https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/fe2947f8331d52814da32183b1271182.PDF 7117a9b28241789ed8d1faab615e771d PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. VIII. No. 6 NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8. 1946 Isthmian Seamen: JOIN THE SEAFARERS AS CHARTER MEMBERS Striking SIU Tugboatmen Tie-up Mobile Shipping Isthmian Seamen Now Given Membership Rights For S17, In Move To End Phony Issue Of 'Bargain Basement Unionism' Mobile, Ala.—Striking rank and file tugboatmen who had tied up all shipping in the Port of Mobile since 7:00 A.M. Sunday morning, won a smashing victory for union­ Isthmian seamen can join the SIU today as Book members for a total ism in spite of the finking efforts of an NMU official who price of $17.00. This move now places the issue of what seamen's Union they tried to prevent the NLRB-conducted Tugboat election will join squarely on the basis of merit. No longer can the NMU lure seamen on Isthmian ships into its phony, fink-ridden organization on the basis of "bargain rate unionism." Isthmian men now can look at both unions' record scheduled for last Tuesday. Clyde Gannaway, NMU port agent, unsuccessfully tried to intervene in the proceedings be­ tween the SIU tugboatmen, NLRB Hearing Examiners and the operators by claiming that the NMU had tugworkers signed up. K he had been .successful in his efforts, the operators would have been able to stall the election indefinitely. NLRB officials gave Gannaway until 3:30 p. m. Tuesday to pro­ duce substantiating documentary evidence — proof that the NMU really had bonafide reason to in­ tervene, and was not just playing the shipowners game. THIS HE FAILED TO DO, proving con­ clusively that he was merely playing along with the opera­ tors in order to prevent the tug­ boatmen from enjoying the bene­ fits of unionism. WON BY SIU AU hands then agreed to a checkoff system of voting, and • the January 15th payroll was accepted for the determination of voters eligibility. The election to determine the bargaining agent for the striking tugboatmfen proceeded with the checking off of pledge cards against the company payroll, and was over­ whelmingly won by the SIU. Commencement of negotiations with the company president for a written contract followed Wed­ nesday morning. Oilers, who are now being paid $112.50 a month, are demanding a substantial increase. The com­ pany claims that payment of a higher wage would force it out of business. However^ the SIU of­ fered to take over the tugs and •« ^ " ''' HERE'S THE SCORE WHAT IT COSTS TO JOIN SIU IF YOU ARE NOT AN ISTHMIAN SEAMAN Current Month's Dues..$ 2.00 Initiation 25.00 Seafarers Int'l Fund .... 2.00 Building Fund 10.00 Annual Strike Ass'mt.. 12.00 (4 years @ $3.00 per year) Strike 8E Org'al Fund .. 5.00 Hospital Fund 2.00 Strike Fund 10.00 TOTAL WILLIAM RAY Chairman Strike Committee run them cooperatively for the benefit of the workers. A resolution was adopted by the tugboat workers condemning Gannaway for his companystooge tactics, and trying to sabotage a legitimate rank and file strike. Copies of the resolution were sent to every NMU branch to be read before the membership. MEN CHOSE SIU Originally the tugboatmen were a group of unorganised sea­ men who had recognized/^the ne­ cessity for unionism, and chose the Seafarers as the Union of their choice. Since that time, the SIU has thrown resources behind thes'e miltant rank and filers. At the tugboatmen meeting held last Saturday, Feb. 2, the unlicensed tug personnel unani(Continjied on Page 3) $68.00 All assessments in the SIU were passed by a secret vote requiring a two-thirds ma­ jority. WHAT IT COSTS TO JOIN THE SIU IF YOU ARE AN ISTHMIAN SEAMAN Current Month's Due3..$ 2.00 Initiation 15.00 TOTAL $17.00 ^ ^ WHAT IT COSTS ALL SEAMEN TO MAINTAIN MEMBERSHIP IN THE SIU Yearly Dues @ $2.00 per month $24.00 Annual £ ike Assessment, Yearly .. 3.00 Annual Hosp. Fund .... 2.00 YEARLY TOTAL $29.00 arid contracts and decide, oni the I basis of what the Unions have<--'~' done for seamen and are doing for them, which one they want to join. WHAT IT COSTS ISTHMIAN The SIU membership •'mted SEAMEN TO JOIN overwhelmingly on February 1 THE NMU to admit Isthmian seamen to membership upon payment of Current Month's Dues..$ 2.50 the original charter member fee Initiation 15.00 of $17.00. The step was taken because the Isthmian men are TOTAL $17.50 bona fide seamen; because they ^ 3/ $• are men entitled to be considered in the same category as the orig­ WHAT IT COSTS ISTHMIAN inal founders of the SIU. SEAMEN TO MAINTAIN The drive to bring all Isthmian MEMBERSHIP IN ships to the SIU fold was expect­ THE NMU ed to move along under forced Yearly Dues @ draft as a result of this new $2.50 per month ..$30.00 move. Already, it was sailing at a high speed. YEARLY TOTAL $30.00 Veteran organizers, both ashore All of this money goes and aboard ships, who know (along with numerous volun­ which way the wind lies, know tary assessments) into a Gen­ that if an election were held to­ eral Fund and can be spent day the large majority of Isth­ at will by the Officials of the mian men would go SIU. Organization without the They look upon the charter voice of the membership. member rate as an added stim­ ulus, both from the satndpulnt of 3;* placing the issue squarely on the record of contracts and working WHAT DOES JOINING THE conditions and by virtue of the SIU MEAN TO ISTHMIAN prestige Isthmian men will feel SEAMEN? at being admitted under the This means equal partner­ charter rate. ship in an Organization now STU officials pondered long and earnestly the matter of a worth over $3,000,000.00 with charter rate for Isthmian men be­ membership of 62,000 men; fore bringing it before the mem­ 75 closed shop agreements bership. They decided that Isth­ with the best conditions that mian men must, in all fairness, the seamen have ever known be considered pioneers in bring­ on the waterfront 1.500 ships ing the union , to a fleet of ships sailing under contracts with which never before had been or­ various companies. ganized. They decided that Isth- HERE'S THE SCORE (Continued on Page 12) sSjiris/,•••, ' a �% Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. February bV 1946 SEAFARERS LOG PubHshcd Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with tlx American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 ^ HARRY LUNDEDERG = X X %• = = = = = = President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 21, Station P., New 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 More Of The Same As a direct result of the highly successful SIU educa­ tional program now being carried on, rank-and-file Sea­ farers from all ports have become increasingly educationconscious. In line with that awareness, SIU members are demanding "More of the Same." What labor know-how the boys have already absorbed has only whetted their appetite for a bigger and better pro­ gram in the coming year. Through resolutions, verbally and by mail, many Sea­ farers have made known their ideas, and these suggestions are being scrupulously followed in the new, greatly ex­ panded educational plan. The incorporation of all worth­ while proposals into the completed outline should make the program not only highly original but also extremely interesting and informative. Just as the SIU has developed until it is the strongest, most militant and democratic Union in maritime, so must labor education organization keep apace by continuously growing and developing. Dynamic education within the Seafarers is a living, breathing actuality—not a static old line force—and must continue to provide the life blood and sinews for the Union. Under an expanded program, an enlarged Log of 16 pages may shortly make its appearance: A T.og crammed to the gills with more interesting port news; increased "Mem­ bership Speaks" material; additional human interest stories about militant and progressive rank-and-filcrs; more pic­ tures and cartoon illustrations; plus many other additional new features and old favorites. All in all, it should be such a Log of which any Seafarer can be proud, one as good, certainly, as the best labor weekly in the field. STATEN ISLAND TIMOTHY HOLT J. L. CAMPBELL Plans also call for the publication of several additional M. J. FIELDS C. E. HASZ pamphlets and leaflets to be used for organizational and L. A, CORNWALL H. OLUF educational purposes. Also, some pamphlets now in print D. E. SEBOLD J. S. NEAL will be revised, brought up to date, and republished. This J. J. HANLEY J. G. CARSON written material will be used in the overall coordination of V. SHAVROFF H. L. GILLOT R. POWELL the entire program in the effort to relate it to immediate D. J. MONTELEONE J. L. WEKKS L. R. KATES problems of the seamen. Informal classes on a variety of subjects are contem­ have been a.dvanced as to how they can be successfully set plated, and will be directly related to specific questions and up and operated. Hdwever, plans are still in a fairly in­ problems. Some classes will probably be of short duration complete stage, and a lot more research and planning will and others last longer, but all will be conducted on a strictly be necessary before upgrading schools become a reality. informal basis—not like high school or college classes—and Many times, the SIU has missed golden opportunities stress group discussion methods as well as other techniques of presenting the true Union score to the public through involving full class participation. not having a publicity director. As a consequence, a lot of There is a crying need for weekly organizers' training untruths and garbled stories are foisted on the public by institutes, and these are being planned as a condensed and the daily press. This is another recommendation which is concentrated course to develop an informed, militant rank being i:onsidcrcd, and further developments may be ex­ and file leadership with the necessary know-how to cope pected along this line sometime in the future. with almost any seaman's problems on shipboard or ashore. These plans on education and publicity — some of In line with this, research is now being carried on for the jvhich are in the completed stages, and others which are purpose of developing a comprehensive leadership manual which will be a constant reference source, and will be kept still in the research hopper—are just a part of the overall program of the SIU for the future, and should show ,the up to date through continuous additions and revisions. world that the Seafarers not only leads maritime unions in Upgrading schools controlled by the Union—not gov­ organization, but also in education and planning for the ernment—are recognized as another necessity for the de­ future welfare of all seamen by securing better wages, velopment and upgrading of Seafarers, and several ideas conditions and contracts. Men Now In The Marine Hospitals C. MIDDLETON L. L. MOODY L. R. BORJA D. CARRILLO W. B. MUIR M. JOHN 1 3; 3, MOBILE TIM BURKE M. CARDANA J. C. DANZEY 4. i i. ELLIS ISLAND D. MCDONALD J. KOSLUSKY ^ X X BRIGHTON MASS. MARINE HOSPITAL ELMER STEWART E. JOHNSTON J. SILKOWSKI ' G. PHINNEY, Jr. J. SAUNDERS F. KENSFIELD A. RAMOS H. SAUKIASIAN % X % BALTIMORE HOSPITAL GEORGE RENN FRANK NICHOLSON LOUIS HUTTA MOSES MORRIS MAN UEL JUSTO JOSE PEREZ FRANK ROCCIA % X X NORFOLK HOSPITAL JOHN B. DARCY CHARLES T. GASKINS EUGENE WENGARTEN LLOYD G. McNAIR ' J. H, SMITH L. L. LEWIS CHARLIE MIZELL FRANK HOLLAND J. H. SMITH I �Triday, Febtu&ty 8, 1948 THE SEAFARERS Page Three LOG Seafarers Begin Clearing Up Old Abuses in The Gulf Tugboat Field By VERNON SMITH NEW ORLEANS — The era of discrimination, intimidation and general union-busting, as follow­ ed by tug-and towboat operators in the Gulf area is rapidly ap­ proaching an end. The factor hastening this zenith is the ad­ By PAUL HALL vent of the Seafarers Interna­ Acting under the membership's instructions, it has been my tional Union in this all-important privilege to have been in all ports where we have SIU Halls estab­ field. lished, with the exception of Mobile, in addition to other areas The Gulf Coast tugmen have wliere we do not have halls, to study the necessity of optining up seen what has been accomplished new spots. I should like, in this space to report on a few of the by the SIU for the tugboatmen ImprcssionB that I have brought back with me. in Norfolk — the 'highest tug First of all, I noticed the great improvements in the Seafarers' wages in the world. They have apparatus—the manner in which our inner union affairs are now seen what has been accomplished being handled. As recently as 12 months ago, this union operated for the tugmen in Philadelphia, its business in a somewhat loose manner. Very bften causing delay where they were victimized by and confusion by its handling of the membership's problems. This not only employers but by a has now been remedied and should improve steadily in the very communist-domindted union as near future. well. Most Seafarers have come to acknowledge the fact that they elect officials off ships to represent them during the year; that they are not electing bookkeepers and stenographers, but are electing sailors. Originally, we had a hard time recognizing this as a fact. Consequently there were times when we didn't function as effici­ ently as an organization of our size should. This has been corrected now, and with the assistance of local officials in the various ports, a central files system has been set up which conforms with the Headquarters Offices and the larger Branch systems, as well as the same type of dispatching systems in the hriing halls, etc. This has benefited the membership greatly, as they can expect and will re­ ceive the same type of representation and layout in all ports. THE BIG WIND IS GONE Another thing which strikes one forcibly—and this applies particulai-ly to the Gulf Area—is the deterioration of the opposition to the Seafarers by the comrades. Where a short while ago, they were putting up a big, rough front attempting to look militant, they have completely reversed themselves now and are literally backing up on all fronts in all ports instead of trying to oppose us, they are now bickering among themselves,^ trying to .save their piecard careers. Their main activity now is screaming "collusion" and "SIU goons, thugs," and the like. This is somewhat surprising coming from people who have wasted so much ballyhoo as to their "strength and "fighting ability." The same tactic is also used up the east coast, but not quite as heavily. There it is used principally as an advance preparation by the leadership of the NMU to excuse the defeats they know they are going to .take in the unorganized field very shortly at the hands of the Seafarers. The morale of our membership In all ports is good. In any Sea­ farers port, for example, if there are any number of men needed to do any sort of a job for the union anywhere—from hitting the front to distributing Our papers and literature aboard unorganized; ships—the response is the same. All hands tur.n out practically en masse. These men are now taking more of an interest in the Or-, ganization and the Organization's problems than ever before. ; Something, too, which is constructive: These men are used to certain types of representation in certain ports and when they don't get it in other ports, they holler like all hell. This keeps all officials on their toes and punching at all times for the membership's welfare. This is as it should be, and as it .should continue to be. GETTING THE GLAD HAND We are expanding in every manner imaginable. We have open­ ed a new Hall in Port Arthur, Texas and are opening another in Houston, Texas. It will be necessary again very shortly to survey, areas where we do not have halls, to investigate the possibilities of, establishing even more halls for our members. The reception by all unorganized men in general of the Sea­ farers' program is gratifying. This applies even to the inland boat' and tugboat field. For instance, in another part of this Log. you will' see that in the Port of Mobile the previously unorganized tugboatmen have gone on strike in order to get SIU representation. Dis appointed members of dual uniftns and other unorganizea seamen can be expected more arid more to look to us for assistance. We must be prepared to give this assistance when asked for. We cannot, close our eyes to these men's problems and tell them to stay in their own unions or to remain unorganized for finky wages. We will see in the next few months an increased effort thrown into all the Seafarers' wox'k due to these factors, and tve must be prepared to absorb all of these men, both disgruntled members of dual unioris and unorganized seamen, into our organization when they bring their fleets under the banners of the Seafarers. wriAT ifHEY WANT Another thing which is ndticeable is the progressive type of thinking of the Seafarers in hll areas. For instance, the merribership is now demanding, and in my ripiriiori it is a good demand, that the Seafarers establish in our newly purchased hall In Tampa k hotel {Cbntinmd on Page 11) The Gulf tugmen hope the SIU will help them, as it has other workers who have been victim­ ized. They have heard enough about the Seafarers to know that the Union stands foursquare be­ hind legitimate workers opposing entrenched reaction and the commie line of the NMU. DISREGARDED RIGHTS For years tug-and towboat op­ erators in the Deep South have disregarded entirely the funda­ mental . Tights of employees aboard their vessels with respect to the rights of organization, de­ cent living and -working condi­ tions and a sufficient take-home wage. When the BIU stepped into this field only a few weeks ago it found conditions deplorable. Men were forced to work as many as 100 or more hours a week without overtime. Food was bad and in many instances crews of vessels were subsisting for days at a time on such uninspired diets as beans, macaroni, rice, and other starchy amount of necessary foods such staples with an insufficient as fresh fruits and vegetables, milk and meats. COMPANY GRAFT Sugar was to be pro-rated to the crew, but by the time the ration had passed from hand to hand among the petty company officials, crew members found themselves with an amount suf­ ficient for three or four days for a trip lasting from seven to ten days. Men were broken out while off watch on the slightest pretext and often worked for 12 to 18 hours at a time without payment of overtime. Any man who had the temerity to protest or to even suggest payment of overtime was promptly put ashore upon ar­ rival in the home port and re­ placed by some farm hand who wouldn't protest against such in­ human treatment. LINEN BY WHIM Clean linen was furnished at the whim of company officials. Cases are on record of crew mem­ bers of tugs having had to go without changes of linen for a month or more. Some operators have furnished men with cotton mattresses, which after a few days use were {Continued on Page 9) Tug Strikers Tie-up Mobile (Continued from Page 1) mously voted to strike in order to force the owners to recognize the Union. This the company had consistently refused to do, and only as a last result did the tugboatmen decide to strike at 7:00 a. m. Sunday. SIU Gulf tug representative Lindsay Williams referred to the record, and stated that the Sea­ farers had petitioned the NLRB for recognition after the Mobile Towing and Wrecking Co. had refused to recognize the Union as the bargaining agent for their unlicensed personnel. According to Williams, "The company had been notified by the NLRB to recognize this union of rank and filers but has ignored the order." TO NEGOTIATE MACK HANKINS i As a result of the solid front Secretary Strike Committee presented by the tugboatmen, the shipowners declared their willing­ ness, late Monday, to negotiate that previous efforts to meet with with the Unio'^: They claimed SIU representatives had proven fruitless. JUMPING THE GUN The Mobile Central Trades ex­ ec. com. announced its support of the tug strike which had mean­ while tied up the major portion of the swollen shipping in Mobile Harbor. Shipping in the area was at an alltime high, and waterfront sources estimated that more than one hundred ships were awaiting loading or unload­ ing, in the river, awaiting re­ pairs or awaiting movement up the river to the boneyard. ILA SUPPORT At a special SIU meeting called in Mobile to discuss the entire tugboat situation, Brother L. Tanner of the ILA addressed the meeting, and pledged the full support of the ILA for the strike. Lindsay Williams, SIU repre­ sentative detailed to work on the tugboat organization, also ad= dressed the membership, and brought them up to date on com­ plete tugboat developments. As this Log goes to press, re­ sults of the negotiations between the strikers -and the tug opera­ tors now taking place in Mobile are awaited with wide intei'est among the many unorganized These striking veterans, members of the militant Veterans tugboat workers who are only Lieague of America, demonstrate in Reading. Pa., against the favorite waiting for tangible gains before ariti-labor devise of refusing unemployment compensation to strikers. joining up with the Seafarers. .L. �Page Four HEREIN NfHf ITHIITK/ THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. February S, 1946 Report On The Isthmian Drive By EARL "BULL" SHEPPARD. Isthmian Organizer get as regards wages, overtime The concentrated drive to or­ and conditions. ganize the Isthmian Line seamen started in June 1945. The first Another point of particular inpoint on the program was secur­ tefest to the Isthmian seamen ing enough pledges to enable us has been the structure of the to petition the National I,abor Re­ Union.. Ship organizers and all lations Board for an election to members contacting Isthmian QUESTION: — What do you think of Joe determine the bargaining agent ships have been instructed to give Curran's statement that "there is a great deal for the crews of Isthmian ships. the unorganized seamen the com­ of merit" in the cafeteria style of feeding on plete scoi'e, holding nothing back. From the beginning we had a ships? few SIU book members aboai*d As a result, today many unor­ ganized Isthmian seamen are Isthmian ships. These few men JACK WILSON. BOSUNs — I themselves voluntary organizers were carrying on a small organi­ don't like the idea of changing to zational drive without any special pointing out to other unorganized a cafeteria feeding system be­ equipment other than the Log men that only in the SIU can cause it eliminates jobs for sea­ and the regular educational they find a Union where the men, and cuts down on the choice literature of the Union, and their membership makes all the final of meals. You would have to own desire to organize. decision, where officials are regu­ take meat, eggs or emything else larly elected and where every the way it was served, and The results of their work was beef gets immediate attention. wouldn't have a chance to get that there were quite a few Isth­ FOUND OUT things cooked the way you want­ mian seamen coming up to the ed them. It revives the old idea Many Isthmian men have visit­ halls in various ports and joining of standing in line and waiting ed SIU halls and attended SIU the Union. The trouble was how­ EARL "BULL" SHEPPARD for service. Seamen are being meetings seeing for themselves ever, that these men almost in­ treated like human beings now variably quit their Isthmian ship related to the organizational at first hand just how the Union with the way they are being fed. and started sailing one of bur work. In addition to the regular works. All of this has been one So, let's keep it that way. Wonder contract ships. What we needed literature, much special explana­ of the greatest factors in per­ how Curran would like to line suading the Isthmian seamen that was the immediate setting up of tory literature has been issued up for his food? He should be an organizational apparatus both specifically for Isthmian crews. the Seafarers as a whole is the in a line—the unemployed! organization for them. aboard ship and ashore. To carry out this work the Log When organizers boarded ships DRIVE BEGINS has been given larger offices, the largely manned by unorganized The joint Agents. Conference size of the paper has been in­ crews they at first found the representing all the affiliated creased and the staff enlarged. crews skeptical in many cases WILLIAM TOLER, SECOND unions of the Seafarers Interna­ TALK PAYS OFF but as the drive has progressed COOK: — I'm strictly against it tional, the convention, and the Every unorganized man now this skepticism has vanished and because it sounds too much like Atlantic and Gulf Agents con­ riding Isthmian ships knows the now a genuine welcome awaits some shipowner's dream. They're ference had, a few months pre­ score on unionism as a result of the organizers when they come trying to cut down to seven men vious selected Brother Paul Hall, being shipmates with SIU book aboard. This has been larought on some ships now, and this N. Y. Agent as the official in member shipmates and being about by the organizers answer­ would make it possfble for them charge of all organization. Broth­ contacted regularly by shoreside ing all questions in a straight for­ er Hall immediately started work­ to try cutting down even further ing out a schedule of organiza­ organizers. Hundreds of coffee ward manner. It is pleasing to —possibly down to four men or tional operation and recruiting time, meal hour and watch bel6w notice the doubts disappear from less in the stewards dept. Under the necessary forces to carry it discussions with SIU members port to port, and trip to trip, as the cafeteria plan of feeding, the through. Shortly after I paid off have acquainted these Isthmian knowledge of the SIU and the boys won't get food served the a ship in New Orleans in the men with the advantages of SIU honest open approach of the or­ way they like it, and that's bad spring of 1945 I was selected to membership. They know the SIU ganizer and members aboard where steaks and some other become one of the organizers and agreements as well in most cases ships instill a feeling of confi­ meats are concerned. One thing subsequently placed in charge of as the SIU men themselves know dence in the crew members. every seaman likes to do is eat, them, and have shown a special this area. WANT SIU and this scheme would be the interest in the protection they As a whole we find that the The first step was the calling same thing as cutting down the Jsthmian Line seamen want orpleasures some fellows get out for volunteers from the member­ ganizatioti. They want repre­ ship to infiltrate the Isthmian of eating. sentation by a militant union WM. CHADBURNE, OILER: fleet as volunteer ship organizers. that stands and fights for the in­ —We seamen don't want any part The membership responded en­ terests of the seamen. They want of cafeteria feeding on ships. You thusiastically and have done a a union that is controlled by the have to take what's on the steam fine job. They have gone aboard membership, a union that has no tables—the way it's already cook­ these scows and endured non­ outside political interests to hamPORT ARTHUR, Texas—Con­ ed—and would have no selection union conditions trip after , trip pe.r its progress and activity. In tinuing the march of progress at all. It's definitely opposed to acting as volunteer organizers and plain words, they want the SIU the Seafarers idea of seciiTino bringing hundreds of unorganized which has been made by the Sea­ because it is strictly a union for. farers IiiLeriialiiJiial Union of more men for the stewards dept., men under the SlU banner. of, and by seamen fighting on North America in the recent ac­ not cutting dov/n on them. Serv­ CONTACT MEN every front for the interests of quisition of new Halls and im­ ing at the tables is more like Working in conjunction with the seamen. proved facilities in many ports, home, and under the cafeteria the ship organizers have been the SIU announces the opening With the unanimous approval style we'd have "bread lines." In the shoreside organizers whose this week of_,a new Hall in Port of the membership of the Sea­ addition, any time one of the boys main job has been to keep in con­ Arthur, Texas. It is located at farers International Union, the wanted seconds or didn't like tact with each ship and crew 445 Austin Ave. with Phone unorganized Isthmian seamen are what he v/as served, he'd ha/e wherever it might be. Number 28532. Blondie John­ now given the opportunity to be­ to go around the second time. son, who was a Patrolman ih the come members of the SIU upon The Istlimian line is one of Port of Norfolk, has been assigned payment of the original charter the major steamship companies membership fee of seventeen dol­ as Port Agent. with their ships sailing to every lars. We look upon them as port. Thus it was necessary to There is a heavy traffic of SIUpioneers, the same as the original establish an organizational appar­ contracted ships going through J. T. WALKER, AB:—Such a atus to cover the Atlantic, Gulf Port Arthur which necessitated seamen who founded the SIU and plan would reduce the stewards and Pacific coasts plus Puerto the new Hall, and in addition, when they come in for the char­ there is the demand of unorg.an-- ter fee they enjoy the same rights dept. Messmen, and make it seem Rico and Honolulu. ized men throughout the Texas and priviliges as any nthcr SIU a lot less like home style meals. 1'his alone was still not enough area. This makes it necessary to member. If a fellow comes in off the deck however, so crews of all "con­ seriously consider the x>pening of Today we are ready to enter or engine room, and has to grab tract ships were urged to con­ other SIU halls in various Texas the bargaining elections with the his own grub, he'll certainly feel tact Isthmian ships wherever Ports. full knowledge that the Isthmian they ran across one in any part In accordance with the recom­ Line men will select the SIU as like being on a timetable. This of the world. This established a cafeteria idea would cut down fraternal basis and has been the mendation of the Director of Or­ their bargaining agent. Today ganization, Paul Hall, after mak­ the Isthmian seamen are our on the men's time considerably, thing that has caused many Isth­ ing a series of surveys of the en­ brothers, they are saying "the 1 : and smacks too much of an as- mian seamen to select the SIU tire area of Texas, another. Sea­ SIU is the Union for me." sembly-line speed up system. Be­ as their representative. Shortly they will prove this-by farers Hall will shortly be open­ From the beginiiing a section ed^ in Houston, Texas. Serious their vote and the Isthmian fleet mM lieve rae, it's a lot of bull, and '-mm cert^ly sounds like someone of the Log has been, devoted en­ consideration is also being given will be another step toward the tirely to the Isthmian drive and to the possible necessity for open­ ultimate establishing of the SIU was pushing the ball for the com­ a large percentage of the pic­ ing Union Halls in othe- Texas as the representative and Union panies. of all seamen. torial news has been of subjects and Gulf Ports. SIU Opens Hall In Port Arthur I fe,' �Friday, February 8, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Five THE MEMBEBSmP SPEAKS SCENES AS SS ROBIN LOCKSLEY DOCKED AT DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA \' V ^ This Is Your Paper; Write, Draw For It , • I; The two photos at left, were loaned to us by an SIU member. So were the two shots of the storm on page 7. Have you any unusual pictures made in foreign ports or at sea? If so, we'd like to use them in the Log. We'll be glad to use any cartoons, drawings, ar­ ticles or stories, too. Seafarer James F. Byrne made the picture at left when his ship, the Robin Locksley, tied up at Dur­ ban, and the other when Zulu natives began loading -4 'STINKY' RINKER, CHIEF MATE, HAS FITTING HANDLE Dear Editor: Here is a little poem we of the Joshua Tree deck crew com­ posed: Stinky Rinker There once was a man named Rinker To us, he looked like a tinker Then we made a short trip With him on the ship . . . And now we know he's a stinker. We want to warn our fellow members about this guy Rinker. He was 100 per cent chicken fi'om the start. Two of our ABs took their gear out to the ship about 4 p. m. after signing on, he could do with himself, and then he sent two standbys with orders to use force if necessary. The watch got up, went mid­ ships and wakened the Captain. His first words were: "I think the guy is crazy." put a boot where it would do Stinky the most good, and the watch went back to sleep. . Fifteen minutes later Stinky was heard humming a hymn (Blessed Be The Tie That Binds). Needless to say, an hour overtime was turned in for that skirmish— and collected. The old boy has a ^Master's li­ cense. So, Brothers, JocJc out for Stinky Rinker. He'll be either a Chief Mate or a Skipper, but with the SIU we don't think he could ship as ordinary seaman. The Deck Gang of The Joshua Tree BROTHER RHODES SETS AN EXAMPLE FOR DELEGATES Dear Editor: and fooled around the deck for a while. At 9 p. m. they saw a man on deck, and it proved to be Rinker, mate on watch. They did not expect pay for that day, but he assumed they did and informed them who was who. He was Chief Mate, he said, and they were only a pair of AB.s, They were called before the Skipper about it. He proved to be a swell guy. (Everyone liked Capt. T. J. Cullum) and everything was okeh. His crowning achievement, though, was when he called the 12-4 watch to the bridge to check their overtime — at 4:30 a. m.! The watch sent back word they were asleep. Five minutes later he sent a standby back with the order: "To the bridge or out comes the log book." We sent word back what Please allow me space in the Leg to commend Brother L. Rhodes, No. 38564. He has been Steward Delegate on the SS Williams Victory of the Smith and Johnson Line for the past three trips. These remarks, in­ cidentally, constitute a tip to all ship delegates on how to handle their respective department ef­ fectively. Brother Rhodes not only looks out for overtime beefs, but teaches the trip card men how to act. Mo.st important, on the day before his ship arrives in port he gathers everyone—books or trip carders — and holds them until the boarding Patrolman arrives. Then he turns all of the men over to the Patrolman. If all delegates would follow the example of this Brother, we surely would have less trouble with the free loaders. W. Hamilton. Patrolman The venereal disease rate in Naples, sitaly, has risep 427 per cent sinve VE day. HERE'S ANOTHER CHIEF MATE WHO STINKS ON ICE Dear Editor: This ship, the Eugene O'Donnell of the Eastern SS Co., sail­ ed from Norfolk in June, des­ tined for Marseilles, then Pan­ ama, then the Philippines. We have been shuttling around the Leyte area since October. Some guys gripe on their ships, but we think we have the prize. We would like the opin­ ion of you all on a certain Chief Mate, Elisha Sampson, who: 1. Refused to let the deck crew finish lashing deck cargo because overtime would be in­ volved. He had orders from the Army to lash it. The ship sailed with improperly lashed cargo, and some of it wasn't lashed at all. 2. Refused to let even one member of the unlicensed per­ sonnel go along to unload linen that was being taken to the laundry. Instead he sent the Second Mate. 3. Refused to let crew take on flour, in the rain, between 12 and 1 p.m. because of penalty; 900 pounds of flour was ruined in the rain. ing the past few months. Every hour that the Chief Mate has been put down. We wish to have this Chief Mate's papers pulled and to have him "blacklisted. We would hate to have another good crew sail under this guy. The Black Gang has about the same trouble as the Deck Crew—a sorry First Assistant Engineer. There have been no beefs made to the Skipper, who seems to be a pretty nice fellow. Please give us your opinion as to how we should handle this matter of the Chifef Mate. It would be greatly appreciated. Charles Paris 'UNHOLY THREE' MAKE THIS SHIP A HOLY TERROR Dear Editor: Among his bad habits, is the practice of growling at the Bosun. Because he does not chip and paint, just the same as the gang he is working. Boats is an "Oldtimer" and put him right, but he still does not see it. 5. Works himself and the Third Mate almost eight hours every day. Pays the Third Mate overtime. No overtime for the deck crew. These are only a few of the things the Mate has done dur- When I started this letter to you, there were 35 loggings to date for a voyage barely ex­ ceeding three months. As I mentioned before, five wei'e log­ ged today, that makes the total 40, and they were very proud of them. The Steward has his share of the total. He is Lt. Senior Grade C. A. Shay an "Officer" for the pleasure of the "Officers." A complaint is usually answered. As we reported previously. We do not have minutes to present, as Capt. A. A. Lund (Logging Lund) forbids meet­ ings on his ship the Mission Santa Clara, of \vhich he is Master. What a character, slop chest open at his will, still we are limited to one carton of smokes per week, that is if he should happen to open once a week, and cash slops are out. Then there is the matter of mattresses and linen on deck, in the tropics. No, just a cot, I wonder if he sleeps on an innerspring. 4. Rang the general alarm to celebrate crossing of the Equa­ tor. The crew was mad as could be. for the penalty hours that have been turned in. Which are all good time. And I might add, he made good this threat this very day. He had five men logged tonight, and reminded them that it was because they had gune against his orders, and continued to turn in the penalty time. It seems to me, this may be classed as direct discrimina­ tion against the Union, and the members of same on board, also a violation of The Wagner Act. And the Chief Mate. Oh, my aching back! He is a Greek, and this is his first American ship. His handle is "E. Georgeoglov." He does not have the least idea, what oiu- Union is, or what it is for. Or for that matter, he does not have the least idea of the American way of life. Just today he said he intend­ ed to log anyone for anything at all. So that he could get even "the Officers like it, so it must be good." He has been seen playing favorities, to the saloon side of the ship. He has no love for the crew at all, as he is: "An Officer." We have about 70 hours writ­ ten up aginst the Mate and the Old Man, for doing sailors' work on deck. Thej' just don't seem to understand. Taking everything into con­ sideration, and all things being equal, I believe they could be called ;"The Unholy Three." And for the good of all the Brothers, please do not let any one of these characters take one of our ships out, unless of course, a full crew of "Cow­ boys." Edward C. Carnage Louis J. Waitkus �THE Page Six SEAFARERS LOG Friday, February 8, 1946 SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS Grs SHOW APPRECIATION FOR GOOD CHOW There is a certain Master who has been raving to passengers aboard his sliip about unions in general and the SIU in particular. His acts in regard to the crew haye borne out his attitude. The skipper is Capt. Talbert of the SS Leonidas Polk, Mississippi Lines, and he really will Hungry GFs Raise Fund For Steward's Dept. Members of the Steward's De­ partment aboard the Madawaska Victory received a signal honor (with pelf to boot) when their ship docked at Pier 3, Brooklyn Army Base on Janu­ ary 29, with 1,548 appreciate GI's singing of their chow. Stewards Departments on many ships have been com­ mended by GI's they fed. But aboard the Locksley the 1,357 men of the 100th Infantry Di­ vision and 191 members of the Second Armored Division took up a collection to show their ap­ preciation. In addition, their commander, Lieut. Col. Edwin H. Hughes, reported on the ex­ cellence of meals. The N. Y. World Telegram, which reported the arrival and the praise of the cooks, quoted troop transport officers at the pier as "fighting off a tendency to faint," and saying "it was the first time such a thing ever happened.' BOOTY DIVIDED In addition to the honor, there was a division of booty for the ten SIU members of the Stew­ ard's Department. They di­ vided $94.16, which meant that each man received $9.40. Those sharing the proceeds were; Chief Steward R. C. Kinnask, Second Night Cook Joseph Rantoque. Fourth Army Cook Louis Baxter, Saladman George Spangler, Jr., Third Army Cook Jimmy T. LaJolli, Chief Baker Joseph C. Gordon, Chief Butcher Harry A. Hamilton, Second Day Cook Albert J. Simmons, Don Along with this memento came $94.16 Captain Is In Right Church, But Is Dead Wrong On The Pew The Captain of the Schoharie goes strictly by the agreement, crew members reveal in their minutes of Jan­ uary 22. Only trouble is that he has a copy of the agree­ ment dated 1941, and insists that he will go by that one instead of the 1943 copy. All of which leaves the Scho­ harie crew sort of up in the air: they quote chapter and verse, and the Captain does, too. But it doesn't gibe. M. Revila and Cliief Army Cook Jack C. Jones. Brother Jones told the Log that part of the reason for the praise had been adequate pro­ visioning of the ship, allowing him and his fellow cooks some leeway in the matter of pre­ paration. IMPRESSIVE MENU For breakfast the meat-hun­ gry troops were fed ham on two occasions, and pork sausage and bacon, the rest of the time. For dinner they had this va­ riety in the meat line: steaks, pork chops, ham, chicken, ham­ burger steaks, pot roast, chicken cacciatore, Hungarian goulash and noodles and pork and apple sauce. Pardon us, while we step down to the canteen! Action taken at the meeting, presided over by William H. Richards and recorded by Ed­ ward Pananen, included: To ask Patrolman what pun­ ishment should be applied ta Watertender missing four con­ secutive watches. To request fumigation of the ship; there are many bugs and rats in the storeroom that are big enough to fight back when cornered. To ask Patrolman to inves­ tigate the slop chest. Inade­ quate supplies were taken on in Philadelphia and the bridge gets preference on everything. Crew takes what is left, if anything. Election of committee of six fuU book members to decide whether mess boys should be allowed to continue sailing. It was decided to give them one more chance. Listing of repairs necessary. Cigs Short: Purser Practices *Appeasement* The old practice of "appease­ ment" reared its ugly head the SS Hastings on its recent South American run. The ap­ peasement took the form of gifts or sale of slop chest cigar­ ettes to port officials in Rio de Janiero and to passengers. The result was a shortage for the crew. First off, the Purser was dis­ covered by Chairman J. Dioro taking several cartons of cigar­ ettes to the passengers' rooms. He claim.ed they were his own, to do with as he pleased. Pre­ viously, he had told the Elec­ trician they were the Captain's. Later he admitted that, act­ ing on company orders, he used slop chest cigarettes to pacify various officials in Rio, and said he intended to do the same in Captain Was Raving; Crew Wasn't Slaving TRY SoMf reported negligent in attending to the crew's needs, giving un­ satisfactory substitutes or stall­ ing the sick men off. Brother Epstein asked for Whitfield's Ointment for ath­ lete's foot. *He was given Insective Louse Powder. Montevideo. One of the Sani­ tary men who came aboard in Rio told the Engine Delegate he was given 10 cartons of cigar­ ettes. He didn't know why. The crew thinks the answer to that one would be interesting. That Purser fellow also was I iAtii Brother Diorio asked for merthiolate to treat cuts and bruises. His wounds were not examined, and he was given highly dangerous sulfadiazene, which seldom is administered without a thorough examina­ tion, and told to treat himself. The SIU Brethren voted to bring the matter before the Gaptain; if the Skipper did not act, a committee was to be appoint­ ed to visit the American Consul at Montevideo. have something to rave about pretty soon. His actions will be brought before a Union meeting in New Orleans, with the request that the entire SIU be enlisted to see that he does not sail again on SIU ships. In addition, eharges will be brought against him before the Bureau of Steam and Navigation for violation of the U. S. Navigation Law on the following eount: Failure to provide a proper draw at Rio de Janeiro on De­ cember 7, 1945, as required by law. ACTION AT SEA The double barrelled action was decided upon at a Ships Meeting at sea on December 28, through motions proposed by Brother Freuge and seconded by Brother McRae. The resolu­ tions were recorded by Chair­ man Dunham and Secretary Miller. In proposing the Union action. Brothers Freuge and McRae listed the following. acts by the Captain as detrimental -to the Union: Permitting the present Second Mate to sail on this trip, when he knew the Mate wa.s not a member of the Masters, Mates and Pilots Union. ^ Refusing to allow a crew member to go ashore at Rio de Janiero for medical treatment. UNION BAITER Continuous raving to passen­ gers about all unions and about the SIU in particular. Failure to put out a proper draw at Rio. Rationing of cigarettes on the entire trip, when he had per­ sonal knowledge before we left the States that rationing had been abandoned. Failure to have mail brought aboard at Trinidad on the re­ turn tiip, thus showing his utter disregard for the crew and it's welfare. There had been a forewarning of the Captain's attitude on the outgoing trip of the Polk. Min­ utes of the meeting on Novem­ ber 11, as recorded by Secretary Schenk and Chairman Ryan re­ veal that there was some dis­ cussion in reference to the Cap­ tain's order that the forcdeck be reserved for passengers. No re­ solution was reached, however. EGG SITUATIONS Resolutions at that meeting included: That no man is to leave the table hungry; this was decided after the Steward made a re­ quest to limit the number of eggs at breakfast, explaining that .eggs cannot be purchased in foreign ports; it was agreed to use judgement in the size or orders. That, each department .use its own head and showers. • > That the Deck Delegate have salt tablets and dispenser in or­ der. That book racks be put up in the PO Mess. ^ Sleepy Steward Set Straight On Ship Squareness They are having Steward trouble aboard the Rufus Choate, according to the minutes of the January 23 meeting. Not that Steward trouble is unusual. But in this case the Steward just seems to be a cantanker­ ous, pusillanimous (you are welcome to provide any other adjectives or nouns you see fit.) For one thing, the ship left the Stales with an inadequate supply of silverware, side dish­ es, mess jackets and aprons, a fact which has led to no graciousness at mealtimes. Came a request for extra glasses, arid the Steward said he had no more. Union Delegates went below and found more than enough for the whole crew. Oh, yes, the little man admit­ ted, he knew they were there, but he didn't want them used for fear they'd be broken. (Some of the Brothers com.mented that he shouldn't feel that way about his head.) There was also a little matter of overtime. The Steward didn't believe in such foolish, ness. Overtime? Perish forbid. This character also took a ChrisLiaa Science view of sick­ ness. The Bedroom Steward was ill and confined to his bed. 43UIT 3MLLIAJ6 ^ I GPT'SACKIb ' This will never do, said the Steward, as he kept bothering the man, and asking him to turn to. That matter of painting the messhall also bothered him. Every time anyone mentioned it to him, you'd have thought he'd have, to pay for it out of his own pocket. t The crew took a slightly dim view of the Great Man's little peccadillos. Chairman Roy, Cole reports that they voted to see that if hersails. again, it is to be • with a somewht inferior rating. �Friday, February 8, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven What happens when a real North Atlantic hor'easter hits a ship is shown in these two pictures, made by an uniden­ tified SIU member who drop­ ped them off in the Log of­ fice and didn't leave his name or any information about them. Many SIU members have ex­ perienced storms of this tors, and remember the terrible beating their ship took in them, the pounding lurches as the ships smacked the bot­ tom of a trough, and the less­ er waves cracking against the midship. MINUTES OF SlU SHIP MEETINGS DIGESTED FDR EASIER READING T. B. ROBERTSON. Dec. IBChairman D. E. Williams; Sec­ retary E. L. Patterson. Motions carried included: that silver­ ware be cleaned properly after each meal; that all stores be drawn' by respective Messmen for their own messrooms; that overtime be properly written up; that Messmen be held re­ sponsible for having sufficent mlik,. bread, sugar, coffee, tea, etc., for night lunches. Sugges­ tions made for repairs and cleanliness. Chairman read union literature and" forecastle card to trip card men to ac­ quaint them with conditions and duties they assume when signing articles. • • • BUNTLINE HITCH. Jan. 13— i Chairman P., Taurasi; Secretary B. -Skelos. Carried followingmotions: that Hans Vingen be transferred from Norwegian Seamen's Union to SIU (his book is fully paid in Norwegian Union); that no crew member be paid off until all beefs set­ tled; that repair list with suggestion.s for improved condi­ tions for ship from all depart­ ments be presented. New trip card men were voted into Union. Steward reprimanded for wast­ ing fresh fruit and not follow­ ing decision made at last meet­ ing that fruit be put on table at night. * * * JOSEPH LEE. Jan. 2—Chair­ man Elmer Huff; Secretary George Curran. Motions car­ ried: that mess halls be painted and cleaned before ship reaches port; that man assigned to Deck and Engine Departments sani­ tary work do a better job; that dishes and cups b4 kept off tables between meals; that food be served in more efficient man­ ner; that foc'sles be cleaned be­ fore leaving ship. Voting on trip card men, Tavaris and Eetzek accepted, R. Lucarello given probationary book and one man rejected. Suggestions made for general improvement aboard ship for safety and comfort of crew. * * • THOMAS SULLY. Nov. 21— Chairman Theodore Lang; Sec­ retary Louis Harris. Motions carried: That messhall be kept clean between meals; that un­ necessary noises in passageways cease to let men off watch sleep; that all members take up dis­ puted overtime as soon as dis­ pute arises, to have it rectified, if possible, before coming into U. S. port; that no drinking water or food be wasted; that permit men and tripcarders get in touch with Patrolman when he boards vessel before payoff. s. 4 JOHN STEVENS (No date noted)—Donald R. Short, chair­ man. Meeting called for pur­ pose of wising up young tripcarders who were bragging about how salty they were (hot from Sheepshead Bay). They were sitting on tables in mess room and putting their feet on chairs or bulkhead paint work. Motion carried to draw up list Valuable Papers Found In Branch At New Orleans Dear Editor: In cleaning out the New Or­ leans Branch storeroom today, we found valuable papers for the following men: Walter J. Moral, John A. Siebold, Theodore Lewis, George Johnson, Thomas J. Golden, Ed­ ward P. Ormsby, Peter DeVries, Karl Sweetser, Maurice Richard­ son, J. E. Adams, John J. Kogut, A. L. Mareaux, Lloyd D. Mills, William Cook, Harry Johnson and John J. Ash. A seaman's wallet belonging to Lyle E. Fowler, containing a $50 war bond and other impor­ tant papers, was also found. I have written to his mother and notified the SUP in which he holds membership. J. S. White. New Orleans Agent CLEVELAND HALL QUIETEST OF ALL, BUT HE LIKES IT Dear Editor: of laws; fines arranged for mis­ demeanors, such as not wash­ ing up cups, etc., between meals, spitting on deck, etc. Motion carried to send $51.00 collected in fines to buy smokes for sick, hospitalized Brothers. (A wish goes with the smokes. Get well quick, fellahs!) 4. 4. 4. FITZHUGH LEE. Jan. 19— Chairman Cecil Morash; Secre­ tary J. Brouseau. Motion car­ ried to have ship fumigated. General discussion of watches not being relieved until very last minute and men not doing work assigned. List of neces­ sary repairs drawn up. Mess halls are to be kept clean and unnecessary noise to cease, so watch can sleep. 4 4* 4* NASHUA VICTORY. Jan. 25 —(No chairman, secretary list­ ed.) Motion carried recommend­ ing that utility man be carried on every ship to clean heads, passageways, etc. It is unsani­ tary for messboys, pantryman, or bedroom steward to do this work. Motion carried to try to obtain third cook's wages for galley man, since shi? has no third cook and galley man is doing his work; job was put up on board fbr third cook and that is what man reported for. Mo­ tion carried to investigate over­ time for oilers when ship is working, such as discharging cargo. Just got the enclosed card at the hall here in Cleveland. Talk about quiet restful places—^this hall beats them all. There were only a couple of guys around; however, we managed to argue salt and fresh for a while. I paid off in L.A. and am tak­ ing^ a re.st for a month, but will be in New Oileans, camping at Mabel's, by the first of Febru­ ary. We had a fair trip=-the Rob­ ert Fechner, South Atlantic— made five months . . . loaded in New Orleans and went to Man­ ila. I'm glad that the Log can be sent home like this. It will let more people know what the SIU is doing and has been do­ ing for us. Am enclosing a couple of bucks for the Log. Jim Currie Editor's Note: Thanks for the donation. A receipt will be made out and mailed to you. NICHOLAS D. LABADIE. Jan. 3—Chairman Frederick H. Schwalb; Secretary Irving Smith. Motion carried that last standby on watch is responsible for cleanliness of mess hall. To prevent crew from abusing mess hall privileges a list of fines was drawn up. Money will be do­ nated to The Log. Shore dis­ cussion held in reference to cleanliness of recreation room. Brothers Bilko, Lietner and Dominico took part. CUT AND RUN By HANK Last week several of our oldtimers sailed in and anchored awhile for some beery and mer­ ry greetings. There were Alex Baltimore Ski and James Kane —two of our best union men now sailing with the scrambled gold. After proudly showing them the odd looking sea bags (light blue in color with leather straps here, there and every­ where) he had made last trip, Three-Fingered Morgan smiling­ ly remembered the days and ways he had raised Ski down Puerto Rico-way. And sure enough. Bosun Robert Hillman, our hgihest decorated oldtimer, was glowing and showing his medal around, and praising his shipmates. This week he's aboard ship, probably shouting his well-worn words, "Do The Best You Can!" 4 4 4 After grabbing a job on the Cooper Union, Chief Cook Ed­ die Gordon had some beery talk with his best pal, Louis Galvin, who is waiting to get his papers renewed and traveler's checks repaid—after getting rolled for everything on the train-ride up the coast. 4 4 4 One of our best Stewards. Drew McKenney. blew his top about the runaround and the delayed absence of needy stores on the Joseph Lee and so he piled off. That's the way a Steward should be sometimes instead of forgetting about everything—including the crew —for the scheduled voyage. ice—with just two months more to finish before he starts coming home. We'll bet he'll be proud to see our new halls and the other changes, too. 4 4 4 Andrew Lavezoli, proud fath­ er of a seven month baby, is starting to get proud all over again. The little family is ex­ pecting another little guest soon. What will be the treat, Andy, cigars or drinks? 4 4 4 We're hoping ihe landlubbing life Bill Sullivan is living in now is trealing him decenfly. Bill was discharged from the Merchant Marine. recently. How's the new job. Bill, or are you just taking it easy for awhile? 4 4 4 We're expecting to say hullo and hear the most humorous de­ tails from Bob Kennedy and Bo Bunee who are due to arrive soon from Marseille on the Cor­ nell Victory. Frankly, we'd like to be back there among the francs, the frogs and the fast welcomes shelled to us. 4 4 4 Hank Sadocha just blew in with lots of his buddies and they're now just waiting for the ships to come in. Hank's in the steward's dept. now and with him are Art Bratkowski. Joe Bratkowski and Paul An­ dersen. 4 4 4 Tall, blonde and handsome Kenny Marston has finally had the chance to grab a job on the Ouchita Victory and he sure has been waiting for it. She's going to Sweden and that's just where Ken wants to go. Have a few Swedish beers for us. Ken. Paul Gondzar just grabbed a South American cruise with a Pacific tanker. His pals, Keith Mino, Vern Mino and Ken Har­ rier are still waiting for more jobs to show up. We don't know the present whereabout of piecard Boston Kennedy but there's one thing we'd like to ask Highpressure Charlie Bush: Where's that Eastern Co. uniform we heard so much about, eh? 4 4 4 4 4 4 Wherever our men go we al­ ways like to be wishing them smooth sailing, good chow and swell ports. So we're saying the best of everything to Tex Tye. Third Engineer on one of the Lykes ships and to Tom Wheel­ er. Third Mate on a Waterman wagon! To David Harn and John McLullen aboard the John S. Mosby: Warren Callahau says hullo and expects to see you guys over at the hall for old time's sake. Isthmian organizer' Thom­ as "Rocky" Benson (a good look­ ing guy, by the way) and Mike Rossi, that Bmiling Bosun and Midtown waiter, will be shoot­ ing down New Orleans way thia year for the Mardi Gras. Mike's going to run for the Patrol­ man's job down there, so we wish him good luck! 4 4 4 4 4 4 All the way over there in YokohaiAa and around, there's Bosun Ronnie Chaleraf stretch­ ing out a year's shuttling serv­ •V, .'j;' -Tirtv. �MM THE Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG Friday, February 8. 1946 Read Articles, Riders Carefully By ARTHUR, THOMPSON Texas Now Ready For Expansion By D. STONE GALVESTON Come to Texas and catch a good T-2 Tanker, Brother, that's no fooling. We are having a deluge of these tank­ ers. They're damned good jobs and the best tanker conditions in the world—so all you boys who would like to make a good trip with no winches banging in your ears in port—then come down to beautiful Texas. It appears that traffic here is going to hold up, with many of the Pacific Tankers to run steady from Texas ports. This is the time when the Seafarers should study the necessity of opening several more halls in the Texas ports. Several of our freighter companies are bidding to run in several ports in this section regu­ larly now, so this should assure us of a steady traffic. GOOD SHAPE The affairs of the port are in good shape now, with the Hall given a recent shaking and clean­ ing up. We may not have a very large hall here, but one thing is sure—there isn't a cleaner one anywhere. We notice with interest the demand for an expanded educa­ tional system for the Union, by the many ports and ships crews. From the look of things here, we are in accord with the idea. It is easy to see that our member­ ship is rapidly stabilizing itself now—with all the boys who were interested in beating the draft pulling out and going hack to Uncle Hank's farm. The young fellows staying in this business are a likely looking lot of prospective union men, anc we should make it our business to see that they are properly edu­ cated. OPEN NEW PORTS Brother Paul Hall has been in this section lately, surveying the necessity of opening up more (Ser ' ovfnriwf IN YOUH/ II halls. This branch has notified him that in our opinion it is a good idea. The quicker the bet­ ter—especially so for the ports of Houston and Port Arthur. We have plenty of traffic in both these ports and to guarantee the prop­ er coverage of our ships these ports should, for the time being, at least, have Seafarers repre­ sentatives. The organizing program is get­ ting plenty of support from the membership now, and, it looks as though that if this is true of the rest of the ports, then we are sure of success in our ex9 pansion program. SIU Supports N.O. Longshoremsii Silence ihls week front ike Branch Agents of the follow­ ing ports: SAN JUAN NORFOLK PHILADELPHIA JACKSONVILLE TAMPA BALTIMORE MOBILE Many Tripcarders Good Union Men est payoffs we've had. There were very few beefs and the oldtimers on the ship were very helpful in getting the tripcards squared away. The crew also donated $23.00 to the Log, which puts them, on the Honor Roll. There was only one discordant note in the whole procedure. One of the crew was gassed up and he kept insisting he was getting cheated on his transportation. Ac­ cording to the rider under which the creW signed, they were en­ titled to transportation and sub­ sistence minus taxes. This beef has come up many times before and will probably come up again. A careful perusal of rider 64, revised, will show that the tax is deducted from the transportation, and no amount of arguing will alter that fact. This member thinks he was cheated and will not listen to reason. He argued with others in the crew who told him he was wrong and still he believed he was right. READ CAREFULLY By JOHN MOGAN BOSTON—EBusiness and Ship­ ping were only fair for the past week. We had a payoff in Searsport, Me., which was covered by Jimmie Sweeney. On the return to Boston he was ac­ companied by a few of the crew of the John B. Lennon. When they got as far as Ban­ gor the bus driver quit; it was too rough a journey for him, after taking 7% hours to do 40 miles. Sweeney and the boys prevailed on a taxi driver to take them from Bangor to Portland. After two hours of tough goin^, in which time they had covered 12 miles, the tax driver wanted to renege on his contract; but the boys prevailed on him to keep going. They made it all right, but those boys will never forget what North Maine is like after a winter snowstorm. We also paid off the Juliet Lowe in Portland last week on the same day. This trip wasn't nearly so precarious—Portland is within the limits of civilization. However, when the jobs go on the board for these ports, the members start shivering just thinking of going up there. Things being what they are, though, insofar as shipping is concerned, they were crewed up without too much trouble. during the Seafarers' Seatrain strike a few years ago. The men on strike are the same ones who refused to cross the SIU picket lines during that strike, and ma­ terially aided the Seafarers in winning it and securing the out­ fit. In the floor discussion, it was Specifically, the New Orleans made clear that every member of GOOD JBOYS the New Orleans Branch feels the Branch elected a three-man com­ Another .':,inooth payoff was the SIU should be committed to help mittee to work with the strikers them financially. Murray Blum, which crewed up on the West Coast and Galves­ in contacting all ILA locals to LOW DOWN ton, and went to Antwerp. There see how much aid they will give. Members pointed out that the were only two book members In addition, the three-man com­ mittee will recommend the longshoremen's pay scale was be­ on the ship, but the trip carders amount of financial aid to be low that paid the Cuban long­ were a cooperative crowd and helped to get overtime beef.s set­ given the strikers by the 81U. shoremen in Havana. The com­ tled in an hour's time. Nearly pany is trying to freeze out these The recommendations will be all of them are excellent Union men and secure a contract with submitted to all SIU branches material. In my opinion just so others to work the ships. and acted- upon at the regular long as we find it necessary to meeting on February 13. The longshoremen, it was issue these trip cards in order to pointed out, are in dire need of fulfill our contracts, the oldTURNABOUT assistance from all persons in the timers should give them the saihe Any money the Union agrees to donate is to be paid from the maritime industry. Their local respect and consideration as any has been giving them as much other brother—unless and until Strike and Organization Fund. the newcomers give evidence of The recommended support of assistance as possible, but they being poor material. the strikers by the New Orleans have been on strike since early The Isthmian campaign is- go­ branch comes in return for the December, and it looks Tike they ing well here. We feel that we aid given by the Longshoremen will be out for some time longer. can do well with any Isthmian NEW ORLEANS — Turnabout is fair play, so the membership of the New Orleans Branch of the SIU decided on February 1, in voting to extend support to the International Longshoremen's Association on strike against the Seatrain Line in New Orleans. SAVANNAH—Business picked up again in Savannah and Charleston. The 88 Lyman Hall of the South Atlantic paid off yesterday and the Burnett, which has been in Charleston about a month, is finally due to payoff. We'll be there Monday. We also have a Bull Line ship there which should payoff soon. All of this means jobs and, with our top heavy shipping list, this is good news. j We had a meeting last Wednes­ day which was almost a novelty. We have plenty of men on the beach but getting twenty-five book members together is no easy job. Some of the crew of the Lyman Hall came in and that gave us members to form a quorum. The Hall was one of the clean- If every member ^insists on hav­ ing tlie articles and riders read before signing on, and if each man has it explained so there won't be any misunderstanding a lot of later trouble will be avoided. It's not being a Union member to let these things ride and plague the officials with IDEA MEN them later on. If you don't like This week, however, it looks the rider, don't sign on and, as though we'll be plenty busy above all things, never sign with­ straightening out the New Bed- out having a Union representa­ tive on board. He can explain things beforehand and tell you what you want to know. • ANO-THEREFORF, BROTHERS,IAPP|.y Our biily hospital case af JjresfOR TRANSFER-Po ent is Eugene Yon. "We hope '^TAMPA... he'll be out soon. ship that comes to the port of Boston. Future arrivals for the port show that about three Isth­ mians are expected here within a two-week period; we hope thej*^ payoff here and we get the op­ portunity to handle them. Tankers Plentiful In Port Arthur By LEON (BLONDY) JOHNSON ford, Martha's "Vineyard, Nan­ tucket line. A change of owner­ ship is pending, and someone down in that area has ideas of forming a new Union to take care of the employees of this line. Needless to say, there wiU have to be a change of ideas by the party or parties with ambitions. As yet, there has been no ap­ preciable increase in shipping for this port, except for the SUP stuff running in from the coast. Although this trade provides quite a number of deck jobs, we still need a few SIU ships to take care of the engine and stew­ ard gangs. We've advised quite a few of the local boys to journey south for a job, and we've been hearing from them that they didn't have to wait around for a job very long. In summation, local boys paying off elsewhere should check on condition': here before they grab the train for Beantown. Still, it might be a great deal different a week from now. • '-ji.'. ''.v PORT ARTHUR — This Port has just opened up as a new Sea­ farers' port. As can be expected on such a short time, there isn't too much to report. The thing that strikes a fellow so quickly here, however, is the good name the Seafarers enjoys in this area. Personnally, from my observa­ tions, the Seafarers should have opened a hall not only in this port—but in other Texas ports long ago. We expect from all indications to have plenty of jobs here on SIU Tankers right along. So some of yoti would-be tankermen come on down and grab a good one. It is regretable that at the present we do not have a larger Hall here—nevertheless, if it is at all possible we will get a larger and better Hall. However this one will have to do till we get one. It is to be noticed that the SIU Log and other material went over well with Ihe men around this port who are not union men or who belong to the NMU. This is no surprise though, as that is the case not only here but in every port. Don't forget iellows — When your ship docks in Port Arthur Call the Union Hall at once— the number is—28532. Yours for more Seafarers' Halls in the Texas field. �Friday. February 8, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG !N THE PHILADELPHIA HALL Page Nine SlU After Tugboat Abuses (Continued from Page 3) so hard and lumpy that sleeping on a steel deck felt like an innerspring by comparison. Rotary shipping was entirely unknown. In order to obtain a job men had to kowtow to com­ pany stooges or be a close rela­ tive of minor company officials. Men were discriminated against for little or no reason. The fact that a man was able and compe­ tent meant nothing. Men were hired and fired on their ability to take what the companies dish­ ed out. SIU WAS NEEDED When officials of the SIU in­ vestigated, they decided these men needed representation in a hurry. The Seafarers had inheri­ ted a contract with three of the largest tugboat companies in the No beachcombing in Philadelphia—There are jobs for all. Here we have ihe local piecards New Orleans vicinity. Upon look­ hard on the job: A. Steve Cardullo, Patrolman, putting the jobs on the board; J. Redden, Dispatcher, ing over the contracts, officials found the only redeeming feature and J. "Red" Truesdale, new Agent, getting a flash over the phone. in any of them was a clause call- Three Foes Still Face Seamen By LOUIS COFFIN NEW YORK — We're still up in the big city, but in a few days we wiU be heading for the sunny South—at least, we hope that it its sunny. ing for a 105 day per year paid vacation on a pro-rated basis. But the companies were chiseling even on. that until SIU officials stepped in and bluntly stated that henceforth there would be no more attempts to deprive men of their hard earned vacations. Another clause in the inherited contracts called for the payment of $7.00 a month for all over­ time worked by any one em­ ployee in one month. After care­ fully reading these- phony con­ tracts, SIU officials and organi­ zers immediately began contact­ ing the personnel of these boats and showing them just what the SIU could and v/ould do for them. THEY'RE ENTHUSIASTIC After the explanation of what the SIU stood for and the things that it fought against, the men were highly enthusiastic to learn that here at last was an organi­ zation that would fight to the last man for decent living and working conditions and wages' for them. Meetings were organized. Large turnouts of crew members attended to discuss organization and the drafting of new contracts to bo presented to the companies. In drawing up the contracts the men had the voice as to what and what didn't go into them. This was an innovation, since their previous contracts had been drawn and signed without the membership even reading them until it was too late to do any­ thing about them. 500 ACTIVE MEMBERS Present membership in the Gulf District Towboat and Allied Workers stands close to 500 ac­ tive members. Three major tow­ ing companies are under con­ tract, operating over 20 tugs and more and more men from various companies are. coming into the Tugboatmen's local daily. As fast as the men learn what the score is they come in asking for unions—as witness their recent attempt to scab on the Philadel­ phia longshoremen. Not only have they been condemned by the AFL, but some of their own CIO unions have pointed the While waiting for the day, our finger at them for scabbing and mind has been reviewing the union-raiding. events of the i*ast year or so, es­ SEAMEN IN UNIFORM pecially insofar as it concerns About the Coast Guard, it is the merchant seamen, the part not necessary to write much. they played in the winning of the Every seaman, organized and un­ war and some of their postwar organized, knows about this out­ problems. fit. The Seafarers has been bat­ The records show how well the tling their attempt to. regiment cargoes so necessary for the win­ the civilian seamen under a semining of the war were kept rolling, military set-up. The SIU posi­ at great risk of life—how, indeed, tion has been, and still definitely at one time, casualties among the is, that merchant seamen are merchant seamen far exceeded civilian workers and intend to remain so. Our past actions have those of the armed forces. rpmpdied many injustices of the pledge rards. GOODBYE, PHONIES Coast Guard regime, and stopped Within the next few months All that, however, is now his­ other of their practices. Our the SIU should have the entire tory, along with the phony medi­ present battle is to return mer­ Gulf Coast area organized solidly cal centers, the wartime riders, chant shipping to civilian con­ under the Seafarers' banner and the RMO, and the rest of the trol, and it's a fight that we then together with the deepseaphony set-ups that were foisted shall not relax. men and the longshoremen the on the underpaid, overworked The third party on our agenda tugboatmcn will be able to ask merchant seamen (Heroes in Dun­ is our old friend, the shipown­ for and get the same conditions garees) under the excuse of war­ ers. As always they are banded for which deep sea men had to time emergency — and which together to smash the militant fight so long and hard. were abolished, incidently, chief­ unions on the waterfront—the ly because of the strong opposi­ SIU-SUP — but today their tion of the_ SIU." chances are much more slim than However, there are three foes they were several years ago. whose very existence still perils During the past few years the the attempts of the seaman to Seafarers has progi-essed greatly, NEW YORK — Charges that further his emancipation. And and is now here to stay. manufacturers, gambling that these three are the commie of­ The SIU grew because it fought CPA would raise price ceilings ficials of the NMU, the Coast for decent wages and living con­ to more profitable levels on Guard, and the shipowners. ditions for the seamen, who re­ men's clothing, had hoarded mode DOUBLE-BARRELLED sponded by joining and supporting than 3,000,000 shirts and 400,000 STOOGES the SIU. The operators may not men's suits, were made here and like it, but the Seafarers are still in Washington last week. Manu­ The commie officials of the out to better them wages and facturers have been holding the NMU, who misled their mem­ conditions—already the best on shirts because they were made bership all through the war, mak­ the waterfront. to scU at above $3, and OPA re­ ing them abject followers of the quires them, to sell only the same operators and their government proportion of the higher priced bureaus, are still following the shirts as they made and sold in strict line of the communist par­ 1943. ty, wherein, following the party If you don't find linen line they are trying to destroy Confirmation of the charges when you go aboard your the American Labor Movement. was given by the Natl. Assn. of ship, notify the Hall at once. Shirt and Pa jama Manufacturers. They play the game from both "Only two things could free these epds: collaborating with the ship­ A telegram from Le Havre or owners (the latest move is Curshirts to a shirt-hungry public, a Singapore won't do you -any ran's approval of a company change in the OPA ruling or a good, It's your bed and you proposition to have his crews greater volume of low-cost fab­ have to lie in it. feed themselves cafeteria style), ric production," their spokesmen Shirt Makers Hoard in Plot To Up Prices Agent J. Truesdale listens to a beef from Brother J. Merkel, acting AB. AFL Higgins Victory Threatened NEW ORLEANS—A Natl. La­ bor Board regional examiner scheduled hearings this week to determine the validity of 66 votes which may decide whether 2341 employes of the Higgins Indus­ tries here will be represented by the AFL or CIO. With only 1411 voting the AFL led, in the first official tally by a count of 669 to 652 for the. CIO. However, 66 votes were chal­ lenged, 28 ballots were cast for neither and six were ruled void. The AFL's 17 vote margin may be increased or reversed by the findings of the regional director who will hold the hearings with representatives of the AFL crafts and the Industrial Union of Ma­ rine & Shipbuilding WorkersCIO. Despite the surprisingly low number of ballots cast the two union groups waged vigorous campaigns. The small vote for "neither" was credited in part to the action of the New Or­ leans Archdiocese of the Catho­ lic Church which, supporting neither union specifically, urged the Higgins employes to "vote for a union." and scabbing on legitimate trade ATTENTION! announced. �Page Ten THE SEAFARERS Friday. February 8. 1946 LOG THE WDEK'S NEWS IM REVIEW f •I A Sports And News Roundup For The Benefit Of Our Onion Members in Foreign Ports,^ CURRENT EVENTS... m SPORTS ^W CHAMP CROWNED Marty Servo, the 26-year ok welter from Schenectady, climax­ ed his ten-year ring career when he knocked out Freddy "Red" Cochrane in the 4th round of their scheduled 15-rounder to become the new welterweight champ of the world. From the very first minute, Marty hit the redhead with everythings but the galley stove, and the outcome was al­ most a foregone conclusion. Despite the fact that a lot of wise money was riding on Servo, who entered the ring a l-to-3 fa­ vorite, more than 17,000 filed through the turnstiles to pile up a gate of $92,505 for the bout at Madison Square Garden. This was the first chance that Cochrane had to defend the 147pound title since he won it in 1941, due to his four year's of naval service for Uncle Sam, and he didn't do too badly in a finan­ cial way, as the challenger guar­ anteed him a purse of $50,000, which ain't hay, brother! FOURTH ROUND KO As the 4th round got under way, Marty started Red on his wp^ with a succession of four rapid left hooks to the jaw, and forced him to clinch. Near the end of the round, Marty backed York with a new ruling aimed at the discontinuance of bonus pay­ ments to new, players upon sign­ ing contracts . . . Rumor has it that slugger Hank Greenberg is trying to secure $65,000 for his 1946 services from the Detroit Tigers. Nice pickings if you get 'em. Prior to the running of the Columbiana Handicap at Hialeah, E. G. Drake's filly Swoon tried to jump the fence, and when jockey Tommy McTaggart grab­ bed the reins, the filly rolled over him. Later, McTaggart died in a Miami hospital . . . Larry MacPhail announced that the tion in the Pearl Harbor inquiry admitted that he had planned to THE HOME FRONT make his testimony make Admir­ -The watchful waiting by em­ al Kimmel look good . . . The battled industry and labor nar­ Pacific liher Yukon went aground rowed down, toward week's end, and broke in half in Johnstone to keeping a weather eye open Bay, Alaska. Latest reports said for one specific Administration 281 had been rescued, and the move, said to be upcoming at any Navy held out hope for 215 moment. This is the new wage- others, mostly GIs . . . Women, price policy, to be effective for a and sometimes a few hardy men, year. On it will hinge the settle­ wei-e still standing in two-block Queen of the St. Louis AFL's ment of many strikes, or, if it is lines waiting to buy nylon stock­ annual Labor Charity 'Ball was as unrealistic as some of the ings . . . A Brooklyn woman who Miss Shirley Bierman, member Delirium-Trumans which have cmildn't, find a room in Miami of the Natl. Federation of Fori preceded it, almost complete Beach camped in a hotel lobby Office Clerks-AFL. Shirley, chaos on the labor front. for four days, despite manage­ whose beauty captured 1113 votes, almost started a rank-andConsiderable secrecy surrounds ment protests. BRADLEY ATTACKED file revolt in several other unions the new policy, and officials are The American Legion attacked that demanded to know why their reportedly worrying about how Gen. Bradley for his conducting business agents couldn't go out to "sell" the new formula to the of the Veterans Administration, and get members like her. (LPA.) public. One thing is certain: the and was rebuffed by General new poUcy will be directly tied up with extension of price con­ Eisenhower ... Sec. Byrnes de­ removal of British troops from fended his conducting of the State Greece. The British denounced trols. Department, said he had Tru­ the "incessant 'Russian propa­ Early settlement of the steel man's full support . . . Two large ganda against the British Com­ strike was forecast if the policy sunspots appeared in the solar monwealth. goes far enough; certainly, it nebula, and electrical and com­ Other nations, anxious to get will have an effect on the Gener­ munications systems were ex­ al Motors, General Electric and pected to be affected . . . The on with the v/orld's business, baseball Yankees would up some Western Electric disputes. Ne­ Navy expects to get its full com­ proposed various formulas to sat­ ticket prices amounting to a IVz gotiations on these and others plement of men without recourse isfy both countries, but it was no per cent overall raise . . . Base­ go. Most of them agreed, how­ seem to be mired down pending to draft. ball experts admit that baseball ever, tliat the Russian delegates' the policy announcement. schools which they ridiculed constant invoking of the veto ABROAD some time ago, are clicking and Formulating the policy were clause negated not only the ef­ are of benefit, to the diamond Price Administrator Chester The United Nations Organiza- fect but the spirit of UNO. game. Bowles—on whom labor could j tion was caught in the throes of SPORTS SOUIBS CHINA BRIGHTER look as a champion—and Recon-1 an intra-mural fight between Add to the suffering of Ham­ version Director John W. Snyder, Russian and British delegates, Things were looking up in burg the fact that Max Schmeling who has sided with Big Business Each sought to prove that the China, a? plans for the coalition and Walter Neusel will battle on many issues. Somewhere in other country was engaging in government matured, and Chiang there for the German heavy the middle is the man who will imperialistic expansion which Kai-shek said he would not seek championship . . . Navy remain­ decide: Harry Truman. would endanger the peace. Spe­ office. But the Communists still ed as the only major undefeated cifically, the Russians demanded made demands for Manchurian CURMUDGEON SPEAKS basketball quintet as Notre areas, and fighting broke out Elsewhere at home, the oil Dame and West Virginia both sporadically . . . The U.S. ex­ Warns Wall Street scandal pot bubbled furiously as took it on the chin . . . The wise tended diplomatic recognition to Interior Secretary Ickes charged guys claim Jack Kearns is try­ Rumania . . . Grave food short­ Cochrane into a corner, and let ing to raise a couple of bank­ Edwin Pauley, nominated for age appeared anew for Britain, him have a left to the jaw fol­ Under-Secretary of the Navy, rolls for promoting a six-day and belts were tightened as new lowed by a flurry from^ both bike race, and the other for open­ with attempting to promote ration controls Were announced. hands which dropped Freddy into ing an auto agency. bribes for oil interests immedi­ . . The bodies of 195,000 Russian, the limbo of ex-champs. ately after President Roosevelt's The Washington Senators are The new welter king has only spending $20,000 plus to improve Polish, French and British pris­ death . . . The House struck out oners were discovered in Ger­ been defeated twice in his entire Griffith Stadium . . .The Ama­ features of the Case strike-con­ many . . . The U.S. feels that career—both times by Sugar Ray teur Softball Association has trol bill but failed to bring an peace terms with Germany' and Robinson, and Sugar is the boy made four major changes in its agreement. Liberal members of Japan should be brought to a he'll have to meet next May in rules—limiting the team to -9 the Senate warned that if antidefense of his orown. Robinson players, by eliminating the long conclusion soon. labor amendments went too far, is now at his peak, but if Marty short; shortening the base paths a Fair Employment rider would The U.S. Supreme Court de­ gets a few more victories Under to 55 feet; enlarging the batters be attached to assure defeat by nied the appeal of Jap General his belt, he's not going to be the box; and allowing a hit batsman the reactionary Southern bloc . .. Yamashita from the death sen­ soft touch some of the ring dope- to take first base . . . Baseball's The United Nations Organization tence for his crimes in the Phil­ sters figure him to be. Site Committee selected a likely ippines . . . The Arab League has Intel national League announced HERE AND THERE spot on the Westchester County, gone on. record opposing any aid a 154-game schedule to open on Rep. Andrew J. Biemiller (D.. to Zionism, foretelling new con­ New York-Connecticut line. Im­ A lot of people think Babe April 17. mediate howls were raised by Wibc.), Oiie of organized labor's flicts in Palestine . . . An advanc­ Pratt got a bum deal from the New Giant's rookie. Bob Joyce, residents of the area, and the most outspoken advocates in ed degree of autonomy "within National Hockey League by their won 31 games while pitching for Site Committee modified its Washington, last week told Con­ the framwork 'of the Netherlands recent action in barring the Babe San Francisco of the Pacific Coast gress that "The economic Bour­ Kingdom," and not complete from hockey for life due to League last year . . . Giant's man­ "seizure" proposals. bons of Wall Street proved again autonomy will be offered to In­ charges that he was betting on ager Mel Ott is definitely still BLACK TEXTILES they have learned nothing and donesia . . ; In Chile 83 Commun­ the games and consorting with interested in acquiring one or The textile industry made its forgotten everything since 1939." ists tried to persuade Socialist gamblers. Pratt's case was more hurlers from tlie St. Louis first formal appearance in a black Praising labor for having accept­ workers to join the general handled in a very dictatorial "way, Cardinals . . . The gentlemanly market role. Seventeen indict­ ed fact finding recommendations, strike. The Socialists counted off and he wAs certainly entitled to Charley Gehringer, Detroit- Ti­ ments were handed down by a Biemiller warned flatly that the 83 men, sent them out to battle an open hearing with a chance to gers, bowed out quietly to de­ Federal court, charging $500,000 Wall Street reactionaries "hope the commie band. The Commun­ defend himself. vote his entire time to business. iri illegal profits . , . One of the to smash labor and all liberal leg­ ists withdrew after a short slugThe baseball majors concluded Many experts rank Charley toijs key witnesses for the prosecu- islation.'' (LPA) their two-day session in New as secorid sackers go. fest. AT HOME hi? UNION BEAUTY M �Friday, February 8, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven :d( N. Y. Tugmen Defy Govt. Seizure fHOM mGALLEY.. By FRENCHY MICHELET The resolution looking toward the establishment of an SIU-operated upgrading school that was Tccently introduced in the Port of New Orleans by Paul Hal], C. J. Stephens and Steely White, anc^ subsequently so overwhelmingly endorsed when voted on by the rank and file up and down the Coast, is one of the most progres­ sive steps ever taken by this or­ ganization. The following sug­ gestions are our version of what the stewards department end of the school should embody: ing for thorough discussion, for there is no question but that the welfare of the entire member­ ship is inextricably bound up with the ability and knowledge of the stewards department. YUMI YUM! The New York tugboat strike went into its fourth day on Feb­ ruary 7, with the sort of backing and filling common to any tug­ boat operation, but with Govern­ ment pledged to step into the role of strike-breaker and run the struck boats. The tugboat men, however, voted on February 6 to stay on strike, despite Government seiz­ ure of the vessiels, and appeals from Mayor O'Dwyer of New York and Government officials. SIU leaders stated unequivocal­ ly that the Seafarers would go down the line for the towboat men, financially "and physically, if necessary." Several phony issues were raised by City and Government A Steward will add greatly to the variety of the menu aboard ship if he will substitute fresh pork or prime rib for the usual Thursday chicken dinner, and if he fries the chicken Thursday night. Here is an ideal way to fry chicken to insure one of the On the first floor of the New tastiest of shipboard meals: York Hall is a restaurant and Cut up the chicken and re­ SS WILLIAM F. McCLENNON gin mill that would make a com­ The following men can collect move the skin, wash thoroughly modious cafeteria if the bar was their overtime by writing to the and soak in cold salted water for ripped out. In the cellar there Waterman' Steamship Company, is ample room to install one of Wainwright Building, Norfolk, "the most modern galleys in New "Virginia: York. G. Teacher; Vincent Petrello; PAY THE FREIGHT Daniel Brewer; George Garman; Vincent J. Patterson; James R. This place should bo operated Miller; C. Daniel. as a school for Cooks and Mess% ^ % men by the Union, and the food MV COASTAL MARINER could be sold in a cafeteria to the membership at reduced prices Subsistence money due the •and to the general public at following men for the day, Dec. •fancy prices. The school would 27, 1945, in Baltimore. consequently not only be opera­ These men are: Thoma-s Lockted without cost to the union, but wood, AB; Marcelino Santiago, would in all probability pay for OS; Jose Figueroa, Second Cook; the other two departmental twenty minutes to remove the Francisco Duclos, Galley Utility; schools as well. Moreover, it cold storage taste. Now make a Norman Wood, Messman. would be a self-supporting soup battel; of 12 eggs, four cans of This money has been turned in kitchen in the event of a strike. evaporajji^ milk and about two as "Unclaimed Wages" and can The need for a union-operated pounds of flour. Add a pint of be collected at the New Y'ork school for the stewards depart­ cold water to the batter and beat Office. ^ ^ ment is too well known to need well. Dry the chicken and soak in the batter, then roll in wellurging here. It's common know­ SS SIDNEY HAMPTON ledge that a good stewards de­ salted flour and fry in deep fat VICTORY partment makes for a good ship. until a golden brown. You must The following men have money We have the men in our organi­ be careful that the fat does- not due: zation to really teach practical get too hot or it will burn the Oliver Thompson, 11 hrs.; stewards department know how meat without cooking through. Claude Townsend, 11 hrs.; A. Try this once a week and we'll to our rank and file. Layn, 11 hrs.; W. Sallie, 11 hrs.; guarantee you a contented crew. C. Gooden, 11 hrs.; G. Wilson, 11 TOP MEN • P.S.—Speaking of the school hrs.; J. Griffitt, 7y2 hrs.; Otto A union that can boast men . . . Shuler could teach the Mess- Babb, 8 hrs.; M. Bass, 8 hrs.; J. like Louis Fromm and Alfred boys, 'cause he's got to be a Ward, 8 hrs.; M. Whitehurst, 8 Stev/art within it's ranks, to men­ pretty good messboy himself hrs. tion only two at random, is in a since we have taken him in hand. Can be collected at Bull Line position to command the services office. of the best men in the business— ^ ^ bar none! If Louis Fromm whs SS J. CRITTENDON to teach all the SIU bakers how Francis Attwood, 57 hrs.; Al­ to make a real seagoing cake, NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. fred Bernard, 34 hrs.; Thomas HAnover 2-27S4 and Alfred Stewart was to teach BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave. Gardner, 34 hrs.; Edward Dethe cooks to prepare steaks and Liberty 4057 Mello, 17 hrs.; John Walsh, 17 14 North Gay St. chops as only "Kid Shine" can, BALTIMORE Calvert 4539 Jirs. R. W. Barus has 1 month, then. Brother, peace and content­ PHILADELPHIA 9 South 7th St. 15 days missing utility man Phone Lombafd 7651 ment would reign on every ship NORFOLK 127-129 Bank Street wages coming. in the union. 4-1083 Can be collected at Bull Line NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. ALL RATINGS Canal 3336 office. 220 East Bay St. 4. 4- i. The details would have to be SAVANNAH 3-1728 SS BEN CHEW worked out by a rank and file MOBILE 7 St. Michael St. 2-1754 committee, of course, but to H. W. Davis, $3.56; N. E. Routh, SAN JUAN, P. R 45 Ponce de Leon speculate further: Messmen and San Juan 2-5996 $5.44; W. Thomas, $4.45; H. S. 305 Vi 22nd St. Fry, $1.78; T. Coyne, $1.78; W. H. Waiters could be taught their GALVESTON 2-8043 business in the cofetcriai So RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. Bellows, $1,78; J. B. Omohynero, could all ratings in the stewards SAN FRANCISCO .59 Clay St. $7.57; R. J. Sweeney, $2.67; E. 86 Seneca St. Brewster, $2.67; J. E. Enright, department. Working rules and SEATTLE Ill W. Bumside St. the duties for men on various PORTLAND $32.37; J. Webb, $17.82; P. Creel, WILMINGTON ......440 Avalon Blvd. types of ships could be formu­ HONOLULU $22.27; P. C. Rowland, $22.54; W. 16 Merchant St. lated and made part of the cur­ BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. Thornton, $17.88; W. A. Keeley, CHICAGO V! l'Tr'.'24"wT*Superio!^vy. $20.56; W. E. Goodwin, $3.56. riculum. CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair St. Can be collected at 44 White­ Then, too. Chief Stewards could DETROIT 1038 Third St. be taught the easy way to do DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. hall St. 602 Boughton St. things. As it is now, every VICTORIA, B. C % % % 144 W. Hastings St. Chief Steward has his own ver­ VANCOUVER SS LUCY STONE 842 Za^k^SL sion of how the work should be All hands are entitled^ to 13 920 Main St. laid out, the overtime split up or JACKSONVILLE 5-1231 hours overtime. This can be col­ the extra meal money split up. PORT ARTHUR 446 Austin Ave. lected at Mississippi SS Co., 17 Phone: 28532 We urge all members to bring Battery Place, N. Y. this up at the next regular meet- MONEY DUE SIU HALLS , VIJL': officials in urging the tug men to go back to work. Among these was the assertion that New York "faced disaster" as a result of the strike. Reactionary news­ papers jumped on these state­ ments in attempts to indict the tug men, maritime unions and labor in general. MAYOR'S WARNING Mayor O'Dwyer warned of "deaths, fires, explosions and vast property damage as a result of freezing pipes and equipment" if the strikers .stayed out and coal was not brought to the city. Tugboat leaders pointed out the fact that there had been ample warning that the strike had been upcoming for four months, and said no efforts had been made to stockpile coal or other supplies to tide the city over the crisis. The strike vote was taken unde^ the Smith-Connally Act. This means that the tugboat com­ panies were given a 60-day notice before the strike took effect. In addition, the companies were given a week's notice of the ac­ PERSONALS KENNETH HUNTER (Book No. 5608) When in New York, please come to the 6th floor of the SIU Hall and see someone in the SecretaryfTreasurer's office on a very urgent matter. 4, 4" 4 tual deadline before the strike began. IN BAD FAITH Had the towboat companies acted in good faith with either the union or the community they would have been prepared to meet the tug men's demands or notified the outfits which would be affected to prepare for it. It is apparent that the issues of coal, fuel and other materials had been made to order for those was wished to break the back of the strike. « The Government was impressed with the issues, however, and or­ dered the Office of Defense Trans­ portation, a defunct wartime agency, to operate the tugs and ferries affected. 1 NEW YORK Individual Donations ,$ 5.00 SS WEBB MILLER 12.00 SS JOHN CRITTENDEN.... 7.00 SS SCHOHARIE 20.00 SS GEO. WASHINGTON.... 5.00 SS GALEN STONE 20.00 SS CAPE COMFORT 8.00 SS MADAWASKA VIC 43.00 SS BONANZA 1.00 SS SMITH VICTORY 9.00 SS NEW ZEALAND VIC... 61.00 SS McCAULEY 22.00 SS V/ALKER 6.00 SS FITZHUGH LEE 11.00 SS CAPE TEXAS 6.00 Brothers Chester Kuplicki and Albert P. Ryder desire informa­ tion regarding man who injured himself on December 23, 1945, BOSTON and went to the Hospital at Casa­ blanca as a result. Write them' SS J. B. SENNON in care of New York Hall. ' Individual Donations $13.00 8.00 Clearing The Deck H (Contimicd from Page }) and run it by the Seafarers as a hotel for seamen. Now is the chance for us to prove that this thing is workable; then go and show that it can be applied in any port not just only in a small port. The membership, too, is demanding the release of control of this industry by the flnky government bureaus in Washington and the bureaucrats who control them. The Seafarers are demanding, also, the acquisition of one of the government-built ships to act as a training ship for our members who v/ish to qualify for higher ratings. We see the Seafarers now insisting on many of these things which we know the seamen as a whole are lacking: Union control of upgrading systems; Union control of seamen's hotels; Union control of slop chest on all ships. This type of progressive thinking, along with the fighting spirit shown on the waterfront by our membei's, means that we will be able now to double and re-double our efforts. We have problems within the union itself which must be settled. For instance, in the Ports of Mobile and Boston, we are in need of new union halls and clean facilities for our members, the same as we have in other ports. We are in need of an expanded educational program. These things must be attended to shortly. The quicker these inner union problems are answered, the quicker we will be able to apply all of our strength at the point of production. WORKING TOGETHER The one powerful factor, the one powerful thing which should guarantee our success in the handling of these problems is some­ thing which we have and which other organizations in this industry do not have. That is, cooperation and mutual respect within this union between so-called young fellows and oldtimers. In the other organizations oldtimers are leaving while the younger members are in a confused and upset mind as to their union's problems. The Sea­ farers are very fortunate that within their ranks these two groups are as one. There are no distinctions. The oldtimers and the youngtimers, alike, recognize our problems and have the same liigh opin­ ion of the organization. This is our weapon — this is our real strength—this is the thing which will make these fights which lie ahead simple. �Page Twelve THE SEAFARERS LOG CHARTER ISTHMIAN SEAMEN TO PHONY NMU ISSUE IS KNOCKED OUT SEA PHOENIX CREW GOES SIU TOO! (Continued from Page 1) mian men were in tlie same po­ sition as the founders of the SIU, who struck out boldly against strongly entrenched opposition to form a union that was not dominated by a political party. Their decision received the en­ thusiastic endorsement of the membership. In the New York Hall, for instance, introduction of the resolution was followed by a discussion on the floor. Then every member present—and the Third Deck was filled to capacity voted in favor of the charter rate for Isthmian seamen. Other halls reported a similar reaction. In every case, officials careful­ ly explained to the membership: That the big rave of the NMU in its campaign to organize Isth­ mian under its finky banner has been that it costs $65.00 to join the SIU. That the SIU outstrips the NMU on every question of wage scales, overtime rates and ship­ board conditions. And that the charter member rate would square away the dif­ ferential between the SIU and NMU membership rates, leaving the Isthmian seamen free to make their choice between the Unions on the valid basis of which one offers the seaman more. It was explained that the SIU does not believe in "bargain basement" unionism. It is a fac­ tor which cannot be measured in dollars and cents. Every SIU member is agreed that he has more than made up the differ­ ence in the membership rate by overtime pay which the SIU has been able to get for him. They explained, however, in all frankness, that the SIU does want to organize Isthmian under the SIU banner, so the maritime industry can be stabilized. To do so, the SIU wants to elimin­ ate the phony issue of "we sell imionism cheaper." Here are the issues that now face Isthmian seamen in decid­ ing on which Union shall repre­ sent them: Which has the better agree­ ments? Which has the better working conditions? Which is free from outside po­ litical control? Which is democratically con­ trolled by the membership and not by a few topside officials? Now they can decide these is­ sues alone, without the distract­ ing factor of a large membership fee, as opposed to a small one— and, from the responses already received there is no doubt as to their choice—The Seafarers In­ ternational Unio'i. Friday. February 8. 1946 MEET THE MEN OF THE SEA ^ Following the familiar pattern set on Isthmian Line ships, the PHOENIX 27 crew members of the Isthmian freighter Sea Phoenix, voted unanimously on February 6 to have the Seafarers International Union of North America repre­ sent them as collective bargain­ ing agent in all future negotia­ tions with the shipping company. The action was taken at a meeting called by Deck Delegate Jack Dows aboard ship in Brook­ lyn. The meeting had been called for the purpose of electing dele­ gates for each department. In the course of the meeting Bernard Murphy introduced a motion, which was seconded by Jim Hamilton, that a hand vote be taken to decide whether the crew members wanted a union to represent them, and what, if any, union it .was to be. The motion brought forth a storm of discussion. Man after man took the floor. Some told of their experiences with Isthmian in the past. Others told of their experiences aboard ships under SIU and NMU agree­ ments. Then there were the inevitable comparisons between the NMU Above: Here are some of the and SIU conditions and agree­ Sea Phoenix men who made the ments. One telling point made by a SIU. their choice: crewman was the fact that the 1st row; Hamilton and Char­ five cents an hour more in overcoal; R. L. Brane, J. E. Bond and t i m. c under SIU agreements M. Perry. 2nd row: T. N. John­ would be more than enough to son, H. Gillman, Murphy. Dows. pay members dues for a year. and Walker. 3rd row: Jose Re. Gradually it . simmered down Scott. Sherrer.'Mathias. English, until everybody who wanted to and G. Carlson. talk had had their say. Left: Bosun Murphy and crew Then the hand vote was taken. member Wert. Result: East Point Victory Crew Asks Bargaining Election At Once The SIU received a heartening letter the other day. It was a letter from the crew of the Isthmian ship Eastpoint Vic­ tory,-currently in New York. And it asked the SIU to take immediate steps to see that the election to decide the collective bargaining agent for the Isth­ mian Line be held as soon as possible. The letter was signed with 29 names, with ratings, of the crew. SIU officials were impressed. It began to look like their or­ ganizing campaign for Isthmian was bearing fruit—or that the NMU's campaign was backfiring, a suspicion some Seafarers have had for some time. Not that the Eastpoint Victory crew members made any mention of wanting any special union to represent them or not to repre­ sent them. It was just that they made a point of writing to the SIU that made the piecards feel good. Because if this Isthmian crew wants action^ it means that other crews do, too. It means they're tired of the old run-around they've been getting from the company, and -the old soft soap they've been getting from commie-lihe NMU organizers. We'd like to say right here and now. Isthmian Brothers of the East Point Victory, that the SIU wiU take immediate steps to try to jack up forces that control col­ lective bargaining elections and try to get that date brought just as close as possible. For SIU affiliation—27. .For NMU affiliation—0. For no union affiliation—0 That's all there was to it. The crew of the Sea Phoenix felt good. They had settled an im­ portant point in a democratic manner, and all were sure they had made a wise decision. , They felt so good about it, that they decided the NMU ought to know. So they drew up a peti­ tion requesting that: "The National Maritime Union immediately discontinue present tactics of stalling the pending elections for this company on un­ essential technicalities. "We feel that all parties in­ volved have had ample opportun­ ity to present their cases to all of us in the Isthmian fleet, and that further stalling only keeps us from getting the Union condi­ tions that are rightfully ours." 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Title A name given to the resource February 8, 1946 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VIII, No. 6 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: ISTHMIAN SEAMEN: JOIN THE SEAFARERS AS CHARTER MEMBERS STRIKING SIU TUGBOATMEN TIE-UP MOBILE SHIPPING MORE OF THE SAME SEAFARERS BEGIN CLEARING UP OLD ABUSES IN THE GULF TUGBOAT FIELD REPORT ON THE ISTHMIAN DRIVE SIU OPENS HALL IN PORT ARTHUR HUNGRY GI'S RAISE FUND FOR STEWARD'S DEPT. CAPTAIN WAS RAVING; CREW WASN'T SLAVING SLEEPY STEWARD SET STRAIGHT ON SHIP SQUARENESS CAPTAIN IS IN RIGHT CHURCH, BUT IS DEAD WRONG ON THE PEW CIGS SHORT: PURSER PRACTICES 'APPEASEMENT' VALUABLE PAPERS FOUND IN BRANCH AT NEW ORLEANS READ ARTICLES, RIDERS CAREFULLY TEXAS NOW READY FOR EXPANSION MANY TRIPCARDERS GOOD UNION MEN SIU SUPPORTS N.O. LONGSHOREMEN THREE FOES STILL FACE SEAMEN SHIRT MAKERS HOARD IN PLOT TO UP PRICES N.Y TUGMEN DEFY GOVT. SEIZURE SEA PHOENIX CREW GOES SIU TOO! EAST POINT VICTORY CREW ASKS BARGAINING ELECTION AT ONCE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/8/1946 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1946 Periodicals Seafarers Log