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The ship arrived in New York yesterday for maiden voyage on June 11. She will run to Belgium and Holland and carry 900 passengers. (Story on Page 2.) First SIU mart to Use SIU free ej^glass benefit, re­ tired oldtimer Joseph Malonn (left) gets new specs checked out by Dr. E. Carson at Union Optical Plan office in New Pro^am began on June 1 and prov^es eyeglasses Gefs Free Glasses. ((Ster^ ott Page 3.)' •'*VY }'T �SEAfARERS LOG jf-e Modified RR Bill Still A Theat To Maritime Industry lU'i • W^'l')' Ife-- m hi-" ••V • f;: . pi f *'ri~''.. hi • ij'r- :|;' il ' • fe;' •fe: ji?" • V" f,-; 3,: iU'ly 'ihi . WASHINGTON —Strong protests by maritime ^oups sparked changes In the language of a key railroad bill last week, but its potential danger to coastwlses, and intercoastal shipping remains largely in--^ by the carrier or carriers to which tact. . The revised wording in the the rate is applicable." It then goes on to state: "Rates bill reported out by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee by a carrier shall not be held up would still give the railroads all to a particular level to protect the the leeway they need to kill off traffic of any other mode of transcompeting water carriers by the portatioii, idving duo considera­ same selective rate-cutting methods tion to the objectives of the na­ SS Atlantic waits In Alabama Stahs Drydock, Mobile, while crew is htriKl. Ship arrived in New tional transportation poUey . . they've been using for years. York last night to get ready for li^Iden voyage, June 11. However, Sen, Warren G. MagEnds 'Watchdog' Role nuson, committee chairman, in­ In essence, thus this would re­ dicated there would still be some move the ICC as the "watchdog" amendments from the Senate floor over rail freight rates in competi and that the bill was expedited out tive situations. Under present law, of committee to speed up action on ICC is required to maintain a It. The measure, S-3778, introduc­ the differential between the lower ed by Sen. George Smathers of rates of water carriers and those Florida, is designed to provide of the railroads. The amended special relief for the nation's rail­ section generally upholds this roads in their flnancial difficulties. view in one part and then reverses The first American-fiag all-toOrist »hip to enter the transatlantic trade, the SS Atlantic, Cuts ICC Powers arrived in New York late yesterday to make final preparations lot her maiden voyaj itself in the other. to the Low Countries on June 11. The IAtlantic left Mobile over the we^end after The principal objection to the Shipping companies crucially af­ bill by the SIU, the AiTL-CIO Mari­ fected by the outcome of the de­ ing on the bulk of her 317time Trades Department and in­ bate ov«r section S are Pan-Atlan­ man crew in that port. In Alabama State Drydock In Mobile tlon. Cbhsequently, interviews of dustry representatives concerns tic and Seatrain Lines, the last the competition for positions ror last-minute minor modifica­ spplicsnti for meet unlicensed Jobs section 5, which, as originally two US-flag operators in the coast­ aboard the vessel, the SIU ob­ tions. were conducted in Mobile. The written, would have stripped the wise trade. Other companies such tained a top-heavy majority. _ The company had indicated be­ company had previously hired key Interstate Commerce Commission as Calmar and those whose vessels Originally the Badger Mariner, forehand that it would interview personnel. of power to consider ship freigtit make a coastwise run before head­ the Atlantic had been converted applicants for Jobs aboard the ves­ A company spokesman said that rates in setting railroad rates. The ing offshore would be vitally af­ for passenger service in the neat- sel in the order of their date of its offices had received several iCC Itself opposed this proposal. fected as well. In practice, , the by Ingalls yard, Pascagoula, Mis- application, with final selection to thousand applications for the ship As a result of the new language railroads have never failed to cut sissippi. It was then shifted to the be made on the basis of qualiflca- since it coheluded its agreement! adopted for this section, it now rates where there is shipping com­ with the Maritime Administration provides that where there is com­ petition and have attempted to to construct and operate the ves­ petition between different types make up for these losses in other sel. of carriers the ICC "shall consider areas. When the hiring" center was the facts and circumstances affec­ opened on Tuesday. May 27, some Aid RR Rate War ting the movement of the traffic 500 SIU applicants appeared to The railroad rate war against bid for Jobs on the new ship, all domestic ship operators is thus of whom had previously, filed appli­ one of the main reasons why the cations for employment and^ were rails themselves are in trouble to­ eligible for Jobs under the .com­ day. The favorable reaction ot pany's hiring procedure. Among railroad representatives to the those hirpd were some w;est Cpast committee action oh section 3 and seamen who had heavy experience other sections of the relief meas­ on large passenger vessels. ure Indicates their satisfaction that, at the moment, they are still Few NMU Amplteants in the driver's seat. Obsei^en on the scene estlms^ Shipping spokesmen, on the ed that the SIU applicants out­ other hand, not only feel th^t sec­ numbered'applicants from the Na­ tion 8 is stacked against them, tional Maritime Union by as much A New York State Department but that the railroad bill It­ as three to one. SIU men present of Labor referee has ruled that the self, also In giving the railroads special at the hiring were surprised at the crews of the Angelina and the Dor­ flnancial treatment, will continue scanty tumoht of NMU men. The othy were .laid off. hy the company to give the rails the upper hand NMU Mobile Port "Agent claimed last summeiUiecause of lack of em­ in lighting them. A sharp fight that 1,000 NMU men were "avail­ ployment and not because of the on the issue is thus expected when able," but it was the opinion off strike by the SIU A&G District the bill-hits the fenate floor. SIU men and other observers that against other Bull Line ships in Seafarers are urged to eontinue fewer than 200 appearances were Brooklyn. Consequently they are their protests to flieir Individual made by NMU men and a large entitled to receive unemployment Senators eiting the danger to number involved the samer individ­ compensation. coastwise shimtlng and seamen's uals. putting in two and three Job The company-had contended that Jobs. Protests ean be addressed bids. the men were laid off "because of care of the Senate CHHcs Buildfng, The meager NMU turnout Was a strike, lockout or other industrial Washington 23, DC. all the more unexpected in light controversy in the establishment in of the company's announcement which they were employed" and that it had notified every one of therefore not entitled to unemploy­ the thousands who had made writ­ ment benefits. However referee 19S8\ YoL XX. No. 12 ten applicationa where and when Sidney Schindler found that at the Juna the hiring would be held. Similarly, time of the strike neither ship was notices were sent to the maritime in New York and that the company, unions, a fact which the NMU ac­ contrary to general practices when knowledged In the" issue of the a vessel is struck, paid the crews' TAVJ, HALL. Secrctarv-Trcomrcr "NMU Pilot" appearing the week transportation back to their respec­ RCBBUS BRAKS, Editor. BmrAV SCAprevious to the hiring sessions. tive ports of origin. MAN. Art Editor. BBSKAIT AMBm, bwm Of the approximately 500 SIU In addition, Schindler said, a SPivAck, AL MAMKIK. JOBM BRAZIL, Hmmen appearing for Jobs, some 300 company Claims agent had previimLMocer, were rejected by the company as ously testified in another hearing Page not as well-qualified as the success­ that the men were-laid" off because 7 ful applicants. Following the com­ of lack of work. His later retrac­ Dollar's Worth pletion of the hiring session the tion of this, on being told by a Editorials ..... » S e oe • e • 11 15 company confirmed the fact that company official that he was mis­ Final Dispatch it had turaed away a number of taken in his testimony, was not Men in Hospitals ........ 12 Soma of the Soerforors who applletl for BnginB tfepartmeni {obs Personals, Notices 15 applicants in its selective hiring. accepted. on Banngr Lino vessel (lop photo) eongregaie In front of building The. hiring procedure itself Was ;Schindler's findings also held in Unions of America ....... 9 across the street from hoD in MelMle where company did hiring. sprea^^ out over three 'full days , favor of a group of longshoremen PuMbfeMt StWMkly At tba hMdqiwifan Many were sucees^l in obtaining (obs. Above, some of the gang ^Lh separata sessions for the d^ HM Stofarora Intamatlonal UNlm A^ Who were laid off at the same time. of egsy'between job colls takes if It cosy between |OD cans at c temporary quarters set up in a Oulf Dittrlef, ASL-CiO, «7S FoarHi department, engine department, Schindler said that there was in­ ranffe Avanua. Brooklyn SI. NY. Tal. HYaelntli the area by SIU. In foreground (I to r) are Jock Keegan, Tony Entorod as sacond class mattar k^hen staff Tind a session for the sufficient proof that they lost them af fha Po9f In Brooklyn, NY, iradar Calderio, Peter Lydert f^ck to cOirora) and Roan Lightfoot. dinii.\g .room, bedroom , and jdeck jemplpjment as a result of the hd Act of Aug. 24, 1*12. t. Rafael R ^ Gprdils, Alonzo stewards. .AU • wgs priasrly. gt the Others in rear include Pettis LIi ihtfoot, strike, and that .the claimants m iist , 'I'V- 5S At!antk Hires Crew; SIU Cains job Majority Bull Crews Win Layoff Pay Beef SEAFARER8 LOG las^ • Bryant, Agustin Dios and Richard Pe0rqgL • --ll �/ ^iilie s; 1958 SEAFAI(ERS LOG Pac* Hire* New Free Eyeglass Benefit In Effect At Four 51U Ports Trying them on for size, Pete Triantafillos gets free eyeglasses ad­ justed by Dr. Seymour Leifer at Union Optical Plan office in NY. . The SIU*s free eyeglass benefit for Seafarers went into effect in four porta on June 1st, satisfying another need under the Union's comprehensive welfare program. The eyeglass program is the 17th no-cost benefit provided by the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan and^ will enable Seafarers who and their families under the "unusual" lenses such as those re­ Union's pioneering Welfare sulting from cataract operations need glasses to obtain a Plan. Seafarers are already eligi­ would be handled separately ble for medical and dental care at through the Welfare Plan. new pair free of charge. US Public Health Service facilities, No Sunglasses It will thus round out the and for annual check-ups at SIU The cost of sunglasses or for broad SIU program of med­ health centers, plus a variety of fancy frames other than the basis ical coverage for SIU men SIU cash welfare benefits and shell frame available in ' various other items. SIU dependents like­ Buy Site For New Phiia. Hail PHILADELPHIA—The first major step towards a new hall for Seafarers shipping out of Philadelphia has been taken by the Union with the purchase of a generous-sized slice of property in this port. Located at 2602 South Fourth Street, at the comer of Shunk Street, the property is 266 feetf long by 80 feet. deep. A one story concrete-block building on the premises will be converted for use as a new hall foe Seafarers, while the remainder of the prop­ erty will offer ample parking space for men on the beach and em­ ployees. Title to the building passed to Union hands after months of prolonged negotiations Including clearance with city authorities on zoning , to make sure that there would be no obstacles toward use of the property for providing hir-r Ing and recreational, facilities for Seafarers. The purchase is another step in the long-term Union objec­ tive of providing modern halls with proper facilities for SIU men in every Atlantic and Gulf port where the Union hss a hall. Has Adjoining Wing The building proper is 114 feet long by 58 feet deep plus an adJoining wing of approximately 20 by 36. The entire property is 18,280 square feet. In/physical ap­ pearance, the building*is similar to SIU Health Center in New York since it too was used as an automobile showroom. However, it is considerably larger than the Center's building, whi,ch is 100 by 50. The new property is convenient­ ly located with respect to major Philadelphia waterfront piers and Is close to. the approaches to the Walt Whitman bridge, which con­ nects Philadelphia with the Jersey aide of the Delaware River. Ben Rees, Ex-Norfolk Port Agent, Dies Of Heart Attack NORFOLK—A large turnout of Seafarers, friends and family members fittended funeral services Wednesday for Ben Rees, veteran SIU official and SIU port agent here since 1948. He formally retired from-* office only a month ago. ballot since then. Floral offerings Stricken by a heart attack and messages of condolences while at home last Saturday night, poured into this port this week in he suffered another on the way to final tribute for his long years of the hospital and died Monday, June service in maritime. 2, at De Paul Hospital. Rees, who Active in many SIU beefs, Rees was in charge of feeding end pub­ would have been licity here during the '46 general 65 in December, strike, played a busy role in the had been ill and tinder a doctor's Isthmian strike and again in the care for sxtme Wall Street beef of 1947, as well time. as many others. He also played a Bom In North key role during the continuing Carolina in 1893, American Coal Shipping beef which he was a veteran, began, late in 1956 and was cen­ of 20 years' sea-, tered in this port. time on US-flag Funeral seivices' for Rees were Rees ships. He joinedheld Wednesday afternoon at the the SIU in Savannah-soon after it Holloman Brown Funeral Home, was founded in 1938 and last sailed and final burial was at Rosewood as a steward iii.1944. Memorial Park, Norfolk. . Rees was appointed. patrolmanSurviving are his wife, Lena M. dispatcher here on June 15, 1945, Rees; two sons, Walter and Ben was subsequently elected joint Parker Rees, Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. patrolman for 1947 and 1948 and Alice Tadlock; nine grandchildren then was named port agent in and two great-grandchildren, all of March, 1948. He was elected port Norfolk, in addition, he leaves a agent in the regular election later brother of Daytona Beach, Fla., that year and reelected on every and a sister of Greensboro, SC. How Eyeglass Plan Works Rrsf SIU maii fo.us« barofit, retired ;oldtimer Joseph Malone presents certi-. ficate issued ot Union hall to, clerk at Unibh Optical Plan aftice in NY. ^ Malone'e eyes are examined by Dr. E. Carson. Various instruments are used to check accuracy. Opthalmonfleter used'here checks cornea. wise enjoy a full range of hospital, surgical and medical benefits under the Plan. First SIU man to make use of the new benefit was retired oldtimer Joseph Malone, 70, who is receiving the SIU's $150 monthly disability-pension and therefore automatically qualifies for all other benefits. Malone was examined and fitted with new glasses at one of the Union, Optical Plan offices in New York. Six Centers Arrangements have been made to service Seafarers' eyeglass needs at three Union Optical Plan offices in New York, and at three other long-established optical facilities in Baltimore, Mobile and New Or­ leans. It is expected one of the West Coast ports will be included in the eyeglass program once it gets fully underway. The following are the facilities where eyeglasses may be obtained under the SIU program: • New York area—^Union Op­ tical Plan, at 152 Fourth Avenue or 39 West 32nd Street, both in Manhattan, or 46 Station Plaza, Hempstead, LI. • Baltimore—^Universal Optical Company, 201 West Fayette Street. • Mobile — Dr. R. M. Shackel­ ford, 20 South Conception Street. • New Orleans—Dr. Fred Ketchum, 154 Baronne Street. The new optical services supple­ ment established SIU health cen­ ters in these four ports. Terms of the new benefit, ap­ proved by the Welfare Plan's joint board of trustees in April, call for the Plan to provide the basic eyeglass frame plus what­ ever type of lens is required by the individual's prescription, up to and including bifocals. The additional cost for trifocals would not be cov­ ered by the Plan. Applications for colors will not be covered under the new benefit. However, Sea­ farers who want special frames can get them by paying the differencs in cost involved. All a Seafarer has to do to ob­ tain glasses is to get an eyeglass certificate at any SIU hall to es­ tablish his eligibility. He then has the option of getting an eye exam through the USPHS, by his own doctor or at one of the optical cen­ ters provided by the Plan. Exams are given at no charge, at thess centers. Standard Eligibility Eligibility is the same as the basic requirement for all SIU wel­ fare benefits. It calls for discharges showing one day's seatime in the previous 90 days and 90 days in the previous year. In order to avoid inconvenience. Seafarers are advised to obtain their eligi­ bility certificates in a port where an optical center is located, since the certificates must be used with­ in ten days after issue. However, they are usable in any port where there is a center. Thus, a man on a ship going coastwise could pick one up at the hall in New York or Baltimore and then have it filled in the Gulf, or vice versa, if he has the time. Exams can usually be arranged through the SIU hall in the ports involved. Union Has Cable Address - Seafarers overseas who wlint to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable "-'-''•ess, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will assure ?eedy transmission on all mes­ sages and faster '•ervice for the men Involved. NEW FREE BENEFIT BEGINS Technicians shape, grind and polish lenses on premises in accord with doc­ tor's prescription. Lenses ar^ jHw) fitted into frame selected; Finished product ts checked out by Dr. Carson. Worried bv poor eyesight, Malone, 70, . said nis eyes never seemed better when ft Was all ever^' �yiMW g»ar B f: m.W SSAFARBR8 4IS Reports CS Nuclear Ship Plans 9/jm LOC SEiWARERS ROTARY SHIPPINO ROARD From May 14 To May 27, 1958 (Editor's note: Under the new reporting system for SIU lUppercent of tho total, while class B rose to tft percent and class C WASHINGTON —MariUme Ad­ ping. tbe summaries below give the complete picture in e«eh lestayed the. game. ;5 »• . ministrator Clarence Morse has partment j^y seniority class, job grow and port, Ineladlng the Bom­ Of special Interest ar9 the ^gistered on the beach" totals. They informed the Senate Committee on ber of men remaining on tiie beaeh. Seafarers omaing Into port to shpw that • of the 14 SIU ports have 100 mrti er leas' on the beach la Appropriations that Essoand Cities register osn pick their spots by checking the' Treglsiered «a the all departmenti. Theso ports are Bostea, FUli^Mj^da. Norfolk, Savan­ Sei^ice Oil Co. are interested in beach" totals alongside the shtppinr totals far their department. nah. Tampa. Lake Oiarles, Hooaton. WBmliii^ and Seattle. Si^ of developing nuclear taakcrs of 46,In the Bear fature, SEU shipping will ha rcpertcd bp jhMinga ia these have fewer Uian 50 dass A men on haad la ril departments^ 000-deadweight tons vdth a speed the aaam fashien. Comments and auggestlens aa this prooednre Houston, for oiuni^ registered 113 daring the-period; skipped 149 of 17 knots. are always welooase.) and had but 92 rcf^^mod en the beech at the ottd 'two-week His announcement follows one period. In the.cngine dcpartmoit partlcidarly. varioaa ^rto'are pretty made in March by Cities Service to SIU shipping rose again last period to the hi^est point well cleaned out. even In entry ratii^a Seafarers would do well to the effect that the company had since October and also topped the l,000-i6b mark for the check these fi^ores on the ehances of quick Job turnover bdoro regis­ been looking into the engineering first time this year. A total of 1,063 jobs were dispatched tering In any port. problems inyolved in the CMistruc- during the period; registration felt eff to 994. Other stattstlGs evidcst from the current report is that while class tion of an atom-powered tanker. Tbe figures represent an actual Job ratio of enc man shipped for C shipping is up slightly, eight ports shipped no C men at aR. New Steps have already been taken every two top seniority (class A) men on the beach. For elaaa 9 men York accounted for half the C shipping and Houston for half^bf the by the Maritime Administration alone, the ratio Is one man shipped for every 2.S class B inea registered of tbe remainder^ or 75 percent of. the C shipping between them. with the cooperation of the Atomic ea the beach. In both instances, this reflects steady improvement in The following Is thg forecast: Boston: Fair . . . New York: Good . . Energy Commission to test the the already-favorable SIU shipping picture. Phlladel^at Frir; Arlyn crewed after five-month lay-up . . . Ba!tb> feasibility of converting a proto­ Eight ports listed higher shipping than in the previous hvo weeks, more: Good .. . Norfolk: i'alr . . . Savannah: Slow . . . Tampa:. Gootf^ type T-5 tanker to nuelear power. Savaaaah remained ibe same and five othem declLaed somewhat. The .. . MobOe: Steady... New Orleans: Good . . • Lake Charles: Fair. The tanker's hull is already near increases showed up in Boston, New York, Phllad^hla. Baltimore, Htmstoa: Gopd . . . WOmtngtoa: Fair . . . Ban Francisco: Fafar . . completion at Ingall'a Shipyard in Norfolk, Tampa, Houston and Seattle. Class A shipping dipped to 96 Seattle: Slou^ Bp. . Pascagoulfi, Miss. Tankers have long bwn consid­ ered more suitable for operation •with atom-power plants than dry cargo ships because of the nature of tanker operations. Some experts Keglsferedf Register^ ShlppoA ShippeA ShlppoA TOTAL RaatMareA, On Tha Baaeh contend that atomic propulsion ean aASS A CLASS • CLASS A CLASS • CLASSC SHIPPED CLASSA aASSB only be profitable in ships of a slae GROUPGROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP already operating in the tanker Part 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 C AU 1 3 1 2 1 A B 3 1 2 2 • field. They feel the sustained hlglk Boston ........ __ 1 12 1 2 3 2 1 iO f . 2 1 4 2 16 1 8 19 3 1 5 i speeds, vastly increased p^loads New York31 39 7 1 11 9 7 29 41 IS 1 8 _ 9 9 97 98 195 43 4 3 74 14 19 24 and fast turnaround mean nothing Philadelphia — — — • 19 4 5 1 9 1 __ ' _ 1 1 25 1 27 8 7 14 1 • to freightships which must spend Baltimore ...... 10 28 — 8 _ 6 18 3 • 1 7 _ 1 19 1 34 11 1 46 44 84 16 8 17 59 long periods in port loading and Norfolk 3, 5 3 2 9 4 4 3 1 1 — 10 1 11 S 7 2 4 9 U __ __ 4 —• — discharging cargo, but would have Savannah 1 1 2 li 4 s 5 3 — I — . 1 3 — Tampa 1 3 >— 7 2 1 3 a bearing for tankers. ' — 2 12 . 4 2 18 4 4 __ __ _ — — _ • 17 3 2 4 11 4 19 19 39 48 3 1 In addition to this operation, the Mobile 5 9 New Orleans ... 13 22 8 1 2 6 9 18 9 2 7 4 33 13 46 43 49 11 1 18 19 Maritime Administration ia also Lake _ _ 7 Charles .. 1 — 3 _ 1 3 1 2 4 1 2 1 4 . 11 3 8 4 18 5 19 •tudying the possibility of an atom- Houston 16 22 3 8 10 9 8 9 7 19 5 12 1 4 _ 31 24 5 60 IS 17 1 1 i powered submarine tanker. Japan Wilmingtmi .... 3 — _ — 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 ' 6 6 17 3 1 i 9 and England are also surveying the San Francisco .. 4 _ 8 1 2 — 1 1 3 1 1 _ 8 1 _ 6 18 23 2 2 7 1 possibility of such a vessels. Seattle 2 1 2 1 i t 4 2 7 9 — 15 — 33 8 19 2 — — 18 » 4 D£CK DEPARTMENT Seattle Picks 'MissMaritime' SEATTLE — Tlie crowning of pretty Jan Ann Hellman as Miss Maritime- Queen topped off the week-long celebration of National Maritime Day in this port, reports Jeff Gillette, port agent. Gillette, co-chairman of the Ma­ ritime committee and toastmaster at the coronation banquet, said the 18-year-old high school senior was sponsored in the event by Local 6, Masters, Mates and Pilots Assn. Her parents are Captain and Mrs. Henry J. Hellman. The banquet was sponsored by AFL-CIO mari­ time unions, independent maritime unions and the Propeller Club. Shipping has been very good in this port during the past period. Over 80 men landed permanent bertlis, 36 of them with Class B seniority. Although there are no pay-offs scheduled so far, the SS Wang Ranger is expected to take on a full crew soon. Paying off during the period were the Coeur D'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers), the Wang Ranger (Denton) and the De Soto (Waterman). The De Soto, Coeur D'Alene Victory and the VaUey Forge (Penn. Navigation) signed on diming the past two weeks.' In transit were the Massmar, Seamar •—- ReglatereA CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia ... Baltimore ...... Norfolk ....... Savannah Tampa Mobile ........ New Orleans ... Lake Charles .. Houston Wilmington .... San Francisco .. Seattle MM MM 1 ENGINE DEPARTMENT ReglsfereA CLASS B 3 M. 5 1 3 — -— — i: 5 1 1 1 1 — •M. GROUP 1 3 2 1 2 10 7 — •4 1 — 11 8 — 4 2 — 1 — —. 1 2 — 8 4 2 3 -3 — — 1 — 5 3 — 2 — 2 3 2 — 1 MM M— ShIppeA CLASS A Shipped CLASS B ShlppoA CLASSC GROUP GROUP 3 1 1 2 3 2 _ r 8 2 3 11 49 "7 19 d 12 1 1 1 5 24 8 1 19 19 — 3 1 — — — — 3 2' — 2 11 1 3 1 13 1 4 3 5 17 9 6 4 5 — 1 8 1 2 4 19 6 J 5 19 — 5 — —- — — — 4 2 — 2 1 2 19 5 1 9 7 MM 1 TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP 1 2 __ 1 2 1 — 1 — __ _ _ _ — — — 2 A — 6 t 87 1 13 1 31 _ 4 5 13 — 18 __ ' 26 8 8 2 21 — _ 2 —. 9 — — 14 CLASS B 5 15 2 27 __ C 1 11 1 2 MM 4 8 17 4 18 , 3 14 MM MM 1 5 — - AU 12 93 16 60 4 5 17 26 43 7 44 2 9 28 • JteslstereA On The Beaeh CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 3 1 2 2 - 1 . -5'. 1 2 Z •: 48 185 17 7 39 21 21 3 3 1 "g 84 7 2 24' 12 1 12 9 7 11 "4 2 •• 1 _ 5 1 2 1^ 18 27 4 1 9 9 14 • 84 9 5 13 7 12 2 2 4 2• 19 14 9 . . 2 7 7 "1 8" 4 4 21 2 .4 21 2 19 1 6 4 MMI STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS B Registered CLASS A Port Boston New Yoric Philadelphia. ... Baltimore Norfolk Savannah ...... Tampa Mobile New Orleans ... Lake Charles .. Houston ... Wilmington .... San Francisco .. Seattle (Ocean Trans.). TOTALS I' J GROUP 1 2 2 7 39 12 i 35 5 — 10 — 4 — 6 10 4 15 28 2 2 5 15 2 4 10 1 5 1 MM DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTAL •7'* GROUP 1 2 4 18 2 5 9 5 5 3 1 — 2 5 4 14 5 _ . 1 2 4 3 1 4 1 1 1 MM 3 2 28 8 14 3 GROUP GROUP 3 1 2 2 1 2 4 4 8 7 17 2 1 3 4 . 2 1 2 • 4 8 1 4 2 1 __ _ _ 1 — _ 1 1 9 8 5| 2 1 — 14 9 3 1 5 2 3 10 7 3 2 1 — 1 4 2 MM. MM MM. MM MM. 3 4 34 1 6 4 7 3 Registered CLASS A MM MM MM. MM MM MM MM .MM 'MM. Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A 5hi/ipad aASS-C Shipped CLASS B 3 2 23 5 11 2 1 5 8 22 3 7 2 2 7 GROUP 1 2 MM 1 3 3 8 2 14 MM MM MM MM •MM , MM MM 1 MM MM ' -. MM MM MM MM 1 1 •r- MM MM 1 MM MM ' 10 13 3 10 MM... . MM MM MM 1 — MM . Shipped CLASS B M. 1 0 TOTAL Jtoglsferecf On The Beaeh SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GBOUP GROUP GROUP 15 3 ABC AU 12 3 12 3 8 1 12 1 3 1 1 3 18 45 12 68 85 28 124 2 22 11 2 13 9 7 4 9 — 3 "i 20 15 37 51 14 27 ~8 1 23 5 5 9 Ij 4 1 2 ,5 2 2 4 8 2 1 — 1 13 « 1 11 1 IS 11 — 26 28 14 26 9 34 14 — 4i8 33 4 68 — 1 26 6 3 — 9 2 1 1 — 12 — 3 17 17 5 39 8 3 3 1 T4 4 4 13 4 4 1 3 7 2 1 — 3 19 9 21 IB 9 15 13 7 — 20 19 2 1 2 IS Shipped CLASSC GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 1 2 8 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 12 2 86 164 37 10/ 39 37 74 151 59 13 36 47 1 u 43 182 18 6 62 48 2 53 32 27 171 31 7 9 8 76 8 74 26 115 3 23 100 3 5 64 71 1 203 372 179 19 97 133 172 345 199 28 191 171 9 19 A ' '! Shipped CLASS A I/., 74s , TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS A B a 284 06 12 229 117 17 184 82 87 707 295 1 a Reglsferecf On The Beaeh CLASSA CLASS B COtOUP C AU 12 3 20 j 400 m 465 97 20 1 366 112 418 48 21 1 297 285 80 .302 61 11968 988 972 447 «. GROUP 1 2 Sr 28 96 113 24 142 75 35 19 14B 87 257 819 -n ^ -i-J [.•I �SEAFARERS INOm SEAFARER Do you think th* noVr shipping rapert In th* LOO b an Improv*m*nt7 Vo you hav* any luggoilioiii?. LOG Par* FIrr SCHEDULE OF SlUMEEnNGS Canadian Seafarers Vote Walkout On West Coast SlU membership meet­ ings are held regularly every two weeb on Wed­ nesday nights at 7 Ptd in oil SlU ports. All Sea­ farers ore expected to attend; those who wish to be excused should request permission by teiegrom (be sure to include reg­ istration number). The next SlU meetings will be: VANCOUVER—West Coast members of the SIU Canadian District manning the vessels of Canadian National Steam­ loh* fAayttini, 08i It's a lot b*t. Franoise* Agosta, Jr., chief CM*: ship and the Canadian Pacific Railroads have authorized the t*r than th* old system. Sine* It's alright. Better than the old union to take strike action in^ • there's more of a en*. 1 don't think order to enforce their de­ companies had submitted the issue breakdown 1 it has to be mands for a new contract. At to a Government Conciliation know Just where broken down any the same time, balloting Is still Board for decision but rejected the I stand in my more than it is. I being held among the men on the Board's award in favor of the SIU. olas*. Another know that some BlackbaU Ferries Ltd., Tellowknife On the East Coast and the Great thing I like about guys wait for Transportation Company and the Lakes, negotiations are being con­ the new report is special runs, but Northern Transportation Company ducted between the District, seven that if gives a 1 don't care. I units where negotiations have also tug and dredging operators and the complete pictuiw take any Job failed to produce an agreement pn Association of Lake Carriers in of the shipping that's open and I wages and conditions. Montreal. situation in all ship anywhere. Strike action against the CNS Some of the proposed changes in classes and in all ports.. Th* breakdown of th* men on the June 11 and the CPU, two of Canada's the dredging and tugboat agree­ beach is very good; a man knows J, ' ^ • larger operators, was authorized by ment are a flat $.30 an hour wage June 25 Just where h* stands. more than 95 percent of the mem­ increase and a 10 percent increase Robert L. Barbot, AB; It is very July 9 bership at a meeting after several in subsistence and quarters, paid ood and I'm satisfied with it Now Abner Balford, FpW: I think it's months of negotiations failed to holidays as enacted by statute in really know how July 23 the best Improveihiint ive've had in bring about a new contract. The the Province and Improved work­ many men are a long tim* and1 ing conditions. ahead of m*. don't see how it The Government appointed a That way J don't can be made any Conciliation Board to sit in on the have to hang better than it is. discussions between the District around the hall A man know* for long periods and the Lakes Association which Just where he started late last week. of time not know­ stands and he CNS recently announced plans ing when I'm go­ gets a chance to to sell the eight ships formerly ing to be called. see how th* other As for the deck . The University of Miami will have one more student used in their West Indies service. department the ratings don't have fellows are doing, this fall than it coimted on originally as a result of the SIU The ships have been tied up since too. . were struck by the Canadian to be specified. scholarship award to Seafarer Giovanni F. Ahimdo. Now they * ^ ' District last July after a break­ t t Carlos Ponce, FOW: It's fine AS studying at Boston University,| This is the second article of down in contract negotiations. James Keno, steward: It's a good it is now, a. real improvement over Ahundo Intends to transfer to a series on the winners of Although it had subsidized th* the old system. the land of sunshine where he the SIU's $6,000 scholarship West Indies service since 1892, the setup; better than it was before. 1 I don't know what expects to specialize in organic arnards. don't think it has Canadian government authorized els* could be chemistry, possibly In the area of to b* broken their being transferred to a for­ don* to make it synthetics. down anymore eign flag. But this proved unsuc­ Abundo has picked up some col­ 'luxury' of not having to seek part- cessful -after foreign seamen's any clearer. It's than it is. It easy to read so lege training by bits and pieces in time employment." doesn't make any unions refused to man the vessels After graduating from high and ITF affiliates threatened a that I know Just between sailing oh SIU ships, but difference to me where I am in re- lack of funds has kept him from school back in 1946, the 29-year- world-wide boycott. what Job is open, I lation to the other carryipg out his plans for full- old Seafarer subsequently started Ironically, the company trans­ I'll take it Just so I men in my class. time college study. Now with the sailing with the SIU in 1948 ferred the ships back to the Cana­ long as I work. i It gives -me an $6,000 scholarship award, he will aboard the Bethore (Ore Line). dian flag for purposes of the sale The new report is also easier to idea of the overall shipping situa­ be able to attend as a full-time He made a couple of trips on the after switching their registry to student, which "will allow me the Ro'bin .Hood (Robin) and Trinity, the flag of Trinidad. tion. read, than the old one. entering Boston College In Sep­ tember, 1949. After one year, his savings ran out and he returned to sea, this time sailing steadily for the next five years until he was The SIU's Welfare Service Department plus the SIU Health Center teamed up recently drafted by Uncle Sam's Army in to saye Mrs. Bridget Listen, mother of Seafarer John Listen, from a good deal of grief as December, 1954. He put in a regular two-year the result of an accident in her home. Originally diagnosed as "just a bruise," upon proper Army hitch, and in 1958 returned examination it was found Mrs.> to school under the GI bill, this Listen had suffered four accident took place when she fell as she was In considerable pain. time at Boston University, getting Following the fall, she said, her broken rihs and a broken col­ down some steps in her home. She another semester in. He was last called up Welfare Services asking landlord had called in his private aboard the Steel Navigator (Isth­ larbone. ^ According to IVb-s. Liston, the if she could get some assistance. doctor, who, she reported, claimed mian) where ha served as ship's she had suffered- nothing more delegate, before reentering school than a bruise. past January. Subsequently she had gone to this With the scholarship assured, a local hospital where her condi­ Abundo hopes to grab one more tion was diag­ trip this summer. He lives In Dor­ nosed as a broken chester, Mass., with his mother. collar bone. Her landlord, she British and American ship operators are raising cain about said, had offered proposals that they pay a three percent extra charge on top her $25—$15 for of Suez Canal tolls to .pay for the cost of clearing the canal. her hospital cost and $10 extra—if The clearing and repair of the"*^ she would sign waterway after the brief Suez that the costs of the 'clearance "some papers,' should be carried by the nations war in the fall of 1956 cost the under which the tonnage Is reg­ evidently a re­ Lislon lease of some United Nations $8,400,000. istered. "They also pointed to heavy kind. She had refused to do so The UN has appointed a Belgian losses as the result of the closing bank to collect that sum over the of the canal during the fighting. and had then called the Unioh halL Eligible For Center The Egyptians had scuttled a next three yfears. The US Govern­ large number of ships in the canal Since Mrs. Liston is a dependent ment originally advanced $5 mil­ following the Israeli-British-French of her son, she is eligible for the lion toward the cost of clearing the attack. It was the clearing of these services of the SIU Health Center. canal and has supported a UN de­ sunken vessels that resulted in the After thorough examination at the cision to recover the cost from <$8,400,000 salvage bill. center, the findings were forward­ shipowners. The Soviet Union and ed to a private physician who Jts satellites have refused to agree informed her-that she had four to this arrangement leaving the broken ribs in addition to the burden of payment to operators of collar-bone fracture. She is now Western-flag ships. ' . receiving proper treatment the Several American-flag operators LTing Island College Hospital for have already met with State De­ her ailment. partment representatives to pro­ TAMPA—It has been a fairly Her expenses can be charged to test the Government move. One quiet shipping period for this port. the Seafarers family ho^ltal-suroperator complained that the addi­ There were no vessels paying off glcal benefit accordtaigfi to the tional tht^ percent charge cbuld and only one, tha Iberville (Water­ limits provided for in thgt benefit mean the diffenence between profit man), signed on. In transit were tav hospital room and bo$rd, extra end loss on a voyage throu^ the the Jean LaFitte, Wacosta, Afoun- charges and surgery. ^ Seafarer Giovanni Albundo, one of this year's five scholarship win­ canal, while othen cited the prcs- dria (Waterman); Raphael Semmes Liston, who .is aboard the An­ •I'ent slump in the shipping industry. Fairland, CoaUnga Hills (Pan- drew Jackson, . was notifli^ lut ners, has his card stamped by headquarters patrolman Ted BabF^^n-flag sUpovrners | have Atl|inUc); Chiwawa (Cities Serv- week of all develdprnenm, ^ icowski at the last reguIar.ineetip^^NT^t Checkinjusff Abundo'i ,t;ais|p9imila]? objeicho^, claiming ipeF and the Alcoa Partner (Alcoa)^ cablegram to Londom '^ . number on the registration list jr^sepWrVr f 'Mfdmf Bound/ Says Scholarship Winner Mother OK Now With SIU Aid ^ PNoros 9oefRY Shipowners Hit Proposal They Foot Suez Repair Bill Tantpa Says All Is Quiet M'tmhik �^• |taf» Six U-ik )^C'- u"--. h' • h-' m.'. " i?*'' •=®' ^:i. k '.'if-- iy M: '• r - .«K f:#;j"i< •^'' iy 5:^v i"^' '• "'•''•7" "i #:.r .*0-i • \i<y../. I7 \' 9& ,;J\-'-V •• M: - Vh: , /X' • •;?f.V- '• -• SBAPARERS MAW Campaign Nets 5 More NY Plants NEW YORK—The drive by the SIU's Marine Allied I Workers and Harbor -and Inland Waterways Divisions^to organize shoreside and harbor operations is continuing to| meet with success, Bill Hall,"^ assistant secretary - treasurer, Hood (Robin); the Michael (Carcas) and the Coalinga Hills (Pan- [ reports. Atlantic). Within the last month alone, Signing on during the period | MAWD organizers reported signing were the Steel Executive, Robin five more companies in the Now Gray, Robin Hood, Michael, Alcoa York area. This brings the total to Pennant and the Longview Victory | 68 companies under MAWD con­ (Victory Carriers). In-transit ves­ tracts and 37 tug and harbor oper­ sels included the Seatrain Georgia, ators Tjnder HIWD agreements in Seatrain Savannah (Seatrain); The the various SIU ports. Meanwhile, Cabins (Texas City); Val Chem negotiations are still going on (Heron); Mankato Victory (Victory [ with a number of other newly- Carriers); Afoundria (Waterman) organized companies. and the Beauregard (Pan Atlantic). Shipping for the port during the All were reported in goold shape | past period was good for all senior­ with no major beefs. ity groups. However, the member­ ship is again reminded to take the Jobs as they are posted on the board and not leave them hanging. Paying off during the period were the Beatrice, Suzanne, Fran­ ces, Elizabeth (Bull); Steel Execu­ tive, Steel Voyager (Isthmian); Wang Pioneer (Inter-Ocean); Fort Hoskins, Bradford Island (Cities Service); Seatrain Texas, Louis­ iana, New Jersey (Seatrain); Alcoa The strife-torn Republic of I Partner, Alcoa Runner, Alcoa Pen­ Lebanon is trying to get into the nant (Alcoa); Robin Gray, Robin "cut-rate" shipping registration business, operators have reported. Not only is she attempting to be­ come "a flag of convenience" coun­ try like Liberia, Panama and Hon­ duras, but she plans to undercut her already rock-bottom-prieed [ competitors. Under recent legislation Leba-| WASHINGTON — Alien seamen non is offering an annual tax of I who have been sailing on US ships eight cents a ton, or a twenty per- [ since June, 1940, but have not had cent discount on Liberia's rate of legal residence status would be ten cents. In terms of deadweight tonnage, a ship with a 20,000-ton entitled to such status under a capacity now paying an annual tax bill now before the House of Re­ of $2,000 imder Liberian registry presentatives. The bill has been would pay $1,600 under Lebanese] voted out favorably by the Com­ registry. In contrast, taxation of ships I mittee on the Judiciary. flying the American flag is neither The alien would become eligible so simple to compute, nor as in­ for permanent residence if he expensive. They ere taxed the entered the US before. June 28, standard corporate tax-rate of 1940, and has been residing con­ fifty-two percent of their earn­ tinuously in the United States since ings, less deductions. In dollars, then. He would also have to satisfy this might amount, for a single the usual requirements of good ship, to a sum of five figures in character and other miscellaneous a good shipping year, explaining provisions of the Immigration law. why the Liberian flag is a haven] The June 28, 1940, cutoff date for tax-dodgers. would probably exclude the majori­ ty of European seamen who started sailing American ships following the Invasion of France, the Low Countries and Norway by the Nazi armies in that month. It would amend an existing statue which sets a cutoff date of July 1, 1924. SAN FRANCISCO—The trustees The purpose of the bill would be to do away with the growing of the Marine Firemen's Union number of private bills submitted Welfare Plan have announced the] to each session of Congress on addition of double indemnity ln-| behalf of individual aliens. surance and the liberalization of) death and funeral benefits payable) Speak Out At to beneficiaries of MFOW mem-] bers. SIU Meetings Under the new benefits, all eli-] Under the Union ccmstitution every member attending a Un­ gible active MFOW members, will ion meeting is entitled to be insured for $2,500 life insurance, nominate himself for the elected an increase of $500; $2,500 double posts to be filled at the meeting indemnity in> case of accidental —chairman, reading clerk and death either ashore or aboard recording secretary. Your. Un­ ship, and an increase from $500 to ion urges you to take an active $600 in funeral and burial pay- ] part in meetings by taking these ments. The increases were recom-1 posts of service. And, of course, all members mended to the trustees of the have the . right td take the floor MFOW and the Pacific Maritime and express their opinions on Association, the company repre­ any officer's report or issue un­ sentatives, at the union's last der discussion. Seafarers are agents' conference. , They were lii^gCd to hit the deci|' at these proposed to keep the union's cov­ meetings . and let their ship­ erage in -line with increasing mates know- what's on their costs, and to keep it on a par] with other plans throughout the] LOG i You Can''t Slice Ice!" 'We're Cheaper| Than Liberia/ Lebanon Says Pre-1941 Alien Would Get Entry 1^, •<r' «. iWt V Kn?ves and sows that slip Instead of slice are the cause of a good deal of grief in the galley. One way to reduce the chances of that kind of accident is by making sure that the meat to be worked on Is in condition for slicing. That means getting the meat out of the reefer box well before the preparation of the meal so that it will have time to thaw out. Trying to hock slices off a frozen ham or side of beef is on unprofitable occupation from any angle. ^ Once the meat is properly thawed out, it con be cut up with relatiyely little chance of injury. Proper thawing also results in a tastier dish because half-frozen meat usually cooks unevenly—well-done out­ side and raw inside. On two counts then, It pays to thaw It out welf in advance. MFOW Boosts Death BenefHsl ' V< I- — —' i -'S.'.a V„ if, J, •, �^i, itn SEAFARERS YOIJK MIAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide To Better Buying By Sidney Margolitu Mortgages And Investments Jobless Pay Bill Undermined WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO headquarterg is concerned that a last-minute option tacked on the badly-needed Federal unemployment aid bill will result in added benefits being paid to jobless workers in only six states. Meanwhile, the AFL-CIO jobless pay program met with defeat in the Senate. *• —*—— The option, which was workers, leaving them with the ex­ amendments embodying many added on to the bill in the isting Inadequate benefit set-up. the AFL-CIO's recommendation* House, leaves it up to the state to determine if it wants to, borrow Federal funds to distribute to un­ employed workers. Under the orig­ inal proposal, the Federal Govern­ ment would extend the duration of unemployment payments for half as many weeks as provided under the state's program. But repayment of the money would be automatic in four years by an increase in the amount of Federal Unemployment Compensation Tax levied _on the state's employers. Under the added option, it is believed that many of the states, rather than accept an undesired future tax increase, will refuse Federal aid for their unemployed 'MORTGAGES: "l am so sick of reading howJtelpful it is to the GI to be able to buy houses now with ho down payment. Since the Gov­ ernment raised GI Interest rates, yours was the only column I'venread that saw through such obvious deception and brought it to the public's attention. We bought a new home last September. The builder prom­ ised it would be completed by December. The contract contained a clause whereby we agreed to pay the higher interest rate upon closing. shouU the AH p'ercent rate be raised. At that time there was no talk of rates benig ^isbd, and the salesman promised our new home would be completed months before anything like this would come up before Congress. Then along came this recession, and the first bill aimed at 'helping' the people contained this added blow, covered up so well that naif the people j'oU talk to don't even realize it. The interest rate was raised with our closing only weeks away. We pleaded with the builder to try to, finish the house while the bill was being debated. ^Now the bank informs us we will have to pay the higher rate. This 'recession remedy' has added $2 more a month on our> monthly' payments. We need the house desperately bilt are at the hoint where , we may even decide to lose our $500 deposit."—Mrs. T. B., Weehawken, NJ." • This incident demonstrates that the recent reduction in down , pay­ ments and increase in interest rates is, frankly, a hoax on the public and is sowing the seeds of the next recession. The mortgage-lenders expected the rate rise. They went on their own fohn of ^t-down strike by withholding funds, or inserting clauses that the interest rate be that prevailing at time of closing. The VA informs us this "prevailing rate" clause is permitted by their regulations. Nor can a GI mortgage be refinanced later if interest rates should drop. These regulations show how the VA, as well as FHA, rules are stacked in favor of the mortgage Traders. Navy, Coast Guard and shipping Nor, apparently, did your con­ industry officials have expressed tract bind the builder to a definite delivery date. Have a lawyer check satisfaction with an inflatable lifeon this point, or on the possibility raft designed by the British to take that thdfe may have been a mis­ the place of lifeboats. The six-seat representation involved in the craft was demonstrated off Brook­ salesman's promise that the house lyn last week. would be completed before the rate rise would be enacted. There Vice Admiral John M. Will, com­ was no doubt this was a misrepre­ mander of the Military Sea Trans­ sentation. But verbal statements portation Service, said the boat by salesmen are hard to prove would do away with the often haz­ since they can claim they didn't ardous launching of lifeboats, elim­ say that- It is best to get such inate cumbersome davit installa­ statements in writing. Your only tions and reduce top-side weight on recourse, now may be to press the a ship. The Coast Guard is devel­ builder for some concession on the oping specifications for such life basis of the salesman's misleading saving ^ear. The raft is put overboard in i statemrat. It's unwise to sign • contract to buy a house without having a lawyer canvas pack and inflated by a carbon read it. The contract provided Iw banks and builders are stacked in dioxide cylinder. It opens into a their favon They will resist changes in the contract that protect you doughnut shape with a canopy con­ unless you insist Moreover, anyone giving a deposit on any house taining two openings that can be always should Injdst that the binder stipulate that it is "subject to the closed to create a floating, water­ approval of buyer's attorney and the signmg of a satisfactory contract." proof tent. The boat is entered I would not forfeit the $500 deposit without first consulting an at­ through either opening. The British have tested the raft torney, and |il50 evaluating whether the house is still not worth taking for six years under all kinds of jven at the higher 4% percent rate. INVESTMENTS: "Do you have any Information on stock-market in­ conditions. Its most spectacular vestments such as the 'Dreyfuss Fund'? Are they sound, reliable, worth­ performance was in a rescue off Greemsnd in ice-cold waters and while?"—E.E.T., Sanford, Fla. . Mutual funds like Dreyfuss Fund pool the investments of many strong winds. Coast Guard officials people and buy stocks. Basically they are as risky as any oUier stock- said they doubted whether persona market investment, except that they provide professional management In Open boats could have survived and diversification so a smaller investor doesn't put all his money in similar conditions. The rafts are equipped with sur­ one basket. But you do pay a high sales commission, generally eight percent of the amount you invest. Also, one percent a year of the value vival packs containing paddles, of your investment goes to management and custodian services. Sey­ baling cans, fishing gear, emer­ mour Levy, president of Investors Growth Corp., a mutual-funds spe­ gency rations, a Bible and other cialist, advises that wage-earners should never commit all their sav­ equipment needed by castaways. ings to mutual funds. Their values do fluctuate, and at a given point They are made in sizes to hold up to 26 men. The six-man raft weighs you may get back more or less than you paid in. Mutual funds can be bought on installments or outright. On the 79 pounds, and the pack, .55 pounds. Installment or "contractual" basis, you contract to mvest, say, $20 a month for 120 months. Another reason for not committing all your savings or excess income above expenses to mutual funds is that you cannot get back all you paid in if you want to withdraw soon after you signed the contract. The contractual plan especially, is advisable only for younger families, Mr. Levy reports. In general, while mutual funds pay slightly higher income than credit unions, and more yet than US Savings bonds and other savings accounts, they are more speculative. CHARGE ACCOUNTS: "1 received a notice from'a firm with which I keep a small account, stating that henceforth a charge of ten percent per annum would be added to all past-due accounts. Other firms too are steadily increasing these late charges. The effects are far-reaching. If a worker is stricken with prolonged Illness, Imagine what tremen­ dous charges would accumulate. Secondly, big business is robbing our trade-union movement of the power to strike. No union member can be brave if his family may suffer.'^—A.A., N. Hollywood, Calif. The whole trend of stores is to switch customers from no-cost charge accounts to Interest-charging "revolving" or "budget" accounts. The traditional charge accounts gave you up to 90 days of credit without any carrying charges. The so-called "budget" charge accounts now often icost IH percent a month. These are true rates of 18 percent a US Officials See OK Of Rubber Raft year, jjjyj lhatJff yop must.,pestponn payments. aiLlgka period of mr. IPaim, thMe charges contbuo. ' Ptre Bvtvi LOG The Government had not placed this option in the original bill be­ cause it felt that the recession, and the increasing unemployment probr lem, were national issues and should be handled on that level. It had been estimated that the bene­ fits under the original bill would have been paid out to some 3,000,000 jobless workers. It is-expected that the majority of the states, to avoid the tax in­ crease, will overwhelmingly reject any Federal aid. Only six, those with the heaviest unemployment, will accept the Government's aid. So far only two. New York and Illinois, have already indicated they would accept. A combination of 40 Republicans and 30 Democrats, most of them from the South, joined forces in the Senate last week to down for a more-liberalized jobless aid bill. The amendments, sponsored by Senator John Kennedy (Dem.«. Mass.), would have required a xmiform thirty-nine week period of jobless benefits throughout tho country and would have set tho weekly payments at 50 percent of the worker's pay, or up to two^ thirds of the state's average wage. It would also have extended cover­ age to some 1,800,000 workers not now covered by any Federal or state unemployment compensation program. Outside of the offer of Federal money to supplement state imemployment payments, this latest ac­ tion by the Senate represents .a complete rejection of all the pro­ posed anti-recession recommenda-' tions made by the AFL-CIO. Keeping In Touch WITH S I U OLDTINERS Another retired oldtimer who qualifies as one of the original members of the Atlantic & Gulf District, Seafarer Emory B. Barfield is now taking it easy on his SIU disabilitypension in the port of New Orleans. One of the real vet­ ish Isles were his favorite, lie writes, with the South American erans of the shipping business, run next. Barfield already had 14 years at Model Union Member sea behind him . when he joined He is remembered by men who the A&G District sailed with him as a model union November, 1938. member and a firm believer that a good union man was under obliga­ Now 73 years tion to do his day's work properly old, he shipped in exchange for improvements in in the engine dehis shipboard conditions and tho partment as protection of a union agreement. FOW, deck engi­ neer and pump­ Barfield, who is single, retired, man on virtually in 1955 and since then has been every type of ves» ~ u living in New Orleans. "Tho sel that was conBartielagreater part of my old shipmates tracted to the Union. He was often have passed on," he writes, "but on the transatlantic run shipping there are still a few around in out of headquarters to such ports New Orleans." Like the good un­ as Bremerhaven, Bremen, Ham­ ion man, he still faithfully attends burg and Rotterdam as well as on the meetings at the SIU New Or­ runs to Great Britain. Tflie Brit­ leans hall. - -li V-ll Eligibility requirements for the $35 weekly SIU disability-pen­ sion consist of the following: Seafarers physically unable to work, no matter what their age, who have 12 years of seatime plus the Plan's standard eligibility requirement, can apply for and receive the benefit. The seatime has to be with SlU-contracted companies. Seafarers who are of age 65 or over, and also meet the 12-year seatime requirement plus the Plan's standard eligibility pro­ vision, can also obtain coverage under this benefit. Man With A Roving Eye • M Afl''unM«aitiMI mwimmb^r leob on wIHi an appralsar** cw SMaror Oavkl Sm •ounH AMl.lite.payoff aboortf Hit Stool «•««« i Hvo in Now Yoilb lolK m tpi M itowonrf - • }< : �'•i-n: ras* ncM SEAFARERS SUP Agent Hits Rate Wat By Subsidized Ship Go's • '.i- >-. y A strong protest against the practices of some subsidized operators has been made by William Benz, SUP Port Agent in Portland. Benz wrote Senatgr Warren Magnuson, chair­ man of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com­ mittee, and other members of ; "c •. • • Seamen applying for jobs on SS'Aflantic file into company hiring hall in Mobile. US-flag tourist liner since the war was completed last week in three days. Hiring for first new 55 Atlantic Hires Full Crew (Continued from page 2) hiring sessions, but there 'were a number of minor incidents else­ where. In one instance, a fii'e bomb was thrown against the door of the, hir­ ing center at 2:30 AM, charring the door slightly but not inflicting any other damage. Another "bomb scare" developed when an^anonymo>Js phone call was made to the Turned Down OT? Don't Beef On-$$ »• ~j,J' I 0 ; » -• Headquarters wishes to re­ mind Seafarers that men who are choosy about working cer­ tain overtime cannot expect an equal number of OT hours with the rest of their department. In some crews men have been turning down unpleasant OT jobs and then demanding to come up with equal overtime when the easier jobs come along. This practice is unfair to Sea­ farers who take OT jobs a? they come. The general objective is to equalize OT as much as possible but if a man refuses disagree­ able jobs there Is no require­ ment that when an easier job comes along he can make up the overtime he turned down before. r.-y ty, u--;' '' ttme C. INI LOG Waterman Building, home of the SlU-contracted Waterman Steam­ ship Company, that a bomb had been planted in the building. The offices were evacuated, but nothing was found upon a subsequent search. Anonymous Calls In addition to these two Inci­ dents, SIU men, their families and families of SIU port officials re­ ported harassment in the form of anonymous phone calls containing false Information about so-called "accidents" that had occurred to the men involved along with nu­ merous other forms of harassment. (In an obviously related action as part of a developing pattern of nuisance attacks on the SIU. charges have been filed by NMU men . who were briefly aboard Robin Line ships prior to the SIU's election triumph in that fleet. These charges obviously were instigated by the NMU, particular­ ly since the Robin Line case has been disposed of and seven ships certified to the SIU. The cases, of course, are being handled by SIU attorneys in line with normal pro­ cedure.) Even before the hiring began, the NMU had filed charges at the New York regional office of the NLRB against the SIU and the company under the Taft-Hartley KNOWING YOUR SIU CONTRACT Act. The charge was not sub­ stantiated by any supporting evid­ ence, as per the usual tactic employed, by NMU President Jotseph Curran. The charges, claiming collusion between the SIU and the company, are now under NLRB investigation. Curran had previously stated that he would never use the TaftHartley Act against another union. Actually, this was the second time he had filed charges against the SIU under Taft-Hartley. Prcvious1}, the NMU had attacked the union shop clause In an agreement between the SIU and the Willis tug fleet. The attack on the union shop, which the NMU called "illegal," came in the course of an unsuccessful NMU raid on Willis. Fortunately, the NMU's attack on the legality of the union shop was ruled out by the NLRB, Another set of Curran charges against the SIU dealt with the membership-approved SIU loan to the Banner Line in December, 1956. These charges, filed with the AFL-CIO, have been tabled by the AFL-CIO Executive Council. iri. SUP Backs Knipht In Calif. Vote SAN FRANCISCO —Following its usual practice of endorsing clmdidates for election who have shown consideration for trade union positions on legislation, the Sailors' Union of the Pacific has gone on record to give its support to three candidates for state and national offices in the coming elec­ tions in California. Two Others Backed The membership adopted the recommendations of Morris Weisberger, SUP secretary-treasurer, and endorsed Congressman Jack Shelley, a former member of the SUP, for reelection; Governor Goodwin Knight, candidate for the US Seriate, and Robert Kirkwood, who is seeking reelection as state controller. These men, Weisberger said, have shown their support of labor and trade union principles, and should have the backing of all of California's unions. Governor Knight, who is a staunch opponent of any type of "right-to-work" law, stopped into the SUP headquarters recently to express his apprecia­ tion for the union's support in his campaign. P-A Drops Intercoastal Ship Service Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corpora­ tion has announced it will leave the intercoastal trade in the early part of this month. The company (This column is intended to acquaint Seafarers with important pointed out, however, that it will provisions of the SIU contract and will deal with disposition of various contract disputes and interpretations of the agreement. If continue its operation from- the Seafarers have any questions about any section of the agreement which Pacific Coast to Puerto Rico. In they would like to have clarified, send them in to the editor of the addition, the embargo on the in­ SEAFARERS LOG.) • tercoastal phase or Pan-Atlantic operations will not affect the com­ ARTICLE II, SECTION 45. MIDNIGHT LUNCH. If crew works pany's coastwise trailership run continuous overtime until midnight, men shall be provided with hut between Port Newark and the GulL lunch at midnight, one hour to be allowed for such meal, if the work Discussed In Committee continues. If this full hour is not alTowed, an additional hour overtime shall be paid ... Reports that Pan-Atlantic would Question: What penalty is paid if the midnight lunch Is not provided? discontinue its intercoastal serv­ Not too long ago, on ships of two SlU-contracted companies, a beef ice were discussed before the Sub­ ""arose when men who had been working continuous overtime until committee on Transportation and midnight were not being given the hot lunch hour as authorized by Communications of the House Section 45. They did receive the penalty overtime but it was discovered Committee on Interstate and that the companies were not serving the lunch in order to avoid having Foreign Commerce. The Subcom­ to pay , members of the steward department the three hours of over­ mittee is holding^ hearings on time forpreparing the meal, according to the provisions of Article III, proposed legislation designed to deal with problems of the rail in­ Section 16 of the agreement. dustry. Among the proposals is The b'eef was s.ettled, however, when Union officials and represent- one which would strip the Inter­ istives of the companies met and clarified the issue. The clarification state Commerce Committee of the reads in part, "If one unbroken hour is not given, the penalty meal power to fix railroad freight rates hour will be paid. In any event, a midnight lunch shall be given." In in relation to' maritime freight other words, according to this last point, even though penalty overtime rates. is paid in lieu of the unbroken lunch hour, the men are still entitled The withdrawal of Pan-Atlantic to the meal itself. Further, this point is interpreted to the extent that represents a fiurther decline in the If the meal is not provided^ the men must be paid the price of the meal domestic shipping trade under at the rate of |1.50. pressure of Irailroad rate cutting. In addition, if the hot meal is not served members of the steward Pan^Atlantic and Seatrain Lines department yho" would ofdihaHly be broken 'butfor the^ meal are are^the only, two companies left to foe paid byertime according to' |^ticle III, Sectibn le! GonsbqUentljr, ^erating primarily in this trade. tHe clause' bpbrates' As^'td; eioourag^'th(r<fierving« of a hot iuiich tb There were 19-cbastwisie lines in apbration befote the war ill 1987/ A, Congress of his objection to "a very tragic situation in the mari­ time industry; subsidized com­ panies underbidding the non-sub­ sidized ones in the scramble for the American half of 50-50 cargoes." The fact that companies are sub­ sidized, Benz argued, is the very reason that enables them to under­ bid their usually smaller, non-sub­ sidized competitors. For the larger company 50-50 cargo is gravy; for the smaller, self-sufficient com­ pany it is bread and butter, he said.' ' In his letter Benz cited the case of a .small West Coast operator which is being, slowly squeezed out of business by its subsidized com­ petitors. Of the company's five ships four have been taken out of service because it could not afford to hin them, while the fifth is still running but at a loss. ''If the undercutting of rates by subsidized operators prevails," Benz declared, "it will eventually destroy the genuine free enter­ prisers (non-subsidized companies) and contributors to our economy in the shipping business." He uried that the members of Congress consider a method where­ by "the Government sets minimum rates on Government cargo such as the railroads have. This, he con­ cluded, "would prevent a company that is subsidized . . . from giving non-subsidized companies unfair competition." It's Time T for Your Check-llp HE time to got your an­ nual check-up at the SIU Health Center is right after you tome ashore. That way, in ease the examina­ tion shows you need treat­ ment, all your health needs tan be taken tare of be­ fore you ship out again. Don't wait until just before you ship. Do it now/ :• ,, J . • •' • •I y. •M �., :•• tub* ff, l*6t SEAFARERS UNIONS ,, V^-,!r"5^Xj: -:. v«f» BHM LOG Thii h lh« fifth of a torios on US tra;d# unions—a cross soction of Amorlca's unions and their members^' of AMERICA ,-31 KE of Amorlca's eldost trodo unions, fho National Association of Loitor Carriers dates back to 1889 when It was formed In Milwaukee by consolidat­ ing CI number of local associations. It now has a membership of 103,000 in approx­ imately 4,000 cities In the US and its pos­ sessions, making It the leading union of Federal employees. The Association Is currently being orgoniied Into 16 regions to conform with the'regional set-up of the Post Office De­ portment. The president of the union is William C. Doherty, and its headquarters are in its own building at 100 Indiana Avenue in Washington, DC. It's official publication, "The Postal Record" has been published without d break since 1888. i The recent signing of a pay increase bill for postal employees is another feather in the cap of the National Association of Letter Carriers which, through the years, has been a pacesetter in obtaining union rec­ ognition, protection and benefits for Gov­ ernment employees. Unlike unidns in private industry, the NALC bargains the hard way with all of Congress and the ad­ ministration, and as the latest pay increase iight shows, has a tough row to hoe to gain its objectives. Formed in August, 1888, by 83 letter car­ riers at an annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Milwaukee, the union had to fight the spoils system and O \ lack of job security in its early years. Three years before,, a number of indepen­ dent lodges had sought "the eight-hour day by campaigning through the Knights of Labor. The result was suspension of hun­ dreds of men by the Post Office Depart­ ment as being "detriments to the service." The eight-hour law passed in 1888, the year before the National Association was formed. The new union's first fight was to get the Post Office to comply with the eight-hour law which it largely ignored. From there the Association fought for equalizaton of salaries, a grade and classi­ fication systeih and other improvements. In 1902, the Postmaster General issued an order forbidding postal employees to "solicit an increase of pay or to influence ... any legislation whatever ..." It stayed in force for ten years until Congress en­ acted an "anti-gag" law sponsored by Sena­ tor Robert LaFollette, Sr., specifically giv­ ing Federal employees the right to.sTeek improvements. (Senator L^ollette is well-known in the seamen's movement for his sponsorship of the 1915 Seamen's Act.) The Letter Carriers union affiliated with the AFL in 1917 and President Doherty is currently a member of the AFL-CIO Ex­ ecutive Council, a position he held origi­ nally with the AFL since 1943. As a union of Federal employees, the NALC is affiliated with the Government Employees Council representing some 600,000 Government workers in 22 unions. ^ M: Two NALC members sort out parcel post for day's run. ^ ' This Is part of union's imposlnx headquarters. Typical mill sortinf by street requires two hours' daily. '-'M • V '•vl Carrier hustles piareel post pschage ta eS." ' : ffeotiheil• ... 3:.. throufh -dospito •i'lsBhw -or sttet'^,U'alrt^wTdads^^^•^•^ : �^EAFAUBRS 71^ Tm LOG NMU Finks In Brazilian Sfrifce m rt.'f PARANAGUA, BrazU—Unionism" is just another word to the NMU crew aboard the SS Mormacdale, according to the reports from the Seafarers on the Del Santos and the Sailors Union crew on the Mormacdawn. When the two SIU of NA^ Catches Forty Winks vessels pulled into this coffeeloading port last month they found themselves in the middle of m beef in which the company had locked out the regular itevedores "for disciplinary reasons." According to the report from Seafarer R. Tallaksen of the Del Santos, the longshoremen had asked for penalty time for loading a poisonous type of fertilizer. How­ ever, the port captain thought that they should be punished for com­ plaining. He levied a charge of pilferage against the gang, had 14 of them jailecT, laid off one-half the gang for ten days and prom­ ised to lay off the other half later. Company officials boarded the two vessels manned by Seafarers and West Coast SIU affiliates to ask the unlicensed crews to man the winches and load their car­ goes. "The idea was to use SUP sailors as winchdrivers, and shoreside police, firemen, soldiers and sailors to load the cargo," G, W, King; deck delegate on the Mor­ macdawn, said. "Needless to say Comfortably settled in barbm- chair, Seafarer Larry Schroeder, the company was given a flat NO." The answer was the same from OS, dozes Of he gets the once-over-lightly treatment at barber the Seafarers on the Del Santos. shop in Baltimore SIU hall. Schroeder has to watch that topdcnot However the stevedore company these days. John Battaglia does the honors. received a different reception aboard the NMU-manned Mormac­ dale, There the crew "drove the winches and provided the scab la­ bor for their ship," Tallaksen said. While this acUoft was not popu­ lar with the rank and file NMU crew, with many theim later complaining in the local hangouts BALTIMORE—Competition from tranq» transferring back that "it wasn't right." King report­ to the US flag ia b^inning to hurt those who stayed under ed, "the fact is they went ahead the American flag, a tramp shipping official declared. Capand completed the. loading." ttain Soren Willesen of the Sprague Steamship Company declared that Congr^ should amend the "90-50" law to problbit foreign vessels trsnsferring to the Americaii flag from carrying any for ship •. • for shore "50-50" cargoes for a full year after the transfer. Whatever you need, in work or dress He also called for Congressional assistance for tramp shipping, gear, your SIU Sea Chest has it. Get top which he called the stepchild of quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ the American merchant marine. ing at your Union-owned and UnionAt last report, 15 foreign-Sag vessels had applied for reentry un­ operated Sea Chest store. der the American flag. The ad­ mitted lure for their return has Sport Coats been the avaiUbility of "50^" Slacks cargo under US registry. Dress Shoes So many tramp vessels- had Work Shoes transferred foreign in recent years, Socks coupled with heavy sew tramp con­ struction in other eotmtries, that Dungarees compeftitive conditions have ac­ Frisko Jeens tually been tougher imder the for­ CPO Shirts eign flag thin under American Dress Shirts registry. Sport Shirts Sf\' It Urges Year's Ban On '50-50' Cargo For Returning Runaways I' Your Gear.., t't,--¥?• .t. 1;;:: • _ i- & ' V "* S-i;; :, •, I'-'.'"' • te-',''' , iSi' • - Belts Khakis Ties Sweat Shirts T-shirts Shorts Briefs Swim Trunks Sweaters SoiTwe^rs Raingear Caps Writing Mafrlalt Toiletries electric Shavars Radios lefovIskMR . • Jewelry , ^ • ComonM Philly Jobs On Upgrade PHILADELPHIA—Shipping for this port took a welcome turn for the better during the past period as tho SS Arljm (Bull), which was in idle status sinco last December, came out of the yards ahid took on a crew. In addition to that a num­ ber of replacements were shipped to the Steel Navigator which pulled iirte the port for servicing. The men on the beach here are ^ looking forward to moving into UM ttew haS in Uie near future. Sieve Cardullo,1iiort agent repcotei. AH agree that it win be a Ug tyty^ement ova: tbe present site mikis far mote accessible to aU of tlM|>7ie;», Alteration* are eimected ke a ooti^ of monUu, Carsaid. (Aii* stonr on new propSB. Fafe.V-r miWAWA (CItiM Mrvic*). AarD MwinrMtjwrjtjrr. ""nJafmLiw t* bo *« wtui bdvtn, llsp^t MMsMf WrnHuh rioo om flBSa tUM •< samtwMT •wed* to March «n« SMmbars. On* BIBB laiimd «li*B puaboO by guard. ^OCIAN OINNY (Marltlmo), April IS—Cbalnnaa. W. Harpan Socratary, P. IMOPM. TNaaHrar loft ahip with ahlp'a fund. Faw houra dliputod ot. Kaap laundry elun, Koporta aeceptad. WINTia NILL (CHloa Sorvico), May I Chalriwaw, i. MUiuilapi SM> rotary, A hMillya. Now dalasata •laetad. Ship to- ba aprtyad for aufidWad. Saa patrolinBii about dalayad aalUns «Bd Mrt tlma. Dach dapt. baet aattlad., l^a fuud $78.70. soma dUpaCWl il. HaUoa that 1 yaar OB SIU viaiiH':h» put to reforandum vota. Clwdc amk-oMitalnar data of dallyary. Mack gang quartan to ba paUtad. HotioB to aUinliiata Sna whan munbar U loggad. SeaS powdar to ba changad to Ddo or battor brand. Vota of thanka to ateward dapt; STSSL AO! (latlunlan), April S4— Chairman, J. Bandlrai Sacratary, J. Harly. Cuitonna ragulatlona to ba pofted for Beirut. Shlp'a fund $19. Now delegato elecUd. Voto of thanka to raalgnlng delegata. Keep aU acrean doora clMed while In port. STiSL • X I C U T I V I (lathmlan), March 3—Chairman, W. Naahy : Sacra* tary, A. Bradla. Timer installad on waahlng machlna. Bapart aeeaptad. Crew warned not to foul up u^Uo' ahip la In port. Need mora fruit for •upper. far radia. mdiM. vSf'*^ ttaaha ta ataward Atyt. Sar foh - wall dona. STSIL FLYIR (lathmlan), April $$—ChalrmaB,. R. Adamaoni Sacra. tary, -PL INaldanada. Ship** fund iSIAi. MoUoB Buda—no flnea if man la losgad doling royaga. Motion to laiaani^ when duai ara paid—in 0«*a raeoipt la loat. Itaqaeft cold aoppar wfaaaavar paaaUda. WAN* FiONIIR (Intaracaan), May IS—Chatimaii, R. Albaaaai Sacratary, dk TalH. Raporta aeeaptad.. Pay off Uizr It. Bapalr list anbmlttad. Ship's faBd iRJh DoaatloB af 8$c ta ba mada bafora and a( voyaga. Soma illMBtad at. nip famlmtad for rnaahaa, OaaatioB mada for Rowora for SIATRAIN LOUISIANA (Saatrain), May II—Chairman, J. Oardlnari Sac­ ratary,^ C, Kraltt. AU repaira com­ pleted. Patrolman reported on air conditioning for messhaU. Shlp'a fund $83.84. $14.38 duo fund from coko maebina. .Soma diiputad ot. Keep acraen doora cloaed. Ice cream flavora to ba varied. Saa patrolman about aecurlng different matchea and ioap, posting correct aaUing time ii) Teaiaa City, Crew member (Mr, Oerdiner) approved for retirement. Crew praaented him with tacUa box and ilahing gear for good lack and ra- membrance. KYSKA (Waterman), May 11—Chair, man, W. Laftoen; Secretary, R. Mai* tart. Repair list ready to turn in. Ta make aura ataward haa sufficient fruit and port-hola screens. Vote of thanks to itOwUrd dept. To ifittaU oC-rMB doors on after quartersi paint crawa quartara and paasagearays. Men get* ting off to atrip hunka and leave qoar* tera clean. Vota of thanka t« aU dele* gates. JRAN (lull). May II—Chairman, O. Dlckaom Sacratary, W. H. ''Ludlam.. Bvarythlng running smoothly. No dia* pntad ot. Reports accepted as road. Shlp'a delegate to servo for four eonsactttivo trips. Mora variety af lea FORT MOSKINS (CItlaa Sarvlca), - cream. To contact captain to rear* $As7 18—CkaWsnan, R. Laws; gaara- rangs massroem fumltnrs t« provide tary, W, SImptan. Osa Biaa hoa^ mora apace. taltaad to Vlwlda. iUp'a ftud nil$* Stop ahoalR ba fanUsatad far ALCOA RUNNRR (Alaoa), May V— Toachaa. TV to ba rapalrad. Chairman, •. Riacheff) Sacratary, R. L. Mall. New ahlp'a dalegata elected. FRLTORR (Marvan), May S—Chair­ Shlp'a r^rter aleetail. Itapair Ud man, M. Janaar . Socrarary, c. Lack.' ta ba ftran to mate. Cooks, baker Rapalr list ta ba Inrought up to data. and meaiman given vota of thanka. Kadaarar ta work out plan to pay off Ora ahlpa avary thraa ta aix montha ISRI in ahlp'a fund. Reports accepted. iaatoad af aaary month. Naad aaw mattraatoa. Ilrliddns watar M muddy. ALCOA ^ANTIR (Alcaa), May 11 Naad wtaR ahutae, actaaaa, eats * —Chairman, A. Y. Chlnpi Saarotary, keys. P. Walah. S38RB ia ahlp'a fund. Ra­ porta aeeaptad. New ahlp'a delagata SIATRAIN TlXAS (Sotorain), May alaeted. Ifaa raquaatad to tfka pw iy-Chalrman, J. UHlai Sasratory, D. oonal interaal ia waglitBS aMehteee. ' Propose Mass Sole Of Ships In Reserve WASHINGTON—Th« Senate Commeri^ Committee hag expressed the opinion that the time has come to take af­ firmative action with regard to what they term, "our aged sind rapidly-deteriorating re-" ships Include 35 coal-buming serve fleet." Llbertys, 14 Cl-MAV-l'i; and 20 The statement was made in N-3's (Ckiastal ships). R rep<«t Rccompanying S-3918, In addition, the conunlUee ad­ whlidi unong other provisions, vised that other vessels should be would glvs the Maritime Admlnls- scrapped if they cannot be sold, or modernized so that-the American tratloa full authority to conduct Merchant Marine will be able to sales of reserve fleet vessels. Cur­ use them more elf7f:tlvely. rently, under existing law, vessels may only IM sold by an act of Con­ gress, but the number of individual Pick Up 'Shop bills, most of them for foreign na­ tions, indicate to the Committee Card At Payoff that a general sales policy is Seafarers who have taken the necessary. Up to now, most of the series of Inoinilatlons required foreign requests have been re­ for certain foreign voyages are jected. reminded to be sure to pick up The SIU and other maritime their Inoculation cards from the unions In the past have opposed captain or the purser when they all sales from the rese^e fleet to off at the end of a voyage. foreign nations or nationals that pay The card should be picked up would increase ccimpetltlon. to by the Seafarer and held so that American shipping. The Defense it can be inresented when Sign­ Department has been, anidous to ing on for another voyage keep up the reserve fleet for an the "shots" are required.vdiekS' Tli* emety^ey potential. Inoculation card is your only The Senate committee went cn proof of having taken the re­ la its report to point ovit thit quired whoty. when the State Department was of Those who forget to pick the opinion that sales foreign for ity> their men inoculation when so-called strictly coastal pu^ioses they pay off may iUulcard Uiet would Rdvenee the caiu* of Its are required to take all they the fM^fB zelitUmf, end the Defense "shohi" fifaln when kbey want Oepwtment was willing to release to siypi on tor another such vokthe ships, Maritime jMt aeeeasBTltyy *' �Jjy » Ui$ Vir- SEAFARERS tfj.t .^•.\'if'' . .-'ivv Face EleTca LOG Aid Report Backs Charge Of US Bias On '50-50' 'Cmon, Play Ball!' a WASHINGTON—A report on the handling of foreign aid, non-military cargo seems to support charges that the "50-50" law is being interpreted to guarantee hafi of all export car­ goes to foreign-flag ship oper­ ators. ices claim, is a preference only A report on the Mutual Se­ over foreign liner services and net curity Programi's non-military car­ foreign tramps. go handling for the last half of US tankers got 50 percent of 1957 shows that foreign tramps cargoes in their area. However, got exactly half of all cargoes in these cafgoes are a small percen­ the tramp area. The bulk of aid tage of the over-aU aid picture. shipments go on tramp vessels. On import cargoes and military US liner companies have com­ shipments, US vessels fared much plained that foreign tramps have better. They carried 85 percent been getting preference over them of Government - financed home on "50-50" cargoes, with Govern­ bound strategic materials, and 70.4 ment agencies seeing to it that the parcent of "total military endforeign tramps get cargoes equal times." to those of US tramps before US Indications are that the Housa Merchant Marine Committee may liners get any aUocations. In the liner area, the US liners inquire into the allegations of dis­ got 64 percent as compared to for­ crimination against US liners in eign liners, but this, the liner serv­ favor of foreign tramps. A word of warning to Seafarers comes from William D* Lappe, delegate on the Wm Kyska. He urges all of the vessels heading for Ko­ rea to stock on up e.xtra screens. "The flies in that area are very heavy this year," he said, so keep your screens in Do Lappe good shape. 3^ tsiimiBM 10^ ^ The current economic recession has offered further proof of the value of strong trade unions to American working men and women. Union contracts have succeeded in main­ taining wage scales, working conditions and seniority pro­ visions that would otherwise have gone by the board. The existence of these union agreements certainly has prevented aggressive wage cutting which many business enterprises would otherwise have embarked upon. Such cuts, of course, while undoubtedly benefiting the individual company at the moment, would have only served to aggravate the recession BALTMORE—^Many of the men in the long run through a reduction of purchasing power. on the beaclT In this port have been taking advantage of a shipping lull From that point of view the union contract is one of the to bring tt^eir families in for "built-in stabilizers"- which has kept this recession from examinations at the SlU medical wreaking the kind of havoc that took place after 1929. • center here in town. However, the In addition, the AFL-CIO has been in the forefront of membership is again reminded to efforts to pull the nation out of the slump by calling for make sure they have made appoint­ such badly-needed items as new school and hospital con­ ments for these examiiiatlons be­ struction and an improvement in unemployment insurance fore hand. benefits among oth^r proposals. Shipping remained fair during It's about time the industry side threw, strong support the past period. However the out­ to steps of this type which would not only provide badlylook for the future is good as the Young America (Waterman), Ro­ needed services, but also help cime the recession which strikes bin Trent (Robin) and the Beth- them as well as working men. coaster (Calmar) are expected to ' i 3) come out of lay-up and will take on full crews during the next few weeks. Paying off in this-port during the The SIU has long, been on record that when It comes to past two weeks were the Kenmar, subsidies and other Government assistance, the entire mer­ Bethcoaster, Texmar (Calmar); chant marine should benefit on an equal basis. Evidently the Emilia, Hilton, Evelyn, Jean (Bull); Venore, Feltore, Oremar (Marven). Department of Commerce doesn't think so, because it is Signing on were the Kenmar, Ven­ opposing moves in the House and Senate which would give ore, Feltore, Hilton, Oremar and enough funds to Maritime to provide subsidies for com­ panies not noW receiving such assistance—companies like the Calmar. ( In transit during the period were Waterman, Isthmian, Isbrandtsen and States Marine. The Department's position would continue the monopoly the Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Partner (Alcoa); Steel Executive (Isthmian); on US subsidy funds for a handful of companies on the same Winter Hill (Cities Service); Cu- or increased levels as compared to the past while denying bore, Baltore, Santore and the other companies a chance to achieve equal status with the Venore (Ore Marven). All were favored few. reported In good ohape with no The only similar instance of a Government agency turn-, major beefs. ing down funds voted by Congress that comes to mind was the attempt by the Department of Health, Education and 0 Welfare to reject funds voted by Congress for the Pul^lic Health Service hospitals. In both instances,' the Bureav* of the Budget played the decis^e role. * As the old saying goes, what's good for the goose is g^ for the gander. There is no excuse for continuing a situa­ tion in Which some shipping companies receive preferential fi!^nancial treatment from the Government at tliie expense Health Center Praws Crowd In Baltimore Give Us Money' Tell jt to the Xoj! - V ^ • . .A - 3) ^ A sure sign that most of the ships' delegates are doing their jobs is seen in the increasing num­ ber of reports that say, "no beefs, no disput­ ed OT, everything running smooth." Some, however, have more to say, such as R. Sigwart, ship's delegate on the bigwart Texmar. His report ii that not only was the trip free of beefs but the crew is enjoying great fishing all the way from Seattle to the Tanama Canal. » » 3> A good country this time of the year, according to the crew on the Ocean Evelyn, Is Polandv "We have Just finished our trip around the world," reports meeting secretary Wally K n n k t a, "and enjoyed ourselves in most of the countries .,. Po­ land gave the best reception Kuckta and was eonsidered tops by the entire crew." Latest reports list thanks given to the galley gangs on the Carolyn (especially the baker). Ocean Eve­ lyn, Santore, Alcoa Runner, Hast­ ings, Seamar, Longview Victory, Kyska, Seatrain Texas, and special thanks to "our well-organized steward department" aboard the Winter Hill. ^ 4. 3> 3. It's a pleasure shipping with the .crew of the Penmar, George Glennon, ship's delegate reported, Everything is running smoothly and all of the delegates and crew are doing a top-notch job. "Once again, I say thanks to each and everyone of the brothers for making this an­ other one of those many pleas­ ant trips. Espe­ cially when good fellowship and harmony exist between the three departments, it is gratGlennon tifying to know that sometimes our efforts justify the end—doing the job in the best SIU manner," Glennon said. ACS Buys T-3 Tanker Purchase of a T-3 tanker, the Conoco Lake Charles, apparently for conversion into a bulk carrier, has been made by American Coal Shipping. The vessel is currently manned by a National Maritime Union crew. The company last week went into Federal Court asking for an "ainendment" to the original hiring order governing American Coal ships so that it could keep the * > i entire NMU crew aboard after tak­ The list of top-notch steward de­ ing title to the ship. partments continues to grow. The SIU position at the pro^ ceedings was that if the crew was kept apart from' the voting unit the SIU had no objections to the NlVfU men staying aboard, provid­ ing, course, tha^ replacements A reminder Itom SIU head­ were ofhired without discrimination quarters cautions all Seafarers as i>er the hiring system now preleaving their ships to contact vaUi^g. the hall In ample time to allow Following the completion of the the Union to dispatch a repla<.ement. Failure to give notice be­ hearings, the company withdrew its fore paying off may cause a de­ motion. The vessel was last re­ layed sailing, force the ship to ported in a Staten Island shipyard sell short of the manning re­ for repairs. She is then scheduled quirements and needlessly make to be towed to Hoboken where she the work tougher for your ship- will be fitted for a new section, •*»ates. • w. af^r whlch sbu.wlU be . put on a grain run. /A- 'ill.*,?',1 '1 Quitting Ship? Notify Union • �f- ' SEAFAMERS pit: SEAFARERS IN DRYDOCK 11;' Now that the mercury's really climbing and more SIU men pile oflf for vacatiims and time off ashore between trips, it's a good time to do ^me good for the SIU brothers drydocked in the various, hospitals around the country. They can always use a personal visit from an old buddy to take-^ their minds off their troubles okay after a rough time on the Val drydock for hemorrhoid opera­ Chera. This is the ship whose tions. Muscarella, who was messas well as the heat. Among the newcomers to the Rollers were out for five days at man on the Ocean Dlnny, should SIU aggregation in the Norfolk sea, so the cooking had to be done be under surgery within a week. marine hospital Is John D. Halpln, in open oil drums. Dairo suffered Taylor came in off the Kyska, bosun on the Andrew Jackson, burns In his eyes and face while where he was deck engineer. Also who hurt his back while repairing working In the galley with one of on the Seattle roster, L. C. Hannon, ex-2nd electrician on the Del ^un­ the iangway^ He's recovering slow- these jury-rigged stoves. and may" have to be operated Out In Seattle, Charles Mnsca- do, is reported coming along okay rella and F. H. Taylor are both in in his turn. on for this injury. When in port, remember that all the brothera In drydock reaUy appreciate a Horace Carry, perional vMt. Letters are alio welcome. who was taken off The foUowins ia the lateat aVaUable liat of SIU men in the hoapitala: the Irenestar due David Furman Lawla Baviere USPHS noSPlTAL to acute appen­ Romuoldo GareU Pedro Reyes NEW ORLEANS. tA. Celse Rodrlgues Luis K. Gutleres dicitis when the David B. Albright Alexander Martin Wada B. HarreU Jose Rodrigues Ernest Anderson William E. Nelson ship got to Quar­ Jose J. Ssnches Chan Hon Thomas C. Ballard Dominic J. NeweU antine, is coming James C. Sheldon George Howard Johd W. Btgwood Georse PeUusky Donald Keddy Harold W. Simmons Juneat P. Fonaon around okay and Claude Blanks NIrhnlat KoTMk G. Slvertsen CalviB Rom* fohn F. Brooks is expected to be Fridel Lukban P. J. St. Maria Ernest N. Cochran Wm. A. Rousseau Harvey W. Morria Angel Suares fully recovered Trilby G. SaSord M. i. Danzey Jr. R. S. Nandkeahwar John B. Tierney Littleton Edward fiamrock Roscoe Dearmon soon. Utilityman EulsUo R. Peres Ramon Varela James H. Shearer Stanley Freeman Israel Ramof Albert Williams Louis Boa, taken off the Steel Ad­ James C. GUsson John J. Smith Thomas A. Stevens Wayne F. Harris USPHS HOSPITAL vocate in Wilmington because of John Joseph W. Stacker SAVANNAH. GA. stomach trouble, will probably be JamesHrolcnok Gerald L. Thaxton. Hudson Elmer G. Brewer Jimmie Littleton Morton Trenem Ramon Irizarry transferred down to the New Or­ Edward G. Knapp Thomas Tucker H. L. DeLaughter Foster B. Shedd Hubert C. Gordon leans hospital soon. Ferdinand V. Vigo Antolne Landry James E. Ward USPHS HOSPITAL Jinunie Littleton Is still at the Edward Lane George Williams Leo Lang NORFOLK. VA. same old stand in Savannah. A David Donald M. Woods McCoUum Otis C. Bailey Jr. James A. Elliott long-termer at the PHS hospital Sam W. McDonald Demetrle Zerrude Francis J. Boner John D. Balpin Herman Carney Joseph Biggs there. Littleton can always do with W. A. G. Marjenhoff Horace Curry Levis Bos VSFHS IIOSFITAL a visit or some letters from bis BALTIMORE, BID. USPHS HOSPITAL shipmates. B. r. HaehUnddi William Bobac MANHATTAN BEACH Augustln G. Oporto Brissett In New York, Ramon Varela, CUfford BROOKLYN. NY James A. Ray Luis Campos Lewis R. Aklns Thomas Isaksen AB, is now out at the Staten Is­ Elwood L. Cramer Sven G. Regner Manuel Antonana Claude B. Jessup Harold 8. Rivers Jose Da Costa land PHS hospital after being Peder Eladio Aria Woodrdw Johnson Henri Robin Espeseth taken in as an emergency patient Blamerto Gallios Fortunato Bacomo Ludwig Kristiansen John Ruszkiewics Joseph J. Bass Kenneth Lewis LesUa Fe Simmonf Glaze to St. James Hospital in Newark. Gorman Melvln W. Bast Patrick McCann W. W. Tomllnson Gardner Credit for this transfer goes to the Clarence Frank Bemrick Archibald McGuigan WilUam R. Hatcher John R. Webb J. V. Biaaonet' Warren J. Mclntyre Vyrl B. Williams 'ship's delegate on the Raphael Arthur F. Hiers James F. Clarke Herbert C. Mclssac Henry Huzzie Harrison Winslow Semmes, who notified the Union Thaddeus Juan Denopra Leo Mannaugh . Loboda George Zahner John J. DriacoU A. 3. jMaiUneUl right away. Varela's much happier USPHS HOSPITAL Daniel Fitzpatrlck Joaquin Minis STATEN ISLAND. NT being with his buddies, even with Friedof O. Fondlla W. P. O'Dea Omar All Clarence O. Dairs Fabin Furmanek C. Oslnskl leg and other injuries. Oldtimer Nicholas Anoustis Georgo Daekn Odia L. Glbba George G. Phlfer Clarence Dalre is reported doing Frank Borst Rupert Daniels Joseph M. GUlard G. E. Shumaker -if-: I- Rotterdam Suits 'Em Fine Ashore in Rotterdam, Seafarers Pablo Lopez, Johnny Fanell and Pedro Eliot look pretty pleased with their purchases h the Dutch city. They're all on the Andrew Jackson. t,r • - 'V-' '.y V-: t ' NAME ' A' 'j.' Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, V ^75 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG— please put my name on your moiling list. (Peint Information) • STREET CITY ... e e e e e e'e e- e » » # •e ... .. ZONE......STATE I TO AVOID DUPIICATION. Hy.y .r. .. .Ml.l-crib., ..<1 li.y...h.i,. [. of adclresg^please give your formsr address belowi ADDRESS Tlart E. Gttranlck Henry E. Smith Taib Hassan Pon P. Wing Antonio Infante USPHS HOSPITAL, GALVESTON. TEXAfe R. J. Arsenanlt ' Thomas C. Riley Francis M. Connera R. G. Schlagler Odua C. Lewis Jr. USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. L. C. Hannon S. Phillips Charles Muscarella F. H. Taylor USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH., TEXAS Lawrence Anderson John C. Palmer Robert Ingram Harold J. Pancost Paul W. Seidenberg August J.-Panepinto Woodrow Ueyers VA HOSPITAL KECOUGHTAN. VA. Joseph GUI VA HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Thomas W. KilUon VA HOSPITAL BUTLER. PA. James F. Blazfcel JOHN SEALEY HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS James R. Hodges USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.. Woodrow W. Balch Antonio A. Mangao John W. Barnes Charles T. Nangis Joseph H, Berger J. S. O'Byrne Otis J, Harden Hanry J. Schreinsr OUver F. Kloin D. Tselekit F, B. McColUan Sung C. Wang USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. L. J. Campbell Kenneth A. LaRose Charles Dwyar R. A. McDonald Gilbert O. Edwards SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Oscar J. Adams Victor B. Cooper USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN, Charles Barton > e.f ••»••• I RESS • •: « # « « « * * » . « .•weaasaaseovearsaaaooaeoi ,«o#sees*e«soeeeiesssieeeessefsfeeeefeso- o'l, • J«Mt,}»|t LOG Send 'em to the ICC I. Says Stawania Hava It Eaay To ilM Sdllbn ^ Just finished readlaf a latter from Robert Goodwin (LOO, AprU 29, 1958) cntltlM "CHilef Aira Beefs". To start off, a steward, or a "key man" as ha mdlf himself should know how idnf it takes to clean an icebox or a mes»i hall. But ships are (ff different •izea, ^ It would bo hard to put dom in the agreement hovf long it should tako to clean an letters To The Editor en* la the Union who hu leaned me mon^ to nttlte to me care ei the >Baltlmore hdL EFep fbou^ I may not be thM* the-nmnef ndU he icnl to yon within time, I em —ung that the LOO pirlnt thli or eoiao notice to tUe offoct in at leaet five issuee eo everyone can aee it . . ' I should also like to thank the ones who did loan nie money end also apologize for not pay­ ing it logner, aa I have been in tha red for the last few yean through earelessness on my own part Please do not expect to get paid as soon as you writo ias I am just starting the W-up fund. Thanks to all. ; Dave Barry 4 4 4 Queries Report On Disppearance To the Editor. The report of Ernst and Muneon on the mysterious disap­ pearance of Galindez from the streets of New York is a good one and probably worth much more than $160,000 to the Do­ Icebox. It'might, ta^ iZS, hours minican Republic. 1 now suggest that the United on one ship, and 20 on another. If all these small things were States hire these same investi­ put - in the agreement, the gators, at increased fees, of agreement would h« S mile course, to write reports on the mysterious murders of Serge thick. \ AS far as padding overtime Rubinstein and Anastasia be­ is concerned,'^ I know of very fore some foreign government few men who have done it. hires them to cover all New Besides, the steward- has the York City mysteries and major pencil. It sounds a little like a crimes. Roy Fleischer guilty conscience to me. P.S. What happened to Galin­ I agree with Goodwin in a lot of ways on drinking, but dez? seamen have been drinking ever 4- 4 t since the begiunlDg of time. Union Answers Anyway, there is not near as much performing as there used Mother's Appeal to be, and seamen are going ' To the Editor: I have had a very difficult to drink no matter what kind of a rule anyone makes. Look at time getting my son Henry, 9, all the -people who would be admitted to this country from out of work if everyone South Africa. For seven months I tried everything possible, but stopped. Goodwin should go ashore was unable to have him coma himself with the gang and here and received nothing but and have a few beers. He could discouragement. Id ray despair, I phoned and even carry along his. crying towel, and maybe stay over­ appealed to the SIU for help, and was advised to contact thanight in some good port. I agree with him about the Union's attorneys, who handled coffee cups, but when the last the case with unusual skill and ship in this ocean goes down, patience, and have-succeeded. I'll give you 2-1 there will be My chUd wUl enter at Idlewild Airport on Wednesday, June 4. a coffee cup on deck. May I take this iSpportunity A steward is very well paid for the amount of work he to express my gratitude to your does; there's many- a time 1 office and to the SIU attorneys have even had -to call a steward on behalf of my husband and for breakfast. If more stewards myself. -My husband, John V. would put in more time check­ Rooms, is now at sea on tha ing the crew mess instead of Alcoa Puritan. Thank you all the officers' mess. It would from a very grateful mother. Hendrina C. Rooms help. If some of them tried feeding a little better, maybe (Ed. note: Mrs. Rooms' son the men will start bringing the arrived on schedule this week, cups back. , with a Union representative on I don't mean this for all hand at the airport. Brother stewards; I have sailed with Rooms, currently in Greece, is some darned good ones. It just being advised of the news by seems to me that all Goodwin cable.) wants to do is ride and cry. 4 4 4 Melvln H. Jones All Tcttcrg to the editor /or Vubtication in the iEAFAR^ ERS LOG fimat Signed by the writeri Ifofpea will be toithheld upon request.- 4 4 4 Dave is Ready For The Payoff TG the Editor: I owe a few bills to members of this Union which I would like to clear up and pay, since the men who loaned me the money were good enough to do so when I needed it I have always had intentions of .paying everyone I borrowed from, but don't know where they are. When I do run into some of them I am usually broke, so now I am going to set up a fund with a good friend of mine in Baltimore. He will pay every man I owe money through this fund. Therefore I.am Bsldhg every- Boosts Eatery in San Juan To the Editor: I'd like to get a word or two in the LOG about an ex-Seafarer who now has a place ashore in San Juan, Puerto Rico. If Jhe men on the ships want a good meal and a vej^ nice place to go to, "Don's Restaurant" is the place. If they get in at night and are going to'leave before fhey ' can get to a post office, they can get money orders there or ' call the States. The bus from the docks stops right in front of the 'place, which is on Mili­ tary Highway No. 2 near the en­ trance to the Puerto Nuevo oil docks. The LOG is available there also. y: , . .Bob'Lw-- , » �SEAFAREtiS • AlCOA CAVAUM UIOMV May • —-Clialniiaii/ 9. lUrflaltf; facr«lanr< SwlA 8aa patramaa ab«at Iwving wait iaw miimtaa aftar^pac^ jl^liW alao alNiut aafaite.raOna man hoapttalteaa. hoapttallaaa. Deaato ba mada aaly Mr paraaaa mulrfiit glaht ta Mataa. ANPILINA (Bum, AyrH 97-Chalr> maib W. Madam Saeretanr< T. Bria' taU. Naw dalagata ala«ti^ May t—Chairman, W. MaMm T. Driacall. Sapair Hat ta ba mada -«p and aubmltted. IWISTPOIIT (Warld Tramplna), May 4--Chatrman. It. Ivant* Sacratary, F. Laanard. To aea captain about lUtiml lofa. Two men locxad. Soma diqfuted at. One aaan haapMallMd ta XaracM. Heporta accepted. - Motion to aah Job well Bone. Trip around world very pleasut one. L6G 'Sea-Spray' Pac« ThiriMB — By S9atar»r 'Rtd' fink It Can & Did On Longview YOUNB AMBRICA (Waterman), May IB—Chslrmsii, V, Cever; Secretary, D. Martin. Ship's fund tU.lO. Report accepted, Metisn to have'BO min. pr^ paratloo period taetead of 19 tfcn. when called to work ot. Cb. eng. to bo referred to patrolman. Headiall blackboard U be ahlftod.. AU soiled linen to be turned in, TRXMAR (Colmnr), Stay IB—Chairs man, R. Bahft; Bearotary, J. Brannan. Everything . runnlny smoothly. Ship's fund yid. Diseusdon en food aituS' tion. Feeding plan to be improved. FLOMAR (Calmer), AprH SB—Chalfv man, F. Ftibeck) Sacratary, L. Karalunaa. All extra linen te be turned in by atth. Shortage of stores. Crew to bo more quiet during night while men are adeep. CAROLYN :(B«lt), April SB—CImlrman, B. libwaani Secretory, C. DIai. To ceo patrolman about let asst. Br­ iny wiper. Some friction between chief meto and deck dept.—to be referred to patrolman. New dclayata elected. Washiny machine to ba re­ paired. Vste of thanka to steward dept. eapeetally baker. OCEANCyAR (Triten), AprtI Chairmen, J. Nollani Secretary, •. Lilly. Beefs to be settled with patrelmaa. Mcsshdl needs painting or sougoeing. Somo diluted ot. Seven men. getting o>. Bequest captain tn have smaller hlBs than 90 or lOB hdqtrs. clarify stocks and tmstooshlp in forthcoming issuo ot LOO. DUunisdon on riceecdty of taking union clinic pbydcaL Suggestion to aend LOGS to merchant Navy Club in SarachL Diseuaalon on aeparato room for nlghtcook A baker. Check to SCO that ship bad adoqnata dop chest stores and American money. Check stores thoroughly in future. ROBIN LOCKSLBY (Rabin), April I -Chairman, i. Brachti Sacralary, B. McOrath. Soma NMU membera refuatad to turn to. SUp'a fund C2S. Cue man ^oBied up—jtwieo. On* man miaaed ahlp in NY: replaced. Any member iouUnc up to tie brousht up on charpea. Requeat draw every Ave daya—apedfic amount to ba noted on list. Need Brat aid kit. Need aalt tableta in enclne room. LONOVIRW VICTORY (Victory Cei^ rierc). May 4—Chairman, N. Merrlcki Aecralary, R. Irturry. (tae man 111. Lbtter aent ta LOG about atowaway in Spain. Some diaputed ot. One day'e pay diaputed by maater. Report ac­ cepted. To call msmttsrdUp meetiny on arrival. Bathrooma. ahowcra, rec­ reation room. etc. to be painted. Dleeuaalen en inaufOcicnt tniita and veyetablaa. Waahiny machine to be repeired. Wrlnrere not woridny prop­ erly. Need new gupply of linen. Need new mattreasea. Vote of thanka to Bteward dept. ALCOA PRNNANT (Alcoa), May 10 —Chairmen, J. Olten; Secretary, M. Howell. Ship'e fund $44. One man miaaed ship in Bait. Report accepted. To have trip every meetlny between Tampa and Norfolk. Need chanye ot cdCee brand. Scrape and paint port holea in ateward dept. and ahowcra and bathrooms. SANTORR (Marven), May IB—Chair­ man, R. McNabi Sacratary, P. Math. When leaviny Ndp due to BO^y eenlortty ruliny. reason can be atatcd wHhout lorn of unemployment compenaalten. Ship'e fund BSIAB. Bcport accepted. Patrolman to check ice machine. Decks arejvet eauainy baaardous eondttion. sndeavor to yet smaller pitchers in meaahalL Vote ot thanks to steward dept. HABTINGB (Waterman), April Chairman, F. Klngi yeeretary, J. Wall*. New delegate elected. Repair lists to be made up and submitted. Bosun missed ship in NOi. No beefs. Vote, of thanks to steward dept. May 4^halrmsn, F. Kins; Secretary, A. Aaron. No beefs. Pictures to be sent to LOG. Omit sugar from cold drinks. Vote of thanks to steward dep't for good food. Need new ice box in pantry. BALTORE (Marven), ASay S—Chair­ man, J. WIU; Secretary, J. Talbot. New detagate elected. To sea patrol­ man about hot water. Ship's fund S3.60. Six men getting off. Report accepted. Diseusalan on keeping laundry tubs clean. Keep milk in ice box until ship sails—now being consumed - by shore workers, result­ ing in shortage at sea. : -M !V . AFuutiOlliA (Wafermeh), AprK tf —Chatrman. W. Staki Secretary, D. White. New delegate elected. Ship'e fund BIT. One man missed dilp. Re­ turn cupa and glasses te pantry after using. Captain announced safety meeting between the Caael end PR. Bepert any nnsafe condllions, raiowa en hud for enyono needing reptaeements. May S—CIminnen, W. Btalu Seerc tary, D. WMtn. New delegate alccted. To contact Baitimore hall re: transportattoa for member from Tampa to Miami. Shlp'a fund B14. Report ac­ cepted. Ttu-n in cots and soiled Unen to stewaid. Leave ahlp dean. 9TERL IXECUTIVE (Icthmtan), March »—Chairman. W. Hash; Boerstary, A. Bradla. Discussion on Irtten received from headquarters. Timer InataUad on waaiiing_Tiiar1i1ne. Kepoit accepted. Crew .warned not to foul up while ship Is in port. More fruit reqatred for supper. CHIWAWA (Cttlec Service), Mcy U Chairman, J. Swafferd; Secretary, L. Floyd. Two men missed ship. Disputed ot te he settled at payoS. Cots and bathrooma to be painted and repoired. Sailing board time te be poated per IS-henr clansc tat con­ tract. NILTON (BnM, May 11—Chairman, E. Maabani Eectntary, W. StrlcMln. Faw honm dfapntad ot. Quality of food not np to por. Need percdator. Staward tacKwod tahau off in Segnn. to. Spain. Vnto of thanks to atoward dut. for good food and aerviee on return trip. Need Bet of articles ta dop chcfL 'Last Step' Onto Dock Is Big One Sometimes Some sage advice was spotlighted at a recent meeting aboard the Alcoa Pennant during a discussion on shipboard safety practice Although the details provided are brief, their implication is pretty clear. wise invittng disaster for one or For example, the signs in botii parties, as the Poinant indi­ many buses are pretty dear when they ask you not to talk to the (hiver "while the Inu te In motion." Most people will also hold back and not expect the drivo' te change a IS bill as he's sweatliia his way through a traffic Jam. In the same way, yea dooH ordi­ narily try to be the first one off the ship before ifa pretty well secured to the dock, "channel fever" notwithstandli^. It's a pretty big gamble stmietlmes, and the one who tries It generally is the loser. It follows firom this that "shak­ ing hands with anyone on the dock before the ship la dear" te like- for SlU MEMBERS! ALCOA FILERtM (Alcea], May 11— Chairman, J. EoMneeni Secretary, W. Metcenger. Several beefs on payoS dop riiest on next draw. Ship's fund S29. Few betas dUpnted et. ReporU accepted. No hot water available. Roaches ta pantry. Repair lists ta be made up. Oiscnstiaa on paying off dop cheat en draw. Captain re­ fuses any ether method, oner in­ jured hand unable te perform dnttee —stitches not completely removed. BARBARA FRIETCHE (Liberty Nav.), May 11—Chairman, O..Payna; Socibtary, C. Linden. Vote of thanka to steward dept. for good food. Plenty ef et for all depts. EVELYN (Bull), May 4—Chairman, C. Htnalyi Bocrstary, J. Bednar. Re­ pair Ust submitted. Black gang to report on maoko in engine room Some disputed at. Need new Ubi-ary. AU Unen to be turned in. CB NORFOLK (CHies Bervice), May 7—Chelrman, F. Hammcl; Sacrefary, B. Nlalssn. Three men paid off— Union notified. Ship's fund 821.12. Steward clatans no record of extra meals — several hundred. Several hours pert time dispnted. Captain disputed room allowance of aeveral members becaUM they neglected to sign in and out. Motloo to air-coadition aU ahipa en Persiaa Gulf run. Delegata to aeo captan about safety measure rc: use of wire brushes in no-smo'jdng arete. Vote of thanks to ''OCEAN EVELYN (Ocean Tran*.), men Robin Line ships. Contact May 4—Chairman, R. Flowon Socro- Unlohonabout regdlattons pertaining tary, W. Kuchta. Repair list to be to use ef •ebrsdvc discs in no-imoksubndtted. Donation of $1 per mem-- Ing areaa on tankers. Pumpmen bee. made toward ship'e fund. Ship urged te remain sober while dis­ fund 832. ISome disputed ot. Blcc- charging cargo. tririan hospitalized. Reports aceoptad. Motion to have saBing board VALCHBM (Meren), May «o-chalrposted Friday and eliminate the 8 man, C. fiemem Secfetary, W. m on wcekenda and ti Iff. call Noita. Ship's fund 837. Two men 8 IPM to 8 AM to wojlt. Tnm in all misted dUp. Few hours disputed «t. soiled linen. LASVC Bliip in filU New delegate Meeted. Few rei^s manner. Order new ice machine. to be made. RBpBir Rat ta be pasted V«to of thaiiki to etcward dept. for on boatd-^emberB te Ust Mpeife. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory Carrlars), April 37)—Chairman, O. Champiln; Sacratary, J. Pulien. Ship's fund B1.S7. New delegate, secretary and treasurer elected. Proper attire to bo worn In messrooim Repair list,' to be kept up to date and submit •amo so that repairs can bo made ;and headquarters notified of ahoroetdo repairs ta advance of return to •sUtes. 'The clectrlclBB ggld be oOeB year im teiay. doliais. FOET HOBKINB (CHlec Service), April IS—ClwlmMN, C. Olbbtf Eecretcry, E. •eUliiB. Ship's fond BU. Black gang absent—warfclng one man at present. New datogate and traaaurer elected. Ship needs fumigating for roaches. Indeavor to keep pantry clean. Te have awning Bnisbed. Deck gang will not turn te ta pump reams until deck A dept. get tegethar about what ahodld he done about It —suggest spectal meetlnr and send­ ing letter to patrefanaB. Con Wishing Moke It So? cates. It's tba "friendly" thing to do; of course, but etiquette isn't everything. Tour friend on the dock can easily become your com­ panion en a marble alab by such practices. Customs and Quarantine officials also get kind of shook up when they spot such goings-on. As tbo Pennant points out, the "smart" thing to do when you're confronted with social obligations ef this typo Is te wait until you're both on terra fima. Nobody can quarrel with thai advice. H. G. Ridgeway was recorder at the Pen­ nant meetliig. Wishing doesn't alwayi make things come true, though it did in the case of the Longview Victory when the gang was hoping 'for one last fling in Spain before heading home. Besides having "a Ul bit ^e luck," they bad some help from a stow­ away as welL It all developed while the Longview was in Barcelona to pick up cargo for New York, according to a h i p' 8 reporter Paul Franco. "As we were dockside, a rumor came around that we are going to top off in Cadiz, which made everybody real glad," he said. However, as the France riiip sailed from Barcelona the report came down that Cadiz was out, which produced 'a lot of long faces." Finally, about two hours away from Gibral­ tar the Snd electrician came around with two things: a Mg smile and a Spanish stowaway in tow. Next Stop: New Toifc The free-rider had tlie Idea the ship was going to Cadiz, so he. tee, developed a long face when he wae told New York was the next stop on the line. It seems he had been on the dock In Barcelona asking around, where the ship was going and when some ef crew told him Cadiz, he Just bopped aboard when no one was looking. As things turned out, the skip­ per had to wire for orders on what to do with him and was told to stop off in Cadiz after all. Happily for everyone, "we went to Cadiz," Franco added, "and after about six hours delay put the Longview back on course. As you can see, sometimes rumoi 3 can be true after alL" Stay Put For Idle Pay Seafarers who are collecting state imemployment benefits while on the beach waiting to ship are urged- to stay put and avoid changlBg thdr mailing addresses if they want to continue re­ ceiving their checks regularly. Several Seafarers have already experienced Interruptions of from three to five weeks In getting their next dieck after they notified the state unemployment offices that they had moved and changed their mailing address. An avoage delay of a month is reported In most cases, causing considerable hardriiip to the men Involved. They're Just Pals ANO SHORE M&V!' mMATtxm&vsn TOAecuWesiER' AUATsjieaAu SEAQHSTPRICK your SEA CHEST SHORE WEAII SEA eCAl ( SEA 6EAII • tHOH TEAR BiiirM *^lps" Garrtien OIK! this Brakmc bufl teen to havB tfiot old feeJIR9 w»«n gat iogothor. Tha bull wos carried as deck cargo on • roeent vovogo of M Robin Trent. Garrison was one of the mony Seafarers Jie **stud[ te his guni" and stayed on the Trent until the Re^. line beef wes aH ever. •i �SEAFARER^ Page Faarfeen LOG-A-RHYTHMS By M. Dwycr And the seagulls cry As they fly away, A sound I'll hear Let me live in my house Until Judgment Day; ^ the side of the sea. When my seaman's heart Where the waters are pure, At last sails free. And the air blows free; From this light I tend Let me tend, my duty, By the side of the sea. yhe beacon light Which guards the lonely ships at night. ^ The Keeper Let me serve those strong and noble men, • Who know ^hat when there's trouble, then ^ey can count on m« To do my best. And guide them to a harbor's rest. Oh the waves rush in, to kiss the shore. At times they sound like the thun­ der's roar. But I'm at ease As safe as can be, in my sturdy house By the side of the sea. Seagull The seagull's cry is heard Across the barren shore. The rushing tide flows in To kiss the land once more. Fog engulfs the bay. The ghostly vapors twist; Beside the dunes I stray. In ever-present mist. The seagull's cry is heard Across the barren shore. It seems to make a mock'ry of me By cfying nevermore. m HALL DIWORY SlU, A&6 District BALTIHOKE........Ul8 S. Baltimore St. Ean Sheppard, Agent EAatem 7-4900 BOSTON 376 State St. Jajnea Sheehan, Agent Blchmond 3-0140 HOUSTON...... V4203 Canal St. Robert Hatthewl. Agent Capital 3-4089S 3-4080 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Lerojr Clarke. Agent HKmlock 6-9744 MOBILE 1 South Lanence St. Cal Tanner. Agent HEmlock 3-1794 MORGAN CITY 6U Front St. Tom Gould. Agent Phone 2196 MEW ORLEANS 023 BlenvlUe St. Lindaey WiUiama. Agent Tulane 8636 NEW YORK 679 4th Canadian District HALIFAX. N.S. MONTREAL.. FORT wnXIAH iSoti EoUl* St. Phone 3-8911 634 St. James St. West PI.ateau 8161 Ontario PORT COLBORNE Ontario TORONTO. OnUrlo 400 Simpson St. Phone; 3-3221 103 Durham St. Phone: 5591 372 King St. E. EMpire 4-9719 VICTORIA. BC 61714 Cormorant St. EMpire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 398 Main St. Pacific 3468 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone: 6346 BAGOTVILLE, Quebee 20 Elgin St. Phone: 049 THOROLD. Ontario 83 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 44 Sault-au-Matelot NORFOLK 127-139 Bank St, QUEBECQuebee Phone; 5-1389 I. BuUock. Acting Agent MAdlson 2-9834 SAINT JOHN m Prince WUUam St. FHILADELPmA 337 Market St. NB OX 3-9431 8. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1639 PUERTA da TIERRA PR 101 Pelayo Sal CoUa. Agent Phone 3-3996 SAN FRANCISCO 490 Harrison St. Marty Brelthoff. Agent Douglas 2-9479 SAVANNAH 3 Abercom St. E. B. HcAuley, Agent Adams 3-1728 SEATTLE 3909 1st Ave. Sea GUlette. Agent Main 3-4334 TAMPA 1809-1611 N. Franklin St. Tom Banning. Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON. Calif 009 Marine Ave. Heed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS.. .679 4th Ave.. Bk^ SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECREnTARY-TRBASURERS AIgina, Deck W. HaU. Joint Simmons. Eng. R. Matthews. Joint E Mooney. Sid. J. Volpian. Joint Good Angling fe ; -pi - SUP HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone 9-8777 PORTLAND 311 SW tUay St. CApital 3-4336 RICHMOND. Calif....910 Macdonald Ave. BEacon 2-0925 SAM FRANCISCO 490 Harrison St. Douglas 3-8363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 WILMINGTON...; 005 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK..... 079 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 96169 Great Lakes District ALPENA 1219 N. Second Ave. Phone: 713-J BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAND 1410 W. 29 St. MAin 1-0147 RIVER ROUGE ..10229 W. Jefferson Ave, River Rouge 18. Mich. VInewood 3-4741 DULUTH 621 W. Superior St. Phone: Randt-lpb 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3281 E. 92nd St. Phone; Essex 5-2410 At the time this was token, Seafarer Charles W. Hemmis claimed the title for the big­ gest fish (a 25-pound jack) caught by anyone on his ship. We don't know which ship he meant, but Brother Doniseron gets credit for the picture. June 6, IdSS LOG Sees Maria H. In Top Shape To the Editer: The Maria H., which belongs to the Herald Steamship of Naw York, is manned by ,the most . sober, conscientious bunch of SIU brothers I have ever sailed with. You can feel at.all times the homey atmosphere and coopera­ tion among all hands that makes the difference. All ships are the same; the fellows living 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. together aboard are the ones who make them good or bad. We alsQ have a bunch of very nice officers. The captain is one of the best. The trip is still young as we are bound for Turkey, but I have a hunch and every confi­ dence that it will be a fine trip all along.. We also have a very good steward department, which is trying its. best to please and keep the morale of this swell bunch in top condition. The steward department staff con­ sists of the following brothers; Thomas Bolton,, steward; Wil­ liam Nuttal, chief cook; E. F. Lamb, 3rd cook; John Davis, BR; Ray Atizado, saloon MM; Charles W. Lane, crew MM; Bernardo Tembocai; crew pan­ tryman, and myself as night cook and baker. We all wish a. happy summer to' our officers and brothers wherever they are. Eladio Grajales $> $• ding anniversary. Also, I hope to make good my promise to. take my son and nephew to Texas to visit a real ranch if they pass in~^chool. This will also ^e me a chance to hit the open road in ihy new Dodge. My best to the brothers and my thanks to the SIU as a trade union for making ail these things possible. Clarence L. Cousbu 4. i Clipper Crew Lauds Doctor To the Editor: I know that the LOQ, always has a space to give honorable mention to a person who is for the SIU and its members. Therefore, we of the Alcoa Clipper would like to salute Dr.Dowd aboard this vessel, and hope that he sees it. It is a token of appreciation .for his services and the consideration he has shown this crew. He has gone out of his way maiiy, many times to help us when we needed medical attention and is a good man ashore as well as aboard ship. Ship's reporter Alcoa Clipper S> .4> • Has Godd Word For Houston Spot To the Editor: Having been here in Houston for the oast several years off and on, and again for the past three weeks, I would like to take time out to recommend Bill Thompson's "Sea Lounge" in this port. The place is just opposite the Manchester grain elevqtor. and is convenient to ships docking in this port. : It is a place where one can go to be treated like a gentle­ man, fairly and squarely. Bill is a nice guy, and goes out of his way to make you feel welcome and at liome in 'his place. He would like to be put on the LOG mailing list so he can have some handy when we come in to see him. He already has quite a clien­ tele of SIU men and sever.il have asked him to send in for the LOG so they can pick one up after a trip and keep up with the latest news of the union and shipping. George Meltser (Ed. note: If someone will give us the mailing address, LOGS trill be sent there regu­ larly.) Hails Welfare Plan Service Miami Shuttle To the Editor: Recently my son had to have emergency surgery for a hernia and I had to file a claim for benefits with the SlU Welfare Plan. I'd like all the brothers to know that I got first-rate service not only in terms of the benefits I received but also the speed with which they were handled. When you have sickness in the family with all the worries that go along with it^ it Is very comforting to know that you have the Welfare Plan in yoiir corner and that they will help you meet the freight. Allen Friend To the Editor: Things are running along smoothly, with a fine bunch of Seafarers aboard the SS Cities Service Miami doing a topnotch job in the SIU manner. The photo was taken at a < shipboard meeting on the way to Sasebo, Japan, from the Per­ sian Gulf. We expect to make two or three more shuttle runs from the Persian Gulf to Ja­ pan and then come back home. Regards to all the officials and boys back on the beach. Alex Janes Ship's re^rter Runs Smoethly He Yearns For The Open Road To the Editor! Conditions aboard the Coastal Crusader (Suwannee) as far as quarters, food and cleanliness are concerned rank with the best in the tradition of the SIU, in my estimation, with few ex­ ceptions. While stowing paint on the way down to Recife though,^an ordinary seaman almost acci­ dentally himg himself. Fortu­ nately the daymaii^as equal to the occasion -dnd saved the day by his quick action. Then, a few days out, the bosun hooked a large fish (a wahoo) while trolling from the stern of the vessel. We had it for din­ ner. Very tasty! I'm now looking forward to arriving home in July, when I hope to help my parents cele­ brate their golden (50th) wed­ The black gang contingent on the Miami includes (front, I to r) James Gordon, oiler; C. Johnson, fireman; J. DuHaddaway, engine maintenance; "Andy" Anderson, pumpman; rear, "Frenchie" Million, oiler; G. fVlueller, wiper; Jake Nash, pumpman, and W. Wallace, fireman. "Swede" Ohstrom was the photographer. �jfjipp 1. uu SEAFARERS SIU BABir ARRIVALS Joseph BuzalewsU, Readlnjf, Pa. » * » Jeanne D'Are Heiraei, bom De­ cember 1, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Francis B. Howard, New Or­ leans, La; » ^ » Natalie Lmig, bora April 9,1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Horace C. Long Jr., Sah Francisco, Calif. * * Lee Ann and Nathan PhUip MeFranema Capnfo.-^bom January -28, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Danlel, bom April 4, 1958, to Sea­ Nicholas J. Caputo, Brooklyn, NY. farer and Mrs. Carl Max McDanlel, Brooklyn,' NY. * S. Edward Randak East, bom April Clementina Maldenade, bom 8,1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Hairy January 23, 1958, to Soafarer and K. East, Houston, Texas. Mrs. Ortii Maldbnado, ^ t, t. Brooklyn, NY. Harlon Dale Lowing, bom April . •- * i » 8. 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ottls Helen Rufli Mathews, born Jan­ Lewlng, Florlen, La. uary 17, 1938, to Seafarer and Mrs. Earl James Mathews, Stiarks, La. ^ i. t, — t % t Linda Jean Terry, ..bom March Comello Sahdy Minis, bora Jan­ 11, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles L. Terr^, Kosclusio, Miss. uary 28,1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. , * • t ; , Joaquin Minis, BrixAdyn, NY. * » » Nathan Wade Thranpson, bora Frank Nelson Jr., bom May 10, Febmary 1, 1958, to Seafarer and 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Frank Mrs. Charles W. Thompson, Sa­ E. Nelson, Sulphur, La. vannah, Ga. % % t * * * James Pledger Jr., bora April 13, Christine Eilsabcth Baraett. bom 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. James l^larch 9. 1958, to Seafarer and Pledger, Baltimore, Md. &Irg. Jehu O. Bamett, Gulfpoft, S> « Ml—, Daniel David Talley, bora April 16, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. •I * * Robert Joseph Bosalewski, bom Lawrence O. Talley Sr., New Or­ May 7, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. leans, La. " Loyat Rebel Families of each of the fol­ lowing new arrivals bavo re­ ceived the $200 8IU maternity benefit from tbe Seafare Wel­ fare Plan plus a $29 US sav­ ings bond ftom the Union. Photographs and Information about tbe new arrivals are wel­ comed by the LOG. Send all details to tbe editor. Photos will be returned after use. Charles Roger Terry, 8, son of Seafarer and Mrs. Charles Torry, shows off his Confodorato flag while posing with mother, Jean, ana baby sister Linda Jean outside homo hi Keseiusho, Miss, .r- TO SHIPS IN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS •mVOKEOFTHE MTD- IViRY tUNDAY, 1620 6MT (ll;20 tSt Sundayl WFK-S9, 19850 KCs Ships In Caribbean, East Coast of South America, South Atlan­ tic and East Coast of United States. WPlrIi, 1585$ KCi Ships In Gulf of Mektco, Carihbean, West Coast of Sohth America, West Coast of Mexica and US Eakt Coast. WFK-96, 18?«t KCs Ships In Mediterranean area. North Atlantic, European and US East Coast. Meanwhile, MTD 'Round-The-Worfd Wireless Broadcasts Continue • •. Every Sunday, 1915 GMT (2:15 PM EST Sunday) WCO-13020 KCs Europe and North America WCO-16908.8 KCs (t-. !•»;• ,• • East Coast South America WCO-22407 KCs West Coast South America Every Monjay, 6315 GMT (10:15 PM EST Sunday) . WMM 25-15607 KCs Australia - " WMM 81-11637.5 Northwest Pacific Recall Two More Ships, Last Of Gov't Breakouts WASHINGTON—A pointed commentary on the "boom 'n' bust" nature of American-bag shipping was tbe announcement by tbe Federal Maritime Board that two of tbe three ^ : remaining Government - char­ 4 tered vessels will be recalled frantic calls for more shipping. But larter this month. Tbe ships even after the canal was opened involved are the Rock Springs Vic­ the ships were needed to move a tory, under charter to States Ma­ heavy load of agricultural surplus rine, and the SlU-manned Fly- products. mouth Victory (Isthmian). Then the bottom fell out of the Originally, there were 134 Gov­ Industry last August and the ships ernment ships broken out in the started going back into the bonelate fall of 1956 and the beginning yard In droves. of 1957, end shipping companies When the final recall order were falling over each others feet comes through, the only ship left In the rush to get In line for Gov­ out on charter will be the SIUernment charters. At one point It manned Wellesley Victory (Isth­ got so that there were very lew mian). The two Isthmian Vlctorys usable Victory's left In the reserve. were just about the last two ves­ That was following the Suez war sels to be broken out before the which closed the canal and led to Industry did Us abrupt about-face. Many operators are vowing "never again" after having taken a licking on the charter fees. The death* of the folIouHng Seafarer* have been reported to the Seafarer* Welfart Plan and the SIU death benefit i$ being paid to their beneficiarie*. George Thomas Cooper, 67: Brother Cooper died March 19, 1958, in the USPHS Hospital. Md., of a respiratory ailment. He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Loretta Cooper, of Baltimore, Md. Burial took place In the Parkwood Ceme­ tery, Baltimore, Md. 4. EVERY I SUNDAY I DIRECT VOICE I BROADCAST rag* FUteem LOG * t Charles J. Hartman, 58: Brother Hartman died of a liver ailment on March 17, 1958, In Capetown, South Africa. He became a full member of the Union on Septem­ ber 12, 1941, and sailed In the stew­ ard department. Brother Hartman Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Hartman, of Brooklyn, NY. Place of burial Is unknown. 4< 4" EInar A. Hansen, 62: Brother Hansen died of a heart ailment on March 18, 1958, In Brooklyn, NY. He became a full member of the Union on July 20, 1942, and sailed In the deck de­ partment. He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Hansen of Brook­ lyn, NY. Burial took place In the Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. 4> 4^ 4> JMin Linn, 45: Brother Linn died of a malignancy on April 2, 1958, In New Orleans, La. He joined the Union on De­ cember 12, 1938, and shipped In the deck depart­ ment He Is sur­ vived by his wife, Mrs. Vema CeceUa Linn, of Metalrle, La. Burial was at tbe Garden of Memories Cemetery In New Orleans. 4- ^ 4i' • VltgU Edward Wllmott,. 45: Brother Wilmoth died at the |fanhattan Beach Hospital cm March 11, 1958. He became a full ipemher of the Union on July 29, and sailed In the steward d< ment. Brother Wilmoth Is by his moth^t-, Mrs. Mary Wllm of Htbbt Hills, Wcst^yirginli, was burled In Dusk Cemetery, Gil­ mer County West Virginia. Personals And Notices Iain A. Mel.air''!! Your father, Archibald Mclarep,; Charles Joyner, 54: Brother Joyis very anxious to hear from you. ner died of a heart ailment on His address Is 60 Barfillan Drive, February 6, 1958, Glasgow S, W2, Scotland. In Savannah, 4 4i i ' Georgia. He joined the Union Cyril J. Magnan on June 27, 1951, Please contact your parents at: and shipped in 1817 Collins Ave., Grand Rapids, the steward de­ Mich. partment. Broth­ 4 4 4» ' er Joyner is Sur­ Jack M. Johnson vived by his wife, Get in touch with Viola at 6410 Mrs. Emma Lee Joyner, of Savannah, Ga. Burial Howe St., Groves^ Texas. tooir'place at Mallard Cemetery, 4 4 4 ; Sardis, Ga. Michael W. Flynn 4" 4" 4« Your Wife wants you to con­ ; Charles Sweeney, 70: Brother tact her at 1044 N. 67th St., Phila­ Sweeney died of accidential drown- delphia. Pa. , ing on November 4 4^4 J 25, 1957, in New Holms ex-Jean LaFitte t'- Orleans, La. He Contact George Stanley, Penn joined the Union I J • in July 8, 1955, Explorer. Penn Shipping Co., 405 sailed in the Park Ave., NY, concerning clothing i steward depart- you lost in Savannah, Ga. ^ I ment. Brother 4 ,4 .4 . Sweeney is surCapt. Fred Fredrickson vived by his Please contact Whitey Horton daughter, Claire Armstrong, of New Orleans. Burial at 103 William Ave., Portsmouth, took place In St. Vincent De Paul Va. His telephone number is Export 3-7211. Cemetery, New Orleans. 4 4 4 4^ t 4^ Frederick (Johnny) Johnson Sylvester Gibson, 33: Brother Gibson died of injuries suffered in Please write to your mother, an auto accident on August 10, Mrs. Florence Johnson, at 104 1957, In San Francisco, Calif. He Pembroke Street, Boston 18, Mass. became a full member of the Union 4 4 4 on September 5, 1956, and shipped Clarence Hawkins . in the steward department. Burial Your wife, Mrs. Daisy Hawkins, was In the Golden Gate National wants you to contact her at once. Cemetery. Her address is General Delivery, 4> 4^ 4^ Satsuma, Ala. ^ Clement A. Fontenot 51: Brother 4 4 4 Fontenot died on March 11, 1958, In Mamou, La. He became a full Joseph Thorn member of the Union on June 6, Contact the personnel director, 1951, and sailed In the steward Texas Information Services Inc., department. Brother Fontenot Is 122 E. 42nd Street, NY. survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary 4 4 4 Fontenot, of Mamou, La. Burial Sergio Arrebola took place In the Mamou Cemetery, Contact Armando CordoVa; 626 Mamou, La. E. 5th St.. Long Beach, Calif. ^ i i 4 4 4 Remegius McDonald The J. H. Winchester Co. wants you to contact' it Its address is 351 California St., San Francisco, Calif. 4 4 4 Charles O. Lynsky Get In touch with your mother 3! 12655 Martha Street, North m •m m ..-li p �I' SEAFARBBS^IAG s • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATION AL UN ION • A^TLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • i» • Morse Plea Would Bar Subsidy Fund . To New Applicants 50 Mlle-An-Hour Submarine? Blue Cross Again Asks Rate Hikes Representatives of AFL-CIO un­ WASHINGTON—Despite the apparent need for additional ions have reiterated their opposi­ subsidies to cover new applicants, Maritime Administrator tion to Blue Cross rate Increases Clarence Morse has asked the Senate Conunittee on Appro­ in New York State in hearings currently being held by the State priations to cut back the^ Insurance Department. However, House-approved figure of 2,- Marine and other operators who the union . spokesmen conceded 300 subsidized voyages to 2,075 have operated unsubsidized but that a rate Increase Is virtually have now spent several years proc­ during the fiscal year, 1959. Morse's inevitable by next winter. request is in compliance with the essing subsidy applications to, in effect, change the rules at the last Blue Cross is currently running one made by Secretary of Com­ $3 million a month in the red, but merce Sinclair Weeks before the minute and deny their applications union spokesmen from city and without cause; committee last month. state central bodies are asking the Under the House language, the • "Operators who have succeed­ Insurance Department to author­ 2,300 voyages would be broken ed without subsidy since World ize the kgency to dip into a frozen down to seventy-five for operators War II otherwise would be driven reserve for the being. Other* which may be subsidized from US- out of US flag operations as their Wise, e 15 to 20 percent rate in­ Great Lakes ports to Europe and war-built vessels become obsolete, crease would be seen as inevitable. the Caribbean; 200 for companies and this would weaken rather than which have not held subsidies strengthen the American Merchant Pennsylvania recently granted prior to July 1, 1958 and the bal­ Marine." the Blue Cross in that state a rate ance of 2,025 for presently subsi­ Increase but demanded that the Morse requested that present dized operators. plan economize on expenditures subsidies be maintained until cur­ The Skipjack, newest addition to the US. Navy's growing nuclear* and giva tha public a voice on the New BIda Cut rent studies pertaining to the minpowered submarine lleet, slides down the ways at Groton, Conn. board of directors. Pennsylvania Under Morse's requested cut­ iiiiuiu number of subsidized vessels The vessel, reported capable of speeds up to 50 miles-an-hour, re* also instructed Blue Cross to stop back, 75 voyages would be ear­ necessary in the national interest negotiating. with hospital officiala fleets speeds possible with nuclear power. It feotures a torpedo* marked for Great Lakes operators are- completed and the true pic­ on how much it should pay a shaped hull and sail diving planes or "underwater wings." while the balance would be used to ture is known. given institution instead of set­ maintain "subsidy contracts at ting up a flat payments rate. approximately the present level." New York unions have similarly In other words, about 16 companies demanded a voice in Blue Crou with about 300 ships would con­ ^operations since the Plan is an tinue to receive operating sub­ Fire and heat drill experience aboard the Steel Age stood tho crow In good stead when integral part of many trade union sidy funds, two-thirds of which is welfare plan set-ups. Any increase split by only six companies, while it was called on to save a German ship in the Indian Ocean. operators with new requests—some . On May 9, the Steel Age received an urgent message from the German freighter, SS In rates would mean a reduction in benefits for union members for of them pending for as long as Crostafels, bound for Kara­ three years—would have no funds chi, to the effect that the ves­ deck eating through the deck plat­ Job. Captaiii Meyer had this to say: practical purposes, unless unions for subsidies. sel had a fire in a hold which ing and dripping liquid on the cal­ "AU officers and crewmembers of could negotiate increased contril^ Joseph Ball, vice-president of contained, among other cargo, a cium carbide. The hatch and all this vessel assisting In the- opera­ utions from contracted employers. States Marine Lines, which also shipment of calcium carbide. The ventilators were securely battened tions carried out their duties in a operates the SlU-contracted Isth­ master of the German ship first down. A hole was cut in the deck, most satisfactory manner. The mian Line, declared, the proposed thought he could continue to his and the entire twelve bottles of equipment was intelligently used ceiling, "would have had the effect destination without assistance, but COi were released individually into and the training program in the of denying our application for sub­ a message shortly after the first the hatch. This aid was sufficient use of emergency equipment as sidy after three years of litigation one~ indicated otherwise, since to enable the Crostafels to continue carried out in conjunction with the and hearings." Isthmian Line has the fire couldn't be extinguished the voyage to Karachi." . weekly fire and abandon-ship drills application pending for 108 subsi­ with water and the ship carried no Of the crewmembers who did the proved most worthwhile." dized voyages. Ball cited the fol­ COs fire equipment. lowing reasons why the 2,300 voy­ At this point, the Crostafels al­ WASHINGTON—The active US age figure should be retained: tered the parallel course it had Merchant Marine, which has been • That the added vessels are been running to the Steel Age In steAfdily declining for the last three order to meet the Isthmian vessel needed for defense; years, took one of its biggest drops • It would be "unfair to States for assistance. in a long time as 22 vessels entered Upon meeting, three officers and six Steel Age Seafarers boarded An NLRB examiner has charged employees of tha Anglo-Newfound­ the yards during the past month the German ship with two COi cyl­ the, United Rubber Workers union land Development Co. The final because of lack of employment. According to figures released by inders, oxygen-breathing apparatus, with unfair labor practices in pick­ count was 3,197 for the IWA and a fresh air breathing apparatus, eting the O'SuIlivan Rubber plant 498 againpt. The union also reports the Maritime Administration, there In Winchester, Va., and in con­ that it has filed 51 separate appli­ were only 952 vessels of 1,000 gross piping, hose and fittings. ducting its nation-wide boycott cations for 7,800 workers in woods tons and over in the active ocean­ Captain Meyer, the Steel Age's Master, reported the action that against the company's products. operations of tho Bowaters Corp., going US Merchant Marine as of was taken to control the fire: "The The strike highlights the union- one of the largest papermakers in the first of May. Of thesei 36 were Government-owned and 916 were fire was 'apparently caused by leak­ busting provisions of the Taft-Hart­ the world. LAKE CHARLES—All is quiet ing carboys of acid stowed on ley Act. The URW had won a rep­ >, 4 4 privately owned vessels. This re­ again on the labor front here as resentation election, 383-2, among The Communications Workers flected a decrease of more than 130 the Metal Trades unions settled the workers In 1956. When negotia­ Union have announced plans to vessels since May, 1956. their dispute with the Cities Serv­ Money Exchange tions for a contract failed, the construct a new eight-story head­ Only two ships joined the pri­ ice refinery and came up with a union struck the plant in May, quarters building in Washington, vately owned fleets to offset the new contract. The agreement was Rates Listed 1956. But the company hired DC. The union will combine its general decline. The ESso Lexing­ ratified by the membejrship at spe­ strikebreakers and continued to Washington and Richmond; Va., ton completed construction and The following Is the latest cial meetings. Although all of the available listing of free ex­ operate. offices in the $2.5 million building went Into operation, and the SS terms of the agreement are not change rates for foreign cur­ In April, 1956, a worker in the and will rent out the remainder to Pandora returned to US registry known, it is reported to provide rencies. Listings are as of plant and the company filed for other organizations. The building, from the Liberlan flag. for an additional week's vacation June .4, 1958 and are sub­ another election in which strikers which will be located at 20th and with pay for men with 10 years' ject to change without notice. were not allowed to vote, although K Streets, NW, will be ready for Of the 82 privately-owned inac­ tive vessels laid up because of lack service, among jather improve­ England, New Zealand, South Africa: many of them had ten years or occupancy sometime before the fall of cargoes, 16 are dry cargo ships ments. *2.82 per pound (terllng. more employment with the, com­ of 195&. and 36 are tankers. The declina It has been a very slow shipping Australia: *2.24 per pound aterUps. pany. The union was voted out in in oil charters is also seen in tha Belgium: SO francs to-the doQar. period' as only 27 men shipped this election, 288 to 5. It hits been Denmark: 14.80 cents per krone. The Retail Clerks Union and the report that while there were no out from this port. The outlook pickrtinti since and has asked the France- 4S0 francs to the dollar. teamsters have announced the ne­ new construction contracts placed for the future is not promising as support of all other trade unions Germany: 4 mark* to the dollar. gotiation of a five-year agreement during Ihe month, 2 new tankers only a few vessels are scheduled to in boycotting O'SuIlivan products. Holland: 3.T-3.B guilders to the dollar. with Montgomery Ward and Co., were postponed and one tanker hit the port during the period and The URW will appeal the examin­ Italy: 624 lire to the dollar. the big niail' order and department conver^on was canceled. there are plenty of men on the er's findings. Norway: 14 cent* per krone. store chain. The pacts-, which have beach jto take any openings. Portugal: 28.79 escudos to the dollar. $1 •, 4", • to be ratified by the locals of the Calling into the area during the Sweden: 19.33 cents per krone. ' International Associatioh of two unions, contains "an acrosspast period were the Royal Oak India; 91 eentg pgr rupee, /obdworkers scored ope of the the-board wage increase, a cost-ofPakistan: 21 ceats per rupee. Chiwawa, Winter Hill, Bents Fort, Argentina: 33 pesos to the dollar. t^figiest victories in Canadian living clause and a modified union CS BMtimore, Fort Hoskins, .Brad­ Brafii: .008 cenii per cryzdlre. history last wee^ when .It shop agreenient." If accepted, the ford Island, Council Grove (Cities Unigua;y: .im centa per peso. .v.; as overwhelmingly elected bar-; agreement wiirend the CIi; "V 2()Venezhelai 89.88 Mnts per hoUvar. gaining representative for the 4,20(1 week strike^ Against Hie-company- ,•-( •i Steel Age Saves German Ship No Cargo — 22 Ships Co Into Lay-Up CS Settles PactDispute s-. Know! il •; J � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 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 June 6, 1958 Description An account of the resource Headlines: FOUR PORTS START EYEGLASS BENEFIT SIU BUYS SITE FOR NEW PHILA. HALL ‘CREW SS ATLANTIC; SIU WINS MAJORITY MODIFIED RR BILL STILL A THREAT TO MARITIME INDUSTRY BULL CREWS WIN LAYOFF PAY BEEF US REPORTS CS NUCLEAR SHIP PLANS SEATTLE PICKS ‘MISS MARITIME’ CANADA SEAFARERS VOTE WALKOUT ON WEST COAST SHIPOWNERS HIT PROPOSAL THEY FOOT SUEZ REPAIR BILL MAW CAMPAIGN NETS 5 MORE NY PLANTS PRE-1941 ALIEN WOULD GET ENTRY MFOW BOOSTS DEATH BENEFITS JOBLESS PAY BILL UNDERMINED US OFFICIALS SEE OK OF RUBBER RAFT SUP AGENT HITS RATE WAR BY SUBSIDIZED SHIP CO’S SS ATLANTIC HIRES FULL CREW P-A DROPS INTERCOASTAL SHIP SERVICE UNIONS OF AMERICA NAT’L ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS NMU FINKS IN BRAZILIAN STRIKE URGES YEAR’S BAN ON ’50-50’ CARGO FOR RETURNING RUNAWAYS PROPOSE MASS SALE OF SHIPS IN RESERVE AID REPORT BACKS CHARGE OF US BIAS ON ’50-50’ RECALL TWO MORE SHIPS, LAST OF GOV’T BREAKOUTS MORSE PLEA WOULD BAR SUBSIDY FUND TO NEW APPLICANTS BLUE CROSS AGAIN ASKS RATE HIKES STEEL AGE SAVES GERMAN SHIP CS SETTLES PACT DISPUTE NO CARGO – 22 SHIPS GO INTO LAY-UP 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 06/06/1958 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XX, No. 12 1958 Periodicals Seafarers Log