am going to be sailing for quite a
tion on an Army transport, "follow my AB soon, and then I'm going while yet."
ing which he sailed under the SIU.
At home with three of her four sons, Mrs. Charles Hampson reads
Eddie was next to go, iu 1945.
Christmas cards. Left to right are Bill, Charlie and Eddie.
He too started on an Army trans
port and then switched over to
Mrs. Charles Hampson almost had her four Seafarer sons SIU ships, Charlie didn't get into
home for Christmas this year—but not quite. She did get to the SIU until 1947, having spent
see all of them during the days preceding Christmas, but the four years, 1942 to 1946 in the
Navy, Brother Bill got into the
heavy pressure of shipping
;;
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;
the
fact
that
Eddie
got hung
UP on
family
act in 1949.
prevented any chance of
the way from a payoff in New Or
All
things
considered the Hamp
complete reunion.
leans. By the time he came in on
A seaman's life being what it the 20th brother Ralph had re sons are not so widely scattered
is, it would have been a pretty turned to his ship. At that Eddie as some seafaring families.
good trick to get this unique quar just did catch Bill before the lat Charlie's home is on Eighth Street,
tet of SIU brothers, Charlie, Eddie, ter shipped out on the Puerto Rico just a few blocks away, Ralph, who
has one child, a daughter, is cur
Ralph and Bill, together all at that afternoon.
rently
working on a sandboat,
one time, Mrs, Hampson has been
Two Shifts
which means he can get off in
trying to for eight years now with
The result was that the LOG New York pretty frequently. Bill
out success.
photographer, who had been trying is back and forth every two weeks
While there is usually at least to catch the family together for
one of the boys home at any given weeks, had no more success than on the cruise ship Puerto Rico.
What happens is that the four are
time, their mother confesses that Mrs. Hampson did. He did manage always in separately, but hardly
things get a bit lonesome, espe to photograph
rapt them with their ever together.
cially around the holiday season. mother by the expedient of taking
Having gotten off to such an CAailie explains the workings of the SIU electronicallyoperated
In the past she has always made it pictures in two separate shifts.
shipping board and rotary shipping to his mother. "It's really a
a practice of setting places for all As far as is known, the Hamp early seagoing start, the Hampson
wonderful building," Mrs. Hampson ezclainied after her tour.
the boys on the holidays, and pre sons are the only family having brothers bid fair to become a quar
paring plenty of food "just in as many as four brothers all going tet of veteran Seafarers that would
case" they should surprise her by to sea for a living. Strangely be hard to match anywhere. All
of them appear quite satisfied with
coming home.
enough there is nothing specific
This year she wasn't so sure, in their background which would
(Continued from page 5)
is no question that thb operation
"If you fellows arenT going to be explain their mass seagoing ca
which haul it from Dutch Guiana. of the hew plant will have benefi
around here on Christmas .day," reer, other than the fact that they
With the opening of the new Chal cial effects on shipping in and out
she threatened, "I'm going down to have lived a good deal of their
mette plant. Kaiser plans to de of the New Orleahs area. With
the SIU hall for my Christmas lives within walking distance of
velop its own bauxite resources on heavy concentration of aircraft
dinner,"
the Brooklyn waterfront. Their
Almost Made It
the island of Jamaica. The com plants and other industrial facili
father, Charles Sr., is no .seagoing
pany is intent on a complete mine ties alre|idy in the Gulf area the
Actually the Hampson boys tried man, working as a concrete mixer
pretty hard to get together, and on a shoreside job.
tometal program, which includes hew source of aluminum nearby
control over raw materials, trans will attract additional industry to
almost did make it. They all would When asked if their father had
the Gulf and provide another fillip
portation and processing.
have been in on the 19th but for ever objected to their mass sea
going venture the brothers replied,
Consequently a subsidiary com to the rapidly growing port of New
"No, he never said anything, but
pany, the Kaiser Bauxite Company, (Orleans.
if he did he wouldn't have much
has purchased, or taken option on
of a chance against the four of us."
some 11,000 acres on J a m a i e a.
All Departments
When finally developed,"the nevir
The Hampsons have lived in the
properties are expected to produce
vicinity of the new SIU hall most
one million tons of bauxite annu
of their lives. At present, Mrs,
Newer aiid faster ships which
ally. To handle the output, the
Hampson lives with Bill and Eddie,
Bauxite Company will build a deep have been built in'European ship
the two single boys, at 265 E, 15th
water dock on the south coast as yards in the past few years are
Street, just a few blocks away
(Continued from page 2)'
well as a railroad line leading to rapidly making the US merchant
fleet' obsolete, A survey of ship
the dock.
lines in July when it boosted the from the hail, Charlie, who is pres
Approximately 40 percent of this building developments since the
death benefit to $1,500, Another ently working in the new hall, lives Bill enjoys quick snack in the
output will be needed for the Chal end of World Warll shows that 70
$250,000 was socked away in gov with his wife and two children in kitchen before ieaving, for the
ernment bonds. Hospital benefits the vicinity, while Ralph has his sea. "I always have Something mette plant. The remainder will percent of new tonnage since the
cooking for my boys," Mrs. undoubtedly go to other aliuninum war has been built by Great
had already gone to $10 a week. family home in the Flatbush sec
Hampson said. "I never know plants throughout the country.
Britain, France, Norway, Nether
Cities Service got back in the tion of Brooklyn,
At
25,
Charlie
is
the
oldest
of
when they'll
pop in."
While Kaiser is developing raw lands and Belgium, 1,000 ships in
news that month by signing a new
material transportation and finish all.
contract bringing their shipl up to
ing facilities, information we have Most of these postwar vessels
par with olj^ier tankers. Checks
received indicates that for the pres can do up to 18 or 20 knots. On the
totaling $150,000 went to 130 CS
seamen who were fired for union
ent, Kaiser does not intend to buy cither hand, the bulk of US tonnage
activities.
any additional vessels to handle consists of Liberty and Victory
Wage discussions got under way
the shipments from Jamaica. Kai ships with top speeds of ten to 12
in earnest with the operators in
ser operates only one ship, which is knots.
A US Shipping expert reviewing
October, Net result—the 40 hour
under contract with the SIU. Sev
week, wage increases, doubled wel
eral vessels would be required to the situation, declared that viithin
fare fund contributions, an in
handle the output of the Jamaica ten years, the greater proportion
crease in the vacation plan to
mines, when they begin, proaucing of the US fleet will be obsolete,
$140 annually,
in quantity in the summer of 1952. which means that heavy ship con
November was.the big month—
In the interim, it appears that struction is necessary soon to en
November 17th the big day to be
much of the bauxite required for able the US to keep up.
exact. That was the day the new
The postwar construction boom
the needs at Chalmette will be di
headquarters opene(L and left Sea
verted from shipments that are abroad has led to replacement of
farers' mouths han^ng open with
all wartime losses by European na
now going to Maryland.
its splendor. Keeping pace with
Of course. Kaiser has its own tions, with only Italy short of her
the trend, the hospital benefit
shipyards out on the west coast prewar tonnage.
went up to $15 and the death bene
which raises the possibility that the Proposals: are certain to be mad*
fit to $2,500.
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company might consfruct add^tionr before the next Congress to get
And, winding up the year, ship
al tonnage to handle the Jamdcan' construction underway an newer
ping broke all postwar records in
and faster ^hips so that US ship
output.
"
December. All in all, it was ii good "Almost missed you," Bill (left) tells Eddie, who arrived home
While the bauxite shipping, pro^ ping. WtllTNi able to compete with
jjrear,fo!r::th^SXU«. i
* ,ipst hP Rlli wss ,8bont to. leare for .his Job on th« Puertd Steo/? gram is obscditf t<N^ hbli11thkfdkff)reiBlitiil(Matries' vessels, i
Gulf Hails New Aluminuni Plant
OldVearWas
Prosperous
For SiU Men
it'
Eurojia's Newer Ships
Far SpeedierThan Onrs
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SEAFARERS tOQ
Champlin Assaults Rio's Craggy
^Hunchback'; More Peaks Ahead
DOi
That competitive rowing got
$72.50 montiU| «om{
I (Having ascended Sugar Loaf mountain in Rio de Jaheiro, the writer next sought to con start from matches between boats brand nei^ rati oif $2
I'quer higher peaks. This is another in a series on one of the many places "we seamen,visit" rowed by professional oarsmen Of
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' during voyages to all corners of the globe.)
the New York waterfront? They That the signature forged more
As a member of the crew of a great passenger ship, I first assaulted the Hunchback in Rio. rowed the small boats that plied times than any other in history is'
With a beached seaman as pilot (a necessity, since my Portuguese was worse than niy poor
as ferries between Manhattan that of Antonlua BtradivariuSi tht' i
Spanish), I hired a taxi.
maker of those famous violins?
^rl")
The interesting road was long apparition. It seemed to possess Nest, a name to make this seaman Island and Brooklyn in the early
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and winding; yet not too steep. It an even greater altitude than the return to somehow get to the top part of the 19th century. Some, who
rowed
salesmen
down
the
harbor
That
British
Honduras keeps
Hunchback and Christ
combined.
and
so
become
a
real lookout.
gave many glimpses of the city's
Later I learned It is the Crow's
G. W . Champlin. to meet ships arriving from Europe, "Winter Dajdlght Savings Time,"
life, some quite closely intimate;
began to hold match races to see when clocks are advanced half ah
others so distant upon other hUls
hour the first week in October un
who could get to a particular ship til the second week In February?
as to constitute mere manmarred
first.
scenery. The lush, tropical rain
Over 30 countries throughout the
forest was often thickened by
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world, including the US, keep
lantatlons of many species of
"DayUght Saving Time" in the
That the modern word "mauso summertime.
Eimboo, as these perennial grasses
are of great value In erosion con
leum" stems from one of the seven
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trol.
wonders of the ancient world, the
Such tropical mountain highways "Semper Paratus," the Coast Guard motto meaning always ready, Hallcarnassus erected by Queen That more than 20 American
must be elaborately protected by was given a new twist recently according to a report to the LOG from Artemisia in memory of her hus Liberty ships were named after
Seafarers who were killed by enemy
riprock and concrete gutters, spill crewman Gordon F. Dickson, Jr., of the SS Bradford Island (Cities
band, King Mausolus of Caria in action in World War II?
ways, and aprons. The incredibly Service).
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Asia Minor, who died in 353 BC.
rich, darkred soil
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Guard
rescue
mission
A
Coast
will erode faster
Some
remains of the structure are
was
just
one
link
in
a
chain
of
That the world's first adding ma
than a Piedmont
displayed in the British Museum, chine was invented by a French
hoe crop farm. events arising from a storm off
London.
man in the 17th' century? Blaise
Then, too, the Cape Hatteras and ending In hos
pitalization
for
the
bosun
and
J>ascal (162362), mathematician,
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city below must
SrU crewmembers aboard
physicist and philosopher, also in*
be protected from slight injury to two day men.
the De Soto (Waterman) put
That Charley Peterson has walked vented the hydraulic press.
the great ava
out a fire In the galley in seven
Returning recently from Hous
lanches of_ m u d ton, the ship ran Into a storm minutes by*the clock, for over 22,000 miles in many years of
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that might easily which during the night ripped off
which skipper J. D. Ware Is, playing his favorite indoor game?
That
you
weigh
more in an ele
occur.
the cover of No. 2 lifeboat and sent sued the following commenda
Peterson, a billiard champ, knows vator when it is going
up?
Champlin
In the higher a good deal of gear over the side. tion:
how far he has walked around ta
meanderlngs of our road, we sev The following day bosun Gunvald
"All officers and crewmem
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eral times crossed the route of the Nellsen and day men Chester Just bers present during the recent bles during many years of teaching That the Norfolk SIU Hall used
funicular, or cogwheeled, railway and Charles Seney were putting a fire In the galley responded, in and playing the game because he to be a' bank building, and later
that affords an alternate means 'of pew cover on when a huge wave a very commendable manner wore a pedometer.
housed the War Shipping Adminis
ascent. Our trip by car ended at a hit the boat deck on the starboard not only in extinguishing the
tration until 1946 when the. Union
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little parking plaza near the rail side.
fire, but preventing one In the
revamped
the, building?
way terminus. Some flights of The two day men were thrown engine room.
That the basic wage of an AB
steps took us to the plaform, upon against the bulkhead, but the
"While I regret extremely Is almost four times what it was in
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which stands £1 Crlsto.
necessity for such action, 1939 when the SIU began collaring That France, slightly smaller in
bosun was washed through the rail, the
I want to extend my sincere the top conditions in the maritime area than Texas, contains 10 times
This is a hundredfoot high con landing on a tank top 30 feet be
crete statue of* Christ. Though it low. When some men got down to. thanks to all who took part in Industry? The AB scale on a typi the population of the Lone Star
is hollow, and can be ascended him, It was found that a tank dog a job well done."
cal freighter agreement then was State?
through the interior, It was closed had cut Into the left side of his
lo visitors, like Miss Liberty's back and he wascarried off to the
torchbearing arm.
ship's hospital.
The base holds a shrine, where
Too Rough
my guide begged that I buy him
some candles to burn. He greatly A call to the Coast Guard for The morning after an Item in a cah still outdo most of the cur .things were like on t|ie sea.25
years &go should see "Blackie"
admired the Christ, though I con assistance brought back the report New York newspaper forecasted rent talent.
Allan Lake telling the boys Foster. He's been saiilng for a ripe
fess my own reverence was di that It was too rough for them to a really cold winter in 1952," sev
rected, not to this work of man, but come out so the captain proceeded eral of" the brothers were seen about the "Tunnel of Youth" in 26 years, and an SIU member since
India. He claims that you leave it '39 ... Some years ago Felix Amora
to the great works of God around to Norfolk, about five and a half
heading
dovm
to
the
Gulf...For
20 years younger. Those interested was studying for the priesthood,
^e.
hours away.
the Information of those going to should see Brother Lake or ship but the call of the sea' was too
In the distance. Sugar Loaf Speeding Into Norfolk in the Trujlllo City, taxi fare within the
great. The boys get a real kick
seemed but a slender, puny thing, hope that a doctor would be avail city limits Is half a dollar. It jumps o u t^ on an Isthmian ship... Roy during
off hours watching Felix
Grunder,
who
sailed
In
the
stew
it was so very distant. From one able, the ship met up with a CG to a buck after midnight, a fact
vantagepoint, Corcovado's own cutter, which came alongside. Two most of the fellows don't know. ard's department for several years carve figures out of bars of soap....
Is now working for Uncle Sam. Louis Peed, who sailed, as .chief
bulging ponderosity could be seen, cameramen appeared, but no doc
this time far below, not seeming tor. "Maybe they're gonna treat Men should attend educational He's In the Army, at Officer Candi electrician on. the Del Norte for
some time, donated his time In
about to crush me Into nothing him with developing fiuld," one meetings as often as possible. It date School.
pays
to
leam
unionism
.
..Pete
The cafeteria setup at the New showing movies to the crew. He
ness.
crewmen commented.
was the one responsible for a crew
Gohzalez
jockeying
his
red
Chrys
Looking about, I was startled to Bosun Nellsen was put on the ler around as If all the roads were York hali is really tops. One thing donation of over $500 to a New Or
a number of boy%. demanded and
perceive In the far distance a cutter, however, and, at last report,
open sea... Let's pick a soft got was hominy grits. Come around leans orphanage. A swell, job, Louis.
mighty crag, Its mldpolnt protrud was recovering nicely In the hos the
the ship having the and try 'em next time you're in George Nassar forced off the sea
ing so far that It seemed a piece of pital. The angry crew feels the CG ball team from
best
record,
as
champions of the town... John Coie, Jr. is working due to a heart ailment.. .Tiger Lll
unreality. At the time I could not should change the motto around a SIU...When Frank
Vegh arrives down South as a disc jockey and Is one of the best known personal
discover the name of this rocky little bit.
In San Juan the first thing he does radio announcer...Wha' happened, ities along the waterfront in Rio.
Is drive a car around the Island as George? Last June George McFall She's often seen at the docks col^f
If
he were a millionaire.
revealed plans to become a bride lecting donations for seamen at thb
Dry Run To the Boat Deck
On Softball again, those games groom and promised to let us hear local hospltala foe cigarettes, candy <
played In foreign ports are doing about it. We're still in the dark on and such Items i . . Time Magazine
plnpolpts Montevideo, Urugiiaiy, as
a lot to spread good will. Puerto that score.
one
port where poverty is almost
Rico and Trujlllo are two places Up and around after a serious
where they go wild over the great operation, Ray Griswold was seen unknown. The hospitality of the
American pastime. . . Brother Sou the other day chewing the fat with folks down there Is well known to
Dick Martinez
sa Is always feeding "Rebel," feline the boys. Ray has lost some weight Seafarers.
s '
mascot on one SIU ship., Somehow but looks well... Thurston Lewis
Sousa manages to secure sardines back at sea after spending some
for the kitten, who gobbles 'em time In New York. One picture
right up.
he wanted to see was Alice In Worn
SIU Headquarters urges all '
Who Is the chief steward who derland. Wonder If he made It?.. .
was hanging around the New Or Bob Garn sailing as bosun after a draft eligible seamen to be
sure they keep their local Se^ \ ^
leans hall some' time back and long stay on the Del Norte as store
lectlye Service boards posted,'"
shanghaied out on a freighter as keeper ... Tex Mettlng would wel
an AB? He's a former deckman. At come a vacation but his rocket on all changes of address j
the time they, were short of rated (Oldsmoblle 88) comes first, it through the use of the post
cards furnished at all SIU:
men on deck. His nickname Is seems.
halls and aboard ships.
"Frenchy"... Harry Illff spent some A baker saiilng out of New Or
Failure to keep your draft
time shipping ^ut of New York". He leans has a problem for Dorothy
used to write the' column "Dining Dlx. He's in love with three girls board informed of your where
abouts can cause you to bo
Room Doings" under the pen name and can't decide which one to set
Herman the Hermit.
tle down with. They're in Buenos listed as a delinquent apd be
Morris Danberg once promised Aires, New York and New Orleans' drafted Into the services with
the Mrs. he would take her to Flor ... The dream of a chicken farm out a hearing. The Union in rvm!.R
Crewmembers of Eastern's Massillon Victory line the deck during ida and she's still watlng... Back has Bill Smith working overtime. such^cajses can dp,, nothing, fp,
a routine fire and boat drill during the ship's recent trip to the in 1914, Bill Dunham was In show He started one year ago in . Aia aid Seafarers who fall to com
Far East with cargo for the United Nations forcp?.. The irun;
^business, wfth ^j ^ot, pf ,tpp, pamjej bfipa..! Any Union newcomer who
between Koreji, ffapan and Okinawa. John cihaker took pic\ur6. In minstrel routines. He claims he would like a good idea of what
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Logan Lament
'By Martin J. Hitchcock
(Brother Hitchcock penned his fi^st poetic effort to the LOG from
the SS Logans Fort (Cities Service) in Le Havre.)
This is a tale that's been told before
J^or all you landlubbers who work ashore.
We boarded this bucket of bolts and brass
Down in a place called Braintree, Mass.
Here's a grizzly trio from the
Government Camp. LR: Bernard
Kimberley, deck delegate; D. Gil
bert, ship's delegate, and "Scot
ty" (from the plaid shirt), who
wouldn't come out and identify
himself.
Departed from there and down South did go.
Arriving in Jacksonville, away from the snow.
Next came the shipyard for minor repairs.
So we made out allotments to all of our heirs.
Departed from Jax fully laden with oil,
Headirig out West to California soil
Sighted the coast and quickly unloaded
Bound for Japan on our T2 outmoded.
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Our sail on the Pacific was quite a. plight.
Nineteen days and no sun in sight
Landing in Nippon, ashore we did go
To look at the girls and spend our dough.
Again bearing east, round MandaUty
Sweating and panting for many a day
Port Bahrein was where we sat down
All the crew's faces fixed in a frown.
Ten days later, Suez hove into sight
But the feed pump had blown up during the night
The chief engineer had run out of joy
And the second was hollering oh boy, oh boy.
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Then left the Gulf and made for the Bay
Saving our bonus and all of our pay
Heading for sea, MediterraneaUf way
France our next port, and all the boys gay,
^ After the crew and mamselles had taken a chance
We gaily bid bon soir to Vive la France
Spent all our bonus and all of our pay
And 24 hours later, again underway.
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Be Sure to Get
Dues Receipts
Headquarters again wishes
to remind all Seafarers that
payments of funds, for what
ever union purpose, be made
only to authorized A&G repre ^
sentatives and that an official'
Union receipt be gotten at that
time. If no receipt is offered,
be sure to protect yourself by
Immediately bringing the mat
ter to the attention of the sec
retarytreasurer's office.
The imipn's word of advice
is to insure that all monies
paid are credited to your SIU
record. Insistence on an offi
cial receipt will prevent "can
shakers" from soliciting funds
for unauthorized purposes, and
will bar any foulups later on.
By Daniel Mlva, Photo Editor
The developing, of your film and the creation of negatives is a most
important step in the production of photographs. The member who
does* his own processing can give his film his individual attention
and by following directions carefully can produce clean sparkling
negatives. The feliow who cannot devote any time or who doesn't
want to bother with this end of photography usually drops his film
off at the comer drugstore. Here's where the trouble starts. The
film is shipped off to huge ni'ocessing plants and in order to deliver
on time the film has to be handled rapidly. Individual inspection of
your roll of film cannot be made. An average developing time has
to be used so that all the film developed will create some sort of nega
tive. You may get your negatives and photos back in a hurry (but the
best possible negative has not been produced. There isn't much any
one can do once a bad negative is produced.
If you go to the trouble of buying a camera, and spend time in tak
ing pictures, don't have your film ruined by slipshod processing. Turn
your film over to establishments that specialize in making good nega
tives and prints. Your film will get individual attention. Slight
errors in exposure will be compensated for by over or under develop
ing your film and you will wind up with a set of negatives that will
create excellent photos. Bad prints can be made from good negatives
but poor negatives can never create a decent print. It may cost a
few cents more and you may have to wait an extra day but your film
will not be ruined.
Keep the pictures coming. We have been receiving some excellent
photos from many of our members. Don't forget to include all im
portant information with your contributions. Any questions, problems
or headaches? Fire away.
To those interested in photography who haven't sufficient money to
spend in order to get the latest streamlined job, there's always the
simple box cam,era. With care, these cameras can turn out excellent
work. Some years ago the several outstanding photographers in#
America were given box cameras and asked to submit work taken with
these cameras. Some of the photos taken with these inexpensive
cameras are still outstanding masterpieces of American photography.
Before going ahead and buying a box camera there are a few things
to bear in mind. My column in the next issue will give you some
tips on buying the proper camera for your needs.
Red's Taking On a Holiday Glow
Being the only one in my neigh man is demanding the world pre headquarters, the LOG is due to
borhood able to light a Christmas miere be held at Pier 6, Bush make some terrific changes. Very
soon it may be printed on Kleenex.
The windlass up forward popped off with a bang
tree and remain unlit myself, I Terminal.
on
the
Bull
Line
it
seems
Just try and keep your nose out of
Here
Our old man requested the dear old deck gang
regret fully I must leave the
the chief engineer to the rescue he came
Elizabeth. However, I freely admit that romance is a deteriorating that! And you won't be able to put
But the darned old thing won't ever be the same. .
my leaving is partially due to ill factor. One of our brothers*gave the editorial page down. I hear
health—the Mate is sick of me. so many pesos to his girl he's going they are going to print it on fly
Then again, my eyes are bothering to have to marry her for his money. paper.
After all this there came a great calm
me once more. I really don't need This guy has it so bad he even The Editor has promised that
With our skipper out praying dear lord no more harm
glasses except for seeing, but it's carves her initials in the deck with anyone contributing, a socko story
Everything was quiet with nary a sound
the chipping hammer. I'm not sure before the end of the year will get
cheaper than buying a dog.
When somebody shouted "Hey, we've run aground!"
how long this guy has been on the two boxes of candy — one Smith
At any rate, I must hit the beacji ship, but the last time in N. Y. he Brothers, one Ludens.
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and be confined to quarters — 25 passed the new hall ahd told me he I'll just settle for Seasons'
We sweated and toiled for many an hour
cents a day for expenses. And this sure was glad to be out of Stone Greetings and wish you all the
The poor pilot's face was turning all sour ^
brings to mind the sizeable number Street.
Hours passed, we were then off the bank
same.
of beachcombers in San Juan. One To keep in step with our new
The crew had only the deck gang to thank.
Red Campbell.
I note in particular. Here's a guy
26yearsold and has never shaved.
Things are now peaceful and very serene
Well, Where's his beard? Down to
A real break for our ship, a rusty old queen
his knees, of course. With 5 Gs
We have eight months in, only four more to go
in
the bank and a diamond, this
Then back to the beach to spend all our dough.
guy has the raggediest underwear
on the island. He used to live at
(Test your wits on these puzzlers. Answers on page 22.)
a .branch of the YMCA — half way
up the tree. His present room has (1) This being the holiday season, supposing a goodhearted soul
everything but a ceiling. But that's came up to you and said he'd like to present you with a gift of either
okay, the guy upstairs doesn't walk jof two containers, one filled with quarters and the other filled with
around much.
dimes. Which would you take?
As for the rest of the island, (2) Did an Army "eleven" from West Point ever play in a post
things in general are progressing season football game in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, CaUfornia?
rapidly. Automobiles are getting
thicker and thicker and drivers are (3) The building at No. 10 Downing St., one of the most famous
addresses in the world, is currently occupied by (Eisenhower),
keeping the same
(Churchill), (Bernard Baruch), (Eleanor Roosevelt)?
pace. In India
the Mohamme
(4) In what war involving the U. ,S. was a battle fought and won by
dans pray in the
American forces over two weeks after the peace treaty was signed?
street. In Puerto
(5) Answer within 60 seconds if you can: What number when divided
Rico the pedes
by
four gives the same result as when four is subtracted from it?
'trians do.
Air travel is
(6) At the same moment a man in New York would be having break
becoming so pop
fast, a man in London would be (doing the same), (at a night club),
ular down there
(finishing lunch), (going home from work)?
they're thinking
(7) Money changes hands so fast these days many of us forget what
Campbell
of laying the bill
it looks like.
Whose pictures are on the face of the following U. S. cur
boards down flat, But then, what rency: ($1), ($5),
($10), ($50)?
would the Waterman skippers pilot
(8) You be the judge. If a girl plies her boy friend with liquor to
by? In a recent (personallycon
ducted) poll as to what the Water drive 100 miles and marry her, may he get an annulment on the ground
man sailors do with their clothing that he was too drunk to know it?
allowance, I found that 8 out of 10 (9) The words "the world will little note, nor long remember, what
and the other two had we say here," delivered in a speech by Abraham Lincoln, have been
Some of the Logans Fort drewmembers whose vessel saw the World bought food
ulcers. The film that used. the proven false. What.was the occasion for these remarks?
in a~recent trip put to rhyihe by crewmembcr Martin J. Hitchcock. Waterman ship S.S. Chickasaw will
This was one of those "peaceful and serehe" moments Hitchcock not be released pending a squabble (10) The number represented by the Roman numerals MCMLII is
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Contributed by E. Reyes
should turn out to be a gobd'fenceV'''
buster front both sides of the plate.
Among other records broken by On the other hand, Jensen seems''
Joe DiMaggio is the one dealing to be more suited for the role de '
with the printed word. No final fensively, but there is a question"^
figures are in yet, but it would be about his hitting ability. Jack, a "
safe to guess that more words have former star fullback'of the Uni *'
been sprayed off the typewriters .versity of California, played the"'
about Joe than any other sports center garden for.a while lasryear' '
figpre in the last 15 years. That be and was pretty impressive. He haS
ing the case, we will leave off Joe the speed, the ranginess and a tre^''
and talk about his potential suc mendouslystrong and accurate
cessors, Mickey Mantie and Jackie throwing arm.
Jensen.
At the plate Jensen can hit as long
It is quite safe to say that neith a ball as anybody in the League ''
er of these two will be another Di but the question is, can he do
Maggio. Both of them are poten it often enough? He is handicapped
tially very fine ball players but by being a righthand straightaway
they do not seem to • h ave that hitter in Yankee Stadium where a
something extra in the way of cor righthander must pull the ball or
ordination, grace and plain spirit be resigned to long flyouts. Jeh
that made Joe the great athlete he sen might make the grade. He also
was.
might turn out to be another Sam ,
Mantle for one, does not impress Chapman. That would be follow
me as being cut out for center field. ing footsteps with a vengeance, as
He has great speed, no doubt about Sam was also a fullback at the Uni
it. But he is not constructed for versity of California before. Connie
the part. The center fielder, ideal Mack brought him to the Athletics.
ly, should be a tall rangy fellow When it comes to a successor to
with a long stride to eat up the Joe's center fielding honors, you
huge chunks of ground he has to really don't have to go outside the
cover. More than anything else, he family. Actually the best center
has to get a good jump on the ball. fielder in baseball the past couple
Mantle bears a resemblance to of years has been brother Dom Di
Charley Keller; chunky and broad Maggio of the Red Sox. This fel
shouldered with heavily muscled iow is truly amazing to see; a skin
arms. The center fielder should be ny little guy with a seven league
an antelope. Mickey is built more stride who does the impossible out
like a bull,
there every day. If Joe was never
There's little question about his around, the sportswriters would
competence at the dish. Last year have been talking the same super
the pitchers fooled him regularly latives about Donilnick.' It's with
and he went "down swiiigihg more out doubt the best brother act to
times than is profitable. But he hit baseball, surpassing Wes and
takes a beautiful cut at the ball, Rick Ferrell and the Walker broth
and with a little more experience ers in quality and performance.
By Spike Marlin
Smoke Put To Royal Oak Roach
Most landlubbers lack the slight time, I wilL guarantee to control An unprecedented change over
came the atmosphere when the BR
est conception of the lives of sea the insects."
walked through the crowded, rec
The Extraordinary
Seaman made
men who man ships on the seven
a funny face. "Weli, now—I'il tell reation room with a gallon of in
seas, and probably don't even real ya. For ten percent of your over secticide under each arm, and car
llze that seamen live cleaner lives time, I'll get you all the prospects ried a big spray gun. The EOS
on shipboard than most gentry do you want and the official authority stopped him.
"Where do ya tink yer going?
to go ahead and kill all cockroach
on land.
You
ain't gonna kill my orthopter
Loathsome, though harmless, as es."
ans
without
paying my percentage.
the cockroach is, it stirred much The BR replied: "But you must Ya owe me exactly $1.47 to date.
understand
that
my
services
will
excitement aboard the SS Royal
How about that?"
Oak when an inquisitive BR found include only the quarters of the The BR stuck his nose in the air.
unlicensed
personnel—the
galley,
one of those aerosol bombs that are
He went on to explain that the
operated by a button atop the can storeroom, and pantry. Do you Steward was in an exasperated
wish
that
I
do
any
killing
amid
which, when depressed, forces out
mood and decided to send the BR
a fine spray of lethal. insecticide. ships, in the officers' quarters?" on an expedition to hunt down and
Two Seafarers, one . an oldtimer quarters received .word from the
He wanted to see what made it The EOS (that's for Extra Ordi kiil the brown pests.
work and pushed a can opener nary Seaman) was greatly inter This, of course, virould be counted and the other a newcomer to the SS Casimir Fulaski (Eastern)
through it.
ested and he answered with gusto: as overtime and, since the EOS had Union, passed away this month, ac that he had passed away aboard ^
the ship and was buried at sea by '
The results that followed were, "If you go amidships and extoimin no part in securing the job for cording to reports to the LOG.
his shipmates.
\
almost panic. Primarily the blame ate them roaches, including the him, the BR fired him on the spot,
Edward W. Crosby, 63, one of He had participated in many of !
fell on the BR and it unanimously secon(^mate, I will not charge you christened himself the Royal Ex
the first Sea the Union's beefs over the years.
was his responsibility, so he con anything. I'll pay you, and while terminator of the Royal Oak, and
farers from' the He is survived by a halfbrother,
fided in a certain Ordinary Sea yoa're at it get the chief mate too." went to do combat with the enemy.
Boston area, Leo Crosby of South Boston,
man, Extra Ordinary, to be exact, This kind of negotiating contin
Half an hour later, the BR
joined November Mass.
and this is the conversation that ued. Meanwhile, the cockroaches emerged from the storeroom be
19, 1938, just a A comparative newcomer to the
roamed around, stopping occasion low panting and grumbling. Later,
followed:
few days , after Union, Hendrickson was working
ally to look at the EOS and BR and out on the fantail of the tanker,
See the Boys
the formation of ashore as a chief electrician until
whoever
else
was
nearby,
and
BR: "I appoint you my agent and waved their aptennas at them, just the fresh sea breeze felt good after
the SIU. Harry he .shipped 'from Baltimore this
the
ordeal
in
a
amall
room filled
my first assignment is for you to like you would thumb your nose at
L."
Hendrickson, summer as a t^iper aboard the
with fine spray, and dying insects
approach the membership to learn somebody you did not like.
45, first
began Steel Recorder (Isthmian).
clinging to his
pants cuffs and fall
whether I will be permitted to ex During the lull, a member of the
sailing
with
the
terminate cockroaches. We are so crew, whd could not talk without ing from the overhead onto his
Crosby
union this past Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1906,
hair.
far out at sea we may be overrun using 24letter words, was annoyed
he was a veteran of the peacetime
With shoulders drooping and July when his shore job as an elec Navy. and had sailed previously
by the insects before we could get when anyone referred to the. in
to a port where they could be fu sects as mere cockroaches. He in panting hard, he went to the EOS trician petered out.
for four years. He died on the
to tell him:
migated.
sisted that a cockroach was an or "These—these—er — er—^Basilia Crosby, a messman, born in beach NeW Ydrk.' Jdis survivorsfl
Canada in 1888, had been going to include .a son, Ben, and a brother.^
"And if you could somehow man thopteran, but our illustrious mess
of the order Orthoptera sea for many years when head Robert.
"
age to contact the proper authori boy loudiy insisted they were Orientalis
—they are too wild for me. I here
ties and get me an houraday over rightly the Basilia Orientalis.
by officially, now and forever, ab
dicate as the Royal Exterminator
of this floating—well, sir, call it
Gangway for Sunshine
what you like."
The government, when it under 1850). Bora in Salem, Mass., he'^'
At this writing on the messhall took
the tremendous shipbuilding attended private schools and was'
table, one lively orthoptera is dart program
of World War II, named apprenticed to a: shipmaster to''
ing before me to and fro, dodging its Liberty
ships after famous learn a mercantile trade. 'Later''
here and there. Now I see a little Americans. Below
are the nqmes elected to State Senate, US Con"'
one—oh yes, that big one was the of a few SlUcontracted
Libertys gress arid was twice voted h US'"'
mother chasing her baby.
and
thumbnail
sketches of
the per Senator.
William Calefato. sons whose names they bear.
Death Takes Two Seafarers
ti.
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How The Libertys Were Named
Charles Carroll (Bull). Revolu John Fiske (Seas Shlpplrig); HiS^>^
tionary statesman (17371832). Bom torian and writer'(18421901)."Bora'!'
in Annapolis, Md., he was a signer in Hartford, Conn., graduated frorii Q
of the US Declaration of Independ Hgrvard, admitted' to the bar
;
John Hancock signed the' ence (1776), a member of the Con later turned to literature. Was raw
U. S. Declaration of Independ
tinental Congress and US Senator successful lecttuer on philosophy!"
ence in big, bold script be
(178992).
and science and a 'vigorous sup
cause he said he wanted King
porter of the doctrine of evolutibn;''^
ft
George IIIto be able to read
Alexander H. Stephens (Bull). authoring : some 60 books in biis
it. LOG readers too are urged
American statesman (181283); lifetime.
to send in signed contribu
r,,# .
Born and educated in Georgia, he
tions rather than anonymous was a member of the bar, state ^ f
t 'JiiT '
.letters and stories so that the legislature and US Congress. He Martin Behrman (Alcoa). Fojrmeri)
writer can be contacted should was chiefly known as vice president Mayor,! New Orleans • (1864^1926)4<)
further detail be needed.
of the Southern Confederacy (1861 Bora,in'New York, he spent mostij
of'his life in Louisiana, serving in
Material submitted with a 65);
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request that the writer's name
various civic posts and state offices.)!
ft ft ft
be withheld will be honored.
Nathaniel Silsbee (South Atlan Was Mayor of New; Orleans for?
tic). Former iGongressroan t^7T3: fouB terms a9Q4aa2fl).;i6 f»
No Hush''Hu»h
On IAMM Etoiters
Taking in a bit of old sol at the same time he stands his watch at
the gangway is Seafarer F. Philips aboard the Lafayette. The
photog recorded the scene while the Waterman vessel was dock
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SEAFARERS LOG.
LETTERS
Members Urged
To Uphold SIU
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
The new LOG sure is a swell Job, ing line from the wrong end, so
Performers had better stay clear
bridge, etc., but I couldn't get
and ranks high on my lis,t of favor you can imagine how the guys felt
across to him how to report ships of the John S. Mosby (Eastern).
ite readings, although I am the when they saw the mess. Now I've
We had a discussion aboard at
by points.
seagreenest of landlubbers, and heard some fluent cussing in my To the Editor:
which the ship's delegate made an
Make A Picture
have yet to prove my mettle both day and have done quite a bit of
After wearing my patience down inspiring speech urging each man
I wonder when the operators are
as a seaman and a Union man. I the same myself, but every man going to wake up and pay a few for over an hour, I promised to to make the trip as,pleasant is
devour every word and, like a glui> jack of us invented a few new dollars in overtime instead of be draw a diagram with the relative possible lor all hands.
^ ton,.! crave more.
words that morning.
He noted that it was up to each
ing clipped for thousands in re bearings.
Your "welcome" issue seems to
The following night before watch individual to carry out Union regu
pairs.
Qalfway
Decent
have said everything there is to
The Elly was anchored off Nor time, I was engrossed in a book— lations to the letter and that we
say .about the new HQ, so that I
We have the ship in halfway folk for five days around Novem "I, The Jury." This detective Mike should always hold the SIU book
feel reluctant to put in my puny decent shape now, but far from ber 1 and, according to the cap Hammer had just met a gorgeous high.
"twocents worth," But along with SIU standards. However, we will
G. Quinows
tain, no gangway blonde and was making out like a
my initial reaction of "What a have her in tiptop SIU condition
watch was neces seaman in Bremerhaven, when up
4 4 4
joint," I got inspiration. I want by the time we return north. We
popped Jimmy the OS.
sary.
to do something, and it .could be really had a job to do on this ship.
While we were "Have you got that sketch you
. that .writing,, my appreciation is Captain Diaz says we are "the best
on the hook, a promised me?" I tried to ignore
only the beginning, however puny, damn crew he ever had aboard and
storm dropped in him just long enough to see how
of my doing something.
hopes we all stay." The chief en
for a few days. Mike Hammer was doing, but he To the Editor:
Sincerely, the new Hall, that gineer says the NMU is not even
Having just paid off this ship,
The result? We wouldn't let me go on.
"swell joint" of oprs, truly houses in the running with the SIU.
drifted, banged So, I disgustedly put down the I would like to take a few minutes,
the manifestation of that word The captain and mates are good
against an Italian book, got a pencil and drew a to thank the fine bunch of men I
above the handsomely functional joes with us and the black gang
t r a m p e r
and diagram of relative bearings on have sailed with since I joined the
Gbvar
shipping board: , Brotherhood. says the engineers are good guys
stove in our bul the port side from dead ahead to Nikoklis, July 27 at Norfolk just
Everybody in the place is so hos too. The feed is good and there's warks. The boys topside had a big dead astern.
months ago.
pitable, helpful and courteous; the no kick on the foc'sles because bundle of hurries, worries and de^
I will only mention a few of the
I handed it to him, saying, "Now,
man at the door, the men behind they're large and roomy. She's not lays, and it was no one's fault but Jimmy, study this. I only drew the fine brothers whom I have sailed
the shipping hall desk, the seamen fast, but who wants a fast ship? their own.
port side because the starboard with on this ship, during our two
all over the place, everybody. I, a The more days on, the more dol
Frank Caspar
side is the same. The OS looked at voyages to France and one to Hol
stranger in your midst, felt • at lars, sez I.
Ships delegate
it. "Oh, I don't have to worry land, because it would take a full
home.
That's about it. Good luck to all
about
the starbo^d side, I always two pages of paper to mention
.4
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t
But moments came when I didn't Seafarers, a very merry Christmas
stand lookout on
the port side any them all.
feel at home; those moments when and a happy and prosperous New
way!"
As
you
can
imagine, my In my own department, the
I felt undeserving of aU the kind Year from the crew of the Tagalam.
patience is shaved pretty thin by steward's, I had one mighty fine
ness. "I'll be paying my dues and
R. B. Carey
now.
chief cook, Mr. Shum Man, who
To the Editon
assessments," I argued with myself
Ship's delegate
joined the vessel the same time as
Joe Kaufman
I
would
like to
share
an incident
unsuccessfully. "You think you
(Ed. Note: The Tagalam is new
I
did and is leaving this voyage.
which
occurred
aboard
the
Alcoa
can get for a few paltry bucks ly under • SIU contract after a
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He rates a hearty thank you ftom
Pilgrim in Venezuela for the wel
what these SIU men have strug stretch with the NMU.)
everyone who has sailed with him,
fare of the brothers who may sail
gled for!"
t 4" t
for the effort he put into his cook
there in the near future.
And I asked myself, "how many
ing.
In my opinion he is a great
Before our arrival at La Guiara, To the Editor:
miles of picket line have you
credit to our Union for he does his
our first port, customs declara
walked? What have you done to
I am a former SIU member, be
tion sheets were distributed longing to the Great Lakes District. job in true SIU fashion. All the
overcome the apathy of the drowsy
among the crew for itemizing I've been in the Army since mid rest of the men who have sailed
man at the wheel and the tired To the Editor:
lookout, and have; you ever coped
I am writing this not as a Sea cigarettes, cigars, new clothes, and August and receive the LOG for
with the contempt of those union farer, but as a friend of one, one of so on. Brother Harris had just warded from my home.
hating potentates goodly in girth so the many who are getting a pretty purchased two sport shirts and two
I'm always glad to hear about
that today the seaman isnot the .rough deal. My friend is an AB sets of underwear, amounting to what I consider the best Union in
dust and scum of the earth?"
and a member of the SIU for $9.50, from the slopchest and the world. I sailed as a FOW dur
But then the LOG again. Rocky several years. In order to avoid dutifully declared them.
ing the war, mostly Jhrough the
In our next port, Puerto Cabel New York hall, and had the honor
Milton writes generously concern any needless embarrassment to
ing the "green permitmen" aboard him, I will not give his name, but lo, we were asked to sign another of serving on one of your commit
declaration form listing only tees.
his ship, And as Paul Hall sees it, just call him "Doc."
the working class people aiuuud He is not a hero and doesn't want cigarettes. Immediately after we
In 1946 I was injured on a T2
the new HQ are "our kind of to be known as anything but a guy arrived, the National Guard of the tanker, the Hood River, while in
people." So though I feel humility who did his job to the best of his port conducted a search in a man Le Havre, and the Army now is
1 do feel gratefully at home.
ability. Doc's story begins when ner that would astound our own trying to see if they can improve
Who was the comedian*who used he was 17. He joined the Merchant custom officials.
my usage of my right hand. I re
to say, "This is only the begin Marine and was sent to Sheepshead
Long Search
ceived the certificate of continuous
ning?" A & G can say that again Bay for training.
It took at least three hours, and service and would like to l^ow
Lucky 13! Man, am I ever appreci
A few weeks after his schooling the windup was Harris lost his whether there is any possibility of
ating my beginning with such a was completed, he was on a ship new clothes and the bosun a few wartime seamen being released.
swell bunch!
Pvt. B. Fusci
off Normandy beach on Dday. bead trinkets worth about 15
Before closing I want to mention Some of you guys who were there cents. Of course, the officers'
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one more exciting item. That remember what it was like, with rooms were not searched.
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Training School! I hope to be the Stukas coming in every hour
I, acting as interpreter, tried
Phoenixville, Pa.
bringing bright red apples to the on the hour trying to knock the my best to convince the captain (Ed. Note: The SIU has succeeded
teachers.
of the Guard that these items had
in getting the discharge of an
Hicks and THfe
hell out of you.
Ray H. perbe'ck
AB from the Army and other re
Doc got away from there with a been declared in La Guiara, but
with me on this ship should b«
whole skin. A month later he was our skipper, lacking a copy, left quests are being processed. highly commended, especially now
t t
the
way
open
for
seizure
of
the
Your
best
bet
might
be
to
con
out in the Pacific bound for
tact the Great Lakes District that we are getting a lot of new
Australia and New Guinea with articles.
Let this
serve as a
reminder that
directly since
your records would faces into this organization.
Jap subs hanging right on his tail,
be
there.)
before
entry
into
any
Venezuelan
In the Engine Department, a
where every ripple was a potential
word of thanks to Brother Allen
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torpedo and Kingdom Come. He port, the brothers should declare
Burke, who has been very coopera
Just a week ago (Dec. 7) this got out of that alright too, made any item they value.
Anthony Ncttage
tive in all Union matters. He is
crew left New York for Afreco/ the several more trips before the war
Ship's delegate
now on his 5th trip on this ship
most Godforsaken hole in Texas. ended and has been sailing ever
and he says he hopes to make
,"When we shipped, that day we all since.
To the Editor:
t 4
thought we were going on a trial
A continuous sore spot on our many more.
Not A Veteran
run to test the engine and calibrate
Good Deck, too
ships is the upkeep of the wash
But despite all his experience.
the . compass, etc., but brother, if
ing machine. The point has been We have had several good deck
ever a pierhead jump was made, Doc was not rated a veteran, and
stressed in the SS Mae (Bull) that gangs on this ship including three
a , few months ago was inducted To the Editor:
this was it.
the crew members of the ship were very fine bosuns. Brothers Majette,
Just thought I'd share a humor the ones who donated their own Jim Spencer and Guy Newman, all
The Tagalam (MarTrade) cruised into the Army at the age of 25.
around outside for about six hours, Seems all his war and civilian ex ous experience with ah ordinary money towards the purchase of of whom have known their jobs
then came into anchorage just be perience as a seaman didn't amount seaman on my watch aboard the these machines and that they well. Several other good brothers
low the Statue of Liberty. We to a hill of beans. Now I personally Alanson Houghton (Alcoa). All should keep them clean if only out were Scrapiron Jones, Beal, Ros
dropped the hook about 5 PM and know several guys who were in the deck men should get a kick out of respect for their shipmates
well Sanderlin, ABs^ and others too
put 12 midnight on the sailing Army, never left the Continental of it.
numerous to mention.
Our
wiper,
Tony,
was
offered
I was on the 812 with AB A1 reimbursement for the time and
board so that no one got ashore US, and the only shooting they
To top it all off we have one of
with the exception of the pump came near was in a corner with a Alexander and Jimmy Simms, the splendid work he put in to repair the finest captains afioat on any
pair
of
dice.
Yet
these
characters
OS
in
question,
and
on
our first
man,, an oiler and myself.
the old machine, but has turned it ship in the world today. He is Cap
The oiler and pumpman had to are classified veterans and are not watch we found out Jimmy couldn't down. Our warmest thanks to him tain Charles J. O'Brien. Everyone
steer. As all good AB's do, we for a job well done.
get their gear and I had to call the called again. You figure it out.
With the critical shortage of took the OS in hand and taught Brothers who've sailed with the who has ever sailed under him can
haUifor: more men. Because of: the
say that he really is tops and a
short notice, we sailed short two rated men that now exists, I think him.
Mae may be interested to know credit to have on any SIU ship.
Then came the lookout. I asked that "Suzy," our ship's mascot, has
firemen, one oiler, and one AB. experienced seamen like Doc and
In closing I would like to say
The chief cook missed the ship all the other ''Doc's" now in the him if he knew the details on re needed medical attention. She will
through no 'feiilt of'his" own and Army should be discharged to go porting ships, ringing bells, and be taken to the hospital this trip thanks to all the brothers whom I
the haptalh received a message that back to the kind of work they reporting the "lights are bright," and expenses paid from the ship's have had the pleasure of sailing
with on this ship. I hope to be see»
know, were trained for and are and he confided he didn't. This fund.
he would join'the ship in Texas.
ing many of you on some of our
When we canie aboard the ship experienced at. It may take months was his first trip, it seems, and he
Richard V. Gelling
other contracted vessels in the
very
figured
I
could
keep
his
secret.
looked and smielled like a garbage to train a soldier, but it takes years
(Ed Note: For the sake of ship's
Well, we went over the elemen harmony elsewhere, we trust Broth near future.
scow. 'What the NMU didn't wreck, of actual sailing time to make a
Fred R. Hicks, Jr
tary details, ringing in the time er Ceiling was referring to a canine
the shipyard workers did. They good seaman.
Ship's Delegate
Chet Zanc
on the stup'g bell, callmg the pet named "Suzy,")
. opened a new eoil of 11 ipcb moor
Pennies Saved^
Dollars Lost
Nikokiis Crew
Tops Them All
Customs Rough
In Venezuela
Service in One
War Is Enough
Drafted Seamen
Get Rough Deal
Former NMtJ Ship
Draws Crew^s Ire
Respect Others
In Washer Care
OS Prettg Rustg
On His Hearings
."I
�T»gti Twenty
Higher BM Pag
Urged hg Smoky
To the Editor:
This letter concerns the new
r a i s c in pay for men with deck
maintenance ratings, which I and
several other day men on the City
of Alma (Waterman) are not fully
satisfied with. We sincerely believe
that something should be done to
increase the basic wage of all DMs
on drycargo ships.
As everyone who has had experi
ence as a DM knows, the bulk of
the work on deck falls on the day
men, and we think their wages
should be equal to that of watch
standers, including high overtime,
or else be raised to that of carpen
ters.
Most ships now carry two or
three DMs as well as a bosun, and
in most cases no carpenter, so that
what is ordinarily carpenter's work
is done by a DM.
In all cases he works a straight
eighthour day in which the largest
part of the shii»'s work is done.
His only chance of overtime now is
after 5 PM or before 8 AM and on
weekends and holidays at an OT
rate equal to that of watchstand
ers.
We feel that unless something is
done to give deck maintenance
men a higher rate of pay many will
go back to sailing as watch stand
ees where they can get much more
money for less work, such as 16
hour overtime weekends at sea.
Smoky Grabenauer
Deck delegate
(Ed Note: This is why DM pay is
higher than AB wage. The major
ity of maintenance overtime is giv
en to day men in order to bring
them up to v^atchstanders on OT
pay).
IxMiiy. Peci^mber .tS, JMl
SEAFARERS LOG
LETTER E
of the port steward and ask that
the ship's requisition be properly
filled.
The slopchest on this ship is also
sadly depleted. In addition, we feel
we would like to have colored
tablecloths for our messroom the
same as other Waterman ships.
Our minutes of last trip show
that we had quite a discussion on
the sheets we are supplied with.
Not just a few, but all of them are
as much as 12 and 16 inches short
on the bunks. It's about time
something was done about this
situation.
W. Leusehner
Ship's delegate
4. 4> 4.
Ex3iember Hails
1
J nion^s Progress
^miustmout
^TaiMem^0^TJpP I
*
To tbr Editor:;;
|'
Well, what do you know? Is the"
NMU still trj'ing to measure up to
the SIU? Seems they've been at it
now eVery time we get a neyir
To the Editor:
agreement that leaves their con<'
Being ship's delegate on the Sea
tract way behind in the dust.
train Georgia is part of a busy life.
I've been sailing for over 15
There is always some issue to set
years.
I know how the CIO bunch
tle or someone to help out on a
v.oiks. Just haggling for headlines
heap of problems that crop up
more than anything else .every
daily. By.the way, only ten men of
time they're supposed to go after
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'
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4
the original crew are aboard since
the operators and get something
our first run in August.
for the seaman.
.
Motion adopted by the crew call
It's
ho
surprise
the
membership
ing for more research on TB, one
in the NMU is getting fed up with
of the prime killers of seamen, in To the Editor:
urging a deeper study into its cause The good ship Joshua B. Lippin the way_ the leadership brings
and effect with eott (Alcoa), after a hectic voyage home the baeon (LOG issue: Dec.
hope of prolong from Norfolk to Antwerp durin;{ 14). The NMU boys I know are
ing life of sea which she lost her gangway and getting a mess of beefs instead of
men and man suffered other damages, has finally an open book agreement that gives
them a chance to earn a decent
kind generally. arrived in Philadelphia.
living.
The
crew
had
been
a
good
one
A fellow Sea
.
Every time their negotiators, take
farer in Mobile and brought the ship back in SIU a licking they're just setting back
who just paid off style (a clean Ship with a paint job the standards of every other sea
the SS Beaure from stem to stern), in spite of all going tmion which, like the SIU,
gard (Waterman) the rough weather we had.
already has topmotch conditions on
,
reported that Mate Otto C. Brush, is an old the ships'.
.
,
Charles
ISU and SIU member and he iS'
When
our
SIU
negotiating
com
was undergoing repairs in the tops in our book. He said our crew mittee goes out for something and
yards after a European trip the was the best he has had in all his gets it we show those NMU jokers
engine room caught fire. Seems a years of sailing as master and who gets the last laugh, and it's
sparkfrom a welding tool started mate.
not funny to the NMU man in the
Chow was the best and our foc'sle.
it.
The city of Mobile, itself, is quite thanks to the steward, chief cook
Moe.Beckler .
a nice spot these days. Times have and third cook, who were on the
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4
changed conditions there some ball. What a Thanksgiving dinner!
what. The cops are more lenient To top it all, the chief mate gave
with sailors, thanks to the SIU offi us a bottle of you know what.
cials in the port who have worked Wesley Young, the steward, owns To the Editor:
a lunch room at 1412 W. Baltimore
hard to get our guys a break.
Crewmembers of the Seatrain St., under the name of Wes & Sid, It sure was a relief to sight
Aruba Mter our little junket on the
Georgia are sending out Christmas a good chow deal when you're in Sea
Beaver (Colonial).
cards and rememberances to broth town.
I
won't
say this ship is did, but
er Seafarers in the hospitals all We don't know how long we'll
over, the country. To all others, be here and send regards to all. I hear it is one of the ships Leif
Erickson scrapped when he was
James W Corcoran
wherever you are, best wishes dur
here.
.The boys in the Hobcdceh
Ship's
delegate.
ing this holiday season from the
yards did a good job on her. We
entire membership aboard.
4 4 4
broke down every' third day in
Sir Charles
stead
of every other day as we had
Ship's delegate
expected.
Ships Helegate
Forever on dob
would always listen to suggestions
about the menu, but wouldn't tol
erate waste.
All in all, a good, noisy but high
ly satisfactory session giving every
one a chance to blow his stack.
Stew promised to take care of all
beefs and crew pledged to" h t him
know when one cropped up.
O. H. MaripoU
Lippineott Has
A Heette Trip
To the Editor:
After being retired from the
SIU for a year, due to the fact that
I have been working as a lifeboat
instructor for the Maritime Train
ing Station in Sheepshead Bay, I
dropped in to the new hall to see
my old friends and Jiow things
were running.
I was certainly pleased with what
I saw. The new hall is a wonder
ful place, and I am sure all the
members who have seen it feel the
same way. With the good work
of Brother Paul Hall and his staff
a very fine job has been done for
a great organization. I sincerely
believe that every seafarer will
back up Brother Hall for the
great work he has done in bring
ing members up frpm the old
times of low wages to present day
standards.
I know everybody who
4* 4^ 4"
goes to sea would like to be in
this organization.
I want to say too that we have
had a bunch of SIU boys down at
To the Editor:
the station for lifeboat training
I know you can always trust our and they all did very well, being
4. 4* 4*
It., wasn't too bad once the engi
Union to come up with a clean uniformly successful in passing the
To the Editor:
neers got below with their scotch •
solution to any beef, whether it's examination.
Occasionally I have seen refer tape, spit and hair pins. But every
on a small scale or a global issue.
My best, wishes to everybody for
ence in the 4,OG to bars and clubs thing was taken care of and to the
Well, here's one Seafarer who a Merry Christmas and a Happy
where seamen have found congen surprise of the navigator the helms
stands Square behind the Union's New Year.
To the Editor: '
ial company and decent treatment. man sighted Aruba and we limped
pitch to Washington to get our coal
. William Zarkas
We're out here at Port Said on By accident last summer I stum
exported a lot faster to the EGA
the Frank C. Emerson (South At bled upon just suclT a place. In in.
Bill Gannon
countries in Europe. .
lantic), then off to India.
Grand Isle just below New Orleans,
I read the story in the last issue
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No Ijig beefs, but we could use there is a bar and camp run by a
of the LOG (Dec. 14) of the com
a clarification on who is supposed former engineer that in my opinion
munication to government officials To the Editor:
to keep the steward's department
urging them to get together and, • Having been out of contact with passagewaj? on the main deck completely fills the above qualifica
tions.
work out an arrangement whereby my old shipmates for some time, I cleaned.
To the Editor:
' '
the coal lying around in this coun would sincerely appreciate having There seems to be different Pat Hegwood and his wife opened This letter is for the sole pur
up
in
their
present
location amidst
try can be put to good use by the this printed in the LOG. I would opinions on the last couple of
pose of showing the brothers I
nations who are dying for the lack like to hear from any of the men Libertys I've sailed where' there sand and salt water in the hope haven't been bending the^ ears
that
someday
the
island
would
be
of it.
whom I sailed with and those many is no steward's utility carried.
That's the type of wide awake I've met while waiting for ship Good luck and season's greetings a thriving sunimer resort of the
economical sort. To some extent
idea that characterizes the SIU, ment.
to all.
which does the same type kind of
Harry H. Pierce their dreams have been realized
I have retired my book but
but a helping hand is needed.
straight shooting with the member would like if possible to receive
Ship's delegate
Anyone wanting to spend a quiet
ship in getting A1 agreements for the LOG. I had book No. 37420, (Ed. Note: In the absence of stew
weekend
or longer surrounded by
the guys on the ships.
ard utility, it's the BR's job to
which I was proud to hold and shall
wonderful fishing and friendly
Sure, let's get those bureaucrats at the earliest possible time reacti
keep the passageway clean.)
maidens has my assurance that at
to take their big feet off the desk vate.
4" 4 4"
Pat's I'lace a cordial hand and rea
and work out a way to get the coal
I was drafted into the Army in
sonable bill will be extended to
over there. The ships are around September, 1950, so you see it's
make the stay a pleasant and event
in the boneyard and there's experi been quite a time since I've heard
ful one.
enced Seafarers here who'll man anything of the Union's news. I'd
As this place is known and fre
them just as soon as they're pulled particularly like to .hear from my To the Editor:
quented
by many of our seafaring
Had a
good, hot
and
heavy
meet
out of the reserve fleets.
old pal Clyde Brown, though 1 ing aboard the Seatrain Texas re friends from the Crescent City, I
Bernard Glazer
don't know where he might be at cently as members took the deck am sure that they would appreciate
the moment.
4" . 4" 4"
one after one in good and welfare finding the LOG there. So until
Cpl. Buss Grantham
and let off steam in good SIU style. Pat receives the first copy of the
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Main topic was the steward and his LOG he has no inkling as to my
A Co., 484 Eng. Const. Bn.
stores with
a point scored here and writing this. The address is: Pat's
Pine Camp, N. Y.
To the Editor:
Place, Box 22A, Grand Isle, La.
there
on
both
sides.
(Ed. Note: The LOG will be sent
Jlmmie C. Arnold
It seems that the port steward
Stew complained
he
was
missing
to you from now on. Brother
for this company (Waterman) has
stores
in
New
Orleans,
but
nobody
4
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Grantham.)
been promising to put aboard cer
else seemed to know anything
r
4' 4' 4 .
tain items of steward's stores, but
about it. He stated the reason
when the tim.e to find same comes
there seemed to be a linen short
up, they aren't there.
age was that crew didn't turn the To the Editor:
A complaint from the cooks
soiled linen in. (One point for Perhaps the brothers living in
shows that quite a number of boxes To the Editor:
Stew.)
Brooklyn can help me find living
of stores, particularly meats, have
I'm a little late extending my
Most beefs came from the galley space for myself and family some
been falsely labeled, and do not greetings to all hands at this glad where the steward spends most of where in the borough, preferably
Ida Florence Hand j % |
contain what the lag says should ful time of the year, due to the his time, the cook chiming in that in the Bensonhurst section.
for hp good rcas6)a every
be inside.
fact that the SS McKettrick Hills he was there too often. Another 'We would be willing to pay up spoke !pf my daughterJf
In all, it seems that the port (Western Tankers) just got into beef was the quality of meat served to $80 monthly for a four or /five
Thp picture;: shqhrs . he^^^
steward; is not supplying the SS port after a fire at sea and had to and it was agreed to have a food" room apartment. Accommodations out as'an ea(;ty "Amerieaa^ for
Madaket as he should be. It's been be towed in.
inspector check the meat and see in a one or twofamily house would a home schp^prdgraih ^ Tampg.
suggested, therefore, that at the
But, better late than never, so if we are getting what we order. also be welcomed. Please contact Believe it or riot, thougi^:, ^
next port of storing, the ship's here's greetings to all members
Crew complained chow was bet me at £S 56163 if you know of any Florence doesn't look'lt, ilhe'i oriiy
delegate, plus the steward and and friends of our great union.
airier".:
ter before this steward came openings.
George H. Seeberger aboardand he countered that he . ..
patrolman, meet in the presence,
Alien J. Frtynd
Spit^ Pins Saved
Old Sea Bettver
SIIJ Coal Export
Plan Good Idea
Grand Isle Camp
Is a Good Heal
Emerson Has
Cleaning Query
Out of TpuehGM
Eager for Mail
EarBending NdC
Without Beason
Union Way Best
For Texas Crew
I
A':".
It^.
Ship^S Supplies
Cause of Grief
Season Greeting
Never Too Late
4.*
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I'
Wants Housing
In Boro Area
�SSAFARERS tOG
Pace Tweetr
THE
' jD a previoti^teolumit we outlined some general procedures to follow
lir avoiding shipboard accidents and injuries. But despite all precau
tions, accidentsdohappen inmaritime at a .relatively high rate of
frequency. When'injured aboard ship or "in the service of the vessel"
as the law puts it, a seaman has certain well defined rights and privi
leges which differ considerably from those enjoyed by workers on
shore jobs. '
Recent ° instances have arisen in which Seafarers hospitalized in
foreign ports have had .these rights chiseled down by company repre
sentatives or insurance companies. It js Important therefore for all
seafarers to become reasonably familiar with the rights and practices
that prevail in handling such cases.
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It has long, been recognized in maritime that a seaman who is in
jured or falls ill in the service of the ship, is entitled TO "wages, main
tenance and cure" for the duration of the voyage or as long as he is
unable to work, whichever is the shorter. This centuriesold pro
vision does not apply to the recovery of damages for pain, suffering,
and disability which might have accompanied the injury.
' However, should the seaman be able to prove that proper maintenance
was not provided,' leading to unnecessary suffering on his part, then
he would be entitled to damages. On modern ships equipped with
twoway radios, and with airsea rescue services available it is hard to
Imagine a case where there would be a legitimate excuse for failure
to provide adequate medical care.
A seaman is also entitled to sue for damages if he can prove that
his injury arose out of the "unseaworthiness" of the vessel. Most of
the contention over his right to damages hinges on the definition of
"unseaworthiness." In recent years, the tendency has been to inter
pret the term in a pretty broad fashion. Any defective equipment on
the vessel which is responsible for a man suffering ah injury, is preity
generally held to determine the "unseaworthiness" of the vessel. If
an injured man uses an appliance which he knows is defective prior
to theinjury taking place, heis still entitled to damage but in a
smaUer amount...
Prior to 1920, a seaman was not entitled to collect damages if the
cause of his injury was the negligence of a shipmate. This definition
included the officers and the captain. All this was changed with the
• passage of the Jones Act in 1920. The act amended the previous law
to provide that a seaman could recover damages for pain and suffer
ing if his injury was due to negligence of the master or another sea
inan. The seaworthiness of the ship would not affect a claim based
on negligence.
. The. Jones Act also enabled the beneficiaries of a seaman who dies
as a result of his injuries to sue the shipowner for his suffering prior
to his. death and for the money loss to the beneficiary.
When a seaman brings a suit into court under the Jones Act, lie
can sue in a state court, or in a United States District Court, which
sits as . an admiralty court in maritime cases. At present suits in
admiralty court exclude trial by jury which is permitted in state courts
or on the civil side of the district court. Further, in the admiralty
court, the suit can only be against the owner himself and not agaimst
the ship.
Seamen working aboard governmentowned merchant ships are com
pelled to bring their suits before the admiralty court and thus lose
out on the right to trial by jury. It has generally been found that
juries will be more generous in their damage .awards than the court.
Thik.SIU and Qther mai^ime unipns have long been trying to amend
the law so as to permit jury trials in the admiralty court. A bill is
now pending before Congress which would embody this change in
the law.
Incidentally, one of the major differences in procedure in the
admiralty court, as against civil courts, is that witnesses do not neces
sarily have to be present in couil to offer their testimony. This takes
into account the fact that important witnesses might be at sea when
the court hears the suit. The admiralty court provides that the witness
can appear when he is in port before the trial, be examined by his
lawyer under^oath, and then be read to the judge in the course of
« trial.
Since this, procedure cannot be followed in a civil court, it would
be better for a maritime case to be heard in an admiralty court, pro
vided, seamen were given the right to have a jury hear their cases
jn damage suits.
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We.mentioned in our earlier column on safety that it was very im
portant before entering a tank or other confined space to make sure
that there were no noxious, gases in it and that there was a sufficient
supply of oxygen. Word recently came to us of a fatal accident aboard
the Barbara Fritchie in which one man lost his life and two others
Were overcome by gas fumes in the bottom of a tank. It cannot be
emphasized too strongly that every precaution be taken to air out
confined, spaces thoroughly, and to make sure a shipmate is on hand
to pull you out in the. event you are overcome.
LABOR
ROUNDUP
Don't Break the Dishes—The
Intl Union of Electrical Workers
hit upon a novel scheme to support
6,000 str.kers at the Westinghouse
Plant in Buffalo. The union sched
uled a $100 a plate dinner to help
finance Christmas meals for the
strikers and their families. Other
local unioni^ bought the tickets,
with the main course at the lush
event being franks and beans. The
dinner became a victory celebra
tion when the strike was settled on
the 17th of December after eight
weeks on the picket line.
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You're Worth Plenty—The great
er value set today on a working
man's life and limb is illustrated
by the tale of Thomas J. McDer
mitt, railroad machinist of Chicago.
In 1922, McDermitt lost his left
foot in a shop accident and settled
his case for $1,875. This year he
l^St his right foot in a similar ac
cident, but the settlement was
worth 20 times as much, $36,500.
Present trends in accident cases
particularly iii accidental deaths,
have been to take a worker's po
tential lifetime earning power into
consideration in determining the
size of the award.
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Jealous, No Doubt—One, or a
team, of burglars in Detroit is mak
ing a specialty of looting union
offices in that city. Latest victim,
the fourth in recent months, was
Local 7 of the United Auto Work
ers which was robbed of $4,000 in
cash and checks. Other offices bur
gled included UAW'locals 369 and
600 and headquarters of the Team
sters Union. Nobody saw them, but
the burglars undoubtedly left the
scene of the crime in a unionmade
car.
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Injunction Quashed—In a pleas
ant reversal from practices of the
last few years, the Court of Ap
peals in New York threw out an
injunction against the Transport
Workers Union (CIO) forbidding
them to take a strike vote against
the Third Ave. Corporation, oper
ators of many of the city's bus
lines. The injunction had been is
sued originally on the grounds that
there was no labor dispute in
volved, only a question of contract
interpretation, but the higher court
reversed that decision. .
A floating radio station, the first of several ordered, whose mo
bility would enable the Voice of America to dodge Soviet jamming
of broadcasts beamed behind the Iron Curtain, will be in service
early next year. Refitting of the overage Coast Guard cutter
Courier will permit it to house a much more powerful transmitter
than the average American broadcasting station and operate in all
kinds of weather at points close to areas now blacked out.
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Sandy Hook, the sixmile peninsula Jutting into New York har
bor, will one day be a bather's paradise if plans of New Jersey
officials can get underway. The state has leased about 400 acres
from the Department of Defense for development of park and
beachfront facilities. The greater part of the land area will be re
tained by the Army, which has reactivated historic Fort Hancock
as an antiaircraft base for harbor protection. Sandy Hook is also
the site of the oldest lighthouse in service in the Western
Hemisphere.
The newest wrinkle in ship propulsion is a propeller with six
blades instead of the conventional four, said to be the first of its
kind for installation on Liberty ships. The manganese bronze drive
screw, believed capable of reducing the frequency of tailshaft
failures, will be fitted on a Greek vessel . . . Shippers this month
marked the laying of the keel for the largest bottom ever designed
for. use on the Great Lakes. The ship, to be 690 feet long, wiU have
a gross tonnage of 19,500.
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New York harbor's second most powerful floating derrick began
service recent
ly after exten
sive refitting to
enable ft to
operate in the
strongest cur
rents along the
Atlantic sea
board. The
Constitu
tion, with a
iift. capacity of
150 tons, is
adaptable for
marine use
in construction,
salvage and
heavy hoisting
work. The
steeihulled sea
crane, 150 feet
long and 54
broad, mounts
a 100foot
frame fitted
with a 105foot
boom. Built in
1945 for gov
ernment use, she is exceeded in power only by the 250ton lift
capacity of the Monarch, owned by the saine company.
Federal price controls on most new and rerigged ships have been
lifted again until midFebraury, at which time the OPS hopes to
.have completed a study on how to adapt price ceilings to shipbuild
ing. The exemption applies to sales by the builder of any ship,
barge, canal boat, lighter or tug more than 65 feet long and to the
repair and refitting of vessels in the same category . . . Heavy ice
has brought on the customary winter closing of the harbor at Mon
treal, Canada, as well as the Great Lakes ore season. Lake shippers
recorded the biggest peacetime ore total in history during 1951.
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The twinstacked LaGuardia, a former troopship rebuiit for pas
senger service, has outlived her usefulness according to her present
operators and will be returned to her original owners, the Federal
Maritime Administration. The 18,000ton vessel, operated under
bareboat eharter by American Export Lines, traveled the Mediter
ranean passenger run now monopolized by the"~newer and larger
liners Constitution and Independence . . . Finnish shipbuilders
have turned over 424 of the 491 ships due Russia under its war
reparations liability to the USSR. All are due by next summer.
White.Collar Revolt—One of the
most important whitecollar strikes,
on a par with the famous Battle of
Wall Street, is now taking place at
the Prudential Insurance Company.
Some 15,000 members of the Insur
ance Agents International Union
have gone out on strike against the
company in 33 states.
President Truman is reportedly ready to take another crack at
getting Congressional approval of the St. Lawrence Seaway pro
posal at the session which convenes next week. The controversicil
power and waterway plan would provide a 2,300mile water route
for ocean shipping direct to Great Lakes ports as well as cheap
hydroelectric power. Its backers point out that Canada has already
indicated it will go ahead with the idea on its own hook if the US
remains unwilling to make it a joint undertaking.
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�Pagre Twentyt«n»
Fri»y> PewwrtHig M,
SEAFARERS LOG
Shipping Hits New High
WELFAEE
REPORT
NO. 18
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Prior to the current record break of the boneyard ships are being
By Robert Matthevta, Asst. SecreUuryTr.ettsurei% ^ ...irVAjieAai
ing period, the highest figure crewed up. The west coast ports,
Periad Cdvered. By Tbis fteportrHeo. 2De<!;
'.Vol • > ,1
since April, 1947, was 2,409 for minor ones for the SIU, have also
the two weeks ending June 20. done remarkably well.
Cash on hand.. ...:.. ..j,
•e
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Again, in the end of August, the
The port of New York in partic US Government Bonds.',', I ,'.... i.i .'i., Vi .'fiT.
.=vVr. "1 '754,628.44;^
Union came close to the "magic ular showed an amazing recovery
.'j Vi'.
i40,000.04u^^^^
number" of 2,500 when 2,321 men from the effects of the wildcat Estimated Accounts Receivalil'eU ,...
Hospital
Benefits
Paid
In. period?!.
3,5G5.'dd '"
were shipped out.
longshore strike which tied up
The big buildup that has come large sections of the port for a Total Hospital Benefits p^d since July
^ . .
It
since the summertime was given full month.
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Death Benefits Paid in Period;.;._
9,06^00^ Ma,
great impetus Tjy the heavy ship
Shipping throughout the Dis
m
ments of coal out of east coast trict is likely to continue around Death Benefits Paid since July .1, 1950 ., ; i;
ports for Europe, and grain for the new high figure with additional
USPHS HOSPltAt,
. JERBCT' 'CITY MEDieAt, CENTER f 4
STATEN ISLAND, N. Y.
JERSEY CITY, N. J.
.
India. Norfolk, formerly one of ships' coming out of the boneyard,
15.00,
the smaller ports in. the SIU pic and those which came out a few Nicholas Bechivanls ...
$30.00 ^omas J. Go*
43.00
M. Buriistinc
RoosEyELT RdspiTAi^
ture, has mushroomed as a center
NEW* Y'ORK, N. Y. " > ! ui
30.00
Thomas J. Caffrey
for coal shipments. New Orleans months ago coming back to the Walter Chalk
15.00
Vinceiltfe' Hmolar
^
>• 48.p(P
J. Grant
30.00
Yanas Dallal
i .
is booming as the place where most States from their initial voyages. Samuel
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Erlitz
15.00
Write W. E. Coutant, 976 Olym
BELLEVUE
HOWI'TAL' '
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Amado Fellclano
,20.00 ' . . NEW YORK, N, y.
pia Blvd., Staten Island, N. Y.,
Arthur Fricks
30.00 Woodward Tobey
i... ...
1. B. Grierson
30.00
about gear left aboard the Steel
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USPHS HOSPITAL
Joseph J. Humphreys ............ 30.00
Executive.
BOSTON, MASS.
Sabino Integra
30.00
(Continued from page 3)
to the upsurge by signing up ad
ditional companies, thus adding
more ships to the total. As a con
sequence, the SIU is manning ap
proximately 190 ships over and
above the number manned in July,
1950.
Shipping has been running un
usually high for the past several
months, with the average being
slightly under 1,000 men a week.
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Lax Aid Abroad To Sick
Seamen Rapped By Union
Sylvester Kettunen
30.00 David Gevih
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fe
E. Faireloth
O. Maro
Gear left aboard the Montebello
Hills can be picked up at Harris
Brothers, 188 Commercial St.,
Portlaijd, Me.
Seafarer Sam Says
COMPLETE ,
THE VOYAO^/
ExCamas Meadows
Gear belonging to George Mc
Hann, Glen Doherty, J. Dougherty,
Robert East, David Paskoss, W.
Bilger, William Irvin left aboard
the Camas Meadows is being held
at R, S. Stern, 42426 W. Conway
St., Baltimore, Md.
3* 4"
The Union Welfare Office ad
vises the following men to fill out
new benefit cards due to omis
sions on previous ones; Edward L.
McKeon, Max E. Moore, Anton
Perme, Jr., Franklin Strickland.
SJJ/HEW YOUR SHIP
HITS TWE STATES
STAY ABOARD UAITIL
THH F/MAL FbRTOF
PISCHAR6E AND
fAYOFF.
4' 4> 4'
Eugenius A. Kroper
Your papers can be picked up
at Cities Service. See Mr. Sadow
ski, 23 Pearl St., N. Y. C.
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The following men have overtime
checks waiting for them at The Cities
Service office, 23 Pearl St., New York,
N. Y.
ABIQUA: J. Jackson, H. Weaver, W.
Susikari.
BENTS FOKT: E. K. De Moss, Durell
Rogers. Arthur J. Ahearn, Paul Sinski,
Bay Boudereaux, H. E. O'Brien, William
Pritchard, T. A. Dugan, B. E. Edwards,
John Bauch. Patrick Burke. Max Pltrie,
A1 Abritten, .Quinn Moore, M. Bugawan,
E. P. Belkner, Harry M. Davis, Isham
Beard, A1 CarrasquUlo, A. D. Hunt, Jr.,
George Lafleur, H. Thomas, W. Braven.
GOVERNMENT CAMP: T, E. Peti.
Gaden R. GaUowtay
15.00
H, Garretson
30.00
35.00 F.
E. E. Grosa
.30.00
D, D, Kelley
,.3().00
Leo.
H.
Lang
30.00
15.00 Leonard Lewis 4#..
...I,. ......a » . .30.00
John Mayrbat
... 30.00
Sam McDonald
a.......... . ,30.00
Russell McLlsh* .................r 80.00
David McMuUen
15.00
V. Mobley
15.00
(1) Take the dimes if you get M.
W. C.Paris^.
a.a.<15.00
the chance. The 10cent pieces Prank H. Post
,15.00
K. Raana ,....
are worth a lot more than a hoard Claude
A, Bay ........,.,.....,.,, 30.00
of quarters occupying the same F. B. Shedd.
,30.00
U. C. Sonnier .............r....... 30.00
,
space.
F. ML.Strickland ....i,
15.00 >
30.00
(2) No, but Navy did. In 1924 J. P. Synott
C.M. Tannehlll
,30.00
the Middies played a 1414 tie with Horace H. Tostet
30.00
Lomie R. Tickle
30.00
Washington State.
Louis J. W^illis
a...
'30.00 >
(3) Churchill. It's the Prime John W. Young
30.00
STATEN ISLAND. N,,,Y.
Joseph T. Bennett
ST. AGNES HOSPITAL
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
Frank Bock
Quiz Answer
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Mariilmo Slronglh
NOTICES
fr/
do.
.'i.,
Peter Kruplnskl
15.00
• USPHS HOSPITAL
J. Hernandez
T. J. Kustas
30.00
GALVESTON,_ TEXAS
Robert F. Larson ...,.
15.00
J. Bellaflores
.i;,
Harold Lunt
30.00 E. M. Adkins
Contact agent Red Brady, North
30.00 James P. Lprd
man will be sent home without a A. McGuigan
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Margarites
.30.00 John A. Crosby ........
American Airlines, in San Fran
nickel being advanced on money George
Vic. Milazzo
'13.00 Jacob R. Unez
555.00
cisco, to get refund on plane as a workaway on a Waterman ship. due. Sometimes this is done Over John
$• • «•
MUnno
,15.00 Charles Scherhans • «• • • • • • • • •30.00
When he went to see the skipper
J. D. Scherman
Lawrence
O'Connell
30.00
15.00'
tickets you hold to New York.
the weekend. The man then has to Tsimissiris Panayiotis
30.00
30.00 SavlUe B. Tribble
about getting a small advance on
5. t t
John Parra
30.00
what was legally due him, the cap hang around for two days because Earl
H.
Poe
30.00
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Bruce Cole
there is nobody he can turn to for Otto P. Preussler
USPHS HOSPITAI,
15.00
Your snapshots taken aboard tain dressed him down and refused help.
NORFOLK, VA.
John Ramey
..,. 45.00
to
give
him
a
nickel,
although
he
Juan
S.
Ruedo
30.00
Seatrain Geoi'gia are being held
Shipping companies have ob James Stickney
G. Everhart'
30.00
15.00 Honiy
was
a
repatriated
seaman
and
Hubert L. Lanier
15.00
by ship's delegate Sir Charles,
jected
to
the
fact
that
seamen
will
Stanley
Swienckoski
30.00
O. Perkinson'
45.00
should not have been treated as a
.:..., 15.00 Remus
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run to lawyers in these cases t«» John Tarko
30.00
30.00 Rosco J. Hampton
workaway. The result was that a protect their legal rights. The Un George B. Thurmer
William P, Gorman
L.
G.
Murphy
30.00
Samuel
Vandal
;,..
r'SO.OO
Roundtree
45.00
30.00 S. E. U.
Your discharge and a pay quarrel ensued and this man got ion finds that the men go to attor Henry Watson
Sykes
30.00
15.00 .lohn
voucher was found aboard the SS in trouble with the Coast Guard. neys because they are hardtimed Stephen Zavadson
Brantley Young .......... n...... 45.00
$890.00
Algonquin Victory, and can be A second seaman,, was removed by claims agents and given a run
9270.00
USPHS HOSPITAI.
claimed at the SIU Mailroom, 675 from the Nikoklis in the Azores around, In many instances the
VA HOSPITAL
i
BALTIMORE, MDi
LONG
BEACH
CALIF.
and spent 12 days in a hospital claims agent will tell them to "go Thomas Ankerson
4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, N.Y.
45.00
15.00 E. L. Pritchard
there, being operated on for ap get a lawyer" if they want their John Barron
30.00
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USPHS HOSPITAL
<
John Berkenkemper
15.00
BOSTON MASS,
pendicitis and hernia. The com beefs settled.
Tony Cornman
Nelson W. Blades
45.00 George Vourloumls
30.00
It is urgent you contact Mrs. pany agent advanced him $35, but Headquarters plans to follow up Henry Callan
45.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Jessie Clarge
45.00
Mary Cornman, 3119 Baldwin gt., gave him no voucher and he has the letter by meeting with these Billy
MOBILE. ALA.
v... 30.00
no record of money due him. An claim agents and other interested Leon Coleman
Los Angeles.
R. Curry
15.00 Thomas L. Ankerson
30.00
13.00 Jacob L. Buckelew
agent was supposed to meet him parties so as to straighten them Donald Duvall
15.00
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E. Ford
13.00 Tim Burke ..........v.
.i... 15.00
when he got to New York, but no out on the rights due to Seafarers. Louis
Edison R. Bown
Leon E. Foskey
f.,., 15.00 Thomas Dailey
15.00
Stephen J. Frankewicz'
15.00 Aden C. Ezell ...i...iii. 15.00
Get in touch with Alton J. Webb, body showed up when he came in,
Joseph Goude
45.00 William Bavelln .Vi'riiil .r.Ti'.. V, 15.00
leaving him stranded high and dry.
L. Box 1425, Bristol, Conn.
Carroll Harthausen
13.00 J. H. Jones
1S.O0.
John L. Hoffman
30.00 Joseph A. Saxon
In another case, a veteran sea
. 15.00
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James J. Jones
15.00 Thomas Scanlon ,
.
15.00
farer who was over 70 years old
Johnny A. Kink
George Kcpich
19.00
Anthony
Klavlni
.................
4.5.00
and had
been torpedoed
during the
Your mother is anxious to hear
$150.00'
Earl Mc Kendrea
60.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
from you at 8301 Marks St., war was taken' ill with pneumonia
Alexandra Lopez
> 30.00
SAVANNAH, GA.
15.00 James R. Lewis
and spent four months in a hospi
Tampa, Fla.
Rio De Janeiro—^Bolstering of Jack Morrison '
45.00 .
John D. Norris
15.00
tal.
'Tlie
company
agent
advanced
Brazil's
crumbling
merchant
fleet
USPHS HOSPITAL T
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Ben Price
30.00
SEATTLE. WASH. '
433)0
him only $20 of $200 due him. Nor and allout refurbishing of the na George H. Reier
George F. Martin
Ruperto Rivera
45.00 Leonard E. Hodges
' 15.00
Get in touch with your family did they want to pay him for the tion's ports are the number one Joseph
Roll
15.00 Herbert G. Dunlevie
: 10.00
It,
Harold W. Sherwln
30.00
at 541 W. Rich Ave., Deland, Fla. time he was ill because he had problem to be tackled in 1952.
Ralph South
15.00
025.00
signed
a
waiver
on
heart
disease.
Approximately $80,000,000 will Ashby Southeri
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45.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
When the claim agent was con be expended for new merchant John M. Stone
15.00
Max Lipkin
NEW ORLEANS. LA. ' : '
A. G. Trezos
60.00 Frank P. Breck
.15.00
Very urgent that you get in tacted by headquarters, he excused ships to replace many oldage ves Chester
B. Wilson
15.00 J. Bryant
30.00
45.00 James D. Cardell
touch with your family imme this treatment on the grounds that sels now in service. Brazil's 38 Norman Wrye
.15.00
John
ZohiU
30.00
he
wanted
to
"save
the
govern
Oliver CelesUne
. 80.00
diately.
ports are congested to the point
Coofc
19.00
ment's money."
$975.00 Lawrence
t
where ships spend up to two weeks
Rogelio Cruz
30.00
It often happens that an ill sea outside port waiting to unload.
Martin DeSalvo
30.00
HALLORAN VA HOSPITAL
OFFICIALS
HN THE PORT
WHERE You LEFT
YOUR SHIP CANT
HELP WITH YOUR SHIPBOARIX
BEEFS IF Yfc>fR SHIP HAS GoHE
ON TO PAY OFF IN ANdTHEK
PORT.
Minister's residence in London.
$795.00
DEATH BENEFITS ;
(4) The War of 1812. Gen. An
W. Anderson
$2jmo.oo
drew Jackson, later elected to the W.
John Prlhoda
1,500.00
U. S. presidency, beat the British Thomas P. Crane
2..500.00
John
Mikalajunas
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2.500.00
at New Orleans. News of the
peace treaty, signed at Ghent, Bel
S9.ooo.eo
gium, earlier was held up by the
slowness of communication.
'thtzztm Answer
(5) 5V^.
(6) The fivehour difference in QBQa SDB QSSQ
time zones would probably find
the Londoner just finishing his QQIIQ] [^^[S^BBIIOQ
lunch.
(7) $1 —Washington; $5 —Lin
coln; $10—Hamilton; $50—Grant.
(8) No, said the Pennsylvania
Court of .Common Pleas. If he
• 9}
was sober enough to drive 100
c.in
miles he was sober enpiigh to get
married.
(9) The Gettysburg r Address
(1863) at the dedication of the; • QSIS BSa • QSS
military cemetery there.
(10) 1951
aao fflfflGD ssatia
r QSH HEana
mmu as[§
QSIHHB SGSHHCaR
aisiiBia HHH
QEQDSQaa aaas
asas @SG] [saQB
�FridW. DiMilliMr m IMtt
Face Twentyttire*
SEAFARERS LOG
DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ...
MABfAVER (Celentat). Nov. 3—Chalr
man, e, • lllak; Saeratary, O, LuaHi. Mo
tion mad* and carried that the crevr
Ice box be changed aa it if contiantly
leaking. All handa were aaked to have
dirty, linen ready on time when it
ready to be changed. Water cooler on
lower deek la to be fixed, new ""pout ne
ceifary. 'Small mitunderatanduigs and
Mefr'will be fettled right away. There
wiU,^ no flghtf.
JOHN S. MOSBY (Eattarn), Oct.
Chairman, Beyne; Secretary, Oulnone.
Decl^ delegate made a motion to take up
collection to purchaae waahing machine
In firat part of diacharge. The engineera
were requeated to repair ahower linea.
Water coolera,are to undergo repaira or
be replaced. Vote of thanka to the Stew
ard'a department for good chow and
service. Steward suggeated that all stores
be checked by patrolman so that nothing
but graded foods be delivered.
SBATHUNDER (Colonial), Nov. 25—
Chairman, e. 1. Doty; Saeratary, C. R.
Jackson. Ship's delegate brought up that
the ship sailed without delay, with ail
auppiiea ordered aboard. The f< w repaira
that were not made were mino\ and were
to be made at sea. The subject of get
ting a man out of jail and paying lesser
fines was agreed upon by all members. A
letter was sent to headquarters regard
ing permitm^n and what these men
should do to get their books.
WILLIAM TYLER PACE (Waterman),
Dec. 10—Chairman, Ray Lundqulst; Sec
retary, D. K. Fisher. The deck delegate
brought out the fact that since there is
such a fine steward's department, that it
was every man's duty as an SIU man to
help keep the messhalls clean at all tfbies.
One of the crewmembers brought up the
fact that the pantry sink was stopped up
and recommended that it be brought to
the attention of the chief engineer.
PRANK C. EMERSON (South Atlantic),
Nov. IS—Chairman, H. H. Pierce; Secre
tary, B. H. Amsberry. Delegates report
ed no beefs. There was a discussion
about keeping the messhall laundry and
recreation rooms clean. It was agreed
that each department would keep the rec
reation and the laundry clean, rotating
each week.
ELLY (Dlanex), Dec. 2—Chairman, Wil
liam Geary; Secretary, J. Hughes. Dele
gates reported no major beefs. Overtime
is satisfactory. Suggestion by steward to
tuve the ship fumigated. No one is to
leave the ship until a decision is reached
by the patrolman concerning new over
time scale. Library books are to be ex
changed.
HIGH POINT VICTORY (South Atlan
tic), Nov. It—Chairman, Aubrey Smith;
Secretary, M. Whale. Delegates reported
everything running smoothly. Consider
able discussion about those using the fa
cilities of the laundry and not leaving
it clean and tidy.. In answer to a query
about the washing machine the chairman
said it would be up to the company to
provide one in the future. The new scale
of wages and working hours was freely
discussed. A vote of thanka was ex
tended to the delegates and the steward's
department for a job well done.
BALTORE (Ore), no date—Chairman, A.
Swensen); Secretary, J. Kevneby. Dele
gates reported no beefs and no disputed
overtime. Ail crewmembers were asked
to keep feet off recreation room chairs.
Wringer buckets for all departments will
have to be ordered. Kerosene is to be
supplied for laundry tubs.
ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), No
vember 15—Chairman, David Barry; Sec
reiary, Julian Dedlcatorla. Each depart
ment agreed to clean washroom and
washing machine in rotation. Beef that
cold supper twice a week suggested by
the crew has not been taken up. De
partment delegates asked to take names
of men missing watches so that their
misconduct can be treated properly. All
new men agreed to donate $3 to sliip'o
fund. Motion carried that new washing
machine be purchased for crew because
the one on board is beyond repair. Gen
erql discussion on food situation and ar
ranging menus.
SEACOMET (Colonial), Doe. 14—Chair
man, John S. Williams; Secretary, Homer
Ringo. Ship's delegate reported that all
departments were operating effectively.
Memorandum of the new agreement was
read and spoken very highly of. All
hands are satisfied with the new LOG.
WILLIAM CARRUTH 4Trant Fuel),
Nov. 25—C. A. Russell; Secretary, Carl
LIndemon. Delegates reported no over
time disputed and no beefs, all members
in good standing. Lockers are to be re
CHARLES D. EOSTOM (South Atlantic),
paired and put in condition and new
WINTER HILL (Cities Service), Dec. 5—
Dec. 7—Chairman, James McDonald; Sec
shelves installed. Motion made to have
STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), Dee. 2—
retary, C. O. Falrcloth. Steward reported Chairman, O. W. Rhoades, Secretary, J.
new pillows put on the ship. Motion made
18 pounds of coffee was missing during.a H. Stromeys. $111.87 in the ship's fund.
to have the ship's delegate contact patrol Chairman, William Heather; Secretary,
thirtyhour period. Anyone making an Motion made and carried to buy a new
man on arrival in regard to payoff, trans MIchall DIetz. The wiper injured his eye
and he is to be taken off at the Azores
other trip would collect transportation re iron out of the ship's fund. Suggestion
portation and the vacation agreement.
for hospitalization. There was a talk on
gardlesa of how long he staged on. Sug made to see the steward about bad to
the care of the washing machine, library,
gestion made that the engine delegate matoes he has been serving and to see
DEL
NORTE
(Mississippi),
Oct.
28—
sanitary
work, natives to be kept out of
contact the 1st Assistant and ask him if why the brand of milk hasn't been
PAOLI (Cities Service), Dec. 1—Chair Chairman, Frank Russo; Secretary, Bill mess hall and passageways. Tips given
canvas can be placed over the step lead changed at Lake Charles. Chairman man,
Kaiser.
Delegates
reported
everything
Van
Whitney;
Secretary,
Herb
customs and places to stay away from
Ing to the engine room aa the steel plates warned crew about missing ship and the
Athletic director reported that the on
in India, Egypt, Ceylon, Arabia. New
are dirty with oil and a man might slip penalty for such. He also pointed out Goodfrled. Delegates reported everything okay.
okay. Ship's delegate reported that a Dei Norte Stars won a silver cup from headquarters and contract was discussed,
the dangers of gassing tip aboard ship.
• and !£all.
report of the wage increase had been re i.be Alcoa Cavalier in New Orleans. Any also welfare benefits.
Nov. 23—Chairman, C. E. Motley; Sac.
ceived and would be read and voted. A one not running new washing machine
retafy, C. O. Falrcloth. Ail delegates re.
JOHN LIND (Istimilan), Nov. 4—Chair vote of thanks to the negotiating com properly should be fined $15. Permission
ported their respective departments were man, A. Lutcx; Secretary, R. Clark. Dele
TOPA TOPA (Waterman), Dec. 2—
The new wage scale was read should b© obtained from ship's delegate
In order. Washing machine is to be in. gates reported no beefs, but some dis mittee.
before treasurer uses any funds.. The Chairman, A. M. Brancoini; Secretary, J.
atailpd.and put in working order. Library puted overtime. Motion made to have the and accepted.
subscriptions from Gilmores Book Store Meiendez. Ship's fund $97.50. No beefs
is to be brought aboard in Norfolk and patrolman investigate reason for ship
not come aboard. No receipt was reported. Delegates are to buy two small
JOHN S. MOSBY (Eastern), Nov. 25— have
hall ^(o be contacted in this regard.
leaving port of Rouen, France, before se
gotten
for the $99 from the ship's fund. trees and trimmings. Each man to do
curing ship's gear. Ship proceeded to Chairman, E. Rosa; Secretary, George
nate $2 for ship's fund. A vote of thanks
TACALAM (MarTrade), Dtc. • —Chair sea in unsafe condition. Suggestion made Tuinows. Delegates reported no beefs.
STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), Dec. 2— was extended to the stewards department
man, R. B. Carey; Secretary, F. Holm. to have some painting done and recrea Motion was made and seconded to con
for
their continued good chow.
tact a patrolman in regard to whether Chairman, James Bencic; Secretary, J.
Delegates were elected. Motion made and tion hall kept clean.
or not a permitman can serve as a de Redlcan. A request was made to stagger
carried that clock be installed in crew
partment delegate in view of the fact that the menu to prevent the saiHe meals
'messhalL It was explained to the crew
MAE (Bull), Nov. 27—Chairman, John
ROBIN LOCKLEY (Seas Shipping), Nov. the only book man happens to be a key from being served on the same day of
that, the ship was' just taken over from
Emerick; Secretary, Richard Ceiling.
12—Chairman,
Bing
Millar;
Secretary,
C.
the week. Ship's delegate,assigned to try Delegates reported
the NMU and she has to be cleaned up P. Achoy. Delegates reported no beefs. man.
no beefs. The upkeep
and purchase timing device for ship's of the washing machines
SiU . style before returning north. Dis
was discussed,
washing
macliine.
Messy
condition
near
cussion on helping messman by keeping Bosun asked that the Union officials con
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS (Southern Trad coffee urn and percolator, despite request as they have been left in a very dirty
the Robin Line about garbage dis
recreation and messhall clean at all tact
Ing),
Nov.
25—Chairman,
Thomas
Car
condition
lately.
The
wiper
was offered
posal in port at least every three ot four
made at last meeting, still persists.
times.
reimbursement for the time and splendid
days. Deck delegate requested that the vlch; Secretary, Cecil Parish. Delegates
work that he put in impairing one of the
reported no beefs. Motion made and
SEA MACIC (Colonial), Chairman, W. department foc'sles be sougeed and paint passed, to discontinue ship's fund be ' ALCOA PEGASUS (Alcoa), Dec. 2—Chair old machines. He declined the offer of
Wentling; Secretary, C. R. Cooper, Stew ed before signing on for next voyage.
cause ' of large crew turnover. Union man, W. D. Johns; Secretary, Nat Eins money but accepted the crewmembers'
ard was asked not to use fresh fruit as
Delegates reported everything warmest thanks for a job well done.
literature was read and posted concern bruch.
dessert. Motion made and accepted that
DAVID S. TERRY (Eastern), Nov. 20— ing new contract benefits. All members running smooth. Motion made and ac
the ship's delegate see the captain about Chairman, Robert Murphy; Secretary, approved. Suggestion made that dele cepted that a repair list be drawn up as
getting a list of all slops, draws, and Robert Lee.. Delegates reported no beefs gates get together and plan a system to soon as possible so that there would be
overtime for the full year. Discussion and no disputed overtime. Letter from keep laundry room clean.
no delay in getting the necessary repairs
was held on why menu remains the same headquarters was discussed and posted.
upon arrival in the States. A suggestion
each day.
was made that all delegates inform the
A letter was written to headquarters for
BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), members
of their departments of the
clarification on coffee. Discussion on rec Dec. 2—Chairman, Chester Just; Secre
reation room ended "by having each de tary, V. Ratcliffe. Attention called to hours and Union regulations regarding
jobs. A motion was made to re
partment clean it for one week.
literature received from office. $46.90 re their the Union
to mail the ship all avail
NIKOKLIS (Dolphin), Dec. 2—Chairman,
ported in ship's fund. It was suggested quest
able
educational
literature so that it may Fred R. Hicks; Secretary, Fred Hicks.
that the watches at night leave mess hall be distributed and
clarified to all mem Delegates reported everything running
JONATHAN TRUMBULL (Mississippi), in better shap than in the past. The stew
smoothly. Motion made that a repair li^
Nov. 22—Chairman, Paul Cathcart; Secre ard requested that all extra linen, cups, bers.
be made up. Motion made that the beef
tary, V. Siymanskl. Ail disputed overtime etc., be returned to the steward's depart
MQBILIAN (Waterman), Nov: 11—Chair to be taken up witlt patrolman on ar ment. Letter read and accepted which
STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), Nov. 3— concerning the fireman watertender on
man, Brown; Secretary, A. W. VIera. rival. Repair list read by ship's delegate is to be sent in for publication in the Chairman, K. Kristensen; Secretary, J. the 8 to 12 watch be dropped or a special
Delegates reported no beefs. A sugges and additions added. Vote of thanks
Radican. $51.55 reported in ship's fund. meeting called at the payoff. Men were
tion was made by chairman Brown to given to the steward and his department LOG.
The carpenter was assigned to lock li asked to be sober at payoff.
Nov. 4—Chairman, Fred R. Hicks; Sec
have department delegates check repair for service rendered.
in port. Last standby in each watch
JAMES B. DUKE (Mississippi), Nov. 25— brary
list to see if repairs were made. Ques
Oct. 2a—Chairman, Pat Fox; Secretary,
was asked to clean coffee gear Dor com retary, A. Andersen. Motion carried that
tion' 1aised concerning library books was Paul Cathcart. Ship's delegate reported Chairman,. A. Ballard; Secretary, N. M. ing watch. Suggestion mfide to purchase all members donate $1 to the ship's fund
at the end of the voyage. There was a
clarified. Ship's officers attempted to a few repairs made in Norfolk.wGot books Berry. Delegates reported everything in records for ship's phonograph.
keep books when brought aboard bdt fi for library. He spoke on poor service top shape and no beefs and no disputed
brief talk by the ship's delegate on the
good
conditions that we are now enjoy
nally gave up. Chief, electrician asked by crew messman and night cook and overtime. Men were given a talk„about
PENNMAR (Calmar), Nov. 20—Chair ing aboard
the Nikoklis, and he expressed
for .porthole screens. There is a short baker not carrying out the menu all the Union welfare. Suggestions made for all man,
T.
Naipo;
Secretary,
H.
Butler.
Mo
hands
to
be
more
quiet
in
passageways.
hopes that all members of the 'crew
age of coffee in foreign ports.
way. Ship's delegate is to see the cap
tion made and seconded to accept the his
One
AB
was
shipped
off
the
dock
at
the
will try
to uphold
these conditions by per
tain about getting deck messman foc'sle
last minute, due to the fact that the hall conditions of the new wage and over forming their respective duties as best
Nov. 26—Chairman, Brown; Saeratary, repaired.
time agreements.
The steward
was
asked
could not ;(et one.
can at all times. Recreation room
Anthony W. VIera, Bequest made for
to straighten up the crew's mess, and add they
better library books and library chest to
BINGHAMTON VICTORY (Bull), Nov. 11
more of a variety to the night lunch. Sug to be kept clean by rotation plan.
hold books in order. Request also made —Chairman,
EVELYN
(Dull),
Dec.
7—Chairman,
Thomas Rezeveltas; Saera
gestion to replace mattresses. Suggestion
. to she about supplies in slop chest. Broth tary, V. J. Stafanlck.
LASALLE (Waterman), Dec. 9—Chair
Delegates reported A. Anderson; Secretary, E. C. Dacey. made to paint mess rooms, pantry, and
er Brown suggested that literature be ob no beefs and no disputed
Delegates reported everything in good or steward's department foc'sles. Ship's dele man, D. Stone; Secretary, E. Walker. Dele
overtime.
All
tained from Union Hall so that new mem hands were informed about leaving cups der. All repairs were made last trip. gate is to inquire about clock for crew's gates reported no beefs; several members
berf may better educate themselves to and things around the messroom and the A vote of thanks was given to the nego mess.
behind in dues. Motion made that ship's
the SIU method of good sailing.
tiating committee for the new contract.
delegate see the patrolman regarding
recreation room.
All crewmembers asked to donate one
painting
department quarters. Ex
Dec'.
1—Chairman,
V.
J.
Stafanlck;
Sec
FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), Dee. planation engine
ANGELINA (Bull), Dec. 30—Chairman, retary, C,, D. Sllva. Reading of memo dollar mto the ship's fund. The crew
offered regarding cleanliness of
15—Chairman, none; Secretary, none. Mo recreation
W. Walter; Secretary, J. Chow. Memoran randum
was asked
to keep
the
messhall clean,
and
room
by sanitary workers.
new contract gains by chair
tion made that a patrolman be contacted
dum agreement read and discussed. Ice man to on
ail members. It was suggested a suggestion was made that each, watch in regard to mmigation of the ship. The More care should be exercised in closing
hose Was broken; to be referred to the that
clean
up
before
going
off
duty.
doors to avoid slamming.
each department.. clean recreation
crew will make a list of necessary repairs foc'sles
patrolman.
Nov. 25—Chairman, E. G. Senff; Secre
in rotation. The steward was asked
to be made aboard ship to give to the tary,
N6 date—Chairman, P. BIngI; Secretary, room
JOSHUA
B.
LIPPINCOTT
(Alcoa),
Dec.
D.
Stone. Motion made that each
J. Celow. Delegate is to, see first as to put in for ship's iron.
2—Chairman, Wesley Young; Secretary, first mate and chief engineer. Medical crewmember donate $1 to the ship's fund
. sistant about sink scupper. Vote of
E. Bryan. Delegates reported no beefs. supplies checked.
to be used to purchase iron, ironing
thanks to the stewards department for a
board and any other items for the use
NATHANIEL B. PALMER (Palmer), Ship's delegate read a letter which is to
Job • Well done.
TIMOTHY DWIGHT (Eastern), Nov. 18 of the crew. Laundry and washing ma
Nov. 17—Chairman, George Baver; Sec be turned over to the agent to be pub
B. Logins.. Delegates reported lished up and down the coast concerning —Chairman, A. W. Carter; Secretary, A. chine is to be cleaned after using.
YORKMAR (Ore), Nov. 1«—Chairman, retary,. C.
beefs. The new engine of the wash the way the night cook and baker per Carpenter. Each department will rotate
EdgCr Luzler; W. Schoenborn. A letter no
machine did not show up on board. formed his duties. Two workaways were in cleaning the recreation room. The
KYSKA (Waterman), Dec. 9Chairman,
from. Paul Hall to membership on con ing
lists to bemade and turned in to brought back after missing ship m Rouen. washing machine needs new roller. All MIchall A. Reges; Secretary, James P.
tract gains was read by ship's delegate Repair
hands were asked to be more careful and
delegates.
Kelley.
An ample supply of tea and meil
and yoted on. Discussion on shipboard
DEL NORTE (Mississippi), Nov. 25— not to slam doors. The laundry room to be placed
in the pantry. Motion made
harmony; ail difficulties straightened in
Chairman, Philip S. Erck; Secrafary, should be cleaned after using.
to keep the old washing machine until
MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), Nov. 25— Jammie Sumpter.. One of the crew asked
SiU' style. Yorkmar had to cruise out
new
machine
is installed. Vote action was
side Yacino Bay for three days, rolling up Chairman, Barney KInter; Secretary, Paul that a donation be taken up to hospitalize
taken on the new contract gains. $14.35
to 32 degrees before the ship was able to Gladden. Ship's delegate mentioned cor his sick wife. He needs about $200. Mo
spent on agitator for washing machine.
respondence from headquarters regarding tion made by the ship's delegate to run
pass the bar into Newport, Oregon.
new agreement. Discussion about dis two arrival pools, one in Curacao and one
SOUTHWIND (South Atlantic), Nov. 16 posal of washing machine which was pur in New Orleans for the finsil payment on
E. A. BURNETT (Isthmian), Nov. 4—
—Chairman, John Kalmak; Saeratary, chased by the crewmembers, in the event the crew's washing machine. It was sug
Chairman, Charles Martin; Secretary, J.
John W. Parkar. Motion made to get re that the companyowned machine is gested that in port new locks be made
D. Jackson. Ship's fund has $10. Dele
pair list and send them in England. Re placed aboard. Suggestion accepted to' so messhalls can be locked.
gates reported no beefs. Complaints on
MONROE (Bull), Nov. IS—Chairman, slopchest for not having various sizes of
quest made for the steward to get the defer action until patrolman is contacted.
ice machine repaired. All garbage is to Discussion about repair lists. Foc'sles not
CARROLL VICTORY (South Atlantic), M. Chassereau; Secretary, A. Fricks. clothes.
painted.
be carried aft and put in cans,
Dec. 1—Chairman, R. G. Cowdrey; Sec Ship's delegate reported penalty cargo
retary, A. Lsmber. Delegates reported under 1,000 tons. Tlic sliip was delayed
GREELEY VICTORY (South Atlantic).
BENTS FORT (Cities Service), Dac. • —
no overtime. Motion made and carried in sailing from San Juan due to a fight. Dec. 1—Chairman, James Mitchell; Secre
Chairman, Allison I. Herbert; Secretary,
to remain under articles until all penalty The steward has asked for a list of items tary, Thomas D. O'Brien. Charges brought
Frank S. Paylor. Delegates reported no
cargo and other monies due are fully that the crow would like to have for up against an oiler for performing while
beefs. The chief engineer was asked to
paid by company. The case of a crew night lunch.
in port and not cooperating in doing his
obtain new fans for the crew's quarters.
member missing ship in Holland is to
work. Rooms should be left in shipshape
Milk was increased from 120 quarts to
be reported to patrolman. There is a
PHILIP BARBOUR (Waterman), Nov. condition before leaving and all cots are
160 quarts in each. port. Steward re
scarcity of fans and fan parts. There 25—Chairman, Murray; Secretary, W. Yar to be turned in to the steward. Deck
; quested that all .^nen be sort^ed to keep
STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Oct. 2t were complaints on the food and the brough. Motion made to keep the LOG maintenance missed ship in Yokohama.
crew irom gettfav: torn sheet^. .
—Chairman, Theodore M. Larson; Secre cooks were asked to improve it.
where everyone can read it. Suggestion Case is to be referred to the patrolman.
C. ZInn. Ship's delegate reported
to get Union education material aboard
DEL' AIRES (Mlt« Line)^;^oy. TO— tary,
that the captain refused to show slop .WESTERN RANCHER (Western Navl ship. Each member is to donate 25 cents
RICE VICTORY (South Atlantic), Dec.
Chalrn;an, J, Palmeri: Sfcrafl^, v. Rqr
invoice. Motion made and carried cfttlon), Nov. 25—Chairman, Roy Alston; for mail and radiogi^m purposes.
2—Chairman, J. H. Chassereau; Secretary,
molo. Everyone is 'to ^bleahipiiming ma chest
to use ship's fund for replacing worn Secretary.. H. Aublnghans. Delegates re
L. Kristen. Ship's delegate asked crew to
chine after they uie";it, Tjm'rstbward's
parts of washing machine in Manila. ported everything smooth up till this
THE CABINS (Cabl.is), November 18 state if they wanted cash of transporta
depac^OjG.. Will clean recreation' room but
time. Overtime is in good.shape. Mo —Chairman,
Motion
carried
to
send
a
letter
to
head
R.
McNeil;
Secretary,
J.
tion.
A few minor beefs were reported
and n||^Oil» departmentliwill Clean the
coneernlng slopchest prices. It tion made that all men be sober and in O'Dea. No major beefs reported. Some but they were cleared away. Crew was
laundiY ttMiih. Motion mwo and carried quarters
a fit condition at payoff so if called upon disputed overtime in engine and steward reminded to leave quarters in good con
was
suggested
to
feed
only
the
bosun^
that the shliit^ delegate.
the captain carpenter, oilers and electricians in the by patrolman will have clear view of the
departments. All crewmembers to do dition for next crew and to be sober at
about Mation'hill cards being made out P
messhall, to relieve the pantryman situation at hand. Throughout the trip nate $5 to buy a washing machine in payoff. Crew wants new library to be
so men, can know ^hoi^o:. to go at drills. of O
all Union action and news which pertains France. Discussion for benefit of new put on the ship. Repair list will be put
too much work.
only to the men below have by some
on mess hall board so crew can put down
ROYAL.OAK (CItte Sarvtca); Dec. Ijh
means found its way topside. Steps have men on union policy and work rules.
any repairs.
Chale||i«|i^vAlbert Woever; Secretary^; T; . DESOTO jWaterman), Nov. 17—Chair been taken to try and find the informer,
J, Moo^ ^ Gaptain skid payoff woitld hb man, J. J. WIrn; Secretary, C. WIess. but all has been in vain.
CALMAR (Calmar), Dec. 1—Chairman,
at ojld'(rate because he hisnot received Delegates reported no beefs. Motion car
MAE (Bull), Dee. 5—Chairman, Carl E.
Ekins; Secretary, E. Jakus. Ship's dele
notide .• : of ; new jicale. All hands were ried that the engine and steward's depart
CASIMIR PULASKI (Eastern), Dec. 4— gate reported leak in the laundry drain GIbbs; Secretary, Richard V. Catling.
g'asked tb t|im in rbpairs. Milk was serVed ments alternate on cleaning laundry. Chairman, Paul J. Morgart) Secretary, which will be taken care of.
Motion Delegates reported no beefs. One man
in the. saloon but not in th^^^erew mess, Suggestion made that each man should Joseph C.arello. Ship's delegate reported made that the cots will be given to the missed ship which is to be taken up with
Poor;^Bervice was criticized aw messman not run washing machine over half an small beef about overtime. A vote of crew and will be signed for and if not the patrolman upon arrival in Baltimore.
said he Would try .to do betiet, Pantry hour. Deck delegate reported that the thanks for the steward's department for returned the person will pay for them. Request made for cushions for the mess
; man said he would give him d'hand when mate has a .large supply of penicillin for the good feeding. Each watch is to clean Crewmembers complaining that there is room and the recreation room. Steward
he needed it. Ship's funds stands at $9.10. cold&
will take action upon arrival.
up messhaU. Library is to be changed. not enough night lunch.
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DISTRICT SHIPPING SETS 6-YR RECORD
INSURANCE STRIKE VOTED $ AID
1951 WAS PROSPEROUS FOR SEAFARERS
RAP COMPANY AGENTS FOR LAX SICK HELP TO SIU MEN ABROAD
OWNER PRAISES SEAFARERS FOR 'JOB WELL DONE'
SIU BASIC CLAUSES GIVEN NMU
CAN SHAKERS HAVE NO OK
SHIPPING CLIMBS TO POSTWAR HIGH
PARTIES HIGHLIGHT YULE FOR SEAFARERS
INSURANCE STRIKERS VOTED FINANCIAL AID
PRESS, TV TELL WORLD OF NEW HQ.
STRICKEN SEAFARER SAVED BY PASSENGER'S SURGERY
A & G VOTING PASSES 1950 TOTAL
WAGE BOARD LIFTS CEILINGS ON HEALTH, WELFARE PLANS
MINERS CONSIDER SET-UP TO OPERATOE COAL SHIPS
FIVE YEAR TANKER SHORTAGE EXPECTED
IRON CURTAIN FLEET GAINS 14 VESSELS
NEW ALUMINUM PLANT MAY AID SHIPPING
PACIFIC SHIPYARDS TO GET STEEL
DELAWARE RIVER PORTS ENJOY BOOM; SHIPPING DOUBLES '50 TONNAGE TOTAL
BLINDNESS NEARS FOR SEAFARER
WATERMAN TO INAUGURATE COASTWISE PAN-ATLANTIC SERVICE TO GALVESTON
MM&P BLASTS ALIEN OFFICER WAIVER SET-UP
FIRE-DISABLED SIU SHIP TOWED IN; NO ONE HURT
LIBERTYS TOO BIG FOR THEIR TAXES
NITRATE CARGO ONLY SAFE IN STEEL DRUM
SENATOR URGES FASTER TANKERS FOR DEFENSE
BOSTON ATTEMPTS COMEBACK AS MAJOR U.S. MARITIME CITY
COME ON OUT AND SEE THE ROSE BOWL GAME
FUTURE OUTLOOK BRIGHT AS SHIPPING IMPROVES
EVERYTHING JUST FINE AS SHIPPING HITS PEAK
MAGNUSON PROMISES AID ON DRAFT AND SCREENING
FUTURE OUTLOOK BRIGHT AS SHIPPING IMPROVES
SHIPPING HOLDING UP NICELY AT HIGH LEVEL
EVERYTHING JUST FINE AS SHIPPING HITS PEAK
PORT AT HIGHEST PEAK SINCE WARTIME DAYS
PORT FAT WITH SHIPS, THIN ON RATED MEN
NOTIFY UNION IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO SHIP
WEATHER AND SHIPPING BOTH BLOW HOT, COLD
TANKER TRADE MAKES UP BULK OF RUNS IN AREA
ALCOA AND WATERMAN SUPPLY PORT'S BUSINESS
US MERCHANT FLEET OVER 2,000 STRONG
WE'VE MANNED 'EM
A GOOD YEARNEW SHIPS NEEDED
SIU CARGO: FUEL OIL FOR THE ICY NORTH
HEAVY SHIPPING NIPS YULE REUNION OF 4 SIU BROTHERS
CHAMPLIN ASSAULTS RIO'S CRAGGY 'HUNCHBACK'; MORE PEAKS AHEAD
SEMPER PHOTO A-PARATUS NEW COAST GUARD MOTTO
JACK FROST SENDING MAN NORTH
LOGAN LAMENT
RED TAKING ON A HOLIDAY GLOW
SMOKE PUT TO ROYAL OAK ROACH
DEATH TAKES TWO SEAFARERS
SHIPPING HITS NEW HIGH
BRAZIL OUT TO BOOST MARITIME STRENGTH
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VOL. XIII
No. 2S
SEAFARERS LOG
DEC. 14
1951
ATLANTIC AND GULf DISTRICT • AFL •
WSBMEET
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Headquarters* bookkeepers ready $4,000 Christmas
^uniO S aVvffperS*
"extra" in sick benefits for all Seafarers in hospitals.
Bonus of $25 plus regular $15 benefit was voted by SIU Welfare Fund. (Story on Page 3.)
Af Av# 9 Hogged by a run of bad luck which has
wV now fi VXM r canceled four of the last five .sailings
of the cruise ship Puerto Rico, B. Derol, fireman, stares de
spsxingly at the mute legend "finished with engine." The
next scheduled sailing of the Bull Lihe passenger vessel will
be on December 20, barring further, foul ups in either New
York or San Juan.
(Story on Page 2.)
�F«c* Twm
K '
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Friday, December 14, 1951
SEAFARERS IPG
CommunistLed CSU Passes Away
As Last Two Ships Come Into SlU
SS Puerto Rico Stymied
Again By San Juttn
Crewmembers of the SS. Puerto Rico hit another biimp in
their recent run of tough luck when the December 6 sailing
The frayed leftovers of the Canadian Seamen's Union, once a Communist stronghold, of the Bull Line ship was cancelled4iecause of a longshore*!
men's strike in San Juan, a strike*
"
were quietly dumped into the grave when crewmen on the last two ships under contract settled
too late to reschedule sail load the ship before Saturday. ThisI
to the CSU joined the SIU's Canadion District, recently.
ing. This was the fourth cancella would have thrown the ship off he "
Signing up of the crewinembers4
————————
tion in the last five sailing dates regular..schedule .so the compan;
of the Bulkcarrier and the Cement
on the New YorkSah Juan run. decided to let things go until thi
carrier put an end to a seven year
The Puerto Rico was in New December 20 sailing, which will IM|
struggle to free Canadian seamen
York
preparing to go out on the a Christmas and New Year's cruise.
from Communist domination, a
fith when word came December 3
struggle which began when the
Drydocked October 8
that the longshoremen had gone The crew's run of bad luck bel
CSU was expelled from the SIU in
out in a dispute over contract
1944. The only thing that kept the
gan on October 8 when the Fuerto|
mands. With no way of telling Rico was laid up tat repairs fors
CSU barely alive this long was the
when the strike would end, the two weeks, thus eliminating a sail ,
fact that they had a two year con
company cancelled all passenger ing on October 11. While she was
tract with the Canada Cement
reservations and laid the crew off in drydock, the wildcat longshore
Company, operators of the above
until time for the next regular sail strike broke out; causing the can
listed ships. The expiration date
ing on December 20.
of thecontract—and of the CSU—
cellation of scheduled sailings on
was November 21.
Just two days later, on Decem October 25 and November 8. On
ber 5, word came that the strike in November 9 the New York long
At one time the Canadian Sea
San Juan had been settled. Since shoremen went: back to work, but
men's Union had a thoroughgoing
most of the passengers were out the Puerto Rico did not go out un
stranglehold on Canadian shipping
of town, it would have been im til November 22, which was her
and was a spearhead in Uncle
possible to get them aboard and next regular sailing date.
Joe's plan to take over labor unions
on this side of the world. Now
thanks to the SIU's relentless pres
sure, it is just another dead issue
for the historians.
Actually, the CSU was as good as
put out of business 21^ years ago.
In the spring of 1949 SIU Cana Photo taken in Montreal in 1949 when Canadian seamen, having re
dian District won away the bulk pudiated the CSU, were attacked by Communistled diehards. This Officials of the National Maritime Union (CIO) and opera
of the membership and over 100 month last CSUcontracted ship entered SIU fold.
tors* representatives continued to probe into proposed con
of its ships. The CSU contributed
tract
this week, seeking to adjust "inequities"
materially to its own disaster by jectives, flocked to the SlU's been negotiating a contract with in the improvements
sixmonthold
agreement.
—
deliberately refusing to accept a Canadian District and broke the Canadian shipowners beginning in The slow movement.toward
better
conciliation award that had been CSU grip on Canada's maritime.
August 1948. When the negotia
the NMU contract was appar cussion in the NMU negotiations.
approved by its own representative Prior to that time, the SIU had tions broke down, the CSU re ing
ently
running into rumbles from Among other differences, he listed
and by calling a general strike, made considerable inroads into quested the appointment of a the NMU
more liberal transportatidn provi
membership.
more for the purpose of disrupting CSU control by winning allegiance conciliation board to settle the
sions,
penalty clauses and
The Pilot editorial attributed better broader
Marshall Plan aid than for helping of Canadian seamen on the west dispute.
working
rules down the
petty 'inequities'" in the CIO
its own members.
A three member board, rep agreement to former "Moscow line for every rate. in all three
coast and on the Great Lakes. Sub
Flocked to SIU
sequently the SIU began organiz resenting industry, the CSU and elements" in the NMU who sought shipboard departments. He'added
CSU members, disgusted with a ing at the major east coast Cana: the government was appointed. to breed dissatisfaction among the that the NMU had asked the SIU
union which made membership dian ports of Halifax and Montreal. After ten weeks of hearings the loyal union membership and also for copies of its agreements and
laboring in an effort to
benefits secondary to political ob
In the meanwhile the CSU had
(Continued on page 22)
to unnamed "rival" organizations had been
match it for over three months.
A headquarters spokesman at
SIU headquarters asserted that
these socalled "inequities," high
light the Seafarers agreement and
The 1952 campaign of the March of Dimes, the only fund turned over to the Union patrol make it the top contract for the
I'M Uim€lC&£\eR:i]
raising campaign that has been officially endorsed by the man at the payoff. An official maritime industry and that the
membership of the SIU, is now getting tmderway. The cam Union receipt is issued for the NMU plaint was a simple case of
sum, and the contributions are sour grapes and nothing more."
paign will raise funds for the pur4
held at SIU headquarters.
He cited a 25cent welfare boost
pose of aiding victims of infantile
will then have the opportunity to At the end of the campaign, the in company welfare contributions
paralysis.
The SIU has participated in the take up the matter at their ship Union writes out a single check as being far from "petty" and al
March of Dimes campaign for the board meetings. Whatever sum the equal to the total amount con ready tacked onto the SIU pact,
although still an item under dis
(Continued en page 22)
last three years, with the authoriza crew decides to contribute is then
tion of the membership. Thanks
to the traditional generosity of
Seafarers, the Union has become
one of the largest contributors to
the March of Dimes in the labor
field.
As has been the procedure, the One of the busiest SIU halls on the eastern seaboard these days is the one in Norfolk, Va.,
March of Dimes appeal literature servicing the port of Hampton Roads. The Virginia hall used to be a relatively quiet place
and scrolls will be mailed out to but the tremendous boom in coal shipments to Europe has changed all that. Shipping
Bnriy appean on page 2L
all SIU ships along with the SEA
reports in the last month show>
FARERS LOG. Crewmembers
a total of 745 Seafarers shipped
out of the Norfolk hall, top
figures for the A&G district in that
period, and the SIU's Norfolk
Dee. 14, 1951
Vol. Xili, No. 25 branch has been kept hopping to
As I See It
Page 11 keep things moving along in the
Burly
.'Page 21 nation's top coal port.
Crossword Puzzle
Page 10
If we exclude the Spanish settle
Did You Know
Page 16 ments, the port of Hampton Roads
Editorial
Page 11 rates as the oldest in the United
Inquiring Seafarer
Page 10 States. In 1619, Just 332 years ago,
In The Wake
... Page 10 it introduced a social revolution
Labor Roundup
Page 21 into European society by shipping
Letters
Pages 19, 20 the first load of tobacco (ten tons
Letter Of The Week... Page 11 in all) ever seen on the other side
Maritime
Page 21 of the Atlantic. Tobacco is still a
Meet The Seafarer.... Page 10 major export item, but today the
On The Job
Page 21 tidewater Virginia port area, com
Personals
Page 22 prising the cities of Norfolk, Ports
Ships' Minutes
7 Page 23 mouth and Newport News, is the
Ten Years Ago
Page 10 funnel through which millions of
Top Of The News
Page 6 tons of coal are pouring to strength
Washington News
en Western Europe against another
Letter
Page 4 kind of revolution.
Welfare Benefits
Page 22
The interdependence of the
Published biweekly at the headquarters
of the Seafarers International Union, At wood's economy was never better
lantic a Gulf District, AFL, *75 Fourth illustrated than by what is happen
Avenue, Brooklyn 33, N. Y. Tel. STerlIng ing in Hampton Roads today. Be
• 4d71. Reentered as second class matter cause the French and British gov
August 3, 1949/
the Post Office In New ernments have been unable thus
• • York, .N. Y., under ths Act of August 34,
far to bring Italian miners into the Eoropebonnd freighter loads op with coal cargo at Lambert's Point Itbrj' oh of thd^maJbR coalhandliiig
1913. Application for r^ntry pending at
docks in the Hampton Roads port area. :
•
(Continued on page 14)
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Confabs To Boost Contract
To SIU Level Enter 4th Month
SlUBacked Polio Drive Begins
Coal Makes Nortolh
Port
SEAFARERS LOG
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�SBAFAKERa LOG
yiillora^vttwcliiew Hall
Par* Thre*
Union Seeks Early
US Okay On Pact
Washin^on, Dec. 13—SIU representatives are now nieeting in Washington with the Wag*
Stabilization Board and other interested government agencies with a view towards speeding
up official government approval of wage gains and other improvements won in recent con
tract negotiations with ship operators. The talks, which began on December 11, are expected
to continue into next week. Final word on WSB action is not expected to be received until
some future date.
Direct talks with the WSB were active wage payments, which will
decided upon by headquarters cause considerable annoyance and
when after two months of waiting bookkeeping difficulties when back
the SIU still had no official word payments finally begin. Part of
in regard to the provisions of the
New building's setup is explained by SIU SecretaryTreasurer Paul new contract. The Union is press the SIU package pending before
Hall to union visitors having coffee in the cafeteria. Around the ing hard for a decision, though all the board includes increased wel
table, (1. to r.) are: Alex Hose, president United Hatters Intl.; the provisions on wage increases fare contributions from shipowners.
One snag which has to be over
Charles Zimmerman, VicePresident, Intl. Ladies Garment Work
and other benefits in the agree
ers Union; Brother Hall, and David Dubinsky, ILG President. ment are retroactive to Novem come is the fact that the WSB is
factd with a tremendous backlog of
ber 1.
labor agreements.
Trustees of the Seafarers
However, every day lost in Wash
InterAgency Job
Welfare
Fund have voted a
ington red tape means delay for
In addition, the nature of the special $25 Christmas bonus
Seafarers in collecting these retro
SIU agreement is such that the for hospitalized Seafarers to help
Department of Labor and the Jus them enjoy the holiday season.
tice Department have to be con The bonus is in addition to the
sulted on many of the legal ques regular $15 weekly benefit paid to
tions involved. SIU representa hospital patients and will amount
tiyes have found that they have to about $4,000 over regular bene
This issue begins the SEA
had to interrupt discussions with fits for the approximately 160 Sea
FARERS LOG'S exclusive, and
the WBS on several occasions to farers involved.
authoritative column on marl
secure rulings and interpretations Approval of the Christmas bonus
time affaii;s submitted direct from these two departments. The was voted by the trustees of the
from the nation's capital by discussions then have to be re Welfare Plan at a meeting in the
the LOG'S Washington re
sumed with the WSB at the point Plan's office on December 7, 1951,
porter. Called the "SIU they were broken off.
after Union representatives had
Newslettei' from Washing
The new contract which was proposed the gift for the hospital
ton," the column will com
negotiated with a joint committee ized men.
bine both factual and inter
This step by the trustees once
of shipowners in mid October,
pretive reporting of marine provides for a 40hour week at sea again illustrates the flexibility of
news emanating from Wash
and a 6.2 percent acrosstheboard the SIU's Welfare Plan. Under the
ington, and will be of great in
wage increase effective November plan, trustees are empowered to
terest to seamen and the in
1, 1951. This increase is over and make alterations from time to time
dustry in general.
above the rates established in Jan to meet the need of the SIU mem
Follow this important col
uary, 1951. Overtime rates were bership. A meeting can be called
Casting admiring glances at the intricatelycarved figurehead of the
umn exclusively in the SEA
increased
proportionately to $1.29 at any time for this purpose.
Port 'O Call bar are a delegation from Teamsters Local 807 who
FARERS LOG. "The SIU hourly for men receiving less than
will be paid the week
toured new Hq. Left to right they are: A1 Schreieck, Dave Fre
Newsletter from Washington" $277.30 per month and $1.63 for of The bonus
December
20 by a representa
chette, Tom Hickey, SecretaryTreasurer of Local 807 and a Vice
will appear regularly on page men over that figure. Straight time tive of the Union
to all Seafarers
President of the Teamsters Brotherhood; Harry Thompson, Busi
4.
rates for ABs are $262.89 monthly in hospitals where the SIU has
ness Agent, and John Strong, President of the teamsters local.
under the new scale.
port representatives. Seafarers in
The welfare provisions of the other hospitals will receive their
new contract call for an increase bonus by mail.
in the operators daily contribution
from 25 to 50 cents per man. This
will provide additional funds for
improving the present benefits and
Steps to speed up desperatelyneeded coal shipments to Europe and to reduce the cost adding new features. .
Miscellaneous benefits provided
of co^ at European ports have been proposed by the SIU in a communication sent to De
fense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson. The letter from SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall suggests for under the contract are an $8
room and meal allowance as com
that use of additional ship^
Three more companies have
The
problem
could
be
solved
in
pared to $6 formerly, and the in been added to the SIU roster of
more
coal
, .
. while
the
United
piUg and operational subsi
has a coal surplus and the long run by appropriating ad stallation of washing machines on operators under contract with the
dies would r^uce the price of States
all vessels.
miners are working a short week."
(Continued on page 22)
signing of Union agreements cov
coal and enable Europeans to
ering the PanOceanic Navigation,
step up purchases, or devote
International Navigation and Tro
their remaining EGA dollars
jan Steamship Companies.
to other vital needs.
Latest to join the fold was Pan
The siu entered the picture After 46 years as a seaman, veteran Seafarer Otto Paul
Oceanic which took over the SB
after government officials ex Preussler has called it quits. He will retire to his home in merchant seamen by providing George Lawson from the Pacific
pressed their increasing concern Port Orange, Florida,
—
to wri g hig memoirs about his life them with pensions for their old Range Steamship Company. Indi
about the severity of the coal at sea.
age.
cations are that this newest SIU
shortage in Western Europe. Large Known as "Uncle Otto" to his
operator
will shortly expand in
1905 on the Valesia, has served
quantities of coal are already mov seafaring friends, Preussler suf in
size, with a strong possibility
in the steward's
department of
118
iiiiiiiiiiiiliii*
ing from the US to the North At fered the loss of sight in one eye
being put forward that it will go
lantic Pact countries to aid in on his last trip out aboard the different ships since then. He has
into tanker operation before long.
sailed
through
three
wars—^the
their rearmament and economic James H. Price from New Orleans
International has bought the
reconstruction. However, the gov to Trieste. This coupled with fail RussoJapanese War in 1905, and
Elly from Dianex and will send
ernment believes that at least a 50 ing health compelled him to spend the first and second World Wars.
her out in the tramp trade. The
percent increase in coal shipments the last three months in the Staten He is particularly proud of the
Trojan
Company has bought the
fact that
he sailed to all war fronts
would be desirable to meet the Island USPHS Hospital, and
Peconic
Bay from Mar Trade for
in
those
three
wars
on
supply
need, estimated as high as 50 mil brought him reluctantly to the de
the
same
purpose. Both vessels
ships.
Yet
on
all
these
voyages
as
lion tons in the next few months. cision to give up sailing.
are Libertys.
well
as
countless
others
he
has
President John L. Lewis of the Uncle Otto, who first shipped out
taken, he has never lost a ship.
Captain Harold E. Van der
United Mine Workers of America
Linde, Jr., vicepresident of Pan
Has No Regrets
has called to. the attention of the
Oceanic, told union officials when
Although he is saying goodbye to
government the fact that it would
he boarded the Lawson in Phila
the seafaring trade. Uncle Otto has
be simple for the coal mihers here
delphia that it "was the finest look
ho regrets. Conditions in the early
to step up production, as they are
ing Liberty that he had ever been
days were difficult until the SIU
now working less than a full week.
aboard." He noted that the entire
He, too; expressed interest in find
Norfolk, Dec. 11—^Word was re came along and improved them,
ship, manned by Seafarers, "was in
ing some way of reducing the ceived of an engine room fire on but Otto says he would do it all
firstclass condition" and particu
price of coal to Western Europe. the SlUmanned tanker McKittrick over again if he could.
larly
cited the crew for the "spot
One
of
the first
members of
the
One of the big snags holding up Hills about 30 miles off Cape Hat
less quarters" maintained.
government action is the question teras. North Carolina. At last re SIU (he joined the union on Janu
The agreements signed with
of which government agency port a Coast Guard cutter, the Jon ary 9, 1939), Uncle Otto has a
these companies are the standard
would have, the authority to take quil, had been sent to tow the couple of ambitions to fulfill be
contracts including all the latest
the necCssarjr steps to. speed coal tanker into port. The fire burned fore he goes home to Florida. He
shipments.
features such as the vacation and
the propulsion control panel, but hopes to see the new hall before
welfare provisions.
As. the SIU communication put, is reported to have been brought he leaves for home and gives up
Assistant Secretary Treasurer
it,, it lis'aiii "extremely paradoxical under control by crew members. the sea for good. He would also
situation" whereby "our Europeaq No fur^er,det^|8 werq made avail like to see the day that the govern
Robert Matlliewis handled the ne
gotiations.
'; : > 1 M
friends life I tn critical nded of able. ' '
*Uiiele Otto' Preiisder
, J
w ' '
ment appreciates the services of
Hospitalized
MembersVoted
Yule Bonus
Capital Report
Begins in LOG
'Speed Coal Export'
Hq. Signs Three
New Companies
Uncle Otto* Ends Sen Career
Fire Disables Tanker;
Ne Crewaien Injured
i'
Jel
�Face Fear
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SEAFAKJSRS tOC
ILA Proposes Waterfront Labor Court
SIU NEWSLETTER
Establishment of a special labor court in the port of New York to eliminate wildcat
stoppagt es and enforce longshore contracts on both parties to the agreement has been pro
posed
ised b
by the International Longshoremen's Association as part of a program to better con
iitions in the port.
diti
The program was presented at a for improving and revamping pro
recent hearing of the factfinding "cedures on negotiating contracts
panel which was appointed by the and on contract voting. These
State Industrial Commissioner to plans call for starting negotiating
Headquarters again Wishes
conduct hearings into the causes earlier, leaving a ten day period to remhxd all Seafarers that
• of the recent wildcat tieup. Rec for discussion of the terms before
payments of funds, for what
ommendations were also received taking a vote.
ever union purpose, be made
. from the New York Shipping Asso
Election procedures would then otily to authorized A&G repre
ciation, representing the employ
sentatives and that an official
ers' viewpoints. Leaders of the call for identification of member
Union receipt be gotten at that
ship
books
when
the
men
voted
wildcat strikers had also been in
time. If no receipt is offered,
vited to submit suggestions but and retention of ballots for possi
be sure to protect yourself by
ble
"
recounts
in
case
ofchallenges.
they refused to present any pro
The union also outlined plans to immediately bringing the mat
gram for the future other than re
tighten
up its own administrations ter to the attention of the sec
opening of the contract.
retarj'treasurer's office.
and to set up standards for han
The ILA's recommendation urged dling funds, keeping records, hold
The union's word of advice
that the labor court have power to ing meetings etc., in the various is to insure that all monies
p,.iid are credited to your SIU
apply fines and other penalties local unions. It also proposed an
against violators of a contract, employer loan system in the form
record. Insistence on an offi
whether they were steamship oper of draws on wages to eliminate cial receipt will prevent "can
ators, terminal companies or union loan sharks, and indicated it was shakers" from soliciting funds
officials and locals. Strikes and studying the possibilities, of a cred
for unauthorized purpo,ses, and
lockouts would be outlawed except it union.
will bar any foulups later on.
against a party failing to comply
with the decisions of the courts.
The program also outlined plans
front
Be Sure to Get
Dues Receipts
Engineer Lack
Stalls 34 Ships
On East Coast
A considerable number of SIU
ships that have been fully crewed
up in Hampton Roads and other
Atlantic Coast ports are having
their sailings delayed ,by a shortage
of radio operators and marine en
gineers.
In general the squeeze on experi
enced seamen in all categories is
getting so strong that government
officials are talking about reinstat
ing wartime regulations which
would guarantee experienced sea
men and officers shoreside jobs
back if they returned to sea now.
Attempts are being made through
advertising and other means to get
the necessary radio operators and
engineers to man the 34 govern
ment and private ships now being
held up. Fifteen of these ships are
in Hampton Roads which is cur
rently the major outlet for coal
shipments to Europe.
Not Temporary
The current scope of the ship
ping boom indicates that this is
more than a temporary phenome
non and is liable to continue at
least throughout the winter when
shipments of raw materials and
coal to Europe will be especially
heavy.
Should the government reinstate
seamen's shoreside reemployment
rights, it is expected that many ex
perienced men now working shore
side jobs would come forward to.
fill existing needs. A considerable
number of experienced seamen
and officers left the industry in the
shipping slump which took place in
the years before the Korean war.
t
Keep Draft
Board Posted
SIU Headquarters urges all
draft eligible seamen to be
sure they keep their local Se
lective Service boards posted
on all changes of address
through the use ol the post
cards furnished at all SIU
halls and aboard ships.
Failure to keep your draft
board informed of your where
abouts can cause you to be
listed as a delinquent and be
drafted Into the services with
out a hearing. The Union in
such cases can do nothing to
aid Seafarers who fail to com
ply.
• • m
The second session of Hie 82nd Congress, which convenes fii' Wash^f
ington on January 8, 1952, will be called upon to devote much of itsj;
time to matters of vital concern to the American steamship industiy .
—employees and employers alike. • Such matters as maritime sub
sidies, new shipbuilding appropriations, legislation to better the lots
of seamen, legalizing the maritime hiring hall, safety code fOr long'
shoremen, tramp shipping, are only some of the major maritime ipro
posals to come up.
Although Representative Hart, New Jersey, Chairman of the House
Merchant Marine Committee, has promised tiie . maritime industry that
he will give early consideration to the socalled longrange ship bill
(S. 241), it is doubtful that the industry will' be entirely successful
in having the bill passed in its present form. The main stumbling
block will prove to be the highly controversial tax features in the
measure. This, bill, provides that more Anxerican lines would be able
to apply for ship construction subsidies; allows easier method for trad
ing in obsolete vessels; proposes additional tax benefits for maritime •
employers; and, among .other things,. proposes • payment of salaries
in excess of the presentlimitation of $25^000 to directors, officers,
and' certain employees Of subsidized lines.
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meht next year for financial aid in the form of subsidies, ^ven though
most of the lines admittediy have been making substantial profits due
to the eipergency shipping programs; a number of maritime employers
are now looking to the time when cargoes will not be plentiful and
already are beginning to make plans to seOk operating subsidies. Be
cause of this, it is expected that fireworks will develop w;hen;8otno .of
eral cargo, 8,000,000 of petroleum the companies request subsidies for lioiittS ^llreadyiserved ^ other
products and 500,000 troops car lines receiving aid from the Governm^fl 'Mm ex^ple vidll prox^eto
ried to the war theatre during 15 be the Bloomfield Steamship Lin.e which is expected to. apply in a
months.
few months for subsidy r^hts on^q US'Gu;^7UnitedKingdomCon
tinental run, currently serrtced by Lykes Bi'btheK Steamship Cpmpiny.
Ships And Seamen Termed
Life Line To Korean War
The Korean war has vigorously
demonstrated the dependence of
the United States on seapower and
particularly that supplied by the
merchant fleet and .seaman. Rear
Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
declared this month.
Bolstering his statements from
personal experience dunng a year
with the fleet supporting the United
With slightly over one million
Nations forces in Korea, he offered gross tons of ships on order or on
plain figures as a principal. argu the ways in shipyards, the United
ment.
States holds fourth place in world
Admiral Hillenkoetter, currently shipbuilding construction for the
commandant of the New York Na third, quarter of 1951.
val Base in Brooklyn, asserted that The US total amounted to 85
air supply cannot accomplish any vessels of 1,082,990 gross tons, or
thing near what ships have done. 8.5 percent of the world's ship
"It takes five tons of equipment to building total. Leading tonnage
put one man on the beach and a producer is Great Britain with 623
ton a month to keep him there," vessels under construction of 5V6
he cited, adding "Planes can't do million gross tonnage..
it. Ships still are essential."
Total shipping tonnage under
He further called attention to construction throughout the world
the role of merchant shipping dur is just under the 13 million ton
ing the war in the Far East with mark, with 1,593 vessels included
a report of 11,000,000 tons of gen in the figures as of October 1,1951.
The 21 American Republics will meet In Washington next month
to consider such matters as freight and insurance rates, a plan for
the most equitable utilization of all transportation facilities of the
Americas in case of an emergency, and the coordination of air . trans
portation. Some of the republics will take the position that steam
ship conference freight rates hinder the development of certain regions
of the Americas, in that they do not bear a proper proportion to the
distances covered and the kind of product! transported.
As to emergency transportation facilities, the American republics,
at the forthcoming session, will be asked to evaluate their transpor
tation facilities, and to study immediately, in c^se an emergency should
arise, the transportation requirements for the. defense program and
for the essential civilian needs of the Republics.
Ton Fignre
The Interstate Conunerce Commission, which has jurisdiction over
coastal and intercoastal water carriers, will be the scene of a big battle
next year when the Isbrandtsen Company follows up its. application
for eastbound intercoastal operating rights. This Company, has been
operating in the foreign trades for many years and is now attempting
to move into the domestic service, claiming..that existing carriers are
not able to take care of the eastbound intercoastal lumber movement.
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Shipping representatives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) are making substantial progress in agreeing on a plan for the
mobilization of allied shipping, in time of war, on?«. worlfiwide basis.
Some of the nonNATO countries, alsowould: be ,^alled';upwKin<jan
extreme emergency, to iplaee their shipping facilities at rthe^spoM
of .|his worldwide allied pool.
Specific details of this large undertaking are lacking in view of
the complete security cloak that has been placed upon the activities ^
of NATO. In fact the NATO boys are so securityminded, that they
have stamped a . "cosmic" security rating on most activities, instead !
of the usual secret or topsecret rating.
The U. S. Coast Guard is catching up oh the backlog of merchant
seamen security clearances. Clearances in the form of validated docu
ments have been issued to about 225,000 merchant officers and sea
men and about 45,000 more have been, authorized, but not yet Issued.
The number turned down is deemed to be confidential, although the
matter of appeals is a public record^
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Within the next few weeks, the Coast Guard is expected to issue
validated documents for those seamen serving^ on ships plying the
coastwise and nearbyforeign trades (Canadian, Mexican, Caribbean
trades, etc.).
The very latest information on maritime persormeL investigations
by the Coast Guard indicate tiiat the Coast Guard investigating units
probed a total of 763 cases in a most recent .monthly period (August
of this year). From this number, hearings before examiners resulted
involving 16 officers and 66 unlicensed men. In the cases of officers,
.no licenses were revoked, a were suspended without probation, 5 were
suspended with probation granted, 1 was. voluntarily, surrendered, 4;
were dismissed after hearing and 1 hearing was closed with an ad
monition. Of the unlicensed personnel, 10 certtiicates.were revoked,'
20 were suspended without probation, 24 were suspended with proba
tion granted, 17 were voluntarily surrendered, 3 were closed
an'
admonition, and 7 were dismissed after hearing.
Brooklyn Assembljmen John Ryan (left) and Frank Composto pause
during a headquarters visit at plaque honoring more than 1,800 Sea— ,
farers who lost their lives in Wortd War II.
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Hlyil^ier Drops Cargo Into River
USPHS Urges Seafarers
To Jake 'Shot' Series
According to word received from the SIU Seattle agent the
United States Public Health Service is strongly advising all
Seafarers sailing to Far East Dorts to get a complete course
of inoculations against typhoid,
smallpox, cholera, typhus and
plague. The USPHg advice came in
response to a query made by Jeff
Morrison, Seattle agent.
Seafarers may wonder why it is
necessary to get so many shots in
the arm when they sail for these
ports. But it is failure to get a
complete series of shots which Recognition of the energetic role
makes it necessary to give boosters played by American merchant sea
every six to eight weeks, or as
often as a man sails for the Orient. men ferrying cargoes to the Ko
The USPHS says that if a com rean war zone by the award of a
plete series is given, it is only nec United Nations Service Ribbon has
essary to give the booster shots won the enthusiastic support of
every four to six months and once Senator Warren G. Magnuson of
yearly in the case of typhoid in Washington.
stead of six to eight week intervals.
Calling a spade a spade, the sen
In the long run then, it pays for ator declared that time and time
Seafarers to take the time and again the service performed by
trouble to get the whole series of seamen in wartime had been great
Rotting timbers of Huron Street storage pier in ferooklyn gave way and dropped this 1,750,000pound
shots at once, even
though this pro ly underrated.
cargo of tapioca ipto the East River. Although no one was injured, AFL Longshoremen were called
cedure may be an uncomfortable The Washington Senator, long a
off the job of moving the cargo when danger arose the whole structure might collapse.
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staunch advocate of a larger mer
The series consists of three shots chant fieet for the United States
of typhoid vaccine at one week in
and a strong campaigner for lib
tervals, smallpox vaccination, and eralization of laws governing the
injection for cholera, typhus and maritime indus
plague. Once these injections are try, is one of the
given entries should be made on few government
London — Assembling final fig
ures, Lloyd's Register of World the immunization card so that the figures to come
Seafarers and crewmen of the SS. Cantigny (Cities Serv Shipping reported an aggregate of Seafarer has a record of having re to the support of
ceived the necessary shots.
ice) drew high praise recently when a bosun leaving the ship 635 merchant ships either totally The USPHS feels that failure to the award sug
gestion.
asserted that "none have proven themselves more worthy of lost, scrapped or condemned dur get a complete series of shots The idea of a
ing 1950. The figure, representing makes it essential for the Seafarer UN ribbon seems
the honor of belonging to such
"take great pride in upholding the 1,201,197 gross tons, showed a to get the six week treatment in to have gained
fiiie organization."
jump of nearly half a million tons order to prevent epidemics of these impetus from a
, (An NLRB rule for Cities Serv standards as set forth in your con over 1949.
Magnuson
serious diseases aboard ship.
widespread feel
ice ships bars bosuns and stewards stitution and bylaws."
ing that although the US is not
from union membership because Harking back to the days when
officially at war in Korea, recogni
of their "supervisory" function.) Cities Service was nonrSIU, he
tion is due not only to members of
acknowledged the "hardfought
the armed forces but also to sea
Bosun A. Gordon Decker, leav battle" won in securing a contract
Relaxation of quarantine inspections on tankers from Aruba
ing the ship for a vacation, ad with the company, pointing out he and Curacao in the Dutch West Indies to speed the delivery men in the war area for their part
dressed a letter to the deck de had seen other unions "... attempt, of oil to the United States may be a forthcoming decision at a in the inlernatiuiial effort to con
trol Communist expansion in Asia.
partment in which he noted, " . . . and miserably fail in trying to do
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From World Body
from past experience it is up to likewise. It is men like yourselves, major US ports.
Approval of the Surgeon General
Further motivation behind a UN
you men to realize that, of all the with initiative, cooperation and un
Easing of the inspection rule
unions connected with the mari derstanding who will further the would expedite entry of tankers of the Public Health Service and ribbon is that the Korean action is
time industry, none had proven it relationship between the company that stop only at the two islands the Federal Security Administrator an international undertaking on
self as well fitted for the needs of and the SIU to the benefit of all." and then return to the states to would be required before the quar the part of member nations and
antine exemption would become that any award should therefore
the unlicensed personnel as the
The Cities Service agreement, discharge oil without any delay off effective.
stem from the central world or
SIU."
acknowledged as one of the best shore for port inspection. Imports Pressure for the move is also ganization itself.
Lauds Cooperation
agreements for a tanker fieet, was of Venezuelan oil, which is refined due to the possibility that supplies
Thanking the Cantigny Seafarers secured after a lengthy organizing on the two islands, have multiplied of fuel oil for home consumption It would also bolster the, need
for the "splendid cooperation" campaign, finally .culminating in considerably with the shutoff of may get tight before winter is up for a token of appreciation to the
given him during his stay on the success for Seafarers riding the oil supplies from Iran and increasing and easing of quarantine regula seamen who sail in the belligerent
waters, many of whom, including
ship, Decker urged the men to 'ships.
demands in Korea.
tions would spur delivery in the several Seafarers, have met death
event of any fuel oil shortage for and serious injury from snipers
consumers.
and bombings.
Tanker trade would be consider
ably boomed by such a move, mari
time observers feel. Opposition to
Crewmen of the Fort Bridger who signed on for eighteen months articles in December the exemption was voic d by the
of 1950 face a higher tax rate on their lump sum payoff as a result of a tax law snafu. The World Health Organization based
SIU is continuing to investigate the problem and is pressing for corrective action to elim on the prevalence of yellow fever
nate this inequity in the tax laws.
mosquitoes in the oil islands, nota
Seafarers whose ship is in port
Pending such changes. Seafarers ment whereby wages earned at prorated on the tax return so as bly in Curacao, where rain water getting ready to sail should make
are advised that if they should the end of a period covering more to avoid moving into a higher tax is caught and stored for household it a point to keep in> touch with
sign on under longterm articles than one calendar year could be bracket.
use. Quarantine officials, however, the ship at least once every
are willing to take a "calculated twelve hour'period in order to
which carr^ over into a secon4
risk" against yellow fever, rather avoid the needless inconvenience
year, that they should provide for
than impede oil deliveries.
making regular allotments during
and embarrassment of being left •
the coiuse of the voyage. By mak
behind.
ing such fillotments they will be
A provision of the SIU con
in effect receiving wages for the
tract with the shipping opera
purposes of the Internal Revenue
tors calls for posting of the sail
regulations, and will avoid having
ills
ing time at the gangway 12 hours
all their earnings concentrated in
The rapidlygrowing port of New beforehand. With the 40 hour
the second calendar year.
Orleans has announced plans to week in effect, crew schedules
The Bureau of Internal Revenue,
build a new cargo wharf on Thalia provide for considerably more
in response to an SIU query about
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Street to meet the great increase time off than before. Conse
the Fort Bridger case, expressed iiilii
in shipping out of that port since quently it has happened that Sea
the opinion that if a seaman does filll
farers have gone ashore for a
the war.
not demand allotments or draws,
The new wharf will be located longer period of time only to
;
but lets his money ride into the
between Erato and Robin Streets find that the ship had sailed
second calendar year; the total of
in the last vacant space along the when they returned to the pier.
all wages cannot be reported until
Such occurrences are a head
river front strip running between
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the year of actual receipt.
the Public Grain Elevator and the ache for the Seafarer and the
See'Tax Men'
Industrial Canal. It will be about company. The crewmember of
900 feet long and be designed to ten has a lot of gear on board
Hdtwever, beford filing their tax
which has to be returned to him
handle general cargo.
reports, any Seafarers caiiglit in
eventually:
to say nothing of
Additional
port
improvements
this kind of a legal tangle should
No Moslems these, just three crewmembers of the Fort Bridger
consult with their local tax collec
going native in the Persian Gulf to conform with local custom. underway are the widening of the leaving the crew shorthanded or
tor. Tfiere have been reports that
Left to right are Harry Geri, messman; Bill Robinson, DM; and J. Robin Street Wharf and rehabilita having to dig up a replacement
tion of the Erato Street Banana on short notice.
the InternM' dtoven ^permitted • iRlceutti, engine utiiity. The hoys do look prct^ authentic at that.
fieamait) to'
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Korea War Ribbon
Is Proposed For
Merchant Seamen
CS Bosun To Crew:
Take Pride In SIU'
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Lest 635 Ships in 1950
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Indies Quarantine Easing Seen
Tax Snafu Hits Shuffle Crew
Chech Sailing
Time Reguarlg
New Orleans Plans
Added Decking Space
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US Appeal for Seamen
Spurs SI U Discharge Bid
Finnish Seamen
Enjoy 2G Spree
PORTLAND, Me.—Two Fin
nish seamen probably set a
record in hard liquor consump.
tion when they spent $2,200
of their ship's payoff money
on a. tenday crosscountry
bender. The men, Toivo Lu
mio, a radio operator, and
Kurt Gronlund, waiter, took
off on November 19 with the
payroll money of the freighter
Sidius.
In the course of their cross
country hangover special they
visited Boston, Chicago, Los
Angeles and New York. When
asked by the judge what they
did with the money, one re
plied simply, "We drink, we
drink, we drink."
The shipowners have
dropped charges against the
two men who are back on the
freighter again.
A hurried appeal this week by the Maritime Administration for ex
perienced seamen to man ships c^arrying EGA and war cargoes'lo Korea
added more fuel to the campaign initiated by the Seafarers Interna
tional Union for a flat draft defer
ment of experienced seamen.
Since Dore's release, requests
Mail arriving daily at New York from other Union members drafted
headquarters of the SIU rapped into khaki have been piling up.
the shortsighted policy of drafting The Union is^ow combing the
seamen into the armed forces while records of Seafarer applicants seek
ships crammed with essential war ing discharge from the armed
cargo lay idle in US ports for lack forces in order to' serve where
of rated crewmembers to man they're neededmost.
them.
Many hold certificates of contin
The headlined plea by Vice Ad uous service on ships in all battle
miral Edward Cochrane, Maritime fronts in recognition of their war
Administration chairman, brought time records. One writer recalled
a shower of angry mail from famil serving " .. on a ship off Normandy
ies of wartrained Seafarers with Beach on DDay...with Stukas
many months of sea time to their coming in every hour trying to
credit. GI's still in training at knock the h 1 out of you." Despite
stateside camps demanded a clear all his experience, he was not rated
cut answer to their requests for re a veteran. His war and civilian ex
lease so they can return to sea perience as a seamen "didn't
where they're needed immediately. amount to a hill of beans," he com
Editorial comment in daily news mented.
papers over the country has urged Cutting across all shipboard rat
Selective Service and the Maritime ings, the GI's would make a for
Administration to get together on midable
pool of trained manpower
their respective needs so that ex which could
Members of the Sailors Union
be utilized immedi
perienced seamen wouldn't be ately.
of the Pacific began voting Decem
called away from their jobs at a
ber 1 to fill 22 oMcial posts .in the
time when their prime function
union's annual elections. Posts to
is to sail the ships that carry nec
be filled include a secretary
essary defense cargoes.
treasurer, assistant secretary
The Boston Post applauded the
treasurer, five SUP building corpo
release of Seafarer Eugene Dore,
ration trustees, a San Francisco
AB, from the Army after eight Plans for increasing service be dispatcher, and patrolmen and port
months service. Dore was the first tween the Gulf and West African agents in San Francisco, Seattle,
seaman discharged from the armed ports with additional vessels are Portland, Wilmington, Honolulu
forces after a long campaign ini being considered by the SlUcon and New York.
tiated by the SIU and given nation tracted Mississippi Shipping Com
In addition there are two consti
wide notice through the SEAFAR pany, operators of Delta Line tutional amendments and three
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ships.
propositions on the ballot relating
Mississippi's plans are waiting to various changes in the operation
upon the decision of the Federal of the union.
Maritime Board on payment of op
erating subsidies along this route. War Prisoner Benefits
The operators want a verdict on
this question before they will go Are Stiii Avaitable
ahead and buy or construct the ves
Seafarers who had the misfor
sels needed for this service.
tune to fall into enemy hands dur
Seafarers who have to send Hearings are going ahead before ing World War II are still eligible
money home from Japan to meet the commission to determine the to file a claim for prisoner of war
family emergencies or other needs amount of foreign competition benefits. The War Claims Commis
should make sure not to send Yen. which Mississippi faces along this sion, which handles the details,
If they do they will find that the route. The question of operating urges all ex POW's to act at once.
Japanese currency has value only subsidies can then be taken up from Survivors of prisoners who have
died are also eligible.
as a souvenir, since it.cannot be ex this base.
Voting Now Undorway
in SUP Eiociions
Delia May Add Ships
For West Africa Run
Seamen Warned
Japanese Cash
Is Trash Here
changed for dollars here in the
States.
This is just one of several cur
rency^roblems confronting seamen
in Japanese ports, according to the
United Seamen's Service. Pre.sent
currency regulations governing the
Yen provide that it is not convert
ible to other forms of currency
outside of Japan. However, sea
men can remit an allotment from
Japan, or buy travelers checks and
money orders. Bank remittances
can also be sent through American
banks.
The first thing a seaman has to
do on arriving in Japan is to de
clare all American dollars and
travelers' checks at the Japanese
Customs. This can usually be done
at the pier. Upon declaring his
American money, the Seafarer can
get a currency control slip which
entitles him to buy local currency
for spending in the local market.
Limit Draws
Since the Yen can only be spent
in Japan at present, it is advisable
to limit the size of draws. Other
wise a seaman will be stuck with
a sizeable sum of Japanese' cur
rency which will be useless to him
elsewhere.
Seamen in the employ of the
U. S. government (civil service)
are entitled to the use of military
scrip, but those working for private
employers do not have this privi
lege.
All these regulations are subject
to change, when the Japanese
peace treaty is finally ratified by
Congress. This may take a couple
of months yet, so it is advisable
for Seafarers on the Far Ecst run
to become familiar with the restric
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.t|onS|presentlyr existing,
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Laws Tjirough This Year's Session
KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY-^An uneasy, restless, truce hangs ovft
the heads of British troops and Egyptians
as
both sides dig in for a long siege. The Egyptian PailiaMht'^iibrogated
the 1936 treaty which gave the British the right to Station tii^ops in
the canal zone, giving rise to. an outburst of yigUanU action. ,The
latest "incident" led to the death of nine British soldiers and 16 Egyp
tians. The familiies of British soldiers have been removed ffonr^
the zone and barbed wire has gone up around all Briti'Sh military
installations. Meanwhile the Egyptian government is trying to clamp
down on vili^ante groups out of fear that they might decide to turn
their arms against the presdit Egyptian administration and take things
over themselves.
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IT'S ALL IN THE PERCENTAGE—The United States Census Bureau
reports that despite the general level of prosperity in ihe'country for
the last several years, 20. percent of the population gets 47 percent
of the nation's total income. On the bottom of the ladder, the poorest
fifth of the nation takes home only three percent, showing that there's
quite a gap between the top and bottom dogs in our economic picture.
Of course these figures do. not take into account the differing amount
of taxes taken off high and low incomes. The high tax rates on the
upper brackets would tend to reduce the actual proportion of the
nation's wealth in their hands.
FALSE DAWN, OR THE REAL THINGr—Theie have been some
indications of an easing off of the coldwar between the United States
and Russia. Aside from Korean truce prospects, pressure has been
oh at theUN Assembly meeting in Pariis for shme genuine progress
toward disarmament. Secret meetings are being held on this score
between Russia, Britain and France and'the United States, where' it
is assumed tht the customary invective will give way to some realistic
bargaining. Best guess. pnrthe cause of the more reasonable tack be
ing taken by the Soviet Union is internal trouble, in some of the satel
lite nations! Reports' have come through of food riots and other
troubles in Poland, and, in Czechoslovakia, Moscow's No. 1 man,
Rudolph Slansky has been arrested as a "foreign agent.!' The prob
able cause of his downfiU is the drastic downturn in Czechoslovakia's
heavy industry production.
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TV MAKES AN IMPACT—The cost*of admission to one Detroit
motion pictiure theatre has taken a tumble ftom 90 ceiits to 60 cents,
thanks to the drawing power of television. So many people were stay
ing away from the movies that the management of Detroit's Holly
wood Theatre started admitting children under 12 for nothing and
sliced adult tickets as well in an effort to attract trade. Three restau
rants that were also experiencing the TV doldrums have cut prices
to 1939 levels, with expected sensational results.
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HE STILL WON'T TALK—iPractically everybody has been asking
General Eisenhower whether or not he would run for President, but
AFL headquarters in Washington has'been the first to ask the General
where he stands on domestic issues. The editor of the AFL's monthly
magazine, the American Federationist, invited the General to state
his views on such significant questions as Social Security, health in
surance, federal aid to education and the~ like. The General replied
through'one of his aides that he was "pleased" by the request but de
clined comment on the grounds that the "subject does not pertain
directly to his military responsibilities as Supreme Allied Commander."
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SOME PEOPLE HAVE STICKIER FlNGERS^The Assistant U. S.
High Commissioner in Germany, Benjamin Buttenweiser, complains
that too much of the benefits of Germany's economic recovery is go
ing into the hands of welltodo people and business interests. Butten
weiser attributes this development^o the fact that the German govern'*
The first session of the 82nd Congress which ran from January to Octo ment gets most of its revenue from sales taxes, which hurt the low
ber, 19W, enacted 28 laws and passed three resolutions which have di income brackets, instead of a graduated income tax in accordance with
rect or indirect bearing on the maritime industry.
abilitytopay. Furthermore, Buttenweiser says; the Germans don't
Included among the laws passed 4..
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have a reasonable system of sharing the profits of industry with its '
V,
were those covering subsidies and
employees. All of this tends to thwart the development, of a spund
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ship construction, war risk insur Workine on RR
economic base for democratic government.
ance, navigation on the Great
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Lakes and maintenance of canals
rr CERTAINLY TAXES OUR PATIENCE—With a couple of dozen
and other waterways. The aid to
major and minor officials of the Internal • R
evenue Bureau already
India bill providing for shipment
fired
or
"resigned"
because
of
irregularities,
the investigation of tax
of grain was also passed at this
scandals
in
the
government
continues
to
spread.
Key man in the
last session.
inquiry
is
Theron
Lamar
Caudle,
former
Assistant" Attorney
General
The India aid bill allots a maxi
and
former
head
of
the
Justice
Department's
Tax
Division.'
Caudle
mum credit of $190,000,000 during
recently received the ax from President Truman and haa been on
the fiscal years of 1951 and 1952,
the Congressional hot seat for the past few weeks in an investigation
and specifies that 50 percent of
of
his conduct. At least ;;one Congressman, Representative; .Efahk
such grain tonnage must be trans
Boykin
Of Alabama, has been brought into the picture, and Supreme
ported on US flag vesels.
Court
Justice
Tom Clark, former Attorney General, has been asked
Provision for subsidies and
to
testify
on
why
Caudle got the job as head of the .Tax Division in
other maritime funds included
the first
place.
Tax
rates being what they arej any evidence of Whole
$105,000,000 for ship construction
sale tax evasion would' be political dynamite in 1952 elections.
and $20,000,000 for operating dif
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COAL IS STILL KING—Oil may be increasingly, important for heat
were provided for shipyards,
Ing and transport purposes but King Coal still rules the roost on. the
schools, and maintenance of the
production side. Both the western European nations and the Soviets
boneyard fleet.
are being held back in their rearmament drives because of a shortage
Another law passed by Congress
of coking coal needed in the steel industry. Sbnie 30,000,000 tons of
affecting maritime unions was the
coal are scheduled to move out of U. S. ports this winter to help make
amendment to the TaftHartley
up the difference. On the Soviet side, absenteeism in Czechosl,ovakian
Act eliminating the requirement
and Hungarian mines has been an important factor in holding down .
for a Union shop election prior to
output. According to the Hungarian Communist government's figures
the negotiation of union shop
C. E. Forrest, deck engineer, absenteeism among coal miners is running as high as 15 percent. Hard
agreements.
The transfer of $10,000,000 was checks one of the main, deck fit and cold facts of economics dictate that the side that wins the coal
authorized to the war risk insur tings before the Seatrain New battle will have the cold ^var half won. .
, ; , • ^
K/
ance revolving fund in order to York takes on a load of railroad
X
X
f!
MISTAKEN AGAIN—We gave yoa the bum steer Wbeh We said in
provide such insurance for private
lyowned vessels when commercial freight cars, tracks for which are our last issue that air mail and fiKt efasis rates are going up on '
insurancie is terminated or is not seen in background. Lester Moore January 1. Postcard goes to two cents and parcel pos^ goes up as well
ayaijsible at reasonable rates; ^ j», A^as, {[he t jensman. ? .
rates stay the Same.* (AH WAto«n!;sdy Is 'tOops we're sanT/'V^ ^t'?
; but
�Mday/DccieBbM> 14.^UB1
SEAFARERS LOG
SlU Bids. Is Shelter In Air Raid Test
Page Sevia
EC A Ship Breakout
Hailed As Success
The calculated gamble by the ECA that a withdrawal of ships from
"I Further clarification of the regn
the boneyard was dictated by the Korean crisis paid off with a saving
lations covering seatnen'i validated
of $90,000,000 by the government and stepped up movement of coal
and grain to free nations abroad.f
"papers has hem Issued by the
An SIU headquarters official this
Coast Guiurd in a lett^.sent to all
week praised the program initiated
maritime .labor junions.and opera
by the Economic Cooperation Ad
tors in the shipping industry. The
ministration which, he said, has
Coast Guard notice states that all
proven itself sound after a year of
seamen must possess either vali
operation. He further noted the
dated papers or temporaiy letters
program had produced prosperity
of authorization, as a condition of
all along the line for shipyard and
employment on merchant vessels
marine workers generally.
The Justice Department warn*
of the United States. .
The cash saving to the govern all aliens they must submit cur
ment arose via the use of reserve rent address reports between New
Such vessels are defined as
governmentowned ships under
those of 100 gross tons or more
Year's Day and January 11. Resi
general agency agreements with dent aliens at sea must report to
engaged in the foreign trade, in
private operators and a controlled the nearest US Immigration and
tercoastal trade, coastwise trade to
charter rate setup.
Alaska and Hawaii and the Great
Naturalization Office upon arrival
A report for the year by ECA m an American port and bring dis
' Lakes trade.
indicated that it had exceeded a charges to show they were at sea
The ships covered are further
statutory provision calling for use during this period.
defined as being in trade whether
or jiot they are at anchor, made
Neighborhood worker hurries into SIU headquarters building on' of available American flag vessels It was emphasized that the ad
fast to a dock, loading .or unload
way up to second floor shelter as air raid sirens sound in New York to carry at least 50 percent of the dress report is an attnual require
ing pas^ngers or cargo, or in idle
City test drill, held on November 27. Headquarters has set up an cargo to free nations as well as ment and is not to be confused
status, awaiting passengers or air warden post in the building and all staff members have been half the strategic imports to this with alien registration itself. An
country.
cargo. Even temporary or standby
instructed on measures to take in an emergency.
alien residing in the US on Janu
The program got underway, the ary 1 must make the address re
employees are required to have
report noted, when the ECA ad port every year, regardless of
papers. ,
vanced $56,000,000 of its own^funds whether or not he previously reg
While the requirement for vali
to the Maritime Administration for istered as an alien or previously
dated papers does not apply to
setting up the general agency ar reported his address, with but two
vessels in the coastwise trade
rangement.
exceptions.
other than those to Alaska and
The risk involved originally in These cover aliens temporarily
Hawaii, persons who have been
advancing the program, was that
refused papers and denied security
The day when seamen will lose their pi'ominence in the list of haz should the Korean conflict come to admitted to the country who have
clearance cannot work on such ardous occupations drew closer this month when the State Department a sudden end, shipping would have not overstayed their authorized
period of admission, and students
vessels.
announced a new International Safety of Life at Sea Convention goes bogged down to the point where whose admission period has not ex
Should a shipping operator em
the refitted layup ships would have pired and who have not violated
ploy a person who has been de into effect next November.
been a total loss. Sound intuition any of the conditions of their ad
international
agreements,
timede
Although few safeguards are pro
clared, ineligible, 'both the em
lay clauses are included to permit in apprising the length of the con mission.
ployer and the person employed vided in the code for securing con
Form 153 for submitting the re
shippers
in member nations to ob flict and, more important, the ur
wouldbe subject to fino and im formance of member nations to the tain required
apparatus and enable gency of not neglecting shipment ports will be available in post of
prisonment under the law.
of vital cargoes to Europe saved fices throughout the Continental
code, it is hoped that uniform reg revision of affected statutes.
the day and met the ship crisis. US, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico
ulations will serve as a lever to A further advance in sea safety
and the 'Virgin Islands after the
prod maritime nations other than are revised anticollision regula
first of the year. Notice of any ad
the 15 which approved them to join tions for "rules of the road" which
dress change during the period in
will go into effect when the large
in adopting the convention.
between annual address reports
majority of maritime nations in the
should also be filed promptly, the
The safety code regulates life world approve it. Thirtytwo have
Rats, lice and beatings are the
Department cautioned.
dhily fare of seanien aboard the boats, lifesaving and firefighting already accepted this convention,
Failure to comply with the law
equipment on all
types qf
ships and
which
would
replace an
antiquated
Panamanian ship, SS George
subjects aliens,
upon conviction, to
wliicii was described as a "floating calls for regular fire and boat drills code adopted in 1890.
fines or imprisonment, or both.
on cargo and passenger ships of
The
present
practice
of
cancel
coffin" by a representative of the
ing any. liability on either side
Swedish Seafarers Union, an affili more than 1,600 gross tons. Cargo
vessels above this tonnage would
when two American ships are in
ate of the International Transport
be required to keep continuous rar
volved in an accident at sea has
workers Federation.
dio watch and be equipped with
been taken over the jumps by Cir
As soon as the ship docked at radio direction finders.
cuit Court Judge Leonard Hand, a
the port of Lulea nine sick crew
With US steel mills turning out
It was pointed out that while the
leading authority on admiralty
men and the second mate quit the international rules are generally in
metal at recordbreaking levels the
law.
ship Avhile three other men stayed effect on American flag vessels,* An important test of coastwise
Urging the owners to institute Great Lakes ore trade has moved
aboard because they were too weak most other nations have been lax shipping rights currently possessed a system of proportionate liabil a total of
million tons of iron
to leave. The Swedish union, in in such lifesaving practices. Sig
ore
in
the
shipping
season now
ity
whereby
each
would
pay
his
vestigating conditions found that natories of the convention included by the Seatrain Lines is now un part of the freight for loss of life ending. This is more than has
the crew had been treated with the United States, United King der way in Federal Court in Alex and damages. Judge HaiTd assert been moved in any year except
Utmost brutality with several men dom, Denmark, France, Italy, the andria, Va. Fortyone Eastern ed that the practice as it now ex 1942.
suffering beatings.
The ore tonnage movement fell
Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, Railroads who unsuccessfully op isted was unfair in the extreme.
, Crew quarters were so badly in all in the more than 1,000,000 gross posed Seatrain's application before
He strongly advocated sharing slightly shy of the goal of 90,000,
fested with rats and lice that the ton class;* and Canada, Iceland, the ICC to run into Savannah, Ga., of liability among American ship 000 tons set when the shipping
rats were said to' jump right into New Zealand, Pakistan, Portugal, have appealed the ICC ruling to pers where collisions at sea caused season started in the spring. Ore
tha seamen's buqks. On one occa Union of South Africa and Yugo the courts.
loss of life and personal injuries moved in the warmer months is
The railroads, vvhich include the as well as damage to cargoes and stockpiled at steel mills along the
'.sipn a crewmember reported that slavia.
shores of Lake Erie and Michigan
.t^e ship sailed through a North. Ratifying procedure required at Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, vessels.
Sea area not yet declared free of east seven nations to have a mil Southern Railway and other impor
A further recommendation called for use during the winter months
i^es because the captain wanted lion or more tons of merchant tant lines, claim that Seatrain's for was' that shipowners be made when the northern ore ports
to save a couple of hours en route. ships afloat. As is usual with such operations "duplicate" services absolute insurers of ships' person freeze over.
provided by the roads, and, further, nel instead of the present setup
that Seatrain is using railroad box where they carry only a limited
cars without compensation for liability in this regard.
them.
* The SIU membership is proud of its Union as a group of hard . Seatrain in turn has filed a coun
The unceasing support and
tersuit in Federal Court in Tren
working responsible Seafarers who know the importance of doing ton, N. J., charging the railroads
contributions of the member
their job well in order to protect their contract gains and safe
ship to the LOG are the prime
have combined in violation of the
factors behind the complete
antitrust laws to restrain competi
guard themselves on the job.
overhauling job evident in this
Another on the list of fast
tion from Seatrain and cast ob
The membership has long been on record to weed out the small
stacles in the way of expanded dwindling holdout ships on the issue and the one before it.
' minority of pilferers, junkies, performers and other undesirables. service. It is also applying for a Canadian West Coast is now imder The A&G District's official
'We cannot tolerate these distupters aboard our ships, nor can we
permanent permit before the ICC the SIU banner, with seamen on newspaper, in the past a lead
ing publication in the labor
the Northern Express (Sea Trans
permit; them to drag down the good name and reputation of our on the New YorkSavannah run.
press field, has been improved
portation Ltd) signing up 100 per
Seafarers
have
an
important
Union.
in appearance and increased in
stake in the outcome of the law cent with the Canadian District.
''' ' With the many newcomers entering the shipping industiy today, suits, since Seatrain has been ex
Negotiations are expected to be size and coverage. The LOG
panding its coastwise service of opened with the company shortly is now by far the finest labor
'Seafarers must be vigilant to detect and expose irresponsible
newspaper in the country.
late, and claims it could add to its for an SlU contract for all unli
characters who think that they can get by on SIU ships with these
Because of the staunch mem
operations if not for hindrances censed personnel, including purs
I.,)undesirables practices. We hereby serve notice that charges will placed in its way by raili'oad inter ers.
bership backing of the paper
• be placed andsevere penalties will be imposed on all men guilty ests. Coastwise trade in general The Canadian district is current
and its greater news content,
^ of performing on the job, or having marijuana or other narcotics has been in a decline for several ly conducting a drive to bring the headquarters will this week be
years, due to railroad competition, few remaining nonSIU companies gin sending two copies of the
,^ Wj thei|r posses
SIU phip or in the vicinity of
LOG to every ship instead of
but the Seatrain mode of opera to heel and provide crewmen on
^a.SITJ ,hall.
the usual single copy.
tion
has
thus far
proved successful
those
ships
with
the
benefits of
an
J '' .i ^
in meeting freight competition.
SIU contract.
Jan. 11 Deadline
Set for Annual
Alien Report
Fifteen Nations Sign
New Sea Safety Code
DiseaseRidden Panama
Ship l eaded With Rats
Judge Urges Operalors
To Share Expenses
Of Ship Accidents
SealrainRR Rhubarb
On Coastwise Trade
Hits Federai Courts
Lakes Ore Tonnage
Foul''ups Wanted: Keep Out!
ianadian SIU Organizes
West Coast Seamen
I
"
tte'
i|,.
IILSV^'
Nov LOG Result
Of Member Aid
I
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�Wr^,peemher 14. 1951^
SEAFARERS LOG
Pare Elrhi
PORT MtEPORTS....
Stonewall Jackson (Waterman); ject and urged the older men to
mittees during his stay on the Boston:
Council Grove and Bradford Is^nd give the new permitmen a break
beach and a great help during the
(Cities Service); Catahula (National and try to help them get used to
various dinners put on by the
Nav.); Julesburg (Term Tanker); Union standards and the Union
Union in New Orleans.
Clearwater
Victory (Isthmian); W. way of doihg things, so that they
Johnny Picou is well known
E. Downing (State Fuel); Trinity can work In with the crew and
hereabouts. He's played an active
(Carras); Federal (Trafalger); Eve make for a smoothlyoperating
role in all SIU
The shipping outlook continues lyn (Bull); Santa Venetia (Elan); gang.
Nothing to kick about down here strikes and was
pretty fair in Boston although we Sea Comet (Zenith); Robert Clark
The men out here are keenly
with everything running along a volunteer or
dropped
off a bit from the last son and Justo Arosemena.
interested in the details of the new
pretty smoothly and shipping still ganizer during
two weeks. We had three payoffs
hall. We had a discussion on the
going on at a fair pace. As before, the Isthmian fra
here and one sign on, with Cities This activity is very welcome to subject as well as on the Welfare
all hands interesting in moving out cas.
the boys on
the beach
here. There's
Service tankers suppli^ng most of
Plan and Vacation Plan which the ,
can do so from here any time they
Picou has been
the activity. Paying off were the no trouble in catching a ship when fellows feel is one of the best
want to if they're not looking for on the beach
Julesburg (Term. Tankers) and the they are junning as heavily aS they things that has ever happened Jn
a particular ship or run.
since midOcto
Lone Jack and French Creek are.
the SIU. They are all looking for
Keith Alsop,
Due in for payoff and then to ber and is now
(Cities Service). The Lone Jack
ward to collecting those vacation
Galveston
Port
Agent.
waiting
for
a
go to drydock is the Del Mar (Mis
Picou
signed on again on foreign articles
checks
and hope to have them in
sissippi). Quite a few of the boneyard Liberty
after running in here on the coast
4 4 4
time for the holidays.
out
of
this
port.
This
may
seem
a
brothers lying in wait for her in
wise service.
Lloyd Gardner
the hope of getting on and out be big stretch to spend on the beach, There was only one beef on the Savannah:
West Coast Representative,
but
it's
probably
due
to
his
be
fore the holidays, but she'll prob
Lone Jack. The men were complain
4 4 4
ably drydock for a month or six ing on the SS Morning Light ing that the washing machine was
weeks. When she does crew up (Waterman) 13 months with Cap hot working properly. Arrange
Wilmington:
again there will be a mad scramble tain Moline. There are a lot of ments were made to have it re
between the old crew trying to get good and bad things to be said of paired by the shore gang in Provi
back and the newcomers eager to all stewards but you can't say a dence.
Shipping slowed down in the
thing to a stew that can put up We have had another picket line
try her out.
port of Savannah over the past two
with
that
skipper for
over a
year.
The Del Rio (Mississippi) and
thrown up here by the CIO Marine weeks, although there was enough
Lindsey J. Williams
Alcoa Partner (Alcoa) were the
Engineers Beneficial Association
Both shipping and the weather
New Orleans Port Agent on the Isthmian ship. Steel Flyer activity to keep things moving
only two payoffs here since the last
along. We crewed up two ships, are in a deep freeze at this 4)01:1
meeting but the outlook for the
which pulled in at the Boston Army one for South Atlantic and one for with no payoffs and no signons
4" 4"
coming period is pretty good be
base. The longshore gang went Alcoa, and paid off one.
showing up in the past two weeks.
cause of eight scheduled for pay Seattle:
right to work on the ship for the We expect a little pickup in the However, we did have seven ships
offs. Shipping should be very good
first day, but the MEBA is con next two week period what with in transit and things being what
too with many members getting
tinuing to picket the ship. We hope three payoffs expected, the High they are, there are not too many
off because of the holidays.
to have a little more detail on this Point Victory (South Atlantic); men on the beach.
Two boneyard ships for Missis
story in the next report to the LOG. Daniel Willard (Bloomfield); and
In transit were four ore vessels
sippi, the Cape Remain and Henry
Some of the boys we have had
of the Calmar Company, the
Meggs, are due^ to crew up this Shipping up here in the North in port recently are Fish Rubery, Southland (South Atlantic).
At our last membership meeting Alamar, Portmar, Yorkmar, and
month and several other honeyed west is running along nicely and Ben Boudreau, Don Hodge, Gene
residents are due out aroUnd the keeping the men circulating off Dakin, Art Forcier and Mike De here it was decided to hold our Massmar; two Waterman ships, the
Christmas party on December 21. Fairport and Yaka; and the Mar
first of the year.
the beach. We had the Choctaw Lellox.
We are planning for a fine affair garet Brown (Bloomfield).
(Waterman) in for a payoff and
16 InTransits
James Sheehan
and
are sure that all the boys who
All in all, the branch has enough
Boston Port Agent are with us in the beach will have men on the beach to fill most jobs,
Since our last report, the Angus signon In the past two weeks, as
McDonald (Mississippi) and James well as four ships intransit taking
4" 4 4" '
one good time.
but we are very badly in need of
K. Walker (Bloomfield) crewed up a few men. The intransits were
engine room ratings: firemen
The
members
didn't
limit
the
and are set for a European run. the Las Vegas Victory (Isthmian); Galveston:
good cheer to the SIU either. They watertenders and oilers. They can
Massmar and
Seamar (Calmar)
and
Two other signons were the Alcoa
voted a $25 Christmas contribution ship out at will from here and take
Partner and Del Valle (Missis the Ocean Mail, an SUP ship.
to laundry workers who are on their pick of runs.
The
Chocktaw
was
far
and
away
sippi).
strike at
the new EEW Laundry.
Grocery Strike
Intransits total 16 ships, in one of the best payoffs to hit this
port
in
a
long
time.
.She
had
a
Voting for A&G officers con
Although shipping has been slow
cluding: Seatrains Georgia, New
This port continues to hop and tinues to add up with another 20 we have had quite a bit of excite
Jersey, Texas (Seatrain); Monarch 5Vimonth voyage behind her when
she came
in here.
But, despite that
bustle
with plenty of SIU ships members casting ballots at our last ment here. There was a small out
of the Seas, Morning Light, Stone
break of dysentery on the Sea
wall Jackson, Thomas Haywood,, long period of time, there was no coming and going on all sides. The meeting.
clipper down in' Mexico with the
E. B. Tilley
Jeff Davis (Waterman); Alcoa disputed overtime on her nor any boom we have felt on the Gulf
Savannah Port Agent result that foxm men were hospi
Ranger, Roamer, Cavalier (Alcoa); beefs of any kind. That was what Coast for the past month is really
going strong, with eight payoffs and
talized. The branch here had to
Clearwater Victory (Isthmian); Del you call a contented SIU crew.
4 4 4
The Maritime Engineers Benefi signons as well as a grand total
fly down replacements for the sick
Valle, Del Rio (Mississippi); Jo
crewmembers. On the local labor
seph Priestley (Bloomfield) and cial Association, bounced by the of 23 ships in transit through here. S^n Francisco:
California courts, has started its
We had payoffs on the Martin
front, there is a strike going in
Santa Venetia (Mar Trade).
in retail grocery stores. Our SIU
We've got no big beefs pending disruption here. An Isthmian ship, McCarver and William S. Graham
boys have been out on picket duty
and nothing unusual coming up on the Las Vegas Victory, is tied up (Waterman): Bertram Goodhue and
with the clerks and we are backing
ships arriving in port. The usual now, but an injunction is expected Citadel Victory (Mississippi); Cath
this beef up 100 percent.
run of minor things were taken very shortly, which should change erine (Bull); Genevieve Peterkin
(Bloomfield); Fort Hoskins (Cities
One of the Seafarers we havo
care of to the satisfaction of all the situation.
There
was no
membership meet
Service);
and the Liberty Flag The shipping outlook continues
had in port hero
hands involved.
to look pretty good in the Golden
is Charles F.
Our last meeting was short and ing this week, due to lack of a (Gulf Coast).
Schembri who
orderly with the only new busi quorum. But all hands who are All of these ships tumec around Gate port, with a number of ships
sails as a chief
ness a motion to support the AFL around the hall are agreed that the and signedon in the twoweek pe due to come in for payoff. As it is
cook. Charley
Insurance Agents 1Snd New Or new look on the LOG goes over riod, which really kept us going to important for us to be able to crew
up these vessels when they turn
says he is a very
leans Local 67 in their strike very fine and makes a very hand man them.
InTransits Heavy
around, we have been urging Sea
lucky man to be a
against the Prudential Insurance some SIU newspaper, one that our
boys
can
rightfully
be
proud
of.
The
intransits
have
been
run
farers
out here to take the ships
member of tho
Company. This strike is nation
Among a few of the oldtimers ning heavy here. We have had as they come up. Otherwise we
best and most
wide and the union here, although
militant union in
small, only 24 members, is out we have on our beach here are three Seatrains coming through— are hard put to find enough expe
William McKay, M. Pappadakis and the New Jersey, New York and rienced men to balance off the new
the maritime in'
100% on the picket line.
Schembri
Georgia; the David Johnson, Del hands that are shipping these days.
dustry. In tho
Their representative was at our M. Grison.
Jeff Morrison
Valle and Del Rio (Mississippi); the
At our last meeting several four years he has sailed with the
meeting and was well received by
Seattle Port Agent Jeff Davis, Maiden Creek and brothers took the deck on this sub SIU he has watched the Union get
the membership, which went on
bigger and better. There is one
record urging full support to the
thing that has him worried, how
strikers and to contact headquar
ever. He says that if we get any
ters to see what financial aid could
more improvements everybody is
be extended to the men.
going to quit working ashore and
Although they're a small union
go to sea. Not that he can blame
in their field, their actions in the
them for doing that, but somebody
strike are being watched by agents
hais to stay on the shoreside jobs.
from the various insurance outfits
Shipping from November 22 to December 5
Other oldtimers we have on tho
in the port. There are over 1,500
SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL beach here are Ted Thompson,
REG.
REG.
REG. TOTAL SHIP.
agents in the area and if the Pru
PORT
DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK
ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Babe Aulicino, Cal Wilson and
dential strike comes off successful
Perry Brothers.
ly it will be only a matter of a Boston
35
19
19
73
39
23
16
78
With the approach of Christmas
short time before all of them wiU New York
218
193
195
606
157
159
181
497
we have been getting some appro
be under the AFL banner.
35
31
39
105
41
96
29
26
priate frosty weather. The boys are
Ninetyeight votes cast since the Philadelphia
Baltimore
159
108
116
383
148
114
399
137
beginning to break out their winter
last report on A&G elections, for
124
90
87
301
105
58
85
248
coats and fur lined jackets and tho
a total of 662 since the balloting Norfolk
68
25
Savannah
32
27
25
84
25
18
girls are beginning to drop hiiits
started.
21
6
Tampa
il
6
10
27
0
6
Oldtimer Around
about how nice and warm they
204
52
would be in mink. Come to think
49
36
30
115
72
80
On the ballotmg committee here Mobile
of it this shouldn't be too hard as
44
and urging everyone not to forget New Orleans
87
62
57
206
99
82
225
mink is just slightly higher priced
to use his vote is brother John W.
46
162
53
Galveston
54
42
38
134
63
than a good steak.
Picou, a member of the SIU since West Coast
25
91
£8
79
47
39
165
38
Sam Cohen
1941 with all steward department
Wilmington Fort Agent'
ratings. He's been active on com
593
2,089.
700
TOTALS
883
661
655
2,199
796
New Orleans:
CS Tankers Providing
Bulk of Port Activity
Insurance Strikers
Get SlU Pledge
Slackoff Hlis Shipping;
Ohrlsfmas Parly Sal All's Qnlet, Except
For Grocery Strike
All's Well In Shipping;
I Payoff, 4 Transits
Port Humming Along
On Maritime Boom
Brothers Urge Giving
Hand le Hew Men
A&Gmamm RMCORD
�Sdyj .tl
ennb i
.Viiiar^SeMaAw 14. IMl •
SMAFARERS IPG
Faf NiMi
PORT REPORTS
fiats and other ills, our trio arrived off in good shape. We had Ub like to bring out to the member' Mobiie:
in this port and registered. Broth overtime troubles or anything that ship. One of them is in regard
ers Cheshire, Reed and Mclntyre could not be taken care of right at to the loss of permits. Many
decided to overhaul the buggy, and the payoff.
permitman lose them and have to
bought a few tools for that pur
The voting in A&G elections is apply for duplicates, not realiz
pose. At last report, they have running fairly well, with a total of ing that a duplicate permit will
opened up a second hand auto 510 votes cast up through the 5th cost them $4. We would rather Mobile continues to be a good
These past two weeks have been parts lot and can supply out of that of December. The vote is running that the men would use more
at>out soso as fw as shipping is one car parts for any make or mod slighUy under last year's, due to care and hold onto their permits. place to ship out of as the payoffs
concerned. The tubs have been hit el at a moment's notico'. It just the fact that we have relatively They can save themselves $4 and and sign ons are coming along fine
ting this port in spurts. We will shows you what our members can few fellows on the beach in the last we can avoid an excessive amount with future prospects looking good.
Alcoa and Waterman provided
have two or three ships one day, do If they are so minded.
couple of months. All the votes of filing and bookkeeping. In most of the business for us here
then all is still for awhile until Among the oldtimers resting on cast so far have been in order, with many instances the lost permits as we had nine payoffs and seven
prestochango, another flock of the beach here we find one of our no Ciiallenges or void ballots.
will turn up in the wrong hands sign ons in the two week period..
scows hit port. Then all is hustle early members. Brother Donald That's all we have for now, as and will be used by someone who Another nine payoffs are due in
until they depart. We settle down
Horn, who holds we have been tied up with Union is not entitled to it.
the next couple of weeks.
In our rocking chair and glean the
Book G166 hav business in the past couple of
I would like to remind the Paying off were the Monarch of
daily local paper to see if by
ing transferred weeks.
Stewards who are going out on the Sea, Morning Light, Lafayette
chance we can leam something of
Earl Sheppard,
from the AFL
ships over the Christmas holidays and Maiden Creek (Waterman);
interest but seldom do we find any
Baltimore Port Agent. about stocking up on supplies. and the Roamer, Ranger, Cavalier,
Seaman's Union
thing of importance.
In Mobile In Jan
There have been several com Clipper and Patriot (Alcoa). Sign,
t> t> 3^
In the past two weeks we have
uary 1939. He
plaints from the stewards that the ons were the Roamer, Ranger and
had the Winter ffiU, Bents Fort,
has been a part New York:
companies were failing to provide Patriot for Alcoa; Thomas Hey
Boyal Oak and Cantigny, all of
of the growth of
them with the extras which are wood, Lafayette and Maiden Creek
Cities Service, dropping in here.
the SIU, having
usually carried to prepare special for Waterman and Catherine (Dry
The Del Rio (Mississippi) also paid
served on all
Christmas dinners. If you run Trans).
Horn
us a surprise visit for a few hours.
types of ships'
into this problem while checking In addition to the abovelisted
She almost got in and out before under contract. During the war he
your stores, notify the Union haU load of shipping we had four in
we knew it, _but due to a wide sailed to all zones. When on the The affairs qf. this branch are immediately and we will see that transits, the Maiden Victory and
awake delegate who called up, we beach he was always found at all in good order * nth shipping hav you get the necessary supplies. Del Valle (Mississippi); Steel
got there in time to say bon voyage meetings, ready to serve on any ing improved nnsiderably in the
Maker (Isthmian) and the PT Ex
Handling Beefs
as she was in fine shape. We also committee and did his share in all past two weelis. During this period
plorer.
put a couple of men on the AraPac strikes.
there were 24 payoffs and seven There have been quite, a few
Firsthand Report
California (AmerPacific SS Co.) an Don says that the SIU headquar sign ons with no major beefs. cases recently of men who have We were fortunate to get an eye
SUP ship which came into Port ters building is "Topsin anything Everything that came up was set gotten off ships in the outports witness account of our new SIU
under mutual consent and then
Arthur.
that I have ever read about or tled at the time of payoff to the have come to this port with beefs. headquarters in Brooklyn from
We almost cleaned out the hall heard about. It's got everything." satisfaction of all concerned.
Brother Ralph Guito who recently
when we shipped a load of men Re says further that if some one The big difference between the These beefs should have been set arrived from New York on the De
out on the Winter Hill as all the had told him in 1939 that some day number of payoffs and sign ons is tled at the port in which they paid Soto, a Waterman scow. Guito
off. If you are paying off a ship
boys were getting off her for we would have this type of service explained by the fact that many at a time when no regular payoff couldn't find words of praise high
of
the
ships
paying
off
continued
Christmas.
enough for the new building and
for the members he would have
is being held and there is no
The outlook for the coming two thought that the brother speaking on around on coastwise articles patrolman present, you should re it certainly has stimulated the de
weeks is good as we expect about like that was a little off his bean. before resigning on foreign arti port any dispute to the agent or sire of the boys down here to see
the place.
ten Cities Service ships in here But here it is. He feels that we cles.
official in that particular port.
during that time. If another batch must ever be alert and keep on Paying off here were the Caro You can get prompt action on a He also spoke highly of the new
of boys get off them for Christmas fighting to hold and improve what lyn, Elizabeth, Arlyn, Beatrice, beef while the ship is there and SIU LOG which he says looks like
as expected, our hall here will look we now enjoy, and by keeping good Suzanne, Montebello Hills, Kath the company agent.and union rep a real newspaper especially the
way it is laid out.
like a ghost town. At this writing wideawake officials at the head of ryn, Puerto Rico (Bull Line); the resentative are present to clarify
After reading the
we have seven AB's on hand, two our Union, we will stay on top. Seatrains' New Jersey, New York, matters.
LOG thoroughly
FWT's, two cooks and plenty of
Since receiving the latest issue Georgia and Texas; Lone Jack,
When you leave that port and go
I say that the
nonrated men.
of the LOG about the new building, Bradford Island and Government to another port to
present the beef,
LOG staff should
we visited all AFL Unions in this Camp (Cities Service); Steel Ap then we have to correspond with
AB's Needed
prentice and Steel Seafarer (Isth
be commended
I don't know how long the rated area and distributed copies. We mian); Louis Emery Jr. (Victory); the company's agents and the
for
a job well
have
had many
telephone calls
and
men will stick around for they like
Union officials in the various
De
Pauw
Victory
(South
Atlantic);
done.
Although I
to see lots of jobs even if tjiey visits from plenty of AITL members Sea Gale (Ocean Carriers); Calmar ports before we can do anything
am not a news
praising our
new place.
don't ship. However, I believe the
(Calmar); Sand Captain (Const. about it.
paper man, I do
Leroy Clarke
lovely gals in this city will keep
Aggregates);
Stoney Creek A number of crews of ships
know that there
Lake
Charles
Port Agent
them interested long enough for
Guito
(M'Trade); Golden City (Water which are out at sea have been
is no comparison
us to ship them out before they
man) and William E. Downing writing to the SEAFARERS LOG between the new and the old LOG.
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get too deeply involved. However,
for clarifications of the contract. The different arrangements of the
(State Fuel).
the gals in this here neck of the Baltimore:
• Signons were the Wild Ranger Write your stories and points of space in the new LOG gives a
woods are a determined lot, so all
and Chikasaw (Waterman); Steel interest into the LOG, but where greater coverage for the various
we can say is, "Boys, be careful,
Chemist (Isthmian); Robin Hood you want'clarifications on the con articles that are put in it, and the
we need AB's."
and Robin Mowbray (Seas Ship tract or have a beef with the com wider coverage of pictures so that
Shoreside Saga
ping); Logans Fort (Cities Service) pany, write to the Assistant Secre a member can keep up with former
Three of our wandering brothers
taryTreasurer at Headquarters.
and Seagale (Ocean Carriers).
shipmates when he sees their pic
who paid off o!\ the West Coast de
The shipping boom is booming This poft's biggest payoff in (Suite a few men have been com tures and reads the articles. Again
cided to beat the high cost of travel biggpr than ever in the port of Bal the past two weeks was the Lo ing up here and inquiring about I say thanks for a job well done.
by buying a car." So they pooled timore, with ships coming and go gans Fort (Cities Service) which disputed overtime checks from
Cal Tanner
their cabbage and became the ing almost every day. From the was out nine montiis. She came Cities Service. We no longer keep
Mobile Port Agent
proud owners of a late model looks of things this happy condi in very clean with only a few these checks at the Union hall. All
4.
4.
(1938) Chevrolet.for the grand sum tion is due to continue in the next minor disputes that were settled outstanding overtime beefs with
Norfolk
of $50 and three coon skins, the few weeks, which means plenty of very easily on the spot. In the Cities Service have been settled
latter contributed by a loyal son jobs out of the port.
entire ninemonth period there and a list of men who have checks
of Louisiana. After filling up with We had 25 ships paying off, six was only one replacement, that coming appears in this issue of the
water, gas, oil anrf air (the car, teen signing on and eight in tran being for a man who had to be LOG. These checks can be picked
that is), they took off for the Bayou. sit, which adds up to quite a load hospitalized. The crew is to be up at 23 Pearl Street, the Per
About halfway between San of business. Despite the big totals, commended for a job well done sonnel Office for Cities Service.
It's the same old story from
Francisco and Los Angeles the things ran very smoothly with only aboard this vessel.
Claude Simmons..
down here, and even more so.
chariot gave a wheeze and stopped a few beefs and all ships paying There are a few points I would
Asst. SecTreas.
Shipping continues to be excellent
dead. Upon examination our trio
in this port and considering all the
discovered that the tank was empty
sailings and payoffs there has been
because of a hole in it. But being
very
little in the way of beefs. All
resourceful boys they plugged it
disputes have been settled at the
with chewing gum, procured two
payoff.
gallons of gas and set off again.
With the trend of shipping as it
Los Angeles was made and passed
is out of here, this port is in great
SEATTLE
2700 1st Ave.
without any further mishaps, then
Canadian District
SIU, A&G District
JeK Morrison, Agent
Seneca 4570
need of all ratings. Any Seafarer
on to the desert, loaded with bot BALTIMORE
14 North Gay St. TAMPA
18091811 N. Franklin St. MONTREAL
463 McGiU St.
Earl Sheppard, Agent
Mulberry 4540 Ray White, Agent
Phone 21323
tles (of water).
MArquette 5909 who wants to be assured of steady
BOSTON
276 State'St. WILMINGTON, CaUf... .440 Avalon Blvd. HALIFAX, N.S
128V4 Hollis St. employment for the next few
All went well, and everyone James Sheehan, Agent
Richmond 20140 Sam Cohen, Agent
Terminal 42874
Phone: 38911 months should come down to Nor
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn.
breathed a huge sigh when the des
FORT WILLIAM.... 118V4 Syndicate Ave. folk. We can use all the men we
GALVESTON
SOBVii 23rd St.
SECRETARYTREASURER
ert was passed. The boys went Keith Aisop. Agent
Ontario
Phone: 33221
Phone 28448
Paul HaU
1419 Ryan St. HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES PORT COLBORNE
across Arizona and New Mexico LAKE CHARLES, La
.103 Durham St. can get hold of and then some.
Ciarke, Agent
Phone fi.'>744
Jos Algina
Robert Matthews
Ontario
Phone: 5391 So all you fellows who are up in
into the Lone Star State. Suddenly LeRoy
Joseph Volpian
MOBILE
1 South Lawrence St.
TORONTO. Ontario
86 Colborne St. New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
Phone 21754
our No. 1 hero. Brother Cheshire, Cal Tanner. Agent
Elgin 5719
SUP
NEW ORLEANS
523 BienvUie St.
and other cities around here who
decided the carburetor was not giv Lindsey
617V4 Cormorant St.
HONOLULU
16 Merchant St. VICTORIA. B. C
WiUiams, Agent
Empire 4531 are in a big hurry to ship out, just
Phone 58777
ing all the results it should. He" de
Magnolia 61126113
565 Hamilton St. come down to Norfolk and we can
Ill W. Burnside St. VANCOUVER. B. C
675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn PORTLAND
cided to fix it so that they could NEW YORK
Pacific 7824
Beacon 4338
STerUng 84671
SYDNEt.
N.S
304
Charlotte St. take care ' of you without any
RICHMOND.
CALIF
257
5th
St.
get 30, miles per gallon out of it. NORFOLK
127129 Bank St.
Phone 6346 trouble.
Phone 2599
Ben
Rees.
Agent
Phone 41083
Taking his trusty hammer in hand PHILADELPHIA
20 Elgin St.
450 Harrison St. BAGOTVILLE. Quebec
337 Market St. SAN FRANCISCO
That's all we have for now as we
Phone: 545
Douglas 28383
he started to work. After a few S. Cardullo. Agent
Market 71635
37 Ormont St. have been pretty busy and do not
86 Seneca St. THOROLD. Ontario
FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St. SEATTLE
welltimed taps, the carburetor fell SAN
Phone: 33202
Kahi 02S0
Lloyd Gardner. Agent
Douglas 23475
113 Cote De La Montague have much time for writing.
apart. Result was a new one had to SAN JUAN, PR
440 Avalon Blvd. QUEBEC
252 Ponce de Leon WILMINGTON
Quebec
Phone: 27078
r
Terminal 43131
Ben Rees
Sal CoUs, Agent
b^procured,.(a
'
675 4th Ave., Brooklyn SAINT JOHN..... .177 Prince WilUsftn iSt.
MVANNAH.....,...Abercorn S( NEW YORK
' • ' ^
Norfolk Port Agent
N.B.
Phone: 23049
"» i ^Finally# after ur score of assorted' B. TUley. Xgeiit ^
STerUng 84671
Phone Jl'
Lake Chariest
Shipping Outlook, LOG
Are Boih Bright Spots
Hall Becomlag Ghost
Town as Ratings Sail
Port Pickup Continues
As Payoffs Increase
Boom Keeps Grewing;
Fulnre Oulleek Good
Shipping Boom Going
Strong WithonI Loiup
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IN THE WAKE
Never monkey with a shark. Not the Salton Sea. He sailed 'em all,
The changing nature of the sea In contrast, Sheehan said, on his
all sharks are maneaters,of course, eh? Well, it seems Salton Sea is
faring trade and of the men who last trip out "95 percent of the
but there are enough kinds which an overflow of the Colorado River
work at it is exemplified in the crew were young family men,"
like the taste of human flesh to in Southern California's Imperial
person of Daniel A. Sheehan, a many ef them being World War II
keep up the family reputation. Valley. He must have had a tough
29yearold Seafarer .from Trpy,
Question i What do you iu' New York. Sheehan is typical in veterans. They look to the sea
Sharks have an amazing ability to time, unless, he had a prairie
as a regular means of livelihood
tend to do this Christmas?
keep alive. After having been out "schooner."
a way ofthe "new Seafarer," a by which they can maintain their
of water for hours, and having
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type made possible by the success homes and. famiiies. Aside from
their bodies slit up and hacked at, ' The phrase "shake a leg!" mean
Samuel T. Patterson, steward: I of the SIU in vastly improving the the eyeopening improvement in
they still swim away when dropped ing make haste is said to stem will try to be at sea if I can this lot of the American seaman;
wages find conditions, regulations
into the water. Many people have from the time when women were
Christmas, provi Sheehan's personal experience have been made easier for the
lost hands or arms when trying allowed aboard ships of the British
ded I can get has bridged the gap between the family man. Regular allotments
to remove hooks from the powerful Navy and the bosun, in calling the
myself a ship. If "old" and the "new" in the Sea can be sent home every two weeks
jaws of what they thought were watch below, would sing out "show
all goes well, I faring trade. Like so many Ameri as against once a month formerly.
dead sharks.
hope to be pre can boys who never saw the ocean, Yet, at the same time, the cur
a leg!" The object of this'was to
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paring a good he first set foot on the deck of a rent wage scale plus overtime
see, from the nature of the hosiery
Ambitious prospectors, please displayed, whether a man or
Christmas dinner ship during World War 11. He sailed benefits leaves the family man
copy! Every cubic mile of seawater woman occupied the hammock.
for my shipmates. from 1943 to 1946 and then got with enough money in h|s pocket
contains 440 pounds of gold. Of Later, "shake" was substituted for
After all, it's the married and settled down in his to tide him over between trips and
course, there's 117,000,000 tons of "show" when women became ta
best present that home town.
enable him to speiid time with his
salt, among other things, to con boo . on the ships.
a man can have For five years he worked at a family.. Paid vacations are an
tend with first, aside from the
when he's hungry on Christmas shoreside job in a wholesale auto other big factor in making it pos
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problem of damming the whole Keelhauling, a s a v a g e naval day.
mobile parts supply house, his Sea sible for a family man to go to
business up in order to sort of start punishment in the old days which
faring days apparently behind him. sea.
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operations.
few men survived, consisted in Michael Rossi, bosun: I intend to But in the spring of this year he Sheehan's first trip out as a sea
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passing a rope under the ship's be aboard a ship this Christmas. heard appeals on the radio for man was more or less an accident.
men with sea experience to go His brother (a former iSlU man,
Yellow jack, the sailormade bottom and hauling the offender Sure, it would be
back to maritime. He returned to currently a second assistant engi
name for yellow fever, comes from under the keel from one side to nice to be home,
New York and got card as a DM. neer) was attending maritime
the quarantine flag (code flag Q, another. Along shore, it is still a but I want to make
When we found him in the ship school in California at the time,
yellow in color), which is hoisted form of* angry reproach to say, certain that I vidll
when there is infectious disease "he ought to be keelhauled!"
ping hall,
he had recently returned and Sheehan had been thinking of
be able to help
aboard. There was a successful
from
a
4V&month
trip to Korea going to sea himself. He happened
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out my daughter
and Japan on the Jeff Davis to meet the captain of a Standard
Broadway play by that title several A Seafarer pens this item about and buy her a
an uncle of his who died of polite nice Christmas
(Waterman) carrying military sup Oil" tanker who told him he would
years ago.
ness. Seems he was a deep sea present. You
plies for the Armed Forces.
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arrange for. seamen's papers and
Improved Lot
Middies at Annapolis came to be diver, saw a mermaid and tipped can't bring home
a job: Wi^ii 24 /hours he was
called midshipmen from a practice his hat . . . Then there's the tale the bacon by sit
The thing that struck Sheehan aboard the tanker on his way to
in the British Navy over 200 years about the old salt wrecked on a ting around on the beach.
on his return to the. sea was the Curucao, Dutch West Indies. This
ago. Young men training to be desert island with 25 girls, who was
tremendous improvement in con first job paid him $87.50 a month,
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come officers were assigned quar found dead when a rescue party
ditions in the past five years. As just about onethird of the, cur
ters amidships on the lower deck. showed up. He killed himself, it Jack Horn, chief cook: I've been he put it, "The changes are so ,rent scale.
, ,
As a result, midshipmen has come seems, from overwork — pulling on the beach a couple of months great you could hardly believe it." Subsequently Sheehan, entered
to be applied to cadets or line and down the distress signals the girls
now, waiting to He is convinced that under present the SIU and sailed SIU ships ifrom
executive officers of the lowest put up.
see my son who conditions a married man with a 1944 until he quit in 1946. He
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grade.
Hurricanes, fairly common in the
was wounded in family can earn a satisfactory live spent nine months of that period
western Atlantic, are most preva
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Korea. He's in a lihood from the sea. Consequently on an ammunition ship which fol
The bosun gets the bird. SaUors lent in late summer and early fall,
hospital in San he plans to take one. more trip lowed the Seventh Fleet all around
calling at islands in the South according to the old rhyme:
Francisco and it out and then attend the deck de^ the Pacific, but fortunately es
Pacific years back named one
June, too soon.
looks like we partment school which will open in caped unscathed.
tropic bird the boatswainbird, be
July, stand by.
won't be able to New York headquarters, so as to What was it that made him go
cause the feathered guy's long tail
to sea? For one thing, hesaid,
August, look out you must.
get together now. get his AB rating.
resembled the bosun's marline
September, remember.
So I'U ship out When Sheehan first went to sea thepe .was the variety of seeing
spike.
October, all over.
and will try to in 1943 he found that a majority new people and new places, on
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get to see him after the holidays. of crewmembers were older men every trip, something that just
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When we say the chief executive Chowder, a stew of fish or clams
without family ties. While the isn't possible on a shoreside job.
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of a state is at the helm of the with onions and potatoes, popular
war had something to do with this But going beyond that, there is
state government, we're saying at sea or ashore, comes from the Carl Giunmeson, firemanoiler: I condition, it was more or less the feeling of working together
true. The Latin gubernare means French word "chaudiere." a caul will spend Christmas at sea if a^ characteristic of a trade which of with close friends whom ia seamen
to steer a ship, and a gubernator, dron. The name was brought to all possible. I
fered little opportunity at the time lives with and works with for 24
from which comes our modern gov the maritime provinces of Canada haven't had a
to earn a decent living. Low hours a day.
_
ernor, was originally a ship's by Breton fisherman, who were Christmas in port
wages, poor food and bad condi "A young fellow," he^summed
helmsman.
the earliest settlers ... The modem for the last 15
tions meant that the sea attracted up, "can get more of an; education
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radio operator's maritime distress years. I like to
a number of misfits, gashounds in four months on a ship on how
This is probably good for a free call "mayday" stems from the spend the holiday
and performers who drifted into to live with people.and get along
drink from some knowitall elbow French "m'aidez," meaning help .aboard ship as it
maritime because they could ^ot with them than in any other way
bender. Ask him if he ever sailed me.
is nice and quiet
secure decent employment ashore. 1 know." •
and very pleas
ant. There's no
shopping crowds
JL isi jni
to buck either.
ACROSS
DOWN
11. Port in New
32. City
Vir
Do you remember December, American Labor Party over the is
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Guinea
ginia
1. Sand bank
1. Brag
19. Nothing
1941? Japanese peace doubletalk sue of Communist domination...
34. Like a lens
Joe
Behar,
messmani
Right
now
4. Panama Canal
2. Girl's name
21. Scotsman's "no' 37. Compass point
city
23. Scene of
39.FaU dead
it looks like I will be spending caught us napping as Nipponese Louis ''Lepke" Buchalter, racket
3. Drink again
Christ's first
9. Salt
41. City in France
4. What SIU ships
Christmas aboard forces attacked Pearl Harbor, eer and "Murder Inc." kingpin,'
miracle
43. Telescope
carry
12. Lyric poem
24. Turn
aside
44. Island
in
W.
8. What lake boats
ship. I might be Guam and the Philippines, forcing fighting an indict m e n t for miu>
13. Sporti ring
26. President's inl
Indies
carry
tials
lucky and pick U. S. into war .. . Germany called der, was found guilty. .'.The A&G
45. BeUef
14. Greek letter
6. Man's nickname 28. Patron of
47. Woman: slang
7. Blame
15. Roman coin
up
a short haul off drive on Moscow over the win District of the Seafarers, with head
saUors
49. Creek
8. Of the nose
16. Uncle —
30. Cloth
measure
51. Kind
of
bird
9. Chief port of 31. Lifting
which would give ter, declared war on U. S. ... quarters at 2 Stone St., NYC, be
52. Follower: suffix
. 17. Took food
Washington
me
time off Japanese simk British battleships gan votiiig for 1942 officers and
18. Hoisting strap 10. Assaults
Puzzle answer on Page 22.
ashore during the Prince of Wales and Repulse off had just gained an Iceland port
SO.
Monica. Cal
holidays. But Malaya, took Guam.. . . Wake, bonuS;of $45 from Eastern Steam/
52. Kind of pudding
ship Coinpany after the company
25. Lasket
that's Just the Midway, Hong Kong attacked.
sought to slip over a fast one on
27. Depart
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chance
1
have
to
29. Members of
the
Union.
The
British, opened
a
powerful
take. It would be
B.P.O.E.
4> , .
tank offensive in
Libya as an,aid to
30. Go wrong
nice to be home if I could work
53. Line on fish
the Russians and caught Rommel's Another three operators joined
things out
that
way.
hook
forces napping.. .Portugal grabbed the SIU fold and, signed the "10
35. Time zone in
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the headlines when a mild earth and 10" agreement, granting $10
N. y.
36. Town in France
Egbert Goulding, chief steward: quake rocked Lisbon...The US, pay boosts and another 10 cents in
38. Carrying guns
The way things work out I have and Mexico ratified an oil treaty o V e r t i m e.. .In Washington, toe
40. Tropical vine
intended to soothe hard feelings House adopted a watereddown
been home just
42. After 6 P.M.
between the two countries over the price control bill and offered lim*!
today
one Christmas in
46. Edgar Bergen's
1938 Mexican oil "grab" and can ited antiinfiation powers td con'
the past seven
puppet
cellation of longterm oil leases trols "pza^" Leon Henderson.;
years.
This
year
48. Tissues
held by American businessmen be.
•
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is no exception, r
49. Capital of
Brazil
The Maiitime Cpmrnnssldn ^dr
low the Rio Grande.
will be
at sea and
30. Every ship has
pared' ,tb; take over '80 ' merchant
hope to give thcT
4>
4 •
one
shi^s
on Red Sea' /and Pkcific' de
S3. Own: Scot
men the type of
The International I,adies jGr^
fehs<^ runs to "accelerate" delivery
34. Writing fluid
meal
they
enjoy
ment Workers Union, after success
35. Old violin
so that they won't
fully helping to reelect incumbent of lendlease cargoes; US freighter
36. Sainte: AbbR.
37. One's years
put
01
New York Mayor Fiprello La Guaiy ; construction was ateaped up • t o
miss
S8.SUtehed
I dia. Indicated it
W. Perch
Here.
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^eidlrf tow
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SEAFARERS
SEAiyUIEIIS ^ LOG
Vol. xm. No. 25
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• Published biweekljTAljy'the Seafarera International .Union, Atlantic
& Gulf bistrict, AFL, 675 Fourth Avehue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel.
STerling 84671.
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PAlfi. HALL, SecretaryTreasurcT'
. Editor, HEBOERT ,BiiAin>; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD
5EAMAN; Photo. Editor, DAKVO, NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR. IRWIN SPIVACK.
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LOG
LEUER
'From Your Brothers' 1
of the
WEEK
' HoUday Sentiments
' Christmas for Seafiurers isn't always the conventional holi
day that it is ashore. Many of them will spend Christmas Marine Hospital
day at sea in various climes and in all sorts of weather. They is Rated ^Tops^
will have their Christmas dinners, but no trees, sleighbells or
To the Editor:
carols. Others, less fortunate, will have to pass the day in a
recent issue of the LOG (Oct.
hospital bed. For them there will be a little gift from the 5) A
carried a very interesting arti
Welfare Fund to provide some holiday cheer, and best wishes cle on USPHS hospitals and more
from their brothers for good health and good shipping when should be aired to acquaint every
> they are on their feet again. Some Seafarers, who have been one with the splendid work these
lucky enough to pay off their ships and get home, w^ll be hospitals are' doing for us all.
spending their holidays with parents, wives and children These hospitals are not' solely
for the merchant seamen, but take
whom they do not see as often as they would like to.
in some Federal employees as well,
It's hard to talk about Christmas without becoming trite and there is no distinction made
and sentimental, but it is a season when we would like to be in the treatment. All are accorded
a little closer to our friends and shipmates, so that we could the same fine service. If you read
enjoy the holidays together, in person. As Seafarers scat or hear of some minor beef, such
tered around the globe we have to be content with long dis as that of a State Department stiff
being injured (probably by a bris
tance contact. Merry Christmas, wherever you are—until tle
while sweeping the steps of
we meet again.
that building), and getting a pri
vate room in preference to others,
it makes for a good laugh.
Of course they have private and
semiprivate rooms in all these
We note that the National Maritime Union is pleading with places, but more often than not you
its members "to have "Patience and Fortitude" (that's their will find them occupied by a sea
_words, not ours) while it goes about 'eliminating "inequities," man. This is insignificant .anyway,
a polite word to gloss*over the inferiority,of the NMU con the medication and treatment being
UI T E UNDERSTANDABLY,
the same in a private room or open
tract as compared with conditions established by the SIU.
ward, and it is a whole lot more
attention in the past few
The latest issue of the "Pilot," official NMU publication, cheerful and cosy in the latter.
sneers at these conditions (such as certain kinds of overtime The marine hospitals have weeks has been focused on the
for which NMU members do not get paid) as a "plague of matched, stride by stride, the bet expanded membership benefits and
|)etty inequities" which "disturb the minds" of the NMU ter conditions achieved in the mari services — the new headquarters
membership. Yet while they belittle these conditions as time industry as a whole and today building, the new SEAFARERS
"petty" they thiiik h important enough to put in months of they rank with the finest hospitals LOG, the increased vacation pay
negotiations with the shipowners, which they describe as a in the country.
and the like. But we shouldn't let
Soon Be Fit
"herculean assignment" (that means "terrific beef") to elim
the brightness of these accomplish
inate the inequities. Evidently the only plague they are talk This brother is now looking for ments blind us to many essential
ing about is the storm of dissatisfaction raised by their mem ward to discharge after spending union operations that are continu
three years under hospital eare. 1
bership when they see SIU men enjoying better conditions.
was a pretty sick ing to function quietly and effi
.taught halfway in their pose between a sneer and a lament,
guy on admit ciently.
, fhe NMU further belittles these SIU gains as "bits of favorit
tance and when For example, our contract de
I walk out of
ism," implying that the opeyators are going out of their way
here. I'll be as partment has been on the ball, as
to give SIU members better conditions just to knock the
fit as medical usual. This important department
NMU! As our members well know from bitter past experi
skill and care
can has been doing a topnotch job
ence, operators are not giving away anything, including Ice
make me and roundtheclock as part of the con
in the wintertime. Anything the SIU has it fought to get.
ready to ship in tinuing object of signing new com
It's just too bad for NMU members that their leadership can't
the near future. panies to SIU agreements and,
stand up to the pace the SIU has set in winning improvements
I was taken off more important, getting more jobs
for Seafarers.
ship in Honolulu after a USPHS for our people up and down the
check showed I had TB, and spent coast.
nine months in the Army's Tripler
General until well enough for The job of organizing is naturally
transfer to the mainland. All the dependent for success upon aggres
, Fortysix years at sea is a long time, but if you really enjoy seamen there got top treatment. siveness, a quality which our con
it,, it isn't enough of ships and sailing. Uncle Otto Preussler, I was taken off ship in Honolulu tract department does not lack.
who said goodby *0 the sea last week, is doing it unwillingly. after a USPHS check showed I Our representatives have been go
Ill health and the loss of sight in one eye have forced him to had TB, and spent nine months in ing out and bringing back the jobs.
give up his vocation. He will retire now to his Florida farm the Army's Tripler General until In this respect, you may have
well enough for transfer to the noted that in this issue of the LOG
to reminisce over hiS many experiences.
mainland. All the seamen there got a story announcing that three more
. , Uncle Otto siailed through the worst of it and the best in top treatment.
operators have been brought under
. his long years at sea since that first trip back in 1905. He The same goes for my six months contract. If past performances are
would sail again tomorrow if he could, although he's seen in the San Francisco Marine Hos any criterion, we can expect more
enough of the sea to satisfy two or three men. We hope he pital and the Staten Island Marine such contract signings to be on the
Hospital in Stapleton for another way. Your Union will be in there
enjoys his longdeserved rest. Good luck. Brother.
10 months. I was then admitted to pitching.
Manhattan Beach and after a stint
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there it was suggested that sur
OUR UNION IS VERY AN
ti'nt
gery was the solution to my grab
xious to get the ball roll
We have been more than gratified by the flood of favorable bing a fistful of fresh air in a ing on
the pending vacation pay
hurry
so
I
went
back
again
to
' dorhments that have been received, in person and in writing, Stapleton.
ments. The only kink in the entire
on the ne^V appearance of the SEAFARERS LOG. Members Had a topnotch time there again, machinery is a technical matter
of the Union, newspapermen, government officials and leaders was operated on by one of the A1 over which the union has no con
of other unions have been very generous in their praise, for chest surgeons in the U. S., a guy trol—the Wage Stabilization Board
which we . thank them all.
whose personality matches • his in Washington has to okay the pay
skill,
and the treatment on the ments. Union representatives have
This Was not just a oneshot, specialissue affair. We are part of
doctors, nurses and at been working continually to get
going to keep up this standard in all issues, indeed, make all tendants couldn't
have been better. the board to render its decision as
. J^e ipiprpve^
chn. Along these lines, this issue car I'm back in Manhattan Beach soon as possible so that the bene
^jries on pages f2 ^d 13 a descriptiqn of how the LOG is put again convalescing and will spend fits can get under way.
tir',iogether ,fron\ on^ iss.ue to the next, so as to give our readers the next few months taking it easy The Union is ready to begin pay
VTA an understanding of the task involved. As always we wel and building up fur discharge and ing out the vacation payments at
Hcome all suggestions, tmd criticisms which will keep us on our the best payoff I've ever had.
all of its branches. 1'he companies
have be«^|^i|Mng thjsir con^i1
SM1J[S Sour Gripes
O
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*tJneie Otto'' Retires
Thanh "You Note
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tions into the Vacation Fund and
those that haven't will do so retro
actively, so that no money is going •
down the drain as a result of the
waiting period.
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CCORDING TO THE PILOT,
A
organ of the National Mari
time Union, that union is more
than just a little disturbed over the
"inequities" in their contracts. "In
equities," by the way, is simply an
other way of saying provisions in
SIU contracts that don't exist in
NMU agreements. The Pilot goes
to great length in saying that these
"inequities are petty matters." Ii
they're so "petty" it's hard to fath
om why there's so much todo .
about nothing.
Fact of the matter is, the Pilot
admits, that NMU members want
the "inequities" ironed out so that
they can enjoy the same benefits
as the men of the SIU. On that '
score, we're all (or seamen everj
where being able to reap the same
benefits as Seafarers do. One wa;
to get them is to do what we of th • • :
SIU have been doing these man.
years—and that is to go out an :
fight for them.
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HERE'S ONE REGRETTABL ' ^
note as the Christmas holiday j
season rolls around, and that i > 1
that a number of our SfU brothers ,
will have to sprtid the holidays i.i j
various hospitals up and down tl e *
coast. There's nothing that can t e ^
done about that, of course, but th •
Union has acted to bring some t i
of cheer to these hospitalized men.
Because of the successful mannc
of operation of our Welfare Plan ; i
1951, we are able to add a
>
bonus to the regular weekly $ >
hospital benefit, so that these m< i
will receive a $40 benefit payme t
for the Christmas holiday wet);.
Along with the money go since; y.
wishes for speedy recovery fro. i
all Seafarers.
To the rest of the Seafarer.;,
their families, and all our frient s
may we at this time extend se.
son's greetings—^a very Mer; y
Christmas wd a Happ^ New Yeir
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official newspaper of the SIU's Atlantic life Gulf Distriot; reaches ypu where^ ,
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Considerable expense and effort went into the making of the
which made its bow last issue. The purpose of tMsi is to keep you fully in
formed of what's happening to your shipmates, your industry" arid your '
Union. Some 40odd thousand words plus several dozen photos and Cartoons f . ^ovna
comprise a compact 24page package published every twd wOeks for yOur'>'^
enlightenment and enjoyment.
More news, features and pictorial mattei? hOve been hitroduCed^and
veloped to bridge tl^e gap of miles between you and your Untov The LOKST?!^
serves a vastly different purpose than a shoreside union or^ Where'm^^
bership jcontact is less difficult.
It is a product of many talents and ideas fia^hioned l)y craftsmen in 0 score i ^5
of editorial and printing operations. The new LOG isiiot something slapped'
together with glue and paper clips but a carefully thou^t out jpresentation >;
by an enlarged editorial staff, modernized printing process and compact^
delivery of news and feature matter.
It is a product of a continuous chain of operations; before an fesue is in tbif>
hands of the reader, the LOG staff is already, pr^aring its successor. Many'
changes have taken place and nior^are to come. As :^e:organ of an ei^
The pictures on
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New York^s Borne Port Beacon
For Seamen: Ambrose LiRktship
Crewmembers of SIU ships com
ing into New York harbor between
now and the 10th of January may
be surprised to find that the har
bor's familiar landfall, Ambrose
lightship, has been replaced by a
substitute. All it means is that
Ambrose is enjoying a wellearned
vacation while sh6 imdergoes her
periodic overhaul in St. George,
Staten Island.
There are a considerable number
of lightship stations, 115 in all, in
coastal Waters, but Ambrose has
acquired a large measure of fame
as the. outer limit marker and
channel indicator for New York
VON'T Lose
m youiz
UAllON
harbor, a function she has per
formed since 1908.
Lightships are used by the
Coast Guard as a substitute for
lighthouses in places where the
water depth is such as to make the
construction of a fixed building
impractical. Actually, the present
Ambrose is the last in a line of
lightships which have been serv
icing New York harbor without in
terruption since 1839. The first
lightship station in New York har
bor was established off Sandy
Hook in 1823, but for a period of
11 years from 1828 to 1839 the sta
tion was vacant. In 1908 the Sandy
A familiar landmark, Ambrose Llghislilp stapds by In NY harl
Hook station was moved to its pres
ent position and changed to Am designed for easy recognition. Her with the hew radar beacon system,
brose lightship.
distinctive design, rig and color, Ambrose sends out its own radar
A rough idea of Ambrose' loca and the large size of the name signal which appears on the 'scope
tion can be gotten by drawing a painted on her side are all for as a long, narrow, pieshaped
line due south on the map from one purpose, to enable navigators wedge. The pip showing where
Bockaway Beach, and due east to distinguish her from all the Ambrose is located will appear
from Sandy Hook. The point other ships which are likely to be somewhere within the wedge,
where the two lines intersect is in the vicinity.
enabling the ship to pinpoint
the approximate location of the Comes nighttime, fog, rain or Ambrose' location with great ac
lightship, and the start of the reduced visibility from other curacy.
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Ambrose channel into New York causes. Ambrose has several gad
Unfortunately conventional radar
Harbor. Keeping Ambrose where gets aboard to get her signal systems now in operation will not
she belongs is one of the most im through to merchant' ships. These receive 'this • p ieshaped wedge on
portant factors in her utility to include the 15,000 candlepower their 'scopes. The Coast Guard is
shipping. After many years of lamps which send quite a beam anxious to install the radar bea
experimentation, the Coast Guard through the night. In addition, con in all its lightships and light
has decided on the use of mush Ambrose has powerful horn signals houses, but is waiting for the ship
room anchors to hold lightships in and transmits a radio beacon which operators to install the necessary
place. Some of these anchors enables ships to get Ambrose's receiving equipment before taking
weigh as much as 7,800 pounds.
bearing on their radio direction this relativelyexpensive step.
The present holder of the name finders. Ships then can sail off Despite all the signals, and pre
was the first lightship to /bev the bearing in assurance that they cautions,. Atpbrose still has her
equipped with full Diesel engines. will not hit the lightship in a fog. brushes with ships which for one
She was built in 1926 and placed One of the latest developments reason' or another stray off course.
in service a year later. Ambrose is which has up to now been con Some Seafarers will TJO doubt re
a steelhulled vessel, 132 feet long fined to Ambrose, is a radar bea call that she was r^med by the
and 30 feet In the beam with a con system which emits a signal Raphael Semmes (waterman) on
displacement of 775 tons. She can 24 hours a day. Ordinarily, ships, January 15 of last year. Another
work up a speed, of nine knots having radar on them will see collision took iflac^ that same year
when moving to and from her Ambrose as just another "pip" on with the Santa Monica and there
fixed station.
the radarscope along with any have been several such incidents
Like all lightships, Ambrose is other ships in the vicinity. 9ut down through the years.
%ing CoaF Booms Xorfolk Sbipping
(Continued from page 2)
ing coal for the ECA. A rough es
pits, Europe is short some 30,000, timate for the first eleven months
000 tons of coal this winter. Hamp of the year is that 15,000 Seafarers
ton Roads, Ahe premier coal port have shipped through this #ort.
of the US, is on the boom, making Meeting the demand for men has
up the deiftit.
not been easy, but the Norfolk hall
has been able to call upon other
Close to Coal Fields
SIU halls when the occasion de
The leadership of the Virginia manded. The SIU system of man
port area in the coal trade is largely power allocation, operating out of
the product of simple arith New York headquarters, has been
to help out by checking with
metic—railroad mileage. Hamp able
nearby ports, and then those fur
ton Roads is closest of all east ther away, if necessary, to supply
coast ports to the bituminous coal men for Hampton Roads.
, fields of western Virginia, eastern
ThreeRiver Junction
Kentucky and the state of West
Virginia. With three rail lines from Geographically, the port of
the west, the Norfolk and Western, Hampton Roads is formed by the
Virginian, and Chesapeake and junction of three river valleys, the
Ohio pouring coal into the port, a James, the Elizabeth (in three
recordbreaking 3,700,000 tons of branches) and the Nansemond,
coal was dumped in the month of which pour their waters into the
October, with more to come this lowest part of Chesapeake Bay.
winter.
The port is a good example of
Total coal dumpings for the year those "drowned river valleys"
1951 are estimated at roughly 37, which are so prevalent all along
500,000 tons which would be a new the east coast of the United States.
record. The tiein between Eu Lowering of the land level over
rope s coal production and Hamp long periods of time has caused
ton Roads coal loadings is further the riverbottoms to sink below the
illustrated by the fact that the level of the sea. The consequent
previous record tonnage, 34V^ mil influx of tidal waters has made for
lion, was set in 1947. That was the broad channels and many inlets.
year of Europe's greatest economic The roadstead .proper, leading in
crisis, when the British had to from Chesapeake Bay, sets off
shut down their factories for lack Newport News on the north shore
of coal and the Marshall Plan was from Norfolk and Portsmouth on
Introduced as a means of rescue. the south side. Total shore front
Even in relativelynormal times, age in the port area is about 50
Hampton Roads still moved a very miles, of which 30 miles has been
large amount of coal tonnage. The developed, principally by the nine
lowest figure for the postwar years railroad lines which run Into the
was 12 million tons in 1950, and port area from all directions.
most years, prewar and postwar, 'One of the chief advantages of
have seen higher tonnages than Hampton Roads as a coalloading
that.
port is the fact that the major rail
Most ships crewed by the SIU lines have trackage running right
are either vessels of the MSTS out onto their piers. Coal can be
service or are private
paiftF
ships from open freight cays, and
vice versa. The sam^ applies to
other bulky., and hardtohandle
products like mahogany logs, pot
ash, industrial bulk ores of various
types, and other raw materials.
Lighterage needs are further re
duced by the Norfolk and Ports
mouth Belt Line which runs in a
loop around those two cities. It
provides for interchanges with all
lines running into Hampton Roads Roads is concerned. Old King Coal
though the C&O has its terminus still calls the tune. As long as the
coal Is pouring down the chutes
in Newport News.
Although coal .has long been the into the holds, and the coal dust
number one cargo for the port, it hangs over every pier, E^ampton
was tobacco that got the port start Roads is on the boom and keeps
ed on its way. The country's major growing bigger daily. The ;SIU in
tobacco growing areas in Virginia tends to keep pace with the need
and North Carolina find « natural and meet the demand for crews to
help insure smooth, and .speedy
exit through Hampton Roads.
But basically, as far as Hampton operation of the port.
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Sand Shuttle To Newark:
Secrtarers Carry Highway
Fill From Coney Island
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vr The Sandchief moves in to its mooring fully loaded with thousands of
• tons of sand for discharge via its unique piping system.
Motorists will goon be driving through the last section of the New
Jersey Turnpike,a new superhighway being constructed on sandfill
in the section near Newark. Hauling the sand are Seafarers aboard the
'' Sandchief and Sandcaptain, specially adapted sandsucking vessels.
The sandboats make two trips a day between Coney Island and Port
Newark. They stand off Coney Island about two hours in the course
of which they suck up about 5,000 tons of sand from the ocean bottom.
Wheii fully loaded they head back to Newark to discharge cargo.
A LOG photographer visited tha Sandchief when she tied up at her
h ' Newark, N. J., port of discharge to photo^aph the ship's operation.
In order to get the fill to the point where it is needed without inter
' mediate truck hauling, the ship's spout is connected to a 20inch pipe
lihe which runs about three and one half miles inland to where the
; road iis constructed. Sand is forced under, pressure through the pipe
to the outlet point.
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The sandboats are former Army dredges redesigned to carry huge
quantities of sand. In addition to delivering about 20,000 tons of sand
daily for the Jersey Turnpike, the vessels also serve as dredges keeping
. . the chaimels into New York harbor at adequate depth.
' • Construction Ag^egates Corporation which has contracted to de
liver these tremendous amounts of sand had been using four sandboats
on this run. At present only the Sandchief and Sandcaptain are in
Sf ipperatioh, the Sandmate an
having been sunk in the last
^
a half. .Kiey lyere Victims of the treacherous currents and
rimesSquaretlike jraffic in the world's busiest port.
Scoop which sucks up sand being lowered over the side. Much of the
sand is taken up in Ambrose Channel near Coney Island. This keeps
the channel deep and clear and offers an excellent sand supply.
A sandwater mixture enters hold, the sand settling to the bottom as
water flows back into ocean. In port, water is forced into holds so
that the mixture can be sucked up and forced out.
Although never too far from shore, ship's routine is not much
J different aboard the Sandchief than other ships, especially when
it comes to digging into the ship's chow.
The sand and water mixture from the holds is forced through these
pipes aboard ship by pressure generated by the ship's engines.
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The mixture from both holds are joined to this single pipe which runs
Not aU Vapd'is moved via thf
Some df it i^ stored aboard
alongside the ship to a point where it is ready to leave the Sartdehief
anchored* barges where cranes loaid it onto trucks which carry it •
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SEAFARERS LOG
Seamen Made Tattoos Famous
Did Tott Know • •
Tattooing, whether for identification or decoration, has been known to seamen and lands
men alike for several hundred years, although the sailor has long been its sole missionary
That the Mason and Dixon Line fortified with heavy leather thongs
in most corners of the globe.
actually was surveyed (1763) by
two sometimes studded with met^.
A primitive habit dating back to
comparing their women but the
Englishmen,
Charles
Mason
and
flni {^ve fight was betweeii
such delights as removing joints
art work each bore.
Jeremiah
Dixon,
to settle
constant
Englishthen at Aix la Chapeliei
of one's fingers for identifying pur
The tattooers got favored treat
France, on
October 8, 1818.
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dissension
between
the
Lords
Bal
poses, it developed in the Pacific
ment and other distinctions from
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areas and gained world reknown
less artistic employees. Some ate timore and the Penn family, the
as seamen earned home samples
the same food as their bosses, lords proprietor of Maryland and That 300 merchant ships of 100Q£
Pennsylvania? The line was origi gross tons or over owned by prH
of the art on their own bodies.
quite different from their treat nally
marked by milestones, every vate US operators have been trans*
ment on the islands where they fifth one
A tattoo is made by pimcturing
bearing on one side the ferred or sold to 31 foreign fiaga;
were
treated
simply
as
laborers.
the skin and rubbing colors into
coat
of
arms
Penn and on the since the end of the war in August,
One other factor which prompted other those of of
the skin openings. Sailors adopted
Lord
Baltimore.
1945? More than a million and a
many merchants to conspire for
the practice as a means of assuring
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the services of a particular artist That the Hawaiian Islands got half gross tons were involved.
their identity in case of death by
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t
was their use to mark bales of
shipwreck or drowning and to se
name from the English spell That the first American ship to
merchandise for export. Printing their
cure the rites of their church in
ing of "Owhyhee," where Capt. be torpedoed and sent to the bot«
as we know it today was still a Cook was
the event of serious injury or ill
killed by natives in 1779? tom by Nazi Uboats in World War
laborious and relatively unknown
ness by having a religious symbol
II was the SlUmanned Robin Moor
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process and this special need for That the Seafarers
such as a crucifix tattooed on them.
International on May 21, 1941? The 43 passen
distinguishing
the
goods
of
one
The practice gained such stature
Union is composed of 37 autono gers and crewmen were given 20
merchant from another was a spe mous
that superstition and legend na
unions, representing seafar; minutes to abandon ship, without
cial reason for their encourage ing men,
turally grew up around the use of
longshoremen, fishermen, dispatching an SOS, and left adrift^
ment of the art.
various tattoo marks. One such
cannery
workers and
marine landing in the States a month later.
A natural outgrowth from this crafts, in the US, allied
was the belief that a pig tattooed
Canada
and
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was the curiousity of sailors to have Alaska?
on the foot was a charm against
That those
winters in Siberiaare
similar markings applied to their
drowning.
really cold? Lowest world tempera
4" it 4"
bodies
and
thus
the
contini^ption
That the city of New Orleans is ture ever recorded was 90°F. at
A wellappointed studio in Lon
of the art down to the present day. one of the few cities in the US Verkhoyansk, Siberia in 1892. The
don, England, drew royal custom
Luis A. Ramirez that has been under three flags? top US figure of 66''F. was real,
ers from time to time, an honor
During its turbulent history, the summery compared to that. It was
not shared by many of the tattoo
city has been alternately a Spanish recorded at Yellowstone Park,
ing artists. Most seaports through
and a French possession. The Wyoming, in 1933.
out the world have their tattooing
French founded it in 1718 and
colony. Servicemen, not only in
4 4 4
named it in honor of the Duke of That the two movies made by
the Navy but in all branches, util
Headquarters again wishes Orleans.
the SIU's A&G District have been
ize it during wartime because its
to remind all Seafarers that
seen by trade union audiences, es
indelible identifying characteris.
4" 4 4"
Sample of Japanese Tattoo^
payments of funds, for what
That modem boxing dates;, back timated at hundreds of thousands^
tie makes it more valuable .than
ever union purpose, be made to the ancient Olympic Games? of persons, throughout the United
easilylost "dogtags."
rank for individual tribe leaders, only to authorized A&G repre
employing a hodge States and Europe? The pictures
Japanese Artistry
indicating both social status and sentatives and that an official Contestants
podge of
boxing and wrestling used
are the "Battle of Wall Street,"
Japan was one nation where par "political" importance.
Union receipt be gotten at that to belabor one another with hands and "This Is The StU."
L
ticularly high artistry was devel
Lured from Islands
time. If no receipt is offered,
oped in the tattooing art, and this
be sure to protect yourself by
In time, a visiting sea captain
has continued to the present day. would notice the skilled operators
immediately bringing the mat
They have worked exquisite beauty and lured them away from the is
ter to the attention of the sec
into their design, reminiscent of lands to introduce them to rich
retarytreasurer's office.
the artistic skill of yesteryear, and merchants in commercial centers
The union's word of advice
the flavor and color they obtain where the artists provided amuse
is
to insure that all monies
are longlasting.
paid are credited to your SIU
ment indelibly etched onto the
Landing in Japan the first time, a Seafarer will naturally
Conversations with Japanese in bodies of other servitors. Often, record. Insistence on an offi
the suburbs of Yokohama, Tokyo, tattoos were liberally applied to cial receipt will prevent "can find the language strange, but it's not as tough to pick up as
Kobe and surrounding villages de the bodies of the most beautiful shakers" from soliciting funds it sounds. Everywhere you go you'lf hear "Ohio," and think
veloped the idea that a good many women so that the merchants could
for unauthorized purposes, and
you're at a reunion of Ohio State graduates.
of the native cliieftains in the vie Vith each other not only in will bar any foulups later on.
The pronunciation of Japanese conforms, insofar as the vowels are
South Sea islands had their own
concerned, with that of the Romance languages like Spanish, French
tattooing crew working solely to
and Italian, or in fact with that of almost any language except English.:
inscribe distinguishing marks on
fellow tribesmen prior to entering
Therefore, the A's are pronounced soft, as if they were the A in
war on neighboring settlements.
father; the E's are pronounced like the two E's in enemy; the I's are
The Polynesian chiefs also had
pronounced EE; the Cs are sotmded Uke the O in opal, and the U's
The day of November 23, 1951, was a highly important one always come out as OO, as in boom, and never as the U in united.
speciallydesigned drawings work
ed for the backs of their wives to Brother Aubrey Smith, bosun of the High Point Victory
Consonants in Japanese offerno difficulty at all and should be pro
or other easily seen parts of their (South Atlantic) because it marked his initiation into the nounced just as you think they should. Japanese has considerably
bodies. Of course, there was never solemnities of the Foursie Club of 4
fewer sounds than English, and hence anyone speaking EngUsh can
a real problem here because very America.
marked by proper pomp and cere handle the vocal and oral aspects of the language without difficulty.
little clothing was used at the time The Foursie Club, notes Brother mony and the issuance of a formal
Following is a list of beginning words and phrases which are fre
anyway.
M. George Whale, "chairman of proclamation, which stated in part: quently
used or which are useful for transfer of thought' when pass
The better the standing a wife the board" and also of the High "From this time forward Brother
had with the chief, the finer the Point Victory, numbers among its Aubrey Smith will behave himself ing the time of day, shopping, and so on, and should come in handy
\
tattoo work. Once out of favor, membership only those ^men who in a manner becoming a father of when ashore:
the possessor was usually removed have proven their ability to father four ... No more hooping it up, no
Words
Japanese
PrenounciaHon
from the scene by decapitation or a brood of four. Seafarer Smith, more peeling off the green from a Hello; Good day
Konnichi Wa
Konneechee Wah
some other method, since even already a father of two girls, fat bankroll . . . because those Good evening
Komban Wa
Kombabn Wah
these original masters of the art achieved that distinction recently days are gone forever. Remember How are you
Ikaga Desu Ka
Eekahgah Dess Kah
could do little in the way of eras when his wife Evelyn gave birth to the watchword of the Foursies^ What time is it
Nanji Desu Ka
Nahnjee Dess Kah
ing their handiwork.
twin boys.
Save your money, you'll be needing What are you doing Nani Wo Sliite
Nahnee Oh Sheetay
Tattoos also served as marks of
His ascension to the club was it!"
Imasu Ka
Eemass Kah
In further commemoration of the What
Nani
Nahnee
occasion, a poem was offeftd up by
Nan Desu Ka
Nahn Dess Kah
Work Clothes Get a Workout
Doko
Brother Whale as lasting tribute to Where
Doekoe
Itsu
the serang of the High Point When
Eetsu
Victory.
Naze
Nahzay
Why
Dare
Dahray
Who
Twins
It's a fine day
II Otenki Desu
EE Ohtenkee Desk.',
Aubrey Smith, new father of twins
Bijin
Beautiful Woman
Beejeen
So proudly strutting his stuff.
Kirei Na Onna
Keerayee Nah
Pretty Girl
But underneath all that veneer
Ohnnah •
He's muttering, that's enough.
Ki Wo Tsuke
Watch out
Kee Oh Tsookayf i
Ikura Dess Ka
How much
Eekoorah Dess Kah |
All troubles small or troubles big
Ikptsu
How many
Eekootsoo
|
Come in pairs, so I'm told
Hiruma
Daytime
• Heerooma
f
But twins aren't troubles, no sirree
Yohroo
i
Night
Yoru
To one's ego they're solid gold.
Misete Kudassai
Show it to *me
Meesaytay Koodah | "'11
sahee
| : :: j
So when you pay for things by pair
Takasugimasu
It's too much
• Tahkahsoogee*
• 4|
Instead of a measly single one
masoo.
Remember it wasn't all your own
Arigato Gozaimasu
Thank you
Ahreegahtoe G6zkS i
doing
heemahss
' 5
Without Evelyn it couldn't be
Hai
'
Yes
High
: I
done.
lie
Eeyay
No .
Ohaio
Good morning
Ohio
So pull in that expanded manly
There are really no accents in Japanese, but speaking English giyea
chest
Smiling: prettily despite their grimy haberdashery, (1r) Vincent Your own part in it all was small the unconscious habit of accenting certain parts of words. JDhercfore,
Badcliff, Bosun Foster and G. Dawson pause during a work lull as All fathers think they're important it .would be helpful in overcoming this tendency to sfress thq syl)ji)j}qs
_thej Steel.,Maker.was chugging through the Panama. CanaL Julius But there's millions op us.
accented above.. ..
p• .riutt'"
Itii • rJiatfg'supplied the jfeoto. ^
^
?
i
Aren't we all? ^
i '
Sure to Get
Dues Receipts
Out in Japan, Ohio's
A Time, Not a State
'Foars/e Club' Gets A Recruit
�rriday. December 14. IMl
Tufkey^i^ h Pleasant
Time F^^elSii^ Crew
SEAFARERS LOG
LOGARHYTHM:
Rested Forever
By GENE COPELAND
To the Editor:
I read in the LOG (Nov. 16)
where a shipmate of mine passed
away at sea and was buried by
his brother crewmen of the SS
Bertram G. Goodhue (Mississippi).
The late Jack McCarthy, AB, was
a good friend. It would be greatly
appreciated if you could publish
the following poem in his memory.
We were gathered on deck that
morning
Our heads in sorrow, bowed low
For we buried at sea a brother,
A shipmate we all loved so.
Jack spoke the brogue of an Irish. man,
And worked every day like a
What he knew 'bout ships ai
rigging
Wasn't learned in maritime school.
Ship's captain checks up on deck mess to make sure that all goes well
on the Delta Line vessel during Thanksgiving Day festivities.
Tag» Scvenfeea
Now I'm not much at poetry
But what I have written is true
McCarthy was a sailor and shipmate
Book G-95, SIU.
Wanted: Your
Ship Minutes
Readers will note that ships
minutes in this issue are print
ed in smaller type, enabling
the use of much more news of
shipboard meetings. As part
of the effort to make the LOG
a bigger and better paper in
every way. Seafarers are urged
to be sure to send ships minutes
to headquarters so that they
can be reported to the full
membership.
We Seafarers have the whole world as our background for taking
photographs. There isn't a corner of this globe that one of us doesn't
visit at one time or another. Most amateur photographers would give
their eyeteeth to be able to swing a camera at the people and places
that we meet in remote areas and places at our disposal.
The purpose of this column is to get a greater number of "camera
bugs" among the membership of oiur union to take and submit more
and better photographs to the LOG. We have a possible photographic
staff to rival Life magazine. With the growth of our union and the
expansion of our newspaper, more and more space can be devoted to
contributions both written and photographic.
We will attempt to keep up with the latest developments ip photog
raphy and set them down here. All questions and problems that sea
faring "shutterbugs" face both on ship and shore are weicome and
we will try to answer them. Interesting photographic experiences
should be sent in.
This column will not only be addressed to the miniature camera
fan with an 8oz. camera and 2 tons of gear but also to the fellow with
the 2 dollar box camera. Whether you own a Minox with a negative
onefourth of a postage stamp in size or you lug around a 16x20 view
camera, they both take pictures and we want to see and use them.
The problems faced are exactly alike. They are both lighttight
boxes, they each have a lens in one end and a piece of film in the
other end. That is all there is basically to any camera. Some of you
may remember building a pin hole camera. This didn't even have
a lens.
If at all possible hav,e your pix tell a story. Single interesting photos
are not excluded but a good series telling a complete story is more
effective. Some simple rules to bear in mind are:
;f
1. Get your shipmates in the pictures, unposed if you can.
2. Get them in action doing something interesting.
3. Watch your background. It improves a poor photo and doesn't
harm a good one.
4. Closeups should be taken whenever possible.
5. Don't rush your shooting. Less hurry usually produces better
results.
6. If there's more than one" person, get them close together for
better effect.
7. Whenever possible have your camera with you. Be prepared.
^C^mon ^a Yew Hall:^ Saltff Dick
Bakeshop and galley crew knock off for wellearned rest and a few
cans of beer after preparing big holiday feed aboard Del Sud,
Stewards department unloosens belts and digs in for feed. Passenger
stewards chipped in on serving, helped make everything run smooth.
Engine room gisng lodks most contented. Photos were sent in by dele^
gates Gould, Brown, Creel, Miorana & Rehm, crew representatives.
. i V < ; a >i.
Have you seen the new building? Ecuador was working in the Pan Brooklyn building? . . . "Razor"
The first chance you get come over ama Canal when an SIU ship was Nassar has been saving all his
and see the most beautiful and shorthanded. He was hired and money because he is expecting a
bestequipped union hall in the has been sailing with us ever little blade.
country . . . One of the visitors was since. He's proud of two things— The only thing that could move
Paul Warren, who came over from being an SIU member and his Louis Peed off the ship was his
New Orleans. He's going back, chance to become a citizen. We 1951 Chrysler. Rumor has it he
though, because he likes sunshine need more men like him.
doesn't take the car out when it
Frank Smith, no relation to Cap rains.
more than cold weather.
Robert Bentick is blowing his tain John Smith, whom Pocahontas • Who's the waiter who tele
top because everything went wrong saved, gets a big kick though when graphed two dozen red roses from
on his tour of the US. He's back on he jgoes home blowing the horn in Recife to his love in New Orleans?
the Puerto Rico ... A suggestion his brandnew Mercury . . . What No doubt he'll deny this . . . One
has been made for seafarers' wives member of the' steward's depart of the best chairmen at shipboard
to visit our sick brothers in the ment sailing out of New Orleans meetings is Eddie Metros. He sure
hospitals. The idea is to cheer operates three laundromats? He knows his constitution and by
them up and do little errands such often sails as second steward.
laws . . . Bill Scott did everytliing
We hear a report Blackie Bank he could to make the missus happy
as vrriting letters and shopping.
Edward "Spanky" Saul arriving ston is on a Liberty on a long trip. by. bringing her to the States, but
here to see the showplace and We knew he couldn't stay away she returned to her native Argen
making arrangements to leave the from salt water too long . . .How tina. Now he's back sailing Delta
Army and return to his first love— about getting up a name for the and, of course, both are happy.
the sea . . . Tony Carrasco having mermaid decorating the bar in our
Salty Dick.
trouble with the same tooth again.
He says it's costing him a fortune.
. . . He's spending the winter here,
but Tex Suit wishes he was back
in Texas so he could doff his over
coat . . . Clem Hospidades telling
the boys about the time he had a (Test your wits on these puzzlers. . Answers on page 22.)
private tutor at the age of 10. Ac
(1) Table Top Mountain is a wellknown landmark as you enter the
cording to the story, the teacher
was a charming miss of 18 sum harbor in Colombo, Ceylon. True or false?
mers.
(2) How many years elapsed between the US Declaration of Inde
For a long time, Jose Castellon pendence and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (19), (112), (87), (69)?
sailed on ships and saved his money (3) If someone said "I'll break every bone in your body," how many
to open a meat market in the Cres would he actually have to break (74), (202), (268), (134)?
cent City. H» succeeded in this en
(4) You be the judge. A lady was so insulted at a party she said,
terprise but vas so unhappy about "If I had a gun I'd shoot the whole bunch of you." Someone handed
being landlocked he went back to her a revolver and chimed in, "Here's a gim." The lady grabbed it
sea. Now he fe ?ls like a millionaire. and shot a member of the party right on the spot. Whose fauit was the
Something to remember; the killing?
more a member participates in the
(5) The US flag has 13 stripes to represent the original 13 states.
affairs of the Union, the better the
How
many are white?
Union will function . . . Who was
(6) The 1951 World Series baseball classic was a "subway series"
it who brought up at a shipboard
meeting that he wanted the cooigs between two teams from New Yox'k City in both leagues. How many
"
to make cabbage with ham bones? others have taken place (3), (0), (11), (9)?
(7) In England, a man weighing 14 stone would be eligible for what
Seems the chef complied and all
weight division in professionai boxing (feather), (heavy), (welter), (fly)?
is rosy again.
(8) You rate high if you guess this in 30 seconds! A's son's father is
Reading the minutes of ship's
meetings, we see that the wash B's father's son. What's the reiationship of A to B?
(9) You've seen the flag code signal hoisted when your ship was
ing machine is a constant beef.
In the future all ships will have about to sail. What color was it?
washers, but it's up to the crews (10) Think fast! When crossing the International Date Line in an
to take care of them . . . Several ejisterly direction (from east longitude to west longitude) the date is
years ago, Asterio" Delgado from set forward one day. True or false?
Quiz CortieM
J
�Paee Eisrhteea
Sketches Aboard SS Florida
Friday. DMcmbw 14.1951
SEAFARERS LOG
Contributed by E. Reyes
There are a couple of flghters either hand; offering an assortment
around who could take Robky Mar of jabs, hooks, crosses and upper
^P/NARV
ciano, recent conqueror ei ,th|e ag cuts to both head and body.' Harry
, A. OOMIN6UEZ,
ing Joe Louis, but chances are that is no combination man. He is
WMO WA) ONE OP Rocky won't get to meet any of methodical, almost deliberate in
TME »EJT MIOPLE
' wei6HTS IN TMIS them—not for the present at least. his punching, saving his ammuni
PART OP THE
Not that this is intended as a tion until he has a clear shot. When
kCOWNTRV AHP
rap at
Rocky, who showed refresh he lets go, he is on target solidly
CUBA.
ing modesty over the Louis con with plenty of .shoulder and body
ABt *jlCOTtA"
quest. It's just that his managerial behind Iti. More important against
<ARSeN AN|>
board of strategy is intent on pilot a fighter with Marciano's power,
NICK GIOSOP
ing him gently through treacher he finishes his punch squarely on
Two OLDT)I«|ERS '
ous waters into a safe anchorage, two feet, in position to move. Mar
leflPV TO
a title fight with Grandpappy Joe ciano is just the type i,of flghter
M6WCOM6R$.
made to order for Matthews, who
Walcott.
Marciano is several cuts above likes to have his man come to him
most of the sorry crop of heavy so that he can counterpunch.
weights but he' is far from cham
The other lightheavy is the un
pionship material. To his credit he predictabW Joe Maxim. Maxim be
is very strong, fast of foot and hits lieves in fighting as rarely as pos
kSEORee
real hard with either hand. He sible, which qualifies him as one
ROBtRTS Jh,
weighs in at around 185, which is of the smartest in the business.
^ Y0UN6EST
'
in the ideal weight range for a When in proper physical condition
WATCHMAN
QOARTERMASTER
heavy. Every pound over 190 gen Maxim could play toreador to
^'^''SPEEDY" 4TWEL«,
'N THE 5./.a
PfiRlQ PENORSJO,
erally slows a flghter down and Rpcky's bull. By the time round
ff«5K6AM6 PELEBATE
doesn't add too much in the way of 10 came around, Marciano would
A 6EMTLErOAM ANO
punch.
be stabbed dizzy with jabs and
SCHOLAR, WHO
Rocky
has
two
fatal
disadvan
weary
from lunging at a .target
RECENTLY MADE A
tages. He has very short arms, that isn't there.
TRIP TO EAUROPE
which means he has to leap in to YYho else could take him? Ez
deliver his punches at close range. zard the Exasperator, the most
*ABeTH AS A p^tL.
To compound the felony he has a baffling fighter in the business,
5EN6ER.
*
habit of throwing looping round could probably turn the trick.
house rights via third base. When There is something about Charles
Rocky finishes a right hand swing that automatically starts his audi
he has about as much balance left ence yawning. Boring or not he is
as a bowl of soup on board ship in still ringwise enough to tie Mur
a howling northeaster. That leaves ciano up. In knots and deliver him
{The following account of a Seafarer's visit to Rio de Janeiro, one of the many places "we him wide open for a good counter to his corner bound hand and foot
puncher.
at the end of each rbtind.
^ '
seamem visit" during voyages to all corners of the globe.)
Ironically two of the fighters
All of which suggests that Mar
My first visit "to Rio de Janeiro was on a northbound voyage, with a call at Santos, a that most likely could take him in ciano's chief claim to fame will be
tow are light heavjrweights. One is his KO of Louis. Actually it was
few hours' run to the south.
The heavy rainfall of this strip of tropical coast has sculptured the bluffs into weird and Harry Matthews, manager Jack the US Treasury thdt knocked
Hurley's pride and joy, whom no Louis over. Rocky just happened
beautiful forms. The most strik4
ing of them all are found in and bor. As the ship swiftly approached selfrespecting ship would ever body on top wants to fight. to be the man who came to dinner
Matthews punches splendidly with when Joe was allNiet up.
about the city of Rio, as everyone this enchanting entrance, another have done.
calls it. The first intimation that marvel showed itself to me. A
one gets that port is near is when great chunk of the mighty rock's Mentally, we travelers drew
the ship rounds a bold headland. smooth declivity was overhung. closer together. The scenery we
viewed seemed to consist of little
There then bursts into view an old
fort on a point, an exposed reef, As we passed so near as to seem more than the awesome depth be
and Copa Cabana behind them. to almost scrape, my fascinated neath, and the longedfor peak
gaze held the illusion that Sugar ahead.
Fine as is the famous beach and Loaf
was deliberately bulging at At our destination, we eagerly
the residential section behind it, I us, and
would, in another moment, left our acrobatic cradle, a bit Seafarer Joe Moody Is getting He noted that the Fairland crew
was surprised that I could not keep topple and
our tiny ship— gingerly, as though we held an ready for some topnotch bouts was looking to see good things :
my eyes off the weird peaks that she, whose crush
thirtythree thousand inner fear that Sugar Loaf itself this February as a lightweight
seemed to thrust themselves up tons had seemed
so great before. might suffer a tremor, and heave after running up a string of 61 wins
through the city at random, and
On
this
first
trip,
I made the us off into the void. Our trip^aloft out of 63 as an amateur and a
ringed the city like a gigantic,
nearperfect 16 out of It since he
crosscut saw. Small wonder that ascent of Sugar Loaf. A taxi de definitely affected our reaction to turned pro.
the
breathtakingly
panorama
that
livered
me
to
the
foot
of
a
small
the word Serra, meaning a saw,
A
saloon
messman
off
the
SS
is used to designate such a chain hill, which I ascended by a few lay about us. I shall not attempt to
Fairland
(Waterman)
Moody
has
describe
this.
After
all,
I
did
not
flights
of
steps.
I
bought
two
sets
of hills. Literally, I had been con
ditioned all the way from Santos of tickets, as two lifts are required come on a topographical expedi been training vigorously the past
tion, but upon an emotional one. few months,, getting into shape for
to look, not at a city, but at earth's to reach the top.
I will,
however, record one humili some bigtime matches around the
From
the
moment
of
starting,
I
grotesqueries.
ation. Corcovado, towered per country. Around the Gulf ports
was thrilled
by
the rapidly
unfoM
The Sugar Loaf
ing scenery. Beneath me and to haps another thousand feet above and particularly in Mobile, he's
Dead ahead was a peak that I the left was the little jewel known us! I then and there determined been building up a fine rep at sev
knew had to be none other than as Botofogo Bay; to the right, a to return to Bio to ascend it. The eral arenas.
the Pao de Azucar, or Sugar Loaf. patch of made land, containing a trip down was more lenient, so we Moody was with the 'Fairland
All the pictures I'd ever seen had yacht basin. Ahead lay the first scanned the city, which seemed when it returned recently; from
been taken from vantage points portofcall on this weird piece of like something poured about the Japan and Korea after nearly a
ashore to show the famous cable, navigation, a great cone of rock. bases of sheer, upthrust, piercing 10month trip. Ship's delegate
car ascent; but the sea gives the Before I reached it, I was im pinnacles, occasionally splashing a Lefty Norton reported good food
Joe' Moody
finest perspective. Just offshore is pressed with the fact that I was little way up their seeming unas and no major beefs on the run and
. • ill
sailibilities.
a high island. Between the two getting up in the world.
stated that Captain Helmils still from Joe Moody f in his forthcom
G. W. Ghamplin. retains his title as a good skipper ing ventures in. the square .circle
lies the narrow pass into the har The more or less flattop of our
and ffne seaman.
the nejft few months.
; ; . .
waystation, I found to be a charm
ing
spot.
Landscaped
paths
en
'Monkeyshines' circled this gardened little world.
: IHi
A fine casino, where one might
dine well and drink, while consid
ering what souvenirs to purchase. Seafarer Howard S. Miller never
The government, when it under- clinics ip Loitisyille specializing in
A couple of hours wiled away on
this speck of elevated, natural plat did get back to sea after he signed took the tremendous shipbuilding children's diseases.
form, served to prepare me for the off his last ship in September to program of World War 11, named
second leg of the aerial voyage.
join his wife in celebrating their its Liberty ships after' famous Robert Lansing (Bull). (Former
Americans. Below are the names US Secretary of State (18641928).
25th wedding anniversary.
Swayed in Breeze
of a few SIU-contracted Libertys Born in Watertown, N. Y., he be
As the sturdy car, doubly se Miller, 50, a machinist, died one and thumbnail sketches of the per- came an|attoruey, gnd; represented
cured on two suspension cables, night during his shift at a factory sons whose names they bear.
the US'in. the pering Sea claims,
commenced its onward way, the near his home in Jersey City, N.J.
Alaska' ^ bounda^ ^
dispjUte and ' at
feeling of rapid ascent was en Unable to sign on a ship because Richard Upjohn (Waterman). the 191819 peace conferences. He
hanced by the quick dropping away of the ILA tieup on the East Coast, Architect (180278). Born in was State: Secretary under Pres.
of the ground that but a moment he took a shoreside job to tide him Shaftesbury,' England, he came to Wilson 1(1915^20). . .
before had been beneath our feet. over until he could get out to sea the US in 1829. He was founder
and first prexy of the American • Paine Wingate ' (Bull). Former
Low tongues of land connect the
Institute of Architects. Designed Congressman (17301838). Bom in
two great rocks with one another, again.
many
church buildings, notably Amesbury, Massl; he Teceived
Born
in
landlocked
Indiana,
he
and with the shore.
Trinity
Church in New York.
spent
several
years
at
sea
in
vari
"Mr. Jiggs," chimp mascot on
As I traveled onward and up
schooling at Harvard and entered
« * •
Cities Service tanker Logans ward, I began the dizzy height. It ous engine department rates. He
the ministry. Member of the ^ New
Fort, acts playful with crewman took but a zephyr to start the joined the SIU In 1950. Surviving PhiUip Barbour (Waterman). Hampshire Constitutional Conven
Bill Morris. Bill was a volun giddy vehicle swaying, and the are his wife, Carolyn, and a daugh Podiatrist (18671944). Bom in tion, Continental Con^eSs' (1887)
tary organizer in the OS fleet for cables' elasticity caused the car ter, Lenora.
Danville, Ky., he was for: many and' judge, he wasUater a US Sen
, two years.
to bounce in a manner that no
years affiliated with hospitals and atorand Represehtative.
Trip Up Sugar Loaf ^Awesome"
Seafarer Joe Moody Jabs
Af Record Book Laurels
Howard Miller
Dies at Home
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Havffg signed 18months' ar
ticles for the Seadream (Coloniali,
we have now served half of it and
are keeping harmony aboard. How
.ever,> we. believe there are certain
matters which should be brought
to the attention of the member
shiPi
First, we have only eight of the
originar crew which signed On in
New York, the balance of the crew
being aliens, some even without
aeamen's papers. You can under
stand that this makes operations
difficult at best.
We know for % fact that when
we arrived at Curacao, another
ship of the same company had
many new crew replacements
sent from New York, while we
only got a first assistant engineer.
This meant sailing shorthanded,
forcing our regular members to
put in a lot of extra hours.
This matter has repeatedly been
brought to the attention of Cap
tain Ozolini but it seems he does
hot like American crews, and has
so stated on several occasions, in
hearing'of some of our crew, both
to^ agents and Aiherican consuls.
VTe how have 11 different natiohali
tles aboard this vessel.'
W.e have asked the master to
radio in for replacements, but be
has refused to do'so, persisting in
picking up foreign crews. This,
in our , opinion, should be brought
to the company's attention, as it is
difficult to understand and work
with; a crew that does, not speak
^glish.
pispute Below
There's been constant dissension
in the Engine Department; Chief
Engineer White interviews his own
foreign replacements, giving them
his own slant on what to do, over
time, andc so on. It has taken a
great deal , of effbrt to convince
these men that this is an SIIJ ship
with all men working on an equal
basis. . But the LOG has been of
considerable assistance in convinc
ing these men that some of the
officers aboard have deliberately
misled these men when sigqing on.
However, we are njaking. every
effort to keep things moving along
smoothly. As .we understand it,
there is no saving to the company
by..not sending replacements from
anY of'our hiring halls, since the
companies must pay return fares
home for all foreign personnel
signed; on.
i Therefore we believe it is jgf
paramount interest to
hers "that we ;:bring this matter to
their attention and get the straight
dope for future cases. You may
rest assured that we will hold our
end up at all times, and we will
Ibok^Jorward. to .a proper : settle
. ment of these matters on the pay
off.
—'We have noted in the LOG with
much satisfaction the increased
wage scale, vacation pay and other
gains and at our last ship's meet
ing the crew extended a vote of
thanks for ;the, splendid job Head
quarters isdoing.'^
Ralph W. William,
Ship's delegate
(Ed. Note: Headquarters is con
tacting the company on your beefs
and will isSuc clarification by let
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i0i Topside Men
To the Editor:—
,
The entire crew nf the SS' Alex
ander Stephens (Bull) wishes to
say that Captain Thomas J. Parker
and officers ihave treated them'100
percent and cooperated with us in
every way possible. :•
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^ Itiis suggested that a copy i of the
LOGcontaining;this itemube for
warded to' Captain Parkeriion i be
ihalf"bf:the,crcw.::.:n:<ji'
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SEAFARERS LOG
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Captain^sPowper lAfwnsdal^s Food Cheer'SMU Crew
^Cause oi l^eath^ Praised Highly Aboard Louisiana
To the Editor:
"fhe eyes of the maritime world
will be watching the outcome of
the trial in the case of the Flying
Trader skipper who shot and
killed a messman, supposedly in
selfdefense.
Many sea captains easily con
vince shore folk of their gentle
nature and pleasant qpthority when
ashore, but in the long, monoton
ous days at sea, they often become
taskmasters who enjoy their role.
Their unlimited power over the
lives of the men in their command
is often misused and it can become
a sickness inflicting humiliation
and undue hardship upon men who
must obey any order.
Rarely in my nine years at sea,
sailing over 40 ships with every
kind of skipper, have I come across
one who had very much respect
for the men in the foc'sle. And as
a rule, show me any skipper who
has his'wife or any woman around
to impress with his unlimited
power over his crew,, and I will
show you a skipper who will force
unnecessary hardships upon his
crew.
IVhether the messman in this
case was right or wrong, there
were other means of subduing him
besides using a gun: In any case
of this kind aboard a ship at sea,
regardless of the crew's feeling for
their captain, they will handle a
situation like this upon the proper
orders.
Crew Refused
The fact that the entire unlic
ensed personnel refused to sail
with this captain in a foreign port,
knowing they would have to an
swer individual charges for leaving
a ship on articles, proves that this
Ikipper must have been in the
wrong.
Any seafaring man can easily
read between the lines of this
story, for a .ship's captain who is
able to put handcuffs on a man,
and then has to shoot him to de
fend himself, has no business, with
a Master's license and is a disgrace
to the American merchant marine.
A ship's officer is usually reserved
in condemning another officer. The
story the unlicensed crew of this
ship will tell of Captain 'Weaver
will unfold his character, and the
Coast Guard should'flnfl plenty of
evidence to place him where he
belongs—behind bars.
Don D. Brown
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Ex'lSnvy Gunners
Find Worh Hard
To the Editor:
All Chilore (Ore) crewmen
pleased with new wage scale and
workhour agreement, but some
what disappointed because they
don't go into effect at once.
Many new men late of the war
time Navy gun crews, seemed sur
prised because conditions they had
no longer prevail and they didn't
know the crew had so much work
to do.
Here's an easy way to high blood
pressure. Had tWo men painting
drain pipes from bridge scuppers.
One had a rag wrapped around
line, would paint rag and then
pull same around pipe. He
wouldn't put his hand in paintpot
nohow, said he feared lead poison.
The other chappie, unable to
And 45 degree angle brush, got a
new sash tool, put it in a vise'and
bent it at the metal binding. Well,
it didn't take but a few minutes
and the guy was covered with paint
bristles like an old porcupine.
H. Collier
Ship's delegate
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
We the crew of the Daniel H. The new Seatrain Louisiana
Lownsdale, most of whom have (Seatrain) is about to complete
been on her for two trips to Den her first round trip without too
mark are taking time out to thank much difficulty, such as new ships
the steward's department. In the sometimes have.
two trips there has not been one As good SIU men, a perfect
beef about the crew arrived in Chester Nov. 15
food. The only and immediately turned'to on their
thing said is that respective jobs, putting things in
most of us have shape. Overnight, the ship was
been going to sea changed from a ghost into a real
for a number of live ship, and we sailed the next
years' and never day into New York, receiving the
saw the feeding salutes of the port.
anywhere that's Oh this first trip things have
put out like it is been most agreeable with the ex
on
here. Armis ception of the drinking water. The
Simmons
tlce Day and Captain and officers have nothing
Thanksgiving Day were like being but praise for the unlicensed per
at a little WaldorfAstoria. If you sonnel, some even remarking the
ever sail with the brothers listed difference in having an SIU crew
below you can be sure that you are aboard; As with all new ships, many
looking forward to a good trip with things still remain to be done to
the best of feeding and service.
improve living and working con
The Steward's department is as ditions.
follows: Edward U. Smith, steward;
Good Galley
Juan Pagan, chief cook; Eddie
We are happy to have such a
Potts, 2d cook and baker; James good galley staff and steward de
Wilson, galleyman; Roy Justice, partment in general. Paddy
Robert Cash, Samuel Horvitz, McCann, our ship's delegate, is do
messmen; Jack Smithy, BR.
ing* an excellent job as are the
other department delegates.
R. E. Simmons,
P. v. MiUica,
Paul Rogosh, the bosun, is smil
Ships' Delegates. ing, so all must be going well on
deck. I believe the old gal is a
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little hard to steer, but I guess
that will gradually work out okay.
Abe Partner^ crew mess, keeps the
boys happy at meal times.
Quite a few characters with us.
To the Editor:
I was reading in the LOG (Nov. In addition, we have several heavy
2) about that AB getting discharged weights— 265 pounds and up
from the Army after the SIU aboard. These boys can pack away
started the ball rolling. Well, I be the groceries.
lieve I'm in the same boat he was. A pat on the back to Ray Brault,
It would be a good break if the electrician, and Charlie the deck
Union would contact the proper engineer who have been more than
authorities and see what could be .obliging in doing so many odd jobs
done in my case. I started sailing for us on this trip. We could use
in June, 1943, and sailed continu alibrary, then all will be well.
John Jellette
ously until I was drafted last Oc
Steward
tober, My present rating is AB,
which I have been sailing as since
4; 4; 4;
1946.
At the present time I am in an
artillery outfit in Schweinfurt, Ger
many, and have been in the hos To the Editor:
pital six different times with the
Owing to the fact that few mem
same stomach ailment, the last bers will take Ore ships like the
time for 39 days.
SS Feltore, it's pretty hard to keep
With the shortage of rated sea things going Union style. We have
men these days, perhaps you can men off the dock every day who
arrange my release from the Army make one trip, and don't care
as in Eugene Dore's case.
about anything except to get back
and off.
Sgt. Charles Buleca
Because of the few SIU men we
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C. Btry., 44th FABn. F.A. Bn. have it's quite a job to keep these
guys in line, but considering the
APO 39, c/o PM, NY, NY.
(Ed Note: The Union will inquire crews we get, we are going along
into your case and eligibility for as well as can be expected. By
discharge. Brother Buleca.)
the way, I think there should be
more Union educational material
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provided on these ships for the
benefit of Unijpn newcomers.
Richard Forrest.
^Need AH at Sea^
Not As Army GV
Often Hard Job
To Man Ore Ship
Uphoid Uitioii,
Crewmen Told
To the Editor:
We've been having a jot of Union
education discussion aboard the
Government Camp (Cities Service),
but it seems there's never enough.
It's been suggested over and
over again that the membership on
the ship should try and keep it
clean and conduct themselves in
a Union manner. It was pointed
out that this is an SIU ship and
that the men should uphold Union
policy to the best of their ability.
It was brought out that if the
new men coming on Cities Service
ships would only read up on the
Union, it would help them conduct
themselves in a Union manner. H
anyone does not understand the
Union it is better for him to ask
one of the delegates to clarify a
point that than it is for him to get
(Ed. Note: The increases are in in trouble doing something that be
effects Money now being earned doesn't know anything about.
Davis Gilbert,
will, be paid retroactive to Nov. 1
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To the Editor:
It sfue gave me a good feeling
at the meeting last month to hear
the brothers vote to bring the body
of one of oiur own members home
to his family and to heck with this
business of freight charges as if he
was a case of oranges.
• We all know, it wasn't the
Union's job to assume responsibil
ity even though the government
and the shipowners sat on their
hands and even asked the kid's fam
ily to fork over $130 to bring him
home from Korea.
Too often you hear about cases
like this dragging for months and
years because nobody has enough
heart to spare a guy's loved ones
more pain. I'm one proud Seafarg^
who knows his Union can always
be counted on to help out in times
of need.
Wallace Smith.
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Marine in Korea
Eager for Mail
To the Editor:
How about putting my "John
Henry" in the LOG so some of
my old shipmates can write to me.
It sure helps to get a little mail
out here.
If possible, how about putting
me on the mailing list for the
LOG? Thanks.
Pfc. Jimmie Sharp,
Fleet Marine Force,
L. Battery, 11th Marines t
FPO, San Francisco.
(Ed. Note: Brother Sharp was
writing from Heartbreak Ridge,
North Korea.)
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From Shipmates
To the Editor:
Just a few lines to let you know
that I'd like to have the LOG sent
to me in the Army. I was a mem
ber of the SIU and would be
pleased if I could find out what's
doing these days in the Union.
William V. Molfetto
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509th Engrs. Combat Co.
Ft. Benning, Ga.
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Sober Bessemer
Creiv in Japan
To the Editor:
Everything on the Bessemer
Victory (South Atlantic) is tiptop.
Plenty of women and plenty of
sake here in Yokohama, but believe
me we don't have many gashounds
here. This is about the most sober
ship I ever had a chance to sail.
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In PH Walkout
To the Editor:
Say, the .new LOG sure is some
thing! Plenty of news and features,
too, for the brothers to po^ over
at sea.
One item I noticed right off was
about the labor snafu down in
Puerto Rico. I was plenty proud
to hear that the SIU voted a $500
assist for those striking radio
workers, because they sure need a
helping hand down there.
Stateside businessmen think they
can get away with murder down
there as far as labor conditions
go, and this radio station owner
thought he could hop on the cut
wage bandwagon. Glad the Union
is helping these people. I've been
down there and seen the terrible
conditions under which they live
and work.
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Bill Luee^
Fitzgerald and soap suds.
Brother Daniel Fitzgerald, BR,
reminds us that since the operators
are going to install washing ma
chines aboard their ships, now
there'll be plenty of soapsuds to
do the washing but fewer back
aches.
We'll spend Christmas around
here in the shuttle between Korea,
OMnawa and Japan. Merry Xmas
to all the brothers.
Luis
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SEAFARERS LOG
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On Northwestern
L E T TEE Ei
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LmaBmtbwsnr]
To the lEdito« m ^
To the Editor:'
, The family of Mrs. SaralHdolloyl
All departments on the North
Everett, Mass., grandmother ,of
western Victory (Victory Carriers)
Ronald Thompson and mother of,
are working smoothly, but it's been
Mrs. James Enwright, extend their'
suggested that men not pay off
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
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heartfelt thanks to the Seafarer's
until all issues are clear to the To the Editor:
Oh boy, does my stomach feel
crew.
Finally paid off In New York
We the crew of the Greece Vic International Union at 276 Stated
better after that Thanksgiving
At the last shipboard meeting, a week. I had to wait to write for I after five and a half months on the tory (South Atlantic) want to warn Street, Boston, for their prompt'
motion was made to have patrol couldn't have taken my mind off steel Apprentice (Itshmian) as she future crews of this ship of the response to an urgent request for
caliber of officers that prevail on blood donors.
man clarify the sailing from Le my stomach if I wanted to.
wove her way around the world, this vessel and hope that by expos
In particular, we wish to thank
Havre to Rouen, France, as to
whether it's a shift or a sailing to I am not much of a scribe but calling on a bunch of Asian and ing them and their methods we the three young men, now on the
may be able to improve relations high seas, who gave their blood for
another port and if watches should I would likp to say a word for this Middle Eastern ports.
Mrs. Molloy at the Massachusetts
and conditions.
be maintained or the men put on railroad ocean ferry, the Seatrain
Things
didn't
go
too
bad
or
too
Texas. I have been on here for
General
Hospital on September
overtime.
The captain of this ship Is one
seven months and that is a long well on the old rustbucket so
11th, as well as those others who
The crew has extended thanks to time for me, even if I did come on can't say I'm too unhappy that the Benny "Honey" Shaw, with whoiA volunteered and were not needed.
lies much of the fault for our
the steward's department for fine because I was afraid to get away
grievances. He is critical of all It makes us vei^ happy to tell all
meals and service. Charles J. Hart from the shore line after coming run is over.
concerned that Mrs. MOlloy is now
unions and the SIU in particular. at home and in good health.
man, steward, notes that thanks right out of the hbspital in New
He decries the condition of thq« The prompt action and coopera
should go to Ed Bums, chief cook; Orleans.
Cf.' W. Cobb, 2nd cook and William
ship, but admits that the crew is tion of the Agent and Dispatcher,
doing much to clean it up. Since James Sheehan and James
"Tex" Mays. The honor for the But I have met some very good
crew's commendation belongs to shipmates and some very good
it came out of the boneyard, the Sweeney, contributed greatly
these men because they earned it, union men on this tub. There are
ship has had seyen chief mates in
toward putting the family at ease
not many beefs on this scow and
he adds.
seven trips.
during such a trying time arid we
when
one
comes
up
it
is
brought
Joseph C. Wallace
The crew on the ship is above shall never forget their kindness.
up and taken care of right away in
Ship's delegate
average and even the captain con
Members of the SIU, whether at
good SIU style, so that when we
cedes this. We have no alcoholics, home or away from their loved
(Ed Note: Under the contract, sail have the payoff the patrolman can
no foulups. Realizing this fact onei can be eternally grateful for,
ing from Le Havre to Rouen is an take care of the business of dues
but ignoring
it, the captain persists their Union; for the wonderful men
inland water shift.)
and other things. I wish to say
in making things uncomfortable operating it and for the splendid
that whenever we had a beef the
for us, aided by the chief engineer. men who are part of It; they are a
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patrolman really took care of every
Our captain has been caught in credit to the land and the sea.
thing in fine shape.
the act of painting the radio op
Mrs. James Enwright
Of course, at this writing we
erator's room together with sparks,
4 4 4
don't know what we are getting.
showing how much importance he
But I am speaking for the crew and
To the Editor:
myself. We sure want to extend a Taking soundings aboard the Steel attaches to the agreement. He
At a special meeting, crew
lot of thanks to the negotiating Apprentice, Herman Mertz, ship's maintains that the ship is unclean
members of the SS James Cald committee for what they have got carpenter, strikes a rugged pose but forgets that he has a big dog To the Editor:
well (Alcoa) passed on the new ten for us.
running around' cluttering it up.
Crew members of three Delta
for the lensman.
agreement unanimously. We wish
He's
reluctant
to
pay
overtime
to
Line
ships showed their skill in
to go on record thanking the nego .Other unions in the country are
have the interior of the house both baseball and softball in two
We
were
bogged
down
in
Dja
tiating committee and our officials jealous of our agreement and have karta, Java, for 22 days unloading. cleaned up, preferring to have it tight, wellplayed ball games in
for bringing about the greatest been for a long time because they Left the States with our decks all done by spot soogee. This is Brazil at the Santos Athletic Club.
contract in maritime history, and are different unions than ours and piled high with crated jeeps and impossible as we have a bad soot
A large crowd of Brazilians
for steering us through plenty of don't live together as we do and trucks for that stopover.
problem.
watched the second game of the
have
the
brotherly
spirit
we
have.
dangerous channels.
He ignores safety regulations. doubleheader, and were 'evidently
John Bilko, AB and deck del
I think we should go a little
We also wish to take this oppor
Two
trips previpusly he had a much impressed. Baseball fever
egate,
added
a
little
excitement
to
tunity to wish our officials con farther than we are to teach and the junket when he plucked a 285 bosun who was his fair^haired boy. has really caught on as far as the
educate the new man. I had one
tinued success and good luck.
the other day say "forget the pound, ninefoot, threeinch shark Under that bosufi, the crew was Del Alba is concemea with an am
The entire crew of this Liberty things we have done, that's under out of the briny while the ship was sent aloft in bad weather and again bitious schedule of games planned
ship, bound for India, wishes to the bridge. What are we going to anchored five days in the Straits later in England while cargo was for both north and southbound
express its heartiest season's greet do?"
being worked. The stack was trips.
of Malacca awaiting orders.
ings toall members of our good
painted
in a snowstorm. The crew
The first contest was a five
Michael
J.
Carlin
Well, brothers, you can't forget
Union, the Seafarers International what is under the bridge because if
wanted him pulled off as he had inning Ibaseball game between the
4
4
4
Union of North America.
no concern for its safety and finally Del Alba and Del Santos nines,
it didn't mean something you
he left at payoff.
Blackie Bankston, would need no bridge.
which ended in a 44 deadlock.
Ship's delegate.
The second game saw the formid
I also was asked as a ship's
Bosun Hardtimed , ''
able Del Nqrte team edge a com
delegate how much I got besides
A new oldtime bosun who had bined allstar club from Del Alba
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my dues paid. When I told the boy To the Editor:
an interest in the crew's welfare and Del Santos i>y a score of 21
I got nothing and paid my dues, he
Our first meeting in the new and pointed out unsafe working in eight innings of softball, or
said, "Oh, no wonder every one
hall was certainly very impressive. conditions is now being given a "jungle ball" in that the pitcbers
gives you such a hard time!"
The gathering on the whole was so hard time by the captain but the were allowed to throw overhand..
But
I
have
found
that
if
you
To the Editor:
crew is steadfast behind him.
The baseball game was loaded
Hope this little note finds every have good union shipmates being orderly and cooperative that one
The life of everyone aboard is with thrills as situations of just
a
ship's delegate
can
be
more
than
had
to
reflect
upon
the
past
and
one fine, and that we've moved in
further endangered because life about every type came up. Hit'
to the new hall by now. I think just a delegate. You are helping think of what we seamen went boats are inadequately stored with and run plays, base stealing,
this is a fine Union we have and a brother member that may some through in the old days.
water and food and some have no squeeze plays, slugging and mas
would like to go on record as say day be able to help you.
plugs. Among other things, on a terful pitching wereall part of the
I
i:pcall
the
old
hiring
hall
at
I
was
over
and
seen
Frenchy
ing it is the best.
Michelet
at
the
new
hall.
He
2 Stone Street, New York, add three day holiday weekend, he repertoire. The game started as
I was reading in a recent LOG
called the crew back to work each a pitching duel with that old cam
showed
me
around
and
boy
it
is
where a fellow in Baltimore sent
also the Union hall on Peter St., day saying he did not care If the paigner,' "Flat Top" Kendrlcks
swell.
I
remember
when
working
in a picture of his girl friend and
New Orleans. When you look crew eve got to their homes. This starting for the Albas, opposing
''urged the boys to come to that with him on the New Orleans hall around our new place in Brooklyn was in New York.
"Boats" Graham for the Santos.
we were pretty well pleased with it makes one stand aghast, think
port for some
Both teams scored a run apiece
that
job
but
boy
this
is
really
All
of
this
has
tended
to
make
ing perhaps we are in another
girls. Well, here's
in the fourth after three scoreless
something I don't mean maybe.
dissatisfied
bunch
out
of
what
world.
a photo of the Christmas greetings to all.
was once a smooth, wellformed innings. Santos pushed across
good looking
The old New Orleans hall was crew. The chief engineer hasn't three runs in the top of the fifth
Bert
Manifold
girl friend and
Ship's delegate an old wooden fire hazard. There helped because of his spying on as a light rain hampered the effec
myself. She's
was no such thing as amusements, the deck gang and stewards and tiveness of Kendrick's knuekler.
from Mobile and
not even a deck of cards. When interference with shipboard union But the Albas came back in the
I think we have a
the hall closed you pounded the meetings.
bottom of the fifth to knot itup.
few pretty girls
pavement frequenting the free
Pitching Duel •
Although
feeling
among
some
of
down our way
lunch saloons and always hoping
The
second
game was a pitching
to get away to sea and from all the officers is that they're gentle duel throughout, with Sistrum for
Skfppy & Gal too.
To
the
Editor:
men,
the
last
trip
in
Bremerhaven
I just finished
your misery.
a couple of them were drunk and Del Norte opposing Mclnis for the.
a trip on the Chiwawa for Cities
On most ships, it's the usual
AllStars. Sistrum, a southpaw, de
Thanksgiving Day I was one of made nuisances of themselves.
Service, and brother, it was the occurrence for the chief mate
pended on a variety of slow stuff
the many brothers partaking in
to follow the bosun around.
Deficiencies in work by some against Mclnis' fast ball. With the
worse trip I've ever made. Every
the dinner provided by the Union
one was alright except the skipper Here, aboard the Oremar
and believe me it was good. officers caused failure of wind game tied 11 after seven innings
(Ore.), we have a fourmonth
and the second mate.
Afterwards, plenty of recreation lasses to work on several oe Del Forte managew to loadthe
He was th^ one in 1949 that gave old kitten who follows our
was available right here at the casions and hit and miss navigation bases 'in the~bpttpn» hal£i^ol,^
serang
around
while
he's
tak
a fellow a letter of recommenda
^
hall. A wonderful thanksgiving which at one time took us 50 miles eighth with twb
ing the soundings.
tion for a full year's good service
for which I like many others am off cffurse when we were entering safely to drive in the w
We also have an OS aboard
the English Channel.
and then fired him for talking
Outstanding perfori^ance^ in
|
the
very grateful!
who hasn't been going to sea
union.
However, this is not a blanket game i was the ^ defensiv?i , play| of |
All this is to point out to the
very long, therefore he doesn't
young seaman what used to be, in disapproval of all the officers. Jack Bailie iii center flitld |p
Well so long for now fellows,
know the names and terms
the hope he will bend every effort But the bad joes persist in a policy Fred Ingrani behind the |^ate.|
and keep up the fine work you are
to show his appreciation for the that blocks progress. The time Captain Rogers, a re^oiijbasetiu t
doing. Oh yes. Would you please used on the ship. Well, here's
the topper: The other day he
;
beautiful hall the SIU now has and has long since passed when a privi enthusiast,, was inst:p^l^n^ in
have the LOG sent to my home.
told one AB "the cat was fol
j
do his bit to keep it clean.. Those leged minority can inflict anti ranging both gaiiries|jinjpi
My mothei' loves to read it and I lowing the ' bosun while he
receptacles on the deck aren't quated ideas upon their employees. the Jgad. > He is cjirinpigl^J^ behiiia.|
like to keep up with things.
was measuring the bottom of
flower vases, boys, they're there Labor organizations see tp it that] %e v^ba nine and
M. P. SUppy ZaUck.'
the ship."
for you to throw in your cigarette the worker gets a just reward for' =l!a^;iFVtop
L. J. Brilkart.
his efforts.
(Ed. Note: The LOG will be
butts.
mlfiled to your home^ir^lnowen.')'
dljaddy EarrelL
New Seaman Has Steel Apprentice Greece Skipper :
Plenty to Learn • Bach Home Again Labeled ^Bucho^
Caldwell Crew
Hails New Pact
Baseball Battles
Enliven SA Bun
Hq is Far Cry
From Old Days
Pretty Gals Down
Mobile Way Too
Oremar OS Shy
On Sea Terms
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SEAFARERS LOG
Tf TwwHrH
THE
LABOR
ROUNDUP
While US shipping is still thriee to five years away from atomic
propulsion and other equally fantastic developments which will revo
lutionize the shipping Industry, th^re qre enough new gimmicks com
ing into service.to maJie quite a change in the duties of unlicensed
personnel who have the jobs of maintenance and operation.
Cooks and stewards will be interested to learn that electronic cookers,
known as "RaddrartgeS" have already been installed on oceangoing
ships and could conceivably become standard'galley equipment.
• The. chief advantage of the "Radarange" is in its speed of opera
tion. Foods which would take anywhere from a few minutes up to
several hours to prepare under ordinary conditions can be cooked
in a few seconds in the radar cooker. Without getting too technical
about it, .the "radarange" is a device for producing microwaves which
enter the food and generate heat, cooking it in the process.
Of course cooking electronically will involve the use of an entirely
new set of recipes and working techniques geared to doing roasts
in the twinkle of an eye rather than in several hours as formerly.
Oceangoing ships and coastal craft moved more cargo over tho
Delaware River last year' than on any other waterway in the coun
try, states a report just released. Commercial cargo amounting
to 76,132,523 tons was moved over the river. The Mississippi and
Ohio Rivers ranked second and third, respectively, while New
York's Hudson took the eleventh spot. For an overall picture, a
total of 28 rivers and canals carried over 2,000,000 tons of com
merce in 1950.
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Keep the Spigots Open—Unions
and employers in the ^coholic One of the most important innovations in the industry is said to be
beverage industry have joined the entry into regular service of the Shell tanker Auris, which is par
hands in a united plan to fight tially powered by gasturbine machinery. This new propulsion setup
prohibitionists who have been 'offers several advantages over commercial engines, particularly the
campaigning actively to dry up the fact that there are only two moving parts in a gasturbine plant, as
country in local option elections compared with more than a dozen in others'. Also important is the smaller
and through restrictive legislation. space needed, less weight overall, probable lower operating costs and
Local option dry laws cover com reduced chance for conkouts.
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munities, counties and states with
A runaway engineless hulk with 12 men aboard was cluttering
a population of 26,000,000 Ameri
cans. With the increase in. liquor • up the sealanes on the western coast of Norway at last reports.
The ship is the former German freighter Aachen, salvaged by a
Another gadget for the galley is an electricallyoperated scouring taxes, labor unions in the field also
Norwegian
concern from the bottom of Narvik harbor, where she
fear
a
rise
in
bootlegging.
Unions
device for scrubbing, scouring and polishing cooking utensils, work
was sunk during the fighting in 1940. She was drifting in a sea
surfaces and. galley equipment. The machine consists .of a motor which participated in a. joint con
snowstohn after breaking away from a tug ... A "sea demon"
and drive shaft and a hand piece with two interchangeble brushes, ference with employers' recently
reported in the streets of Roslyn, Long Island, turned out to be
one of stainless steel wire and the other of nylon. The steel brush were the Hotel and Restaurant
the massive bronze statue of a "sea monster" which thieves dis
is for cleaning ovens, broilers, grills, gratings and the like while the Employees (AFL); Brewery Work
mantled
from a nearby estate and sold for scrap.
ers
(CIO)
and
Distillery
Workers
nylon brush is for the various cooking utensils. All in all, it is an
(AFL).
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electrical, substitute for good oldfashioned elbow grease.
The Federal Maritime Board reported 83 more vessels added
to the active merchant fleet during October, bringing the number
Milking the Public — Talking
of ships (1,000 gross tons or more) to 1,951. Private ownership
Deck gang hands can be saved a lot of labor by the adaptation of the about liquid refreshment, the
accmmts for 1,292 of these ... A giant shipping terminal on the
paint roller for shipboard use. Paint rollers have become increasingly Detroit Federation of Labor has
shores of
San Leandro Bay in Oakland, Cal., is in the works after
popular in recent years as replacement for brushes when painting large protested a recent halfcent a quart
completion of negotiations for 145 acres of land. Located north
surfaces such as walls and ceiUngs. The paint is poured inside the increase in milk prices in that city.
of the Municipal Airport, the site will be partly reclaimed from
rollet and Is released as the roller is pressed over the surface.
The Federation complained that
tideland.
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The heavyduty paiht roller for shipboard use consists simply enough although distributors are paying
of a paint roller mounted on the end of a long handle. Coming in farmers less for whole milk than
Japan, which has been crimping shipping from west coast SIU ports,
sizes as long as 18 Inches, use of the roller makes possible a good deal they did four to five years ago, the is branching out still further. Latest move is an attempt to boost
of overhead painting from a standing position on the deck, making price has gone up several cents a trade with Indonesia . . . The ICC denied an application by another
it unnecessary to use scaffolds and ladders in many instances. The quart during that period. The operator seeking to move Dupont chemical cargoes between Gulf and
roller is also supposed to apply paint much faster than the conven public, says the DFL, should be North Atlantic ports already served by Seatrain and PanAtlantic,
tional brush. When it comes to painting smokestacks however, the enjoying a reduction In prices SlUcontracted companies . . . New lowfare transatlantic air service
old rig and'brush method still applies.
instead of having to face another at a "tourist class" rate of $270 one way will be available next Spring.
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increase.
Acting on its own in the absence of U. S. approval, Canada, has a
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begun to set wheels in motion for the St. Lawrence Seaway, water
Talking about paints and painting brings to mind an ingenious de
Three
Showings
Daily — AFL
link between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic. Government of
vice for controlling insects aboard ship. A company in Allentown, Pa.
Papermakers
Union is following in
ficials
asserted its. need to stimulate Canadian ecnomic develop
called .the Dianol Sales Corporation is putting out an insecticide
the
footsteps of
the
SIU and
other
ment
and
defense programs . . . Another new wrinkle in ship
which is mixed with paint. The manufacturer says that the product
propulsion is the announced plan of a Cleveland iron concern to
can be mixed with all types of paints and finishes including whitewash, unions by making a motion picture
about its activities. The film, called
install single boilers instead of the traditional two on three con
cement, casein, oil, water and dry paints. Once mixed with the paint,
ventional Great Lakes ore carriers. The firm is willing to gamble
it will kill any insect passing over the surface, and is claimed to be "Union in the Mill," is scheduled
on the lone boiler not conking out at sea, citing a 30year record
completely odorless and not harmful to humans. The insecticide is for release sometime toward the
end
of
December and
will
be
a
re
without a boiler failure.
supposed to remain effective for the life of the paint job, up to four
view of
the union's activities
in the
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or five years.
paper industry.
Providence AFL longshoremen set a new port record in unloading
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cargo from the freighter Texan recently, pulling an average 15,000
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feet of lumber an hour out of her holds . . . Orion Shipping and Trading
New refinements have been made in the "metal mike," the automatic
We Hope It Fits Nicely—^A new Co. has ordered two "supertankers" at an estimated cost of six million
steering jobot device manufactured by the Sperpy Corporation. The
latest model of the GyroPilot' can hold a given course with much more wage pattern is certain to emerge dollars each from the Quincy, Mass. yards of the Bethlehem Steel Co.
accuracy; and can. steer a vessel on a new course without overshooting. from current negotiations between The new ships, keels for which will be laid in mid1952, will be over
The old "metal mike" used a system known as displacement steer the millionmember United Steel 29,000 tons, 644 feet long, 85 feet wide and will make up to 16 knots.
ing when changing course. In this system the rudder was not returned workers (CIO) and the giant United
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An experimental jmethod departing from the normal launching
amidships until the vessel had completed the amount of turn desired. States Steel Corporation. Under
operation was proven successful when a 90foot steel railroad scow
But by the time the rudder was returned, the momentum of the ship present wage freeze regulations,
was catapulted into the Kill Van KuU at Mariner's Harbor, Staten
caused it to overshoot. The newest gyropilot model is designed to steel workers would not be entitled
Island, from the end of a construction line. Hydraulic dollies pro
eliminate this condition by adding "rate" control in steering. In other to more than a sixcent an hour
pelled the scow along a track and shot it into the water from the
words, the speed of the vessel, (and its consequent natural momentum) increase, but all expectations are
bulkhead at the end of a pier. Tugs took over from there.
Is taken into account by the GyroPilot, and a greater or lesser amount that the government will come
through with a new formula which
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of rudder angle applied to compensate for the momentum.
Wing stabilizers to reduce rolling in heavy seas will be tried out by the
The newer model is also more accurate in compensating for wind would prevent a strike at the con
conditions and other factors which will affect the steering of the vessel. tract's deadline date, New Year's Cunard Line next year. Useful during the war when the British Navy
day.
developed them to steady ships for more accurate shooting, the
stabilizers are reported to have corrected rolling in a matter of seconds
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aboard a 24,000ton passenger vessel in Far East service. They are
It's Red, Not Black—We always described as somewhat similar to airplane wings with moveable flaps
After several years of experimentation, aluminum is coming into
more general use in the construction ofships. Many parts of the thought it was printer's ink, but that can be projected from the ship's side when it starts to roil in
superstructures of vessels, including such accessories as lifeboats members of Typographical Union
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are being made of aluminum on the newer, ships now being constructed No. 6, New York, proved they have heavy weather.
The Hrst Jetty pier ever constructed in Brazil is now in use.
The Alcoa Steamship Company has been one of the pioneers in the real red blood in their veins when
An experimental project, the Rio pier can berth four large
use of this material instead of steel on several of its newer ships.
385 men turned up at the Red
steamers. If it should prove its usefulness, it is reported the
The major advantages of the use of aluminum as far as Seafarers Cross in one day to donate blood.
Brazilian government will modernize the entire docking system
are concerned are its corrosiveresistent qualities and its lighter weight. Another 200 made appointments
and do away with bulkhead docks now in use. Port congestion has
This means considerable less maintenance work in the way of paint for a later date. Included among
been further created by the need for larger warehouse facilities,
ing, chipping, etc. as well as greater ease in handling of movable deck the donors were workers in the
14 ships at one time waiting to dock because of no dockside cargo
getu*. Chief obstacle to the adoption of aluminum construction through shop where the LOG is made up
space.
out the ship is its greater cost as compared to steeL
and printed.
Burly
•y
Follow Burly Every issue in The Seuturers Loy
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SEAFARERS LOG
SlU Urges Coal SpeedUp To Europe
WELFARE BENEFITS
REPOBT NO. 11
that same end faster, and is liable i from Poland in restricted quantity
(Continued from page 3)
By
Robert
Matthem,
Aut, StcrttarthTreaxanr
ditional funds for aid to Europe, to meet with a more favorable re and very high in price.
"With
the
democracies'
rearma
ception
in
Congress.
Period Covered By Thta B^^ort^ov. ISDoo. 1
and discussions are already under
way on this score. But as stated Since the US government will ment programs and our own de Cssh on bond
In the SIU letter, "immediate gov have to pick up the tab either way, fense effort dependent to large de US Governniont Bonds • • • • «ooofcoa«f«««*f*«oofot*oc»d
.... 150.»0«3d
ernment action is imperative" as the SIU feels that its suggestions gree upon quick solution of this Estimated accounts receivable
4,464
the Europeans need the coal now. will mean a speedier and less cum problem, it appears that immedi Hospital Benefits Paid in Period
Reducing the cost of coal at Eu bersome procedure which will get ate governmental action is im Total Hospital Benefits paid sinco July 1, 195089,071
Death Benefits Paid In Period
iii.. .i;....
13,000
ropean ports via the suggested the coal to Europe now when the perative.
Death
Benefits
paid rince
July
1, 1950.....
139,666.06
"Mr.
Lewis
and
the
coal
indus
Europeans need
it.
Further, if
the
methods would have the same ef
fect as increasing economic aid. European governments knew that try ieaders have announced their
USPHS HOSPITAL
tiSPHS HOSPltAL
STATEN ISLAND. N. Y.
GALVESTON. TEXAl
What it would do is accomplish they were assured a plentiful sup willingness fo cooperate in dealing John Brown
31560 Toba Beams........
IS.OIL'
ply of low cost coal, they would with this problem, and have re Maurice Burnstine
30.<X> Morrls.J. Black.16.00'
30.00 Cbarles J. Clark
not move cautiously on their re portedly urged that ships be made Nicholas Bechlivanit
15.00
Domingo Camacho
...... 16.00 Angelo Farrle..
15.00
armament programs as much as available for transfer of the coal. Thomas
J. Caffrey
45.00 Mark B. Hairelson.....
30.00
Responsibility for setting up any C. U. Francis
they are now doing.
30.00 Frank P. KeUev
30.00
Glcsen..
45.00 E. A. LaFarse...
'.
15.00
The full text of the letter is as such program rests with our fed William
I. B. Grierson
45.00 W, W. Lipscomb.....
30.00
eral government.
R. J. Hampton
30.00 James P. Lord
follows:
Edward C. Johnson
15.00
Joseph Humphrays
15.00 L. E. McCune
30.00
"Perhaps the government will Karl
A benefit check for sick time at Mr. Charles E. Wilson,
Jarve
15.00 Albert M. Mors*..
30.00
15.00 Charles Scherhans
see fit to establish some agency or H. C. Johnson
San Juan Hospital is waiting for Director, The Office of
30.00
Keahinui
80.00 SavUle B. Tribble
15.00
commission to provide a subsidy James
you at the SIU Welfare Office, 11 Defense Mobilization,
V. Keiklnen
20.00
Alex
KeUer
30.00
to
meet
the
cost
differential
that
Washington,
D.
C.
3B5JM
Broadway, N.Y.C.
Kettunen
30.00
is preventing European nations Sylvester
Dear Mr. Wilson:
USPHS HOSPITAL
it'
John Kosinski
15.00
NORFOLK.
VA.
60.00
J. Bowber
"We have read reports of an ex from getting enough of our coal Peter Kruplnskl
Kustas
45.00 Lonnic C. Cole
13.00
Get in touch with Wanda Bow tremely paradoxical situation in in American bottoms at a price Thomas
Robert F. Larsen
43.00 L. A. DuBeau
' 15.00
they
can
more
easily
afford.
This
Michael
Llnko
30.00
Isaac
P.
Hancock
15.00
view of the rearmament programs
ber, 233 E. 32d St., N.Y.C,
Harold Lunt
'.
43.00 Frank Morris
30.00
being pushed now by the United coal is being paid for by EGA dol A.
$
McGuigan
45.00 WUliam H. StricUuid.'. t .......... 30.00
15.00 M. Walker
15.00
States and the European demdcra lars which could be better applied John McLaughUn
Douglas Foulds
Lewis J. Williams
30.00
Sam
Merkerson
60.00
to other European economic needs. Vic Milazzo
Your Coast Guard ticket is being cies,
60.00 Alven A. WillU, Jr.
15.00
O'Brien
13.00 Henry O. Cooper...
10.00
held at the SIU Mailroom, 675 "Reports have it that our Euro By reducing the cost of such ship Eugene
John
Parra
30.00
Henry
Everhart
15.00
pean friends are in critical need ments in a manner such as sug Earl'H. Poe
4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, N.Y.
30.00 Leonard G. Murphy
135.00
gested
above, Europeans
will
be in
Otto Preussler
45.00 Shirley Rountree
30.00
of more coal to carry out their
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Pukki
25.00
double objectives of rearmament a position to devote more of these Toivo
Barney Speegle
John Ramey...
45.00
'39500
30.00
Please call your wife as soon as and economic reconstruction, while dollars for the purposes for which Juan Rueda
USPHS HOSPITAL
Jose Salgado
15.00
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
possible at Dickens 9763, Balti the United States has a coal sur they were originally intended.
Frank Shipp
30.00
15.00
plus and miners are working a "Inasmuch as there appears to John Snyder
f.
15.00 J. L. Arch
more.
15.00
Stickney.
45.00 J. Bryant
short week.
be some doubt as to which govern James
Oliver
Celestlne... >
30.00
Stanley Swienckoskl....
45.00
Lawrence D. Cook......
15.00
George F. Martin
' 60.00 RogeUo
The United Mine Workers of ment office would have jurisdic John Tarko
Cruz
30.00
Turner
15.00
Your family is anxious to hear America and its president, John L. tion over the problem, .perhaps you Paul
Jessie
T.
Everett........
15.00
Samuel L. Vidal
15.00
15.00
F.
H.
Garretson.
can
use
your
good
offices
to
ex
from you at 541 W. Rich Ave., De Lewis, have, together with the coal
C. Wallander
45.00
.30.00
Watson
45.00 Paul G. Goodman.......
Land, Fla.
industry, called attention to this pedite the vitallyneeded solution. Henry
E.
E.
Gross
,30.00
Samuel White
15.00
H. A. Jeffery
30.00
situation and have suggested that With the defense of the West in George L. Wise10.00 D.
4" 4" 4
D.
Kelly...................:...
30.00
30.00
Eddie Driggers
some formula be worked out to volved, there should be no delay Clifford Womack
Leo H. Lang
30.00
William
Lynaugh
30.00
Please leave papers, discharges permit transfer of the coal we in arriving at a solution which
liSia.OO
30.00
John
Mayrbat
;
USPHS HOSPITAL
and passport belonging to Lewis have in such abundance to the will enable coal shipments to be
Sam
McDonald
30.00
BALTIMORE. MD.
30.00
J. Williams at Norfolk Hall or mail North Atlantic pact countries sent abroad in needed quantities J. T. Doyle
10.00 R. R. McLish
J.
A.
Morris....
15.00
John J. O'Connor
45.00
as speedily as possible."
to his home address.
where it is so vitally needed.
15.00
W.
C.
Paris
Clifford Middleton
10.00
15.00
Yours sincerely,
t t 4.
John Barron
15.00 J. F. Pontiff
"It is our understanding that
30.00
John G. Berkenkemper.
15.00 K. Raana
Robert (Buck) Marowitz
Paul HaU,
European democracies are forced
Claude
A.
Ray
."...
30.00
W. Blades
3560
16JW
Claburn
E.
Reed.
Bill Scarlett, Europebound on to resort to the purchase of coal
SecretaryTreasurer. Nelson
Henry Callan
15.00
15.00
ComeUo Castillo
15.00 WUfred C. Sonnier
John Priestley, wants to hear from
15.00
Jessie Clarke
15.00 C. M. TannehiU.......:
Horace
Tostet
you. Write to 2909 Ponce De Leon,
30.00
Percy Cranford
15.00
30.00
Lomie
R.
Tieklo
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Semion Gamier
15.00
New Orleans. Telephone is Victor
30.00
Louis
J.
Willis
Bennle Gresham
10.00
4029.
30.00
CarroU Harthausen
16.00 John W. Young
Miguel Mora
15.00
Safteal Esahakian
675.00
enjoying
SIU
representation
for
(Continued from page 2)
Jack D. Morrison
15.00
Contact I. Duke Avnet, 602
USPHS HOSPITAL
13.00
the past two years will not shed a WlUiam Osmundsen
MOBILE, ALA.
Jack A. Predon
15.00
Knickerbocker Building, Balti board unanimously recommended tear at seeing the CSU go.
Ruperto Rivera
15.00 A. C. EzeU....
45.00
more, regarding a legal settlement. a settlement which included a wage
George H. Schinidt
15.00 Tim Burke.....
30.00
increase and other Improvements.
Creth L. Harrold
Harold W. Sherwin
40.00 Allen B. Lynn....
15.00
Ralph
South
15.00
But
labor
peace
was
not
what
the
Joseph Saxon
r.............. 30.00
The Union Welfare Office advises
Norman Wrye
15.00 Thomas Scanlon...
30.00
that you haven't signed a death CSU was after. The political policy
John ZohiU
:
15.00 Herman P. Stokes
/...
10.00
of
the
Communist
Party
dictated
Howard O. Williams
15.00
beneficiary card as required.
405.00
J. L. Buekelew
' 30.00
a fight against Marshall Plan aid
USPHS HOSPITAL
Thomas D. Dailey.................. 30.00
to Europe. The CSU leadership
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF.
J. H. Jones
.....a...
... ^ 30.00
Gee Cheng
obediently went along. Without
80.00 Charles L.'Knight.15.00
15.08
Florian ' Koziukewicz
20.00 S. P. Morris
(Continued from page 2)
even consulting the membership, it
Joacquin Mlniz
10.00
overrode the recommendation of tributed and turns it over to the George R. Nagel
295.00
50.00
Burley E. NankivU
45.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
The following men have overtime its own representative on the con March of Dimes.
C. R. Robertson
T.... 50.00
SEATTLE, WASH.
checks coming to them from Cities Service ciliation board and called a strike.
Salvatore
J.
Saporito
20.00 Ralph Martin
SIU Amounts Rise
ships. They may be picked up at any
15JW
Herman
Uriarte
20.00
time at 23 Pearl Street. New York, N. Y.:
That was the last straw for the In the last three years since the
SEASIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL
ABIQUA: D. Alt. H. J. Byer. Jr.. W. longsuffering members of the
LONG BEACH. CALIF.
265.00 Julian Adams
Cruser. J. Hartman. Juan Leston. W. Mc
SIU has endorsed the campaign,
15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Intyre. Robert Michael. Julius Moore. CSU. They began to flock in droves the amounts contributed by SIU
Don
L.
McCombs
15.00
SAVANNAH. GA.
J. C. Munden. J. Permuy. Manuel Be. C. to the SIU, and the SIU signed an
Tyler.
members have shown a steady in R. A. Denmark
15.00
30.00
ARCHERS HOPE: Leonard EUs. R. F. agreement with Canadian shippers crease. In 194849 Seafarers con Pat G. Daugherty
1.'
13.00
VETERANS HOSPITAL
Jacobs.
E. C. Piatt
13.00
on
the
basis
of
the
conciliation
LONG BEACH. CALIF.
tributed a total of $912.33. This R. A. Sharpe
CHIWAWA: B. Jackson. H. Staples.
15.00
board recommendation, an agree jumped to $3,207.82 in 194950 and Charles
.\ ...... 25.00
Hugh Williams.
Sturner
15.00 E. L, Pritchard
USPHS RELIEF STATION
COUNCIL GROVE: Ivan Bradbury. Ed ment which was perfectly satisfac
B. E. Webb
30.00
$4,738.57 in 195051.
PONCE. PUERTO RICO
ward Crosby. Edward Farrell. J. San Fil
' 10.00
lippo. Peter Jomides. J. Magaulay. Wil tory to the Canadian seamen them
105.00 Daniel Mejias
Money given to the March of
lard Parks. Edward Szarythe. Thomas selves.
USPHS HOSPITAL
USPHS
HOSPITAL
Walker.
BOSTON, MASS.
Dimes fund campaign is used to
Few Kicks Left
SAJf JUAN.,;c.,.B. ; .
BENTS FORT: Alfred Case. Albert
Ben Foster
10.00 Juan De La Paz
help pay the medical expenses of Don
1460
Eikenberry, Timothy GriSin. R. J. Hen
Mueller
While
the
unnecessary
political
30.00
ninger. James Ray, Walter Stubbe.
Rafael M. Vidal.....,,.,,.,
,.10.00
infantile paralysis victims as well Nicholas Ritrovato
55.00
BRADFORD ISLAND: John Capuzzi. T. strike was the crusher for the CSU,
Thomas Ritson
23.00
McCann. James Preston. Edmund Spencer. they still had a few kicks left in as to finance scientific research.
24.00
George Vourloumis
.... 30.00
FRENCH CREEK: Salvatore Alu, Ernest
Seafarers
are
reminded
that
no
MANHATTAN BEACH HOSPITAL
Bossert. A. Carrano. Stune Christiansson, their locker. In a desperate bid to
150.00
BROOKLYN. N. Y.
Joseph Collins, P. Fitzsimmons, Daniel regain their fastslipping grip, the organization is authorized to solicit
Haggerty, Maylon O. King. Paul Kron
Raymond Hassan................... 55.00
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funds
t
hrough the SIU
without the
bergs, W. F. Lawless. C. B. Mahoney. CSU leaders sent out their muscle
Clifford Middleton
45.00
Spyro Pandeledes. Manuel Poperman, Sid men . to assault Canadian seamen prior approval of the membership.
Quiz
Answers
ney Segree. W. E. Treadway. William
100.00
who dared defy their leadership. Thus far the March of Dimes is the
Wendland. Elmer G. Wetmore.
1. False. Table Top is in Cape
USPHS HOSPITAL
GOVERNMENT CAMP: Thomas P. Con Blackjacks, baseball bats, pick only organization which has re
VINEYARD HAVEN. MASS; "
don, Joseph Foley. E. Molineaux. J. Sta
town, South Africa.
handles and meat hooks were used ceived such approval.
James R. Porter..
45.(10'
niecki. Jose Tablas, Arnold Valente.
2. 87, Remember "Four score
LOGANS FORT: Robert L. Mays, John in a reign of terror on the water
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
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B. SchilUng.
and seven years ago . .
Puzzle Answer
NEW YORK. N. Y.
FORT HOSKINS: Robert Anderson. Ed front. This too proved futile as
ward Corral. Olav Gustavsen. Antoni Canadian seamen vigorously de
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3. 202.
Przybysiak, William Watts.
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4. The lady was found not guilty.
ROYAL OAK: Louis W. Boren. George fended themselves and the police
FORT STANTON. N. M.
Brown. David Demarets. John Di Pietron cracked down on CSU "arsenals"
The "Helpful" fellow with the gun Charles Burton... i
tonio. Cecil Gray. John Levack. Albert and arrested CSU officials for pos
;
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was at fault. He set "a deadly
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session of deadly weapons.
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agency" in motion, the court said.
SALEM MARITIME: Edward A. De Fe
Without the support of other
lice—Only Relay Sent. Nathan Benenate.
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5.
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white, seven
red.
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Raymond Averitt. Percy O. Mays.
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aiiy gave up
the ghost in the spring
Waiter Ramin, William Berks. Mau
Howard S. MiUer..;'i.; 2,500.00
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rice A. Gray. Henry Bansen. Eugene Rob of 1949. Its last counterattack was
Robert Fardo.
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Gardner..;;.l.SOO.'OO
Krug. Gayland Bahan. William Stephens, munistled strike of dockworkers.
Btebard
C.'MeeklnsV..^'1.500.00
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Jesse ' Melton. John MicheUe, William
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Canadian seamen, who have been
MeUer.
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SEAVARERS LOG
of SHIPS'MIEETINGS ...
SWEETWATER (Mar Trade), November overtime. There was an open discussion off during meal hour. Library books ing Aruba. Water situation bad, ship's
CBCIIL H. BEAN (DryTran»), Nov«mb«r
delegate to see captain about it. Sug
f—Chairman, Carald Mahan Sacratary, 1$—Chairmen, Robert H. Bridge; Secra on how to register. All department re should be kept in their places.
Llaf Hopa. Ship'a delegate reported that
« wire waa aent to have a patrolman meet
the ahip on arrival because of an injured
man. Steward F. Gardner gave a vote of
thanks to the ahip'a delegate for his co
operation on the two trips that he has
made as ship's delegate.
BEADREAM (Colonial), November 11—
Chairman, Ralph Williams; Secretary (not
given). Delegates reported everything
okay, no beefs. Chairman took over and
explained to manyof the new members
the functioning of SlU contract: that men
will be assisted by the Union on any
questions arising regarding their papers,
etc. He also explained benefits derived
from the new contract. A vote of thanks
was extended to the officers at New York
headquarters for the splendid Job they
have been doing with respect to protect
ing the membership under the contract,
raises, etc. The matter of smoking on the
bridge was brought up.
WILLIAM BURDEN (Western Tankers),
November 15—Chairman, Gene Flowers;
Secretary, Jim Van Sant. Delegates re
ported no beefs. The washing machine is
to be kept clean at all times. Suggestion
was made to have more of a variety in
salads. The membersliip was asked to
keep the messrooms clean and wash out
dirty cups.
tery, T. Mehar. Delegatee reported every
tiiing in order. Steward asked to secure
some fresh vegetables in the next port
and to include squash and egg plant. The
crew was asked to turn in all cote and
extra linen to the steward.
pair lists checked at the meeting.
DANIEL H. LOWNSDALE (Isthmian),
Nov. 25—Chairman, P. V. Mlliioion; Sec
retary, Edward V. Smith. Delegates re
ported no beefs. Ship's delegate is to call
for a new library
books for the next
HARRY T. (Palmer), November 22— trip. Ail new hands will donate money
Chairmen, Nick Swokle; Secretary, D. M. for the washing machine.
Revose. Delegates reported everything
STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), Nov. 22
satisfactory. Discussion of drinking
aboard ship settled. .Everyone using —Chairman, W. A. Fahn; Secretary, W.
washing machine was requested to clean M. Stark. Ship's delegate read letter
up when finished. Crew also extends sin from headquarters regarding new con
cere thanks to entire committee who ne tract. Discussion on benefits of new men.
as to their full right and voice in meet
gotiated the new agreement.
ings aboard ship. All agreed that the trip
SEATRAiN TEXAS (Seafrein), Novem has been good so fax and to try and keep
ber 25—Chairman, H. Nichols; Secretary, it that way at payoff.
E. Jones. Delegates reported no beefs,
all is going along satisfactorily. A vote
of thanks to the steward department for
the wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. A
collection will be taken up for Christmas
decorations.
SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrein), No
vember 18—Chairman, R. Sweeney; Secre
tary, G. Goidstain. Delegates reported no
beefs. The memorandum of agreement
on the new contract gains was read. Mo
tion made and carried that the Seatrain
New York go on record for praising the
SIU negotiating committee for a job well
done. Keys can be obtained for fifty
cents deposit on each key. The ship's
delegate told the delegates to get their
repair list ready by the time the ship
docks in New York.
STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Nov. 4—
Chairman, W. Lawton; Secretary, J. Bry
ant.
Delegates reported everything
smooth except disputed overtime. Discus
sion on slopchest prices. Differences in
slopchest price and order sheets to be
brought up in the next meeting. Discus
sion on sailing time not being posted.
STEEL RANGER (isthmian), November
Nov. 25—Chairman, W. Lawton; Secre
4—Chairman, Robert Prideaux; Secretary,
tary, J. Bryant. Delegates reported all
John Bachus. Delegates reported no
major beefs, are to be • s traightened out
beefs. The steward requested coopera
with the patroiman on arrival. Discus
tion in turning in linen at conclusion of
sion on cots and sheets. Some of the
SEATRAIN
LOUISIANA
(Seatrain),
De
voyage. Chairman instructed department
men were refused cots when steward had
delegate to make up repair lists and sub cember 2—Chairman, John Jeiiette; Sec some in linen locker.
retary, Edward Hill. Complaints from
mit them to him.
men in regard to drinking water which
OREMAR (Ore), Nov. 15—Chairman,
is to be turned over to the patrolman
SANTORE (Ore), no date—Chairman on arrival in New York. At payoff there L. J. Briihant; Secretary, H. Girder. Dele
gates
reported no beefs. $6 in ship's
P. Allgeir; Secretary, T. At Patroquln. will be a $1 contribution from each crew
Delegates reported no beefs. Chairman member for the ships fund. A letter from fund which is to be used to buy a ship's
read literature from headquarters and ex Paul Hall was read regarding the new electric flat iron.
plained to the crew the new benefits. LOG. Request for a library aboard.
SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Nov. 11
Motion made and carried to approve and
—Chairman, W. Souby; Secretary, E.
accept all literature from headquarters.
SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), October Jones. A good and hectic meeting was
Discussion on lack of silverware. The 19—Chairman, C. McDowell; Secretary, R.
iceboxes in the mess halls have been go Musselwhite. Delegates reported no held when it came to good and welfare.
ing out of order and the chief engineer beefs. Suggestion made to have educa Ship's delegate spoke to meeting and told
has promised to fix them personally. The tional meetings. Motion made and car aU hands to blow their top and they did
crew donated 50 cents to repair the wash ried for each man to clean up laundry in good old SIU style. The main topic
was the steward and his stores. The
ing machine and all hands are to help after using it.
steward promised to take care of all
keep it clean. All oldtimers tried to ex
plain the benefits of the SlU to the men SOUTHERN DISTRICTS (Southern Trad beefs and so another meeting came to
an end.
who comprise the bulk of the crew. All ing),
November 18—Chairman, John Woi
seemed interested and asked many ques de; Secretary,
Cecil Farrish. Delegates
W. E. DOWNING (State Fuel), Nov. 18
tions about union activities.
reported no beefs. Repair lists made out —Chairman, Thomas Fleming; Secretary,
and given to the ship's delegate to be George Hiar. Delegates reported no
turned in at Norfolk. Vote of thanks to beefs. A list of repairs that will be taken
the stewards department for the good care of in Boston were read to the mem
chow.
bership. Watertight doors to be changed
from messhall to lower house. A vote of
MADAKET (Waterman), November 10— confidence to the steward's department
Chairman, A. SIstrunk; Secretary, G. Gav for the fine food and service.
ros. Delegates reported no beefs. All
NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory
correspondence from headquarters is to
November 19—Chairman, W. Logan; be posted on the bulletin board. The new Carriers), Nov. 25—Chairman, C. White;
Secretary, W. Moore. Delegates reported contract was talked about and then voted Secretary, C. Hartman. Suggestion was
made that the crew help keep the mess
no beefs. While in Algiers the member upon by the members.
room clean after messman leaves it in
ship will try to keep all outside doors
locked except gangway door to prevent
WARHAWK (Waterman), November 4— the evening. Motion made to mail the
longshoremen from entering. Discussion Chairman, J. Strlngfellow; Secretary, J. repair list from Europe to the union
on sending repair list to company so that Kane. Suggestion made to post meeting headquarters due to the fact that the
repairs will bo done as soon as possible. date and time at breakfast so that all turnover is so fast.
hands will know. All members were
Nov. 11—Chairman, J. McBride; Secre
ALICE BROWN (Bioomfield), November asked to be on time when ship sails as tary,
C, Hartman. Ship's delegate will re
11—Chairman, James Prestwood; Secre there is a $50 fine for not doing so.
ceive all donations for the ship's fund at
tary, Eddie Bandar. Delegates reported
that a brother voluntarily added $5.50 to MONTEBELLO HILLS (Western Tank payoff.
ship's fund of $8 to buy a new agitator ers), November 14—Chairman, R. Blake;
GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), Nov. 26—
for washing machine. Motion made and, Secretary, H. W. Ryan. Delegates report Chairman,
Simmons: Secretary, J.
carried that delegates see somebody ed no beefs. Engine delegate complaint Maiezinsky. Joe
Delegates reported every
about the leaks in the ship. A suggestion of performers at sea to be turned over thing in order,
no
beefs. Memorandum
Was, made that 25 cents be donated in to the patrolman upon arrival. Bosun
agreement was read to the crew and
Honolulu so that the steward can buy spoke on the aetions of bookmen and of
stated that they should set a better ex voted on. A BR was picked up in Ham
some extras for Christmas.
ample for the new men. Rusty wash burg who hoppened to be an NMU man
water caused much agitation. Ship's dele and was invited to attend one of the ship
BEATRICE (Bull), November 27—Chair gate
board meetings. He stated that he would
is to look into the situation.
man, W. Rhone; Secretary, L. Thomas.
like to ship with the SIU.
Delegates reported no beefs. One crew
PECONIC BAY (Agean), November 25—
member missed the ship in New York. Chairman,
Nov. 4—Chairman, J. Malazinsky; Sec
Alexis
Crichton;
Secretary,
Motion made and carried for performers
Wartelsky. Delegates reported beef retary, G. Bentz. Delegates reported ev
and noise makers to be reported to the 'Steve
erything
okay. Complaints on beef being
shower or wash water on the ship.
patroiman. Suggested to have ventila on no
tough. The steward asked the 1st assist
A
well
done
to
the
steward
for
the
way
tion repaired on starboard side. Motion
is preparing the chow and the cold ant engineer to repair the steam table
made that night lunch or any other beef he
drinks every day. All hands wish to the and crew scuttlebut. No action was taken
pertaining to the steward's department thank
Union leaders who protect sea and the, matter was turned ove> to the
be reported directly to the chief steward. men's the
ship's delegate.
benefits and rights on the sea.
LAFAYETTE (Waterman), Nov. 18—
ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), Novem
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS (Bull),
ber 25—Chairman, E. Duxaury; Secretary, Nov. 11—Chairman, H. Moodsoon; Secre Chairman, H. Brown; Secretary, Peter
Tu J. Moore. Delegates reported no beefs. tary, M. Irvin. Delegates reported no Partick. Delegates reported no beefs.
The crew was (old how to operate the beefs. Members asked to stop loud talk Memorandum read to the members. Ship's
washing machine properly. Discussion on ing as shipmates off watch are sleeping. delegate suggested action be taken on
two men who piled off a few hours before Suggestion to purchase flat iron from the performers during voyage.
sailing in Lake Charles. Discussion on ship's fund. Members were asked to bring
RICHARD J. GATLING (Waterman),
the supply of milk; All hands agreed books back to the recreation room so that
that a larger quantity should be obtained. everyone can get a chance to look at Nov. 4—Chairman,' J. Newman; Secretary,
W.
Van Dyne. A suggestion was made
them.
that ail hands be sure to turn off wash
THOMAS LEATHER (Eastern), Novem
ing machine and leave it in clean condi
ber 22—Chairman, D. R. Reynolds; Secre
tion. Ship's delegate is to see mate in
tary, C. Nelson. Delegates reported every
regard
to book shelves in the recreation
thing okay. Discussion on keeping laun
room.
dry clean. Suggestion that scupper be
made on port side. Suggestion that the
Nov. 18—Chairman, O. Kase; Secretary,
passageway be kept clean in all' depart
W. Van Dyne. Motion made and carried
ments.
to give vote of thanks to the negotiating
CALMAR (Calmar), Nov. 18—Chairman, committee for good work done in getting
STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), No W. E. Ekins; Secretary, T. R. Pice. Dele the first 40hour week for seamen. There
vember 14—Chairman, J. Bliko; Secretary, gates reported that the food was excep was a suggestion that meetings be held
C. Hitchcock. A letter was sent td head tionally poor. Motion made and carried every two .weeks at 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
quarters regarding crew ice box not be that the stewa^'d be requested to get off. to give all hands a chanee to attend,
ing repaired. Action was taken and ice Suggested that a sufficient amount of
box was repaired after a month. It was crockery be brought aboard.
CUBORE (Ore), November 14—Chair
suggested that the steward have the mess
man, Clarence Davis; Secretary, P. Kerol.
rooms painted if the deck department
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), Delegates reported no beefs. Motion
Hasn't the time. Vote of thanks to the Nov. 11—Chairman, Davis Gilbert; Secre made and accepted to favor the new con
2nd cook and baker for coffee time cakes. tary, Edward Gladzer. The ship's dele tract. A vote of thanks to the negotiating
gate asked for the cooperation of the committee for getting such a good con
r STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), October 28 men when beefs arise. Motion made and tract and wage increase. Everyone has
' —Chairman, M. Bass; Secretary, H. Lo carried to donate $1 to the ship's fund. been asked to clean out the laundry tubs
renzo. Delegates reported all smooth, If new men on Liberties would read up after using them.
some disputed overtime. Carpenter asked on some of the Union literature it would
GENEVIEVE PETERKIN (Bioomfield),
the steward to keep in closer contact with help them to conduct themselves in a
November 18—Chairman, Jack Kenedy;
the crew. The crew was reminded that no Union manner.
Secretary,
C. H. Foster. Ship's delegate
ship's gear would be carried ashore.
Dee. 1—Chairman, W. C. Craven; Sec contacted the captain in regard to clean
' DAVID JOHNSON (Mississippi), Novem retary, Robert Bowes.; Vote was taken by ing up ship and sougeeing foc'sles before
ber 18—Chairman, Jo Touart; Secretary, the crew as to whether the radio is to arrival in port. No disputed overtime:
Ben Blgekmon. All repairs are to be stay in the meysroom. $43 in the treas everything in order. Steward reported
jisted and handed over to the steward ury. and some of this is to be used in thai he will order mattresses and pillows
for all' crew foc'sles.
>vho in turn will type it. Sanitary men Linden for recreational purposes.
outlined their respective duties, The
KATHRYN (Bull), November 1—Chair
LOGANS
FORT
(Cities
Service),
Nov.
stewards department is to take care of
ihe recreation ruorn anu the engine and Su—Chairman, Martin J. Hitchcock; Sec man, P. Caiudia; Secretary, .5. Burke.
^ck. ors .tp tako cara of the laundry rstary,. Ksnnath P. Coldman. Delegates Delegates reported no beefs. AR crew
reported no beefs, considerable disputed members were asked to take their hats
room.
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ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), November 19
—Chairman, Roy Muliini; Secretary, W.
M. Scott. Delegates reported everything
okay. Discussion on fans in crew foc'sie.
The crew is to renew library on arrival
in Baltimore in exchange for old one.
Each watch to leave messhall clean after
watch.
BETHORE (Ore), October 2—Chairman,
Dsn Cherry; Secretary, Bill Diiiman.
Delegates reported everything running
smooth, no beefs. During rainy weather
water leaks through port holes as they
need new gaskets. Men are complaining
about food. Steward said company kept
sitting him down on food all the time.
TRINITY (Carras), November 11—Chair
man, Charles Everett; Secretary, C. R.
Smith. Delegates reported no beefs.
Questions were asked on men missing
watch. Men missing watch will donate
$10 to ship's fund and $10 to the man
who stands watch for him.
gestion that fans and ventilation systems
be checked. Crew asked steward to se
cure cots, there being none aboard.
ZANE GREY (Isthmian), November 28
—Chairman, none given; Secretary, none
given. No problems noted in ail depart
ments. New ship's delegate O. J. Jones
stated he did not consider his job to be
wet nurse to crew. Beefs to be aired at
meetings, not topside. New memoran
dum agreement for pay, overtime and
other welcome advantages read and dis
cussed. Crew voted unanimous approval.
Minor improvements for a more comfort
able voyage to be suggested to depart
ment heads involved.
'
SEAWiND (Seatraders), November 11—
Chairman, D. Beli; Secretary, E. Boyd.
No beefs. Suggested that matter of pur
chasing plaque in memory of deceased
Charles Rohrer be deferred to last meet
ing before arrival in States. Request
that crew be furnished a memo of draws,
slops, etc., before arrival in Rio; ship's
delegate to see master. Discussion on
CAROLYN (Bull), November 19—Chair garbage. Should be placed in a central
man, Ben Lawson; Secretary, Dickey. $52 spot, and collected more often in port.
in the ship's fund. Delegates reported no Foc'sles need painting.
beefs. Suggestion made to have a party
for the crew with the money from the
PETROLITE (Mathiasen), November 4—
fund. The steward was asked to prepare
better meals. Discussion about passenger Chairman, Stanley Schuyler; Secretary,
Philip
J. Capling. Ship's delegate re
who signed on as a crewmember.
ported complaint by captain was straight
BENTS FORT (Cities Service), Novem ened out in crew's favor. Suggestion
ber 23—Chairman, H. Kelly; Secretary, that watches keep messrooms clean at
Paul Sinskl. Delegates reported ho beefs. night. Availability of DDT bombs for
Motion made and carried to obtain 140 ants made known. Vofe of thanks to
quarts of milk in each port. Motion made stewards department from all hands and
to obtain awning for the fantaii. Discus to pumpman for installing pipeline to
sion about overtime for carrying slop washing machine. Attention of crew was
chest supplies aboard ship. A letter from directed to keeping quarters clean as
SIU was read concerning the new agree SIU ships are clean ships and we want
to keep them that way. Permission
ment.
granted to licensed personnel to use
crew's washing machine.
CHIWAWA (Cities Service), November
25—Chairman, James A. Phillips; Secre
November 22 — Chairman, Stanley
tary, Richard J. Koch. Delegates reported
Schuyler; Secretary, Philip . J. Capling.
beefs are to be taken up with commis No
special beefs. Treasurer reported
sioner at Marcus Hook. Motion made that
in ship's fund. Stewards thanked
a vote be taken on the new contract $42.08
gains. New iron and ironing board cover for good job on Thanksgiving. Discus
sion
concerning
draws, mail, and Japa
to be bought out of ship's fund.
nese dock hands working on ship. Sug
PONCE (Puerto Rico), no date—Chair gestion turned down to buy more phono
man, T. Viera; Secretary, G. Switzer. The graph records with ship's fund. Sugges
ship's delegate reported all in good order. tion to change time of meeting, so men
The memorandum agreement was read that have been on duty during previous
and discussed. ' Under good and wel meetings will have chance to attend.
fare the repair list was forwarded to the
• San Juan aeent.
ANTINOUS (Waterman), November 18—
Chairman, B. John; Secretary, La Allen.
Delegates reported no beefs. The new
memorandum agreement was read care
fully and discussed fully. Tjie treasurer
asked all the membership if they would
DEL ORG (Mississippi), November 19—
donate $1 to the ship's fund.
Chairman, Jack Procell; Secretary, Grant
Tarbell. Repairs not made will be taken
BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), care of. Steward delegate said ship
November 18—Chairman, Frank Lamberti; needs more dust pans and waste baskets
Secretary, Chester F. Just. Chief engi for crew's quarters. Motions carried to
neer is to see the company about new enlarge crew's lockers to store more
fans. Delegates reported no beefs. Pam personal gear and to find out method
phlets from the Union were read and used to determine port time in refer
approved. Discussion on ship's fund. ence to discharges given, some means
$42.54 in ship's fund.
of identification being needed to fix va
cation time. Crew urged to keep laun
YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman), Novem dry room clean and posting of times
ber 11—Chairman, Nels Larson; Secre each department is to keep it clean.
tary, Ralph Tindeli. Delegates reported
everything okay. Motion made and car
ELLY (Dianex), ' November 12—Chair
ried that steward make copies of the man, William Carey; Secretary, Edward
new agreement and post them on bulle Gravlln. Overtime for deck department
tin board. Suggestion made that the crew last trip was settled. Foc'sles are being
members take up another collection and painted as agreed last voyage. Ship's
send it to the marine hospital as an delegate outlined for new men how an
Xmas present to the brothers there. SIU ship should function, that all must
Agreed upon that each man donate $3 work together to keep ship clean and
for the Merchant Marine Memorial Chapel in order.
Fund.
SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), Novem
CANTIGNY (Cities Service), November ber 2—Chairman, C. F. McDowell; Secre
30—Chairman, Jesse M. Ross; Secretary, tary, W. E. Porter. Captain has re
Antonio Da Costa Goncalves. Everything quested aU who are willing to do so to
running smoothly. Letter read from chip and paint number cargo holds num
bosun leaving ship commending deck ber three and four. No beefs. Discus
department. Jesse M. Ross elected ship's sion on having larger variety of clothing
delegate. Ship's fund voted, one dollar and sizes in slopchest, on changing pres
from each man at payoff. Suggested ent brand of coffee and improving laun
headquarters see if more milk can be dry and library.
put aboard. Crew asked to cooperate in
keeping messroom clean.
CATHERINE (TransFuel), November
11—Chairman, W. J. Reidy; Secretary.
Agripino Despinol. Everything is ship
shape with all beefs settled to crew's sat
isfaction. Some disputed overtime in en
gine department. Discussion on baker.
Motion carried he not be allowed to sail
at that rating until he can qualify for
same. Stewards voted thanks for pleas
SEATiGER (Colonial), November 28— ant trip. Vote of confidence in SIU offi
Chairman, C. Goodwin; Secretary, C. cials for their untiring efforts in get
Kentfield. Captain won't have log lifted ting the top wages and conditions in
from several men logged. He passed rul the maritime industry. Captain Gun
ing that all deck watches must stand mundsen came in for praise. He was al
their own watches. Anyone failing to ways glad to do everything to keep crew
turn to wUl be logged. Second pumpman happy.
beefed that due to hospitalization of
chief he is Only one left to pump out
SEA COMET (Orion), November 20—
cargo. Chief engineer refused to aUow Chairman, Brown; Secretary, Dan Vara
fireman who is pumpman to help out day. No complaints in any department.
while short a pumpman. Anchor pool of Steward claimed a shortage in linen
5000 francs voted. Suggested educational count. Suggested those who are getting
session at future meetings.
a complete set or change of linen should
return soiled linen to steward so it can
FRANCIS E. WARREN (Mississippi), be cleaned up for next trip. Expecting
November 1—Chairman, A. C. Mitchell; to arrive in Genoa Thanksgiving Day,
Secretary, F. A. Hamilton. Matthew Gi crew approved putting off holiday dinner
chenke newly elected ship's delegate. until ship was out to sea again.
Bosun complained not enough water had
YORKMAR (Calmar), November 16—
been taken on in Seattle and that water
was cut off from washing machine mak Chairman, Edgei Luzier; Secretary, W.
ing washing clothes impossible.., Evapo Schoenborn. Crew extended vote of
rator cannot supply enough water, so thanks to SIU negotiating committee on
chief engineer's to be asked to supply contract gains and voted 100 percent ap
water for washer so that clothing, espe proval of same. Discussion on shipboard
harmony and minor beefs straightened
cially for stewards, can be kept clean.
out in Union style. Crew hopeful it will
KATHRYN (Bull), December 3—Chair be home for Christmas.
man, L. Guellnitz; Secretary, E. Jimenez.
PUERTO RICO (Bull), December 2—
Delegates reported no beefs. Chief elec
trician thanked entire steward depart Chairman, Jim Murphy; Secretary, Allan
ment for a good job and fine dinner on Lake. Engine delegate reported a bad
leak chased oilers from their rooms but
Thanksgiving Day.
has since been repaired. Smooth trip
SEABEAVER (Colonial), November 29— noted by stewards. Motion carried to
Chairman, Bill Thompson; Secretary, Bill give $25 from ship's fund to "Ship's Serv
Gannon. Engine delegate beefed that ice Division." Vohintftrs asked to help
first engineer is too overbearing on the on ship's paper. Motion to fix amplifier
men. Need engine repairs before leav for meetings.
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SIU-BACKED POLIO DRIVE BEGINS
COAL MAKES NORFOLK 'HOT' PORT
UNION SEEKS EARLY US OKAY ON PACT
HOSPITALIZED MEMBERS VOTED YULE BONUS
'SPEED COAL EXPORT' - SIU
HQ SIGNS THREE NEW COMPANIES
'UNCLE OTTO' ENDS SEA CAREER
FIRE DISABLES TANKER; NO CREWMEN INJURED
ILA PROPOSES WATERFRONT LABOR COURT
ENGINEER LACK STALLS 34 SHIPS ON EAST COAST
SHIPS AND SEAMEN TERMED LIFE LINE TO KOREAN WAR
US SHIPBUILDING TOPS MILLION TON FIGURE
USPHS URGES SEAFARERS TO TAKE 'SHOT' SERIES
CS BOSNU TO CREW: 'TAKE PRIDE IN SIU'
WORLD MERCHANT FLEET LOST 635 SHIPS IN 1950
INDIES QUARANTINE EASING SEEN
TAX SNAFU HITS SHUTTLE CREW
US APPEAL FOR SEAMEN SPURS SIU DISCHARGE BID
SEAMEN WARNED JAPANESE CASH IS TRASH HERE
DELTA MAY ADD SHIPS FOR WEST AFRICA RUN
CONGRESS STEERED 28 NEW MARITIME LAWS THROUGH THIS YEAR'S SESSION
CG CLARIFIES US SECURITY RULES FOR MARITIME
ECA SHIP BREAKOUT HAILED AS SUCCESS
JAN. 11 DEADLINE SET FOR ANNUAL ALIEN REPORT
FIFTEEN NATIONS SIGN NEW SEA SAFETY CODE
DISEASE RIDDEN PANAMA SHIP LOADED WITH RATS
SEATRAIN-RR RHUBARB ON COASTWISE TRADE HITS
JUDGE URGES OPERATORS TO SHARE EXPENSES OF SHIP ACCIDENTS
LAKES ORE TONNAGE HITS POSTWAR PEAK
CANADIAN SIU ORGANIZES WEST COAST SEAMEN
HOLIDAY SENTIMENTS
NMU'S SOUR GRIPES
UNCLE OTTO RETIRES
THANK-YOU NOTE
NEW YORK'S HOME PORT BEACON FOR SEAMEN: AMBROSE LIGHTSHIP
KING COAL BOOMS NORFOLK SHIPPING
SAND SHUTTLE TO NEWARK: SEAFARERS CARRY HIGHWAY FILL FROM CONEY ISLAND
SEAMEN MADE TATTOOS FAMOUS
OUT IN JAPAN, OHIO'S A TIME, NOT STATE
FOURSIE CLUB GETS A RECRUIT
TURKEY DAY IS PLEASANT TIME FOR DEL SUD CREW
C'MON A NEW HALL: SALTY DICK
TRIP UP A SUGAR LOAF 'AWESOME'
SEAFARER JOE MOODY JABS AT RECORD BOOK LAURELS
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J VOL. XIII
SEAFARERS LOG
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off the Steel Chemist, Seafarer Cy Sypher, DM, pause^ to take a good long look at the entrance to the SIU's
e new headquarters. Cy's on his way up to the shipping hall to register with the dispatcher. "Believe me, I never
dreamed I would live to see anything like thiis when I joined in '46," he said. (Other pics, pages 3, 10, 11, 13 and 20.)
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'Strap LSTs/ CG Tells
Southern Isles Owners
A Coast Guard order that the four sister ships of the illfated Southern Isles, which
broke in half and saiik off Cape Hatteras October 5, he fitt^ with strengthening straps
pronto, forced the quartet of SlUmanned converted LSTs into drydock for repair this month.
The sharplyworded CG di
rective made it clear that the released, the government order is and executors of the crewmen who
Southern Trading Company a strong hint of what the investiga were lost in the tragedy.
must install additional bellybands tion's findings will probably be. At the...hearing in October the
on the warbuilt ships before they The disaster cost the lives of 17 ship's owners claimed that the
can head out to sea again. In the men, eight of them members, of masters of the LSTs were charged
wake of this disclosure, ihe Navy the SIU. The six who survived With the full responsibility for the
loading of the ships and that the
is also reported installing similar were all Seafarers.
Testimony at a Coast Guard in operators had cautioned them not
quiry conducted by a threeman to exceed the 4,000toh load limit Seafarer Michael Delane,^lls of the ehalh df events' set off by his
illness aboard ship recently.
Board in Norfolk revea'jd that on any of the vessels.
the Southern Isles had been over
Witness James B. Robertson, Jr.,
loaded on her fatal trip and on naval architect with Coast Guard
previous voyages and that this had headquarters In Washington, told
been the case with her sister ships' the board that the sunken ship,
as well. Witnesses also hinted which was. carrying a cargo of iron
broadly'that the disaster ship had ore from Puerto Rico, had. jumped
but one athwartship strap whereas the limit 200 tons and also had
at least, one of the remaining four been overloaded her past three
An SIU member who had thfe misfortim^ to fall ilT at sek
voyages.
had five strengthening straps.
Among the parade of survivors, tmwittingly set loose a train of events that included the sink
Suit Settled
(Continued on page 12)
ing of a Coast Guard plane on November 3, before he finally
Meanwhile, a $25,000 suit brought
"
• was brought ashore. Seafarer
against the operator and owner of
Micha^ Delano, No. 45123,
the Southern Isles by the wife of
Seafarer William J. Asble, an oiler,
showed up at the Log office
charging the company with negli
little the worse for wear con
gence was reported to have been
sidering his experience w^ich
settled for $20,000. Maritime at
included 11 days in a l^efiquda
torneys expressed surprise at the
hospital.
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outcome of the claim because of Taking steps to meet the increasing administrative respon
Delano
had
just
shipped .out .of
the large number of Asble's de sibilities of SIU headquarters, SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall
Norfolk as Chief Steward: of tho
pendents.
has appointed Brothers Claude Simmons and 'Robert Mat SS David Starr Jordan ^Mississip
He
had
been
sole
su^ort
of
thews
as
assistant
cppr«.tarytrAnc .
William Asble
pi) en route to Italy. Two days out
three children by a former mar urers for the A&G District
doublers on its own LSTS similar riage in addition to his present The appointments were made ties he will oversee relations be of Norfolk he suffered anattack
_ to those converted to cargo car wife and three children. Other by Hall under his constitutional tween the branches^ and will also which he thought wai^ jpn^dicUis,
which later tiirnet^
to' iip
riers.
damage suits are pending by the powers as secretary treasurer. be in, charge of the New York port, but
gall
bladder
tro
i^p
Although the fuU probe report six survivors for shock, exposure They were reported to the last where he will assign patrolmen to radioed for help a^tf
payoffs
and
other duties.
of the tragedy has not yet been and injuries and by the families membership meeting and met vnth
plane was dispatcher
•B
oth appointees have been mem morning to
full approval.
^
up Delano as well
bers of the SIU since its organiza as: ;«nother pick
ill; seamanf on the SS
The appointments were decided
tion 13 years ago. Sylvester Pattiq yrhi^h.wasme^rby.
on when it became obvious that in
Simmons has
creasing duties in connection with
served in. various When the plane arriv^, Delano
Settlement of the longstanding contract dispute with its operators administration of new funds and
capacities includ was Ibadecf 'Into a 'lifeboatand 'piit
was reached at midnight November 21 when the Masters, Mates and enterprises made it necessary for
i n g patrolman over the side. No sooner had the
Pilots reached agreement with a commiftee representing 41 steamship the SecretaryTreasurer to dele
and port agent in plane landed than a fifteenfoot
operators on the Atlantic and Gulf 4
^
gate some of his responsibilities.
wave struck her and broke her' ln
Tamp^ acting two.
Coasts.
suit. The talks were completed with Both appointees are currently hold
The mine creW members had
headquartersrep
Negotiations had been going on the assistance of the Federal Medi ing elective office, Matthews as
to abandon the; plane.
Three were
resentative a tt.d picked up by the Sylvester
since August, and major issues, ation Service in its regional office headquarters " representative and
Pattie
engine patrolman;
such as wages and hours, bad been at 341 Ninth Avenue, New . York. Simmons as engine patrolman for
and
the
other
six
by
the
Jordan
Simmons
in New York. after a half hour'in' the water. '•
settled in a memorandum, of under; The MM&i*received continuous New York.
Matthews has
served
as port agent
standing back onOctober 2. The support throughout its negotiations Matthews will be in charge of
^ Changed Course ' ' '•
chief stumblingblock proved to be from the Maritime Trades Depart contracts, the administration of the in Mobile, Jacksonville':: and San .With an airsea rescue but of the
Francisco* He has heeh a head
the question of increasing welfare ment, to which the SIU is affiliated, Vacation Plan,
quarters representative oj assist question, the Jordan' changed
fund contributions from 25 cents to in accord with the mutual.aid pact and c^ertain of
antsecretarytreasurer ' hi New course and' set sail for Hamilton,
50 cents a day for each MM&P signed earlier in August. The pact the duties of the
York from 1946 on and a member Bermuda. It Was met by :a' local
member employed aboard ship. was designed to throw the full Welfare Fund,
of
the negotiating committee since government crash boat outside of
SlUcontracted operators fipally strength of approximately 250,000 principally relat
the breakwater which managed to
that time.
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broke the logjam by agreeing to AFL maritime workers in MTD ing to servicing
transfer both seamen (the other
the increase and all other shipping member unions behind any affili the men in the
sailor had been switched to the
lines involved speedily followed" ated union which niight have dif various hospitals.
Jordan) despite heavy seas. ' The
men were finally brought ashOre
ficulties in its negotiations with He will continue
employfers.
where Delano spent the next II
as ft member of
MnNewWiMl
days in the King Edward Memorial
the unions's ne
Matthews
Strike Threatened
Nov. 30. 1951
Vol. Xili, No. 24
SUP now has headquarters Hospital. Upon his discharge from
At one period during the talks, gotiating committee.
at
the SIU A&G HaU where the hospital, Delano flew back >to
As I See It
Page 9 the dispute over the welfare clause Simmons will be in charge of.
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the
complete facilities of the New .York..
meeting
shipowners'
manpower
Burly
Page 17 threatened a breakdown in negotia
Given
a
few
days
fOr
recupera
throughout the dis building are available to Safl
Crossword Puzzle
Page 8 tions leading to possible strike ac requirements
tion by the officers union. How trict. In connection with these du ors Union men. Shipping, tion and straightening out Of hie
Did You Know...., ... Page 14 ever, the MM&P postponed the
beefs, mail and all other S^ accounts with Mississippi, Delano
services wiU be maintained et is hopeful of shipping out again'in
... Page 9 strike because of the fact that the
Editorial
the near future, on a'' more
the 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn ad
Inquiring Seafarer ... Page 8 wildcat longshore tieup was going
eventful voyage.
n' • '> irMuiui'
dress.
on at
the
time.
MM&P
spokesmen
Page
8
In the Wake......
m/M pie LOS s\^]
declared
that
they
did
not
wish
to
Labor Roundup .. ... Page 17 add to chaotic conditions on the
Pages 15,16 waterfront, nor take any step which
Letters
Letter of the Week.... Page 9 would be construed .as support of
Maritime
^
Page 17 the vnldcatters. Following the end
Clarification of the Cities Service agreemenii with respect
Meet the Seafarer
Page 8 of the wildcat action, negotiations
to rules and certain^ (ibnditions coverihg deck tlhd
On The Job.
Page 17 were resumed with the shipowners
'i'ersonals
Page 18 and a settlement was reached.
partment ratings has been arrived at in negotiatipns,.betwe^
The new contract runs for two
Ships' Minutes
Page 19
the Uqion and company repr^
Ten Years Ago........ Page 8 years, provides as6.2 percent in
sentatives. A supplementary
agree' supplement igake. or, fui^hor ,im
Top Of The News..... Page 4 crease in base pay and overtime
PfoVoment mt wSat is; alreadyi,the
ment
has
been
signed
embodying
Welfare Benefits
Page 18 rates. The original memorandum
best; tjahker Qontract., in., ;the., jw
these changes.
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called for an eight percent increase
Published biweekly at the headquarters
The agreement wiR hav.e the, ef
Copies ofi . tbe,, supplemqntkiy
of the Seafarers International Union. At but this was cut down by the Wage
fect of tightening up the" contract agreement have , beea, mi.iuee
lantic A Cuif District. AFL, S7S Fourth Stabilization Board. It .also calls
Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel. STerling for a 40hour week at sea, im
in order to eliminate cohfusipn and! graijihed arid ^^stifibuted,. aboard
a4S71. Reentered at second class matter proved vacations, and free trans
misunderstandings that might have) aU, Oitics S^ry)Pe^ ahws .for,, th®
August 2, 1949, at the Post Office in New portation back to the port where
Beginning
this
Issne,
The
SIU's
arisen from time to time junder. the. lnfbripatipp.,of. ^crewflseipbprs., Ad
York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24,
the deck officer originally signed own comic strip. Burly,, bows in. original agre.ement.. The various ditional, cpples are
1912. Application for reentry pending at
Look for him on page 17..
modifications and additions .jn: the Union beadquprterSri)
(Continued on page 18)
Brooklyn, N. Y.
CG Rescue Try Endm
In Clash; 9 SoVecf H J
NeW'Hq. Posts Assumed
By Matthews^ Simmons
MMP Wins Welfare Boost
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SIU Opens New HQ^
More New»» Photos
Facilities Geared
To Men's Needs
I This issue of the SEAFARERS LOG, the first to'come out of
the new headquarters, appears in brand new garb of its own.
A completely new and permanent format has been adopted
with the object/of keeping
pace with the most modern sign which has proven to be more
trends and the newer concepts readable because of its "wideface"
characteristics. New headline types
in Labor Journalism.
For many years the LOG has are also being used, which are
The SIU quietly moved into its new imposing headquarters over the weekend of
been known, as one of , the better dressier and more attractive than
November 17, climaxing many months of painstaking preparations. Seafarers re
labor papers In the country and the old types.
Special departments of the porting to the new hall Monday morning found all offices operating under a full
has been so recognized by numer
ous awards and prizes for its papei', such as ships' minutes, port
superiority in the Held. It Is the reports, letters, and standing fea
intention of the STU and of the tures will appear on regularly as
LOG staff to continue to make it signed pages. This will make it
; the outstanding paper in the mari much easier to locate types of news
time field.
(Continued on page 18)
The LOG, along with the Union,
has come a long way. It originally
appeared on February 10, 1939, as
a four page tabloid, minus photo
Seafarers hitting New York
graphs and other features. It? went
for the first time since the new
to an eight^page issue hi 1945, and
Hkll opened for business
has since been "Increasing "In size SIU
at 675 4th Ave. can reach the
and variety of content. The present Brooklyn building easily by
issue contains 20 pages with an
additional four pages planned for subway or auto. Motorists
using the Belt Parkway can
the near, future.
exit at Prospect Ave. and come
New Body Type
out on 4th Ave. four blocks
The paper's new format is the fr^n the Hall.
product of several months of con
Subway travelers can make
sultation with experts in, the field
the
12minute trip from lower
of typographical design and layout.
Among the more important changes Manhattan via BMT 4th Ave.
Line to the Prospect Ave. stop
is the utilitatlon of a new body
and have a short walk. Men
type which will permit tis to in
New home of Seafarers Int'l Union as she looks today in her finished state.
*
coming ashore from ships
clude more than ten percent addi
tional newsf per page. The new along the Brooklyn waterfront
type is l"^ery slightly smaller than can also use the BMT 4th Ave. head of steam as smoothly and effortlessly as if they had been there for many
tradi to reach the Hall.
the old> but is of an excellent de
months. The big move was made by Seafarers themselves, as members of the head
Ronte to Hall
• ' quarters staff put irf a long weekend to make sure that every
thing would be shipshape for the opening.
The new hall is regarded as the finest imion headquarters
along the Atlantic and Gulf Coast, 4^^
despite the many large Interna ress toward greater strength and
tional Unions having lavish facili stability made by the SIU in its
ties
in this area. The design and few short years since being or
An appeal by striking Puerto Bican radio workers for help in their struggle facilities
of the new hall are an
in 1938.
with Radio Station WKAQ, San Juan, met with prompt response from the SIU, chored to the idea of membership ganized
Just a little over seven years
comfort and well being, in addition ago, the SIU occupied a cramped
kith the membership voting a $500 financial contribution and fullest possible aid to to
efficient functioning of head and dingy office at 2 Stone Street
the strikers.
quarters.
near South Ferry in downtown
The Puerto Rican Piess, Radio
13th Anniversary
Manhattan. The move from this
and Theatre Guild, which is con
Coincidentally, the move to the inadequate hall to the sixfloor
.ducting the strike, turned to the
new hall took place during the building at 51 Beaver Street was
SIU for help because of the SIU's
month in which the 13th anniver regarded with justifiable pride by
reputation pn the island as a solid
sary of the SIU is being observed. members as a sign of solid growth
and wellestablished organization
The new hallis a dramatic demon and progress. Shortly after it be^
that can be counted on in times of
stration of the tremendous prog
(Continued on page 12)
need. The strike had already been
in. progress for 32 days when the
union sent its appeal to the SIU.
When the radio strikers' case was
presented to the headquarters
membership meeting of November
21, the members voted unanimous
ly to give full support, financial
• The SIU soon will be the first labor union in the maritime
and otherwise, to the Puerto Rican
industry to offer its members a complete, uptodate train
union. They backed that up by ap
ing and upgrading setup in the three major shipboard de
proving the $500 contribution.
partments.
Strike Issues
When finishing touches are put of. the permanent US fleet.
Chief issues In the strike are the
on plans now being formulated.
This training establishment was
fight for the Union shop and wage
Seafarers right off the ships in conceived by SIU officials and
increases, as well as reinstatement
New York will be able to trot down
(Continued on page 18)
of the union's business agent on his Officials of V. S. Public Health Service confer with Int. Rep. A! to the SIU hall in Brooklyn and
job with the radio station.. The Bernstein (r.) while enjoying coffee in the new cafeteria. USPHS receive supervised instruction in
.owner of the station is Angel men are interested in working with the SIU in its program of pre
deck, engine and steward depart
Ramos, wealthy publisher of the ventative medicine. Officials are, 1. to r.: Dr. D. Ottenberg, TB con
ment duties and operation on the
Sap; Juan daily newspaper
sultant Region 2; Dr. J. Anderson, Chief of Chronic Disease Div., spot.
Mundo." Ramos has been using the and Dr. R. Kusselbach, Chief, Office of Med. Programs, Region 2.
After logging the number of
columns of his newspaper to agitate
hours prescribed for each course, WASHINGTON —Economic Co
against the union shop and the
they will be qualified to take tests operation Administrat) in programs
cause of the strikers. Thus far he
for Coast Guard tickets for higher will soon require another 17 gov
has shovpi no signs of yielding to
ratings and shove off for new jobs. ernment owned ships from the
the union's demands,; land a long
Refresher courses in these ratings boneyard for assignment to general
and difficult struggle is in prospect.
will also be offered to those who agents in connection with ECA
• :Since organized labor is very
are a little rusty in some jobs.
sponsored programs.
Rapping
the
government
and
the
steamship
operator
for
weak on , the island, the outcome of
Permanent Setup
Action on this newest request
this strike may well have an im their casual indifference, an aroused membership at a Head
pdi'tant" bearing on the future of quarters meeting of November 21, endorsed the Union's effort This allUnion operation, when will be taken in the near future by
fully underway, will turn out the the National Shipping Authority.
—
the labor movement throughout to step into the breach and pay all f
Puetro Rican industry. "A^honsid^ expenses to bring home the body a sniper's bullet along with an besttrained and bestinformed Approval has been given already to
Crable nupiber of mainland plants of a Seafarer slain by snipers in other SIU brother, Lewis W. High, crews for our merchant ships. Not the general agency application of
have "run away" to the island In Korea and give him decent burial. while ashore from the Citrus Back a flybynight program, the Sea: BoiseGriffin, New York, with the
A letter from the father of late er (Waterman) on the invasion road farers' threeway school will be a probability that this company will
the hope of taking advantage of
lowWage,' Unorganized Puerto SIU man George W. Miller, created between Inchon and Seoul, was re permanent fixture with the Union shortly be allocated a vessel.
Rican workem. ^he SIU, as one of the feelirig among the membership turned to the States a year after and will serve not only for the Current figures on GAAoperat
the strongest unions On the i^and, that where the steamship company his death in October, 1950, by Wat present emergency and anything ing ships disclose a total of 433 and
ktands ready to help Puerto Rican and the Army had failed in their erman and allowed to remain in still to arise—particularly as ships with the latest request, this would
workers' better their conditions and moral obligation. The Union would San Francisco while a shipping bill are pulled out of the boneyaid and be jupped to the nice round figure
of $130 hung fire and prevented his crewed up—but will turn out men of 450. Some 48 steamship lines
thus protect the gains of union not fail its slain brother.
as they're needed to man the ships now act as NSA operating agents.
The deceased Seafarer, killed by
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members in the States.'
Aid Voted PR Union
Public Health Officials Visit New Haii
Three-Dept. Training
School Being Readied
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Si.
^3 !J
EGA Seeks 17
More GAA Ships
Slain Seafarer To Be
Brought Home By SIU
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SEAFARERS LOG
Paee Four
llr
i SUP Wages Boosted
I i •
Mi'
In 'Schooner Pact
\^-.
A new agreement covering members of the Sailors Union
of the Pacific working steamschooners was ratified Nov. 13, as
operators signed for monthly increases up to $40 a month and
more. The agreement will go
into effect retroactive to Oc agreement which is in the works.
Agreements with dry cargo, off
tober 1, 1951, pending ap shore,
intercoastal, Alaska and
proval from the Wage Sta Coastwise
Line ships had been
bilization Board.
ratified by the SUP membership
Nine companies were involved
in this group which covers all
steamschooners, LSM's and other
vessels in the specialized West
Coast trade. The settlement calls
for a $39.48 monthly increase for
AB's and $41.90 additional for
winchdrivers. Overtime and cargo
. rates have been boosted 42 cents
per hour up to $1.75, with ship's
overtime brought up to the same
figure. All other provisions of the
contract .with the exception of the
vacation clause are the same as in
the previous agreement with the
Coastwise line, the standard SUP
freight contract.'
Somewhat different provisions
are called for in the package lum
ber trade which covers vessels with
readyrmade loads. The rate for
ABs on these ships is $25 more
than on, the regular steam
schooners, with crane drivers and
AB crane drivers proportionately
higher. The overtime and cargo
time rate is the same throughout.
Companies covered by this
agreement are: Bums SS Co., W.
»H. Chamberlin, James Griffiths &
Sons, Oliver J. Olson, Long Bell
Lumber Co., Olympic SS Co.,
Schafer Bros. SS Lines and West
Coast TransOceanic SS Line.
All that remains to be negotiated
now on the west coast is the tanker
previously.
Wanteds Yomr
Ship Minutes
Readers will note that ships
minutes .in this issue are print
ed in smaller type, enabling
the use of much more news of
shipboard meetings. As part
of the effort to make the LOG
a bigger and better paper in
every way. Seafarers are urged
to be sure to send ships minutes
to headquarters so that they
can be reported to the full
membership.
ITF Reveals Red Hand
In Dutch Dock Flareup
Word has come from the International Transportation Fed
eration that the Communist Party in West Germany, the
Netherlands and Belgium is attempting to provoke stoppages
Widow's Suit
Charges NMU
With Raw Deai
Faster Turn Around
Goal Of Cargo Study
Fuel Oil Demand Booms Tanker Trade
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BOOKS TAKE A BEATING—The new gambling tax passed by the
last Congress has the books on the run across the country. Trouble
with it from the bookie's standpoint is that he has to go to the Internal
Revenue office and fill out a tax form declaring in writing that he
takes bets for a living. The average bookie is caught in the vise.
If he declares himself on record he can be jugged by the locals for
making book. If he doesn't, he can get the hook from the FBI for
federal tax violation. Oh well, maybe a few horse players will get
out of hock now.
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BRITISH, FRENCH IN THE BED—Talking about broke horse
players reminds us that the British and French economies are suffer
ing from a severe attack of dollar anemia. The cost of feeding up
the military muscle to match the Soviet's bulging biceps has proved
too much of a strain on the two convalescents who were showing signs
of recovery from the effects of World War 11. The unpleasant out
look is that Uncle Sam will have to come across with a transfusion:'
and wildcat strikes on major Norths
Sea ports. These ports are on the ly after the German Transport and
principal line of supply for Ameri Public Service Workers Union ac
can and Western European armed cepted a conciliation award setting
forces in Germany. SIU members new wage scales for German dock
on these runs are advised that any ers in seaports all along the North
"wildcat" stoppages which take Sea and Baltic coast. The award
place are Communistinspired.
came after a vote among the mem
The ITF reports that the German bers of the German union in which
Communists succeeded in tying up strike action was rejected.
HALF OF WORLD WAR II ENDS^Almost ten years to the day
sections of the ports of Hamburg
CP Steps In
from Pearl Harbor, the Japanese parliament completed ratification of
and Bremen for a short period of
time. They are currently trying to As soon as acceptance of the the treaty of peace with tUe United States, England, Australia, New
spread the strike to Dutch ports. award was announced, the ITF Zealand and all the other nations which took part in the Far Eastern
The wildcat walkout began short said, the entire executive commit war. (Russia excepted of course, as they are still hoiding out for more,
tee of the Communist Party in per usual.) That makes Japan the first country to ratify the treaty,
West Germany was mobilized in terms of which were worked out in the recent San Francistxi general
Hamburg to organize a dock strike. conference. For the time being United States troops Will remain in
About 1,000 Hamburg dockers and Japan, on the islands of Okinawa, Iwo Jima and other plhCes^on the
300 in Bremen answered the call, map that Americans learned about the hard way during '^e war.
but within 48 hours the German
union had countered with an active LES& BEEFS ABOUT iSoRE BEEF—We won't beliifive! it tUntil we
campaign which started the work see it but the stockyards men claim that more meat will be available
at lower prices this winter. Back in Iowa they have, been fattening
ers back to the docks.
the steers on corn in such large numbers:thid;;the sl&iight^ll^iarq jaow
The East German
press and radio
TAMPA — More typical of the
run around one might get from an then chimed in and has since been turning out beef at a higher rate than at any time during ^the past
insurance company than a union is attempting to get Belgian and four years. Wonder if the ten cent hottdpg wiU dig; jiblq.tfKg[^^
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that being suffered by the widow Dutchdockers to refuse to handle comeback'now?
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of a seaman who is currently suing American cargos headed for West
THE SEA'S NOT A BAD PLACE TO BR—A new serie^ of atomic
the National Maritime Union here Germany.
energy
tests is being conducted in the Nevada desert near Las Vegas,
to collect NMU death and hospital
where
the
hottest thing in town used to be the onearmed bandits.
benefits she contends have been
The tests seem to be running the gamut from small size baby bombs
due her since 1947.
up through the big monsters that can knock, a few hundred thousand
The suit, brought by Mrs. Reme
people for a loop. Meanwhile reports have it that a workable hydrogen
Hearings are still underway be dio Fernandez, widow of Herminio
bomb will be completed within 18 months to two years. The Russians
fore a stateappointed fact finding Fernandez, seeks to recover the
board which is investigating the NMU death benefit of $125 and a Asserting that the increased are presumed to be not too far behind in their atomic developments.
causes of the 28 day wildcat walk total hospital benefit of $10 (at the speed and cargo capacity .of the Who wants to swap for a shoreside job now?
out of longshoremen in New York NMU rate of $2.50 a week) to which modern freighter is often offset
4"
4"
BUT THE POSTMAN WON'T DELIVER—By Christmastime you wiU
City. Both ILA officials and lead she contends she is entitled by rea by delays resulting froni old
ers of the wildcat strikers have son of her. husband's membership fashioned cargo handling equip be able to order a new automobile right out of the Sears, Roebuck catalog.
ment and methods in port, a new The new car will be, sold under the "Allstate" trade name but will be
been testifying, in must instances in the NMU.
at closed sessions. At the present The allegations contained in Mrs. international body has been set up manufactured for Sears by the KaiserFraser Corporation. Since no
rate, it is unlikely that the fact Fernandez' suit contend she had a to study and deal with the prob body has worked out a system yet whereby a postcard will deposit a
car in your mailbox, sales will have to be limited to those cities where
board will have a report ready be trying experience with the NMU. lem.
fore January.
Her husband, the suit contends, Operating under the weighty Sears already has retail outlets, and showroom facRities.
The board was appointed during was a member of the NMU in good title of the International Cargo
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the course of the walkout and has standing at the time of his death Handling Coordinating Committee, TIME FOR A FUNERAlr—The words "mail order" bring to mind
been in virtually continuous ses Aug. 2, 1947, after being confined the group seeks to minimize .the the fact that the 'penny postcard will die an untimely death on
sion. A great *deal of testimony to the hospital for 43 days.
amount of turnaround time, the January 1. An increase in all mail rates goes into effect on that date,
has been taken relating to the man
Mrs. Fernandez, "made many ef period spent in port discharging making the postcard two cents, first class letters four cents, airmail
ner in which contract negotiations forts to receive the benefits as pro and taking on cargo, which usually seven cents and so on down the line. Keep it in mind the next time
were carried out and the ratifica vided for," it is stated in the suit. means " the difference between you get ambitious and drop a letter to the LOG.
tion procedures. In the course of Relating that she made written re profit and loss for ship operators:
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the testimony leaders of the wild quest for the benefit on Sept. 12, Preliminary meetings in several WE'RE GETTING OFF CHEAP MAYBE—Plans for military ex
catters admitted to the board that 1951, Mrs. Fernandez charges "all European maritime nations have penditures in the next fiscal year, beginning July 1, 1952, call for a
they had not opposed the settle such demands were ignored."
already been held, with plans for mere 45 billion dollars as compared tq the niee round figure of 57 bil
ment when it was presented to the In addition to burial and hospital intensive study and cargohandling lion dollars being spent this year on the Army, Navyand Air Force.
125member wage scale committee, benefits "up to $135 plus interest," analysis as the means for attack Naturally, there's a catch to it. The 45 billion figure is* based on the
on which they were representives. Mrs. Fernandez also asks the court ing the problem. Labor groups, assumption that the Korean War will be over and done with by tben.
The wildcat strike got underway to order the defendant to pay attor shipbuilders, equipment manufac If not, hold on to your hats and up we go.
in New York on October 11 three neys' fees and court costs.
turers, stevedores and others have
days after the membership at The suit was filed in Hillsborough banded together lo wrestle with JUST CALL ME SLESW (Seafarers Log Editortal StMf W^ter)—^
The North Atlantic Treaty organization, which is building up defenses
large had ratified the agreement County Circuit Court Nov. 12.
the puzzler.
in Western Europe, has put a lot of energy into cooking up a brand
by a secret ballot, putting it into
new bowl of inteinatlonal alphabet soup to identify thg varioua in
effect. Members of one local on
the North River walked out in pro
dividuals and committees .involved. For example. General^ Ike is never
test, and from that point on, the Continuing advances in tanker charter rates indicates the enviable to be called by name: only SAUCEUg (Supreme Allied'Cotnmai^er
minority group forced spread of position of the tank ship operators at this season when high volumes Europe.) John J. McCloy who is High Commrsdoner in Gennanj is
the strike to other piers by roving of oil are being shuttled to the big cities for household heating known as HICOM.1!he navaL commander in the Mediterranean is
strong arm squads. Part of the purposes.
CINCNELM (Commander in Chief United States Naval ForCes.Easttern
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port of New York continued work
Indicative of the trend is the re the disclosure of several charters Atlantic and Mediterranean.) We thought w«were pretty gbod arppnd
ing during the strike and attempts port on East Coast and transAtlan for consecutive voyages through here with SIU, SUP, MTD, BME, iLA, etc.^but it seOma We are |ust
to spread it up and down the coast tic voyages for tankers, which 1953.
a bunch.of semipros.
,
were unsuccessful, except in Bos shows East Coast "dirty" oil char Dry cargo activity, meanwhile,
ton.
ter rates 150 percent over the old particularly in grain, failed to pick THEY LOOK REAL ANKWdAM^sech railroiag en$dn^
After 28 days most of the wild U. S. Maritime Commission scale. up as anticipated following the end KonValinka, who astounded everyone by makirig a^^'d^^^ for freefom
catters reported to the piers on This figure illustrates, like the long of the East Coast longshore tieup. across the Czech border In his railroad'trpin, ha|.;arrived in the U^hited
their own as the movement petered outof reach 1939 cost of living The high price of grain vvas said States with his wife;and chUdrea0l|i^ng' his Jate^
out. The leaders of the strike, who scale, the extent to which tanker to have particular affect on the Airport, Konvalinka expressed the hjme that^he "w,o«ld b® Able,to go
had been cdlling fbr reopening of demand has outmoded the govern movement,of this cdmmodlty and, to work in his regular trade,' Kortv^lnka haS'A
alfcad'v'but not
negotiations, dropped their de mentfixed rate for tank charters. as a consequence, dry cargo ship exactly that of a railroad engineer.' rib is going Itb
mands and "called off" the walk
Prospects of continued employ ping is still markedly slow iiu many Electric Train Corporationi wbicll irtakes mQSt"b?"thC:'t6y''tra!ns for
out
ment on tank runs are good With parts.
America's small fry.'
NY State Board
Probes Wildcat
Longshore Beef
te
ite
AND THEN THERE WERE f HREE—lirational elecimns are a good
eleven months off, but there are three candidates for ihe GOP nomi
nation in the running. Number one. Senator Taft^ hasn't stopped run
ning since 1940 and is currently in the lead for the nomination. His
is the longest case of presidential buck fever on record since William
Jennings Bryan. (Ask your grandpappy about him.) Number two,
California's Governor Earl Warren filledbuf ^s efitfty. blahlc^but
doesn't seem to be campaigning actively for delegates in other states—*
just out for' his own California bloc. I^mbllMr jb^e^^qf pour^i is
General Ike who is running furiously by i)fbky until lib makes up his
mind (or has he made up his mind?). Best guess on.the "lyarren can
didacy, is that he wants to hold his bloc ol| delegates: ^gether jiitttil
Eisenhower makes his position clear, one way or another.
�Friday. November St. 1951
SEAFARERS LOG
Pare Fire
SIX Perish As Fire
:$weeps Stf P Ship
Simembers of the crew of the George Walton lost their
lives when the ship caught fire and burned in the teeth of a
howling gale, approximately 370 miles northwest of Cape
• 'Flattery, Washington. All
SUP members who made up
the ship's deck department
were rescued without major
injury.
LongRange Planning
For Maritime Vital,
Rep. Shelley Says
rOf the six casualties, one was the
second assistant engineer who was
Longrange planning and re killed when the fire broke out in
search for the betterment of the the engine room on November 6.
American shipping industry was Four others lost their lives when
urged by Representative John F. their lifeboat was turned over by
Shelley, wellknown authority on the heavy seas under the bow of
the Japanese freighter, the Kenkon
maritime and seamen's affairs.
Maru. The sixth man died when
Congressman Shelley said it was he lost his grip on a jaeob's ladder
the responsibility of the maritime and fell bad; into the sea.
industry to set up an industry
. wide research organization to bring Although three rescue vessels Seafarers and Can Workers jubilantly tear up their picket signs after successful conclusion of their
about needed improvements in converged on the stricken ship strike in Brooklyn near new SIU. headquarters.
ship design, methods of operation shortly after the fire broke out,
and equipment. He suggested fur extremely heavy seas running up
ther that the industry present a to 30 feet made rescue operations
united front in Washington when hazardous. Some of the crewmen
seeking aid from Congress, rather were in lifeboats for as long as 35
Approximately 500 striking workers of the Fein Tin Can Company, 51st Street and First
than have operators plugging in hours before they could be picked
Avenue, Brooklyn,
are back on the job with the best contract they ever had, thanks to the
up.
dividually for their own companies.
aid of
the SIU and their own
determination to hold out for a satisfactory settlement.
One
Day
Out
In the last session of Congress,
The action was another in a long>—
^
Congressman Shelley introduced a The Walton, owned by the Na
series
of
cases
in
which
the
SIU
in winning their picket line beefs. cross it. When the employer saw
bill which would allow seamen in tional Shipping Authority and
jured aboard governmentowned operated by the PacificAtlantic has played a major role in helping Workers at the plant were loud in that the strike had been reorgan
ships the right to trial by jury in Steamship Company, set sail from other unions who needed assistance their praise of the SIU, declaring ized and was not going to evapo
that they could never have gotten rate, he began negotiating in earn
their injury suits. At present sea Longview, Washington, two days
the kind of settlement they did est. A series of conferences was
men on private ships have that before with a load of 9,500 tons of
without the SIU's assistance.
held leading to the settlement on
right Meui on government ships grain. She was bound for Bombay,
The SIU entered the picture on the 13th.
.
however, must make their claims India, by way of Yokohama, Japan.
November 8 when the United Wire
Pickete Fed
through , the: admiralty side of the When the flash fire broke out,
SIU Headquarters urges all & Metal Workers Union, Local
Federal district court. Awards SOS's were sent out which brought
draft
eligible seamen to be 24368, an AFL Federal Labor During the course of the five
• from such courts are usually less the Kenkon Maru, the Greek
day period, the strikers were given
sure
they
keep their local Se
Union, called on the Seafarers use of the SIU's asyetunopened
freighter Katherine and the Coast
• than awards from juries.
and asked for help in the strike.
Guard Cutter Wachusetts to the lective ^rvice boards posted
on all changes of address Several SIU men were dispatched cafeteria. They were fed hot meals
scene.
in the new hall and were supplied
through tlie use of the post
immediately to the picket line to with sandwiches and coffee while
Casualties might have run con
cards furnished at all SIU
bolster the morale of the strikers on the picket line.
siderably higherbut for the fact halls and aboard ships.
who were having a difficult time
that nine of the thirteen men
Failure to keep your draft of it. Five days later, the stiikers
board informed of your where
had a new agreement, negotiated
An expected boon to safety and aboard, the lifeboat that was
abouts can cause you to be
with the aid of an SIU representa
economy on Suez Canal runs is swamped had already been taken
listed
as
a
delinquent
and
be
tive.
The contract provides for a
being studied by shippers. The aboard tlie Kenkon Maru.
diafted into the services with
$5 acrosstheboard increase, time
problem of picking up. and dis
At last report, the George Wal
out a hearing. The Union in andonehalf after eight hours in
, charging searchlights for night
ton
was
considered
still
salvage
such
cases can do nothing to any one day, doubletime for Sun
! passage through the canal is the
aid
Seafarers
who fail to com
able
although
it
had
been
burning
day work, ten cents additional for
nut the operators are trying to
ply.
night work, an additional paid hol
, crack.
steadily for several days.
iday, strengthened seniority provi
Resumption of regular common
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According to the Suez Canal
sions and other improvements,
cariier steamship service between
Company, it's probable that a seri
A most important faetor in the New York and Savannah, Ga.,
ous threeship collision last July
settlement was the success of the commences today when the Sea
might have been averted if one
of the ships. . involved had been
Heavy demand by private operators for ships from the lay SIU in helping to organize and train Havana starts on her way
. able to proceed directly to sea in up fleet continues despite expectations that bottom require maintain an effective roundthe southward.
clock picket line in front of the Authority to reestablish the
stead of having to anchor to dis
ments would have tapered off by now. The increasing pros plant. As a result all teamsters re service, which was wiped out by
. charge a searchlight,
spected the line and refused to the war, has been granted tem
" . One . suggestion under study is pect of high charter fees becausef—:
porarily to the SlUcontraeted Sea
the use of floating lights in a buoy of the limited tonnage available pany for one C1 and its bid for
train Lines, Inc. by the Interstate
ant unit, which could be picked for fcharter has driven many op one Victory is still in the works.
Commerce Commission. Seatrain
up or released into the briny by erators to look to the government At hearings on the application,
for a lift.
was the originator of the freight
' a moving vessel.'
it was pointed out that the exist
carcarrying type of ocean cargo
The problem is created by the Under study by the Federal ing market does not have suitable
transjOrt.
difliculty in distinguishing desert Maritime Board are applications tonnage available for charter at
When the Havana docks at Sa
sands from water at night and the for a total of 18 ships, principally reasonable rates, and although the
vannah Dec. 3, she will be re
/ consequent need for high^ power Victories and Liberties. Approval government's rate is generally
bow lights, whereas most ships has already gone to the SlUcon much lower than the open market Thirteen members of the Sailors named the Savannah in honor of
mount their lights on the bridge. traeted Mississippi Shipping Com figure, profits are shared with the Union of the Pacific who sailed on that city and the following day
charterer when governmentowned the SS Baylor Victory four years start north again in accord with a
ago have a total of $872.06 coming weekly roundtrip setup. She is
vessels are used.
to
them in salvage fees from the sche'duled to leave New York Fri
If the pace continues, the re
United
States government. The days and Savannah each Tuesday.
serve fleets will be stripped clean
Changes Run
of Victories very soon, except for money is due for salvage services
those that aie damaged to the rendered by the Baylor Victoiy to It is reported the Havana will
point where repairs for temporary the Plymouth Victory in April, be replaced on the Gulf run by
use would take too big a bite out of 1947, when the latter ship had to the new $4,000,000 Seatrain Louisi
ana, which made her maiden trip
probable income from their use. be towed into a Mexican port.
In order to be entitled to their this month. The Louisiana is the
salvage shares, the men involved sixth specialized vessel built for
have to contact the Claim Depart Seatrain Lines and is capable of
ment of the AhiericahHawaiian carrying 100 fully loaded railroad
Steamship Company, Pier 26, San freight cars on a mile of standard
Francisco, and sign releases before gauge track built in her holds and
Negotiations just opened by the the Maritime • Administration can decks. The new 17knot ship is
483 feet long and 63 ft. in the
NMU with Atlantic and Gulf op send them any money.
Individual shares range from beam.
erators center around a 50cent a
day employer contribution to the $57.45 for ordinary seamen, to Loading and unloading opera
welfare fund, a provision which, $78.51 for the bosun and $81.22 for tions in Savannah will be facili
for
the SIU, has been in effect the carpenter. Names of the men tated by an $800,000 pier and
Wli
are as follows: Robert A. Art, John freight car handling crane and
since
November 1.
mVl
J. Admiral, Robert J. Claunch, elevator, built jointly by Seatrain
In
addition,
the
NMU
and
coast
ho.I
operators are busy trying to wipe John D. Ross, Myron A. Bakke, Ar and the Central of Georgia Rail
Mf j
out existing working rule inequi thur J. Martin,' Francesco Pizzin way.
•
' Among the first outside unions to utilize facilities of the new SIU ties existing in their current con grlllo,' Joseph M. Taylor, Clayton Seatrain has already applied to
Assembly Hall were 60 ^rU from the Leonard Electric Corp. in
tract, whose provisions run below D.Tice and Alexander McHarg, the ICC for permanent authority to
nearby BuSh Terminal at a grievance and shop stewards' meeting.
those Incorporated in SIU agree Leonard Berg, Theodore R. Ward run the New YorkSavannah serv
ice.
andDoaovan G. Hyde.
Business. Agent Sol Lasher of AFL Poiishers L^al 8, presided. ^ •
ments.
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SlU Acts, Can Strikers Win Contract
Keep Draft
Board Posted
Floafiiig Liglit Seen
Nipping Suez Peril
Seatrain Runs
Into Savannah
With Govt OK
Boneyard Ranks Thinned
FourYearOld Claim
On Salvage Awarded
To 13 SUP Members
SIU Lends Union Gals A Hand
NMU Asks Parity
With SIU Welfare
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work is showing good results. At
ate fully the conditions they enjoy The only fly in the ointment Lake Charles:
Baltimore:
last the office people arq waking
today under the banner of the SIU. here is the fact that the Hafty
up to the fact that in a union is
He further feels that the newer Bridges' West Coast boys have
their only hope of decent w^ei
hands, who did not go through been buzzing around because the
and conditions. Of course We im
those days, take a good part of Brotherhood of Marine Engineers
mediately told the Office. Employ
their wages and conditions for had the Las Vegas Victory in port.
granted. Unionoperated welfare Otherwise all has been proceeding Shipping down here hasn't been ees Union that they could call on
Shipping in the port of Balti plans, vacation funds, ship board smoothly.
quite up to standard but we can't this branch for any help that we
more, which has been holding up representation and the like were There are quite a few oldtiraers complain being that the weather is could give night or day, since the
very nicely for six months now, has dreams for even the most optimis on the beach here, including Wil so beautiful and the outlook for SIU is always ready, to help other
become even better than usual in tic seaman then. Today they are liam McKay, C. J. Quint, W. the next four or five days being bonafide unions to better condi
the past two weeks. We had quite a reality, but too many forget the Thornton, R. W. Martin, M. Pappa very good. We had visits from the tions. •
a few men piled up on the beach dayin and dayout battle necessary dakis, J. Melelies and quite a few Abiqua, Government Camp, Bent's
Taxes, Taxes
because of the longshoremen's to achieve them.
others so that we do not lack for Fort, Winter, Hill, Royal Oak and Between the boys in Washing
wildcat strike, but thanks to the In closing, Walsh expressed the company.
Cantigney, all from the Cities ton and the state of Louisiana
Service fleet. In Port Arthur, dreaming up taxes one has to be
boom we have been able to send opinion that the Union should per
Jeff Morrison
Texas, we had the Federal (Tra lucky enough to raise enough
most of them out.
Seattle Port Agent
sist in its efforts to educate the old
falgar) and James B. Duke (Mis cabbage for the daily paper (if we
Among our recent visitors have and the new members in their re
^
t.
sissippi) whom we supplied with had one here). There was once an
been several Cities Service tankers sponsibilities. If present day con
one man each. Also in Lake old saw about nothing being cer
and it is our pleasure to announce ditions are to be kept and improved Mobile:
Charles we had the,Cecil N. Bean tain but death and taxes. This
that conditions keep on improving upon, well Brother Walsh, we cer
(DryTrans) which signed articles now reads "taxes and death" es
right along. They are not only tainly could stand for more words
here on her
way to Greece and we pecially here in La. where every
much better than those that pre of advice in a similar vein.
put quite a few men on her. «
vailed when the SIU started organ
one is taxed for everything. But
A Hard Guy
izing, but they are also superior to
fellowresidents of this great state
Crisis
In
Galley
One of our members here was A shprtage has sprung up in
what existed six months ago in tiiat
don't have to worry as all of the
hit
by a car which observers es some categories of rated men as We almost forgot to mention wouldbe governors are going to
fleet. If the old hands in the
tliat our old standby, the y^. E.
Union, who have the ability and timate was doing about 60 miles shipping continues to hold up here Downing (Mathieson) was in and reduce the cost of living, cut taxes
per hour. Our hero removed
a piece
and looks pretty fair for the com took a gang 'of men. We filled her and raise everything. They don't
savvy to educate newcomers in the
industry, would make it a habit of of metal which had pierced his leg, ing two weeks. We are in need of easily for the boys really like this explain anything but it will catch
riding these wagons, I'm positive reached behind his back and re cooks, FOWs and ABs particularly, one as she is tops of all the ships the votes every time.
that you wouldn't be able to find turned the headlights to the frantic so any of you who are looking for hitting here. On the abovenamed
Leroy Clarke
anything better in the industry. driver, in pieces, of course. Then a berth can hie yourself down to wagon we have that well known
Lake
Charles Port Agent
he paced off the distance he had Mobile , and be assured of getting
Cold Weather Hazards
gentleman, that king of the galley,
been thrown by the car. How would out in a hurry.
4" t 4"
Mr. Ding Dong Bell who is really
With the coming of cold weather you like to gamble on living after
We
had
ten
payoffs
and
eight
turning
out
the
grub
for
the
boys.
we have been compelled to use part having been thrown 180 feet?
signons in the past two weeks with He was going to quit here the last New York:
of our branch's resources to battle
Earl Sheppanl
one ship in transit, the Hawaiian trip, and when we boarded her we
the perennial march of the Balti
Baltimore Port Agent Banker, also taking a few men. heard a loud noise from the after
more bears. This animal always
i t
, Alcoa supplied most of the action part of the ship.
seeks a warm, cozy place in which
in this port paying off with the Upon investigating we find that
Seattle:
to hibernate. The gutters and door
Alcoa Runner,
Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa here is poor Ding Dong trying to
ways are no longer suitable to im
Pilgrim,
Alcoa
Corsair and Alcoa get his other shirt in a paper bag New York shipping is slowly
munize them from all worldly
shifting into high gear, after a
Pennant.
We
also
had payoffs on so he can leave, and all the crew
troubles, even with a can of smoke.
the Neva West (Bloomfield), War trying to stop him. After a long gradual recovery from the long
shore strike in this port. During .
As most hands know, the Sea
rior, Morning Light and Monarch honeyworded talk Brother Ding
the past two weeks we have paid
farers has had a policy of eliminat
The skies may be drippy here, of the Sea (Waterman) and the agreed to rtay but insisted that off eighteen ships and signed on
ing gashounds, performers, weed
Polaris
(DryTrans).
Things
ran
heads for quite some time, and that but it's been a happy two" weeks pretty smoothly at all payoffs with as a condition of his staying that nine. From word received from the
goes double in Baltimore. The for the SIU up here in the north no beefs of any consequence to re the crew procure at once a large operators we expect shipping to
picture of the Mobile City Hall continue to improve in the next
policy covering these characters is west. Shipping has been excellent, port.
and
just
to
put
the
topping
on
for
he said that he was lonesome couple of weeks as things return
very hard and fast, as this port
Killed in Korea
for a sight of it. Also that he must to normal.
feels that the Union's resources the pie, we have gotten a 100 per
We got the sad news here on be supplied with a copyof the There was ' one transportation
should be directed to more con cent proSIU vote in an election
on the
two ships
of
the Ocean
Tow
November 8 that
Kenneth W. Klug, Mobile daily papers at every beef on the Gateway City (Water
structive channels than straighten
Company.
a retired member, chance. AH of this was agreed to man) due to the fact that she has
ing out winos and foulups.
First,
to
dispose
of
the
shipping
was killed in ac and now the Downing is once again been switched from the coastwise
We would like to point some
tion in Korea. riding on an even keel.
trade to foreign articles. But this
thing out to the membership which news, we paid off the Citrus
Brother Klug was
has been settled and the men in
will save some of you a headache Packer (Waterman) and the Alaska
Gangway To N Y
drafted into the
volved can pick up their money at
one of these days. If you are pay Spruce (Ocean Tow) and signed on
the
Citrus
Packer.
There
were
Army
out of the Although there never are enough the Waterman office.
ing off a ship which is on port
bookmen
here
to
have
a
regular
merchant marine
payroll, be sure to get a voucher five ships in transit here; the
We also had to cool off a bucko
on December 6, meeting we do have some getto skipper, but he was straightened
covering the money due you and Alamar, Yorkmar and Massmar
gethers
now
and
then
and
discuss
19 5 0. He had
signed by the captain before you (Calmar); the Fairport (Water
out on a few points to the satis
served in the the contracts and other matters faction of all 'hand& and I think
leave ship. This will prevent either man); and the San Angelo Victory
with
the
new
permitmen.
They
all
(Seatrade).
Klug
maritime field for
outright loss of your money, or
things will run smoother "Oh hoard
24 Voted
six years previously. He had been show a great interest in such in the future. Everything else was
lengthy delays and equally lengthy
items,
but
in
"all
of
these
gather
Now as to the election, there in Korea since April of this year
correspondence to collect same.
ings the subject of the new hall taken care of at the payoff.
Once that ship leaves the harbor it,^ were 24 seamen in the deck and and had been due to get a leave in New York comes up. Everyone
HQ Shift Completed
is doubtful that the shoreside of stewards departments of the just a few weeks later.
is trying to get on a New York
We
are
happy to say that we
Alaska
Spruce
and
Alaska
Cedar
He is survived by his father, Mr. bound ship in order to see the
fice of the company has any record
have
accomplished
the complete
eligible
to
vote
and
all
24
voted
J.
W.
Klug
of
Foley;
his
mother,
of the number of days you worked
place. Upon receipt of official
and the hours of overtime that you for the SIU. You can't do any Mrs. Walter Byers; two brothers word that it was opened a loud shift from our old headquarters to
the new building without a single
sweated out. Either that, or the better than that. A hearing on and two sisters. Both brothers are cheer went up in the hall.
hitch
or letup in branch, affairs.
the
black
gang
was
held
on
the
with
the
31st
Infantry
division
at
company may not have a local of
On the labor front here, all is We hbpe that all the fellows can*
16th
but
so
far
we
have
had
no
Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
fice and may be represented by an
quiet, with the only organizing
agency which has no authority to word on it. Both of these vessels His body is in transit from Korea work going on being done by the come up to see our new home as
are
laid
up
now,
but
we
expect
and funeral services will be held AFL Office Employee's Union soon as possible, feeling pretty cer
pay off.
them
to
become
active
in
the
very
in nearby Foley when it arrives. among the large department stores tain that they will think as highly
There are a number of old hands
of it as we do. It certainly is a
on the beach here, among them near future.
Cal Tanner
here. The latest word from the pleasure to work in arid be paii; of
Bridges' Boys Around
John Layton, Red Gibbs, Ed Mc
Mobile Port Agent Central Labor Council is that the
a Union halj. like this one.
Namar and John Taurin.
I would like to remind the mem
One of the old nands recently
bership that the SS Puerto Rico is
here but presently aboard the Cour
still under organizational status as
D'Alene Victory is Walter Walsh,
per the membership ruling. ^Some
steward. Walter has been in the
of the men were a' little disap
seamen's move
pointed because they did not makq
ment for quite
her when she crewed Up Mori^yji
some time. He
SHIPPING FROM NOV. 7 TO NOV. 21
November 19, but that is the score
was one of the
REG.
REG.
REG. TOTAL SHIP.
SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL for now.
men selected by
PORT
DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK
his fellow seamen
All seafarers who were in. pori
ENG. STEW. SHIPPED
in Baltimore to Boston
27
37
11
75
55
34
25
114 for Thanksgiving imd theto ^snul*
represent them in New York
ies were invited to a free Thanks
171
126
105
402
148
115
69
332 giving Day dinner, in,,our brand
attempts to reor
Philadelphia
57
42
33
132
70
53
170 new cafeteria. We had a very, nice
47
ganize AFL sea
Baltimore
;...
179
152
89
420
140
78
107
325
turnout and judging from all the
Walsh
men in 1937. Wal
28
17
26
71
126
98
67
291
belts that were loosened, a lot of
ter maintains that seamen in those Norfolk
22
23
16
61
29
33
31
93
turkey and trimmings was stowed
days had it so rough that their Savannah
34
away.'],'"
75
primary objective in organizing Tampa
19
22
16
10
11
37
51
was to prevent further backsliding Mobile
37
36
124
67
85
50
182
.iStoce l have just taken over this
of conditions. Making gains was New Orleans
73
67
67
197
• 223 < job i, do not have much else.; .tO:
63
111
49
the second objective.
Galveston
102
47
52
201
97
89
69
235 repoet but hope to have more news
Walter feels that too many of
West Coast
50
35
38
123
68
53
59
180 for you next time. : . : i '
the old hands have forgotten the
Claude: Simmona .
''good old days" and fail to appreci
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1.881
485
927
700
859
2.182
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To See New Hq.
Boom Thins Out
Crowd On Beach
Several Ratings
In Sherl Snpply
Slow Period Foil
After Dock Tlo^U|i
Ocean Tew Gees
100% fer SIU
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.PORT ttEPORTS
where we have enough men is in Savannah:
be back here after a gixmonth Son Francisco:
the steward's department.
cruise and the Fairisle and Topa
We have had payoffs on the Del
Topa (Waterman) as well, a sure
Valle (Mississippi) Steel Chemist
bet to keep things buzzing for a
(Isthmian) and Sea Star (Triton).
while.
There were four signons, the Del
Intransits number, always a
Boston shipping continues to Oro and David Johnson (Missis
lucky figure, including: Strathcape The shipping slump of some
The
Savannah
hall
was
cleaned
hum along at a good rate with five sippi), William R. Davie (Alcoa)
(Strathmore); Seamar (Calmar); eight weeks duration has been
pasmffs and three signons in the and Sea Star (Triton). In addition out of ratings in the past two Bienville, Noonday, John B. Water broken by two very good payoffs
past week. Paying off here were there were 19 ships in transit weeks with six signons, and three man (Waterman); Clearwater Vic in the past week or so. The first
the Cantigny (Cities Service), The David Johnson and William R more Liberty ships crewing up in tory (Isthmian), and Massillon one to show up was the Seamonitor
Anson Mills (Seas Shipping), Mon Davie were crewed in the deck the near future. We paid off the Victory (Eastern).
(Excelsior), a Liberty that has been
iebello Hills (Western Tankers), department with the aid of some Southwave, Southu^nd and South
tramping around the Far East for
It's
becoming
more
and
more
W. £, Downing (State Fuel) and acting ABs which gives an idea of
the last nine months. All things
Potrero HiUs. (Philadelphia Ma how things are down here. We ex star (South Atlantic) and signed important, by the way, for the considered this was a very smooth
brothers in the
SIU to
keep square
rine). We signed on the Anson pect to have to crew up four on the above three as well as the
payoff and as you may well
Mills, Montebello Hills and Po boneyard ships in the next couple Charles D. Fasten, August Bel with their draft boards. Every day imagine, the boys had a bundle of
of weeks, including the Angus mont (South Atlantic) and John this office is trying to keep men
trero Hills.
loot when they headed for various
Things ran pretty smoothly ex McDonald, Cape Romain and Fiske (Seas Shipping). With ship out of the Army after they receive parts of this U. S. A.
a
1A
notice.
It's
been
said repeat
Henry
Meggs
(Mississippi)
and
the
ping as good as it is, we will be
cept on the lastnamed ship which
The second scow to grace this
caused quite a bit of trouble. Two James K. Walker for the Bloom looking for Mobile and other ports edly, but here it is again: These city by the Golden Gate was the
should
see
the
Union
as
soon
men
field
Shipping
Co.
to supply us with men for the
days after she paid off we had to
as possible to clear their status San Angelo Victory (Seatrade) in
nm down to Providence because There is also talk of crewing up three Libertys coming up.
as far as deferment instead of from the Orient. It was a good
the
Citadel
Victory for
Mississippi.
the engines kept breaking down
We really en waiting until the last minute. Wait clean payoff on this one too. In
and things were going wrong. The She is at present in Texas, but
joyed the payoff too long to do this, brothers, and a few days we expect the Clarks
shore, gang was on the ship from Mississippi is figuring on crewing
on the John you'll wake up one morning in burg Victory (Mississippi) in for a
November 16 to 19 with the plant her out of New Orleans as Brother
Fiske, which khaki.
payoff. These ships, along with
shut down. During this time the AIsop over in Galveston is suffer
stopped in
the
usual intransits pretty well
sailing board was changing ev^ry ing from a severe case of shorts
Charleston, S. C. A couple of the boys on the cleaned the beach and gave this
six hours. The men had a long in all departments and all ratings.
This was one of beach, among them Doc Moran, port a much needed shot in the
Payoffs Limited
way to walk to get something to
the best we have Ted Thompson, Max Byers, Frank arm.
eat and every one was about fed The outlook in this port for
ever run across. Feld and Babe Aulicino, send their We had no regular meeting here
up, but she finally got under way payoffs is not too hot for the
The crew was best to the brothers enjoying the due to a lack of bookmen to form
on the 20th of November. They coming two weeks as we only have
Maltin
loud in their new Union Hall and hope to be a quorum. However, the boys got
had about 14 engineers coming four scheduled payoffs but the praise of Steward Paul M. Maitin, around to see the layout them together for a little informal dis
shipping will be very good as we whom they said made a real good selves one of these days.
and quitting during this time.
cu3sion and elected a balloting
have
quite a few ships scheduled trip out of the run.
Open House for Thanksgiving committee.
. Overtime Pay.
Day dinner at a number of local
The coast here at present is a
This sldp^also has a repair list to hit here in traasit that will take
E. B. Tilley
on men. They are coming from
spots firew a pretty fair attendance little quiet with no major disputes
beef ai\d. will .make this brief trip the Texas area where they will
~ Savannah Port Agent
of SIU and SUP men, we hear. on the labor scene. Meanwhile we
only or>Melke'Measures will have to
more than likely be shorthanded.
4"
it
it
That's
all from here.
and the SUP are in the process
be taken to straighten her out. There has been a change in the
of strengthening relations between
Other than that, we had some over intransit setup in this port with Wilmington:
Sam Cohen,
time questions on the Anson Mills quite a variety of intransit ships
Wilmington Port Agent all AFL groups on this Coast. I
have recently become a delegate
but the mcmey was collected.
coming here, The Sea Comet (Sea
to the San Francisco Central
We got an echo of the West traders) is running out of Baton
Trades and Labor Union and enjoy
Coast Isthmian, fight here when the Rouge on, a regular run between
working with a fine bunch of trade
Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso here and Florida ports. She is a
unionists.
ciation threw a picket line around Liberty tanker and a stranger in Shipping is in top notch shape
Lloyd Gardner,
the Steel Navigator on November this port. It is also rumored that out here and it looks great for the
Seafarers whose ship is in port
12. After a bit of a todo she final the DryTrans Corporation will be next two weeks as well. Hardly any
West Coast Representative
getting ready to sail should make
ly took off for NeW York.
gin running regularly between the black gang or deck department it a point to keep in touch with
^
Some of the SIU brothers whom Gulf and Greece. This week we men around, so for fast shipping,
the
ship
at
least
once
every
we have had in our Boston hall re had the Cecil N. Bean and the cool weather and good women, Wil
Galveston:
twelve hour period in order to
cently are G. Eklimd, Bob Frazor, Catherine from this outfit loading mington is still the port.
avoid the needless inconvenience
B. Boudrou, E. Olson, L. McKenna, general cargo for Greece. They
H. Smallwood, F. O'Connor and are to run between Texas, New Competition from foreign fieets and embarrassment of being left
is making a lot of trouble for ships behind.
quite a few others.
Orleans, Mobile and the Mediter sailing under Uncle Sam's banner.
A provision of the SIU con
James Sheehan
ranean. Ships of the Bloomfield
Boston Port Agent Company that are on the Meditei> In the last two months, no SIU tract with the shipping opera
Shipping is really on the boom
ship other than Waterman vessels
ranean run are also beginning to have taken on or^ yet every day tors calls for posting of the sail down here on the Gulf Coast with
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i t
ing time at the gangway 12 hours nine payoffs and an equal num
come in here regularly.
there's a Japanese freighter at the beforehand. With the 40 hour ber of signons to add to total of
New Orleans:
Voting Drops Off
ore docks.
week in effect, crew schedules 19 ships in transit; during the two
At the last membership meet
Local tuna fishers are laying up provide for considerably more week period ending on November
ing the boys must have had turkey every day, moreover, because they time off than before. Conse
on their minds as the meeting was can't compete with cheap Japanese quently it has happened that Sea 23
Paying off here were the James
very short and in order. Financial or Peruvian tuna rates.
farers have gone ashore for a B. Duke (Mississippi, George Gipp
reports
and
headquarters
report
A serious shortagei of AB's is the
We had two ships in for payoffs longer period of time only to and Martin McCarver (Waterman)^
only complicating factor in good were read and accepted. The bal and everything went clean as a find that the ship had sailed Cecil Bean and Catherine (Dry
loting
committee
reported
that
shipping around here as several
whistle in typical SIU style. The when they returned to the pier. Trans), Catahoula (National Navi
signons completely exhausted the since the last meeting there were Ponce DeLeon and Jean LaFitte
Such occurrences are a head gation) Frank Morgan and George
supply on the beach. All the^e 168 ballots cast. Voting has slowed (Waterman) came in with no dis
Graham. All of these ships then
is to report from here in fact is down a bit, but is going along puted overtime except on the ache for the Seafarer and the signed on out of this port giving
company.
The
crewmember
of
a case of shortages—short on pay pretty well with 564 members Ponce DeLeop, where the deck
us a chance to get a bunch of
offs, short on beefs and above all casting their ballots to date. Again crew used an electric grinder to ten has a lot of gear on board fellows off the beach in a hurry.
which
has
to
be
returned
to him
short' on some ratings. Any ABs we urged all members to vote as chip in the holds. This beef was
Ships we had in transit here
and FOWs that want to enjoy good a big/ballot shows a wideawake referred to a Port Grievance Com eventually; to say nothing of were: Council Grove, Lone Jack,
leaving the crew shorthanded or
weather and ship out real soon membership.
mittee for clarification.
having to dig up a replacement and Bradford Island (Cities Serv
Lindsey J. Williams
are invited to head this way as
ice); Federal (Trafalger), Neva West
The Seacoral (Coral) is soon to on short notice.
New Orleans Port Agent
soon as possible. The only place
and Joseph Priestly (Bloomfield),
Federal (Trafalger). Trinity (Car
ras) Steel Chemist (Isthmian),
Warrioiv (Waterman), Mae (Bull),
Del Valle (Mississippi) the Henry
Meigs, Benjamin Fisher, George
Cary and four Seatrains; the Ha
vana, New Jersey, New York and
SEATtLE
2700 1st Ave.
Jeff Morrison, Agent
Seneca 4570
Georgia.
18091811 N. Franklin St. MONTREAL
The 35 Mariner class vessels now BALTIMORE...
14 North Gay St. TAMPA
463 McGiU St.
Veteran Bosun
Ray
White.
Agent
Phone
21323
Earl
Sheppard.
Agent
JVIulberry
4540
MArquette 5909
being planned, or on the ways in
440 Avalon Blvd.
One
of
the oldtimers we have
BOSTON
276 State St. WILMINGTON, Calif
1281,4 Hollis St.
US shipyards. Will be sold to pri James Sheehan, Agent
Terminal 42874 HALIFAX, N.S
Richmond 20140 Sam Cohen, Agent
had
here
recently
is Emile A. La
Phone; 38911
HEADQUARTERS
675
4th
Ave.,
Bklyn.
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141
vate American flag shipiiing com
SECRETARYTREASURER
FORT WILLIAM ...118t4 Syndicate Ave. Frage who carries Book No. 4522
308M! 23rd St.
panies under plans being drawn up GALVESTON
Paul HaU "
Ontario
Phone: 33221 and has been sailing since 1927.
Keith AIsop, Agent
Phone 28448
1419 Ryan St. HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES PORT COLBORNE
by ViceAdmiral E. L. Cochrane of LAKE CHARLES. La
103 Durham St.
Joe
Algina
,
Robert
Matthews
LeRoy Clarke, Agent
Phone 65744
Ontario
Phone: 5591 Brother LaFrage has been sailing
the Federal Maritime Board.
Joseph Volpian
MOBILE
1 South Lawrence St.
TORONTO,
Ontario.
86
Colborne
St. Bosun for over 17 years and is well
Phone 21754
These ships have been con Cal Tanner, Agent
Elgin 5719 liked by the men he has seranged
NEW ORLEANS
523 BienvlUe St.
structed as defense cargo vessels Lindsey Williams. Agent
ei7t4 Cormorant St. on SIU ships.
HONOLULU
16 Merchant St. VICTORIA, B. C
Empire 4531
Phone 58777
MagnolU 61126113
of twelve to fourteen thousand
One of the early members of our
565 Hamilton St.
Ill W. Burnside St. VANCOUVER, B. C
675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn PORTLAND
tons deadweight. They have cer NEW YORK
Pacific 7324 Union, Brother LaFrage does most
Beacon 4336
STerllng 84671
304 Charlotte St.
257 5th St. SYDNEY, N.S
tain builtin defense features, NORFOLK
127129 Bank St. RICHMOND. CALIF
Phone 6346 of his shipping out of the Gulf
Phone 2599
Rees, Agent
Phone 41083.
many of which are isecret, but it is Ben
BAGOTVILLE,
Quebec
20 Elgin St. area, although once in a while,h*
450 Harrison St.
PHILADELPHIA
337 Market St. SAN FRANCISCO
Phone: 545
Douglas 28363
known, that they include inultiple S. CarduUo,*Agent
Market 71635
37 Ormont St. can be found in the more north
86 Seneca St. THOROLD. Ontario
FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St. SEATTLE
ccmpartmentation and speeds that SAN
Phone; 33202 erly climes.
Main 0290
Lloyd Gardner, Agent
Douglas 25475
113 Cote De La Montague
may go as high as 25 knots. As SAN JUAN, PR
440 Avalon Blvd. QUEBEC
252 Ponce de Leon WILMINGTON
Quebec
Phone: 27078
Terminal 43131
Keith AIsop
ColU. Agent
such they are relatively expensive Sal
177 Prlhce WUliam St.
678 4th Ave., Brooklyn SAINT JOHN
SAVANNAH
2 Abercorn St. NEW YORK
Galveston Port Agent;
N.B.
Phone: 23049
STerUng 84671
to construct
E. B. TiUey. Agent •
Phone 31728
Boston:
Shipping Brisk
in Beantown
SignOns Glean
Qui All Ballngs
Hop Qui This Way,,
Shipping Is Tops
Shipping Snaps Onl
Of TwoMontli Drop
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Time Keguarlg
Shipping Spurls
Upward Sharply
Calliag All ABs
To Go Soulh
Governmeirt May .
Place Mariner
Ghlps On Block
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Canadian District
SIU, A&G District
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SEAV AltERS LOG
lf,'31>lt
IN THE WAKE
or skim over the surface of the
It isn't every Seafarer who can went out. The crew huddled on
briny HuO. A popular story has it
claim to have sailed under the the bridge firing distress rockets.
that the first vessel of this type
flags of eight different maritime It was not until daybreak that two
was built at Gloucester, Mass., in
nations, but Otto S. Stefansson— farmers saw the signals. Th^y
1713 by Capt. Andrew Robinson, a
Question: What do you an SIU member since 1946—had drove a couple of two by fours
rolled up that record by the time into the sand, and the crew man
Scotsman. When the ship was think of the new hall?
launched, a bystander exclaimed, William E. Pepper, chief stew he was 28. With ample opportunity aged to float a life ring ashore
to compare conditions the world with a line attached. All 20 crew
"Oh, how she scoons!" The good
came here I 'round, Stefansson has settled on naembers got »(thorough soaking
captain was said to have replied, ard: When I first
thought I was the SIU and intends to stick to riding a bosun's chair through the
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"a schooner let her be!" and so it
Valking into one
US ships from now on in.
breakers, and the ship went to
was.
Contrary to what many of the
of the new UN
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pieces on the rocks soon after
Bom to
Reykjavik,
Iceland,
on
kiddies have been led to believe,
buildings. I have
wards.
December
10,
1914,
Stefansson
Robert Fulton's steamboat, the Dungarees, the overalls or
never seen any
With the coming Of the war
Claremont (1807), was not the first fatigue clothes which most Sea
thing quite like it followed the wellworn groove of
Stefansson sailed on ships of the
tradition
is his
seafaring family
by
steampowered vessel. The fact is, farers regard as a working uni
in my life. I had
various Allied nations. He was
1951 marks the 150th year of steam form aboard ship, got their name
a very good meal going to sea at the age of 13. He torpedoed
just once, coming out of
from
AngloIndian
sources.
The
started
out
as
a fisherman
and
at
navigation. It was in 1801 that the
to the cafeteria
Bristol
channel
in 1940 on a
native
word
dungri
was
derived
first ship propelled by steam power
and the whole one time or another shipped on
Norwegian
freighter.
The crew
from
the
name
of
a
suburb
of
Icelandic,
Danish,
Norwegian,
Bel
was built. She was the Charlotte
setup looks like
gian, English, Yugoslav, Panaman took to lifeboats and were picked
Duhdas and came out of TJlasgow, Bombay where a coarse kind of an ideal one for the members.
blue cotton cloth was first manu
ian and American vessels. He cur up by British patrol vessels about
Scotland.
factured.
4" 4" 4"
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rently holds a bosun's rating to three hours later.
»>>)<«
'.Murmansk Bun
The Norsemen are usually cred
Oscar Klippey, bosun: The the SIU having come into the
Union
with
the
organization
of
Although
scurvy
as
a
shipboard
On
•
a
nother
occasion, in April,
ited with coining the word wake,
place is very nice. I like the cafe
Isthmian.
1942, he was sailing the Murmansk
by the way, for a passage cut in the disease is a,thing of the past be teria and the
.The seafaring tradition wasn't convoy run when a tanker in the
ice through which a ship 'might cause fresh fruits and vegetables food they serve
much Jielp to Stefansson when he same column was blown to bits
pass. These days, it's simply the are now standard provisions, most there is good. It
first boarded ship. "I was seasick and several other vessels were sent
track which a ship leaves behind old sailing men agree that the ref is a fine layout
for the whole first month," he re to the bottom.
her in the water. A good helms erence to someone from the British from top to bot
called. Considering that the largest
man leaves a straight wake, but it Isles as a limey is derived from the tom and there
Stefansson was oh the west coast
steam fishing traiyler ran all of when he first heard of the SIU.
used to be said of some that "it scurvy preventative formerly isn't very much
360 tons this was not unexpected. He became friendly with an SIU
would break a snake's back to fol served out on British ships. The else that a fellow
more exact wording is limejuicer, could ask for ex
Icelandic fishing boats stuck pretty member and sailed with him on
low his wake."
which explains the origin.
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close to home, going after cod, Isthmian vessels. When the SIU
cept more ships
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haddock and herring in. surround began organizing Isthmian he
Seafarers who've sailed under
when he needs
When we use the word ros&um them. I have never seen a union ing waters. When the herrings were stayed aboard, as theUnion ^ re
the Union Jack probably remember
running it was not uncommon for quested, until the company was
the daily a ration of grog. The for a speaker's platform at a rally hall like it anywhere.
the crew to be on call for 36 hour signed. After getting his hcfqk in
rum used to be served clear in the or meeting we're using a very old
4 4
stretches.
British Navy until, under Admiral borrowing from the sea dating
1946 he served as volunteer 'or
Vernon, it was ladled out with back to 338 BC, when the Romans
Agustin Rodriguez, bosun: It is After a few years on the fishing ganizer on ships of seve'Cal other
water. Because of the old admiral's captured an enemy fleet at Actium very nice all around and there isn't boats' Stefansson switched to the companies subsequently organized
grogram (grosgrain) coat, he was (the Anzio of modern times, where
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anything that merchant marine in 1932. He work by the SJU. •
ed
for
a
year
on
Icelandic
patrol
known as "Old Grog," and the our troops gained a beachhead to
anyone could find
His attachment to the' SIU is
name stuck with the brew as welL February, 1944). Rostrum was the
to c 0 m plain vessels which saw to it that foreign understandable in the light < of the
Today we have the word groggy Latin name fur the bronze peak or
about. It is very fishing trawlers did not violate the conditions he sailed under on
for someone who's dizzy and stag ram on early war vessels of the
foreign ships. "When I first went
comfortable and ten mile limit.
Mediterranean^ and after the Ro
gering.
Chased Poachers
to sea," he said, VI was paid 48
a good place for
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man sea victory, the rostra of the
month, the
the members to It was at this time that Hitler Icelandic kroner
Seagoing pipesmokers probably captured ships were brought back
come to. Right came into power and soon after equivalent of $9.30."
never knew that the meerschaum to Rome and set up as trophies in
now I'm waiting German fishing trawlers started It w'as customary for crewmen
pipe Aunt Hattie sent for Christ front of the speakers' platform at
to try out those making a habit of crossing the to supply their own blankels, bed
mas was made of sea foam. Oc the Forum. Thereafter the whole
new pool tables. zone. When the patrol vessel hove ding, plates and utensils. They
curring in white, claylike masses stage came to be called the rostra They look like pretty good ones to into ..sight they would cut their slept on straw mattresses, and on
and used for ornamental carvings and eventually became rostrum, me.
trawl lines and run for it. "It some Belgian and English ships
and pipe bowls, meerschaum in which is the singular form.
made for many an exciting chase," had to get their own food out of
4
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mineial form is hydrous magnesi
he said.
a common kettle. Safety , conditions
Somebody figured it put, don't Nick Souris, oiler: The only thing Subsequently he worked on Ice' were also poor and lifeboats would
um silicate.
ask us how. Scientists have con I can say is that everything in the landic ships on runs to North Sea often be left for two or three years
Scottish folk have lent many cluded that there's plenty of water new hall is just'
and Mediterranean ports. On one without an overhauling.
terms to sea lore, and among them in the sea. If the earth were about perfect. It
of these trips he was returning Married? "Not yet," Stefansson
we can count the word schooner, leveled off flat, it seems, there is the nicest
fromSpain on a 1,600 ton toeighter said. "Before;. I ask ran American
for a foreandaft sailing rig. This would be eonugh to smother it place I have ever
when the ship ran aground on , the girlto maifig'toe I Want to make
is probably derived from scoon, an with ' a blanket of seawater ,two seen anywhere,
Iceland coast in a hnrrieane.
sure I hook onto those citizenship
old Scottish word meaning .to skip miles deep.
and I certainly
Shortly afterward all the lights papers."
'
never expected
anything like it.
We have every
thing here that
you could possib
ACROSS
DOWN
11. Member of the 30. Tip ship on
ly ask for in a union headquarters Where were you in November, month. Under the new pact^
SlU
side
1. What Laurence 1. Agree
1941? Do you remember...?
and then some.
AB's received $100 monthly pay.'
16. Pints: Abbr.
31. Permit
Olivier does
2. Old women
17. Garden tool
The SIU had just celebrated its ' The SIU also revealed further
32. Depot ship
4. An arm of the 3. Cruel ruler
22. Near the stern 33. Fixed quantity
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third year of existence. World War Union advancM with five major
sea *
23. Arrangement of
of food
4. Color of Gulf
7. Small bays
Carmine
Santillo,
OS: It is a II, in Europe, was already in its Atlantic companies, also for a
sails
34. Orange and
Stream
25. Charged par
black bird
,12. Yell
very beautiful place and has every third year and, acrossthe Atlantic, $10 monthly wage hike and a
5. Roman coin
ticle
35. Kind of hat
13. Meadow
kind of conveni Washington diplomats were dicker 90cent overtime ratis—^highest
6. Pleasure boats 26. Navigation
37. Be in debt
14. Where gladia
hazard
38. Overweight
7. Sign
of
union
ence.
This is my ing feverishly with two Japanese in the industry.
tors fought
27. Hit lightly
40. Single things
membership
15. Port of call In 8. Mouth: Comb, 28. Sand bank
first time out and "peace" envoys to prevent a full
41. Look over
4 4 4
Texas
29. Port in Portu 43. Hearing organ
form
it is certainly a scale fiareup in the Far East. The
18. Growing out
gal on Douro R. 44. Man's name
9. Ship
Tony
Zale
outpointed^ Georgie
good way to start US generally was experiencing
19. Brick carrier
10. Make peaceful
Puzzle answer on Page 18.
Abrams after being floored in the
20. Salt
as a
seaman.
The
mild
inflation,
peak
production
21. Hideouts
hall is something and, in accordance with seasonal firstround and gained undisputed
22. Corroded
23. San
, port
for every sea habit, Saturday football "fever" hold on the world'3 middleweight
in Italy
farer who. hasn't and Monday morning quarterback boxing crown. . .Minnesota, Notre
24. Superlative
Dame and Duke vied for mythical
ending
seen
it yet to ing.
25 .
, ands or
gridiron,
honors ^as "team of the
look forward to.
buts
4 4 4. , .
26. Long distance
I've been here seven hours but The Nazis overran the Crimea year."^^.^..Texas'dropped Texas Ag
runner
there are so many things to do that and captured Rostov, while to the gies from the unbeaten, untied
27. Lobster trap
28. "Sparks" uses
it feels like a couple of minutes. East another German force was re ranks for the second year to a row.
one
pulsed almost at the gate^ of Mosr
29. Atlantic or Pa
4 4 4
cific
cow itself.. .President Roosevelt Cpngresis was sweating nyer• "ia
32. Lincoln's son
Felix Bonefont, AB;: What do I signed a sweeping amendment to bdr"i troubles and sentiment'gained
33. Steal
think of thehall? Well it looks al the 1935 Neutrality Act enabling for :antistrike legislation' to stop
36. Gasp
37. "
the ram
right to me. They
American merchantships to be what many called "needless" halts
parts we watch"
fed me fine in
38. Gambling game
armed and to sail in all waters, ,as to .'defense produOtlon r>US troops
39. Danish money
the restaurant
Germany warned it would step uP were sent to garrisoii Dutch Guiana
of acrount
downstairs. As
40. Possess
its Uboat attack on ail. shipping to in South American to ,s^egw?i;4
41. Shiny cloth
long as you have
allied ports.
the flow of bauxite (alu.toihum cpn^
42: Second ' blessing
to be waiting for
45. Tissues
ponent) to stateside "factpriest
4
4
4'
46. Notable period
a job it is a nice
SIU
negotiators
iiiked
hew
An
aggressive .Navy fpotball'squad
47. Man's nickname
comfortable place
closed shop agreemChts With two ' Whipped Artoy,^ l4i6,' th'e third AfiASir
48. Good tricks
49. Made regular
for the members
Gulf operators boosting pafLtof,: .defeat in'as mahyyears'adtotoia
trips
W. Fishing seine
.FA
Why we call 'em the Horse Lati
tudes. Covering roughly that part
of the North Atlantic lying north
of the northeast trades, they are a
region of calms and variable winds
where cargoes of livestock had to
be thrown overboard for lack of
water after days • when no head
way was made.
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Vol. XIII, No. 14
li Published blweeklj^ li^ tho lSea^^
Inteimtional Union, Atlantic
'A Gulf District; AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Tel.
STerlihg &4671.'
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PAUL HALL, SecretoryTreasurer
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editor. ' Bumtfet' BRAiro; Managing Editor, BAY DENISON: Art Editor. BERNARD
SEAMAN; P/MIO Sdit<^. I>A|KIU I<(ILVA; ^taff Writer*. HERMAN ARTHCR, IRWIN SPIVACK
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Our Laeky 13th
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' ..Jt wasn't eicactly planned that way, but it is most fitting
that we have opened our new hall in time for the 13th Anni You^re Luehy I#
versary of the SIU. Brick, cement and steel went into its Shanghaiied: Bill
making, but it was the membership's devotion to trade union To the Editor:
principles and to the welfare of the SIU that made it all During the recent months of
possible.
good shipping, I have been busy
That cievotiori has borne fruit in this impressive symbol of helping exseamen with ratings to
.13 years of. tremendous progress. But the headquarters is get new papers so that they can
out again. Long smug in the
much more than a monument to the trials and struggles of ship
belief that they'd quit the sea, and
the past.
'
,
having washed the salt from their
It is a home for our membership in New York, providing hair for all time, they gave me
them with the comforts and conveniences that they need and excuses at first, rather weak ones
deserve when they are in port. It also makes possible more usually.
Look, man," I'd say, "the sea
efficient functioning of the Union's various districtwide and
local offices, paving the way to further gains and increased ain't what she used to be. We have
good grub. Choice of two meats
services to the membership.
and three vegetables, for instance;
All the facilities of this new hall have, been designed pri good pay with all sorts of protec
marily from thd viewpoint of the members' comfort m the
tive overtime, po
lite officers, our
ordinary coiursejof their comings and goings. However, should
own elected dele
the time come when the SIU vidll once again be involved in a
gates, clean linen,
major'Struggle cm the waterfront, these same facilities will
and fresh water
be a tower of strength both as a nerve center, and as a base of
showers." When
operations;
^
they look skepti
Either way you look at it, the new hall fits neatly into the
cal about washing
pattern, of SlU gro;wth and development. What has been
machines, radios,
by PAUL HAU
television and
done here in: New York we hope to extend to our outports so
movies aboard I
(that SIU brothers wherever they sail from will have the same
dare them to go
advantages. In the meantime, we hope all of you will make
Champlin
to sea to prove <<WIGHTY PROUD" seems to trol. The purpose of the socalled
^ point Of coming to see our new hall. We look forward to me wrong.
iVx be the best way to describe new tactic is to sabotage the re
welcoming you here and we know you will not be disap So, shanghaiied, out they go as the general reaction among all armament
program of the democ
pointedj • •
happy as a dog with two tails. If hands who have visited our new racies. One of these tactics as an
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As I See It
they think they've made but one headquarters in Brooklyn. No ques nounced by the French commie,
trip only; a couple of weeks on the tion, our new structure is an enor Benoit Frachon, is to encourage
beach finds* them back in the mously impressive tribute to the wildcat strikes. Frachon told his
hall, sheepishly lamenting Atlantic and Gulf District, and to listeners at the WFTU conference
Keeping pace with the new hall, this issue presents a, dif Union
that they'd not registered before. its membership. All of us Sea in Berlin two weeks ago that the
ferent LOG, all dressed up in brand new clothes. We have
farers ean look upon our latest ac wildcat dock strike in New York
The Pan
made extensive improvements to provide a more compact I've seen In
some characters who, eomplishment with justifiable was just the kind of thing they
newspaper, which iS easier reading and contains more news in the throes of making up their • pride. This is the view not only were looking for.
and features than ever before. We've tried to provide the minds," squirmed and cried like a of our own people, but of the vast The commie line hasn't changed
kind of material that will be both amusing and informative. Mexican jumping bean with arthri majority of people from the out a bit with the years. Back in 1932
This LOG is not necessarily the last word as we hope to im tis. I've one such character in the side who have been visiting the a commie wheel named Lozofski
prove it wherever possible so as to keep it fresh, alive, and frying pan at present; the whim building since we moved in last laid down the trade union line in
these words:
sical John Swenehart, whose views week.
interesting. We hope you like it. '
"There is no need to shout from
on "Why Seamen Don't Drink" I Our new environment is "a
presented to you gentle readers a marked contrast to the dingy, the housetops '• destroy the unions'
few months ago. John has the fatal cramped facilities that once were as was done in Germany. But. that
disease "writeritis," for which regarded as the traditional means we want to break up the reformist
there seems to be no cure. He long of operating on the waterfront. In unions, i that we want to weaken
Current trends in the shipping industry indicate that US ago quit
arguing with me, and uses the SIU, we have changed all them, that we want to explode
maritime is fast approaching a turning point in its long and the written
instead. Quote: that. Our buildings in New York their discipline, that we want to
Checkered history. Shipping demands have practically cleaned The reason word
why I am a landlub and several of the Gulf ports, and wrest from them the workers, that
put the boneyards of all usable vessels. Many ships now in ber is that landlubbers do not have our Districtwide accomplishments we want to explode the tradeunion
service would be deemed obsolete in normal times. Mean to go to sea. On the other hand, in the area of conditions, welfare apparatus and destroy it ... of this
while, all 14 of the hew Mariner ships under construction in seamen do, and consequently have and other benefits, certainly em there cannot te the slightest
doubt."
US shipyards are standing idle because no steel has been to look at a lot of ocean all over phasize that point.
Here in Brooklyn, as we have The waterfront, as we all know,
the place, or else they have to look
allocated for them.
their shipmates who are usually' already done in other ports where has long been regarded as a key
"It's time for us to take stock of where the maritime in at
the SIU has branches, we intend to spot for operations by commie sa
a pretty sad looking lot.
dustry is going. The American people are always ready to Landlubbers do not have to look become an integral part, of t h e boteurs and disrupters. We Sea
support a US cargo fleet in time of crisis. Will they do the at such things, nor do they have to community. The area around our farers have come to grips with
same in peacetime? Past history is not very encouraging on breathe the pure salt air, nor do new headquarters branch is a work them on many an occasion and
that score. Some voices have been raised calling for long fhey have to hustle back to their ingman's neighborhood; the people fortunately have been successful
in slapping them down wherever
range planning by this country for the future of US flag ship ships just when they are making are our kind of people.
This , new headquarters building they showed their heads. This is
ping. We think the time is most appropriate fgr the govern time with their beautiful girls.
is by no means the finish of our our answer to the WFTU's new
Ah, The City
ment and the American people to make up their minds that Landlubbers
can inhale the ex operations insofar as providing our line.
the US needs a strong, sound and modem maritime industry hilarating mixture of soot and car membership with the best possible'
a a
for the nation's safety and economic wellbeing.
N THE matter of a week or two,
bon monoxide while indulging in facilities where comfort and Conthe SIU Vacation Plan will start
the lighthearted pastime of dodg venience are concerned. When'^we
ing playful taxicabs. Or they can say SIU, we-mean all the ports up paying out benefits. These benefits
go to the country, where they can and down the East Coast and the will be available at any SIU haU
with gentle insects, such as Gulf. We hope to continue to- and we intend to hold kinks down
v. ,And spealdng of longrange planning for maritime, the SIU cavort
the mos'quito, the bumble bee and wards the goal we have set our to the barest minimum. This is
is doing just that by establishing schools for deck, engine and the common horse fly. And always sights on by ultimately placing the only plan anywhere in the mar
stewards department men in its new headquarters. These there is to be enjoyed the society similar plants in operation wher- itime industry in which the unioi.
schools, when openedj will supply the maritime industry with of lovely women whoj of course, ever the SIU has branches.
pays vacation benefits direct to the
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the trained ratings it needs if it is to l un eflflciently. This is do not need attention, do not need
membership. Under our plan our
HE old expression "there's Seafarers no longer have to stick
just another examplei of the way in which the SIU is con money spent upon them; do not
nothing new under the sun" with one operator to rate his vaca
stantly branching out into new fields and new enterprises, all quarrel, but want only to, make all
certainly applies to the boys who tion pay. The fund is an industry
of them With the folloWing objectives—to better the lot of the good landlubbers happy.
follow the Moscow line. The World wide one sustained by all our con
members, to increase ttieit earning poWers and to strengthen That is why I am a landlubber.
John Swenehart. Federation of Trade Unions, which tracted operators, aind whether you
"Dhited Statp^ flag shipping,
John thinks that the above reply is nothing more than the Comin sign on one ship or seven during
The SIU is ddlhg,its,part as a responsible trade union. Now has utterly crushed me. Little does form with the commie version of the year, you will earn vacation
it's up to Uncle Sam, me operators, and the American people he dream tfiat I mean to shanghai a union label on it, has proclaimed money in direct ratio to the num
themselves, to put their thinking caps on and work out a real
a "new policy''qfljioring from with ber of days worked during a par
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plan for theauzridyalahd'ti^wth of (Mir shipping'^inddstry; ^ >Vi ;.Vi
Bill champliii. in deaiOcrAtic \ihlons to 'gain con ticular year. •
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' No halt in Union operations. SIU men tote
files into new Hq. over weekend.
Meet the Contract and Welfare dept., which soon begins processing vacatioa claims^
In rear, board giving daytoday location of SIU ships is revised.
iSeafarers throng around hage SIU rot
Ing hall. Electricallyrun board lists
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Becord librarian goes aloft to check, floor to
ceiling banks of A&G files.
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Headquarters officials handle beefs, dues payments and queries of SIU men in third deck.Hq. space. Office*also serves as center of
port's shipcontacting activities, from which patrolmen daily visit ships for payoffs, signons.
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Historic first! Taking shipping, card from the dispatcher, the'first, seaman to ship from
'' new fiall.gets thegQodwishes of his Sbipibate&'.> t v«vCv..'; .
'What next? Challting' his cuestiok, ariSeafgrer potidee8';nexb!]|)0KC.iU opiKmont
;'Play;',^(^Ine'roonl^h9e9ts.thre*'.1t'ell^sed^imol.'tabieSi^^t>,''^n;^^>3;^^#..:vi$ jryKsy
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SEAFARERS LOG
Pace Elerea
If] New Seafarers Hall
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• shi pping board, hub of activity in spacious hir
tu, SUP'jobs.
Busily preparing the new LOG issue, the newspaper staff is snapped at .work by its own
photog. Staffer (foreground) is interviewing a Seafarer for news copy.
APL Restaurant Workers who man SIU cafeteria stand by for midday rush behind steam tables stacked high with tempting food. The
Union's spacious, sparkling dining space is open seven days a week for member convenience.
JMmmitfi loote gbbdlr >{teMrfar«w"jrt'thes4afcttirla'^check*bnt'w^^ trays of • food watch
Seafarer gets book check before voting as
A&G election moves into high.
Butcher plows into leg of beef, readying
steaks for cafeteria.
Hete's SIU Tralfiing School office staff, part of efficient Headquarters staff entrusted
with nuilntaining records of the A&G'S farflung t^fatioQt^ .
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SEAFARERS LOG
BIdg DediGated
To Men's Needs
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stands has a large parking lot and
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came apparent that the facilities is located two blocks from the
there were far too limited to keep Brooklyn waterfront within easy
reach of the Bull Line docks as
pace with the Union's growth.
The new headquarters rises ma weli as port faciiities of SlUcon
jestically in Brooklyn's Park Slope tracted operators..
A large number of government
section. The outside is faced with
officials. Congressmen, officials of
simulated white limestone on its
upper two floors and brownstone other unions and shipping opera
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on the first story. The ground tors visited the building in its first
week of
operation and spoke
admir
floor facilities, which include the
Sea Chest, the Port o' Call bar ingly of the variety of facilities
and the efficiency of the building's
and the cafeteria, are open to the design
and furnishings.
public as well as to Seafarers.
The buiiding's upper two floors
Early visitors in the SIU's new building were these brother trade nnloni^ from the Philadelphia
The bar occupies the 20th Street are lined with asphalt tilethrough
A. F. of L. Maritime Trades Council. Seated left to right in the spacious conference room ate: Steve Car
comer of the building and is out in various attractive color com
shaped like the prow of a ship with binations. The walls are pale green, dulio, SIU Fort Agent; Zlg Woturski, SIU Dispatcher; Ray Gates, SlU Patrolman; Vic. Jj Carney, Lo
a largerthanlife carved wooden the windows framed with drapes cal 1242, ILA; Joseph Trainor, Local 1332, ILA; William E. Gosner, Local 1566, ILA; Patick McAllis
ter, Independent Watchmen's Union, Local 1536. Standing is James McElkinnerj Independent Watch
figurehead Of a woman as the and covered with slate blue Vene
men's Union, Local 1536.
dominating feature. The walls are tian blinds.
lined w id: h backlighted color Some of the many facilities in
transparencies of wellknown mari operation now—or to be available
time scenes in various ports of the shortly—include: a phdtomatic ma
world. The bar will (^en after chine, a laundry drop, schools that
sixty days, as per requirements of will be established for deck, engine
traveling at 290 revolutions. His. mate asserted the seip vibrated so
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the State Liquor Authority.
and stewards departments, public former crewmembers, company ex disclosures were affirmed by the much he could barely stand and
Low Food Prices
address system and others.
ecutives and shipyard officials who master of the Southern Ccninties signed off the ship because he
In the rear of the building is a Sentiment about the new hall is
which, when once encountering "was afraid of the tMng."
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modern cafeteria with attached best summed up by the statement offered statements at the inquiry similar conditions with Identical The hearings closed in October,
galley and bake shop. The cafe of one Seafarer at the first mem was the brother of the late South cargo, had hit a heavy sea that but the findings have not been
teria is the only one in New York bership meeting held in the haU em Isles skipper, George F. Sad stopped her dead "just as still as made public as yet. Surviving the
City still selling coffee at five on Wednesday, November 21, just ler, who asserted that his brother that table."
disaster were: James Childress,
cents a shot, with other, prices three days after it opened.
Further testimony noted that AS; Samuel A. Lynn, deck main
had told him that "he guessed if steamship inspectors had found the
correspondingly low. Further sav
"We've Come a Long Way"
• tenance; Howard Rastenbeck, oileir;
ings mil be available to Seafarers The Seafarer, touched by emo he got caught at sea in a hurri ship "seaworthy" in March ahd Wilson H. Deal, stewardcOok; Ray
in the form of 25 percent reduced tion, told the gathering of some cane she would sink on him."
from shipyard sources,' that mond Holton, 2nd cook, and
price meal tickets. A meal ticket 900 members, "I can remember The vessel was plowing its way she was in "good shape" when Charles Perkins, memman, all SIU
worth $10 wili go for $7.50.
the day not so long ago, when northward through heavy seas and dfydocked in September.
meml^ers.
The cafeteria is furnished with seamen were treated like dirt; galeforce winds resulting from a During the course of the hear
Seafarers who wet
at down with
• attractive red and yellow formica when we had to go from port to twoday hurricane blowing in the ings, it was brought out by .oiie the jhip were: Sime
eon Delacruz,
topped tables and bleached wood port in a boxcar because there area. She dropped to the bottom in former ship's officer that he found AB; Hid Williams, AB;. iMarion
chairs, with a terrazzo floor was no such thing as transporta less than five minutes after snap "not a thing in the world wrong" Gorman, OS; Cecil Vau^an, OS;
throughout. The galley contains tion, and other conditions were ping in half.
with the ship when he sailed her, William Asble, oiltr; Joseph A.
the finest in modern cooking and equally bad. . . . "Brothers, all I Surviving crewman Howard Bas and another declared he would be Miller, Oiler; Tolbn Shumake,
refrigerating equipment, includ can say is we sure have come a tenbeck asserted the ship "sud "wUling to go back on her' to wiper and Richard hjleekins, mess
ing hot steam sterilization of long way."
denly stopped deaJ still" while morrow." However, a former man.
_ utensils and glassware.
On the 21st Street end of the
building is the Sea Chest which
will supply seamen with all their
slop chest necessities, including
cigarettes, at reasonable prices.
Ever seen the proud father han ball ricochettfcd in stately fashion block, and that's where a ^1 I potentiallymomentoiis aimounce
Shipping Room
dling a new b^hy^ Like a paper off two cushions, backing into the know lives."
ment. A sanitation tmck squealed
The second floor is dominated by bag fuli of thinshelled eggs? nineball at the far comer. The
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the huge shipping hall with its That's how it is with the new nineball trickled daintily to the The wellmodulated voice car to a slop below the window. Gne
tremendous electrical shipping hali . . . The men are not quite lip of the pocket, then hung on ried through the archway into the Seafarer startled nervously and
coughed. He gripied his pen
board, built especially for the SlU. used to it yet . . . It's bright, shiny
The board is over 22 feet long and new. "Handle with care" is the edge as if peering down disdain quiet of the library next door . . . harder and' started 'witing again.
and more than nine feet high. It order of the day. There's the fel fully. "Drops you dog," the player "Senator Estes Kcfauwr'sard ^he The others sat immobile, reading.
is built of steel and plexiglass low who cleans the smudges off muttered. A collective groan came was willing to ,rim fo^ the presi A huge potted plant with iSrge
backed by 81 cold cathode lamps the staircase wall every morning. up as he stumped the butt end of dency in 1952 . . ." Nobody in the waxy leaves stood in the comer,
library paid any attention to the benignly overseeing iU. .
which give light without heat. The Or the other one, who makes sure the cue.on the floor. .
room can be converted into a meet that nothing goes intothe sand
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ing hall seating 1,000 people by
.
There
were
ten
ships
up
on
the
the simple expedient of retracting boxes but cigarettes. You can see board and the dispatcher's coimter
it
in
the
way Seafarers
gingerly sit
the shipping counter on its wheeled
was busy. Two men behind it were
track and bringing out folding down in a chair, keep both feet on pecking away on typewriters "revis
the floor and make sure
not to
drop
chairs. Microphone jacks are scat
ing the registration lists. A group
tered throughout the room to en ashes around. As one fellow said, of Seafarers was at the counter
able the members to take part in when he iooked in at the new bar, looking up at the board. Little
"I've got to learn to behave in a
the meeting.
knots of men were all over the
The massive shipping halj also place like that."
shipping floor and the hum of con
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has facilities for showing movies
versation sounded strangely soft in
"And here is VicePresident the vastness of the room.
and largescreen television.
Barkley getting a welcome kiss "So he said he wanted to get off
TV, Billiards, Etc.
. Across the corridor from the from his wife at the Tokyoair the ship. So they told him, well if
shipping hall are respectively; the port . . ."
that's the way it was, call up the
library and writing room, equipped A dozen men in the secondfloor hall and get a replacement. But
with special writing desks; a com TV room watch with grave atten before he called, he decided . .
bination classroom and television tion as the screen flashes a still He broke off as the dispatcher
room with a huge 24inch television photo of the genial Veep perform picked up his pointer and mike,
screen; a billiard room containing ing hi% wellknown speeiality. Faint getting ready for the next job call.
three tables equipped with finger cathedrallike light filters through
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tip counters; and a shower room the drawn blinds. Deep relaxation
with halfadozen stalls. In the hall pervades every comer. A couple The bar looked invitingly ready
is an impressive 8 by 10 foot bronze of men are drawing on eigarettes, for business. All that seemed to
plaque listing the names of the their arms describing slowmotion be missing was the hard stuff to
close to 2,000 SlU men who lost arcs. The rest are motionless, eyes pour with. One big fellow was try
riveted on the screen as John Daly ing the bar for size, one foot on the
their lives in World War II.
ARnGueSfFHoms,
On the third floor are the vari reviews the news.
raU, elbow on the stick. He slumped
ous offices, including those of the
AHS>l>RAy^iUSS ARXr
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over at an appropriate angle and
Sailors Union of the Pacific, the "You know what he's domg held it for a minute. "It's nice In
Brotherhood of Marine Engineers, now?", the little fat man asked here anyhow," he sighed.
the SlU. WeUare and Vacation rhetorically. He raised his voice Two other Seafarers came
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Fund, the SEAFARERS LOG, as a pool player broke the pack through the door. One whistled.
AlJoSd^&esrriONS,
Headquarters office for beefs and wide open "He's commanding a P2 "Some dump, some dump," he said
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dues; a conference room beauti for the government. And he was admiringly. He tumed to look at
*SSAFARBfi!^ UXf;
fully furnished and paneled in the guy who never had a kind word, the pictures on the walls. "Say
parquet plywood for use in meet for the government."
that's WaikikL See that building?'
'Ings ^and negotiation conferences One of the men tried to slice the He jabbed it with his finger for
and the ortfice of the AJtG Secre number five ball. backwards into emphasis. "That's the Waikiki
taryTreasurer.
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the nearlefthand pocket. He hotel. There's a street behind it.
The plot on Which the building landeda trifle too square. The cue You cross the street 'and ly^ one
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SEAFARERS LOG
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Awe, Admiration
Mark Isf Meeting
Gathering for the first meeting of the Headquarters Branch
in the Assembly Hall, of the new Brooklyn building on Nov.
21, Seafarers paused to look around and, as one member
^Selt&rera: wait their turn at registration desk to sing out their departments and have capsulized' it later in Good and Welfare, to consider that
shipphig cards stamped before entering the assembly hall.
"they'd come a long way . . since 1938.
The spacious, uptotheminute building offers every mod
dern facility for use as a meeting and entertainment hall,
while the mere flip of a button raises the curtain over the
massive, multicolored rotary shipping board and prepares
the area for the daytime passage of hundreds of Seafarers
shipping out to sea via their own hiring hall.
Combining light, color and modern technology in every way
possible, the Assembly Hall contains jacks for floor micro
phones enabling members to speak from any point in the hall
as well as a complete amplifying and loud speaker apparatus.
Seating over a 1,000 persons the hall is the last word in mem
bership meeting facilities.
Elected by accltiim to conduct meeting, Eddie Mooney, Sonny Simmons and AI Kerr
(1r) listen to discussion from a member on the floor.
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SnX men entering building for first meeting form line on the stairs
ready to get cards checked. MA stands by and keeps things moving.
Fully relaxed in comfortable seats. Seafarers listen to a speaker on the
dais in their spacious, welllit meeting hall.
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Presenting his biweekly verbal report, SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall speaks to the
headquarters meeting.
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Dispatcher Marty Briethoff gives members the score on the past two weeks of shipping
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SEAFARERS LOG
That the Seaman's Act, which
was the groundbreaker for many
of the rights seafarers today enjoy,
was si^ed by President Woodrow
Wilson in 1915 after it failed to get
the signature of President William
H. Taft three years earlier?
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That the last bareknuckle world
heavyweight championship fight
was fought in 1889 when JohnlL.
Sullivan took Jake Kilrain after 75
rounds?
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That the SIU's A&G District was
the first seagoing union to win at)
industrywide vacation plan? Es
tablishing a pattern for the entire
maritime industry, the revolution
ary SIU plan guarantees vacation
pay on the basis of time worked,
regardless of how many companies
you work for in the course of a
year.
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Red Fink finds that the heavy volume on the ship's radio has a decided effect on the crew's musical
appreciation, excluding the skipper, of course.
Kirk Team's Big Bats
Oufhit Japanese Nine
LOGARHYTHM:
Portraits
By Thurston Lewis
There is a young fellow named
Heise,
Who just will not take any advice.
He could be a home wrecker.
He's such a great necker,
But that wouldn't be very nice.
That you can't get a marriage
license for $2 in all 48 States?
Only a third of the nation charges
the two buck fee, while the tab in
others varies from 50 cents in
Wisconsin and Michigan to $5 in
Indiana, Nevada, Kentucky and
North Carolina. Most Illinois res
idents pay $1, but Cook Coimty
folks (Chicago area) have to cough
up a fiver to get that paper.
st^ itn
paid directly to huspiidiaed bene
ficiaries at their bedside by uniod
representatives.
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That San Francisco, which hag
the largest landlocked harbor in
the world, had its beginningfi tat
1776 when the Spaniards establish
ed a presidio, or niilitary post, on
the end of the peninsula. The
following year, a little town called
Yerba Buena ("Good Herb," be
cause mint grew in abundance) was
founded—the origin of the present
city.
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That the next time you hear
the tune "Shrimp Boats Are A
Comin'," you can rest assured those
shrimp boats are manned by SIU
members. They're affiliated under
the Gulf Coast Shrimpers & Oys
termen's Ass'n and the Mobile Bay
Seafood Union.
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That the Morro Castle, Havana
landmark built in 1587 and the first
landpoiht sighted by incoming
ships, was a fortress and prison for
slaves and convicts. It still contains
the' ruins of dungeons and torture
chambers as well as chutes leading
to the sea through which prisoners
were fed right to the sharks.
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That the Battle of Long Island
which the Continental Army under
General Washington lost to the
British on August 27, 1776 was
fought just a few blocks away from
the new A&G Hall in Brooklyn?
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Crewmen of the Robin Kirk Mowbray, all of which are Seas
That National Maritime Day,
(Seas Shipping) upheld the honor Shipping vessels.
May 22, was first proclaimed in
of Uncle Sam and the SIU in a The boxscore also notes that
1935 in commemoration of the
onesided baseball affair recently Owen McEnaney, A1 "Blackie
departure of the SS Savannah,
in Beira, Portuguese East Africa, Serra, Bill O'Brien and Tom Galan
from Savannah, Ga., on May 22,
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by walloping a Japanese aggrega to were the "water boys" for the
1819, on the first successful trans
That the collective bargaining
tion from the Liverpool Maru for Kirk, and that the boys hope to
atlantic voyage under steam ^ pro election which resulted in the SIU's
18 hits and eight husky markers be seeing the new hall around There's an AB on the 12 to 4,
pulsion.
A&G District being certified as
Christmas.
on the scoreboard.
Who won't have to go to sea any
representative of the unlicensed
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An error by "Bowlegs" Leo, a
more.
That the SIU's A&G District is seamen in the Isthmian fleet, was
field gosl boot in the second
He's bought so much stock.
the only union of seafaring men the largest ever conducted in mari
on a sure out, wound up as
He's got the company in hock.
whose
welfare plan benefits are time by the NLRB?
a fourbagger and the lone
And each logging just adds to the
I ii^ally for the Rising Sun Boys. The
score.
game was otherwise highlighted by
the clutch pitching of Sid Gordon At a recent meeting of the crew
and the slugging of the Kirkmen. aboard the Liberty Bell (Dover), The 4 to 8 OS is called Red,
He spends most of his time in
The SIU batsmen further acquit the men recommended,that Head
bed.
quarters square
away
men
signing
ted themselves as Figueroa. slam
News has come from the Steel Lind was bom in Denver, Colo
But he is so meticulous.
articles and
then
missing
the ship.
med four doubles; Jack Bluitt, deck
Recorder
(Isthmian) that Seafarer rado, and caught his last ship at
It's almost ridiculous.
delegate, whacked a home run; The Liberty Bell had two cases Not an out-o/-pIace hair on his Sameul William Lind, 59, died of Baltimore. He was at sea during
Curley, the backstop, blasted two recently of men having their gear
a heart attack while at the wheel the Isthmian beef.
head.
doubles and a triple, and Jones, aboard ship and then winding up
the first day out of Halifax, Nova His last known next of kin is a
first assistant and firet baseman, on the beach as the ship chugged
Scotia.
son, Cpl. Samuel William Lifid Jr..
got in his licks with two doubles! away. The crew states that this is No baker you've ever seen yet.
Lind,
an
AB,
was
buried
at
sea
stationed
at Westover Field, Mass.
Pitcher Gordon got into trouble just an example of an increasing Can bake as good as our bcker,
by
his shipmates.
His
home was
in Arlington, Mass.
you bet.
the first inning when the first problem. Some men just seem to
Ship's delegate N.
batter from the Maru singled, and forget to keep in touch with the But the reason he's so good.
B. Danaho re
Word has come to the LOG of
As all bakers should.
after one out, another batter tagged ship or the company on exact sail
ports that the fice of the death of Brother Ed
ing
time, the
crew
reported.
He
mixes
the
dough
with
his
sweat.
one putting men on first and third.
captain had ward J. Kelly In California. Kelly
But our hero, it seems, knucMed
Chips build a cof was shipping on the Steel Rover
down like never before and got
fin Instead of the when he became ill. He died in a
his next two opponents on strikes.
Whatcha Scowling At, Jack?
canvas so often shoreside hospital.
Butterfingers
used for sea bur
Kelly joined the SIU on Feb
ials.
ruary 26, 1944, in New York City
The second frame also had its
Lind
An honorably and held an AB rating at the time
moments especially after the bob
discharged veteran of the armed of his death. He was 51 years old.
ble that netted the Maru an easy
forces with some 27 years of sea
He is survived by his sister, Mrs.
run. Another error right off put
time on American flag vessels, Agnes Quinn of Brooklyn, N. Y.
a man on second, then "Stalwart"
Sid got one out on strikes and
things looked good. But, the next
^_>^tslinger was passed and the
Marumen went wild because their
The government, when it under later commanded the Colonists at
slugger, Itsiki, was on tap.
took the tremendous shipbuilding the unhappy Battle of Long Island
Cleanup man Itsiki whacked the
program of World War 11, named in 1776 which was lost to the
first pitch and the Kirk's sterling
its Liberty ships after famous British.
double play combine went to work.
Americans. Below are the names Robert Jordan Catling (Water'
The ball hopped right to the short
of a few SlUcontracted Libertys man). Inventor (18181903). Born
stop, who flipped to Figueroa at
and thumbnail sketches of the per in Winston, N. C„ he successfullj^
second he winged it over to first
sons whose names they bear. "
for the third out.
marketed several agricultural im
After that, it was as easy as pie.
Joshua B. Lippincott (Alcoa). plements but is chiefly known as
Gordon gave up only vhree more
Publisher and journalist (1813 the inventor of the "Catling Gun,''
; scratch hits which went to nought
1886). Bom in Juliustown, N, J., a multiple firing weapon which was
.Jhanks to the perfect day afield
he started a publishing business in the forerunner of the modern ma:
SsJIector "Li'l Chico" De Jesus.
Philadelphia from which emerged chine gun. He offered his inveni
O.'^HPowlegs" and "Ham Fingers"
Lippincott's Gazetteer & Atlas and tion to the Union Army in 1862 but '
Sparks, whose bobble didn't prove
later, the wellknown Lippincott's it was not accepted for use untU^
as fatal as Leo's, have been traded
Magaz^e.
after the war ended. The slang'
(to the Trent, says Bluitt).
Israel Putnam (Waterman). Rev word "gat" for an automatic pistol'
A few of the men on the Kirk
olutionary General (17181790). stems from his inventions
team were from the same entour
Bom at Salem, Mass., he left his Jonathan Trumbull (MftSissippi).
age that handed Ski and the Robin
farm to serve In the French and Revolutionary statesman (1710
Trent a 176 shellacking last July
Indian War and commanded the. 1785)., Bom in Lebanon, Conn., he;
in Lourenco Marques, Ski and
Connecticut force against Pontiac was a strong advocate of the Coloi
Casey Jones never wrote in about
at Detroit. A staunch patriot, he nial causes governor of Conaectieufc
that one, sneers the Kirk corres
ffgain" xeft his plough when lrhef t3:76&=84t,Tsnutn7raghi"remifiw
pondent. At that time, the present Sailor Jack Deiany turns and scowls at the camera whUe enjoying American Revolution began.. He industiY to the support of Washing
Kirk players were on the Rabin coffee during his ship's stay in Yokohama. Japan.
fought notably at. Bunker HUl and ton's armies.
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Who Miss Ships
Oldtimers Hie J
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SEAFARERS LOG
LETTER S
ment or stand against its autonomy,
foreign ports. In more than one
whereas before a seaman was voice
case here, they took a cook out of
less and defenseless. By their ef
the hole and put him on the gang
forts, we are the most fortunate
way. He did not know how to raise
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
seamen in the world.
or lower the gangway. He also did To The Editor:
For over a year I have consid
There is but one thing left to There has been little excitement not care what went off the ship so
We aboard the Thomas J. Rusk
ered the possibility of seamen's fear, and that is ourselves. Our aboard the Peter V. Daniels (Alcoa) the crew lost quite a few articles.
(Alcoa)
have a beef which wo
wives and children being admitted Union can and does give us the since I last wrote the LOG from We could not keep the natives out
guess
a
few
ships in Norfolk arc
to the USPHS hospitals, but I kept best working and living conditions Leghorn.
of the midship housing as there
putting off writing to you about it. to be found in the maritime indus
having
and that
is the cancellation
was
no
one
on
duty
who
would
We took on fuel in two ports,
Now others have taken the Initia try, but it cannot give us the per then went to Monrovia, West do it.
of shore leave. We were at anchor
.tive (LOG. Nov. 2) and I'm giad to sonal responsibilities that are re Africa, to load ore. Everything was
Shooting War
for 57V6 hours and no one was
see that not only the wives but the quired of each individual member going fine until we left. About 12 As far as the ports go out here,
able
to go ashore by orders of the
men themselves see the need for in order to retain those conditions. hours from pprt, going stateside, a you can have a nice time in most
master.
Naturally we put in over
this service.
We must accept these responsibil native stowaway—nice chap—came of them although in some you
time.
I feel my case is a good example. ities individually, for otherwise the out from number five hold.
might have to dodge a few bullets
I had Blue Cross hospital insur slightest misconduct on our part
The old man to do it. Djakarta, Java, was one We wish a statement be made in
ance as long as I worked. But I places a thorn in the side of the
blew his top, of them. It got to the point where the LOG about same and that the
lost that when I quit my job be SIU, the greatest of all unions.
turned the ship you did not even notice it when a rules be stated whereby we can
fore the birth of our baby. My We shall continue to grow in
around and rifie or Thompson went off.
collect or not. This will settle''^
husband isn't a member of a Blue strength so long as our conduct
headed back for We spent about two weeks in beefs before they start. The "crew
Singapore
on
this
run
and
in
my
Cross group so I can't be insured merits the approval of this Union's
Monrovia wi th
voted thanks to chief cook Fszoblik
through him. So I am left com principles. Personal irresponsibil
the engine wide belief this is the best port out for chow set out at 3 P.M. coffee
pletely without protection should ity in any form or any piace will
here,
almost
like
in
the
States.
open. Still letting
time. Also to the whole stewards
my baby or I need hospital care.
provide the shipowners with an ex
off steam, the They have their little war here too. department for doing a fine job on
When we
hit it the
last time, some
cellent means of combatting our
Sees Worry End
captain put the
this trip.
We all hope we won't need sur progress and possibly defeating
Paskowski stowaway In one had just knocked off the High
Stanley J. Solski,
Commissioner
for
Malaya
and
gery or care through long illnesses. our Union.
irons. The look on the feilow's face
Ship's delegato
everything
was in
an uproar.
If we permit this or practice it, showed he didn't know what was
But man:^ of us would look for
We
will
soon
be
in
Suez
so
I
ward to maternity if we were as we not only injure ourseives but going to happen to him. We put
(Ed. Note: On certain "secret"
sured of good care during confine also those who will follow In our him ashore and then resumed our will close and try to get this letter defense runs to Army or Navy
ment and no huge bills to be paid footsteps. We cannot and must not way on our 17day cruise to Balti off. With everything like it is, I bases, it is within the discretion of
don't know if that is possible or the base commander to cancel
afterwards. As it is now,'we have fail those men who did not fail us! more.
not.
Hope we have a few letters
our children, with our husbands I call upon all of you, my broth
shore leave for sailors, but he imist
We had a wiper, John Barron, a
thousands of miles away imagin er Seafarers, to join me in prov real oldtimer, who was in pretty there. That is one of the bad ports give the master a written cancella
ing all kinds of horrible things. ing that we are worthy of these bad shape most of the trip and of the run. Your jnail is always tion order. Ask to see it at payoff.
They wouidn't worry half so new gains and of the sacrifices wound up in Baltimore Marine at least two weeks old before we Otherwise, overtime is due.)
receive it.
much if they knew we were get which have made them possible.
Hospital.
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N. B. Donaho
ting good care.
James A. Knight
At the last meeting, the crew
Ship's delegate
When shipping is slow, as it was
voted that the ship's fund of $34.50
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about two years ago, many of us
(Ed. Note: The Log has notified
be turned over to him, because we
have nothing to fall back on should
Headquarters
on your beefs. Conall think it's his last trip. When
sickness strike.
the other delegates and myself tract calls for all hands on tying To the Editor:
Facilities should be made avail
gave him the money, we could see up and getting underway and for
securing more than one set of gear.
I have just finished reading the
able for surgery, maternity and
the tears in his eyes.
nursery cases. My husband and I To the Editor:
I hope that some day the Union In the case of gangway watch, a heartbreaking story of the South
are definitely for this move and The crew of the Gulfwater (Mar will build a place for old seamen sailor is required.)
ern Isles disaster. I wish to extend
are waiting and willing to do all Trade) wishes to thank and com like John Barron. That's about it
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my deepest sympathy to the famil
we can to push this thing along. . mend SIU officials in Norfolk for for the trip.
ies
and reiatives of the men who
Please help make the lives of their splendid cooperation on our
F. Paskowski
so
gallantly
gave their lives while
beef
before
sailing.
seamen's wives and_£anulies u
Engine delegate
serving a great cause. I think these ~
The beef involved the former
secure as the lives of those whose
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steward who tried the twopot sys
husbands .work ashore.
men should be remembered as well
To the Editor:
tem
with
steak
topside
and
stew
Mi% Marion A. MeCIlntoe
as
our Army, Navy or Marines.
This is just a line to say that
for the crew and made it miserable
after
a
30day
tieup
in
Honolulu,
As
a nation we are all together
4
4"
enough for the BR,* a workcard
we finally
got
the
Steel
Flyer
in
trying
to achieve worldwide
man, to sign off in Norfolk.
(Isthmian) moving again, much to peace. I do not believe the Ameri
To
The
Editor:
This was done before the dele
the satisfaction of all aboard. There
gates knew the BR intended doing This is my first try at writing was no bad trouble at all during can people pay enough tribute to "
so. The rest of the crew, and we to the LOG, but I'il try my hand the tieup. However, the crew was our seagoing men. Give credit
where credit is due. We mu.st re
To the Editor:
mean 100 percent, demanded a new at it and see how it comes out.
ready to handle any that came member that all the husbands,
I'm on an Isthmian ship, the Steel
In the light of our Union's re steward and that his extra man
along.
brothers and sons who are serving
cent victory, this letter may seem, be thrown off. We also wanted Recorder. This is my first ship
for the company, as the Waterman One thing that there was no com in foreign countries and on the
unwarranted, yet because of that some new stores for a change.
plaint on was the food. Brothers, front lines in Korea would be help
victory I have felt this compul
Well, we contacted the hall in European run is my meat, and af it was the best that I have ever
less without their seagoing broth .
ter
this
trip
I
think
I'll
go
back
sion to write to you.
Norfolk and our officials came out
seen on a ship and the thanks go to ers. Let's give them our help and
to
it.
There
is
as
much
difference
there
in
a flash.
After
some
talk,
., As a newcomer, it may ap
as night and day between the two. D. C. Rollins, chief steward, who a little more praise.
pear impertinent of me to try to the steward quit the ship.
really lays it on.
I am the mother of a seafarer
inform any of you as to what this The windup, of ccTurse, was' just The trip started out bad and has
Our ship's delegate is Ralph and member of the SIU.
success demands of us; but in our tops. New stores good crew, and been bad ajl the way. Halifax was
Thelma Fisher
Union I have learned that even everything just dandy. Thanks our first stop out of the States, and Wilkins out of Baltimore. He took
we lost one of our ABs the first care of everything very nicely dur
upon first entering the ranks a again for a job well done.
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man is permitted to voice his We've also got one swell first day out. Brother S. W. Lind, who ing the tieup.
That's all for now except that
opinions. To methis is true work assistant on this tub as well as a came aboard at Baltimore, dropped
ing democracy, and I sincerely good chief. The Captain is a dead of a heart attack at the wheel everyone is hoping we get by with
and we buried him at sea the next out any further trouble.
hope these words will add to it§^ square shooter too.
Mack Chapman, Jr.
day.
strength.
Ship's delegates
To the Editor:
Then
we
hit
the
Canal
and
4
4 4
Today, as never before in the
it started.
4
4
4
Speaking for the brothers of tli<^^
history of seafaring men, we have
As we were tying up in the
begun to enjoy a fortyhour work
SIU and SUP that are now here
Canal, they sent three men for
week while at sea. With our new
in the New Orleans hospital, wo
ward and three aft, saying that
contract improvements and addi
was all they needed and if we To the Editor:
take
this opportunity to thank our
tional benefits, we represent the
didn't like it we should see our
brothers
aboard the Del Sud for
highest standards among seamen, To the Editor:
patrolman. I always thought that I am a member of the SIU and their consideration. All circum
yet all too often there are many of
have
been since
1944.
I sailed
con
We on the Robert Lansing tying up called for all hands. They
us who fail to recognize the price (Bull) have no beef as far as this
said the same thing the whole trip tinuously up to December 13, 1950 stances considered we fully realize
which was paid for these condi boneyard job is concerned. This when we were securing gear on the day I was drafted. I have been that their kindness involves much
tions.
is a good old "grayhound."
the weekends. Do not work the in the Army about 11 months now more than a casual effort, and we
The story of our Union's prog
We've made two trips on her watch on deck as that is double and would like to know if the Un do appreciate their goodwill.
ress is one of long and bitter strug and have had a good crew in all overtime and this company does ion is doing anything to get seamen
out of the Army. I have around
Though for the present we are
gles, though taking place in just a three departments. The steward not pay it.
short number 'Of years. Yet in gang rates credit for the food, as Since we left ports over the four years' seatime and have re unable to split a good cold can of ;
those years, each fraction of time it was tops.
weekend quite often and did not ceived the certificate of continuous beer with them, they can depend ^
reveal the neverending sacrifices
We've received all the LOGS break sea watches, this was pretty service given by the President. I on it—we are with them in spirit. "
by men of noble principle and sent out, and that's as good as hard on the deck department. Par am a member of the black gang
We also want to say a few words
courage who suffered and fought getting mail from home. Thanks ticularly because we were one day and hold firemen, watertender, oil
er and junior engineer endorse about Brother Herman Troxclair,
and died that we might reap the a lot.
man short the whole time and for
fruit of their labor.
Now that we are getting a lot a month in Hie islands were two ments. I would like to get back to the patrolman who takes care of
Preserve,Heritage .•
of new men aboard our ships, I men short. The other day man sea where I have been trained for us. No matter where you stand
think
it would be a good idea if caught malaria In Java and they a job Z know and like. Please let when you look at him, he's a whale
ThCy have given us unionism,
me know if something can be done. of a swell guy. He certainly does
and with it a heritage which we ail ships were sent Union educa sent him to the hospital in Semer
to
' .evesjrthiss. is his
must preserve. We now h^e free tion literature. So "far this ship ang. He later reislasiTitS ski?la
good care of
us.
Singapore.
"• udTii' wiTeRT^here" was" slavery be"" luSh't "receivecl any.
(Ed Note: Your letter has been
Daniel D. Kelly
On all our other ships they have turned over to SIU headquarters
Thomas M. Moriarty
fore; we now have the means and
Thomas Taylor
a sailor standing gangway watch in for oction.)
Ship's Delegate
strength ^tO' bangain with manage^
Wiie Asks Warn
fUpspitkl Care
Stowawag Adds
Trip Excitement
No Shore Leave
is Rusk's Beef
Credits Seamen
With Vital Bole
Hail Norfolk SiU
For Ending Beef
isthmian 'Flyer'
Underway Again
Seafarer Urges:
^Protect Beritage^
Bullets Liven
Recorder's Trip
ill Seamen Hail
Del Sud Crewmen
Lansing Termed
Good '^Gragkound^
SiU Man Seeks
Army Bischarge
�' Pare Sixteen
Mdajr, Ntnrembei; SO, 1951
SEAFARERS LOG
LETT E R S
was given a half hour for chow
that many other stewards might
and was right back out. Straight
learn. When the SOS is put out
overtime prevailed no matter what
all the time, the. men have less
the time of day or night.
of that feeling of wellbeing. Less
To The Editor:
To The Editor:
food is lasted, so I doubt that it To the Editor:
Okay's Officers
This is my first letter to the I doff my hat to the Abiqua's of
I hope that by now all of you costs materially more.
Please convey my sincerest
LOG but I've been wanting to ficers, especially Captain Cronin, are using the new hall in Brook
Bob was always willing to accede thanks to the sailors with whom I
write for some time. I am in Army for they have been very coopera lyn. As for me, I'm enjoying a lit to any reasonable request of the sailed during my return from
uniform now, but I am not a tive with me on all matters per tle "shuttle" with good company crew members. He is a guy who Bremen to florfolk, Va., September
soldier. I'm a seaman and I'll al taining to the Union. When a beef aboard the Bessemer Victory knows how to handle men, in a 5 to 23 as a so^callied "workaway"
ways be one.
or some repairs are to be straight (South Atlantic) here in the Pacific nice, quiet sort of way. It was a for their kind consideration to me.
pleasure to work under him. He It is remarkable how people can rg
In 1944, when I was 16, I joined ened out, they are ironed out on a area.
Everything has been running always took his meals with the spond so readily and Unselfishly to
the Maritime Service and was mantoman basis, the way all ship
smooth so far, outside of the fact crew.
human needs.
trained at taxpayers' expense to side matters should be.
learn to be a seaman.
Fatty McCann.
I would like to add a word about that we have been playing cat and
I shall never forget their kind
ness in'giving me a running start
After completing the course, I the permitmen aboard. I sailed a mouse with a couple of typhoohs
4>
4>
by their decision to donate monby
was sent to New Orleans and as few ships with some of the best and the important coincidence that
foi this purpose. I was broke, of
signed to a Liberty ship. That first bookmen. These guys here can't be we pulled in in time to help open
course, trying to outdo the Mar
ship, luckily for me, was con beat. Of course," there are a few a new USS Club at Naha, Okinawa
The club is managed by Irving
shall Plan while sojourning in
tracted to the SIU and it wasn't who are green, but they can't learn
Europe..
too long after that I became a overnight. We were just as ig Williams, who has done some sail To the Editor:
member. I now hold book No. norant at one time. But, brother, ing himself, understands the way
God bless them all and may they
Not much doing tonite in Korea
when they make a beef it's the of the boys ashore and is all for
44678, retired.
live
a long time.
giving them the best for their and no LOG lying around to read
For my services during World McCoy.
so
I
thought. I'd
try
talking
you
money.
The
girls
working
here
WUliam H. Reith.
War II, I received a Certificate of So, brothers, all I can say is if look as if they were all selected into sending me some issues. You
Continuous Service from the Presi you don't like peace and harmony, from beauty contests, aiid not only are sending it to my home address
4 4^ 4*
dent of the US and also the Atlan don't come around, for we have a that, they serve you with a smile. at present but it's a wee bit old
tic and Pacific war zone ribbons. happy family and we intend to
by the time its gets on over here.
Birthday, Too.
I have been an active seaman keep it. If there is any improve
Besides
the family has a bad habit
since then and hold the ratings ment to be made it will be The opening coincided with my of leaving out" some of the .papers.
of fireman, oiler and watertender, achieved in a competent manner. birthday (Nov. 3) and most of our
Tell the boys I said hello, espe
i
with approximately 50 months
Rocky Milton crew fought to be the first cus cially those in New Orleans. I wish To the Editcr: i
tomers, which naturally we were
actual sea time.
Well,
buddies,
I
got
it
made,
t 4. 4.
The place still needs some work I were back there with them.
I'm married, incidentally, and
This Air Force is okay, I guess, since for the last two weeks I have
before it's really completed but it
have a fouryearold son.
but the
conditions don't quite come been in the supply department.
already is a nice layout and is
Taken Off Ship
up
to
SIU
standards. The pay is I'm stUl with the Red Devil Fifth
located almost opposite the gate at
just
a
bit
low
also.
Last February, however, I was
the Naha docks.
Infantry : but ^ in . supply, and it
I
joined
the
SUP in 1944 but
drafted off the City of Alma To the Editor:
Williams told me he'd like to dis
couldn't
be any softer.
shipped
from New
Orleans
on
SlU
(Waterman) after returning to the
tribute the LOG (probably 50
States from delivering Army I would like to say hello to my copies will do) and I know the ships all the time, so I transferred As I'm a tecord clerk I spend
former shipmates via the LOG, so
my book a couple of years later. I most of the day typing and fixing
supplies and ammo to Korea.
that my friends in the port of LOG will take first place among made my last trip on the Mankato
Now I'm in the Army and, again New Orleans will
up the records. Got a little radio
union papers here. The address is
Victory (Victory Carriers). I paid
at the taxpayers' expense, learning know how I'm
USS Club, APO 719, San Francisco, off in Tacoma, Wash., on December on my desk going all day long, an
to be a soldier which I know I making out.
Calif.
1, 1950, and was in the Air Force eighthour day, by the way, with
will never be. You can't take a
Best wishes for a Merry Christ a month later. I didn't want any
I'm still at the
fi.sh out of water and expect him UN Peace Camp
mas and Happy New Year to every part of the Army. Besides the Air an hour off for lunch.
Boy, this is some job—just like
to live on land like an animal.
one in the Union.
here in Korea, as
Foi'ce promised to put me in the
At the same time I am here, an army cook for
Luis A. Ramirex Sea Rescue group—verbally, of Wall Street^nly not as much
the maritime industry is crying for the general mess.
course. Know what they've got me money at thb end of the month.
seamen. This does not make sense On the Alcoa
4. 4i t
The reason I got it was because a
doing? Painting!
to me. First the Government and Mississippi
Well, I'd better knock off for this captain came around and asked for
*"%pends thousands of dollars to ships, the guys
Agoff
time.
Just send the Log if pos an airborne volunteer. Well, I
train me as a seaman and now knew me as "Terry." Merry Christ
sible
and
I'll have no more gripes wanted to go back into the air
it is spending much more to mas and Happy New Year, boys,
borne.' They've got a 35fo6t jump
for a
while.
Regards.
"make" me a soldier.
To the Editor:
from an old SIU man.
which you have to make without
Pfc.
Robert
McGrew.
When are our lawmakers going
a
chute and v'hen I jumped my
I
recently
made
a
trip
on
the
Theriot Agoff, AS 54000221
to wake up and give skilled sea
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old
leg wound opened up and I
Liberty
freighter
Atlantic
Waters
Hq. Co. E.U.S.A.K.
men the recognition they deserve I
ended
up in the hdspital. Seems
(MarTrade)
on
a
coal
run.
We
A.P.O. 301, c/o P. M.
and stop throwing the taxpayers'
the
medics
looked at It, found no
sailed
out
of
Baltimore
to
Bremen,
money around?
San Francisco, Caiif.
more muscle there bui just a piece
Germany, and thence to Narvik,
Yes, I'm in the Army but I am
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of wire from the heel all the way
Norway, finally payingoff in the
not a soldier. I am requesting your
To the Editor:
to the calf, and here I am in
City of Brotherly Love.
—help to get me back to sea, the
supply.
Before I go on
to sing the praises
It
was
certainly
very
interesting
only livelihood I ever knew.
of Steward Bob McCullough, not to hear of the rapid progress that's
Say, how about sending me the
Pfc. Donald L. Laubersheimer
ust for the fine job done on this being made with the Welfare Plan, LOG? I'm in good standing and
Ser. No. 54042639
trip, but because I think that some especially to hear of the increase have my retirement card in shape.
To the Editor:
Co. A, 1st Bn.
The usual luck of this old Sea of his practices might well be in the death benefit and hospital I want to know how we're doing,
155 Inf. Beg., 31st Div.
as I don't hear anything about my
farer still prevails. Now I am rest adopted by SIU stewards on other grants.
Ft. Jackson, S. C.
It occurred to me as a memory qld outfit up here.
ing my weary and broken bones in ships, let me say a word or two
the Master, whoiat all times, how I looked forward for my bene
I'd appreciate it if some of my
(Ed. Note: Your letter has been the 382nd General Hospital in about
was cooperative and considerate of fits while I was a patient for eight old buddies would drop me a line
Osaka,
Japan.
My
legs
tangled up
turned over to SIU headquarters
his crew.
months in the US Marine Hospital, sometime too.
offices and you should hear from while coming down a North Korean
Though
my
knowledge
of
the
Staten Island.
Many times I strain
hillside
and
I
was
slightly
bruised.
them shortly.)
Pvt. Gustave R. Breitweg,
The_Army just doesn't seem to deck and black gang officers was ed my eyes looking for the patrol
RA 12390043,
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be able to get along with me for largely a matter of hearsay, I man. When I could be out of my
Co.
G, 2nd Iiif. Reg.
heard
only
the
best
about
them
bed, I was busy going from floqr
some reason. I have continually
Fifth
inf. Div.
as
well.
The
ship's
delegate,
Paul
to floor asking the other
brothers if
told them what is wrong with the
Indiantown
Gap, Mil. Res^
Army and they still haven't done "Dutch" Wittehauser, kept the they had seen him. They were on
Pa.
ship
running
smoothly.
We
were
the
same mission.
At
that time
we
a thing about it. I can't seem to
^o The Editor:
make them understand that it's one big, happy family. I am mak were only getting $7 per week.
4> '4> 4'
Aside from what is believed to they who are in the wrong, not I. ing it my jobofthemoment, how What a glow of happiness present
ed itself on the faces of our SIU
be an accident, the Abiqua is a Yet they must have a warm spot ever, to tell you about Bob.
good scow. I only hope that the in their hearts for me, since every Bob is one of those who know members when he came along with
other ships of the CS fleet can time I ask for a discharge they tell how to make his stores do the most our pay!
follow her example. One thing can me they're sorry but they can't good. For instance, in addition Yes, brothers, it is certainly
to the usual breakfast fruits, there some advancement now because we To the Editor:
stand improvement. There is some bear to part with me.
Now a word of advice to pros were always stewed prunes as an receive twice that amount, namely
work forced upon the pumpman
Enclosed are the minutes of our
that the deck maintenance can do, pective Army recruits. If at all alternate for those who wished :;15 per week, all.in a matter of last meeting aboard the Maiden
that is, maintenancee work over possible, never ship out on that ill them. They keep well, so that two years. Referring to the death
hauling dogs, fairieads, chocks and fated ship, the SS Gonnakorea. having them always on tap does benefit, increase from $1,500 to Creek. Everything is ' fdnftlng
davits pertaining to the dock de Living conditions are far below not cost very much extra.
i 12,500, ain't that something? ' . smoothly, so there is;veiy ;iittle
SIU standards. Working condi
partment.
I hope when the oldtimer pen to write about. "We havb' a'majority
Night Variety
But do you recall back not long tions, too, are rather distressing, In the vexatious question of sions come along we shall make of permits On board and ' a Tew in
ago a man was forced to work on but definitely better than on board night lunch. Bob always had the same progress. I thought it experienced men,' bht the^ 'ire
ivatch after 5 p.m. without the pay the Conununist ves.sel, SS Joe enough prime meats fried or fitting to make those remarks be
l^amihg fast. Tl)e. only troublib is
ment of overtime, and all the China.
roasted at the regular meals,. so cause it is food for thought to the
I don't
recall
whether any
of
my
whipcracking over the men just
that there would be some left oyer, youngsters who are now sailing the our galley gang. *A11 hands have
for the satisfaction of some sadist? old buddies know how to write, but for the night lunch. This 9erves briny.
gained at leasf tbreeatnches on
Recall also when the men of the if so, drop me a line. Not having to alleviate the deadly monotony of
I shall now close my remarks by their waistlines^ ancl''yrith thg price
black gang and deck had to sleep a wonderful time, wish I were having the same old cold cuts stare personally thanking the officials of
of' ddthek hoWadavk^K
in the same foc'le on the Cities there.
yfiH. ID—th£. JarA.eKsy!%.:*iis3ys59
K2BS2:Sr5ha$rt^lS3wiiKi~" —
open the refrigerator. Bob, for sistent efforts, and .lastly, askingthe will have to get "ri<4; bf ^them.
'man was told to go into a tank
382. Gen. Hosp. M. H. D. one, knows that a ship that always young seartien not to forget. That's GhargeS;? 'Sabotagingi^v^aistliheS.
APO 54
without a certified test on the ex
ha.s plenty in the icebox has less' all for the present. <
plosive meter. Along with this he
FM, Sao Francisce, Calif, beefs at meals. This is a lesson
Ship's dMieiate
; Pad«r Farirett
Trained Seaman
Seeks Discharge
Bessemer Men
Help Open tfSS
Men Thanked Fokr
Aid ito Workaway
Finds Air Force
Below SIU Levels
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GM Gas Finds
Army Soft Deal
^Terrg^ Says ^UV
From Korea
Patty Praises
Steward^s ^Extras^
Oldtimer Hails
Upped Benefits
Army Loves Him,
Moans Seafarer
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dob Betterment
Waistlines Bulge
On Maiden Creek
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SEAFARERS LOG
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n the Job •
THIS COLUMN IS THE nRST of a series which will run regularly
liOG'fist' the purpose ef aiding members In their work as seamen.
It will carry informatloif of a general nature on various matters affect
ing shipboard life, including health and safety; rules, regulations and
laws governing seamen; and material which will assist in upgrading to
higher ratings. Ih this connection it will serve as a supplement to the
SIU deck, engine and steward department schools which will be set
up In the hear future In New York headquarters for those members
who want, to study for higher ratings. Seafarers who are unable to
attend the schools in New York will find study" material, photographs
and other practical illustrations in this column which will help them
meet the fequirements of Coast Guard tests for the various categories.
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SAFETY AT SEA, IS OF COURSE, a major concern of all Seafarers.
Before going into specific job requirements it is desirable to review
general precautions which should be second nature to all experienced
seamen.
Some of the more important "don'ts" are as follows:
Never smoke on deck, on barges or on the pier when fuel oil is being
loaded or discharged. Funics from fuel oil are sufficient to cause a fire
or explosion without any actual contact between the cigaret flame and
the oil.
Never smoke fn the vicinity of open hatches or cargo holds.
While cargo lighters are alongside, do not throw lighted matches,
cigarettes, etc., over the side or out of portholes.
Never go ^ai> ^(IdowA ladders with both hands full.
Never waitk oh the side of the vessel on which cargo is being worked.
Never wlidk under heel blocks of wihches.
Never walk through unlighted 'tween deck spaces.
Never walk on the weather side of decks in a heavy sea.
Never walk on wet or oily decks with rubber soles or heels. Rubber
may be fine on a dry surface but is slippery when wet This applies
particularly to crepe rubber soles and heels.
Never stand in the bight of an anchor cable or line.
Never work aloft without a safety belt and line.
Never use goggles to protect your forehead instead of your eyes.
Never attempt to pass through a watertight doorway while the alarm
Is, sounding or the door is in motion.
Never enter a tank or other closed compartment until sure that the
tank is thoroughly ventilated. Noxious fumes which are heavier than
air will tend to gather in the bottom of a tank and can be fatal. It is
also important to determine that an oxygen deficiency does not exist.
In any event, be sure that someone is standing by to effect rescue in
case of need.
This Is So Sudden—The CIO has
grown coy and bashful in response
to the AFL's latest proposal for
meetings to work out a merger
agreement between the two organ
izations. It appears that the CIO
has cold feet about taking the
march down to the altar but likes
the idea of a trial marriage for an
indefinite period of time. The
AFL is an ardent swain and won't
be easily discouraged. It chided
the CIO more in sorrow than in
anger and apparently intends to
keep on proposin' and proposin'
until the CIO says "I do."
American flag transatlantic airlines plan to have a "tourist class"
service on their routes to Europe by April of next year, at a basic
New York to London rate of $250 or less. So far steamship operators
profess not to be worried over this possible threat. However, the record
shows that airlines have made an appreciable dent in steamship busi
ness in other routes where they compete with ships, notably in the
Atlantic Coast to the Islands and South America routes . . . Sperry
Gyroscope Company has introduced a new, smaller automatic pilot
for ships that will hold a selected course despite wind, rough seas or
speed . . . The general strike of the Maritime Confederation of Chile,
which had been out since August 29, has been ended successfully for
the MCC. Details are not yet available.
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The U. S. ran a poor fifth in merchant ship tonnage under construction the first half of this year, according to Lloyd's Register, with
scarcely more than a seyenth of the tonnage being built in the yards
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the top-ranking builders.
American gross tonnage of 333,662 tons took the fifth spot behind
Britain, Japan, France and Germany.
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Seafarers may have spotted the missing former Brazilian battleship
Sao Paulo on the Atlantic sealanes this month as she drifted for 11
days after slipping towlines from two tugs. The exbattlewagon broke
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loose from two tugs which were briifging her to England to be broken
Prison Labor Problems — The up as scrap, after a hurricane Nov. 4. The 19,000ton vessel was
United Textile Workers (AFL) hit finally located midway between the Azores and Madeira.
the ceiling when they learned
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about the award of a 12 million
The
number
of
ships
in
the
service
of
the National Shipping
dollar blanket contract to the Fed
Authority has jumped to 433, with the assignment of 19 more
eral Penitentiary at Terre Haute,
vessels for operation by private companies. The latest group, com
Indiana. Unemployment is getting
prising 10 CIMAyi's and nine Liberties, will be run by the com
to be a problem in New England
panies that serve as agents for the government. They are being
textile mills and the union feels
taken out
of seven different layup fleets on all coasts. One of the
that the Army Quartermaster
Corps, which let out the contract, vessels, a Victory, will be operated by Mississippi Shipping Com
pany in its South American service.
should have given private indus
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try a crack at it. Textile workers
may be broke, but nobody is Ecuador is planning to negotiate an $18,000,000 loan for the con
queuing up at that penitentiary struction of a new port for the city of Guayaquil, on the Guayas River,
30 miles inshore from the Pacific . . . Although it's not expected to
door for a job.
be in operation until early in 1954, a contemplated ship channel
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Paging Emily Post—^Delegates to through the Macarero and Orinoco Rivers in Venezuela to permit pass
the Dutchess County Building and age of oceangoing ore carriers will substantially increase ore ship
Construction Trades Council will ments to the U. S. when completed. A contract just signed for the
have to think twice before open dredging and maintenance of the channel was just reached between
ing their mouths at the next six Venezuela and the Orinoco Mining Company, a U. S. Steel subsidiary.
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monthly meetings. Arrangements
The Canadian Maritime Commission reported an oceangoing fleet
SEAFARERS, TOO, ALWAYS HAVE to take into account the pos have been made with Vassar Col
sibility of a major disaster which will mean abandoning ship. In re'^ lege, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. for six of 84 vessels under the Canadian flag at midyear, in addition to 98
cent weeks, two such disasters have taken place; the George Walton, wellbred young ladies to attend deepsea ships of British registry in the Dominion total. Most of them
which caught fire and burned in the Pacific off the coast of Washing council meetings "and observe first were freighters built during'the war, 46 of them more than 10,000 dead*
ton, and the SouthernIslee which broke in two and sank off Cape hand the functions of labor dele weight tons ... A new tanker hatch cover for use on petroleum tankers**
Hatteras. Loss of life and major injury can be minimized in such cases gates." The usual vigorous lan and barges is made of nonsparking aluminum and is said to provide
by becoming thoroiighly acquainted with procedure to follow in aban guage which tends to arise when a total dosure against explosive fumes originating in tanker cargo
doning ship.
the discussion gets a little pointed compartments. It has an inflated synthetic rubber (neoprene) tube
Familiarity with whistle signals is allimportant. The signal for boat will have to be softpedaled in def in place of the usual flax gasket, which develops leakage after being .
stations is a minimum of six short blasts followed by one long blast. erence to the 12 pair of tender in use only a shor]: time.
Signals for handling boats are: one short blast to lower; two short blasts ears in the room.
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report on
the effects
of
freezing on
manila
rope at a recent meet
to stop lowering; three short blasts to dismiss from boats.
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No matter what the weather conditions, tropic or arctic, its is de
Wage Ceiling Attacked—A group ing of the National Safety Council's Maritime Section disclosed that
siraUe to keep some warm clothing on hand where it wiil be readily of AFL, CIO and independent from the standpoint of safety, the thing to watch is the use of manila
available at all times. Occasionally it can happen that a seaman will unions representing 250,000 oil in rope in subfreezing weather. It shouldn't be overloaded as it is .
not be able to get away in a lifeboat. In this event it is important to go dustry workers have joined hands weaker and, further, the more water in it, the greater loss of strength
over the lower side of a ship if the ship is listing. Going over the in a campaign to crack the wage it suffers. Rope treated to repel moisture is a lot safer than one which
upper side means risking "injury from barnacles and marine growths, ceilings set by the Wage Stabiliza readily soaks up water.
and possible fractures from hitting heels against the bilge keel. Should tion Board. Representatives of 17
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Movement of cargo is said to be speeded up considerably by a new
the lower side also be the weather side it would be desirable to go over 'unions met in St. Louis and have
from the bow or the stem, whichever is lower. It is best to use a line pledged each other mutual sup quarantine setup in Mobile for ships from foreign ports. Public
when going into the water.
port for a program calling for 25 Health Service officials were expected to completely abandon Sand
Once in the water the first thing a seaman should look for is a float to 30 cents hourly wage increases Island facilities where ships formerly dropped anchor for quarantine
inspection and hold it from now on at dockside. Dockside inspection
ing object to cling to. Swimming about aimlessly is useless and only and other benefits.
had been used elsewhere successfully for several years.
exhausts a man's strength in short order. A lifeboat, a raft, or simply
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a piece of floating debris to cling to can mean the difference between
Welfare Benefits OK Due—^The
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National sentiment is growing for a clear deferment of merchant
survival and death.
Wage Stabilization Board is ex
pected to put itself on record next seamen from the draft following disclosure that the SIU had succeeded, •
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IN THE LIFEBOAT, PROPER CARE and caution should go a long Saturday as approving exemption after months of plowing throu^ red tape, in winning the discharge
way in keeping you alive until you can be picked up. Special consid of welfare funds from Federal of an experienced AB from the Army. Daily newspapers throughout
eration should be given immediately to check available food and gear wage control regulations. Labor the country have begun echoing the clamor set up by the Union and ;
and public members of the board the LOG that seamen are vital to the defense effort.
as well as care of same.
Particular emphasis should be laid on the possibility that you may have recommended decontrol of
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In case you don't spot Ambrose Lightship when coming into New .
be drifting around for a long period before a rescue is possible. There welfare programs; which would
fore, allot your food and water with the view that it may have to last mean an 18 to 9 vote in the board York harbor the next few weeks, don't worry, you didn't miss the
at the minimum. This follows the channel. The harbor's familiar navigation aid is being completely
several days.
Try and get some exercise. In warmer climes, swimming alongside pattern set by the old War Labor overhauled at the St. George, Staten Islan^, Coast Guard base and
the' boat is fine^lf the sharks aren't watching. Don't overexpose your Board in World War II when it won't be back at its regular post at the harbor entrance until about
self to the sun or cold. Keep calm and don't let the situation get the too exempted welfare provisions January 10. In its absence it has been replaced by a redhulled relief
lightship.
from the wartime wage freeze.
best of you.
Burty
FoUow Burly Erery I«su« fn The Seaiaret^ I.«y
�Face Eiriitec*
vAitigi KeflMSMf i«, IfSl
SEAFARERS tOC
Schools Shaping Up
For Three Depts,
No Ward Yet
On Wage Rule
The SIU has as yet received
no word as to the Wage Sta
bilization Board's action on the
recently won contract Improve
ments. Pending word from
the board, some ship opera
tors have been paying the in
creases while otheis have not.
This makes no difference in
the long run, as when the ap
proval comes through, it will
be retroactive in all cases to
November 1, 1951.
WELFARE BEHEFITTS
REPORT NO. 16
Period Covered By Tlds Repoii—i^ot%
,17
Cash On Hand
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1 • * f • • 3245[696.0^
US Government Bonds ....... • • • • • • oeeedO'O.
754,023.44'
Estimated Accounts Receivable
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• ••• 140,000.00
Hospital Benefits Paid in Period.
5,166.00
Total Hospital Benefits Paid'Since July 1, 1950
84,607.00
Death Benefits Paid In Period
;...
. 13,500.00
Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950..... . .v.
.... i 126,666.66
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auspices, hut plans for this depart'
membership committees as the ment are still in the blueprint
longneeded setup for maritime stage. The course for engine men
will offer schooling in maintenance
labor.
The actual beginning of the and operation of all shipboard gear
schools is still hanging fire, pend including winches, evaporators,
ing government okay and final In electrical fixtures, boilers, engines
stallation of vital gear, but hopes and machine shop.
. .USPHS HOSPTTAI.
USPHS HOSPITAL,
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STATEN ISLAND, N. Y.
SAVANNAH. GA, :
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Probably the first department to
are high that the new year will not
Maurice Burnstine ..:
13.00 A. F. Cohen
....... ,15.00
be long underway before the school be ready to roll will be the stew
T. Caftrey
,...., 15.00 Pat G. Daugherty.ggW
15.00
Domingo Camacho
..,.'13.00
Carl D.
Lowery.,.i7Kv.............
Ui.OO,
ards
because
the
headquarters
bell chimes for the first time.
Charles CantweU
10.00 R. A. Sharpo...,,...
15.00,
building already
has at
its disposal
Jack
M.
Dalton
...
....T
15.
Bruce
E.
Webb
15.00
For the deck school, arrange
John J. Devine• .
15.
ments are being made to set up a every conceivable facility of ship
Harry J. Drummer
15.00
board
galley,
messhall,
bakeshop
C.
V.
Francis
15.00
;79.tM
complete rigging loft and practical
WiHlam Gleseh
15.00
USPHS HOSPITAL'
and
butcher shop
in
the
shiny
new
classroom as well as lectures and
John Gordon .. .CtT.
. .V.',". 10.00
BOSTON. MASS.
1. B. Grierson
i,':'..'. 15.00 J. J. Flaherty...
10.00
movies in seamanship and foc'sle cafeteria. Special effort was util
H. C. Johnson ...rTTT".....
15.00 George Vourloumis
13.00
ized to obtain
and install equipment
maintenance.
Thomas
Kustas
'....
15.00
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identical
to
that
aboard
ship.
Michael Linko
i. • . • 10.00
25.00
Those seeking lifeboat certif
A. McGuigan
15.00
icates will be able to obtain same A comprehensive study has been on. The contract gives the officers John
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
McLaughlin
15.00
NEW YORK, N. Y.
15.00
after logging the required hours at made of the steward setups of the complete parity with west coast Geo. Mohan
..
19.00
Charies Moravec .... i....vi'10.00 Francis T. D1 Carlo
a dockside lifeboat to be main steamship companies under SIU contract conditions.
Eugene P. O'Brien
a.,.'..Ji' 15:00
contract
and
of
much
available
USPHS HOSPITAL '
Preussler
'.. 33.00
tained on the waterfront near the
The money provisions Of the Otto
SAN FRANCISCO • !
Pukko
10.00
new Hall. ,A Coast Guard represen material offered by sister AFL agreement are retroactive to Oc T.
......."r..... 20.00
Juan Rueda
15.00 N; Cartwright ..
Jose Saigado ;15.00
tative will stand hy to see that unions in the culinary field in
20.00
Samuel B. Setiifl
15.00
things go according to Hoyle oTi order to make the school a success. tober 1.
James Stickney
;...VVJ.'. 15.00
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Difficulties arose over the wel Stanley Sweinckoski
USPHS ' HOSPITAt .'
15.00
manning and rowing the boat, as Experienced lecturers and stew
SEATTLE., WASH.
Henry Watson
13.00
well as actual hoisting and lower ards, cooks and bakers right off fare fund clause .when the opera Jose
35.00
W. Wiscoviche
15.00 Emil Austad
the
ships
will
help
keep
things
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ing it from the davits. A further
tors at first refused to reopen the
35.00
humming
for
the
fledglings
who
.300,00
aid will he the availability of an
contract to discuss the question of
will
attend
the
school.
USPHS
HbSPlT.AL"
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USPHS HOSPITAL .
other lifeboat right at the hall for
increasing the daily contribution
WILMINGTON, CALIF.
NORFOLK, VA. ,
classroom lecture. Eventually, Uniform record keeping and Once this point had been resolved Lawrence DuBeau
40.00
35.00 .lulian N. Adams
maintenance
will
he
taught
so
that
Edw.
L."Prltchard..,.i'.'ii.......... 40:00
Roy M. Green...'
70.00
those taking the course will take
they readily agreed to go along Robert
Edw. TeSko .. i
H.;. < ;..,.. .7 60.00'
all
SIU
ships
will
have
identical
Hunsucker
15.00
actual tests right at quayside.
M. Peacock
50.00
operation in the stpward depart with the 25cent per day increase. Thomas
130.00
Bianton Petty
15.00
Blueprint Stage
ments and not the patchwork of Leaders of the MM&P were high Shirley E. Roundtree . .
80.00
MANHATTAN
BEACH
HOSPITAL
James E.
Webb
20.00
Training for black gang rates will methods that exists today.
ly satisfied with the outcome of the
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
also be furnished under Union The whole program, when full negotiations, calling the contract
50.00
285.00 Robert Atniore
Rupert
A.
Biake...nJ.".
50.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
steam is up, will enable the novice the best of its kind anywhere in
Claude F. Blanks.i......• r.'
30.00
GALVESTON. TEXAS
50.00
seaman to train in any department the world, and recognition of the Tobc Beams
;.
15.00 Edmund Blossef
Matthew
Bruno .'....
Z..,...'
30.00
W. Lipscomb
15.00
and emerge fully equipped to do importance of the merchant marine W.
L. E. McCune
25.00 Charles Burton ..;.TIT..20.00
Walter Chalk
f
SQ.OO
officer to the nation.
a top job at his assigned billet.
Fiorencio P. Marques
lO.OO
30.00
A.
• M. Morse
.t
15.00 Jack M. Ddltoh.... J.. I;.'
.. .' 50.00
James Dawson
Buriey MankirU
45.00 John T. DriscoU... .?^
J. Espinoza
... .'
50.00
Charles Dawson wishes to inform
125.00 Thomas D. EzzeU..ivi) 50.00
E.
Ferrer
...
50.00
you that he has moved to 1910
Robert E. Gelbert.,50.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Mermaid Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Fred Grimes ....... .'J......... 90.00
BALTIMORE, MD.
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MMP Contract Beef'
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New LOG Bows in:
More NewSf Photos
John Barron
'.
25.00
John G. Berkenkeper
15.00
Comeiio CastiUo
i.... 25.00
Anthony Catalfano
10.00
Jessie A. Clarke
30.00
Percy Cranford
10.00
Harold Crook
,,..20.00
Steven Frankiewicz
15.00
Joseph F. Goude
10.00
Patrick J. Green... .T..
10.00
Carroll Harthausen ...^
15.00
Albert A. Hawkins
TtT.
10.00
Charies Ingram
25.00
Luman A. Johnson
25.00
John J. Lawton
ner
;
10.00
Miguel Mora
.'
30.00
Jack D. Morrison
vrff.
15.00
William Osmudsen *
15.00
Lemuel Padgett
25.00
Jack A. Predon...,
15.00
Claude Randolph .frrrt
30.00
George Reir
10.00
Ruperto Rivera ..... t............. 25.00
Robert W. Scales
25.00
Ralph South
25.00
R. South
20.00
WiliUm Wilcher
10.00
Lewis Williamson .... .T .. I
' 10.00
Norman Wrye
...25.00
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';St|
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.John W. Keenan,,.50.00
Fred Landry ..
..., 50.00
Robert F. Larson. i..'...tTT?7..,';. 35.00
James Lawior
50.00
Arthur Lomas
45.00
David McUreath
40.00
Ciiltord Middieton.....
45.00
Vic Aftlazzo
„
10.00
George Moore ............
50.00
B. Murphy
50.00
Constantine Nakris
45.00
R. Ratcilffe ...............
'50.00
G. Schumaker ....... /....
45.00
Timothy Sullivan
50.00
Albert D. Thompson ......
.50.00
Your daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Ma
rullo, 1212 Esplanade Avenue, New
Orleans, La., is worried about you
events and photographs are always
(Continued from page 3)
and asks that you get in touch with
in which the reader is interested. welcome. If you have anything
her.
The paper will he printed on a which you think would he of in
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rotary press, instead of the old terest to the membership bring it
Boyd Davis
Your mother is anxious that you flatbed type.. Use of the rotary In to the office or mail it to us.
get in touch with her at 108 S. not only makes for faster handling In this way you can help reach
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Fourth Street, Wilmington, N. C. hut should provide better repro our objective of making the LOG
the most stimulating and most in
duction
of
photographs
than
form
USPHS HOSPITAL
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SAN JUAN, P. K^
erly. This arises from the fact that formative newspaper in the mari
Thomas Calvin
Louis Miranda
VTTTT. . 20.00
time field.
engravings
no
longer
have
to
he
An important letter is being
20.00
held for you at SIU Headquarters. mounted on wood blocks. A slight
warp
in
the
wood,
or
an
irregu
SPRING
GROVE STATE
HOSPITAL
See Assistant SecretaryTreasurer
_ SPRING GROVE" MD.
larity in the thickness of the block,
Robert Matthews, Room 306.
Thoihas Greaney
80.00
was enough to blur detail and cause
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poor reproduction of photographs.
Stephen Kamiski
USPHS
HbSPITAL
Additional Features
You can get in touch with Paddy
945.00
SAN FRANCISCO, CA1.1F.
(Continued from page 3)
Farrell, c/o SIU Headquarters, 675
Sylvester Walker
TTI:..50.00
Readers will also note the addi
USPHS HOSPITAL
Thpmas
Isaksen
..to...... 299.00
Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
tion of several new features. Since family from getting the body home.
MOBILE! ALA.
'.. 25.00
Speaking to the membership .at "Thomas L. Ankerson
the LOG is the only medium of
349.00
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Jacob L. Buckelew
.'
25.00
George W. Ford
communication between the Union the New York meeting, Secretary Tim Burke
.v. 25.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
35.00
Robert Phillips wants to hear and a very large percentage of its Treasurer Paul Hall referred to the Sam Henry ... ...11 in
NORFOLK, VA.
H. Jones
VTTt.
25.00 Shirley E. Rountrec
^ .. 75.00.
from you regarding loan he made members, these features as well as letter from the father, John R. Mil J.
Alien B. Lynn
15.00 LesUe Jackson
Tfr. . .197.00
15.00
on Tuskegee Victory. Contact him other material are designed to keep ler, a member of Carpenter Local Robert L. Peacock
William J. Rawles
V. i.... 33.00
272.00
c/o SIU Hall, 675 4th Ave., Brook the membership better informed on 2137, in Fulton, Mo., and requested Joseph
Saxon
'. v;..'. 25.00
25.00
lyn, N. Y.
maritime and national news. Im membership okay for full payment Thomas Scanion
• VINEYARD HAVEN HOSPITAL
E. Shepherd..
100.00
VINEYARD HAVEN, MASS.
proved coverage of the outports of expenses, and further, the go Bernard
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Howard O. Wimams.
. 25.00 James R. Porter......... •
30.00
Vaccination books belonging to is another objective of the paper, ahead from the brothers to seek a
375.00
50.00
) .>»*Mario Lopez and Fowler P. Chil and district wide news will he ex full $2,500 death benefit from the
USPHS HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
dress are being held at the Head panded accordingly.
Welfare Fund for the family. It is
USPHS HOSPITAL .
Arch
35.00
FORT STANTON, N. M,
quarters Mail Room, 675 Fourth
In addition to the regular fea expected that the request will re J. L.
Wilson O. Cara..
10.00 Donald McDonald .........ST:;. . 90.00
25.00 Frederick Frennette
. Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
tures which will appear in 'every ceive favorable action when put Oliver Ceiestine
i.;., , 45.00
Lawrence D. Cook...fi^
.,25.00 Clarence D, Shlveiy
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SEAFARERS LOG
CEOROI A. LAWSQN (PacHle R«nf«).
Ocf. 7—Chairman, Mhn^ Mwrray; Cacra*
tary/ Rnniaeiwal CeHis. Oelegatea report
ad no beefi. One man joined ship in Ant
wen>. • Crew messman and pantryman
must agree to cooperate otherwise their
dismissal from our organization will be
recommended.
MASSM^nCalmar), Oct. SB—Chair
man, JesO Puckett; Sacretary, Seymour
Osiofsky. Delegates reported no beefs.
Steward asked the crew to try and cut
down on the use of coffee as be is run
ning short and reported the old eggs
from last trip were removed. He also
asked the crew to stop making toasted
cheese in the toaster. Men voted for kn
TUEKE6EE VICTORY (Coral), Ocf. 7— automatic time switch for the washing
Chairman, Richard E. Ransome; Secre machine.
tary, Fred B. Nealy. Delegates reported
disputed overtime in New York in regard SALEM MARITIME (Clfles Service), Oct.
to gangway. Motion made and carried 31—Chairman, John Ohannlslan; Sacre
that delegates chOck en' Bhen, slopchest tary, Al Whitmar. Dlscuasion on keeping
and stores before signoh as an ran short. messroom clean by taking cups away
A talk was given by ship's delegate on and putting things back in Icebox. Chief
the MTD bulletin with an interpretation cook reported that Ice boxes are' to be
of its importance. The Welfare Plan was washed down soon and also new stores
discussed and the members shown fie wni be checked in New Zealand.
constant progress being made.
ROBIN WENTLEY (Robin), Oct. 32—
Chairman, Jackson)' Secretary, Ray Sa
dowski. Delegates reported no beefs. Dis
cussion on the cleanliness of the laundry
room. It was suggested that clothes be
removed from dryer when dry. Men were
asked to return cups and dishes to the
pantry after using them.
KYLE V. JCNNSON (South AN.), Oct.
31—Chairman, Yeaties; Secretary, Taylor.
Everyone is to be careful wil t the wash
ing machine, as the company was kind
enough to put one almard. T shirts are
to be worn at meal time.
\ NATHANIEL SiLSBEE (South AH.),
Oct. 14—Chairman, Smithj Secretary, Pea
cock. Delegates reported no beefs: no
disputed overtime. The crewmembers left
the washing machine in a dirty condition.
If the men had bought the machine in'
stead of the company it woiUd have been
taken care of bef
" after.
CAROLYN (Bull), Oct. 3S—Chairman,
Ben Lawson; Sacretary, E. Falrcloth. Dele
gates reported no beefs. Communication
read from headquarters regarding up
grading. Discussion about painting mesa
room and revamishing messroom furni
ture.
YORKMAR (Caintar), Oct. , 3«—Chair
man, C.
Cartar; Secretary^ H. Koontz.
Delegates reported no beefs, and no dis
plited overtime. Motion made and car
ried for delegates of each department
to form committee to prepare solid list
of repairs.
'B
PETROLITE (Mathlasen), Oct. 24—Chair
man, Stanley F. Schuyler; Secretary, Ma
nuel Paperman. Delegates reported no
beefs. All the fans are to be repaired.
.'Buggested that all hands donate volun
tarily to ship's fund. Ship's delegate
would like information concerning scal
ing and painting in pumproOm below
gratings.
BERTRAM 6.60ODHUS (Mississippi),
Sept. 34—Chairman, Johii Mohoney; Sec
retary, none given. Delegates reported
everything allright. Discussion was held
. oh cleaning of the laundry room, also on
the salt tablet situation. Discussion on
percolators. Two were burned out and
there are" none left. There was'a talk on
the stores situation,
'
Oct. 14—Chairman, none given; Secre
tary, W. T. Resley. Discussion on repair
lists. Discussion on steward's depart
ment's overtime. Talk on r^eation room
cleaning system.
WINTER HILL (CINes Service), Oct. 39
—Chairman, Walter (Sardner; Secretary,
Joseph Strohmeyer. Chifef cooH was asked
to use more seasoning in food. Bookmen
askCd to cooperate in teaching permits
and work cardmen the functions of the
Union and the proper way to conduct
themselves on an SlU ship..
OCEANSTAR (Triton), Oct. 31—Chair
man, Charlie Copena; Secretary, C.
Dwyer. Ship's delegate reported ail's well
with the exception of the water situation.
Suggestion that the recreation room be
kept clean. Vote of thanks to the stew
ards' department for a job well done.
JOSEPH PULITZER (South Atlantic),
Oct. 15^halrman, J. Gates; Secretary,
Al Pletrowskl. General discussion on food
from galley. Motion made for delegates
to get together about night cook and
baker. No whistling or singing in star
board side P'.ssageway urged on account
of men off watch.
CALMAR (Calmgr), Oct. 7—Chairman, B.
Snow; Secretary, James Archie. Dele
gates reported one , beef. • Suggestion
made that each watch clean the mess hall
and recreatioh hall. All hands were told
not to mess the ship dnd to be sober in
port.
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS (Southern Trad
ing), Nov. 4—Chairmen, John Wolde; Sec
retary, CecllaPawlsh. Delegates reported
everything okay,
no beefs. Suggestion to
OKI
have more milk. Steward said he would
order it. Departmental delegates^ made
out repair lists to be handed in at Nor
folk when ghip pays off at end of month.
gaterman), Oct. 3g—
Kinter; Secretary,
Chalmers Stevens. Delegates reported no
beefs. Discussions about instailing radio
speaker! in.; recreation roopn . aft. Com
plaints about men wbo are not on watch
drinking the watch's coffee and not mak
ing any more. The crewmembers were
'Pcul plug on washij(g iOaCiune
when finished;,
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BINGHAMTON VICTORY.iEult), .Nov, 4
—(jhalrman, L. Walberg; Secretary/ V,
Stefanlck. Delegates reported ho bei^fs
pr 'disputed overtime iii;, ap}(, of .the Afy
partments. Discussions heidj .oh' education.
Men leaving ship should square away
^elf . forecastles before departure.
SHIPS' MEETINGS ...
NOONDAY (Waterman), Oct. 7—Chair
SANTORE (Ore), Aug. 3frChairman,
ROBIN MOWBRAY (Saas Shipping).
man, O. E. Jones; Secratary, B. Mace. T. Jones; Secretary, A. R. Waiitier. Dele Nov. to—Chairman, F. Ross; Secretary, L.
Delegates reported no beefs, everything
running shipshape. Discussion on keep
ing the laundry clean. It was decided
that each department would alternate
each week. Ail hands agreed to keep
the messhall clean.
STONY CREEK (Mar Trade), Nov. It
Chairman, P. Binnemans: Secretary, J.
Thommcn. Motion made tliat everyone
help to keep the messhall clean. One of
the subjects discussed was on the new
wage increase. The crew would like to
know if this company will pay the new
wage increase as of November 1, 1951.
ANSON MILLS (Seat Shipping), Sept. 3
—Chairman, Stanley R. Yodriss; Secre
tary, Robert Rayfield. Delegates reported
no beefs. Arrangements made to take
care of washing machine, laundry room
and the recreation room. All excess bag
gage to be kept out of sight or stowed in
special locker provided by the ship. List
of small repairs to be given to chief mate.
gates reported everything running
smooth. There was one beef which will
be taken up with the boarding patrolman.
An open discussion was held to better
educate the permitmen with a few of
the Union's policies. ^ /
Galuska. Repair lists to be turned in as
soon as possible. No beefs. Motion to
jiurehase a gift for the purser as a
token of the crew's gratitude for hie
showing of the movies. Motion made to
alternate the ship's meeting from now
on so that all watches wiU
U have
hav an op
ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping), portunity to attend at least once during'
Nov. 4—Chairman, J. O'Rourke; Secre the voyage. Motion carried.
tary, W. Smith, jr. Discussion on cold
drinks served with meals. Chief cook
suggests sliip be fumigated. Ail repairs
JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), Nov. 13—
are. to be turned In to the department Chairman, Boson; Secretary, J. Brown.
delegates.
Delegate reported everyttiing shipshape.
No disputed overtime. Steward was
GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), asked to spemf meal time in mess hall
Nov. 7—Chairman, A. T. Arnold; Secre when meals are being served.
tary, A. Nolierinl. Everytliing is satisfac
tory other than general dissatisfaction
with food. The entire crew feels that
VENORE (Ore), Nov. It—Chairman,
there has been a great drop in feeding George W. Buker, Jr.; Secretary, William
over the previous trip. The steward wel Powell. Delegates reported no beefs.
comed any suggestions that the crew Motion made by slup's delegate to
could offer to improve the food.'
recreation room cleaner, and to
more shipboard meetings.
RICE VICTORY (South AH.), Oct. 10—
Chairman, Kennath Roberts; Secretary,
Louis Kriston. Delegates reported no
beefs. Ship's delegate stated that too
much Information from the meeting is go
ing . topside. Motion made and carried
BULL RUN (Petrel Tankers), Oct. I— CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), Nov. S—
that delegate see the captain about hav Chairman, R. Rol>orton; Secretary, J. Chairman, Georga Chandler; Secretary,
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM (V/atarman),
ing a regular time to open the slop chest. Hannay. Delegates repotted that the cap Leo Marsh. Delegates reported all was
tain would buy gear for men who need well and no beefs to speak of. Motion Nov. 14—Chairman, Ed. Tarrington; Sec
retary,
L. Munna. Ship's delegate re
made
to
have
^aptain
demote
baker
to
it at Port Said but ndt to order unless
ported that everything has been run
REPUBLIC (Trafalgar), Nov. 2—Chair they intended to take supplies. The mem saloon pantryman and to promote saloon ning
smooth. Brother TannehUl moved
man, Al Buck; Sacretary, Sam Coselia. bership was asked to keep quiet in the pantryman to baker.
that "The crew of the SS William A.
Dolegates reported ' no beefs, Motion passageways so that the watch can sleep.
Graham
gives a vote of confidence and
made and seconded that small vise be
GATEWAY CITY (Watarman), Nov. 13 thanks to the negotiating committee for
installed In boiler room to secure burners YAKA (Waterman), Nov. 4—Chairman, —Chairman, E. Dakin; Secretary, G. SM the
last
agreement, which is, without a
while they are being cleaned. t23.19 In Higginboihan; Secretary, Lowe. Delegates vestrl. S30 in ship's fund. Discussion on
tlie best we nave acliieved in the
ship's fund. Discussion to get new library reported no beefs. Sliip's fund bias a total buying a sandwich grille for crew out of doubt,
of $73.60. Motion made and ^conded the ship's fund. Motion made and car last ten years."
when in Eagle Point.
that no donation will be made To memo ried
to give SIU officials responsible for
rial at Kings Point without consent of the. the new
wage increase a vote of thanks THOMAS J. RUSK (Alcoa), O.^. 38 —
Union. Motion made and carried to tiave and
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS (Bull), Oct. negotiating
confidence in obtaining the finest Chairman, William McCarthy; Sacretary,
committee
see
'Waterman
Stanley J. Solskl. Ship's delegate re
II—Chairman, Guy Merlaslna; Secratary,
agreement in maritime Industry.
ported minor beefs but they were
Charles MacTavan. Delegates reported almut obtaining innerspring mattresses
straightened
out. Vote of thanks for
everything running smoottily. Motion as soon at possitde. ^
TADDEI IShipentar), Nov. 4—Chairman,
stewards department for doing a fine
made and carried that a ship's fund be
M.
P.
LInskey;
SecKfary, Calvin
J.
Webb.
ROBIN KETTERING (Seas Shipping), Delegates reported everyttiing running job. Discussion on keeping the mess hail
established and each man to put in $2.
Several members talked of upgrading, Oct. 7—Chairman, Sidney LIpschitz; Sec smooth. The laundry room should, be clean.
urging new men to take advantages of retary, MIka Zelonka. S54.36 reported in better taken care of.
opportunities they liave to Improve them ship's fund. Motion made and carried to
ALCOA PURITAN (Aicoa), Nov. 11—
contact patrolman to see if the sitip can
selves if they continue going to sea.
not be fumigated. Motion made to luve JOSHUA B. LIPPINCOTT (Alcoa), Oct. Chairman, B. M. Moya; Secretary, Vernon
Hall.
Delegates reported no beefs. The
Bendix washing machine repairman caU 29—Chairman, Wesley Young; Secretary,
ship's delegates stated that new library
CATAHOULA (Cuba Diftllllng), Nov. 7 to overhaul the automatic washer while E. Bryan. Delegates reported no l)eefs, books could be obtained in Bermuda.
—Chairman, W. Johnson; Secretary, ship Is in the States. The purser atioard no disputed overtime. Steward depart Memorandum of new agreement was read
Adelph Capote. . Delegates reported few ship does not cooperate on the handling ment agreed to keep the recreation room to the membership and accepted. The
clean and deck and engine department cooks were asked to cut down on salt.
hours disputed overtime. Steward sJig of draws and medicine.
agreed to keep the laundry clean.
gested to the crew that they give him
more cooperation by turning in all the TRANSATLANTIC (National Trading
soiled linen and the excess clean linen and Shipping), Oct. 4—Chairman, Georga
Nov. 4—Chairman, W. Young; Secra
BULL RUN (Mathlasen), Nov. 13—Chair
that they may have on hand.
Clark; Secretary, Clayton Frost. Ship's tary, E. Bryan. Delegates reported no man, Roy Robersen; Secretary, J. Hannay.
delegate requests that all hands cooperate beefs. Crewmembers were asked to co Delegates reported no beefs, some dis
in keeping laundry and recreation room operate in keeping noise down. "Ehe puted overtime. "Borrowing" shipgear
NOONDAY (Waterman), Oct. 31—Chair cleaner. Twentyfive cents fine to be im baker was asked to improve his cook or personal gear shall not be tolerated
man/ D; E. Jones; Secretary, B. Mace. posed on anyone caught putting shoes on ing and baking.
and parties involved shaU be punished by
Delegates reported no Ifteefs, some dis chairs.
the membership. Motion moved and car
puted overtime In stewards department.
ried to
buy books in England out of sliip's
EVELYN (Bull), Nov. 11 — Chairman,
Ship's delegate will collect donations at
Nov. 4—Chairman, Georga Clark; Secre N. D. Hanson; Secratary, E. C. Dacey. fund.
payoff to repair washing machine. Sug tary, Clayton Frost. Delegates reported Delegates reported everything in good
gestion ttiat all men who are getting off no beefs. Steward reminded to improve order. All crewmembers asked to do
JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory
leave quarters clean for the new men. menus and night lunches. Sliip's delegate nate
Si to the ship's fund. The steward Carriers), Nov. 2—Chairman, Jack Bales;
will accept donations for seaman's chil was asked to buy cards and games for Secretary,
A. Huffart. Discussion on clean
dren fund at payoff.
the crew. The repair list is to be ing of domestic tanks which were not
JOSEPH A. BROWN (Bull), Oct. 7—
turned into the ship's delegate before cleaned on the last trip. Complaints about
Ohairmsn, James Hanners; Secretary,
arriving in New York.
noise from water pipes which wUl be re
Johnny Hctzell. Delegates reported no MASSILLON VICTORY (Eastern), Nov.
ported to the engineers. Additional dis
Sandy Zwicker; Secretary,
beefs. Suggestion that all doors be locked 11—Chairman,
cussion on repairs which will be turned in
on the main deck except the one at the Alex Janes. Delegates reported no beefs. .ROBERT LANSING (Bull), Nov. 4 — to the department Sel
delegates.
departments were asked to cooperate Chairman, F. Fullbright; Secretary, F.
gangway. Crew advised to take more All
care in keeping the messroom and pas in keeping the recreation room clean. Throp. Delegates reported ail in order.
sageway clean. Crew also advised to pull $18.00 in ship's treasury. Report on letter The bosun and the saloon messman to
SEACOMET (Coloniair, Nov. 7—Chair
the plug on the washing machine or the to headquarters concerning former crew see about getting washing machine from .man,
Neil Newman; Secretary, Homer
member who left the ship with the ship's Norfolk.
motor will keep running.
Rungo. Delegates reported everything has
fund.
ARCHERS SHIP (Cities Service), Nov. 4 been going along fine. Ship's delegate
CECIL N. BEAN (Transfuel), Oct. 14— —Chairman, Thomas Lyon; Secretary, H. asked to see the chief mate about fire
W. 5. JENNINGS (Waterman), Oct. 6—
hoses, also about the dangerous way in
Chairman, K. Gibbs; Secretary, E. Han Chairman, Eric Peterson; Secretary, Lief Young. Delegates reported no beefs. which' cargo boom is rigged. Vote of
non. Delegates reported everything okay. Hope. Delegates reported a few hours The deek delegate has a long, list of re thanks to the steward and his department
overtime.. Washing machine re pairs to be made. Ship's delegate says
Motion made for all new men to read disputed
for serving the best in meals and for their
Union literature then older men will held pair list was discussed. Utilityman sug ail port hole doors be overhauled be cleanliness and cooperation.
an educational period later. Requests gested a new kind or have the present fore Atlantic crossing.
for ash trays on ail tables. Discussion on one replated.
Aug. 22—Chairman, . Peterson; Secre
usage and care of the washing machine.
ABIQUA (Cities Service), Nov. 15 —
SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain),
tary, Lief Hope. The crew wiU pay
equally for the washing machine. Balance Chairman. Rocky Milton; Secretary, Rob Nov. 20—Chairman. Chester Gautreau;
ert Lafferty. Delegates reported no Secretary, Steve Guggino. Ship's delegate
to go fli ship's fund.
NIKOKLIS (Dolphin), Oct. 31—Chair
beefs. The question of delayed sail reported $6.33 in the ship's fund and
man, R. Hicks; Secretary, G. Kindley.
ing will be left up to the patrolman in everything okay. Motion made for ship's
BENTS FORT (Cities Service), Oct. S— next port. Washing machine will be delegate to see the company officials
Ship's delegate reported everything is
running along smooth except that there Chairman, Allison I. Hebert; Secretary/ fixed in next port if possible to obtain about getting radios installed. .The engine
were a few performers aboard who would Dan Beard. Delegates reported no beefs. parts. The record machine is to be department was told to improve on its
be taken care of by the boarding patrol Motion made and carried for milk to be repaired out of ship's fund.
sanitary duties as they have been ne
man. The new members were asked to increased to 160 quarts. Discussion of the
glected quite often.
do their jobs the best they can to Iielp department delegates duties. General dis
SEATiGER (Colonial), Nov. 6—Chair
make the SIU a bigger and stronger cussion of the duties of the steward and
the operation of the steward department. man, A. Goldsmit; Secretary, K. Ferraro.
union.
ALCOA CLIPPER (Alcoa), Nov. It
Delegates reported no beefs. Two crew
Secretary, L. Nickolas.
members were logged and it was sug Chairman, J. Linch;
Suggestion
that money taken up for
CLARA BARTON (Bloomfleid), Oct. 14 gested that the ship and deck delegates
BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Liberty Navi
be used to clear debt on machine
gation), Oct. It—Chairman, M. Plerprin —Chairman, H. Bell; Secretary, T. Bow see the captain and try to have the log movies
and not purchase movies on next voyage,
ski; Secretary,
F. Barret. Ship's dele ers. Suggestion made' to refrain from of these men lifted. Complaint about as
the
company
will have six new ones.
gate reported a shortage of two men. whistling in the morning as it keeps the the launch service in Liverpool
Delegates reported smooth sailing with no .
PiilbwE will be ordered on the west co^t deck department awake. Deck and en
lieefs.
to be delivered in New York. Each per gine to take a week each keeping the
CECIL N. BEAN (Dry Trans), Nov. 11
son is asked to try to keep the recreation laundry clean and the steward will keep
—Chairman,
Peterson;
Secretary,
L.
EDITH (Bull), Nov. 18—Chairman, Vince
the recreation room clean.
room clean.
Hope. Special meeting. Charges brought Genco; Secretary, L. Rizzo. $72.90 reported.^'.; .
by 2nd cook against steward for dis in ship's fund. Memorandum to agree
BENTS FORT (Cities Service), Nov. 9 crimination and performing while in the ment read and explained to the crew.
GULFWATER (Metro), Oct. 7—Chair
man, Barron; Secratary, Milton Zeche —Chairman, Allixon I. Herbert; Secretary, ship. Charges were discussed for a Dirty water from sanitary work is not to
neliy. ' Discussion on various beefs and Paul SInski. Motion made and carried to length of time without any conclusion be emptied into double tubs in the
fellqws missing ship. Discussion on the see the patrolman about the posting of or presentation of facts.
laundry.
2nd' cook spending too much time top sailing time, as it has been as much as
side which is to be taken up with the six hours off from the actual sailing time.
LIBERTY BELL (Dover), Nov. 11—Chair
GULFWATER (Metro), Nov. 4—Chair
patrolman. The crewmembers were All members were asked to conduct them
man, I. Bemitreadis; Secretary, G. Gage.
selves in the proper way during meet man, P. A. Mitchell; Secretary, Joseph It was stated that because the articles
asked not to throw thrash on deck.
Medwid. Delegates reported no beefs.
ings by asking for the floor.
Suggestion" made that the eight to were signed before Nov. 1 when the new
twelve
watch keep the messroom and wage and overtime scales went into effect
r. A. BURNETT (Isthmian), Oct. 14—
I
CHIWAWA ((Cities
Service), no date recreation room clean with the coopera the captain would dispute all overtime for
Chairman, Charles B. Martin; Secretary, Chairman, none given; Secretary, R. Koch. tion of ail hands. Suggestion made to Saturdays at sea as authorized under the
and get a clarification
H. Taylor. $10 reported in ship's fund. Delegates reported no beefs. Motion
all hands take better care of the new agreement
the company upon return to the
Delegates reported everything okay. made and seconded that someone see have
laundry and the laundry passageway. from
states. The steward asked if the crew
Complaints that meals are not up to the steward about the condition of the
wished to purchase fresh milk in the
standard and steward was asked to butter. Discussion pertaining to the equal
straighten this out. MenTon watch were distribution of overtime in the deck de
DEL VALLE (Mississippi) Nov.—Chair European ports.
asked to give some consideration in re partment. Decks are to be painted.
man, J. E. McGuHey; Secretary, John
gard to the noise at nighttime.
Whited. Communication from headquar
NOONDAY (Waterman), Nov. 17—Chair
ters on new working, and wage agree man, D. E. Jones; Secretary, Bernard
ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), Nov. 14= ment read and discussed. There was a Mace. Delegates reported no beefs. The
HILTOtf (Bull), Oct. 15—Chairman, A. Chairman. E. Duxbury; Secretary, T, J. shortage of coffee for the last trip. Mo ship's delegate is to see the captain about
Pedrosa; Secretary. Mike MIchallk. Dele Moore. Men were reminded to have dues tion made that heating system be thor getting a four slice toaster for crew mess.
gates reported everything okay. Steward paid in Lake Charles. As the sliip ran oughly ehedked to see why some rooms Delegates will try to get library in San
claims chief cook is missing stores. Sug out' of milk before tluree days' time, a have heat and others do not. Suggestion Pedro and if not* able to will spend bal
gestion to send repair list in from Bremen. motion was made and carried that more made that cups and glasses be kept in ance of ship's fund for Imoks and
Discussion on keeping messroom clejan, milk be.Placed on boaid; Tha crewswas messrsom'testead of in rooms or en the magazines.
told to kMP the mcsshaU and the recrea hatches.
tion room cleaner.
LONE JACK (Cities Service), Nov. 30—
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Citlfes Service),
GEORGE A. LA'WSON (Paciiic Range), Chairman, Ward; Secretary, VJ. E.
Oct. 21—Chairman, Titemas Coyne; 'Secre
Stephens.
Ship's fund sUnds at $58.26.
Nov.
4—Chairman,
John
G.
Seyron;
Sec
tary, Roliert Powet. Delegates reported STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Nov. 11
consideralde disputed overtime. A long —Chairman, J. Carrivean; Secretary, A. retary, Emmanuel CotHs. Delegates re Delegates reported no beeft. Suggestion
discussion was held on . unionism and the Wilfert. Delegates reported no beefs. ported no beefs. Suggestion was made for made to serve less KoolAde and leM >
conditions on hoard the ship. One of the Motion made to collect $2 from each mem mess and recreation room to be painted. lamb and for more milk to be servM.
members injured his foot badly on the ber in first port for washing machine. Twentyfive cents fine will be enforced Suggestion made for engineers to se«
deck in liis foc'sle. The deck had been Motion made for returning foc'de keys if crew still puts dirty cups around the about steam leaks in the upper boiler
room and get them fixed.
ship after the first week.
when leaving sWp....
on the repair list for some time.
.yr..
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No. 24
NOV^ M
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• OFftCIAl ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AN D G U LF OISTRI Ct • AFt *4 t
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sfep • •
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The SIU's Headquarters in New York, one of the larg
est global "waystations" for ships and seamen, has long
needed a place which members of the SIU coul^ calHheir
own, where they chould achieve lounging comfort, com
panionship, entertainment and recreation denied them
by the size of ships and the breadth of oceans.
Gearing itself to the everexpanding needs of a grow
ing membership, the Seafarers International Union has
itself begun to achieve that dream. An "infant" union
enterprise, which just recently mounted the 13th candle
on its birthday cake, it has never stopped growing. The
improvements it seeks and gets for its seagoing member
ship are topped by no other union of maritime workers
in the world.
The manysided activities highlighted in these pages
illustrates what has been done. What next? We wonder
... Coming years offer an unlimited frontier for accelera^
tion of activity and for broader concepts of what labor
unions in the marine field can offer to a vigilant, well
informed membership.
Today, the sailor off a ship or newlyarrived in New
York can find that little bit of "home", where he can drop
his hat and utilize unlimited facilities provided for his
own particular comfort and shipping ease. This, then,
is the new Seafarers headquarters.
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'STRAP LSTS,' CG TELLS SOUTHERN ISLES OWNERS
CG RESCUE TRY ENDS IN CRASH; 9 SAVED
NEW HQ POSTS ASSUMED BY MATTHEWS, SIMMONS
MMP WINS WELFARE BOOST
UNION CLARIFIES CS WORKING RULES
NEW LOG BOWS IN: MORE NEWS, PHOTOS
SIU OPENS NEW HQ; FACILITIES GEARED TO MEN'S NEEDS
$500 AID VOTED PR UNION
THREE-DEPT. TRAINING SCHOOL BEING READIED
ECA SEEKS 17 MORE GAA SHIPS
SLAIN SEAFARER TO BE BROUGHT HOME BY SIU
SUP WAGES BOOSTED IN SCHOONER PACT
ITF REVEALS RED HAND IN DUTCH DOCK FLAREUP
WIDOW'S SUIT CHARGES NMU WITH RAW DEAL
NY STATE BOARD PROBES WILDCAT LONGSHORE BEEF
FASTER TURN AROUND GOAL OF CARGO STUDY
FUEL OIL DEMAND BOOMS TANKER TRADE
SIX PERISH AS FIRE SWEEPS SUP SHIP
LONG-RANGE PLANNING FOR MARITIME VITAL, REP. SHELLEY SAYS
FLOATING LIGHT SEEN NIPPING SUEZ PERIL
SIU ACTS, CAN STRIKERS WIN CONTRACT
BONEYARD RANKS THINNED
FOUR-YEAR-OLD CLAIM ON SALVAGE AWARDED TO 13 SUP MEMBERS
SEATRAIN RUNS INTO SAVANNAH WITH GOVT OK
BOOM THINS OUT CROWD ON BEACH
OCEAN TOW GOES 100% FOR SIU
SEVERAL RATINGS IN SHORT SUPPLY
MEN CAN'T WAIT TO SEE NEW HQ
SLOW PERIOD FELT AFTER DOCK TIE-UP
SHIPPING BRISK IN BEANTOWN
SIGN-ONS CLEAN OUT ALL RATINGS
HOP OUT THIS WAY, SHIPPING IS TOPS
CHECK SAILING TIME REGULARLY
SHIPPING SNAPS OUT OF TWO MONTH DROP
SHIPPING SPURTS UPWARD SHARPLY
GOVERNMENT MAY PLACE MARINER SHIPS ON BLOCK
OUR LUCKY 13TH
HOW DO WE LOOK?
A SHIP PLAN NEEDED
TRAINING SCHOOL
BLDG COMBINES SHIPPING EASE, COMFORT, BEAUTY
ALL ACTIVITIES HUMMING IN NEW SEAFARERS HALL
AWE, ADMIRATION MARK 1ST MEETING
KIRK TEAM'S BIG BATS OUTHIT JAPANESE NINE
CREW RAPS MEN WHO MISS SHIPS
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$2r500Death Benefit,
$15 Weekly Hospital
IHettive
November
5
Another in a series of steady improvements ih
Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf Distrid, Seafarers IntenMonal Union of NA the benefits available under the Seafarers Welfare
No. 23 Plan went into effect on November 5 when the SIU
NEW YbRKi K. y.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1951
VOL. xin
sponsored increases were agreed to by the employer
trustees of the idan increasing the death benefit
Vote Brisk
to $2,J00 and weeklyf
of the death benefit making it
hospital payments to $15. $1,000. Subsequently, on June 4,
The increases over the old 1951 hospital payments went
rates amount to $1,000 in from $7 to $10 weekly. A montlk
the death benefit, and $5 a later on July 1, 1951, another.
$500 increase in the death bene
week, or 50 percent, in the
fit was voted, making the total
Weekly hospital payments. $1,500.
These are the greatest single All these improvements are in
increases in the Welfare Plan good part due to the fact that
since its inception.
(Continued on Page 14)
That further benefits may be
in the offing for seafarers is in
dicated by the recent increase
in the operators' daily welfare
fund contribution from 25 to
50 cents per man, effective No
Pending receipt of approv
vember 1. The additional funds
al
from the Wage Stabiliza
will swell the overall totals and
tion
Board of the wage in,
will undoubtedly make possible
creases
won by the SIU.in
future expansion of the plan.
• tne new contract, crewmem
FOURTH INCREASE
bers are being signed on at
The latest increases were the the old rates of pay.
fourth approved by the trustees
As soon as the WSB acts
in the last six months, showing on the contract and notifies
the basic soundness of the imion
headquarters accordingly, the
administered plan and its po new rates will prevail, retro
tentialities for further improve
active to November 1,, which
ment. The total of all increases is the effective date of the
thus far exceeds the original new contract.
amount of benefits which were
Early bird voters lining, up to cast their ballots in N.Y. headquuters have their books available when the plan weht
checked by the balloting committee on the tirst voting day. November 1. Member at left is into effect.
In announcing the Welfare
depositing his ballot. Committee members are: Ed Barron, Alonzo M. Milefski. Malvin Col
benefit
boost,, SIU Secretary
lins. P. J. McCann. Dominick DiSei and William T. Atchason.
Treasurer
Paul Hall, chairman
X
of the SIU trustees, noted that
' Helped along somewhat by the
the increased payment by the
wildcat longshore tieup, voting
operators had made the raise
^\fent ahead at a snappy pace
possible and stated: "The plan
for the election of 29 officers of
is doing an excellent job of ful Seafarers can expect to line
the SIU's A&G district. Several
filling its role, in behalf of SIU up for jobs at the dispatchers'
branches reported a heavy turn
men and their families. Every desk in the new Brooklyn Hall
, out in the first two weeks of
day we are coming closer to sometime next week. In addition,
With thousands of longshoremen reporting to the providing the security every SIU starting Monday, Nov. 19, the
. balloting which got underway on
! November 1 and will continue piers voluntarily and the tide running fast against them man is entitled to."
new building's modem cafeteria
^through December 31.
the leaders of the wildcat dock strike "called oflf" the The first payments made, be will open its doors for the first
ginning in July, 1950, were $500 time, offering complete, inexpen
. While no comprehensive fig walkout on Friday, Novem«^j
as a death benefit and $7 in sive meals to Seafarers and the
I ures of the number of members her 9. The end came after
bership
at
large
in
a
secret
bal
weekly
hospital benefits. On, public.
, voting are yet available, samples
28
days
of
near
paralysis on
lot.
Roving
picket
squads
suc
April
16,
1951, the trustees of AH indications point to the
' I coming in from some of the
the
New
York
waterfront.
the
fund
approved
the doubling holding of the next New York
(Cotttinued
on
Page
14)
larger ports indicate a heavy
port meeting at the SIU head
The
wildcatters
threw
ih
the
early vote. New York in particu
quarters
across the river this
towel
when
it
became
obvious
: lar had a big turnout as large
coming
Wednesday.
Should a
cs^tiqhs of the port were tied up that their flying squads were no
change
be
made,
notices
will be
X and many members wore oh the longer able to coerce the rank
circulated
in
the
old
hall
at 51
The SIU lashed out this week at the newly announced articles
."beach when the balloting began. and file into staying away from
the docks. The "formal" action to be used aboard MSTSowned and operated ships as being Beaver St.
^
29 ELECTIVE POSTS
of calling off the strike at the "counter to the, longestablished policy in the industry" and a
ONE WEEK MORE
/ There are 37 nominees oh the request of the ' stateappointed "raw deal" for the seamen ont
Latest information on trans
it legal, inasmuch as men are ferring the entire headquarters
Jjallot for the 29 elective posts factfinding commission recog the ships.
"open, which include one Secre nized the established fact that The new setup which drew allowed to sign off at the end apparatus to Brooklyn is that,
taryTreasurer, one Assistant the men were going back to the Union's fire
establishes of a voyage under mutual con barring an unforeseen calamity,
work
in
large
numbers.
twelvemonth articles on MSTS sent. The men, of course, will the entire Union machinery will
SecretaryrTreasurer, three Head
ships, wherein the crewmembers not collect transportation.
quarters Representatives, nine
OTHER PORTS OPEN
be operating from the 675 Fourth
I^rt Agents and fifteen Port Pa Throughout the strike, mbs.t sign on for a year, rather than In effect, the action by the Ave. address in Brooklyn by the
trolmen.
other east coast ports with the on a voyage basis, as is the prac MSTS is to deny seamen trans end of next week.
,! AS usual, the polls will be exception of Boston continued tice on privatelyowned ships. portation to the port of engage Plans going forward at this
o ?en every" day in all branch working and sections of the New The new setup denies a man ment following the end of a moment call for an overnight
of ices on the Atlantic, Gulf and York waterfront were still active transportation if he signs off at voyage, a practice almost uni moving caravan to enable the
shiftoyer to be accomplished with
Pacific Coasts from hOw Oh hhtil including the Army, port of em the end of a voyage by mutual versal in private shipping.
consent before the end of 12 , "Because the MSTS can't be the least interuption in Union
the end of December.
barkation.
bothered in making up hew ar services to the membership.
f All members are urged to cast The wildcat began on October months.
their; ballots at th? paid^st op 12 when one local on .the North The MSTS announced the new ticles," an SIU official stated, The launching of the new ca
portunity, so as to assurie them River walked out in protest setup was being instituted to "hundreds of'teamen have to feteria has been under the guid
selves a voice , in the ; selection against a new contract which "eliminate timeconsuming work either stay on a ship a year or ing hand of Frienchy Michelet,"
of their representatives for the had gone into effect three days of preparing and executing new make their way home the best who announced that tasty meals
way they can. The MSTS won at prevailing prices will be
comixig year. In^^
for before The contrect, had won articles for each voyage."
ders
why men don't want their available whra the SlUfinanced
A
battery
of
govermnent
law
proper marking; of the ballots overwhelming approval from the
ships. This raw
deal should make eatery begins to function Mon
yers
has ' reportedly
gone
over
ILA's
/ 125member
wage
scale
and space for writein yptes are
day morning.
it
clear."
the
new
procedure
end
found
comndttee
n^resenting
VU
east
provided on each ballot.
Wage Rise Held
Pending WSB OK
New Hq. Hall
NY WiUtat Tie-Up Ends
AsDotk WorkersReturn
smRaps MSTS lYr
fe '
Readies for
Operations
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ir If E S?E s< F3l»« * s t o a
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Published Every Other W^ek by the
• S EAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Atlantic ^id Gulf District
AfEilialed with the Ameticaii Federation of Labor
At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. "
HAnover 2^2794
'
Reentered as second class matter August 2, 1949, at the Post
Office in New York, N.Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912.
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267
Bridges 'Reconsiders'
Harry Bridges eroded his long touted showdown with
"the AFL Maritime unions on the west coast on the meek
tiote that he was done in by a "neat legal double play," so
• KS'f
reports his newspaper, "The Dispatcher." The words are
.somewhat weaker than threatened earlier when it became
apparent that the AFL maritime unions were through
fmincing words and Were going to see the struggle througl^
to a finish. At that time Bridges told his Local 10 men
to be ready to rally to "drive the AFL off the waterfront."
Bridges change of heart was apparently dictated by ^
Iiealthy respect for the aroused forces of the SIU, SUP,
JBME and West Coast teamsters. His action should be a
iiealthy lesson for those who prefer to do business with
Bridges at any cost rather than incur his wrath.
The fact remains, however, that. Bridges brought
about a situation on the west coast that has to be chal
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lenged if the AFX maritime unions are to be able to honor
their agreements and operate their contracted ships with
1
b'O; ,/;»!! iificirllofp
out having to do battle at every turn. The SIU has fought
'J VVJ
iBdi"
Bridges constantly where he has attempted to raid SIU
jurisdictions, particularly the steamschooners. In every
case Bridges has gone away licking his wounds. The Pa
cific Maritime Association, the west coast shipowners
group, has not chosen to oppose Bridges. Rather than risk
their sacred profits, they have given in to his every whim.
Perhaps the headon challenge'given Bridges will give them
heartf to do the job that hasdong needed doing, rather than Maritime workers in Chile who leaders. of the . railroad union front of Board of Estimate
throw themselves with Bridges against the other imions. : recently conducted a general have been in jail without trial makings as one means ol
strike, are again running into since last January. Reports have bringing pressure to bear.
in the recent beef with Bridges, the Marine Engineers diificulties with the government. jeached Uruguay that several of Question is now, what odds
Beneficial Association called a "strike" when the engineers Despite a promise not to ^penal them havebeen tortured by poi are offered that the city poU
on the Isthmian ship chose the AFL Brotherhood of Ma ize any 45f the "Strikers, rthe gov lice, .and that Ihwyers have been ticos cross the line?
ernment and private employers denied the right to see the pris
4. ^ 4.
rine Engineers and a contract was signed.
lave been firing shipyard work oners.
/
New York City is liable to ba
Bridges chose to assume the direction of the MEBA's ers, tugboatmen and 'theis. ^he
even fuller of trash than usud
dispute and was aided to that end by Lee Pressman, coun Maritime Confederation of Chile The Joint Legislative Commit' since Local 813, the private san
sel for the MEBA and onetime Communist braintruster^ las called a national • c ohfeiience tee on Labor ^and Industry ..of itation drivers (AFL) is at log
New York State heard pleas from gerheads with the Trade Waste
His concern for the MEBA was loudly proclaimed, though to take appropriate action.
labor
spokesmen for a $1.00 an Trades Association over contract
4. 4.
it is easier to believe that he saw a chance to battle an
hour
legal
wage minimum and terms. Even before negotiations
Unemployment is increasing in
AFL uiiion—one" of his traditional enemies—and cause several sections of the country an increase in Workmen's Com began, the association rushed in
) inconvenience
mconvemence to Jus
almost no
his own organization. That because of failure of the govern .pensation beneflts up to two to print warning restaurant^
Bridges controlled the MEBA dispute all the way is borne ment to channel contracts into thirds of weekly pay. The com factories, ships, piers, etc., 'Xo
out by the sudden ending of the MEBA "strike" when areas where cutbacks of ma mittee makes recommendations stock up on cartoiis and barrels
to the next legislature on pro because, the association would
Bridges was told by a California judge to work the Isth terials are hitting private indus posed changes in the state's laws. not consisder the union's de
try. New York building trades
liiian ships and to post a $20,000 bond as guarantee.
mands as a basis for negotiation,
unions report more than 25,000
t t 4.
New York City's fizenaen are but demanded arbitration, of the
Harry Bridges has been a thorn in the side to a lot! out of work, with conditions
of people; the shipowners, the Justice Department, the worsening. Several thousand tex hoi under the collar .over the contract. Local alley cats are
city government's inaction thus .probably licking their chops in
rlmmigration Department and trade unionists. He will tile workers are idle in New far on wage increase demands. anticipation of waxing fat on
England and big autorhobile
not play that role with the AFL maritime unions in plants have been increasing their Lo^ 94 of the Uniformed fish heads and other refuse if the
the future.
Firemen's Association is talk truck drivers have to hit the
layoffs in the midwest.
ing
of putting a pitiketline in bricks.
4* 4* 4*
Our Wall Street neighbor.
• 4
Standard & Poor, has just com
pleted a survey. which shows
The latest increase in our "Welfare Plan benefits is that wages were a snudler part
ilanother indication of the readiness of the trustees, repre of the sales dollar in 1950 than
Report of Seafarers Welfare Plan^
„. Page 4
Tsentatives of both the Union and ship operators, to push in the year before. Or putting
News From The Ships
... Page 6
Minutes of Shipboud Meetings
Peg® 7
ahead to new high ground as soon as funds were forth it another way, the costs of
raw materials, freight rates
Tramp Shipping, a LOG feature
Pages 89
coming.
and other expenses have risen
Letters From the Membership ......
page 10
Starting out modestly at first, the plan has expanded faster than wages. That's no
Across The Nation
1
Page 13 X
i rapidly in a very short period of time, so that the death surprise to anyone who has to
Maritime 'Roundup
,,i.X.,Page' 13|
dig
into
the
pay
envelope
to
Here's
What I Think ...
Page, 14^
'benefit has been increased five times over, and the hospi
foot the grocery bill.
Persdnals
^:::::i;'page Idi
tal payments more than doubled.
4
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;B«poris Fte! Beniih
It would be useless to speculate on what could or Argentina's "Shirtsleeves" Pe
' y' I
'Lsdce
Charles .1.^
..1. . P age 4
,.r.
Page 5
CPuld not be done by the plan until the condition of the ron who boasts of his love for
PhUadelphia
..•
Ragei;''4:
wikningfeh Xii.
Page
9
unions
hais
been flexing
his
fund permits the trustees to take further action, but
San FrMCisco .......*. Page 4
M^e
Page 13
jjudging from past experiences. Seafarers have yet to hear! muscles at railroad workers who Boston
Page 5
daitimore
XX Page • ,14.
refused to accept a government
"the.last word on what the Welfare (Plan will provide for dictated ^settlement in January Galveston
Page's"
them in the future.
and went on strike instead. ,27
m
New High Ground
IN THIS issue
�:Pr^dw.jWOf«l^ 114^1
JlilJIed'
em Trader Hit
Page Three
SIU—ITF Bring Justke
To Abused Panama Crew
The victimized crew of a Panamanian ship, the SS
Taboga, received quick action on their beefs thanks to the
International Transport workers Federation and particu
larly its member unions in Northt
America—the SIU Canadian Dis ed a draw of $42 while in port
trict, and the International Long as against the $3. a week re
ceived formerly. Altogether,
shoremen's Association.
The captain of the Taboga, an $1,487 was paid out to straighten
Estonian,' had been "running all accounts.
wil^," fining the crewmembers,
LOCKERS BOUGHT
refusing to allow medical atten
Besides all this, the captain
tion for an injured seaman, fail agreed to purchase wash basins
ing to pay them money due, and lockers for crew quarters,'
withholding personal effects, and laid off an alleged Commu
and making life generally miser nist, a native of Spain, whom
able.
he had asked to spy on the
crew.
TELEGRAMS SENT
The case came to the atfen
Tlie Taboga incident was the
tion
of the ITF's New York of second recent instance of the
The basb^4a VTMtern Trader is examined by curious Frenchmen at her pier at Berry
fice when the desperate seamen way in which the ITF's Interna
! yille. near Rouen. France.
sent telegrams outlining their tional setup works to protect
beefs. The ILA and the Cana maritime workers everywhere.
T V Stateside neveir looked better than it did for the crew of the Western Trader dian District of the SIU, were In the October 19th issue of the
when it paid off in Philadelphia on November 4 after a harrowing "eight months, dur notified immediately, afid dis LOG a story was carried which
ing which a series of accidents convinced many of the crew that they were riding a patched representatives to the reported the cooperation between
scene to t^e care of matters. At the crew of the SlUcontracted
Signal was given to abandon Philadelphia on November 4th the same time London headquar Greenstar and the ITFaffiliated
IJ6W point of the shi^s t^era ship. Life jackets were broken after a stormy trip. There it was ters of the ITF were notified, and Maritime Federation of Chile in
• tions^^Jpce it left'the horteyard out and lifeboats stripped with discovered that she was crack information was requested on the victorious strike in San An
wa's 'a ^^collision on the'
the crew.ready to go over the ing between the bulwark of the the contract and the owners. The tonio, Chile.
River which sank, the w
side. SOS calls were futile be No. three hatch and the main London office got hold of a copy
into the mud. For a time itwas. cause salvage tugs could not ap house where the beUyhand is of the agreement under which
feared that she would turn over, proach the vessel in lo^ water. located. That made the payoff the men were working, making
ending her usefulness then and Finally after two and a half days a much more welcome occasion. it easier for North American rep
there.
resentatives to take action in be
of watchful waiting, the tugs
NEAR MISSES
John A. Stout, OS, who rode managed to hook on and drag The collision on the Seine was half of the seamen's legal and
the ship since she got out of the the ship to Berryville. From only one in a long series of hits contractual rights.
mothball fleet, told the LOG there, the ship was lightened and nearmisses iVhich dogged The captain, faced with this
that the Western Trader was and towed to Rouen stern first, the Western Navigation ship kind of, representation, changed LOS ANGELES — Balloting
go.ing. upriver . from , Cherbourg where she discharged her cargo throughout the eightmonth pe his tack and became perfectly among members of the Cannery
ht the time of the accident. The of coal. She then went into dry riod, Stout said. Coming out of agreeable. The net result was Workers Union, SIU affiliate on
French ship Camont, coming dock at Petite Courroun for re the boneyard on the Mississippi that SIU and ILA representatives the West Coast, has returned all
down river, tried :to pass oli 'the pairs which took 28 days.
she hit the SS John Lykes. On were able to straighten out all business agents to office. Elec
right, and signaled the "Western . The month in drydock was one another occasion she narrowly difficulties to the complete satis tions at the various fish canner
Trader accordingly.^ •
bright spot for the crew. Regu missed an Army transport. The faction of the crew. Several ies in the harbor area also named
lar
bus transportation was avail steering mechanism locked sever crewmembers, including the bo a group of officers led by Jimmie
REVERSAL FAILS
able to Rouen where the'crew al times and as ' a crowning sun, the cook, the assistant stew Waugh, president.
However, the Camont saw it members had a fine time financed touch the boom dropped in ard and others received substan
could not make it. It tried to by generous draws. By the time Philadelphia and smashed 12 tial sums of money due them. Voting over a threeday period
covered Terminal Island, Long
turn, and reversed engines, but the repairs were completed the feet off the end.
AB de Hooge, whom the captain Beach and Wilmington canneries.
this maneuver only succeeded in Western Trader had acquired a Incidentally, the skipper of the had arrested for "desertion"
raihming the Western Trader at good measure of fame in the Western Trader is E. W. Meyers, when he went ashore for medi In addition to Waugh, the offi
cial slate was headed by Andrea
an angle. The Camont backed surrounding area.
who was captain of the illfated cal treatment, received $235 for' Gomez, vice president; Harry
away and proceeded to LeHaVre The ship finally
sailed for Robin Moor which went to a lawyer's fees, false arrest and Carlstrom, treasurer, and Lupe
successfully. The Western Trader home on October 19 arriving in watery grave in 1941.
other expenses. The crew receiv Hernandez, financial secretary.
wasn't so fortunate. After 20
Plans were reported going for
minutes water flooded the bow
ward,
meanwhile, for the SIU,
and dragged her down to the
convention
set for Spring, 1953,
mud.
in
San
Diego,
home of one of
• Salvage ships were available,
the
SIU's
affiliated fishery
work
Disregard
of
accepted
safety
practices
in
apparent
but the skipper refused assist
ers unions.
ance jmW he got approval from violation .of the SIU contract cost the life of a young
the company agent. By the time seafarer, 22 yearold John Molnar, in a shipboard accident
the okay came through the tide on the SS Seagarden, October 24.«
had run out grounding the Molnar died of a fractured skull buoy which marks the start of
Trader on the sandy bottom. At suffered when he fell through the Hampton Roads channel.
a Subsequent high tide the cap an open hatch section into the The crew had been ordered
tain tried to turn the ship but hold.
to remove the hatch covers in
only succeeded in stranding it According to statements by order to save a couple of hours'
crosschannel. The next ebb tide Bosun Pete Walsh and other time in port. Molnar was work
Proof that the SIU campaign
Slicked; the sand and mud away crewmembers, the fatal accident ing with other crewmembers re
to have US flag vessels carry at
from the bow and stern causing took place while'the vessel was moving sections when the acci
least half of ECAprocured stra
the ship to list dangerously at still 200 miles from the outer sea dent took place.
tegic materials back to the States
an angle of 35 degrees.
t—T
has paid off is pointed up ip. a
Footing was insecure inasmuch
report issued by ECA for the
as the Seagarden had been carry
year ending June, 1951.
in& coal on previous trips and
a lot of coal dust was underfoot.
In the dry bulk category, 85.3
In addition, fuel oil had been
percent of more than a quarter
used on deck arid the 'ship was
million long tons was moved on
pitching from moderately heavy
US flag vessels. American liners
swells.
carried 52 percent of the. total
Consequently Molnar slipped
in that department. Full figures
JOHN MOLNAR
on the coal dust while standing
were not available on tanker
on a closed section of thd hatch. cept when within harbor limits. tonnage.
The motion of the vessel pitched "This looks like another one Seafarers will remember the
him down into the open hold. of those cases," the SIU stated, fight sparked by the SIU after
Provisions of the SIU contract "Where a man's life was lost former ECA chief Paul Hoffman
state that all vessels must be unnecessarily because of short made no provision against low
safely secured before leaving cutting of safety practices in an cost foreign flag ships carrjring
harbor limits. This would rule attempt to boost the profit to all of the ECA cargoes.
out opening of hatches while at tals on the balance sheet."
The Union rallied national sup
sea. The contract also provides Molnar, a navy veteran, is port from many sectors and fin
that no one is to be required to survived by his parents, Mr. and ally won the agreement guaran
Accordiahlike pleats in Ihe Western Trader's deck, sup
work under unsafe conditions, Mrs. Michael J. Molnar, of 292 teeing that at least half this
posedly an indication of high grade, steel, get the onceover and it has Jong been accepted Stanton Street, New York, and tonnage would be carried by
from a crewman.
US flag ships.
practice not to open hatches ex a younger brother and sister.
\
Si'
THE S'EA,F ARERS LOG
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SIU Cannery
Workers Reelect
Waugh, Gomez
Safety Shorteut Costs Life Of Seafarer
US Ships Lifted
85 Percent Of
Year's EGA Cargo
�THE SEAFARERS LQG
Page Four
l&ridges' Defeat
iCheers Frisco;
iShipping Slack
By LLOYD GARDNER
. REPORT NUMBER FIFTEEN
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'I SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9 —
'|f
By PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurer, SlUj A&G District; Chairman, SWJ Welfare Plah Trustees
Shipping may be down in the
dumps here, but our SIU boys
Each week the Seafarers Welfare Plaii" will'make its report to the membership of the Atlantic and Gulf District
are still riding high over the through fhe SEAFABERS LOG. Included will be the names of the men receiving hoi^ital benefits, tho amounts paid.. th«
way Harry Bridges backed down hospitals in which they are receiving treatment, and the total amount paid out since the inception of the Plan oa
when the AFL Unions showed 1, 1950. Also included in the report will be the names of the men who have died and the amounts paid their beneficlf^es.
If him they meant business in back
1|' ing the BME.
Period Covered By This Report
October 21 ^ l^vemltor 3
'I To get the bad news over with
first, we have had no payoff in Cash On Hand
J$23S350.97
port for the past eight
$754,033,44
'weeks, as for some reason, all US Covernment Bonds
payoffs have been in Seattle and
$150,
;• Portland, or down south in Wil Estimated Accounts Receivable
i mington or Long Beach. We did
^ have ifVe ships intransit in the Hospital Benefits Paid In This Period
past couple of weeks, which
took a few of our boys off the Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July T I9S0
heach. They were the Raphael
rbricif^
$6,166.66
Semmes, Young America, Mada Death Benefits Paid This Period
ket, Fairport (Waterman) and
' Ojl
'S.fvilifiW.S
Total Death Benefits Paid Since Jiily 1,1950
i$]a3,166.66
the Alamar (Calmar).
b.,
JOB WELL DONE
USPHS HOSPITAL
10.100 Wallander, C.
Johnson, H. G
30.00 Cbhrad; J. J.
10.00
STATEN ISLAND; N.Y.
Katrausky, Michael
.,.,.,..^^ 20.00 Cook, Lawrtoce fD.
;2o.ao Watson, Henry
All of us are taking a breather
20XK>
20.00 Kustas, Thomas .;
^.00
^er mixing it up with the Becker, Vincent
20.00 ! McGuigair, A. ......;
;<2(i;00^
720.00 Ever^C JTesse T^^^^
iffEBA and their newfound sa Bumstine, Maurice
^.Z SoToO
10.00 Mojica, Tomas
20.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
vior, Harry Bridges. Only in this Callaza,Juan
Gros%N„ E, .,
v20.00
20.00 j Moravec, Charles
10.00
SEATTLE. WASH..
case, their savior did not do Camacho, Domingo
Jessup, Darwin E
20.00
10.00 j Morgan, Robert L
10.00 Caton, M. H
.'.
20.00 Kelly, D. D.
• much of a job of saving. Our Champlin, George W
20.00
30.00 , O'Brien, Eugene P
20.00 Driscoll, William P.
.„. 10.00 Kiiski, Tovo
; affiliated brothers, the Brother Dalton, Jack M
JO.OO
20.00 , Osinski, C
30,00 Strickland, Roy D
10.00 Lang, Leo H.
hood of Marine Engineers, fought Devine, John J
20.00
30.00 Phillips, Robert
20.00
:? a damn good fight, and with the Dixon, Earl R
Maurmoto, R. .!.....
20.00
40.00 Pokki, Toivo ....'.
10.00
40.00 Mayrbat, John
willing assistance of their bro Dongen, Isadore C
20.00
20.00 , Preussler, Otto
20.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
thers in the SIU, SUP, Interna Drummer, Harry J
McDonald, Sam
' 20.00
20.00 Raiford, Abner
10.00
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
tional Longshoremen's Associa Ezzell, Thomas D
Mueller, Walter F.
10.00
10.00 Rivera, Eustaquio
30.00 Antill, Allen P
10.00 Powe, E. L.,
...;.v ..i 10.00
tion, Teamsters and other AFL Francis, Cedric V.
60.00 Salgado, Jose
20.00 Arch, J. L
". .. 10.00 Raana, K.
.'.
r.......... 20.00
crs, succeeded in protecting their Frenkler, John
20.00 Sanchez, Charles
20.00 Burke, R. J. P
20.00 Hay, Claude A".
20.00
contract with Isthmian. The BME Grierson, Ithama
20.00 Stickney, James
10.00 Cara, Wilson O
20.00 Tostet, Horace Hi
10;00
won this fight in spite of all the Grimsland, John
10.00 , Virgin, C. t
10.00 Celestine, Oliver
!.. 20.00 Tickle, Lomie R. ......;.j.....;. 20.00
dirty work cooked up by the Gordon, John E
Willis, Louis J.
20.00
corrupt and defunct MEBA and
• Young, John W
;...... 20.00
their feUow traveling attorney,
Lee Pressman; with the assist
ance, of course, of Harry Bridges
440.00.
By LE ROY CLARKE
together with a few "furriners war to all. zones and holds the
USPHS HOSPITAL
and the CP machine, to say
SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO
nothing of the powerful Pacific LAKE CHARLES, Nov. 10 — (not from Mobile) but the boys full list of ratings in the stew
lO.OO
Maritime Association, the dog The joys of fishing and duck thought that they could struggle ards department. 'Right now he Young, Charles B
USPHS HOSPITAL '
that wags when Bridges pulls hunting in this wildlife paradi^ through the trip and all would is sailing as chief cook on a
GALVESTON. TEKAS
the tail. The BME can weU be have been set aside by the rush be well, as she has a regular Cities Service Tanker. He finds
that the SIU has secufied so Drake, John C
20.00
proud of its success. When the of shipping here in the last gang.
couple
of
weeks.
There
have
FISH
STORY?
many
good
things
for
the
mem
HiU,
Edward
C
.!.
10.00
day comes that Bridges, Bryson
been
a
lot
of
visits
to
make
and
bers
that
it
is
hard
to
put
a
The
ducks
in
this
community
McCune,
L.
E.
20.00
and all other assorted CP sell
out artists are kicked off the quite a few jobs to fill in all have been so plentiful recently finger on just one item, but feels Mitchell, John E. ................ 10.00
20.00
waterfront the BME can claim a departments so that we had to that all one has to do is open that the Welfare. Plan and Va Smith, Walter S. .
good share of the credit because call on New Orleans, who re the door, reach out and catch
80.00
of the part it played in KOing sponded in their usual fine man not one, not two, but five or,
ner and supplied us with the six of said fowl. As for fish, just
USPHS HOSPITAL
the MEBA at Isthmian.
necessary men.
MOBILE, ALABAMA
walk or ride along one of the
SPECIAL MEETING
Buckelew, J. L.
20.00
The Cities Service fleet was beautiful streams in the vicinity.
We had no regular meeting responsible for most of the ac When you mention the word
Biirkc; Tim
;. 20.00
this week due to lack of quorum. tion with six ships stopping here; "bait," the fish jump out of the
Hankee, Harry M
10.00.
, However, a special meeting the Winter Hill, Bents Fort, water into your hand.
Jones, J. H
20.00
was held to check cards and Lone Jack, Government Camp, Maybe there will be more
Nichols, Hkrry
l^.Q&
olect a balloting and trial com Cantigny and Royal Oak, in ad time for some of the above in
Peek, Harry G. Jr.
20.00
Saxon, J
mittee. I made an informal re dition to the W. E. Downing the next few weeks as shipping
10.00
port about the wage raise, vaca (Mathaisen). We also had the looks just fair. At present we
Vandersall, W. C
,.,v
10.00
tion plan and other items of im good ship Wacosta (Waterman) have several rated men on the
portance, including the BME beef stop in and who did we find beach here and a house full of
120.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
and the ILA situation on the aboard but that wellknown nonrated men.
BOSTON. MASS.
East coast. Several members .took man. Buster Wells, as serang Among the oldtimers who call
Crevier, C. G.
^10.00
the floor and expressed their on her. The Wacosta is boimd ed here during the, past two
Flaherty, John J.
10.00
jpraise of the officers and nego for the Far East, by way of; weeks was Brother W. R. Walk
Olson, E. A.
JQ.00
tiating committee for a job well Texas. We also foimd out that {er who joined the SIU back in
done.
Vourloumis, George
.vi<20.00
she had plenty of grits on board. 1942. He sailed all through the
W. R. WALKER
50.00,
USPHS HOSPITAL
cation Fund are outstanding. He
: SAVANNAH, GEORGIA '
likes the new halls that are
' By A. S. CARDULLO
20.00
much svVept the beach clean of ran pretty well last week while opening up ^and is anxious to Cohen, A. F.
rated men. Right now we can the port was still tied up, but see the New York headquarters. Daugherty, Pat G; j.;:...,,.... 2O.00
THILADELPHIA, Nov. 9—The
Harvey, Harry
10.00
use all the ratings we can get
ELECTION PROMISES
rush is on in Philly with the our hands on. If there are any now that we are cleaned out it
Lowery,
Carl
D;
20fiO
port buzzing from one end to brothers in the vicinity who are has slowed down quite a bit. We The political pot is boiling Rbbbs, Joseph S, "..'l.;' ibfiO'
the other in an effort to make anxious to ship out in a great are hopeful that Philly wiU make down in these parts with all can Sharpe,' R, A.11(3.00
up for the time lost during the big hurry, let them come down a real good showing in this didates 'for state and parish Webbs, Bfude E.
20.00
longshoremen's wildcat tieiip to the City of Brotherly Love election so that we can prove (coimty) office really putting out
ourselves
to
be
a
wideawake
the air night and day (all hot
up and down the east coast.
and we can take care of them membership.
air .of course). What a paradise
We have just about succeeded without delay.
USPHS HOSPITAL'
Sorry that this report doesn't this state would be if they coi|ld;
|in getting the shipping situation With all the boys shipping out have too many details in it but all get elected and all edttibd]
NbR^OLk, VjlRiGlNlA
here back to normal, although of here, we were unable to hold the pressure has been hot and out their promises; With one ex.' Robertson, James
20.00
ft took a few days of hard work our regularlyscheduled member heavy here and we have been ception there isn't anyone who
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
to catch up on om knitting. Ship ship meeting due to lack of a hard put to find the time. We has a good labor record,; All the
MEW YORK. M Y. .
ling has been running good, so guonun.
expect to have better luck" for others will bear a,lot of watch Balchus, .(mhony
iiObiOb
food in fact that we have pretty Voting for SHJ A&G o fficers the next issue.
ing.
Lake Charles Ship Rush Scuttles Duck Hunting
PUIadefyhm Has Berths WaiHi^ For DlvleJ MM
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tUE SEAFARERS LOG
On SS Florida
mmi!
wm>&
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Wilmington Fine Except
For Jap CargoGrabbing
By SAM COHEN
h'.
lip.
WILMINGTON, Nov. 8—Ship
Harry Bridges' boys finally
ping is just dandy out here, went back to work on Isthmian ij
with two ships paid off and ships. I guess when he realized,
whisked right opt again.
the AFL was serious and was go J|
The one black cloud hanging ing all the way to help the 1
over things is that whUe ship BME, he had to back down and'f
ping is good right now, as we send his men back to work. Re^ f
see it, for Ameriean ships, a lot suit: Nothing but lost time.
No meeting again this shot
of Japanese merchants are sneak
due
to the lack of a quoriun^ j
ing in to steal cargoes with
but
Babe
Aulicino, M. Gaddyv
their cheap labor and bum con
Max
Myers,
Cal Wilson aiTd Ted i
ditions.
Thompson
were
a few of the :
You don't see any tramp
I
'^• '
I V'
boys
who
showed
up.
freighters coming into port to
Thompson,
who
joined
with UB 1
pick up bulk ore cargoes, but
in 1944,
has seen
a lot
of
changes;
|
every day another Japanese hulk
in
the
maritime
game
since
he'd
picks up a load for the home
been sailing for about half a
country.
century. He was a cook on some
|
Seaflipper (Nal'l Cargo) and of those model T sailing vessels'
Madaket (Waterman) were the
two payoffs and we've got 11 in
Crewmembers of SS Florida have their books checked by Ray White, Tampa port agent transit, including: Massmar, Cal
(sealed left, facing camera). Check up took place during payoff when the ship docked in Miami mar, Marymar, Yorkmar (Cal
C an the coitritf of her sunshine. shuttle between the Florida vacation resort and Havana, Cuba. mer); Ralphael Semmes, Fair
. Photo by Hector Reyes, submitted by E. Reyes.
port (Waterman); Holystar (Zen^^
ith),. and Clearwater Victory,
Steel Rover, Steel Traveler (Is
thmian).
Did a little straightening out
eight signons and sixteen in now receive. Nor had they ever with the. chief engineer on the
By LIHDSEY WILLIAMS
transits so you can see there thought that a system would be
NEW ORLEANS,, Nov. 9 — has been no lack of activity. worked out whereby 'all mem Seaclipper. He tried to fire an
FWT on a personal beef, and it
Since the last report things have Although the intransits wero bers could collect vacation pay. took the company agent, the
been rocking along smoothly in less than usual, t^ crewing up At our last membership meet port engineer and myself quite
the deep south port of New Or of four more ships fresh out of ing new business from ail ports awhile before I brought him
leans. There have been a very the honeyard helped quite a bit. was accepted as weU" as the head around to realize that the Union
few riiinor beefs on payoffs, and The outlook for the next two quarters report, financial report has no truck with personalities
intransit ships stopping here. weeks is pleasant with several and quarterly financial commit as long as the man involved is
/
TED THOMPSON
We have had a lot of ships lay payoffs coming up in addition tee's reports. The commimieation competent.
from
Brother
Paul
Hall,
Secre
to
more
honey
a
rd
vessels
which
ing over down here marking
HAPPY NOTE
and on some of the worst tubS |
time until the East Coast long should crew up around Novem taryTreasurer, with respect to Here's a' happy note. For a that sailed before the Union step |
shore strike was settled and ber 13. The last four have sailed issuance of work permits was change I heard the skipper, en ped in.
they came up with a handful for India with grain, with the read and concurred in unani gineers and crew praise the I Too bad a lot of men today !
new ones scheduled to load coal mously. Under good and wel steward's department to the last never sailed in those days, Tedl
of minor beefs.
for Europe. ABs are needed here, fare we had a discussion on a man. Good food, good work and ' says, because they don't appre|
Among the layovers was the and FOWs will find that they possible investigation of ship
date enough what the SIU has]
Seatrain Georgia which was here will not have to hang around board health conditions in order never a beef.
for two weeks with'aU hands the Crescent City very long be to see if conditions could be There's been little gassing tip meant in con^jitions won, toj
taking things in stride while fore they will be on their way improved to minimize the danger on ships as of late. However, wages and good shipmates.
men missing ^ips are on the Amen to that. The benefit
they sweated out the strike again.
of TB and other illnesses.
increase. If only the crewmen some men take for granted havol
down here in the land of red
would watch the sailing time ! been won by a Union determined!
VOTING PROCEDURE
BENEFITS HAILED
beans. We know they would
have been happier in New York, The new increase in vacation Voting is now going on here more carefully ancf check back . to give its members a chance
but then they would have had and welfare benefits has been and in all ports for the election with the company instead of I freedom from worry and overalll
to plow through cold weather quite a topic of conversation in of 1952 officials. It is the duty listening to some guy in a gin conditions unequalled by any'j
union anywhere.
mill.
for two weeks.
the port. Practically every bull of all bookmembers to vote as
Now that the longshoremen' session is on these two topics a large vote signifies "the inter
are back, all ships are beginning and in regards to future bene est of the membership in the
to move, and all crewmembers fits that , may be gotten as we Union. Regardless of how one
satisfied to get back on regular, g6 along. None of the oldtime* :;, votes,, all members should do
By JIMMY SHEEHAN
runs and schedules.
had ever expected that they their best to see to it that they
BOSTON, Nov. 7—The run of j area beef on the Abiqua and a]
>We have had four payoffs, would be getting the benefits we cast a ballot. At ,our last meet
good
shipping which we have pert time beef on the GovenrJ
ing the balloting committee re
had
for
the past several weeks ment Camp.
ported a total of 394 votes cast
continued
to hold up, with three We signed on the Abiqua, Mo[
here in the first six days of
signons
and
six payoffs in the Kittrick HiUs and Potrero Hills.,!
balloting.
last
week.
Paying
off were:Pot On the last two, we found that [
By KEITH AL80P
On^ the beach here and helping rero Hills (Phila. Marine), Abiqua the fr.esh water supply for the'|
the ballot committee while wait and Government Camp (Cities crew was dirty. The ships haA[
GALVESTON, Nov. 8 — This
ing for a ship is one of our well Service), W. E. Downing (State to discharge the water oveiWi
port is operating at a .crawl right
known brothers from around' the Fuel), McKettrick Hills (Western board and clean tanks beforoJ
now, with no ships signing on
French Market, Sam MarneUo. Tankers) and Julesberg (Ter leaving port. However, there waii;|
or paid oflE and shipping general
Sam joined the SIU in 1942 and minal Tankers). There were a no tlelay in sailing and aU gotf
ly just plain slow. .
holds boc^ No. 21870. He was couple of beefs straightened out away on schedule.
We've got 22 ships intransit,
bosun on the SS Ocean Star the to the crew's satisfaction; an We regret to report the deatbtl
SO the action will probably pick
last time out and is now waiting
of Brother Ronald Shortell who!
Up right soon, we hope.
for another Liberty.
got off the W. E. Downing M [
Intransit vessels include:
Sam is happy with the new
New Orleans about three weekol
Royal Oak, Council Grove, Brad
ago. All of his friends are "go^i|
Vacation Plan, for as he put it,
ford Island (Cities Service), Wan
Rieaders notifying the SEA ing to miss him badly.
'It gives a fellow a chance tq
da (Epiphany), Mae, Evelyn
Quite a few of our SIU brou I
put a few bucks away when you FARERS LOG of a change in
(Bull), Seatrains Havana, Texas,;
don't need 'em" and have it ready mailing address are re
thers have'been in port recentijh
New York (Seatrain), Richard;
whenever you are in a pinch.
Just to mention a handful, wo
quested to include their old
Gatling, Beauregard, Wacbstai
He says it is like money in the
have seen Gus Eklund, BeoJ
(Waterman), Mary Adams, Jamesi
bank and not in the shipowners' address along with the new. Gordy, Ed Riley, D. Oman,;
Walker, Anne ' Butler (Bloom
account, as it used to be. Sam In addition to making euier Karas, E. Olson and severs
field), Catahoula (National Nav.),
is very active in all beefs in the switchover it will also others.
iSouthem Districts (Southern
port andwilling and able at all guarantee uninterrupted
As far as the longshore siti
Trading), Del Ore (Mississippi),
tion
goes here, it is still in
times
to
act
on
various
commit
JAMES M. FOSTER
muUng servicK
Petrolite (Tanker Sag), ^so the
tees. He'smiles broadly when he
indefinite state despite the:
Henry. kTugs, R. Squibb ^d An dirthmian strike. He ships as thinks of a run to Italy, land
JUl notifications of change tlement in New York. We
jgus l^aODonald.
hopeful that things will cle
bosun, AB; wiper: and messman. of ravioli and spaghetti, but ^ address ^tenlA bo ad
Among the; brothers op the Tie Mys he's itching for a chance when the dough gets low, Sam drsMri to the EdROx. SBA
up here shortly. The wildcatt
beach is Jajnea Wi Foster, who's to come around to New .York to is ready for any run. It looks FARERd LOG. 51 Beaver tried to get the towboatmeiw
been shipping sinpe 1942.
go out with them last , week, bi
see .the new Brooldyn Hall that like the eoal run to Europe, for;
Slr^ New Ybrfc ir iL TL
they refused to go along. witi|||
; Fosteiv who joined SIU ranks everyone's . ravingi rdrout. No Sam on one ol .the next libeEties;
them.
going out.
vi:; In 1944, was at sea during' the other news from here. ,
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THE SEAFARER S LOG
Page Six
Speedy ShipShore Liaison sill Servicemen
Saves Injured SIU Member
SIU Headquarters has re
ceived numerous queries from
men in the armed forces as to
the procedure they should fol
low to have their papers vali
dated.
The procedure. is this: Se
cure an application by writing
the Union or the Coast Guard.
Fill out the form, noting the
port where you wish the re
port on your screening to be
sent (not your home address).
Once you are screened your
papers will be held at the
port of your choice for six
months. If not picked up by
that time they will then be
returned to Washington, where
they will be held indefinitely.
By going through the screen
ing process now, a Seafarer
soldier ^ves about 30 to 60
days of waiting when dis
charged.
Royal Oak crewmembers prepare to lower the injured
pumpman over the side to the waiting Coast Guard vessel.
,.WHr
ea
Jy SALTY DICK
Jhe reason Pete Lola'e# "dbesrft falling he'll probably head for
take a Far East runis,^.because Ihe Crescent City. . . . The
it's too long. He prefers to make new contract just signed by
short trips and be near his wife. the .shipowners and the SIU
Before the movies begin In stipulates a washing machine
the Dog House (Seaman's Church on every ship. It's up to: the
Institute in N.Y.), the Star crew now to take eare^ of this
Spangled Banner is always play equipment.
ed and the whole audience, con
Thurston Lewis who stayed
sisting only of seamen, always
ashore
for a short while at
stands at attention and sings the
Hotel
St.
CJeorge is now on a
song. They do a pretty, gdipd, job
tanker. He lias to be near salt^
of it, too. . . . The other day a
huge package arrived in the New water in order to be happy; ; .'
York Hall containing " shampoo Why is it that E. Reyes, the
and cream. Th6 ingredients are creator of Sailor Rags, always
returns to the SS Florida? Does
a mixture of lanolin aittd hor
mones to be. used on the scalp. Havana Cuba have anything to
The_^ addressee was Baby Miller. do with this decision? Quite , a
Henry Cordes is still regis few of the gang have been iisk^
tered in group 1 in the stew ing about Earley Punch. A
ard's department and is ready couple of weeks ago he took a
to ship. As soon as snow starts scow headed for Europe. He is
very interested in going to Ger
many because he has a very dear
friend there.
The oldllmer you see around
the Hall these days smiling all
the time is John Cook, AB.
He's been going to sea 36
years, but has been married
only nine months. From now,
on hell be on short trips only.
Death Calls Two Seafarers
Fast shiptoshore contact from the SlUman
ned SS Royal Oak (Cities Service) plus a dramatic
airsea rescue operation by the Coast Guard was
credited with saving the life *7 T fall. He suffered a near
r r
T'L
board
of James Thomas, pump skull fracture and shock and
man, as the ship headed for was in a coma for several hours.
port just eight hours out of First to arrive on the scene
after the report was flashed to
Lake Charles.
. A1 Brindly, a former BR on
the Del Norte, is now sailing
on a Victory Carrier ship oh
deck. His buddy. Beck, is on^
another vessel.
CG headquarters was the Coast
Guard boat Little Moe, which
carried the injured pumpman to
New Orleans.
A CG plane came over soon
after to stand by while the bosun
carefully lowered Thomas to the
deck of the boat on a stretcher.
The Royal Oak, one of the
JACK MCCARTHY
CLAUDIUS BLANCHARD
Cities Service fleet of T2 tank
ers, is on the oil run from Lake News of the deaths of two shipmates stood at attention.
The government, when it un
Chares, La., to cities along the
Seafarers aboard ship has been The SS Alcoa Planter has re took the tremendous shipbuild
North Atlantic seaboard.
ported that Brother Claudius H.
Hospital authorities hinted that received at SIU Headquarters. Blanchard, Permit No. W2839, ing program of World War IT,
Although fathers and Thomas would be in sick bay Word has come from the SS died in Guanta, Venezuela, on named its Liberty ships after fa
Americans. Many of these
granddads among the crew for some time. He was signed Bertram G. Goodhue that Jack October 2, 1951 while the ship mous
warbuilt
ships are in service
off at New Orleans, company McCatthy, Book No. G95 passed was docked there. Burial was
of the SS Robin Kettering officials
again.
Below
are the names of a
in New York revealed, away in his sleep on October 15, held in a local cemetery, with
have no gripe about the merits
few
SlUcontracted
Libertys and
of cereal as feed for their off . Seafarer William Calefato sent 1951. Brother McCarthy, a veter six crewmembers acting as pall
thumbnail
sketches
of the per
spring, they take it a little hard
onthespot picture of the an of more than 25 years' serv bearers. A cross made by the
sons whose names they bear.
ice
was
buried
at
sea
while
his
when their own chow . starts;
Bosun and other crewmen was
tasting like watereddown farina
erected at the grave. A wreath Heywood Broun (Victory Car .
and pabium, which has been the
was purchased out of the ship's riers). American journalist <1888
case with sausage and fankfur
fund plus donations by the Cap 1939). Born in Brooklyn, he was, *
a writeif on the staff; nf the New;':..
ters served them.
tain and Chief Mate.
York Morning, Telegraph ,1908^.;
Strong union men that they
Brother Blanchard's home was 1912 New York: Tribune, 1912n^.t
iare,' they know that a contract
in Portsmouth, Va.,
1921; New York World, 1921^
calling for three "squares" a
1928. After 1928 he wrote the
day means just that, and not
column
"It Seems To Me," the
morning chow masquerading as
first column
of opinion to appear
lunch and dinner.
in
the
American
press.. Organized
Robin Line ships, according to
the
American
Newspaper
Guild,
delegates, have generally been
the union, to. which most news
passing off some pretty poor
papermen belong today.* , "
feed of this type and the men
are up in arms. The coffee, for
Word has been sent to the James. B. Duke (Mississippi).
example, has been received as
LOG office that Brother Louis Founder of the American To ,
anything from a weak tea to
Hedin, No. 41791, a retired book bacco. Company (18561925). Born
toxic iodine because of an in
member, was kiUed in action in in Durham, N.C., established the
consistent flavor running from
first tobacco factory. Engaged in
Korea on March 15, 1951.
weak to strong.
cigarette war which brought rir
Brother Hedin, who held a yals together under American
The large link pork sau
messman's
rating, was initiated Tobacco Company. Imperial Tp
sage is a messy cereal com
in
New
York
on November, 17, baccp,,.Comply pf England was
position, say crewmembers, who
1944.
He
retired
his book on forme<^ 'to fight him, later be
request a changeover^ to the
September
8,
1950
in
Seattle be coming part of his BritishAmeri;
smaller baby link sausage, and
fore
going
into
the
army.
the frankfurters are no better,
can Tobacco C!ompany. in 1911
containing too much cereal and
Seafarer Allan Lake, who has watched the mixing of tine
He is survived by his mother, the U.S. Government broke it up r
are dry and generally unappe
drinks from afar aboard the SS Puerto Rico, takes shaker in Mr.'e. A. L. Hedin, of Route 3, as a trust. Duke University bears
tizing.
hand at his home bar. No mickeys served here.
Enumfclaw, Washington.
his name;
Removed to Memorial Hospital
in New Orleans, Thomas was re
port^^ to be on the mend de
spite serious injuries from a ship
Where The ' •
Libertys Get '
Their Names
No Baby Food,
More Meat, Ask
Kettering Men
'Cocktail, Anyone?'
Former Seafarer
Louis Hedin
mUed In Korea
'W
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Ir'
iF Ji E & tM0 AM E R & E O G
W^;
SlU Ship
^V,
M'.• '.
FRANCES r(BuU); Oct^ 14 — AMES VICTORY (Victory tar
Chairman,.. A. Kerterburry; SK Tiers), Oct. 23—Chairman, Lou!0
reiaary. L .^ruard. Delegates re Holliday; Secretary, Whitner
ported everjnthing; in: good . order. Girouard. Delegates • r eported no
tion has fallen far below the
Motion made and carried to . start beefs. ^ A motion was made that
StaMtai>d«>fee<Hng<>called for on
a ship's fund. A vote of thanks ship's delegate investigate the
the forecastle card. Suggestion
was given. to the steward's de reason why the 2nd cook was
was made to; see the Provost
partment for good work per made to work while sick, and
Marshall ^o|f Naha, Okinawa, to
formed.
if situation warrants, that he
have him^send 'a health''officer
take up the matter with the pj»
XXX
(^wn to this ship for an inspec
CATHERINE. (Tfansfuel). Oct. trolman.
tion of the food we are "'etfting
8—Chairnian. A. Gall; Secretaxy;
XXX
W. J. Reidy. Delegates reported TOPA TOPA (Waterman). OcL'
^4,ppmparjJt,.t.9^>Sfhft^^^^ ship
is supposed to get on the fore
all in good shape; The ship's 14—Chairman. A. M. Branchnit'
castlecard.
delegate said that the previous Secretary. Lewis. Delegates re,
trip was . a very clean trip and ported no disputed overtime. All
|v4)
hopes that this one will be the the crew is to donate $1 to ship's
WANDA (Epiphaayh Oct. 31—
same. It was suggested that fund at payoff. The chief en
Chairman. T. D. York; Secrelanr.
everybody come to the table in gineer has failed to work with'
T. Gradjelick. Beef from all de^
proper attire.
delegates on repairs time .and :
parthients on water supply. Mo
time again. .
tion madeand carried to place
XXX
STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmi
radio speaker in messroom at
X X 'X
V *i
an). Sept. 18 — Chairman. Earl MARIE HAMIL (Bloomiield)^
companyis expense.
H. Poe; Secretary^ Arthur Win Oct. 7—Chairman. Cass Peddisi:
t. i.
fert.
Delegates reported no beefs. Secretary, William F. BarllLi
JOSHUA B. LIPPINCOTT lAl.
Motion
made to have a ship's Delegates reported that disputes
COB). Oct.. 7—Chairman. Wesley
fund. • There should be closer are to be taken up with pa
Yoimg; Secretary. Charles Geot
cooperation in keeping crew's trolman in Mobile. All depart .'
ter. Delegates reported no beefs.
messhall clean.
ment delegates are to txtm in i
Piscussion on sick men haying
repair lists to ship's delegate.
XXX
to wait 3^ hours before medical
FAIRPORT
(Waterman).
Oct.
Discussion about cleanliness of
attention wias given.
8—Chairman.
Harry
Pitt;
Secre
crew
pantry.
|
Oct. 14 — Chairman. Leonard
tary.
B.
Bishop.
Delegates
re
4;
4.
J,
Needle; Secretary. C.. Goetter.
ported no beefs other than a few ALCOA PEGASUS (Alcoafe'
Delegates reported no beefs. Mo
disputed
hours overtime.. Three Oct. 28—Chairman. Swyane: Sec
tion made that a plan be made
of
the
crewmembers
were fined retary. R. Elliott. Delegates re
LEWIE
EMERY.
JR.
(Victory
PONCE
DELEON
(Waterman),
to give a man qredit for port
as
they
were
unable
to stand ported everything r un ni n g
Carriers).^ Oct.
15
—
Chairman.
OcL
15—Chairman,
P.
Huggins;
time on the vacation plan when
smooth with no beefs. Suggestion
he doesn't have a port discharge. Willis: Secretary. J. Osborne. Secretary, J. Rogers. Delegates their watch.
made to check on new mat
XXX
Ship's
^delegates
reported
that
reported
everything
in
order.
t> X %
EVELYN (Bull). Oct. 21 — tresses and try to find out about
the
unlicensed
personnel
quar
Treasurer
reported
$84.01
in
the
WILLIAM JAMES (Pull). Oct.
Chairman. N. D. Henson; Secre washing machine.
14—Chairman. C. Saui^<m; See ters were not painted last trip ship's fund. The washing machine tary, E. C. Dacey. Delegates re
retaryi C. A. Newman. Delegates and would be painted the be is getting old and worn out; ported everything in good order.
reported everything okay. Mo ginning of this trip. Motion made therefore, it should be taken care A repair list is to be made out
tion made apd carried that a vol and carried that the crew co of by the crew.
and turned in to the ship's dele
X X X
untary donation of $5 he taken operate in keeping the natives
gate.
Teddy, the ship's dog, was
DEL MUNDO (Mississippi),
up at the payoff and that a out of the midship house.
taken
to the vet and experises
4^
4 _
XXX
OcL 30—Chairman. Chiurlie Mu
washing machine be bought for
were paid out of the ship's fund. STONEWALL JACKSON (Wa
GREELEY VICTORY (South ree; Secretary. Don Collinst Del
this vessel.
XXX
terman). Oct. 21 — Chairman,:
Atl.), Oct. 6—Chairman, James egates reported no beefs. Sug
GHEENSTAR (Triton), Oct. 14 Richard Gralicki; Secretary. Roy
ANN MAftlE (Bull). Oct. 21— Mitchell; Secretary, Cornelius gestion made to keep messroom Chairman, John Pearson; Sec
Chairman. Higgins; Secretary^ F. Sprano. Delegates reported and pantry clean at all times, retary. William J. Clogg. Ship's Poole. Needed repairs and main
Johnson. Delegates reported some everjrthing okay. Motion made also to keep the whole ship delegate reported that satisfac tenance to .be checked. The crew,
disputed overtime. Discussion .on and carried to hold meeting clean. Linen will be issued on tory settlement has been reached was requested to read educa
Union for .benefit of white card every two weeks. Motion made fridays but if any linen is needed between the government o f tional literature that was posted,
men in regard to their work and and passed to put locks on screen the steward will issue it before Chile and the striking longshore and a motion was made and car
ried to hold educational meet
that time.
attitude. • Suggestion that poop doors. >
men at San Antonia and that ings more often.
October 12—Chairman, Whitey the longshoremen's union had
X X. x
deck he ^ept clisah, •
• 4 4 4
LIBERTY BELL (Tramp Car Pereone; Secretary, Don Collins. commended the crew for their
4. X X . ..
. .
COUNCIL
GROVE (Cities Ser
ANNI^tON CITY (Isthmian). go), Oct. 21—Chairman. J. Mil Delegates reported that every action and sympathy with their vice), Oct. 22—Chairman. Psisr'
thing
is
okay.
Suggestion
to
buy
Oct. 19—Chairman. E. E. Best: ler; Secretary, C. Irving. Dele
beefs. A vote of thanks was given son; Secretary,. Prego. Delegates
Secretary, C. A. Howell. Motion gates reported no beefs. Some books and ball gear from ship's to the steward for all the trouble reported beefs about not allow
made that, any member of the disputed overtime to be settled fund for voyage.
he went through to gpt what ing crew to go ashore in Cu
XXX
crew caught taking news of' the by the patrolman. The steward
stores he could obtain.
maribo. Crewmembers desiring
meeting to the officers of the came in for some heavy criticism BRIGHTSTAR (Traders). Oct.
XXX
records
for the victrola are to„.j.:
ship' should be brought up on concerniiig the running of his de 21—Chairman, J. L. Allen; Sec
YOUNG AMERICA (Water write down the names on the;'
charges. Bunks back aft should partment. The steward announc retary. Frank Nigro. Delegates man), Oct. 20—Chairman. E. B. board. The crew messman is ta j
be repaired or replaced by new ed that he did not interfere in reported no beefs. Under good McAuley: Secretary, Ralph Tin handle the library situation and '
and welfare it was suggested dell. Delegates reported a few is to get a different selection of
one's. Suggestion to have a water the workings of the galley.
that the doors be shut quietly. disputed hours in the deck de
fountain placed back aft fpr the
XXX
books.
J
All
members were cautioned partment, otherwise "everything
crew.
EVELYN (Bull). Oct. 14 —
4"
t
4>
.
smooth. Motion made that men LOGANS FORT (Cities Serv
XXX
Chairman, N. D. Hensom Secre against performing.
performing in the engine depart ice). Oct. 20 — Chairman. Ben
XXX
BOBIN GOODFELLOW (Seas tary, E. C. Dacey. Delegates re
ment
during the voyage be re Martin; Secretary, Kenneth P. '
WESTERN
FARMER
(Western
Shipping), ho date — Chairman, ported no beefs. A suggestion
ported
to" the boarding patrol Goldman. Delegates. reported
Nav.).
Oct.
21—Chairman.
S,
J.
Pete Lahno; Secretary. Red Leon was made to have crew on watch
ard. Delegates' reported no beefs. close bulkhead doors at night Evanchuck; Secretary, J. A. Cas man. Suggestion made that in some disputed overtime. Beef '
Motihn madb that only one man so the sea won't come into the tellon. Discussion about Cap asmuch as the present washing between machinist and chief en J"
be 'allowed to do' the crew's passageway. The operation of tain's refusal to get milk and machine is just about on its last gineer but nothing developed
laundry and. that man to be the ship's fund was reported to onions in Rotterdam. Request legs, that themen all chip in $2 from it yet. Two pipes in lower '
for new mattresses and pillows. for a new one.
selected by the Bosun. Request the crew.
passageways need repairs.
made dhat all hands cooperate
XXX
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and keep the^ thesshall clean.
BENTS FORT (Cities Service),
n'o date—Chairman. Allison He
,'' :®V».
bert: Secretary, Patrick Burke.
SEATRAIN TE^S (Strain).
Delegates reported no beefs.
Oct. 21—Chairman. P. Serano;
SHIPPED . SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL
TOTAL
REG.
REG.
REG.
Motion made and carried for
SHIPPED
STWDS.
Secretary. E. Jones.' Ship's Dele
ENa
DECK
REG.
STWDS.
ENa
DECK
PORT
milk
to be increased from 120
gate reported that all repairs
77 to 160 quarts in each port. Trea,
16
32
29
81
20
19
42
...
Were taken care of. "Motion made Boston..............
297 surer's report: $76 in cash anff
66
100
129:
435
129
133
173;
and' carried' that steward's store New York
90 $15 outstanding.
23
22
45
111
36
43
32
rooni' be Shipped.'' scaled and' Philadelphia..
263
68
89
106
344
117
87
140
Baltimore
painted.
' • • • •
XXX
454
132. , 141
181
35
17
9
9.
Norfolk..
CHILORE
(Ore). Oct.
5—Chair
' • • • '•
X/ X '" • ' ' • •
53 man. C. Ashcraft: Secretary, nohis
14
19;
20
52
21
• 17
14
Sayaniiiah.............:;.....;.,;.
MOBlLIAhr (Waiermanji Oct.
NO FIGURES RECEIVED .
given. Delegates reported every 11
14 — Chahmah. G.r ^itit; SOcrt' Tampa.....^.—
179. thing okay. Request posting of^
40
. 77
62 :
122
. 33
45
44
lary, JL W. Vicisa. Delegate re Mobile,...!! ,—.................
324 slopchest prices. Discussion about;
95
109
, 120
281
74 ^
8i5 :
102
New
Orleans......—
ported ho beefs. Motion made
84 serving cold cuts in hot weather. .:
30'J
21
33.
128
'34
52
to h^ve stev^ard
about new GMvestbn.....—.i..... ......
105
26
28
51
109
36
31
Coast..
42
:^me of the crewmembers want 1
hlankfetsr Reqhfe^t'chief elec
trician to' have opeh shgar boWlS; t TOTAL....^
.511
i.m more overtime.
624
791
497
1,678 .
516
1 665.
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L.|!^«ialecosi: Oelegates reported
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A&G Shipping From Oct 24 To Nov. 7
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By Seafarers Log Staff Feature Writer
A modest postwar boom in American tramp
shipping is showing up as one of the recent
trends in maritime, and is providing SIU men
with a sizeable percentage of shipping. Formerly
the exclusive preserve of the British, Greeks,
Norwegians and other European maritime na
tions, tramp shipping under the United States
flag is a pretty lusty infant, some four or five
years old.
It has been nourished by European aid cargoes
and more recently by European demands for bulk
raw materials needed in rearmament. The chief
factor in the growth of the U.S. tramp fleet is the
5050 law which was passed by Congress, provid
ing for the carriage of 50 percent of aid cargoes
on American flag vessels, a provision enacted only
after the SIU battled successfully for its estab
lishment. How long will the U.S. tramp last?
The boys in Washington could answer that one
if they cf uld tell you when Europe^will be peace
ful and selfsustaining again.
While it would be hard to say exactly how .
many tramps fly the stars and stripes, the
erican Tramp Shipowners Association estimates
that there are some 200 U.S. tramps operated by
approximately 35 tramp shippers. If we were to
exclude those tramp vessels which are on time
charter to liner operators, or are engaged in the
"triangular trade," the figure would be consider
ably less. (Triangular refers to a 3point itinerary
established before the ship leaves , its U.S. port.)
Practically all U.S. tramps, (and many foreign
ones too) are Libertys whose large holds and
simplicity of construction make thern suitable for
the bulk cargoes carried by the tramps.
SIU HAS THIRTY PERCENT
Tramps make up a pretty important part of
SIU contracted ships. An estimated 30 percent of
all SIU ships, presently active can be classified \
as tramps, in that they are irregular operators
under ipdividual charters. But here again, a
strict definition of the term "tramp" eliminating
those engaged in the triangular trade or on time
charter would reduce this total a good deal.
Two himdred ships may not cut a large chimk
of ice in the light of the approximately 1,770
active seagoing vessels in our merchant marine
(1,305 of which are privatelyowned and the rest
govemnientowned under bareboat or GAA char
ter).'Nevertheless they are a pretty important
factor in the current shipping boom. Many a
European factory will keep going this winter
with coal, sulpher, ores, cement and other indus
trial materials lugged by American tramps, and
many a European worker will eat better because
of American grain and fertilizer shipments.
Time was that American tramp shipping was
nonexistent. Time was, too, when much of the
bulk cargo now carried by American tramps
from the United States to Europe came from be
hind the Iron Curtain, or was produced in suf.
ficient quantity in Europe to make imports a
A
' %
• piiSsKsiir
I ^JT—i
A ifpkal American xramp ship, the Seacoral (I
Corpozalion, operated by Orion Shipping and Trading.
minor factor. Whatever was imported was usual
ly carried on European tramps, prior to the 5050 i t%. •
law. Today, American tramps are, literally carry .• .hfil
ing coal to Newcastle, as European output, OI>• ^
dinarily more than enough, is insufficient, to meet
today's needs. Coal and wheat shipments alone ;;Si|
are well over three times the prewar average.
Tramp ships have been described as "the taxi
cab of the sea, ready to go wherever the hirer
pleases." It might bd more accurate to compare
them with the freelance truckman who rents
himself and his truck out on a job by job basia \
If you're looking for a formal defiiiition,;;the
Tramp Shipping Committee of , the U.S. Maritime , «a|
Commission came up with a pretty good one.;
They called a tramp "one that operates on irreg«^ i i.
ular or unscheduled sailings from one port of c f
loading to one port of discharge, lifting one dry,; < bo|
cargo coinmodity
from one shipper; to. one 'ft}
consignee/' .
.
RENTER OF AVAILABLE SHIPS
Tramp ships are hired by a chartering agent irr!
who represmrts the owner of the cargo. He gets imo
together with the ship brokerand bargains on /{j
freight rates and on details; of loading and
loading, including the tenxiinals designated:
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Friday. Hdrenlbair 16. 1951
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much to costs since theycrewed up with under
paid European and Asiatic seamen. So it is un
derstandable that tramping was purely a Euro
pean operation. For example, it was not unusual
in prewar days for British tramps to sell Eng
lish coal in Boston cheaper than American coal
hauled from Pennsylvania. The tramps practical
ly put the English farmer out of business before
the war by hauling lowpriced grain from faroff
Austria or Argentina cheaper thaii it could be
grown at home.
RATES CONTROLLED BY GOV'T.
Freight rate competition is still an important
factor in tramp operations today, but it is cush
ioned by a variety of government regulations,
including rate fixing and price fixing. The tramp
ordinarily operates best where trade restrictions
are at a minimum, and the usefulness of the
^;ramp in the old days of surplus raw materials
depended on the ability of the charterer to quote
low enough prices so as to attract a buyer in the
world market wherever he could. The tramp's
low cost of operation and the relative absence of
quotas and other trade restrictions had a most
important bearing on the whole transaction. ^
Today, the American tramp shipowner is pick
ing up the leavings which the regularly sched
uled freight lines are unwilling, or in many cases,
unable to handle. With the industry enjoying
its present boom, tramps are finding cargoes
without much difficulty. The fact that the Na
tional Shipping Authority has had to break out
some 535 mothballed ships to carry government
cargoes shows that there is enough business at
riie Goral Sea) of the Coral Transporlaiion
present for the tramps.
ri one of the larger American traaqp operatojre.
In the immediate future, this winter's heavy
coal shipments to Europe promise to give Am
e shipper for picking up and discharging cargo. erican tramp shipping a boost. But shipping men
All these details are included in the charter
are skeptical about the longrun outlook of
arty as the document is known. In contrast to
American tramping. For one thing, none of the
liner operation, whereby each vessel might
Mariner class ships now being constructed in
|iave hundreds of bills of lading representing
United States shipyards would be suitable for
ifferent cargo parcels, the tramp usually carries
tramp service. As one shipper put it "they could
jne bulk cargo of just one shipper, incorporating
never pay their way" under tramp operations.
all in a single biU. of lading. The tramp's
That means that tramp shippers will have to
rparty may. not specify an unloading port
depend on the slower Libertys for a long time
the shipper may find a. buyer for his cargo in
to come. When the current shipping boom slows
yone of a half a dozen: places. He will notify
down, the Libertys under American ownership
le tr^^p accordingly wl^ she is imderway.
are likely to find the going rough in unsubsidized
competition with European shippers.
When the tramp arrives at? the port Of destina
lon, it discharges the cargo for which "the buyer *
TRAMP SUBSIDIES SOUGHT
.ays the' previously agre^on freight rate. Tra
Tramp shippers are well aware of this, and
fitionaUy, • t he tramp then seeks another cargo
through the aforementioned American Tramp
|br either a return trip or a trip to a third port,
Shipowners Association have been trying to in
'oday, it is more characteristic of the present
terest Congress in a subsidy for tramp shippers.
IfOW of . commodities that the tramp returns in
The president of the Association, Mr. F. Rider
allast, international conditions making one way
Clark says flatly that return to normalcy "will
evenues the rule rather than the exceptipn.
put us out of business."
Traditionallyi toOj the tramp?s big bargaining
There again, no one knows exactly how long
oint was its cheapn^. Spe^ didn't mean so
the present "abnprmal" international situation
luch in preWorld War H days when there was
will continue to be the normal thing. It might
surplus Of bidk commodities. Nor did the ad
drag on for ten or fifteen years more, which is as
itional time consumed bythe'slow tramps add
far ahead as anybody would want to look.
�^ ;ir?v
.,,,.SsS!?^ ., .^ .. _ ,.
rni iiEAk^d
Pas* Ten
^V
,
MEMBEBSBIP SPEAKS
Sees SIU's ^Hurricane'
Anybody Cot A Match?
Of Seafarers
and canned fruit with me on
To the Editor:
those hungry feeders. That is
Sometimes I think I belong to history—almost forgotten history
a Union that has tied itself to by some of the Seafarers.
a hurricane wind and won't let Just stopping for a moment to
go. Everj^ime I get ^ SEAFAR think of our limited horizons o:
ERS LOG I see where the SIV those days compared to the for
has done it again, not once but wardlooking program our Union
usually a dozen or so times. 1 operates under today is a bit
mean that the Union's drive to overwhelming for a guy to di
better ouy conditions is going gest at,bne sitting.
at such a rapid pace that every Now we have the 40hour
issue of the paper tells us of week, we have a vacation set up
something new the Union has that means a guaranteed vacation
gone out and won.
for every Seafarer. We have a
Our latest victory, the 40hour Welfare Plan that looks like it
work.week at sea, caps them aU. is going to be the basis for es
1 can remember when we once tablishing a good measure of se
thought if we could just get a curity in this insecure industry.
decent feed on a ship and get We've come a long way, sailor.
rid of those miserable straw I'm darn happy I've tied my.
tickings on the bunks we'd be self to the hiuricane along with
halfway to heaven. I got tired the SrU. We're going places,
of lugging my own canned milk that's for sure.
Bin Luce
Ship? Naturally!
Wife lhanks
Unknown Donors
s; (1
Height doesn't seem to bother Whitey Wantlelt <on ladder)
and Blackie Cerula as' they pretty up the stack on ffie De
Pauw 'Victory with a fresh coat of paint. Bet the pfaotog
didn't have to tell them to hbld still for th^ one.
CG Screening And Waivers
Balk Sailing, Says Rocky
Tb the Editor;
i A few lines to let you know
I am doing fine and' everything
is going weE I left the States
September 14 and am due to
return October, 1952, for dis
charge. Time is passing quite
fast over here and I guess be
fore you can say I will be on
my way home.
How ..is the new hall doing?
It is one of.the many things I,
want to come home to.
.,
WATERMAN HOMESICKNESS
Our first stop over here from
the States was Southhampton,
England.Then we went to Bre
merhaven, Germany, where I
saw a Waterman stack. I^e was'
too far away to get her tiame,,.
but I' sure wished like heU li
was on her. Seeing that blue and.
buff stahk. With a big White,
on it gave me the blues knowing
thzrt I would be off the ships for
anotheryear.
i'. don't know if^they have
ready passed a bill, biit I wish
they, \vould defer aE seamen.'
Ships are vitally needed ^
'
ply,, battlefropts, as weU as posce
To the Editor:
Heartfelt thanks to four SIU
brothers who responded to a rush
call for blood donations for my
wife, who was being operated
the waiver is good for prily one
on at St.Catherine's Hospital, To the Editor:
trip.
Brooklyn, last Oct. 31.
I just want a few lines in the
' • *
It all happened so fast that LOG to say a little something At the present tim§,I want, to
the feUows flew the coop before
about these validated seamen's sail on tankers for at, least 6
I could thank them in person.
months. As you know, tankers
My wife, who's home now re papers. It is true that the Coast are in port for less thap 20, hours
cuperating, oiur four kids and I Guard has stepped in, and that's also before I can signon I need
want , to offer our deep apprecia that, for awhile anyway.
another waiver, this as I said
tion to the brothers for their
taking
24 hours or dver.'PdbnT
• What is on my mind is just
fine action. Also to Marty Breit
feel that' this is .justice_ to.Jhe
this.
As
the
setup
is.nov/,
after
hoff, dispatcher at the New York
seamen of this country. We tare
"Naturally I'm going back Hall, who had them standing by we surrender our seamen's par. put at the mercy of the Govern
pers,
we
are
in
for
one
heck
of
to sea." says Leon White. for us.
ment, for in orderto ..sail we
Electrician. Leon. awaiting
The Mrs. ^says it's little things a headache. Headquarters, as the need their sayso.
army discharge after a three like this that make our Union CG calls it, refuses anyone to
year hitch, served with the and the brothers tops in any ship unless he has a waiver. This The purpose of validating sea
waiver takes over 24 hours to men's papers is well and alright,
24th Division, which was in book.
get.
I'm not arguing thatpqint, but
the thick of things in Korea.
Ray Brault
Take this case. I took the why should we be fbtc^ to re
Gateway City on the coast. That main on the beach because some
job cost 40 cents for transporta moron doesn't know how to do?
/
W. BROAD"
tion plus the cost of the dis things on an economical' scaler
in getting the LOG to the out patch to Washin^on,. D.C., for Again you may say, Vrhy didn't
To the Editor:
ful'.Gountri^l' and with more and
I don'k want my brother mem oftheway places in time.
the waiver. In order for me to I apply previously? 'Well, I did more coming out of boneyards
bers to think I've gone literary
James R. Porter make another trip I would have about June, 1950, when I iwas you cannot crew these ships up
on them, but in line with the
Chief Steward
to. be granted another waiver, for aboard the "Catahoula.",'J never unless you have the men.
policy of the Seafarers that a
did receive a reply froia,.them'.
job weU done should be com
Well/ 1/ guess , that's aU the
Wallace Rocky Millmi
mended,, I feel justified in let
i^ws
now. If it, is possible
ting my brolhers.know about thei
would likea^few copieg^qf^
hospital I'm at.
LOG.. Wfe fondest negardSv^toryl
_ It's at Vineyard Haven, Mass
and .aE^.^y 'Union brothefSs.™,,
a 35bed hospital on an islanc
: Pic4 j» ,W' Broad
five miles off shore in the At
lantic. Dr. Hunter, who is in
537lh ^dhance Co., M.M.
charge, and his assistant. Dr.
Apq;^d96 \
Murat, are doing a find job.
To ihe Editor:
/
: New York, N.\Y.
The place' is quiet and has a
I would appreciate'your print
(Ech' Nqte: Copies of the
real homey atmosphere. At pres
ing,
in the LOG a notice to tlm LOG i are ''op thaiz^tsiray to
ent, there are 12 patients here.
effect that Edward, Kaznowsky, iBroihir Broa£)'^
The nurses are £dl nice and the
steward
aboard the SS St. Au',
nonprofessional help is very
guatine
Victory, was seriously
good. The fact is, everybody
injured
and
was hospitalized in
l^hips l>el^|ate^
tries to make you comfortable
Saigon,
IndoChina.
while you're here.
jj Aboard ship the axm.'of
The injury, occured
the Dhion is the Ships ah^i De^^
Furthermore, I'd like to ex
press my appreciation to the
15th of September rab,5>iir^ shi^. part^nt Delegate*. A^^gs^^
It wan reported .that fbe was ^t
T^mstees and the Administrator
me#/''''fot''"it8 own protecfi^^^
tingi pn weE. when .Webleft, but picks Es Delegates early,
of our Welfare Plan for the
promptness in getting our hos
Hauling in the line on the Seairain New Ybrk azet.l* io tm the doctbFsv wisii^"to iiteep him carefully. Have yon.mBd _
tL,J. Denayer,.AB; LeovLasoyau AB, and A. De^ Idarim', OS. under observafti^nv..;,
pital funds here.
shipyna^i elected your Dpi?;
A pat on the back to tlm Leo never missed W^p^ff xh»ra|^ui ihe^hole operaHom Le*ier
P.
desbone
getesf If not. do U now! ? '
Editor and Staff for the fine job Mpore anapped ihe Vftelo.
Ship's Delegate >
'Vineyard Hospital A Good Deal'
Slow 'N Easy On Hie Draw
Injured Crewman
Of St. AugufHpq
Repoi^ Qi|^l|(^d
I
N
• lil
�Fi^fi, rNo^ini^^. 16. 1^1,
THE SEAFARERS LOG
l|k|)fay From The 'Hot Box' . ..
Page Elevea
It's Love In Bloom For Men
Of The Roving Brightstar
To the Editor:
We got orders to go back toi
We are just out of Oran on Cuba for a load and so some un
To ^he
the Brightstar where we are to lucky gals will have to wait a
r I ata
"be
take on bunkers. We left Sa little longer. The steward will
lief bfrnj*''brother, EdWfh iVank
lonika after a week of unloading, stay out of certain bars, much
Zaniewski, A.B:, and member
and lovers—well—^this ship has to the owner's delight. El Spiko
of the SHJ since 1943. About
its share. El Spiko (El is a Cu will be on the watch for all
sixfhaoriths ago he retired his
ban title from last trip) has re bridges going out to ships that
book after being drafted into the
formed,
or so that mate thought. are in the bay as oi^e didn't
U.S. Army. Two months a^o. he
You
see
he stayed aboard all hold up. Well he was all wet
was sent t.0 .Germany where he
weekend,
and
he was off—never anyway, thinking things like
is now stationed. He writes that
touched
a
drop—and
then as all that.
Army «Ufa ^ is iaflri^ht for t^Ose
figured
that
the
Greek
anisette
who like it, " but he misses the
AN EXPENSIVE HOBBY
had made a reformed man of our
life on the seas and all the swell
On our way to Greece it seems
Maasilloa Victory crewmembers take the sun on their El Spiko, he fell off the so
buddies he left behind.
upper torsos. Left to right: John Chaker, Jr. Engineer; Evaristo called wagon during the week. some of the gang let word get
Most of all he misses the LQG Rosa, FWT, and Harry Atwood, Jr. 3rd. Picture submitted
Oh well, someone has to keep to Little Macio that the Greeks
with all its Union news and by John Chaker.
the liquor suppliers in business. didn't like Italians. Next thinff
news of the guys he sailed with.
he is seen arguing with a couple
His address is: Pvt. Edwin F.
of peddlers and guess what, he
Zaniewski, U.S. 52148718, Co. A,
came around sporting a new
42nd Armored Inf. Bn., A.P.O. 42,
beret. WeU, when he went ashore
c/o Postmaster, New York, N.Y.
in Greece and declared he was
He asks if it would be possible
a Frenchman—Olala—180 pounds
for . you to send the LOG to him
of female sat down on his 120
By W. N. BALLANCE
in Germany. He would be very
pound lap and stayed there. He
grateful to receive the paper and To the Editor:
said it was love at first sight
keep up with the Union news, as Just a few lines from an
As I walk across the deck of this old
but every one is wondering
he intends to return to sailing Eighth Army soldier, who at one
where all his souvenirs are as
but
sturdy ship,
as soon as he is released.
time was an SIU seaman, sailing
he is about overdrawn. A certam
Thinking of a thing every married
Chet Zane out of the port of New Orleans.
party came aboard about seven
searhan must whip,
1 would like very much for you
months ago with $500 and after
As I reach the rail and gaze into
to run my name and address in
going ashore with $90 suits and
the SEAFARERS LOG.
blue suede shoes and hot miss
the foam so white.
1 am first cook at the General
ing
a port, is tapping the re
It is there that I see an illusion
Mess in the UN peace camp,
serve account.
of my '\^ife.
started with the first peace talk
The bosun and chief mate are
Lifting
my
head
to the
on . the 7th of July and will be
wondering
about their interest in
here until it closes up. They like
.sky so gray.
Loji,
Japan.
Seem's the Mate
To the Editor:
my work very much. 1 am just
Asking God to protect her, through
has
a
house
and
the Bosun has
News has just been received doing my work like a proud SIU
this longlasting day.
a
bar
or
restaurant
of some de
regarding our new raise in wages man would do aboard his ship.
scription.
For
it is
her.that
makes
my
and the 40hoiu* week. All of the 1 can thank the SIU for what
heart yearn.
We have had the pleasure of
gang expressed approval and know about cooking. I learned
having a trained nurse look after
sends thanks to the Negotiating it all aboard SIU ships.
To leave this sea and to
us while sick or in need of first
Committee for gams we hardly 1 hope to get out of Korea and
my home return,
aid and now it seems that the
expected and for a job well done. the Army and get back to 'sea
For it is home that every
company is. not letting the Cap
The message we received over again soon. 1 would like to hear
married man should be.
tain's wife ride anymore. She
the radio, coming from the CIO from some of my friends in ifew
Not in the middle of the rolling
will be missed by all. This is one
News, we believe, read in part, Orleans. This is my address:
ship you needn't worry about
"Congratulations SIU seamen Cpl. Theriot Agoff^ AS 54000221
and roaming sea.
the medicipe chest as it was al
from your CIO brothers." Do we Hq. Co. E.U.SJ^.K.
A few exciting nights in Rome,
ways well stocked and someone
note a trace of envy? '
A.P.O. 301, c/o P.Mi
Has been the destruction'of
around
who knew how to ad
San Francisco, Calif.
Crew of Steel Executive
many a home.
minister pills. The Captain ia
among the ones I would like te
Or a wild weekend in France,
sail
with again.
Has sent many a broke seaman
Fellows who make allotments
home in a trance.
out
and then put in for large
So as I lay this poem down
draws should be reminded that
to rest,
allotments are your pay* and you
And think of the one I love
can't draw what you have sent
best,
home. You will save a walk up
to the. draw line and then avoid
If you are married take this
being tmned down if you re
advice from me.
member this.
Stay away from the rolling
Frank Migio
ExSIU Member LogARhythm
Now GI Cook At 'A Married Seaman's Advice'
UN Peace Camp
Crew Sees Envy
In Raidio Flash
On SIU Increase
The WeliDressed Oiler'
• A
and. roaming sea.
Sees Union Strength In Education Crew Thanked For
To the Edilox:
status and newfound strength.
Every thinking member of this Seafaring unions have become Spray To Funeral
great organization, the Brother strong not merely because a
hood of the" Sea, will attest to group of forwardthinking sea Of Crewmen's Dad
Andy Messaqia
se^ by chipmale R«d Fink.
the .fact that the reason why men got together in a group and To the Editor:
SIU is the greatest Union on the paid dues to have a representa
We have two brothers who are
waterfront is that the member tive handle its beefs, but because in Europe aboard the Southwind
ship is openly and honestly in they knew that it was necessary and didn't get to come home
formed of even the most intri to force the boss with his closed to Daddy's funeral after he pass^
cate workings of the Union. SIU fist to open his hand and give ed away on the 12th. The crew
is a democratic organization.
us a fair share of his profits. sent flowers and we Would like
We 'propose to have aboard We help the boss make his you to print our thanks in the^
the SS Paoli this trip several profits.
LOG:
Union educational meetings to We are built around the prin
cope with the problems which ciple that if the boss, or anyone We wish to express our many
we face and to inform ourselves else, injures one of our members thanks and appreciation for the
of the workings of the Union. in any way, we rally to his res beautiful wreaths of flowers sent
to our Dad's funeral in Avoa
The Labor movement is or cue.
ganized upon a principle that The Seafarers International Park, Florida, by the seamen
the strong shall help the weak; Union of North America owes and brothers of the SS South
It is fitting that we should its strength and' our prestige to wind which was in Europe at
contribute something of our own a wellinformed membership the passing of our Father, Ellia
strength, our own virtues, our with honest and alert leadership. Clark. Many thanks to every
own knowledge, and our own in
We shall strive in these edu one concerned. Truly the SIU
fiuence toward those less fortu cational meetings to keep our must be a wonderful organiza
nate than ourselves. We can rest selves wellinformed on Union tion.
Richard Clerk
assured that if we help them activity and to leam from each
Clifton Clark .
and they grow strong, we will other.
Lorenzo Clark
be the benefit of their changed
Thurston J. Eewis
• . • .
I
'II
�THE SEAJ'AXEKS IIW
Page Twelve
Del Maf Sails From Brassil
After Lengthy Repair Stay
Foully'Furnisjied
House, Gatage
For Sale— 7S0
Income Tax
Out On ,|8^ntlis Aa^des
port is the Del Monto, Del Aires,
To Ihe Editor:
month's jpa^ i^eiatodpd by the
To She EdiloR
After running aground on the Del Santos, Del Sud and the Del
will be
We members pi
etew of agehtyldthein^
breakwater at Recife, Brazil, last Alba. Many of the crew firom
the SS Fort Bridg^' have sev no ship next ti^e.
August 26th, we spent four the above mentioned ships have A fiveroom, completely fur eral complaints on which we While at anchor .one,day, a
weeks in Recife getting tempo visited the Del Mar and offered nished house, with garage,
would like to have some clarir man swam oirt ^w the ship shoe
rary repairs and then proceeded their condolences on our mishap. a comer lot 70 by 150 feet at fication.
ing American seaman's pa.uers
WE'RE LIVING AGAIN • 819 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Tam
to Rio. We have been here more
First of aU 1 diall give you an 'and was told to; go to the agent
Now that we can see our way pa, Fla., has been put up for overall view of circumstancesi"
than three weeks, laying at an
We have not seenhim since that
chor in harbor while the crew clear again the crew is coming Sale by an SlU member.
We are out since April this time. He went to the Camas
of the Merritt Chapman & Scott to life and things are popping The house is furnished with year 1951. Up till now we have Meadows, an SIU ship, and was
salvage tug MV Rescue went to on the Del Mar again. After two' bedroom suites, living room lost about tenof our creWipem hired on the spot by its Captain.
work repairing our hull and tank eight 'weeks aground, at the dock and dining room suites." There bers due to sickness and hos Could some information be ob
tops. It was quite a job to do and on the hook with the passen are rugs in every room. The kit pitalization in foreign, ports and tained from the U.S. Consul in
under adverse conditions of un gers, the boys got in a rut. We chen and bathroom are fully have picked up hew members Naples on this matter? We have
derwater work and many a ted were hibernating like the bears equipped with all modern facili here and there, none of which nothing against .the§,e Italian boys
ious hour was put in by the in the wintertime. Occasionally ties and the plot is fully land are SIU.
but we prefer Americans to have
tug's two divers. However, the a beef would come up about the scaped. The installations include
first chances at these jobs.
OUTSIDERS HIRED
21st of October, the Rescue sail chow, the launch service or such, a fuel oil heating system.
We have now seven Italians • We are scheduled for the ship
ed for Jamaica leaving the Del but was quickly settled. We did The price offered to Seafarers from Naples, Italy, who came yard in Palermo from Germany
Mar in shipshape condition again. the best we could with what we is $5,750, of which $2;000 is to aboard sent by oiir agent, Di about now, so it seems that we
We are" loading cargo and ex had. Personally 1 have seen it be made as a down pasunent and Luggo. Wood. Now we ha\'e no shall remain in this: area for the
pect to sail to Santos, Monte worse on certain other ships un the balance paid out at the rate proof, hut the hint was dropped time being. Because, we left with
video, and Buenos Aires within der ordinary conditions than we of $41.50 a month.
by an Italian engineer, of, which only four months' stores; and
have on the Mar in this period Inquiries cai be addressed to there are two (a third and jr. slopchest, we are storing in
a few days.
of emergency. Captain Jesse the SEAFARERS LOG.
FOIJH MONTHS OUT
third), that at least half a every port and quality is poor,
The usual 47day trip from Jones, Chief Engineer Fields^.
all over.
New Orleans to Buenos Aires Chief Purser Lee and Delta
LAUNCH SCHEDULES
and return has turned out to be Lines Marine Superintendent
/ Also thei'e is a beef about ovsf
close to a four month trip. We Captain Spicer have shown thef
launch service while the ship
will probably arrive in New Or crew every consideration, and
was at anchor awaiting berth in
leans the first week in Decem we can only say that they are
Naples. The Captain arranged
ber. We oiJy had stores on board swell people.
for boat service but it has prov
for the regular two month trip, We are all happy because once
en insufficient time and time
so naturally we are short of again we are on our way, and
again. As ship's delegate I have
• some things. We have put the for all of our bad luck we came
complained several "times and
bum on all Delta Line ships that out on top with no one hurt and
could not ^get satisfaction. The
put in at Rio, and heavy con very litte inconvenience. We will
schedule he arranged is as fol
tributions have been received probably have to pile off the
lows: 6:30 AM, 1 PM, 6:30 Fid,
from Chief Steward Bill Kaiser Mar while she is in drydock in
12 PM ashore and aboard. If a
of the Del Norte and from Chief N.O. but we will be waiting for
man wishes to go in between
Steward Emil Herek of the Del her when she comes out. Riding
times he is Charged by the boat
Sud, which is here in Rio now. a ship is like getting maiTie<J,
The SIU and Delta Line is well you take it for , better or for
man such an extravagant rate
George McFall
'that it has come to fight with
represented in Rio this week. In worse.
'the boatman. They charged us
anywhere from 5 to 1000 lires at
the rate of 620 lires to a dollar.
l am on the four to eight and
peel
spuds.
You
can't
get
a
sec
To the Editor:
cannot
make any of the sched
ond
cook
to do
that. It
looks like
'Most cooks seem to think that
uled
boats,
yef I am entitled to
all
they
want
to
do
is
open
up
a gaUeyman is an octopus, and
one
round
trip
a day. I propose
cans,
after
you
go
to
the
store
that you have to drop everything
to
charge
the
Company
$2 a day
room
to
get
them.
you're doing when he comes a
for
all
pien
on
the
four
to eight
Talking
about
cooks
though,
I
hoUerin'. A lot of cooks don't
Taking in a little sunshine vitamin D on the deck of the watch, for every day at anchor
know
that
the
school
in
the^ew
realize that a galleyman has to
aptlynamed Del Sol. enroute to West A&ica are: standing,
clean most of the vegetables and hall in Brooklyn will be a suc 1. to r.. W. Walker. Crew's Pantry: A. Lamon. Passenger (16' days). The boats will only
carry six men at the most. How
spuds and spot the galley every cess with Frenchy Michelet di
Utility; W. Jones.
Saloon
Pantry;
kneeling. 1.
to
r. H.
DeCloux.
:do
they propose tos. operate if
recting it.
morning after breakfast.
Chief Cook; J. Taylor. Crew Messman; S. Stewart. Galley twenty men desire to go ashor?,
Before
closing,
I'd
like
to
an
Some of them give you the
Utility. Pix was sent in by Brother Williiun R. Cameron.
at once, as they only make one,
meat block to clean anytime from nounce that 1 saw a Brazilian in
trip, for: vfliich , the. ppmpa^v
Santos
twice
as
big
as
Moon
one to four PM, whereas a good
pays?,
. .
J.,.,
Kouns.
This
fellow
was
so
big
chief copk will have all of his
that
if
he
stretched
himself
out
1951 PAYOFF
^ '
meat cut and ready for the oven
During my time in the SIU 1
by10 AM. They even go so far on a pool table he'd cover gll To the Editor:
Also the crew wishes that ar
as to ask you to cut their meat. the side pockets. And where it ' 1 have been sick for the past was always available for strike rangements be made to have thii
I always thought the chief or takes two blankets to make a three months and have to under duty or any other efforts the ship make a payoff by voucher or
second cook was supposed to do topcoat for Moon, you need a; go an operation that will cost me Union may have been under a check before the end of this
tarpaulin that fits number four about $600. I've been able to taking. Now, however, I'm hard
that.
fiscal year. Many of iis have been
hatch
for this guy.
raise about $300 by selling my ly able to help myself.
Night cooks and bakers don't
on
this ship since December,
Spider Korolia furniture.
1 know the Union doesn't go 1950, or made a trip with some
rate much higher with me. I've
in for canshaking; however, other outfit and want to . stay
seen some of them work with
maybe there are some of my under the $5,000 limit to awid
a dry sink, then rinse out their
old shipmates around whb can paying excessive taxes. This
'pans and leave the grease.
spare a little bit—it all adds up. could be done by having a pay
&
SOME HELP
1 have had some of the fellows off any time before December,
On the other hand, I've sailed
donate their blood in my behalf 1951, at the company's conven
\''' with some bakers who went as
and I appreciate all ^at has ience. We are sure that we run
far as to help the galleyman
been done to help me recover over the $5,000 mark this year,
from this illness. If the Bro up to 1952, as we have over
thers feel that they want to give eight , "months from 1951 th ;
• an old SIU Brother a helping in 1952; This way it would en
hand, I sure can use a lift at able some of us to space oiir
this time.
pay ' and avoid haviiig this
To the Editor:
Here's hoping that all is well eighteen months all in the yea^'
^ Brother members calling at the
with the Union.
1952, Then they would surely
Golden Gate City may be inter
have us the limit. This is all
ested to know that a fellow mem
Marvick Smith
for
the time being, hoping tbat'
ber of the SrU. and myself have
1 g. Pembroke Road
yoir
will take matters up witfr
taken over a hotel here in San
Windward Rpad P.O.
the
company
as our requests tix
Francisco^ and have put in a lot
Kingston. Jamaica. BWI
our
Captain
are
given no satis
of work in improvements for the
factioh.
comfort of our guests.
. Crew SS Fort Bridget
' We also have a large game
ATTENTION!
(Ed.
Note: Headquarters is
room complete with a television
If you don't find linen
working on the problems you
net which is open all hours for
when, you go abqard your
Save raised. On the matter of
'yoiir enjoyment.
• hip. pmlHy flm
M ence.
B 1951 payoff, the Gomini,s
When you are in San Fran
• A iflilegram from L6 Hkvre or
idoner of internal Revenue hu
cisco, drop in and see us. Make
been requested to give a rul
Tihe Mr mteget:
amy iB on Nw deck of the 'Singapore won't xlo you any .
oiu: place your home in Frisco;
goo& IFii your^ had and you
ing; • when we^have been in;; f <
Jf s the Hotel Artmar, 433 Ellis SS A^wai; The sipUihg viMer fa G8 JMiw: S|i>^
haveto lie
formed, we will contact ybiui
ail the muscle he could , muster to^ haul
hir
Street. Tdephone TU 56612.
nl • once.)",
.
't.
Ficture by JMm/Santos.
D. Emery
On The West African Run
^Spider' Sounds Off From Galley
Needs Operation, Seeks Union Aid
Spring's Deep Sea Trophy
Brothers Open
Hotel In Frisco
f
�Page.Thiriaen
a A fiiiAPAn^BRS iflc
rnrr^
Slows, But
Up
•
NUMB™S OP roH 60.000 MOM.^s^cfive
to call up another 60,000 men y
^
these
from families of f
afwetes. It seems the sports stars
quiet deferments to ^ellknown
dependents as cause for
By CAL TANNER
MOBILE. NOV. 7The pace of
shipping in this
IS expected
induction notice.
*
5.
S
to taper off somewhat for
rest of the month despite the
MOSTA MEANT THE^>^;
STaf .be S
Ma.y seafarers will
current high level of activity.
Seven offShore ^d four co^t to our new bm^mg on y
pubUcity in local papers. One
^^th a commentary
wise ships are up for Pfyf' ^ Brooklyn Hall has been receiv S P
WOfoot C4 to a 710foot iron ore came^^
^ ^ five of the former are just short pubUcation
akr." NaturaBy, Bve of Bioae
lock Company
cart The forward section will be runs and probably will take only
ruTuS^S beeaure ouv baand mew H, baa
another hull added
This is the fifth government ve^el a few replacements. '
j,
j.
returned to the
*„rier at Baltimore and towed up^e The past two vfeeks saw the ust two upper decks. *
to be converted to an ore^c^^^^^ at
^,^edl following payoffs: Ranger Roam
PLAYING TAG WITH™
er. Corsair. Patriot, Cavaher (Al
fOT^civil service workers,
r^TsSt^ons andjoink together at the Lakes.
coa) ' and Afoundria, Wacosta, who turned thumte down o
P ^
election day, the blue
Monarch of the sea and Morning including cops, Yonbers N ^ g
the rule book
Light (Waterman). Signons
Panama Canal
coats started tagging
Sn out of tickets in the first
gerous mystery ship '®P°' f JL aboard the Peruvian iMighter, eluded the Afoundna, Itenge^ so much so that some of
case of one chap m up
fe^ only 21 very
siOiOte a week pre Roamer, Wacosta, Patriot and hour or two. Consider
te
the Santa Monica. Tb®«
^'^nf and he did not dare to Frank Emerson (South ARa^c). ra^S^oTtwrofJS^W^^^^^ who^ gonna he boss m that
viously to plead for food t ,
himseU if belp wf'* Only two intransits: Chicka
saw (Waterman) and Hawaiian outfit
II uuw
•
^
now . • • '
,rt«r»
of fted. and ftozen
Citizen. One bright spot hoi^
ever, will be the furnishing of
.ttETtXES,
I
V5I
"^jCnToi w
Ninety more ships
cated to general agent^ by th
Shlpph«°S^ty during
^ggjgned, 35 on OctobCT 19, and
iiBr
bankers' conclave m Des ^om^
walking the Ime
Workers and
^7!^here the bankers' session took place.
S^shtr"n:^st.r
?fo^Oc°^be?25.%Iu'eontr^
Alcoa. 2; Bloomfield, 2;.Easter^^^.^^.^^^
3, and Waterman 4. •
^
from Japan, after t^ skipper
sen) has refused to sedJh
skipper says. The ship s
kiUed a utiUty man m self dew^
. .
to his union, the
radio operator bad another vers .
the seaman was ^ot
i CIO American Jladio Associa ^ ^ hysterical condition. The :NMU
^"^dSSe"
under pretest it necessary, to avmd
Srrn.
CHIN UP. ^N.
m°vT^ SuskS. Officially took
stalwart hero of many a _seag
^^en the two traded
luscious Ava Gardner ou^o
P®®*
marriage vows m BbiUy. Anot
battered around quite a bit
Hollywood's Franchot Tone, who w
"Slf
nture complications."
^
S.
.
confab to another site.
.
gara Sdy'"—t her iuurps the other day and
wound up spitting in her eye.
^
e
.f»' •
Planned or
ncreased facilities on the D
uuder
^ojigrn multimilliondollar ship,
WHAT ARE THEY
ANYWAY? It's aU over for
surrendered to the
rSwly^rearedPort
home of many of the ^udsm^^^
^
^This may^
L;
• ail and truck
planned turn miHionbu^el
rising
tide
and
15
cents for
tap
beer
for
mont^
;isco Bay area and CorP"s
gj^^gtor for the Texas coast m
news to some who ve
P® t^ied to hold the price do.wn to
grain elevator,
?o„hle that port's dry cargo comroerM.
already.) Although "®®"y %boosted the ,tab to a dime,
c. J. BECK
a nickel long after other cities
phone
a full crew to the Richard Up the last holdout just
^ ^
hoards already, as the hght
john (Waterman) the middle of call and subway ride have gone oy me
jingle in your pocket shows.
^
the month.
barrels per hour m 10 or 12 hotM
^
,
Some 75 members were pres
POTENT LABOR VOTE. Though
•
ent for the meeting, at which
Hussi. is gelling
recently. Washington
Patrolman Robert Jordan pre tional labor coalition in cj^den®e sij^
trade on a big scale, ^he ^onun
rubber, sheUac. tice. sented the report in tbe ®bsenc Policy Committee dismtegrat
organized wage earners
electrical equipment in
. Russia, incident^y. bas of Agent Cal Tanner at head dopesters figure he
^
combine which tries
copra, spices, tea. tm
return two Navy icebreakers quarters in New York.
inclined to discoimt the ef
^ still present a potent threat
notified the US that she is P'®P™^
Yfar Ilfive years ^ter All reports .accepted, particu fo do them dirty. While many^seem^^^
•
borrowed «nder lendlease dut g
^as 670 US ships
larly that of the negotiate com fectiveness of the socalled
ggnator Taft. the party machmes
Jhis
forlheir^redelivery.
as in last year's victory of
edictable factor. They
mittee.
to
whom
a
in her possession, rejecung ai
j ^943 .^(^hen Harry Truman
of thanks was voted. B^obng have learned that its ® ®
increase of 31 vessels over the for next year's officers got off to
As of 0®b)her 1, there wM^^^
the placing of
start*
.
number in operation on Sep
charter. Also i«creasea was the a fiood
Among the brothers gracing
mentowned ships under GAA
required to man the addi our fair city these days are D.
SOMETHING WE NEVER
dis^asf Called
number; of active
eompriaes 1,868 ahipe.
likely
to
cause
fewy
This
latest
aUment.
coined
Glass. M. D
tional ships* The active seag S
cargo vessels, 46 V.
G. Saucier. L. Smith and C. J. tenigue has appeared
^ (fat)igue. is something many car
from ther words
® x officials, but seldom can pin down,
passengercargo and 45^ta^^
23 pasSengercargo and 3 ^Brother Beck, at Present
owners suffer from, ®c«r<hng to offic .
general
the baUoting commit^, The rush of modern
^ to buckle when we least
SSiriS"
sfam'n. Scensed ing on
been an SIU book member :^^^r&rdeXr;Sents are said to have claimed
since 1944. He's been sailmff ds
l^^l^tSSto^an fleet.
^
^
an electrician, and also takmg Siiy a victim from this cause.
tn active part on board the
««S rftXT rE« Authorities in Schenectady.
Work on 14 of the 35
E. L. ships, invariably being chosen
THEY
f f
,^;th jail unless he shaves off
(wernment has been grdered
P
reason given was sS's delegate or engine dele N. Y. have
a teen g
Tchrane. of the Mardime
jhe
his chin whiskers A "yo^
„hal I eat or weM.
Kat only 100.000 tons of steel ha
ghxps have been laid
as aU of us here have hera the goalee on a l"®' ^
appearing caiied the chin feathers
lusrter of ,1952. So far. ^^iglheduled for January. ShipbuUdmg dotog. urges,every M reek
^^aSSSt^— hTsc^^bi and eonununity."
loyrn. ^"b .the
tig,es as
member to make sure he exer
eisee his right to vote tor om
SAFETY VIEWOIHT jWs
hoS'rS
1952 officials noW that the
can he lakCh lo rerlore
die Steel,cnts, ,
' "
IP
i
Preientiy before, the
, ,
Lteeli%=.ffi»H
tnf a.ter\is dad warned that ffytog
S'^paS'^'off ®bould c^e
Tderea^
would be safer thap drivmg. ^
^
NO NEWS TO to^^op^liS^h^
Tim
i^egjciation. intro ion obligation.
Brothers J* BucKeiew,
Burke J. Jones. H* Peek and • foSSTedTthrReTI^^^^^^
Son at the USPHS hospit^
would eppi^®^^®*® ® ^
^ ".SoJ'weSTunl S
letter because these shutins get ,al)OUt their "ulcer" rating, Doc.
® minimum of red tape
pretly lonesome.
seamen, must be delivery
ssCSf
sake it easier
yai^g',',
, 'igpts w
3 asrf~.::S
• ' • ''• • • • >
been
^ie^^vSun^
?•
�r'^'ii;.
• /
Page Fourteen
THE SEAFARERS LO<G
FrW^, lfg««p)^
SW Wftts Welfare Boost
In Death And Hospital Pay
through the same office has wiU provide a sizeable addition
{Continued from Page 1)
the union avoided the pitfalls helped reduce the costs to
to the fund.
of insurance company operation, minimum.
VACATION PAY
which would have meant a ten In addition, the Welfare Plan's
to eleven percent bite of the reserve, instead of lying around Meanwhile, pending a build
total take. Under union adminis idle in a commercial bank, has up of an adequate reserve in the
tration, expenses have been held been invested in U.S. govern Vacation Fund, vacation money
down to* a bare minimum of two ment bonds to the time of better will not be paid out for the time
and onehalf percent of income. than $754,000. These bonds draw being. The Union wants to make
Operation of the Brotherhood of from two and onequarter to two sure that sufficient money will
Marine Engineers and the Mas and onehalf percent interest. In be on hand ito pay off everybody
ters, Mates and Pilots plans the course of time, the^ interest If payments were to be made
immediately, the fund might run
into difficulties until more money
was forthcoming from the ope
rators.
QUESTION:
bition in life?
is, your jbig persounl am
NY WiUiat TieUp EnJs
As Pier Workers Return
When the Union is ready to
pay out the vacation money,
which should be in the near
future, it will be handled
dent of the MM&P, declared that through the new Brooklyn head
(Continued from Page 1)
while
his organization had jus qifarters. The membership has
ceeded in tying up most of the
tifiable
grievances it would not been assured that there will be
piers on successive days of the
do
anything
"to add to the chao a minimum of delay and no red
walkout until at one stage of the
strike oyer 100 ships wfere idle tic condition" of the New York tape, as it is planned to be able
waterfront.
to pay out vacation money with
at their piers.
*
in a few hours after discharges
MM&P POSITION
SIU POSITION
liave been presented and appli
Throughout the stopfiage the "The Masters, Mates & Pilots," cations lilled out in the Brook
SIU gave its full support to the he said, "will take no action yn headquarters. Applications
official leadership of the ILA, whatsoever that could be con which have to be forwarded
along with three other AFL un strued as support for wildcatters. from other ports will be handled
ions in the Maritime Trades De They have been badgering us as speedily as possible and checks
partment: the Radio Officers Un with nasty, snide remarks and will be mailed out immediately.
ion, the SaUors Union of the with pickets, but they'll find out
Pacific, and the Masters, Mates that our ui\ion will not stand A provision of the newly
signed SIU agreement, ups vaca
and Pilots. The United Marine for a shakedown." /
While estimates vary, there is tion pay from $115 per year to
Division of the ILA (tugboat
men) also supported the adminis no question that the wildcat $140 on the basis of an increase
walkout took a heavy toll of the n operators' payments into the
tration.
An additional complication industry. One iihmediate loss has Vacation Fund.
which arose during the walkout been the suspension of coastwise
was the possibility of a strike of service by the Waterman Steam
members of the MM&P over the ship Company. The six SIU Check ItBut Good
»
question of welfare fund im manned C2's which Waterman
Check the slop chest be
provements. "The officers vmion was using in the coastal trade
had been negotiating for some have been chartered to the fore your boat sails. Make
time with shipowners in an at Navy's Military Sea Transporta sure that the slop, chest con
tempt to increase the daily wel tion Service. The suspension is a tains an adequede supply of
fare fimd contribution from 25 blow to recent attempts to re all the things you are liable
to 50 cents per man. However, vive the coastwise shipping trade
in order not to aid the wildcat which has been more or less to need. If it doesn't, call the
ters, they postponed strike actioi^ dormant since the end of World Union Hall immediately.
Captain May, national presi War II.
ROBERT LOPEZ. MM:
GUSS JANAVARIS. AB:
A pile of voaaOf and good
health would set aU right with
me. I'd travel around the
world and , come home With
the stories of my travels. Fd
buy a house for my famUy
and live in comfort, thqugh
not pretentiously. No fast ears
or high living for me. Z like
to travel slow, but sure. I've
seen the ports of the world
during my sailing days. Now
I'd like to go inland and see
Europe and Asia.
The big things in life 111
leave" to the dreamers. Ill be. ,
happy in' living a useful and r
contented life without too
many worries about where the
next dollar is coming from. My
ambition is to have a family.
I'm married now and we hope
to have children some day.
Maybe a set of twins, one
boy and one girl. Failing thaL
I'd like to have, at least one
son and a daughter to bounce
oq my knee.
r
>
ROBERT ROGERSON, Waiter:
LOUIS CORNE. Steward:
Enjoyment of good health
is my big ambition in. life
today. You can have all the
money in the world, but if
your hetdth is bad, it doesn't
mean a thing. I'm happy with
the material things I have in
life. I don't want a lot of
money, and wild women and
whiskey are for the other guy.
If I can Uck arthritis I'D be
a happy fellow. My ambition
is to live to be a 100yearr
old codger.
My ambition is to live as
long as my father did — 80
years. He enjoyed d full life,
as did most of the others in
my family, all of whom lived
to ripe, old ages. I hope to be
aroimd long enough to plSY
with my grandchildren and
enjoy ^ glass of good wine
every day. I've been sicki hav
ing hurt myself on a ship, and
am just getting back on my
feet. I really appreciate the
importance of good health.
^ I
Stricklend, PaUl W
10.00 SAILOR'S SNUG HARBOR
(Continued from Page 4)
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
Williams, Horace
20.00
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.
RAILWAY HOSPITAL
Williamson, Lewis R
10.00
40.00
Wrye, Norman E
30.00 Koslusky, Joseph
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA
.
DEATH
BENEFITS
Harvey, Harry
10.00
1500.00
610.00 Atkinson, Samuel
USPHS HOSPITAL
Doucette,
Remie
166.66
BALTIMORE. MARYLAND
MARINE WARD
Mayoros,
Julius
."...1500.00
Barron, John
10.00
ST. AGNES HOSPITAL
Molnar, John M.
*500.00
Blades, Nelson W
90.00
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
ShVmake,
Tolon
1500.00
Carlson, Charles
10.00 Schmidt, George
20.00
Clarke, Jesse
30.00 Zohil, John
20.00
Cranford, Percy
50.00
6166.66
Crook, Henry
20.00
40.00
Goude, Joseph
20.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Green, Patrick
10.00
SAN
FRANCISCO, CALIF.
Hawkins, Albert A
10.00
Bahr,
D
90.00
By EARL SHEPPARD
Ingram, Charles T
20.00
reports, notifig everything was ed down somewhat, many of the
Cartwright,
N.
R
20.00
Johnson, Harry
20.00
shipshape.
brothers did a good turn and
20.00 BALTIMORE, Nov. 7 — Ship In the absence of the port stopped in at the USPHS hospi
Johnson', Luman A.
10^00 Cheng, Gee
.'.
20.00 ping during the latter part of agent, the patrolman's and tal to say heUd to the boys who
Jones, Okal
20.00 Fifer, John R
Kaziukewicz,
Florian
20.00
Kearney, Kaniel
10.00
this period took a fast dive, agent's reports were combined. have been laid up there for quite
20.00 slowing down considerably from Our patrolmen reported no dis a while. If you can't find the
Kerr, James L
10.00 Miniz, Joaquin
10.00
Lawton, John T
10.00 Nagel, George R • ..
puted overtime pending with the time to visit these brothers, you
10.00 the pace of past weeks.
Leonard, Paul A
10.00 Pennington, "Wilbur
exception of a couple oF hours could help make ' things easier
20.00 It is expected, however, that in dispute on Ore ships. This was for them byV dropping them a
Mora, Miguel
10.00 Robertson, C. R
Saporito,
Salvatore
J
10.00
business will pick up shortly and sent on to New York for settle line from'wherever you are.
Padgett, Lemuel
20.00
20.00 compare favorably with what ment.
Pou, Oscar Garcia
20.00 Shirley, Conrad
'
• A couple pf SIU oldtimers on
30.00 we've been experiencing the Voting for A&G officers drew the beach still marking time
Randolph, Claude
30.00 Uriarte, Herman
last six months.
Reier, George
30.00
a large turnout according to bal waiting for the right ticket for
290.00
Rivera, Ruperto
20.00
A good many of the oldtime loting CO aitteemen, and show their winter 'luxury" cruise to
Ruta, Michael L,
10.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
brothers tiumed up at the meet ed a marked jump over the early southern pc'nts. The weather bo
FORT STANTON, N. M.
Scales, Robert W
20.00
ing and voted acceptance of tallies for previous years.
mg what it is here, can't say I
South, Ralph
20.00 McDonaM, Donald .............. 40.00 J quarterly and weekly financial
With things in this port slow blame ihem.
^
Baltimore Looks For Better Period
�?tiH E S E A.F M n E R S MO G
.F90« Fifiem
SUNIOfr^Kea). Sept. 23 — STONEWALL JACKSON (Wa
STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), SOUTHPORT (South Atiahtic).
Cfaaittiuub; B. Gaz<^; S^retary, larman), Aug. 26 — Ohairman, Sept. S^Ohairman. Guy White OcL 7—Chairman, A E. Piem;
Dele W.
Dogates reported no Harry Grimes: Secretary. Earl hurst; Secretary. C. Lee. Dele Secretary. W. R. Parker. Discus
. ii^^ted few ':^ou^, dis heefs q^, jl^uted overtime. Mo J. Laws. Delegates reported gates reported everything fine, sion on keeping juices and can
iSdVi^iime. Letteif^was pre tion made and carried that all $73.27 in ship's fund. It was sug except the performing by two ned fruit in thaw room to be
$eiit^^|o yitjl^bers]^ and jvpted meat, be . removed at the end of gested the ship's fund be spent men. Suggested that the man chilled before serving. Ship's
on as iowheilier OT not to iEor the voyage because the ice box for books. Discussion on clean who claimed to have written a delegate read latest educational
ward it to headquai^ers concern went bad twice so far. It was ing scupper in laundry.
letter to headquarters about the bulletin and' posted same in
Ifig backing "of fiME tind
re suggested that the crew see the
chief cook explain the contents messhall with other previous
XXX
questing Union policy, but was captain about having all pass SEACOMET (Colonial), OcL 4 to the crew.
bulletins.
— Chairman. J. Howarth; Sec
voted down to await Union ac ageways washed down,
XXX
XXX
retary. Frank P. VoUo. Delegates MOTHER M. L. (Eagle Ocean). PETROLITE (Tanker Sag).
tion. SuggesUonanade to. repkir
4. 4., X
.'i •
all doors and locki^. : ?
JACOB CHANDLER HARPER reported few hours disputed ov Oct. 7—Chairman, Pedro Dela* OcL 7—Chairman. Waller Hoepf
(Seas).
23—Chairman. L. ertime. Suggestion made to keep cruz; Secretary. Jack Dolan. Del ner; Secretary, Stanley F. Schuy
Z^L ALBA (MiflsissippDi Sept. Hitalnm; Becretary. G. BiUek. the washing machine clean and egates reported no beefs. Motion ler. Delegates reported $64.03
2(1
Chairman. D. Byrne: Sec Delegates reported no beefs. Mo turn off the motor when finished. made and carried to take up in ship's fimd. Suggestion for
retii^. Gierczic. Delegates re tion made to contribute $5 each
letter received from headquar ship's treasurer to buy pocket
XXX
ported no beefs. The steward toward a washing machine. Dis SEACORAL (Coral). Ocj. 10— ters with the patrolman as books and records for the recrea
asked the membership to. elect cussion on chow and night Chairman, W. Yorke; Secretary. there was no LOG • to explain tion room. Steward will also pick
H. Brandies. Delegates reported its meaning. Suggestion to check up ship's library.
a committee to work out
lunch.
educational
matter was received slopchest.
week's menu in order to get an
' X X X
idea oi what the men wanted CHIWAWA (CUies Service). and qosted on bulletin board.
and to eliminate further, ;beefs. Oct. 15>Chairtnan. Haxold Wil More beefs on why chief engin
DEL ORO (Mississippi), Oct.
son; Secretary, R. Koch. Dele eer and chief mate did not ob 8 —Chairman. Douglas (Smily)
•
X '
REPUBLIC (Traialqax). Sept. gates reports no beefs. Motion tain sufficient supplies while in Clausen; Secretary. Greml Tar
2 — Chairmen. Floyd Starkey; made and seconded that milk be Japan. Agreement reached by all belL Discussion held concerning
XXX
Secretary. H. K. Pierce. Dele checked as it comes aboard. All members to keep laundry locked oiler getting logged for being PURPLESTAR (Traders),
while
in
port.
absent when he was properly
gated'reported no beefs. The re members advised to read educa
relieved. In order to have a Sept. 30—Chairman. Steve Barry;
pair list was*read. Ship's fund tional literature. $11.17 reported
smooth payoff, the delegates re Secretary, Chuck Hostetter. A
is reported jto., have . $24.46., on in ship's fund.
quested that all members turn letter was sent to headquasters
X X X
hand. Motion made that a letter
their books in on the morning concerning Eygptians being al
be sent to headquarters about ST, AUGUSTINE VICTORY
(Mississippi). Sept. 29—Chairman.
of payoff. Suggestion made that lowed to work on ship doing
2nd cook and baker.
J. E. Parks; Secretary. P. A,
XXX
there should be more milk on sailor's work. Motion made and
carried that the steward put
SANTA y E N E T i A (Mar Carbone. Suggestion made that STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmi board.
$15
in the ship's fund for the
XXX
Tirade). Sept. 29 ' Chairman. all hands cooperate in keeping an). Sept. 23—Chairman. A. Meg
use
of
the ship's washing ma
James M. Fisher; Secretary. B. tnesshall clean. Crew decides it lis; Secretary. A. Butler. Crew FLORIDA (P&O). Oct. 13 — china for washing the ship's
Lilly. Delegates reported no improper to employ natives for voiced complaint on'no variety Chairman, E. Reyes; Secretary, towels. The deck engineer gave
beefs. Steward reports on stove steward's department work in of menus :and no cold lunches H. Higgins. Discussion on too a short speech on Union brother'
situation and milk.'Discussion on foreign ports and will refrain in port. Complaint on impure much friction between various hood.
»
lifeboats, and it was suggested from hiringthem in the future. water and ice. Opinion that ste members of all the departments.
XXX
ward was not instructing his de General discussion on conditions
XXX
that a rigid checknp be made.
MARYMAR (Calmar). Sept. 29 partment in their duties.
on the ship and several beefs FORT BRIDGER (US Petro.),
Sept. 30 — Chairman. Lee Da
—Chairman, Guy Waller; Secre
were brought up.
XXX
Parlier; Secretary. Tony Tar
tary. Daniel J. Hunt. Delegates SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Sea
XXX
quinio.
Delegates reported a few
reported no beefs. It was de train). Sept. 30^Chairman. Sir HIGH POINT VICTORY
hours
disputed
overtime. Motion
cided to give $5 to the American Charles; Secretary. Ad<^h W. (South Atlantic). OcL 7—Chair
made
and
carried
the ship's
Merchant Marine Library Asso Sadenwater. Delegates reported man. Joe La Poinle: Secretary.
delegate comlnunicate
with head
ciation.* One crew member was no beefs. The Oceanic Medical M. George Whale. Delegates re
quarters
in
regard
to
the lack
to look around for an electric Supply Company wqp to have ported everything going fine.
of
the
slopchest.
Discussion
on
steam iron which was to come come on ship to check what Ship's delegate to see what can
variety
of
night
lunch.
out of the newlycreated fund. medications we have and what be done about getting a library
FLOYD CRUMPLER
XXX
is needed. Sir Charles stated aboard at the first possible op
. 4. X X
Get in touch with A. Good
ANGELINA (Bull), Oct. 6 — that there are about eighty portunity. Chief steward re SOUTHWAVE (South Atlan
win, SB Coimcil 'Grove, Cities
Chairman. Paole Pringi; Secre things to be improved upon for quested dheckered tablecloths for tic). Oct. 22—Chairman. J. B.
iBervice Oil Co., 70 Pine St.,
Sellers; Secretary. Vaughn E,
tary. William Walker. All money the benefit of the membership. the crew mess.
NYC.
Harrington.
Delegates reported
collected for any purpose shall
XXX
no
beefs. Money
from ship's fund
be turned over to the Treasurer
EX SS ALCOA CAVALIER as soon as possible and shall not
was spent on repairs for the
John J. .AluUelly, A. Stone, be withdrawn before discussion
washing machine. Machine can
"^Winston E. Renny, Timol^y Holt, IS held at a meeting. Suggestion
be
removed from ship to Union
Harrison St.
SIU, A&G District SAN FRANCISCO 450
Maurice J. Olsen, Stanley L. made to see 1st assistant en
Douglas 2.8363 hall at end of voyage if the ship
'.
.86 Seneca St. is sold and doesn't keep SIU
Hunt, Gus A. Jannavous, Charles gineer about painting engine de BALTIMORE
14 North Cay St. SEATTLE
Main 0290
Earl Sheppard, Agent Mulberry 4540
|E. Bausquet, please contact Sam • jartment quarters.
contract. Recreation room to be
WILMINGTON
.440 Avalon Blvd.
BOSTON
276
State
St.
uel' Segal, 11 Broadway, NYC,
kept clean by stewards depart
Terminal
43131
4' 4* 4>
James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 20140
concerning accideiit ' aboard Alcoa THE CABINS (Cabins), Sept.
..105 Broad St. ment.
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141 NEW YORK
BOwling Green 93438
Cavalier in Feb., 1948.
30SH—23rd St.
XXX
23 — Chairman, Fred Aderhold; GALVESTON
Keith
Alsop.
Agent
Phone
28448
;• X X X
W.
E.
DOWNING
(State Fuel).
Secretaryi R. McNeil. Delegates LAKE CHARLES. La
Great Lakes District Oct. 17—Chairman. Dan Sheehan;
1419 Ryan St.
JEAN ST. JACQUEg
Phone 65744
reported no beefs. Bosun asked Keith Terpe, Agent
133 W. Fletcher Secretary. Dave Dunn. Chairman
I South Lawrence St, ALPENA
. Get in touch with ..Herbert J. that all crewmembers clean up MOBILE
Phone: 1238 W
Cal
Tanner,
Agent
Phone
21754
DeVarco, 51 Chambers St.,. NYC, after themselves in the mess
180 Main St. gave a talk on unionism for the
NEW ORLEANS
.523 Bienville St. BUFFALO. N.Y
Phone Cleveland 7391 benefit of new members, and
X X X
room. Steward asked that all Lindsey Williams, Agent
2602 Carroll St. spoke on safety regulations and
Magnolia 61126113 CLEVELAND
CREW, SS GEO. CULUCUNDIS dirty linen be turned in on
Phone: Mainj^0i47jQjj
gmoking areas. More cooper
NEW
YORK....675
4th
Ave.,
Brooklyn
Please leave papers, glasses change day.
1038 3rd SL
HAnover 22784 DETROIT
ation
was asked by the stewards
aaidpictures belonging to Blanco
4. X X
NORFOLK
127129 Bank St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 16857
department
in keeping the mess
DULUTH
531
W.
Michigan
St.
T. o Williams, 2926 Somme Ave., PAOLI (CiHes Service). Oct. Ben Rees, Agent
Phono 41083
Phone: Melrose 24110
hall
clean.
Motion
made to ex
PHILADELPHIA
...337
Market
St.
Norfolk, at Norfolk Hall or. send 10 — Chairman. Thurston J.
SOUTH CHICAGO
3261 E. 92nd St. terminate ship.
*4 t
S.
Cardullo,
Agent
.Market
71635
them to his hoime..
Lewis; Secretary. John Bowman. SAN FRANClSdO.
Phone Essex 52410
450 Harrison St.
.rr
'
Delegates reported everything Lloyd Gardner, Agent Douglas 25475
,252 Ponce de Leon
Canadian District
^' ^GfecmGE R. LIINANKI
running smoothly. It was sug SAN JUAN, PR
Contact Meeba Gatwood, 1402 gested that 8 to 12 ordinary sea Sal Colls, Agent
463 _McCill St.
SAVANNAH
2 Abercom St. MONTREAL
I
|NW, Wa^ington, rnan keep washing machine room E. B, Tilley, Agent
MArq'uette 5909
Phone 31728
...I28H Hollis St.
cieSn and'the wiper on sanitary SEATTLE....
2700 1st Ave. HALIFAX, N.S
Phone 38911
Seneca 4570
.. XXX :
_ work, and the messman divide Jeif Morrison, Agent
FORT
WILLIAM.. 118^5
Syndicate
Ave.
18091811 N. Franklin St.
their time in keeping the recrea TAMPA
Ontario
Phone 33221
StRATHCAPE CREW
Ray White, Agent'
Phone 21323
103 Durham St.
. i Crewmembers of the Strath' tion room clean. A vote , of thanks WILMINGTON. Calif.. .440 Avalon Blvd. PORT COLBORNE
jrminal 42874 TORON°T<?o°nt.rio.'...86 Sborne^st!
cape on the trip to South Amer was tended the committee who Sam Cohen, 'Agent ~
^he following men are asked
ica, August, 1951 j . are: asked to purchased the washing machine. HEADQUARTERS. .51 Beaver St.. N.Y.C
Elgin 5719, to contact William O'Loughlin,
SECRETARYTREASURER
; contact^Mrg.—Jolm Prihoda, 304
VICTORIA; B.C... .6i7j*5 Cormorant St. 1 National Labor Relations Board,
X X X
Paul Hall
.^Tatum, Bryan,, Texas.
LOGANS FORT (Cities Serv
VANCOUVER. B.C....565 S"..'".'.i
tT""'.f
'7
ice), Sept.' 22—Chairman. John HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES
• • • • ':'S" 4" '<X '
Pacific 7824 New York, to collect the checks
joe Alglna
Robert Matthews
P. Schilling; Secretary. Kenneth
SYDNEY, N.S
304 Charlotte St. { due them from the Cities Service
NEIL SYKES
Joseph Volplan
Phono 6346 Oil Company:
Get in touch with Joseph Goldman. Delegates reported
BAGOTVILLE,
Quebec
20
Elgin St.
SUP
John H. Nicholson, George
Lech, 1594 Second Avenue, New some disputed overtime. There
Phoua 545
were
a
few
suggestions
concern
; iYork City. Phone 'KEgent 48193;
37 Ormont St. Barrena, Michael Carlin, Jack
HONOLULU.,..
16 Merchant St. THOROLD, Ontario
Phono 33202 Du Pois, Kenneth P. Goldman,
Phone 58777
It' .
XuX X • • , —'r • • ing overtime sheets. Discixssion
PORTLAND
111
W.
Dumalde
St.
QUEBEC
113
Cota
Da
La Montagua Roger Hall, John Jordan, Theo«
on
performers
in
various
ports.
Mrs. Catherine Parker, 19 No.
Beaoon .4336
Suggestion
that
crew
give
100
• Bhssell Street, Boston, ^Mass.,
RICHMOND. Calif.
257 3U> Sv SAlNT^Om...l77 PrlncT'wmfin'sL
N.B.
Ph<ma 23049 Donald, Theodore Morris, George
tasks that her son get in todoui percent backmg on all Istithahte
Phnna 2390
Murphy, Keimeth L. Roberts.
;b©a?ti..
V
\ 1,7,
:.vv.
,. with her. ,.
.
Directory Of SIU flaUs
I!
�Page Sixteen
THE SEAFARERS LOG
, .PvidBy. Wnreniber 16, 195}
South
:• ^^'r•
y
Busy on one of. the mahr HWe jobs that kept liuhga V:
running smoothly aboard the
'Wentley (Seiu Shfpiping)'
during its threeandahalf nioaih' South African junket/
"Chips." Ship's Carpenter, wran^es with a piMe of ornery pipe.
The LOG regrets that proper identification can't be given
to the men pictured due to the lack of information sent in.
Next time an eager beaver with a Baby Brownie takes your
pinup for us, give him a name to go with the face.
Caught taking a breather. Fireman Ali and Chief Elec
trician Louie, right, pose for the lensman with a packing case
for a backdrop. To us, the Chief looks like a ringer for J.
Carroll Naish of Hollywood.
. }
•
"What do I do How?" Apparently caught in a tough spofc King, AB, thoughtfully figures
his next move in a checkerboard tussle with Red, AB, who otters the leg art. (Photo left.)
No recent beefs about the chow are noted by Ray Sadowski, Steward Delegate, so the boys
didn't mind prettying up for this family photo. The galley gang on tl^e Capetown run included,
LR: Ray, Steward; Red, Messman; Pat, Messman; Jake, Chief
Cook; Joy, Galleyman; Floyd, Baker.
I'"
I •
%• •' •
Rv
The action seems to be heavy at this midocean poker session as all eyes watch the cut. The
principals, left to right, were; Shorty, Jake, Tom, Jackson, Chino and Odin, who shows only
the^ back of his head,
V;/,
Lest, eh? The Third Mate oh
theRobin Wentley scans a chart ^
to see where he's at. It looks '
like he's thinking it's too fay
from home, no matthr which
way you look at it.
�
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$2,500 DEATH BENEFIT, $15 WEEKLY HOSPITAL EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 5
A&G ELECTION VOTE BRISK
NY WILDCAT TIE-UP ENDS AS DOCK WORKERS RETURN
WAGE RISE HELD PENDING WSB OK
NEW HQ. HALL READIES FOR OPERATIONS
SIU RAPS MSTS 1-YR SIGN-ON
BRIDGES 'RECONSIDERS'
AMONG THE UNIONS
NEW HIGH GROUND
'JINXED' WESTERN TRADER HIT
SIU-ITF BRING JUSTICE TO ABUSED PANAMA CREW
SIU CANNERY WORKERS REELECT WAUGH, GOMEZ
SAFETY SHORTCUTS COSTS LIFE OF SEAFARERS
US SHIPS LIFTED 85 PERCENT OF YEAR'S ECA CARGO
BRIDGES' DEFEAT CHEERS FRISCO; SHIPPING SLACK
LAKE CHARLES SHIP RUSH SCUTTLES DUCK HUNTING
PHILADELPHIA HAS BERTHS WAITING FOR RATED MEN
WILMINGTON FINE EXCEPT FOR JAP CARGO-GRABBING
NEW ORLEANS HUMS WITH SHIP ACTIVITY
BOSTON SHIPPING REMAINS GOOD
GALVESTON CAN USE SHOT IN ARM
SPEEDY SHIP-SHORE LIAISON SAVES INJURED SIU MEMBER
DEATH CALLS TWO SEAFARERS
NO BABY FOOD, MORE MEAT, ASK KETTERING MEN
COCKTAIL, ANYONE?
FORMER SEAFARER LOUIS HEDIN KILLED IN KOREA
PORT MOBILE SLOWS, BUT VOTING'S UP
BALTIMORE LOOKS FOR BETTER PERIOD
SOUTH AFRICAN RUN NOT ALL WORK OR ALL PLAY
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. l^Sf M iikfoiaO ^^aihl
BACKS DOWN,
BTHHIAN SHIPS
,i: •
• v";^/. it
:'m'm
^
Harry Bridges ducked out on his long threat
ened battle with the AFL on the West Coast this
week by ordering his men to unload cargo from
five longimmobilized Isthmian Steamship Company,
vessels." The action was the first wideopen break
in the threemonthold dispute between the SIU
affiliated Brotherhood of Marine Engineers and
the CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Association,
Officidt Organ, AtUmttc & Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of NA a dispute in which Bridges intervened and became
the standard bearer for the MEBA.
No.
22
NEW
YORK.
N.
FRIDAY.
NOVEMBER
2.
1351
VOL; xm
The move by Bridges to honor his contract by
furnishing men to work the ships was viewed as
Seafarers Wins Discharge
From Army For Drafled AB
abandonment of his "tough guy"t
policy to avoid any outandout
showdown fight with the AFL.
Earlier this week Bridges had
hinted at possible violence and
a concerted effort by his group
to "drive the AFL oft the water
;. A member ,of the SJ^U ,,,has^
front."
earned the distinction of being
Bridges reference was to the
Polls in all SIU Branches on
the first merchant'seaniah to be
International Longshoremen's As
the
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific
discharged from the armed forces
sociation and the Brotherhood
coasts
opened yesterday, as the
because of the need for skilled
of Marine Engineers, though
seamen to :man , the sWps, of the
any such attempt on his part annual election of officials to
growing American merchant'
was certain to bring in the lead the SIU during the coming
fleet.
^
powerful SlUaftiliated Sailors year got under way. To fill the
Seafarer Eugene Dore, 26year
Union of the Pacific and the 29 elective posts in Headquarters
old AB, who ended eight months
West Coast Teamsters, which and the Branches, 37 men, who
of army service on October 19,
have pledged the BME full sup were nominated and found qual
became the first concrete result
port in its dispute. Two weeks ified, appear on the ballot.
of the Union's long campaign to
ago in New York Bridges met The qualifications of men in
seek the release of rated sea
with unions expelled, as his was, nomination were examined by a
from the CIO for leftist leanings. Headquarters Credentials Com
' men.
In Dore's case alone, the Un
At that time he told reporters mittee elected at a special Head
ion battled government redtape
that any attempt by the AFL to quarters meeting on October 18.
for over four monthis before the
work West Coast ships would be The Committee's report, read
proper Army channels were lo
met by headon pierhead battles. and accepted at the regulaf mem
cated and the Seafarer's request
Bridges change of heart came bership meetings of October 24,
Seafarer Eugene Dore, AB, displays his army discharge
stated that aU men who had
for his discharge began its slow given to enable him to resume shipping.
{Continued on Page 3)
submitted credentials were foimd
processing front his imit to the
qualified. The election procedure
Pentagon.
»
was also outlined.
"DRAFT CHAOS"
In accordance with a resolu
"Since the beginning of the
tion adopted in September by
present international crisis," Paul Crewmembers of SlUcontract Wage Stabilization Board, on SIU's Negotiating Committee is all Branches, the posts to be
Hall, SIU Secretary Treasurer ed ships began working a 40hour wages in effect on January 15, an increased room and meal al filled are the same as last year
stated, "we've campaigned for a week at sea yesterday and so 1950, at which time ABs were lowance, which will pay men $8 in all ports and Headquarters.
national policy of deferment for.
BALLOT SETUP
per day, as compared to the
became the first seamen in'mari receiving i$233.51.
skilled seamen. .Apparently the time history to sail undef the The overtime rate is now $1.29 former $6 per day.
The Credentials CoirJttee's
armed forces reali/je now that new workweek. At the same per hour for those men receiv
Electric washing macnines to report provides that the ballot
skilled seamen belong back on time Seafarers began working ing less than $277.30 per month. be installed aboard all SIU ships list the ports and offices in geo
the ships, carrying vital cargoes, under the new wage scale which Men receiving $277.30 per month at company expense is another graphical order following the
but leaving deferrments up to gives, them a 6.2 percent raise or more will be~ paid overtime new feature of the contract.
Headquarters office, and the can
the draft boards is causing chaos. in wages over the January 15, at the rate of $1.63 per hour.
Representing the Union in the didates are listed alphabetically
"Climbing a mountain of gov 1950 level. This is added to the Under the terms of the vaca original negotiations and in sign under the offices they are seek
ernment redtape to get men out wage rate .currently in effect, tion agreement, every Seafarer ing the remaining operators dur ing. Space has been provided
of .the service once they're in is won last October when Seafar is entitled to the vacation bene ing the past three weeks were: following each position for write
ridiculous, but that's what we ers ' received a 6.38 percent in fits prorated on the basis of two SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall, in votes.
have to do until National Selec
Specifically the ballot calls
weeks of vacation pay at the chairman of the Union's commit
crease.
tive Service Headquarters issues The new contract negotiated $140 figure. Men can collect va tee; Cal Tanner, Mobile Agent; for the election of one Secre
a blanket deferrment for skilled with the shipowners three weeks cation pay due them after 90 Lindsey Williams, Gulf Coast taryTreasurer, one Assistant
seamen." ;
Representative and New Orleans SecretaryTreasurer, three Head
ago also calls for an increase in days of work.
Dore, who was drafted in Feb vacation pay from $115 per year Eligible Seafarers get the va Agent; Earl Sheppard, Baltimore quarters Representatives, nine
ruary, ioUowing his return from to $140 per year.
cation benefits regardless of the Agent; Robert Matthews, Head Port Agents and 15 Port Patrol
Korea aboard a ship which had
number of companies for whom quarters Representative, and men.
carried supplies to the UN armT Likewise, SlUcontracted ope they worked during the year.
Morris Weisberger, SUP East Voting will continue straight
ies, is a> veteran., of sailing rators bpgan this week to pay Also improved in the new Coast Representative, represent through for two months tmtil
through World War H, .during 50 cents per man per day into agreement negotiated by the ing the International.
(Continued on Page 3)
the Seafarers Welfare Fund.
which he lost two ships.
Formerly their payment was 25
TWO SINKINGS
cents per day.
He' was a crewmember aboard The boost in vacation pay was
the torpedoed troopship Dorches made possible by the upping of The wildcat strike on New of which the SIU Atlantic & ing out the men on most of New
ter, and later survived the sink vacation payments by the ope York's waterfront neared the end Gulf District is a member, pledg York's piers.
ing of the Artemus Ward, a lib rators from 35 cents per day to of its third week today, with ed support to Joseph P. Ryan, The wildcatters were unsuc
114 ships idle at their piers, President of the ILA, in his at cessful. however in spreading
erty ship, blown up by coastal 50 centsi
guns during the landing at the The new contract has been though vessels at Army piers tempt to bring to an end the the strike to other ports, with
the exception of Boston.
Normandy beachhead.
signed by all but one of the SIU were being loaded with defense dispute.
The contract in dispute was
:i. • Dbre also was a crewmember contracted operators. The lone cargoes.
PIER WALKOUT
negotiated
and overwhelmingly
The
walkout
involves
fewer
of the Swedish 5 ship Gripsholmi remaining operator, owner of one
The
wildcat
walkout
began
on
endorsed
by
the ILA's 125man
than
half
a
dozen
locals
of
the
when she acted aa; an, exchange ship, will meet with the Union
October 12th when a North River wi^e scale committee, which in
International
Longshoremen's As
. _ ship in. ,1942.; Fps,
, wartin^ shortly. _
A sample of the new wage sociation, AFL. The Locals are local walked out after working cludes representatives of every
effoi^i, Dore received' e^i^ ser
three days tinder the new pact. ILA local from Portland, MainCi
vice ribbon nwarded to merchant rate, which appears on page 5, seeking to have the uYiion re
,
seamen, having ^ived aboard .gives ABs a'boost from $248.41 negotiate a contract agreed to The "dissidents" spreadthe to Noi&lk, Virginia.
walkout
to
Brooklyn
dodcs
and
Later
in
secret balloting
the
oceansA He. also re; per month, to $1^.89 wper month; on Oct<^r 8th. ;
roving
squads
of
wildcatters
on
membership
approved
of
the >
of continu* The new 6,2 .^centi incsease X^st week, four AFL uniona of
following
days succeeded
in
puU
contract
by
a
twotoone
margiiw
tphye Maritime Trades Department,
(^oniinued on
It)'77 was^'flgured, afrcording to
Balloting For
A&G Officials
Gets Under Way
40'Hour Week, Pay Raise In Effect
Wildcat Longshore Strike
,
Up New York Pien
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Atlantic and Gulf District
Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor
At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y.
HAnovep 22784
Reentered as second class matter August 2, 1949, at the Post
Office in New York, N.Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912,
267
Clear Policy Needed
The discharge of a Seafarer from the army to resume
aailing, as reported in this week's LCX^, illustrates clearly
the complete lack of a selective service policy covering
merchant seamen, a matter the SIU has urged vainly
since the beginning of the present international emergency.
In this case the Seafarer spent eight months in uni
form before recognition was given his previous sailing
record and the need for him to help man the ships vital to
fulfill American commitments abroad. A plea by the
I Union and his seven years of sailing, including the loss of
twoships during World War II, met deaf ears at his draft
board. Belatedly, however, the government realized the
man's greater importance aboard ship and gave him his
release. In the meantime, a mountain of redtape and
confusion had been created that took the Seafarer months
to cut.
The case is not an isolated one, however. Skilled sea
men with long records of service have been and still are
being inducted at a time when the need for skilled seamen
grows greater every day.
The Union is doing all it can to see that the ships
are properly manned. The government should do its part
to see that the important cargoes delivered to the docks
will have seamen available to see that they reach their
destinations. The proper cooperation would be the issuance
of a deferment order covering skilled; experienced mer
chant seamen. To do less, is for selective service to com
pound the chaos that is hampering the use of skilled sea
AFL MAPS FIGHT ON CHEAP LABOIt AFL federations from the southwest bor
men where they can do the greatest good.
der states have developed a program of close cooperation between themselves and the
. SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall has termed the Union's ree Mexican trade unions to war against exploitation of Mexican nationals on big indus
necessity to battle redtape to get drafted seamen out of the trial farms of the southwest. The committee dealing with the problem blamed the 82n(l
army "ridiculous, but that's what we have to do until Congress for passing legislation permitting such exploitatidn against recommendationii
National Selective Service Headquarters issues a blanket made by President Truman.
deferment for skilled seamen."
"Not only farm workers, but the interests of all American workers are jeopardized
An example of the confusion existing was the reply by this legislation," the committee said.
given when the LCXJ asked New York Selective Service
Headquarters for a comment on the Seafarer's discharge.
The bland reply was: "There must be an error—no men
MORE ON 82nd CONGRESS. As 1951 drew to a close, it became apparent that Con
are being discharged to return to sea."
gress had left a load of unfinished business, insofar as the Welfare of the nation's work
ing people was concerned. On health insurance and aid to medical colleges. Congress did
nothing. On the problem of helping the states meet the problem of badly overcrowdect
g,., A good gauge of a country's alertness is the percen and understaffed schools, Congress was equally lax. On housing, price control, pluggihjg
teige of the eligible persons who turn Out to vote in an tax loopholes which benefit the. wealthy and large corporations, and uniform unemploy
election. In an organization,, the same is true.
ment benefits, the story was the same—nothing, was done. Liberal Senators and Congres^ .
The Seafarers International Union has always prided men will continue their fight on these issues when Congress reconvenes in January. Mean
Itself on the large number of members who have taken while, the National Association of Manufacturers praised the Congress for having "labor;
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the time to study the candidates and visit the polls. Ex ed long and constructively."
Cast Your Vote
cept for the men on the ships who cannot get to a Hall
during the twomonth voting period, the number of men
COMMIES LOSE IN LATEST MANEUVER. The Subversive Activities Cohtrol
:^ho vote is almost that of the entire eligible membership. has rejected a demand by the communist party that it start allf over again on the he^
in the United States as a whole, a turnout of fifty ings into whether the party must register as a Russiandirected group. So the case^ whi<4»j .
has been in progress for six months,Will continue. Whether br not the Board decides that^
percent of the eligible voters is considered excellent; in the party is technically directed by Russia v/on't change the complexion of things. The '
the SIU, the figure far exceeds that.
fact of the matter will still remain—directly or indirectly; the party does the bidding^
; ' •
Yesterday voting began in the election to determine of the Soviet Union and is, in effect, an ann of Russian policy.
the men who will lead the Union in 1952. Again the time • The commies also lost an additional $15,000 in forfeited Bail posted fdr three cbnvicfri •
i^Jias come for Seafarers to study the qualifications of the ed communist party leaders now listed as fugitives. The three are Robert Thompson, New
York State communist party chairman; Gilbert Green, Iliinois State party secretary,, and
pnen on the ballot and vote according to their choice.
Henry Winston, national organization secretary. They have already forfeited bail tptaljing
Regardless of whom you vote for, the important $60,000 for failure to surrender fo begin jail teims for violation of the Smith Act) wh^
makes conspiracy to teach and advocate violent overthrow of the govei'jiuneat a crittiekH
thing is to vote.
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THE SEAFARERS LOG
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cision, the MEBA in another '
Wednesday when California Su chamber of the Supreme Court M '
preme Court Justice William was once again barred from r ?
Sweigert gave him the choice picketing the Isthmian ships on
of furnishing men to work the the West Coast.
Isthmian ships, backed up by a The events in the dispute ,
$25,000 guaranteebond from his which brought the issues to a
union, or allowing Isthmian to head this week came about a
One. of the survivors of the his lifebelt] in his survival. 'The the company. "Even several days use AFL longshoremen.
week ago, when the newlychar
ilifated Southern Isles, which lifebelt pidled me up when the later when I ^dsited William Wednesday's coixrt action came tered San Francisco local of the
split in, half
sank 1^ mohth, ship pulled me imder, and having Asble's widow and children, the as a result of an injunction Tntemational Longshorem^'s As
recalled fhiisjiveek the Ihst min it oh tight kept it from, slipping company still had not contacted granted Bridges last week bar sociation, AFL, signed a contract
utes of.the ship and the hour? off me. We ptdled looselytied any of the* men's families. That, ring Isthmian from using AFL with Isthmian to work its ves
spent in the icy, sharkinlested life jackets out of the water apparently, is how much they longshoremen. Isthmian' imme sels.
waters while awaiting rescue. "It later."
thought of us."
diately challenged the injunction Isthmian signed with the ILA
was a night of horror," said When . the rescue ship put the At present in New York to re and, on the basis of hearings when the company fovmd that, v:j;|
.Howard Bastenbeck, Oder, one men^to Norfolk, they were met cuperate, Bastenbeck has been which followed. Judge . Sweigert despite its contract with Bridge^
of the six men who survived. by newspapermen and the SIU, cautioned by his doctor not to made his decision.
an "invisible" picketline" existed
Still a p p e a r i n g tired and which took steps to see that the work until he is fully recovered, The court action was the first before its ships and no ILWU
strained when he visited SIU men were well taken care of. so he intends to rest up indefin time in the stormy history of gangs would appear at the ships
Headquarters this week, the 29 Conspicuously missing, Basten itely. "No more ships for me," Harry Bridges that he has ever, when requested.
year oljiJ 'Seafarer tirmed his beck noted, was someone from he concluded.
been ordered to work ships, or Isthmian, therefore, withdrew
thoughts back to the early hours
has been required to put up a from the Pacific Maritime Asso
of October '5th,' when the con
cash guarantee that he would ciation, an employer organlza^
verted i.ST, without .warning,
furnish work gangs when re tion which deals with Bridges
split in half and in less than five
as a body, and signed • with the
quested by a company.
minutes plunged to the bottom.
This week's action was also ILA.
seen by maritime observers as The beginning of the BME
TERRIFIC CRACK*
the first real test of Bridges MEBA dispute, which has de
"I was . just leaving my foc'sle
"stranglehold" on West Coast veloped into a struggle between
. beloVr decks,". Bastenijeck re
operators, a hold which the New almost all of the AFL maritime
called, "when I heard
en
York Herald Tribune described unions and Bridges, came dur
gine stop. Then therfe was a ter
as "equivalent to telling Pacific ing the summer after the AFL
rific' cracking ndise—^that was it.
Coast operators which unions Brotherhood of Marine Engineers
Later some of the newer fellows
they may have contracts with had signed a contract with Isth
told me they didn't know she
under pain of being put out of mian covering the 250 Engineers
was going to sink, but, I hneW
business if they do not comply of the company's 37ship fleet.
right away .slie was going down.
The MEBA, which no longer
with his orders."
I went; in rny foc'sle, but ti)ere
The showdown stand taken by had a~ contract in effect • with .
was no one there.
AFL maritime imions against the company, threw up picket
Bridges hitherto almost unchal lines and declared a "strike,"
"I went up on deck and saw
lenged control is also seen by though only a handful of En
five or.six other men standing
many as possibly opening a new gineers walked off in its sup
around. They seemed unsure
era
on the West Coast, an era port. The socalled strike proved
whether or not. to go over the
in
which
Bridges will be forced that the large majority of the
side. Someone shouted, 'Did the
to
move
cautiously through a company's Engineers were pro
radio officer send an SOS.' But
healthy
respect
of the potent BME, and that the company had
no. oho ^wered him.
acted within its rights under the
power
of
the
AFL.
"I went on " the starboard side
In the LOG office, Howard Bastenbeck, Southern Isles
law as relating to supervisory
At
the same
time
Judge
Swei
toi xny. . lifeboat station,, but just
gert was handing down his de personnel in signing with the '
as I reached the gripes, the ship, survivdrT writes of his experiences in the vessel's sinking.
BME.
already loyr in the water, was
The BME contract with Isth
swept by a huge wave that
mian was immediately recog ' j
thr6w me into the Whter.'*
nized and supported by the AFL
iBastenbeck was struck on the
Maritime Trades Department, of
forehead by a piece of debris Testimony by a navql archi pany officials, former crewmem morrow," though a former Mate which group the SIU Atlantic &
when the ship went down. "I tect, that the converted LST bers and ofiicials of the ship stated that the ship vibrated so Gulf District is a member. On ' .
was right imder the stem when Southern Isles was overloaded yard where the ship was con much he could hardly stand and the West Coast, however, Bridges
he left the ship because "I was made the matter a cause for
I was dragged down, it seemed when she broke in half and sank verted to commercial use.
about 30 or 40 feet, then I shot on October 5 th with the lossof During the course of the hear afraid of the thing."
militant action, possibly, some
right up just when my • wind 17 men, climaxed the investiga ings, the brother of the late Milton Jackson, President of observers feel, because of his J
tion of the disaster conducted by Skipper of the Southern Isles, the Southern Trading Company, long standing feud with the ::
gave out."
a threeman Coast Guard Board George F. Sadler, stated that his operator."? of the Southern Isles West Coast SIU airiliate over his > ;
THREE TOGETHER
in Norfolk. The hearing ended brother had told him that "he and 4 other SlUmanned con many defeats in attemptini to u
on
October 26, but announcement guessed if he got caught at sea verted LSTs, stated that the raid the steamschooners, a tra
in the water Bastenbeck found
StewardCook Wilson Deal cling of the Board's findings is not in a hurricane she would sink Captains of the ships were ditional and courtsupported jurt^>
ing to a piece of wreckage. Later expected for several weeks.
charged with complete responsi isdiction of the Sailors Union of s
on him."
Messman Charles Perkins was (In another action resulting The Southern Isles sank while bility for operation of the ships, the Pacific.
^
swept by and the three of them from the sinking of the Southern battling heavy seas and gale including the loading. At the Moreover, maritime observers^
began their wait for rescue]
Isleis, the six survivors and the force winds resulting from a hearing, logs of other company feel that Bridges assumption and •
"i knew we couldn't stay in families of four of the men lost twoday hurricane blowing in operated LSTs were introduced, direction of the MEBA's role in
which showed they had exceeded the dispute was aided material ;
the water, too. long, because with this week filed damage suits the area.
load
lines, too.
against
the
company.
daylight, the sharks would be
ly by Lee Pressman, one time :
Testimony by crewmember
nut. I saw the lights of the res
(The six survivors are suing Howard Bastenbeck, one of the Testimony was also taken commimist braintruster and noW
cug;. ship,: Charlotte Lykes, com for a total of $235,000 for shock, survivors, disclosed that the ship from the steanr.ship inspector counsel to the MEBA. Pressman,
ing near us. I also saw the first exposure and injuries. The fam was traveling at 290 revolutions who, in making his annual in like Bridges, was kicked out of
streaks of light in the east and I ilies of the four late Seafarers when she "suddenly stopped spection last March, was "satis the CID for leftist leanings.
began to sweat bullets."
are suing for a total of '$435,000. dead still" shortly before break fied that she was seaworthy," When the first Isthmian ships ;
and in his September inspection reached the West Coast, MEBA
Itie Lykes picked up ihe other Action in behalf of the Seafarers ing in half.
of
her bottom found the ship in pickets appeared before the ,
threeusurvivors, Sam Lynn, Ray is being taken by the firm of The Skipper of the Southern
ships, but the lines were quick
good
shape.
'
mond Holton and James ChU iBenjamin B. Sterling.)
Counties, whose ship carried an
dress, and then swung around to James B. Robertson, Jr., naval identical cargo from San Juan, An official of the Norfolk ly removed by court order. V:
pick up Bastenbeck and his ship architect with Coast Guard Head stated that, at one time, while Shipbuilding and Drydock Com Bridges then put up his "in
mates, who by now had spent quarters in Washington, told the making 290,revolutions, his ship pany, where the Southern Isles • visible picketlin'es" and carried ^ ]
thjee hours in the w:ater.
bo£u:d, that the ship's 4,000ton had hit a heavy sea that stop was converted, described to the out his threat to tie up all Isth '
"We got aboard ail right, but cargo of iron ore was 200 tons ped her dead "just as still as board the installation of hatches, mian ships touching the West ]
bulkheads, cargo tanks and four Coast.
I
not a minute too sopri. I saw a over her limit, and exceeding that table."
straps. He
also
testified
as
to
the
Despite
what
appears
to
be
a
|
He said
his ship
made no
more
sh]Mk: come rijght out of the the plihisoll mark with ore
water in an attempt to get the "might possibly" be more ser than six knots during heavy vessel being in "good shape"' crystallizing of the West Coast •
last: hian; .Perkins, as: he swimg ious than a lighter cargo, be seas, such as the Southern Isle's when drydocked in September. maritl|ne situation, it is felt that ;
outof dhe water.
cause of the ienseness of the was encountering at near full In the October 5th disaster, Bridges is still far from aban S
doning completely his "fly in the
"We learned, on the Lykes tliat cargo which increases stresses speed, according to Bastenbeck, eight of the 17 men lost were
Seafarers and the six men who| ointment" role, that of attempt
the ship's searchlights had pick and strains. He reported the when she went down.
ing to dictate the policy of the ^
ed out 18 men in the water, so ship had been overloaded on her One former officer of the survived were all men of the
Southern Isles stated that he SIU. Seafarers who perished in West Coast waterfront, although
apparently most of the men got three past' trips.
this week's events reveal that
clear of the ship. I hate to think Robinson's testimony conclud found "not a thing in the world the sinking were: Simeon Dela he is not above resorting to the
ed the hearing which began Oc wrong" witli the ship when he cruz, Hal Williams, Marion Gor
what happened to them."
counts to avoid a showdown test
trhinking back on his narrow tober 8th, during which testi served aboard hery and another man, Cecil Vpughan, William J.
of strength with the AFL wa
Asble,
Joseph
A.
Miller,
Tolom
escape, Bastenbeck laid strong mony was taken from the six Engineer stated he would be
terfront unions.
Shumake
and
Richard
Meeklns.
emphasis on the: importance of surviving crewmembers, com^' ^'willing to go back on her to4
His Story
Isles Disaster
Naval Architeat Calls Ship Overloaded
�Paga Four
Fridky, Movambet 2,
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Savannah Labor
Helps Girl bi
Fight For Life
REPORT NUMBER FOURTEEN
By E. B. TILLEY
SAVANNAH, Oct. 25 —Trade
By PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurer, SIU, A&G District; CAi/nWi«», SIU ^STelfare Plan Trustees at/, i
unionists in this port have been
coming through in real AFL
Each week the Seafarera Welfare Plan will make its report to the membership of the Atlantic and Gulf District
fashion to help a little girl fight
through the SEAFAAERS LOG. Included will be the names of the men receiving hospital benefits, the amonnts paid, the
ing for her life.
hospitals in which
they are receiving treatment, and the total amount paid; out since the inception of ^e Plu on jiilT
A victim of the dreaded brain
1,
1950.
Also included
in the report will be the names of the men vrho have died and the amounts paid thisir bebi^tdkries.
disease, encephalitis, little Sara
Faye Wdson of Wayne County,
Georgia, can only be saved by Period Covered By Thit Report
a highly technical and delicate
brain operation. (Sara, inciden Cash On Hand
tally, is the second child of her
family to be so stricken.) A US Covemmenf Bonds
brain specialist in New York
agreed to perform the operation Estimated Accounts Receivable
at a reduced rate—stiU $3,000,
(jferteWJ
S3,
which is a terrific amount for a Hospital Benefits Paid in This Period
workingman to raise, would be
$7S,761.0O
required for the operation, hos Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1^ 1950
pitalization, transportation, etc.
Death Benefits Paid This Period *
$5,500.00
UNION AID
And that is where the AFL Total Death Benefits Paid Since July 1« 1950
came into the picture. Mrs.
2(1.00 Mayrbafr, John
USPHS HOSPITAL
Kerr, James L.
20.(H) Blosser, Edmund C.
40.00
Louise Griner, a member of the
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.
20.00 McDcmald, Sam ...... ..... 20.00 Bruno, Matthew
Laney, ThomasD.
40.00
Retail Clerks Union, Local 1604,
$20.00 Lopez,, Alejandro"
20.00 Mfurero, A
1(K00 Burton. Charlesv^ia
40.00
spearheaded the campaign to Atchason, William
Barron, Edward
20.00 Mitchell, Paige A. .L.— 10.06 Mitchell, Jsunes P:
20.00 Chalk, Walter
60.00
raise the money.
Bumstine,
Maurice
L
20.00
Morrison,
Jack
D.
„—...;
Mueller,
W^ter
F.
—. 10.00
Dalton,
Jack
M.
20.66
20.00
The SIU here was one of the
20.00
Powe,
E.
L.
^
Buttacavale^
Peter
10.00
Pou,
Oscar
G
—
10.00
Driscoll,
John
1
'40.00
places where she placed a cup
10.00 ^ Randolph, Claude H. ....— 10.00, Raana, K.
20.00 Edwards, John T. .............. 40.00
for fimds. The Brothers here Camacho, Domingo ..:
20.00 Ray» Claude A
10.00 jReier, (3^rge H
20.00 Espinoza, J;
' fO O®
responded nobly, as did other Cantwell, Charles
30.00 Sarandon, B. P. .....
10.00 j Rivera, Ruperto
,.... 10.00 Ferrer,
1
' 40.00
AFL members throughout Sa Cassidy Warren H
20.00 Gilbert, I^bert;^;.
20.00 Schupstick, John
10.00 Scott, Amis A
M.OO
vannah. At this writing, the fund Craig, Frank
20.00 Grimes, i^ed;
10.00
Datzko,
William
10.00
Sonnier,
Wiffr^
Tickle,
Lomie
R.
40.00
iraising campaign is moving sat
10.00 Hassan, Raymond
Diaz, Rafael
10.00 South, Ralph
10.00 Vieira, Edwin J.
30.00
iisfautorily.
Dixon,
Earl
R
20.00
Toro,
Edward
S.
10.00
Willis,
Louis
J.
20.00
Keenan,
John
W. %s.:tii.....s*.:f 40.00
But, better yet, Sara Faye is
10.00 ZohU, John
10.00 Young, John W.
40.00
20.00 Landry, FredCTtek
now in New York Ciiy for the Donaldson, Fred M. ...i:
Ezzell,
Thomas
D
20.00
Larsen,
Robert
F.
40.00
operation. All of us here are
$510.00
Feliciana,
Amando
10.00
$520.'00
Lawlor,
James
40.00
puling real hard for the little
Gadinski, Albert
10.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
USPHS HOSPITAL
Makris, Constantine ...
40.00
girl.
Jackson, Robert
10.00
BOSTON, MASS.
MOBILE, ALABAMA.
Middleton, Clifford
40.00
As far as shipping here is Katransky, Michael
20.00 Olson, Evaid A :
$20.00 Ankerson, Thomas L. .:,^.; $20.00 Lazzo, Vic M
40.00
concerned, we are doing ^11. Klauber. Perry
10.00 Vourloumis, George
20.00 Burke» Tim
30.00 Moore, George
40.00
Although we had only one pay Kozar, John
10.00
4O.00
Buckelew, J. L
..l...., 20.0p Muiphy,, B.
off and signon—the High Point Kustas, Thomas J
20.00
$40.00 Champlin, George W. ...... '30.06 Ratcliffe, R.^.
. .1.^:.. 40.00
Victory (South Atlantic) was Lamb, James
10.00
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Cross, M. H
"20:00 Schumaker, George E. ...... 40.00
both of them—between it and Lomas. Arthur
20.00
40.00
SAVANNAH. GEOHGIA . EUis, M. W
10.00 Sullivan. Timothy
the replacements on the in McGuigan,. A
20.00 Cohen,, A F. ...
40,00
$20.00 Peek, Harry G., Jr.
lOlOO Thompson, Albert L.
transit ships the job totals were Mojica, Thomas
20.00 Daugherty, Pat G
20.00
satisfactory for this port.
Morgan,. Robert L
20.00 Gamache, Ernest R
30.00
$1110.00
$140.00
The intransits were four: the Muller, Edwai'd
10.00 Graf, Arthur
20.00
USPHB HOSPITAL
DEER'S HEAD STATE HOSP.
Steel Vendor (Isthmian), Mon Nering, Franlc
10.00 Loweiy, Carl D
20.00
GALVESTON, TEXAB .
SALISBURY, MD.
roe (Bull), and the Fairport and O'Brien, Eugene P
20.00 McCance, R. H.
20.00 Drake, John C.
$20.00 Lucas, Michael
$40.00
Phillip Barbour (Waterman). The Osinski, C.
20.00. Piatt, EUjah C
20.00 Goings, E. C.
lOJlO
USPHS
HOSPITAL
beefs were of the usual minor Pepper, William E
10.00 Robbs, Joseph S
30.00 McCune, L. E
20.00
PORT STANTON. NAL
variety and were quickly cleared Phillips, Robert E
30.00 Sharpe, R. A
40.00 Watson, J. T
10.00 Frennette, Frederick J. ...: $50.00
up.
Preussler, Otto
10,00
iShively, Clarence D
40.00
However, this is just about Raiford,. Abner J
20.00
$220.00
$60.00
$90.00
the spot to let you all know that Releford, Harold
20.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
USPHS HOSPITAL
USPHS HOSPITAL
we expect to crew two ships for Riuttala, H. A
20.00
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF.
PONCE. Pj».
South Atlantic in the next three Salgado, Jose
20.00 Arch, J. L
$20.00 Crabbs, E. E
$10.00
Cornier,
Francisco
....
$l6;oo
weeks. Both will take full crews, Salgado, Jose
20.00 Ashurst, J
.*. 10.00 Dunn, George B
20.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
I in addition to whatever signons Sanchez, Charles
20.00 Burke, R. J. P.
20.00 Fifer, John P
—10.00
SAN JUAN. P.R. ;
and intransits we get duiing Thompson, Willis
10.00 Cara, Wilson O
20.00 Cheng, Gee
20.00
I this time.
Virgin, C
20.00 Caron. Milton R.
10.00 Robertson, C. R.
20.00 Miranda, Luis Gil ........—.,$26i66
Wagner, Emil
20.00 Celestine, Oliver
20.00 Shirley, Conrad
20.00 Martinez, Ernestp F. ........ 30.00
GASHOUNDS OUT
Wallander, C
10.00 Cook, Lawrence D
20.00 Smallwood, Ernest
KLOO
We are still having a little Watson, Henry
" $50.00
20.00 Cruz, Rogelio
20.00 Smith, Peter
20.00
I trouble with a few gashounds Wrona, Tadeus
7.00 Everett, Jesse T.
USPHS HOSPITAL
...... 20.00 Strom, Roland J.
20.00
every now and then. Somehow Yanik, Joseph
20!00 Goodman, Paul G.
LONG BEACH. CALIF.
10.00 Walker, Silvester
40.00
they think, because shipping is
Lamb,, James F ..g..:—^ $10.00
Gross, E. E.
20.00
good and manpower a little tight,
USPHiS HOSPITAL '
$677.00 Jessup, Darwin E.
10.00
$150.00
that they can do as they please.
MEMPHIS. TENN. c
USPHS HOSPITAL
Kelly, D, D.
1 10.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
But we are stai teaching some
NORFOLK. VA.
$20.00
Kiiski. Toivo
20.00 MANHATTAN BEACH, BKLYN. Wilmqth, Virgil E.
of them the SIU way. Those Gaskill, Horace
10.00 KrfeciunaSi Wlncas J. .. ..... 20.00 Atmore, Robert
20.00
$40.00 Hegarty, John B,
that can learn stay on. Those DuBeau, Lawrence
10.00 Lang, Leo H
40.00
20.00 Blake, Rupert A
that can't—or don't want to—
$40.00
Mauomoto, R
20.00 Blanks, Claude F.
40.00
1 quickly find out that we mean
USPHS HOSPITAL '
$20.00
(business.
VINEYARD HAVEN;: MASS.'
USPHS HOSPITAL
There was not meeting this BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Porter, James R
$30.00
I week for the usual reason—^no Clark, Jessie A
USPHS HOSPITAL
$20.00
By JAMES SHEEHAN
J quorum. There's hardly any Cranford, Percy
40.00 BOSTON, Oct. 24—We've been minor repairs, which are going
FT. WORTH. TEX^AS "
body on the beach, except for Carlson, Charles
Wise, Joseph
$40fj)O
10.00 having poor shipping i in this to be taken care of.
la few Brothers in the repair DeLeonardo, John
10.00 port recently, and there arc We started to crew up an Ii«ENDORINO STATE HOSP;
jshop: R. H. McCance, C.^ D. Delgado, Roberto
10.00 plenty of men around. There Ebstern Liberty today, and an
CALIFORNIA ; ;
jLoweryv A. F. Cohen, P. G. Goodwin, Ernest E:
30.00 was only one sh^ to be paid other one is due to follow short FairclpUgh, John ..,..,^...„,.,,$2g^0.
iDaugherty, A. Graf, R.A. Sharpe, Goude, Joseph P
30.00 off, and that was the William ly .
IE. R. Gamache, E. C. Piatt and Green, Patrick J
30.00 Downing (State Fuel).
Among: those on the beach at
|H. Harvey.
Hawkins, Albert ....
,
20.00 Five ships came here> intrans thia writing are F. DoribVan, Dedth ienefiH;
$1,50(100
10.00 it: the Robin Kettering (Seas), Stan Cieslak, Bob Lee; Bob Mur Dclacruz;. Simeoii J.
These Brothers are kuiiTTf Hilseth, Sigurd
1,500.0(1
20.00 Chickasaw and Gateway Cily phy, J. Hanson^ J. Beresford, MiUer, Joseph A.
Irestricted, so if you can get House; William
1,500.00'
10.00 (Waterman), and the Steel Age Ried Obriet^ E Dakin, E.. Ham Asble, William. J.
Ijaround to see them, or write Henricksen, John C. —...
I,00a00f ^
20.00 and the Steel Maker (Isthmian). anty, B.dordy, R; Frazer, Chris OfReilly, John J.'
Ithem, you'tt be keeping up with Johnson, Harry ....'.
10.00 The Gateway City is still here. and Pete Karas, P: Albano; BUI
Ithe tradition of the "Brotherhood Jone,c, Okal J.
Kabiska, Anthony
, $3,500.01^
10.00 Tlie only beefs concerned CidBnon and E. Misiosky, ^
the Sea."
OeimmiT . October 20
$f99,961.30
'
$754,023.44
Port Boston Runs Into Bad Days
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THE SEAFARERS LOG
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Freighters And Tankers Under New Contract
Freight
Freight
Old
Bosun
!
Carpenter
AB Maintenance .• :i.
Quartermaster
Able Seamw
Ordinary Seam n '• "• • fvytrrr
QS Maintenance
'A
i.'.i
.|$315.35
... 283.C1
260.99
248.41
• —rfei
248.41
213.79
New
$333.73
299.50
276.20
262.89
262.89
226.25
Tanker
Old
$321.80
321.80
267.01
254.25
247.87
216.48
242.01
New
$340.56
340.56
282.57
269.07
262.32
229.10
256.12
ENCIMEnDEPARTMENT
Chief Electrlctan
.,.. $395.66 $418.72
2nd Electrician
353.42
374.02
Chief Pumpinan •
Unlicensed Jr* Hhgineer (Day)
314.48
332.81
Eng. Maiht. 2nd Pumpman
Unlicensed Jr. Engineer (Watch)
283.01
299.50
Second Pumpman
PlumberMtaddiinist
:"...
323.29
342.13
]>eck; ^n^neer
283.01 299.50
Engine Utility
283.01
299.50
Et^pdratorMaitttenance
26413
279.52
Oiler
248.41
262.89
OilerDiesel
270.75
286.53
$392.01
$414.86
332.97
352.38
332.97
352.38
294.67
311.84
267.01
282.57
247.87
262.32
Watertender
FiremanWatertender
Fireman .:
Wiper
Refrigerating Engineer
(When only one is carried)
Refrigerating Engineer
(When three are carried)
Chief
1st Assistant
2nd Assistant
Old
248.41
248.41
235.82
245.28
New
262.89
262.89
249.56
259.55
364.19
385.42
36419
323.92
300.00
385.42
342.80
317.48
Tanker
Old
New
247.87
282.32
242.01
256.12
STEWARDS DEPARTMENT
Chief Steward
Chief Cook
Night Cook and Baker
2nd Cook and Baker
Second Cook
Galleyman
Assistant Cook
Messman
Utilityman
$307.70 $325.63
283.01
299.50
283.01 . 299.50
• .
257.84
272.87
245.26
213.79
213.79
259.55
226.25
226.25
$322.86
292.01
$341.68
309^8
280.63
27582
216.48
229.10
210.10
210.10
222.35
222.35
" Overtime Rate: $1.29 per hour for ratings receiving less than $277.30 per month; for ratings receiving $277.30 or more per
month, the overtime rate shall be $1.63 per hour.
(Note: The 6.2 percent increase is figured on the wage rate of January 15, 1950 and not on the old wage rate given above )
Balloting For '
A&G Officials
Gets Under Way
Checking On Nominations
All Is Okay
In Old Seattle
By JEFF MORRISON
SEATTLE, Oct. 25—We have
(Continued frotn Page 1)
absolutely no complaints about
the end of December, in accord
shipping in this port. We had'
ance with the Union cpnstitur
four ships paying off and sign
tion.
ing on again, and three ship#
Photographs and .short bio
intransit.
graphical sketches of the can
The payoff ships were all in
didates appear on pages 710. The
bangup shape. The few bee^
full text of the Credentials Com
were easily straightened out. it ,
mittee's report is on page 8.'
is very unusual to get four good:
A sample of tlie official A&G
ones in a row, with everything.
election ballot appears on page
shipshape, and good crews and
16.
officers. That's the way we like
A&G OFFICES
'em, and we hope they keep
coming in the same style.
The ports listed on the ballot
embrace only the Union's instal
The payoffs were the Young.
lations in the Atlantic and Gulf
America (Waterman), FranciS:
Coast areas. The West Coast of
Going over iha credentials of men seekinj A&G elective posts are the members of ihe Warren (Mississippi), Irenestttr"
fices are operating on a tern.; 'Headiiuarten Credentials Committee. Left to right: Melvin Collins. Alonzo MUeski. John Santos, (Triton) and the Alaska Cedarjj
jporaty basis and do not appear Robert Rogerson. Jcneph Farrell and William Frank.
(Ocean Towing), where it wad •
on 4he ballot. The Lake Charles,
a pleasure to meet W. H. Manr
ley.
'f
Louisiana, office was also includ
ed in this category.
Brother Manley has been do^I
The resolution setting up the
ing a really fine job aboard thp ]
pj;esent election procedure pro An experiment to deteimine success with the Cantigny will position of the antenna on the Alaska Cedar, first as ship's Qfcj
vides for ihe opening of addi the feasibility of having televi not necessarily assure success of stern of the ship presents a prob ganizer and now as Delegate.
tional Branches and the staffing sion sets aboard Cities Service sets aboard the other ships, be lem, too, inasmuch as the smoke This is not the first job thaf^, |
of such offices by the Secretary tankers for the use of the crew cause of differences in the con from the vessel sometimes cross Manley has done for the Union.
Treasurer should they be needed, got tmder way this week when struction of the vessels. Some are es the beam and interferes with Since 1938, when he transferred
subject to the approval of the a set was installed aboard tiie without recreation rooms. The, reception.
from the old A.FL Seamen's Un
SS Cantigny in New York.
membership.
ion to the SIU, Manley has beett {
The Cantigny's 17inch RCA:
in the forefront of those BroF:^
Victor set in the crew's reciea:
thers v\ ho undertake the difficult
tion room will serve as a guinea
task of organizing new comf^.
pig during runs from New York
panics by acting as volunteer :|
Seafarers of the Cape Mo to Lake Charles, Louisiana. The
shipboard organizers.
S
hican. MazAncha Corpora
set will be studied to <ietermine
Most recently, he contribirted
tion ship, solved a knotty the vessel's reception range, the
h i s experienced services t o
problem of what to do with clearness of the picture and
bring Isthmian and Cities Serv
whether or not the other 15 ves
ice under SIU contracts. Clail
$50 — they donated it to the sels can be adapted for sets.
ing
Brothers like Manley thp
SEAFARERS LOG.
• The project is being handled
backbone of the Union is no
The problem arose aboard through funds accumulated
exaggeration at all.
ship when it was learned fi'om the sale of merchandise to
To clean up the shipping pic
ture, the intransit ships were
that the vessel was being the crews through the ships'
slopchests.
the Alaska Spruce (Ocean Tow j
sold to a nonsm cbmpany
Other oil companies have in
ing), and the Calmar and Mary
and the ship's fund had to Lstalled TV sets on coastwise
mar (Calmar).
disposed of. The! crbw tankers, and have reported good
There is not much news from;;
immediately agreed to turn reception along the East Coast
this port. There was no meetii3®.|
held yesterday for a lack of »|l
bvbr the entire fuhd to ihe to. a point off Miamir The pictui^
is
picked
up
again
in
the
Gulf
"quorum,
although we do have a
|
SEAFARERS LOG. The do
^ Cantigny crewmembers with Keith Terpe, SIU represen
of Mexico, it is estimated that
few
Brothers
on
the
beaeh»],
nation was 'made at New on the Cities Service ships the tative (far right), watch Wiper Art Langston twirl the dials
among them M. H. Caton, A. E.J
Vbrk SIU Headquarters this crew will receive a picture for of the new TV set. The crewmembers are. left to right. E. Carlson, R. C. Neblett, W. Thorn J
week.
Pridgeon, engine Delegate; George Pease, ship's Delegate; ton, Paul Franks and .A.,f
four days of the sixday trip.
The company reported that Louis Santos, Machixiist; Langslon, and G. Galliano. Messman. Strachan.
Ctties Sendee Installs TV Set On SS Cantigny
No Problem
�Pag* Six
THE SEA FA R E R S LO G
SIU Crewmen Of 'Red Trsamp'
Land 'Spies' Into Boston
Sign It, Brother
Be they prais*, criticism
or query, the SEAFARERS
LOG wishes to receive !*!•
ters from its readen. A see«
tion of the Union newspaper
has been set aidde for the
expression of opinions ol in
terest to the membership,
and all are invited to make
use of the pages.
The only rule contributors
are asked to adhere to is
that all letters must te
signed. Anonymous letters
cumot be printed. A writer's
request that his name te
withheld will be honored..
^ i^da7^'N6>eniiBz> 2A' ISSl
Expert Foresiees Autornatic^
Vessels WUhtn
When a Seafa|:Ci|^i^j a.:re<^tfL
toresa^p:|fi^ d^s
of atomic ship propu^^^aiid^t^
eng^^oopi,
little did he know that marine engineers already had" part
of hB drewn in the drawing*^„u^ merchenl ship was an
board stage.
nounced at the recent convention
. Seafarer Bill Luce, in a recent of the "Propeller Club, where the
LOG,"wrote of a completely au speaker, Maurice R. Eastin, noted
tomatic engine room propelled that "even today, .it would be
by atomic energy; this week a possible, under ideal conditions,
representative of automatic con to sail a ship| from port ft|d' ^jSrt
trol device company fq|!j^w the
completely automatic ^pr ai be
ing a fact within ten years,
"So highly developed," he sta
though he did not include atom
ic energy as the source of power ted, "ardt automaticnavigation
devices, putc^aticpofi^^
in his'forecast.
i"
The prospects of a robotcon and master controls of • propul
sion machinery that a single
crewman, sitting before a spe
<^ly bnilt cqj^trol panel, cqtild
S^erVise the' ihip's entire vdy
Voice Of Dk
'm
Mr. Eastin reported to the con
vention delegates that marine
en
BT BftLTY DICK
^neers are stjiying ;fprf.;a^r aH
aiiitomaticIghip to develop greater
There's a Chief Electrician thing lacking in the enterprise efficiency and better perxofm
now sailing SIU who is a former is that the subway station is not ance, which will rriake .possible
millionaire who lost his fortune in our building. ... What Chief lower operating costs peee.ssary
The Chickasaw while she was Ihe Prokiewicz.
a few years ago. ^ . . A bearitiful Cook sailing out of New York in foreign competition.
picture in buttjpirfly wings was "borrowed" chickens from his The speaker noted that even
A "tramp freighter ^rom behind the Iron Cur donated to oiir new Headquar mother's farm in order to play today automatic controls on nevr
ships maintain proper living conr ,
tain"—manned by a full crew from the SIU—aided ters by the crew of the Del Mar. Bolita?
Brother Aluarex has finally
Brother Haggarty was telling ditions in such widely different
in the smuggling ashore of two "communist spies" quit" the SS Puerto Rico and is us about the sandboats operating areas as engine ropm, recreation
from the ship recently in Bost
now aboard a Cities Service out of Newark. The things^ he rooms and sleeping quarter.s.
ton, the LOG has been informed. successful, having to he content tanker working on his SIU book. likes best are the television set "Greater efficiency and alert
with receiving generous over Anyone with eighteen months and night lunch. These ships aire ness of a rested, healthy crew,"
But before you yell for the time for the painting task.
FBI, read on, for the whole The ship shots took place in seatime on SIU ships with a per always near Coney Island and Eastin. stated, "might mean ;th,e
mit should contact Prenchy Ruf the TV. is something wonderful difference between safet.y and
episode was what will shortly he Boston in September and will in order to learn how to get his to have.
disaster."
a scene in an anticommunist be the introductory and closing book<
film being made by Louis De scenes of the film "Walk East John Cole is hanging aroiind
Rochemoht, creator of semidocu On Beacon," which is described New York because his wife has
as being based on the FBI offen
mentary films, among them the sive against communist espion been ill. He is a yankee who
went to a southern school, the
^"House on 92nd Street" and age in the United States.
University of Alabama. . . . Ho
"Lost Boundaries."
mer "Rachel" Ringo formerly of
RED TRANSPORT
The action by the SIU crew Reyes lamented that unfortu Louisville, Kentucky, is up in
aboard the tramp freighter — nately the proud SIU ship wiU New York and ready to ship out.
Eddie "Frances" HUl. a New
' actually the SS Chickasaw of be seen by millions of American Yorker who has been 'sailing
the Waterman Steamship Com moviegoers not as a faithful car out of New Orleans for Ihe
pany—was primarily to paint out rier of American cargoes, but as past several years, is now in
a transport for Red spies.
New York studying the fin
the big "W" on the bow and
Reyes noted one complication ancial sheets of Ihe local pa
substitute the Prokiewicz for the that resulted from the ship as
pers. He is one smart boy who
ship's name. Following the film suming communist identity. The has invested money in stocks.
ing, the men replaced the Wa men had ordered a washing ma . . . One of the most famous
chine but it hadn't arrived when prize fighters that Tampa ever
terman emblem and name.
the ship sailed. Later the crew produced is Tony Leto, • now
'MOVIE HEROES'
learned that the machine had sailing cut of 'Mobile. There
According t d crewmemher been delivered, but instead of are also many other former
Philip Reyes, who reported the the Chickasaw "some foreign pugilists who have turned to
incident to the LOG, several ship" was at the pier, thus the the sea for a living.
"of the crewmembers attempted crew wore dirty duds until the There's one man around who
With their while mugs in' hand Del .Sol crewmembers .
to crash the movies but were un ship hit New York.
is always bragging about his strike a formal pose toy 2nd Cook Wiiiiam Cameron's camera.^
baby and he has a reason. I'm Left to right: J. Reese, 2nd Electrician; W; Andrews; • Chief ^
referring to A1 Lopez. . . . Electrician; P. Corksey, AB; R. GOdsey, AB; G. Holland, Wipet; ;
Frenchy Michelet deserves a big L. Corksey, AB: L. Madina, Engine Utility: D. Miller, AB: J^
hand for his supervisory work Copland, Bosun; J. King, AB Maintenance; J. LBfapie.rOS, and
,
on the new building. The only J. E. Michael.
Neafh Old Sol On The Del Sol
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Where American Libertys Get Their Names
Director Louis DoRodiemonf / ^diirk glasses) directs the
sh^sling of the waterfront gemneSi'
The reasons behind the names thumbnail sketches of the per Revolution. Born in England, he "
joined the medical staff of the
borne by ships are sometimes sons whose names they bear.
vague, but not without pimpose. Francis E. Warren (Missis (Continental Army. Became priv
Companies usually have personal sippi): Politician (18441929),. ate secretary to Washington an4
reasons for naming their ships Born in Massachusetts. Governor Lafayetia 'Member of C)ontinei(?tal
the way they do; the govern of Wyoming Territory and be Congress; later became U.S; Sec
i
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ment, when it undertook the came first governor of Wyoming retary of War.
tremendous shipbuilding program in 1890. Served in UiS. Senate " James . Caldwell (Misrisisi]^!).
of World War II, named its Lib 18901893. Was interested in the Engineer (18651925). Born in
erty ships after famous Ameri reclamation of arid lands and Mobile and educated in South,
cans. Many of these warbuilt was termed the. t'father of recla became President of Troy (,N,Y.)
TTust: (Company and vicepresi v
^
ships are in Mrvice aigain. Be mation,''
James
. McHenry
(Bloomfield).'
dent
of Rensselaer' Polytfedinical • P
low are the names of 'a: few
SlUcontracied Libertys and Patriot and figure in Arritrican Institute,~
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SecretaryTreasurer
Headiiuarters Representatives
(Vote For One)
(Vote For Three)
I>AUL HALL — N6. ISO; A member of the Sea
farers International Union since its beginning.
Holds clearances for all strikes. Sailed actively
in all areas during late
war. Fir s t assumed
elective office in 1944
as N e w York Port
Agent. Was Director
of Isthmian Organiz
ing Drive. Was elected
SecretaryTreasurer in
1947, 1948, 1949 and
1950. Has served as a
member of SIU Nego
tiating Committee dur
feg all recent contract talks since then, including
the recently successful , ones with Cities Service
and for the Welfare and Vacation Plans. Has also
served in various ..capacities in practically all
emergencies and strikes during SIU's history.
JOE ALGINA — No. 1320: Transferred from AFL
Seamen's Union into the SIU when this organ
ization was formed. Sailed actively during the
war until going to
work for Union as Or
ganizer. Has served in
various capacities such
as New York Deck Pa
trolman and Acting
Agent. Was elected
Agent in the port of
New York for 1948,
1949 and 1950. Elected
Headquarters Repre
' sentative for 1951. Par
ticipated actively in Longshore and Coos Bay
beefs, 1946 General Strike, UFE beef, and Isth.%
mian Strike. Has been on the Union Negotiating
Committee for past five years.
Assistant SecretatyTreasurer
(Vote For One);
i;
LLOYD A. (Blacklo) GARDNER — No. 36i97: Has
been a member of the Seafarers Iptemational
1 i' • • Union since its formation. During the war sailed
into all combat areas.
Holds clearances for
all strikes, beefs and
organizational drives
of the Union. Served
as Dispatcher in the
Port of New York.
Worked as volunteer
Organizer in many
drives. Was elected
[; Agent for the Port of
f:
,
Philadelphia for 1948.
i Did not run for office for 1949,
serving as Head
quarters Reprasehtative in New York. Was elect
P
ir
ed ^si^^tSecretm^
for 1950,
serveii as West Coast."Rapresentstive^,in .1951.,.
ROBERT MATTHEWS — No. 154: Joined the
SIU when it was first formed. Sailed as engine
and/or ship's Delegate on many ships. Served as
Patrolman and Agent
in the port of Mobile,
and . later as Jackson
ville Agent and San \ v>i. \
Francisco Agent. Was
assigned by the 1946
Agents Conference to
New York as Head r,\ < vr
quarters Representa f ^
tive. Served as mem
ber of every Negotiat
ing Committee, from
1946 to present time. Was elected Assistant Sec
retaryTreasurer for 1948 and reelected for 1949
and 1950. Was elected Headquarters Representa
tive for 1951. Participated in all SIU strikes and
job;
,
W
JOSEPH H. VOLPIAN —No. 56: First went to
sea in 1922. Active in organized maritime lafomr
for many years before joining the SIU in 1940 in
port of New Orleans
Served as Engine Pa
trolman in Port of
New York from 194S
to 1947. While Patrol
man, he served as
Special Services Rep
resentative in chargo
of membership prob
lems relating to Coast
Guard, immigration^
imemployment insuct
ance and other matters. Was elected Assistant
SecretaryTreasurer for 1948, 1949 and 1950: Was
elected Headquarters Representative for 195L
Has a clear record for all past SIU strikes and
beefs.
Boston Agoitt
I
(Vote For One)
EUGENE DAKIN—No. 180: Has been a member^]
of the Seafarers International Union, Atla]:]^ipp
and Gulf District, since it was originally chariH^I
ered in November,
1938. Has participated
in all the major
strikes that the SIU
has engaged in. Was
an active seaman dur
mg the war years and
sailed throughout the
conflict. Acted as Pa
trolman and Dispatch
er from June, 1945 to
March, 1948, in the
port of Boston^ and again asDispatcher in Bos
ton from June, 1949 to July, 1951. Is clear for aft ]
beefs that the Union has been part of.
�Page Eight
THE SEAFARERS LOG
THOMAS FLEMING — No. 3821: Has been going
to sea since 1929. Joined the Atlantic and Gulf
District in 1943 in the port of Boston. He sailed
y\, , "1 all through the war,
and was torpedoed in
the English Channel
in 1945. During the
1946 Generail Strike
was elected head of
the committee to find
housing for the men
on strike. Was on an
Isthmian ship when
the Union struck that
company in 1947. His
record is clear for every beef and action since
he has been in the Union. Has been elected either
deck or ship's Delegate on every ship he has
sailed.
R^MMI At CredmAiak
IfcHP^ember ,2^1^
(V«^eF&r>TWd)
We, the undersigned Committee on Creden HOWARD GUINIER 44=, Nb. 478: Came into Union
tials, duly elected at a Special Meeting as per at its beginning. Was. Organizer! for the SIU from
the action taken by the regular membership 1938 to 19i41. Represented the Union before the
meeting of October 3, 1911, have examined the National Defense'Me
credentials of the candidates for the election diation Board contract
of the officers of the Seafarers International dispute in Washing
Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf ton, D.C., in 1941. Was
District, for the year 1952, and submit the Chairman of 'Head
following report:
quarters Branch Bon^
We recommend that the men who are quali us Strike Committee,
fied for office be placed on the ballot in alpha and Chei^rnan N e w
betical form under the offices for which they York Branchr Food
run, and that the Ports, following the Head and Housing Commit
quarters Offices, beginning with Boston, be tee during 1946 Gen
arranged on the ballot geographically as has eral Strike. Secured
been done in the past.
3000 berths for members during the action. Was
Fraternally submitted,
elected Stewards Patrolman in New York many
times, serving from 1946 to the present.
JAMES SHEEHAN — No. 306: A member of the Melvin Collins, 42972 William Frank, 51113
John
Santos,
4783
Alonzo
Milefski,
49345
SIU since its formation in 1938. Saw service as an
^,Nd^4935:UWa^ ^ ^Uin
Organizer for the Union in the Gulf area during Joseph Farrell, 50361 Robert Rogiersbn, 50607 FREDDIEi^3f
teer
Organizer
foi;
the
Seafarers International
,, ; 1938 and 1939. Was
Union from its beginning. Participated in aU ma
elected to Union office
jor strikes — Bonus,
'
in 1944 and has been
(Vote For Two)
Isthmian, '46 Generai
reelected to various TEDDY BABKOWSKI — No. 7391: Joined the —and other actions of
Union posts since: SIU in 1941 and sailed during the war to all
the Union. Led direct
Deck Patrolman for zones. Served as a volunteer Organizer in the action to secure
New York in 1947 and
Isthmian fleet
and provisions and dec^t
1948, and Philadelphia
with tanker companies shipboard conditions
Agent for 1949. Re
now under contract to for seamen. Was New
turned to sea in 1950
the SIU. Served on the York Stewards Patrol
and sailed until July
New York Isthmian man in 1947, and Joint
of this year, when he
Strike Committee. Patrolman in port of
was appointed Boston Agent, when the official
Participated in the New York in 1948 and
there resigned. Began sailing in 1924 and shipped
1941 Strike, Coos Bay 1949. Was elected Stewards Department Patrol 'S
as AB and Bosun since then, holding down ship
and Shipyard Beefs. man for 1950 and 1951. Assisted in the drawing up
board Delegate jobs. Holds clearances for strikes
In aiding the shipyard >f many of the Union's past agreements.
and actions of SIU for past ten years.
New York Engine Patrolman
workers and telephone
New York Deck Patreiman
(Vote For Two)
LOUIS COFFIN — No. 4526: Transferred into
Seafarers from AFL Seamen's Union in March,
1939. Participated in 1941 Bonus Beef, 1946 Gen
eral Strike, and Isth
mian Strike. Has been
Patrolman and Agent
in Philadelphia and
Jacksonville, and As
sistant Secretary
Treasurer of the At
lantic and Gulf Dis
trict. Was elected Deck
Patrolman in the Port
'Z'M
''
of New York for 1947,
1948, 1949, 1950 and
1951. Has clearances for all Union actions of past
eleven years. Has taken part in negotiating new
contracts for SIU.
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GEORGE (Frenchy) RUF 1 No. 23724: Joined
the Union in Mobile in 1942, and has been in good
standing continuously since then. Served as vol
tmteer Organizer
'
laboard Isthmian,
Cities Service and
'American Trading
and Production ships.
Participated in the
1945. ILA Beef, the
General Strike and
MM&P Strike in 1946,
the Isthmian Strike
in 1947, the Garment
Workers Beef and
many other Union actions. Has worked shoreside
for the Union at various times since 1945, work
ing in the Gulf area during parts of 1945 and
1946, and on the Atlantic Coast during parts of
1946 and 1947. For twenty months he served as
Organizer in the New York area, concentrating
in the main on the successful Cities Service drive.
Was elected Deck Patrolman for the port of New
York for 1951.
workers, ^he served on
the Baltimore committees. Has held various ap
pointive Union positions and was elected Joint
Patrolman for the port of New York for 1949 an(i
Engine Patrolman for 1950 and 1951.
t
&
EDDIE (Deck) ERIKSEN — No. 50495: Joined the
Seafarers International Union as a permit mem
ber in 1946, and received full membership in Feb
ruary, 1948. Has act
ed as department and
ship's Delegate on
numerous Ore, Cal
mar. Isthmian, Wa
terman and Cities
Service vessels. Is
wellknown through
out the Atlantic, Gulf
and West Coast Dis
tricts, and is consid
ered militant but fair
in the safeguarding of the Union's working rules
and contracts. Has a clean Union record'and is
strike clear for all Union strikes and actions.
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CLAUDE (Sonny) SIMMONS—No. 368: Joined the
old ISU in 1935. Went to work with the Light
House Department until 1939, when he joined the
Seafarers Internation
.1
al Union. Was in Mo
bile during the Am
erican Seamen Beef.
Sailed steadily until
August 1, 1941, when
he was appointed Pa
trolman i n Tampa.
Went back to sea Aug
ust 1, 1942, and sailed
thro ;gh the war until
February, 1945, at
which time he was appointed Patrolman in New
York. Remained at that post until he was elected
Agent for the port of Tampa for 1946. Was re
elected for 1947 and 1948. Resigned in July, 1948,
and went back to sea until November 15, 1949.
Acted as Headquarters Representative from De
cember of that year through 1950. Was elected
Engine Patrolman for New York for 1951.
phj|ade|phia AgCnt
(Vote For One)
S
STEVE (Bladkie) CARDULLO — No. 24599:
active participant in all SIU strikes arid ^ bdlfs
since joining the organization.,Served as Marcus
Hook Agent until that
port" was closed. Has
also served as Patrol
man in Philadelphia
and as West Coast
Representative and as
Headquarters Repre
sentative in New
York. During the war
sailed into all zones of
action. Holds clear
ances for all Union
waterfront actions. Actively participated in suc
cessful organizing and striking of Isthmian SS
Compahy in 194547. Was elected Philade;lphia
Agent for 1950 and 1951 and is presently serving
in that post.
Baltimore Agent
(Vote For One)
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EARL (Bull) SHEPPARD—No. 203: Was one of •
the SIU's original members. Active in P&O Strike i
and other early actions in Union's formative
years. Appointed by
I Director of Organiza
tiott to direct field
w o r k f ,o r Isthmian
campaign. Also parti
cipated in Great Lakes
Drive. Was director of
waterfront activities
in New York diiring
19 46 General Strike.
Was appointed New
Orleans Agent in sum
mer of 1947 by meinbership action. Elected New
Orleans Agqpt for 1948, , 1949 and 1950. Was elect
ed Assistant SecretaryTreasurer for 1951. In
May, he assumed the post of Agent in Baltimore,
replacing the official who had resigned becaiT^e
of ill health. Sailed all through war, Is strikdniiii^
clear for all Union Beefs.
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Norfolk Agont
Tampa Agent
(Vote For One)
(Vote For One)
((VSte ^Pop Olie)
LEON (Blondie) JOHNSON — No. 108: Was one CHARLES O. LEE—No. 70: Has been a member
ofthe ^ first t seamen' to join the newlyformed of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the Seafarers
SIU in il039. Took part in the P&O Strike, Bonus International Union since its inception in 1938,
Strike, anticommie
""7, ., having joined in the
Longshore Beef and
. port of Jacksonville,
other major actions of
Florida. Is thoroughly
the SIU, holding strike
familiar with the Un
clearances from each.
ion's agreements and
Was Agent in Port
understands the needs
Arthur during • the
and wants of seafar
1946 General Strike.
ing men,^ which fac
Has served as Patrol
tors have led to his
man in New Orleans,
being elected depart
Galveston, New York
ment and ship's dele
and Norfolk. Was el
gate on many ships
ected Patrolman in Galveston for 1948. Elected that he has sailed. Has taken part in the or
Deck Patrolman for Baltimore for 1949, 1950 and ganizational drives of the Union and has done
1951. Sailed during the ^ar.
picket duty during SIU beefs. Is clear for all
strikes and actions that the Union has taken
part in.
RAY WHITE — No. 57: Transferred into the Sea
farers International Union in 1938 from the AFL
Seamen's Union. Helped organize the P&O Line,
Was Patrolman in the
port of New York for
six months, and serv
ed as Norfolk Agent
for three years. Has
served as Tampa Ag
ent for past three
years. Was active in
Isthmian Drive and
Strike. Has a clear
record for all Union
beefs. Prior to his
election as Tampa Agent in the 1948 balloting,
he served as Headquarters Representative, enter
ing negotiations in Deck Department matters.
BaitifflOFe Engine Patrehnan
(Vote For One)
AL STANSBURY — No. 4683: A member of the BEN REES — No. 95: Joined the SIU in 1938. Ap
Seafarers International Union, A&G District, pointed PatrolmanDispatcher for Port of Norfolk
shice its inception, joining the SIU in the Port of , • in June, 1945. Served until elected Joint Patrol
Baltimore. Has taken ' V
man for that port for
active part in all ac
• • • • "Si 1947. Reelected to
tions of the Union,
post for 1948. Appoint
both strike and organi
ed Agent for Port of '
zational. Sailed dur
Norfolk in March,
ing the war into most
1948. Was elected Nor
active war zones. H^
folk Agent for 1949,
served the SIU in var
1950 and 1951. In , _
ious appointive capa
charge ofstewpot and ' :
cities and was Dis
publicity for Norfolk
patcher for the Port
Strike Coihmittee in
of Baltimore in 1949.
1946 General Strike. .
Aboard ship served in many capacities in the Active for Strike Committee in Isthmian Strike.
engine room. Also served the crew often as black Also active in Wall Street Strike in 1947. Or
gang Delegate. Was elected Engine Patrolman ganized crews and signed contract with Virginia
for the Port of Baltimore for 1950 and 1951.
Ferries Corporation.
Baltunore Stewards Patroiman
(Vote For One)
Savannah Agent
W. PAUL GONSORCHIK—No. 749: Has been a
member of the Atlantic and Gulf District since
1938, when the Uriion was founded, and has
sailed as Steward and
Chief Cook and Ba
ker. Was elected Dis
patcher in the port of
New York in 1940.
Was a member of the
Negotiating Commit
tee in 1940 and 1941.
Assisted the*Constitu
tional Committee in
drawing up the SIU
constitution, *and was
a member of the 1941 Bonus Strike Committee,
going to Washington as one of rank and file
group to negotiate the war bonuses. Went back
to sea in 1943, returning to New York when he
was reelected Dispatcher there. Has been stew
ards department Patrolman in New York since
May, 1951.
(Vote For One)
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EDWARD V. SMITH—No. 48961: Has sailed for,
seven years on American flag ships in all ratings
in the stewards department. He has been a full
member of the Atlan
tic and Gulf District
of the Seafarers Inter
national Union since
September, 1947. Has
acted as both depart
ment delegate and
ship's delegate on
many of the ships he
has sailed. He is clear
for all strikes and
beefs that the Atlan
tic and Gulf District has taken part in since he
has been part of the organization. At the present
time he is serving as Steward aboard the SS
Daniel H. Lownsdale, Isthmian SS Company.
Mobile Agent
(Vote For One)
GAL TANNER — No. 44: Has been a member of
the SIU since it was granted a charter by the
AFL. During the war was an active seaman, see
ing service in most
combat zones. Was ac
tive in the Isthmian
Drive, as both ship
and shoreside Organi
zer. Was elected Ag , ,
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i
ent in port of Mobile
for 1947, 1948, 1949,
1950 and 1951. Partici
pated in the various
organizational c a m
paigns of the Atlantic
& Gulf District. Was active in all beefs of the
SIU and holds clearances for all strikes and beefs
that the Union has ever engaged in.
Mobile Joint Patrolman
EARNEST B. TILLEY — No. 75: Became a mem
(Vote For Two)
ber of the Seafarers International Union, Atlan
tic and Gulf District, in 1939, joining in the port ROBERT J. JORDAN — No. 71: Has sailed since
of Baltimore. Was ap 1938, always in the engine department. Was
pointed Engine Patrol appointed Organizer for Isthmian ships and the
" ^
man for Baltimore in tugs in the Gulf area "
in
September,
19 4 5.
1945. In January, 1947,
he was appointed Pa Appointed Engine Pa
trolman in the port of trolman in port of Mo
Philadelphia, and later bile in February, 1946,
that year served as and also acted as Dis
Agent for that Branch. patcher and Organiz
He was elected Phila er. Elected Engine
delphia Joint Patrol Patrolman for the port
man for 1948. During of Mobile for 1947 and
that same year, in order to fill positions that were reelected for 1948. Has
vacant due to resignations of the elected officials, been active in all
he served as Patrolman in Savannah and then strikes and is clear for all SIU strikes and beefs.
as acting Agent in Boston. During 1949, served Was elected to Joint Patrolman post in Mobile
as Agent for the Wilmington Branch, before go for 1949 and reelected for 1950 and 1951.
ing to Savannah as Patrolman. Elected Savannah
Agent for 1951. Is strike clear for all Union strikes
^ GEORGE KIMBREL—No. 45925: Became a mem
and beefs.
ber of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the Sea
farers International Union in March of 1946. Has
always been active in
Union affairs and, be
cause of his vigilance
in seeing that the con
tract was carried out,
has been many times
elected Delegate
aboard a number of
SIU ships. He is cur
rently sailing as Bosun
on the SS David Starr
Jordan, Mississippi
Shipping Company. Is cleared for all strikes and
"actions that the Union has participated in since
he became a member.
Remember: In order to vote
in tin eloitmas for 1952
oHkials, you mint be in good
standing.
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Win. J. (Red) MORRIS — No, 264: Has sailed since
, 1939. In March 1945, was appointed acting Agent
in port of Jacksonville. Was Ihter assigned first
(Vote For One)
(Vpte^For^Ohe)
to New York, then to
a J. (Buck) STEPHENS — No. 76: Joined the KEITH ALSOP — No. 7311: Has MtA fifteen
.Norfolk as Patrolman.
SIU in December, 1938. Was active in 1939 Isth years of sea service, most of if spent lU' engine
/Was also acting Agent
mian Strike, 1939 Bonus Strike, 1946 General rdepartnw%^ Sailed during World War II to'vat
,in Charleston until
Strike and 1947 Isth
^ J
combat zones of
that Branch closed in
mian Strike. Has serv
tlie,.'•
vyprid! Has . bej^
February, 1947. Went
ed the A&G District
' Vl, ^ Port Agent in Charles
back to sea until ap
in different capacities,
"'X
>ton and Galveston^ In
pointed Patrolman in
ranging from Dis
addition^ has been Pa
'port of Mobile on Sep
patcher to Agent in
trolman
in New York,
"tember 1, 1947. Was
port of New Orleans.
Ne\v Orleans arid N6r
elected Deck Patrol
Shipped to aU areas
fplkr.
Was pri the Gfeh
man ior port of Mo
during the war. Co
eral Strike Committee
bile for 1948 and Mobile Joint Patrolman for
ch air man of UFE
for .
the port of Nor
1949, 1950 and 1951. Is J.ear for all SIU beefs.
Strike Committee in
folk in 1946, and was
New Orleans. Holds
ehairriiian of the Isth
clearances for all Union strikes and actions. El mian Strfife Committee for the port of GalVestpn
(Vote For One)
ected New Orleans Engine Patrolman for 1947 in 1947i Hast been elected Agent in the port Of
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LINDSEY J. WILLIAMS ^ No. 215SD; Joined and was reflected for 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951. Galveston: since 1948.
the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic and
Gulf District, in New Orleans on January 26,
1942, as a member of
(Vote For One)
the deck department.
](Vote For One)
Sailed all during the A. W. (Andy) GOWDER — No. 36884: Became a CHARLES !i^(MBALL—No. 52: Has been an kc
war in practically all member of the Seafarers International Union,^
war zones. During Atlantic and Gulf District, in 1944 in the port of tive member of the Seafarers International Un
ion, Atlantic and Gulf District, since it was
the Union's drive to Savannah. Since then
organized in 1938. Has
organize Isthmian has been active in all
always s£^ed in the
Steamship Company, Union beefs, strikes
deck
dep^ment. In;
he served as the Gulf and organization
19 44 was appointed
Area Organizer. At campaigns, among
Patrolman in the port
the same time he led them the Isthmian
of Mobile. W^as sent to
the attempt to organ Drive and Strike, the
^n Francisco in 1945
ize the American Trading and Production Com 1946 General Strike.
to act as West Coast
pany. He was responsible for bringing many new Has served on num
Representative of the.
companies imder contract to the SIU, the largest erous shoreside
Union. Was elected, in
of which was Cities Service Oil Company—for Branch committees.
1946, Port Agent in
which drive he was Director of Organization. Has also served as
Was elected Agent for the port of New Orleans Delegate, chairman and recording secretary Mobile. In 1947 was
for 1951.
aboard mafay SIU vessels. Sailed in all war zones appointed Patrolman and Dispatcher in that port.
during World War H, and to Korea during pres Has been sailing actively since 1948, and is clear
ent action.
for all strikes and beefs that the A&G District
(Vote For One)
has participated in.
LEROY CLARKE — No. 23062: Joined the Sea
farers International Union, Atlantic and Gulf HERMAN TROXCLAIR — No. 6743: Joined the
4. t t
District, in New Orleans in 1942, and sailed all Seafarers International Union, A&G District, on
during the war. Has March 12, 1941, and has been an active member MERVIN (MEL) SHIPLEY—No. 36213: Became
a member of the Seafarers International Uniop
served on numerous since that date, par
of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District in
Branch committees taking in all strikes,
and has been active beefs and organiza
November, 1944, join
in New Orleans tional campaigns of
ing the Union, in the
Branch activities. Has the Union. Holds
port of B a 11 i m 0 r e,
served as department clearances for all
Maryland. Brother
and ship's Delegate strikes. During the
Shipley sails in thb
many times. Was ap late war sailed in
deck department. His
pointed temporary nearly all combat
record is clear for aU
Patrolman in New areas. Has always sail
strikes and organiza
Orleans several times, ed stewards depart
tional beefs that this
when increased Branch activities demanded ex ment. Was elected
organization has been
pansion of the local staff. Elected New Orleans Stewards Department Patrolman for the port of
a participant of since
Deck Patrolman for 1951. Has been active in all New Orleans for first time for 1948, and was sub
the time that he has
sequently reelected for 1949 and 1950.
strikes in which the SIU participated.
been a member.
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New OrleaM Engine fntrohnan
fidtimtteKAs«iit
New Orteans Agent
New Orleans Stewards Patrolman
Dalveiton Joint Patrolman
New Orleans Deck Patrolman
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DigWit° Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings
GATEWAY CITY (Waiarman);
Pept. IS^'ChainnaiU/ J. Buns;
Saqretary. > It ^uger^; Delegates
report^, no b^fs. Night lunch
situation brought up. Last step
broke loose on ladder back aft.
Oct. 4 — Chairman. J. Biuns;
k Sacretaxy, It'Lauger. Education
al talk about: new members. No
information about strike. Motion
made to have ship fumigated.
Poop deck full of broken, cots
imd mattresses.
with the exception of five hours the Union agreement when work*
disputed overtime. Steward con ing the new men. Fruit and
sulted in regard to receiving no vegetables are going to waste
fresh milk upon leaving Buenos in the icebox.
Aires. Steward stated that the
4 4 4
milk was delivered to the ship TOPA TOPA (Waterman),
as ship was leaving dock.
Sept. 17—Chairman. A. M. Bratt
4 4 4
coni; Secretcury. J. M. Melendez.
CATAHOULA (Cuba Distill Motion made and carried that
ing). Oct. 13—Chairman. Adolph members late in attending meet
Capote; Secretary. Steve Grug ings on board ship should be
gino. Delegates reported that fined $5; the fine to be donated
everything was squared away. to the SEAFARERS LOG. Dis
Suggestion that all men give cussion on donation toward Mer
24 hours notice before getting chant Marine Memorial Chapel
PAIRISLE (Waterman). Oct. 6
off in New York. All mattresses at Kings Point, N. Y.
, ~ Chairman.
Larson; Sec
must have covers and all men
retary, James Clinton. Delegates
4 4 4
^
are responsible for their mat
reported few beefs. Discussion
WARHAWK (Waterman). Oct,
tresses.
on shortage of water and linen.
8—Chairman. Tony Ferrera; Sec
4 4 4
Motion made to write a letter
retary. Ted Thompson. Delegate#
JOHN S. MOSBY (Eastern). reported no beefs. Motion made
to Headquarlers concerning con
Oct. 9—Chairman, E. A. Bayne; and carried to see Chief Engineer
ditions aboard Waterman ships.
Secretary. Frank Steen. Dele about having quarters painted.
gates'reported
no beefs. Stew The Captain came down to
DOROTHY (Bull). Oct. 6 —
ards, department was asked why thank the crew for the coopera
Chairman. G. Miller; Secretary,
food "Was not up to par. Crew tion he received from them. A
M. McCarthy. Delegates reported
congratulated on the way they collection was taken up for a
ship's fund to have $30. Sugges
conducted themselves in a for memorial for merchant seamen
tion on repair list. There is a
eign port.
Strong need for extra fans. Vote
lost in the last war.
of thanks to stewards depart
4 4 4
4 4 4
TIMOTHY DWIGHT (Eastern).
ment.
SOUTHERN COUNTRIES
Sept. 30—Chairman. John Bren (Southern Trading). Oct. 7. —
'4.
t
man; Secretary. Alvin Carpen Chairman. L. E. Blake; Secre
SEATRAIN HAVANA (Sea
ter. Delegates reported no beefs. tary. Frank H. Knapp. Delegate#
train), Oct. 14—Chairman, Reece
Discussion
to have each depart
: Oliver; Secretary, C. R. Gamer.
reported everything okay. Ship
ment
keep
the laundry room sailed short of water from Gal
Delegates reported everything
: okay. Discussion on Texas de and night lunches. Motion made no beefs. Suggestion bjt \'arious clean by rotating work each veston to Jacksonville. Motion
layed sailing, launch service and and seconded to get a new re crewmembers to request the week. Everyone cautioned to made that proper medical equip
Union to see what can be done handle the washing machine ment be supplied for crew. Di^
overtime involved. Suggestion frigerator for the crew mess.
made for whol§ gang to put in Oct. 16—Chairman, J. Kuchin in the way of medical aid for carefully.
cussion on permitman who foul
for what they think they have sky; Secretary, Norman Kuekew seamen's families at public health
ed up in Puerto Rico.
(Eastern).
coming and let Patrolman finish sky. Delegates reported' $30 in hospitals. Library to be changed THOMAS
4 4 4
Sept. 25—Chairman. James Hic
the issue. Discussion on coffee ship's fund. Complaint on water. in Baltimore.
EVELYN (Bull). Oct. 7 —.
key;
Secretary.
Michael
Iwassko.
diortage.
4 4 4
There is no cold wash water;
Chairman. T. Hinsh; Secretary,
4 44
only dirty hot water. Pumpman GREECE VICTORY (South Delegates reported one man E. C. Dacey. Delegates reported
ALCOA PEGASUS . (Alcoa), warns crew of deck department Atlantic). Sept. 30 — Cheurman. taken off ship when leaving Ant
no beefs and no disputed over
Sept. 30—Chairman, C. W. Rags of smoking on deck.
A. T. Arnold; Secretary, A. A. werp. He injured both legs slight time. Each crewmember was
dale; Secretary, James Braden.
Baum. Delegates reported no ly but reports say he is okay. asked for $1 for the upkeep
4 4 4
The Bosun suggested that linen
The ship's Delegate was request
AKTION (Actium), Oct. 13— beefs with the exception of the and blankets be stripped from of the washing machine.
ed to see the Captain about se Chairman, Arne Hansen; Secre actions and attitude of the Chief
Sept. 31—Chairman, T. Hinslu
curing heavy winter clothing and tary. I. J. Torre. Delegates re Mate. Steward is to see that the beds and stored below.
Secretary. E. C. Dacey. Discus
4 4 4
assorted brand of cigarettes. ported few hours disputed over eggs and potatoes are condemn
Several men requested that time. Discussion on crew Mess ed. It was recommended that the GEORGE A. LAWSON (Paci sion on buying a timer for the
members of the crew refrain man. Water tanks and rooms are Union look into the mail situa fic Range). Sept. 23—Chairman, washing machine. It was sug
from loud talking in the sleep to be cleaned for the next crew. tion of ships sailing under Army John Murray; Secretary. Em gested that the day worker
manuel Cottis. Delegates report make his own coffee after the
ing area.
charter.
4 4 4
ed everything okay. Suggestions watch.
4. 4. 4.
Sept. 2—Chairman. A. V. Com made on how to keep crew
SEAGARDEN
(Penin.
Nav.),
4 4 4
STEEL INVENTOR (Isthmi
rie; Secretary. Amos Baum. Del messroom, recreation room and
Aug.
23—Chairman.
Chet
Gaw
PAOLI
(Cities
Service). Oct. 2
an), Oct. 7 —Chairman, Harold
egates reported no beefs. It was laundry room in good shape at
rych;
Secretary,
Joh|i
Molmar.
—Chairman.
Norman
Kirk; Sec
B. Thomas; Secretary, Steve
suggested that a ship's fund be all times.
Delegates
reported
no
beefs.
retary.
Herb
Goodfried.
Delc^
Shack. Delegates reported no
started. It was agreed that each
Each
Delegate
will
make
out
gates
reported
everything
okay.
beefs and no disputed overtime.
department clean a certain sec
repair
list
and
turn
it
over
to
ANNISTON
VICTORY
(South
$64.22
in
ship's
fund.
Discussion
Toaster too small for crew mess,
tion of the passagewaj' daily. Atlantic). Sept. 20—Chairman. L.
on washing machine.
larger one,to be repaired. Ship's the ship's Delegate. Chairman
4 4 4
E. Harris; Secretary. Chamber
Delegate is to investigate drink asked ship's Delegate for edu
Sept. 29 — Chairman. Edward
TAINARON (Actium). Oct. 30 layne. Delegates reported every
ing water. Suggestion made to cational talks.
Chant;
Secretary, John T. Bow
— Chairman. Jose ' Ortibuerra; thing running smoothly. Motion
4 4 4
return books'and magazines to
man.
Delegates
reported couple
SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY Secretary, Burnett. Delegates re made to keep stevedores, dock of small overtime beefs. Agreed
the recreation room.
(Seatrain), Oct. 16 — Chairman. ported no beefs and no disputed workers and unauthorized per by all to change ship's library.
4 4 4
overtime. Chief Steward suggest sonnel out of messhalls. Steward
SEACOMET (ZenUh), Oct 14 C. C. Gautreau; Secretary, R.
ed that stewards department asked crew to look after silver Discussion on soap powder is
I—Chairman. Jack W. Arellanes; Adams. Delegates reported $19.48
sued to the black gang.
take care of the recreation room
Secretary, L. WoUe. Delegates in ship's fund. Motion made and and that engine and deck de ware as there is no spare, but
4 4 4
reported no beefs. Motion was carried to have meetings every partments take care of laundry hopes to get more next trip.
ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa),
made and seconded that all beefs trip on the way north. General
Sept. 29—Chairman. Andy Gow
room.
WILLIAM \uRDEN (Western
Me to go through proper chan discussion oh the food and
der;
Secretary, A. D. Junkin.
4 4 4
Tankers). Sept. 29
Chairman.
nels. The deck gang is to give menus.
Delegates
reported few beefs.
SEABEAVER (Colonial). Sept. Gene Flowers; Secretary. Van
the Bosun more cooperation.
The
membership
was asked to
Racks to be made for the crew EDITH (BuU),^Oct. 14—Chair 6 — Chairman, Bob Brown; Sec Sant. Delegates reported' one take better care of washing ma
man. Vincent Genco; Secretary. retary. James A. Boykin. Dele man missed s&ip in Naples. Ste chine.
messhall.
gates reported everything alright ward was warned to comply with
4 4 4
. ^ Louis Ruzzi. Delegates reported
4 4 4
MALDEN VICTORY (Missis
DANIEL H. LOWNSDALE
sippi). Oct. 7—Chairman. J. C.
(Isthmian). Sept. 23—Chairman,
Wauchek; Secretary, H. Pitkof
P. V. Millican; Secretary. Ed
sky. Four dollars to be taken
ward V. Smith. Delegates re
but of ship's fund for purpose
ported
few hour disputed over
TOTAL
SHtPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL
REG.
REG.
REa
of sending telegram to Head
STWDS. SHIPPED time. Repair list to be made up
REa
DECK'
ENa
ENG. ' STWDS,
DECK
PORT
quarters on mail situation. Re
before arrival. Discussion on
91
12
35
47
28
16
9
14
— :
pair list to be made up. Dis Boston
getting
pantry and messroom
536
135
160
. 93.
372
218
183
119
cussion held on incident that New York
painted.
97
43
56
20
29
21
32
104
happened in starboard side pass Philadelphia
4 4 4
394
132
98
71
178
118
98
301
agfiwayjy Vote of thanks to stewr Baltimore
WARHAWK (Waterman). Aug.
133
415
153
139
143
104
384 9
127
department fq;?,!: the*^!igood Norfolk
Chairman. Joe Bissonnet;
>
12
40
8
8
'14
7
23 Secretary. Ferarra. Delegates re
14
c^w iifid ,service.
v'' Savannah.,;!......,
'
NO FIGURES RECEIVED
Tampa
•
4 4
•
ported this ^s a good trip, no
55
65
74'
194
78
71
60
209 performers and no beefs. Ship's
Mobile
:
McKETTRICK HILLS (West
78
240
87
92
; 70
75
69
231 Delegate complimented crew on
Vtn Tankers), Oct. 2—Chairman. New Orleans............... ,
. 30
50
: 37
117
29.
37
82 good unionism, and reported no
16
Galveston.........;..;,.——.......
C^ : DeMarei; Secretary, John J.
30
'45
128
54 ; 48
.45
147
West
Coast........i^,._..,
performers. Stewards department
J^le|etiHsp reported no
bil^fs.
see the TOTAL
904
608 2,252
756 ^ 601 : 531 '
1,888 was applauded for serving very
good food.
Stew^ dbout variety of menu
A&G Shipping From Oct 10 To Oct 24
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Fridaj^ NoTfaiber !^ul961
Only SIU Assists Oldsters Coffee And Corn In The Messroom SIU Benefits Won
For Husband Help
In Maritime, Says Farrell
Me Too, Says Wife
will be soon getting more wages
To the Editor:
and shorter hours and you will
I rejoiced wheiT I heard at a be enjoying the life of eivUized
I have moved to my husbahiFs
recent membership meeting that beings.
home state and I certainly have •
something is in the wind to This brings me to another epi
missed reading the LOG. My
make the lot of the oldtimer a sode that was so ably denounced
landlady in Houston has failed
little more secure in his old at the meeting. That was the
to forward my mail to me. I
days, under the SIU Welfare Steward who hid the fresh eggs
have not seen a LOG in over a
Plan.
month and I certainly have miss,
and handed his Brother Union
It is a tribute to the STTJ men rotten ones. Oh, yes, years
ed it.
and its officials who are plug ago that was the typical Steward.
With my husband away at sea
ging for us old guys when we I recall a case of one of these
most of the time, I feel closer
are not wanted by the shipping bellyrobbers coming back from
to him while reading the LOG.'
companies. It is tragic that when Australia. He starved us and
Not only that but the LOG'
a man is around sixty years old, gave all the fresh meat and veg
keeps me informed on. every
and perhaps disabled, to have etables to the Captain and the
thing concerning our daily lives
nb home and few friends, to be saloon mess. However wq fixed
and existence.
left to battle through the world his wagon. We sailed into Ner
May I pay you and the LOG
Sinunons Viclory crewmembers lake Iheir morning coffee
that he has worked to make mea. New Caledonia, an island,
a
compliment: I am sincerely
break and prepare lo dig into some popcorn sat out for them.
better for others.
proud
to say to all my associates:
to get a cargo of iron ore. This Left to right. EUingsoh, Chief Electrician; White. 2nd Electri
"My
husband
belongs to the
NO CHARITY
was a Godforsaken island and cian; Cooper. Carpenter; Harris. Engine Utility; Thompson. AB;
finest
Union
in
the
world." .
It is needless for me to inform had no docks. The Captain and Russo. Wiper; Plyer. AB; GrosMlose. Bosun, and Moran. Wiper.
I
realize,
too,
that
that • is ^a
you that charitable organizations the brass hats, including the
broad
statement,
but
no
word^,
do not even give you a little Chief belljTobber, went ashore;
no
matter
how
expressed,
csm
we
were
not
permitted
shore
pity, and those that you aided
tell
you
how
much
I
appreciate
leave.
It
happened
luckily
that
don't want to know you. But
the fine Union, the SIU, and !l
enough of that. The younger sea a sister ship came in and we saw
am sb grateful for everything it
its
crew
pull
ashore.
We
knew
men are now beginning to ac
To the Editon
a shame that siich men are sent has done for my husband, Wal
quire the benefits that some of then we had a tyrant for a
aboard ships to hold down im lace R. MUton.
,
us old guys diligently fought Captain. So this humble soul Just received* the latest issue portant positions.
of
the
LOG
and
it
comes
as
a
This is
the second
letlejf' of
this^'
for through strikes, lockouts and with the rest of the blackgang
I think that if all the Brothers kind I have written to the LOtf^
shot
in
the
arm,
but
after
seeing
job actions against those who lowered a lifeboat and we went
would, write or send telegrams
were doing everything possible ashore. When we landed on the all the reports from the ports on to their Congressmen, then may and once again I wish to thank
to break up our Union and island there was only one gin the good shipping and also the foe we could see some action. If you and aU the Union for what:
mill, run by a J[apanese and shortage of ratings, it 'is sort of you like, you can change my it has done for me and my hus"
starve us into subjection.
band. Will you be kind enougli
Let us hope that these young guarded by natives. We told the disheartening.
mailing address from Pvt. to to send hie a months backIs
The
many
former
seamen
here
black
gang
on
the
other
ship
seamen will give the oldtimers
Cpl. (big deal).
sues? '
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their personal consideration. how we were being starved. Our at Fort Eustis look forward, to
Cpl. Casmier A. Kaust
Mrs.
Wallace
TRocky)
Millpa
the
LOG
with
hopes
that
it
con
Captain
went
for
a
ride
on
a
Stand together one and all, for
Ft. Eustis. Va.
(Ed. Note: The late issues ydu
unity is strength. Remember you mule, so we got our chance. As tains something on letting war
Co.
I.
2nd
Bn.
TRTC
requested
are enronte to you.)'
soon as we pointed out oiu: belly ime seamen out of the Army to
robber, the black gang from the rdieve the shortage that now
sister ship went to work on prevails. Or is the government
?Vv
him that night in the dark, and going to open up the Maritime
believe me it was pitch dark. schools again? We have rumors
that there arfe men on the ships
"REEDUCATED"
making their first trip, could it
He got such a shellacking that he that they are of draft age?
To the Editor:
when we got him aboard he was
WRITING CONGRESS
During the Good and Welfare unable to resume his duties im
session of the meeting held til we had him in Baltimore, Md. The seamen here are now
aboard the SS Kathryn on Sep The Captain came aboard all writing to Congressmen and Rep
tember 23, it was suggested by gassed up. He tried to investigate resentatives asking why they
Louis Guellenitz that we endeav who it was who rendered the are continuing to draft wartime
or to interest the Union mem beating. He cursed and swore seamen when their is such a
• bership in a hospitalization plan that if he knew, he would shoot great shortage, and when are
• for the wives and dependent them on the spot. But we had they going to release the seamen
relations of merchant ^amen. a good hungry gang and none in the Army to go back to the
Since the USPHS hospitals are would squeal. The Captain got ships, where in case of a war
at present furnishing this care fired by the company, as well as they will prove a valuable asset
for dependents of members of the bellyrobber, when we in to the Government. If aU the
the Coast Guard, persons in civil formed the company that the seamen in the army were releas
service and veterans, it seems Captain and Steward were sell ed it would sa>% the government
that the benefits could be ex ing our food to the gin mill on millions and maybe also a few
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the island.
/
4ended to merchant seamen.
lives.
Paddy Farrell
. The suggestion was greeted
I am now an instructor in a
Three Philadelphians are airsmiles as their ship the Ben p^'
^enthusiastically by everyone
harbor craft school and we have
jamin Grierson. Watmrman. proceeds up the Seine to Rouen > |
present at this meeting, and it
a sevenweek course in seaman
with a load of coal. Left to right: Frank Metzler, 3rd Cook; '
was decided to communicate our
ship and I know just how much
Villanova. OS, and Pedro Arteaga, Crew Messman. Picture '
desires to the editor of the LOG
you can teach in that time; it is by H. Rosenstiel.
^
All delegates aboard SIU
3n the hope that this might start
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ships are urged to make cer
• the ball rolling.
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tain that every ship is fully
NEED CARE
manned before it leaves pOrt.
So far, as we are aware, there
If the conq>any tries to vio
To the Editor:
He has already hit me once the agreement reads. P :;
are no great difficulties standing late the contract manning
with a rubber hose which was There, are a few of us in thte
This letter is to inform you , hooked up to my air gun which
in the way of this plan. There scale by sailing short, the
deck dbp^tment who try tfo:
that
our Captain thinkf. that our 11 was using on" a stage. He said
ere possible legal stumbling
ship's delegate should caR
hold up the agreement, and
agreement is a 'worthless, scrap I wasn't working hard enough. get the ax.
blocks to overcome, but there is the nearest Union Hall im
of paper.
no reason why we cannot make mediately.
He also stopped me from getting The biggest reason 11 am'^writr; ?
known our need of this care.
The Union will take im
He positively does not want to overtime and the deck gang ing you is that two grewipembers,;
We, therefore, request that you mediate action to see that be bothered with' the Delegate. backed me up on thiSi The Old' i;ud a fight with the result that
publish this letter and ask other our agreements are observed We have had trouble with him Man really went wild. He threat one of them jumped ship in Yo>
seamen how they feel about it. to the letter as it does since the ship—the Greeley Vic ened to cut dtrwn. on bur food kohama. We have been an Oiler
We are sure that' the response whenever violations are re
tory—left New i York last May. till it hurt and hot give us a short since September 3 but the
would be overwhelmingly for it. ported.
He said that some men don't do draw jn any of the ports.
Captain refuses to replace hia.
George A. Burke
Know your contract and ther work; and when you ask All of the Union ships in Yo There are, many men on tbe.
A. Oquendo
report all violations to the him what .he considers a day's kohama have fresh milk but us. beach in Japan, too^
'^.v
*0
a ,
Eiarisio Jiminex
Uu CiS right away.
work all he says is "get out of He daims orders from , thy; coai.
Comsliuii ;Sprano i,
Fidel Coruachi .
my room or 111 kick you out." pany, but that's not the way
; Ship's Delegate ;
To the Editor:
Sees Saving In Discharge
Of Skilled Seamen In Army
Kathryn Crew
Urges Family
Hospital Care
No Market Street Over Here
Sailing Short
Greeley Skiver Ignores Pact: Delegate
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THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Thirteen
DcHilt GetK ni Or 60 Ashwe Pastry Architect Vancouverites Douse Butts
A.S Gasoline Covers Harbor
To the Ediior:
continued their regular 15min
"no soap." So he had ^to return
Working in her wonderous ute runs across the harbor, but
Well we have found out "that to the ship.
way, Old Mother Nature erased now their decks were constantly
the Army is still handing out I went with him to see the
a manmade blimder in the har patrolled by guards who warned
the old runaround to the mer Captain and he said he could
bor of Vancouver, British Col commuters against flicking cig
chant seamen as usual, as we at .give him an armful of passes,
umbia, on July 10, when the arette butts and the lighting of
the. Alaska Cedar .have learned but they wouldn't be worth a
outgoing tide carried away 40, an open flame. All ships enter
' bri 'our trip to Alaska from damn (I think the Old Man has
000 gallons of gasoline spilled ing the harbor were alerted to
Fri^o pur 2nd Cook injured the same opinion of the Ajmy
the possible disaster.
toom an oil barge.
himself carrying a sack of flour brass as we do) so I told him
Thus the river's ebb and flow The gasoline spill threw at
to the ' galley. He came Uo me to either send the man to the
prevented a major disaster in leasts 200 people out of work '
and told me about it, so I went hospital in Seattle or pay him
that city, as the boiling after for 24 hours. The M. B; King
to the Mate, as he has charge off and he would go himself.
noon sun made the harbor area Lumber Company halted all op
of the medicine chest onNiere.
a wtual keg of dynamite for erations, as they were right in
PAID OFF
He examined the man and found
the path of the gasoline as it '
several
hours.
Well, the outcome was: He
that he was deflnitely injured.
eddied
from the leaking barge.
The
entire
town
was
alerted
The Master wired to the army paid the man off with $629 and
Don D. Brown
as the gasoline quickly spread
hospital for instructions on how he left the ship to go to Seattle.
over
the
surface
of
the
water,
Well
I
thought
that
was
the
last
Eddie Caudill, Chief Baker
to treat him. He was advised to
and the Harbor Board immedi
put him to bed and take his of it, but wait a minute, that aboard the Puerto Rica proud
isn't alL
I
told him to
go straight
ly poses with one of Us crea ately ordered a wharf patrol in
temperature and pulse and re
to
the
hospital
to
turii
in
and
tions.
A1 Lake, cfewmember an attempt to minimize the
port his condition to the Army
then
telephone
the
Union
agent
who
submitted
the picture, danger.
hospital each day. When we ar
in
Seattle
and
report
to
him,
Vancouver's new and yet fin
says
Eddie
is
an
architect in
rived in Naknek, Alaska, he was
but
he
didn't.
He
went
to
town
tested fireboat
was ringed with
pastry
and
his
stuff
is
tasty,
tdken off the ship and flown to
bought
himself
some
clothes
and"
too.
gasoline
as
she
bravely stood by
Anchorage to the hospital. One
a
wrist
watch
and
then
started
for
instant
action.
doctor examined him and stated
Although the outgoing tide
J
he had a position rupture, and to make the rounds of the gin
mills.
washed awaysmost fears of dan
I
He got involved with the bad
ger, it turned out to be days he
ger game and a fast woman. Re
fore the danger of flre and ex
sult: he was dumped, lost his
plosion completely disappeared.
money, plane ticket and his new To the Editor:
WIDE BERTH
wrist watch. The next day one I am writing this letter to you
'71
Streets bordering
the docks be
of the boys off the ship saw asking that you will send me a
came
deserted,
with
the
excep
him on the street and went to few SEAFARERS LOGS.
the police station with him. The I was getting them at my old tion of curiosityseekers and
cops succeeded in getting back place of business and now I those who were forced to remain
for him two hundred dollars and have opened up a new place by as the gasoline fumes spread up
lis watch, but he is still out the docks where the Robin Line town.
Ocean liners and freighters,
$280, plus his plane ticket, plus and Waterman ships dock.
J. Ownes, OS on the Seatrain
fishing
boats and private yachts Havana, lakes a serious look
a lot of skin and black eyes.
Thcr sailors say it would be
That makes four of our men good to have a few LOGS on wore rings of gasoline at their at his shoes. Photo by Lester
• 'i
waterUne, as they rode out the Moore.
who have been beaten up with hand.
blackjacks since we have been Thanking you in advance for coi^ant swells with their crews
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standing by. The period of emer ^
T* ^ j_
up here. So my advice to any whatever you can do for me.
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gency lasted for some time with oailOrS jKClTCEt
one that comes to Anchorage is
H. Bennett
the harbor officials carefully
to ,stay aboard ship. Even a
St. John's Inn
..'J
group is unsafe. Three fellows,
2464 Talleyrand Avenue watching the patches in the far
J'
reaches, and the water under
all good men in a beef, got
Jacksonville. Florida
(Ed. Note: You will receive neath the wharves remained a
beaten up at the same time, so
beware. .Also, don't get sick up the LOG. at your new location menace for days.
To the Editor:
shortly.)
Bill Manley
North Vancouver ferryboats
Danny Alvino, Alaska Cedar here.
1 was ship's Delegate on board
crewmember, baited his hook
this ship for over five months.
with this minnow for the big
Some of the boys on board live
cme, .Bill Manley reported.
here and the LOG is amiss here
To the "Editor:
If you didn't, do so as soon as beer over the antics of our three unless someone goes up to the
you
can. .They're still on the prise OSs.
told hiin to come back in three I came to New York as I us
Galveston Hall for copies. I have
When they got off after the shopped around here for the best
beach.
days. Monday they put him to ually do and among other friends
bad and prepared for an. opera I went to see was the editor of But the prizes in our crew first trip we figured trip numb place to send the LOG to, and
tion. Then On Tuesday they de the SEAFARERS LOG and he, were the OSs on our first trip. er two would be a bit easier. after five months of the Texas
cided it would be dangerous to looking at me reproachfully, After sailing with them for No such luck. I got an exLakes City shipping I find that the
asked, "Why do I have to wait two months it was useless. They man for a watch partner. To most of the ships' crews hang out
operate, as he had a cold.
five
years to hear from you?" tried; they earned their pay in him, relieving his watch part at the Sailors Retreat. It would
He returned to the ship and
ners was only incidental. More be the best place for the crew
I
answered
demurely, "I had effort alone.
turned to, but then complained
Don
Hall
was
our
Bosun
and
than once he left me out on to pick up the LOG.
nothing
to
say."
This
didn't
about his stomach, so 1 asked
lookout,
and when I proceeded
I
never
saw
a
more
frustrated
seem
to
satisfy
him
and die
kept
the Master to send him back to
Reece B. Oliver
the hospital. The army was con! needling \me, until I promised man. Don is one of the best to bawl him out he'd look at
(Sailors in the Retreat will
tacted and sent a boat out for to sit down and try to write Bosuns I ever sailed with; he me and ask, "How am I supposed
has
more
patience
than
the
law
to
know?
I
never
sailed
on
salt
find
the LOG a bar fixture
him. This time they reexamined, something. After you read this,
allows,
but
he
used
to
cry
in his
water
before." Arthur
Thompson
shortly.)
him and foimd more severe if you do, you'll wonder why
signs of illness but refused to in hell I didn't keep going. Any
way, for what it's worth, here
admit him to the hospital.
is some dope on a good ship.
NO SEAMEN
It was the 'Taddei," a Liberty
We returned to the dock Tues ship run by the Shipenter Lines.
day ,^d the ,Captain and I went I didn't want the ship and I
with, him to the, hospital to see wasn't very hungry, but I threw
why.th^y, refusq<^
tqke him in for it anyway and after pass
in. , The . doctor was , a, public ing a physical and getting stuck
health doctor, and he said that in the arm more than I liked I
"they were up here to take care met with my first disappoint
of the army civilians (that is, ment. On the board in the HaU
the soldiers,: plashes, , I think) it said Italy; on board on the
and didn't have time or space for ship they said Germany. Ger
merchant seamen.
many won.
Then he examined the mc .* I wanted to go to Italy, pre
again and told us that he had ferrably Genoa. You see there's
not responded to the sulfa treat a girl there—^but that's another
ment so he would send him to story. It seems (Germany has
the lab for another specimen girls, top., WeU anyway,' in due
and change the treatment and course of time, we got underway
for him to retmn the Ibllowihg withr about the best .stewards
morning. So the' next morning depa,rtment I ever sailed with.
wheh he got to the gate going
GOOD SHIPMATES
"in the hospital the MP stopped
hiiti saying he had an' improper Harvey Morris was Steward,
pass. Now the man had his sea Joe Thomas was Cook and Ber
man's papers, a slip from the iiie Feeley was Baker. If you
lab and a Master's certificate for tvcr sailed with any of the;
the hospita.', but the MP said. above you'll know what I mean
"to ifce Editor:
'Is That A Holer
St. John's Iim
Has Log On Tap
Wffl Have LOG
For Seatrainers
Board Said Italy, But Art's Ship Chose Germany
Sailor Rags Visits The'Mew N.Y. Hall...by E. Reyes
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Page Fourteen
Laud Skipper
For Aid To
•D
ying Seaman
Dutch Brand Of Cheese(cake}
FFi#fyf£HfWW9lWi2fvlj|i5> ?
McGarve^s 'Gens!
To the Editor:
in sty^aboard tl^,„
To the Editor:
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Yes, friends, this i^^another dencej'^"'' " *' '
The
second
tiip
was to Eng
We, the entire personnel of
sea story, but interestir® never
land
and'^tile' 'voyege
b^er was
the SS Barbara Frietchie, wish
theless. The first trip on the SS
uneventful.
However,
upon' leav
tCk extend to Captain Franklin
Martin McCarver started • out
Allie, Master of the SS Barbara
quite the same as many others, mg that fair land, the: Second
Frietchie, our sincerest praise
but to the oldtimers there was Mate, sick at heart and filled
and respect for his untiring ef
something ominous in the • wind, with remorse, dove over the side
forts and leadership during an
a lurking unseen evil. Then it determined to remain. Due to
emergency.
happened. An Oiler became ill the quick work and excellent
He personally applied artifical
and it soon became alpparent to seamanship of the crew, the
respiration for hours while su
all hands that the old McCarver Mate was quickly rescued. How
pervising all other rescue opera
was ruiming a race with death ever, the Captain, believing the
tions. He also directed all radio
Although she tried hard, the Mate to be insane, put him off
commimications for medical ad
McCarver lost and. the grim in Portiigal.
vice when he realized the con
reaper claimed it's victim. The Now for the real voyage. It
dition of Brother Walter Lop
body was put ashore in Bermuda defies even the most vivid im
A good reason for leaving home, is Coraelius Sprano's
shas, now deceased.
On the returnvoyage an AB agination.
note accompanying this photo of a Rotterdam lass named took sick. Was history to repeat
His splendid example of cour
HTYAH HE COMES
age, leadership and respect for Anoula. Inasmuch as Rotterdam |s most frequently visited by itself? No, friends, this i^anrwas The Old Msurtin M. was in
Waterman ships, Sprano says this is one of the reasons jobs put ashore* at Gibraltar, recover Houston loading, grain for that ,
his fellow men makes him en
tirely worthy of his position as on those ve^els are usually scarce.
ed and rode back to the States mystic port of the East: Bpih
• Master.
bay. The Old Man was calmly
These are, the expressed sen
watching the new men come
timents of the entire ship's per
aboard. Suddenly he let out a
sonnel. Crewmembers
yell and, sinking to his knees^
SS Barbara Frietchie
h^ head buried in his hands, he
To the Editor:
ate into a medical prison camp, tion and they swap crews. As an muttered, "Oh, no, not hinil'?
LOG Service At
and
I think a lot of credit Is due exbrakeman I was interested in For there coming up the gaiigV'
I broke off my cruise on the
to Dr.
Hanchett and his Staff tha : the operating procedure em this way was "Wingy HortoUj" re^.
54th voyage of the SS Puerto
Blackie's Place
this
hasn't
happened at San single track lifte. Noticed that splendent in his high pr«sure'.
Rico to spend a few days in the
To the Editor:
Juan.
San Juan Hospital. Nothing more
they didn't have to put out a cap. "Wingy" Horton, Seffs^ledi
I would very much like to in serious than a severe bellyache,
ifiagman and that the , brakie hero, advisor to the PresideUf,
TOURED ISLAND
close Triend of J. Edgar Hoovefi
• form you and the Brotherhood but it afforded a nice opportun
On the day I was discharged didn't wear overalls or a blue fastest man in the World with a
that a short time ago my Dad ity to get a little rest.
uniform. He had on sport slacks
and I opened a bar here in New I want to go Oil record as from the hospital I took my and a gaudy shirt, which would gun, was no stranger to the Old
Orleans; ancl that all my SIU saying the treatment I was giv gear down to PierNo. 3, check never have worked on the old Man. He knew Horton was a
Brothers and friends wiU find a en, both medical and personal, ed my excess gear into the bag coal burners. The only thing phony from the word go^ and
strictly square deal at Blackie's could not have been better. The gage room, made a draw and like a uniform was the cap worn would bear watching.
Then a few days out a grand
Place, located at 717 St. Charles. staff is a little overworked, but took a "publico" to / Ponce.
by the conductor.
surprise
was sprung on the crew
A
lot
of
seamen
have
been
All • will be • ^Velcome at all limes, hasn't allowed this to make them
In San Juan I was sent to the
—the
grand
opening of the ex^
making
the
Puerto
Rico
run
for
as we maintain a 24hour a day irritable. From the orderlies
Kathryn. She was a'surprise to
policy. So please have severjd right up to the Surgeon in years and have never "made the me; the passenger quarters were otic Blue Room. Friends, the in'
copies of the LOG sent to me Charge, every one of them is trip across the island. Believe more attractive and cleaner than comparable Blue Room^is uiiex
celled in its luximious lounge
at the above address.
pleasant, agreeable, and willing me, the ride is worth your time on the Puerto Rico and the crew
Blackie Fleishman to go out of his way to make and money. It only costs a deuce, quarters were far superior. Of and excellent service.
takes about four hours, and you course, the PR is a 20yearold Now the scene changes. It lis
(Ed. Note: The LOG wiU bo things better for the patient.
midnight and the Third i^Sistr!
available 24hours a day at
It's a very easy thing for a will see some of the nicest rustbucket which explains its ant decides to go down to the
scenery
you
will
ever
lay
an
Blackie's Place shortly.)
substandard focsles.
Government hospital to degener
eye on.
From now on, my advice to engine room to see how his neW
I got up early the next AM anyone wanting to take a trip to Fireman is doing. As he ap
and got the train for the return the Island is to get on the Ka proaches the fireroom, he Is
trip to San Juan. The" railroad thryn. They won't have to put startled to see ft shadowy figure
runs one passenger train a day on silly paper hats on Saturday bent over the biuner table mut
from Ponce to San Juan' and night and theyH be spared the tering imintelligible words. Moy,
vice versa. First class fare is ordeal of listening to "Accord ing up closer he gasps, in horror,
$2.20 and the trip, taking a ian Andy" and his Tortured "Trio. for the figure is sticking pinS
little more than ten hours, gets
Slim Iliff and a sharp pen knife into a
small doll that is a perfect like
pretty tirei^ome.
ness of the Chief Engineer. Then
However, if you want to see Late Brother^s Kin
he recognizes the Fireman. It is
more of the island than you can
the ; notorious "Mayor"'; 4, Jay
Thanks
King
Crew
from the deck of a ship, it's a
Cohen, a yoodoo witch doi^c
bargain. Instead of cutting To the Editor:
and black magic artist of' toe
nrough the backbone of moun
Please extend my thanks and first water.
vi s
'ns in the interior, the RR ipreciation to the crew of the The rest of the crew and;Sof
:irts along the coast, touching 3S Steel ICing for their spray of course, myself included can bmy
'I the major towns and cities, lowers sent to the funer^d of my wait and pray for a speedy end
t Aguadillo the train meets the ate brother, Benjamin R. Mears. to this vpyage, so as to forget the
• >6 going in the opposite direc
Thanking everyone for your horfors we saw on the Martin
kindness,
M. (for mysterious) McCarver.
Mrs. Ruth Fox
H. J. Ridgeway
After FiftyFour Trips To Puerto Rico
Slim Discovers There's Land There, Too
A Long Way From Brooklyn
Hiding behind those furs are six crewmembers of the SS
Binghamton Victory, Bull, which made a recent run to Green
land. Pat Ryan, who submitted the photo, had little to say
about the trip, except to note thai the beer flowed freely when
the ship returned to Brooklyn. Left to right^^rear: King, Lulu,
O'Neil, Galvin. Front: Lane, 2nd Cook.
Seeks To Thank
Men Who Gave
Husband Blood
'Casino Vic'
CoWoriceK
To the Editor:
I wish you would print this
letter in the SEAFARERS LOG,
so that I can thank the five fel
lows from the SIU Hall in Phila
delphia who donated blood . to
To the Editor:
John
(Ski) Klemowicz when he
some effort to give our sons
was near death
at Cooper Hospi
I am a constant reader of the clean living quarters and treat
tal
in
Camden,
New
Jersey. •
LOG and appreciate the effort them as human beings. My son
He
is
home
now
after five
that everyone puts forth to make is aboard a Cities Service ship
it possible. I wasgreatly im and may..I say_i,hank,?. to that ^eks, but still not recovered.
pressed with the article written company and may they continue He is sorry he doesn't know
• by Mr. Thomas F. Oliver in re to treat our sons with kindness. the names of the five men, but
gard to the Cities Service ship, May I say thanks to all who thanks them with all his heart
SS Abiqua. I have a son who are connected with the LOG.
and will make it his business to
has been a merchant Seaman for
Mrs. Fisher find them and thank them per
seven years, aiid it makes
(Ed. Note: Brother Oliver's sonally when he is. able to do so,
The source of zniucli goodaalured kidding aboard the MV
mothers happy to know their
pr,f,inoH to the now which will be some time yet.
Brightsiar is Victor (Little Maceo) MichelettL the fellow In the
sons sail such ships as Mr. Oli liveable conditions in the CS
Thanks again, fellows, for yotu* white coat end fedora. Vic's taking his first trip to sea and Is
ver describes.
fleet, bronght abotn by the unselfishness. May God bless you a willing Worker as his smiling coworkers will attesti Left to
It makes one feel happy to recent contract won ^by the and t^e care of all of you.
right are: Tampa Red Gonn^ 3rd Cook. W. Vlckenu Chief
.
know that some companies make wmun.)
Mm. John Xlemowici
Cookr in badeground. and Frank Nlgzo, Steward.
^ v
Seafarer's Mom Liked Pay Story
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To Committeo
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PaneFiftMn
Everything Is Running
Smoothly in New Orleans
BY LINDSEY WILLIAMS
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 26 —
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^
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V
By SAM COHEN
Considering the Wildcat strike
/ • I
WILMINGTON, Oct. 25 r Orie
of the East Coast longshoremen,
this port is running along very
• lone payoff: and signon,., plus
smoothly, with only the usual
eight intransits. constUuted the
run of minor beefs, which were
• activity of this port for the past
settled to the satisfaction of all
two weeks, giving ns a "fair"
hands.
irating in the shipping depart:
tnent.
Since the last report we
The payoff and signon was
haven't had too much in the line
the Fairisle. (Waterman). The in
of signons and payoffs, with the
tfansits were; Sea Comet (Sea'
latter represented by the follow
traders), Barbara Frietchie (Lib
ing ships: the Alcoa Puritan
• N I
Thi^ proposed flag for the American merchant marine has (Alcoa), Del Monte, Del Norte,
erty Navigation), Bienville, Yaka
(Waterman), Lawrence Victory 12 horizontal red and white stripes. The union is blue and Del Oro (Mississippi), and the
the anchor white.
(Mississippi), Calmar and. Port
Tuskegee Victory (Coral).
mar (Calmar) and Martin Behr
Signing on were the Alcoa
man (Alcoa),
Puritan, and the Del Norte and
Our only beefs were on the
Cape Horn (Mississippi).
Sea Comet, intralhsit to Italy,
Intransit ships were by far
By
GAL
TANNER
where the Wipers were npt co
JOHN SCHUPSTICK
the most numerous. We had the
operating with the crew. Then MOBILE, Oct. 24 — Shipping Fritz Widegren is not the only
sorhe of the men insisted on pay continues 'to be good in' this one—there are many Seafarers Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Corsair,
ing "off in Vancouver, liot realiz port, w.hat'with 14 ships paying who hold the same View—^who Alcoa Runner, Alcoa Polaris, Al became an American citizen in
ing that it was a foreign port off and taking replacements, and believes that there is always coa Cavalier, the Seatrain 1944. He has been an SIU mem
Georgia, Seatrain Texas and ber since 1941, and has great
and working a hardship on the ten vessels signing on.
room for improvement. Fritz has Seatrain New Jersey, the Cape praise for the way our Nego
tJnion.
The payoffs included five Wa been a member of the SIU since Horn, the Steel Scientist, Steel tiating Committees go about get
Ji
• We also had to straighten out terman ships, the Beauregard, its inception (he holds book
Vendor and Steel Surveyor (Isth ting raises and better conditions
a crewmember who had been Morning Light, Warhawk, Iber No. 19) and has always sailed as
mian), Iberville, Morning Light without a bunch of fanfare and
giving the Captain a bad time. ville and the Monarch of the Cook or Steward, but he is anx and City of Alma (Waterman) bull.
• 'M
The crew decided it would Eeas; five Alcoa ships, the Run iously awaiting the opening of
and the Lucille Bloomfield The SIU, says Big John, also
straighten put its own affairs, ner, Polaris, Patroit, Pennant the Stewards department school (Bloomfield).
leads the way in benefits for
and not bring in a beefladen and Clipper; three from Bloom in the new Hall in Brooklyn.
its membership. John says when
ship when she returns from Italy, field, the Mai'io Hammil, Anne There is always something that
PROTECTIVE GEAR
We didn't have sufficient men Butlef and ihe Alice Brown. The you can learn, he says, and On the intransit ships there you sweat it out in the hospi
here to hold a regular meeting, StrathcSpe (Strathmore) com every member of the stewards were very few beefs and no tal broke, you know how much
though we did hold a special pleted the payoff list.
department should take advan hitches involved in their coming it means for the Delegate to
meeting to discuss the Negotiat
The present shipping tempo tage *)f this wonderful chance in and going out of the port. make his weekly visit and bring
you the weekly benefit.
ing Committee's .report on the should be maintained, as ten to learn something new from All were in good shape.
increase in wfeges, vacation pay vessels are scheduled to payoff guys who really know the score.
WHEN NEEDED
and ^ipowner welfare pajunents. in the next two weeks, and Fritz is right, of course, as Recently we had a beef on
The entire membership went crews supplied for two Lib'ertys anyone with even one head on the MV Del Viento, regarding That's really when you can be
the men being burnt from clean proud that you are SIU, says
on record to endorse the work out of the boneyard," the Frank his shoulders knows.
ing holds
where caustic soda was John, when the Delegate comes
of the Negotiating . Committee C. Emerson (South Atlantic) and Nothing much else to report
out and gives you your ten
and to give them a special vote the Richard Upjohn (Waterman). from down here. Tony Pisanc carried.
of y^anks for a job well done. 240 members were present at has forsaken the North now that This led to meeting with Mis bucks without having to fill out
The winning of a washing .ma the regular Branch meeting, the weather is changing — he sissippi, and having them put a dozen forms and wait un^
chine on every ship hit the mark, which accepted the Secretary came down on the back of a rubber boots and gear on ships you are well in order to colledl
for this has^ been a sore spot on Treasurer's financial reports and Canadian goose — and keeping carrying caustic soda for the the dough that you really need
the ships.
Headquarters report to the mem him company are M. J. Danzey, use of the crew when cleaning while you are in the hospitaL
That's when you need it, and
One of the men to give his bership. The report of the Cre W. Knapp, F. Drozak and J. holds.
endorsement to the new gains, is dentials committee on the can Graves.
In the futiue, on these ships, that's when you get it tmder
Hussell D. Roberts, who sails didates for 1952 offices was also Before we sign off, however, the crew will be well protected the Welfare Plan.
AB and thinks the SIU is the concurred in.
a listing of the Brothers in the when doing this work.
John is ready to go back to
best. A Seafarer since 1947, The membership unanimously local USPHS Hospital is in or
Just out of the hospital is sea and is waiting on a bauxite
Rpberts prefers running to the ratified the report of the Ne der. Visit these men if you're Brother John Schupstick, better ship, as that is the run he usual^
East, preferably Japan. He*s gotiating Committee on the. new in town—drop them a line if known to all that have sailed ly goes on and likes. To heH
contractual gains made by the you're not. They will appreciate with, him and have known him with ships carrying caustic soda,
SIU, and. passed a vote ot hearing from their friends and as a good shipmate as "Big says Big John. I'll eat the baux
(thanks to the Committee for a Union Brothers: T. Burke, J. John."
ite, it don't put you in the hos
Bucklew, T. Anderson, M. Cross. John was born in Latvia and pital.
job well done.
Sh^ipiiig At High Level
1
Seafarers Gets Experienced AB Released From Army
He was interviewed by his While waiting his discharge at stated that he intended to ship
(Continued from Tage 1)
Division
Inspector General, who Fort Jackson, he was asked by out as soon as possible and he
ous service given by the Presi
agreed
that
he possessed a mer other former seamen how he had intends to keep sailing. 'That's
dent to seamen who had demon
chant
marine
record worthy of managed to get out. "They Were all I ever did for a living," he
strated full service during the
consideration.
umated men, though,'.' he noted. said.
war.
Three months after following "I didn't see any other seamen As to the importance of the
Dore'swar record, accompanied Washington's instructions, he was getting discharged, and no one
Union's assistance, Dore rmnark
by an appeal from the Union notified that his request for dis down there knew of any others ed that he had no doubt but
that he was necessary . in the charge had been approvd. He who had been discharged."
that he'd still be in the army if
maritime industry's present de was discharged a week later un Now in New York where he it hadn't been for the work done
fense effort, made no impression der Army Regulation 615365. has registered for a ship, Dore
In his behalf by the SIU.
on his draft board and he was
sent to Fort Jackson, South (Caro
RUSSELL ROBERTS
lina, to train as an infantryman
one giiy who really gets a kick with the 31st Division.
out of sailing and is'well liked Shortly after Dore entered the
By LEROY CLARKE
rivals at Port Arthur, Texas, and into this port during the past
by his shipmates.
service, he began his attempt to
»were
contacted from this office. .few days via Cities Service tank
With shipping slowed down secure his release and requested LAKE CHARLES, Oct. 26—
On
the
Republic we ran into a jers, amrnig them D. Garner, Red
here, the bulk of our payoffs
This is the land of Golden op Mate who found peculiar reasons
the assistance of the SIU.
Farthing, Mike Schock, L. Lar»
having been diverted to Seattle
pdrtunity, political aspirations for firing men. After a talk with
The
Union
dispatch^
letters
onde,
F. Lamberti and I. Bridges,;
and Frisco, we aren't rushing the
and port of missing rated men the Delegates and the Captain, the last being a refugee from
men in and out in the same to Washington and to his com (they're, misssing from here).
we convinced him that the Union the peissenger wagons.
breath, though ABs will have manding "officer—as the SIU has
no trouble sMppiag frcm hers, done in hundreds of other cases We have jobs for rated men did not want performers and Having just shipped Brothers
'on deck and "in the~engine de foulups "labdard" the shi^ biif I^rohde'ahd LamKiftFtb waiting
Frankly, the weather is still —^seeking his release.
perfect and, with Southern Cali Other letters followed over a partment with no takers, a boom that he was way off base in his tankers, I'll have to report that
these two oldtimers are no long
fornia boastlrigonO Of the finest period 6f weeks, until Army caused by the aiTl^Wil. of the reasons for firing men.
fOotball teams; in the country, headquarters in Washington no Royal Oak, Fort Hoskins, Can While the big waterfront beef er among us.
who wants to ship when there's a tified the Union that he was to tigny, Lone Jack, Bents Fort, has been on the east coast the I might add, for those rated
write his , immediate superior of Winter Hill, Chiwawa (Cities past two weeks, there was a men interested, that for the first
big game every Satiurday?
threeday strike here of the ILA half of November we expect
. Some of the fellows Who ap ficer, giving his record and how Service), Republic (Trafa
Trinity
(Garras)
and Wanda
barge men which was settled in good shipping here, so come
it
was: "important
to
the
health,
parently agree withme are jEted
phany
Tankers).
favor
of the Union.
down and grab a nice coastwisd
safety and
security of
the nation"
BraunsteiiiiRoc Moran, G. Iteidr
The
last
three
ships
were
ar
Several
oldiimers
have
drifted
ship.
that„he
be discharged,,
Cal Wilson and Max Byeis..i ;
1
Lake Ckarks Is The Land Of Opportanity
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TBE S EAE ARERS LOG
Official Ballot for
Seafarers Inl
Sample A&G Ballot
Pictures And Records
Of Candidates Appear
On Pages Seven To Ten
'fe
•^
AnJtNIKi ^
1951 ELECmON
YOUNG PERIOD NOVEMBER !st
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Union of Hforth America
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS—hi order to vote for a cdndidctte^ ihchle a ctbse
(X) in voting square to the left of name. If you vote for moi^ odndiddtes for
office than ^ledfied herein your vole for such office will be invcdid.
YOU MAY WRITE THE NAME OF ANY MEMBER WHOSE NAME DOES NOT
APPEAR ON THE BALLOT IN THE BLANK SPACE PROVIDED FOR'THAT
PURPOSE UNDER EACH OFFICE. ^
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Do not use a lead pencil in moddng; tl^ ballot Ballots marked
will not be counted.
MARE YOUR BAUOT WITH PQf AND INK O 1)1
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SECRETARYTHEASUHER
PHILADELPHIA AGENT,
Vote lor One
Vote for One
pi.:^
r O Paul HaU. No. 190
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MOBOE JOINT PATROIMAN
a Steve (Blaclde) CorduUo, No. 24599
Votei for Two
g
• Robert
Jordcm, No. 71
• George BmbreL No. 45925
ASSISTANT SECRETARYTi^SUHER
BALTIMORE AGENT
Vole for One
Vote for One
O Uoyd (Blaclde) Gardiner, No. 3697
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES
Vote lot Three
Q Joseph Algina, No. 1320
• Wm. (Red)
Morris, No. 264
n Earl (Bull) Sheppard, No. 203
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BALTIMORE DECE PATROLMAN
Vote for One
^TTC. V
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Q Joseph Volpian, No. 58
BALTIMORE ENGINE PATROLMAN
Vote for One
NEW ORLEANS DECE PATROLMAN! j
• A1 Stansbury, No. 4683
Vote lor One
O Thomas Fleming, No. 3821
Q James Sheehan, No. 306
NEW YORK DECK PATROLMAN
Vote lor Two
BALTIMORE STEWARDS PATROIMAN
Vote for One
• W.PaulGonsorchik,No.749
a Edward V. Smith, No. 48961
NORFOLE AGENT
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N^ ORLEANS ENGINE PATROLMAN}
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Vote for One
Aiai!
Q C. J. (Buck) Stephens, No. 76
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NEW ORLEANS;
STEWARDS PATROLMAN
Vote lor One
• Louis Goffin. No. 4526
Q George (Frenchy) Ruf, No. 23724
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Q LeRoy Clarke, No. 23082
BOSTON AGENT
• Eugene Dakin, No. 180
"..Vote^for One
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• LindseyL Williams,
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• L (Blondie) Johnson, No. 108
• Robert Matthews, No. 154
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NEW ORLEANS AGENT,
n Chailes O. Lee, No. 70
Vole for One
• BenRees,No. 95
• A. W* (Andy) Gowder. No. 36884
O HennanTroxclalr.No. 6743
HEW YORK ENGINE PATROLMAN
SAVANNAH AGENT
Vote lor Two
Vote lor One
• Teddy Babkowsld, No.
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BRIDGES BACKS DOWN, WORKS ISTHMIAN SHIPS
SEAFARER WINS DISCHARGE FROM ARMY FOR DRAFTED AB
BALLOTING FOR A&G OFFICIALS GETS UNDER WAY
40 HOUR WEEK, PAY RAISE IN EFFECT
WILDCAT LONGSHORE STRIKE TIES UP NEW YORK PIERS
CLEAR POLICY NEEDED
CAST YOUR VOTE
SURVIVOR TELLS HIS STORY OF SOUTHERN ISLES DISASTER
NAVAL ARCHITECT CALLS SHIP OVERLOADED
SAVANNAH LABOR HELPS GIRL IN FIGHT FOR LIFE
PORT BOSTON RUNS INTO BAD DAYS
CITIES SERVICES INSTALLS TV SET ON SS CANTIGNY
SIU CREWMEN OF 'RED TRAMP' LAND 'SPIES' INTO BOSTON
EXPERT FORESEES AUTOMATIC VESSELS WITHIN TEN YEARS
PICTURES AND RECORDS OF ALL A&G CANDIDATES
EVERYTHING IS RUNNING SMOOTHLY IN NEW ORLEANS
PORT WILMINGTON VOTES THANKS TO COMMITTEE
MOBILE SHIPPING AT HIGH LEVEL
LAKE CHARLES IS THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
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€ONTRACT RAISES
BENEFITS
40Hour Week At Sea
Begins Nov. 1; WageSr
Vuiution Pay Increased
Official Organ, Atlantic & Golf District, Seafarers International Union of NA
VOL. XIII
NEW YORK. N. Y« FRIDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1951
No. 21
Sole Surviyors Of Southern Isles
Doubled welfare contributions, increased wages,
overtime pay and vacation benefits, along with a
40hour week at sea are among the new contract
gains won by the SIU Atlantic & Gulf District Ne
gotiating Committee in a series of bargaining ses
sions held with a joint shipowners committee
during the past two weeks.
As a result of the contract improvements, which
go into effect on November 1st, men sailing aboard
SlUcontracted ships will be the first in the marine
industry to work 40 hours a week at sea. The Na
tional Maritime Union has a*^ —
—
contract granting a 40hoiu: The overtime rate now is $1.29
week, but it does not become per hour for those men receiv
effective until December 16th of ing less than $277.30 per monthi;
those men receiving $277.30 per
this year.
month
or more will be paid
Current wages will be increas
overtime
at the rate of $1.63
ed across the board by 6.2 per
per
hour.
The former overtime
cent, with the overtime payrate
rate was $1.22 and $1.64, with
upped the same percentage.
Following are two samples of the line of demarcation at
$262.47.
the new wage figures:
ABs, who formerly earned 'The new vacation benefits won
$248.41 per month will now re by the SIU Committee raise the
ceive $262.89. Chief Electricians amount of vacation pay for each
will be upped from $395.66 to year of employment aboard SIU
$418.72. The newlywon 6.2 per ships from $115 to $140 annual
cent increase was figured, ac ly. Under terms of the original
cording to the WSB policy, on Vacation Plan agreement, every
wages in effect on January 1, Seafarer is entitled to the vaca
tion benefits on a prorata basis
The six Seafaxers. only aiixrivprs of Jhe twentylhree man crew of the Southern Isles 1950, at which time ABs were —two weeks of vacation pay at
being
paid
$233.51.
In October
of
which sank oR .Cajpe HattMas on October 5, stand on the deck of the Coast Guard ship
the $140 figure.
Cherokee in Norfolk. Left to right; Howard Bastenbeck. Oiler; WUson Deal. StewardCook; 1950 the SIU won a 6.38 increase, Eligible Seafarers get the ben
but
the
new
gain
is
not figured
James Childress. AB; Coinmander Ral^ii, West of* the Cherokee; Raymond Holdem Cook; Sam
efit regardless of the number of
from this wage scale.
Lynn, OS. and Charles Perkins, Messman.
companies for whom they have
worked during the course of the
year. To meet the higher vaca
tion payments the operators
agreed to increase their contri
butions to the vacation fund
from
the original 35 cents to
Gorman, OS; Cecil said, "i; went to the starboard "I went over to release the
Six Seafarers,.term 'Marion
50
cents
a day for each working
Vaughan, OS; William Asble, side and heard someone holler outboard gripes on a lifeboat,
man.
rescue "miraculous," Oiler;
Joseph A. Miller, Oiler; 'The Mate's over the side, she's but the crank wouldn't work.
WELFARE FUND UP
iPre the only survivors of the Tolon Shumake, Wiper, and cracking up.' I went below again, Then Childress (one of the sur
The
Union also succeeded in
got a life jacket and was thrown vivors) came sliding by, and the
illfated Southern Isles which Richafd''Meekins, Messman.
getting
the operators to double
water
rushed
up
to
my
waist
the bulkhead when the
Broke in half and saiik on The Southern Isles, which two against
their
contributions
to the Sea
(Continued on Page 3)
October 5th, 200.^ miles times had turned back on its ship began to list.
farers Welfare Plan. Beginning
because of the heavy
southeast of Capes Hatteras course
November 1, company payments
winds and seas, was proceeding
into
the fund will amount to 50
with the .loss of 17 men.
northward at 10 knots when
cents
a day for each man work
The converted 3,325ton LST, disaster struck shortly after
ing
aboard
SlUcontracted ves
bound from Puerto Rico to 4 AM.
sels.
Present
payments are 25
Chest'er, Pa.^ loaded with 4,000 According to crewmember Sam
cents
daily
per
man.
long tons of iron; ore sank jn Lynn, who was heading for his
SIU
A&G
District
Secretary
less than fiveminutes in heavy foc'sle after coming off watch,
Treasurer
Paul
Hall,' who
head
seas . and swirling winds result "The ship stopped dead, just like
ed
the
Union's
Negotiating
Com
ing frofii a 2day hiuricane blow she had rim into a brick wall.
mittee,
said
"The
increased
welf
ing off the coast.
' ^
There Wasn't any noise — no
fare
contributions
wiU
now
al
Lost were the ship's eight of pounding and no cracking.
low
the
Union
to
give
attention
ficers, the radio pperatpr and "I climbed the ladder and saw
to one of the several problems
eight of the unlicensed crew.
the Wiper lying on a settee. He
we have been studying for a
" The sinking came with such had bpen seasick, probably be
long
time—that of the old and
suddenness that no SOS was cause of "the rough water, and
disabled
seamen."
Sent out.The swift rescue of the I hollered at him.
Hall
added,
"As the fund ac
survivors canie about only be
cumulates
a
strong
reserve, the
'SOMETHING'S
WRONG'
cause the SS Charlotte Lykes,
Union
wiU
be
in
a
position to
y Wiper,
get
up,
something's
following the ship a few miles
provide
adequate
aid
for these
baVk noticed the sudden disap wrong, grab your life jacket.'
oldtimers
who
have
spent
their
pearance of the vessel's running Then I went down to the bunks
lives
in
the
industry
and
who
lights, and sped to the disaster where A1 (Joseph Miller) was
are
now
no
longer
able
to
carry
lying in bed reading, and told
;;area.; .
•
on."
The survivors are: James Chil him to get a life jacket and
Additional improvements tn
i dress, • AB; Samuel A. Lynn, come on."
the
present contract which were
Patrick
Connolly,
executive
vicepresident
of
the
Interna
Lynn'_^ account of the sinking
f Deck Maintenance; Howard Bas
won
by the Union negotiators
tional
Longshoremen's Assodation.
inspects one of
the
150 bales
1^'tenbeciti Oiler; Wilson H. Deal, was given at an inquiry held in
include
increased room and meab
>
of
Russian
furs
brought
illegally
into
the
US
and
discovered
I StewardCook; Raymond Holton, the sinking by the Coast Guard
allowance
which will be paid at
by
longshoremen.
Joseph P.
Ryan,
head
of
the
ILA,
which has
2nd Cook,' and Charles Pearfcins. in Norfolk, wherein the six sur
the
rate
of
$8 per day, as com
been Sghting
the
importing of
"slave
labor"
products,
said
the
— The Seafarers who went d<^n vivors gaye their accounts Of the
pared to the existing $6 paym^V
>
ahipmeht
whs
only
a iunoU part
of
treineadous
shipments
sent
"S^p^s
JaH
moments.
H
v
With the sW^ are; JMineon Ddai
(Cotitimied
X) J
Continuing hiS!atntomp(mti I,Knn botio to ral^ iaaoaf :sieeded to iiaaneo Rusdanv armipi. .
• ;
WmiaittS;
IT Lost As Ship Breaks In Two
ILA UncoversT Skin Came
�Pago Two
T H E SE A F^ Jtea E
I';' H
. Friday; Oeiolwr 18, 'l951.
, v.i'/jf! ,^| T^r^()i..A.. ,. ^..^3,
Published Every Other Week1?y the
SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Atlantic and Gulf District
'Affiliaied with the Americas Federalion of Labor
At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y.
• "
HAsover 22764
neentered as second class matter August 2, 1649, at the Post
Office in New York, N.Y., imder the Act of August 24; 1912.
267
Making The Sea Safe
Seamen have always accepted the fact that there were
certain risks entailed in going to sea for a livelihood. The
risks of the sea have been widely exploited in the sagas
of the sea, and the loss of men to the briny deep has been
so long accepted as part of maritime that years ago in New
England big homes near the "water were built with
'Vidow's walk," a narrow porch near the top of the
Louse where the widow could watch the sea for the ship
that never returned.
But taking a more realistic attitude, the SIU has al
iwrays maintained that seaworthy ships and skilled crew
members can make ships as safe as, if not safer than
the average home, although today the maritime industry'
jaccident rate is twice as high as that of the average for
all other industries and is only surpassed by the mining
lumber and construction trades.
The high accident rate, the SIU believes, cannot be
attributed to accidentprone seamen, but rather to unsafe
~ chips and hazardous conditions aboard the ships.
This week the LOG reports the story of the breaking
in half and sinking of the Southern Isles, a converted LST,
• with the loss of 17 men. An inquiry is now being held to
determine the cause of the disaster. Already one report
has been received that the ship had but one athwartship
Ctrap (a bellyband ordered on many warbuilt ships after
several of theA broke in half), whereas at least one of
the other four LSTs operated by the company has five of
the straps to strengthen it. The lack of sufficient straps
may be the cause of the accident. If it is, 17 men were
needlessly sacrificed because of gross negligence by the
company and responsible government officials.
E. WALDEN
TROY (Red) HUTCaiENS
MAT MILLER
Pick
up
your
seaman's
papers
^'Leave
my seabag at the New ;Contaci. Jhanita Monispni':^)!
If the Southern Isles sank because she was unsafe, it
at 334 West 24th Street, New
is an extreme, but not rare, instance of the lack of safety. York City. See Mr. Trant, build York Hall: Wm. H. JPlmsbh." the US F^blic Health Seryfce 'a
Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, iati
4 *
Crewmembers of an SlUcontracted ship recently sent the ing superintendent.
JOSEPH fSmelmy) SIMMONS once.
;v"
LOG photographs of unsafe working conditions aboard
S. S. t.
Write to Pvt. Kenneth D.
» » t>
their ship. The vessel carried a deck load where no catwalk
CARBINE «»^NClNO
Thomas, US 51040989, Batt. C,
llAUL CUBUIRE
Get
in touch with your dr^fft 84th F. A. Bn., 4th Pit., Fort Gef in touch with yotir draft ,1;
or provision had been made for the crew to get from cm?
Dix, New Jersey, about gear.
board,
' _5;i(
end of the ship to the other. Ironically, the pictures were board.
t
t
4.
' ,
.
.
•
i
t
taken aboard a ship of a company which goes in big for
WILLIAM WALTON
PAUL P9INGZ
RUSSELL E. MORRISON
safety lectures. The representatives of the Union took up Contact your local draft board. Get in touch with Frank Bi Will
this .Brother, formerly of
idle matter, and received assurance from the company
anco,310 Jefferson Street, Brook Saugus, write his mother: Mrs,;
4 t i
ROBERT NORTH
lyn, New York.
that in the future provisions would be made for the crew's
Sarah E. Morrison, 2965 Wash^
Write
to
Edward
Cronin,
SS
4 44
ington Street, Roxbury, Massa*
safety when a deck load is carried.
Council Grove, c/o Cities Serv
EWALL SKINNER
chusetts." It is very urgent.
" :
The men of the SIU have on many occasions sug ice Oil Company, 70 Pine Street, Write to Pfc. George A. Mc
Donald, USMC 1184499, H. Co,
gested improvements aboard ship that would lessen the New Ybrk City.
13th Replacement Draft, FMF,
S.
S,
4.
loss of life and limb, among them safer gangways, more
W. Ai mSM£
9/0 FPO, San Francisco, Cali
adequate medicine chests and first aid kits and rubber Call your mother immediately. fornia.
imtx on the decks.
^ ^ In many of these situations, such as the luisafe deck but the nickels and dimes donated by incoming crewmem
load, the Union can take a hand directly in the safety of bers kept the stewpot boiling and the rent paid.
Selfsacrifice and. irpnwill kept the Union pushing Because the old oneswere im>
ship, but anything further is up to the company and
ahead
and one byone contracts were signed insuring the properly executed, new welfare,
the steamboat inspectors. The Union does not i>elieve the
«a is perilous; the perils stem more from acts of greed crews the conditmns for which they had formed a com beneficiary. cards must be jilled
out by the following men; Pri^;
mon bond."
rather than acts of God.
Baker, Panagiofis; Ferentinoa^
Unionism—SIU style—^has come a long way since George iHebert, Lucian B. |dodre^
then. Contracts with the operators stiH constitute the Michael Meguisso
Walt^; j
Union's prime reason for being, but the Union has entered Ijlmnin imd George Smith. ^
4.
It was 13 years ago this month that a band of de a new phase, that of insuring the membership Union , Tony Jennings Would likp h^ ;
termined seamen foimed what today is the Atlantic & prptection through the Welfare Plan, Vacation Plan and; friendsi^ particularly Bill Anckewx
'
Gulf District of the SIU. The conditions under which superior shore faciliti^
sjoii ^d Sandyi to: vmte hirhi
The first
13
years have seen the SIU surviye
the
for
Penn^ 'Grove, New Jersey; •
feamen were forced to work and live had become intoler
mative years
and take its place as, a powerful factor"pfi
the
--I.-r-y
) ''i-: c
Me and .the crews turned to their one hope of bettering
Pvt;
Thomas
MdCaffreyy ? RA
waterfront
and
in
the
lives ^
itsmembers.'
lj|henisBlvesa Union.
12254271, 7th Rec: Co.; 7th fat
But the SIU has not reached the end of the road; Div;; APO 7, c/o
)5an
y O
when every stagnation has no place in the SIU as the reeurd still to
Cahfomia,
asks
his
iday was si struggle for the fledgliiig Union's Existence, be written in the SIU annals qyiff show.
Lucky Thir^beenih
�THE SEAFARERS LOG
Southern Isles
Page Three
New Contract Raises
Wages Aiifi Benefits
ness of this position," Hall said.
(Continued from Page I)
and the installation of electric "For example," he added," as
washing machines aboard all a result of this policy men of
the SIU Atlantic & Gulf Dis
SlUcontracted ships.
trict
will be the first seamen in
All of the new gains are sub
the
industry
to actually start
ject to the approval of the Wage
working
the
40hour
week at
Stabilization Board, the stand
sea."
ard procedure for all improve
ments involving higher pay rates In view of the unsettled situa.
than those established by the tion regarding inequities the SIU,
Board for a particular industry. Committee advised the operators,
to consider the negotiations as
In this connection. Brother not having been terminated but
Hall stated, "The Union does not merely suspended pending an
consider the new gains as clos nouncement of the Board's
ing the issue on monetary mat policy.
ters. As soon as the WSB indi
Since the Union and company
cates a definite policy on raises representatives reached agree
WILLIAM ASBLE
involving wage inequities and ment on the contract improve
overtime rates, the SIU Nego
ments, more than 40 SlUcon
tiating Committee will take pro tracted operators have signed the
per steps in the best interests amended pact. Headquarters
of our membership."
Representatives are working on
"^ter/ two hours I sighted ;:enbeck described' the ship as The Union committee did not an aroundtheclock basis to con
I (Continued froni Page I)
anlr we all were swept into the what I thought was a flare. The • eing "very rusty" following the open the question of wage in tact the rest of the companies
sea was Sweeping us toward the carrying of sulphate of ammonia equities because the WSB has for signing.
water. ; • • , ,.
not yet set a clearcut policy,
"When i caime up about 100 flare so I suggested we start — a corrosive cargo — to Puerto and the Union does not wish to Representing the Union in ne
kicking.
The flare
turned
out
to
Rico.
,
gotiations were: SecretaryTreas
yetfds away, the bow was stick
Another crewmember, James take any premature action that urer Paul Hall, chairman of the
ih| straight up. I looked arbund: be a ship and we kicked our
might prevent Seafarers from
I could hear voices shouting in selves to within about 25 feet B. Childress! AB,' who was at getting the maximum benefits. Union's committee; Cal Tanner,
the darkness and then I heard of starboard. A searchlight pick the helm during the early hours This is in line with the policy Mobile Agent; Lindsey Williams,
ed us out and I heard a voice before the breakup, said he
Gulf Coast Representative and
someone calling me.
shout,
'You guys in the water heard a strange noise some time adopted by the Union when the New Orleans Agent; Earl Shep
"It was the Cook (Raymond
NMU contracts expired last June,
Hoi ton, another suryivpr)^ and take it easy,' and the ship pull before the ship broke in two. and the latter union's contract pard, Baltimore Agent, Robert
we .began collecting dunnage, ed away about a mile from us. He felt the ship was laboring, was held in abeyance pending Matthews, Headquarters Repre
sentative, and Morris Weisberger,
anything that c^e floating by. It turned around later and pull pitching and rolling more to star approval by the WSB.
alongside
us.
We
climbed
up
ed
board than to port. The "sliding" Commenting on the success of SUP East Coast Representative,
Then Childress called and we
a
ladder
lowered
to
us
and
that
of the ship and an unusual the SIU's "Wait and see" policy, representing the International.
told' him to hold on rintil We
was
it."
amount of vibration bothered Hall pointed out that "The Un
could get a board to him.
^'After we picked lip a piece The other survivors were pick him.
ion could have gone into the dis
of line, we lashed ourselves to ed up two hours later by the Later, after his trick at the cussions of monetary matters
_ i'
gether with boards between us Lykes ship. Also rescued was wheel, when he went to his with the operators earlier by
and started floating. A big wave Chief Mate. ij. .Midgette, who died room, he said: "I lay there and virtue of our contract reopening
came along and we didn't hear aboard the rescue ship, having didn't like the way it was riding clause.
lost a leg during the sinking.
any more voices.
. . all at once she lurched."
"We felt, however, that by
Throughout the day the Coast The inquiry into the ship dis biding our time we could obtain
Guard and Navy ships and aster will continue on October a better deal for membership on
planes combed the area for sur 25 when the president of Sou welfare and other benefits. The
vivors a»d bodies, but none was thern Trading Company, opera contract gains we have just With all equipment in work
sighted.
tors of the Southern Isles and made are proof of the correct ing order and the final decora
In testimony before the hear four other SlUmanned converg
tive features installed, the galley
ing board. Oiler Howard Bas ed LSTs, will give testimony.
and cafeteria in the new Head
StXTEMENT OFfiHE ^OWNERSHIP,
MANAGEMENT. AND CIRCULATION
quarters Building in Brooklyn
REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CON
CRESS OF AUGUST 44. 1912. AS
lacked only the goahead to be
AMENDED BY THE ACTS OF MARCT4
gin operations. This week the
3. 1933, AND JULY 2. 1946 (Title 39.
United States Code, Section 233) of
final
touches on the cafeteria's
SEAFARERS LOG> published every
decor were completed with the .
other week at New York, N.Y., for Oct.
I. 1951.
•
installation of mirrors on the
t. The names and addresses of
the publisher, editor, managing editor,
The Negotiating Committee walls and the center posts.
ard business managers are: Publisher
Seafarers international Union of North
represrrting the Sailors Union Elsewhere in the new building
America. Atlantic & Gulf ' District, 675
of the Pacific in discussions to the final painting was' in pro
4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, N. Y. Editor
George Novick, 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn
covering *
work out a new contract to gress and the floor
32. N. Y. Managing editog (none). Busi
completed
in
most
of
the
rooms, •
ness manager (none).
supersede the one which expired
2. ^e owner is: (If owiied by a
leaving
only
minor,
though
time ^
on September worked out de
corporation, its name and address must
consuming,
details
to
be
added,
,
be stated and also immediately there
tails this week with the opera
under the names and addresses of stock
such
as
the
installation
of
ra
tors involving maintenance and
holders owning or holding one per cent
of more of total amount of stock. If not
diators, telephones and miscel
standby work.
owned by a forportion, the names and'
laneous trimmings.
addresses of the individual owners must
Details
involving
the
daily
be given.. If owned by a partnership or
Already certain auxiliary units
tasks
of
men
in
this
type
of
other unincorporated firm, its name and
address, as well as that of each in
have
been moved to the new lo
work
were
worked
out,
as
well
dividual member, must bo gtven.*)
Seafarer's International Union. Atlantic
as their eligibility requirements cation and are functioning.
at Gulf District. 675: 4th Ave.. Brooklyn
In the administrative section
for vacation pay.
32. NIY^ Paul Hall, "SecretaryTreasurer,
675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32. N.Y. Robert
of the building, materials and
The
SUP
Negotiating
Commit
Matthews. Heedquarters.'Representative,
tee also disposed of the problem equipment were placed in many ,
675, 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32; N. Y,
3.>The known bondholders, mort
of
the number of men to be of the offices this week and
The
Southern
Isles'
survivors
sip
coffee
in
the
messroom
gagees,. and other sceurity holders own
employed
in gangs doing main • preparations were made for the .
ing,
J. .iParu'Cept of .more oi
of the Coast Guard ship Cherokee during questioning by
total ttrrfburtr df bdnat, "mertgages, ""di
final swingover from the present S
tenance and standby work.
other securities are: (if there are none,
newsp^ermen. Left to right around the table: Wilson DeaL
SO state. )^one.
Negotiations on the rest of the offices, a move expected to take ;
4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in
Howard Bastenbeck, Raymond Holden, Sam Lynn, James SUP agreement will be resumed place without a shutoff of ser
cases where the stockholder or security
holder appears, upon the books of the
Childress and Charles Perkins.
vices to the membership.
next week.
Survive Disaster
New HQ Hall
Aliaost Readr
For Opening
Statement
Of Ownership
SUP Making Way
In Negotiations
ForNewContract
company as trustees or in any . other
fiduciary relation, the name Of the per
son or corporation for >vh6m such, trus
tee is acting; also the statements in
the two paragraphs Show the affiant's
fullv knowledge and belief as to the cir
cumstances and"conditions under which
Nominations for men seeking
stockholders < and security holders who
do not appear upon the books of the the 29 elective posts to be filled
company as trustees, hold stock and
securities in a capacity other, than that in the annual Atlantic & Gulf
of a bona fide owner.
election to begin on November
^5.' Thei.average number, of . copies< of
each issue pt this publication sojd or 1 closed on October 15 with 37
distributed, through the inhlls or othcir
wise, to paid subscribors''during thei: l'2' men submitting, credentials. A
months preceding the date shown above Hea^quafters Credentials Com
wasi (This information is required from
daily, weekly, semiweekly, and triweekly mittee was elected at a special
newspaper only.) This information not Headquarters meeting on October
required.,
.(Slgn6d) GEORGE NOVICK, Editor. 18 and began a study of the
Sworn to and subscribed before me credentials submitted. The Com
this: First day Of,.Octcber, 1951. AL
BERT A.. BERNStEIN, Notary Public. mittee will complete its report,
(My commission expires March 30, in time for the October 24th
1952.)
Committee Cheeks Credentials 01 Nominees For OHiee
'A
meeting, at which time the men were that a candidate be a citi • will appear in the next issue of
found qualified under SIU con zen of the United States, a full the LOG.
stitutional requirements to ap bookmember for at least two Polls will open on November
pear on the ballot will be an years and have at least three 1 in aU SIU Branches and re
nounced.
years of sea^ime in an unlicen main open xmtil December 31.
In accordance with a resolu sed capacity, of which four The Headquarters Credentials
tion adopted last month by all months must be in the ciurent Committee consists of:
Branches in regular meetings, year.
Deck: Malvin Collins, 42972; ;
the posts to be filled are the Candidates were also required John Santos, 4783. Engine: Jo
same as last year's in all ports to submit with their qualifications seph Farrell, 50361; William
a recent regulationsize passport ^ank, 5113. Stewards: Alonzo
and Headquarters.;
Among the requirements need photo and a 100word sumniary Mileski, 40345; Robert Rogerson,.
ed for. a place on the ballot of their union recoxi?^which 50607.
�^ Psge Four '
THE SE AFAR ERS> LOG
'
Mobile Is Away
.... ..
*
.
Up In Shipping
By CAL TANNER
MOBILE, October 10 — This
port is right up there again in
the shipping column, having dis
patched 181 men during the past
By PAUL HALL, ^cretaryTreasurer^ SIU, A&G Uistrict;
W^elfare
two weeks. And what with ten
offshore and four coastwise ships
Each week the Seafarers Welfare Plim will make its repprt to the mem|i#|*MP o'AtlMtic And; ^t^l^ jl^
scheduled for payoffs, the next
two weeks should be equally through the SEAFARERS LOG. Included will be the names of tl^ie men receiving JiogpitnlJhs^fils. $he aimua^
good. From the way things shape hospitals in which they are receiving treatment, and the total amount paid out stoce the Inception of the Plan on JulY^
up now, we have enough man 1. 1950. Also included in the report will be the names of the men who have died and the amounts paid their beneficiaries. |
power available to take care of
the necessary replacements.
Period Covered By This Report
September
Paying off in MoTsile were four
Alcoa ships, the Ranger, Clipper, Cash On Hand
Roamer and Patriot; three Wat
;J
erman vessels, the Maiden Creek, US Coyernment Bonds
Morning Light and City of Al
ma; and the Genevieve Peterkin Estimated Accounts Receivable
(Bloomfieid), for a total of eight.
On the signon list "were the Hospital Benefits Paid In This Period
Alcoa Ranger, Roamer and Pa
triot; the Maiden Creek and Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1/1950
Morning Light, and the Del Alba
This Period
<Mississippi). Intransit visitors Death Benefits Paid
%
/
were the Steel Scientist (Isth Total Death Benefits Paid SinceJuly
1950
mian), Catahoula (Cuba Distil
ling), Lafayette and Kyska (Wa
USPHS HOSPITAL
Hardeman, W. T. .
10.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
USPHS HOSPITAL
' '
terman) and the Wake Forrest.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.
Honorowski, CasimirA.
A. .. 10.00
GALVESTON. 'EEXAB
SAN^FBAHCISgp.; pggUIF.
1^ members were present at Atchasoh, William
$20.00 KeUy, D. D.
^... 20.00 Adkins, E. M.
.....$10.00 Adams, i Julian
$10.QO
the meeting tpnight, which ac Bennett, Joseph
20.00 Brown, Eugene G.
20.00 Kiisid, Toivo
• .
V. 10;00 Cheng, Gee —....
40.00
cepted the SecretaryTreasurer's Burnstine, Maurice
20.00 Krisciunas, Wincas J.
20DO Burford, Fred W.
10.00 Crahbs, Bdward E ;
?0.00
financial reports and Headquar Butler, Harold V. l......!;Trr. 20.00 Lang, Leo H
^0.00 Drake, John C.
10.00 Lewis, , james R,
10.00
ters report to the membership. Cedeno, Alfredo
10.00 Lee, William H
TTTr. 10.00 Greehwald, Harold
... 10.00 Meyers, Max M,
,;; JO.OO
The membership was informed Chason, Arthur B.
10.00 Matherne, Ivy E
10.00 Hagin, Frank E. .....
• "M ' 10.00 Pritphardi .Edwar4 h
jlO.OO
of the progress of the Negotiat Cowdry, Robert G. ...;
30.00 Mauomoto, R
10.00 Johanssen, Severre
... 10.00 Purseil,^James, J.
10.00
ing Committee's sessions with Craig, Frank
20.00 Mayrbat, John
.20.00 McCqne, L. E
10.00 Dqbertson,oC. R,
40.00
the operators. The feeling was Dacey, C. J
20.00 Mitchell, James
20.00 Pedrftza, Ygnacio ,
10.00 Ross, Louis
10.00
that the SIU would come out of Diaz Rafael
20.00 Myers, H. P.
10.00
Smith,
Peter
30,00
negotiations with the best con Dixon, Earl R
20.00 McDonald, Sam
20.00
$90.00
tract in the industry, and the Ezzell. Thomas D
20.00 Nassar, Alfred J
20,00
. i$19(W)Q
USPHS HOSPITAL
Committee was given .a vote of Feliciano, Amado
20.00 Pellerin, George A
10.00
USPHS
HOSPITAL
^
BOSTON. MASS.
confidence.
Foelster, Richard
10.00 Pilutis, Joseph A
10,00 Alasavich, Frank ....
SAN JUAN, P.R.
, .
$80.00
Attending the meeting was Bro Hartman, Charles
20.00 Raana K
20.00 Olson, Evald A
Miranda,
Luis
Gil
20.00
30.00
ther Clinton Maspn, a membfer Hartmann, Walter G
10.00 Ray, Claude A.
— 10.00 Rogers, William
USPHS HOSPITAL
10.00
of the SIU for the past ten Herbert, Roy
10.00 Schupstick, John
20.00 Vourloumis, George
MANHATTAN
BEACH, B'KLyN
20.00
Jackson, Robert
.TTT.
r... 30.00 Simms, Richard ...
10.00
Hahn, Charles P. ....'rrrrss,. $30.00
Jepsen, Arnold F
10.00 Terrell, Edward
10.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
^ ^ $140.00
Johnston, Charles H. ..TTT. 20J)0 Tickle, Lomie R.
20.00
USPHS HOSPFIAL
Kustas, Thomas J. .1
10.00 Tostet, Horace H. .
20.00
Belt,^ Al^o C;
^MEMPHIS.
TENN. ,
Lefco, John
10J)0 Vieira, Edwin J..
10.00
Dean, pimtqn^j
;? r^OOO
$30.00 Goodwii5,£^^eft
Lomas, Arthur
20.00 Wiggins, J. D
20.00 Hegarty, John B.
20.00 Haukebo, Bjarne. A.
McGhee, James
—rr... 20.0fi Willis, Louis L. ...
20.00 Wilmoth, ViigU E.
10.00
McGuigan, A
20.00
20.00
Hilsethv Sigurd
$50.00 Kerr, James L.
McMullen, David .......rrrr. '20.00
$590.00
10,00
Nering, F
20.00
USPHS
HOSPITAL
20.00
L^son, Bernard M.
USPHS HOSPITAL ^
O'Brien, Eugene
30.00
VINEYARD
HAVEN.
MASS.
10.00
Lopez,
Alejandro......
MOBILE, ALA.
Padzik, John
..^
10.00
^0.00 Mazur, , Stanley C—•
20.00
Burke, Tim
$10.00 Porter, James A
Peters, Charles G.
.20.00
10.00.
Morrison,,
Jack
D.
'
USPHS HOSPITAL
Champlin, George William 10.00
Pepper, William E.
20.00
jPritchett, George W.
10.00
SAVANNAH, GA;
Christian,
Walter
Wv
10.00
Phillips. Robert E. ....^STT... 10.00
20.00
Randolph,
Claude TT
CaU,
J.
A
$10.00
Gray, William, J
~.. 20,00
Pruesisler, Otto
20.00
10.00
Reier,
George
H
Ck>hen>
A.
F
veeST..
20.00
Jones, J. H
10.00
Radinak, Marvin
10.00
20.00
Daugherty, Pat G.
. 20.00 Riveie, Ruperto
Raiford, Abner J.
20.00
$60.00 Gamaphe, Ernest R.30.90 Scott, Arvis" A..
Releford, Harold
:
20.00
20.00
Johnson, G, F. ...IT.
20.00 Sonnier, Wilfred
Ruppert, Raymond ^
30.00 MENDORINO STATE HOSP. KemPf Herman C.
10.00'
10.00 Swienchoski, Stanley
TALMAGE. CALIFORNIA
Salgado, Jose
20.00
CLINTON MASON
Loweiy, Carl D. ....
20.00
$30.00 McCance, R. H
Sanchez, Charles
20.00 Fairclough, John
$250.00
10.00
years, who has taken part in all Sheppard, Jadk, Jr
10.00
10.00
THE coopm HOSPITAL McGo"|van, L T
beefs since having joined the or Virgin, C., Jr
J
20.00
Death Benefits Paid
CAMDEN. NEW JERSEY
ganization.
Wagner, Emil
.nrr:.
30.00 Lkemowicz, ,J. R
$150J)01 Velarde, Fred S. ....... ..i...$1500.00
$40.09
Since reading the recent issues Wallander, C
20.00 i
«f the LOGabout the BME, Watson, Henry
irtr*
20.00
Brother Mason has been giving Yanik, Joseph
20.00
some thought to sitting for his Yeroziannis, Petros D
20.00
Engineer's license. The reason
these .^hips, with no major beefs rit is possible to get a waiver,^
^
LLOYD^ GARDNER
he hasn't done so sooner was
$850.00 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. .12 — or disputes aboard any of them. directly from the Shipping Com:.
that he didn't want to have any,
USPHS HOSPITAL
Shipping is none too good inthis AlthjOugh the shipping, situation piissioQ^. To .get this, a man
thing to do with the MEBA.
NORFORK. VA.
port. As a matter of fact, call it made no great demands on this must, have a dispatch slip from
Now, however, that the BME Devell, Charles R
$20.00 poor and youwon't be far off. Branch, all our energies are de the Hall, and a letter or slip from
has entered the picture, and has Hallenda, Theodore D .: 30.00 However, for those who prefer voted | to pur beef with Harry the company stating that he is
proven itself to be solely inter Horton, Roger, Jr
,.... 10.00 shipping from this coast, it is Bridges and his longshore outfit. to he employed pn one of their
ested in the welfare of its mem Jarvis, Wylie
30.00 good in the other Pacific ports,
ISTiOCIANS COLD
Despite the dip in shipping. We
bership and not in political ad Merkerson, Samuel
60.00 particularly Seattle and Wihning
•
This cpmrniecontrolled
group
were
again unable to muster a
ventures, and has shown its Thomas, Edwin
10,00 ton.
quoruiti
'for a> Branch'"'^meeting.
is
still
refusing
to
load
or
un
strength and stability. Mason has Smith, Warren
"
20.00 Frisco had no payoffs since the
changed his mind.
However, there are some men
on
load
the
Isthmian
ships,
in
spite
last report, and gdnly two ships
He thinks that all black geng
$180.00 signed on. These were the Clarks of the fact that there are no the beach here, among them R,T
men with sufficient time should
USPHS HOSPITAL
burg Victory (Mississippi) and MEBA picketlines. This is Brid Strom, R. G'Dowd, iH. |dcGrath^.4
consider this seriously, for 4he
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
the Ponce De Leon (Watermap), ges'! way of trying to get back A. Swiczyczkowsfei, p. Van
BME is an up and coming or Arch, J. L.
f;
$20,00 Seven intransit ships came to at the I SIU, • which has been his tine, J. 25uzoy, A^ Reck, P.,iCan|
ganization. that wiU be on the Ashurst, J
; :
20.00 help keep us busy: the Raphael bitterest opponent, on the • war larin,; R. Moissant, G, Punn,
r.,.'
jCain and L^'Brown. ,
waterfront for a long time.
Burke, D. J. P.
20.00 Semmes, . Yaka and Jeff Dayis fSrfronit.
Cara,
Wilson
O.
....
Still in the local USPHS hos
20.00 (Waterman). Marymar (Calmar), As ^fou all know, dVery ; sea i Six of our Brothers are cur?
pital .are Brothers Tim Burke Ceieetine, Oliver ....
20.00 San Angelo Victory (Seatrade of man ihust have his papers vali rently. in the USPHS Hospital in .
and Bill Champlin. Drop them'a Cook, Lawrence D.
20.00 Delaware) and the Steel Artisan dated ]>y the Coast Quayd in or this port—Gee Cheng, C Robert
1^, Brotbem, or . pay them a Cruz, Rogelio ..........
,30J00 and Clearwater Victory (Istbmi der to be able ,tp. ship. Hpwpver,! son, J. J. Purseil, Peter Smith,!
in som» cases—pn ratings which Edward E. Crabbs ard J. AdamS^t
call if v you can, and help them Everett, Jesse T. ...:
20.00 an).
get well.
20.00 Everything was phay aboard, are in shnrt. appply,, |pr e^Cimple Jr„
.; I
REPORT NUMBER THIRTEpi
— Ciiitbb 5
$174.07#I2
$754,023;4|
$150.<K>aC!#
52.700.^
4
$1,500.00
$91,500.00
Ion FiRncis^ Has $hjf)f»iirig Relapse
,v.
I
ail
�Pa0« FiTtf
TH E >5 E A F AR ERS tOG
19.
It's A Quiet Week
For Port Boston
.;X.„
By JAMES SHEEHAN
• •
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A
BOSTON, Oct. 10—We spent
a quiet two weeks here, with but
four payoffs, all tankers, on©
signon and five ships intransit.
One of the payoffs# that of th©
Creek (Mai'Trade), wa»
consider your luckiest ex Stony
in Groton, Cong., a bit "out ot :
since its inception.)
the way for this port, but every
thing came off okay. Replace
^emwiwppplliSi^'
/.• • • v• • • • •
ments were put aboard without
trouble, thanks to the crew'©
calling in and giving notice of
the men quitting. Good work;,
and worthy of praise.
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TANKERS HERE
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DUSAN DeDUISIN. Oiler;
Living Ihrough Ihe war was
lucky for me. 1 was on the
Bienville when she was shell
ed and sunk by a Japanese
cruiser in the Bay of Bengal
in 1942. After a stint in a
hospital I shipped out again
end that ship was torpedoed
irom under me. those Were
^y real lucky days, but eve^
tltne I go aboard art SIU ship
«
see the clean quarters, the
^Ood food and the superior
working conditions/ I consider
myself a liicky guy for being
a member of the SIU. Help
ing other unionsi ' toor has
proved lucky for lis.
CHAHLBS; HEHHY, Cook:
I'd consider U lucky the time
I paid off the SS Pan Atlan
tic* a Waterman ship, with
$750. my biggest payoff. The
nekt trip out she was torpe
doed. I've saUed on over 50
ships in my years in the Union.
MTid consider myself lucky to
be enjoying the many benefits
seamen have today. The rO
Tised method of shipping, too.
has been beneficial* as men
ship faster than they used to.
OveralL thirteen years with
the SIU have proved to me
that I made the wise move
when I joined the organisa
tion.
T. H. COHHfiLL. FWTi
It wasn't lucky, but it cer
tainly was notable, that is the
coUection soon of vacation pay
for the first time in iny 29
years of seagoing. In all the
years I've been going to sea I
never collected a day of vaca
tion pay. but how. thanks
to the SIU. I'll coUect my va
cation w for the first time.
I can't remember any lucky
event in my days in the SIU.
buf I consider all Seafarers
lucky to be enjoying the many
benefits we've won and in
augurated. such aS the Welfaw
Plan and the new Hall m
Brooklyn.
Cities Service Tankers Provide
Bulk Of Jolis For lake Charles
The other payoffs: Carrabull©
(Cuba Distilling), Bradford Is,
land and Cantigny (Cities SerV ^
ice). The Cantigny had an en ^
gine beef which we are referring
to Headquarters, as per agree^
ment, Otherwise, all is smooth,
here in Beantown.
The intransits were Gateway
City, Iberville (Waterman), Rob
in Gray (Robin), Steel Marine
MOSES A. LUCAS. STD:
(Isthmian) and Republic (Tra
I was one of the original
falgar). We signed on the John
men to join the SIU when it Appleby (Eastern) and are ex
was formed in 1939 and. being pecting another Eastern ship to
a member all these years, has crew up here shortly. We havo
. produced but one moment that enough men for the job, so w©
I'd consider lucky. That was won't have to call elsewhere for
when in a convoy to Mur
mansk in March 1943, aboard a crew.
Here
are
a
few
of
the
rtiea
i
the Grace Abbott Calmar. we
currently
on
the
beach:
Red
watched four ships go down.
Fortunately we got through Rhoades, Tom Flemming,
all right. The SIU. too. has Carlson, L. Goodwin, A. Morri
been lucky for me. "The high son, E. Hamaty, A. McKenna,
standards we now enjoy have and Bob Collins.
enabled me to provide an
adequate home 'for my family
and give my children proper
educations.
The Louisiana,
NewestSeatrain,
Joins The Fleet'
CHESTER, Pa.—The Seatrain
Louisiana, sister ship to the new
lycommissioned . Seatrain Geor— •
gia, was launched this week at ;
the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry ;
dock Company, and will enter
service shortly With an SIU crew
aboard.
The new ship will enter th©
company's New YorkNew Or
leans and Texas City, Texas, SCT
vice, now being covered by fivO.
other Seatraintype ships, t^
most recent being the Seatraiii
Georgia, which went into servic©
CHARLES BENWAY. FWT
The luckiest thing in my in September.
years in the SIU was the time
17KNOT SHIP
during the war. when I got
The $4,000,000 ship, like th©
off the Joseph P. Wheeler, a
South Atlantic Liberty, after other Seatrains, will carry 100
11 months on her. The neXt fully loaded freight cars. She ia
trip out she was sunk by dive 483 feet long, with a beam o£
bombers in Bari. Italy, and 63 feet and a depth of 38 feeti
an hands were lost. I don't She, is capable of approximately
carry a good luck charm, but 17 knots.
The first two Seatrains, the
that was certainly a lucky day
New
York and Havana, were
for me. I also consider my
launched
in 1932, the Texas and
self lucky to have participat^
New
Jersey
in 1940. In the hold
in the winning of the 1946
and
on
deck
the Seatrains hav©^
General Strike, which was one
a
full
mile
of standardgai^e^
of the SIU's most notable
track,
and
are
capable of going:
achievements and put us up
through
the
roughest
weather
there as the strongest mari
without danger to the car cargo.
time union.
;
By LEROY CLARKE
The' Skippers and Engineers
" LAKE CHARLES, October 13
lave discovered that the SIU is
..iiGreetings from Lakfe Charles,
n Cities' Service to stay, and
the Gateway to Southwest Louis
are trying to make the best of
iana, Texas, and all points of t. However, we must never let
the compass—at least, that's what
our guard down for a moment—
tha tourist foldets of this vil and that goes on every §hip un
lage say.
, der . SIU contract. We got what
' These past two weeks l»ave we have today by fighting every
found this a busy port for rated step, and not by handouts, and
men of all'departments, but , a we must always be on the alert MORRIS M. SCHAPIRO. STD:
bit 'slow for nonrated men. to see to it that no attempt is
My luckiest day was the day
However, a itnah with a permit made to take these things away
I
joined the SIU when it was
br^n unrated book doesn t have from us—or to dilute them, for
formed.
I've beensailing s^e
to starve, for he can get out that matter.
1930. and the eight years prior
fai;^y:<|hicklyi ,
to joining the SIU are not
VISITORS IN .
Galling in here for cargo, dur
fond memories. I'm 94 years
ing this period were the Eaoli, Also calling here were the Fed old now and. no matter what
Chiwawa, Fort Hoskins, Can eral (Trafalgar), Trinity (Cartas) the future holds. I'U always
tigny, Bents Fort. Lone J ack^ and and the Petrolite (Mathiasen). have the mwtttOfy of these en
the Winter Hill, all Cities Serv Each of these took a man or joyable day* in the SIU. One
ice tankers; The Chiwawa came two; so, aU in all, shipping was lucky thing that could happen
in ggain this AM — this baby good in these parts.
to me is if the SIU wins a
• really makes a fast turnaround. The labor front here is on the pension plan for theoldtimers.
'Most of the above wagons took quiet side, although there are If any maritime union wins
n'few men, both tated and en rumors that an KLRB election such a plan, it will be the
which wfere filled ^ e^e. will be held/in a plant here in SIU. so I consider myself a
With the exception of some rated the near future. The AFL union lucky guy in that respect. Men
jobs which had to be siippli^ by has a very good chance of win coming in today are lucky
ning, and we're hoping that such guys
other ports.
.
. is the case^victory to us, and guys.
COME bN A HERE
confusion to our foes!
We sure wish that some more As we aie writing this, we
'. bibkmen end permits vrith
. .
cu..i_ iricinn
iurv
em'
learp that two of our Brothers
troduced by Congressman Shel vision for jury trials. Men em'
• of time ivould drop around^ and have secured themselves a life
A bill pending in Congress, if
ployed
on
privatelyowned
ship©
ley of California and embodies
mahe one of these Cities
time contract to have and to passed, will allow seamen m provisions long sought by the sue through the civil side of th©'
ice ships, for they ca»\^do
federal district court and receiv©
hold. Here's the best of every jured aboard governmentownpd
iob oh these scows by helping thing in life for the both of you. or operated ships the right to SIU and other maritime unions. trial by jury—the latter courses
Under existing law, men suing usually resulting in higher;
; the new men learn the score on Brothers Dunn and Wevet.
trial by jury, a right now en
in
injury cases or for wages in awards lor the men involved.
joyed
only
by
seamen
aboard
Union procedure
Well, Brothers, we'll sign off privatelyowned vessels.
volving
government ships must
We have lots of good Uihon
The bill, which was introduos#
now with just one last word
press their claims through the
material on these tankers, but hurry down, you bookmembers, The bill, of great importance
on September 27th,
is now befor©
admiralty side cf the federal dis
like newcomers cverywh^e they aiid take some of these jote on to seamen injured atoard . gov
the House Judiciary Committee^
trict court; which makes no pro
need the guidance and advlj^ Cities • S
ernment merchant ships, was in
ervice tankers! ^
of men who have been around.
Rep. Shelley Introduces JuryRight Blll:|
�THE SEAFARER St LOG
Page Six
Greetistar Crew Aids
General Strike Victory
On Chilean Waterfront
Friday, October 19, 1951
•
!
Master Fined
The Boys In White G>afs
0
For Overload
Of SIU Ship
Beiqg.'ioveranxioiis; to .make, a
buck , cost an SlUcontracted
company a $1,960 fine recently
when the master of the SS Sweet
water was found guilty in Swan
sea, England, of overloading h,is
ship
.;. • JM.':
The T2 tanker is owned iby
the Metro Petroleum Shipping
Company and operated by the
MarTrade Company • erf', New
York."'
V
%
The maritime workers in Chile recently con
cluded a successful 15day general strike for in
f creased wages and the adjustment of longstanding
grievances, a strike in which* Transportworkers Federation, the
the SIU crew of the SS worldwide labor organization
Greenstar stood solid with with which the SIU is affiliated
In an account of the Green
the workers despite a dec star's
participation in the strike,
' Jaration of martial law and crewmember Hugh Murphy re
an attempt to break the lated that the vessel was in San
Antonio, Chile, when the long
strike by the military.
shoremen, harbor workers and
FLAUNTED LAW
The Swansea court found the
ship in violation of the Inter^
The strike solidarity demon seamen Went on strike.
national Load Line Convention
• strated by the SIU crew was "Before a settlement was
of 1930, to which the US is sig.
the first known case where the reached," he wrote, "all mari
natory, a report on overloading
SIU has worked on a manto time unions were involved and
Paddy McCann, SIU oldtimer, center, poses with
of ships revealed in the October
man basis with a foreign union martial law had been proclaim
Messmen aboard the SS Atlantic Water, Metro StebmihSii^ issue of proceedings of the Mer
member of the International ed throughout Chile."
Company ship. "Thepicture was taken in Philadelphia. Mddy; chant'Marine Council;
J
The Navy and the Army reported the Steward, crew and topside were all good fellbws.
Thd' report lashed out at com
moved in and took over all ship
panies Who overlbad their ships
ping operations; the Greenstar
terming them "penny wise and
crew was asked to work the
pound foolish.'' The report noted
ship's winches, which they re
that\ besides endangering the
fused to do. No incidents re
lives of the crew, an overloaded
sulted and the strike continued
ship's ability to navigate is.
By SALTY DICK
without violence, although the
hampered and danger of struc
Chandu the, Magician, the Chilean waterfrbnt workers re
tural damage is great.
*
sleightofhand artist turned Sea ceived no aid from the crew of
Aboard the SS Puerto Rico— again. This time it's a gypsy,
farer, told the story of his life the Canadian ship Lake Winne<'
dungry guys looking for a hand' but she can't tell fortunes,, aL
under the Germans and the peg.
out. Rebel being played by all ^^ough. one: of . her pastimes is
Russians to the people of Europe
hands. The only voides, 1 hear to hold hands.
HELPED SCABS
this week over the Voice of
coming
from, the gloryhole are
Hiese comic books of Dick
The Canadian crew worked
America.' Able to speak 11 lan
those
of
Pete
Gonzales
and
Sei
Tracy.
Superman iaind bthon
guages he made the broadcasts the winches for the strikebreak
gal.
may
be
found all ever' the
Several crews of SHJcontraCt •
in Czech, Russian, Polish, Ger ers. Brother Hugh Murphy, after
Some
of
the
boys
on
the
Eur
ship. It
seems they
prefer these'
ed shipshavP recently
written t<5
man and English.
a bit of scouting around, found
opean
run
are
buying
clocks
in
to
other
books.
Did
yon know
Headquarteris
asking
whether
or"
Chandu's story was originally the ship was crewed by men Germany. The cost is . $18 plu§ the seamen . are a clean lot?
hot toe
Union has
ehdoirsed; char''
told in the SEAFARERS LOG of of the commimistcontrolled West iil3 for duty. I understand the They fake more showers than itable or fund raising organiza
September 7th, where it was Coast Seamen's Union, a rem same clock costs $50 in the passengers, and these people tions which have appealed, to
spotted by the Voice of America nant of the old Canadian Sea United States.
, represent all walks of life.. them for donations.
men's Union.
1 promise not to reveal his Being an exBR I can verify; TheSIU has maintained'a pel ;
Thanks to the crew of the dentity, though they call him this , statement.
Greenstar for their demonstra "Dee Dee." He met a girl on the Have« you seen the new head ,cy of ^iqt 'endorsing any fimd, •
tion of international solidarity ferry that plies between San quarters? Come around and see charity or publitsupported dr
were given by SecretaryGeneral uan and Catino and the« girl for yourself the best Union Hall gahimtion without first having,;
the membership's approval in •
niodomiro Cartagena of the San asked him to buy her a sand in top coimtry. Don't think we
regular
membership . meetings,
A .ionio local council of the Na wich. She was. a little hungry, will stop here. A hotel is oyur
• ^eheyer the Union' supports;
tional Maritime Confederation hey became "fast" friends.
next dream. The SIU cannot be siich an orgapizatibn, the
who, in a letter to the SIU, You can always tell the boys stopped. . . Warning! When you
oership will be notified directlyV
voiced his organization's appre who are uptown away from the go ashore in Trujillo take noth
by mail from Headquarters. Afy
ciation to the SIU men.
waterfront. They wear better ing ashore as the Customs are the moment, the only organiza '
Cartegana stated that his or clothes and they come back cry strict. Everyone is searched; even tion endorsed *by the membership •
ganization had received only mg about their losses. . . A mem your shoes are taken off for a is the March of Dimes. '
doubletalk from the govern ber of the black gang has fallen looksee.
ment in its attempts to improve
the conditions for the water
front workers. Finally, the strike
became the only means of' en
forcing their demands. The ef The reasons behind the names player, no one ever completed a in Cincinnati, Ohio, served as^'
fect was a complete shutdown borne by si^ips are sometimes pass against him. Died in his US Represent^ive 185%1865; US^
Senator 18791885. Was ch^nsa
of the entire Chilean coast, which vague, but not without puJpose. senior college year, 1920.
CHANDU
brought the entry of the mili Companies usually have' personal Glenville .M. Dodge (South At of Senate Commission on, ; Ciyit
Service. Secured pas|sageTof la^^j
tary into the picture.
reasons for naming their ships lantic). Army officer and civil setting UP, present Ciyil. Seryipe^
office in New York. An invitation "1 would like to express ap the way they do; the govern engineer (18311916). Served in C.onimissjon.
i
.'.if
to tell his stpry to an estimated preciation to the Greenstar ment, when it imdertook toe Civil War as a major general. Frederic Collin (DryrTran?)^
Was
chief
engineer
for
Union
100 million listeners in Europe crew," Cartegana wrote, "for tremendous shipbuilding program
Mayor /and. judge (1859rip39),v
followed,
their assistance in our struggle of World War 11, named its Lib ^Pacific. Railroad. Was associated Practiced law in Elmira, NY andj
erty ships after famous Ameri with Jay Gould in railroad de became M3yor.,i:m
KarolJohan Michalski—Chan for social riches.
W®!;?: ,®P
du's real name—learned magic "Our great universal union cans. Many of these warbuilt velopment in southfw.i^t of US. poihted by Governor Hughes,,
from his father in Czecholslovakia (the ITF) is bringing about bet ships are in service again. Be
Helen Hunt Jackson (SOutH At Judge of Coint Appeialsl jSi^^T;^
and put on shows throughout ter understanding among work low are the names of a few lantic). American' writer (1830 ^until 192().; ''y;
Europe. He was living in Poland ers and is countering the forces SlUrcontracted liberiys: and 1885). Wrote poetiy ahd chtld
when first the Russians and then which have forced the Workers thumbnail sketches' of the per Mfh'S stories. Wrote Gentury of larific)./ GoVt^ht^ ^ (1882:193^
the Germans occupied the land. here into deep misery."
sons whose names , toey b^r^,; D&hbnjc^, ;a r doeumentai^" • s tudiP Bdfh
Sagihaw;
The Getmtms sent him to Dachau In Chile, the labor situation is George 01$^(Watecmanh; Notre of • toe< wrongs vdone hy r toe US engineer of Wyoming " Engineer
for "opposition acts"i and later such. 4hat unions direct their Dame's greatest rfoWball player. in dealing with the Indians. As ihg and • Irrigation . pon^apy.f
made him work in the Skoda bargaining directly to the gov Bom in Michlgafl. Wds a; "^baser a . result, was ^appointed. iSpi^id Sttperintehdent, of ^Big/Horn Ga/
munitions works. ;
.
ernment. In the case of the baU star in high schoeLand went ComniisMoner. to investigate pon nal" Association and .otl^er bigj :
^ ^ He came to this fountry as a NMC, the union's demands were to Ndlre Dame to; play baseball;^ .ditkwis,, among toe. .Missipp In: fjuTUs./State flngineerf in ,^yyom ?,
' ing ,'mr, 122,7. rPipaidient/of
4iiq;>laced person^ in
hnd Is in the form of a bill ^ to reform In his first gamei on first jday, dians .i^Ga
, Cooi^rgtiye .V
now a crewniember^Of the SS~ ihe law "governing maritime he kieked a >82yard; iielav'goiai;
workers? pay and conditions.
a. record, 7: The first^triplethreat Ikfiitical lead^. (18251888);? Horn pany, Governor,.
Puerto Rico,
Voice Of America
Beams Chandu's
Story To Europe
Voice Oi DL Seu
Ho IfhiOn
To f gnfl: Appools
Where American Libertys Get Their Nahtm
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„
THE SEAEARERS^L b G
inutes Of SlU Ship Meetings
;1J
Aitcmrtct m
. PAOLl (Cities Service), Sef
TRANSATLANTIC (Palmor)*
B:0r''l^piez^et^ 2^^
J.
tember 15—Chairman,' R. Sircis; September 1 — Chairman,. Paul
.. L. LazoBde.
Secretary,, none given. This Oakley; Secretary, Raymond
Delegates reported everything in
meeting was called as an edu Miller. Delegates reported no
good order. Motion made to have
cational aid for newcomers ' and beefs. A motion was made that
departments makeup repair lists
members alike in clarifying the all men stay away from the Pa
and jbfdefs for articles' needed.
contract. Besides covering the trolman with any beefs until all
Steward is to check any supplies
SIU contract, and its conditions, Delegates make a ship's report,
coming frpm ^y 'stores to; mes^
thC' hospital Welfare plan, the
ft ft ft
rooms. ' ' '
. *
shipping rules and the SEAFAR
be valid.
NATHANIEL B. PALMES
ERS LOG were_ also explained. (Palmer), September 13—Chair
• " ^
^ ''iX'''
DEIi ytoE (J>®s!^ppi).! Au
The meeting was also held pri man, Bauer; Secretary, Gauft
gust 25—Chairman, H. C. Rose
marily to destroy false interpre Delegates reported no beefs. Bfc
%
be on~H^e safe side,
rans; Secretary, H. R; Ellie. Del
tations of the working agree was suggested that washing ma>
askC 3oKnec?ne — and any
egates reported no money in
ment and conditions which tend chine be toed.
The Steward
ship's fund. It was suggested that
official of4he SIC a»ill be.
to disrupt labor relations with wants the crew to see him in
all members donate 50 cents lor
the Cities Service Oil Company, the event that something isn't
blad "ib help you "to
ship's fund. Suggestion made to
ft 4; ft
on the menu that they would
^oh^ck.~fhfe card befbre
have the "baseball team play all
SANTA VENETIA (Elam), Au like.
the Mississippi passenger ships
gusl 26—Chairman, Roy Filhen;
youdtirn
ft ft ft
that the Del Valla may meet
Secretary, B. Fidly. Delegates
SEATRAIN
HAVANA (Sea
on the Way south.
reported some disputed overtime.
train), September 16—Chairman.
Discussion on proper clothing W. T. Cahill; Secretary, C. Dias.
^
4. 4, Si
BESSEMER VICTORY (South
during meals. Discussion on
Delegates reported everything in
Atlantic). September 9 — Chair
strained relationship between
good
order. Motion made to have
man, Doyle; Secretary... Nolan.
topside and men.
all
springs
checked and bad
Discussion by one of the crew
ft ft ft
ones
renewed
in aU departments.
members on aletter that was
LYNN VICTORY (Dolphin),
8^t to the Union office in New
September 10 — Chairman, E.
York and comments about it
Giza; Secretary, I. Weisbrot. Sug
'i
were made by the Captain. Mo
gestion made to have crew's
tion made, that no one pays off
quarters painted. The crew was
until all beefs are settled.:
asked to keep the noise down to
a minimum in consideration of
4. 4. S. •
WILLIAM H. . C ARRiU T H
the men sleeping off watch,
ft ft ft
(TransFuel). August TS^Cl^ir
ft ft ft
SOUTHERN COUNTRIES
BENTS FORT (CitiM Service), DEL NORTE (Mississippi), (Southern Trading), September;
BiiM}* W. F. Walker;. Secr«tary» TSMIIN GOODFELLOW (Ro
F. G. Beatrous. Delegate re bin). August 19 — Chairmap. L. September 9—Chairman, Eddie September 2 — Chairman, Bob 12—Chaizman, Leroy E. Blade;
ported everything okay so far. Thomas; Secretary, Jas. R. Mul Mastrianni; Secretary, Patrick High; Secretary, Kaiser. Dele Secretary, Frank H. Knaff. Del
Discussion about keeping the lan^ Delegates reported no' beefs. Burke. Delegates reported that gates reported everything going egates reported no beefs. Motion,
messroom aa clean as possible. Motion made to see ship's Dele the Boston Patrolman wants all along smoothly. Baseball imi made for election of new offi
Deck department spicketa are., to gate about library. Many thanks dues and assessments brought up forms were purchased and will cers. Crewmembers suffering;
to the wonderfiit stewards de to date on arrival. $33 reported be ready next trip. A motion
be.repairedsX
from heat exhaustion. Motion
^pftctmenr for the delicious food in ship's fund. An educational was made and carried that made to see company officials:
meeting was held aboard ship on gambling be outlawed in mess
AMES VICTORY (Victory Car and wonderful service.
to have a'wning put over poop
August 30.
riers), September '4 — Chairman.
room.
ft ft ft
deck.
FORT HOSKINS (Cities Serv
J.
ft ft ft
ft ft ft
ft ft ft
CARROLL VICTORY (South
aeyt
Gitbuard*' D'ele^tes re ice), August 26—Chairman, John DEL MAR (Mississippi), Au
PETROLITE
(Tanker SagV
Keni^y: Secretary, E. Carr. gust 19—Chairman, George Mc Atlantic), September 9 — Chair
September
2—CBtaimikn,* John
Delegates reported no beefs, Fall, Jr.; Secretary, Charley man, none; Secretary, A. Lam
ship. pi^cu£|?ion on use and oper some disputed overtime. The Breaux. Delegates rep9rted no bert. Delegates reported no beefs. Flynn; Secretary; Jos Coadyv
cr.esy,„u;as asked to cooperate beefs. Steward suggested that Cooks were asked to try to im Delegates reported no fans, but
ation , of warning. ^ nmchine
it was decided to: discop^ue usei wilph, messman. Educational bul if any one of ship's crew has prove food. Each department windshoots arrived. Ship's Dele
letin, number 100 on "What is any special dishes he would like Delegate to be consulted by ship's gate requested that all new men
of new .machine, until toed.
MTD?" • was read and accepted. to have on the menu, he will Delegate before calling a meet familiarize themselves • witlr Un
ion agreement and regulations.
ing.
try to put them out.
. • ft ' ft ft
Bosun
reminds all hands about
ALPGA CAVALIER (Alcoa),
smoking regulations
on board for
Septen^r 2—Chairman, Brother
benefit
of
new
men.
Stephens; Secretary, Sister Cer
ft ft ft
vantes,. Delegates reported no
ALAWAI
(Waiermur), Sep
beefs, f^ hours overtime. A do
SAN FRANCISCO.,...450 Harrieon St, tcroF»r.; 16—Chairman, B. Vaugh
SIU, A&G
District
nation of $100 was given to the
Douglas 28363
86 Seneca. St. an; Secretary, E. L. Eriksen.
4ft ft
LOG by the stewards depart BALTIMORE
14 North Cay St. SEATTLE
Main 0290 Delegates reported no beefs. Mo
WESTERN TRADER (Western ment. Ship's Delegate is to see Earl Sheppard, Agent Mulber^r 4540
WILMINGTON
440 Avalon Blvd. tion made and carried that a
BOSTON
we
State
St.
Niay.). August 23 — Chai^an, about gangway in Trinidad, as
Terminal 43131
Jamee Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2^0140
clarification be published in the
Vincent Kuhl; Secretary, Tony present gangway is unsafe.
105 Broad St.
Diapatdier
Richmond 20141 NEW YORK
LOG
in regard to SIU meft
BOwling Green 93438
Wasiluk. Delegates reported that
GALVESTON
.30atS—23rd St.
ft ft ft
forced
to leave a vessel in a
Phone 28448
if^ there were any beefs they WINFIELD STRATTON (BuU). Keith Alsop, Agent
foreign
port due to sickness, as
Great
Lakes
District
LAKE
CHARLES,
La...'. .1419
Ryan
St.
were to be brought up at the September 9—Chairman, William
Keith Terpe, Agent
. Phone 65744
to
their
status in transportation,
meetings instead of talking about McCarthy; Secretary, A. Bryant. MOBILE..
..'.133 W. Fletcher
.1 South Lawrence St. ALPENA
a
hospital
patient or workaway,
Phone: 1238
W
them among the crew. Suggestion Delegates reported no beefs. It CatTanner, Agent
Phone 21754
BUFFALO, N. Y,
180 Main St. and whether or not they are en
NEW
ORLEANS
523
Bienville St.
that we get more SIU literature was suggested that th^ Delegate
Phon»' Cleveland 7391 titled to 1st, 2nd, or 3rd class
aboard ship so that each man see the company about getting Lindeey Williams. Agent
2602 CarroU St.
MagnoUa 61126113 CLEVELAND...
transportation.
may get to know more about the iilnersprmg ' mattresses on all NEW YORK....675 4th Ave., Brooklyn
Phone: Main 10147
ft ft ft
....
1038 3rd St.
SIU.
crewmembers' beds.
HAnover 22784 DETROIT...,
Headquarters Phone: Woodward 16857
HURRICANE (Watdrman), Sep
NORFOLK....127129
Bank
St.
4> ft
ft ft ft
..531 WS Michigan St. tember 9—Chairman, G. Hender ^
Phone 41083. DULUTH
MAE (Bull), Saptomber 1 ^ YORKMAR (Calmar). Septem Ben Rees^ Agent
Phone: Melrose 24110'
PHILADELPHIA.....X..337 Market St.
sen;. Secretary, P. Whitlcww Del
Chairman,. W. Sayiors; Secretary. ber 9—Chairman. Louis Johnson; S/Cardullo,
Agent
. Mukat 71635 SOUTH CHICAGO... .3261 E. 92nd St egates reported some disputed
Phone
Essex
52410
R. Geiling. Delegates reported no Secretary.: 0. B. Carter Jr, Dele SAN "FRANCISCO.... .450 Rarriaon St.
overtime. It was suggested that
beefs. : It'' Was suggested that gates reported a few beefs be Lloyd Cardner, Asont Douglas 25475
Canadian
District
beefs be settled 'in Union pro
SAN
JUAN,
PR..,..252
Pon* de
Leon
money should be drawn firoin tween ' Captain . and Steward Sal Colla, Agent v
cedure.
463 McGlll St.
the
he slup's^ fund to ' 'purchase "which were settled. Everything SAVANNAH
.......2 Abercom St. MONTREAL
MArquette 5909
ft ft ft
rtps i
st^ps ahtf'statSbtt^y, tb'bO Used
else te runningi smootli. Bosun E. B. Tllley, Agent
Phono 31728
HALIFiWC. N.S.........I28!4 HoUia St
WACOSTA
(Watefman), Sep
SEATTLE......
....2700
lat
Ave.
for' ship's businessi
made a suggestion that everyone
Phone 38911 tember 5 — Chairman, Karl G*
Jeff Morrlaon, Agent
Seneca 4570
;
'/'ft'
" in erew> put in a few cents to TAMPA.. f...l 8091811 N. Franklin St. FORT WILLIAM.. 11 e»/4 Syndicate Ave. Karlson; Secretary, B. T. Whil^
Ontario
Phone. 33221
DEL; ALBA (Misiiksi^i); i^p pay'YOB" telephone calls to the Ray White, Agent
Phone 21323
PORT
COLBORNE
103
Durham St ley. Delegates reported a few
telnber; 2^hatimam
Shaia;: .Union halls. , when needed,
WILMINGTON, Calif.. .440 Avalon Blvd.
Ontario
Phone 5591 hours disputed overtime, no other
Sam Cohen. Agent
Terminal 42874
Secrbiary,d.' Asodro;::; Delej^iie^"
ft ft 4.
TORONTO. Ontario
86 Colborne St. beefs. Discussion for everyone's
reported no beefs oiitSii(ie' pf
SEATR^ GEORGIA (Sea HEADQUARTERS., S'l Beaver St.. N.Y.C.
Elgin 5719
SECRETARYTREASURER
VICTORIA, B.C....617J41 Cormorant St benefit on performing. Vote of
ex^me.'.Mdtioft'^ffl
t|;^n)j, ,^i>t«nber 9 — Chairman,
Paul Hall
Empire 4531 thanks given to steward's cfei
fUinigatiSd ' DiscUssiblr^^ on 'did' ^ii; jCh^les Oppeuheimer; Sec
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES VANCOUVER. B.C...565 Hamilton St. partment for a job well done. /"
mattresses' being' tepl^^^^
iratary./ AjBruce Cole^ Sir Charles Joe Algins:
Pacific 7824
Robert Matthews
ft ft ft
Waid ;^'s .. clean on. deck. Sir
SYDNEY. N.S...
304 Chariotte St.
Joeeph Volpian
SUNION
(Kea).
August 16.;•
. Phone
6346
RGSA^IO ; :(4P!Eiyy^ SapiOmbe^ Charjit^' asked that all members
Chairman,.
W.
R.
Giese; Secre '
BAGOTVILLE.
Quebec... ..20
Elgin
St
9
dhhlriiidia.'Ffaxikor; Saere express th^selves freely at the
SUP
Phone 545 tary, 1. Rose. Delegates reported
iifUfy, SbrhiUb.''Ship'a fund to be meetings . and attack whatey^ HONOLULU......
16 Merchant S*. THOROLD, Ontario.....37 Ormont. St no beefs and no. disputed: over
Phone 33202
corilyibuted by 'ctieW, and ship's they dislike or doubt. Drinking
Ph«>e 58777
Delegate is to attohd to"
cups for the fountain were vS' PORTLAND... ^.i.il,I iW. Bumalde SL QUEBEC.:..MS Cote De La Montague time. The bookmen. were asked
Quebec
Phone J7076 to help the permitmen and exr
Beaeeii''4336
after'payOrf.;;.T^e'%am^ have qmratf b^buse^ it" is Un^itary
RICHMPND. CaliL. .. .^..>a57 5th St, SAINT JOHN,... 177 Prince WlUinm St plain how the SIU operates, r
agreed ' ' ttuy.' Idfcks fbT thrfeO for fhd ehtird' Crew to . use the
N.B.
Phono 2.3049
Phone 2599
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t H ESE AFAR EMS LOG
Says Labor Must Wage
2Front Survival War
li&t S{ isdotDO .Yfibn'T
^Edda7,0ctabw. l& J195JL. I !/!
Bosiin Mak#
'Fine Seameiil
the successful operation of imion
company agreements are carried:
To toe Editor:
Almost all of us are aware out. This is the period In which
that "collective bargaining" is the rank and file member of the
' A eiertain Dispatcher must have
stayed up nights baiting h^
the term to describe the great union can prove his worth to
hook, because when Bosun Au^
tool in labor and industry which himself and to his Brotherhood.
brey S^th walked into a certain
equalizes the bargaining power It is fully as important that
between them. When many of union members live up^ to the
Hall, he was immediately.,collar
ed and, shangh^d to tlte deck of
us think of collective bargaining contract as it is that the com
Wa|ennan'a SS: :BienyjLlJe.Thmgs
we> think of the dramatic cir pany do so.
cumstances and atmosphere dur
hapl^ed ap fest /thati .Smitty
RESPONSIBILITY
was convincedthat he had grab
ing contract negotiations in a It might be said that collect
bed a floating bucket Much to
smokefilled room at midnight. ive bargaining is a process
his surprise hp soon discovered
Hot many of us, however, take whereby two or more organiza
time to stop and think of the tions having chosen responsible
that thefBlehvllle was;allaf sea
man could ask for.
important interim between con men, imbued* them with the
Although the Bosiih and the
tract negotiations.
authority to negotiate binding
This is the period in which contracts for the pxupose of fix
N» hair tonic but Eimoniz for these boys. SailOr jack deck gang have had'thdir fuU
ing the price of labor services, Delney. left, and his pals. Butch and Eddie, pose on the deck share of hard wPrki:'their wOrthy
of the Barbara. Erietdrie, while the sun's rays bounce off their effort^ are bbginfaihg to show re ,
establishing a system of mutu
aults.i The" Biefaville's decks' 'sihd
ally respected codification of shhiy pales.
;rig^g;aVe '
now a shihiiig • ^ex
laws, and providing the machin
amplte ^pf
SiU '^ihahshipr at'
lts
ery for the representation of the
'best' :
individual and group Interests
"Nuggets,''as^thfe gold^brop^d
of the employees and employers;
Bosun
is fondljr 'ref^red to by
under the contract.
ther' crO^,'
hafls' ftbni Savdnnah,
Now is a critical time for rank
Georgia.
In
the bpihidn of ' the
and file union members to real To th* EC^OR
with a clean face and newdresS crey, Shfito, ^atlibugh'' onP'Pf .
ize the importance of collective
fflid proud of having a gooc the VottogeSfr ]^fitms in tfid'^SIU,
bargaining, and that we must The following, is not a joiurnal
bunch of boys that know how is a^ed aM'worldlywise litTaad
depend upon the gains achieved istic account, a chapter from
to take care of her.
ersfdp and" seaibanship.
i "'*
tlorough this method.
novel, or a literary essay, but
:
The Mate was so pl;eased with
' ^OLDSTEftS HELP i
However, it is, also time to is an account of the good per
realize that in order to continue formance on board Waterman's oiir ,work that he paid us the • With the able help of such
best compliment yet. He/, said
to achieve these gains we must SS Hastings by the SIU crew.
"Boys,
you really, dids' a good
step out in govermnent and pcd
Our trip was: schedtiled for
job—you
did a one year's job ance MaBvjn FpiTester,,and Ablf:
Honolulu, Yokohama, Okinawa,
itics.
in
a
threemonth's,
trip.?—you SeamPh' ^
a ^11 BSM^I
We have now grown up.
and back to Honolulu and . the
wmit
out
on
a
rust ,
pot ,
and
Jobimie
:Gunthers,,
|he ^ Bosiu^,
Our votes are soughtafter and good old U.S.A. It was niidit,
brought ^
h
er
back
as
, a,; clean
in^ «^ieribuil<iT
our attitudes are studied by pol the sea was calmj Our^irits
iticians whose great aims are to high, and we cast off and sailed yacht, d. want all of_ypu .tQ;Stay mg the newer deck crewpien jn,
and; make another trip.",;
to fine sailors. A lat^e pbrtiori'
do the most good for the great aw£^.
»
est number of. people.
There's going to be lots of We also want to . compliment of the men aboard are: new to
The greatest good that we can overtime and work. I want, you our Mate, Mr, Julian. M. Fer the sea, but the yoiing meii have'
His camera is usually turned
shoWn' much eagbmesS to icafh.
on his fellow crewmembers, do is to realize tliese things, to to make a strip lease act with nandez,
DRAWS EAST, ^
The Bienvilla can be prbud*^ Of
but
time William Cam uphold and execute our end of: her. Start from top to bottom,
eron. Del Sol crewmemher. the contract, and to use bur from bow to stem, and build her We also ' want a word of, its able deck (Jepaftmeiit
acknowledgment to our Captain, A good example of how . the*
poses in the traditional white votes and infiuence wisely to en up, we were told.
hance and established our inher
cap.
Yes, sir, we chipped and Mr. C. W. Butt, as he, too, was younger men have been ekhibif.^'
ent position in the political and scraped and scraped and chipped, pleased with our work, He was. ing their: seamanship can be
economic theatre of government! and buffed and painted until tops regarding draws. Whenever seen in the manner Able Sea*^
Thurston Lewis she changed ifito a new lady. we were in port, we knew that man Larry Kaufman does i a<
we could go every day after bangup^ job of wire splicing./
supper to hit the Old Man for Over, a hot cup. of joe, Smitty,
some doreme and we were liimself, admitted that Larry had
sure to get it, too.
taught him a few tricks >with a
But all credit shbuld go to marlinspike. , If these hew,,.sea,
our Bosun, Robert Gam, for_^his men deyplop as .qpickly , into
To the Editor: '
ability to coordinate an<f distri good Union men,^ they have
' I am an AB, a bookmember,
bute the work among lis. He was filers, someday toe SIU,,, can
having joined the Union in Nov
fair, he never let a man do a weU. be proud of toem.
ember, 1943.
dirty job twice, nor did he keep Smitty: isn't' a ^ bit sorryt/now
I would like to know if there
the same man in a soft, job all that he was shanghaied as BTosun
has been a law passed releasing,
the time. He never used a rough aboard , toe. SS Bienville.
seamen from the armed forces.
wdfcd to any of us, and he was
I sailed during Worid War II
Heto
always
a regular guy.
dnd received a certificate of con
Itoip's Rityhitoh Y ^
For the above reasons; and
tinuous service for that job. I
because I was designated by the
was aboard the Cities Service
crew to express the above sens
tanker Cantigny when I was
timents, I beg you very kindly
drafted.
to publish.. these few. words pf
If anything is known about
the sentim'ent and appreciation
such a law I" would appreciate it
"Y':
that comes from a happy group
if you would let me know. I am
pf boys who had the opportunity Tj^..:^::]EdRpr:'
now 27yearsold and have 56
.r
itp sail on a'.good SIU shipnndw
* mouths of actual seatime behind
topmeinbershi shouliii . 1I
a
good
Mate and
a
good
Bosun.
me : and would like to be back
|bld about the fine job the i
Orlando L..
at sea.
^j^;.i|^n:::did' :when one' pf|'
On behaH of
Pfc. Homer Turpin
."Brothers died, in San Fran
Co. C. 317 Tk. Bn. H
in ; toe USPHS hospital
Camp Polk. La.
je]^'>ai^/s.ibis.' year and the
ClfiKk If
(Ed. Note: Steps are being
3i:;otoef's*.totl%r .had no money|
ftakep to secure the release
Check the dop
for his burBd.r "
.
men. such, as you. You
fore your boat; sa^siV
I was in , the ,SIU hall: there;|
..shcRiId write a letter to the
sure thai toe sll^ chest con when the 'Welfare Plan officp in
North Platte Victory ctowmember, "Pinhead" MOBgan* keepi
.Uniott: requesting: us to write
tains an adequate" st^^y
i (lew Ybrk was on the phbtte 'and
in shape by taking a spin in a native rowboat in Istman.
• , ,youe
officer' to
all toe things yen are Mable t 'cdh reiSliy sby^ thdl'tof '' WbtT
Turfceyb The Nozth Platte Victory toureA the MedBtemaman:
seek yeinrr release. In yonrlet
'to nftM, If. it dpesn'f,: caH'toS'* '
rMOSdlr and has since r^tarmd to the Otdf area. Piidiu
ter >ga»r your ratit^
Union Hat!
up fashion. •
mitted iqr J. StringfeUow.
:
^fc.)
R. Porter
To the Editor:
Facing The Lens
Bastrngs Mate And Bosnn
de Workkig A Pleasure
WW II Sailor
Asks Release And A Strong Arm At The Oar
Front Service
mm
toie,In:;||iimbCT
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MlSLl
THE SEAE^ARERS LOG
NaWwId
'
But It's Baseball
While their ship was loading in Aberdeen, Washington, the Azalea City crewmembers
rounded up 19 of their number and knocked the bali about a bit. The crewmembers are: back
row: W. Kriedmah. Robert Gohur. Radio Operator. James Pate. Ed. House. Victor Ortera, Rikie
House, Larry Eliorin, George Dent and Oilie Olson. Front row: Pat Murdock, Frank Gonzales.
'Gordon King. E. Scott, Charles Daniels. Dan Moylin. Blackie Conners.
Sign It, Brother
Be they praise, criticism
or query, the SEAFARERS
LOG wishes to receive let
ters from its readers. A sec
.lion of the Union newspaper
has been set aside for the
expression of opinions of in
terest to the membership,
and all are invit^ to make
use of the pasroo
The only rule contributors
are asked to adhen to is
that all letters must be
signed. Anonymous letters
cannot be printed. A writer's
request that his name be
withheld will be honored.
No Smoking On Bridge
Draws Tire From Crew
Page EloToa
N3 Makes Phone Booth
Seem Spacious: Mauley:
To the Editor:
about the size used by the mid
"Turn backward, turn back gets to wash Gulliver's eyelashes
ward oh, time in thy flight," said in.
BLISTERED UP
some author who just didn't
know what he was talking about. Often the crew is lined up in
I know because time turned the passageway on the sailor'a
backward about one hundred side, for it is so narrow that
years for me^ the day I came only one man can go through
aboard this seagoing bathtub, the it at a time. And when the wea
Alaska Cedar, an N3. Never ther is hot, the fidley bulkhead
will I be able to forget the is so hot that if you touch it
twentyfourth day of July, the you blister yourself, and you
year of our Lord 1951, for that can't get through the passageway
is the day that I walked aboard without touching it. We are right
this ship.
over the diesel engine and the
Not only is she the slowest place sounds like an airplane
and most powerless bucket of hanger during warming up time
rust afloat, but she is so small before takeoff.
that it takes the effort of the There isn't even a place where
entire deck gang to keep the you can wash your clothes, and
seagull droppings shoveled off if there was, there is no place
the leeside to keep her from to hang them. There is onie
listing too much. If two men go place to draw water and then
forward at the same time one it takes about five minutes to
has to use the starboard side get a bucketful, then you wash
and one the port to keep her in the passageway or the show
on even keel.
er, which is a designer's night
mare.
There is just enough room
, Our quarters are the latest
in
the
refrigerator for a ham
thing in how to make a sailor's
and
a
pork
chop at the samo"
life short and miserable; they
are the worst that I have seen time, and if a cockroach got
since we had to sail the banana locked in the storeroom he would
boats. We are packed in like have tears in his eyes when you
the proverbial sardine, in rooms let him out, thanks to the last
sixbytenbyseven. When two Steward that we had.
of us are in the room at the The deck space is limited to
same time one of us has to be three hatches all forward. There
in the bunk. In this space are is about three feet of deck on
two lockers, one chair, one wash each side of the hatches to walk
basin and two bunks. And on, for the hatch combings are
speaking of washbasins they are about five feet high, so you can
imagine about how much room
that you have to walk on. The
fantail is about seven by four
teen feet and it is nearly alwaye
wet. And the recreation room
well, we are still waiting. If
everyone
would sit down in the
'j....
messroom at the same timie^
someone would have to sit on the
deck.
To the Editor:
ment who would like to hear
It has been quite some time an okay to smoking at the wheel
since I contributed anything to and know that Masters of all
the LOG, but I reached the con vessels had been instructed that
clusion that there is plenty of such is permissable.
Signed by 11
room for discussion on What I
want to speak about. Maybe our
members of the crew
negotiators could talk it over
(Ed. Note: Smoking or not
with the companies and settle . smoking on the bridge is one
this thing for us. May I ask of those matters entirely
that men shipping in the deck within the discretion of the
department take notice of this Master.)
for it concerns you.
This ship—the AmariUo Vic
tory—is contracted to the SUP,
but due to the shortage of men
it was crewed by SIU men from
the Mobile Hall.
The other day as I was leav
ing the wheelhous^ after standing
my watch I stopped at the door,
to light a cigarette. The Mate
To the Editor:
didn't have a match so I held
CONTORTIONIST
I Would like to have the ,L(X3 my match for him and was light
The
Messman has to be an
sent me at my Army address, if ing my cigarette when in walk
Indian
fakir
to get between the
possible.. As an: SIU member ed the Master of the vessel, who
sink and the table to get your
since 1945, I never , feel • right proceeded to chew ,us out good
order. But I guess it doesn't
imless I can read every issue, and said there would never be
make much difference, for be '
and now it: is my only link with any smoking on the bridge.
tween the fumes from the en
the maritime world.
My relief told me later that
gine room and the smell of hot •
I'm now a radar man in the aft*' r I went below the Captain
soapy water it is pretty unappe
AAA, for better or worse, but I told the Mate, they they could
tizing.
hope to be back chasing blown not smoke on the bridge, for if
If the seas are running and
fuses on ships in less than a year. he allowed the Mates to smoke
you have to batten down, there
Cpl Gordon Peck
then the crew should be allowed
is about as much ventilation as"
D Btry. 28th AAA Gun Bn the same privilege. To this I
you would find in hell on a
Fort Lewis, Wash.
agree wholeheartedly, but there
cloudy morning. If you ever hap
(Ed.'^Note: The LOG will bp is a little catch to it. Since then
pen to get down there, look me
winging your way regularly no member of the crew has lit
up for we have been battened
a cigarette on the bridge. Yet
frord now on.)
down now for« about a month
the Captain and the lUates con
excuse me, I mean a week. And
tinue; to strut around" the bridge,
the fumes from the engine room
wheelhbuse, and'chart room puff
makes everyone about half sick.
ing away oh cigars or cigarettes.
It is my opinion that the men
Seatrain
Havana
crewmembers
up
from
the
engine
room
who
sail these ships are jeopar
LIKES BUTTS
poser for Lester Moore's sharp lens. Left to right: Tom Drake, dizing their health, religion and
Now I'm the type of fellow
who iikes, to smoke, and since Wiper. Allen Miller, Watertender, and Lester Peppelt. Engine so forth. When wG sail from an •
Utility. In the ring is William Gannon. Electrician.
(Continued on Page 12)
I have been unable to find any
one who has seen or heard of a
law opposing a helmsman's right
to smoke at the wheel, I think
it, is time to get it straight that To the Editor:
roast; when it gets dark, you they manage to get a job done.
if we can't smoke then neither Received the August 24th LOG freeze. Then, of. course, you al Then, of course, I love the Aimy
can those fellows who want you this week here in Korea and I ways have the nice cold rain. officers and sergeants. They are
to bring them a cup of coffee
sure was happy to be able to The terrain is also, very nice: so intelligent and pleasant.
at each relief.
read of the ships, seamen and niountains and* more mountains, Let's hope and do all in our
On this matter I wish the deck the Union's progress. The pro with a few rice paddies thrown power to keep the government
(Coast Guard) from getting their
departihentis of all ships would gress of the Welfare Plan and in between.
DEEP IN RICE
hands on the merchant marine
Write in their views. This is by either gains .'are good to know.
I have a lot of fun pulling and messing it i«).
far not the first ship I have been
on where the Captain forbade Probably as all the seamen wire and telephone poles up I guess about the only thing
the crew to smoke on the bridge who have been drafted say, stay these mountains and wading the Army has done for me is tO>
nor . would it if it were .allowed, out of the army. About all I can kneedeep in the rice paddies. make me appreciate what I had
be the first one I have been on do is say the same. They ^may Now I know why thetaxes are and hope to have again: Unioai
George McFadl's camera where it was allowed by the decide to send you to this won so high in the States. It seems representation, pay for overtime
derful^ country of Korea.
as if they can never do anything and the right to open my mouth, • M
catches the Del Mpr's 2nd Captain.
< Pantrymbn Gatingo busy with • Below' are sigiiatutes of the The weather here is really right the first time, but general like a man.
_ Name withheld
members of this, .deck" depart swell.' When' the sun is out, you ly after three or four attempts . >
Ms tdiores.
Army Radar Man
Terms LOG His
'Link With World'
A Ringer For A Seatrainer
ppail Piying
A^rmy Life Hi Korea Makes Member Appreciate Sea
I
�FH^ayv Oetobdr 19,; 1951'
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Pag» TwelV*
Logans Fort At HalfWay
Mark On OneYear Voyage
Log'A'Rkytkm:
The Golden Shore
the company and it not a mem
ier of the SIU.)
By RALPH ,E. BUTLRR
When we started out on this Although the Steward has a
good bunch: of, officers pp. .this•
To the Editor:
trip, we said, "You'd be hearing fine personality and puts out a
ship and some ofvthe be^ cmwa
from us quite often." But we fair menu with what he has on Ships sail east, Ships sail west, Having been a member of the I ^have ever sailed wiHi. Eyeu.
haven't kept our^ word. So we'll hand, he still has a few infantile To serve earth's hungry' mouth; SIU for the better part of Six the, new fellows we have now
give it to you now. "fhe latest characteristics. It seems that Winds of bounty o'er her breast, years, 1 have finally decided that ate. eager:to learn; the score and
it is one of my small duties to are doing their., jobs SIU style.
fiOws from the Logans Fort, out whenever a beef arises involving Blow from north to south.
write a little article to the LC)G
for a cruise on the beautiful overtime or such as this l^ef
STORED RIGHT
Med.
about sougeeing the messhall, he Ladeii deep with Love — our concerning a few of my experi
ences as a Seafarer, i ehjoy read This company once had a bad
cargo—
We signed one year articles reverts into childhbod tantrums
ing the LOG very much but so habit bf "storing their; ships' for
Wheat
from
Kansas
Plain;
March 11 in Boston for the Far and cracks the whip over the
my name has never appear sixty:* days, but a little militarit
East, and so far we've made whole stewards department imtil Cotton from the River's delta, '
union' action stbpped that, last
three trips to Japan and we're he cools off a few weeks later. If Abetting loneliness and pain.
January, riVe got
caught in Dub
on our second trip to France anyone in the stewards depart And so, the breath of Mercy,
My first two^andahalf years
lin,
Ireland,
during
a flu'epidemic
now.
ment complains, he says, "Blame Hath blown naen o'er ^e Sea; were spent'shipping out of Bal
ic
for
fourteen
days
and had tri
Everything is going fair, ex it on the ship's Delegate," he In proof that God is ever
timore, one ship, one tpp, but
discharge
three
thousand
tons; of
cept that our ship's Delegate Jim seems to think that this method Caripg for you and me.
for the last three years I have
Liverpool
cafgo
into small
coast
Ahem (from Boston) had a real will make the Chip's Delegate
been casting my lot with South
fight on his hands when he ask stay away from him with any Who am I to doubt Him—
Atlantic, having shipped, out of wise ships. The trip lasted sev
ed the Steward to have the crew problem that smells of legitimate Him in whom we breathe;
Savannah on the good ship entythree days and when we.
messhall sougeed. He made a overtime rather than incur nasty Who are we to curse Him
Southport twice as FWT, once as pulled irito Georgetown, Solith
siittple request to the Steward looks from the stewards depart By whom the waters seathe. Second Electrician, and at the Carolina, the seagulls didn't' even
the other day: "Wovdd you, the ment.
present time as Chief Electrician. stir. We were hungrier thari brie
Come! my brother. Come!
of those Waterman scows Red
Steward, please have the mess
It will really be nice to see Men move upon one flood;
FETED
BY
DUTCH
Campbell
is always complaining
hall sougeed?" That really start SIU stewards on these ships in Come! be still and know
about,
but
since then we have
ed it. He pointed out to the the future.
For about the first" two years,
That we are of ONE blood.
had
good
stores
and good cooks,
Steward, that besides being dirty,
this ship made the best run to
BUGLE CALL
and'the boys
have been
as happy
Can
you
not
hear
Christ's
plea.
it has been four months since it The draft boards are still at
Europe. In November of '49, we
as
Frenchy
Michelet
with a
had last been sougeed. The Stew it. Robert Levy from Brooklyn, Fell His Work upon the Cross^ were theten thousandth ship to
bellyful
of
catfish
cooked
in his
ard has a few valid beefs and he N.Y., who has been oh this float' If we our hearts imopen.
enter the port of Rdtterdam,
inimitable
manner.
is not receiving 100 percent co ing gas station a year this month Our commerce all is dross.
Holland and the officials of that
operation of a crew in keeping is looking forward to a vacation So Come! unite in Spirit^
city gave us a "big party at the When I decided I wanted to'
it clean. He vehemently attempts
City Hall. That is something that go to sea, I . didn;t Imow ariy
Sister, Brother, I implore;
in khaki on our return.
to magnify this lack of coopera Our crew Mess, Oris Robichaux That in crossing life's Ocean
Very few crews have the" pleas thing about unions or ships
either, but " luckily I ' stumbled
tion as a reason not to have it from Algiers, La., exDel Sud We've found Love's Golden
ure of running into.
sougeed. Of course, our ship's
We have always had a ipretty across the SIU Hall in Baltimofe
Shore.
waiter is looking forward to col
and Brother Bob High wrote me
Delegate has refused to accept
lecting his vacation check under
out a tripcard. I made two trips
this form of rationalizing.
the new SIU vacation plan on
as MeSsriiaii and theh T Started
(Ed. Note: On Cities Service our return.
sailing
in the "engine rOom.
ships, the Steward is hired by
For all of those who know
will have to find somebody else I am very proud that I belorig
to
the
Editor:
Benny Martin and Kenny Gold
to lead us in the buU sessions
man, who were on the Puerto Here's speaking for myself and on the fantail. Lost 'four men to such a wonderful organization
Rico last year as roommates, other crewmembers. We have here in Montreal because of ill and to me, my Union book is u
priceless possession.
they are both on here serving
made the Islands and are now in ness.
I am sending you a clipping
time in the same cell.
Canada witii a load of baiixite ' We have 'several oldtihaers on from a Glasgow, Scotland news*
Roger
Hall
who
was •
on
the
To the Editor:
Ames Victory last year is our and molasses. Will be leaving in board. Pete' Henderson . is still paper. It points out all of the
Will you please publish the Salon Mess on here, and as a few days for a return trip back making boats in bottles in his advantages of being an Ameri
following words in the SEAFAR usual, will need a truck to lug to the Islands and then back in spare time. Trent's hobby is can Seaman but, it doesn't, point
shooting the breeze.: Sid Saltis' out any disadvantages of going"
ERS LOG. This is just a greet all of his gear off the ship when
to the Gulf, we all hope.
hobby is sleeping. Gator the gal to sea or that for hundreds, of.
ing to all you of the merchant we get back..
ley
boy is writing letters,, and years seamen were the most ill,'
Eveiything
is running
smooth
marine. I wish you all smooth So far in our travels we have;
you
can find George Clark and treated class of working men. .To • .
sailing and good luck. I have not n't left any of the crew behind, ly and shipshape. 'The ship is
Hank fishing
off the fantail.
us it smells. of. exaggeration.
heard from any of you in some a pretty good record for seven kept clean arid no beefs about
Please send us a copy of the
time and I always have your months out on a tanker.
R. E» Pierce
the chow. A firie bimch of Cooks LOG to Port of Spain, Trinidad,
interests at heart.
Here's a good tip for all of
(Ed. Hole: The article en ?
I am still visiting the Brothers you that may be passing through are on board. Sorry that Joe as we wiU be there in'about two closed noted: "The call of 'all
in the USPHS Hospital here in the Suez Canal in the near fu Crawford had to ^eaVe us. We weeks. Thanking youvvery much. hands on deck' has'passed out '
Galveston, taking the Seafarers ture, watch out for the bumboat
of existence. It would baiik^
James PutMll
magazines, cigarettes, writing men and their English Gin. A
rupt the coriipany/')
i
Alcoa Pointer
material, etc. If you are ever a couple of the crew got a bottle
patient in this hospital in the of it only to find out that they
future just send for me, if 1 Cc.n had bought a bottle of water.
. i
M I'! J • <
%
hHp in any way.
The Egyptian Cognac is rotgut.
(Continued from Page 11)
Mom Knowlton
Alex
chorage to Seattle I bid my good
shipmates farewell, for it is the
good old Gulf breeze for me.
Toq much snow, ice and rain
up here for this old Gulf Coast
pelican. I pine for the good
warm breeze and my Only wish
now is for my little' handful' of
cabbage for themost miserable
two and a half nmntbs of my
life.
DID HIS PART '
I have done my part, now
Ocean Tow, you please do yoirirs.
I have brought your rust heap
out here for you, now keep it
out here so I Will know where
it is.
If you like to work and get
paid for it boys, this is. really
the ship and the run. Me, I am
too lazy, I have made seven
fifty a month so far. We have
Paul Frozak as Bosun, and be
lieve me, things have been dff
ferent. Now evoyone is as happy
as can be and I want to thank
the Steward for the good work
that he is doing. His name is
LeonardRussell, and^if you evet
have the pleasure to sail with
JUawM deck department men pose for John Sanies' camera. him I am sure that you won't
The Chief Pumtmsa"' Rill Thompson, of ^thi RpyM
Front: Aklei, Peterson. Rear: Dutch. .Vaughaxu Kelly. Vaughan regret it.
hatd at wotk, as sMtt by shipneite Red Fink,
V * ' ^
a th» ship's Delegate and Dutch is Rte dteck Delegate.
To the EdUor:
\
.
.
•
Hobbies Keep Pointer Crew Happy
'Send For Me When
Sick/ Says Mom
N3 Makes Phone
Booth Seem Booniy
Taking A Bit Of Sunshine
Cot A ProbEem, Bill?
i
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THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Thirteen
Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings
• • ^• 1
TiON^fXdhriis). September
IS—Chairman, Charles Everett
Secretary, R.
Carringfon. Mo
.4ion, made arid ^calrried'to buy an
el^tric irbri out 'of ^ip's fund
Treasurer reported $66.57 in
PORT .> .
ship's fund due to donatiUri
$20 by one. who missed' two Boston^
;
wat9hes. ;
New York..,.
• ''t^3
COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Ser
vice), September 28—Chairman,
Donald Dickson; Secretary, A.
Prego. The ship's Delegate
brought up the question of de
REa
REG.'®
REG.
TOTAL
SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL
layed sailing
on the contract. The
DECK
ENG. ' STWDS.
REG.
DECK
ENG.
STWDS. SHIPPED
radio aboard has poor reception,
57
. 35 . 34
126
18
17
12
47 therefore the crew favors $1 do
250
239
156
.645
192
160
112
464 nation toward a new radio. Sug^
Philadelphia,..;
76
51
37
164
83
60
31
174 gestion made that penalty pay
' ELLY (Se^raders), S'eptem Baltimore^
:
179
127
95
401.
143
106
78
327 be payed for delayed sailing ^on
19—r Chairman, , none giyfn; Norfolk...........
157
122
101
380
141
112
90
343 tankers.
Secretary, W. Woodward. Chief Savannah
21
19
16
56
29
33
29
91
4 4 4
Engineer refused to allow paint Tampa...,
9
7
12
28
26
29
27
82
LONE JACK (Cities Service),
ing . pf /deck apd. engine quar Mobile.......
84
51
61
196
64
67
50
181 September 14 — Chairman, W.'
ters, Wipers, Firemen and Qi • New Orleahs.
; 97
66
63
226
94 , 83
65
242 Weidmann; Secretary, T. Moore.
ers quarters. A piotion was made Galveston.^...
58
43
29
130
86
66
52
204 All hands were told to read
to keep dishes :clean on night West Coast. ..
50
61
61
172
59
45 , 45
149 agreement and understand it.
watch.
Any questions are to be brought
TOTAL.......„
1,038
821
665
2,524
935
778
591
2,304
4.
X
up at meetings so all hands will
FRANCES, (Bull), September
know duties and what constitu=
16 TT Chairman, John Sullivan; EVELYN (BuU), September 20 AZALEA CITY (Waterman)
BENTS FORT (Cities Service), tes overtime. It was suggested
Secretary, Fran«u( Soils. Dele — Chairman, E. Hall; Secreteury, October 2 — Chairman, Johnny September 16 — Chairman, Leo that the menu be improved.
S|
gates reported no beefs. All Un E. Dacey. Delegates reported no Williams; Secretary, Bill War Paradise; Secretary, Ralph Eur
September 1—Chairman, W. F. ii
ion pamphlets were posted for beefs. A general suggestion was mack. Delegates reported no ico. Delegates reported no beefs. Stevens; Secretsury, T. J. Mooxe..
members to read and try to ex made that the washing machine beefs. Crew advised to take bet Motion made and carried to have The new men were told about
plain the full meaning to any be kept clean after using it. ter care of laundry and tubs. company increase the milk sup Union educational literature in'
one who does not understand Motion was made to take the All lower passageways to be ply to 160 quarts. The Steward I the recreation room and urged
them. It was suggested that ship's dog, "Teddy," to a veter painted.
advised the crew that unless all hands to read it. The Patrol
someone get in touch with the inarian and pay for it but of
they stop leaving linen and cots man is to be contacted to see if '
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Patrolman about the constant the ship's fimd,
BEATRICE (Bull), September on the open deck after using another fan can be obtained for'
delayed sailings.
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2—Chairman, Maldonado; Secre them that he will bring action the foc'sle.
4. t
tit
tary. F. Monseau. Delegates re against them through the Union
CLARKSBURG VICTORY WILLIAM H. CARRUTH ported no beefs. Crew voted
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(Mississippi). 'September . 16 — (TransFuel), September 15 — against tradein for new auto
BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities
Chairman, T. G. Beatrous;
Secre
Chairman, George Petensky; Sec
matic washing haachine. The Service), September 22—Chair
retary, R, S, Gctssman. Delegates tary, P. Blanchard. Delegates membership requested repairs on man,Maurice Kramer; Secretary,
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reported .no beefs. Numerous reported one man jumped ship the ship.
W.
S.
JENNINGS
(Waterman),
B.
Waits.
Delegates
reported
one
crew"oen spoke of responsibility in France. Steward asked to put
Oiler missed ship leaving Brook September 16—Chairman, Henry
%
%
i,
ham
on
night
lunch
platter,
of tripcard men. It was sug
, CAROLYN (Bull), September lyn. Discussion on buying a new W. MUIer; Secretary, Jason K.
gested that the ship be fumi which he agreed to do. Motion 21—Chairman, R. Dickey; Secre timer for washing inachine. Sug Gibbs. Delegates reported some
made
and
carried
that
the
Stew
gated.
ard see the Port Steward about tary, G. Faircloth. Delegates re gestion made to see about get disputed overtime. Some discus
the company putting a washing ported some disputed overtime. ting gunnery' foc'sle made into sion about stores bought in for
eign ports. One man in stew
machine on board for the crew. Discussion regarding fresh milk recreation room for crew.
ard's department missed a couple
in
Germany.
There
were
several
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of days work, to be reported to
TUSKEGEE
VICTORY
(Coral)
requests
made
by
the
member
SHINNECOCK BAY (Veritas),
Patrolman in the port of payoff.
ship.
The
Engineer
is
to
see
August
19—Chairman,
J.
F.
Lae;
September 2 — Chairman, A. E.
t t t
about the water pressure in the Secretary, R. F. Ransome. Dele
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SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY Black; Secretary, John Gardner. drinking fountain.
gates
reported
few
beefs
—
all
STEEL
FABRICATOR
(Isth
(Seatrain), September IS^Chair Motion made and carried for
straightened
out.
Suggestion
mian),
September
IS—Chairman,
man. R. P. Adams; Secretary, R each.Delegate to see about mat
made that ship's Delegate try to Paul Maximo; Secretary, A. C,
P. poran. Delegates reported no tresses in his department. Per
find
out which agreement the Castelo. Delegates reported'
beefs. It was suggested by the mits told they have a voice in
crew
is working under.
everything okay. The memlier'
crew that a new iron be pur shipboard meetings and_ urged
ship
was asked to bring back :
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chased and the money taken ou to take advantage of tWs fact. INES (Bull). September 16— ANGELINA (Bull), September books and magazines to library
of the ship's fund. A general Vacation and customs bulletiris Chairman, P. Condxar; Secretary, 5—Chairman, M. H. Dean; Sec when done with them.
painting of quarters was recom explained.
E. Oppici. Delegates reported no retary, William Walker. Dele
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mended.
beefs. Everyone was asked to gates reported no beefs. Sugges
CAPE
MOHICAN
(MarAn
ANNISTON CITY (Isthmian).
t t t
cooperate in keeping area around tion that, all members donate $3 cha), September 23—Chainnaa,
SOUTHPORT (South Atlantic), September 21 — Chairman, E. garbage qan clean in the pantry. for new washing machine. Sug
Harry H. Pierce; Secretiuy.^^
August 12 — Chairman, Harry Best; Secretary, K. Brittain. Steward's Department rooms are gestion made thai gangway
Har.Ty
L. Franklin. Delegates re
Galphin; Secretary. R. E, Pierce, There wa? a thoroqgh discussion to be painted.
watch keep all outsiders out^ of ported a few hours disputed
Delegates reported iip disputed on the report given by the ship's
passageways until meal hours. o'vartime. Motion made to have
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overtime. There was a discus Delegate concerning the trouble
each member of the crew con^
PECONIC BAY (Agean), no
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sion on the fumigation of the betweencrewmembers and En
tribute $1 at next payoff to
date—Chairman,
J.
Denley;
Sec
ARCHERS
HOPE
(Cities
Ser
gineer. Educational Bulletin 101
ship and the slopchest.
ship's
fimd which wUl increase
retary, S. Record. Delegates re vice), September 9 — Chairman,
September 9—Chairman, R. E. was read. .
fund to about $80. Laundry roDm
Howeurd
Miller;
Secretary,
H.
M.
ported
no
beefs.
Complaints
Pierce; Secretary, T. W, Burke.
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and gear locker must be cleaned
Ship's Delegate reported $20_ in PUERTO RICO (Bull), Sep about drinking water being rusty Young. Motion made and carried
and
painted.
about
drinking
_
water
being
that
lifeboats
will
be
repaired
in
ship's fund. Ship's Delegate read tember 23 — Chairman, Allan
rusty.
The
Messman
was
given
next
port,
as
it
has
been
in
bad
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educetiondl. bulletin/ from 'head Lake; Secretary, Jim Murphy.
SEA CLOUD (Seatraders),
a
big
hand
for
the
way
he
did
.condition
for
the
last
three
trips.
Delegates reported slight
increase
quarters on the meaning of
SeptMnber 16 — Chairman, H..
Discussion on performers.
in drunkenness and performing. his job.
MTD.
Miller; Secretary, T. Tears. Del
Educatio'nal meeting held Sep
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egates
reported one acting AB
DEL CAMPO (Mississippi), tember 15 and the subject of the
reduced
to rating of OS due to
September SHChairxnen, George meeting was "Charges." Request
the
inability
to perform the
King; Secretary, / C. Eu Miller. that crew's quarters be painted
work
or
stand
watches
properly.
Motion made//that tbe eagiqe while in shipyard.
Suggestion
that
the
galley
stove
With the nation tightening its defense preparations,
Delegate see the Patrolman abool September 9 —r Chairman, Ed
he
rebricked
while
in
dry
dock
the duties of the Engine Utility Caudill; Secretary, Jim Murphy. the role of the merchant marine is daily becoming more in Norfolk.
in regard
the Oilet Motion made that $45 be drawn vital.For this reason it is imperative that every Sea
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torn ship's fund to allow one of farer stand ready to ship in the rating for which he is
for^uppef.^
ABIQUA (Cities Service),
the crewmembers to build a qualihed and in which he can be of the greatest service.
September 20—Chairman, D. K..
model of the SIU Constitution
Fisber; Secretary, T. W. Carmich
In
this
connection.
Headquarters
continues
to
point
August 19—'Ghalrman, G.'^Clark; to be presented to the nevt Hall.
out that many men qualified by experience and skill ael. Delegates reported some disr
Secretary, J. Pursell. Dogates
ft 4. t ^
puted overtime. $36.93 reported
^reported eyerythiij$ , r uii n,i,» g WINFIELD STRATTON (Bull), have not applied for endorsements for high ratings.
in ship's fund. Discussion on
smppihly; po beefs.; 'Disctl^^^ September 29—Chairman, Billy
Men who do not seek higher ratings for which they food situation being far below
on ieftting up PO nr^ While |iri McCarRiy; Secretary, A. Bryant. are qualified are, in effect, causing a waste of needed
the SIU standards.
Delegates reported no beefs and
port during megl hours.
skilL
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disputed
overtime.
One
of
Saixtip^r l6 .^Ch)drb|9p,. R.
LIBERTY FLAG (Gulf Car
The Maritime Administrator is seddng draftdefer
the • Brothers stated that the
Ship's Delegate pointed / gut thp. prqblein should be taken up with ment for rated men only. Consequexftly, men, wha are go), Septexnber 2 — ChairmjBfv!
William Fredriqk; Secretary, LhO
impQctafide. gf (be literat^e sent he J^atrdiroan about the fish oil drafted because they havo not obtained the ratings for^
Snodgrass.
Delegates reported
from /headquarters and suggested '.that is usbd on the d^k. It does
which they are qualified, will not be serving in jobs in no beefs and everything is gor
that
the. men readand study n't dry very fast and it is slip
which they can be df greatest service to our nation.
ing along fine. New dues payment
it, Discggsion on general cleanli pery and / dangerous. Motiop
plan was explained, Discussifgt
If
you have
the
qualifications,
apply
for
upgrading.
ness ..f Messraan. He was ad made arid carried to aee Patrol
on keeping recreation room dean.
Do it h^isyl
via^, tp yk®^. tnessroom in bet man about getting new riaattres
Ship's Minvde* 0^ Pqge |y$}
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THE SEAFARERS LOG
tES? .81
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';F^day, QcioJber^^^^
Do 'Brand Names'
Protect The Buyer?
By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS, (Labor Preps Association)
"Wageearning families better uninformative claims mqde in
hold on to their pocketbooks... ads.
A nationallyadvertised product
literally. For this year they're go
ing to be pounded with a giant may be only an ordinary chem
LABOR HAS RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH# TOO. The National Labor Relations Board,
campaign to get them to believe ical or other material available
widelyadvertised products are under its own name, or in lesser in Washington recently set aside an NLRB election held among employees of Bon wit
the best values, and to buy on known brands, for much less Teller, Inc., a New York department store, on the grounds that the company interfeeed
money. This is particularly true with its workers' rights to organize. The boss thought that free speech was his right only.
the basis of brand names.
Tiie Brand Names Foundation, in drugs, toiletries and household
Ruling that "an employer who chooses to use his, premises .^to assemblje hi?, employees
an association of advertisers, has soaps and cleaners. All aspirin
tablets,
for
example,
must
mea
and
speak against a union" must grant the same freedom of expression to his employee's,.
aimounced that this coming year
sure
up
to
the
same
United
the NLRB ruled favorably on the complaint of tb4 AFL RetaU,Clerks Hnipm^^
newspapers, magazines, radio
and transportation advertising States Pharmacopoeia (USP)
Because the company refused to allow the union'equality of speech;'the collective
firms will contribute up to $14 formula, whether they are sold
bargaining
election which the Retail Clerks lost, was set aside. The company president
niillion in time and space to a under' the name of Bayer's for
campaign designed to show that 59 cents a bottle of 100, or just and a supervisor had promised benefits if the union was defeated, and reprisals if the
advertising, by creating larger de plain aspirin for 19 cents. Or union won. The Board's decision showed them they were talking through their hats.
mand, increases the competition take a household bleach. Chlorox
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among brands, makes possible is the same as a number of other
CONGRESS SLICES THE TAFTHARTLEY LAW. The first amendment fo the "Taft
lower costs and bettea values bleaches, as the ingredients listed
through volume, and by steady on the label show, but is the Hartley Law since its enactment in 1947 has been passed by both the Senate and the
demand, stabilizes employment most widelyadvertised ;— and House, and is expected to be signed by the President shortly. The amendment knocks
and improves the standard of costs as much as 50 percent more out the provision for union shop elections, a costly, cumbersome and needless require
than the others. You can save a
living.
lot
of money by this one simple ment.
Even before this big campaign
shopping
technique: read the
The amendment allows any union which holds collective bargaining rights to nego
coming up, you've been seeing
label
on
such
preparations
to
cards in the trolleys and busses,
iate with management for a union shop agreement without a further election. Previous
and magazifte ads sponsored by see what they contain.
y,
the TH Law required that the NLRB must take a poll of employees to see if they
the Brands Names Foundation The private brands and the
national brands are frequently want a union shop before a union could askfor such a contract clause. Ev6nSenator
celling the idea that widelyad
made
by the same manufactux' Taft agreed that the union shop provi^on was a flbpperoo.
laertised brands are safest and
ers.
In
some cases, the same
best to buy, and even hinting
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basic"
producer
supplies differ
it's a little unAmerican not to
ent firms with the product in
SPEAKING OF TAFT. The first hat from the head of a presidential aspirant plop?
buy advertised brands.
bulk. They simply package the >ed into the political ring this week. Its owner is Senator Robert Taft, father of Taft
NOT AT ALL TRUE
product, give it a "brand name"
There's only one thing wrong and market it. This is true in Hartley (pardon the expression), who will be seeking the Republican nomination for the
with the claims of the Brand the case of household detergents, third time. He tripped up in 1940 and again in 1948. Precedent (as well as organized labor
Names Foimdation. They're not for example, with a big chemical and other liberal groups throughout the nation) will be against "Mr. Republican." Only
true, and it will cost your family manufacturer like Monsanto sell one GOP man ever got the party's nomination on the third try—James G. Blaine, back
estra money to heed their line. ing the same basic product to a in 1884.
Portunately, the SEAFARERS number of companies. This is
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Z<OG is not subsidized by na also true in the case of many
tional advertisers and is free to drugs and toiletries.
COMMIES TO STAY IN BUCKET. The eleven top communist party leaders, eight 6|
tell you the moneysaving side
SAME PRODUCT
whom
are now serving jail terms and three who jumped bail and are still in hiding,
of the story:
In
many
cases
the
manufac
no doubt saw red when the Supreme Court denied their appeal for rehearing on their
A nationallyadvertised brand
name is no assurance at all of turers of brandname products conviction. The commie generalstaffers were found guilty in a Federal Court of con
superior quality. It may be an supply the same goods to large spiracy to teach and advocate overthrow of the government by force and the decision
assurance of fOjir or average retailers to sell under private was upheld in June by the Supreme Court. Other commies are still plenty active however.
quality, but hundreds of lesser names at lower prices. Most of
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known brands made by smaller the' white floating soaps sojd by
consumer
coops
and
large
de
firms may be as good, and in
CHANCE FOR A GUY TP MAKE GOOD. Lots of people, including the New York
eome cases better. The only way partment stores under their own
Daily
News, have worked up a load of enthusiasm over the New York Stock Exchanged'
you can be sure which of the names are the same as Ivory,
many items on the market may and in fact are manufactured by new president, Keith Funston. "Dynamic," says the News of Funston. The new prez is
be best is to compare the quality, a subsidiary of Procter & Gam expected to push a bunch of good ideas intended to improve the standing of the Exchange
oi)ecification against specifica ble, manufacturer of lyory.
among the mass of American people. While he's at it, Funston might attend , to a little
tion, and not depend on vague. And many of the famousbrand matter that Wall Street has been so backward on *for too long—labor relations. If ? Fun
household appliances and equip
ment sold by larger retailers at ston could get the brokers to recognize that trade unionism—even among Wall Street
lower prices are made by the woil:ers—is an integral part of our American setup, he probably would have an easier
brandname manufacturers. Pres time in improving the Street's public relations across the nation.
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to, for example, makes the Co
op, Montgomery Ward and Spie
gel pressure cookers. Montgom
ery Ward's ownbrand Riverside
spark plugs are really the Cham
DETROIT — The SIU Great pion but cost little more than
By SAM COHEN
have run to topside, that the His friends and former ship~
Lakes District announced thia half the price; its home freezers
complaint
should baVe been mates can do A. J. Adams> a>
week an overwhelming victory are Deepfreeze brand under an
WILMINGTON, Oct. 11^hip brought to the Hall as it was good turn by dropping him
in an NLRB election involving other name. Sears Roebuck's ping has been very good here,
four ships of the Nicholson ownbrand steam iron is identi and I am spending all my spare ,strictly a Union beef—and that, line at the Seaside General Hos;^'i. ^
Steamship Company fleet, where cal with the SteamOMatic, etc. time scouring the beach for men. in any event, they had a ship's pital. He—and aU hospitalized: r "
delegate aboard 'to han^e any
in the SIU received 73 percent
There wqre two payoffs, the beef. At any jate the ; whole
Nor
is
the Brand
Names
Foun
of the total vote to the CIO Na
Seaclipper (Colonial) and the
tional Maritime Union's 16 per dation's claim that advertising San Angela "Victory (Seatrade,..of thing was cleared yp by show
increases
competition
among
ing them that they had to work
cent.
Delaware), both of which signed eight hours a day, according to
brands
any
more
accurate
than
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The victory was the result of
on again.
the agreement.
an organizing drive begun in its claim that widelyadvertised
1948 and two NLRBconducted brands are the best choice. Let Eight intransit vessels helped We have to remove an emer
elections, the first of which was alone create competition, modern to make this twoweek period a gency man from the Las. Vegas
advertising in the hands of big successful one—^the John B. Wa Victory, as he was continually
inconclusive.
corporations
has become a wea terman and Raphael Semmes fouling up by not turning to. He
In 1948 the SIU Great Lakes
pon
of
monopoly.
A huge ad (Waterman), the Marymar and was *told to go to another union,
District petitioned for an elec
vertiser
can
dominate'
markets Portmar (Calmar), Tuskegee Vic where they might put up with
tion on four of the Nicholson
end
run
smaller
competitors
cut tory (Coral) and the Steel Tra him—that we wouldn't.
ships, and was met by company
stalling bolstered by delaying of business, not because his pro veler, Steel Rover and the Las The revived Japanese, fleet , is
beginning to make itself fieU
tactics of the NMU. The first el duct is any better or lower pric Vegas Victory (Isthmian).
S.iVirfnV
ection was finally held in Sep ed but because it is constantly We cleared up a beef on the here. Every day more and more
Seafarers,
for
that
matter—will,
and
compellingly
advertised.
As
tember, 1949, with neither side
Steel Rover, which at the same Japanese ships appear in Long
wiiining. The SIU again peti well as the con.«mmen the re time served as a lesson in union Beach, hauling ore to Jdpan — appreciate hearing "whaf? iwhaj^
i i
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tioned for an election and once tailer is then at the mercy of ism to the crew. It seems that a job that was formerly done by with, their buddies.
the
big
advertiser.
The
'Weather
here
has <;been.
more the NMU entered the battle.
the stewards department couldn't American ships.
If evetybody comes into your get along with the Steward, so Seen on the beach here were keeping pace with the shipping
The result of this month's bal
loting proved the SIU the clear store and Ssks for a certain they petitioned the Skipper to Doc Moran, Red Braunstein, it's real good. All ratings and
George Reid, Cal "Wilson, Frank nonratings are urged . to come
cut victor with 52 votes. The brand name, you have to handle remove him.
it,
pay
whatever
price
the
man
NMU received twelve votes, with
When I made the ship, I point Feld, Max Byers, and dam few to Wilmington for good ship
ufacturer
asiks,
and
obey
his
four for No Union and three
ed out to the stewards depart others—all of which adds up to ping, good weather . and good
(real good, that is) women.
regulations against cutting prices. ment men that they should not no meeting.
challenged.
SlU Beats NMU
In Great Lakes
NLRB Ekcthn
Wilmington Shipping is Still Among Bo^
�Pridar. Ooi(^ U. IWl
T HE SEA^AH ERS hOC^
PagrnftMU
), ;7i'i t'i 'finfrinlV. viiivv"
H^s Of
You're Out Before You Know It
When You Co To New Orleans
tional money when they can see
By LINDSEY WILLCKMS
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DE PAX7W VICTORY (South LONGVIEW VICTORY (Vic
where it is going.
Atlantic), teiiieinber 2 ~ Chair tory Carriers). September IS— NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 12—Re
Our new Hall in Brooklyn, our
ChlUrttta^ Horace Mobley; Sec porting from New Orleans this
man,„. I._
''MalpiKS^r
Hall in New Orleans and Mobffe
retary. B. Trottie. Delegates have week is a pleasure, as both ship
and the new additional com
soiSife disputed" d?gftiitrtir'iSir Un nothing of importance to relate ping and business were very
panies that we have secured re
ion literature was posted.so that that yrould tend to materially good. Business affairs of this
cently go to
show that our money
port
are
A1
and
shipping
everyone could read it. Discus affect the membership. Due to
is
being
well
spent.
couldn't
be
better for
rated
men.
sion on Vacation Plan. The crew negligence oh the part of a few,
If
you're
an
AB,
come
on
right
At the last meeting all minutes,
wants :heavy canvas tcots, one for the draip pipes are frequently
down and well geV you.out be
reports and Headquarters report
stopping ^p,.
each crewmernher,
fore you have a chance to im
to the membership were read and
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pack your bag.
accepted. There was no New
NORTH PLATTE VICTORY
Since the last meetmg, we
Business or Good and Welfare.
(Mississippi). Repteitd>et 15 ~
registered 226' men and shipped
Chairman. Walter Mueleir; S^
HOSPITALIZED BROTHERS
242 on regular deepsea jobs, be
retary. > Stringiellow, Delegates
It being slow with news since
sides 25 jobs dispatched to var
reported few hours disputed ov
the last report, we will close
ious
tugs
here.
ertime to be taken up on arrival.
this report to the membership
Paying off were the. Alcoa
Motion made to make "up repair
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with a list of the Brothers in
Pioneer,
the
Del
Campo
and
Del
list.
FRANCES (BuU). September Mundo (Mississippi), Oceanstar
the hospital, and a plea to those
30 — Chairman. Felix Benefont; (Dolphin) and . the Catahoula
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Brothers that have been ship
BEN COLLINS
LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mis Secretary. Ed. Bonefont. Dele (Cuba Distilling).
mates
with any of those listed
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sissippi). Eepteinher 22 — Chair gates reported no beefs. A vote Stopping here intransit were
to
drop
them a few lines, as we
in the port is Brother Ben Col
man, C. A. Pubert; Secretary. P. of thanks was given the stew 20 ships, paced by eight Water,
know
it
will be appreciated.
F. Sheidian. Delegates reported ards department for the way man and five Alcoa vessels. Wa lins, who at the present time is The weekly visit by the hos
not looking for a ship, as he
everything okay; The ship will they are running their depart terman was represented by the
came in on the last trip of the pital delegate with "the LOG and
"be fumigated if • possible. The ment. All repairs are to be list Monarch of the Seas, Warrior,
SS
Del Sud. He was on there the $10.00 smoke money is a
Steward was asked to improve ed by each department Dele Alawai, K y s k a , Chickasaw,
welcome sight. for all Brothers
gate, who will present them to Morning Light, Gateway City nearly a year, and a year on confined, but that does not off
• the menu.
th^boarding Patrolman upon ar and the Lafayette. The Alcoa the Sud for Ben means damn ;set the other 6 days when there
near a year on the beach.
rival.
~
ships were the Pennant, Cava
Ben is well known in New i
nothing to look forward to.
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lier, Reamer, Ranger and Clip Orleans as a volunteer for any So, Brothers, just a few lines of
MASSILLON VICTORY (East per.
and all Union beefs, commit ^"11 will help these Brothers
ern), September 26 — Chairman. 'The other intransits were the toes or whatever may come up. while they are in the hospital
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A. Janes; Secretary. Packert. Seatrains Georgia and Texas, He has served on quite a few i and not only in the port of New
ALASKA CEDAR (Ocean Delegates reported no beefs on Del Santos and Del Alba (Mis committees, and,
last year, when i
Check the LOG for the
Tow). Septenibier 23—Churman, disputed: ovCTtime. Ship's Dele sissippi), Steel Executive ; (Isth he came out second best with coniplete list of your .shipmates
Levand Russi: Secretary; P. Dro gate is to see the Patrolman mian) and the Evelyn and Edith
a motorcycle he worked on the in the other ports.
zek. Delegates reported few about having the water tanks (Bull).
balloting committee the entire Here are the Brothers in the
hours disputed overtiihe. Motion cleaned. A suggestion was made
60 days, in addition to working USPHS Hospital:
BEEFS
FEW
made and seconded for Steward to collect $2 from each new mem
R. Cruz, E. E. Gross, W. O.
As for signons, there were on the Tallying Committee.
to* check stores before leaving ber for the ship's fund.
Ben was also active in push Cara, C. Ray, D. D. Kelly, L.
seven
of
them:
the
Alcoa
Pio
anchorage.
4 4. 4
neer, Del Campo and Del Santos ing for a "yes" vote in the recent Lang, K. Raana, R. J. P. Burke,
4. a>
SEACOMET (Colonial). Sep (Mississippi), James McHenry voting of the constitutional J. Ashurst, O. Celestine, J. T.
SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain tember 23—Chairman, Edmundo (Bloomfield), ""Jeffersbn City Vic amendments, as Ben says we ai'e Everett, L. J. A. Willis, T. KiisM,
Eines). September 23—Chairman. G. Sepulveda; Secretary. Frank tory (Victory Carriers) and the very strong physically and fin L. D. Cook, J. C. Mitchell.
W. Souby; Secretary. iG. Jfones. yolto, Delegates reported one Catahoula and Oceanstar. .
ancially but to remain that way, Also R. Marumoto, J. L. Arch,
Delegates reported no beefs. man fired and another one paid Since the "last report there he says we must have that addi A. C. E. Fish, L. R. Tickle, J.
Motion made and carried that off on mutual consent in Hono h^ve been M major beefs in the tional dough, and a satisfied Mayrbat, J. Schupstick, W. J.
treadway be installed for gang lulu. Lengthy discussion on port and very few minor beefs. membership such as we have Kriciunas, I. E. Matherne, C. A.
way. Suggestion made that mess the charges to be filed against As a matter of fact, even the doesn't mind putting out addi Honorowski.
room be kept cleaner, at night, exChief Cook. Motion made and few gashound beefs that we
t 4.
carried to give the stewaids de sometimes have in port were
BESSEMER VICTORY (South partment a vote of thanks for absent in the last couple of
Atlantic). September 22 —Chair the fipe food and service ren weeks.
man. J. C. Blade; Secretary. G. dered.
By RAY WHITE
On the ships coming in there
Fowles. Delegates reported every
4 4 4
were the usual minor overtime, TAMPA, Oct. 12—Two payoff The intransit ships were the J
thing okay. Steward discussed PETROLITE (Mathiasen Tank repair and food beefs that were .ships, which took almost full Edith (Bull), the DeSoto, Azalea ;
shortage of coffee for five month ers). September 23 — Chairman. squared away with all hands crews, and supplying the in City, Noonday, Iberville and ,
yoyage... Engine Delegate remind Frank Lambardi; Secretary. Stan satisfied. About the only beef transits with replacements made Chickasaw (Waterman), Alcoa
ed Wipers^of their duties on ley F. Schuyler. Suggestion made now is the Dispatcher bitching this last twoweek period a good Partner, Catahoula (Cuba Distill ,
sanitary work.
for a new stationary, awning to for rated men and especially one for this port.
ing) and the Southern States
The Lafayette (Waterman) and and Southern Counties (Southern
be put on repair list. All hands ABs.
agreed for messman to make Even the oldtimers on the' Mother ML (Eagle Ocean) were Trading). It was a real good two
coffee at coffee time in the morn beach are very few, as only those the payoff Vessels. Both of them weeks for this port.
ing^ ^t 10:00, so Wiper would that are ready to ship are hang were clean, and their beefs were Everything is quiet here on
settled aboard the ship at the the labor front No strikes are
have niore time for sanitary ing around the Hall.
payoff.
in sight and everybody seems 4o
Among
the
men
on
the
beach
work.
'J
'"4. 4".4.
be happy. The Retail Clerks are
HIGH POINT VICTORY
still
carrying on their organizing
(South Atlantic). September 16—
campaign
and, needless to say,
Chairman. E. Smith; Secretary.
the
SIU
gives
a hand whenevdr
M. George. Delegates reported
requested.
Jolly Roger, the black flag of piracy, is derived "from the word "roger" of the 16th
no beefs. It was decided that
the deck and engine departments century, which appears to have the meaning of vagrant or thief. The adjective, jolly, was The Florida Federation of La
bor will be holding its conven
take care of the laundsj' alter applied by pirates for effect
tion shortly, and there is a pos
nating each week.
Horse Lalitudes, was so named because a sailing diip, loaded with horses was be sibility that we win not be able
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calmed in those latitudes and the horses died for lack of food and water.
to attend, as shipping is so good
AMEROCEAN (Blackchester).
and the officials are busy with .
Roaring Forties,
was so
named for
the geographical
belt
located
approximately
40
de
Seplhitnber 15—Chidrman. J. A.
the Union's business.
Smith; Secretuy. R. A. Quintal. grees south latitude in which are encountered the prevailing or stormy westerlies.
There was no meeting due
One nautical mile is 6,080 feet, whereas the land mile is 5,280 feet.
Delegates , reported everything
to
a lack of a quorum, and it
idiming smoothly. Motion made
Typhoon, is from the Chinese "Tai," great; "foong," wind.
follows
that there are very few
that.ship's Delegate and Steward
A fathom is a measure of six feet. Originally derived from the length a man can oldtimers around just now. Mo:^
contact Captain about getting
of them are waiting \mtil the
fresh milk and provisions in the extend 'his arms.
hunting
season comes around ill
Bo<d>y
Hatch,
is
a
small
opening
in
the
d^k
forward
or
aft
of
the
main
hatches.
It
Canal Zone. Engine delegate is
November,
which is when the
to see Chief about haying show is used for communication below or between decks.
local fellows take their vacation. ,
Btunhoai, is a small craft used, generally in the Orient, for peddlers to come along
jers painttdv^!
It should be a g<^ year for;
4 4' 4
side to supply crews with fruit, tobacco, etc.
quail. Every place a feUoW
YOUNG AMERICA (Wator
Brig, comes from the word "brigand," a robber. A brigante was a pirate, and brigan goes now, he jumps several
maii). September 23—Chairinan.
©'Conner; Secretary; Ralph Vitie, a pirate's vessel. Today "brig", is the barred cabin aboard ship used for prisoners and covies.
The new HaU in New York is :
W. Tindell. Delegates reported iniscreants.
still the main topic of converse^ ,
jBverything okay so far. Ev«ry
Wroclr. is derived from "wrack," a seaweed cast upon the shore.
one agreed that a new washing
Tho plimsoU line; painted on the side of each vessel, obtained its name from Samuel tion here, and aU hands feql
machine be purchased In Okin PlimspU, who got the British Parliament to pass an act forbidding the overloading of that this is about the biggest
step ever undertaken by. the
awa. Suggestion made that all
merchant
ships.
Union,
and one of the most iim
• chairs in crew messroom be
portant.
i
Cat'spaw,
is
a
ruffled
surface
of
the
water
caused
by
a flaw
in
light
airs.
sanded
varnished.
Shipping is Stili Hot In Tampa
Wbere Those Expressions Come From
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; . If it were not that American ships are busy
i" carrying defense cargoes, importing vital raw
materials, and freighting emergency food and
fuel to forer|n nations, they woul^ be feeling
• much more the growing competition from "new
merchant marines.
•
i Since World AVar II, a number of nations
which never possessed shipping of any conse
quence in worjd trade have been acquiring ton
nage, and making themselves felt, in the ship
ping world.
Of special interest to American companies and
Typical of the growing merchant marines of "new'^.|^: aml^tlous marmme,
American seamen has been the growth of the
freighter
of the rapidly expanding Brazilian fleet. She'ilof Eoida Bra
Brazilian, Argentine, and Grancolombiana fleets;
siliero Lines and features an ultramodern stack which Is just an overgrown sampson post. !
and, to a lesser degree, those of Israel, South
Africa, Cuba and the Philippines.
In addition to these and other "new" fleets, fore as a major shipping venture. It operates to converted from a rfgularj waf^built Ameriijan
the postwar merchant navies of Italy, Germany New York, New Orleans, Hamburg, Genoa, Buen Victory ship into a eombiriatioiv freighterliner
with accomodations fdr 130 passengers and a
and Japan are being rapidly rebuilt with new os Aires and many other foreign ports.
crew
Of 100.
^ ^
^
Unlike Argentina, which was a neutral during
^ and secondhand tonnage, and give evidence of
World War II and profited from the shortageof
even surpassing their prewar levels.
It ;;f^^^the house flag ^.pf .ithe''K^edicialtlffa
shipping
in
the
Americas,
Brazil
declared
war
Lines;
^ outfij^ oMimdP
BITE INTO FREIGHT TRADE
against the Axis, losing 19 ships, 336 men, and Pasha, an Egyptian multimillionaire. 1 . . ^
All of these shipping ventures, plus the aug 1,000,000 tons of cargo.
mented fleets of our former enemies, take a huge
One, of: Jhe world's Ifiirgest
of
Brazil's expansion program included 14 built course, flies the flag of'
bite out of the available freight to be moved at
sea. If world shipping conditions return to nor toorder freighters from the Ingalls shipyard at does not haye the same significance as those of
mal and armament movements fall off, there is Pascagoula, Mississippi. Typical of these postwar Brazil, Argentina and other maritime newcomers,
^certain to be terrific competition for 'cargoes vessels flying the flag of this largest South Amer for it is not truly a national undertaking, but
ican nation is the LoideEquador, whicji is 443 represents mostly a mere transfer of flag, with
wherewith to keep all these vessels employed.
feet overall and carries 414,000 cubic feet qf
All other things being equal, it will be .those freight, plus freezer cargo and liquid in deep ownership still remaining in foreign hands.,
nations able to sail ships efficiently and move tanks.
LttTLE COUNTRIESr FLEETS, TOO
cargoes economically that will be able to keep
Other nations which are sailing new fleets on
In addition to dry cargo ships, Brazil is build
the most ships upon the seas.
the seven seas are
Uruguay, Mexico, Turkey^, Ice
ing up a considerable tanker fleet, highlighted
Directly competitive to American lines in the by the acquisition of the President Dutra, exr land, Switzerland, Ireland and the Philippines.
South American trade is the "Greater Colom Venus, a Swedishbiiilt oil carrier capable of
Ireland's merchant marine started in 1941 when
bian" or Grancolombiana mercbant fleet repre carrying 15,000 tons of petroleum.
it suffered ffpm a shortage of shipping. Its small
senting Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia.
. The Brazilian government has ordered 21 ad but modern fleet is now carrying substantial
Purely a postwar product, this fleet now com ditional tankers for Loide Brasiliero from ship tonnage of woolens, skins and whiskey to the
prises more than 30 ships, and will be augment yards in Sweden, England, Japan and Holland. United States and is returning with auto parts,
ed by several more passengercargo vessels in These ships range from 2,000 to 16,500 tons dwt. machinery, .canned fruits and other products.
the 10,000ton class. Grancolombiana operates six
These nations, small as their individual efforts
CUBA ENTERS SUGAR TR^ADE
interAmerican services and a direct service to
Cuba has also come into the shipping picture on the sea may be, can all together carry many
Europe, cariying a large amount of cargo for
in the Caribbean and has five Americanbuilt thousands of tons of freight that foimerly went
merly moved in British and American ships.
in ships flying the flags of Britain, France, the
In 1950, these lines carried 941,612 tons of car "knot"1ype ships on regularly scheduled service Netherlands,'the United States and the Scandin
to Atlantic coast ports, bringing sugar and other
go—enough to fill more than 90 Liberty ships!
^avian countries.
• Typical of the uptodate Grancolombiana fleet products north and taking back general cargoes
While not competitive with American shipping,
^ire the motorships Ciudad de Maracaibo and formerly carried by American vessels.
British and American seamen Iqjng felt rather, Turkey's merchant marine has expanded consid
Ciudad de Marizales, both built by Canadian
yickers of Montreal in 1949. They are 421 feet smug in the belief that the LatinAmerican and erably since World War II, and is esspecially
overall, are powered by 4,275 hp diesels and other nations not accustomed to seafaring would, iiitaresting because of the exAmeriean vessels
it has acquired. It has also obtained hew tonnage
not be able to operate vessels.
are rated at 6,000 tons dwt.
^
That there is no longer any reason for this from English, French, German, Dutch and Italian
ARGENTINA'S FLEET GROWING
smugness and complacency about the superiority shipyards.
The Argentine merchant marine is now first of AngloAmerican seafaring skill, is evident by
Among fonher Yankee ships which now fly
in South America, and is fast bidding for a top the fact that youthful Cubans, Brazilians and Ar the Star and Crescent are the Exochorda (now
place among the sea carriers of the world. Ar
gentineans are taking their ships into far ports Tarsus) of American Export Lines; the Monterey
gentine freighters call regularly at ports where
of the world as well as their more experienced and Mexico (now Adana and Istanbul) of the
they were never seen prior to World War II, and competitors.
Cuba Mail Line, and the Iroquois (now Ankara)
in their holds are hides and wool and other
of
the old ClydeMallory Line.
.
The mechanicaj nature of ship operations today
freights once carried to and from Argentina by
In addition, Turkey has purchased four C1* I [
enables any nation, whether it has much of a
the British and other maritime nations.
maritime heritage or not, to put freighters onto type motorships from the US Maritime Commisr ;?
In 1939, Argentina had only 196,649 tons of
the ocean trade routes and bid for a share of . sion for its service betweeh Istanbul and Europr
merchant shipping, a large part of which con
ean ports, also the tanker Fort McHenry, a f
world freight.
sisted of small coastal and river craft. The total
10,000
tonner.
'
Looking overseas, we see South Africa now
now runs close to 1,000,000 tons—afloat, building
HEAVY US SHIP SALES
or on order in American, British and Italian competing with American lines in regular service
to
Atlantic
ports,
using
a
number
of
American
Under the Merchant Ship Sales Act o| 1946, the
yards.
Victory
ships
as
the
basis
for
an
expanding
Maritime Commission sold
hundreds, of war^built
Since World War II, Argentina has been the
merchant
fleet.
ships to foreign flags. The purchasers were 34
second largest customer of British shipyards,
Still
farther
away,
but
competing
more
and
nations, ranging from Pakistan and Peru to Ice
having ordered more than 300,000 tons of ships
more in the trade between the US and the Mid land and Iran.
from firms in the United Kingdom.
dle
East, is the baby nation of Israel, which has
It is important/to remember that Argentina's
Argentina bought 24 ships; including 17 Vic
merchant marine is governmentsubsidized and acquired a number of warbuilt Canadian and torys, while Colombia pqrchased eight Cl diesel
operated. In May of 1949, President Juan Peron German ships for its services to the United ships; handy little vessels that American buyers
ended private shipping in that country when he States and Britain. American financial aid to didn't want at the.time. Egypt got tWQ Cls^
took over the Dodero Lines and its 382 vessels Israel is providing the cargoes with which this India took 15 Victorys .and hiibeiiiys, and Uruguay
of all kinds from the brothers Albert, Jose and new merchant marine is making its start.
bought fdur freighters and two tankers.
Nicolas Doderoj paying them $35,000,000 for the
Egypt is becoming maritimeminded, too, and
Besides
shijps bppght
these ''pew'* fneiv /
fleet.
has entered some ships in foreign trade with its chant marines, hundreds pt yessels wqht'/th|s
Brazil's merchant marine is also nationalized own officers and crews, depfendiitg only, OFA Brit '^Ifler" maritime iiaticr^ of iGr^
„ way,, Denmark; France, Italy, anit' tW. l^ethcrr
in the Loide Brasihero Company, which was ish Masters and Chief Engineers.,'
• tartedin 1888 but has only lately come to the
One of its ships, the Khedive Ismail, has been? '
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BRIDGES BACKS DOWN, WORKS ISTHMIAN SHIPS
SEAFARERS WINS DISCHARGE FROM ARMY FOR DRAFTED AB
BALLOTING FOR A&G OFFICIALS GETS UNDER WAY
40-HOUR WEEK, PAY RAISE IN EFFECT
WILDCAT LONGSHORE STRIKE TIES UP NEW YORK PIERS
CLEAR POLICY NEEDED
ACROSS THE NATION
CAST THE VOTE
SURVIVOR TELLS HIS STORY OF SOUTHERN ISLES DISASTER
NAVAL ARCHITECT CALLS SHIP OVERLOADED
SAVANNAH LABOR HELPS GIRL IN FIGHT FOR LIFE
PORT BOSTON RUNS INTO BAD DAYS
ALL IS OKAY IN OLD SEATTLE
CITIES SERVICE INSTALLS TV SET ON SS CANTIGNY
SIU CREWMEN OF 'RED TRAMP' LAND 'SPIES' INTO BOSTON
EXPERT FORESEES AUTOMATIC VESSELS WITHIN TEN YEARS
PICTURES AND RECORDS OF ALL A&G CANDIDATES
PORT WILMINGTON VOTES THANKS TO COMMITTEE
EVERYTHING IS RUNNING SMOOTHLY IN NEW ORLEANS
MOBILE SHIPPING AT HIGH LEVEL
LAKE CHARLES IS THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
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Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers fnternational Union of North America
VOL. XIII
No. 2a
NEV^ YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1951
Contract Reopened On Woges
New Seafarers Rotary Hiring Board
^
Contract discussions between representatives of a
majority of the SIU's contracted companies and the Union
began this week in response to the Union's request to re
open the contract for wage talks. At the initial meeting,
a shipownerUnion committee was established to draw
up a wage pattern for study.
The meeting, held October 3, was made possible by
a clause in SIU agreements allowing reopening of wage
talks at any time.
While all of the SIU's contracted operators did not
have representatives at the meeting, those not in attend
ance signified they would go along with any pattern
developed by the majority of contracted operators. The
meeting was held in the new Headquarters building in
Brooklyn.
The decision to reopen wage
talks at this time was a result
of the "wait and see" policy
Seafarers being admitted adopted by the Union while the
to USPHS hospitals are urg
Wage Stabilization Board acted
ed to bring with them their on wage increases established
Union book or permit and earlier this year in the maritime
last discharge. The discharge industry. The Union felt that the
is necessary for admission "propitious moment" had now
and both papers are required arrived for calling the operators
for Seafarers to receive together to establish new. wage
weekly hospital benefits of rates for the members of the
the Welfare Plan.
SIU.
The hospital delegates urge
The board from which all jobs in the new Hall will be called as it appeared this week.
IN MEET^fG
that all patients have the pa
Workmen have since completed the job of putting the SIU emblem and the wording' "Seafarers
As the LOG went to press, a
pers ready when the dele
Rotary Shipping Board" along the top of the board. The overall measurements are 22 feet, 3
meetingvof the newly established
gate makes his visit.
inches long and 9 feet, 2 inches high. For the story of the new board, see page 3.
.
shipownerSIU committee was
being held in New York at 11
Broadway in the offices of the
Seafarers Welfare Plan. No an'
nouncement was made as to the
demands being made by the Un
ion either as to new wage rates
or "fringe" benefits.
The shipowners were assured
The threat of an immediate mendation in the union referen first work period and an increase talks for over a month and was that the joint committee would
of one and onefourth cents an conceded by the union to be its have no power to settle for any
' strike on tfie nation's water dum.
front faded this week, as one of The proposed settlement, af hour in its contribution to the biggest demand.
owner. Its task will be to develop
the three unions whose contracts fecting 65,000 • longshoremen in unibn welfare fund. .
The MM&P men, if the pact a pattern with the Union "that
expired oii September. 30 coii ports from Portland, Maine, to The AFL deck officers' pro is approved, will receive a 6.2 • will be fair to the industry and
in hegptiations and fWo Norfolk, Virginia, calls for a 10 posed settlement was farmed a wage increase, a fortyhour work fair to us." Paul Hall, SIU Sec
others srttled with the opera cent rise in the day rate to $2.10 victory for their members, who week at sea and in port, longer retaryTrea.surer and head of the
• icfrs. i' '• '
' ;• '• \ " and overtime rate to $3.15. "The will now operate from a hiring vacations, doubling of shipown Union's sixnian negotiating com
As the LOG went to press, the stevedoring companies have also hall for all positions below Mas er Contributions to the welfare mittee stated that the Union
SjUaffiliated Sailors Union of offered tme shape a day, a guar ter and First Mate; a point in fund, plu? a number of fringe will "work up a proposition for
(Continued on Page 3)
'the Pacific continued in negotia antee of four hpiurs' pay for the negotiations which hamstrung benefits. \
tions .with the Pacific Maritime
:Association, and no word had
[been received as to the po^si
[bilities of either a strike or a
The initial step in the 13th an As provided by the Union con ballot, nor will the post of SIU member for at least two years,
[settleihent.,
nual
election of officers to serve stitution, nominations for the of representative in Lake Charles, and have at least three years of
On the other two labor fronts,
the
Atlantic
& Gulf District for fices will be accepted until Oct La.
seatime in an unlicensed cap
,the International Longshoremen's
1952 has been taken
by the mem ober 15. Balloting will begin on The adopted resolution states acity, of which four months must
Association and the Masters,
'Mates & Pilots prepared to sub bership's adoption of a resolu November 1 and continue that because' of the fiuid ship be in the current year.
jimit contract settlements to their tion opening nominations for the through December 31 in all SIU ping resulting from the chaotic Candidates are also required
international situation, it is felt to submit with their qualifica
imemberships.' Both unions had election to begin November 1. A&G District Branches.
^continued their negotiatipns past The adopted resolution calls Any qualified man may put that the same number of official tions a recent regulation size
.the strike deadline to feaqh a for the filling of 29 elective posts himself in nomination by sub posts be filled as . last year, inas: passport photo and a 100word
in the District, the same number mitting to Headquarters in writ much as a reversal of the pres summary of their Union records.
.settlement.
.l: :The ILA's Atlantic Coast Dis filled in the 1950 elections. Nom ing his . intention to rxm for of ent trend could leave the Dis Photographs and statements of
the qualified candidates who will
dtrict. Council received, the .pro inations are now open to quali fice,. the post sought, plus the trict overstaffed.
necessary
proof
of
qualification.
Among
the
requirements
nec
fied Seafarers
who
desire
to run
appear on the
ballot will be pub
:posedsettlement this morning,
The
West
Coast
offices
of
the
essary
for
a
place
on
the
ballot
for
uhio^ offices.'
lished
in
the
SEAFARERS
LOG
'and the group will decide whe
(For position?, to be iUled'see District, being of a temporary are that a candidate be a citizen prior to the begihning of the
ither the proposition will be sub
nature, are not to W flUt.'. b3' of the United States, a full book voting period.
mitted with or without recom resolution on page 3.)
Papers
Threat Of Maritime Strike Fades
As Unions And Operators Agree
Nominations Are Opened For 29 A&G Elective Positions
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THE
EOC
Z^dair. Oetober «««4951
SEAFARERS LOG
FuRished Every Other Week by the
SfiAFAfifHtS INTERNATIWAL UNION
OF NORTH ABIERIUA
Atlantic and Gulf District
AfB^od wilh the Amwrican Fednatioa of X«abor '
At n Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y.
HAnoyer 227^1
Beentered as second class matter August 2, 1949, at .the Post
Office in New York, N.Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912.
267
Men Wanted
The nominations have opened for the A&G District's
13th annual election of officers to take the leadership of
<>pr Union during the coming year. The posts to be l^led
are the same as last year, which saw a realignment of
Headquarters positions to handle the increased adminis
frative work.
In 1951 the Union's officers did a praiseworthy job
in gaining new companies and ships, plus additional bene
fits for the membership. These men rate a vote of thanks
for a job well done.
The SIU, fortunately, has a large number of mem
bers who are qualified because of organizing, strike com
mittee and delegate experience to handle the elective posts
in the Union. Here is their opportunity to throw their
hats in the ring to help in the Union's daytoday battle
to improve the lot of the membership.
The nominations are now open and false modesty
should not deter a member who believes he has the savvy
to take on the responsibility of an official position.
Every member having the necessary qualifications
owes it to himself and the membership to stand up and
be counted. The membership deserves the right to have
the largest selection possible when the polls open on No
yember 1. Send in your qualifications today.
The Armed Dove
USPHS ttospitals Rank WItli The fii^l
BY JOE ALGINA
though in isolated cases they to seamen and federal employees.
If Seafarers think that the commies on the east coast
probably
were sloughed off.
Indicative of the high regard
waterfront evaporated into thin air when A1 Lannon, the The hospitals established for
in
which the USPHS hospitals
bead of the CP on the waterfront, was picked up on Smith the men of America's merchant The Union has made it a prac are held by the medical profes
tice to check up on all. claims of
Act charges by the FBI, they wouldchange their minds marine rank with the finest in mistreatment and, pveralli has sion, the ' USPHS Division . of
the country, and offer the best
if they had been on the waterfronts of New York, Phila surgical, medical and psychiatric found that the men of the SIU Hospitals conducts postgradtii
^delphia and Baltimore recently.
care available, though it was get the best the hpspital has to ate training programs for physi
cians, dentists pnd nurses;
. ,
Simultaneously in these three important east coast less than five years ago that the offer.
The
American
Medical
Asso
FOR ILL SEAMEN
jports, propaganda leaflets aimed at the seamen and long service in these hospitals was of
has approved eleven a#
substandard quality.
The marine hospitsds (as, they ciation
.'fihoremen were distributed along the piers. All leaflets were
the
hospitals
for intern training
The vast improvement has were cailed until June of this
of
physicians and
niJ^e haye j|S|a
the same tone: highly critical of the east coast inaritime come about through the efforts year>
were first established in tal inteihships approved
by /the
labor unions arid the US policy toward Russia.
of the Seafarers International 1796 • to furni^ safe havens
American
Dental
Association.
The leaflets, prepared by various "peace committees,*' Union and other maritime groups where ill seamen could receive
In T^eise insfitutiqiri the
purport to. speak for soldiers in Korea, longshoremen and in conjunction with the TJnitied proper treatment regardless of terhs work under the best sp^
States Public Health Service,'the financial condition.
;«eamen, all critical of the "war policy" of the US "fos government agency in charge of
cialists in the country. ...
Under the original set^up, sea
tered by ^all Street and the Pentagon." Prominent in the hospitals.
men paid 20 cents a month , of;
one leaflet was the report from Harry Bridges' uniofi in As a result of Conferences in their wage toward the /support]
yrhich a resolution had been adopted calling for "immediate New York, Baltimore and other of the hospitals, though the
withdrawal of both sides from the 38 th parallel as the port cities between the Union funds were srifficient to coyer;
and the. USPHS, changes were the expeiises in^ only 34. of flic
surest way to peace."
gradually made in the hospit^'i 73 years the deduction wasi The SlUaffiliated Marine Al
In Philadelphia, the leaflets were aimed at sabotaging general operation aqd staffs tbatt maintained.
lied Workers scored an impres;.
^ the contract negotiating sessions of the International Long brought the service to Seafarersi lAter an • increased tax was siye victory in its recent 2day ;
shoremen's Association by dividing the imion's member oh a par with the best of private .made, and ^ still later tonnage: strike against tfle Jahncke Sery^
highpriced institutions.
ship in a critical hour.
tax was imposed on vessels from ice Company of, New Qrleansj
This •
high
quality
of
service
foreign ports. In 1906; thOv taxes, operators of five tugboats.
The communists on the eastern waterfront, now
and treatment continues in all were abandoned and Congress The victory gained for the tu^
4 relatively weak group compared to the west coast, have at the 22 Ul^PHS installations. assumed the total cost of the workers pay increases up to 66
iounded the opening of a new offensive. The Kremlin line There have been, however, hospitals. >
percent and over twice the . time
today is peace. The dove of peace is the symbol of com rumblings from Sharers of be The 22 hospitals.,now in op off . previously allowed, 'thornas
munists throughout the world. Russia is shown to the ing given the runaround and eration vary in size from, 30 tp. Doyle, Jl^W Representative, an
Workingmen and women of the world as the country de made to wait in admissions of 754 beds. Eighteen are general nounced.
fices while federal employees. hospitals, two are. TBsanatoria, The MAW strike involved tba
irirous of peace, while the US is intent upon building up Coast Guardsmen and their fam ^ne is primarily for neuropsy cooks and deck hands aboard
nn Atlantic Pact army and waging an aggre^iye war in ilies were processed ahead of chiatric patients and the hospital the ships ., and boosted coolu^
J
at\Carville, Louisiana, is the Na wages from $135 per month to
Korea. The norinal desire of everyone for peace is the them.
The seamen have felt, with tional Leprosarium. The hospi $220 and deck hands' from $130
weak point being sought by the commies,
justification, that the hos tals total an average of well over to ,$207. Time off formerly wai
r
Where the commies here, once controlled unions, they some
pitals were established primarily 200 admissions daily.
4 days for every 28 days work
• fiow must resort to peddling of their propaganda at pier for the use of merchant seamen Appropriate in today's war oh ed, and under the new contrad
«ide. Where they can't get a foothold in a union, they and .only in recent years have drug addiction, the' hospitals at is 7 days off for eVery 21 worked.
Attempt to ?mear the officials. It's ,a xiew Tine, but not the facilities been extended to Fort Worth, Texas, and L^ingr ^ fte strike the SlUaffiliate
ton, 'Kentucky, which spTCialize, received the complete suppoit'
one that will fool many seamen. The US may not be others.
The claims "by the. seafnen that in narcotic cases, el's ^handling of the New Orleans Bnmch qjli
|»^fect, biit it is feng past
when seamen can be they are being treated as second increased numbers of patients; fei>'BIUand local unions, mnong
iookd by a dove, of
ki^iing a cannon under its wing. class ' patiehts Is a bit strong. These hospffais are hot restricted fthemfhe'teamsters.
.
Strike Vltoit By MAW
�OelolMZ &bl«SL
THE SEAFARERS
LOG
Pag« ThrM
lll^olutioti On A&C Elections Revolutionary
Shipping Board
In New HQ HaH
following adopted resolution putsinto motion the nominating
machinery for the referendum to determine 1952 officials in A&G Head
GARDNER
quarters and Branches.
Nominees will, if qualified, go on the referendum ballot to be voted
I SAN RAN%SCO, Oct. 1
l|hings ^e ^^ready hopping here on by the membership in all ports during November and December, as pro
Workmen in the new Head
ip Friscoi;'Canii< wi5 report is sort vided for in the SIU Constitution.
quarters building this week put
being wZitJen on the fly.
the finishing touches on the
Text of the Resolution follows:
"heart of the Union," the new
i Shipping is only fair in this WHEREAS: It has been customary for the Union to determine annually by resolution
Seafarers Rotary Shipping Board
I^rt There were only four pay
what elective offices shall be placed on the ballot for each annual election other being installed in the soonto
<WsTt^ Arizpa, Young Ameri
beinoperation Hiring Hall.
than those provided for in the Constitution, and
and Police de LCon (Water
man) and the Clarfcsburi|'^^iS^<^ • WHEREAS: Since the last election many changes have occufed in the industry which The revolutionary hiring board
—a far departure from the conr
libry (Mississippi) — but af^ge
will affect our organizational life, economically and otherwise, and
^number of ships hit herSJ'. Ih WHEREAS: The Union, because of present emergency shipping conditions, has had ventional blackboard—^is an im
pressive structure of plexiglass,
;^nsit. There were some befefs
4
to enlarge the working staff of the Union, and
stainless steel and cold cathode
l|iat cazPe up, but all were minor '
wd '^re. squared away with no VHEREAS: These Conditions are subject to change overnight by the political forces tubes standing over nine feet
difficulty.
of the world, for these reasons, it is felt that we should place a minimum high and twentytwo feet long,
over which is being mounted
number of elective officers on the ballot,
'
READY TO HELP
the Seafarers" wheel emblem and
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That th|? following offices be placed on a refer the words "Seafarers Rotary
K Among the things that made
endum balFot for the annual election of the Seafarers International Union of Shipping Board" in large block
tliis a busy port was helping
letters.
North America, Atlantic and Gulf Distpct, for the year 1952.
our affiliate, the BME,' in theff
HEADQUARTERS:
BOSTON:
courageous fight
against the
HEARING COMPLETION
1 SecretaryTreasurer
1 Agent
ciommies. The entire resources
1. Assistant
SecretaryTreasurer
PHILADELPHIA:
(Elsewhere in the new building
ofthe West Coast Branches are
3
Headquarters
Representatives
1
Agent
work
was rapidly nearing com
ab'^ their disposal, should the
NEW. YORK:
BALTIMORE:
pletion. The contractor expressed
SIU Engineers need them. And
2 Deck Department Patrolmen
1 Agent
•
belief that the Union would be
they, know it» as does the SUP,
2
Engine
Department
Patrolmen
1
Deck
Department
Patrolman
able to begin occupancy within
prhich is in the middle of stalled
2 Stewards Department Patrolmen
1 Engine Department Patrolman
two weeks.)
negotiation's with the operators
NORFOLK:
1 Stewards Department Patrolman
The first such hiring board of
Jwre
.
'•
1 Agent
TAMPA:
its
type anywhere in the world
As you have'rSad in the LOG
SAVANNAH:
I Agent
is
framed
in a heavy border of
.the past few issues, the member
1 Agent
MOBILE:
stainless
steel,
with the sections
^ip has Voted to give allout
NEW ORLEANS:
1 Agent
designating
the
names of the
aid—^mbral, physical and finan
1 Agent
2 Joint Patrolmen
ships
and
the
departments
made
cial—to bur SUP Brothers, if
1 Deck Department Patrolman
GALVESTON:
of
plexiglass,
a
noninflammable,
the operators force a strike. The
1" Engine Department Patrolman
1 Agent
nonbreakable material.
same, of course, is true should
1 Stewards Department Patrolman
1 Joint Patirolman
Overall, the board is assembl
the MMSEP and the other mem
AND
BE
IT FURTHER
RESOLVED;
That
if, during
the
year, it
becomes
necessary
ed
of several "floating" panels,
ber imions of the AFL Maritime
to open
additional
offices,
the staffing
of
such
offices
shall
be
left
to
the
dis
which
allow for expansion and
Trades Department hit the
cretion of the Secretary ^Treasurer, subject to approval of the membership, contraction caused by. tempera
bricks.
ture changes.
and
ATTENDED CONVENTION
DIFFERENT COLORS •
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the three (3) Headquarters Representatives
jWe also attended the AFL
shall work under the direction of the SecretaryTreasurer or Assistant Secre The section for the names of
convention here in San, Fran
taryTreasurer assisting him in the carrying out of the duties as outlined in the ships is in white, remarks
cisco as dielegate from the Sea
the Constitution for this office. They shall be paid the same as Assistant Sec are in green and the departments
farers International Union, along
are in tan.
witlv, Harry Lundeberg, Les
retaryTreasurer.
'
Boliingbr, 'Jimmy Waigh, Hany BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Headquarters Branch of the Union as pro In the lines where the names
of the ships and the number of
Johnspn and Whitey Hawk.
vided for in the Constitution shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary jobs to be called will be insert
; The convention ran fpr ten
Treasurer and that he shall be empowered to appoint one of the Headquarters ed are 6,500 pins, each fivathir
days and covered quite a lot of
Representatives to assist him in the maintaining of same whenever necessary. tyseconds of an inch in size and
territory. All in all, it was a
fruitful meeting and , all hands BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That, inasmuch as the Atlantic and Gulf District seveneighths of an inch apart,
onto which will be placed the
should come out ahead.
Halls on the West Ckjast are of a temporary nature, these officers not be letters or numerals desired.
By the" next issue of the LOG,
listed on the referendum ballot, and
Behind the board, furnishing
we should have more time, and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED: That in addition to the regular Constitutional re the illumination, which will
Jthat will mean a more detailed
quirements, each candidate for office shall furnish with his acceptance for make the job calls visible
report.
throughout the Hiring Hall, .are
office a regulation passport picture of recent taking, as well as a statement of 81
cold cathode Igmps tied to
not more than 100 words, giving a brief summary of his Union record and thirteen high voltage transform
activities, such picture and statement to be run in the SEAFARERS LCXJ ers. The lamps are controlled
just prior to commencement of voting. This to be done in accordance with and diffused to give a nanimum
previous membership action to familiarize the membership with the names, of surface glare and heat.
UNIONMADE
faces and records of all candidates for office.
{Continued from Page 1)
The original idea for the board
PAUL HALL, 190
AL KERR, 29314
was arrived at in conferences of
the shipowners to be thrashed ROBERT A. MATTHEWS, 154
JOE ALGINA, 1320
the building committee, and was
but In the committee meetings." JOSEPH H. VOLPIAN, 56
FRENCHY MICHELET, 21184 turned over to the Pearl Neon
The 12man joint committee
Company of New York for de
elected at the October 3 meeti
signing and construction.
ing consists of the following:
In the manufactme of the
board, three AFL unions pooled
For the SIU: SeeretaryTieas
By RAY WHITE
inger. Jack Front and Jimmy farer pays off here fresh from their skills: Local 137, Sheef
• urer Paul Hall, chairman of the
Guthrie.
New York. He is immediately metal Workers; Local 3, Inter
t/riio'h's committee; "^Cal Tanner, TAMPA, Sept. 27—One payoff
pumped for all he knows about national Brotherhood of .Electric
An
illustration
of
how
quick
Mobile Agent; Lindsey Williams, was the extent of our business
a man, can be separated from the new spot, and woe unto him al Workers, and Local 230 of the
Gulf Coast Representative and during the past two weeks, his payoff was shown us follow if his memory is none too sharp. Sign Writers Union.
though ive handled six ships in
^ew Oijleans, Agent; Earl Shep transit. The payoff was the Wa ing the payoff of the Wacosta.
pard, Baltimore Agent, Robert costa, which came in after four The Patrolman gave the boys
Matthews, Headquarters Repre and onehalf months. The in the usual warning that the night
spots here are all clip joints and
sentative, arid Morris Wcisberger, transit ships were Gateway City,
Page 4
left them following the 7 PM Report of Seafarers Welfare Plan
Across The NaRori
Page 5
SUP East Coast Representative, Azalea City, Iber^.'ille, Warrior payoff.
(Watrinrian), Edith (Bull) and
News
From
The
Ships
.Pag©
6
' representing the, International. Catahoula (Cuba Distilling).
One fellow chose to investi
Minutes of
Shipboard
Meetings
Page
7
gate the Patrolman's claim. He
For the Companies: ^ Charles
Pages 8,9
Despite the lack of boom ship can now report the Patrolman Seatrain Georgia Completes Maiden Trip
Logan; Mississippi Shijpping Cqm
Letters
From
the
Membership
Page 10
ping here, we have few book was absolutely right, for by 9
pariy; Randall' Schilling,; Alcoa
Here's
What
I
Think
Page
13
men on . the beach. Men with a PM (a record) he was found
Steamship Company; Captairi W.
Maritime
Roundup
Page
13
rating usually last about two or drunk and rolled for his payoff
E. Anthony, Waterriaari Steam
Personals
:
Page
14
tjluee days around here, and then of over $700.
ship Company ; Captain Milton
Reports
From
Branch
Agents:
they're seen no more.
That incident was the topic of Borion
WiUiamsi Bull Liries; 'Captain
Page 4 Seattle
Page 13
Oldtimers drift in here occa discussion around here for a Mobile
G/ E. Schultz, Eastern Steam
Page 4 Galveston
Page IS
ship Company, and Captain J. sionally. We had Dude Carpen day or so, but the consistent item Baltimore
Page 5 New Orleans
Page 15
^oughman. With Wendell Larig ter, in here recently for the first of discussion is the progress of Lake Charles
Page 5 Savannah
Pasre 15
«3 alternate, Isthmian Steamship time in a couple of years. Other the new building in New York. Wilmington
Page 5 '
bldtimers around are Ralph Seck . Every once in awhile a Sea
Company.
'
h Wi^e Talks
Rated Men Don't Stay Lang in Tampa
IN THIS ISSUE
�Page Four
TBB SEdFARERS LOG
Mobile Shipping
Maintains Pace
By CAL TANNER
MOBILE, Sept. 26—Shipping
continues at a rapid pace in this
.TL
.
port, with a total of 231 ship
ped in the last two weeks.
By PAUL HALL, Secretary^Treasurer, SIU, A&G district,;
SHJ Welfare Plan Trustees
During this period we paid
off the Warrior, Morning Light,
Each week the Seafarers Welfare Flanwill make lis report to the membership of the Atlantic and Gulf Distripl
Iberville and the Monarch of the
thrdugh
the SEAFARERS LOG. Included*will,be the names of the men recetvin^ hoapital benefits., the amounts paid# the
Seas (Waterman) and the fol
of the Plan on Ju^
lowing Alcoa ships: the Runner, hoapltals In which they arh receiving treatnient. and the total arnonat paid out siaeethe
paid
r beneficiari'^
Pennant, Cavalier and Corsair. L 1950. Also included in the report will be the names of the men who have died and
in addition to the replace
S^ei^ef ^ r^ Septet
22
ments we sent to these ships, Period Covered By This Report
we supplied full crews to three
$147;2S8.09
ships taken from the laid up Cash On Hand
fleet, the George Gibbs (Water
'"if.
$754,023.44
man), and the Rudolph Kauff US Government Bonds
mann and Martin Behram (Al
Estimated Accounts Receivable
'
$140:000 00
coa).
The next two weeks should Hospital Benefits Paid In This Period
$3,890.00
hp as good with eight offshore
and four coastwise ships due in Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1/1950
for payoffs, in addition to what
ever intransits come our way. Death Benefits Paid This Period
$8,000.00
At the Branch meeting held
tonight, the SecretaryTreasurer's Total Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
Al
$90,000.00
financial reports and Headquar
ters report to the membership
Little change from the last report can be found working nrder and is in no danger of going under, as
were read and accepted by the
meeting. The Agent and Patrol as the Seafarers Welfare Plan continues on its way in a has happened_in. the past to other plans that started o£[
men gave their reports, which most healthy condition. The payments to the men in in a blaze of glory and soon ended in the red.^ i
were concmred in. The resolu
There can be no doubt but that the Plan is a com
tion on the election for the 1952 the hospitals continues with little change and the monies
fort
to the members of the SIU, knowing that they will
officials were read and also ap paid out to the beneficiaries of deceased Seafarers showed
• receive a modest sutn of money whUe layed up, and that
proved.
In the US Public Health Ser neither a rise nor a drop.
a sizeable lump of; money will go to their .beneficiaries
vice Hospital in Mobile are the
In the eleven preceding reports the steady growth should they die.
following Brothers, who would and expansion of the Fund has been outlined to the
The men currently in the hospitals are the ones col
like to hear from their friends: membership. Now, after better than a year of operation,
lecting the money now, and though they are a small
Tim Burke, William Gray, BUI
there is little
to be noted or
reported on.
The Plan
began
fraction
of the membership. Seafarers can take comfort
Champlin; R. Barrett and J.
modestly ^nd gradually enlarged payments and death in knowing that their Union Brothers are being well
Jones.
Oldtimers on the beach at the benefits while the cash reserve continued to grow.
taken care of. Most fellows feel that they aren't the
present—and not for long, the
The sizeable amount of money iavested in govern
ones who get sick, and dying is a long Way off, but fate
way shipping is these days—are
ment
bonds
is
a
good
solid
basis
on
which
the
trustees
deals off the bottom soitietimes and no one knows who
R. TuberviUe, J. Moore, Red
will be next.
"
Turner, Pete Morris and , Joe can relax, in the knowledge that the Plan is in good
Ryan.
Brother Ryan, who has been
"Listed below are ihe Brothers who have received becpUtl heaefits during the period covered by this twoweek
saUing SlU ships as Chief Cook report, the hospitals they were in and the amounts they wwe paid.
^
'
since 1943, recently paid off the
USPHS HOSPITAL
Parker, Everett G. ......
10.00 Marines, Andrew ............... 20.00 Pederson, Holger30.66
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
Perreira, Joseph L
10.00 Pierson," Schuyler J.
10.00 Rabe, Paul
30.o6
Ashurst, J
$20.00 Pritchett, George W.
10.00 Sanderlin, Roswell A, ;....; ^20.00 Wilmoth, V. E.
30.00
Burke, R. J. P
20.00 Reier, George H.
20.00 Snipes, Fred M.
—... 40,00
Cara, Wilson O
20.00 Scott, Arvis A.
20.00 Thomas, Edwin
10.00
, $180.00
Celestine, Oliver
20.00 Sonnier, Wilfred ....
.... 10.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Cook, Lawrence D
30,00 Swienchoski, Stanley
10.00
$290.00
BOSTON, MASS,
, /
Cruz, Rogelio
10.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Gay,
Drew
.....1.
$26.00
Everett, Jesse T
10,00
$270.00
MEMPHIS, TENN.
Meinerth, F.
10.00
Foster, Melvin C.
20.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Ayres, Willis E. Jr.
$20.00 Pearce, Irvin T.
10,^06
Gross, E. E.
20.00
NORFOLK, VAi.
USPHS HOSPITAL
Peck,
B,
E.
/ 20,00
Hardeman, W. T
30.00
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
VoUrloiimis, George
30.00
......... $10.0b
Homen, John
10.00 Allen, Rupert....
Walker,
Silvester
$40.00
Bailey,
Otis
C.
10.00
Howard, George
20.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
40.00
$90,00
Kelly, D. D
20.00 Blanks, Claude F.
GALVESTON. TEXAS
Demers,
Charles
E,
.1...
USPHS HOSPITAL
30,00
Kiiski, Toivo
20.00
20.00 Bivins, Auman A.
$10.00 FORT STANTON. N. MEX. .
Lang, Leo H.
20.00 Donald, William J.*...
Gower,
Thomas
M.
.....
20.00
$40.0$
Burford, Fred W.
10.00 McDonald, Donald
Lee, Theodore E
20.00
Halenda,
Theodore
D.
20.00
Shively,
Cllarence
D,
.../l,
80,06
Collins,
James
E.
....
20.00
Mayrbat, John
20.00
Horton,
Roger
W
20.00
Drake,
John
C
20.00
McDonald, Sam
20.00
10.60 Goings,. E. C.
20.00
$126.00
Perry, W. A. ....
10.00 Jones, Alva H. .............
Lentton, Jack.H.
l(k00
Hagaa^
F,
E.
10.00
(Continued on Page I S) > V:
Raana, K
20.00
JOE RYAN
Ray, Claude C
20.00
Schupstick, John
10.00
10.00
SS Phillip Barboxir (Waterman) Sorensoh, G. A
in Mobile. Everyone seemed well Summerell, Charles H. .... 10.00
io.OO
pleased with his chow, for there Teague, J. A.
By JIMMY SHEEHAN
Yorkmar (Calmar), which last was veiy willing, and he went
Terrell, Edward
10.00
were no beefs aboard this ship
supplied a little excitranent.
to work.
20.00 BOSTON; Sept. 26Shipping
"in that respect, even though she Tickle, Lomie R
But that wasn't all. The First
Fh?st
of
all,
the
Lumber
Car
10.00 has been^eod here these past
had been out four and a half Tostet, Horace H
Assistant
put his paws in the
riers
Drivers,
which
is
part
of
months.
Wiggins, J. D. ,
lo.OO two weeks,with nine payoffs and
salad bowl, and was told by the
our
affiliate,
the
ILA,
had
some
four signons. Cities Servlee
Joe at the present time Is
toouble with this wagoni I went Messman hot to do it. The Firat
visiting Callahan's Bar and Grill,
$490.00 headed the payoff list with four to meet vdth" the terminal op invited the Messman out on the
ships: the PaoU, Fort Hoskins,
which he claims is the only
USPHS HOSPITAL
dock (really a busy place), and
Chiwawa and the Lone Jack. erators in the morning and the was he a sorry sight!
Irish bar here in Mobile. He is
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
port
authorities,
and the
whole
others were the CarrabuUe
also catching up with the SEA Wise, Joseph P,
$40.00
Never a dull moment in this
(Cuba
Distilling), Michael (Car matter was Straightened iii our business;'^
FARERS LOG, and was particu
USPHS HOSPITAL
favor
that same
day.
ras), Wanda (Epiphany), Monte
BALTIMORE, MD.
larly interested in the articles
There was no meeting in this
AGGRESSOR
$20.00 bello Hills (Western Tankers)
on the Cooks and Bakers School AUred, Warner
port for the usual .Tea8onhO
theUnion wiU open in the New Bernard, Alfred
20.00 and ihe Stony Creek (American The other trouble was • strictly
guorum. Among the members
Headquarters Hall in Brooklyn. Daldorff, Torleif
from' some wouldbe bad actors who have been here ^ring i this
20.00 ^ramp Development).
Being a member of the stew Dembroski, Michael J. . 10.00
SIGNONS
aboaM the ship. A permit didn% period were: Joe :Preshongj; Toim
ards department, he is particu DuBeau, Lawrence A. ... 20.00 The vessels signing on were like the way he Was called to go Fleming, G; McCarthy, Joe Cash,
• lariy concerned in seeing to it lannoli, Chester
20.00 the Michael, iMontebello. Hills, on watefa, so ha invited the Red Rhodes, Tony Merlesena^
that the xrewmembers get good Kerr, James L
2000 I Stony : CsOek and theThnothy Brother who called him to go Bobby Collins,
Lee; Ed Ha;
grub, and he sees in the school King, Arthur R
laoo Dwight (Eastewn),
__ out ou the' d^k4o;/ his sorrow. toanaty, Jim /Beresford, Bob
a guarantee that Beafarers will Mellon, William I.
10.00 Among thd^e 7V^ed intrarasit Then he got hasty with me MAUphy, Joe De
iicte Jom
10,00 were the dSteel Marnier/and Steel aaid ^wanted to take me diit IMJ ides, George Iterr, , Aw Bwt*
continue to be the best fed sea Morris, John Anga
iMorrison; jack D.
20.00 SuTveyer (Igthmian) ar»a the the dQekiihtu he saw that I
men afloat.
and l^ly McK
REPORT NUMBER TWELVE
: >•
$7O.2#4;0$
�Friday. Octobar 5. 1951.
THE SEAF ARERS
LOG
Page FiT»
Port Baltimore Finds Seif
In TopNotch Condition
i.
By EARL SHEPPARD
performers are becoming fewer
BALTIMORE, Sept. 26 —This and fewer here and, like model
port is in excellent shape—ship generals, should soon quietly fade
ping has been extra good during away. Those that do have the
By A. G. DEE
this last twoweek period, what guts to come around are quickly
with more than 400 jobs ship taken care of by the member
HOW LOW CAN THEY GET? Credit the Pratt and Whitney aircraft manufactur ped, and our organizational ap ship, either at the meeting or
ing plant in South Toriington, Conn., with a new low (or high) in intimidation. Represen paratus in full swing aiding the aboard ship.
tatives of ttie AFL International Association of Machinists, which is striking the plant, BME in its beef and prepared to Just one more word before wo M
off. Being a big port, wo
eiharged that'a company helicopter had molested orderly strikers by flying dangerously go allout to help the SUP if sign
always have a complement of
they
are
forced
to
go
out
on
low over picketlines. A union official said that he was contemplating filing a formal com strike for a new contract.
Seafarers in the US Public
plaint t(?ith the Civil Aeronautics Commission. He said the aircraft circled at an altitude On the shipping side, 23 ships Health Service Hospital here.
, of about 25'feet over the pickets while a passenger took pictures.
paid off here, 24 signed on and Few situations are more lonely
' A spokeanah for the company admitted that its helicopter had been in the area at 12 vessels hit this port intrans than being in the repair shop.
So, if you can, drop" in and see
it, which is a lot of traffic.
the time. 'Nuf said!
The few beefs that came up these unfortunate Brothers and
were of a minor nature and give them a lift. If you're not in
• ; WANTED: A WINNER. The Republican party, which has been urging its adherents routine, and were all squared port, a letter is almost as goodL
to "just wait until next trip" ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt succeeded Herbert lloov .away to the satisfaction of all They're both pretty good me<R
cine.
• *"
er at the national helm in 1932, is beginning to gun for the 1952 presidential elections. concerned.
On
the
organizational
front,
Desperate for a winner; the party wheelhorses are booming Generaf Eisenhower as the
.GOP candidate, although the General is reported to have said that he would seek the the membership has responded
wholeheartedly to the appeal of
nomination only if he felt it nece^sa^ to do so for the preservation of the North Atlantic our
affiliate, the Brotherhood of
Treaty Organization.
Marine Engineers, toi aid in their
A nationwide poll of the delegates to the 1944 and'1948 Republican National Con drive to bring the seagoing En
ventions revealed Senator Taft as the top choice for the chief executive's post. The poll gineers under the banner of the
was conducted by the National Republican Roundup Conunittee, which was. organized AFL.
We are also on record to help
soon after the party's fifth national defeat in 1948.
By SAM COHEN
the SUP with all the material
A last roundup, maybe? .
; '
and physical strength in our WILMINGTON, Sept. 26—The
possession, if they have to go weather continues cool, the ship
ping hot and the women lone
A NATIONAL LABOR DAILY LOOMS. Theoutcome of a ciirrent drive to solicit out to get their demands.
some,
because they cannot find
PLEDGED
AID
30^000 subscription pledges from trade unionists will determine whether or not the coun
The same, of course, applies to men. I have the same trouble, sd
try's first national daily labor newspaper will become a reality.
the other members of the Mari if anyone wants to ship, come
The campaign is being financed out of profits made in Pittsburgh, Pa., last fall, time Trades Department — the a'nmning—we can use you, no'
when 12 AFL newspaper unions joined forces with the American Newspaper Guild to ILA Longshoremen, Masters, matter what the rating.
publish A daily paper for five weeks. Members of the union went into the publishing Mates and Pilots and Radio Ope Although we had no payoffe
business after all local dailies closed down during a dispute with the Mailers Union. rators Union—who are currently and no signons, furnishing re
placements for thirteen intrans
Besides labor news, the proposed labor diily, which would be known as the National in negotiations with their con it
ships swept the beach prac
tracted operators.
Reporter, would include political and foreign news of interest to trade unionists and In tonight's meeting, matters tically bare. About the only ones
information on government regulations and activities. The paper would be published five werq more or less routine. Min around are Red Braunstein, Max
utes of previous meetings were Byers, Rocky Melone, Studs Lon
days a week.
accepted, as were the Secretary ergan, A1 Coniardo and Doc Mor
StOPPULLINGOURLEG DEPARTMENfT. On the Avenue of the Americas and 50th Treasurer's financial reports cov an.
the last two weeks, and The intransit vessels were the
Street, in New York City, the Bickford cafeteria chain recently opened a plush4ooking ering
Headquarters report to the mem Seacomet (Colonial), Lafayette,
eatery which it calls Longley's. Framed in one of the windows is an award given to the bership.
Fairport, Yaka and Warhawk
Bickford company by the Freedom Foundation "for awakening America to a better un Also accepted was the resolu (Waterman), Royal Oak and
tion setting up the machinery Archers Hope (Cities Service),
derstanding of our American way of life."
for
the election of A&G officials Margaret Brown (Bloomfield),
' Outside, members of AFL Cafeteria Employees, Local 302, are picketing for a union
for the year of 1952. In Good Seamar (Calmar), Holystar (Tri
contract. Freedom Foundation, by the way, is the brainchild of a group of large indus and Welfare several Brothers ton), Steel Rover, Steel Traveler
trial corporations and has a decided antilabor smell. Organi?:ed labor and other liberal hit the deck to speak on mat and Las Vegas Victory (Isth
groups intent on preserving pur essential rights have put thumbs down on the Freedom ters that concerned the'Union. mian).
ADVANCE WORD
It is pleasant to report" that
Foundation, which hafe a nicesounding name but little else to recommend it.
The Seacomet sent in its call
for replacements two days in
advance, complying with m.y re .
quest that the Union be given
time to get the men.
we have been able to raise our The Las Veg£is Victory had a
Upon the old standby, New Or
By LEROY CLARK
wages and better our working beef about painting the mess
leans, for some replacements and,
LAKE CHARLES, Sept. 28 — as usual,,they were on the baU
conditions and get job security, halls and foc'sles. The Skipper .
From the land of mosquitoes, —^so everything worked out fine.
and thus raise our morale and was spoken to, and the crew is
^ats, flying ants and the "Ha
selfrespect.
Today, we take our on it now. The Second Cook and
The only thing lacking around
dacol Kid": Greetings.
hat
off
to
no
one."
Baker on this scow, a permitman,
these here parts are the old
I have just arrived here to"
timers. We never see any of
The young feUows around the was pulled off for being gassed
take over Brother Terpe's duties
them for they like to make NO
Hell listened intently to Brother up continually, and replaced by ^
©r, I should say, try to fill, his,
and grab off the glamorwagon
Mann, and ,aU seemed impressed someone who'U do the job.
shoes, a tough job. EverythingK
This Branch is all set to go all'
jobs.
by
what he . said.
of course, was in fine shape
out to support the SUP if they
CHARTER MAN
• when I got hei^e,
HADACOL KID
have to hit the»bricks. They will
Shipping ttoiti . this port still Speaking of oldtimers, one did
be
fighting for better conditions
Some of us went up Sunday—
kemains good for rat'ed men and drop in. • 'Brother Derwood Mahn,
in
the maritime
industry, and, as
September 23 — and listened to
ixQt too slow for imrated men. who holds book number 92,
always, the SIU will be in thera
the "Hadacol Kid," otherwise
A week, and anyone can be gone, joined the SIU back in October,
Dudley LeBlanc, candidate for with fuU support.
for we have been swamped with 1938—the. month and year this
Many of the seamen of both
Governor.
calls since the last f^eport..
Union was foimded.
the SIU and SUP are concerned
Contributing to, thi? situation Brother Mann has seen quite
He made the openijag speech about the Japanese peace treaty,
were the Paoli, Council Grove, a few changes in seamen's con
of his campaign here^ What a which did notlung to protect the
Lone Jqck, Bents Fort, Winter ditions since then, and he knows
lot of promises he made! If he American maritime industry
Hills, Abiqua (Cities Service), who is responsible for them—
were only elected! Like all the against the low wage scale and
and the Bull , Run and Petrolite the SIU.
DERWOOD MANN
rest, he takes credit for aU the poor conditions on Japanese
(Mathiasen),, ' ,
"None of, the benefits we en
good things that have been done ships, which give them an unfair
joy today," he said, "was given ning and a tight, closeknit or since time began, and his ene advantage.
SOME PAID OFF
mies did aU the bum stunts.
In the prewar days the low
Along came the W. E. ,Down to us by the bighearted ship ganization.
ing, also of Mathiasen, but she owners. Instead we had to fight "I've also noticed,", he said, Jack Dempsey was on the Japanese standards and chiselin||::
being on articles for a north every inch qf the way, and we "that the attitude of shoreside show and got more attention tactics of their shipowners diA^
of Hatter^ payoff» the only ones must never lose sight of this people toward seamen has than aU the rest, including Le much to depress wages and con
ditions for seamen all over the
,
who got off were by mutual conr fact.'i
changed, and we are considered Blanc, combined.
Mann
said
he
thought
that
world.
sent. Twelve of the boys paid
'different kind' of seamen.
Well,
let
me
sign
off
for
now
No meeting coiild be held hewi;
of
all the
things
we
enjoy
today
off and we were able to ship
and
run
outvto
see
if,
by
look
"I
wonder
if
these
people
due
to a scarcity,.of membera^ ^"1
the
Welfare
and
Vacation
Plans
all the replaceihents.
.
ing,..up. a tree,
I can^ find> an
AB,
realize
that ff
we
have
changed
and,
I am fiappy to report, At 1
are
the
best
]^e
pointed
out
She took a Steward and a
Or
maybe
an.animal,
t
hat
would
Snyj
it
is
due
to
the
fact
that
this writing there is no SHI mam:
that
these
would
not
have
J
jeen
Cliiaf Cook and those w^ the
in the nwaine. hospitaL
ihi^ougb < ourc. own uiganizaiicn do for one.
tidy ratings. We had
eaJi possible withojfi caxsli^:
• i
Wikimgtmi Gds
Mom: There Are
He Men On Beach
Even Entry Ratings Have He Difficulty In Lake Charles
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�Page Six
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Pzid«r« Opkohw 5r ^ml3
I5K.—
• • X •
'j''y: 'ji0frinnntBm ..
Near^East Oil Crisii^ Gets A Chuckle
Boils Around Seamagic
By SALTY PICK
Occupying a front seat in the Persian Gulf during
~r
the outbreak of the Iranian oil crisis was but one event in
Jim Crown reciting poems to
1'rujillo IS a very nice plaCci J"
the long voyage that never seems to end for the crew of
the crew before the meVies start lb visit, but the Customs there 1
and receiving a big hancU His
the SS Seamagic, Colonial*
are getting to be too strict. '
Although the ship had only
favorite
is about "His Majesty"
tanker. After ten months. three crew replacements during
, . Geo. Boney has retired from Anyone going ashore there will
the ship is in South Ameri the trip, Matulewicz attributed
the sea for a spell to continue be searched thoroughly. The
can waters with little pros the fact to the men being good
his Studies in Georgia "l5." He most^ iampus seamati is, buried
intends to be a mopthpiece here,, acpprding. to reports. Re;^
pects of seeing the States Union men rather than being sa
tisfied with the ship. "If these
(lawyer) . . . There are'qtiite a ferring tQ Chris, Cplumbus
for awhile.
companies expect men to stay
few
good bakers sailing SIU but
The stCry of the Seamagic's on their ships unusually long
The
Seatrain
Havana's
Deck
Chris
Vioss ranks vamon^ ; toe Early Punch is back in Ne^;>i.
errant travels was reported to times, they should keep the ships
Engineer,
Capps,
enjoys
a
best. There is, nothing in this York, but as soon as the snow' ^
the LOG by former crewmem in good running order and with
laugh
al
the
«eaciioa
he
gets
field, he can not do . . . Since statoi falling yott will be see: ^
ber Bernard Matulewicz, who full stores," Matulewicz con
to
one
of
his
jokes.
Lester
Eddie Parr got married he s^ms ing him in the Swamps of ''
was AB on the ship for nearly cluded.
Louisiana^
M V •
Moore
took
the
photo.
to be a contented perscm. '
ten months and paid off on mu
The laugh of the • week whs '!
tual consent in Curacao recently.
when a fellow officer of a cerr ^
According to Brother Matule
tain ship was trying to date a
wicz the Seamagic had spent
girl.
When, she resisted his. at
eight months in European^ Mid
tention;
he replied: "I'm ah of
If the Bosun of the Robin Trent finds one of his deok men. doinjg his
dle Eastern and Far Eastern wa
ficer,
you
know you are ~ bettet
ters when the ship hit the Per tasks before the orders have been given, he needn't scratch his head inbewilderm^t,
off
going
out
with me than any
sian Gulf in mid July to find the crewmember has merely read his mind. It's unlikely that this situation wdk ^ise;
one
^s'e"
.
.
.' While off duty
^e waters clogged with tankers
df all nations trying unsuccess but Seafarer Sal Terracina earned his Ji>read and butter for severalyears as the "Mental Artie Williams spends his time •
Marvel," appearing as a mind reader in Broadway clubs^ the Chicago World's Fair and xnaking towel racks out of apple .
fully to find cargoes.
J^xes. When the job_is finished ",
For twelve days the Seamagic aboard luxury liners.
he ? paints them to ; Jpol^ likb ;
wandered back and forth near Now making his bread and
.elowns with open arms ; ; '. 'Hec
Ras Tanipra trying to find an oil butter as a seaman, Terracina
tor Xiuzrhan "on toe Alcbd run
berth without arty luck. While leaves behind a career as an en
bbt
teady' to • change hver: to a I
in the area they received notice tertainer and musician, having
different
run,; . . Ted I^wsbn
that British naval ships were appeared recently with the World
got married
and celebrated Avith a ^
holding maneuvers in the area, of Mirth carnival, where he
group of
friends in the St. George
'
a notice which set off a string served as organist, publicity di
Hotel,
Brpoklyn
... Wong
Kong
of hot rumors, but didn't change rector and designer of paper
Ghing walking down the streets
matters for the Seamagic crew. mache masks used in the show.
with his 3yearold niece, and
SHIPS UNWANTED
But most interesting is his
both
speaking Chinese . . . Cecil ,
At Ras Tanura the refineries "seventh sense" for reading
Kerrigan
telephoning long,, dis
were still in operation and at minds. He frankly admitted to
tance
to
New
Orleans from New • '
Bahrein activity was normal, but the LOG editor that eighty per
York
to
the
Mrs.
. . . Al Mileski
it appeared that ships weren't'cent of a mind reading act is
claims
he
can't
save
any money
wanted. The Seamagic managed. showinanship, but the remaining
on
short
trips
so
he's
goiiig ttf"
to take on bunkers in Ras Tan 20 percent is that "important
the
Far
East.
But
for
some'rea
;
ura and ended up at Kuwait, something" that is, he claims, in
son
or
other
he
likes
Europe,
t
oo.
,
where it took on a half load of explainable and gives him an
jtoypne hitting New York ^ /
crude oil and got out.
edge in hitting home at a per
should stop over gt our new_^ ^
(Shipping men in New York son's inner thoughts.
headquarters for a,looksee. It
this week reported that the situ
When pressed to read the
won't be long now before we.'ll
ation in the Persian Gulf was
LOG
editor's
mind,
he
ventured
be
home . . . Ron Gppdwin
normal as far as ships touching
being
called "South Pacific" ,
instead
a
prediction
that
within
the American refineries is con
because
He's in the habit <4^
cerned.)
three weeks or three months the
wearing
a big panama hat.
Other than" the one bit of kc editor would receive an unex
while in the .Islands. Since
tion in the international picture pected check. (That I like—Ed.)
Cities Service signed up^
the rest of the voyage, according
Company has improved, so
to Matulewicz, was one of For persons concerned with the
xpuch that the boys are ,asking,,
brokendown equipment, short international situation he offer
tp .get on these taitoers , . ,,j^^ •
supplies, fouled up laundry and ed comfort: "I don't foresee an
Rogue Ramos, happiest man in , , •
endless days at sea with no other war."
fbwn toice
he received a cer v'
respite when port was reached.
SAL TERRACINA
tain letter.
'
Don't Think—Sal Will Read Your Mmd
Where American Libertys Get Their Mantes "hdh
Seafarer Bernard Matulewicz, benter, with tWo Seamagic
shipmates visit the pyramids while their ship was Undergoing
repairs at Suez. Al left is Jim Mathleson, AB; right is George
Fleming^ AB, acting Third Mate.
V
The reasons behind the names Red Cross. Campaigned to have 1907. Also organized Newspaper
borne by ships are sometimes U.S. sign the Geneva Agreement Enterprises Association, the fore
vague, but not without purpose. of the Red Cross. Succeeded and runner of the present day fea '
Companies usually have personal became the first president of the ture news .and, coinic syndicate's, "
reasons for naming their ships American Red Cross. Died in Daniels WUlard (Bl&mheld):
the way they do; the govern 1912.
Railroad Executive (18611942). .
ment, when it undertook the Charles Bulfinch (Seas Ship Longtime presidrait of Baltimore •
tremendous shipbuilding program ping): Architect (17631844). De and Ohio Railroad, Chairman of
of World War II, named its Lib signed the Mass. State; House; advisory board of national de .
erty ships after famous Ameri the Hartford State House, the fense in 1917. Head of Defense '
cans. Many of these warbuilt India Wharf in Boston and the Production Board in 1918. Direc
ships are in service again. Be Maine State Capitol. Best known tor of American Telephone and
low are the names of a few for his architectural work on Telegraph and president of the .
SlUcontracted Libertys and the nation's capitol.
American Railroad Association. '
Edward A. Scxipps (Isthmian): David : Starr Jordan, (Missis
thumbnail 'sketches of the per
Founder of the United Press sippi); Biologist educator (1831 '
sons whose names they bear.
Clara Barton (Blpomfield): (18541926). Founded thei Cleve 1931). Was profefesop of biology
Born 1821 in Mass., she v/as a land Penny Press and purchased and zoology at several ' mid '
school teacher until 1861 when St. Louis Evening Chrohicle in weStOrh universities and becamie '
in the Civil War she solicited 1880 and Cincinnati Penny Post president of' Stanford University '
and distributed relief supplies. in 1892.. With Milton McRae or in 1885; later became chancellor.
In Europe in FrsncoPrussian ganized League of Newspapers, Wrbte books ph fish and= chil"
War assisted in relief work of which became United ^ Press in dren.
v
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|g;;v';luRbT^
sr^iW
THE S E.AF ARERS LOG
Page Seven '
Of SlU Sbip Meetings
POLARUS SAILOR (Trans
ABIQUA (Cities Service), SqfN
Fuel), August 20 — Chairman, tember 3—Chairmah, B. Burger
Robert F. Grant; Secretary, A. Secretary, E. Bankston. Del^
Hiiffart. Delegates reported no gates reported $35.93 in ship's '
overtime beefs. Motion made to fund. Welfare Plan cards were
have water tanks cleaned before explained and given out to neW
^e^Aes/2a IJS& AM© WF
crew signs on next trip. Sug Brother members. Ship's Dele
gestion made that last stand by gate explained how . much sea
AMD OtSCOSe>\OH
clean up messroom.
time on SIU ships and how
/\MrSjSlAL g^ttrto EACH SWIP
much seatime on Cities Service
4^ 4. 4.
STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), ships was necessary for a book.
PeasSteMT THE iATESr
CGM
August 26—Chairman. Fred Tra
«. 4.
.
FtoVnNS THE OMIOM TO THE AmM
ALANSON B. HOUGHTON
vis; Secretary, Joe Kramer. Del
(Alcoa), August 26 — Chairman^
^eSMIP AT
. OMLY Bf HOLDING egates reported no beefs. Library J.
Richburg; Secretary, S. X
to be put in PO messhall, as
SHIPBCJAR'DA^eETlMeS CAM OPE W
sailors need oil skin lockerfor Pierson. Delegates reported ne
gear. Cots needed for crew, beefs. At the beginning of the
AV^eeRS
IN TOUCH WITH
voyage crew and officers bought
Steward is taking care of it.
a washing machine for ship's
U^IOM AFFAIRSAND HAVE A VblCE
4. 4. 4
STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmi use with vote that it would re '
INAWKINS
• fc', i
4,
an), August 12 —Chairman. J. main aboard ship for future use
C^C'^SAW
(Waterman).
Ruszel; Secretary, C. Zinn. Dele of SIU members and officers. Ill: ,
Au^st 16
Chairihdh, Noilip
gates reported, little overtime case ship lays up machine goes
Townsr Secretary, " Philip Wi
disputed, otherwise no beefs. to nearest SIU hall.
Beyesi. . Delegates ^ reported no
444.
Suggested that ship's fund be
beefs. ^ and everything running
used to repair washing machine SWEETWATER (Metro Petro),
smqothlyt Steward spoke ron the
and remainder to be contributed September 2^^hairman, Robett'^
regulations ^.given : by , the Skip
to March of Dimes, plus any in H. Bridge; Secretary, Robert '
Brosh. Delegates reported every '
per. Everyone agreed that a new
dividual donations.
thing in order. Crew voted cat '
washing machine should be pur
4. 4. 4i
chased instead of repairing the
STEEL MARINER (Isthmian), five ciurent issues. Questions':
old one.
August 26—Chairman, R. Home; and answers on vacation plaa
Secretary, G. L. Pushwell. Dele were read and discussed.
CITRUS PACKER (Water
4 44.
gates reported that there were
inan)^ August 6—:Chairmah, W.
some beefs of general nature EDITH (Bull), Septeniber 3—^/:
y, bUck:' Seaetary. Bf ^d^arid^
that will have to be taken up Chairman, Vine^ 6enco; Se^ :
Delegates reported everything in NORTH PLATTE VICTORY recommended that it be *sent with Patrolman when the ship rotary, L. Rlzzo. Delegates vO
good shape; no beefs. An edu
August 25—Chair to the home office.
reaches first port of discharge. ported $23.63 in ship's fund.
catipnal bulletin was re^ by man, "W. Br Rai^ell; Secretary, August 6—Ch^man, John L. Motion made and carried that Ship's fund was started witA
the ; ship's Delegate.,,, Ciistoms j. Strin^elloW. Delegates V re Mohany: Secretary, A. L. Alford. unlicensed personnel donate $2.32 the intention of having a suffi
regulations applying:/to seam^ ported few hours overtime dis Special meeting was called be each to pay for repairs on wash cient amount of cash op hand ^
to purchase a new washer if
was also read.
puted. Discussion about ration cause of the shortage of one ing machine.
and
when the present model
4 t
, of waSter. Chief Engineer stated AB in the deck department. Dis
4' 4 4"
gives
out. Discussion on broken
FAIRPORT (Waterman). Au that he would not turn water cussion took place' regarding the HELEN HUNT JACKSON
cement
on inside passageways.
gust 19—Chairman. T. Dinkem: on in laundry until the ship left keeping of the washroom and (South Atlantic), August 7 —
4 4 4
Secretary, F. Drozak. Ddegates the canal.
the recreation room clean. Rec Chairman, Joseph Snyder; Sec
NATHANIEL B, PALMER
reported little in the way of
ommendation
was
m'ade
to
start
retary,
Frederick
H.
Houck.
t 4. 4.
beefs so far. Several bf the Bro
Question raised as to why deck (Palmer), August 25—Chairman,
CLARKSBURG VICTORY a ship's fund.
thers hit the deck to say thai (Misrtssippi}. no date ^ven —
departmeilt was working from James Doris; Secretary, Marvin"
they were slightly dissatisfied Chairman.^ George .Peteudky; ANNISTON VICTORY (South bell to beU. The reason was that Hauf. Delegates reported no
with the service in the crew's Secretary. Eugene Wilsoif. Dele Atlzmtic), August 5 — Chairman, the condition of the ship, just beefs. No one to pay Yiff rmtp
mess. Quite a few Brothers gave gates reported eveiything okay, Red Gibbs; Sectetaxy, BUI having come out of the bone the Patrolman says okay to do
.
interesting talks on the way the no disputed overtime. Schedule Brown. Delegates reported no yard, made ifr necessary that all so.
4 4 4
SIU has advanced tp the top in to be worked out for Wipers, disputed overtime. Steward was hands keep on ^he job pntil ship
maritime and how hard the OS and steward department to asked to chafige menu and he was in shape to do credit to CEDAR RAPIDS VICTORY
(Eastern). August 12—Chairman^
struggle was to get the contract clean and keep recreation and agreed to do so.
the crew.
Issacc
Levy; Secretary, Charles'
we have today.
mess hall clean ^er card games.
Oppenheimer.
Delegates report
4>
4',
4, 4 ^
ed no beefs with the exception
KYSKA (Waierman), Septem
NOONDAY (Waierman), Au
of the two hours delayed, sailinff
ber 2—Chairman, C. White; Siec
gurt
25 —Chairman, Van Whit
xetary, D. Pontes. Delegates re
SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St. time to be referred to boarding
SIU, A&G District
«
Douglas 28363 Patrolman. New mattresses to
ported no beefs. $9 in Ship's ney; Secretary, Joe P. Wetzler.
86 Seneca St. .be given to' the crew. Sugges
One
man
missed
ship
in
Hawai
BALTIMORE......... 14 North Gay St. SEATTLE
fund. Everyone, ajgreed that the
Main OJ'Je
Earl Sheppardi Agent
Mulberry 4540
ian
Islands.
Men
were
advised
tion also made in regard to the
ship Ueeds to be fumigated. It
WILMINGTON...
440 Avalon Blvd.
BO.STON....... ...
276
State
St.
to
get
aboard
one
hour
before
work
of the Messman.
Terminal 43131
was suggested that the coffee
James Sheehm, Agent Richmond 20140
ship's
departure.
Steward
was
NEW
YORK
105
Broad
St.
4 4 4
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141
mm be repaired.
BOwling Green 93438
advised to store ice for use in GALVESTON.. 1
NORTHWESTERN VICTORY
30854—23rd St.
% i
Keith Aisop. Agent
Phone 28448
(Victory Carriers), August 12 —
DEL 0B6 (Mississippi). Au the Canal Zone.
Great
Lakes
District
LAKE CHARLES; La
1419 Ryan St.
Chairmcui,' J.
Baldwin; Secretary,
X
gust 19 — Chairxttui. Douglas
Keith Terpe, Agent
Phone 65744.
DEL
NORTE
(Mississippi),
ALPENA
133
W.
Hetcher
Charlies
J.
Hartman.
Delegates
MOBILE.
...i
South
Lawrence
St.
Clausen; Secretary, Grant Tmr
Phone: 1238 W reported no major beefs so far
August
19 — Chairman,
Edward
Cai
Tanner,
Agent
Phone
21754
belL Delegates reported no beefs
180 Main St.
NEW ORLEANS.
523 Bienviiie St. BUFFALO. N. Y.
and all departments are operat
and no disputed Overtime. The Metros; Secretary, A1 Whitmar. Lindsey Wiiiiams, Agent
Phone Cleveland 7391
ing
smoothly. Suggestion was
CLEVELAND....
2602
Carroll
St.
Steward asked the cooperation Delegates reported no beefs,
Magnolia 61126113
Phone: Main 10147 made that the Steward write
51 Beaver St.
of the crew in saving coffee, some disputed overtime. $123.10 NEW YORK
1038 3rd St. to headquarters in regard to the
HAnover 22784 DETROIT
and not wasting it. He also told reported in toeasury. Sports di NORFOLK
...,127129 Bank St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 16857 condition of the mattresses and
rector
said
that
$115.10
has
been
the crew if they wanted any
531 W. Michigan St.
Rees, Agent
Phone 41083 DULUTH
collected fox tmiforms, and the Ben
Phohe: Melrose 24110 pillows on this vessel.
thing tb'bebb^ any titnb and men
PHILADELPHIA....
337 Market St.
who contributed were S. Carduiio, Agent
3261 E 92nd St.
4 4 4
Market 71635 SOUTH CHICAGO
he would take care of their re
Phone Essex 52410
thanked by
hhn.
Three
men vol
SAN
FRANCISCO.....450
Harrison
St.
ROBERT ELLIS LEWIS
quests.
unteered to be on a flower com Lloyd Gardner, Agent Douglas 2S475
(Bloomfield), August 21—Chair
Canadian District
JUAN, PR.
252 Ponce da Leon
mittee and take collections for SAN
man.
Bobo Murray; Secretary,
Sal Colls, Agent
..463 McGill St. S. T. Butler. Delegates reported
wreaths "for departed Brothers. SAVANNAH
2 Abercom St. MONTREAL
MArquette 5909 no beefs. Discussion about clean
E. B. TlUey, Agent
Phone 31728
4. 4i 4>
HALIFAX. N.S....;
12854 Hollis St
SEATTLE
2700
1st
Ave.
ANNISTON
VICTORY
(South
Through an inadvoMOttt
Phone 38911 ing laundry and care of wash
Jeff Morrison, Agent
Seneca 4570
Atlantic), September 2 —Chair TAMPA
error, the report of fhe min
FORT
WILLIAM.. 11854
Syndicate
Ave. ing machine. Also that sailing
18091811 N. Franklin St.
Ontario
Phone
33221
man.
Red
Gibbs;
Secretary,
T.
board be put in proper place.
utes of the DePauw Victory
Ray White, Agent
Phone 21323
COLBORNE.....163 Durham St.
in the August 10 LOG read M. Hansen. Delegates reported WILMINGTON, Calif.. .440 Avalon Blvd. PORT Ontario
4 44
Phono 5591
Terminal 42874
ROBIN TRENT (Seas Ship
"The Steward was charged some disputed overtime. Discus Sam Cohen, Agent
TORONTO,
Ontario
86
Colborne
St.
sion on man who missed ship in HEADQUARTERS .51 Beaver St.. N.Y C.
with fraternisation with offi
Elgin 5719 ping), August 26CLairm8n, D.
SECRETARYTREASURER
VICTORIA, B.C....61754 Cormorant St. Casey Jones; Secretary, John
port of Liverpool. l"he stieward's
cers aboard , tr» "
Paul Hall
4531
A. Menville. Delegates reported
^ The statement Should'have department was thanked for the HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES VANCOUVER. B.C...565 Empire
Hamilton St.
everything
running smooth. Few
reported the Steward with excellent service and good food. Joe Algl!.a
PaclHc 7824
Robert Matthews
SYDNEY. N.S
.304 Charlotte St. minor overtime beefs. Motion
criticizing Ihe fraternizin'g of
b 4. 4
' Joseph Volplan
Phone 6346 made and carried that all UT
BERTRAM G. GOODHUE
other crewmembera with the
BAGOTVILLE.
Quebec
20
Elgin St.
(Mississippi),
August
211—Chair
SUP
brary books be turned in in'
officers, thus imparing their
Phone 545
man,
John
T.
Watt;
Secretary,
ability to do their work
37 Ormont St. order to obtain more rfeading
HCWOLULU
16 Merchant St. THOROLD. Ontario
William T. Presley. Delegates re
Phone 33202 material. Motion carried that
properly. The LOG apolo
Phone 58777
QUEBEC....M3
Cote
De
La Montague each member of the unlicensed
PORTLAND..;....Ml
W.
Bufnslde
St.
ported
everything
okay." A
let
gizes to Steward Lew
Quebec
Phone 27078
Beacon 4336
ter
by
the
ship's
Delegate
was
personnel donate $2 to be col
Meyers, a staunch UnioU
RICHMOND, Calif...;..,...257 5th St. SAINT JOHN,,.. 177 Prince WilHam St.
read
on promotions
and
demo
lected
by ship's DF'krgate
member.
N.B.
Phone 23049
Phone 2599
tions in the departments. It Was
(More
Ships
MShutea un Page 14|
MilM
STEEL TRAYELfitt (I«lhmL
aii}« Au£^tl 12^htfrma«, C. V.
•
StKreta:^/ BOIMA Ben
'
; Eld^ates^ r^OT|^
thing okay. Membership remind
ed that washing machine should
only tje used for fifteen or twenty
lUinutes per wash. Individual co
operation of/'Crewmemb^s re
quested for helping to keep laiih
dty and P6 mess.
.J:
t i; 4.
i YOUNG AMERICA (Waler
idlffl),. August i5;:ChaiTinnn. Wil
liam O'Cpnner; Secretary,
W. TendelU Delegates reported
cverjrthihg okay. Sugge^ioii
made that chairs and tables in'
cre\v messrodm be cleaned,'"uh
and varnished, this trip.
Directory Of SIII HaOs
An Apology
•
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THEh ^RAFl'A
Friday. OdolMr S. ItSt
> / 'I <
"
/y/'
• C A
At the end of her initial voyage on the New YorkTexas City, Texas, run, tugs nudge the hrandnew
loading • berth. The freight cars on her deck aft are part of her capacity of 100 freight cars, the same load carried'by the olher' a^
Newest addition ]
Lines fleet is the
lo be joined in
Seatrain Louisi
like the four othel
in service, is a
ship carries only|
cars, IdO of the
freight service to |
The ship covers
days the distance
train of cars 10 to
though the appe
the lower freight
speed.
The li.OOOton
the company bac
ceives the cars fror
which lowers tl
three' decks. The
load in less than 7
overall length of
makes 16 knots e^
The department responsible for food enjoyed by the Georgia's first crew pose in new spic and span galley, L.R.: Angelo Suarez, Std. Del.;
George D. Hudson, 3rd Ck.; Eugene Ojeda, MM; Nick Ivanovich, MM; Joseph Malone, Std.; Adolph W. Sadenwater. MM,' and Casper Duff, Ch. Ck.
ft;. a>
I ;
Left: Georgia
take of the «nponda^
.,the ship'sarrival.
'V ;32 unUcensed me^
round trip every l<i
pany is in the pr
its operations and
rate ships to : Save
addition to the
New Orleans and
j
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i
}
f
J
f
Jlliii
The first payoff.
John C. Wenzel paij
? egate • Charles Oi
R." Chapdeleune. the
rine personnel me
• voucher to crer
' ' D. Lion.
During the we
were used ext
. tanks and vehicle
7 Texas gained bor
. running the U1
to daliyer 250
; to the Britisb di
• ;:X(da78. atEl Aiei
�j;^3aMW*WK.w»MHSBaw>i i f m
mn»^o&x
fr^' • >
" K i .
FrlAir. OctolMr S, 19S1
Page Nine
_
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\| I
pSS5¥®^S«»^!»iA '.'
VI
I »
IliiiwS'Wi
^ <
the Seatrain
rain Georgia,
ember by the
The Georgia,
Sealrains now
|(ue vessel. The
1 loaded freight
in an express
Itbe Gulf area,
less than six
would fake a
days to travel.
J to shippers is
|ie, rather than
^.:m,
Everythin^s new. Deck department crewmen busy themselves follow
ing the ship's docking with winding the heavy hawsers aroimd a butt. The
crewmen are, left to right: Rudy Gladwell, AB; H. H. Winborn, Bosun,
and J. S. Stanley. ABQM. Stanley reported she's a nice fchip, but still
a bit tight to steer,
_
lip, which ' set
million, re
a special crane
||into the ship's
ip take a full
pursi Having an
feet, the ship
ily.
r
lembers par' '
meal tollowing
}>
1» ;ship'harries Jj •
• and ^mako^i^a;;: 3;'
ajv. The .itom>jir f • ;
a expandihg^! '
sheets .to bpe.
lah shortly, in
isent ports of; .
jxas^City. • • " ~ w
..it . . ' •
right. Captain
off ship's Del
aheimer: while tn ;?;?
ipany's ma*"^
fer. hands pay
mber William ^
the JSeairains
rely to carry
The Seatrain
s in 1942 for
gauntlet alone :
r%eede[d tanks
ig the critical
n
One of the finer features of the new ship—^from the crew's stand
point—^is this companypurchased washing machine being inspected ^
by Patrolman Tom Clark and engine Delegate Vincent Meehan. The
ship also offers a roomy laundry for the crew. Another feature for
the crew's comfort is the ship's extensive blower system.
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THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Ten
• {mvf* Oetobi^
' . ^ "• ' :• • S •
HvA:;
Promises Made By Early Organizers
Of Union Fulfilled, Brother Says
CuMng I^Yffi The Oil Supfiii^
it has set itscourse on, and because they are ndt in/the SIU.
if the SIU could argue with the We have ihade mistakes, for
, I am sure that some of the olc high powered steamship owners even the immortals were., not in
timer? can recall the following to better the seaman's conditions fallabte. But, regardless, we did
incident of a few years past when and wages. He also, very angrily, okay. That is why the American
the Union was in its infancy; asked: "Do you mean to stan< seaman, no ipatter where you
and some of the brothers were there. Mister, and tell us that meet him, will ask "How can I
doing organizational work in the this is riot just another Johnny' join the Seaflarers Intemational
Gulf area.
comelately scheme to hoodwink Union?"
. After one of the speakers hac the seamen? If the brother (ant
Many discu|Mbns, or debates
finished talking to a bunch o: I am positive that he is an SIU go on on boaitd ship and ashore
unorganized seamen in a Gull: man today) reads this, then he concerning di^erent unions, arid
coast port, "one of the unorganiz
often you can hear some dis
ed lads leaped to his feet and in
gruntled fellotv in a barroom or
a very loud voice demanded to
ashore in the States or in a
know if the union could do what
foreign country say "You SIU
men sure think a lot of your
selves." We do and ..the same
goes for our organization. and
offlcials and thbugh we are strong
and intend to stay that way to
be capable and able to carry the
[oads that will be put On the
shoulder of th? union as it groWs
and ^pws. . .
*
Soa salute to the membership
"io the Editor:
Reefer Engineer Jim Murphy fakes a hit of oil from one
and officials of the Seafarers Jn
M Hie
compressors in ffaOt SS Puerto Rico's i^efor room, where
.The gang on the Cities Service
temational Urilim.
in
is
located
the ^p's ^c^ndilkmbHr aqpdpmenz.*^Jim Is Ihe v ^
Oil Company's SS Bents Fort
D. E. Jems
ship's
Delegate.
u
has a parcel of news for you:
As we recollect the date, it
was August 26, when we got to
tha^ up and coming Port of Lake
Charles with this ship. We tied
JTo ihe Editor:
/
hattan. 1 discussed the matter modern rooming houses around,
up in great style, like you'd ex
with a number of the Brothers and if not 1 would consider it .
pect from a big city crew and
Returning from the member who reside at the Doghouse and
a golden opportunity for . some
' were standing on deck getting
ship meeting in New York the they agreed with me.' .V j ¥
D. E.
JONES
of the Brothers with a Utile cap,
our bearings wjien one of the
oth«r night I was thinking about In view of the factJthat the
ital
to investigate that kind of
guys spotted something out in
the reports given by Brothers transit companies Sre how in a
can
answer
the
above
himself,
enterprise.
After all, there are
those deep and dark swamps that
Elall and Michelet concerning the huddle in an effort to raise the
•
or
all
has
been
fulfilled
arid
some
fine
guysin
the . SIU and
was moving. It had pretty lon^
new Hall we are soon to occupy subway fares to 15 cents, I would
more so than promised.
they
would
certainly
appreciater;',
legs and was moving at a fair
Many seamen believed in the in Brooklyn. "
deem it * a godsend if some of a place to live near the Hqll.
clip that let you know that the
great future of the SIU, yet there It occurred to me as I wan the Brothers living in Brooklyn
V
Paddy Farrell
swamps were nothing new to it. were a few who called us crack dered to the Doghouse, my pres
would make hn effort to secure
(Ed. Note: The Union's long
Well, we found out as he pots, stooges and what have you, ent quarters, how difficult it
plans in Brooklyn call
mounted the gangway and as he yet those same onps who laugh will be economically to commute some reasonable livinf placest range
for SlU^wned facilities tor
for us.
made the last step, he called out* ed at us then are crying now to the Brookljnli Hail from Man
There must be some decerit. men on the/b^h.)
in his best swamp voice: "How
To ihe Edilon
Big City Boys
In Cajun Mush
Qet Schooling
dy, my name's Keith Terpe and
when I'm not fishin' or crabbin'
I kinda come around and make
the ships for the Union." Well,
needless to ^py, we invited him
back to the crew's mess so we"
coidd size him up imder some
lights to see what made him tick,
and brother, we found out.
BOOK LEARNIN*
After taking care of the rou
tine business that evening, he
informed us that he would like
a little gettogether with the
crew about lO A.M. and he was
right aboard at that time. Well,
he passed oUt a few of each of
the books on how our Union
works and then started explain
ing ail the questions that any
guy could think of and we had
n't even asked them, and when
it was aU over the oldtimers as
well as the newcomers had their
mouths open like fly traps, so I
guess us city guys ain't so smart
after aU.
Laying all bunk aside, we on
the Cities Service Oil Company's
SS Bents Fort wish to thank
Keith Terpe for the meeting held
aboard ship as we, like most of
this company's tankers have a
great number of new permit
men with just a trip or two un
der their belts and it.gives them
more of an understanding of
what we mean when we say
Union.
•
E. K. .DeMoss,
Ship's Delegate
Sailor Rags
.1:.
pi'a <(i" js?
X'*y//A
II
you F/HD
THAT'SPLlCtNS Afh/'r
50 HOT, G/YE ME THATJ
y/ATCH?
m P/UNG OFEj
SPIKE^ Hi riNisH /r>
NOW / KNOW
I6CTTA DO AIL THA
. DID you HM/r „
WHAT BILL MEAN:
soEone ro TEU
fg''
WHEN H£ WROTE
'TOO LATE TO F/NC^^OU
"• ""WHY BOMINS;,S^
SOMEBOPy ELSB,
OH, WHAT'S
T/SE..^ $0 Hit THE
SACK,. Hi TAKE,
[T MYSELE.
TO TAKE
'M
�Friday. Q«tob«t
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Depths
Paga Elaran
diamplin Turns Marine Architect,
Designs TongueInCheek Steamer
To the Editor:
mates who yearn to follow in plague. It affords a ready ex
my footsteps I shall lay bare the
Bnthroned as I am in 'a hospi the secrets of mV newly adopted cuse for wearing out the hand
pump.
tal bed, I feel compelled to en
lofty profession. I shall enunciate Fifth: Be sure to place fair
gage in that hbrrible headache these basic principles!
producing occupation called First: Place all scupper drains heads so that you have to make a
stafforshire knot—figure of eigh^
thinking. In fact I was just struck
at least four inches above the in fhe language of uncouth sea
by a thought! I must try to an highest point on deck.
men—^in order to lead anywhere
swer the 64 dollar question ask
Second: If a three inch scupper near the niggerheads. This ef
ed recently by a littleknown
pipe is required, use a oneinch,
seafaring journal: "What are you putting in several rightangled fectively prevents seamen from
ever cultivating the habit of
gonna do when you quit the sea?"
turns. By using enough turns, using genteel language.
I have long known the exalted
the extra fittings will use up the Sixth: Leave off roller chocks
calling I ^all follow and I hope
money saved by using smaller with Panama Canal leads. This
through cunning to rise to the pipe.
top, I shall become a naval — Third: Always run pipes and causes everyone's hair to turn
gray whenever a ship has a tie
don't mispell it — architect.
electrical cables near enough to up where the tide range exceeds
1 have learned all the basic the bulkheads, overheads, and
twenty feet. At the spring tide
principles, learned them the hard
Sleel Admiral Wipen Ted and Slick And ihemselves on way, at sea. While my superior decks .so that Houdini and three in St. John, New Brunswick,
;deck for a change as they px^ty up the engine room and. officers thought me just another yogis couldn't paint them. This where the range was 42 feet, 2
storeroom gratings Srith • haw
froat of black. The ship at the simple seaman, I foiled them by always frustrates the Chief Mate, inches, our stem breast lino
time was on a rdundtheworld voyage.Photo by J. Schutte, learning the mysteries. For the the Bosun and any earnest sea carried the fantail awning ^ame
man who takes an interest in his
.'Pantryman.
benefit of those of my old ship work. This same principle ap about eight feet above where it
ought to be.
plies to grabrails, too. With real Seventh: By a little clevernesi^
skill on the draftsman's part eyebrows can be made to turn
these latter may be made to the anchors the • wrong .way. If
catch fingers and when seas.are the hooks come up wrong" any
heavy cause a few to be dislocat way, just put the eyebrows
ed.
where the anchors won't touch
To Uie Editor: .
in dad . and brother's footsteps ten, foc'sles vermininfested and
DOUSE 'EM
them at all, and add the cost to
and sail as a beautiful Steward wages mighty small. Thanks to Fourth: By a twist of the wrist the shipbuilding bill.
We set sail at 10 A.M. on the ess?
,
each and every official for a job the spray bypass of exposed Eighth: Regard as a" traitor
bfifautiful Saturday morning qf
A FAR CRY
well done. Let us continue to
August 11 bound for Far Eastern • Before we close, our hats are steer a straight course and keep ventilators on the fo'c'sle head any of your brother naval archi
can be made to discharge into tects who dream of a windlaso
ports with a full cargo of high off to the officials of the only her steady as she goes.
the forepeak, and the fresh air whose niggerheads may be made
test gasqline, via Panama and Union that has the best agree
Crew members ,
pass into the sea through the to turn in opposite directions
Pedro for bunkers. We are ar ments, conditions, food and
SS Tuskegee Victor skin of the ship. This was so This would deprive the lazy • S I
riving early tomorrow morning wages, that the world has ever
(Ed. Note: The ship Is oper^
in. Takuyama, Japan from New known in mariti^ie history. It ating under the Isthmian skillfully done on the V3 Bosun and his crew of the op
Victorys that the Maritime Com portunity to run the kinks out
, Oriekns.. . ^
is a far cry from the old days agreemem with certain varia mission is awarding the gold of his mooring lines.
New Orleans says : this ship, when every day was a field day, tions. You are to collect 10 medal of Aeolean merit to the Ninth: Whenever a Victory ship
thfe Tuskegefe Victory, is Work overtime unheard of, food rot percent penalty cargo.)
brilliant perpetrator of this comes into the yards, take off
ing under the general agreeinent,
the housing wires from all booms
arid 'New York says we are
This will save face for mates who
working" under the Isthmian
don't know what they are for. It
agreement. Can you please clari
also is a good way to yank tho
fy' for us whether we are get
ventilators off the kingposts—
ting $10 per trip or 10 percent
just house the booms by taking
for penalty cargo? We have a
turn with the runners around
the king posts just below tha
good bunch of boys op here and
ventilators.
they seeih to be as satisfied as
Tenth: Sorry, but the Doctor
the old saying of "the way to a
ust gave me a shock. He's con
sailor's heart, is through his
versing with another sawbones
stomach."
to send me back to my trials and
OLDTIMER ON
tribulations on the cruel, cruel
Joe F. Lae of New Orleans is
sea.
. Chief Steward and the lads in
It's tough trying to break into
the galley are doing a good job.
good racket. G. W. Champlin
We have Brother W. H. "Shorty"
Cook, and proud prosessor of
vj|
Book G214 with us in the stew
ard's department Shorty is an
old timer, with almost 30 years
of sea service and many, many
ports" behind him. By the way
Ed. we have just found out Why.
To the Editor:
Crewmembers of the SS Claiborne and'the North Platte Victory join to have their* picture
Shorty is going around with his
We beg to hand you our most
chest puffed out like a pouter taken following a baseball game in Derince. Turkey. Both ships were in the port for a week
cordial
thanks for your paper,
pigeon. He ; and Mrs. Cook are and teams from each ship met nightly on the diamond, with the losers buying the beer. No
which
is
a great pleasure for
expecting a new arrival in the scores were reported, but the North Platte Victory men were said to have furnished free beer
us
to have
in our reading rooifl
'family about Ciiristmas time.Son nightly. Picture was submitted by J. Stringfellow.
for
the
American
seafarers.
Jimmie discharged after a year's
The
seamen
are
very glad to
service in the Air Force,''is fol
find
the
paper
in
our
seamen's
lowing his Dad'g fdotsteps and
institute
in
Copenhagen,
located
is now a member of the black
at
Bernstorffsgade
21,
Copenha
that
trip.
That
black
gang
real
Am
signing
off
hoping
that
it
Jo
the
Editor:
gang on the SS Hastings,, a
Waterman boat which is now I ^m now stationed at Sch ly worked, but we made it to won't be long until I can sail gen, Denmark.
G. Eikenhahn
somewhere in ' Par Eastern or weinfurt, Germany, which is a JLe Havre and a good time was again.
General Secretary
South Pacific '^ters. Daughter pretty fair place. I was station had by all hands.
Sgl. Charles Buleca
U.S. 51020776
Marie has entered her third year ed at Fort Banning, and came Please print my address in the
of high school in New Orleans. over here on the General Darby, LOG as I'd like to hear from
, C Btr;^ 44th F.A. BN
We wonder if M^e will .upHold • an MSTS ship. From the crew's some of my old shipmates.
A.P.O. 39 c/o Postmaster
the family tradition and'^follow talk it, didn't seem as they were
New York. New York
too happy about working on that
rrrr
To the Editor: ~
§hip They really kept those guys
Brother Balfour's letter sug
faoppirig.
,
gesting that means be set up to
insure that the entire crew will,
Don't hold yoiliif picium ' If , possible, please send me a
have a chance to read fhe air'
and stories qf sMpboard aclb copy of "Seafarers in World War
II." i woijld enjoy reading it.
mail LOG is a good one.
viti|^ Ma^ them fo. the Sea
To the Editor:
^
BiMiyer St.. I was reading's stbry about the
Everyone on the ship wants to
I underwent an emergency keep up with the news of the
Nejf: 'York' 4, N. %
T®" Alaska Spruce and thelong trip
eye operation at the Staten Is Union and that one poor LOG
haven't the time or don't feel it made. Weil, the "last trip I
land USPHS Hospital on Tues usually disappears before a half
ihade before I came in the Army
in the mood, juri forward de
day; I would like to see some of dozen of tne fellows have read
was dn the, Mostank, Federal Mo
tails. WU do the rest. Pic
my Brother Seafarers or hear it. Delegate.^ would bo wise to
turef wiU bf zetimied if vou tprship Corp. She was pretty
from tk2ii(.
bad on breakdowns. Old
keep this in mind.'
'.wish.,
A',;..
"Uncle Otto" Pruesriex
"Sloppy" Creel was on there
SGT. CHARLES BULECA
Carl walker
Tuskegee Victory In Far Eastern Waters
Bunch Of Crewmembers
• ^
Opposing Nines In SlU's Turkish League
Seamen's Club
In Copenhagen
Iffers The Log
SIH Soldier, In Germany, Recalls Mostank
Says AirMail Log
Should Be Shared
M
J
Otto Undergoes
Eye Operation
�THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Twelrm
Urges Time Off SetUp
Be Put Into Contract
Fridar* October S, 1951
Good Eating From . The Chillb^^
' ;.^Vv
'i 'vTr
August, October, and December
(or seven 31day months), we
To .the Edilqz:
The subject of days off has Jose one day ijpr month—one
been a controversial subject, I times seven months equals seven
Things aboard the SS Peter V.
suppose, since the first man went days' lost pay.
Daniel, Alcoa, are starting to
to sea by Voiding onto a float
shape up a little. It will take a
We gain two days by Febru
tree upon deciding to see
few weeks to have her ship
ary
being
a
28day
month,
giv
what went on on the islands
shape again. •
ing us a total of 5 days per
adjoining his.
We joined her August 13 when
I know it's been kicked around | year lost pay. How long has this
been going on? A long time.
she
came from the boneyard
verbally and by the printed^
Let's do something about it.
and,
brother, 'she was dirty. We
word since I first started to sea
Now that I've got rid of my
left New York for Norfolk to
20 years ago. Out of .this 20
load coal, anchored out five days
year period I've sailed all types gripes, I also want to. say this,
before going alongside. We've
of: ships—salt water, fresh water,' that it's been my fortune to
been having lots of trouble with
lakes and rivers (and still get have had a shipmate on my last
ship
who
retired
his
book
about
the
refrigerator, machine and wcf.'
a bang .out of canoe rides too).
1947
and
in
February
of
1951
got
it taken care of by shore •
I've seen the custom abused
he
applied
and
got
readmitted.
men.
''
(as on nonunion Lakers in par|
Smart
guy.
ticiilar) whereby a man having |
When our trouble started was
worked overtime was payed offi On applying for readmission,
when
we had to shift to anchor
Readying some good eating, for the boys on the Lafayette.
for it in time off (maybe). Then he promptly shipped with me Gene Charlton, Crew Pantryman, and Fletehcor ARem Crew age with 200 more tons to come:
again, only a few months ago I ^ and, on paying off, he was in
to give us a fuU load. When we
Messman, bring up a watnrmelon. Picture by Edwin Lieber.
had the pleasure of being on formed that his book was wait
shifted, the night Mate noticed
an Alcoa luxury liner (tUl they| ing for him, which he promptly
we were below the line already,
started hauling bauxite), where picked up and then shipped on
so they started to sound the car.
each man in the black gang was it shortly after.
go holds and it! was . fotmd that
given a day off XI believe it was
No. . 3 hold had, taken water. It
INSURANCES
more or less the same policy
was, estima^d that , we had 600
in the three departments) by He was topheavy with shbre
tons of sea water in No. 3 by
side insurance on himself and,
the firm.
this time. We had the bilge
I know my suggestion may on reading the LOG found he
ptunps pumping lik6' mSd. Ru
meet argument, but here it is— was also covered by the SIU To the Editor:
floor there will be a. rectangular mot^ were goihg arojund that
that it be agreed between the for another $1500 insurance; He
shaped casket about the size of one of the plates had sprung a
steamship companies and the was a pretty well pleased iguy, I see where a new. world is an orange crath It is solid lead leak and some thought fthe scup
SltJ that this practice be made until he realized that the cost acoming. They're making tests on and sealed. Iiiside, about the size per valves were stuck
!:i
a regular policy, in all our agree of $1500 insurance ashore atomicpowered merchant ships of a cigar box (the whole'works
INTO, SHIPYARD, .
ments. There are many other (that he gets for free via now and someday we may be wereinstalled and sealed in at
scooting
across
the
seas
just
like
Los Alamos) is the power plant. Well, anyway, they sent us 4o
steamship firms which do this, the SIU) was more than he'd
like Bull Lines and Seatrain. (I have to pay into the SIU in a Buck Rogers now chases Killer That's it. Around it stands the Newport News shipyard, where
"know the Electrician, and Deck year's time in dues and assess Kane around the solar system. new black gang, now referred they sent a diver down to iJlUg
Engineer assumed the other's ments. (I pay nearly $70 yearly I wonder what that day will to as the specialists section. The up the outlets from the scupper
duties once a trip of 14 days for $2300 of shoreside insurance be like? The engine room is easy Chief Engineer' (Oak Ridge, Class lines and check for a crack. He
as per contract on the Sea and if I asked the insurance to visualize: It will be about the of '59) and his three assistant en didn't find'one.
The shipyard
trains.) So instead of letting agent to help me collect my size of a phone, booth. On "the gineers are in their 3,241st bridge then installed a 3tinch valve in
game.
these shipowners grab off this overtime he'd call the paddy
No. 3 port and starboard side in
The last time the game was in the engine room to drain the
glory, let's grab it for ourselves wagon.)
terrupted was in the summer of water in the engine room bilges;
(the SIU).
AU of this on insurance is just
1962 when someone dropped They also cut a hole in the port
one more'good reason why each
SORE "SPOT
some oil
on the floor plates while side qver the settler through No.
SIU man should follow the
putting
threeinone
on his cig 3 hole bulkhead to make repairs.
While writing this our Deck LOG'S advice about paying his
arette
lighter.
That
was
a real
"Maniac," Brother Smiley Ry book well in advance, always.
• \^en they checked the scup
rhubarb, as the
oldtimers remem
don, lately shipping out of Balti (My own is payed up till Janu To the Editor:
per
valves both scupper plates
ber it. The gang on watch rushed
more, brought up a truly sore ary of '52, for a year now and,
were
off so they repaired and
spot of his of long, long stand as soon as the score is in on the The proud SIU ship Irenestar for rags, buckets and scouring replaced everything. The next
ing and that is also an old one new dues setup, it's going to reaUy did Labor Day up right. powder (conditioned reflex from day we shifted tq the coal docks
the old days), but none were
of mine.
be paid a year at least in ad We couldn't very well parade
around
and hadn't been seen to finish loading then a little
in. our
white
caps,
so
we
did
the
It too goes back as longas I vance again.)
since
they
put the" last of the more' trouble: the coal loailer
next best thing and had a bang
can remember and it is the 30
Still one more thing I like
steamships
in _
the James River broke down and we were delay,
day month that we are paid by. is—^the vacation clause. I only up meaL
layup
fleet.
After
rousingthe ed over two hours, Got it fixed,
Okay, lads, grab pencil and pa stayed on one ship a full year, The dinner was prepared by
men off
watch, one
of
the fellows loaded us up and we were on
per. and figure it out over, a and got a week's vacation pay, the Chief Steward D. O. Coker
produced
a
kleenex
and ,
the day our way to Italy.
Chief Cook Robert Murphy.
yeai's time aiid you'll see where in my life and it damn near
was saved. They stUl talk about
by John Sailor takes a yearly "did me in." Now I can collect The meats offered were roast that one among the oldtimers We only hod a little trouble
beating of five days' lost pay, it all the end of the trip. I'll Maryland tom turkey and grill who remember the days of the coming across. The main circu
lator coupling came loose. Re
ed piglet pork creos. The rest
provided, of course, that he take that job.
diesel and steam jobs.
paired it and' were on our way
of
the
meal
included
aU
the
sails the full year and during a
Deck 'Encfiheer
Anyway, the boys resumed again: Now in Leghorn, every one; *
trimmings
of
a
festive
occasion,
leap year (when Feb. has 29
topped off with baked Alaska their bridge and the unlicensed, is ashore having a good time.. Jf
days in it) he loses six days.
and chilled cantaloupe a la mode. men went back to standby and you have, a little speoe .in the
Thus, each of the months of
The entire crew, including the the ship continued on its way, LOG I would like you to make
April, June, September, and No
officers, were loud in their 28 hours out of New York and a little writeup about this.
vember has 30 days. On these
praise of a very memorable La the low cbast of Europe expected Thanks,
four months we break even.
to be sighted at any time.'
bor Day meal.
Then January, March, May, July,
'
F. Paskowski,
BUI tuce
A. Cherney
Eiigine Delegdii
To the Editor:
Atomic Engine Room
Labor Day Sees
Parade Of Food
On Irenestar
SIU Lovelies
:->yy.-y-yyy.-^
Log-A-Rhythms
Compulsion
By THURSTON LEWIS
Many a bird has poured its song
Upon the forest air
Although no wanderer came
along
. . To hear its notes so fair.
buoys at each lonely dip
^JHave sounded through the day
When not a single groping ship
to pass that way.
These guys blame the spa
ghetti they ate in Italy for.
And: yet each worthy, thought their heavy load around mid
ships, but reports have it that
or deed
the cause was liquid rafiber
That is to truly live.
Comes not so much from the Ihan solid. They are Identified
as Brothers Puxso and Portec
'• Needy'a need
As the Givev's need to give! of the sa XaiicB.
Ship Doc Thanks
Del Norte Crew
To the Editor:
To the crew of the SS Del
Norte, members of the Seafarers
International Union, I take this
means, inadequate though it be,
to thank all of you for your
friendship and goodwill through
out this voyage, and particularly
for your sincere expression of
esteem toward me. I will pot for
get any of it.
My good widies go . out to
each of you and toi your br
ganizatUm^may its ideals stand
^ ' The Delegatof of the reluctantiosail SS Peter Daniel pose
out alW^s and ite ibro^erbooi
'nqath spotted: booms. Left'^to right: C. Palmer, ship's Delegafei
• prpspeK• :
j
JheheL. si^rards;
F... PeidEewak!/,' en^e .:DeIeg^e£;^.y^,
Sbip^
I.
t
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, THE S E A Fj R ER S 10 Q '
QC^EStlON^jfVhmt device to improve safety standards would you like to see installed aboard ship?
^ mm
HERMAN HICCI. Ch. Eleci:
O. THOMPSON, Ch. Ck.:
The mast houses, where the : ^Working in* the galley all
winch board controls are Jeept, day at the ranges gets tough
ishiinild be loCkisd. The/ aren't ' ; for a ^ man's legs. I suggest
Joeked on. the ships t^ar.. andj ' rubbertreated mats in front
they present 'a danger to ih|B ,' Of the ranges, not only for
deck gang. Not only .is the the Cook's comfort, but also
deck department in danger of in case grease drops on deck.
being electrocuted from com The danger of slipping on mats
ing in contact with the board,
but also men dragging equip is minimised, especially when
ment through often foul up the sMp is rolling. The mats
the' works. Another matter: would offer real protection.
the transmifting antenna I've worked on some ships
ahould have a device—a ca where the mats were stand
pacitor — to indicate to the ard equipment and on some
radio man that Eome<»e is where they were joot carried.
working around the antenna. The tile decks on some ships
I don't know of anyone being are no better than a bare deck
killed this way, but. there's a^ far as protection is con
. cemed.
always the first time.
J. B. GARRISON, Bosun:
PETER LOLEAS, Ch. Std.:
ROBERT McNAY, FWT;
My pet safety suggestion is
a collapsible step gangway
made of aluminum. We had
cine on the" Algonquin Victory,
St. Lawrence Navigation, and
she was a pleasure to use and
work with. Only a few ships
have them and they are fine.
The small portable type now
being used should be elimin
ated because pf' t^e danger of
the steps being so close to
gether. Aluminum, because of
its lightness and duralnlity,
should be used also for the
40foot ladders used for paint
ing stacks. They'd be fine for
the deck gang to work with,
and would last a lot longer
than the presmil type.
For both safety and conven
ience, I'd like to see a meat
jflicing machine in the galleys
of all ships. This would have
two benefits: The meat slic»
would help cut down on acci
dents where men cut their
fingers,' and would also be
economical in cutting down
waste. The cost of a slicer
would be paid for in a few
trips in the meat saved and
the lack of injuries by men
cutting meat. Not only that,
there'd be fewer thumbs in
the soup. Installedion of this
machine would be of benefit
not only to the men involved
but also to the company. One
acadent costs more than a
slicer.'
Not only in the engine de .
partment, but in every depart;
ment in the ship more ade^
quate first aid kits should be
maintained. The present kits.
If there are any around, are
always in bad shape and never
have what is needed. The same
is true of the ship's medicine;
chest. Something itor bums
should always be kept on
hand, as bums are usually the
biggest injuries. On a Robin
Line ship recently a Wiper
was bumed when a steam,
line broke. I was the only one.
who had anything to put on
his bum. Driegates would be
wise to check the. kits
thoroughly. It means a lot in
an emergency.
Seattle Reports Everything
Okay, Especially Shipping
By JEFF MORRISON
SEATTLE, Sept. 26 — All is
quiet
on the northwestern front
Employment in the American merchai^ rope. The Genevieve Peterkin udll Inaugur
except
for shipping, which has
jnarine has increased pnethird since jCo ate it on Octofaw 15, sailing from Houston.
been mighty fine, indeed. The
jFea, according to a manpower report by the
Local'll of the Masters, Mates and' Pilots Mankato Victory (Victory Car
US Department of Labor. From June, 1950, in Baltimore is opening an ungrading riers) was the only payoff—and
to July of this year, employmeL1 has in school for its members in its headquarters the only signon, at that—but in
creased from 75,000 to about 100,000 officers The school will be the first of its kind in" transits again saved the day.
and unlicensed personnel. 37,000 were in that city. Local 88, IdM&F, in New York, Among these were the Seamar
(Calmar), John B. Waterman and
the deck department, 35,000 in the engine has been operating an upgrading school for Topa Topa fWaterman) and the
.department, and 28,000 in the stewards de a couple of years . . . MSTS is beginning Simmons Victory (Bull).
partment'. . . As of August 1, 1951, the ac its second year of operation. During the last The latter two had paid off
tive merchant fleet consisted of 1,910 ves year more than 34 million tons of cargo, here during the previous two
sels, of which about 67 percent were dry 168 million barrels of petroleum and 2.8 week period, but took quite a
this time. The Mankato
cargo ships, 27 percent, tankers and six per million passengers have been carried in few men
Victory, incidentally, hdlped keep
cent passengercargo ships. There were an MSTS ships. However, most of the cargoes the record for good Skippers and
ad(iitional 1,654 ships in the laid up fleets —85 percent of what went to Korea, for Engineers, though t^e same
most ofTthem Libertys. If the present tempo example—^went in ships chartered to MSTS couldn't be said for the Mate.
of liihited mobilizatioh Continues through by commercial firms manned by regular There is little else to be re
1952,. it is estimated that another 200 ships merchant seamen . . . Congressman Blatnik ported from this port—^no meet
MANUEL NOBLE
ing and nothing much else out
will be needed, bringing the"^active fleet to has introduced a biU to authorize the con side of
the routine, but very im
ing forward to the day when he
struction of the St. Lawrence Seaway, portant, Branch business.
the neighborhood of 2,100 vessels.
will get his hook.
#n Sepdembcff
the National Shipping which he thinks will meet the objections
SHOOTING
THE
BREEZE
Manuel has more than a vagu?
Authdi^y allocated an (^dittphal 35 Lib raised previously.
idea
of what the SIU means to
A bill before CongreBs (HR 5013) would In our spare time, we shot the
erty^ to as many operators; for carrying
a
seaman—^he
sailed Isthmian
EC A coal and grain cargoes. At least seven authorized the President to accept on be breeze with some of theoldtimers back in the days before it was
went to SlUcontracted companies with half of this country Bie International Regu tiere on the beach: R. Perry, S. organized by the Seafarers—^he
Zygarowski, J. M. Thompson, E.
Bull, Alcoa, Bloomfielth Eastern, MissiadppL lations for Preventing Coiiiidons, which L. Wandrei, R. D. Needermeyer, knows.
S^h Atlaidlc and
each getting would revise the prment rules of the road C. Ainsworth—^who has married
ope / * More than thr«M^ W
half million governing xmvigation of ships on the high and is now living locally—and
ATTENTION!
i|e^ of hulk cargoes have been carried in seas. The new regulatioiu were drawn up E. P. Moran.
GAA vessels between September 1 and Sep at the International Safety of Life at Sea We also ran into Manuel C.
If you don't find linan
Nobel,
a
permitman
who
thinks
When
you go aboard your
tgiiibilff 15. M<^ of this; comdsted of coal Convention hoM in London In 1948, at which
that his permit in the SIU is ship, notify the Hail at otteo.
shipi^ ^under the auspices of the ECA, 236 SIU VipePreeldent Monds Wefadmrger rc^ setter than a full 'ho<^ in any
A telegram from Le Havre or
carg<^
to Europe and coe lo Japan resMtied the Seafarers IntemaBonal Union. other union.
Singapore won't do yon any
for^a total of 2,326,380 tons . . . Bloomfield If the bill is passed, all statuiee. migulaUoiui In his opinion the SIU is the good. It% your bed end ysu
SS Company has announced a semimonthly and rules whidli conflict with It will no only outBt where a man can have to Be in it.
keep his digni^, and he is4pc^
service from Gulf ports to cozdinental Eu loingar be;^lh;;force*^^
• '• '• w
Xm
�rv ^• r.Vl^'C'r^ T^'^dieSlRiBKn
THE SEAFARERS LOV
Page Fourteen
«Mdig.iQfita)«ir^itni
Digested Minutes Of SlU Shi
.
' OREMAR (Ore). Augi^l 8 —
Chairman, Barnhill; Secretary,
Barnes. Delegates reported no
beefs. Motion made and carriec
for ship's Delegate to contact
agent or to find out why wind
PORT
chutes are not furnished. Dele
gates are to make out repair Boston
lists and turn them in to ship's New York
Delegate or given to proper Philadelphia....
department heads.
....
Baltimore.
t, t,
Norfolk.:
ALASKA CEDAR (Ocean Savannah
Tow). August 26 — Chairman, Tampa
.....:
William Msnley; Secretary, A. Mobile
C. Mitchell. Delegates reported New Orleans
some back overtime disputed. Galveston
Motion made and carried to re West Coast
pair or replace water fountain
GRAND TOTAL
in crew messroom.
. .
' CALMAR (Calmax);
—Chairman, C. Jackson; Secre
iary. Harold Riggs. Delegates re
ported ' inoi beefs.' Motion > made
for cre^v.
cdraSv^Mpea' resolu
SHIPJ>ED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL
REG.
REG.
nOTAL
REG.
tion
to
be
fOrw^ardfid'
to Head
ENG.
STWDS.
REG.
DECK
ENG.
STWDS SHU>PED
DECK
quarters and taken tip / at shore
46
149
69
71
32
52
38
' 159 side meetings to'better chowon
^
585
191
173
207
221
158
122.
; 487 Calmar ships.
33
58
24
115
24
30
24:
78r'
. . XXX'
PONCE DELEON (Watermanl.
' 415=
168
127
120
164
. 132
. in:
206
107
104
417 ..
189
97
.98:,; • ^;;'3B4: August 26—Chaitmaii.. A J^ Ku
faerski; Secretary. Ebner . Hadsea.
19
56
21
16
16
15 •
Delegates
reported^; everything
5
6
15
16
4
16
bkay.
Suggestion
made that all
62
51
44
157
86
; 76
books
and
magazines
be^ return
60
208
87
. 61
114
91
84 *' "'289
ed
to
the
library
locker.
Conv
45
.36
28
109
57
47
26 , ' " 130
munications
from
Headquarters
50
38
34
122
81
77
68
226
to be posted.
, ; ;
992
665
691
2,348
1,023
791
681
2,495
BULL RUN (Petrol Tankers).
i % X.
September 9—Chainnqa. H, F.
SEASTAR (Triton). August 5
AFOUNDRIA (Waterman). Au
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Ciiie|i FORT HOSKINS (C£^ ^
Menz; Secretary. J. N, Hannay.
— Chairman. J. Walker; Secre
giist 21 — Chairman. J. Flynn; Service). September 5 — Chair' ice). September 9 — CHidi^an.
Delegates reported one minor
tary. S. J. SmRh. Delegates re
Secretary. F. D. Lynum. Dele man. Robert Burdicfc; Secretary. Prokapok; Secretary. Ralph Hor beef. Booklets given out to per
ported no beefs. Various talks gates reported no beefs. It was Ed. Glazder. Delegates reported
mocker. T(ie delegates reported mitmen to be read front and
on cleaning recreation room. A stated that each member would no beefs. The ship's Delegate is
vote of thanks was given to the report his repair list to his Del to see a Patrolman and try and the performers to Headquarters, back. Motion made and carried
as will always .be the practice to have Patrolman on board be
steward's department for the
egate. Motion made that each get the repair list taken care of. of this ship. TWngs are runifing
fore sigmng foreign articles, r
manner in which they started member of the crew would do Discussion on the niatter of two
pretty smoothly under the ilew
_to feed and keep galley, mess nate 50 cents for emergency fans in each foc'sle.
working rules.
*
SPARTENBURG VICTORY
rooms, and pantry clean.
only.
X X X'
i
X
X
(Bloo>ntie(fl)j July 15—Chairman.
4
4
OLYMPIC GAMES (Western ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa). Au
XXX
John Buzlev^iid; Becret^. Tony
NORTHWESTEWJ VICTORY
Tankers).
September 2 —Chair gust 17 r Chairman. R. E<ten;
IVictory Carriers). August 28 — WARRIOR (Waterman). Au
Kabiska. Delegates reported ope
man. Nicholas A Ritrovato; Sec Secretary, Cyril A Scott. Dele
Chairman. Hartman; Secretary. gust 4 — Chiurman. Lloyd C.
man jumped ship. Motion made
retary. Walt A Weber. Dele gates reported no beefs, all in
' none. Delegates have nothing to Knowles; Secretary. C. J. Nail.
and carried to have slopchest
gates reported disputed overtime order. Bosun asked that each
report. Motion was made to Delegates reported everything
checked by Patrolman before
and letter sent to SIU Head man give $1 to ship's Delegate
hold off payoff and signing on okay. Ship's Delegate read cur
signing articles. It was suggest
quarters for clarification. Motion for L()G. The food aboard has
rent
literature
from
Headquar
until something was done in re
ed that crew, read pamphlets in
gard to straightening out the ters. Suggestion in regard to made and cartied to send to SIU improved and a vote of thanks hbrary regarding Union action
tfup. Suggestion was made to keeping the recreation room Headquarters for educational was given to the Messman.
and activities.
kits, and constitution for good
XXX,
wear proper clothing in the crew cleaner.
June 19—Chairman. J. BuZel
and welfare so that all crew
ANGELINA (Bull). July 29— ewski; Secretary. Tony Kabis]i;a.
messroom at all times.
NATHANIAL^ SILSBEE members • will know how SIU Chairman, W. Walker; Secretary. Suggestion on improving chow.
X X X
(South
Atlantic). August 28 — ships should be run.
Robert M. Garrod. Delegates re The crew complained of the
ANSON MILLS (Seas Ship
Chairman,
Charles
Lee;
Secre
XXX
ported
everything okay. Sugges shortage of milk at sailing thne.
ping). August 5—Chairman. Joe
tary,
C.
E.
Wbley.
Delegates
ROBIN
WENTLEY
(Seas
tion
that
screen ^door be repair
Cantin; Secretary. Daniel Forts.
XXX
Delegates reported all port time reported no beefs. Suggestion Shipping). September I—Chair ed in all passageways.
STEEL FABRICATOR. (Isth
and disputed overtime to be made that the ship's Delegate man. J. Longfellgw; Secretary.
XXX
mian). August 8—Chapman. Jee
turned over t% the Patrolman get the Patrolman to checkthe R. SadowskL Delegates reported STEEL INVENTOR (Isthmian). Bracht; Secretary. John Lbnd.
in port. Suggestion made by overtime sheets and also have $48 in the ship's fund. Motion August 19 — Chairman. Robert Delegates reported no beefs. The
Chief Cook to have discussion the Patrolman check on the men made to have ship fumigated on Liasso; Secretary. H. F. Munzeri Steward was asked why more
for all first trippers or permits, that came from Mobile, as there arrival in states. Men have'heen It was suggested that the heating firtiit wasn't put out. Electrician
to let 'them know what their is some question about their asked to keep LOGs received system valves be ^renewed. All to see about fixing scuttlebutt
transportation and subsistence. during the trip in the me.ssrooms cots that are not liieing used are in crew messroom.
jobs are all about.
so everyone may have a chance to be turned in as soon as pos
XXX
t t
XXX,
t» read
STEEL
TRAVELER
(Isthmi
sible.
BETHORE (Ore). August 15—
CHIWAWA (Cities Service).
Chairman, none; Secretary, none. an). August 12—Chairman. C. V.
September 2 — Chairman. J.
Full cooperation was asked in Morgan; Secretary. Rqbert Ben
Phillips; Secretary. Da.ve Dunn.
maintaining sanitary conditions jamin. Delegates reported every
Delegates , reported no b^f^
in the washrooms. The crew thing okay. Individual coopera
Suggestion that something ^
was also askf^d to keep the mess tion of crewmembers requested
dphe with the ni^t lunch. Sam
for helping to keep laundry and
room clean at night.
ta:^ men to agree uppii keeping
PO mess in continued state of
Mfashroom cleaner by roteting
XXX
once a week.
\
SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain). cleanliness and tidiness.
XXX
August 26 — Chairman. O. H.
XXX
...
JAMES STUART
RICHARD GRALICKI
CASIMIR PULASKI (Easie^j.
Manifold: Secretary. E. Jones. SEAWIND (Seatraders). Au
Get in touch with Carolyn Contact Gay at John's in August 19—Chairman. Walter E.
Delegates reported everything gust 28—Chairman. D. Bell; Sec
Beganson; Secretary. M. Griffing.
okay. Motion made and carried retary. E. A. Boyd. It was agreed Burgess, 229 East JOth Street,. Edgewater.
XXX
Delegates reported no beefs. Rq \.
to Have two fans in all rooms by iSteward to keep a box for New York City. It is urgent.
XXX
below. Suggestion made that ed soiled linen down below and
HUGH GALLAGHER
quest that an extra coffee per
LOWELL E. JARVIS
ucational meeting be held every give each man a complete set
"Pick up birth certificate and colator be placed in messroom.
Get in touch with your draft tax receipts in mail room iti Bulletin number 100 sent to
Sunday'for permitmen to teach of linen each week. Ship's Dele
gate
was
instructed
to
see
Mas
board.
, them the great benefits of being
New York Hall; Q. Stefanssbn." ship's Delegate. Voted to post
ter concerning the matter of
in. messroom.
:
. X X X
an SIU man.
4. X: X
arranging for a supply of fresh
REAVER MANNING
September 9—Ghairman. Vid
4. ^
lOANNIS A. DEMITREADIS
fruit when we pass through the The 3rd Assistant of the SS
PURPLESTAR (Traders). Au
JOHN FREDERICK SAARI ter E. Beganson; .SiBcretwhr*
Panama Canal.
Angelina, wishes to contact you.
Hodge« Delegates . reported no
gust 26—Chairman, Steve Barry;
MORRIS YOFFE
When
in
New
York
call
Ilya
XXX
Secretary. Charles Hostetter. Del
Your welfare beneficiary cards beefs. Lockers ne^ shelves in
JACOB
CHANDLER
HARPER
cin4h
26147.
egates reported no beefs. $9 re
were improperly filled out, and both messman's Rjc'sles because
(Robin). September 9—Chairman.
there is no place to store thqir
XXX
ported in ship's fund. Suggestion
you must fill out others.
Anderson; Secretary. Steward.
S.
J.
PIERSON
geqr.
The crew wishes tp'express
that new men read Union agree
XXX
Delegates reported no beefs; all Please contact your mother.
a
vote
of thanks to tiie steward's
ment and Union literature and
RUDOLPH R. CEFARATTI
clear. The ship's crew of last She is worried about you.
department
for. the .fine fopd
study Union's ways of operation.
Get in touch with your family
trip chipped in through volun
served
throughout
the trip. .
XXX
X X X
as soon as possible.
tary donation the amount of
LUCIEN GIRARD
^
^
GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), $150 to purchase a washing ma Get in commimication with at
X X X
^ FREDERIC C. CQLLIN (Trans
August 19—Chairman. G. Engle chine for the convenience of all torney Harry R. Kozart, 2132
RICHARD KIN6 ,
Ifuel).
August lO—rtih^rman. £u
hard; Secretary. R. Pennington. crewmembers aboard ship.
A letter containing $5 yofi gepe Blore;. Secret;^, F;ranh
LincolnLiberty Building, Phila
Delegates reported no beefs. $33
sent to Bamislow J. Miszkowski NajdickL Due to; the. negligeixce
delphia, Pennsylvania.
XXX
reported in ship's fund. Discus MARIE HAMIL (Bloomfield).
last May has been returned to d^.^aome, the • washing tnachme
XXX
sion on various repairs.
the mail clerk at the New Y'ork '
August 26—Chairman. Joe Saide;
D. FORREST
broken dp^. , .Suggesfi^
XXX
^
Secretary, William F. Barth. William Wong, of the SS EUy, Hall.
that there be l^qssvnojse^^^^^^
DESOTO (Waterman). August Delegates reported disputed ov left your bag at the Seamen's
passageways. " ^
24 — Chairman. W. H. Butt; ertime to be given to Patrolman. Church Institute, 25 South Street,
JOHK
, ' ;
September : 9 —.0haim|an.'
Secretary. M. J. Rey]90lds. Del Suggestion made to have new New York. Pick up the check for "I have been unable to reach gene Belore; Secretary. Fra^
egates reported everythiag in scuttlebutt installed in crew's it at the LOG office. Please send you. Please send the camera to Nalrlicki. Delegates reported,, ,nj>
good order. Suggestion made by messroom. Motion inade to have Wong's bag, collect, care ofDr. Mr. \ A. Spango, 176 Warren beefs. Motion made thai thp ne^t
Deck Engineer to cooperate with Patrolman find out why milk is Charles Gillette, 15351 Via de las Stieet, Brooklyn, New York. T meeting aboard ship be held t|ie
crew's Messman to help keep not available at all times while Olas, Pacific . Palisades, CaU will send you a check for any last Saturday on arrival, in the
messhall clean.
r"
I vessel stays in Argentina.
expenses incurred: H, Db Silva." States.
'fornia.
\
.i
A&G Shipping From Sept. J2 To Sepir:M
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T»E SEAW ARERS LOG
Pag* Fiftaan
Port Savannah Will Boom
if Rumors Materialize
By E. B, TILLEY
SAVANNAH, Sept 20—If all stateowned docks here should
.ain;m DIOTBH
the rumors going around here be in fuU operation soon.
20.00
20.00 Watson, Henry ...
IttdliaBth,^ David ..
(Continued from Page 4)
Woodill,
Warren
H. ...........
10.00 crystallize, this will shortly be In the meantime, we had three
20.00
Molini,
John B.
....
p. USPHS tlOSPlTAL
come an important shipping area. payoffs, four signons and fqiur'
Nering, P. v........ ............ 20.00 Yanik, Jpse^ —.......—.... 2000
M SAVJILNNAK, GAi
The coal tipple which opened vess^ intransit to give us a
10.00 Yeroziannis, Petr<» P
40.00
Cohen, A. iF.
—<..^1. $10,00 O'Brien, Eugene P.
in Charleston recently has be good twoweek period. The pay
Daugherty, P. G.
10.00 Pepper, William E,. ............ 20.00
gun
operations, and three SIU offs were toe Southland (South
$880J)0
10.00
Goude, Joe
20.00 Phillips, Robert E.
ships have called there already. Atlantic), Casimir Pulaski (East
—,„.... 10.00
Harvey, Hjury
20.00 Preussler, Otto
Seatrains are supposed to be
...
10.00 Oeafh Benefits PaM gin operating out of Savannah em) and E. A. Bumette (Isth;
Rackley,
Vinson
....
Johnson, O.
20.00
mian). All three, plus toe .Abel
10.00
Loiwery, Carl
20.00 Releford, Harold ...
shortly,
and
the
nunor
here
Parker Upshur (South Atlantic),
10.00 Brown, N<Hnnaii Gardner.'.$l,500
MeGowan,rL;
. 1«.00 Bichards, Joseph V. .....
abouts
is that
South
Atlantic has
signed
on.
1,500
...
30.00 Hilton, Paul —
^*aylor, E. Si
:/10.00 Salgado, Jose
purchased
more
skips.
The < infransit ships were
...
1,000
20.00 Hodo, James
Smith, Aubrey H.' ....^i:i. 20.00 Sanchez, Charles ...„. ...
HOPE
rrs TRUE
Soutowave
(South Atlantic), R%
Lopshas,
Walter
—
1,500
10.00
Thompson,
Willis
...
Spaulding, Joseph A. u.:.:.. 10.00
1,000 Also, we understand Water phael Semmes (Waterman), Mon
10.00 Qrput, Robert John
Tonisson, T.
1,500 man has obtained a charter to roe (Bull) and Southern Counties
, $150.00 Wagner, Emil P. .... ............ 10.00 Rogers, Harry L
hm into Savannah. If all or part (Southern Trading).
80.00
Walker, Howard M.
USPHS HOSPl^M.
of these rumors come about, the We believe special mention
$8,000
20.00
Wallender, C
MOBILE, ALA.
should be given to the Bumette
Barrett, R. G.
$10.00
and toe Pulaski. Both ships qra
BurKe, Tim
20.60:
recent
boneyard vessels finish
Champlin,' Georgd
10.00
ing
their first
voyages.
Jones, J. H. '.;..:..:..iL..;.....v.y.U r 20.00
Both
ships
paid
off in CHiarles^
our beef as it is the ILA's, SUP's
By LINDSEY WILLIAMS
Langley^ Jesse li.
10:00
ton
last
week
without
beefs or
or
MMP's.
Hobertsoii, Jul!aii i...:..L...... 10.00 NEW . ORLEANS, Sept. 28 —
On the beach after making an hour of disputed overtime.
Reporting from the Port of NeW
several trips on the SS Carabulle We could use more of the type
$80:00 Orleans whbre ABs are about as
of Delegates aboard these ships.
is John (Alex) Witchen.
DEER'S HEAD HOSPITAL
scarce as a fivecent beer, we
Brother Witchen is weU known These crews have done well
SALISBURY, MD. ^
have to say shipping was good
here in NO for his ability to with these former rustbucketi
Lucas, Michael .i.,..l..'..L^..L. $40.00 in the past two Weeks.
change from one job to another At toe meeting last week toe
. JWe registered 208 members and
BELLEVUE HOS^ltAL
so often and still hold the job usual business was taken care
NEW IrORK, K. v., . , shipped 289, without counting the
of as well as a discussion on the
down in fine fashion.
Moore, George E.
$i6.6o men shipped by Brother Mons
nonunion
Yellow Cabs in this
NEW ANGLE
son, the SUP representative.
town. It seems that some fellows
USPHS HOSPITAL
Alex's mania for having so aren't aware of the record .of
Since his last report, he shipped
SEATTLE, WASH.
many different jobs must go way this scab outfit and have used
61
.men,
and
looks
forward
to
Humphrey, Kenneth L
$30.00
back for, as far back as can be their hacks.
crewing up 3 more Liberties be
"
USPHS HOSPITAL
remembered, he has come up
sides
the
various
ships
due
in
MANHATTAN BEACH, B'KLYN
UNION CABS ONLY
with some new angle on what*
Atmore, Robert
$40.00 here for payoff.
would
be
better
than
what
he
The,
membership agreed td
Blak$, RupeG A.;
_ 40.00 Although we have only a few
was
doing.
^
continue
to patronize cabs other
Blanks, Claude P.,
,20.00 ships scheduled for payoff, we
than
the
Yellow Cab outfit and
are looking
forward to good
ship
Alex started to sea back in the
Blossei*, Edmvtnd ^
, 40.00
if any member is in need of a
ping
for" the next
two
weeks,
as
early
'30s,
but
tried
his
luck
40.00
B^uno, Matthew, .....
ashore in hotels, shipyards and cab he should use the Garden
40.00 ships t due to arrive have been
B.urton, Charles
JOHN WITCHEN
coming
in here
on very
short no
even
went into business for him City cabs, the only union cabs
Daltoh, Jack M'
4(f.00
self,
all
to no avail—so he re in the city.
tice.
40.00
DriscoU, John, J..
Also discussed at toe meeting
Last week the Bakers and To date that is how the case turned to sea.
J^^wards, John T ,Tr:.rr*" 40.00 Confectionery Workers, A F L, stands, but, regardless of the out
was the rfecent action by tod
First toe
deck
department,
then
Bspihoza, Jose'
40.00
had thbir convention here in NO, come, it will be a lesson to other back again to the stewards de Retail Clerks Union against tod
Ezzell, Thonjas D, 1..".....,..... SO.QO and pledged to organize another
barbers that may try to get their partment, where he sailed as YachumYachum depart
^Ferrer, E.^
.., 40.00 65,000'members into their union.
workers to go into the CIO.
Baker, Pantryman, Cook and ment store here. The store is
Gilbert, Bobert B
40.00 They now have 185,000 members
The three shops involved have then Steward. Now Alex is on now 100 percent imion, thanks
GrinieS, Fred
4o.o6 in the US and Canada, and are taken
a beating and no court toe beach and, from last report, in part to toe aid given by tod
Hahn, Charles
40.00 out to add more members to the
order or mediator's ruling will was trying to get a foreman's job SIU.
Hassan, Raymond'
— 40.00
At present Yachum's is the
union fold.
Keenai^ John V^.
40.00 Aside from their organizational bring back the dough they have at the new Kaiser plant.
only store emplosdng imion sales
His
last
job
ashore
was
selling
lost,
and
will
lose
in
the
future,
Lahdry, Frederick
^.00 drive, their aim is to eliminate
due' to their actions against the appliances in a large department help, and deserves that patronage
Larseh, Robert F. ......^
night work in bakeries and to AFL barbers.
store here' and is yeported to of union members.
Lawlor, James F.
40.00 get the 5day week.
If you happen to buy anything
At
last
regular
meeting,
there
frave
been the only cigarsmok
Lopez, E.
40.00
in
Yachum's tell them you are
ing salesman*in toe
joint.
Active
was
np
New
Business
and
no
"KEEPS FRESH
Makfis, Cbhstantirie , ..1....... 40.00
there
because they have union
aiiddle^oh,' Clifford
40.00 New di^vblopments in the pro Good and Welfare, with a jhort ly participating in Union affairs clerks and unionmade clothing.
while on ship and ashore, Alex
Itfmazzo, Vic
40,00 fe^on "have.eliminated thfe need orderly meeting. New Business
A few of toe oldtimers around
has
proven to be a good ship
from
New
York
andBoston
was
'!Mufphy,
..„;:..*..'.;l.......;.. " 40.00 of shops to put out fresh bread
who aren't riding cabs or buy
mate.
Perhaps
we
could
sell toe
read
and
accepted.
Headquarters
Padzik, John
30.00 at aRfirnSj. New wrappers have
Report was concurred in unan butcher concession on toe cars ing anjrthing' at the moment are
Batcliff, R; A. ,±...i...^„— 40.00 made it possible for bread to
imously by the membership, carried by the Seatrains to Alex, these Hallsitters: M. Linsky, IL
Rivera, Ruperto
20,QO keep fresh longer than had been along with the resolution on 1952 then he would again be in busi Grimes, W. StoU and W. "Straw • M
Sullivan, Timotky
40.00 possible in previous years, and officials.^
berry" Connors.
ness for himself.
Thompson, Albert D, ........ 40.00 therefore the practice of having If the' SUP goes on strike, all
Vorke, Peter R
20,00 to have, fresh bread baked sev members are urged to get to the
eral times a day has been elim
H511 as soon as possible and reg
$1,160.00 inated.
Anthony H. Buckley, Sr., Pres iister for picket duty, as the mem
USPHS HdSFTTAL
By KEITH ALSOP
ident of Local 35 in New Or bership has* gone on record unan
* STATEN ISLAND. NrY.
imously
to
support
the
SUP
100
GALVESTON, Sept. .27—Ship^ began three weeks ago here in
Atchason, William
$10.00 leans, acted as chairman when percent.
ping continued well above aver an effort to get a rise in the
the
convention
with
it's
600plus
Bailey, Benjamin
10.00
This is not just a figure of age here during toe period just shrimp price schedule. Tfee SIU
Burnstine, Maurice
'20.00 delegates got under way.
speech,
or flowery words being ended with two payoffs, two shrimp men got their demand*
Cedeno, Alfredo
; 20.OO Involved in a beef here in NO uttered for toe benefit of others, signons and thirteen ships here and are now going after the fi^
Chason, .^thur^
,™..; 10.00 with the CIO Barbers is the AFL but recommendations by ' the
intransit.
An interesting item in thio
cd]^e, Lpuis^
'k nn.
20.00 Barbers Union. The AFL barbers membership to support the SUP
The
two
ships
to
payoff
and
news from
Houston told of a
10.00 have been picketing several 100 percent^ physically, morally
bortes, Jose ,
signon
again
were
the
Seastar. Galveston
seaman
who is facing
30.001 shops here in NO due to the
Craig, ]^ank
and
financially.' *
deportation
charges
because of
(Mercador)
and
James
H.
Price
20.00 owners forcing their barbers to
Dacey, • C.'
his
former
membership
in toe
(South
Atlantic).
,
ON
THE
LINE
20.00 join the CIO.
Diaz, ^faeJ ......lU.:,;...,..
communist
party.
Intransit
ships
were
Del
San
The
beef
came
to
a
head
when
Thismeans that all members
Dixon, iSarl R; ...:..;.lli„V......' 20.00
tos and Del Alba fMississippi), He claims, and he is support
Ezzell, Thomas; p. /,'.....,.,,...... 30.00 the barbers that were being pick are to help picket, and those that
Seatrain
New York, Seatrain ed by two forjper NMU offi
eted filed
suit
in
civil
district
think it is only toe duty of the
Garrison, Wijli^ ' A^' ;r 10.00
Georgia
and
Seatrain Havana; cials, toat he was forced to jofn
Gelinas, Donjdd P. i.'.'Jy.l.J,'.. 10.00 court here seeking "a restraining SUP or others to carry the load
Cabins
(Cabins
Tankers), Can the CP or lose his NMU boo^
Grahgaard; J.
20.00 injunction to prevent the AFL will . find themselves caught
tigny
and
CoimcU
Grove (Cities The seaman claims toat he qt
Harden, Otis J.
.10 00 pickets from picketing their short when the time comes to
Service),
Federal
(Trafalgar), tended only one CP meeting and.
shops biecause the pickets were ship out if they dcm't. have the
Harris, .Arthur .I,.....?...,
Warrior
and
George
Gipp (Wa tfren tore up his membership
necessary clearances and picket
Hartman, Charfes
10.00 ruining their business.
terman),
Trinity
(Carras)
and car^
Bierttandei:, Frank
30.00 Seems as though these birds duty.
Here in the.HaU we had no
Richard
Pearson
(Bloomfield).
Jepsen, Arnold ....:....™.V...... 20D0 should have; thought about that Let's get behind the SUP and
meeting
because of toe lack Of
The
last
named
sh^ is
recent
Johnstbri, Charles'lL":^^:! '30.00 when they tried to get their, bar other members of the MTD, if
a
quorum,
though we did man
ly
out
of toe
boneyard
and
is
they Eave
to go out
and prove
to
Koslusky, Joseph
10.00 bers to change from the AFL to
age
to
spot
a few bookmembe^
l»ing
fitted
out.
others
that
we
are
united—and
Kustas, jnibmas Ji.
...!: 20.00 the CIO. After hearing testimony
arqund
the
Hall,
among* them
In
addition
to
good
shilling,
because
of toat
we
or
our
af
Lomas, Arthur:.;...... .......... 20.00 from both sides, the judge sug
Marcoup,
H.
Parks,
J. Bowlins,
the shrimp fleet is partly active
McGhee; Jsattek ......^.Li:..:...; 20:00 gested that the case W turned frliates will win out in any and again. A "fishermen's htdiday"] J. Molc^ey and F. Aderhtdd.*
ci.
McGuigahA.
20:00 over to themediation board, v . LaU JwefS.This beef is as mudi
Afeur Orleaas Plays Hosi To Bakers Union
Galveston Shipping Good
II'
�Pag* SixiMa
T H E ^ S E A F A R E M S
^
l^'V
fx.
f
On the last leg of their trip to the Far Eash Kyska crewmembers pose on deck with Hono
lulu in the background. The Kyska left New York in May and after hitting Gulf ports look off
for the Far East. Crewmen are, left to right, Alfred Nunea, Wiper; Roberts, AB;
AB; Neumann, AB; Chris, DM; Jim Kelly, OS, and, in foreground, Dave, AB.
*
Four Months Of Hamiuiy
Mark 55 Kyska s Voyage
The Bosun,' foreground, supervises and lends a hand in
securing gear as the vessel prepares to leave Yokohama. Ac
cording to Beck, who took the pictures, all hands worked
together well during the trip.
The camera gets turned gn cameraman Jay Beck,
, left, as he works with the 1st Engineer replacing a
field coil in a lube >611 pump motor.
trim to sell
an unidentified AB 'ob> the mefits of. t^ shoes carried in the
vessel's slopchesf. AU
taken: by Jay Beck, qhief
Edwards, the Kyska's Oiier, listens intently
to the phone, while he gases into the distance.
Tlie Kyska has since returned to New York
and had a clean payoff in all departments.
The Steward of the Watemmn ship glances up
before making his move—'in checkers, that is. The
crew was unai^mous in praising ship's
food.
Jimmy Logan; Wiper, works up a sweat in
a tight sjpot. He's busy replacing plalps in a
boiler casing, though he pauses a nxomenf for,
Brothar Beck's camera.
"It was this long/' semns to 1M the inalter ufider
discusiton as CharlM Dougherty, f^mman; loolei
skeplicaliy at "Red Dog." AB. and Jim. KeU^
• : ;4
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CONTRACT REOPENED ON WAGES
THREAT OF MARITIME STRIKES FADES AS UNIONS AND OPERATORS AGREE
NOMINATIONS ARE OPENED FOR 29 A&G ELECTIVE POSITIONS
MEN WANTED
USPHS HOSPITALS RANK WITH THE BEST
THE ARMED DOVE
NEW ORLEANS TUGBOAT STRIKE WON BY MAW
SAN FRANCISCO IS A BUSY PORT
RESOLUTION ON A&G ELECTIONS
REVOLUTIONARY SHIPPING BOARD IN NEW HQ HALL
SIU OPERATORS IN WAGE TALKS
RATED MEN DON'T STAY LONG IN TAMPA
MOBILE SHIPPING MAINTAINS PACE
9 PAYOFFS, 4 SIGN-ONS SPARK PORT BOSTON
PORT BALTIMORE FINDS SELF IN TOP-NOTCH CONDITION
EVEN ENTRY RATINGS HAVE NO DIFFICULTY IN LAKE CHARLES
NEAR-EAST OIL CRISIS BOILS AROUND SEAMAGIC
DON'T THINK - SAL WILL READ YOUR MIND
WHERE AMERICAN LIBERTYS GET THEIR NAMES
FIRST OF TWO NEW SEATRAINS COMPLETES HER MAIDEN VOYAGE
SEATTLE REPORTS EVERYTHING OKAY, ESPECIALLY SHIPPING
PORT SAVANNAH WILL BOOM IF RUMORS MATERIALIZE
NEW ORLEANS PLAYS HOST TO BAKERS UNION
GALVESTON SHIPPING GOOD
FOUR MONTHS OF HARMONY MARK SS KYSKA'S VOYAGE
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Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America
VOL. XIII
NEW YORK. N. Y« FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 1951
m
No. 19
Three AFL Mmilime Unions
May Strike Balky Operators
BME Drive
Extended To
Matson Line
The Brotherhood of Marine
Engineers continued its drive to
enlist America's marine En
gineers under the AFL banner
by swinging its organizational
efforts to the Engineers of the
Matson Navigation Company's
fleet.
The Matson fleet is the third
company to • come under the
BME's expanded drive of recent
months, following Isthmian
Steamship Company and the
American President Line. The
BME has signed a contract cov
ering the Engineers of the 37
diip Isthmian fleet and the drive
in AFL is still iii progress.
• • Action in the Matson fleet came
• two weeks ago when BME pick
^ ets appeared before the Hawaiian
Banker in iSaltimore; On Wed
nesday of this week their lines
^ were extended to the Hawaiian
Retailer in Philadelphia. Other
steamship companies where the
Engineers are reportedly in sym
pathy to the BME will come un
der the organizing drive shortly,
the BME has announced.
In the drive • i n the American
• President Line, wherein two
.ships were tied up, the company
.'sacceeded in getting an injunc
tion in New Jersey courts al
lowing the Preadent Polk to sail
from its pier in Jersey City. Thte
other APL vessel, the President
Fillmore, is still being picketed
• at its .Staten Island pier.
Meanwhile, the BME has been
isissured of continuing support in
'its drive by its affiliate, the SIU.
NeW Hall
' With the deadline only nine days away, the
threat of a strike hung ominously over the nation's
waterfront as the three AFL unionso currently ne
gotiating with employers saw little prospects for
early settlements.
The three union# are the Sailors Union of the
Pacific, the Masters, Mates and Pilots and the
International Longshoremen's Association.
The Sailors Union of the Pacific, led in nego
tiations by SIU President Harry Lundeberg, has(
found its negotiating sessions marked by stubborn
ness on all issues, and as yef«i„„
u.e operators coaM be
has found no basis upon disposed of before the deadline
which to begin serious nego despite regular* meetings.
tiations with the operators. In the event the Sailors Union
I
Ffaaehy Michelei takes Representative Louis B. Heller
(Denow NY) on tour of new HQ building in Brooklyn, which
is scheduled to open on or about October 15. (Turn to page 5
for picture of completed exterior of building.)
The nearness dt the September does not reach agreement before
30 deadline has given the SUP the present contract expires, the
but slight hope that the differ Union will undoubtedly c^l a
ences existing between the Un strike of its members on all of
its contracted vessels.
The union's membership voted
in August on the strike issue,
and though the votes will not
be counted until the strike dead
line, the SUP is positive the
membership has given the offi
cials almost unanimous approval
to . take strike action, if neces
sary.
The Sailors Union is asking
for the fourwatch system, 40
hourweek for day workers at
(Continued on Page 5) ,
AFL Plans To Aid
'Friends' In Elections
The American Federation of
Labor, now in convention in San
Meeting in the new Headquarters building to fornftilate plans for the pturlicipation of the Francisco, has announced plans
United States Public Health Service in the new SIU Cooks and Bakers School are these rep
to raise an $8 million war chest
resentatives of the USPHS and the SIU.
to campaign for "labor's friends"
From left to right: A1 Kerr. A. Michelet. A1 Bernstein, Harold B. Robinson, Chief of Milk in next year's national elections.
and Food Branch of USPHS, Paul Resnick, Field Representative for the USPHS, James H.
The planjs to collect $1 from
LeVan, Chief of Vessels Sanitation Program of USPHS, and Morris Weisberger. Kerr and each member within the AH, to
Michelet, of the Headquarters staff, represented the A&G, while Bernstein, International Repre
fight for the election of men sym
sentative, and Weisberger, SIU VicePresident, participated as representatives of the International. pathetic to labor. A program to
be foUowed during the election
year will be worked out in No
vember, when the 107 presidents
of AFL unions will be summon
Alien seamen are now allowed percent of a crew—^usually sev engineroom may be filled by an The new ruling does not affect ed to Washington for confer
to make up 50 percent of the en men—to be aliens. The new alien Electrician, if the ship is subsidized ships, nor the stewards ences.
.crews of nonsubsidized Amerl waiver allows for six more required by law to carry an department on unsubsidized ves
Other coming AFL programs
sels, where aliens are limited to outlined at the 70th convention of
. can ships, where citizens are not aliens to be carried under cer Electrician.
available in the ratings required. tain provisions.
The waiver of the ban on 25 percent of that department's the Federation were a renewal
aliens in the 1936 Merchant Ma complement.
RATED^BERTHS
The new rule went into effect
of the battle for repeal of the
on September 1, and allows for In the deck department, three rine Act came about as a re^lt As yet the Coast Guard has TaftHartley Law, and a cam
onehalf of the crew of a non of the six ABs are allowed to of the present tight supply of signifi^ no intention to grant paign for a workable price con
subsidized vessel, Able Seamen be aliens, and in the engineroom manpower in the maritime in waivers to unrated men to fill trol law.
rrf and qualified memtjers of the three of the six Firemen and dustry, and is practically the vacant rated jobs, a procedui'e SIU President Harry Lunde
iengine departmeiit, to be aliens. Oilers are allowed to be aliens. same setup used during World in effect during the greater part berk is representing the Union
of World War IL
at the convention.
The former ruling allowed 25 One of the three berths in the War II for alien seamen.
CC Raises Alien QUPIB For Unsubsidized Vessels
�Page Two
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Friday. September 21, 1851
SEAFARERS LOG
Published Every Other Week by the
i
SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Atlantic and Gulf District
Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor
At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y.
HAnover 22784
Reentered as second class matter August 2, 1949, at the Post
Office in New York, N.Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912.
267
Solid Backing
«
No organization ever approached a contract expira
tion date with greater backing than that now pledged to
the Sailors Union of the Pacific. Should the Sailors^ tje
forced to strike for their demands, they have been assured
the support and aid of unions representing over 250,000
'maritime workers and waterfront teamsters in the AFL
Maritime Trades Department. In addition, the SUP has
been given assurance of picketline support and equal ship
ping rights, of the SIU Atlantic and Gulf District. They
may need this support.
'
From reports received from the Sailors Union of the
• Pacific, the operators—the Pacific Maritime Association
• seem to have taken a halfhearted attitude toward nego
tiations to date. They say they will get down to serious
talks with the SUP "late this week or early next week."
^hy they can't get down to seftous talking now is hard
to understand, for there is no doubt but that the SUP
is dead serious in its demands.
The pussyfooting by the operators that has charac
terized the negotiations to date seems hardly in keeping
• ;with the fact that involved are the livelihoods of thousands
of seamen and their families, as well as a large segment of
America's merchant fleet. However, the SUP is far from
being alarmed by the indifference shown by the operators.
If a strike is what is necessary to bring them to their senses,
the SUP is ready.
•
Should a tieup become necessary, the SUP is in a
very cozy position. The pledge of aid from the SIU A&G
District assures them picketline support. Branch facilities
and strike machinery, plus the opportunity to ship out
on A&G ships not affected by a strike. SUP members are
GEORGE N. CLARKE
JAMES L. NICHOLSON
DONAL AVERILL
Get in touch with your mother Get in touch with Thomas M.
thus assured of weathering a strike without too great a PATRICK P. McKITTRICK
JOHN MATKOSKI
at 237 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, Breen, 220 Broadway, New Yo^k
f strain on them economically, and at the same time being
Your Welfare Plan beneficiary as quickly as possible.
City, regarding a case in whigfi
assured that with A&G aid their contracted ships will re cards were improperly filled out.
you are a witness.
main tied up until a settlement is reached. However, if Make out new ones.
ft ft ft
that is the way the Pacific Maritime Association wishes to
"DoDo—^please get in toucU
4. t i
PHILIP COSTA
with me: Pooch."
play the game, the SUP and SIU are ready.
(Ex SS Eugenie)
.ft ft ft
The struggle of the SUP to win a better contract is You were overpaid by $215.52
RAUL E. CUMARE
not theirs alone, as the . membership of the A&G District when you were paid off imder
Get in touch with your draft
board.
.demonstrated when they voted unanimously to give the mutual consent on July 12, in
ft ft ft
StJP allout aid in the event of a strike. The SIU intends Seattle. The Master stands to The following Seafarers,' pow
lose this amount, unless you re in the armed forces, have asked
FRANK J. ANDREW
to work for contract revisions when the SUP has settled turn the overpajTnent to J. M.
Please get in touch with your
Its beef, and assistance from, our West Coast affiliate will Carras, 24 State" Street, New the LOG to print their service daughter, Mrs. W. A. Rankine,
addresses so their friends and
v
play an important role. The SUP's battle is our battle and, York City.
former shipmates can write them: at 514 Washington Ave., Brook
lyn, New York.
i i
If necessary, the A&G will throw at its disposal every
Pvt. Frank Eschrich,
•
JOSEPH
TORRA
ft ft ft
resource of the organization.
AF 12387882
(Ex SS Eugenie)
RAYMOND E. DAVIS
;
You were overpaid by $60.84 Flight 586 Tng. Sqdrn. 3655
GENE R. DAVIS
when you paid«)ff under mutual Sampson Air Force Base, NY.
Write to your parents at 64
consent in Seattle. Unless you
ft 4
Third Street, New London, Ohip,
return the overpajnnent to J. Pvt. John Pronski, US 52121481
ft ft ft
Government officials are apparently becoming aware M. Carras, 24 Stat4 Street, the Co. A, 1st Bn. TRTC, 3rd Platoon LAWRENCE A. HALBROOK
that steps must be taken to secure the necessary rated Master stands, to lose the money.' Fort Eustis, Va.
Get in touch immediately with
Mrs. Helen Duffy, Sisters of
4. 4^ 4.
t i 4i
eeamen. As a suggestion, thpse seeking an answer to this
TONY BLAZE
Pvt. Joseph C. Mikronis,
Charity Hospital, New Orleans
problem would do well to ,read the letter pages of the
Roy Alonzo Christopher, now
RA 12342045
Louisiana.
SEAFARERS LOG, where every week are printed letters in the Army, would appreciate Hq. Co. • 3rd Bn., 503rd ABN
ft ft ft
from former ABs, Firemen, Electricians, Oilers and other the return of the loan he made Fort Campbell, Ky.
DICK BOWMAN
rated men now being trained as infantrymen, tank drivers you on the Bradford Island. His
"If you know the whereabouts
ft ft t
home
address
is:
180
Valley
Pfc.
Stanley
D.
Bossick
of
my seaman's wallet contain
and artillerymen by the armed forces. The number of men
Street,
South
Orange,
New
Jer
3763
Stud.
Sq.
Bks.
695
ing
my discharges and other
drafted off their ships—^many of them veterans of sailing sey.
• • .
Sheppard Air Force Base
papers, please notify me or send
through World War II—is sizeable and could contribute
Witchita Falls, J'exas
them to me at SIU Headquarters^
t % t
.greatly to alleviating the growing shortage. Steps should
HAYWOOD B. GREEN
51 Beaver. Street: Thurstoii
ft ft ft
Lewis."
,
be taken immediately to release from the armed forces Mrs. Shirley Wessel of the Louis Cabrera, 50107584
t ft ft
the men with skills needed in America's* front line of Seamen's Church Institute, 25 1st Platoon, 8th Co. .
South Street, New York City, 5th Bn., RTC
FREDERICK W. BROWN
defense, delivering vital defense and aid cargoes to our has a message of importance for c/o PM, APO 851.C
Get in tpuch with your draff
Allies.
you.
„
New York, New York .
board immediatrfy.
Wasted Manpower
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rtidaY' • ptnnlMr 21v 1951
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An SIU Contract Made
World Of Difforonco
In Cities Service
Two trips on the SS Abiqua
have convinced Seafarer Thomas
F, Oliver that Cities Service
tankers now rank up with the
best in the SIU—and he has the
pay vouchers to prove it.
Oliver, a bookmember and a
member of the SIU since 1941,
was a deck man aboard the SS
Abiqua for 38 days. He paid off
early this month with $770.20,
of which $448.59 had been made
in overtime.
Displaying his pay vouchers
to show the kingsized OT he
earned, Oliver noted that the
money was the greatest he had
earned for the time involved
since durmg the war, when he
traveled in the war zones and
collected the bonus.
8
•
105
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TOTAL DEDUCTIONa
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Page Three
PAYOFF BREAKDOWN
THOMAS F. OLIVER
*^A
breakdown in his earnings
±i2ZU.
MASTSR
iL.
MASTSR
for the trips show that from
Oliver's pay vouchers iell Ihe story of his 37 profitable days on the Abiqua. The heavy August 2nd to August 27th, Oli there now and we should take
overtime^ was made possible by the newlyincluded provisions negotiated with the company. ver earned $214.81 in wages and care of it," he said. "The yoimg
$369.66 fn overtime as AB.
^ sters on the ships have to be
From August 28th to Septem watched over. There's a lot ihe
ber 8th he earned $106.80 in oldtimers can teach them."
wages and $78.93 in overtime Oliver not only found praise
as Deck Maintenance. Most of for the crew and the contract,
Oliver's overtime was made on but for the Skipper as well. "I
tank work and security jvatches. never thought I'd find myself
Oliver attributes his big mone giving a CS Skipper a pat on
tary gain to the improved con the back," he said, 'Tjut Captain
the topside, sailing as OS and tract provisions, which now stip D. Cronin was very cooperative."
There will be' at' least one
AB. Later he made three trips ulate overtime for port time dur
member of the Mississippi state
The Skipper, Oliver relatei
as Bosun, his last one, to Shang ing the week and butterworthing took the vessel out of its sched
legislature next year who is one
haii, China, in 1946.
of those ,rare birds, "a friend of
on watch.
uled route to put an injured
labor" who really is one.
SHORESIDE JOB
The Abiqua was Oliver's first crewmember aboard a Coast
He returned then to Brandon, Cities Service ship. .Being a vet Guard vessel at the sea buoy
He is labor's friend because he
and went to work for May eran freight Bosun he approached at Charleston, SC.
is a workingman himself, and a
Motor Company, a Chevrolet the Cities Service berth with
member of a trade union.
INJURED EYE
dealer.
During this time, he took misgivings.
What is more, that union is
advantage of the opportunities "I had heard so many rumors While coming north the Pump
the Seafarers International Union
under the GI Bill of Rights and about Cities Service that I man, Harry Granger, was ^ruck
of North Ameriica, Atlantic and
took a course in Business Ad avoided them. It just shows— in his eye by a piece of steel,
Gulf District.
ministration,
being the while you shouldn't listen to rumors." which lodged in the iris. The
That man is James A. (Jimmy,
very
active
in
all veterans and When he boarded the ship, Skipper contacted the Coast.
to his friends) Morrow, Jr., who
civic
affairs.
Oliver stated, he found the ship Guard, but they would not come
joined the SIU in September,
Jimmy
is
up
to
date
in
his
clean and the quarters in good out to the ship, so the vessel's i
1942, holding book number 23910.
dues
and
assessments
and
has
shape.
"Nothing like the bad course was changed to where
Jimmy sailed until 1946, when
clearances
for
all
SIU
beefs.
He
ships
I
had heard about."
the Coast Guard met the ship
he left the sea to work shore
intends
to
keep
up
his
book
be
After
a
few
hoims
working
on
at the buoy. As a result of the
side. But, after reading in the
cause,
as
he
says,
"I
am
very
deck
he
found
that
the
working
diversion the ship was thrown
LOG that Tated men were need
proud
to
be
a
member
of
the
conditions,
too,
were
on
a
paral
,off
its schedule.
ed—he holds FWT and AB en
SIU."
lel
with
those
on
the
regular
At
the moment Oliver is not
dorsements—he went from Bran
Every
Seafarer
who
knows
SlUcontracted
ships.'
looking
for another ship. He got
don, Mississippi, where he makes
him—and
they
are
truly
many—
The SIU
men
on
the ships,
too,
off
the
Abiqua
to have his teeth:
JAMES
A.
MORROW,
JR.
his home, to New Orleans and
knows
he
can
bank
on
Jimmy
Oliver
found
to
be
conscientious
fixed
and
he
doesn't
intend to
made the run to Korea on the
pany), under the command of when he says that "Organized and hard working, though he sail again until his choppers are
Maiden Victory, "which had been
Captain F. M. Harrell, to Cairo,. labor will have at least one Rep did feel that more bookmembers all in good working order. Then
laid up in the boneyard.
Egypt.
resentative who understands la should go into the fleet and he'll take the first job that comes
ENTERS RACE
He sailed as Wiper for two bor problems and who will al give the youngsters a hand in up on the board, and that in
cludes the Cities Service ships,
He returned from Korea be trips and FiremanWatertender ways play fair on labor legis learning the Union ropes.
for
one
trip.
Then
he
changed
to
lation."
"We've
got
a
good
contract
too.
fore Christmas last year and
made a trip on the SS Del
Mundo (Mississippi). Incidentally,
he played first base .for the
crew's baseball team.
Upon his r,eturn from this trip
By THURSTON LEWIS
been coming in of freighters and held meetings which have been These meetings should be held
he went back to Brandon and en
even tankers on which the crew both interesting and instructive on all SlUcontracted vessels.
tered the race for Representative There has been much discus members have organized , and to all hands.
To those interested in organ
of Rankin County. Four candi sion recently among the forward
izing
and conducting educational
dates were in this race, with two thinking members of the Sea
meetings,
write or get in con
to be elected pnd 7,000 voters farers about Union educational
tact
with
Herb Brand at SIU
qualified to cast: ballots. Jimmy meetings which have in the past
Headquarters,
and he will give
was one of the two elected in been held both aboard ships and SIU Meeting Demands of Doubled Shipping
you
pamphlets
dealing with var
Page
the first primary with a majority. at various shoreside Halls.
ious phases of SIU Unionism
US Shipping
Not
Protected
In Jap Treaty
Page
Brother Morrow was born in These meetings have been held
and will be glad to hdp with
Report of Seafarers Welfare Plan
Page
Ciovis, New Mexico, in 1923^ regularly aboard the SS Del
suggestions.
News
From
The
Ships
Page
which makes him 27 years old Norte (Mississippi) with a mark
Minutes of Shipboard Meetings
Page
At this particular time, with
—but moved to Brandon in 1926, ed success and the crewmembers
Letters
From
The
Membership
Page 10
shipping
good, there are many
have responded with great at
where he has lived since.
Here's
What
I
Think
Page 13
new
members
coming to us, and
When he was 17, in 1940, he tention and cooperation. They
Shipping
Conferences
Cover
The
World
Page
16
it
is
important
that we do all
joined the US Navy. He was dis have also been held aboard the
we
can
toward
getting
them off
Reports From Branch Agents:
charged in 1942, frorn the Naval Puerto Rico (Bull) and a promise
on
the
right
foot,
in
order
to
Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, of much good has come from Boston
Page 4 Galveston .:.
Page 6 help maintain our present con
with a serviceconnected disabil these meetings.
New Orleans
Page 4 Baltimore
Page 7 tracts and to insure a strong ,
ity. It was then that he joined It is not necessary that the Philadelphia
Page 4 Mobile
Page 7 and solid future for Seafarers.
the SIU, in September, and made passenger ships have a monopoly Seattle
Page 4 Lake Charles
Page 13
Let's hold those educational
. his fir.st trip aboard the SS Josh on these meetings, as indeed they Wilmington
Page 4
meetings!
ua Parker (Mississippi SS Com have not because reports have
;
i
Labor Will Have At Least
One Friend In Mississippi
Educational Meetings ImportantTo Future Of Seafarers
IN THIS ISSUE
�Page Four
THE S E 4 E ARE m$
Fmaf. S^iembex 21. 1951:
Both SIU And SUP Enjoying
Top Shipping In New Orleans
fliTransits Are
The Difference
In Wifmingten
Visitor
Seatrain Lines is one outfit that beef there are no beefs pending
By LINDSEY WI1.LIAMS
in the port. Whatever overtime
NEW ORLEANS; Sept. u — keeps running at all times.
By SAM COHEN
Business
affairs
of
the
port
beefs and routine minor beefs
Reporting from down yonder; we
WILMIMTON, Sept. 13 Des
have to fall in line, with other are in good shape and there came up were settled at the"*pay
pite the fact that we had, only
ports that report good shipping, were very few beefs in the last off or the signon of the ships
one payoff, and no signons
involved.
as we certainly have good ship two weeks.
worthy^ of the name, shipping is
About
the
only
beef
of
im
Brother
Monsson, the SUP rep
ping down here.
portance
to
come
up
was
on
pretty
good here, thanks to re
resentative
in
the
port,
reports
The outlook for the coming
the
Mississippi
ships.
Two
of
placements
supplied to intrans
that
he
has
only
12
men
regis
: two weeks is even better ahd, if
these
scows
had
stayed
out
long
its.
;
tered
in
all
three
departments,
the ships that are now scheduled
The
Jean
LaFitte
was
the lone
er
than
scheduled,
and
the stores
and
the
shipping
outlook
for
the
to hit this port between now
payoff and only took four , men
and the end of the month, all ran pretty low. This will not coming two weeks is very good
to fill out the crew. There were
come through, we will start Oc happen in the future, as the with several payoffs scheduled
no beefs aboard her and no dis
tober off with the leavings from company has agreed to putting and two ships coming out of the
puted overtime. It was a good
boneyard to be crewed up.
the bottom of the barrel, as extra stores on these ships.
ship, all
the way around, ahd it
For the past two weeks Mons
STEWARDS CHECK
these scheduled ships alone will
was
a
pleasure, to
pay her off,.'
son
reported
that
he
shipped
a
probably clean the Hall.
It is now up to the Stewards
Omer Becu, General Secre
The
intrahsit
ships
numbered
total
of
65
men.
He
was.
able
We are still shipping more to see that they are there be
tary of the International six and included the Sea Comet
to
secure
sik
men
from
Lake
than we have coming in to reg fore they sail, as the crews are
Transportwoskers Federation,
ister. We have an abundance of instructed to hold .them respon Charles through ,the SIU Hall paid a visit to the A&G Head (Zenith), DePauw Victory (South
nonrated men on the beach, but sible , if they run out on the there, and had to call the West quarters prior to going to San Atlantic), John B. Wa^rman and
Noonday (Waterman), Penmar
Coast for nine ABs.
they, too, should have their day voyage.
Francisco to attend the AFL
sometime between now and the We had a beef on the Del On the beach here' in New Convention now in session. (Calmar) arid the Steel Rover
end of September.
Viento. This ship carried caustic Orleans we have quite a few The SIU is affiliated with the (Isthmian).
The CIO Shipyard Workers
Since the last meeting the soda, and it plays hell with the oldtimers who have come in re ITF. which has its head
are
out on strike at Todd's Ship
cently,
and
quite
a
few
who
following ships paid off: the Del crew's clothes and leather gloves
quarters in London..
yard
in San Pedro and at Beth
have
been
here
some
time.
Santos, Del Sud "and Del Viento when they have to clean the
lehem
in Long Beach. The prin
(Mississippi); Alcoa Planter (Al 'holds.
"HALL WARMERS"
cipal demand
is for higher wages,
coa), and the Catahoula (Cuba We will meet with Mississippi# Ben Collins, JoJo Touart, the
and
the
companies
have been
Distilling).
Shipping Company bWore this one and only Whitey Tanner
offering
5c
an
hour
as against
Intransit and hdlping shipping ship or any other ship goes out hill, Harry. Muchias, Frank
the
union's
dernand
for
38c an
a hell of a lot were the Alcoa with caustic soda, in order to Kouns, Johnny Johnston, Jeff
hour .raise.
Pioneer, Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa have rubber gear placed\)ri these Jeffers, Tiny Carson, Irish
Pennant, Alcoa Roamer, Alcoa ships for the crews if they are O'Malloy, Louis Teok, Red Caro
BOOST LINES
fcianger and the Alcoa Cavalier; to be required to clean the holds lan, Freddie Klein and Pmrcy
Although at present we have
the Steel Inventor, Steel Direc after the cargo is discharged.
no ships in those yards, we will
Boyer are some of the bunch ' By STEVE CABDULLO
tor and Steel Flyer (Isthmian); Outside of the caustic soda making up the "Hall Warmers
respect
their picketlines if any
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14
the Fairland, City of Alma,
of
our
ships
pull in to either of
Club."
Shipping has slackened down for
Chickasaw, Morning Light and
Also dropping in recently was the first time in quite a while these yards. The SUP crews
Gateway City (Waterman); Sea
Brother Thomas (Lover) Gould, to a slow pace, which has given walked off their ships when they
train Texas and Seatrain New
who is at present woodbutcher us a chance to catch up on a lot saw the picketlines, but the ship
Jersey; Del Sud (Mississippi);
on the SS Del Sud. Tom is well of other work. However, that yard workers gave them permis
Fort Hoskins (Cities. Servjce);
known to the majority of the does not mean that you can't sion to man their vessels while
Edith (Bull); Trinity (Carras),
members in the Gulf, and has ship out of the port o.f Philadel they lay in the yard.
and the Julesburg (Mathiason).
shipped out of New Orleans and phia. We are still shipping rated No meeting could be held Iiere
FIVE SIGNONS
Mobile quite often since joining men. Or^y, now we give them a because we couldn'f^ mu'ste'r
In the signon column we had
enough members. Red Braun
the SIU in 1942.
chance to register.
the Alcoa Planter and Alcoa
Why Tom shifted his shipping We crewed up the'fanious SS stein, Max Beyers, Doc Moran,
Pioneer, Catahoula, Del Rio and
from Mobile to New Orleans is Antinous, which had. crashed in Rocky Melone and Clem Thomp
the Del Sud.
not known but, as we know, the river some months ago and son are among the few oldtimers
The Seatrain Georgia is due
seamen have quite a few prob has been drydocked ever since. gracing the beach here.
in here on her maiden voyage
lems besides trying to ship, and We shipped Leo Allen as Chief Incidentally, this paradise for
and, from all reports, she is a
it may have been one of these Steward, and he swears he is seamen has begun to sour for
damn good addition to the SIU
problems that caused Tom to going to stay on it and homestead some of the men on the beach,
fleet.
leave Mobile and use New Or it. After talking with his girl because they can't get just ex
• Not only does the Georgia
actly what they want in the way
leans as his home port.
friend we have news for him.
^iye us jobs at the present time,
If nothing goes wrong between We see where the MEBA is of ships. Still, the climate and
when shipping is good, but pro
now and Saturday, September still screaming about the BME women make it hard for them
vides us with jobs in times
15, Tom will start his third trip signing the contract with Isth to leave this port.
when the going is tough, as the
TOM GOULD
on the Del Sud. This is quite mian Steamship Company, and
a long employment period for making all kinds of wild accus
Tom but • for some reason or ations. I wonder who they think
another he is sticking it out on they are kidding? If they think
the Del Sud.
they're kidding their member
By JIMMY SHEEHAN
Tom has been very active in ship, they're crazy.
BOSTON, Sept. 13—The regu
By JEFF MORISON
Shipping in this port was good all SIU beefs, and took an ac
OLD STORY
lar Branch meeting last night— during this last period, with tive part in the Cities S^vice
SEATTLE, Sept. 13—Shipping
which accepted the minutes of four ships paying off—the Re beef. He was among the many They tried to make all kinds of is mighty fine out this way, and
tjhe last Branch meetings, the public (Trafalgar), Michael (Car members that volunteered to excuses for the Isbrandtson when I sure hope it stays like that.
SecretaryTreasurer's financial
ras), Julesburg (Terminal) and sweat it out — or, better said, it went BME. Several other lines Three ships paid off here since
report, as well as the Building the Bents Fort (Cities Service). freeze it out—^in Lake Charles went BME and they are still oiiif last report — the Simmons
Committee's and Headquarters The first three signed on again. just prior to the signing of the screaming. The latest outfit to Victory (Bull), Topa Topa' (Wa
go BME, Isthmian, has really terman) and the Eileen (Metro
report—had an interesting dis
The only real beef was on thfr Cities Service contract.
produced a masterpiece of ex Petroleum)—and all three signed
cussion under Good and Wel Republic, where the FWT as
REAL TEXAM^
cuses.
fare on a way to expand our wel sisted the 2nd Assistant in blow
on again.
I wonder what excuses they The Topa .Topa was dean as a
Due
to
the
fact
that
Tom
was
tasse benefits.
ing the tubes on Sunday. This
. What the membership had in is double overtime work, which born in Texas, his lina of bull will give their membership on whistle and the Simmons • V
ic
the next company that will go tory was m pretty fine shape. In
matches
his
weight
and
size,
mind was the establishing
they refused to pay. So we went
through our ' present Welfare Ito bat on this beef, and so they and Tom is' 62 and weighs 210 BME. Could it be that the MEBA cidentally, the crews of these
men are fed up with Lee Press ships had kind words for the^
lbs.
Plan, if possible—of a fund to paid.
At the last regular meeting all mah and Harry Bridges dictating Skippers ^d Mates.
feke care of any of our Bro
thers who, through injury or : Nothing much else happened reports were accepted and min their policy in negotiating for The Massmar, and Alamar
disabling iUness, is unable to iaround here, but we can report utes from the outports were or them? Welb time will tell.
(Calmar) and the Fairport (Wa
work any more. This would be ithat the Boston beach was dered filed. There was no charges We see by the latest reports terman) were intransit visitors.
in the form of a pension for the 'brightened by the presence of and no New Business and the that Johnny Hetzel, better known There was no meeting in this
seaman and free medical and the following members: F. De meeting adjourned right after as. The Wheel, and Reds Healy, port for the usual reason — no
Pinkowski, Danny and Eddy quorum. On the iDeach here are
dental care for his family or, masi, Don Averill, Joe Cash, E. Good and Welfare.
iOlson,
Vic
Carlson,
A.
Leva,
L.
Lamb
are all due back the end
should he die, for his depend
jMcKenna, Joe Thomas, Joe In the hospital during the of the tveek off the SS Charles B. Roll, J. Grimes, E. P. Moran,
^ts.
week ending September 8 were:
J. N. Thompson, J. R, Wing, J.
This was kicked around by all jPreshong, Nick and Tweet Rug R. Cruz, S. McDonald, T. Kiiski, Brown, which has just come in I. Hall, E. M. Jones and S.
h»ids and, of course, all were giero, H. Mclsaac, E. Mabie, Joe W. T. Hardemanj J. A. Tfeague, from, Venice, Italy.
Zygarowski—and that. Brothers,
in favor of this proposal, which Alves, A. Forcier, E. Whalen, G. W. A. Perry^ M. C. Foster, G, A.
OLDTIMEflS
DUE
is
the entire Seattle beach.
is something that we should have Morley, P. Jomides, E. Dirks Sorenson, L. R. Tickle, J, Mayr
I
jumped^ the gun in the last
We had; a.
m
eeting of
the Mari
jmeyer, C. McQueen, V. Szyman
had a long time ago. But, seeing
bat,
C.
H.
Summerell,
G,
How
issue
in announcing that the'
time
Trades Department.
It
went
jski, W. Bake and E. Grose.
how the Union^s; Welfare Plan
ard, E. E. Gross, W. O. Cara, C. officially on record to. whole rainy season had started. All ^t
has bfeeni increasing the benefits 4nd if you think this sounds Ray, D. D. Kelly, L, Lai)^, K. heartedly back up every AFL did was to rain for three or four
for, the membership, it should likg a roll call of the Boston Raana, R. J. P. Burke, J.' Ash luiucm on .the waterfront; which days and then it quit. Since then
surprise, nobody if this, sugges pBrand^ you're pretty much urst, O. Celestine, O.^. Mitchell lis now in negotiating, 100 per the weather has been mighty>
right.
tion became a reality. .
and J. T. Evereii.
iihfr ^
^
;
cent, If una atrifeea: we all go.
mily Sh^piiy
Shws, Bat Rated
Mea StiH Go
Boston Discusses Pension Pian
Shipping in Seattie
Caiisd 'Mighty Fine'
�ffpid«sr. SfiftniilMt 21, 19SI
.l*t '
..
THE SEAT A EEES 10 C
^• m
.#1
Page ny*
tk
sri
Eartemr Off Mew Bunding
StaUh^ Shipowners
May fwoe Strikes
(Continued from Page J)
A&G District, plans were bein^
sea and wage increases ranging made to put the Union on a full
from $30 to $112 per month, with scale strike basis, with provisions
timeand(^nehalf for overtime. being made to put into opera
tion the galley facilities of the
Action by the A&G District to new Brooklyn hall.
improve its contract is expected
to come following the successful Backing up the SIU affiliate,
completion of the SUP's cur the MM&P and the ILA is the
rent struggle with its operators. AFL Maritime Trades Depart»
ment. MTD member imions, rep;
In the event the Sailors Union resenting 250,000 maritime work
is forced to strike, the SIU At ers, on August 1, signed a pa(A
lantic and Gulf District will im of mutual assistance to any
mediately Join its affiliate in member union taking strike ac
pushing its action by bolstering tion on September 30 to achieve
its picketlines with A&G mem "reasonable demands."
bers in all ports where ships are Meanwhile, the International
strikebound, and give SUP. Longshoremen's Association, af
members equal rights to ship.*? filiated with the MTD, was given
of the SIU fleet, if such vessels the first counter offer by its con^
are not involved in a strike.
tracted operators: an 11 cent
The assistance to the SUP will hourly wage increase.
be the fulfillment of a pledge The ILA's Atlantic Goast Dis
made on August 15th, when all I trict, which represents workers
SIU Branches voted to adopt a' on the docks from Portland,
four point program of support i Maine> to Hampton Roads, Vir
With the scaffolding removed and the iron fence torn down, the new face of the SIU's soon
embracing allout picketline and ginia, found the offer far short of
lobeoccupied new Headquarters faces the sun. Inside, finishing work continues in some de shipping aid, plus the use of its demands for a 25 cents an
partments. while in others members of the Union's Headquarters staff are busy installing rec A&G branch offices facilities.
hour pay increase, a guaranteed
ords and files already transferred from the New York offices.
In the Headquarters of the day's pay with only one shape
up per day and lower vacation
eligibility.
The longshoremen are meeting
in New York City with 175 con
tracted operators.
Despite a shipping tempo over Branches of the SIU is now bet Branches, but rather has mush
To meet this situation, the Simultaneously in New York
the past four months that is the ter than 1,000 per week, the roomed in one port one week Norfolk SIU Agent, per Head the negotiating committee for
highest in four years, the Sea highest since a twoweek period and another the following week, quarters instructions, contacted the Masters, Mates and Pilots
farers International Union has in April, 1947, when 2,500 men causing the Union to put ship the SIU Halls nearest him and ran into a stone wall in its de
continued to fill the demand for were sent to the ships.
ping on a District basis, with they in turn contacted the next mands for the hiring through
unlicensed crewmeifibers aboard In the three years from that men being transported from nearest ports until the needed the union of all ratings below
ships of the everexpanding SIU time until the outbreak of the Branches 'with a surplus J:o those* men had been found and trans Master.
contracted fleet.
Korean War, the calls for men suffering a shortage, often on a ported to the waiting ships.
On its other demands for a 25
On the West Goast, where the percent wage increase and a 40
The pace of shipping in SIU declined slowly until by mid few hours notice.
EMERGENCY MET
supplying of men had been a hour week, the operators have
Halls has crept steadily upward 1950 the SIU was furnishing
to its~ present lev^ since the about 450 men per week to An example of the District's minor role for the SIU, the offered a 3.2 percent wage in
handling of this situation came Korean War saw the manpower crease and a 44hour week ef
outbreak of the Korean War, at ships.
which time US shipping had sunk By January 1 of this year, the during July and August, when a requirements rise sharply, as fective in October, to be follow
figure had risen to about 525 record number of ships calleij vessels took their initial crews ed by a 40hour week next ApriL
tp a postwar low.
When hostilities broke out in per week, and has jumped for crews in Norfolk, the hub on that coast, and dozens of The deck officers are also ask
ships made the West Goast their ing certain clarifications and the"
Korea several SlUcontracted steadily upward since that time. of coal shipments to Europe.
The increase
in shipping, while
In
the
twoweek
period
end
US base of operations.
elimination of contract inequities.
ships, idle at that time, were
causing
the
SIU
no
acute
short
ing
July
18,
355
men
were
ship
At
present,
the
pace
has
slow
At present the MM&P has
pressed into service and dozens
age
of
men,
has
not
been
with
ped
through
that
port
and
in
the
ed
dowh
somewhat
because
of
completed
counting the ballots"
'of laidup Victory ships were
twoweek period ending August Korean peace talks, though the in the .strike vote taken on all
qujcklyr fitted out and crewed. out its problems, however.
The upswing in the need for 29, 390 men were shipped. Or average in general there is still coasts. The results of voting were
BONEYAHD SHIPS
manpower has not been spread dinarily the number shipped is well above what it was a year reported to have run 89 percent
As the supplies for the Far evenly over all of the SIU's 13 far less than ICQ.
andahalf ago.
in favor of a strike.
East increased during subse
quent weeks, increasing numbers
of idle Victory and Liberty ships
were refitted and put into serv
ice.
The American shipping and At the moment, the entire affiliated Fishermen's Union and fleet cquld be operating profit"
The pace of shipping was fishing industries—operators and San Diego tuna fieet is tied up
Cannery V/orkers Union asserted
igiven another shot in the arm seamen alike—continued in the and appears to face an indefinite that but for the competition of ably the year round. Now the"
in January of this year when the dark this week as to whether lay up jis a result of the cheap fered by the Japanese and Peru fieet faces a fivemillion dollar
Bhip Sales Act expired. At that or not the newlysigned Japan frozen tuna being imported from vian fishing fleets, whose work loss in income.
Warning of the threat from
time 115 governmentowned ves ese peace treaty contained pro Japan.
ers receive an average of 30 the Japanese fishing industry was"
eels were sold to private opera visions restricting Japan's mer
Representatives of the SIU cents a day, San Diego's tuna voiced at the SIU's convention
tors, a sizeable number of them chant marine and fishing indus
this year in San Francisco, when;
going to SlUcontracted firms. ' fry from periling the jobs of
Lester Caveny,
Business Agent oti_
( In "recent months, additional American workers in the same
the
Fish
Cannery
Workers Un
ships have^been brought out of trades.
ion
of
the
Pacific
and a Vice
toe layup fieet to carry EGA
'nie . SXIf is, on record ihai charges , will be placed against Pr^ident of the SIU, said that
The
deepsea
Districts ttf
the
cargoes to India and Europe. A^
ueu guilty .of iteing the following:
the workers in the West Goast.
a result of these three events, SIU are concerned over the ap^
fishing
and cannery industry are*
parent
lack
of _
control,
to
pre
PILFERERS: ' Men who walk off ships with crew's equip
toe Seafarers International Un
threatened
by the importation
vent
the
Japanese
merchant
ma
ment or ship's gear, such as sheets, towels, ship's stores, cargo,
ion* has put crews aboard 151
of
processed
cheap tuna.
rine
from
returning
to
the
cut
etCw for sale ashore.
additional ships since July of
'
EXPORTS
DOOMED
throat
activities
which
character
1950, as well as furnishing men
"He
pointed
out
that, prior to^
V^EDHOUNDS:
Men
who
are
in
the
possession
of
or
ized
its
operations
prior
to
the
for its regularly operated ships.
World
War
II,
75
percent
of our;
who
use
marijuana
or
other
narcotics on
board
an
SIU
ship
war.
1 During this period the SIU—
fish
products
were
exported.
To>
or
in
the
vidnity of
an
SIU
Hall.
^
LONG CONCERNED
unlike other maritime unions—
day
we
not
only
do
not
export
has'managed to fill the calls for The SIU, long concerned over
GASHOUND PERFORMERS: Men who jeopardize the
crews, including all demands for the postwar position of the Ja safety of their shipmates by drinking while at work on a ship any of these products, but have:
to contend with tuna comirjg"
hardtoget rated men.
panese merchant fleet, has fought or who turn to in a drunken condition. Those who disrupt the into this country to be sold at a"
operdiou of a ship, the payoff or signon by being gassed up. price "less than what we can'
for controls on the Japanese en
1
MORE COMING
trance
into
American
trade.
'Current reports out of Wash
All Seafarers, members and officials alike, are under produce it for."
So far, the SIU has been un:
ington indicate that the SIU In the fishing sections of the Obhgation to place charges against these types of characters.
able to get straight answers tO"
Will be called upon to continue SIU, the impact of Japan's post
This Union was built of, by and for seamen. Seafarers either of these problemg frOin
to furnish additional crews, as war role has already reached an
fought
many long and bloody fights to obtain the wages and governmental officials, though:
toe EGA is reported to have acute stage. The SlUaffiliated
conditions
we now enjoy. For the first time in the history of the SIU was assured at its con^ *
'a^ed for 32 additional Liberty cannery and fishermen's unions
the
maritime
industry a seaman can support himself and his. vention by Senator Warren Mag*
toips this month to be refitted ^ on the West Goast are exptess
family
in
a
decent
and independent manner. The SIU does nqson that the US merchant*
id carry cargoes to Europe, with ing great alarm over the tre
not
tolerate
the Jeopardising
of these conditions by the actions marine would be protected irom;
another 30 to be put into service mendous amount of Japanese
of
irresponsibles.
deep inroads in its trade by thn
la November.
I tuna and albacore now pouring
Japanese.
:
The rate of shipping in the into the West Goast.
S/ff Meeting Demands Of Doubled Shipping
No Safeguards For US Shipping, Fishing In Jap Treaty
lliiiGm Wreckers Warned
�Page Six
Seamen Had
Own Names
For Ships
T HE SE AF ARERS LOG
Friday. Seplember 21, 1951
.THe
REPORT NUMBER ELEVEN
By LOUIS GOFFIN
Back in the socalled "good
By PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurer, SIU, A&G District; Chairman, SIU Welfare Plan Trustees
old days," between 1921 and
Each week the Seafarers Welfare Plan will make its report to the membership of the Atlantic and Gulf District
1936—in the days of the slave
markets, fink halls,_ crimp joints, through the SEAFABERS LOG. Included will be the names of the men receiving hospital benefits, the amounts paid, the
dog houses, low wages and bad hospitals in which they are receiving treatment, and fhe total amount paid out since the inception of the Plan on July
living conditions—certain ships 1. 1950. Also included in the report will be the names of the men who have died and the amounts paid their beneficiaries.
were given descriptive names by
the seamen, names which were
August 26 September 8
hotorious throughout the water Period Covered By This Report
fronts on all coasts.
Cash On Hand
$138,082.20
Some of these wagons lived
up to their names and sonie, US Government Bonds
$754,023.44
through decent officers and con
ditions, managed to live them Estimated Accounts Receivable
$140,000.00
down.
The oldtimers, no doubt, can Hospital Benefits Paid In This Period
$2;730.00
remember some of these ships
and their careers. Two which Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July \, 1950
$66,354.00
come to my mind offhand were
the SS Tomalva of the old Black Death Benefits Paid This Period
$8,000.00
Diamond Line, and the old Hog
Islander, the SS Pipestone Total Death Benefits Paid Since July
1950
$82,000.00
County of the Cosmojlolitan
Line.
The past two weeks reveal little change in the Wel
better yet, drop in and see them when in port. It has
The Tomalva was known to
fare
Plan
fund
or
its
outlays,
being
an
"offweek,"
so
been said often that the SIU's Welfare Plan and its
all and sundry as the "Sweet
heart Ship," it being loaded with to speak, in its operations. The usual payments were
personal contact with the sick members has had a strong
fruit of all descriptions. This made to the men in the hospitals, their number having effect in hastening the recovery of these Brothers. Like
ship was on the Antwerp rim dropped from 187 during the last period to 153 during
wise, a visit from a shipmate is more beneficial than a
and was well known in that
this
period.
Likewise,
the
payment
to men
in
the
hospi
dose of medicine, and a lot easier to take.
town.
• " : •
tals dropped from $4,127 during the last period to $2,730
during this period, most of this being accounted for by
Very few of the girls there the men who are suffering chronic illnesses and are paid
cared to mix with the crew for, once a month.
as the saying went, we were
Incidentally, though the men in the hospital are
judged by the company we kept,
visited
regularly by the hospital representatives of the
and a lot of innocent seamen
were judged against because SIU, time drags for these Brothers. Drop them a line or,
MADE OUTCASTS
During this period, six Seafarers made their final
voyage and death benefits were paid to their beneficiaries.
All are urged to be sure they have beneficiary cards on
file with the Plan. If there is a change of beneficiary,
or a change of address, notify the Plan by filling out a
new card. The new card, by its date, automatically
supersedes the old card on file.
they were members of that crew.
It didn't do much good to pro
Listed below are the Brothers who have received hospital benefits during the period covered by this twoweek
test against being put in that report, the ho^itals they were in and the amounts they were paid.
class, for, since the proof of the
USPHS HOSPITAL
Waas, George
10.00 Morrison, Jack D.TTT..^..;... 20.00
pudding is in the eating, we
US^HS HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND. NY
Wagner, Emil P. .CTT?... 20.00 Ombao, Catalino
didn't get much chance to prove
20.00
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
Arras, Joseph
$30.00 lyagner, Harold F.
10.00 Pagano, 'Gaetano
otherwise.
20.00 Adams, J. R. ..:
$10.00
Athanasourelis,
George
10.00 Wallander, C
10.00 Parker, Everett G. .^Sir..... 20.00 Ashurst, J
The Pipestone County really
40.00
20.00 Watson, Henry .....'r.'.w.
20.00 Perez, Pablo E .jrrrr..... 10.00 Burke, R. J. P
had a bad reputation, and was Bailey, Benjamin ....STTT.
20.00
20.00 Yanik, Joseph
20.00 Perreira, Joseph ...t
known far and wide as the Blackmon, Benson
20.00 Cara, Wilson O
20,00
Blomgren,
J
20.00
"Wahoo Ship." Le^ Havre and
Powers, John J.
20.00 Celestine, Oliver
20.00
$920.00 Reier, George H
Dunkirk knew her well when Brown, George R. ...rTrr...T' 20.00
30.00 Clayton, James
:
80.00
Burnstine, Maurice
20.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
she ran there.
Schrunk, Charles G
30.00 Cruz, Rogelio
..."" 20.00
10.00
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
I shipped on her in the sum Cantor, Robert
Scott, Arvis A
.T77Z... 10.00 Everett, J. T. x 1
20.00
10.00 Cheng, Gee ...:
$30.00 Sonnier, Wilfred
mer of 1926, unaware of her Carlson, Carl S
20.00 Foster, M. C.
TT...
10.00""
30.t)0 Danbach, Edwin
30.00 Wolan, Joseph J
reputation. However, it didn't Caron, Milton R.
10.00 Gross, E. E.
20.00
30.00 Hobson, George B
20.00
take me long to find out the Cedeno, ALlfredo
Hardeman, W. T
10.00
30.00
score. And when we arrived in Comacho, Domingo ..7^.... 10.00 Lewis, James R. ...
$430.00
(Continued on Page 7)
20.00 McCrew, Lawsen
10.00
Le Havre I became even more Corne, Louis
30.00 Moats, C. L
10.00
aware of her rep as soon as Dacey, C. J
Diaz,
Rafael
20.00 Pritchard, Edward L.
30.00
we mentioned what ship we
Dixon, Earl R. ....^
20.00 Robertson, C. R
30.00
were on.
' SyKEITHALSOP
20.00 Robinson, E
Even though we were not re Eldemire, D. P
.Trrrss.. 10.00 WJmSWV a
10.00 Rubinskas, John J.
sponsible for her bad name, Ezzell, Thomas D
30.00 GALVESTON, Sept, 13—Ship
10.00 Schepis, Frank S
that made no difference. The Figuerra, Jose
30.00 ping was only fair during the
10.00 Walker, Silvester .".T.....'... 40.00 last two weeks, with only two
fact that we were crewmembers Frennette, Frederick
ships paying off and signing on
.rrr.
10.00
made us just as' guilty as the Garcia, Ricardo
10.00
guys who had made her notorious Garrison, William
$300.00 again: the Aktion (Actium) and
Gelinas, Donald P
10.00
from continent to continent.
the Salein Maritime (Cities Serv
USPHS HOSPITAL
Gonzales, Julio —."TT..... 10.00
MOBILE, ALA.
ice).
SUNK IN WAH
Grangaard, J
20.00 Ashurst, J
•
$10.00 However, twelve ships hit here
Fortunately, this ship eventu Harden, Otis J
„... 20.00 Burke, Ti m
20.00 intransit, so things weren't too
10.00 Jones, J. H.
ally became an SIU ship, and Howard, S
20.00 bad. Among the intransit ves
20.00 Leousis, Mike
sailed for the Robin Line for a Koslusky, Joseph
10.00 sels were four Seatrain ships:
number of years. The Pipestone Kustas, Thomas J
10.00
the New Jersey, Havana, New
Coimty was sunk during the last Lomas, Arthur
20.00
$60.00 York and the latest addition to
.."TTTT.... 20.00
war, and we hope she was wa^ Lucas, Joseph
the Seatrain fleet, the Seatrain
USPHS HOSPrtAL
ed clear of her old sins when McCarthy, John
Georgia; The bthers were the
30.00
BOSTON, MASS.
she entered Davey Jones' Lock McGuigan, A. ...
20.00 Meinerth, F.
.T. $10.00 Del Rio and Del Santos (Missis
Mcllreath, David
10.00 Peck, R. E.
er.
_
10.00 sippi), Carrabulle (Cuba Distill
10.00 Vourlouiftis, George
These . are just two of the Molini, John B
10.00 ing), Steel Inventor (Isthmian),
10.00
many 'which had unsavory repu Nering, F
Southern Districts (Southern
tations. And like on these, the O'Brien, Eugene P.
20.00
$30.00 Trading), Afoundria (Waterman),
Council Grove (Cities Service)
innocent crewmembers of the CBrieir, H. E
10.00
USPHS HOSPITAL.
VERNON S. RIDDLE
and The Cabins (Cabins Tanker
others were judged, not on their Pepper, William E. .
20.00
BALTIMORE, MD.
He did picket duty in Boston
actions, but according to the Rackley, Vinson ...
20.00 AUred, Warner
$20.00 Industries).
10.00 Clevenger, Joseph C. jasK!" 20.00 There was no meeting last during the Isthmian strike, and*
reputations of the ships they Reynolds, Edwin C
Richards, Joseph V. ...?rrrr" 20.00 Daldorff, Torleif
were on.
20.00 nijght, due to a lack of a quorum. was, at sea during our other
10.00 Dean, Clinton
Can Miy of you readers re Rivera, Ruperto
30.00 However, among those present beefs.
member ships with reputations Salgado, Jose
10.00 Dembroski, Michael J. .... 20.00 were B. Ethricfge, A. Smith, C. Riddle says that anybody back
of various kinds? 1 know that I Sanchez, Charles E
30.00 Fekete, jlulius
10.00 Southwick, W. Knapp, C. Bolton in the 20s and SOs predicting all:
the things that the SIU has won
would like to read about them,' Sikes, Oneal
20.00 Godwin, George
10.00 and Vernon S. Riddle.
for
the seamen would be ttoown
Riddle,
who
came
to
the
SIU
8b why don't you send your Thayer, Fred G
10.00 Harrison, Ashley T.
10.00
in
1945,
has
beeii'shipping
since
into
the nut factory. But, than;
stories to the SEAFARERS LOG Thomson, Hugh
10.00 Kerr, James L.
20.00
1926.
An
FWT,
he
has
been
sail
there
wasn't any SIU, Brothers
»— I'm sure that they will be j Tito, Julian A
10.00 Kloss, Theodore
20.00
ing
out
of
Galveston
since
1947.
Riddle.
published.
|
Tonis^n, T.
^.... 20.00 Mellon, William
20.00
Galveston Shipping Is Only Fair
�rxiday, Sei>lehib«t 21, IdSl
THE S E A¥ ARERS^ LO G
What Every
Congressman
Should Know
Pag« Seym
Things Better
Than Okay
In Baltimore
"Wallick, C. E
10.00 Goings, E. C
10.00
(Continued from Page 6)
Ward,
H.
M
10.00
Roughton,
Hugh
10.00
20.00
• Reactionary Congressmen Howard, G
By EARL SHEPPARD
Wilmoth,
V.
E
30.00
10.00
should read every word of a 1451 Jeanfreau, Edward
$600.00
Young,
Charles
B.
10.00
BALTIMORE,
Sept. 12—Ship
Kelly,
D.
D
:...•
2
0.00
page report just issued by
ping
was
very
good
in this port
EPISCOPAL
HOSPITAL
Kiiski,
Toivo
20.00
Congressional committee.
$80.00
during
the
past
two
weeks, as
PHILADELPHIA.
PA.
Lang,
Leo
H
20.00
The report, "Making Ends
the
over
300
men
who
to<A
Lee,
Theodore
E
20.00
Smith,
George
$10.00
Meet on Less that $2,000 a Year,
USPHS HOSPITAL
jobs
j^rom
here
can
testify.
Mayrbat,
John
20.00
was made public August 19 by
NORFOLK. VA.
USraS HOSPITAL
The niimber of men shipped
30.00
the Joint Committee on the Eco McDonald, Sam
SEATTLE. WASH.
Duncan, Isaac B
$10.00 naturally indicates a large num
Mitchell, O. R
20.00 Wing, Joseph R.
nomic Report.
$20.00 McCuistion, William
10.00
ber of ships in this port, but
Perry, W, A
20.00
It consists of case studies
Snipes,
Fred
M
10.00
PANAMA CANAL ZONE"
it was not a too difficult job
...'.
20.00
100 families in 27 states whose Raana, K
Wickham, Robert A
10.00 to handle the business.
20.00 HEALTH DEPT., PANAMA
earnings never average more Ray, Claude
$10.00
All crews were in good shape
10.00 Ficarrotta, John :
than $40 a week. And in 1949 Smith, John H. ;
$40.00 and the beefs were at a mini
USPHS
HOSPITAL
Sorenson,
G.
A.
10.00
ten andahalf million families
MANHATTAN BEACH HOSP. mum, except for the Ore Line
GALVESTON. TEXAS
Summerell, Charles H.
10.00
earned less than $2,000.
BROOKLYN. NY
and Calmar ships.
Teague,
J.
A.
Allison,
Cornelius
J
$10.00
^0.00
The report shows why socia
Moore,
George
$10.00
On the.se vessels the * beefs
Tickle,
Lomie
R
Collins,
James
E.
10.00
20.00
security must be expanded, mini
against
the food are increasing
mum wages increased, nationa!
METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL
and
the
company is finding rated
hei^th insurance instituted, pub
NEW YORK. NY
men
have
a great reluctance to
• lie housing built and Federa l
Helju, Alfred
$30.00
sail these ships when much bet
help, for schools given.
USPHS HOSPITAL
ter scows are coming in here
These facts" from the report
FORT STANTON. N. MEX. every day.
show why these proposals must
McDonald, Donald
$40.00 We have also heard that some
become law (all names mention
of the 1st Assistants on Ore ships
USPHS HOSPITAL
ed below are fictitious) :
Although the Coast Guard has ing the commission of acts of
are
trying to run everything,
SAVANNAH.
GA.
been screening seamen and wa violence or force to deny other
FIVE ON $20
with
the result that many rated
Brown,
Clyde
C
$10.00
Mr. Dimitri of Pittsburgh can terfront workers for more than persons their rights under the Goude, Joe
men,
particularly the Electri
30.00
tell why the unemployment com a year, it has for the first time Constitution of the United States, Harvey, Harry
cians,
are piling off.
10.00
pensation system—part of the revealed the full list of reasons or which seeks or which has Johnson, G. F
The
ships that paid off here'
20.00
social security programmust be why seamen and other maritime been designated by the Attorney Lofley, L
10.00
were
the
Steel Flyer (Isthmian),
workers may be denied security General as seeking to alter the
expanded.
20.00
Robin
Goodfellow,
Robin Hood
Lowery,
Carl
D
form of the government of the
For 20 weeks in 1949 Dimitri clearance. •
10.001 (Seas Shipping), Chilore, Ore
Newman, Guy
W.
United
States
by
unconstitution
his wife and three boys lived on The^ reasons were made avail
20.00
Bethore, Marore, Feltore
Paylor, F. S
$20 a week' in jobless pay. Dimi able last Friday, September 14, al means."
and
Steelore
(Ore), Marjnnar,
Spaulding, Joseph
20.00
tri, a factory worker, was unable and are slated to be publish^ Similar provisions were listed
Portmar
(Calmar),
NathaiiieL B.
in the next issue of the "Federal for denying clearance for men
to get a job.
Palmer
(Palmer),
Edith, Mae, •
$150.00
He and his wife and kids Register," when they will be working at or wishing to eiiler
Ajrlyn^CBull),
Couer
d'Alene Vic
waterfront facilities. This list,
know it is next to impossible to come officially effective.
fbry
(Victory
Carriers),
Marie
Death Benefits Paid
live on $20 a week. Yet reaction A seaman will be refusec however, had an additional
Hamil
(Bloomfield).
$1,500.00
aries oppose a better social se clearance by the Coast Guart clause denying clearance to any Collins, Luke
13 SIGNONS
one
who
has
been
judged
in
Thomas,
Lemuel
A
500.00
curity system.
.whenever all the information anc
1,500.00 Signons were the Chilore,
Joseph Edwards of Boston can evidence available give reason sane, convicted of high felonies, Lancaster, John M
drunkenness
on
the
job
or
ad
Marlar,
John
T
1,500.00 Marore, > Oremar, Feltore and
tell why the minimum wage able grounds for believing that
diction
to
narcotics
"without
Mitchell,
Frank
S. Sr.
..
1,500.00 Steelore (Ore), Yaka, Andrew
mfust be increased. He makes the man:
adequate
evidence
6f
rehabili
Jackson, Golden City, Raphael
Morrisey;
William
A
1,500.00
$34.60 a week vacuuming hotel '1. Has committed acts of trea
tation,"
or
is
guilty
of
illegal
Semmes
(Waterman), Steel Flyer .
rugs.,
son or sedition, or has engaged presence in the United States.
(Isthmian),
Nathaniel B. Palmer •
$8,000.00
• Almost half, $14, of his weekly in acts of espionage or sabotage;
(Palmer),
Marie
Hamil (Bloom
income goes for food. "The great has actively advocated or aidec
field),
Robin
Hood
(Robin).
est desire of the family is to the commission of such acts by
Intransit
we
handled
Uie Hil
have a Hving room so they can others; or' jias knowingly asso
ton,
Jean,
Dorothy,
Evelyn
have their friends in," comments ciatedwith persons committing
(Bull),
Chickasaw,
Afoundria,
the report.
such acts; or
Gateway City, Azalea City, Mo
• Mr. Dobbs of Elmira, N.Y., "2. Is employed by, or sub
bilian (Waterman), Steel Admir
knows why national health 'in ect to. the influence, of a for
By GAL TANNER
al,
Steel Worker (Isthmian), Ca
surance is needed.
eign government under circum MOBILE, September 13—Busi
therine
(DryTrans), Bradfo^ Is
Seriously injured at work as stances which may jeopardize ness in this port slowed down
land
(Cities
Service).
a sheet metal man in 1948, the security interests of the Uni somewhat from the previous
In
the
Branch
we are continu
Dbbbs' entire life savings of ted States; or
week but the future promises to
ing
our
campaign
of ridding the
$1,500 went to pay for medical
ae good, as ve have three bone
Union of gashounds and per
"3."*Has
actively
advocated
or
bills.
formers. The campaign is com
supported the overthrow of the yard Libertys scheduledlo take
NO MONEY
ing along nicely, as we are not •
government of the United States crews as well as nine regular
Today he is broke and imgble by the use of force or violence; vessels due in for payoffs.
having anywhere as much
The three new Libertys are
to' work because of injuries. He or
trouble as previously.
has no money to get started in "4. Has intentionally disclosed the Martin Behram and Rudolph
Likewise, I found time to sit
iCauffman (Alcoa) and the George
a new business.
on the Port Appeals Board on
military information classified as Gibbs (Waterman).
Under a national health in confidential or higher without
the question of security clear
surance program, his medical ex authority and with reasonable While the future Ipoks. pretty
ance for a member. A proper
penses would have been taken knowledge or belief that "it may aright here for us, the strike at
hearing was granted and the
care of and he still would have b# transmitted to a foreign gov the Alabama Drydock and Ship
findings were sent to Washing
building Company by the CIO
that $1,500 in the bank.
ton.
ernment, or has intentionally dis Shipyard Workers continues
Mr. and Mrs. Perry of. Evans osed such information to per^
At the moment this port is
ville, Ind., know why public sons not authorized to receive without a break. The strike has
peaceful for the SIU, but our •
been in effect for nine weeks.
housing is needed.
affiliate, the BME, is carrying
it; ^r
130
AT
MEETING
The Perrys, with their five
on
its organizing campaign in •
"5. Is or recently has been a
children, pay $32.75 a month for member of, or affiliated, or sym We held our regular meeting
the Matson fleet here. Their men
BLACKIE SAXON
"three small rooms with scant pathetically associated with, any ast Wednesday at which we had
are using our office here as
privacy in an old structure. . . foreign or domestic organization 30 members' in attendance. Noth
Headquarters in their campaign,
The house had not been decora
ed
since
he first
sailed
SlU,
he
and
for that reason our Hall is
ing
of
great
importance
came
up
persons which is, or which
ted for many years and the plas las been designated by the At for discussion, except the Secre finds it a wonderful sensation to open 24 hours a day now.
ter still left on the walls was torney General as being, totali taryTreasurer's report and the know that the Union has gone so While we are open 24 hours
about ready to fall."
tarian, fascist, communist or sub Building Committee's report. All far and has not stagnated, as a day, one outfit is fast asleep
Almost every one of the 100 versive, which has adopted a minutes from the Branches were happens to some organizations in this port. Recently several
families mentioned in the re policy of advocating or approv accepted and filed.
after they get established.
MCS men came in asking about
port can tell any foe of Federal
One of the 130 men at the Blackie also says he wants to the location of the MCS hall
aid to education the importance
meeting was Blackie Saxon, who extend his personal thanks to here. When they were informed
of good schooling.
at
present is sailing aboard the the SIU Negotiating Committee there is no MCS hall in Balti
Sfiips Delegates
"Over one half of the bread
SS Alcpa Cavalier as Quarter for a job well done in getting more, they immediately inquired
Aboard ship the arm of the master. Blackie is also Ship's the many benefits Seafarers now if there was any chance of them
winners in the families inter
viewed . . ; had never completed Union is the Ships and De Delegate and is doing a bangup enjoy.
joining the SIU.
the eighth grade," the report partment Delegates. A good 'ob of it, too. Blackie told me I can add to Blackie's remarks At our regular Branch meet
crew, for its own protection, that he takes great pride in do that he need have no fear that ing the biweekly affairs of the
says. .
"Their deteriftination . . . that picks its Dielegales early, and ing a job for the Union, seeing there will ever be any stagna Union were cleared up. The
their children should have more carefully. Have you and your
;o it that the job he undertakes tion in the SIU. Only a stagnant minutes of other meetings were
education than they, no matter shipmates elected your Dele K done right.
membership would allow ^that, accepted, as well as the Secre
gates? If not. do it now!
what the difficulties, was out
Blackie say.: that, looking back nnd the SHTs membership is a taryTreasurer's report and the
Building Committee's, report.
now on the years that have pass wideawake bunch of men.
fltaiiding and heartening."
Coast Guard Lkts Grounds
For Refusing Ckurunces
Three Libertys Out Of Beneyani
Coming To Mobile For Crews
�\
' 'v'
'
* '
;
• •
.
THE SEAFARERS LOC
Page Eight ,
Friday, EepiMober 21. 1951
SHIPS' MINUTES AND
Report On Radar In Ship Accidents
Puts Human Failure As Chief Cause
My Pop's A Seafarer
A study by a government board of 180 ship collisions—15, of them SlUconr
tracted vessels—during the past fiscal year to determine the value of radar revealed
that the detection equipment contributes greatly to the safety of ships, but human
failures play the major role*^;^;^^^^^ and 2 on the Suez. In none of the SlUcontracted
in collisions, including the In that collision both of the ship collisions was a single crew
failure to evaluate correctly vessels were radarequipped and member lost and in only one
had radar in operation. Both case did the other ship suffer
the information given by vessels
were blamed for running any loss of life. This came when
radar and inexperience in at excessive speed in a dense the Depauw Victory, South At
its operation.
lantic, was in collision with a
fog.
The study was made of ship The study, which was carried Korean fishing boat in January
collisions of American vessels of in the current issue of the Pro of this year. Three persons were
100 gross tons or over in acci ceedings of American Merchant reported lost from the fishing
,.dents at sea, coastal waters, bays Marine Council, also listed ex boat.
and rivers. The accidents ranged cessive speed in a dense fog Not included in the study were
from the bumping together of as the cause of the crash be cases where ships suffered dam
moored vessels to two high tween the Mary Luckenbach and age from other than shipship
speed headon collisions. One the Navy hospital ship Benevo collisions.
of the latter was the crash of lence last year at the entrance Summarizing the study, the
the Esso Greensboro and the to San Francisco Bay. Twenty group reported that of the 180
tesso Suez in the Gulf of Mexico three persons were lost from collisions, in 90 cases one or
in April of this year, resulting the Benevolence. Both ships were both vessels had radar, but in
in the loss of 37 men on the radarequipped, though only the 140 cases radar was not a fac
Benevolence had its in operation. tor.
The continued use of radar
ONE SIU SUNK
and greater experience by crew
Of the SlUcontracted ships me^gbers will prove to cut the
Sheila Dacken, 6yearold daughter of Seafarer George
listed' in the report, only one collision toll, the group observed, Dacken, smiles with her father during her tour of the SIU
,was sunk, the Sandcraft, which^ but complete reliance on radar 'HalL Sheila had told her father she wemted to see the Union
collided with, the freighter Mel' to travel at high speed in poor Hall he spoke of so often, so he brought her down. George
rose in New York Harbor. In
The reasons behind the names this case neither ship was radar visibility may cause accidents and his wife. Adele, live in Brooklyn and have another
•
borne by ships are sometimes equipped and the cause of the that otherwise would not occur. daughter. Joan, 4.
vague, but not without purpose. accident was given ias cross sig
Companies visually have person nals and action to avoid colli
al reasons for naming their ships sion coming not in time.
the way they do; the govern
ment, when it undertook the tre
mendous shipbuilding program
of World War II, named its
In a loosely played baseball game featured by heavy slugging and sievelike field
Liberty ships afier famous Am
ing
on
both sides, the "rambling ghosts" of the Robin Trent defeated the formerly
ericans. Many of these warbuilt
unbeaten team from the SS African Dawn in the port of Beira, Portuguese East Af
Libertys are in service again.
Below are the names of a few
rica. The final boxscore was:* southpaw catcher in this section rival at the hotcorner bag, he
SlUcontracted Libertys and The progress of Congressional SS Robin Trent, 19 runs. of the tall grass was knocked
caUed for time, pulled a LOG
thumbnail sketches of the men hearings into the activities of a
out of his pocket, sat on the
off
his
pins
|n
the
last
inning
whose names they bear.
former Alcohol Tax Unit super 21 hits, 5errors; SS African when one of the opposing heavy
base and started reading out
Abel Parker Upshur (South visor waited on the SlUcontract Dawn, 15 runs, 9 hits; 7
loud. Quite a few persons out
weights
slid
mto
him
at
the
Atlantic): American jurist and ed SS Yaka this week.
errors.
plate, knocking all the wind out of curiosity went out4o the third
statcoiaaii (17911844). Served as The Waterman ship, running The weather was chilly, and
of
him. It took a little first.^id base line to see what was hap
Secretaiy of the Navy and Sec intercoastal from the the east the cold was blamed for the
to
bring him back fo conscious pening, whereupon the ''express"
retary of State.
to California, carried Represen many errors, three costly errors
ptilled more LOGs out of his
ness.
Alanson B. Houghton (Alcoa): tative Cecil R. King, chairman in succession being made by
other
pocket and started pass
Luis
"Sluggei"'
Williams,
the
Industrialist and diplomat (1863 of the inquiry committee, as a Charles 'Television' Mimtz, the
ing
them
aroimd to the people.
Barcelona
Cowboy
and .
also
1941). Was the son of the found passenger. The ship was inter Trent's chubby shprtstop.
pinchhitter
deluxe
pulled
the
CALL HALL
er of Corning Glass Works and cepted off the co^ast of Florida Highlights of the game are
perfect
squeeze
play.
Being
as
A1
Wargo,
the .sixfoot first
later president of the firm. Was and the Congressman was re as follows, as reported by an
fast
as
the
wellknown
grey
baseman
of "the
Trent and the
US Representative 19181922. moved from the ship by the unidentified Robin Trint ob
hoimd, he beat the throw to first, third baseman Scoroskurouski
Served as US Ambassador to Navy destroyer Fox. King then server.
started to second, got the op Gretsky had a debate as to
Germany and England.
flew to New York.
Chop Chop Koza, the only
posing infield so rattled that whom should have fielded a cer
Benjamin Silliman (Seas Ship
they
threw the ball everywherS tain ball in the infield, where
ping): American chemist and
but
the
right place. Four runs upon Brother Wargo stated;
educator (17791864). Was pro
scored.'
Now
the slugger de "Hell, Ski, there's no use argu
fessor at Yale University and
mands
that
we
inforrh the Edi ing about a little matter, like !
was active in the fourvding of
tor
of
the
LOG
to please notify this. Lefs call the Hall arid get
the Yale Medical School. Was
all
of
Williams'
friends in the a first and third baseman sent
Uie founder of the Journal of
SIU
that
he
always
clouts a to the ship."
Science and Art, sometimes
homer
when
he
pinch
hits.
He'll "Papa" O'Neill, the money
known as Silliman's Journal.
have
tq
caU
the
Hall
and
have
hanger of the Trent made the
Bertram Goodhue (Mississippi):
a Patrolman settle that.
last out of the game on a
American architect (18691924).
LOG READER
scorching grass cutter.. Papa said
Partner in firm of Cramm, Good
The following may not seem that it was easy, but later on
hue and Ferguson. Drew plans
funny to' you guys, but the when in a more meUow mood
for the US Military Academy at
players and spectators at the (Yes, the beer is nice over here; '
West Point, Academy of Science
game jreally had a good laugh, too) he stated that he actually
in Washington, St. Thomas and
so here goes: Roger La Pointe, caught that ball in self defense,
St. Bartholomew churches in
the Fall River Express, came to and if he had not done so that
New York.
bat in the fifth inning with the he would need some new front
Casimir Pulaski (Eastern):
bases loaded and two out. teeth.
(17481779). Polish nobleman in
Whereupon the Dawn's support This is four out,of five games
American revolutionary army.
ers and players started calling won by the Trent. Some of these .
Fled his country to Turkey and
Beauregard crewmemhers relax on deck while ship rests him "easy out." So with his fellows on the team are begin
then France. Came to US in
1777. Served as a volimteer in at Bush Terminal in Brooklyn following a run from New York Irish aroused, he dug in at the ning to think they are pretty
to North European ports. The crewmemhers are. left to right. plate and on the first ball pitch good at the old game of
the revolutionary army. Com
missioned to organize a corps Harry Armstrong, OS; Tony Zaleske, AB; Jack Bymaster, AB; ed tripled to deep centerfield, America, and by golly, the v/ri
ter is starting to agree with
ii<;oring a needed three runs.
of cavalry. Was killed in the Edward Ketschke, OS; John J. Flynn, AB. Picture was sub
them.
But
immediately
upon
his
ar
mitted by Flynn.
siege of Savannah.
Where Ship's
Get Names
(3ovt Inquiry
Fig;ure Taken
From SS Yaka
'Rambling Ghosts' Of Robin Trent Outslug
Crew Of African Dawn, 1915, In Beira
End Of European Run
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Friday. SapiMBbar 21. 1851
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Nine
Digested Minutes Of SiU Ship Meetings
WILLIAM TYLER PAGE (Wa
lerman). July 22—Chairman. Mac
Dozmell: Secretary, Robert M<
Godwin. Delegates reported
everything okay. Suggestion that
everyone try to cooperate in
keeping messrooms .and paptry
tidy at all times.
S. i
DEL MAR (Mississippi), Aug
ust 5—Chairman, George H. Mc
Fall; Secretary, Woodrow Per
kins. Delegates reported no beefs
on disputed overtime. Sugges
tion that all the crew knives be
sharpened in New Orleans as
they are too dull to cut meat.
This ship will payoff in New Or
leans absolutely clOan,
lips. Delegates reported no beefs. to contact Patrolman and try to
Motion made to have Patrolman get innerspring mattresses for
see Chief Engineer about install crew. Suggestion that some
ing electric* shop, as the Electri money be left in ship's fund to
cian has no place to work,
facilitate a reserve fund for any
emergency that may occur,
4. 4 4.
GATEWAY CITY (Waterman),
4 4 4
August 1—Chairman, Ralph Se
AMBERSTAR (Triton), August
cinger; Secretary, E. M, Watts, 8 — Chairman, Martin J. Pyk:
Delegates reported no beefs. Dis Secretary, Richard L. Huff. Dele>
cussion on starting ship's fund gates reported minor beefs.
by collecting $.50 per man on Chairman encouraged everyone
each payoff. Ship's Delegate gave to speak up about their beefs
talk on • taking care of ship's instead of pouting and talking
equipment, such as linen,
about them in small groups. The
4^ 4.
deck Delegate claimed that there
ALAWAI (Waterman), August had been discrimination in the
12—Chairman, M. Keeffer:. Sec giving of overtime to members
retary, Vaughn. Delegates report of that department,
ed beef in black gang to be ta
4 4 4
STONY CREEK (Amer
ken up by black gang delegate. AZALEA CITY (Waterman).
Tramp), July 7—Chairman, Oscar
Suggestion made that the per August 11 — Chairman, A. J.
Payne; Se<pretary, George Com
former be left to the member Johns; Secretary, T. Bowers. Del
ing. Delegates reported that they
ship to handle,
egates reported no beefs. Motion
will have to see the company
made and carried to have all
4 4 4
representative for subsistence
FAIRISLE (Waterman), August watertight doors on ship repair
for the men that left Boston to
10 — Chairman, J. W. Puckett; ed before hurricane season starts.
board the ship in Searsport,
Secretary James Clinton. Discus Deck Delegate asked the new
Maine, Letter from Headquar
sion that fund be split up among men to keep the washing ma
ters was read explaining new
crewmembers who contributed. chine clean,
permits and importance of crews
Ice box or refrigerator to be re
4 4 4
living up to contracts,
placed with new one before ship CAROLYN^Bun), August 12—
June 15 — Chairman. Oscar
Chairman, J; HoUemd; Secretary.
sails on new trip.
Payne; Secretary, Tony Reardon.
G. Faircloth. Motion carried to
4 4 4
Delegates reported no beefs. Mo
DEL AIRES (Delta Line), Aug turn over to boarding Patrolman
tion made and carried that the
ust 19—Chairman, F. L. Gordan: report concerning performers in
entire crew familiarize them
July 16—Chairman, M. Ander Frank. Delegates reported smooth Secretary, C. A. Hancock. Dele deck department. It was sug
selves with the latest issue of son; Secretary, F. Massey. Dele sailing. Suggestion made that all gates reported no beefs, $75 re gested that all hands be properly
the SEAFARERS LOG so that gates reported on current logs. members of the crew wear shirts ported in ship's treasury. Discus dressed when entering the mess
items mentioned in the commu Motion made that any man that during meal hours. It was also sion on change of clean linen, room.
nication from Headquarters be misses a watch in port will pay suggested that the ship be fumi
4 '4 4
discussed and voted on in the the man that stands his watch gated dtiring its stay in the ship
ALAMAR (Calmar), August 5
next meeting.
$10 for each four hours.
* yard,
—Chairman, Elbert Hogge; Sec
S » »
4 a>
4 t 4
retary, B. Wilson. Delegates re
STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), BENJAMIN SILLIMAN (Rob
PAOLI (Cities Service), Jidy^ ported no beefs. Motion made
July 28—Chairman, Jesse Gomes; in), July 22—Chairman (none
» 4^
31—Chairman. Mitchel Lemicux; and carried that everyone donate
Secretary, Tony Gasper. Dele given); Secretary, Richard K.
ALASKA CEDAR (Ocean
Secretary, R. Sirois. Deleates re $2 a trip for the washing ma
gates reported no beefs. Discus Sanvil. Delegates reported no
ported some disputed overtime. chine fund to "keep up repairs, Tow), August 9—Cheiirman, A,
sion on Welfare Plan. All hands serious beefs; everything taken
C. Mitchell; Secretary, John Le*
Serious discussion held on pres
4 4 4
voted to increase Union dues. care of. The three Navy boys ent procedure used in firing per
WINTER HILL (Cities Ser vack. Delegates reported no
Suggestion that all receipted aboard ship were treated as sonnel,
vice), Auust 14—Chairman, John beefs. There was a talk on co
bills of washing machine should guests. They were invited to
4 t t
Mitchell; Secretary, Joseph J. operation among aU hands.
be turned in to the Patrolman, eat with the crew. The Carpen
t
ter was asked to make shelves ANDREW JACKSON (Water Mullin. Delegates reported no AKTION (Aclium), July 23—
»
^
man), August
12—Chairman,
Pete
beefs, $150 reported in ship's
SEAPEARL (Colonial), August for the books and magazines,
Gvozdich; Secretary, L. I. Phil fimd. Motion made and carried ^Chairman, P. G. Fox; Secretary,
1 — Chairman. Clayton Conley;
^
J. Wehe; Delegates reported one
Secretary, M. Anderson. Dele GENEVIEVE PETERKIN
overtime beef to be settled. Sug
gates reported no beefs. Motion (Bloomfield), August 12—Chair
gestion to make another roUec
made and seconded* that cable nun, V. L. Porter; Secretary, H.
tion for washing machine. If the
gram be sent to Headquarters Krohn. Delegates reported no
collection doesn't amount to
requesting' replacements meet beefs,. Motion made to take up
SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St. much it will be turned over for
SIU, A&G
District
Douglas 28363
ship at Curacao, Discussion pro collection for repairs on w^hing
,,,,',,.86 Seneca St. some charitable purpose,
• and con on relieving watches. machine. Steward is to see that BALTIMORE,.14 North Cay St. SEATTLE
Main 0290
t.
Eari Sheppard, Asant
Mulberry 4540
the messhall and the dishes are BOSTON
440 Avalon Blvd.
FAIHPORT (Waterman), Aug.
,,.276 State St, WILMINGTON
Terminal 43131 ust 9 — Chairman, F. Drozak;
clean at all times.
James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 20140
105 Broad St.
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141 NEW YORK
BOwling Green 93438 Secretary, B, Bishop. Suggestion
GALVESTON
30BV4—23rd St.
made to have washing machine
Keith Alsop, Agent
Phone 28448
LAKE CHARLES. La
1419 Ryan St.
Great Lakes District fixed in Charleston and to put
l(!eith Terpe, Agent.
Phone 65744
handle on door. Motion made
133 W. Fletcher
MOBILE.1 South Lawrence St. ALPENA
Phone: 1238 W to have screens ordered in Frisco,
Cal Tanner, Agent
Phope 21754
BUFFALO,
N.Y.
180 Main St.
t> if
4 4 4
NEW ORLEANS
,523 BienviBe St.
Phone
Cleveland
7391
MANKATO VICTORY (Vic
Lindsey
Williams,
Agent
ELIZABETH (Bull), August 19
2602 Carroll St.
Magnolia 61126113 CLEVELAND
tory Carriers), August 5—Chair
—Chairman, Ed. Abualy; Secre NEW YORK
Phone: Main 10147
.,,,51 Beaver St.
tary, A. Campbell. Delegates re
,,.,1038 3id St. man. R. Barbot; Secretary, A.
HAnover 22784 DETROIT...
Headquarters
Phone; Woodward
16857 Boken. Delegates reported no
ported everything in order. Mo NORFOLK
,,.127129 Bank St.
531 W. Michigan St. disputed overtime; no beefs. Con
Phono 41083 DULUTH
tion made and carried that a let Ben Rees, Agent
,
Phone: Melrose 24110
PHILADELPHIA
337 Market St.
taminated food in dry stores to
ter be sent to Port Steward re S,
3261 E. 92nd St.
Cardullo, Agent
Market 71635 SOUTH CHICAGO
be
disposed of. It was suggested
questing innerspring mattresses. SANFRANCISCO
Phone
Essex
52410
450 Harrison St,
that the ice box be cleaned,
Motion made and caried that Lloyd Gardner. Agent Douglas 25475
252 Ponce de Leon
Canadian District
hospital benefits be increased to SAN JUAN, PR
i 4, 4 '
Sal Colls, Agent
CITY
OF
ALMA (Waterman),.
$15,
MONTREAL
.463
McGill
St.
SAVANNAH..,,
2 Abercom St.
MArquette 5909 August 7—ChEiirman, none given;
4 4 4
E, B. TiUey, Agent
Phone 31728
128»/5 HolHs St. Secretary, none given. Special
,2700 1st Ave. HALIFAX, N.S
INEZ (Bull), August 12—Chair SEATTLE.
Phone 38911
Jeff Morrison, Agent
Seneca 4570
meeting called in regards to a
man, H. Orlando; Secretary, E. TAMPA
18091811 N. Franklin St, FORT WILLIAM,, 118^4 Syndicate Ave.
former crewniember
being beach
Ontario
Phone
33221
OppicL Delegates asked new men Ray White, Agent
Phone 21323
.103 Durham St. ed in port after his discharge
to contribute $2 toward a new WILMINGTON, Calif., ,440 Avalon Blvd. PORT COLBORNE
Ontario
Phone 5591 from the hospital with no sub
Terminal 42874
washing machine. One crewmem Sam Cohen, Agent
86 Colbome St.
HEADQUARTERS ,,51 Beaver St.. N.Y.C TORONTO, Ontario
ber missed ship due to being in
Elgin 5719 sistence nor help from the agent.
SECRETARYTREASURER
VICTORIA, B.C.,,,61754 Cormorant St, He needs further medical at
jail in New Jersey,
Paul HaU .
Empire 4531 tention and is xmable to work,
4 4 4
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES VANCOUVER, B.C.,,,565 Hamilton St,
^ \
if
SEATIGER (Colonial). July 22 Joe Algina
Pacific 7824
Robert Matthews
STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmi
—Chairman, E. Williams; Secre
SYDNEY, N.S
304 Charlotte St.
Joseph Volpian
Phone 6346 an), July 31—Chairman, M. C.
tary, none given. Special meet
BAGOTVILLE, Quebec
20 Elgin St. McCranie; Secretary, W. Surka.
SUP
Seafarer David Blonstein ing to discuss the $50 fine voted
. Phone 545 Delegates reported everjdhing
with his bride, the former at a previous meeting to be HONOLULU
37 Ormont St.
16 Merchant St. THOROLD, Ontario
Ann Salts. The couple were levied on future performers,
Phone 58777
Phone 33202 okay. Motion made and second
QUEBEC
113
Cote
De
La Montague ed that Second Cook donate $25
PORTLAND
..Ill
W,
Dumslde jSt,
married in New York on June
4 4 4
Beacon 4336
Quebec
P!iono 27078 to the LOG for missing break
BRADFORD ISLAND (CiHes
24. Brother Blonstein was last
RICHMOND. Calif.,.,,.,,,,237 Sth St, SAINT JOHN^,,,l77 Prince William St,
fast,
on the Suiantue as Deck Main Service), August 8—Chairman, F.
Phone 2599
N.B,
Phone 23049
L.' Lamberli;
Secretary,
Wallace
(More Ships Minutes on Page 14)
tenaace^
Seaferer makfri^a
payment" the Cnion^br
anvvorpoee should oehan
lal nsceipT" veayto^
• the arvwxint'of"Hie corrtr f
butfoh and the pcirposefor
ojhich ff'joas «iiade.
Directory Of SIU Halls
SiU Newiywed
• •"
Vi.!..
�V
If
•
TBE SEAPARERS L6&
Peg4 Teilt
Bone Up On Booklets,
LakeTells SIUMembers
But, how niany of our members
bother to read them? Not
The education of our work enough.
permitmen is really the job of Then there are a few who be
every bookman. But here is the lieve, that a welleducated mem
confusing point. The average bership becomes a hard group
bookman is still in need of edu to handle. That may be true for
cation himself. The Union has the individuals who are always
spent time and money printing purposely misinterpreting our
booklets covering various sub policy,contract and Union prin
jects: our constitution, how meet ciples to suit their own situa
'ings should be run, what con tions. These men are making a
stitutes a charge, how to con terrible mistake and their policy
duct ourselves on our job, etc. will prove detrimental.
To the Edilct:
Visitor At Hall
EDUCATION FIRST
The Sforyteiler In Action
ttMmtk
21, l^i
Patient Raps
Frisco Hosp.
As Unclean
To the Editor:
Brothers, I am not a guy to.
complain but I would be proud'
if a few of you could drop by.
the US Public Health Service"
Hospital in San Francisco, 4th'
floor, and see what us poor
'heroes in dungerees" with TB.
have to put withT
The walls'haven't Been wash
ed in five or six years. The win,
dows haven't been washed go
ing on two years.' Shower, stalls
haven't been cleaned in God
knows when. Floors go for two
ot three days without sweeping,^
longer without mopping. If you,,
are able to crawl, you get up'
and go to the toilet. They are'
out of kleenex now, have been,
for a week.
I wonder what becomes of the ^
money they get to run this Coast '•
Guard place with?
'
NamevWilhheld !
The foundation of any struc
ture must be firm and strong if
^ Winter mil Chief Cook Mike MiChalik, left, eVokes
that structure is to last. The
rankandfilers are the backbone chuckles from fellow crewmembers Andy Kennedy and Bill
of our Union and from their Utley with one of his fabulous stories. According to the note
rapks will come the leaders of
tomorrow. To be good leaders accompanying the photo, Mike says the SIU is the first Union
they must be properly educated. he ever belonged to where he will, not have to pay dues. He
The permitman is our potential will take his vacation pay, which he never gdt* before, end
member. He, too, must be prop
turn it in for dues.
erly educated.
There are many good Union
men within our ranks today who
are militant. They will go all
In the fire room, under the kind of slavery again. Be good '
out for what they believe right. To the Editor:
These Brothers mean well and In a previous igsue 1 tried to ventilator hung an old twogal Union men, attend your meet .
are devoted Union men. Herein convey my experiences on for lon can full of tea at all times ings and whether bookmen or,
lies 'their fault. Sometime during eign . ships as compared to the unstrained without milk, but
v.
their leamipg the principles of working and living conditions headed off with plenty of coal
unionism, they were* impressed on oiurs. I gave you an idea of dust. This you pushed aside
the wrong way: For example, the way you had to service your and inbibed when thirsty. Well,
how to settle a beef. They be self during chowtime. I forgot I have shown lousy coiKJitions
lieve that the only way to fight to inform you that you had to that were and still are preva
A recent visitor at the SIU a beef is by being radical. Be provide yoiu: own knife, plate, lent on some foreign ships. Of
Hall in New Yhrk was Dan ing a radical has good points, spoon and fork. When you com course, there has been some im
provements since 1916. Yet not
but if one cannot be wise
Booz, former Seafarer active ^ough to realize the time to pleted your meals, you had no sufficient from the information*
convenient place to retire them
in Cities Service, now active bargain, the time to compromise, so you put them in under yom I have recently received.
In the Army's tank corps. fhen even our gains will be lost/ straw pillbw. On Sunday w^ Does that make you think?
Booz is in training at Fort All of us cannot be officials or didn't get cbioken. Oh no, for Where would you be today if it
delegates, but all of us can breakfast we usually got'tough were not for Unionism, and es permitmen help each . othef
Hood; Texas.
support our. officials and dele steak or curry and rice, ham pecially the SIU. Listen, Bro along. Live up to your obliga ;
gates.
and eggs. Dinner was the good thers, it does not seem feasible tiOns and above all don't be;
old
sea pie, which consisted as that the shipping companies vindictive to your Brother mem ,
WHAT'S POLICY?
a rule of tough steaks cut up, would force you into such ab hers, although you may not like '
Being & good Union man is plus the leftovers of the kitchen, ject miserable conditions; yet it his guts.'^ Always remember that '
like being a good citizen. We perhaps a taste of kidney here is true. Therefcre, make it a unity is strength and an'injury
must study our contracts; we and there, but plenty of dough point to do all in your power to one is the concern of all.
must live up to the policy we Jike putty to cover everything lest we are coerced into this
Paddy Farrell
made.
A lot
of
Brothers
will
ask,
in
the
mysthrious
sea
pie.
To the Editor:
"What is our policy?" Well, Now, fellows, when a foreign
Some guys just can't get it here it is, all written plain and seaman refers to the crew's
into their thick heads the rea simple, in these little booklets. steak, the black gang calls them
son for having a delegate aboard Just pick one up and read it. hand rags, which apply to the
ship. Anytime some guys feel You'll be surprised how much rags he uses on his hands with
I realize at last how my late
like beefing about somethingi you didn't know before.
the slice bar in the fireroom To Ihe Editor:
/they just comer the department
AUen Lake while raising the coal in the I never knew it before, but it father and mother felt when I ;
head and start singing the blues.
fire box when getting up' steam. is only after 44 years that I first went to sea, never to fe
This is bad. The impression the
It was customary for the old realize at last how my late fa turn to see them again.
department head will probably
time Fireman, when about to ther and mother felt when I But our son Henry, standing
get is that we are all a bunch
ship out, to find an old piece first went to sea in 1907 and five feet and eleven inches and
of smaU knownothings about
of floor
carpet, cut it into sailed out of Latvia in the bark weighing about 150 lbs. and
.the proper Union procedure and
squares and slit it in the center Esmeralda.
about my age of l6 years and
this in turn reflects on the Un
in order that his hands could go
four months in 1907, will return
ion itself.
through, similar to a mitten. I sailed, away in a bark all to his home port of New York
Delegates are properly elected To the Editor:
No such things as gloves—they white under sail afld never came within 15 days. He shipped
by the Brothers themselves and,
would be a luxury. When the back to see my parents 'again. through the Seafarers Interna
I
am
writing
you
this
letter
therefore, should be respected as
black gang came off watch, each Too much has come and gone tional Union, and is protected
to
let
you
know
my
appreciation
such.
one carried his water bucket since then: four years before by its rules and regulations. He
to
the
crew
of
the
SS
French
Take your troubles to your
midship and gbt his' quota of the mast in sail, two years as will not take to the life of a
Creek.
On
Sunday,
August
26,
delegate and he in turn will
water to wash, that would be Chips in a bark, two years as rover as I did, when the only
the Second Mate in a fourmasted home I had was where I hung
thrash out all the beefs with I received a radiogram inform about two gallons.
bark,
.two years as the Chief my hat. Henry has a happy ,
the proper person in a legitimate ! ing me of my sister's death. The water pump being locked
Mate
in squareriggers, seven home to which he can "return ;
The crew held a special meet at all times made it necessary
and^proper union method.
yeaifs
as
Master in a fourmasted whenever the voyage has ended,
The "sign of a good SIU ship ing and took some money out to locate one of the brass to dish
schooner
aifd a barkentine, and which is more" than I had.
is. whefi there is cooperation of the ship's fund to 'send some it out, but you had to pump it
then
Master
in steam to this
flowers.
I
and
my
whole
family
from both sides with the dele
yourself by hand from the peak.
It is, therefore, that I hope
day,
and
I
missed ,no
one.
thank
them
very
much.
I
have
gates holding up their jobs as
I might also add that you had
that all yOung Seafarers return
Union representatives for the never met a better bunch of to provide your own soap, wash It is only now that my wife, home happy after the voyage
fellows since I have been in towel, etc. When on a long trip and I. miss cur son wiio has is done, to their home folks glad
men aboard.
the SIU.
John Sullivan
and your soap supply ran out. gone to sea and shipped on a to receive them.
• •
Salvatore C. AIu What a mess!
tanker today. It is only now that
^ Frances
Capt. B. J. Peteimir^: ^
Memories Of *Sea Pie' Leave Paddy Gold
Department Head
Isn't Delegate,
Sullivan Warns
Skipper's Son Goes To Sea
French Creek
Crew Thanked
For Sympathy
�Friday. Seplembez 21, 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOG'
Page Eleven
Topside .Cooperation Marks THp To Italy Skystar
Dodges Lien,
Ends In Commie Hotbed
To the Editor:
' T^is is no letter about bucko
Mates, loghappy Skippers or
hun^y Stewards, for this voy
To the Editor:
to the custom house. Eveik
ege has been first rate. The
It all started three months ago though I showed papers that I
Skipper and First Mate of this
when we sailed from Galveston had legally purchased the cigar
ship, the SS Joseph A, Brown,
with a load of grain for Trieste. ettes, they still considered it
are both first class in anyone's
Everything was going along smuggling. Customs informed the
book, Never a bad word to any
fine
until one sunny afternoon Captain that I had been fined
Of the crew. The whole topside
along
the coast of Sicily we $137 and if the fine was not paid
gang believes that if we do ovir
came
to
a screaming halt: we I would have to go to jail. The
Jobs as good seamen, we'll get
discovered
you can't go cross Captain gave me a letter to the
the breaks. And that's the way
country
on
a Liberty ship. We agent telling him to pay the fine.
it has been.
I went to the custom house and
were aground.
In addition to the pleasant
The following day a tug boat they informed me that the agent
relations with topside, not a
arrived and tried to pull us off had paid the fine but it had been
single crewman or officer can
the rocks but could not move raised to $171.
deny that this ship is a first
us.
Stevedores were ord^ed from
OVER BARREL
rate feeder. Our Steward, the
Syracuse
and next day about a Regardless of how much I
master of the art, is Danny Pic
hundred and fifty came aboard protested it didn't do any good
cerelli, who puts out such deli
and
started discharging cargo in because the ship was ready to
cacies as veal scallopine, chicken
to fishing
boats. At this time the sail and they knew they had me
Crewmembers from
Bull Line's
GAA Liberty
Joseph
Brown
cacciatore, lasagna and many
Italian
Coast
Guard and the over the barrel. I could see the
see
the
sights
in
Venice.
Front
row,
left
to
right.
J.
Hetzell.
other palate teasers.
Deck Delegate: D. PicerellL Steward, and J. Auger. AB. Back stevedore agent came aboard and ship circling in the harbor and
EXWALDORF
row, J. Schaffer. Deck Engineer; J. Haxmers. Ship's Delegate; informed the Captain that the after spending one month in
These dishes are concocted by
men were fishermen and were Trieste I didn't want to miss the
. S. Boguc|(i AB; F. Pinkowski, Bosun.
the most able of hands to my
taking the cargo for their own ship regardless of how much the
estimation, being those of Eddie
use. The Coast Guard ran them fine was. Anyway they gave me
Lemb, who knows no peer. The
off the ship and then fired a the cigarettes and as soon as I
concocter of French and Italian
few rotmds to keep them away. got aboard we got under way»
pastries is James P. Balderson,
The stevedores that had been The next day the Captain re
our Night CookBaker, an es
ordered finally arrived and start ceived a wire stating the fine
capee from the Waldorf.
To the Editor;
going to man them? The papers ed discharging the. cargo into was $200, and had been paid by
I believe that when this ship
are full of the shortage of sea small boats, but the sea got too the agent. In a few qiore days
hits port there will be plenty Just received the latest issue men, but what are they doing rough for them to stay along we will pay off in Baltimore and
Of Seafarers hankering to come of the LOG and I read all about to relieve the shortage? Are the side' and th^y proceeded to dump I hope they don't raise the fine
aboard to enjoy this setup, but the great job our Union has unions or the companies doing the grain into the water.
again before we get there. Nev
they're going to be disappointed been doing. It sure does the anything for the seamen in the After being stuck four days ertheless, the cigarettes were for
heart
good
to
know
that
all
of
• >1 don't think a single crew
Army The old story I guess, let we finally got afioat and pro the crew and everyone helped
member will budge from her. us seamen in the Army have a them serve' until a war and then ceeded to Syracuse, minus one pay the fine, so it wasn't so bad.
strong * Union
as
the
SIU
to
Praise has been given top
when the going gets tough we anchor and eight hundred tons For skipper on here.we have
dde and the stewards depart come back to after we get out. can let them out to sail the of grain.
Edward Serafin and we rate him
It is good to get the LOG, for
ment, but for efficiency, co
When
we
were
ready
to
sail
death
traps.
none
other than the best. Even
operation and an Unbeatable it keeps us close to shipping and
some
officials
came
aboard
with
with
all
the strain he has been
PET BEEF
combination, our deck gang is also plenty of news of our old
a
lien
on
the
ship.
They
forbid
under
there
was never a time
bard to beat. The men are J. shipmates. There are plenty of Our pet beef is that most of us to sail until the fiftythree during the trip that'he wasn't:
Auger, S. Bogucki, E. Colkos, J. seamen in this camp and I pass us were too young to go into stevedores had s been paid ap congenial and cooperative In
Hetzell, W. Small, W. Zaleski, the LOG around for all to see. the service in the last war so proximately $40,000 for the two every way. . Jimmy Slaven
B. Bibben, E. Masakowski and Some are from other imions and we went to sea and we risked days work they had done while
Ship's Delegate
,W. Wrube. Last of all is the they really praise the LOG and our lives, but still that wasn't we were on the rocks. After a
actually fighting. We continued
carpenter, Dick "You Kids" also the SIU policy.
couple of days the company and
'• >1
In the last issue it said that to sail and in the new war the stevedores couldn't come to
Cummings.
proved
ourselves
again.
And
James Hannen
we are getting six more ships
4:;
an agreement, so one morning
F. Pinkowsld
out of the boneyard. Who is how do they treat us?
before
daybreak
we
cut
the
lines
They pull us off the ships and
tell ustthat we must serve our and the "Ghost Ship" Skystar
country. But what of the young slipped quietly out the harbor
punks that hang around the while Sjnracuse slept, but to our
>
pool halls and the streets? Why sorrow we also left five crew To the Editor:
members
sleeping
ashore.
We,
the
crew
of
the
SS
D^
don't they take them? Instead,
Mar, have just received the lat'
DIDN'T FORGET
they will have to open the Mari
est issue of the SEAFARERS
Thirtyfour
days
after
leaving
time Service schools at the cost
LOG and wish at this time to
Galveston
we arrived
at
cur
des
of millions to our government
and then have green men the tination and in nothing fiat the express our sincere thanks and
next few years to come. The ship was swarming with officials, gratitude to the Seafarers Inter
same thing happened tl^p last including the mighty US Coast national Union and its officials
time. You would thmk that they Guard. It seems that no one who have made it possible for
would profit by the former mis could forget about us leaving the seamen to receive such an
Syracuse after they had issued opportunity as to have a $1,500
take.
Cpl. Casmier A. Kaust a court order stating we couldn't; welfare fund. It is remarkable^
and almost impossible to under
sail.
U.S. 51105744
stand how our payment per per
By
this
time
the
commies
had
Co. I. 2nd Bn.. TRTC
son upon death has increased
made
a
big
issue
about
us
leav1
Ft. Eustis. Va.
ing without paying thp Steve j from $500 to the present amount
dores and played this up every of $1,500. We are sure_ that if the
matter were in the hands of any
way possible.
There were so many articles other parties, this feat could not
in the newspapers about the have been accomplished.
Skystar that it was like a con
However, in all the explana
To the Editor:
tinued story. They called it the tions that were given in the
Greetings from North Africa! "ghost ship" and said it was fan LOG, many of us are still ignor ,
On the deck of an SlUccnfreeled ship for the first time
I have retired my book and tastic the way we left Syracuse ant in some respects as to the
in many a month, former Seafarer Floyd Vincent, second from
provisions and procedure of the
right in front row. poses with crewmembers of the Seamonitor am taking a stab at building air without any one seeing us.
in Korea. Vincent is now in an Army transport company. ports over here. Ed Larkin, the The workers in the shipj'ard Welfare Plan. For instance, under
With Vincent are. left to right front row. Kuzzy Kaziukewicz, Electrician, was here, too. There where we were being repaired the new setup, can a membesT;
Gibby Gibbons, Stanley Modzeluski, Vincent and Frank West. is plenty of overtime, pretty good were strictly commies and had receive the benefit if he is no
Back row, Frank Kustura. George Davidson, Kenny Sipg and chow. I would like to have the large commie fiags painted in longer going to sea but continues
LOG sent here, because I want all the shops. Mysteriously one to keep his book active? Also
Jadk Seratt.
'
to keep up with all the latest night one of the fiags was paint under the new Vacation Plan,
fat and sassy, and of course Jit's news.
To the Editor:
ed over with black paint. No one can a member collect a vacation
After meandering around Ko evident that Kuzzy does not Plenty of SIU ships hitting was seen painting it, but the and still remain on a ship?
here. Have hit a couple of them crew of the Skystar was strictly These are two outstanding
rean and Japanese waters for slight himself.
questions in the minds of our,
some five months on the SS We are hoping the Seamonitor for a god cup of coffee. The taboo from then on.
stuff they give us in camp for After being in port a couple crew. I would appreciate it very ;
Seamonitor (Colonial) we ar heads Stateside shortly.
Wved in. Pusan on one of our Next trip will be different. coffee is really miserable. Lar of weeks we were informed we much if'you could answer Iheso
trips, "yye had the pleasure of Delegates aboard are Kuzz Ka kin left many female compan could purchase cigarettes at the questions for us in the SEAFAR
a visit from SIU Brother Floyd ziukewicz, ship's Delegate; Jack ions here, so tell any of the bojrs Army post exchange if we se ERS LOG.
G. H. McFall
Vincent of the 8057th Transp^ Seratt, steyrard's. department hitting here to look them up. cured the proper paper. I secur
Editor, MAR LOG
{Company U. S. Army. (See pic.) Delegate; (Pat) Robertson, deck Send the LOG to this address: ed the paper and purchased the
(Ed.
Note:
Question 1:
Don
Linder
cigarettes
for
.
the
crew.
Once
A word of praise is in order Delegate, and Frank West,engine
c/o
Atlan
Const.
man
is
eligible
for one year
when
I
came
through
the
gate
Delegate.
here for Steward Frank Kustura
C'asa
Post
a
le
14
after
last
date
of
employment}
the
custom
guard
stopped
me
Frank
Wast
iand Chief Cock Ki^zzy for a
Casablanca.
Fr.
Morrocco
Question
2:
Yes.)
.
and
took
me
and
the
cigarettes
Enghse
Delegala
hang up job in keeping the boys
Where Are Men For Ships?
Asks Seafarer In Service
Del Mar Crew
Lauds Welfare
Benefit Rise
Seamonitor Yearns For Home
Airport Builder
Wants The LOG
�Page Twalve
THE SEAT ARE RS L^G
Make Every 4th Voyage
'A CS Job: Tex's
TtiAmt. S«i»t*mber 21, 1951
Abreasr SS Del MaF stuck On Rocks,
Oires Tup A Tough Battle;
To ihe EdBlor:
,
us and heaved and pulled fdr
To ihe Editor:
go back down. So any of you
two days without success. AU
W^ll, here we are again, the rescue operations were suspends
.
,
,
. x. boys who want to get out very
Well, here we are down m the
jinxed Bel Mar. Oii the night ed on August 30th.
<
land of strong coffee and good let's go.
of August 261h as we were As usual, there are hundreds
looking native girls of this fair
swinging to enter the break
of rumors aa to our fate and
LOOK FOR YOtr
inland port. Lake Charles, that
water of the Recsife harbor, we future, but nothing official as
felt the undeniable grinding o:
is.
So here we go a Citi^ Serv
yet. I believe that the damage
stone meeting steel and knew to the Del Mar will be greater
Sure can't see why some of ice scow and hope it is a plea
Immediately that we had run than the damage suffered when
the good bookmembers of our sant trip. I will be looking for
agroimd. Emergency stations
organization can't come on down some of you good men to come
she rammed the SS Moormac?
were sounded and upon hitting
here and help us out in this port. to Lake Charles and give us a
star in the harbor of Santos
the deck we saw that we were Brazil, in the early part of this
Went down on a ship with hand with the' Cities Service
much more than just aground,
the agent Keith Terpe, yester ships. They can sure use a lot
year. The ship is continually
we were on the rocks of the grinding for and aft and port to
of
good
bookmen
to
give
these
day. A Cities Service job. Was
breakwater.
surprised to find that the crew men the scoop on how our or
starboard on the rocks, and it
ganization
runs.
"SEout 10 feet of our bow had is a good bet that she is taking
was made up entirely of permit
penetrated the stony structure. a terrific beating. But, we are
men. Now the Union spent a Well, so long, I hope to be
The
rfed beacon on the breaks all safe and sound and taking
long time and lots of money to seeing some of you if you can
Getting the latest on the do
water
was flashing brightly in the situation as it arises.
get this company, and all Sea get off that romance run down ings of the Union is Edwin
>
our
faces.
The Del Mar took a
farers should pitch in and take to South America on the Del Lieber, who is deep in the
G. H. MeFall ,
one of these. Make every fourth Sud; in case you can't, tell all pages of the SEAFARERS heavy port list and immediate
the girls in Santos goodbye for LOG while waiting for a ship ly began blowing danger signals
trip a Cities Service ship.
us.
at the Lake Charles, La„ hall. on our ship's whistle. Passengers
PRIZE CATCH
A. G. (Tex) Alexander
Leiher had just paid off the were routed out of ^heir slum
As you know, a rated book
C. Silcox
'Lafayette prior to the picture. ber and filed on deck. There
was no panic or confusion, for
member is a prize premium in
t was plain to seethat we were
this port. Here they lock the
high
and dry and anyone could
Soor on you for fear you might
easily have reached the stone
have notions of going to some
breakwater and walked to " the
other port. Well, boys, I just
beach if neccessary.
came from downstairs and they
To the Editor:
Two mediumsize tugs were
^anghaied me before I could
To the Editor:
here's a hello to all my old dispatched to our assistance but I just can't keep the news back
shipmates.
any longisr. Chuck Allen, Ray
they were of no avail. ^
I'd like to send my thanks to
Queen
and his sidekick, Hoss,
Cpl.
Ross
Slralion
In the meantime a call was
the Union Negotiating Commit
172nd Station Hosp.
have
bought
a mine. They think
put in to. the Brazilian Navy
tee for its latest victory; the Va
they're,
going
to find gold. The
APO 547, c/o PM
Base at Natal in the noyth. In
cation Plan. I sure wish I could
diggings are in California. The
San
Francisco,
Calif.
reply
to
our
call
for.
help,
a
be back sailing again, but that
(Ed. Note: Send the applica arge NaVy tug was dispatched to prospectors are now in Seattle
will have to wait untd this war
tionwe are forwarding to you Recife to help us. .It arrived aboard the SS Simmons Victory,
is over here in the Far East.
but they have their picks ready
to Washington and denote a
To the Editor:
We have about five former port where you want your some thirty hours later, by which to take to the hills soon. Haw!
time regular shipboard life had
Living in a fog without any J seamen here at the hospital I'm papers sent. After you get out resumed.
Might as well pass along all
news from'the Union is kind of stationed at and I sure was of service, check at that port
the
other local West Coast news:
The Navy tug and one of the
Bruce
Hanpel had five girls
rough after baing out on a long'^™"'?
^how 'heni that lha with the Coast Guard.)
smaller tugs put lines aboard
.
.
SIU has come through with an
down to see him off when the
trzp. We put into port in the other first in maritime.
ship left Seattle. Peggy wasn't
Far East recently and received I wotild like to ask what I
there, I hear.
two LOGs that had been mailed should do about my papers as I
Johnny Thompson is going te
to our ship. They Were as wel would like to obtain the vali
marry that cute little Japanese
dated papers. Will I be able to
girl, according to rumor here
come as money from home.
get them when I get out of the To the Editor:
abouts.
PASS AROUND
have a fine bunch of Union men Johnny Grimes is now sport
service, or should I send for
Only one beef, though. The them now?
Another good skipper and among them.
mg that new black makeup that
On
board
we
have
some
fel
mate
have
been
found
aboard
s so popular with those in the
envelope is addressed to the I was scheduled to be dis
lows who have quite, a few sea enow. Johnny's wearing it about
the
SS
Bienville
(Waterman).
charged
this
October,
but
an
ship's Delegate and he thinks
The crew have only the highest miles under them. Able Seamen both eyes. By the time the ship
it is his property and should not extra year has been added to
my enlistment. When I will get praises for Captain Hamilton Banteo, andi John Gunters, Chief gets back from Yokohama
be passed around. I agree that out is a mystery.
Powell and Chief Mate James Steward Isaac McGants; Julys Johnny will have given up the
^it can easily be torn and lost, I would like to have sent me a W. Case. Captain Powell is a Styles, Louis Nelson, and Char fad, unless he forgets to duck
but the delegates should tejl the copy of the "Seafarers In World good fellow who rates tops with les Teems are some examples of again.
the experienced men aboard.
That's all for now.
cjew the LOG is aboard and War 11" as I missed a lot of the everyone aboard our ship.
Aubrey
Smith
Chuck Hosteller
set up a list so each guy can copies of the LOG when they A reasonable man, Powell is
sign out for the LOG and keep appeared. I would also like an a bighearted oldtimer. The Cap
extra copy for the hospital li tain has been going to sea for
it a little while.
over forty years. He came up
brary.
Irving Balfour
Keep up the good work and the hard way—^from the foc'sle.
Being on the same ship With him
makes things pleasant, as we
are like pne big happy family.
Some of the sailors and "black
gang" men aboard the Bienvill6
have been going to sea for. oyer;
25 years tfamnselves, and they
weU retnember the hardships
that used to exist for_^ seamen.
When you run into good men
like the skipper, the mates, and
engineers on. this ship, it surly
makes life happy.
Also we have a number of
newcomers who are just starting
to sea, and 'all of them haVe only
the highest praise for our Union
and our conditions aboard SIU
ships, and especially this vessel.
From the way things look aboard
the Bienville, we Are going to
Thar'sGoldIn
Them Hills,
Trio Claims
Praises SIU Guns, Looks
To Day He'U Doff Khaki
Suggests System
For Crew's Use
Of Airmail Log
Ship's Officers Rate High
With Crew Of SS Bienville
Seafarers And A Lady Friend
A Night On The Town
ATTENTION!
; , Mrenestar. Seafarers all set for a night on the town while
^In Trieste recently. Left to right. Gene Hall, AH; Manuel,
Saloon Messman; Bill Lowe, Chief Cook, and Greek Mosutsky,
BR.
If you don't find linen
when you go aboard your
ship, notify oihe HaU at once.
A telegram, from LeHarve or
Singigiore wont do you any
good. It's your bed and you
have to lie in it.
TAiideatffied except to say tkey are two SIU stalwarts and
a lady. Picture was submitted to LOG by Sir Charles, ship's
Delegate aboard the new Seatrain Georgii^ which has jusf
cemptoted its .maiden voyage.
.
C.
,
�• 'KJJS^
'S'.i• '
f'^day/iSBi
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Thirteen
QUESTION: When you are on the beach, what place do you call home?
• H
J
TONY PISANO. Pantryman:
New Orleans is where I hang
' my hat for a good part of the
^eax and is the place where
. I vote, so I guess I'm a Louis
. ianian. When the sun gets a
bif warnv up north I usually
head up for New York, par
ticularly Brooklyn. I was born
and raised in Staten Island and
my relatives are there, but no
place really had a hold on
me. I'msingle and fancy free
and I follow the sun. When
the cool winds start hitting
New York, I'm back in the
. Crescent City with all the boys
on. Bourbon Street. That's
.where I'm headed for soon.
ERNESTO V. ERAZO, AB:
JERRY LOPEZ. MM:
HENRY BONITTO, MM:
J. BERNARD, Bosun:
Brooklyn is where I live and
have lived for some time. I
was born and raised in Puerto
Rico, but consider the Big
Town my home. My wife and
sister are here and I do my '
shipping out of the New York
Hall. I've been in several
other US cities and only foimd
one that compared or surpass
ed New York. That city is
San Francisco. I got off a ship
there once and liked the place.
When I got back to New York,
I thought I'd move out there
but I had no money. If I get
a bundle 111 travel around a
bit and settle down out there.
The climate is nice, not cold'
like New York in the winter.
Tampa. Florida, is my home
and has been all my life. I
was born and raised. . there
and will probably continue to
live there. I was in the SIU
when it was founds and
sailed out of Tampa in the
early days on the Cuba. I
retired for awliile and am now
back sailing again. Ten months
ago I took a ship to Europe
and ended up in New York,
the first time I have regis
tered in any other than the
Tampa Hall. I'm now waiting
for a ship to Korea, so it will
still be a long time before I
get back to the old hometown
—^maybe as long as two years,
as those Korean runs have a
habit of going on and on.
I've lived in New York
City aU of my life, though
I wasn't bom here. This is my
home port, my home town and
where I intend to live the rest
of my life. No, I've never tried
to live anywhere else, the call
of'the Big City is too much
to resist. One time long ago
I registered in Baltimore, but
I liidn't wait around for a
ship. I hightailed it for New
York. I've been a member
of the SIU since it was found
ed and I guess I'll spend my
remaining days in the SIU
sailing out of New York and
spending my time on the beach
in this city with my wife.
After all, what other city has
what New York has?
Home to me is New York
City. I was raised here and.
have all of my friends here.
In my neighborhood, I buddy
around with other SIU men
when they are on the beach.
We bought a home in the sub
urbs recently and will move
there shortly, but ITl still be
in close contact with New
York City. I've been in the
other port cities and found
none to compcire with New
York. On top of that, I'm a
Dodger fan. What Dodger fan
would consider moving away
from commuting distance of
Ebbetts Field? Small towns are
supposed to have benefits, but
I like the bright lights.
/• I
If It's A Job You Want, Head Straight For Lake Charles
ped to these vessels from this
the stewards departments will On the labor front, all is cur
port and additional jobs were
be able to do their jobs with rently quiet right now here in ,
LAKE CHARLES; Sept. 14 — filled from Galveston, New Or
greater dignity, and with the Lake Charles, the big discussion
Who was it that said "Go West, leans^ and the SUP to the tune
respect of the entire member down Louisiana way being the
young man. Go West"? Horace of approximately 33.
ship."
coming gubernatorial race.
Greeley, I believe, but anyway Although you can ajways talk
Probably Tiny is right about Local opinion is pretty much
he certainly had a wild hair in about ships and shipping, I don't
this but on one ship, at any divided. The magic of the Long
his compass. It should have been think that enough could be said
rate, the stewards department name is stiU very much felt in
*Go Southwest, young man. Go about the Andrew Jackson to
is tops with the rest of the crew this section and, of course, the.
Southwest" — to Lake Charles, fully cover the fine job that has
—the ship? The Andrew Jack French section is rooting for
Louisiana, to be exact, especial been done here by that crew.
son, of course!
their champion, Unc Dudley Le ^1
ly if the "young man" happens This is one of the cleanest,
Blanc,
otherwise more famous
DAMYANKEE
to be a rated SIU member.
smoothestrunning ships that I
as
the
Hadacol Kid.
Shades of the Confederacy
Ships have poured through have ever boarded, and the crew
Well,
no predictions yet, but
(spoken with a reverent whis
this port during the last two certainly deserves asbouquet for
let's
hope
our friends win and
per)! "Who should show up here
weeks, and the calls for rated the work they are doing on her.
our
enemies
lose.
recently aboard an SIU ship
men have become legend here.
GALLEY SPOTLESS
(the Lone Jack) but one of them
Once again New Orleans was
All
departments fitted
into
damyankee
carpetbaggers
called to come to the rescue in
this
category,
but
Steward
Tiny
straight
out
of
some
fantastic
several cases, and in other in
Phillips
and
his
entire
depart
TINY
PHILLIPS
place
called
"Souf
Greenpemt."
stancy jobs were filled by men
ment are outstanding. Those sec
An4 this smoothtalking char
from the Gafvegton' Branch.
^1
tions of the vessel that are in he thought were our greatest acter did his best to cash in
• And while the ships rolled in, their care we're nearly spotlessly
good
Jeff
Davis
money,
a
$50
gains
over
the
years
he
replied
the rainy season gave out with clean, neat and had that "kept
immediately, "The Welfare Plan Confederate bill to be exact, on
a very convincing preview of
up" look so ofteh lacking abpard and the "Vacation Plan won this the strength of being a rebel
what to expect here in another
a ship intransit through ni^er year by the Union. 'These are "hisself."
month. I have heard of it rain ous coastwise ports.
mighty hard to beat, and I Apparently either the bartend
mg cats and dogs, but^ this is
This ship with its highly co have never heard of any of the er at Jesse's Men's Club is up
the first time that I have seen,
operative crew would rate high plans set up by the other unions, on his geography and knows
it rain jobs.
in my book any day, and it "is both ashore as well as in the "Souf Greenpernt" is North of
. SHIPS BOOM _
the tangible proof that "An SIU marine field, coming even half the MasonDixon line, or else he
The ships that caused thi^ ship is^a clean ship."
is a traitor to Dixie—^he was
way close to ours."
quite firm about preferring some
l,ake Charles boom were: the L. L. "Tiny" Phillips, Steward
Bents Fort, Winter Hill, Chi on the Andrew Jackson, has been Tiny went on to say that there thing green with Abe Lincoln
wawa. Government Camp, Pabli, in the SIU on a full book since are • so many tremendous gains on it.
already li.sted to the credit of
Pat Catelli is the carpetbagger
Abiqua, Bradford Island, Lone 1942, and aboard the Andrew
.Jack, all Cities Service coastwise J since last October. His clean the SIU, that almost an endless concerned, and it is interesting
tankers; CarrabuUe and Cata ship and long stay on her are no list could be made of them and to note that he is a refugee from
houla (Cuba Distilling); Bull accidenti According to Tiny, each one seems bigger and bet the^ Sand Chief, the luxury liner
Mi M. Cross, who has just
t&at plies from Sandy Hook and
Run (Petrol Tankers); Wanda there is only one way to do ter than the others.
(Epiphany); Petrolite (Tanker a job—^right^nd he feels that, "For instance, this new stew Coney Island into Jersey a r^eived his Male's lic«ise,j..
dropped into the Wilmington
$ag Harbor); Andrew Jackson in view of the terrific gains made ards training program is going couple of times a day.
(Waterman), and the Portland both recently as well: as in the to be a good thing for the en
Neither a Branch meeting here Hall to say hello. An SIU
Trader, Oscar Shappell, and past by. the SIU, any other policy tire membership through the nor the Central Trades meeting member since^ 1944. Brother
Mission San Gabriel, all SUP would be a disgrace to the fine better and more xir'form opera of all AFL unions in this area Cross is mighty proud of his
Union that he is a member of. tions of iall SiU stewards de could be held due to a lack of honk in what'he considers the
vessel?.
;
When I asked Old Tiny what partments. And the lafen ia U: quorum in both cases.
leading Uoicm in nurrithne*
A total of 68, men were ship
By KEITH TERPE
Gets Ticket
�Page Fourteen
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Fxldar. September 21, 1951
Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings
BIENVILLE (Waterman), July
Guillory. Delegates reported no ,
90—Chairman, .Aubrey H. Smith;
beefs. Ship's Delegate spoke in
Secretary, Herb Dunlevie. It was
behalf of literature which was
unanimously decided that the
dispatched from Union Head>
ship's Delegate would nominate
quarters concerning Cities Ser
REG.
REG.
TOTAL
SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL
REa
a committee to formulate a set
REG.
ENG.
STWDS.
DECK
ENG.
STWDS. SHIPPED vice's new contract. Discussion
DECK
PORT
of rules of conduct for the crew.
on SIU education bulletin con
It was suggested that the Stew Bos ton..................................
29
27
8
64
28
24
16
68 cerning custom regulations ap
atd be requested to obtain a New York
144
539
222
173
138
145
100
383 plying to seamen.
varied assortment of ice cream Philadelphia....
37
37
128
55
54
40
40
135
4 4 4
PAOLI (Cities Service). Aug
instead of just one kind.
357
83
127
117
102 .
157
93
Baltimore
322
106
360.
142
112 .
120
107
93
Norfolk.
320 ust 19 — Chairman. Ed Chanti
i i i
57
20
^19
22
16
22
22 .
64 Secretary, Herb Hoodfried. Mo
BULL RUN (Mathiasen), July Savannah —
tion niade to consult Patrolman
NO
FIGURES
RECEIVED
Tampa..
30—Chairman, Vincent Maffulla;
35
26
31
92
52
42
52
146 about deck department going in
Secretary. C. R. Baunfield. Dele Mobile
• 73
222
90
59
103
69
60
232 to pumproom while on overtime
gates reported some disputed New Orleans
39
40
24
103
35
46
.......;
23
104 and also to write to the LOG to
overtime. Motion made to send Galveston
59
39
46
144
77
45
52
174 get the matter clarified. $47.50
radiogram to Patrolman to board West Coast
reported in ship's fund,
vessel upon arrivai, A repair
652
568
2,066
755
^ 846
642
551
1,948
list is to be made up by ship's GR^D TOTAL
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FRENCH GREEK (Cities Ser
Delegate.
t" S*
thing is running smooth. Motion would automatically turn water —Chairman. H. D. Henson; Sec vice). September 1—Chairman*
George Smart; Secretary, W. A«
TRINITY (Carras), July 29— made and seconded that the ship off when not in use.
retary, E. C. Dacey, Delegates
Wenaland. Delegates reported
Chairman, Hullmun; Secretary. be fumigated when it arrives in
reported everything in tiptop
4 4 4
some
disputed overtime. A word
H. A. Manchester. Delegates re port.
EVELYN (Bull). August 23— condition; no beefs. A motion
of
thanks
to our stewards de
ported no beefs. Ship's fund is
Chairman, N. D. Hanson; Secre was,made for all new crewmem
4 4 4
partment
for
the fine job they
reported to have $55.52 which is ST. LAWRENCE VICTORY tary, E. C. Dacey. Delegates re bers to donate $1 for the ship's
are
doing.
Discussion
about hav
to be turned over to a crew (Mississippi). July 18—Chairman, ported no beefs. A motion was fund. A general suggestion was
ing
awnings
on
boat
deck and
member at the payoff. Discussion J. Carolan; Secretary, C. Aubert. made that all crewmembers do made to bring cups back to the
screens in messroom.
on the bad condition of the mat Delegates reported no beefs. nate $5 for a new washing ma pantry from back aft.
4 4 4
tresses aboard the ship.
Discussion on Purser for his ac chine.
4 4* 4
NIKOKLIS . (Dolphin). August
it i
tions against crew. Ship's Dele
WINTER HILL (Cities Ser 26—Chairman. Fred R. Hicks;
4 4 4
MILTON H. SMITH (Isth gate is to see Captain about JOSEPH A. BROWN (Bull), vice). August 25—Chairman. M.
July 29—Chairman. J. Hanners; J. Ochmanowicz; Secretary. A. Secretary. R. J. Norris. Sr. Dele
mian). July 22—Chairman. Julio Purser.
Secretary. J. Hetzell. Delegates L. Mclntyre. Delegates reported gates reported no beefs except a
Bernard; Secretary, Frank J.
4 4 4
Perez. Delegates urged crew to STEEL APPRENTICE (Isth reported no beefs. Discussion of no beefs. Motion made and car few hours overtime. Motion made
cooperate with topside officers as mian). July 22—Chairman. C^. A. system of paying for washing ried to inform crew that accord and passed that steward's de
partment Delegate see the Cap
• there is a good bunch on board Hitchcock; Secretary. T. G. machine purchased by ciew.
ing to Union rules they are to
tain about painting the decks.
ship. The ship's Delegate report Scruggs. Delegates reported no
be on board one hour before
ed complaints of improper cook major beefs. Everyone is urged PUERTO RICO (Bull). August sailing time, $150 in ship's tresis
\
ing of food and poor menus.
to speak up at meetings and ac 26—Chairman. Ted Lawson; Sec ury at present.
cept office if nominated. Bulle retary. Jim Murphy. Delegates
it it it
4 4 4.
STONY CREEK (MarTrade), tin read concerning Vacation asked all hands to give proper LOGANS FORT (Cities Ser
July 29 — Chairman, Charles Plan, customs regulations apply notice when quitting and not to vice). August 7—Chairman. John
4 4 4
quit on sailing day. An Educa B. Schilling; Secretary. Joseph
Sweat; Secretary. George Corn ing to seamen.
STEEL
ARCHITECT
(Isth
tional meeting was held on Aug E. Dunne. Delegates reported no
ing. Delegates reported on per
mian),
July
4
—
Chairman*
L.
ust 24. Charges and Beefs were beefs. The captain,,requested if
mitmen have been cleared by
Luonde; Secretary,
Martin. Dele
the topics of the meeting.
any safety measures for the ship
the Hall. All beefs and overtime
gates reported all well. Crew ac
August
i2 — Chairmeui,
Eddie
are
thought of by/crewmembers
have been taken care of. It was
Mooney; Secretary. Jim Murphy. they are to. refer them to the tion was taken on the five cur
suggested that movie with poor
4 4 4
rent issues. The stewards depart
soimd tra«k should be replaced ALCOA CLIPPER ^Icoa). Delegates reported that the trip Delegate. Twenty minutes of ment was asked'to keep quiet in
August 18—Chairman. E. J. Re wasn't bad a^ all. An education educational reading on Union the morning. Discussion on the
or money refunded.
vier; Secretary. L. V. Hartes al meeting was held and educa Hiring Hall.
electric chipping hammer.
heimer.
Delegates reported no tional literature was distributed
ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Seas
4 4 4.
Shipping). July 1—Chairman, W. beefs, all in order. Motion made to the crew,
STEEL MAKER (Isthmian),
4 4 4
Welcome; Secretary, P. Allgeier. and carried to see Patrolman to
September 2—Chairman, Julius
FRANCES
(Bull), nq date giv
see
Captain
and
Chief _
Steward
Delegates reported no beefs.
Bank; Secreta^, John AnnaL
There was a discussion on the in regard to beer being resold en — Chainnaa Israel Ramos;
Delegates
reported $55 in the '
Secretary. J. D. Hernandez. Dele
care of the washing machine and on board.
ship's fund. Discussion
on method
gates reported no beefs, A note
4 4 4
>, the laundry. It was decided that
to
be
used
to
keep
washroom
4 4 4
all the watch sit at first table ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa). from the library was read in re
fleaii.
so Messman may feed them first. July 1—Chairman. W. Davies; gard to a collection for books FORT HOSKINS (Cities Ser
4 4 4
vice). August 26 — Chairman,
Secretary, S. RuzyskL Delegates and magazines,
STEEL
FLYER
(Isthmian), Au
John Kennedy; Secretary. E.
4 4 4
BULL RUN (Mathiasen). July reported everything in good' PAOLI (Cities
gust
19—Chairman.
Mack Chap
Service). Aug
> 12—Chairman. Howard E. Rode: shape. Motion made aiid carried ust 12 — Chairman. Robert E. Carr. Delegates reported no man. Jr.; Secretary, D. C. Rol
Secretary. C. R. Brumiield. Del to have new ventilation system Kiedinger; Secretary. James Tar beefs. $39.86 reported in ship's lins. Delegates reported no beefs.
egates reported no beefs, no dis put in engine room. It was sug ver. Decided to have ship fumi fund. Education bulletin No. 101 Motion made to have air vents
What is MTD" read and accept
puted overtime. Ship's Treasury gested that sixteen ^ans be in gated at Bridgeport. Majority ed.
outside crew messroom relocated
.
stalled in messroom.
is reported to have $93.71. The
in order to eliminate odor. Re
voted to see what could be done
4 4 4
ship's Delegate and Steward are
quest
by Steward that all. cots
about
Steward.
BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities
to look into the cot situation WILLIAM JAMES (Bull). July
and
linen
to be turned in before
Service). July 29«Chairman. F.
22—Chairman. C. Saunders; Sec
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aboard ship.
payoff.
EVELYN
(Bull).
September
2
L. Lamberti; Secretary, Elijah
retary, E. A. Newman. Delegates
4 4 4
reported everything okay. Mo
LAS
VEGAS
VICTORY (Isth
tion made and carried that all
xhian). August 19 ^— Chairman,
crewmembers cooperate in all
Maloney; Secretary, CUllison.
ship's business. There was a
Delegates reported no beefs.. Ed
lengthy discussion on overtime
With the nation tightening its defense preparations, ucational discussions on benefits
to be paid to the Steward Util
the role of the merchant mariners daily becoming more of lending a hand and helping
ity for serving five meals in the
vital.
For this reason it is imperative that every Sea
It it it
new members with their ship
saloon while in port.
HARRY T. (Palmer). July 15 August 19—Chairman. C.Saun
farer stand ready to ship in the rating for which he is board duties.
— Chairman. Wallace; Secret)^, ders; Secretary. C. A. Newman. qualified and in which he can be of the greatest service.
44 4
J. Rielly. Delegates reported that Delegates reported no beefs, no
STEEL AGE (Isthmian), Au
In this connection. Headquarters continues to point gust 9—Chairman. J. Hamilton;
there is $86 in the washing ma disputed overtime. It was sug
chine fund. Steward asked that gested that a Patrolman contact out that many men qualified by experience and skill Secretary. C. Barletta. Delegates
care be taken in the use of cots the Coast Guard in regard to have not applied for endorsements for high ratings.
reported no beefs. Discussion on
and linen on deck.
men w^hout validated papers
Mm who do not seek higher ratings for which they food and the Steward was asked
August 12 — Chairman, Wal staying on board.
why there was no variation on
are qualified are, in effect, causing a waste of needed the menu.
lace; Secretary, D. Dewsome. The
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crew was told to be sober at SIMMONS VICTORY (Bull). skill.
4 4 4
/'
payoff. Motion made and second August 15 — Chairman. Rqy
The Maritime Administrator is seeking draftdefer
PONCE DELEON (Waterman),
ed for the galley range to l^e White; Secretary. Joseph Duffey. ment for rated men only. Consequently, men, who are August 12 — Chairman, Dan
.repaired.
Delegates reported everything drafted because they have not obtained the ratings for Cherry; Secretary, A. J. Kuber
running smoothly, Due to an ac
4 4 4
ski. Delegates reported some,
ANNISTON CITY (Isthmian). cident in the crew's washroom, which they are qualified, will not be serving in jobs in disputed overtime. Motion made
August 4 — Chairman. Michael it was agreed that the delegates which they can be of greatest service to .our nation.
thht negotiating committee be
Rossi; Secretary. William J, Dill get together with the Chief Mate
If you have the qualifi^iions, apply for up^ading. informed'to consider a transpqr > :
men. Delegates reported no beefs to see if some different type of
tation clause in our agreemeni
Do it today!
from any departments. Every faucet could be installed so it
for the West Coast.
A&i Shipping From Aug, 29 To Sept 12
Co After Your Rating
�IMday, iNi^avOier ^1/ I9SI
TgE SEAFAREKS EOG
Pa9ft FifiMB
SX
Here are how seven American oceangoing
steamship _^c©mpanies made out the first six
months of this year, compared with their in
come during the corresponding period in 1950,
according to their own reports. The New York
& Cuba Mail SS Company: a net profit of $350,
630 as against a $2,383 loss last year. United
States Lines: a net profit of $2,540,000 ($1.67 per
^ share of common stock) as against $958,803 (64
cents per share). AmericanHawaiian SS Compa
' hy: a net profit of $279,600 as against $262,273.
American Export Lines: $866,660 as against $537,
' 036. Standard Fruit & SS Company: $1,538,915
as against $898,710. Matson Navigation Company:
$1,251,403 as against $2,201,349. (However, last
year Matson realized a tax credit of almost a
million dollars, due to losses from the 1949 long
shore strike in Hawaii.) Seatrain Line's: $728,956
as against $1,073,103. All figures, it should be re
peated, are for January to June of 1950 and 1951.
duties."' The Court's decision: The two officers
were given letters of reprimand (a notation in
their service records). The Bosun's Mate will ap
pear before a special courtmartial.
benefits . . . Two other AFL maritime unions,
the Radio Operators and the Masters, Mates and
Pilots, are also engaged in negotiations, and
deadlocked ... 87 ships—of more than 1.000
gross tons each—are l^ing built in American
The possibilities, of an SlUcrewed atomic
shipyards. Four are scheduled for delivery this
powered merchant ship some day in the nottoo
year. 81 for 1952 and 22 for 1953> Among them
distant future came to light this week 'when a
are 37 cargo ships. 27 tankers. 17 ore carries,
spokesman for the Navy said tests would be
three passengerrailway ferries and one passen
made toward applying atomic propulsion to sur
ger ship.
face ships. The 'spokesman. Rear Admiral H.
Wallin, the Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Ships,
Under the auspices of the Vigilance • Committee
disclosed that the Navy would experiment with of the International Transport Workers Federa^
Naval surface vessels, and apply it if it were tion, subcommittees to actively fight communist
found of practical use. He also stated that the sabotage were set up in three distinct regions—•
setup would be applied to the merchant marine, Scandinavian and Baltic, North Sea and Atlantic
"if it pays its way." The Admiral, said the value Coast, and Mediterranean, In each the anticom
of atomic power is not so much speed as it is munist drive was organized according to local
indefinite endurance. Defense authorities are circumstances and situations. After two years of
still in the "infancy" of developing atomic power, activity, all three Regional Committees were able
he said, and ways must be found for reducing the to report to the Central Vigilance Committee in
.A Housepassed Supplemental Appropriations costs involved, the weightfactor, and other London that the communist tljreat' which at cer
Bill now before the Senate would add $60 mil handicaps that now are restraining experimen tain times and at certain points had been very
lion. in addition to the $350 already voted, for the tation. The Navy spokesman also pointed out acute, had been halted and that the free and
construction of Marinerclass ships.... The Long that if atomic power were applied to merchant democratic trade unions now had the situation
. Range Shipping Bill, passed by the Senate, is ships, all the space ordinarily, devoted^ to fuel under control. However, information laid before
before the House Committee on Merchant Marine could be used'for jpay loads which, in itself, would the Committee indicated that the communists,
and Fisheries. . . . The PanHellenic Maritime be revolutionary.
though repulsed, had not given up their inten
Federation (affiliated with the International
The Federal Mediation and Counciliation Ser tions. It is known that they are planning to stage
Transportworkers Federation) recently won a'
vice has been asked to try to settle the dead a comeback sometime during the autumn. The
, 28day strike against 'the Greek shipowners, who
locked negotiations between the International Central Vigilance Committee gave consideration
were attempting to form a irust and lay up
Longshoremen's Association and it contracted to these communist plans and to ways and means
, seven ships. With 450 jobs in the balance, the
operators, whose contract expires on September of countering them. One thing is sure, the free
union called a. general strike of all ships in coast
30. The ILA hae asked for a 12'A percent in and democratic trade unions of the dockers and
al service which was 100 percent effective. In
crease in wages (from $2 an hour to $2.25 for
addition to foiling this move, the union also won
day #ork and $3.37 for night work), a guar seafarers of Western Europe will again stand tOr
a do percent wage increase and full pay and sub anteed eighthour day (one shape a day. in gether solidly in repulsing any fresh outbreak of
sistence allowance for the period of the strike. stead of two. with a full day's pay once a man communist disturbances in the maritime and J
The National Shippiug Authority has come to is accepted), and increased vacation and welfare waterfront industries.
an agreement with a coinmittee representing the
shipowners operating NSA ships as general
agents on the fees they are to get for handling
' the ships for the government. Although agreed
to by the operators' committee, each company
{Continued from Page 16)
often employed by conferences against noncon
reserves the right to reject the fee schedule and practical effect may not^ prove of much benefit ference ships.
return the ships they are operating to the gov to him.
Conferences in the Pacific area have had plenty
' ernment. The agreement provides for: a daily fee
Matthew S. Crinkley, vicepresident of the of trouble over the years keeping their Jap mem
' of $75 per ship, plus
percent of freight rev Isbrandtsen lines, declared during these hearings bers in line and have, from time to time, ac
enues for bulk cargoes loaded or discharged in that "if we quoted the same rates as the confer cused the Japs of using various subterfuges to
US ports; an additional fee of $25 per ship per ences on some items wt would feel like embez evade the conference rules.
day when the NBA ships are carrying cargo for zlers." This particular conference, the North At
They would quote secret rates to shippers, give
• the Mihtary Sea Transportation Service, on lantic continental, signed Up 3,000 shippers to big presents to those who sent freight on their
which there is no freight revenue; the companies preferential contracts.
ships rather than other vessels of the conference,
to absorb domestic subagents' costs for communi
and engage in various and sundry skullduggery.
CONFERENCE HAS RENEGADES
cations, customs brokerage and postal and petty
Another trick employed by rebel lines in c(m
expenses. Companies handling NSA ships total
The conferences sometimes have trouble keep ferences has been to let the shipper make out his
• • 45 and operate 281 vessels —18 Victories and ing their own members in line. For six weeks, own bill of lading. By this device, the shipper
• 263 Liberties. Allocations range from three to ten not long ago, there was a freight war on in the can wink at the rules and credit himself with
tor each company, with Bull and Waterman the IndiaPakistanNorth of Eurppe trade when two less weight on the bill of lading than he is ac
only ones having the top number.
Dutch lines cut their rates iji half to get a cargo tually shipping.
Steamship Conferences
On May 24, a Navy launch sank with the loss
of 18 men. A Navy Court of Inquiry found three
men responsible: the commanding officer of the
' destroyer Bailey, a Commander, the duty officer,
a Lieutenant, and the Bosun's Mate. The court
found, among other things, that the Commander
had failed to exercise good judgment in not heed
ing warnings of rough seas, had not ascertained
Ihe number of men in the launch, did not tell the
' Cox wain to have the men put on life jackets, did
' not ascertain the Coxwain's competency, and fail
ed to provide a boat officer. The Lieutenant was
found to be neglectful of duty by not paying
proper attention to small craft warnings and other
. messages. Further, he had not assured himself
that the launch was properly manned, did not
place a boat officer in the launch, and did not
• instructthe Coxwain as to the maximum numJber
to he carried. The court found tjbiat the Bosun's
"^Mate "shirked his duty in failing to assume the
1 duty assigned him and without proper authority
permitted an. unqualified, man to assume his
advantage. All hands finally; ^tTtogether, how
ever, and minimum, conferenceset rates again
prevail in this trade.
Conference agreements have often been used
by one combination of flag steamers, against
those of another nationality. Some years^ago the
• British operators in the West Indies trade offered
rebates on all shipments to'^Europe, if the ship
pers used only British ships in sending cargoes
from the West' Indies to the United States.
This, made it almost impossible for some Amer
ican lines to pick up cargo in certain West In
dites ports. A similar situation prevailed for a
time in the Americabound trade for the. east
coast of Africa.
The Admiral Line was the victim of a some
what simi^r action by Nippon Yusen Kaisha
some years ago, and I6st> 29,000 tons of cargo
when representatives of NYK told their shippers
that space would be denied them if they con
tinued patronizing Admiral ships. While this in
volved only two lines, it is similar to ta^'tics
.
i'
'
With the help of the steamship line he can
thus save hirtiself quite a bit of freight money,
and attain the same advantage as though the
line was giving him a rebate.
Participation by US companies in steamship
conferences was authorized by the Merchant
Marine Act of 1916, before the enactment of
which Congressmen had made a thorough study
of ocean rates and steamship combines.
Congress decided that conferences were ad
visable to stabilize shipping, b'ut prohibited the
giving of deferred rebates and any practices
which would be unfair to shippers or steamship
competitors.
Just how the Shipping Board and its succes
sor agencies were to police these provisions in
a practical way was. a matter which the law
didn't provide.
More than 100 freight and passenger confer
ences have their agreements, rates and other
data^on file with the Federal Maritime Board in
Washington, DC.
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TEE SEAFAEERS LOG
FUday. September 21, 1951
Steamship Conferences
By JOHN BUNKER
pany, which discouraged competition by various bers ^acci^ipg s^p ca|(|b|pr And^e^rvoluma
means and had the field pretty much to itself.
of traffifi?at th^ xeSpectivt^llbrjEs call.
• ife'
In all the articles, books and speeches issued
Mr. Bull sold out his share in 1900, and agreed
When one company, exceeds its ^allotment by
every year about the American merchant'marine,
not to enter the Porto Rico trade for ten years. a certain percentage, it throws its proj^t froift
the subject of steamship conferences is seldom
By 1911, this agreement had expired and he went the surplus traffic into a common p^l, :^ich; is
mentioned.
back into the Porto Rico trade, precipitating a shared by those lines which did not attract their
Conferences are an,^ important phase of the
rate war with the New Yorkgnd Porto Rico out quota of passengers.
shipping business but they are something which
fit.
•
As a
of attaining thai? .objectiyas 4^
the industry doesn't talk too much about, just
The latter had Bull pretty well throttled—so some trades, conferences employ rebates, which
like a family that never mentions Cousin Willy,
well that he couldn't find a ship to charter for are more delicately described as a "discount" or
who ran away from home and didn't do so good
the Porto Rican trade anywhere at any price. "reward" for the faithfiil shipper who sends his
by the old family name.
New York and Porto Rico cqt their rates up to goods only, on conference lines.
These conferences have been branded monop 70 percent and Bull met them. But the two
The steamship lines periodically compute thei
olistic combines, as highhanded cartels exerting
firms finally ended their costly battle in 1912 amount of freight that their shippers have sent,
a doordie control over shippers of freight, and and started what later developed into a confer
and give them checks for a certain percmit^e
with the power of life or death over new steam ence for this trade.
« of the money they have spent to ^p frei^t
ship ventures.
Such steamship battles were common in those
They have been just as vigorously defended years. Rate wars cost so much that many firms during the period, usually jsix nionths or a yOar.
In order, to be eligible for this .rebate pr "re«
in the courts as being the difference between were forced but of business. So the logical ans
ward,"
a shipper must agree to patronize only
order and chaos in the maritime industry, as the wer was for the survivors to get together, stab
conference ships. If he errs in his promise and
greatest system devised to benefit the shipper ilize rates, and divide the trade.
sends
cargo by a nonconference ship, he is "al
of goods and insure him fair rates and quick dis
most sutofctP'he detected and will not only for*
SEVEN SEAS DIVIDED UP
patch of his merchandise.
feit
his rebate but, as has been charged, by in
As usual, the truth of the matter lies some
This development occurred in one area of the' "• d ependent, nonconference operators, will be
where between tliese varying arguments.
world after another, and led to the point where
It is strange that so very little has been writ virtually the entire seven seas and all ports are . subject to disciplinary actipii by the conference.
This may amount to penalizing him on the
ten in the literature of the sea about the con now divided up among the regularly scheduled
amount
of space he will be permitted'to use on
ference system. But the operations of these steam operators to avoid such costly situations.
conference ships, a matter which can prove very
ship combines are guarded with reticence by the
Another interesting incident which led to the embarrass^g* and costly to the exporter or im
companies involved, and details of their opera first conference for the African trade occurred
tion are available in the main only from several in the 1890s, when, lines serving the African porter whb handles large consignments and needa
government investigations made of them in this coast from American ports had a series of rate quick dispatch.
If there are enough shippers willing to pa
country and in England.
wars lasting about eight years.
tronize nonconference vessels, the conference
' Conferences are agreements among steamship
Object of the war was to grab liJie American may employ what are called "fighting ships."
lines to regulate freight rates and passenger outbound business, and the result was that Amer
Sharing the cost among themselves, members
fares; to set the number of sailings scheduled by
ican exporters, benefitted to the great disadvan of the conference will charter a vessel or assign
each line, and to distribute the available traffic
tage of British manufacturers who were also one of the member ships to a schedule timed to
among the participating lines.
trying to open up the South African mafkets.
compete exactly with that of a nonconferenca
They cover almost all areas of the world and
American shippers were offered rates to South ship. They are willmg to take a stiff financial
all ship routes and services. Most scheduled op
Africa from onehalf to onethird per ton lower loss on such an operation, in order to grab cargo
erators belong to them out of choice or necessity.
than British shippers sending freight to thcLsame from the nonconfeience vessel and force its
They maintain offices in the big ports of the
place. This war enabled many American firms operator out of the ryn. This trick usually works.
world, and have general managers and sizeaMe
to gain an early foothold in the African trade,
staffs of clerks to handle the many details of
SQU1^2E FLAY GUT OUTSIDER ' |
but was very costly to the steamship lines in
their operations.
volved.
One graphic instance of the rebate (exclusive
NORTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE
Over the years, the conferences have operated contract) system at work occurred in 1912, when
to accomplish the following objectives:
the Pan American Mail Line tried to open an
There are scores of these organizations.
1. To set minimum rates for cargo and pas American flag service out of New Orleans to
Typical of them is the North Atlantic and Bal sengers. _
South Aiperica,., a very important trade route
tic Freight Conference, which covers "Atlantic
2. To limit the number of ships employed in _ which was later broken into successfully by thd
and St. Lawrence ports of loading of Canada and
"
a
certain trade so that all ships could sail with Mississippi Shipping Company.
North Atlantic ports of the United States Be
reasonably profitable loads.
The Pan American Mall .ships obtained full
tween Hampton Roads and Portland to ports of
3. To
divide
up the freight
and
passenger
busi
cargoes
from New Orleans south, but not one
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lith
ton. of
freight,
thanks to the tight hold of the
uania, Norway, Poland, and Sweden and contin ness among the conference lines.
4. To discourage cutrate and nonconference conference on South American shippers, .^uld
ental and Russian ports served by the Baltic."
competition.
they get for 4he 4rqyage baejk. The .line
This conference has its headquarters at 80
While a glance at
these objectives may give the
up
after a "few months.
. Broad Street, New York, under the manager
Lloyd Brasiliero had the same experience
when
impression
that the end
resiilt is monopoly,
ship
ship of C. R. Andrews, and includes 18 steam
ship lines. Among them are the Finland SS Com ping men claim that conferences have resulted it started. In the first two years of operation it
lost $2,000,000 bucking the conferences, but fin
pany, MooreMcCormack's American Scantic in regular, dependable service which would be
Line, the Swedish Thorden Line, Belgian Line, impossible if ships did not have a guarantee of ally succeeded because the Brazilian government
' ,
came to its aid with financial help,
the Norwegian Wilhelmsen Lines, Waterman SS available cargo.
Hans Isbrandtsen,. rugged individualist who
They also assert that conferences prevent ?dis
Company, the Swedish Chicago Line and Cun
crimination against various shippers, and do 'i^ot owns the Isbrandtsen Shipping, Company, is t)^ :
ard.
^
favor
the shipper of large lots against the man latest independent operator to tangle with tba
Conference^ know no national flags or owner
conference system on the seas and in the courts.
ships. They operate as a kind of "United Na who has only small consignments to offer.
He complained to tjie old Maritime Commis
tions" of the shipping business.
CALLED 'ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY'
sion
that the Nprth Atlantic continental freight
Steamship conference agreements date back
Freight
agreements
on
the
North
Atlantic
es
conference
and the North Atlantic westbound
about 50 years, being the outgrowth of intense
pecially
have
been
described
as "absolutely
nec
freight conference offered reduced rates to ship .
competition among steamship companies in var
essary,"
to
avoid
cutthroat
competition
in
a
pers who used their vessels exclusively, and that
ious trades, and thmr desire to get rid of rate
trade
which
in
normal
times
has
generally
been
several big exporters had written to his com
cutting practices, which saw bitter cargo wars
oversupplied
with
tonnage,
and
which
has
been
pany saying they would like to patronize Is
between rival lines.
traditionally
hazardous
for
new
shipping
enter
brandtsen ships but were prevented by their
The logical development of such agreements
prises
due
to
the
difficulty
of
obtaining
profit
contracts
with these conferences from doing so.
is illustrated in the history of the Bull Line
able
cargoes
both
ways.
He obtained a federal injunction against, the
which is now a member of the United States
One
steamship
company
executive
some
years
two conferences to keep them from employing
Atlantic and GulfPuerto Rico Conference.
ago declared that the conference system "resr the exclusive patronage System. Since the mari.f
When
the
A.
H.
Bull
interests started
trading
ISc'
: to the Caribbean with sailing ships in 1873, they cued the North Atlantic business fr^^m utter, de time laws of this country npw permit confer
ence operations as they effect American ports^
were the object of a bitter rate war by the J. M. moralization" through rate cutting.
lines
and shippers, the Maritime Commission
It has been customary in years past, though it.
Ceballos Line. Both outfits lost so much money
I®':'' trying to carry cargo for nothing, and force the is difficult to ascertain whether the practice still theoretically has jurisdiction over conference op
other out of business, that they combhied to form persists, for the North Atlantic passenger lines . erations. Isbrandtsen. won a legal point but
the New York
^^ico 3teii?»slup Com to^allot traffic to the various conference mem
(Continued m
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Headlines:
THREE AFL MARITIME UNIONS MAY STRIKE BALKY OPERATORS
BME DRIVE EXTENDED TO MATSON LINE
AFL PLANS TO AID 'FRIENDS' IN ELECTIONS
CG RAISES ALIEN QUOTA FOR UNSUBSCRIBED VESSELS
SOLID BACKING
WASTED MANPOWER
AN SIU CONTRACT MADE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE IN CITIES SERVICE
LABOR WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE FRIEND IN MISSISSIPPI
EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS IMPORTANT TO FUTURE OF SEAFARERS
BOTH SIU AND SUP ENJOYING TOP SHIPPING IN NEW ORLEANS
IN-TRANSITS ARE THE DIFFERENCE IN WILMINGTON
PHILLY SHIPPING SLOWS, BUT RATED MEN STILL GO
BOSTON DISCUSSES PENSION PLAN
SIU MEETING DEMANDS OF DOUBLED SHIPPING
NO SAFEGUARDS FOR US SHIPPING, FISHING IN JAN TREATY
SEAMEN HAD OWN NAMES FOR SHIPS
GALVESTON SHIPPING IS ONLY FAIR
WHAT EVERY CONGRESSMAN SHOULD KNOW
COAST GUARD LISTS GROUNDS FOR REFUSING CLEARANCES
THREE LIBERTYS OUT OF BONEYARD COMING TO MOBILE FOR CREWS
REPORT ON RADAR IN SHIP ACCIDENTS PUTS HUMAN FAILURE AS CHIEF CAUSE
WHERE SHIP'S GET NAMES
'RAMBLING GHOSTS' OF ROBIN TRENT OUTSLUG CREW OF AFRICAN DAWN, 19-15, IN BEIRA
GOVT INQUIRY FIGURE TAKEN FROM SS YAKA
IF IT'S A JOB YOU WANT, HEAD STRAIGHT FOR LAKE CHARLES
STEAMSHIP CONFERENCES COVER THE WORLD
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The Brot~erhood of Marine Engineers, AFL, .
backed by a powerful aggregate of AFL waterfront ,_
unions, this week took steps to extend its organizing·
campaign among the engineers of America's mer· ·
chant marine. The immediate objective of the drive
were the engineers of the American President Line~.
ships. D·rives in the fleets of other steamship lines ·,
· 'were' expected to follow shortly.
Off· ~a/, Organ · Atlantic.& f}u/,f Dlatricf Seafarers International. Union of NA I ' The new mo':em~nt of the drive came hard . 01!- .··
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. NEW vomc.'w. ie.:· "'1J>AY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1951
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No. 1a , mian Steamship Company and the BME covering ".
ot. the company's 250 regular and -relief engineers. In its first full-_ .
scale organizing drive the BME · .
has been given impetus by the ...
recommendation of the ~
Maritime
Trades Department
that the BME step up its or- ·
ganizing activity where .its rep- . _,.
resentation is needed.
f~
In initiating its drive in the;· ·
Americ~n
President fleet, on .
September
4, BME pickets in- ·
: As the SIU's · West· -Co~t af· vessels . which will not be ajfect- of the A&G's position in this Longshoremen's Association, AFL,
New
York
tied up two of the
ftliate, ihe Sailors · Union of the ed by .the stdke; . . .
·ma~r.
began discussing a new pact
company's
.
passenger
ships, tbe '
,Pacific, began contract.{talks with .. 3. Work with ,all :aff~i~~~~ of. - The negotiat~rs _for the SUP with its, contracted stevedoring
President
Polk
at
Pier
9, Jer•_ ~
Us operators this week, the At-:· .the Maritime. Ti:ades .Department are expec~ to resume contract concerns.
sey City, and the Presi~ent Fill~:t,
The ILA, which has pledged
l!l!ltic and' Gulf Disfr.ict .a~~ and all-out· support, not only to talks , next - w~k and ~ntin~e
. nounced ·tp~t: in :the"; even~:-. a · the -SUP; .. but -to any ·other AFL· regularly, . until a · contract JS and been· pledged mutual sup- more at Pier 8, Staten Island.·
stfrke ;.became ne.~ssai;y, r the .diliateS ·Which: m·a y be hit- at .hammer.e"Cl .out ·or. as.t rike begins port through the Maritime Trades The BME pickets · have. called
upon the vessel's engineers to -<
fuU-W.eight of. tl).e ·Di~trict's man~ .the · ·s ame ... time by this ·or any· when . the contract . expires on Department, is asking a subfall in with the expanding BME
power "would be" put at tpe ·dis- other beef'; ·
.
· September 31.
stantial wage in~rease, an in:
organizing drive and throw thek
posal of the SUP · .for picketline . 4. Notification .t o all interested · · Simultaneous with SUP con- crease in the size of gangs and
support to the AFL engineers- ~
. duty.
_- ,
.parties: in the maritime industry tract · talks, the International revisions iri its welfare plan.
union.
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: While the .SUP negotiators an- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . In response to !he BME pie- .'
:n'Ounced that they liacf conductkets, crewmembers and officers'
.ed' exploratory talks with .the,
- of the ship immediately walked . ·
operatprs, mainlll' · involv!~g ~?e· .
off in supp<irt. The complete
aemand for the four-watch-· sysba~king of the AFL Internation- .
ie"m, plan·s were being. Clra:WI1 up
al Longshoremen's AssociatioD
;f<;>r picketline. sch~aules ah~ area -.
and its Tugboat · DiV'isioii werfl
e1
' maps in all of the SIU, A&G
brought to . bear at once and
porfs; -·'rhe .A&G .. action-- is •. in
loading ·work halted.
·'
line with the ·Headquarters' pro=.
GIVE WARNING
·posed program adopt.ed unani:
In pushing into new fields, the ·
BME simultaneously served nO.:. . ..
e.
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tice on alf out:;ide organizations_.,_.,
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that it would not tolerate
. CC?_as~ -Cu,rd offi~~ /~ve
sabotaging of its drive, such as "·
~~ounced i ~ltit th"e< ·> dal~
'has been attempted against the ·"'
whed" seamen musf ha.ve
newly-signed Isthmian Steamship .
.: ·validated > papen' has : bf$n
~ Company, by Harry Bridges'""':- .
~ · .,.. .extenaecl · ~9t.her · 30 days. : '.
longshoremen's outfit on the Wept
:"~ , • The new ».deadline is OC:iot.:r>ast.
•' :..._, ~.:. . b.er .:l, ·at which time~r.jea- :
Earlier this week th~ · .8rother- ·
~·men .aboard · ocean-going
hood of. Marine Engineers took .1;
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, i ships ·will ·have · to have va~action to protect its contract . ,
-· dated papers in tbeir f>OS·
with the Isthmian Steamship ·
sessio~ befora .~y ~an 1tign Company following Bridges' un-·.
ship's articles.
ion's refusal to work the com- .
.
·. T~e ·union urges all,. men
pany's ships. Bridges' union chose -. · ·'"who' haven't dohe so as yet
to ignore the BME contract co~- · ,
to make: appljcalion immedi·
ering the engineers of the ships ·
ately for ·their "papers. inasand instead played aJong with .irluc:h as the· waiting 'period
.t he Marine Engineers Beneficial ·
, now is from ,....30 t~ 60 days.
Pickets from the SIU-affiliated Bro~herhoq:i of Marine Engineers walk their post in San
Associl:!!ion, CIO, which is total' - - - - - - - - - - - - , : - - -.: --Fi:a.n cisco as part of their de!.ense against ~e arbijrary action of Harry Bridges' .West Coast
ly without support among the .
;, · .• - 1. by · ihe . me?p.bership on
Longshoremen's group, wlµcli 'refused- ·to work the · BME~contracted Isthmian ships. B~ p~cengineers of the Isthmian fieef. :
~ous
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kets
are
now
a.ctive
ln
New
York
where
the
Union
-has
extended
ils
organizing
drive
to
the
The Brotherhood of Mari·n·e.: ·
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--August 15, .
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. T,he .A&G plan calls for com- . . . vessels .of the American President Line.
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:~;,::~ ~3t f:L '::h~~~:. ::r::tPublic ·Hea:lth~
·. Service ·To Help .Set U'n.·,.~:~
~;i:~:w.v~:~i~i;,~;;~:: Sanitation Cou.r se :lo SIU's Cooks School
financial ba¢kirig. 'In New York,
he,ac;lqu.arters, .. , ,a n d. .in th e
· Branches 'the' · full facilities · of
. the SIU's . buil'dings . will pe
thrown open - ' to ·the SUP · for
the duration· of its .beef. · .
r. - The planned joint stri\<e· e1!Ort will .f urther give the members of the SUP the opportunitY
·. to ta}{e jobs on A&G · c'ontra.Cted
•' ~ ' - ship~ . · unaffect~~ liy· · ~· · ~trike,
. ·· ,and ;l·t :the sfime ti.me ,Il'!ake
. ~ ,,· ~. :·~vap.agle_ -~ s~~a°l?~~ :iiiqpb~~.. .o~
~1 ·~. ,-_~el{l.b!~rs ~or· J?lcket <;tq.~~· .. :•\..
• , ''. · : vc ~~l · tup ,program
o~ spP,~~rt
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.· . : . a9toPte4 '. by tlie A&G , cans .for: ·
hunw!ed i>ercent sup' , .. " :~:~O'rt' 'dl tlie' 1SUP ,1µ1.,nciillly: ·JJ\O.r... • •
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Represerltai.i ves of tli~ . United of instruction to be off"ered stuSt~tes" Pub~ · Health Service and. dents at- .the SIU schaol.
the~ ~IU'.s ~t~antic and :Gulf Dis- The ; Vnio~ sha.res . with the
trict will meet this week . to ·usPHS the opinion that, if stewformulate plan~ for the a~e.~cy's ards depar~ment men ar.e prop:.
par~i.c.ipat~on in the curricUlum erly trained , in ~trict sanitary
of the Uniort;s .·.c ooks and. Ba~ers met~o.d$· before going aboard
School, w:Pi~ will be. housed ' in .ship, the problem of mamtaining
the new Headquarters building, .~bsolute cieiuilme~ · throughout
~PW_.. , n~.ariJl~
corn:_p letiop. , in all -phases of . food handling and
~rookl;tn . .: . .,-· ·
'- · .
prepara~ion w1Ii be ~ased conThe · Public - Health . Service, siderably. . .
.
wliich _is "c~ar~ed . ~ith .. the · en- ~ P~rpose of ·this .wee~:s . meetforcem~11:t. of . sanitary · me~SJ:l~es mg is to WQrk out dethlls as .t o
aboarsf"
us flag ships ' for Ule what .type ! of educational maprq.t ei:tion of. the. . frewme~be~s· :teriaJ . Qn sanita~ methpds .will
·heaitq, has. been J?,~i~~~. 9r .~e 1 ·~- usec:l . i~ 1 "1th~ come. ·and the
·:U nion to aid h\ ," Setting'' up th:e tmahner · :~tt· .~~ch it is to · ~be
au·
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·The best tnet4_ods of food- building last week. He described :.i
handling, storage, preparation, the . Union's modem equipmeni'
garbage disposal and cleaning as being "the ·very best." · ~
of gear
be discussed, with ' The USPHS representative said·
a view to making the new SIU that, with the type of eqfilp- ,
schopl a model of sanitary fa- ment with which the SIU has
cilities and methods.
outfitted its galley, "it · shou1d. ·
Representatives of the USPHS be a cinch to maintain the high-. wh9
at.tend the meeting are est possible sanitary standards.';
James H. - LeVan, Chief of VesHe addM that it is unusual to,.,,.'
sels Sanitary Program; Harold run into such an array of first '.
B.. Robi!lson, . Chief of .the Milk class .gear in . one facility.
.
and ,Foo4 Br~n·ch;. Frank Te~zloff, . ":With the type of equipm~t· .;
Chief Engineer for ·t he · govern- that h.as been installed in the :
inenf agency, and Paul Resruck SIU l;>Uilding, the Union showcl
of the · Division of Sanitation.
have n~ difficulty in tµrning out .
· Mri . R~nick' made a prelimin· very supE!!'ior stewards 'de~-·~
B!Y inspection tour ol all the ment peri!onnel;" Mr. R~ ';
·facilities in the arooklY,n predict~ "(Bee .photo' On ' ~ I.) ...
will
will
aan,y
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··" ·. · SE·A F,A RERS lNTERNATiONAL UN°ION
OF ;NORTH .~M~Riq~
Atlantic and Gulf D.i strict
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Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor
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At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N.
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HAnoier ~-2184
Reentered as · second class matter August 2, 1949, at the . Post ·
Office ·in New York, N.Y., under the ' Act of August ·24; (1.912.
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·Of Vital
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Importan_c~ ·
No offshore vessel ever · calls at Washington, D.C., · ~·
..... and Seafarers ·anxious. to ship never need visit the nation,s . ·~
' · capital-but · that doesn,t mean that · Washington ~sn,t ·
, , . yitally important to us as seafaring men, or for that mati'Y. ter, as citizens and members of the community.of working
' . men' and women.
, . In fact, Washington, · D.C., ranks along with our ·
most important ports, inasmuch·· ;is activities in that city'
, affect our daily lives · as seamen .and as residents' of this
land; as much as shipping activity in say, Baltimore, New
· :York, New Orleans, or Mobile.
Hardly a day goes by that ,some law or regulation
affecting shipping is not in the process of discussio~ or
/ ~ enactment. These laws and regulations immediately affect
our jobs in some· manner, shape or form. In addition, there
is the multitude of laws that flow through Congress each
session that determine the · taxes we pay, such as the . . income tax laws; the .conditicms under which we can fun.c ·. tion as an organized collective bargaining group, .such as
. the Taft-Hartley law, and the like.
In the past few years, the -trade union movement has
become increasingly aware of. tqe fact that what goes on
in Washingt<;>n is of extreme importance to every working------------------___;_____.___ __........__ ___;___;___..,...__ __
.m.an and woman in the nation. Powe-rful anti-labor groups
exert great influence in the shaping-of laws that· in large
··
measure determine our ability to mainiain a decent stand.
· ard of living for ourselves and our families'.
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:·.country s orgaruze 1a or peop1e t at t e
. an t . e
· _CIO maintain their headquarters ~tt that city. Hundreds
. 9£ unions operate .full-time, fully-staffed' offices in Wash~:, ington, so that they can keep abreast of .e very bit of pro. .-posed ·legislation that will affect their memberships. -In
· '· ..i.- a.dd ition;· t hese o- ff ices· see to it t hat IegisIation is intro..:
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d h .. h I £ l . h
l{
. ". "uce.. an pa~se t at is e p u to t e peo~ e t ey
' '. ...represent.
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The Seafare::.·s· International Union has ·a legislative
6~'.':: ·J;cpre~entative ~>n the ··national $Cea.e -.to· r-epresent ihe In. ,J;ernational and to aid the various. affiliated Districts, inas·. :·much ·as. none of the individ:u al SIU a,ffiliates have their
. ~ &wn representatives in Washington.
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A UDLEY
e: FOSTER
You~ ~ife, Mrs. Rose Foster,
HOUSTON , THOMJrS. jr.
GEOR~E-, JOSEPH S~ITH
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· '.":~~re· p~d _relatmg.to shipp~ . aµ.d th~
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has moved to 216 Erie Street,
Yoµt-welfare benefici~r.y: cards
J ersey -c·t
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ygu &h"ipped . ·,'Yere
;impr
..oper1y fill~. .o,
't. t
-n ew ones must be ,filled out.
GEQ1',GE KEIN
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·EDWIN- MITCin;LL
Contac! . D. Lunde.r man, . cl o
Afound.rfa, Waterman . SS Corp.,
(Chief C9o~)
19 Reotot Str~et, New ;york City.
Contact Mr.. Moore at 10th
t. $ t
Ave.n ue ·Barabaria, No. 3• ·TriniMICHAEL KA:PRA~
. . .d ad. Urgent. t.. ·t. t.
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CREW. ALCOA C,l..IPPER
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Get in touch with P~ter :Rod- '
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~ - It has been _said that ;;Seame-?; are the ~ost «Iegisla!ed yenkq, One North Drive, Plan- : Bill Kuschke,. who wa~ injur.: _ .bunch of guys m the country.
Just taking the Pt'.r1od dome, Lo~g ~sland, New Yor!t. .ed in <:;µracao,. as,ks you ~l to
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aboard · ~S ·Marina, A. H. Bull,
g:y. 1'roaci Str.eet, New ·York
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The following Seafarers, now Pvt. Lester J. Otten, ...
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··~J.tor.y: for ECA to :ship at 1east 50 percent of the Marshall .
PAUL ER-VIN
· the LOG .to print thefr service po. 1, BTG, SCRXC
· : 1fan · cargoes in US vessels. This protective provision for
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' ~ddresses so their ·friends and Camp· G.o rdon, Georgi~
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, ' :CA bill. Th~ Uruon s full reso~1rces. were 'thrown into the at Yokphama are · asked· to· get Stu. Co. #2o,-·.$TR TSESS. .- 2~31 ,A.SU _;MRTC
·<.b~t.-tle on the legisiative front. As a result seamen are as- in touch with - .'.J. D.uane ·Vance; Camp Gordan, Gepi1gia ,...
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' ~vt·J;s~~~S~~:munons,
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~ .t.J,.-We~~ -.~~s. !~.~<>a~ on a;m~ltu:~~~· o£ p:~a~te~~·-w~1c~ Iries, c/..Q ~ulf Lines~. u~ ~.ai9ad f~rsi Ah};lor~ ·l).>hd~iqn,,
, ·.lJft~et our daily .ltvJ!?g ;w. sea~e.w··~~ ".tt~z~ns. et· tne :QS.. ·~treet,, Ne.w ;York "CJty_} ,
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· American ·maritime--unions and
steamship operators are watching
closely .the de'v elopments at s~ .
Jfrancisco . during the · curre_.n~ .discussions of the proposeCi Japkn,~e peace treaty for its · effect on
the maritime picture.
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arou~ the possibility of inclusion in the treaty provisions restricting, the cut-throat tactics of
J~pa~ese shipping op.e rators reminiscent of pre-war years.
. The Seaffil"ers International
Union, long concerned with the
problem; taised-. · th~ issue a~ its
r~cent co11vel)tion in San Fran- .
cisco, when questjons ~n the Ja, panese merchant marine'.s post..., treaty · role were' addressed to
._ Senator. Warren Magnuson, who
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i jle prop~se~ . treaty
.- 4oes no.t. contain .specific limitations•on Japan's merchant marine
expansion, . but government officials have give~ furn assuranc.e;i
that the Japanese merchant marine WQUld.. be revived only in
relatiOnship to the gradual re. ·v ival of its ;whole economy.
. One particular instance that
has aroused shipping . men and
cohgres~men was tl)e report that
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Pacific port, lacking a homeward
cargo, ~ had loaded American ex·port cargo fur South America.
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Examining the SIU's galley facilities in the Cooks and
Bakers School to be operated in the new Headquarters building is Paul Resnic~ of the United States Public Health Service.
Mr. · Resnick. of the government agency's Division of Sanitation, is curJjenily working with the SIU in establishing a
program of sanitary procedures to be taught the school's
students. (Story on page 1.)
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Engineers learned that the Pacific Maritime Association, which
has long played "footsie" with
Bridges, stood apart and declined ro take a stand.
Meanwhile,
Bridges'
action
ardused the wrath of the other
AFL unions connected with the
west coast waterfront and, under BME leadership, a general
tie-up was effected of all vessels in San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Seamen of the SIU, A-&G District, and of the Sailors Union
of the Pacific walked off their
ships while members of the West
Coast teamsters locals serving
the piers refused to carry supplies to the" ships. Likewise, the
AFL taxi drivers . refused to
carry passengers to and frofr!
the port areas.
;i'he shutdown of all ~ier ope~a_txons spu~e~ _the Pac1~c Mar~tu~e Association to action. The
shipowner gr,oui:> went. into co~
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etmg -m the port areas.
PHONY LINE
The BME and · its supporting
unions responded to the order
and · withdrew their 1 i n e s ;
Bridges' union, however, withdraw its pickets but established
an "invisible picket line," under
the pretext that his organization was unable to find men to
work the ships of the Isthmian
Line.
Events leading up to the present -tangle with Bridges' outfit
Mobile Bay Sea Food Union Wins Strike
By CAL TANNER
hood of Marine Engine~rs, who · . Nothing much . took place at
MOBILE, August 30---The Mo_:· are fulfilling tl~eir contract with the '"Branch meeting yesterday.
}>ile Bay Sea · Jfood Union, Vf hich Isthmian Steamship Company Minutes of Branches holding
is affiliated }Vith the . SIU, won against the efforts of the MEBA. meetings were read and accepta four-day strike against local
Artd speaking of the labor ed, as · were the Agent's and
shrimp packers and· went back" front, the CIO Shipyard Workers Patrolman's reports.
to work with its (!emands met. ar.e still on strike against the
Headquarters ;eport to the
Urban Borsarge, president of Alabama Dry ·Docks and _Ship- membership and the Secretary·the union, said the str~ke ~as building- _Compa~y. T?is is ~he Treasurer's financial reports were
called because of the price situ- seventh week this strike, which accepted without a dissenting
ation and. bec;:ause "some. sm~ll is . for high~r wages, . h~io ~een vote. "I:"here was nothing in comoutlaw boats were operating m gomg on, w:1t~ no break m sight munications or New Business
Mobile Bay ahd practically giv: as yet.
and the meeting ~ent into Good
ing their shrimp away." .
.As. f~ as we here in the A&G and Welfare, where plans fur
The SIU here gave all-out D1stnot are concerned, every- improving the facilities of the
support to our Union Brot}\ers, thing here is pretty 1much okay, recreation deck were discussed.
who had 200 fishing boats tied- what with 193 men shipped from There were 125 present when
up.
. the Hall. Twelve ships paid off, the meeting adjolll'ned.
on the beach with us we had
· Also getting SIU a~d is the eight signed on and three stop.. lo~al contingent .'<?~ the Brother-' ped here in-transit.
'J. Nali, c;. Stringfellow, E. ' D.
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Boston l.otfi/$110re,,,en Bt!tk BME
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see them, because men aren't
BOSTON, August 29 The ed on. On· the payoff side of the staying long in Mobile these
MEBA threw one of their phony ledger were the Ann Marie Q.ays.
(Bull), The Cabins 'Cabins TankSpencer, ·by the way, who
pkketlines around the Steel Fly·
er Industries), Wanda (Epiph- holds book 89, has been going
er, one of the ' three Isthmian any), · Stony Creek. _ (A;merican to sea since 1910, and has been
spips to ·hit this port during the Tramp Shipping), Michael (Car- a member of the SIU from its
past two ~eeks (the ,S teer Work- ras); Republic (Trafalgar) and inception, as · you can' see by
er -and Steel Admiral were the Bents Fort (Cities Service).
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There were some minor over- · In his days of going to sea he
about two hours.
·tirrte beefs on the Wanda, which has seen all conditions from the
By that. time the AFL long- was settled to the satisfaction of very worst to what it is now,
shoremen, who had refused to the crew. The Republic a'lso ' had and has been active in helping
cross the line, found out what some OT disputes, and these to win· the conditions we pres-·
~he score was and went right were settle<1. bdore . th_e payoff ently have.
back to work, and there should in our 'favor.
"The conditiohs we have to. not be any tr~uble on this score
The Cabins, Wanda, Stony day," he says, "are far beyond
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· Sh\pping is very gooCi in Bos- on again.
old days. ' They have .been ac-·
Some of · the oldtimers around complished by a militant orga~
t'>n, pa,rticufarly f~;r ·ra.t~d men:
$0 if you want ·to get ·ouf .fast, here-at this time ·are y . .Szy~an- ,zation which stands ready to
· ·.. ~ightail ·" it. for ·: this l>Ort and' ski, E. 'Whelan,' Ernie '-Belkner; .tight for their rights--and I P..m
• ·:we'll fake care 'of you.
Roy' Johnson, Bill Prince; B, proud to be a member of the
We had seven 'ships paymg off ~impson, st~ Cieslak, F. D~.m :,; Atlantic and Gulf District of. the
during this· period and four sign- asi
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Before we
for this issue, it is in order to list the
men currently in the Marine
Hospital. 'they are: H. P~ek, J.
Harrison, L. C. Pugh, T. Burke,
·J. Buckelew, J. ~· Jones a_nd
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Mike Leousis.
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stem from an organizing drive.
by the BME among the engin- _
eers of the Isthmian fleet, which
culminated in a contract signed •.
on August 20, covering the 250
regular and relief engineers em- ·
ployed on the company's ships•.
The BME had .in support of its
drive the full power of the AFL 1
Maritime Trades Department,• embracing AFL longshoremen,
tugboatmen, licensed . deck offi~ _,.
cers, pursers, radio operators and·
·u nlicensed seamen.
Proof of the Isthmian engineers' sentiment was shown when
almost to a man the ·company's
engineers ignored the MEBA~
picket lines and went aboard the
ships. Likewise, the MEBA re ..
ceived no support frqm any other
union iI1 the . CIO, the NMU.
having demonstrated its position ;,
earlier by sending · its members'-'
..threugh an. MEBA picketline ·
when the ships of the Isbrandt.. .
~en Steamship Company were in- ·
volved in a B~-MEBA dispute.'
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ally in Bridges' outfit, which
was _expelled earlier by the national CIO for following the red ·
line. The Government, too, en.. '
tered the picture last week when
6 leaders of Bridges outfit were
arrested by federal authorities
on charges of being big guns in
the communist revolutionary apparatus.
TWO MOTIVES?
Bridges' assumption of
MEBA's dispute is supposedly .
aimed at forcing Isthmian to · ·•
renounce its ..contract with the
BME and sign with the MEBA.
Maritime observers see a pos- ·
sible further motive in that elimination of Isthmian,. ships from
west coast ports would force
them from the trade and leave
the field open for the companies
in the Pacific Maritime AssoCiation, which has long been charged with showing Bridges favoritism.
Meanwhile, preparations were
being made by the BME to put
int-o the hands of the lsthinian
engineers copie~ of the newlyriegotiated contract for ratificaJ_ion.
The new agreement gives the
engineers of the Isthmian fleet
the highest pay in the industry:
an immediate 3.62 wage. increase
and other monetary gains ~d
i~provements in ·working. conditions.
The new contract also gives.
the engineers union · the right
to reopen the contract to discuss wages or working conditions at any time.
IN THIS ISSUE
Report of $eafarers Welfare· Plan ...................................... Page 4·
The Delivery of the MV Forty Fathom 42 ·······-············· Page S
News (rom the Ships ................................................................ Page 6
Minutes of Shipboard .Meetings .. :................. ~..................... Pase 7
SS Puerto Rico Crew Pr~ .................~·................... :.... Pages 8, 9
Letters from the Membership .............................................. Page l~
Maritime Roundup ................................................................... Page l~
Reports From Branch Agents:
Galveston ................~....
San Francisco ...........:
Lake Charles ..............
Seattle ..........................
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Wil!Jlington ................ Page
Baltimore. .................... Pase
Savannah .................... Page
New Orleans .............. -Page
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This was .a dark
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By PAuL HALL, ~cr.etary-Treasurq,
A&G DiStr.ict;..Chlii-ma~,, SIU Welfare Plan. Tr~tees
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·Each ·week 10 Seafanra ,W•UIM~ ~laui ·will maktf b ·nport··to Sh.~'. of- the· Atlantl~· 1llid · Gulf DSat·rlc:I
three. ~ays r~-. through the ·sE-AFAREllS LOO. Included wW be ill• nam• of Ill.~- rec:td"'f.liitf a.~I beit.eflta, the:.~t•· pal~· the
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~~orous city for
· ""'~ntly, wh~n the m~nieip_al ~.... 11.'oapltals ht wkieh the-t. are rea8"'1nst ~v ucl the·Jotai ~- patd oat.. . .. . biceptloll 'df tlie plal{>oil •July
., ~i~ees ad~ · htearrtsd
. ters. w.th.ent .:~ l, lSSO. ·Also !Deluded ID ·tie ,report -.w lll he A•·Ma•.of. the· ~~ .haf'• tlhcl;.:..d --tlle umunt1 ]'aid ·their beneBelarleti.
avke ·an
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:rou can imagine the odor in this
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The strikes were settfed and
th~ e~ployees got a $25 ~onth1y
w-age increase. We . can. all now
take a healthy lungful . or air
for a change. .
-On the waterfront we paid off
the- Bri'g htstar ('l'raders) and the
- ~itY. 'Of Alma (Waterman). Bot~
; '-~hips signe_d on ·again.
HANDLED TEN
- , In-transit we handled the QQv, ., ernment C amp, B. ra elfor d I s1an d ,
' €ouncil Grove (Cities Service),
the Seatrain New York and Sea. ftain Havana, Southern Cities
(Southern Trading), Robert
; Lowry (Bloomfield), Mae and
· Evelyn °(Bull) and Fairland (Wa,'terman).
- We were unable to assemble·
enou?h bo~kme~bers to call .a
meetthJ.!lg,t so we_nk h~veh ...to ":_aiht
ano er wo wee s m vpes L e
membership will increase her.eabouts enough to do a bit of
-. · Branch business.
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Thomas Mccann, a relative
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:l'he dark streets wer.en't s<>'
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Esti1nated Accounts Recewable
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Total Hospital Benefits Paid- Since· July 1, 1910
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D•ath •enefits Paid T is Period·
Total .Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, -1958
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The report of the period just .ended reveais an_otii:e~. . . g.r eater number of. men . ·saiiling SH! ships . also · means
strong rise in the'.standing of the Seafarers Welfare. ?~an,
gteater.. pa~ents "ta ~lt~; Pfan ·by the 'shipowners.
a rise that has been . constantly upward," ever increastn:g.
I::.ooking at th.is pe:Fi<KPs . figure. o_(·-$1~,00b. paid out ta
tl~e beneficiaries· of dice~ ~-Seafarers, reveals that while
the stabili~y of the Plan.
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While the current figures s.h ow a decided increase in
b·a·r·. Whe·n. the t otal i·s sh ow n., i•t sudden1y reve
· als the
the benefits being paid, the income of the Plan, 'likewise,
sizeable numb~r Qf., our Brt>thers who ha~e passed away
shows an uplurn, both from the reguiar payments reoeived
since the _Plan went into effect. Fortunately, it is with
and the cutting into the accounts receivable to the tune - great satisfaction that
now know that they . are assured
of ·$50,000· during the past two weeks.
a bntial fitting · for ~ Seafarer and a bit of · money is left
As this week's figures show, $4,127 was paid out in
over for the •dependents to straighten _out the deceased
hospital benefits to 187 Seafarers. While this figure .ihcluaes
l3r9thers! affairs.
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men .who are paid only once a month, it is a definite inThe sudden loss of a breadwinner. is' a . terrible blow r. .• '
crease and ~hows the gradual- rise in hGspital bene~t p~yto any family. Qften th~ family is left with the co~t of
ments to Seafarers. This is explained by the fact that the
an expensive funeral (though the SIU has always seen
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ally, a percentage of them will. be·cume ill. This- is· inllnt?•
fornrer SIU buri:al fund). Now a Seafarer's family can'
dia_tely refleczted in the-pl!(yment's, though., of course, for the· . . mee.t -tills emergency without fear.
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report. the hospitals they were in · and the amounts t~ey were- paid..
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STA't'E!N ISLAND, NY
Athanasoo~ells, George .... $20.00
"Beals, Albert B. ......•........... 7.00
'.Bechlivams, Nicholas ····-·-· 10.00
Blomgren, J . .......... !:.~......... ~. ~.Oo
,Brown,. J<>nn R. · ·.................. 10.00
1Brown Joseph
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cantor, · l!obert .... :............... 10.00
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Oeron, Milton R. ................ 10.00
tce~eno-, Alfreda -. ..........:..... ~ 20.00
;Coffey, ~. J ......................... 20;00
:Corne, Ii.ouis ........ ~...............· . -_10.0o
Sanchez; Charles E ...........
Sikes, Oneal ........................
SR.ider, Phillip J . ..... :.:......
Thomson, . Hugh ..................
Tilqen, H~rold .....•..............
Yidal, Rafael ......................
.~aas, George :.....................
-Wagner, Emil P. :.............:.
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SAN .FRANCISCO .
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McDonald,. Sam .................. 10.00
_ ' USPHS HOSPITAL
McGuinn, R. E. ···-··-··········· 20.00
GALvESTON .
McLees, Thomas :H. .......... 20,00 Collins; James E. ..........'.... $10.00
Michaleas, T. ...................... .10.0~ 1 F~heri ~ra~ . :..................... l~.00
:Miller, .Joseph -E~ ................ 10.00 James, Roy E ............~........ 40.00
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·Teague, J. A . ... :.................. 20.00
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iTerrington, Todd ................ 10.QO' Prz~ic~4, J oJ:µi ........... :........ $20.00 '.
!Tickle, Loµlie R.· ........... :.:.. . 2(l.OO . PH'IL~DELPHIA GEN. HOSP.
iWailick, C. E •.............. :.....~ . . 20.00- .. .
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:.t<;misti .towboat and harbor M'<>rris, William J. .............. 20.00 Grana, N. D. ........................ 20.00
Despite the lack of pickets ,an·- a'd dress l)y Charles King,"
~orkevs have signed. a ~ew con- O'Brien, Eugene · P. ". ....... :. 20.00 •Gr0ss, E: E ......... ~ .........•......'.. ~0.00 t~rounii- the' ships here, a situa- y8ectetacy-Treasur~r of ' the .:.BME.
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By THURSTON J. J;..,EWIS
I . could get. a Uttie rest. When his eyes ha,d be- hit him _on the behind. .He dropped our only roll .
I was mi.llding , my own .busi.Re8s ·,t Jean'~ come accu.StoQ.led to the dark;ness, and he 'h ad of. toilet paper and jumped half way across the
Ship's Bar at 3.39 Chartres Street, 'w.-Ay .down careMly- i:;wted -the position of th~. Co~odore, boat!
yonder in New Orleans, when in walks Jo-Jo I turned the wheel over tb him and climbed into
He claimed that I deliberately caused the boat
Molina wlth a ·big guy named , Bill Thom.Pson. · the bunk.
to roll, but that is not so.
My business when r-'get· in port 4s wwppibg:myWhen I awoke it was broad daylight and the
The- morning of the fourth day my engine~
self around: as many whiskey . SQ.\WS - or brews convoy was somewhat ahead of us. I told Dick were flooding. I had no engine trouble, but I anas are compatible with my purse. .. ,,,. · •
that, if he would, :make us some coffee, I would · ticipated trouble -if I did not get that bilge pump ·
back. I speeded on up to ,the Commodor'e, and
· . But, ~s I say, in walks this flJ.gW,,ve r0m Pan- see :if I .could jockey baclc into poS.ition.
cho Villa with this big guy who claims he is
I Qp,ened up the throttle and the little boat shot they said for me to drop back and get the pump
looking fer sdme good Seafarers. This struck no ahead like $ail<:>r Beware in the fif~h at Narra- back from Charley.
respon~ive chord with1 me.
gansett. Dick complained that the coffee pot was
.We did this ~nd, after pumping ~urselves dry,
Before 'i knew it, I Qad promised to! .g et off this jumping . all over the galley and was hard to we had to return the pump, for: Charley was.
craclt~ pass~n~t liner, the SS Del Norte, and go catch.
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taking water faste.r than ·we.
with them on this fabulous delivery job of six '~inally he came up with a plate of scrambled
In the afternoon we sighted · Sand Islana and
wooden fisfilng ·bf:>ats for General Seafoods, Inc. c;:ggs, spam, bread and coffee.
changed_course slightly to the west. We stood. by' '
. I was to ~kipper a boat from Morgan City, • We pass~d Roy and Charl~y in front of us, _and while the Whirlaway secured a towline. to Num-1
Louisiana, tq Canipeche, Mexico, for the- sum of soon were back in our position at the head of the . ber 43. They, too, had let their bilges flood their
$1~5. I was ~lso · offered an AB's job on a sleek column;
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little ship that was once a subchaser, but $200
Then I slowed down enough to hold our place
The 'towline broke twice, but after we changed·
a month was considerably lcswer than the· wages and ate breakfast. The motion of the Forty-Two course and WE'.re runn~g parallel to the sw~lls;
which my gooq lJnio!'l, the SIU, guaranteed
had shaken thE7 water tanks so much that there the line seemed to hold okay. This put the swel~
on our contracted vessels, so I refused this offer was q1,1ite a bit of sediment in the dri!lking pounding us on our port beam and this was the
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water, but we drank it without evil effects.
roughest part of the trip.
: In no time at _all I was in Morgan City~ I
Indeed, I.have heard of Mississippi River boatFirst we would be in a trough, then on the crefti
· could eat all I wanted· in a restaurant, sign a slip men drinking the water of that majestic muddy of the swell, then down in the valley again; we
of paper, and that wa~ all there . was to it. My river as a daily ritual, and their health was b~- would roll until it seemed that we would be tos-·
hotel bill was paid by some .· mysterious party lieved to have been improved by it.
sed oiVer the side. I was glad that I had lashed
called The · Company.
Dick went to bed as soon as he had eaten, but .' down every movable object aboard the boat.·
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go~ up again and gave his breakfast over to the . Everything except the coffee pot, that is ..
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fishes. I wa~ sorry for hbn.
The lashi"'lg on the butane tank broke loose;
At ten o'clock the following morn.ing, after
Johnny anq Shorty in the ~oaf abreast of us but I secured it before it overturned . .The drUIIllJ·
IJ.aving signed on one '9f my . frien,ds from the waved a cheery good morning, and I settled of diesel oil were secure. As we would roll from.· Brotherhood of the Sea, Dick Bowman, as Or- down to a long grind of steering.
side to side, the bell would ring and it was ·-~
dinary Seaman, I checked hiy stores, water, fuel,
Sometime during the day the sea calmed down weird al'd lonely souad in the darkness.
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a bit, and ' I attended to some necessary duties .. I
I warmed up the diesel engines and asked Dick had. to ch~ge the batteries wit~ a little gasoline seawortltiness of Forty Fathom 42, but I was ap-·
to .•take the lines fore and aft. I. heade~ in a slow engine, check the lube oil and water temperature, prehensive lest the engines would break down,
circl~ up the Atchafalya River, which was :twice fr.ee the ensign which had fottled up in the rig- our llghts go out and that we would,.. lose the:,
-.. as muddy as the Mississippi and with a current ging, and pump the bi~ges with a little portable convoy.
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that necessitated my ..heading up ·river until such bilge pump also operated by a gas engine. _
This last night was the worst night of any. I .
a tune as the bridge was opened for me to pass
When these duties were finished I ate a can ot worried .abo.ut the bilges. We had no pump. ,
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When: it had slowly swung aroun ' ~ turne
Then I. hit the sac~, as I wanted to take ,o ver Heaven from more than one boat that night.
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and headed downstream. There were six -boats again as soon as the shades of night were drawn
But we h_ad no trouble whatsoever. The next
..,..ore or less like mine the "MV Forty Fathom
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. . morning we were in some sort of bay. The water1
~·" - _T~e ~om.~ocfore ,;:as a sleek ljttle reefer
At dusk 'o~e of the -boats broke dow.n, iJld we calmed .down_, was green as grass and smooth as
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'th had to drift un.til repairs were made. No d..top- glass. Str~ge fish, two feet or more in len~
:'. We w_ere to trave~ in convoy formatio~a;~
ping "the ~chor- here! ·we were losing valuable would surf.ace and almost walk on their tails ill·.
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g t;'t'Y\e an~ r was itching to get .a head int.o a safe their frantic efforts to get away from our boat.
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H~d I o~ly knQwn I would have been· upset; for
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to take that old · ru.stbueket -to se~, answered, at this time 400 n>.ilf!s t_o the west . Qf us ~ boat
We C9\.lld see their white te.eth as they happily
.•.'For two case$ of 'Scqtch I would take tbb;. $OB sirmlar to. min~ was fouriderin~ with two _men grinned. Diek said their teeth- looked like pianQ
to Hell and baqk!" And -he did.
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aboar.d h~.. ;Both bo~t and men were lost. -.
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Eventually - we passe9. ti C~st Gu~d :;tation · · · 'l'hey. :we"t~ me~ber~ *of anoth~r. · gr~up. wh~~
I el<>Sed ·up .o n -our Commodore, praying . that;
.. ~n a little island ind we were _at s~a. Little~~~ - .. ~d left . ~wJ;lSVille,. ·Texas, f0r a {le}iv~ry JQb our engines wo~d not become flooded before w8.,
· ,lifted us gently ~nd s~t us dow~ -eas~y, ~if< to _-,,t~ ~e:-same p~- for . ~e ~:same _ ~om,p~y. Why could tie up. Charley eame up alongside -an.d RQy}
test otir stamina. T.he .sun disap,1>e~- .b~~· ~r:th~ .t wo· rn~.~ ;eeulG ·l\Qt~v~~ been~o/-:.by other ·. tossed .u~ -· 1WO' cigarets which we sorely needecb, .
S<>me yeilowish clouds. -The · thin ·pen~il -Of hor~ '··!Jl'enl};iers :of th• -eon:v-0y, l do ·~~t.~_know:, b~t I ev.en saved the butti? to smoke in my pipe. The!
lzon .lifted and ·left both' ~e sun ~nd .th¢ ClQUdS the~ C:~VO-Y l~ped. mto CaJnpech~-. ·Qne day shor.e line was -loomtng up larger and larger.
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' Soon our little .48-foot boat wa$ pitching and men were lost.
The reof-s ·were or- red .. tile and the dobe· w~
'rolling . without any ..premedit~te.P . rhY,tluJ;l, and
rhe .f<>nowing day was abo~t . the ~rune . ~s . tpe were painted lovely shade-s of pastel blue, pink"
't ry to move from ,one place .tf>...anoth,er on ,the .·twe days pl"t!vious.i Die\t·.-had become us.e~. te t~e green and ·orange.
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vessel was as irritating a~ hell: ·smal,l boat now and :was no longer. seasick. His
We were signalled to tie· up at a little quay'
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ste~ring . improved.
and, when we had done so with a ~igh of relief~:
; . I found that I could wedge the. sto.ol in, between
In the - aft~rno_on, , Roy's and Charley's ·bo~t Vfe- gathered our gear together, permitted a search:..
the dashboard and .the bulkhead, brace: myself .broke down . .They had no bilge. pump aboard, so of the vessel by the "customs and I showed, OUI':
With ane" good . arm, and. ~keep .the mai;k on the' we ·had to come up alongside them . in quite a papers . ~nd document~ .
. compass, which was per,.,em\icqlar to the l'\1b'Qer's choP,pY sea and transfer our pump to them.
We went ashore to spend three days · in
.line on 2.70 ,degr,~e.s, a:i;iP,, ste~r ;wi.t h one hru;i,d.
Th~ir e.n gine had drowned out. ~fter t~y were lovely little tow,r of Campedi.e, Mexico.
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follo.wing · Tue~day we went to the hustling '' '
· . T.hus I ·was steer~ng l8(r 4eg~~, or due· South, pumped dry we resumed ·our. pos1t1ons and· plowalthough I .was,.tising a direction 90 deg~ees from , ed on ahead, taking spra-y across our bows and little city of Merida ~nd boarded a plane. h'J•
course as a steering point Something 1.i ke .kicking foam .abaft our blades.
slightly over three hauIFs we W:ere in New Orleans.~.
1t'aiµi~g· ~ French -?5 a ~er~ain angl~ ~rom ~ v~~- . Since there we:i;e no ~oil~ts a?oard;.
had to
When we · went to the· General Seafoods,- Inc;. i. "
. . ~ble ' ai.rji!~g pqint, ·~n or~~r to_ stnke aJ;l _. mv1s~.. ha~.g o~r sle;rn_sheets o\rer the s~de. to answer the offtce' on. Tchoupitoulas Street to ·co.U~t o..: '1·
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I steePed. uritil .abput '3 A~ and then gently shuks ;and· ;when 'he had his .:p~ do...yn, ~~rty- sure get·:tiuts!'ii.. . .
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.Chandu The Magici~n Sw:aps TtjCkS
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. Chandu the Magician, bearer of the f altlOus 'name which thrilled . thoi..,
s·ands of J"Oungsters with tales of mystery on tlte radio years ·ago, has ex•
' changed his bag of tricks Jor a seabag.
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Known to his fellow crewmembers as Karol-Johan Michalski, Chandu's story of magiC as
a business is no less fascinating
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· shunted across Europe · as a refugee fi:om both the Germans
and the Russians.
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~-.As Chandu tells it, his father
was ' the original <;::handu, who
was in this country some years
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in - the trade rivalling Black.. ·stone and Houdini. His father's
experiences. and stories formed
. t~e basis of the radio series us~g his name.
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· Aboard the"SS Puerto Rico. . . 'baseball pool. Jim's the ·b usiest:
·chief Electrician Robert F. Stew- ; man ·aboard. -: . Czeslaw Jankie·- i
art is the father of - 12 childr~n. wicz never stops: working. Whe'n:
'.,ranging in ages from thr~e . ~o h e's off d~ty as Waiter you can '..
twenty-six. He has five boys and always find - him in · his . room ·
seve:n girls, all living in Brook- working on model ·ships. ·
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.}yn. Bob, Jr. i~ also abo~rd, the
Heard a story ' about - a Stew- ·
,' PR . .' Can any .Seafarer bo,a st Qf ard . who had a p eg. leg. He was
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· - Gaetano Silvestl'i is .known: · as
Blackie, the singfr~~· •h W'i!~i·
Blackie· keeps the · passengers
. happy ' ,durhrg the Captain's paI,ty.
with ~is s·o ngs. He also ·sings at
Jack's in San Juan . and · gets. ·a
big ' hand.
Bill Reid was sailing three
· years ago on lhe Alcoa Cli:pper.
While at
he was operated
; on f9r a ~plu~ed appendix
and Stewardess Magge Gr.e enbGrg aided the doctor in lbe
.o peration. Rec;:ently we mel l'1e
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Chandu, "is not something you
c~ ,learn. from a book or pick :
up in a novelty store. It's hand- I
·e d down from f,~ther to . son."
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;~ '. Chandu finally settled in Po~-'land where he was living when
·-~the Russo-German pact split Pol;' I ~nd in half, the section . wher.e
Chandu lived being given to
:.-• Russia.
sea
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Russians, left him bitter and a
(, iionfirmed anti-communist. The
. ~~ter occupation by the Ger· mans, when they invaded Russia
found no support from Chandu.
-i.:.The shooting of hostages and
; .·,llspec~ed saboteurs - under the
<:P'ertnans brought . Cha.ndu to sum
• ti p · occupation
tinder the two
·es thus: "Under the Russians
_ ' was a slow death; under the
, Oepnahs, a fast death!"
}:ti~ .The-Germans took him and his
,,~ afu.ily and sent them to the in-
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as
no charge.
. His father returned to his
h o m e 1 a n d , in Czechoslovakia
.where he died. Karol-Johan then
stepped into his , father's footsteps and appeared throughout
· ~Europe, gaining acclaim for the
infinite bag of tricks he learned
,,._ from his father.
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In 1949 he and his family en- dead, Chandu decided to bow
tered ~he United ·States as dis- 1out of the magic business. "Busiplaced persons and Chandu took ness is 'bad .with telev.islo.n now
a crack at the magic business in every home," he says.
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here. He. landed a spot on WFIL,
So, into the 1p.othballs went :
the Philadelphia . television sta- his repetoire, and Chandu turntion, and put on weekly shows. ed to the sea, a calling not ex- .
of magic.
actly new inasmuch
·.he had
· JAIL BREAK
put in eight years on. Poli.Sh ships
as a Jr. Engineer,.
One of ·his crowd. _pleasing
Now living in Newar~ New
stunts was publ~cized in the Jersey; w:itp- his ~ife and three .~X·
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Philade1phia· papers when he chil.dren, his plans are to stay·
Slmmons ·victory ~c:re~embers ~us~ lhemse_lves attempt~.
broke out of the Mercer County with the sea.
·ing to · parlay their. paJ', into ·a slake. The men. are; left toi
.Jail . in Trenton, New Jersey,
right, Duffy. Steward; EedcUU. Oiler; Erii~sG"n. Chlef Electri*
The; glamour of mystifyi!lg
within one hour after being se- audience~. has been paled somecian: Grosiclose.' Bosun: 'and· While. 2nCi Electrician. w-ho sub*
curely shackled and locked up. what by_his real-life experiences.
mitted the picl'2re. Ship wu- in ' the
East deliv~ring tanks
lo Korea.
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But the strain of !"ehearsing Having saved his family from
and putting on three shows a the communists and-n~zis an<l ~~=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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:lay for benefits, entertainments successfully mad~ his way . to
:md organizations was too much. this country, he's interested ~ow.
His health failed and he had to solely in. 11roviding a liyelihood
give it up.
for his family and living a quiet
VAudevil~ being long since life a.s-· an American resident.
By SALTY DICK
Clipper al Trujillo City and .
Bill wen! OV'1' lo· pay his re·
speets to · tile ·charming Magge.
On September 19 Mike Amato·
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will spring for a -big birthday
.party fo~ .himself. a~ the Club 7:7.
~e. beautiful hostess, . Juanii~,
.· i.yho :h a_s only .. ey~~ J or h~,; Wiill J
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l>e the guest <>f J1onor: ! . · . , . ·"" ·-·.
·--Th~ .p;;sent Ship'~ Delegate .is so t ight 'he . woq.i<;t·. hi'de 'the· 1iiglifl
.Jiht Murphy,, who- is so· interest- 1U11t h.
day ·tne"crew;h id .fils r
ed in baseball that he runs a · peg· Ieg and they never had .any ·
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A publicity shot of Chandu.
Two Seafarer-M·anned·Ships Run .Aground ·t·~~:y~==·~c;;."':~:~ ~~~·:
'' H he death camp and· was then
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.. eh.t T o Czechoslova.kia where,
Two ~IU~crewed . v_essels ran early mor ning darKness and,. end- · ~~ssful '·due· to high' seas. The ed
889:· .tJie pdh~.:.. in his
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f ed t aground last week without suf- ed up_ 09 t he sa,n,.qs of ·Jones · weather' also · interfered with' a.t- . harem •. wheh h~ was · 13 ·h~
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I fermg any casualties, though one Beach. Eleven })ours . iater ,t ugs tempts by tugs· to free;. the, ship, climbed over a wali and .leaned.
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a mum oi;is suffered a gaping hole in its succeeded_ in pulliqg hel'- . f:ree-i 1tp ree cables l}aying. ·J:?e,en ,broken -' Over: too far. _He fell in ~the
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PLEASED TROOPS
Ocean Transport <::ompany and . The- Dei'. Mar, wit h 9,0 'passen- ilbo~rci the Mooi~ .:.~ ~cCormacR: :foni:.~~ saw' lhai th~ ·pas#~ ~
,:--J~ appreciat ion to his libera- , th~ Del Mar, Mississippi .steam- ge~s_'· ao~a~<:{ . . ra~ _on.to a, " sa~d ·pa~en~~fr - . ship, ' ~ .:.B~~~il;>': ~~a _' ~Bis _ien)o.y,ing .'li,e _,with ~~a 'b.e'vf .·, · ··"';-:
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!pnient fo~ ' his act and, un- · se1. ·
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easte~n Br azil . .. ·'..'',_'...~:;~, ~·": i', theYi.!·hax~" beeri ,. pu~ ahaard 'air.~!, ,.'AU i~·' li'H; 'th¢ Puet'~o~·nico ': is :i' ·
:1.ihe .· spon~orship : of ~ ~y ·, ·/t~e Mother M.L. ran __ agrou~ .... -p~~~aj1ary . e;"a~i~a~i~~· l~d ~la_~~s. 1 , • •• · .' ·- ,· · • . ' ' • • ·, a .go,04. ship.~' a...~d-· a:· ped~ct ' ( n ...·: :''
·, jal·,: _ s_er:vices;
en~ettflmed._ ~u~s~de -N~w Yor~ harbor . w~ile__au~hoi:1!·i~s ~fa . ~e~~Je . ~.8.~ 1 ~?e....~~e .D~l ~ar 1w_e~t· ~ag,:-oundJ fou~t 1 'day~ "m -1 ~~'!-'.". :·Yi'lrk,:~ Jlfre~;, . . , ~~an . ·so~dier.s · th:roui01ou~- enro~!e _to ..the ·city fro~ Ph1la- .ship ' had" tor~ .a ;J aJrge· h. -~le m It~ i·,db:r~n~ . a ~tornr -~b J~h~···a_-tso · t en!· -&y~_"' i. n ' S~ Jua~ '!a
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. "~' · putting , ~n ov er 2,0~0 .~del~h1a.'. The 71F 6Jton. ,s~p:,ov~r- hu~n . . I~m~~~~e '?'~~mP, <ct9 tre.~ .·~u!· 1Arg~nJ~e :· ~r~.1ghter1 int?. t1?_e, "Ti;UJ1~0.. .Ail, .·thi ·a.n d_ h'.~~yeJJ'.'- '
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Ellen Macke~e• .both of' New Jersey. The excellence~ of the ship's cuisine'. . ;;
a.Dd. the · facilities provided - for the passengers' c~mfort . and pleasure have )?een' · :_.•
. the· souice. of 111uch praise and have helped build ihe ship's goodwill.
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Tac]Judy, of Chicago, wh~ 't\•t!rit met -at
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To the .Editor:
, I see py the la~t iss~e ~ of the.
LOG "that t.h e SIU and SuP are .
in there pitching together just
as they have. been over the past
years. I'm hoping our West Coast
affiliate gets everything it · will
ask for at its coming negotia·tions with the operaiors.
•' I'm glad, too, that our mem:bership has voted to give them
all-out support in our traditional
style, .j~st in case.
' As many of you guys who
tead the story -in the last issue
of ihe LOG probably noticed,
the- Atlantic and Gulf District
came up with a good program in
case our West C08St Brothers
have to hit the bricks.
TO' the Editor:
cargo of lumber. During our staY. .
I've been reading in the LOG in port, beer was one pen.ny a
tales by oldtimers, and being one pint and scotch whi~key three
myself I would like to say a few pennies a glass.
words about my experiences.
I made six •trips with the ship I j~ned the wooden ship Win- and Raid off in San Francisco
cona in September, 1892 in Port- at the time the Spanish-Ameri-·
land, Oregon. My first trip with can war was ~eginning.
this windjammer was from the
Seamen were very scarce at
Columbia River .to Sidney, Aus- that time so the Army put brasstr.alia.
bands on the Embarcadero to ·
p. ·
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get seamen to transport the ships
'd riorll o Jommg t e s ip f ·ac- , to the Philippines.
c1 enta y met a young man r om
the same town as I who hapARMY TRAKSPORT
pened to be a member of the
I was among -the 100 wh~ join- ·
ship's crew. He asked me if I ed, - and after working for Uncle
would like to go to sea. I told Sam for $31 per month I quit
him I wcruld and he took me to and started again on the windthe Skipper. The Captain asked jammer Star , of Scotland, run- --·
me my age and told me I was too ning from San Francisco to
young to go to sea, but if I had Alaska.
• ·.w.-. ...• ••;.•.:.;:~;:::~~i~.l::~~~j~ffz.tf:~~..~@1~tf~~j
my parents' permission it would
Two years of this and I swung
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be okay.
over to Matson on the Matsonia. ·
Massillon Victory decli:men busy themselves winding cabl~
In 1914 I joined an .old Nor..
I go~ my parents' okay and
u~de,, the direction of Mate Sidney Granger. left. The Seawas signed on as Deck Boy for wegian ship owned by Johnson
far•r•
Fralik Loge. Deck Maintenance; 'l"ed Ostrosefski.
$16.50 per month. The trip to and Company of Seattle. Loaded · '
A~. and 'a n unidentified AB. Picture submitted. by crewAustralia took 59 days with our with lumber she went from Gay
meinber John Chaker. ,
Harbor to New York. When I
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The program, JYhich was recommended in the Headquarters.
report, covered just about everything to make our support airtight. One of the things that the
SUP Brothers wih· find very ~f
feciive in a beef, is •the •A&G.
District plan to give them eqwll
vessel. So much for Brother SIU. A very hearty thank you
shippi.pg rights on. SIU. ships not To iiie Edllor::
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goes to all departments ~d d~leaffected by the strike.
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Well, Brothers, I finally got Scrap Iron Jones.
Our
.·stewards
department
.Delgates
for the cooperation I am
, The reason I'm ·writing this ar.o und to dropping '. a line to
egate,
R.
J~ Norris, is strictly a getting .aboard this old rustpot.
little note to the .LOO for the
the SEAFA~RS LOG once very cooperative Brother in all Most of my thanks, of course,
~rothers to read is that I think
·· th~y should understand how im· again. For one thing let me be- Union business·. He says, quofe: goes to Chief AB Scrap Iron
gin by saying that this is a one "The stewards department aboard Jones. ·
Free! R. Hicks
portant their action 'is.
hundred percent SIU . bunch this vessel will challenge any
. When you're about --to hit the
aboard this ofd rust bucket Lib: other SIU ship afloat for servbricks it makes a ~ig d~erence
erty, now anchored in the port jces rendered." Our Night Cook
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to know that there are underof Rotterdam d~scharging coal. and Baker, Tony Travers, is one
standing· guys who- are backing
She's the Nikoltlis, owned by the man who, for a first tripper as '
S
you 100 · percent and, ~what's
Dolphin Steamship. Company.
Baker~ is tops. There just isn't
more, will stick with you ·until
anyone like him · except, of
In
the
deck
department
BroU1e finish.
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ther Scrap Iron Jones, is Dele- course, our crew Messman, Paul To the Editor:
gate. He eats more than . ten Phillips. All the engine men, inWhen 1 find a ..g·o od thing in
other crewmemb~rs _ put togetlter. eluding ~ the Engine Delegate, any
foreign country I like to pass
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So you can bet . Y.Our life ~hat Cl)ico,.. and Burke, say there's th
Boost~
nothing
like
Slim's
good
service.
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wor on to my Umon
this . is ' a feeder, -even though
Brothers.
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there · just isn't any overtime He is supposed ·to .b e terrific,
urmg my recent ~ta~ m Rotwhatsoever, 'but who cares about with the accent on the T.
Also in the deck department terdam I was hospitalized ~or
overtime as lotlg as the old dinwe
havg l3rotqers Beal, Majette ten da~s and 1 had the occasio.n
ner bell rings three times dai_ly.
Oh yes, Brothers, my dear friend and Whitey the Lawman, who to meet Ge·o rge Janema and his
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wife, owners of the Statendam
. J'd like to say hello to my Scrap Iron Jones, self-appoint- are . a swell bunch,.of shipmates, Hotel at . Dieasec;lesingel 97 in
former shipmates. I . retired my: ed Chi~f AB is _be~inning to Incidental1y, . Brotuers, this is Rotterdam. ·
Scrap Iron's
· book two months ago · to go to mak~ n:1e -.get, gray hair already. Brothers Beal and
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This. man treated me as one of
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s~hool here at Mexico City Col- I He :has .eaten so much this trip fourth trip on t h IS ship. Brother th f
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and anything that a sailor piay. n:iore to eat th~n the s~1p s ar- a t. .I as
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want is here and at a consider- ticles call for, ~ I µi sure I would h is as
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ed me fine. His hotel 1s a homey
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right away. He packs a lot of ca 11 e d P op is mce.
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Some days ago I w.as enjoy-f 11
that P1ace an d reasona
weight around on this· ship, 200
W e11 I k now, e_ ows,
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lbs. ·fO be exact, which is exact- space is
gin mill while reading the LOG
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t is wor . The hotel guests are
ly 5.0 I b s . n'l o r e' t h a n he le t me · wm
is 1 e ar ic1e f . dl
when a character at the next
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weighed before he joined this up Y saymg t is crew IS r Y rien
Any Brother going to RotterI
t~ble leaned over and said, "Is
tnat the SEAFARERS LOG?" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - dam ~ould do right for himself
I told him yes.
in patronizing tl!_e Hotel statendam.
George Quinones
' Co~e to find out the guy was
.~ an SIU ma~, too. His. name is
. - ~Imo RQl]inson : and he is a goo-ct
Union :· man.' .,.., · -._' ._, . ~.. ;_ :;~· ·L~'BOR . ·~A~ERS ·
'are
NikQW.is' Dinner Bell Brings 'Em Running · ~~~:; ~ewst;;~;e! q~it~~~d:~~
Stat dam I
Rotterdam Get
Seafarer's Okay·
Mike
SIU
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are quite a few lapor hat.e ts
here. One of them kept soundi~g off so much that I was for-·
ced to put him. in his place.
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reason · ''they are. the way they
. are~ is becau~e m.osi of' the~ have
,- :pever - worked a day · in ' their
·lives · and
don't
know
the
im- ·
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.. portanc~ of union protection.
· · Likewise. 'th~e are· a few corq::· ·
mies1 arotifid, too. What ·m akes' it.
. . .h~rd to .stomach: is that the ina. - ".jQrify"
""·· · of
. ..,' them
,,_ are going
- school under the' Gl·Bill 'and· bit. · ~iii~th~ h·and tha~ · .feeds them.
' I ' exp~ct to. ·be· here 'a while, ~ so
~11 · my friends are · invited · to
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To ihf! Editor:
The ·
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I would like to .take this opportunity to thank all the Seafarers who responded to the appeal for volunteer blood donors
when my mother was ill.
I called the })all at that time
and asked , for-. donors. and I was
assured that' the - ' boys would
turn out. They did. I don't know
.the names Of the individual men
who donated blpod, so I'm taking this way o~ saying thanks.
· My mother ~assed away on
August 14, but' it was a real
.comfort to know t~.at everything possible was done for her
a~d . m~ .. B:ro~~ Seafarers re~
spoW..ded in th1s t hour of need. .
t..., .•.. l... . . ' . . !Joel .V.rlsament
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Gr~n. AB · ~~ :~tC:Jc .' De,l,~1•~.~ ~~ ?live:· Ji>~ , M~enanee . attd1 ~i!,lJ?i-:t l>.tll-~•l, ·1"~~' Mc1A:t~ Engqi.e ·D•legaie · and.~
around until I foµnd a place in
Brooklyn called the Sailors Home.
of Atlantic Avenue. The place
was all right, but it was run by
two religious pe'ople V{ho ex- ....
pected me to pray a half hour ·
before each meal. I tired of this
and moved to New York where
I signed a ship going to Buenos
Aires. On the way back from BA
we were diverted to Manchester.
England. We hadn't gotten far
when a German submarine stop- ·
ped us and ordered all hands to ·.
quit the ship. We did so and _
down went the good snip Don- "
nybrook. The Germans then or- :
dered everyone of the crew into
the submarine. We didn't :Know
what they were going to do with-·
'us but we had no choice.
They took us aboard and put
us in a small space with about .'
80 other seamen from other ships . .
th:it had suffered the same fate ',
Twenty-three days later "Te were•
landed 1·n Germany . We were as·
s.embled wi'th 348 captured seamen, of whic1' only two
e
"f
wer
Americans.
VY
WANTED OUT
Inasmuch as the United States
was not at war I wrote a letter "'1
fo the American Consul in Hamburg and asked him \o help free
us. His secretary came to see us -~
and after routine questioning we : · .. .
were told our story would have
to be . checked. We didn't hear
anything for two months and
we were moved to a prison -camp
with the other British sailors.
In desperation we wrote to the
US Ambassador in Berlin. Three
days later he visited us and lis- ·~.
tened to our tales. The next day ,,
we were released and we went
to the E1nbassy where we were : ......
give:n papers allowing us to go " _
anywhere until our passage to · _ '_
the US was arranged. Fifteen '
days later we were sent to the- "' - ··
Hague, Holland, where we were -· _-.
put on a shipfor New York. We ......
were given 200 pounds sterling r
two years later by the British I < · ·
Board of Trade for our services
~
and imprisonment.
That w~ a long time ago and
the memories are • not as clear ···
as they once were.
·;
Right now rm in bed with
casts on -both legs. I expect to
be on my feet in about ten weeks.
I want to express my hearty
gratitude to the · SIU for its aid
during my confinement over the
past two ~ea)"s;
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Michael ·Lucas
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·Boon
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SChool Seen ~ As.
·>To Ent~e MaritimeField
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On .Fur'6ugh
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~~ri : Gr<efD~ ~aces ;s~e
--0 / Gal-loP,i~·~- rr~nketitk,'.
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To the EcWOft ··
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'Vincent in the Cape Verde ' Is~
,
TankerjtiJ?, yeah, that'$. it. l',he 'lands instead.
.
most
deadly
and
iiic.
u
rable
disThe
Old
Man
had
it
all plan· ·· The plans now being made for
ea~ kno"{ll to man~~d. ' Tanlt- ned ~ut ·to· go to Denver by the
· the SIU's new Cqoks and Bakers
er1tts and the Seapearl go t9.,. way of Tucson. I never made
' School shpuld be good news foJ:
ge~he~ like ha:qi and ~ggs ot rum that trip . ..Z •was looking forward
and coke. ,,
.
to it. It should have been intereveryone conn'ected with" the
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We
have
only.
been
ot,t~
two
esting. I think he · had plott~d
maritime industry,
anq
a'
haj.f
months
and
if
~~~UV;"
his
-course through the Salton
INDUSTRY'S GAIN
As an SIU man,- I'm especially
It
naturally
follows
then
that
ning
rampant
now.
Wh~t
will
it
Sea
and .the Great Salt Lake.
proud that my Union has seen
the
US
merchant
marine
as
a
J?e
·
by
·December
15,
when
we
·
We
se~ni to have a.n abund-~
fit to train stewards _department
whqle
will
benefit
by
our
school.
are
supposed
to
c&ine
in
to
the
ance
of
character material ·on
·personnel to become more effiAnything
that
improves
the
lot
·
States?
We
-are
suppos~d
~o
be,
here:
.
cient and to enable them to get
of
the
American
seamen
and
inon
a
shuttle
from
Curacao
.
to
Here
are
some
examples
of
the
upgrading and ;.t;hus increase their
creases
their
efficiency
will
proSp~in
and
Port~gal.
just
<
.fo~d
aforesaid
characters.
The
Bosun
earning power. FrQm what I have
mote smoother operation · of the
out that this trip w:e. go , io St. lost his dog. He has posted a ·
~een reading in the LOG .of
ships.
This
in
turn
will
increase
-__,........,..--.- " ' - - - - - --.---,(...., -, -· - · ten-dollar reward for him. Dethe plans that are taking shape,
the
overan
efficiency
oi
Ameri.:.
..
scription: green hair with pink
the school should be one of the
can
merchant
ships
and
enhance
..
.
.
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feet
and a long purple mousfinest in business.
their competitive position. in
1•tn
._:r
'' S ... tPaacuhle.B_Aunnsywa:.r
. s to the·. name ~-f
FORESIGHT
world shipping.
E~joying a 12~day furlou11h
.
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...
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The whole operation is a credfrom tra; ..; ..n at cam·p Ed ..
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. · WEA-os A DE..,.BY
The eventual results of the
-;;o ·
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.n
.n
. it to the foresight of our organi- SIU's
t e w a r d s Departm.e nt wards is form-er Seafarer To-pie -Editor:
I am having a hard time writ8
zation and as one . of the guys School will be a boon to all ·sec-· Tho.m as Kotalik. Tom reports
Being in the army .µow, I was ing this because the littl~ man
who will eventually profit by this .
down to the EM ~lub the· other in the green derby is si·tti·ng on
ttons of the shipping business. ,, the Anny lan•t so bad now
·
·
move I say nice going.
Th
h
night and foun
. _d something ·tha· t my ' typewriter screaming faster,
e sc oo1 is a very constructive that he•s used to it. but be
·
But the Union and its mem- project and all of us Seafarers
I thought I'.d :qeyer s~e again: faster. He gets his bangs out of
·~ship are not the only ones should do our part to make it prefers sailing for 8 living. the LOG: I _did not put i't down riding the carriage to and fro. ·
-Qi.at _w ill benefit by this school. work,' and work at .m~xilnWll ef... Tom ~ the brQtber of Joe· until l .had read it from front Once in: a while · he slips down
, • ~e shipping companies with ficie~~y~
· KotaWC. f~11;1er ~WM,r q.,_ Jlie 1Q l>ack.
_
.
.b etweJ!n lhe ribbon and the
,. w}lich we have .contracts will alBob Dunlop
Delta passenger shlp!I.
. l ~hipped out of Norfolk : and paper.
..,...,......--------------...:......----.,-----.....----'-----....-...---..,........:_,...-,,... .....::............--~·. ;Balbmo~e. I knew. gpit~ '1 ·few
The 8 to · 12 'Ordinary is run1· .
of the guys in Norfolk, for that ntn'i\ around o~ th~ poop dec_k
was my hometown. Evecyone w~vmg his· college diploma. He
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ca.lls me Peewee er Muscles. says that it iS- a license to chase
of our immediate needs an,a ne- Ume when we wijl not be able '11hllt w~~ three years ago and Gremlins. ·He must be nuts, be·· T9 the Editor:
At a recent shipboard me'eting ccssities and would b~ dispensed to wan tbw sltips. We should l'v:e chi\tlged a little.
·
' cause the Gremlins- are all here
a Brother brought up a point solely by the Union without out; , ha'1e 0ur olcj ag~ i~u,red agains~.
I ~~ stationed in B~emen, Ger- on. my bunk playing leap frog.
side interference and would thus the poverty that i~ too often the ll)'BnY,, - in the EUC.OM Mortuary
The 3rd· Assistant ' is always
which is of vital importance to be available 9n dem9nd w~tho.l.\, lot of th~ ag~d and retire~ sea- Pe,~µ. T-he job is a bit morbid, giving the BR a bad time about
eac:Q. 011e, of us.
signing the µsual ~l'AQ\Ult ~f Feel men. .
.
J>ut so~~one .has to do the jo.b . leaving, his door open. :He is
Jie said that in these days' of tape ~nd forms required by 9ther· . Our .. U_n ion lt~ g()ne a long . It ~my Qf ~he iellows are lucky· afraid that his chickens will get
welfare plans and various other _agencies.
way alQ~g th~ ~9~d t9 futur.e -.se- f'nough 'to dock here in Bremen, out and be ~un over .by a car.
benefits, it would give u~ seaCONTRIBUTION$
C\,lfity fqr its :members, than~ look me up; 1'11 be. '.~t -. the Club
~ur ra~o 'ope~tor ~s a firm
· .
· to the sltjllfu.l and competent Chateau, the EM club, am;i any- bebever m ·e arly morning exerm~n a seclire feeling to know
Th.e funds for this proposed leadeirship_ .of our officials, so,, one js 'Yelcom~. I spenQ. a great cise. He gets up every . morning
tl)at a pension waits us when pension plan could be raised by· ~rQthe_rs,- l~t us ta:k;e one :more (leal, of ti,me i_n -there and every- and goes :to the ·f lying bridge and '
flaps . hfs wings and crows at ·
.~ .re~ch a certain age and have vol1:1ntary donations and contl'i- step in that · dir~tion and c~st (>ne kµows :me.
put in a certain amount of time buttons by the ·shipowners. I an uchor to w~dward and
:pTt. A. M. O'Briant
the sunrise.
,.
at sea.
feel sure that each and _ ev~- :fll~e oU;r !aY!r years secure
RA laltl100
,Nev-er , a . dull moment here.
';!;'his. pension would take . c_are one of us would wa~t the ship.. ag~t P01"ei1Y·
:
7-7..70 EQM Mort. Sv. Det.
;I'he c~ew Messirian just wel)t. by,
owners to help contribute to the
./ SeflllOiJr Wallace
. APO 751, c/o PM N. Y.
with ' a turkey feather sticking
·
out of his butt,, sc;rear:p.ing, "I'm
a Kiwi;_ l~m (l Ki.w i." He has
given us some long · iu-.t~llectual
discourses on the life and loves
of the Kiwi bird. Very ipteresting,. too.
-Doctor Slim, 'tlte. Galleyman,
goes into lang. scientific lectures
oil diseases a-n d windmills. I
dE)n't. get· the connection between
ihe two, but I guess I am just
to
~e
Eclitoz::
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so !ind the setup to their advantage. They will be getting
men fresh from the best possible
training and who will :put into
practice aboard the ships the
skills they have been tauglTt
the SIU school.
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Atnly .Seafarer.
S·ee·ks VIS··
Pens1ons
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F or
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rg,
e
s
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uners
u
uDIOD
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dumb.
~P~·
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Old Man ·of !,lJ, Mo..,tain , · , / ·
~ P.S.: If yp.u, -. sltoul<t accidel)t- · , .··
. !WY use- :my .;reai nijnie l :rriight· _,,_.
• 'e · &fflong itbotse tpr •·\ypoJt?. we · .
· },lave one... n:i:h:n!te's silence at our . ·
m~~~~s; ' ·
· ·
�:.Seattle . E~p~ts Shippinl'
.To Improve In C_
omingWeeks
By JEFF MORRISON
(Cd:ntinuetl ff"Otn Pttgt 4)
Bfotk, · Hennhtl' .................. 2G.OO ·Uarrist>n,- 1. ·.......................... 10.00
SZA'ITLE1 August 28 - The yard Strike in Baltimore and
USPHS HOSPifi"AL
Bo.r 8arge, Er\Viri B-. ............ 40.00· llowse, Alfred £. ..'.............. 10.0o past two weekS haven't been en- many others.
MANHATTAN BEACH
Clevenger, J~ph C. ........ 10.00 'Jones, J. H ........................... 20.00 couraging, but the future can't
Ri~ht now he's --recupera~
Atmore, R~bert .................. $40.00 Daldorff, Torleif .................. 20. .i.eoU:Sis, Mike .....................· lb.00 be any worse, and even promises from an eye injury he suffered'
Blake, Rupert A. ............,. 40.00 ,Dean Cli~ton ...................... 1.0.00 MatJhews, I. ........................ 10'.00 to improve greatly. We didn't aboard the St~ Augustine Vic-"
Blosser, Edmund c. .......... 40 .00 1Den;ibrosk1, Michael J. ...... 10.0~ Peek, lla.rry G. Jr............... • 20.00 ha.Ye a single payoff or sign-on, tory and is champing at the bit.
Bruno Matthew
tH•llr James M. ·········'··'"··· 10.00 Pugh, Mais C .....•:.............. J0.00 but we did handle five ships here for the day he'll be well enough
40
·B. t · ' c·h 1 .................... · 40 '00' Lannon, Pet&t .................... ·10.00
· in-transit. The ships were Fair- to gra·1..another shi'p.
~r o~,
.. ar es ..................
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u-...
,
Dalton Jack M
.
40 00 Lavery, John .p , .................. 10.00
130.00 isle (Waterman), AJ.amar ~nd
Other men on the beach here
Driscoil, John
4o:oo Ombao, Catalt'no ...:................ 10.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Yorkmar (Ca 1 mar), Seacomet are Johnny Grifnes, Fred EhgEdwards, John T. .............. 40.00 Pagano, Gaetano .......... ..... 20.00
LEXINGTON. ltEHTUCICY
(Colonial) and Purplester (Trad- .land, J . Sinafor, R. Sips, E. MerEspinoza, J. .......................... 40.00 Perez, Pablo ................... .,... 1CY.OlJ 0'.Neill, John J. ·················· 104.00 ers).
cereau, J. Pozzvoli, . B. Roll and
Ferrer:- E. ............................ 40.00 Pitts, Raymond l3. ............ 50.()0
USl>HS HOBP:n"AL
There were a few minor prob- O. Powell. Hildreth is another
Gilbert, Robert E. .............. 40.00 Pl~hn, .Euge~e ..·.................. 10.00
SAVANNA& GA.
lems concerning performers, but recuperating Seafarer, having
- G~imes, Fred ...................... 40•00 Powers, John Joseph ........ 20.00 Harvey, H. .......................... 40.00 they were quickly handled in broken several ribs in an auto
Keenan, John W. .............. 40.00 Reier, .George A. ................ 10.00 Goude, Joe .......................... 10.00 SW style.
crack-up in Honolulu. In the
Lancaster, John M. .......... . 40 .00 Sc~r~k, C~arles G. .......... 20.00 Groover, W. J. .................... 20.00
One fellow who never gives USPHS Hospital is Brother John
Landry, Frederick ............ 40.00 Sonnier, Wilfred C. ............ 20.00 Johnson, G. F. .................... 20.00 anyone a bit of trouble is An- R. Wing.
Larsen, Robert F. .............. 40 .00 Summerell; Charles H.
20.00 Lofley, L. ............................ 20.00 tonio Lipari. Brother Lipari -TiliSPort iscertairµy not like
Lawlor, James ... :................ 40.00
Lowery, Carl D. .................. 2-0.00 joined the SIU in 1943 and sails California. The rainy season has
Lopez, E. ···············.:············" 40 .00
360.00 Newman, Guy W ................ 20.00 as AB. He's been active in the set in and while the natives
Mcllreath, David ··.·············· 40.0'·o
US NAVAL HOSPITAL
Paylor, F. S ......................... 20.00 Canadian Beef, the 1946 Strike, h
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s rug their shoulders at the
Makris, Constantine ....:..... 40.00
KEY WEST. FLORIDA
Snedeker, R. F. .................. 10.00 the Isthmian Strike, the Ship- d , zl
. ,.
riz e, I can't forget the balmy,
· , Mayoris, Julius .................... 40.00 Cole, Edward ..................... : 3'0.00 Spaulding, J. A. .................. 20.00
"
d
h
ays on t e California
·' sunny
Milazzo, Vic ........................ 40.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
Sweat, J. W. ························ 10.00
shore.
,,,
-: Moor~, Georg~ .................... 4f).00 • F.ORT WORTH. TEXAS
- Walters, E. L. ...................... 10.00
Murphy, B. .......................... 40.00 Wise, Joseph P .........7 ......... 40.00
220.00
. USPHS · HOSPITAL
.Padzik, John ....:........:.......... 40.00
USPHS
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HOSPITAL
Ratcliff, R. A ....................... 40.00
SEATTLE, WASH.
NORFOLK, VA.
Sulli va.n, Timothy .... :....... 40.00 Wing, Joseph R. ........:......... 20.00
Barnes,
.rames W .............. . 10.00
Tbomps.on, Albert D ......... 40.00
USP~S HOSPITAL
Dawes,
Thomas
J. .............. 10.00
Vorke, Peter R ................... 40.00
SAVANNAH. GA.
Schloesser, Frank N .......... . 10.00
$1l 0.00 Buckelew, M. ...................... · 10.00 Simmons, Paul R. ............. . 10.00
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USPHS HOSPITAL
Schiwek, Ernest ................ 20.00
DEER'S HEAD STATE HOSP.
BOSTON. MASS.
By SAM COHEN
SALISBURY, MD.
Clarke, G. N. ..................... . 10.00
60.00
WILMINGTON,' August 31 Lucas, Mi:chael .................... $40.00 Dirks1'leyer, F. .................. 10.00
Shipping here is the best of any
USPHS HOSPITAL
Peck, R. E. ·········:······.. ···· .. .. 10.00
port on the West Coast, with
HONOLULU
Vourloumis, G .................... . 20.00 Chisholm, Audley R. ...... 1,5QO.OO
two payoffs, one sign-on and
Simonetti, Elmer
M.
D
.....
$20.00.
USPHS
HOSPITAL
seven
in-transits the total of our
Buser,
Charles
H.
.
.........
1,500.00
.
.
activity during the past two
USPHS HOSPITAL
MOBILE, ALA.
Coffee, Alex .......~.......:.... 1,500.00
weeks.
BALTIMORt, MD. .
Buc]telew, Jacob L. ···.······· 10.00 Warren, Dalton Pete .... 1,500.00
Allred, Warner W ............. 20.00 Burke, Tim .......................... 20.00
We paid off the Seacomet (CoBarrett, William W. ............ 10.00 D_yal, Wil,liam G. ................ 10.00
6,000.00
ANTON'IO LIP ARI
lonial) and Holystar (Maine).
The Seacomet signed on again.
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·Best West Coast
Shipping Fountl .
In Wilmington
Death Benefits Paid
·Mosquitoes And Rat•d Men Hit Lake Charles ~~ ::;~:=~~~·~d ~: b:
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The
in-transit
ships
were
::~~~~~~~~~~ ~~§~~¥§! ~-~--·~~-2~;~=~~~~;~:'.; ~;~~~~~i!~i
- Lake Charles version of the mos- to gain from it.
·
·fl'
::i?i.~~~:£: ~~~ ~~ ~!ys*E~1::~::~::: I
.·:;!
gai:M
in
Cities Service down
The Seacomet had a few
rus~
I:; -~;~w;~~~~ :~!·-~! ~~~~i~~:~:f:.~i::\~p{~
Hoskins, Bra1i~ord Island, Chi- ft~d oilt ·what basic rules he
~ ·1ack of appreciation showed by a good joe who has cooperated'
wawa and Paoli (Cities Service); must , rollow to get the greatest
·. some of the younger members of with the Union at every turn. ~
Wanda
(Epiphany);· Petrolite return ;qn HIS investment, is.
th~ top SIU conditions that exist
COLLECTED
(Tanker Sag· Harbor), and Bull not dlllY a pooi-· businessman but .
aboard these and all SIU . ships.
Run (Petrol . Tankers), all of ' also~a ·damned· fool
·
· In 41 years of sailing, John
The Holystar was a bit differ-· .
which passed, through here inON~, TO GAIN
·has never missed a ship, a wa:tch, ent, but we collected w~ges f~i-: .
transit during the last two .
.
or fouled up a shipma.te by no:t a man being short in the stewwe~ks, may never believe this,
I ~mcere~y hope . t?~~ the?.~ :
handling :the job :to :the bes:t of ards department and also Bosun'g:
but those ferocious man-eatin' per~mtmen take the lllJbative .:1n •
his ability.
.
.
' high man OVertiine.
critt~rs were no ·more . or . less •their .own _.hands and ~ear -~~:W,n.::
. "Greatest thing I have e er Over~ the ships hitting herel
than the lowly mosquito.
· , 0~ this .. Mte~ all, the m~vidual ·
seeri for ali seamen is' the ·sIU are bringiilg with them ver).-'
· --A wholesale invasion of the himsel: is the one who will most
JOHN ZOHIL
·vacation Plan an°d Welfare Plan: little grief for us. Most of the
country took place about the ,gain by such action.
.
Tile stu has shown how the jashounds realize by now that
time these ships hit here, and
The shipp~ pictttre here . fell abbut getting 11-st mibute re- .world,.s most powerful maritime the Union will waste no timethe remarks from the crews off somewhat dutmg the fast placements ltom New Ot1eans. union is able to handle any sit- on them, and they steer clear ·
were easily heard 20 miles away period,. but this was mainly due
Among the .. oldtimers that I uation and these gains are proof of here and the ships when they ,
.irt downtowh Lake Charles.
to the fac~ that several · of the have seen do-wn hete recently of the pudding."
hang one on.
The boys hete art the Lake ·ships that normally hit here aboard these $hips was John ,
Naturally, because of the heavy
· Charles beach -who have battled regularly we,e in the dry dock, Zohil, an SIU member since
WINE, WOMEN.
shipping, we had no meet~g
· these monste~s 'for days now; and for a; i~ge there were n_o 1'938 and a seaman since 19~1.
John feels this would be a last week. The best we could do
can tell · you that they come in calls for. replacements . from sup· John was telling me about his good place to- give a word to the was find rour bookmembers here: .
all sizes fr0m ' the gia:r;it B-29 tankers in this area. ·
early days in maritime, when he wise. He ..remarked that he had Red Braunstein, Johnny "Skif'
variety to the fast-moving, hardAnother. factor that helped cut received top ·wages for the period noticed a lot of these YQung Okray, Doc Moran and Max
, hitting P-38 type.
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Clown the turnover was the mem- ,...:.--$4.00 per MONTH-no sheets fellows ha'n ging out in bar.s, one Byets. .
It appears _that a few of the bership's cooperation in the m;it- at all then, not even blue line~, hand on a bottle and the other
Not only did we have to pas8
newly recruited work-permit- ter of paying off here only in and when you sailed it was cus- around som~ lovely cu tie. "The up a regular · meeting here, but
men do rtot realize that a emergency. Lately we have had tomary to supply your own pri-· dern
young whippersnappers I also had to forego the local
thorough and accurate knbwl- a lot more. rated men-and old- "vate stock of food, just in case sure do waste a lot of time. Central Trades meeting as all
edge of the' Uhion's contracfs, timers at that-hitting this port, the ship's provisions gave out or They can always drink when my time has been spent hustling
C'oftstifot'ion ahd '. genera:l rules• which Of ,CC!Urse ~reatiy improved went bad as ·they often did.
they get old!"
seamen to man the ships.
Would :hot 'o nly make them bet- lour situation so · far as niaking
In all, 'zohil has beloi)ged to
There was no Central Trades
Not only is shipping hot here,
ter· Union members - b~t also those necessaey replacem-ents four maritiine ·unions G¥er the· Council .iheeting here during this the · weather is' the same. This iS
would mean a great~r chance ,was concerned: ·
· years -anci he feels that the SIU last period and, as usual, no a seaman's · · paradise for goad
~~" t~·em to realiie pe{sonal _ ,fle;11ty of fain~li~r. faces ~r~ h~s ma~e more. gains than all Bi;~ch meeting either - if we weather, fine shipping and femingams m a "por~ crop" sense for showing µp on C1tjes Service the, ot~ers ,together.
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should ever get a quorum here ine companionship. ·Doesn't that
t}\emselves.
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No one woUld buy· a car withyve don't have to worry to grow/' ' he · said, ..and that makes the headlines.
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W. Baker. Delegates reported no
beefs. Department delegates to
collect ship's fund don q.tions
from new memb~rs. It was suggested that the ship's representative check on ac quiring addi, tional pooks for ship's library·
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· ROSARIO (Bµll), August SChairman, · Nicholas Vrdoljok:
Secre~aey-, William- J. Neuluf.
Delegates · reported no beefs.
Stevedores refused to load ship
because the company was breaking their contract with the AFL.
Steward sudggested tt~at all linen
be change at one ime.
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New York ···········:··············
Pltjladelphia........... ;... :........
Baltimore.............................. ·
Norfolk ..............•...............:...
Savannah..............................
Tampa...................................
Mobile...................................
New Orleans......................
Galveston .............................. ·
West Coast... ..:....................
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PAOLI ·(Cities Service), _J uly Bosun· reports that the material
31-Chairman, Mitchel Lemieux: was sent on board for repairs.
· Secretary, R. Sirois. DelegB:tes
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reported disputed overtime. SerCORNELIUS FORD (Bull),
ious discussion held on present June 24-Chairman, Mo Bright.:
procedure, used in firing per- well: Secretary, Sidney J. Vaugh·
sonnel. Education meetings to in. Delegates report~p. rio beefs.
be held to familiarize new mem- Overtime for delayed sailing in
hers with duties and obligations. Jacksonville was disputed: in
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engineroom. Ship's Delegate sugANNE BUTLER (Bloomfield). gested that the steward departJ'uly -26--Chairman, Fred Israel; ment take care of cleaning the
Secretary, John J. Breen. Dele- recreation room all of. the time.
gates reported no beefs. Motion
August 1 Chairman, Mo
.made to take up a collection for Brightwell; Secretary. Sidney J.
Brothers in Fort Stanton, New 1 vaughin. Delegates reported _no
Mexico. A group of members ar- beefs. -Motion made by Ship's
ranged to see Patrolman about Delegate that all department.
· water.
delegates get together-.. a~d write
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up statements . concernm'g the
CH IC KASA W (Waterman), men who · have been performil).g
, July 21-Ch~an, Charles O. d uring trip, to be turned in t9
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.i · 295 . gates reported nQ beefs. I~ was·
366
. 1suggested that fans and ·screens·
390 be fixed before the ·ship arrives.
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193 , .w eek was also posted;
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Grimes; Secretary, Chuck Hoatet5
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136 ter. Delegates reported no beefs.
756
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654, . _ . 2~~21 ·Qeck ' ElJginee.t" S)ld hotgbers gave
a remarkable speec a out o.r~ •
·' ga~ized labot · unions. Sugges-·
BARBARA FRIETCHiE (Lib·
PETROLIT~ (Mathiue~ Tank· tion made that each deparfment
erty), August 5-C~ A. er), . A .u gust _15 --: _Chairm~; an<I each delegate ·make up
Michalski: Secretary, J.P. Gavin. George No~le; Secretary, ·A •. repair list with copies.
Delegat~ reporte4 no beefs. It Goodman. Delegates reported no
'- to ~
was suggested that t~~ · deck de- beefs. $7,l.76 -i s in ~hip's fund.
LYNN VICTORY (Dolphin),
partment cleai! ·the· laundzy each Requested~ t!ta~ ·all 'hartds CQ- July 22-:;..citaimum,. E. GiP.ia;, . •
week and the ~ng;ine a_nd sfewar~. Q_per~e in k~eping:. ...~h~~cE.~v:·s. '¥etary~:;-:1~ -'I!· ~-¥~tj-~ D~le€· ·- .
department ~ill clea? the_ rec- -vas?mg -ma~e.- .c:il~~ --A. - ~- .gates i:E!P<>rle_ ·.wV.:~);ajJ~~ - _oJ.!.e . . :.
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·.\~~ del: - Secretary,. T. F. Nicholson. AU food handlers should keep
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Delegates reported everything ha~ds clean at all times.
ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping). okay; few pours d_isputed, ove~August 10 Chairman, E.
August 5 - Chairman, Williiitt time. Cooks were changed m Ginza: Secretary.! J . ChQw. MoGarthone; Secretary. H.· Mohur~ _galley d~e · to the Night ~ook tion made arid seconded to bring
dy. Delegates re~rted no · be~fs. and Baker's health. Beef P~, charges orr· any me~ber of the
Discussion on misuse of w~shmg Lava soap from black gang.
crew who, through drunkenness,
machine. V-Ote of thanks g.i ven
Jtugust J1-Chairman, George causes delay in paying Q~
to Chief Gook. and . Night· Cook .
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Delegates reported no beefs. Motion made that the delegate from
each department make up a repair list and turn it' in to the
Ship's Delegate.
the Patrolman at port.
and Baker for their good work.
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CARROLL VICTORY (South
Chairman. none giv6n; Secretary. Atlantic), August 12-Chairman.
·By E. B. TILLEY
R. Hf Carrington. Delegates re- James White: Secretary, Arthur
SAVANNAH,_ Aug.ust 29-We up any idea of raising a quorum
ported no beefS!. At {1resent. v. Witmer. ' Delegates reported handled but ·one payoff in this for a meeting. ·
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then~ is $51'.09 in. the .ship's fund. no. beefs. All agreed to wajt for port during the past two weeks, · The big change in manpower
PONCE DE LEON (Water- Motion made to pur~hase bound ·o kay before signing ~-off. ·Sug- but don't let tha't throw you. We around here has cut out the host
man), July 22-Chairlnan. Elmer volume of SEAF:ARERS- L?G gestion that the flour on board, signed on five ships and han~ed of oldtimers .who used .to tell .
Hansen: Secretary, Anthony . J'. for use in ship's library. Motion be condemned.
I three ,others in-transit for a ver y tire newcomers qbout the Yellow
Kuberski. Delegates reported no carried . to write . ·a. lette~ . to · July 26-Chairman, Hugh F. hectic period of .shipping.
Cab Company, the· non-union
beefs. Ship's delegate to see Headquarters pertammg to mix- Wells; Secretary, Arthur V. -Wit· ·
taxi outfit · around -here.
to . the
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Chief Mate about keys for foc'sle. ed crews.
mer. Delegates reported_no, beefs. to Thanks
us from
Mobile,
wemen
scraped
As far · as the Seafarers is ~on
,Motion made that water be serv- throug.h and put men in ..an the cerne.,d, the Garden City Cab
ed W.ith all mealS. Steward's deCompany is the only union c~b
partment promised to comply jobs called for.
company
in town and the one
with this suggei~tio.n.
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BALTIMORE, August 30 There -was little business -at
KATHRYN (Bull), June · 5- signed on again. Along with it . aroun~ here.
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Shl_pping here continues to hold 1' the last Branch meeting. Minutes Chairman. none given; Secretary, the · GeO-rge Pendl~ton (Alcoa)',
Sea~arers wh~ usually _ship out
a steady pace, at well above the of other Branc)les were rea4. . . and P!- Claudia. Discussion on reopeIJ.-. Nathaniel. _Silsbee. (So:uth , Atlan- of this port, will b~ Ggrie~:d t~o
average rat~ During this last accepted. ~eadquarters report -.to .ing of wage negotiatil;ms.~ Vote tic), the _Richa~d M. ~o¥Son _.and_ hear that Al.~ert Yf.. os~e '· the
two-week pei:iod, we . had 15 the ~embership and the Se~re: was taken on the . five current the Darnel W~la_rd (Bl~omfield) gene~~l repres~tative. or -.- e
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-easurer's financial report issues.
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A~payoffs, 12 sign-ons, and 15 s ip,
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were concurred in by the meni- . July 6 ....:_ Chairman, G~rge St~el Inventor (1st ian , ·. oun., socia ion, _
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Bunk~ Secretary, Alan Macdon- ·dna . (Waterm~n) and Ce~il N.
WELL. KNOWN
nished most of the activity, with
The Agent . warned against aid. Delegates· reported beefs Bean (Dry-~r~ns). ·'
Br.other Gossett's ·duties in this
seven of them · paying off: the gin mill performers and oth~f_ from last. ' trip were , squared . There h~f! 1been a terri~c tur1_1- .·coru{ection brought - him in ' con- . Felto~e, Baltore, Bethore, Cubore, types of characters.
~ .away. Editorial from . LOG ~as over ·of me1_1 in this port .~a,~ely, tac·f with many'- of our member.s
We have had some - MEBA -explained.
so ~much so that .w e have.g}.ven in Savannah. We wiµ most cerSteelore, _ Santore and Venore.
Others . on this list wer the Engineers drop' into t he Hall
tainly {eel our loss more as time-~
Mae and Edith . (Bull); Anson here, disgusted with that outfit.
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Mills (Robin); ~teel Seafai:er and But they're okay now, ~s they
his. e:xipetience and un.d erstanding
Steel · Director (Isthmian); W_est- all have shipped o~ BME c.o h·of labor's •problems.
, em Rancher (Western Naviga- tracted vessels.
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With the ~ation tightening its .~efense pr.~para~fons. ' .At the last meeting of the
· tion); Fort Hoskins (Cities Ser- · Incidentally, to show you how
role of the DJ.erchant
is. daily becoming more ·central Trades Council. here we·
'haq . a lengthy discussion con.; . , vice) and the Anne Butler on the ball this port is, ·the Fort
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Hoskins (Cities Service) paid
vitai. For thi:s r~aSQ.n it is imperative that . !very Sea~
cernfug Union Label Week and ._·
.',. All the above-mentioned Ore off in Piney Pt.-about 120 -miles
farer stand. ready -.to ship m the rating ·for ~ythich.- he is · th~ possibility . of having loc~
\ .:.<_ships signed on again, as did the · off-_':lnd all repla~ements sho~qualified and in wh·i ch' ~e can be of the· _great~st ~rvi~~·. m.erchan;ts , coop~rat~. by · arr_a~g-. {
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Mills, the· Steel Seafarer ed up.
In this connection, Headquarters c~ntinues to point
ing disiHeys in their stor:e_ :wmand- .S teel Director, and the Yaka Among those decorating the '
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.k suggestion y.ras also made
, · •: cott (Robin). ..
ing old_timers: .AI Waterman, J. ' h~ve ·not ~ppl~ for endorsements for high ~atings...
that a prize be awapded· tq the
'.'"", Waterman gave us the most Wall, Walter Walsh, L. GarabeMen who do not seek higher-ratings ·for which they · school child writing· the best
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activity among the . in-transits dian, Bernie Snow, M. Hynes,
are . qualified ·are, in effeet;, causing a w:aste of ·n~ed . essay on unjon lab~l goods and
·~, '", w. ith. six: the Iberville, Afoundria, Ralph. McKenzie, George Fossett, , k 1ll
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Soto, Azalea Blackie LaPla~t, Peter Lannon,
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The Maritime A~~trator ·ls ·seeking·· di-aft-defer,_r ~ couple of me~ we~r1,ng ~e
·,, City anc;i the Wild Ranger. Bul1 and George Gamey.
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union label on . ~he beach here
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th~ ' Suzanne, Currently in · the Baltimoi:e me~t for r•! ed m~n only. Consequently., .men, w · 0 are are ' old.timers ~- ,Shedd,.. R. l3en1
i'"; :...,.~ Ros~rio, ··Carolyn and the Bing- USPHS Hospital are Mike Dem- drafted , be.cau&e they.. h,ve ·not 9btaine.d the n.tlnga for ' I}ett, Mike. ~· Ka'vanau$h .an9 .
.: hamton Victory. Qth~rs ·s topping ·browski, Warner Allred, . ~ae- · whl~h they· are· ·qialillfied, wi.11 n<?t be servl~g In Jobs In ' Barsh-while in the local USPH$
:},:.,0y~r .~ 1 this ·,P.ort'~were the. ~obin tano Pagano, ~.o~.n Lavery,
;which tlley -~8:D l;>e of- grfat~t' seT.vlce to~~ ~atl~n. ', . ,. · ~ospital ,are '-'· L9fleS:, G. If·,:
y'·:-Tt;xf~r<t-! Sol;ltl$i~r (Sout}i. At- :Qaldo,rff,- ?atalmo 0-!fibao, .Wil. If you .h l(v.e . tlle qifaliflca·t lons, . apply ' for . ·upgrading~
~ohn~on, . C. ·D,. I.:.owery.,
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.' • er.r1. Trading), Pe~, (Pal.ma~) ~· Johµ :i:;>o.wers, Ei:wm ,B,o~rge, .
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The House CorimiittE!e'". on ·un:.Anierlcan· Ac- ~v~r al)Q Lake Champ~, and the one connect- ported fro~ Houston goes to Cuba and the W~t
tivities; in its. f26-pag~ repo~, "100 'things .You mg Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River, Indies, although some goes to Central and South
Should Know About 'Co~µnism," calls Harry - .and the channels .at the head and foot of Lake America ••• Baltimore reports that July of t)ila
Bridges' International Lopgshoremen's and Ware- Ch~p~ S9 that oc~going ·ships can go di- · fear was the busiest spipping month since Janhousemen's Union a ·"communhit-controlled un- rectly from New York to the St. Lawrence River. uary. 1948. 398 ships called at Baltimore during
ion." In~ an8Wer... to their ow:n . question, ,,,."W'o uld
The Ho;... Judiciary Commlt:t• ls eonsJderlng that mon::th. ,compared with 405 in January, 1948• ...
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~he ILW:l!. g~ve' .~s.'"an~h~~ 't? worry . ~bout?" a bill prHented by Congreuman James J. Mur- The fuly :tofal ~as 39 abov,._ June. 1951, and 46
the_committee s~1~, . ~lS µmon, has 75,-000 me~- pby of New ·vork tbat 'would
:the Am•rlcan more than July, 1950.
?ers. Tb~y have effe~tiye ~~mt~9l ~£ many J?Oi:s merchant mart.6 a flag of Its own. The Hag augThe SS Mother ML (Eagle Ocean) gro~ded on
m the USA and more than .ence .have used it to geated by M11n>hy would have . 13 horizontal re4 a sand bar off Jones Inlet, on Long Island s south
·para·l yze ·shipping (!ommun~t domination of this and white atrlpes, with :the union of the flag a shore on August 27. No one was hurt . . . The
.union in· wartime could · wreck · the whole US white anchor' -Mt diagonally In a blue field. The Masters, Mates and Pilots, the Radl'o Officers
fighting) l)ower.'1
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proposed Hag would be displayed either at th~ Un~o~ and the International Longshorerri.en'~ .AsA surv-ey• made by' US Naval Intelligence veri- bow or fonivard maaih•ad of the vessel. with the soc1ahon, · all members of , the AFL Maritime
fies the' fa~t-wlth •'photogr~pba; names. etc.- Stars and Stripes•.as usual. a:t the"ster1,1. Accord- Trades Department, have opened contract negorhai mosf of the ships trading--with·- communist Ing :to Murphy. at least 32 foreign nations have tiations with their contracted operators ... Egypt
has changed the rules for e:?Camining ships pass. 9hlna an~ .:~.tb~f'co~1*ii~~'5tfcontr~llecl·l1areas. fly distinctive Hags for their merchant ships. The
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through the Panama Canal. In the future
:the PaaiaJilanllYl ilag, .a good mmy of':them _9wned American mer~h~nt mar~~ bad -played "a great
by American interea-ts. ·Many ~f :tii~ fo~elgn Hag part in two wars:· be •4lld, a"dlng that "I:t ls no only customs authorities will be -authorized to ·
ships ln thjs trade - were purchased . liy foreign more tha~ right :that Americ:;an seamen should search ships and there will pe only .one inspection for each vessel. Heretofore, coastguardsmen
ca"p~:tal under the ;M~~ch~n:t M~in.e ·A ct 9l 1946, be honored with ~ Hag of their oyvn.''
and soldiers, as well as customs, also conducted
when this country was t·r ylng to help "our
The Maritime Administration 1 is considering
independent searches.
friends .:to regain their maritime standing. and the possibility of salvaging about 125 vessels that
The Maritime Administration has gone before
rebuild their economies :to withstand the pres- sunk off the shores of the United States during·
the Wage Stabilization Board asking the · WSB
sure of communiSJll~:;.
the last war. This program is designed to help to approve wage increases for seamen. "It is
Among the bills ·recently ~nt:r;aduced in Wash- ove.r~ome t~e shortag~s of steel and other stra- hereby certified that fhere is a crucial manpower
ington, one (S 2056) by Senator Nixon of Cali~ · tegi~ materials now m short. supply that w:re shortage in the maritime industry," said the
fornia would amefid the Taft-Hartley Act to . carried· al?oard . the sunke_n ships. T~e first. ships MA. " ·· : • Skilled manpower must be obtained
provide that empl6yees fn rthe maritime and mo- offered ~or salvage are two tankers, on~ m the promptly and it is believed :that appropriate ad..
tion picture industries under a union shop agree- . Gulf, the othe~- off the East coast ~f Florid~,. a~d jus:tments may attract new mea to the industry,
ment m.a~ be reJiuired to join the unions on or a dry cargo ship that ran. agr?und m the vicimty and ,encourage former. members to return" • • •
after the second day of employment instead . of of Nome, Alaska, and which is part!~ awash.
~oland is anxiously searching the west European
the present 30 days as at present . . . Another
Steamship operators in Houston. Texas. are market for merchant ships, for a joint Polish ..
by Congressman Prouty of Vermont (HR 5219) preparing to handle :the• largest ' movement of com~ie China shippin.g company. They are re.
would enlarge the canal be~een the Hudson, grain in a number of years. Most of the rice ex- ported paying high prices for old tonnage.
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BME ·Will Get S·upport Of AH Districts Of The Seafarers -·
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By LINDSJ:Y WILLIAMS
NEW ORLEANS, August 31Business affairs of the porl are
. in very .good shape, wiih na
beefs penaing. All beets in the
past two weeks. were - of minor
natul'e and were settled at · the
. p,ayo.ffs or sign-ons of the vessels
involved.
.:·. The only important beef was
a grub beef on the MV Del
Rio,, as she was out longer than
expected an d ran out of s.tores.
, - In squaring away this b eef ~e
·
requested the company to put
105.-day stores "on these ships in
P lace of the · usual 85-day stores
that had · been put on boar,d
these ships on previous voyages.
This was agreed to by ·the
cOmpany, so all hands .were satisfied. •
- Pfiyiqg off he11e were, ~he following vessels: the Del Nor.te,
Del 'Rio and Joyce Kilmer (MississiJ1pf); Titon (Coast Transportation) ;. Carrabulle (Cuba Distilling), and the · ·Liberty Flag
.-' (Gulf Cargo Qarriers):
, .
In-transit were five Alcoa
ships, ·Patriot, ' Cavalier, :Runner,
\· Polaris and the Clipper; tlte
Seatrain Texas· and the Seatrain
New Jersey; 'Del Valle (Mississippi); ,Steel Fabricator (Isthmian); Monarch of the Seas, Iberville; Morning Ligh~ and De
S.o to (W;\ter~an), a~d· th~ Evelyn (Bull). ·
'
:
The Del ·vane ahd Del Norte
. (Miss~s~ippi); ~arraby~l~ ,' ' (c\,tJ)~
DistilliJlg), ancf, the LiJ;>~rty Flag
,.(G..;ilf Cargo Cavriers) sig;Ded on
· duri~g thie" period. · . :·
The Joyce Kilmer paid off last
week, after ' being her~ on articles a month due to the Shipyard w .o rkers' .s trµte:
'.J'Ke c.r ew "liat~d- to leave the
e
mosquitoes have started in and
Norte a couple more trips, ;iii
order to get his new OldSmobile
now ' they are to star~ "Operapaid for and a few more notes.
tion Mosquito."
on ·his snake ranch.
· They are flying in giant spray
guns from Tulsa, O~ahoma, and
Tex joined the SIU in 1944 and
these will be mounted on two
during this time has been active
beUcopters. They ·will · spray the
in quite a few SIU beefs. While - entire New Orleans area in oron the beach or in port on a
der to ge~ rid of the mesquitoes.
ship . Tex is always availaltle
A DDT solution will be used
when something comes . up, and
and they are to fly over New
is ready and able to uphold his
end of whatever he is c.alled on
Orleans for three days.
•
As everyone has seen from the
to do.
last issue of the LOG aP..d tJie
OKAYED MOVE
West Coast Sailor, the Brother.
h 00d 0 f M .
E ·
h
Tex says your IQ doesn't have
The Del Mai: had just returned
arme
ngineers as
to be 150 to know how he voted
·
on her' second ''Oyage tQ Recife, signed a contract w~th Isthmian
'
SS C
g th En
on the resolution for the conafter being in ·dry dock from -.
ompany, . co:ve:m
e
~·
gmeers on their slups
stitutional changes, that it was
the collision she had in Santos- .Th'
··
t
d
'th
one of the greatest steps forward
18
wifu a Moore-McCormack ship
~on ract w.as signe wi the SIU has made, and since
The passengers, 92 in all, were the sanction alltl support of the
TEX METTING
its inception it has made maw.
to be removed from the ship AFL Maritime trades· Departand sent on their way to Rio ment. It is up to all members to ed down as a bad security risk
Shipping fr.om all ports wh~
De ~ane1·ro, where they w.ould see· that this contract is not. only cannot work on any ships of Halls are. maintained, including
"''
· t am
· ed , b u t we are t o d o all over
100 gross tons, regar dl ess the .w est Coast, 'T ex has made
be - 13ent
on various sllips· and mrun
·
~
t
·b
1. ·th
BME
f
th
· .
the "Gateway to the Americ........~
lanes to complete their -\royage. m our power o,. ac,,. . e
. o
e t ra d- e th
. -ey are m
P
,
.
Jn order to do this, we must get
If caught, they can be sub- f;iis home port for the past two
MAY PA:~OFF
all members with Ei;igineer's li- ject to a $10,000.00 fine or 10 years.
'· -''
'l;'here js a possibility that censes to , get be.hind the B¥E years imprisonment. That makes
What gives for Tex South of
some of the crew may ,be paid and keep it .going, not;. only in it pretty damn expensi-ve for a the Equator he didn't say, but
off, if the" company ca_n ftnd a the ..companies they have under ..comJpie to work on the ships.
his stay on the Norte proves
way to. do so,~ in order they will contract ,buf -alse in other comVisiting the Hall during his there is something, as any r11D
not be · dQ:vvn there riding
pan.ies that tlle l'ME may en- stay while the D.el Notte was ,will pay notes on a car and OD
gravy train wi.t h no passengers· de\ivor to organize into the AFL. in New Orleans was Brother a snake ranch in T~as. What
on bQard and no work to do.
·All membeJ:s with liceJlSes Gottfried "Tex" Metting. Tex gives down South, Tex?
Not only are we catching }lell -should contact th.e .BME officials was -born in Yorktown, Texas,
Members in Marine Hospifttl:
· ~own here tram _the · weather, or any Sll.T of1icial, in order to and, as all . Texans, can hoia his R. Cruz;. E. E. Gross, W. 0. ·cara.
but we are a1Bo in for Qn added get the score oq what they can own during any bla-bla session C. Ray, D. D. Kelly, L. Lang_,
inconvenience, .a damn plague· af do to )lelp bt,lild a bigger . Bro- around the Hall.
K. Raana, R. J. P. Burke, J.
mosq'Qitoe~ .. .
'
tAerhood of Marine Engineers
He ' is 'seen around the Hall Ashurst, 0. Cele~tine, 0. R. M'it•
The weather here has · jusi. anq, ,in doing so, help .b uild a quite · regularly when the Del chell~ J. A. Teague, N. R. Grana. ·
·aboµt tb~oke~ all the fe~ord8 _in .big~er. .and ~h:Q~.ser .Seafarers In: N01:r~e is in. or whatever th~ ship W. T. Hardem~, T. Kiiski . anc!
the book for hot weather. 1~d.ay tep):atipnal Unl,on pf North Am- he is .on hl'• port. Tex's hne of S. McDonald.
:w.:as. the ·92nd consecutiv,e ®~ .of ' erica.
gab 'is sqita endless, and he .likes
Also, W. A : Perry, T. McLees,
90 .. plus temperatur~ and tb~ 81-st.· We received .a report that the to keep it' going· at all times, H. M. Ward, J. H. Smith, ,. J.
day this year that the mercw:y deadline for validated papers has batting the breeze with his for 7 Clayton, B. Fitte,_ C. E. Wall;ick, ..
·has reached 90 · or more.
~·
been extended another 30 days. mer shipmates.
L. R. Tickle, J. Mayrbat, T. E.
Yesterday the temperature set ·A lso rece.iveei a c0mmunication- Tex has been on the Del Norte' Lee, C. Shernian, J . R. Adams,
an' a'll-ti.1'4e hig~ ~r ..Augu~ 30th from · t}?-e Coast Guard, stating oyer ~ year, alld says he in.. T. Miehaleas, ·G. Howard an4
with a -98,6 reading. No~ the cthat anyone that has been turn- tends to stick &Found on the Gilbert Deuerish:
gravy train, but it ,.was a slight
saving · fo au · hands in the long
run, as the sJtlp was operated by
the Maritime Co:mn).ission and,
sooner or later, we wotild have
all had. to ante up a few more
taxes to' foot the bill . .So now the
Joyce ~lmer is laying alongside . the dock awaiting the· end
of the strike.
The Del Mar is aground in
Recife, Brazil. She ran aground
on her southbound voyage, Aug· _
ust 27, 1951, and is still there
stuck pret'ty fast.
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A familiar ship alo11-g the east coast is the SS Mae. Bull Line ship of the
.:.type. Here
two of her deck crewmen wash dow~ the decks· after a general dean up. Left is JK ellny "BeWlg.
OS, and on the right is Ed Carlson. Shot by R. Geilliig, who took 811 the pictures. on this page.
The Mae is one of 19 ships operated by Bull Line.
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BME WIDENS ITS CAMPAIGN
SIU MANPOWER AVAILABLE TO SUP IF A STRIKE BECOMES NECESSARY
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE TO HELP SET UP SANITATION COURSE IN SIU'S COOKS SCHOOL
OF VITAL IMPORTANCE
ALL MARITIME WATCHING TREATY
MOBILE BAY SEA FOOD UNION WINS STRIKE
BOSTON LONGSHOREMEN BACK BME
CITY WORKERS WIN DEMANDS IN GALVESTON
CALIFORNIA LABOR BACKS BME
THE DELIVERY OF THE MV FORTY FATHOM 42
CHANDU THE MAGICIAN SWAPS TRICKS FOR BERTH ON SIU-CONTRACTED SHIP
TWO SEAFARER-MANNED SHIPS RUN AGROUND
SS PUERTO RICO COMPLETES TWO YEARS' SERVICE TO ISLANDS
SEATTLE EXPECTS SHIPPING TO IMPROVE IN COMING WEEKS
BEST WEST COAST SHIPPING FOUND IN WILMINGTON
MOSQUITOES AND RATED MEN HIT LAKE CHARLES
SHIPPING IS HOT IN SAVANNAH
BALTIMORE HOLDS TO STEADY PACE
BME WILL GET SUPPORT OF ALL DISTRICTS OF THE SEAFARERS
COASTWISE ON THE SS MAE
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SUP To Get AUOnt SIU Aid
Sbite
The membership of the SIU Atlantic and Gulf
District in meietings in all Branches on Au^st 15,
voted unanimously to set up a fourpoint program
of allout financial, physical and moral support to
the Sailors Union of the Pacific should the opera
tors force the union to strike to gain its demands.*
Outstanding in the program is the allocating to
the SUP equal shipping rights on SIU vessels un
affected by a walkout.
Earlier the membership of the Sailors Union
Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf District, Seafarem lnfernationed Union of NA of the Pacific in a resounding demonstration of
No. 17 solid support had voted almost unanimously to call
NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY, AUGUST 24. 1951
VOL. XIII
ta strike if the demands of
the union are not met in
negotiations to replace the
contract which expires on
September 30.
Armed with the authority to
call a strike, the SUP negotiat
ing committee has served word
The SlUaffiliated Brotherhood from the GIO for following the the Alaska Fishing Industry in of Marine Engineers of being on the Pacific Maritime Associa
the Bering Sea 'area.
"a puppet of the SIU."
tion, the "West Goast organiza
of Marine Engineers this week commie line. .
The
complete
repudiation
of
tion of shipowners, that it is
Maritime
observers
see
behind
signed an agreement with Isth
Requests by MEBA men in the
mian Steamship Company cover Isthmian fleet to the BME for th^ MEBA leadership and their this baseless charge the fact that seeking enlarged manning scales,
ing the 250 regular and relief true unioh representation and questionable labor policies is the MEBA is envious of the a change in the overtime struc
Engineers employed on the com a democratic setup, coupled with evidenced by the fact that the solid, allout support given to ture, an increase in wages and
pany's 37 ships.
a recommendation by the AFL Isthmian ships are moving—with the Brotherhood of Marine En a 40hour week. The SUP also
gineers by the Seafarers Inter seeks "substantial gains" in the
The announcement was made Maritime Trades Department the Engineers aboard.
national Union and the power Pension and Welfare Plans and
by BME SecretaryTreasurer that the BME stepup its or
SEEK COVERUP
asks an industrywide Vacation
protem Charles King, who hail ganizing activity where its rep
Of the 134 Engineers aboard ful AFL Maritime Trades De Plan.
'f
ed the new agreement as "open resentation is needed, brought Isthmian vessels that have come partment.
ing a new era for the Isthmian the Brotherhood of Marine En into US ports to load or imload The MEBA, on the other hand,
'TULL AID"
Engineers who have''been be gineers into the picture.
cargo, only six Engineers were finds itself totally without sup Immediate support of the
. wildered and disgusted^ over the Simultaneously, the AFL Mari reported to have followed the port within even the CIO, and SUP's demands came from the
MEBA . leadership's ""arbitrary
time Trades Department said it MEBA line and left the ships. has found its only backing from SIUs Atlantic and Gulf District,
strike call in the Isthmian fleet."" was unable to support the Aware now of the conse Bridges' nonaffiliated longshore where SecretaryTreasurer Paid
The contract" gives the Engin MEBA "strike" against Isth quences of their arbitrary and men's union—an alliance that Hall announced the District's.
eers. the highest pay in the mian, in view of the fact that undemocratic, action, the leader has created considerable suspi "full support of the SUP's con
industry.
the GIO Engineers had only re ship of the MEBA has been cast cion as to motives, particularly tractual demands." The A&G's
: The agreement signed itf sub cently violated picketlines of ing about for a coverup, and since Lee Pressman, onetime support came after its members
feet to ratification by the En the SlUaffiliate cannery work appears to have settled on the legal darling of the communist in the last regular biweekly
meetings in all Branches voted
gineers in the Isthmian fleet, a ers during their strike against idea of accusing the Brotherhood
(Continued on Page 3)
unanimously to adopt a four
j)rovisi.on neyer rincluded in con
point platform of support, call
.tracts signed)by the leaders pi
ing "ior:
,jhe;'MEBA.
1. One hundred percent sup
..'Moreover, . the . BME agree
port
of the SUP financially, mor
ment contains a unique provir "When the SIU opens the doors contracted, companies supplied Among the facilities are ovens
ally
and
physically;
.gion giving the union the right to its Unionconducted Gooks material to the study made.
capable of turning out 100 large
2. Allocation to the SUP equal
to reopen the. contract to discuss and Bakers School in the new Also incorporated in the pro loaves of bread an hour, a com
wages or any working condition Headquarters building, the Sea gram is data supplied by the plete steam table, grills, deep shipping rights on those SIU
at any time.
farer students will embark on a various vocational schools in fryers, ranges, mixers, meat cut vessels which will not be affect
The contract provides for an curriculum embracing all the New York City offering coiurses ting apparatus and a wallrin ed by the strike;
immediate 3.62 percent wage in most uptodate methods of gal in food preparation.
box with capacity equal to that 3. Work with all affiliates of
crease and other monetary gains ley and bakery operation in use One of the subjects to be aboard the average Liberty ship. the Maritime Trades Department
and aUout support, not only to
^and improvements in working today.
taught, which evolved from the Supplementing the instruction
the
SUP, but to any other AFL
"TOnditions.
The program to be followed in study, will be a simple method in the classrooms will be a series
affiliates
which may be hit at
" Indicative of the improvements the new school is rapidly near of bookkeeping to be used by of lectures on all phases of bak
the
same
time by this or any
secured for the Engineers are ing its final form, as a result of Ghief Stewards.
ing, meat cutting, preparing, other beef;
:the provisions upping the Night extensive studies being over
The school itself will offer the cooking, serving of food and
Relief Engfneer rate from $2.03 seen by Frenchy Michelet, chair students the use of the latest keeping of proper records. Lec 4. Notification to all interested
3)er, hour to $2.23. per hour.
man of the committee of stew and most modem galley, bakery, tures will be given by experts parties in the maritime industry
.' In addition, the Engineers are ards department men selected to butcher shop and , cafeteria fa from the various unions in the of the A&G's position in this
matter.
."guaranteed • penalty pay for 16 formulate plans for the school. cilities as a workshop.
culinary field.
Along with the A&G's pledge
%pes' of cargoes. "Under standard The facilities are being set up
of
support to its fellow affiliate,
iMEBA contracts, only one cargo, by the SIU prinqipally to serve
the
SUP is assured of complete
^sulphur, Js considered a penalty as an upgrading school for men
support
from the AFL Maritime
of the stewards department, to
'cargo,
Trades
Dep^tment.
/ The emergence of the Brother give them the opportunity to
The SUP is one of the MTD
bood of Marine Engineers as the qualify for higher ratings and
unions
which early this month
^representative body for the En commensurate higher pay.
signed a mutual aid ifect, guar
HIGH STANDARDS
;gineefs in the company came as
anteeing all affiliated unions
a result of the MEBA tactics in Likewise, the school will teach
complete support when contracts
the Isthmian fleet, whereby the the men the high standards of
expire on September 30.
'GIO Engineers union failed lo galley operation and food prepa
Member unions signing the
• submit the issue of a strike to ration rhaintained on SlUcon
pact were the International Long
the membership before throw tracted ships, and will aim to
shoremen's Association, Radio
ing up picketlines, and brought ward evolving more efficient ope
Officers Union, Masters, Mates
Brown the wrath of the Engin rations.
and Pilots, United Marine Divi
"eers involved.
Incorporated into the program
sion (ILA), Brotherhood of Ma
^ ; " Almost to a man the Engineers will be data from the store
rine Engineers as well as the At
"refused to accept the strike call, books and other stewards de
lantic and Gulf District and the
land stayed on the ships.
partment literature distributed
Sailors Union of the Pacific.
by
the
various
steamship
com
Action by the SUP toward a
. .The socalled strikje won no
new contract began on August
support from other unions in the panies to their ships, as well as
6th, when crews of SUP ships
maritime industry, with the ex material supplied by the AFL
Frenchy Michelet, chaixtnan of me committee charged quit work and met in branches
ception of Harry Bridges' com unions in the food preparation
jnunistcontfolled West Goast field: butchers/bakers, hotel and with planning the new SIU Cooks and Bakers SchooL is on all coasts to discuss proposals
longshore outfit, which, has been restaurant employees and culiii sho^ correlating data received from vaziduf< sources, which drafted by theUnion's negotiat
eounes of sfudy.
ing committee.
since it ousteriary workers. Each of t^iei' SltT^ vdU h* used to set up
BME Signs Isthmian To Contract,
Gets Best Conditions in industry
Stewards Dep't School Will Cook With Gas
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TBE S E AF AR E R S LO G
Friday. Auguit 24, 1951
SEAFARERS LOG
Published Every Other Wvek by the
SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Atlantic and Gulf District
Affiliated «rith the American Federation of Labor
At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y;
HAnover 22784
Reentered as second class matter August 2, 1949, at the Post
Office in New York, N.Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912.
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Let's Clean House
No one knows better than union men the feeling o
being tossed in jail on a phony rap. The history of union
ism in America has had many such incidents, which have
helped make unionists staunch supporters of civil rights
and justice."
The recent roundup of leading communists on
Smith Act charges and the conviction of 11 party brain
trusters have been criticized by some as being a blow
to the rights of Americans, and one that could foreshadow
a crackdown on labor unions.
The fuzziness of this thinking is clear, for these
people are not up on phony raps. There is a law which
makes their practices a crime, and putting them in jail
is no different from imprisoning dope peddlers.
The communists have screamed that they are being
persecuted, yet indicative of the communists' feeling for
law is the fact that eight of the communists picked up
are now fugitives. They have shown that communists will
use the law when it favors them, but will abandon and
disobey it when it goes counter to their wishes.
Ah incident that demonstrates the complete disregard
communists have for their homeland, and their unflinching
allegiance to Russia, was shown recently when in Kaesong,
where the Korean truce talks are taking place, a British Congress—^led by its coalition 24June 24, 1950. period—^just be Government has to allow thedk
communist, reporter foi^ the London Daily Worker, came of reactiohary Republicans and' fore thd Korian war began. This to subtract the expense frpm
Jixiecrats—has kicked the Am means prices Will psnranud all their taxes over a period of 5
from behind the communist lines and was .interviewed by erican people in the teeth again. dtitvh the line lihtil it reaches years instead of 20. This is call
UN newsmen. When asked how he felt when he saw At the same time it has given the ccmsumer. That means you. ed "accelerated amortization.** '
something to remem Suppose a wholesaler's cost So while taxes are high for you^
British prisoners of War being brought in wounded and consumers
ber when Election Day rells on an article is $10 and he sold they are low for Big Business.
ill, he remarked: "We don't allow for emotion."
around, November 4, 1952: High it befoi'e Korea for $11. That • It says nothing about poor
prices for food, clothing and means he made a profit of 10
Communists, unmoved by the suffering and death of shelter and guaranteed profits for percent. Now suppose his cost quality of goods being edd fo^
increases by $5. Under the new the same price that good quality
their countrymen in a struggle that could mean the end Big Business.
law he will not add just $5 to his used to be sold for. So a pool;
of western civilization, are traitors and rate no sympathy Here's what the Act does:
selling, price of $11—to make the quality shirt, for instance, caht
# It prohibits rollbacks in prices price $16. He will add his pre sell for the same price that k
tor defense.
of farm and factory goods — Kprean profit margin of 10 per good quality shirt sold for be*
Labor realized the danger of the communists long meaning nearly everything you cent to his new cost of $15. That fore Korea.
before the present government probes and trials. Labor buy. The prohibition on roll means he will add 10 percent— • It prolubils the Presidmd
backs means higher prices be or $1.50—to his new cost of $15. from acquiring or building de><
saw the menace they constituted to the free trade union cause producers who have play Thus the selling price will be fense plants even though private
ed fair With consumers and held $16.50 mstead of $16. And the Industry refuses to build them.
toiovement and set about cleaning its house.
down prices must now be al retailer will handle his mcreased This means that Congress is
Today on the waterfront only one outpost remains, owed to catch up with the profi costs the same way.
willing for the President to draBi
• fhat being Harry Bridges' west coast longshoremen's or teers.
•if
allows rents to be increas boys but not property.
ganization. Bridges has been cut from the CIO for follow • It permits busiziesamen fo ed 20 peteent above 1947 levels. • It exempts from all controli ^
add practically all their costs to Rents in state or local meas that
ing'the red line and is in disfavor throughout the country, the prices of the articles they have their own laws must .go up lawyers,'doctors, newspapers, ad
vertising,.gas transportation, tele. ~
except by one union, the Marine Engineers Beneficial sell. Previously, the Office of faster than the national average phones and other businesses and
Associatten. The MEBA,despite still being in the CIO, Price Stabilization^OPS) had al before Federal controls could ap services which make up , abong
lowed them to include in their ply to them. And Ideal govern
jhas shown its complete disregard for that group's anti prices only costs of material and ments can take controls off cri 15 percent of the average family^!
budget. A 10 percent increase iB
communist policies by workifig with Bridges and using labor. Now a manufacturer can tical defense areas after one the cost of those items is. equal
double or triple his expenses for month.
to a loss of 2 cents an hour ih
in its operations a lawyer who was fired by the CIO for advertising, say, and raise his
• It makes no provision for the pay of the average factorjr
communist activities. A former member of the CP, the price to cover those expenses. defense housing. This means that worker.
MEBA's attorney has strangely maintained contact—or But no allowance is made for thousands of servicemen and de
It gives food gamblets g
cost decreases.
fense
workers
and
their
families
green
light. The Government is
ice^tablished it—with Bridges, something no other genuine
• it knocks out slaughter quo will have to live. in huts and unable to make speculators iii
trade unionist has done. Unionists, once burned, have tas on livestock. The ban means hovels in mushrooming defense commodity exchanges put dowB
learned that you do not work with the commies. Their OPS will not be able to channel areas. At lease 50,000 moderate more than 7 percent when they
available cattle to regi^ered rental units irt Govemment'fin
end is not trade unionism, but furthering of the CP slaughter houses.. This in tium anced housmg are needed im buy wheat, cotton, soybeans, but
ter or other commodities for re
means black market slaughterers mediately.
dtog^, as any "former commie member" can testify.
sale. This means that while ii
can grab all the meat they can • it provides for, mdi^e fax workingman has to pay onB
i "Toleration of the communists and those in league get. •
•
ha^buts to Big Busineis In third down for a car, a gambl«9!
• With them in the covint^yi €fv oh th® nation's waterfront,
permil's whol&^ers and builditig or .^pan^zg piahtx. To in the New Orleans'cotton maxu
is to play irith disaster. To ddfend r^m is suicide. The retailers to got fhe simd margin get Big Businefssihen to contri ket has to put only one foutW
communists are clearly arsonists in deb^racy's hbUs iC.,
of profit as fhey got in ifits May bute to defsnst;, production, the tecnfh dowTi for 3 bale of cotiofi*
Congress Passes HighProfit Biii
It
�Friday, Auguit 24, 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Refugees From The Advancing Communist
mmmM;
Page ThrM
Tampa Central Labor Body
Backs Pittman For Mayor
By RAY WHITE
TAMPA, August 18—The Cen successful fight to increase un
tral Trades and Labor Assembly employment insurance benefits
of this city has officially en for those in seasonal occupa
dorsed the candidacy of State tions; he fought to extend the
Representative Clair Pittman for protection given workers under
mayor of Tampa.
the Workmen's Compensation
The action was taken at a spe Act; he opposed the move to put
cially called meeting on August a sales tax on the necessities of
14, to which all affiliated unions life; and was a leader in the
were urged to send delegates. fight for an improved City Civil
As a result, this' was the best Service Bill that was passed by
attended meeting in many both Houses, although subse
months.
quently vetoed by th® Gover
Pittman, who was endorsed be nor.
cause his legislative record Since the delegates at the
"proved him to be consistently meeting represented more than
fighting for the welfare of the 20,000 AFL members, it would
common man," is opposed by the seem that Pittman has better
incumbent, antilabor Mayor than a fair chance on election
day, September 4.
Hixon and Floyd Golden.
As you can see, this campaign
NO BACKING
is the big thing in Tampa, and
About Golden, the CTLA said everything else is kind of pushed
it could find nothing in his rec into the background. But the
ord to recommend him for the Seafarers are still in business
job.
here. Shipping is still good, in
About Hixon, however, the a steady, unspectacular sort of
CTLA had plenty to say.
way, and beefs there are none,
Some oi the 11,000 North Korean refugees who jammed every bit of space on the SS Mada
"The memory is still fresh in
ket when Hungnanv Korea, was evacuated las^ winer are shown on the vessel's deck. The our minds," the CTLA state which makes us very happy.
SIU<manned C2 removed the refugees under nivy gunfire while the communists threatened the ment said, "of his failure to do
outskirts of the city. Story on page 8.
anything about this city's de
plorable bus service; his failure
to correct conditions that have
existed at Municipal Hospital,
and the failure of the Police De
partment to clean up gambling
and vice that have tended to
corrupt the morals of this com
By LINDSEY WILLIAMS
as payoff ships are concerned, crew wages, subsistence and munity.
but from all indications we will lodging when the crew doesn't "Furthermore, we are unable
NEW ORLEANS, August 16— have the intransit ships and have to lift a finger and do any to forget the armed intervention
The affairs of the port are in they are a definite help to the work whatsoever.
of City police in behalf of man
very good shape with no beefs shipping situation.
agement in several labor dis
pending. Since the last report Practically aU intransit ships All hands are again warned putes."
there have been no major beefs hitting here took, replacements and advised to get their new It's that last part that makes
in the port and very few minor to help add to the number of validated papers. The deadline it personal for us.. Seafarers, for
of September 1st is drawing
ones.
men shipped.
very close, and after that date it was Hixon and his cops that
Only the routine overtime,
no one can ship without these broke our picketlines here dur
LIST OF SHIPS
Rodc7 Benson, onetime LOG
food and repair beefs came up,
new papers, unless the deadline ing the 1946 General Strike, to
with all of them settled to the Since the last report we had is extended again.
make Tampa the only port in contributor, is enhancing the
satisfaction of the parties in the following ships'paying off: Shipping is very good, so don't the country that was not shut Tampa beach in a pair of pants
the Alcoa Puritan; Del Aires,
he got from an Indian in the
down tight.
volved.
Del
Valle and Del Mar (Missis get caught short on the beach Pittman, on the other hand, Canal Zone. Rocky says the
There have been no beefs
without validated papers in
among the membership since the sippi); De Soto (Waterman); Car hopes that the September 1st has an excellent record as far beer and night life in Christo
last report, and all is very quiet rabulle (Cuba Distilling); Wil deadline will be extended. The as the ordinary guy is concerned. bal are the same as ever. Go
as far as gashounds are con liam Carruth (Dry Trans), and chances are that it will not be Among other things, he led the ing back. Rocky?
the Ocean C (Ocean Trans).
cerned.
Signing on were the Alcoa extended any further, as this
Shipping has been very good Puritan; James B. Duke, Del date* is itself a 30day extension.
these last few weeks, with 274 Oro and Del Mar (Mississippi); At last night's regular meet
members registering and 330 Carrabu'lle (Cuba Distilling); ing there were two committee
shipping on regular jobs.
William Carruth (Dry Trans), reports read concerning Brothers
The outlook for the coming and the Ocean C (Ocean Trans). that had got gassed up and miss
two weeks is not too hot as far Intransit callers included the ed watches while on foreign ar
of Marine Engineers and have
(Continued from Page 1)
following Alcoa ships, the Pe ticles and the ship was in port
been covered by an BME con
over
the
week
end.
party,
is
playing
a
key
role
in
gasus, Clipper, Roamer, Corsair
tract
ever since.
As
a
warning
to
the
Brothers
development
of
MEBA
strategy.
and Ranger; the Seatrain New
In
a
vain effort to win sup
that
like
to
gas
up
while
they
The
Isthmian
situation
recalls
Jersey and Seatrain Texas; Steel
port
of
the National Maritime
are
supposed
to
be
working,
the MEBA's callous indifference
Scientist, Steel Maker and Steel
Union,
which
has a contract
they
should
remember
the
rec
to the welfare of its member
Fabricator (Isthmian); Monarch
with
Isbrandtsen
for the unli
ommendations
of
the
committees.
ship
aboard
the Isbrandtsen
ships
of the Seas, Fairland, Chickasaw,
censed
seamen,
the
MEBA re
The
memberslnp
has
realized
almost
two
years
ago,
as
a
re
Tlie Finnish Federation of La Failhope, Stonewall Jackson,
sorted
to
low
tactics,
including
that
we
have
contracts
to
prg
sult
of .which
MEBA
men
in
that
bor withdrew from the commu Morning Light and Gateway City
issuing
of
leaflets
calling
the
fleet flocked
*to
the
Brotherhood
(Continued on Page 4)
nist World Federation of Trade (Waterman); Catahoula (Cuba
NMU
"scabs, finks"
and
similar
Unions and voted affiliation to Distilling); Tuskegee Victory
smears.
the International Confederation (Orion); Polaris Sailor (Dry
The NMU recognized the Bro
of Free Trade Unions.
Trans), and Julesburg (Mathiason
therhood of Marine Engineers as
Finnish leaders, some of whom Tankers).
. Page 5 a bonafide labor organization,
were guests of the AFL on a The SS Joyce Kilmer of the Here's What I Think
visit t(j»^ Washington last year, Mississippi Shipping Company is Report of Seafarers Welfare Plan
. Page 7 and the unlicensed men of the
NMU ignored the phony picket
dealt the Redled WFTU one of still here in port, tied up be
. Page 8 lines of the MEBA.
News
from
the
Ships
its worst blows in formally cause of the Todd Drydock
In answering the MEBA's cam
'Minutes of Shipboard Meetings ;
— . Page 9
withdrawing.
strike.
paign
of slander against the
; The WFTU and Russia's so
Page 10
The crew is still on board the Letters from th^ Membership
NMU,
and
the foulup of the
called trade union movement ship, as they are on foreign ar
Page
13
16
More
Get
CS "Unfair*
Money
Isbrandtsen
Engineers, Curran
sent its top officials as observers ticles, and are enjoying their stay
said:
"A
trade
union (MEBA)
to the Finnish meeting.
Page 15
in port. The ship is shut down Maritime Roundup
that
declared
itself
to be 68 or
Irving Brown, AFL represen completely and they are eating
Page IS 70 years old . . . should cer
What
Is
The
MTD
—
tative in Europe, and J. H. Old and living ashoye. »
tainly have a better method of
enbroek, general secretary of the
Reports From Branch Agents:
operation than they presently
DOCK VOYAGE
ICFTU, represented the free
Page 6 have down here."
Boston
Page 4 Lake Charles ..
,
.world trade imions.
T^e ship has been ,on articles
Page 6
Page 4 Savannah
The signing of the BME con
Britain, Norway, Sweden and since July 23rd, so it looks as Philadelphia
Page 6 tract with Isthmian brings to
...»
Page 4 Wilmington ....
Denmark also sent noncommu though the company wiU pay Seattle
Page 7 over 70 the number of ships
Page 5 Mobile
nist' trade unionists as observers the crew off after the month is Baltimore
and. demonstration of support up, as we are certain they don't Galveston
Page 13 covered by the AFL Engineers
Page 5 San Francisco
likr the idea of paying a full
from the &ee world.
In For A Visit
Shipping Is Much Too Good To Overlook
Getting Your Validated Papers, Says NO
Isthmian Contract Provides
Top Conditions For BME Men
Finnish Labor
Quits Commies/
Joins ICFTU
IN THIS ISSUE
y
�THE SEAFARERS LOO
' Page Four
Shipping Is Much Too Good To Overlook
Getting Your Validated Papers, Says NO
Fi^day. Aiigukl 24;i99i
Shipping Fine
In Port
By JIMMY SHEEHAN
L. Lang, K. Raana, O. Celestine,
{Continued from Page^ 3)
BOSTON^ August 15 — Ship
L. T. Link, R. J. Burke, T. Ter
tect and greater gains t(^ make
Overtime
checks
for
the
fol
rington,.C.
Dalhgren,
J.
E.
Mil
ping has been good in this port
in the future. These gains can
ler, J. A. Teague, S. McDonald, lowing men from Cities Service the past two weeks, what with
not be made when a few mem
T. Kiiski, T. McLees, M. D. are being held at SIU Head
bers that don't give a damn foul
Hibbs,
H. F. Henry, N. R. Grana, quarters, 51 Beaver Street,N by 63 inen dispatched to jobs. Pay
up.
ing off here during that time
W. T. Hardeman, C. E. Wallick,
It must be remembered that
Frenchy
Ruf:
were the Government Camp and
B. Fitte, W. K. Sutherlin, L. R.
every time there is a foul up
Tickle, J. Mayrbat, T. E. Lee Alt, Donald .98; Averitt 1.47; Abiqua (Cities Service), Ocean
on a ship the company definitely
and J. R. Adams.
Benenate, Nathan 3.93; Boven, star • (Dolphin), Wanda (Epip
keeps track of the beef and will
With the coming in of the Louis W. 1.96; Bossert, Ernest .98;
bring it up when it comes time
SS, Del Mar we saw quite a few Brace, Clarence 1.96; Bradbury, hany) and the Michael (Carras).
to negotiate a new contract for
oldtimers among them — Louie Ivan 4.34; Brennqn, Thomas W. There were a few minor bee&
better and greater gains.
Bourdonnay,
Robert CaUahan 1.96; Brown, George .98; Byer, on the Oceanstar and Micha^
Anytime you feel the urge to
Polly
Arena,
Douglas
Craddock, Heiiry Jr. 1.96; Capuzzis, John but they were settled aboard
gas up then get off the ship and
Leo
Crawford,
Harry
Wolowitz, .98; Carrans, A. .98; Carraway, ship in the crew's favor. The
stay away from the Hall. Get
Calvin
Medley,
Gus Brosig,
Duke William 3.93; Carraway, William Government C^p, which, had
as gassed as much as you want
Hall,
TuUy
Robertson,
Charlie
2.48,~ Case, Alfred 5.62; Condon, taken on a few acting ABs and
to, but mixing liquor and Un
Breaux, Joe Vaccaro and George Thomas P. 3.87; Crane, Harold "bilers in Lake Charles, wanted
ion affairs and your job just
McFaU.
13.26; Crosby, Edward 13.76; Cru to dump them at this end fpr
don't work and the membership
At present on the beach here ser, William 1.96; De Felice, Ed fullfledged men, but we made
LOUIS O'LEARY
doesn't like it one damn bit.
in New Orleans is Brother Louis ward A. Relay Check; Di Pie them hold on to those men.
They definitely want to see more
gains made for the SIU, and Brothers who got killed during O'Leary who recently came in on trohtonic, John 2.48; Demarets,
SAW CREW
the SS St. Johns Victory bf the David .98; Eikenberry, Albert .98;
they want to go forward and a fire and boat drill.
We went aboard the Sted
not backwards.
While hoisting nurhberthree newly acquired Bloomfield SS Ells, Leonard .98; Farrell, Ed
Co.
Rover
and gave the crew the
ward
.98;
Fitzsimmons,
P.
.98;
lifeboat,
the
boat
falls
broke
due
MTD THANKED
Bloomfield is one of the best Toley, Joseph .92; Fvmk, Richard lowdown on the current MEBA
to
the
limit
switch
failing
to
At the last regular meeting,
work. Both bodies were re companies under the SIU ban IJ2.56; Gray, Cecil 6.48; Griffin, beef with Isthmian. The men
Headquarters report to the mem
ner, says Louie. The trip on the Timothy 1.24; Guiden, J. 22.22; were instructed to remain on the
bership was read and was ac covered, and from the last re St. Johns .Victory was one of Guitran, Wilfred .98; Hartman, J. ship, if the Engineers pull any
cepted and concurred in unani port they were being brought the best he had made on any 6.16; Hanninge?, R. J. 1.24; walkpff, and not to take any
mously, with a xote of thanks back to the United States by the SIU ship, with a swell crew and Jacobs, R. F. 4.91; Jomides, Peter kind of action without consulting
Del Norte.
extended to all of the affiliated
a swell bunch of officers. She .98; Kronberys, Paul .98; Law the nearest SIU Port Agent.
members of the Maritime Trades Brother Audley Chisholm was was a good scow, and a good less, W. F. .98; Leston, Juan 3.93;
Although we didn't have
Department of the AFL. New an OS on the ship from New feeder.
Levak, John .98; Luhrs, Herman enough members around on
Orleans.
Brother
Charles
Buser,
Business from the various ports
6.04; Lupton, Joseph C. 6.04; meeting night to form a quorum,
VOLUNTEERS
was read and accepted. The Jr., was an AB on the ship, anc
was
from
Texas.
Both
were
well
Brother Louis O'Leary, better Macauley, James 12.77; Macpl the following oldtimers were in
Quarterly Finance Committee's
known
members
in
this
area
known as "Legs" O'Leary by the atis, A. 7.52; McCann, T. Q49; for a brief time: George Mur
report was read and concurred
and
will
be
missed
by
their
oldtimers, is one of our memr Magash, Nicholas 2.48; Mahash, phy, A. Pinchook, Mike Dalello,
in unanimously. Headquarters
many friends, as they were both bers who is always ready and Nicholas 7. 52; Mahash, Nicholas Don Averall, Joe Preshong, Joe
Tallying Committee's report on
swell shipmates.
willing to volimteer his service 3.73; Mclntyre, W. 5.94; Mat Germaino and Roy Johnson.
the constitutional changes was
Also
reported
as
passing
away
whenever and wherever the oc thews, Charles .98; Nichael, Rob
read and concurred in unani
ert 1.90; Mayhew, Orville 62.56; Also G. Stabelle, Chuck Con
since
the
last
report
was
Bro
casion might arise.
mously.
Mays, Percy .92; Mays, Robert L. nors, George Morley, WUl Will
We had a report from the SS ther "Pee Wee" Warren. Brother O'Leary says that the Welfare 27.50; Molineaux 6.04; Moore, ridge, H. Ryan, Ed Amerault,
Del Norte telling of two of our Warren was on a vacation in Plan is one achievement of the Julins .98; Munden, John C. .98; Harry SmaUwood, Eddie Mis
Georgia and broke his neck while
SIU he is prcudjaf, and holding Meyers, Darwin 1.85; Nye, Dow losky, I. Jomides and John (Red),
diving into low water.
Pee Wee was a swell ship book number 12 shows that Bro 1.24; Parks, Williard 4.34; Par Obrien.
mate and did practically all of ther O'Leary has been around sons, Frank 13.76; Parsons, Frank
HELP EM OUT '
4.34; Peragallo, Joe 7.41; Permay,
his shipping out of Florida ports for quite some time.
and New Orleans, as he was a Brother O'Leary has taken ac Jose .98; Peterson, Albert 1.24; Talking about oldtimers, who
By JEFF MORRISON
good passenger ship man. He, tive parts in all SIU beefs and Preston, James .92; Ray, James know (or should know) what it
is to work on a Union ship xm
strikes flom the original Isth
SEATTLE, August 15—Unlike too, will be missed by his many mian Beef in 1939 and the Bonus 5.56; Re, Manuel 1.24; Reynolds, der a Union contract, we are
Delvin 4.96; Reynolds, Delvin
the rest of the United States, shipmates.
Beef before the last war. O'Leary 2.48; Richardson, Hans .98; Rob after the work permits to get
In
the
New
Orleans
Marine
we're not moaning about the
them to read our Union litera
was also active in the SIU anti
weather. Cool breezes, balmy Hospital are the following Bro commie beefs, and has been out ichanz, Orvis A. 27.50; Romano, ture, especially those pamphlets
days and an absence of sweaty thers: R. Cruz, E. E. Gros^ W. spoken in his praise for the James 14.74; San Fillippo, Joseph which deal with shipboard ac
brows make this town an ideal O, Cara, C. Ray, D. D. Kelly, membership's recent action on 1.97; Savdie, Francoie .98; Spen tivities. What they can't get out
cer, Edmund 4.67; Staniechi, J.
spot in which to spend the sum
the constitutional amendmeats. 6.04; Staples, H. .98; Stodolski, of these booklets, they can get
mer.
Like most members that make Joseph 1.24; Stubbe, Walter 1.47; from the Brothers who have
However, there aren't many
their homes here in New Or Syarythi, Edward 2.95; Tablas, been around longer than they.
SIU men summering here —
leans, the cultural center of the Jose .92; Tallaksen, Roy E. 1.24; I represented the Boston Sea
they're shipping out almost as
nation, O'Leary is looking for Thibodeaux, Clarence 13.26; Tre farers at (he funeral of the son
fast as they arrive in here.
In the past two weeks we The former chief law officer ward to the day when oiu: New asway, W. E. .98; Tyler, C. 6.94; of Danny Donovan, international
paid off the Seawind (Seatrad of the New York Regional Na Orleans Hall will be air condi Velente, Arnold 6.04; Vante, executive board member of the
tioned, as it is hot as hell down Adolph 1.24; Walker, Thomas AFL longshoremen, and convey
ers) and Purplestar (Traders).
tional Labor Relations Board, here,
ed our deepest s^pathy.
1.17; Williams, Hi^h 9.92.,
Intransit we took care of the which handled the SJU's long |
Bienville (Waterman), Sea Comet drawn case against the Cities
(Colonial) and the Calmar and Service Oil Company, has as
Portmar (Calmar).
sumed new duties in Washing
BEEFS CLEARED
ton with the Wage Stabilization
The Seawind had paid off be Board.
One fellow who isn't letting
By STEVE CABIMILLO
fore I arrived, and the Purple
Miss Helen Humphrey, who
this Philadelphia heat bother
star was clean on overtime^ beefs, earned widespread respect for PHILADELPHIA, August 16—
him is Mike Michalik, who came
though a few repairs had to be her legal competence from labor, The past two weeks have been
ashore this week from the Win
squared away.
government and management slow, with us handling but four
ter Hill, where he has been do
We can use ABs, Firemen and circles during her 12 years of signons and payoffs, which were
ing a mighty good job of cook
Oilers to fill expected vacancies service with the NLRB, has be the Winter Hill (Cities Service),
ing for the past nine months.
©n the ships due to payoff here come head of the WSB's Na Joseph Pulitzer (South Atlantic)
He has come ashore to ;do some
during the, coming two weeks. tional Enforcement Commission. and the Eveljm and Caroljm
shoreside
cooking, and he's go
If the blurb on the weather During her years with the (Bull).
ing
to
be
sorely missed by the
makes any men with these rat NLRB she served as Chief Law We were more than able to
crew
and
officers
on the ship.
ing want to hike up this way, Officer in Philadelphia, St. Louis call a meeting, inasmuch as we
Mike is no newcomer. He has
come op ahead, but with ship and New York NLRB offices and had 75 men present when the
belonged to various waterfront
ping the way it is don't expfect was active in thousands of labor gavel dropped. The meeting ap
imions since going to sea. In
proved the minutes of the
to stay long.
management disputes.
his opinion the SIU is the best
Needless to say, we did not Early this year Miss Hum Branches, Headquarters report,
in contracts and policy. ^ Mike
bave sufficient bookmembers phrey went to the WSB as chief SecretaryTreasimer's financial
says onjy the SIU could have
around to call a meeting, and of the Litigation Section of the reports and the Tallying pom
stuck
with Cities Service and
the future looks like we'll be Legal Division, and for the past mittee's report.
landed a
contract.
facing a nearempty Hall next two months has been acting As
Other than this the local firOnt
VlCednesday.
sociate General Counsel of the is quiet, though not codL Some
Among those on the beach for
MIKE MiCHALiK
Meanwhile on the beach here ESA Division.
fellows have been inquiring
the time being are BooBoe
are the following oldtimers: W. A native of Detroit, Miss about available ships running to fpr a Persian Gulf run, feelisji Sampson, the Bosun, RalphDi»
D. Cunningham, B. B. Vicher Humpluey was in private prac the Arctic, but,, unfortunately, that they could probably find Papla, Henry McCullough, who
man, F. England, E. T. Q^tS tice before joining the NLRB nothing is running that way now. tihe weather a* bit cooler over has come ©ff foe famous SS Bull?
in 1939.
^
and J. P. Stanford.
Some of the fellows will settle there;'
finch,' and" Gene Nowokunski.
Seattle Cool, Serene,
Has Good Sbippiog
Former NLRB
Official Goes
To WSB Post
Phtlly Gafhers Enough Men For Branch Meeting
• • 1 r; •
�• WWM
Fdday, August .24, 1951
m
Page Fire
THE SEAFARERS LOG
t
QUESTION: WThat is your favorite run, and why?
F. AGOSTO. Ch. Cookt
F. DEVLIN, Ch. Elect.;
I'm not a bit fussy where I
I prefer the runs to tbe Far
East. Those trips are usually ' go or what I ride on, as long
long arid give a fellow a as it is an SIU ship. Others
cbance to get settled orii a ship I've ridden on recently aren't
and build up a nice nest egg. for me. My last trip was to
Ireltmd, which is a nice coun
Those short trips are over be
fore a fellow gets to know his try. Dublin was one of the
' shipmates. In the Far East I best ports I've been in during
like Djakarta, or Batavia as It my seagoing years, and it's
was once known. Their prices not because I'm Irish that I
are reasonable and a fellow say that. Overall, however, re
gardless of whether the trip
can enjoy himself without dig
ging too deep into his bankroll. is long or short, the country
I'm waiting for a long run hot or cold, it doesn't matter
now, but I'll settle for some to me. I get the same pay for
thing less if a Far Eastern Job doing my work no matter
where the ship goes.
isn't available.
JIM GOLDEa BR:
JOHN BLUITT, Dk. Maint.:
A. FASE, Bosun:
Taking the good with the
bad, I prefer the Robin Line
run to South Africa. There
in Capetown and Durban I
really enjoy myself, but up
the East African coast I stay
on the ship. Those ports aren't
for me. In Capetown, however,
the people, that includes the
women, are very nice and con
genial. The prices, too, in these
cities are easy to take. One
feature that I like is that the
trip gives a fellow 18 days to
recupereile from New York go
ing down and 18 days to rest
up from Capetown on the re
turn trip.
I. like the Robin Line run
to South Africa. Capetown is
a nice city and the people
down there seem to be very
friendly to American seamen,
more so than the people in
other ports I've visited. A big
advantage to taking a Robin
Line ship is that it is a way
to beat out the winter. The
threemonth trip cuts all the
cold weather out of a year,
and makes all year a summer.
I make at least one trip a year
down there and have made the
winter run a couple of times.
There's a Robin ship on the
board now that I'm hoping
to get.
My preference is for the
North European run serviced
6y Waterman ships. I come
from Holland and my imme
diate family lives there. As a
result I have a home at either
end of the trip, which makes
the run a short one for me.
Not only do I enjoy Holland,
but I also have, friends in
Belgium and Germany, so
every port is of interest to
me. If I can't get a ship to
this range, I'm not fussy
where else I go as long as
there is a ship under me. May
be 111 be lucky and hit one
to Europe this time.
Baltimore Shipping Takes A Dip
in Galveston
Hall of unnecessary gear, broken SIU. A big boost to the SIU's
down and surplus equipment and prestige, too, Zeb says.
BALTIMORE, August 15—By gashounds. We hit on a new One beef we've run into now
comparison with regular peace stunt. We keep one gashound and then, though not on any
time shipping we are having a standing around as an exhibit, particular ship now in port here,
boom, but compared to what we so the youngsters coming in can is the complaint by the Messman
have had during late weeks, see what a horrible fate awaits that he is looked upon as the
them if they insist on kicking the personal servant of the crew.
shipping is definitely off.
gong around.
NO VALET
We handled 11 payoffs, 10 sign
One guy here who is not kick
bns and 6 intransits, a definite ing the gong around is Zeb The Messman is on the ship
slackening off from the past Gherrqan, who is laying for a to serve the crew its meals and
clean up after those meals, not
weeks.
Bosim's job. Zeb came into the to stand around cleaning up
Union in 1944, when the build night limch messes or waiting
ODD CASE
ing assessment first was approv
All the payoffs were handled ed. Zeb says he's seeing now on the nightly card games.
in short order and beefs were how that assessment and the Clean up your own debris af
lew and far between. On one others that followed are paying ter using the messroom, and take
'
ship, however, the Anne Butler off in new buildings and modern care of the chinaware. Remem
ber,
there
will
be
other
crews
(Bloomfield) we had an odd in facilities.
that may want to use those
cident.
W. L. VICKERS
dishes.
MAJOR
STEP
It seems the Wipers were or
d^ed to sougee the engine de
According to Zeb, the big re
partment passageway bulkheads duction in expenses when the
on their sanitary work time. Al Headquarters office moves, plus
though they squawked, they did the additional facilities offered
the work and turned in overtime the membership, will be one of
With the nation tightening its defense preparations,
for it. Upon Arrival in port the the major steps taken by the
the role of the merchant marine is daily becoming more
overtime money w^ paid, but
vital.
For this reason it is imperative that every Sea
it seems that the Captain had
logged both men for it in the
farer stand ready to ship in the rating for which he is
meantime.
qualified and in which he can be of the greatest service.
It was a trifle humorous to lis
In this connection. Headquarters continues to point
because the Skipper paid the
out that many men qualified by experience and skill
overtime for the work, which
is admission that the work was
have not applied for endorsements for high ratings.
dbne, yet he logged the men be
Men who do mot seek higher ratings for which they
cause they didn't do the work
are'qualified
are,in effect, causing a waste of needed
or didn't' do it well enough.
skill.
NEW SKIPPER
The Maritime Administrator i^ seeking draftdefer
Well, after making the poor
ment
for rated men only. Consequently, men, who are
Wipers wait all day at the Com
drafted because they have not obtained the ratings for
missioner's office, the Captain fin
ally agreed to lift the log. You
which they are qualified^ will not be serving in jobs in
Wipers don't have to dread this
which they cait be of greatest service to our nation.
as the SWpper has been
If you have the qualifications, apply for upgrading.
^nsfetred to tnothcr ship.
Around tl^s Hall, we're nmr
Do it todayl
ning in good shape. Little by
ZEB GHERM^
little we, aro cleaning, put ^e
By EARL SHEPPARD
Go After Your Rating
Shipping Skids
For Galveston
By KEITH ALSOP
GALVESTON, August 16 —
Shipping has slowed down in this,
port, and the men who used to
look to Galveston for a fast job
are making tracks to other ports.'
Can't say we blame them much,
because if things keep on get .
ting slower, there won't be any
shipping at all.
Two ships, the Martin McCar
ver (Waterman) and the Sunion
(Kea) paid off during this period
and signed on again. Fourteen
ships were here intransit, in
cluding some SUPcontracted
vessels, but they , didn't help
much, inspfar as getting'our men,
off the beach was concerned.
Among the oldtimers here is
Winston Lewis Vickers, who;
ships out of Galveston (when
there are jobs to be had) as
Chief Cook. Vickers joined the.
Union in 1945, and really got
initiated ihto the efficient way
the SIU operates when he did
picket duty in New York during
the, 1946" General Strike. He:^"
missed the Isthmian Strike the
following year, as he was at^
sea, but he's had his hand in.
most of our' beefs since then.
Also on the beach at this writ,
ing are H. C. Thorton, R. H.:
Connors, J. Martin, W. Lanier,
R. Hubbard and A. Smith.
Four of our Union Brothers
are currently in the Marine Hos—'
pital here and would appreciate*
hearing from their friends. They
are Cecil N. Lewis, V. F. Wil
moth, Frank Fisher and Roy EL
James. Drop them a line and
cheer them up.
As far as the Branch meeting
goes, it's the same, old story—
no quorum, no meeting..
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THE S E AP ARE RS LO G
„ Friday. August 24. 1851
ii
Lake Charles Ciyes Rated Men
Real Red Plush Carpet Welcome
Wilmington Says
Shipping There
Is Excelient
don't supply any contract there
or OT sheets," he added.
By SAM COHEN
LAKE CHARLES, August 16—
Most important of all, Chico NICHOLAS BACHOUDAKIS
The land of magnolia blossoms,
feels that having SIU member Get in touch with your sister
WILMINGTON, August 18 —
mint juleps, cypress sWamps,
ship means a job—and like Mac inlaw, Mrs. Gabrielle Umsted, Shipping has been excellent for
gently flowing bayous and Rob, |
Arthur, Chico says "I'll be back" 217 Mason Court, Baltimore 31, SIU men in this port, so much
ert E. Lee (the soldier not the
to one of these choice SIU jobs Maryland.
so that we have had to con
ship—for benefit of damyankees!)
in about 1953.
^
t, X X
stantly call the SUP to furnish
is presently experiencing the I
H. BUCKLRY
men for our contracted ships.
TO
FAR
EAST
hottest weather in 20 years. j
(SS Azalea City)
At least there will be one con Your gear is in the Baltimore We are furnishing the jobs to
Comments like "whew! 104
soling
thought for Chico while Hall. Pick it up.
men in' the International, so
today!" are as common as fleas
that's what really counts in the
he
is
in
Japan.
The
crew
of
a
on a hound dog's back. It is so
4" 4 ft
long run.
shiTp
that
recently
returned
from
hot that I feel like a criminal
EDWARD McCORMACK
there reported to me that all Contact Ed Mooney or Jim We paid off the Sea Comet
when I ship some one (anyone
Japanese girls are strict demo Murphy, SS Puerto Rico, Bull (Zenith), Fairisle (Waterman)
I can get, in fact) out from the
crats.
Every time they were oiit Line, 115' Broad Street, New and San Angelo Victory (Sea
cool recesses of the Lake Charles
with
one,
all she said was'"No York City. Urgent.
trade). The Sea Comet and San
Hall to one of the many ships
Dewey—^o
Dewey."
Angelo Victory signed on again.
that have called in for replace
Everything is smooth
and quiet
Stopoffs here were the Sea
ments during the last twoweek
THOMAS ^RINAKIS
on
the
local
labor
scene.
Regu
comet
(Colonial), Portmar, Ala
Will this man, formerly of the
period.
*
lar meetings were held and at SS Mochicon and several Isth mar, Massmar and Yorkmar
Although the Robert E. Lee
tended for all Lake Charles labor mian ships, get in touch with (Calmar) and the Steel Traveler
was not one of the vessels in
groups, but the Seafarers. Ours George B. Petite, 214 E. Lexing (Isthmian).
this port we did have the Lone
is the usual reason these days ton Street,^ Baltimore, who says
CHICO RIVERA
BAD SACKS
Jack, Bents Fort, Winter Hill,
in all ports—^no quorum.
it is a matter of importance.
Fort Hoskins, Paoli, and Chi
On Zenith's Sea Comet (which
The Central Labor Council
wawa (all Cities Service tankers Active in the CS organizing held its regular bimonthly meet
ft ft ft
is a Liberty, the other 'is a
JOHN ZIELINSKI
on coastwise runs); the Petrolite drive and also in organizational ing, and was attended by yours
tanker) we found the mattresses
(Tanker Sag Harbor), and Wanda work with several other tanker truly as representative for the Contact your home. Your in bad condition and the bed
(Epiphany), both intransit.
companies, Chico can lay claim SIU; however, there was noth mother is very ill.
springs worse. We had these re
ft ft ft
placed and the icebox repaired;
And men were shipped to the to quite a bit of active sailing ing other than routine business
GEORGE F. MARTIN
Fairhope (Waterman), and the with the SIU before Uncle handled at this meeting.
Benjamin Fischer and" the Mis Whiskers decided that he would Let me urge again that men Your mother is staying with
your sister, Irene, who is now
be more useful elsewhere.
sion Santa Barbara (SUP).
stay aboard their ships in this married. She would like to hear
"The guys that are in the port. Every man paying off here
CANT ESCAPE
SIU," says Chico^ "just don't may constitute a drain on the from you, as she is worried. Her
address is: Mrs. Mary Martin,
The Santa Barbara has left realize how lucky they are to Union's physical and financial 7601 Ottwa Road, S.E., Cleve
here three times in the last be able to still sail."
resources in the event that a land, Ohio.
couple of weeks and seems to The things that Chico liked replacement is not available in
ft ft ft
end up right back at the dock about the SIU when he was still Lake Charles.
JOHN MURPHY
in Port Arthur each time. I able to enjoy them seem to him
LONG HAUL
Contact James Martin, 572 E.
guess there must be something "twice as nice now." Any of the As you must know from past 138 Street, Bronx 54, New York,
about the Gulf that draws it things like smooth, efficient rep reports, such a situation means who is out of the Army and
back for these return engage resentation, happy ships, com that the replacement has to be wants to see you.
ments. The California Standard fortable and commodious Halls, secured either from New Or
ft ft ft
also showed up here with a top conditions—all are taken too leans or Galveston, a jaunt of
AL PORTER
crackerjack SUP crew aboard much for granted, in Rivera's around 200 miles at Union ex Your personal papers, left in
and it, like all the other ships opinion, by many of the mem pense.
1949 with Mrs. Marty Rankin
that passed through, was in bers.
And with the obvious possi Chamberlin, is being held for
good, clean shape all around.
bility that he may not arrive you at the New York Hall. .
OT TWITCH'
With the exception of a few
in time to m^e the ship, each
ft ft ft
performers every ship was in "All of these things mean a
BAGGAGE ROOM
man paying off is leaving him
a "beefless" condition, and it lot more than the average sail self wide open for charges, if The Headquarters baggage
is interesting to note the vast or realizes; it really took the the ship sails short due to no room has been closed.^ Seafarers
FRANK FELD
change on the CS ships. They army to set me right."
having gear there are requested
relief arriving.
were, without an exception, He recalled that when he first
Leaving you with that thought to call for it as soon as possible. On the San Angelo Victory,
"happy ships."
was inducted last spring he kept I wiU now crawl back under my Any gear remaining when the the chill boxes would not open
The crews were doing a smart, having the nervous twitches in
magnolia blossom and inhale building is vacated will be turn from the inside because the
efficient job and the old feeling his writing hand every time they
another mint julep — until next ed over to charitable organiza handles were bent. These were
of pressure and tension is rapidly
fixed.
turned him to on OT—"But they time.
tions.
being replaced with one of har
On the Fairisle there were no
mony for all concerned. Any of
beefs, but the night before she
the membership that desires
departed she looked more like
regular coastwise runs, pork
a tanker than a freighter. While .
chop payoffs, good clean ships
By E. B. TILL:3Y
around that shipping is booming Curt's right, for we need men loading she had an oil spill that
and top quality chow would do
here in Savannah, the gashounds badly and will need them worse covered the entire deck to a
well to jump on one of these SAVANNAH, August 16—Like are coming out of the woods
in the coming weeks. We are depth of four inches.
coastwise tankers. And Once you the weather, shipping has been looking for berths. Despite our now crewing three ships and J. Parks, Bosun on the Fair
are aboard for "Keith's sake" very hot here. We paid off two need for men, these birds aren't have two more due next week. isle, said he thought for a miri.
don't pile off down here in snips and signed on three others,
finding us greeting them with As I've said before. Savannah ute he was back in the oil fields
Lake Charles—rated men are at while seven others passed
bringing in a gusher.
:
open arms. The Savannah Hall,
such a premium in this port that through here intransit.
they've learned, is no place for can use 3mu if you want to grab
NO MEETING
we roll out the red plush carpet The payoffs were the South
a ship in a hurry.
a gashound.
as soon as we see one coming. wind and Southstar (South At
As in past weeks, we did not "
lantic). The signons were the On one of the intransit ships
hold a meeting because of thd
OLDTIMEHS
Southstar, Southwind and the we had a returning passenger,
lack of a quorum, though ' we >
Fred BeviU, Jr., who has just
did manage to find one bookl
A few of the oldtimers that R. E. Lewis . (Bloomfield).
returned
from
a
trip
to
Europe.
Now
that
the
word
has
gotten
member around. He is Frank'
passed through here recently and
Fred is just out of higl^ school
Feld,
a comparatively new mem:
got this blue plate special treat
and had never before met union
ber,
having
joined in 1947.
ment were: Moody Willis, ex
men in action.
Feld is a former Navy . man, •
CS voluntary organizer who has
He was loud in his praise of
who served on the carriers Sara ,
returned to the fold after some
the SIU men aboard and ex
toga and Shangri La (the one
interesting trips wit6 Waterman
pressed himself in a letter,
Doolittle's men flew from when^
and Isthmian, Tommy Moore,
wherein
he ^ termed the SIU "a
they bombed TokyO).
,
Bob Kiendinger, Yullee Crews,
democratic organization of yvhich
Now shipping as FWT,'he finds ,
George Hair, "Chico" ' Rivera,
our nation can be proud."
the life of an SIU seaman a
and Roy Lundquist.
paradise compared with the
Another recent visitor to our
Rivera, who is now wearing
nonsense of working on a navy
place of business was Curt
the kahki uniform that they
ship.
The Union benefits, Wei,
Starke,
SIU
oldtimer,
who
alpo
supply you with free in the ih
fare
Plan,
high, pay and repre.
is
now
on
the
Southland.
Curt
fMitry, spent a twoweek leave
sentation
are
more in keeping "
says
he
wants
the
members
to
bere before taking off for Japan
with
the. waylife
at sea should ',
know
that
he
is still
doing
his
and Korea.
be, according to Held.
part to keep the SIU ships; isail
; Most of this time was spent
Other than Frank we also'
ing, and today Seafarors .should
around the Lake Charles Hall
found a few other dldtimefS
spend more 'time at sea' to t^E^e
arid, ^ Chico puts it, "Soaking
around^ including Curly Good i
up the slack: On Curt's decent
lip as much of the SIU as I
^witt, Maoc Byiefs; Bob Bouchard,^
trip lie visited the rFesilVal of
can' before i' take off to bO Pri
CURT BTABKE
T^qmiiaqn w Art Wirt^ .
Britain.'"'• r"
vate Riv^a again.'^
r
By KEITH TERPE
Savannah Sends SOS: 'Ship Out Soon'
V;.
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THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Seren
Shipping Keeps
Getting Better
In Port Mobile
REPORT NUMBER NINE
By CAL TANNER
MOBILE, August 16—Shipping
continues to be better than good
and, from the way things stack
Each week the Seafarers Welfare Plan will make its report to the membership of the Atlantic and Gulf District up now, the next two weeks will
through the SEAFA|tERS LOG. Included will be the names of the men receiving hospital benefits, theamounts paid, the' be even better.
hospitals in which they'are receiving treatment, and the total amount paid out since the inception of the plan on July
During this last period Mobile
1, 1950. Also'included in the report will be the namM of the men who have died and the amounts paid their bSneficiaries. had nine payoffs, four signons
and three ships intransit: The
payoffs
inclHded five Alcoa ships,
Period Covered By This Report
July 29 August 11
the Pointer, Ranger, Corsair, Pa
Cash On Hand
$92,935.46 triot and Cavalier; and four Wa
terman scows, the Fairland, PhU
lip Barbour, Morning Light and
U$ Government
Bonds
$754,023.44
f
the Monarch of the Seas.
Estimated Accounts Receivable
$170,000.00 The Phillip Barbour and Al
coa's Pointer, Ranger and Roam
Hospital Benefits Paid in This Period
$2,762.00 er signed on. Intransit were the
Steel Scientist and Las "Vegas
Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1950
$59,497.00 Victory (Isthmian) and the Chic
asaw (Waterman).
Death Benefits Paid This Period
$9,000.00 In the coming two weeks 13
hips, nine offshore and foxur
Total Death Benefits Paid Since July t 1950
$68,000.00 coastwise,
are due in for pay
)ffs and replacements. In addi
If anyone hiad any doubts whether or hot the Welf^e of further funds to make the bond holdings a million dol tion, two Alcoa Libertys, thc
Plan was in business to, stay, the rise of the fund into the
lars will make the Plan more than pay for itself.
Rudolph Kauffman and the Mar
sevenfigure bracket should dispel that question.
tin Behram, are due out of the
The soimdness of the SIU's determination to operate boneyard around the 29th for
Furthermore, the fund's cost of operations has proved its own Plan with a miminum of overhead, and without full crews. Looks good.
to be less than first estimated, when it was figured that the sapping of money by the insurance companies, has A welcome visitor to the Hall
it would take approximately four p«:cent of the total been proved. Not only does the SIU Plan operate more the other day was Brother Ran
income to admiiuster the Plfa^,
fuhouut mu<^ lower
jmejcpehsively than the other plans, but also, as. has been
than set by insurance eompanies in the field of handling shown by the reaction of hospitalized Seafarers, the per
such set ups. However, the cost of operation of the SHTs sonal relationship between the Plan and the SIU members
plan has been found to, be^ much lower than that set by has been maintained, a relationship completely lacking in
insiurance cmnpanies or even as estimated by the SIU, tha impersonalness of insurance companyadministered
being actually only 2.5 percent of the money received.
plans. '
The insurance companies charge around 10 percent to
During the period since the last report, the money paid
administer such a plan.
put to hospitaliMd Seafarers dropped from $3,888 to ^2,762,
During the first year of operation the administrative which can be attributed to the fact that Seafarers in some
expenses were $38i431, which included the purchase of
hospitals receive their payments once a month and were
office equipment and a 3year fidelity bond. The actual covered in the last earlier report, "
expense of operation was around ^,000, which*was re
duced to aroimd $20,000 by administrative payments made
This report, in marked contrast from the last one,
by other plans administered through the same office, such shows the payment of death benefits to the beneficiaries
named by six Seafarers who died recently, and entails
as the SIU Vacation Plan.
the payment of $9,000. In the last report not a single death
This very low operating figure is a source of great
claim paid.
pride to the SIU in itself, but the story goes further. The
$750,000 invested in bonds will pay something like 2.5 per
In the period covered by this report, 161 Seafarers
RANDOLF BASS
cent, or something like $20,000 per year^ The investment received hospital benefits.
By PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurery SIU, A&G District; Chairman, SIU Welfare Plan Trustees
rk".
It
doLf Bass, who is Bartender on^
Listed below are the Brothers wbp have received'hoqfital bmefits during the period covered by this twoweek the Alcoa Cavalier. Bass was re
marking about the numerous
report, the hospitals they were in and the amounts they were paid.
gains that the SIU had made in
20.00 the past few years.
KINGS COUNTY
20.00 Lewis, James R
10.00 Gross, E. E
Monahon, J. J. Jr
20.00 "They are all remarkable—^the
BROOKLYN. N.Y.
10.00 Moats, C. L.
10.00 Hamilton, H. H
Morcilio, Francisco A.
20.00 Vacation Plan, the Welfare Plan
10.00 Morris, Frank
10.00 Panton, Ashford E
Snyder, John W.
10:00 Hibbs, Maiden D.
20.00 Petitpas, F. J
.*
10.00 and the rest—particularly when
USPHS HOSPITAL
10.00 Kelly D. D
Morris, WiUiam J
20.00 Robertson, C. R.
20.00 j'ou compare what we have now
STATEN ISLAND
20.00 Kiiski, T
O'Neill, F.
10.00 Landrum, R. L
20.00
Athanasourelis, George .... 30.00 Pelasoja, R.
in the way of wages and condi
20.00 Lang, Leo
20.00
200.00 tions with what we didn't have
10.00 Pepper, William
Bach, Thomas
20.00 Lee, Theodore E
USPHS HOSPITAL
10.00 Pereira, T.
20.00
Barron, John
not so many years ago.
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
20.00 Pilutis, Joseph
20.00
20.00 Link L. T
Bechlivanis,^ Nicholas
"And the SIU has surpassed .
20.00 Piatt, E.
t
10.00 Huneycutt, Charles R.
10.00 all the others in tliis respect
20.00 Lowe, Jesse
Blomgren, J
20.00 Barnes, James W. ..._
10.00 why,, the NMU is only now try,
10.00 Poiise, Edward
..... 20.00 Mayrbat, John
Brown, John R.
20.00 Gillespie, Golden B.
10.00 ing to bring their contracts up ,
Brown, Joseph E. ....
^
— 2o.(n McDonald, Sam
20.00 Prescott, Jack
10.00 King, Weldon Clea
10.00 to SIU standards. I wish them
10.00 'cl^es. Thomas H
20.00 Rivera, RiQ)erto ....../—
Burnstine, Maurice
20.00 Rueda, Juan S. ...........
20.00 Parks, W. F.
57.00 luck—every seaman is entitled
20.00' Mm^ J. E.
Cantor, Robert
to the conditions we have—^but
20.00 iRaanaf K
20.00 Sanchez, Charles E.
20.00
Cedeno, Alfredo
97.00 the chances are that by the time
20.00
10.00 Rajs C..
Coffey, M. J
20.00 Sikes, Oneal
USPHS HOSPITAL
10.00
they get rid of the 'inequities' in
20.00 Swienchosky, Stanley — 10.00 Summerell, Charles H
Craig, Frank L.
SAVANNAH.
GEORGIA
20.00
Teague,
J.
A
20.00
their contractsj we'U have new
10.00
Cruz, Luis .
.i
Tesko, Edward
10.00 gains and they'U have to start
20.00 Goude, Joe
30.00 Terrington, Todd R
20.00 Thomson, Hugh
Dixon. Earl R.
Johnson,
G.
F
20.00 all over again."
Tickle,
L.
R
20.00
10.00
bu Bose, Earl
Vidal,
Rafael JI."
20.00
.'.
20.00 Bass is particularly enthused
20.00 Lofley, L. L..
10.00 Yanik, Joseph
.... 20.00 Wallick, C. E
Dunfee, George C.
Moore, W. W
.'.
20.00 about the winning of innerspring
Fields, Matthew J.
10.00
530.00 Newman, G. W
• 20.00 rhattresses on the Alcoa and
880.00
Fussell, Joseph H
10.00
Rogers, H. L.
10.00 Mississippi ships, and says it
USPHS HOSPITAL
USPHS HOSPITAL
Gardner, A.
........ 20.00.
Skipper, John H
10.00 won't be long before they're
, NEW ORLEANS
MANHATTAN BEACH
Hallet, Walter
20.00
10.00 aboard every SIU hip.
50.00 Walters, E. L.
10.00 Rivera, Rupertb
Harden. Otis .....
... 10.00 Adams. J. R.
Wolfe, William J
7.00 On the beach at the present
USPHS HOSPITAL
10.00
Holmes, Boss
20.00 Blanchard, Leslie
are H. Bliss, D. Vrocher, K,
Karalunas, Leonard
20.00 SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF.
20.00 Burke, R. J. P
127.00
Lewis, D. Chestnut and A.
10.00
10.00 Botelhq, Arthur
Karttunen, Leo
30.00 Campbell, C. A.
Howard.
But the chances are ,
USPHS
HOSPITAL
Buzik,
E
20.00
Koslusky, Joseph
..... 20.00 Cara, Wilson O
20.00
that
they
will not be here long,
BALTIMORE.
MARYLAND
Lefco, John J. ...
Celestine,
Oliver
20.00
Ghattin,
Jack
10.00
10.00
Lomas, Arthur ...................; 20.00 Cruz, Rogelio ...................... 20.00 Cheng, Gee
20.00 McNally, Bernard James .. 10.00 unless they are waiting for a
10,00 certain ship, on a'certain run,
Lucas, Joseph
10.00. Barrett, WiUiam W
lOiOO Danbach, Edwin
20.00 Dahi^en, G.
30.00 with a certain Skipper, and
McGuigan, A. .................... 20.00 Ferree, Eaii \
Downing, Darrell
10.00 Bellard, John E
30.00 manned by one specific Bosxm, . . |
Martinez, C. E.
rant. Herbert E.
20.00 Bjork, Hennin
10.00 Fitie, ben •
: 4emei*th, PrGderick
arCb. F.
10.00
(Continued on Page 4>)
(Continued on Fage li)
10.00 Grana, N"
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Friday. Auguil 24. 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOG
SHIPS' immns AND MEWS
Seafarer's AdventurePacked Trips
Rival Hollywood Epics Of The Sea
Easy With That Sledge
Wherever Seafarer Bloienz Paskowski may be now, adventure can't be
too far away. TTie veteran Seafarer is undoubtedly off on a ship somewhere
adding to his string of unusual sea experiences. Already in his book—collect
ed during his last two trips*^^ and, according to MSTS into the cargo of sisal for hours.
to sea—his ships have gone records, was the last ship to "Some of the boys had to go
through a fire at sea, run leave the port.
down into the hold with the
hoses.
It was hell for them," he
aground, lost part of a car "Everyone was sick on the
said.
It
was five days at Ascens
go, entered port under gun trip south," said Paskowski. "As
ion
Island
for the ship while she
can imagine, a ship built
fire and handled 10,000 pas anyone
dumped
her
cargo of burned si
to carry 12 passengers suddenly
sengers at one loading.
sal
and
transferred
the salvaged
was filled
everywhere with
What would be enough ex thousands of humans, all of them sisal to other holds.
citement for a couple of movies trying to stay alive and care for The rest of the trip was im
began for the Seafarer late last themselves."
eventful.'
'• i '
year when Paskowski sailed for The Madaket docked at an is
We haven't heard from Bro
the Far East aboard the Water land near Pusan and discharged ther Paskowski for several weeks
man C2 Madaket with a cargo its passengers, then headed for now, but he'll probably be in
for Korea. A long series of shut the States, where the crew paid soon, with another batch of pic
Reported as being "hard working deck men" Will Vaughan
tles between Korea and Japan off at Stockton, Calif.
tures and a story that could only and Keefer Dutch busy themselves on the deck of the Alawai
went off without a hitch, imtil
happen to Florenz Paskowski. "
during a recent trip. John Santos submitted the picture.
the ship foimd itself involved But that's only half of the
story of this Seafarer's adven
tures, Paskowski headed East
to find something a bit easier on
his constitution and found him
Wllittier, Alaska, is one attention, "only emergency cases centration camp. The only way
self aboard the Robin Doncaster.
Like on the Madaket the out port where Seafarers will 'of your vessel will be handled," We could possibly go anywhere
they were told.
in this port would be by wear
bound trip was uneventful. But
ing
a high pressure suit."
find
plenty
not
to
do
when
There
was,
however,
offered
in Linda, East Africa the ship
the
crew
the
opportunity
to
go
It was a Tiappy crew,, Neider
ran aground and everyone was they go ashore, but if the
put working to free her. The crew wishes to go ashore a to church and the bus operated meyer reported, that sailed from
every hour from the dock area. Whittier back to the land of the
ship finally became clear and
bus
operates
every
hour
Neidermeyer's comments on free.
proceeded on until outside of
Durban she ran into bad weath from the pier which will the restrictions were blunt: "The Following is the "directive"
MSTS runs this deal like a con handed the Mankato crew:
er and lost all her cargo in No.
1 hold. The Doncaster survived take them anywhere they
Port oS Whittier Facilities and Regulations Authorized and
that as weU as an epidemic of can't go.
Prescribed by Commanding Officer, Port of Whittier
infiuenza and malaria that swept This bit of doubletalk con
the ship. Paskowski found him fronted the crew of the Mankato 1. FACILITIES (Personnel)
self in bed with both illnesses. Victory which put into this port
(a) HOSPITAL: A small dispensary is maintained. Only
NOT ENDED
Tecently and spent two weeks
emergency cases of your vessel will be handled. Clear
The Doncaster finally cleared seeing plenty of nothing.
. requests for treatment by calling MSTS Representative
herself of the African cqast and Crewmember Robert D. Nie
at 110.
headed back for the States, but dermeyer reported to the LOG
(b) POST EXCHANGE: Post exchange facilities are not avail
FLORENZ PASKOWSKI
there was more to come. Six that the men qj the ship were
able to crew members of your vessel.
days out of Capetown a thin confronted with a memorandum
(d)
CHAP,J;L; Protestant services are held at Post Chapel on
in the evacuation of Hungnam, spire of smoke was seen trick from the MSTS representative
Midway
Avenue each Sunday at 1100 hours. Catholic
when the United Nations troops ling out of the No. 3 hold. The in the port which outlined the
services
are
held at the Post Chapel as follows: Mass
took to the sea to escape cap crew rushed to, fire stations and "privileges" allowed the crew, as
every
day
at
1715 hours, and on Sunday at 0930 and 1830
ture. Then his Errol Flynnlike played water on the hatch sides
prescribed by the commanding
hours.
adventvures began.
to keep heat from the rest of officer of the port.
(c) BARBER SHOP: Barber shop facilities are not available
In the Madaket's first trip into the ship, while the vessel raced
to crew members of your vessel.
GO NOWHERE
the North Korean port, the ship for Ascensicai Island.
took aboard 850 U. S. troops in The fire was kept under con
(e) MOVIES: In accordance with Headquarters, Port of Whittier
The crew was informed that
the freezing cold. The Madaket trol imtil the ship docked and they could not use the PX, could
Memorandum #53 dated 1 June 1951, movies are not
men quartered them in every the hatch covers raised. "As we not use the barber shop, could
available to members of your crew.
bit of available space, including pulled off the covers, a gush of not attend the movies and could
(f) CLUBS: "Hanging Hoqk" enlisted tavern at Eastern
the engine room, where some smoke and flame billowed out not enter the bars in the town.
Avenue, and noncommissioned officer's club are not open '
men bedded down over the boil of the hold," Paskowski report
to crew members of your vessel.
ers to keep warm. That was a ed. The crew turned the hoses Also, the cre^t. they were in
(g) BUS SERVICE: Maintained hourly to the dock area.
picnic compared with what was into the hold and played them formed, could not get hospital
to come. Back to Hugnam went
the ship, where by now the com
munist forces were in the out
skirts of the city.
If anyone has any doubt that,
the SIU will fight for his rights
UNDER FIRE
in a good beef, they should put
"This time we had something
their doubts to an end, says
to worry about," said Parskowski,
Paul
Coone, who has just col
a veteran of sailing through i
lected
$849 fron "Cities Service
World War II. "It was like the'
for
being
unceremoniously, fired
Normandy beachhead. The Big^
for union activity!
Mo* was there and hundreds of
Brother Coon, who is in the
other navy vessels. At night the
army,
wrote the LOG this week
sky was lit up like the Fourth
to
thank
the Union for its work
of July and the ships bombarded
in his behalf. Coone stated, "The
the coast to keep the enemy
award I received should Convince
Jr. . '
away from the port."
anyone who Is undecided about
The Madaket swung into the
whether or not to puU for the
dock area while the shells of
Umon. The SIU fought my fi^t
the navy thundered and whis
for me and my receipt of the
tled through the air. There, sit
back pay due me is the result."
ting in the front seat of the war,
Longshoremen at Ascension Island remove the burnt sisal
Coone reported that he has
the crew took abosird 11,000 from ihe ship's hold,
damaged cargo was removed from lost 42 pounds in the Army and
North Korean refugees.
the ship onto lights, and the salvaged cargo Iransferreil is counting the days laitii j.e can
The ship left on Christmas to other holds.
return to sailing in the SIU.
PAUL COONE
1
Alaska Off Limits To Seamen; Crew Bums
'SIU Fights For You;' Coone
liil:
Vfc I
�Friday. August 24i 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Nine
Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings
YARMOUTH (Eastern), July 10
sailed short of two men. $26.97 CHIWAWA (Cities Service),
• —Chairman, Allen Cobb: Secre
in ship's fund. Ship's Delegate July 17—Chairman, Blackie; Sec
tary, Stanley Johnson. The dele
spoke on Union policies concern retary, Dave Dunn. Delegates re
gates reported that four jobs in
ing tank cleaning of Cities Ser ported no beefs and no disputed
the steward's department woulc
vice contract. Also explained overtime. Motion made and sec
need replacing to fill the quota.
that permitmen may stay aboard onded and unanimously approved
Motion made and carried that
the ship over sixty days.
to sign letter directed to Cities
the SIU send the stewards de
Service president and vice pres
4^ 4.
partment only men competent to
STEEL FABRICATOR (Isth ident concerning Vacation Plan
perform the kind of work for
mian), July 23—Chairman, Mc on Cities Service tankers.
which they were ordered.
Cranie; Secretary, Pierce. Dele
4 4 4
a, 4, 4,
gates reported everything okay. GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities
ROBIN HOOD (Seas), July 8
Motion carried that a small Se^ice), July 22—Chairman, Joe
—Chairman, John Logan; Secre
column be run in LOG on the Cbary; Secretary, Jim Nagy.
tary, P. J. McManus. Delegates
Delegates reported no beefs.
standings of sports.
reported no beefs. Motion made
Motion made and carried that
4 i4
'and carried to accept the five
GREENSTAR (TrUon), July 21 each member of ship's crew be
issues. Motion made and carried
—Chairman, P. Chamblain; Sec assessed one dollar as a contri
to get clarification on readjust
retary, R. Martini; Delegates re bution toward ship's fimd.
ment of assessments.
4 4 4
ported everything okay. Ship's
4. 4. a.
Delegate gave short lecture on ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa).
GHEENSTAR (Traders), Aug
Union principles for the benefit June 6—Chairman, Pehler; Sec
ust 1—Chairman, Raffael Mar
retary, L. B. Thomas. Delegates
of the new permitmen.
tini; Secretary, William J. Clegg.
reported
everything okay. Discus
444.
it was brought to the attention
sion on keeping the washing
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities
of the steward to see that a suf
machine clean.
Service),
July 9—Chairman, Bob
ficient amount of night lunch
Bowes; Secretary, Mike Nash. July 8—Chairman, Nick Leone;
was in the ice box. It was sug
Delegates reported no shipboard Secretary, L. B. Thomas. Dele
gested that money left' over from
gates reported little misunder
beefs and fairly smooth sailing.
the washing machine be turned
standing
in stewards department.
Motion made and carried that
over to ship's fund.
Motion
seconded
to get inner
donations be accepted at Balti
spring mattresses.
4, a 4
more p^off for purchase of a
WILLIAM JAMES (Bull), June
4 4 4
washing~rqachine for crew.
16—Chairman, Mangold; Secre
DEL MAR (Missisippi), June
July 15—Chairman, Ed Glaz
tary, Frank Puthe. Delegates re
der;
Secretary, Joe Coady. Dele 30 — Chairman, Douglas Crad
ported no beefs. Letter received
dock; Secretary, Woodrow Per
gates reported no beefs. Ed
from Headquarters on increase
E. A. BURNETT (Isthmian), MONROE (Bull), July 23 —• ucational literature available and kins. Delegates reported every
of union dues to be thoroughly
July 8 — Chairman, Crumpler; Chairman, A. Fricks; Secretary, importance of reading it was ex thing okay. Suggestion that in
discussed by membership on next
the future every man contribute
secretary, Martin. Delegates re Doug Acker, Jr. Delegates re plained by Ship's Delegate.
meeting. Suggestion by Bosun to
to the ship's fund so that it
ported everything okay. Motion ported no beefs and all repair
see Chief Engineer about hot
never
again be depleted.
made and carried that all mem work completed, with the ex
CANTIGN"? tciBes Service).
water.
bersdonate something to LOG. ception of painting the engine July 1—Chairman, A. Hickey;
July 13—Chairman Mangold;
It was suggested that delegates department quarters. Suggested Secretary, Leroy J. Verret. Dele
Secretary, Frank Purlhe. Dele
have repair list made up and that a donation of cigarettes and gates reported poor grade of
gates reported everything okay.
checked.
money be taken up for a former soap used instead of brand agreed
Motion by Ship's Delegate to
crewmember who has been in upon. Motion made that contri
4,
4.
&
vote on Vacation Plan and Union
WANDA (Epiphany Tanker), the Marine Hospital in San Juan. butions be taken for ship's fund.
dues increase.
July 17—Chairman, G. L. Ker Members want more dishes put July 18—Chairman, George W.
4. 4. 4,
sey; Secretary, B, H. Amsberry. out during meal time.
Champlain; Secretary, Leroy J.
SEA COMET (Zenith). June 27
Delegates reported that the Mate
Verrot. Delegates reported no
4>
4>
—Chairman, Larson; Secretary,
does not want to put any over
BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities beefs. Chairman suggested that
V. E. Wilson. Delegates reported
4 4 4
time. The Ship's Delegate asked Service), July 23 — Chairman, department delegates get specific DEL NORTE (Mississippi), July
no beefs. Delayed sailing from
members to cooperate iii keep Mark Oliver Jr.; Secretary, E. information about any fumigation 8—Chairman, Bob High; Secre
Long Beach was discussed. Stew
ing the recreation room clean Guillory. Delegatesjreported ship the ship may need.
tary, Bill Kaiser. Delegates re
ard and engine departments to
and in taking care of the cots.
ported everything running
put in for the overtime.
4, 4. 4^
smoothly. The Chief Electrician
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities
was badly burned on both arms,
ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), July
Service), July 15—Chairman, Ed
right hand and right side of chest
15—Chairman, R. D. Schwartz;
Glazder; Secretary. Joe Coady.
by hot water. $25 has been col
Secretary, M. P. Zalick. Dele
SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St.
Delegates reported no beefs. Mo
gates reported no beefs. Every
Douglas 28363 lected for baseball uniforms.
tion made and carried that ship's
SEATTLE..;
86 Seneca St.
body on board is reported to be
4 4 4
BALTIMORE
14 North Gay St.
fund be open for donations at Earl
Main 0290
DEL ORO (Mississippi), July
Sheppard,
Agent
Mulberry
4540
happy.
all payoffs and new crewmem BOSTON
440 Avalon Blvd. 15—Chairman, Ramon Ferreira;
276 State St. Wn MINGTON
Terminal 43131
bers be asked to contribute to James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 20140
NEW YORK
105 Broad St. Secretary, Hoppy Carrol. Dele
Dispatcher
Richmond
20141
washing machine repair fund.
BOwling Green 93438 gates reported everything run
GALVESTON
308J.4—23 rd St.
Educational literature available, Keith Alsop, Agent
ning smoothly. Ship's Delegate
Phone 28448
and importance of reading was LAKE CHARLES. La
1419 Ryan St.
gave vote of thanks to Master
'
explained by Ship's Delegate. Keith Terpe, Agent
and
officers and Purser for their
ALPSNA
133
W.
Fletcher
MOBILE...
I South Lawrence St.
44 4
cooperation.
Phone:1238W
Tanner, Agent
Phone 21754
ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), Cal
180 Main St.
NEW ORLEANS
523 Bienville St. BUFFALO. N. Y
4 4 4
July 8—Chairman, R. Eden; Sec Lindsey Williams, Agent
Phone Cleveland 7391
DEL
MONTE
(Mississippi),
CLEVELAND
2602
Carroll
St.
Magnolia 61126113
BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities retary, L. Gormandy. Delegates
Phone: Main 10147 July 13 — Chairman, George O.
NEW
YORK
51
Beaver
St.
Service), July 9. — Chairman, reported all was well, except a
1038 3rd St. Dion; Secretary, Scotty Malven
HAnover 22784 DETROIT...;
Wallace Frank; Secretary, E. few hours of disputed overtime. NORFOLK
....127129 Bank St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward I685 7 an. Delegates reported some con
531 W. Michigan St.
Nayden. Bosun explained his Discussion of repairs from last Ben Rees. Agent
Phone 41083 DULUTH
Phone: Melrose 24110 troversy in deck department re
PHILADELPHIA....
337 Market St.
beef to members on crew short trip.
Market 71635 SOUTH CHICAGO....3261 E, 92nd St. garding the conduct of the Chief
age. $32 in overtime involved. July 21—Chairman, J. Oasse; S. Cardullo. Agent
Phone Essex 52410 Mate. Suggestion that the ship
SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St.
The ship's fund is reported to Secretary, R.^Eden. Delegates re Lloyd Gardner. Agent Douglas 25475
be fumigated this time as it has
have $28.68. Motion made that ported no beefs. Everyone was SAN JUAN. PR.....252 Ponce de Leon
not
been fumigated in two yearsl
$5 be drawn from ship's treas asked to help keep laundry room Sal Colls. Agent
MONTREAL..
46J McGill St.
4 4 4
SAVANNAH
2
Ahercom
St.
ury toward the purchase of per clean to prevent having it lock
MArquette 5909
E. B. Tilley, Agent
Phone 31728
AZALEA CITY (Waterman),
iodicals for ship's crew.
ed up.
128^5 Hollis St.
SEATTLE
2700 let Ave. HALIFAX. N.S
July 12—Chairman and Secretary
Phone 38911
Jeff
Morrison.
Agent
Seneca
4570
4. 4.
not
given. Motion made and car
FORT
WILLIAM.. 118H
Syndicate
Ave.
1809,1811 N. Franklin St.
NOONDAY (Waterman), July TAMPA
STEEL A D V^O C A T E (Isth
. Ontario .
Phone 33221 ried that all hands work on top
Ray White. Agent
Phone 21323
mian), July 4—Chairman, An 21—Chairman, Oscar Blain; Sec WILMINGTON, Calif.. .440 Avalon Blvd. PORT COLBORNE
103 Durham St. ping gear and docking ship, but
gelo Miglio; Secretary, I. Zomp retary, J. P. Wetzler. Delegates Sam Cohen, Agent
Ontario
Phone 5591
Terminal 42874
86 Colbome St. not on sanitary, or any other odd
etti. Delegates reported no beefs. reported $33 in the ship's fund. HEADQUARTERS. .51 Beaver St., N.Y.C. TORONTO. Ontario
Elgin 5719 jobs throughout the ship.
It was suggested that the Mate Discussion on what to do with
SECRETARYTREASURER
VICTORIA. B.C....6I7J^ Cormorant St.
July 1—Chairman, N. Towns;
Paul HaU
provide flashlight for bow watch ship's fund.
Empire 4531
Secretary,
L. Pate. Delegates re
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES
VANCOUVER.
B.C....565
Hamilton
St.
for safety reasons. Beef raised
Robert Matthews
Pacific 7824 ported everything okay. It was
on improvement of night lunches ANNE BUTLER^ (Bloomfield), Joe Algina
SYDNEY. N.S.....
304 Charlotte St. suggested to have all fans repair
Joseph Volpian
June 16 — Chairman, Thomas
and cold suppers.
^
Phone 6346 ed in unlicensed crew quarters.
Walecki; Secretary, John Breen.
BAGOTVILLE, Quebec.... .20 Elgin St.
4. 4.
July 15—Chairman, L. Pate;
Phone 545
ALAWAI (Waterman), July 4 Ship's Delegate reported delayed
16 Merchant St. THOROLD. Ontario
37 Ormont St. Secretary, T. Bowers. Delegates
Chairman, Keaffer; Secretary, sailing hours disputed, otherwise HONOLULU../
Phone 56777
Phono 33202 reported no beefg. It was sug
Weber. Delegates reported ' no no beefs. It was suggested that PORTLAND
Ill W. Bjimside St, QUEBEC.... 113 Cote De La Montague
disputed overtime. It was sug members be a little more quiet
Beacon 4336
Quebec
Phone 27078 gested that a repair list be hand
gested that Messinan wait oiv during offworking hours. A RICHMOND, dilif..257 5th St. SAINT JOHN,... 177 Prince William St. ed to the Patrolman when he
Phone 2599
N.B.
Phone 23049 boards the ship.
watch men first ?nd designate question was brought, up about
special seats for watch.
rusty "Water.
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Fxidaj. August 24, 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOG
I'. Page Ten
THE MEMBEBSHIP SPEAKS
Ask SIU To Seek 2Days' Pay
For Company Dispatch Error
Catching A Breath Of Air
the ship was returning immed so slow we thought that, they
To she Editor:
iately to the Gulf area; where were working for the Coast
At the last regular business
upon the crew refused to sign Guard.
meeting at the New York Hall
It took two days in which to
it was moved, seconded, and off.
make
one day's pay, and cost us
COMPANY FAULT
carried to call the attention of
just about all that day's pay to
the SnJ Negotiating Committee Since the Old Man had talked make it.
to the desirability of procuring too much, the' case was hrfd to What a hell of a commentary
two day's pay /or men sent to be one of company's responsibil pn the conventional picture of
siups and rejected because of ity, and one day's pay was given. the overpaid seaman!
there being no job when the re So much for toe bare contract
Another point that I wish to
sponsibility for the error is the ual facts.
make, is the picture of utter
company's.
Let us take toe other side of lack of consideration for their
Under the present setup, in the picture, toe human side.
Union brothers that was present
the case of company responsibil As is usual, a large part of ed in this case by this particular
ity, only one day's pay is given. the many men so dispatched had crew.
In the case of a crewmember's used up toe . last of their reserve
AID NEEDED
being responsible for the rejec money for taxi fare to get their
With
a
foreignvoyage payoff
tion, he must himself pay two gear aboard, in accordance with
jn
their
pockets,
a wideawake
day's pay.
^
the shipping rules.
set
of
Delegates
should
have in
The story in back of this We had also given "up our
quired .
into
our
condition,
and
motion is as follows:
hotel rooms, or other quarters.
The cobkt reiponsible for lb* ffoe food on the Steel Ven
either
taken
up
a
collection
or
A whole deck crew was sent The problem of raising money to hit the ship's fund to cover toe
dor during its recent run to IpdoChina end Thialand were,
to the Afoundria and rejected get back ashore—an evm more present jiecessities of the Bro
left to right. U. R. Mejudio, 2nd Cook and Chief Cook Fred
oh the ground that the crew had difficult job than getting aboard th^ who
Bucayau. The ship took arms up the sniperflanksd Saigon
need
it.
changed its mind, and did not —and of procuring new lodgings
River.
We
were
not
beachcombers,
was not an easy one.
want to get off.
but men dispatched to a job. The
The facts of the case were that That one day's pay that we same Brothers wohld probably
returning from a foreign voyage would get tomorrow was too have kicked in had' one of us
and terminating articles, the crew damned much like toe proverb dropped dead, or gotten jnjnred
had been informed by the Mas ial pieinthesltywhenyoudie in the rush for a j<to—but who
ter that they would be paidoff to sound like just compensation toe hell wants that? Let's not
with transportation to the Gulf. for our worsethanaday'swork. make shipping but such a dras
To the Editor:
the hands of phonies and giving!
Yes, next day we got that
The crew informed the Mast^
tic
affair.
On
behalf
of
the
dis
day's pay, after ^>ending a day
We who have been going down it back where it rightfully be^
that, such being the case, they
patched
crew:
in one company office after tfa^
to the sea in ships for any length longs, namely, the Department
would all signoff. The Master
A. Jorgens^
G.
W.
Cham!^
other, filling out forms, and wait
of tiane never have haid any il of. Commerce.
ordered a new crew. Transpor
Marshal}
Dodga
ing for stenographers utoo were.
lusions about our socalled pro
tation was then refused by the
tectors in toe Coast . Guard; how
company, on the grounds that
ever, wa thougiit the limit had
been reached a long time ago,
but lo and behold something
new has been added.
When it comes to angles the
Coast Guard'will think them up. To the Editor:
The writer of this obtained his
original papers some 32 years This is the first chance that I.
ago from the Department of have had to write you about an;
Commerce. The other day he error made in the LCX?. It was,,
went down to get his socalled the sample overtime sheet, puhl
lished in the LOG. I would like
validated papers, as per law.
to call your attention to Mr. Joe
By JBRRY PAUrfER
The giving out of papers is
Seafarer, as you called him. Mr.
organized on assembly line feat
Joe Seafarer put in overtime on
Sing me a song of ships and the sea.
ures. A sign in front of the first
June 6, 1951. His overtime was
clerk states "If you want your written correctly, from 9:00 AM
Where the porpoise and abatross dwell
old papers back, you must re
Where Davy Jones has a maid on each knee.
to 12:30 PM for which he put in
quest them now." I did; the fel
And flying fish daimch from the swell.
3'A
hours. He has cheated him
low blandly ignored me. The
self
out of an hour's overtime,
last clerk did not choose to hear
as
there
is a penalty hour in,
Blue waters, deeper by fathom far
ipe. When the batch of new pap
volved
there.
*
Than the lan,d lubber's river or lake;
ers were finally given out in
Mr.
Joe
Seafarer
should have.
the street, I made my final re
Many brave men iiave died
ti^ spair
been knocked off at 12:00 Noon!
quest. "The fellow" did neither
For gold or adventture's sake.
instead of 12:30 PM. As you'
see me nor hear me.
know our agreement reads he is:
Seafarer Allen Rose now
ALLOWED WAIT
to get a full meal hour. There^.
For the sea is for men of a chosen lot . .
'rpears the khaki at Camp
fore,
he should have put in for
Still wanting to give the "type
jSseckinrldge, Ky., where he is
Who live for the love of sweet life.
a
penalty
meal hour. The proper!
writer
sailors"
the
benefit
of
the
a member of the lOlsi Air
Little of fashion and vanity got,
'
doubt, I stuck around a couple way was for him to put in from
Iptonm Division. "Lots of over
True to no trollop or wife.
of hours and on every side I 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM and a
time." he reports, "but no pay
heard
the same complaint: "You penalty fiieal hour. '
fcr it,"
5.C
Sing me a song of a lusty crew,
have no witnesses and you have He should have 4% hours in
" 'TT
not
been refused." Pretty slick, stead of 3% hours. This err'pi: of
' Of a bowsprit dipping the foigm.
Vi
Seafarer Wants
ah?
The only solution in my the Sample bvertirtie sheet should
Or dufi and grog wilJh a ^>aty stew .
opinion
is for the fellows who be corrected and put in the LOG.
Ford Roadster
Or a Cape Horner bound for hoone.
want their papers to be in the This simple error may cause a
To the Editor:
Hall at 9 AM every morning and lot of disputed overtime in the
Full blown riggers before the wind
I am interested in information
Frank Pailando
go down together. They should future.
Are a sight for the eyes of God.
leading to the sale of a 1932
jfeport the taking of another
SS Lake George
Ford (Z channeled) roadster
man's property as theft. It is
(Ed. Note: Headquarters
Like kings they sail by the rigging's bend.
chassis, any locatitm; must be
lamentable
to
see
the
oldest
and,
States
the sheet is correct, as
Sail with a roll and a nod.
^
in good condition. If any Bro
once upon a time, most honor our Seafarer was knocked off
ths know of one, write me
able of the services sto^p to spch at *12:30 to eat and tod not
Spidery clippers and the coastwise puik,
a level. It is gratifying to kiiow turn to again until 1:30. If tho
stating price.
Pirates' galleons ^nd ships of slaves
that the Seafarers and the SUP ;nian had been turned to h«*
Joe Hilton
Heave to the swell on the great blue drink,
^e still Th the frbnt fighting to foi'ii 1:30 he wduld have
y V.
264 First St.
CHieying their masters, the mien of the waves, ^ fake toe seamen's • affairs opt of i^i^ved the^p^oalty hour.) '
Hoboken, lf.J.
Blasts CG's Fast Shuffle
When Issuingr New Papers
Qnestion Raised '
On Union's, OT
Ship Bulletin
Sing Me A Song
Si:
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Friday, August 24, 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Cuffing Up And Cleaning Up
Page Eleven
MSTSRun Vessels Not Equal
To Union, lTrip Vet Leams
To the Editor:
was told by the head of the hiring I boarded the SS Lt. Robinson
section to remain outside his confident that I would have a
For thirtythree days I was a office until my name was called pleasant trip.
member of the crew of the SS over the loudspeaker. I joined a The first thing I noticed was
Lt. James Robinson, a ship be group of men and in conversation that the ship had no slopchest.
longing to the Military Sea learned that sometimes seamen But had a PX, where everything
Transport Service, the fancy new sat outside the office from ten bought had to be paid in cash.
name for the old Army Trans in the morning until four in the In case a seaman came aboard
port Service. I have been sailing afternoon. I told the head of the broke he was just out of luck,
SlU ships for over three years, hiring section that I thought he unless he could find a good Sa
but circumstances and the State was taking advantage of the sit maritan to help him out. Soap,
Unemployment Office forced" me uation and that he should let me matches, soap powder, all items
to take an MSTS ship.
know if there was any possibil free on commercial ships had to .
At the Brooklyn Army Base I ity of beiilg hired that day. He be bought.
had expected to be asked some explained to me that since I was The food was passable, though
routine questions, followed by an qlien he could not hire me obviously of a cheaper grade •
ari offer of a job. But I reckoned until a .ship wa.s ready to leave. than food offered on commercial •
without Navy red tape. I was I left my telephone number vessels. Canned products especi :
handed a batch of forms, to be with him and went home. That ally were not up to par. On most •
filled out. The forms covered my same night the telephone rang of the ships there was a PO ;
life history in detail for the past and I received a message to re mess but on the Robinson the
ten years. It was like applying port for work with my gear in PO mess had been converted in
for a job on some supersecret the morning.
to a ship's office. Approximately
project. I felt certain that the Next morning I arrived at the 24 to 26 men were jammed into
No inlerdepulmental rivalry, even though it's Bosun position I would" be given must
Chuck Allen, left, and Steward Ziggy grappling. They're just be of considerable importance office and was assigned to the one mess haU with only one
SS Lt. Robinson. I asked if con messman to serve them. Most
wouldbe grunt and groaners getting into shape aboard the and pay a substantial salary.
ditions on board the ship differ of the seamen had never been ,
Sea Comet, Colonial. Ziggy is former professional wrestler,
After filling out the forms I ed from those on Union ships. on a union ship and felt
while Chuck hopes to get his crack before a crowd soon.
He assured me I would find no that the messman was obligated
difference. He even intimated to give immediate service. Usual
that conditions might be superior. ly there was a wait of from ten
to twenty minutes for food.
NO WORK RULES
As far as the engine depart
ment was concerned I was sur
prised to learn that there was
no such thing as a' set of fixed
working rules. The rules were
laid down by the First Engin
eer,
who in this instance was a
To the Editor:
big fat character called Zabala,
I have read many articles in who looked as if he had never
the LOG regarding the different done a day's work in his life.
marine hospitals (now Public During the whole trip 1 never
Health Service hospitals), both saw him lift a wrench once. His
pro and con. I'd like ,to speak my chief pasttime was to take men
mind. I have always been under to the Captain on some pretext
the impression that, these hos or another and have them log
pitals were primarily for mer ged. Completely loghappy, he
was constantly looking for in
chant seamen.
fractions
of the rules. While we
Today a merchant seaman is
were
in
the
port of Bremehaven,
of secondary concern to these
he
kept
his
eyes
open to find out
ho.spitals. I have no complaint
about the personnel, I have been who came in late or who report^
treated fairly by them; that is, ed late for duty, so as to take
them up to the Captain's office
with courtesy.
What these Sea Comet. deck hands are up to with those paint brushes is anybody's guess,
My beef is with the different to be logged.
but it looks like they're winding up a day's work. Left to right: Markham, Deck Delegate: agencies that are now receiving Zabala had an interesting op
Pfennig, Dayman; Nunn, AB; G. Reid, AB; Kettler, AB.
medical aid in these installations. inion of unions and union ships.
It makes the going slow when Naturally he had an intense dis
you have to have something like of all unions. He told me
that on union ships the seaman's
done.
(Ed note: Those beneficiar
j ing told I think it would ^ be a
To the Editor:
life
is too easy. There was not
Did any of you try sitting in
I am still in drydock due to good gesture on our part to fully ies who are dependents—not a waiting room from one to sufficient discipline. I did not go
the injury I suffered last Oct advise each one of them of their friends—are eligible for Social three hours while the Coast into the subject too deeply be
Security benefits and are being Guard, veterans and government cause I did not want to get into
ober while on the Alcoa Clipper. rights.
I want
to
take
this opportunity
advised by the Welfare Plan workers in general get attention trouble.
I guess it is a decided fact that
I have a permanent injury. I am to thank James Leander of the as to their rights. Your con before you?
Among the rules which Zabala
atill taking treatments but within Curacao Tourist Commission, who cern is appreciated. Brother.)
thought up to keep us busy and
SEAMEN LAST
a week or so I will be as well during my stay in the hospital
Persons from all these places, make sure we earned our pay
there wrote all of my^ letters
as1 will ever be."
their wives and children come were two which would interest
I have been wondering if tve for me and brought me good
before, merchant seamen. I have Union Brothers:
|ure advising. the beneficiaries of j things, to eat to supplement the
seen men sit in the hall waiting "7. Keep Station clean every
our departed Brothers ' of .their cheese and bologna. diet of the
watch. Keeping stations
three hours to get a tooth pull
rights under social security? Dutch hbspital. He was an al
clean
consist of the follow
ed, then have to sail with an
Every one of .them should be most daily visitor and I am sure
ing:
aching tooth because they could
eligible for some survivors in he denied himself to pay me his
"(a) Sweep up station
n't get to see a dentist.
surance, and if they are not be daily visit. William Kuschke
every watch.
I have no desire to begrudge
"(b) Keep deck mopped
anyone free medical aid, but the
up and keep a slight
marine hospitals were originally
oil film
over floor
set up for merchant seamen. They
plates
to
prevent
rust
like the sailor does.
To the Editoz:
should be accorded first consid
ing
of floor
plates.
Well,
Seafaring
Brothers,
don't
eration instead of last. Let the
I'm one of the unlucky SIU
"(c) Wipe off aU hand
Coast Guard go to naval hospit
men that got drafted from the do like I did when the Army
marks and accumula
sends
you
a
notice
to
report
to
als,
and
if
necessary,
build
more
good old sea fife. Some sailors
tion of dirt from all
your'draft
board.
Don't
listen
to
hospitals
for
the
veterans
and
might think I am sort of making
auxiliary
machinery#
someone
like
I
did.
If
I
had
re
government
workers.
them foel good, by saying that,
etc.
ported
to
my
draft
board
I
Something
should
be
done
so
but. you don't know what hell
a merchant seaman can^have his "9. Assist watch engineers in
is until you get drafted. No would have got a deferment. I
maintainance and repair
Sailed
AB
unlimited.
You
fellows
health looked after instead of
Overtime; no time off, no draws
work
when on watch."
who
sailed
with
me,
how
about
spending
the
day
in
the
hall
sifter five days in service either.
I
protested
Section 9 to Za,
ways. Either this or the govern
You also work around the clock dropping me a letter from some
bala,
pointing
out that I could
Lester Moore catches , fellow ment should come out and say
here but our bqse pay is $75 per foreign port?
not
be
held
responsible
for tak
Pvt. Russell Coftoan
Seatrain Havana Seafaifer Jo merchant sfeamen are not want
inonth plus our clothing allpw'
ing
my
readings
if
I
had tn
Btry/'C" 1st FA Tng.
seph Mouton as he prepares ed, then we can raise hell with
ahce whiqh is "$5 a month. But
assist
the
engineer
with
main
^ do have a fewgood things '• • lst FA'Tiig.6p,r;U\TC "' to take some time ofi In Texas Congress. '
C. C. Corneff
City. .
• • "vv
Fort Sill. Oklaho:n# •
here, weget to travel, but not k
' (Continued on Fage 12)
Okays Care,
Raps Delays
At Hospitals
Suggests Union Inform Beneficiaries Of SS Insurance
Big Smile
Listened To Wi8eguys, 'Now In Army
iiiilil
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Page Twelve
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Frldar. August 24, 1851
Up In Gashound Curbs
Seafarer Sees A Healthy Economy Step
Seen Needed During Boom
Sole Hope FOT German *Lost Youth'
To the Edifor:
raise hell and criticize the men
who did their work while they
of fiftyfour marks a month fullfillment in economic returns. For the past several months were ashore advertising ta the
To the Editor:
from the government. He had It is pretty evident that until the old menace of rumdums, foreign public that they were
If a Brother likes to hit plenty seen three years war service in Germany's industries and trade thieves, performers and wee( the only good Americans left.
of ports on the European run, Russia and was later shifted to can employ the youth of the peddlers has gradually wormed
CANT THINK
let him take a job in New York Italy where he became a pris country, the women like I've its ftray back into our Union. It
on the Beauregard, a Waterman oner of the Americans. He was seen wiU be prone to prostitu is apparant that the great need At a shipboard Union meet
ship. In a recent trip We made now one of nine thousand un tion, the men and women prone for men during the present ship ing, gassed up they have nothing
ports of call at Bremerhaven, employed in the town of Brake to Fascism or Communism. It is ping emergency brought about of common sense to discuss, and
Brake, Bremen, Hamburg, Ant with a population of 15,000.
always immorality of life or a, the entrance of these menaces they don't remember what has
werp, Rotterdam and lastly,
political system adverse to^dem into our saUipg ranks without happened iater. These menaces
CONTRAST
Cherbourg, all in about ten days
ocracy that breeds best in des severe screening. When a ship have no interest for the Union,
time. This is also a nice voyage A vivid contrast between the titution and despair.
is sailing and a man has to be only what they can get out of it.
gotten fast, there is no time to When nearing^the States these
to make if one wants to get war's devastation and a seeming
NEW mTLER?
be cautious, but something has actors look into their suitcases
away from the heat, for leaving prosperity can be found in Ham
and pull out their halos again
New York in the middle of June burg, where whole blocks are My observation and impression to be done.
of
Germany
was
that
if
offered
imtil our return to New York in seen without a single livable
While in the U. S., where the and go around bragging what
the middle of July many of us building on them, while adjacent no alternative to a totalitarian Hall and the Union Patrolmen they did for the Union, though
used a blanket for sleeping. All to them night clubs and cafes system, they would accept one are available, these guys walk actually they have done no
the German ports were cold at flourish. The main street is broad again, if democracy failed to around with a halo on their thing of good.
bight, that being because we and crowded with restless people create employment with wages heads and preach good Union i want to go oh record that
. were hear the North latitude of seeking diversion. The thorough commensurate with prices. That policy, but after leaving the we comb out these crumbs. If
Western Germany is failing to
54 degrees.
fare is reminiscent of Times wholly follow a pattern of dem States, the performers get to we don't we'U find our negotiat
Square, with neon lights blazon ocratic concepts is borne out by gether and negotiate for a big ing committee in for a rough
FIRST TO GERMANY
time when contract renewal time
ing the shop windows, bars and the German press and magazines, rally at the first port of call.
This being my first trip to restaurants, giving this area which are fUled with nostalgic ' Then it starts; . No work in rolls aroimd. We have pledged
Germany, I was interested to veritable technicolor appearance. stories on Hitler, Goering and • pjjrt, gasup stations for" orders, ourselves to furnish the com
panies with qualified and com
know something about the Ger
A significant sense for me of Goebbels, by friends or associ come aboard when all gear is petent men. These few jokers
man's attitudes toward life un what the aftermath of the war ates of them, by overt sympathy secured and ready to sail, then
are hurting the thousands of
der the Allied occupation. A in Germany draws, is that young for high ranking Nazis in prison
hardworking Seafarers in our
number of Germans I talked woman who lives a twilight ex and only recently for those prom
Union.
with complained bitterly about istence, trying to make the ac inent sevra Nazis recently exe
The bookmembers should set
the high prices and small wages. quaintance of GI's or seamen cuted.
an
example for the permitmen,
German marks approximating for her livelihood. It is her only
John J. Flynh
who
in the future will become
four to an American dollar, a
the
full
bookmen, but, unfor
longshoreman earns in a day
tunately,
I have* even found
time shift of eight hoims, four
some bookmembers who fall in
To the Editor:
teen marks, the night shift gets
to the catagories" described here.
seventeen marks. An Able Sea
The Irenestar, on its 15th voy
I hope the members get wise
man in equivalent American dol
age was fortunate in having one aboard ship and take action
lars makes $53.00 a month, a
of the best stewards departments, against the phonies who are un
Bosun $60.00, a Captain, $200.00.
headed by Thomas Topma, that dermining the security of our
A staple food like bread costs
this crew has had the pleasure organization.
1 mark .50 pfennigs. Despite
of sailing with. Everyone agrees
Carl Lawson
these low wages in comparison
that if Chief Cook Bill Lowe and
with American wages, the Ger
his cooks were going to stay
man prefers American occupa
aboard for another trip, not one
tion to either the British or the
man would sign off.
French. As for his regards to
The highest praise a crew can
No SIU crew is to payoff,
wards the Russians, well, a
give to this department is to any ship until the crew's
young war veteran I talked with
send back for "seconds," and quarters and .equipment are
in Brake had this succinct ans
seldom
did a meal go by ^that as clean as any Seafarer likes
wer to a question I put to him
Messboys
Ross' Rodriguez and to find a ship when he first
on whether he everworked in
Manuel
De'Yillia
did not have goes aboard. Patrolmen have
the Russian Zone. "In the Rus
to
do double
duty.
been instructed that the
sian Zone I found work in a
Yes, the crew of ' is ship crew's quarters must be ab
factory, but I could not buy
wishes to thank the st wards de
solutely clean before a pay
anything with the marks I earn
partment ' for
the excellent ser
ed." This fellow was the only
off will be allowed. Please
Seafarer Bernard Mace and his wife pose for NlOir formal
one I met who worked in the portrait with children Betty. 4, and Jolm, IS months. Mace vice and food, and it wishes to cooperate with your officials
add that "she's really been a in carrying out this member
Russian Zone, but several others
sails as Chief Cook and recently paid off the Stony Creelb feeder."
ship order.
I talked with expressed only
Crew of the Irenestar
vehemence when I asked them a MaxTrade ship.
how they regarded Russia.
;The war veteran was the fath
er of two children and unem
ployed; he was getting a pension
er seniority. The seniority system Chief Engineer was not around that the best thing for me to do .
{Continued from Page 11)
works
thus: If a man has been to sign/ the overtime slips so I at the end of the trip was to get
tenance work while on watch.
But Zabala assured me that in the Armed Forces for five was told to return the next day. off the Robinson and get back.
modern ships run automatically years and works with MSTS for This, of course, meant at least on a union ship. It is ironic that
and there would be plenty of one year he is credited with six half my day wasted.
governmentowned ships should
years seniority and pldbed ahead
time to help make repairs.
be operated imder conditions sd '
CUT LEAVE
of a nonveteran, who worked
inferior
to those, existing on pri '
BUSY MEN
with MSTS for five or six years. A very disheartening regula vate commercial vessels. One'
Oilers on these ships are kept Fortunately this does not happen tion of the MSTS is that shore would expect the government^
busy since logs are written in on union ships. No one can leave is terminated twelve hours ships to be better run since the '
every hour. Besides reporting bump aunion seaman off a ship. before sailing. If a seaman is profit' motive so important iii'
unlucky enough to have to work
his own log, the oiler must take
According
to
official
Overtime
during the time the ship • i s private ind^try does not play a ;
down the engineer's log on a
Regulations
CMPI
85.33
'Sea
docked, he" may be aHowed only part in government operation. "
scrap log at the end of the watch,
watches
.
.
.
are
not
to
be
bro
one or two hours ashore, for.^ By and large the seaman is *
keep a constant eye on the evap
treated like a human being on'
ken
later
than
1200
on
day
port
some MSTS ships only stay in
orator, iceboxes, aircompressors
privatelyowned ships. The de.
time
commences,
and
not
later
port about 24 hours.
and make coffee. It was the
cent
worlcing Conditions won by
watch engineer's delight to have than 2400 when port time com
The MSTS ships also have pe the Unions are often taken for^
two cups of coffee every watch. mences in the afternoon ..." riodic inspections which are ty granted, but it is only when one'
Fortunately, the watch engin However, at times the Chief En pical of Army life.
has to work under inferior con
eer was an oldtimer who had gineer extended sea watches to The average seaman who works ditions, as I did, that union ships:
sailed before on Union ships. He midnight. On regular commercial for MSTS is not too happy with are appreciated.
sympathized with the Union in ships I would be entitled to his lot. I talked to one intelli
their struggle. I found him fair overtime pay, but here I got gent fellow who had just had his Let me give a word" of warn ;
and square. He never imposed nothing. When I protested I was ears burned by the Captain, a ing to any fellow Brothers who*,
upon me in the slightest. He had told that the'Chirf Engineer has real life Captain Bligh, who de may be in the position I was in;
"Oscar," pet pooch of' the his own troubles. MSTS has a the right to change regulations lighted in laying out and terror last May. When the Employment
good ship Evelyn, sends his seniority system which works in to suit his convenience as he had izing the crew. This fellow Office sends you to. MSTS tell
the right to set sea and port thought that if he could pull them that conditions oh those'
Vegards to Seafarers and his favor of one group at the ex watches , at will.
pense of another. The old man
some political string he might ships are inferior to those oh'.
many canine irieads along the
had worked on government ships There' was something else succeed, in bettering conditions. Union ships, Don't be fooled."
f&mi, so. reports Steward E. for some years but he was find whichamioyed me. When I was But the average man is more or Thejs is no substitute for a"
:
IHieey, who subaailted the pi(^ ing himself beaten out of posi to be paid off, I was entitled to less a fiunky who deserves his Union ^ip,^r:.r
tion by younger men with high some overtime pay, but the fate. I came to the conclusion
fure.,
. ., • > ,
Seafarer And His Family
'She's A Feeder,'
Say Contented
Irenesitar Men
Notice To Crews
Seafarer Finds MSTS System Far Cry From SIU Standard
Sends Regards
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Friday; Kixgvalit 84, 1851
V;' •
T BE SE AF ARERS LOG
Page Thixle«i
Frisco Shipping Fair;
SUP In Negotiations
By LLOYD GARDNER
Schrunk, Charles G
10.00 TRIPLER GENERAL HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, August 16 The older bookmen must edu
{Continued from Page 7)
Brittain, Earl Louis
10.00 Smith, Julius B
10.00
HONOLULU
—Despite the fact that the beach cate these irresponsibles if we
Daldorff, T
:
10.00 Sonnier, Wilfred C
20.00 Schiavone, Antonio
63.00 is clear enough of men so that expect to keep our Union re
Dean, Clinton
^
10.00 Trader, Ernest A
20.00
we can't hold a meeting, ship sponsible to its contractual obli
USPHS HOSPITAL
Derol, Boleslaw ...
40.00 Witra, Anton
10.00
ping can be reported as only gations.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Eikenberry, Herbert
10.00
fair.
*
Roll, Bernard
10.00
Right now we are watching
Groover, Wallace J
10.00
400.00
Undoubtedly the current truce with keen interest the negotia
USPHS HOSPITAL
Hall, James M
20.00 ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL
talks in Korea have done much tions going on between our affili
GALVESTON,
TEXAS
Knickman, Melvin R.
20.00
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA
toward cutting the shipping ate, the SIJP, and the Pacific
10:00
McNally, Bernard James .. 10.00 Kagelmacher, F
'
10.00 Fisher, Frank
tempo here, and cause the di Maritime Association.
Lewis, Cecil N.
10.00
Middleton, Clifford ."
10.00
version
of many ships to the
USPHS HOSPITAL
Wilmoth, V. E
30.00 Gulf and East Coasts.
We wish them success and
Pagano, Gaetano
20.00
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
have pledged them any help'
Plahn, Eugene G
10.00
40.00
50.00 For the period. just ended we they may need toward achieving
Preussler, Otto P
10.00 Wise. Joseph P
paid off the Lynn Victory (Dol their objective.
USPHS HOSPITAL
Prodey, Jerome A
20.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
phin),
Mankato Victory (Victory
Reier, George H
30.00 . SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
BOSTON, MASS.
Carriers)
and John H. Marion The outfit the SUP is dealing
98.00 Clarke, G. N
Rosej William T
10.00 Watson, Henry
20.00 (US Waterways). All three ships with, the Pacific Maritime Asso
ciation, is composed of the ope :
Dirksmeyer, F.
20.00 signed on again.
rators, many of whom are re
Riley, D. M
10.00
SEVEN VISITORS
sponsible for not taking any ac
Freshen, Joseph S
7.00
Iii^transit
we handled the Ra tion toward routing out the
Vourlbumis, G
20.00
phael Semmes and Yaka (Wa commies here. As a result they
77.00 terman); Yorkmar and Portmar have actually helped entrench
(Calmar); Clearwater Victory and the commies in power.
USPHS HOSPITAL
Steel
Artisan (Isthmian), and the For some strange reason these
LONGVIEW VICTORY (Vic
ATLANTIC WATER (Metro)
MOBILE, ALABAMA
Sea
Comet
(Colonial).
operators seem to give Bridges
No dale given — No Chairman lory Carriers), June 1^—Chair Adkinson, Rhett
10.00
There
were
overtime
beefs
and
almost
anything he demands,
man,
Julian
R.
Wilson;
Secre
given: Secretary, L. Hitchner.
Burke, Tim
20.00
other
minor
difficulties
on
most
while
they
make a legitimate
lary, John
J. Lohz.
Delegates
re
Delegates reported everything
Hihtower, A. M
10.00
of
these
ships,
but
all
were
set
trade
union fight
for every gain.
satisfactory. Discussion on repair ported no beefs. Discussion made Jones, J. H
20.00
tled
to
the
satisfaction
of
the
list and taking care of recrea for last stand by to , clean up Leousis, Mike
Like the SUP, one Seafarer
10.00
messroom before calling watch Poole, L. A
tion room and laundry.
who has been right in there
.?. 10.00 crews.
No date given — Chairman, and for all crewmembers to re Puh, L. C
10.00 The Lynn Victory can be sin fighting for every gain is Charlie
Moylan; Secretary, L. Hitchner. mind each other to clean up.
Romano, Geore
10.00 gled out as being a fine SIU ship. Nangle, who has been in the
Delegates reported no beefs. Dis
4 4.
Williams, James E
10.00 She had a good crew aboard, SIU since 1939. Charlie has been
cussion about bread. It was NASHUA VICTORY (Triton) Zeloy, Joseph
10.00 and the officers were reported sailing aU his life and remem
agreed that the 2nd Cook start June 24—Chairman, Pat Milli
as being fine men to sail with. bers the days before the SIU
cooking fresh bread and use up can; Secretary, A. C. Snath. Del
120.00 Despite the fine performance with no fond memories.
egates reported no beefs. A let
shoreside bread at breakfast.
of the Lynn Victory crew, there
NO PICTURE
July 22—Chairman, T. Moylan: ter was read from the Captain
are ships coming in here that
Death Benefits
Paid
Charlie is a good seaman and
Secretary, Larry Hitchner. Dele in regard to the delayed sailing
are not to be. commended.
a
conscientious Union man, who
gates reported some disputed overtime. Pai Millican gave a Fischer, Charles
Some
guys
on
ships
think
1,500.00
overtime. Discussion on repair short discourse on Education to Schipman, Robert Lee .... 1,500.00 that when a ship hits port all speaks with pride of the many
the new Union members aboard Wade, WiUiam E
list and storing ship.
1,500.00 work stops. They have the habit accomplishments he and his fel
Gardner, Everard
1,500.00 of running off the ship and get low . Seafarers have brought
4, 4. a;
LLOYD S. CARLSON (Bloom
Downfey, Cyril J
1,500.00 ting a load on. Much to their about.
field), No date given—Chairman,
charges Charlie says he doesn't want
Johnson, John Charles .... 1,500.00 amazement they find
J. R. Prestwood; Secretary, R.
against them when they return his picture in the LOG because
M. Weeks. Delegates reported
he would only be swamped with
9,000.00 and, boy, how they beef!
everything okay. Discussion on
mail from admiring girls in all
Jt 4. t
ship's fund. Suggestion for bal
ports, and he doesn't have" time
ance of shijj's fund to be given JOHN HANSON (White
to handle the mail.
Range), July 14—Chairman, O.
to infantile paralysis fund.
This week I made the marine
Pod Kosoff; Secretary, H. J.
hospital along with Patrolman
Drummer. Delegates reported
Fischer, and visited the nine
everything okay. Motion made
SIU men laid up and handed
The
award
of
back
pay
to
16
fired
and
offer
emplo3mient
to
by Ship's Delegate to wear
by the men it had refused to hire. them their benefits.
shorts at meal times. Discussion additional Seafarers fired
in regard to cleaning of laimdry, Cities Service for union activity The individual payments in These were: E. L. Pritchard,
was announced last week by the the latest award group range J. Lewis, Gee Cheng, D. Bahr,
messroom,' and passageways.
New York Regional Office of from $231 to $1,444, somewhat C. Danbach, H. E. Grant, Ed
4^ 4, ^
DEL SANTOS (Delta), July 18 the National Labor Relations lower than the first group, where Robinson, C. Robertson and F.
payments went as high as $4,306. Mitchell. These men ate the
—Chairman, James Tucker; Sec ! 3oard.
(Continued from Page 7)
envy of the rest of the men
retary, Leroy
Nicholas. Delegates
The men involved collected a
CHECKS THERE
one particdlar Cook who's out
there
when the SIU representa'
of this world and by that well reported no beefs,' no disputed total of $13,653, and brings to The NLRB New York office tives visit them.
known Steward who doesn't overtime. Discussion on Stew an end the unfair labor practices reported that of the original
spare the steaks (or the grits, or ards stores, in reference to stan charges leveled against the com award group of 130, 25 men have A cheerful word, a copy of
dardized . requisition which has pany by members of the Sea not as yet picked up their the LOG and their $10 weekly
this or that).
welfare benefit are better medi
recently
been introduced in farers international Union as a checks.
There were 115 present at the
cine
than a case of pills, as wit
Delta.
result
of
the
Union's
organizing
Branclr meeting yesterday, at
The
names
and
amounts
nessed
the happy smiles we saw " .j
drive.
4
which Headquarters report to
awarded
the
men
in
the
second
from
our
men there.
"' m
the membership and the, Secre LIBERTY FLAG (Dover), Aug
On July 12, 130 Seafarers col group follow:
Everyone out here in the SIU
taryTreasurer's financial reports ust 2—Chairman, John Ghanftas ected a total of $150,000 in set
Bliss, William
$1600 Hall is wearing a smile, too. The
were accepted. There was little Ian; Secretary, Frank D. Smith. tlement of their cases. As a re
232 weather is wonderful Those
• in the way of business outside Delegates reported disputed de sult of the charges a total of Bruhse, William
Darrah,
Joseph
D.
1418
layed
sailing
and
few
hours
East Coast men come in here,
of hearing and concurring in the
146 Seafarers have been awarded Doyle, Billie
758
overtime.
Deck
Delegate
present
wilted and drawn, but in a day
reports of the various commit
i;i63,653 by the company.
Green,
Jesse
*
ed
a
beef
on
chow.
It
was
sug
or
so they're pumped fuU of
tees.
Gresham,
Warren
1444
IN
DRIVE
gested, that
a
fund
be
opened
this. wonderful
climate and are
The only fiutter. on the local
Gunn,
Daniel
J.
903
for
repairs for
washing
machine.
healthy
as
bulls.
S'wonderful!
labor scene is the strike of Local
The charges arose during the
Heckl,
Joseph
A.
959
July
15—Chairman,
M.
Ship
18 of the CIO Shipyard Workers,
SIU's organizing drive in the
CLEAN ROOMS
1353
• who are striking the Alabama ley; Secretary, P. Cathcut. Dele company's fieet of 16 tankers, Hornby, Thomas G.
673
As a final word, the Patrolmen
Dry Docks and Shipbuilding gates reported no beefs. It was when men were fired for Union Johnston, Gerald R.
Jones,
Wilbur
231
wish
to remind the membership
suggested thkt everyone read the activity or not hired because of
Company.
Lyttle,
Eugene
F.
742
of
the
SIU rule requiring the
article
in
fo'Iupe
Magazine
The CIO outfit is demonstra
Union affiliation.
Mills,
Tobert
758
foc'sles
to be clean at payoff.
about
Cities
Service
strike.
ting outside the Chicasaw yard
The
payments
are
for
money
Nicholson,
John
H.
*
Leave
the
ship the way you'd
4; i t
of the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp.,
that the men would have earned Parsons, Irving H.
287
like
to find
it when you signon.
ALCOA
POINTER
(Alcoa),
which has a contract with the
had they not been fired,
or Sands, Howard
•
July
29—Chairman,
L.
Trent;
Also,"
they
say, certain men
AFL Mobile Metal Trades Coim
would have earned had they Scott, Stanley C.
672 have it in for the Mate or En
Secretary,
J.
Pursell.
Delegates
ciL
been hired and were determined Sharp, Thomas L.
833 gineer and, in a mistaken effort
The purpose of the demonstra reported everjrthing' okay. Sug jy a settlement stipulation
Shero,
Harvey
C.
790 to' get even with them, put in
tiotis is to pull the AFL men out gestion made that all Delegates agreed to by the National Labor
Thomas,
Lemuel
A.
• phony overtime. But in the end,
in support, but such an. action make out list for final repairs: delations Board, the SIU and
they harm only themselves and
would jeopardize their contract Ship's Delegate requested to the company signed on June 12,
$13,653 their shipmates, for these phony
and run them afoul of the Taft have slop chest checked and to 1950.
claims only cause confusion and
Hartley Act, and so the AFL have sufficient gear put aboard
* Additioiial
interim
earnings
delay
in paying off the ship—
in
case
ship
goes
to
Ganqda.
At that time the company
men continue to report to their '
(and
are
not collectible.
agreed
to
rehire
the
men
it
hadlinformalioa
necessary
(More Sb^s
on Pag« J4)
jobs. . •
a
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Digested Minutes Of
Shipboard Meetings
Shipping Keeps
Getting Better
In Port Mobile
16 More Seafarers Get
Unfair' Money From CS
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m
Page Fourteen
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THE S EAF ARf:RS LOG
Friday. August 24, 1951
Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings
Selig S. Freilich; Secretary. Ricky
SESTRAIN HAVANA (Sea
F. Motika. Delegates reported
train). July 22—Chairmsui. Reece
everything okay. Discussion oh
B. Oliver: Secretary. W. T. Co
benefits of Vacation Plan. Motion
hill. Delegates reported no beefs.
made and seconded to make re
The new crewmembers were
SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL port to Union of men missing
REG.
REG. ' TOTAL
REG.
asked to donate to the ship's
STWDS. SHIPPED
ENG.
DECK
STWDS.
REG.
ENG.
DECK
PORT
ship. New fan has been received
fund towards the washing ma
19
21
23
63 for messhall.
19
.75
32
24
Boston.
chine.
138
383
145
100
144
539
173
222
' July 12 — Chairman. Charlie
4 4 4
38
30
108
25
17
84
40
EDITH (Bull). July 27—Chair
42
Philadelphia...
Roberts; Secretary. W. G. Cohill.
' 93
78
76
70
277
50
221 man. Vince Genco; Secretary,
131
Delegates reported no beefs. Baltimore
5
19
101
72
86
259 Louis Ruzzd. Delegates reported
8
6
Norfolk
Crew voted to have a voice tube
26
20
10
49
.
"
.28
.
'
74 no beefs. Ship's fund is reported
22
17
Savannah
installed between galley and
9
'9
19 to have ' $3.13. New members
6
27
4
6
12
Tampa
crew's quarters.
39
49
158
59
147
.
62
52
44
briefed, on Union procedure and
Mobile
t 4 4.
91
86
97
274
121
102
107
330 rotary shipping. Delegate is to
SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY New Orleans.
25
39
39
24
88
^30
11
80 get a new supply of Union lit
(Seatrain)., July 25—Chairman. Galveston
25
18
14
16
48
28
18
71 erature for the benefit of all.
L. B. Brown; Secretary, John Wilmington.....
Fedesovich. Ship's fund is re
4 4 4
459
494
1,627
673
588
674
505
1,766
RpBIN GRAY (Robin). July
ported to have $25.72. Commun GRAND TOTAL
8—Chairman. James Eichenberg
ication from Headquarteds per
er; Secretary.
Frank Cihler. Dele
taining to the Seafarers Vacation Martin; Secretary. Norman Kra Patrolman articles were dated ANN MARIE (Bull). July 22
gates
reported
everything okay.
Plan was read and accepted mer. Delegates reported no beefs. back to May 31.
—Ch^airman. Mark Sweet; Secre
Motion
made
and
carried for
imanimously.
Motion made to have discussion July 12 — Chairman. Hornby; tary. Joseph S. Cash. Delegates Ship's Delegate to contact offic
S. 4.
on education at next meeting.
reported no beefs. Motion made
WILLIAM HARPER (Water Discussion on ship's laundry Secretary. Brown. Five issues and carried to set up a ship's ers for $3 for washing machine.
sent
out
by
Headquarters
were
Suggestion by Bosun tcget mess
man). Date not given—Chairman, machine.
discussed and voted on. Ship's fund. Request by Steward to hall chairs' painted.
Benny Stewart; Secretary. Lee
have all used linen in by day of
4 4 4..
Fund reported to have $7.39.
Snograss. Delegates reported no , CAMAS MEADOWS
4 4 4
(US Pe
arrival in port.
MONTEBELLO
HILLS (US
beefs. Discussion on distribution
Carriers). July K
4 4 4
Petroleum). July 8 — Chainnan,
It of linen.
Chairman. M. Carter; Secretary,
JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman). Leon Baker; Secretary. Andre
.
4 4 4
W. C. Murphy. Jr. Delegates re
July 15—Chairman. Harold Sti
Boubouleix. Clarification asked
MOBIUAN (Waterman).
' parted no beefs. All Communica
vers; Secretary. Thomas Teears. on definition of confined spaces.
15Chairmam B. B. Darle; Sec ^.^^^ read and voted on. The
Delegates reported everything
Discussion on beefing in the
retary. John T. Anval Delegates
Tanker
okay. Motion made and carried
messroom
and on the poop deck
reported everything okay ^enj
to donate one dollar per person
outside
of
the meeting.
eral discussion on disputed over'
for the purpose of creating a
time of rest period concerning
4 4
ship's fund.
,
4 4 4
NIKOKLIS (Dolphin). July 22
daymein to be clarified by Patrol' STEEL NAVIGATOR
(Isth
4 4 4
—Chairman. James H. Maxeyt
man.
mian), July 17—Chairman. Vin
BLUESTAR (Triton). July 18 Secretary, W. M. KuM. Delegates
4 4 4
4 4 4
cent G. Orencio; Secretary. A.
FAIRPORT (Waterman). July wafers. Delegates reported no TUSKEGEE VICTORY (Coral). — Chairman. E. Degan; Secre reported everything okay. Mo
9 — Chairman. Collins Green; disputed overtime. Motion made July 21—Chairman. Joseph Lae; tary. W. H. Cademan. Delegates tion made and carried to have
Secretary. B. Bishop. Delegates that each department clean the Secretary. T. G. Beatrous. Dele reported everything running ship fumigated. Patrolman to
reported everything okay. Dis laundry shop every third week. gates reported everything okay. smoothly. Deck Department held be informed of cigarette situa
their own meeting to iron out
cussion on instructing permit
Men who have not signed Wel difficulties on gangway watch tion.
4
4
4
men in regard to contract.
4 4 4
STEEL TRAVELER (Isth fare Plan cards were to do so and deck.
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS
4 4 4
as
soon
as
possible
also'
those
mian). May 31 — Chairman. A.
4 4 4
(Southern Trading)r July 22 —
LAFAYETTE (Waterman). Thorne; Secretary. G. Wass. who have not filed for validated
STEEL
VOYAGER
(Isthmian).
Chairman,
W. P. Lupton; Secre
July 22—Chairman. William Mil Special meeting called. Various papers do so as soon as possible,
tary.
C.
D.
Jones. Discussed mat
lison; Secretary, Peter Patrick. members talked on the fact that because after August 1 they will
15Chairmai^ WUey Par
ters
that
would
benefit the SIU
Delegates reported no beefs. The small beefs could be ironed out not be able to register to ship.
Secretary. Frank Steen;
Delegates reported few beefs, members aboard this ship such
men have been asked to keep before they come to a head. Sug
4 4 4
the laundry clean, as it has been gestion made to improve table YOUNG AMERICA (Water none strong enough to do any as necessary repairs and facili
in poor condition for the past service.
man), July 15—Chairman. Wil thing about. Motion made and ties to make tropical run.
carried to go into political ac
few weeks.
July 17—Chairman. Aw Thome; liam O'Conner; Secretary. John tion report of Union. Crew re
Secretary. F. Delapenha; Dele Kackur. Delegates reported that quests that all linen be launder
gates reported everything okay. the voyage has been pleasant so ed.
Suggested to Steward that he far. Motion made ^ and accepted
May 1—Chairman. Wiley Par
try to obtain innerspring mat that each man contribute fifty
rott;
Secretary. Frank Sleen.
tresses. Suggestion made to file cents for the upkeep of the ship's
Delegates
reported everything
washing
machine.
letters to company and Union.
okay.
Special
meeting called due
4 4 4
June 18—Chairman. A. Thome;
to
dissension
between
Bosun and
4 4 4
ALCOA
POINTER
(Alcoa).
Secretary. G. Wass. Delegates re
4 4 4
Electrician explains
how
Captain.
MAIDEN
CREEK
(Waterman),
July
15—Chairman.
E.
Patterson;
SIMMONS VICTORY (Bull). ported no beefs. Beef about not
to
use
washing
machine.
July
15—^Chairman.
Lotus
Stone;
Secretary.
J.
Purcell.
Delegates
July 4—Chairman. Roy White; being able to use PO shower.
Secretary.
Barney
Kinter;
Dele
4
4
4
reported
no
beefs.
Discussion
on
Secretary. Joseph Duffey. Dele Motion made and seconded to
gates
reported
cat
walk
danger
NORTH
PLATTE
VICTORY
buying" washing
machine
for
use
gates reported no beefs. Several have shower used by all.
(Mississippi). July 18—Chairman. ous and needs repairs, Chief
by the crew.
Brothers talked in regard to
4 4 4
Mate has stopped alL wheel
ANNISTON
CITY
(Isthmian).
painting the crew's quarters.
house
sanitary work on Sundays
June 17 — Chairman. Michael
4 4 4
and
Holidays.
HILTON (Bull). July 17 — Rossi; Secretary. H. R. Gordon.
4 4 4
Chairman. G. Smith; Secretary. Delegates reported everything
The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities
Jack E. Smith. Delegates report going swell. Motion made that tarers International Union is availaUe to all members who wisl
ed no beefs. Motion made and crew discuss the five current to have it sent to their home &ee of charge for the enjoyment ot Service). July 9—Chairman. Eob
carried that a crewmember be issues. The crew's messhall was their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to hav* Bowes; Secretary. Mike Nash.
Delegates reported no beefs.
brought up on charges, in New painted throughout.
the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at ever?
$24.52
is reported in ship's fund.
York for being drunk at meal
4 4 4
SrU branch for this purpose.
Motion
made and carried that
time and not performing .his AMES VICTORY (Victory Car
However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIL ship treasurer accept donations
riers). June 24 — Chairman. hall, the LQG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG
duties properly.
Charles Hoenemann; Secretary. which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 at Baltimore .payoff for purchase
4 4 4
of washing machine for crew.
m • ELIZABETH (Bull). July 22 John Doyle. Delegates reported Beaver Street, New Yor^ 4, N. Y.
4 4 4
—Chairman. J. Lanahan; SeC'^'everything in order. Ship's fund
If:: retary, Felix Aponte. Delegates is reported to have $11. Sug
INES (Bull). July 29—Chair
PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION
man. P. Gondzar; Secretiary. E.
reported no beefs. Motion made gestion made on getting bed
Opplci. Delegates reported no
and carried to keep alleyways' springs fixed in the rooms that To the Editor:
and screen doors closed at all need them.
I would like die SEAFARERS LOG mailed to the beefs. It was suggested that
messhall chairs be sanded and
July 15 — Chairman. J. Gar address below:
times, while in port.
varnished, also deck in recrea
rison;
Secretory.
R.
A.
Swayne;
4 4 4
tion room is to be pained.
LAKE GEORGE (US Petrol Delegates reported/everything in
eum Carriers), July 1—Chairman, order. Complete fumigation nec Name
444'
I
BETHORE (Ore), July 29 —
Frank PoHamlo; Secretary, Nor' essary in galley and qitarters.
Chairman, H. Jenkins; Secretary,
man Kramer.^ Delegates reported^The problem of donation to Street Address
George Gobl^key, Delegates
no beefs. Motion made t& have chapel at Kings Point to be re
Zone....
State
City
reported no beefs. Motion made
engine delegate read letter from'ferred to Headquarters.
and carried to have more ice,
Headquarters. Motion made and.
4 4 4
lemons, and fruit next trip. It
Signed
seconded to go on record for the^ COE VICTORY (Victory Car
was suggested that the refriger
Union to increase dues, and also riers). June 17 — Chairman.
,
'i
ator
be "repaired or a new one
Hornby: Secretary. Brown. Dele
Book No.
to increase welfare bene.fits.
put
aboard.
Jun* 3 — Chairman, Charles gates reported no beefs. Notified
A&Q Shipping From Aug, 1 To Aug, IS
Notice To All SlU Members
'• /'''
'V* • *
�Prid«r, August 24, 1951
f ti E S E A 'P A R E R S L O G
45 additional Liberty ships were allocated to
general agents within a period of five days,
bringing to 253 the number of Liberty ships al
located by the National Shipping Authority. On
"August 10, 17 allocations were announced, of
which six went to SlUcontraicted^ companies.
On August 14, out of 28 vessels six more went
to Sltr companies f^r a total ^f 12 out of 45
allocated. The SIU companies which were allo
cated ships are: Bloomfield, 2; Alcoa, 2; Water
man, 2; Eastern, ^;"Mississippi, 1; Bull, 1; South
' Atlantic, 1 and Isthmian, 1.
Page Filtem
tabs on the crewmembers for signs of "political
unreliability," and to prevent any of the crew
from jumping ship when they hit democratic
countries. The second is to act as liason men for
the communist international between the commie
grqups among seamen and longshoremen.
show a security card or credentials issued by
another government agency, plus written or ver
bal permission from the company. The CG will
issue temporary identification cards for those
who do not have security cards during this trial
period.
A newly built ship, which was beiug fitt^ out
for launcHlng, exploded in Glasgow, killing af
least one man, injuring 30, with two more still
missing. An acetylene gas cylinder exploded in
the engineroom, tounching off a number of other
gas containers. There were over 100 men in the
engineroom when the explosions took place, and
some were hurled 120 feet. . . . All persons seek
ing admission to piers handling explosives, mil
itary supplies or military shipments must have
port security cards after December 1, under hew
Coast Guarii reflations. The CG has asked the
steamship companies to cooperate in a voluntary
restriction program to go into effect October 1.
Under this program, pier guards and watchman
will require all persons entering the piers to
Isthmian will oppose any move by New York
City to force the company to restore the Brook
lyn pier it recently relinquished to a "as new"
condition. This was prompted by a suit the city
is preparing against the Cunard Line, which
moved from cityowned Piers 54 and 55, North
River, to docks further uptown—^for from $500,
000 to $700,000, which the city says is due it
under a clause in the lease. "We have paid two
andahalf times what the pier at the foot of
29th street, Brooklyn, cost as new 36 years ago,"
said Walter Wells, president of Isthmian Lines.
He added that during that time the city had not
spent one cent for the upkeep of the pier.^ The
entire shipping industry, as is understandable, is
backing the position of Isthmian and Cunard.
The Seairain Georgia, one of the two new
"Ships ordered by the Seatrain Lines, was launch,
ed on August 14, at the SuU Shipyards, Chester,
Pa. The 11,000ton vessel, built at a cost of $4,
000,000, has a carrying capacity of 100 loaded
freight car& It will operate between New York
and Texas City, Texas. The second ship is still
under construction at Sun. . . . The Pennsylvania
Railroad has announced it will soon begin con
struction of an $8 million iron ore unloading pier
in Baltimore. The equipment will have an un
loading capacity of 2,400 tons an hour. The pier
will be located immediately north of the rail
road's coal dumping pier at Grenwich Point, and
What is MTD?
will be able to unload two ships' at once. If nec
MTD is the convenient abbreviation for the
essary, it can be expanded to unload four ships
at one time. The pier is expected to be completed Maritime Trades Department of the American
Federation of Labor. Actually, it means, a whole
by the summer of 1953.
«
lot more.
The National Shipping Authority has notified
MTD is another way of saying 250,000 long
its general agents that its final offer, to them is
shoremen, tugboatmen, imlicensed seafarers, li
$75 per vessel per day^ In additiqp, it is willing
censed deck and engine officers, radio operators
to pay the operators IVi percent of the revenues
and workers in allied crafts bound together by
from freight carried on the ships. The operators
a common purpose, which is to "raise the social
maintain that it costs them $145 in overhead to
and economic standards" of all through mutual
handle the government ships, and, in addition, is
support.
asking for 2% percent of revenues of outbound
In the four years since it was first organized,
freight and 1% percent of inwyd voyages. . . .
the Maritime
Trades Department has demonstrat
The removal of three overage ships, from docu
mentation reduces the privatelyowned American ed that it is the most powerful group of water
flag oceangoing fleet to 1,304 vessels, of 1,000 front w<»kers in the world. Going into action
tons or over. \. . . The House of Representatives whenever one of its member unions is in lieed
has passed a bill permitting Canadian ships to of aid in a beef, the MTD has scored successfully
carry grain between US ports on the Great in every one of its objectives.
The MTD came into being on August 15, 1946,
Lakes until December 31, 1951. Under the Mer
when five
Watefffohf unions jointly pefitiohOd
chant Marine Act of 1936, foreign flag vessels
were forbidden to engage in American domestic the AFL's Executive Council in Chicago for a
charter. Tlie charted was issued and the first
tfade. The bill now is before the Senate.
conference was held immediately, with the fol
. Unsettled world conditions have put a bole in lowing member unions represented: International
transAtlantic traffic so far this year. In a com Longshoremen's Association, Radio Officers Un
parable period in 1950, there were 341,006 east ion of the Commercial Telegraphers Union, Mas
and westbound passengers, while up to now in ters, Mates and Pilots, Sailors Union of the Pa
1951 only 303,000 booked passage. At the min cific, SIU Great Lakes District and SIU Atlantic
imum rate of $185 per person, this means a loss and Gulf District.
of at least $6,195,000 to the shipowners. . . . Pan
Daniel Tobin, president of the International
ama, whose flagships have been accused of trans
Brotherhood of Teamsters, stated that his union
porting materials of war to communist China,
would cooperate and join with the member un
iEontrary to a resolution passed by the UN, has
ions of the MTD on a local area basis, and that
by Presidential decree forbidden her ships from
it would respect picketlines and beefs authorized
tiarrying these materials. Panamanian consuls are
by the various Port Maritime Trades Councils.
authorized to enforce the decree, by cancelling
Whenever the support of the teamsters was
the register in all cases of violation. Whether
solicited,
they have responded, so that, in effect,
this will turn out to' be more than a token ges
ture remains to be seen, as some legal author they can be considered as members of the MTD,
ities say that Panama's navigation laws cannot on the local level at least.
be amended
decree and that cancellation
The objectives of the MTD are contained in
of registry must go through legal channels.
the Preamble adopted by the member unions in
Both Houses of Congress vbfed to place a ceil 1946. ft reads:
•
Just What Is The MTD?
I
ing of 1,522 on the number of trips by American
ships on which operating subsidies may be paid
during the current fiscal year. In addition, thO
Maritime Administration Was instructed to all<>
Cate 307 of these «ubsidi2ed voyages fO compahies
Which have not been receiving subsidies. . . .
Reports reaching the International Confederation
Of Free Trade Unions say Uidt polish merchant
ships, the largest fleet of the iron curtain coun
tries, have been carefully 'staffed with cornmie
spies, w^o have two duties. The
IS to'
"We, the Workers in the ti'ansportation indus
try, tealisang the necessity ^ strong united action
in our endeavor to raise our social and economic
standards, to coordinate our efforts in our struggle
for out rights and in order to protect our unions
from raids by dual unions and hostile organiza
tions such as the CiO and the eOznmunist party,
and for,the purpose of org»fizing all unorganized
workers in the industry into the structure of the
American Federation of Labor,
dedieedte
action through the medium of the Maritime
Trades Department of the AFL."
Wherever it was practicable, port councils were
set up to coordinate the activities of the member
unions, and to establish a working relationship
that would facilitate the accomplishment of any
objective—whether it be on a national or local
level.
Without fanfare and drumbeating, the Mari
time Trades Department has functioned quietly
and efficiently in scores of beefs involving indi
vidual or all members of the group.
Examples of how thq MTD goes to bat aria
demonstrated by the famed Coos Bay beef ia
1946, and the recent mutual pledge for support
to member organizations whose contracts expire
on September 30,1951.
In the Coos Bay (Oregon) beef, the communist
dominated West Coast longshoremen, led bjr
Harry Bridges, attempted a jurisdictional raid on
the SUP, an MTD affiliate, and refused to work
its ships in the Oregon port.
The MTD immediately went into action and
threw picketlines around ships of the National
Maritime Union in the New York harbor. The
NMU and Bridges longshore union were allied
at that time in the communistcontrolled Com
mittee for Maritime Unity, a red front aiming at
domination of the vital US waterfront.
With ILA longshoremen and tugboatmen and
other AFL maritime workers refusing to handle
NMU ships. Bridges was forced to abandon h^
raid on the SUP. In fact, this action of the MTD
actually cracked the communist CMU, and a feW
months later it was disbanded.
The mutual pledge pact for approaching con
tract negotiations was signed by all member un
ions following a series of meetings last week.
MTD affiliates whose contracts expire in the fail
are the SUP, ILA, MM&P and the ROU. But all
unions, acting through the MTD, will pool all of
their resomces to win satisfactory agreements
for the member unions involved.
These two actions described above are typicadj
of the manner in which the mighty MTD op
erates. As a result, every member of a union af
filiated with the AFL maritime group, and thdt
includes all us Seafarers, has additional suppoH
and protection whenever his welfare is ipvolved.
In Union there is strength, the saying goes, id
a union of unions, such as the Maritime Trade®
Department, thme is even greater strength. Every ^'
Seafarer, every member of every MTD affilia^
should be aware of that.
�V
Page Sixteen
Frldar. Augiipl 24, 1991
TH E SEAFARERS LOG
f
•
•
In Korea Waters
•
Despite truce talks in Korea, siipplies in great nuni^
ber are still being carried to that Far Eastern country^
and SIU cre^s are strongly represented among ship^
touching there. Two recent ships out there were the Blue<
star (Traders) land Lynn Victory .(Dolphin), both ope^
rated under the agency. of Triton Shipping Company*
Representative of the activity of the ships are The pic
tures here, sent in by Don Ruddy of the Bluestar and j<
Chew of the Lynn Victory. •
' !
A detail of communist prisoners of war squai near the Pusan walerfiront wliilo awalilim
orders to move. Shot was taken from the Lynn Victory, which was loading US war dead for
return to the United Statesi Chew reported that flanking them on one side was the Danish
ht^pital ship Jutlandia and on the other side a heavy US cruiser.
Veterans of the Far Eastern run are these Bluestar Seafarers takhig coffee tiiue. The sh^
Don Ruddy reported, has been away from the States since February and Is stiU busy shutting
the waters between Okinawa and Manila after several shuttle trips to Korea* The men are,
left to right, Kean, Ni CookBakerj MencUf? , OS; DeVries, AB; Sirgos, AB; Douglas, AB; Barton,
Bosun, and Cashman, l'ick Maint.
Bluestar crewmembers line the rail awaiting the arrival of the sampans in
V Pusan. Besides carrying cargo to Pusan, the Bluestar also operated to Inchon
§A atui. Kunsan. The ^teafmers are Gutierrez^ OS; the Radio Qperator; Perry,
Fireman, and'Kyle,
What might be called "riding at anchor" shows camera
man J. Chew, of the Lynn Victory, perched on the ship's
hook. The ship was in Pusan at the time, and has since re
turned to the States for another load for the Far East.
The nightly po^er game on the Bluestu has frozen out all but these three
hardy Seafarers, who apparently have cornered the market. Douglas, AB«
center, aute> up some of the green stufi, while Deegan, Deck Eagimer, left*
,'^aad Cashman,'pk;S€aih4''''W'ai5 their tufa. '
. '
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SUP TO GET ALL-OUT SIU AID IF OPERATORS FORCE A STRIKE
BME SIGNS ISTHMIAN TO CONTRACT GETS BEST CONDITIONS IN INDUSTRY
STEWARDS DEP'T SCHOOL WILL COOK WITH GAS
LET'S CLEAN HOUSE
CONGRESS PASSES HIGH-PROFIT BILL
REFUGEES FROM THE ADVANCING COMMUNIST ARMIES
TAMPA CENTRAL LABOR BODY BACKS PITTMAN FOR MAYOR
SHIPPING IS MUCH TOO GOOD TO OVERLOOK GETTING YOUR VALIDATED PAPERS, SAYS no
FINNISH LABOR QUITS COMMIES, JOINS ICFTU
SHIPPING FINE IN PORT BOSTON
SEATTLE COOL, SERENE, HAS GOOD SHIPPING
FORMER NLRB OFFICIAL GOES TO WSB POST
PHILLY GATHERS ENOUGH MEN FOR BRANCH MEETING
BALTIMORE SHIPPING TAKES A DIP
SHIPPING SKIDS FOR GALVESTON
GO AFTER YOUR RATING
LAKE CHARLES GIVES RATED MEN REAL RED PLUS CARPET WELCOME
WILMINGTON SAYS SHIPPING THERE IS EXCELLENT
SAVANNAH SENDS SOS: SHIP OUT SOON
SHIPPING KEEPS GETTING BETTER IN PORT MOBILE
SEAFARER'S ADVENTURE-PACKED TRIPS RIVAL HOLLYWOOD EPICS OF THE SEA
ALASKA OFF LIMITS TO SEAMEN; CREW BURNS
SIU FIGHTS FOR YOU; COONE
FRISCO SHIPPING FAIR; SUP IN NEGOTATIONS
JUST WHAT IS THE MTD?
SEAFARER CREWS IN KOREA WATERS
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Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America
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VOL. XIII
NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 10. 1951
No. 16
MUTUAL CONTBACT AID
PLEDGED BY HID UNIONS
'
A mutual aid pact, guaranteeing support to
any affiliated union in need of aid when their
contracts expire on September 30, was signed latei
last week by the component organizations of the
AFL Maritime Trades Department. The new pact
embraces MTD member unions representing 250,000
.stopwork meetings in all ports increases ranging from $30 to pact with its member organiza longshoremen, tugboatmen, licensed deck and en
tions.
where Branches are maintained $112 a month.
were held August 6 by members Ordinary Seamen, now getting With ^ the SIU pledge of full gine officers, unlicensed seamen, radio operators
of the Sailors Union of the Pa $206 would be raised to $236; support' to the SUP came the and. allied workers. Among the signers was Paul
qific, as a prelude to contract AB Maintenance from $274 to assurance that the entire facili Hall, SecretaryTreasurer of the Seafarers Interr
talks scheduled to begin prior $325; Bosuns from $348 to $460, ties of the new SIU Hall in
to expiration of the SUP's con and ABs from $248.50 to $268. Brooklyn would be made avail national Union, Atlantic and Gulf District.
SUP Holding Stopwork
Meetings For Strike Vote
able to the Sailors Union, should
tract on September 30.
SIU SUPPORT
In announcing the mutual aid pledge, Harry Hassel
strike
apparatus be set up upon
;In all affected ports, crews In announcing its demands for
gren, Executive Secretary of the Maritime Trades De
knocked off work on their ships a new contract, the SUP imme expiration of the contract.
and assemble/i in meetings to diately received a pledge of full In that event, SUP members partment and SecretaryTreasurer of the International
hear the reading of new demands support from the SIU Atlantic will be assured of a strike kit
scheduled to be presented to the and Gulf District, which has chen manned by the experienced Longshoremen's Association, said that the decision was
operators. The membership was traditionally stood shoulder to stewards department of the SIU, reached as a result of the fact that a number of the
aiked to give the Union power shoulder with its affiliate in all facilities where pickets could be department's aO^iliates on both coasts have' agreements ex
briefed and dispatched, a flop
to call a strike if demands were beefs.
The SUP is also assured of for those in need of one—and, of piring simultaneously this fall.
not met.
Voting began immediately by full support from the Maritime course, whatever manpower
The AFL waterfront unions, whose agreements are
secret ballot in all Branches, and Trades Department, which this would 'Tie needed during the
up for negotiation next month, are the International
will continue until August 13th, week signed a mutual assistance beef.
with crews of ships touching port
longshoremen's Association^
expected to stop work as soon
Sailors Union of the Pacific,
as their ships are tied up and
report to the local SUP Hall to
the Radio Officers Union
yo;e.
and Masters, Mates and
Among the demands put forth
Pilots.
by the^SUP are the fourwatch
system, 40hour week for Say
The SIU, Atlantic and Gulf
workers at sea, with time and
District, has "already received
a half for overtime, and wage
membership approval to seek
wage increases and is awaiting
Wage Stabilization Board action
on other maritime labor casea
before action is taken.
The wheeling into line of the
AFL's big guns in maritime
makes ready the full weight of
: Possibilities appeared strong
the MTD to be thrown behind
this week that the SIU would
each of the member organiza
receive additional ; ships .under
tions who will present demands
GAA charters to contracted com
to their respective operators.
panies.
The mutual aid program evol
' A report out of Washington
ved after a series of meetings
stales that the Economic Coope
between the affiliates of the
ration Administration is prepar
Members of the Headquarters Tallying Committee check their lists as Chairman Paddy Maritime Trades Department,
each of whom pledged to pool
ing to ask the Federal Maritime McCann (standing) reads the results of the voting on the referendum to amend outmoded pro
Commission to break out another visions in the SIU constitution and allow a new dues and assessment schedule. The members all of their resources to win sa
group of Eibertys to handle the^ are. left to right, R. Garofalo. John Anton. Frank Moran. Charles Palmer. McCann and A. Jockel.
(Continued on Page 3)
expanding Marshall Plan cargoes
to Europe.
• • The "report stated that ECA
expects to ask for 17 additional
ships to be recommissioned for Copies of the ngw agreement the changes agreed to by the viously signed Cities Service added to each ship. Other work
4uty.
:.
.
incorporating the recent agreed SIU and the company on July contract, jind have turned over ing conditions changed provide
• Out of the last two allocations to changes in the working rules 20, which guarantee the Cities the final; copy for printing, an overtime pay for work perform
Service men the, same conditions action looked upon as indicating ed in port between 5 PM and
SIU«contracted Qompanies re;
aboard the ships of the Cities and benefits in effect on other a more cordial companySIU re 8 AM Monday through Friday,
ceived 12 ships.
and overtime pay for shifting
lationship.
Between 225 and 230 former Service fleet are now in the pro SlUcontracted tankers.
cess
of
being
prihted
and
will
butterworth machines or wash
Specifically
the
new
contracts
Representatives of the com
reservefleet vessels already are
in the emergency shipping pro, shortly be available in SIU Halls pany and ;the SIU have com will include an increase in the ing tarJ:s from the deck while M
pleted incorporating the new stewards department manning on watch between 8 AM ar.d
gram being handled by the Na and aboard the ships.
The new agreement embraces contract clauses into the pre scale, with one Messman being 5 PM Monday through Friday.
tional Shipping Authority.
Headquarters Tallying Committee Prepares Its Report
EGA To Request
17 More Freighters,
European Aid
Revised Cities Service Contract Ready. For Press
�Page Two
THE S EAFAR ER3 LOG
SEAFARERS LOG
Friday, August 10, 1951
^f^OULDEfii TO SHOULDER /
Published Every Other Week by the
SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Atlantic and Gulf District
Affiliated with the Axnerican Federation of Labor
At y 1 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y.
HAndVer 22784
Reentered as second clasg matter August 2, 1949, at the Post
Office in New York, N.Y., under the Act of August ^24, 1912.
267
Example Of Real Unity
The mutual aid pact signed by the member unions
of the AFL Maritime Trades Department last week is a
resounding demonstration that there is unity on the wa
terfront. The catchphrase of unity, bandied about by
the commies for years as an excuse for attempting to take
over smaller outfits, has been quietly proven to be a fact
of five years' standing by the AFL maritime labor unions.
Now, on the eve of contract negotiations by some
of the unions affiliated with the AFL maritime labor
group, this powerful aggregate of strength once again
proves to all that unity is a fact, and that in unity there
is strength.
When the member unions sit down at the bargaining
table next month to rewrite their contracts, standing
behind them in support will be over 250,000 maritime
workers of all waterfront trades and occupations. This
silent fact will have far reaching effect on the attitude
shown toward the unions by the operators involved.
Who can tell how great an effect this common bond
wilLhave on future employeremployee relations on the
waterfront? There is no doubt but that the MTD stands
as the most powerful maritime labor group ever assembled.
In itself it stands as a tremendous stabilizing factor in
maritime, for its program of a common contract expira
tion date for all maritime unions puts to an end the
almost yeararound bargaining sessions and uneasiness of
impending strikes. The MTD undoubtedly acts as a strong
deterrant against operators who prefer to face possible
strike action than grant reasonable demands of the mem
ber unions.
^
But should strike action become necessary, the MTD
ORTON LEWIS PARSON
who was hurt aboard the SS fice. Seas Shipping, 39 Cordtlandl
pledge of mutual support will make any walkout JOO Your seaman's papers _aiid Elly at Yokohama.
Street, New York.
percent effective.
i
4' 4> 4>
• ' '
4.
permit card are on file at SIU
Headquarters, 51 Bei^ver Street, HAROLD K. SHELLENBERGER
GEORGE WHITTLESLY
Tn the hands of the MTD is concentrated the entire l^ew York,
Please contact Benjamin B. Get in touch with P. S. Ger
power of the AFL on the waterfroiit, but, unlike the
%
%
Sterling, 42 Broadway, New vanage, 105 East Bay Street^
Savannah, Georgia.
CHARLIE GOODWIN
York 4, N. Y.
commies, this power will not be abused. The MTD pledged
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»
4.
t
S.
m its mutual aid pact "full support to all affiliates making .Get in touch with John Hunt,
HENKLE
E.
D.
(TEDDY)
HODGES
Deck
Delegate
on
SS
Gateway
iust and reasonable demands."
Write to Pvt. Clyburn M,
DUTCH DE VRIES
City. Important.
Wood,
US 53072846, Co. B., OOtfi
R. D. HANKS
The securing of genuine trade union benefits for the
4. t
Infantry,
Fort Benning, Georgia,
HERMAN
(TINY)
WHISNANT
ALEXANDER VASSEY
members is the MTD's sole reason for existence, and the
t
Write to Edward 'W. (Slim)
ELICK H. THOMPSON
group has not varied from this position since it was
BERNARD
W. BUSTER
Parsons, care of New York Hall.
ASA M. SHAW
granted a charter by the AFL in 1946.
"Pick
up
your
clothes and
LEO C. HOGAN
» 4. 4
papers
In
the
SIU
Baltimor®
A. ARMETTA
The SIU is proud to have been among the founders Get in touch with Silas B.
Hall
and
your
money
at any
H. L. WALCH
of the MTD and among the signers of last week's pact. Axtell, 15 Moore Street, New
Dickman,
Wright
and
Pugh
of
4, New York, regarding Pick up your overtime pay at
In 1946, when the MTD was founded, the waterfront York
fice:
Mitchell"
the case of William , J. Clegg, the Robin Kettering company of
was in constant turmoil. The NMUBridges axis was
4^
JOHN CARTER LEVACK
waging warfare on all coasts with raids, interunion and a strike appeared imminent. The MTD stepped in with
itttraunion fights. The shortHved Committee for Mari a pledge of support and the operators settled without a Your" validated papers have
been sent to the • Coast Guard
time Unity was supposed to unite all waterfront unions, strike.
in New York City.
^
but its actual purpose was shown when Joe Curran re
4.
4^
^
• ;
The history of the MTD shows that it has been suc
signed as cochairman of CMU and blasted the outfit as
PHILIP COSTA
existing only to pull raids, foster the commie line and cessful in stabilizing the waterfront and of major You were overpaid«$214.40 on
importance in the securing of greater benefits for its the Eugenie. Get in touch with
wreck noncommie unions.
member unions. However, we must not take the MTD the cotnpany office, John Mi
It is to the everlast^g credit of the MTD that the for granted. The case of the CMU shows that rivalries Carras, Inc., 24 State Streeii
CMU's purpose was defeated. An'example of MTD coun can exist, on the waterfront and unity is not always easy, New York City.
4> t, %
teraction took place in 1946 in Coos Bay, Oregon, where but the members of the MTD have shown that bickering
CURTIS T. AKINS
Bridges tried to raid the Sailors Union of the Padific. The and rivalry have no place where the object is. genuine Contact your wife, Mrs. C. T.
Akins, 1108 E. Chester, JacKson,
MTD answered by throwing picketlines around NMU trade unionism.
Tennessee.
ships in the East Coast, Tho raid was called off. The
4 a> 4.
The MTP member unions are only interested in
CMU died shortly after. ,,
,
HAROLD
RELEFORD : '
common betterment and have worked diligently, oyer
On the plus'side of the ledger, only last spring the the past five years, toward this end. Every Seafarer can. Brother Releford and his wife
to notify their friends of
MTD sprang into action when the Masters, Mates and be thankful that the SIU is part of the Maritime Tracks wish
the passing away of their dauife
Pilots Union, AFL, was deadlocked with the operators and Department.
terj Nancy, oh July 23.
; •
�Friday, August 10, 1951'
TttE SEAFARERS LOG
Elected ItA Executive Council
Word To OS
tankermen
By DANNY GRECO
Mutual Aid
Pledged By
MID Unions
(Continued from Page 1)
tisfactory contracts for the un
, Just give the SIU the ball and
ions involved.
you can bet your bottonj buck
The MTD also revealed that it
pur Union will carry itright" oh
had officially endorsed the posi
over tiie goal line every time.
tion of the Seafarers Interna
Jhe wonderful job thp Seafarers
tional Union against the* designa
^d in winning a new agree
tion of an AFL maritime unioil
paent with Cities Service, that
representative to serve as a la
puts our standard contract ihto
bor member of the National
effect on the company's tankers,
Shipping Authority.
is a swell example of the way
cur organization operates.
> As chairman of the MTD_meet
ings, Joseph P. Ryan announced
As a man who has sailed Cit
that he had informed AFL Presi
ies Service tankers, especially
dent William Green that "inas
in the days, when things looked
much as the SIU, which is di
pretty, dark, I want to say that
rectly involved, withdrew its
the SIU has once again kept its
word.
signatures
and pledges made at
Members of the Executive Council of the International Longshoremen's Association,; AFL,
the
Washington
conference of
It has kept faith with the men who were elected at the convention which ended July 27:
maritime
unions,
as
a result of
to whom it promised that the
First row (left to right): Robert Collins, Seattle; Dick Walton, Chicago; Executive Ifice
the
National
Shipping
Authority
fight would never be given up President 'Patrick Connolly; Walter Bk Holt, New York; President Joseph P. Ryan; Secretary
breaking
faith
with
seamen,
thie
until they got the representa' Treasurer Harry Hasselgren; Daniel Donovan, Boston; August Idzik, Baltimore.,,
MTD
went
on
record
to
endorse
tion they were entitled to as
Middle row: Ehunet Townsend., Jacksonvills; CharleS Lockhard, Miami; Dave Dennis, New
American seamen.'
Orleans; Gus Scannavino, Brooklyn; Ernest Slaughter, Duluth; William Jones, New Orleans; the SrU's action."
The SIU charged that the ship
Pat CuUnan, Jr., Chicago; William V. Bradley, New York.
Most of the SIU men will re
jping
agency had failed to live
Top row: Walter Mayo; Lake Charles; Frank Yaeger, Galveston; David Alston, Norfolk;
member that there were times
up
to
its promise to protect the
when it appeared that we were Arthur Sullivan, Nova Scotia; Legislative Representative David Roche, and Larry Long, St.
civilian
rights of seamen to sue
fighting against hopeless odds. Louis, Missouri.
when
it
drew up the generd
•
But the Union was determined,
agency
agreements.
and kept up the offensive
Signing the pledge of support,
throughout every phase of the
besides Paul Hall, were Joseph
great organizing drive.
P. Ryan, President of the ILA5
I'm hoping that the new con
Patrick ConnoUy, Executive
tract provisions will' bring the
VicePresident
of the ILA; Fred
improved relations between the
Howe, Secretary of the Radio
company and the Union that all
Officers Union; Morris Weisber
of us are anxious to see. If it
doesn't, it won't be our fault, The International Longshore safety standards for longshore
At the International conven ger. New York Agent of the
as the record shows. And you men's Association, AFL, ended men.
tion it was announced that the Sailors Union of the Pacific;
can bet again that the SIU will its ' quadrennial convention in The ILA has been working for ILA would specifically seek an Tommy Atkins, President of Lo
see to it that CS tankermen get New York City last week after over two years to have the law increase in pay, a guaranteed cal 88, Masters, Mates and Pilots^
a square deal all around.
delegates from all coasts, the changed and, as a result of its day's pay, a minimum of 20man William V. Bradley, President of
the ILA United Marine Divi
For myself, I want to thank Grear Lakes, Puerto Rico, .Alas work, bills to this effect have gangs and upping of welfare
sion;
Louis Zeigler, Secretary of
the Union for keeping its word. ka and Canada heard reports on been introduced in both Houses benefits' and hospitalization.
the
United
Marine Division of
The SIU has shown once again the Union's progress during the of Congress and ace expected to SIU President Harry Lunde
the
ILA
and
Hasselgren. '
that regardless of the odds, it past four years, and voted to reach the fioors for action when berg addressed the International
Congress
reconvenes.
body
and
praised
the
ILA
for
is fully capable of getting the intensify its program of bene
THUMBS DOWN
best deal for seamen. In Cities fits for longshoremen and allied Ryan's statement was issued its longstanding fight against the At the same time the aid paot
from the International conven communists in maritime, — "A was announced, it was also re
Service, the Seafarers were able crafts.
to do a job that other organiza
ILA President Joseph P. Ryan tion, which convened in the fight," he said, "the ILA began vealed that the AFL group had
tions, including the' NMU, were announced at the convention that Hotel Commodor' on July 23 waging long before fighting the turned thumbs down on the laf
unable to measure up to.
high on the list of coming, ac following the enc. of the ILA's commies became fashionable." bormanagement committee
. Let the' other unorganized tion will be negotiations for sub Atlantic Coast convention, which He notified the ILA men that which has been set up to pr^ •
tanker companies take note of stantial increases for the long had met there the pr'evious the SIU, too, has no use for mote the American, merchant
commies and would continue to
the job done by the SIU in the shoremen when contracts ex week.
marine.
Cities Service case. The dogged pire September 30, and continued The demand for increased "kick them around" at every Chairman Ryan informed AFL
fight the Seafarers put up pressure toL,bring about the pass benefits was first announced at opportrmity.
President Green that the MTD's
should make clear to them that age of amendments to the fed the Atlantic Coast convention, The conve.ntion wound up with position was as follows:
1
the SIU fights to win and won't eral Longshore and Harborwork as were various reports on local the election of officers for the "Inasmuch as the program rer
quit once it has taken on a job. ers Act to provide adequate and national action taken dur coming four years, having made ferred to was developed solely
constitutional revisions allowing
ing the, past four years.
by the CIO organizations and
Speaking at the Atlantic Coast enlargement of the executive
their
contracted employer or^
meeting was Paul Hall, Secre board to seat 'William 'V. Brad
ganizations,
participation of the
taryTreasurer of the SIU Atlan ley, President of Local 333, Uni
AFL
marine
unions would be
tic and Gulf District, who re ted Marine Division^ ILA.
meaningless other
than to lend
called the mutual support that The constitution was also
its
name
to
the .decisions
and
the Longshoremen and the Sea amended to establish the position
actions
of
the
CIO
group."
By JIMMY SHEEHAN
farers had always extended each of executive vicepresident of
The MTD said further that to
BOSTON, August 2—Shipping j Not only has the business of other in the past, and on behalf the International, a job to which participate in the committee
is very good here and the Sea handling the ships been smooth, of the SIU assured them of Patrick Connolly, vice president woiold be neither "practicable,
"fovusqiiare and allout"' sup of the Atlantic Coast District,
farers aboard Cities Service ships but here in the Branch the fel
constructive nor productive of
lows have pitched in and are co port in any of their future beefs. was elected.
good results."
hitting here are very happy
operating fully whenever any
During the sessions, the Mari
about the new setup on their
thing comes up that calls for a
time
Trades Department went ;
ships, so there are no longj faces
little volunteer effort.
on
record
as being unable to
in this neck of the woods .this
At
our
regular
meeting,, under
support
the
Marine Engineers
week.
Constitutional Changes Approved
Page 4
Good and Welfare, a good sug
Beneficial
Association
in its dis^
New Building's Galley Takes Shape
Page 5
', We took care of six ships, all
gestion was made by one Bro
pute
v/ith
the
Isthmian
Steami
tankers, among them two Cities
Report of Seafarers Welfare Plan
!
Page 6
ther that ofi the Cities Service
ship
Company,
in
view
gf the
Shipping Subsidies Over 100 Years Old
Page 7
Service ships and the payoffs
ships everyone be given the
fact
that
the
CIO
engine
officers
went off in fine style.
Chilean Seamen Ask SIU To Suppoff ~Btrike
Page 7
booklet outlining the duties of
,. Page 8 had violated picketlines of the
We had an overtime beef on the Delegates. We have heard News From the Ships
... Page 9 BlUalfiliated fish and ^cannery
the Stony Creek (American that some crewmembers believe Minutes of Shipboard Meetings
Page 10 workers dtiring their strike last ;
Tramp Shipping), but it Was the Delegates are on there to Letters From the Membership
Shipboard Meetings Need Not Be Routine
Page 13^ month against the Alaska Fisle
squared away right on the ship. act as nursemaids.
Page 14 ing Industry, Inc., in the Bering
On the two Cities Seryice ships, I have one bit of tragic news to Beware of Carbon Tetrachloride .."l
Page 17 Sea: area.
the Government Camp and Fort report thjp week. Brother Everad SIU Is A Family of Unions
The MTD also officially recog
Page 20
Hoskins, the boys were chipper Gardner, who had been in and Welfare Plan Aids In Recovery
nized the AFL Brotherhood of
and right in there pitching, like out of the , marine hospital for
Reports From Branch Agents:.
Marine Erigineers as a bonafide
one big happy family.
Page 4
Some time with • a bad heart, Baltimore
Page 6 labor . organization, and recomf*
Mobile ..'
The other ships handled were; passed away last week.
Philadelphia ....:
Paga 4
Page 15 mended that it launch an 0»
Lake. Charles
The. Cabins (Cabins Tankgrs), Brother Gardner held book No. Savanneh .................. Pago 4
SeatUe
Page 15 ganizing drive where its reprss
Wanda (Epiphany), and Bull Run 21430 and was wellknown Tampa
Wilnsiagloa. ......
Page i
Page 15 sentation would be of value to
(Tanker Sag Harbor).
throughput the , District.
Galvestott'
Pea* ®
Page 17
AI'L marine workers.
New Osleant^ii..
Higher Wages, liureaseJ Benefits
Are Goals Set By ILA Convention
. iC
Page Three
Cities Service Crewmeii Happy
finder New Pact, Boston Reports
IN THIS ISSUE
�Page Four ,
Savannah Gets
Ready For Some
SuperShipping
By E. B. TILLEY
THE SEAFARERS LOG
New Recreational Gear in Savannah Hail
Friday, August 10, 1951
Tampa SIU Opposes
AntlLaiior Mayojr
By HAY WHITE
TAMPA, August 3 —Shipping
has been good for this port,
what with the SS Florida (P&O)
and the/Irenestar (Triton) paying
off arid signing on again, and
several Waterman coastwise ves
sels coming here intransit.
The Delegates brought in the
Irenestar in good shape. There
were no" gashound beefs ^nd'no
major overtime beefs—and what
there were< were quickly squar
ed away.
Once again there was no
Branch' meeting in Tampa.
We attended the meeting of
the local AFL central body,
which, after transacting its us
ual business, turned its atten
tion to the coming election oh
September 4, when, the people
of Tampa votC for mayor.
The present mayor is the one
who hardtimed the SIU during
the 1946 General Strike, and we
are doing all we can to turn him
out so that he can earn his liy?
'ing the hard way—^by ,working.
SAVANNAH, August 2—Ship
ping is better than good in this
port right now, and promises to
be of superboom proportions be
fore the month is out.
During the past two weeks
we paid off and signed on three
ships and took care of four more
intransits, but tha future will
make this seem a slow period,
as we have been informed that
five Liberties will be in port here
shortly to take full crews.
' The payoffs and sign ons were:
Salem Maritime (Cities Service),
Southport and Southland (South
Helping to "christen" the new Savannah Branch recreational equipment is J. Clayton Haire,
Atlantic). The intransit ships
were: Monroe and Jean. (Bull), regional organizer for the Retail Clerks International Association. AFL, as he draws a bead on a
Eobin Sherwood (Robin) and the shot while playing "8Ball." Standing aweuting his turn is H. White, while observing are. F. F.
Manthy, B. W. Brinson, M. P. Linsky, T. C. Musgrove and M. Wickham.
Anniston Victory (South Atlan
\
tic).
Below: Pingpong maniacs will have their day now in the basemexii of the Savannah Branch,
These ships were no problem where eunple facilities are\ available for those leisure hours on the beach. Here B. W. Brinson
for us, as usual, and we sent a prepcures to serve to T. C. Musgrove, while awaiting their turn are, W. Manthy and A. Griffin.
good number of men aboard.
Also in the basement is a punching bag for the musclebuilding boys, as well as a baggageroom.
The expected Liberty ships are
• GAAchartered jobs, three for phone for help from other ports.
Bloomfield, one for Sopth Atlan If anyone is interested in these
tic and one for Alcoa. This job' jobs, apply here immediately.^
order should clean the shelves
RECREATION ROOM
here and send us running to the Incidentally, just as the ship
ping gets hot, we have imveiled
the new recreational setup here
in the basement of the Hall.
We've been working. for some
time to get the spot cleaned and
equipment installed.
We had the grand opening
last week and already the boys
have made good use of the pool
Results of the Districtwide arid the ping pong tables.
referendum on proposed changes Needless to say, the dearth of
in the SHI constitution and re men on the beach had crippled
vision of the dues and assess our attempts to hold a meeting.
ment setup were announced last We haven't had the semblance
week when the balloting com of a quorum here in weeks and
mittee's report revealed the mea it looks like we won't have one
sures had passed by a majority for some time to come, either.
of 90 percent.
The Headquarters Balloting
Committee, elected at a special
meeting following the ending of
voting on July 24, announced
By EARL SHEPPARD
when the new Vacation Plan That brings to mind a cutie there, who have to fill out a
that the results of votes cast
takes effect. The wait for cash that was pulled on us this week. mile of forms and redtape before
during the previous 30 days in BALTIMORE, August 1 — A then will be only a matter of Some guy found an old baggage they get anything. Our boys pro
13 A&G Branches showed 3,194 few more hectic shipping pe minutes.
stub somewhere and had a war duce their Union credentials,
boofcmembers for and 334 riods like the ^one just passed
RESHUFFLING
rantserved on us, claiming that last discharge and stick out their
against, with 49 votes being and we'll be talking to ourselves. In the Hall we are now re the Union had. held his gear hands for the tenner.
We've just taken care of 24 arranging the Dispatcher's coun since 1943 and wouldn't let him The membership meeting held
voided.
In addition, an unofficial poll payoffs, 19 signons and 7 in ter for greater efficiency. Work have it.
here August 1 produced nothing
of SIU ships showed the same transits, for a total of 50 mis ing materials and equipment are He didn't show up the day of out of the ordinary. All reports
strong favorable sentiment for sions to the waterfront. The now concentrated in one spot the hearing and the US Com were accepted and the member
the issues among crews of SIU men commg in off the ships here so there is less time and less missioner understandingly threw ship was asked to remember
ships. Of 124 ships which an are being reshipped so fast that energy consumed to accomplish out the' case. What troubles we their Union principles aboard
swered questionnaires, 3,518 Sea we've heard rumors that the the job.
ship and ashore.
have!
^
farer voted support of the Missing Persons Bureau is being At the same time we are We have been taking care of Some of the boys present at
changes, while 209 were listed swamped with calls from th« cleaning out the baggageroom. the Brothers in the USPH hos the meeting may be known
families of Seafarers wanting to Noticg is hereby served, per the pital here, and it's a pleasure around: Frank Baron, John Tauf
as being opposed.
know what happened to them. Branch rules, that any. gear left to see their smiles when they rin. Bob McDonald, Blackie
The recently concluded refer
Two companies' ships. Ore and here over a year will be dis get that weekly benefit.
Renn and Bill Mcllveen.
endum was authorized by mem
Calmar,
are
not
getting
rushed
Our final comment: "Gosh, it's
Their
smiles
are
contrasted
by
posed
of
if
a
return
address
is
bership action at all regular port
the long faces of the NMU men hot here."
^etings early in June, follow by men wanting toship aboard not on the baggage.
ing recommendations made by for very understandable reasons.
two Quarterly Finance Commit The food being put out on these
ships is not up to "shuff and the
tees.
short stays in port of the Ore
OBSOLETE SETUP
vessels make them poor shore
The newlycrewed boneyard farer. Glen Golden came in off
By STEVE CARDULLO
The questions decided in vot timfe ships.
,
job was the Robert Lansing, the winter Hill to tell us that,
ing involved amendments to The one way to make these PHILADELPHIA, August 4 — which "will be operated under while his ship was leaving Phil
several constitutional provisions ships attractive to seamen is to Despite seven payoffs and re GAAcharter by Bull Lines.
adelphia on its last trip, he was
which have become obsolete ,as take care of them in the belly signings, plus, the crewin^ of a Speaking of "Bull Lines,; ,we helping the Pilot over the side
the ]5psult of the Union's suc department. As long as they are boneyard ship, the tempo of just got a report from Red Hea and fell in the water.
cess in obtaining employerpaid well fed, they're usually happy activity remains slow here. We ly, now aboard the Bull Line From what we hear, the Skip
Welfare Benefits, and the pro and will forget about the lack won't even venture to guess GAALiberty Joseph Brown. per wanted to dock Glen for the
posed dues,increase and realign of time asfiore.
when the activity will pick up Red .writes from Venice that he time he was off the ship. Ser
ment of assessments recommend
around
here,^ but the coming took a beautiful signorina for a iously, though,.. they puHed a
Another gripe around here,
ed by the financial committees. and one not confined to the weeks should show an improve gondola ride one^ evening, but fasti rescue of the soakingwet
The sections of the constitution companies mentioned above, is ment.
found his evening ended twenty Seafarer and had him bSdk
that have been amended dealt the slowness with which the ope, We paid off and signed on the minutes later when he found she aboard in twentynine minutes.,
with hospital, death and ship rators are paying off vacation following ships: Barbara Friet had beep making love%) a stan
On the local front. everything
wreck benefits.
money due men.
chie (Liberty Navigation); Lpne chion while Red had beeft used is calm. We had a rash of perr
The resolution voted upon was Those men who did not col Jack, Council Grove and Winter as an oar. I ^ess that shows formers around here for a fey^
originally submitted to the mem lect aboard ship must write the Hill (Cities Service); Western anything can happen after dark days, but they disappeare<i hur
bership in
Branches on Jime company,, and a long wait is Farmer (Western Navigation); in Venice.
ridly when they learned that
6 and balloting began on June usually involved. Of course, this Michael (Carras) and Gtorg^ L. We also learned this week of soil: of nonsense went out with
25.
...
i beef win be no more in October
the goingsron of another Sea i blue linen.
Lawson (Pacific Range). .A
Constitutional
Changes Okayed
By 91 Mergin
It's in And Out Again in Port Baitimore
Philadelphia Shaping Is Dragging Anchor
�,1,1 iiiiiiriliiirowiawi^
Friday; August 10* 1951
3''
THE S E AF A R ERS LOG
""Wii'Pi
Page Fit©
When it comes to producing and serving food, the
SIU's new HeadquartersNew York Branch will be sec
ond to none in that department once operations begin
following the opening of the building. The necessary
equipment is being installed now in the SIU cafeteria and
bake shop, which Will double as a Unionrconducted
: school for members of the stewards department.
Likewise, this week workmen completed^the orna
mental work to the front of the building, putting up the • II
signs for the Port O* Call Bar and the Sea Chest. Else
where in the building, floors were receiving final sandings
i and fixtures and equipment were being moved into place.
The Sea Chest, slopel^est to Seatuez*, has its name in lights now* as do the main ea
iranc© and the Port O' Call Bar. Lettering is hacklii^ted and distinguishable from a distance.
The Sea Chest wiU offer a full line of suppUes. dry cleaning and laundry service.
The photographer was on hand when the workmen installed' the steam table with serving
counter, grills, refrig«;rators, deep fryer, ranges, mixers and other fixtures.
^
^
. Frenchy Michelet, who has been overseeing the work on the building*
''iiaspects a Blodgett ovfei*. ishieh la aa® ©f a
©f ssaSis in the,SItJ'smiley,
and bakery, with an aggregate ciapacUy of 100 Imge Pttlhnan Igdves dt
d,..single^
/
iix: i
E^ciency will be the watchword ih the new building as
shown by Frenchy Michelet, who takes a practice run through
the newiyinstall^ autmnatic meat slicer, designed to shorten
meat cutting time and produce finer cuts of meat.
S E'T 'i :.v.'
A closeup view of some of the equipment that will be used to turn out
the feed. At left are the broilers, and at right is the deep fryer, while in the ;||
middle is the b^cChef rntgUt OvetheUd is a ccunplete blower syslem to t|]
cdrry off cooking'odors.
�Page Six
rllE SEAFARERS LOG
Friday, August 10, 1951
Shipping Should Maintain
Its Fast Pace in Mobile
By CAL TANNER
MOBILE, August 2—Shipping
continues at a rapid pace in
this port, and since we have a
least eight ships due to payoff
By PAUL HALL,
within the next two weeks there
SecretaryTreasurer,
SIU,
A&G
District; Chairman, SIU Welfare Plan Trustees "
*are no indications that it wil
slacken any.
Each week the Seafarers Welfare Plan will make its report ti> the membership of
The only excitement in town
the Atlantic and Gulf District through the SEAFARERS LOG. Included will be the names
at this time, now that the Gulf
of the men receiving hospital benefits, the amounts' paid, the hospitals in which they are
Coast Shrimpers, affiliated with
receiving treatment, and the total amount paid out since the inception of the plan on
the SIU, won their beef, is the
J^y 1, 1950. Also included in the report will be. the jaames of thb men who have died
picketing of the Gulf Ship
and
the amounts paid their beneficiaries.
building Corporation, at Chica
saw imder contract to affiliates
Period Covered By This Report
15 July 28
of the AFL Metal Trades Coun
cil, by the CIO Shipyard Work
Cash On Hand
$67,741.14
ers, with whom the SIU has al
ways had good* relations.
US Government Bonds
vh.i.r i • •
$754,023.44
nnXiX ,.Bo J
In Oiji
The CIO men are striking the
Estimated Accounts Receivable
$140,000.00
Alabama Dry Dock and Ship
building Company for higher
Hospital Benefits Paid In This Period
$3,888.00
WILLIAM McNEIL
wages, and are trying; to induce
the AFL men to come out in
Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1,1950
$56,735.00
support.
"This, by the way, works a
,
[lardship on the poor Dispatcher, Death Benefits Paid in This Period
NONE
NO DISPUTE
who sometimes doesn't have th^
Total Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, 1950
$59,000.00
But, as E. M. Sweeney, vice heart to ship a man from this
president of the Mobile Metal cool, comfortable Hall, to the hot 'For the first time since the Welfare Plan companies behind in their payments came
Trades Council put it, the AFL foc'sle of a Liberty ship which went into affect, a twoweek period ended through, following their periodic financial
men wUl continue to work at has been laid up for the last
without a single. death being reported or book balancing, and lowered the Plan's ac
Giilf as long as they have a con Jive years.
counts receivable by $30,000, down to $140,
tract and there is no dispute.
"In my recent trip to New death benefit paid. This was in sharp con
There were more than thirty York, I had the opportunity tra^ to the report covering the previous 000, putting that much money into the Plan's
cops on hand and about 80 pick of looking over oiar new Hall, two weeks, when seven death benefit pay cashonhand fund. ,
• Serving to boost the total weekly hospital
ets; but there was no disorder and I must say ifs the best yet.
ments were made totalling $10,000, the high
It
should
make
us
aU
^oud
to
of any kind.
benefits paid was the dispersing of $1,024
est in the Plan's history..
to the^ Seafarers in the Manhattan Beach
200 members attended the lae, f
Also
during
this
period
just
ended,
the
Branch meeting, and accepted
^
Hospital. These men are paid once a month.
the Secretary^Seaanrer'a sLn
e »?'"! fn' '
T" hospital payments rose again to where they The payments ,to the men in the other hos
• 1
X and Headquarters
J
J
X
cial reports
re fort and benefit of the member are approaching the $2,000 a week mark, pitals remained at about the same amount,
port to the membership, as well ^
with $3,888 paid out during the last two rising but slightly in the Baltimore and San
as the minutes of other Branches
up
weeks.
the goodwork.''
Francisco hospitals, with a total of 174 Sea
holding meetings.
And how!
As was stated in the last report, several farers receiving benefits this period.
It was announced at the meet
ing that two of our Brothers
USPHS HOSPITAL
Cedeno, Alfre<^
10.00
(Were killed in unrelated alterca
MANHATTAN BEACH. NY "
Craig,
Frank
• "
" L.
'
20.00
tions. Louis Hamilton was stab
Atmore, Robert
40.00 Dacey, C. J
2000
bed to death in Port Said, Egypt,
Blake, R. A
40.00 Daire, Clarence O. .
10.00
and C. W. Johnson was killed
Brupo, Matthew
40.00 Delaney, Patrick M.
30.00
with an icepick in Prichard,
Dalton, Jack
40.00 Dixon, Earl R
20.00
By KEITH ALSOP
Alabama.
Driscoll, John J.
40.00 Dodge, Marshall A.
20.00
Edwards, John T .,
40.00 Downey, Cyril J.
GALVESTON, August 2—The
20.00
KILLER SOUGHT
Espinoza, Jose
40.00 DuBose, Earl
20.00
biggest news from down around
Ferrer, E
40.00 Fields, M. J.
Brother Hamilton's assailant is here is that the Galveston local
.......; 10.00
Grimes, Fred
40.00 Foster, Audley C.
being held by Egyptian author!'of the Texas Fishermen's As
.: 30.00
ties, but whoever killed Brother sociation has applied for and
Keenan, John W.
40.00 Fussell, Joseph H.
20.00
Johnson is stiU being sought by will receive a charter from the
Lancaster, John M
40.00 [ Gardner, William
10.00
the police.
Landry, Frederick
40.00, Gunderud, Harry R
10.00
Seafarers International Union.
Larden,, Robert
F.
40.00
HaUet,
W.
;..
10.00
, Those at the meeting were The TFA, which is seven years
Lopez,
E
40.00 ;Hoge>
E.
D.
30.00
urged to apply for their vaU old and has about 250 shrimp
Mcllreath,
David
40.00
Holmes,
Boss
20.00
dated papers at the Coast Guard fishermen in its Galveston or
Makris, Constantino
40.00 Johnson, Victor E. ............ 10.00
before the September 1 dead ganization, will, of course, main
Milazzo,^ic
40.00
Karalunas, Leonard
10.00
line. Those who neglect to get tain its autonomy and elect its
Moor,
George
E.
40.00
Karttunen,
Leo
20.00
them will become Involuntary own officers, just as the other
Murphy, B,«
40.00 Koslusky, Joseph
20.00'
members of the very exclusive Districts and groups within the
Sullivan, Timonthy .......... 40.00 Lomas, Arthur
20.00'
I'montheMobileBeach Club. glU do.
Thompson, Albert D
40.00 Lucas, Joseph
...;
20.00
In the Marine Hospital at this George W. McNeir, the pres
iVorke, Peter
40.00 McGuigan, A.
20.00
writing are the following Bro ident of the TFA, disclosed that
Blosser, Edmond C:'
20.00 Meinerth, Frederick
20.00
thers: L. A. Pool, L. Larrimore, the vote to affiliate was unani
Gilbert, Robert E.
20.00 Mino, A.;..;.....::.....;
20.00
B. E. Sheppard, G. W. Flood, A. mous. He added that other asso
Mayoros, Julius
10.00 Oliver, Jarhes C.
20.00
George, G. Romana and J. Zeloy. ciation locals will also vote on
Padzik, John
;..l.......... 94.00 O'Neill, F.
20.00
xj
On the beach at the present affiliation with the SIU. These
Pilutis, Joseph
20.00
SANTOS GARCIA
time are the following oldtimers: locals are located at Rockport,
1024.00 Piatt, E
10.00
M. L. Leousis, D. L. Parker, C. Port Isabel, Aransas PasS,
USPHS HOSPITAL
Powers, Bart J.
20.00
Moyd, B. Wallace and. J. Nord Brownsville, Palacios and Free
FORrSTANTON. NEW MEXICO Prescott, Jack
20.00
much affect on the shipping pic
port.
strom.
McDonald, Ddnald
40.00 PretiouSiS Ljajli.:... ...:.
20.00 ^
ture.
"
. ,
Shively, Clarence D.
40.00 jRueda,, Juan S.
20.00 '
Also among this group is We welcome these fishermen
It was the same old story last
[Sampson, Heypian: ..^..r.,... 10>OO
William McNeil, Who cannot into the SIU fold, for by doing
night:,
not enough bookmembers
^8O.0OjSanch!az,,;PharI,eSv..v'f i. 20.00
make «p his mind whether to so they have not* only bettered
on the beach, so no meeting DEERSHEAD STATE HOSPITAL Sikes, Oneal ;
. 20.00
ship or sit around this air con their position in collective bar
could
be held.
SALISBURY. MD.
Swienchoski, Sltanlpy.
20.00..
gaining, and strengthened the
ditioned Hall.
40.00 Thosnison, James
^ 20.00
SIU, but have added one more Carl. Thurmond, L. A. DuBeau Lucas, Michael
LIKES HALLS
Walker, Myron Eu,—10 00
brick in that wall that organ and Frank Fischer are currently
USPHS HOSPITAL;,
7.00
ized
labor
is
building
to
pro
in the local USPHS Hospital, SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO WobRs, Thpmqs :M.
"The few years that I have
Sweeney,
xlohn
J.
40f0i)
tect
itself
from
poor
conditions
and
like
anybody
else
in
the
re
Sinkevich, Michael
2O.0O
been a member of the SIU," says
De Vito, Salvato're
.v./7.QO
pair shop would appreciate hear
Bill, "have seen great gains by and low wages.
ysPHS HOSPITAL
:nh[
ir/jV
ing
from
their
old
shipmates.
Other news from this port
^ the Union—not only in our ec
STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK
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onomic conditions but in our is hot so good. Shipping is slow On the beach with us are A Adams, Henry D. ..[r......i..» 20.00
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Hiring Halls. It's been a great here and the men are drifting Ellis, J. D, McGoldrick, E. C. Ames, Gmar
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NEW
ORLEANS.
LA.
to
other
ports
for
jobs:
The
20.00
stride from the days of' 7. St.
Goings, E. Layasa and my old Athanasourelis, G;eorge
, '20.00 Campbell, Coolidge A. :....i 20;OO
Michael Street to this modem only payoff we had was the SS friend Santos Tlarcia^ Santos, Barron, John
; 10.00 Cara, .Wilson O. ................. 20:00
air conditioned Hall" (what did Seastar (Mercador) which signed who has been going to sea for Bechilivanis, Nicholas
on
again.
; 20.00 CelesGhe, Oliver . ..ii:;:;.:..: 20.00
I tell you?) "and the other new
23 yean^, jMned the SIU in Blomgren, J.
20.00
10.00 Cruz, Rogelio
Halls we have up and down the Fourteen vessels hit this port 1941, and has been active .in Callisto, jroseph
Coast.'
20.00
intransit, but they didn't have the Union since. \ ;
Cantor, Robert
(Contitmed on PageUSX'^^
REPORT NUMBER EIGHT
Shrimpers In Galveston
Affiliate With Seafarers
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THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Seven
Shipniiig Subsidies Over 100 Years Old
By JOHN BUNKER
The Collins Line was taken Porto Rico Steamship Company. Construction subsidies are paid means easy to get. This is seen
over by creditors soon after. The traditional mail contract to the shipyards, and cover the in the fact that only a few lines
For more than 100 years, sub Other lines started under the system of giving federal aid to
sidies have played an important subsidy law of 1845 also went shipping firms was done away difference in cost of building a get government money. There
vessel in American yards com have not been more than 14 on
part in American merchant ship out of business.
with by the Merchant Marine pared with foreign yards.
the receiving end of the taxpay.
ping.
Subsidies for shipping were Act of 1936, which provided for
US PAYS DIFFERENCE
er's
dollar since the Merchant
Subsidies have been used to alternately authorized by Con outright financial assistance for
If,
for
instance,
the
Maritime
Marine
Act of 1936 was passed.
start new shipping lines, to open gress, and then discontinued af the building and "operating of
Administration
would
authorize
Operating
subsidies are allow
up new trade routes and to build ter a few years, several times ships on certain essential trade
construction
of
a
ship
for
the
ed
imder
the
following condi
ships for operation under the after this first subsidy legislation. routes.
Delta
Line,
which
would
cost
tions:
American flag.
Under the subsidy act of 1864, Operating subsidies paid to $5,0<)0,000 to build in the States 1. That the line be necessary
The latest and most dramatic the Pacific Mail Line was sub steamship companies cover costs
to meet foreign steamship,
example of government financial sidized to the extent of $500,000 of insurance, vessel maintenance, and only $3,500,000 in Sweden or
England, the builders would be
competition
and promote
aid to the merchant marine is a year to open a service be repairs not covered by insurance,
paid
the
difference
by
Uncle
American
commerce.
the superliner United States, now tween California and the Far wages and subsistence for of
Sam.
2. That the subsidized line
imder construction for United East.
ficers and crew.
Subsidies
are
not
by
any
(Continued on Page 14)
States Lines in partnership with
PIECEOFFS
Uncle Sam and the American
taxpayer at Newport News, Vir
In 1872, the line had its sub
sidy doubled but then was cut
ginia.
More than $40,000,000 of the off from the taxpayer's dollar
cost of this $f0,000,000 ship will entirely, when Congress became
be paid by the. US Tfreasury un suspicious about the huge sums
der the"'subsidy provisions of the of money the company had spent
to get the subsidy and voted the
Merchant Marine Act of 1936.
After she is put into operation entire subsidy program gut of
on the North Atlantic, US Lines the window.
will get money from the Mari It was alleged at the timer that
time Administration to help pay Pacific Mail had spent no less
the operating costs of the huge than . $800,000, partly in Wash
ship in competition with the ington and partly in New York
Queen Elizabeth and Queen financial centers, to influence leg
Mary.
islators and to make its stock
look good when the subsidy in
US COMPETITION
crease
came up. for consideration.
As the United States is in
tended to compete with the Subsidy laws were passed in
iSritish "Queens" for North At 1891, 1920, and 1928, with gov
lantic honors, and as government ernment aid in the form of com
money is making her construc pensation for carrying the US
tion possible, it is interesting to mails.
remeihber that the first US gov The 1920 act ^ave financial aid
ernment shipiiftig subsidy for the to the American South African
merchant, marine was voted for Line, the Dollar Steamship Com
the, very same reason—^to pro pany, American Export Lines,
Blissfully unaware of the camera of Lester Moore, Jame;s Walker, AB, puts the paint brush
vide American flag competition the Grace SS Company, Munson
Line, Oceanic Steamship Com
to work on the Seatrain Havana during a recent run to Gulf ports. At right, Faustino Pedraza.
for the Cunard Line.
A subsidy law was passed by pany, and the New York and AB, finds things more interesting in the pages of a magazine.
Congress in 1845, authorizing the
Postmaster General to contract
with private firms to start steam
ship services under the Ameri
can flag on several important
The Confederation of the Maritime Workers of Chile, an affiliate of the International Confederation of
trade routes.
One of these was between Free Trade Unions, has asked the American Federation of Labor, and particularly the Seafarers International
New York and Liverpool and a Union, for aid during their general strike for a longpromised retirement law. In. forwarding the following
subsidy of $350,000 a year was
granted to a bold shipping man letter to the SIU, George Meany, SecretaryTreasurer of the AFL, wrote "The Confederation of Maritime
named E. K. Collins, to put the Workers of Chile is led by a group of trusted labor leaders. They are sincere friends of the AFL and deserve
latest type of. American built our wholehearted support." The letter, addressed to S. Romualdi, LatinAmerican Representative of the AFL, said:
steamers into thife service against
In the name Of the Executive Council of the Confed %ible to get it passed. We have been unsuccessful because, J
the British Cunarders.
Collins agreed to provide 20 eration of Maritime Workers of Chile, we send our greet
of our powerful opponents.
roundtrips a year for this sub ings to you and to all the members of the North American
In October, 1950, dred and discouraged, we declared
sidy money, and to build five
Labor
Movement.
We
also
take
this
opportunity
to
send
a
national
strike. This was called off when the President
fast ships of at least 1,000 hp
of Chile signed a document in which he promised to make
and 2,000 gross tons—big power you the following information:
and tonnage for that era.
As you know from previous correspondence, and the Retirement Law a reality by placing the Plan before
Collins built the ships and through the February, 1951, Bulletin of the International
both Houses of the Government. However, after the Plan
beat the Cunarders on the North
had
been presented, the President refused to sign it. By
Atlantic blue ribbon route. He Confederation of Free Trade Unions, we have kept you
that time, we had already spent so much money that we
pioheered in American steam informed of the work done by the Confederation of Mari
were
imable to do anythfog more.
shipping but he went broke do time Workers of "Chile in relation to the enactment of a
The
National Board of Directors of our union has de
ing it, for the subsidy money Retirement Law to provide for maritime workers and the
was not nearly enough to pay crews of the Merchant Marine ships, which wbuld become
cided to call a general strike, throughout the entire country,
for construction of the high
to begin around the first of July. Knowing tliat the power
speed liners or for their oper incorporated in the retirement fund of the National Mer
ful American Federation of Labor has proved its solidarity,
ating costs, which could not be chant Marine.
in the past, to numerous unions through Latin America,
met by income from passengers
At the present time, the only ones enjoying the bene
and freight.
fits of the Retirement Law are the officers of the Merchant we ask the following:
(1) That the facts in our situation be made known to
TWO TRAGEDIES
Marine, the employees of the ports and employees of var
all American workers and, in particular, the Maritime
•T
he pioneering Collins Line, ious merchant cohipanies; the maritime workers, river
Workers so that we may have their moral support.
which started a new age for the boat workers nor the crews of the ships are not covered
American merchant marine, also
(2) That the Seafarers International Union of America
suffered two crushing tragedies. by Law 4050 (Chile). This Law is out of date inasmuch as inform their crewmen on ships travelling to Chilean ports
In September of 1854, the Col it was enacted more thap 25 years ago and there have been
about our strike and that they cooperate with us.
j
lins liner Arctic was rammed by no modifications or amendments to meet the changing
(3) That the union delegates of the Seafarers Inter I
a French steamer off Cape Race standard ofTiving. In maintaining this law as it was orig
national
get in touch with the members of our union in
in heaVy fog, and sank with toe inally enacted, the politicians are making fabulous sums
lost Of 377 of her passenggrs and
every port in which they happen to be when our strike is .
of money;
crewtg ,
called in order to get a better imderstanding of the true 1
Two years later, the Collins _ . In Chile .today, the maritime workers are living with
situation.
?
lin^ Pacific set out from Liver out any protective Retirement Law. Consequently, when
(4)
We
declare
that
our
strike
is
strictly
legal
iand
pool for New York with a large they become aged, they are helpless and often must depend
that. the. preceeding facts are true._
passenger list, and never arrived
at her destination. Whether shp on charity to. support their .families.
Your assistance to our cause will be greatly appre ;
• v was a victim of boiler explosion,
This state of: misery
we arie trying to avoid cisted and will help us to succeed.
iirb, collision with an iceberg or .with the creation 6f ^'Retirehient Fund.
LUIS FRANCO MEDINA
' soto^ other misadventure of the
Secretary General
:;' 'sek iviir probably never ' be , In 1945, this Plan was t^ken into consideration by the,;
Gov^imnreht
and since
we have
done every
t
hing
pos
Confederation of Maritime Workers of Chile ,jjli
; knovm.
A Bit Of Work And Play On Seatrain Havana
Chilean Seamen Ask SlU Te Suppert Strike
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TME SEAFARERS LOG
F^ay, Aug^il 10, 1951
Malaria Kills Two
SIU Tanker Saves Crew, Steel
King Seafarers
Salvages
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Two crewmeml^K of tHe Isthmian vessel Steel
King died on July 18tn in Singapore of cerebral malaria
believed to have been contracted in Soerabaya, Indonesia.
Prospects for a healthy
The two men had shared the same foc'sle.
The dead Seafarers ire Ben
sized salvage claim are
jamin R. Mears, 57, and Fred
in the wind for the men
S. Velarde, 42, both bookmem
bers.
of the SS Montebello
i According to a report received
Hills, who recently res
by the LOG^this week, the men
,had
complained of aching joints
cued the crew of an aban
and
fever a few days before
doned blazing Greek
their deaths and had been con
freighter and brought
fined *to their quarters, where
they ,
were examined by doptors
the ship's fire under
Burial for Velarde was
control.
Catholic cemetery in Singapore.
The dramatic rescue took
Mears' body is being returned
place in the Red Sea when the
on the Steel King to the US for
Pacific Tanker T2 answered an
burial at the request of his sis
BENJAMIN R. MEARS
SOS call from the Nichplaou
ter, Mrs. Ruth Fox, of Chester,
Georgios, which had been aban
Pa. Efforts to locate Velarde's
doned following a fire in the
next of kin have been fruitless,,
engine room.
though the ship's articles list a
Pulling to within a mile of
brother, Basolio Velarde, of
the blazing ship, the MontebeUo
Cebu, Philippines.
Hills anchored and sent a boat
ACTION TAKEN
load of crewmembers to the
In the report sent to the LOG
blazing ship where they took
by the vessel's delegates, the
aboard the survivors, two of
ViceConsul, who attended Ve
whom were burned critically.
Crewmembers of the Montebello Hills take, aboard the iarde's funeral with the crew,
second boatload of survivors.
intends to warn all ships run
STAYED CLEAR
Because of its fuU load of
ning to the East Indies that
oil, the Montebello Hills could members, including the wife of Since .the rescue, the Mofite quinine is to be given to crew''
not venture too close to the the ship.*s first mate.
beilo HiUs has returned to shutt members. The company, they re
stricken ship.
During the' nig^t the Monte ling oil be1:ween thie Persian ported, is notifying its Rippers
When the survivors were bello Hills kept a .watch on the Gulf and Emope, a job that it pf precautionsto be taken when
FRED S. VELARDE
brought aboard, aDutch passen burning sWp and in the parly has been pt for. several months. entering the area.
ger ship carrying a doctor was morning a boatload of men were
contacted and the injured men dispatched to investigate the fire
transferred. Later it was leam and battle the flames, if they
<?d that one of the men died as thought the ship could be saved.
a result of his bums.
The .boarding party found the Into the center,of one of the
According to a report received ship burning midships and in
from E. L. Baker, Ship's Dele the No. 3 and 4 holds. They de world's hotspots sailed the Steel
gate, telling of the rescue,. the
to battle the flames and Vendor (Isthmian) recently when
crew made arrangements for did so throughout the better it delivered vital arms cargo to
caring foi the 35 rescued crew part of the day until they were IndoChina and Thialand.Deliv
relieved by another team from ering the goods to Thialand
the ship. The fire was finally wasn't difficult, but getting sup
brought under control sufficient plies into the Vietnam capitol
ly for a towline to be put
aboard. Seven days later, after was a bit difficult.
the towline had parted twice, On hand with his camera was
the 750mile trip to Suez was crewmember T. King, well
completed. When the ship ar known to Seafarers as the,
rived in port the crew was given
The Waterman ship Gateway a hero's welcome.
bridge champion of the SIU.
City came close to sinking the
During the 80mile trip up the
historic old naval frigate Con The stillsmouldering vessel
river
to Saigoii, King got snap
stitution, sometimes known as was turned over to representa
Vietnam guards pn the Steel Vendor pose wUh czewmembev
Old Ironsides, last week when tives of its company in Suez. shots of .the guards put aboard T. King, AB. Guards were posted on ship to protpct vital war
A
salvage
claim
will
undoubted
to protect the ship's cargo from
the SlUihanned vessel listed
cargo^.
sh^ply to port while unloading ly be made by the Montebello guerilla forces. King reports 40
Hills
crewmembers
when
a
sur
.in Boston.
soldiers, including French For'
' The sudden list caught 160 vey has been completed of the
eign legionnaires, were aboard
longshoremen on board unaware ship and its cargo.
j^d sent them jumping to safety Baker reported that credit for the ship during the trip, and the
as the ship tipped toward the the rescue and salving of the crew was under .strict ;brders to
pier and sent the vessel's boom ship was "due to the diligent remain indoors to escape snip
and spars crashing against a work of the entire crew who ing from the river
steel warehouse, knocking off a bfaved the risks and danger not
POLITICS HAZY
large section of roof and putting only of the fire, but also from
a hole in the side of the , build the sharks, who were as thick as The exact political set^up in
ing. If the ship had listed the the sand hiks of Arabia and so
the country is hazy to most out
otlier way she would have brave that one afctually took an
siders,
but it boils down to
out of a crewmember's
..^rushed Old Ironsides and
this; the Vietnamese are (defend
Ihrown the rhen into the water. hands while rowing."
The chief of the longshoremen Baker also was loud in his ing their newly created country,
said the ship was towed, to port praise of "the stewards depart from the rebel Communist forces
with an eleven degree list to ment "because they not only of the Vietminh.
^starboard. As the cargo • was did a gpod. job ofHEg.edin^ and King was also on hand with ^
shifted to the other side of the taking care of 35 extra persons, his camera when the ship de
vessel and while the boom was but they
found time to help livered war goods to Thialand
Scpfper John Gardner, AB, rijj^t, stands with foiw Si^esp ;
vmloading the vessel shifted in fight J^e fire and rescue'the (Siam) which is also bping
o^icers
when the ship unloaded
at BapgMc. ^
ship as well as help with the threatened by Communist forces
the other direction.
.Acceding;'
t
o .Kin^'the
(otficer.in
sun
glasses' w^
report^
towing 'Jine'
during
their
spare
Hie ship has since resumed
and was recently the scene of a
. .egular coastwise service. „
Improents'.'
revolt by a military grpup.
1.
m
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Gateway City
List Perils
Pld Ironsides
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THE SE AF AkERS LOG
Page Nine
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Minutes Of SlU Shlii Meetings
HEPUBLIC (Trafalgto), July S
• fChairman. A. Buck; S^etary,
F. E. Starkey. Delegates report
everythiiig running _amooth. A
letter from shipowners in re
guard to proposed building of a
memorial to seamen lost dming
the war was read. Discu^ion on
the new Vacation Plan just
adopted. Motiop carried to con
cur with Headquarters resolution
to'raise dues to $4 monthly.
Sprneone to contact the ilerchaht
Marine Libiary Association and
get a library for the ship.
4 4
CHILORE (Ore), June 2^6 —
Chairman. H. Collier. Ship's
Delegate reported everything
okay. It was suggested that tiie
men. cooperate in keeping pan&y
dPan.
clause be put in contract pro .quested that aH hands be preij
hibiting chipping while men are ent in sober condition afpayb^..
sleeping off watch. Stewards de Washing machine to remain SIU
partment told to call a meeting property in event of ship beihg
and hash out its own problems. transferred to another union.
"Pood for Thought" dwelt on^
4 4 4
LONE JACK (Cities Service). membership agreed to abide by'
June 24—Chairman. John Galas; fellow members' decision as to
Secretary, Bemcurd Kimberly. entering political field.
Delegates reported. number of
4 4 4
books and permits. Men remind
STEEL FLYER (Isthmiaa)i
ed to stand their watches as call July 7—Chairman.. T. Chilinski;
ed for, unless they have already Secretary. D. Q. Rollins. Dele^
made arrangements. Crew to gates reported crewmember fired
vote $1 apiece to ship's fund as while intransit in Houston. Rec
crew is in debt to Ship's Dele ommendation made by Ship's
gate.
Delegate for construction of cat
walk over deck cargo as safety
4 4 4
SALEM MARITIME (Cities measure. Request that deck de
Service)^ July 4 — Chairman, partment shower's hot wati^
George Smith; Secretary. W. valve be checked and repaked.
Wells. Delegates reported all
4 4 4
okay. Motion carried to keep WILD RANGER (Waterman);
a> 4.
SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY
ship's fund at $100. Oldtimers July 8—Chairman. Steward: Sec
(Seatrain), July 8^ChairmaB, L.
urged to help the newcothers in retary. John Jellette. Delegates
B. Brown; Secretary. Bill Fred
every way possible in their work. reported no beefs. Ballot s(m|
erick. Ship's Delegate rep6rted
Educational meeting caUed ,to to Headquarters from Bremen.
$25.72 in ship's fund.' Motion
discuss communication from Motion made that Patrolman bo
carried that Ship's Delegate com
Headquarters on issuance of new requested to contact and advise
miinicate with other Seatrain
permits.
Captain and departments as. to
diips for the "purpose of obtain
the rights and duties of the
4 4 4
ing opinion on new brand of
ROBIN WENTLEY (Robin). crew as covered in sections two
coffee to be ordered for fleet.
June 24—Chairmem. J. Long and nine in the agreement.
Members reminded that only
fellow: Secretary. R. Sadowski.
two more port" opportunities re
Delegates reported all in order.
main to vote on referiendum.
Suggestion made that a close
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check be made on stores for the
TOPA TOPA (Watermaln), July STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), July 1—Chairman. H. Grimes; next voyage.
4.
4.
Chairman. A. M. Branconi; March 25 — Chairman. S. Phil Secretary. E. Laws. Delegates
4 4 4
STEEL RANGER (Isthmian),
Secretary. A. L. Yarborough. lips; Secretary, R. Pawlek. Del reported all okay. Communica
SANTORE (Ore). June 23 —
Ship's Delegate reports smooth egates reported no beefs. Discus tion from ..^Headquarters on flve Chairman. Vincent Walrath; Sec July 1 — Chairman. Lawrenc^
Tryon; Secretary. Willis W.
sailing in all departments. Crew sion oh irinerspring mattresses. issues read and adopted.
retary; William Clark. Delegates Wright. Delegates reported no
Ship's Delegate
requested that
all
4
4
4
to get further information on
report some disputed overtime
current flve point plan. • V
ote of beefs be channeled properly, CHRISTINE (Tini). June 1— Discussion of the matters refer beefs. One AB reported to have
Chairman. L. Filippis; Secre
first
through
the
department
missed the ship. Motion carried'
toanks to the stewards depart
red to in Paul Hall's letter to the for each one of the Delegates
delegate.
tary.
E.
Lewis.
Delegates
report
ment, for, the good work per
June 19 J. Chairman. Fred ed disputed overtime. Discussion Ship's Delegate of June 4th. The to pick up the book or permit^
formed on the trip.
Travis; Secretary, James Welch. on shore leave in Tsukumi, Jap vote on all five questions car on the day of arrival ai^d turii
£ ^
4" 4" 4"
ried by 100 percent..
same over to the Patrolman^
ROBIN KETTERING (Robin). Delegates reported one crew an. Discussion on making of ice.
4 4 4
4 4 4
Suggestion that washing machine
June. 24 — Chairman. George member sick. Captain working
on deck, delayed sailing beef and ROSARIO (Bull). July 1 — BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Lib be transferred to another Isth*
Leidemann; Secretary. John Til
Chairman, Jesse Collins; Secre erty Nav.). July 7—Chairman. R. mian ship that has no washing
ly., Delegates reported all in or disputed overtime. Discussion on
shortage of fruit juices.
i
tary. William Hemley. Delegates Byres; Secretary. C. Sansom. machine.
der. Motion carried that a
reported
no beefs. Motion car Delegates reported overtime to
t, X
4» 4' 4
change be made in brands oj
ried
to
ask
Headquarters
that
a
be
settled
by
Patrolman,
and
re
BIENVILLE
(Waterman). July
Commun4
GOVERNMENT
CAMP
(Cities
coffee and sausage,
3
—
Chairman.
James Higgih^
Servic^).
(date
not given).
Chair
ication from Headquarters read
bbtham.
Secretary.
Ralph H<tt
man.
Nolan;
Secretary.
C.
Ship
^d accepted. Stewards depart
nocker. Delegates reported no
ment thanked for fine work man. Delegates reported all in
beefs. Chairman spoke of th#
order. Discussion on poor loca
during trip.
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SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St. great need for all men to ^ef
tion of washing machine. Agree
SIU, A&G District
Douglas 28363 their validated papers as sooii
FELtORE *^«hre)f July 1^ — ment made to rotate cleaning BALTIMORE
86 Seneca St.
!4 North Gay St SEATTLE
Main 0290 as possible. Several suggestions
dhaiiman. Joe Arnold; Secre of recreation room.
Earl Sheppard, Agent
Mulberry 4540
VILMINGTON
440
Avalon
Blvd. were made to the crew. All mem
iary/ E. Abies. Delegates report
BOSTON
276 State St.
Terminal 43131 bers wish to express regret for ;
FORTR
BHIDGER
(1«
Petro
James
Sheehan,
Agent
Richmond
20140
ed all running smoothly. Motion
NEW YORK
;
105 Broad St.
the leaving of a crewman m ;
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141
carried that voluntary donation leum). June 29—Chairman,. Tony
BOwHng Green 93438
Panama for hospitalization arid
GALVESTON
308!4—23rd
St.
Tarquino;
Secretary.
Robert
be made to washing machine
Keith Alsbp, Agent
Phone 28448
wish him a speedy recovery.
Great
Lakes
District
fund.' Five current issues read Beale. Ship's Delegate reported LAKE CHARLES, La
1419
Ryan
St.
that anyon^ who fails to turn
, 4 4 4
and accepted unanimously.
ASHTABULA
1036 W. 5th St.
ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa),
to will be logged. Crew asked Keith Terpe, Agent
Phone
48831
MOBILE
I South Lawrence St.
that full y information on wage Gal
10 Exchange St. June 6—Chairman. Jack Higgihss
Tanner, Agent
Phone 21754 BUFFALO, N.Y
Phone Cleveland 7391 S^etary. Robert Johnson. Dele
increase, Vacation Plan and dues NEW ORLEANS
523 Bienville St.
CLEVELAND
2602 CarroU St. gates reported everything okay. :
increase be mailed to ship in Lindaey Williams, Agent
Phone Main 0147
Magnolia 61126113
The five current issues were read
Le Havre.
DETROIT
1038 3rd St.
NEW YORK
51 Beaver St.
Headquarters
Phone Cadillac 6857 and voted upon.
.444
HAnover 22784 DULUTH
53! W. Michigan St.
NASHUA VICTORY (Maine)—
4 4 4
NORFOLK.......
127129
Bank St.
Phone Melrose 4110
WILD RANGER (Waterman)*
^ WARRIOR^ (Waterman). June Special meeting called concern Ben Rees, Agent .
PKone 41083 MILWAUKEE
683 Sr 2nd St.
June 17—Chairman. J. Gilleth^
.17'—Chairman, Lawrence Rus ing delayed sailing. Letter writ PHILADELPHIA
Phone Broadway 25017
337 Market St.
Secretary.
J. Morton. Everything
sell; Secretary. Clarence Nail. ten .to Headquarters concerning S. Cardullo. Agent
3261 E. 92nd St.
Market 71635 SOUTH CHICAGO
Phone
Essex
524ip
reported
okay
by the delegates.
the
delayed
sailing
and
it
was
D^egates reported number of
SAN FRANCISCO
*450 Harrison St.
Motion made and carried to Vc>t4
books and permits in their de voted to send the letter, from Lloyd Gardner. Agent Douglas 25475
JUAN. PR.
252 Ponce" de Leon
Canadian District
on five current issues. Crew;;
partments. Five current issues Trieste. Short talk onUnionism SAN
Snl Colls. Agent
members
were asked to hel^
MONTREAL
463
McGill
St.
read and accepted: Discussion on given the neiw members relat SAVANNAH
'.
2 Abercorn St.
MArquette 5909 keep messroom clean and put
ing to shipboard duties, overtime E. g. Tilley, Agent
Phone 31728
needed repairs in heads.
...I28J4 Hollis St. cups in sink.
.;
2700 let Ave. HALIFAX, N.S
and participation in shipboard SEATTLE
4 4 4
Phone 38911
Ray Oates, Agent
Seneca 4570
ROYAL OAK (Cities Service). meetiiigs.
4 4 4
.*
TAMPA...... 18091811 N. Franklin St. FORT WILLIAM. .H8J/i Syndicate Ave.
GENEVIEVE PETERKIN
Ontario
, Phone 33221
July 6 — Chairman. Richard
4 4 4
Ray White, Agent
Phone 21323
103 Durham St. (Bloomiield). July 1—ChairmaK
Keeler; Secretary. Francis MCN STONEWALL JACKSON (Wa WILMINGTON, Calif.. .440 Avalon Blvd. PORT COLBORNE
Ontario
Phone 5591
Jaif
Morrison,
Agent
Terminal 42874
Lupton; Secretary. William Cop
lanson. Delegates reported all terman). May 6—Chairman. W.
8i& Colbome St.
HEADQUARTERS.. 51 Beaver St., N.Y.C. TORONTO, Ontario
ping. Delegates
reported no beefs.
Sinunons; '
Secretary.
E.
Laws.
bkay. Chief Pumpman read ex
Elgin 5719
SECRETARYTlffeASURER
VICTORIA, B.C...6I7J4 Cormorant St. Discussion on working rules in
cerpts from: letter he sefat' to Article from "Food for Thought*'
Paul HaU
Empire 4531 all departments.
LOG. General discussion on per ^fead by Ship's Delegate. Sug
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES VANCOUVER, B.C....565 Hamilton St.
formers, pierhead jumps and Uh gestion made to keep ship's fund Joe Alglna .
4 4 4
^ Pacific 7824
Robert Matthews
BEAUREGARD (Waterman),
; procedure.'
at $50".
SYDNEY. N.S
304 Charlotte St.
Joseph Volpian
Phone 6346 July 11—Chairmen. David Nunnt
June 17—Chairman. R. Cow
,
• • • •
4 4 4
BAGOTVILLE, Quebec
20 Elgin St. Secretary. James F. Byrne. Dele
SUP
:;PORTMAR (Calmar). July 1 drey; Secretary. M» Elliott. D^e
Phone 545
gates reported some disputed
Chairmen. John Sttaka; Sec. gates reported no beefs. < Map HONOLULU
16 Merchant St. THOROLD, Ontario
37 Ormioot St.
xetary. Eugene Kristiansen. Del sent abpard as, workaway wth
Phone 38777
'
Phone 33202 overtime; no other beefs. Motion
111 W., Bumslde St. QUEBEC....113 Cote De La Montague made and seconded that the
egate reported all in .orde .Pis only a Zhumber tp.be paid as PORTLAND.
Beacon 4336
Quebec
Phone 27078 delegates get together on making
passehger
BR.
Crew
cpmplment
icussion. on weekend menus.
RICHMOND, C»Hf.,,,..,..,S?7 5»h St. SAINT JOHN,... 177 Prince William St.
a repair list,
; Discussion Cii insufficiency of eti slewards department for ex j •
Phono 2599
N.B.
Phono 23049
cellent cppkinj^'and serv.',ce.
(More Ships Minutes on Page 13)
last,. trip's'night. It^
Directory JOf SIU Halls
• ;• . ^
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�Page Ten
THE SEAFARERS LOG
FridETt. August 10;' 195L
THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS
Member Finds Insurance Costly,
Says SIU Coverage Is 'Best Buy'
Seafarer Holds Full House
protect myself against any acci about people wanting to be rug
dent 1 may cause and against ged individuals, it's' not true, If
At the risk of sounding like a any accident caused me, plus it were, the insurance companies
Boap boxer I'd like to make protection iagainst fire and theft. would go broke.
'
some observations on this com
On top of this "I have fire and There is only one insur&ce
plicated world we live in and windstorm insurance on my policy 1 hold that 1 consider the
the attempts we mortals make house and insurance on the pos premium to be well worth it.*
to insulate ourselves against the sessions in the house, ^ I also That's my SlU book.
tmforseeable future.
have insurance against anyone For my monthly prenffum 1
Did you ever add up all the who is injured on my property. get full coverage for job pro
money you spend every year to Already the sum is becoming tection. I get representation (my
insure yourself? Do it sometime big, but that's not the end. 1 Sl]Lr insurance agent is on hand
and you'll see how much money have insurance on my television every time the ship hits port).
everyone spends to guard him set and a service contract. I have I get a guaranteed vacation every
self against big outlays of cash a service contract on my oil year, which is more than my
in an emergency.
burning furnace and I have a yearly premium. 1 get money to
Let's take my case: Every service contract covering the cover incidentals in case I. am in
GU Vila. Teteran Seafarei^ stands at the number one ^air
year I spend money for life in washing machine in my home. the hospital and my wife gets in his barber shop in Brdeldyn. Brother Vila has been in the
surance on myself and my wife. That's all the insurance I have $1,500 should I die.
lock shearing businen for h year and reports business is good.
I spend money for hospitaliz against any unforseeable happen
On top of this I am guaranteed A Unign shop, a haircut is 85 cents, and four barbers provide
ation and medical insurance for ings. That's a lot of cabbage, top working conditions on every immediate seating. The shop is at 93 Atlantic Avenue.
my family. 1 spend money for and somebody might say, "Well, ship 1 take and 1 am guaranteed
insiifance on my car, both to what can you expect of you buy penalty pay and overtime pay
a house, a car and raise a fam for all work 1 do outside my
routine duties. Where, 1 asl^you,
ily?"
can you buy such, a policy in
MONEY. MONEY
the outside market?
Nobody likes to sit down the To the Editor:
They're right. What can I ex
ably come back in a year with
f;
pect? But actually by today's first of the month and see the This is what a merchant sea a big red X.
standards I don't have .a lot of old bank balance take a right man in the Army runs into when Person^ly, I'll bet anything
insurance. I don't have insurance hook to the jaw afterpaying up he tries to get a discharge to that the forms went out in his
on my children; 1 don't have in the accumulation of bills, but, help alleviate the shortage of waste basket that night. But
anyway, v/e're right in there
surance against theft of my pos honestly, it does one thing for skilled men on the ships.
sessions. 1 don't have insurance me: it makes me appreciate all Here at Fort Ei^stis, Virginia, pitching, even if we don't get
against any prolonged illness in that 1 get for my money in the I've met plenty of skilled sea anywhere.
Roy Lee
my family, such as an attack of SIU. No insurance salesman in men being trained with taxpay
the world can promise me even ers money for a job that is a
polio.
jvaste of their talents. Here there
The point of all this is to show a fraction of that amount.
Carleton Swann, Jr are Mates, Engineers, ABs, Bo
that despite what everyone says
suns and men with three to five
endorsements in the engine de
partment.
Recently we seamen went be
fore
the conlJ)any commander
pilgrims to the Blarney., Stone.
To the Editor:
Our only regret is that there for release to go back to sea. Of
When. the George A. Lawson weren't more Irishmen aboard. course, we got the horse laugh. To the Editor:
was first taken out of the bone
The SS George A. Lawson is Being Union men we stood our
yard she was just another Lib a good ship for anyone who ground and the Captain told us Cracks from the Liberty BeU
erty ship that could use a con wants to make a few Jrips^ to to get letters from a shipping would be a good title for this,
siderable amount of cleaning. At Europe under a fair Captain. company and make sworn state but' we won't infringe on that
the' present time .she is fast be Votes of thanks are extended to ments that we will go back to territory. (Ed. Note: You got
your wish.) Folks, here is 'our
Wearing his civvies for the coming clean and makes a pleas the Steward, his department and sea.
first exclusive:
RUNAROUND
last time, former Seafarer Wil ant home for all, due to the all the SIU men who worked
Chief Bull Kenny, Fireman,
liam Egan Pollard suns him good cooperation between all hard to make this a happy home This we did. The Captain then brought his sister an ashtray for
instead of just another nisty sent us up to the Inspector Gen her birthday. She's .started
self in New Orleans before departments aboard.
We
would
like
to
compliment
eral. Boy, that's where the red smoking again now that she's
Liberty ship.
returning to Army life. The
Captain
Frederick
Iverson,
. former Chief Electrician of the
Frzmk Judah. Jr. tape started. After filling out forms thirteen. Bull's sister is now
Steward
Emmanuel
Cottis
and
all day they were accepted by driving an ice 'truck. Seems
Alcoa Pennant, Pollard was
Bosun
John
Murray
and
all
the
another Captain who. informed somebody's got to work in the
drafted in 1950 and is now
good SIU men who have worked
us that the papers would have family. We hear he's going to
stationed in Korea.
hard to make this a good ship.
to gd before a board and then get married soon. He's tired of
This trip many of the boys
copies would have to ,be sent that electric blanket.
.
had a chance to see and kiss
to ten or twelve different places. We have it on good authority
the famous Blarney Stone,
When they have been seen by that Marty Culp!s uncle is miss'
which is located at the Blarney
that number of brasshats, the ing a package in the mails. He
Castle, near Cork, Ireland. We
Captain stated they wopld pirob
went to the postoffice to check.
know there, are .many good Irish
Tbey
looked through all the
men in the Union who would
Carr
Family
Thanks
packages
and couldn't find his.
like to get a chance to become
ITo the Editor:
SIF Men For Kindness The clerk said "there's one here,
but the 'rfame is obliterated."
I would like to give my thanks Asks To Receive LOG
To the Editor:
Marty's' uncle said "Can't be
for all that the Union has done
While
Serving
In
Army
mine.
My name's O'Brian." .
for me, and to all the Brothers
I just want to send a word of
One
crewmember here, Aug
l.who donated blood for me. To the Editdr;
thar^s and appreciation .to all
ust
Childs,
is being drafted the
Words cannot express my thanks
Brothers of the SS Del Sud and
end
of
the
monj:h.
That will be
I
would
like
to
keep
up
with
to all my Union Brothers.
the other members of the SIU
, I would also like to thank Joe Union activities while in the
for the kindness and thoughtful the end of August. Yak! Yak!
Aigina, the hospital delegate, for Arrhy by receiving the LOG. I
help shown during our sorrow The draft board wanted to know
; the very fine work he does here want to go back to sea as soon
and grief over the sudden death if he was alien. He said, no he
. . '
at the hospital, and I am glad as I get out and the I.OG will
of my son>, Leverne R.. Carr, felt fine.
tiie SIU has men like Joe to help mg keep up with the latest
brother of Jack and Barbara As one casket said to aAother:
"Is that you coffin?" Ugh!
ttake care of us here at the hos developments.
Carr. •
_
When finer jokes are told,
I would also like to have my
I wolild iiketo have this print
jpital.
The Duke of Bourbon Streei
we'll
be in there ruining them
I think /Our hospital benefit address put in the LOG so any and soldier friend pose in ed^n the XOQ; if X ca«. 1 feel
before
. Milton Berle gets a
plan Is tops. We are all grateful of the fellows who wish to do Jackson Square Park in New the SIU is a woHderful organi
ehsnce.
'.y
r
so can write me.
Orleans. For the benefit of the zation of wonderful faiembefs and
for it.
Oops,
let's
cut
this
off,
here
Pvt.
William
Tschusehke
Joseph Callisfo
uninitiated, the "Duke" is officials, . • '
' •
'
... • v, v
Oo. E, 60th Inf. Regt.
1
US Markte Kospltal
sometimes known as Tony
• • • Reuben
• • • boipes the Skipper.
Marty;
a
nd .Joe;.;Cu!|i>yyy'
Fort.Dix.
Pisaao^
.
HoUand.
Mich,
Sfafen Xslaiul. NY
To Ihe Editor:
Says Army Red Tape Trap
Fofls Seamen Seeking Out
In Army Now
Lawison Men Kiss Blarney
• • ^i1
•
Liberty Bell
Cracks From
"Duke' And Pal
Blood Donors,
Welfare Plan
Receive Thanks
\ : J
ft I
�!2:
^ 'ilS'1
Friday, August 10. 1051
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Ship Atr^ltapttner^^ Disturb Fish For Dinner
Peat^ Cv^^yAsks Relief
Page Eleven*
• m
Three Times In Mud, "31
Ship Gets New Skipper
• "1
To the Editor;
,'
It does no good to complain, as
J
,
,
we are told, that this work has
the undersigned members
We fuUy realize this.
To the Editor:
was delayed in almost everjr
Of the SS Rofierio desire that' but feel that for the welfare of '
port touched.
The Seabeaver, one of Colon
you pttblisii : this letter in the the crew, some sort of happy
Colonial finally got wise and
SEAFARERS LOG, as we be medium should be reached by
ial Steamship's proud seagoing relieved him in Rio. His succes
lieve it would be of benefit to the Union and the companies we
vessels is seeing quite a trip sor immediately informed every,
all the membership.
have under contract.
thistime out. To start with, Sea one that he was the master of
During one of the regular
beaver is a misnomer. A better the ship and his word was law.
OFF LIMITS
shipboard meetings a motion
name would be "Groundhog," as The newcomer had been led to
was carried unanimously to call Wewould like to suggest that
this low flying Beaver has been believe by,the departing skipper
to the attention of the Union a at sea there should be no use
agroimd 'three times in her first that the crew was the cause of
condition that exists aboard made of these machines within
three months out. The last time the ship running aground. Just
ships at the present, and, if the 100 feet of the crews sleeping
she lay aground for ten days on plain sabotage, he hinted. Thi%;
shipowners would agree to dis quarters. In this manner the
the Pata River, just off the port of course, didn't put us in good
standing with the new skipper.
continue .this practice, we, be deck crew can still chip and
of Belam, Brazil.
lieve it would be beneficial to scrape the rest of the vessel and
Her first skipper, a loud
'TENSHUN'
all.
save the vicinity, in and aroimd
mouthed individual, did a good He started off with "white
job of everything he wasn't sup glove" inspections, and, with
"^We speak of the practice of the crew's quarters, until some
time
when
the
vessel
is
in
port
posed
to do and was responsible needling .from the Mates and'
using air guns and electric chip
and all hands
are up
and
around.
for
her
three trips into the mud other officers, looked for as
Tony
Manzanillo
poses
with
ping hammers in and around the
This
will
insure
that
the
crew
flats.
I
had to give him credit many faults as he could find,
a fish,
thought
to
be
a
group
crew quarters at sea.
receives their proper rest at er, which he pulled aboard the for one thing: He would just as which were very few. Those he
I
TERRIFIC DIN
sea and are in condition to SS Seagarden while off Cuba soon raise his voice and go into found came from a few per=
During the past two voyages stand their watches in a proper recently. Roy Dozier who sent a rampage with an Ordinary formers who got their just re
in the pic, reported the crew Seaman as a highranking gov ward by being heavily logged.
on this vessel, the deck crew manner.
enjoyed the fish served to ernment official. He wasn't fussy. In a way I get a big kick out
16 Crewmembers
bad to stop chipping in port be
The result being that the ship of the Skipper, who is never
them for dinner.
SS Rosario
cause the terrific din annoyed the
Office workers in San Juan, the
without his high pressime hat
Bull Line, office and, in Phila
and scrambled eggs. He takes all
delphia, at another time the
of his meals in his room. I un
stevedores refused to work while
derstand he doubts that he has
method of approach and is an like this and that is ignore him. to pay the BR three hours a day.
To the Editor: .
the air guns were in use.
Frequently one has the mis expert at whispering campaigns. It is bad, of course, when he overtime for the rather unusual
There was no doubt that they fortune of runnipg into the He will stoop to anything if he works along side of you. How
were both justified'in their com claws of the "grouch." This is can gain prestige for his own ever, cheer up, that guy will not service (He'll find out when the.
plaint and the use of the electric the individual who makes it a aggrandizement, even if he per run the gauntlet for long. His payoff comes).
"We have a veiy levelheaded
hammers ^d guns was discon practice to buttonhole you on jures himself in the attempt.
viciousness and egotism will fall crew aboard and we do very
tinued^ hi^ediately. .
the job, whether it be at sea of "A Union man?" he says. "I by the way. Sooner or later the little arguing with the ship's
\
Yet as soon as the vessel pro ashore. He usually starts to tell am 100 percent union." He will boys catch on to this smooth officers. We do our best to ex
iceeded to sea th^ were broken you of some brother aboard being not tell you that he is also 100 talker and the "grouch" is on ecute every command to the
out again. Now. we all know such a soaridso simply be percent company. This is the the run.
point. The crew has become ex
that at sea there are two watch cause he personally does not type of character who is the • The genial type of fellow is pert at writing up overtime for
greatest menace to our Union, the one who can smile through penalty work, "which, after all,
es below in the deck ^d engine like his guts.
gang. At all times these men He villifies, slanders and, be and it is a damnable state of adversities and become popular is our only means of protecting
need their sleep and rest after ing twofaced, runs to his sup affairs when one has to work with his shipmates. He is usually ourselves and the contract.
their watch, so that they may eriors and does exactly the same with a man of this kind. There talented, a good worker and a It would be a great help it
properly stand their next watch. thing. He has a very plausible is only one alternative in a case genuine Union man. The fel the company would put the
low who can smile in difficul proper work gear on this ship.
ties deserves all the sympathy In order to splice a line, I have
his Brothers can extend to him. to make my own fids. Along
There are many poems and with this comes the same old
stories written about a smile, story when acquiring for tooli^
yet few people realize the ser etc. "They just didn't come."
iousness of the little word The Seabeaver, having sign
"smile."
ed six months articles, is due
In corpmercial college training back in the States in September,
a smile is the foreward, espec if not sooner. Here our many
ially to trainees in the field of beefs and disputes will be, set
salesmanship. Now, Brothers, I tled in the proper manner.
hope you do not misconstrue my Incidentally, the SEAFARERS
meaning. I do not wish to con LOG is due a lot of credit. It
vey that you should put on an is a welcome gift to find it
act and practice an artifical waiting for us in some distant
smile. Not at all. I mean a port.
good honest smile.
Bob Brown
It will be a grand day when
the twofaced guy realizes that
we seamen eat, sleep and live
our lives aboard ship. The sea
is our country. Be a good guy.
A group of Seafarers and* a sailor enjoy a fe .v drinks in Yokohama ^during time off from the Remember: Do good to them
SS Ocean C, Ocean Transportation company. The men are, left to right: Roy Gamache, DM: that hate you, bless them that
Peter Loik, AB; Manual Rogriguez, FWT; Armaido Rodriguez, USN; Gaetano Busciglio. Night curse you and envy those who
humiliate you.
To Ihe Editor:
CookBaker; Enso Buscaglia and Berkocci Bartilomeo.
Paddy Farrell
I am writing you a few lines
to let you know what a fine
Cosby Linson, ExBoxer, ship this is and to pass the word
could send me a copy of "The SIU on the Vacation Plan and Measures Up As\3iiipmate along to the readers of the LOG.
To the Editor: ^
I have been receiving the LOG Seafarers in World War II," as on the progress made with the
The Captain and Mate are
regularly since arriving, in Aus I have been looking forward to Welfare Plan. If nothing hap To the Editor:
both aces. Captain Whiteside is e'l
v
pens, I'll take my book out of Another pugilist has hung up one skipper in a million and the
tria, and have enjoyed it greatly. its being published.
I would appreciate it if you I want to congratulate the retirement and return to sea af the gloves and headed towards Mate, Blair is one swell fellow
ter I get out. of Uncle Sam's the wideopen spaces. Cosby and easy to get along with. I
Army.
Linson, who shipped out the lat have been on this ship, the Sim
We are living in tents over ter part of last year on a Sea mons Victory, for three trips
meet old shipmates, but it makes here, which isn't too bad this train ship, is making his debut and we haven't had a beef dur
To the Editor;
me wonder who is _^left to man
ing this entire time.
• Please continue to send me the the ships. I hope to be on the time of year. However, this win in the food department.
ter
they
won't
be
too
race,
as
According
to
rumors,
Cosby
is
We now have quite a crew
LOG while I'm in the service, outside looking in one of these
it brings back wonderful memo days. Thanks again for the LOG. three to six feet of snow is the so well liked from top to bot aboard, including Ray Queen
tom that they won't let him and his sidekick, "Hoss" Gross
general rule around here.
' ^es that seem so long ago. I
Pvt. Stephen, Beear
quit. Cosby was one of the lead coast, so things should jump in
^o want, to ask a question
That's all for; how; so will ing welterweights in the coun Japan when we arrive.
912 Ord. Reclm. Co.'
about "validated papers.
*
Fort Benning, Ga.
close .hoping for continued pro try, having boxed the .late Mar Blackie Gardner in Frisco told
I have seamen's papers that
cel Cerdan (in an exhibition) me the ship was a pleasure to
(Ed. Note: We are forward gress by the SIU.
have not been validated. Do I
when he was middleweight payoff, not only clean of beefs,
have to apply for new ones? ing you an; application form
' CpL James ' D. Allen champion of the world, Chester
but clean physically in all de
If so, can I do it by mail as 1 which you can fill. out and
US 53020180
Rica,
Pat
Donahue,
George
Lar
partments.
send
to
the
Coast
Guard
in
/am not hear any port city?
I
' !
APO 541.
over and others.
Everywhere I go" I run into Washington for validated pa^
R. E. While
• "il
. . c/o PM;,,:.Niw
former. ASieafgrers. It's nice to pers.) \
Delegate
Paddy Says: 'Wear A Smile, Don't Grouch'
An Hour Or Two Of Relaxing Ashore
White Finds
Sinunons Victory
Beefless, Clean
Stationed In Austria, Seafarer Notes Union Progress
In Army, Asks CG Papers Procedure
�Page Twelve
Friday/Auguii 10,
THE SEAFAHERS LOG
ThiteSIU
Is Competent Bosun, Says Palmer
A Bosun who puts green men you, as Bosun, can't or won't do
with more experienced seamen, yourself."
Primarily it is the main duty gives them a chance to leam.
Are Bosun's exempt froni
of the Bosun to organfze the
working on deck?
THINKING AHEAD
crew and the work so that A successful Bosun is always Now this question has been
everyone' works together. The thinking well ahead of the job kicked around to extremes. Some
Bosun's job could be defined at hand. He has the brushes and decide the Bosun shouldn't
something like this: Turn all paint laid out for the next job, touch a tool,, except to hand it
rhen to, knock all men off at or a man or two gettipg the to one of his men. Others protest
the proper time, mix the paint, Bosun's chairs and gantlines even louder that he should actu
see that each man has proper ready for the masts while the ally lead the example in every
^ar to work with, and see that gang is still painting on the mid job done and set the pace he
SU jobs are rmaning properly ship house. That way he does expects the men to follow. Neith
pVirl safely. Above all, see to it not have h^f a dozen men stand ei^of these extremist views will
that he, the Bosim, does these ing around watching while he fill the bill, for the BosUn who
things and, in so doing, keeps and a couple of others work expects to hold the "key" pos
the Mate off the deck.
feverishly rigging up at the last ition. ,
Many times serious trouble minute.
Naturally, a man who is con
arises between the Mate and the The good Bosun goes about stantly at work with his hands,
Bosun that can be laid directly things deliberately, seldom gives setting the pace and doing it
Three sally Del Mar Seafarers pose for Iheir pictures, cour J
to the Bosim: Suppose the Bosim an order in a raised tone of all, isn't going to have time to
lesy
of crewmember George McFall. The brothers are, left to
is up the mast painting like mad voice, and,never bawls men out handle properly tHe equally im
right.
Johnson. Srem and Suslivitz.
in port when all of his gang in front of the gang.
portant requirements of his job.
is on deck watching him work. When raising or lowering gear, On a Liberty which only car
Then suppose the Mate starts he stands back out of the road, ries one Deck M!aihtainence,'and
giving orders on deck. The giving necessary orders calmly, has only one or two watchmen
Bosim hasen't much kick com his eye on every possible danger on deck at seat, the Bosun has
ing!
point, his attention'following the got to pitch in and do a little
On the other hand, this doesn't job of every man and bearing in work himself. Then, too, once in
mean the Bosun should be mind constantly the experience a while you nm across a Bosun To the Editor:
than himself may sometimes be.
breathing down the men's necks. and probable reliability of the who will let a couple of men
the most cowardly when faced
Nobody is going to do much men on the outboard guys, the strain on a line and won't jump I agree with Brother John J. with authority greater than his'
in and give a hand himself. This Flynn in reference to his article own.
\(rork with a man standing ove? man at the winch, etc.
on the servility of officers, but Man has from the start of tim(i'^
him. Furthermore, a Bosun who There'is an old sayihg among won't get "it" either.
starts that can rest assured that old time Bosuns that carries a The Bosun who uses "common Brother Flynn failed to see the been taught t6 look upward afid'
the minute he is out of sight, lot of savvy too: "Never ask a sense and balance in thought" same .conditions among the im it seems that regardless of hoW'
everything will stop altogether. man under you to do something will find everything running iicensed personnel.
much he Organized in a grou^'
smoothly; the men feel respon We have many members of the instinctive nature to look
sibility, dignity, and an interest our own Union who drool when down remains.with him even>
in the work, and things go along tjiey tell you' that one of the though' this distinction has been
so easily that it is always a won officers bought them a drink and removed with the strength of the;
der how so much work gets done even associated with them most organized body he is a part of.<
of the evening.
with so little effort.
So, Brother Flynn,. when we bct;
Most of all, a good Bosun wilb Brother Flynn forgot that the come quick in our condemnationr
realize the importance of good nature of man is individualistic. of a fellow man, let's be fair int
hiunan relations with his men. Though we may think alike on clarifying such distinction.
And here are a few of the basic many subjects we will always
STAND PAST
rules that will help you obtain act as individuals. We have men
You,
Brother
Flynn," may be of
them: Let each man know how within our ranks, though part of
the
rebel
class
standing to your
he is getting along. Give him this organized body, who stiU re
principal
yet
understanding
and
credit when due. Tell people in tain a servile manner toward
capable
of
defendingwhat
ydU
advance about chmiges that will authority. Watch some of your
believe
to
be
best
for
your
fel
affect thdiri. Make the best use shipmates and you will under
low
mart.
We
who
stand as
sUch
of each person's ability, and, stand.
finally, never bypass the Union Man in character is a rather should also remember though we
do not seek to go higher in thei
in dealing with your men.
sad person. The individual who' ranks, yet we still have a duty
Jerry Palmer talks tough to"'some one weaker and that is to help, those who
To the Editor:
Says Topside Not Only Ones
Fawning Before Authority
Beauregard's Lathe Hand
E'
m
Paolo Pringi. Oiler on the Beauregard, wheels the cutting
tool into place as he prepares to turn down a brass rod on the
ship's lathe. The excellent photo was by a shipmate using a
spead graphic.
Holds Credit Due Permits
Who Aided In Union Work
• Svi.'
It will be these men who
To the. Editor:
have
kept these companies un
I. have heard some complaints
der
contract,
not only because
hbout the workpermit men sail
of
their
determination
to do a
ing our ships these days. Ap
good
job,
but
in
the
hopes
of
parently some of the Bookmen
someday
becoming
a
member
of
fail to realize the tremendous
the
best
Union
on
the
high
seas.
job put on the shoulders of
these permitmen. A good ex Incidentally, I am not a green
ample, can be seen aboard this horn. My seatime is over six
ship and no doubt aboard others. years, two of which were in the
Bere we have a sizeable number NMU before I foimd out which
of permits aboard, yet the crew was the best Union afloat.
'is doing an excellent job.
Instead of making any ad
After the shipping boom is verse comments about the new
over and once again we will be permitmep in qur midsts we
^ad to take any job off the should be thankful that they
jfeafd, a man may come aboard were here when needed, because
this ship—^the Fort Hoskins—and
dUnd that these "greenhorns" did without them we would have
a good job of keeping this cc^n been in a rough sppt
.. .
: ^'Edwasd J. Day
pany under contract.
/Si " • •
Tm A Seaman
By WILLIAM MOORE
God made man (not very smart),
A too weak brain, a weaker heart:
Yet every man iriust play his part,^
So I'm a Seaman.
I am too dumb to write a book.
Not dumb enough to be" a crck>k;
And so I claim that I'm a cook^
A cooking Seaman.
r'A.
lack courage to walk alone in
defense of principals and ideals.
We, Brother Fljmn, can also
become as dominating if we
abuse our understanding, so no
matter how high you are in life
or no matter how small we must
remember we are necessary to
each other to fulfill the task
given to each on this highway
of life.
Good sailing, Brother Flyim;
and let's remember to be grate
ful that nature has given "us
courage to stand' to our ideals
and principles and show a bit
more charfty to those who fail
ed to receive such a gift frb^
nature.
*'
Joe' Buckley
Van Ryswyk
Will Be New
Flying Dutchman
l\c'
To the Editor:
I say goodbye and sail away,
,
I vow that I'll return someday;
This is to' notify my friends
not" to look for me, for I've
But theri I'm nuts, or shotild I say,
finally grabbed a ship and am
*T'm a Seaman." _"
.r:
off for England on the Polarus
Sailor as Bosun.
I'll even go where bombs riiay fall,
I'd been waiting .for some
I'll even go where death may call; _
.,,
[|hihg going to Holland, so that
("WTiich proves I got nib sense at
I, could see my mother, but
I'm;,a Seaman.
^ couldn't get an^hing on that
run out of New York. However^
I.guess I'm dumb as dumb can be, ? \\
i hope to be able to fly there
Or else; VA never gone to Sea;, • •®
irom England for a brief visit
jSce you all when I get back
So (sucker) coiiis;, shake hands with me,
•
:Jdareelliw VaavByswylr /;
a Seamam"
^
..A f'j ,V.3
�w
Fri^y. August 10. 1951
TEE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Thirteen
Must Shipboard Meetuigs Be Routine?
The Del Norte Crew Doesn't Think So
i
• ?
i
i s
I
1 • ' I
^
(Our apologies to the crew of the SS Del Norte: This it will be good for the inember' elected Chairman by acclama working on organized ships. Per,
tion.
mitmen have been a great help
story was set for publication more than a month ago, but ship, you get up and say it!
Jimmy McGill,
permitman, was
"When
all
of
us
have
blown
in this, too. As a result where
4ue to space limitations—especially for an article as long
our tops in this manner, the felected Recording .Secretary by. other Unions have been losing
this—it had to be held b.ack. However, we still think
meeting may be said to have acclamation.
jobs we have been gaining. So.
that this shipboard meeting was wellplanned and wellex accomplished its purpose and a Wayne Fields, permitman, was to all permitmen: Go out and.
etiuted, and can serve as a model for other ships, so we motion for adjournment is in elected Reading Clerk by accla organize the imorganized when
order. When this motion is sec mation.
ever you get the chance. Re
i;>resent it with no further apologies: Editor.)
onded, voted on, and passed, the It was moved, seconded and member, the more jobs the more
All SIU ships hold shipboard is taken. When you make a mo meeting is adjourned and we gp carried that Brother Fields read booksl"
meetings, most of them regular tion arid it is properly seconded, on about our business.
only Good and Welfare from the Brother Lewis then delivered
ly and frequently, some of them thoroughly discussed and then "Please do not write on or minutes of the last educational the following:
sporadically and less often. In voted upon—if this motion is otherwise mutilate the copies of meeting. These minutes were "As we all know, the jobs that
too many cases, however, the passed—^it becomes law as far as our Union Oath of Obligation, read and accepted.
we have on these ships are 'not
meetings are of a routine na this body is concerned and it is which you will find on jwur
the same that a shoreside work
*OATH
OF
OBLIGATION
ture, and the educational portion expected to be carried out! Since table. You have small pieces of
er has. A man ashore has many
is unimaginative, particularly in this meeting is of an educational yellow paper on which you may Brother Lewis then led in the opportunities for recreation.
view of the fact that there are nature and not official, we will write, take notes, doodle, or reading of the SIU Oath of Ob There are many things that he
• many hew men riding SIU ships omit New Business also and pass whatever you care to do during ligation.
can do over the weekend or
these days, who must be ground on to the next order of business the meeting. If you think of One minute of silence was ob when he is off duty to take his
ed in SIU history, the workings on the Agenda.
something you wish to say while served in memory of departed mind off his work. This puts
Brothers.
of the organization and the
MINUTE OF SILENCE
him in a better mood to carry
another man has the floor, jot it
foundations of unionism, if they
The Ship's Delegate, Brother on his job comfortably when he
down and then you cail remem
"Members
of
the
Seafarers
In
are to be expected to act as
ternational Union are not un ber to bring it up when he has Bob High, was called upon to is on duty.
good Union men.
read an excerpt from "Fortime" 'Here, when we finish our jol^s
finished.
. One crew which is doing an mindful of the many members
who have gone on before us and "Take any of this Union lit magazine regarding the unfair for the day, we cannot go home
outstanding job in its education
who have contributed much to erature with you, read it, then and illegal tactics used by Cities to our wives and our children,
al meetings is that of the SS Del
ward making SIU "as strong and return it if you care to when Service Oil Company during the nor to our mothers and fathers,
Norte, Mississippi's cruise ship.
powerful as it is today. Men you have finished; or if you organizational campaign which but we have to look at each, ' ^1
I
Minutes of ;the June 10 meet
have been jailed and imprisoned, want to keep it, keep it. The the SIU won after a long, hard other's same old faces and some • pi I
ing, which have just reached the
struggle.
.^1
times rehash the same old con 7^1
and men have died for this same important thing is to read it!
DOG, reveal the care that went
cause. We do not forget these ' "I want to thank you Brothers, Brother "Whitey Peredne de versations that we have had • ''^1
into the planning of the meeting,
men. So at this point on the not for myself, but in the name livered a talk to the permitmen many times before. Sea life gets ^^1
and the great amount of infor
Agenda, when the Chairman asks of the SIU, yoim Union, for at in which he said that some day to be a boring life at times.
ination that was passed on to
"It is inevitable that we will
you, you will stand for one min tending. I hope • that you will they would, become full book
the new men in the crew.
men
and
belong
to
the
most
de
from
time to time see friction
ute in . silence in men^ory of benefit by it. I hope that you
arise
among Brothers on the
mocratic
and
best
Union
in
the
FULL HOUSE
these Brothers who have gone can teach me something—^that
world,
barring
none.
ship,
which
should not occur, yet
on
beforehand
left
this
world
; The meeting was held in the
we can all teach each other
which
is
understandable.
and
this
Union
a
better
place
in
Stewards messroom, wlhicb was
something about good Unionism. He pointed out that in order
filled to capacity, some of the which to live and to work.
SIU DEMOCRACY
One thing I think that I can to get their book, they would
"When
the
Chairman
knocks
men having to stand. Thurston
guarantee is that you will not have to earn it by proving that "Within the framework of oiu
J. Lewis, Educational Director, on the table this minute of ob regret having attended and con they will become an asset to the organization • we are given much
called the meeting to order servance has passed and he will tributed 'to this educational Union and not a detriment. To liberty and freedom. Oimmem
day, said Brother Peredne, our bership is not regimented like
iand prefaced the meeting with declare the meeting under Good meeting.
and Welfare.
Union is run on a quota basis, a Russian or dictator's armjr, "iri
the following remarks:
PROOF OF INTEREST
that is so. many, books per job. which there can be no freedom
"Permitmen" and Brothers who "Under Good and Welfare each
If books were issued to every of speech, nor thought, nor con
fiave recently acquired books in man who has something to say "After adjournment, all per
the SIU, this meeting is held will be given a chance to say it. mitmen please pome up and sign one who came along asking for duct. We are free to • think as
primarily for you. In order for In order to do this, you must your name and number so that one, we would soon be sitting in we like and to express omselves
you to. learn the methods by hold up your hand and, when we can send it in to the New our Union Halls for months wait at these meetings. If what one
which action is obtained in our the Chairman sees you and rec Orleans SIU Port Agent. In this ing for ships.
person thinks does not coincide
The best way to create more with what I think, I disagree
Union, the .Chairman and Re ognizes you, you may then rise way he learns which of the per
mitmen are interested enough in jobs and issue more books," said with him but this does not mean
cording Secretar>, as well as the and say your piece.
Reading Clerk, will be elected "If you have a speech prepar their Union to be considered, Peredne, "is to organize the un that this Brother is my enemy,
from among the permitmen. The ed now is the time to give it. If when the time comes, for eli organized. A very large percent only that I don't agree with hirri
of bookmen have worked on un on this certain point.
meeting will be conducted as something just happens to pop gil?ility for full membership."
nearly as possible in accordance into your mind and you think A1 McCabe, permitman, was organized ships and are today
"If I am elected to do a cer
with Robert's Rules of Order.
tain
job and I do not do that
These rule.<t are the same which
job
to
the membership's satisr
are ''^used in the Congress of the
faction,
the membership always
United States and almost univer
has the satisfaction of relieving
sally in meetings large' or small MAE (Bull), June 29—Chair one week before arriving in ing down hatches. Crew requests
which deal with aTairs either man, Lloyd Short; ' Secretary, port. Discussion on Welfare Plan that Bosun sew on awning for me of this job and electing an
other man in my place. This is
public or cprpomte.
Richard Ceiling. Delegates report and proposed coristitution after deck. Discussion on two the democratic way! This is the
' "When your Chairman iselec slight beef in the deck gang changes.
Messmen and one AB fired in SIU way! Let us exercise our
ted, he will call for the election about gangway watches and cal
Newport News and ordered to rights in both speech and vote
of a Recording Secretary. When led attention to The repair list.
report to Hall but failed to do so. to carry on our Union in the,
the Recording Secretary is elec The financial standing of the
June 6 — Chairman, Earl T. way the majority sees fit!
ted,. he will come Up to the ship's fund was read. It was re
Spear; Secretary, Paul Krakirk. "At the same time that our
Chairman's table, take his seat q]^ested that something be done
Delegates reported no beefs. SIU is making its demands be
jiieside the Chairrnan and pro about getting the housing fans
Deck Delegate reported Patrol fore the shipowners, other un
peed to write down,
the best turned on in hot weather and POLDEN CITY (Waterman), man Fisher warned crew about
ions are making their demands
of his ability,^ everything that having a fan placed in the laun May 27 — Chairman, G. Engle
performing on ship in Alaska. before their bosses, and both
jiappens in this meeting.
dry room. Immediate action was hard; Sj^etary, G. J. Retz. Dele Crew announces that stewards SIU and other unions are mak
MINUTES READ
promised.
• gates report everytJ^g in order. department is feeding excellent ing their demands before the
$5 in skip's fund. $37 collected ly and anytime help is needed bureaucrats of our government.
"The Chairman will then call
for the election of a Reading BEAUREGARD (Waterman), for March of Dimes. Motion made the crew is willing to pitch in. "In the 1946 General Strike,
our greatest beef at the time
Clerk. When he is^ elected he June 6—Chairman, M. Welsh; and carried to have Steward
will read, when called upon to Secretary, Dave Nunn. Delegates check closer and be in messroom EDWARD L. GR^T (Bloom was not with the shipowners,
field), July 1—Chairman, J. J. who were willing to meet the
do so, the minutes of past meet report no beefs. One Brother at meal time.
ings, any communication or other taken off ship in Germany to get June 17—Chairman, L. D. Rich Kane; Secretary, C. L. String increase in wages which we de
reading matter considered per treatment at the hospital. Motion undson; Secretary, S. J. Bots. fellow..Delegates report no beefs. manded,'but with the Wage Sta
tinent to the. business at hand. made to have the Patrolman Delegates report everything in Various issues brought up under bilization Board which had re '
• "At this point in shipboard come aboard in New York and oider. $5 in ship's fund. Discus education. Repair 'list made out fused to allow the companies to
meetings, such as we had. the talk to the Mate about imsafe sion on tfive current issues. for all three departments. Dis come across with the raise. By
Motidn made and seconded that cussion on keeping the laundry winning the beef aU over the oi.
flfst Sunday after leaving New conditions aboard the ship.
Orleans (this trip, the Chairman June 28 — Chairman, David Vacation and Welfare Plans be clean.
United States, we not only ob | j
usually calls for the Delegates' Nunn;'Secretary, Edward Farrell. posted on bulletin board.
tained our raise for aU. organized
S. 4. 4,
reports. This, of course, will be Delegates reported that ' Chief
STRATHPORT (Strathmore), seamen in the USA, but 'we were
t t
qroitted in our meeting'this af Mate has been working on deck. ALASKA SPRUCE (Ocean June 3—Chairman, Richard Tay able to do away with this useless
ternoon, and we move on ifito Overtime will be put down for Tow), May 20—Chainrian, Luke lor; Secretary, D.Jackson. Dele committee in Washington, which
the next order of business which any work he. does. No other Collins; Secretary, Earl T. Spoar. gates reported all in order. Dis was poking its nose into our a:^
beefs. Motion made and second Information was requested from cussion on men who missed ship fairs, and was draini^ the .tax
is New Business.,
"New Business is the roost im ed to have repair list made in Headquarters on whether the and quit. Discussion on proper payer of .his ^ages ifiithout giv
portant part of the meeting; be tiiplicate and .handed irito the long^ioremen or crew . are to care of washing machine.
ing him .anything in return.
acticm heads of the departments at least ftrctch tarpaulins when batten (More Ships Mlnut^ <m Page 18}
Digested Minutes Of SIU Ship Meetings
�Page Fourteen
fir
THE SEAFARERS LOG
On The Far East Run
Friday, August 10, 1951
Bewlare Of Carbon Tetrachloride,
ATboroughly Dangerous Chemical
Several cases have been re however, he had not given the plenty of fresh air. In case
ported recently "concerning sea suggestion to the seaman. Four breathing has stopped artificial
men who were stricken violently teen days after the patient had respiration should be started.
ill and subsequently died be been cleaning various parts of an Medical assistance should be ob
cause they mistook carbon tetra electric motor, with carbon tet tained as soon as possible. Hot
chloride for whiskey or drank rachloride, he died.
tea or coffee may be adminis
from a water glass that had been The Public Health Service doc tered.
used for handling carbon tetra tor who attended this man stated Do not give alcohol, fats, oils,
chloride.
that the time interval betv/een adrenalin, or epineplmine to a
However, inhaling its fumes is poisoning and resultant death person who has been exposed to
carbon tetrachloride.
just as deadly and in some cases was not unusual.
• il
(1) Adequate ventilation to^
deadlier, according to an article He further stated that inges
in the "Proceedings of the Mer tion of alcohol proximate to the prevent the accumulation of va
chant Marine Council" of the US period of exposure to the chemi pors must be provided, when
cal greatly increases the hazard possible, if carbon tetrachloride
Coast Guard.
Not so long ago a report o: of the development of acute poi is_ used, or transferred from one
casualty was received relating soning, lessens the outlook for container to another. The vapors
the facts concerning a seaman recovery, and reduces the chances must be removed frpm the space,
Crewmembers of Waterman's Young iUnerica pose for' who had partaken of a few of 'getting ^n accurate history. from below the point of breath
The alcohol serves to obscure ing, and exhausted well clear,
their picture during coffee time in San Francisco at the con
"short. beers," on a Sunday af
clusion of a recent run to the Far East. The Waterman ternoon while his ship was in thecause in the patient's mind. to prevent the settling of vapors
It should be constantly remem in a compartment.
vessel has been shuttling on the Fax Eastern run for several port.
bered that carbon tetrachloride (2) If thorough ventilation is
' months and is now out on another trip.
The following morning he was is a clear, volatile, colorless li
not practicable, personal protec
assigned duties with the First quid with a
characteristic aro tive equipment, consisting of
Assistant Engineer. Approximate matic odor.
hose mask, or gas mask or res
ly 10 AM he stated that he felt
pirator (approved for use with
DEFINITELY TO;CIC
sick and nauseated.
CT), and gastight safety goggles,
He was sent to the doctor who It is definitely toxic by inhala must be employed. It should bo
gave him milk of magnesia and tion of vapor and prolonged or remembered that all persons
returned him to duty, although repeated contact of the liquid
not to have been enforced as far the seaman still felt sick. The with the skin or mucous mem within the working area must be
(Continued from Page 7)
protected. Due to variations in
have ships of a size and as American President Lines is next day the First Assistant branes.
concentration, time limits for gas
speed adequate to meet concerned, for APL conducts an Engineer saw the seaman vomit Being over five times as heavy
intercoastal service in coniimc in the engineroom and told him as air, the vapor settles, tending mask, canisters or cartridges can
foreign competition,
not be established, although time
to increase concentrations in the limits of 1 hour for canisters and
3. That the operator be ex tion with its 'roundtheworld to go to bed.
route.
However, he was feeling better breathing zone, at floor level, 30 minutes for cartridges are
perienced and be financially
The
subsidized
operator
is
al
the
next day and stood his 0800 in pits, and in closed rooms. recommended.
capable of maintaining a
so
under
close
restrictions
as
far
to 1200
watch, afterwards return
Concentrations above 100 parts
steamship operation.
as his accounting and banking ing to his bed in the afternoon per million are deadly and may (3) Prolonged contact with the
The 1936 Act states that "the procedures are concerned.
skin should be prevented by
where he remained until the linger indefinitely. Dangerous va means of protective clothing such
contractor for subsidy aid must
end of the voyage.
pors may accumulate in depres as neoprene gloves.
FUNDS SUPERVISED
own or purchase a suitable num
He
was
imder
the
ship's
doc
sions,
under platforms, in holds, (4) Any transfer of the liquid,
ber of vessels of the type, speed He doesn't have much chance
tor's
care,
who
made
no
definite
or
in
void spaces.
and size required to maintain to hide or disguise profits, for
for example, the filling of fire
diagnosis,
but
a
general diagnosis
The
toxic symptoms of absorp extinguishers, should be made
his
income
is
divided
into
two
the service assigned to him, and
such vessels may not be used funds supervised by the govern of acute gastroenteritis because tion, regardless of mode of en out of doors when winds will
for any other purpose except ment "to insure prompt payment the patient had developed diar try into the body are: Headache, disperse the vapor.
with Maritime Commission ap of the contractor's obligations to rhea, nausea, vomiting, and ab mental confusion, depression, fa
(5) Small quantities of carbon
the United States and the re dominal cramps and a slight tigue, loss of appetite, nausea, tetrachloride should be handled
proval.
vomiting, loss of coordination n safety cans. Uncovered con
"These vessels," the law adds, placement of his subsidized ves temperature.
Upon
arrival
in
port
the
pa
and
sense of balance, and visual tainers are prohibited. Leaky
"must not be over 20 years of sels."
disturbances.
tient
was
able
to
walk
off
the
age and they must have been First subsidies under the 1936
containafa should be immedi
built in American yards with Act were made effective in July ship three or four blocks to the Carbon tetrachloride poisoning ately discarded^
—depending upon severity and (6) Rags or swabs wet with
of 1937 and they were cancelled company medical dispensary.
American materials.
He later reported to a United duration of exposure—^results in he liquid must be placed in the
from
1942
until
January,
1947,
a
An operator receiving a sub
States marine hospital, but was njury to "the liver, kidneys, ad
jsidy cannot engage in any ser period in which nobody needed classed only as an outpatient renal gland, heart, lungs, and open.
any
more
government
help
than
(7) fcarbon tetrachloride must
vice other than the route ap
and told to return the next day to the digiestive and nervous syS be kept from open flame or in
proved by the US Maritime Ad was readily provided by war at which time he was admitted. ems.
:ense heat since it decomposes
ministration. Nor can he be in shipments and postwar relief The doctor at the hospital, up
Toxic signs are: rapid, irregu at high temperatures, generating
any enterprise other than ship cargoes.
AU lines receiving subsidies on recognizing the patient's a^ or weak pulse; fever; bloody a deadly gas (phosgene) and^por
iping._
before the war were reinstated symptoms as carbon tetrachloride stools; suppression of urine; ro^ive products. In the presence
OPERATIONS LIMITED
poisoning, questioned him as to swelling of face; enlarged and of moisture it decomposes slow
in 1947.
his
possible use of this cleaning painful liver; and bloody urine. y, to liberate highly corrosive
He cannot, says the law, "en The subsidized companies are:
There may be local irritation hydrochloric acid.
gage in any auxiliary service di Seas Shipping Company, Miss agent prior to his illness.
He stated in the presence of of eyes, skin, and respiratory (8) Gas masks must be "provid
rectly or indirectly connected issippi Shipping Company, Am
with the operation of subsidized erican Mail Lines, American two doctors that be had been tract, but onset of symptoms may ed as soon as possible for men
vessels, such as stevedoring, President Lines, American Ex cleaning parts, of an electric mo ae delayed two to eight days using carbon tetrachloride to ex
ship repairing, ship chandlering, port, Farrell Lines, Grace Lines, tor with carbon tetrachloride a aft6r severe eJtposiure.
tinguish fire whether indoors or
towboat or kindred services."
Lykes Brothers, Moore McCor day or two before he got sick, Persons who have recently out in the open.
partaken of alcoholic beverages (9) Certain individuals have
Nor can the subsidized oper mack. New York and Cuba Mail in the hold of the vessel.
ator engage in the coastal or in SS Co., Oceanic SS Company, The doctor stated that he had are particularly susceptible.
been found unduly susceptible
tercoastal trades.
the PacificArgentinaBrazil Line suspected carbon tetrachloride A person showing symptoifis to carbon tetrachloride poison
poisoning from the symptoms; of poisoning should be given ing and ^uld not be assigned
, This section of the law seems i and United States Lines.
to operations involving the use
of this produot, even in small
quantities. Exposure to carbon
tetrachloride, even in concen
on the damn thing, it's not go permitmen did not talce more is made on the Del Norte by trations kno^n to be nonhazard
(Continued from Page I})
the Delegates and a list of both ous to others, may be dangerous
voice in the meeting.
"Do you know what is the ing to take me anywhere!
book and permitmen turned in in the following cases:
"Lipservice
to
the
ideals
and
Brother
W.
E.
Smith
asked
common Labor objective?
aspirations of the organized la more information about the Va to the boarding Patrolman.
Alcoholics.
. "It is greater security for the bor movement is not enough.
Brother Smith asked if per
Exceedingly fleshy individ
cation
Plan.
working men ond women of this "It takes active participation
mitmen were guaranteed hospi uals.
>•
..
DELEGATE'S
JOB
Nation!
tal benefits.
in Union affairs, alert attention
Undernourished persons.
"SIU believes that each trade to the workihgs of the Union, Brother i High stated that the Brother High pointed out that
Those with pulmonary dis
union is an integral part of the and a readiness at all times to last LOG received wa published all members having sailed one ease,., peptic ulcers, iiypertensiori;'
labor community and should make sacrifices, if necessary, to before the plaris were completed. day under contracted conipanies iver, kidney, or heart diseases.*
stand ready at aU times to come gain our objectives."
Brother Sharpless stated that are entitled to this compensation.
Persons with respiratory de
to the aid of another legitimate Brother Cobb asked why cer men on other ships had . failed He mentioned that in the NMU fects, either temporary or per
labor organization in the fight to tain permitmen had not attended to pay their dues at p^off, and the. member must sml 13 weeks manent.
win this common objective.
the meeting.
urged Brothers not to overlook of the previous 6 months to re
Persons who cannot readily :
ceive such aid;
>
detect odors. '
"When a man says, 'I believe • Brother Lewis said that a list this.
Ifc the Union' that is not enough. of the permitmen aboard and a It was pointed out that it ^is It was. moved, seconded' arid (10) Carbon tbtrachloride must •
When I look at the Algiers ferry list of the permitmen attending the Delegate's job to see that carried to adjourn at 3:30 PM. not be mixed with other llquidB.'
at the foolfff Canal Street, I say, would, be turned in to our New the dues have been: paid,/atid if The Brothers were ihen shown (11) Warning labels should be
hot he Should check .withy ;the the movies of the 'Wall Street placed bn aU containers; regaMi ^ rV^
T believe that ferry will tak6 brieans Agent:
•
Bfdthef
High
asked
why
the
Patrolman. A thorough checkup Strike^' and "This Is The SHL" less of voluiae, betere issue/ i
me to Algiers.' Bui if I doa'f get
US Shipping Was Subsidiied
More than 100 Years Ago
Shipboard Meetings Need Not Be Routine
�Friday, August 10, 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOG
'Takes New Post
Page Fifteen
Lake Charles Notes New Spirit
Of Gties Seryice Tankermen
By KEITH TERPE
The local fathers have formed this Hall, as they are liable to be
a
vigilante committee and are here for some time.
LAKE CHARLES, LA., Aug
By JEFF MORHISON
cleaning up all the gambling that Neither the regular Branchy
ust 1—The heat is off in this part
in _ days gone by gave Lake meeting nor the Central "LaboE^^
WILMINGTON, August 1 —
of the Gulf! At last we can see
Charles
nearly the reputation of Council meeting could be hel<|
We didn't have any payoffs nor
through the haze of jobs that
a
Monte
Carlo.
for the usual reason—no quomm.
any signons, but don't let that
has hovered over this Port for
Now
if
they could just form However; regular meetings oft
throw you—we handled ten in
months—and make out an oc
transit vessels to keep shipping
casional familiar face around the a committee to cool off the the Building and Construction
.moving along at a good pace
Hall for as long as a day or two weather I personally would put Trades Council, Metal Trades
in with them. About the same Council and Plumbers and Pipe,
here.
at a time before we have to
sentiments were expressed by Fitters Union were held, and;
ship him out.
The business for this port came
the crews of the Cantigny, Gov officials of these bodies request
Right now Carf Peterson, Jim ernment Camp, i ort Hoskins,
in the form of the following
ed and received a considerable
my Cheshire, B. S. Watson and Paoli, Chiwawa, Bents Fort, number of copies each of the
ships: Yaka (Waterman); Clear
Louis Bwen are all on the Lake French Creek and Winter Hill,
water Victory and Steel Artisan
LOG for distribution to their
Charles beach. All are ABs anc all Cities Service tankers in here members.
(Isthmian); Ocean C (Ocean
frankly it makes me feel like a during the last two weeks.
transportation); Santa Venetia
All these people have re,
Former mexnber of the SEA
(Elam); Pennmar, Portmar and FARERS LOG staff Cushman miser to have so much talent on On board the Mission Santa marked about the high quality
Calmar (Calmar); Cecil N. Bean Reynolds left this week for the string here for a change.
Barbara and Mission San Rafael, of this paper and read 'it as
(Dry'Trans), and Elly (Dianex). Djakarta,, Indonesia, to assume
That perennial beachcomber, the crews were lookiiig forward eagerly as we Seafarers do.
We did manage to find a few duties as assistant to the pub Whitey Tradewell, is still with to an even hotter trip into some
LOUIE'S BUGGY
beefs on these ships, but they lic affairs officer in the Ameri us and besides having recently part of the Pacific than the one Not many of the oldtimers
become a proud father of a king they were treated to through the
were all of the minnow size and can Embassy.
have been around these, pails
size
boy, he has — and between Gulf to Port Arthur.
we took care of them, such as
Reynolds served on the LOG
lately,
but those that were all
clarification of minor overtime for two, years until 1947, when you and me Ibis is more impor Both of these ships are under enjoyed the convenience of Loui^
and small repairs.
he joined the staff of Labor tant! — also became a full contract to the SUP, but a Boren's horseless carriage while
healthy delegation from the SIU
Press
Association, an AFL fiedged AB.
' Oh the beach it is impossible
was shipped to both as replace they were here when the occas
On
the
weather
front
and
the
CIO
sponsoied
newsgathering
to find even minor beefs among
ion demanded it.
the membership. Most of the agency in Washington which political side ^f the picture, how ments.
It is a fivepassenger coupe—•
INTRANSIT
fellows are happy to stay right serves labor papers through ever, the heat is just beginning
four push and Louis steers. One
to be turned on.
out the country.
The Wanda (Epiphany Tank of these pushers, both of the car
ers) arrived in Port Arthur about as well as the SIU for some 4^^
this same time intransit.
years, is Jimmy Collins, of the
The French Creek paid off Collins' of County Cork that is,
here and signed on again for a Jimmy has been "an active par
trip to Buenos Aires. She was ticipant in many ^ of the SlU;
fairly
clean but did have a few beefs, including the Wall Stredfc
By RAY GATES
bums
on her that believe the
'SEATTLE, August 2—Shipping topside. The gang is a happy
right
way
to payoff is to get all
is only fair in this port, largely bunch, all of them staying on
gassed
up,
make like Joe Louis
due to the fact that since the for another trip. The ship is now
with
a
few
choice shipmates
truce talks began in Korea we loading lumber for the land of and officers, and then do it up
haven't sent a single ship from hills—Churchills, that is.
brown by telling the Commis
this port in that direction. We've There has been a bit of activity
sioner
that he can go to hell if
had to be content to handle the in this northwest port area re
le
doesn't
want to hold the pay
here where the weather is fine grain and lumber traffic from cently. We have just been told
up
off
until
they can go ashore
and the feminine companion this port to the various parts of that the Portland Local of the
and
have
a
few
ihore brews.
ship interesting.
ILWU lost the famous "hot pine
the world.
An
alert
bunch
of Delegates
Some of the boys around here We've had calls from ports to apple" case and will have to pay
and
a
good
crew
nailed these
might be known to Seafarers, the north of us, but recently $277,000 in damages caused when
airds
and,
needless
to say, they
such as Harvey Hill, O. Arnett, they've' been the source of a two truckloads of pineapples
are
no
longer
among
us.
E. Lane, B. Smoljan, Sam Cohen, beef with us. It seems that when were turned over and wrecked
The
Cantigny
also
jumped
off
L. Romero, S. Turkingtoh and we ship men to Canada and make during the "Pineapple Strike" in
from
Lake
Charles
for
a
trip
to
Max Byers.
arrangements with the company 1948.
England,
came
in
clean
and
for plane tickets, the men report At that time in Dalles, Oregon,
NO MEETING
a barge was tied up to unload smooth and left the same way.
Despite that assortment of to the ships but only work for
pineapples when a fight broke All of the other Cities Service
bookmembers, we weren't able a few days and quit.
ships down this way recently
to raise a quorum last meeting This sort of conduct is fouling out. As a result, two trucks were were intransit On coastwise runs.
night, so we put the gavel back us up with the companies as far overturned and wrecked. The On most of these the newly
ILWU has been held responsible
in mothballs and will try again as transportation for other men
won Cities Servce contract was
for
this and will have to pay.
is concerned. Recently we sent
come the 15th of the month.
already in effect, and the attitude
JIMMY COLLINS
two men to the MV Alaska The hot tempers of the bad of the boys was greatly improv
On the local front the MEBA Spruce, with transportation paid
boys out here caused me a bit ed, and smooth relations and ef Strike and the Isthmian Strike,
has had pickets before the Steel by the company. They worked
of
a rumpus this week when I ficient operations'were the order the Bisso strike recently in New* \
Artisan and Clearwater Victory, ten ' days and then walked off
appeared
with the screening of the' day.
Orleans and the preparation for
both Isthmian. Why they are two days before the ship was
board
to
handle
some
cases.
The
two Cities Service strikes that
there is a puzzle to us, as the
SIU FRIENDS
due to sail, causing us to run all commies sent one of their law
.were considered possibilities not
Engineers are aboard working.
over town to get replacements. yers to object to me sitting in Local labor groups and labor so long ago on the Atlantic and.
The status of the MEBA has We're going to put an end to on any cases involving their men. officials in Southwest Louisiana Gulf Coasts.
reached such a low ebb that the this business once and for all. The port agent for the MCS have also expressed pleasure He has also acted as a volim
Engineers won't go for its tac
MEAL HOUR
stormed in and raised objections that we won our demands, and teer Organizer in both the CS
tics any longer. Rumor has it On the local waterfront we had on the SIU's policy of fighting extend the hope to the SIU that organizational drives as well as
• ^at even the pickets aren't a sligtft beef on the Seawind. the communists throughout the this 'is the first step towards a the Isthmian diive.
members, but are professionals The Skipper ordered the stew industry.
relationship with the CS Marine This likeable character couldn't
hired for: the job. Ho hum!
ards department to feed between Of this accusation, I plead Division that will prove as sweet think of many things that could
12 and 1 and an Oiler to relieve guilty. The SIU is proud to have as that which they enjoy ashore be improved in the SIU. "About
theFWT between 12 and 12:30 waged the battle against the heie in the gigantic Tutwillier the only beef I have ever had
and take his lunch hour until commies, but that by no means Refinery of CS.
with an SIU ship has been with,
1:30.
should disqualify me. At that Robert McGuinn and A. L. the very occasional performers
I pointed, out to the Skipper xate, everyone anticommie would Mclntyre. are both hospitalized that I have run into. Lately, this
that this arrangement would be put off the board and only in the local Public Health Service has been a little more often but
bring a lot of confusion, and he procommies allowed. It doesn't Hospital in Lake Charles.
usually the crew straightens these
agreed to revert to the standard make sense.
McGuinn was the unfortunate guys right out.
. The men listed below have im meal hour. The Greenstar was One fellow who does make victim of a freak accident on the "I think that a fellow that
properly filled out their Welfare smooth. No beefs at all fol^wing sense is Chuck Allen, Bosun of Gfoyernment Camp, when a rub can't stop playing aroxmd ashore
Plan beneficiary card. New ones her grain run to Japan.
the Seawind, which passed ber butterworthing hose parted in time to turn to in good shape,
must be filled oiit at once.^
Incidentally, the Seawind through here recently. Chuck company with its connection and is the worst type of shipmate
Charles Robert Georke, .Carroll should have its name changed specializes • in putting old rust a scalding stream blasted out.
you could find," he said.
EafI Spiers, Charlie Smith end to SS Aviary. They have more buckets in topshape.
He suffered second and third The new building, is Jim's idea
James "Dextdr Paris.
Y " birds % than Capistrano. Jlvery Right now Chuck is putting degree burns over The upper of our most pi'ogressive step .
4« 3f 4"
place you . look there is a bird himself and the crew in shape. half of his body and face, but is forward. He feels that wage in
JAMES R. LANE
cage with some. strange looking Seems the boys have rigged a now off the critical list.
creases and gains in conditions
:Your photo of: Transatlantic creature looking out at you. Back gym on the ship and everybody Mclntyre left the Fort Hoskins are fine, but that it is also nec
crew was too light to be re aft the Deck Maintenancie is do ivorks out daily. Chuck threatens with a crushed • a nd infected essary to let John Q. Public
produced in the LOG. Thanks ing some gentleman farming. He to start a new career in the foot, but is also reported doing ashore know that we are not a
for the contribution, and try us has a flock of chickens and sun grunt and groan business in Los okay now.
bunch of bums or gashounds, •
again: Let lis know if you want dry other barnyard animals. It Angeles around the end of Aug Both of these men really would and that our profession is just
seems to keep the fellows happy ust. If you're around; that area, appreciate any letters their that, a profession and a honor
it returned. , .
and there are no squawks from keep your eye on ri^slin* oh TV. friends could drop them c^ of able one.
Seattle Shipping Slows
Korean Peace Talks
�Page Sixteen
TBE S E AF A R BRS to G
Friday. August 10, 1951
Minutes Of SlU Shl|i Meetings
WACOSTA (Watermanh July
agreed that no man leave the
8—Chairman, T. M. JOHM: Sec
ship without proper relifef. Any
retary, R. T. Whitley. Delegates
one leaving the washing"machine
'.^reported everything okay. Few
dirty: to be fined $2.
_.^ours. of disputed overtime. The
4 4 4
REG.
REG.
REG.
TOTAL
SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL
crew voted on all current issues
DE
PAUW
VICTORY (South
PORT
DECK
ENG.
STWDS. ' REG.
DECK
ENG.
STWDS. SHIPPED
. from Headquarters.
Atlantic), July 7 — Chairman,
Boston
NO FIGURES RECEIVED
4 i. a>
Keith Winsley; Secretary, Low
DEL MAR (Mississippi), June ^ew York..
212
204'
146
562
192
194
135
' 521 Meyers. Delegates reported
So—Chairman, Douglas Craddock; Philadelphia.
....
46
30
33
109
48
33
32
113 everything okay. "The Steward
Secretary, Woodrow Lerkins. Baltimore
:.
180
163
107
450
152
113
90
355 Was charged with fraternization
Delegates reported no beefs. Sug Norfolk
21
12
11
44
64
53
72
189 with officers aboard and the
gestion that in future everyone Savannah
11
10
5
26
7
18
12
'
37 Chief Engineer was charged with
contribute to the ship's fund. Tampa
NO FIGURES RECEIVED
giving whiskey to crewmembers.
The Ship's delegate asked the Mobile.
47
60
50
157
54
58
63
175
4 4 4
. crew to help the new men, to New Orleans
68
54
55
177
116
90
79
285
FISK VICTORY (Bloomfield),
^ show them right from wrong Galveston.
35
40
:
26.
101
44
40
30
114 Jvtly 18
Chairman, William
, and to educate them to be good Wilmington
7
12
7 ; 26
14
15
11
40 Higgs; Secretary, Roy C. Lund«
SltJ men.
gwist. Delegates reported np .
627
585
440
1,652
GRAND TOTAL..
691
614^
524
1,829 beefs. No disputed overtime. Disr
4 4 4
. PAINE WINGATE (Bull), June
cussion on the use of washing,
,!24—Chairman, Wm. Prince; Sec
machine.
.'Iretary, Stan Cieslak. Delegates SOUTHERN DISTRICTS NOONDAY (Waterman), July TAINARON (Actiuin), June
^.reported no beefs. Paul Hall's (Southern Trading). May 27 — 7—Chairman, Jimmy Joa««; Sec 17—Chairman, C. J. Hartman;
^ letter of June 4 was read and Chairman, H. C. Chancey; Sec retary, Arthw Beck. Delegates Secretary^ F. Walaska. Delegates
^ thoroughly discussed. All five retary, R. A. Ericson. Delegates reported no beefs. It was sug reported everything running
current issues were unaminously reported everything okay. Motion gested that a ship's fund be smoothly. The Chairman rpoke
made to have the ship fumigated started on the next draw. Every on general duties of Union mem
approved.
and there also were several other member will donate $1. Sug bership and laid special? stress
motions made in regards to im gestion made to have last stand on Union responsibility for the
provements of messrooms and by on each watch to clean mess benefit of the many work per
4 4 4
hall as best they can, to help mits sailing SIU riiips for the SOUTHWIND (^ulh Aflanfic),
quarters.
out Messmen in the morning.
first time. The NMU strike was July 8—Chairman, J. W. Parker;
4 4 4
SOUTHERN ISLES (Southern
discussed.
Secretary, J.^ W. Craver. Dele
4 4 4
Trading), June 8—Chairman. E. GULFWATER (Metre), July 7
gates reported no beefs. Motion
4 4 4
K, DeMoes; Secretary, Handd —Chairman, Barroiu Secretary; FISK VICTORY (Bloomfield), made that, ship's fimd be left in
^4 4 4
STEEL FABRICATOR (Isth Wiseman. Delegates reported no Milton ZicheneRy. Ship's Dele July 7 — Chairman, William Captain's safe in case the" man
nian), July 7—Chairman, H. D. beefs. Discussion was held about gate reported evei^rthing run Higga: Secrefary, P. C.^Willy. misses ship. It was suggested
^fligginbotham"; Secretary, Mer present contract with Southern ning smoothly. Held [^cial meet Delegates reported no beefs. that the crew keep pantry in
.rill HumelL Delegates report Trading Company and all men ing on five current issues. Ship's Membership reminded to return order, as well as messroom.
.^erything running smoothly. that were aboard before the Delegate to ask Captain to get cots to Steward for the future
4 4 4
The five current issues were read present contract report that con scupper cleaned out in galley. crewmembers good.
WILLIAM H. C A R R U T H
Md discussed. Suggestion made ditions are 100 percent better.
(TransFuel Corp.), July 8 —
4 4 4
that each membeir donate $2 at
Chairman,
Leo Siarkowski; Sec
4 4 4
SEABEAVER (Colonial), June
the end of the trip to buy a EDWARD SCRIPPS (Isth
retary, Andy
Cecil. Delegates re
24—Chairman, Emersion Spalding;
mian), July 4—Chairman and
new washing machine.
ported
one
man missed ship.
Secretary. Bob Brown. Delegates
Secretary not given. Delegates
There.
was
a
complaint made
4
4
reported no beefs. Discussion on
STEEL MARINER (Isthmian), reported disputed overtime. Coal
about
lack
of
fruit juices for
cleanliness of messrooms. Dis
April 8—Chairman, Robert F. for galley range was being dis
breakfast.
Motion
made to check
cussion on repairs which have
Kennedy; Secretary, Gordon B. puted. Motion made to read
with
the
proper
authorities to'
been neglected by Chief Engin
Hayes. Delegates reported every letter from Headquarters on
see
if
the
crew
has
a cause of
eer.
thing okay. A suggestion was Union dues.
action against the company for
4 4 4
paade to have all crews quarters June 17—Chairman, J. Koen;
failure to provide fresh water. •
SOUTHLAND
(South Atlantic),
painted out on outboard voyage Secreteuy, L. E. Hamilton. Dele
4 4 4
June 6—Chairman, C. Mosley;
rather than homeward bound. gates reported that one man was
MASSHAR (Caimar), July
Secretary, G. B. Gapac. Delegates —Chairman, S. A. Holdem Sec
June 30—Chairman, Robert F. shipped from dock at last minute
reported a few hours disputed retary, C. C. Severinsen. Dele
Kennedy; Secretary, T. M. White. to replace Ordinary Seaman who
overtime.
Motion made and sec gates reported that two men
Delegates reported few disputed failed to join. Several suggestions
4 4 4
onded
to
carry all disputes to missed the ship on the West
hours overtime. Motion made to were made in regard to Good TUSKEGEE VICTORY (Coral),
Patrolman
on arrival in States. Coast. Motion made and passed
July 7 — Chairman, Chapman
liave a fresh water line run to and Welfare.
The five
issues
were discussed. by all hands to i^rease the
Beatrous; Secretary, T. Beetrous.
crew mess hall.
4 4 4
4
4
4
SEADREAM (Colonial), July 8 Educational bulletin from Head
Union dues. The rest "of the cur
FORT
HOSKINS
(Cities Ser rent issues to be posted and
, STRATHBAY*^ tstrathmore), —Chairman and Secretary not quarters read and tc be posted
Jime 1—Chairman, Davis; Sec given. Delegates reported. every on messhall board. Delegates re vice), July 1—Chairman, Wilfred action taken the next meeting.
Guitrau; Secretary, Jack L. Beu
retary, Hartshorn. Delegates re thing bkay, except several men ported no beefs.
4 4 4
dreauz. Delegates reported every
ported everything okay. Ship's short and soma disputed over
ALAMAR (Caimar), July 8—
4 4 4
Delegate requested M^ter to time. A general discussion was EVELYN (BuU), July 8 — thing okay. Letters were sent to Chairman, Ben Wilson; Secretary,
purchase cots for crew.
held regarding men who perform Chairman, N. D. Henson;. Sec various men in the company re Elbert Hogge. Delegates reported
May 9—Chairman, M. J. Dan and miss watches. Matter of retary, E. C. Dancy. Delegates questing action on Vacation Plan $26 in ship's fund. A big discus
gey: Secretary, Joe Smigelshi. equalizing overtime was discuss reported no beefs. A general fpr all Cities Service sailors.
sion was held on the literature"
Delegates reported everything ed.
suggestion was made that all July 9 — Chairman, Wilfred received from the hall.
(tfitay. Suggestion that ship be
crewmembers return cup and G a i t r a u; Secretary, Kronmch.
4 4 4
jfumigated if possibJe. Disciission
glasses to the pantry after having Delegates reported no beefs. WILLIAM A. M. BURDEN
: ion washing machine.
coffee back aft.
$48.30 in ship's fund. It was (Padfic Taiikers), July 15—Chair^
, .> .> 4. 4 • 4 "
man, William McKexma; Secre
r • ^
TaMEI (Shipenter Lines),
tary, John Kauanagh. Delegatesi
22'Chairman, S. Condela:
reported everything okay. Dis
4 4 4
JEteiereti^
Buletta. Delegates
cussion.on the food not being
reported no beefs. Discussion on ABIGUA (Cities Service), June
cooked
enough. Deck department
With the naifon ttghtenfng its defense preparations, to send a letter to New York
the way messhall and recreation 29—Chairman, W. Keating;. Sec
retary, W. T. Craig. Delegates re
hall are being left overnight.
the role of the merdiaiit marine Is daily hecoming more hall for clarification oif relief in
ported no beefs. Repair lists
4 4 4
vitaL For this reason it is imperattre that every Sea
Englahd. .
BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Lib were handed out to each foc'sle farer stand ready to ship in the rating for which he is
4' 4 4
cftty Nav.), July 7—Chairman, so that no repairs could slip by.
JNORTH
PLATTE
VICTORY
qualified and in which he can
be of
the greatest
service.
R. Byres; Secretary, C. Sansom. Letter written by Ship's Dele
(Mississippi),
July
4—Chairman,
In this connection. Headquarters continues to point M. A. M a c h e 1; Secretary, J.
Delegates reported no beefs. gate, to be sent to Headquarters
Washing machine to remain SIU concerning butterworthing and out that many men jjualified by. experience and skill Stringfellow. Delegates report
property in event of ship being Pumpman's duties, was read.
everything okay. Motion made
have not ai^lled for endorsements for high ratings.
4 4 4
transferred to another union.
Mon who do not seek higher ratings for which they to post all fonns pertaining to
Decision okayed as to entering SEABEAVER (Colonial), July
five current issues. Suggested to
are quatifled are. in effect, causing a waste of needed
1—Chairman, James Webb; Sec
political field.
give taxi fare back to men who
retary, James A. Boykin. Dele
sldlL
/
got ship's libtary.
GOVERNHttNT CAMP (Cities gates reported no beefs. Steward
The Maritime Administrator is seeking draftdefer
4 4 4
'
Service), June 14—Chairman, H. consulted in regard to serving ment for rated men only. Consequently, men, who am
WANDA (Epiphany), July 17
Janson; Secretary, E. Glazdor. No more fruit juices and cold drinks. drafted because they have ivol obtained the ratings for .^• iChairman, G. L. Kersey: Sec''
44 4
beefs reported from any depart
retary, B. H. Amsberry. Delegates
• • "*1^1
ment. Disputed overtime to be A BIQ U A (Cities Service), which they arg qiwlifled, vdll net be servfaig in Jbbis in reported that the Mate does not
which
they
can
be of
greatest
service
tq pur nation.
reported to Patrolman at pay March 6—Chairman, H. Crabtree;
want: toput'out any overtime.
IE you have the qutdificatioiis. apply for ppgrading; The member* were asked • to
off. Request for innerspring mat Secretary, W. Craig. Delegates
tress; all delegates to pick up all reported no beefs. Bunks are to
keep the recreation. room, and •
Do it todayl
books and permits before payoff. be painted while painting foc'sle.
the .messvoom. clea»»M,
A&G Shipping From July 18 To August 1
•
Go After Your Rating
�riiwfgiiPM'W"
Friday. August 10. 1951
Portrait Near The Ganges
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Seventeen f
New Orleans Warns Members
On Validated Papers Deadline
%
By LINDSEY WILLIAMS
the Alcoa Planter; Joyce Kilmer, that ranks with any labor paper
Del Mundo and Del Monte (Mis published. This, too, makes me
NEW ORLEANS, August 2 — sissippi); Carrabule (Cuba Dis feel proud that I am a Seafarer.
Reporting from New Orleans tilling); Las Vegas Victory and "There are many things, too
this week: everything is rocking Zane Grey (Isthmian), and the numerous to mention," BiU con
along pretty good in the port Catherine (Dry Trans).
tinued, "that we have won since
with business affairs in fine shape There are no beefs pending the Union's inception, but I
and shipping still bdoming.
in the port, as all beefs were would like^ to say that I am
Since the last meeting vfe had squared away at the payoff or the sure that no one would be
the following payoffs: the AlcOa signon of the ships involved. amiss in naming the recently
Planter; Del Monte, James B. The beefs 4/ere all minor in na negotiated Welfare Plan as one
Duke and Del Oro (Mississippi); ture, mainly OT disputes and of the most important.
Carrabule (Cuba Distilling); Las repair beefs.
"It is not only far reaching
Vegas Victory (Isthmian), and The deadline for validated pa in scope and present benefits',
the Catherine (Dry Trans). "
pers has been set for September but elastic in operation and
Intransit were the Alcoa Ca 1 by the Coast Guard, and this change as well. This was made
valier, Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Po was made known to the member manifest by the two increases
laris, Alcoa Runner and the ship at the last regular meet in the death benefit and one in
Alcoa Ranger; Seatrain New Jer ing.
crease in weekly hospital bene
sey and Seatrain _ Texas; Jeff
fits
during its short period of
APPLY NOW
Davis, Monarch of the Seas, Iber
operation. The machinations of
Those Brothers that do not an insurance contract could not
ville, Warrior and Fairland (Wa
terman) ; Massillion Victory have the validated papers should have permitted the speed of 'th6
(Eastern); Salem Maritime (Cit not wait any longer to apply for transaction. The prospects of the
Posing before a phony backdrop, a trio of Steel Chemist
ies Service); Julesburg (Mathia them, as the time passes away Plan's future is indeed a pic
Seafarers have their picture taken while in India'recently. The
photogenic boys are: Phil Ackroyd. Bud May and Blaekie
sen), and the Catahoula (Cuba pretty damn fast and some may ture of rosy hue.
find themselves on the beach
Conners. Photo submitted by Ackroyd, who is now aboard
Distilling).
COMMITTEE
after
the first of September if
the SS John Hanson.
•
In the signon column were
they do not have these new pa
T enjoyed an experience dur
pers.
ing the past week that stands
Everyone has had plenty of among the most pleasant of my
lime to put in for these new pa SIU career.
pers, so. Brothers, don't wait "I served on the Tallying
any
longer and put in for them Committee here in New Orleans,
The
Atlantic and Gulf District is a
Still more strength is added to each of
at once.
taUying the ballots of the recent
member of a powerful family of unions— the SIU affihates—and their International— There not being too much to referendum and the results were
the Seafarers International Union, composed through their affiliations with three power report on this week from the gratifying.
<Si more than 70,000 workers in the marine, ful national ^and international organiza Crescent City, as things have "The overwhelming yesvote
been tight down here—as a mat on this issue indicated an alert
fishing and cannery fields, throughout the tions.
ter
of fact, as tight as the hand membership, quick to analyze
United States, ^Canada and Alaska.
First, the SIU is a member of the AFL books that have all been closed the situation. And quick to add,
Insofar as direct representation on all of Maritime Trades Department, the most due to some special investigator to the soundness of our already
structure, in
the immediate problems affecting their mighty grouping of waterfront workers in put on by the Grand Jury—so sound financial
keeping
with
the
organization's
yours
truly
decided
to
chew
the
wages, welfare, and working conditions is the world. This organization has time and
fat with one of the old mem policy—namely to progress and
concerned, members of the Atlantic and again, since its inception in 1946, rendered
bers and get his views on what's possess the strength, in this case
Gulf District of the SIU are dependent en immeasurable aid to the A&G District as what in the SIU from a rank lucre, to meet any emergency,
tirely upon their own autonomous organiza well as other sections of the SIU and to the and filer's viewpoint.
to protect and maintain what we
have gained and to continue to
The
Brother
is
Bill
Frederick,
tion.
other member unions, which are the Inter
wellknown on all coasts and by go forward and achieve even
Each of the unions affiliated with the SIU national Longshoremen's Association, Mast quite a few members, as Bill has more.
has absolutely autonomy, and each, of ers, Mates and Pilots, Radio Officers Union, been around since the inception And, in closing, Brother Bill*
course, has its own specific problems. There locals of the Brotherhood of Teamsters^ and of the SIU and carries book Frederick says, "That is why
I'm grateful for and. proud of
number 94.
are, however, many problems that are com the United Marine Division of the ILA.
Bill
has
been
active
in
all
SIU
mon to all maritime workers—whether they
Second, the SIU is affiliated with
beefs as a rank and file member
sail deepsea ships, sail fishing boats, or AFL, an organization of 8,000,000 members and has seen the growth of the
work in fish processing plants or other sec in the US and Canada:
SIU since 1938. He is one Brother
that serves on any committee
tions of the industry. And that's where the
And, third, the SIU is a member of the he is elected to, and takes any
International comes in.
International Transportworkers Federation, and all jobs asked of him for a
The International stands ready tj come a worldwide organization of noncommu better SIU.
to the aid of any member union, in negotia nist maritime and transport unions with BiU says, "in reviewing the
ting contracts, organizing or any other mat several millions of members.
achievements of the SIU and
progress during the relatively
ter when the member union asks for as
Space
limitations
do
not
permit
a
full
short
span of years, it seems al
sbiance. In fact, all Districts and Unions
most
'impossible
that we have
of, the SIU are always ready to help each listing of all the Unions affiliated with the come such a long way in the
International, but they represent seagoing
other—and do.
betterment of conditions for all
men of all coasts in the US and Canada, seamen.
i One very important function of the In
fishermen and cannery workers in the Gulf
OLDSTERS HERE
ternational is that performed by its Legis
Coast, East Coast, West Coast and Alaska "Around us today," says Bill,
lative Department, which has a permanent
and workers in allied crafts in the Gulf and "are still many of the members
office in Washington. This office keeps an
East Coasts, as well as inland boatmen in that helped buUd the SIU and
alert watch on all legislation • affecting the
remember the inadequate Union
the Northwest US.
various workers in the International and
Halls and facilities that we had
In the past three weeks, three more un back at the start.
takes action consistent with their best in
BILL FREDERICK
terests.
,
• ions of fish and cannery workets in the "Today when we look around
Many pieces of legislation that have im Gulf Coast and Alaska voted to Esffiliate at the Halls we have, we know the priceless possession, I carry
they belong to the Union.
proved the lot of the seafaring and allied with the SIU, decisions which attest to the "It is shown by our fine Hall in my pocket—my SIU book.'' ,
At last night's regular meet
workers are the results of campaigns pushed everincreasingprestige of the Seafarers In here in New Orleans, our air
ternational Union
and
the value of
member
ing
aU reports and minutes from
conditioned Hall in Mobile and
by the various Districts through the Legis
the
outports were accepted.
ship in it.
our new Hall in Brooklyn that
lative Department.
^
Headquarters
report to the
Our Atlantic and Gulf District is, in it will be second to none on the membership was read and well
• Policy and decisions on major matters are
East Coast, and I'can state with
decided upon by the various affiliates act self, a compact and strong organization Of a feeling of confidence that fa taken and its recommendations
ing through their delegates "to the Interna alert seamen that can stay in there and cilities, comforts and conveni were concurred in unanimously
tional conventions, which are held every pitch on any issue in which the member ences available in the new Hall by the membership.
will easily surpass those offered There was no Good and Wel
ship's interests are involved.
two years.
by any other trade union in that fare and it was pretty damn
' In the interim, the affairs of the Inter
We can do a job and we can take care entire city.
hot, but under New Business
national are handled by the International of ourselves—we gear ourselves accordingly. "In regard to the SEAFARERS there was a motion to have the
Executive Board, consisting of the Presi But it is comforting to know that we are a LOG I, like most o^the member SIU sign in front of the Hall
r^ainted, ^and a motion was
^dent, SecretaryTreasurer and nine Vice member of a powerful family of marine and ship,look forward with antici made and" carried unanimously
pation to each issue, and think
Presidents, with each grouping in the In allied imions that will jump singly and col back to the days of the original that the Agent contact Head
ternatiof
having representation on the lectively to the aid of any of its meralaers LOG with its four pages in com quarters and get the okay for ^
board.
whenevw the signal is <given.
parisori to the 16 pages of today some new fans for the HaU.
The SlU Is A Family Of Unions
�Page Eighteen
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Friday, Auguii 10. 1951
When take Charles Got Set For OS Strike
By BILL CHAMPLIN
moments; letters on this and
that,
or telegrams. Beefs had to
Seafarers who were involved in the Cities Service organizing cam be ironed
out, and reported.
paign, and the efforts made in the various Branches to bring the company There were letters
to Port Agents
under the SIU flag, well remember the preparations made for a possible about their men and their mail,
strike against the company in March of 1950, when it appeared that contract and acknowledgements for do
nations. '
negotiations were hopelessly deadlocked.
The month of March, 1951,
' marked the first anniversary of
' the "Lake Charles Beef." I be
• lieve that the story of this af
' fair has never been adequately
• told. It is altogether fitting and
A veteran of that effort. Bill Champlin, accounts here the experi As to the latter, I remember
^ proper that it should be done
in, the pages of this issue of ences of himself and his fellow Seafarers in Lake Charles at that time. that Gene Randall of "The Ship's
"The Mar Log," for' reasons that Champlin's account originally appeared in the "Mar Log," ship newspaper Light" came out with a load of
stuff for the boys. The crew of
will soon become patent.
of
the Del Mar^ which he edited.
the Del Mar contributed money
The men on the beach in New
for
cigarettes. There were other
Orleans had for some time, from
donations;
but, at this latedate,.
. Mardi Gras to that fateful day watches—each watch to stand timq, augmented by more vol car or motorcycle, police were
I
do
not
have
a clear meniory
at the end of February, been twohour patrols, to prevent any unteers from Mobile and Gal conspicuous by their absence.
of
them.
' primed for a possible call to attempts against the premises or veston.
Here, I wish to say a word or
strike Cities Service.
our sleeping persons by any Duplicates of our personnel two about the Pelican Grill and Cln rainy days, the men had
The Hall was wellfiilled; there company goons. In particular, records were dispatched to strike its owner, a real friend to us. to entertain themselves with
.for, when a call was posted on we feared fire.
headquarters in the Lakf Charles Far from trying to lure the boys cards, checkers, chess, and the
On my first, and only, patrol, Hall. We were in constant com in for a bit of business in liquid radio; but when the sun shone,
. the Dispatcher's board for full
• book volunteers for Lake Char I became aware that the great munication, not only with the form, he strictly cooperated when they played ball, using the fa
mous mattockhandle bats.
les, tiie response was almost im est danger seemed to be of a Hall, but with all the scattered, they visited his restaurant.
sneak
attack
from
acros's
the
mediate. Before the call was
scouting, mobile personnel, by He gave free use^ of the
TIME DRAGGED
actually made, men were sub railroad tracks that ran along means of a group of motorcycle showers topside, in the Inn, Even so, the time dragjged
mitting their names and rushing the back of our property. In that messengers. So many big trucks often suplying towels without monotonously. We were forever
be were delivering, food, that the charge. I have been assured by
off to get together their gear._ way several firebugi^might
on edge, wondering what was
able
to
achieve
the
sheltering
newspaper estimates of our mem Lindsey Willianfe, our then Di going to* happen. It was diffi
DISMAL DAY
shadows of the neighboring lot.
rector of Organization, that he
' Fortunate was the seaman, for Such an attempt would strike bers were, at all times, unduly displayed volimtarily'an ardent cult to maintain discipline under
high—a teal help to us.
such conditions. That we suc
he owned rain gear. It was a the office.
desire to help us, in ways not ceeded in holding ourselves in,
PERFECT DISCIPLINE
dismal, dark, drizzling day, one Inasmuch as I was the next
apparent to all. of .us rankand is a truly remarkable event in
of many. Two big, chartered day transferred to the office staff , The local press, qt first violent fUers.
picketline history. '
buses were filled, one . leaving together with Milton WiUiams, ly on Cities Service's side, grad
It is to acknowledge this that
at eleven and the other an hour the seriousness of the situation ually swung around nearer ours. "The Mar Log" ^eagerly goes on I have seen well disciplined
or two later. As we entere<^ the caused us to use mattock handles The united stand taken by all record. It is hoped that any of lines during the Isthmian Strike,
buses, our names were checked, as bedfellows. Fortunately, we labor in the vicinity, and the the npworganized crews of our during the Garment C^ter Beef,
and each of us was handed a never had to make more serious fact that we seemed so very new tankerfieet able to do so^ and in other affairs in which I
• dollar bill, for lunch en route. use of them.
have' participated—^but in none
strong, yet absolutely orderly, pay the Pelican Grill a visit.
The day was dark, dull, de The remainder of the sack of gave them but little other opv In the office, we found that of these were the conditions as
pressing. It poured, rained, or them was used by the rest. of tion.
•
we necessarily had a" 24hour irksome.
drizzled almost all the way. We the boys to play softball with— As to our discipline, we were day. The actual clerical work We used to look 'forward to—
were often slowed by water on after it stopped raining. The mat in absolute agreement that there did not amount to a great deal; the times when Lindsey Wil
the road. The Mississippi, said ter seems to havd made a deep be no drinking on the premises, but, day "and night, some mat liams would come in to give U9
to be at its highest since the impression in the neighborhood, where our close confinement and ter to be immediately dealt with the news of the latest develop^
last time the levees broke at the Press crediting us with as lack of occupation would, surely, was "occuring.
ments in the efforts of our Ne^
New Orleans in 1927, poured high as fivehundred professional have disastrous results. It was ~ There were constant phone gotiating Committee in Ne'w
through the Bonnet Carre Spill pickets!
agreed that the very tempting calls to be taken, or made. All York. Tension was really high
way into Lake Pontchartrain, in The second day, we got the Pelican ^Grill barroom be 100 the newspapers were attempting the night that Cities Service
a mighty rushing stream, that leaks repaired, the windows percent "offlimits, as the place to pump us, nnd had to be given folded up. The story of how it
seemed miles across. The Atdi glazed and the cracks stopped. was known to be swarming^ with the nmaround. Unauthorized was all done was nevertobe
afayala River had inundated a In addition to the six patrol company spies, and what looked persons tried to locate our of forgotten one.
wide area of country.
captains, a general managerial like an occasional flying goon ficials, who had to be protected Not only is this the first of
After a few hours, we foxmd committee was elected.
squad.
from danger of possible ambush the tanker companies to b^
a comparatively highanddry Specialists, such as Plumbers, We were determined that there by goon squads during their organized, and thus a great vicr
piece of ground, where a lunch Electricians, etc., were designat be absolutely no leaks as to necessary rounds.
tory; but some of the methods
stop was made. Our famous white ed, all in addition to Frenchy pl^ or strength, and no dis Then, too, there were often used, such as Lake Charle^
caps caused questions to be ask Michelet's efficient galley force. order. This policy paid off, as special reports on happenings, to threatened picketline, are miiqite
ed, but • we
wouldn't talk—^we Our ranks were, from time to except for an occasional prowl be immediately written at odd in labor history.
were only on_a picnic. Thus
began a long epic of silence.
About nine miles west of Lake
Charles city, and some place
past the wet Lake Charles, which
I failed, to locate because of so
;much water, on US Route 91,
• alleged to be the Old Spanish
Trail (Canal?), we were evac
uated into an abandoned night
20.00
McNally, Berna.rd J.
10.00 'Hassey, Roy
USPHS HOSPITAL
(Continued from Page 6)
club, which was to be our home
..
30.00
Mathisen,
Hernant
R
10.00
Lewis,
James
R
SAVANNAH.
GEORGIA
.r.
10.00
;fbr an at times seemingly in Dahlgren, C.
20.00
20.00 Moats, C. L
20.00 Burton, Charles
; terminable eight nights and days. Ferree, Earl
10.00 Pagano, Gaetano .«...
Preiissler,
Otto
".....
20.00
10.00
Petitpas,
F.
J.
10.00 Groover, W. J.
! Much preparation had been Franklin, Raymond P
10.00
20.00
20.00 Sadowsky, Peter
c.
10.00 Harvey H.
• made for us, mostly by the un Fitte, Ben
10;00 Reier, G^rge H.
20.00
Prodey, Jerome
A
10.00
Van
Aalst,
Daniel
Gross,
E.
E
20.00
tiring labors of the men on the
Lofley, L. L
—... 20.00
40.00
Rose,
William
T.
20.00
Thurman,
Henry
.......
Hamilton,
H.
H
.'.
20.00
Lake Charles beach—^when the
Moore, William W:
30;00
40.00
10.00 Walker, Silvester .....
10.00 Newman, Guy W.
water was low enough for there Harz, H
20.00 Scott, John
20.00
Kelly, D. D
20.00 Rogers, H. L
to be one, that is.
20.00 Shartzer, Corrie L
280.00
Weems, A. M.
10.00
Kueider,
Joseph
C
10.00
; ^
HOT MEAL
La
Foe,
John
R
40.00
Landrum, Robert L
10.00
120.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
I There was coffee for us, and Lang, Leo
20.00
MOBILE,
ALABAMA
320.00
^ a good supper shortly afterwards. Link, L. T
20.00 BRIGHTON MMHNE HOSP.
By the • time that the second Long, C. E
Adkinson, Rhett
10.00
BOSTON.^ MASS,
10.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
busload arrived, they walked Mayrbat, John
Burke,
Tim
,
30.00
40.00 Dirksmeyer, Fran^ J
30.00
NORFOLK. VIRGINIA
directly into their welcome, hot McDonald, Sam
Leousis,'
Mike
20.00
20.00 Vourloumisv George
30.00 Liverman, John
20.00
supper.
Ashurst,
J.
..
30.00
Morjon, G
10.00 Gardner, E
:.... 30.00 Mariner, Clyde W
40.00 George, Andrew E. .
Eventually, bimks and blankets Paris, W. C
20.06
20.00 Jomides, Peter
.;
10.00 Puthe, Frank
10.00
Van
geveren,
Agustin
......
10.00
arrived and were set up in a Raana, K
20.00 Lee, Robert J., Jr.
10.00
temporary arrangement. The roof Rankin, J. P. .;
10.00 Scully, John
..: 20;00
70.00
120.00
leaked, having become weary Ray, Claude A
20.00
from ha'ving tried so long to keep Rigaud, L. L
20.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
130.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
out the rain. The wind blew in Summerell, Charles H
20.00
SEATTLE. WASH.
GALVESTON. TEXAS
the cracks, and through broken Teague, J. A
USPHS HOSPITAL
20.00
iShiver, John W.
60.00 DuBeau, Lawrence
10.00
• Windowpanes. Cardboard helped Tickle; L.
20.00 BALTWORE. MARYLAND Collins, Frank J.
30.00 Fisher, Frank
20.00
put a bit on that deal; and we Trahan, Clifford T
20.00
20.00 Derol, Boleslaw
10.00
Thurmond,
Carl
R.
._
• all set up our bunks where it WaUick, C. E
10.00
20.00 Edge, Joseph
90.00
Collins, H. E.
10.00
; teaked the least.
Williams, GeSige A
20.00 Eikenberry, Herbert .......... '10.00
3O;0O,
Lewis,
Joseph
F
• After a few admonitions from
USPHS
HOSPITAL
Borowski, Edward .............. 10.00
10:00
Spaulding,
Joseph
A.
........
the Organi2ters and visiting Port
SAN
FRANCISOa
CALiF.
550.00 Girplami, James J.
20.00
— 20.00 Wiloth; V. ............ ............ .. 20.00
Agents, and/or Patrolmen from
USPHS HOSPITAL
Hali; James M. .
20.00 Botelhon, Arthur
lit *»]^rts along the Gulf, we began
Cbattm,
Jack
. 20.00
MEMPHIS. TENN.
King, Arthur R.
' 20.00
110.00
Hart, Gordon
to otgani?e durs.elyes into, RatcillL R. '^1^........,.....,
20.00
40.00 Mclntire, Bernard ..J
�'mi
Friday, Auguat 10, 1951
Page Nineteen
T HrE SEAFARERS LOG
The SIU Canadian District has signed new
contracts with three West Coast companies that
provided a substantial increase in takehome
|)ay, and a 40hour week at sea, among other
gains. The companies were the Canadian Pacific
(British Columbia) SS Company, Canadian Na
tional Railways (British Colilmbia) Coastal Ser
vice and Union Steamship Seryice. Previously,
in April, 1951, the crews on these companies'
vessels had voted to strike if their demands were
not met. Despite great pressure and company
propaganda, the men stuck to their guns and
won out.
.
A ship's carpenter, Eustaquio Rodriquez of the
SS Santa Cecelia, has done what thousands of
seamen have always wanted to do. When the
United Fruit ship docked at Charlestown, SO,
• recently. Customs agents boarded her to search
for narcotics. Rodriquez found his bunk had
been pulled apart, and ran to his workshop.
There he found his tools had been'thrown all
oyer the deck, and the place in general looked
like a cyclone had struck it. The Carpenter de
manded that the agents put everything back
into place, but they refused. Rodriquez blew
his top, slammed the door and locked it, and
went around looking for the officer in charge
of 4he search. When they returned they found
that the Customs men had been released by an
other crewmember. No narcotics were found on
the ship, but Rodriquez was arrested for inter
fering with officers in performance of their
duties, and faces ten years in jail. The Customs
men are free, of course.
ILA longshoremen on Staten Island mistook
a picture of a politician on a Yugoslavian ship
for that of Stalin and refused to work the ship.
However, they were soon straightened out, and
turned to at the afternoon shape. . . . Names
have been chosen for the first 14 of the 35
Mariner class cargo ships being built. These 20
knot, 12,500ton vessels will carry the nicknames
of the US States. The first to be launched—and
sclxeduled tobe in service in about a year—^will
be the Keystone Mariner (Pennsylvania). Others
are Lone Star Mariner (Texas), Free State Mar
iner (Maryland), Garden State Mariner (New
Jersey), Evergreen Mariner (Washington) and
the "Tar Heel Mariner (North Carolina). Sorry
we don't have space to mention the others.
Selling prices for ships have risen to unprece
dented levels, according to reports from London,
and no appreciable decline is likely m the near
future. During the past 12 months the prices
have increased by approximately 300 percent,
and an example cited was that of an American
oilburher, the Leicester, which was sold in June,
1950, for 105,000 pounds, while the Wye Valley,
a similar vessel, got 400,000 pounds this last June.
. . . The House Public Works Committee has kill
ed the very controversial St. Lawrence Seaway.
Canada may go ahead on this on her own.
succeeded by Captain H. J. Tiedmann. Knight
has been with the Maritime Commission since
1936. . . . The Maritime Administration has initi
ated the first correspondence course dealing with
the theory, maintena'nce and servicing of marine
shipboard radar. It is designed for maritime per
sonnel who have a good background in radio
fundamentals. Although designed primarily for
radio operators, those interested may get fur
ther information by writing to the Director, US
Maritime Service Institute, Sheepshead Bay,
Brooklyn 35, New York.
The ECA reported that 58 percent of dry bulk
cargo' shipped under the foreign aid program
between July 1, 1950, and March 31, 1951, was
carried in American flag vessels. Only in the
tanker field did ECA fail to live up to the 5050
percent provisions of the law, and that was be
cause "American flag tankers were employed at
world market rates which reached 200 percent
above the US Maritime Commission rate." . . .
The US is blocking delivery of 13 small Germaa
ships to Russia, claiming that Russia had al
ready got more than her rightful share of Ger
The SUP has succeeded in extending the war many's merchant fleet.
bonus area to the vicinity of the Saigon area in
How not to abide by a union contract wa8
French IndoChina. The bonus area covers a 60
mile radius from the mouth of the Saigon river. demonstrated this week by the MEBA Chief
Crews will get a $5 a day bonus within this area, Engineer of the Santa Venetia, SlUcontracted
and be covered by a $10,000 war jrisk insurance ship owned by Elam Shipping Company. After
policy. : . . Bridges' longshoremen recently lost
.a fight with the Captain the Engineer carried
two elections to the AFL Teamsters on the West
Coast. Local 12 (Warehousemen) beat them at out his threat to stop the ship and did so for
the General Foods in San Leandro, 75 to 5, with four hours while the ship' was at sea, enroutn
37 voting "no union." In Modesto, Cannery Work to the Panama Cabal after a trip to the Far
ers Local 748 polled 257 votes to 33 for the ILWU. East. The dispute ended with the Engineer sign^
" Rear Admiral Telfair Knight retired as Comman ing off the ship in Panama and a new Engineer
. dant of the US,. Maritime Service and from the signed on after being flown down to the ship
Maritime Administration on August 1. He is from New York.
QUESTION: Do you have any superstitions about the sea, or have you come across any unusual ones?
WW.
M. RICHELSON, Bosun:
WILLIAM JENKINS, Std:
Personally I don't have any
Years ago 1 served on sail
superstitions
as to good or bad
ing ships and the superstitions
luck on a ship. If the trip is
were as thick as flies. The
going to b^ 90od, no black cat
Skipper was the most super
or anything else is going fo
stitious of us all. Most of them change things. I've been on
are old wives tales, such as ships where the crew, espe
it's bad luck to kill a porpoise cially the Skipper, thought it
or an albatross, because they was bad luck to whistle, the
are seamen's friends. Those superstition coming from sail
j two are slilL around. I've been ing ship days when it was
I told that the birth of a baby thought whistling would bring
up an ill wind. Recently, I
aboard is good luck, counter
heard
that serving split pea
ing the bad luck of having the
soup '
would'
bring on bad
woman aboard in the 'ftrst
place. But today I don't have weather, but the weather seem
dny £up€:\'>.'''57^} just don't '' ed the same to sse jsfter the
meal as it was before.
whistle around'me.
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ROBERT FRENCH, AB:
BEN OMAR, OS:
Over thirty years ago I was
Don't pass a knife through
a rigging when I'm around. on a ship where some passen
That's my superstition. You gers threw some cats over the
should always pass it inside
or outside. My father is the side. The crew told them it
same way. Hell blow his top would bring bad luck. Later
if he catches you doing that. I heard that someone was
When I served on sailisog ships washed over the' side. Today
I haven't any, except I don't
we always went aft on the lee
like to have a ship leave on
side of the ship. Part super
stition and part practical .action a Friday. During the war I
to keep from b^g waebed took a ship out on a Friday
over in bad weather. One and she was torpedoed—also
superstition I hear a lot is it's on a Friday, the 13th. Outside
bad luck td leave' when in debt of this, I don't care how many
to a woman. Women on board omeite. appear to the officers
ara also bad luck. I've been _Bnd crew, it's all the same to
she.
told.
*
'
. .
I
.
—KA,*
E. A. STANTON, Dk. Maint:
I've always been led to be
lieve that if a man dies at
the beginning of a trip, th»
voyage is going to be plagued
with bad luck, but I'm not
superstitious. I've heard that
carrying a religious represra
tative aboard is bad luck. Dur
ing one trip we carried a
missionary to the Far East and
all during the trip we had
miserable weather. It stormed
all the way there. Once the
missionary was ofi, the
weather became fine. That was
coincidence, of course. I
haven't been in a similar sit
uation since, so I can't check.
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Page Twenly
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Friday, August 10, 1951
With the SIU Welfare Plan well past its first birthday
and the hospital benefits upped to $10 a week since July
1, the LOG this week took a photographic look at the
SIU Brothers in the United States Public Health (form
erly Marine) Hospitals in the New York area.
The LOG toured the wards and rooms of the Staten Island
Hospital, where men with general illnesses and injuries are re
cuperating, and the Manhattan Beach Hospital in Brooklyn,
which specializes in handling tuberculosis patients.
The hospitals passed the inspections with flying colors. In
both institutions the men were found to be receiving the best
of attention. At the Manhattan Beach Hospital the patients proudly
showed off a new hospital innovation: a copy of the day's menu
for each man to select the meal he wishes served him.
The high quality of hospital care isn't all that is keeping the
boys happy. The arrival of the SIU hospital representative twice
weekly at Staten Island and periodically at Manhattan Beach
is the signal for a rally of SIU patients in the corridors to collect
their benefits and pick up the latest SEAFARERS LOG.
In Manhalian Beach Hcwi^tal's solatium a group of SIU paiienls enjoy the oool breezei
The wctekly $10 biU brings smiles to all the Seafarers and coming off Sheepshead Bay and discuss with SIU hospital delegate Joe AHfina the care they are
looks of envyfrom nonSeafarers in nearby beds.
receiving. The .happy Seafarers »*e. left to right, seated: Peter Vorke, B. Murphy, Robert At
Under the Welfare Plan, all Seafarers get the benefits after more, J. J. Driscoll. D. Mcllreath. Back row: Vic Milaszo, R. F. Larsen, M. Bruno, J. Espinosa,
one week in a' hospital and members who were hospitalized F. Landry. Several Seafarers were unable to be present for their pictures because of the severity
before the Plan went into effect are included on a special list.
of their illness.
As one Seafarer at Manhattan
Beach put it when asked his
opinion of the Welfare Plan set
up: "We're happy. We now get
enough money to buy our per
sonal needs and a few extras if
Tve need them."
His sentiments were echoed by
another Brother, a veteran of
over two years at Manhattan
Beach, who said, "The money
gives our illness a boost, as we
haven't anything to worry about
Some men in here have to ask
the hospital for money enough
• for a haircut. That hurts a man's
pride."
Other Seafarers at the hos
pital find the weekly payments
give them enough money to dab
ble at'hobbies to pass the time,
among them, photography, mod
el shipbuilding and stamp collect
ing.
Standing nearby as the hos
pital representative made the
payments, was a member of the
NMU, who shook his head when
asked if he was getting weekly
benefits.
"No," he said. "We need some
Above, left, Stanley Swienchewski, former Cities Service seaman, receives his weekly benefit
Joe Karlusy, an oldtimer, on
thing like this. If our members check at the Staten Island hospital. The quick payment and no redtape procedure of the SIU
the special list, gets .himself
going to sea knew the raw deal Plan makes it easy for ill Scsdarers to get their benefits.
a bit of sun on the conifortable
we're ^getting they'd want to
Brother A. McGuigan, on the right, rmeives his payment from the hospital represen
sun deck at Staten Island
,chang^ the setup. I guess it's tative. McGuigan is on the special list, a provision giving benefits to Seafarers invalided before
while waiting the arrival of
just that they don''t know."
the Plan went into effect.
the hospital representative.
Jack Dalton, with four months behind him
at Manhattan Beach, shower, interest in the
LOG story announcing the award of $150J)00 to
Cities Service seamen. Jack's la^ ship was
the Government Camp.
Matt Bruno, who has spent two years at
Manhattan Beach, prepares to place some new
issues in his collection of 14,000 stampa.
finds 'his collection helps greativ to pass the
time away.
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The LOG cameran^ caught patient Constantine Makris
in a good mooid. He was receiving a visit from a fellow Sea
farer, John Mastrotavlos. Makris has been at Manhattan Beach
for six months and finda visits are a bio boost to a fellow'ff
wellbeing.
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MUTUAL CONTRACT AID PLEDGED BY MTD UNIONS
SUP HOLDING STOPWORK MEETING SFOR STRIKE VOTE
HEADQUARTERS TALLYING COMMITTEE PREPARES ITS REPORT
ECA TO REQUEST 17 MORE FREIGHTERS FOR EUROPEAN AID
REVISED CITIES SERVICE CONTRACT READY FOR PRESS
EXAMPLE OF REAL UNITY
SAYS SIU KEPT WORD TO CS TANKERMEN
HIGHER WAGES, INCREASED BENEFITS ARE GOALS SET BY ILA CONVENTION
CITIES SERVICE CREWMEN HAPPY UNDER NEW PACT, BOSTON REPORTS
SAVANNAH GETS READY FOR SOME SUPER-SHIPPING
TAMPA SIU OPPOSES ANTI-LABOR MAYOR
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES OKAYED BY 9-1 MARGIN
IT'S IN AND OUT AGAIN IN PORT BALTIMORE
PHILADELPHIA SHIPPING IS DRAGGING ANCHOR
NEW BUILDING'S GALLEY TAKES SHAPE
SHIPPING SHOULD MAINTAIN ITS FAST PACE IN MOBILE
SHRIMPERS IN GALVESTON AFFILIATE WITH SEAFARERS
SHIPPING SUBSIDIES OVER 100 YEARS OLD
A BIT OF WORK AND PLAY ON SEATRAIN HAVANA
CHILEAN SEAMEN ASK SIU TO SUPPORT STRIKE
SIU TANKER SAVES CREW, SALVAGES BURNING SHIP
MALARIA KILLS TWO STEEL KING SEAFARERS
ARMS CARGO TO FAR EAST 'HOT SPOT'
GATEWAY CITY LIST PERILS OLD IRONSIDES
MUST SHIPBOARD MEETINGS BE ROUTINE? THE DEL NORTE CREW DOESN'T THINK SO
BEWARE OF CARBON TETRACHLORIDE, A THOROUGHLY DANGEROUS CHEMICAL
SEATTLE SHIPPING SLOWS WITH KOREAN PEACE TALKS
NEW ORLEANS WARNS MEMBERS ON VALIDATED PAPERS DEADLINE
THE SIU IS A FAMILY OF UNIONS
WHEN LAKE CHARLES GOT SET FOR CS STRIKE
WELFARE PLAN AIDS RECOVERY SAY SEAFARERS IN HOSPITALS
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Signs bnproved Contract
And Apees To Tncation Plon
A memorandum agreement guaranteeing men
of the Cities Service fleet the same conditions and
benefits in effect on other SlUcontracted tankers
was signed on July 20 following a series of intensive
bargaining discussions.
A somewhat warmer relationship between com
pany and Union in recent days, plus a pointed ver
bal attack from labor groups critical of the com
pany for its stiffnecked attitude, paved the way,
Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of NA for agreement on the halfdozen thorny issues.
Under terms of the agreement the Marine Di
NEW YORK, N. y.. FRIDAY. JULY 27. 1951
No. 15
VOL. XIII
130 Seafarers Cut Up $150^000 CS Melan
The big payoff for 130'
former Cities Service seamen
who were awarded $150,000
in payment for unfair labor
practices by the company
All This And SIU. Too!
'vision agrees to the SIU Va
cation Plan that 'the SIU
had won from its other con
tracted operators on June 1.
The company wiU make its pay
ment to the Plan retroactive to
June 1> The agreement goes in
to effect three days after it h^
been received by the fleet's Skip
pers or, at latest, by August 10th.
In addition, the new agree
ment provides for an increase
in the stewards department man
ning scale aboard Cities Service
tankers, with one Messman be
ing added to each ship. Other
working conditions were adjusted
to bring the ships in line with
the remainder of the SIU fleet.
The switch in relations came
suddenly, as only two weeks ago
sections of organized labor hav
ing relations with the company
were showing grave concern
over the company's highhanded
attitude toward the union.
The labor groups, which have
been watcliing closely the SIU
Cities Service rift, were reported
to have protested strongly the
(Continued on Page 2)
has begun. Payments to in
dividuals range from $14 to
$4,306. The first checks were
handed out in the offices of
the National Labor Relations
Board in New York on July 12,
when fiye Seafarers were on
hand to receive their checks
from Regional Director. Charles.
M. Douds.
The presentation of the checks
ends one, phase of the long fight
the Sn> waged against the com
• pany to' clear up unfair labor
practice charges arising out of
Smiling broadly, the first five Seafarers to receive their payments display checks distributed
the SIU's organizing drive among
to
them
by Charles M. Douds (left). Regional Director of the New York office of the NLRB. The
the company's 16 tankers. Other
Seafarers
are. left to right: James McDevitt. $1,412; • .Alfred Kasaitis. $1,974; Steve Wartelsky,
unfair lat^jf practices charges
$1,755;
Rudolph
Mature. $2,182. and John S. Cross. $2,189.
are still Ending.
All of the men awarded money
had been fired for union activity
or not hired because of union
.membership,
. (Turn to page five for a page
of pictures .of some of these
victorious Seafarers.)
. Their charges against the com
pany had been found valid by
the NLEB, and backed up by
an order, of the Circuit Court
of Appeals.
The 130 men to receive money
were among the 150 Seafarers
who filed their^charges in one
group and became part of the
settlement stipulation agreed to
by the company, the SIU and
the NLRB on July 12, 1950,
wheii hearings by the NLRB
disclosed that the company was
conducting a vicious antiunion
campaign against the SIU ^d
the men aboard its ships.
At the hearings it was brought
out by SIU witnesses that the
company was resorting to the
use of intimidation, mass firing,
Typical award check: this one to Joseph Falasca gives his net after taxes on award of $1,478.
the use of professional labor
spies and a companysponsored
union to squash any attenipt of
the men to be represented by
the SIU.
The fifteenyear
battle over The move came on July 7 labelled the new Bridges' move strike ."a coverup to attempt
As.the hearings were entering the West Coast steamschooners when the ILWU struck the Olsen as "a strike against the SUP." to put pressure on the operators,
the third day the company threw flared up again last week when Steamship Company, demanding The tieup of the company's to give away aU the schooner
in the towel and agreed to stop Harry . Bridges' longshoremen's higher pay for tlie longshoremen vessels was preceeded ten work to the longshoremen's un
its terroristic campaign against union struck against a steam and larger contributions to the days by the filing by the ILWU ion. As a matter of fact," Lunde
the SIU and Cities Service sea schooner company in an attenipt Union's pension fund than agreed for an NLRB election, in an at berg stated, "we have been offi
mem
to unseat tho SUP crews &qm upon with the steamship ope tempt to have the board give cially informed that if the
, The company agreed to abol jobs they have held contracts gjators in the Pacific Maritime As the ILWU representation for all schooner operators, such as Olr
workers handling cargo on the sen, give you (ILWU) all the car
ish the company union, get rid for over 65 years. SUP crews sociation.
of its spy setup and pay the have always worked cargo on ' In a scathing denouncement of steamschooners, which, of course, go work on the steamsduxmers,
men fired a sum c# $150,000. Six these ships unci it their contracts the ILWU, Harry Lundeberg, would be the SUP men aboard. your phony demands would be
^
SecretaryTreasurer of the SUP, The SUP chief called the withdrawn."
(Continued on Page 4) ^ with these companies.
The High Cost Of UnionBustin.g
Bridges Again Tries To Raid SUP Steamschooggr Jobs
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Page Two
THE S E A F AH E R S LOG
Friday. July 27. 1851
SEAFARERS LOG
Published Every Other Week by the
SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Atlantic and Gulf District
Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor
At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4; N. Y.
HAnover 22784
Keentered as second class matter August 2, 1949, at the Post
Office in New York, N.Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912.'"
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As MEBA Sows
If anyone is handing out medals for sheer gall, one
should be presented to the Marine Engineers Beneficial
Association. The citation accompanying the medal should
read: "For conspicuous gallantry in the cause of anti
nnionism" and for adherance to a policy of "we help
bust your beefs, but please help us in ours.
The MEBA has Well earned this award by its actions
over the years. For example only during this past month
it did everything in its power to deliver SIU affiliates in
to the hands of the enemy—and then coyly asked the SIU
for support in a beef of its own.
The facts in the case are these:
Early this month the Bering Sea Fishermen's Union
.won a bitter 3 3day strike which gained it union recogni
tion, higher wages and an employerpaid welfare plan.
[The organization is an affiliate of the SIU.
During the course of the fishermen'^ strike, the SIU
and SUP did everything to aid the strikers in their battle;
the MEBA, however, furnished steam on ships in Alaskan
jvater? and acted, as strikebreakers.
Later this month the ILWU launched another in
S long series of its raids on the steamschooner jobs held
J by the SUP isince the ships went into service over 60
I • years ago,' Despite repeatedly being set back in their at
In an effort to find some com extremely anxiotis to have the
(Continued /rom fnge 1)
I i'.:
Il;' tempts to take over these jobs, the ILWU tied the ships company's failure to deal squ^e mon ground, the SIU Negotiat new agreement observed fully
I IK
y with issues affecting the SIU, ing Committee went into discus by both the licensed and unli
jip. The MEBA promptly deserted the ships.
and were beginning to question sions with the company's Marine censed personnel aboard the
The two cases clearly show
that the MEBA's
actions I among t^iemselves the status of Division early last week and company's vessels. All, hands
...
. .
are prompted not by the prmciples of umomsm, but by their own heretofore smdbth re after extensive — almost mara are urged" to cooperate in put
thon—sessions an agreement was ting the provisions into effect as'
the personal prejudices it has against the SIU and its lations with the company,
reached
which was satisfactory quickly and as smooth^ as pos^
Among
these
were
the
Lake
a^iliates.
to the Union committee.
Bible."
^
Charles
AFL
Central
Labor
Un
The MEBA, however, now finds itself involved in a ion, the Lake Charles Building
Signing for the Union were
SPED TO SHIPS
beef with the Isthmian Steamship Company and has and Construction Trades Coun
Paul HaU, Morris Welsberger
requested our aid.
%
cil, and the Lake Chta<les Metal In an announcement dispatched and Robert Matthews
to all Cities Service ships, signed Signing for the company was
The MEBA ^as appealing to the traditional SIU Trades Council.
jointly by. the company and the Weldon Monson, the Marine Di
The
agreement
reached
this
policy of supporting other unions in beefs, and assumed
week between the SIU and the SIU, the new terms of the con vision's Director of IndustridT
that a knife or two in the SIU's back shouldn't beget company cover the points over tract were outlined specifically Relations.
any hard feelings.
which the Lake Charles organi and included a statement: "Both The text of the memorandum
the Union and the company are agreement follows:
The SIU is not buying any of it. SIU President Lun zations expressed concern.
deberg has notified the MEBA that, under the circum
• tances that have developed, it is impossible for the SIU
to adhere to the request for support.
4. Butterworthing and Washing Tanks
Lundeberg informed the MEBA that support on the This Memorandum Agreement signed in
The
Company agrees to pay overtime for
connection
with
the Agreement
between the
part of maritime unions should be mutual. "If you walk
men engaged in shifting butterworth ma
]up the street together, you walk back down the same parties hereto dated September 22, 1950.
The Seafarers International Union of chines or washing tanks from the deck
jway," he said.
North America, Atlantic and Gulf District, while on their watch on deck between 8
The MEBA is now reaping the crop it sowed.
and Cities Service Oil Company of Pennsyl AM and 5 PM Monday through Friday.
vania, Marine Division, herein a^r referred
5.. Extension of Termination Date — The
to respectively as the "Union" and the Union and the Company agree that all the
"Company" hereby mutually agree as fol terms of the Union's contracts now in effect
A demonstration of interunion cooperation that
lows:
between the parties in addition to the
could well bear study by the MEBA (see above) was that
given the SIU by a group of Lake Charles, Louisiana, I. Vacation Plan — The Company andT amendments herein agreed upon, shall
extended to and including September 20,
labor groups which helped culminate in the SIU's the Union hereby agree to all the terms and
1952.
recently signed memorandum agreement with Cities conditions contained in the Agreement and
Declaration of Seafarers' Vacation Plan.
6. Effective Date — Except for paragraph
Service.
The Lake Charles AFL Central Labor Union, the 2. Amendment of Manning Scale — Sec 1 of this Memorandum of Agreement, aljL
Lake Charles Building and Construction Trades Council tion 42, Article IV of the Agreement be jconditions and provisions contained herein
iand the Lake Charles Metal Trades Council recently made tween the Company and the Union dated shall take effect on the third day after re^
known a protest of the company's failure to appreciably September 22, 1950, is Hereby amended so ceipt of copies of this Agreement by the
ichange its attitude toward the SIU after making promises that the manning scale is increased by the Masters of the vessels of the Company but
a Senate labor subcommittee to bring about harmonious addition, on each vessel affectedj of one in any event not later than August IQ,19511
jpelations.
Messman;
7. The contents of the provisions herein
We eKtead to' diese ttmonists our li^artfelt :g
ratitude; 31 Eivo PM' toEight AM ovortUno Inport shall govern in the event of any. conflict
wtth ' the prd^
of the; putetanding
iuad .go on recordrq extend them reciprocal aMshould^ The Company agrees te
thei Uhicai and^^
sdiey ever find dbenxselves In rxeed ofisuppbrtw
^ v aiL aufhdrized work T»ei^imiie4 in =^p^
Mdhday:rihi!ottfih''Cpinp«r>y;lh»fl|fect^
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lOSlU'
•
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^tch phrise.
Cities Senke S^es Improved Contract
Text Of Memorandum Agreement
Real Labor Solidarity
'• 'm
�Friday, July 27. 1951
Shipping Dips
For Savannah
THE SEAFARERS LOG
On'SiU Picketline In Alaska
Page Thraa
Go On Down To Port Daltimore
And Got Shipped Out In A Hurry
By E. B. TILLEY
By EARL SHEPPARD
SAVANNAH, July 19 —With
the Southwave (South Atlantic)
BALTIMORE, July 21 — So the Anniston Victory (South At
our only payoff during the recent
you'd like to know ^ow ship lantic).
days, this port is not sharing the
ping is in Baltimore? Well, just The intransit visitors were
boom being enjoyed by other
show your face in this Hall, with the Hurricane and Gateway City
SIU Branches.
your papers in your hand, and (Waterman); Carolyn, Rosario
Besides the. Southwave, our
you'll be out before you know and Angelina (Bull); Alcoa Pil
only other visitors were two in
what's happening—just about the grim, and the Robin Doncaster
transits: the Southern States
faste|t turnabout on record.
and Robin Locksley (Seas). This
(Southern Trading) and Monroe
Thirteen ships paid off Here marked quite a decline in the
(Bull). They were taken care of
(in addition to three Waterman intransit ships, as this port gen
and isent on their way.
ships, the Lafayette, Wild Ran erally has from twenty to thirty
We've got six oldtimers on the
ger and Jeff Davis, that were ships calling here.
beach who aren't 'a bit bothered
on port payroll) and fourteen
by the slow shipping. They're
signed on, while eight ships came However, this is not to be
Charlie Schuck, William Morris,
in intransit during the two taken as a sign of bad shipping,
as the next two weeks shape up
Walter Stoll, Harry Henze, M.
week period that just ended.
P. Linsky and M. Kavanaugh.
On the payoff list were Steel as busy ones, and shipping looks
They tell me that they have
ore, Feltore, Oremar, Chilore exceptionally good.
heard that Seatrain will start
and Bethore (Ore); Government All beefs that came up aboard
running* into Savannah in Sep
Camp and Chiwawa (Cities Ser the above ships were squared
tember, and they intend to be
vice); E. A. Burnett (Isthmian); away, and there is nothing hang
around wh§n the jobs come up.
Julesburg (Terminal Tankers); ing fire. We believe in settling
Those boys have perseverence,
Mae (Bull); Western Rancher beefs at the payoff—except, of
but something tells me that
(Western Navigation); Lucile course, where there is an ob
they'll get impatient and grab a
Bloomfield—formerly the Edward vious need for clarification of
fast one before that day comes.
L. Grant (Bloomfield) and the the contract, which is sent on
to Headquarters.
There 'was no meeting held
Bienville (Waterman).
here this week, but we did hold
Signing on were the Steelore, This port is rapidly building
h special meeting to give the
Oremar, Chilore and Bethore; up a reputation for being sure
Two Eskimo women, pickets of the Bristol Bay Cannery Government Camp and Chiwawa; death on performers and gas
men of the Southwave jm op
Workers Union, walk their bleak posts on the lonely Alaskan E. A. Burnett and Sted Artisan hounds. The membership here
portunity to vote' on the consti
Coast in the strike which brought them and the Bering Sea (Isthmian); Bienville, Lafayette, wiU not tolerate ahy actions that
tutional amendment and dues is
Fishermen's Union victory early this month. The Unions have Wild Ranger and Jeff Davis; W. wiU jeopardize the Union and
sue.
now afiBliated with the SIU.
From the conversation it ap
E. Downing (State Fuel), and the great gains we have made
in the last few years. Shipping
pears that the crew is 100 per
may
be damned good, and the
cent in favor of the changes.
need
for
men great, but we will
• On the outside we are still giv
absolutely
not tolerate obvious
ing the Laundry Workers a hand
By
GAL
TANNER
Intransit
came
the
Wanda
Frank
Drozak,
Jimmie
Moore,
performers.
in their strike against the New
MOBILE, July 19—Two un (Epiphany Tankers); Alcoa Pa Charlie Spencer and Charles BaUoting on the proposed con
E&W Laundry. Inside the build
stitutional changes is going on
ing we have fixed up the base ions in this neck of the woods triot; the Hastings, Chicasaw and Stringfellow.
Drozak, by the way, would at a good pace. By the time that
ment and have installed a pool came through with victories in Warhawk (Waterman).
recent days. Here in this city Scheduled for payoffs in the like to get himself on record as I voting ends, more than 500 votes
table.
• We intend to have a few shots the AFL Teamsters, who had next two weeks are six offshore befng mighty pleased about the should have been cast in this
port. Prom what the member
of the new facilities for the mem been out a month, settled their ships and four coastwise vessels, Vacation Plan.
beef
with
the Coca
Cola
bottling
which
is
okay
with
us.
"Now I won't lose my vacation ship is saying, the resolution
bership's off moments and will
isend them to the LOG for pub company to the satisfaction of 170 members attended the benefits if I move from ship to, should carry by a good p»cen
their' membership.
meeting last night, which con ship," says Frank. "And when *sge.
lication.
And our Seafarersaffiliate, the curred in the SecretaryTrea I sp*end some time ashore with The MEBA in this port has
Gulf Coast Shrimpers and Oys surer's financial
reports and my wife and family I'll still have asked, our cooperation in their
termen's Association, threw pic Headquarters report to the mem some cabbage coming to me to beef with Isthmian, and we told
them that we'd give them the
ketlines around sea food places bership, and accepted the min help pay the freight.
in Pacagoula; Mississippi, to keep utes of those Branches holding "Raising the death benefit by same kind of support that they
scab shrimpers, who were under meetings. Nothing much else took the Welfare Plan to $l,5O0 is have always given us.
selling the local union men, from place, which, I guess, can be something else to cheer about. In the recent strike of the
unloading their catch.
bTamed on the heat.
Now, if anything should happen Bering Sea Fishermen's Union,
By RAY WHITE
Only three outfits were invol
Among the oldtimers who are to me, I know my family won't an SIU affiliate in Alaska, the
TAMPA, July 20—Better than ved and two of them quickly
with us here are Red Turner, be left high and dry at a time MEBA Engineers disregarded
half a dozen intransit ships, swung into line, promising to
when they would need it most. the picketlines and furnished
plus a payoff, kept this port buy shrimp at prices negotiated
Something like that • 4ielps take steam.
humming along for another two with the union and to use only
In the current strike that
the pressure off a guy."
'week ' period. We paid off and union men on their boats. The
Harry Bridges is pulling against
signed on the Warrior (Water third concern, a real diehard liilP
Frank is all for the proposed the Olson Company to try to
man) and found her to be no outfit, said it would move out
dues increase.
force the company to turn over
trouble at all.
the Sailor's work to the long
"It's
a
wellknown
fact
that
of the state.
On all the other intransits, Brother Erwin Bosarge, presi PPia
you have to spend a dollar to shoremen, the Engineers are
_ beefs were not to be found, ex dent of the Mobile Bay Sea Food iiiiii
make a dollar. And I can't backing Bridges and walked off
cept for the Chickasaw, which Union, announced from union
think of a better way to spend the ships.
had a few overtime beefs con headquarters in Bayou la Batre,
it, for as long as the SIU is There wasn't much business
cerning men paying off. All were that a strike was "narrowly es
.financially healthy I will have a transacted at the last member
cleared, up and the ships went caped" there. He said that if
ship meeting. The Secretary
healthy takehome pay."
on their merry ways.
nonunion outsiders came in and
Which seems to tieup with Treasurer's financial reports and
The intransits were, beside tried to undersell union prices,
the sentiments of most of the Headquarters report to the mem
the Chickasaw, the Jeff Davis, "we'll call in all oiu boats and
members I have spoken to down bership were read and concurred
.' Gateway City and Fairland (Wa picket any plants that deal with
in. Minutes from other Branches
here.
terman); Southern States (Sou such nonunion priceslashers."
Currently in the local Public holding meetings were read and
thern Trading); Del Mundo (Mis
In such a case. Brother Bo
Health Service Hospital are the approved.
sissippi), and the Alcoa Partner sarge can be assured of the all
following Brothers, who would A motion was passed to caU
(Alcoa).
out support of the deepsea Dis
like to hear from their ship a special meeting before the next
On the local front we are tricts of the SIU.
mates: Tim Burke, Tobi Beams, regular meeting in order to elect
a Tallying Committee to count
pitching into the campaign to In the meantime, the good
J. Ashurst and J. Slay.
FRANK DROZAK
the ballots in the referendum.
unseat the present mayor, who shipping we reported in the last
There
were 203 members pres
gave the SIU such a hard time issue of the LOG has not only
ent when the meeting adjourned.
in the 1946 General Strike. We been holding up, but has actual
Among those on the beach in
hope our work will do the trick, ly improved over that period.
Baltimore
for the time being are
but time will tell.
And from all indications, it Names and Amounts Paid By Cities Service
Page 4
Bill
Macklin,
W. Barrett, Carl
The Retail Clerks wound up should be equally good in the Pictures of Back Pay Recipients
'.
Page 5
Biscup,
C.
Schrunk,
Dan Bissett,
their battle against^the optical coming two weeks.
New Hall Shaping Up
Page 6
company here without scoring Six ships paid off and four Report of Seafarers Welfare Plan
Page 7 Lloyd Short, Fred Dressier, Rob
a victory or a defeat. The strik signed on during this time. In News From the Ships
Page 8 ert (Red) Morgan, G. Finlay and
ers all took jobs in other plants the former category were the Minutes of Shipboard Meetings
Page 9 Frank Baron.
The weather here has been
and the company went out of Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Clipper, Letters From the Membership
Page 10
Jjusiness. Nobody won, but it is Alcoa Ranger and Alcoa Corsair; Here's What I Think
Page 15 terrific—90 and 95degree days,
sure that the woi'kers didn't lose. the Monarch of the Seas and Maritime Roundup
Page 15 which is hot enough—but with
the humidity in this town, it's
...We didn't have a meeting here Morning Light (Waterman). The
Reports From Branch Agents:
really
tough here. But don't let
because of a lack of a quorum, signons were the Alcoa Pointer,' San Francisco
Page 4
Wilmington
:... Page 7
that
wppry
you. You won't be
and at the moment it appears Alcoa Ranger, and Alanson B. Galveston
Page 4
Lake Charles
Page 13
in
town
long
enough to get
Houghton
(Alcoa),
and
the Clear
that next meeting time will find
NeV Orleans
Page 6
warm.
water
Victory
(Isthmian).
us with an empty Hall again.
Teamsters, Shrimpers Win In Mobile Area
Tampa Plant Closes
Rather Than Sign
With Retail Clerks
IN THIS ISSUE
�i Pas* Four
THE SEAFARERS LOG
FMdar. Jul7 27. 1951
Cities Service Oiis Seafarers* Bankroils
road that has been traveled since "They had their eye on me for It's aU water , under the bridge 9
(Continued from Page 1)
the
days they were unceremoni quite awhile," Mikulski stated, to Cabiroy, though. He's now in
days later the agreement was
ously
told they were no longer "and they probably got a big the Army and with 'his Cities
backed up by the court order.
desired
as* employees of Cities horselaugh when I got the ax, Service check intends to be mar
In the court order the judges
Service,
most of the Seafarers but now I'm going to take a ried shortly.
declared that men involved were
receiving
awards had nothing vacation trip and enjoy myself The payment of awards lo the
to be paid "for any loss of pay
By KEITH ALSOP
but
praise
for the work the Un at Cities Service's expense."
men came exactly one year to
they may have suffered by rea
ion's
organizing
staff
and
the
The
treatment
given
Mikulski
the
day
following
the
company's
son' of the discrimination against
GALVESTON, July 19 — The
them by payment to each of NLRB field examiners undertook was. typical of that meted out capitulation to the Union.
pace
of activity in this port has
The payment of the money due by no means been slow during
'them a sum of money equal to to press their cases. They all to the mmi fired: As the affi
that which would have been agreed that the dogged wofk in davit of one man reported, the the men was delayed until this the past two weeks. 'We've taken
earned as wages from the date their behalf showed tljat the Skipper of his ship—thinking month, as the NLRB staff had to care of five payoffs, five sign
of the respective discharges to SIU fought all the way to get him to be antiunion—told him interview each man and leam ons, one crew "for a boneyard
the date of the company's offer CS men everything they de to keep his eye peeled for any his interim earnings and com job and ten ships intransit.
proSIU men and to tell him if plete the entire list before any
of reinstatement, less their net served.
Fortunately for the Branch,
any
were aboard, as he would checks could be paid^ut.
LAST LAUGH
earnings for such periods."
the
wideawake crews on the
Twenty of the 150 men who The recipient of $682, Henry "make short work of them."
Inasmuch as some men were ships had everything in order for
WEDDING BELLS
filed charges received no money, Mikulski, ended his career with
out on long trips, and" others us, and all ships were taken care
as they earned more after being Cities Service in March, 1949, One Seafarer who was made were difficult to locate, the of in short order.
fired than they woxild have when he was fired from the "short work of was Daniel Ca NLRB staff was kept from wind
SHIP ROSTER
earned in CS employ.
Chiwawa. Without any pretext, biroy, who was fired from
the ing up the job until recently.
The
ships
that paid jjft were:
he was told by the 2nd Assistant Bents Fort in April, 1949. Dan Once the bre^down had been
LONG TIME OUT
the
Liberty
Flag (Gulf Cargo);
received $2,104. Cabiroy was told completed by the NLRB, Cities
The time involved in most that he was fired.
Bertram
Goodhue
(Mississippi);
cases runs from the early part "You can now get a job in outright he' was fired for Union Service's offices were given the High Point Victory ' (Seatrade);
• of 1949 until the time the com the Union Hall," he was told. activity when the Captain found list, and the checks were made Coder d'Alene Victory (Victory
And that's what Mikulski did. him passing out'the LOG.
out to the men by the company.
pany offered the men reemploy
Carriers), and the Aktion (Ac
ment on July 12, 1950. The dif
tium). They all signed on again.
ferences in the sizes of the
The intransit ships were: the
checks is due to the length of
Seatrain New Jersey and Sea
time a man was kept off com Adell, 'Richard A.
1,147 ~^Hall, Remus
294 Myers, Fred
1,998* train Havana, Southern States
pany ships and the amount of
Anderson, Robert
767
Hall,
Roger
556
Nugent,
Charles
N.
416 and Southern Counties (Southern
money he earned at other work
* Amett, ^Gilbert
669 Hartmann, Anthony E. 1,026 O'Keefe, Patrick R.
2,927 Trading), Mae (Bull), Del Mundo
during this time.
2,189 (Mississippi), Steel Vendor (Isth
558 Hauser, Fred
1,053 Orosz, John S.
In compiling the 150 charges Bamberger, Edward A.
1,149 Hickey, Anthony
2,314 mian), Wanda (Epiphany), War
1,142 Ostrowski, Walter
against the company the Union's Barrena, George
506 Irvine, George H.
564 hawk (Waterman) and the Brad
1,942 Paradise, Leo
organizing staff worked around Barrett, David W.
271 Jordan, John
535 ford Island (Cities Service).
113 Pauleck, Edward
the clock for months, contacting Barry, David J.
No meeting was held here
777 Kagler, Eric
545 (P,awlak, Richard S.)
the men to help them prepare Bartlett, Paul
last week; the port is still bare
1,332 Kapustynski, Michael
569 Pepe, James
1,677 of bookmen sufficient enough
their cases against the company. Beye, Jan j!
681 Kasatis, Alfred
1,974 Pergallo, Joseph
44 to call one together. Maybe by
It was a rare ship that didn't Blanding, William
have at least one proSIU man Bobinsky, Edward F.
1,635 Keckley, Charles L.
520 Peterson, Richard J.
1,991 next week we'U have a group
discharged when it hit port, and Bossick, ^tanley
862 , Kennedy,William E.
59 large enough to wrestle with the
803 Reges, Michael
on one ship, the Government Bowdon, Louis
1,278 Kingsley, Arthur
2,569 Roberts, Kenneth L.
849 affairs of the Union.
Camp, twentytwo men were Bowser, Ronald
321 Kismul, Torolf
1,871
771 Rowe, John
One bookmember is around
fired for union activity at one Brace, Roy
1,753 who is 'well known in these wa
641 Kress, Carl A.
324 Rupeikis, John
time.
Brenner, W^irren P.
937 Kristiarisen, Eugene
687 ters: Abie Ellis, who has been
809 Scanloii, Donald
In commenting on the awards, Brown, Claude A.
sailing out of Galveston for the
1,357 LaPointe, Roger
795 Schmiedel, Frank
SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall Byrd, Robert J.
62 past six years. Brother Ellis has
575 LaRoque, Vanny
197 Siems, Hendrik F.
stated: "This is a just and proper Cabiroy, Dan
' 400 been active in all Union beefs
2,104 Larson, Kittel
266 Simpson, AUen
settlement for the injustices Carlin, Michael
Smokonich,
Joseph
P.
"576 Leo, Roy
688 since he joined in 1939. Brother
4,043
these men suffered. They did
Carr, Roger J.
Smollen,
Edward
Libby,
Franklin
C.
1,335
323 Ellissays he does all his fishing
4,306
their work on the ships; they
Cartwright,
Louis
W.
Spear,
Boyd
278 Lindberry, Theodore
2,535 in Florida and all of his drink .
258
• were good seamen, but they
Ceccato,
Eugene
1,081 Lissner, Joe
249 ing in Texas. Well said. Brother
881 Spencer, Paul
talked Union. Their only crime
EUis.
1
870 Lowe, Richard Herbert 1,883 Steele, Gavin C.
514
was to try to better themselves Chamberlain, VinCent
Coats; Ira K.
590 Lundquist, Roy C.
1,169
194 Strauss, Benjaimin
and for that they were fired.
Suarez, Pedro A.
111
U
The company has learned the Coddington, Donald D. 479 MacDonald, William F.
1,676 Magras, Pierre
831
1,754 Sullivan, John
hard way that it cannot disregard Condra, William J.
Coone, Paul
849 Maher, Francis J.
the law."
3,696 , Taflewitz, Benjamin
2,756
Cowdrey, Robert
1,040 Matura, Rudolph
686
2,182 Thompson, John
'INTO THE BANK"
Crane, Thomas P.
3,515 McDevitt, James T.
1,412 Tolbert, Ben
899
The group that received the Cremeans, Joseph
1,357 McGann, Francis
307 Triano, Alexander
3,029
first checks were five Seafarers
Dinwiddie, William R. 1,900 McHugh, John D.
Ulrich,
Paul
387
470
who happened to be in the Hall
Du
Pois,
Jack
McHugh,
Lester
1,559
Van
Alstine,
Donald
1,293
2,299
at the time the announcement
769 McNeill, IThomas
' 943 Vila, Gil
695
was made that payment would Earley, Norman D.
•
Eberding,
George
W.
Mikulski,
Henry
682 Vitacavich, Stanley
2,029
begin at once.
1,219 Miller, Fred L.
2,452 Wartelsky, Saul
1,755
One of the Seafarers present Eberhard, Peter
Falasca,
Joseph
Jr.
1,478 Milton, Wallace
988 Welch, James F.
940
was Steve Wartelsky, Night
2,605 Miskinis, Joseph L.
240 Whalen, William
440
Cook and Baker, who received Frank, William
1,566 Molineaux, Edward V.
937 ^ Williams, Hugh
^ 1,299
$1,755. Smiling, he folded the Garcia, Anthony
Monroe, Jaipes
1,854 Wings, Frederick
check and stuffed it in his wal Gardner, Earl William . 810
484
let, "This goes into the bank, Garner, Charles R.
616 Moon, Durandv
3,378 Wysocki, Charles
3,061
he said.
• Gawrych,. Chester
722
463 Moore, James
. Another Seafarer present for Goldman, Kenneth P;
24 Morri.<?, Theodore
173 . 'Check held out by i company
his award was Rudolph N. Ma Greux, Jean
1,736 Muloy, Charles D. Jr. 1,632 pending more complete interim
tura, who since filing his charges Guerrero, Orlando Leon 266 Murphy, George
90 earnings info.
ABIE ELLIS
has been called back into Navy
service. Matura, fired from the
Royal Oak in April, 1949, said
his $2,182 check was going to
go home to his wife and young
By LLOYD GARDNER
San Angelo Victory (Seatrade) by way of British Columbia and to sleep under a blanket every
ster, who were finding it tough
and Eugenie (Carras).
shoved off for France. Sh'e has night and laugh at the news
sledding on Navy pay.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19— The Cecil N. Bean came in
a very good crew with Eddie paper stories of heat waves and
The other Seafarers present Shipping has improved greatly
from
Japan
with
an
assortment
Janowski
her Steward.
steaming cities. This place has
couldn't venture any prediction from what it was two short
of
beachcombers
and
whatall
re
CHANGED
SHIP
no such trouble.
as to what they'd do with the weeks ago. Four payoffs and
cruited off the beach in Yoko
Her Skipper is Captain Herin, A gang of guys who can back
money, but they all had no eight ships intransit gave us
hama.
a good guy, in sharp contrast me up on this is the crew of
doubt they would make good the needed shot in the arm.
The
ship
had
been
there
four
to the mad man who brought the Seacomet (Colonial), which
iise of it.
• The payoffs were: the Ponce months repairing after she ran her in here last time with a is running Coastwise along here.
DeLeon (Waterman), Amerocean aground and caught fire. Of the cargo of woe. That guy, by the Chuck Allen's the Bosun and
HALF PAID OFF
Following the payments to the (Blackchester), Clarksburg Vic crew that paid off, only two way, does not hold a license the great lover Zigarowski is
first men, the word spread and tory (Mississippi) and Cecil N. men were SIU members. We any more.
Steward.
crewed her up here with a full This week we did not hold a Allen, it seems, makes a spe
brought a rush of Seafarers to Bean (DryTrans).
meeting for the usual reason. cialty of takihg over old nlst
the NLRB office to" collect their Making a brief stay in this SIU complement.
checks. To date fiS men have re port were: the Seacomet (Colon The Eugenie was a far differ There aren't enough bookmen buckete and with a bit of hard
ed ved their money, which can ial)i Yaka and John B. Water ent ship on her stopoff hftre around here to get up a poker work turning them into shining
>
be picked up in person or re man (Waterman), Steel Appren this time from what she was the game.
examples of SIU seamanship.
tice;
and.
Las.
Vegas
Victory
last
time
we
saw
her.
This
time
One
thing
we can't be^ about The hard working crew aboard
latiested by letter,
an looking back on the loog (Isthmian), . Seamar, . (Calmar), she came in from a Far East run here is ^ the weather,
has made her a «ood SIU ship.
GafvestM Gets
Good Crem
SIU Men Awarded CS Back Pay
Frisco Shipping Makes Comeback After Slew Period
y
�FO^r. July 27r 1851
Page Fire '
T H E SEA FAKERS LO G
But it's not really booty—it's welj earned money
for being bobted from their jobs for union activity.
The happy Seafarers depicted here are thousands of
dollars richer today, thanks to the payments being made
to the 130 men awarded a total of $150,000 for being
discriminatorily fired by Cities Service.
With almost half of the checks paid out already,
dozens of the men involved have dropped into SIU Head
quarters to show off their checks and to extend their
thanks to the SIU officials and organizers who fought the
long campaign to bring justice to the men fired arid full
Union conditions to the men of the company's fleet.
Frenchy Ruf. left, SIU organizer, and Ben Sterling. Attorney who successfully handled the
unfair labor practices charges for the SIU men, exchange congratulations upon news of the
award payments. Looking on beaming are, left to right: Joe Algina, Headquarters Representa
tive; Eddie Mooney, New York Patrolman; Marvin Schwartz, Attorney associated with Sterling,
and Eddie Parr, Bosun on the SS Puerto Rico.
FALASCA: $14?t
F.
$L83^
�Paa* Six
THESE A P ARER S LOG
Fridar. Julr 27.:1851.
• 'S"
Get Higher Rating, Says New Orleans;
Calls It Duty To Oneself And The Union
directed to where these rodents, least we can bitch and gripe
vermin or whathaveyou were, about the weather.
NEW ORLEANS, July 20—Re so that he could eliminate them At the last regular mebting
ALFRED BLYTHE
World Life Building, Second and
porting from down here in New in the usual manner.
there was no Good and Welfare, Write to your father, 29 Fran Cherry, Seattle 4, Washington.
Orleans, shipping is very good Up until this, the crew thought as it was pretty damn hot and cis Street, Auckland N. 2, New
t t t
with a great many jobs for ABs that the way to get rid of roaches no one felt like beating his Zealand.
BILL MITCHELL
and rated engine department was to kill them by juice, gas gums. A committee was elected
Your mother and father ask\
4. 4. i
men on the board at all times. or powder, but from last report to tally the ballots on the con
that you write: Box 414, Walpole,
W. B. JONES
Business affairs of the port are all that happened on their ship stitutional changes. All reports
New Hampshire.
in very good shape. All beefs was the roaches got punch drunk and minutes were accepted. "Have bought a new home.
t t t
were squared away at the pay and were running around worse Headquarters report was accept Please write me at new address,
VICTORIO DTNDIA
4271 54th Street, San Diego 15,
o£Es and the signons, and no than ever.
JESSE HARRIS
ed unanimously by the member California: Naomi Morris."
beefs are pending in this port.
Checks
due you as a result of,
ship.
The
tallying
committee
re
ROACHES WIN
With shipping for rated men
tit
the Sandmate sinking can be
ported there were 723 votes cast
very good, it is time that all The agent here was notified as to date.
JAMES L. THOMPSON . collected by contacting SIU
members do their utmost to soon as we received word from
(ExAnnislon City)
SecretaryTreasurer.
The following memners are in
raise their papers to the highest the ship, and they in turn noti
Contact
the shipping Commis
X i, a,
the
local
USPHS
hospital,
and
rating that they can, in order fied the fumigation company that
sioner in Savannah, Georgia.
A. W. CLAUDE
would
appreciate
hearing
from
to get in on the good jobs with if the job was not taken care
Please get in touch with your
' t t t
,
of and the roaches eliminated their friends:
the heavy cabbage.
brother
Ellis at the Treese
RICHARD RANSOME
It is very easy for someone they would not pay the bill. As R. Cruz, E. E. Gross, W. O.
Building,
Cushing, Okla.
to sail lower than his ability, soon as the ship returns they Cara, C. Ray, D. D. Kelly, L. "I am visiting Mel, Flo and
but a good worker will do all are to start again in order to get Lang, K. Raana, O. Celestine, J. Jimmie in Memphis. Please come
he can to advMice and get to the roaches cleaned out. If it is C. Kueider, L. T. Link, S. Mc to see me there, as you prom
the top. Not only should our not done properly then we will Donald, G. A. WiUiams, H. H. ised: Frances Ransome, 1550
members try to get their AB or have to go further and have the Hamilton, G. Morejon, W. C. Waverly Avenue, Memphis, Ten
nessee.!'
FOW papers, but those that are ship laid up and gassed, in order Paris, J. A. Teague.
t t t
• Also, E. Delcoure, C. A. Camp
able should get their ticket, as to do a good job.
practically any shipboard job In the line of beefs expected bell, C. E. Wallick, L. Tickle, J.
FRANK J. HUTTICK
is now available to SIU mem in the maritime field here in Mayrbat, C. H. Summerell, L. Your case is scheduled to be
bers off the boards in SIU Halls. New Orleans is a strike expected L. Rigaud, C. T. TraMan, G. J. tried August 7. Gets in touch
at Todds Dry dock around July Peirsall.
with Bassett & Geisness. New The following men of the Paci
SCRATCH ENTRY
23rd. This should not have any
fic Marine Stewards Union have
Entry ratings are a dime a effect on our ships, as we have
been awarded money as a result
dozen, so all Brothers that are notified the companies that the
of NLRB proceedings, and are
able should advance to the next, strike may come off, and to ke^p
asked to contact Bassett & Geis
higher rating that they are able , their ships out from behind the
ness, New World Life Building
to fUL The officials in all ports Ungs in order that they will not Renovations to the new Head man tile is being put down.
(formerly
Alaska Bldg.), Seattle,
quartersNew York Branch build
With the plastering and heavy
wiU be glad to help any member
declared hot.
Washington:
ing are
rapidly
entering
the final
work out of the way, the second
get lined up as to the procedure Brother Bill Mitchell was here
JOHN O. BAINE
phase, as working men this week floor is now receiving the prime
it takes to get higher ratings.
on the beach and made the SS completed the, application of coat of paint. Following the final
GERARLD J. BOSLEY
It is a man's duty to himself Alcoa Patriot as Electrician. Bill
and his Union to advance, so, carries book No. 33096, and has simulated white limestone to the painting the fixtures will be in
HAROLD S. DARLING
Brothers, let's get out and hustle been in the SIU since 1943. He upper two floors of the build stalled.
HARRY DOUCETTE
the higher ratings in order that is wellknown in the Gulf area. ing's exterior, and began work This week, on the second floor,
H.
DEAN DOUGLAS
workmen installed a Bradley cir
these jobs will be filled by our Bill sailed through the War in brownstoning the. first floor's
DONALD FOSTER
front.
cular unit of five private show
own SIU, Brothers.
With
the
granite
work
around
ers,
and
accommodations
are
be
ERNEST HENRY
Since the last meeting we had
the
entrance
completed,
the
ing
made
fbr
the
billiard
tables
the following payoffs in this port
A. L.. JONES
building's front, hut for some to be delivered to the game
—the Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Pio
HARLEY
KRONE
minor ornamentation, is in its room this week. Shelving for the
neer, Alcoa Planter (Alcoa); Del
FRANK LACHICA
final form.
library is expected to be install
Sud (Mississippi); Catahoula (Cu
CLIFFORD
LATTISH
Seafarers
who
have
visited
the.
ed
this
week,
also.
ba Distilling), and the Cape Mo
new
Hall
within
the, past
week
On
the
third floor,
where
CYRUS LORD
'• v'i') J
hican (Mar Ancha).
report that the. building's new Headquarters and Branch offices
Intransit the following scows
PAUL LUND
trim lines and dazzling white will be located, all renovating
hit New Orleans: the Alcoa Clip
CHARLES MOSHER
front
make it a striking stand work has been completed and
per and Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa);
GEORGE O'LEARY
out in the area of red brick painting will begin in a few
Seatrain Texas and Seatrain
JOHN W. PATTERSON
days.
buildings.
New Jersey; Del Campo, Del
Inside, 'workmen are complet
When the painting has been
FRANK C. PONCE ^
Sud (Mississippi); Maiden Creek,
ing the final work on the floors completed, the final flooring will
Chickasaw, Lafayette, Gateway
LeROY- PIERSON
of the cafeteria, slopchest and be laid and the office equip
City, Morning Light and Mon
GEORGE
A. SMITH
dining room.
ment installed.
arch of the Seas (Waterman);
FRED M. STARKS
In these rooms the men are Headquarters has been assured
Steel Vendor, Steel Chemist and
DON W. TYLER
laying terrazzo in alternate by the contractor that, barring
• ..n
Clearwater Victory (Isthmian);
some
unforeseen
delay,
the
squares
of
light
and
dark
green,
LEE WHALEY
SouthenT Counties (Southern
bordered in black and gold; building should be ready for
Trading); Evelyn and Edith
PEDRO VILLABOL
while
in the bakery, butcher occupancy sometime in Sep
(Bull).
PETER WALLROP
shop and galley, acidproof Dreh tember. '
,
On the signons since the last
BILL MITCHELL
meeting we had the following:
the Walker D. Hines, Alcoa Pa all zones and stayed on the beach
tridt and Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa); only a short time, as his mania
Del Campo, Del Mundo and Del for heavyduty cars keeps bis
>Sud (Mississippi); Catahoula (Cu nose to the generators and he
ba DistUling); Benjamin Grier has to keep the winches going
son (Waterman), and Cape Mo regular in order to make the
hican (Mar Ancha).
dough it takes to keep these gas
suckers in juice.
FULL CREWS
The SS "^^^ker Hines and the Bill has been active in all SIU
SS Benjamin Grierson took full beefs, as well as participating on
crews out of here. The Grierson various committees. Bill says the
sailed for Norfolk to load coal bauxite run is okay, and is wait
for France, and the Hines sailed ing for the day he is in a posi
for Cuba to load sugar for Ja tion to show off his new Lincoln
to the lovely maids on the baux
pan.
In the beef column, which had ite and rum run.
very few entries, was the fumi
VOLTS TO JOLT
gation of the SS Catahoula. The We don't know how many
agents for the ship here in New volts or amps it takes to make
Orleans let a contract to one of an hour's overtime, but we know
the local deroacher firms and. it takes a. lot of hours of over
from the^ report from the ship j time for Bill to keep his gas
after she sailed, they thought buggies, going, especially this
Frank Buck had come back into new Lincoln.
operation and was on their ship. About the aiiv beef still pend
As stated by the crew, this ing in the port—bnd there is not
character came on board with a damn thing that we can do to
The atw llMdqivailMtirew Y«rk Bnmdt building naars the end of its face lifting in the
a squirt gun in one hand and a square it away—^is the' weather; front When the j^ctiw# wee bdiDW
were eomidetic^ the ai^lication of slmUated while
gallon of bug juice in the ower, We are not the only ones catch Bmestone to fi&e uppeir twe stories and Were rewtying work qn the hrownsione to be put on the
looking for the Steward to be ing hell from th^ heat, but at izontvof the finl stary^
By LPVDSEY WILLIAMS
New Hall Shaping Up
• liliilillf"
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�Friday. July 27. 1951
THE SE A F A RER S L OG
Page Seven
12 InTransits
Bring Activity
To Wiimington
REPCHtT NUMBER SEVEN
By JEFF MORRISON
WILMINGTON, July 18—De
spite only one payoff, this port
Each week the Seafarere Welfare Plan will make its report to the membership of the Atlantic and Gulf t>i8trict suffered not a whit with 12 ships*
ihrough the SEAFARERS LOG. Included will be the names of Ae men receiving hoq;>ital benefits, the amounts paid, the taking men while intransit here,
to make the port continue to
hoqpitals in which they are receiving treatment. ancLlhe total amount paid'out rince the Inception of the plan on July buzz right along.
1. 1950. Also included in the report wiU be the names of the men who have^died and the amounts paid their beneficiaries. The payoff was the MadSket
(Waterman). The stopovers were;
Reriod Covered By This Repoit
July 1July 14 Yaka, Raphael Semmes, Noon
day, John B. Waterman (Water
• Cash On Hand
$28.04040 man); Seamar, Portmar and
(Calmar); Las Vegas
IIS Government Bonds
$754,023.44 Marymar
Victory and Steel Apprentice
Estimated Accounts Receivable
$170,000.00 (Isthmian); Rice Victory, Gree
ley Victory and DePauw Victory
Hospital Benefits Paid In This Period
$2,357.00 (South Atlantic).
By PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurer^ SlUy A&G District; Chairman, SIU Welfare Plan Trustees
Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1/1950
Death Benefits Paid This Period
Total Death Benefits Paid Since July 1/1950
AT THE BEACH
$52.84700
Except for this activity, the
$10;000.00 port underwent a quiet week
with nothing spectacular hap
$59,000.00 pening, except that all the people
from Los Angeles have been
benefits showed up in the Staten Island PHS hospital spending their days at the beach.
where 45 Seafarers were paid. The total of benefits paid Come to Southern California,
to men in the hospitals, throughout the country was, the travel folders say. They
however, lower than during the last period as bendits to don't mention anything about
the summer heat, so all the suck
the Manhattan Beach Hospital and most of the men at Fort ers'^ are deserting their houses
Stanton are paid once a month and are not shown.
for a himk of beach these hot
The curr<^t report discloses that the death benefits days.
paid wea® the highest during any period in the Plan's It wasn't the heat, however,
history, due to fhe fact that the death benefit was in that caused us not to hold a
meeting—just a Jack of members "
creased to
oh July 1.
to constitute a quqrum.
As in past we^, the Plan has been administered with
"REDS" HERE
no problems arising, and payments in all cases were made
One guy here who hasn't de
speedily to the men in the hospitals and the beneficiaries serted us is E. A. "Red" Lane,"
of deceased Brothers.
a Seafarer whose sailing dayS'
go back to 1923 and his mem^
Listed below are the Brothers who have received ho^ital benefits during the period covered by this twoweek
report, the hospitals they were inl and the amounts they were paid.
The twoweek^ period of Welfare Plan operations
shown above give a very healthy picture of the Plan's
operations and financial stability. The Plan's investments
in interestbearing Government bonds have increased now
to past the threequarter million mark, and will have a
marked effect on lowering the overhead operating ex
penses of the Plan.
The ca^ on hand figure and^e e^
receivable indicate that jfee Plan
for any unexpected heavy expense that
arii».
estimated accounts receivable should be cutdown sharply
soon, when some of the operators prepare reports usimlly
ready about this time.
.
A marked increase in the number of men receiving
USPHS HOSPITAL
"USPHS HOSPITAL
Blomgren, J;
20.00 Wallick, C. E
20.00
FT. STANTON. NEW MEXICO Rios, A
BALTIMORE. MARYLAND
20.00 Williams, G. A.
20.00
.... 10;00 Sanchez, Charles
20.00 Hamilton, H.
10.00
McKenzie, Ralph .............. .. 10.00 Pritchard, E. L.
Pilutis,
Joseph
20.00 McDonald, B.
..
10.00
20.00
Klemowkz, John
USPHS HOSPITAL
Downey, Cyril
20.00 Morejon, G. ..v......
.. 10.00
10.00
Plahn," Eugene
FT. WORTH. TEXAS
Morgan,
Robert
.....
Peirsale,
G,
J.
20.00
..
?0.00
10.00
Ostrowski, Walter
Rogers, Jesse S.
78.0ft
MuUer,
A
Rigaud,
L.
..
10.00
20.00
10.00
E^ella, .George
USPHS HOSPITAL
• Dac^j Charles ......r...:
Summerell,
C.
H..
.."
.. 20.00
17.00
20.00
Blosser, Edmund
MOBILE. ALABAMA
Johnson, Victor ......
20.00 Teague, J. A. •
40.00
GUbert, Robert ^—........... .. 20.00 Burke, Tim
10.00. Callisto, Joseph
20.00
.. 2o.oor Slay, James
Preussler, Otto
10.00 Burton, R.
lO.OO
484.00
.. 20.00
McRveen, William
Romanowicz, M. E.
20.00
.. 10.00
^lerol, B.
USPHS HOSHTAL
20.00
Bernstein, Sam
40.00 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
.. : 10.00
Reier, George
USPHS
HOSPITAL
10.00
Yancovitch, H
.. 10.00
Dean, Clinton
Walker, Silvester
40.00
STAl'EN
ISL».»TO.
NY
10.00
Goldsborough,
Fred
.. 20.00
Waterman, Elton
Amdt, R. W.
10.00
McGuigan,
Arch
20.00
Einsbrugh, N
10.00 Hart, G. F.
.. 10.00
Flint, George
10.00
Remahl,
E
20.00
O'Neill, F.
30.00 Sadowski, P.
.. 20.00
Edge, Joseph
fL....
20.00
10.00 Mino, A.
; 27.00 Van Aalst, D.
10.00 Lawlor, James
Shartzer, C. L.
20.00
20.00 Adams, Henry
10.00 Smira, G.
10.00 Lomas, Aidmr
Eikenburgh, H
20.00
Barron,
John
17.00
Dodge, Marshall
10.00 Robertson, C. R
E. A. (Red) LANE
.. 7.00
Wolfe, William J
20.00
20.00 Lucas, Joseph ....:
10.00 Hahn, C. F. .:
7,00 Swienchoski, S
Shaffer, John
.20.00
Prescott, Jack
> 20.00 Fairchild, Estil
40.00 Lewis, James R
30.00 bership in the SIU to 1938. Red's
20.00
254.00 Thomson, James
Moats, C. L
20.00 sailing out of the West Coast,
Grangaard, J.
24.00
882.00
though he hails originally from
USPHS HOSPITAL
Craig, Frank
20.00
USPHS
HOSPITAL
Massachusetts.
210.00
NORFOLK. VIRGINIA
Koslusky, Joseph
20.00
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA
Red's put a lot of sea miles
Hodge,
E.
D.
20.00
Huneycutt, Charles
20.00
Johnson, G. F. ....
20.00 Death Benefits Paid behind him and he's a staimch
20.00
Mariner,' Clyde
20.00 Dixon, Earl
member. When asked what he
Wiickham, M. R.
20.00
Nee, Wong Hong
^ 20.00 Gardner, William ........... 10.00 Nevnnan, Guy W,
1000.00 Ihought of the SIU's gains in re
20.00 McKinnie, Drew
Wood, Jerry
10.00 Karttunen, Leo ..—.......... 20.00 Morris, William J. .,
1000.00 cent years, Red let us know his
10.00 Wood, John.R.
—........... 17.00
Harris, Raymond
10.00 Feliciano, A
Albury,
Charles
W.
1000.00 full support of the Vacation Plan
20.00
Jlogers, H. L. ....
Piatt, Elijah C.
22.00 Sampson, Herman ............ 30.00 Lofley, L. L. ....
1500.00 recently won by the SIU. Ac
20.00 Hamilton, Louis E
Ames, Omar
20.00
Smith, Raymond W
1500.00 cording" to Red, who doesn't re
20.00
102.00 Doran, William
.:
1500.00 strict himself to one ship for
110.00 LaFoe, John R
Trevino,
A
....
10.00
Hillman, Richard C
1500.00 long, he'll now have a chance
USPHS HOSPITAL
USPHS HOSPITAL
Delaney, P.
30.00
to. collect his vacation pay with
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
Fussell, Joseph
.... 20.00
10,000.00 out any trouble.
Wilmoth, Virgil
57.00. Cuelles, Joseph ../—.1.
20.00
30.00 Cara, Wilson O
Lewis, Joseph
10.00
Celestine, Oliver
...... 20.00
Ward, James L.
— 40.00
Cruz, Rogelio
20.00
Ford, E. T.
10.00
Decle, Sheldon
20.00
Delcoure, E.
10.00
117.00
Under no condition, is any Garretson, F. H
...... 10.00
man to leave his ship until Gelinas, Donald P. ......
14.00
USPHS HOSPITAL
he is replaced. Cases have Gross, Ernest E, ............
20.00 Patients in the Baltimore Pub of the Robin Line, D. W. Pat
SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO
Kelly,
Daniel
been
reported where replace
lic Health Service Hospital (for rick, Director of the hospital
Martinez, Ernesto F. .......... 34.00
ments did not report and Kueider^ Joseph
20.00 merly marine hospital) were this conveyed the thanks of the hos
USPHfi HOSPITAL
:.. ...... 20.00
men had to standJ^o Lang, Leo
pital and the patients for the
BOSTON, MASS.
watches.' Be considerate of Link, L. T,
40:00 week enjoying television thanks line's generosity.
Phifer, Robert
10.00 yoiir shipmates aiul do ni^ Mayrha't; J. ..'..:..:......I.."...
moo to the Robin Line which has do The set was delivered from
Dirkesmeyer,: F
26.00 take off until you axe sure Paris;. W. C.
....^ 20.00 nated an RCA television set to Robin Line's New York office to
VourloumiSf Q,
.i;....... 20.00 your watch will be taken Raana; Karl
20;00 the institution for the use of the the hospital aboard the Robin
Ray, Claude
Locksley and delivered to the
20.00 men.
56.00
Tickle, JLonnie
20.00 In a lett^ ia Joseph CoEndoir hospital oh July> 12.
Tankermen
Robin Line Gives Television Set
To Marine Hospital In Baltimore
�Page Eight
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Friday. July 27, 1951
smps' MmiuTES AND NEWS
t:.' ^
Heavy Breakdown
Rate On Boneyard
Ships Irks Crews
'Navigator' Staff Celebrates Tenth issue
The rush of ships being recommissioned
from boneyards around the country has brought
a host of headaches for the crews taking them
on their first trips. A size*;
fed steak at every meal for
able number of the bone
the entire length of the voy
yard Liberties have marked
age.
their first trips by break The twist in events came when
downs and have been the the refrigerator of the Liberty
source of strong words by Jacob Chandler Harper, GAA
disgusted crewmembers, but chartered to the Robin. Line,
at least in one instance a broke down after the ship left
for Europe. With the meat in
breakdown i n equipment peril of spoiling, the Steward
was the cause of rejoicing instructed the Cooks to feed the
when crewmembers of one crew steak at everjt meal.
ship found themselves being By the time" the ship hit Lor
ient, France, the crewmembers
were bulging at the belts and
turning their noses up at any
thing lower than a Tbone,
though they expected the re
turn trip to be a dull round of
The staff of the Navigator, newspaper published aboard the SS Del Norte, celebrate the
hash and stew.
completion of ten issues since Vol. 1. No. 1, ca.ne off the press by displaying copies of each
Millions of pintsized TY Their fears were unfounded, issue.
From left to right, they are, rear row: Mac Fabricant, A1 Brindley, Tex Metting, Stefan
fans may be disillusioned to however, reports Vance Reid,
the Ship's Delegate, for when Sobczyk, Felix Amora, Robert High, Jacob Zimmer, William Smith. Standing in rear: Frank
hear it, but the LOG has the stores came aboard there Paschang, Harold E. Crane. Front row: Maurice Duet, Frank Russo and Thurston Lewis.
learned that cowboy John was a sizeable quantity of fresh
"Wayne doesn't take all of meat, primarily steak. So, again,
his wiskey straight at a the crew dined on steak every
frontier saloon and his sole night. "It was one long holiday,"
Reid. "To us she is the
mean of travel isn't a four says
steak ship, a joy to every cat
legged critter.
tleman's heart."
This bit of news comes straight
ONE BRIGHT SIDE
After a 24year absence Bruno Kerpa has returned to the sea, but it's
from the horse's mouth—oops—
The
experience
of
the
Harper
crew of the Alcoa Cavalier.
a far different trade than it was when he left to rear a family after an ad
The information, received by crew was the one bright spot in venturous career aboard sailing ships and coal burning steamers. Now sail
way of pony express, of course, thl» otherwise dreary picture.
a fireman, Kerpa stood be Firemen had to trim their own
has it that while the Alcoa From reports received at mg on SIU ships, he Im no«
good
words
for
the
"good
fore the roaring fires of the old coal. All of this without over
cruise ship was in Port of Spain, Headquarters it's a rare ship out
coal burners shoveling coal artd time or compensation.
Trinidad, recently cowboy of the boneyard that hasn't old days."
Wayne's offscreen habits were brought woe to the crew. A A veteran of sailing under heaving ashes for weeks on end Today with extra pay for
observed by four of the ship's crewmember of the Edward L. four flags, including American, during his trips. If a Fireman overtime and penalty work,
crew from close range.
Grant, BlSbmfield, Liberty, re 50yearold Kerpa described these became ill, the watch went on coupled with the almost revo
Seems that four SIU cow ported that the galley range of days of sailing as "hell," includ six on and six off with four or lutionary changes in working
punchers — "real western fans" the ship broke down and left ing his days on Americanflag five fires to watch and clean. If and living conditions aboard
'
the coal passer became ill, the ship, Kerpa finds going to sea
they called themselves—decided the crew without hot meals for ships.
is an enjoyable and profitable
to pay Mr. Wayne a visit at the over a week. The ship, as a
livelihood.
Queens Park Hotel, his base of result, was delayed in Trinidad.
Kerpa's experiences before the
operations while touring the area. The Alaska Spruce, as a let
mast
in the early '20's were no
ROUNDUP
ter in this issue of the LOG
less discomforting than his work
Parking their sixshooters and bears out, had engine trouble
aboard the coal burners. At one
10gallon hats on the ship, the that caused the ship to take al
time he signed on as Blacksmith
four ambled downtown and in most two months in making the
aboard the fourmasted bark
no time at all had corralled intercoastal mn from Norfolk to
Lamkenhafen, bound from Ham
Wa3me, his wife (yes, folks, the Alaska. Her 17man crew was
burg for Calcutta and Australia.
cowboy has a wife) and press not in a happy mood at last
The trip took 135 days to Cal
agent into deserting their plush report.
cut^ • w
ith a cargo of salt—a
ranch house for a tour qf the The Clarksburg Victory, Mis
towns spots.
cargo which Karpa said spawned
sissippi, reported range trouble
millions of .salt fleas that infest
The roughriding party scorn and an unhappy crew during its
ed the entire ship.
ed the town for a suitable saloon recent trip, and the men on the
Kerpa reports that the food
but had to settle for the "Cas E. A. Burnett, Isthmian, sweat'
on the trip deteriorated steadily
bah" where they spent the after ed over a broken down refrigera
and after a short time the crew
noon sipping long cool ones.
tor during its trip to Europe. An
was on a steady diet of biscuits,
R. J. Callahan, Ship's Dele other unhappy Isthmian, the Ed
corned beef and dried flsh. They
gate, who reported the occasion, ward Scripps, was last reported
were also rationed one cup of
must have sat near Wayne's limping into Bombay for repairs
water a day, with none for
press agent, for his report re after trying valiently to make
bathing.,
veals that Wayne was soon to the first leg of its trip without
leave for Ireland to make a film a breakdown.
When the ship arrived in Cal
"The Quiet Man" for RKO.
According to the reports re
cutta the crew enjoyed two days
It was also reported that there ceived from crewmembers on
in port when disaster stnfck.
just was no living with those the affected ships they are in
Suddenly, without Warning, the
four critters after the got back agreement on one thing: Every
ship capsized in the Ganges
to the ship. Spurs clanking on ship being returned to service
Crewmembezs of the DePauw Victory, South Atlantic, catch river throwing the crewmen
the deck all night and the wail from the boneyard should be a bif of sun and air while the ship was enroute from Korean aboard into the water where the
of a guitar from the midship thoroughly inspected and given waters where it had been operating for the MSTS. The Sea
tide' ran strong. All were res
bunkhouse was enough to drive test runs before being allowed farers are, left to right."VilUams, MM; Paris, MM; NUorana, cued but everyone's belongings
the crew plum looj.
^j to be put into service.,
were lost
Sl^andy^^
Cavalier Men
Corral Film
Dude Wayne
Veteran Of 'Good Old Days' Returns
To Sea After 24 Years On Beach
The De Pauw's Sun Tan Club
�.• Jyri^'UK' • ''
« •
Friday, July 27, 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Nine
Digested Minutes Of SiU Ship Meetings
CHIWAWA (Cities. Service)
cooperation between crew Mess
SAN A N G E L O VICTORY
man and Pantryman urged.
June 11—Chairman, Keith Terpe
(Seatrade), June 3—Chairman, J,
June 17 — Chairman, William Rodites; Secretary, N. Abernathy.
Secretary, W. Girard. Delegates'
Thompson; Secretary, Antonio Delegates reported number of
reports accepted. Special meeting
Tarquinio. Delegates' reports ac books and permits in their de
called to discuss and act upon
cepted. Suggestion agreed to that partments. Captain to be seen
the various issues raised in the
crew support the continued ope about fresh milk in Japan. Sug
current SEAFARERS LOG. Full
report given on "the issues raised
ration of the seamen's club in gestion made that stewards de
and vote takeh with crew unani
Naples. Suggestion made to take partment rooms be painted.
on fruits and vegetables in
mously in favor of all.
XXX
Naples.
4. 4. 4
ANNE BUTLER (Bloomfield).
COUNCIL GROVE (CitiM Ser
4. 4.
June 23—Chairman, Fred Israel;
vice), June 24—Chairman, Aksel
THE CABINS (Mathiasen), Secretary, John Breen. Ship's
Glerup; Secretary, Joseph Heckl.
May 9 — Chairman, William Ca Delegate reported that company
Delegates reported no disputec
rey; Secretary, W. Neilson. Dele does not alloV draws in Ameri
ivSRYAAA^ CAM REAP .T
overtime. Motion carried to have
gates reported some disputed can money in^ South American
fans installed in the port and
overtime. Each man to donate ports. Some disputed overtime
starboard crew heads. Motion
$2 for ship's fund.
reported.
carried that the Bosun assign a
June 28
Chairman, Warren
XXX
Neilson; Secretary, Eilenberry.
seaman to sweep and wash off
CALMAR (Calmar), April ZX—
poop deck every morning.
Delegates reported number of
Chairman, Orlie Price; Secretary,
books and permits in their de B. Cawthorne. Bulletin board to
t. t, i,
FRENCH CREEK (Cities Ser
partments. Old washing machine be put up in crew's lounge.
vice), June 17 — Chairman, Joe
to be sent ashore for repairs.
Question raised as to, where only
Collins; Secretary, W. Wendland.
Proposal made to keep stricter a Deck Engineer is'carried, who
Delegates reported okay. Clari
control over performers.
relieves the Fireman for supper?
fication given on hoisting buck
XXX
May 27—Chairman, W. Bun
ets • while tank cleaning. Report
LONGVIEW VICTORY (Vic
ker;
Secretary, B. Cawthorne.
from Senate Labor subcommit
tory Carriers), June 20 — Chair
Delegates
reported no beefs.
tee on Cities Snvice case.
man, John Howarth; Secretary, Several repairs suggested. Pa
B. Trottie. Delegates reported all
4, 4. 4.
trolman to be .iSeen that repairs
GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities
okay. Motion carried to buy a are made in New York. Crew
Service), June 27 — Chairman,
new motor for the washing ma asked to cooperate in seeing that
Tom Crane: Secretary, T. Zar
chine. Discussion on shortage of the messroom is left clean after
raga. Delegates reported, no beefs,
linen, which Steward said was playing cards.
S^hip's crew told to vote~ on new
second in importance after food.
dues referendum and constitu
Someone said that the important
tional amendments. Clarification STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), and Captain. ^Motion carried that thing after food was a lifeboat.
asked as to who Is to make cof June 17—Chairman, F. Harvy: crew's washing machine be put
XXX
Secretary, T. Concepdon. Dele in the name of the Union in case FREDERIC
fee at morning coffetime.
C. COLLIN
gates reported all okay. Captain the ship is laid up, sold or taken (TransFuel), April 8 — Chair
t
t
LONE JACK (Cities Service), to be seen about fixing radio iif over by another union. Ship's man, Henry Anderson; Secretary,
XXX
June 10 — Chairman, Donald messhaU. Five issues read and Delegate resigned because ma Frank Naklicki. Delegates report SEATSAIN HAVANA (Sea
jority of beefs are in deck de ed number of books and permits. train), June 3—Chairman, Reece
Dickson; Secretary, B. Kimberly. accepted by crew.
partment, and he is not a deck Motion carried that anyone com Oliver; Secretary, W. Cahill. Del
t X It
Delegates reported all in order.
Suggestion made that washing STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), department man,
ing aboard drunk wiU be heav egates reported no beefs. Men
machine be repaired in next port. May 26—Chairman, Charles Lee;
XXX
ily fined. Ship's Delegate to see reminded to be aboard ship one
Clarifications in Cities Service Secretary, Charles Bexgagha. FORT BRIDGER (US Petro about a new library in New Or hour before sailing time. Motion
Delegates reported number of
contract read and accepted.
leum), May 26—Chairman, Will leans. Educational bulletin from carried to have a voice tube in
books and permits in their de iam Thompson; Secretary, Lee de Union read and accepted. Dele stalled from galley to crew's
%
%
E. A. BURNETT (Isthmian), partments. Discussion on per Parlier. Delegates reported no gate reported Captain had asked messroom. Crew asked that Max
June 3 — Chairman, Charles B. formers.
beefs. Charges read against a that the crew refrain from wak well House coffee be put aboard.
» » »
Martin; Secretary, W. Van^Jlyne.
crewmember
who had fouled up ing him up in the middle of the Motion carried to have ladder in
Delegates reported all okay. Men SEADREAM (Colonial), June continuously during trip. More night asking for draws.
stalled on eye beams and a cat
wanting time off in foreign ports 3 — Chairman, W. Morrison; Sec
walk so Deck Engineer can safe
were urged to make arrange retary, D. Freexhan. Delegates
ly grease machinery of deck
ments for swapping watches. reported okay. Discussion on po
winches. Motion carried to have
. Crew suggests that all SIU crews litical action, with crew voting
another Wiper put aboard and
hiake a close check of ships be to send a letter to Headquarters
Harrison St. Union renegotiate with company
SIU, A&G District SAN FRANCISCO 450
ing reactivated and make sure giving crew's endorsement.
Douglas 28363 on Electrician setup.
X ^ t,
86 Seneca St.
they are in seagoing .condition,
BALTIMORE
14 North Gay St. SEATTLE
WILLIAM
B. YATES (Isth E^rl
Main 0290
Sheppard, Agent
Mulberry 4540
as the Burnett is h rnng trouble
CAMAS ME/UDOWS (US Pe
WILMINGTON
440 Avalon Blvd.
mian),
June
2—Chairman,
Char
BOSTON
2/6
State
St.
with the cold boxes and the fresh
troleum),
May 20—Chaixmam M.
Terminal
43131
ie Maxur; Secretary, O. Brooke. Ben Lawson, Agent Richmond 20140
water tanks.
NEW YORK
105 Broad St. Lukas; Secretary, W. Murphyt
Dispatcher
Richmond 2014]
Delegates reported all okay.
BOwling Green 93438
Delegates reported all in order.
308i/i—23rd St.
Chairman suggested that the per GALVESTON
Suggestion
made that Ship's
Keith
Alsop.
Agent
Phone
28448
mitmen read the agreement and
Great Lakes District Delegate see Skipper
about turn
LAKE
CHARLES.
La
1419
Ryan
St.
learn it well. Discussion on ways
ASHTABULA
1036 W. 5th St. ing in foreign money before
Keith Terpe, Agent
to make vessel a good SIU ship.
Phone 48831
MOBILE
I Sou|)i Lawrence St.
leaving port. Second CookBakey
. .10 Exchange St.
XXX
Gal Tanner, Agent
Phone 21754 BUFFALO. N.Y
instructed to do better in his
Phone
Cleveland
7391
523 Bienville St.
STEEL ,F L Y E H (Isthmian) MONROE (Bull). May 10— NEW ORLEANS
CLEVELAND
2602 Carroll St. work. Crew commended Head
June 24 — Chairman, Stephen Chairman, H. Roundlree; Secre Lindsey Williams, Agent
Phone Main 0147 quarters Committee for doing «
Magnolia 61126113
DETROIT
1038 3rd St.
Sloheski; Secretary, Robert tary, Douglas Acker. Ship's Dele
51 Beaver St.
Headquarters
Phone Cadillac 6857 fine job on the new Vacatiott
Smith. Delegates reported no gate thanked men who had do NEW YORK
HAnover 22784 DULUTH
..531 W. Michigan St. Plan.
beefs. Vote of thanks given Stew nated to March of Dimes. Motion NORFOLK
Phone Melrose 4110
127129 Bank St.
XXX
ard, who discussed care of ship's carried for Headquarters work Ben Rees, Agent
683 S. 2nd St.
Phone 41083 MILWAUKEE
SEATRAIN
NEW JERSEY
on
a
plan
where families
of
mer
Phone Broadway 25017
linen. Crew asked to donate to
PHILADELPHIA
337 Market St.
(Seatrain),
June
19 — Chairman,
chant
seamen
can
be
admitted
to
SOUTH
CHICAGO
3261
E.
92nd
St.
S. CarduIIo, Agent
Market 71635
ship's fund for repairs to wash
Phone Essex 52410 Mike Muzio; Secretary, A1 Pow
marine
hospitals.
Educational
SAN
FRANCISCO
450
Harrison
St.
ing machine.
er. Motion carried to elect one
program held with Ship's Dele Lloyd Gardner. Agent Douglas 25475
4 i ft
Canadian
District
SAN JUAN, PR
252 Ponce de Leon
man to care for library and
STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), gate reading the booklet Sal Colls, Agent
463 McGill St. other crew property.
SAVANNAH
2 Abercom St. MONTREAL
June 18—Chairman, Jess Martin; Charges."
MArquette
5909
^
X X X
E. B. Tilley, Agent
Phone 31728
XXX
Secretary, Miles Sanders. Dele
\Z6Vi Hollis St.
TADDEI (Shipenter), June 17
SEATTLE
2700 Ist Ave. HALIFAX, N.S
SANTORE
(Ore),
June
23
—
gates reported some disputed
Phone
38911
Ray Oates, Agent
Seneca 4570
• — Chairman, Red Brady; Secre
overtime. Discussion on allot Chairmam Vincent Walrath; Sec TAMPA
18091811 N. Franklin St. FORT WILLIAM.. 118H Syndicate Ave.
leury, George Bauer. Delegates
Ontario
Phone
33221
retary,
W.
Clark.
Discussion
on
Ray White, Agent
Phone 21323
'ment of sanitary work. Sugges
PORT COLBORNE
103 Durham St. reported no beefs. Repair list to
the five
issues sent
to ship.
Crew
WILMINGTON, Calif.. .440
Avalon
Blvd.
tion made to have linen changed.
Ontario
Phone AS 91 be made up and okayed by each
Jeff Morrison, Agent Terminal 42874
Steward stated he tried to get voted ICQ percent in favor of all HEADQUARTERS. .51 Beaver St.,
86 Colborne St.
N.Y.C. TORONTO, Ontario
Elgin 5719 department. Each man to donate
concentrated fruit juices in Col issues. Delegates reported some
SECRETARYTREASURER
VICTORIA, B.C....617J/5 Cormorant St. $5 toward purchase of a new
disputed
overtime
in . each
dcr
ombo but the'Captain would not
Paul HaU
Empire 453 I washing machine.
partment. Discussion on number
allow it.
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES VANCOUVER, B.C....565 Hamilton St.
of pierhead jumps on these ships, Joe Algina
Pacific 7824
Robert Matthews
i 4. i
DEL AIRES (Mississippi), May
SYDNEY, N.S
304 Charlotte St.
Joseph Volplan
DOROTHY (BuU), June 3 — and the necessity of more SIU
18—Chairman,
Baldy Ballanger;
Phone
6346
Chairman, H. Pierce; Secretary, men taking the ships to safe
BAGOTVILLE. Quebec
20 Elgin St. Secretary, A1 Whitmer. Dele
guard
conditions.
SUP
L. Allen. Delegates reported
Phone 545
gates reported minor beefs con
.XXX
37 Ormont St.
number of permits and books in
HONOLULU
16 Merchant St. THOROLD, Ontario
cerning
night's lodging for soihe
Phone
33202
Phone 58777
their departments. Motion car LLOYD S. CARLSON (Bloom
of
crew.
Treasurer reported $57 ,
QUEBEC. ...
113
Cote
De
La
Montague
PORTLAND
Ill
W.
Bumside
St.
ried to hold a meeting each trip iield). May 13 — Chairman, D.
Quebec
Phone 27078 on hand. Men urged to contri
Beacon 433.6
going north. Warning on getting Fuschillu: Secretary, J. Prest RICHMOND, Calif.
257~5ih St. SAINT JOHN,... 177 Prince William St.
bute to March of Dimes.
gassed up and performing given woodU Deck Delegate reported
Phone 2599.
N.B.
Phono 20049
(More Ships' Minutes on Page 1^
scttve dMerences between Bosun
by the Ship's Delegate.
Directory Of SIU HaUs
l#.r.
�Page Ten
THE SEAFARERS.LOG
Panamanian 'Cruise' Vet
Lauds SIUITF Victory
Keeping Up Willi The Union
Friday, Jul7 .27.19SL '
Brotherhood *
On Del Norte
Real, He Says
We got wheat from Argentina
for France. Things grew from bad
^I've finally been spurred to to worse as time went on, and
write a letter to the LOG. I am by the time we got to France it
To the Editor:
oyerwhelmed with 'joy to see was enough for most of the boys.
I would appreciate it if you'
where the SIU and the ITF won I certainly couldn't blame them
would please print this in the
$27,600 for the crew aboard the too much when the quit the ship
LOG for the whole membership
Panamanian OiltransportCT.
there.
to read.
'•
Although my experience on a
SIX
STALWARTS
I was an Ordinary Seaman
Panamanian ship was not as bad
aboard the SS Del Sud, when I',
as it was for this crew, never Thanks to Cecil Morton, who
was the Chips aboard—one grand
was taken off on the southbound
theless it was bad enough.
voyage in Santos, Brazil, due to
The MS Philae was her name. fellow and certainly a valuable
a shipboard accident.
• We set sail from Vancouver SIU member—six of us were
I was sent to the hospital
• with an organized SIU crew after persuaded to stay so the company
there, and after a few days was
the Captain was unable to, man could not break the contract.
put aboard the SS Del Norte
her with scab labor. The crew When the replacements came on
to be xetumed to the States.
was all Canadian. The officers they were of all nationalities.
We were then chartered by
wereNorwegian. We were head
"SIU STYLE"
the Dutch Government to go to
ed for Argentina.
the
Far East
by
way
of
Suez and
The moment I arrived on the
After getting tor sea the Cap
Norte, I was greeted in what I
tain immediately set forth to back again. The grub was rotten.
call true SlU style. iSy this I
bust the Union. His first atteimpt Some crewmembers got jaimdice.
We
did
manage,
however,
to
mean
all the Brothers wanted,
was to st<^ the Union meetings
maintain
the
original
set
wages',
to
know
if I had mough smokes,;,
;aboard the ship. Needl^ to say,
for
evCTy<me.
toilet
articles,
or was there any[
this di(t jnot go over too well
When
we
got
back
"to
Rotter
thing
I
might
need.
with the members and trouble
dam
the
12
months
contract
had
I was put in the ship's hospital,
began. We were at sea sixtyfive
Formor .Seafarttr Jonathan DuBose .escapes from the life
where
immediately the Ship's
days before reaching Rosario. expired and we were all re
of a Navy man for a few moments
catching up on the
We "were given shore leave with placed with a gang from Norway, happenings of the SIU in the pagw of the ^AFARERS LOG, Delegate saw to it that I had
linens, and went so far as to
$15 and were in that port for with Norwegian wages, of course.
Chips and I then worked our A Seabee, DuBose warns that even 10 years at sea won't help havp my bunk made up for me."
almost three weeks.
way back on a Canadian scow much toward getting a rating.
Then came the Topper! A few .
headed for New York, but be,
days
later, I w^ approached by
cause of bad weather we put
the
Ship's
Treasurer and, with
into Halifax for repairs. W^ still
out
a
speech
or any other kind
hadn't gotten our pay from the
of
hullhbaloo,
I was handed a '
Panamanian ship, since we were
tendollar
bill.
to pick that up in New York,
He merely said that it was
but fortunately the Canadian
customary to give Brothers re,
ship • wras sailing short, so Chips
ing to come off because I am turning as hospital patients;
signed on. When we got to Hali To the EditOK
To the Editor:
planning to make one more trip money*for smokes, of any other
fax we had enough money for a
thing they might need, from the
Por the past years whenever room until the company wired Now I ain't ahankering fer no dn here.
feud, but I notice in one of the
ship's
treasury.
I received the LOG at our home us train fare to New York.
I guess I'm just not strong
I have read of the wage in In New York we met Pat LOGs that you uns "wure hank enough to be a Deck Engineer. I was quite flabbergasted at [
creases for the men of the Un Murphy, Vancouver Agent for ering fer a little written word er The other day the Chief told me this wonderful gesture, and I
ion and of the many new bene the Canadian District, who man two from us socalled Seafarer to pack a winch. I told him it want this made known in print: .
fits the Union has won for them. aged somehow to get a new ;• '>» reporters. Well, I ain't much at was mighty big tp pack and I that if ever an example of true
Each time I have said a silent tract for the Norwegians who rcportin' but I would kinda like didn't think I could do it, but Brotherhood and good unionism
'Thank You," as I know these were put on the ship to take our to let you know 'bout my troub if he would give me a line I exists, it's right aboard the Del
matters make the life my hus place. He got them wages equal les on this hyar piece of scrap. guess I could drag it across the 'Jorte. If ever a crew lived up to
band lives at sea a bit better to ours. This should prove that Being broke, which is nuthin deck. I don't understand why he SlU standards, it's the cfew of
and make for a bit easier life the SIU takes care of all Sea unusual fer me, I took a job on stormed off the deck. I do every the Del Norte, who not only
for us here at home.
farers and does everything it the Jean LaFitte as Deck En thing he tells me.
preach Brotherhood but. practice
It wasn't until I read Mrs. can to better conditions for sea gineer. Now, I don't lay no claim
t.
to being a good Deck Engineer, Say, I hear that cars are
Harding's letter (LOG, July 13) men throughout the world.
Harold Schackman
pretty cheap on the East Coast.
i that I decided no one would After getting to New York I but I'm learning more every day.
SUP P13079
Mebbe
so,
but
I
got
one
that
know of my appreciation for went to the Coast Guard and
STEJMED UP
would be hard to beat. It's only
; these things imless I let you got my Chief Electrician's en
The first day I came. on the got 125,000 miles on it and it
know.
dorsement and shipped out on an scow the Chief Engineer told me
There isn't much I can add to A&G SIU ship. I never knew a to put steam on deck. You know only cost me $1,195. It needs a
i ,what she has said about the add seaman's life could be so wonder what I did? I started opening couple of small repairs and it
will be perfect. It was rolled
ted security the Welfare Plan ful. It sure was a pleasure after the steam stop on the port
over three times and the left
gives the families of seamen, but being cm a Panamanian scow. boiler. Heck, You can't learn
door sags a bit, but there's un
I do want to let you know that
Boss Rhody everything at once. Like the adulterated thunder under the
[bere is miother sailor's wife who
time the Ibrst Assistant told me hood. My best tire has four
[ is .thankful.
to
start the deck .condenser and boots in it.
Jack, my husband, has told me Neck Injury Prevents
the first thing you know I had
that he's now covered by $1,500 Atlantan From Sailing the telemotor system working.
FRIENDLY PUSH
I insurance, which is nice to know
Boy, what a time I'm having.
'Cause I'm a friendly guy I
[in the event anything should To the Editor:
Every time the Bosun asks for let theChiefs wife drive it down
happen. Likewise, he has told I have been receiving the LOG steam on the anchor windlass
me that he now will receive va since I quit sailing" in 1946 and I just sit back and pray it will to Frisco from Seattle. I hear
tell she pushed it over half the
cation money every year. This have thoroughly enjoyed every run. One time we dropped the
alone is a sort of a cost of liv issue I have received. It keeps anchor and we couldn't get the way there. Someone said she
even had to push it downhill.
ing bonus to us as it is money me posted on the activity and thing back up again.
Kinda reluctant buggy, but I
I he has never collected before. the great things the SIU is do
Know what I'm gonha do? I like them omery.
AH in aU, Jack and I are very ing for its members.
think i know too much to keep
Imuch appreciative of the many It would be nice to sail the on sailing as Deck Engineer. I I think I got a pretty good
Ibenefits the Union has won for seas again as I did during World think I'll go up and get my li buy though. It's a 1934 Olds and
it was well taken care of by the
jus and I know he echoes me War II, but due to a neck in cense.
old
couple who owned it. The
jwhen I say we're proud of the jury I am unable to do so. I I was talking wit|i the Chief
steering
wheel is original equip
I'SrU, I'm sure there are hun know the SIU will lead the way this morning and he had the
Tt was moved and carried
ment.
Jdreds of other "wives and families in the future.. Please send me a nerve to tell me that we weren't
.." notes BroRier Slim Bren
idf seamen who feel the same as copy of "Seafarers in World War going to sail together anymore. I'll close for now and let you nan, of Cities Sei^vlce's Winter .
|l do but somehow never get II." I know I will enjoy reading I asked him if he wasgoing to know later if the Chief takes Hill as lie types up the nun
his vacation or not. I can't figure ui^%3 of the skip's meeting re
I around to saying "Thank You." it.
get off and go on a_
or )
cently before the ship arrived
Harold E. Williams sumpin and he: tple me. Npl iNow»j ihat guy out.
Mnb John Travew
Clyde (Shotgun) ;:Sim
in Leke Chiyrles^ La,
. JMl3nta,.,Ga..„,,..^
I .pan't,
wba^ ^
Mich, ,
To Ihe Editor:
I^ife's Easier
With Gains,
Says SIU Wife
If Ship Keeps Running
It's Not Shotgun's Fault
Hunt And Peck
^
�THE SEAFARERS LOG
Friday. July 27. 1951
Paga Eleren
a"".0
Spruce Still 700 Miles From Port
After 48Day NorfolkAlaska Trip
"So I Says To The Cuy..."
smoke. After looking over the where the shore workers pro
To tho Editor:
ceeded to rip the whole engine,
You've heard the oldtimers engine, the Chief found that he
apart, which took them exactly
would
have
to
pull
a
piston
(this
talk about the length of time it
one week, working day and al
took them to go around the is, by the way, a diesel), so they
most
every night.
began
working
all
hands
from
Horn in a sailing ship, but let
the
black
gang.
We finally
left Frisco without
me tell you about the Alaska
In
the
meantime,
the
weather
three
of
our
old
crew, one man
Spruce, bound from Newport
started
acting
up
again,
the
wind
going
to
the
hospital
and two
News, Virginia, to .^chorage,
at
times
reaching
a
velocity
of
falling
by
the
wayside.
So far
Alaska, via the Panama Canal.
JBO
miles
an
hour,
and
there
we
we
only
had
one
little
break
This crew shipped out of the
were
wallowing
around
for
32
down,
but
we
are
keeping
our
New York Hall on May 7, with
the understanding that we would hours with nothing to do but fingers crossed.
make the trip from Newport give moral help to the black It is now 48 days since we
left Newport News, and we are
News to Alaska and back to gang.
still about 700 miles from Alas
LOAD GOES
Seattle, and then the ship was
going on a steady run between In the meantime, 70 tons of ka, and they say we may load
Seattle and Alaska.
pipe we had on deck took its with lumber and head back to
We left New York on May 10 departure without even a sound. the East Coast." Oh, Mama!
Something the old spellbinder Pappy House (right) said
brings amused smiles to the faces of his shipmates aboard the and arrived in Newport News Finally they got her going again, Incidentally, this ship is called
SS Del Aires. Relaxing ruid listening after a heavy feed are. on May 11, and then proceeded but, with the wind blowing and a Diesel coaster, of which there
to Idad. Left Virginia May 18, the sea running, the Chief was are only a few in captivity.
front to rear: Baldy Baldinger. Ralph Pichet and John Linn.
arrived Panama Csmal May 27. afraid to open her up more than She was built during the war,
Docked for repairs and stores, just to keep headway, for fear and lendleased to the British
went through the Canal May 29, she would blow up again and until the war was over, and she
and set course for Alaska.
he was all out of spare parts. was in the boneyard until she
Everything going along swell We set course for Alaska again was taken out in May. She has
with only two or three minor and kept going for about four three hatches and no booms, the
breakdowns until we passed hours, when the Old Man decid cargo being handled by shore
To the Editor:
tions to be right down the al Frisco lightship. Then we had
Paul Kaajcirik
ed to turn back to Frisco for re crews.
ley. I have always been kind of to slow down to halfspeed on
pairs.
' Most of the time I'm happy to hazy on this. $200 and $300 de
So we headed south again,
curl up in my bunk with a mag duction business. In one swipe account of weather.
made the good and about eight hours later he
azine and let that go as educa a good number of questions I In two days
tion, but I must admit that the hear about customs on ships total of 80 miles. After that, the decided he would try for Seat
weather started calming down, tle, so we turned around again.
educational bulletins being sent have been answered.
so
the Old Man gave orders for Finally, he received orders from
out to the ships are doing the
While
on
the
subject,
I
think
full
speed ahead.
his home office to proceed to
job much better than True De
it
would
be
a
good
idea
to
get
Frisco, so we turned around
PULL
THE
HEAD
tective.
a bulletin out on the laws affect
again.
After
proceeding
full
ahead
There is a lot we take for ing seamen. This sounds like a
igranted about the Union and yet big job, but a lot of men, in for a few minutes, the engine By this time everybody was
'• 21
really don't understand too well. cluding myself, would like to made like a coffee grinder and getting dizzy from turning, and To the Editor:
we finally
limped
into
.Frisco
the
engine
room filled
up
with
That goes for other matters af know something about the sea
My friend John Sweneharl^
lecting seamen.
• men's law and why we don't
who also doesn't drink, wrote
The recent bulletins about come under workmen's compen
the following. John, when he
preparing overtime sheets and sation.
was Professor of English at the
the way to go about settling
University of Delaware, used to
Bam«r Pusher
beefs were excellent for teach
use the SEAFARERS LOG in
(Ed. Note: We're glad to
ing the newcomers the score
teaching his classes. He titled it
find helped to brush away some hear the bulletins are doing a To the Editor:
was only out a week when "Why Seamen Don't Drink."
•
of the cobwebs from the minds job and we will put our legal
I had a heart attack, from which "The reason why seamen are
I
am
glad
the
SIU
member
of the oldtimers,
eagles to work on the article ship is doing so well in response I am now slowly recovering at prone not to touch the stuff
is that they spend so much of
NO MORE HAZBk
you suggest sometime in the to the polio drive. I know Sea home.
their time on the water which is
Let
my. case
and
that
of
Gene
I, personally, foimd the recent near future. Incidentally, as farer Gene Milanesi—^who was a
a
type of liquor. When they
Milanesi
help
you
all
to
be
more
bulletin on the customs regula the article will bear out. be recent victim of polio—well, and
come
ashore, naturaUy having'
careful in every way.
happy you don't come under he is a great guy. I say, hats Since I have not been around seen so much of fluid, the thing
off to the membership for not
they rush for is something solid
workmen's compensation.)
forgetting those poor unfortun from the first of this year, I like food.
would like to hear from my old
Vi
ates.
"They da not rush after wo
I am also very happy to T5ee
men because a woman is a .tii
all the progress, being made by
human and it had been proven vd:
the Union, and I say that the
scientifically that the human iS"
membership is rightly proud of
body is made up of 83 percent
To the Editor:
belonging to an outfit that is
water.
always fighting and working for
"However, experiments have • ftl
I wish to put in a word of
the advancement of all seamen.
indicated
that seamen can be
thanks and appreciation to all
I would also like to take this
conditioned
to drink by gradual
of the Seafarers for their con
opportunity to point out that
elimination
of
their fear of the
tributions to the March off
our health is our strength, so
stuff.
Dimes. I'd like to say that it is
let's all take care and report all
fi worthy and just cause.
DOUBLE STRENGTH
accidents
and illnesses.
By THURSTON LEWIS
After going to sea for four
Even a bad cold is dangerous
"At the Davy Jones Institute
years as a member, of the SIU, A fairweather friend is better —^take it from one who knows.
recently volunteer seamen sub
3;'l
I retuined hpme for a rest in
I was in Staten Island Marine
jects were administered an eye •T :
than no friend at all.
May, 1949. in August I was
Hospital 24 days from what
dropperful of Virginia Dare
Stricken with polio and para But Oh. how quick" they started out as a bad cold, and
once every three days for a J f
lyzed in both legs.
period of five weeks. At the end
leave you
of
the period it was found that
Stanton Patients
I spent seven weeks in the
if
you
should
chance
to
several
of the more hardy sub • if
hospital. 'I received the best of
Praise
Officials
jects were able to take a double
fall.
care and when discharged was
dropperful.
For
Fund
Benefits
given aluminum crutches and
"Only one subject died from ; ifj
braces. Everything that could You can have the girl, my To the Editor:
the increased dose and it is be • til
possibly be done was dqne for
lad,
lieved that he was actually a
We the undersigned take this
me.
'i.i l
while yet your eyes are pleasure to thank the officials,
shoresider in disguise. •
GORDON
W.
BRAXTON
I don't think I'll ever recover,
"Institute spokesmen now pre
the trustees of the Welfare Plan,
blue,
but I can get around now, al
dict
that in time, with the con
for the great work and effort
though my left leg is still very But when they're dark and
shipmate's.
Or
if
any
of
you
tinuing
decrease in the size of
they are showing.
weak and my right is still para
make
the
port
of
Tampa,
how
a
shot
glass,
a seaman wiU be rs
and staring, lad,
We are proud to have a Un
lyzed. It's rough to know that
about giving me a ring? I was capable of walking into a bar
then I shall have her, too. ion that leads them all. The Bosun on the SS Claiborne for along
ru never be sailing again.
with any landlubber and
ra^es in benefits are proudly
I'm probably not the only Sea You'll be in your grave, my welcomed by the members here. a year and a half, and would consuming an entire whiskey
like to hear from that crew. and vacating premises with no
farer who was afflicted by di
Many thanks, to all.
•
lad,
Happy sailing to all my old more than slight intoxicatiiit
iease and cut down. Perhapis the
Donald McDonald
shipmates
and Brother Seafarers. effects.
vWelfare Plan could arrange for
on land or in the sea
Clarence Shively
"However, there is as yet no
Gordon W. Braxton
iBome aid to disabled Seafarers And then the girl that once
GIdleo Wood
4M W. Louisiana Avenue evidence that seamen can bo
ifis well as for the members who
Edward Prilckard
we had .
conditioned to pursue women
Tampa. Florida
Fort Stanton Hospital
have died. : . ,
while ashore." Bill Chen^E:Hn
Phone: 321922
Fort Stanton* NM
will then be all for [ me.
Ship Education Bulletins
Clear Cobwebs, Says Barney
Whiskey Sour
To Seamen,
Prof Claims
Heart Attack Beds Braxton;
'Watch YourHealthj'HeSays
Stricken Seafarer
Lauds SIU Support
Of Polio Campaign
^ I
Patience
�P«a* Twalv*
T B R S M A P 4 it Ei R S L
i^patriated On NMU Ship,
Seafarer Diets Off 8 Lbs.
Warriors
July 27. 19S1'
Praise Off LOC For
tia Tltie
many men he wanted for the
job. The Mate replied,. "You're
K you Brothers will recall,an the Bosun and you know how
I; article appeared in the LOG sev many men you need."
eral raonths ago telling about Result—the Bosun called just
the food beefs that were flaring the watch and the MM. By the
in the NMU. The LOG repro way, that was a Ctype ship.
duced headlines from the NMU In the Black Gang they had a
Pilot showing what a problem whole lot of beefs, but I think
the food situation had become. I'll tell you about the Electri
cian. When I boarded the ship
Well, I now have a little first in Japan I found the Mate do
hand information for you. I had ing the Electrician's job working
the socalled privilege of being cargo. Later in the trip I found
repatriated from Japan on an out why. It went something like
NMU ship and. Brother, believe this:
HOW ABOUT THAT?
me I could fill a book on what
I saw, but I'll go easy on you, by The NMU agreement calls for
just citing a few incidents that the same as ours—two Electri
cians on that type of ship. The
occurred in each department.
Left to right in the SS Warrior's galley are C. Kreiss, Baker; C. Nail, Steward; ~S. De Zee,
company decided that it was 2nd Cook, and L. Thomas, Chief Cook; kneeling is H. Seymour, Utility. On deck at right are
TOUGH
only to be a short trip and, be
A. Slay, Wiper; C. Knowles, Bosun, and Sessum, OS.
Before I start, I want to make ing they had bulk cargo, there
tion to their jobs makes this ship the "Warriors" at sea after this"
it clear that nobody said or did was a need for only one Electri To the Editor:
cian. And since having only one
an
A1 feeder, as I mentioned in trip. Let me compliment you
anything about any of these in Electrician aboard would involve I'm sending you a few snap
a
previous
letter.
on the fact that you picked a
cidents as things like that are too much overtime, the Mates shots taken aboard the SS War
We lost
our Chief
Cook
but
the
wonderful caption for the pic
obviously okay by the NMU. One were to turn to to do his work. rior last trip.JE have, alfeady sent
Night
Cook
and
Baker
reship
tures you printed in the last
of the crewmembers told me that And guess what? They got away you quite a few shots and every
ped
in
that
capacity,
and
so
far
LOG.
From now on the whole
he brought one of the beefs to with it.
one was thrilled by the fact that he has proved himself as excel crew is going to call each other
the attention of the Patrolman
they appeared in ^ successive is lent a Cook as he is a Baker. "Warrior."
and the Patrolman told him, WeU, I can truthfully say that sues.
I
am
proud
to
be
a
member
of
The other shot is of a Wiper, Well, I hope to see the en !
, "If you don't like it, get off!"
the SIU. With the phony deals The picture taken in the gal Bosim and an OS. The Boi,un closed pictures in the LOG by ]
The majority of the beefs on that ship it made me realize ley shows one of the best com is Connie ICnowles. Many Bro the time I get back. Good luck
' were in the stewards depart how lucky I am to 'have the best binations of Steward, Cooks, Ba thers who have sailed with him and thanks for the pictures.
ment. The Stewards ship from working ahd feeding conditions ker and Utilityman that I have will, without a doubt, agree with
Charles Garriz
the company offices and they that any union has to offer. ^ ever seen. Their unexcelled effi me that he can't be beat.
Chief Electrician
feed according to company stan
Francis R. Napoli ciency and wholehearted atten
I'll send a few more shots of
SS Warrior
dards and not the union's. So on
my twoweek hungry voyage
back to the States I lost eight
poim'ds. And, Brother, if you
know me I can't afford to lose To the Editor:
books included) while on gang ! good enough for' the commander. I won't have it. I wpn't have it,"
eight ounces.
way watch. Having warmed up The trip over, the passengers he screamed. "
Not so long ago—two months on this and encouraged by imy gone, etc., I figured for a re
Well, that was it. Enough was
The ship had a 40man crew,
ago,
in
fact—^I
thought
I
had
at
submissive
attitude,
the
comman
spite.
I figiured
wrong
again.
enough,
so after due delibera
so the Baker made five pies
last acquired a position. I had der then gave me an oldfash How wrong can a guy be? Any tion, I went to the commander's
with each one cut into eight
shipped aboard the Alcoa Clip ioned military dressingdown way, there Iwas sitting by the quarters, rapped on the door
portions — one per man. After
per. as Quartermaster. How about everyttiing in general.
gangway reading, to which the and informed him in ptrong '
eight days out I asked the Stew
vrrong
I was, I was soon to find
Night Mate had no objections. language that I was handing in '
ard how come there were no
The
smoke
having
cleared
seconds. He told me I get just out.
'away, I attempted to mentally re Not so the commander, who my resignation — which he ac
cepted.
T ,
what the foc'sle card called for Properly attired in my high construct his blast and try to came aboard at this time.
for each man. He also remarked pressure outfit, I reported to the salvage a few pertinent facts Despite the fact that there So here I .am working for a
that he'd like to see the way wheelhouse for watch. Every from it, so here they are:
were no passengers aboard, or living again as deck maniac on"
the SIU fed, but I told him thing went smoothly my first
anyone for that matter, the Ex the Del Valle under that amiable
NOW. HEAR THIS
;/ there were no Messman's jobs three days. In fact, I was con
ecutive Officer blew his top: character, Joe Savoca. How bad
vinced
that
at
long
last
I
had
open right now and let it go at
(1) The Quartermaster, while "There wiU be no reading on can things get?
found my racket—a congenial
that.
the gangway watch at any time.
E. N. Mclnis
Mate on watch. Iron Mike, and on gangway watch, will at all
times
maintain
an
alert
and
cor
BIG DEAL
coffee to be had for the making
rect military bearing; (2) The
On deck they had a Bosun in the wheelhouse. And then it position of parade rest or at ease
and he, like the Steward and happened—I had to take it in at may J)e assumed when not at
the rest of the ship, ran it ac our first port.
After taking the Pilot aboard attention; (3) Every hour on the
cording to the agreement (prob
half hour, the Quartermaster
out of the Union for about 32
ably between him and the com I was looking forward to a rou may, at his own discretion, pace To the Editor:
months, having been in the Army .
pany). Here's a typical incident tine and efficient docking. How the promenade deck in prescrib
I'm enclosing a donation to for that time, and I want to say
ever, I had not reckoned with
of the many:
ed
military
manner,
a
promen
the SEAFARERS
LOG. I've been that I've enjoyed getting the • ;
the volatile nature of the Cap
Coming into port they had to tain. It started off mildly enough, ade; forward and then aft will be
LOG and reading about the great.;
raise the gear. The Bosun went with the good Master counter considered sufficient; (4) At Bar In Piraeus Okayed improvements, that my Union
I ta the Mate and asked him how manding mc^t of the Pilot's or crew's coffeetime, the Quarter
are wirming.
" .
By M^n On St. Johns Vic Brothers
ders, but he screamed at the master, should he desire coffee,
As for
the
pew
Hall
in
Brook ;
will request permission from the To the Editor:
Fully Furnished House, Junior Mate at the engine tele Mate
lyn, I can't wait to get backt
on watch for same, and
graph and file. To an impartial
States to see it.
Garage For Sale—$5,750 observer it would have been should permission be granted We, the crew of the SS St. to the
first
started fighting the Reds :
because of no pressing duties it Johns Victory, Bloomfield Steam
A fiveroom, completely fur comical, but not to us.
back
in
1945, when I joined the '
will be entered in the official ship Company of Houston, Texas,
' nished house, with garage, on
SIU.
I
made
a lot of friends in
ONLY THE BEGINNING
log book; (5) When passengers would 3ike to inform all SIU
a corner lot 70 by 150 feet at
the
Union
that
I can ndVer for«r
819 W. Woodlawn Ave., Tampa, If I had thought this was bad,. are embarking or disembarking members of the way we w;ere get.
Piraeus, Greece, by
Fla., has been put up for sale I hadn't seen anything yet, but and the cruise director should treated:
not be on hand, the Quartermas the owifief; of the Roosevelt Bar, The first of last month I re :
by an SIU member.
soon would. This came to pass ter will assist the passengers to Steve ^iahiiaras.
ceived the Korean Service Rib •
on
my first
gangway
watch, when
"The house is furnished with
and from the gangway with an He ch^ed us fair prices for bon with the rest of the hospital
I
became
better
acquainted
with
two bedroom suites, living room
appropriate "By your leave. Sir, everythir^i mailed our letters, unit" for direct support of the :
the
First
Officer.
I
was
standing
and dining room suites. There
Ma'am, or Miss," whatever the fumishettj.bs with honest and Korean campaign. The first thing
by
the
gangway,
high
pressure
are rugs in every room. The kit
case may be; (6) Quartermasters competei«|^uides for those who I thought of was the long fight,
and
all,
in
an
erect
and
military
that the SIU has been waging ,
chen and bathroom are fully
will not, under any circum wanted?
; go
sightseeing
and
posture,
when
out
of
curiosity
and
winning against the com.
equipped with' all modern facili
stances, attempt to initiate S con
ties and the plot is fully land I picked up a Spanish language versation with a passenger. had onr^l^'i: the latest SEAFAR mies in the past, and now in •
scaped. The installations include paper, which I couldn't read. It Should a passenger insist on ex ERS l|^:?;};Iie goes out of his Korea with the ships and sup "
was at this point that the Execu changing pleasantries, the Quar way t(i:i^^;that American sea plies that SIU men are manning '
a fuel oil heating system.
men aii^^^py hot only in his aiid bringing to the battlefronts.
tive Officer, as he prefers to be
The price offered to Seafarers called (he served as commander termaster will endeavor to keep place b&^plywhere in the area.
I'll close no^,'saying hello to
is; $5,750, of which $2,000 is to in the Navy during the war) the conversation in discreet taste.
Ipt the deck depart all of the boys who may re' '
be nihde as a down payment and happened on the scene.
CAUGHT IN TOE ACT
^
' nfes to Steve Gian member me!
tlje balance paid out at the rate He proceeded to inform me iu Having
CpL Boat Shratton
t
properly indoc
Roosevelt Bar.
jp;| j$41.50 a month.,
no uncertain .. .teirms that he trinated,. I proceeded to cafi^
172 Stetfon Hospital ;
Louis .OILeary . .
AP0^47, c/o PM ' vtl
flaquMes csus be addressed to would not tolerate the reading out thcM instructions to thebest
jrandse©,;
at
literature
of
type
(eomic
of
my
abilitj^. which
Jfce
To ihe Editor:
Now Hear This: 'Mac'Lays Down Arms For Life Of Peace
GI In Korea Recalls SIU
Campaigns Against Commies
T
I
�Friday' Julr 27, 1951
TBE SEAFARERS LOG
Union Wrdckers Warned
The 8IU Is on record thai charges will be placed against
men guilty of being the following:
PILFERERS: Men who wdlk off ships with crew's equip
mentor ship's gear, such as sheets, towels, ship's stores, cargo.
etCw for sale ashore.
WEEDHOUNDS: Men who are in the possession of or
who use marijuana or other narcotics on board an SlU ship
or in the vicinity of an SIU Hall.
GASHOUND PERFORMERS: Men who Jeopardize the
safety of their shipmates by drinking while at work on a ship
; or who turn to in a drunken condition. Those who disrupt the
operation of a ship, the payoff or signon by being gassed up.
All Sejafarers, members and officials alike, are under
. obhgation to place charges against these types of characters.
This Union was built df, by and for seamen. Seafarers
fought many long and bloody fights toobtain the wages and
conditions we now enjoy. For the first time iu the history of
the maritime industry a seaman can support himself and his
family in a decent and independent manner. The SIU does
not tolerate the jeopardizing of these conditions by the eclions
of irresponsibles.
*
Page Thixteen
Shipping in Lake Charles Is
Up 'There With Temperature
I have been in the SIU, I can
see only one change that coiild
LAKE CHARLES, La., July 18
be made in the Union to make
—The temperature here hit a
it a better place to work, that
high point today of 99 degrees, a
is to really toughen up on these
record for this part of the Gulf
performers—on the ships that is.
so far this year. The mean aver
I know that the policy is to
age for the last two weeks has
crack down on these ^chumps,
been 96" and, by some coinci
but too often a ship's crew will
dence, that figure is also the
let a guy get away with things
total sum of jobs to be called
and never report him on the be
in to the Lake Charles Hall dur
lief that he is really a good guy
ing this same last twoweek
at heart—then the next thing
period. And when I said "mean"
that you know he pops up on
let me assure you that this also
another ship with you and is
applied to the shipping picture!
worse than ever!
Only 68 of the total number
"In my mind, I think that the
of 96 jobs could be • filled from
outstanding feature of the Sea
the Lake Charles Hall. Of the
farers is the true democratic
rest, 15 were filled through the
principle that it operates imder,
cooperation of the New Orleans
also the real consideration that
Hall and the rest were filled
the Union shows for the rank
MALCOLM LAUNEY
by Galveston.
and file membership.
While we are on statistics,
"Courtesy and smooth, efficient
here are a few more for the the matter over, pledged full handling of any and all legiti
record: total ships calling in, 15; support to any action that might mate beefs for old and new
By LOUIS COFFIN
intransit, 15. Locations: 12 in develop here. Not one caU ex members alike is something else
The following incident took used to come in the sailors' fore the Lake Charles area proper; pressed any criticism of the SIU that I have never seen dupli
place on the old SS America, castle, the sailors used to ask three in Texas ports. Three ships position!
(Ed. note: This account, of cated anyplace else.
back in the early spring of 1924. his permission to it down along returned twice during the last
course,
was written before
WAY AHEAD
This wagon, an old coalbumer, side of him, asking if it was 14 days — Government Camp, Cities Service signed a full
"Membership
benefits like the
was operated by the US Lines, all right for a common sailor to Chiwawa, and Cantigny (Cities contract, including the Vaca
Welfare
Plan,
Vacation
Plan and,
and ran between New York and sit down alongside of an old Service).
tion Plan. See story on page 1.) of course, the top conditions that
Skipper,
who
now
was
a ' big
The Winter Hill, Salem Mari
Bremerhaven, Germany.
Refusal of Cities Service to
The tale that I am about to time Bosun of the stowaways. time, Lone Jack, Royal Oak, sign the Vacation Plan is the we enjoy on the world's cleanest
xmfold is about a onelegged This would make him madder Paoli, Bents Fort and French only big labor news in this part ships aU place the SIU way out
stowaway ahd an AB on this and madder and, since h e Creek (Cities Service); Bull Run of Louisiana. However, the AFL ahead of any other maritime un
ship by the' name of "Captain" couldn't take it out on the sail (Petrol Tanker); Lafayette (Wa Machinists have successfully end ion in the coimtry."
Launey has already shipped
ors, he would vent his displea terman); Steel Chemist (Isth
Otto Boulzer.
ed
their
dispute
with
Cities
Ser
out
aboard a Cities Service scow,
sure on poor old Pegleg, and
Back in those days, the Ameri the rest of the stowaways. When mian) in Port Arthur; the Mis vice since the last report. Many in an attempt to help make these
can ships runniQg to Germany he got gassed up, which could sion San Gabriel (SUP tanker) of their "demands were met by top. conditions imiversal in the
in Beaumont, Texas, and the
.were plagued with an awful lot be done as beer was sold on this
the company in an eleventh
Mission
Purisama in Houston, hour negotiating session that end SIU fleets.
of stowaways, and the America
No meeting could be held due
ship, he would walk into the Texas, were the other ships in
ed with a signed contract.
.was no exception. About two forecastle and bemoan his fate—
to no book members at all, but
volved.
days out from Bremerhaven the
NEW GAINS
"This Is The SIU" and "The Bat
that he had descended so, low Performers were at a mini
JdasteratArms uncovered a one
as to be Bosun of stowaways, mum, all ships were in good, Even though the Machinists tle of Wall Street" were both
legged German who had stowed he, the Skipper who had run
clean shape and the crews were, did not get aU the points that shown to the men on the beach
away in the coal bunkers.
the blockade in the Russian on the Whole, doing a terrific they asked for, they can at least here, and "Whitey TradeweU
. This guy had a pegleg made Japanese war back in 1905, and job.,
expect to have those signed in gave a good talk on some of the
out of a broomstick, or at least had sailed as Maister. when most LsJborwise Lake Charleston to their contract lived up to to highlights from the SIXTs bril
that's what it looked like. When of the sailors in the forecastle ians ha ve become shocked and the letter by the company here. liant history.
pulled out of the bunkers he hadn't been bom yet.
alarmed in recent weeks over In recent issues of the LOG, The Central Labor Council
was quite a sight, what with the But this was only when he the bitterness that still exists in every Seafarer has read with meeting was also attended dur
pegleg and a halfton of coal was drank, because when sober the Cities Service fleet. FoUow lots of interest the biographical ing this period, and the films
dust over him. When he was he enjoyeclplaying nursemaid to ing a local news commentary on sketches of many "Oldtimers." • were sho"wn to members of that.
caught he started to talk, and his the bunch' of stowaways.
I hope that an equal interest body.
the situation that has been build
talk led to* the MasteratArms When the ship got back to ing up steadily for months aboard will be 'displayed in what a President Walter Mayo nf the
going through the rest of the New York, and the stowaways these ships, where the men have "Newcomer" has to say.
Council felt that, because of the
bunkers and imcovering 24 more were locked up for the voyage been forced to work under ap
Malcolm Launey has had a great interest displayed by the
stowaways.
back to Germany, you could palling conditions, hundreds of permit for 18 months but is delegates of the Council in the
All these were German, and bet your bottom dollar that old sympathetic phone calls poured no youngster in the seafaring films, a mass meeting of aU
probably had been assisted by "Captain" Otto Boulzer was into the Lake Charles Branch. game. Mai has all engine room labor groups in this area should
the Firemen who were mostly ready to make the next trip, so The major share of the calls ratings, but has been shipping be called in August for "Ihe pur
Germans. This motley crew was that he could resume his new were for more information; some Pumpman for some years past; pose of 'allowing all organized
labor to view the outstanding
taken to the bridge and from rank of Bosun—^no, now Chief were from local labor groups but let him tell you:
labor
films.
there in shackles to the brig, Bosun of the stowaways.
who, after looking the facts in "In the year and a half that
and this is where our friend
^'Captain" Otto came into the
picture.
The fact that this old liar
could speak their lingo earned
him the new title of Bosun over
the stowaways, and it was quite
• a sight to watch old Otto throw
the orders at these poor unfor
tunates.
He had these poor guys work
ing from dawn to dusk, and
seemed to enjoy his task.
The only guy that gave him
• a bad time was Pegleg, who
• could not get around as easy as
the rest of the stowaways. He
also was a little scared of the
rest of the stowaways, because
in a way he was responsible for
them being Caught by the Mas
teratArms.
He looked for every angle to
do as little as possible and to
keep out of the other guys* way.
The first check from an SlUcontracted operator to the new SIU Vacation Plan was received last week in the offices of the
So there was a continuous argu
Plan's
Adaunlstzator from the Shipenter Lines, operators of the SS Taddei.
ment between Otto and him,
The
check from the owners of the Taddei—$186.20—covered the period from June 1 through IStti and totaUed up to 532
always in German, and it was
working
days
at 35 cents a day. the established rate of payment by 4he operators.
„
really funny to watch old Otto
Since
the
recript
of
the
check
from
the
Taddei's
owners,
several
other
operators
have
deposed
their
checks
to
the
Va .
blowing his top, and Pegleg
cation
Plan's
account,
all
of
them
nmning
from
June
1.
the
date
the
Plan
went
into
efi^
shouting back.
Payments wiU esciiaue to be received and d^xMltod to the Vacation Plan's aoBounl wOU October 1. wban the besMfits
. The crev/ got • quite a kick
^
^
out of all this, and .when Otto become .payabl*. ... •
By KEITH TERPE
New Rating Is Added:
Bosun Of Stowaways
First Shipowner Payment To Vacation Plan
�PPPPiiiPPP
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Fourteen
Fridays July 27. 1951
Digested Minutes Of. SlU Ship Meetings
SUZANNE (Bull). June 27 —
Chairman. Rivers; Secretary.
' Gonsorchik. Special meeting call
ed to settle dispute in the Stew
ards Department. Clarification
given as to overtime and num
PORT
ber of men involved. Department
urged to end disimity and work Boston
, together for betterment of crew. New York.'.
Philadelphia
t, i. S
AMEROCEAN (Blackchesier). Baltimore
May 20»Chairman. John Ziereis; Norfolk
Secretary. Edward Adamko. Del Savannah
egates reported all okay, except Tampa.....
in deck department. Standby Mobile
man to cooperate in keeping New Orleans
recreation room and messroom Galveston..:.
West Coast..
clean.
Shipping From July 4 To July W
REG.
DECK
1...
38
158
55
152
26
4
10
35
60
64
41
REG.
ENG.
, 32
'150
30
117
10
8
6
41
58
52
40
REG.
STWDS.
22
125
45
90
7
11
7
39
45
30
22
TOTAL
REG.
92
433
180
359
43
23
23
115
163
146
103
SHIPPED
DECK
20
108
56
116
141
5
21
61
129
71
. 71
SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL
ENG.
STWDS. SHIPPED
27
107
40
99
124
8 •
18
59
116
48
50
22
96
47
72
90
5
15
42
125
29
41
69
311
143
287
' 355
18
54
162
370
148
162
Card players asked to keep
messroom and pantry clean.
June 17—Chairman. Vinceni
Monte; Secretary. J. Dedicatorta.
Delegates reported no beefs. Dis
cussion on preparation of salads.
Quality of coffee to be improved.
4 4 4 ^
PONCE DE LEON (Water
man), July 3—Chairman. Jack
Kuberski; Secretar^^. T. M. Han
kie. Delegates reported no beefs.
Suggestion that each man do
nate $1 to ship's fund and that
crew donate generously to the
polio drive.
643
544
' 443
1,630
799
696
584
2,079
ROBIN TRENT (Robin). April GRAND TOTAL
29 — Chairman. D. Jones; Sec
retary. John Menville. Delegates
from Trinidad. Ship's Delegate permitmen in the Union. An ed tact Patrolman and check de
4 4 4
reported all okay. Report made read letter, from Headquarters on
ucational bulletin "Our Obli partment soap supply for next BEATRICE (Bull). July 7 —
that Softball team is being or
five issues sent to ship for crew gation to the Union" was read voyage. Bosun suggested that Chairman. Willie Ortiz; Secre
ganized. Chief Engineer to be
action. Crew voted on all ^ five. and posted on the bulletin board. all donate at least $1 to ship's tary. Orlando H. Lopez. Mmor
seen about recharging water
A motion was carried that the fund.
4^ 4. 4.
beefs squared away within the
coolers with freon.
PUERTO RICO (Bull). June 17 crew will not accept room allow
respective departments. New
4
4
4
S. at 4.
STEEL FABRICATOR (Isth crewmembers reminded of.chiprl
DEL VALLE (Mississippi). —Chairman. Eddie Bender; Sec ance offered by the Captain.
retary. Jim Murphy. Crew told
iman),
June 27—Chau^an, RiiA ping*in. $2 for w^hihg inadiine>
% %
June 22 — Chairman. Jimmie
to get validated papers. Dele MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman). ard Boles; Secretary, Ackerman. Men should be liroperly dressed
King; Secretary. LeRoy Colburn.
gates reported all running June 24—Chairman. H.. Desson; Bulletin from the Union read before entering messroom at aU ..
Delegates reported all okay. Five
smoothly. Motion carried to pay Secreiwy. Barney Kinter. Dele concerning performers. Dele times. Union literature on ed^ .
issues from Headquarters read out of ship's fund three crew
gates reported all okay. Five gates reported no beefs, no dis ucation and Vacation Plan read
and accepted. Suggestion made
Messmen $2 per man for clean points sent to ship for vote dis puted overtime. Deck depart to crew.
that more baseball equipment be
ing messhall after movies. Mo cussed and voted unanimously. ment man criticized for perform
4 4 4
bought.
tion carried that Delegates check Patrolman to be contacted about ing and told he would be given PENNMAR (Calmar). June 24
at 4 at
books and permits of men as lack of catwalk over the deck another chance. Suggestion made —Chairman. Bernard Smith; Sec
ALCOA CAVALIER (Alcoa),
they come aboard for first "time. cargo forward.
to investigate dirty water.
retary. Virgil L. Coash. Delegates
June 13—Chairman. Joe Powers;
Crew
voted
unanimously
to
en
report no beefs. Suggestion to
4 4 4
Secretary. Fred Padgett. Special
dorse five current issues.
YOUNG AMERICA (Water keep recreation room clean.
meeting called for .crew to act
man),
June 17—Chairman, W. Steward made a list out for all
4
4.
on five issues sent to ship by
O'Conner;
Secretary, R. Tindell. departments on weekly turns to
GATEWAY
CITY
(Waterman).
Headquarters. Crew told what
Delegates
reported number of keep the recreation room clean.
June
19—Chairman.
Ralph
Seck
strides the Union had made in
books
and
permits in their de
inger;
Secretary.
John
Hunt.
4 4 4
the past and urged to cooperate
partments.
Discussion
on ways to SWEETWATER (Metro Petro),
Delegates
reported
all
okay.
Mo
in the Union program. Crew im
help the ' Messman keep the June 20 — Chairman, George
animously adopted all five pro tion carried, for Patrolman to see
messroom
and pantry cleaner. Fargo; Secretary, A. R. Volkerts.
Captain
about
safe
working
con
^
»
4
posals.
COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY
ditions
as
deck
department
has
Delegates report disputed over
4 4 4
at i at
(Victory
Carriers),
July
1
—
SOUTHERN
ISLES
(South
had
to ^finish
securing
ship
while
time, and beef on Oiler to be
ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa),
Chairman,
Newton
Paine;
Sec
em
Trading).
June
24—Chair
leaving
port. Steward
asked
crew
referred
to Patrolman at payoff.
June 3—Chairman, Charlie Kim
retary, Gerald Heoschen» Dele man. E. DeMoss; Secretary. Rob Delegates to see Chief Engineer
ball; Secretary. John Robert^. to cut down on milk.
gates reported no beefs. One SIU ert Withers. Repair list to be about galley ovens and range.
% % 4.
Delegates reported all in order.
Bookman
replaced by SIU Ca brought up at meeting on return Discussion on Union policy and
LAFAYETTE
(Waterman).
, Motion carried that Patrolman
nadian
District
member. Motion to stateside port. Crew told to other points of interest to crew,
June
10—Chairman,
J.
Bissonet;
see Steward about better grade
carried
xo
see
Patrolman
about read the agreement and leam members.
Secretary.
Peter
Patrick.
Dele
of meat. Letter concerning March
having
ship
fumigated.
Sugges
the Union procedure. Men with
gates
reported
that
three
men
4w4 4
\ of Dimes read and collection
tion
made
that
Ship's
Delegate
beefs to follow SIU, procedure BETHORE (Ore), May 17 —
had
been
stopped
by
Customs
taken. Crew reported that four
men had decided to see movie for having illegal goods in their see Captain about condition of for settlement. Vote was taken Chairman. Robert K. Mason.
on five issues sent to ship 'for Delegates report everything
star John Wayne, who was re possession. Crewmember asked hospital.
action.
that
Far
East
shots
be
given
a
okay. Motion made and carried
ported as staying at the Queens
STEEL
APPRENTICE
(Isth
few
days
before
sailing
so
sore
that each department make re
4
4
4
Park Hotel in Fort of Spain. The
lour western fans persuaded Mr. ness would be out of arms be mian). July 1—Chairman. Mich CHIWAWA (Cities Service). pair list in triplicate.
ael J. Carlin; Secretary,. C. A. June 25 — Chairman, William
4 4 4
Wayne, his wife and Lin Unkefr fore crew had to turn to.
Hitchcock. L. B. Gooch elected Clark; Secretary. H. Butler. WACOSTA (Waterman), June
of RKO to accompany them to
the Casbah for a round of drinks. HURRIC\NE^ (Waterman). Ship's Delegate. Delegates re Delegates reported no beefs. 16—Chairman. J. Stogiatie; Sec
June 24 — Chairman. C. Kim June 3—Chairman. A. LaPlante; port everything okay. Motion Discussion on poor quality of retary. R. Whitly. Ship's Dele
ball; Secretary. J. Roberts. Dele Secretary. P. Whitlow. Donations carried to take collection for re mattresses. Suggestion made that gate reported beefs in stewards
gates reported no beefs. Ship's to March of Dimes and Seamen's pair of washing machine when company buy innerspring mat department had been settled.
/ Delegate to see Patrolman and Friends Library acknowledged. needed. Suggestion that sanitary tresses as replacement cost is Crew voted to buy a new wash
lodge complaint against ship's Delegates reported all okay. Mo men rotate keeping laundry and less. Steward to see about get ing machine. Vote of thanks
ting a special soap, to cut grease given stewards department.
doctor, who crew feels is incom tion carried that foul weather library clean.
from
body and clothes,
locker
be
built
in
the
passage
Questions raised as to custom
4.
4
4.
petent and has refused treatment
WILD RANGER (Waterman).
regulations.
"
4 4. 4
to several men. Communication way. Communication from Head
from Headquarters on five issues quarters on gashounds read and July 11—Chairman J. J. Jellette; JEFF DAVIS (Waterman).
4 4 4
men told to fly right,
Secretary. R. McCarthy. Dele June 27—Chairman, Harry WESTERN RANCHER (West
read and accepted by all.
gates reported no beefs. Crew in Muches; "Secretary, J. Griffith. em Navigation). June 24—Chair
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YAKA (Waterman). June 6— favor of the five issues brought Delegates reported no beefs. Dis man. J. Pedrxiza; Secretary. J.
cussion on five issues sent to McGoldrick. Delegates reported
Chairman. Dan Butts; Secretary, up on the ship.
ship
for action. Crew voted to all in order. Repair list to be
W. Kenly. Delegates reported all
4>
okay. Electrician explained he ALASKA CEDER (Ocean withhold vote on dues increases made up for arrival in States.
could not fix fans, as he did not Tow), June 24—Chairman, Guy until exact setup is announced.
4 4 4
Whitehurst; Secretary. D. M. Suggestion made that slopchest MANKATO VICTORY (Vic
have the necessary parts.
ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa),
Woods. Delegates report no beefs. be checked closer next trip.
tory Carriers). July 1—Chair
t t 4> '
June 6—Chairman, Jack Higgins; WACOSTA (Waterman), June Motion carried that each Dele
man. Richard Blanchard; Sec
4 4 4
Secretary, Robert Johnson. Del 16—Chairman. James Stogaitis; gate make up repair list and SEACOMET (Colonial). June retary, Ernest Zaug. Delegates
egates reported all okay. Five Secretary. R. Whitley. Delegates hand it into Patrolman on ar 24 — Chairman. Sammy Cohen; reported minor beefs. Ship's
, issues received for action from reported that all beefs had been rival in New York. The crew Secretary. Frank P. Votto. Stew Delegate informed crew of pen
t. Headquarters read and accepted squared away. Vote of thanks was informed by the Steward ard beef settled to the crew's alty if men are not sober at
given stewards department for that the company would put a satisfaction. $5.43 left in ship's payoff.
4 4.
ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), fine job. Questions raised on Cus washing machine aboard as soon fund: receipts a»e all okay. A
4 4 4
' June 2—Chairman, Johnny Hoi toms regulations in various coun as the crew decided where they vote of thanks to the stewards STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian),
ley; Secretary, Tommy Danzey. tries.
department for the fine job they May 1—Chfurman, Wiley Par
wanted it installed.
Delegates reported no beefs. Dis
did.
rott; Secretary, Frank Steen.
4 4 4
cussion on turning in repair list FRENCH CREEK (Cities Ser
DEL CAMPO (Missispppi),
Special meeting called to dis
4 4 4
before ship leaves Ttrinidad.
vice), July 1—Chairman. R. Sir June 17—Chairman, WJl. Perry; ROBIN TUXFORD (Robin). cuss trouble between Bosun and
June 18 —• Chairman, James ois; Secretary. Ray Srieeden. Secretary. L. E. Eiland. Dele June' 3—Chairman. John Hoggie;. Captain. Ship's Delegate to see
Russel; Secretary, M^thew Zo Delegates reported everything gates reported on March of Secretary, J. Dedicatorta. Dele Captain about matter and try to
leck. Delegates reported rib beefs okay. Ship's Delegate read a Dimes fund, ship's fund, and gates reported no beefs. Motion straighten matter out. Electrician
or disputed overtime. Repair list letter from Headquarters com disr'.ted overtime. Motion : car carried that each man donate $3 explained to crew proper use of
sent to company office in Mobile mittee on why we iet so many ried that Ship's Delegate con for repairs to washing machine. washing machine.
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Friday, July 27. 1951
TJTE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Fifteen
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QUESTION: Biw^kly the Union airmails educational bulletins and the SEAFARERS LOG to all ships, to keep the
crews fully informed while they are at ssa. What do you think of this service and what are your suggestions for improving or
extending it?
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HERBERT WILLIAMS. Stwd.:
The service has been fine
and has served a good deal to
educate the crews and give us
the news of the Uniom It
would be a good idea to ex
pand the LOG to include a
column on current events in
the world today. Most ships
don't post news from the re
dio shack so the crew is al
ways in the dark. Unless it's
something worldshaking we
would never know about any
thing until we hit the States.
Incidentally, the maU service
to ships on MSTS charter is
lousy. We rarely received a
LOG while we ' were under
this service.
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PERRY KLAUBER. FWT:
"RED" LEONARD. Elec.;
The Union puts plenty of
reading material at our dis
posal on the ships, and we get
regular supplements in the
LOG and the educational bul
letins mailed us. I think the
setup. is sweU the way it is.
In the two years the Union has
been doing this I've noticed
that the rumors and bum in
formation found on a ship has
been much less, thanks, to the
LOG. We could use a few more
LOGS in each envelope, how
ever. because that one copy
disappears in a hurry. Passen
ger ships definitely should get
more than one copy. The LOG
could also use a bit of regu
lar news.
The mailing of the LOG has
left no room for guesswork
or rumormongering on the
ships. They have done a fine
job. Today,each man has to
be a specialist and if he is
educated in Union ways and
the ways of his job, he will
culturally do a better job. I've
seen the results of educational
discussions and they have def
initely helped everyone aboard.
On SIU ships, as a rule, every
one tries to help everyone else.
Ifs a good spirit andoneyou
never see if you have worked
ashore. I think the credit goes
to the educational program of
the Union.
RUFUS CARRINGTON. Stwd.:
I think the job is being done
well, but more copies of the
LOG should be sent to the
ships. By . the time everyone
has seen the LOG it is torn to
bits. One copy doesn't seem to
be enough. In our educational
meetings we have always used
the material sent us. and it
has helped make the men con
cious that the Union is al
ways in there pitching for us,
even if we are thousands of
miles from the US. I would
suggest, however, that educa
tional bulletins be prepared
on the routine duties of each
man in all three departments.
Some of the newcomers don't
know the score.
Representative Boggs (Dem., La.) has introduc or animal, and will measure magnetic forces.
ed a bill to amend the Narcotics Dnigs Import Nothing is now known about ocean life below
and Export Act, which would provide greater five miles. . . . There's more in Brazil than coffee.
uniformity, of penalties. If passed the biU; among Among the many items exported from Santos are
other provisions, would fix maximum fines of bull's tongues, gallstones and catskins. . . . The
$2,000 for all violations, prison terms of 25 years House Armed Services Gommitee held a hearing
for the first offense, 510 years for the second to hear arguments against Navy operation of
offense and 1020 years for third and subsequent commercial cargoes. The meeting was adjourned
offenses. The bill would specifically prohibit sus because not one ship operator showed up to
pension of sentence or probation for the second testify, although they have been complaining
or subsequent convictions. , . . The Maritime Ad about MSTS ships carrying passengers and com
ministration is reported seeking White House ap mercial cargoes.
^
proval for an appropriation of $100,000,000 for
As a glance at the shipping figures will show
construction of ten supertankers capable o^ out
you. shipping in the Norfolk area is really boom
running enemy submarines at 20 knots an hour.
ing. Outside of the coal exports, shipping busi
Harry Bridges' longshore union threatens a
ness was up 141 percent in June. The Associa
sugar strike in Hawaii, unless its contract de
tion of American Railroads reports that during
snands are met. The present agreement expires
June a total of 2.522 carloads of waterbome
August 31. and the union is asking for a union
freight came into this port, an increase of 2.062
shop and $1 an hour base minimum wage, as
cars over a year ago. The Department of Gom
against 80 cents if is getting now. . . . The Na
merce says that during February more than a
tional ^hipping Authority will break out 33
quarter of the nation's export tonnage moved
ships from the boneyard to carry EGA cargoes.
through the port.
Originally, the EGA asked for 50 vessels, which
The Association of American Ship Owners
It claimed were necessary for its program. Of
these 33 ships seven have been assigned to SIU told the Wage Stabilization Board that seamen's
contracted companies. t]|;ie SUP getting the bulk wages should not be exempt from controls, al
of the rest. Bloomfield and Alcoa got two ships though the shipping industry is not subject to
each, while Eastern. South Atlantic and Water price controls. . . . Senators O'Conor (Dem., Md.)
man were assigned one each. This action brings and Morse (Rep., Oregon) told the Senate that
to 208 the number of Liberty ships now allocated. the economic blockade against Red China should
The world's deepest hole will be explored by not be lifted, even if thwe is a ceasefire agree
a group of Danish scientists. Situated off the ment in: Korea. Even at that, says O'Conor, vital
Surigoa coast of Mmdanao in: the southon Philr . materiais.:^^m still reaching the Chinese com
ippineSiVthQhole: i& :34,44(f
^nules> deep. : munlsts 'fi^oin'socalled "d^^aocratic" sources. He
> aaidt^t a^Dipartinent of Commerce iavesrigator
wiUdr^vneta fo^eolleef
v.hadvaittnx^stdMdjmtiah
bf penicillin.
HARRY YANCOVITCH. MM:
The LOG and the education
al Bulletins give us the news
and do it welL and if it doesn^
get across it is the fault of the
men themselves. I've seen new
comers on ships sit in the
meetings and not say a word,
but later they say they di<ki%
understand what wsts going oh.
These men should be called
upon, one by one. at the meet
ings and that way theyll loos
en up. I would suggest that the
Union prepare a booklet on
the Welfare Plan and the Va
cation Plan, so the men wiU
know what to do when they
get sick or have a vacation due
them.
streptomycin and other pharmaceutics crossing
the border from Hong Kong, and coming direct
from Western European countries.
The privatelyowned US fl&g oceangoing mer
chant ships totaled 1.307 vessels of 15.514.000
deadweight toxis. as of July 1. This is 130 ships
and 1.484.000 deadweight tons larger than on
January 1. The total consisted of 847 dry cargo
and passenger ships of 8.880.000 deadweight tons,
and 460 tankers of 8.834.000 deadweight tons.
During the first six months of 1951. American
shippers purchased 125 dry cargo ships and 11
tankers from the Maritime Administration. . . .
A bill has been introduced by Congressman Hart
(Dean.. New Jersey) which would provide re
employment rights to men leaving their jobs to
serve in the merchant marine. Any man who
leaves a permanent job in order to help man
the merchant ships after June 25, 1950. and prior
to the termuiation of the national emergency de
clared by the President, will be entitled to his
old job with all rights within 90 days after quit
ting the sea—if it is passed.
• ^Although four times as many ships are being
built in American yards than last year, ship
yards are operating at little more than 50 per
cent capacity. On July 1, 1950, 21 vessels (of 1,0(K)
gross tons or over) totaling 327,420 gross tons
were being built. On July 1 of this year the
figure has risen to 80 ships of 991,770 gross tons.
In Britain, however, shipyards are working at
full capacity and have a backlog of 518 vessels
aggregating 4,800,000 gross tons scheduled to ba
built, over the next three or four years. Brxtish .
yards can no longer pinmise deliverieseachsr
than several years from now.
�mmm,
Sixteen
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Friday, July 27. 1951
>1
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The Western Farmer's recreation room gets a new skin
of paint under the careful 'artisanship of Bosun J. Allen (left)
and his two worthy aides, A. Brocato, Deck Maintenance, and
J. Burg, AB. The hard working deck gang transformed the
Farmer from a rusty exboneyard scow to a trimlooking ship
in a few weeks, photographer Gowder reported.
"A hotShot stewards department" is Andy Gowder's label for the gang responsible for
filUng the bellies. Lined up in the sun for their portrait the Stewards' gang flashes smiles for
the camera. Front row, left to right: Jose A. CasteUon, Steward: E. Francisco. Chief Cook; Andy'
Gowder, Night Cook and Baker, and Sebastian Carrigat Third Cook. Back How: H. Vann, BR;
S. Sikes, Pantryman; P. Brian, Saloon Messman. and J. Crosswelt Crew Mess.
Western Farmer's First
Voyage Under SlU Pact
With a sharp Lookout for
hazards, Charles Fox, AB. has
the wheel as the ship arrives
in Rotterdam. To the crew Fox
was known as "Road Chocker."
One of the new SlUcontracted operators is the
Western Navigation Company, which operates three ves
sels at present. One of the company's ships, the Western
Farmer, recently completed its first trip, a run from the
Gulf to Europe.
According to Andy Gowder, Night Cook and Baker
who took the pictures shown here, there were no firstrun
kinks to be ironed out. The ship operated as a tight work
ing unit almost at once and the crew had nothing but
praise for the company and the ship's officers. One of the
praiseworthy provisions was launch service, in Rotterdam
for the crew at any time they wanted to go ashore.
Gowder reported the crew was a top rate bunch and
cooperated all down the line to make the first trip under
SIU colors a memorable one. The Patrolmen, Gowder
reported, will find that the Western Farmer crew will
The Fazmer'g engine room couldn't be too grimy as attested
not have any problems when it comes in to payoff, and
if the Farmer is any criterion, the other ships of the com to by the clean clothes these black gangers sport. From left
pany's fleet should be sweet babies for the crews and to right. R. Dorn, 2nd Engineer; McDonald, FWT, and the
the Union.
fellow with the chin shrubbery is Hendricks, Oiler.
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The ship wasn't ithe only thing made trim. Here S. Carregal,
Third Cook, trims the locks Of Bosun J. Allen and readies
him for a teip to the high spots in the European ports touched
by the ship.
A group of the Farmer crew, primarily deck men, get roupded up for a squint at Gowder's
camera though most of them seem to find something of greater importance off in Hie disti^e* '
Left to right, front row: McDonaldr FWT; Allen, Bpsun; Burg, AB; Lynch, FWT. Back row: '
H. Vann, BR; H. Orouant, AB; Chester. Wiper; Pettsom DeiBk Engineer, and Brocato, DM.
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CS SIGNS IMPROVED CONTRACT AND AGREES TO VACATION PLAN
130 SEAFARERS CUT UP $150,000 CS MELON
THE HIGH COST OF UNION-BUSTING
BRIDGES AGAIN TRIES TO RAID SUP STEAMSCHOONER JOBS
AS MEBA SOWS
REAL LABOR SOLIDARITY
SHIPPING DIPS FOR SAVANNAH
TEAMSTERS, SHRIMPERS WIN IN MOBILE AREA
GO ON DOWN TO PORT BALTIMORE AND GET SHIPPED OUT IN A HURRY
TAMPA PLANT CLOSES RATHER THAN SIGN WITH RETAIL CLERKS
GALVESTON GETS GOOD CREWS
FRISCO SHIPPING MAKES COMEBACK AFTER SLOW PERIOD
GET HIGHER RATING, SAYS NEW ORLEANS; CALLS IT DUTY TO ONESELF AND THE UNION
NEW HALL SHAPING UP
12 IN-TRANSITS BRING ACTIVITY TO WILMINGTON
ROBIN LINE GIVES TELEVISION SET TO MARINE HOSPITAL IN BALTIMORE
HEAVY BREAKDOWN RATE ON BONEYARD SHIPS IRKS CREWS
CAVALIER MEN CORRAL FILM DUDE WAYNE
VETERAN OF 'GOOD OLD DAYS' RETURNS TO SEA AFTER 24 YEARS ON BEACH
THE DE PAUW'S SUN TAN CLUB
SHIPPING IN LAKE CHARLES IS UP THERE WITH THE TEMPERATURE
NEW RATING IS ADDED: BOSUN OF STOWAWAYS
WESTERN FARMER'S FIRST VOYAGE UNDER SIU PACT
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GROUPS BLAST CS
The failure of the Cities Service Oil Company's
Marine Divi(gii!l"Ctrmstitute any perceptible change in its
labor policies toward seamen personnel, in the ten mont^
since it promised a Senate Labor subcommittee that it
was going to start with a clean slate, is causing consider
able concern among sections of organized labor having
relations with the company.
Evidence that the company is still showingg the same
disregard for the legally and contractuallyguaranteed
rights
of its tanker personnel are accumulating in the
Official Organ, Atlantic & Golf District, Seatarera International Union of NA
SIU's files. Because the Marine Division actions have de
NEW YOHR N.Y.. FRIDAY. JUtY 13. 1951
No. 14 veloped into a pattern that is so strikingly similar to that
VOL. XIII
• • which prevailed in the precon
tract period, trade unions, not
ably in the Lake Charles, La.,
area, site of the company's majbr
refinery, have registered sharp
protests.
The SIU was informed this
week
that among labor groups
Aided by the powerful support of the Seafarers International Union and its seagoing sections, through the AFL
protesting the company's attitude
Maritime Trades Department, 2,300 Alaskan fishermen and cannery workers in the Bristol Bay area won a bitter, 33 in dealing with issues between
day strike in which they faced the combined opposition of industry and communistled scabs. The successful strikers, it and the SIU, were the Lake
who recently became affiliated with the SIU,'came away with a contract granting them union recognition, higher Charfes AFL Central Labor Un
ion, the Lake Charles Building
wages and an employerpaid
and
Construction Trades Council,
welfare plan.
and
the Lake Charles Metal
Agreements signed by the two
Trades
Council.
groups on July 3 cleared the
Representatives
of
the
various
affiliates
of
the
AFL
Maritime
Trades
Depart
The protests were addressed
way for full operations in the
ment will confer in New York shortly with the seagoing sections of the Seafarers to C. Storey, vicepresident of
area, which produces about $20,
the CS Marine Division, with
International Union to discuss j.oint action on the question of wage increases.
000,000 worth of salmon aimual
copies
being sent to W. Alton
^y
Both the SIU's Atlantic and Gulf District and the Sailors Union of the Pacific
Jones,
president of the parent,
i The fishermen, who are mem
adopted a policy of "watchful waiting" several weeks ago. in view of the contusion company; J. R. Adkins, marine
bers of the Bering Sea Fisher
men's . Union, won payment of existing in the maritime industry as a result of the unsettled policy of the Wage superintendent; L. D. Mann,
Stabilization Board.
general manager of the Lake
40 cents for each fish. The can
Charles refinery; E. Maddock,
The
SlU
and
SUP
have
been
withholding
wage
demands,
for
which
they
have
nery workers, members of Local
acting
manager of the Marine,
46, Cannery Workers Union, won already received authorization from their req>ective memberships, until the WSB sets
Division, and Senator James
a 15 percent wage increase and the pbsolujle ceiling on pay hikes in maritime.
Murray, chairman of the Senate
a welfare fund to which the em
Because of the indefiniteness of the agency's policy in regard to certain industries, Labor Committee.
ployers, the Alaska Salmon In
Among the specific issues
dustry, Inc., will contribute 20 shipping included, the eight percent pay rise granted to the NMU by contracted oper
evoking
the labor protests are
cents on each case of salmon atora at the expiration of its contracts two weeks ago cannot go. into effect.
the
Vacation
Plan agreement,
canned this year.
Should the government agency rule 'that the maritime industry is subject to wage
which
the
company
has openly
Both groups voted to affiliate controls, maritime observers predict that it will be sometime until the NMU can get
refused
to
discuss
at
all,
in spite
with the SIU about two weeks
any action on its demands.
of
its
professed
intention
to de
ago. The International office of
While the operators and the NMU have agreed in principle to the wages, it has velop a smooth and amicable
the SIU, the Atlantic , and Gulf
relationship with the Union rep
District and the Sailors Union been pointed out that nothing can or will be paid until the WSB renders a verdict.
On that score, then, the NMU increase is nothing more than a paper gain at the resenting its unlicensed seamen.
Darrell H. Blair, Secretary of
present time, with NMU members unable to pick up a single penny of it.
the Lake Charles Building and
The SIUSUP viewpoint has been that until the agency sets up some definite Construction Trades Council, de
policy as to whether there is a ceiling for maritime wages, or whether the industry clared in a letter to W. Alton
BULLETIN—Word was re
Jones that "as members of this
is
subject to any controls at all. any action would be premature.
ceived as the LOG went to
community
(Lake Charles) we
press that five men of those
As a matter of fact, there is belief in some quarters that the shipping industry
have watched in recent weeks
with unfair labor practice
is exempt from the wage ceilings, inasmuch as its prices are not restricted.
the continued persecution of
charges against the Cities
If this proves to be the case, the SIU will not by any means be bound by any Cities Service seamen. . ."
Service Oil Company have
socalled pattern for wage increa^ set by the NMU. but shall use its economic
Blair said that in face of the
received their back pay
strength to set proper wage scales in keeping with the present high cost of living.
• awards.
(Continued on Page 15)
The following men receiv
ed checks, in the amounts
.noted, from Charles"M.
Douds. Regional Director of
the NLRB's Second District:
Needless to say, Ellery got his great police work throughout the
By LINDSEY WILLIAMS
man,
an unsuspecting stevedore world but Sam's work was still
James McDevitt, $>1,136.66;
NEW ORLEANS—Most of the who" picked up the apple. J^fow unfinished.
Alfred Kasaistis. $1,589.07;
Steve Warielsky. $1,412.77; SIU members are well acquaint Ellery is not the ordinary type Last week the SS Del Norte
ed with the supersleuthing of of sleuth, as you have probably was loading stores, the weather
Rudolph Matura. $1,756.71.
"Dick Tracy," ''Fearless Fosdick" guessed already.
was hot and humid, and only the
and John Orosz. $1,762.15.
and "Kerry Drake," but only After being thoroughly repri whirring of the electric winches
Checks made out to men members sailing the Mississippi
• unable to appear at the scows out of New Orleans have manded and lectured at great was breaking the monotony on
length on the evils of apple the peaceful New Orleans water
, Board's office will be for
had the privilege of meeting filching, the unlucky stevedore front when suddenly Sam shout
warded to them Jby register
SupbrSleuth E. A. "Sherlock" was allowed to go home to his ed "Eureka!"
. ed medl. Franklin Libby will Williams.
wife and babies. By now Ellery's Winning the World Series, a
""get the highest sum—$3,466.
District Attorney Mc Donald, reputation had been established. holeinone, pitching a nohitter,
A full li^ of the awards will
of Brooklyn, Governor Dewey
FAMOUS CASE
peace in Korea—all seemed triv
appear in the next issue of
and Senator Kefauver have all Ellery's next big job was solv ial that day. Sam had hit the
the LOG.
had their day as crimebusters, ing the case of the stolen dish jackpot!
but the good citizens of New rag. The dishrag thief was a Walking down the gangplank,
of the Pacific had given the fish Orleans brush aside their ac canny one but he made one mis eating a tomato in full view, was
and cannery workers financial complishments as smalltime stuff take, he had take our Hawkshaw the 2nd Electrician, DeUman Wil
support, and SUP. ships operat in comparison with the work of too lightly.
lett. Sam got his man, and before
ing in the area refused to cross Captain K i n n e y' s waterfront While going through the cul the Mate could yell "ForeNAft"
the floating picketlines put up "Sam Spade."
prit's suitcase, Ellery found two the culprit was lodged in the
by the fishermen.
Here is' a reallife SniffN dishrags carefully secreted in the second district hoosegow and
The strike ^rted on June 1, Snoop who will xmdoubtly be folds of his shirt, and again old charged with the theft of a three
when: the Bering Sea Fisher acknowledge'd as :the greatest Hawkshaw had his.man..
cent tomato. Sam. was made! The
nieh% Union went put for a con thing to happen to .the.nurlthne By now, criminals .were .fleeing New Orleans i)apers had scream
tifact and union recognition. , industry since ^he discovery of from New Orleans in droves. ing front page headlines, "Sea
. yits members established float sli(%d' bread arid fiie
round Four bigtime racketeers, ignored man charged with theft of a
ing pibketii^S^aibtmd: ship>s bn jVheeL
subpoenas, frbin the Kefauver threecent • t omato." At last re
r:
O,
tdfihg' AlaskbrtVai^ifS.'''^
Oommittee;to , escape scrutiny port E. A. Williams*, employers
'. T^e bx^its'; of' BUery
bhd
atin^
S^tsixted. phe
wh^ . air ^dom 4hiSvWateffFont\Sainr^»ede^ were unhappy; He . would fprol^
Uie welite«t,' a^
frclm a crate 4oai|^' i; tThe^aboveineii4iatted:>.> e.a a eis aUy be • a) holdbut^ for .i^hiiher
abikud^ship by stevedores;. ' .)
will oto doub.ti;4sft'i.;$KO^^
Waies,:^: • ••
•
Bering Sea FisKermen^ Cannery Workers
Win 33Day Strike; Both Join Seafarers
SIU Districts To Meet On Wage Reopening
CS Pays Off
Gumshoe Nabs Culprit With — 3c Tomato
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r.
I
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�Page Two
THE SEAFARERS LOG
FtidtY. July 13. 1951
SEAFARERS LOG
Published Every Other Week by the
SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
o: >iPULrH AMERICA
Atlantic and Gulf Distrix,!,
Afiilialed with the American Federation of Labor
• S'.
At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y.
HAnover 22784
Reentered as second class matter August 2, 1949, at the Post
Office in New York, N.Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912.
267
No Compromise
Before winning a contract with the Cities Service Oil
Company covering the tankers operated by its Marine
' Division, the SIU's Atlantic and Gulf District was forced
to wage a fouryear battle that has few, if any, parallels
. in modern labor history.
The Union's determined fight to bring genuine col
lective bargaining representation and security to the men
of the Cities Service fle.et against odds that were seemingly
insurmountable and which were without precedent in
maritime was regarded by experienced observers as some
what of a miracle.
Against every conceivable antiunion weapon, both
fair and foul, the SIU held fast to its course, which finally
led to a contract covering unlicensed personnel in the CS
fleet. In its mad campaign to halt its seamen from obtain
ing the representation which they so sorely needed and
which they overwhelmingly selected in free and secret
I balloting conducted by the National Labor Relations
I Board, the Marine Division pulled out all. the stops. Mass
^ firings, crimps, labor espionage, radio silence, and com:
pany unionism were among the scores of illegal devices,
. employed by the company in seeking its illfated objective.
Based on testimony at .hearings in Washington and
investigations by staff members, ^e.Senate Labor sub
' committee probing labormanagement relations in the
tanker field last fall summed up the Cities Service case in
Ithese words:
"It is almost unbelieveable that any union could con
tinue in existence in the face of this combination of legal
Stalling and violent antiunion activity. Certainly a small
er, poorer and less persistentunion would have been des
troyed."
58BBT
LESKXIM
ED SIMMS
KENNETH THOMAS
Your mother, Mrs. Adele Les Will" this Brother, formerly Get in touch with your draft
kun, writes that ypur family has Baker on SS Citrus Packer, send toard.
As the hearings ended, company officials testified moved
to 38 South Catiioiile his address to Jack Fitzgerald,
AAA
that its sordid antiunion record was a thing of the past Street, Shenandoah^ .Pesmsyl c/a SiV HaU, 459 Harrison
JOSE REYES
iand that the future would see a new attitude on labor vania, and wants yOu, 'to Write. Street, San FrancLsco, California. Contact Benjamin B. Sterling,
.relations in the Marine Division.
42 .Broadway, New York, im
X % %,
AAA
RAMON LOPEZ
mediately.
rWNERTY
The SIU expressed concern on this score, however,
See your
who has a
MART^il
and raised the point that the same vicious laborhating
cheek m settiemeBt of your ease.
BERNANDINO PUGA
(EkSleel A&toesie} '
Get in touch with yotu at
philosophy would break out anew when the hearings were Get in touch wiUi Hennessy &
A A A.
HOY R. 'WHITE
torney as soon as possible, con
over. Here are excerpts from the official Senate record, Hennessy, Citizens Bank & Trust
Get
la
touch
with
Doc.
cerning
settlement of your case.
Buildmg,
Savannah,
Georgia,
re
jRrith SIU A&G District SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall
garding
the
case
of
Dennis
H.
^testifying:
BrazelL
Mr. Hall. . . . But unfortimately, when we go back
WILLIAM A €3^00
New York—and that is what really has us concerned—
Get
in tocKh witlt Sdas B.
you must remember that Mr. Farrell (CS counsel who
AxteU, 15 Moore Street New
represented company in final negotiations) will step out York 4, New York, who has
4)f the picture. And we will probably be forced to do beea a^ed to handle your ease
The men listed beloW' have Thomas C. Lockwood, Adolph W.
business with the same group of guys that you have heard by your Seattle att(«neys.
ItUed
out their Welfare Plan Sadenwater, James F. Thompson,
SO; much discussion about. . .
* S *
beneficiary
card improperly and John L. Keflan, Dominic W.
FRsa> jmcAir
Senator Murray. Are you going to stay in the picture, Yotur mother, Ingeborg M. must fill out a new one as sorni Pasqua, Keith W. Forster, Ramon
Aquiar, Harold Cahen, John
Mr. Farrell, imtil you make sure that this contract is Nyman, who passed away re as possible:
Early, Francis E. Perry Sflcl
John
Kuezynsbi,
John
Mat
• uecessful and these good relations made permanent?
centfy, left you onefifth of her
Frederick
J. Durham.
koski,
George
Pia^dakis,
John
estate Get »»toUeli with George
Mr. Farrell. Absolutely, Senator ...
A.
Hetzell,
William
HaroM
Row
E. Darling, 507 Main Street, Fort
Mr. Hall. ... It may be that we have graduated into Jefferson, New York,lea: further ley, Chambers Orr Winskey,
G^ge Smith and Jc^n Bnnach.
jft mmre pleasant atmosphere, but this octopus is still alive, information.
AAA
AAA
Under no coaditioii, is anf
Jind even though it is mighty pleasant at tlus time, when
Cheeks are bcdng 'held for the man to. leave his ship until
E. (Hap) HAiti>ClfEiieOK
ye m back to work we don't know but what.jwe will
feUhwing men en the 6th ftoer he is replaced. Cases have.
tSa Jkrixpa. t944iAiSr
mstve to do battle with that same octopus all over again. E. Suflhran, who. was Iftremait «ff Rw Jfew York M. Please been sepoEted where replira.
It is not a pleasant thought.
on the saitte^^hip, says it is very call for them as soon as poarifole; merUN did not report and.
important that you contact him Albert Ruck, Erich Borgh, John
Senator h^ray. I wmild advise you to try, to assume at 587 West 191 Street; New F. Dixtifi, Raym<«id Dqnway^ men had to stand tern
watchMi. Ee c«ntidsKata of
Irfiat this contract was nnide m good fai^^
torltCJty.
Carlin Dennis, Clyde Finney, jeaif shi|unates. and do ncd ^
Kenneth J. Gelz hdm off untiT you. aasr suga.
ibompany intends to carry its out, Atid you have l^a asr
A A A • • • • '• Juan Delggdo,
'
hiser, PhiHg P. Giuhpond; W. A. jewt watch wUl
AHWO^
•
tsAWA
«ur^ by ' Mh Farmll that aa far lu bii ia csfetter^
he b
. "Ctmtact me at mice, aakmii Neifitey. J?.. Ronald: E. Nose,.
• eam'Ot
fCmHiaieJ
swne pet;sMiai^gearr: Veya;*' ^ neth "SinfiSf,. Joseph: I*. [ Lewis?
I:,".
Tankermen
v/V;'' .. 'I
I
�Fkidar< July 13, 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOG
An Example Of Seagoing Chicken
'
•
Notice
.
i
Since oyertlme ie charged for bringing cigarittee
onboard for your own convience the overtime charged for same
Pag* ThM*
CS CompanyStiff
Deck Officers Foul
Things UpBut Good
The following report was writ no action was taken. All the
ten by a Brother currently on a tanks we did Thursday with the
Cities Service tanker. The name exception of two which had to
the ship and of the writer be done over. Friday morning
cents more per carton. Also this will be the last cigarettes of
have been deleted, to prevent they really beg'an to get excited.
possible reprisals and hardtim We went over the tanks we
ing from CS ships' officers.
carried it is not required to carry same coastwise. Price
washed Thursday again for fif
Having sailed on two other teen minutes each.
Cities Service ships since the The Captain, the Mate and
of cigarettes Lake Charles, about $3.00 a carton plus taxi» contract
was signed, I was un Bosun were all on deck giving
der the impression that CS was orders. The three daymen and
going to be an exception and one AB were shifting hoses and
we would have harmony between machines, raising tank tops, se
the supervisory personnel and curing buttcrworth plates, rig
the Union seamen in record time. ging electric blowers, wind chutes
^ • u. Hunter, ir Master
As most of you members know, and were< chipping the catwalk
it
takes a few months for Union at the same time.
> The above nolice was posted on the Bulletin Board of the Cities Service tanker. Cantigny,
and company to straighten out • While this tenring circus was
by her Skipper, H. C. Hunter. Just how silly and petty can a guy get?
the working conditions when a going on I was working the
contract has just been signed. valves for butterworthing, pump
The department heads on my ing up tanks to test the bulk
two previous CS ships were very heads and trying to find time
cooperative and we had very few to repair a line which had bro
beefs and most of the minor ken on one of the stripping
beefs were settled on the spot. pumps. The Mate and Captain
were also turning valves and
EFFICIENT PERSONNEL
Please notice that seven of from the telephone exchange and
By STEVE CARDULLO
giving
orders; things were so
My . next and present ship
these ships belong to three com the waitresses come in there.
fouled
up
that we were actually
PHILADELPHIA, July 6 — panies — Gities Service, Carras In fact, it doesn't any difference runs coastwise. We have a very
working
against
each other.
Shipping for the first week of and Trafalgar — which were at all. The boys just happen to efficient engine and stewards de
this past twoweek period went brought under contract compara sail their ships right up against partment on this ship with all We knocked off at 5 PM Fri
hands including the department day and started again Saturday
at a terrific pace.
tively recently, the result of our the bar, and it's only a coinci
heads and men cooperating and morning, the daymen knocked
Eleven ships paid off here and extended organizing drive.
dence that the pretty girls are doing a damn good job.
off at noon Saturday and didn't
we had seven ships intransit
there while the big, dashing sail
work again until Monday. At
The
deck
department
is
the
KEEP. IT
IN
MIND
that took some men.
ors spin those fascinating tales most fouled up that I have ever noon Saturday I was discharging
The payoffs included the Win This, is something to keep in of the briny deep.
seen. In the last five voyages some ballast with the pumps so
ter Hill, Council Grove, Bradford mind when approached by the However, everytime our Dis
fortythree men have been re J the Mate told me to finish the
Island and Government Camp Organizers and asked. to try to patcher walks into the door, these
placed with very few replace ^ tanks I was working and then
(Cities Service); Robin Doncaster bring an unorganized outfit under brave' seamen disappear, because
ments in the engine room or,stop the pumps, open the sea
(Seas),; Trinity (Carras); Repub SHJ contract. Sure, shipping is they know he's ^ out on a shanghai
.stewards department. With these,cocks and the valves for the
lic, and Federal (Trafalgar); and good now, but don't forget that job.
figures alone you can definitely, ballast tanks on deck. and let the
the Hilton, Evelyn and Emilia a lot of it will vanish again after Also in port is John (The
tell something smells in this de ballast gravitate out. He told me
(Bull).
this Korean thing is settled, jpid Wheel) Hetzell, who, in our es partment.
to knock off as soon as the valves
it's going to be nice to have timation, is one of the finest This is my third voyage and were open.
some substantial outfits, who are Union men and shipmates we I would like to go back and give
SWEAT SHIPS
not strictly wartime babies, list have met. He is always ready you a play by play description
ed on our shipping board.
to promote the Union's interests, of how the deck department men I have been sailing as Pump
man on T2 tankers for over five
• The intransit vessels line up whether it's walking the picket are driven.
this way: the Robin Mobray line, serving on committees or I signed on as Pumpman years and there is less overtime
(Seas); Calmar and Marymar serving as Delegate aboard ship. and we sailed early Wednes on this ship than any other I
The one million known dia (Calmar); and four Waterman We need more like him.
day morning. Wednesday being have ever been on. It isn't the
. betics of the United States were ships, the Gateway City, Raph
a holiday none of the day work money involved that matters so
warned that a diabetic remedy ael Semmes, Lafayette, and the
ers worked. Thursday the fire much, it is the amoimt of work
• being mailed from Mexico is Chicasaw with Captain Morgan
works really started., The Mate they expect me and the deck
L worthless and extremely danger Hiles, that Old Devil of the Sea.
tqld me we had to butterworth gang to do and the number of
ous if employed as a substitute While shipping slackened off
all tanks, test all tank bulk jobs they expect you to do at
the last of these past two weeks, The Federal Maritime Board heads and repair any leaks we one time to prevent working
• for insulin.
The Food and Drug Adminis we were • kept busy with • draft has recommended approval of j found before reaching Lake after hours or on weekends.
the South Atlantic Steamship Charles on Monday afternoon.
Sunday morning I was sup
• tration, with the cooperation of board cases.
Company's
application for two
posed to work for the Chief En
Customs and Postal authorities, It seems as though the only
SKIPPER SAID SO
gineer, repairing leaks in the
• has been able to prevent delivery men the army wants are in the government owned, dry cargo
The
stripping
lines
are
a
little
ships
for
bareboat
charter
on
tanks. As I was receiving my in
of about 20 individual packages SIU. Of course, we know we
different
on
this
ship,
so
the
Trade
Route
No.
11.
structions
from the Chief, the
of the nostrum, which is adver have the finest jnen in the mari
Mate
and
I
went
to
the
pump
According
to
the
Board,
the
Mate
told
me to pump some
time
industry,
but, we
hope
that
tised and labeled as "Cacalia
room
to
line
the
pumps
up
for
application
is
in
the
public
inr
more
ballast
out so I asked him
they
leave
us
some
seamen
So
Composita, Mexican Indian
butterworthing and the way he what job I was supposed to do:
terest.
In
recommending
ap
that
we
can
Carry
their
supplies
Root;'
proval of the application to the lined them up I told him J didn't pump ballast or work in the
It is being offered by "Mexi and ammo for them. •
Secretary of Commerce, the think they would keep two tanks tank. He told me to do both and
can Indian Root Co., Mexico
HEAVY VOTING
agency said that the route, which dry at the same time. The Mate I told the Mate that I thought
City." Circulars give the name o]f
^embraces
the South Atlantic, said he didn't think they would
"Dr. Miguel C. Martinez, general Up to this date more than a United Kingdom and Atlantic either but the Skipper told him this would be too much, going
from tank to pumproom, turn
hundred votes have been cast
manager."
,
to line them up this way. After ing valves and getting the neces
service,
would
not
be
adequately
Oneinch advertisements for in the constitutional referendum, served without the two ships washing fdur tanks and the
the remedy have been showing and we should have, many more sought by the SlUcontracted pumps weren't keeping up and sary tools from the engine room
for the tank job. I also told him
up in large and small newspa by the time that the voting ends. company.
I reported this to the Mate and that my feet and legs were sore
pers and magazines throughout From what the Brothers say in
from walking so much the other
conversations, the overwhelming
the country.
two days. The Mate told the
Cities where the ads are majority have voted "yes" on
Skipper
and the Skipper asked
known to have been published this proposition, which is de
me
what
was wrong. I told him
are: San Francisco and Sacra signed to prepare the SIU for Report of Seafarers Welfare Plan
Page 6
the
same
story I had told the
mento, New York, Cincinnati, the. days when the stormy seas Dope Pushers Get Deep Six
Page 6
Mate, so he said start the ballast
Detroit, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, come.
Page 7
Here's What I Think
out and the Mate will turn the
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and One of the local bistros has News From the Ships
Page 8
valves. To keep peace in the
Bridgeport, Connecticut.
changed hands and has been re
Page 9 family I did this. The Mate dis
Minutes of Shipboard Meetings
Direct mail advertising is also decorated, and has been doing Letters From the Membership
Page 10 charged the ballast, which is a
being used to promote the re a rushing business with the SIU Seamen and Customs Regulations
Page 12
contract violation, so the Deck
men. At night they're all con
medy.
Page 15 Delegate put in overtime.
Roundup of Maritime News
FDA officials said the mailings gregated there: Hose Nose Gard
Reports From Branch Agents:
Monday morning we still had
were heavy in the Vermont area, ner, Reds Healey, Bill Carney, Lake Charles
Page 5 several tanks to butterworth and
Page 4
New Orleans
but the packages which were de Joe (Overtime) Brooks, Come on WUmington
Page 7 the pilot station was just a few
Page 4
Baltimore
nied entry were addressed to all the Dock Moriarty and others.
Galveston
Page 7 hours away. The circus got un
Savannah
Page 4
sections of the country. The Of course, we don't attribute Boston
Page 14 der way early and as soon as the"
Page 5
Seattle
remedy has been priced at $15 their hanging around there to Mobile
Page 5
the fact that the pretty girls
and $23, cash in advance.
(Continued on Page 14)
will be added to the price of the cigarettes or about two
M
Recently Organized Companies
Boost Shipping in Philadelphia
Diabetes Victims
Are Warned Of,
Dangeroos Remedy
South Atiantic Gets
Okay For Two Ships
IN THIS ISSUE
V; ,w
J.,.
�^ Page Fovir
T fl E SEA F. A ,R E R S L O Q
Machinists May Strike CS
Refinery In Lake Charles
Pxida;y. July 13, 19^1
The Union Word
Pick Up Gear Left
In Beaver St. HaU
The Headquarters—New York
Branch issued, another reminder
this week to Seafarers who still
have not claimed baggage left in
the baggage room on the fourth
floor.
With the new building in
Brooklyn being readied for ocr
cupancy, it is essential that all
baggage _ be picked up at the
Beaver Street Hall as soon as
possible. While most men have
responded to the earlier notices '
to this effect, there are still some
items that have not been called
for.
The baggage room must be
cleared tq facilitate the vast job
of transferring all gear to the
Brooklyn quarters. The call to
pick up baggage has been re
peated throughout the past sev
eral months,
By KEITH TERPE
LAKE CHARLES, July 5—Well the Local UPLC, and Darre!
this port was not exactly swamp Blaire a member of the commit
ed with Cajuns since the last tee all gave some very inspir
report, when the shipping picture ing talks.
was painted in French—but a .Whitey Tradewell and James
few nonFrench speaking souls Collins are still on the beach
showed up and asked if it was here. Whitey is awaiting, with
okay for them to grab one here. considerable pain, the arrival of
The answer? — Yes! And we a son and heir (he hopes)—anc
shoved them out the door with we are waiting, too, so we can
a shipping card in their hands. ship Whitey out.
Jimmy is the living, breathing
The sun is bright and the ship
(barely)
proof .that it pays to
ping' good in old Lake Charles,
I
hang
onto
your papers. He lost
so any of the membership that
Cliff Fonlenot. of the Seafarers (left) and Paul (Tiny)
craves a regular coastwise run his on a trip to France recently,
and
so
far
has
been
here
six
Teague,
Inlernational Repreaentalive of the Operating En
is urged to make tracks for
weeks
waiting
for
the
Coast
gineers
(right),
hard at it giving out the "Union Buyers Guide"
southwest Louisiana.
Guard
to
reissue
them.
prepared
by
the
Lake Charles AFL Central Trades Council.
Contributing to the general
3.000
"Guides"
passed out in a matter of minutes as
Ted
Weaver
dropped
into Lake
shipping boom here for the last
'the
shift
changed.
(See
story below.)
Charles,
and
hopes
to
be
here
a
two week period were the fol
day
or
two
before
shipping.
lowing ships; Government Camp,
Cantigny, Winter Hill, Abiqua, Ted was one of the original
Royal Oak, Lone Jack, Paoli, CS volunteer organizers and has
Chiwawa and Fort Hoskins (Cit stuck with it—which every one
ies Service); the Bull Run (Pet should have done. Ted expresses
rol Tankers); and several ships the belief that this company
. in Texas ports also called in for could be among our top contract
ed companies if the company at
men.
Although the manpower sit tempted to get along with the
By .^F MORRISON
uation here is critical, and the Union in the interests of smooth
number of replacements needed and harmonious relations.
WILMINGTON, July 8—There's
for the above ships high, we were "If these people didn't have no kick from this port on the
able to. supply all hands, and the the rottenest, blackest, record on current state of shipping. In
ships sailed right on schedule. anybody's waterfront, and if they fact, everything is running
Some of the nonunion fink gave us a fair shake I know they smoothly and in the past two
("independent") outfits that run wouldn't have the big turnovers weeks some good clean ships
down here into the Gulf were in men and there would be a lot came into Wilmington.
not so fortunate, however. Sev less friction."
The San Angeld Victory (Sea
Nolan Fontenoi (SIU). Tiny Teague. L. A. Morrison (Busi
eral cases of^ ships being tied up A member since 1947, Weaver traders) established some sort of
ness Mabager of the Lake Charles Metal Trades Council).
because of lack of crews in the has participated in numerous a record when she paid off. Op
Texas tureas have been reported shoreside beefs of the SIU while erating in true SIU style, this Jimmy Collins (SIU) and George Kr.abs (an operator in the
in the last week.
ashore, and has • been active al ship was one.of the cleanest to Cities Service refinery) line' up lor their photo just before
Even the NMU in Port Arthur the way through our CS drive. hit this port in a long time. 4.500 members of the Operating Engineers and the Metal
Trades Council left the rqfinery. All hands were given a copy
is finally approaching the position
There Were a few beefs on over
Of the "Buyer's Quide."
where they have jobs for their
lime, but outside of these there
membership, and their contract
Appreciates SIU
were no complaints. The ship
ed companies have on several
.signed on again.
occasions called us and asked for
We had a, pretty good sample
an AB or so to clear the ship.
of
SlUcontracted ships in port
Needless to say, we are more
on
intransits status. There was
concerned with getting our own
the
Y'aka (Waterman); Maiden
ships out, but we feel for the
Victory
(Mississippi); Las yegas L.AKE CHARLES, La.—Local are listed in the "Guide," mak
dear old NMU—even though we
Victory
(Isthmian);
Barbara Pri Seafarers have taken an active ing
j^hadeS onq of the
can't reach them when it comes
etchie (Liberty Navigation) and
most
solid
union cities in the
to shipping our people to their
the^ Penmar, Seamar and Cal part in assisting the Lake country.
sJiips.
Charles Central Trades Council All plants and refineries in
mer (Calmar).
Action here on the labor front
in
distribution of "A Buyer's. this area have been covered and
The Yaka vied .with the San
promises to be fast and furious
Guide
For Members of Organiz several hundred "Guides" have
Angelo Victory for honors. She'd
In the next few days, in the event
ed
Labor."
been placed aboard SIU ships
meet the standard of anyone,
that the AFL Machinists in the
insofar as a clean sip is conr This guide, as recently report that hit this area regularly.
Cities Service Refinery cannot
cerned. Her stewards depart ed to the IX)G, is a unique cata
To quote from Mr. Walter
come 4o an agreement with the
ment was especially clean and loging of ajd of the nyany busi Mayo's preface to this guide:
company on certain contract dif
a large measiure of credit for this nesses, services and sbops in this "Our objective is good will and
ferences.
condition must go to Steward area that are either union shops a better relationship between
They have already formed a
strike committee, and are hop
Chandler for his successful ef or favorable to the union move business and union members in
ment locally.
forts. '
ing the Company will see the
this community and we realize
light before they have to go the
We were unable to hold the It is estimated that over 90 that thw is obtained only through
Charles W. Thompson knows last regular membership meeting percent of gll such places in a better .understanding of toe
route. So far this is still in the
talking stage, and we hope that the value of ah SIU contract at this Branch, because of the. Lake Charles and surrounding problems of each in cooperative
.a satisfactory agreement can be —he sailed on nonunion ships. lack of a quorum. ,
areas fall into this category and action."
reached soon.
Seafarers have been active
lately here in furthering policies
of the Central Labor Council.
By E. B. TILLEY
One of the programs which we
There was only one beef in .enough. Some of these birds Talking about a strong Union,
assisted with was the distribu
the whole batch, and that was think nothing of the $50, as long the voting oin the constitutional
tion of "Tbe Union Buyer's SAVANNAH, July S^For the on the Wanda, which paid off in as they are able to go out and amendments won't roll up a big
Guide" along with members and last two weeks we had pretty Charleston. For some reason toe gas up, and in their irresponsible total in this port, but those who
officials of the Operating En good shipping, but the next two Master didn't give a, hoot what way they continue to make it are casting their vote here all
gineers and the Metal Trades week period looks like it's going the galley looked like, and toiigh on their shipmates.
seem to be in favor of it.
to be kind of weak. The only would not gLye toe okay to have This is one offense that cer,
Cotmcil.
We certainly hope that the
No meeting could be held in ship due in is South Atlantic's it paipted.
tainly merits more severe pun other ports feel the same way—
'
this Branch this evening, due to Southwave. However, the weath
It was so bed fhat the Ship ishment. 'What it should be, I and reports would seem to in
the lack of a quorum. However, er, which has been hot, looks as ping Commissioner got on his leave to the membership; but dicate that—^because unless we
I have attended the Central La if it will continue to be sizzling.. tail about it. We had a talk with think it over. Brothers, and see prepare now for the future, we
bor Body meetings, both regular But, as the man says, you can't the new Skipper, a"nd it looks as if you don't agree with me.
may find ourselves behind the
and special sessions, as well as have everything.
if everything is going to be all One of toe eleven men who wellknoWh eightball.
meetings of the Building Trades Four ships paid off here since right.
have registered is Charles W. Six men are currently in the
Council, Metal Trades CquncU the last report, and signed on Nobody arotmd here has any Thompson, who got his book in Marine Hospital and, I am sure,
and the Machinists Local all again. These were the Monroe particular beef—^m^ybe one rea 1948, by virtue of serving as a will enjoy hearing from their
(Bull); Wanda (Epiphany), and son is that there are only eleven volunteer organizer on a Liberty shipmates. L. L. Lfofley, H. L.
held in recent days.
the
Southwind and Southstar bookmen on the shipping list at tanker out of this port.
A special meeting of the
Rogers, G. F. Johnson, S. L,
Southwest Louisianna United (South Atlantic). Intransit were this time—^but I sure enough Previous to that time, he had Dennis, P. S. Lanier and G. W.
T^hnr Policy Committee was the Raphael Semmes (Water have.
sailed on munerous unorganized Newman are th^ laid up Broth
called and Brother Mayo, Chair, man); Robin Doncaster (Seas), And this is it: I don't think ships, and now he says he knows ers, so 4rop them a line, or p|iy;
man of the State ULfC, as well and toe Steel Chemist and Steel that the $50 fine slapped on what it means to be in a strong them a visit, if you're around
as Harry Roach, Chairman of Vendor (Isthmian),
these parts.
those guys who miss ship is Union like the SIU.
Accolades Given
To Glean iihjps
By Wiiiniii|(ten
Seafarers in Uriie Charles Help
Bistribute 'Uiiten Buj^ag Guide'
Savannah Expecting Period
fir.
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i.
Slow Shipping
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THE SEAFARERS LOG
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Page Five
MohHe Bttftsts Of Good Shipiriiig;
Gtrfke May End Soon
^y CAt TANNER
IK
• MOBTLEi^^K aiibars that the Runner,' Clipper, Corsair, Maiden
good shipping prevailing in this Creek, the Del Alba (Mississippi).
port will continue for quite a Intransits were the Steel Flyer
while, at least.
(Isthmian), De Pauw Victory
The principal item of interest (South Atlantic) and the Iber
on the local labor scene is the ville (Waterman).
strike of the AFL Teamsters On these signons and intran
against a CocaCola bottling plant sit ships, the story was the same
here. This beef, which has the —no beefs.
full support of the SIU, has been
FULL CREWS
in effect for several weeks now.
However, there are hopes that
a settlement will be reached At the last regular member
ship meeting, we reported that
within the next few days.
full
crews will be furnished to
As for shaping activity, we had
the
Allison Houghton (Alcoa)»
seven payoffs in the past two
Clearwater
Victory (Isthmian),
weekshipping period. They were
and
the
John
Lind (Isthmian).
the Pilgrim, Corsair, Runner,
We
also
reminded
all hands to
Clipper and. Cavalier (Alcoa),
apply
for
their
validated
papers,
and the Maiden Creek and Mon
as
the
deadline
for
this
occurs
Iliere dbe«ri't seem to be very many Seafarers around Ihe Mobile Ifall. and for two very arch of the Seas (Waterman).
on
August
1.
good reatons: First, they are dispatched almost as soon as they hit the port, and second those
There were no beefs on any
At the meeting, the Head
still on the beach are too smart to stand in that hot Alabama sun. They're all inside enjoying of these ships.
the blessings' of aSrconditioning. (Wish we could say the same about the LOO office.)
quarters
report to the member
Signons were the Pilgrim,
ship was read and concurred in,
as was the SecretaryTreasurer's
financial report. There were 150
members present when the ses
sion adjourned. Louis Nqira act
At the meeting last night, ed as Chairman, J. Carroll as
By L'INDSEY WILLIAMS ~ and AlcOa RunneT; Seatrain New
Jersey arid' Seatrain Texas; Del
there was a motion under New recording secretary and R. Jor
NEW ORLEANS, July 6—Ship Viento, Del Alba, Lawrence Vic
Business to try to get some fans dan as reading clerk.
ping in the port is still very tory and Del Sol (Mtesissippi);
in order to help cool the Hall Among those present at the
god^d for ABs, and rated engine Morning Light and Monarch of
off for the meetings.
meeting was Brother E. D. (Ciu
department nlen can have a the Seas (Wateririan); Steel Fly
All reports and minutes were ly) Moyd, who has been a mem
choice of any and all runs. Ship er and Steel Vendor (Isthmian),
accepted with the excepfion of ber of the SIU A&G District
ping will continue to be very and Spartanburg Victory
New Business from Frisco which since its inception. Moyd, who
good for weeks to come with 9 (Bloomfield).
was nonconcurred in (Ed. note: holds book No. 10829, feels that
scheduled payoffs for the coming On the signon side of the
to allow 90day voting). There the SIU Welfare Plan is one of
two weeks in this port.
was no Good and "Welfare, as the greatest accomplishments ever
ledger were 11 ships: Alcoa
Since the last report we had Roamer; Del Viento, Del Norte
the Brothers were trying to secured by any maritime union
the • following payoffs: Hatties and Del Sol (Mississippi); Car
dodge the 94 degree heat.
because of what it docs for Sea
burg Victory (South Atlantic); rabule and Catahoula (Cuba Dis
On the beach for a while, until farers and their families.
Oceanstar (Dolphin); Fairland tilling); Fairland (Waterman);
he recently shipped on the SS
(Waterman); Catahoula and Car Joseph Pulitzer and Tuskegee
Del Norte as Chief Baker, was This oldtimer says that things
rabule (Cuba Distilling); Del Victory (South Atlantic); Pecon
like the Welfare Plan are among
Brother Stanford' Smith.
Viento, Del Campo, Del Norte, ic Bay (Seatrade), and Ocean
Brother Smith is wellknown the reasons he favors the dues
and Del Mundo (Mississippi).
on the passenger ships for his increase. He has been telling
star (Dolphin).
Intransit were these vessels: There were very few shipboard
baking ability, and all members shipmates that continued finan
Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Corsair beefs in these last two weeks,
who have sailed with him will
agree that he knows his cream
and those were all squared away
STANFORD SMITH
puffs, chocolate eclairs, etc.,
at the payoff or the signon.
On the Carrabule we had a on board all of their privately when it comes to whipping them
up for both crew and passengers.
beef with the Chief Mate. From owned ships.
all indications this bird hates to Voting is going on at a rapid Brother Smith has all stew
see a smoothrunning ship, and clip in this port with 545 cast at ards department ratings, and has
been sailing steady with the SIU
is continually trying to keep the this writing.
crew in an uproar so he can There is a great trend toward since it's inception—^with the
have his way in working the yes" voting on this issue and exception of the war years when
By BEN LAWSON
men and not have to live up to the Brotliers who are doing their he joined the Seabees.
BOSTON, July S^^You can tell the agrefemerit.
utmost to get as many to vote He has taken part in many
• "anybody you meet that shipping He was squared away this
as possible themselves deserve a SIU beefs and has been active
is good in this port—^so good trip, and the company in New
in the strikes that the SIU has
vote of thanks.
that we didn't even have enough York stated that, if his actions
been
taking part in since its
A great many of the Brothers
members around to make
continued, they would have to on the beach are getting out and start.
quorum for the regular schedul replace hirh, aS they at€ in ac
scouring about in order to see Brother Smith has been a sea
ed Branch meeting.
cord with the union arid" want that all bookmembers vote. All faring man for many years and
Four ships paid off here dur smoQthrunriing ships arid riot a'
Delegates have been instructed says "The Welfare Plan and the
ing the twoweek period, two bunch of beefing at all times.
to get their crews up to vote on Vacation Plan are tops—the big
signed on, and six were here This crew should be commend
gest things that ever happened
this vital issue.
intransit. Paying off were the ed on a' job" well done, by keep
for
the betterment of seamen
• Frdfri the number of members
Ann Marie (Bull); Julesburg ing their nose clean arid seeing
and
their families. I
am proud to
Whio have eix|riessed themselves
(Mathiasen); Royal Oak (Cities the beef through without jump
belong
to
the
SIU,
as
it is def
E. D. MOYD
on this. issue, it should carry
Service) and Yarmouth (East ing up and quitting while the
initely
the
best
Union,
and.
the
Well over the tWothird vote
cm).
beef Was in progress.
that is required by the constitur first in all of the new deals in cibl strength means continued
The Julesburg and the Federal Speaking of the SS Carrabule,
power for the SIU. And tha^
tidri. For a stronger ^ SIU, all advancement for seamen."
(Trafalgar) signed on. While the she will get innerspring matreS
members are urged to vote and In the hospital are the follow he points out, assures Seafarer® ;
visiting ihtransits were the seS oh her next voyage. The SS"
ing Brothers; J. C. Kueider, Fred of top protection for the future^
to vote "YES."
Steel Artisan and Steel Naviga Catahoula, her sister ship, was
(jarretson, L. T. Link, R. C. Ar
About the only beef among nold, S. McDonald, G. A. Wil
ACTIVE IN BALLOTING
tor (Isthmian); Robin Mobray equipped with innerspring mat
the
membership
in
this
port
is
(Seas) and the Chikasaw and tresses today. After several' beefs
liams, C. E. Wallick, L. Tickle, And speaking of voting, the
Gateway City (Waterman).
with the crew, and officials in a beef that the piecards can't F. J. Momdesire, E. C. Simonson, following ships took an activfr" •
There was a beef on the Chick New York and here trying to square away but have to go H. H. Hamilton, W. C. Pairs, L. part in balloting: Alcoa Pilgriri^
asaw about the Mate running sell the idea to the company, along and bitch and beef the L. Rigaud.
Alcoa Corsair, Monaich of thd
the gang, but it Was straighten they have finally agreed to place same as the membership—and R. Cruz, E. E. Gross, W. O. Seas, Alcoa Runner, Maideik
ed out okay, and the deck gang these mattresses on board their that is the damn heat.
Cara, D. D. Kelly, L. Lang, K. Creek, Alcoa Cliper, Alcoa Cav
The temperature has run well Raana, O. Celestine, J. Mayrbat, alier, Del Alba, Steel Flyer, Ddf
left happy.
ships.
There is nothing much else to Let's hope that they are well over the 90 mark for quite some C. H. Summerett, G. J. Peirsall, Pauw Victory and the Iberville.
report from this neck of the taken care of and appreciated time, with little or no letup in Gregory Morejon, T. L. Dugas
This was accomplished through,
woods, except to call' your at by the crews of these ships. If sight. All hands that sweat it and W. H. Butts.
the fine
cooperation and the ef— ^
out
here
in
the
Hall
agree
we
tention to the fact that we have so it will make it much easier to
On the beach here, in the old
forts
of
the various department
need
the
extra
dough,
so
we
can
four Brothers in the Brighton sell the same idea to other com
timer class, we have these Bro
heads,
in
seeing that the men.
get
the
New
Orleans
Hall
air
Msdine Hospital: F. DirksmOyer, panies.
thers: Louis O'Leary, Bob Car
Ollie Purdy, R. Dunsmoof and "With the placing of inner conditioned along with the Hall ter, "Piggy" Sahaque, Philip were given time off to come t<>
G. Vdorloomis. If their frientfe spring mattresses oh bbafd the in Mobile.
Maechling, "Whitey" Lewis, Alex the Hall and cast their ballots.
and old shipmates take a little Cuba Distilling ships, we ali^o "With the Hall airconditioned, WitChins.
Thus, almost all the men aboard,
tiifid Out to drop them a line, it golf word that Alcoa' l^eafnship we rftay be able to entice a few Bobby Welch, Leonard Munria, these ships were able to express •
would make their timfe t^ere a Coriipany will start vefy'^ shortl!^ ritidre ABS to coma around arid Al Ballard, Gus Bertlett, Ed thCfir views through the mediumc
• 'm
little brighter.
to place innerspring nlatfreSses i ship during; the hot weather.
Blai^kirian and Paity Driscoll.
of the secret bttllot.
;
Shipping, Voting, Wenther Set Hot Pate In NO
Shipping Takes
Branch Meeting
From Boston
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THE SEAFARERS LOG
Pa«*8ix
Fzidmy. July 13* 18S1
tr...vi
Dope Pushers
Get Deep Six
From The SiU
REPORT NUMBER SIX
The nation has been reading
By PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurery SIU, A&G District;
SIU Welfare Plan Trustees
with horror the details of the
vast narcotics traffic that are be
Each week the Seafarers Welfare Plan will make its report to tne .membership of the Atlantic and Gulf District
ing disclosed in the probes cur through the SEAFARERS LOG. Included will be the names of the men receiving hospital benefits, the amounts paid, the
rently being made by various
hospitals in which they are receiving treatment, and the total amount paid out since the inception of the plan on July
government agencies.
1,
1950. Also included in the report will be the names of the men who have died and the amounts paid their beneficiaries.
Of particular concern is the
extent of the traffic among
June 17 June 30
school children and juveniles, Period Covered By This Report
who appear to have been singled Cash On Hand
$280,536.07
out as a major source of income
by the operators in the illegal US CoveYnment Bonds
$506,137.54
trade.
$160,000.00
The shocking disclosures made Estimated Accounts Receivable
at recent hearings painted a Hospital Benefits Paid in This Period
$3,167.00
picture that has grim overtones
for the country as a whole. The Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July
1950
$50,490.00
narcotics racket is being pushed
on such a gigantic scale in grade Death Benefits Paid This Period
>5.500.00
and high schools that an alarm
$49,000.00
ing percentage of the nation's Total Death Benefits Paid Since J*uly 1, 1950
youth is being exposed to addic
The figures cited in this report of the Seafarers Wel
the June 17June 30 period were paid to Seafarers in hos
tion to the various forms of nar
fare Plan cover the first year of operations insofar as the
cotics.
pitals throughout the nation. The Public Health Service
Consequently, fear has been payments of benefits are concerned. It was On July 1, 1950,
Hospitals in Staten Island and in New Orleans were neck
expressed in many quarters that that our Welfare Plan began paying the hospital aftd death
and neck, with 25 SIU men in the latter institution re
the nation will be forced to ac benefits. The Fund itself began collecting contributions
ceiving benefits, and 24 hospitalized Seafarers being paid
cept the fact that many of its
from the operators
six months earlier,
however.
in the New York hospital.
youth are helpless victims of the
As will be noted above, the Fund disbursed a total of
The' Manhattan Beach hospital in Brooklyn was a
dope pushers and will require
approximately $100,000 in benefits in the first 12 months
treatment at public expense.
close third, with 22 men eligible for the weekly $10 bene
Testimony by government of operations. Hospital benefits paid out in the period
fits. Baltimore had 13 SIU men eligible. Savannah 12, San
agents reveals that the narcotics came to $50,490.00, with death benefits paid to the bene
Francisco 11 and the rest were scattered throughout 12
trade in New York and other ficiaries of deceased Seafarers reaching $49,000,00,
other institutions, as a reading of the list below will
areas is part of an international
It
should
be
noted
that
the figures
above
showing
the
indicate.
ring with headquarters abroad.
There has been a slight change, in name only, in the
Charles (Lucky) Luciano has Fund's investment in US government, interestbearing
been mentioned as a possible bonds do not include the recent purchase of an additional
Marine Hospitals, From now on they will be known as the
head of the operation.
$250,000 of the government securities, the transaction hav
US Public Health Service Hospitals. Dr. Leonard Scheele,
While the public has only ipg been concluded in the period immediately following
Surgeon General of the Public Health Service has inform
lately become aware of these the one closed out in this report. Actually, therefore, the
ed the Union that the change in names was made to pro
shocking facts, the Seafarers In
investment
in the
government
bonds
is
over
threequarters
vide
a uniform designation for all hospitals operated by
ternational Union recognized the
the Public Health Service and to aid in correcting a pre
problem several years ago—1947, of a million dollars, the interest from which will go to
in fact. Taking the view that reducing the cost of the Plan's administration.
vailing inisconception among many shoreside people that
waterborne transportation can
Thus, one year after payments were begun, the Sea
the Marine Hospitals are associated with the US Marine
be a vital link in the interna farers Welfare Plan is in an extremely sound financial
Corps. *
tional dope traffic, the Union
Actually the name Marine Hospital has, been in use
called for, and received, approval condition. From the standpoint of service to the member
ship,
the
Plan
is
in
an
equally
sound
condition.
The
wis
for
over
150 years, ever since the institutions were set up
from the membership for a
dom
of
setting
up
a
selfadministered
plan
of
operation
is
strong policy against any crew
to care for seafaring men only. However, Congress has
member in any way involved very clear in light of the efficent and prompt manner of
broadened the list of beneficiaries so that today about half
with narcotics.
payments to all beneficiaries everywhere. Throughout the
of the patients are made up of groups other than seamen.
As a result, the SIU cracked
entire first year of operation the payment of benefits has
At any rate. Dr. Scheele assurred us that the same
down on all violators of the
been
accomplished
smoothly
and
with
practically
no
beefs,
"quality and quantity of service," will be continued.
policy that called for expulsion
of weedhounds and purveyors of if any, from any quarter.
As many men will recall, in the period immediately
dope wherever they were dis
Where attention has been called to any existing kinks,
following the war the Seafarers waged a strong campaign
covered aboard contracted Union they have been quickly ironed out. Inasmuch as the Sea
to improve service in the hospitals. At that time there were
ships. In implementing this pol
farers Welfare Plan is a pioneering project, the success
many
complaints about service, lack of personnel and so
icy, the Union also strove to ed
on. Thes natters were subsequently cleared up to the
ucate the membership on the that has been scored in every phase of its operations
dangers posed by individual dope stamps it as a rehlly remarkable advance for organized
point where, today. Seafarer patients in all ports have been
pushers.
seamen, one in which all of us may justifiably take pride.
commending the quality, of service and courtesy given
The membership realized that
As in practically every period, the hospital benefits of
them in the various Public Health hospitals.
the dope addict or purveyor in
their midst was not only a threat
Listed below are the Brothers who have received hospital benefits during the period covered by this twoweek
to the nation as a whole, but
was an extreme danger to the report, the hospitals they were in and the amounts they were paid. •
• /
Union, their own welfare and
US MARINE HOSPITAL
Swienchoski, S.
" 10.00 Larsen, R. F
40.00 Waterman, Elton
30.00
the safety of their vessel.
GALVESTON, TEXAS
40.00 Dyczek, Karol ...
Motus, F
!
17.00 Lopez, E
10.00
In the several years since the Lewis, Joseph F
40.00
20.00 Jastrzebski, W.
10.00 Mcllreath, D
policy was instituted, the drive Thomas, William N.
20.00 Rios, A
.....^
.: 10.00 Makris, C
37.00
244.00
has been waged relentlessly and Mclsaac, H. C
10.00 Sanchez, Charles
40.00
10.00 Milazzo, Vic
ST.
AGNES
HOSPITAL
offenders have been placed on Thomas, B. E
30.00 Pilutis, Joseph
33.00
10.00 Murphy, B
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
charges and, where the evidence
40.00 Bargone, William
Muller, A
10.00 Sullivan, T,
10.00
so • warranted, were expelled
10.00 Vorke, Peter
30.00
80.00 Dacey, C
US
MARINE
HOSPITAL
from the organization.
Johnson, V
10.00 Dalton, Jack
47.00
US MARINE HOSPITAL
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
While the incidence of hop
Moore,
George
47.00
STATEN
ISLAND,
NY
Slowik,
Adam
24.00
heads aboard SIU ships has been
320.00
Nankivil,
B
7.00
Mohann,
George
54.00
reduced to the point where they
854.00
US
MARINE
HOSPITAL
McGuigan,
A
13.00
are practically negligible, the
US MARINE RO^PITAL
MANHATTAN BEACH
31.00
10.00
SIU's program fchas not been Remahl, E
BALTIMORE,
MARYLAND
BROOKLYN.
NY
Lawlor,
James
10.00
US
MARINE
HOSPITAL
slackened one bit, and the mem
10.00
20.00 Ashurst, James H
20.00 Brown, Claude A.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
bership, has been repeatedly Lomas, A
34.00 Porter, James R
40.00 Randolph, Claude H.
20.00 Atmore, Robert
10.00
aj^erted to the problem posed by Barron, John
20.00 Lofley, L. L. :.
40.00 Plahn, Eugene
10.00 Blake, R. A
20.00
this type of unionwrecker, as Craig, Frank
10.00 Newman, Guy W
40.00 Pickur, Andrew
10.00 Bruno, M
30.00
they have been labeled by the Prescott, Jack
20.00 Musgrove, T. C
Koslusky, J
13.00 Driscoll, J. J
40.00 Gill, Joseph
20.00
SIU,
McKenzie,
Ralph
20.00 Buckley, M.
40.00
10.00 Edwards, J. T
lO.OO
The membership and officials Dixon, Earl
20.00 Homan, J,
40.00 Vaughan, William .—
10.00 Espinoza, J
lO.OO
of the SIU are continually re Blomgren, J
20,00 Shedd, R. C.
40,00 Reier, George. F,
10.00 Ferrer, E.
lO.OO
minded of their obligation to Feliciana, A.
Dean,
Clinton
....i,,...,....,...,
20.00
Grimes,
F.
......—
40.00
Callisto,
J
13.00
Hiers, Gi F
20.00
place the possessors of dope on
*10.00 Lanier, P. S.
40.00 T.vson, James
10.00 Lancaster, J, M,
lO.OO
charges whenever they run Qi!9ary, A.
Foy,
Henry
20,00
Landry,
F.
;4BM
Aines,
Omar
.................
10.00
(Continued on Page 14)
across such characters.
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THE SEAFARERS LOG
.QUESTION: TTie SIU has been urging its crews to told shipboard educational meetings to help integrate the new men
into the Union. Have you found these meetings effective in teaching newcomers how to think and act as good SIU unionists? .
PHIL JORDAN, Cook:
PARTHA JERNIGAN, DE:
GUILLERMO NUNEZ, Elec.:
H. KELLY, Bosun:
TONY SKILLMAN, AB:
Yes, Ihey are effectiTe be
cause they help pew men who
do not know the score. And
that's what the Union is for
—to help them. Some of these
newer men don't know any
thing about the part organiz
ed labor has played in raising
the standards of workmg men,
seamen especially. The meet
ings help to show how we
won the conditions we now
enjoy. Besides, these meetings
help train men to take Dele
gates' jobs and to be active,
responsible Union men.
We held educational meet
ings on the Peconic Bay, a new
ship under the SlU banner,
and they went over fine. There
were seven or eigU new men
and the meetings helped, be
cause an informed Seafarer is
an asset en any ship. At first,
these men didn't ev«i know
fiisy got pvcKlime fhr ovecfime
work. In addition to postii^
agreem^mts, we dkcvssed the
agreement provisions fully. The
mMtings and educational lit
erature go a long way in help
ing these new men.
These meetings were getting
into full swing on the Chick
asaw just as I paid off last
month. Portions of the regular
meetings were devoted to ed
ucational sessions and they
were very useful. We had
three or fotu new men aboard
and they got a chance to leam
how the Union is run, and
what is expected ^ them as
Beafazers. These meetings are
effeisfive bwause ihey show
new men that conditions they
come into were not enjoyed by
seamen until very recently,
and had to be fought for.
They certainly do. These
meetings help the new men
understand the agreement and
the rulesunder which we sail.
There are lots of men who
are interested in the Union,
how it operates, its contracts,
history and so on, and these
meetings are the best way for
them to leam these things and
to discuss them with their
shipmates. In fact, the meet
ings are also helpful to the
oldtimers, because they keep
them up to date.
These meetings help the
newer men, the oldtimers and
the Union. I think it's better
to work alongside a good Un
ion man who knows the score
than the guy who doesn't
know what it's all about. One
of the best ways to educate
the new man to Union ways
is through the shipboard meet
ings because it gives him a'
chance to know how his ship
mates have strengthened their
position through the Union.
It Seems Eyery SIU Ship Hit Port Baltimore
One of our" oldtimers hi^re, this rule is' very important and If you do not give proper no of the day you are sailing to
John
La Foe, passed away dur the officials in this port will en tice, and a replacement is not give your notice, and then ex
BALTIMORE, July 9 — The
secured, and you leave the vessel pect your replacement to be
ing
this
report's duration. The force it to the hilt.
Port of Baltimore continues to
without waiting to be relieved, there in an hour or two.
If
you
intend
to
payoff
a
ship,
match the weather with its ship membership in the port went
you
are guilty of failing to join Speaking of hiring procedure,
be
sure
that
you
give
at
least
on
record
at
the meeting
to send
ping and business.
your
ship and are automatically we'd also like to let you know
twentyfour
hours
notice
to
the
a
wreath
to
Johnny,
who
"was
If there ever was a ship built,
fined
fifty dollars for the of that aU hiring should be refer
head
of
your
department
that
weU
liked
around
these
parts.
it tied up in Baltimore during
red through the office. In that
you
intend
to
terminate
your
fense.
the last twoweek period or the In the hospital we had Ralph
Don't
wait
until
the
morning
manner, if there is a duplication
emplojnnent.
period before that. From June 20 McKenzie, John Klemowicz, Eu
of jobs, the company can be held
through July 5, we paid off and gene Plahn, Walter Ostrowski,
responsible.
George
Espalla,
Edmund
Blosser,
signed on the following ships:
. A good percentage of the men
the Santore, Baltore, Marore, Robert Gilbert, Wm. Mc Ilveen,
aboard SlUcontracted vessels to
Bill
Derol,
George
Reier,
and
Venore, Cubore and Bethore
day are new in the industry, the
(Ore); Portmar (Calmar); Golden Clinton Dean.
Union, or both. It is up to the
McKenzie, Klemowicz, Espalla,
City, Hurricane, War Hawk, Raf
oldtimers, and the more educat
ael Semmes (Waterman); and the and Mc Ilveen are now discharg
By KEITH ALSOP
ed young bookmembers' aboard
ed. A Brother not mentioned tUl
Legion Victory (Bloomfield).
ship, to not only preach but to
GALVESTON,
July
6Ship
In addition, we paid off the now is "Uncle Otto" Preussler,
practise good labor policies, so
Edith, Inez and Mae (Bull); who has over one hundred dis ping has slowed down somewhat
that a good example will be set
from the
dizzy pace
we had
been
Robin Goodfellow and Robin charges to his credit. Otto holds
for these new men.
travelling,
but
it
is
by
no
means
Mowbray (Seas), and the Lafa book 2957, and is well known to
Let's remember that a per
yette (Waterman). We also signed all hands up to eighty years of bad, as a glance atthe shipping
centage
of them will remain in
figures
will
show
you.
on the Azalea City (Waterman); age.
the
industry
even if the boom
John Sturgess (Seas) and the Unfortunately, however, he is We had five payoffs during
ends,
and
the
maimer in which
Salem Maritime (Cities Service). now in the Marine Hospital suf this past period, which included
they
are
broken
in now will de
the
High
Point
Victory
(Sea
To make things a little hot for fering from the loss of his right
termine
what
kind
of a Union
trade);
Francis
E.
Warren
(Mis
the Dispatcher, these ships made eye I from an unusual accident.
you
will
have.
sissippi);
George
Kulukundis
Baltimore a port of call and He was struck by a porthole fan.
Your piecards can make the
The last meeting was a routine (Mar Trade); Strathcape (Strath
took replacements: Hilton^ An
proper
recommendations and do
more)
and
the
Harry
T
(Palmer).
one,
All
Branch
minutes.
Head
gelina and Dorothy (Bull); Chic
a
job,
but without a healthy,
asaw and Hurricane (Waterman); quarters report, SecretaryTreas The last foiu: of these signed on
active
and
wisedup membership
Alcoa Pilgrim, South Star and urer's Financial reports, were again.
your
chances
of success over any
South Wind (South Atlantic); accepted, with the exception of Coming into Galveston in
expended
period
of time are slim.
Steel Chemist and Steel Naviga the resolution from Frisco where transit were the Del Alba and
Educate
your fellow
crewmem
tor (Isthmian); Calmar (Calmar), in it was proposed that balloting Del Mundo (Mississippi); Bents
bers
as
weU
as
you
are. able
to.
and the Southern States (South on important issues be extended Fort (Cities Service) and the fol
If
there
is
little
interest
in
your
lowing Seatrains: New York,
to three months.
ern Trading).
first conversation or meeting,
We were also asked by our AU hands agreed that, if such Havana and New Jersey.
don't stop there. Call a few more
There
were
a
few
minor
beefs
Brothers to the north and south a ruling went through, we would
meetings and you'U find out that
that
popped
up,
but
all
of
them
to send a few rated men their find ourselves constantly voting
there is a gradual increase in in
not
be
wrong.
were
settled
at
the
payoff.
and
possibly
having
two or
three
way, which we were able at
terest.at the meetings, especially
Also
oh
the
beach
at
this
time
Around
for
awhile
was
John
balloting
committees operating
at
times, to do. To their everlasting
if you pick your topics in ad
are
A.
Ellis,
J.
Phillips,
U.
Bey
Reilly,
who
sails
Steward
out
the
same
time.
The
meeting
was
credit, we also received a rated
vance and prepare your discus
eler
and
K.
Kristensen.
In
the
of
this
port.
Johnny
joined
the
attended
by
174
members.
man or two from our aforemen
One point that this port would SIU in 1943 and has been active Marine Hospital at this writing sion.
tioned Brothers.
If you wish to make friends like to remind aU book and per in Branch activities around here are H. M. Bomar, J. F. Lewis Regardless of the attitude, al
ways hold your meetings and
with the officials in this port, mit holders about, is the paying and in all Union l^eefs when and J. Ward.
elect
your Delegates. Don't ever
Since
there
weren't
enough
come in during one of these off rule of the Union, which re ashore. During the Isthmian
fail
to
do that. Who would the
men
around
to
make
a
quorum,
hectic weeks and kiddingly say, guirles that proper notice be giv strike he was in Marcus Hook
Captain
have to growl at, .if
tliere
was
no
regular
Branch
and
pitched
iri
there.
You
could
"'Gee, I wish I had your Job." en.
you
don't
have a Delegate?
meeting
in
this
port.
call
him
a
typical
Seafarer
and
With shipping on the boom,
You are liable to g^t it] v
By EARL SHEPPARD
Galveston Shipping Slows A Bit,
But It's Still Pretty Good
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Page Eight
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Passage On Freighter Tops
Luxury Liners, Author Finds
Friday. July 13. 1951
Up The Grand Canal
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The streamlined vessels may offer loads of luxury but
they can't give the ocean traveller the full flavor of the
sea that comes with a trip on a. freighter, says Wilfie Snow
Ethridge, author and wife of the former chairman of the
UcJ Advisory Commission on Information.
Mrs. Ethridge, accompanied by*
into the evening we listened to
her 12yearold son, Mark, sailed
music from the innumerable ra
to Greece in May aboard the dios and victrolas. (I waked up
SIU contracted SS Algonquin practically every morning to the
Victory on what she described lilting notes of the Tennessee
as "the happiest trip we have Waltz.)
ever known."
"But even above the radios
and
victrolas there was the voice
NOTHING LIKE FREIGHTER
of Johnny Cruz in the galley lift
'There is nothing like a ed high in what I suspected,
freighter, no matter what sailors knowing Johnny, was the latest
sing in the South Pacific about Puerto Rican munber, though it
a dame," Mrs. Ethridge said. could have been an Italian aria.
"From now on when I'm fortun Johnny served the meals—and
On deck as the St. Johns Victory moves up the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, are "Legs."
ate enough to have time and such meals. Nothing like home.
Louie O'Leary. Finn. Pete and Tommy and some unidentified shipmates. Photos by Mike Papio.
money to travel, if ever, I'm
TOP CHOW
choosing a freighter over the
Queens."
"Some days we had fried chic
Mrs. Ethridge, who has author ken for dinner and broiled steak
ised several books, the most re for supper. And always the most
cent of which are "This Little deelicious creamed soups and
Pig Stayed At Home," and "This breads and pastries. The Cook
Is Greek To Me," said there was a Belgian with a French
were many reasons for the first flair, but Johnny had his hand
Twentysix days at sea
rate trip she and her son enjoy' i" th® pastries, too, and as he
and not a single beef about .
ed on the SlUmanned vessel. confided one noon; 'Where I put
my big hand it turns out good.'
the food or service—that's
HAPPY SHIP
"And there were those long
the proud boast of the Sea
„ "First, it was a happy ship. leisurely, long hours for walking
farers crew aboard the SS
The officers and seamen were th^deck—a freighter has.plenty
friendly, kidding, easy going of deck room—for sleeping, for
Seacoral. And the lads owe
people and we were accepted, gazing at the simspangled sea
it all to the firstrate stew
thank goodness, as just two and for doing many of the other
more members of the crew. At things that you always dream of
ards department, says Ship's
meal times we talked knots, cur doing, but never have the time
Delegate H. L. Brandies.
Enjoying coffee lime as the Bloomfield vessel navigates
rents, winds, radar, stars, the for at home or on a Queen. Yes,
, Brother Brandies seems to
loading and unloading of freight, it was a good trip. The very the canal are Charlie Dueitt. Arlen Jones. Butch'Wheat. Nor
think
that the absence of beefs
man and Bob Batson. The trip was the first for the ship under
the imions and what great im best."
(and
abundance
of beef) in the
the SIU banner and the crew said it was "a good outfit."
provements they have brought
Mrs. Ethridge, her son and
first
26
days
of
the voyage es
about in the lives of those who
husband live in Prospect, Ken
tablishes
some
sort
of record.
sail the seas, the personal pecul tucky. Mr. Ethridge is the pub
iarities of ports—Genoa, Piraeus,
"Ask and you shall receive, is
lisher of the Louisville Courier
Volos, Istanbul ....
the motto of our Steward,
Journal and the Louisville Times.
George Midgette," writes Bran
"And at night after supper, we He was recently chosen by Pres
dies,
"and the Cooks' and Mess
played canasta in the Chief En ident Truman to head the Phy
In order to provide uniform names for all hospitals boys slogan is 'we aim to
gineer's room, the players rotat chological Warfare Board but
ing almost as regularly as their was forced to refuse the appoint operated by the government's Public Health Service, the please^."
watches. And all day and far ment for reasons of health.
US Marine Hospitals have been officially designated as US Brother Brandies' letter, which
was dispatched from Yawata,
Public Health Service Hospitals.*
Japan,
says that the Seacoral
The change went into effect on come from groups other than (formerly the Coral Sea) is
seamen."
July 1.
"scheduled to shuttle 'over here
In a letter to A&G District Dr. Scheele assured Secretary in the 100 percent zone for the
III
Secretary Treasurer Paul Hall, Treasurer Hall that "the change next fourmonths, and could you >
advising him of the new design will be one of name only." He think of a • better time to have '
I . 7'.' > :
"At
nation. Dr. Leonard. A. Scheele, said that it would In no way such a. .solid . stewards departT
: r
alter
the
quality
or/ddantity
bf
Surgeon General of the US Pub
ment?'*'''! '
'i.
lic Health Service^ wrote that the service, or tile pwditions
(The :
Delegate sub.;
"We feel it is. more appropriate under which patients ! receive milled a sample menu 'wilh'
.
.
that all of our hospitals carry cafe
his letter but space limita
I
the name of the Federal organ
In closing Dr.. Scheele told the tions prevent its publicalion.
ization that operates them—the A&G District official that "speak, Il^s a.humdinger. thoUghrEd.)^
Public Health Service.
ing for the Public Health Ser
In his letter. Brandies says
While American seamen and vice, I wish to. assure you that that the Seacoral crew would
other Service beneficiaries know we are very proud of our close jike to express its appreciation,
and: iinderstand ; the,% mission of association with the Seafarers to Wilmington SIU Agent Jeff
the Marine Hospitals, tiie:; public International Union of North Morrison for the smooth • payfaff
frequently associates th.em with' America.";
and signon in Long Beach,
the US Marine Gorps,". Dr. Service "and treatmerit in' the Cplif., on May 8. And a Word
Scheele, said in explaining the .Marine Hospitals, or Public of thanks' was expressed to Cap
reasons for the decisioui to change Hfealth Service Hospitals as they tain • R.V. Tallin "forhisout
the hospital names.
r lare now. known, has ahown standing discretion and coopera
Hi^orically, the name "Marine marked improvement over the tion. with the crew, and for his
Hospital": dates^ back: OVCT • l50 past few years, a distinctchange' understanding of Union matters.'':
years to the time when they from the period immediately foLr * "Tm sure,"
'i m sure, " conciuaea
urotner'7 '
concluded Brother"
cared for seafaring meii only. lowing the end of tijewar when Brandies; 'fthat every SIU
Since then," Dri. Scheele pointed the SIU'campaigned for corree trolman would appear much ; .
6«org« Libby, Boi^n, and Georga M^alL Lizienkeeper.
out, ."Ckingr^ hasadded'tothe. tion^
of a number of inscfequar younger iin a week's, t^c ri .v v.
^ab p Ufaring! on
only. as..^
list bt ServkevbenefiOiaTieSi: and'desVand ishdrtoondi^s in the ser every SHJ* ship"ran as ' sniooth
/!
Chowhounds
Find Heaven
On Seacoral
'US Public Health Service
Renames Marine Hospitals
Del Mar Shipmates
I
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�Friday. July 13. 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOG
PUse Nine
Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings
MAE (Bull), May 27—Chair
CHIWAWA (Cities Service).,
man, Charles Starling; Secre May 6—Chairman, Berkey Shy
tary, Richard Gailing. Discussion ler; Secretary, Alfred Arroyo.
on the Cities Service article in Delegates reported number of
"Fortune" magazine. Motion car books and permits in their de
ried that money collected for pai^tments. Messman told to
the ship's fund at the end of the serve entire crew before giving
trip be turned over to the March out seconds. Union literature on
of Dimes.
Hiring Hall brought to crew's
BETHORE (Ore). May 27 —
attention and posted on bulletin
4 4 4
Chairman (not given); Secretary,
ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), board.
N. Dunbar. Delegates reported
May 27—Chairman, William Dat
number of books and permits in
June 14—Chairman, C. W. Ely;
zko; Secretary, Richard Heeler. Secretary, W. Giroud. Delegates
their departments. Request made
Ship's Delegate reported that a' reported on number of books
for tablecloths.
volume control would be put on' and permits in their departments.
It % %
loudspeaker. All hands were urg Suggestion made that Engine
STEELORE (Ore), May 20 —
ed to study Union literature. Delegate see Engineer about re
Chairman, Leon Gray; Secre
Motion carried to have the ship pair of poop deck lights and hav
tary, Philip Korol. Delegates
fumigated.
Suggestion made to ing boat station numbers painted
asked to press for payment of
have
salt
tablet
dispensers placed on engine gang foc'sle lockers.
money for ho breakfast and no
at
the
water
fountains.
4 4 4
linen one day. Ship's Delegate
May 28—Chairman, R. Brind
SALEM MARITIME (Cities
asked to contact AMMLA for
THAT
amous; Secretary, Harry Zuckel. Service), June 3 — Chairman.
a new library. Vote of thanks
CANKn"
"Fortune" magazine
article on the Steve Deri; Secretary,. Warren
given stewards department for
BMIF
ANY
Cities
Service
case
read
and dis Mendow. Ship's Delegate report
the fine work they have done.
HAU.
cussed.
Discussion
on
three
men ed that request for awning will
44 4.
who
had
been fired
in
the
stew
be taken up with company. Mo
BALTORE (Ore), May 27 —
YAUOAYBD
. IF YOU MA\/£A'r YST
ards
departmeijt.
Crew
voted
to
tion
carried to have a repair list
Chairman, D. DiMaio; Secretary,
AFPLiBP Pae Youes, DOSC? .
keep
the
three
men
aboard
and
ready
for shipyard;
Ray Shields. Delegates reported
censure
the
Steward
for
poor
4 4 4
no beefs. Vote of thanks given
food.
YOUNG
AMERICA (Water
stewards department. Discussion
4
4
4
man),
(date
not given)—Chair
on gear stolen from crewmem
ABIQUA
(Cities
Service),
May
man,
W.
O'Connor;
Secretary,
bers in Sparrows Point.
27
—
Chairman,
Clarence
Phibi
John
Burke.
Ship's
Delegate
4 4' 4'
doux; Secretary, J. Hancock. stressed the importance of main
ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa),
May 19 — Chairman, Trawick; WESTERN FARMER (Western TADDEI (Shipenter), May 27 Delegates reported all in order. taining a gangway watch.' Dis
Secretary, Paul Wilkins. Ship's Navigation), May SrChainnan, —Chairman, Red Brady; Secre Ship's Delegate reported $36 had cussion* on transportation along
Delegate : reported that he had M. Sanchez; Secretary, J. Castel tary, George Bauer. Delegates been donated to the March of the west coast.
talked with Captain concerning lon. Repair list made up. and reported all in order. All hands Dimes. Short talk given new
4 4 4
the logging of a Wiper. The approved. Captain told Ship's told to keep messhall cleaner, comers on the SIU constitution ANGELINA (Bull), June 10—
Captain stated that he wanted Delegate that ship was clean and assist in allowing the Pan and bylaws.
Chairman, W. Walker; Secretary.
to talk to the Patrolman about and no one had been logged. tryman the freedom of starting
4 4 4
C. .Bairstow. Delegates reported
the Wiper's conduct. Discussion Crew asked to leave quarters a day's work without a sink full STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian). no beefs. Discussion and voting
of dirty dishes.
about charges against crewmem clean when leaving ship.
June 24—(Chairman not given); of five issues sent to the ship by
ber who fouled up. Discussion
Secretary,
S. GotowickL Dele Headquarters. Discussion on the
4 4 4.
4 4 4
on the benefits for new members WESTERN TRADER (Western WINFIELD S. STRATTON gates reported some disputed set up and operation of the Wel
Navigation), May 28 (Chairman (Bull), June 6—Chairman, Ma overtime in all departments. Mo fare Plan and the new Vacation
and their Union duties.
and
Secretary not given). Dele chele; Secretary, M. Cruz. Crew tion carried to make ship's hos Plan.
4
current issues, pital serviceable. Beef raised
PURPLESTAR (Triton), May gates reported on books and acted on five
4 4 4
13 — Chairman, Julian Lelinski; permits in their departments. which were all adopted unani about Djakarta and Belewan DEVILS LAKE VICTORY
Secretary, R. Niedermeyer. Dis Short talk given new men on mously.''' Crew passed a vote of Deli where Captain breaks sea (Bloomfield), April 24 — Chair
cussion on keeping ship clean. the functions and operation of confidence to the committees v/atches, though crew is convinc man, A1 Stephens; Secretary, D.
that are undertaking the nego ed that they are in an open road Allbright. Stewards department
Crew voted thanks to stewards Die SIU.
tiations with the companies.
stead.
department for fine work.
4 4 4
cooperation asked in disposing
DANIEL LOWNSDAI.E (Isth
of garbage. Crew asked to coop
4. 4. 4
SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY mian), May 30—Chairman, Tom
erate fully in bringing ship in
(Seatrain), May 20 — /Chairman, [ mie Tucker; Secretary, Clarence
clean.
Leonard Brown; Secretary, Nor Hamby. Delegates reported on
June 8—Chairman, A. Steph
SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St. ens; Secretary, Frank Hughes.
man Power. Delegates reported the number of books and per
Douglas 26363
all in order. Ship's Delegate re mits in their departments. Dis
86 Seneca St. Ship's Delegate stated that Cap
BALTIMORE
14 North Gay St. SEATTLE
ported that guarantee for wash cussion on first a.nd second meats Earl Sheppard. Agent
Main 0290 tain reported crew was best he
Mulberry 4540
WILMINGTON
440 Avalon Blvd. had seen in 40 years of sailing.
ing machine be filed with ship's m the stewards dw'partmer.t.
BOSTON
276 State St.
Terminal 43 13 I Stewards department thanked
papers. Discussion on keeping
4 4 4
Ben Lawson, Agent
Richmond 20140
NEW YORK
105 Broad St.
Dispiicher
Richmond 20141
CARRABULLE (Cuba Distill
messroom clean through coope
BOwling Green 93436 for the fine job it is doing.
SOBi/j—23rd St.
ing), May 20 — Chairman, W. GALVESTON
ration of all hands.
Keith
AIsop,
Agent
Phone 26446
June 10—^Chairman, Bill Fred Butts; Secretary, M. McCoskey. i
STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian).
beefs
tlAKE
CHARLES.
La
1419
Ryan St.
ericks; Secretary, A1 Power. Del Delegates reported no
May 27—Chairman. G. Brown;
ASHTABULA
1036 W. 5th St.
.
egates reported number of books Letter from Headquarters
Phone 48831 Secretary, Hector Conrad. Dele
MOBILE
I South Lawrence St.
and permits in their depart March of Dimes read and ap Cal Tanner, Agent
10 Exchange St. gates reported no disputed over
Phone 21754 BUFFALO. N.Y
Phone Cleveland 7391 time. Ship's Delegate to see Cap
ments. Motion carried to act on proved. Motion carried to take NEW ORLEANS
.523 Bienville St.
CLEVELAND
2602 Carroll St.
the five subjects sent to ship by action against crewmember who Lindsey Williams, Agent
tain about having crew's quar
Phone Main 0147
Magnolia 61 1261 13
missed ship two times in four
ters
painted. Steward reported
Headquarters.
DETROIT
1036 3rd St.
.51 Beaver St.
months. Suggestion made that a NEW YORK
Headquarters
Phone Cadillac 6857 beef concerning overtime work
HAnover 22764 DULUTH
531 W. Michigan St. in the iceboxes. Messman told to
SEATRAiN NEW*^ YORK (Sea definite clarification be made of
127129
Bank St.
Phone Melrose 4110
NORFOLK.
stay out of saloon, except during
lr<Bin), 'April 27—Chairman,,: F. the, cootiact clause Wiferring Hp Bch ' Bees. Agent
Phone 41063 MILWAUKEE
.... . 663 S. 2nd St.
his
working hours.
Berthold; Secretary, C,. Goldstein. launch service in Cuba.
Phone Broadway 25017
...337 Market St.
PHILADELPHIA
3261 E. 92nd St.
Delegates repprted some disputed
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4 4 4
Market 71635 SOUTH CHICAGO
,S. Cardullo.' Agent
Phone Essex 52410
STEEL FABRICATOR (Isth
overtinje'. Clfi'ef Engineer to be STEEL, APPRENTICE tlsth SAN FRANCISCO. .. . .450 Harrison St.
mian), May 6—Chairman, W.
seen about sougeeing and paint mian). May 27 — Chairman; T. Lloyd Gardner. Agent Douglas 25475
SAN JUAN, PR
252 Ponce de Leon
Whelan; Secretary, J. Merkel.
Tipoldos;
Secretary,
R.
Mitchell.
ing the quarters. Men coming to
Sal Colls. Agent
Delegates reported everything
MONTREAL......
463
McGill
St.
Delegates
reported
no
beefs.
Mo
ship .after having time off are
SAVANNAH
2 Abercorn St.
MArquette 5909 okay.
Phone 31728
asked to leave the men working tion carried to donate to . the E. B. Tilley. Agent
....126/2 Hollis St.
2700 Ist Ave. HALIFAX. N.S
March of Dimes at the payoff. SEATTLE
alone.
4 4 4
Phone 38911
Ray Oates. Agent
Seneca 45 70
STEEL FLYER (Isthmian);
Delegates to be queried . about TAMPA
4 4 4
16091811 N. Franklin St. FORT WILLIAM. . H8!/2 Syndicate Ave.
Ontario
Phone 33221 June S^Chairman, Orlando PL
NASHUA VICTORY (Triton), repair list.
Ray White. Agent
Phone 21323
103 Durham St. Lopez; Secretary, H. Gibb^
WILMINGTON. Calif.. .440 Avalon Blvd. PORT COLBORNE
May 19—^Chairman, Eddie Lamb;
•
4 4 4
Sliip's Deleg.'.tc reported one
Secretajy, Jean Clouteau. Ship's DEPAUW VICTORY (South Jeff Morrison. Agent Terminal 42874 TORONTO, Ontario
86 Cclborne St.
^
, . . .
Elgin 5719 man had failed to join the ship
Delegate reported that Captain's Atlantic), May 20 — Chairman, HEADQUARTERS ..51 Beaver St.. N.YX.
SECRETARYTREASURER
VICTORJA, B.c!...617M Cormorant St. 1 in New Orleans. Stewards Dele
inspection showed everything to Victor Miora.n'a; Secretary, P. W,
Paul Hall
Empire 4531
reported minor beefs, to be
be okay. Crew decided to let Lusk. Ship's Delegate reported
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES VANCOUVER. B.C.. .565
I
referred
to Patrolman.
gangway watch use own discre that crew has subsistence for Joe Algina
Robert Matthews
four meals
and
lodging due
them.
tion in admitting: ;guests to ship.
SYDNEY. N.S
304 Charlotte St.
4 *4 4
Joseph Volpian
Phone 6346 STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian),
Discussion on painting of foc'sles.
• 4 4 '4
BAGOTVliiLE. Quebec.... .20^ Elgin St. May 27—Chairman. R. Guild, K,
: ELIZABETH (Bull), May 27^ Ship's Delegate given a vote, of
Phone 545
Oborski. Delegates reported num
•
Chairman, Kosta'' Halgimisios;; thanks' for. fine work. Crew went HONOLULU....
I* Merchant St. THOROLD. Ontario. ... .37 Ofmont St, i
•
Phone 58777
• •
phone" 33202 ber «f books and permits m their
Jv :v B€ic*®tary, Pedro; Reyes. Dele on record to. confine. all games
.: 'gateiS reported, no beefs; Motion | to unlicensed personnel. Discus PORTLAND....... Ill w. Bvrneiae St. QUEBEC.... 113 Cote De. La Montague departments. Cleaning of recrea
Beafson 4>J6
Quebec
^7078 tjon jQona put on a weekly basis
v'. :,,carried lo put awnings back aft.' sion on fouledup books of
RICHMOND.
Calif.. .v..,...2^^tl^^
SAINT JOHN,. ..J 77
Prince^ia^^
department.
; r^..>:Motk>n : caririied to lock .Tip'night Steward, which will have to be
Phone 23049
N.S.
UMoze SJilpe
Minutes , oil Page 19)
• / : |
okaycd by the company, . :
ROBIN HOOD (Robin)i May
20 — Chairman, Donald Hilton;
Secretuy, J. Barnette. Delegates
reported some disputed over
time. Ship's Delegate to ask for
shore leave in Trinidad to buy
a part for the washing machine.
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Fridxr. julr 13, 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page T«i«
THE MEMBEBSmP SPEAKS
fS3v ft
Seaman's Wife Lauds SIU's
Vision In Welfare Program
Busy Men At Sea
Don't Let Book
Get In Arrears, .
Brother Advises
you are on yoim own and with
out funds in a crisis. The new
To the Editor:
For the past couple of months increase in the Welfare Plan's
I've been meaning to write
death benefits now provides us
One very importmit thing is
letter letting the Union know with adequate protection.
to keep your dues paid up and
how I feel about the wonderful
be in good standing all the time,
things it has been accomplishing Let me say again that I'm
for
if you do not live up to the
sorry
I didn't
get
around
to
say
for the men who are fortunate
above
rules, you will suffer the
ing
these
things
before.
I
think
enough to belong to it. But with
same as I am today.
the
Union's
good
work
deserves
three children and a home to
I am behind in my dues and
care for in the absence of my encouragement.
I cannot
blame anybody but my .
Mrs. T.
J. Harding
• seafaring husband, I just kept
self, though this is the first time
Cleveland,
Ohio
putting it off.
since 1946 that I have been be
Reading over the last issue
hind.
of the SEAFARERS LOG, which
I made my last trip around
just arrived at our house, I de
the world, returning, in. March
cided that here is one wife of an
of 1950. I was paid off with
SlU man who is going to "hit
$1,250. At this time I paid my
the deck" and say what she
dues up to July 1, 1950. Since
thinks without fimther ado.
then I have not worked, besides
First, let me say that I think To the Editor:
having bad luck, for I was rob
the SIU has shown that it has
Ernest Skipper, OS, lakes a
A broken cigarette holder is bed of $660.
vision by steadily building wel
From what I have read and
If I had paid my dues for
fare benefits for seamen, who, from what my friends have writ moment to check his brush put back in commission by T. one year and eight months, to
until the SIU started fighting ten to me, I see that the govern while painting bn the Seatrain Spencer, Deck Engineer. Photos day I would not suffer in the
by Lester Moore.
for them, were far behind work ment has realized the mistake in Havana.
hospital. I have no one to blame
ers in industry on shore.
drafting active seamen. I also
but myself. I could have paid my
I think the way the Union hear that in New Orleans news
dues,
but I was too proud to ask
has buUt its Welfare Plan in the paper ads are being run for sea
my
brother
to lend me the
diort space of a year is a magni men.
money.
ficent accomplishment. No won It s^ms to me that if you
In August of 1950, I was to
der it is a model for other mari were to put pressure enough on To the EditOR
crew is well pleased with the ship on one of the Isthmian
time tmions.
Congress it would see the light
Vacation Plan. I myself have ships and got turned down by
Well here we are in Rio after
And the Vacation Plan is just and discharge us.
been sailing for a number of the. doctor. In October, T Was
Also, if om Brothers who are a disastrous trip from Mobile to years and have never collected
one more example of the leader
turned down again by the sami^^
ship the SIU has shown in in sailing now were to write t6 Boston, and from Norfolk to the vacation for I never stay on one doctor.
^ituting improvements for sea their respective Representatives
™>iTrWdad. The only ship that long.' Under this new On December 24, I got lye in
men. I would say that what in ConS^^"tem^*'S"wtat
Vacation Plan, I see that I can my left eye and I can thank pu?,
marks the SIU as a superior rep hardship was placed on the mer trouble we had after leaving collect a few extra dollars now. Dispatcher, Paul Gonsorchik, !(«;
resentative of seafaring men is chant marine, I am sure it would Norfolk was with the galley
As for my part, I think that getting me immediately to th.e
that it has ideas, ideas that it "help our case.
range but by the time we got to
was
a great piece of master hospital, where I have been
RODE AMMO SHIPS
puts in action.
Trinidad, the engine must; have work for the Union to have treated ever since.
'
I'm speaking, of course, from I think that I was doing my been brewing trouble for we come up with the Vacation Plan Then the doctor on Jay St.
the viewpoint of a woman, a duty riding those ammo ships sure had it.
idea and win a Fund like that found a cataract on my left eye
wife and mother, to whom se dining the last war but it seems
from
the shipowners. I think and sent me to Staten Island
We laid at anchor in Trinidad
curity is a very important thing. that our great and glorious lead
everyone
in the SIU will agree for an operation. Now I feel
ers have forgotten. Remember
While I naturally hope that how they used to rave about us. for one week waiting for some with me, too.
better again, and hope to ship
no such tragedy befalls any of
parts
from
the
States.
And
by
out
as soon as I" get out.
I'll
sign
off
now,
hoping
that
Heroes in dungarees—that's what
oim seafaring families, it is nev They used to caU us.
I
am
69 years old, have been ,
the way, they should have sent every SIU member has good
eriheless most comforting to I am sure that all the rest of a new stove, too. The stove is a sailing.
a seaman over 52 years, and
know that if anything should us active seamen who were
have • seen plenty of hospitals
C. L. Stringfellow
happen to our husbands, or fa drafted feel the same way as I coal burner cmd I think that a
around the world, but the treat
SS Edward L. Grant
thers, the Union has seen fit to do. We have been scuttled by our ship coming out of the boneyard
ment which I have received here
protect us against the panic that own political leaders.
with a coal burning stove should
cannot be bettered anyvyhere.
comes with the realization that Here is an idea. The Army have it replaced with an oil
The doctors are the best, and
burner.
the
nurses also. They are all too
and other military branches have
pleased
to do something good
This ship was
laid
up for
quite
a reserve. We should have the
for
one,
espicially
for a seaman.
awhile
and
everything
about
the
same thing for inactive seamen.
Vincent
Kapor
stove
was
rusted,
so
that
the
Then when an emergency comes
time
the
heat
hit
it,
well,
the
along, all a draft board would
have to do is notify each beach stove just couldn't take it. We To the Editor:
ed seaman who is registered are doing the best we can with
with his local board to "shape it to turn out meals but I hope I would like to take this op
smnething is done on arrival in portunity to write a little note
tq) or ship out."
in praise of the Captain of the
John Turner. 17852008344 the States.
COL 35, R.C.T. APO 25
.Jill
We just received the May 18 SS John Hanson, William Travis,
c/o PM,San Franosooy CaL issue of file LOG. The whole with whom we have just com
pleted a voyage from San Fran
cisco to Canada to load and
then on to the United Kingdom.
Captain Travis rates with the
best of them going to sea today.
He was very considerate of his
men—one and all—and deserves
the highest praise possible from
this crew. We would like every
There is little ceremony;
one in this Union to know that
;.^l
it is a great pleasure to have
Not many prayers are said;
been able to sail with this man
For flowers, the phosphorous ray;
among men, who went out of his
way many times to satisfy the
I
Four months old Stephen
The mourning hymn, wind across the waves.
^•
ii)
crewmembers.
James Hunt believes in looking
at a situation squarely. He's
We hope that you will give
Down to his coral tomb he glides, to,rest;
him a very good name among
the son of Seafarer and Mrs.
Thi^ petite young lady ans
His marker, a star, the sailors know;
John Hunt of Dorchester,
the members of our Union, as he wers to the name of Ruth. The
is 100 percent and one of the niece of Seafarer Luis Rami
Mass. A member of the SIU
And for this lonely seaman
best to sail with.
for 11 .years, John is presently
rez, she says she wants to be
We know there is a Heaven down below.
Deck Delegate on the Gateway
Pat Ryan
an SIU stewardess when she
City.
' —Anonymous
SS John Hanson .Sfowsiip. :
To the Editor:
Ask Congress
To Release Men
In Army, He Says
Grant Crewmen Warmed
By News Of Vacation Plan
Hanson Skipper
Impresses Crew
As 'One Of Best'
Bright Open Face
She Looks Ahead
Log-A-Rhythm
Heaven Down Below
�Friday. July 13. 1851
T HE St AF ARERS LOG
Paga Elaran
a a
Thay Rede A Coed Feeding
NMU Patients In Galveston
Find ^Welfare' Tough To Get
To the Editor:
gotten man as far as the NMU
plan
was concerned.
When you hear squawks from
With
all the NMU guys dead
NMU members in the Marine
broke
and
without cigarettes or
Hospital that their Welfare Plan
other
•
items
that men in the
setup is not near as good as the
hospital
need,
the Seafarers
Seafarers Welfare Plan, they're
would
help
them
out when wo
not kidding. It's real rough on
got
our
hospital
benefits.
those guys. I recently was a pa
tient in the Galveston Marine You've got to see a situation
Hospital so I know what I'm like this to really appreciate it.
It certainly made me understand
talking about.
why the NMU guys were beef
I was in the hospital just about ingf plenty about the treatment
one month, from May 7 to June they were getting from their
8, and every week without fail welfare setup.
the SIU Patrolman came around
Donald Mease
and paid me and the other SIU
men our weekly benefits, and
guess I don't have to say how
handy that money came in.
For the NMU men it was a
Members of the Aspinwall's crew gather far group pboto during trip to Ancona. Italy.
completely
different story. Many In, v v W
Ship paid off last month in Norfolk. Photo submitted by 6eor^e Liebers. Steward (third from
guys that I knew had been there |M0(l6l l! OF Lratt
left standing).
for several weeks "hadn't receiv
..
.
t
:
ed a dime in any benefits. First To the Editor:
of all, to be eligible for the $5 I am writing you to tell you
weekly benefit a guy had to be how much I enjoy reading the
hospitalized for 17 days.The av SEAFARERS LOG. My son, who
erage man whose period of hos has been shipping for sixanda
pitalization ran from 10 to 12 half years, has gotten his license
days could get nothing under and is now Third Assistant En
To the Editor:
this arragement.
gineer on the Topa Topa. I was
" I think Seafarers should know In all the time I was in the wondering if I would continue to
of a good deal that exists in the hospital, not one NMU man had receive the LOG, since he has
Port of Naples, Italy. It's the gotten a penny from their Wel shipped in a different classifica
Seamen's Club run by Mr. and fare Plan. Those who were elig tion.
Mrs. Sette and it's got every ible for benefits had to fill out
(Editor's note: Until your son
thing in town beat.
an application and send it to asks us to take him off the mail
First of all, there's good food New York. Several guys had
and at reasonable prices. Good done that when I was in the ing list, or until he changes the
entertainment is a feature during hospital but as of the day I left address, the LOG will continue
the evenings. Besides, Mr. and none had received any response. to go to your address.)
I really enjoy reading the
Mrs. Sette will help you out
There were a couple of real LOG and, since I have been a
with any personal needs.
pitiful cases. Like one NMU guy union man for years, I note with
These people visit the* Ameri
who had been in the hospital for great satisfaction the progress
can seamen in the Naples hospi
two years. The NMU Welfare you have made in the last two
tals and bring them cigarettes
Plan agreement didn't take care years, especially with the Cities
and other items that help make of him like the SIU did with its
their stay a bit more pleasant. special list and he couldn't ever Service tankers and your Vaca
I discovered the place while g^t anything. He was just a for tion Plan.
I am a member of the Brother
Four happy Seafarers on the Aspinwall on first voyage I was a patient at the Interna
hood
of Carpenters and Joiners
after she came out of boneyard were (left to right) Lbu Nehin, tional Hospital, where I stayed
of
America,
Local 286, Great
Ship's Delegate; Corsiaca. Wiper; unidentified Fireman, and for three weeks. When I got out
Falls,
Montana.
Your Vacation
G. B. Davis. Night Cook and Baker.
I stayed at a hotel but, since I
ATTENTION!
Plan
is
one
that
could
easily be
couldn't speak the language,
If you don't find linen made to work with our craft,
someone suggested that I try
the Seamen's Club. I did and I when you go aboard your as we too usually work for sev
got a good room at a decent ship, notify the Hall at once. eral different contractors during
•
A telegram from LeHarve or a year's time.
price. And the food was tops.
I
intend
to
show
this
Plan
to
I think all hands ought to in
Singapore won't do you any our Local soon, and see if we
To the Editor:
prunes and dried apricots. Also vestigate Hie place when their
good. It's your bed and you can't work out something like it.
canned corned beef, etc.
ships call at Naples.
In a recent issue of the LOG,
have to lie in it.
Joseph Houser
And the whole waterfront was
J. (Lucky) Asmont
Z noticed that one of the readers monopolized by "shipping
Gl. Falls, Mont.
is very anxious to see more sharks," who hung around and
stories about the "old days at when youpaid off, brought you
sea." I think I can supply some to a clothing store and got a
information by going back a lit rakeoff on the purchases you
ATBAV Of Tf?OP(CAL fPUl"^
tle.
made.
VOO EVERY MOPN.NO
MARIO REVfS,
CONSTAIvr DIAZ,
I have my ISU book and all I could go on indefinitely tell
5«ip DELEGATE
IN THE riE5.5ROOM,
CHIEF COOK, C^\
discharges since 1917. I joined ing of experiences like these and
HAS HELPED SZ '/
IMPROVE THE^ /'
my first ship in England in 1916. other rotten conditions that pre
WORKING
POLE'*
I was given a few dollars in vailed on the waterfront, until To the Editor:
advance to provide myself with we got an organization together Please send me a copy of
"The Seafarers in World War
a donkey's breakfast, pillow, like the SIU.
some cigarettes and whatever We had plenty to contend with, II." Also please send me the
other necessities I might require including the IWW, shipping LOG to my new addiessat Fort
Devens, Massachusetts. I really
for the deepsea trip.
masters, and stinking shipping enjoyed receiving the LOG at
MESSROOM! WHAT'S THAT? companies. But now we are real my home, and will enjoy getting
There was no such thing as a ly getting places. So hold on, it at this post.
messroom aboard the ship, nor Brothers, lest we have another I retired my book three years
was there any such thing as ham desperate struggle.
ago (my last ship was the Steel
Paddy Farrell Navigator), and have been work
and eggs. You sat on the deck
and when you finished eating
ing in the hard coal mines. I
you washed your own dish in
belong to the United Mine Work
Cronin Pallbearer
sea water, which you pumped up
ers of America, headed by John
At Slifker Rites
yourself.
L. Lewis.
Perhaps you'll say "Ah, well,
Brother Harry J. (Popeye)
In, comparing the good and
this was not an American ship." Cronin served as a pall
bad points, I still rate the SIU
Right, but things were not too bearer at the funeral. of as the best Union I ever came
THE 5.VFtOeiDA
much different in those days, 'IWhltey" Slifker in Balti
IS A HEAVEN FOR
into contact with.
Seafarercarloon
STEWARDS AND
even on American ships. When I more recently. A letter to the
Just a little advice: If any of
POSUNS NO
ist sketches pen and
GASHOUNDS,
got to the States I joined the LOG from another of the you fellows are waiting to be
NO PERFORFV ink comments on
E«5...CRtvY
ISU and shipped on my first
four SIU men who acted as ' snatched by the draft board, you
personalities and
(OO % OH
Americancrewed ship, the El pallbearers incorrectly spell
had better join up, as the enlis
• THE OOB.
life aboard his
Sud, operated by the Morgan ed Brother Cronin's name.
tee has a much better deal in
present ship, tho
Line* in 1917. What a slave ship
Cronin, now .aboard the the Army.
SS Florida.
she was.
SS Venore. asksd the LOG
Pvt. John Paulus. 13402054
: We got Morgan Line "straw
to properly recdrd his name.
Rocopt. Del.. ASA Tag. Hgl.
hemes"'e v e r ytrip — that is,
Fort Devens. Mass.
E. Reyes. Artist
J Union Carpenter
CallsVacationPIan
'Lucky' Asmont
Recommends Good
Deal In Naples
The Deck Was Your Table,
The Sea Your Sink In '16
Wants Seafarers
War Story, LOG
At Army Post
Caricatures Of Shipmates
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Friday, July 13, 1951
If you bought a set of dishes for Aunt Matilda and take his goods" off the ship in the second US Customs men suggest that for convenience,
Ion your last trip to a foreign port, and ran afoul port.
where possible, the duty receipt should be pasted
^jof customs regulations because you figured you
somewhere inside
the item. If the foreignmanu
What is the setup of a bonded lo^er?
jiwere entitled to bring in a certain amount of
According to customs men, the bonded locker factured item was bought here, keep the bill of
] goods duty free, take heart — it's a common is not something for seamen to be .concerned sale.
How abeut bringing in a pet dog?
rstumbling block for seamen.
with. Sometimes for security reasons the customs
Even Seafarers who have enough discharges inspector will put certain items into a locker and
Customs men frown on bringing in certain
! to paper a room find at times that their beliefs seal them up. These items are already listed on fruits, plants, vegetables and animals. The ani
as to customs regulations are more fancy than the crew list and have been checked by customs mals allowed, among them dogs and gorillas,
must be inoculated and passed by the US Public
fact.
men.
Health
Seiwice.
ij Queries received at SIU • Headquarters
from
What should I do if I buy something in a for
'Seafarers and crews as to customs regulations eign port and want to fcdlow the proper customs
Animals, it seems, have given the customs men
some bad moments at times and have also been
jshow that many seamen are not familiar with procedure?
' i the law, and a lot of fables have been built up
When buying an article, get a bill of sale.. the source of a few laughs. One time in New
5 as to the rights and privileges^ of seamen in When the Purser or the Skipper is making up York when customs men were checking a crew,
bringing goods into the country.
the crew purchase list, the seaman should be ohe of the seamen seemed anxious to be on his
In an effort to clear the air of misconceptions, sure the items he purchased are added. Later," way. He showed the inspectors an empty bird
i th6 office of the US Customs in New York was when he leaves the vessel, the seaman should, cage and told them it was for a canary in his
i consulted. The answers customs men gave to the show his purchased ifienis and pfoc&iee his Bill home, ^iie inspectors were about to pass him
questions raised by SlU men are as follows:.
of sale. He then pays duty on his purchases and when the man tipped his hat to scratch his head
and a parrot flew out and off into the blue
How much can I bring into the country duty is in the clear.
yonder.
free?
According to custotha rnen, the dfite hitch in
In another situation a customs inspector re
' The law allows, a seaman to bring into the this is that a seaman sometimes tells the ship's
members his brush
with a member of the animal
cotintry the clothing and personal effects he took officer to add his purchase to the list, but later
with him, plus the following: one quart of liquor finds out the item was not added, and he faces a kingdom. While checking a crew he asked one
(opened), 300 cigarettes or 50 cigars or three possible fine in the amount of the value of the of the men what he had in the bag he was lug "
pounds of tobacco, or a proportionate amount of goods and must go to the Custom House to get ging. The man shrugged and said, "Not much.
Go ahead, take a look." The customs man opened
each. These items do not have to be declared.
the matter squared' away.
the strings a bit and stuck his hand in. He quick
Anything in excess of these which is not on
Ohe failure of seamen at times is to see that ly letout a howl and jerked his hand out. He
the free list is subject to duty. (The free list has the cigarettes they are carrying in excess of 15
|i himdreds of dutyfree items but all must be de packs are added to the Hst. Some men think that had put his hand square in the face of a very
ll dared. Antiques, for example, are dutyfree.) * if the cigarettes are stuck iii with the slopchest strong and belligerent baby gorilla.
Miore important to customs men than shaking
Seamen, as a rule, are not allowed to bring in a stores they are all set. But this is not the case.
hands with the animals seamen collect in their
; specific amount of goods dutyfree as are tour
Customs men
suggest
that seamen
can expedite
travels
around the world, is the constant battle
i ists and passengers. The situations where they
their
clearance if
the
crew
puts all
purchases
to
they wage against the smuggling of illicit goods,
I are allowed this privilege are explained beloW.
gether in one place, so customs men can go over primarily narcotics. According to customs men,
Ar© there different regulations in different
them all at once and not have to jump around it's a rare seaman who is involved in such goings
US ports?
from bag to bag. After checking off all the pur on. However, where seamen learn that narcotics
Overall the regulations are the same. The cus chases the customs men can then go through the
are hidden aboard ship, they are urged to report
[: toms service maintains a school in New York, rest of the crew's luggage quickly.
the fact to the Skipper immediately.
I where inspectors from all over the country are
What
if
I Waiif
ib
take
from
the
US
a
foreign
There's no question of protecting anyone or,
taught uniform enforcement of the law. There
made
item,
such
as
a
Germjan
camera?
being
a "squealer," as the presence of such goods
I may be slight differences in some ports where
When
joining
the
ship
go
to
the
customs
in
are as dangerous to all aboard as a bomb, and
I the handling of problems calls for somewhat
spector
and
get
a
registration
certificate
for
the
can cause a lot more damage in the long run.
I different methods. The handling of such situa
item.
The
certificate
is
good
for
two
years.
If
Incidentally, customs men invite anyone intef
; tions is at the discretion of the customs officer
the seaman has brought the camera into the US ested to stop in and see their exhibit of seized
in charge of that port.
after a previous trip and has declared it, the narcotics at their' training school at 54 Stone
How much in value can I lake ashore if I am
duty receipt from that time is all that is needed. Street, New York.
not returning to sea?
In this case a seaman is considered the same
as a. passenger. He fills out a "Declaration and
Entry of Crewmember for Imported Articles"
and writes on it "I am leaving the vessel and do
not intend to reship immediately."
• The Skipper or Chief Mate then signs the de
claration to the effect that he believes the state
ment to be correct. The seaman may then bring
in items amounting up'to $200 in value if he has
been out of the country at least 48 hours, and
has not had a previous exemption within 30
days, pliis $300 additional if the trip has been
lohger than 12 days.
The law on this is as follows:
"An officer or seaman leaving a vessel arriving
from a foreign port shall be considered a return
ing resident of the United States, provided he is
a resident and (1) leaves the vessel without in
I tention of reshipping on a vessel touching at
foreign ports, or (2) remains on or transships to
a vessel which is to proceed to another port of
the . United States in a movement in which entry
of the vessel will not be required."
Crewmembers not intending to,leave the sea
can, in certain circumstances, bring in items up
l td. $500 in value by following part 2 of the above
J;;_lwhich means that if a ship returns from a for
[rei^ trip and docks at, say, Boston, discharges
I all of its foreign cargo and then proceeds down
the coast to another US port, the ship is not
cleared again by customs in its second US port
because it was already cleared in Boston. Men .
W<ilter DumkiskL iiMtru^r ^ tBd U& G^otns ^cBobl Sa Hew York, looks over an opium
wishing to take advantage of the law in this
jAtie
and! sanQiiles'ol^ ^umr selmd< 1>7 the geveritma^ai, wliteh are among tbe exhibits dlBplayed
case would fill out the "Declaration ahd Eritfy
in the Curtom Schoef cIa«8ro6in3K'V:''
of Crewinember for Imported Articles" M Bostofi
�Friday, July 13, 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Thirteen
Digested Minutes Of SiU Ship Meetings
STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isth
books and permits in their de
^an). May 27—Chairman, G.
partments. Men asked to take
Smithers; Secretary, A. Mosher.
better care of washing machine.
Communications from Union read
4 4 4
and accepted. Engine Delegate
ABIQUA
(Cities
Service), June
REG.
REG.
REG.
TOTAL
SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL
. reported 53 hours of overtime.
PORT
DECK
ENG.
STWDS.
REG.
DECK
ENG.
STWDS. SHIPPED 17—Chairman, W. Kane; Secre
Suggestion made to fumigate
tary, A. Smith. Delegates report
ship.
Boston
31
22
13
66
17
18
16
51 ed some disputed overtime. Mo
New York
145
144
114
403
189
198
126
513 tion carried to draw up a repair
4 4. 4^
JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman). Philadelphia
50
25
32
107
75
47
55
177 list. Beneficiary cards were dis
May 4—Chairman, Ray Queen: Baltimore
162
103
105
370
133
109
98
340 tributed to crew and the SIU
Secretary, Clyde Still. Delegates Norfolk
22
4
4
30
57
45
47
149 Welfare Plan was explaineci.
reported numlper of books and Savannah
12
.12
14
38
15
15
12
42
June 24—Chairman, W. Kane;
permits in their departments. Tampa
(No Figures Received)
(No Figures Received)
Secretary,
Samuel Curtis. Dele
Discussion on repaying Engineer Mobile
61
55
51
167
40
41
36
117 gates reported no beefs. Vacation
money advanced to buy washing New Orleans
108
104
94
306
99
83
93
275 Plan discussed and approved.
machine.
Galveston
53
37
36
126
34
32
26
92
4 4 4
West Coast
33
32
22
87
10
13
19
42
ARCHERS
HOPE (Cities Ser
CITRUS PACKER (Waterman),
vice),
June
17
— Chairman, J.
677
538
485
1,700
669
601
528
1,798
April 8—Chairman, C. Aubert; GRAND TOTAL
Schuler;
Secretary,
H. Young. "
Secretary, H. Cordes, Delegates
Educational
bidletin
"Our
Obli
reported some disputed overtime
SEACOMET (Colonial), June departments reported some dis ed up be turned over to Patrol gation" read and accepted. Beef
in all departments except the en
gine department. A vote of 17 — Chairman, Sol Cohen; Sec puted overtime. Steward thank man. Bulletin "Our Obligation raised on engine men doing work
of deck department.
thanks givdn the Baker for put retary, Frank Volto. Special ed the crew for its cooperation read to crew and discussed.
meeting called to discuss the five during trip. .Vote of thanks given
4 4 4
ting out good pastry.
4 4 4
issues sent to the crew for dis 1st Assistant for the aid he gave OCEAN C (Ocean Transporta
QUARTETTE (Standard), June
WILLIAM W. HARPER (Wa cussion and vote. Entire crew in installing the wasjjing ma tion), June 24—Chairman, Eddie 10 — Chairman, D. Parker; Sec
' ierman). May 20—Chairman, Lee went .on record in praise of the chine.
Albinski; Secretary, Gaetano Bu retary, P. Cassidy. Deck Dele
Snodgrass: Secretary, George Vacation Plan and the increased June 23—Chairman, Jan Fouls; sciglio. Delegates reported all in gate reported approximately 250
Foley. Delegates reported all benefits in the Welfare Plan. The Secretary, Richard Huff. Dele order. Ship's Delegate to see hours of disputed overtime. Mo '
okay. Crew asked to conserve other issues raised were also giv gates reported number of books Captain about cereal at every tion carried that sprinkler sys
and permits. Discussion on the breakfast. Members asked to co tem be put into working order.
water as many leaks have not en full endorsement.
five current issues sent to the operate in cleaning dishes at Discussion on contribution to be
4 4 4
yet been fovmd.
FEDERAL (Trafalgar), June 16 ship for action. All were adopted. night.
made to March of Dimes.
4> it 4>
Discussion
on
proper
care
of
—Chairman,
Bill
Anderson;
Sec
4 4 4
MOBILIAN (Waterman), April 12
4 4 4
the
washing
machine.
retary,
J.
Melvyn
Lundy.
Dele
WILLIAM
A. M. BURDEN
—Chairman, Harry Reynolds;
GRENVILLE M. DODGE
Secretary, Joh^ Kalmick. Dele gates reported the number of
(South Atlantic), May 23—Chair (Pacific Tankers), June 17 —
books and permits in their de
agates reported no beefs.
man, J. Williams; Secretary, C. Chairman, Gene Flowers; Secre
partments.
Educational meeting
May 20 — Chairman, Leonard
Wynn. Beef raised over Wiper tary, Charles Murphy. Delegates
Spivey; Secretary, John Kalmick. held for the new workpermit
not being allowed to make cof reported no beefs. Ship's Dele /=
Discussion held on dispute in en men on the ship. Vote of appre
fee in the afternoon. Motion car gate reported that money had
gine room. Discussion on dirty ciation given the stewards de
ried to have officers' rooms been sent to the March of Dimes.
partment.
water tanks.
checked for linen, as crew's Suggestion made that mail sit :
4 4 4
quarters have already been uation on Suez Canal be im
4. 4. it
proved. Men who bought liquor
Recked.
BIENVILLE (Waterman), May F&TRpUTE ^cdhiasen), Juqe
in Suez Canal were reprimanded
14—Chairman, John Santaniello; .2p — C^i^n. (iieoige
4 4 4
Secretary, Ralph Homocker. Secretary, S^ley Schuyler. Dis,
SPARTANBURG VICTORY for their conduct, and told they
4 4 4
cussion
on
putting
up
awhipg
Delegates reported on number
REATRIC^ VICT^OTY (Traiw (Bloomfield), June 3—Chairman, would face charges if they re
back
aft.
Number
of
books
and
. of men in their departments. List
Fud), May 21 — Chairnian, R. Blackie Rose; Secretary. W. peated.
permits
in
each
department
re
4 4 4
of repairs readied for when ship
GT.an,t,j jS.eczeta)ry, .J. EUiptt, Walsh. Ship's Delegate Reported
ported. Motion carried for eacfr Ship's Delegate asked the crew that purchase of a washing ma
BULL RUN (Mathiasen), April
takes its annual inspection.
man to donate $1 to ship's fund, to cooperate and not delay the chine in Buenos Aires was im 29 — Chairman, F. Johnson; Sec
at the payoff. Steward given a ship when she stops in Algiers practical. Discussion on advance retary, S. Eullison. Delegates re
vote of thanks for doing wash for bunkers. Ship's Delegate to in South American ports to be ported beefs on water tanks and
to meet the linen issue. Discus see about new deck chairs and' made in dollars. Few beefs on disputed overtime in deck de
sion on the . five issues sent to cots for crew. Crew warned to chow raised. Stores to be check partment. Discussion on repairs
the ship; entire crew voted to ac keep recreation rqom and laun ed in future before ship sails. needed before crew signs articles. '
4 4* 4
cept
all five.
W. E. DOWNING (Malhi^n),
June 10—Chairman, J. John,
Agreement made that each crew
dry clean.
4 4 4
. jMay 20 — Chairman, John Lsme;
son;
Secretary, Dresley. Deck
member
is
to donate
$5
toship's
June 17—Chairman, J. Lawton;
,Secretary, D|ui Sheehan. Dele
Delegate reported some disputed
NATHANIEL B. PALMER Secretary, J. Elliott. Delegates fund. ^
gates reported on number of (Paliqar), June 10—Chairman, J. reported no beefs. Suggestion
overtime. Discussion on welfare
4 4 4
books and permits in their de Doris; Secretary, M. Hauf. Dele made that repairs be listed in BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities and death benefits.
partments. Discussion on excesp gates reported no beefs. Motion^ triplicate. Patrolman to be con Service), June 14 — Chairman, June 20—Chairman, Blanchard;
moise at meal hours making it carried for no one to payoff sulted over question of delayed Mark Oliver; (Secretary not giv Secretziry, F. Johnson. Delegates:
impossible for the Messman to until all disputed overtime is sailing in Algiers.
en). Delegates reported some dis reported all okay. Motion carried
settled. Discussion on Chief En
hear orders.
puted overtime. Treasurer re that $10 be taken from ship's '|
4 4 4
June 3—Chairman, E. Calla gineer breaking watches when SEA CLOUD (Seatraders), ported $21.60 in ship's fund. ]|p fund for purchase of magazines.
. han; Secretary. L. Arnold. Dele ship is in port less than 24 hours. (date not given)—Chairman, R. gineer to be told about poor per Suggestion made that all meat
gates reported no beefs. Dis
4 4 4
McCullough; Secretary, W. formance of crew's refrigerator. be checked and that foimd bad
cussion led by Ship's Delegate SEACOMET (Zenith), June 14 Geary. Delegates reported num' June 26 — Chairman, T. Mc be taken off ship in next port. ;
on the responsibilities of work — Chairman, Lyons; Secretary, ber of books and permits. Mo • Henan; (Secretary not given).
4 4 4
. permitmeh. Discussion on soap Anderson.* Special meeting called tion carried that men who foul Delegates reported number of SOUTHERN CITIES (Southern,
and match shortage, in engine to discuss and vote on the five
Trading), Jtme 11 — Chairm^
department.
Spencer Arent; Secretary, L.
issues sent from Headquarters.
White. Delegates reported
4 4 4
All five points explained to crew
okay. Ship's Delegate discussed |
SEAWIND (Seatraders). June and the members voted unani
The SIU is on record that charges will be placed against performing by crewmembers and
16 — Chairman, Tony Martinez; mously to accept and endorse
men
guilty of being the following:
missing watches. Crew told tO;
Secretary, E. Williams. Delegates all five issues. Crew was praised
notify department heads when
reported number of books and for bringing in a clean ship.
PILFERERS: Men who walk off ships with crew's equip
permits in_ their departments.
4 4 4
ment or ship's gear, such as sheets, towels, ship's stores, cargo, switching watches.
Discussion on possible purchase SEAPEARL (Colonial), June 2 eta. for sale ashore,
4 4 4
ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa),
of new washing machine in S^n. —Chwmim, M. Anderson; Secre
WEEDHOUNDS: Men who are in the possession of or
June 19—Chairman, R. Kelly;;
Francisco. Three men commend tary, P. Wilkins. Delegates re
who use marijuana or other narcotics on board an SIU ship
Secretary, Louis Moore. Delegates,
ed for their work in the stew ported number of books and or in the vicinity of an SIU HalL
reported all okay. Motion carried
permits in their departments.
• ards department.
GASHOUND PERFORMERS: Men who jeopardize the to stop buttermilk and have a'
Motion carried that anyone hav
4 4 4
safety of their shipmates by drinking while at work on a ship
ALEXANDRA (Carras), June ing a beef is to see his Delegate or who turn to in a drunken condition. Those who disrupt the better grade of ice cream put
9 — Chairmsin, H. Wirtz; Secre and let the Delegate take the operation of a ship, the payoff or signon by being gassed up. aboard. Five issues discussed and J
voted on.
j
tary, E. Reyes. Delegates report mattet from there. Crew in
All Seafarers, members and officials alike, arev under
ed no beefs. Suggestion made agreement that ship is one of
CANTIGNY tciries Service),
that receipts for washing ma the cleanest they have ever beem obligation to place charges against these types of characters.
June
13—Chairman, Keith Terpe;
on
despite
the
fact
that
ship
This
Union
was
built
of.
by
and
for
seamen.
Seafarers
chine, iron and ironing board be
Secretary
J. Kovachic. Special
has
been
out
of
boneyard
only
fought
many
long
and
bloody fights
to
obtain
the
wages
and
sent to Headquarters to have the
meeting
called
to act on the five i
six weeks.
Discussion on
painting
conditions
we
now
enjoy.
For
the first
time
in
the
history
of
property recorded as being that
issues
raised
in
the SE.AFARERS 1
the
ship
while
at
sea.
the
maritime
industry
a
seaman
can
support
himself
and
his
of the Union. Educational dis
LOG.
All
issues
were approved |
family
in
a
decent
and
independent
manner.
The.
SIU
does
4 4 4
cussion on the rules and regula
unanimously
and
thanks extend J
AMBERSTAR
(Traders),
June
not
tolerate
the
jeopardising
of
these
conditions
by
the
actions
tions of the SIU. Men assigned
ed to the SIU Headquarters staff
of irresponsibles.
. j
to sanitary work were told to do 10 — .Chairman, H. Carney: Sec
for the fine work done.
retary, H, Iliff. Delegates in dl
i J
• better in the future.
A&G Shipping From June 20 To July 4
Unjon Wreckers Warned
�THE SEAFARERS
Page Fourteen
LOG
Friday. July 13. 1951
No Compromise '
Company
Seattle Seafarers Hail Victory
(Continued from Fsge 2)
Of Bering Sea Fishermen, Canners going to stay with it until the relationships become very On CS Tanker
satisfactory.
Foul
Things
Up
It is ten months since that testimony was given. Des
By RAY GATES
SEATTLE, July 7—^The Bering the Coast Guardf the other day
(Continued from Page 3)
Sea Fishermen's Union won its about the clearing of two of our
pite
his assurances,
Mr. Farrell
is
no
longer
in
the
picture,
Pilot
boarded I secured the but
men
who
ran
afoul
on
the
SS
3day strike against the Alaska
and
the
relationship
between
the
company
and
the
union
terworth
system. During this
Choctaw. 1 would
like
to
warn
Salmon Industry. It was a bitter
fight, with the Seafarers Inter the men who are fouling up that .has not improved. In fact, a pattern has gradually evolv time we also had boat drill,
national Union giving full sup the Coast Guard is getting tough, ed that is shockingly similar to the labor relations policies changed linen and the Captain
port to the Bering Sea Fisher and that if they continue to foul employed by the Marine Division in the sordid precon put out a draw. I was so busy
that they excused me from boat
up they will find themselves on
men.
drill. I didn't have time to
the beach for three months or tract days.
The fishermen won payment
In short, the fears expressed by the SIU at the Senate change my linen and was too
of 40 cents per fish and welfare longer.
tired to go ashore so I didn't
hearings have now become a reality.
TOUGH ON SHIPMATES
contribt iions by the employers
a draw..
The reason is simple and clear. The same ignorance take
based on 20 cents per case of These guys not only foul up
Taking my experience on the
salmon packed. Full details of themselves, but create a hard and bias, the same irrational hatred of unionism, the same other CS ships into consideration,
the story will probably be cov ship on their shipmates by de neurotic refusal to accept the modern concept of labor and talking to some of the CS
ered elsewhere in the LOG, but priving them of the services of
relations which produces efficiency and good will on seamen, I don't believe the offi
we want to say that the com their shoreside officials, who are
cials at 70 Pine Street are put
mies have been dealt a severe kept busy running to the Coast both sides in the maritime indutry today, is directing ting this much pressure on their
blow by this victory.
Guard to defend the foulups. Marine Division policies.
supervisory personnel. I believe
While this evidence of diseased thinking still pervades the Captain and Mate of this
Here in Seattle shipping is No meeting was held " as we
good, with two ships—Mankato lacked the quorum necessary to the Marine Division, there obviously cannot be any pro ship are responsible for the poor
Victory (Victory Carriers) and conduct business.
gress toward attaining the smooth labormanagement working conditions we have on
the Purple Star (Triton)—paying Brothers Joe Rudolph, Gene relations that exist elsewhere throughout the organized this ship. P know this situation
off in the shipping period just O'Mara, Ed Carlson, Berger Jo
will be cleared up sooner or
. ..
ended. These vessels held sign hannsen, and Carroll Quint are sections of the . maritime industry.
.
'
.
the sooner .,
the ,
better
ons and port activity was height among those on the beach here.
Tne SIU is anxious to reach a sound, healthy rela off the company, ship super
ened by the arrival of the Las Only one of our Brothers is in tionship with the Marine Division. But both: parties must I visory personnel and seamen will
Vegas Victory (Isthmian) and the hospital. He's C. W. Shivers. show good faith and a desire to <ieal honestly with mufual
the Seamar (Calmar), which call
Any of his former shipmates and problems. However, the prospects for a normal approach, At present this is the third
ed intransit.
friends who drop him a line or to these problems, so long as the Marine Division is bog voyage for me. Voyage No. 2
was considerably better. I lined
pay him a visit will be doing a
LOGS DROPPED
up the pumps myself and we
ged
down
by
a
perverted
perspective,
is
mighty
dim.
good turn.
had
trouble butterworthing.
On the Purple Star, the Skip
In face of this situation, the SIU is once again doc The no
With the big salmon starting
Mate stayed in his room
per has a bookfull of logs. Some to run in this immediate area,
were good and,some not so good anybody who wants to get some umenting its case. The relentless fight that marked the most of the time but the deck
and, after wrangling awhile, the good fishing while waiting for a first phase of the relationship with Cities Service will be department was» still driven like
Skipper dropped all of them. On ship should head for Seattle. renewed until the men in that fleet enjoy the full pro a bunch of prisoners. They still
the Las Vegas Victory, in the And the weather is fine since tection and representation to which they are entitled by insist on them doing several jobs
Gulf to West Coast trade, there the big rains have disappeared virtue of their agreements and the laws of this land. On at once.
I saw one man on another ship
were three men in the stewards for the summer—we hope.
this there can be no compromise.
seriously injured while butter
department who apparently were
worthing and will probably see
out for the ride and wouldn't
another if the working pace on
perform their jobs.
this ship isn't slowed down. I
After talking to these men it
have put the plates on several
was decided that the best thing
butterworth
holes myself. This
was for them to get off the ship.
is
not
my
job,
but to prevent
We shipped replacements from
someone
from
stepping
into one
the Hall. One of these birds
of
these
holes
I Ijave
been doing '
thought it was quite an accom
this of mjj own free will. If the
plishment for him to have sailed
Celestine, Oliver
20.00
FT. WORTH, TEXAS
(Continued from Page 6)
Bosun
didn't drive the men back
on three ships in as many weeks. Dennis, S. L
10.00 Wise, Joseph ...".
68.00 to the chipping hammers and
10.00 Chahoc, P. T. .;
Inasmuch as he had fouled up Johnson, G. F.
20.00
10.00 Cruz, RogeHo
US MARINE HOSPITAL
paint brushes so fast they would
on all, he was sent pac^g.
20.00
Rogers, H. L.
... 270.00 Gross, E. E
MEMPHIS. TENN.
have
time to secure them.
We spent a few hours with
Desoso, S. M.
,
.20.00 Ratcliff, R. A
40.00 I heard one man ask the Bo
10.00
430.00 Garretson, F. H...
sun if he could get a drink of
US MARINE HOSPITAL
Hackett, J. J,
10.00 FT. STANTON, NEW MEXICO water and go, to the head. Of
US MARINE HOSPITAL
...i
20.00 McDonald, Donald
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Kelly, Daniel D
40.00 course this man is new in our
Kuschke,
W
20.00 Pritchard, E. L
Thurman, Henry
• 40.00
40.00 Union, but he is driven so hard
10.00 Shively, Clarence D.
Rivera, Ruperto
30.00 Kueider, Joseph
.• 40.00 he is afraid to take a break on
Here's one big reason prices Harris, J. G
20.00 Woods, Gidlow
7.00 Lang, Leo
40.00 his own without receiving a
. must be controlled:
Martin,
A
10.00
Maasik, J
.... 10.00
tongue lashing.
The cost of living jumped 10 Mitchell, Frank
10.00
21.00 Mauffray, A.
160.00 On several of my many trips
percent between April 1950 and Jarvis, L. E
,
20.00
20.00 Mayrbat, J
past the midships house tMs
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
April 1951—and they're still go Rogers, "William H
McKay,
M.
.;
20.00
20.00
trip I have heard loud reports
ing up.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
10.00
Sadowski, P.
10.00 Mondesire, F. J.
like
the firing of a pistol or
How they rose during the Haim, C. F
10.00 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA rifle and after being shot at sev
20.00 Patterson, E. A.
37.00
Korean war is shown by the Moats, C. L
20.00 Neumaier, Charles J
20.00 Raana, Karl
eral times and hit once during
table below. The table is taken Smira, G. M.
20.00
US MARINE HOSPITAL
;
20.00 Ray, Claude
World War II, I usually jump
from the consumers' price in
Tickle, Lonnie
20.00
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
, when such, blasts occur. I thought
dex published by the Bureau of
20,00 Piatt, Elijah C., ..• • .
28.00 the Captain might be target prac
218.00 Wallickj C. E.
. Labor Statistics (BLS) and shows
ticing, but I am told by more
how various items of the budget BRIGHTON MARINE HOSP.
390.00
than one crewmember that the
BOSTON, MASS.
of moderateincome families in
Death Benelifs Bald
supervisors
are celebrating Hie
US MARINE HOSPITAL
10.00
18 large cities have increased Marques, J
Fourth
of
Julywith
firecrackers.
Pedersen,
Sverre
...............
500.00
MOBILE,
ALABAMA
'
10.00
between April 15, 1950, and Cabral, E.
I
have
heard
the
reports and
Burke,
Tim
20.00
Sofianos,
Dimitrios
1,000.00
10.00
April 15, 1951. Those are the Brown, A. G
at
least
three
men
saw them
Shepherd,
B.
10.00
Holden,
Hubert
1,000.00
10.00
latest dates for which figures Krotenberg, A
use
them.
I
don't
think
an oil
Gray,
William
E
1,000.00
Ashurst,
James
10.00
Campbell,
L
10.00
are available.
Birmingham, J. ..
20.00 Smith, William C
1,000.00 tanker which usually carries
Dirksmeyer,
F
31.00
The table shows how costs
1,000.00 gasoline is the proper place to
10.00 Thompson, Robert W.
14.00 Slay, Jam6s
compare with the 193539 period Gardner, E
use firecrackers
in celebrating
of 100 points.
5,500.001 the Fourth.
70.00
95.00
April 15, April 15,
US MARINE HOSPITAL
1950
1951
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON
All items
168.5 184.6
42.00
All foods
197.3 225.7 Shiver, John
10.00
Meats
224.6 272.5 Schmidt, George
shore union. Last April, it filed picketlines at the Ekuk cannery
(Continued from Page 1)
Beef and "Veal
246.4 309.5
manned Sailor's Splice arrived unfair labor practice charges in Alasl^a.
52.00 at Naknek she refused to unload against the industry because it The Cannery Workers Union
Dairy products
179.6 204.1
Clothing
184.9 203.6
DEERSHEAD STATE HOSP. the cannery cargo.
signed a contract with the AFU joined the strike late last month
Rent
130.1 135.1
SALISBURY, MARYLAND
and switched its affiliation from
After five days, the company
COMMIE SCABS
Housefurnishings ..185.4 211.8 Lucan, Michael J
40.00 ordered the vessel to return to
the CIO to the SIU.
Miscellaneous*
154.7 164.6 US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ,eattle with her cargo.
The commiedominated group Representing the new SIU af
US MARINE HOSPITAL
The Bering Sea Union broke tried to" smash the strike and filiates" in their successful con
* Includes medical care, drugs,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
iway from the communistdom were reported transporting com tract negotiations was Jim Dow
household operation; recreation, Arnold, R. C
10.00 "nated Alaska Fishermen's Union munist sympathizers from West ney, who served as chairman of
alcoholic bevereages, tobacco Buckley, E. R.
lO.OC ast January, when a move was Coast waterfronts to the strike the joint committee that niet
products, personal care, trans, CaldweU, J
lO.OC nade to merge the AFU with area for finking activities. The with representatives of the sel •
portation, etc.
, .
Cara, W. O.
20.00 Haxry Bridges' West Coast Ipnig AFU; kept working behind the mon ""industry.
Living Costs Rise
10 Percent In Year
Alaskan Affiliates Win Beef
,,
t'
�Friday/ July IJ, 1951
The Indian government has set up its own
hiring halls for seamen in a move to stamp out
waterfront bribery and cortruption. The men will
be registered and shipped under the rotary sys
tem. . . . Dredging operations giving Port Newark
a 35foot channel to the Atlantic Ocean was com
pleted on July 10. Newark, which has no lines
serving 'Europe or the Mediterranean, hopes to
attract some. . . . AFL International Longshore
men's Association charges that high pier rentals
demanded by the city' of New York are driving
shippers to other ports, and is launching a cam
paign to bring the rentals down.
Waterman has received permission from the
Interstate Commerce Commission to expand its
intercoastal service. It can now move cargo from
California eastbound to Baltimore and Atlantic
ports south of Baltimore. The ICC also granted
the company the authority to carry passengers
between Miami, Florida, and the various Pacific
and Atlantic ports it already serves. . . . Moore
McCormack will continue to operate its three
"good neighbor" liners, the Argentina, Brazil and
Uruguay, having submittedr a bid of $22,000 par
ship per month for the charter of Ihe fleet. In
addition, the company must construct (with the
aid of a construction differential subsidy) two
combination, vessels, when required to by the
Maritime Administration. The new ships will be
$46 feet long, have a speed of 23 knots, and will
carry 650 oneclass passengers. The dry cargo
capacity will be 3,450 deadweight tons, and
refrigerated cargo 45$ deadweight tons.
US has granted another $17,235,000 to Japan
for building new merchant vessels, in addition to
the $14,450,000 granted, previously. Japanese in
^rnational class shippings will iptal 277 ships of
1,683,000 gross tons by March 3i, 1952, according
to the Japanese government. ... J. Lewis Luck
enbdch) chairman of the board of managers of
the American BiureaU of Shipping, died on July
rAS' SEArARERS LdC
4, at the age of 67. A member of the board of
governers of the Propeller Club, and a member
of other shipowner organizations, he was a mem
ber of the unlamented US Shipping Board dur
ing World War I.
A bill, HR 4544, introduced by Congressman
Anfuso of New York, would establish in the Bur
eau of Customs the US Customs Port Patrol and
the US Customs Border Patrol, in order to im
prove the enforcement of the antismuggling
laws. Customs Port Patrol officers would be as
signed to every pier and dock where any foreign
vessel or. any ship carrying cargo from a foreign
country has tied up, or where passengers are dis
embarking from any vessel which has arrived
from a foreign country. These officers would be
authorized to make searches, and make seizures
and arrests, in accordance with the law*
15 more Liberty ships were allocated to gen
eral agents on July 2, it was anounced by the
National Shipping Authority, five of which went
to SIU companies. Two were allocated to Alcoa,
while one each went to Bloomfield, Bull and
Eastern. The total allocations. under GAA now
total 187, of which 175 are Liberties, 11 Victories
(one assigned for repairs only) and one C4, also
assigned for repairs. . . . Leading American oil
companies have made plans to pool their over
seas supplies, tankers and other facilities on a
worldwide basis, to lessen the effect of ar shut
down of Iranian oil, now being nationalized.
Legal clearance from the D^jartm'ent of Justice
is being awaited.
The Coast Guard has <9oai|ileted setting up of
appeal boards to bear eases of those who have
been screened odt ss poor security risks. Local
appei^rbpards wiU have 11 JUdxir
six
opexmioT mmnhM and one ahemate for the
operators. The naddonal appeal board in Wash
ington consists of five labor and five manage
ment membera and two aUernalives, plus Coast
Page Fifteien
Guard members. Local boards are located in
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Nor
folk, New Orleans and San Francisco. L is ex
pected that all US ports will have boards in the
near future. . . . The Maritime Commission has
given its approval for the building of nine new
foreignflag tankers in American shipyards.
^ The CIO Marine Engineers and the AFL Mas
ters, Mates and Pilots have announced a program
for joint action. They have notified the operators
that they will work together for imiform expira
tion dates for their contracts. They will also col
laborate more closely on legislation that affects
the maritime industry. Tliey are taking under
advisement the question of merging both or
ganizations, although it was stressed that a mer
ger is "not in theimmediate thinking" of the
officials of either organization. The MEBA claims
14,000 members and the MM&P 8,000. The unity
talks were initiated by the MM&P.
Another One Big Union is due to hit the water
front one of these days, this one composed of
shipowners and operators. The National Feder
ation of American Shipping, the principal group
of shipping interests, is behind the move for a
single agency to strengthen industry's voice in
Waidiinglon and — of course — to present strong
er opposition to demands of the maritime unions
.... Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Dem., Wash.)
rapped the excessive use of foreignflag ships by
State Department officials and employees. Al
though the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 requires
them to use American ships when available, ibis
provision has been exempted in every appropria
tions bill since. 1947. State Department statistics^
showed that last year 811 employees travelled
to and, itopl Northern Europe in Americanflag
vessels, while 926 went aboard foreign liners.
All in all, in travel to and from all parts of the
world, 2,002 went on American shq>s, and 1,^8
used foreign ships.
Louisiana Labor Groups Rap 6S For AntiUnion Poiicy
Of a malignant and evil condi ised scrapping of the antilabor necessity suffer as much in the same stalling technique^ flie,
(ConHmud from Fagt 1)
event of any unpleasantness," he same scheme to avoid accep
tion
that exists in your Marine viewpoint Was fortibicoming.
"brutal record . already written
said, "as any
of the other parties tance of the fact that it must
Walter
R;
Mayo,
president
of
Division."
into the annals of the US Senate
deal with the Union in good
to
the
disagreement."
Here
Morrison
was
r^erring
the
Lake
Charles and
Southwest
by the Cities Service Marine
Mayo
asked
that
the
company
faith
in order to build a sound
to
the
irrational
antilabor
phil
Louisiana
Central
Trades
and
Division," his organization was
"take
any
and
all
steps"
neces
relationship,"
the SIU oSmal'
osophy
of
certain
Marine
Divis
Labor
Council,
declared
in
a
"shocked and alarmed to dis
sary
to
"effect
a
smooth
and
said.
ion
officials,
whose
policies
pre
communicatiua
to top level.com
cover the current stand that the
Cities Service Oil Company is cipitated the overwhelming num pany officials that, in view of the happy labor policy," in the Ma "Ten months have gone by'
taking in respect to this union ber of unfair labor practices Marine Division's sordid record rine Division similar to that and the company has failed to.
filed against the company during in labor relations, "it seems in which exists "throughout the convince anyone that its plea
(SIU.)"
the SIU's organiang drive, and conceivable that such 'a flagrant rest of your operations."
for time was genuine," he add
He expressed the fear that for which the company will disregard for the welfare and
ed.
"We're still confronted with
nfCmENTS
MOUNT
failure to resolve the issues in shortly begin paying out the interest of your employee's in
the
same problem. However, the
question "might conceivably lead first $150,OOa awarded to claim the Marine Division should still As the SIU contmued to ac
Union
is prepared to continue
cumulate documentation of inci
to serious trouble in this area." ants by liie National Labor Re prevail.
the
fight,
and is carefully docu
Stating that "the economic and lations Board.
"The Organized Labor move dents throughout the CS fleet menting its case much aS it did,
moral status of the citizens and These company policies also ment here in the Lake Charles involving discriminatory treat in the precontract phase 'of the
Workers of this area is woven led to the hearings held last fall area is dumbfounded to find that ment of seamen, vi^ations of
We are soundly convinc
far too closely and intimately before the Senate Labor sub the Seafarers are sdll being op the agreommxt and statement of battle.
ed
that
the Union position is
with the marine* phase of the committee, headed by Senator pressed and persecuted at every compstny intentions, and other ccorect and' justifiable. Th^e are
to a lack of
Cities Service operations to per Murray, at which Ma^e Divis opportunity by your Marine evidences adding
fundamentals that scone.
mit any conflict or strike to ion officials vowed that with the Division," the AFL officii^ con good faith on the part of the certain
Marine
Division people must
comi^any, A&Q District Secre.
exist without definite harm be signing of the SIU cmttract they tinued.
learn
are
necessary to accept in
big done to all," the building wore going to turn over a new "CuDsidering our ex^lent re taryrTreasurer Paul Hall, in our way of
life."
VicePresident Storey of
trades official urged the oom leaf.
lations here vdth tiae Tutwiler formed
Meanwhile, it is »»xpeeted that
pany to make every effort to ef
Refinrar ei Citiea Serviee, it is the paralld existing between payment of the individual awards
mcOKSiSTEm
y<»JCY
the
company's
present
labor
re
fect a smooth relationship with
hard tor us to ,believe that any
Morrison said that the Marine but the best and most harmon lations policy today and that to Citiesx Service seamen who
the SIU.
In his protest, L. A. Morr^ni, Division's pofieiet are "wholly ious rdiatioBS are exparMBCed whl€& was employed at the filed the first group of tuxfhif
height of the company's infam labor {Haetice charges agahist
Jr., Businsss Manager of the inconsisteat" with those ctf fiie throughout your corperatiott.
the company win he macte short
ous antiunion campaigning.
Lake Charles Metal Trades refineiy secttens of the C$ om
"Yet
the
facts siieak
for fliem
ly.
The amounts have already
GauuniaUBag en the incidents
Council, struck hard at die utib pke, who ee^ hmmotem re
^Ives,"
Mayo
asamtei,
'|aad
the
been
determined by the Nli^
which have been pyramidiiig
oi the problem that is prevent lations and era
to
situation created
by one
division
and
the
names ef the men wid
throui^ut the CS fleet. Hall
ihg the company frmn enteriiig ndsKK di£b«meee cpddkLp. In
Of
. your
ctanpany
is
serious
their {NTOirated shares of ^
$lgO,
said "The record WiIl»dei»onstrate
into any relationship with the the Marine DivisiOtt^* Mhrrisbn
enou^
to
disaster
for
aU
000
agirced
mpm.
in
the
settle
that contrary to an assurances
mi di
Sio based on good faith and saM, "the mc«t
verse m«fld>d8 are usetb to ffie phases of your operafions here." made 1^ company officials to ment s|flp!ulationheve bieen fbr'
itaieete intent
The
iheAss qffieial the US Senate Committee last .warded io file company.
"Apparently the inquipition is. vent' a' amoetbc''
pointed
otrt>
thet all
crafts are SeptmtdMr^ the Marine Division As seon as the cempaEny eomc
not yet over,'' Morrison wrote to fioaHilp: twowefltt .
<and:
,uBunaha^ affaated by the labor has mwt hitd lk* ghgbteat chttbge pletes ataariag eat tiM chedcs
YiccHFreOident Shoreyi "AnRmrr
of ike company wflk amy et heart with:
to its at* and ImiWazda them tn the NUUS,
eotly not only sqanuM^ hut ibo The AR, Mufak TrWtos :o«ic«
titede toward unsKmzation af its the BtWsd Win notify codt n£
entire labor movemeni. oopcern led^aleo Aomemm the
the men inveiieg
can
w'ih yc»yr corypany must bs serious • trouble '
all ,.,"The , erafta employed ,|S„ the seamen.
persecuted ; still furtterbecause^ skills and crafts unleBS:rihie prom Tutwilm Refinery here would of "The company is using the pick up4heir bat^ ^pay awards.
�THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Sixteen
Friday, July„13, 1951
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Sporting bandages on their arms after receiving first aid
at a New Orleans hospital, the Deck Maintenance and an AB
pose on deck of the Steel Maker. They were injured when a
cable broke as a boom was being secured.
Crewmen on the SS Florida amuse themselves in a friendly card game in the Port of Ha<
vana. Left to right: Frank Femandes, A. Chaves, an unidentified man, Iglesias, R. Brito, M>
Roque and E. Reyes. Photo by Hector Reyes.
Crewmembers of the SS Northwestern Victory attend celebration at USS Club in Kobe,
Japan, on reuniun of their shipmates, James Santiago (seated at center of table) and lus
soldierbrother, Arnold. With them is Jane Gallagher, USS representative, who helped bring
the two brothers together in Kobe, Japan.
Seidarer James Santiago (right) with his brother Arnold
(center) and their brotherinlaw Agustin Diets, whom the':
Santiagos met in Kobe for the first time in eight years.
/;j|
p.'p;,
John Holoboski, a member
of the SlU since 1945, recently
received his Third Assistant
Enflfoeer's licei)se, John holds
SIU BOpl^ No. 48713. A former
shipmale 9f .1^, jtidbe^ Barnss,i
• Seafarer James De Vito and his hfidor Ihe fanner Cardlinfr ;;aiso/ .goi^' hiC' Third^Bagifaieer^s:
Jennings , posa shortly ^ter . lhMr ^marriage on Jutoe 11 in . 'Mefcet,' 'Bofhmen^^
'
FaIndoth.^C!di»f^C^^ea Sha 8te4!''
Capeid'tra,.
Alrica.; ASi^hahds airowirhlng>l^
; getlMr AB the SS ScKithstarfir ^^^ ilde.'efMteurs ai.llie eUr owhas^'her waythr^itt|#te^^
sefl
iha besS of luck.^^.
1949. • . • .
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BERING SEA FISHERMEN, CANNERY WORKERS WIN 33-DAY STRIKE; BOTH JOIN SEAFARERS
SIU DISTRICTS TO MEET ON WAGE REOPENING
CS PAYS OFF
GUMSHOE NABS CULPRIT WITH - 3C TOMPATO
NO COMPROMISE
AN EXAMPLE OF SEAGOING CHICKEN
CS COMPANY-STIFF DECK OFFICERS FOUL THINGS UP-BUT GOOD
RECENTLY ORGANIZED COMPANIES BOOST SHIPPING IN PHILADELPHIA
DIABETES VICTIMS ARE WARNED OF DANGEROUS REMEDY
SOUTH ATLANTIC GETS OKAY FOR TWO SHIPS
MACHINISTS MAY STRIKE CS REFINERY IN LAKE CHARLES
SPREADING THE UNION WORD
PICK UP GEAR LEFT IN BEAVER ST. HALL
ACCOLADES GIVEN TO CLEAN SHIPS BY WILMINGTON
SEAFARERS IN LAKE CHARLES HELP DISTRIBUTE 'UNION BUYING GUIDE'
SAVANNAH EXPECTING PERIOD OF SLOW SHIPPING
GOOD SHOT OF SIU HALL IN MOBILE
MOBILE BOASTS OF GOOD SHIPPING; TEAMSTERS' STRIKE MAY END SOON
SHIPPING, VOTING, WEATHER SET HOT PACE IN NO
SHIPPING TAKES BRANCH MEETING FROM BOSTON
DOPE PUSHERS GET DEEP SIX FROM THE SIU
IT SEEMS EVERY SIU SHIP HIT PORT BALTIMORE
GALVESTON SHIPPING SLOWS A BIT BUT IT'S STILL PRETTY GOOD
PASSAGE ON FREIGHTER TOPS LUXURY LINERS, AUTHOR FINDS
CHOWHOUNDS FIND HEAVEN ON SEACORAL
US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE RENAMES MARINE HOSPITALS
SEAMEN AND CUSTOMS REGULATION
SEATTLE SEAFARERS HAIL VICTORY OF BERING SEA FISHERMEN, CANNERS
ROUND UP OF MARITIME NEWS
SEAFARERS REPORT FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
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Death Bem^t Goes To $L500
Pushing ahead on its program for expanding
security benefits to the maximum level possible, the
SIU Atlantic and Gulf District has for the second
time in three weeks succeeded in winning increased
welfare payments for Seafarers. The latest victory,
announced yesterday, adds $500 to the existing
$1,000 death benefit payable by the Seafarers Wei;
fare Plan to beneficiaries of deceased Seafarers.^
The new $1,500 death benefit goes into
as
Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of NA of July 1.
The steady upward revision of the wdfare
No. 13
NEW
YORK.
N.
Y..
FRIDAY,
JUNE
29,
1951
VOL. XIII
benefits is the result of the SIU's concentration in
^recent months on the prob
ferh of providing Seafarers
with the greatest possible
security consistent with a
SlU, ITF Win
$27,600 For
Panama Grew
soundlyoperating Welfare Fund.,
As the Fund increased to satis
factory levels, the Union trus
tees laid their demands before
the Welfare Plan board and
scored a victory on each.
;
On June 1 the Board of Trus
tees announced that the Union
demand for increased hospital
The Canadian District of the
Seafarers International Union
and the International Transport
workers Federation, with which
the SIU is affiliated, worked to
gether to win $27,600 for the
25 men and women of the crew
of the Panamanian flag ship, the
Oiltransporter, representing al
most a year's back wages.
Thus ended as fantastic a voy
age as ever took place, and high
lights once again the intolerable
conditions aboard ships sailing
under the Panamanian and simi
lar "maritime" nations' flags,
which are responsible to no one
for safety or working conditions.
^ Fortunately for this crew the
SIU and the . ITF were able to
do something in this case, but
others are not as lucky. This, in
* cidentally is the fourth ship that
the ITF was able to bring to
rights.
The story of the Oiltranspor
ter began on April 25, 1949,
when she left Baltimore without
decent food or quarters for the
(The Welfare Plan has in
vested another $250,0(X) in .
Gtovernment bonds. See story
on page 5.)
>
'
payments would become effec
tive on June 4. Since that day,
hospitalized Seafarers have been,
getting $10 each week in place
of the sevendollar allowance in
effect since the Welfare Plan
became operative on July 1, less'
than a year ago.
'
The new death benefit repre
sents the third increase in 'that ,
type of payment. When th'e plan;
went into effect, the payment
was set at $500. Last April 16'
when the Union trustees were
satisfied that the financial con
Next Meeting
Because the July 4 holiday
falls on Wednesday, the next
regularly scheduled member
ship meetings in all SIU
Branches will be held one
day later—July 5.
All hands are urged to
take notice of this chcmge
and to be present at the
meetings.
The meetings will be call
ed to order at the usual hour
—7 PM. But the date is
Thursday. July 5. The place
—all SIU Branch HaUs.
The SIU Negotiating Com
'mittee is preparing to inform
all contxacted operators that
it wishes to reopen the
agreements to discuss wage.
''uicreases.
• • The move is possible be
cause of the contract provi
sion—only one of its kind
in the maritime industry—
, which permits the Union to
call ^fpr discussion on the
wage .question at any tirne.
dition of the Welfare Fund was"
. The decks were clearedi
sound enough to meet new ob
^for action at regular meet
Just in case anybody thinks the communist party isn't alive and kicking on the ligations, they won agreement'
*ings in May when the mem
US waterfront, let him take a good look at the new trade union line being pushed by from the operators' representa •
'bership okayed a Headquar
tives to doubling the death bene .
"fers request for permission the Moscow hacks under the guise of "rank and file" propaganda.
fit, with the $1,000 becoming j
Working hand in, glove with their fellowsubversives in the West Coast red payable to beneficiaries as of' j
'to reopen the contracts on
'the wage subject.
controlled Marine Cooks and Stewards Union and Harry Bridges' International Long that date.
shoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, the commie contingent in the National Mari With the announcement of the
latest increase in welfare bene
crew. But this was comparative time Union is once again calling for "unity."
ly. B. •• luxurious life, for during
(Continued on Page 5)
This time, however, the commies are attempting to align themselves with those
'the last part of the voyage the militant trade unions who h^ve been the bitterest and
crew, received neither fopd nor
wages, only promises from the most active anticommunist jffghters in the labor move
owner and' his ifriend the Mas ment—the ynions which the red line used to tag as Report of Seafarers Welfare Plan
Page 5
ter, and had to pawn their per "reactionary."
News From The Ships
Page 8
.sonal belongipgs. to buy stamps
The methods employed in implementing the new Layout Of First Floor Of New Building
Page 10
and, cigarettes.'
— Page 12
strategy are as old as the party itself. The big lie, the Letters From The Membership
,, By July 22, conditions had be
How
To
Fill
Out
An
Overtime Sheet
Page 17
come so unbearable—^no clean halftruth and outright misrepresentation of the facts are MarUime Roundup
Page 19
tjedclothes, insufficient food and still being ground out by the jparty propagandists. By
Reports From, Branch Agents:
fflthy quarters—that the officers twisting the strict trade union objectives of the legitimate Baltiniore '
6
Page 3
Galveston
jrit an official protest to the unions, the commies are Hoping to gain respectability Seattle
3
Page 7
San Frandsoo
taster.'
Page 4
Page 7
Boston
...
New Orleane
' Nothing . was done, just as • which they hope will shield their slimy purpose. ,
4
Page
MobUe
....
Page 19
Savannah
......
The rottenness of die party linens new twkt is re
^ Zipthiiig .was. done abPUt
Page
19
Pege
Philadelphia
Wilmington
J jstew's request for mail,: the first vealed in a recent issue of the "rankrand^fUe" edition of Iiako Charlea
Page
New Line, Old Tactic
IN THIS ISSUE
�'• 'lin
Page Two
•<. •
THE SEAFARERS LOG
SEAFARERS LOG
S;
i''
^Published Every Other Week by the.
SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Atlantic and Gulf District
Affiliated with the An^ican Federation of Labor
. At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y.
HAnover 22784
Reentered as second class matter August 2, 1949, at the Post
Office in New York, N.Y., vmder the Act of August 24, 1912.
267
New Line, Old Tactic
(Continued from Page 1)
Friday, June 29, 1951
Commies Use Their Favorite
Tactic—Telling The Big Lie
SIU
ASREEMENT
REPUUIATES
SCREENINR
hdd on March 28th in San Francisco repudiated the
Screenmg Agieement between Govennent, ^ipowners and certain marl
tune unions signed in July of 1950.
To combat the effects'of the Washing are of vital interest to all seamen.
• ton Agreement the SIU Convention Around them we can unite and fight.
[ adopted the following program.
All ship'screws and incmbers should
1. That the Coast Guard get out of discuss and send resolutions, to the
the maritime .industry and it be returned National Office on the following things.
to the Dept. of Commerce. '
the NMU Pilot, containing a story headlined "SIU Con
1. Urging the National Office and the
2. Adopted a program of opposition to
vention Repudiates Agreement On Screening." The
' Coast Guard 'Screening.'
lead of the story reads: "The SIU convention held on
March 28 in San Francisco repudiatecT the Screening Agree
3. Adopted a demand that the Military
ment between the government, shipowners and certain J Sea Transport Service "get out of the
' shipping picture entirely." They ask
maritime unions."
that military cargos be hauled in pri
The SIU Convention took no such action.
vately operated ships with civilian
The SIU Convention voted to withdraw the signa lii crews.
' tures of its officials from the industrywide conference
4. That seamen .get immediate draft
held in Washington early this year when the seafaring [ exemptions.
unions, including the SIU, drafted a Statement of PoHcy
Although we have had add still have
held essential to successful mobilization of shipping in
many disagreements with Lundeberg, and
event of an emergency or war.
f the policies of the SIU these four points
The SIU withdrawal from that Statement of Policy
was made because the National Shipping Authority had
NMU to go on record supporting these
failed to live up to its agreement to protect the civilian
four ponts.
Here's
how
the
coxmnunists
push
the
big
status of seamen on general agency vessels.
lie to create confusion among seamen and
The "Agreement" which the communist publication to spread the illusion of "unity." The SIU
2. That the NMU repudiate the "Wash
ington
Agreement on Coast Guard
iattempted to substitute refers to the joint program, which convention did not repudiate any "agree
Screening."
V'as drawn up under the sponsorship of the Department ment on screening." It repudiated pledges
of Labor, and designed to prevent communist sabotage made to a Statement of Policy" drawn up
3. That the NMU initiate a conference
by maritime unions because National Ship
on the US waterfront during the Korean crisis. The Coast ping Auihocily violated its agreement to
of all maritime unions, CIO, AFL, and
independent to map out a united fight
Guard was designated as the government screening agency respect the civilian status of seamen.
against the Coast Guard to safeguard
by President Truman.
But the SIU convention criticized the
our Unions and jobs.
At the insistence of the unions, rigid protection for Coast Guard screening program for not
/effectively purging the waterfront of com
appeals against arbitrary decisions by the Coast Guard mies and excommies, who are still a
Since the'SIU, MCS and the ILWU
have
adopted a militant position against
jyere written into the plan. And the SIU withheld ap threat* to free institutions.
the
Coast
Guard Screening program, we
pointment of representatives to the port security councils The story reproduced above was clipped
feel
it
is
time our National Office did
until the procedures were made clear as a safeguard against from the May 1951 issue of the "NMU
something to protect the membership of •
BankandFile Pilot," one of the publica:
penalizing seamen for union activity.
our Union against the militarization of
tions used by the waterfront communists to
What the red rag, "NMU RankandFile Pilot," did spread the party line.
the maritime industry.
not report was the SIU Convention's adoption of the report
of SIU International President Harry Lundeberg, in which
be criticized the Coast Guard for failure to carry out
tant positions against the Coast Guard Screening Pro
the intent of the Magnuson antisubversive bill.
gram . . . "—and so on.
"When the Magnuson bill dealing with the subversive
The commies themselves know of the SIU's militant
(elements passed the United States Congress in the latter
ariticommunist policies bettSr than anyone else. The SIU
part of December, President Truman named the Coast
smashed the Committee for Maritime Unity, once headed
Guard as the bureau that would carry out the intent of
by Harry Bridges and Joe Curran, with which the party
the act of screening the commies. They have certainly done
hoped to win control of the US waterfront.
I ia lousy job. So far, there are just as many commies sailing
The amounts of back pay aris
or working on the waterfront as there were before," the: ^ The SIU smashed the communist control of the ing out of the first group of Tin
Canadian waterfront just at the time the current crisis
jreport said.
was beginning to take root, in fact, wherever the com lair labor charges filed by the
SIU and 149 seamen against the
"On the other hand, they have attempted to screen
munist hacks have rai^d their heads the SIU hais taken a Cities Service Oil Company dur
bona fide seamen who were known as anticommunists.
full swipe and sent them scurrying.
ing , the Union's organizing cam
Naturally, we have protested this and to a degree we have
And bur driticism of the Coast Guard stems from paign have been determined by
been successfulin blocking their attempts of screening
our rigid adherence to this policy. We are opposed to the the Regional Director of the Na
our militant seamen."
1;ional Labor Relations Board. Tlw
Coast Guard's pracdce of allowing excommies who have names of the eligible claimants,
That is the report adopted by the SIU convention
"sung" to slip through the screening program after being and their prorated shares of the
I report which calls for more rigid screening of commu
$150,000 agreed upon in the set
'cleared."
nists and the protection of genuine, sincere trade union
tlement stipulation have been'
In the SIU's book these converted, pyschopathic forwarded
seamen.
to the company.
i "
liars are still a menaCe to free men and free institutions. As soon as the conipany com •
The "NMU RankandFile Pilot" continues with this
They have proven nothing to warrant any trust in them. pletes making out the checks and'
timeworn commie appeal: "Although we have had and
They will be no more bound by any moral considerations forwards them to the NLRB, the'
I still have many disagreements with Lundeberg and the
in fingering men for the Coast Guard than they were Board will notify each of the
pohcies of the SIU, these four points are of vital interest
men involved that.they can pick'
for the communist party.
up their back pay awards.
to all seamen. Around them we can unite and fight."
As
trade
unionists,
who are
committed
to
the
preser
The $150,000 settlement covers
"Unite and Fight"—the neverchanging Moscow
the
men ill the first case filed,
vation
of
our
democratic
institutions,
we
will fight
any
I slogan.
against the company for unfair
The commie propaganda sheet concluded by attempt arbitrary action that may encroach upon the freedom of labor practices, under terms of
ing to link the SIU with the two principd waterfront the individuaL Our , record is the evidence of this concept. the settlement stipulation agreed
I toverups for the party—^the MCS and the ILWU—with But the, excommie functionary can never be more than to by the SIU and the company.
The NLItB is now in the process .
I these slick words;
'
a question mark when it comes to loyalty and real for of disiipsing of the csss:, that •
"Since the SIU, MCS and
bave adopted
were filed subsequenijl;^^.^^.j ^
the democratic Way of life.
Cities Service i
To Pay 150 Gs
In Back Wages
�Friday, June 29^ 1951
T H B S E A FA tt E K S L O G
Page Thred
" 'i l
Paif <|Gli htewf J|«>k In S^
Sea Fishermeii
The'Eileen had quite a bit of vessel was still aground. This
By BAY OATES
disputed
time for sea watches all happened in the harbor at
SEATTLE, June 20 — This
stood
in
port over 24 hours. Yokohama.
Braiifch is still doing everything
This
was
all collected at the By the way, the Skipper on
it can' to help the 'Bering Sea
payoff.
the Eileen makes a habit of do
Fishermen' in their fight for rec
There
was
also
some
disputed
ing
sailor's work during the voyr
ognition by the Alaska salmon
industry, which'signed an agree OT for restricted shore leave in ages and when he was approacBi
ment with the commiecontrolled Yokohama. This was sent to ea o.) • ''HlJBiPftfes payoffs he
Headquarters in New York, as always denied it.
Alaska Fishermen's Union.
the
beet involved a lot of money On the last voyage, the Skip
The Alaska Fishermen's Un
and
the company did not have per was overhauling a light
ion has been finking behind the
a
representative
here at the pay (scraping and painting) on the
picketlines at the Ekuk cannery
off.
in Alaska.
flying bridge when the crew
Shipping is very good in this The Skipper on the Eileen pre snapped his picture during var
port and there are very few men vented the crew from going ious stages of the job. (See at
on the beach. We had two pay ashore, claiming that an emerg tached photo.)
offs, two signons and two ships ency existed, being that the ves
There were no disputes on this
intransit in the past shipping sel was aground, but he want work at the payoff on this voy
ashore and stayed for two days. age, as the pictures told the fuU
period.
The Eileen (Metro Petroleum) He also maintained sea watches story.
The SIU Branch ih the Port of Savannah is ptoud of its
'*new look." Among the several facilities that have been and the Choctaw (Waterman) due to the emergency but, when I spent a full day at the Coast
spruced up to improve the appearance of the Hall anid make paid off. The Choctaw had some it came to the weekend and a Guard defending the Ship's Delei
it more comfortable for Seafarers is the job , board, shown disputed overtime but all was few hours. OT was involved, he gate of the SS Choctaw. ThS
above. Behind the counter is Disj^afcher E. M. Bryemt.
squared away before the payoff. broke sea watches although the man was charged with insubor
dination because he was alwajri
after the Skipper and the Mate
to live up to the agreement.
The investigating officer quick:»
ly found that there was no in
We had a few members come formed of Curley's progress just is spending money to win new subordination in this case. TWS
i fly
EARL SHEPPARD
around to this Branch in a gas as soon as he goes into the hos benefits for the membership and should serve as: a notice that
BALTIMORE, June 22—To be sedup condition recently, but pital;
to expand the services that are the Coast Guard is back in busi
truthful about the matter, ship they won't come around in that
for our
welfare. I think that even ness on a full scale and oii^
At the last regular member
ping in the' past two weeks was condition anymore.
still
more
can be achieved for members should be on their
ship meeting here, motions car
almost too good, with 19 pay
us,
and
I
think we ought to
offs, 17 signons and 16 ships in One oldtimer, who continually ried to accept the Headquarters keep the Union in a strong pos toes.
report
to
the
membership
and
We did not have a meeting
transit. That's some shipping, and messed up by missing ships, re
ition to be able to continue the last week because of the lack
the
SecretaryTreasurer's finan
porting
to
work
drunk
and
com
this Branch has been moving on
good job," Brother Bowers point of a quorum. On the beaclr,
the double to keep all ships ser ing into the Union HaU all smok
ed out.
ed
up,
was
relieved
of
his
book
however, are some of our old
• y iced.
Tom says here's how he fig timers: Brothers John Hill, John
by the membership after the Dis
These were the ships paying patcher had preferred charges
ures it: "A dues increase won't Grimes, Bob Godwin, Bob Bur
Off:
be felt today because jobs are bot.
against him for the abovenamed
Devils Lake Victory, Spaitans offenses.
plentiful. Let's build up our re
Only one Brother is in the
burg Victory, Fisk Victory, Anna Shipping may be booming but
serves now. Everything in the Marine Hospital. He is C. W
Butler (Bloomfield); C h i 1 o r e, we will" not stand for such per
cost of operation has increased Shivers.
Steelore, Oremar, Feltore, Santore forming around here.
forunions just as they'have for
(Ore); Mac, Emilia, Edith (Bull);
business concerns. If things get
Atlantic Waters (Metro); Gran As for beefs, about the only
rough later we can always ad
ville Dodge (South Atlantic); beef the members around here
just things then. That's why I
Azalea City (Waterman); Penmar have now is that which you'd
favor the proposed changes."
Don't depend on guesses or
(Calmar); Quartette (Standard); find in their stomachs. Also, pos
rumors. Before going ashore,
There are a number of Sea
sibly
that
the
Dispatcher
can
Nathanial B. Palmer (Palmer);
farers over at the Baltimore take a look at the sailing
and Bents Fort (Cities Service). outtalk them.
Marine Hospital this week. If board so you'll know when
The four Bloomfield ships sign Insofar as the labor movement
you stop by to say hello, some your ship ir scheduled to
ed on again as did all five Ore in general .is concerned, there
of
those you'll probably see are leave port. If the time is not
^ips, and the NatHamal B. Pal are no major labor beefs in this
posted^ ask" the Delegates to
A1 Waterman, George
Reier, Clin
mer, Quartette, Penmar, AtKntdC port, except for the MEBAjwalk
find
out the correct depar
ton
Dean,
Ralph
McKenzie,
H.
Waters, Granville Dodge, Yaka out, which was still' in effect at
ture
time from the Mate.
Foy,
Eugene
Plahn,
Joseph
Gill,
(Waterman), Steel Maker and this writing. The NMU men hate
In
any event, don't leave .
Wiliam Vaughn
and John
La
Foe.
gone back to their ships.
Steel Flyer (Isthmian).
the
ship^
until you know <
Brother Waterman underwent
TbM BOWERS
'TRUEBLUES"
The follbwing ships called ih
an operation for cataracts and he when you're due back ;
aboard. You'll save yours^ .
During the walkout, we had
tfansit:
cial report. Charges were read especially asked that his friends
Alawai, Gateway City, Iber several NMU meh coming into and referred to an elected trial drop in.. to see him. Brother and your shipmates a lot of >
yille, Hastings (Waterman); Ines, the Hall looking for jobs. These" eommitee.
Andy Pickur, by the way, was trouble by checkingwith the <
proper sources.
are
the
"trueblue'
union
type
of
'Rosario, Carolyn (Bull); Winter
discharged today.
The
Port
Agent
reminded
all
men
who
keep
unions
strong
by
Hill (Cities Service); Alcoa Part
hands to get their validated
ner (Alcoa); Rteel Designer, Steel deserting the ship when it starts
Apprentice (Isthmian); Marymar getting windy. They don't even papers' just as soon as possible,
(Calmar); Southland (South At waif for it to start sinking. We as August 1 is the deadline set
by 'the Union. There we:*e 160
lantic); Robin Gray (Seas); and sent them back to the NMU.
members
present when the meet
The boom activity in shipping
W. E. Downing (States Fuel).
ing
adjourned.
All' of the intransit ships, ex has prevented the Branch Agent
cept the Southland, got replace from atending the recent Balti Most of the oldtimers are on
more Central Trades and Labor ships, of course," but there were
ments from this port.
Council meeting, but he wiR be a handful around when this re
MUST BE CLEAN
active just as soon as conditibhs port was being Written, among
them Bill Mcilveen, Tom BoWers,
YKi's Branch will rigidly apply permit.
the Union policy that aU ships Former Agent Wiliam Rerilz, "Siiuffy" smith, and Erik Encson.
coming in here for payoff must Who took a leave of absence a
OLDTIMEH
be clean!
few weeks ago to enter the Mar
On some ships, lately, the Pa ine Hospital for surgery on an Tom Bowers; incidentally,""'is
trolmen have had to hold up "the old leg injury, was another mem an old hand in Baltimore. In
payoffs while the crews, cleaned ber of the local labor group's fact, he's so acCUstomed to this
out their quarters.
committe and the present Agent town that he even knows where
Clean ships are something the' has been asked" to take over the to get a drink" on weekdays.
SItJ is known fot; there's no ex same' position as representative Bowers' makes no secret of the
fact that he's voting in favor of
cuse for a vessel coming in other of the SIU here;
Wise. So if you don't want your Brother Rentz, by the way, is the . constitutional changes ap
payoff delayed, bring your ship^ resting prior to undergoing that pearing on the current ballot.
badiyneeded treatment to his "The only thing the SIU has
ih clean.
ever lagged behind in is' in' its
The Fisk Victory came in' leg.
With Charlie Tannehill as Bbsun,i The condition had been getting dues," says Tom. " Other unions
Bill Higgs as SteWardj^ Whitey; progressively Worse" for years and in the field are charging! four
Pictures don't lie. as the' Skipper of the SS Eileen found .
Tradewell as OS, and Chuck' it is expected' that Curley WiU dollars a month, and have been
out.
A^ the payoff in Seattle he couldn't dispute the photo ,
Bdrody as AB: Those four on require treatment for several for at least'a year.
grapHie
eVidertce subiriilted by "crewmen, showing him sCraph^ ' [
one ship is news enough;^ Roy' months at the Baltimore" Hos • "It's our Union, that set up the
and
painting
Oh the flying bridge. Result—ihe crewmen won t
Welfare Pla'rtr and we started
• Lundquist was the g^ od infiUence pital.
' f'
among this gang. , • ^ •
"We'll keep the membership in the Vacation Plan, too; THd UniOh' thiii* eveiSns^
Too Good'
Check SaHing Time
Caught With Paints Down
^
_
1
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�Page Four
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Shipping Rides High, Beefs Low
For Seafarers In New Orleans
Friday, June 29. 1951
Seafarers Oh
By LINDSEY WILLIAMS
ports and has been very active
in
all SIU beefs. He served on
, NEW ORLEANS, June 21 —
quite
a few committees since be
Shipping in this port has not
coming
a member of the SIU.
been affected by the NMU
Brother
Vic says that now is
MEBA strike and is still very
the
time
to
build for the future
good for ABs and rated members
with
an
increase
in dues and
of the engine department, with
assessments, 'and
have
the finan
a choice of any runs for rated
cial
support
to
back
our
physical
men.
strength
in
any
and
all
beefs
We have had runs out of here
that
we may
become
involved
in.
in the past two weeks for Eur
Vote
"yes"
on
the
constitu
ope, Greece, India, Korea and
tional changes, says Vic.
have a ship loading for Spain,
FAVOR CHANGES
something that has been a rarity
in this port.
At the last meeting there was
Since the last meeting the fol
no New Business, but there was
lowing ships have paid off here:
quite a discussion regarding the
the Catahoula (Cuba Distilling);
constitutional changes and all
Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Del Vien
hands that look part in the dis
to, Del Alba, Del Mar and Del
cussion were in favor of the
Here are five members of the Robin Gray's. stewards
Sol (Mississippi); Afoundria (Wa
changes as submitted for ballot department photographed in the galley of the ship during
VIC MIORANA
terman); De Pauw Victory
by the Constitutional Committee. stopover in Savannah. Left to right: F. Letie, 2nd Cook; Fred
(South Atlantic) and the Peconic
Since the last meeting we have Turok, Chief Cook; Juan Parodi, Galley Utility; Henrick
Bay (Seatraders).
but instead was routed into New had four Brothers pass away Hensen. Baker, and James Eichenberg, Steward. Robin Gray
The Afoundria was the first Orleans in place of going to in the port, and the manner photos by E. B. McAuley.
Waterman ship to payoff here New York.
which the benefits were paid off
in over two years. She paid off We have sent a copy of the received praise from the fam
last Saturday afternoon and was articles to Brother Duke Dushane ilies of the deceased Brothers.
a fine payoff.
in Washington for clarification, The Brothers passing away
The last Waterman ship that as to whether or not the articles were R. W. Thompson, Hugh F.
paid off here paid off on a . Sun are broken. As soon as we get Lagan, James Pittman and Leo
day afternoon. Let's hope in the word we will pass it on to the L. Fish.
future Waterman scows payoff crew, as the ship is scheduled Brother Thompson entered the
like any normal company and to stay here a week or ten days. hospital here in New Orleans on
at an appropriate time.
The NMUMEBA strike has August 9, 1950, where he passed
not
had too much effect in the away. His last ship was the
INTRANSIT SHIPS
port, as none of the crews in Del Monte.
We had the following ships volved have been layed off and
Brother Lagan entered the
in here intransit — the Alcoa
all of our members are at work. hospital on September 12, 1949
Corsair, Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa At the present time we have
Cavalier and Alcoa Ranger (Al the Del Mar, which was due to and passed away there. He had
been placed on the special list,
coa); the Seatrain New Jersey
sign on June 18, is still here and as he had not worked at all in
and Seatrain Texas; the Del
not signed on. She was due to 1950.
Santos and Lawrence Victory
sail today,
Brother Fish came in on the
(Mississippi); the Warrior, De
Tuskegee
Victory on June 6,
DEL
SOL
TO
SAIL
Soto, Fair Hope, Monarch of the
1951
and
passed
away on June
Seas, Fairisle and the Morning The Del Sol was due to sail
Light (Waterman); the Las Ve June 18 and is still here. The 16 of a heart attack.
gas Victory and Steel Advocate Morning Light, due to sail yes
Brother Pittman made one trip
(Isthmian); Trinity (Carras); terday, is still here, and the with the SIU and was on a work
Bull Rim (Petrol Tankers), and Iberville, on the coastwise run, permit issued in New Orleans
On deck of the SS Robin Gray for coffee time in the
Southern States (Southern Trad will not be able to sail on sched March 23, 1951. He . made a job Port of Savannah are, kneeling (right to left)—Rocky Wiman,
ing).
ule, and will also be tied up here. on the Strathcape over in Texas, DM; Derstler, AB; Blake, AB; Finley, OS; standing — R.
Signing on since the last meet Also here is the Tuskegee Vic and was on his way to get his Kenarooski, DM; O. C. Bourne, Carpenter; EdcRe Meeks, OS;
ing was the following ships — tory. She has layed here over gear to go to Galveston when August Smith. OS; NickSwokla, Bosun, and Frenchy Mar
the Catahoula (Cuba Distilling); two weeks, waiting for a strike he had a heart attack.
tineau, AB.
Alcoa Polarius (Alcoa); Del San in Cuba to end so she can go
tos (Mississippi); Afoundria (Wa down there to load sugar.
terman), and the Kyle V. John
From all indications she wiU
TOn and De Pauw Victory (South be here for quite some time, as
Atlanic).
all beefs in Cuba are long drawn
will probably spend their nights All ships were in good shape..
By E. B. TILLEY
For the coming two weeks we out affairs and they are never in
have six scheduled payoffs, any too big a hurry to settle SAVANNAH, June 20—Crew trying to figure out what kind This Branch of the SIU is
of a share they're going to get still helping the Laundry Work;
^among them the Hattiesburg Vic their beefs.
men of the SlUcontracted Mon out of the deal.
ers Union in their beef against
tory (South Atlantic) that is Let's hope she doesn't fall into tebello Hills are expecting a
the E&W Laundry here. We at;
scheduled to be turned over to the same class as the Seatrain hunk of the salvage rights
SHIPPING GOOD
tended
the last meeting of the
an NMU company.
New Orleans, as she has been they're entitled to for salvaging Meanwhile shipping continues
; There were no major beefs in tied up here over 13 months a Greek freighter and its cargo to be good for Seafarers, shipping Savannah Central Trades group
the port since the last meeting, waiting for a beef to be squared some 700 miles off Port Suez out of Savannah, with South At biit it was a routine session.
either on the ships or on the away in Havana.
MEETING NIGHT
last month.
lantic ships accounting for most
beach. We have had very few
We were ableito muster a quo
How
mitch tiiey
will
get—and
of
the activity.
The
period's
pay
MIORANA COMES IN
beefs in regards to gashounds:
when—^wiU depend on the way dffS were the SS Southland and rum to hold the regularly; sohed^
or foulups.
In port after a trip to Korea,
London admiralty court ad the SoUthport These ships sign uled membership meeting of the.
At the last meeting there were Brother Vic Miorana dropped in justs the matter. And thatis ex< ed on again with a third vessel, Branch on. June 20. The .mem
pt^ges against one member for to the Hall. Brother Miorana, pected to take some time.
the" SS Cornelius Ford (Bull). bership concurred in the Head*
tegistering while still on ar better known to most of his The salvage job and rescue
quarters report and the Seqre^
ticles, and he is to appear before shipmates as Vic Moran, joined of the crew occurred last month. Here are the ships that called taryTreasurer's financial report,
intransit: Southwind, Southstar
a committee for breaking the the SIU in 1942.
May 22 to be exact. The Monte (South Atlantic); Steel Advocate and a motion carried to accept
shipping rules.
Vic started out in the deck bello Hills, a Pacific Tanker ves
and concur in the Constitutional
FEW BEEFS
department, but after eight sel, sighted the Greek ship (Isthmian); ^Yaka (Waterman); Committee's; recommendations.
Robin Gray (Seas), and the
From all indications in the months transferred to the stew Georgios Nicoloau. The ship was Monroe (Bull).
Under Good and Welfare there
port, the membership is taking a ards department. He made' the afire and her crew had aban
was considerable discussion on
great interest in the Union and maiden voyage on the passenger doned ship,
the "new look" of the Savannah
its welfare, and beefs are few ship Del Sud as Deck Mainten
Hall,
which evidently has create^
RESCUE SHIP
ance, but after staying ashore,
and far between.
a
very
favorable impression
The Greek sailors were hauled
The majority of the beefs are and trying to make a go of it, from the sharkinfested waters
among
the
membership here. '
No SIU Crew Is to pay oft
ironed out by the men them Vic decided to return to sea in and Cleo Copeland and L. , R.
There were 29 members presr
selves on the ships, and are re the stewards department, due to Aikens of the Montebello Hills any ship until the crew's ent when the meeting adjourn;
quarters
and
equipment
are
ported to the officials after they wrinkles in the place where the crew questioned them about the
as clean as any Seafarer likes ed. The chair was held by E.
beach usually places these
have been squared away.
cargo. "Corn" was all the an to find a ship when he first B. Tilley. A. J. Bulland served
At the present time we have wrinkles.
swer they could figure out, but goes aboard. Patrolmen have as recording secretary and '
a beef peniijing on the Lawrence Since then Vic has sailed in that was enough for the SIU
been instructed that the H. Smith was reading clerk.. '
Victory—or not so much a beef the stewards department and has crew. They boarded the Greek
We're happy to be able to re
crew's quarters must be ab
but' a . clarification regards the all stewards department ratings. ship and put out the fire.
port' that all of our men in tiie
solutely dean before a pay
articles on this ship.
He sailed to all areas in the last The Nicoloau was taken in
off will be aUowed. Please Marine Hospital hope to .Be but
.The ship, signed on in San war with.aU sorts of cargo, and tow and hauled about 700 miles oeeparate wltb;.yeur .officials soon and ready to ^ip. Thejr are
Francisco for the port . of NY, that's not too bad for a family to Suez. From there she is slated in carryiag out. Nils mamborr • M;' Buckley, Ji Hopian. T.r &
thence to any port or place in man with five pelicans.
to be towed to TriestCi And from ' ship STTders' ^
' Musgrove, J. R. Porter, L. i L. ,
the world as may be directed,, Vic has been active in various now on the Montebello crew
Lfbfley and (3; ilV, Newmari.:;;; :';
Laundry Workers Get SIU Aid in Savannah
Notice To Crews
n
�Fxidmf. June ZSf, 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOO
Page Five
Welfare Plan
REPORT NUMBER FIVE
Puts 250 Gs
In US Bonds
The Seafarers Welfare Plan
announced this week that it
Each week the Seafarers Welfare Plan will make its report to the membership of the Atlantic and Gulf District was further strengthening its re
funds by the decision to
through the SEAFARERS LOG.^ncluded will be the names^f the men receiving hospital
the arrt^^^g^aid, the serve
purchase another quartermillion
hospitals in which they are receiving treatment.
amount paid out since the inception of the plan on July dollars of interestbearing Uni
1. 1950. Also included in the report will be the names of the men who have died and the amounts paid their beneficiariea ted States Government bonds. '
With the new purchase, the
Period Covered By This Report
June 3 June 16 Welfare Plan's investment in
Government bonds goes to three
Cash On Hand
$243.69582 quarter million dollars. Last Feb
ruary the trustees put the first
US Government Bonds
$506,137.54 $500,000
to work when it bought
two
series
government issues
Estimated Accounts Receivable
$120,000.00 of $250,000 of each,
and the Fund
llospital Benefits PaicT In This Period
$2,128.00 began earning money to aid iii
defraying the administrative
Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July 1. 195C^
$47,323.00 costs of operating the Welfare
Plan.
Death Benefits Paid This Period
$1,000.00 One of the series pays 2%
percent interest and the other
Total Death Benefits Paid Since July 1. 1950
$43,500.00 2V4
percent. The third quarter
of
a
million dollars will go into
Two decisions reached by the trustees of the Seafarers
The hospital benefits have not fluctuated greatly in similar
issues.
Welfare Plan this week increased the efficiency of the the past several weeks, ranging between the twoand Arrang«nents for the purchase
jPlan in behalf of the men it serves. First is the $5()0in
threethousand dollar mark per period covered by the are being made by Administra
crease in the death benefits, bringing to $1,500 the amount reports.
tor Max Harrison, who took over
the details after the Board of
payable to beneficiaries of Seafarers eligible imder the
While there is every evidence that the Seafarers Wel Trustees announced its decision.
Plan.
•
' .
fare Plan has few, if any, equals in manner .of prompt
SAFE AND SOUND
The second decision of importance was agreement to
gervidng of the membership, the Union is especially
invest another quarterrmillion dollars of the Fund's re
anxious to iron out any kinks that may crop up. It is sug The bond purchases are in line'
with the Plan's objective of put
serves in interestbearing US Government bonds. In effect,
gested, therefore, that the recipients of benefit^the men ting as much of its reserve fimds
this will ultimately show up in future benefits, inasmuch
in the hospitals and the beneficiaries of deceased—advise in solid investments at satisfac
ns the interest from the bonds wiU reduce further the
the Union of any avoidable delays in payments. In fact, tory interest rates. The approxi
low cost of operation of the Plan and will make available
we would like to hear from all hands as to the efficiency mate return on the total invest
more cash that can be considered for benefit payments.
of operation. If you have anything to say in connection ment is now figured at more
than $15,000 annually.
When the Welfare Plan first gOt going less than a year
with our Welfare Plan, please communicate your views The $15,000interest return will
ago, the hospital benefits were set at $7 weekly and the
either directly to Union Headquarters or to the nearest SIU eut considerably into the already
(death benefits at $500. In the short period of its existence
Branch. All will be forwarded to the proper office.
, low cost of administering the
the trustees have found that the Welfare Fund's financial
Welfare Plan, and brings closer
Thus far, however, comments from the men in the to realization the objective for
condition permitted broadening of the benefits on three
occasions, twice on death benefits and once on hospital hospitals and other beneficiaries have expressed nothing which Union representatives on
payments./This was what the Union meant when it said but praise for the promptness in making payments. Hospi the Board of Trustees have been
that the first payments decided upon were calculated to tal payments are made directly to patients right at their shooting—to eventually make the
Fund selfsustaining so that all
serve as a "feeler," and that when several months of op bedside by Union Patrolman of the various SIU Branches, company contributions will go
eration revealed what kind of new loads the Fund could and for which the Union is reimbursed upon presenting for benefit payments.
receipts for these disbursements. The death benefits are The Fund's assets, including
sustain, steps would be taken to increase benefits.
Once again, the latest increase in the death benefit, paid upon presentation of the required documentary evi bonds, cash on hand and contri
coming after less than two months since the last increase dence by the WeKare Plan office at 11 Broadway, New butions due from the operator.s
now totals one million dollars.
in this type of benefit, and less than three weeks since the York City.
Representing the Union on the.
hospital benefits were upped early this month, shows the *
The Seafarers Welfare Plan is a Plan for the protection Board of Trustees are Paul Hall,
amazing flexibility and freedom of red tape under which of ever;^ Seafarer. The Union will continue to exert every Robert A. Matthews and Joseph
the Seafarers Welfare Plan operates.
effort to make it work to the maxinium advantage of aU Volpian. Trustees for the operas
The new death benefits, effective July 1, and the bond beneficiaries. If any Seafarer has any suggestions that will tors are John Boughman of '
Isthmian Steamship Company;
purchase naturally do not show in the above figures,
help toward this objective, the Union will be glad to hear W. A. Kiggins of A. H. Bull ,
which gives the picture as of June 2.
from him.
/
Company, Inc., and Clarence
Reed of Waterman Steamship
Listed below are the Brolbers wbo Have received hospital benefits during the period covered by this twoweek Company.
report, the hospitals they were in and the amounts they were paid.
By PAUL HALL, SecretaryTreasurer, SIU, A&G District; Chairman, SIU Welfare Plan Trustees
Welfare Plan
Death Benefit
Goes To $1,508
Patterson, E. A.
10.00 CUMBERLAND HOSPITAL Johnson, L.
U.S, MARINE HOSPITAL
17.00
Raana, Karl .<
^ 20.00
BROOKLYN. NEW YORK
GALVESTON/TEXAS
Gomez, Emil
24.00
7.00 Rivera, R
20.00 Spaulding, Joseph
Bomar, Howard
14.00 Ray, Claude
24.00
U.S. MARINE HOSPITAL
Robertson, C. R.
20.00 Thompson,; Robert W» ...... 17.00
Moats, C. L.
31.00
CHICAGO. ILLINOIS
iiCWis, J. F;
20.00 Ticklei Lonnie .....>.™........ 20.00
McKinnie, D. M
10.00
21.00 Smira, G. M.
Trahan, H.
10.00 ToUiver, George ..—17.00 Twite, Linus E. —
10.00
20.00
U.S. MARINE HOSPn'AL
Mease, Donald F. .............. 7.00 Wallick, C. E.
Powell, W. H.
10.00
MOBILE. ALABAMA
Ihomas, B. E. L.....™...... 10.00
419.00 Burke, Tim
34.90
Brault, Raymond
10.00
199.09
(Continued frmn Page 1)
U.S. MARINE HOSPITAL
Sullivan, R. D
10.00
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
fits, Union
Headquarters pointed
NORFOLK. VIRGINIA
Shepherd, B. ,
20.00
91.00
NEW YORK. N.Y.
out
that
the
concentration of
Gock, Henry —
7.00
U.S. MARINE HOSPITAL
Sanford, Paul
83.00
attention
to
the
area of welfare
Wallace. William ................ 14.00
.64.00
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
U S. MARINE HOSPITAL
and
security
benefits
had paid
U.S. MARINE HOSPITAL
10.00
SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
Cantrell, John D.
off
for
the
membership.
^
21.00 BALTIMORE. MARYLAND Oquerido, E
20.00
i!.... 7.00
Cara, Wilson O.
7.00 Aviles, Luis
20.00 BRIGHTON MARINE HOSP. King. Arthur
28.00 When the SIU succeeded in
Celestine, Oliver
BOSTON. MASS.
27.00
establishing and putting into'
Pickur, Andrew ............
10.00
Chahoc, P. T. ......
Rose,
George
14.00
17.00
operation
the first Welfare Plan
Hathe,
Raymond
B.
....
20.00
Cruz, Rogelio
35.00
Cain,
Charles
.............7,06
Gunderson,
G. B.
24.00
and
Vacation
Plan in the marine'
20.00
U.S. MARINE HOSPITAL
Gross, E. E.
Girardeau,
William
...
21JR
Fbster,
C.
E.
industry,
the
Union trustees set
24.00
10.00
STATEN
ISLAND.
N.Y.
Gelinas, Donald ..............
Lewis,
Warren
their
sights
on
pegging benefits
20.00
20.00
MuUer,
G.
,.
1
14.00
Hackett, J. J.
42.00 Dean, Clinton ..........
17.00 Paissalasqua, P.
7.00 at the highest level.
17.00
Humphrey, D^ L.
UR. MARINE HOSPITAL
Million, John .,.
17.00 Grangaard, J.
Kelly, Daniel D.
20.00
27.00 "Now that the concentration
Gill, Joseph
1000 SFmLE. WASHINGTON
10.00 Barron, John ......
30.00 of effort has paid off, we can
Kuschke, W. F. ......
.....; 41.00
Iversoh, G.
20.00 divert our energies to the other
I^gan, Hugh F. ...........— 10.00 Gordon, Allan
. 163.00 Lomas, A. ..;
16.09 economic aspects' that have en
Lang, Leo ............™............. 20.00 VJ8. MARINE HOSPITAL
SAVANN^. GECR<2rA
UJ5; MARINE HOSPITAL
Swienchoski,. S.
20.00 abled Seafarers to consistently
21.00
Lefiwick,: R. E.
:}10;00 SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Prescott/J/
10.00 BruggneiV F. (L
20.00 maintain their position as the .1
Ijfartin, A..'
20.00 Harris, Rayrhohd /..i.,.,....,.. 10.00 Walker, Sib^stw ..ill'28.00 Hammer, Johii
10.00 bestpaid, bestprotected s&sai&i
Maullray, A.......
JarviS, L. iP.
>17.00 Remahl, Er
27.00
20.00 in the world," a Headquairtex#
Mayrbatr j;'
»n, "C. /F.
28.00
said.
�Page Six
THE SEAFARERS LOG
We Do Okay ForASmall Port: Wilmington;
InTransits Supply Most Of The Activity
Friday. June 29. 1951
Watch Sailing Board
J '?i
The best contract in the maritime industry must be
observed in order to preserve its benefits. Included in the
SIU's top agreement is the ranking clause dealing with sailing
board time. Men who miss their ships Jeopardize this clause
and, consequently, their shipmates', welfare.
Failure to be aboard a vessel at the appointed time makes
the offender liable to a $50 fine. In addition, he is open to
charges by his shipmates and other Union Brothers.
The SIU is proud of its ability to make the operators
adhere fully to aU provisioiis of its contracts. It can do so
because it is a responsible organization that upholds its end
of a bargain.
Men who miss ships menace the Union's continued progress
in their Union Brothers' welfare. Don't pull in the opposite
direction—get to your ship on timel
other maritime union. Recently of the SEAFARERS LOG.
he was repatriated from Japan Other Seafarers on the beach
WILMINGTON, June 20—May to the States after becoming ill this week are Max Byers, still
be we don't ship the most men, aboard the SS Seadream.
recuperating from a recent ill
but for our size this port does
ness; J. Flanagan, who just ar
Frank
made
the
homebound
okay. So we'll continue to go
rived in port; H. C. Hill and
trip
aboard
an
NMUcontracted
along with our slogan that Wil
ship and he says he saw enough Red Land.
mington shipping is "The best in
to feel it was a privilege to hold We were unable to hold the
the West."
membership in the SIU. He adds last regularly scheduled mem
Intransit ships accounted for that he has written a letter to bership meeting because we lack
most of the port's activity in the LOG telling of this trip, so ed sufficient men to make up
the twoweek shipping period watch for it in a future issue a quorum.
just ended. They were the John
B. Waterman (Waterman), Lynii
Victory (Triton), Northwestern
Victory (Victory Carriers), Steel
Architect (Isthmian), Mother M.
L. (Eagle Ocean) and the Yotk
By KEITH TERPE
of these bums lousing up the kus. Mat Whittal, Louis Boren, Headquarters and the Negotiat
mar and Massmar (Calmar).
whole act.
George Reilly and Johnny Mit ing Committee should be given
LAKE CHARLES, La., June
There was one payoff and one 20 — Shipping a tombe don le In each case the man was chell and Whitey Tradewell.
a big vote of thanks by every
signon, and the Seacomet (Zen Lac Charles. Meis cete touquer given fair warning and then; These latter two gents both member. Oxur gains on each of
ith) was both of them. She had terriblement bonne pour les when it became apparent that are in the midst of earthshaking these issues have been second
a few hours of overtime in dis monne de la mere, de la Prem he wasn't going to straighten out, events. Johnny has' just taken to none."
he was replaced.
the plunge and is now honey
pute that was cleared up okay. iere' classe, se cee!
Performers are Andy's pet hate
Otherwise the ship was very
I am happy to be able to point mooning somewhere or other aboard ship and he feels that, if
clean, with a good, sober crew. All of which, when translated put that not one of these char with a brand new wife and a man takes a job, he should ex
In fact, the crew was above av from the language of the bayous, acters was a bonafide SIU mem Whitey is a nervous wreck wait pect to do that job to the best
erage and turned in a bangup means "Shipping is terrific here." ber. These oldschool rum hounds ing for the first edition to his of his ability because as soon as
job during the fourmonth voy Let's hope that a stray Cajun or and allaroimd performers may family. With the new income he slacks off, gasses up, or in
two may see this and take the have their place, but it. surely is tax increases coming up, every
age.
hint, especially if he has a rating, not on an SIU ship if they per exefmption counts, according to some other way neglects his
duties, the guys he calls "ship
SAME ALL OVER
any rating at all. We can sure sist in fouling up aboard that Whitey.
mates"
qje the sufferers.
Unless anyone hasnt heard, use all we can get in this part ship.
Andy shipped
out on the West
GOWDER
IS
BACK
there's probably no need to re of the Gulf;
The big topics of conversation
ern
Farm^ 2
hours
after he got
mind aU you guys that seagoing Replacements locally on Cities among SIU men down here have Andy Gowder, who has held
here,
and
is
now
bound
for Ire
rated men are very much in de Service ships and others that run
been the same as throughout all book 36884 since 1943, arrived land. With the famous "Growder
mand out here—and elsewhere, into this port regularly slacked the other ports: Vacation Plan, here from a brief vacation in
Chowder'' coming at them three
it appears.
off somewhat during the last two increased hospital benefits, re Florida between ships. Although squares a day, you can rest as
A native New Yorker, who is weeks, but the demand increased opening of contracts on wages, Andy, prior to his SIU sailing, sured that he is sailing with a
presently out here in Wilming from the nearby Texas ^ports of and, of coiirse, the proposed res had belonged to various other happy crew.
ton, knows what he is talking Port Arthur and Port Nachez, olution to revise the dues and maritime imions, and is able to
LABOR FRONT QUIET
talk with authority of theNlays
about when he says that the as well as Beaumont and Gal assessment setup.
gone
by,
he
feels
that
the
wisest
kind of Union protection given veston.
On the local labor front all is
TOPISC AT
step that he ever made was the quiet at the moment. Various •
to seamen is the best available. The Resolution recently ap
• MEETINGS
He's Francis R. Napoli and he proved by the membership which In special shipboard meetings, day that he joined the Seafarers. civic matters sponsored by the
bases his views on personsd ex discourages payoffs in this port« as well as in informal discussion One of Andy's hobbies has Central Labor Body here (of
periences.
has helped matters considerably, ashore, all members have approv been a study ofworld maritime which this Branch is a part) have
Frank, who holds Book No. but it is to be noted that some ed these various issues unan unions and conditions over the been assisted by Seafarers in all
years, and the facts that he can possible ways.
100904, came into the SIU in men have. taken the stand that imously and wholeheartedly.
February 1947, having earned this is just so much eyewash Lively discussions of the mat quote you would make your hair Presently a widespread dis.
ters at hand took place on every curl.
tribution of the "Union Buyer's
and to hell with it!
ship mentioned earlier in this He feels that there hag never Guide," listing all local union
Needless to say this is entirely
report, with many members tak been a force as great as the SIU shops, is being effected by Sea.
the wrong attitude, an^ one
ing the floor and pointing up the n the ehtke history of marine farers and your representative
which can cause a lot of trouble.
obvious facts that further gains, unions, nor one that has ac here has been elected as a com
ROUGH ON SHIPMATES
such as these most recent of the complished so much for the bet mitteeman to the United Labor
Even more important, it also SIU victories, cannot be secimed terment of the men that go to Policy Committee of Southwest
can work a serious hardship on unless we have a physically and sea.
Louisiana by the Central Labor
your former shipmates, who are financially strong organization to "The SIU has made so many Body.
left to carry the ball imtil, if and enforce oxu demands.^
tremendous gains since 1938 that The purpose of tiiis committee
A number of oldtimers have it is hard to tell which is the is to establish more effective
when the replacements are se
cured to cover the job.
breezed through Lake Charles greatest or the most valuable to price controls over fopds,
, So let's keep payoffs to a min recently, and stopped long seamen everywhere," he said. strengthen rent controls and bol
imum here, for emergency pur enough to say "Hello" before "Most recently the Welfare Plan, ster the Defense Production Aci
picking up a shipping card.
Vacation Plan and our two ma in line with AFL policy as re
poses only.
Among
these
have
been
Andy
or organizational drives all mean cently outlined by William
Shjps intransit here during
Gowder,
Neil
Patterson,
P.
Sar
a
lot to the membership, and Green.
the last two weeks have been
the following: Chiwawa, Cantig
ny. Winter Hill, Lone Jack, Royal
Oak, Salem Maritime, Paoli, and
Fort Hoskins (Cities Service)^
The
Hoskins came into the Port
By. KEITH ALSOP
and helped to get the fiill crew
FRANK R. NAPOLI
Arthur area fresh from the Gal
to sign pledge cards for SIU
GALVESTON, June 21—Ship
representation.
his membership as a volunteer veston DD. The Bull Run (Pet
organizer in the Isthmian cam rol Tankers) arrived here from ping is still at its peak in this
The result was another com
New Orleans to take cargo at port, with no change in the
paign.
pany
for the SIU. It's the work'
Prior to that time he sailed the Cities Service docks. The manpower situation. Rated men
of
guys
like Brother Markopolo.
on numerous unorganized ships. Seatiger (Colonial) signed on in can be used as quickly as they
that
has helped
keep the number
arrive.
When he came into contact with Port Arthur and several replace
of Unioncontracted ships mount
the SIU's organizing drive, Frank ments were sent her as well as Two payoffs and two signons
ing, something that is especially
says he saw for the first time to the James Price (Waterman), took place during the past two
important during the leaner
week period and 12 ships called
just what our Union stands for, which pulled into Houston. .
years of shipping. John holds
the protection it offers a seaman Everyone we could get our intransit
SIU Book No. 100775.
and how it enables a man to hands on was shipped on one or Paying off and signing on
Galveston didn't have any reg
another of these ships, so that were the Martin McCarver (Wa
sail as a human being.
ular
membership meeting on
He says he's thankful that he at this writing' this port is pretty terman) and the James Price
June
20 due to the lack of
near
"manpowerless."
(South Atlantic). The Price had
came into the SIU and not any
quorum. A few men were on
Most of the above ships came a slight, shortage of provisions
hand but not enough. I'or in
in here in good shape and left but we saw to it that she was
stance, we had Brothers John'W.
the same way, but on two, the properly stocked.
ATTENTION!
Marrs, Phillip Narvaez and Ro
Chiwawa and the Cantigny, there The only vessel tied up in
bert Hogain.
If you don't find linen were a few gassed up performers this port as a result of the
, We also have several Seafar.
when you go aboard your that had the idea the SIU needed MEBA strike is the SS Seatrain
JOHN E. MARKOPOLO
ers in the Marine Hospital at..
ahi^, notify the Hall at once. them, Regardless of their disrup New York. Otherwise all SIU
A telegram from LeHarve or tive practices.
contracted "Ships have been mov who has been sailing ^aboard Galveston. They are H. M. Bo,
The crews of both ships are ing .without delay. . ^
Singapore won't do you vssf
^ SlUcontracted ships since 1945. mar,. C. Robertson, J.. F. Lewis,
on
the
whole
pretty
alert
guys,
good. It's your bed and you
Another one of our members Johii went abo&rd the SS Pe and H Trahan.
and
good
SIU
men
to
boot,
and
with a good bacHground in or trolite,. a tanker operated by More from here next iseiifc
have to lie In IL
were quick to realize the danger ganizing is John E. Msrkopolo, Tanker Sag Harbor Corporation Meanwhile, keep on the baU.: i A;
By JEFF MORRISON
Rep/atements For TOXGS Ports Sweep Lake Charles Bearh
Shipping Remains At Peak In Galveston
�nEr^
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Serea
QUESTION: In the space of a few years, the SIU's A&G District has increased the number of contracted companies
from 11 to 79. What do^you think made this rise possible?
Rlipipi
WMmi
mm
nil
m
JAN R. MUCINS. Dk. Eng.;
This great advance was made
because we have a membership
that ie able to do Uie^ jobs
aboard ship. Our internal pol
Jer is to supply good. x*BpoU'
sible seamen to all companies,
and the cMnpanies recognize
• this fact. And all of these men
iare supplied through the fair
rotary system of shipping. In
^addition our Union has had a
strong organizing program to
'keep getting more jobs for the
'membership which has been
Very successful.
MAM Favors Controls,
i^t Not For The MAM
A. IRIZARRY. Chief Cook:
JOHN ASMONT, OUer:
JAMES BATTLE, Steward:
GERALD SINKES, Cook:
1 think we've been able to
get so many new companies
under, contract because our
Union and its officials have
been on the ball. I don't think
it is any accident. We have
a good policy and the Union
has gone aUout in its or
ganizing ,activities for the
membership's benefit. I guess
everybody in the steamship
business — the operators and
the seamen—know that the
SIU can deliver the goods.
That's why we've been able
to make such a big success.
In my opinion, I think our
Union officials md organisers
have given their untiring ef
forts to bring all/ hew. . com
panies under the .banner of
tlie SIU.^They have gone after
the big and small eompaides
alike and their succesis in this
organizing work has meant
real, job opportunities for. all
of us. When the SIU sets a
goal it goes after it hard.
That's the right way and thaTs
why we've been moving ahead.
In the period we have been
together as a Union, the mem
bership and the officials have
cooperated for the benefit of
alL This spirit of cooperation
is one of the things that has
been responsible for the big
organizing and. other, gains
made by the SIU. I have been
in the SIU for about 10 years
and I have witnessed the ac
complishments of the past few
yearSi In fact, when Head
quarters moved from the old
place on Stone Street we be
gan moving out of the 11
company class.
There are many reasons why
the SIU has been able to
jump the number of contract
ed companies from 11 to 79
in a few years. One reason is
thdl our Union has always
planned its objectives ahead
of time—years ahead of time,
in some cases. Another reason
is that the SIU has shown
that it can live up to its agree
ments and that the member
ship knows what it is doing..
And we have shown such ra
pid progress in a few years
because we have the coopera
tion of all hands on any task.
Off For Far East
The National Association of
Manufapturers. (NAM) wants con
trols on everyone but its own
boys. •
• NAM president William^ Ruffin
listed in a speech in Boston June
6 these indirect controls: Payas
wego taxation, less spending by
government, more productmty,
tougher credit curbs. What does
the NAM mean. This:
1. 'TPayMwego" teuces. Np in
crease in taxes on Big Business
or the rich. Shift alftiost the
whole tax burden to working
people through, a national sales
tax.
2. Less Govermnent spending.
Cut out all Federal programs
that help the people — public
housing, the Labor Department,
Take .a long look at these guys. They're off on a long trip
social security, etc.
to the Far East on ah Isthmian scow. On the far right is San
3. More productivity. Repeal
Francisco
Agent Blackie Gardner, who was there to see that
the wagehour law providing for
overtime pay for more than >40 everything was okay before she pulled out. Gardner returned
hours work a, week and a 75
to the Hall with high praise for the crew. "They're a good
centanhour minimiun wage,
bunch," he said, "and a credit to the SIU. I'm looking forward
4. Tougher credit controls. to their return, ibecause I know it's going to be an easy ship
Make it impossible for workers
to buy houses, television sets or to handle." Good sailing, fellows. Let's hear from you, and
don't forget those minutes of your shipboard meetings.
refrigerators.
Take Those Jobs As They Come Up
On The Board, Is Frisco's Warning
By LLOYD GARDNER
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21— they came up on the board. This
All beefs on vessels coming into is a very shortsighted view ori
this port for payoff, signon or the part of these guys, because
intransit in the past two weeks the way to protect jobs is by
were settled to the satisfaction taking, them, especially when
of all hands.
there is such a need' for man
The Simmons Victory (Bull) power in the merchant fleet.
rates special mention, having At the June 20 membership
made a good, clean payoff • meeting, the Agent stressed the
thanks to a good crew, good need for men to take the jobs
Mate and good Skipper.
as they come up on the board.
Another payoff was the SS He also reminded draftregis
Sea wind (Seatraders). This ship trants to obtain the new post^
signed on again and was joined card forms to be used in keep
by the Jefferson City Victory ing local boards informed of
(Victory Carriers), Greece Vic their whereabouts.
tory (South Atlantic), and the
Motions carried to accept the
Jean LaFitte (Waterman).
Headquarters report and Secre
THEY CALLED
taryTreasurer's financial report.
Intransit were the Archers A motion carried recommending
Hop)e (Cities Service), Bienville, that a constitutional change be
Fairport, Kyska, John C. Water made to allow 90day voting
man (Waterman), an^ the Steel periods.
Architect (Isthmian).
Serving as chairman was Lloyd
The only fault with things at Gardner, with Ray Queen as re
the moment is that some mem cording secretary and H. J. Fis
bers are not taking the jobs as cher as reading clerk.
OLDTIMERS
There are, of course, oldtimers
on the Frisco beach as this re
the Cantigny, Council Grove and A matter that should be called will stay aboard these ships for port IS being filed. Ralph Mouis
By BEN LAWSON
Lone Jack (Cities Service). The to the attention of the member awhile and not attempt to use sant, Paul Franks, Red Smith
. BOST6N, June 20 —Shipping lone freighter was the Ann Ma ship is the practice of some men them as personal shuttle runs. and Paiiil Hanson are a few that
in this port is still on the h^t rie (Bull).
joining ships in Lake Charles, With the demand for manpow come to mind.
side, gs a glance at the ship
Louisiana,
then quitting upon ar
Seven qf our Brothers are in
The Council Grove and Jules
ping figures will indicate. Things burg signed on. So did the Yar rival in this port, some six days er taking most of the men from the Frisco Marine Hospital. Men
the
beach,
there
were not
enough
are moving along smoothly, with mouth, Eastern Steamship Line later. The same thing is happen
in this port should stop by and
all beefs being handled prompt vessel which operates between ing on the other end, with men Seafarers around to constitute say heUo to them when the op
a
quorum
for
the
last
regular
ly. An overtime beef on the Trin here and Nova Scotia for the who have signed on up here do
portunity arises.
membership meeting.
ity, resulting from a delayed summer months.
ing the quitting.
Our Brothers in drydock at the These are the hospitalized Sea ^
sailing, ended with the Branch
This
practice
is
absolutely
con
Ships
calling
at
the
port
were
Marine Hospital here are Larry farers: F. S. Mitchell, L. E. Jar
collecting the money in dispute
trary
to
the
best
interests
of
the
Robin
Doncaster
(Seas),
Sou
Campbell, Gene Cabral, Frank vis, William H. Rogers, P. Sa
for the men involved.
the
membership
and
the
Union
thern
Cities^ (Southern
Trading)
Dirksmeyer, Allen Brown, J. dawski, C. F. Hahn, C. L. Moats
Five of the six ships paying
during
the
present
heavy
shk>
and
the
Ibe^iUe
and
Chickasaw
Norris,
and Joe Marquis. We and George M. Smira.
off here in the past two weeks
ping
days.
(Waterman).
hope
to
see
them up and around That's all from this West Coast
were , trrskers: .Tulesbqrg (Ter
and
in
sailing
shape again very Branch right now. We'll be back
A
beef
on
the
Cliickaaav/
was
_
If
these
men
are
interested
in
minA Tankers), otony . Creek
in the next issue.
their
own
welfare,
at
least,
they
straightened
out
okay.
soon.
(American Tramp Shipping) and
Tanker Payoffs Mark Actiyity In Boston
�nrldar.
aaps' iaMimu smNvm
Jim itowan,
Seeing fe
$5,®<^Mark In Polio Drive
Dies At 57
Seafarers aboard contracted ships are giving record
aipport to the nationwide war on infantile paralysis.
Seafarer James Rowan Sr.,
Ihcomplete returns based on contributions from the first
a member of the Union since
97 ships reporting reveal that $4,269.44 has been turned
1942 and the father of two
over to the 1951 March of Dimes drive.
SIU men, died on June 14
By the time all ships' contri'?
drawing his
weekly
benefits from
butions have been tabulated it is
aboard the SS Longview,
expected that SIU crews will the Seafarers Welfare Flan since
Victory in Antwerp, Belr
have established a new high in he entered the hospital five
gium. He was 57 years old.
responding to the appeal for months ago.
funds made by the Nationa
A . Chief Steward, Brother
Foundation for Infantile Paral
Rowan sailed throughout World
ysis.
War II. He was aboard the Wa
terman freighter Pan Royal
.A spokesman for the March
when it was torpedoed and sunk
of Dimes' Labor Division told
in 1943.
the SEAFARERS LOG this week
that the response of Seafarers
"IN AFRICA LANDING
has been "just wonderful."
Rowan participated in the Al
lied landings in Africa as a
Topping the list of the first 97
"Going to the cleaners"
crewmember
of an SIU ship in
SIU crews contributing to the is nothing new to seafaring
the invasion group. He also serv
drive was the SS Quartette, a
ed on the Blenheim, a captured
Standard Steamship Company men, but going to the clean
vessel on the Far East run, with ers and coming back with a
' .With the sight of his left eye becoming .stronger every day German ship that was operated
twentydollar bill is a bit un
$290.
PhiUp Pron (left) shows that he believes Union Brother Eric by (he Waterman Steamship
Runnerup is the SS Del usual—at least the way it hap
Joseph,
the greatest guy in the world." Joseph gave his Company.
The late Seafarer^ saw service
Norte with $168. In third spot pened to Fred Shaia, Stewaid right eye so that Pron might see. The twoSeafarers were
in the . first WorlcTWar as a
isthe SS William Carruth whose aboard the SS Del Alba.
photographed during a visit to the New York Hall, last week.
s^oldier in the US Army. He was
crewmen added $108 to the It happened in Buenos Aires.
Fred
was
about
to
give
his
suit
wounded in that conflict.
growing total. Right on their
to
a
r^resentative
of
a
dry
Because the US Army ceme..,
heels was the SS Del Sud with
cleaning firm.
He
checked
all
of
tery
inBelgium is filled, Rowan
$107.
was buried in the American
Other ships reporting contri the pockets — except one — then
Legion cemetery in Paris.
butions over the $100mark were turned the garment over to the
the SS Wacosta and the SS man, who left the ship; In a cold Interest in Eric JosephPhU from the Marine Hospital in Brother Rowan was born . in
sweat, Fred 'later recalled that Pron story shows no signs of Btaten Island hasn't dimmed the Pei.nsyl. ania on March 18, 1894.
William Burden.
He held SIU Book No. 23562.
That the dread disease strikes the one pocket he had failed to subsiding as "radio, TV programs story's appeal in the least.
at sea as well as ashore was go through contained a $20 bill. and feature wnters . continue to
PROMPT PAYMENT
Last week the two principals
evidenced several months ago When the guy came back with be.siege the two Seafarers with in the story of brotherhood Were His widow, Marie, received the
when Seafarer Gene Milanesi the suit, Shaia plunged into the requests for appearances and in
interviewed by the Voice of $1,000 ' death benefit paid to
came down with polio while fateful pwket and, just as he terviews.
America, US State D^artment beneficiaries of deceased mem
serving as a crewmember aboard predicted, it was clean of the Ever since it was announced
short
wave radio program which bers by the Seafarers Welfare
the SS Steel Apprentice in the mazuma. He told the cleaner that Joseph ^d offerred to do
is beamed
to all nations through Plan?
what happened. Off went the nate the cornea of his right eye
Near East.
In a letter to the Union, Mrs.
nut
(he
world.
Brother Milanesi was flown guy in a cloud of smoke.
for transplanting to Pron's left
Rowan expressed her "sincere
back to the States and has been Next dayhe returned with $20. eye to serve the latter's failing For Joseph, the bpnefaetor. it thanks and appreciation for all
a . patient at the Staten Island Fred took the .guy's picture sight, the press, radio atul mag was the fourth radio ..program
Marine Hospital since. He has but unfortunately it didn't come azines have been ?playing the on which he has been interview
In addition, he!s ;been seen
been responding to treatment. out well enough for reproduc human interest ran^e to the hilt.
However, his right leg is still tion. Brother Shaia won't forget The success of the operation by millions of Americmis by
paralyzed. Milanesi has been him anyway.
and Pron's subsequent release virtue of his gPPaqi^ance ;on seven
television .programs.
In the meantime he's been
modeling for story illustrations
Ann Marie ^
40.00 Chiwawa^
24.00 Fairhope
19.35 for the_ Fawcett Publications.
Chickasaw
14.80 Angelina
21.00 Del Norte
168.00 Joseph will appear on the cover
Petrolite
47.00 Cape Mohican
% 21.00 Alcoa Roamer
20.00 illustration of one of Fawcett's
Bienville
14.50 Arlyn
58.50 Del Valle
48.00 monthly magazines. True Detec
Steel Fabricator
23.30 Hilton*^
12.00 Del Sud
107.00 tive.
; Seatrain New York
42.00 Wacosta
101.00 CarrabuUe
44.09 Ed Wiener, author of "The
r Seatrain Texas ^
64.95 Robin Wentley
41.00 Del Rio
25.09 Dainon Hunyon Story," has ex
; Julesburg
30.00 Robin Gray
83.00 Del Aires
15.00 pressed interest in writing
Port Hoskins ^
50.00 Santore
56.00 Del Santos
50.00 ,story based on the life.of Eric
Government Camp
9.23 Chilore
40.00 Del Alba
20.00 Joseph, with the eye operation
Sand Captain
46.00 Salem' Maritime
34.00 Battle Creek Victory
24.00 as the focal point of the yarn.
Seatrain New Jersey
31.00 Fcltore <
18.00 Wm. S. Carruth
108.00 Should plans materialize, it is
Andrew Jackson
32.00 Yorkmar
49.00 Cedar Rapids Vi<Hory
47.50 possible (bat a motion picture of
k> Algonquin Victory
45.00 Oremar
59.00> the story would follow pUbli^.
71.00 Harry T.
TAMES ROWAN. SRl ^ ,
tone Jack
42.00 Marore
91.00 Southern Isles
10.75 cation of the story, according to
39:00 Cubore
;; Massmar^
26.00 Seastar
55>00 Joseph, who has already been
37.00 Venore '
Fairport
27,00 Seacloud
97.00 interviewed several times by the assistance rendered^ by the
Union," and said that she appre
29.05 Bents Fort
Archers Hope
61:00 Western Farmer
73:00 Wiener?
ciated the "prompt action of the
19.25 Steel Scientist
Robin Tuxford
35,00 Clarksburg Victory
42.00
48.00 Carolyn
Kyska
15.50 Citrus Packer
54.00 As . soon as all of these pre Welfare Plan" in paying the
liminaries"" are put of the way, death benefit.
'
Gateway City
28.00 Robin Kirk
19.85 Steel Admiral
32.00
Joseph says he will return to Also 'feurviving are eight ChiL
Hejrwood Broun
10.25 Mae
26.00 Bessemer Victory
38.00
37.00 Abiqua^
Golden City
72.50 the sea. Both he and Pipn are dren; The two sons . who are
36.00 Sea Comet
book members of the SIU.
members of the SlU are James
36.75 Quartette
Frances'^'
290.00 Topa Tapa
36.00
36.50 La Salle
been improv Jr., who joined the Union
Hurricane^
9.00 Mankato Victory :
45.50 Pron's vision
21.00 William H. Aspenwall
60.90 ing .steadily since his release 1944 and sails as FiremanWa^
Tkinity
28.00 Greenstar
24.15
Louis
Emery,
Jr.
Steel Age
74.00 St. Augustine T^i^ory
56.00 fr(^ the hospital and his happi tertender, and Lawrence^ a Fire
21.00
Iberville
32.75
47.00 ness over the fact is shared by man, who became .'a Seafarer in
Sand Mate
Monroe
: 20.00 Alcoa Pilgrim
26.50 Joseph. . Pron keeps ; repeating 1943.
Co'incil Grove
20.00 Hurricane
Rowan resided with his wife
56M Alcoa ;R;iihner
25.00 William Burden
; 106.00
' AJawai
50.00 Morning Light .
: 17,56 that "I'll nevei be aMe to tbisnk and children at 2328 Gilinore
36.00 Steel Rover.
IVinter Hill
Brother Joseph for hls^geheros Street,;; .East iR^ur^, Long
: 16.00 De'Soto '
33.00
;:Marina««r
island, N. Y. . '
> 5400 AltoaCorsair
4;289t44 ity.":
y 11.60
^tadford' Mand
Here's A Yam
Worth $20 To
Fred Shaia
Radio, TV,^ Press Continue
To Tell dosephPrmt $tory
First List Of SIU Ships Reporting To March Rf Shnes
• , •. '
•
�SX''
TMst' Jon* 29.
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Nlii*
IHg^te# Minutas Of SlU Ship Meetings
JOHN EYANS (Mississippi),
number of l)ooks and permits in giving Coast Guard access to
May 28—Chaixmui. E. Nooney;
their departments. Communica medical records of seamen. Ma
JNKyetttnr.' Bair Bladnncm; Bdte»
tion from "Pood for Thought" jority of crew voted approval of
gates reported all okay on the
read and accepted. Discussion on political action by Union.
first trip of ship since leaving
old and new work permits. Beef
i t 4r
the boneyard. Donations to be
raised on poor cooperation by ANDREW JACKSON (Water
collected toward purchase of
Coast Guard in removing crew man), May 12—Chairman, Peto
.washing machine.
member stricken with appendi Gvozdich; Secretary, L. Phillips.
citis.
4. a> t
Motion carried to have Union
DEL VALLE (Mississippi), May
ft ft ft
contact company and find out if
e ^ Chainttan, Gaorg* BaueW;
TUSKEGEE VICTORY (Or draws in Far East ports can K©
{Secretary, Lew Meym. Dele
ion). May 20 — Chairman, L. in. US currency. Engineer to bo
gates reported all okay. Motion
Barbour; Secretary, J. Riley, seen about muddy wash water,
carried to have no foreign stores
Ship's Delegate reported two
ft ft'ft
put aboard; instead have
men had jumped ship in San MONROE (Bull), May Iff —.
"days' extra stores put aboard in
Pedro. Repair list to be made up Chairman, H. Rountree; Secre
the States. Discussion on pro
before ship hits next port. Dis tary, Douglas Acker. Ship's Dele
posed change in working rules
cussion on collecting of transpor gate reported $47 had been do
on' working cargo after 5 PM,
tation after making two trips to nated to March of Dimes. Motion
Report made that arrival poa
Far East following East Coast carried that Headquarters work
netted $75 for polio fund. Edu
signon.
on a plan to have the familioi
cational program held on per
ft ft ft
of seamen admitted to marina
sonal responsibilities of SIU
GREELEY VICTORY (South hospitals. Discussion on poor
members to guard their biene
Atlantic), May 6—Chairman, Pe laundry service in Savannah. Un
fits through personal savings.
dro Erazo; Secretary, H. West ion booklet, "Charges," read and
4 4. 4
phal. Ship's Delegate to contact accepted. Men returning to ship
AZALEA CITY (Waterman;
postal authorities to see if any after gangway had been raised
May 30 — Chairman,; Jim Con
one has been tampering with were reminded that they violaitod
nors; Secreieury, Jim Pale. Dele
crew mail. Discussion on question the general rules of the Union,
gates reported number of books
of Wipers refusing overtime.
ft ft ft
and permits in their departments,
Crew voted to stand by Wipers. OREMAR (Ore), May 13 —
$
•
Ship's Delegate instructed to see
ft ft ft
Chairman, M. Faircloth; Seer© :
Captain about size of draws. Mo
SOUTHWIND
(South
AtlanHc),
lary,
W; Pinkham. Delegates r© ..
lion carried to check on question
May
13
—
Chairman,
Charles
ported
no beefs. Repair list to;
able members of crew. Ship's
Thompson;
Secretary,
Walter
be
made
up. Stewards depart
Delegate wame<| all men to be
Terry.
Delegates
reported
aU
in
ment
given
vote of thanks for
tSSr^fi^rtments.
Discussion
on
Dimes.
Question
raised
on
man
alert and sober at payoff,
disputed overtime put in by en believed to be consular passen order. Motion carried to have fine work.
ft
DEL NORTE (Mississippi) gine department men when ship ger who had been convicted as Steward order stores. Discussion
May 13 — Chairman, Bob High; broke down at sea; Captain has slopchest thief. Complaint made on 2nd Engineer doing painting
that slopchest prices are too in engineroom.
SAcrrtazy, Max Fabricant. Ship's claimed safety of ship.
high.
ft ft ft
Delegate reported that subscrip
ARCHERS*^HOPE (Cities Ser
tions have been taken for seven GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), May 13—Chairman, W. Jaa
vice).
May 6—Chairman, Sidney.
magazines. Report made that May 26 — Chairman, John Hunt; isch; Secreteury, K. Thomas. Elec
Lipschitz;
Secretary, R. Smith;
Secretary,
George
Hubner.
Ship's
trician reported
washing machine
crew had donated $168 to March
Delegates
reported number of
Delegate
advised
men
to
get
was
beyond
repair.
Beef
raised
of Dimes. Delegates reported no
ft ft ft
books
and
permits in their de
their
validated
papers
by
August
on
prices
of
slopchest
being
beefs. Ship's treasurer reported
SOUTHERN
COUNTIES (Sou
partments.
Motion
carried
to
ex
1.
Dispute raised
on delayed
sail
higher than
last
trip.
Motion car
expenditures in connection with
thern
Trading),
May 13—Chair
tend
a
vote
of
thanks
to
Union
ing.
Vote
of
thanks
extended
to
ried
.to
have
foc'sles
painted
outfitting of baseball team. Dis
man,
A1
North;
Secretary, A1
officials
for
their
stand
on
Na
while
ship
is
in
yard.
Cooks
Negotiating
Committee
for fine
cussion on the amoimt of money
tional
Shipping
Authority
and
Sevier.
Delegates' reports
accept
work
in
successfully
winning
commended
for
their
work.
to be spent on athletic equip
ed.
Motion
carried
for
men to
winning
of
Vacation
Plan
and
Vacation
Plan.
Discussion
on
ment. All members' urged to at
tend educational and seamanship Captain allowing radio antennas BETHORE^(Ore)? May 5 — upping death benefits in Welfare make individual donations to
anywhere for ship's officers, but Chairman, L. Short; Secretary, Plan. Motion carried that Bro March of Dimes. Ship's Delegate
classes.
making crew remove antennas O. Turner. Delegates reported thers refuse to sign any papers read article on overtime when
paying off. Chairman stated that
from back aft.
all
men should educate them
ft ft, ft
selves in the working and his
FRANCES (BuU), May 20 —
tory of the SIU.
Chairman, J. Hemandei; Secre
SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St
tary, Don Herlihy. Delegates re
ft ft ft
SIU, A&G District
Douglas 28363
ported
no beefs.
Repair list made
SAN
ANGELO
VICTORY
ft ft ft
86 Seneca St.
BALTIMORE
14North Gay St SEATTUE
up
and
approved.
(Seatrade),
May
11 — Chcdrmaii,
ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa),
Main 0290
WUIlam Rentz, Agent
Mulberry 4540
440 Avalon Blvdl E. Melone; Secretary, B. Good
May 22—Chairman, J. Shaugh
BOSTON
276 State St, WILMINGTON
Terminal 43131 rich. Delegates reported aU oks^.
nessy; Secretary, W. Feill. Ship's BINGHAMTON VlCTORY Ben Lawaon, Agent Rldhmond 20140 NEW YORK
105 Broad St.
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141
Captain to be asked to have
Delegate reported beef on ex Bull), May 5—Chairman, Young;
BOwlIng Green 93438
GALVESTON
308J4—23rd
St.
galley and all foc'sles paintBd
tended time of voyage with stores Secretary, Brumfield. Delegates Keith Alsop, Agent
Phone 28448
out; Suggestion
made to appoint
running short. Engine Delegate reported no beefs. Motion carried LAKE CHARLES, La
*
Great
Lakes
District
1419 Ryan St.
a crewmember to obtain a HOW
reported on© member of depart that no one aignon until repairs Keith Terpe. Agent
1036 W. 5th St
MOBILE
1 South Lawrence St ASHTABULA
library.
ment is not Satisfied with Union. lave been made. Motion carried Cal
Phone 48631
Tanner,
Agent
Phone
21754
BUFFALO.
N.Y.
10
Eachange
St
Crewmember explained that he that Captain redeem aU Japan NEW ORLEANS
ft ft ft
523 BienvUlo St
Phone Cleveland 7391
was drunk when he made the re ese . yens before signing off. Lindsey Williams, Agent
STEEL FABRICATOR (Isth
2602 Carroll St
Magnolia 61126113 CLEVELAND
marks. Ship's Delegate to write Stewards department thanked
mian). May 6 — Chairman, W.
Hione Main 0147
NEW YORK
,.51 Beaver St.
or
good
service.
Request
made
a lett.er to Headquarters on short
Whelan; Secretary, J. MerkeL
DETROIT
1038
3rd
St.
HAnover 22784
Headquarters
Phone Cadillac 6857 Vote taken in opposition to Un
stores and bad shape of ship. that ship be stored with meat NORFOLK
..127129 Bank St.
531 W. Michigan St ion becoming active in politics.
sufficient for five months. Dis Ben RMS. Agent
Phono 41083 DULUTH
:
. ft
4
Phone Melrose 4110'
cussion
on
equalization
of
over
PHILADELPHIA
337
Market
St.
FRANCIS E. WARBEN (bRs
Delegates reported all okay. Re
MILWAUKEE
683 S. 2nd St
S:
Cardullo,
Agent
Market
71635
idMippi), April 22 — Chairman, time.
pair
list made up and approved^
Phone
Broadway
25017
SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St.
SOUTH
CHICAGO
3261
E.
92nd
St
Bad Simmons; Secretary, Alex
ft ft ft
Lloyd Gardner, Agent Douglas 25475
Phone Essex 52410
CANTIGNY (Cities Service),
Gall. Delegates reported no beefs.
SAN JUAN, PR
252 Ponco da Leon
Sal Colls, Agent
Report made that no library was
May 6—Chairman, Emanuel Bs
Canadian District
SAVANNAH
2 Abercom St
cobio;
Secretary. S. DiMaggio.
obtainable in Galveston through
E. B. Tilley, Agent
Phono 31728
MONTREAL
463
McCill
St
usual channels, so a doctor was
Ship's
Delegate
reported excel ,
SEATTLE
2700 1st Ave.
"
MArquette 5909 lent results on repair list sub
found who gave the ship a lot
Ray Oates, Agent
Seneca 4570
4
4
128!/$ HolUs St
18091811 N. Franklin St, HALIFAX. N.S
MAE (Bull), May 6 —Chair TAMPA
of recently published books. Mo
Phone 38911 mitted to Capfain. Discussion on
Ray White, Agent
Phope 21323
tion carried to give the doctor man, Charles Starling; Secre WILMINGTON. Calif...440
FORT
WILLIAM.. 118J/S
Syndicate
Ave. men returning late to ship in
Avalon Blvd.
Ontario
Phone 33221 Lake Charles.
a small donationtoward paying tary. Richard Brown. Delegates Jeff Morrison, Agent Terminal 42874
COLBORNE
103 Durham St.
for the books. Vote of thanks reported all okay. Discussion on HEADQUARTERS. .51 Beaver St.. N.Y.C. PORT Ontario
ft ft ft
Phone 5591
SECRETARYTREASURER
QUARTETTE (Standard). May
given stewards department for amount crewmembers should do
TORONTO, Ontario
66 Colborne St
Paul HaU
nate toward washing machine.
fine food.
Elgin 5719 13—Chairman, D. Parker; Sect©
ASST. SECRETARYTREASURER
VICTORIA, B.C....61714 Cormorant St tary. P. Cassidy. Beef raised on
May 13—Chairman, P. Blan March of Dimes literature read
• Earl Sheppard
Empire 4531
chard; Secretary, Alex Gall. and posted. Brother Geiling ask
sailing from Philippines whil©
HEADQUARTEl^ REPRESENTATIVES VANCOUVER, P.C...565 Hamilton St.
short
of food. Motion carried for
Delegates reported a total ot 45 crew for blood donors to make ' Joo Algina
Pacific 7824
Robert Matthhws
hours' disputed overtime. Motion up JJOT blood used for his wife,
SYDNEY. N.S.....
304 Charlotte St. Delegates to see Coast Guard as
Joseph Volplan
Phone 6346 to number of men needed on
cttrried to contact Headquarters
ft ft ft
BAGOTVILLE.
Quebec
20
Elgin St
SUP
ROBIN KIRK (Robin), May 6!
watch at sea, and what to do in
and protest Coast Guard wear
Phone 545
ing side arms while screening — Chauman, W; Jhnisch;
absence
of a required man when
THOROLD,
Ontario
37
Ormont
St
HONOLULU
il6 Merchant St
and signing on crew. Steward retaty, J. DiOrio;^ Engine
Photte 33202 another man is on day work to
Phone 56777
113 Cote Do La Montague replace missing man. Ship's Dele
ill W. Bumside St QUEBEC
thanked 48 watch for swell job gate reported 208 hours of dis PORTLAND
Quebec
Phone 27078
Beaconr 4336
ha keeping the messhall and pan puted overtime; other depart
gate urged nien to stick together
RICHMOND, CaUf.
..257 Sth St SAINT JOHN,...177 Prto^t. William St
• by clean ^;on ^. their watch, pis ments , okay, CoUection to, be
N.B.
Phone 23049 in all beefs.
Pboiia'2599
(More Ships Minutes on Pag© IS)
cussion on men using heads of afcen at payoff for March of
bEliJnbles: Keep
^
lo^dt^boxj^
not2@i&lc£yoar tuiiete'
and year
i^gp$miers
haue. Keadin^&tidjbt]^
caaiefially, and
an
edasiditzail
Directory Of SIU Halls
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JAemhmhip's Comfort
The Hall is rapidly approaching completion. We should
be ready to move in, bag and baggage, in about six weeks.
,i We could get in before that, but Headquarters feels it's ad
J visable to wait for the completion of the exterior, as well
" as the interior, before moving in.
Nothing remains of the seventyoddyear old bidding
that the Union purchased a year ago, save the massive walls
: and reinforced roof.
The contractor estimates that at today's prices it would
^cost about three times as much as we are spending, if we
;had razed the old building and erected something compar
,'able to what we have now—and we still wouldn't have any
.thing approaching the solidity of our present rig.
Emphasis has been on membership comfort and conven
'ience, with an eye to eventual expansion over the years
'ahead. The assembly hall will seat almost a thousand men
.with recreation rooms across the corridor that will handle
. an overflow of hundreds more.
Loudspeakers are built into every nook and cranny of
the ceilings, with microphone jacks sprinkled throughout
in order that a member may speak from any part of the
floor, as well as hear whatever is going on, no matter where
„ . he is seated.
'
LAUNDRY SERVICE
r?
The baggage room will feature a laundry drop so that
a member can remove his soiled gear from his baggage when
" he registers, and have everything shipshape when he grabs
a scow.
There »will be an automatic camera for passport and
Coast Guard photos, thereby eliminating the Broadway clip
'artists as far as our membership is concerned.
The slopchest will stock quality gear at reasonable
.prices, which should help eliminate those West side spiders
who have fattened on "live" seamen by peddling them
i ishoddy merchandise at fancy prices for years. '
In addition to a library, game room, television, theater
fL and writing room, the second floor will boast a tiled shower
f with accommodations for five men at a clip.
• . A modern bar, with a nautical motif, is located directly .
' opposite the slopchest on the first floor.
The bar, like all other enterprises in the building, will
be operated by the Union. The cafeteria has seating accom
, modations for 225 people.
, ' The galley gear is the last word in modern equipment—
I hamburgermaking machines, electric meat saws, automatic
I' doughnutmaking machines, icecubemakers, grinders, mix
I iers, automatic bake ovens and proofers and sundry items
too numerous to mention individually. All go to make a
; galley, bakery, butcher shop and cafeteria setup second to
jione for its size.
The cafeteria counter and galley are so designed as to
^ be used as a straight cafeteria, straight restaurant or a comr
bination of both.
STEWARDS UPGRADING SCHOOL
I
Now, about the school the Union proposes to operate iir
conjunction with the cafeteria:
It will be primarily an upgrading school. That boon
""doggling part of the old WSA setup, which operated the
Sheepshead Bay fiasco, has conclusively demonstrated th&t
' it isn't practical to try to make Cooks of plough jockeys an
a few weeks or months, no matter how much dough you're
r prepared to toss around in the process.
We propose to upgrade our Messmen to Third Cooks and
• so up the ladder, as well as help our Cooks and Waiters and
the others master their present ratings.
f
The Union realizes that teaching is an art in itself, and
will consequently seek aid from the faculties of existing
' vocational schools, rather than try to do a makeshift job
with one of our own Chefs.
I
Of course, whoever is finally selected to teach will have
? the technical help of the committee of stewards department
: personnel who are presently setting up the project.
In another issue we will examine other features of the
building in greater detail. Meanwhile we invite all mem
bers to come over to 4th Avenue and 21st Street in Brook
lyn, to watch the progress of one of the most modern Union
Halls in the countJ^. .
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T JI B S E A F A'R B ttS^ VB G
��SIU Cooks' ^hool Will Be
Sweet Dish For Oldtimer
Hanson Crewmen In NorfoRt
fallen asleep 20 years ago, and
then woke up today aboard an
Who says the SIU isn't cook SIU ship, I'd sure as hell say I
ing with gas? Take it from this was dreaming when 1 saw the
Oldtimer who learned cooking improvements that have been
baking by the' slow method, made.
Ibat new Cooks and Bakers I'm going to be real serious
school which will be opened in for a minute though. 1 want to
the new Brooklyn Hall is going congratulate our Union and the
to be one sweet setup.
officials who are responsible for
When I read the details about this wonderful idea of a Cooks
the equipment the school will and Bakers school. The setup
have and about the instruction and instruction that was ex
that will be given, 1 said to my plained in the LOG will be
self "Here's a dish that no gal worth hundreds of dolku's to
ley man is going to find hard to each man in the school. And all
hands will profit sooner or later
take."
because the training wiU have
My only regret Is that the SIU its effect in every shipboard gal
Seafaxer Pal. Ryaa look Ihis pholo of some shipmates
wasn't around in the early 30s ley.
aboard Ihe SS John HaUson when Ihe vessel was in Norfolk.
when 1 was looking for my
In the group w John Ree. BUlie Cox, Paler Pederson, Andy
Jack T. Den»titBr
Cook's rating. But that isn't go
Lttiay^ Jerry Nance, Paia WUsh and "Scolly."
ing to stop me from taking ad
Vantage of the good deal the
Union is offering. I'm going to
be right up, in front of the line
on registration day. It's never
tbo late to learn, say L
To the Editor:
^ioksDttes^se
To Keep Union |
Ready For Future
To this Editor:
Put me down as One who backs
the ideas expressed by the Bro
ther whose letter in last week's
LOG said that we are getting
the most for our duesdollar.
When the balloting begins I
intend to vote for the dues in
crease recommended by the
Quarterly Finance Committees
and the Constitutional Commit
tee.
The reason I'm in favor of this
increase is that I'm for strength
ening our organization in every
way possible . and I'm satisfied
that the Committees' recomnien
dations will do that.
I'm sure most uf the guys
know by now that the NMU
men had to hit the' bricks last
^iday midnight (June 16) and
at the' present time are still out,
because the operators refused
their demands which include a
Vacation Plan like the one the
SIU won several weeks ago.
SIU ON MOVE
I guess the operators know
we're
a tough outfit and plenty
To the Editor:
I'll tell all you guys that the
strong. That's why we win things
little old SIU is travelling and
1 have ten plots of land in in a breeze. And if we Ijave to
getting places. A man starting
South Haven, Suffolk County, fight, we're in a strong position
cut at the seafaring game these
Long Island, New York, which financially and otherwise, to hit
days sure has a chance to go
1 am willing to sell at $200 per hard.
fiSst class and it's getting better
plot either in part or in toto. So I'm for keeping things that
aH the time, if our Union has
This land is high, and cannot in way and any little way I can
anything to do about it.
any circumstances be flooded in help to do so you can count me
bad weather, and is about three in. .
If the SIU isn't bringing back
miles
from the beach.
Charlie Brandon
wage increases, welfare plans
•
Anyone
within reach wanting
and vacation plans, it's setting
to see this property can get
up schools and programs to help
there by driving out on Montauk Johnny Johnston Thanks
the guys improve their positions
Highway to Camp Upton Road, Brothers For Helpfulness
and make more dough—and 1
turning right pn Dawn Drive to To the Editor:
don't mean the Baker's variety,
Ryan made Ihis shol during Ihe payoff in Norfolk. Left lo Aubom^ Avenue. Lots number Will you please print a notice
either.
153,' 154 and 155 form' part of of appreciation and thanks to the
Yep, things sure have changed righl: Buddy Dodge, Ted Nance, Champ Clark and "RWL" the property. On the next street. membership in the Port of New
for the seafaring man. If I had The lad» made Ihe European run, which included a call at West End Avenue, there are Oflehns, and especially to the
pulled a Rip Van WinMe and Soulhamplon, England.
seven more, which join Niunber crews of the SS Del Sud, SS
155: Numbers 146 to 140.
Del Aires and SS Alcoa Cavalier
For more information write and the others who were so kind
me at 21A East 126 Street, New and helpful during my bereave
York 35, New York.
ment over the recent death of
my wife.
Donald S. Gardner
L. S» (Johnny) Johnston
Seairain New Jersey
Tb Ihe Edilon
ernment and the various state more ships if there won't be any
maritime schools are spending
I see by the papers that there thousands of dollars teaching skilled men left to sail them? Or
is a growing shortage of rated green hands the rudiments of maybe they're going to waive all
their manning requiremehts and
seamen, and that there is also seamanship, which is a waste of
some small talk about defering taxpayers' money because a man send the ships out with sea
scouts.
by law the qualified key ratings,
can't leam seamanship out of a If 1 were a congressman or big
although so far it's still just talk. book.
brass in' selective service, I'd
I also see in the paper—the
The
Coast
Guard
recognizes
defer
from the draft experienced
SRAFARERS LOG—why there
this, by setting up minimum sea seamen who had one or more of
is such a "shortage. Not an issue
gpes by without several letters times before a man is eligible the needed endorsements (one
ffom members who have been to apply for endorsements in the fellow writing to tlie LOG had
drafted, some of them pulled off engine department (six months) darned near eyery endorsement
their ships as they dock after or the deck department (1 year in thb engine department), in
long voyages. The last issue of for a blue ticket AB, two years stead, of letting Wipera and Or
dinaries play at.being Fire^ien
the LOG had two such letters, for a green ticket AB).
and most of the previous issues Two other items 1 saw in the and ABs, or shipping Messmen
had more. (Editor's note: As a papers recently comes to my out as Cooks.
mailer of fact, the LOG receives mind. First 1 see that the Coast But what is really needed is
ntany more letters from Seafar Guard changed the 25 percent not only a positive, definite draft
ers in service than it prints, since ratio of blue ticket ABs to green deferment for experienced sea
most of them are merely requests tickets on one ship (one out of men, but those men they did
six, to 50 percent (three), and draft should be . released, from
for changes of address.)
I notice that most of these are is permitting up to onehalf of service so that they can go back
in student and training compan the ABs on nonsubsidized ships to doing their necessary jobs
aboard the merchant fleet, deliv
ies—in other words, they are be to be aliens.
ering the supplies and ammimi
Then 1
see
that
the
Wage
Sta
ing taught new skills, to take
the place of the one thing they bilization Board has permitted a tioH without whfch our Airmy
kpow well, arid the one thing 15 percent increase for shipyard would be helpless; Th^ had to
that the Army and Air Force workers, because the skilled men do tjiis during the last war and
can't use—^their experience and there were going to other indus sure as hell thej^U have to come
This cute little sister: and brother act is^the proud posses
;
knowhow as skilled seamen in tries where the base pay was around to this policy again, but sion< of Seafarer and Mrs. William'P. Grabenauer of Joplin, '
why wait imiil the last minute?
higher.
the merchant marine.
Mo.'Narlynn. 6 snonthk'old. enu^gles under protectiva arm
On the other hand, the gov '^at's the sense of building
Wg brother William Karl, 20 months.
Dick Mariinw
Brother Offers
10 Long Island
Plots For Sale
Draft Seen Pumping Ships Of Rated Seamen;
Release Of Those Now In Service Urged
Waiting For Pop To Pay Off
�J«M^28. ISSr
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li I
TBE SEAFARERS LOG
To His Ship
J
Hails Advances Idade For Seamen
free of winter all right but our fritz again. We floundered nbout
troubles were about to begin.
Any number remember the First the steering gear went for nearly a week and then got
under way again.
SS Minnesota of the Atiantic on the bum and we floated
Transport Line? She was Imown around out there for nver a I think Captain Carlick was
as the "Hoodoo . Ship" of the week. Th«» the fresh water tanks the Skipper at the time, and we
had a Bosun known as Telican
North Atlantic.
leaked and we were delayed nose Griff," and an AB Johnny
I made a trip on her in 1920 further. With no fresh water, Hardy. The rest I forgot. Wish
—January 23, I believe the date crewmen had to go below each I knew their names, as I'm siure
was when we left New York for night after dark with a pillow some of them are still sailing.
Tilbury Docks, London, England. case and bring it back filled They were a great bimch of
I sighed on as a Messboy at with oranges for the rest of the men and proved to be good sea
$65 per month. Ordinary Seamen gang. Each night two men would men, too.
got the same rate and ABs got go after this only fluid we hac Before we hit New York we
$85. The Minnesota was the larg on board to drink.
had three fires in one day. While
est freighter afloat at the time. This lasted for v^eeks because fighting one on deck midships,
It formerly carried passengers, it was 23 days before we saw another was discovered aft. We
for the staterooms were still land at Plymouth. We layed in split up to take care of both
there but evidently had not been that harbor for five days and when a third was reported be
used for years.
then tied up at Tilbury Docks, low in an unused stateroom, un
We left New York on a bitter London. It was 28 days from used that is, except for one pas
cold day, with the ice on deck New York to London.
senger, whom we were bringing
at
least two feet thick. We took We were seven weeks at Til home. He had been released
When "Lillle Joe" Kotalik, former bellboy on Ihe Del
Norte .and Puerto Rico, opened his package liquor store in the southern roufe .and after the bury, wher^? we got new boilers from an English hospital where
third day the decks were free and then started for home. Three he had been treated for pneu
New Orleans# he used the name of his favorite ship. Joe's place of all signs of winter. We were days out the boilers went on the
monia. He had been fished out
is located at 1820 Airline Highway, Keaner, La., just eight
of the water when a ship that
miles outside of New Orleans.
he had been a Messboy on had
caught fire.
We never suspected him nt
the time, but when another
Messboy, Sylvy Savery, caught
To the Editor:
conclusively that SIU books can him fleeing from a smokefilled
not be bought, and that our
How stupid can a guy be and Union file system is set up so stateroom he grabbed him and
turned him over to the Skipper,
still stay aiive?
that phony counterfeiters can be We had no more fires after that.
Destitute and with no gear I
To the Editor:
I'm talking about those dumb spotted at once.
^
went to the SIU Hall and was
IThe final payoff came when
Until May 29, 1951, I was em told by the Union Patrolman bunnies who thought they could To the new permits ,I say,
we
had to be towed in the last
ployed aboard the Isthmian there that the Welfare Plan hos buy a book in the Union, and watch out for phonies and let
150
miles by the SS Champion
Steamship Company's vessel SS pitalization benefits had been actually laid out a couple of the Union, know if you are ap
of
the same
company. Over thred
Steel Flyer as Chief Electrician. upped to $10, and he handed me hundred bucks to some smooth proached by smooth talkers. To
and a half
months to
London and
talking operators.
Due to an accident" which oc a sawbuck.
the phonies in the can—one of back.
curred on or about May 23, 1 Due'to the fact that the com
Everybody on the waterfront th^e characters was on a ship I cannot, in all fairness, close
had to remain in the Galveston pany had left me stranded this knows that the SIU books are with me, playing big shot to im
this story without mentioning
Marine Hospital.
closed, and only those guys who press the permits—I hope you the conditions then, as compared
money was really a godsend.
_ I was xeleased yesterday tJune I atill don't know when I em go out on unorganized ships un serve every day of your sentence. to no^r. The hours were long,
6) . and went to the Isthmian going to get paid or when I will der Union direction can get their
Frank Roweland there was NO OVERTIljffi, Sun
agent here in Galveston. He told get my gear, but thanks to the full books. And yet these jerks
day was just another day, the
me my gear was in New Orleans Seafarers Welfare Plan I'll be laid out their good mcmey to Late Member's Wife Gets food was nothing to write hcmae
and that he vjas not authorized able to hang on while they make these sharpies who had "con
about, the bunks were very bad
to give me transportation and, up their minds as to what they tacts'in the Union," when there Death Benefit Promptly and the rats were all over the
wasn't a single chance in a To the Editor:
place.
because he did not have my pay are going to'do.
million
that the scheme would
'
Ray Brault
voucher, I would have to wait
There was no union to com
May J express my deepest ap
go undetected.
'
Galveston
until Thursday.
plain
to—^if you didn't like the
But the really stupid ones were preciation for the Seafarers Wel ship you were told to get off
the guys who pushed this racket, fare Plan check of $1,000 which and stay off.
for thinking they could get away was sent to me after the sudden Times liave certainly dianged
with it. In order to get away passing of my husband, Carroll since. Today seafaring is an hcm
with a deal like that,the phon L. Brown. The promiffness and orable job and every
man
ies would have to bribe every courtesy will long be remember should be proud of big • ptaiies
on the ship in print. By the way official and office worker in ed. May God bless the Seafarers sion. Think twice, men, before
To Ihe Editor:
the Bosun ,was John Allmon, who Headquarters and every elected Union forever.
you do anything that might brii^
You said you wanted reporters. unfortunately became ill and weekly auditing committee and I should like to receive the disgrace upon yourself, your
• Well, I don't claim to be one, had to be left behind in Abidjan, every quarteriy finance conmut LOG as .usual, if I may, in that shipmates and your Uni^i.
but I can make a stab at it. Ivory Coast, French West Africa. tee, who would catch .»tiy .deal I shall always belieye that my Our membarship .and our repr
Therefore iSre decided to say a Well, you can't say I didn't like* that, and would eventually dear one is just on another trip. resentatives have worked long
Thank you again.
take in the • 'entire membership.
and hard over the years to get
little about voyage 14 on the try, so I remain
Mrs. C. Brown
'Maybe those guys did us a
Joe D. Blanchazd
us the benefits we now enjoy.
MV Del Rio.
Jersey City, N. J. By our observance of our re
faijpr, at that. They proved Very
MV Del Rio
We had such characters as
sponsibilities both ashore and on
ship we can best show our deep
Percy (Boy) Boyer, AB; James
appreciation
of the conditions we
(Heavy) Barthes, Oiler, and Har
now have.
George Groves
ald Karlsen, Steward.
And in my book this ship is
Now If *Uiicle Joe'
a good feeder. At least I'd say
Will Only Sit Still
a good feeder due to the fact
that Steward Karlsen knows just
To the Editor:
how to manage his stores. Espa
After six years of being an
cially when the ship i^iled from
SIU
member, they finally got me
New Orleans with 67 days'
in
the
Army. I was in a line
.Stores on board and he had to
company
for about a month, but
stretch them to last 94 days; that
now
I
mi
with a Headquarters
may be stretching it some even
company.
I
would sure appre
though we did pick up rubber.
ciate it if you could send me the
GPQD FEEDER
SEAFARERS LOG. I should be,
Not to forget Bob Brown (the
out of the Army in 13 months,
vuiless Unde Joe decides to start
BR) and Chief Cook Lionel An
some more "police action." It
toine, better known as "Shadow."
will be fine to get back to sea..
The A1'Baker was Freddie Bab
Pvt. John (Red) Early.
tiste, and if you don't think
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this wasa feeder you don't know
HQftHQ
Co.,
these buys.
35th hsf. Regt.
' gcdiMr <up
eazgoM.to NbeRort of Saigon are exposed
During the trip I "decided to
APO
25 C/.0 Poslmastar
turn ,poet and scribble up a to ihe .mipixsg of .oommie gwffillas on both sides of the river, whieh is qt^ed with mines.
'
JSan
Franmsco,
Calif.
Mhaesweepws
lead
the
w^y^and
'Vietnamese
soldiers
ride
the
ships
through
the
danger
sone.
couple of ( items that perhaps you
In
;a
itemnber
. ihe
VtohMoa
patipel>:i^^
his *elei*wlie wBe jin jimdhkm en deck
(Ed. .pote: You'aa
theBst,.
might like to print, therefore .'Dtn
gmuQdl^
the Bleel
HK'losing. ..theni with this ..letter. of the Bieel Ag# as the vMweljiMNPpm *e
Brother, and vanll .be Mpemaie
quietBoh
..Canipr
looksover, • the ItOG In lOsm MAm
I especially would lik" to
aad'^lilliisrlay
rSd Itarkin, Chief Oechdelau.
ycafc.). ^
the one f alwut too many Bosuns his oards^^^ a^^^
To the Ediler:
Phonies Skinned Themselves
msh And Drf^HeFindg SIU iti "Book' Oeal, He Asserts
HospiM Benefits 'Godsend'
Blanchard Ans^rs LOG Call
For. Shipboard R^orters
Tense And
Steel Age
�w
1' P^.Ti
T B E S E AF A R ER S £ O G
KoTolia Adds S^e Punch
To Moon's Fabulous Story
Sign Ne^' Contract
Fridar. JuM 29. 1951 ^
In Navy, Seafarer
Vfeite SIU Ships *
To See Buddies
caught with 12 pounds of weigh
in my pockets to try and fight
To the Editor:
I read an article in the SEA a bird who outweighed me by
FARERS LOG a few months ago 17 pounds. (I was suspended for
Please send the LOG to my
about Moon Kouns' toughest six months that time.)
son,
Howard, who has been in
fight. Well, I remember that fight
Well, Brothers, I am closing
the
Navy
since September 25,
just as plain as daylight. It was
now. Just wanted to let you
1950.
He
sailed
regularly aboard
fought over the river from New
SIU ships as a FiremanWater
l<i Orleans in Algiers and Moon know about Moon Koun's tough
est fight of his career and some
tender until he entered the
and his opponent KO Baer, re of my funny experiences in the
service.
ceived $15.75 apiece after going ring^
Howard still longs for his
20 rounds.
Spider Korolia
friends
"and the visits to the Un
I am pretty sure it was on
SS Del Monte
ion
Hall.
He says he still goes
July 4, 1932, and they gave the
aboard
every
SIU ship whenever
audience a lot of action. Both
i
he gets the chance, looking for
were sluggers and if my memory
his buddies.
is correct, I believe Moon and
If you care to, will you please
this guy fought each other 10
put a notice in the LOG telling
or 15 times, as they always drew
the friends he used to ship with
a good crowd.
to
write to him. They can ad
. WASN'T THE TOUGHEST
dress. him: Howard L. Saucier,
Moon was tough but Baer was To the Editor:
USS Abnaki, ATF 96, c/o Fleet
faster. I remember nearly all of
Post Office, San Francisco, Calif.
their fights as I was throwing This is the kind of report that
After sailing SlUconiracled ships Paul Cardullo decided
He hasn't had a leave since
leather myself around that time. is always good news to the boys to make a contract of his own—a marriage contract, that is.
he's
been in the Navy and is
But the battle with Baer wasn't in our Union, especially the He is shown here with his pretty bride,^ Ann, during the
now in
the Pacific area.
the toughest in Moon's career. I tablefinishers," of which there
couple's
recent
visit
to
the
New
York
Hall
where
they
said
Mrs. HeiU Saucier
remember Moon's toughest. Re are many I know.
hello to old friends.
'
Purvis,
Miss.
member when you and the two One of our Brothers, Eddie
brothers, Claude and Clarence, Lamb, got his first Chief Cook's
fought in Wariiington Square job on this packet. Luckily, he
had a fine Steward, Danny Pi:
about 24 years ago?
Moon, fought one brother for carelli, to hielp him over the To the Editor:
"
Bosun and Slidri, Missis'sipp^s to ">uy me a drink," also Frank'
about 2^ hours in the morning rough spots and, as a result, the
gift
to the sea. Pappy Rotiise
and then fought the other bro Nashua Victory became one of Have been around quite a bit brought his little soninlaw. Red up in Lee's Lounge on' Chartrei^
Uier for about an hour that night the best feeders any sailor ever in the past five months. Left the Hancock, with him on the trip. street. Cian't jpass iip an offer
like that, can I?
Steel Advocate after she had
until t^e police from the station rode.
He
took
good
care
of
Red
so
he
Had
an "unfortunate
thing
hap
house right across the stfeet Yesterday the Old Man, a real a bout with the Army base pier wouldn't get in trouble. Pappy?
pen
to
or|e
of
our
Brothers
on
broke it up. That was Moon's chow hound, came down into the in New Orleans. Didn't do much He's too old to get in trouble.
the
Seatrain
Texas.
His
mind
damage
though—only
ripped
in
toughest fi^t.
He _ should tell galley and gave Eddie and the
John Linn and Ralph Piehet
Percy Boyer about it sometime. galley gang some real compli to the dock up to the second set held down the 812 watch. They snapped under some unknovm
strain and caused him to jump
of railroad tracks and then back
ments.
WHAT HAPPENED?
shipped on her so they could be over the side at sea. He was
ed
off
and
tore
a. huge
floating
I wonder if Moon remembers The menus given the crew on
with Captain Tuver Von Tupper speedily rescued. Someone g^ve
all the fights we had when we here are something to see. None crane loose, which skidded along who was formerly on the Del him a glass of water. He used
were kids, hustling papers to of the old beans and bologna on the side of the ^hip and tore Valle.. It must be nice for the the glass to slash his wrist se
gether. Talking about fights, I routine but always something up a few hanctails. It's hard to Captain to know that his sailors
had "some funny eicperiences in different—a pleasant surprise to say who won for the bow had a think sd much of him that they
about five years of fighting. One the boys coming off a tough few "dents" init alsol
wait on Uie beach for months
bozo once knocked me down 11 watch or who have been working Stayed around New Orleans just so they can sail with him
thnes in" two rounds and then out on deck in the wind and for a While shuttling between again.
the Spanish sector of Ddcater Fred Ledingham and myself
passed out whec: the bell rang rain.
for the third round. They had Only wish we had more street and the French Quarter. had the good fortune to be in
to carry him out to the shower. Eddies, Dannys and guys like One day I ate Spanish food, the same cabin with "Sparks."
We drew the biggest crowd that Smitty, the Baker, around on rice and beans! The next day it Durney from Boston, the only
was French food, wine! When I man who could (and did) listen
the 5th Ward Athletic Club ever these seagoing scows.
finally shipped on the Del Aires to music via dots and dashes.
George Miller.
had. People were sitting on tops
and the Mate asked if I was Whenever he spent the night
Ship's Delegate
Of roofs all around the open air
one of the new ABs. I said, "Oui, imbibing he complained that his
^ P. V. MiUican,
arena.
Engine Delegate Oui, Senor."
Then one time in Chicago they
mouth tasted like the bottom of
Jean P. Cloukeau,
matched me with a ringer and
On the Del Aires. I had the a bird cage. He also looked like
Stewards Delegate good fortune to sail with some the bottom of the bird cage on
he hit.me so hard on the jaw
he'dislocated my shoulder blade.
Stanley Bojko,
swell shipmates such as Baldy the morning after.
Then there was the time I was
Deck Delegate
Ballanger, Bill Gross who was Had three fine Mates on the
Del Aires: Knab, Beasly, and
Ducas. The Chief Mate, "Jug
liead" Peyton, , was there, too, in
spirits. He used to wait by the
gangway in the morning and if
AL WHITMER
anyone was an hour late he
To the Editor:
would hit them on the head with verely. He was given medical
an empty wine bottle. When he attention and thfe Coast Guard
Here's a little news from the
was late I guess he jiist knocked was _ finally called to come aind
.SSOremar:
himself out ' . •
get the mah, as • he was in
J When we were raising hatches
Leaving • the Drf Aires ' and danger of dying if left aboard
one day, the Chief Engineer said
spending a few days on the the sl*ip. They wouldn't come
• to the Mate, 'My dog will be
beach (in the French Quarter) and.so^we hdd to bring him into
able to signon as AB before
was fine,, but one morning
Wilmington, North Carolina, sea
long."
awoke
and foimd myself in the buoy wherie he was taken off
In answering the Chief, we
cardeckman's bunk on the Sea that night.
want it to be known that we're
train Texas. I was told that I Had it not been for the con
not casting any reflections on
was he, so that's where _I am stant, attention of Fred Bibber,
any of the other Engineers —
now. It's amazing, ttiat's all the unfortunate guy might have
just the socalled Chief.
can say!
died. He sat with this man con
WOULD BE KINDER
I'm happy though, for I am stantly from early morning, im
This socaUed dog of his,
on the way to see my future til he was taken off. Giving him
which is a very smart animal,
wife. Eve Ettorre in Philadel medicine, talking to him, feeding
would make a much better En
phia. She probably wonders what him and seeing to his every com
gineer than the one sailing the
I do in the French Quarter in fort. I think "that "Doc" Fred
Oremar at present. For one thing,
New Orleans. I will tefl her Bibber should be given a vote
she would be kinder and just a
again — "I drink French wine, of thanks for doing what was
little bit more friendly with
baby, that's all, honest!"
far beyopd his call of duty and
other people, .pother thing,
The guys on the Seatrain probably saving the life of a
there wouldn't be' a washing ma
Texas are a fine gang, the food's Brother in need. Incidently, Bib
chine aboard for which the En
good, and I am happy but I re ber holds, a book in th,e AFL
Bosun Carl (Red) Gibbs shows shipmates aboard the SS gret that I. can't stay*too long on Butchers Union.
''gineers pay a buck a trip for
use of same. Coming from, the Oremar how to splice a sling.
her as I have my" eye set for Well, I guess I had better close
man in question, you couldn't
one of the Delta Line "Queens," this idle talk for now, and say
expect Eaything else, however. what it takes to make a happy follow. The stewards department, I like the airconditioning, also I so long for a while, reminding
The deck department had a ship and a good Union ship that by the way, is a very good one. want to get back to the Open you to support the LOG,your
very cooperative trip so far. a man can be proud to ride.
C. E. (Bed) Gibbs Sea's grill on Decater Street be Union paper. Hi, Mom,
They have shown they have More nevirs from this ship will
SS
.cause Gladys, the bpss, promised
Honest Al Whitmo*
the Editon
Beans 'n Bologna?
— Not On The
Nashua Victory
Presto! And WMtmer Safls On The Texas
Oretnar's Chief Engineer Puts On The Dog
But Her Crewmembers Are Getting Along
�Friday, June 29. 1951
THE S E A^ ARERS LOG
P^e Fifteen
Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings
ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa),
BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities
May 13—Chairman. John Chris
Service). May 6 — Chairman.
topher; Secretary. Oliver Crews.
William Datzko; Secretary. Wal
Motion carried that the Union
lace Frank. Discussion on chang
publish a financial report yearly
ing of sailing board. Question of
REG.
REG.
REG.
TOTAL
SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL in the LOG. Discussion on Union
bookmen participating as chair
PORT .
DECK
ENG.
STWDS.
REG.
DECK
ENG.
STWDS. SHIPPED
and shipping rules for the bene
men and secretaries in meetings.
fit of new men aboard. Ship's
Boston
t...
'
32
2G
23
75
49
42
97
188
Discussion 8n. the article "The
Union Hiring Hall." Thanks New York
163
141
102
406
270
249
190
709 Delegate to confer with Patrol
given Messman for doing a good Philadelphia
;
39
33
32
104
40
30
32
102 man when ship hits the States
job.
Baltimore.
l5l
124
96
371
115
108
81
304 on possibilities of getting inner
Norfolk
;
20
17
11
48
76
59
39
174 spring mattresses.
4. i
TADDEI (Shipenter). May 6 Savannah
37
. 20 '
24
81
31
20
20
71
i i i
Chairman, S.. Marinello; Secre Tampa....
11
10
5
26
14
17
13
44
FORT BRIDGER (US Petro
56
59
57
172
57
68
60
185 leum), May 8 — Chairman. Lee
tary. Barletta. Delegates reported Mobile
all working smoothly. Crew rec New Orleans
85.
55
97
237
139
117 , 133
389 deParlier; Secretary. A. Tar
ommends DuPont Bar in Rotter Galveston
50 .
44
28
122
63
30
32
125 quinic. Communication from
dam. Discussion on Shipping West Coast
57
41
19
117
43
43
32
118 Headquarters on political action
Rule 35.
read and accepted unanimously.
GRAND TOTAL...1......
701
564
494 . '1,759
897
783
729
2,409 Recommendation made that men
^ 4.
COUNCIL GROVE (Cities
failing to stand watches in port
Service). May 10 — Chairman.
be straightened out.
WACOSTA (Waterman). May EILEEN (Mar Trade); iday 13 FORT HOSKINS (Cities Ser
Peter Jomides; Secretary, C. Sul
i i i
livan. Delegates reported no 12—Chairman. R. Whitley: Sec —Chairman. M. Pappadakis: Sec vice). May 20—Chairman. Wil
ABIGUA
(Cities
Service). May
beefs. Motion carried that a retary. W. Neilson. Ship's Dele retary. N. Kirk. Delegates report liam Giteau; Secretary. D. Mey 13—Chairman. M. Oliver: Secre
punching bag be purchased from gate read commvmicatiohs from ed deck and engine doing crew ers. Crew asked to take better tary. J. Hancock. Motion carried
ship's fund. Suggestion made that Headquarters. Chairman spoke on work for which department men care of cots. Ship's Delegate to to have a meeting every Simday
check with Steward and Patrol
a collection be made for March the work being done by the should put in overtime.
March
of
Dimes
and
asked
men
man on serving milk twice a at sea. Delegates to ask Stew
'if
if if
of Dimes and rental of films.
to donate whatever they wished. PONCE DE LEON (Water day. Discussion on past activity ard if brand of coffee can't be
Communication from Headquar
changed.
ters on "Beefs and Beefers" read Report made that two men mis man). May 13 — Chairman, E. of Union in getting the benefits
i i i
and accepted. Communication on sed ship; their names were turn Hansen: Secretary. A. Clenden men enjoy today. General talk HILTON (Bull). June 3—Chair
ed into Headquarters for action, ning. Delegates reported all in given new permitmen on im
Political Action read and en
i 4 S
order. Repair list for all three portance of knowing Union rules. man. G. Nutting; Secretary.
dorsed by entire crew, following
Yant. Delegates reported no
talk by Bosun on importance of INES (BuU). May 27 —Chair departments made up and ap
beefs. Motion carried that any
labor having a voice in govern man. E. Bonafant: Secretary. F. proved. Vote of thanks given to
one failing to observe the Union
Loriz. Delegates reported >no stewards departmefnt for fine
ment
rule on being aboard one hour
beefs. Discussion on the poor con work.
before
sailings is to be turned
dition of the messroom.
if if if
over
to
the Patrolman for action.
SALEM MARITIME (Cities
^ ^ ^
% % ^
i i i
LOGAN'S FORT (Cities Service). S»vice). May 20—Chairman. L. CUB ORE (Ore). May 19—
YORKMAN
(Calmar), May 5—
Chairman.
W.
Hare:
Secretary.
Smith;
Secretary..
Bob
Sweet.
May 20—Chairman. F. Parson;
Chairman.
R.
McDonald: Secre
Li
Heaton.
Discussion
on
man
Delegates
reported
no
beefs.
Secretary. R. Leahy. Delegates
tary.
C.
Hostetter.
Only criticism
hospitalized
in
Cruz
Grande
for
Ship's
Delegate
to
attempt
to
get
reported no beefs. Twenty min
offered
by
Ship's
Delegate of
utes spent on discussion of awning. Reaiding and discussion over three months. Delegates re
ship
is
fact
that
food
is very
on conihumication "Why We ported no beefs.^ Crew suggested
CHILORE (Ore). May 6 — Union policies.
poor.
Crew
to
donate
$5
apiece
Help Other Unions." Also dis that Union work toward getting
» S S
Chairman, John Taurin; Secra
toward
purchase
of
washing
ma
cussion on 'Tortune" article, more fresh milk and fruit juices
lazy (not given). Delegates re DEL RIO (Mississippi). May 20 "Cities Service's Big M^take." on the ship.
chine.
ported all okay. Suggestion made —Chairman. Percy Boyer; Sec
i i i
i i i
if a if
that Captain have aerial repaired retary. H. Karlsen. Deck and STEEL FLYER (Isthmian). CHIWAWA (CUies Service). KATHRYN (Bull). May 6 —
for private radios. Collection of engine departments' reported May 14—Chairman. Cecil Wal May 19—Chairman. Ray Arnold; Cheurman. W. Lachance; Secre •
$40 raised for March of Dimes. total of 42 hours of disputed lick: Secretary. Ray Brault. Mo Secretary. John Connolly. Motion tary. G. Nielsen. Ship's Delegate
Discussion on whiteeard men overtime. Discussion on Night tion carried to make up a ship's carried to post a statement on reported that men on gangway
CookBaker's work during trip.
aboard ship and their work.
fund at the payoff. Motion car the ship's fund. Pumpman warn watch must stop strangers com
%
^
t,
»
ried to write Headquarters a ed men against smoking on the ing aboard until they are iden
FRENCH CRQEK (Cities Ser STEEL FLYER (Isthmian). letter about the Isthmian pass bridge and in the shelter deck. tified. Complaints raised on
vice). May 5—Chairman. J. Col May 23—Chairman. Cecil Wal system. Beef raised about com Educational literature read to water.
lins: Secretary. W. Wmidland. lick: Secretary. Orlando Lopez. pany leaving mail accumulate crew.
Discussion on shortage of Util Delegates reported a few minor instead of forwarding it. Discus
May 30—Chairman (not given);
ityman. New library to be put beefs. Crew asked to^respect the sion on the Engineer's threats Secretary. E. Bamett. Ship's
aboard before ship leaves on for painting done by deck depart that, if men do not complete Delegate reported that efforts to
eign voyage. Discussion on Mess ment and try to keep ship clean. their work within a specified improve slopchest were thwarted
man who has been in hospital
if % ^
number of hours, they will not by Port Engineer. Educational
for • two days. Vote of thanks, PHILIP P. BARBOUR (Water receive any overtime.
bulletin on "Our Obligation"
given stewards department for man). May 13 — Chairman. J.
read and discussed. '
i i i
fine food and speedy service.
i* 4 4"
Ryan: Secretary. E. Buzalewski. ROBIN MOWBRAY (Robin).
i i i
Delegates reported all okay. Sug May 6 — Chairman. R. Herbst; ALCOA CLIPPER (Alcoa). COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Ser
t. i,
ROBIN TUXFORD (Robin). gestion to see Captain about who Secretary. George Whale. Dele May 6—Chairman. Frenchie Ri vice). May 17—Chairman, Joseph
May 3—Chairman. John Logan; takes care of the passageways. gates r^orted no beefs. Ship's viere; Secretary. Sam McDonald. Heckl: Secretary. Peter Jomides.
Delegates reported all in order.
Secretary. D. McKeeL Delegates
if % if
Delegate reported ship's fimd as Delegates' reported all okay. Sug
had nothing to . report. Fireman LONGVIEW VICTORY (Vic standing at $60. Officers to pay gestion made that all beefs be Work permitmen in the crew
asked Ship's Delegate to have tory Carriers). May 19—Chair $2 for use of crew's washing brought to attention of Patrol were urged to stay on the ship
instead of flitting from one ship
Patrolman make a ruling on En man. K. Roberts: Secretary. J; machine.
man egrly.
to another.
jglneers tending water while ship Gellaiiiy. Vote, of thanks given
i i i
is maneuvering. Motion carried stewards department for a job
HURRICANE (Waterman). May
for the Saloon Mess not to sign well done. Ship's. Delegate dis
13—Chairman. A. LaPlsmte: Sec
for another trip. Crew donation cussed problem of men missing
retary.
P. Whitlow. Ship's Dele
of $19.25 raised for the March ship in foreign ports, especially
gate
asked,
when . in foreign
With tho nation tightening its defense preparations,
of Dimes.
new men.
ports,
all
Brothers
to sign the
the role of the merchant marine is daily becoming more
i
if if if
guild
list
(money
list)
before go
THE CABINS (Mathiasen). WINFIELD S. STRATTON vitaL For this, reason it is imperative that every Sea
ing
to. bed.
Motion
carried
that
May 9 • — Chairmaiv William (Bull). — Chairman. M. Bachel;
Carey: Secretary. J. Duffey. Secretary. M. Cruz. Delegates farer stand ready to ship in the rating for which he is incident where the Jr. 3rd En:
Ship's Delegate reported Captain elected. General check of entire qualifiad and in which he can be of the greatest service. gineer struck the Oiler be re
In this connection. Headquarters continues to point ferred to a "Patrolman for action.^
had told him hot to let one ship's stores and equipment
crewmember work overtime. Del voted. Suggestion made that out thalE many men qualified by experience and skill Bulletin on "The Union Hiring
Hall" read and discussed.
egates reported all okay.
Delegate find out. why no lumber have not applied for endorsements for high ratings.
i i i
was put aboard for Carpenter's
S S *
Men who do not seek higher ratings for which they
ALAWAI (Waterman). May 13
FORT HOSKINS (Cities Ser use.
are qualified are. in effect, causing a waste of needed —Chairman. Dutch Keeffer: Sec
vice). May 1—Chairman. John
if if if
rettiry. Joe Weber. Ship's Dele
Kennedy:" Secretary. J. Stanton. TRINITY (Carras). May 20— skill.
gate reported that all logs will be
The Maritime Administrator is seeking draftdefer
Delegates reported .number of Chairman. L. Gallagher: Secre
lifted
by Captain if okayed by •
men: in their .departments. Crew tary. Pete Piasdk. Delegates re
ment for rated men only. Consequently, men. who are
department
heads. Suggestion
was. asked to cooperate with ported all in order. Motion car
drafted because they have not <d>tained the ratings for made that the company appoint
Messman. Ship's Delegate noti ried to send letters to Agents of which they are qualified, will not" be sendfig in Jobs in
another doctor for examination
fied workpermitmen that they ports Where men. missed ship.
at signon in Baltimore. Beef,
which
they
can
be
of
greatest
service
to our
nation.
are to stay on the ship as long Steward reported $61 eollected
about
mail not being forwarded;
If
you
have the
qualifications,
apply
for
upgrading.
as they are able. Educational for March of Dimes. Communi
to ports.
—
cations
from
Headquarters
.dis
Bulletin "Our Obligation" read
Do it todayl
(More Ships
Minutes on
Page
16)
and accepted.
• cussed and action taken.
AStG Shipping From June 6 To June 20
.1
Co^fter Your Rating
• iV'.
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THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Sixteen
Fzida7< June 29. 1951
Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings
'
SEAtlGER (Colonial). June 3 SOUTHERN ISLES (Southern
—Chairman. Jack Savant; Secre Trading), June 8—Chairman, E,
tary. A1 DeForest. Each manin DeMoss: Secretary, Harold Wise
the departments to he checked man. Ship's Delegate reported aU
for
repairs he thinks are neces disputed overtime had been
30.00
Cuelles, J
!)
sary.
Discussion on sea watches squared away by New Orleans
..
20.00
King, Peter
40.00 Pilutis, J,
being
broken at the port of ar Patrolman. Delegates reported no
ALCOA R^OAMER (Alcoa),
10.00
20.00 Lopez, A
rival,
beefs. Ship's Delegate spoke to
May 3—Chairman. William Heat
20.00
30.00 Dixon,. Earl
Thompson, H.
Captain
about shortage of fresh
er; Secretary, L. Franklin. Com
XXX
20.00
Motus, F. ..:...
10.00 Sanchez, G
milk
'
a
nd
was promised more
munication from Headquarters
20.00 SEACORAL (Coral). May 13—
20.00 Rios, A
milk
in
the
future. Discussion
read and accepted. Unanimous MarineUi, P.
Chairman.
George
^dgett;
Sec
10.00
20.00 Grant, Henry
on
contract,
with
all agreeing
approval given on article on Po Johnson, V.
retary.
H. Brandies.
Delegates re
20.00
17.00 Gardner, William ......
that
conditions
are
100 percent
litical Action.
ported
no
beefs.
Discussion
on
30.00
Eklimd, E
10.00 Downey, C. —
better
since
contract
went into
keeping
ship
clean
in
all
depart
4. a> 4
20.00
Blomgren, J.
20.00 Isaac, E.
effect.
ments.
SOUTHLAND (South Atlantic).
17.00
20.00 Cardoza, F.
XXX
May 6—Chairman. Herbert Drod I^ee, Alvin S.
.......... 10.00
20.00 Radzvila, F.
LAWRENCE
VICTORY (Mis
dy; Secretary. G. Gapac. Sugges Ames, Omar ..
Einsburgh,
N.
10.00
20.00
sissippi), April. 14 — Chairman.
La
Rosa,
C.
tion made that some of the crew
...
10.00
10.00
Herbert Knowles; Secretary. Joi
visit the family of a late crew Dacey, C
1
20.00
20.00 Deval, B
seph
Adams, Ship's Delegate re
member to extend condolences. Mino, A.
...
27.00
40.00 Johnston, '\^m.
ported
that Captain had asked
Delegates reported no beefs.
Jastrzebski, O
20.00 Roy, Joseph
him
to
speak to dhe crew about
i„
«... 10.00
X i, ^
Golden, J
23.00 Perez, • P
the
conduct
of some of the crew
STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian). McGuigan, Arch
20.00
while
ashore.
Motion carried that
922.00
May 16 — Chairman. J. Dussel; Lawlor, James
20.00
any
one
who
causes the crew
Secretary. H. Luntta. Ship's Dele Katransky, M
20.00
.to
be
restricted
or brings the
X,
X
X
gate reported that Captain had
20.00
SIU
into
ill
repute
be placed on
TRINITY
(Carras),
June
3
—
been okay on draws. Beef raised Feliciano, A.
1,000.00
20.00 Smith, William C
charges.
Discussion
on man who
Chairman.
HuUum;
Secretary.
about two cakes of soap per
missed
ship
in
Moji.
Report
Pete
Piascik.
Delegates
reported
week.
CARROLL VICTORY (South MASSMAR (Calmax). May 20
made that man is subject to
number
of
books
and
permits
in
Atlantic). March 31—Chairman. —Chairman. S. Holden:, Secre
XXX
their departments. Ship's Dele standard Union fine. Some crewu.
FRENCH CREEK (Cities Ser Red Carolan; Secretary. Fred tary. C. Severinsen. Delegates re
gate
reported a letter had been members contested this, saying
vice). May 20—Chatrman. John Hicks. Delegates reported all ported number of books and sent Headquarters concerning that the fine pertained only when
McLaughlin: Secretary. W. Wend okay. Motion carried to write permits in their departments.
the men who missed the ship. a man missed a ship in a US
land. Clarification asked on hoist Wilmingtpn Agent concerning Discussion on the lack ' of a
Crew
was asked to take better port. Union to be consulted on
ing buckets, out of tanks while new fans, mattresses and ade gangway watch in port. Discus
care
of
the cots. Vote of thanks this. (Ed. Not*: Man is subject
tenk cleaning. Suggestion' made quate slopchest supplies. Steward sion on doi\ation to March of
given
the
Steward for his fine to fine no matter where the sU^ .
that Union devise some system and his department commended Dimes^ Crew voted to reimburse
is missed.)
work.
Captain for money spent to re
of changing ships' libraries every for fine food.
XXX
X~ X X
^ months. Captain thanked for April IS—Chairman, Paradrau: pair radio.
May 26 — Chairman. Herb
,
CEDAR
nAPIDS
VICTORY
opening the slopchest whenever Secretary. Fred Hicks. Discussion
XXX
Knowles: Secretary. C. Bohml
crew needed anything. Stewards on Chief Engineer giving men in MARYMAR. (Calraar). June 3 (Eastern). May 20 — Chairman. Delegate reported everything
department thanked for job they his department a bad time, es —Chairman. A1 McCabe; Secre E. parsons: Secretary, W. Walk okay. Vote of confidence given
are doing in behalf of the crew. I pecially the Electrician. Discus tary. James McLindm. Delegates er. Delegates reported no dis stewards department for the fine
XXX
I sion on the specific duties of the reported no beefs. Repair list to puted overtime or beefs. All menus and meals served during
workpermitmen are to see their
GREECE VICTORY (South At Engineers; matter to be referred be made up and approved.
Delegate
when in doubt as to trip. Vote of thanks also given
lantic), (date not given)—Chair to New Orleans Agent.
XXX
their jobs or working rules. Co. officers of deck and engino foe
man, V. O'Brien; Secretary. C. May 20—Chairman. Red Varo
their fine
attitude and fair
Walsh. Delegates reported no lan; Secretary. Fred Hicks. Dele PETROLITE (Mathiasen). June operatibn asked in keeping laun treatment.
.
beefs. Repair lists to be made up gates reported disputed overtime 5 — Chairman, Waller HOfCner: dry and washing machine clean.
Secretary.
Clarence
Smith.
Dele
t'.: and referred to Patrolman. Dis in all departments. Motion car
on donation for Polio ried for all to stay aboard untU gates reported all in order. Each ALCOA P^LCTIM (Alcoa), Ap
Ii>' cussion
Fund. Discussion on actions of all beefs are settled. Charges to crewmember to donate $1 at pay ril 22rChairman. James Russell:
off toward Washing machine. Secretary. Floyd Mitchell. Dele
Skipper during trip.
be drawn up against the Chief Stewards Department given a gates reported all in order. Dis
Engineer. Steward told to bring vote of thanks for a fine job cussion on standing of gangway
his beefs to the Delegates before done.
watches. Discussion on repairs
taking them topside.
that were to be made aboard
XXX
•
XXX
XXX
ship.
MICHAEL (Carras), AprU 29.^ ;
BARBARA FRIETCHIE (LB> SOUTHERN DISTRICTS (Sou
eirly Navigation). May 23—Chair thern Trading). May 27—Chaisz May 23—Chairman, James Rus Chairhuin. N. Gillighan: Secre'
man, H. Shepets; Secretary. Rob man, H. Chancey: Secretary. R. sell: Secretary, Thomas Dancey. iary. J". Mercado. Deck Delegate'
m:
ert French. Delegates reported Ericson. Ship's Delegate reported Delegates reported number of reported a beef concerning Mate
XXX
disputed overtime when heaving books and permits in their de working on bridge. Other dele
CATHERINE (TransFuel), May no beefis. Messman told to re anchor or raising hatches while partments. Discussion on Mess gates reported no beefs. Discusi
6—Chairman, John Nash; Secre fuse service to any men not short one man. Suggestion made man who was unable to do his sion on keeping the messroom
tary. J. Sukenier. Delegates re properly attired. Cooks were that each Delegate make out work. Discussion on Captain's clean.
'
ported all in order. Discussion complimented on the quality of repair list. Vote made to extend abusive language to crew^ and May 20—Chairman. N. Gilli;
their
work.
on cleanliness of the various de
greetings to. those who were ac having men pull in lines by ghan: Secretary, J. Mercado. Two
XXX
partments on ship. Vote of con
tive organizers during the cam hand and not using winch. Dis letters received from Headquar%
fidence given men in the stew HEYWOOD BROUN (Victory paign.
cussion on night lunch.
fers read to the crew. Discussion
Carriers). June 3—Chairman. Ro
ards department.
on transfer of Wiper to Stewn
land Hampshire: Secretary. T.
XXX
ards department to replace a
Dawes. Delegates reported num
MONTEBELLO HILLS (US ber books and" permits in their
man taken from the ship in
Petroleum). May 20—Chahrnian. departments. Discussion <m pur,
The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea Fuerto La Cruz. It was agreed'
£. Harris; Secretary. Andre Bou chasing of washing machine and
to let a Patrolman settle the is'
bouleix. Delegates reported all in the machine to be bought in the farers tutenuffiooal Uakm is available to all membei's who wish sue.
to have it sent to thcUr home free of charge for the .enjoyment of
order,' except stewards delegate name of the SIU.
. • , XXX
tiheirrfrHnUlies and
fhemse^es when adiore: If you desire to have
who reported laxness in keeping
IHENESTAR (Triton). May 2^J
X
X
X
the L€>6
sent to
yen eadi week address cards
are on hand at
every
heads clean. Discu^ion held on LIBERTY BELL (Tramp Car
—Chairman. W. Elliott: SecrS
"Why We Help Other Unions." go). June 6—Chairman. Ed. Kun SIU branch for friis purpose.
'tary,
Ross Rodriguez. Delegatesf
Howevcar, for timse who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU
X X X
reported
nuhiber of books.. and;
chist:
Secrefary.
W.
Williams.
ru
IV
. : &T; AUGUSTINE VICTORY Delegates reported no beefs. Dis hall, toe LOG rein»ducto bdow the form used to request the LOG. permits in their departments^.
(Misfeissippi)> April 29 — Chalr cussion on accident which be Whieh yim can frD on^ detadi;and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 Crew voted to put in for money'
R. Abbey: Secretary. fell a crewmember when he slip Bea^ Sfreett Mtor Vctk 4^ N. Y;
for having no linen for a week..
Gaorge Frank. Delegates report ped on a piece of coal.
Crew decided to reject Andrew^
PLBASE mtNT iNF(mMATm^^^
ed no beefs. Suggestion made
coffee.
XXX
'
that the Mesanan be allowed' to PaRTRERO HILLS (Max^ To tbe Edkort
XXX
clean the messhall before start Trade). ^^May 27—Chainnatk T.
OREMAR (Ore), June 12 »
1
w
ooU
dto SI^AiUBRS^^ L
ing card games. Discussion on Freeman: Secretary, William
Chairman. M: FairCloth: Secra
the date pay began aboard ship. Kenny. Delegates reported no aiddeess bdiowr
faryi R Pr.?Sar. Delegates re
SIU literature read; vote to be disputed overtime. Motion car
ported no beefs. Fi>^ current
Name
taken at next meeting.
istoe^ read and discussed
ried that .any crewmember leav
vote taken,
^ ^
May' 20 — Chairm'am John ing ship be replaced by citizen if
May' 23Chairmam C. Gibbsr
Ibrty: Secretary. Gecnrge Frank^ possible.. Report made that some Street' Aiidrcsr/;
Sacratary. WUliam Piidifaain. Re
Sfbip's Delegate reported signon conqpiany agents, in foreign' portsf
Z#e.;
ports of Delegates accepted. Dis^
Ijeef had been squared away. have charged '^ replacements a
cussion' on. doing jobs aboard,;
Captain r^orted h'ei is Mt auth fee to put them oh a ship. Voted
ship^ hr SIU' .style so 6sr td givd ;; |
I
taixed to okay painting Unlesa to. not tolerate this situation;
Union' Negotiating Cohunittee
'
ctppcoved by the cornpai^. . Sugr ChairmiiB fasked the fiieh prewnt
strong hand when future mieepf
gestkin made that every torn be to help t^ newer mambers learn
ings come up.
the rules and policies of tha SIU.
soberat the
SOUTHERN CITIES ISoulhem
Trading). May 13—Chairman. C.
Mehl; Secretary. L. White. Fans
and cots ordered to be delivered
in Houston.
Report Of Welfare Plan
Death Benefits Paid
Notice To AH SIU Members
4 /
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Friday, June 29, 1951
:s'
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Seventeen
Order Makes How To Fill Out An Qyertime Sheet Be Sure That
You Collect
Electricians'
All Seatlme
Work Easier
OVERTIME SHEET
v%!
i!
Seafarers International Union Of North America —jua OBK District ^
jQg ggAPABgP
By BILL CHAMPLIN
Always collect ALL your sea
Recently the old question of
time!
the duties and the working rules
"What is seatime? It is all the
of Electricians and 2nd Electri
time that you serve on articles,
cians has come up a number of
plus all of your porttime.
times. It seems that just when
Thus, let us suppose that you
everyone is sure that everything
have been on a Del Nortetype
has b^en squared away, and that
ship for seven trips, the time
aU hands are clear on this ques
formerly necessary to rate vaca
tion, it pops up again, causing
tion pay. (This amounted to sev
all kinds of confusion.
en times eight weeks, or approxi
First let's dispose of the 2nd
mately thirteen months, for
Electrician problem, which is no
which only one year's vacation
problem at all. The bulbchang
pay was given—under the old
Jng, errandbdy Electrician went
system.) On arrival in New Or
out with the Assistant Electri
leans, these ships signedoff their
cian a couple of years ago—and
crews, not signing them back
let's keep him out.
on again till five days later.
Therefore, in the six intervals
A 2nd Electrician is supposed OWL BiiwMii t
between the seven voyages, there
to be a qualified Electrician,
This sheet is a brief outline of the proper way to fill out an overtime sheet. All accrued a total of six times five
holding the same papers and en
days, or just one month of time
men who are new aboard SIU ships should study it closely.
dorsements as the Chief Electri
cian. Therefore, he should and
It is important that all overtime sheets be properly filled out, both to insure the that a man's discharges did not
piust be able to do any type of
collecting of money for the overtime worked and to speed the settlement of your show—a loss of one month's sea
time out of thirteen months of
tiectrical work required of him
claim by the Patrolman. When in dobut. consult your delegate!
actual employment. This is an
hy the Chief Electrician.
1. When computing overtime, the minimum put in for is one hour, even if the example of loss of time on a
That's it, Brothers, it's as easy
work done took only ten minutes. After working one hour of overtime, the time is scheduled ship.
that—a 2nd Electrician is sup
Let us take another example.
figured
in blocks of onehalf hour; for example: One hour, ten minutes is figured
Uposed to be an Electrician. The
The
writer recently took a crip
'^d Electrician works for the at one hour and onehalf.
pled
ship to the shipyard, and
Chief Electrician, and not for the
2. All overtime worked must be written down and submitted to the department remained with her till she re
Chief Engineer or the 1st Assis
head within 72 hours after the work is performed. Two copies of the overtime sheet turned to her run, when articles
tant Engineer. Have that under
should
be niade and both okayed—one copy to he kept by the man doing the work, were signed. Discharges at pay,
Stood when you first board thd^
off covered 28 days, an addition
the other by the department head.
ship and it will save you lots of
al
ten days being unaccounted
trouble later on.
3. The department head is supposed to okay the overtime submitted to him or
for.
A Chief Electrician should keep mark on the sheet "disputed"—if department head does not sign the sheet or refuses
"Why ought you to worry about
h daily log, with a complete to accept the sheet, the man performing the work should keep a record of the date
this
lost time? Because it is, and
record of what motprs he has
the
overtime
was
submitted
and
have
his
department
delegate
sign
as
a
witness.
always has
been, valuable to you.
deaned, greased or repaired —
In
what
way, or ways is it
What and when.
valuable?
All
seatime, even for
The question of greasing the
eignflag,
can
be applied to up
ihotors—;when, how often, how,
grading.
All
Americanflag
time
type of grease to use—is the
in
tonnages
in
excess
of
500tons
cause of much discussion. These
gross displacement may be ap
points have been argued many
plied to upgrading for a license.
times, arid I for one prefer the
This
has always been so.
that
it
was
really
unbelievable.
in Germany. However, I was
» By LOUIS COFFIN
• following method: Once every
Now,
every day that you are
Here,
at
last,
a
sailor
could
do
soon wised up to this by the
four or five months remove the
At
one
time
or
another
in
our
employed
on a Union ship, on
what
he
was
never
able
to
do
oldtimers,
who
had
been
running
end bells, wash out the bearing
imaginations
we
have
dreamed
portime,
or
on articles, is ap
in the
States on his
pitiful wages,
to
that
country
pretty
often.
race, and repack the motor by
of what we would do if we were
plicable
to
your
vacation pay.
and
you
can
be
sure
that
he
hand with a good grease, pref
" They told me to hang on to
only
rich.
A
sailor
never
has
This
includes
relief
jobs, and
erably BRB 3 or ERE 4.
every cent that I had or could took advantage of this situation.
enough
money
to
realize
all
his
standby.
. "When greasing motors by this
get, as I would get plenty for my When one figures that beer
method it is a good time to ambitions, but still he dreams dollar. Well, with the wages only was about a cent in American This porttime has not actually
of that golden paradise, some
money for a large glass, and that been lost. You can recover iti
tiean the motors by blowing out
where in this world, where he 60 bucks a month for an As
with air, checking brushes,
sistant Cook, there wasn't too champagne sold for as low as How?
can
live
like
a
king
on
his
small
isprings, commutator wear, arm
much to hang on to. But I was fifty cents a bottle—well, draw In the case of old porttime^
earnings.
write to the operators of your
pture clearance, etc.
to find out that eyen a small your own picture.
ship,
and request a slalement of
His
dream
is
very
seldom
re
If possible, a megger card
amount went a long way, if It was nothing unusual to see
service,
covering such time.
alized,
yet
I
can
remember when
tystem should be kept, showing
properly handled.
seamen in cabarets, sitting at the Naturally, by being a bit help
such
a
dream
was
realized
by
leadings at threeriionth periods.
We arrived in Hamburg very best tables, drinking champagne,
A file system of index cards, many seamen. This was back in late at night, and it was almost and all manner of class drinks, ful, and supplying the company
ifiving information on motors, the early 1920s, when quite a twelve o'clock before we had with a real good looking blonde with as much data as possible
iuch as comiplete motor data from few ships were running to Ger discharged our passengers and hanging on to his every word, sending in your full name, J
|iame plate —r HP, RPM, type, many, after the First World War. mail and, r^ardless of the time, just as if he were an American number, rating, name of ship^
Jrijits, a rrip ere s, model, seriql Due to the heavy inflation, the most of the crew was in a hurry millionnaire instead of a pot dates, etc.—^you also help youri
self.
' liter, etc.^rder numbers of German uioney kept dropping
walloper in the galley of some In the future, take advantage
ligs, si2;e and numbers of in value daily, and it wiis noth
crummy scow.
of that old law, which requires
200 inarks to
, shes, coils, etc.,. is' a. iremeti ing unusual to
that the Master must, upon your
,
Sailors
will
always
dream
of
|k)us help wlien ordering parts the dollar on one day, and 300
demand,
supply you with a dis
that
paradise
where
they
can
on
the riiext.
The
prices
were
pr equipriient,
charge
covering
every single day
shine
in
a
big
way.
But,
as
for
high
accordirig
to
the
marks,
but
. Requisitions should always be
that
you
have been
employed on
me,
I
can
always
dream
of
that
very
reasonable
according
to
the
made out in duplicate, the Elec
his
ship.
paradise
that
was
Germany, back
dollar.
Although
the
seamen's
trician keeping one copy, making
Your Union is taking steps to
in good, old 1922.
iBure to keep a record of whether wages "were very low at that
see
to it that you are so sup
pr not the part was received. time, the dollar went a long way
plied,
without argument. Co
When a motor has been taken in Geimany and certainly made
operate
with your officials in
but of service due to part failme, it a paradise for the American
this
matter,
by getting that dis
it should be tagged, with the seaman.
charge
at
the
time you are paid.
Readers notifying the SEA
Imall parts in a bag securely It was in the month of May,
Don't
let
a
lazy
Master talk you
FARERS
LOG
of
a change in
tied to the motor. The name and 1922, that I joined the SS Mon
out
of
it.
mailing
address
are
re
ixumber of the part ordered — golia of the American Lines as
This cooperation will greatly I • >
With the date of the requisition an Assistant Cook in the first to get ashore. Many of them who quested to include their old
decrease
the clerical work in
had
been
on
this' run
before
had
address
along
with
the
new.
1^ should also be tagged on the class galley. This passenger ship
volved
in
procuring your vaca
already
made
commitments
with
In
addition
to
making
easier
operated between New York and
jmachirie.
tion
pay
for
you. promptly.
certain
females.
the
switchover
it
will
also
• When leaving a ship, the Elec Hamburg, Germany, and way
Just
remember,
if you have to
trician should always wait for stops in England and France. I, being a stranger, decided to guarantee uninterrupted
wait
a
long
time
because
a flock
his relief and spend a couple of However, Hamburg was the port go along, and find out why they mailing service.
of
letters
must
be
written,
you
All notifications of change
hours showing him around and of discharge, and we spent four rushed ashore so late at night.
have
only
yourself
to
blame.
, • •i'*?: f.':
When I got ashore, it didn't take of address should be ad
Acquainting him with the tool days in thfit port. .
Don't foul up one of the greaf
crllffi dr.' work shop—and, last When I 'first joined the ship long for me to ^fin^ the reasoris dressed to the Editmr, SEA
est
benefits that any Union has
FARERS
LOG.
SI
Beaver
op a close pier head jump, just for this late rush, as practically
\^ut "not.least,, leave him •
ever
succeeded, in obtaining
as Street. New York 4. Hr Y.^
phip's tools' .He may need them ten . minutes rbefore/ 'she sailed, I every gin mill and cabaret • w
you.
Get
those dischargesi
had no idea how cheap it w^s wide open. Prices were so cheap
tp work, with
J.
r
ii
By FRANK ROSE
Beer Per One Cent A Glnss (A Lnrge One),
Chnmpagne Four Bits A BottkAh, Pnrndise!
Log Subscribers
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THE SEAFARERS LOG
Friday, June 29, 1951
SlU, ITF Get $27,600 For PanamfCrevr
everybody is now so exhaustec fice and informed the latter of claims, they felt they had some action, the ITF might contem
protectibtt.
;
of their money that all our be the story.
:Plate.^,:,,.,,.;;;>V.;:V;:,,
of which was distributed on longings and things are either
Meanwhile, the biltransportef
One
by
one
the
crew
worked
All available material was col
September 20.
sold or pawned in order to make lected in order to be ready for its way to the ITF New York put out on March 2. Seven days
In that mail was the even a living. The Panamanian au
action the instant an opportun office, establishing personal con later, the ship was in such bad
more disheartening news that al thorities down here seem to have
tact with the organization and shape that she was yanked into
ity presented itself.
lotments had never been paid no responsibility and are abso
Rio for repairs.
filling
in the details.
A letter was written by the
out in New York.
lutely doing nothing for us. The attorney for the New York of
While there, the Master tried
The Oiltransporter was con
For one of the crew, a DP Uruguayan Government is the
to
choke the Cook and ended by'
fice to the crew's attoniey in tracted for in Montevideo by
from behind the Iron Curtain, same. way and the situation is Montevideo, asking him for a Canadian shipowners who were firing her and her husband, the'
that meant tragedy. His family getting very grave... are we en
|
complete picture of the cese and ready to buy if she were, de First Mate.
was still there, utterly depend titled to any kind of internation
for copies of any documents in livered free of claims in Halifax. On March 12, the only officer
ent on the money sent to them al law • or at least human law
his possession. No answer was A deal was made and money aboard who had been with the"
through a New York contact.
or are we, after a year in this received until May, 1951.
was sent down to pay off credi old crew, went to the Panaman
On September 25, 1949, in Rio port, facing starvation and mis
On January 17, the first crew tors. The amount, however, was ian Consulate and demanded his
de Janeiro, the three Engineers, ery with no chance even to get
member able to borrow sufficient not even half of the agreed overtime, which had not been"
in behalf of the crew, wrote a out of here?"
cash to leave Montevideo walked purchase price, and not much paid him.'
letter to tl\e Panamanian Consul, Three weeks before the letter
into the ITF New York office. more than the crew's total The Master was called in, and"
reiterating their complaints on was written, the Master sudden
claimed the man should be fined'
claims;
food, quarters and wages.
ly disappeared from Montevideo.
LONG STORY
With other creditors paid off for going to the Consulate —*
The Consul inspected, but To the crew's horror, a Rmnan
It was a long,sad story he had first — one with interest — only seven days' pay — and refused'
ian beggar, an alleged Commu
pothing was done.
to tell. Most of the crew had the paltry suirr of $9,738" was the demand for overtime.
nist
agent—^who
had
been
cadg
When the ship hit Montevideo
signed off and those able to allotted the crew, from which In the course of the agree^f
on November 13, there was ing cigarettes and food from the make loan§ would be coming to $736 was withdrawn as their ment, the crew insisted the Mas
ter show not only his license;
neither money awaiting the crew crew—^was put on as the new New York. Some had managed attorney's fee.
which he had obtained in Mohtes
nor allotments paid out, as they Master, obtaining his license to ship out but all of them,
The sfiip was now to be tow video, biit also any papers'* to*
had been promised in a tele from the Panamanian Consulate. when it became apparent that
ed to Halifax, "free of claims,'
gram from the owner in their
SITUATION WORSENS
the Mbntevidean misadventiue with the Rumanian as Master. prove he had ever shipped otlf
last port of call. So they refused
was ending, had, with great mis A few of the crew had stayed even as First or Second Mate.'
This he was unable to do—and!
to unload their valuable cargo of An already unbearable situa givings, signed over a power of
aboard, in order to be able to out of a job he was.
alcohol. Finally, the owner of tion became completely intoler attorney to their lawyer.
give firsthand reports of this
the cargo dug in his own pocket able. This poseur proceeded rap
DISAPPEARS
last
trek.
idly to try disorganizing the They had ample reason to
for the cash.
crew—threatened them with his doubt his good faith—^his refus
RIGGED
The original Master was sen
TOWED TO HALIFAX
gun, had them arrested on false al to have papers drawn up in
to Rio from New York by th
Much later it was learned that
The Oiltransporter stayed in charges and provoked intra their native languages, his curt the old owner had paid $2,000.00 old owner and the Rumanian wad
dismissal of their inquiries and
kept on as a workaway, witfr
Montevideo from then tmtil this crew squabbles.
the suddenly hostile attitude of to the crew's attorney "to take orders not to leave the ship, bu#
In
December,
1950,
news
of
spring, when she was towed to
care of things." He certainly briehalf hour before sailing, by
Halifax to her prospective hew the crew's plight and one of the judge before whom their
took
care of things!
claims
had
been heard.
pulling a quick one, he was abl#
owners. And the crew stayed their letters finally reached the
With
the
ship's
destination
However,
since
they
hdd
re
ITF
Headquarters
in
London.
to
skip and disappeared.
withher almost to the end. Days
passed into weeks and weeks General Secretary Omer Becu quested ihat he insert a clause in' known, the ITF New York office No trace of him has been
into months as promise after immediately established contact the power, forbidding, him to re set up Has'on with the SlU's found, which, in the light of
promise was made that they with the crew, advised them to lease the ship unless the 'crew Canadian 'District which assured subsequent, events, is really tod
would be paid oflE and repatri consult the ITF New York Of'received 75 percent of " their them full cooperation in any bad. He had been deported one#
from Brazil as an undesirabl#
ated. They were months of tor
alien, is understood to be want
ture.
ed
in ^elgium, and the Can#^ * 1
On June 9, the crew wrote to
dian
immigration authorities
someone they thought could
were awaiting his arrival in
Hal^
help: "During these seven months
ifax
with
eager,
hostile,
arms.
'
none of the officers and the crew
On
May
17,
the
Oiltransportef
have received their wages and
put into Halifax. The SlU slap*
the last months have been so
ped a hold on her and the batl •
terrible that it is becoming un
tie
was on.
^
bearable. What those of the crew
Within five
days
the
SlU
had
350 West, 58th Street, New York
ARTHUR WEST
S. FRANK BRUNSON
do who have families to support
reached the prospective ownerS;
do, 1 don't know. Most of the Get in touch with your draft Contact Benjamin Glickman, City.
who
were not only surprised but
crew are bumming money for board in Miami at once. Anyone .306 Broadway, New York City.
ft ft ft
appalled
by what had transpired
GERALD
GILBERTSON
He
has
effected
a
settlement
of
cigarettes and also for postage knowing his whereabouts is
f I
for
over
two yaars.
Get
in
touch
with
Rene
Bujia,
urged
to
contact Brunson's
moth
your
case.
for their letters to their fam^
On "May
23,
attorneys
for
both
7203 10th Avenue, Brooklyn,
i|
ilies. During the last couple of er, Mrs. Charles Disher, Fairfax,
t ft
New York, regarding the death the old and prospective owners
JOHN WUNDERLICH
months, they have gotten food South Carolina.
started their barrage against th#
GEORGE FARGO
of his brother, Hector.
in the Salvation Army, as no
4 t
ITF New York office, which
JAMES £. BREWER
TOM CRANE
body will give more credit to
ft ft ft
culminated
in a meeting on May
the ship."
ARCHIBALD VOLKERTS
Your personal belongings, are Get in touch with Benjamin
28.
Contact Mrs. Emily Volkerts,
The crew retained an attorney in the baggage room at 51 Bea Glickman, 305 Broadway,.. con
By this tiine, the ITF had
€c:ly in February, 1950, to try ver Street. Your papers and book cerning a settlement in ybur 835 Stebbins Avenue, Bronx, been appointed as official rep
New York. Telephone: LU 91835.
to have an embargo placed on were left with the Patrolmen on cases.
resentative of the crew, who
ft ft ft
ft ft ft
the ship, in order that she be the sixth floor.
also
had joined the ITF Specitd
CARLdS
GOMEZ
HENRY
HICKS
4. 4. i.
sold at auction and their claims
Seafarers' Section.
L. E.
TOSKEY
'
CARL
wdob
Get
ill
touch
with
the
Ship's
met. This, too, proved a dead
CARROLL KENNY
Contact L. C. Pugh, 606 Mon Delegate of the Del Norte; or
end.
NEGOTIATIONS
;•
SAMUEL BRtlNSON
roe Street, Mobile, for, informa Lindsey Williams or Buck Steph
SEEK AID
Days and days of negotiafidft
tion about. your gear.
CLAUDE BOSNER
ens in the New Orleans Hall.
fOllewed.
Representatives of
JOHN
TURKINGTON
4. 4, 4,
ft ft' ftv...
On October 25, 1950, the crew
Other ITF affiliates were call'^
RIP RIPLEY
GEORGE
I)<^STO^S
The
above
named
men
are
to
tried to reach the International
. ^
SHORTY SCHMITT
Drytransj 25 ' Broadway, New get in touch with ."their local in for consultation;
Gburt iii the Hague.
No matter what legal maneu
"Am Deck Maintenance on York City, has a refund on your draft boards immediately.
l^heir letter read: "... the ship Fairisle bound for Far East: Old Age Benefit taxes fOr 1950.
veririgs were tried, no matter
ft ft ft
still is not sold; we should like to Russell D. Roberts."
what
pleas of poverty from the
KENNETH E. BALDWIN
ft ft ft
Mibw if you can help us or give
Old
owner—the
ITF was adi^
Your mother
is very ill.
Please
STEN BIRKELAND
t t ft
soihe advice what to do. We
ROLAND PARODY
Communicate with Thomas B. write, or visit here as soon as merit in its demands for the fulK.
have now been in this port for "Please forward my coat by Breen, 220 Broadway, New York possible.
est^ possible justice for these,
almost a year and the. owners mail or express: Frank Teti, 258 38, New York.
iriuchabused
seamen.
ft ft ft
of the ship have not by any East 148 Street, Bronx 51, New
<1
On
June
6,
an agreement waS
STEVE
CAREY
ft ft ft
4
means paid one cent to anybody York."
Get in touch with Pfc. James signed. It secures for the crew
ss LIEERTY BELL
of the crew; neither have they
E; McNamara, RA19395235, HQ $27,600:00 in addition to thS
(Voyage No. 2)
ft ft ft
sent any money to whoever has
JAMES E. WILLIFORD
The following men have money Btry. 94th AAA AW Bn (Sp), $9,736.00 they were awarded iA
anything to do with the ship's Please write to Benjamin B. due them in the amounts indi APD 42, c/o Postmaster, NeW Montevideo, and the ITF and thb
o^penses ... nobody is interested Sterling, 42 Broadway, New cated. They can collect by con York, N. Y.
attorney for the new owner are
ih buying it. What is going to York 4, New York.
joint escrowees — to apportiofi
tacting B. H. Sobelman & Co.,
ft ft ft
happen now we don't know. The
the
money the fairest way they
PEDRO
ELIOT
(ELLIOTT)
Bourse Building, Philadelphia:
ft ft ft
^alyatibn Army has taken care . WILFRED (Red) SHEA
,
T ^
William F. HaH, $4.25; Rasonond Get in touch with Mr. Jacobo can.
yf the crew during the last six Contact your mother at once. E KeUer, $7.50; Robert L. BOOkS Dizbn, 1043 Magdalena Street,' The crew; has; eitpres^d ill 1:1
• months and as they have no
gratitude jri writing, saying they
er, $3.60, and William C. San ManilavPI.
ft ft ft
more funds before they getpaid,
hope that their case wiR bfeMff
RALPH B. GROSECLOSE
ders, $17.42;*
' ft ft ft
'
they simply can't give more food You are asked to write to
benefit in
ITF's great dflVfe
CHARLEY NANGLE.
to so many people.
your mother, Mrs. E. B. Grose
; Get in touch with your sister, to wipe out substandard conti^
PETE DE HAHN
"The officers are buying and close, Route 3, Box 255, Wythe
Get in touch With Mri 'ai. J Mrs. Ruth Sholin, 336 East 96th tiOns on ships registered urideit jfit
making their : pwri food, but viHe, ya;, as soon as possible. Mrs, Bprnard .qhennfl
the Panamanian, arid like fidgift? r
Street, New York City.
.
(Continued from Page 1)
fl;:
ifc'"
£
ic
t
mi
M'
m
�cm:
'• . Friday. June 29. 1951
. ''Vr
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Ninete«i
I '
Shipowners and stevedoring companies are op will be 525 feet in length and will have a speed
posing a bill that would put teeth in Longshore of 20 knots.
men's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.
The Navy refused tp scab on the XL A Ferry
At the present time the safety regulations are Workers Union, who are striking the Virginia
purely advisory, with no legal penalties for in Ferry Corporation.' When the Navy refused to
fringement or' any means of enforcement. The furnish a crew to transport 800 m^ant farm
^ Bill is being strongly pushed by the AFL In workers across the Chesapeake Bay, company
'ternational Longshoremen's Association. Seamen, supervisors, w;ho have no scruples, took the men
of course, are not covered by this Act. . . . The across. . . . The American dredge Manhattan* has
Antinous (Waterman), which was rammed amid ended a 14.000 mile trip from Philadelphia to
ships recehtly by the Transamerican, is under Bangkok, Thailand, towed by the Dutch tug
going repairs at the Sun Drydock in Chester, Zwarte Zee. The 4.200 horsepower tug averaged
Pennsylvania, and is expected to return to ser 200 miles a day.
vice July 15.
Senator Warren Magnuson has introduced a
. Pn June 14. the NSA announced the alloca
tion of 30 Liberty ships to 26 general agents to bill to prevent the transfer of American ships td
carry EGA cargoes, bringing the total number foreign flags and prevent their use in transport
of ships in this program* to 166, divided among ing goods to communist China. "On a recent
36 general agents. Of the 30 ships, 12 went to trip I made to the t)rient," said the Senator; "I
SlUcontracted companies. Eastern, Alcoa, Wat' found that much of the trade in Red China was
erman and Isthmian got two each, while Bull, being handled by ships flying the Panamanian
Seas. Mississippi and South Atlantic were alloted flag. These ships never were in Panama. In 90
one each. . . . Esse has ordered six new 26.800 percent of the cases their crews do not even in
deadweightton supertankers from Newport News clude a single Panamanian." Under his bill trans
Shipbuilding ancT Drydock Company. These new fers coiild not be approved unless the company
vessels wiir increase Esso's fleet and those of its to which the ship is being transfered maintained
affiliates to 130 oceangoing vessels, aggregating the highest safety and crew accommodation
2.350.000 deadweight tons. Esso has ordered 18 standards. This, says, the Senator, will prevent
new tankers in fhe last three years. . . The transfers to Panama.
Seafarerveterans of the Korean "incident"
ISQ.OOOth commercial vessel was cleared through
may
possibly see themselves on television very
the Panama Canal on April 26.
Immigration officers have been combing the shortly. A documentary film about the role play
port of Greater New York waterfront for illegal ed by the American merchant maidne in the
entrants, who have jumped ship. Thus far they Korean conflict will be shown on the NBC tele
have picked up more than 400. This stepping up vision network at 3:30 PM (Eastern Daylight
of law enforcement has created a housing short Saving Time) on July 5th. After this showing
age on Ellis Island. . . . Contracts for five more the film will be released to TV stations through
Mariner Class dry cargo vessels have been out the country. The picture, "Cargo to l^orea,"
awarded, bringing to 30 the number of this type a 13 minute long black and white film with
already contracted for. Thjs latest batch, how narration and music, was filmed in Korea and the
ever, will cost $9,290,000 each, compared with United States, and uses actual war scenes made
an average of $8,000,000 for the first 25 now available by the Department of Defense. Some
imder construction. The Mariner Class ships of the striking scenes show the landings at
Inchon and Pusan and the miraculous evacu
ation at Hungnam.
The NSA has okayed the allotment of 8 or 9 ,
ships to load iron ore at North African ports for
discharge in Britain. Three or four ships will •
be put into service in June, and five in July. The
use of the NSA ships had been recommended
by EGA to help meet the lorgent demands of
the British iron and steel industry. Rates, terms
and conditions for this operation have been ten
tatively agreed upon. ... A million tons of out
bound cargo have been carried by NSA ships
since that agency was established three months
ago. 166 ships, withdrawn from the reserve fleets,
have been assigned to operators to carry cargoes
to EGA countries and to meet military needs.
The Yarmouth (Eastern) started its annual
summer service to Yarmouth, Novia Scotia, on
June 20. Some 350 passengers made this first
overnight trip. . . . The four companies which
have been operating 57 tankers for the Navy
will continue to do so. The new contracts, how
ever, callfor a $5aday reduction on the fees
now paid. $60 a day over and above all operating
costs. The four companies and the number of
tankers allotted each are: American Pacific SS
Co., 12; Pacific Tankers, 17; Marine Tran^ort
Lines, 13 and Tankers Co., 15. Six of the thirteen ^
total losses reported for the month of May were
Japanese. One was American, the Arizona Sword
(Sword Line), which was beached and submerged
in the Cape Oxl Canal after a collision. Two
ships were hit by mines, one a total loss.
Ore Lines has ordered two shallowdraft ore
carriers for iron ore transportation on the Or
inoco River in Venezuela. The vessels, 360 feet
long, will carry the ore from the river port
Palua to Puerto Hierro, where the cargo will be
transferred to oceangoing carriers. ... A US
Department of Labor survey reveals that em
ployment in the shipbuilding industry has in
creased 40 percent over last year, with 209,000
now working in private and government yards.
Mobile Seafarers Back Teamsters Against 'Ceke' Plant
Gronberg is no exception. Eric time SIU men can be comfort have been possible. We ought
By CAL TANNER
has been a member of the SIU able in the knowledge that in to go 100 percent for the in
MOBILE, June 21 — Shipping
for
the past eight years. He al the event of their death, the crease."
is very good here in this Gulf
ways
believed Jn changing ships Union has seen to it that their Those of you Seafarers who
port and the prospects are that
and scenery, and never did he Beneficiaries will get enough have been on the Mobile beach
it will even surpass the present
stay aboard one ship long enough money to give a decent burial recently probably ran into some
level, if there is even partial
and have money left over."
to collect a vacation.
of these Brothers, who also
truth to the rumor floating about
"Now, with this new plan that All of which led Eric to con were around: H. Clurry, E. D.
that Alcoa is going to take 12
Headquarters negotiated, I will clude that "1 would more than Moyd, E. Bailey, J. Crawford, J.
Liberties out of the boneyard.
be assured of at least part of my like to approve the dues in Moore, D. L. Parker and. G,
That's a • r umor, remember.
vacation money after I have been crease. Without an organization Scott.
Speaking of Alcoa, five of that
aboard a ship only three strong financially, all of the tre Brothers T. Burke, D. SuUivaii
company's vessels paid off hfere
months."
in the past two weeks: the
mendous improvements and ben and B. Sheppard are in the
Pointer, Cavalier, Ranger, Clip
Eric has definite views on the efits that have been made in Mobile Marine Hospital at this
per and Pioneer. Three Water
Welfare Plan, too: "For the first the past few . years could not time. Drop them a line.
man payoffs made the total for
the period nine. The Waterman
jobs were the^De Soto, Monarch
of the Seas and the Morning
Light.
A few. gashounds cropped up taryTreasurer's financial report.
By STEVE CARDULLO
Signing on we:^ the David S.
lately,
but they have been dealt The meeting was chaired by
Jordan ' (Mississippi), Fairhope
ERIG GRONBERG
PHILADELPHIA, June 21 — with. We've sdso had to crack Steve Cardullo. George Everett
and W, S. Jennings (Waterman)
With 12 ships paying off in, the
and the Alcoa Pioneer and Al sels that were active in this port. past two weeks, shipping in this down on guys who have been was recording secretary and B,
coa Pointer. The Las Vegas Vic The David S. Jordan and the port maintained its steady pace. failing :to show up on time Hirsh was reading clerk.
tory, Steel Advocate (Isthmian) W. S. Jennings, referred to above In addition, we had the usual aJpOard ship. In this connection, We see where a stowaway who
and the Alcoa Polaris called in as signons, were only recently run of intransit callers operated we've instituted a new program was on the Dorothy has now
taken from the boneyard and by the Waterman and Isthmian of having a Patrolman aboard decided to give the Philly beach
transit.
a ship when it is about to sail. a break. They tell me that he
The AFL Teamsters are still full crews were dispatched from outfits.
On one ship last Sunday, three did such a fine job on the ship
active here. They are currently the Union Hall to both vessels.
.conducting a strike against the "The following ships are to take All beefs were settled at the men were Tacking when sailing that they even paid him his
local CocaCola Bottling Com full crews within the next two point of production — on the time began to draw near. The wages. Leo Allen, Steward on
Patrolman present was able to the ship, swears he was the best
pany and the SIU is aiding with weeks: Clearwater Victory (Isth ships.
The
payoffs
were
the
Winter
get
the crew replacements in Saloon Messman he ever had..
mian),
Ben
Grieson
(Waterman)
full support. The Teamsters, as
mil,
Abiqua,
Bradford
Island
time
and the vessel sailed on "Who, in the Port of Philadel
and
Allison
W.
Houghton
(Al
LOG readers will recall^ won ^
aiid
SovsrEm©a4.Cempi (Cities.
.sc.bftdi!.le...„.,;
^
cdajirT'he'
oftli6
struggle for recognition "against
phia, is now a student of Arthur
Service);
Carolyn,
Evelyn,
Ar
At
the
regularly
scheduled Murray's dancing school? He is
first
Alcoa
ships
to
take
a
crew
the Dixie Dairies a few weeks
ago. The SIU backed fiiem in in thi<? port, anc(, we're hoping lyn, Jeiui. Hilton (Bull); Mary membership meeting of June 20, now dancing the conga, tango
mar ^Calmar); r*'e Cabins (Ma the membership voted to concur
it won't be the last.
that beef, also.
Hoiy for a little incidental in The new Vacation Plan has a thiason), and Rdbiii Doncaster in the Headquarters report to and rhiunba. My, my. Twinkle
The membership and the Secre tpes. .
.
formation' on some of the ves lot of guys hepped 'np and Eric (Seas).:/'
PhMe^diki Cracking Down On FoulUps
mi
ll
�THE SEAFARERS LOG
"Bargainhunlers" is Ihe way B. F. Rhodabarger captioned
this photo of Steward Louis Brown (left) euid Electrician L.
Henriquez of the SS Coe Victory, as the two Seafarers scanned
newspaper fids.
Brother Rhodabarger and his camera were stationed at a vantage point for *hi» ~ shot of
cargo being secured on deck of the Coe Victory.
All went well on the Coe Victory, thanks to the efficiency of her SIU crew, some of whom
are shown here. Rhodabarger prints and develops in his shipboard darkroom.
The Seatrain Havana'* Stewardi Edward
Cb(dey, is all smiles as he hcdds pah of hot
hum jihii remcty«d feoin the oven*
Friday, June 29, 1951
' A skilled sailor knows that a stitch' in time saves nine.
Here is Taylor Baxter, AB, on the Coe Victory, as he re
pairs ship's gear.
, .
Bob Alvarado (left), OS, and Fred llQlm, Messman, Jndieath
that the smile is t^ tldng oh the Seatreln Havana. All photos
.Ohjlhe ;*iaroBd carr^imf*::pr^
Lester Moore. .' v;; .
Loddng pleased with th* ^asty jdish he
jiist lined up in the Seatridtt kh^s gsRey ii
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DEATH BENEFIT GOES TO $1,500
SIU, ITF WIN $27,600 FOR PANAMA CREW
NEW LINE, OLD TACTIC
COMMIES USE THEIR FAVORITE TACTIC - TELLING THE BIG LIE
CITIES SERVICE TO PAY 150 GS IN BACK WAGES
SEATTLE SIU BEHIND BERING SEA FISHERMEN BEEF AGAINST COMMIE BACKDOOR CONTRACT
BALTIMORE CALLS SHIPPING 'ALMOST TOO GOOD'
SHIPPING RIDES HIGH, BEEFS LOW FOR SEAFARERS IN NEW ORLEANS
LAUNDRY WORKERS GET SIU AID IN SAVANNAH
WELFARE PLAN PUTS 250 GS IN US BONDS
WE DO OKAY FOR A SMALL PORT: WILMINGTON; IN-TRANSITS SUPPLY MOST OF THE ACTIVITY
REPLACEMENTS FOR TEXAS PORTS SWEEP LAKE CHARLES BEACH
SHIPPING REMAINS AT PEAK IN GALVESTON
NAM FAVORS CONTROLS, BUT NOT FOR THE NAM
TAKE THOSE JOBS AS THEY COME UP ON THE BOARD, IS FRISCO'S WARNING
TANKER PAYOFFS MARK ACTIVITY IN BOSTON
SIU CREWS' RESPONSE NEARS $5,000 MARK IN POLIO DRIVE
JIM ROWAN, VET SEAFARER, DIES AT 57
RADIO, TV, PRESS CONTINUE TO TELL JOSEPH PRON STORY
NEW HALL EMPHASIZES MEMBERSHIP'S COMFORT
ORDER MAKES ELECTRICIANS' WORK EASIER
HOW TO FILL OUT AN OVERTIME SHEET
BE SURE YOU COLLECT ALL SEATIME
BEER FOR ONE CENT A GLASS (A LARGE ONE), CHAMPAGNE FOUR BITS A BOTTLE-AH PARADISE!
SIU, ITF GET $27,600 FOR PANAMA CREW
MOBILE SEAFARERS BACK TEAMSTERS AGAINST 'COKE' PLANT
PHILADELPHIA CRACKING DOWN ON FOUL-UPS
PHOTO GLIMPSES OF SIU MEN AT SEA
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72 SIGN
PLAN
Almost all of the 80 companies contracted to
the SIU's Atlantic and Gulf District have either
signed, or are in the process of signing, the Union's
revolutionary, industrywide Vacation Plan agree
ment, the Headquarters Negotiating Committee
announced yesterday.
As of yesterday the committee had obtained
the signatures of 72 operators. Negotiations are
Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf Diapiet, Seafarers InternatloniA Union of NA continuing and the remaining companies will be
dealt with in the next few days.
No. 12
NEW
YORK.
N.
Y..
FRIDAY.
JUNE
15.
1951
VOL. XIII
First formal signing of the new Vacation Plan
Constitution
Changes Go
To A&G Vote
agreement took place on
May 15, when eight ©f the
SIU's larger contracted com
Mr. E. B. TilleY' Business Agent
panies a£Fixed their signa
Seafarers' International Union
tures to the pact, which for the
No. 2 Abercom Street
first time in the maritime inr
dustry guarantees seafaring men
Savannali. Geor^a
two weeks of vacation pay for
Dear Brother Tilley:
each
of 12 months of shipboard
Districtwide voting on the
This is to advise you that your efforts and cooperation have made it possible service.
proposed constitutional amend
for the Laundry Workers International Union Local 218 to sign a labor agreement
The first vacation pay benefits
ments will get under way in all
with
Riteway
Cleaners,
2202
Phoenix
Avenue.^ Jacksonville.
Florida.
will
become payable on October
SIU Branches on June 25 and
31
of
this year, according to
This
laundry
had
been
handling
a
good many
of
tho SIU
ships
docking at
Jack
will continue for 30 days.
terms
of
the agreement. The op
sonville and the influence of SIU members convinced Mr. Kenneth Crawford, owner,
The ballot, which was author
erators' contributions to the Va
ized by membership action at all that be would be WIM if he were to operate his plant under Union conditions.
cation Fund began as of June 1,
regular port meetings following
I understand that Mr. Crawford wrote to you and stated that he would be willing with each company contributing
recommendations made by the to discuss a union contract with a representative of our organ^iration. etc. This con
35 cents per hour for each man
last two Quarterly Finance Com
tact enabled oae to quickly negotiate a very good labor agreement for the workers employed aboard their ships.
mittees and" the Constitutional
PRORATA PAYMENTS
Committee, would effect several in his plant.
On
May
23.
1951.
the
workers
voted
unanimously
to
install
the
labor
agreement
Each Seafarer will collect 14
changes in the Union Constitu
days' pay for each year he has
tion.
which Mr. Crawford and myself had ne^tiated and to join our organization. ,
worked, and may apply for pro
Mr. Crawford has also informed Mr. Marty Walsh, r^resentative for the Team
OBSOLETE PROVISIONS
rata payments after he has com
sters Union in Jacksonville, that he is ready and willing to sign an agreement with pleted 90 days of employment
The questions to be decided in them to cover all his drivers. That will make his plant 100 percent Union.
on any Unioncontracted ships.
the voting involve amendments
You
may
notify
your
membership
that
there
are
now
two
(2)
laundries in
Jack
The
pay to which claimants are
to several constitutional provi
entitled
will be based on the
sonville
that
operate
under
union
conditions.
They
are:
Riteway
Cleaners
and
the
sions which have become obso
rate
of
$115
per year, less de
lete as the result of the Union's US LaundryCleaners.
ductions.
success in obtaining employer
While I am at it I should also thank you and your organization ^or the assis
The manner of payment is pat
paid Welfare Benefits, and the tance we have received here in Savannah. As you know, Hahne's )^aundry 8c Dry
terned after the highly success
proposed dues increase recom
Cleaners is now 100 percent Union and we certainly appreciate the help the Seafar
ful Welfare Plan method of
mended by the Finance and Con
benefit
disbursements. Upon be
ers
International
Union
rendered
in
bringing
this about.
In
fact, were
it
not
for
the
stitutional Comniittees.
coming
eligible for his vacation.
splendid cooperation our International Union has received • from
your organization
The sections of the Constitu
(Continued
on Page 13)
it is doubtful whether we would have eio&barked upon an organizing drive in Sav
tion that have been rendered ob
solete are those dealing with hos
annah. But with the enthusiasm manifested by the SIU in aiding us to bring about
pital, death and shipwreck ben
higher wages and better working conditions for laundry workers in this city we
efits.
felt juStifi^ in launching a full TCale program. W^ the continued support of the
; The questions appear in the
form of the resolution which was SIU I feel confident that this organizing drive will eventually meet with complete
submitted to the membership at success.
With kindest personal regards. I remain
all regular Branch meetings on
June 6, and which was concur
Sincerely and fraternally.
"yed in by majority' vote as re
Todd W. Allen
quired by the Constitution.
Intl. Organizer. LWIU
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14—
Balloting will end on July 24.
The Seafarefs International Un
ion filed a petition yesterday
with the National Labor I^a
tions Board in this port for .a
In the interest of national de on the grounds of hardship in made waivers almost essential. However, the Union observed, collective bargaining election
"Had the Selective Service or the Coast Guard waivers will among rank and file members
fense, the Coast Guard has waiv obtaining rhanpower.
ganization
instituted a policy of not affect the continued safe of the Marine Cooks and Stew
ed manning requirements for 2. By allowing onehalf of the
drsift
deferment
for skilled sea navigation of merchant ships, ards Union.
ABs
aboard
nonsubsidized
ships
nonsubsidized oceangoing and
men
many
months
ago, it is but will merely ease the prob
The petition was filed one day
to
be
aliens
who
currently
hold
Great Lakes ships. The waiver
lem
of
replacing
ABs
who
have
highly
unlikely
that
the
waivers
after
the board had issued a rul"
valid
United
States
certificates
order, which had been sought
been
drafted.
would
have
been
necessary."
ing
denying
the National Mari
as
ABs.
by the Seafarers International
time
Union's
request for a col
The
waiver
instituting
the
50
Union to counteract the drain on
lective bargaining election.
manpower caused by the draft dO ratio for blue and greentic
,In rejecting "the NMU's peti
ing of skilled' seamen, became ket ABs waives the statutory re
tion, the NLRB announced thai
effective as of June 1, 1951 and quirement that only 25 percent
Page 2 the CIO union had failed to ob
will continue until September of the ABs could be blueticket The Best AllAround (Editorial)
How
Democracy
Differs
from
Communism
Page 2 tain the 30 percent of valid
holders. Under this requirement,
J, 1951.
Headquarters
Warns
of
Phonies
Page
3 pledges from members of the
On offshore . merchant cargo a ship that carried six ABs must
NMUer
Thanks
Seafarers for
Criticism
Page
3
West Coast Cooks and Stewards
and tanker ships, the Coast have had five greenticket ABs
Stewards
Department
School
...'
Page
4
union
that is necessary before
and
one
blueticket
man.
Now,
Guard order affects the comple
Slopchest,
Laundry
in
New
Building
Page
4
an
election
can_ be ordered.
however,
three
may
be
blue
ment of able seamen in two
News
from
the
Ships
J;
Page
8
The
NMU
had been conduct
ticket
ABs and
three
greenticket
ways:
Letters
from
the
Membership
Page
10
ing
an
allout
drive among the
men.
1. By allowing seamen who
Report
of
the
Seafarers
Welfare
Plan
Page
5
West
Coast
galley* workers
since
The
SIU,
which
had
appealed
have been examined' and rated
Maritime Roundup
• ... Page 15 last January. The NMU's drive
as blueticket ABs after having to the Coast Guard for relaxa
Beefs and Beefers
Page 16 was viewed as an attempt by
seifved 12 months on deck to tion of the statutory manning re
compose onehalf the number of quirements, greeted the waiver
Reports from the Branch Agents of the Atlantic and Gulf Joe Curran to get a foothold
on the West Coast by offering
ABs, The other half is to be orders as "a realistic approach to District will be found on the following pages:
New Orleans
Page 6 the operators cutrate contracts.
composed of greenticket ABs, or an industry problem."
Savannah
Page 3
Shortly after the NMU cam
Wilmingtqn
Page 6
men who have had three years A&G District Headquarters Galveston
Page 4
paign
got underway, rank and
pointed out this week that the Philadelphia
Baltimore
.\... Page 7
of deck experience.
Page 4
file
members
of the Marine
Mobile.
Page 7
• This • waiver previously had "drafting of skilled merchant Tampa
Page 4
Cooks
began
signing
pledges for
seamen
without
regturd. for
the
bnly affected ships on which the
San Frandsco ...........Page 13
Boetoicr
Page 6
representation
with
W^st
Coast ^
needs of
an
industry
vital
to . the
Master had vnade special appli
Seattle
Page 13
Norfolk
Paget
District
offices
of
the
SIU..
nation's
defense
requirements
cation far such a ratio of
Laundry Workers Union Thanks SIU
SIU Petitions
For Election
Among Cooks
CG Waiyes Deck Manning Requirements
IN THIS ISSUE
• • w
�Fttffe Two
T BE SEAF A RE R S L 0G
FxidBy, JjHM 15„1951
^ ' v
• i;.,.:.. •
i
i'.:
'•
Published Every Other Week by the
SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Atlantic and Gulf District
ASilialed with the Americam Federation of Labor
At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y.
HAnbver 227B4
Reentered as second class matter August 2, 1949, at the Rest
Office in New York, N.Y,, under the Act of August 24, 1912.
267
The Best AilAround
Men sailing aboard ships contracted to the SIU's At
lantic and Gulf District are distinguished in maritime by
two facts: They are the best paid seamen in the world
and they are the best seamen in the world.
In its continuing campaigns to keep Seafarers enjoy
ing the top wages and working conditions and welfare
Benefits without parallel in the maritime industry, the
Union has consistently maintained that the two facts
cannot be kept apart.
The best seamen, says the SIU, deserve the best in
compensation. And viceversa. All this of course, brings
tip the question, "Which came first?"
The Union answer is that the best seamen came first.
The SIU has always prided itself on possessing a member
ship that is capable of the best in peuformance of its ship
board duties. Hence, it has always fought for—and suc
ceeded in winning— the kind of economic compensation
that such a performance merits.
And if anyone should wonder why the Union con
stantly is emphasizing the need for strict observance of its
contractual obligations the reason should Bfe very clear.
It is simply that the SIU is vitally concerned with preserv
ing every single advance it has made in raising' the stand
ard of living and conditions of work of its membership#
How Democracy Differs From Communism
DEMOCRACY
COMMUNISM
Further than that, the Union bases its demands of the
BASIC CREED
operators not only upon the needs and requirements of its Dignity and worth of each human being is, Totalitarian state is supreme; each human be
members but also upon their proven ability. Our Union supreme; society strives to afford each the great ing must serve the state as the state directs, re
est Twssible opportunity to reach his highest gardless of his own Welfare or judgment. Human"
has correctly stated that Seafarers are an integral part of attainments.
,
being are expendable. /
the shipping industry and that, as such, they rate the pro
HUMAN RIGHTS
per return for their contribution in the smooth and effi
.Because each individual is sacred, he has cer
No one has guaranteed rights or freedoms
cient functioning of this part of the nation's economy.
tain inalienable rights which Democracy guar Everyone is subservient to 14 Politburo dictatotn'
antees by law.
and their agents.
It should be easy to understand why the SIU has
Freedom of religion.
Church dominated by state.
|
been able to come back time and again to the membership
FREEDOM OF THE l»ERSON
"
*
with reports of everincreasing wage rates, improved work
airest withoi^ warrant; no ari>^ary.seizia?e
Aafctoary sarrests^ imprisoinmenl withertJt trial}
ing conditions, and expanded welfare and vacation bene of No
persons or property or search of homes; trial secret police seize anyone, search any homej
fits that are the envy of seamen of other affiliations by an impartial jury guaranteed.
ev^one watched by spies.
dbroughout the shipping world.
OTHER FRimSDOMS
Freedom
to
seek
truth and secure
ecGurate
in
State tidls everyone what , to believe; informal
When Seafarers caii be told—without fear of con
formation in schoids, univecsitiesje&wh^t ; tion waiM»le in schools and elsewhare is dis*
tradiction—that "You arc the best paid seamen in the
t«rted to serve state purposes.
'
jRTorld," it is because the SIU Negotiating Committee has Free press and ra£o| tree Stteech, fil^e(^[oln of
Stoto
press and radio, persons crli
ticizing government imprisoned; assembly onlj^
been able to enforce its demands by, telling the operators assembly; ^^seedoin' to ferm voIuhtjOTr^ 0^
ttons.
v/ith government permission, Nq organizations
riiat ^*You have the best, ^ most efficient seamen in the
free of state Control.
world on your ships."
REFBEUENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
One of the very important factors that go into mak Free elections by secrot baUa€, setnttal party
One party "elections," single slate of candl*.
ing Seafarers the world's best seamen is that they are THR candidates for each oftice, nottiittated 'in free dates chosen by communist parly officials.
party primary Sections or conventions..
BEST UNION SEAMEN anywhere.
Government hy laws enacted by r^bsen rep
Gbvernmeht by decrees of dictatoris,. withpwj^
consent of people.
" '
Seafarers have built a closeknit orgamzation, they have resentatives of people.
I • •
*
rtnade it powerful enough to c<MitinualIy enforce their
ECONOMIC FREEDOM
Anyone
is free to
start
and
run
a business,
rightful demands and they have established their right to
State controls and operates all Jbiisiness; nb
any
worker
is free
to
choose
and
change
jobs.
free
ente/prise. Slate dictates worker's job ari^
Tbe regarded as a responsible and militant part of a tough Workers may organize free uiiions, employers
freezes him in job. Free unions and trade asso
^dustry. ^
may form trade associations.
ciations are prohibited.
*'
Right to own property. Anyone may own^ a
They have built and backed their Union in every home, farm or htisihess, and choose where \|ie , No one may own property. State owns all
housing facilities, farms, businesses. State officiala
beef and problem to the point where they can get the will live.
assign people to living quarters.
"
State officials dictate all prices,tenns of busi
best reprcsentiation in their figfit fOr a better living for Right of contract. Employers fix textos of busi
ness by contract; workers detemune wages jmd
themselves and (hteir families —• and that, in tlie final work conditions, by collective bargaining and ness, wages, work conditions. No person or
is free to contract with^ other <m such matterA '
contract with employers.
analysis, is the goal of eveiT working man.
�Ftiday. June 15, 1951
SlU
TH E SE AF AREKS LOG
Page Three
f
Is Helpful, Says NMUer
derful in the indiistiy is one that owners, bankers, and insurance as always, is to win more and hospital cannot collect their
looks as if it was written to companies are quite, capable of greater benefits for our mem money from the visiting Patrol
The June 1st . issue of the SEA benefit the insurance company... taking care of themselves. At bership and for all seamen.
men, but must send a filledout
FAEERS LOG carried in full an "The insurance company one time the NMU had the same
form directly to the benefit fund
That
our
attempts
to
bring
the
open letter to all NMU crews, doesn't invest a penny, doesn't attitude but times have changed.
office. There his name is check
written by hospitalized NMUers risk a penny and will collect St "... In The Pilot' of March entire industry up to the SIU ed against employment records
in the Manhattan Beach Hospi least $250,000 a year, and the 22 there is the first financial re standards, and the accompanying furnished by the companies once
criticism of the NMU and the
tal.
ones most members thought it port from August 1 to February other maritime unions, are well every three 'months. If a man's
Signed by 16 of the 85 NMU was supposed to help do not get 28. $820,271 was collected; $110,
name is not on the' list, which
men .in thpt hospital (according a cent; also with the new resolu 432 was paid to the insurance received is attested to by the is very possible in • view of the
letters we'get from the members
to the letter, all of the 85 ap tion passed at a New York meet company. Hedley Stone claims
time lag, the benefit fund office
proved the letter, but lack of ing all the qjdtimers who help they get 6 percent, and those of the NMU.
sends him a letter, asking him to
CONGRATULATIONS
space prevented a full listing), ed build this union, and sailed figures say^they get over 13 per
list the voyages he inade in the
it was a bitter blast against the under the terrible conditions cent. Th,e SIU cost is figured at Practically all of these (with last 12 months, which he returns
NMU welfare plan—^its method .that existed before the union 3 percent with their money in the very exceptional abusiye one to the benefit office to be checked
of administration, the limited came into being, are now left vested in interestbearing bonds that is typical of the kind the against the Coast Guard records.
benefits, its imfair eligibility out in the cold with nothing to at 2% percent Therefore it costs eommies used to send us when
And by this time a man may
rules, and its complete betray^ look forward to but a pauper's Vz of 1 percent or $.50 on one we first began to organize) com
be
dead, discharged or on a ship
of the NMU's oldtimers. (The 16 grave; the national officers are hundred dollars — cheaper than mend us for our gains and for
bound
for the Far East. At any
signatories of the letter have been asking you to eliminate this travelers checks.
exposing the backwardness of
rate,
there
is delay, especially it
going to sea from 16 to 48 years, death benefit, too.
"... when a member now goes the NMU, and wind up hoping
he
is
in
one
of the distant out
and the average was 29.3 years—
to a hospital with any sickness that the NMU, too, would even ports, San Francisco or, perhaps,
•S
MART POLICY
no onetrippers there!) ' ^
that will keep him there a long tually get what we had won.
The following quotations from "... How is it ^hat the so time, such as TB, cancer, or Sometimes, the NMU mem Hawaii.
the letter will summarize, in called reactionary unions (That's heart trouble, after 13 weeks of bers go even a little further, and
THAT'S ALL. BROTHER
their own words, the major beefs us, the Seafarers: J.A.) can get benefits he is out of luck, and come down to our. Hall and tell Once the 13 weeks are up, he
of the NMU oldtimers on their a policy that considers the wel if he dies after a year he goes us personally how much they added, the poor stiff is out of
fare of their membership first to a pauper's grave if someone appreciate the SIU's efforts. One luck. To become eligible for 13
welfare plan:
"This plqn that Curran, Stone always. They have come to the does not take care of him."
such paid a .visit to the Nejv more weeks' benefits for the
& Hanley call the most won conclusion long ago that ship
York Hall a few days after the same disability, he must leave
COMPARISON HURT
LOG had published the NMUers' the hospital and go to work to
This was a pretty blistering letter.
reestablish eligibility. He praised
attack and, unfortunately, true.
the SIU Welfare Plan for its un
What made the charges look even First off, he showed us his limited benefits and its extreme
worse was the comparison with NMU book, to prove his identity ly liberal eligibility requirements
the SIU Welfare Plan that the and the fact that he was one of (one day worked within the pre
letter included. As we stated at the first members of that union. vious twelve months).
By E. B TILLEY
that time, we ran this letter not Then he thanked the SIU for
SAVA^AH, June .6—We have Among those who participated for the purpose of flaunting the having printed the letter, and for "That letter, from the men in
the Manhattan Beach Hospital
been informed by Todd W. Allen, were oldtimers Robert Bennett, superiority of the SIU Plan (al the comments upon it.
SecretaryTreasurer of Local 221 J. H. Ferguson and Joseph Book though we're proud as heU of "You have no idea how re put it right," he said. "What's a
and International Representalive er, who are gracing the beach it), but because we sincerely sentful the membership is over man who's hospitalized for some
of the International Laimdry here and waiting for the good hope that the NMU will be able this socalled welfare plan," he thing like TB, which needs long
Workers Union that, with the shipping, mentioned above, to to change its setup and give its said. "The oldtimers have been treatment, going to do? He's left
aid of the SIU, Local 218 in come around.
membership all the protection sold out completely, and are high and dry there with no .cab
left to starve to death on the bage for his personal expenses,
Jacksonville successfully nego
In the Marine Hospital in this that all seamen deserve.
tiated a contract with Riteway port are S. C Turberville, R. Our attitude is that any sub beach. Who's going to take care and for the things that the hos
pital does not supply: smokes,
Cleaners of that city. (See Bro Harris and F. J. Bruggner. Drop standard agreements in the in of them?"
ther Allen's letter on page one them a line. Brothers, and cheer dustry pose a potential threat to He went on to blast the NMU razor blades, stamps, handker
of this issue.) Also that the man them up.
all han^, and our prime motive. welfare setup. The men in the
(Contfnued on Page 5)
ager of . Riteway has notified
Marty Walsh of the Teamsters
-^1
that he is willing to sign an
agreement with them. This brings
to two the imion laundries in
Jacksonville: Riteway and US Headquarters of the SIU A&G sible for any monies paid by me feiters' expensive and nearper In announcing final disposition
LaundryCleaners. Keep these District announced this week for which I have not received an fect method of reproduction.
of the case. Headquarters cau
names in mind when you are that the case involving the group Official Receipt of the Union. I One of the ruses employed by tioned all hands to beware of '
in that port.
of cdnnterfeiters, who had duped have read and understand the the counterfeiters was to tell the any character who offers a book
Allen also thanked us for our several permitnien into buying above."
prospective buyers that "we for sale, just as they would steer
support here in Savannah, which fraudulent Union books in New The new procedure closes out have contacts in the Union, so clear of any other type of il
led to the signing of Hahne's Orleans early this year, had been the possibility of a permitman you don't have to worry."
legal transaction.
Laundry and Dry Cleaning; and fully disposed of.
being duped because, a^ the vic The illfated counterfeiting Permitmen were warned that,
said that they are so heartened The ringleaders, who had tims of the New Orleans incident venture was the first of its kind if they are approached by any
by our backing and aid that they boasted of "contacts in the Un pleaded, they were "ignorant of to occur in the SIU. It is be member offering to sell a book,
have launched an organizing ion" as a means of facilitating the procedure."
lieved that those who engineered they should take his name and
drive to bring other outfits under the phony sales, are now serving The phony books were de the scheme had hoped to cash book number and report the in?
their banner.
jail sentences for their counter tected by the Union almost im in on the influx of new men into cident immediately to Union
FULL SUPPORT
mediately after the first sales the industry caused by the in Headquarters or the nearest SIU'
feiting activities.
Branch Hall.
To which we can only say As a result of the fraud, which were made, despite the counter crease in shipping activity.
that whatever we can do to help was nipped by the Union before
them in their drive—or any other more than a few permitmen had
legitimate union, for that mat been victimized. Headquarters
ter—will be done with all the has drawn up a new permitcard
ATLANTIC and GULF DISTRICT
clearly setting forth the only
"strength we can muster.
Affiliated with American Federation of Labor
' That is just about the, only conditions under which payments
• g ood news from out of this port. ar6 to be made to the Union.
Shippirtg; foir the last two weeks The Unipn took a lenient at
has been bad, although it looks titude in regard to the defraud
miich better for the next period. ed permitmen, who were milked
Hope we have something better of sums ranging from $300 to
$500. Some of the victims plead
to report.
A TEMPORARY REVOCABLE WORK PERMIT
This time all we had were ed that they didn't know they
^ips intransit: The Southland were entering into a fraudulent
I understand and agree that ^the Seafarers' international Union of North
and Southport (South Atlantic); scheme.
Monroe (Bull); and the John B. As a safeguard to both the America/ Atlantic and^Gulf District by issuing this Temporary Revocable Work
Waterman and Chickasaw (Wa Union and the permitmen. Head Permit, in no way obligotes itself to admit me to membership, probationary or
quarters has inserted a statement
terman).
otherwise.
There was no regular meeting, on the front cover of the new
I agrcie that I am to pay no monies to anyone purporting to be a representa
because ^ there weren't enough pcrmitcards, which must be read
and
signed
by
the
applicant
guys to make a quorum, but
tive of the Union unless I am issued an Official Receipt of the Union for monies
there was a special meeting in when the card is issued. The so paid. I further agree, that I shdll not hold the Union responsible for any monies
which we discussed some of the statement contains the following
paid by me for which I have not received an Official Receipt of the Union. I hove
leading articles in the current paragraph:
"I agree that I am to pay no read ond understand the above.
SEAFARERS LOG: the Seafar
ers Vacation Plan, the increased monies to anyone: purporting to
Welfare benefits, the okay given be a: representative of the Union
.....SIGNED.
the Negotiating Committee to unless < I am issued an Official DATED.......
open wage increases, the recom Receipt of the Union for monies
Th« front eovar ot th* Union's ^o<rk pormUeerdii alorts PermUmon sgainsf sharpRs who
Trr<ji.ded dues increase and the m paid. I further agree that I
cotMidor
nowcomtrs to tho • watorfroni fair gama.
shall
not
hold
the
Union
respon
lead editorial.'.
' :
By JOE ALGINA
Sayannah Laundry Union
Wins Strike With SlU Aid
SIU Books Can't Be Bought, HQ Warns Pormits
Seafarers' International Union of North America
WORK PERMIT
5,
ill
i
�f
Page Pour
THE S^E AF AREHS L 00
SW Stewards Departiiieiit Sdiooi
Win Teach Shipboard Routine
Philly Sealafer
As the Atlantic and Gulf Dis Hobart potato peelers and mix
trict's new HeadquartersNew ers.
York Branch building nears com • The utmost attention will be
pletion, final plans are being given to the proper sanitary and
shaped for the operation of a hygienic methods of food prepa
training school for Cooks and ration, stowage and disposal.
Bakers that will be one^ of the One of the objectives of the
training school is to enable all
^nest of its kind anywhere.
enrollees to prepare the food
All of the equipment which aboard ships so that *the crew
the men in training will use has
gets the maximum out of it from
already been contracted for, and
the standpoint of taste and food
delivery and installation will be
value.
made as soon as the galley sec
A principal purpose of the
tion of the Union's new quarters
Cooks and Bakers training pro
are ready.
gram is to aid Stewards depart
ment personnelin obtaining up
EXPERT INSTRUCTION
grading and, consequently, to in
Instruction in the various as
pects of cooking and baking will crease their earning power.
Friday^ June U, 1951
Mourns
'Poiiy' Baker, Official Of M
By STEVE CARDULLO
PHILADELPHIA, June 6—This us on in a strike in t'ne future,
port continued to enjoy good if we stay physically and finjin
shipping throughout the past cially powerful," he added.
twoweek period. Seven vessels A few of the Seafarers in this
paid off with all beefs but one port right now are Johnny Het
being settled on the spot.
zel, just in from the Persian
A disputed overtime beef Gulf; "Shanghai" McCune, now
aboard the SS Winter Hill (Cities beachcombing, and P r a n'c i s
Service) was forwarded to Head Brown who just came off the
quarters, which ,immediately Robin Gray.
went into action to get the mat
We'd like to close with this
ter squared away to the crew's amusing story:
satisfaction.
A galley utility signed on a
The death of "Polly" Baker, ship but hadn't showed up as
District vicepresident of the ILA sailing time approached. The
here, was a distinct loss to wa company called and asked if we
terfront workers in. this port. A could send the man, over, right
CASIMIR SZYMANSKI
staunch filter
for trade unions away. We replied that we didn't
be handled by experts in the re
on the waterfront for most of know whether we could find the
spective fields. Particular stress
his life. Brother Baker had been particular man. To which the
will be made on the proper but
ailing for a long time.
company said: "You ought to be
€5hering of meats by instructors
The ILA official had been in able to—^he gave you as next of
who have been volunteered by
many rough beefs to help win kin!
the AFL Butchers' Union.
the gains which the ILA has Wish we knew who he is!
The Butchers Union already The facilities being planned gear normally found in ship scored for longshoremen over
has donated a series
"iharts, for the new HeadquartersNew board slopchests, and the inven the years, ferother Baker believ
showing the various cuts of meat, Yo|k Branch buildipg will offer tory will be expanded as time ed in the close cooperation of
which will be used as visual Seafarers the maximum in serv goes on to meet all requirements. waterfront unions, and there was
icing of their shoreside needs.
aids in the course.
Members have indicated to the never a single time that he did
Among
the
many
services
al
Union
that 'they are sick and not go allout whenever the SltT
The AFL. Bakers Union will
ready
in
the
blueprint
stage,
tired
of
the kind of merchandise asked for the cooperation of the
supply .lecturers for instruction
which
will
be
made
available
available
on ships' slopchests, ILA here.
in all phases of baking.
when the Brooklyn structure is and the Union is goinig to offer There was a large delegation
All instruction will be planned ready for txicupancy, are a slop them items of good quality at of representatives from the vari
By HAY WHITE
to conform to the requirements chest, laundrydrop, spacious reasonable prices.
ous Philadelphia unions, includ
of shipboard routine, and the baggagecheckroom and passport
The quarters set aside for the ing the SIU, at Brother Baker's TAMPA, June 8—Shipping was
men in training wiU work under photo machine.
slopchest will also house a cig fimeral. Out of respect to his good thr e past few weeks. The
simulated ship's conditions wher
memory, all work stopped on Fa:'ri|le (Waterman) paid off and
SORE SPOTS
arette and tobacco stand.
ever possible.
the waterfront for 24 hours.
then signed on a new crew for
Much of the equipment in the In providing the slopchest and The laundrydroj) will be lo In addition to the Winter Hill, a Far East trip.
bakery is very similar to that laundry services, the Union will cated in the baggage room. This the other ships paying off here There were a few gashound
used aboard larger ships. One be meeting needs that are the arrangement will enable the Sea were the Republic (US Petrol beefs aboard the Fairisle, but
piece cif equipment, an automa frequent causes of seamen's dif farer to opan his bag as he is eum Carriers); Robin Gray these were cleared up in good
checking in and remove his soil (Seas); Ines, Rosario (Bull); SIU fashion. Intransit, the fol
tic . doughnut making machine, ficulties.
will turn out 40 dozen doughnuts Because of his need for quick ed gear. Laundry bags will be Trinity (Carras) and Bradford lowing three Waterman ships hit
an hour. The doughnut mix will service and his tmfamiliarity provided, in which he will de Island (Cities Service).
this port: the Chickasaw, Mobil
be the same as that in staiidard with shops offering quality mer posit his laundry and turn it At our last regular member ian and the De Soto.
use aboard ship.
ship meeting, the Headquarters About the biggest thing in this
chandise and workmanship at over to the attendant.
report was adopted unanimously, town right now is the fact that
prices within his reach, the sea
READY FOR STOWING
SHIPTYPE OVENS
as
was the resolution authorizing
man has often been victimized.
When ' his laundered gear is Districtwide balloting on the books are open for registration
The ovens will also be similar
for the coming city elections. At
to those with which vessels are The SIU has long been aware returned, he can pick it up in proposed constitutional amend stake are these posts: mayor, city
equipped, except that there will of this situation, but lack of the baggage room and place it in rnients, as recommended by the board representatives, one muni
be more of them, according to ample quarters necessary for his seabag or luggage.
Constitutional Committee.
cipal judge and a couple of
Frenchy Michelet, who will su handling the services on its own Passport photos will be avail
Under Good and Welfare, the school board members. We are
pervise the installation of the has prevented it from tackling able "while you wait" by simply SEAFARERS LOG was the sub urging everyone we know to
the problem up until now.
galley equipment.
stepping into a booth containing ject of a lively discussion, with register and to vote for the pro
All of the installations will be For the initial period of ope an automatic. camera apparatus, the membership very much in labor candidates running in the
of firstgrade quality and of the ration, the slopchest in the new which snaps the picture when a favor of the recent 24 page issue. primaries.
namebrand, variety. Included Brooklyn Hall will concentrate coin is inserted. In a few mo They were enthusiastic about the The regular Branch meeting
are Magic Chef ovens, Frigidaire its inventories on theitems used ments, the finished photo will various stories of the Union's accepted Headquarters report
refrigerating equipment. Univer by Seafarers aboard ship. Com emerge from a slot in the ma gains in Welfare and Vacation and the SecretaryTreasurer's
benefits.
sal dish washing machines and plete stocks will be kept of all chine.
financial reports. ^
The resolution submitted by
SEND WREATH
the
Constitutional Committee
The membership also, author
was
read
and concurred in by
ized the purchase, of a wreath
the
membership.
a run job to New Orleans; Del E. Rydon, A. Oyhers, J. Hatch, to be sent from the Union to
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By KEITH ALSOP
The Agent reported that the
Santos (Mississippi), and the Mae G. Ford, W. Brabham, J. Melle the funeral of "Polly" Baker.
i GALVESTON, June 7 — The and Evelyn (Bull).
Mayor
of Tampa was cominig up
tios, Li McDonnel, L. Short, L. One of the Seafarers who has
for
relection
and pointed out the
boom continues for this port, we With all this activity, it should Lopez and Buster Mills.
been shipping out of the Port of
Mayor's long
antiSIU, antilabor
not
be
necessary
to
say
that
we
Philadelphia
is
Casimir
Szyman
are happy to say, and with the'
Mills, who started sailing SIU ski, who joined the SIU in 1946. record. The Agent recalled how
did
not
have
enough
men
on
the
very welcome assistance of New
ships in 1945, became a book
the Mayor, with the police de
Orleans and Mobile we are able beach to "hold a regular Branch member in 1947, and has been This Brother has never failed to partment, machine guns and city
meeting. Among'those members
tiim to for any Union beef.
to keep these ships moving on still with us at this writing are active in the Union since his * Szymanski hails the Vacation prisoners had walked through
first days. He did picket duty in Plan as one of the most out our picketline during the 1946
schedule and with full crews.
the 1946 (jeneral Strike on the standing achievements of the General Strike and worked
Eight ships paid off and sign
West Coast, and his Isthmian
struck SIU ships, the only port
SIU.
ed new articles during the two
strike picketing in Houston.
He says that, with the hospi where ships were worked
tiveek period. These were the
During his eightyear term,
tal benefits having just been in
HANDY GUY
kstrathport (Strathmore); William
creased, the new Vacation Plan SIU seamen in this port had to
He also was on hand when and the proposed reopening of stay off the streets, or get thrown
Page (Waterman); Battlecreek
we
cleaned the wobblies 'and the wage question. Seafarers will in jail. In most cases they were
Victory (Dolphin); Seapearl (Co
other
political elements out of average a couple of hundred dol given heavy fines. '
lonial); Seacloud (American MM
the
SIU
ports in Texas. All in lars a year more than previous
Heavy registration on the part
SB Corp.); Aktion (Actium); Sea
all,
he
is
a good SIU man and ly, and he feels that>^ dues in of labor and its friends will send
atar (Mercador), and the Bunion
a damned handy guy to have crease will carry because the this bird back to picking oranges,
(ilea).
around when the chips are down. membership feels the additional he said.
INTRANSIT
Eleven of our men are in the income wiU help keep our Union The Retail Clerks are still on
Intransit we had the Joseph
marine hospital here in Galves in a strong and powerful posi strike against the largest optical
company in the city, and the
Folkes (SUP); Seatiger (Colon
ton, and all of them would ap tion.
ial); the Seatrains Havana, New
preciate hearing froni (or seeing, • The reason our Union has SIU is assisting in its usual man
; York, Texas and New Jersey; Fe
if you're around here) their old been able to win all these bene ner.
deral (Trafalgar); Southern Cities
friends: E. E. Roberts, J. Arra, fits in the past several years The Central Trades and Labor ,
and Southern Counties (Southern
C. Robertson, J. O. Ashford, J. without a strike is that the SIU Assembly, of which your Agent
Trading); Strathport (Strath
F. Lewis, J. Neubaurer, E. D. has been strong financially," is .^iresident, held its regular •
more); E. W. Scripps (Istjimian);
Hodges, D. F. Mease, I. Beard, says Syzmanski. "The shipown meeting, but the business wais i
BUSTER
MILLS
Joseph Pulitzer
Atlantic),
ers won't be too anxious to take organizational and routine.
G. L. Saylor and R. Brault.
Skpchest; Laundry Lkap Will Be
Among Servkes In New HQ Hell
Register For
Elections is
Tampa's Plea
It's Boom Times For Port Calyeston
�Friday. Juna 15. ISSl
TSK SJ^AFAREHS L&G
Page Five
» "I
SIU Criticism
Very Heipfiii,
Says NMUer
REPORT NUMBER FOUR
• '(Continued from Page 3)
chiefs, and the rest. He has ta' M
Each week the Seafarers Welfare Plan will make its report to the membership of the Atlantic and Gulf District go, cap in hand, to social services' ^
through ihe SEAFARERS LOG. Included will he the names of the men receiving hospital benefits, the amounts paid, the "And those oldtimers, many of
hospitals in which they a^e receiving treatment, and the total amount paid out since the inception of the plan on July them who helped make the
1. 1950. Also included in the report will be the names of the men who have died and the amounts paid their beneficiaries. NMU, who are not eligible un.
der this insurance company set^J
Period Covered By This Report
May 20 June 2 up, and who are being cut oflf' f
from the NMU's hospital bene^ ;|
Cash Oil Hand
$243,457.23 fits—what about them?
US Government Bonds
$506,137.54 COMPANY REPRESENTATION
"The whole thing stinks, es.
Estimated Accounts Receivable
$150,000.00 pecially
if you remember that;
the
insurance
company h^s the!
Hospital Benefits Paid In This Period
$2,961.00
last word whether or not a claim s
Total Hospital Benefits Paid Since July %, 1950
$45,195.00 will be paid under the agree/
ment. Even if the NMU wanted*
Death Benefits Paid This Period
$4,500.00 to push a member's claim—andj" jl
you begin to wonder about that) |
Total Death Benefits Paid Since July t, 1950
$42,500.00 —it
can't do a damn thing. The
NMU can't represent us, and j
As of June 4, hospitalized Seafarers eligibleTor bene
Death benefits paid out since the effective date last sure as hell the insurance com^
fits under the Seafarers Welfare Plan began receiving pay
July 1 now total $42,500. Of this $4,500 was paid out in the pany won't.
i|
ments based on the $10 weekly rate, which was instituted
twoweek period covered by this report.
"Keep blasting that setup.,;
by action of the Plan's trustees representing both the
One of the exceptional virtues ^f the Seafarers Wel You're doing a good job for us
Union and the steamship companies. The decision to raise
fare Plan is its flexibility, which has enabled us to afford rank and file members of the
NMU, and maybe with your help''
this benefit from $7 weekly was made after the trustees
protection for many Seafarers who, under a rigid agree
we can get this lousy deal\
found that the Welfare Fund was financially able to sus
ment, would have found themselves outside the area of changed.
tain the higher rate, and follows out our original purpose
eligibility.
"You can print everything I'
of granting Seafarers the maximum in benefits whenever
When it became apparent that a number of oldtimers say, if you want to. But I'd ap^
possible.
would not be eligible for benefits, because they had been preciate it if you would keep*
The hospital benefits increase followed by several
hospitalized when the Plan went into effect and, therefore, my name out of it. I still got to •|
make
my
living
by
going
to
sea,'>
weeks the trustees' action to double the death benefits from
imable to work the one day required for eligibility, the
and I'd much rather ship as a
$500 to $1,000. As will be noted below, in the list showing
trustees agreed to. a special list covering these men. This union man, no matter if it's al
the death benefits paid to beneficiaries of deceased Sea
hst granted eligibility to approximately 100 men. Six lousy union, I only wish I had i
farers during the period covered by this report, three pay
names were added to the list by subsequent action of the come over to the SIU six years i)||
ments of $1,000 each were made and three at $500. In cases
trustees. Many of .these men have been receiving weekly ago, when I had a chance. ll ;J
know it's too late now, so I'l®/
where the $500 benefit was paid, the deaths occurred be
benefits since the day the Plan went into effect. \
stuck where I am."
fore the effective date of the increased benefit.
The value of the Plan's flexibility in providing such
LIKES SIU PLAN
Cash on hand totals $243,457.23. As the figures above
a list^is even more important in view of the fact that nine
indicate, there is approximately $150,000 payable to the
of the men on the special list died and death benefits were Before he left, he commented
Fund by the operators. This sum outstanding results from
paid to their beneficiaries. Except for the fact that a on the amazing flexibility of the
Seafarers Welfare Plan.
the fact that the operators' payments for men currently on
special list was possible, these oldtimers would not have
"I just read about you fellows'
ships cannot be made until the ships payoff, and the slight
received .hospital benefits, and in the case of those on the raising the death benefits and»
time lag between payoffs*and the actual payments.
list who have passed away, the families would have been jumping the hospital payments; I
Imagine the insurance company i
The. investment in United States bonds which the Plan
without the death benefit.
increasing
the benefits. Why, that (
purchased several months ago bear interest rates of 2^
In looking over the list of hospitalized Seafarers ap
would
be
taking
our money out J
and 2% percents. The face value of these bonds as listed
pearing on thik page. Union members wiH undoubtedly
of their pockets!"
above are $506,137.54 and wiU bring an annual return ot
find the names of former shipmates. Time hangs heavy on
There wasn't much we could ^
more than $10,000 to the Fund, which will further help to
these Brothers' hands and a personal visit or a letter to tell that guy. He had a legitimate^
defray the already low costs of administration.
them would help keep up their morale. Letters should be beef, but one that the SIU can i
The $2,961 in hospital benefits that were paid out in
addressed to the men at the hospital as it is listed here. not do anything about directly; '
the period from May 20 to June 2, brings the total pay
"Meanwhile, all Seafarers will be kept informed, All we can do is what we have v
ments of this type since the Plan began paying out bene
through these regular reports, of all phases of the Welfare been doing—point out the mis
takes and bad deals made by thef
fits to $45,195.00. All of these payments were made directly
Plan's uperations. The trustees of the Plan hold regular NMU and other outfits, and hopev
to the hospitalized Seafarers by representatives of the
meetings to observe the financial status of the Fund to that they can and will do soij^e^
Union's Branches throughout the District.
check on all of its functions, and to explore the possibility thing to straighten out a mess
*
Upon presenting the receipts signed by the hospital
of iuture increases in benefits. The trustees also maintain that is potentially dangerous to
ized men, the Union was reimbursed by the Welfare Fund j^ular contact with the Administrator of the Plan, so all seamen.
for all of the payments. This is the .procedure whir^ the
they can keep abreast of every detail involved in the ad And we shall continue to do ,
so.
Plan employs and is, incidentally, one of the reasons for ministration of this project for the maximum benefit of
very low. operating costs.
the men it covers.
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By PAUL HALL, SecreiaryTreasurer, SIU, A&G District;
SIU Welfare Plan Trustees
^ J
Listed ]>elow are t!^ Brothers who have received hosidtal henefits during the period covered by this twoweek
teport, the hospitals they were in and the amounts they were paid.
Spaulding, Joseph
US MARINE HOSPITAL
21.00 Kurd, John
35.00 Eklund, E
MANHATTAN BEACH. NY Sullivan, Timothy
28.00 Vor^e, Peter
55.00 Vaughan, Wiiiam
Ashurst, J. H. ..
28.00
• Pron, 'Philip
Atmore, Robert
28.00
637.00 Widal, .W.
Blake, R. A
28.0(Jt US MARINE HOSPITAL
jSruno, Matthew
McGuigan, Arch
STATEN ISLAND. NY
Priscoll, John
28.00
Lawlor, James
14.00 Padzik, John
Edwards, John T
28.00 Davies, John
_....... .7.00 Koslusky, Joseph
Espinoza, Jose
28.00 Page, William
1
14.00 Quiim, Robert
Ferrer, E.
28.00 McCuiston, W
24.00 Barron, John
:
Grimes, Fred
28.00 Cardoza, Frank
. 7.00 Dudley, C.
Keenan, John W. ................ 28.00 De Vito, S.
'14.00 Milanesi, Eugene
Lancaster, J. M.
28.00 P'Dowd, R
7.00 Ames, O
—
Landry, F
;...,
35.00 Gustav, F
24.00 Prescott, Jack
,
Larsen, Robert
28.00 Pilutis, .J.
—
7.00 Remahl, E
Lomas, Arthur
,
.. 28.00 Dacey, C.
24.00 Grangaard, J.
Lopez, E.
28.00 Sanchez, C.
24.00 King, Peter
i......
McHreath, David
28.00 Jastrzebski, W.' —
14.00 Craig, Frank ...1...
Makris, C.
28.00 Cuelle.s, J.
24.00 Passalasqua, P.
Milazzo, Vic........................... 28.00 Grant, Henry
21.00 Golden, James ..
Murphy, B.
35.00 Cdllisto, Joseph
7.00 Williams, J
7.00
14.00
24.00 Watson, W
14.00
7;00 Katransky, M
21.00
14.00 Swienchoski, S
14.00 Blomgren, J
14.00
21.00 Bones, A
14.00
21.00 Kimbrell, D
7.00
14.00 Feliciano, A
7.00
21.00 Thompson, H
7.00
14.00
7.00 Beale, L
21.00 Hall, Virgil
7.00
14.00 Rios, A
17.00
14.00 Downey, Cyril
28.00
21.00 Motus, F
•
24.00
42.00 Johnson, V
17.00
21.00 Lopez, A
:
17.00
28.00 Bergstrom, Roy
56.00
21.00 Dixon, Earl
21.00
23 00 Hammer, John
7.00
21.00 Deoul, B.
14.00
28.00
(Continued on Pdge T)
t-
'Cet Your Papers
The Union is on record io
the ^ect that all SIU men
nsust have obtained their
validated seamen's papers by
a]
August 1.
Anyone who. does not have .i:\
his emergency document by
the deadline date will be
unable to register or ship
from the Union Halls.
^ Should any Seafarer have
his application for the vali
dated papers rejected by the
Coast Guard, he should im
mediately notify the Union t?j
offices if he Wants Union
representation in an appeaL
Men who have not yet ap
plied for Ihess papers are
again advised to do so at
once.
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THE SEAFARERS LOG
No Payoffs;
The In^Transits
Are Keeping Wilmington Busy
By JEFF MORRISON
Watch Sailing Board
The best conlract in the maritime industary mukt be
observed in .order to preserve its benefits. Included in the
SIU's top. agreement'is the ranking clause dealing with sailing
board time. Men who miss their ships jeopardise this clause
and. consequently," their shipmates' welfare.
Failure to be aboard a vessel at the appointed timemakes
the offender liable to a $50 fine. In addition, he is open to
charges by his shipmates and other Union Brothers.
The SIU is proud of its ability to make the operators
adhere fully' to all provisions of its contracts. It can do so
because it is a responsible organization that upholds its end
of a bargain.
^
Men who miss ships menace the Union's continued progress
in their Union Brothers' welfare. Don't pull in the opposite
direction—get to your ship on time!
' Frldar. June 15. I95t
' f
When In Doubt
Or In Troubie,
Just log Crow
WILMINGTON, June 7—There taking things on the slow bell
were ho payoffs in this port in as he recuperates from his re
By BEN REES
the past two weeks, but^ we cent illness. Brother Wilson" is
NORFOLK, June 7—When in
maintain that our shipping slo back in the running after being
doubt
or in trouble, log the crew
gan of "best in. the West" still in a serious auto accident. He's
—that seems to
be the philosophy
is valid. A flock of intransit none the worse, off for the wear
oi
some
Skippers.
As a case in
ships kept things moving here. and tear, however.
point,
listen
to
the
story of the.
The vessels responsible for the Lack of the necessary number
"two Electricians on the Carroll
activity were the Ala«ar, Cal of men prevented us from hold
Victory (South Atlantic), who"
mar, and . Massmar (Calmar); ing the last regularly scheduled
were logged $751.40 by the Skip
Fairport and Raphael Semmes membership meeting.
per.
(Waterman); Steel Surveyor and
This figure
represented the
Steel Navigator (Isthmian); Tus
cost
for
subsistence
for the en
kegee Victory (Coral); DePauw
tire
crew,
because
there
was
Victory (South Atlantic) and
electricity
for
the
galley
oil
Seacomet (Orion).
burner,
which
was
blamed
on
By
LINDSEY
WILLIAMS
no beefs among the crew or dis1 ports, recommendations and reso
The few beefs that existed
the
Electricians.
puted overtime. This ship was^ in! lutions were accepted and con
aboard these ships involved over
NEW ORLEANS, June 7—Re very
good shape and after the curred in^ unanimously at the What really happened was that'
time and a couple of personal porting from down yonder in
needed
repairs she should be in regular meeting last night, par all the fresh water and a good
differences among crewmen. New Orleans, the story is still
tiptop
shape.
ticularly the resolution of the bit of fuel oil had been pumped
While it is not Union policy to the same—plenty of shipping for
over by the Engineers, none of
The SS Salem
Maritime
(Cities
Constitutional Committee.
handle personality beefs, we did ABs and rated engine department
yvhom had ever been on a Vic
Service)
came
in
for
payoff,
and
.Brother
Lew
Meyers is
in
port
talk to the men involved and men.
tory, and the plant was lost for
the Patrolman said it was a
.gOt them to shake hands.
We have done well to keep the pleasure to pay off such a fine now after leaying the Del Valle, three days.
where he made several trips as
Other'than that we have no ships supplied and not have any
ship
and
crew—so
hats
off.
to
They came into Norfolk
Chief
Steward.
aches or pains out here.
sail shorthanded or held up due the Salem Maritime for a job
screaming "Sabotage!" to the
Brother
Meyers
is
very
active
to the shortage of men.
FAVOR DUES RISE
well done.
Coast Guard and the FBI, who
The biggest problem
had Here in NO the Teamsters have in the SIU, having been a book looked at it the same way as
0.
The news of the increased hos' was to supply men to ships. in a beef" against the Holsum Ba
the Patrolman dicj. The Skipper
pital benefits, the new Vacation the Texas area, as the Texas kery, the bakers of Holsum
had tried to cover all this with
Plan and the plans for the new | ports are practically bare of bread. The membership is on
the fantastic logging—but all the
HQ building naturally is being' rated mei^.
record to back them in their beef
logs were removed and overtime
favorably received by Seafarers Since the last meeting we have
with this outfit, so all members
paid.
out here. Sentiment favors the. registered 221 members and ship are urged to pass the word on
Shipping has been .good in
dues increase recommended by ped 272, so rated men are able
and not use Holsum bread while
Norfolk, with eight ships paying
the two Quarterly Finance com to ship from here at any time
in the port of New Orleans.
off in this last period.
mittees.
or better yet to hit the Texas Also onstrike in the port" is
The Western Trader, Nikos
, One of our very able ABs is in ports and take their pick of jobs the Radio Broadcast Engineers,
and Jacob
C. Harper (Robin),
B port at the moment. He's Merle or ships, as there are plenty of Local Union 1139 of the IBEW,
signed
on
new
crews.
jobs in that area.
against Radio Station WWEZ.
Intransit
visitors
included the
Since the last meeting we had To date these unions have not
Shinnecock
Bay
(Veritas),
Stpel
the following ships paying off called on us for any support
Architect
(Isthmian)
and
the
Al
here: Alcoa Patriot and Alcoa other than moral support, in the
coa
Partner.
,
Polarius (Alcoa); the Del Rio, case of the Radio Engineers, and
There weren't enough men to
Del San;tos and the Bertram asking us not to use Holsum
make a quorum, so the regular
Goodhue (Mississippi); Catahou Bread in the case of the Team
Branch meeting could not be
la apd CarrabuUe (Cuba Distill sters.'
held, but a special meejing was
ing); Salem Maritime (Cities However, we are on record to
called
to check the books and
Service), and the Tusk6gee Vic back these people 100 percent
LEW MEYERS
shipping
cards and to act on the
tory (Coral).
through the actions of the mem
resolutibn submitted by the Con
NO NOTICE
bership at the last meeting, so member since 1945. Lew has all stitutional Committee. The reso
in
the event they call on us for Stewards department ratings and lution was read and discussed
Intransit we had the follow
aniy
support we will be ready, has sailed from all coasts and thoroughly by thoSe prqsent and
ing ships: the Alcoa Ranger, Ca
willing
and able to help them. ports.
valier, Pilgrim, Clipper and
'
was concurred in unanimously.
Runner (Alcoa); Del Aires, Del At a special meeting yester
To those who do not know .Around these parts is Carl
Rio and Del Valle (Mississippi); day, the membership in the port Lew as Lew Meyers, he is the Carlson who, in one of those
Steel Flyer and Steel Executive of New Orleans, with several well known wrestler Lew Mar breeze shooting sessions, recalled
(Isthmian); Kyska, Chickasaw, Brothers up to the Hall' from tinelli. Lew is from New Or the submarineair attack he went
Morning Light and Monarch of some of the ships in port, went leans^and is trying to break into through off Algiers, in 1944, on
the Seas (Waterman); Seatrain on record to unanimously ap the wrestling circuit in this area, the SS Applegate.
Texas and Seatrain New Jersey; prove the 5 current issues and so he can try to be the home
MERLE A. DUCETTE
They were warned by the
events that were in the last is town local favorite or the villian. Navy to expect an attack at 11
and Strathbay (Strathmore),
Wliatever it takes. Lew is try PM and, sure enough, right on
A. Ducette, who has been a In the signon column we had sue of the SEAFARERS LOG.
member of the SIU since 1945, the following:^the Alcoa Patriot; At the regular meeting the ing to get back into shape and schedule planes dropped fiares
the Bertram Goodhue; Del Aires, membership again went on rec get back on top of the razzle and bombs and the subs let go
and holds Book No. 50333.
Del
Valle and the Del Rio; and ord, with not one dissenting vote, dazzle heap. While on the Del their torpedoes.
Brother Ducette is a native
the
Catahoula
and CarrabuUe. to approve the minutes of the Valle as Steward, Lew wrestled The Applegate shot down one
of Massachusetts, where he was
For
the
corning
two weeks we special meeting, and the same Hombre Montana in Buenos Aires plane, and the other ships two
born 23 years ago.
have six scheduled payoffs listed issues that were again brought and defeatedhim. Hombre is one more. One ship was sunk and
Looking back over the voyages for this port, but from all indi before the .membership.
of the leading heavies in South another badly disabled.
he has made since going to sea, cations there will be more, as the
At the regular meeting there America.
The Applegate was almost
Merle recalls those made aboard MSTS does not give the com
was
no
New
Business
or
Good
blown
out of the water by a
Lew
holds
the
African
title,
the Angelina as the best. He so panies any advance notice on
and
Welfare,
as
there
was
quite
but
down
here
he
is
the
self
500pound
bomb that fell within ,
'enjoyed the runs this Bull Lines what ships are coming in to
a
bit
of
discussion
in
regards
to
30
feet,
but
suffered no serious
styled
French
Market
Champion.
ship made to Puerto Rico he payoff or to load until the day
the
issues
brought
up
under
He
laid
claim
to
this
title
after
damage.
Carlson
said that no .
stayed aboard for a year.
before they are due.
Headquarters report and resolu downing numerous quantities of magnesia was needecM:he rest of
Ducette said the crew was In some cases they wait until tions from Headquarters. All re raviolis and lasagna.
the voyage.
.good, the food was good, and the last minute to have, ships
fethe run was good, so naturally crewup and signon and'try'to
the ship was good. His hobby get them out in a couple of
used to be women but he gave 2jQm.g> notice. They seem to think
that, up recently and got mar
ean get a full crew in a few
Petrolite (Tanker Sag Harbor);iiion of the Corstitutional Comr
By BEN LAWSON
ried. Anyone with any ideas for hours, but to them that is not a
Julesburg (Terminal Tankers); mittee as read.
a new hobby for Brother Ducette ^ard job as their crews do not BOSTON, June 6 — There is The Cabins (Cabins Tanker In
Also concurred in were the
I ahould drop bim a line in care need the necessary papers as in not much to report from this dustries)—these thj.'ee signed on SecretaryTreasurer's financial
|
. of the V/Lmington Hail.
the case , of private companies. port, outside' of the fact that again
Ames Victory (Victory reports ahd Headquarters report
shipping
has
been
good
here;
Carriers);
W. E. Downing (State to the membership.
OLDTIMER ROLLCALL
ships paying off we
had the usual run of very mipor and from what I read from the Fuel); and the Lone Jack and As was reported gibove, nothing
There were a number of old beefs with not one major beef other ports this is nothing out Cantigny (Cities Service).
of account has happened here,
|; timers on the beach here during on any of the ships paying off of the ordinary. However^ we Intransit we played host to' so after introducing Larry Camp
like it that way and hope that the Steel Maker, Steel Designer bell and Gene Cabral, who are
the past two weeks. Among them or hitting here intransit^
were F. T. Smith, J. A. McKenj There are no beefs pending it sticks.
and Steel Apprentice (Isthmian); currently on the beach (but not
zie, B. R. Boalter, H. Cr HiU, C. and all ships crews that paid Seven ships paid off ^n Boston Federal (Trafalgar); and the for long), and asking their ship4
J. Wilson, W. E, Ward; L, I.' off since thie last meeting should in this last tWoweek period and, Gateway City, De Soto and John mates ^o write to Charlie Caiil
Wolfe, R. McCannon and Max be commended. The crew of the with the exception of a few ov B. Waterman (Waterman).
and Frank Dirk.smeyer in the
Byeis.
. "
' SS Tuskegee Victory (Coral) ertime beefs, every thing vyent The regular Branch meeting Brighton Marine Hospital, we'll
Byers, by the way, is still brought in a very good ship with smoothly. The payoffs were; the held here accepted the resolu knock off for the week.
Shipping's Good Way Down Yonder In NO
Cveryth^s Jast fme And Dandy, Says Boston
r;,
•
A
"S
•' • & 1
m
�'SBE SEAFAHEHS L&G
Mobile Seafarers Salute
Teamsters For Strike Win
By CAL TANNER
MOBILE, June. 8^The three ping is very good and that there
week
old strike , of . the AFL is a continuing need for all rated
7.00 Guidish, Steven
,;7.00
(QontitmeA from P^ge 5) . Tank, William,
Teamsters,
who were backed by deck and engine men.
7.00
Granziano, J
7.00 'Thonipson, K. W.
We paid off the Iberville, Mon
the
SIU
and
the rest of organ
14.00
42.00
Cantoral,; E.
7.00 Tickle, L
ized
labor
here,
ended
in
a
un
arch
of the Seas, Warrior, Morn
7.00
.1
LA GEN. HARBOR HOSP.
Isaac, E.
,
10.00 Young, C. B
ion
victory
over
the
Dixie
ing
Light
and Fairhope (Water
7.00
LOS JCNGELES, CALIF.
Bozalewsid, S.
10.00 AUmon, J. B.
Dairies.
man)
and
the Alcoa ships. Pit.
Beaudry,
L.
7.00
Porter, James R.
:. 7.00
Gardner, William
10.00
grim.
Runner,
Clipper and Cor
We're happy to report that the
Graham, M. E. *.
—
7.00
US littRlNE HOSSPITAL
sair.
Teamsters Local 991 won reiia^
7.00
MOBILF, ALABAMA
998.00 HarreU, W. B.
statement of all strikers and. has The Warrior, Pilgrim and
Hogan,
R.
E.
7.00
Christensen,
B
7.00
USPHS HOSPITAL *
LaperousCi A. J„
7.00 KimbreL George
— 7.00 been recognized as exclusive bar Ruimer signed on again, as did :
FT. WORTH. TEXAS
7.00 gaining agent for the workers the Edward Scripps (Isthmianl
7.00 Douglas, Horace
Lyons, Jesse J
294.00 McLaughlin, William ....
and the James B. Duke (Mis
Beams, T.
7.00 involved.
. US MARINE HOSPITAL
sissippi).
Pickets
have
been
withdrawn
/•
252 Oft
MEMPHIS, TENN.
us MARINE
HOSPITAL
28.00 from the company's plant and One ship called here intransit
Hegarty, John B. J,
14.00
Morris Alpert, business agent of during the past twoweek pe
FT.
STANTON,
NEW
MEXICO
TOTAL
HOSPITAL
Ratcliff, R. A.
r... 28.00
Woods, Gidlow
;
28.00 This Period
$2961.00 991, said that all details of» an riod. She was the Chickasaw
agreement would be worked out (Waterman).
>28.00
42.00 McDonald, Donald
with the company within the
28.00
IMPROVEMENT
BEERSHEAD STATE HOSP. Pritchard, E, L
Death Benefits Paid next
15
days.
Shively,
Clarence
D
28.00
' SALISBURY, MARYLAND
The Union succeeded in get
Carr, L. R
1000.00 The Seafarers salute their fel
Lucas, Michael J.
28.00
ting
new mattresses placed
112.00 Carter, James
1000.00 low unionists in Local 991 for
US MARINE HOSPITAL
aboard
the Alcoa passenger ships
Menodiado, V.
500.00 their successful strike, which we
US MARINE HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
for
the
use of the imlicensed
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Moulay, Robert
500.00 regard as a victory for all or
Thurman, Henry
28.00
personnel.
7.00 O'Connor, Daniel
500.00 ganized labor. The beef was
• Rinius, C. J
14.00 Leverman, Egon
The SIU is continuing to meet *;
fought to win union recognition.
Adcock,
D
7.00
Pittman,
James
1000.00
Binnemans, C
7.00
all
manpower demands made by
The second piece of good news
7.00
Rivera, R
7.00 McNulty, Joseph^
its
contracted ships, through a
, 14.00
4500.00 Mobile has to report is that ship
Doyle, James
7.00 Judd, Edwin
system of close cooperation with,
the other Branches in this area.
63.00
The NMU, however, is not able
BRIGHTON MARINE HOSP.
to man its ships in the Gulf °
BOSTON, MASS.
area.
:
By EARL SHEPPARD
for a relief for as long as three Three members were brought
McKay, J. P
14.00
At
our
last
regular
member;
days without having to quit his up on charges for discussing Un
McDonald, M
49.00 BALTIMORE, June O—This is jolv providing he has cleared it ionpolicy in the bars. Apparent ship meeting, the membership
my
first
report
since
having
Brennan, John
7.00
with the head of his department. ly there are still a few members adopted the motion to put ther'
Dirkesmeyer, Frank
7.00 been assigned by Headquarters
question of proposed constitu
to administer the Union's affairs Now, just because you have who are not aware of the fact
tional amendments to balloting
77.00 in this port while Bjcothec Curly caUodi the job. in does not mean that itnot only is a violation of on a Districtwide basis. Theyr
Rentz is out on a leave of ab that you can shove off. You are Union regulations to discuss con
US MARINE HOSPITAL
sence
fpr hospital . treatment. supposed to wait for such rehrf troversial Union issues in bars, also concurred in the Headquar
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
or issues which if slightly twist ters report to the membership,;
Dalton, Jack
7.00 Here's wishing Curly the best to show up on the ship before ed or misunderstood, might bring and the SecretaryTreasurer's fi,
Mitchell, P. A
7.00 of luck and a regl speedy re you leave.
Furthermore, you should make the Union into ill repute, but it nancial reports.
Handley, L
7.00 covery.
is also a definite sign of lack of Among those who expressed?
Sullivan, V/illiam
7.00 As for the affairs in the port, proper arrangements with him respect for your Union.
great satisfaction with the new?
Tonnison, E
7.00 shipping continues at a good to see that he gets paid when Your Union has spent thous Vacation Plan was oldtimer W.
Mills, Samuel H
,
"7.00 pace. Much of the shipi^g was :he puts in his time. The usual ands of dollars renting and buy A.. Young. Young pointed out,
Copani, R
28.00 on the Ore Line ships, but there practice is to leave the money ing buildings from which to con that, the SIU has accomplished i
Omohundro, Charles
7.00 were other companies and other with the department head. The
rate you pay is the standby rate duct the Union's business. We do a great deal in the past fivej
Uusmann, 0
14.00 _runs in the picture.
not pay rent to gin mills and years, and. has. taken the lead inj
Gregory, Charles
7.00 On the payoff side we had the as contained in the contract.
winning top wages, working con
At the regular Branch meeting therefore should not conduct
Ring, Arthur R. ............... 14.0tf Steelor^ Cubore, Venore, Mar
ditions and welfare benefits.
business
there
either.
Karpinsky, John
14.00 ore, Bethore and Beltore; the held on June 6, Brother Rentz
. —
• Cox, Arthur L
TOO Mae, Marina and Edith (Bull); was elected Chairman, A1 Stans PRQTECT UNION WELFARE
Martinez, RichardT
— 14.00 the Abiqua and Winter Hill (Cit bury was Reading Clerk and The Trial Committee which
Campiere, Peter
14.G0 ies Service); Robin Hood; Devils Leon Johnson was Recording heard these charges recommend
ed that measures strong enough
La Foe, John
21.00 Lake Victory (Bloomfield), and Secretary.
the Atlantic Waters (Mar Trade). There was no New Business toi prevent reoccurence of such
182.00 Signing on were the Abiqua, but a resolution concerning pay incidents be taken, so that the
and all the Ore ships; the Steel ing off in Lake Charles in em weKare of the Union and its
US MARINE HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA . Age (Isthmian), ""and the Joikn ergency onty was accepted un members will be protected. Pro
per topics for discussion in gin
Turberville, S. (7.
14!o0, B. Waterman and Hurricane animously.
Another
res«i4ution,
submitted
mills
are girls, wine, whiskey,
(Waterman)
J
Peacock, Ivey
7.00
The
intransit
ships
visited
by
the
Constitutional
Committee
horses
and sports, but not Union^
Bruggner, F. J
7.00
were
the
Hastings,
Kyska,
Mo
was
read
and
after
considerable
business.
Let's remember that
Harris, R
1700
bilian and De Soto (Waterman); discussion was accepted, w^h and save a Trial Committee the
trouble of telling it to you in
45.00 the Robin Wentley anjd Robin only one man opposed to it.
Gray; the Frances and William During the discussion it was a manner which wiU be very
VA HOSPITAL
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA James (Bull); Seamar (Calmar); pointed out that although SIU displeasing.
All in all, this interesting meet
Cabrera, Reino
35.00 Anniston City (Isthmian); Lynn bookmembers have the best con
Victory
(Dolphin),
and
the
Sou
ditions
in
the industry,
have
the
ing ended
at 8:45 with 205 mem
US MARINE HOSPITAL
thern
Cities
(Southern
Trading).
finest
operating
Union
in
mari
bers
present.
GALVESTON, TEXAS
Hodge, E. D.
21.00 It has always been the policy time and have consistently been In the local drydock, collecting
Mease, DonaM F.
21.00 of the Union to get rid of gas able to ship without difficulty benefits for hospitalization un
Beard, L
17 00 hounds and performers. It has even in slow shipping periods, der the Welfare Plan are "One
W. A. YOUNG
i
Arras, J. ..r;.:........—.—...... .. 14.00 also been Uniou policy not to al they were still paying the least Round" King, Andrew Pickur,
Saylor, G. L. —
7.00 low any drunks in the Union dues of any of the marine unions. G. B. Gundersen, Warren, Lewis "This is due to the steady hand
on the wheel," says Young. This
Robertson, C
14.00 Hall for any reason whatsoever. When the NMU membership and Clinton Dean.
Lewis, Joseph F.
14.00 In fairness to all, let it be was starving, and that's not just By coincidence the weather latest victory, according to the
Neubauer, J
7.00 known, that although there is a a phrase either, when the MFOW here was the same as it was five oldtimer, "is a far cry from the
Roberts, E. E,
— 7.00 new administrator in this port was calling us for jobs, SIU miles out of town. When it rain old way where a man had to go
Ashford, John O. ...—7.00 there will be no new policy bookmen were shipping with ed there, it rained here. When to the company office and take;
it got hot there, it was hot here. a lot of guff from a paymaster
concerning anyone who comes relative ease.
(The
Editor asked for weather and then end up by not getting
into
the
Hall
drunk
or
half
The NMU
went so far
as to
bar
119.00
anything.
reports—^well,
he's got it.)
drunk,
other
than
that
he
may
all. its
alien
bookmembers.
US MARINE HOSPITAL
"Now a guy will be able to go
Several
of
the
local
oldtimers
be
put
out
in
a
new
manner.
One
member
argued
that
now
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
to
the Hall and pick up his va?
were
in
port
during
the
past
There
is
too
much
work
to
be
was
the
"time
of
plenty"
and
he
Cantrell, J. D.—14.00
cation
payr^^Thafs the way to
two weeks.
Earl Smith,
P. Lynch,
was
therefore
decidedly
in
favor
done
as is,
without having
to put
Cara, Wilson O.
14.00
do
it,"
Young concluded.
C.
J.
Knight
and
a
coupl4
of
of
the
resolution
to
raise
the
up
with
some
member
who
is
in
Chahoc, P. T.
7.00
Cruz, ^gelio .—14.00 his cups and wants to know dues, sa that if we ever had to guys named Flynin and Cobb In addition to Brother Young,
oth^ oldtimers on the Mobile:
Gross, E. E. ...
14.00 what happened to some ship, he fight the shipowner in tough were among that gang.
Hackett, J. J.
14.00 missed, and why should he pay times, someday in the future, we Well, fellows, guess that the beach at present are the follow
Kelly, Daniel D.
14.00 the usual fine for same when would be more than well pre above will be considered enough ing: F. E. Hobin, S. Pin/or, Ki
(if not too much) for the time Huller, W. Werneth, M. Costeltov
pared.
Lagan, Hugh F.
—— 14.00 he was only in a gin milL
'
I^ang, Leo
14.00 If you want to drink kt Balti It must be remembered, also, being. If you have any sugges A. R. Velasco, A. Langevin
A.
DiNicola.
;
j
tions
as
tft
what
type
of
news
that
with
a
better
reserve
fund,
Long, J. C.
y
7.00 more (and we all do), stayj the
Four Seafarers
are in
the locai
;
you
would
like
to
hear
from
the:
Union
can
venture
out
into
Mauffray, A
• .... 7.00 heck away from 14: N. Gay
new precticea and ideas which this port, drop V us a line. Better Marine HospitaL They are J
Parksi K. t
7.00 Street,, 2iid and 3rd flO«?vs.
will be of greater benefit to the yet, come down in person. Ship Jones, H. Pittmaia, Tim Burke
TTie
shipping
rules
allow
a
Raana, Karl,
14,00
and H. D. Sullivan.
ping is good.
membership in general.
crewmember
to c,alt into
the If all
Ray, Claude
1400
>
•
Baltimore Barks Constitutional Amendments
�m
'.
Pag* Eiglii
THESE AF ARE RS LOG
I/.'
FUdajv Jun* 18« I8S( . ^ 1
Robin Trent Nine Slugs The Army sapped Betwisen Them Pron Sees
Mowbray Men, 12 To 7
His Way Out
Gif Hospital
In a bruising Memorial Day contest, the SS Robin
Trent baseball team downed the highly regarded Robin
Mowbray squad in Xourenco Marques. The final score
The sight of his left eye
restored
through the gener
was 17 to 5.
Qsity of a Union Brother,"
—
* The Trent nine racked up their
Seafarer Phil Pron left the
Qoacfar rirjawniATI " markers with 21 hits, while
OCcKM/ai
their pitchers, Don Ephraim and
Staten Island Marine Hos
Tfianlr Msi<rt111QATI
(Speedy) Reid, limited the
pital last week, navigating
Xllctllli. magllUOVll Mowbray batters to seven hits.
the steps without guidance.
On T* TT
losers tpade four errors
Accompanied by his mother,
1; Ul J; IgilL vrll X"JJ. ^jth fheir opponents playing er
Anna, and a brother, John, Bro
Passage of the Magnuson i
ther Pron went to his Jersey.
,
,
ij 1 1
The holiday meeting between
City
home "to rest up" and
bill, which would legalize I t^o of the Robin Line ships on
then decide what he wUl do in
hiring halls of the seafaring the South African run took
the future.
unions, is essential to the wel j Place on the diamond of the
First on Icon's program was
fare of seamen, crewmembers of Lourenco Sporting Club and, ac
big home dinner. Later the
the SS Seaslar declared in a cording to D. Jones of the Trent
same evening he
attended a party
The Rowe bzolhers. Bill (left) and Harry, as they appeared
letter to the measure's sponsor. crew, the game was the "talk
with Seafarer Eric Joseph, who
during a meeting in the New York Hall recently. Bill, who
of the town."
donated the cornea which doc
In behalf of his shipmates,
had sailed SIU as FWT for IVz years was on furlough from tors transplanted to Phil's eye. .
Ship's Delegate Rocky Milton Extending the traditional ges
When Phil left the Marine
told Senator Magnuson that the. ture, the winners invited the the Army, which he entered five months ago. Harry sails as
Hospital doctors and nurses were
Seafarers aboard the Triton downfalien Mowbray men to a AB and has been a Seafarer for the past four years.
on hand for the big farewell.
Steamship Company vessel Were celebration at one of the port's
inns,
where
the umpires
declared
The
story of Joseph's generous
grateful for his part in trying to
they
would
"rather
referee
ten
contribution to
a fellow Seafarer,
legalize the hiring hall and for
wrestling
notches
than
one
ball
whose
sight
had
been despaired
arranging the hearings; scheduled
game
between
two
Robin
Line
of,
had
been
made
known na
for this month, on the proposed
team^,"
Jones
reported.
tionally
by
the
newspapers.
amendment to the TaftHartley
Trent pitcher Bob Reid was
The large screen television sets donated by Baltimore Pron and Joseph met in the
law.
the first casualty of the game.
Marine Hospital when the lat
Signing the letter with Milton He twisted his ankle while tak Seafarers for the use of patients in the Marine Hospital ter was admitted last January
were Deck Delegate E, Pagazzi, Jhg a vicious cut at a slider. He were a sight for sore eyes. The gifts replaced small screen for treatment to his damaged
Engine Delegate E. P. Burke and was relieved in the second in
right eye. When he learned that
«
table models.
Steward Delegate H. E. Fossett. ning by Don Ephraim.
however. When time arrived for Pron's sight was failing as the
SIU member Dick Martinez, one of the patients to be ope result of a shipboard injury, Jo
The Seastar letter said that The Mowbray's firstsacker
who
was a patient in the Balti rated on he refused to leave the seph offered to give the cornea,
legalization of the hiring hall bruised both his ankles and was
more
hospital when the first set ward for the operating room which was still undamaged, "so
would knock out the "redtape" followed to the firstaid station
was
put
in his ward, said that until the TV program he had that both of us can see when
that the TH law has bound by Hunky Gretski, Raviolo Pin
he and
the rest
of the lads "were been watching was completed. we get out of here."
around the maritime unions. accio, ChopChop Korsa and T.
very
happy"
over
the presenta . Repeating what so many Sea
Without the present hiring meth V. Muntz, all of the Trent
According to the surgeons who ,
tion.
Martinez
said
that three farers have stated before him, performed the operation, the
ods, seamen could not continue squad.
to improve their welfare or hold ^ Jones expressed thanks to more sets were to follow for Mdrtinez said that he found the transfer was successful. Although
on to their present gains, the Gretski foi* arranging the game, other wards.
Baltimore Marine Hospital staffed Pron's vision is somewhat blur
Seastar Seafarers said.
to Purser O'Neill for seeing that Speaking for the hospitalized throughout by cooperative and red. at present, doctors have pre
"The working conditions and all gear was avsulable anjd in seamen in Baltimore, Martinez friendly , personnel. "It rates dicted that .it will improve with
time, and that he wiU be able
the seciuity which labor itf striv shape, and to Captain Simpson said that "the Brothers of the among the best," he said.
"Everyone
does
his
best
to
to support himself.
ing for are jeopaurdized by the of the Trent for obtaining a Baltimore SIU Branch . rate a
make
you
comfortable
and
to
brother Josepl, who has been
existing TH provisions," Milton launch to bring his team to the round of applause for making
help
you
get
well
as, quickly
as
fitted
with a plastic eye, intends
informed Senator Magnuson.
life more pleasant at the hos
game from anchorage.
possible."
to continue sailing.
pital."
TV Sets Donated By SIU Men
Are Sight For Sore Eyes
Painting Up And Down
The Alamar's Rocky Crasso
(on deck) and Benny Wilson
(on ladder) are caught by the
camera as they proceed to
spruce up the Calmar ship.
The photo was submitted
along with the 'copy of the
minutes of the latest shipboard
meeting held aboard the Ala
mar. The minutes Indicated
that the Alamar crew is on
the baU, particularly with re
spect to educational discus
sions. The lads heartily en
dorsed the program by which
Headquarters forwards to'all
ships suggested topics for ship
board educational meetings.
The medical staff also found
the sets contributed by the SIU
men a boon. Nobody leaves the
ward anymore while there's a
program on the air and the/doc
tors can make their rounds with
out missing a patient.
Martinez said that the doctor;
were faced with one problem
On The Cold Coast
Taddei Seafarers
Blank Reds, 40
Seafarers hitting Rotterdam's
Chinatown should steer clear of
a grog..shop called the Old Lucky
Star, advises Sal (Blackie) Can
dela of the SS Taddei.
"It seems that they might be
; commies, since they don't like
Americans and are always having
trouble," says Candela.
"Five of US were in this joint,
including yours truly, when one
of the local barflies threw a
drink at the Bosun — for no
reason. When this happened aU
hell broke loose for about five
minutes.
"Whitey" Alsobrook (left) and Jean Latapie pause fox a
"When everything was quiet
street
photo during a stopover at Takonadi, British West
again, the score was SIU — 4,
local commies — 0," according to Africa. Photo was submitted by their shipmateG. B; Gillespie
.uftheMVDelSol.
Candela.
�Friday. Juaa 15, 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Nine
"''' Jif
Of SIU Ship Meetings
STEEL AGE (Xrihmiiut), AprU
30 — Chairman, Hoberi Canior;
Secretary, Oscar Biain. The crew
is oh record supporting the Un'
ion's position on the "March of
Dimes" and each man will con
tribute as much as he can. The
Steward requested that all linen
U'lal isn't being uoed be tuirit:u
over to hi|n so as to help him
with his inventory. Literature
from Headquartem on thf un
loading of cargo by crewmem
bers in foreign ports, was read
and accepted.
S. i. t
SALEM MARITIME (Cities
Service), April 26—Chairman, Jo
seph Scrammuzza: Secretary, C.
Middleton. Delegates reported on
numbei' of books and permits in
each department. Ship's Dele
gate read a report on the
"March of Dimes" and urged all
members to donate as much as
they can. The guys ,were asked
to take better care of the ship's
washing machine. Various sug
gestions made on keeping 'the
ship cleaner.
conduct themselves on board port hole screens as they were
ship and also in foreign ports. only ordered for the deck de
partment, This will be taken
4 4 4
HURRICANE (Waterman), care of. A discussion was held
April 22 — Chairman, F. concerning educational literature
Peskuric; Secretary, P. Whitlow. sent out from Headquarters m
Delegates report no beefs other New York. This literature was
than repairs and slopchest. well received and tbe crew is of
Motion to take up with Patrol the opinion that this practice on
man the inadequacy of the slop the part of Headquarters should
chest. This was done in New be continued by all means.
York and the company was told
exactly what the crew wanted, EILEEN (Mar Trade), AprU 29
but it was not put aboard. Mess —Chairman, R. Godwin; Secre
rooms to be locked at nights in tary, N. W. Kirk. Delegates re
port, both foreign and stateside, port that everything is shipshape
and the keys to be given to the in their departments, with no
Watchmen. P. Whitlow elected beefs so far. A. Smith elected
both Deck Delegate and Ship's Ship's Delegate by acclaim. It
kJt/ /4u^US+ 1 IK]
Delegate.
was decided that the Skipper be
4 4 4
requested to put out the draw
ROBIN TUXFORD (Robin), in Japan in US currency instead
April 22 — Chairman, D. Mc of yens or scrip. It was suggest
Keel; Secretary, John Logan. ed to the Steward that he put
Departmental Delegates report out shower curtains and also that
ed there were no beefs other he should try to get fresh vege
than some disputed overtime, tables and fruit in Japan.
which mostly concerns a delayed
4 4 4.
sailing. It was requested that the ROBIN KETTERING (Robiq),
deck department secure the April 15—Chairman, J. TUIey;
washing machine to the bulk Secretary, George Leidemann.
head
as a safety measure.
Departmental Delegates reported
ROBIN, GRAY (Robin Line).
on number of books and permits
March 21 — Chairman, Nick
4 4 4
SPARTANBURG
VICTORY in each department and also re
Swokla; Secretary, Peter Gard
(Bloomfield), April 29 '— ported no beefs in their depart
ner. Under Good and Welfare it
Chairman, Tony Kaviska; Sec ments. Bob Gushue elected
was agreed that the laundry
reta^, Walter J. Walsh. Dele Ship's Delegate. It was suggested
room would be cleaned by each
department on a weekly basis. DEL VALLE (Mississippi) chase a larger supply of stores gates report no beefs. Chief En that a suitable place be foimd
It was suggested that in the April 8—Chairman, Bob Creel; in England and also to try to gineer promised''to take care of for the ship's library and the
Suez Canal toilets and showers Secretary, Lew Meyers. Delegates furnish ice cream twice weekly. the cold water for showers and Ship's Delegate is to see the
* should be kept locked as a sani all reported disputed overtime. Crew was asked not to leave basins. It was moved that no Mate about this matter. It was
one will be permitted to work suggested that the stewards and
tary measure. Also that port Educational matter from Head Iclothes hanging in messroom.
over
ship's side while the ship deck departments clean the laun
holes be kept clamped as the quarters of the Union read and
4 4 4
is
in
motion. If the job is too diy inasmuch as the engine de
GREEN
STAR
(Trades),
accepted.
Crew
takes
the
posi
natives there have sticky fingers.
difficult
to handle from the partment uses the machine be
April
29
Chairman,
Wal
tion
that
disrupters
and
anyone
Cots which are to be issued by
the Steward are to be brought in trying to create dissension ~ have ter Sibley; Secretary, Raffael ship's deck it can wait until the low.
and not be left on deck during no place in the Union. It was Martini. Delegates reported on ship is in port. It was decided to
4. 4.
agreed to see if it were not pos books and permits in each de buy a washing machine in South CXPE MOHICAN (MarAn
working hours.
sible to buy better stores in partment. Crew on record to re America if they are available. cha), April 29—Chairman, Joseph
» » »
quest Union to try to have all'
W. Stephen; Secretary, Bernard
4 4 4
STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), Buenos Aires.
Second Cooks changed to Night ALAMAR (Calmar), April 29 Toner. Engine Delegate reported
March 9 — Chairman, A. G.
FORT BRIDGER (US Petrol Cooks and Bakers. The Ship's — Chairman, E. Hogge. Ship's eight hours' disputed overtime
Brown; Secretary, Hector Con
eum),
April 22—Chairman, Paul Delegate made a short talk on Delegate reported that he in his department. Crew wants
rad. Delegates reported no'beefs
Arthofer;
Secretary, R. Beale. It how the crewmembers should saw the Mate about ordering Patrolman to speak to Skipper
outstanding. Suggestion that each
was moved
to have Patrolman in
about full draw allowances in
man using washing machine to
vestigate
profit
percentage
on
foreign
ports and it was suggest
clean it after use. Ship's Dele
ed that the draw list should be
gate to see the Captain about the slopchest. Pamphlet on "Di
prepared 24 hours in advance. It
having crew quarters painted be V i d e d Responsibilities" from
was moved to have the Ship's
Headquarters read and accepted
fore arrival in the States.
SAN FRANCISCO
450 Harrison St.
SIU, A&G
District
Delegate
collect contributions for
A
vote
of
thanks
was
given
the
% t X
Douglas 28363
the
"March
of Dhnes." He is to
SEATTLE....
86
Seneca
St.
STEIE:!. MARINER (isthmian), Stewards department for an ex BALTIMORE
<4 North Cay St.
Main 0290 have contributions listed on a
AprU 6 — Chairman, R. F. Ken cellent Job.
WUUam Rentz, Agent
Mulberry 4540
BOSTON
276 State St. WILMINGTON.......440 Avalon Blvd. scroll and get official receipt
nedy; Secretary, Gordon Hayes.
#
4 4 4
Terminal 43131
Ben
JLawson,
Agent
Richmond
20140
KYSKA (Waterman), April
John Bowdon elected Ship's Del
105 Broad St. from the Patrolman for the con
Dispatcher
Richmond 20141 NEW YORK
BOwling
Green 93438 tributions. A vote of thanks to
egate. Departmental Delegates 29 — Chairman, C. L. While; CALVESTO;^
308'/5—23rd St.
the Cooks for the fine food was
Secretary,
Roy
Poole.
Delegates
reported on books and permits
Keith Alsop, Agent
Phone 28448
Great
Lakes
District
LAKE
CHARLES,
La
1419
Ryan
St.
given
by the entire crew.
reported
no
beefs
in
their
de
in their departments, and also
Keith
Terpe,
Agent
partments.
Communication
from
reported everything shipshape
4. 4. 4.
1036 W. 5th St.
MOBILE..,
I South Lawrence St. ASHTABULA
TRINITY (J. M. Cartas Inc.).
Phone 48831
insofar as beefs are concerned. Headquarters read concerning Cal Tanner, Agent
Phone 21754
.10 Exchange St. April 14—Chairman, McDonald;
Observed 'one minute silence for "March of Dimes," and it was NEW ORLEANS
523 Bienville St. BUFFALO. N.Y.
Phone Clevelan'd 7391 Secretary, Pete Piascik. Dele
agreed that each man donate as Lindsey Williams. Agent
departed Brothers.
2602 Carroll St.
Magnolia 61126113 CLEVELAND.
much as he can. Frenchy Michel
Phone Main 0147 gates reported on number of
^ t,
NEW YORK
51 Beaver St.
1038 3rd St. books and permits in their de
SOUTHPORT(South Atlantic), et's article on improvement of
HAnover 22784 DETROIT....'
Phone Cadillac 6857 partments and reported no beefs.
AprU 22 — Chairman, Johxiny the Stewards department was NORFOLK........... 127129 Bank St. Headquarters
531 W. Michigan St Chermesino elected Ship's Dele
Phone 41083 DULUTH
Bragg; Secretary, J. H. Tulimor. read with great interest and it Ben Rees, Agent
Phone Melrose 4110
PHILADELPHIA
337
Market
St.
John W. Parker was elected was well received.
683 S. 2nd St. gate and McDonald was given a
S. CarduIIo, Agent
Market 71635 MILWAUKEE
Phone Broadway 25017 vote of thanks for a good job
Ship's Delegate. The crew reports
4 4 4
SAN FRANaSCO.....450 Harrison St.
SOUTH
CHICAGO
3261 E. 92nd St. done as past Ship's Delegate. An .
DEL
CAMPO
(Misrissippi),
that this is a good feeding ship.
Lloyd Gardner, Agent Douglas 25475
Phone Essex 52410 extra forecastle for the watch in.
SAN
JUAN.
PR.....252
Ponce
de
Leon
April
29
Chairman,
D.
A.
It was suggested that the re
Sal Colls. Agent
the black gang was discussed. It
pair list be got in plenty of time Ramsey; Secretary, W. A. Perry. SAVANNAH
Canadian District
2 Abercorn St.
was
voted to purchase additional
to send in froftKthe last port of Communication read and accept E. B. Tilley, Agent
Phone 31728
463 McGill St. recreational equipment out of
2700 let Ave. MONTREAL
discharge. Various suggestions ed on the "March of Dimes." SEATTLE
MArquette 5909
Seneca 4570
the ship's fimd.
|
made on keeping tiie washrooms Bosun spoke on the need for co Ray Oates. Agent
..128H HolUs St.
TAMPA.
18091811 N. Franklin St. HALIFAX. N.S..
operation between all depart Ray White. Agent ,
4>
4.
a>
_•
q
clean."
Phone
3.
8911
Phone 21323
ments. He said that it takes co WILMINGTON. Calif...440 Avalon Blvd. FORT WILLIAM.. 118^5 Syndicate Ave. LONE JACK (Cities Service),
Phone 3322 1 April 29—Chairman, Bill Cham
MANKATO VICTORY (Vic operation on the part of all to Jeff Morrison. Agent Terminal^42874 PORT Ontario
COLBORNE
103 Durham St.
HEADQUARTERS.. 51 Beaver St.,
N.V.C.
plin; Secretary, Bernard Kimber
lory Carriers), March 15—Chair have a good ship. Ship's Dele
Ontario
Phone 5591
SECRETARYTREASURER
ly. Delegates
reported there were
gate
asked
the
guys
not
to hoard
man# "^. Baylor; Secretary, A. C.
TORONTO. Ontario
86 Colbome St.
Paul HaU
Elgin
5719
a
number
of
different kinds of
the
books
from
the
library
in
Mitchell. Delegates reported no
ASST. SECRETARYTREASURER
VICTORIA, B.C....617H Cormorant. St. beefs that would have to be
*
their
rooms,
but
to
bring
them
beefs in their departments. Deck
Earl Sheppard
Empire 4531
straightened
out
by
the
Patrol
back
so
others
can
read
them,
Delegate reported that overtime
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES VANCOUVER. B.C...565 Hamilton St.
was being split as evenly as pos
Pacific 7824 man at the payoff. It was moved
4 4 4
Joe Algina
Robert Matthews
SYDNEY, N.S
304 Charlotte St. to make a voluntary contribution
•
SWEETWATER (MarTrade),
Joseph Volpian
sible among m^bers of the de
Phone 6346 to the "March of Dimes." Dif
partment. Membefs asked to be April 29 ^ Chairman, Ray
BAGOTVILLE. Quebec
20 Elgin St.
SUP
ferent suggestions were made on
a little quieter at meal times So mond Ruppert; Secretary,
Phone 545
:
the Messman would have less Tim McCarthy. Ship's Dele HONOLULU
37 Ormont St keeping the ship cleaner for the
.....16 Merchant SL THOROLD, Ontario
Phone 33202 benefit of all hands. A lengthy |
Phone 58777
trouble iix getting the orders. It gate reported he asked the. Cap
m W. Dumside St. QUEBEC.... 113 Cote De La Montague discussion was had on the cook
was suggested that anyone hav tain to have the radio repaired PORTLAND
. Beacon 4336
Quebro
Phone 27078
ing a beef should take it to his foi the crew and the Skipper RICHMOND, Calif.,,...,...257 9th St. SAINT JOHN,...177 Prince WiUiss. St ing, inasmuch as there had i>een
..
bepartmental Delegate before assured I'lim it would be done.
N.B.
Phone 23049 some rancid bacon served.
PhoiM 2599
Steward promised to try to pur
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NMU Welfare Plan's Freeze
Of Oldtimws Stuns Member
Kirk Men Keep In Trim
then you really know you've
something that is tops.
r That letter that a bunch of What a difference in the feel
NMU oldtimers are sending ings of the SIU oldtimers and
around to all the Marine Hospi the oldtimers in the NMU. Our
tals and which was printed in, Union didn't forget our guys,
the LOG sure teUs a rough story. the part they helped to play
Those NMU oldtimers are really building the Union and piaving
out in the cold.
the way to better canditions.
V Since reading the letter I've
NOT. FORGOTTEN
talked about the NMU Welfare
Elan and the SIU's plan to some When we won a Welfare Plan,
of the fellows I know who carry the SIU made sure that they
a book in the NMU and I learn were the first toi get benefits,
ed that nobody in that union even though they weren't elig
feels.. like they've got a good ible imder the agreement.
deal.
Now we hear a bunch
NMUers
who were among the
Brother McConnell. AB, aboard the SS Robin Kirk, holds
TOO MUCH
first
to
join
that'imiqn tell how still while a barber elh» away carefully. la photo RIGHT,
^ost of them say there are
too many restrictions. Like they were completely left out of Edwards, AB. relaxes in the wheelhouse. Photos were sub
you've got to work 20 days be their Welfare Plan. No wonder mitted by Lawrence Price* a member of the SIU affiliated
fore you can get any benefits. they're, hot—and they've got the Seaforers Guuds and Watchmen's Union of the West Coast.
And then you can only get bene sympathy of: every American
fits for 13 weeks. And what seaman, no matter what union
bothers most of them is the fact he belongs to.
that all the oldtimers who were, It makes the rest of the NMU
in the hospital when the NMU guys wonder just how far their
T^elfare Plan went into effect outfit will go in protecting their To the Editor*
ing to the Union was evt insur vor of the dues increase recom'
interests. Right now' they don't
are out of luck altogether.
It's a funny thing but there ance for me, and a protection. mended by the Finance Commit
, .1 was reafly amazed to hear seem to have much faith.
The Union kept getting me high tees. In fact, I would have fa',
these things, I realized that As a member of a Union that was a time, and not too Irmg er wages and • improving my vored it long ago.
the SIU's Welfare Plan is re protects my interests all the way, ago, when I couldn't figure how working , conditions and I was
garded as the best in the indus I can't say that I don't blame people could spend a buck on enjoying a higher standard of The way I look at it, our*
something for which they didn't
Union is no different than „ a,
tiy, but when you hear the NMU them.
living all the time.
get
an
immediate
peck^^e
in re
business
or a person. It has to^
J. R. (ScoUy) Heath
guys themselves tell you that,
Gradually I found that the meet prices lhat have been go
turn.
Buying food, entaiainment and Umen was wini^ng new kinds ing up continually, and our dues;
drink was something 1 coulid of security for me, like the
haven't changed sihce 1946..
understand because I'd see what fare Plan, benefits in ease I had We've been getting more and
was getting and it made me to go to the hospital and the more for every buck we invest
$1,000 insurance foe my bene as dues. We are getting a bigger:
• eel and live better.
ficiaries in case something hap return for our dugs dollar thansj
Almost
just
the
opposite
was
'iy> the Editor:
my lwofher4nlaw who was al pened to me. And now the new ever before.
Well, it has been a couple of
ways trying to show me how Vacation Plan, guaranteeing me If we want this to continue,j
> months since we of the SS WiL
he was being smart by investing two weeks vacation pay every and I think all of us= do, wet
Ram Burden set sail from Nor
few bucks in insurance. He year. So now I'm sold on this 'should make sure, we fortify, our:
t folk. We have a swell gang
used tot sajf he was. hwesting in business of investing in my own organization so that it will be
security.
aboard this old T2 and as things
his own security. >
sure of being able to continue
' are going along pretty good so
I didn't get to understand a(Fhe reason I'm writing this the job.it has been doingso welli
far we cannot complain. We have
what he was taking about imtil to you. Brother Editor, is be for all of us.
. signed 18 months articles so we
became ^ Union man, and cause I hope you'll find space If you ask me, I don't even
do not know how long we will
foimd out what secucity meant, in the LOG so I can tell my think a thing like this should',
be out.
saw how the dues I was pay Union Brothers why I'm in»fa have to be voted on. I can't see
We have a lot of oldtimers on
liow any guy in his right mind,
the ship and of course a lot of
could vote against it. 'When . I gOj
new boys, who are trying to
into a store to buy a suit, or at
learn the ropes. We have with
drink, or go to a movie, I no.,
us an oldtimer who in the early
tice that the prices are way up :
ftoties, was a fighter, and a
over what they were only a
good boy. His name is George
couple of months ago. Yet I pay
By FRANK (I'llGotOvorIt) BOYNE
Jones and he's from Norfolk.
it and don't beef.
I figure that my dues dollar
Jones' fighting
name was
Each night before I go to bed
is my way of protecting myself
Frank Conway, ^e is some
Upon your picture tears I'll shed,
against this stuff. The Union,
t what of a hero on the ship. He
sees that my wages are kept in.
was working with his partner
Instead of crying ,in my beer
line with prices and wins me,
when the other feUow slipped
I'll just stay home and shod a tear.
extra
benefits to boot.
and good old George saved him
Old
man Winston Churchilli
The tears will cotirse tm down my cheek
from a possibly bad injury,
One
of
the
hands
helping
to
made
a
lot of smart remarks:
George has just returned, to,
Each time I take a little peek;
make
the
SS
William
Burden
during
the
last war about the
sea and is trying to. make
The face that once I held so dear
a
smoothrunning
SIU
ship
is
British
peoifie.
If you (and.
good SIU man, in which we all
Will fade with each ensuing tear.
George Jones, shown here as
Churchill) wiU allow me, I'd •
wish him luck.
like to sum up the advantages:
Most of the gang came on in he c^peared when he fought
And so as times: go by I guess
of membership in our Union
Eoston and Bfdtimore, and we in the ring under the name of
Your picture'!! he a soggy mess,
this way:
' ace all getting along swelL All Frank Conway.
Then I'll
realize life is vain
Never did so many get so much
send regards to Ben and Jim,
for so little.
To think this mess could bring me pain.
SEAFAI^^S' LOG, for the way
also Gene in Boston.
I'm referring, of course, !o the
All hands want to thank the we have been receiving the pa
How
this
photostatic,
pulpy heap
dues
we pay as compared to the
per. Keep it up.
benefits
we draw. Let's vote this
CQU14 make me lose a good night's sleep?
We received a letter with a
increase
100 percent. We're deal
Just as. wi& tears; your picture laded
Ships Delegates
banner from the March of Dimes.
inig
with
our own security.
^ with the years you'll become jaded.
Aboard ship the arm of the We will try to send in our share
Johnny Wesse) ..
this trip. Let's hope all ships do
Union is the ShhiM' and De
(Ed.
note:
Your
views
'
As your red locks with grey are blended, ^
partmsnt Delegates. A good the same.
well put. Brother, except wL .
ITl offer thanks for gjecvices rendered;
Well, that will he all for this
cxew, tor its own protectiear
you say "I don't even think
time.
Will
let
you
all
know
how
Even as my thanks fall due
its Driegatea early, and
a thing like this should have;
*
carefully. Have you and your thills go later on.
ITI go get me..another yotti
to he voted on." All sudt mat
Charlie Murphy
shipniate*'elect^ ye«i« Dele*
ters are decided by the mem
; A you that's not strictly from hunger: ;
SS William Burdan
gates? Ifnoti do it »owl
hei^p hi accordaifce with fhg
SbolUtaroai, Fiwglawd
Chm
ten years youngerc, ..li. j Union: tionitittU^^
To Ihe Editor:
SIU Men Get Most For Hues Dollar, He Sayst
Favors Increase To Strengthen Security
The SS Burden Is Anything
But That To Her Hep Crew
Leg'A'Rhytkm
Why Cry For You?
I
�r;'.'yvsC'^^.:;.\';_i.
Friday, June 15. 1951
Army Units
Wetl Stocked
With STU Men
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Page Eleren
Liberal Pact Seen Assuring
Success Of Vacation Plan
On The Run To Rio
To the Editor:
the agreement in last ^week's
LOG I felt that here was some^
fo Ihe Editor:
In the June 1 issue of the thing that had been written down
SEAFARERS
LOG Brothers Vic very clearly and that was not "
I am anxious to read the book,
Miorana and Dick Keene wrote intended to get people fouled up.
"Seafarers in World War II," and
the Welfare ^ Plan and the
would like to know if you
WRITTEN FOR SEAMEN ". ,
Vacation
Plan. Miorana said the Since the Vacation Plan is
Would send me one?
Welfare Plan's increased bene modeled after the Welfare Plan,
I am going to radio • o epair
fits were a great inorale^Looster, we've gotj an agreerrierit that"^
itohool here at Camp Gordon,
and Keene said the Vacation looks like it will be liberally ad
and I am not the only one who
Plan was won because we have ministered. When our agreements
looks forward to my receiving
a strong Union. I agree with are written, they certainly are
the LOG.
both of them.
written with seamen in mind.
It seems, from what I have
But in the Vacation Plan, The SIU agreements. Welfare
f seen of the Army since I was
which is the newest thing I have and Vacation Plans were set up to
drafted in November, that the
to get used to enjoying, I think get all the men in on benefits
merchant marine is pretty well
we have something that ought and not keep anyone out.
represented here.
_
show that they were set up to The trustees who worked out
I saw some service during the
and Vacation Plan agreements, the Vacation Plan agreement
latter part of the last (?) war,
to work out line. After reading rate a word of appreciation for
so if things come to the point
putting down something that,,
that they will begin to release
everyone
can follow without the
experienced, rated men, please
help of
a
lawyer.
let me know.
Four Del Monte shipmates pose on deck for the qgmera
Agreements
like that have a
Vernon L,. Whitney.
of shipmate Ed Sepulveda. Left to right: Mauterstock, AB;
helluva
lot
better
chance of
Camp Gordon, Georgia
Walker, Engine Utility; Benson, AB, and Beverly, AB.
working smoothly to the satis'
faction of all concerned than the 5
cute ones loaded with double
To ihe« Editor:
meanings. You know the kind, ^
"the
party of the first part agrees . )
The SIU members of the Bal
To the EdilOh
ing entered the Armed Forces My last voyages before enter
that
the party of the second
timore port have lost a good
I received the latest edition of after graduating school. Most of ing the Air Force, were aboard friend in "Whitey" Slifker of part," and so on.
the SEAFARERS LOG the other them have no idea of what a the SS Robin Tuxford, and the 108 N. Ellwood Avenue, who The way our Welfare Plan is
day, and would like to take this trade union is, what its benefits SS Robin Kirk.
Cpl. John D. Marchilto. died suddenly on April 14. He workmg out proves what I'm
opportunity to thank you, your are, or how it operates.
was buried April 18 in Park trying to say about the Vaca :•
AF 12342848, 4111th
staff, and all those responsible I wonder if it would be at all
tion Plan.
J
Armament & Electronics wood cemetery, Baltimore.
for the fine, prompt, and efficient possible if you could send me
Joe
. Dembrowski
Sqdrn.; 9th Bombardment
Whitey was morning bartender
manner that I have been re some of the various literature
Baltimore, Md.
.1
Wing (M), Travis Air at the Lorraine Tavern under
that
the
SIU
has
written
,
on
^
ceivmg it.
Force Base, California
the Hall at 14 North Gay Street.
As a rule, mail call here in these matters, and also a copy
Seafarer In Army Wants 1
of
the
presentday
agreement.
(Editor's
note: A copyjjf the
the service, is an everyday rou
Bernard Snow and several
There
are
a
few
fellows
who,
"Seafarers
in
World
Wax
II"
tine affair. But once every two
others of the members went LOG, Shipmates'Letters |
weeks I am treatd to a very I'm sure, if given a fairly good and the educational material around to make a collection for To the Editor:
5
special occasion when the SEA idea of what it is like, would you requested are on their flowers, which were some of the
like to go to work aboard the way to you. The contract is in. best we have seen. An anchor I am a bookmember of the
JPARERS LOG arrives;
SIU who was drafted into the
ships of the US merchant marine, the process of being reprinted
PUTS EVERYTHING ASIDE and I think they would in time and will be forwkrded as soon about 5 feet tall by 3 Teet wide Army on October 11, 1950, and I
All other matters are immedi become honesttogoodness mili as it is off the press. We hope was of carnations and lilies in would / like to have the SEA
red, white and blue. There was
ately set aside at that time, so tant Union men.
you are successful in getting also a huge wreath with flowers FARERS LOG sent to me.
that I may devote every ounce A lot of married men with the meaning^of imionism across
I would also like to get a few
of interest to reading and en family responsibilities have ap to the men in your outfit. spelling SIU.
letters from some of my old
Four SIU members served shipmates; so please put this in
joying each and every article proached me on this matter and Whether or not wy of them
among
the six pallbearers. These the LOG so that they all can see
and story. Each edition is, to I am sure that they, in all earn become seamen, whatever they
me, the equivalent of a thirty estness, would make good Union do they will be better off as were B. Snov/, "Popeye" Mc it and drop me a few line.^.
Crackerf, Frick and George It sure would be good to get
day furlough, for, as I relax and members, being of sound and members of trade unions.
read the various stories of my mature natures.
some news about what is going' 4
(Now, as to the chances of Rieier.
A separate floral display was on in and on our Union ships.
Brothers at sea and in foreign . In closing, I would also appre shipping through the SIU, that
ports, I am carried away and ciate it if you could print a no will depend on conditions in sent by Betty, Jimmie, Bill Bar
Frank F. Reese,
11
envision myself as being with tation in the LOG, asking if any the industry when they are rett and "Streamline." All floral
US 54022894
them once more and enjoying, of my former shipmates would discharged from the Air Force. pieces were placed at Whitey's
Co. C 180 Inf. Regt.
myself to the fullest as they care to write to me, as I would The only advice is to check at grave.
40 Inf. Division
travel to the four winds.
APO 6, c/o Postmaster
B. Snow
greatly appreciate hearing from the SIU Branch nearest their
Further, each edition is in it them.
San Francisco, Calif.
Baltimore, Md.
homes when they get out.)
fedf a milestone, as it records
the. passing of another two
weeks, which means that the
days and weeks are rapidly fleet
ing by and soon I will be among
the countless numbers of GIs
who will some day" return to To rhe Editor:
out, too, but Tony's needk Ameri against the Japanese during in Masinloc, the Huks pulled ^
the sea under the banner of the
can recordings for it. The ad the Philippine occupation, the night ambush and killed five
This vessel, the SS Quartette, dress is Tony, Manager, Nagoya Huks were originally known American GIs and others in an
SIU.
In your recent editions, I is a Mobilebbneyard Liberty Seamen's Club, Nagoya, Japan. as BUDC, meaning Barrio automobile party. It seems that
couldn't help noticing the write and we sailed from there to New One of the photos shows a (town) Unit Defense Corps. bagging an. American is equiva
ups about the new publication of Orleans in February, then loaded volunteer guard in Masinloc, Lu When the Japs discovered the lent to a promotion for them.
zon, P.I. where the Hukbalahaps BUDC, which had been slay Needless to say, I hope that any
the SIU, "The Seafarers in soybean for Japan.
Enclosed
are
some
pictures
of
are doing a job of killing, kid ing Jap invaders by the hun SIU seamen going down that
..World War n."
our
trip,
on
which
Bedroom
napping, robbing and every dreds, the name was changed way will walk gently and speak
WANTS COPY
Steward
Tom
Willis
and
I
colla
other
crime in the book. These to Hukbalahap, the deriva softly while there.
' I do riot know if you have es
To counteract the Huks, each ;;|
borated.
The
pictures
of
"Tony,"
islands
are infested with these tion of which is as follows:
tablished the policy of sending
Philippine
community has crea
her
club
for
seamen
and
the
Hucbong
—
a
group;
laban .—
procommie
bands.
They're
a
these booklets through the mails,
against;
hapon
—
Japanese.,
ted
a
force
of home guards and
others
that
were
taken
in
JsTa
leftover
group
of
the
guerrillas
but if so, I would greatly ..ap
many
of
the men
who loaded our
goya
will
be
looked
for
in
the
JThe
first
letters
of
each
wgrd
who
sniped
at
Japoccupation
preciate one, having sailed on
ship
hurried
home
at the end
LOG
by
our
crew.
were
strung
together
to
make
forces
until
the
islands
were
SIU ships for 17 months during
of
the
day to
stand
guard. It
was
Hukbalahap,
or
a
group
liberated
by
the
US
Army.
After
Tony
treated
us fine
(she
paid
World War 11.
nice
to
know
these
guys
were
against
the Japanese. Since
the
General
MacArthur
turned _
over
a
$1.50
cab
bill for
me
one
night,
Also, I am almost daily asked
numerous questions by various let me have cigarettes and a the reigns of government to the end of the war, Huks have around. At any rumor of Huks
members of this an^ other squad drink on the cuff). We feel she newlycreated Philippine Repub fallen more and more under in the vicinity, they'd gladly es
rons about the merchant marine. rates a little publicity among lic, the Huks (would you please the influence of the commu cort you to your ship. They'd
There seems to be so many of seamen for things aren't too good explain . this name) promptly nists who are seeking to ex use a bottle torch—a small bottle
them wrio have a million differ at present. The few remaining started their reign of terror. We ploit conditions on the island containing kerosene, illuminated
ent ideas of what the merchant GIs in the area swear by her, Americans who "only know of under the guise of nation by a wick. This proved your
mission was a friendly one, for
marine is like, and how it ope for her prices are well below them through very brief men alism.)
the Huks carry flashlights.
If
The
Huks
are
a
desperate,
tion
in
our
papers,
on
the
radio,
the jackedup ones that prevail
rates.
you
had
no
bottle
torch,
you
welldisciplined,
armed
group.
would find
these
small
commu
in
the
harbor.
She
has
four
or
There are also quite a few
who have asked me how they five girls who wait on tables and nities like Masinloc armed camps What arms they lack are ac fashioned a substitute out of
could go abbut obtaining jobs also sing and dance native style, with guards protecting them quired by the raiding of isolated bamboo cane, the tip of which
police stations and even federal had been dipped in oil, then
on ships and what their chances entertainment that is well worth against Huks.
(Editor's* note: According to armories—even in the suburbs lighted, or out of suga^ can^
would be. A lot of them are the price of the refreshments
which will burn by itself.
our expert. Seafarer Ed Ben of Manila itself..
yoprig fellows, who have never alone;
While we were taking on cargo
(Con(muedonPag0 12)'
A beatup phonoradio helps der, who ted a guerriWe group
worked a day in their liyes, hav
/ I
Baltimore Mourns
'Whitey' Slifker,
Seafarers' Friend
Log Is Like Furlough To Corp. Marchitto
Quartette Crew's Softball Victory Over 'BillieBoys'
Is Highlight Of Colorful Voyage To Far Eastern Ports
�#as« Twelifie
THE SEAFARERS LOG
Caiif<»iiia Charity Hospitd
Rapped For Foul Conditions
Seaforers Now
Fzidar. Jun* 15. 1951
'Lest We Forget,'.
Brother Urges
More On Old Days
halfhitches around his nmning
To the Editor:
gear and bring in a basket and
On May 12, 1951, I was taken throw the stiff in the basket for
r
Lest we oldtimers forget, or
off the SS Amerocean at San the morgue.
the newer.^ men don't know, I
iPedro, California, with pneu
It has never been intended for
hope
the COG will run, from
monia, and sent to the Seaside this hospital of .the "livingdead"
time
to
time, articles describing
Hospital at Long Beach, Cali to be used for medical treatment
the
"old
days" at sea.
fornia, ^fter I Aff^*txaniined I for American merchant seamen.
I'm
always
interested in ar
was transferred to the "Charity The attitude of the Port Medical
ticles like those written by Louis
Hospital," Harbor General Hos Director seems to be that all
Goffin in which he tells of some
pital at Torrence, California.
merchant seamen are "charity
of
the conditions aboard ship
I was admitted about noon and cases." A man of this type should
before,
the SIU came into exist
put on a table and had to lay be removed from office as he
ence—of
the days when seamen
there about two hours without has no respect for the simple
were
shown
less consideration
lunch or treatment. This place human decencies that would be'
than
cattle..,
<
had the atmosphere of a typical accorded a dog. They usually
GOOD REMINDER
poorhouse. Dirty, poor food, and alibi that there is no empty beds.
All
I. have
to do when I find
complete lack of prompt medical For my part I hope they never
that
I'm
taking
conditions at
attention.
have an empty one for .me, but
sea
today
too
much
for granted
The ward I was taken to was I sincerely hope that some steps
Among the khakiclad Seafarers who have paid recent is to read of the old days. They
.• K .C10. In this ward about 12 win be taken to secure a decent visits to the Union during furloughs are Blackie Coiro (left), offer a damned good comparison
I?"' men had defecated in bed and hospital for merchant seam^ to 'and Rudolph BiSow. Coiro .'is presently assigned to Head between what seamen had to
liad laid in it for some time. receive decent treatment.
quarters Detachment at Camp Kilmer. N.J.. and Bibow. who contend with in the preUnion
Also they had some mental cases
James R. Porter
sailed* as FWT for iVz years, was en route to a West Coast days and what they're like to
in the same ward strapped down
Wilmington. Calif.
port of embarkation.
day under Union contract.
to their beds, and to top this
Stuff like that should be re
off they had an active tubercu
quired
reading for every new
losis case brought in and then
man
sailing
aboard Union ships.
gave instructions for every one
And
it
wouldn't
hurt the old
to walk on the opposite side of To the Editor:
some "pals" he meets at the turned out to be only a rainbow. timer to read them seriously,'
the ward.
place he flbps. These guys are Therefore, Brothers, when the too, just as a refresher, although
It is not too unusual, when you
Another patient with a con
not union men, just the kind of SIU, at meetings and through there are few oldtimers who
tagious disease was also brought go to the Union Hall to ship renegades who prey on active the Union paper, issues warnings
in and was transferred 0 few out, that you run into the kind seamen. And the chances are to help you avoid such situations, have to be reminded of the[
days later to a Veterans Hospi of Brother who will tell you of they'll take him for what pay pay heed. Accept these lessons achievements made by the SIU,
I hope that the younger seamen
tal. There were some men who his last trip and inform you in he has left.
as
you did
when
young at
school
are
thankful that the Union has
had not had a bath for several detail of all the errors he made
and
believe
me,
Brothers,
your
The
next
day
he
wakes
up
a
brought
sailing up to the high
weeks. Most of the patients were in port and at sea.
campaign
toward
success
shall
sad
and
sorry
man.
He
thinks
standards
they are able to enjoy
up in the seventies, and one man However, he is now deter of the'long and {vrduous trip he be obtained. That's all.
today.
mined
to
turn
over
a
new
page
was ninetysix years old. At
made to accomplish an end that
Paddy Faxrell
.
Red Samson .
Bight the place was closed up in his careeer, as soon as he ships
out
again.
He
tells
you
of
his
in
tight as a drum with no ventila
tion and the odor was terrific. tention to get an old Liberty go
The food was served on paper ing to Korea or_ thereabouts.
plates and was usually cold by He visualizes an eight or nine
the time it was served. The months' trip and figures that af
|ravy soaked into the paper ter a thrifty trip and skimping
plates so fast you had to soak on draws in foreign ports he will
gome into a piece of bread in come ashore with enough sav
order to get any. Toast was usu ings to start a little farm.
ally cold and soggy with some
ALIBIS
thing like butter or oleo on it He catches his ship and it
but was unrecognizable. The cof steams out, bound for the briny
fee was served once a day black deep on a long trip. When the
and no cream, and had all the voyage terminates and the great
earmarks of being nothing but est landmark of all—^the Statue
chicory. At the other meals they of Liberty— is sighted, he sighs
served something called "juice." sadly because he did not fulfill
I think they took one can of the ardent promise he made in
juice and added about five gal the Union Hall to his former
lons of water to it.
shipmates, but makes all kinds
The interne was always run of alibis as to his weaknesses in
ning around with a hypo needle the various foreign ports they
and syringe the size of a grease docked at.
gun wanting to give you a He tells you how someone in
Vspinal" of pimch a hole in your duced him to go ashore and have
stemend just to see if your a few and that was the begin
Teun 'Of. "BilUeBeys" peso ior photo taken before they were beaten 127 in hardfought
blood'was okay, or still running. ning of his downfall.
. They didn't even take out any So he decides that he will Softball game by crewmen of the SS Quartetts in Masinloc, P.I. Accepted by their fellow
one who died in the ward im definitely make another attempt townsmen and activa in community life, "BillieBoys." are' members of a "mysticalreligious"
mediately, as they do in most to master the situation and the cult,
^y decent hospital. In this next trip will be different. He
men of about 15 in number who which were of topshelf quality.
t^nthmed from fage 9)
f'joint" they throw a couple of then may go into a ginmill with
However, it's a poor seaman were accepted by the community. I played third base but not too
who caraiet find some wafy of They took a very active part in well, for tills sort of shapeup
breaking the monotony and we local affairs and most of them was beyond anything I ever
naturally found two taverns had businesses, such as a laun thought I'd be up against.
where you c(wld hoist a long, dry, and small stores and .shops. Their pitcher was ironed out
cool one. To get to these places "We didn't know what to make in a long gray dress, with his
of things, until it was explained hair piled atop hil head, and was
To the Editor:
Just from the figures of guys you had to traverse a water
buffalo pasture with your torch to us that theirs was a mystical barefooted (as they all were).
Shipping sure looks good for shipped you can see how condi if you went at night.
religious belief that has existed He struck me out fi'm in cut
Seafarers. The shipping figure tions vary from port to port. A These taverns were something. a long time: that as women gave down dungarees, shoes and a 20
hit close to the 2,000mark in month or so ago, for example, One place you had to kick a pig them birth, this fact dictated centavo strav/ ke'ly) twice.
the West Coast was way up
the last issue of the LOG.
their mode of lifd and they prac
Their catcher had on a flow:
there.
In the past issue of the in the fanny once in awhile to
If the LOG doesn't mind me
ticed celibacy. They all wore wo ered dr.^ss and could hit and play
have, foot
room.
The
other
place,
tiling it what it already knows, paper, I noticed that things the Star Bar, was a fine place. men's clothtog, some wore rib like hell and was their best all
that box of shipping figures, leveled off a bit there but pick It is operated by Constantine bons in their hair, and others around man. The field was quite
ed up in a number of other
showing how many men are reg places.
Balbos and his wife, who proved had it braided and coiled atop a riot of color, for these birds
ist^ed and shipped from each
showed up in canary slacks, red
to be a blessing in disguise in their heads.
|>ort for the twoweek period, is I guess in the next issue it between draws.
blouses and all colors of dresses.
CHALLENGE CREW
darned good. It's one of the might show that the Wlrat Coast As dusk ^feH, the Star acquired As we became better acquaint
We didn't have enough men
first things I turn to when I get ports will be doing a hangup a bit of gaiety and which drew
in this village, these "Billie to make up a full team and some
business again. Anyway, the to
toy copy of the paper.
some of the local "gels." IVIiisic Boys," as we learned they were of the natives helped us win,
SHIPPING AT A GLANCE tals show that shipping has . been was supplied by a guitpr or termed locally, issued a challenge 12 to 7, but .it was tough. All
Reason I find it so interesting, getting better and be.tter for phonograph and in honor of our at Softball to oiu* crew. The l^ds then adjourned for a cold
is that it gives the picture of SIU guys all the time and as first night ashore, a "gel" gave game was played in the water one. To me it was one of the
skipping right at a glance, and long as it stays in the family, out with some vocalizing, later buffalo pasture and we used dung dfmndest^ experiences I've ever
shows how the activity is spread regardless of what port is tops to be joined by two other "gels." piles for bases and home plate. had..
'
over the Branches during the for the week i;m satisfied.
Later, it turned out they were The "BillieB'.iys" supplied the
Paul T. Cassidf
period covered. .
Ray (Whitey) Wilson not "gels'^at all, but a sect of bats, balls and .gloves, all of
SS Quartcile
To Ihe Editce
,1
Quartette Softballers Beat 'BillieBoys'
Shipping Figures Favorite
Feature Of Log For Hint
....
�Friday, Jtma 15. 1951
THE SEAFARERS LOG
' ASeafarer's Skeich Of Furuseth
Is Signed By
72 Operators
Page Thirlaaa
SIB SupiHHts Bering Sea
Workers In Strike For Contract
By RAY GATES
SEATTLE, June 8—The Ber is firstrate and the vessels pay
ing Sea Fishermen's Union, sup ing off here have been in good
ported by the Seafarers Inter shape. Among these were the St.
(Continued from Page 1)
national
Union and the Sailors Augustine Victory J^ississippi)
pay, a Seafarer simply goes to
Union
of
the Pacific, has struck and the Green Star (Triton).
any SIU Branch Hall, where he
against
the
Alaska Salmon In Both signed on again.
will present his discharges as
dustry,
Inc.
Intransit were the Bienville
proof of employment for the re
The Bering Sea union broke rwaterman), Yorkmar (Calmar),"
quired period.
away from the Alaska Fisher Seacomet (Colonial) and Bright
Vacation payments will then
men's
Union last January when star (Triton).
be made by a Union Patrolman,
it
petitioned
for an election Quite a bit of painting was
or some authorized Union rep
among
the
workers
involved. needed around the crew's quar
resentative, and the claimant
Last
April
it filed
imfair
labor ters on the St. Augustine Vic
will sign a receipt for the amount
practice
charges
against
the
in tory and the Captain was au
he has received. The Union will
dustry
because
it
negotiated
a thorized by the company repre
be reimbursed for these pay
contract
with
the
AFU.
sentative to turn the crew to on
ments upon submitting the re
FLOATING
PICKETLINE
this job and everyone was happy. >.
ceipts to the VacEkJion Plan
The strike was called to en There were also a few minor
office.
force the Bering Sea Union's de repairs needed which we had
One of the features of the
mand for a contract, and its taken care of at this port.
Vacation Plan agreement is a
members
put a floating picketline I attended the last meeting of
stipulation that, if a Seafarer
around
ships
coming to Alaskan the Maritime Trades Department
dies after becoming eligible for
waters.
of this port, which was called
vacation pay, his benefits will be
The
SUPmanned
Sailor's
to
elect a delegate to the State
paid to his widow or designated
Splice
recognized
the
picketline
Federation
convention to be held
beneficiary.
and refused to unload the can here next month. George Miller
MUST SAVE DISCHARGES
nery cargo at Naknek. The ship of the Tacoma ILA was desig
In connection with collection
John Straha, erewmember aboard the SB Steri Designer, was strikebound for five days and nated to represent the MTD.
of vacation benefits, the Union stibmilted this sketch of the late Andrew Furuseth. who fought has since been ordered returned
ACTIVE SEAFARER
stressed the importance of sav
successfully for protective seamen's legislation in the first to this port.
ing all discharges. Men who are quarter of the century.
John
S. Asavicuis has done
On the Seattle side, shipping
prepared to present their dis
his share in a number of beefs.
charges as evidence of employ
Bom in New York in 1903, John
ment for the period to which
has been sailing since 1922, and
they are entitled to vacation pay
in between foimd time to ope
will get their benefits immed
By LLOYD GARDNER
try, and who are used by the rate a bar in Antwerp, an en
iately, the Union pointed out.
growers as a scab labor force. terprise which ended when the
Those lacking their discharges SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 —
The Marine Cooks and Stew Germans entered the port in 1942
will have
wait imtil proof of Shipping on the West Coast con
ards and its procommie friend, and interned him for three years.
their eligibility has been estab tinues to be good in all ports
the Harry Bridges longshore un He resumed operation of the bar
lished.
"
and the prospect for some time
ion, is still in contract negotia in 1946 and kept it going until
The SIU's achievements in es to come is that the picture will
1948, when he sailed as a Wiper
tions.
tablishing a guaranteed plan of remain bright.
The gains made by our Union aboard the SlUcontracted Al
vacation payments for its mem
As a matter of fact, we would
in the past few years was the gonquin Victory.
bership is regarded throughout like to see more of the A&G
subject of much discussion by As an SIU man, John partici
the maritime industry as one of District men make the West
many Brothers at our last regu pated in the AFL Garment Work
the most significant advances Coast their shipping headquar
lar membership meeting. Most of ers beef and the AFL Retail
made in the seamen's behalf, ters. Jobs are plentiful ~ with
these men spoke in behalf of a Clerks beef against Macy's when
arid a mark of the SIU's strength. good and variedfruns. Also, the
dues increase to assure the con
Already there are signs that beaches are good in all the ports,
tinued success' of our organiza
the Seafarers Vacation Plan the weather is fine (never too
tion in fighting for greater se
means the beginning of the end hot), good fishing and plenty of
curity of Seafarers.
for the obsolete continuous em beautiful women. What are you
The meeting acted to unani
ployment vacation clause pre guys waiting for?
mously adopt the recommenda
vailing throughout the maritime Here are the ships we paid off
tions of the Constitutional Com
industry. Under this clause a in the past two weeks: Citrus
mittee, as well as the Headquar
' seaman is required to work at Packer, Young America (Water
ters report to the membership
NILS LARSON
least six months for one company man); Greece Victory (South At
and the SecretaryTreasurer's fi
before he can become eligible lantic); Lawrence Victory (Mis
Raphael Semmes (Waterman); nancial report.
for vacation.
sissippi), and Jefferson City Vic Steel Navigator, Steel Surveyor
The Seafarers Vacation Plan tory (Victory Carriers).
WELFARE SUGGESTION
(Isthmian); Mother M. L. (Eagle
puts employment on a cumula
Some members expressed the
CLEAN PAYOFFS
Gcean).
tive basis, regardless of the num
hope
that the Welfare benefits
All
hands
are
wishing
the
best
ber of companies for which a All ilvere good payoffs, with
could
be expanded to cover men
of
luck
to
Captain
Evan
Evan
SlU man works during the year. a minimum of beefs which were
in
outpatient
treatment and to
sen,
Skipper
of
the
Lawrence
settled
aboard
sh'p.
, The other seagoing unions are
help
widows
and
children of de
expected to follow the SIU's pat ^ The Packer, Lawrence Vic Victory, who is scheduled to re
ceased
members.
tern in demanding the industry tory and Jean LaFitte (Water tire. He brought in a good ship,
One of the Seafarers paying
wide vacation plan setup. One man) were the signons for the manned by a good crew. A for
off
the Young America was Nils
of the first organizations to fol period covered. All needed re mer member of the SUP, Cap
Larson,
an oldtimer who holds
JOHN S. ASAVICUIS
low the SIU's lead was the pairs were taken care of on these tain Evansen is regarded by his
Book
No.
58.
Nils
has
been
in
crew as a fine Old Man and
National Maritime Union, which outbound ships.
added a similar demand to its In addition, we had several real sailor. The Captain says the USA for 30 years, coming the Seafarers was asked for as
contract proposals, shortly after vessels calling at the port: Ala it's going to be tough to keep here from Sweden. He's an sistance by these two unions. In
naws ,of tixe SIU victory was mar, Yorkmar (Calmar); Fair away from the sea after all these American citizen and sails as Seattle during the past two
Bosun or AB.
w'eeks, John said he's never been
port, Bienville, Andrew Jackson, years.
announced.
A real sailor, Larson is one of happier than he has been since
REPLACEMENT RULE
Once again, we want to re the Union's firmest supporters sailing on SIU ships.
mind our members not to quit and is loud in his praise of the Others in the port at this
any ship until they are sure of organization for its accomplish writing are Guy Whitehurst, Dick
From lime to lime word comes to Headquarters lhal a replacements. Nor should they ments in behalf of the men who Kavanaugh, Leo Ovall, Boud
erewmember has been promoted to. a higher raling or Irans
announce that they want to quit go to sea for a living.
Buzbee and Walt Sibley. A1 Gor
ierred to anolher deparlmenl aboard ship. This is in definite when there's only a^short time "Let's all do our job to hold don and C. Shivers are in the
violalion of Ihe Union's shipping rules, which say very left until the vessel is to sail. on to these gains, and go on to Marine Hospital.
specifically (Rule number 29):
Another thing, unrated men even greater gains," says Nils, No regular membership meet
"No man may be promoled or allowed lo Iransfer from with the necessary time for en who is enjoying the Frisco beach ing was held because of the lack
one job to anolber on board ship, excepl in case of exlreme dorsements should go after their for awhile.
of a quorum.
emergency. This is to apply where Ihere isn't sufficient lime to ratings without delay. You ^so in port are "Wild Bill"
dispatch a man from |he Union HaJU before a ship is scheduled should sail in the rating for Thornton, F. Drozak, W. Norris,
Ray Queen, "Hoss" Groseclose
to leave, or the Hall cannot furnish replacements as required. which you're qualified.
ATTENTION!
and Charlie Nangle.
There are
no
beefs in this port,
Any mMnber guilty of breaking this rule shall lose the job
If you don't find linen
immediately and shall be fined no less than $25.00 for such but the AFL Farm Labor Union Needless to say, the increase
in
hospital
benefits
went
over
when
you go aboard your
is
still
on. strike
against
the^big
offense."
big
with
the
following
Brothers
ship,
notify
the Hall at ones.
fruit
and
vegetable
growers
in
In port, notify fhe Hall immediately if a man is needed,
A
telegram
from
LeHazve or
in
the
Marine
Hospital:
Emil
the
Imperial
Valley.
Some
pro^
and one will be dispatched. If an emergency occurs, too far
Singapore
won't
do
you any
Gomez,
L. F.
Johnson,
L. E. Jar
gress
is
being
made
in
the fight
away to be handled by a nearby Hall, and a man must be
vis,
C,
F.
Hahn,
Ruperto
Rivera,
good.
It's
your
bed
and
you
to
halt use
of
"wetbacks"—un
promoted or transfered, a^full report should be made to Head
C. L;
Moats,
D. M.
McKinnie and
have
to
lie te
it.
skilled
Mexican
laborers,
who
iriariora, staling the circumstemces and the men involvivi.
are ulegal entries into the coun G. M. Sipira.
Welfare, Vaiatien Gains Hailed in Frisce
Shipboard Promof'ions
I
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THE SEA F ARE R S LOG
Friday, June 15. 1851
Digested Minutes Of Sill Ship Meetings
STEEL KING (Isthmian), May
'{Continued from Page 9)
8—Chairmay,
E. Werda; Seers:
COUNCIL GROVE (Cities S^
tary,
P,
HarEyo.
Delegates re
• ice), April 15—Chairman. Pete
ported
no
beefs.
Ship's
Delegate
Jomides; Secretary, C. J. Sul
to
contact
Master
and
have
meal
livan. Quite a discussion was had
REG.
REG.
REG.
TOTAL
SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL hours in port set from 12 to 1
on men wanting to get paid off
PORT
DECK
ENG.
STWDS.
REG.
DECK
ENG.
StWDS. SHIPPED
because of day workers. Each
on the Southern end of the run.
28
29
20
77
27
25
10
62 department to rotate a week at
It was decided to get a clarifi Boston.....
J05
164
119
388
198
179
109
486 a time the sanitary work in their
cation from the Patrolman on New York
Philadelphia,.
65
^
52
47.
164
72
61
51
184
departments.. Deck Delegate sug
'"'this matter.""departmental Dels*
Baltimore
106
89
52
*
24f
"69
72
40
'
201
gested that all men clear their
gates reported a number of beefs
Norfolk..
24
14
.
16
54
42
50
48
140
beefs through their Delegates in
in their respective departments,
Savannah
8
5
8
.21
Ir
2
.l '
~~
'
4
stead
of using other methods.
such as disputed overtime, etc.
Tampa
14
7
12
33
* 7
' 3
6
'
16
4 4 4
Ship's Delegate mentioned sever
Mobile
53
55
54
,
162
59
50
50
159
BRADFORD
ISLAND (Cilie*
al new educational pamphlets
134
93
98
325
115
.95
81
291 ServiceT, June 2—Chairman, T.
aboard for the guys to read. It New Orleane.
A...
51
44
41
. 136
57
60
42
159 McCann; Secretary, W. Frank.
was moved to see the Patrolman Galveston
54
52
45
151 .
70
60
56
186 Delegates reported number of
aboutgetting a washing machine. West Coast
books and permits in their de
.t t. t
642
604
512
1>58 ^ 737
657
494
1,888 p'artments. Collection box to be
SALEM MARITIME (Cities GRAND TOTAL
Service), May 2—Chairman^ N. J.
set up at payoff for donations to
Benenate; Secretary. Jack Scur
BRADFORD ISLAND (CitiM contact the Captain about hav ship's fimd. Request made for
ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Ser
lock. Ship's Delegate suggested vice), April 21—Chairman, John Service), May 20
Chairman, ing the vise and work bench more fruit juices at breakfast.
that all hands should read the Coulter; Secretary, Sidney Lip Thomas McCann; Secretary, Wal removed from the pumprooft, as Educational bulletin read and
new pamphlets so as to be famil chitz. Ship's Delegate reported lace Frank. No beefs reported it creates a hazard. The Engine discussed.
iar with the proper manner as that matter of first aid kit was by the Delegates. The crew in Delegate to see the Chief En
44 4
which to conduct ourselves as taken up with Skipper but with the meeting went on record to gineer about getting a blanket ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Ser^
'SIU men. Ship's Delegate to at no satisfaction. Delegates report endorse the Vacation Plan the in JRreroom for emergencies. Sug vice). May 30 — Chairman, S.
tempt to get the fan tail washed ed number of books and permits Union is working on. AU the gestion made that cranks on Lipschitz; Secretary, M. Boyd
down with hose at least once in their departments. Patrolman guys feel that it is an excellent lifeboat davits should be., re Davis. Ship's 'Delegate reported
$103.46 in ship's fund. Motioa ^
each week.
to be asked whether or not black idea, and one of the most pro placed or repaired.
carried
that aU lifeboat gear be
5^ t t
gang can paint out Engineers' gressive moves made by any un
4 4 4
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS quarters. Patrolman to be asked ion. A complaint was made that
checked for seaworthiness. Bug'
(Southern Trading Corp.), April if ship can be shifted without some of the crew are not taking WANDA (Epiphany Tankers), gestions made that Ship's Dele
7—Chairman, Herbert Kreutz. notice, leaving part of crew proper care of the washing ma May 14 — Chairman, Bernard gate go .ashore in next port and
Chason; Secretary, Edward Rob
Ship's Delegate stated that he stranded.
chine, and the men Were asked inson. Delegates reported no ov buy a washing machine for crew.
had received complaints about
to rectify this condition. Chief ertime beefs. Deck Delegate re A new library to be obtained
4 4 4
the food and the cleanliness of
Cook and crew Messman thank ported Captain and Chief Mate in. next port. Discussed and ac
cepted as good policy that of la
the galley and refrigerators, also COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY ed for doing a good job.
working on deck. Steward dis bor unions cooperating with one
that the menus were not varied (Victory Carriers), May 20 —
cussed ship stores and use" of another. The importance of tak
4 4 4
enough. Repairs will have to be Chairman, M. Burnstine; Secre
tary,
T.
V.
Garcia.
Delegates
re
coffee.
Ship's Delegate to see ing more interest in all elections
WINTER
HILL
(Cities
Serv
deferred until ship gets to Nor
ported
on
books
and
permits
in
ice),
May
12
—
Chcurman.
Char
Captain
to straighten out officers stressed.
folk, and each Delegate is to get
who
demand
special favors.
each
department
and
also
re,
les
Greer;
Secretary,
M.
J.
Och
up repair list for his department.
4 4 4
ported no beefs. The Ship's Del manowicz. Deck and Engine,
4 4 4
STEEL MAKER (Isthmian).
(Strathmore), April 8—Chairman, H. Thomas;
DEL MONTE (Mississippi egate was given a vote of thanks Delegates reported on disputed STRATHBAY
Shipping Company), February 12 for the work he did last trip, overtime in their departments. June 1—Chairman, J. C. Davis; Secretary, *T. Concepcion. Dele
—Chairman, V. B. Burger. Dele and was requested to handle this Suggested that Union negotia Secretary, F. Hartshorn. Dele gates reported number of books
gates all reported no beefs in job on this tripp The crew went tors be asked to seq if possible gates reported no beefs. Steward and perrhits in their departments.
their departments and every on record to give the stewards to get company to put motorized requested that ship be stored for Ship's fund reported as contain
thing running smoothly. A vote department a vote of thanks for lifeboats aboard, due to nature a four months' t<|p. Ship's Dele ing $51. Crew asked to keep the
of thanks was given to the stew the good food they are putting of cargo. J. Halpin resigned as gate to confer with Captain to library clean.
ards department for the" excel out. One minute of silence for Ship's Delegate and M. J. Och set a convenient hour for issuing May 13—Chairman, F. Pages;
lent food that has been .served. the Brothers who have been lost manowicz elected to replace him. draws. Vote of thanks given Secretary, T. Concepcion. Ship's
All hands warned about smoking stewards department for fine Delegate reported that when se
Much discussion had on the at sea.
on
deck and in the passageways work during trip. Rated men in curing for sea aU sailors must
4
4
4'
cleanliness of the ship's laundry
near
the doors, because of the the stewards department were turn to and none can refuse to
PORTMAR
(Calmar),
May
19
and the slop sink.
high
test
gas being carried.
—
Chairman,
J. C.
Mitchell; Sec
asked to give the inexperienced do the work. Ship's Delegate to
1. 4. S.
44 4
men instruction in their work. see Mate about painting the
' N. B. PALMER (Palmer), May retary, D. Gilbert. T. Dickenson
May 9—Chairman, M. Danzey; rooms. Patrolman to be asked
13 — Chairman, C. Chandler; elected Ship's Delegate. No de ' WINTER HILL (Cities Serv
Secretary, M. Hauf. No beefs on partmental beefs. It was moved ice), May 23 — Chairman, Tom Secretary, J. SmigelskL Delegates if everybody in engine depart
this ship. J. Doris elected Ship's to have Union get clarification Brennan; Secretary, Joe Mullin. reported number of books and ment • must wear shirts when
Delegate by acclaim. Doris gave on company instruction sheet Delegates reported on nature of permits in their departments. working below. Vote of thanks
a talk on the benefits oi_the with regard to allotment of milk. disputed overtime in their re Discussion on washing, machine given the stewards department.
Hiring Hall and the struggle the Steward notified crew about spective departments. Various and facilities offered for washing
44 4
.
oldtimers had to win it, and he shortage of stores, and it was suggestions and ideas discussed clothes. Patrolman to be consult
CLARKSBURG VICTORY
also talked on political action. luggested that the Union be no which affect the safety of the ed on transportation and clothing' (Mississippi), May 12 — Chair
ship. The Ship's Delegate wilL allowance beef.
After pro and con opinions from tified of this shortage.
man, Carl Lawson; Secretary, M.
the crew the meeting went on
Kikun. Delegates reported num
record to go down the line 100 DEL ORO^ (Mississippi), May
of books and permits in their
percent behind our representa 20 — Chairman, Ramon Ferrera;
departments. Men qualified for a
Secretary, Arthur Tarbell. Every
tives in these matters.
higher rating were urged, to go ,
thing running smoothly on this
up for their tests. Reading of
4.
4
EVELYN (Bull Line), May 20 ship. The Ship's Delegate made
educational bulletin and discus
— Chairman, N. D. Henson;'Sec a report as to conditions on
sion. Steward asked crew to k^p
retary, Edward C. Dacey. Dele board last voyage. Cooperation
food.waste as low ds possible. '
gates reported no beefs in any was requested by the Steward of
Worfepermitmen were urged,, to
department. Ship in very good the crew in helping to conserve
digest the bulletins being sent "
shape. Henson made suggestion coffee this voyage, as the con
out to the ships and learn the
that every one help keep pantry sumption last trip was way over
background and history of the
clean at night. He also suggest normal. The crew is going to
SIU.
ed that all seamen who have help the Messman in keeping
4 4 4
filed appUcation for validated the messroom deck in a cleaner
LAKE GEORGE (US Petro
papers in last three months condition.
leum), April 21—Chairman, Wil
should pick them up as soon as
liam Smith; Secretary, Normim
4 4 4
i: possible.
YOUNG AMERICA (Water
Kramer. Ship's Delegate discuss
man), (no date given) — Chair
ed the conservation of • water
4 4 4
ii COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY man, W. O'Connor; Secretary,
made necessary during the long
(Victory Carriers). March 25 — John J. Burke. Ship's Delegate
voyage. Pelegateg reported all
Chairman, Antonio Branconi; stressed the importance of piain
running smoothly. More night
Secretary, Wm. J. Nicholson. No taining a proper gangway watch.
lunch to be put put.
beefs in any department. A vote Other Delegates discussed the
May 13 — Chairman, William
Smith: Secretary, Norman Kra
of thanks was given to the Stew importance of not taking exces
W'"'
wd and his department for the sive time off. Discussion on West
mer. Discussion on having letter^
fine Easter dinner. A discussion Coast transportation. Suggestions
mailed at various ports. Motion
was had on keeping unauthor made that ship receive a meat
carried to keep unauthorized per
sons out of passageways. Dis
ized people out of crew's quar slicer, new or reconditioned mat
, T'ive ierev^^be^ of Calmar's SiS F'ennmar pause' for the cussion on needed fans aboard
ters in port, and it was decided tresses and certain needed fe
camera with .West Coast R^resentative Lloyd Gardner (left) ship. Crew requested that copy .
to keep all screen doors locked ^ pairs. Motion that each man do
the ship recqntiy to deUvifr of Union contitution bo airrpdilj
with exception of om by fchc;iiate,$2 io ship's fund was voted in San Frandsc«. Gardner
the crew a bundle of LOGs and check on eondUious.
Id own.
ed to ship.
gangway.
f
A&G Shipping trom May 23 To June 6
Pennmar Host To Visitor
.. . .
A:
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�Ftidar/ J«we If, 4851
THE SEAF AREHS EOE
Up to the middle of March, the shipping up
surge had takeh, 63 Victory and Liberty vessels
from the laidiip fleet in Mobile. . . . According
tb a report of tihe Chief of Transportation of the
US Army, 72 pbrcent of all ship losses in. World
War ir were by submarine, 9 percent by aircraft,
5 percent b^r other enemy action, such as mine
fields,, and shore batteries, 3 percent by surface
raiders, and the remaining 11 percent were
marine casualties due to traveling in convoy,
.congested harbors and traveling without lights.
1,056 ^ps had been approved for sale. 343 of
these were for American flag operation, and 1,113
for foreign flag operation .... The new proto
type freighter, the Schuyler Otis Bland, has been
awarded to the American President Lines under
bareboat charter for $28,110 a month. Only two
other companies bid, the Paeiflc Transport Lines
and the Paciflc Far East Line. The Bland will
be operated on a service, route or line determin
ed to be essential, and is barred from carrying
cargo, passengers or mail in the domestic trade
of the US.
Trade between the United States and Latin
The NSA and its general agents have been un
America ^is ij'ear will overshadow last year's
able to come to terms on compensation. NSA has
figures. During the first quarter of this year, im
made a tentative offer of $75 a day (over and
ports into the US was 45 percent higher than
above all costs), but the operators are asking
Jast year, and US exports were 30 percent high
, about twice as much. The WSA paid $80 a day
er. Latin America is now second only to Europe
during World War 11. The NSA Is expected to
as a market for American exports. . . . Ck>ngress
make a final offer on a takeitorleave basis.
has agreed to lend India $190,000,000 for famine
Those operators rejecting that figure will be free
relief. The money will be used to buy 2 million
to return the ship to the government for reas
Ions of grain and other basic foodstuffs in this
signment to another company..... The British
country. . . . The movement of grain through
are hoping that the current retail price war will
14^ew Orleans continues Jto grow. The exports in
not affect their merchandise here.
April from that port topped the March figures
Great Lakes shippers expect carloadings to run
by almost 2 million bushels. The India aid bill
ahead
of that of last year. They urged the De
^ould boost the total still higher
Phila
.delphia, too, is enjoying a boom in grain ship fense Production Administration to reconsider
ments. Grain exports during May more than its reduction of steel allocations for construction
and repair of railroad freight cars. There is no
trebled the same month last year.
point in going allout in manufacturing, if the
A House subcommittee, headed by Congress goods can't move, they say. . . . Freight revenue
man Porter Hardy (Dem., Virginia), is trying to of domestic water carriers, including coastwise
find out why and how does the MSTS operate and intercoastal steamship lines, increased 21.5
the largest fleet of commercial merchant ships percent lastyear, says the Interstate Commerce
under the US flag. . . . Although more than 125 Commission, Only two lines showed a loss. Isth
shipping companies have applied, the National mian and the Weyerhauser SS Co. Among the
Shipping Authority has decided to limit GAA SlUcontracted companies which showed gains
operators to about 30 operators. . . . One of the were Calmar, Waterman and Seatrain.
still unanswered questions iir Washington is aim ' . On June 1, five more Liberty ships were with
fid at, the stupidity of assigning Navy personnel drawn from the boneyard and allocated to gen
to the expandfng, overmanned MSTS merchant eral agents; one vessel was allocated to an SIU
fleet, while highly skilled merchant seamen are company, the Robin Line .... Four more com
toeing drafted.
panies were appointed general agents during the
end of
May, bringing the total to 38. Among the
The only bid submitted for the chartering of
the threeship "Good Neighbor Fleet' was that of new companies were Alcoa and Eastern. ... By
the MooreMcCormack Lines, present operators
fiC'the ships, which oflered $22,000 per vessel per
month. . . . The privatelyrowned oceangoing
merchant fleet flying the American flag totals
(Continued from Page 16)
1^10 ships—^more than 15.5 millions deadweight
to
handle
his
own problCTos himself. The offices
Ions, an alltime record^nd is 50 :;>ercent larger
of every Union official in Headquarters and every
. ^han it was in 1939.
Union Branch are open to him for legitimate
The Senate Labor. subcommitfcM opens hear reasons. No Union roanber need depend on any
ings today (June 15) on S 1044, a bill to legalize character with socalled connections to get help
nvaritime union hiring halls, introduced by Sen on any matter from his representatives.
ator Warren Magnuson .... Magnuson, inciden
About all these middlemen can do is get some
tally, blasted the great quaSitity of "misinfomia tme fouled up, so the smart thing is to avoid them
tion" that has been ^read about the Am^<»n
all.
merchant marine. For example, the Senator point
PULLING IN OraOSlTE ISIBECTION
esd out that in one year the subsidies paid,
It doesn't end there, however. These lads with
chant shipping was less Hiat that paid the <dmd
the
loose tongues are only warming up. "Why
tlar cheese iativE^Ixy in this country, and ^at ih
n» year were j^ipping subsidies as much as those the hell do we heed a new HaR," and "Why
should we build up the Strike Fund?" and
paid the tobacco inthiStry.
, •
"What's the matter wllh the Shipping Rules as
The Wage Siabilization Board agreed io okay they are?" they invariably ask. You can always
a 1$ percent wage increase for Bethlehem ship answer these cold.. The answer is: We doht need
yard workers, in Baltimore, many of whom were new Halls—if we want to jam ail the Brothers in
going into other industries where wages were dirty, dark Halls without loqn^ng, ti^let and r«
higher. This was the first general increane for reational facilities. Strifces never were necessary
.ihipyard wor^irs, since 1948. BethWiem sialee
IF We never oared about getting more than $45
that the fi^ht lilbor situation has begiin to ease per month, IF we had been willing to continue to
pff. Other yardsiare expected to file for permis sleep on blue linen. We never need make changes
sion to pay the ^atne higher tates t>f Bethlehem, .in, shipping rules or other regulations—^if we
and getting the |WSB approval should be a rou idon't want to make things easier and more effi
tine matter . . ^ . the Britirii goverhment has cient for all concerned, ^t, then, what would the
asked the National Shipidng Authoriiy tor thb gripers have to talk about if there were no prog
use of gevernmCtitowned sh^s to move tr<m ore ress? You're right, they'd probably start beefing
from North Afrlpa to the United Kingdom.
about why we didn't have new Halls, why we
r When the ship sales provisions of the Merchant didn't strike for better condHions, and wliy we
Ship Sales Act of 194V expired on January ISf didn't improve our shipping rules.
Page FiftMa
membership action, all Seafarers must have their
validated papers by August 1. No papers, no
registration, no sail.
The NMU, whose contracts expires tonight,
still has not come to agreement with its con
tracted operators. Joe Curran says that the NMU
"has never worked when it had no contract,"
which has slight overtones of strike action. For
the answer to this, see the next issue of the
LOG. . . . Japanese shippers have been given"
the okay to begin their JapanNorth America.
run. Four companies, each with five ships, are
in the group. . . . South Atlantic is seeking per
mission from the Federal Maritime Board to
use its governmentchartered ships to pick up
grain and military cargo from the ports of Phila
delphia and Baltimore. Their request is being
bucked by Waterman, which insists that service
from these ports is being adequately taken care
of.
The strike of almost 1,500 cargo checkers in
London was ended on June 13, after 11 days. •
102 ships were made idle, when the checkers
went out in protest against the hiring of 28 ad
ditional men they claimed weren't needed. . . •
In a paper read at a London engineering confer
ence, it was reported that the use of atomic
energy for ship propulsion was not likely to gel
beyond the discussion stage for some years to
come. So you black gang guys don't have to
worry—just now, that is—about changing de
partments.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad annoxinced
plans to proceed immediately with a "substan
tial" improvement program at its Locust Point
piers and terminal. They will probably be com
pleted before the end of the year. The RR hopes
that it will bring additional tpnnage to that
port. . . . The Commerce and Industry Associa
tion of New York asked the House Committee
on Public Works to reject the proposed St. Law
rence Seaway. It says the hearings already held
"abundantly shows" that the project should be
abandoned.
BEEFS and BEEPERS
We could go on forever on the subject of beeto.
Fortunately it isn't necessary. Aside from the
trivial small beefs that are an outlet for steam,
and which are very much in order, all beefs
affecting the individual and collective welfare of
the Union and the membership should be brought
out in the open.
To allow beefs to fester in the dark until they
become smelly cannot be considered healthfuT H
we have a gripe involving our shipmates, Unioii
Brothers or our Union, we should state our causU
before the membership, where action to improve
or correct a situation can be taken.
Let's exchange our views and ideas, get closer
together and therelby build a more tightlyknit
organization. Beefs are okay, if they have a sound
purpose. If we bear this in mind, we can ail
move ahead more swiftly and surely.
�Page' Sixteen
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THE SEAFAttERS LOG
Fridar. Ji^ 15, 1951 *
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You can't dispose of a subject like beefs in an
article of this type. The guy that can clear up all
the beefs around us doesn't exist. But this article
might help to get a clearer picture of 'which beefs
are worthwhile, and which ones ought to be toss
ed over the side.
First of all, let's get clear on what we mean by
beefs. This article is not referring to the kind we
get aboard ship that involves contract violations
or infractions of Union Shipping Rules and reg
ulations, or any of the things covered in writing
that our Union enforces for our protection.
The beefs in this article probably could more
correctly be called gripes—those little dissatis
factions, dislikes, rumors and whatnot that are
always making the rounds and most of which'are
never straightened out because they're never
brought out in the open.
All. of us gripe. We wouldn't be human of we
didn't. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a
guy blowing off steam. For one thing it makes
him feel better. For another thing, it sometimes
leads to improvements, if his purpose is construc
tive. Gripes of this type have many times been
the forerunner of Union policy, because the mem
ber who blew his lid did it where it could do
some good. He either wrote a letter to the LOG
The series of articles which appeared originally in the Seafarers LOG and later in a booklet
called "Food for Thought" drew much favorable comment from SIU men, trade union organiz*
ations and individual trade union zhembers throughout the. country.
Requests for reprints of articles, which deal with problems foced in many labor unions in
general and in the SlU particularly, continue to come into Headquarters from SIIT ships as well as
from various sections of the trade union movmnent. Particular interest has been expressed in the
article dealing with "Beefs—and Beefers," which has been rewritten for publication in this issue.
After rea<Ung "Beefs—and Beefers," Seafarers aboard diips and in the various Union Halls
will very likely find it an interesting subject for general discussions. Comments on the article are
welcomed from all hands by the LOG.
ing to get down to talk of the old days but his lousy Messman," and on and on and on. Monot
job wouldn't allow it. Remember, the piecard is onous, isn't it? Pretty sorry conversation when
not available for social life during the working you get that for a daily diet.
day. The membership pays his wages; the mem
There's another chronic beefer who is a familiar
bership chose hftn because it had confidence in type in many walks of life. They're they guys who
his ability and reliabihty. The official is respon are opposed in principal to anyone in a position
sible to the membership for delivering the goods. of responsibility. Even the most diligent and con
He can't deliver the goods and spend the day scientious piecard in the world is a target, of this
sloughing off his duties, while he goes aroimd kind of beefer's gripeis. There may be some
being a good Social guy. If he does, he's hot on pyschological reason for such a peculiar attitude,
the ball.
but the thing that concerns Seafarers is that it
is harmful to the Union's progress. If represen
CHRONIC GRIPERS >
That little incident is just a case of misunder tatives are the subject of unwarranted arid un
standing. Any guy 'worth his salt with a gripe fair attacks by leftfooters in the seamen's society
like that will get the pitch if it is put to him then they cannot get the kind of "cooperation that
clearly and in the proper light. On the other is essential to the welfare of all concerned.
In fact, these gripers are the kind who pre
hand, there are chronic gripers to whom nothing
can ever be explained because they're never vented the Unions from becoming strong in the
. happy unless they are knocking something or old.days. Because they couldn't submerge their
someone. Nothing constructive ever comes from personal feelings, they always attacked any effort
these guys. They generally are fascinated by the to muster seamen into the strong force that was
sound of their own voices, and the more they necessary to improve their lot.
drink, the more they pump their speech boxes
TH^ "SWELL GUY"
and the more destructive become their little
Less easy to detect as a torpedo artist ds the
stories.
seemingly wellintentioned guy, who always ap
A close relative to theSe guys are the "agiii pears to be going out of his way to help a ship
ners." They're "agin" everything. They've got a mate square his troubles. He generally gets by
thousand and one arguments why the Union with his shipmates as "a swell guy," or one who
• and got his point across by having the majority shouldn't do a thing when it means spending a "wouWn't hurt a fly."
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of the membership read it, or he spoke up at a little time and money.
When this guy goes into action, many of his
membership meeting where action could be taken. ~ An example oT this type is the fellow who in shipmates are apt to be fooled and they'll remark,
Not all gripes or beefs of this type are impor recent weeks was lamenting loud and long to his "Gee, if everyone in the world was like him,
tant enough to be aired at a meeting. Plenty of shipmates and all who would listen, that the what a great place it would be." Yeah, a great
times,we have something on our chests that we Union was so busy chasing nev/ companies that place for guys like him. Actually, he'd have you
spill to one another over a drink and we're finish the older contracted outfits and crews were being going around in circles to satisfy his ambitions.
ed with it. But any gripe or beef that is big ignored. This guy was "agin" the Union spending
enough to get a guy all hot and bothered about, time chasing these "dinky oneship companies."
and which he keeps repeating to everybody he He argued that it was a waste of time and money
comes in contact with, ought to be aired in front that should be devoted to the SIU regulars.
of the men whom it affects—the membership. To
This guy, whether he knew it or not, was doing
let a beef take the dark, winding course that a sabotage job on the Union. He certainly wasn't
leads to confusion can ultimately be harinful. If helping to build the Union's strength. He hadn't
that's a guy's intention, then he means no good stopped to consider that if these oneship outfits
Si and should be straightened out by anyone within remained nonunion they'd menace all SIU con
earshot who's interested in his own wellbeing ditions and contracts, including the SIU regulars.
as reflected by the welfare of his organization.
His argument to ignore these small outfits sound
ed like a company line of reasoning, hardly that
LOADED WITH HARM
Guys have passed along to Union officials beefs of a man who calls himself a Union member.
Incidentally, these oneship outfits are hardly
told them in a ginmill that are really childish
stuff. But they are always loaded with harm be a curse on lis. Two Of these oneship firms a year which is to be known as "a swell guy" or per
cause they might be taken seriously by the easy ago had one ship each; today they have twelve haps a very important persoh.
ships apiece. Another lias grown from one to ten;
tbconvince type of listener.
This kind of a dogooder will invariably try
Once a certain member was sore because a guy another from seven to eighteen. These four one to. impress his shipmates with his "contacts'*,
he once sailed with, now a piecard, didn't spend ship firms alone now provide the Union with among union officials, a line that might be laugh
a couple of hours talking''over the old days with close to 2,000 jobs nnd all sWps are company ed off as a joke if it weren't for the Jact'that it '
him. The disgruntled Brother was yammering in owned.
is Often swallowed by a lot of people.
* a ginmill that the piecard was now a "bureau
' STUMBLING BLOCK
While this type of operator may honestly mean
cratic so and so," and that "he's too big to re
well,
he's a meddler and it is wise to avoid: him .
It appears that what the "aginner" really op
I&V member his pals, now," and "I knew him when." poses is the healthy expansion of the Union and in the solution of any problem. The correct course
p You know the stuff.
the betterment of conditions for the Union's mem to take is through the regular Union channels,
SJ;*'
But when you look at this gripe coldly, you. bership.
without falling for a lot of mystical malarkey
1
see how foolish it is, "The membership, including
But the gripers don't confine their barbs to pie about "contacts,' • "connections" or "my friend,
the griper, elected the man in question to a Union cards, either. "The Bosun is a bum, doesn't know the Patrolman."
job because they expected him to do the job— a damned thing," and thii. "Steward we got is a „ . Every Seafarer has all the contacts he needa
and do it right. Maybe the official was just itch phony," and "where the helj did they get that
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Headlines:
72 SIGN VACATION PLAN
CONSTITUTION CHANGES GO TO A&G VOTE
LAUNDRY WORKERS UNION THANKS SIU
CG WAIBVES DECK MANNING REQUIREMENTS
SIU PETITIONS FOR ELECTION AMONG COOKS
THE BEST ALL-AROUND
SIU CRITICISM IS HELPFUL, SAYS NMUER
SAVANNAH LAUNDRY UNION WINS STRIKE WITH SIU AID
SIU BOOKS CAN'T BE BOUGHT, HQ WARNS PERMITS
SLOPCHEST, LAUNDRY DROP WILL BE AMONG SERVICES IN NEW HQ HALL
PHILADELPHIA WATERFRONT MOURNS 'POLLY' BAKER, OFFICIAL OF ILA
REGISTER FOR ELECTIONS IS TAMPA'S PLEA
IT'S BOOM TIMES FOR PORT GALVESTON
NO PAYOFFS, BUT THE IN-TRANSITS ARE KEEPING WILMINGTON BUSY
WATCH SAILING BOARD
WHEN IN DOUBT OR IN TROUBLE, JUST LOG CREW
SHIPPING'S GOOD WAY DOWN YONDER IN NO
EVERYTHING'S JUST FINE AND DANDY, SAYS BOSTON
MOBILE SEAFARERS SALUTE TEAMSTERS FOR STRIKE WIN
BALTIMORE BACKS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
ROBIN TRENT NINE SLUGS MOWBRAY MEN 12 TO 7
SEASTAR CREWMEN THANK MAGNUSON FOR FIGHT ON T-H
TV SETS DONATED BY SIU MEN ARE SIGHT FOR SORE EYES
PRON SEES HIS WAY OUT OF HOSPITAL
WELFARE, VACATION GAINS HAILED IN FRISCO
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1951
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