https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/3bb58f55d22cd73c9cb7883c01f5be72.PDF 3eeb3f801aac02bc118c4ddf33097934 PDF Text Text Vol. XIX No. 11 SEAFARERS LOG w • OFFICIAL GROAN OF THi SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • •'U . -Story On Page 3 Labor See'y Assails Runaways I •J -Story On Page 5 In This Issue: * Sni Family Benefit Plan Paid $200,000 Since '55... .Page 16 • Onassis Transfers 3 More Ships Before Final Okay.. .Page 7 •US Go's Lag So Sweden Will Build Tour Ship Page 5 • Isthmian Last Co. To Get Ships In US Breakout,.. .Page 16 Leaders of the AFL-CIO Interna­ tional Brotherhood of Longshore­ men in Puerto Rico present two plaques to SIU rep. Frenchy Michelet (center), who accepted them on Union's behalf. The awards were in reco^ition of SIU assistance to IBL Lo­ cal 1900 and District Council 15 in recent waterfront beefs. Coimcil president Juan Perez Roa (left) and local financial sec'y Aurelio Hernandez made the presentations at the new SIU lU 1hall. " Laud SlU Aid. :!sjI 1 �Paee Two • SEAFARERS LOG May 24, 1957 Call Coal Ship Replacements; Co. Begs Off On Bias Charge p 'i in U?' '5 ' P. .1 li '• 1 The first stage in the crewing of the American Coal shipping fleet has been completed with the assignment of oldtimers to the Casimir Pulaski. But no sooner had that stage ended than a new one began—the battle for replacements aboard ships returning from their 4 ; European voyages. access to these lists through the The first ship in for replace­ Coal Boxscore company, while the company was The Cleveland Abbe, one of ments only, the Walter Hines barring the SIU representatives Page, found the SIU taking a six to two majority of the eight men who got off the ship. A second vestel, the Cleveland Abbe, called for 13 replacements and was still being crewed as the SEAFARERS LOG went to press. The last count available showed the SIU holding a lead of 102 to 94 on the coal fleet to date,-aj:ount which is sub­ ject to change day by day. Charges Against Company The SIU's strong position in the fleet was achieved in the face of a developing pattern of companyNMU cooperation which resulted In an SIU charge that the court order under which hiring is done was being violated by the company. SIU attomies so charged the com­ pany in an action which sought to have American Coal held in con­ tempt of court. As a result, a session was held In a New York Federal Court in Which the company promised that It would permit the SIU the right the American Coal ships in for re­ placements, was still crewing up on Thursday afternoon as the SEA­ FARERS LOG went to press. The latest coimt available shows the following standings in competition for jobs on the ships. SIU 102 jobs NMU 94 jobs Watch the next edition of the LOG for further details. to have observers in the - hiring room just as NMU has had; that it would no longer pressure SIU rep­ resentatives; that it would give the SIU full access to application lists; that it would hire standbys, where needed, according to seniority. Further evidence of the close company-NMU understanding was shown when the NMU attorney vio­ lently objected to the SIU getting access to the application lists. Both the NMU and the SIU had an In­ terest In seeing each other's ap­ plication lists since they show the seatime of men applying for the coal ship Jobs. The NMU objec­ tion indicated that It already had from seeing them. On another legal front, the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board post­ poned until next Monday a sched­ uled hearing on the SIU's oi'iginal complaint against American Coal. The NLRB hearings could lead to the ordering of a collective bar­ gaining election in the American Coal fleet. On the ship front itself, oldtimers from all sections of the SIU of NA were still piling into Nor­ folk to compete for the coal jobs. Many of the men boasted seatime dating back well before World War I. One oldtimer. Seafarer Jesse Puckett wrote: '^I started in 1917 but I am a young boy down here at 53 years old . . . Boy there is a swell bunch of West Coast boys here. Hats off to them." Seafarer Charles Hartman added: "There are many men down here . . . from all over America. I can truthful­ ly say they all have respect for what they stand for. They know they have a job to do and they do it." Curranism: A Sleazy Technique YOU'RE DEAP... peAP... PEAP - Five of the oldtimers throwing in for the cool ship jobs in Norfolk represent over 200 years of seatime on US ships. Included (I to r) ore Lawrence E. Wessels, SIU, oiler on the Walter Hines Page; unidentified West Coast qldtimer; Leonard Wood, SIU, AB on the Casimir Pulaski; Ray E. Deshong, SIU, oiler on the Page, and S. G. Zammith, SIU, steward department. AFL-CIO Council Hears Full Report On Coal Beef A full report on developments in the American Coal Ship­ ping beef to date was presented to the AFL-CIO Executive Council at its meeting here this week. Representatives of all the unions involved were pres-"* ent at the meeting with Sec­ At that meeting President Meany. retary-Treasurer Paul Hall put forward a settlement proposal presenting the SIU's position. The Council hearing on the issue was the outgrowth of a previous meet­ ing between AFL-CIO President George Meany and the AFL-CIO marine unions last February 21. ACS Action By Sea Vets Wins Praise which was accepted by the SIU and the AFL-CIO deck and engine of­ ficers' unions but was rejected by the National Maritime Union. The American Radio Association has supported the NMU position throughout the beef. In an exchange of correspon­ dence subsequent to the February 21 meeting President Meany took NMU President Joseph Curran to task for misrepresenting the out­ come of the meeting in the NMU newspaper. Meany also said that he would present the matter to the Executive Council for action. At the Council meeting this week the various unions presented their positions in the following order: Marine Engineers Beneficial As­ sociation by President H. L. Dag­ gett; Masters, Mates and Pilots by Captain John Bishop, national sec­ retary; the SIU by Paul Hall; the NMU by Joseph Curran and the American Radio Association by President William R. Steinberg. Following the presentation of the union viewpoints, the Council heard from President Meany in relation to his position on the American Coal beef. Meany out­ lined his views, then pointed out that he had presented a package pi'oposal at the February 21 meet­ ing, which, he said, would have given Curran everything he asked for. The SIU accepted the Meany proposal leaving the field clear for the NMU If it would support the AFL-CIO officers' unions. The (Continued on page 15) Participation in the American Coal beef by veteran seamen from all coasts and all unions of the SIU of NA was applauded by the mem­ bers of the SIU of NA coordinat­ ing committee as a "tremendous front line job." Oldtlme members of the Sailors Union of the Pa­ cific, Marine Firemen's Union and Marine Cooks and Stewards have piled into the East Coast to as­ sist their brothers in the Atlantic and Gulf District in the fight to man the American Coal ships. One of the elementary lessons of propa­ ries of would-be world beaters have utSized on the The coordinating committee, ganda is that slogans have a lasting appeal International scene for a good many years right up consisting of Morris Weisberger, only when they have some relation to the to the present. That Curran chooses to ape their Sailors Union; Sam Bennett, Ma­ truth. NMU President Joseph Curran has language down to the last adjective is a revealing rine Firemen; Ed Turner, Ma­ on his approach to trade union pro>blems. long since forgotten the lesson (if he ever comment Of course, the SIU is not Curran's only target. In rine Cooks and Stewards, and Paul learned it) in his frantic efforts to belittle all those Hall, A&G District, declared that who oppose him and to exalt his personal "cult of fact, he has attacked the rest of the AFL-CIO ma­ the participation of the oldtimers rine unions, plus the top leadership of AFL-CIO. personality." was further evidence of the will­ The Marine Engineers Beneflcial Association was ingness of good union men, of any Furthermore, through all his sloganeering In the American Coal beef, Curran has employed language first rebuffed by Curran In lis plea for support age, to pitch into a beef when which smacks strongly of another era when his open against a company union and then called gutless for called Opon by any member of the affiliations were far different from those he affects going out on a picket line in defense of its Interests. SIU of NA. May 24, 1957 Vol. XIX Ne. II today. His techniques do not differ today from the The Masters, Mates were put in the same class. The committee noted that there When AFL-CIO President Meany indicated will­ Stalinist techniques he employed so fervently not ingness to step in and seek a settlement, Curran had been a very strong response to too long ago. Its appeal for men to come for­ The SIU, as the primary target, has been plas­ arbitrarily placed himself on the side of righteous­ ward in the coal beef, with the re­ ness and automatically informed his membership tered with Curranisms. When the SIU moved to pro­ PAOI. BAZX, Secratary-Traaiurer sult that at latest report, the SIU HtiiBiiix BRANDk XdUor. BCBNARO SKAtect its membership from rank discrimination by that Meany would slap the SIU down. had a lead In the fight for the coal MAN, Art Edttor, HERMAH AKTHUR, Inwuc When the same AFL-CIO president proposed a American Coal, Curran dreamed up "destroying the ship jobs. SMVACK, At. MABKIH, JOUN BHAZU., SCajjf program which won acceptance from all unions ex­ Writers. hiring hall." When the SIU's rights to organize the Committee members called upon sentative.--BILL Uoomr, QuH Area. Repre­ coal-ships were upheld, Curran decided that SIU cept NMU; when Curran was asked to support his oldtimers of the MCS, SUP, was "decadent," "crooked" and "doomed" to defeat. fellow unions against the company and its hand- MFOW and A&G District already PublUheti biweekly et the headquertere the Seafarer* international Union, At­ "We will whip them" he exulted. Of course, his pre­ picked outfit, then out came the slogan book. Meany on the coal ships to "Stay with the of lantic a. Gulf District, AFL-CIO, «7S Fourth dictions of crushing defeat had, and still have, no became "prejudiced," full of "rancor" and the cap­ ship" until final victory is won.. Avenue, Brooklyn 33, NY. Tel. HYeclnth *-<600. Entered e* second class matter relation to the fact." When the SIU supported the tive of an "AFL-CIO palace guard." The committee pointed out that, at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under .Thanks to this fog of adjectives, ai-s<l to deliberate AFL-CIO licensed officers' unions Curran hollered "the way you have gone aboard and the Act of Aug. 34, 19)3. ,130 and calculated distortions, of actual fact, the NMU's taken the jobs proves that good un- J "phony deaL" Goincidence'cr'hot, l^ia is the kind'of talk a se^ y "i' k)jxjneni.Bever growfold/'v ! u !-- . !lT;>i (Cont|ntibd'On- page 151 »•«; noU'.-.*, V'i'' ij I'.it -i • ..bV,?. *^sric;fl«s JI .fcsjc,) SEAFARERS LOG �May ti. 1957 Paye Tbrea SEAFARERS LOG Sailing Day On New Matsonia 51U Applauds Bill To Clarify Status Of Sea Hiring Hall WASHINGTON—The SIU has "warmly welcomed" a bUI by Sen. Warren G. Magnuson to give formal recognition to the maritime hiring haU. It would firmly establish the legal status of the hiring hall in "all industries employing personnel engaged as licensed or un- ^such ships or barges." The of NA President Paul Hall said, "the Seafarers International Union licensed members of the bill is known as S. 2029. of the measure would of North America warmly wel­ crews of ships or barges putEnactment an end to the constant threats comes the move hy Senator Magnu­ to write specific authorization engaged In offshore, to maritime unions and their his­ son into law for maritime hiring halls. coastal, intercoastal or in­ toric hiring procedures since the Senator Magnuson has always heen of the Taft-Hartley law motivated by what is best for the land transportation, or in adoption in 1947. ' Heartily endorsing the bill, SIU industry generally and his bill is an indication of his understanding of the needs of maritime. The value of the hiring hall has been proven time and again, and it has probably been the greatest single factor in providing stability for the industry. It is the best method to insure fair and equitable distribu­ tion of work. "Our International convention Major American steamship companies representing the repeatedly called for Federal leg­ subsidized section of the industry are opening a drive for a islation 'to guarantee,that the hir­ massive trade-in and build program. The program would ing hall be recognized as the proper medium for employment in all in­ allow them to trade-in their ships at about the same price American operator would be un­ dustries in which its use has been they could get for them if fairly penalized if he got less an accepted practice.' We indorse they were sold to a runaway flag. for his ship on a trade-in than the Magnuson bill wholehearted­ ly." The program has the tacit ap­ could be gotten by transfers for­ Maritime union. Government proval of the Maritime Adminis­ eign. He would be at more of a and shipping industry spokesmen tration which has already made a disadvantage in comparison with have long recognized the value and policy decision to the effect that a foreign operators who also bought 'fairness of the hiring hall both in "fair and reasonable" trade-in much of their tonnage from the peace and war for recruiting ship value for old ships would be US but are now free to sell it any­ manpower. Historically, American equivalent to what these same where to anybody at even higher seamen have been shipping out of ships would be worth if sold to prices than restricted sales to na­ union hiring halls for over two Maiden sailing of the new Matsonia from New York this week the flags of foreign nations accept­ tions approved by the Maritime decades since the first maritime found the ship's crew in three departments, all members of SlU able to the US. Administration. hiring hall was established on the West Coast affiiliates, on the job. At top (left), oiler Pat Haley Drafted by the Committee of The committee argues that it West Coast after the bitter '34 keeps an eye on things in engine room, while chef G. Romero and American Steamship Lines, the would be vastly unfair, in light of strike. a passenger waitress look over the first-class galley. Above, deck program Is described by the op­ the tremendous increase in ship­ Lundeberg-Taft Meeting man Henry Henriques watches J. Ledesma secure lifeboat cover. erators' group as the only fair building costs, for a shipowner to For the past ten years, due to method of replacing the US mer­ have to trade his vessel in for any­ the void created by the T-H Law, Rebuilt and modernized at cost of $20 million, the Matsonia will chant'fleet. They argue that the where near what he paid for it. all hiring halls in maritime have enter service Los Angeles and Hawaii next month. It declares that an operator who been operating on the basis of an bought a Victory for $900,000 hack off-the-cuff^ compromise between in 1946 could sell it now foreign the late Harry Lundeberg, then for $1,350,000 and should be en­ president of the SIU of NA, and titled to trade it in for that kind the co-author of the controversial WASHINGTON—Declaring him "guilty of the gross misuse of union funds entrusted of money. labor law, the late Sen. Robert A. to his care," the AFL-CIO Executive Council this week unanimously expelled Teamster Apparently there is agreement Taft of Ohio. president Dave Beck as a council member and as a vice-president of the merged labor or­ all around on this program but, of It was in the summer of 1947, ganization. The ouster was-*course, the Maritime Administra­ soon after Congress passed the the first such action in the^Ex- when his expulsion was unani­ him, and read a statement con­ tion has to go to Congress for law a second time over a Presi­ cerning his temporary suspension funds to cover the cost of such dential veto, that Lundeberg ecutive Council's 18-month mously voted by the 25 Executive as a council member and vice-pres­ trade-ins. The current temper of casually walked in on a lawyers' Council members present at the history. ident on March 29. session. Congress is such that any mass convention in Santa Rosa, Calif., Beck was replaced in these posts Before the voting, however, Beck contended that his sus­ trade-in program at this time where Taft was due to speak. by John English, secretary-treas­ urer of the Teamsters, and an Beck had attended the council pension was a "nullity" and as­ would be sure to run into tough Lundeberg later left the gathering avowed foe of Beck for many meeting, heard the charges against serted that under the AFL-CIO sledding. with a concesssion from Taft that constitution, the Executive Coun­ years. enabled all maritime unions to cil has no power or authority to The Council, in an official state­ keep the hiring hall. suspend him. ment explaining its actions, as­ Even so, hiring hall procedures have been under sporadic attack serted that it was not judging the Beck's expulsion is subject to re­ from Government agencies and the legality or illegality of Beck's acts. view by the AFL-CIO convention, courts, all seeking to chip away His expulsion, the council de­ if the Teamsters bring it up, but the hard-won protection for profes­ clared, was due to his violation of this action was considered unlike­ SIU membership meet­ sional seamen. trade union principles. NEW ORLEANS—The SlU-af- ly. The convention is slated to Seniority System "Whether he has violated any filiated Staff Officers Association meet in Miami on December 5. ings are held regularly Tn 19.5.5, the SIU and its con­ Beck's expulsion as an Executive laws, state or Federal, dealing filed a petition before the National with theft, misappropriation or Labor Relations Board here last Council member and vice-presi­ every two weeks on Wed­ tracted operators negotiated a new embezzlement, is not for us to con­ week for an election, among pur­ dent does not mean his expulsion nesday nights at 7 PM in seniority hiring system assuring sider or determine," the statement sers on Mississippi Shipping Com­ from the AFL-CIO, nor does it all SIU ports. All Sea­ greater job security for Seafarers. The system became a model in the mean the expulsion of the Team­ said. pany vessels. farers are expected to industry. In contrast, the NMU "There is not the faintest ques­ Union secretary-treasurer Burt sters from the AFL-CIO. The status of the Teamsters as attend; those who wish to first opened its membership books tion in our minds, however, that Lanpher said ho had received full he is completely guilty of violat­ assurances of support from the a whole is still being considered be excused should request and halls to all comers before com­ ing the basic trade union law that SIU, Masters, Mates and Pilots, Ra­ by the AFL-CIO Ethical Practices permission by telegram ing up with a similar procedure at a later date. union funds are a sacred trust, dio Officers Union and the Ma­ Committee. The Teamsters face (be sure to include reg­ Periodic attempts to get specific belonging to the members and to rine Engineers J^eneficial Associ­ cliarges of corrupt influence or be protected and safeguarded for ation, whose members man all domination. istration number). The recognition for the hiring hall into faltered in several ses­ Beck, in the statement regarding the interests of the members. other licensed and unlicensed jobs next SIU meetings will be: law sions of Congress. Acting on the "Whether Beck stole the funds in the fleet. About two doen pur­ his suspension, declared that he basis of his earlier, informal agree­ would not answer the Executive May 29 or borrowed them, the record sers are involved. ment with Lundeberg, Taft was shows he took advantage of his The company, through Marine Council charges because ""of his in­ June 12 reportedly ready to introduce a position as a trade i:riion official Superintendent Kinney and Port dictment on charges of violating June 26 bill of his own in 1953 which would to use money belonging to dues- Purser Lisboney, indicated it the internal revenue code, and be­ have legalized the maritime hiring July 10 paying members for his own per­ would not interefer with the SOA cause he has been the target of hall at that time. However, he died sonal gain and profit." drive and would remain neutral, a McClellan committee investiga­ July 24 • before any action could be taken. tion. Beck himself was not on hand Lanpher said. longshore operations servicing Go's Seek Runaway Price From Gov't On Trade-Ins AFL-CIO OustSf Replaces Beck Pursers Seek Delta Line Vote SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS I �i5samTO?fg35M»j?ra your SEAFARERS LOG May 24, 1957 Caught By'Surprise Ships Use Suez; Still Ban Israel Shipping through the Suez Canal is almost back to normal with the vessels of nearly every nation except France and Israel using the Egyptian-controlled waterway. Britain recently announced that she will now use the ship through the Canal and that it Canal, and reported on her re­ would consider any Egyptian at­ cently-started supertanker expanilon and construction program. American vessels have been using the Canal for the past month, since the waterway was cleared of the last tug sunk by the Egj'ptians. Tlie French delegate to the United Nations reported that he Avill ask the Security Council to reopen debates on the Suez situa­ tion. France wants the Council to order Egypt to obey the six prin­ ciples agreed to by England, France and Egypt last October 15. Free Use Of Canal The principles, which govern the use of the Canal, included the re­ quirement tliat the Canal would be insu'ated from the polities of any nation and prohibited "overt or covert" interference with the right of ships of all nations to travel the vaterway, regardless of flag. Egypt, the French said, has con­ tinued to disregard these princi­ ples since it has not lifted the ban against Israel shipping through the Canal. Israel announced earlier that it intended to send a test tempt to stop it "an act of war." Both President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan affirmed Israel's right to use of the Canal. The President announced that he saw no objection to Israel's making a peaceful test of its right to freedom of passage, but said that he would denounce any use of force in such a test. The last SIU of NA convention passed a "freedom of the seas" resolution, calling for free passage of Israeli shipping through the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aquaba. Macmillan pledged that Britain would do everything possible to as­ sure Israel's right to use the dis­ puted waterway. He also announced that the number of fast, supertank­ ers designed for economic opera­ tion around the Cape of Good Hope, was increasing rapidly. There are about 30 million dead­ weight tons of such ships under construction or on order. About 10 million tons should go into service in the next two years, he reported. Although US vessels are now using the waterway, Under Secre­ tary Christian Herter said that the State Department believed the con­ struction of new pipelines to carry Middle East oil to new outlets is urgent. A number of American and European petroleum producers are considering the construction of a major pipeline from the Persian Gulf to an outlet in Turkey on the Mediterranean. A LOG photographer surprises Seafarer and Mrs. Charles Rawlings, and youngsters Sandra, 4, and Frank, 9, as they finish a snack at the SIU headquarters cafeteria. The family came up to the big city on a visit from home in Baltimore. Why Seamen Need Strong Unions Merchant seamen operating out of the East Coast Indian Port of Calcutta got a wage increase May 1—25 rupees per month. At the official rate of exchange, this amounts to about $1.20. According to 'the International Transportworkers Asian office, the increase was the first pay raise for these seamen since World War II. "Indian seamen ratings," the bulletin said, "have recfelved no wage increases since World War II, despite the existence of repre­ sentative organizations with bargaining powers and two joint Mari­ time Boards in Bombay and Calcutta." The increase just given simply brings the Calcutta seamen to the level "enjoyed" by Bombay seamen. Since World War II, the cost of living in the United States has more than doubled and living costs in other countries have risen in proportion. In a sense then, the true wages of these Indian seamen have gone down considerably since World War II. Maybe you hove to be lucky to avoid fatal accidents but as one fel­ low put It once, luck follows naturally from good planning. The proof of the pudding lies In the record of three SiU-controcted ships. One of them went 502 days with­ out a single accident serious enough to cause the loss of an hour's work. Two other vessels, operated by two different companies, had just one losttime accident throughout all of 1956. Lucky? Maybe they were. But It's more than a coincidence that all three ships boasted actively functioning safety committees and Seafarers aboard them were fully conscious of the need to do their jobs the safe way and to be on the alert for unsafe con­ Cable Ship Returns For Fresh Load BOSTON—The cable ship Ar­ thur M. Huddell pulled into "Ports­ mouth, NH, last week to take on another load of cablf to be used in a defense communication pro­ gram in the Pacific area. The vessel, a converted warbuilt Liberty,. went into service last April and has been ferrying telephone cable to the Albert J. Myer, a chartered Army cable layer somewhere off the West Coast. Part of a defense program undertaken by the American Tele­ phone and Telegraph Company for the Defense Department, the ves­ sels are employed in laying vital submarine telephone lines between Seattle and Ketchikan, Alaska, and between the West Coast and Hawaii. She is under charter to Bull Line. The Huddell is expected to leave Portsmouth around June 1, and will be out until November. She is capable of carrying some 6,000 tons of cable manufactured in the east each trip.. Shipping Improves Meanwhile, shipping in this area, reports James Sheehan, port agent, has picked up during the past two weeks, and promises to continue to be fair. The Mathew M. Thornton (Grainfieet) and Royal Oak (Cities Service) paid off and signed on. The Arthur M. Huddell and Isthmian's Steel Executive were in port to be serv­ iced. All beefs were settled at payoff and the vessels were report­ ed in good shape. Sheehan reported that the Bos­ ton area was relieved when rains put out numerous forest fires. ditions, and careless habits. Nobody can say for sure how many lives are preserved by a shipboard safety program. But these ships' ex­ periences make one fact stand out. Safety programs do work. They do prevent accidents. With the proper approach from all hands from the skipper on down and with coopera­ tion from shoreslde, there's nothing to stop any SIU ship from equaling or perhaps even surpassing these records. Sure It's good to be lucky. It's even better to have the right kind of am­ munition. Aboard ship, the ammu­ nition consists of the joint shipownerunion safety program. Make use of It and Increase the chances that you will be one of the lucky ones. Wr>-'" i An SIU Ship is a Safe Ship • I I �i,-. May ti. U57 Pare Ffva SEAFARERS LOG Labor Sec'y Hits Runaways, Backs Magnuson's Bi WASHINGTON—For the first time, a top Government of-? ficial has gone on record as opposing ship nmaways. Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell has thrown his support behind Sen. Warren G. Magnuson's^ bill (S. 1488) to. restrict ship unions and a number of Congress­ men. Only recently. Sen. Warren transfers. Mitchell said the Magnuson summed up his doubts Orchard end lush California greenery form backdrop for dedication of new Marine Cooks and Stewards Union training and recreation center at Santa Rosa. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Matthew Connolly (at mike) made the invocation. Among those on platform were MCS Administrator Ed Turner (5th from right), SlU San Francisco Port Agent Marty Breithoff (4th from right) and SUP SecretaryTreasurer Morris Weisberger (far right). At right, instruc­ tor whips up cake in bake shop of the $500,000 installa­ tion. SUP Improving Hq Hall proposed legislation would strengthen the competitive posi­ tion of American-flag shipping and guarantee a pool of trained seamen for defense needs. The Labor Secretary's views flatly contradicted those of the De­ fense Department, which opened the door last week to unrestricted ship transfers. The Defense Depart­ ment told the House Merchant Marine Subcommittee in effect that it didn't care how many American ships were transferred, or what types, so long as the foreign cor­ porations owning the vessels are American controlled. The Department indicated that it had no objection to transfer of Ctype ships, or even to passenger liners. A department spokesman said specifically that the Navy would, rather see the SS America of US Lines transferred, if the company wanted to get rid of it, than go into the lay-up fleet and remain inactive. He also said the Navy would approve transfer of C-type ships if it felt the country was getting enough in retuim. 'Effective Control' Challenged Behind the Navy's position were the controversial opinions that transfers are needed to insure new construction, and that ships trans­ ferred to foreign registry, but owned by American citizens, are under "effective" United States control. Both opinions have been sharply questioned by maritime SAN FRANCISCO—Improvement of its headquarters halh Tax Man Spells Out Tax-Dodging to provide additional facilities for the West Coast membership has been undertaken by the Sailors Union of the Pacific. The Much has been said in the SEAFARERS LOG in recent years "West Coast Sailors" an--* about the tax-dodging opportunities offered to shipowners under nounced that the facilities pi'ovide space for approximately 95 the Liberian flag. This information has now been confirmed by would include a recreation cars. The space will be reserved Ralph S. Gayton, an official of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. hall containing pool and card tables and a smoke shop in one area; a barber shop, and an eX' panded and properly policed park ing lot. The new recreation hall will be built by putting in a mezzanine deck over the large gymnasium in the basement of the building. It will have enough room for eight pool tables, a number of card tables and the smoke shop which would be moved from its present location. The barber shop will be Installed where the smoke shop now exists. The parking lot will be placed In the rear of the hall where a dared area now exists. The lot will be fenced and graded to for SUP members with any vacant spots being rented to outsiders at the commercial rate. Parking will bo free for members on meeting nights and 13 cents per day on other occasions to cover mainten­ ance of the lot and the attendant's services. In addition to the facilities under construction, the Sailors headquarters contains a gym and steam room, shower room, library, cafeteria, bar, locker room, baggage room and other conveniences. Gayton pointed out that the only time a runaway company pays taxes to the US is if it pays dividends to American stockholders and they pay some taxes. Otherwise, Gayton pointed out: • The Bureau can't impose any penalty on foreign companies which withhold earnings. • A US ship operator tranferring and selling a ship foreign pays no capital gains tax if payment is made in the form of a stock transfer instead of cash, and the stock transfer is listed as less than tlie going market price. • Profits of a runaway operation can be transferred to the American company without any US tax. The foreign operation sim­ ply gives the parent American company an interest free "loan" or transfers the profits by buying additional stock of the American company. Swedes Plan Pullman-Style Tour Ship With transatlantic passenger traffic booming to record highs, the Swedish-American Line has announced it will build a low-cost cafeteria-style vessel for this trade. The vessel will also contain an auditorium seating 800 people, making it suitable for use as a floating -• convention ship. The new Swedish ship, as de­ Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch and The new vessel will be a scribed by the president of the other foreign operators were rid­ scaled-down version of the line, Eril Wijk, "will Include a two- ing the crest of the transatlantic type of ship proposed by New York hotel man H. B. Cantor more than two years ago. Cantor had pro­ posed a S.OOO-passenger superliner offering Pullman-type accommoda­ tions and meaU at a wide selection of shipboard cafeterias, lunch bars and restaurants. He had also pro­ posed using the ship as the site of convention meetings. Cantor has applied for Govern­ ment construction aid but has been unable to make headway in Wash­ ington where traditional threeclass ship operators hold sway. deck auditorium seating 800 per­ sons and restaurants or cafeterias instead of the traditionally elabo­ rate dining service," Floating Convention Hall The ship will either handle con­ ventions at sea or will serve as a tourist-class cruise operation. As a cruise ship, It would accommodate 1,300 passengers- Another new Swedish-American ship, the Gripsholm, arrived in New York yester­ day on her maiden voyage. The SEAFARERS LOG pointed out in its February 1 issue that by pointing out that foreign-flag ships are legally and technically under the control of foreign gov­ ernments, and are not subject to American control. US Gravely Short On Ships In other testimony, the Navy department official disclosed that the merchant fleet is more than 100 ships short of mobilization needs, even if the Government counts runaways as being under "effective" United States control. He said the deficiency included 110 dry cargo ships equivalent to tho C-3 class, 29 reefer cargo ships or the R2-S-BV1 class, and four heavy lift ships equivalent to the C-4 type converted by MSTS. Under questioning by committee members, he admitted that tanker tonnage was defective in quality, because most of the ships were old and too slow. The Government also needs special type ships, like rolion-roll-offs, and container ships. The Navy Department's position represents a radical departure from the traditional concept, embodied in the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, that the US merchant marine con­ sists of American-flag ships only. The new view is that the merchant marine, for defense purposes, em­ braces American-flag tonnage and runaways owned by American cit­ izens. Besides the loss to the American fleet, the transfer of 229 tankers and an untold number of dry cargo ships has resulted in stiff new competition with remaining Amer­ ican flag ships. The maritime unions have pointed out that this competition makes it more difficult for American tonnage to get cargo, and raises increased demands for the right to transfer. The transfers also discourage Americans from operating ships under the US flag. In his letter to Sen. Magnuson, Labor Secretary Mitchell makes the same point: "Unrestric.ted transfers, and particularly the pos­ sibility of transfer to registry in countries with lesser social and safety standards than those in the United States, could serve to In­ tensify the reduction of shipping opportunities for United States flag ships." The SIU and other maritime unions have also argued, in agree­ ment with Sen. Magnuson, that ships registered under foreign laws are legally foreign, regardless of ownership, and that the United States could not control these ships unless it seized them. Regarding the runaways as under American control, is, in the view of the SIU, taking a dangerous gamble with national security. The Navy's position also give a green light to continued tax eva­ sion by American citizens. passenger boom by meeting the demand for one-class tourist ships. US operators are not tapping this market to any degree, with the ex­ ception of the Arnold Bernstein shipping interests who plan to put a one-class ship into service next SIU headquarters urges all spring. draft-eligible seamen to be Meanwhile, predictions of record- sure they keep their local Se­ breaking demand for passenger lective Service boards posted space are being borne out and will on all changes of address probably surpass last year's high, through the use of the post even though there was a drop In cards furnished at all SIU halls travel in January .'{Uid aboitrd sbip^ because of the Keep Draft Board Posted i' m TTTTTTTTTn If » • •Ci » » Af-'ri Tin ij 4 ^ » V-*.* i1 �Ptf e 8lx "1 •I i '• SEAFARERS 100 May 24, 1957 11 • iiiiiiiiillilll • ..............iiililiii isili iilP iiiiiiii::: fKs;-ssB;;:S!w;« lillipii "'iliiiiiiii I ........ iilPiiii I« ' 1 1 • , ..ii* lililiPlil; : liiiii to^ y V? ,* Out • - (hi - 1 ' '/ Q... Tl. •- fiiiiiiiiiii,:, iiiiiiiiliii •I Your ship is NEWS! k1 . ^ J, / Sllii; •mmm mmmi L I^ bat port, that^ rom Scafarcr]P delegate, V/,,' Beporting f\V^ '' i„io the GpUU wrote; "We v/erV until we went I that lead into t^ whereupon we -United Nations then on we foiM ease." UN troopsl copying hiUs oyOI TOW -entrance intol wmaimsm 1 All of the material on this page, selected from recent issues of the SEAFARERS LOG, was sent in by ship's reporters and other Seafarers who believed their experi­ ences would be of interest to the membership at large. Their letters and photos are typical of the kind of **raw material" which helps the LOG strive for its objective— that of producing a newspaper which truly reflects the activities and experiences of the membership itself, as well as the official actions of the Union and developments in the industry. It was Seafarer Mike Zelonka who supplied the infor­ mation about a fire on the Kathryn in San Juan; Seafarer John C. Green who submitted the dramatic aeeonnt of the Feltore crew's four-day struggle to keep the ship afloat. The first eyewitness aeeonnt of the voyage of the Kern Hills into the Gulf of Aqaba came from Seafarer Frank Throp, while Seafarer Merwyn *'Doe" Watson contrib­ uted the photo of the Fairland on her last' voyage as a conventional cargo ship. A fire in the hold, a crippled ship, an his­ toric voyage are incidents which are ob­ viously newsworthy. Also newsworthy, if less exciting, are the day-to-day experiences of Seafarers in the course of their voyages on the various trade routes. To sum up, membership participation is what makes the LOG a membership newspa­ per. Your ship is news. Pass on the news to the LOG I .Vor pictures I Israeli port, . cces-1 P^«*ed[ audi ^ Freuctt 5Qr more SEAFARERS '•i'' vi'i-v jT- gflnuft y»vl? I • • 6i iiUjki'xii . «. .t jr ,ii.;r.n.v; ...... LOG ii-B -m't in juj i .1: J'-; j'ii-'i Mi'i Uiu '"ly'h �May 24. 1957 Pare Seven SEAFARERS LOG YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Port Seattle Seafarer's Guide To Better Buying Jobs Reach 4-Year High Marks Maritime Day By Sidney Margolius June Offers Some Price Cuts SEATTLE—Shipping here hit a Sharp early-summer price cuts on household appliances are making four-year record high of 182 Sea­ available some good values in some brands of air conditioners, 1957 farers dispatched during the past model TV sets and other mechanical equipment. Even while other period. It was the highest recordliving costs have been rising, retail prices of home appliances have -ed total since May, 1953. gone down about 14 percent since 1951. The causes are keen competi­ Undoubtedly, West Coast ship­ tion among manufacturers and retailers, spurred on by heavy produc­ ping surpassed that figure on sev­ tion, the rise of discount houses, and the general breakdown of Fair eral occasions during the Korean Trade laws by which makers and sellers until recently were able war. to prevent price-cutting. Other high shipping totals were In general, however, the overall cost of" living i% heading for record reported on December 25. 1953, new heights later this summer and early in the fall, even while signs when a total of 178 men shipped of deflation are appearing. Some prices of raw materials and wholesale out; December 9, 1955, 157 shipped, commodities are leveling off. But your family will still have to pay and 152 on December 10, 1954. All the bill this summer for the inflate^ price levels of wholesale com­ of these were abnormal pre-Christmas totals. The welcome spurt of modities established by businessmen earlier this year. activity promises to continue for Here is a quick guide to trends you can expect this summer in awhile, Jeff Gillette, port agent, basic living expenses; • Food prices will be at high levels this summer as meat especially said. Eight Payoffs continues its present steady climb. Eight vessels paid off and signed • Clothing prices are slightly higher this summer than last, including on, and four ships were in port to work clothes, with shoes especially expensive. But Improved quality be serviced during the past two is noticeable in some apparel (see below). Annual cut-price shoe sales weeks, Gillette reported. start in late June and continue through July. The Westport (New England, • Used cars cost more this year than last. Traditionally, used car Ind.), Northwestern Victoi-y (Vic­ tory Carriers), Ocean Eva (Ocean prices come down after July 4th. • Houses are at peak prices, with home-building off sharply to a Carriers), Rebecca (Maritime Over­ present annual level of 880,000 new houses compared to 1,400,000 seas), Seagarden (Penn. Nav.) and Waterman's Kyska, Maiden Creek In late '55. Reproduction of the official poster displayed on US Post Office Here are tips on buying air conditioners which can help keep and Wild Ranger paid off and trucks tfiis week in honor of Maritime Day, May 22. The celebrasigned on. The Portmar, Marymar, down your living expenses in this period of record-high costs: tion commemorates the first transatlantic crossing under steam by Kenmar, Flomar (Calmar) were in AIR CONDITIONERS: This year's room coolers are Improved over port to be serviced. There were the Savannah in 1819. A Baltimore high school student designed last year's models, and prices of some brands are being cut sharply. no major beefs. the poster. The VA ampere models which were introduced last summer now have become the most popular type. This year's models deliver more BTU's (the measure of cooling capacity), NEW YORK—The crews of two US Petroleum rimaway tankers had to be repatriated and design has been improved. In general, the 1957 models are more by air, reports Claude Simmons, port agent, when the ships transferred while in foreign compact and don't protrude as ports. Both vessels transferred to the Liberian flag, the Arickaree while in Aruba and the much. Some models can be mount­ Stony Pbint while in Antwerp. ed either completely inside or out­ They are part of the Onassis- came from Greece off the Heywood operate itstleet of seven Victorys side the window so the window and the three new tankers. Its last tanker group which Broun (Victory Carriers). can be opened or closed, which was controlled Liberty is still to go. The transfers were part of a is being transferred under a deal not possible with the older air to build three supertankers. As the story now stands, 10 transfer-build package deal be­ conditioners. of the vessels have been trans­ tween the Maritime Administration "Since both of these vessels 7Vi-AMP Conditioners were on foreign articles and out and Onassis. The MA gave permis­ ferred. while the three supers are The 7i2-amp conditioners deliver less than a month," Simmons an­ sion for the transfer to Liberian still on paper. Concern over the about 85 per cent of the cooling nounced, "we are demanding an flag of 12 tankers and two Libertys transfer issue had been expressed capacity of the more powerful 10 additional month's wages for these operated by Trafalgar Steamship, by the House Merchant Marine or 12-amp models,^ but don't re­ crews. We believe they are en­ USPC, Western Tankers, and Vic­ Committee recently with several quire heavy-duty 230-volt wiring titled to this under the US navi­ tory Carriers. In return, Onassis of the members calling for tighter which many older homes and gation law." The membership will was to build three super tankers, conditions. Committee members apartments don't have. The 71^- be informed as to the outcome of one of 100,000 tons, and two of felt that there were not enough amp models are adequate for the these cases, he said, so they will 50,000 tons, all for US operations. guarantees that the new ships average room except for very hot know their rights should there be The exchange would liquidate would ever be built. Three Tankers Left or humid situations. They can be any future instances of this kind. the three tanker companies, while As for the companies involved, Victory Carriers would continue to Another crew repatriated by air used on a 115 volt line if the same circuit is not used for other electrical Trafalgar Steamship is inactive, appliances. But the advertising of the manufacturers and advice of USPC is now cut down to two ves­ of retailers may be a little deceptive in this respect, because even sels and Western Tankers to one. the less powerful air conditioners can cause an overload if other I Shipping, Simmons reported, appliances are operating at the^ame time. A 71^-amp model uses less continued to be very active in this current than an electric iron or toaster. But the drain on current when port during the last two weeks. it is first turned on is heavy, the Better Business Bureaus point out. There was a total of 46 ships in Also in some cities, the electrical code requires you have heavier Among the cooks and stewards Food and cooking were not the 12-gauge wiring instead of the ordinary 14-gauge, with a three-prong only things mentioned in the ship's mentioned, one was picked out port during the past period—22 paying off, 5 signing on, and 19 in plug and three-hole receptacle which provides for grounding^ minutes during the past few for special mention. Shipmates transit. on the John B. Waterman were Retail prices of air conditioners rise with the temperature, and weeks. Seafarers John Johnson of The Stony Point, Arickaree vary even from day to day, a major distributor reports. Best time to the Royal Oak and Jake Hansen of high in their praise of the excel­ (USPC); CS Miami, Government buy is during a cool spell when manufacturers and retailers both get the Jean Lafitte received votes of lent cooking and service from the Camp, CS Norfolk (Cities Service); anxious and cut quotations. One of the most reasonably-priced air thanks from their shipmates for steward department. They gave a Coalinga Hills (Waterman); Alcoa conditioners (the Admiral) is already sold out in some cities. But their generosity. Johnson repaired vote of thanks to chief steward Pointer, Alcoa Pilgrim, Alcoa the crew radio Tony Sosa for the operations of Planter, Alcoa Ranger, Alcoa prices are being sharply cut on other models, especially that of one at his own ex­ his gang. manufacturer (Fedders) who is offering dealers a paid vacation if they Roamer, Alcoa Puritan (Alcoa); pense. He must sell a certain number. This manufacturer's 7V2-amp, % hp unit which Angelina, Frances, Kathryn, James ^ ^ either be a mu­ lists at $330, and cost dealers $197, is being sold by some for $217 Bowdin, Beatrice, Elizabeth, Fran­ Seafarers on the Afoundiia sic lover, or a and as little as $202 by large-volume retailers. The dealers also count ces (Bull); Steel Executive, Steel staunch baseball claim that no meal is too compli­ Chemist (Isthmian) and WaiTior on making an additional $7-$8 profit from the installation, worth about fan. Hansen re­ cated for chief steward M. P. Lee- (Pan-Atlantic) paiJ off while the $15-$20, plus a year's service contract. ceived the crew's When the Captain asked Lee if he Steel Chemist (isthmian). Warrior BTU ratings of the various brands are not a wholly reliable guide apprecia- could make lobscouse, Lee, being (Pan-Atlantic), to comparative value because there are other factors in efficiency, James Bowdin tion when he a "fellow Swede," proved equal to (BuiD and Cities Service Miami and BTU ratings are not completely standardized. But this is the most bolstered the important single comparison you can make. Room air conditioners are the task. A check and Norfolk signed on. Hansen ship's fund with generally hp (which is the same as 34 ton) or 1 hp. The % hp size with Webster's The following in-transit ships is the most popular, and the 1 hp models are used for larger rooms a generous contribution. dlction- were in port to be serviced; Steel or rooms where the heat or humidity problem is severe, as in a room ary offered the Designer, Steel Traveler (Isth­ 4" recipe; a stew of mian); Pan Oceanic Transporter unprotected by shade. As to delegates, there is no meat, potatoes, (Penn. Nav.); Arlyn (Bull); SeaNote that a 7V^-amp, % hp air conditioner is not the same as a finer show of appreciation for an onions, shlpbls- trains' Louisiana, 'Texas, Savannah, */4-hp conditioner that draws 10 or 12 amps. Even though both have outstanding job than to be re­ cuitr etc. The Georgia; Yorkmar, Massmar, Alathe same hp or ton rating, the higher-amp model has more cooling elected to the position. Brother shipbiscuit w a s mar (Calm-'^r); Maxton, Almena, power. Thus there are three main facts to get: the horsepower, the W. Smith submitted his resigna­ supplied by the Beauregard, Ideal X (Pan-At­ amperage, and the number of BTU's delivered per hour. A good air tion as ship's delegate of the Del hardtack from lantic); The Cabins (Terminal conditioner also should have automatic temperature control so you Vienlo, but a motion was made one of the , J^e- Tankers); City of, Alma, Fairland can set fbr the temperature you want; a two-speed fan for night or and carried, that he be reelected day; a filter easy to get at for replacement; a powerful exhaust to with a vote of thanks for a f^'job boats, but as to i^hat tho-otCtri^s, (WatSrmaa). and, the Alcoa Ranger fAieoa).-'.'-^. / • well done during the last Voyage."^ the gang' never explained-. draw out stale air, and a quiet-running motor. Hq Demands $ From Runaways �• Pasre Eigrht SEAFARERS P-A To Transfer 'Piggyback' T-2s Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp., which launched its "piggy­ back" T-2 service in the Atlantic and Gulf coastwise trade a year ago, is now going to abandon this method of carrying Port trailers and concentrate exclusively on dry-cargo container- "lift-on" service will be inaugu­ Boston rated later this year in a run be­ ships. f, If- • r, May 24, 1957 LOG May 1 Through May 14 Registered Deck A 9_ 107 27 66 16 11 10 32 46 15 22 8 26 22 Deck B Eng. A Eng. B Stew. A 4 16 1 16 6 3 5 9 16 6 13 4 12 20 5 87 18 45 8 6 7 34 26 14 . 23 5 16 12 4 21 5 23 6 3 8 6 11 4 6 7 13 22 9 61 18 39 6 8 7 17 41 1 14 6 19 12 Stew. B 0 5 0 19 6 . 0 1 5 10 2 9 3 12 9 Totel A Total B Total Reg. 23 255 63 150 30 25 •24 83 113 30 59 19 61 46 8 42 6 58. 18 6 14 20 37 12 28 14 37 51 31 297 69 208 48 31 38 103 150 42 87 33 98 97 The company some time ago an­ tween Houston, Tex., and Port nounced plans for converting a Newark, NJ, It Is also expected number of C-2s'into container that, because of Pan-Atlantic's ships and work on the first of emphasis on "lift-ons," the com­ these, the Gateway City, has al­ pany will suspend its coastwiso ready gotten underway in Mobile. break-bulk service sometime this Work on the Azalea City, Bienville month. and Fairland is slated to follow. Houston Now, however, the Maritime Ad­ ministration—in return for the conversion of ten C-2s by PanTotal Eng. Eng. Stew. Stew. Total Total Deck Deck Atlantic—has agreed "in princi­ Reg. B A B B A A B A ple" to the transfer foreign of the 1332 981 351 258 81 306 139 Total 417 131 four Pan-Atlantic T-2s. Shipped Up until now the T-2s have been Port Total Total Stew. Stew. Total Total used for the "piggyback" service, Deck Deck Eng. Eng. Eng. Stew. Deck Ship. B B C A B c B e A C A A in which trailers are carried be­ The SIU Canadian District has Boston 25 1 14 8 3 0 3 1 6 4 2 5 3 tween Houston and New York on been certified as bargaining agent 282 5 35 47 15 200 87 13 13 53 17 19 60 specially-built flight decks. for the British-registered cable 64 23 96 10 15 7 3 9 26 6 3 23 3 After launching the "piggy­ layer, John W. McKay. Opposition 280 25 19 17 168 47 81 24 5 51 22 36 65 1 3 back" service in April, 1956, Pan- to the SIU was voiced by the Com­ Norfolk .. 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 14 7 2 3 7 0 3 2 5 T 2 ' 0 Atlantic sought to expand it by mercial Cable Company. Basing Savannah 31 1 8 0 4 19 6 4 4 6 2 1 7 buying additional Government its arguments on a 1931 Mer­ Tampa .. 118 72 23 23 13 19 7 6 10 4 18 6 35 tankers. But the legislation need­ chant Shipping Agreement, it con­ Mobile .. 19 140 27 5 96 25 7 7 48 11 21 8 6 ed failed to win Congressional ap­ tended that the SIU application 38 3 1 24 10 4 4 3 5 3 10 Lake Charles 9 0 proval. for certification was out of its 119 21 29 17 1 11 69 8 14 29 12 4 23 The initiation of an Atlantic jurisdiction. Actually, SIU repre­ 2 29 20 54 5 5 7 2 9 13 8 1 7 Coast trailership service with spe­ sentatives contended, the vessel's 41 23 15 79 2 7 7 20 7 8 9 6 13 182 78 37 11 24 12 13 67 31 32 23 13 23 cially - constructed "roll on-roll home port was Halifax, Nova stew. Stew. Total Total Total Total Deck Deck Eng. Eng. Eng. Stew. Deck off" ships was also in the com­ Scotia, and all British ships could Ship. B c B A A B A C c B C A pany's plans originally. Appar­ be asked to follow the same rules 252 889 329 1470 75 88 238 395 136 256 118 105 Total 59 ently the company figured on as Canadian ships in Canadian using the "piggybacks," with their waters. The Canadian Labor Rela­ SIU shipping hit the high mark of the last two months in the past two weeks. The boom­ added decks, to augment the spe­ tions Board agreed that Canadian ing job activity produced a figure of 1,470 men dispatched through SIU halls during the pe­ cially-built "roll-ons" in this trade. crews sailing these ships were en­ riod. Registration hit 1,332. + ^ The four T-2s for which the MA titled to the rights enjoyed by Ten ports shared in the has given transfer approval in­ other Canadian' seamen. shipping boom. One of them, clude one owned by the Sword 4i 4* Seattle, reported its best ship­ Line, which is controlled by PanElection of officers of the SIU ping in the four years 'since the Atlantic. This is the Coalinga Hills, now under charter to Pan- Great Lakes District will be held Korean War. The others were Atlantic. The others are the Ideal aboard all of its contracted ships Boston, New York, Philadelphia, during the month of August. The Baltimore, Savannah, Tampa, Mo­ X, Almena and Maxton. The terms of the transfer ap­ positions of secretary-treasurer, bile, Lake Charles and Houston. WASHINGTON—A bill which would tighten restrictibns proval give Pan-Atlantic 18 months and port agents in Detroit, Buffalo, Baltimore arid New York were vir­ on the hiring of alien seamen on US-flag ships has been pro­ to complete its C-2 conversions, Cleveland, Duluth, South Chicago, tually even. which are being done by the Gulf and Alpena are to be filled, Only Norfolk, New Orleans, posed in the Senate by Sen. Warren G. Magnuson of Wash­ Shipbuilding Co., just outside of Wilmington and San Francisco t iS» i ington. The bill IS now un­ Mobile. The SS Kaiser Gypsum which showed declines. The two West It is expected that the new arrived at the Golden Gate on May Coast ports, with Seattle, are still der study by the Senate In­ on record favoring stricter con­ trols over alien hiring "in the in­ 1 with a cargo of 16,800 tons of quite busy, but Norfolk is very terstate and Foreign Com­ terests of the national economy quiet. New Orleans is holding its chrome ore, helped set a number merce Committee, of which Sen. and national defense," and sup­ of records. To start with, the cargo, own. ported the bill with the recommen­ Magnuson is chairman. The greatest lag between ship­ which was hauled from Redwood dation that even tighter restric­ City by 40 trucks, comprised the ping and registration showed up- The most important provisions of tions be placed on the hiring of the bill, which would spell out the largest overland ore shipment ever in the steward department, al­ aliens for US passenger ships. undertaken in the San Francisco though the other departments each present United States Code gov­ The Puerto Rican government erning the hiring of aliens, are as Bay area. It was also the largest shipped more men on their own. opposed the bill and expressed the follows: cargo of any kind to be brought Toughest jobs to fill, evidenced by fear that its passage could possi­ • All applicants for Coast Guard into or shipped out of Redwood the high class C figure, are in the bly cause Puerto Rican seamen to In case there's any seamen who City, and the vessel was the largest black gang. However, class B papers would be required to have lose their jobs on US ships if a want to learn a new way to use to enter the port. In keeping with shipping and registration for all a sufficient knowledge of English' written English test was also ap­ both written and spoken, to per­ their heads, the Norwegian Sea­ these records, the ship was un­ departments ran neck and neck. plied to them as US citizens. On the seniority side, class A form all shipboard duties required men's Welfare Council has ar­ loaded at intervals of about six Regardless of the fate of the ranged for Henry Johansen, Nor­ minutes around the clock. The ves­ men accounted for 61 percent of and carry out the orders of the present bill, it appears very like­ officers. way's best known soccer goalie, to sel, to be renamed the SS Harry the total jobs shipped, class B for • Excluding licensed officers, 75 ly that the number of jobs for hold a soccer clinic at Red Hook Lundeberg, is crewed by the 22 percent and class C for the rest. This represents a small in­ percent of the crew would have to alien seamen aboard US ships will playgrounds in Brooklyn. Sailors Union of the Pacific. crease for class A and a corre­ be native-born or naturalized US continue to decrease as the de­ The council sponsors matches in 3« 4« sponding decrease for B men. The citizens unless the Coast Guard mand for Federal subsidies conmost track and field sports, swim­ A seven percent wage increase, proportion of C shipping was the waives this requirement because tii^ues to increase, since stringent ming and soccer games between regulations governing the employ­ seamen on Swedish, Norwegian, and a six percent overtime, cargo, same as in the previous two weeks. of a manpower shortage. The following is the forecast • On any subsidized vessel, ex­ ment of aliens on subsidized ships Danish, Finnish and Icelandic and penalty rate increase has been negotiated by the Brotherhood of port by port: cept passenger ships, all of the already. exist. vessels. Marine Engineers in a contract reMany of the largest non-subsid­ Boston: Fair . . . New York: crewmen must be native-born or In 1956, the five nations, through a central clearing office in Oslo, opener with the A1 Peirce Co., Good . . . Philadelphia: Good . , . naturalized citizens. On passenger ized lines such as Waterman, Ishad reports of ^,000 soccer games operator of the MV Coos Bay. Baltimore: Good . . . Norfolk: Very ships, 90 percent of the crew, in­ brandtsen. Isthmian and States played by 563 ships in 100 ports The reopener was provided under slow . . . Savannah: Fair . . . cluding officers, must be citizens; Marine are already seeking sub­ throughout the world. Results of the terms of a general agreement Tampa: Fair . . . Mobile: Good and, in either case, all of the sidies, and this trend toward total the games are sent to the central signed with the company last May. . . . New Orleans: Good . . . Lake licensed officers must be citizens. subsidization will undoubtedly con­ • More rigid restrictions are tinue, with a consequent squeezingoffice where records of the team The new pay rates are effective as Charles: Fair . . . Houston: Good . Wilmington: Fair . . . San laid down for the replacement of out of the alien seaman. standings in the different leagues of March 1, 1957. Francisco: Good . . . Seattle: Good. crewmembers by aliens during a iS- 4< are broadcast once a week to the foreign voyage, and violations of fleets. Trophies and awards are The Staff Officers* Association these restrictions would be subject given at the end of the year. has announced a new "first" in to fines of $50 a day for each alien Johansen is holding his classes maritime industry benefits. The illegally employed. at 6 PM each evening for 20 days groundwork has been laid for the The present bill is identical with starting May 15. He will then go to institution of a severance pay pro­ The membership is again cau­ one which Sen. Magnuson intro­ Baltimore and conduct a clinic for gram which will pay a benefit of tioned to beware of persons another group of ships expected approximately $100 for every year soliciting funds on ships in be­ duced during a previous session of of service. The plan, to be admin­ half of memorials cr any other Congress and which was supported, there. The council's sports clinic also istered by the Union and company so-called "worthy causes." No for the most part, by the Depart­ includes instruction in track and trustees of the pension plan, wiU "can-shakers" or solicitors have ment of Commerce, but opposed by the government of Puerto Rico. field, swimming and group leader­ be open to all members after ten been authoriezd by the SIU. The Commerce Department went years' service. ship activities.: Anion^ Our Affiliates Bill Urges Strict Rules On Sea Jobs For Aliens Norse Sea Sports Get 'Head' Start 'Can-Shakers' Have No OK - I ' It;- ' �ssa May 24. 1957 SEAFARERS Page Nln* LOG ••'"m . •'.•* t"\-f! V" *! -• '•• ,* -V* Sri, • - Bosun George Douglas (with pipe) prepares to lend a hand in unrigging the jumbo boom for unloading. The ship carries general cargo soutH, bauxite northbound. Shipping commissioner officiates in saloon at signing of articles for new voyage. George W. Williamson, wiper (in T-shirt), waits turn. Mate looks on. F OR a ship, the arrival at home port means a breathing spell between the last voyage and the next. In­ coming cargo is discharged, and stores and outbound cargo starts coming aboard. It's a time to clean ship, complete re­ pairs, get replacements for worn-out gear and a hundred other details. For the crew, it's payday and the chance to sign off or make another trip. There's time now to visit with the fami y and friends who may live nearby; to drop in at the Union hall, see a show or try a change of menu at a shoreside restaurant. The work still goes on for those re­ maining aboard, as these pictures taken on the Alcoa Puritan in New York lost week show. Outbound for Venezuela, Trinidad, Georgetown and Paramaribo on a regular monthly schedule, the Puritan was here and gone again in a few days. •M Safety delegates Roy Poole, steward utility (left), and 2nd electrician James C. Dial check off finished repair. Juan Dopico, OS (left), hands carton of fresh fruit to pantryman Alex Stevenson during storing of chillbox. SIU patrolman Malcolm Cross (2nd from right) is on hand to settle beefs, collect ;dues. With him (1 to r) are J. Brasfield, stwd.; M. Irogbyfew, oiler, and C. Newtbri. :Phil Roshke, OS, watches Dr. George Raskin take a reading on his blood pressure before signing on again. Finishing shave in foc'sle, Emmitt Connell, oiler, gets set to dress and goashore during-time off. - �\ 5. < • • < t S f SEAFARERS Paffe Ten MARY ADAMS (Bloomflald), F«b. It —Chairman, W. McBrlda; Secretary, F. Sulllns. Discussion on cigarettes. Two cartons of cigarettes for each man. Suggestion to move gangway. New gangway suggested. February 9—Chairmen, R. Paradyr Secretary, J. Austin. To elect new delegate. $2.73 In ship's fund. February 11—Chairman, W. Rhone; Secretary, J. Austin. Election of safe­ ty committee. A three-year contract has been signed between the Glass Bottle Blowers and the Glass Container Manufacturing Institute, which represents some 40 major glass manufacturers. The agreement calls for a wage increase of almost 28 cents an hour, better vacation and holiday programs, and allows for jury duty. 4" Seafarers In San Francisco serve as pallbearers at funeral of fel­ low Seafarer Orvllle Abrams, who died at local marine hospital. He left his last ship, the Stony Point, for hospitalization In Yokohama over a year ago. On the left (front to back) are Otto Palsson, Jessie Cobrol, John Worley (partially hidden) and Nick Stephanne. At right, H. Thomas, A._ Waterbury (hidden). Port Agent Marty Brelthoff and undertaker's aide. May Salvage '42 Torpedoed Cargo MOBILE—The $3 million cargo which went to the bottom when the Waterman freighter Warrior was torpedoed dur­ ing World War II may be salvaged, if the plans of a New Or­ leans deep sea diver work ' area, but Carmichael says he out. doesn't "believe any of them are However, the job will be a around here now. They may have tough one, says a Mobile Seafarer, Horace Carmichael, who was chief steward on the SlU-manned ship when she was sunk off Trinidad on July 1, 1942, bringing death to seven of the 55 men aboard her. The salvage job, Carmichael gays, will be difficult because the ship went down in 70 feet of water "and there are some mighty strong currents there." Nevertheless, John True, a deep sea diver and president of the Ma­ rine Research and Survej' Co. of New Orleans, says he plans to ! tackle the job "in the near fu­ ture." True will be after the valu­ able cargo which, he says, includes steel, copper and aluminum. C a r m i chael's last ship was the Carmichael Gateway City, which is now be­ ing converted into a Pan-Atlantic "lift-on." The 43-year-old Seafar­ er has been sailing 20 years, and although he was on a number of ships that were shot at during the war, the WaiTior was the only one sunk. Sunk In 3 Minutes Describing the torpedoing, which sent the 12,000-ton freighter to the bottom in three minutes, Car­ michael attributed the terrific ex­ plosion which virtually split the vessel in half to high test gaso­ line stored amidships. The ship, boun4 for the Red Sea, had air­ plane^ and tanks stored on her deck, he said. Carmichael said the ship carried 43 seamen and 12 members of a gun crew. Of these, three seamen and four gun crew members were killed. The other 48 men. after eight hours in a lifeboat, were picked up by a US destroyer, then rushed by plane back to the States, where they promptly shipped out again.' • v.;.:, , Eight of the survivors. Including Carmichael, were from the Mobile gotten other ships^ or left the sea altogether. But I sure would like to know what happened to them." Among these men were Earl 1.. Hearn, third engineer; Alfonse Hertsack, chief cook; Henry Davis, second cook; Edward McMillen, messman; Nathaniel Avier, and W. C. Chisholm, first assistant en­ gineer. Any of these men wishing to contact Carmichael can reach him at 954 Chastang St., Mobile. LA-'Frisco Roll-On Run Under Study SAN FRANCISCO—A new con­ cern, Pacific Trailer Ships, Inc., has announced plans to operate a truck and trailer roll-on-roll-off overnight steamship service be­ tween San Francisco and Los An­ geles. The California Public Utili­ ties Commission has granted the company a sole franchise to oper­ ate intrastate between the two ports. The company announced it will build two specially designed 660foot, twin screw, high speed ves­ sels. The ships will contain essen­ tial defense features to enable them to convert the vessels into tank and motorized vehicle carriers with a minimum amount of altera­ tion and loss of time. The Navy Department has unof­ ficially indicated a favorable atti­ tude towards the preliminary de­ signs and plans, which were pre­ pared by George G. Sharp Co.. naval architects and engineers. Because of the rapid turnaround possible in roU-on-roll-off operationsi the ships Could make several trips a week. May 24. 1957 LOG Seafarers Assist Last Rites 4" MARYMAR (Cslmar), AprU 12 — Chairman, Jones; Secretary, M. Flood. $23.34 In ship's fund. Elected new ship's delegate: Everyone to clean washing machine after using. Sug­ gested steward to leave enough cof­ fee out at night. MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), April 13—Chairman, R. Lambert; Secratary, ^ 4' 4 4. 4" The Hotel A Restaurant Em­ ployees Union was recognized as bargaining agent for the employees of three restaurants operated by the family of Vice President Rich­ ard M. Nixon. The union was rec­ ognized by F. Donald Dixoh, brother of the vice-president, when a check of union membership cards showed that after a year of experi­ ence with a so-called independent union, 80 percent of the employees favored the AFL-CIO affiliate as their bargaining agent. 4" 4" 4" The Supreme Court has ruled that the National Labor Relations Board can not refuse to take Juris­ diction in cases involving trade unions acting as employer's. The case involved the Teamsters Union and the Office Employees. The Office Employees had sought col­ lective bargaining rights for 23 clerical workers employed in Team­ ster headquarters. 4" 4" 4" The Philip Murray Memorial Foundation, created to perpetuate the name of the late president of the CIO, distributed a total of $963,204.70 to some 30 religious, charitable and educational organ­ izations. The fund was set up in 1953 from gifts and donations from former CIO unions and private in­ dividuals. In issuing its final re­ ports Arthur J. Goldberg, general counsel of the United Steelworkers and director of the fund, disclosed that the entire sum in the fund was expended without any administra­ tive cost to the foundation. FREDERIC C. COLLIN (Dry Trans), April 7 — Chairman, E. Hall, Payoff on arrival if possible, could not settle disputed overtime with captain and will turn over to patrolman. Captain won't let Up on men who fouled up in Japan. Brother who was confined to hospital managed to straighten himself out. Repair list to be made out and all men told to leave foc'les clean. FELTORE (Ore), April 19—Chair­ man, A. Rosenblatt; Secretary, W. 'Strickland. New delegate elected. Re­ quest to have deck room n "nted, fan to be cleaned all over GEORGE A. LAWSON (Penn Ship­ ping), April 20—Chairman, L. E, F.. Schmidt; Secretary, T. Caiman. 4> t ski. Repairs that have been promised have not been taken care of. $81 in fund. Complaint on door to engine room being left open. Too much heat seeps Into forecastles. Repair lists discussed. FRANCES (Bull), Apr 4—Chair­ man, Doak; Secretary, Crewes. Dis­ cussion on donation of case of ciga­ rettes for men on s'.rLie in San Juan. Suggest rotation of cleaning of slop sink. Steward to order sufficient bug bombs. Request a different type of soap, also discussion rn safety pro­ gram. "Progress toward consolidation has far exceeded expectations," re­ ported Claude Jodoin, president of the Canadian Labor Congress. In its 12 months of life, the federa­ tion has seen the merging of rival unions in six of Canada's seven provinces and in 30 out of 39 cities. It has also chartered 45 new locals. A House Judiciary Committee has held hearings on charges by the California labor organizations that a contract between California farmers and Japanese laborers was "a shocking document of labor ex­ ploitation which recalls the inden­ tured servant practices of colonial times." AFL-CIO state organiza­ tions said that the workers were shackled to a contract that no civ­ ilized nation would tolerate. r W. Morse. New ship's delegate. Sug­ gested that new delegate see about fixing water fountain In messroom. List posted in messroom detalUng each department to take care of laundry. A vote of thanks to steward department for a Job well done. April 21—Chairman, W. Waldrop; Secretary, W. Morse. Patrolman to see port steward about getting ready cut steaks. Also a better grade of meats aU around. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a Job well done. NATIONAL LIBERTY (National Shlpplnt), April 14—Chairman, F. Bruggner; Secretary, A. Andersen. Some of delayed sailing over-time dis­ puted. Most of repairs have been done. t8.S9 In ship's funds. Discus­ sion about putting trash bucket In laundry. GaAets renewed on aU port holes. Discussion on why both do­ mestic tanks ore dry and portable water coming from aft peak. Vote of thanks to stewards department for food and good service. OCEAN DEBORAH (Maritime Overteas), March 24—Chairman, Harding; Secretary, Weinberg. Due to broken hours, the night cook and baker wish to have separate rooms. Discussion on coffee urn and perculators. Ruled that we retain perculators. ORION PLANET (Orion Steamship Corp.), Feb. 24—Chairman, M. McCosloy; Socrotary, W. BIckford. Can­ not get traveler's checks. Ship's dele­ gate resigned. 4.500 Yen In ship's fund. New ship's delegate elected. April 7-=Chalrman, I. Barra; Secre­ tary, C. Cadenhead. 4,500 Yen and $1 In ship's fund. To get traveler's checks In Persian Gulf. ORION STAR (Orion Shipping Corp.), April 7—Chairman, E. Ruley; Secretary, 6. Stevens. Ship's delegate to see captain about getting canned goods in night lunch. Condolences sent to family of deceased third assist­ ant engineer. Ship's delegate to see about getting wringer on washing machine fixed. PACIFIC OCEAN (World Carriers), April 20—Chairman, J. Thompson; Secretary, B. Alsbury. All hands turn In dirty linen, and clean rooms be­ fore leaving ship. DEL MAR (Mississippi), April IS— Chairman, M. Phelps; Secretary, C. Dowllng. Captain said to tell the crew that this was a smooth voyage and to thank them for making It so. It was brought out In the safety meeting tliat the practice of leaving glasses on the railings was a dangerous prac­ tice and cooperation of all asked In removing this hazard. It was request­ ed that all hands using the door to go on deck by ship's doctor's office close same due to loss to air condi­ tioning. $233 In the movie fund and $46 In the ship's fund. Letter from brother who was left In New Orleans hospital, stating that he had some money for the ship's fund and would turn It over when ship got in. No one allowed In crew pantry or messhall in underwear. Fix engine room door. Chief cook explained why on occasion certain foods ran short and a slight delay occured until other could be prepared. Chief steward re­ quested that repair lists and list of new mattresses be turned In so that they can be ordered, and repair list completed. Most repairs done. Lockers' shelves to be made. Shore leave in question. Sub.sistcnce to be paid at sea. Bring in cots from deck at night if not be­ ing used. $13.40 In ship's fund. New delegate elected. Discussion on plac­ ing of fans In rooms. Bos'n asks that all garbage be dumped In cans back aft while ship Is In port. IBERVILLE (Waterman). Fab. 24— Chairman, R. Ayrea; Secretary, W. Burton. New delegate elected. Deck delegate asked that percolators be used at the serving of all meals In­ stead of making coffee In the urn. All brothers in agreement with this procedure. Talk by J. McGlll about securing movie projector and films. Discussion held. Voluntary contribu­ tions will be accepted toward the pur­ chase of said equipment. Ship's fund is low. voluntary donations will also be accepted for this fund. Steward asks the brothers what day they would prefer to have linen Issued. Friday Is accepted. March 14—Chairman, C. RIdgei Sec­ retary, W. Burton. Ship's delegate spoke on service In the crew messroom. Men on watch not getting served properly. Steward said messman has Improved. Discussion on this issue, men on watch should sit at one table. Others dissented, saying that -with 28 men coming in seats could not be reserved for the watch. Present man will continue In his Job and will improve. April 14—Chairman, W. Lawten; Secretary, W, Burton. One man hos­ pitalized in Kobe, .Tapan. One man missed ship InO^okohama, Japan, and it is our sad duty to report that Brother J. W. Smith was lost over­ board on the first day out from Yoko­ hama on our return to the States. Steward was asked about getting milk on our arrival In our first port In Japan which was Kobe. Steward said captain told him all stores were to be gotten at Yokohama. Suggestion for delegates to check on all mat, tresses and pillows and see what needs to be replaced. Suggestion to either send a floral wreath or send mass cards for Brother Smith. IDEAL X (Pan Atlantic), Anrll 24— Chairman, H. Huston; Secretary, G. Lusth. Pete Lypen AB was put ashore with signs of appendicitis, was operated upon same Immediately. Words of thanks to all who en­ deavored to make him comfortable. New delegate elected. AFOUNORIA (Waterman), April 2$ —Chairman, R. Walton; Secretary, J. Guard; New delegate elected. All crew quarters need painting of the decks, this includes messhall. Clean hospital after use by crew for furni­ ture storage. Repair list will be sub­ mitted before voyage starts. Ship's delegate will check stores with chief steward. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), April 14 —Chairman, I. Morgavl; Secratary, M. Costello. Discussion on fire and boat drill. Ch.. cook missed ship, was re­ placed out of Union hall before sail­ ing time. Brother left In hospital in Jamaica due to illness. $60 collected for the above Brother Sargent, also discussed prowler. 8139 In ship's fund. To have a general meeting with patrolmen upon docking. ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), April 7 —Chairman, L. Joynsr; Secratary, V. Nash. One man missed ship in New Orleans. Turn In all surplus linen so It can be cleaned and checked. Ship's delegate to check with boarding pa­ trolman about holding Income tax .out of subsistence. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), April 38 —Chairman, W. Robinson; Secratary, L. Bruce. New .delegate elected. DEL MONTE (Mississippi), April 7 —Chairman, E. Arnot; Secretary, J. Plcou. Most repairs taken care of. Beef on making coffee taken care of; also beef on Ice. $81.93 In ship's fund, after spending 838.49 for books. Suggestion to let pantryman wear shorts In pantry also to stop putting cigarette butts In coffee cups. Put turkey In night lunch. Keep new wash­ ing machine clean. Suggestion made to have hot mustard and to have wash room painted. To. see captain about soft ice cream. Have meat box and fish box temperatures brought down to where they will hold Ice cream. Steward Claims that they are too high. ARLYN (Bull), March 3—Chairman, 6. Seaberger; Secretary, G. Seeberger. A special meeting was held for chief cook.. There was no milk for five days and shortage of linen for two trips in a row. There was not 40 gallons of milk when ship left France. Someone to check stores when they come. AZALEA CITY (Waterman), April 4 —Chairman, D. Ksrella; Secretary, R. Auer. Ship Is entering the ship yard for exter.:d-,.' repairs and conversion. Pay off win be in MobUe. Ship will be laid up. Deck department received three (3) new. men in Long Beach , WhUe' )tessel vMs iri transit to the EVILVN Wwll), April . I4ii-Ch4fr-.' dulf. There is flYJia in the ship's' men, i. Reetfr fecrelery, M. Kembi- fund. �May 24. 1957 r»g9 Elevea SEAFARERS LOG •Welcome' Tank, Ore Ships 1st For A-Power More details about the Government's atom ship program, now available, indicate that the atom age is fast coming up at sea. However, in the first few years of commercial opera­ tion, nuclear power plants will be limited to large super­ will have a cargo lift capacity of tankers, ore carriers and somewhere between 9,000 and 12,- other bulk vessels. All Indications 000 deadweight tons (in the C-2 to are that it will be a long time C-3 range) and quarters for 60 to before nuclear power will be used 100 passengers. The New York naval architects' on passenger vessels and freighters firm of George G. Sharp, Inc. is in the regular liner services. This IS accepted as an established now drafting preliminary-plans for fact even though the first atom ship the vessel. A yard will be selected now being ordered virill be a com­ sometime in the fall with keel-lay­ bination freighter-passenger vessel. ing scheduled for next spring. At current levels of design and engineering, nuclear reactors large enough to power a conventionalsized freighter require too much in the way of heavy shielding. The added weight of the bulky shield­ ing neutralizes much of the added lift the ship would gain by eliminat­ ing bunkers. Save Bunker Tonnage However, on a supertanker on a long offshore rim, the savings in bunker tonnage and space would more than offset the weight of the WASHINGTON —The shipping shielding. A tanker on the run industry may have to pull in its from the Persian Gulf to the East belt another notch if the budgetCoast uses huge quantities of fuel, cutters get their way with the for­ up to 5,000 tons of it for one in eign aid program. the 50,000-ton class. Elimination The optimism six months ago of all that fuel tonnage means that that foreign aid outlays would in­ the supertanker could carry an crease this year has been replaced equivalent additional tonnage of with fears that they may fall in­ petroleum, less of course, the stead. The Administration has al­ weight of the reactor shielding. Ore ready amended its foreign aid re­ carriers would benefit the same quests by a half billion dollars but rijViWfjSi' way and so would whale factory the Congressional economy bloc is ships and other fish vessels. still not happy. No one with any real knowledge of the maritime industry In addition to the cost and weight Proposed spending starting July can dispute the merits of the bill recently thrown into the of the shielding, the. high cost of 1, 1957, has been scaled down from Senate hopper to give formal recognition to the maritime hir­ a nuclear power plant and nuclear $4.3 billion to $3.8 billion, or just ing hall. The measure, proposed by Sen. Warren G. Magnu- fuel at present keep such a plant about what it was for the fiscal son, would clean up the shadowy status under which the hir­ from being competitive. At present, year, now ending. Congress ap­ atomic power costs about 50 per­ proved $3,766,000,000 for the vari­ ing hall has existed over the past ten years. cent more than a conventional ous foreign aid programs last year. The SIU and all maritime unions heartily endorse this pro­ shoreside steam plant in day to day Maritime Concerned posal because the hiring hall has been the foundation of pros­ operation. The difference is less perity not only for the nation's seamen, but for the industry on a ship where lower pressures Since foreign aid shipments are of vital concern to the maritime as well. Long established as the only fair and just system for are used and cargo space is in­ industry, seamen ^nd shippers supplying ship manpower, the hiring hall took job placement creased. alike are watching the budget bat­ Existing plans for the first atomic out of the clutches of the unscrupulous crimps and shady merchant ship call for it to be tle with special interest. waterfront characters who held seamen in virtual slavery. American ships are now carrying about 600 feet long with a beam Speedy adoption of the Magnuson bill by Congress would of 80 feet. She will generate up barely 18 percent of all US foreign help assure that these bitter days can never return. tc»s?2,000 shaft horsepower and will commerce, so that foreign aid car­ have a 21-knot cruising speed. goes moved under the "50-50" law ^ ^ ^ ^ These performance figures are far hold more and more significance from exceptional as compared with for the industry every year. The 18 some of the existing steam plants, percent figure for 1956 represents News that the Indian's Seamen's Union has won pay parity such as on the Mariners. The ship by itself an 18 percent decrease from the 22 percent foreign com­ with Bombay for seamen in Calcutta is welcomed by the SIU merce total for US ships in 1955. and all American maritime unions. Every improvement in This considerable drop reinforces foreign seamen's conditions, no matter how small, works to the concern of shipping interests everyone's advantage in the long run. for the future of the foreign aid program and the "50-50" provision The fact that the increase amounts to 25 rupees a month under which these shipments^ go (the rupee is now pegged at 21 to the dollar) and that this was the first wage boost won by the Calcutta sailors since 1945 LAKE CHARLES—The Painters overseas. There is no argument either in emphasizes the difficult struggle confronting foreign seamen. Union here has all the contractors or out of the industry that foreign But the basic point to keep in mind is that living standards in shut down after failure of contract aid has been a major factor prop­ India and the US are miles apart. talks, reports Leroy Clarke, port ping up the US merchant marine This underscores the fallacy of the Maritime Administration agent. From the looks of things, for almost ten years. view that American maritime unions should show "restraint" he said, they will continue to hold Since 1948, and the start of the line until the contractors give original Marshall Plan for Europe, in their wage and benefit demands in relation to foreign the to the painters' demands. some $46 billion has been distrib­ standards. While prices and living costs rise steadily in the in Other picket lines placed around US, seamen and all American workers living under the Amer­ one of the big chain stores by the uted by the US in the form of eco­ ican economy must keep pace with these increases for their Retail Clerks, AFL-CIO, are prov­ nomic and military aid to friendly nations all over the world. Thanks own self-protection. ~ ing very effective, Clarke reported, to the "50-50" provision for which as business is falling off a great the maritime unions put up the Talk About Lagging... deal. The SIU and Central Labor major fight, approximately half of Another report this month tells how the Swedish-American Council have gone on record to this has gone abroad on American Line is now seriously planning a cafeteria-style transatlantic back the clerks all the way in their ships. tourist ship to serve as a floating convention site. Here, fight. "All is well in this area," Clarke indeed, is an area where American know-how could be put said, with shipping and job activity to good use to win away some of the growing tourist traffic remaining constant. There were 13 that foreign shipowners have capitalized on for years. vessels calling at the port during Yet US companies continue to stand by the old concept the last two weeks. They were the Under the SIU contract, US of lush luxury liners. Every imaginable obstacle Is put in Cantigny, CS Miami, Bradford Public Health Service doctors the way of the few w;ho are adventurous enough to come Island„Chiwawa, CS Norfolk, Royal have the final say on whether Oak, Government Camp, Bents or not a man is fit for duty. If forward with ideas of this kind. Fort, Winter Hill, Chiwawa (Cities But ten years from now, after foreign operators have ex­ Service); Coalinga Hills (Pan Atlan­ there is any question about fitness to sail, check with perimented, succeeded and more solidly entranched them­ tic); Val Chem (Valentine); and your the nearest USPHS hospital or selves in this field, the "Rip Van Winkles" of US. niaritinje th€| Sea Tiger (ColQidal). AH were out-patient clinic for a ruling;t :in;gop^ shape, i^th^o. i^ beefs 'hf.iiif i "• II -I .1 I I • will wake — --"J—1——' , >-r'i -I' '-fill' Fear Slash In Foreign Aid Money Billiou Boost lu Surplus Voted Out WASHINGTON — Tlie House Agriculture Committee has ap­ proved a $1 billion incfease in ex­ tending the farm surplus disposal program, assuring continuation of heavy farm surplus shipments to foreign nations. The full Senate had already acted on the farm surplus exten­ sion but there is one Important difference between the House and Senate measures as they now stand. That relates to the sale or barter of agricultural surpluses with Communist nations. The administration at present has reached tentative agreement with Poland'for $95 million worth of such surplus, subject to Con­ gressional approval. The Senate has already voted to strike out the section of the law which prohibits such sales, but the House Agricul­ ture Committee voted out the bill without following the Senate ac­ tion. Would Woo SatelUtes Undoubtedly, the administration will make efforts to get favorable House action on the floor for sur­ plus deals with countries on the ground that such transactions help wean them away from Moscow domination. A strong bloc in Congress is op­ posed to these transactions, argu­ ing that they only serve to prop up Communist economies instead of weakening Communism's hold on Eastern Europe. The farm surplus program, now in its third year, was originally ap­ proved in the words of the House committee "as an emergency pro­ gram, fojr, disiP9flngj of^surplys, agri,ciilturai. commoditl«s.'t' r Closing The Gap Painters Tie Up Lk. Charles USPHS Has Last Say On Duty Slip ,M a* i..A �Officers Are 'Sea-Spray' No Gentlemen On Washday -By Seafarer Robert 'Red' Fink Ship's officers on the Del Viento have added a new wrinkle to the "two-pot" washing system. After lots of beefing by the SIU crew about the old washer, the company finally produced a new one. But this machine was promptly appropriated by topside when the old washer was repaired. Everyone wound up at least a lit­ tle bit better off then when they started, especially the officers. Now, as if that wasn't enough, the officers are going a step fur­ ther. You give a guy a finger and he'll try for the whole arm next time. *'Hold it, boy. I got you beat on seniority . It seems now the officers are using both maLOG-A.RHYTHM: chines. "When Smith their clothes are very dirty, they use the crew's washer rather than the nice new machine topside," ship's delegate By C. Van Orden Weldon Smith pointed out. "They don't mind sharing their dirt with the crew at all," someone com­ I've stood the watch on barkentines Through nights that folks on shore don't know And mighty ships of steel, mented at the meeting. How the officers get their Through sleet and snow and cy­ Beneath the star-lit skies, I've stood behind that wooden clone blow, clothes so dirty is another matter. wheel May be they're just sloppy eaters. With ice upon the wheel. And watched her fall and rise. Final Departure USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Adolfo Aiiavitarte Thomas Koran Edward .Anderson Cesar Izquierdo John Bednar Alfred Kaju Robert Beliveau D. F. Kaziukewlcz Isaac Blumenberg Ahmed Mehssin Candldo Bonefont Thomas Moncho Edw. T. Campbell John O'Connor R. J. Cavanaugh C. Osinski Howard B. Davis Frank S. Paylor P. P. Dolcndo Jan Piorkowski James H. Fisher Eustaquio Rivera Richard V. Geiiing Jose Rodriguez Waiter J. Gill Charles B. Hoosa Esteli Godfrey Jack E. 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Milefski former address below: Claude H. Gillian George R. Nichols Kaj Hansen William H. Rogers Alexander Leiner R. A. Stratham Newel D. Merrick James A. WaUer Michael Michalik USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHl-S, TENN. Claude F. Blanks • •V A HOSPITAL ALBERQUERQUE, NM 'Charles' Biirtoh I've steered by star. And steered by shore. By compass, and by moon, I've been in wrecks and hurricanes Two fires—and one typhoon. I've stood upon the foc'sle And rung that bell of brass, To tell my mate upon the bridge Of ships at night that pass. I've seen the star-made Southern Cross, The blue Pacific moon, I've seen the Arctic colors flash When day was at the noon. But now I stand my watch on shore And pass the time each.day Just waiting for another ship That slowly drifts my way. Of silver are this vessel's plates. Her decks of gold are cast. Of moonstones are her anchors wrought. There are angels a'fore her mast. Her tiller's guided by the Lord, Her port is heaven's door. Where waits the-master sailor Who waits on heaven's shore. Hot Spot NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE ADDRESS CITY May 24. 1957 SEAFARERS LOG Pare Twelve ZONE.... The man in motion Is Ray Cuccia, chief laundryman on the Del Norte, who has a hot job and a hard one taking care of the passengers' clothes along the entire cruise route. The photo by Lerpy Rinker was sent in. by George McFall. Oldtlmer Urges Pals To Write To the Editor: I meant to write long ago but just never got the pen in hand. I receive each issue of the LOG with eager hands and it always seems the next issue will never come. I enjoy it ever so much and I get a kick out of seeing ship­ mates in the pictures now and then. The SIU has always been "the cream of the crop" and letters To The Editor All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. every seaman is forced to admit it—like it or not. The accomplishments of the SIU since I left in 1952 are all our dreams come true. The pro­ gress is definitely unbelievable and it's hard to believe—even today. The Union has come so very. far and is still way out front. It makes my heart glad and I enjoy all these things even thouRh I am not with you. I have been in and out of hos­ pitals for some time since I was unfortunate enough to get TB. I transferred from the "Veterans Hospital, Brecksville, Ohio, to this address a few days ago, and expect an operation in July. If any of my old shipmates care to write me I would be more than glad to hear from them. This place is the Edwin Shaw Sanitorium, 2600 Sanitorium Road, Akron 12, Ohio. Enclosed is a dollar for an­ other SIU lapel pin. I lost mine in transferring here and have searched everywhere for it. I had it since 1947 and treas­ ured it most highly. Congratu­ lations again to all of you, I wish I were with you now. L. B. "Moonshine" Morgan by the majority of reputable unions, such as the SIU, that would give us nation-wide pub licity and also throw a monkey wrench into the fast, careless and ambiguous legislation now in the making. Take note of the 18 states that already have statutes masked under the "right to work" label for the sole purpose of destroying all unions and bringing us fully un­ der Government control. We have not forgotten the effort put forth by the insur­ ance companies to get our wel­ fare plan into their offices. That was another time where the SIU proved itself. In my judgment, that Was really the beginning of the big push against the labor movement. We all know also that for a union to remain healthy and .strong enough to be heard it must con­ tinue to organize. It is just as important for a union to con­ tinue its organizing campaigns as it is for great industries to keep their advertising and pub­ licity campaigns active. Just so, we must continue our campaign and strive for new contracts and new companies to replace the jobs we may lose through the natural course of events. I am confident that Seafarers will not stand by idly. We know what we have today. We have faith in our Union and we will not panic. David S. Furman if t • Editor Rates The LOG 'Tops' To the Editor: I would appreciate having my name placed on your mailing list. As editor of "The Service Union Reporter," I frequently find information in the SEA­ FARERS LOG—which I see only occasionally—that is of interest to our readers. Your publication is, unques­ tionably, one of the best in the whole labor field. In fact, it compares favorably in both for-" mat and content with the met­ ropolitan dailies. Would that the rest of the la­ bor press could even come close in matching the high degree of s. .J. professional competence evi­ denced by your paper. Bud Aronson Editor To the Editor: "The Service Union Reporter" The big push is on against (Ed. note: "The Service Un­ unionism. .. Insidious p r o p a- ion Reporter" is a publication of ganda is being spread through­ Service and Maintenance Em­ out the country by anti-union ployees Union Local 399 of the AFL-CIO Building Service Em­ politicians and other groups. Destructive criticism of un­ ployees International Union, in ions is the keynote. The ob­ Los Angeles.) i ajectives obvious; to create leg­ islation that will infringe upon our rights and take away the control, freedom and benefits we have today. To the Editor: It was not an easy job to build This was written by a passen­ our Union to its present status. ger, J. T. Preston, aboard the It took the combined effort of Arizpa last summer. The crew every Seafarer together with kind of liked the thought and our elected officers to make hoped that you would print it. it possible. Many years of hard work will go down the To the targo ship Arizpa drain unless we act expeditious­ Which sails the briny deep. ly, get solidly behind our Un­ And the men who take the ion and block the union-busting watch clique. While the passengers are Knowing, personally, so many asleep; of my Union brothers, I feel To them we give our thanks safe In saying that we are not For the skill that they possess, inclined to feast on the mis­ To guide us safely on our way fortunes of others. The fair­ 'Til at the dock ive rest. ness of .our "trial committees" But the greatest thing of all backs us up on that score. It Is the captain and his crew. is my opinion that now would The way they make your wel­ be an Opportune time to give a come vote of confidence to our official With the little things they do. representatives, by a rank and Soon we'll see our friends file vote, and send a copy of And leave this friendly crew. the results to Washington forth­ But to forget the ship Arizpa Will be very hard to do. with. Ship's .delegate This could start a imited drive, Raps Political Push On Unions Passenger Lauds Gang On Arizpa �May 24. 1957 PORTMAR (Calmer Steamship Co.), April 14—Chairman, E. Hasklns; Soeratary, P. Schumacher. All hands to set discharges from captain. They were not given out after shipyard time. Eiected new ship's delegate. Suggest to have letter sent to head­ quarters about grade of beef on board ship. Hot dogs are green, iteaks are tough. GUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrade), April i—Chairman, Y. Coy; Secre­ tary, C. Shivery. New delegate elect­ ed. Food shortage at mealtime. Sug­ gestion made to soogce messroom. Chief steward to take this up with captain. Someone threw the cribbage board and cards over the side. Ship's delegate to sec captain about replac­ ing the broken cots and also about the mall laying in Singapore and be­ ing sent to some future port. Deck Page ThirfreB SEAFARERS LOG trip. All departments should help clean up slop sink. Mate will pass out slips to Indicate total slops and draws. Will see patrolman about poor regulation of heat and ventilation Ttie pantryman will clean the drink­ ing fountain in future-. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), April t—Chairman, J. Norgard; Secretary W. Gillespie. $5.20 in ship's fund. Steward asked about glass and cup shortage. Replied they were broken Shortage of food brought to atten­ tion of patrolman. Complaint made about steward telling -. the captain things about the crew. Washing ma­ chine in bad shape. Light in wash­ room blew out and chief engineer refused to fix It. Noise in passage­ ways to cease, while watch standees are sleeping. Suggest that library books be turned in at end of voyage, Patrolman to find out if chief mate is authorized to go through foc'sles, The ship's delegate to accompany cap­ tain on all shakedowns. Captain has posted notices and warnings from time to time on voyage, making crew look illiterate. A vote of thanks given to ship's delegate for job well done. 'SHUTTER-BUGS' ON THE JOB.. n Show Seafarers In Action STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian) March 3—Chairman, L. Feed; Secre­ tary, F. Horsy. Mailing situation dis­ cussed. Rusty water to be brought to attention of patrolman. Disputed overtime. $21 in ship's fund. Mem hers to volunteer contributions. Vote of thanks to steward department. Cots to be turned in. SUZANNE (Bull), April 10—Chair­ man, R. Velllnga; Secretary, F. Fark- department to paint the heads and showers. Water cooler was turned off due to l^ak In coil. The coil was taken ashore and patched. It lasted about five days and It is out of order again. Chief engineer was told the coil was worn out and should be re­ placed, but he won't spend a dime. ROBIN HOOD (Seas Shipping), March 10—Chairman, H. Rosecrans; Secretary, J. Morton. To elect ship's delegate. Check slop chest require­ ments at end of voyage. Steward department rooms to be checked for painting. ROBIN MOWBRAY (Seas Shipping), April 1—Chairman, N. Flowers; Sec­ retary, A. Concalves. Noted a slight error in the reported ship's fund net of previous meeting and gave cor­ rected amount of $25.37. Various members agreed that gangway watch­ man should note time winches are turned on and off so that time can be checked against log book. All mat­ tresses and torn linen should be turned to steward before arrival in New York. Ail hands have asked the steward to continue purchasing fresh fruit. ROBIN TRENT (Seas Shipping), April 21—Chairman, J. Straka; Secre­ tary, H. Clemens. Overtime dispute. Turn in extra linen. Vote of thanks to steward department for good job done. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), April 27—Chairman, S. Charles. Sec­ retary, A. Lambert. S16.96 in ship's fund. Steward does not report to ship's delegate when he does not get stores he ordered. Crackers are stale. Toor Easter menu. Menus in general could be improved. Coffee to be made In percalator instead of urn. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), April 20—Chairman, S. Garcia; Secre­ tary, Van Whitney. $21.39 in ship's funds. New toothpick holders to be made or ordered. New sugar canister to be ordered by steward. Discussion on messman. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), April 13—Chairman, W. Ed­ wards; Secretary, F. Padrazo. Ail Boiled linen to be turned in. Deck engineer waiting for okay from chief engineer to put lock on the controls of air conditioner. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), April 24—Chairman, J. Beye; Secre­ tary, P. Wagner. $45 in ship's fund. Elected ship's delegate. Suggested that new screens be placed in all rooms. A vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for fine Easter din­ ner. Steward asked all men to turn In all soiled linen. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), April 93—Chairman, J. Monash; Secretary, R. Poppan. $64.20 in ship's funds. Elected ships delegate. Gave outgo­ ing delegate vote of thanks for Job well done. Had old washing machine replaced. STEEL AGE (Isthmian), March 13— Chairman, J. Samsel; Secretary, R. sr. Discussion to get timer for wash­ ing machine. To be ordered by chief electrician. All crew members to keep showers and heads locked up In port. April 21—Chairman, L. Richardson; Secretary, D. Gardner. Shortages in steward stores. Discussion concern Ing shortage. Steward called upon to explain. He said there was 60 days stores aboard when the ship left States. Cooks given a vote of thanks. Messman asks for quiet while serving. THE CABINS (Texas City Refinery), March 23—Chairman, E. MInyard; Sec­ retary, F. NIgro. $10 in treasury. Election of new ship's delegate. April 7—Chairman, T. Wallace; Sec­ retary, F. NIgro. $10 to be used to pay captain for call to Union hall. See captain about stowing lines below and off fantail, also about salt tab­ lets. Cots will be issued as soon as steward receives them. WESTERN RANGER (North Atlantic Marine), Jan. 12—Chairman, D. White; Secretary, J. Powers. Declare all American money in Karachi. All ciga rettes but one carton to be turned in. No troubles to be taken to cap­ tain: all beefs to come through dele­ gate. $8.50 in ship's fund. Deck en­ gineer lost $165 in American money. Suggested whoever took money should return it. Itingerprint man to be called if it is not returned. Sugges­ tion made to pay expert from ship's fund. March 11—Chairman, C. NIckerson; Secretary, W. Bunthoft. $8.50 in ship's fund. The chief cook made speech about difference in cooking with coal and modern galleys. Bosun com­ plained that saloon had catsup and crew had none. Ehitire crew gave vote of thanks to steward department for their fine service. April 14—Chairman, R. Henke; Sec­ retary, C. NIckerson. $8.50 in ship's fund. Crew gave vote of thanks to night cook, baker and messman. Electric fans for forecastles and new ice box for the crew. YORKMAR (Calmer), April 19 — Chairman, E. Burke; Secretary, N. Paine. $16.22 in ship's fund. Discus­ sion on coal beef. JOHN C. (Atlantic Carriers), April 21—Chairman, M. Barton; Secretary, R. Agular. Refrigeration plant went out of order a day before arrival In Peru. Ship to pull in port to straight­ en cargo. Endangering crews' life. Suggestion made to collect $1 from each member to have in ship's fund for any brother that is left behind for illness. Soaking up some sunshine (left) on the Seatrain Louisiana are Pete Garza, wiper (left) and Glen, deck engineer. In center, an AB on the Fiomar concentrates on the wheel whUe Tom Ulisse's camera does its work. Down In engine room on Citrus Packer (right), SIU man William £. Stephens, (left), who's making first trip as 3rd engineer, and oiler William Cachola poke around with fiashlight. KATHRYN (Bull), April 15—Chair­ man, A. Genzales; Secretary, W. Ortiz. $6 In ship's fund. To appropriate a lock for laundry. New padlock with keys for pantry to be given to de­ partment delegate. , LAKE GEORGE (USFC), March 31— Chairman, F. Cohn; Secretary, Brown. Quarters painted. $15 in ship's fund. Mail situation poor. Beef about unau­ thorized overtime in stewards depart­ ment. Food situation very bad. Cap­ tain refuses to recognize all delegates on travelers' checks. Medical atten­ tion very poor. Obldei. $50 given to chief cook when hospitalized from ship's fund. All Stores needed for trip will be picked up In Hawaii. LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), March 31—Chairman, J. Dunn; Secretary, L. Meyers. Talk of last trips troubles. Crew to hold down on drinking. Crew happier than last CUBORE (Ore), April 17—Chairman, trip. $19 in ship's fund. New wringer A. Rosen; Secretary, E. Morris. All for washing machine never received. men should be considerate of the Steward department to clean recrea­ next man to use the laundry by' tion room. Laundry room to be cleaning and rinsing the tubs after cleaned by engine and deck depart­ they are through. ments. Key to crew pantry will be left, with gangway watch. Men to STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), April 19 ke p all cooks out. —Chairman, L. Guellnitz; Secretary, L. Mitchell. Election of ship's dele­ MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ gate. $9.05 in ship's fund. Keep all riers), .\prll 14—Chairman, R. Wright; screen doors locked in India ports. Secretai r, J. Long. Only two rooms Spray all quarters and messrooms, to left to I aint. Draw to be given to­ exterminate roaches. Vote of thanks morrow. Captain and chief mate given to steward dept. for fine menus. leaving sh. i at end of voyage. $33 In ship's fund Vote of confidence given STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), April to steward and department for ex­ 7—Chairman, S. Furtado; Secretary, cellent cooking and service. Every­ H. Kllmon. Fresh milk and fruit body is happy and Its a pleasant voy­ picked up In Durban. Captain Intends age. Not one beef against steward to turn a couple of men over to the department for past two voyages. Coast Guard. $5.25 spent during voy­ New wringer needed Jor washing ma­ age. $37.42 on hand. Gear locker chine. . Three new chairs for messshould - not be' itoed for cargo next rooms. Just ashore from Lewis Emery Jr. in Otaru, Japan (above), Fred Hicks, steward; Pancho Villa, AB, and Dave Rivers, OS, almost seem to be treading water. They kept their end up though, mak­ ing the most of long-awaited shoreleave. At right, Lee Harvey, DM, la all rigged to go aloft and paint the. mast of the Citrua Pecker. All thp Packer photos were turned in by Jose Santiago.f.,». • • ^-Ji 1- ^ �f»f Fonrfeen SEAFARERS LOG Draws Hold Key To 'Good Trip' May 24, 1957 Urges Aid For House Patients To the Editor: I would like to recommend to the trustees of the SIU Welfare Plan an addition to the benefits now in force which I and other brothers feel should be in­ cluded. Under the present set-up, a man's wife or dependents must be an in-patient of a hospital to receive any benefits. But there are many who, though they are not hospitalized, are weighed letters To The Editor Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get In touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will assure speedy transmission on all mes­ sages and faster service for the men involved. SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. Michelet, Agent Capital 7-65S8 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Claike, Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent • HEmlock 2-1754 MORGAN CITY 012 Front St. Tom Gould. Agent Phono 2156 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Lindsey Williams. Agent Tulane 8626 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent MAdison 2-9834 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 PUERTA de TIERRA PR 101 Pelayo Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Marty Breithoff. Agent Douglas 2-5475 SAVANNAH 8 Abercorn St. E. B. McAuley. Agent Adams 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff Gillette. Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Tom Banning. Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. Reed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS.. .675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS J. Algina. Deck C. Simmons. Joint J. Volpian. Eng. W. HaU. Joint E. Mooney. Std. R. Matthews, Joint SUP HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 211 SW Clay St. CApital 3-4336 RICHMOND, Calif....510 Macdonald Ave. BEacon 2-0925 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. SEATTIE S?.H?'?®,2-®363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 PORTLAND Burty — A smooth trip and good ports kept spirits high on the Jean Lafitte. At left, in Osaka, (I to r) are Seafarers Bob Frazier, AB; Bill LeVeen, AB, and John MacAvoy, 3rd cook, with a Japanese miss who helped show them the sights. Aboard ship, Paul Zellner, DM (left), and Ernie Cruz make up a twosome. One of the best ways to check a report about a trip is to look over the draw list. If the draws run heavy, it's pretty certain the ship ran into some good ports along the way. This must have been the-t case with the Jean Lafitte on ments ship's reporter William Le­ a trip out to the Far East. Veen. As a starter, the Lafitte spent 14 "Everyone had a good time and the draw list verifies this," com- days unloading lumber at Inchon, Korea. "Most of the men went ashore," said LeVeen, "and 'Whis­ key Mary' did a landoffice busi­ ness. While cheeking one day I found 22 men in her 'sitting room' sipping alcoholic beverages and listening to an old Victrola play WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. the same song over and over again. Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn Seoul Not Bad HYacinth 9-6165 "A couple of us went over to Seoul to look over the sights and Canadian District found it a much better place with HALIFAX. N.S 128t4 HolUs St. Phone 3-8911 many more diversions. The only MONTREAL 634 St. James St. West drawback was that it takes almost FLateau 8161 two hours to get there . . ." One unhappy note marred the FORT WILLIAM 130 Simpson St. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 Korean stay, howevw, when a boat­ PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. load of native longshoremen hit the Ontario Phone; 5591 anchor-chain of the USNS Herkimer TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E. and capsized. Thirty-eight of the EMpirs 4-5719 48 longshoremen who were to work VICTORIA, BC 61714 Cormorant St. that ship were drowned. Most of EMpire 4531 the ships in the harbor took up a VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. Pacific 3468 collection for the families of the SYDNEY, NS 304 Charlotte St. deceased, LeVeen noted. Phone: 6346 Weather Rough BAGOTVILLE. Quehee 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 Yokohama and Osaka, Japan, THOROLD, Ontario 53 St. Davids St. which were further along on the CAnal 7-3202 itinerary, also provided their share QUEBEC 85 St. Pierre St. Quebec Phone: 3-1569 of good times, "but now it's all The SAINT JOHN 85 Germain St. over but the memories. NB Phone: 2-5232 weather has been awful . . . con­ tinuous rain and fog plus rough Great Lakes District seas. But here on deck we have ALPENA 1215 N. Second Ave. everything all cleaned up and ship­ Phone: 713-J shape, so we should have a smooth BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St. payoff. J. Touart is ship% delegate Phone: Cleveland 7391 and is doing a fine Job." CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave., NE A final note reveals that the Phone: Main 1-0147 Lafitte is bringing home three sea­ DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6057 men who were in Japanese hos­ pitals. Although no names are DULOTH 531 W. Michigan St. Phone: Randolph 2-4110 mentioned, the word is that all three are SIU men and in good SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 92nd St. Phone: Essex 5-2410 spirits. All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. down with bills for clinics and doctors. Some are confined to bed in their own homes, but must be visited by the doctor quite often. People under a doctor's care for a long time, even though they're not in the hospital, are often sorely taxed to meet ex­ penses for medicine and other care. A short time in the hos­ pital is bad enough, but con­ tinuous doctors' visits, whether one is able to go to the doctor's office or he comes to your home, many times proves more costly than an operation or a couple of weeks in a hospital. Thus, I feel some provision should be made to assist a member whose wife or depen­ dents is so burdened. Let's have some views on this. John Jellette 4" 4> J" Sees Organizing Key To Progress To the Editor: Today I visited with a fine old British ship, the SS Tongariro. This fine old freighter was built in 1925, so there was some talk of scrapping her, but she's still a seaworthy old scow and ply­ ing the high seas as good as ever. She is on a regular run to Australia and New Zealand, but has some cargo destined for tho Atlantic Coast, too. In fact, she's bound for Canada right now. They've certainly got a good crew aboard. The ship itself is very well kept, and she's a feeder, too. The steward de­ partment is run very well under the direction of Ronnie Ingold, chief " steward. Speaking of Ronnie, our chief stewards have a racket compared to the reg­ ular duties of this guy. Aside from the normal duties of the job, he also takes care of all the books aboard, sells wines, spirits and beer, • takes care of the slopchest, overtime, etc., etc. He has a ten-man departipent, but needless to say, he's indis­ pensable. All of the men are pitifully underpaid. I don't see why these guys don't wise Up and compel the shipowners to give them a decent wage and better fringe benefits. It's a shame to see the older fellows wasting their lives away aboard these ships with no future in store for them. We who have the benefits over here should appreciate our hardwon agreements and the varied welfare benefits. Those poor fellows have a long way to go before they can realize all of these advantages. . However, with a iittle fore­ sight, every foreign ship that comes in contact with American ships, especially in American waters, has the opportunity to see how good American team­ work and hard-fighting unions have made top gains. They can take a lesson from these condi­ tions and organize more. I know the doors are always open to interested groups of bona fide seamen to come into our SIU halls, talk with our representatives and members and see the wonderful strides that have been made. I'm a firm believer in union organization. I know that, as a start, if the organizing commit­ tees of American unions would take it upon themselves to assist these foreign-flag ships to get proper representation, the day would not be too far off when better conditions would prevail not only for them but for all seamen. Hal George Horowitz a.- i Offers Thanks To Alice Brown To the Editor: I'd appreciate it very much if you would extend my thanks to the crew and captain of the SS Alice Brown for their kind­ ness upon the death of my mother. She died in Mobile on May 8, 1957. Our family deeply appreciated the flowers and expressions of sympathy by these shipmates. James L. Danzey ai 4 ft Hails SIU For Housing Assist To the Editor: May I at this time give a vote of thanks to the Union and the officials of the SIU welfare de­ partment for the way they helped us when we were on the brink of losing our home. Thanks to them, we are secure in our home today. The way they came to our aid was fabulous. The men of the SIU may well be proud, and the wives and families secure in knowing that we have such a Union to protect us. J. Moynihan By Bernard Seaman �Page Fifteem SEAFARERS LOG May 21. 1957 Curranism: A Sleazy Technique Jimmie Hicks Get in touch with your mother at 65 East Haig Ave., Prichard, Ala. ^ S« 4i Steve SloneskI Hank wants you to contact him. if 4" 4i • Ex-SS Madaket Members of the crew present during an accident to dayman Eobert F. Kennedy while securing number 2 hatch in Tampa, before sailing for Mobile on March 10, 1957, are asked to contact Barney B. Brown, 328 Market St., Camden, NJ. if if if Ernest Chapman, utility, 2 Lloyd Gunnells, FWT, 3 William G. Moore, DM, 3 Damon A. Newsome, AB, 3 Robert C. Schahuber, oiler, 3 if if days; days; days; days; days. if Mack O-NeUI Get in- touch with your wife, Beatrice, at Route No. 2, LaFollette, Tenn. Urgent. (Continued from page 2) membership has never been able to get a straight­ forward story. Curran and the facts are simply in­ compatible. The record is clear that whenever anybody dis­ agrees with Curran, inside the NMU or outside it, that individual or group is immediately branded liar, stupid, prejudiced, crooked and gutless or variations on the same theme. Why does Curran persist on this tack in every sit­ uation long after it has become obvious to everyone that the slogans have no air of reality whatsoever? The ansv/er lies in the Curran "cult of personality" —^the-pitifully self-deluding picture of an imaginary superman who can never admit any deviation from Infallibility. If we were to believe Joe Curran, then Joe Curran is always 100 percent. But the only thing that he has been 100 percent on is in his dis­ tortions, his opportunism, his use of Stalinist tech­ niques and his consistent evasion of the truth. t Walter Gustavson Contact Peter F. Patrick, Seatrain Savannah, c/o Seatrain Lines, Inc., 711 Third Ave., New York 17, NY. if ^ i, Don Wagner, please contact George Fargo at 517 Woodnor Court, New Brunswick, NJ. His plione number is Kilmer 5-9331. if if - iGeorge E. King Kindly contact Charles Macbeth c/o Townsite Realty Ltd., 71 Front Street, Nanaimo, British Columbia, concerning your property there. All of the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity ' benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: AFL-CIO Body Gets Full Coal Beef Report Harry Monahan, born March 22, April 13, 1957, to Seafarer and 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Harry Mrs. William A. DuRapau, .Hous­ (Continued from page 2) ton, Tex. Monahan, Jex-sey City, NJ. MMU, however, rejected the Meany if i i if if if Susan Patricia Culbertson, born • proposal. Robert Lee Hathcock, bom March 4, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs, April 21,.. 1957, to Seafarer and | President Meany explained to Robert L. Hathcock, Florence, SC. Mrs. Thomas G. Culbertson, Gov-1 the Council that he had x-eceived conflicting opinions on the legal ington, La._ if if i ramifications of the SIU charges i if i • Lou Camile DuRapau, born Thomas Joseph Benson, born against the company at the Na­ May 8, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. tional Relations Board. In face of William J. Benson, Brooklyn, NY. these eoixflicting opinions, Presi­ dent Meany said his position was if if if Dani Joan Blakeslee, born April that the SIU should not have filed 20, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wil­ its complaint. He said, however, that several AFL-CIO unions—^in­ TO SHIPS IN ATIANTIC • SOUTH AMERICAN • EUROPEAN WATERS liam A. Blakeslee, Pinellas Paxk, cluding some represented on the Fla. council—had taken similar action i i if t in other instances although he did Cynthia Lyime Danne, born May i not feel any were correct in doing I, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. :S0. Adolph L. Danne, Mobile, Ala. 1 In presenting the SIU position, if ii if I Hall said that the SIU had accepted Eddie A. Patingo, Jr., born April President Meaixy's proposal at the 20, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ed­ February 21 meeting that it with­ die A. Patingo, New Orleans, La. draw its NLRB complaint and fully recognize the NMU agreement if i i Linda Lou Mays, born March 27, with American Coal, even though 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Law­ it was a difficult decision for the SIU to make. The decision to with­ rence T. Mays, Branchville, Ala. draw was made in the interests of if i if Lorrie Lane Morrison, born the Federation and out of respect April 19, 1957, to Seafarer and for President Meany. In turn. Hall 1 Seattle, Wash. i-ecalled, Meany's proposal called iili Mrs. C. A. Morrison, upon the NMU to support the li­ it i 'i lllpipi censed AFL-CIO officers in their Vahe Katros, bora Januai-y 5, beef against American Coal. 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Theo­ (The SIU charges against the dore Katros, San Francisco, Calif. company were the only means it if if i had available to protect the inter­ Natalia Muentes, born April 16, ests of the Union against discrimi­ WFK-95,15700 KCi WH-6S. 15150 KCS WFK-39,19S50KCs 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Asterio nation. The company instituted Shlpi In Mediterranean Shlpt In SuK ef MixShlpi In Caribbean, areo, Narth Atlantic, Ico, Caribbean. Weil D. Muentes, New Orleans, La. Eatt Coatt ol South legal proceedings against SIU and European and US Ecit Ceait el South Amer* America, South Atlantic i if if the licensed AFL-CIO officersCaail. lea, Weil Coait al and Eait Cooit •! Mexico and US Eon Bert M. Winfield, born February unions and succeeded in obtaining United Stotet. iPil Ccau. 6, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Bert injunctions which barred economic iiii action^. M. Winfield, Norfolk, Va. Hall told the Council that with 58® if if if Denise Ann Chlanese, born April respect to the coal beef Curran had II, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. again—as he had in the New York James O. Chlanese, Brooklyn, NY. watex-front fight—taken a position contrary to that laid down by the UP-TO*THB-MINUTI i 4 AFL-CIO. This time, Hall said. Cur­ Patrick Wherrlty, boxm March ran is allied with Distx-ict 50 of the UNION AND MARITIME 20, 1957, to Seafarer and Mx-s. United Mine Workers against the NEWS Francis Wherrlty, Philadelphia, Pa. MEBA and the MM&P, the li­ if 4• 4 censed AFL-CIO officers' uixlons. Harry Branson Reynolds, born Curran, Hall said, had betrayed the February 10, 1957, to Seafax-er and united labor movement "by stab­ Mrs. William H. Reynolds, Win­ bing us In the back In the water­ chester, Pa. front fight." Again in the coal beef. 4 4 4 Hall said Curran had betrayed the Madeline Julie St. Germain, movement by tieing up with John born December 18, 1958, to Sea­ L. Lewis and his company uixlon farer and Mrs. Gleason G. St. Ger­ against the AFL-CIO officersmain, Westwego, La. unions. 4 4 4 If Curran can continue to betray BROUOHT TO YOU BY THE DEEP SEA UNIONS OP THE Damaso C. Espinal, born March the movement In this fashion and 13, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Da­ still be sustained, then you have a maso Cruz, Trujillo AUo, PR. situation amounting to "a double 4 4 4 standard," HaU said. Guy Emory Banister, born No­ The NMU position before the vember 14, 1956, to Seafarer and Council was essentially a reitera­ SlU-AftG DISTRICT-SUP•MFOW'MCS'ROU-MM&P-BME-SIU-CANADIAN DISTRia Mrs. Robert Z. Banister, New Or­ tion of Its blast against the SIU leans, La. for taking action before the NLRB. Ex-SS The Cabins The following named men are entitled to lodging allowance from time in drydock in Baltimore and should request it from Texas City Beflning, Inc., PO Box 1271, Texas City, Texas: Elbert C. Brock, MM, 3 days; Lyles Di Branson, wiper, 2 days; ¥HE FIRST DIRECT VOICE BROADCAST TO SHIPS' CREWS • •VEST SHHBAY • 1610 CMT Foics 0f Md MTP, f ' S ' MARIflMi fRAMS PIPARTMINfi Meanwhile, MTD Round-The-World Wireless Broadcasts Continue. e • 4 \ |"EVERY SUNDA^ 1915 GMrj^^Y C./MVIPIAY nnic rtri 1I (2:13 PM £Sr Sunday) ^ gi 11 furopo and North Amtrica WCO-.13020 KCo lost Coast South Amorica WCO-16908.8 KCo Wost Coast South Amorica WCO>2240r KCo J I I I f (10; 15 PM EST Sunday) Australia WMM 25-15607 KCs Nbrthwost Pacific WMM 81-11037.5 • I I I I I 4 4 Gloria Guzman, born January 12, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Pedro Guzman, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 Randy Lewis Francis, born March 23, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lewis H. Francis, Danville, Va. 4 4 4 Timothius St. Cloud Bird, born January .18, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Janfes Bird, ^Ullmore, Ga.. Shorthanded? If a crewmember quits while a ship is in port, delegates are asked to contact the hall immediately for a replace­ ment. Fast action on their part will keep all jobs aboard ship filled at all times and elimL nate the chance of the ship sailing shorthanded. , �SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFAR ERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • LOG ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • 1,300 Seafarers Benefit From Family Hospital Aid The second anniversary of the Seafarers family benefit program comes up one week from tomorrow with over 1,300 Seafarers receiving approximately $200,000 of direct assistance toward payment of hospital and surgical bills for children, wives and parents, In addition, the program has been of-material assistance to dis­ abled Seafarers who also w, , ijk- O WJ. VC^A.WV..« qualify for these benefits aside from their $35 weekly disabilitypension. It was on June 1, 1955, that the family benefit program went into effect covering hospital room and board, hospital extras, surgical care and doctors' calls at the hospital. In its initial stages, the program was limited to wives and unmarried First to benefit from newly-added dependent parents aid lost children under 19. Benefits for fall was Mrs. Elizabeth Van Vynck, Long Island Gity, NY. She's hospital treatment were limited to shown with son. Seafarer Ed Van Vynclc. a 31-day stay at the time. Dependent Parents Covered Last September, the SIU port agents' conference proposed a number of improvements in the program, among which was a pro­ posal to include dependent parents of Seafarers. The improvements were put forth by the Union repre­ sentatives at a trustees meeting of WASHINGTON—The SlU-contracted Isthmian Steamship the Seafarers Welfare Plan and Company was the last to get under the wire as the Federal Family of Seafarer Ed Singletary of New Orleans had four tonsil­ adopted by the trustees. Dependent Maritime Board announced that the reserve fleet breakout is lectomies in 1955 under SIU family hospital-surgical plan. Left to parents, step-parents and foster right in 1955 photo are Mrs. Singletary; Carol, Felicine, Donna now over. The FMB adopted'*" — parents of Seafarers were included and Ruth, who had tonsils yanked, plus Marie and Zada. All where supported by the Seafarer an examiners' decision which break out any more Government for the oast five years. The 31-day were covered by the SIU program. declared there is no need to ships for the carriage of coal ex­ ports or Government-sponsored limit on hospital room and board 4 grain cargoes. The examiner's benefits was waived so as to provide for 31 days, while surgical benefits ruling comes after a period of de­ coverage for severe and chronic are paid according to a fixed clining freight rates for coal and illnesses which tended to run up schedule up to a maximum of $300. Maternity benefits are not cov­ other bulk cargoes, indicating that huge bills for Seafarers. To further there are enough ships available soften the burden, the trustees ered by the hospital-surgical pro­ at the present time to handle cargo voted an additional $100 in hospital gram since tlTe separate $200 ma­ needs. The reopening of the Suez extras for dependents in the hospi­ ternity payment already provides for these cases. Canal undoubtedly contributed to tal past the 31-day period. WASHINGTON—A bill has been proposed in the Senate Eligibility for the family hospi- for the sale of 24 Government owned, coal-burning Liberty- the decision to discontinue the Figures compiled by the Welfare breakouts. Plan through April 30, 1957, one tal-.surgical plan is based on the type vessels to German citizens. Eight Ships Approved usual Welfare Plan requirement month short of two years, show The measure, proposed by^ Isthmian had previously received that the Seafarer have 90 days' seathat in 1,262 cases Seafarers re­ approval to charter eight Govern­ Deutsch Amerikanischa Kohlen Senators Smathers of Flprida, time in the previous calendar year ceived a total of $188,813.77 in ment Victorys for its Persian Gulf Transport Gesselschaft (Americanplus one day in the past 90 on SIU and Cotton of New Hamp­ benefits to cover hospital and and India berth services. It has al­ German Coal Transport Company). surgical costs. The May figures, ships. Enrollment cards for list­ shire, would authorize the Secre­ ready selected two of the ships, the tary of Commerce to sell, within ing members of the family who are This bill is just one more in a while necessarily incomplete, are certain to push the number of pay­ eligible are available at all SIU a 12 month period, not more than long list of proposals for the sale Belgium Victory and the Selma 24 of the cdal-burners to the of Government reserve Libertys to Victory from the James River and ments over 1,300 and the cash out­ halls. foreign nations. So far a number Hudson River reserve fleets. How­ lay past the $200,000 mark. of countries have received Ameri­ ever, both of these ships will not $50 Deductible cans vessels under the Ship Sales be ready until September. The dependents' benefit program To get its berth service started. Act of 1946. Among them were calls for Seafarers to pay the first Brazil, Korea, and the Philippines. Isthmian is getting two other Vic­ $50 of hospital charges, with the Guatemala, India, Pakistan, torys, the Wesley Victory and W^elfare Plan picking up the rest Turkey, Mexico and Peru have, or Plymouth Victory which were orig­ of the tab up to the $10 daily had, billsh before Congress for simi­ inally assigned to State .Marine maximum and up to $100 in hospi­ lar authorization. The latest pro­ Lines. States Marine-will turn the tal extras. When the stay runs over posal was for the sale of 15 ships— two ships over to Isthmian as they "J Starting July 1, 1950, 31 days, an additional $100 in eight Liberty cargo ships, one have already been in the yards for I with a $500 payment, the extras is provided. Liberty tanker, four C-ls and two overhaul and are to be ready for service shortly. One of them will I death benefit has been in"Victorys—to Guatemala. Doctors' visits to the hospital are come out in mid-June and the I creased several times Although most of these sales also covered at the rate of $4 a day were conditioned to their use only other in the first week of July. I since then to the present in trade along the coast of the pur­ • Additional Victorys will be se­ I $4,000 level. Over $1< chasing nation, it has been found lected at a later date to cover the 750,000 has been paid that some vessels sold to the remainder of its needs. out to Seafarers' next of Philippines have been used in the kin under this benefit offshore trade. alone. The seatime re­ Conditions of the sale are that tirements, like those the vessels will limit their use to for most -SIU benefits, the transportation of coal pur­ SAN FRANCISCO—There has Seafarers with beefs regard­ chased in the US to the Federal call for 90 days in the been little change in Job activity Republic of Germany, and other ing slow payment of monies due previous calendar year for Seafarers in this area during friendly Western European Coun­ from various operators in back and one day in the past the past period. Shipping has con­ tries. In that ruti they would be wages and disputed overtime 90 on SlU-contracted tinued to be fair and should re­ competing with a dwindling num­ should first check whether they vessels. main so for at least the next pe­ have a proper mailing address ber of US tramps. riod. The ves'sels are to pick up the on file with the company. SIU The Ames Victory (Victory) paid coal here, deposit it Jn Europe and headquarters officials point out off and signed on while the return to the US in ballast. They that reports received from sev­ Raphael Semmes and Kyska (Wat­ are not to carry any cargo into the eral operators show checks have erman) also signed on. The Topa United States. been mailed to one address Topa (Waterman), Ocean Eva The resolution, as offered by while a beef on the same score (Ocean Transport), Steel Navi­ Senator Smathers, is based on the is sent from another, thus ere- , obsoleteness of coal-burning Lib­ ating much difficulty in keeping gator and Steel Fabricator (Isth­ ertys which have little or no value accounts straight. mian) were in port diming the last for defense purposes. two weeks to he serviced. Breakouts End, Isthmian Last To Gain Approval Germans Seek US Coal-Fired Libertys YOUR SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN Death I Benefit SF Foresees Fair Shipping Use Only One Mail Address SEAFARERS INT'L UNION, A&G DISTRICT � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource May 24, 1957 Description An account of the resource Headlines: HIRING HALL BILL WOULD AMEND T-H LABOR SEC’Y ASSAILS RUNAWAYS CALL COAL SHIP REPLACEMENTS; CO. BEGS OFF ON BIAS CHARGE AFL-CIO COUNCIL HEARS FULL REPORT ON COAL BEEF ACS ACTION BY SEA VETS WINS PRAISE CO’S SEEK RUNAWAY PRICE FROM GOV’T ON TRADE-INS SHIPS USE SUEZ; STILL BAN ISRAEL CABLE SHIP RETURNS FOR FRESH LOAD LABOR SEC’Y HITS RUNAWAYS, BACKS MAGNUSON’S BILL SUP IMPROVING HQ HALL PORT SEATTLE JOBS REACH 4-YEAR HIGH HQ DEMANDS $ FROM RUNAWAYS P-A TO TRANSFER ‘PIGGYBACK’ T-2S BILL URGES STRICT RULES ON SEA JOBS FOR ALIENS FEAR SLASH IN FOREIGN AID MONEY BILLION BOOST IN SURPLUS VOTED OUT CURRANISM: A SLEAZY TECHNIQUE 1300 SEAFARERS BENEFIT FROM FAMILY HOSPITAL AID BREAKOUTS END, ISTHMIAN LAST TO GAIN APPROVAL Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/24/1957 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIX, No. 11  1957 Periodicals Seafarers Log