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The order also called on the SIU to halt its ?trike and-»supply crewmembers when issued under the Taft-Hartley law. pending is company action in called upon to do so by the Still the New York State Supreme Court LOG Short Cut To St. Lawrence October 11, 1957 PH Rate Increase Rejected WASHINGTON — Efforts, of steamship operators on the Puerto Rico run to get a temporary eight percent rate increase have been turned back by the Federal Mari­ time Board. While denying the temporary boost, the board asked that its Trial Examiner's Depart­ ment act rapidly on the companies' request for a permanent rate boost. The United States Atlantic and Gulf-Puerto Rico Conference, in­ cluding in its members Alcoa, Bull and Waterman, had asked for the increases to prevent "Irremediable injury to the financial structure of Bull . . . and tremendous and otherwise unrecapturable losses to Alcoa . . The move for a rate increase had aroused strong opposition from Puerto Rican shippers and from the island's government. Governor Luis Munoz Marin had threatened to charter ships on the govern­ ment's own hook if the rate in­ creases went through. company. I where the company has been trying The order, issued September 27 for some weeks to get a temporary by Federal Judge Walter Bruchau- injunction against the SlU^and the sen, took effect on Tuesday, Octo­ officers' unions. The officers' ber 1. SIU picketlines were with­ unions were not a party to the Federal action since they have drawn from the Bull terminal, but been considered outside the scope members of the Masters, Mates and of the Taft-Hartley law because Pilots and Marine Engineers Bene- they represent supervisory perflcial Association continued their sonnel. ' Other Companies In Field picket action. Now open to ship travel, the Conso Conal between Cope Breton With the strike now completing The text of the court order was Island gnd Nova Scotia permits vessels bound for the Gulf of St. its second month, other companies read at all membership meetings Lawrence to use the Conso Strait. Lock accommodates ships up and down the coast on Wedne.s- are stepping up activities on the with 28 to 30-foot draft depending on weather conditions. Canal day night. Headquarters stated Puerto Rican run. The Waterman saves half-day of steaming around Cope Breton Island. that notwithstanding the SIU ap­ Steamship Company is entering the peal, there was no choice but to Puerto Rican trade from New York. obey the order unless and until it Waterman previously serviced Puerto Rico only from the Gulf is reversed. The Federal court order was and West Coast. The company has announced it will put two of its The National Maritime Union this week new trailer carriers on the run this opened what is billed as its 20th Anniversary winter. Another step is the expansion of convention. In the words of NMU President the Borinquen Steamship Compa­ Joseph Curran, "We will be saluting the record of ny. which operates under the the past at the same time that we are acting on the Puerto Rican flag.- Borinquen had problems of the present . . . We never have stopped , chartered the SlU-manned MV moving forward ..." Since Curran has been president of the NMU Ponce in service between Florida ports and Puerto Rico. Now it is since shortly after that 1937 convention, it is pre­ extending its service with the sumed that he takes respohsibility for his activities chartering of the SlU-manned and the union's in that period when he speaks of Ocean Ulla on the New York run "saluting the record of the past." Here are a few 1945: Leads "Bring the boys home" campaign. of the highlights, and sidelights,-of the past 20 years. plus other vessels. Denounces Marines in China. (Communist forces Seafarers or children of Seafar­ * * * Will Build Trailership began their war against the Nationalists a few days ers who are interested iii applying 1937: NMU, organized under leadership of water­ later). Borinquen has announced that it for the 1958 SIU s^olarship 1946: Predicts SIU defeat In Isthmian. Hails NMU awards are urged to file their plans to get Into the trailer-carry­ front-section Communist Party. Leaders include Ferdinand Smith, Joe Stack, Blackie Myers and organizing 4epartnient as following correct tactics. ing service as well, through the credentials as soon as possible. The 1947: Discovers there are Communists in NMU. SIU Welfare Plan office, which purchase of a T-2 tanker which 't other party activists. Curran attacks William Green Blames Isthmian defeat on NMU organizers. handles the scholarship procedure, intends to convert into a trailer- for calling NMU Communist-dominated. 1947: Starts purge of Stark, Smith, Myers, McKen1939: Curran attacks SIU. Calls it "dying organi­ points out that future applicants ship. Borinquen is the maritime divi­ zation." Refuses to meet on unity of seamen's zie vy:lth help of Keith, Lawrenson, Warner, Hanley, will be required to take their Col­ Stone and others. Pledges no persecution of Com­ lege Entrance Examination tests sion of the Ryder System, which is unions. 1939: First purge of anti-Communist opposition. munists in rank and file. by March 15 to qualify for a schol­ a principal Southern trucking 1948: Purges continue. concern. It reflects the growing Many heads roll. arship. 1948: pledges union would strike before permit, tendency to unify trucking and The March 15 date allows the 1939: Curran denies he is Communist or knows tins- any change In hiring hall procedures. snipping operations into combined Plan to get the information on test of any Communists in NMU in testimony before 1949: Purges Lawrenson, Keith with help of War­ results in sufficient time for selec­ service as pioneered by Pan-At- House Un-American Activities Committee. Says un­ ner, Hanley, Stone. tion of the winners in June. Pre­ Jantic and TMT. der oath he wouldn't, know a dommunist if he saw 1950: Discovers Communists have no place in viously when candidates were al­ • The SlU's strike began on August one. , union. Calls on Coast Guard to lift their papers. lowed to take later tests, it made 19th and the licensed officers' 1940: Stalin-Hitler honeymoon era. World War II 1951: Attempts to organize West Coast M!arina for difficulties in getting the test unions went out two days later in on. Curran vows, "Yanks Are Not Coming." Attacks Cooks, then under Bridges domination. Denounces their separate disputes with the FDR "war drive" 1940-1941. results to the committee. Lundeberg, SUP, for activity In field. NMU cam­ In order to qualify for the March company. The • strike followed a paign fizzles out badly. breakdown in negotiations over 15 examination, a candidate has to 1953: Attacks AFL drive-against racket-dominated have his college entrance board SIU demands for a 20 percent in­ International Longshoremen's Association. crease for all ratings plus the West examination reservation filled out 1954: Threatens strike if AFL longshoremen work by February 15, with late reserva­ Coast overtime and penalty scale. NMU ships. tions accepted until March 1. At present, the company- still has 1954: Purges Warner, Hanley and others, with Other material required by the five ships in operation. These are help of Stone, McDougall. Plan includes graduation in the the Angelina, Arlyn, Hilton, Evelyn 1954: Says District 50 has no business in mari­ upper third of the high school and Suzanne on various runs. The time. (See 1956 below). class, a transcript of the candi­ Ines, which was out offshore, came 1955: Destroys Committee of American Maritlm«S date's high school record plus in recently, laid off its crew and Unions In move to dominate all AFL-CIO marine three letters of reference, one of entered the shipyard. unions when merger takes place. Attacks Lunde­ which has to be from the high 1941: Nazis attack Russia. Curran calls for all-out berg, SIU, Masters, Mates. school principal. 1955: Opens doors to all comers In NMU hiring fight on Fascism. Changes slogan to "Yanks Are halls. Purges Stone, with help of McDougall. Five winners are selected each not coming—too late." 1956: Calls on longshoremen to vote for ILA and year by a board of university ad-^ Oct. n, 1957 Vol. XIX No. 21 1942: Pledges full support to War Shipping Ad­ against AFL-CIO on eve of New York election. ministrators. At least one of the ministration. Opens NMU halls to WSA trainees. five- scholarships is reserved for a 1942: Calls for immediate release of Earl Browder, Seafarer, with the other four open Communist Party head in US. to both Seafarers or children of 1942: Denounces John L. Lewis as opening second Union men. The scholarships pro­ PAUL HALL. Secretary-Treasurer front for Hitler. vide $6,000 for four years' study. HERBERT BRAND, Editor. BERNARD SEA­ 1942: Urges immediate opening of second front, MAN. Art Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, AL MASKIN, JOHN BRAEIL. Staff declaration of war on Finland.. Wriiurs, BILL .UOODY, OUIJ Area Ueprisentative. 1942: NMU wins Atlantic Refining vole. Never Who is signs contract because of "Win the war" honeymoon Herman E. Cooper? Published biweekly et the headquarters with shipowners. of the Seafarers International Union, At­ 1942: Denounces Walter Reuther as playing Hit­ What is his role in other lantic A Cult District, AFL-CIO, *75 Fourth ler's game. Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth unions besides the NMU7 1956: Backs District 56 paper local union of ship's 1944-45: Period of open collaboration between 9-6600. Entered es second class matter officers in American Coal against mates and engi­ at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under NMU and shipowners. Pledge of no strike policy See future issues of the *he"Act cf Aug. 34, 1913. neers unions. ^ after war. 1957: Agrees to industry-wide blacklist set-up in SEAFARERS LOG 1945:'Travels to Moscow. Hails, the "great and all NMU com wise Comrade Stalin" In B public address. •I--' Curran 'Salutes' His Past Record Urge Early Bid On SIU Scholarsiilp SEAFARERS LOG �i :: rA' • '• . *-,'. ' • ,• ^ : '.a-M OoioW 11, 195t SEAFARERS LOG Pace Three Seafarer Families Now Eligible For SlU Health Center Dr. Stanley Birnbauni of New York S5U he<?Uh center $taff checkt blood pressure of Mrs. S. Smoll, one of first Seafarers' wives to moke use of the center's free examination and diagnostic proce­ dures. Center is now open to Seafarers' family members. Services of the Seafarers Welfare Plan medical center, first seamen's medical center in maritime, are now available to all SIU families. Wives, children and de­ pendent parents of SIU men eligible under the Welfare Plan can obtain complete physical examinations at^~ the findings are made known The Brooklyn center is the first no cost through the new tory, by letter or in subsequent visits to of four to be operated by the wel­ medical facility in Brook­ the center, if necessary. Dr. Logue fare plan. Medical Department. It is available for consultation on the is named the Pete Larsen Memo­ lyn. recommendations of the staff spe­ Clinic, In honor of a rank-andOpen since last April, cialists at the end of each examina­ rial file Seafarer who died in 1956. tion. The entire program Is avail­ Other centers will eventually be the center has been exam­ able to the Seafarer and his family operated in Baltimore, Mobile and ining family members on under the SIU Welfare Plan at no New Orleans to accommodate Sea­ farers in those areas. an experimental basis for cost. the past few weeks. Special­ ists in gynecology and pedi­ atrics have since been added $1 An Hour Pact; Welfare Plan Cuts Out '$50 Deductible' Charge to the staff to serve the special medical needs of the wives and children now covered under the center's expanding program. An average of 25 dependents has been in for regular check-ups or Another significant advance by the Seafarers Welfare Plan diagnosis of specific ailments on Attorney Benjamin Sterling, well known to Seafarers for the one afternoon a week set aside has wiped out the $50 deductible provision covering hospitalhis role in handling funds for the International Longshore­ for SIU family members so far. In surgical benefits for SIU families, dependent parents and addition, 100 or more Seafarers men's Association in thejatter's efforts to interfere in SIL have received medical exams each Seafarers receiving monthly week during the six months the disability-pension benefits. $100 for hospital extras is also pro­ affairs, has now turned his^ to replace those laid off. About 40 center has been in operation. vided in these cases. Trustees of the welfare plan talents to representing em­ of the firm's workers have walked Thursday afternoons from one have approved elimination of the Benefits under the hospital-sur­ ployers who enter into "sweet­ off the job in protest against the to five are now devoted to examina­ provision retroactive to October 1, gical program now include the fol­ heart" contracts. firings and are now seeking to ob tion appointments for dependents. 1957. Seafarers will have to pay lowing: $10 per day for hospital Sterling is currently counsel for tain union representation through This schedule will oe broadened the first $50 of hospital charges on room and board, up to $100 for hos­ the Joseph Markovits Company in the International Union of Electri­ as necessary to accommodate the claims filed prior to that date. The pital extras, $4 per day for doc­ cal Workers. AFL-CIO. demand, according to Dr. Joseph plan will then pick up the rest of tors' visits to the hospital and sur­ New York which recently laid off Logue, director of the center. The ACTU said that the com­ the tab up to the specified limits gical benefits up to a maximum of sixteen workers who had gone to pany had signed the contract in As in the case with Seafarers, in benefits. $300 according to a fixed schedulo the National Labor Relations 1955. Subsequently the spokesman the center offers complete diagnos­ In addition, the SIU plan will of payments. Board seeking relief from a $1 an said, wages were actually reduced tic facilities including x-rays, fluro- now cover up to five blood trans­ hour "sweetheart" contract. These five cents an hour to the $1 mini­ scope, electro-cardiograph plus a fusions at the rate of $20 per contracts have been severely crltl- mum, and the contract did not modern, well-equipped laboratory. transfusion for each hospital stay. Who is Detection And Prevention provide for any welfare or other The family benefits plan for Herman E. Cooper? Its basic function Is to detect and fringe benefits. Seafarers' wives and children first prevent ailments and physical dis­ What is his political back­ Named In Hall Plot abilities before they become se­ went into effect June 1, 1955, to ground? ' Who is curious Sterling's name figured promi­ rious enough to affect a Seafarer's cover charges for. hospital room nently in the investigation of the ability to work. Where treatment and board, hospital extras, surgi­ about his activities as a labor attempted assassination of SIU is needed, the Seafarer is referred cal care and doctors' calls at the attorney? Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall. He to the US Public Health Service hospital. Since then, coverage has What is his role in the NMU? was revealed to have handled large or his private physician. SIU fam­ been extended to Seafarers' depen­ sums of cash for an opposition ily members are directed to their dent parents and men in disability. These ore some of the ques­ group, members of whom were private physicians in the same The 31-day limit on payments for tions to be developed in fu­ linked with the plot by the accused manner, since the services of the hospital room and board has also ture issues of the SEAFARERS triggerman, James Cobb. Sterling USPHS are not available to them. been waived to cover chronic and LOG. confessed to handling some $30,Vishs to the center can be made severe illnesses. An additional 000 in funds, part of which were by appointment only, often on tlie used by the Hall plotters. Some same day an examination is de­ $4,000 of these funds served as a sired, by applying in person at the down payment to Cobb. Welfare Services office in SIU Subsequently, Sterling's name headquarters. The Brooklyn cen­ Statement of the ownership, man­ Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY. has figured in efforts to meddle in ter, at 3rd Avenue and 21st Street, agement, and circulation required by 3. The known bondholders, mort­ the internal affairs of other AFL- is only one block away from the the Act of Congress of August 24, gagees, and other security holders CIO marine unions. 1912, as amended by the Acts of owning or holding 1 per cent or more Union hall. Atiorney Ben Sterling shown Results of the examinations and March 3, 1933, and July 2, 1946 (Title of total amount of bonds, mortgages, United States Code, Section 233) or other securities are: (If there are after being questioned in in­ testing, in routine cases, can usu­ 39, of SEAFARERS LOG, published none, so state.) None. vestigation of plot on Hall. ally be obtained on the spot. In every other week at Brooklyn, NY, 4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in other cases where results have to for September 27, 1957. cases where the stockholder or se­ holder appears upon the books be verified by an outside labora­ clzed by the AFL-CIO and by the 1. The names and addresses of the curity of the company as trustees or in any McClellan Committee as involving publisher, editor, managing editor other fiduciary relation, the name of and business managers are: Pub­ the person sellouts of workers in collusion or corporation for whom lisher: Seafarers International Union deals between phony paper locals such trustee is acting; also the state­ of North America, Atlantic & Gulf SEATTLE—It has been a fair in the two paragraphs show the and employers. District, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, ments affiant's full knowledge and belief as period on the shipping front. NY; Editor: Herbert Brand. 675 4th Denies 'Sweetheart' Pact to the circumstances and conditions Ship's delegates are urged to Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY; Managing under which stockholders and secur­ Sterling, in newspaper reports Shipping tailed slightly behind reg­ notify the Union immediately editor, (none). ity holders who do not appear upon 2. The owner is: (If owned by a the books of the company as trustees, has vehemently denied complaints istration in the engine and deck when a shipmate is taken off that the firm had taken ac­ departments, while the steward the vessel in any port because corporation its name and address hold stock and securities in a ca­ must be stated and also immediately pacity other than that of a bona fide tion against the employees who department showed an increase. of illness or injury. Delegates thereunder the names and addresses owner. Bought an out from the "sweet­ The Ocean Dinny (Maritime should not wait until they send of stockholders owning or holding The average number of copies heart" contract, or that the firm Overseas), Ames Victory, Jeffer­ in the ship's minutes but should one per cent or more of total amount Of 5.each issue of this publication sold had paid substandard wages to its son City Victory (Victory Carriers) handle the matter in a separate of stock. If not owned by a corpora or-distributed, through the mails or ration, the names and addresses of Puerto Rican work force. He said and the Arthur M. Huddell (Bull) communication, so that the Un­ the individual ownfers must be given. otherwise, to paid subscribers during the only layoffs were because of a paid off during thfe last two w^eks. ion can determine in what man­ If owned by a partnership or other the 12 months proceeding the date above was: (This information "seasonal slump." unincorporated firm, its name and shown The Jefferson City Victory will be ner it can aid the brother. is required from daily, weekly, semiaddress as well as that of each in­ A spokesman for the Association laid up for about two weeks. The It would also be helpful if dividual member, must be given.) weekly, and triweekly newspapers - of Catholic Trade Unionists, which Dinny and Ames Victory signed on. the full name, rating and book Seafarers International Union, At­ only.) This information not required. has taken up the workers' beef, (Signed) Herbert Brand, Editor. The Marymar, Natalie, Rebecca number was sent in. Address lantic & Gulf District, 675 4th Ave., contradicted Sterling's claim, point­ (Intercontinental) and the Ocean these notifications to Welfare Brooklyn 32, NY; Paul Hall, Secre­ Sworn to and subscribed before me tary-Treasurer, 675 4th Ave., Brook­ this 27th day of September, 1957. ing td the fact that the firm subse­ Joyce (Ocean Trans.) were in Services at headquarters. lyn 32. NY; Robert Matthews, Assist­ Frank Garay, Notary Public, (My quently hired additional workers transit. ant Secretary-Treasurer, 675 4th commission expires Jan. 4, 1958). Anti-SIU Attorney In 'Sweetheart' Deal Statement Of Ownership Seattle Scene Is Lukewarm Notify Union About Sick Men �SEAFARERS Pai:e Four LOG Oeiober 11, 1957 Poles Hate Reds, 5IU Crew Says Crewmembers of the Margaret Brown, first SIU ship to get into Gdynia, Poland, confirmed reports coming out of that country about tjie basic anti-Communist outlook of the Polish Seafarer C h a r 1 e s Mazur, in a detailed account wages the equivalent of $5 to $20 a of his experiences and con­ month. "I found the Polish people to be versations with Gdynia residents, reported that Poles "agreed with vei-y,^nice. They are very polite me that with Communism, happi­ and well-mannered but very quiet ness and prosperity can never . . There are almost no privatelyowned automobiles to be seen . . . come to any nation." Mazur was aboard tlie Margaret The thing which I noticed about Brown when she unloaded 4.500 the people almost everywhere . . . tons of wheat plus a cargo of cot­ was the expression of sadness and ton, pai-t of a contingent of US aid depression on their faces. I saw to Poland under very few people laugh or even a recently - con­ smile . . " Women Make It Up cluded pact. "I Polish girls, Mazur said, manhad the pleasure of making the aged to make up for it all. "They acquaintance of j don't have pretty clothes to wear three .young men, but somehow manage to look at­ all university tractive. Leave it to a woman to graduates ... I make herself attractive . . ." Mazur asked many Poles as to spent a whole their I'eaction to the aid the United day with them Mozur and was very States was giving them. "All of much impressed with . . . their them said . . . the fact that help willingness and cooperation in an- from the outside world had finally ewering all of my questions re­ reached them and will keep com­ ing to them was almost like a garding e.xisting conditions . . ." Recounting the events of Octo- dream." bei\ 1956, when the Poles de­ manded and won the ouster of Marshall Rokossovsky, the Russian general who had been the real boss of Poland, IMazur writes, "Without a single shot being fired . . . the largest and most powerful of the Soviet satellites, a country of 28 million people and 22 divisions, managed to at least partially lift the yoke of 12 5'ears of Communist tyrany . . . Factories Stripped NEW YORK — A Liberianjflag "During the yeai's of Soviet occupation her factories were ship operator has placed the largest stripped of production of consumer reported shipbuilding order yet, an goods and concentrated on heavy order for the construction of five equipment and armaments thereby 104,500-deadweight ton oil tankers. The order was placed by Daniel creating a shortage of consumer goods . . . she was forbidden social K Ludwig, of National Bulk Car­ and commercial contact with the riers Inc., with the company's Kure free nations . , . Consequently she snipyard division in Japan. The had no alternative but to trade first of the .supertankers is ex­ with Russia. That which was pected to be completed by late bought from Russia was of an in­ next year. It will be the largest ferior quality and very expensive, tanker in the world, taking that and since there was nothing else title from another Ludwig vessel, available, the people were forced the 85,000-ton Universal Leader. Construction of the vessels will either to buy or go without . . ." Mazur adds, "Because of the be at the former Japanese naval nearly chaotic state of affairs arsenal at Kure, Japan. National which the Soviets left the country Bulk Carriers has a lease on the In, wages are low and the cost of yards until 1966, and an option living is very high ... a pair of until 1971. Including this order, Ludwig's ahoes costs anywhere from 250 to 1.000 zlotys, and with monthly present fleets end contracted ves­ wages ranging from 800 to 3.000 sels will total more than 2.S million zlotys, the cost of even a cheap tons. Tonnage-wise, this far ex­ pair of shoes comes to a week's ceeds the fleets of both Stavros S. Niarchos and Aristotle S. Onassis, pay." Greek shipping titans. Currency Worthless Although far behind in tonnage, The Polish zloty is pretty much worthless, Mazur reports. "We on the Greek shipping interests are the Margaret Brown were much close to Ludwig in construction of more fortunate than the men on super-tankers. Onasis has ordered the Lykes Brothers ships . . . They two tankers over 100,000 dead­ got their draws in zlotys at the weight tons from Bethlehem Steel legal exchange of 24 to the dollar, Company in Quincy, Mass., while . while we got our draws in Ameri­ Niarhos has one on order. Although there are no official can money and were able to get as much as 160 zlotys to the dol­ figures on the cost of construction, lar . . ." That would make Polish present tanker building costs in Japan run around $250 per dead­ weight ton. At tliat price, each of the new vessels would cost some $25,000,000. In size, the vessels will be longer Headquarters again wishes to than any ship afloat, with the ex­ remind all Seafarers that pay­ ception of the Queen Mary, Queen ments 0* funds, for whatever Elizabeth and the United States. Union purpose, be made only to authorized A&G representa­ Tiiey will be too wide for the Pan­ tives and that an official Union ama Canal and too deep for the Suez Canal. receipt be gotten at that time, Ludwig is reported to have a [f no receipt is offered, b^ sure personal fortune of $500,000,000. to protect yourself by immediHe is probably the only major .tely bringing the matter to the private shipping interest who attention of the secretary-f-^-'sbuilds, operates and repairs his irer's office. own vessels. Tanker Co. Orders Five Super-Ships Curiosity's but. • People learn by being inquisitive, but some of the lessons can be painful ones. It's only natural for a ^crewmember to want to see "what's cookin'" in the galley or just what seasonings the cook uses in his favorite soup. The trouble is that by cramming himself into^ another department's confined work space the curious crewmember increases the risk of injury to him­ self and others. The best practice is to stay out of work areas where you have no business being—like wander­ ing around the deck while cargo is being worked or getting too close to the engineer using on arc weld. If you must be a sidewalk superintendent, keep your distance. Be Sure To Get Dues Receipts I I An SIU Ship is a Safe Ship \ �October 11. 1«ST SEAFARERS Pag* Fir* LOG MeLean Opens Boxship Service^ Plans PR Run PORT NEWARK—The SlU-manned Gateway City formally opened its coastwise trailership service when it sailed from here on Friday, October 4, carrying 226 loaded truck trail­ er bodies. Several hundred onlookers were present when the ship topped off its cargo by loading one hatch and deck-*cargo. All were impressed holding the trailer body in place. care and maintenance of the cargowith the speed and smooth­ In addition, the trailer bodies are handling gear. Heavily-loaded, SS Harry Glucksman Is shown at the dock in Nor­ folk during a previous stop at the port. Ship is now in for replace­ ments in the coal beef. Coal Company Seeks Scrap Cargo Rights WASHINGTON—Hurt badly by a disappearing coal export market, American Coal Shipping has asked the Federal Mari­ time Board for permission to use its six Government-owned vessels in the tramp shipping trade. The company's re­ Coal Miner on the chai'ge they had quest has stirred up strong been hired "illegally." opposition from operators in ttie tramp and bulk cargo trades. A formal request has been filed with the FMB by American Coal for authority to carry scrap iron cargoes' offered around November 15 and thereafter. ' Despite its name, the only ship the comoany actually owns, the SS Coal Miner, had been carrying grain this past spring and summer. Terms of the company's char­ ters specify that only coal can be carried on outbound voyages. This limitation heeded the bitter protests of both berth and tramp shipowners at the time of the com­ pany's original charter bids. Sev­ eral other companies who filed similar requests were denied ton­ nage. Tramps Opposed Opposition to the latest ACS re­ quest is being led by the Tramp Shipowners Association. Tramp and bulk cargoes have been scanty of late, resulting in the lay-up of ships by some 15 private compa­ nies. About 60 ships chartered out by the Government also have been or are being returned to the boneyard. Meanwhile, the relentless battle for coal ship berths contines as usual in Norfolk; Company offi­ cers eagerly seized J>n NMU charges of discrepancies in the documents of some SIU oldtimers and abruptly fired five men off the Throw In For A Meeting Job Under the rules of the SIU, any member can nominate him­ self for meeting chairman, read­ ing clerk or any other post that may be up for election before the membership, including com­ mittees, such as the tallying committees, financial commit­ tees aiid other gruops named by the membership. Since SIU membership meet­ ing officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeting hffices can do so. The company then handed the five jobs to the NMU without throwing them open to competition. In actual job competition, despite a built-in six-job edge for the NMU, the SIU has always come out ahead. The Miner took her crew back after a four-week lay-up. One other coal ship, the Harry L. Glucksman, was taking a crew late this week. Company lay-ups of two ships on which the SIU had an over-all lead aided the NMU. Laid up ships are the Cleveland Abbe and the Martha Berry. As the LOG went to press, no final job figures were available on totals as the Harry Glucksman was crewing re­ placements. ness of the loading as the forward traveling crane picked up and deposited one 20-ton trailer load every thi*ee minutes. Among those present was Rep. Herbert C. Bon­ ner, chairman of the House Mer­ chant Marine Committee, who hailed the operation as a great advance for the US merchant niarine. At the same time, WatermanPan-Atlantic announced that the company was going to open a New York-Puerto Rico service with two conventional C-2s. Next March, tlie C-2s will be replaced by two box ships now undergoing conver­ sion in Mobile. "The C-2s are the Morning Light and Wild Ranger. They will be replaced by the Bien­ ville and Beauregard when they come out of the yard. Load in Day Under nornral operating condi­ tions, the two gantry cranes on the ships, forward and aft, should be able to load tlie ship in one work­ ing day. A 14 man longshore-gang, including the crane operators, are all that is needed, plus a handful of truck drivers. Normally speak­ ing, a ship of this size would re­ quire about 150 longshoremen to handle cargo, and of course, turn­ around time would be four days or so. The loading procedure calls for a driver to position his truck along­ side the ship. Releasing gear under the truck is then tripped, releasing the trailer body from the wheels. The crane lifting gear comes down, engages the reinforced corners of the trailer body, lifts it up. swings it back into position over the hatch and. then deposits it. Trailers Not Tipped Loading gear is so designed that the trailer is not tipped but lifted vertically, brought in horizontally and then deposited vertically in the hatch. Each hatch has vertical tracks against its bulklieads for NMU Delaying Tactics Stoll Robin Ship Vote Seeking to avert a vote defeat on tHe Robin Line ships, attorneys for the National Maritime Union are asking for another two weeks in which to file briefs on the case at the National Labor . Relations-^ Board, making five weeks in charges are pending because of company discrimination against all. The NMU's action came after the Board had granted both parties three weeks in which to file briefs, the usual period in such cases and one which is ordinarily considered ample. Gives Lie To Claims The delaying action by the NMU is obviously based on the certain­ ty that Seafarers on Robin Line ships would vote solidly for the SIU in an election. It gives the lie to NMU claims of support among Robin Line crewmembers which have been trumpeted in re­ cent issues of the "Pilot." Ironically, the NMU action came as the last "Pilot" headline de­ manded "Stop SIU Stalling" and asked for an "early vote" on American Coal ships, where a number of SIU unfair labor SIU men. No Robin Line Charges There are no charges pending by the NMU on Robin Line which would have to be disposed of be­ fore an election could be held. Since Moore-McCormack, the new owners of Robin Line, are calling NMU for all replacements on the Robin Line ships, the NMU will undoubtedly utilize every elec­ tion-stalling device* in view to de­ prive Seafarers of their 17-yearold job rights in this fleet. The SIU won bargaining rights for Robin Line back in 1940 by a count of 199 to one. At that time too, the NMU sought to challenge SIU representation, but was unable to muster enough pledge cards to get on the ballot. Seafarers have been sailing, Robin Line ships ever since then. stacked one atop the other and one alongside the ether preventing any shifting of cargo. After the hatches are finished off, another layer of trailers is stacked atop the hatch cover and on the deck six trailers across. Trailer deck cargo is stacked two deep aft. The traveling crane ex­ tensions can be folded back in place once the ship is loaded. Aside from the normal comple­ ment, the manning scale on the ships calls for a crane maintenance man who is responsible for the The Gateway City is the first of six such ships planned by Water­ man-Pan-Atlantic. Five others are now undergoing conversion in Mobile. In addition, the company is still operating combination tanker-trailerships for the time being, carrying trailers on a flight deck plus oil cargoes. The combination ships require shoreside cranes to put the trailer bodies on the decks. The next ship to enter the coast­ wise service, will be the Azalea City which is due in New York in two weeks. CG Cites SIU Bosun For Rescuing Shipmate Seafarer William Velazquez has been awarded an official Coast Guard citation for "exemplary conduct and heroism" in rescuing a shipmate from drowning in shark-infested wa­ ters last year. • A brief ceremony marked he went down again and was able the event while the Steel Ap­ to grab his arm. A lifering thrown prentice was in New York last month. Velazquez was bosun on the Steel Worker when he saved James Downey, OS, at Basrah, Iraq, on June 26, 1956. Downey had fallen off a stage while spot-chipping over the side and landed un­ conscious in the water after hitting the ship and dock as he fell. According to the official citation presented to Velazquez, "you heard the cry of alarm by another mem­ ber of the crew and recognized that Downey was in imminent dan­ ger of drowning. Without hesita­ tion, with utter disregard of your own personal safety but knowing that a current existed and that the area was infested with sharks, you immediately jumped into these dangerous waters and was success­ ful in locating and saving the un­ conscious man. "But for your prompt and perservering efforts, the life of James Downey would have been lost. The courage you displayed in risking your life to save that of another is in keeping with the highest tradi­ tions of the United States Mer­ chant Marine." Velazquez explained later that he had "just jumped in." When he couldn't find Downey the first time SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS SIU membership meet­ ings are held regularly every two weelcs on Wed­ nesday nights at 7 PM in all SIU ports. All Sea­ farers are expected to -attend; those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include reg­ istration number). The next SIU meetings will be: October 16 October 30 November 13 November 27 from tlie ship by Anderson, elec­ trician, helped him bring Downey up. An SIU man since 1944, he was in the Navy in 1943—when he was only 13—but was discharged a year later when they found out his age. He sailed during the latter part of World War II on the Mur­ mansk run without mishap. The voyage on the Steel Worker was his first trip as bosun and the first time in 14 years at sea that he'd ever been in a secue. The Coast Guard citation was presented on behalf of Rear Admh-ai J. A. Hirshfield, acting commandant of the 3rd District. Mobile Gets NewDrydock MOBILE—Rapid progress is be­ ing reported on the Azalea City, the second of Pan-Atlantic's C-2s to undergo conversion into a trailership. She is expected to go into service around the 18th of this, month. The arrival of Waterman's drydock here has increased the num­ ber of shoreside jobs available to Seafarers. The dock, which was leased from the Navy Department, was towed fi*om Jacksonville, Fla., with an SIU crew riding her. Due to the hurricane and resulting rough weather it took some 13 days to make the trip. But there were no complaints from the Sea­ farers manning her since they were being paid $24 a day. Although there were a number of ships in during the past period, shipping just held its own. Most of the vessels were of the short trip types and there were few replace­ ments. Among the vessels calling into port were the Alcoa Puritan, Pa­ triot, Polaris, Clipper, Pennant, Corsair (Alcoa); Monarch of the Seas, Morning Light, Claiborne, De Soto, (Waterman); Del Rio (Mississippi); Steel King, Steel Rover (Isthmian). Prospects for the next period are good with a number of vessels expected in for payoff. '"M �SEAFARERS Pace Six October 11, 1957 LOG September 18 Through October 1 Registered Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa ... Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston ? Wilmington San Francisco Seattle |['N I I' n Total OecK B Deck A Port 2 16 3 13 7 1 4 8 18 3 22 11 6 13 .. 11 !•••••• .. 44 • ••••• .. 18 .. 43 • • • • • .. 18 .. 6 4 • ••••• .. .. 37 .. 50 • ••••• ..17 • ••••• .. 35 .. ' 22 38 • • • t • • .J Deck A Deck B • •••*• .. 372 Eng. A 4 10 7 19 6 2 5 11 13 7 13 16 11 16 7 38 29 35 4 7 12 30 37 13 32 7 18 21 Eng. A 127 Eng. B 290 Stew. A Stew. B 4 40 16 28 10 1 15 35 38 6 22 20 26 10 1 9 6 5 6 2 2 B 15 4 10 3 14 8 22 122 63 106 32 14 31 102 125 36 89 49 82 60 Stew. B Total A Total B Total Reg. 933 360 1293 Eng. B Stew. A 140 271 93 Total A Total B- 7 35 16 37 19 5 11 27 46 14 45 30 31 37 . Total Reg. 29 157 79 143 51 19 42 129 171 50 134 79 113 97 Shipped Port Boston .. New York Sailors Union members Monohoro and Spencer are showir fight­ ing fire in passenger staterooms on SS President Cleveland in Yokohama. Damaged was limited to empty rooms. Praise APL Crew For Fight On Fire SAN FRANCISCO—•Crewmembers of the APL passenger lirier President Cleveland were highly commended for their outstanding performance in averting panic while extinguishing a fire aboard ship while > in Yokohama in mid-August. you well know, an alarm at sea The men are members of the can easily spread panic through SIU Pacific District. A fire broke out in three empty passenger staterooms, but because of swift-coordinated action by the crew, none of the passengers be­ came aware of the incident. The fire was extinguished without a general alarm being raised. George Killion, the head of APL, sent a letter to the ship's captain. Commodore H. J. Ehman, com­ mending the officers and crew for their- "superior performance." "Maritime history," Killion wrote, "is filled with accounts of fire disasters resulting in terrific loss of life and property, and, as Boston Hails ACS Crews BOSTON — Seafarers on the beach in this port are looking for­ ward to meeting some of the old timers on the American Coal ships, Jn the event the company starts taking grain cargoes out of here. "The men here really appreciate the bang-up job the old timers are doing," reports James Sheehan, port agent. "And they will do all they can to assist them and make their stay here comfortable." It was a fairly quiet shipping period. The Government Camp (Cities Service) paid off and signed on while the Council Grove, Cantigny (Cities Service) and the $teel Director (Isthmian) called ilito port to be serviced. Union Has Gable 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." passengers and crew alike. I am told that the majority of our pas­ sengers were not even aware of the incident, and am certain this was due to your efficient and prompt action during the emergency. "While our precautionary and preventive measures have made us singularly free from shipboard fires, it is most gratifying to know that, if disaster comes, we have men of wisdom and judgement who are fully capable of meeting the emergency." In sending (he letter to West Coast union headquarters. Captain Ehman said, "I am most cognizant of the fact that the praise iS^due to the members of the crew for their exemplary conduct in the emergency. All of the officers and ship's personnel are to be especially commended for their courageous efforts in the control and extin­ guishing the fire. It was a job well done." US Crews Man Picket Vessels SAN FRANCISCO—Members of the SIU Pacific District are now crewing five C-ls for delivery to Trinidad where they will be used as picket ships in guided missile operations, the "Marine Fireman" reports. •A contract covering crewmem­ bers for the one trip run was com­ pleted between the West Coast unions and the Coastwise Line. In Trinidad the ships will be laid up for the time being, but when they go into service on the missile range they will be crewed by American seamen. The contract followed strong protests against the use of Pana­ manian crews on these ships. The protest was filed by Rep. John F. Shelley of San Francisco, calling on the Defense Department to re­ quire the hiring of American I nationals. New San Deck A 4 46 23 40 18 10 3 16 60 12 49 3 11 24 Deck A 319 Deck B 0 9 1 9 Deck C 0 4 0 1 10 10 Eng. A 2 51 12 38 5 11 1 12 6 1 7 3 (0 13 16 1 43 2 0 6 20 0 30 110 4 0 5 5 0 17 Deck B Deck C 82 8 Eng. A 247 Eng. B 0 12 8 12 4 2 4 5 16 4 23 2 5 12 Eng. B 109 Eng. C 0 5 0 1 2 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 stew. A Stew. B 2 43 8 27 9 4 7 14 81 2 23 2 9 13 1 10 3 5 7 4 1 4 19 1 22 0 2 9 Eng. C Itew. A Stew. B 16 244 88 Stew. C Total. A Total B 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 8 140 43 105 38 26 17 43 184 20 102 5 25 54 1 31 12 26 16 7 11 12 51 7 65 3 11 26 Total A Total B 810 279 Stew. C 7 Total Total c Ship. 0 10 0 2 2 1 5 2 7 1 0 1 0 0 9 181 55 133 56 34 33 57 242 28 , 167 9 3d 80 Total Total Ship. C 31 1120 Job activity continued improving during the past two weeks. The figures showed a total of 1,120 jobs shipped and 1,293 registered. This represented a slight decline in registration since the last period. The shipping rise" was re­ flected in higher job totals for nine SIU ports. New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk Savannah, Tampa, New Orleans, Houston and Seattle all had a piece of the increase. The overall gain was due mostly to the high figure for New Orleans, which crewed up the cruise ship Del Mar again after it had been in lay-up. Boston was the same as before— slow—while four other ports fell off. These were Mobile, Lake Charles,.Wilmington and San Fran­ cisco. West coast activity thus ap­ peared to be slacking off, since Seattle was not busy enough to take up the decline. Deck Dept. Heavy As usual, most of the shipping was in the deck department, which also shoMod the widest gap be­ tween registration and jobs dis­ patched. i Registration in the steward department practically matched the demand. Black gang activity was about average, but still accounted for about half the class C shipping. The class A proportion of total shipping continued rising, to over 72 percent, as class B activity dipped slightly to 25 percent. The number of "B" jobs shipped this period was the same as in the pre­ vious two weeks. Class C shipping dropped again.to a bare three per­ cent of the total and to the lowest numerical total in weeks. Four ports shipped no class C men at all. The following is the forecast port by port: Boston: Slow . . . New York: Fair Philadelphia: Quiet . . . Baltimore: Fair . .. Norfolk: Steady ... Savan­ nah: Fair . . . Tampa: Slow ... Mobile: Fair .., New Orleans: Fair . . . Lake Charles: Slow . . . Hous­ ton: Good .. . Wilmington: Slow . .. San Francisco: Good . . . Seattle: Good. •tOfHEWS AFL-CIO Report Turned Down At Teamster Meet The ouster of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from the AFL-CIO is a probability as a result of the out­ come of the Teamster convention in Miami Beach. Now un­ der threat of suspension from"^" the Federation, the Teamster would choose to stay in the Fed­ There has been no indica­ convention rejected the text eration. tion yet of any Federation plans of the AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee report calling for changes in its operations. Convention delegates also over­ whelmingly elected James Hoffa of Detroit as president of the union. Removal of Hoffa from office in the international was one of the conditions set by the Federation. Hoffa was elected by a wide mar­ gin over the opposition of two other candidates, William Lee and Thomas J. Haggerty, both of Chi­ cago. Thomas Hickey of New York, whose local union 807 handles most of the waterfront. trucking here, had previously been a candi­ date but had withdrawn in favor of Lee. Rep. John F. Shelley, for­ mer head of the California State AFL, also withdrew. Suspension October 24 Formal suspension of the Team­ sters is expected to take place on October 24 which was the deadline for the clean-up ordered by the AFL-CIO. The ouster would take place at the AFL-CIO's convention coming up in December, unless there is a reversal of AFL-CIO sentiment by that time. Ouster of the Teamsters, if it comes about, would present the AFL-CIO with its most serious problem since the merger, since the Teamsters on the local level have relationships with many AFLCIO unions in a wide variety of industries. Among them are . build­ ing trade?, retailing, food process­ ing and distributing and, of course, maritime. One of the questions raised by the possible ouster t)f the Team­ sters is if any segment of the union to charter a rival trucking union such as the AFL did" When it ousted the International Longshoremen's Association in 1953. Some of the opposition locals have threatened to bolt l;he Teamsters. In addition to electing Hoffa, the convention made significant changes in the constitutional set­ up of the Teamsters. One of the new rules requires all local unions to affiliate with regional confer­ ences of the Teamsters and give the conferences control over con­ tract negotiations by a majority vote of the locals involved. This change was vigorously but unsuc­ cessfully opposed by the opposition groups at the convention. Another problem arising out of the Teamster situation is the threat of anti-labor legislation on the state and national level. Labor be­ lieves that opponents of organized labor are all set to use Hoffa's election as an excuse for a new bar-, rage of restrictions on the trade union movement as a whole. Hoffa himself faces a variety of legal charges growing out of Sen­ ate Committee hearings, including a perjury indictment. One of the mo­ tions defeated at the Teamster con­ vention would have called for Hof­ fa's ouster as president in the event he is found guilty of the various charges pending against him. The Teamster crisis overshad­ owed action taken by the AFL-CIO against the Bakery and Confection­ ery Workers and the United Textile Workers. These unions also have to show proof of changes in their prac­ tices to the Federation by the Octo­ ber 24 deadline. = �•vi'? •s ' October 11. 1957 SEAFARERS YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide To Better Buying By Sidney Margolius LOG Page Seven Bridges Undermines Jones Art The recent cuddling-up of Harry Bridges' longshore union with maritime employers and its attempts to promote a "let's all get together" program on all coasts should come as no surprise to American seamen. In the light of the weakness and divisions in US Commu­ nist and fellow-traveler ranks today, it is only natural that Josefina's Back in Town the waterfront group should seek allies elsewhere, while at­ tempting to maintain liason with Call aspirin "Bayer's" and you'll pay 62 cents for a bottle of 100. the rank and file via the usual Call it "Squibb's" and you'll pay 79 cents for 200. Buy it as plain mimeographed leaflets. As has been reported in the aspirin USP from a reliable druggist, department store, me'dical co­ SEAFARERS LOG, Bridges has operative or union-sponsored pharmacy, and you'll pay as little as 12 been pitching woo to anybody in to 39 cents for 100. any union who would listen to him, That's just the start. Suppose instead of plain aspirin you want the particularly • among organizations new buffered aspirin which has an antacid added to help the relatively outside the AFL-CIO fold. He is few people whose stomachs are upset by plain aspirin. Call it "Buf- all for proposals that have been advanced in Government and em­ ferin" and you pay $1.23 for 100. Call it just buffered aspirin and you ployer circles for a love-feast can buy if for 89 cents from large private-brand retailers as Macy's among all seagoing and shoreside and Sears. Or you can buy buffered aspirin for as little as 39 to 69 marine unions, no matter how cents from some union health centers and various group plans like crucial the differences that divide Group Health Cooperative, in Washington, DC; the privately-operated them. Bridges, Bosses Cosy Group Drug Service in New York City with which a number of local unions have buying arrangements, and Cclo Cooperative of Celo, North While this approach has met Carolina, which supplies consumer cooperatives and clinics. To show with little success thus far, there how little buffered aspirin really costs, the District 65 union-operated is no question that Bridges and the pharmacy in New York sells it under its own brand name to members West Coast employers are cosier for 39 cents. today than ever before. Or suppose you want a combination of aspirin with phenacetin and An example of this close work­ caffeine, as doctors sometimes suggest. These are known in the trade ing relationship which recently as APC pills. You can buy APC pills under the name of Empirin and came to light was the way Bridges' pay $1.35 per 100. Or you can ask for APC tablets under the name of union strongly endorsed efforts to Anacin and pay 98 cents. Or you can ask for just plain APC tablets deprive longshoremen of their from your druggi^ and pay only 70 to 89 cents. If you have access right to sue the shipowner for to one of the group plans you can buy APC tablets for 59 to 65 cents, damages—a step which, if success­ and sometimes as little as 39 cents. ful, would have overjoyed those The peculiar thing is, most people buy the costlier versions of asprin who have long been seeking to un^ even when lower-priced brands are available. The biggest success of dermine the Jones ACt. recent years has been made by Bufferin which pounds at the public Insurance and shipowner spokes­ steadily with television commercials showing diagrams of your in­ men have repeatedly expressed terior plumbing. Its price of $1.23 dissatisfaction with provisions is the highest for any type of as­ which allow longshoremen and pirin. Pharmacists report it's be­ others not in the employ of the come a big seller despite its high shipowner to sue for damages . price, and despite the fact that where a vessel is held to be unsafe most people don't get upset stom­ or "unseaworthy" as the language achs from ordinary aspirin and so of the law puts it. They have been don't need the additional antacid equally critical of seamen's broad ingredients. rights on this respect. • Now Bayer, which previously Opposed Right To Sue had the dubious but profitable dis­ tinction of charging the highest What happened was that in 1956, price for what is basically just as­ bills were up before Congress to pirin, has gotten indignant about increase the weekly maximum pay­ Bufferin's success. Bayer has been ments under the Longshoremen's publishing ads asking the public: and Harbor Workers Compensa­ "Are you paying twice the price of tion Act. (At the time, incidental­ Seafarer Fred Whipp (top, left) lielps Jim Tarbet pack pack his "Bayer Aspirin for pain relievers ly, the AFL-CIO and IBL were the gear as they prepare to get off the Josefina after an 11-month trip. that are nothing more than aspirin only organizations to hold out for Whipp is holding a Japanese silk portrait of Tarbet's wife. Both in disguise? Such pain relievers, the $60 benefit proposed in the members of the deck gang hail from Baltimore. Below, Chief cook which attempt to belittle straight Green bill. Bridges agreed to a $54 Horry Dean collects $310 in vocation pay after the long voyage. aspirin—give you an assortment of ceiling). In the course of hearings Most of it was in the Far East. added ingredients for your extra on these measures. Bridges' Wash­ money. Ingredients which do not ington representative, Jeff Kibre, relieve pain, like aluminum compounds, magnesium carbonate and opposed a move to give longshore­ baking soda!" men the right to sue while they This is certainly a case of the pot calling the kettle black. For are collecting compensation. Kibre Bayer's itself has been charging you twice and even three times the declared "We are not anxious to price many other sellers charge for aspirin. It accomplished this by obtain the right to third party the same method as Bufferin now is using successfully: constant, high- suits ..." powered advertising so that when you think of aspirin, you think of At present, if a longshoreman Bayer's. accepts compensation, he waives NEW YORK—Headquarters has been receiving many let­ Similarly with Anacin. Note how the television commercials say his right to sue . no matter how ters from delegates on the Robin Line ships stating that the negligent the shipowner might very quickly that your doctor recommends the ingredients in Anacin. SIU men will stick to their jobs until the election can be held. This is true enough, but some people may get the impression "your have been. doctor" recommends Anacin. What doctors really recommend,.if they "Subsequently, in the course of The men, the delegates write, recommend this combination of ingredients, is APC tablets. the hearings, the West Coast ship­ are going to make sure that seven signing- on and nine in So effective is this repetitive advertising that Harry Winocur, man­ owners and insurance representa­ "Robin Line will again be un­ transit during the past two weeks. The Alcoa Pegasus, Pilgrim, Roaager of District 65's pharmacy, reports that the union members buy tives got together with Kibre at a der the SIU banner." As for the election, William Hall, mer. Ranger, Puritan (Alcoa); Seamore Bayer Aspirin from the union pharmacy than the pharmacy's meeting to. produce a "compro­ own brand which costs only 15 cents per 100, or one-fourth the price mise' compensation bill. All the assistant secretary-treasurer, re­ train's New Jersey, Louisiana of the Bayer. Yet the 15-cent aspirin meets USP regulations and is rest of the labor movement boy­ ports that the formal hearing is Texas, New York, Georgia (Seaover and all of the reports and train); Steel Rover, Steel Director, made by a competent manufacturer with quality controlled and checked cotted the meeting. The "compromise" bill, as en­ findings are now in Washington Steel Voyager (Isthmian); Andrew by the union's representatives. Even Squibb's, one of the oldest and best known pharmaceutical manufacturers, can't win the public away dorsed by Kibre, would have de­ awaiting final decision by the NLRB. Jackson, City of Alma (Watemian); from Bayer's although its price is lower. Group Drug Service reports. prived longshoremen of the right The membership, he said, will be Almena, Maxton (Pan-Atlantic); In all, the public spends over 50 million dollars a year for aspirin. to sue under any cirmumstances. kept up to date on this beef Cities Service Baltimore, Bents The bili would have provided through the LOG and the member­ Fort (Cities Service); Josefina How. much are you chipping in? among other restrictions that no ship meetings. "Needless to say, (Liberty Nav.); Little Rock (Fair­ longshoremen "shall be entitled to the membership really appreciates field), and Pan Oceanic Transpor­ recover damages for death or per­ the good job that the SIU boys are ter (Penn. Nav) paid off. sonal injuries arising from any doing on these ships." The vessels signing on were the Seafarers who are collecting state unemployment benefits while Active Shipping breach of the warranty of sea­ Steel Rover, Steel Executive (Isth­ on the beach waiting to ship are urged to stay put and avoid worthiness afforded members of the It ttas been a fairly active period mian); Mankato Victory (Victory crew of any vessel." changing their mailing addresses if they want to continue re­ on the shipping front in this port. Carriers), Andrew Jackson (Water­ Fortunately, this bill was buried Class A men were able to ship man), Josefina (Liberty Nav.), the ceiving their checks regularly. Several Seafarers have already in committee. Had it succeeded in pretty fast unless they were wait­ Robin Goodfellow and Robin Sher­ experienced Interruptions of from three to five weeks in getting passing, as it yet may, there is no ing for a special ship or run. There wood (Robin Line). their neyt check after they notified the state unemployment question that the shipowners was a run on "A" men to fill all In transit were the Warrior, Ideal offices that they had moved and changed their mailing address. would have used it as the opening of the engine room Jobs as registra­ X Gateway City (Pan Atlantic); An average delay of a month is reported in most cases, causing wedge in a campaign to restrict tion trailed far behind shipping in Pan-Oceanic Transporter (Penn. Nav.), and Calmar, Losmar, Masscrewmembers'. rights under the that department. considerable hardship to the men involved. There were 22 ships paying off. mar (Calmer). Jones Act. An Aspirin, Is An Aspirin, is An... Robin Crews Vow Fight For SlU Vote Victory Stay Put For idle Pay �Paee Eigrht SEAFARERS October 11, 1957 LOG NMU Stamps Its Label On Dead Seafarer In its efforts to "prove" that Robin Line ships are really NMU, the "NMU Pilot," in its September 26 issue slapped an NMU label on a deceased Seafarer. The "Pilot" parroted an account of the death and burial of Seafarer The Amalgamated Lithographers Druey "Chips" Waters of the^'SS of America have announced plans Robin Hood that had appeared in to endorse a $2 million automation the SEAFARERS LOG of August research fund to develop new proc­ 30. But the headline on its carbon­ esses in the graphic arts industry. copy account read, "Fall Into Rold The proposed plan was outlined to Kills NMU Man." delegates at the union's convention The original story came to the in Chicago. The research would LOG in the form of a typewritten be supported by contributions from letter from the Robin Hood's ship's the employers and the union. reporter. Seafarer Eugene K. DawGeorge A. Canary, international kins. Along with it came several president, told the delegates that photos from Seafarer Merwyn "technological advances have made "Doc" Watson, two of which were the industry more profitable. The used in the August 30 LOG on the new processes have increased pro­ back page. duction and enabled the industry Early in September, the LOG to sell more products at lower received a letter from Mrs. Waters prices, which has provided more (appearing this issue) thanking the jobs." SlU Welfare Services Department 4. t i and the men on the Robin Hood The selection of the "Right-to- for their courtesy and help. A Work" laws as a debating topic in similar letter was written on Sep­ some 1,000 colleges and universities has focused new attention on the tember 18 to SIU Secretary-Treas­ question of union security. The urer Paul Hall. Crew Astounded subject was chosen by 6,000 speech and debating instructors, members Headquarters was astonished of the Speech Association of Amer­ when the September 26 "Pilot" ran ica. The AFL-CIO Departments what was a word for word repeti­ of Education and Publication have tion of Dawkins' account under the prepared a kit covering most of heading claiming the deceased the major aspects of the laws. Seafarer for the NMU. Dawkins' The kit presents moral, economic, and his shipmates were equally religious and political views on the astounded. Dawkins' first reaction legislation as expressed by leaders when shown the NMU story was in the different fields. The NAM "That's ridiculous. Everybody and the US Chamber of Commerce knows Waters was an SIU man." have already flooded the colleges He continued, "When 1 wrote the with "right-to-work arguments." story up and sent it iiito the LOG 4< 4< 1 made a carbon copy. This NMU A shorter work-week is the only man on the ship asked for the answer to the increasingly serious copy, which we gave him. The problem of unemployment in the story in the 'Pilot' is word for word woodwork industry, A. F. Hartung, what I wrote for the LOG." president of the International Records at headquarters show Woodworkers Association, de­ Waters to have been a full book clared. In his address to some 370 member of the SIU since 1947, paid IWA delegates at the union's 20th up in dues through the second annual convention, Hartung said, quarter of this year, or ,until he "We must not wait until millions took the Robin Hood out. become unemployed before we The unusual amount of space find the time or courage to sit given to the item and the circum­ down and work out ways and stances surrounding it indicate that means to distribute our worHing the NMU's action was probably time and wealth to all of the peo­ prompted by a de.sire to deceive its ple." The delegates also adopted rcombership and any outside read­ a resolution calling for a merger ers into believing that Robin Line uniting all of the workers in the ships are now NMU. woodworking and allied industries. 4i Fire fighting organizations have united in bitter protest over the gi'owing trend toward the consoli­ dation of the jobs of fireman and policeman into that of a public safety officer. The result of these changes, John Redmond, Interna­ tional Association of Fire-Fighters president, said, is higher insurance rates and less public protection. Use of the system was highlighted in an article in the "Readers Di­ gest" citing the experience of Oak Park, Mich., a Detroit suburb. But the magazine, Redmond con­ tends, has not published any men­ tion of the many other communi­ ties in which the plan has failed. The system requires the poiice to patrol the town until summoned to a fire. There they must wait un­ til the equipment arrives, check their guns and change their clothes before fighting the fire. At night, they must wait until the dog catcher gets there since his truck has the floodlighting equipment. Who is Herman E. Cooper? What has been said recently about his professional con­ duct? See future issues of the ' SEAFARERS tOG Asks Track Rules For All Ships Compulsory use and enforcement of ocean track agreements by all passenger vessels is vital in cut­ ting down the number of marine casualty deaths, announced Ralph Casey, president of the American Merchant Marine Institute. Addressing a New York women's club, Casey pointed out that the use of the tracks does not cover sea lanes to either Scandinavia or the Mediterrean, and is on a purely voluntary basis with no means of enforcement. Compulsory use of the lanes, he said, might have averted the fatal Andrea DoriaStockholm collision last year. Casey also critized the wide dif­ ferences between the standards set by the 1948 International Conven­ tion for Safety of Life at S?a and American standards. Although built under the Intematiopal stand­ ards, the Doria was unable to stay afloat after her collision, whereas, Casey said, had she been con­ structed under American standards, she would have been able to sur­ vive. Aiiqiist 30 1057 ,,^T»irT » AFL-CIO I- • piilll;:;: hipma^® Seafarer Druey 1Waters, Icombing an P ' '1 ^ iiii "Chips' jccording eporterE ® afternoon i l » Dawkins writes.* ,coffee assigned two menl 'when the bos n assig * At left is reproduction of story in August 30 SEAFARERS LOG about the death of Seafarer Druey "Chips" Waters. - Below is headline (greatly reduced) and ex­ cerpts from story in "NMU Pilot" of Sep­ tember 26. Note virtually identical lan­ guage. "Pilot" apparently ran story in effort to convince readers that Robin Line is NMU. Fall Into Hold Kills NMU Man To The PILOT, Sept. 11—A "ii M 111 SII 'in' .,...,<0 , x«nHfr, "oreCK maintenance and^ ; on deck to fini^ 1 i,the cigarette he ' had been smok­ ing.. Tben be climbed atop the deck cargo, crossed over to the hatch and lightly lumpejl ;o the cargo winch and from there to Z 'W: ICirWiNaaa"'' ::l- Waters Thtr ^ attempt to brea „ ( tie couldn't quite , Dawkins writes that ,uody was a-'half houi?^ [then returned to Jt a^^ lefore sailing t shipi hat day. while ^..J'onto thJ ates carried Chip® Dawkinf "Heads tes -anu captain Williamson. wiites. "and tea in % hushed sdence r^ 23rd Psalm^. Then n^^ raised the body jjad SO suddenly. Chilinski- descended into the hold while "Chips" remained on deck to finish the ciggrette he had been smoking. Taking a 1 last • puff, he threw the stub to the. deck and ground it out with his foot. Be then climbed atop the deck cargo, crossed over to the hatch and lightly jumped to the cargo winch and from there to the hatch coaming. • JiiU JMf" HIIIJ'IM ''he tottered for a moment dores) and the Robin Line, were leads were bared as Capt. Wil­ liamson, in the hushed silence, read the Twenty-Third Psalm. At the conclusion, his ship­ mates raised the form and slowly "Chips" slipped into the sea he had sailed so many years. The wreaths were dropped en the gently heaving water as each man, in his heart, offered up a prayer for a good shipmate taken from their midst so suddenly. The ilasts jus the last e? of the "»nn <P.:ant>cui«>d over the Radio Unions OK Ship Phones NEW YORK—In their first joint statement since the two unions signed a mutual coopera­ tion agreement a few weeks ago, the American Radio Association and the Radio Officers Un­ ion have announced that they would not object to the installation of bridge-to-bridge ra­ dio telephones provided their use is limited strictly to navi­ from being used as a substitute for of any approaching vessels without the international radio safety net­ visual sightings. gation purposes. The statement, issued after a request by the Federal Communi­ cations Commission for the unions' opinions on the subject, expressed the view that such telephonic communication between vessels, as an aid to radar equipment, would greatly reduce the danger of acci­ dents at sea. But, they said, some companies might try to use the phones as an economy move and a means of dis­ pensing with radio operators en­ tirely. "These people are appa­ rently not interested in the fact that they would be replacing a reli­ able system with an entirely un­ reliable one," the statetment said. ' "FCC can see that our concern with preventing Tadio-telephone work is foresight, not undue anxiety." The two AFL-CIO affili­ ates want to limit the use of bridge telephones to assisting the vessel's radar equipipent and not as a means of carrying messages or per­ sonal conversations that might "clutter up the airways." FCC Recommendation Bridge-to-bridge telephones were strongly recommended by the FCC after the fatal collision between the Italian Line flagship Andrea Doria and the Swedish vessel Stockholih.^The Doria was sunk off Nantucket after a collision with the Stockholm In & fog.. Both; vessels apparently were relying on their radar systems to give a warning Use of the bridge telephones would do away with the necessity of relaying a message from the bridge of a vessel to its radio room, over to the radio room of the other vessel and then to Its bridge. Phones would give the bridges of the vessels speedier contact. ' I �SEAFARERS October 11. 1957 Base Nine LOG .'2 John A. Brown, 2nd cook. Marine Cooks Union, at work. Crewmembers of 'round-the-world passenger-cargo ship, President-Polk, line the rail as SIIJ Pacific District pa­ trolmen come aboard in NY. It's mail call and members of ship's galley and dining room gang swarm around. Stgward department man­ ning calls for 64 men. —iii iia Black gang men, members of the Marine Firemen's Un­ ion, catch up on some of the latest doings during coffee break. Stewart (Olie) 01mstead, Firemen's Un­ ion, changes burner. Meeting of Sailors Union of the Pacific deck gang shows (1 to r) Frank Ashton, DM; L. Young, AB; Jay Fase, OS; J. Zbur, bosun; M. Sorenson, storekeeper. F. W. Littlewood, AB, catches up on correspondence. < . . iia 1^- MCS Patrolman Wilder Smith collects Ted Downs' dues. Others are S. Fugazi (left of Smith), C. Frazer, J. Jack­ son, R. Lee (standing, right). to ill •-V-i'i-'v---;-:-;-:-:';-;-;- Deck gang crew jist is checked by SUP patrolman G. Potts. .Men are (1 to r) W. Venson, AB; J. Benjamin, DM; G. Zaleskl, AB; Sam Az^ vado, AB. UftL B. Guliano, Marine Firemen's Union, and 3rd assistant engineer D. McGuire, Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, get set to do some wrestling with main circulating intake. I �Pace St:AFARERS Just Relaxin' At Erie Basin '"Tjiiiir , \ October li, 1957 LOG - WILD RANGER (Watarman), tapt. 1—Chairman, J. Buecl; Sacratary, •. Ruddy. Sea agent about replacemei» fram Puaan remaining aboard. Cook Injured In Puaan—two weeks unBt for duty. Repair Ust to be turned in. See agent about new washing machine. Ship's fund S8.68. $20 to be repaid by AB. Few hours disputed ot. Patrolman to check engine sanitary equipment, steward's linen, menus and stores at Yokohama. Complaint on quality of food and lack of fresh produce on return voyage; also un­ sanitary linen. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), Aug. 10— Chairman, C. DaHospsdalas; Secratary, P. Marine. Reports accepted. Aug.31—Chairman, A. Wasfluk; leeratary, 1. Barustln. Longshoremen t« use outside bathrooms. Phony V Pari of gong aboqrd SlU-monned Steel Apprentice pose on deck for LOG photographer. They are (I to r) M. P. Edge, AB; Art Cox, OS; Juan R. Olive, chief steward; John Ossmow, AB, and William Solomon, pantryman. Curran Again Endorses ILA NMU President Joseph Curran has again openly given endorsement to the International I Longshoremen's Association ousted by the AFL in 1953 for corrupt influences. Curran had been criticized for his support of the expelled union in 1956 by AFL-CIO Pesident George | Meany who termed his actions "a deliberate premediated ef­ that there was one AFL-CIO offi­ the contents of your letter at least j fort on (Curran's) part to help cial who has sympathy to the 24 hours before it reached my of­ these hoodlums maintain their con­ rotten elements that have exploited fice is an indication to me of a trol." . " them for many years," Meany deliberate premeditated effort on In his report to the delegates to said. your part to help these hoodlums the NMU's 20th anniversary con­ "Your action in seeing to it that maintain their control tof the | vention, Curran defended his 1956 the New York papers were given ILA]." action, and said that time has proven the NMU's position to be "correct." NMU Convention Backs ILA The NMU convention Wednes­ day adopted a resolution critical of Meany and seeking admission of the old ILA into the organized la­ bor movement. Curran had issued a statement SAN FRANCISCO—A review of new ship construction by on the eve of a New York dock election in 1956 urging New York subsidized operators shows that West Coast operators have longshoremen to support the ILA. stolen a march on the rest of the industry. So far four ma­ In his statement he attacked the jor West Coast companies, in-4 SlU which had supported the In­ eluding several subsidiary' ternational Brotherhood of Long­ companies, have committed their building plans are as follows: States Steamship Company, with shoremen, AFL-CIO, in its at­ $635 million for nfew ships, some an over-all building program of 13 tempts to bring democractic un­ of which are already in service. ionism to the waterfront. ships, two of which are already in By contrast, just two companies service, costing $150,000,000; Larry Long, president of the IBL, called the fetleration executive's in the North Atlantic trade, MoorePacific Far East Lfne's nine-ship mack and Grace, have completed actions "a stab in the back." program, partially completed, for Curran released the statement new construction contracts, and $90 or $100 million; to the press some 24 hours before both of these have West Coast sub­ American President Lines, 14he gave it to President Meany. sidiaries. In terms of actual con­ vessel program for $325 million, struction, these companies are not Meany accused Curran of delib­ including the new round-the-world erately issuing the news that an as far along as the West Coast. ships already in service; On the Gulf, both Lykes and Mis­ AFL-CIO official was opposed to Matson's new Matsonia and the the AFL-CIO affiliate in the elec­ sissippi have just completed con­ tion, with a view toward influenc­ tracts for ship replacement but rebuilding of two Mariners for the neither of these programs is under Australian run, making a total in­ ing the voters. vestment of $60 million. "This served as a notice to the way as yet. Still pending are subsidy re­ The West Coast companies and longshoremen of New York City quests by several other companies, including Waterman, Isthmian, States Marine and Isbrandtsen. Such requests, if granted, would mvolve signing of subsidy con­ tracts for ship replacement. For the time being though, the West Coast operators have the edge on the rest of the Industry, WC Co's Pace Industry In Ship Replacements Yii-ilor a Seafarer! TUE fOOD AMTy Va\CeSAXalfl (SWAI mriMo/!gAfPmiyoRi^siucAFer£/ii4s AHe ^BAFAP^fZS rH£ M£M3BaS OF UN\Of\,Vm /W riMB YoUkBATIHB^All. Little Activity In San Fran SAN FRANCISCO — Last pe­ riod's prediction of good shipping for this port proved wrong as only a few vessels came in during the last two weeks. There was only one payoff, the Coe Victory (Victory Carriers), and one ship signing on, the Fairport (Waterman). The Steel Director, Steel Chemist, (Isthmian), Grain Shipper (Gralnfleet), P o r t m a r (Calmar), John B. Waterman (Wa­ terman), Steel Chemist (Isthmian) and Ames Victory (Victory Car­ riers) were In transit. ship to be fumigated. Vote of thanks to delegate for fine job. To check aU ladders and deck equipment for safe­ ty. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for fine Jobs. SEAMAR (Calmar)„Sopt. •—Chair­ man, p. Garvin; Secretary, J. Finch. No beefs. Ship in good shape. Ship's fund .$17. Endeavor to locate DC iron. Lack of cleaning, gear. Need disin­ fectant for bathrooms. One OS getting off in Portland. Good ship; good cooks and messman; aU departments are good. PORTMAR (Calmar), Sept. 7 Chairman, C. Rice; Secretary, G. Faircloth. Leltor sent to head<iuarter8 regarding repair list. Answer being sent to communication from C. Sim­ mons. Ship's fund $12.40. One man missed ship In Baltimore. Head­ quarters notified. Report accepted. Motion that freighter agreement In­ clude a clothing allowance for personi required to slush rigging, and those cleaning boilers. Mcssroom and re­ creation room to be kept clean; cups to be returned to pantry; clean up after making sandwiches; washer and wringer to be kept clean and clear of grease; keep wash lines clear. Man Who missed ship borrowed money heavily from crew—headquarters noti­ fied. LAWRENCE VICTORY (Miss.), Sept. 7-—Chairman, tt. Cook) Secretary, H. MInkler. Fine crew—everything okay. One man missed ship In Yokohama. Galley range defective. New set of top plates ordered. Drain pipe in veget.nble box to be repaired. pamphlets sent to ship—to be turned over to union haU In NY. Ship's fund S6. Reports accepted. Vote of thanks to steward. BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Liberty Nsv.), Aug. 4—Chairman, M. Cross; Secretary, none. Discussion of payoff and new washing machine. ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), Aug. 31 —Chairman, C. Majetta; Secretary, J. DeMeo. Few crew members resented captain taking slop chest out of last draw money. Ship's fund $38.28. Few hours disputed ot. Galley man fouled up — tried to take meat ashore. Claimed he was going fishing. Stove door loose — cook claims it is dan­ gerous. Will endeavor to get it re­ paired before ship sails for SA. ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), Aug. 24.Chairman, J. Fedesovlch; Secretary, W. Belling. Antenna purchased $13.16. Request new refrigeratorto be taken up with patrolman. KYSKA (Waterman), Aug. 24 — Chairman, j. Touart; Secretary, H. Thomas. Ship's fund $415. Need new washing machine. Bathrooms to be kept clean at all times. Poor grade of flour being used for bread. AU B and C men with less than 60 days seatlme, permitted to remain on ship: SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Aug. 30 — Chairman, V. SzymanskI; Secretary, V. Whitney. One man missed ship in Edgewater. Ship's fund $60. Report accepted. New delegate elected. One man declined ship's delegate Job. Men to report hack to ship one hour before sailing time. One man to check at gangway. " CHARLES C: DUNAIF (Orion), Aug. 24—Chairman, J. Ziarals; Secratary, D. Skelton. New wringer for washing machine obtained. Two men hospi­ talized in Hawaii; one man missed ship. Few hours disputed overtime. Two wipers promoted to fireman. OUers receiving 2 hrs. ot per day for performing wiper's duties—some dis­ puted ot. To discuss store Usts with patrolman to last duration of trip. Discussion on shortage of US stores and poor quaUty of Japanese stores. Foc'sles to he left clean wiien leaving ship. More quiet to he observed in recreation room. Ship needs new fans. DEL SUD (Miss.), Aug. 24—Chair­ man. W. Parkins; Secretary. N. Funk- In. Wreath of flowers thrown into sea In memory of departed brother Neville Williams. Good trip, no beefs. No games due to cold weather. $190 ^ hasehaU fund; $30 for ship's Christmas party. To show movies per previous voyages: to donate $10 to repatriated seaman; to put dryer for clothing on hoard; to have new drinking fountain for deck dept.; to put new washing machine on hoard. AU hasehaU equipment to he turned In: aU coffee cups to he returned to pantry. Sept. 8—Chairman. N. Funkin; Sec­ ratary, C. Gait. Good trip, good co­ operation from other delegatei. Ship'a fund $134.70. Motion to hava moviea whenever desired; some crew member to buy new lamps for projector. New delegate elected. Not enough coffee left out for night standeri. 8 lbs. should ba sufficient. Engina room and coffee for bridge thould he given out separately. ORION CLIPPER (Orion), July 30— Chairman, K. Anderson; Secrotary. C. Just. Ship's fund from previous trip disappeared—to contact former treas­ urer. No beefs, no monetary draw. Some disputed ot. Mattress and pJllowa to he ordered. Oil fans. Sept. 1 — Chairman. K. Andtrson; Secratary, C. Just. Letter received from union hall clarifying work. Some disputed ot. Discussion on vacation pay if vessel Is out over one year. Return all coSea cupi to pantry. OCIANSTAR (Triton), Sopt. 7 — Chairman, T. Hill; Soerotary, C, Garnar. Somo diaputad ot. Captain will not paint roomi. Anyona fduling up will ba reported to patrdlman. Ship's fund $1.40. Sink! to he fixed; RION (Actium), Aug. 4—Chairman, H. Moonev; Secretary, J. Garcia. No beefs. New treasurer elected. Discus­ sion on cleaning of passageway of crew's quarters. To see master about cigarettes, new parts for sanitary lines and parts for washing machine. Something; lo be done about water fountain as dripping water constitutes a danger on deck. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Sept. 22—Chairman. V. Whitney; Sec­ retary, C. Kreiss. Delegate informed that captain can fire anyone on hoard one hour before sailing time and also anyone caught with ilquor on hoard. AU repairs completed except air con­ ditioning crew mess hall and stain­ less steel sink for butcher shop. Ship's fund, $70.19. Some disputed O.T. Report accepted. Crew requested not to clean mops and buckets in laundry tub. Minutes of meeting to he posted before being sent to Union. Vote of thanks to steward depart­ ment. Discussion on safety. Safety committee eiected. Mess hall to he sougeed. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), Sept. IS— Chairman, none; Secretary. J. West- fall. Need blower for galley: new fans for bathrooms: elamps for side parts to secure Jacobs ladder. Sunk tug in San Juan with screw—no one injured. Temporary screw repairs Ponce. En­ tering shipyard in Baltimore. CS BALTIMORE (Cities Service). July 7—Chairman. John; Secretary. R. Smith. Delayed sailing OT disputed:" few hecfs. Motion that ship he air conditioned. Wash room to he kept clean. Sept. 22—Chairman. S. Youtzy; Sec­ retary, K. Goddmic. Beef on steward, patrolman notified. One man missed ship. Draws to he put out at sea when available. Ship's fund $20. Showers and bathrooms need repairing. Repair list to he submitted. Delayed sailing disputed. Vole thanks to coal beef organizers. Something to he done about Improving menus. CS NORFOLK (Cities Service), Sept. 16—Chairman. A. McCullum; Secre-. tary, B. Nielsen. Captain to take care of mail in Bahrein. Ship's fund, $30. One man failed to Join ship at Manila. Captain reluet.snt to put out draws in ports, when there is no sliore leave. However, he would he willing to issue very large draws in ports where there are shore leaves. JOSEFINA (Liberty Nav.), Sept. 17 —Chairman, J. Kirchner; Secretary, H. Jaynes. Some disputed OT. Few beefs—to he discussed with patrol­ man. Reports accepted. Quarters to he cleaned up. Repair list to be sub­ mitted to patrolman. Discussion on steward and his performance of duties. ' SANTORE (Ore Nav.), Sept. 5—Chair­ man. E. Snaff; Secratary, S. Woftan. Need new washing machine. Two inen. missed ship, reported to patrolman; two men got off before sailing—re­ ported to haU in plenty of time for replacements. New treasurer elected. Ship's fund, $12.26. Vote of thanks td • oldtlmers for splendid work in Amer- , lean Coal beef. Motion to hold meet­ ing before any money is spent from ship's fund. Next man to over-step delegate as to individual welfare will ho brought to patrolman's attention. Vote of thanks to steward dept. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Robin), Sept. 1 —Chairman, W. Kohut; Secretary, L. ' McClove. Passageways to he kept clean as flu has hit ship. AU members asked to be sober at payoff and to he care.ful when in coastwise ports. Letters sent to headquarters concerning men hospitalized in various ports along African coast. Ship's fund, $14.45. Donations accepted at payoff. Discus­ sion on firing: coffee situation. Stew­ ard claimed 18 lbs. given to black gang for trip home which should be suffi­ cient as he had limited quantity left for voyage home for crew and pas­ sengers. Repair list to be made up— repairs to be made at sea. No results on coffee situation. Vate of thanks to delegate for fine job done under present conditions. �SEAFARERS October ii. 1957 Pare EleTCB LOG Unions Ready Fight On Blue Cross Rate Boost 'Family Entrance' Defeated by labor protests in June in a bid for a rate in­ crease, the New York City Blue Cross organization has re­ newed its request. This time, the organization has asked the State Superintendent of In--^^— surance to approve a 40 per­ higher hospital costs for the pro­ cent raise, effective Novem­ posed rate boost. ber 1. The increase would add more than $40 million to Blue Cross' annual income in this area. The Blue Cross request was made even though the organiza­ tion in Its own figures admits that it has an unassigned surplus of $22 million. It claims that this surplus had declined $8 million in the six months ending June 30 and blamed • li >• The deaths of the following Sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the SIU death benefit is being paid to their beneficiaries. rE>A)VMaBB« LOO Seek 2 Bait Port Votes BALTIMORE — Organizing in this port has continued to meet with good success. The SIU Har­ bor and Inland Waterways Divi­ sion has filed petitions with the HLRB for elections in NBC Lines and Marine Standard Launch Com­ pany. It is hoped that elections .will be called shortly. "The membership is deeply in­ debted to our oldtimers for the part they have played- so far, and we have no doubt that they will continue to do so, in the ACS beef," writes Earl Sheppard, port agent. A vote of thanks was given these men at the last meeting. Shipping Pick-Up Shipping has picked up slightly over last period, but is not making any records. Many vessels expect­ ed to come out did not do so be­ cause of a lack of cargo. There were 10 ships paying off, 10 sign­ ing on and 14 in transit during the last period. : The vessels paying off were the Yorkmar, Massmar (Calmar); Venore, Baltore, Chilore, Marore, Feltore (Ore); Michael (Carras); Mae (Bull); and Ocean Ulla (Ocean Trans.). Sign-ons were the Venore, Baitore, Chilore, Marore, Feltore (Ore); Young America (Waterman); Ocean Star (Dolphin); Angelina (Buli); Ocean Ulla (Ocean Trans.) and Michael (Carras). Among the in-transit vessels were the Kenmar, Bethcoaster, Calmar (Calmar); Santore, Cubore, Venore (Ore); Alcoa Pilgrim, Al­ coa Ranger (Alcoa) and the City of Alma (Waterman). Free medical examinations.for wives and children of Sea­ farers at the SIU health center in New York are the latest in a long series of benefits added under the Seafarers Welfare Plan. SIU families already have protection in case of illnesses re­ quiring hospitalization or surgical treatment. The medical examination services for family members, like those for Sea­ farers, are designed to detect and prevent ailments before thev reach the serious stage. Diagnostic services such as these, devoted to the practice of preventive medicine, are few and far between. Those that exist are usually far beyond the means of the average working family. Regular medical check-ups have been a long-felt need that has rarely been acted upon. The motto of the SIU center is "see your doctor twice a year." Seafarers' faniilies can now act accordingly in New York, and in due time, in the outports when additional centers are put up in Baltimore, Mobile and New Orleans. i£> I New Trade Prospect The sailing of the Gateway City last week represents a tremendous achievement for Waterman-Pan-Atlantic and a big break for all American seamen. At a time when the coastwise trade is on the rocks, Waterman-Pan-Atlantic has had the courage to risk developing a new type of ship that might regain some of the lost cargo. The company has come up with a lift-on type boxship that apparently solves the turn-around headache, and promises shippers speedy, door to door service. If this and other company plans pan out, seamen can ex­ pect to see a lot more coastwise cargo going by ship, rather than rail or truck. The end product will be more jobs and a strengthened American merchant fleet. Poles On Communism Joseph N. Wread, 43: Brother Wread passed away July 26, 1957, in the USPHS Hospital, Staten Island, NY. Death was due to natu­ ral causes. He became a full member of the Union on August 24, 1943, and sailed in the deck department. Brother Wread i« survived by hii mother, Mrs. J. N. Wread, of Tampa, Fla. Burial took place in Rural Cem'etery, Tampa, Florida. ii 3) Carlos Gorbea, 55: On July 30, 1957, Brother Gorbea died from a heart ailment in New Orleans, La. He become a full member of the Union on November 11, 1944, and sailed in the en­ gine department. Brother Gorbea is survived by his brother, Manuel Gorbea, of Brook­ lyn, NY. Burial took place in Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY. J, J, 4) James Brown, 47i Brother Brown died on August 17, 1957, in Mobile, Alabama due to a heart ailment. He became a full member of the Union on Janu­ ary 18, 1943, and was sailing in the' steward departm e n t. Brother Brown is survived by his sister, Edna Johnston, of Prichard, Ala. He _ was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Mobile, Ala. 3^ » « The first Seafarers to visit Poland since World War II have Neville F. WUliams, 41: Brother confirmed reports that the Polish people are fed up with Williams died on June 24, 1957, Communism. Their eye-witness accounts verify the dismal from accidental living conditions that Communism has brought down on East­ drowning wh le working aboard ern Europe—desperately low wages, inferior consumer goods, the SS Del Sud. shortages, high prices—the whole dreary picture of an entire He became a full population living in misery and at near-starvation levels. member of the The feeling of the Poles toward the conditions were summed Union on Octo­ up simply; ". . . with Communism, happiness and prosperity ber 5, 1943, and can never come to any nation." • ailed In the In contrast. Seafarers report, the Polish people have wel­ steward depart­ comed American seamen as their friends, and regard the ment. Brother United States as their best hope. The sharp difference in Williams is sur­ attitude is probably as damning a commentary on Communist vived by his wife, Sybil Williams, of Port of Spain, Trinidad. rule as any that has conie out of Eastern Europe. New York unions are expected to oppose the new request as vocif­ erously as the old one because of the bearing it would have on nu­ merous union welfare plans. Many of these plans involve Blue Cross hospitalization. Any increase in the Blue Cross rates would tend to cut down on other union welfare benefits or necessitate negotiation of increased employer contribu­ tions. Union" opposition is based on the argument that Blue Cross had an actual operating gain in 1956 of better than $2 million. The unions claim that Blue Cross is juggling its figures to make it appear that it is losing money—a common enough practice when rate in­ creases are sought from public au­ thorities. The figure-juggling, union sources say, lies in Blue Cross' excess allotments of funds to cover estimated claims. The entire issue will be argued out before Superintendent of In­ surance Leffert Holz. • •^p I -ISi •'•2: i • •3 J; 15 More US Ships Laying Up WASHINGTON—A n o t h e r 15 Government-owned ships are being turned back to the boneyard by their operators, the Maritime Ad­ ministration has announced. This makes a total of 59 ships to be laid up since the current cargo slump took effect. There are still 79 Governmentowned ships in private operation with indications that some of these will be dropped as soon as feasible. Many of the charters were for 18month or two-year periods, obli­ gating the charterers to pay rental for that length of time. None of the 15 ships in the latest batch to be turned in were operated by SlU-contracted companies. Ships and companies are: American Pres­ ident Lines, three Victorys; Luckenbatch, three Libertys; American Export, two Libertys; one Victory each from Grace, American Mail, Pacific Far East, Pope and Talbot, Gulf and South American, Central Gulf SS Company; and one Liberty from Blidberg-Rothchild. In some Instances, the companies are paying the balance owed under the charter in order to turn the ships back. NMU Loses 1,500 Jobs Of the 59 ships being turned back approximately three-fourths are vessels under contract to the National Maritime Union, repre­ senting a loss of some 1,500 jobs. This may indicate some reason for the NMU's anxiety to oust Sea­ farers from Robin Line ships and American Coal. ii I T'.II �SEAFARERS r*ee Twelve Hands Across The Sea Ship Aids Escapes From Tito Five young escapees from Yugoslavia are on their way to freedom after an assist from an SIU ship on their dramatic flight from Communism. The name of the SlU-manned ship is being withheld for obvious rea­ sons. The Yugoslavs and their 14-foot boat were picked up by the Amer­ ican vessel after lookouts spotted flares and a distress signal in "Mediterranean waters." The es­ capees, all men, were out of water and their outboard motor had broken down. "A carefully-planned escape from Tito's Communism was almo.st brought to a sad end for them," the SIU ship's delegate reported, "but after we fed them, supplied them with cigarettes, soap and some brandy and water, our cap tain set them down near a friend­ ly coast so they could continue their journey. "They said the underground would take care of them from there." Seafarer Sal Terracina (left) and Buddhist priest are dwarfed by The ship's reporter said that the hand of one of the largest Buddhos in the Far East, located "with the nerve they displayed, about a ten-minute walk from the dock in Singapore. Ashore they will probably make out in while on an Isthmian run, he said it was impossible to get the com­ some free land. We were sorry plete figure in camera range since it was housed in a colossal pogto see the pitifully small amount of personal belongings they were odo-like building. able to take along. No doubt most of the gear they did have was prop­ erty very dear to them and all they will ever have to remind them of their homes and families." On another tack, the LOG cor­ respondent noted that the SIU ship Adolfo Rodrlgues Fritzbert Stephen USPH9 HOSPITAL Paul W. Seidenberg S. Swlenckoski and its crew were in good shape G-ALVESTGN. TEXAS Benedlkt Smoljan WiUiam Vaughan "only one night away from port Denis BouUit I^hbcrt StratoB Joseph Stanton WUmot S. Getty David A. Weir with the latest draw all ready for E. Kocanovski Dennis A. Zwicker USPHS HOSPITAL going to town. By tomorrow night, MANHATTAN BEACH tJSPHS HOSPITAL BROOKLYN. NY there will be a number of sadder NEW ORLEANS, LA. Archibald McGulgan Manuel Antonana and wiser men on here as is usual. H. C. Mclssac Eladlo Aris Albert Baker CUfton McLellan "We have all in all a good crew, William Fortunate Bacome Albert MartlneUi Bargon* Joseph McPhea Vic Milazzo Joseph J. Bass with a couple of chronic gripers to John W: Bigwood Everett MaxweU Juan Denopra Joasuln Minlz Claude Blanks Charles Moors liven things up. However, their Thomas John J. DrlscoU W. P. O'Oen Banner Jr. Simon Morris C. Osinskl Fabln Furmanek own departments are keeping John Butler Michael Muzio George G. Phlfer John L. Grimes Charles CantweU Hugh W. O'DonneU things under control." WUliam Guenther G. A. Puissegur Roscoe Dearmon Henry Plszatowskl SEAIARtKS IN THE HOSPITALS 'Can-Shakers' Have No OK The membership is again cau-f tloned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solicitors have been authorized by the SIU. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG — please )ut my name on your mailing ist. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ZONE ... STATE TO AVOID DUPLICATION: It you William DriscoU Nathan Eldridga Ernest Evans Gene Farnura Adelln Frugs John Gersey Leon Gordon Theodore Guldy James Hudson Eugene B. Hunt Edward G. Knspp Wallace LaNasa Leo Lang Joseph McCabs Wlnford PoweU Randolph Ratcllff Berlin Rlcherson James RusseU Toxie Samford Erskin Sims Toefll SmlglelskJ Wert A. Spencer Rufus Stough Sr. Gerald L. Thsxton Houston Thomas Jr. James Ward Harry Wolowlts Clifford Wuerts USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Francis J. Boner Manfred E. Walker Antonio De Jesus USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Frank J. Bradley Earnest W. Horns Wayne T. Center H. A. Kongelbak Michael Delano Joseph Mosakowski John F. Eustacs Joseph W. Waits USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN. Charles Burton SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Victor B. Cooper VA HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY r. Cunningham VSPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS B. F. Deibler W. E. Orzechowskl Siegfried Gnittke John C. Palmer James R. Hodges August Panepinto EASTERN SHORE HOSPITAL CAMBRIDGE, MD. Thomas R. Lehay VA HOSPITAL BROOKLYN. NY Robert McCulchebn VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON. TEXAS •ro an old subscriboi and hava a change of addrast, ploasa giva your John P. Williamson formor addrati below: USPHS HOSPITAL ADDRESS CITY aoeeeeee ZONE... STAT£^-..•••«••••••«•••• STATEN ISLAND. NY Oscar J. Adams W. HarreU W. Collaio A. Korbac James T. Balmy Alfred Kaju Guenther Bischoff C. Karlsen Francisco Enfant# Ismael Nazarlo Basilio Estrella Robert A. Parker Rusfus Freeman Frank S. Paylor Anatollo Gamall Rafael Reyes George W, Gibbons E. Webb October 11, 1957 LOG Winston E. Renny Bart E. Guranlck Samuel B.'Saunders Wade B. HarreU George E. Shumaker Percy Harrelson Kevin B. Skelly Taib Hassen BiUy R. HiU Henry E. Smith Antonio Infante Michael Toth Ira H. Kllgore Harry S. Tuttls Ludwlg Krlstiansen. VirgU E. Wilmoth Pon P. Wing Frederick Landry Leonard Leldig Dexter WorreU Patrick McCann' MANH.ATTAN STATE HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY James W. Rlst USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Joseph H. Berger C. E. Owens Noah C. Carver John H, Spearman Shio Han Sun R. B. Grosecloss A. O. VaUego Daniel A. Hutto G. L. Warrington Philip F. Korol Norman I. West Michael Mlchalik H. E. Monteton USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. W. Goodan J. Murphy James M. Enwright George D. Rourke Daniel E. Murphy Zachariah Williams MONTEBELLO CHRONIC DISEASE HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Francisco Bueno USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Wm. J. Stephens Alfred Bokan Raphael Stevens Isaak Bouzln Dolphus Walker George Brady Albert Willis Angelo Camerote Joe Prabech Thomas D. DaUey Mack Singleton Leo Dwyer , Demetres Mastonla Jose Garcia Charles Ison James J. Girolaml Archie Wright . Gorman T. Blaze Norman Kii-k Burl Haire Luciano Ramos David Hebert Clifford Womack Lars Johansen Page Mitchell Norman W. Kirk WlUlam Kovamees David MiUer Walter Jackson John A. Morris James Lavelle Luciano Ramos Bennle Crawford Roy R. Bayfield WiUiam Williams Stanley Rodgers Finnic Davis. Joseph RoU Gorman Glaze Stanley Sneed USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Jlmmie Littleton George E. Wilson GulUermo Pens SEASIDE HOSPITAL LONG BEACH. CALIF. Julius B. Smith Ask No Change On Job Calls To the Editor: Several subjects were brought up at the Aug. 7 membership meeting at headquarter for fu­ ture discussion. While I am on the SS Ariyn now, 1 would like to offer my opinion on them. First of ail, there is the idea of having fewer job calls each day so that the men would not have to hang around the hall all day and could transact other 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. business between cfflls. I don't think this would work out too well. If the companies call in for men after the last regular job call most of the members will he on the way home. This rule would only help the piecards and would make shipping harder for our members. The same goes for the idea that a man would have to leave a ship after* a certain period when his vacation is due. This would do no good for the man who has a family to sup- ' port. You can­ not always get a job right off the hat when you come hack from vacation and sometimes have to wait many weeks Schroter until a job you want comes along. This kind of a rule would also raise problems with the unemployment people because then everybody wouW automa­ tically go up for benefits. As we know, the unemployment people already put up argu­ ments about paying benefits to seamen and there is often a beef on this matter. The next thing I have on my mind is that there must he a way for our great Union to go on record and adopt some kind of a plan to give our oldtiiners a break. Then when they hit the proper age they should have a regular pension benefit and not have to think so much whether they can retire or not. I hope the LOG will publish this so that some of oldtimers can read it and express their opinion on what should he done. A. Schroter It To the Editor: In a meeting on board the SS Val Chem at sea^ Sept. 11, the report from headquarters was read and there was a full ex­ change both pro and con on the subject of changing the hourly job calls. Among the reasons offered for the consideration of this change was the need for time to take care of family obliga­ tions and other business mat­ ters. These reasons were fully discussed on here.. As far as the problem of tak­ ing care of family matters is concerned, we feel that very few men pay off one day and then come to the halj the next day ready to ship out. As we sea it, this is the time when family matters can be taken care of. On the other items, regard" ing time needed to file for un­ employment benefits, etc.. It was voiced at the meeting by ^ several members that they hava found no trouble making both the shipping calls and visits to the unemployment offices. The fact was also brought out that a man with a not-too-old ship­ ping card at least has a chance to ship now and then when a man registered ahead of him doesn't show up. We understood that this subject was only up for dis­ cussion, and was not a motion to he acted on, hut nevertheless we took a hand vote. It was unanunous that the hourly ship­ ping calls should stay as they are. That's the way the crewmembers on the Val Chem feel. We also feel that more opinions and views should be sent to the LOG from our brothers on other ships.. Keith L. Donnelly Ship's delegate 4. 44. To the Editor: We, the entire crew of the SS Alcoa Corsair, go on record 100 percent to keep the job calls hourly as in the past. We feel that it is a good system and should not he changed, except possibly to advance the first call to 10 AM and the last one to 5 PM. Forrest C. King Ship's delegate t 4. 4. Urges Upgrading Port Houston To the Editor: If you have not been in Hous­ ton in the past year you will never know the trials that our officials there have had. Let's vote Houston in as a major port and open that bottle­ neck. Then they can dispatch men without having to call New Orleans and then throw the Jobs back on the hoard on the 8th call for C-card men. On another score, there are many men like myself who want to buy their gear from our SIU Sea Chest hut can't. Let's get a Sea Chest In the Gulf area where a man can walk in, buy what he wants and charge U off for his next payoff. If this costs, more than we have allotted for such expenditures, count me In for a $100 donation. Dick Masser 4, 4> 4> Hails Brothers For Kindness To the Editor: Please extend my thanks and appreciation to the brothers and officers on the Steel Recorder and Steel Voyager for their kindness during my illness. 1 was taken off the Recorder at Alexandria, Egypt, with what apparently was acute appendl-, citls and want to thank every­ one concerned for their care and consideration. After two weeks in an Egyptian hospital, 1 came back on the Voyager as a passenger and am still an out­ patient in New York. 1 enjoyed fine treatment while on the Voyager thanks to the brother SIU members aboard. Thanks also to the SIU wel­ fare department for taking care of things at home while I was hospitalized. They helped my wife considerably and eased things until 1 could get back.B. T. Hanbaek �SEAFARERS Oetolier .11. 1951 •TML CHIMItT (Ittbmlan)/ July 1»—Chairman, W. Warthlnttan, Cacratary, H. Llaby. New dclegata aleeted Reports accepted. Aug. II—Chairman, H. Kaufman; •acratary, P. Howe. Some disputed OT. Reports accepted. Repair list ta ha made up. , : : ' ; . THI CASINt (Texas City Refinery), Aug. 4—Chairman, J. Simmons; Sacratary, D. Swenton. Disputed OT to be settled by patrolman. The pumpman's gear put off at Texas City. Ship's fund $25.50. New treas­ urer elected. Sailing board to be put up earlier. 8 hours prior to sailing Is legal minimum. Proper attire to be worn In messhall at ail times. Repair list given to delegates. Washing machine to be repaired. Wire to be sent to Union hall to have patrolman The Grain Shipper is now enroute to Japan after a harrow­ ing time from a boiler fire off the Costa Rican coast recently. That old standby—a bucket brigade—finally licked the blaze after the boats had been pre-"*" her couldn't generate enough pared for launching. steam either. At the same time, Once the immediate emer­ the inside of the boiler ignited on OCEAN JOYCE (Ocean Clippers), Sept. I—Chairman. D. Edwards; Sec­ retary, A. Pietrowskl. Delayed sailing from previous trip okayed—see pa­ trolman at payoff. Capt. okayed use of ho.spltal for storage of suit cases, sea bags and foul weather gear. Ship's fund $15.40. Motion to move electricians spare room topside and use their room for recreation room. Conditions of wheel house explained. Suggestions about menus made. Re­ quest to take better care of wash­ ing machine. Radio Lo be returned to repair shop. Money to be taken out of fund. Donations to be taken up at pay off. MADAKET (Waterman), April ItChairman, J. Samsel; Secretary, C. Faust. Transportation beef. Reports accepted. come aboard. varied. Night lunch to be WESTPOR'f (Transport Util.),'June 23—Chairman, J. Kearncs; Secretary, H. Kimmei. No shore leave and no , draw. Crew to be more quiet in evenings. Disputed OT due to restric­ tion in Y'okohama and Singapore. New delegate elected. Shower to be put in working order. Clothes to be removed from washing machine af­ ter washing. Suggestion not to trade cigarettes in port. CHIWAWA (Cities Service), Aug. 25 —Chairman, L. Hagmann; Secratary, M. Launey. One member fouled up / in Tampa. Straightened out with agent—nothing serious. Report ac­ cepted. Laundry tubs to be left clean. OREMAR (Ore Nav.), Sept. •— Chairman, S. Furtado; Secretary, R. Mason. Two men in deck dept. log­ ged for missing watches. Repair lists to be drawn up. Ship's fund $34. Members to he presentable and clean In messhall. Return dirty cups to pantry. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), Aug. IS —Chairman L. Guelinitz: Secretary, L. Pardeau. One man hpspitalized In Bombay with injured hand. Head­ quarters notified. One man replaced at Bombay in place of injured man. Ship's fund $17.90. Report accepted. Vote of thanks to ail delegates. JtLCOA POINTER (Alcoa), Sept. 1 —Chairman, P. Garpolch; Secretary, L. Rruce. Repairs to be made. Men getting off sliip to leave forcastle lien's on board. Day man taken off ship due to illness, flown home. Wiper 111, rejoined ship at Yokohama. Ship's fund $26.10. 35 hrs. disputed ot. Mattresses put aboard—steward re­ quested extra one to be kept on hand. Library books to be changed. Crew requested not to to discuss ship's business ashore. Quiet to be observed In passageways at night. Cups and glasses to be re­ turned to mess room. ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), tapf. 1 —Chairman, E. BIss; Secratary, J. Davis. Repairs to be made. Crew requested to,, be prompt at meetings. Suggestion to take better care of • bathroom showers; ice making ma1 chine ito be used for stowing ice cream. Need more fans in messroom. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for good food and service. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian) Sept. i—Chairman, J. Farrand; Secratary, I K. Jucchtar. One man hospitalized due to accident; rejoined ship In • Khoramshahr. Bookman to take dele­ gate's job. .Ship's fund $10.02. Fund to be built up at payoff. Hardly no overtime. One pier head jump. Some ' disputed ot. Suggestion to donate $1 toward fund at first draw. Dele' gate asked that small infractions of personal rights be settled on ship and not referred to patrolman. Wiper ' thanked ail men who stood by while , he was ill. Delegate requested crew .to stay out of pantry during meal ! hours. Suggestion to put out more j night lunches. Pantry and messhall .to be cleaned up after using. i SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Scatrain), , Sept. 15—Chairman, S. Charles; Sacrajtary, F. Flanagan. Safety meeting ^held. All ok. Delayed sailing July 25, will be paid at payoff. OT hours and social security number on pay voucher to be checked. Ship's fund $20.67. Beefs squared away in Texas with patrolman. New delegate elected. Reports accepted. Suggest an Increase in subsistence money and 1 night's lodging. Lenthy discussion (on donations to Bull Line beef. ^ PAIRPORT (Waterman), Sept. 5— .'Chairman, C. KempcynskI; Secretary, S. Zygarowski. Ship will payoff at Portland. No beefs. To see agent about wasliing macliine. $28.00 In ship's fund. Some dissention with topside In Deck Dept. Patrolman to square It away. Some disputed at. One man missed ship In Vokohama, rejoined in Inchon. REBECCA (Maritime), Sept. 7— Chairman, 6. Flawerst Secretary, M. Culp. Minor repairs made. Record First assistant engineer poses ' with toil end of 8-foot shark caught by the crew while ship was idled without power near Costa Rican coast. gency was over, she remained a dead ship almost three days until a tug came alongside with power lines and water and hooked up for the 450-mile tow into Panama for repairs. Started At Midnight A report frSm the ship said things began to happen at mid­ night, Tuesday, June 18, after a slowdown caused by the breakdown of the feed heater. This was soon corrected but the plant failed again, the boilers couldn't be refired and the handy supply of kindling in the deck cargo of lum- PAN OCEANIC TRANSPORTER (Pan Oceanic), Aug. 17—Chairman, D. Sheehan; Secretary, F. Nealy. Found out about port time In Mobile —everything settled. Ship's fund $6.80. Discussion on cooking—cook will endeavor to Improve his soups and gravies. Si.xty-daya stores to be put aboard in Phila. VALCHEM (Heron), Aug. 18— Chairman, G. Kersey; Secretary, W. Ncsta. Few repairs not finished while In Norfolk. Ship's fund $19.90. Report accepted. New delegate elect­ ed. Take better care of washing ma­ chine. Repair list to be made up. Sept. 11—Chairman, W. Adams; Secretary, W. Nesta. Ship's fund $19.90. Motion to see about ventila­ tion in lower passageway as forward hatches are welded shut. GRAIN SHIPPER (Grain), Sept. 2— Chairman, A. Ferrara; Secretary, S. Malvenan. Lack of cooperation from master regarding several missing Items, namely refrigerators, fresh milk. Master refused to pay oft man In NO after 24 hrs. notice had been given. Steward to make out requisi­ tion for stores. Vote of thanks to delegate. Ask for 50c. voluntary contribution from each member at first draV. Request all brothers put in for delayed sailing* from Tampa. Letter to be written patrolman re­ garding lack of proper Ice boxes In messroom. Request patrolman meet ship on arrival west coast. Discussion on proper use of washing machine. Milk not to be put on table until men are seated. Use less grease on egga and potatoes. COALINGA HILLS (Pan - Atlantic), Aug. 25—Chairman, f. Pickett; Secre­ tary, H. Orlande. All mall addressed to delegate to be turned over to turn. Report accepted. MADAKET (Waterman), lept. 11— Chairman, R. Farreira; Secretary, C. West. No beefs. One man missed shh> in SF. One man hen>italizcd in Honolulu. Motion that ot be adjusted to straight ot for cleaning holes, for watch on deck and time and half for men off watch. To be put before negotiating committee. Discussion on quality and quantity lunch. Vote of thanks to galleymen for preparation of food; to chief mate for good co­ operation. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory (Vic­ tory Carriars), Sept. 7—Chairman, A. Harrington; Secretary, S. Lynn. Ship's fund $38.30. Some disputed ot. One man paid off in Liverpool for hospital treatment. Report accepted. New delegate elected. Steward to vary lee cream. Delegate to be notified If there is any trouble In obtaining milk. Washing m.achine to be repaired. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), lept. 2—Chairman, D. Keddy; Secretary, N. Abcrnathy. Some repairs to be made. Ship's fund $43.68. Report accepted. New delegate, treasurer and reporter elected. Broken dishes to be dis­ carded. Cups to be returned to pan­ try. THE CABINS (Texas City Ref.), Sept. 1—Chairman, J. Norganei; Sec­ retary, R. Matarangoio. Eight hrs. penalty time for two daymen dis­ cussed with captain—approved 4 hrs. each. Chief mate performing sailors' work In tank. Ship's fund $26.50. Washing machine wringer to be re­ paired. Oiler asked if pumpman can stand sick fireman's watch. DEL CAMFO (MUsJ, Aug. 1* — Chairman, J. Csitsler; Secretary, C. Bresux. Poor grade of food In night lunches—to see patrolman In NO. Two men missed ship in Tampa. Ship's fund $8.40. Report accepted. Vote of thanks to steward dept. an(J dele­ gate for fine job in bringing ship in clean. ;s"'- Bucket Brigade Whips Fire On Grain Shipper player purchased. Ship's fund $9. (tote of Vote 01 thanks to ship's delegate for buying record player and for job well done. Some disputed ot. Washing machine to bo replaced. New ma­ chine for unlicensed personnel went topside. Ship to be fumigated. Need wlndscoops for portholes. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for lob well done. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), Sept. 8— Chairman, M. T. Costello; Secretary, J. Prestwood. All slop chest prices being checked by shore side patrolman —findings not reported yet. Ships movie fund balance $130. Vote thanks to crew for cooperation In raising this fund. Some disputed ot on shore gang In Trinidad. Obtaining six replacemifhts in Mobile. Vote of thanks to department messman for job well done. Reports accepted. Present call system to be retained. New delegate rtected. Vote of thanks to retiring delegate. Soiled linen not to be thrown In passageway. Hourly job calls to be retained, except perhaps to start first call at 10:00 AM and last caU at 5:00 PM. Pafc Tkfaicca LOG Hot coffte perks up Shipper crewmen after engine room fire was brought under control. Among those pictured are Joe Pennor, C. Muscorella, Lorry Kelly, Steve Burleson, Johnson, Sirkoski, D. Schaeffer, Bob O'Rourke and Jim Moore. Pictures by Duke Fisher, its own and the casing burned out of control. The general alarm was sounded at 0700, but neither C02 fire ex­ tinguishers nor a gravity-type hose rigged by the engineers from the domestic tank did the trick. "A supply chain was set up with one gang refilling extinguishers, one dipping for saltwater over the side, one gang cari-ying empties, another spraying the fire and more retui'ning empties also proved insuffi­ cient ... Boiler Collapse I eared "As the fire progressed toward the settler tanks it also appeared that the top of the boiler was due to collapse, so the crew was mus­ tered and the boats prepared for launching. A bucket brigade was pressed into action . . . After one hour this proved to be the weapon. ".About 1000 the emergency, was declared over and the crew settled into the routine of manning a dead ship. Several ships had offered help but we needed none since a tug had been dispatched from Panani& to tow us there. Thursday Routine "Thursday was routine. The crew rigged rain-catching canvas and buckets, a shower and in general made as much comfort as possible. . . . We built wood fires in the gal­ ley range until an oil-drip feed was improvised and the baker was able to bake bread. The cooks did a commendable job with meals. "Friday was a bit more active with the routine alleviated as the fishermen hooked an eight-foot shark and a dolphin weighing about 30 pounds. The dolphin was later given to the crew of the tug, the Tobaga. It came alongside after 1700 restoring service aboard hooked up about 0200 and the to\v began . . ." India Has No Lure For Miller Laying on the anchor for two weeks outside of Visagapatam, India, Seafarers on the Samuel F. Miller have tried everything from flying kites to growing hair to pass the time. The outlook is more of the same before they actually get into the port and then for an­ other long layover at Calcutta. "They say it is just as crowd­ H. D. Higginbotham and bosun going all the way or else." Psilo# ed there," reporter John Psilos Jack Procell who art "down a to didn't say exactly which way they points out. "Wish you were here a half ton now and swear they are meant, however. and we were somewhere else. Any place would be better than this if f y Sca/orcr Jlobcrf we could have some shore leave for a change." Psilos recounts "efforts to keep up the morale of the creiv" with some pride. "Have a brother on here who has a new hair restorer going. He uses fuel on his scalp daily but we can't tell yet if there is anything coming out of all this work ... We also fish and that makes these the best-fed fish in the waters out here." Edward Jordan's chess set comes In for its share of use and the team of William O'Connor and Eugene Dore "are in superb form. Bill tells the sea stories and when he gets to the fantastic part, Dore yells 'that's right, I was there.' "Debates are available on any topic and are solved with logic and facts, except when Olay • 'Fork Chops' Iversen uses hi.s stomach in a most effective way. I should know," Psilos adds, "for he used it on me twice. It felt like B light truck had hit me." Eating appears to be another pastime, especially for stewai'd 'Sea'Spray' 'Red' Fink 'A ,(d �Pacra Fourteen SEAFARERS ^OG October 11, 1957 They're Making The Place Busy SIU HAll DIRECTORY SIU, A&G District Shipmates keep J. R. Alsobrook, AB (left), company during latehour gangway watch in Conakry, West Africa, before the Del Sol soils for Monrovia, Liberia. On hand (I to r) are Clyde Bankiton, MM; I. T. Knight, MM, and George B. Keneday, OS. Jose F. Santiago was also around; he took the picture. LOG-A.RHYTHM: Sea Nocturne By M. Dwyer To haunt my heart I hear the spray While I'm at sea; Lap at the portals, A golden ring The night is clear. Worn on a finger. The winds blow cold; Her promise true The ship sails on To wait for me. Through distant waters, I reminisce, And dreams unfold. Since I sailed away The days grow lonely; And now I feel. Old memories bum; The places and the love I left behind, I'll soon forget. Though I still yearn. I see her eyes, Her face before me, I hear her voice Repeat my name. All the music Her gentle laughter, Our farewell kiss I feel again. The constant sea. The sea eternal. Which claims its own, Forevermore; Shall calm my fears And still my longings. For things I leH On distant shore. Oh memories, That bless and linger. 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 elimi­ nate the chance of the ship sailing shorthanded. CAN'T FIND OLD PHOTO? Seafarers with a yen for pictures of their old ships may get some help from a couple of sources supplied by an SUP brother who read a recent letter in the LOG (Aug. 16). A query by Seafarer Maurice E. Lizotte about the old SS Arizpa of the Mobile Oceanic Line drew a quick response from Howard Bethell of the Sailors Union.' Bethell said he was successful in getting a picture of the SS Arizona (vintage 1879) on which his father had sailed by contacting the Smith­ sonian Institute. Requests to Kenneth Perry, As­ sistant Curator, Marine Division, Smithsonian Institution, Washing­ ton 25, DC, or John Lockhead, Librarian, Mariners' Museum, -Newport News, Va., generally pro­ duce results, he noted. Prints are $1 each from these sources. Other organizations to contact include the Steamship Historical Society of America, Inc., 53 Annawanscutt Road, West Barrington, RI, the Peabody Museum, Boston, Mass. and the Marine Historical Association, Inc., Mystic, Conn. These as well as local port societies or historical societies in areas serv­ iced by the ships in question can usually furnish the information de­ sired. BALTIMORE 1218 E. Baltimore St Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheeban. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON.... 4202 Canal St Robert Matthews. Agent CapitaL 3-4089; 3-4080 1419 Ryan St. LAKE CHARLES, La. Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 MORGAN CITY 912 Front St Tom Gould. Agent Phone 2156 NEW ORLEANS. 523 BienvUle St Undsey Williams. Agent Tulane 8626 NEW- YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent MAdlson 2-9834 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 PUERTA de TIERRA PR 101 Pelayo Sal CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St Marty Breithotf. Agent Douglas 2-5475 SAVANNAH S Abercom St. E. B. McAuley. Agent Adams 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff GUlette. Agent EUioU 4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. FrankUn St. Tom Banning. Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON. Calif ... 505 Marine Ave. Reed Humphries, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS.. 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRKTARY-TREASURERS J. Alglna. 'Deck C. Simmons. Joint J. Volpian. Eng. W. HaU. Joint E. Mooney. Std. R. Matthews. Joint SUP HONOLTK.U 18 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. CApital 3-4336 RICHMOND. Calif....510 Macdonald Ave. BEacon 2-0925 SAN FRANCISCO .450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 3505 1st Ave. Main 0290 WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK 875 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6165 Canadian District HALIFAX. N.S 128V4 HoUls St. Phone 3-8911 MONTREAL.. 634 St. James St. West PLateaU 8161 FORT WILLIAM 408 Simpson St. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNB 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 872 King St. E. EMpirs 4-5719 VICTORIA. BC 617Vi Cormorant St. EMpire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Pacific 3468 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone: 6346 BAGOTVILLE, Quebec ...20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 44 Sault-au-Matelot Quebec Phone: 3-1569 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WUliam St. NB OX 2-5431 Great Lakes District ALPENA 1215 N. Second Ave. Phone: 713-J BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE Phone; Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Phone; Woodward 1-6857 DULUTH 621 W. Superior St. Phone: Randolph 2-4110 SOUTH CmCAOO 3261 E. 92nd St. Phone: Essex 5-2410 Donations Fill Gap On Smokes To the Editor: I am writing this to show our appreciation for the donation of cigarettes by "Red" the bosun on the Del Alba and "Blackfe" Connors from the Del Norte. You see, I am ship's delegate on the William H. Carruth. When we left New York, we were supposed to be gone about six or seven weeks and we took enough stores and cigarettes for 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. • that long. But it seems this trip is going to be drawn oiit for five* months. We have been in San­ tos, Brazil, for 65 days with a load of grain to pick up a load of sugar for Casablanca, North Africa, so we have run out of everything. We picked up stores here but it seems we can't get any Ameri­ can cigarettes. Luckily, after we talked to a few of the guys in the local ginmills and explained the situation, we got a few cartons from them which were a big help. I also would like to tell you that five men Iiad to go home since the time we left. All of them were hospitalized and flown back. They are John San­ ders, Aurilio Martinez, Florencio Letie, Marion Akins and Robert Littleton. Otherwise we have had a smooth trip and I hope the rest of the voyage will be the same. Norman E. Wroton Jr. ' Ship's delegate '' t> i> 'X' Halls Hood Crew On Sea-Burial To the Editor: I would like to thank every­ one for the kindness shown to the family of Druey K. Waters. "Chips" to his shipmates, "Ki" to us, he was a good and kind man. Words cannot express my grief at his sudden death. We had been married 30 years and 28 days and he had been a sea­ man since 1943. It still seems as if I'm looking for "Ki" home after a long trip. My own health isn't good. I had just gone back to my job when we got the news of his death. I haven't worked since, but maybe someday I can as 1 still owe a lot on our home. Druey had three daughters, Frances, Mary and Bernice; four grandchildren, MitchelU Burly Jamie, Audrey and Mary, plus his mother, father, two broth­ ers and a sister. We would-like to have some more copies of the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG of August 30 show­ ing his burial at sea and the kind friends who helped bury our husband and father. I would like also to keep on get­ ting the LOG for a while. To me the LOG seems a part of my husband's life. Once again I would like to thank everyone, the captain, crewmembers and friends who sent flowers and the SIU rep­ resentative who came to our home and was so nice to us during our sorrow. I could not do otherwise than have "Ki" buried in the sea he loved so well. It was one of his requests. I would like to hear from any of the crew on the SS Robin Hood or anyone of his many friends. I'm still glad and proud to have been a sea­ man's wife. Many thanks and God bless you all. Mrs. Rachel Waters (Ed. note: In a postscript, Mrs. Waters added these lines:) "The stars come nightly to the sky, "The tidal waves come to the sea; "Nor time no space, nor deep nor high "Can keep my own away from me." A t> t> Brother Lauds Seagarden Aid To the Editor: I want to take this opportuni­ ty to thank all the crew mem­ bers of the SS Seagarden on voyage No. 29 for the beautiful floral offering they made at the time of the death of my wife, Lucy. Thanks also for the cash donation when I was leaving the ship. Expressions of sympathy such as these are long remem­ bered, and bring to us the reali­ zation that there is a real broth­ erhood in the SIU. I wish each of these brothers many happy and prosperous voyages. Elmer A. Hancock WelfaW Assist Is Appreciated To the Editor: I would like to express my thanks to the SIU Welfare Serv­ ices Department for the assist­ ance given our family when my baby was in the hospital recent­ ly with a serious heart condition. My father, Ralph Dunsmoor, went to Welfare SecKlces in this emergency and got us help when we needed it most. Tho baby is recovering nicely now. Wo all appreciate what tho Union has done for us. Mrs. Gertrude Boudrot By Bernard Seaman YER TALKING/LCOK WOTTH" LOOK WHAT UAPPSNBO TO THEGS! DUOS/ \T'S THAT WASHING f MACHINE' / �October 11, 1057 SEAFARERS Seafarers on the list below should get in touch with their nearest 5IU port agent. All of the following SJU families have received a $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: -A- China Hatgimisios, born August ber 23, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. 28, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. John W. Mullis, Mobile, Ala. Nicholas P. Hatgimisios, Philadel­ 4 4 4 Annette and Jeannette Webb, phia, Pa. born September 18,1957, to Seafar­ 4« 4" Patricia Gail Magras, born Sep­ er and Mrs. James L. Webb, Mo­ tember 16, 1957, to Seafarer and bile, Ala. Mrs. Thomas L. Magras, Philadel­ William Clayton White, bom phia, Pa. July 19, 1957, to Seafarer and 4> 4i Mrs. Chester J. White, Mobjack, Donna Beth Agell, born Septem­ Va. ber 10, 1957, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Mrs. Thomas J. Agell, Westbury, Kenneth Herbert Reeve, bom Long Island, NY. September 12, 1957, to Seafarer 4> 4> ^ and Mrs. Herbert Reeve, WilliamsDavid Paul Gray, born Septem­ town, NJ. ber 13, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4 4 4 Pe^cy Gray, Mobile, Ala. Daniel Bonilla, born September ^ S; t t 8, 195J, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose armen Jimenez, born Septem- E. Bonilla, Bronx, NY. 23, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4 4 4 Laureen Sue Paisley, bom William Jimenez, Brooklyn, NY. August 25, 1957, to Seafarer and 4 Francisco Bonefont, born Sep­ Mrs. James R. Paisley, Long Beach, tember 20, 1957, to Seafarer and Calif. Mrs. Gabriel Bonefont, New York 4 4 4 John Allen Hayes, born April 8, City. 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. George 4 Thomas Lester McGowan, born L. Hayes Jr., Vancouver, Wash. September 24, 1957, to Seafarer 4 4 4 Terrell Glenn Thompson, born and Mrs. Silas M. McGowan, Day­ August 20, 1957, to Seafarer and ton, Texas. ^Mrs. I. W. Thompson Jr., Lafayette,' 4 4 i Robert Lynn Burnett, born Sep­ La. tember 18, 1957, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Billy Gailian Hill, born Septem­ Mi's. J. C. Burnett, Daphne, Ala. ber 12, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4 4 4 Brenda Kay Mullls, born Septem­ Charles E. Hill, Long Beach, Calif. Acosta, Mack J. Alcaraz, Victor M. Aldrich, Russell H. Aldridge, Elvin O. Alexander, Ernest L. Ali, Omar Andolsek, James R, Anghelatos, F. Aquilor, Rawl M. -BBackrak, Daniel D. Baka, G. J. Balcer, Benjamin H. Bailey, L. R. Ballance, W. N. Barnett, Floyd Beal, E. L. Beck, J. D. Bedgood, W. C. Bergquist, William C. Blackmore, George F., Blackwell, David S. Blair, J. C. Boggs, Francis M. Boland, Thomas Boling, Milton C. Bowles, William Brady, John E. • Brazell, J. C. Bremer, J. V. P. Broadus, J. B. Broderick, Benedict N. Brooks, Jr., D. G. Brown, Clifford B. J. Buchanan, James R. Buckner, Fred Bushnell, E. J. -CEdward Mikkelsen Please get in touch with J. M. Thomas, SS Pacific Ocean, World Tramping Agencies, 26 Broadway, NYp. appreciate hearing, from you again. His address is 1707 Club Court, Tampa 4, Fla., phone Webster 5-2554. r4 4 4 Phillip E. Giordano i 4 4 4 PleaSe contact your wife, Mrs. '! Sotirios A. Foscolos Contact your wife at Auberge Odessa Giordano at Route No. 3, du Pare, Itteville, Seine Oilse, Pelzer, South Carolina. France. 4 4 4 ~ Biii Rogers •4 4 4 Please send your address to Roberto Principe . Your mother would like you to A. J, O'Malley, Seafarers Interna­ get in touch with her. Her address tional Union, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Is 133 Union St., Ponce, PR. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Lloyd Callaway Leo "BUly" McCarthy It is Important that you contact It Is important that you get in touch with J. J. Shea, Jr., Box 100, your mother, Mrs. Herman Cal­ laway at Grange Beach, Ala. S. Walpole, Mass. 4 4 4 Harry Hastings Bill Scarleth received your mes­ sage and answered It; He would 4 4 PORT O' CALL Mow m BOTH 4 4 Carlo V. Carlson Ex-Steel Apprentice Please get in touch with-Joseph H. Raymond, 135 E. 115 St., NYC, Apt ID. 4 4 Clarence Watson McElvany Please get in touch with F. E. Peroutka, Sr. Purser, SS America, United States Lines Company, Pier 86, NR, New York ,11, NY, 4 4 4 T. F. Delaney It Is important that you contact your father regarding some news­ paper stories. His address is: Thomas J. Delaney, PO Box 251, Merritt Island, Fla. - 4 4 4 Cyrille Leslie Madison Would you please contact E. L. Mottau at PO Box 848, North Attleboro. Mass, 4 4 4 Walter J, Oaks Please get in touch with Frank P. Corcoran, public accountant. Room 201 SUP building, 450 Har­ rison Street, San Francisco, Calif. Regarding tax refund. UROOICLYM BAvriMo/^ I2I6BSALT. 4 4 4 Page Fifteen Notice To Seafarers RECENT ARRIVALS f LOG Cdbatan, E. Cabral, Jesse J. Carlson, Charles A. Carpenter, B. O. Carrigan, Robert J. Carter., Courtney R. Carver, L. J. Carver, Noah C. Cassano, Carmine T.,. Crafin, D. G. Chance, George, S. Chemel, Henry S. Ciampi, M. y. Clapp, John S. Clark, James W. Coats, Cloise Colson, William H. Condon, William Jr. Conley, J. P. — Connors, Wilbert S. Conway, Thomas Corns, Roy W. Cortes, Vincent ' Cospito, Antonio Crawford, F. T. Crockett, Coley F. Cuelles, Joseph R. Cummings, Thomas P. -0Davalos, Chas. Davis, Harry M, Dawson, Norman J. De Culty, John'J. De Grushe, Averil F. Delgado, Gilbert A. Delmont, Robert W. De Los Santos, N. De MaiTO, Adolph P. De Marco, Daniel J. De Moss, Edmund K. Doca, V. Donnelly, Keith L. Driscoll, T. J. Dugan, M. Dukelis, William Dunn, A. L. Duracher, L. B. -f Ekman, J. V. Elliott, Omar W. Esquilin, Noberto Eurisa, Matthew Everett, L. T. -r- If any old-time Seafarers are in the neighborhood drop in and see Nicholas Bossanyi, Amsterdam West, Farrell, Fred Chasse Straat, 54, Holland. Einnegan, Thomas S. Flannagan, John Foley, Edward J. Fontenot, C. Forrest, William L. Foster, Miles C. Fowler, Brantley L. Franco, Paul J. Francois, B. J. Freundlich, Leo A. Friddle, Marshall -6Galantis, H. L. Garcia, V. Gardner, Hobert L. Garland, Paul E. Garza, Manuel Gaskill, D. D., Jr. Gates, Earl H. Gaudio, Michael, Jr. Gay, Ronald Gelling, R. V. Gentry, Fred Gianiotis, I. S. Goulet, Edgar R. Grant, F. P. Green, John C. Griffin, T. F. Grizzard, H. L. Gulley, William H. Gustsdsson, Ruve G. Gustavsen, Olav -HHaigley, A. H. Haney, James Hairelson, M. B. Hale, J. D. Hale, Wm. Halfhill, H. O. Hamlett, R. A. Hao, Edward M. ' Harris, Bobby E. Harris, Ernest E. Harrison, Stokes Hartman, Wayne T. Harvey, Howard Hauge, Henry Haylock, R. V. Heroux, A. Hewson, Donald J. Hicks, Donald Hill, R. G. Hitchen, Ben Hoffman, John A. Halbrook, W. Hopkins, T. C. Horwath, Delbert F. Horwath, Walter, M. Houlihan, John J. Hradecky, Geo. Hubay, Edward Hummel, Merrill E. Hutchinson, S. J. Hyde, Charles F. ^1Iversen, Kaare L. -JJames, Frank S. Jenkins, K. R. Jessup, Claude B. Jester, W. S. Johnson, Buford B. Johnson, T. F. Johnston, Leonard -KKalroth, Ivar J. Kaspen, John Abarons, Kasmirs Karstens, Karl Katoul, Nicholas K. Keith, Harold O. Kelly, J. G. Kelsoe, John W. Kerr, Alexander Kinman, E. £. Kolodziej, John M. Kowalczyk, Walter - LLambe, Everette W. La Monthe, Adolphe Landry, Robert J. Lande, Freddie Jn La Rosa, F. Le Blanc, R. A. , Lee, Wm. E. Leetmaa, Kaarel Leknes, Sverre Lewis, Harry R. Linker, William G. Logan, John Loo. Albert V. Lujan, J. E. -M — Maas, Leon J. MacDonald, Harry F. Maguire, John Malcom, Edsen, O. Maldonado, A. L. Malinowski, George H. Malkin, Sidney Manbart, Ludwig Mann, James T. Mason, Francis H. Matovich, Pete Mazzitelli, Peter Mc Andrew, J. J. Mc Chesney, William G. Mc Cullough, Henry C. Mc Daries, Ralph Mc Donald, R. A. McGill, James L. Mclntyre, W. J. Mercier, J. L. Michell, August Miller, Edward Ming, J. K. Miofas, Demetrios G. Mora, Miguel B. Moradilla Benigno D. Morris, A. F. Mon-is, Cecil C. Morrow, Robert L. Myers, C. V. Myers, Robert -NNeissner, Otto Nelson, Donald C. Nelson, Frank F. Neyrey, George -0Odegaar, S. Olsen, K. Olsson, Erik V. Ostergaard, Finn Ott, Wm. D. -PPadgett, Billie Palfrey, Stanley L. Palmer, R. J. Papoutsis, S. V. Parker, Vernon E. Patin, Luther J. Patterson, F. E. Patterson, James K. Paylor, Frank S. Perdue, Charles E, Perez, Ramon P. Perry, Rogers, Anthony Pettersen, Samuel S. Peura, Arne A. Pieczykohn, Frank Pine, Jerome Pollanen, Veikko Poole, Milton A. Pope, "Robert R. Pounds, E. B. Power, Lawrence Price, John H. Proios, H. M. Puglisi, Frank M. Purvis, Robert -0- Quinones, Nemesis -RRamsperger, Ronald J. Rankonen, Kalle A. Ratcliff, John H. C. Hawlings, Charles E. Rayfield, Roy R. Raymer, Robert Reed, Eugene L. Reese, George M. Rice, A. L. Rivadulla, Juan S. Rivera, Gerardo Roberts, Joseph H. Roberts, J. L., Jr. Robinson, Harry C. Robinson, H. I. Robinson, M. Rockind, H. Rossi, D. Roszko, Eugene Rubis, Philip Ryan, James F. -SSaettone,-Angelo A. Sanabria, Victor V. Samford, Toxie Sawyer, D. A. Sawyer, Julian Scruggs, T. G. Scruggs, W. C. ^ Self, Thomas L. Setliffe, J. F. Sewell, C. Shaw, Frank P. Shaw, William M. Shuler, Fred C. Siems, Peter A. Sikorski, W. M. Simpson, J. S. Slover, Calvin J. Smith, H. C. Smith, James T. Smith, John Lee Smith, Leonard A. Smith, Lewis D. Smith, Lynn C. Smith, Richard W. Sohl, Richard G. Soloman, S. A. Sparks Raymond T. Spicer, Harold T. Starling, Donald L. Stephanon, Nicholas A. Stevens, J. A. Stokes, W. H. Suall, Bertram Sullivan, Harry C. Summerell» Chas. Switch, Paul A. Sylvestre, Albert J, -TTarallo, V. L. Thibodeaux, J. O. Thiemonge, William D. Thomas, Michael J. Thompson, Clayton Thompson, T. L. Tifiis, C. T. Tillis, John U. Tillman, John E. Tingley, Benjamin W. Torres, Ascension Torres, Leonardo Tucker, Joseph A. -VVallot, J. H. Villarreal, A. A. - WWallis, James H. Walsh, William A. Ward, W. M. Warren, Francis A. Waterfield, R. E. Weems, Charles P. Wenger, Jack B. White, William Bailey White, Williain C. Whatley, James 0. Whittlngton, E, Z. Wilfert, Lennot Williams, R. Williamson, J. W. Williamson, Lyle W. Willis, Perley D. Wilson, Thomas Winfield, Oscar Wright, GUbert M. Wright, Stanley B. Wuertz, C. T. •" _y_ Yarborough, Royce A. Young, Horace V. - ZZeloy, Joseph Zen, Osman B. Ziellnsld, Anthony E.,, ' Zitoli, Joseph C..- i �SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF*THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL U NIO N * ATLANTIC AN D GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIQ • Delta Line To Build New Fleet WASHINGTON—$160 million dollar contract calling for" • replacement of the entire Delta Line fleet, including its three combination cargo-passenger ships, has been agreed to by Mississippi Shipping and the> Maritime Administration. A with a C-2 type ship would probably second contract arrangement call for an over-all employment extends the present operating boost in the fleet over the present subsidy until December 31, 1977. C-1 manning scale. The first four vessels to be built The ship replacements are to be will be put in the company's rapid­ completed in a ten-year period. Following the formal signing ly-expanding West African trade. ceremonies, Harry X. Kelly, presi­ They will "feature 30,000 cubic dent of the SlU-contracted com­ feet of refrigerated space. Construction details for new pany, said that he expected the Government would put up about passenger vessels to replace the 50 percent of the construction Del Norte, Del Mar and Del Sud have not yet been revealed but costs for the 14 new ships. The operating subsidy agree­ Kelly said an announcement would ment provides for an increase in be forthcoming in about 60 days. sailings over the present Delta The present ships, now ten years Line contract. A minimum of 59 old, carry 120 passengers each. and a maximum of 73 sailings an­ Estimated Cost nually are called for on trade The $160 million dollar figure is routes 14 and 20. The old con­ the estimated cost for building the tracts provided for 56 to 70 sail­ vessels in American yards. Under ings annually. the terms of construction subsidy Larger Freighters contracts, the Government obli­ The 11 Mississippi freightships gates itself to make up the differ­ now on the run, consisting of five ence between construction prices C-2s and six C-ls, will be replaced in US yards and costs of similar by ships slightly larger than pres­ construction overseas. ent-day C-2s. The company in­ Like other operating subsidy dicated that the new ships would contracts, the agreement provides have 18-knot cruising speeds and for Mississippi to turn back to the displace about 11,000 tons. Ex­ Government profits earned in the isting C-2s are 151^-knot ships. trade above a specified level. The The C-ls, of course, are smaller recapture feature of the subsidy vessels. ' contract has resulted in substan­ Replacement of the existing C-ls tial sums being returned to the Treasury. On trade route 14, the West African run, Mississippi handles imports of many important raw materials such as manganese, iron ore and rubber. Machinery, grain, coal and petroleum products. are carried on the oiitbound-leg. The East Coast-South American run, of course, handles coffee principally on the inbound run. Both trade routes have grown in importance in recent years. Court Bars Co. Claims Against US II-. • \\ I h-I ^ Effects of the 1946 Ship Sales. Act are still haunting the shipping industry eleven years later. It not only made possible whole­ sale purchases of surplus war-built tonnage by foreign operators but also covered charters by US comr panies. And today, after years of litigation, 80 American companies are still trying to recover $125 million in alleged overpayments to the Government for the vessels chartered in 1946. The ships -were later returned to the Government. The companies have already lost a couple of rounds in their attempt to recover all or part of these funds, including one try before the Supreme Court. Now the nation's highest court may be called on again in order to resolve the mat­ ter once and for all. ' A ruling by the Court of Appeals recently dismissed claims by 14 steamship lines seeking recovery of about $4 million, thus upholding earlier findings by the lower courts. The appeals ruling was based on a Supreme Court case last year which went against the Sword Line. At that time the court held that the claims were filed too late under the two-year statute of limitations in admiralty proceed­ ings. The claim by-the companies was that the .charter rates fixed by the Government were in excess of the maximum set by law and that other payments in connection with them should be returned. Originally outstanding claims totalled about $40 million, but they have since tripled. Russian 'Moon' Beeps On Air Seafarers with short-wave sets can pickaip the signals sent out by the new Russian earth satellite. The transmissions—which produce pulsating "beep" sound—can be heard only when the ship is within reasonable distance of the satel­ lite's orbit. The signals come in on frequencies of 20,005 and 40,002 megacycles—first on one, then on the other. In a steadily alternating pattern. Ships near Alaska may also le able to see the artificial moon with the naked eye during the next week or twd. The best time for viewing it is during twilight hours, when the sky is relatively dark and the satellite reflects the sun's rays. Observers in Alaska have plready seen the satellite, which was launched sticcessfully on Fri­ day, October 4. USPHS Has Last Say On Duty Slip Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duty. If there is any"~ question about your fitness to sail, check with the nearest USPHS hospital or out-patient clinic for a ruling. Due to be replaced in Mississippi SS new ihipbuilding program is,passenger ship Del Norte along with rest of the Mississippi passenger and cargo fleet. New cargo ships will be bigger and capable of 18 knots. Passenger ship details have not yet been announced. Seafarers Start Letter-V!riting Drive To Save PHS Hospitals Seafarers are responding^ to the Union's appeal for membership action against the Budg­ et Bureau's renewed attack on the Public Health Service hospitals. The economy move, which aims at shutting down PHS hospitals In Savannah and three other cities, was reported in the September 27 SEA-"^ provide services the hospitals now campaign saved it from dosing. FARERS LOG. offer, imder a proposed contract Later there was another proposal A number of Seafarers have system. What it would mean is that to shut down all medical facilities notified headquarters that they have already written Government officials nrotesting the move to cut off PHS services for seamen. Other Seafarers are expected to join the letter-Writing campaign as the economy move comes to a head be­ fore the next session of Congress. (A list of officials to whom letters should be directed now is printed below.) 'Survey' Under Way The ^Union's action follows a Budget Bureau move that could result in the closing of .the four hospitals and possibly lead to the destruction of the present PHS pro­ gram for seamen. The move is in the form of a "survey"to determiiie whether seamen and others eligible for PHS care could be treated more cheaply by entering into contracts with private doctors and private facilities. If the survey were to come up with figures "proving" a saving, it is expected that tremen­ dous pressure would be brought to bear to bring about the abolition of the present PHS program. The Union, supported by medical experts, has pointed out that it would be practically impossible to Lk. Charles Slows Down LAKE SHARLES — Shipping dropped during the past period even though therd were a number of vessels calling into port. The CS Baltimore, Government Camp, Cantigny, Council Grove, Bents Fort, Royal Oak and Brad­ ford Island (Cities Service); Del Rio (Mississippi), Almena (PanAtlantic); Petro Chem (Valentine) and Wang Archer (North Atlantic) were in port during the last period. All were in good shape with no reported beefs. existing medical services Would be sharply cut Back because an ade­ quate private program woujd be more costly than the present cost of the hospitals. The real target of the survey, then, is reducing or doing away with medical services for seamen. Once before, in 1953, the Savan­ nah hospital was the target of the economy axe, but a vigorous SIU for seamen. That collapsed after a White House conference on the subject between President Eisen­ hower and the late Harry Lundeberg, SIU of NA President. Now the Budget Bureau seems bent on resuming a piecemeal at­ tack on the hospitals in the hope that' such a move would stir up less opposition than the wholesale shut­ down. How To Help The Hospitals The latest threat to the Public Health Service hospitals can best be answered if Seafarers, members of,their families and friends let Congress and the Administration know where they stand. The SIU is convinced that clos­ ing of the Savannah hospital, should it take place, would be followed by further cutbacks in the Public Health Service, Write now to the officials and Congressmen listed below as well as to your own Senator and Repre­ sentative. Marion B. Folsom, Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, DC. Dr. Leroy Burney, Surgeon General, US Public Health Service, Washington, DC. Sen. Lister Hill, chairman, Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare; Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. Sen. Warren G. Magnuson, chairman. Senate Inter­ state and Foreign Commerce Committee; Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. Rep. Herbert C. Bonner, chairman. House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; House Office Build­ ing, Washington, DC. Rep. John E. Fogarty, chairman, House Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Education and Welfare; House Office Building, Washington, DC. i- li\ � 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 October 11, 1957 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU MED. CENTER OPEN TO FAMILIES SIU APPEALS BULL STRIKE BAN; MATES, ENGINEERS PICKET PR RATE INCREASE REJECTED URGE EARLY BID ON SIU SCHOLARSHIP ABTI-SIU ATTORNEY IN ‘SWEETHEART’ DEAL WELFARE PLAN CUTS OUT ‘$50 DEDUCTIBLE’ CHARGE POLES HATE REDS, SIU CREW SAYS TANKER CO. ORDERS FIVE SUPER-SHIPS MCLEAN OPENS BOXSHIP SERVICE, PLANS PR RUN COAL COMPANY SEEKS SCRAP CARGO RIGHTS CG CITES SIU BOSUM FOR RESCUING SHIPMATE NMU DELAYING TACTICS STALL ROBIN SHIP VOTE PRAISE APL CREW FOR FIGHT ON FIRE AFL-CIO REPORT TURNED DOWN AT TEAMSTER MEET BRIDGES UNDERMINES JONES ACT ROBIN CREWS VOW FIGHT FOR SIU VOTE VICTORY NMU STAMPS ITS LABEL ON DEAD SEAFARER ASKS TRACK RUKES FOR ALL SHIPS RADIO UNIONS OK SHIP PHONES CURRAN AGAIN ENDORSES ILA WC CO’S PACE INDUSTRY IN SHIP REPLACEMENTS UNIONS READY FIGHT ON BLUE CROSS RATE BOOST BUCKET BRIGADE WHIPS FIRE IN GRAIN SHIPPER DELTA LINE TO BUILD NEW FLEET SEAFARERS START LETTER-WRITING DRIVE TO SAVE PHS HOSPITALS COURT BARS CO. CLAIMS AGAINST US 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 10/11/1957 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. 21 1957 Periodicals Seafarers Log