https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/6ade782abad08958f3e15c31de73434a.PDF 2cd98c5480d334d135518637c8de8765 PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers international Union of North America Vol. VIII. No. 5 NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1946 SlU ELECTS NEW OFFICIALS FOR 1946 Calmar And Ore Sign Contract . Subject to membership rati­ fication, the Seafai'ers Interna­ tional Union of North America has signed agreements with the Calmar Steamship Corp. and the Ore Steamship Corp. The-agree­ ments incorporate features su­ perior to the majority of con­ tracts now held by the SIU. As usual, * provisions of the agreements are far superior to any held by the National Mari­ time Union (CIO), the Marine Cooks and Steward of the Pa­ cific (CIO) and the Marine Fiiemen. Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers of the Pacific (Ind.). SIU officials who conducted the negotiations with the Calmar and Ore shipowners, look upon the agreements as a major vic­ tory for the Union. While there- still are some ob­ stacles to complete . agreements to be ironed out with the ship­ ping companies, SIU officials are confident that these would be dealt with to the further bene­ fit of the Seafarers. FULL REPORT DUE A full report of the negotia­ tions and all features of the agreement was presented to SIU rank and file members in the New York' Hall on January 30. As the Log went to press, copies of the agreeiiieiit were being rushed to all SIU Halls to be brought before the membership for ratification. The agreement followed a fouryear curtailment of negotiations brought on by the war. In December, 1941, as a re­ sult of a National Labor Rela• tions Board election, the SIU was designated as the collec­ tive bargaining agent for seamen • aboard ships of the Calmar and Ore Lines. The war then iriterrupted contract negotiations. Next step was a review of the Union's demands and the com­ panies' counter proposals by the War Labor Board's shipping panel. Because the SIU present­ ed a better case than the com­ panies, the WLB panel denied most of the proposals by the com­ pany and granted the majority of the SIU proposals. These were modified, however, to comply with conditions prevailing in the shipping industry in general. directives on cases pending, but merely issued recommendations. The agreements reached by the SIU and the Calmar and Ore Lines follow, in most cases, the recommendations of the WLB, and are almost certain to be ap­ proved by the membership when reviewed. They cover various phases of pay and overtime pay, and work­ ing conditions. That it would be superior to agreements made by the NMU and the other CIO and independent seamen's unions was a foregone conclusion. But, Sea­ farers officials pointed out, it goes even further than that. It •contains provisions that are bet­ ter than most agreements or con­ tracts the SIU now holds with other shipping companies. Simultaneous coastwise Branch meetings of the At­ lantic & Gulf District, held last Wednesday night, accepted the report of the Tallying Cx)mmittee on the election for District Officers for the year of 1946 and voted to install the winning candidates into office. John Hawk, running unopposed, was re-elected as Sec-f retary-Treasurer for his seventh, s°l"tmns authorizing the buying , , , of Union Halls m the Ports of term. J. P. Shuler won the post Philadelphia, of Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, Incoming officials pointed out replacing Louis Coffin, who was the great gains made by the elected Jacksonville Agent. In Seafarers during the last year, addition to filling the executive and pledged themselves to bet­ posts of the Union, the member­ ter the excellent -record the out­ ship overwhelmingly passed re- going officials had set. Success in the organizing campaigns the SIU is now undertaking, par­ ticularly in the Isthmian fleet, will definitely establish the Sea­ farers as the strongest union in maritime, it was stated, and the maintenance and extension of the membership's support will insure Crew members of , the. William D. , . Hoard, Isthmian*" , , were opened, and Brother R. succe.ss in that field, they said. The resolution to buy a buildLine, voted unanimPusl);^ for the Seafarers International gates was unanimously elected. Union as the Union of their choice at the Mt regular ship's for Engine Dele-lff in the Port of Boston was , voted for by 86 per cent of the meeting held aboard that vessel. Isthmian seamen were gate were opened, and, „ Brothers i Philadelphia was highly incensed, at the lying reports appearing in the E. Warner and H. Hutchinson authorized to purchase a building January 18th issue of the Pilot.* were nominated. Warner was by 81 per cent of those voting. and were resentful of the false Stevens was nominated and elected. Constitutional provisions require claim put forth by the NMU elected by acclamation. Steward Dept. nominations a two-thirds majority, so these ~ NEW BUSINESS propaganda sheet Jhat "they" were E. Nova, H. Davis and J.' resolutions were declared passed. Moved and supported by Can­ Cannon. Brother Cannon was had assisted the crew in beating Since the Constitution dues nut some logs and collecting $3,000 non and Pedersen that one dele­ unanimously elected. provide for the disposal of used gate be elected from each de­ in disputed overtime. Moved and supported by Bro- ballots, it was recommended that partment. Carried. These Isthmian seamen decid­ the ballots be held until. the Nominations for Deck Delegate (Contitiued on Page 12) ed on the Seafarers after careful Quarterly Finance Committee is consideration of all the factors elected to audit the books and involved. As one man aptly put bills for the first quarter of 1946. it, "If that (referring to the Pilot This committee is to have the story) is the way the NMU does authority to destroy all ballots business, then we sure as hell for the 1946 elections. want no part of it!" This seemed Following is the complete list to be the opinion of all the men of all Atlantic & Gulf District of­ aboard the Hoard, and they de­ ficials for the coming' year: GALVESTON — He looked like an oldtimer when clared their intention of joining he walked into the Hall here the other day. Anyone who District Officers the SIU as soon as possible. Hoard Crew Hurls Lie At NMU; Votes To Support SIU In Election Oldtimer Joins Seafarers; Blasts NMU Leadership After the entire issue of union­ ism was thoroughly thrashed out at the Hoard meeting, the men voted unanimously in favor of the Seafarers to the tune of 24 for the SIU and 0 for the NMU. Minutes of the first Union meet­ ing on the Hoard are- herewith presented in their entirety. MEETING OF JANUARY 22 « The meeting was called to or­ der at 12:30 p.m. by Acting En­ gine Delegate . Earl Warner who explained that the purpose of the meeting was to elect delegates from each department by popular vote to represent the crew membei-s in any shipboard beef. Nominations for C h,a i r m a n were opened. Btothers J. Cannon and J. Briant WAre ngminated, RECOMMENDATIONS and J. Briant was elected. After V-J Day, the policy of the WLB was changed. It no Nominations for Recording longer had the authority to issue Secretary, were opened, and G. •-J had been sailing for long could have spotted him for a seaman. There was a sort of swagger about him, the sort of air that says "I haven't got a chip on my shoulder, but I'll damn well knock one oft* yours if you try to make any trouble for me." Said his name was Adams— Sherwood J. Adams. Then he looked straight at us. "I want to see one of the SIU piecai'ds," he said. "I want to join the Sea­ farers." We shot a question at him, quick. * "Yes,", Sherwood J. Adams said, right off, "I'm a member of another union already. I'm a member of the NMU." • 41" '. i;.o.• A k.'?;', -c - ASSISTANT SECRETARYTREASURER J. P. Shuler New York AGENT Paul Hall DECK PATROLMEN Joseph Algina James Sheehan ENGINE PATROLMEN Joseph H. Volpian James Hanness STEWARDS PATROLMEN Claude Fisher R. E. Gonzales $64 QUESTION What the hell, we asked, was he doing in a Seafarei's* Hall?Adams allowed as how that was a right prime question. He said he was expecting a question (Omtinuei OH Bnge 4) SECRETARY-TREASURER John Hawk Boston AGENT John Mogan SHERWOOD J. ADAMS (Continued on Page 9) •41 �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, February 1. 1946 SEAFARERS LOG Pnblisbed Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor • At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 X if HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK = Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., Now York City Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 UNITY' Leaking badly at its scams with the signs of imminent disintegration now visible to the naked eye, the National Maritime Union is issuing frantic and hysterical appeals for "unity on the 'waterfront." The Seafarers admits that unity among all maritime workers is something which must be achieved if seamen are to keep and advance still further the gains they have made in recent years—gains that were made by the SIUSUP despite sabotage by the NMU commie-inspired lead­ ership. . Waterfront unity is certainly a good idea; but it all depends upon with whom you .ire uniting and for what purpose. Their past record and present actions of their leaders is the most- powerful argument against uniting with the NMU. If a united waterfront is to be a reality, and success­ fully encomp-iss all sections of maritime labor- it must be built on the firm foundation of progressive, dernocratic, rank-and-file trade unionism—standards which the NMU has never recognized. For the benefit of those seamen and maritime work­ ers who have newly entered the industry and who do not know the score, we will enumeiate the facts of life as fatThis Branch has submitted a VANCOUVER — This branch as the NMU is concerned. of the Seafarers International brief to the War Labor Board Oldtime membership is deserting the NMU in droves Union is throwing its entire of Canada requesting certain and joining the SIU for the betterment of their wages, weight into a campaign to changes in conditions on vessels working and living conditions. Read the story of Sherwood modernize the Port of Vancouver. operated by the Union SS Co.; Adams in this issue of the Log; he is a perfect example of As it stands now, the waterfront the CPR, and the Canadian Na­ needs an entire overhauling to tional Steamship Service. The the typical rank and file seamen who helped found and provide adequate modern dock­ Union asked that uniform condi­ build the NMU, but can no longer bear to see the organi­ ing facilities so that this Port can tions prevail on all three lines zation subverted. make full use of its potentiali­ and made the following demands: ties, and io eliminate the dan­ MAKE DEMANDS There is no unity within their (NMU) organization; gerous fire hazards that the pres­ 1. That salaries be raised for as witness the case of Ralph Rogers, former national offi­ ent wooden structures now every rating. Examples: Quar­ cial, who resigned in disgust. Top leadership is divided into are. termasters to receive $120 in­ two factions fighting for control, and there are rank and stead of the $100 they now get; POLITICAL MESS file groups actively opposed to sellout NMU leadership. Greatly needed are at least two Oilers $120 instead of $105.75; Even with the lame excuse of the war emergency large fully-equipped fire boats Chief Cook $155 instead of $120. finished, their mis-leaders are still collaborating with the capable of handling a major (Canadian^ seamen have not had a raise in their basic wages in shipowners, eliminating jobs for the members and piling v/aterfront blaze. There were twenty years). additional tasks on their shoulders by making them per­ two major fires here in recent 2. Raise the overtime rates to times, and the present equipment form jobs which should be done for them. (See story by could not handle them. The 85 cents an hour instead of the J. P. Shuler on page 3 for more on this question.) whole port set-up is a political present 50 cents. Lies and intimidation are part of the NMU's stock mess, and should be cleaned out. 8. All longshore work done by in trade; just read the William D. Doard story which ap­ Vancouver will never-amount to seamen to be paid for at the prevailing longshoremen's rates. pears in this week's Log, and check the reproduced affida­ much if present policies are con­ If done at a port where no regutinued. vit in the editorial which was printed two weeks ago. These are the facts which tell of the almost unbelievable depths to which desperate NMU commie leaders are going to gain tioii. Only after the conimle party demands and con­ tinuously changing line have been complied with are the their evil ends. members considered at^all. When allegience to a foreign Scabbing on other maritime workers is an old NMU country and ideology controls the decisions of their leaders, story. Recently in Philadelphia when the Tugboatmen how can American seamen expect consideration? were out on strike, they attempted to break a legitimate Yes, we all want unity on the waterfront, and v/e strike of* their fellow workers by openly scabbing. This, oi course, was in line with their long record of strike 'must have unity for progress and continued survival. However, that unity must be on a basis of militant, pro­ breaking and scabbing. gressive, honest trade unionsim like the SIU practices—=• Members of the NMU receive secondary consideranot scabbing, finking, and kowtowing to the shipowners! by-, lar rate has been established, then the pay shall be no less than 85 cents per hour. 4. Compensation at the rate of $1 per day while carrying dan­ gerous cargo; i.e., explosives, gasoline, etc 5. That the eight-hour day be established on Canadian vessels. (Present hours are, depending on the company, from eight to twelve hours a day.) 6. An extra day's pay for all legal holidays while at sea, and overtime for all such, days while in port. 7. Annual holidays with pay, on the has:.; of seven days for six continuous months of service, and fourteen days for twelve months service. AID U. S. SHIPS All U. S. ships coming into this Port, and there have been many lately, are all contacted by our Patrolman who floods them with Logs and any other material we have, and, of course, squares away all beefs. Sometimes these vessels take up so much of our time that we have to neglect our own. How­ ever, we work like hell to satisfy everyone. We have shipped quite a lot of our members on U. S. ships lately, when they have been shorthanded in our ports. It really means something to our members to ship on your vessels where they have decent condi­ tions. '.hyig-.-r ' '9 ii �Friday, February 1. 1946 Lewis' Miners Back In AFL MIAMI, Fla. — John L. Lewis signed a check for $9,000 ]ast week and 600,000 miners found themselves back in the AFL which they descried almost 10 years ago. In paying the United Mine Workers' January dues, Lewis also took over the seat at the AFL Eecutive Council table va­ cated by Harvey W. Brown, pres­ ident of the Intl. Assn. of Ma­ chinists, whose 700,000 members dropped out of the Federation in October, 1945. AFL President William Green said that "I interpret this step taken by the mine workers as evidence of their determination to wipe out the division of labor and to establish unity. It might be interpreted as a move to place the house of labor in order. It will have a profound effect upon the expansion and development of a united labor movement." He added that "The story that I was going to retire with the return of Mr. Lewis is false. I am going to continue as president of the AFL." PROGRESSIVE MINERS The one discordant note in Lewis' "homecoming" was the vehement objection of the 35,000 members of the Progressive Min­ ers of America. President John Marchiando declared that "The act of the Executive Council in my opinion is a strict violation of the AFL constitution." The -last AFL cpnverition, he asserted, ruled that an AFL affiliate must give its consent before another organization in the same craft may be admitted. "That consent was nevei; given —and never will be—by the Pro­ gressive Miners of America," said Marchiando. He said that the issue will be presented to the union's membership whether to give consent or leave the AFL. Nationwide Boycott Of Montgomeiy Ward Proposed By Union ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. (LPA) ^A nationwide boycott of Mont­ gomery Ward 'by labor and the public was urged last week by the general executive board of the United Retail, Wholesale & Dept. Store Employes in its quar­ terly meeting here. Wards, whose 76,000 employes the URWDSEA has tried to or­ ganize for nine years, has "con­ sistently attempted to defeat or­ ganizations of its employes, has resorted to espionagCi coercion and intimidation, and having failed, refused to bargain in good faith," the unanimously passed resolution declared. 1" THE HE'S TYPICAL This is Jake Richard, who re­ cently completed a trip on an Isthmian ship, the SS Norman Mack. He is typical of most of the younger men who came out of the maritime Service and land­ ed with Isthmian. In France, he met several Seafarers, who told him about the SIU and invited him aboard their ship. What he saw convinced him where his place was. When he came to the States, he reported to the SIU Hall in New Orleans, and applied for membership. He knew what he wanted—and he got it—a lucky thing for him and for the Sea­ farers. SEAFARERS LOG Page Three SIU Makes First Move Toward Union Operated Upgrading School The first concrete step toward the establishment of an SIU up­ grading school for the Seafarers' membership was taken last Wed­ nesday night when coastwise Branch meetings voted over­ whelmingly for a resolution that authorized the election of a com­ mittee to investigate the possi­ bilities and advisability of es­ tablishing such a school in the Port of New Orleans. There has always been great membership sentiment in favor of such a step, as informal polls, resolutions from ships meetings and letters to the Seafarers Log have shown. The resolution, sub­ mitted by Brothers Paul Hall, C. J. Buck Stephens and J. Steely Vv^hite, pointed out that there is a great shortage of men in quali­ fied ratings, while there is an over-abundance of unqualified ratings in practically all ports. Being unalterably oposed to gov­ ernment controlled and operated fink schools, the only move open to the Union is to own and op­ organized vessels to act as or­ erate its own school, the resolu­ ganizers, and tion states. The elected committee will re­ WHEREAS: It is obvious on turn a full report of its findings checking the shipping files and to the membership in all Ports list, that we have more than for complete discussion, and to a sufficient number of unthe scheduled Agents' Confer­ qiialifierl men on tho beach in ence. practically all ports, and The complete text of the reso­ WHEREAS: The Seafarers, while lutions follows: acknowledging thig shortage of men, is at the same time on rec­ WHEREAS: The Seafarers' In­ ord as being unequivocally op­ ternational Union of North posed to Government control­ America that this time is ex­ led and operated fink schools periencing an acute .shortage doing upgrading work which is of all men in qualified ratings, now being done, and and WHEREAS: This shortage has WHEREAS: Our membership has reached the extent where it is time after time expressed it­ making it difficult to supply self of the opinion that this ' our contracted ships in general work should be Union con­ and Pacific District Tankers in trolled and Union administered, particular with qualified rat­ so, therefore ings, and BE IT RESOLVED: That the WHEREAS: At the same time membership goes-on record as that we are experiencing a electing a committee to inves­ shortage of qualified men for tigate the possibilities and ad­ our contracted ships, we are visability of establishing in the also having difficulties in ob­ Port of New Orleans an up­ taining qualified men for ungrading school for the benefit of our membership, to help them to not only become bet­ ter craftsmen, but better Union, men as well, and NMU Cooperates Its Members Out Of Jobs By J. P. SHULER The port of New Ydfk had a fair week ,with all beefs being settled at the point of produc­ tion. Shipping fell off here due to the fact that a large number of ships have been laying in the stream without paying off. The situation should be relieved dur­ ing the coming week with more ships paying off and getting into the dock. the Seafarers International Union. In 1938 the NMU made a deal with Lykes Brothers in the Gulf whereby the* Watertenders on water-tube boiler ships were el­ iminated, and the rating ;:Fireman-Watertender" created. At the very birth of their set-up in 1937 they agreed to a deal with Moore - McCormack whereby Firemen worked day work, Watertenders fired and Wipers Another reason for lighter were eliminated. shipping is the reduction of the PHONY PLAN stewards department on Liberty Every one of these phony deals Ships being converted from has resulted in smaller crews and troopships to cargo carriers. The S e a f a r ers International Union has a stiff fight ahead of it, especially in the Stewards de­ partment, as we not only have to fight the shipowners and steam­ ship companies but also such sellout artists as Joe Curran. One of fllurran's latest escap­ ades in labor-management "co­ operation" is exposed in an ar­ ticle in the January 25th issue of the NMU "Pilot". STILL "COOPERATING" Moore-McCormack has intro­ duced a plan to reduce the stew­ ards department by serving the crew cafeteria style, and Curran is setting some kind of brown nose record in what he has to say in his "passing the word — all hands and the cook" column in the Jan. 25 issue of the "Pilot." "The Union has looked over these plans with representa­ tives from. Moore-McCormack. They also gave us their ideas of having a high class cafe­ teria style of feeding on these ships, and there is a great deal of merit in their plan." The ships he is referring to are the new 150-passcnger ships now. under construction for MooreMcCormack as well as for a num­ ber of lines under contract to more work for the individual crew member. This phoney ca­ feteria plan means more and more regimentation it means that the seaman eats a la steam table, ' with cooked to order steaks, eggs, etc., becoming a thing of the past. Above all, however, it means the cutting doym of the number of messmen carried, and the creation of new low standards of service. In the past few weeks the NMU has again set the pace by scabbing on all stewards depart­ ment men and agreeing to a new low stewards department man­ ning scale. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED: That this elected committee re­ turn a full report in all details to the membership in all branches as well as referring the report to the coming Agent's conference for action and recommendation thereon. SAILING ISTHMIAN Coast Guard Up To Old Game One of the things you can al­ ways say for the Coast Guard is that it's officers are consistent— consistently Snafu. Comes now Ben Goldblatt, rated at Second Steward, with 15 years of shipping experience be­ hind him, who has a new chap­ ter to add to the book we plan to write about the CG some day, with the title "Semper Snafu." Ben was aboard the Smith and Johnson Williams Victory last October 10 when it pulled into Lellavre. Along with other crew members, he went a.sliore at 1 p.m., noticing, as he went, a sign that said the ship was leaving at 6 a.m. Ben got back about 8 p.m. His ship had left. He had misread the sign. It had said 6 p.m. So Ben moseyed over to the WSA to see whether he could pick up another ship. There were plenty of them in port. The WSA boys sent him to the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard didn't listen. He'4 missed his ship, so he was a "deserter." They put Ben on trial, forthwith. At first -they were going to charge de­ sertion, then cut it down to "mis­ conduct," being in a charitable frame of mind. And so, for "misconduct," they took his papers away from him for five months. Mind you, this was a good while after V-J Day, and Gold­ blatt is past draft age. Various Coast Guard officers have since commented that the sentence was "too severe,' but they didn't do anything about it. Now we ask you? SIU member Alfonse Rosewich, Deck Eng.. has a number of friends who have been sailing Is­ thmian for some time. He's'been a Seafarer for two years, and be­ lieves all SIU men should be ready to ship Isthmian, as condi­ tions on those ships are bad, and they really need unionizing, a la Seafarers. When Brother Rosewich joined the SIU. his ship (Burnt Island—Moran Tugs) was strafed by Jap planes in the South Pacific. He's been a deck delegate several times, and other­ wise active in the Union. �T".":••• THE Page Foui Him mm I THINK QUESTION .'—Several proposals have been made for expanding the SIU educational pro­ gram. How do you think such a program should be carried out. CURTIS NELSON — I Ihink such a program would be impor­ tant, and I'd like to see classes established in every SIU Hall. I don't believe Ihe idea of Ship Delegates running the courses aboard ship would be too prac­ tical; they'd have too damned much to do. Take this Hall, though. Everybody who's in port comes to the Hall sometime dur­ ing the day. If they don't find a ship they hang around a while. I'd like to make use of my time while I'm waiting — learning something about the Steward's Department. SEAFARERS Fed Up Wtth NMU, Oldtimer Joins SIU (Continued from Page I) like that, and he had an answer for |t. In • J-f> m '15^67 Book No "Brother," he said, "I've Boofe NO....?3.^....P got a list of beefs as long as a boatdeck. They're beefs that are everyday scuttlebutt along the entire front, and I need help. He sort of trailed off on those last words. i ' Name of Member ^ ^ He looked sort of This Must He I'miie'^VP jfiaritim? Mniott of Then he came back strong. "Look, Brother, I'm one of the original members of the NMU. I joined the finky outfit on May 22, 1937. 1 "I thought it was a great thing then. I was in the thick of some really rough, tough and nasty fights in the days when we were building that union. Along with a lot of other good guys. We went hungrj' on the picketlines, and. Brother, when you hit the bricks in those days you didn't expect to come back aboard real soon. We were try­ ing to make a good union, and we thought we were on the right track." ^ happened," he (S.J.®. Not valid unleia countersigned AN ORIGINAL MEMBER. what 3IIE.RW(»P J .AD^ _ THIS CERTIFICATE, when signed by Ihe officers, is evidenMrthe fad thai the bearer, if corresponding to the personal description afpinded hereto is a member of the ' sheepish about asking for help. "And barked. Katioual Ittion of Amrrira, 1. SIGNATURE .K be sign ' hy member , presence of Fatrolmen) A.....B.«....AN0 603UN.. Birthplace Date of Birth... ,....?4....HI.CKS.,ST .B.I<LY.N....N.....Y. Permanent Address. Height ^r of Hair 13 Weight .PRN Color of Eyes..... - Port N Y arest Relative Relative's Address V SAMt This is a reproduction of Sherwood Adams' NMU book. Note He didn't seem to expect us to answer his half-question, so we the date of joining. May, 1937 and his low book number—Adams was just nodded. one of the founders. He was in good standing at the time he left. COMPLETE SELL-OUT The signatures of the union officials did not come out in this re­ "The leaders of the NMU sold production, as they were stamped in light blue ink, which does not us down the- river," he supplied. photograph. MICHAEL DENDAK — I be­ lieve an educational program wouid benefit the Union con­ siderably. But I am firm in the belief that the education should not be confined to Union acti­ vities and Union history. A pub­ lic speaking course would be a marvelous asset for the indi­ vidual and would help the Union as well. A man who can talk on his feet will express himself on questions that come up; it would keep the SIU the demo­ cratic outfit that it now is if everyone spoke his piece. And I think the history of trade union­ ism as a whole, net merely the seamen's unions, would be good to read about, hear about and study. ANGELO MONTEMARANO — I think the educational program should be for Ship Delegates first. If they are well grounded in unionism in general and the SIU in particular, they would be able to pass it on to the trip card members who haven't been ex­ posed to Unionism. And I think their talks on shipboard should be open to ihe 'jnorganized sea­ men, too. Those boys only need to know what it's all about to see the light. Naturally, the dele­ gates would have to learn a lot more than SIU history to put over such a program; it would mean a fairly intensive course of study for them. But I think the time and the effort that would be required would be well worth it. Friday, February 1, 1946 LOG Sherwood J. Adams, the NMU rank and filer who wanted to ship SIU, took a deep breath. . FRANK HALL — Unionism is the primary subject that should be taught, militant SIU union­ ism. If ihe boys are ambitious enough to want to learn history or some other subject, they can learn it through correspondence courses or extensive reading. But where else can they learn Union­ ism? But this is a Seamen's Un­ ion, and we should have a chance to leam things that will be valu­ able to seamen, so they can be upgraded as they progress. Per­ sonally, I'm a Baker, and I'd like to learn more about the Stew­ ard's Department. I.5;T-r. ij;,j;ITI-rr^a^:-^.sTi?5T-vT^_RijF;^v4^-fs» •'"' "I saw it happening and felt it. But by God, there wasn't a Those commies rigged all the to sling mud at the only regl damned thing I could do about it, meetings. They've got the mem­ seaman's union in existance? nor any of the other working bership by the neck." STRAIGHT COURSE stiffs either. It was as complete DISILLUSIONMENT a sell-out as ever you want to see. He looked at us, with the que.sHe shook his head sadly. We tion mark still hanging in the "Why, hell. Brother, it hurt the hell out of me to see those were impressed. Here was one air. We finally said that the dastards pull their 'management- NMU guy we could respect. He only thing we-could think of was labor program.' I could tell you had believed in his union and what he had decided to do, and things. I could tell you about fought for it. Now he was disil­ then had done—join the SIU, and those leaders—we thought they were 'our' leaders—wining and lusioned. let the poor working stiffs in the dining those same rotten ship­ We were pondering this NMU work out their own des­ owners who had persecuted us tiny if they insisted on staying in. and exploited us. Right in our thought when he blazed out own hall, too. Then, by God, again. These are the conclusions we they'd speak 'Peace—it's won­ reached about Adams through "The payoff for me—what fin­ derful.' " ally made me decide to leave the that conversation: Brother Adams—we felt that NMU—was that blast of Cur1. That he is fervently antiway about him already—was mad ran's several days ago against communist. as a wet hen, He glared at us the SIU. as he talked, and whapped down 2. That he is first and fore"It's bad enough that this sort on the desk with his fist for .most against the system that of finky guy has already ruined emphasis. allows only commies the breaks what was once a real union. But in the NMU. SCHOOL FOR FINKS to sink so low as to take pot shots 3. That Adams personally 'Look. You know what they at the only real seamen's union left in the industry—that was knows all of the NMU placards did? They start preaching to us too damned much." and thinks they all stink. how to become shipowners' stooges. Sure! They open what MORE QUESTIONS 4. That he resents, most of. they call a 'Leadership School' all, the way his former union to teach 'reading and writing and Adams simmered down some is used to push only commie NO STRIKING.'. Yeah. That's after that. We f^|t that he had propaganda instead of real what the commies called it, 'a gotten something out of his sys­ sailors' issues. leadership school,' T can think tem, and asked him a few more of a better name, though. They questions. So we have a new member of * should've called it a course in the Seafarers. We think he'll be He' answered these quietly, how to be a fink. a good one. And we have a feel­ with dignity. ing that he's the first of many We said we had seen all this, NMU rank and filers who'll no­ Yes, he had known for some too. Only from the outside. We tice how the wind has shifted asked him why he and the other time that the SIU was a good and will be coming over to 'us. rank and filers hadn't done some­ outfit. He had been of the opin­ thing to bust it wide open. "Try to stop it? Of course we did," he said. "There are a bunch of good guys in the NMU who didn't want to take it laying down. ion that seamen should work to­ ward the day when they could all be back in one union. He had even done a little spadework to­ ward planting that idea among the rank and file of the NMU. After all, the story of Sher­ wood J. Adams is the story of a lot of disillusioned men in the NMU. .Just change the name and the fact, and multiply,^ by hun­ dreds, and you have a look at But what was the use? What the situation in the union of the "But listen. It was like butting could you do in an outfit when little red rascals, Joe Curran and our heads against a, stone wall. Blackie Myers. the leadership devotes all its time The walls of the Kremlin, maybe. �THE Friday. February 1. 1946 SEAFARERS LOG Page FIVA THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS SAVANNAH HALL MADE IMPRESSION ON THIS SEAMAN Dear Editor: Much too often one notices skill of an exceptional nature, or a job being well done, and after subconsciously patting the person responsible on the back, passes on. Or sometimes we men reach the point of sitting down to write the powers that be and commend such deserved work and then, on sitting down, gradually talk ourselves out of extending such literary bou­ quets. Such is the status of a num­ ber of us crew members of the Griffco (Canadian not British) ship, being thus stricken since our unexpected call at Savan­ nah, Ga., and now is as good a time as any to make amends for our laxity. Our first impression of the Savannah hall was our bypas­ sing the obvious entrances (on the 2nd floor) in our search for the mens' room—Hmm! One can well imagine our utter am­ azement, on opening said door, at being confronted by a" daz­ zling redhead! We answered 'TO-THINK, X Auiwr TiMe/rr-wFf route HALL/ her query "what arc you look­ ing for" with "the SIU hall" and were further floored with "This is it." (Don't stand there like a fool—pick me up.) On entering we discovered that she was quite alone. The agent, Arthur Thompson, was at Charleston. We strode over to the Log & Sailor and found our­ selves being asked as to the when, where and why of our arrival which we answered me­ thodically. This, only to be further enlightened by the fact that this girl knew ships, agree­ ments, conditions etc. and was by no means an ornam.ent. When others called to make in­ quiries, pay dues or ship out, they were handled ^with the ut­ most efficiency. Business was being carried on with as little noise and excitement as pos­ sible. The office was operating as smoothly as if Arthur Thomp­ son had never gone to Charles­ ton. Later calls tended to fur­ ther our original impressiori. Now we realize the difficulty of extolling the merits of a young lady, especially when she is such a far cry from being an eyesore. The obvious con­ clusion would be that she ap­ peals to us because of her sex etc! The best we can do is to ask you to mention her to any of the lads you may know who have been in the Savannah hall. We are certain that they'll THE HARD WAY Lloyd "French" Blanchard is an oldtimer as far as the Sea° farers is concerned — his book number is G-307. As an active seaman, he knows that one of the banes of a sailor's existence is doing his own laundry. Good union man that he is. he decided to do something about it. So he went into the ship laundry busi­ ness in New Orleans, and now sees to it that seamen's troubles are reduced as far as that ques­ tion is concerned. You'll probably recognize Frenchy i when he comes aboard your ship in N. O. agree 100 percent and may, even as we, confess to the fear of praising a young lady's merits due to the obvious reaction. By the way, we believe her name's "Rusty" Shelton. In the December 21st issue of the Log under the caption "Can­ adian Tub is Harbor Landmark," our dear yacht made "its" way, her way, into print. Don't call our rust bucket a tub—she's a good ship but just doesn't .give a damn! Can she help it if her crew is convinced that, manual labor is the name of a Mexican? Bach, Brahms and Beethaven may be the three "B's" of music —the Griffco's three "B's" are Baltimore, Bacardi and Bill's Bar. To be serious again though, thank.s a lot for our mention and cartoon in the Log. We all really appreciate it. We have the be.st agreement of any 'Canadian flag' ship and ex­ pect to be able to make an in­ teresting announcement shortly. Canada's SIU, while being be­ hind that of the U. S. is by far supreme in Canada. Having been away from Canada since last March, our "Brotherhood of the Sea and security in Unity" is evident by the fact that the original crew is, with a couple of exceptions still here. From now, then, full a starboard and hard amidships! Dick Deeley. Vancouver. Canada Postwar Planning Hi—Do you believe in the five-day week? Si—I'd rather have the fiveday week-end. % ^ % Among Us Girls . Cora — That nasty friend of yours said I was half-witted. Dora—Oh, don't mind her, she always exaggerates. MATE LOSES GOAT ON THOS. SULLY: CREW'S GOT IT! MEMBERS CLAIM SCHOHARIE IS ROTTEN HULK Dear Editor: Dear Editor: When several full book mem­ bers signed on the Schoharie, they were expecting a real ship, with a competent bridge that would respect the union obliga-' tions of a crew. But no, the Schoharie is a rotten hulk, in­ fested with roaches that will walk up to you and say hello by the hundreds, inadequate show­ er facilities and unsafe working conditions aloft. Between skip­ per and mate is so much buck passing that it isn't clear to us who puts out the phony orders. The Bosun is run ragged from this combination and is ready for the proverbial stump ranch. I would like to cite a few ex­ amples. It never fails upon arrival in Believe it or not, today one of those things we all joke about but never see actually happened aboard the Thomas Sully. It was about four bells and the deck crew was fluffing off for a smoke. Three men were a little forward of the midship house when the Chief Mate spotted them. Down the ladder he flew after them, trying to get them back to work. But the deck crew was faster. Down the passageway they larfuped, and the mate righ+ after them. He finally gave up trying to figure which way they'd run. Back on the boat deck he found the boys chipping paint to beat all hell. Boy, what a mad Mate! Theodore Lang Seamen On Elwood Hills Overpaid; Captain Asks Return Of Surplus SIU President Harry Lundeberg has forwarded the fol­ lowing letters, which speak for themselves, to the Log: PACIFIC TANKERS INC. 433 California Street San Francisco 4. Calif. SS ELWOOD HILLS Jan. 7, 1946 Seafarers International Union San Francisco, California Gentlemen: I fully realize that it is not your business to collect overpayed allotments from seamen who have been paid off, nevertheless overpayed were Richard Broadus, OS, $60.00; Lee Kirwan, Act. AB, $100.00; Robert W. Lillie Act. AB, $100.00; Ward E. Foe A^t. AB; $100.00; Charles Donaldson FWT, $50.00. It seems only fair that since seamen paid off from the vessels can collect certain monies due, such as disputed over­ time retroactive pay, etc., that they in turn should make good their obligations. Now, we have certain outstanding claims against this vessel, namely, disputed overtime which may or may not be in accordance with the agreement, never­ theless this company, in accordance with its policy of playing square, is making every effort in an amicable way to settle. It seems only reasonable that the Union should reciprocate. But what I cannot understand is how any man who calls himself a man, especially a Union man, can cash a check that does not belong to him. I would greatly appreciate it if the SIU would endeavor to reclaim this money. Respectfully, Chas. Ayres, Master Here Is Brother Lundeberg's Answer: January 19, 1946 Dear Captain Ayres: I received your letter dated January 1, which was for­ warded to me from Galveston. I am in full. accord with you that the men, then were overpaid, should return the money. However, I arn sorry to say, the union has no way to forcing a man to pay back money when he has been overpaid. We have had several ca.ses of that on the Pacific Coast, and in most cases have been able to get the men to return the mpney. I don't know what you will he able to do on this matter, however, we will print your letter in the West Coast Sailor, and I will also forward a copy of your letter to the Seafarers Log and ask them to print same. That is about all I can do for you, Captain. I remain. Very truly yours, HARRY LUNDEBERG, President Editor's Note:—And so. Brothers, it looks like the next move is up to you. a port that the Chief Mate does not come aronnd with the soft .snap about "finish this or that job and you can have your draw or an hour off tomorrow or maybe two scoops of ice cream for dessert tonight!" He just has to supervise such important jobs as raising or lowering the accommodation ladders, dump­ ing garbage over the side. I have always thought that Chief Mates were indispensable for these jobs. Now we know! This character has no consid­ eration for the men in the foc'sle. On one occasion an AB injured his hand and was un­ able to turn to the next day. Chief Mate Two Scoops imme­ diately ordered him to stand gangway watch during work hours (mind you, this was after two weeks in port). Heretofore this watch had only been kept at night. This individual should stand more than a casual glance. Look him over union brothers of the South Atlantic Co. A final word about the Port Steward who provisioned this rust bucket in Philly. I would like to personally shove the bread that is being cooked aboard this scow down his throat. The flour is defective and old and it has been proved satisfactorily to the crew that it isn't the cook's fault. As usual. Pursers come up. Black on the Schoharie is no ex­ ception, little things that irri­ tate the crew, such as bridge preference and plain ignoring of the crew. This slop che.st is the lousiest of them all—ill-equip­ ped, poorly managed, next to useless. But it fits the character of the Schoharie! Salvatcre Frank Frank Betis Blackie Calucci Is An Optimist; Wants Apartment Dear Edilor: I'm going to need two or three rooms very badly, and I'd appreciate it if you'd print this letter to help me find them. Anyone who hears about a two or three-room apartment anywhere in New York, up to $35 a month, can notify,, me through Miss Marie Aversano, 1336 - 58th Street, Brooklyn, Windsor 8-0862. Thanks for your assistance. Blackie Calucci �Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, February 1, 1946 SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS ROGER GRISWOLD BEEF Cuba Victory's Mate Standout Among Stinkers All God's chillun, the song goes, got shoes. All God's chiilun, that is, except the crew of the Louis Joliet, which went without dress shoes over a period of several months, and over a stretch of sea miles extending from Baltimore to Italy, to France, to the Philippines, to Stateside again. Take a drink with any sea­ man who shipped on the Cuba Victory and you'll get a tirade against the Chief Mate, a char­ acter who bears more than a faint resemblance to Captain Bligh in one of his more sadis­ tic moments. Brother T. Kirby, chairman on the Louis Joliet, has a sneaking suspicion that all of the dress shoes aboard, except a few reserved for the officers, were sold along shore before the ship left Baltimore. Kirby recounts his shoe tale as follows: "Just after we left Baltimore I asked the purser for dress shoes for certain members of the crew. He told me there would be none for sale until we left Naples, Italy. This sweet-scented scorpion has everyone on the ship down on him, the minutes of the ship's meeting of December 9, record­ ed by Chairman Davis W. Gib bert and Secretary Elias J. Kupstras, reveal. To show you why they hate his guts so cordially, we submit the following beefs, listed by the crew at their meeting at sea. 1. Chief Male doing work lhat legally belonged lo deck hands and for which overlime would have been paid. Seafarers—left to right—F. Champa, Chief Steward: R. Har­ 2. Chief Mate taking Bos­ rington, Messman; and I. Lentini, Utility Messman (stewards dele­ un's job and generally messing gate) turning in their beef on the Waterman ship, SS Roger Griswold. They claim Capt, Jack Teston discriminated against the stewards dept., and wouldn't allow sick man (Harrington) to go to hospital until after payoff. Brass Goes To Bat; Makes Hit With Men up things in deck department, 3. Chief Mate stopping members from making regu­ lar draw for his own personal reasons. 4. Chief Mate giving man time off for time on. 5. Chief Mate laying in too small a supply of soap for laundry and cleaning. (He ordered only "75 small boxes for entire trip.) 6. Chief Mate erasing over­ time from overtime sheet and purposely losing overtime sheet. 7. Chief Mate restricting conversation with Captain, unless given permission by him to do so. 8. Chief Mate ordering members of crew from sec­ tions of ship over which he had not authority. That is the record of the sea­ going lawyer aboard the Cuba Victory. We have a feeling he won't be continuing those prac­ tices for long. Dispatcher Dept. Mystery. Nobody wants to admit owner­ ship of a lurid novel entitled "The Three Lovers." Crew Didn't Get Shod; Purser Should Be Shot It looks like there are some ships' officers whose brass is only on their uniforms Four of them on two Los An­ geles Tanker Operators ships proved that it hadn't pene­ trated their hides when they went to bat for crew mem­ bers who had gotten in trouble. Minutes of the shipboard mppting on the Fort Raliegh, at sea, on January 7, contains the following: "Motion was made by C. Bairstow that due recognition be given in The Log to Capt. Phillip Shinn and Chief Eng. James M. McKillop of the Fort Raleigh, and Capt. Friedman and Quartermaster Moon Conns of the tanker Balwin Hills, op­ erated by the same company. These officers spent a great deal of time and trouble in getting three of our shipmates out of serious trouble in Now Orleans. "Orchids to them all. We feel sure that men of the SIU and SUP sailing with the above men would be as proud* to sail un­ der and with them as we, the crew members, are." The motion was carried unan­ imously. Other business at the meet­ ing included: Election of Eugene A. Beckman as chairman and John J. Connell as secretary; resolution to try to procure a ship's library on arrival in New York; resolu­ tion that Wipers and.Messboys cooperate in keeping passage­ ways by their quarters clean; that no one be allowed in mess halls at mealtimes without at least a tee shirt on; that night lunches be reserved for men on watch only. Slips that pass in the night or what can happen wjien a type­ writer key slips. From a report, "Everyone is doing something different these days, including Don Ronan ex-Chief Mate who just recently gave berth to an a'A lb. baby girl." ANOTHER STALL "We left Naples on July 5. No shoes. The purser said we would haVe to wait until we cleared Marseilles. "We cleared there'July 30. No shoes." (If this is getting monotonous to you, just think of the mon­ otony of those answers to the Joliet crew.) "Bound for the Philippines, via Panama, I asked the purser again. Yep, you guessed it. No shoes." STILL NO SHOES "Across the Pacific the Pur­ ser told us the Captain had for­ bade him to sell dress shoes. Our answer was that we knew Topside had gotten them. We arrived at Luzon at the end of September. Still no shoes. I bought a pair, off a messboy. "Homeward bound. Purser informs us he has three pairs of dress shoes for sale which were handed back to him by Topside officers after I spoke to the Cap­ tain. (The Captain had told me that the Purser was instructed to sell shoes at Naples.) When the Purser came up with the three pairs, I told him what the Captain had said. He stated lhat lie knew nothing about it. "Now, I don't know who was doing the buck passing, the Captain or the Purser. The fact remained that we didn't get shoes. None were sold to crew members until Homeward bound. So we voted to place this with the SIU." CIGARETTES, TOO If the shoe situation wasn't enough to drive any crew to drink, there was the little mat­ ter of cigarette prices. That part was well in hand from Balti­ more out, all of the way to Panama, with cigs sold at 60 cents a carton, any brand. "There," Brother Kirby says, "new cigarettes were put aboard and priced at 88 cents a carton. "There were a few cases of the original 60 centers from Baltimore still left, but the Pur­ ser informed me these were not . ^ . ALMOST,' being sold. He didn't offer a reason. "We discussed this at length at the ship's meeting, and upon closing, we, the crew, decided unanimously to place this in the minutes for the Patrf lman upon arrival at the Port of discharge and payoff." Alan Seeger Crew Commends Log For Meetings Role The Seafarers Log came in for a hearty commendation for its role in promoting meetings aboard ship, as a stimulant to better understanding and work­ ing conditions, by the militant crew of the Alan Seeger at a shipboard meeting of January 6. Just what those shipboard meetings can accomplish was demonstrated at the turn-out at which the" Log was commended: The Seeger's crew passed a i-esOlution going on record to ask that a sizeable increase be considered in the overtime scale when the new agreement is drawn up with the shipowners, the Los Angeles Tanker Opera­ tors, Ins. The SIU and SUP now are in the midst of nego­ tiations for a new agreement. The resolution pointed out the fact that overtime scales for workers in,shore industries are nearly twice those of seamen. The motion regarding the Log follows: "We Ihe crew of Ihe SS Alan Seeger go on record commending ihe SIU and ihe Seafarers Log for plugging ship's meetings on board all ships at this tiem. We feel that this is just the thing neded to straighten out our Union conditions and prepare for the tough days that lie ahead." Another resolution ,rev^led by the minutes, in which Chair­ man and Secretary were not noted, was that the Patrolman be requested to come dowh to the ship, when it is in port, to collect dues from the crew. �Friday, February 1, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOO Page Seven It's A Tough, Rough Trip When Old Man Admits It By FREDERICK W. WILKINS When you get a Master'admitting that it's been a tough trip, Brother, it has been. The Old Man himself— Captain Harsley (one of the best)—said he wouldn't like to experience another of the same. He was talking about the Lincoln Victory's trip from Boston to Le Havre to to New York. The Captain's opinion wasn't one of a minority. All aboard agreed that it was the rough­ est and the toughest and the nastiest trip in their careers. Sleep was out of the ques­ tion on the way back. We plowed through gale after gale. The worst one we hit was on January 19. During that night, according to scuttlebutt, we rolled 55 degrees to starboard. That roll was the first of sev­ eral, and each one seemed worse than the one before. NO BED OF ROSES MINUTES OF SlU SHIP MEHINGS DIGESTED FOR EASIER READING BENJAMIN CHEW. Dec. 16— Chairman Bellow§; Secretary Coyne. Agreed to have secre­ tary infoiiii Union Agent that Calmar Line is chjseling on transportation and expense money from New York to Nor­ folk. Motion that black gang's quarters he painted was pass­ ed. Motion introduced by Bro­ ther Jimmy Pecard and second­ ed by Steward Albert Sinclair, that eggs be left out for 12-4 watch, was passed. Brother Coyne gave talk on past record of SIU; how its militant actions of the past had built up the sea­ men's standard of living. He urged increased efforts to sus­ tain and further these condi­ tions. i 4, IDAHO FALLS. Jan. 16 — Chairman L. Smith; Secretary J. Mclntyre. Reports from Stewards Delegate J. Caldwell; Engine Delegate Smokey Ball and Deck Delegate LeRoy Clarke. Carried motion to ask overtime for Wipers for trans­ ferring rough log to smooth log, since ' this is outside Wipers' regular duties. Carried motion that 8-12 Firemen and Oiler claim overtime for relieving 4-8 watch for supper on basis that they are working in excess of eight hours per day. Chief En­ gineer had ordered such relief, Motion carried unanimously, af­ ter discussion by all hands, to commend Master Donald Gra­ ham for his consideration for and cooperation with crew. Le­ Roy Clarke elected ship's dele• gate. Motion by Brother Brenan, seconded by Don LusTsy, that ships' delegate be instruct­ ed to use all available means to obtain suitable slop chest in Jacksonville for forthcoming voyage. Discussed method used by crew to obtain prompt pay­ ment pending okeh from main office in Los Angeles, but due to united front presented by crew and Patrolman E. Lapham of Boston the company paid off in full. 4. 4. it MILTON H. SMITH. Dec. 27 —Chairman Johnson; Secretary _ J, L. Dunlap. Reports from Steward's Delegate Plunkett; Black Gafig Delegate Dunlap and Bosun, who served as act­ ing delegate because Delegate E. Alninski was put ashore at Trinidad because of illness. Passed motion made by Bosun that Captain be requested to wire ahead for draw to be put out on arrival at New Orleans, since arrival would be on New Year's Eve, and banks would be closed. Motion by Bosun that men staying on ship refuse to sign on until ship is fumigated, carried. Passed motion by Stew­ ard that all coffee pots, hot plates, etc, needed in various' departments be obtained by Pa­ trolman. Passed motion by Fire­ man Lemaire that lockers be in­ spected and repaired. Passed motion that water line be in­ stalled at wash stand on fantail. 4-4 4. JOSEPH LEE. Nov. 22 — Chairman Walter Zeiler; SecTetary Donald Moars. Motion carried that steward give full account of weevil in flour and other food. Steward stated case: All flour contains weevil and fault lies with second cook who failed to strain flour. WSA condemned flour and requisi­ tion put in for supply of Brit­ ish rations; American supplies not available. Motion carried that no food containing weevil be served; that as long as food of any kind aboard, it is to be served as long as it lasts. Agreed to have delegates go with stew­ ard to WSA to check on food requisitioned; steward agpreed to abandon rationing of food, place storeroom keys in hands of cook. 4 4 4 BUNTLINE HITGH. (No date noted—special meeting) Chair- This Is Your Paper; Write, Draw For It There are two examples on this page of work sub­ mitted by SIU members: the cartoon above by Theo­ dore L. Hasbrouck cmd the tough trip story by Fred Williams. Will be glad to use your contributions, too. man P. Taurasi; Secretai-y Casiles. Motion carried to let Steward into union, providing he does not ship above position of Chief Cook. This was decid­ ed because of his general atti­ tude in the galley and com­ plaints against his cooking. Here's what happened to some of the boys aboard: Peloquin, one of the Bedroom Utilities, ,was slammed against a bulkhead and suffered a sprained wrist and a gash in his right forearm. A GI picked "one of the worst moments (and all of them were bad) of the gale to take a stroll on deck, against orders. He was carried below with a brok­ en leg. " Tommy Coiinor, Galley Util­ ity man, had one whole side of his body badly scalded when a container of soup got acquaints ed with him in a very rough manner. ENGINE TROUBLE TOO To top everyt'ning off, our Engine gang had its baptism of work trying to keep the old Lincoln up to schedule. One of the boilers sprang a leak and 4 4 4 soon was incognito. The Chief CHARLES W. STILES. Jan. Engineer looked it over, and 2.—Chairman E. Johnston; Sec­ after many hours of labor pro­ retary A. Pontoni. Ships Dele­ nounced it ready to operate. gate J. E. Mann introduced mo­ It did, for just two days. Then, tion, which was carried, that Bingo! She crapped out again. crew leave quarters clean and We stood almost still for two shipshape when leaving ship. more days until it was repaired No new business, again. 4 4 4 There was a humorous side IDAHO FALLS. Jan. 6 — to the trip, too, which I'd like Chairman L. Clarke; Secretary to tell about in note form: D. Lusby. Mbtion by Thurman, The Bosun had a 3 a. m. em­ carried, that each crew member ergency ship call because of the claim one hour overtime due to No. 1 starboard life raft decided change in sailing time in New to leave us, and hasn't been Orleans Dec. -27. Members since . . . Johnny Geagan, Crew agreed that no one signs foreign Pantryman, somehow managed articles until Hall offehs same. to deliver his celery on time Various members spoke about . . . Dick Bowman, Crew Messkeeping mess room clean and man wore out 19 mops dabbing about riders on articles. the seas out of his domain. 4 4 4 BLOCK THAT LIST! LOUIS JOLIET. Dec. 1 — Chairman Charles Ryall; Secre­ tary Walter Trent. Matter of overtime had been subject of dispute with Chief Mate and it Talbott and Engine Delegate Lessans. Joe Frechette, Chief Butcher, says he needs a new chopping block. He made the wrong swing at the wrong list . . . Sec­ ond Steward Alex Dolomauk wore out three pairs of shoes turning to the boys back aft . . . Eddie (Father) Duffy, Second Troop Pantryman and idol of the young boys aboard, scouted around for-two weeks before he 4 4 4 T. B. ROBERTSON. Jan. 5— Chairman E. L. Patterson; Sec­ retary J. W. Meyer. Delegates reports read and all difficulties settled satisfactorily. Meat "box checked and list taken of best cuts of meat, fruits and juices; findings of this investigation re­ corded with main beefs for Pa­ trolman. Motions carried: That troops be kept out of the crew messhalls at night, since they were eating up the lunch of the men on night watch; that dirty clothes be removed from show­ er; that cooperation be extended toward better cooking and baking. -- - — found his allotted bunk. And when ho found it, what a job he did on it! Tommy Connor, Troop Utility, got around to buying baby clothes at Le Havre with phony 1938 francs . . . Joe Scavuzzo, Chief Army Cook, had the WACs wacky over his a la Col­ ony sandwiches . . .Transport Mate Lester Dobbins claiming to hear piercing screams emit­ ting from the flying bridge. The Bosun was ordered to rope it off. Night Cook Melvin (Echo) Mackey trying to make a hard boiled egg stand on end in a rough gale . . . The GPs (Rail Splitters) down below trying to figure out v/hat kept all of the seamen from falling down. They were plenty impressed . . . Bob O'Hara, Fourth Army Cook, paying a tram fare with a loaf of bi'ead ... A swell crew, and all loyal supporters of the SIU . . . The trip might have been better if the keel plates had been left on. Navy Men Sit In On Ship Meeting; Are .Impressed Two Navy maintenance men aboard the Lanyard Knot were allowed to attend the ship's meeting off Okinawa on No­ vember and got a first-hand,im­ pression of how democracy works on an SIU ship. Needless to say, they were impressed with the efficiency and lack of friction as matters came up and were ironed out. What they heard was just routine, but the waj' it was handled was a revelation to them. Here are some of the things which Secretary Harry Clark disclosed as coming up and being disposed of: The Deck Department Dele­ gate brought up the shortage of water in the galley and drinking fountain: Since all hands agveed that water seemed to be plentiful, a motion was passed that the matter be brought before the Captain. The subject of theft of freshbaked bread was discussed, and a motion to try to get the handle of the ice box door fixed was passed. There were the problems of men dumping swab water in the wash trays, and of dirty dishes in tiic messhall after coffee time. These were taken care of by a discussion of who was respon­ sible and resolutions to rectify them. Discussion on clean linen end­ ed with decision to take clean spreads every other week, since supply was limited. Members also agreed to put dirty linen in • certain places and not all over the alleyways. As we said before, it. was all routine. But the Navy men had never seen anything like it in the Navy. They probably never will. �THE Page Eighi SEAFARERS • LOG Friday, February 1, 1946 Shipping Still Slow In Savannah By ARTHUR THOMPSON It's 9 Long Hours To Searsport By JOHN MOGAN BOSTON — There hasn't been a ship in Boston this past week for our members—and only two in the area, otie in .Searsport, Me., and the other in Portland. Con­ sequently, we can look around the hall these days and see doz­ ens of familiar faces, all of them turned expectantly toward the blackboard. Just this morning we had to crew up the scow in Searsport (where the weather is always cold this time of the year—and by "cold" I mean about 15 be­ low zero). Ordinarily the mem­ bers don't relish the nine hours' ride to get to Searsport, nor do they take kindly to the prospect of being in a real hick town for about two weeks; but this morn­ ing those jobs on the board were grabbed off in record time. Which serves as a graphic illustration of the shipping situation here at the moment. PERSONAL STAKE The Isthmian situation is well in hand around here. We should have no trouble swinging any­ thing in the neighborhood toward the SIU, with all the members on the beach wanting to go to work. They appreciate more than at any time during the war what it means to each member personally to bring the Isth­ mian Line under an SIU contract. Along with shipping, business has naturally been slow. Eastern has received word that their ships should be returned to them be­ fore mid-summer. When this line gets into peacetime opera­ tion the port will get a,^ muchneeded shot in the arm.' Then, too, the steamship company down New Bedford way is going in for a good bit of expansion, and this will help considerably in making jobs for the local membership. NO NEWS?? Silence this week from the Branch Agehis of the follow­ ing ports: SAN JUAN NEW ORLEANS GALVESTON JACKSONVILLE TAMPA BALTIMORE MQBILE these guys are figuring on joining the SIU in self-defense. And now, before closing this brief I'eport from Boston for the week, we would like all his friends and former shipmates to know that Dave McCarthy, Book No. 2635, was killed in action in Leyte on Dec. 22, 1944, while serving with the U. S. Army. Word of his heroic death just came to his family, who in turn notified us in order that his Brother Seafarers might know of his passing. TAKING OVER We finally got the Emerson crowed up and she's gone. Tom­ my Wickham, one of our oldtimers, and one of our best sea­ men took a third mate's job on the Emerson. He sent us a let­ ter and told us he may take the second mate's job before the trip is over, but we wouldn't be sur­ prised to see him riding the ship in single handed. Our only member in the hos­ pital is T. C. Musgrove and we hope to see him out again soon. San Juan who was flat on his By LOUIS GOFFIN PHILADELPHIA — This is my Philadelphia Story with a pleas­ ant ending, After five weeks, in which we changed the system of operation so that this port is now functioning in true SIU style, we leave the Port in the capable hands of the new Agent Red Truesdale; and we wish him all the luck in the world in his new job. We had a number of exciting By RAY WHITE Take Your Gear Take your gear when you go aboardi There have been many cases recently of men going aboard, waiting until they were restricted, and then announcing that they had to go ashore and get their gear. By doing this they give the WSA a chance to sneak in replacements. Often times they mis^ the ship and are in for a Coast Guard rap. Have your gear with you; doSi'i Isi you? union ^ciowTis FINAL DISPATCH At long last, at our meeting last NO LETTERS week, Mike Buckley was official­ The membership here has al­ ly voted in as Doorman. He is By WILLIAM kept mighty busy asking people ready adopted the policy of not for books. It is even rumored issuing letters for papers unless DULUTH—Well, Duluth is en­ that he nails the employees of it is absolutely necessary in or- joying the sunshine again, after the factory on the next deck as a two-day cold snap, and you they come up the stairs, so that can see open water in the Bay once more. It is a strange thing to see iceboats forcing their way importantly on one day, while on the noxt you may see a rpwTake a ship and don't ask so boat idling in the Bay. many questions. Everything that Now the boys are counting the the dispatcher knows, he has on days until the big boats will be the shipping boards. running again. Some of them are it i very disappointed with the unA full book member aboard a eiupluyiiienl insuraiice in this ship should take it on himself to State, and are talking of going check each man coming aboard, to Ohio or Michigan next win­ to see if he has a slip from the ter. They say some of the boys der to fill a job. This will be one dispatcher. If he doesn't, send are getting insurance there. step to keep from flooding the him back to the hall for one. Union with men. VISITORS J, 4. J. We have had several Isthmian Brother McDonald of the Labor When dispatched to a ship or ships in and have covered them Temple cOmes in quite often to the company office, report within completely. pay us a visit here. He is look­ the allotted time so that your one Shipping looks slow for the ing well, and asks about the oldday beefs can be collected, in the next week, but it is expected jto timers. He wants to know where event that you have one coming. come back up to par soon. they are, and reminisces about The Dispatchers Say won't-be needing any new mem­ bers in this port for sometime. Says Farewell To Philadelphia Norfolk Pleased With New Hall NORFOLK — Shipping has slackened down here during the last two weeks and the local piecards are getting a rest. Most of the Troop Carriers that have been paying off in this port have been shifted to New York, so when you feel like making a Trooper, the best port is New York. You can already begin to see a difference in the Union Hall. Be­ fore, it was always empty and plenty of jobs were on the board; but now there are plenty of men and not so many jobs. But this doesn't worry the local Norfolk talent, as they just sit up snug in their new Hall, and time doesn't mean a thing. SAVANNAH — Shipping in Savannah is still slow. We sent a few replacements to Charles­ ton and a few to SUP ships, all of which are in transit. We ex­ pect a Waterman ship to payoff in Charleston but it's still waiting for a berth to unload before it can payoff. We also expect the Lyman Hall in Savannah, but it's overdue now. We have a shipping list large' enough to fill three ships and, unless we get a few in the next week, we'll probably have twice that many. We're still being bothered every day with men coming around trying to get papers or trying to get in the Union. We have to turn them down as fast as they come in, and from the looks of things we experiences during our stay. First was the loss of the car; a couple of young punks decided to take a joy ride and our heap was the baby they chose. They gave the cops quite a ride, and if it hadn't been for the fact that one of the cops fell off of the patrol car, these punks would have been nailed. However, we got the car back and, with 'a little repair work, she will look as good as ever. The next bit of excitement was when some of the crews refused to sign on under the old wartime riders. Right away the opera­ tors got in touch with some news­ paper reporters, notifying them that we were holding up some ships in the Philadelphia area. In no time at all we had a flock of reporters in the Hall looking for statements. We gave them some, and they immediately had them printed and misquoted, putting in just the opposite to what we had told them. On their next visit to the Hall, we gave them the boot and everything was settled to the satisfaction of the crews involved. While we were out, some of the would-be big shots of the NMU paid us a visit. -Unfor- Duluth Keeps Home Fires Burning STEVENSON the hard time he used to have trying to get some of the fellows on their boats, v/hen he was working for us in this Hall. Well, all the brothers now are able to drink their coffee and get there with plenty to spare. back a few months ago with a broken leg is up and around again. One doctor told him he wouldn't be able to sail again for a year or so, but a new doctor came down to Savannah Marine Hospital and went to work. San Juan is now walking without crutches and will be on a ship, we hope, within a few months. tunately we were not around at the time, but we hope to be around on their next visit so that we can make their stay as pleasant as possible. Oh, hum. This port should become one of the Union's major ports in the future. Business and shipping is good and, from the looks of things, it should stay this way for a long time to come. Our stay here was pleasant and we would like to thank Blackie Cardullo, Freddy Bruggner, Jim­ my Redden, Johnny Hog^e, and all the rest of the boys around Philly for their cooperation and support during our stay here. Good luck and so long, fellows. And so ends my Philadelphia story. Crew Contributes For Sick Brother SIU members aboard the SS Joseph S. Emory of the Robin Line contributed $38.25 to their sick brothers in the Marine Hos­ pital at Baltimoue. The money was raised by the crew through the levying of self-imposed fines for various shipboard offenses, and turned in to the Baltimore office by ship's Delegate Patrick Fox. Another Robin Line vessel, the Francis Lee, collected (by means of the same method) the sum of $33.00 for hospitalized Seafarers at the Marine Hospital, and ship's Delegate A1 Stansbury gave the collection to the Port Agent, Curly Rentz. Brother Nelson gave us a call this week, and told us of his trouble while on the Coralia. Brother Culbertson got his longawaited check yesterday, but it was not signed. It seems as though he must haye gone to De­ troit with it himself to have jt signed as he has not been around since. The home fires are stijl burn­ ing up here for those of you who will want to return for spring­ time in Duluth. I expect to heap some tall sea stories when you The report on these sick contri­ all get back here. Even if noth­ butions was submitted to the Log ing did happen to you, you do Office by John Taurin of the Bal­ have imaginations! timore Hospital Committee. • ri U it, •BJr.U',. �Friday, February 1, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG THAT'S THE ONE SIU Pledges Full Support To Striking Tugboatmen S-- "I'll take it. Brother," says this member. Shipping is good in New Orleans, and dispatching has been simplified by the new streamlined system recently installed. Drop in and look the place over. Officers Elected For 1946 Mobile (Continued from Page 1) JOINT PATROLMAN Eddie A. Parr AGENT Charles Kimball Philadelphia JOINT PATROLMAN E. S. Higdon AGENT James Truesdale New Orleans ' Baltimore AGENT J. Steely White AGENT William Renlz DECK PATROLMAN Frank Sullivan DECK PATROLMAN R. E. Dickey ENGINE PATROLMAN Dolar Stone STEWARDS PATROLMAN Charles Starling ENGINE PATROLMAN C. J. Stephens STEWARDS PATROLMAN Richard Birmingham Galveston Norfolk AGENT D. L. Parker AGENT Ray White Puerto Rico JOINT PATROLMAN Leon Johnson Keith Alsop AGENT Bud Ray Savannah AGENT Arthur Thompson Jacksonville AGENT • Louis Goffin Tampa AGENT Claude Simmons Page Nine AFL Asks End To Convict Labor JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Con­ vict labor, which has undermined wagQ standards in many south­ ern states for decades, was sub­ jected to heavy fire by the Flor­ ida AFL last week in connection with the state's $14,000,000 roadbuilding program. Calling for the defeat of any candidate in the May primaries who is not opposed to convict labor, the Labor Journal, AFL weekly published here, dei.-lared that "the system is wrong" and that "Florida has^^had more than one black eye because of the con­ vict labor ill road construction. If it does nothing else it will eliminate the 'sweat boxes' which seem to be an integral adjunct of every convict road gang." The paper proposed that "Women's organizations, as with labor and other groups, should see to it that candidates for the legislature, to be voted on in May declare themselves in pub­ lic statements. NEW YORK, Jan. 30 — The boatmen went on strike for belter wages and conditions on .Seafarers International Union November 23, 1945, and will support Tugboat Division of WHEREA.S, the record of the the International Longshoremen's NMU shows that they have and Association, AFL "with all our will continue to use apy scabby reserves, both financially and practice necessary to wreck phy.sically," wlieii the tugboatconditions and wages for labor, men go out on strike for better SO, THEREFORE BE IT RE­ conditions next week. A resolu­ SOLVED, that the SIU goes tion backing the lugboalmcn was on recoid to support the Tug­ overwhelmingly passed tonight boatmen in their just fight bj' the regular membership of the agaiiisl the .shipowntM's for de­ New York Branch. mands with all our reserves, both financially and physically, The resolution pointed out that and the tugboatmen enjoyed the •same affiliation as the SIU, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, were honestly trying to raise that we take any action deem­ conditions in an underpaid field, ed necessary to see that the and that there was great danger scabby leadership of the NMU of scabbing tactics on the part of does not get a chance to wreck the National Maritime Union, who conditions of a legitimate or­ had tried to break a tugboat ganization as they 'attempted strike in Philadelphia. to do in finking out the tug­ boats in Philadelphia and cross­ The strike is expected to start ing legitimate picket lines any on Monday, February 4th, and time it would aid them poli­ has already been pledged sup­ tically. port by the longshoremen. The Union is a.sking for a 40-hour work week, and wages of $1.35 an hour for unlicensed personnel, and $1.85 for tugboat oficers. At present the unlicensed men are getting from 67 to 72 cents an hour. The operators have offered an increase of 10 cents an hour. The text of the resolution fol­ lows:' RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Ihe Tugboat Division of the International Longshore­ men's Association has an­ nounced its intention of going on strike for better wages and conditions, and U. S. Can Break Steel industry Sitdown By Opening Govt. Plants WASHINGTON (LPA)—While 750,000 steel workers took their turns on the picket lines before silent and smokeless mills and plants, the battle of words over the merits of the steelworkers' strike was carried on in public declarations by United Steelworker.s—CIO President Philip Murray, U. S. Steel Corp. head Benjamin Fairless, and by the President of the United Slates. WHEREAS, we, who are also af­ filiated with the AFL, should suport this strike not merely The union last week wrote to because of our mutual affilia­ Secy, of the Treasury Vinson, tion, but because they are brothers in the same industry charging that existing tax legis­ honestly striving for better- lation would give the steel in­ wages and conditions, and dustry "guaranteed pi'ofits 29% WHEREAS, very recently in the above the level of pre-war earn­ Port of Philadelphia the lead­ ings" even if it should "loaf the ership of the NMU forced their membership to cross legitimate rest of the year—remain abso­ picket lines when the Tug­ lutely idle." LOOKING THINGS OVER San Francisco t AGENT Robert Matthews The Tallying Committee, which was elected at the meeting of January 16th, consisted of Earl (Snuffy) Smith; Robert Deppe; Giaydun (Tex) Suit; Otis Man­ ning; Woodrow Boatright; and Eugene (Jimmy) Crescitelli. "CLEARING THE DECK" "Clearing The Deck," by Paul Hall, which usually appears In the LOG each week, is abse'nt this issue, since Brother Hall is touring SIU ports in connection with the Isthmian drive. As well as being New York Agent, Brother Hall is Director of Organizing, and as the Isthmian campaign swings into high gear with the voting commencing very shortly, it is necessary for him to coordinate activities in the various ports, so that all SIU efforts are concentrated on this important Isthmian election. ii.. .'•i Those men in the background are rank and file Seafarers, exercising their democratic rights by watching the Tallying Committee. Both jobs are finished—The tallying and the. watching—and the new officials are ready to take over. �Pago Ten THE SEAFARERS Friday, February 1, 1946 LOG THE WEEK'S NEWS IN REVIEW A Sports And News Roundup For The Benefit Of Our Lnion Members In Foreign Ports, CURRENT EVENTS.. SPORTS.. KING HOCKEY That razzle-dazzle game which exceeds all others in speed, specla lor appeal and body contact, hockey, has really spread in the good old U. S. A. In Boston, New York, Chicago and Detroit, as well as in numerous other towns. King Hockey is now played as extensively as baseball. The crying need today is for more rinks—playing surfaces for dds, amateurs and the pros both big and little town variety. These outdoor rinks and indoor ice palaces cost real money to build and maintain, and the financial support 'must come from other sources than hockey itself. During the war, with almost ninety per cent of the players coming from Canada, hockey was Miss Stardust is the shining actually hard up for player ma­ title model Eleanor Cahill wears. terial. Playing .standards were Think it suits her? Delow par, the same as it was (Federated Pictures) n other sports throughout the war period, but attendance flour­ ished with new records being set. Turnouts are up 18 per cent in all National Hockey League cities. livities, the Babe heaved a lieved sigh and headed for dressing room. "Gee," he said stripping off sopping uniform, "I'm glad re­ the I Hyde Park seems top contender his for UNO site. the There were signs that peace The boys in Wall St. were at might bust out all over the strike it again: stock market prices rose front at week's end, with most to highest levels in nine to 15 observers conceding a victory for years, apparently on assumption labor on every major salient. of strike settlement . . . War Sec­ Hopeful signs included: the sign­ retary Patterson, home from ing by Ford and Chrysler with world tour, defended the demob­ the UAW, a move which is ex­ ilization program, said GI units pected to force General Motors abroad would be stripped to the into line; the 11 Vz cent hourly bone . . . Former Justice Roberts increase for 8,000 RCA em­ blasted Republicans for smear­ ployees, without benefit of strike, ing Roosevelt in the Pearl Har­ a harbinger of General Electric, bor investigation. Western Electric, Westinghouse umps called it!" "If I'd had to ABROAD and General Motors electrical di­ stay out there any longer I'd of vision settlements; Washington The UNO investigation of Rus­ been wrenched." predictions that the Big Steel sian activities in Iran may be A pitcher on the Yankee staff. strike would be arbitrated with­ withheld if open negotiations be­ Lefty Heimach, heard the Babe's in a week; return of 200,000 tween the two countries are in boner, and retold it with glee, packing house workers to Gov­ itiated . . . Drastic fiscal controls but he added his own correction. ernment-seized plants. were in prospect for France to "What the big ape meant," he But these were merely straws avoid complete financial collapse grinned smugly, "was that he in the wind. There was no cer­ as a result of the inflation spiral would have been drowneded." tainty that Fairless of U.S. Steel . . . Violence broke out anew in SPORTS* DRIFTWOOD and Charles Wilson of General Palestine as terrorists held up National Junior American Motors would back down from an RAF camp and escaped with Legion baseball tournament will their positions, uncomfortable as 200 machine guns, ammunition ROOM FOR TWO be held at St. Paul, Minn, next they might be; and it is on the . . . Viceroy Wavell promised In­ With two franchises still va­ August . . . With twenty five outcome of these two strikes that dia a constitutional convention in cant, New York Americans and firsts, Ted Atkinson still leads the future of internal U. S. econ­ the near future. Montreal Maroons, the National Santa Anita jockeys . . . Famous omy rests. New York's former Police League only has six clubs, and California-bred horse, Morvich, SAN FRANCISCO — The Cali^ Commissioner Valentine indic­ MOON MESSAGES which won the Kentucky Derby ated he would accept Gen Mac- fornia state AFL last week served Next to the labor picture, the in 1922 died at the age of 27 notice on Gov. Earl Warren that Arthur's summons to advise on biggest story in the United States years . . . Rumor has it that it expected the state legislature, Japanese police, prison and fire concerned a slight noise, a 'ping,' Benny Oosterbaan, three time All summoned for a special session, control problems . . . Bavarian heard in a U. S. Army laboratory America football end, will retire towns held first free elections, to enact a broad and progres­ in New Jersey. The noise was as basketball coach of the Uni­ sive legislative program. went Social Democrats. In Greater not as earth-shaking as the atom­ versity of Michigan at the end of In a special legislation con­ Hesse Social Democrats continic bomb's blast, actually or figur, the current season, and devote ference held in Fresno, the AFL . Japanese were ac­ atively, but it spelled a big step, himself entirely to the Wolver­ advanced a 12-point program forward for science: we had cused of trying to get back their which included the following pro­ ines' football team. bounced a radar beam off the old fishing areas . . . Brazil is posals: unemployment compen­ When Ben Hogan, Hershey, moon. Next step, said enthusias­ seeking machinery from the U.S., sation up to $25 for 26 weeks; Pa., muffed a short putt in the tic prognosticators, will be trans­ a move which would increase action on the much needed public $7,500 Phoenix Open, the cham­ atlantic wireless phone messages, shipping, commerce . . . U.S. sol­ works projects so that they will pionship went into overtime, and via moon bounce; others ventur­ diers in Bavaria voted on frater­ most effectively relieve unem­ would like to add a couple of he now has to meet Herman ed further, envisioned rocket nization with Germans; result: ployment; making permanent the more cities such as Washington Keiser . . . Hurler Al Javery of flights to the moon in our gen­ the foregone conclusion, aye! wartime amendment to the and Philadelphia. However, they the Boston Braves narrowly eration. BLAST AT HEDS Workmen's Compensation Law lack ice facilities large enough to escaped death in a Colorado mine The House rebuffed President The Vatican City paper count- providing up to $30 a week for make the sport profitable to the cave-in where he had been work­ ing during the off season . . , Truman twice: voted to relmn erblasted Izvestia's charges of temporary and permanent dis­ proiiioters. Jack Zeller, former General Man­ USES to State controls June 30, ability and increase the payment A number of other leagues and the most drastic bill restrict­ "politics" in the appointment of of weekly death benefits from have sprung up around the coun­ ager of the Detroit Tigers waiming labor yet to reach the floor Bishop Spellman as Cardinal . , $25 to $30; amend the unem­ try, and all are doing a flourish­ ed big league baseball teams to break up their farm systems, or was introduced . . . The AFL exe­ The British unconvered an old ployment insurance act to permit ing business. They comprise cutive council pledged support of plot by Himmler to assasinate Hit­ payment of benefits to persons the American Hockey League, face the possibility of a huge its building unions to the Gov­ ler; Ho Hum . . . The Egyptian who are unemployed by reason of the- United States League, Pa­ anti-trust suit by the U. S. Govt. Heavy Champ Joe Louis in­ ernment housing program, which disability caused by illness or cific Coast League with two di­ now is expected to be extended cabinet seemed ready to bteak non-industrial injuries; amend visions. All are fairly closely tends to take off 15 pounds from up momentarily; Cairo was tense to building lots. the unem-ployment. insurance act knitted, and have working agree­ his 220 total before meeting Billy . . . Spain finally acceded to UNO Conn on June 19. He expects to HOPKINS DIES deinaiids, deported 23 Germans so as to eliminate the waiting ments with each other as well start final training around March period and permit workers to re­ Long ailing Harry Hopkins, on wanted list . . . Jap newspa­ ceive benefit, payments as soon as with amateur loops with the 1 with a couple of months' road view of developing amateurs into iuust iiitiinaie friend and adviser pers shifted to the left, to back as possible; enact legislation to pro league players. King Hockey work at French Lick, Ind. . . . Bob Socialists and commies ... A of President Roosevelt, followed Johnson who was recently re­ permit the continuation of the marches on! his Chief to the Happy Hunting British company announced plans leased outright by the Boston child care centers which are now Grounds on January 29 , . . for daily transatlantic flights Red Sox after 13 years of major AMONG THE BONERS financed by Federal funds; es­ President Truman will vacation each way. league baseball, has been signed They still tell this one about tablish 40-hour week for all state in Florida waters, probably en­ The Dutch cautiously implied a employes; memorialise Congress the one and only Babe. Ruth by Milwaukee . . . Detroit Tigers tertaining Winston Churchill . . . plan of self-government for Java urging the passage' of the Wag- was out in his usual spot, right announced the signing of Paul Three jet-propelled Army planes . . . The chancellor of Austria field, in the Yankee- Stadium "Dizzy" Trout, ace right hander ner-Ellender-Taft housing bill. broke all transcontinental rec­ pledged return of property to when a heavy shower came up, . . . Two students at Bob Feller's ords: California-New York in Jews . . . The Chinese Commun­ and he really was a sorry looking baseball school at Tampa, Fla. four hours, 13 minutes . . . Navy ists at Yenan declared themselves British politics, led the fight in figure in the downpour. But the had a quick payoff when they Department announced plan for in favor of the proposed consti­ Commons last week against na­ umps refused to call the game were signed by a St. Louis scientific research in American tution . . . Anthony Eden, once tionalization of the coal mines, until the end of the inning. When Browns scout. They are Armond colleges, industrial plants . . . considered a liberal figure in an avowed Labor plank< they finally called a halt to fes- Roy and Harold Bemberger. AT HOME s BRIGHT Cal. State AFL Serves Notice On Legislature t �Friday, February 1, 1948 THf: STRAIGHT SEAFARERS LOG PEACE, IT'S WONDERFUL! Page Eleven Unclaimed Wages CalmarSteamship Co. SB GRACE ABBOTT Francis J. Pitzel Elwood A. Fogel Charles J. Court Dale R. Clau.ser Earl R. Tucker Gordon A. Stewart H. C. Bloxom Richard V. Kuyoth Abner A. Abrams Jr Lawrence C. Abrams George Rudat Charles Gross Eugene J. McDougall •nvjf me rALLEY 2.47 2.47 2.47 4.25 1.68 2.52 19.35 24.87 1.68 5.05 1.68 20.20 21.65 By FRENCHY MICHELET The Delta Line (Mississippi) HOW TO DO IT plans to resume passenger service If wc were called upon to de­ to South America in the very fine the greatest fault with ship­ near ' future. We are going to board cooking we would say that , take the first available belly-rob­ it was a lack of seasoning. Take ber's job on one of the Del Brasi duck, for instance. Half of the LOG DONATIONS TURNED type. It certainly- will be good occasional Sunday duck is usual­ INTO NEW YORK BRANCH to get back on this best of all Here's jusi one bit of evidence to support Adams' charges that Individual Donations ly heaved over the side simply $49.00 peacetime runs again. the NMU leadership sold out to the shipowners under the fancy SS ROGER GRISWOLD .. 68.00 because it wants a little extra atThe old gang who homesteadec, flag of "collaboration." Above is Danny Boano, NMU official fra­ SS BASSETT 65.00 ten'tion. Here is a way to cook ternizing with Basil Harris, president of the U. S. Lines, in the NMU SS SARAZAN these ships before the war are 41.00 duck that we assure you will hall. During the war years, the commie piecards spent more time ' scattered all over hell now SS P. SEAM 55.00 make it one of the best dinners dining and drinking with the shipowners than in settling their SS WILLIAMS VICTORY 59.00 "Buck" Stevens is piecarding in membership's beefs. No wonder they are getting fed-up. of the trip: SS SULLY 53.00 N. O.; "Smokey" Shriner is on (Read Sherwood Adams' Story on Page One) SS HOLT Clean the duck, removing all 38.00 the Coast; "Rebel" Hassel is the fast possible, and rub it in­ SS PEPPER 27.00 working in a Virginia powder side and out with plenty of salt SS B. MTCH 15.50 plant; Eddie Parr and Johnny and pepper. Now stuff it with SS HAGERSTOWN VIC... 28.00 SS LINCOLN VICTORY .. 10.00 Jf)hnston are piecarding in N. Y.; a quartered onion and a haU of SS JOHN LAWSON LOO Danny Byrne and Percy Boyer an apple. Put it into a baking The War Shipping Administra­ Mister, I thought I told you I pan, sprinkle a crushed bayleaf NEW ORLEANS are enroute to Europe, and over the meat, throw a clove of tion is a somewhat confusing, as was SIU." SS CAPE TRINITY $10.00 "Blackie" Shaw is Mate on the garlic, a quartered onion and a It_ didn't faze the guy at all, well as confused, outfit. But Individual Donations 24.00 Aiken Victory. Jimmy Bing­ piece of apple in the pan and sometimes there appears to be "Oh, that's all right," he said, PHILADELPHIA ham, Canada, "Jake the Snake bake dry in a hot oven for twen­ something a little diabolical in and a host of other right guys ty minutes. Now pour off the IK, A 60V/ER1VJAAEMT I SS GOVERNOR J. LIND ..$11.00 MU^.T BE have made that port from accumulated grease, pour a cup the asininities its bureaucratic SS WILLIAM JOHNSON .. 29.00 IMFACTIAL/, whence there is no return; but of orange juice over the meat and members voice. SS BELL RINGER 15.00 those of us who have managed cook until thoroughly done. SS NEWHALL HILLS 50.00 Take the case of Lee Edde, an to get through this fracas in one SS THOMAS 24.00 SIU Wiper, for instance. MORE JOBS! piece will soon be drifting back SS SEA DOLPHIN 16.00 Last Tuesday Lee went around As if you didn't know depart­ to the Gulf now that the old runs SS CECIL BEAN 59.00 to the WSA to ask whether they are opening again, because San­ ment.' INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS 94.00 had an upgrading school for the tos, Rio, B. A. and that little The Food Control Division of Engine Department. SS MISSION SAN CRUZ .. 12.00 Uruguayan paradise of Montevi­ the WSA, confronted with a BOSTON The guy behind the informa­ deo are the best sailor ports in situation where they must either DONATIONS $17.00 the world, bub. get some more boondoggling pro­ tion desk at WSA was very help­ jects launched at once or send ful, like a hole in the head is JUST HEAVEN .some of their "experts" back to helpful. Oh, no, he said. The WSA Nowhere but in Santos can a the shoemaker shops from fellow find joints like Mussolini's whence they came, have revived didn't have anything like that. airily, "they don't discriminate. HAROLD WHEELER They'll be glad to have you." and the Mickey Mouse and peo­ that old red herring. The Stew­ He was very sorry. You can get your discharges Brother Lee Edde is still won­ ple like "Mussi" and Martha run­ ard Department Retraining Pro­ Then he brightened, and turn­ at the SIU Hall, 105 Market dering what the hell gives. . So ning them. We have actually gram. "After April 1st," says ed a cheery smile on Edde. Street, San Francisco, Calif. They are we. seen "Mussi" leave Danny Byrne their latest release, "no man hold­ He said, "Why don't you go were found aboard the SS Char­ and Eddie Parr in chai-ge of her ing the rating of Second Cook, around to the NMU Hall." les Keffer. gin mill while she trotted her or above, may sail on a govern­ Edde did a double take. "Look 4 4- 4cute little trustnig torso around ment operated vessel without a MELVIN V. HOY Santos in search of feminine fin­ competence card." ROCKLAND VICTORY R. J. ANDRY ery. Believe us, brother, heaven This union is unalterably op­ The following men have money lies thirty-five hundred miles posed to the squandering of any Your books and papers are due, and can collect at Waterman being held for you by J. Stewart due south of Hatteras, no matter additional taxpayers money on NEW YORK SI Beaver St. SS Co.: jT. Ramey, $4.51; W. Dau- on the 3rd floor of the New York HAnovtr 2-2784 what these screwballs tell you any more of these ridiculous BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave. phney, $4.74; M. Healey, $8.61; C. Hall. about pie in the sky when you schools. The "Cooks" originally Liberty 4057 Haganson, $1,80; J. Hall, $1.80; B.\LTIMORE 14 North Gay St. die. trained in their schools are the Calvert 4539 V. Mino, $1.80; B. Richie, $1.80. Minchew, $32.62; Harvey W. "Moras non numero nisi se­ joke of the industry, and, there PHILADELPHIA 9 South 7th St. Egerter, $29.76; Charles E. Allen, 4" 4" A" Phone Lombard 7651 renes," says the sun dial of Ven­ isn't the ghost of a reason for put­ SS B. FALLANSBEE NORFOLK 127-129 Bank Street $36.66. Can be collected at Cal­ ice—"I record only those hours ting them througji the damn 4-1083 mar SS Company. The following men who paid 339 Chartres St. which are serene." The accumu­ thing all over again. It will be NEW ORLEANS Canal 3336 off in Tampa in November have 4' 4 4' lated wisdom of the ages is re­ interesting to see how the WSA SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. SS J. GIBBON • 3-1728 money due them: corded there, chum. Get your- is going to justify this latest John Graff, 1 hr.; R. Cham7 St. Michael St. T. G. Lyona, 8 hrs. Can be col­ self a berth on the South Amer- splurge of poor old John Q. Tax- MOBILE 2-1754 poux, 18 hrs.; A. Walters, 6 hrs.; lected at Overlakes SS. Company. lean run and live like the Vene­ payer's dough now that the SAN JUAN, P. R 45 Ponce de Leon San Juan 2-5996 L. Sheffied, 16 hrs.; F. Delgado, tian Bun dial, waking nnly to Army is not even moving trnnps GALVESTON 4 4 4 305'/, 22nd 9t, 8 hrs.; E. Garcia, 2 hrs.; R. Law­ bask in the warmth of some love­ on their ships anymore. 2-8043 R. HOWARD and 257 Sth St. rence, 2 hrs.; J. Jenkins, 4 hrs.; ly Latin smile. Let the Napo­ N. KOLMENT Senator Byrd has been flipping RICHMOND, Calif. SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. A. Arvante, 4 hrs.; F. Rodriguez, leons of Finance and Industry his lid in Congress about the SEATTLE Your transportation beef from 86 Scncca St. 4 Ins.; S. Lavado, 4 hrs.; L. Jones, chase their favorite phantoms growth of bureaucracy in. the PORTLAND Ill W. Bumside St. the SS Newberg has been col­ 4 hrs.; C. Lawrence, 1 hr. 440 Avalon Blvd. through the tortuous paths of this government. Here's an instance WILMINGTON lected. Contact the New Orleans Can be collected at Bull Line 16 Merchant St. screwy world—all the real hap­ made to order for him. For, if HONOLULU hall. BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. Office. piness on this good green earth the Steward Department Retrain­ CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. 4-4 3^ 4 4 4 lies in simple things:— ing Program isn't the brainchild CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair St. SS THOMAS SULLY SS JOHN GIBBON DETROIT 1038 Third St. "Ah, make Ihe most of what we of a gang of guys just about des­ DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. (Voyage No. 8) Elbert A. Segrist, $31.94; John perate for a way to keep swilling VICTORIA, B. C yet may spend. 602 Boughton St. The following hen have over­ 144 W. Hastings St. Grabowieki, $34.94; William M. Ere we too into the Dust descend; at the public trough, then we in­ VANCOUVER Watson, $44.14; Elefterios Elias, time due: Leinster J. Fox, 4 hrs.; TAMPA 842 Zack St. vite some bright bureaucrat in Dust unto Dust, and under Dust, M-1S23 $65.51; Thomas E. Shields, $5.94; Arthur Cobb, 7 hrs.; Thomas G. the Food Control Division to tpll' —to lie, JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. Edwin W. Flinders, $28.64; John Lyons, 8 hrs.; Albert Rund, 3 5-1231 us just what else it can possibly 'Sans Wine, sans Song, sans C. Rowland, $19.27; Marvin M. hrs. Collect at company office. be. Singer, and . sans End." WSA Man Recruits For NMU PERSONALS MONEY DUE SIU HALLS �page Twelve THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. February 1, 1946 JOB^ Vl^y16£5 4flo (^Ot^QtTlON Wm. Hoard Crew Votes NMU Strongarm Tactics A Failure To Support Seafarers Typical commie strongarm tactics such as practiced by NMU (Continued from Page 1) | the Hoard in the same manner as organizers in the Gulf area and Iters Slovens end Hunt that the SIU ships-holding regular meet- elsewhere have failed to intimi­ ings and educational discussions date seamen of the Isthmian AMMLA be contacted by the strength of Line. In fact, the NMU'a gnnn delegates for the purpose of se- the entire crew available to back squads and lying stories appear­ curing a set of books. Carried. up any member's legitimate beef. ing in the Pilot have done much Moved and supported by BroMeeting was adjourned with 24 to swing Isthmian toward the men present, Seafarers. thers Lagrama and R. J. Dom^ I G. Stevens Action take by the Isthmian inique that a vote be taken to Secretary crew of the William D. Hoard (de­ determine what Union the crew tailed story appears on Page 12 wished to have represent them. of the Log) in voting unani­ Quite a lot of discussion ensued The attitude of Isthmian sea­ mously, 24 to 0, for the SIU as on this motion, and the point was men on the Hoard is typical of the Union of their choice is con­ raised that very shortly there the attitude of all Isthmian crete proof of how Isthmian boys would be an election within the crews. They feel that if the NMU regard the NMU in their attempt­ Isthmian Fleet to determine would lie, and misrepresent im­ ed intimidation. whether or not the T.sthmian .sea­ portant matters now, what would As a result of this action. Earl men would be represented by a they do if 4hey took over Isth­ Warner, who was elected Engine Union. On a question, the Chair­ mian? The Hoard's reaction to Delegate by the Hoard crew at man explained that Ae ballot the coming election—The SIU the very first Union meeting ever would allow the men to vote any EARL WARNER is sure to sweep the Isthmian held by a crew aboard that ship, one of three different ways: SIU, Fleet. was instructed to contact the NMU or No Union. After several These boys are now holding SIU and notify them of the action that Isthmian men do not like members took the deck, it ap­ peared that all hands agreed that regular Union meetings a la SIU taken by the Isthmian seamen in the NMU for a variety of reasons regardless of a man's choice, he style, and the men are visiting voting unanimously for the Sea­ among which are their lack of contracts comparable to the SIU; should vote for one of the two the Seafarers Hall daily. SIU Or­ farers. they also resent the commies' in­ ganizer Tanner reports in con­ Unions. MILITANT SEAMAN timidating ways. "While the firmation that all of the crew SIU WINS VOTE Warner is typical of the mili­ NMU raves and rants about the went Seafarers, and it is his opin­ The respective merits of both ion that the NMU finks are so tant seamen who are turning the SIU using strongarm m.ethods," the SIU and NMU were fully dis­ easy to catch in their bare-faced entire Isthmian Fleet toward the Warren declared, "it is they them­ cussed, and men who had sailed lies that it is enough to make SIU, and through the actions of selves who practice these tactics." uned both SIU and NMU con­ even lliose men who might havejoinen of this caliber, the Seafarers' THREATEN ISTHMIAN MEN tracts pointed out the benefits of liked the NMU turn against organizational drive is assured of An incident which Warner cites belonging to a union. After fur­ them, and go along with the ma- success. gives ample proof of these ther discussion, it was regularly' jority in voting SIU. I Brother Warner has discovered charges. Every time a member of the Hoard crew goes ashore, the NMU organizer is waiting on the dock with anywhere from six to twelve goons accompany­ ing him. When the Isthmian seamen tell the commie organizer that they want no part of the NMU, this individual named Bill Chandor immediately tells them, "I wouldn't say that if I were you. You see these men with me? Well, it may not be safe for you to go ashore if you "take that attitude" —this in spite of the fact that crew members have repeatedly told the NMU that they want nothing to do with them. Some time ago, this comrat or­ ganizer, Chandor, was brought into the N. Y. region from the Great Lakes (or thereabouts), and moved and carried to close dis­ cussion. Vote results: SIU — 24; NMU 0; No Union—0. Moved and suppoited by Bro­ thers Hunt and Canuun that the SIU be contacted by the Dept. Delegates to inform them of the crew's actions, and to secure in­ formation regarding the coming election. Carried. GOOD AND WELFARE Several suggestions were made on how to make the trip as good as. possible by cooperation be­ tween all Departments, and one man stressed the point that the best way to have a good ship and handle all of the crew's beefs to their satisfaction was to operate • .'.•riaK-.:,.• was supposed Jo set the world on fire with his reputed oiganizational ability: This somewhat scrawny individual was openly boasting among Isthmian seamen that he could dum.p any three SIU organizers on the,New York docks. When contacted, he de­ cided that even one Seafarer was too much for him alone. LAUGHED OFF DOCKS Isthmian boys and othei'S around the docks openly laughed Chandor off the New York water­ front, and the NMU was forced to send this windy braggart to the Gulf area for his health's sake. Now, the Gulf seamen are likewise openly deriding the NMU's mis-organizer. The boys around the Gulf are expecting to read the following ad almost any day now: Want­ ed, one Gulf organizer for a decrepit "union." Doesn't have to be mentally smart, but must be good strongai-m individual with ability to make T.sthmian seamen think red is white. Apply to Messrs: Curran, Smith, Stone, Myers, Stack et al. Actions by the NMU as enu­ merated here are convincing Isthmian men day by day that they want nothing to do with that outfit. As Warner puts it, "I'rn getting damned tired of those guys acting so tough with me simply because I told them that I preferred the SIU." LIES HANGING COMMIES In the Log editorial of January 18, an affidavit of Brother Whitis of the William D. Hoard appeared which clearly stated how one man had been brow-beaten and bamboozled by NMU phonies be­ fore, and after, he go„ wise to the score and joined the SIU. It is a self evident fact that the Sea­ farers is winning Isthmian hand over fist, and in addition to the SIU contracts and conditions, it is the commies own lies which are hanging them. Keep it up, comrats! Shortly, all Isthmian seamen will know the Union score, and then the NMU will be "buried under the landslide of Isthmian votes for the Seafarers! TOP; SIU Organizer Cal Tanner is Gongratulating Ihe Hoard seamen for choosing the SIU as their Union. Signed pledge cards from the entire crew, which they gave Tanner, attested to their delerminalion to fight for the Seafafers in the coming Isthmian election. LEFT: This is a group pic­ ture of the Isthmian Line's William D. Hoard crew taken shortly after they made their unanimous decision to join the Seafarers, completely repudi­ ating the NMU's lying, strongarm tactics. 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PLANTS CAL. STATE AFL SERVES NOTICE ON LEGISLATURE WSA MAN RECRUITS FOR NMU NMU STRONGARM TACTICS A FAILURE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/1/1946 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1946 Periodicals Seafarers Log