https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/5ece98b4a4232e8e968ba4820df91f0a.PDF 6365740c5d899c0ee21e4735b0aa6813 PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Seafarers International Union of North America VOL. X NEW YOHK, N.^., FRIDAY. JANUARY 16. 1948 Transfers Would Wreck US Stiipping EUCnONS CERTIFIED WASHINGTON — The pro­ posal to transfer 500 American ships ,to European nations under the Marshall Plan in its present form was denounced by Repre­ sentative Willis W. Bradley of California as disastrous to the American Merchant Marine. "The funeral of an adequate American Merchant Marine has been arranged by the State De­ partment," Bradley told the House. "The mourners will all be Americans.". REASONABLE HELP l\.£ With completion of the ballot tallying by the General Tallymg Committee, the results of the 1948 SlU elections, as announced by the committee, were forwarded to all ports for final action by the membership at last Wednesday night's regular meetings. At these meetings, the membership voted overwhelmingly to certify the election results. Secretary-Treasurer J. P. Shuler therefore instructed all newly elected officials to assume their duties, in accordance with the membership's mandate. Below is a breakdown of the membership's vote in all ports on the Tally Committee's report. Ports, are listed geo­ graphically. NO PORT YES Boston 23 56 0 New York 980 0 PhUadelphia 185 0 Baltimore 249 0 Norfolk .. .^ 180 Savannah* — 0 Tampa 43 0 Mobile 243 0 New Orleans 285 0 Galveston r. 220 Puerto Rico* —v-™--:;- — — *Pue to communication difficulties, these ports had not bieen hekrd ftpim 'LOO i»iHs time. - He declared that he favored "reasonable help for Europe," but he -stated that he did not "comprehend .as ..a part of that help .a program that will strip us of a part of our principal de­ fense assets and will relegate our entire shipping industry .to- a very inferior standing' among the fleets of the-worldJ' Just why is it so necessary to "Americans do not under­ stand," he said later, "that the transfer American ships to the transfer of 500 vessels will re­ Briti.sh, • a Seafarer or anbody sult in elimination from trade with these European nations of else interested in the American some 500 vessels presently op­ merchant marine might well ask erated under United States flag when he reads reports on British and manned with American offi­ shipyards. According to a dispatch from cers and crews. Glasgow, the 22 producing chip"Even if the transferred ves­ yards on the River Clyde broke sels are taken from lay-up, their .all previous peacetime construc­ participation in the trades will result in a corresponding re­ tion records in 1947 for ship­ duction in the United States flag building, engineering, ship re­ tonnage which, would otherwise conversion and repair. The Clydeside yards turned out be engaged." No. 3 '48 Officers Certified; Voting is Heaviest In Seafarers History NEW YORK—The results of the voting for Atlantic and Gulf officials for 1948 were announced this week when the General Tallying Committee completed counting and tabulating the member­ ship's choices in the heaviest balloting in SIU history. Ballots were cast in all pdrts votes cast represent the mem­ during a two-month period end­ bership of the Atlantic and Gulfj Coast only. The other SIU dis­ ing December 31, 1947. tricts conduct elections of their The following committee's find­ own. ings and report were mailed to The total number of votes cast all ports for action at regular was 5,204 with the heaviest bal-' membership meetings. loting taking place in New York, A new Secretary-Treasurer the largest and most active port. and three new Assistant Secre­ The members of the hardwork­ tary-Treasurers were elected ing Tallying Committee, elected along with new Port Agents in January 2, 1948, Were; New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Sam Luttrell (Chairman), A Jacksonville and New Orleans. In Jimmy Stewart, Paul Pars<Jfts, J. the remaining ports, the 1947 L. (Red) Whidden, F. F. Smith, Agents were retained. Patrolmen Paddy McCann, Omar L. Ames, were elected for all ports re­ and alternates E. F. McNeill, Pe­ quiring them. • dro Peralta and Matt Fields. The tabulated results of the Biographical sketches and pic­ election and the report submit­ tures of all officials will be run 99 ships with a total tonnage of ted by the Tallying Committee in the LOG in the near future. 374,743—some 50,000 tons more appear on page 7. It sliould be noted that the than in 1946. Of the new vessels, many were built for Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian Portuguese, Irish, French, Dom­ inion and colonial customers. One thing that all unions have learned and that all Biggest ship launched was the union members must keep uppermost in their minds is 40,000-ton Catonia for Cunard. At present, Clydeside yards, this; which handle about a third of ' Unions face the united efforts of ALL employers to Britain's shipbuilding contracts, destroy them. Moreover, when an employer or group of have commitments for about employers is able to weaken one union every union in $280 million worth of ships—in­ cluding about $85 million worth the country is weakened. A standard trick among employers is to play one of tankers. British Beiie Need For US Vesseis l! Phony Unionism SillBeffins Move For VFnge Increase rI? \ NEW YORK, Jan. 15 — The Seafarers International Union took the first step yesterday in a push for higher wages. Commuhications were forward­ ed to all contracted companies advising them of the Union's desi le "to open negotiations for an increase" in wages. In a letter signed by Secretary-Treasurer J. P. Shuler, the SIU informed the operators that it was mak­ ing the wage; bid in accordance with the provisions incorporated in the preamble of its agree­ ments. * This unique feature permits the Union to call for discussions on the issue of wages at any time. SIU contracts are the only ones in the maritime industry containing such a provision. The Union's latest wage drive stemmed from a request made of the membership by the SIU Negotiating Committee for per­ mission to go after the increase as a means of combatting the cost of living spiral. Besides the reasons inducei by rising prices, the committe feels there is ampjle justification for more equitable pay for Sea farers in the high profits being realized by shipowners today. The ^lU has fought steadily and successfully right along to see that the membership's wages kept pace with the cost of liv­ . SITUATION "HOPELESS*' ing. . ~ At the time the committee In the current drive no speci­ said it preferred cost-of-living prices to drop in place of a need fic sum has been- set by the Ne­ for increased wages but that the gotiating Committee so that i situation had been rendered will have greater flexibility in "hopeless" by the failure_of Con­ its bargaining sessions with the gress to enact price controls. operators. The only door left open to the On the Negotiating Committee Union to protect its member­ ;are J. P. Shuler,". Robert Matt ship's earning power was to seek higher . wages, the committee •hews, Joe Algina, Lindsey Williains and Paul Hiall. said. Nate group of workers against another. This maneuver fails when opposed by tactics shaped by the SIU's policy of inter-union support. A typical case in point is the new development at the Maryland Drydock Company in Baltimore. The workers at Maryland Drydock, as a great many Seafarers have good reason to know, belong to the. In­ dustrial Union of Marine and Shipyard Workers of Amer­ ica. Recently, after a long strike in which many a Sea­ farer walked the picketlines, the lUMSWA men went back to their jobs at Maryland Drydock under a contract providing for a wage increase and other gains. But now the company has found a new way to drive a wedge into lUMSWA. As a result of company conniving, a new "indepen­ dent union" of "pushers" has sprung into being. If your ship puts into Maryland Drydock for re­ pairs make sure that you don't extend the hand of union brotherhood to the wrong guys. In our book the real union there is the lUMSWA. And remember that all of us are going to have to keep our eyes open for we arq. going to see jthis trick tried at plenty of other places. The SIU will combat it, as usual, by supporting the legitimate beefs of legitimate unions. �SEAFARERS LOG Friday. January 16, 1948 Uhis SEAFARERS LOG K Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District ^ ( .1 Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor i At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 J„ P. SHULER - - - - Secretary-Treasurer if Editorial Board J. p. SHULER PAUL HALL JOE ALGINA Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y„ under the Act of August 24, 1912. George K. Novick, Editor 267 lili Regrouping Our Forces i In the heaviest balloting ever registered in an SIU I election, the membership has voiced its choice of officials to serve the Union during the year 1948. The results of the vote tally, announced elsewhere in this issue, reveal I a new high in total number of votes cast. ^ ii This unprecedented participation by the memberIship in the selection of 4;he men they believe can lead the IsiU to new heights in the coming year is noteworthy. |Primarily, it is a manifestation of an increasing consciousless and a more alert interest by all hands in the conduct md welfare of their Union. They have taken advantage >f their constitutionally-guaranteed privilege of having direct say in the administration of the Union's business. When this is the case you have a healthy state of jaffairs. Seafarers are mindful of their obligations—that's [what the record vote implies. And this new surge of interest in all quarters ..is par­ ticularly encouraging at this moment because 1948 bids to be a singularly crucial year. For all labor, but perhaps more so for members of the SIU, 1948 will be a year of decision on several paramount questions. Nice it would be if we could gaze into the crystal ball and see how much butter will be on our bread several months hence. Unfor­ tunately, no such ball exists for the men in maritime. Instead they have to strengthen themselves for the future. These are some of the questions that will be faced in 1948: Will our fleet be distributed among the foreign naitions, leaving us the short end of the stick? Will the TaftiHartley law make headway in destroying the American ilabor unions? Will the SIU's highly successful organizing push of last year continue its remarkable pace? Will we jmaintain and solidify our position as a growing force in [the American trade union movement? Will we continue jto lead the field in wages and working conditions? These [are but a few; there are more, many more, to be answered 1948. So, the importance of the membership's interest in their Union's affairs as we swing into important 1948 is easily seen. Facing up to this problematical year, we have regrouped our forces; we have sharpened our offensive lachinery and bolstered our defenses. But the fact that we have voted for officials is not enough to discharge our responsibilities as good Union len. We must do more to make 1948 a good year for the S^farers. . ^ Every member must stapd squarely behind the men they have placed in office. All hands must exert their est efforts to see that the combined forces of the bureau­ crats and the union-busters are defeated. Seafarers must let to make certain the SIU winds up 1948 bigger, better ind stronger than ever. Despite the uncertainty and the stormy days that night be ahea,d, each of us can do much to influence our course. If we all pitch in and do pur bit, our sailing will Hospital Patients When entering the Hospital notify the delegates by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. i Staten Island Hospital Men Now in Tlie Marine Hospitals Tbete are tiie Union Bzothtn currenHv in tha marina hospiials. as reported by tha Port Agents. Thasa Brothars find tima faangin; heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writing to them. NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL F. E. WHEELER C. McGILBERRY J. E. SILKOWSKI ^ A. AMUNDSEN . E. L: EDLER f W. WILCOXSON S. LeBLANC L. CLARKE G. KOCJAN N. LAWRENSON J. S. CARA J. F. FITZPATRICK T. HENDRICKS N. R. CARTWRIGHT J. WARD N. LONGTINE J. E. MAGUIRE J. CARROLL J. J. O'NEILL L. AL HOLMES 4, 4, J, STATEN ISL'AND B. H. TOLBERT J. McNEELY J. M: GARDNER T. MUSCOVAGE L. GOLEMBIEWSKI J. PRATS E. LARSON G. G. GAGE J. VATLAND G. T. FRESHWATER J. H. HOAR . E. LACHOFF J. PREZELPELSKI . 4" 4* 4« BUFFALO HOSPITAL ARTHUR LYNCH ^ MICHAEL DONOVAN FRANK AMAGETT 4* 4* ^ BALTIMORE HOSPITAL J. G. BERKENKEMPER R. RARDIN J. D. BERGERIA J. NUUHIWA F. J. RICHARDSON J. T. ALLAN W. T. ROSS S. BUZALEWSKI J. A. WHITTAKER C. W. PAYNE C. CARLSON GEORGE BURNS E. FREMSTAD E. J. BARTEMEIR J. H. HAYES 4 4 4 BRIGH TON MARINE HOSP. R. LORD V C. CREVIER • ' You can contact your HosIrifal delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at &e follow­ ing times: M Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 5th and 6th floors.) Thursday — 1:30 to. 3:30 p.m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) J. SMITH P. CASALINUOVO F. O'CONNELL J. LEE E. DELLAMANO J. GALLOWAY D. STONE 4 4.4 GALVESTON MARINE HOSP. W. CANNAVAN (SUP) J. P. BALLERSTON J. B. LIGHTFOOT C. R. HONEYCUTT S.H.COOPER j;:." • ' R. C. yOOHRIES J. F. MARTIN C. R. HANSON (SUP) ^ - '' •* -•'•-i; 4 4-4 ^ J s: NORFOLK FRITZ KRAUL- .v.- ' CECIL WILLIAMS CHARLES LORD JACK WOOTON ,• yfi' i 11, P. ALLGEIER r < W. A. YAHL SAMUEL J. STEELE -' �m T H E SEAPARERa LOG Friday. January 16. 1948 Pag» Thraa SIU Tugmen Battle Gale At Sea To Rescue Disabled Freighter ter, as well as all details to be Union is about to start negotia­ Shivering in a cold Atlantic carried m the SEAFARERS LOG. tions with our contracted •com­ gale and soaked to the skin by YoQr Secretary-Treasurer, as panies for a general wage in­ heavy seas washing oVer the CALMAR AND ORE the instructed by the membership, crease, and that'it is important stem, crewmembers of and on behalf of the Negotiating Negotiations are practically that the Union's affairs be run­ Dorothy Ann Meseck rescued the Committee, has notified all con­ ning as smoothly as possible at Standara Fruit vessel Cpastal tracted operators of our desire over with these .two outfits and that time, it is recommended Messenger after four days of to open our contracts on the •a full . report shofuld be com­ that the elected Brothers take herculean labor. question of wages. pleted for the membership by office immediately upon concur­ The saving of the Messenger rence by the membership of the was effected when the Dorothy the next meeting. The great importance of the General Tallying Committee's re­ Ann, after receiving the disabled cooperation of the membership TRANSFER OF^ CARDULLO port. ship's call for help, sped from in this matter cannot be stressed Norfolk to where the ship wal­ Not only .will this allow the too heavily. We must prepare In view of the increased traf­ ourselves so that whatever may fic pf SIU A&G contracted ships union to sail on even keel dur­ lowed in the high seas 180 miles come from this demand for on the West Coast, as a result ing a crucial negotiating period, off Cape Hatteras. more money the Union will be of signing the Isthmian contract, but will give the newly elected The ship's distress call was re­ in a position to tak^ whatever it is recommended that Steve officers P chance to become more ceived on December 24 and the action, necessary to support such Cardullo, former Marcus Hook familiar with their positions and Dorothy Ann left inunediately. Agent, be assigned at -once to responsibilities and the member­ Christmas Eve and Christmas demands. Further reports will be made the Port of San Francisco for ship's problems, and allow them Day were spent in rushing to •at the next meeting on this mat- the purpose of servicing A&G to participate more fully in the the ship. At 10 P.M. the Mes­ contracted ships and the mem­ forthcoming Agents' Conference. senger was sighted and a towing V " % bership in that area. Following ordinary procedure, line made ready at once. the present Agents will notify A strong southeast wind was In the event of any further the Secretary-Treasurer of the blowing and the heavy waters changes in the traffic in that The membership has gone area other recommendations shall actions taken by the member­ threw the tiny tug about on the ship in their ports on the Com­ seas. In short time the hawser ' on record lo prefer charges be made. against all gashounds and mittee's report and the report of was secured. TALLYING REPORT The Messenger, having a brok­ performers as well as the the Secretary-Treasurer, who will en tail shaft and rudder, was un­ ' men who willfully destroy or At the last general meetings, in turn, upon concurrence, no­ steal ships gear. The SIU has the membership voted tp follow tify the newly elected m^n to able to maintain a position, which made rescue attempts more no place for men who ruin the procedure passed in 1947 in­ difficult: the good conditions the sofar as counting the ballots take their offices at once. Union wins for them. Take were concerned, in order to facil­ - action'in shipboard meetings itate the tallying procedure and BACK IN DRY CLOTHING AND HAPPY against men guilty of these to allow the newly elected offi­ things. cials to take office earlier. In view of the fact that the With the Hawser secured, the tug began its pull to New York, but it wasn't going to be over that easy. During the night the wind changed and increased in intensity. Early the next morning after proceeding 50 miles, the hawser parted at the Messenger's bow and snapped through the air like a buggy whip. The SIU crew turned to again on the wet, slippery decks and at risk of losing their lives, man­ aged to once more secure the Messenger. This time a chain was used. By 1 P.M. the tow was begim again. Tiirougliout the rest of the day, with every wave straining and pulling at the. line, the Meseck battled the seas. Late in the evening, only 12 miles closer to land, the high seas and gale proved their strength and parted the chain. Rallying once more the crew took to the stein, but it was hopeless. Footing was insecure and the winds of hurricane force threatened to toss the men into the sea. They did what they could to recover the towing gear'and the tug stood bjr for the wind and seas to subside. That night and all the next day, the situation remained the same. Finally, Sunday morning, four days after putting the firstline aboard, they chanced it again. The swells were still breaking over the stem but the wind had abated somewhat. BROUGHT HER IN The hawser was sent aboard Bringing back an important day if they have only one radio the Messenger and made secure jj^pre-war safety service, the U.S. operator, but large .ships will once more. This time a sixWeather Bureau will send twice- send data every six hours. strand line was used. |iaily weather forecasts to ves^ The Bureau is soliciting U.S. Three days" later. New Year's sels in the Atlantic to help ships for the most part, but is al­ Eve, the Dorothy Ann Meseck Skippers steer clear of dangerous so making agreements with Brit­ proudly put into New York with storms. ish, Dutch, . Swedish, French, the Coastal Messenger in tow, Already 40-odd steamship com­ Brazilian and Argentine fiagthree strands still holding the panies have agreed to cooperate vessels. ship. with the Bureau by supplying Going out from the U.S. coast, The Meseck's Skipper, Captain weather observations on condi­ ships will send reports to the Bartell, in commenting on the tions at sea which are the raw Navy in Washington until they job done said, "I can't give too material 6f weather forecasting. reach mid-ocean when they will Five of the Dorothy' Ann's twenty-two man crew line up .much praise to these men for the In return, their vessels will re­ be sent to one of the countries for the LOG photographer after recounting the details of their job they did. They took her out ceive detailed tibn-technical fore­ covered by the agreement. trying rescue mission during the Christmas Holidays. Left to on Christmas Eve and turned to casts. : : . right, seated—Joseph Bowen. AB and Ship's Delegate; F. P. imder sever-e working conditions. The result should be greater The war, by forcing radio si­ safety- at sea for ships of all Blanchard, Oiler. Standing—Grover Johnson. Steward; Joseph "With the decks awash and the lence on ships, at sea, meant the fiags. Bowen Jr.. OS and Leon Wilber. Engine Utility. task dangerous, they did a dissolution for several years of magnificent job though cold and, the Weather Bureau's Marine Di­ soaked to the skin throughout vision, although the Army Air the operation." Forces, the Navy, the British Ad­ The crew tossed a bouquet miralty and the RAF did have right back at the Skipper: "He reasnably good daily weather, The Esso Tanker Men's Asso­ their wages and conditions would to do is write to the Maritime stood out on the deck throughout maps of the North Atlantic and ciation, as pointed ^out in the be greatly cut down if they or­ Commission if eligible for such' the whole business without a bit the Pacific through reports from LOG last week, is a powerful ganized into the SIU. Now an­ awards, but the Esso Tanker -reconnaissance planes and Coast ally on the side of Standard Oil other letter from the ETMA to Men's Association is quite will­ of sleep. If anyone deserves credit, it is he." Guard ships on fixed positions. Company to deprive Esso's un­ its members has come to the at­ ing to do that little* job for him In ^ite of what was taking The new service is expected to licensed personnel of real repre­ tention of the LOG, and this if he just fills out a form,.giving place on Christmas day, the. be operating full blast after sentation. The ETMA has never broadside also proves how bank­ the same information which the Skipper did all he could do to mid-January. obtained any gains for the men rupt the company, stooges really MC requests, and sends it lo the give the men a Christmas. CHECK INSTRUMENTS headquarters of the Association. To build up the Weather Bu­ and, ih fajct, has helped to keep are. PIPING HOT And, although the Association PHONY SERVICES company reau's ocean observation and re­ the men under firm Credit, too, for a fine job The leaders of the ETMA real­ doesn't state this, it prevides an porting system, representatives control. should go» to the Steward, the Right now the company is ize that they cannot gain any­ excellent opportunity to find out of the revived Marine Division pertinent information about men crew felt. In the heaviest gale visit ocean-going ships as they hit worried over the fact that many thing in wages and conditions for he was out there with his coffee .. port to arrange with the Masters Esso seamen arb showing an in­ the membership since the com­ in tlie fleet. The ETMA hopes to delude the pot and there was always plenty I for the taking of observations at terest in the program and policies pany dominates the so-called of hot food below. 'i^ea and the transmission of the of the Seafarers International "Association." So, instead, the membership hy helping to obtain The tough job of working on a data. The weathermen offer to Union. And when the company organization offers "services" medals and decorations, but the tug in a rescue hasn't appeared ^ check the ships' instruments, syn­ gets worried, the company union which do not in any why im­ Union assists the men to live de­ to sour any of the crewmen. cently by winning for them chronize them with the Bureau's has -to go to bat to befuddle the prove the lot of the seamen. They're all still aboard and ready wages and conditions. Right now the ETMA is assists membership. own. So it's no wonder that the un­ for anything that comes—as long Last week we showed how the ing its membei'ship to apply for I SW.p^ of companies agreeing to as it doesn't come on Christmas coolirate with the Bureau will ETMA was attempting to con­ Merchant Marine Decorations and licensed Esso seamen are turn­ Eve again. send two or three observations a vince the Esso employes that Medals. Of course, aU a man has ing more ahd more to the SIU. On Performers US Weather Bureau Revives Oteutt Forecasting System Esso Tries To Stall Real Organization l\\ -1i s. > •. • • •. :iatd '.•i / �• .%':fi TBE S BA^A JtSRS t Page Four IIP Seafarers Swell Youtzy-Boutwell Defense Fund I.: fUda^i January 18/ 1948 WHAT Ready to testify in trie defense of Ralph Youtzy and Robert Boutwell, the two Seafarers charged with manslaughter in Georgetown, British Guiana; Frank Knight, AB, arrived in the British colonial capital Christ­ mas Eve by airplane. Knight himself relates in a letter to Joseph Volpian, Headquarters Special Services Representative. Knight left Mobile on the Ah cba Patriot, but fearful lest he be late for the trial he transferred to the Alcoa Clipper at La Guayra, Venezuela. QUESTION: The SIU will soon have copies of its. agreements posted on all ships in the form of foc'sle cards. What do you think will be the practical effect of this innovation? B. ZELENCIC, Oilan I bulier* that poatmg v the ' working rules in a conTenie^ vplace aboard ship is an excellent idea. Many times a beef arises over overtime or working coodir tions but by the time a copy of the Agreement is dug up the beef is forgotten. Another thing: Those-small Agreements passing from hand to hand get torn-and lost. Often by the end of the trip there isn't an Agreement to be found aboard the ship^ I'm sure that now there will be hun­ dreds of beefs settled by the use of trie foc'sle card that other-^ wise would be lost. GRABBED PLANE S. WOODRUFF, Putepman: Now we hare ampething ,with which io. aetaw. dbose eaiae^ beefs and asgnmentain Uie-mMs* room. The iBcTale . cwtd aighf there as final'authosifty wUl settin almost eve^ beef pronto.. ,On thy last ship #e could have made good use of this card—w. didn't have eveh. one copy. of the Agreement aboard Everyone thinks the other guy will have a copy, so usually no ^one both­ ers to picdc one up at the HalL Most of us. know^ the General Rules, , the'ce pretty , much the same in aU- contracts, so the foc'sle :card is. fine, just the way it is. . Still worried when he reached Trinidad, the loyal Seafarer grabbed an airplane to make sure he got to Georgetown for the trial which was scheduled to open January 13 at last reports. Another witness, Charles R. Robertson, arrived on the Cape / Edmont, and paid off January 2, Knight says. A third witness, James Carter Jr., was expected EDWARD BURKE, MM: W. BLANTON, Electrician: to arrive in plenty of time fo^ I think , it is a good idea. Be­ The move is a good one, and the trial, other' dispatches from fore coming into the SIU I will be of advantage to all con­ Georgetown have indicated. sailed Army Transport. There we cerned. . These easily-read agree­ The charge against Youtzy and never knew what was going on Boutwell grew out of the acci­ in reference to overtime. Some­ ments will enable everyone to dental drowning of a George­ times the same is true on our study the contract's working town launch captain who fell ships when no one has a copy of rules and become familiar with overboar3 and -drowned in an the Agreement. The new foc'sle all provisions — especially the altercation early one morning card will save a lot of trouble one affecting their particular de­ last October. and argument, as everyone will partments. Besides the advan­ Youtzy and Boutwell were have a chance to read and study tages to the membership, these charged with murder, although the good conditions of the SIU agreements, posted where every­ one can see them, will also give witnesses claimed at the time to before popping off on a bum the Mates and the Engineers a have seen the launch captain beef. By taking a good gander at the foc'sle card most beefs swimming for shore. chance to learn and understand will dissolve before they get go­ the agreement., This, step shouldv NEW DONATIONS ing and there will be better re­ result in elimination of a lot of lations all around. unnecessary caUs to the halls. The charge against Boutwell was reduced to manslaughter after a preliminary hearing early in November. Last month, the V charge against Youtzy was also reduced to manslaughter. Both AL BERNSTEIN use your head arid study your with the ships delegate. He should handle requests for , men were released on bail. I?... contract. draws, liberty, etc. In foreign , SHIP DELEGATE Meanwhile the defense fund When the men in your depart­ DEPARTMENT DELEGATE has been increased by donations ment or the men aboard ship se­ A ship's Delegate is a most re­ ports, if there is any trouble, he - of $23 from the Deck Depart­ lect you as Delegate, it is the He should check each man's sponsible assignment. Listed be­ should act as spokesman. He; ment of the Alcoa Patriot, highest Union honor they can book or permit' and See that he low are a few of the problems he should keep a record of all beefs —how they were handled and , $49 from the Stewards and En­ bestow upon you. It'means they is in good standing, and that he will be expected to handle. gine Departments of the Alcoa fee? you are a "right" guy who has been shipped through the The first thing he should do, what settlement was secured. He should have copies of the Clipper and $54 from the Deck knows what the score is. , Hall. Thi^ is especially impor­ together with the department ship's minutes, which should be and Stewards Departments of the tant in ports where there is no Delegates, is check stores, linen The Skippers, Mates and En­ made in duplicate so that he can SS Colabee Knight reports. Hall. Be sure ihal each member supplies, and slop chest. If any­ gineers represent the company turn one over to the Patrolman. • of the crew has a shipping card thing is wrong there and the beef aboard ship. As Delegate you He should prepare a list of all when he first crimes aboard. can't be straightened out—Call represent the crew and the needed repairs and unsettled • Keep a dues record of all men the Hall!. Don't wait until you Union. beefs. in your department. See that are at sea—it's too late then! There are few hard and fast O.T. is written down as soon as He should see that, under no ' He should see that bound rules to guide you. . . „ All . that the it is worked. It should give the copies of the LOG and other condition, the ship pays off with­ job requires mostly, is co^ord^^^^^ Union literature are aboard ship. out a Patrolman present. Another sign of weakening sense, which the crew felt you type of work done. When there are no racks for this He should see that there is no communist strength in unions had when they elected you, and performing at payoff. • Department members should comes from • Havana where a knowledge of the contracts un­ be instructed to keep an accurate literature he should take steps to ON BEEFS Ramon Leon Renteria, head of der which you are sailing. These record of their O.T. in duplicate. obtain them. All beefs are divided into two , He should see that there is a the National Maritime Workers contracts may be picked up at One for them and one for you. kinds, beefs against the operators, library aboard. Federation, has broken with the any 'of our union halls. See that the O.T. in the de­ such as overtime, grub, quarters,., He should see that meetings communists and is organizing a Remember^ two things, how­ partment isn't too one sided, but etc., and beefs against the crew are held as often as possible to campaign to cleanse them from ever; 1—^The hard fought gains divided as equally as possible. themselves, which can be give everyone a chance ^to blow the organization. of the Union can be put in See that O.T., whether disputed their tops if they have anything straightened out. ' In his action, similar to that jeopardy by the action of the or not, is turned in to the de­ to pop off about. Below are listed a few beefs taken by Joe Curran a year ago, crew or even one performer. 2— partment head. There is no point by the Delegates and against the He should see that Educational Renteria announced he now The payoff is discipline; npt sub­ in arguing with anyone aboard meetings are held aboard ship as Delegates. True, only a small favors the democratic policy of servience but discipline to Union ship about O.T. A list should frequently as possible to teach portion of the membership are rules. ' the United States. ^ be turned over to the Patrolman permits and others what the Un­ guilty of these offenses, but see Aboard SIU contracted ships at payoff—let him settle it for ion really stands for. One of the foimders of the Fed­ Merely if you can^t avoid them and make eration, Renteria is considered a thez'e should be four Delegates. you. paying dues doesn't make a good a "happier ship" on your next powerful figure in Cuba and- is One for each department and a See that • living quarters are Union member. trip. expected to swing laxge numbers Ships' Delegate. kept clean and shipshape at all Don't turn a personal beef into - / He shoul^^'see that the contract All Delegates should be full times, especially at payoff. under whicri"fie is sailing is lived a Union beef. • of maritime workers away from / the communists who are fighting bookmembers in good standing. Patrolmen have been instructed up to by both sides—the crew Don't , put in phony O.T. They should be elected as soon by the membership not to pay and the company. to maintain control. Don't be a gear-grabber. .as possible after joining the ship. off a ship if the quarters are The climax-of the bfittle beDon't be a performer. ^ He should act as yolimteer or­ A Department Delegate is a dirty. ^iftween anti-communists and comDon't bother your Delegate j ganizer when the occasion , de­ "^/ inunists will come this month very important Union job. Listed 1 See that there is no pijerforming mands it—and can only do this wrien he is on watch. when a new Federation congress .below are a few suggestions to before or during the payoff. Don't get him out of tlte sack^ through knowledge of the UnI guide you. Above all, ho^'^ever, convenes. All Delegates should cooperate on's struggles and gains, (ConttTmed on Pa^e 7) ) ' ' V- I Men: Ship, Department Delegates Cuban Unionist Breaks With CP - -J > \ g n �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. January 16. 1S4S Page FITC Shipping Slows In Pftiladelfniia After Christmas Week Highpoint By E. B. TILLEY 4 PHILADELPHIA — Here we go again, but this time it is to a different tune when it comes to shipping. We had only one payoff this week, but by luck it was from a long trip and, with the excep­ tion of two men, everyone got off the ship. . Besides the above ship, the Governor Kilby, Waterman, we had only a few stray jobs on ships in transit and the outlook iifor the coming week is none too bright—at least not as far as jobs lire concerned. A . ~ We've scratched our heads all week trying to figure out where ^ the men have come from who now pack the Hall. It. looks like all tl^ stay-at-home holiday meii tried to make Philadelphia Bt the same time. We now heve the television set that was transferred from Mar­ cus Hook paid for, installed and in operation. The boys get a big bang from watching the matinee each afternoon. The City of Brotherly Love has a television Ration 'which puts on the kind Of show every day that the boys go for. COULD BE a move to take the proffered drink. Judging by that, |We had to conclude one of two things: Either New Year's * morning brought a flock of good resolu­ tions, or a lot of our, members have joined AA. / Before We close, we would like to state that the weather re­ port from Philadelphia is quite different from last week's. We don't think you could ask for better weather than the City of Brotherly Love is having at this time. Missed out on our surprise this week, but nope to be able to give it-to you next week. Membership Sheuld Disiuss Shipping Rules, Submit Suggestions For Possible Cbunges By JOE ALGINA NEW YORK—There has. been considerable discussion lately pertaining to siiipboard promo­ tions. The pros and cons have been aired at shipboard meet­ ings and in the LOG. If any action is to be taken calling for a change in the ship­ ping Tules it will have to be done by referendum ballot. Before this comes to a vote, all Seafarers should acquaint themselves with the issue and not fly blind. Now there is another matter which, if it gains popular sup­ port, will be put to referendum vote: A resolution has come out of the Gulf area proposing a Shliiping Slump Hits Baltimore, Beach Is Slightly Overcrowiteil Just before starting this writeup we saw a funny thing happen. . We walked dowi? into the Hall By WM. (CURLY) RENTZ where there were 40 to 50 men around. In the middle of this BALTIMORE — Things really ing to him. Nothing was lost bunch stood one of the crew- slowed down — and suddenly-— at all. There are plenty of men on m e m b e f s from the above- here, but from what we hear mentioned Governor Kilby. around it ought to pick up- in the the beach here. They are coming He had a fistful of dough and near future, perhaps in the week in from everywhere else. Con­ sequently a little advice: Stay in was inviting the entire gang to coming up. Hope so, anyway. come down stairs for a drink Only three ships 'paid off— your home • ports. At least for with him so that he could cele­ the Steelore, fhe Chilore and the the time being. In your home brate his not being home for Fimore, all belonging to.Calmar. ports you will have somewhere New Year's Eve. But to these will be hdded about to flop and eat. Don't come to ir • five scheduled to payoff next Baltimore until we tell you ship­ Lo and behold! ping is picking up. Not a single man accepted the week, most of which are expected One thing that still keeps them offer which, we admit, floored us. to be South Atlantic. talking here is the tankers. The Sig^-ons included the Thomas men still want to see more tank­ Not a single man got up to make Cresap, Isthmian; the Hulbert, ers flying the SIU banner. Alcoa; plus the Scalmar, the FelThings are running smoothly tore, the Steelore and the Chi­ in Baltimore both at the Hall and lore. on the labor front right through By and large it has been a the city. Every SIU member is very poor week in the Port of doing a good job. Everyone Baltimore, one of the worst we knows what everyone else has have experienced. With almost gone through to get our condi­ everybody * wanting to ship out tions, and everyone wants to NEW YORK — As a result of there just aren't enough ships keep our gains. Consequently, head injuries suffered in a fall around. we are not bothered by gasdown a flight of stairs in the One thing about the payoffs hounds. They stay away. New York Hall, Seafarer Whit­ and, sign-ons we had: All ..the The members in the Marine ney G. (Jack) Rankins died in beefs were settled aboard ship Hospital here are doing fine and Beekman Downtown Hospital on to ever^rbody's satisfaction. all of them expect to be out December 31. Everybody got wTiat he had com­ soon. Bora in Henderson, Nofth Carolina, on July 19, 1912, Jack was a charter member of the Union, having transferred from the AFL SeameVs Union in 1938. farers Guards and Watchmen's By W. H. SIMMONS The well-known and popular Chief Steward, whose last ship SAN FRANCISCO — It's been Union which also affiliated itself was the Kings Canyon, had an slow here this week without with the' SIU. This was quite a good boost for outstanding record of activity in even the weather as a consola­ Union affairs and strikes. During tion. There have been no pay­ the 1946 General Strike he aided offs, and we have been having tremendously in the setting up more than our share of rain. and operation of the New York However, we do have a num­ soup kitchen. ber of Calmar, Isthmiai^ and SAN FRANCISCO — Brother "To give Jack a true Seafarers Watermap ships in transit. Daniel Segal, Book No. 7049, died send-off," in the words of one And we will payoff the SS Jean December 27 in the Marine Hos­ Seafarer, the membership of the Lafitte,, Waterman, sometime in New York Branch agreed unani­ the next few days—her date of pital here following an illness mously to forward a floral spray arrival has not been'definitely of four months. Segal, a member of the Union since 1941, sailed to be laid on his grave. His set. as Fireman-Watertender. His last In fact, we are hoping for a funeral was January 2. ship was the SS Mayo Brothers, •At the time of his death he better time all arqund nexti Waterman. week, with a great deal more was in good standing with clear­ Last August he was removed ances from all SIU beefs and activity on the waterfront. from the- Mayo Brothers in the hat's hapThe biggest thing strikes. Burial benefit will be Far -East and hospitalized. He g of a 22pened was the winnin paid, by the Union. He is survived was later flown to San Francisco the Sea­ cent hourly raise by Ky his mother. - • - Fall Is Fatal toJaokRankins, Charter Member change in the transportation rule. This, in the main, proposes that the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict adopt the West Coast rule calling for men to pile off a ship if it pays off and transportation money is paid. At present, on the A&G coasts, men are permitted to take their transportation money and re­ main aboard the ships. KICK IT ABOUT It is up to each man to decide whether or not he believes changing this rule will be for the betterment of the organiza­ tion as a whole. Tm only going to suggest that the matter be kicked around a bit. Letters to the Editor—a large number were received on the shipboard promotion issue—are the best way of reaching all Brothers with 'your views. On board ship; the regular meeting is the place to sound out the opinions of your ship­ mates and make yourself heard. If we exchange views on this matter it should be easy to ar­ rive at a definite conclusion. Vot­ ing blind hurts all of us. These matters will not be­ come major issues until after the Agents Conference, which will probably be held in March. FINAL PAYOFF The Roswell Victory, Robin Line, made its final payoff this week and it was a good one. She went into lay-up in fine shape, and the crew went ashore with all beefs settled. She has been replaced in the Robin Line fleet by the seconverted C-3, Robin Kirk. (See page Six.) .-I One of the reasons for the slack period here in New York is the lay up of several Bull Line ships for lack of cargo. They aren't headed for the boneyard, they're just waiting for a load. CAN'T HELP the Guards, when the short Sympathy is given to these length of time we have been be­ complaints, but the Union can­ hind their organizing campaign not enter into the private deal­ is considered. ings of its members. Loaning money is something we all do to help a guy out in a pinch. where he was making good pro­ gress Until he suffered a relapse last week. Death was due to a cerebral disorder. He was 36 years old. Survived by a brother," Lt. Col­ onel Jack Segal, his body has been sent to Chicago for burial. A good union man and a fine shipmate, Brdther Segal had par­ ticipated in all union strike ac­ tivities and was in good stand­ ing. Burial benefits have been paid by the Union. , J 'I Two other sweet ones for the Patrolmen were the Yaka and Azalia City, Waterman. Both paid, off in good style. The Azalia City had made a four-month trip to the Far East and the few beefs which had accumulated were cleared up in short order with the fine coop­ eration of the Delegates and crew. When the stuff starts flowing to the ships, we'll get a call for' quite a few men. Isthmian ships "are arriving here quite regularly. They are . • always good for a few replace­ ments after their usual long trips. •Tankers, too, have been seen hereabouts in good supply, but a lot of them are being returned to the Maritime Commission by the operators. After the Conference, several In spite of this, rated men other matters may emerge which have little difficulty in getting will require membership ap^jrov- a ship if they're not too particu­ al or rejection along with the lar as to company and run. matters of shipboard promotion The old bugaboo, unpaid loans, and transportation. has cropped up again. Several Now is not too early to start men have come to the Hall com­ plaining of deadbeats who have •borrowed and blew. Dtin Segal Dies After Illness V the ball rolling, so what do you say? In this snow, sleet, fain and slush-covered city on the Hud­ son, activity in the Port is cbn-r tinuing fair. Not much better"" than last week and not" anyworse. We're holding our own. We have to take the man at his word, and if he pulls out "without repaying his debt, there is nothing we can do about it. Usually these . men borrow from everyone on the ship and at the time of payoff thejr're no­ where to be found. A week or so later they payoff at the Com­ missioner's Office. It's an old problem but a per­ sonal one. All that can be done is to warn all Brothers to be a little more discriminate in lend•ing money. £ I �4>i, T RE SB AP ARERS L&G Page Six Boston Shipping, Weather Bad; Teamster Strike Fuiiy Effective SEAFARERS BAG GAME By JOHN MOGAN PWv' Priday. Jf^iiary 16. 1948, ; >"i>v Tampa Offers ^ Much Sunshine And Some Johs r' BOSTON — Things have been -wages and the 40-hour week. The By C. SIMMONS xeally rough in the shipping de­ strike is 10 days old and no signs of a settlement as yet. partment in the Port of Boston TAMPA — Shipping here is There has been' no trouble on right up to normal with quite a during the past 10 days. the highways to speak of except few replacements being called Jobs have been called in one a few complaints of CIO truckfor. or two at a time, for Isthmian, drivers, which of course received The SS Lafayette, Waterman, South Atlantic, Bull, Ameiican- wide publicity detrimental to the is going to pay off here tomor­ row and naturally there will be Kawaian, and other vessels, all AFL teamsters. The governor is threatening t6 jobs aboard her. in transit. intervene, all kinds of suits un­ A lot of oldtlmers carne into We have had Isthmians in here der the Taft-Hartley bill are be­ Tampa for Christmas, but they galore, as many as three berthed ing instituted against Local 25,. don't seem in any hurry to ship at the same time, and all with' complaints are being filed by out. As a consequence, jobs are hospitals, etc., that fuel and food being filled from well down on minbr beefs. are being stopped by striking the shipping list. However, it is notable that a truckdrivers — all calculated to Cookie's Boarding House seems brief visit with a Patrolman inflame the public against the to be tire favorite hangout. Wheni usually sets everything straight, Teamsters cause. we need men we have to send The feeling is strong, though, and soon Isthmian will be classisomebody around there to round Crewmembers of Ihe SS Jo­ that the Teamsters should and seph H. Hollister scored a ma­ thTiis up. For details on .this ed as just another Union com­ will win their beef. After all, jor success on their initial situation consult Babe Torres." pany. the figures reveal that the aver­ safari, when t he i r rifles Some trouble has been experi­ The tankers have stopped com­ age wage for a truckdriver is a brought down an elephant in enced here with performing SUP pletely, despite the fact that New little less than $50.00 a week— the jungle district of Urema, members on our ships. Some of England supplies of oil are at an which is something to raise a not far from the border of them have had to be pulled off. family on. Rhodesia. Six SIU men and There is a big difference between all-time low point. At any rate, nothing much is the vessel's skipper. Capt. C. being militant and performing. It is rumored that at least 10 going to move off the docks here N. Raobum. made up the Besides Tampa's inviting cli­ tankers will be assigned to re­ until the strike is settled. With party, which had for a guide mate, the Hall here now has a plenishing supplies up this way; docks already congested with un­ a guy named Mac. In photo pinball machine. Come on down, but then anybody in this business delivered goods and the railroad above, the happy hunters group fellows, and spend your nickels terminals likewise, a- settlement while enjoying the sunshine. could get rumor-happy very should be reached soon or the afound their quarry. In photo right. Brother Among our holiday visitors easily. city's commerce will be com­ Leonard G. Kretsel. one of the were Ray White, Bill Higgs and Cities Service vessels, how­ pletely paralyzed. party, displays tusks removed Harvey Jamerson. ever, come in regularly and are It goes without saying that from the elephant. generally in good shape. There's no mofe news, and no Brother Nick Morrisey knows The Hollister. whose home which the men expect to dis­ news is good news. So will sign -The SB Richard Yates (Amer­ where the Seafarers stands in the port is in Gulfport, Missw is charge in about a month, ac­ off. ican Eastern) paid off in the Teamsters' fight. carrying a. cargo of lumber. cording t.o Krefzel. stream here. Quite a few beefs on her, but with the help of an efficient ships delegate, every­ thing was squared away to the satisfaction of the gang. Don't hold your pictures When Sweeney covered the and stories of shipboard acti­ By KEITH ALSOP to the CIO oil workers imion SHIPPING BAD were on strike for 12 days and Marine Hospital Christmas Eve vities. Mail them to the Sea­ The weather up this way is .GALVESTON — We have had won themselves a 34-cent "an he came right on the . heels of like the shipping — terrible. three payoffs here, two on dry hour increase. However, the SIU the NMU man. The NMU pa­ farers Log. 51 Beaver St., Even the residents of Portland, cargo ships and one on a tanker. was never involved at all. tients were bragging about how New York 4, N. Y. If you Maine,, are feeling sorry for the We also have had two sign-ons, One thing we would like to good their outfit was to them. haveu'.t the time or don't feel one dry cargo and one tanker. warn the membership about. Be They had an apple, an orange in the mood, just forward de­ Greater Bostonians. And well they, might, for The payoffs were on the Roy careful cashing checks. A guy and a candy bar apiece. Along tails. We'll do the rest. Pic­ snowstorm after snowstonm has K. Johnson, Alcoa, in Houston; who wrote two bum ones here is came Sweeney—with a ten-dollar tures will be returned if you hit this area'in monotonous suc- on "the Daniel WiUard, South At­ going to be mighty embarrassed bill and a five-dollar bill for wish. lantic, in Port Arthur; and on the when he comes back in—^we're every SIU man there. Puente Hills, American-Pacific going to see to that. Enough said. GTOTTA MA<E "Tankers, in Galveston. THAT / The Daniel Willard and the ROBIN KIRK EMBARKS ON MAIDEN TRIP Puente Hills signed on again Meanwhile, there have been three dry cargo ships and three tank­ ers in transit. We had a little beef at one of the payoffs and we held ,«p the procgedings xmtil we got ft settled. Port Galveston Reports Fair Shipping Send 'Em In p » PERSONAL MATTER cession, piling up in the suburbs What happened was that the a height which is the record Master refused to pay eight for three and a half decades. hours of overtime which had Then, to make it worse, it is been orderd .by the Chief En­ staying cold, which means that gineer. This Skipper claimed the snow and ice will stay there that he didn't have to pay any p;until covered up by .another overtime he didn't order per­ '''jstorm. sonally. . The last regular meeting night Well, it took a little time, but had to be called off for the lack we straightened him out all of a quorum. right; We just refused to allow . One of the many snov^storms any payoff at all until the men picked that day to visit us, and involved got what was coming to the telephones were busy all them. This week the SS Robin Kirk embarked on her maiden voyage for Capetown and Laur- : Tp afternoon with the plaints of enco Marques carrying a full SIU ^ew. She h the first of three reconverted escort aircraft This Master also claimed that members who couldn't possibly carriers which the Robin Line is putting on th; South African run. ' the deck machinery was under get to the meeting. Her two sister ships, the Robin Trent and the Robin Mowbray, will be ready for serv- ; the supervision of the Deck De­ ice within the next three months, company officials disclosed. _ : A special meeting was held partment, and that the only re­ later to elect a Tallying Commit­ The Kirk was built during the war in a Sea'^tle yard as a standard C-3. Later she was con-. -'^ sponsibility of "the Engineers was tee to count__the ballots for the verted to a "baby flat-top" and carried plane i in'the Battle of the Atlantic; iQA« oVfo keep the machinery in workelection of officers for The hull and machinery are still those oV a 0-3, but the mid-ship house has been com­ ing condition. v^he request of Headquarters. pletely re-designed. There are four double ani foiir single rooms. We are getting a good many The Kirk is 492 feet long, has a beam of 63feet and her deadweight tonnage is approxi­ l?T? TEAMSTERS OUT Cities Service ships- in here. For mately 12,200. Included in the ship's equipment are all the modem aids to navigatiiCM: radar, radio direc­ ; Right now the city is practic­ the most part they come iji regu­ ally deserted of truck transpor­ larly and come in on weekends. tion finder, echo depth sounder, radio call alarm, a smoke detecting system and a CO-2 fireThe worfcers gt the Pan-Amer- extinguishing system^ The ship also hita-eargoeaire to insure adequcde ventilation of the holds tation. Local 25 of the Team­ .m C^bir^any belong .-and.-p|^yeat-aw^fd'damagesters, AFL,^ is striking for higher tn- -j iP:. �rziday^ January la, 1S48 »xt,; THE SMAEA « E RS E OC Page Seven 4- Final Tally In Atlantic Ant! Gulf Voting The final results Of the voting for 1948 Atlantic and Gulf offi­ cials as certifie^d by the Genera Tally Committee appear below Officials elected are indicated by asterisks. The balloting com­ menced November 1 and endec December 31, 1947. Secretazy-Treasurer Paul Hall, 190 4,704* Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 500 5,204 Assistant Sec.-Treas. (3) Robert Matthews, 154 3,152* J. P. Shuler, 101 4,098* J. H. Volpian, 56 3,411* Write-ins, Voids, No JTotes 4,951 NEW YORK Agent J, Aigina, 1320 4,317* Write-ins, Void> No Votes 887 . 5,204 Deck Patrolmen (2) E. Gusczynsky, 3100 1,079 L. Goffin, 4526 3,315* J. ^heehan, 306 3,700* Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 2,314 10,408 ' Engine Patrolmen (2) J. Drawdy, 28523 3,222* J. Purcell, ^7124 3,585* C. Scofield, 21536 1,306 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 2,295 10,408 Stewards- Patrolmen (2) . BOSTON R. Gonzales, 174 3,298* Agent H. Guinier, 478 2,866* T. "iHenson, 7297 837 W. Hamiltonr 3400' :... 1,114 J. Mogan, 216 1,228 W. Jenkins, 4041 B95 W. Siekmann,'. 7086 2,653* Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 2,235 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 486 10,408 5,204 Jt. Patrolmen (2) Jt. Patrolman C. Gibbs, 2341 ~ 3,754* ....; 3,519* J. MarshaU, 322 618 F. Stewart, 4935 984 C. Tannehill, 25922 2,867* T. Viera, 21913 J. Sweeney, 1530 1,312 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 2,151 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 407 10,408 5,204 PHILADELPHIA Agent L. Gardner, 3697 3,925* Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,279 15,612 Union Fireman li • Repm-t W Tallying Committee We, the undersigned Tallying Committee, duly elected at the regular business meeting at Headquarters January 2, 1948, submit the following report and recommendations: All used ballots from all ports were counted and the correct tally/is submitted herein. An asterisk is placed beside the names of the candidates that were elected to office. The ballots used and unused in each port were checked and the correct check is submitted herein. It is to be pointed out that this Committee on checking various ports' ballots and tally sheets found that all reports submitted by all outport's committees were correct and in nearly every case checked exactly with the New York Head­ quarters Committee's final tallies. In a few isolated instances where the findings of the various committees differ, the differences were slight cind made no change whatsoever in the final results of the election for any office. _,The committee further points out that the 1948 elections are the first general elections in the history of the union 0 in which a Headquarters Tally Committee has not disqualified some part of one or more ports' ballots because of improper handling of this work by local port committees. This has made for the most orderly and jjroperly conducted election in the union's record. DECK ENGINE STEWARD Sam Luttrell, 46568 J. Stewart, 28075 p. Parsons, 27751 J. L. Whidden, 20642 F. F. Smith, 1039 P. McCann, 20273 Omar I.. Ames. 5711 E. F. McNeill, 42002 P. O. Peralta, 21397 —Alternate —Alternate —Alternate M. Fields, 26924—Alternate COMMITTEE'S NOTE: It is to be noted that M. Fields acted on this committee, although not elected as alternate. The reason for this was because of the fact that the Committee had to have assistance in doing routine work and inasmuch as Fields ran at the regular meeting and was nne vote behind the man elected as alternate in the Engine Department the Committee felt that they were keeping in line, with the mem­ bership's decisions in instructing this man to assist them. The Key Men: Ship, DepartmentDelegates {Continued from Page 4) at night on some petty beef. Don't assume the authority of the Skipper. Don't bully the now or unrated men of the crew or make fun of their efforts. Remember you had to learn one time yourself. Many potentially good union men have been shamed into the background by these tactics. Don't push "pro" men around and throw your weight or your book in their faces. Remember, except for the right to vote, they are entitled to the same rights,, breaks, benefits and protection as any member of this Union. If anyone wants to perform and jeopardize our contracts, let them first read our wage scale increases, the improved living, and working conditions we've earned by sweat and broken skulls, by picketlines and payless days, by strikes and organiza­ tional activities, over the years. The shipowners didn't give us these gains willingly. It was not as easy as that. We fought them bitterly at every turn. We can maintain these gains, and get much more if we realizethat the only road is discipline io union rules. 5,204 Jt. Patrolman 844 The Marine Cooks and Stew­ J. Doris, 23177 TAMPA GALVESTON 3,658* ards, CIO, gave a first-rate dem­ E. Tilley, 75 Black leather holders in Agent Agent onstration last week on how Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 702 which Seafarers can keep C. Simmons, 368 3,972* K. Alsop, 7311 stupid handling-of a phony beef 3,933* their Union books and sea­ 5,204 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,232 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,271 can disrupt the waterfront and man's papers are now avail­ give the Taft-Hartley boys new able £d SIU Branches in all BALTIMORE 5,204 Support for anti-labor laws. 5,204 ports. Stamped in gold on Agent MOBILE The beef—^if you want to call M. Beck, 937 the holders is a wheel, in­ 429 Jt. Patrolmen (2) it that—occurred aboard the SS W. McKay, 8 signia of the SIU. Agent 1,046 W. Brightwell, 7279 371 Bunker Hill, Shepard Lines, W. Rentz, 26.445 Z. Tanner, 44 4,335* The holders are approxi­ 3,239* j.'. 594 which has an SUP Deck Gang, Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 490 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 869 J. DeVito, 185 mately three smd a quarter L. Johnson, 108 3,090* the Marine Firemen and Waterinches wide by four and L. Phillips, 23609 : 358 tenders in the Engine Room and 5,204 R. Sweeney, 20 three-quarter inches deep. 5,204 1,731 MCS in the Stewards Depart­ They are being sold for $1. Deck Patrolman Deck Patrolman J. Ward, 21311 2,647* ment. slightly above cost. First pro­ 368 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,617 R. Dickey, 652 2,342- G. Bales,-230 vin a maneuver that amounted B. Lawson, 894 ceeds will be used to pay 2,453* 2,402* W. Morris, 264 to an attempt to control the Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 460 off the initial expenses borne Sullivan, 2 : 1,176 10,408 MFOW, the MCS "party-liners" by the Union: thereafter any J. Walsh, 2693 466 SAN JUAN tied up the Bunker Hill and an­ profits derived will be turned Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 741 5,204 other Shepard ship in a beef Agent over to the hospital fund. Engine Patrolman which they invented pretty much G. Masterson, ?0297 4,058* 5,204 D. Butts, 190 In New York, the leather 1,698 out of thin air. Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,146 Engine Patrolman S. CoUs, 21085 2,986* holders may be purchased in In the Engine Department was the baggage room, on the R. Jordan, 71 3,981»' Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 520 a man who once had been- kick­ 5,204 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,223 fourth floor. ed out of the NMU for reasons Stewards Patrolman 5,204 unnecessary to go into now. Suf­ J. Hatgimisios, 23434 3,129* 5,204 fice it to say that in recent years D. Heron, 5030 1,440 Stewards Patrolman AS COMMITTEE NEARED JOB'S END he has a strong anti-communist Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 635 J. Morrison, 34213 3,054* record. Naturally he was a mem­ C. Stringfellow, 125 677 ber of MFOW and in no way 5,204 F. Widegren, 19 ;.. 791 under MCS jurisdiction. NORTOLK Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 682 Nevertheless, when the BunAgent :er Hill hit New York, the MCS Ray White, 57 3,870" 5,204 "party-liners" got the whole Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,334 NEW ORLEANS Stewards Department to pile Off .Agent and, what was more, the MCS 5,204 E. Sheppard, 203 4,348" hall refused to send a new bunch Jt. Patrolman Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 856 aboard until this unfortunate E. Molina, 20456 634 MFOW member was takem off. B. Rees, 95 .....i 3,033* 5,204 In addition, the MCS tied up J. Tucker, 2209 875 Deck Patrolman the Paul Revere to support the Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 662 A. Bourgot, 97 ' 793 phony beef. And, in point of L. Johnston, 53 3,641* fact, the man had to get off. .. 5,204 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 770 As one Seafarer put it, "You SAVANNAH can bet that the SIU or the SUP Agent 5,204 would never take any such ca­ C. Starling, 6920 3,873* Engine Patrolman pers from the MCS or anybody Shown shortly before they completed tallying of the bal­ 4,063" Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,331 C. Stephens', 76 else." lots cast in the election of officials to serve during 1948. mem­ Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,141 However, the entire incident bers of the Tallying Committee pause momentarily for LOG 5,204 can be a lesson to all SIU-SUP photo. JACKSONVILLE 5,204 men: Don't let the "party-liners" Agent Stewards Patrolman of the Marine Cooks and Stew­ . Around the table, from left to right are Paul Parsons, 3,939* 4,048* H. Troxclair, 6743 ards, or any other union, use C. Haymondj 98 Les Ames. Jimmy Stewart, J. L. (Red) Whidden. Pedro Peralfa, their position in one department Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,156 Write-ins, Voids, No Votes 1,265 E. P. McNeill. Matt Fields. Frank Smith. Seun Luttrell (chairto say who sails or doesn't sail in 5,204 than) and Paddy McCann. V-,/ ' ^ 5,204 ^mother department.' ' Book-Holders Ready • •i- I �.a';-|i;J_.V Pag* Eiglil T HE SEAPA RE RS L OG ' ;"' -^ . iK-" H*' • '• -r _ .. .U'i. '''''F^da7.^Ja]lra^ Jt/1948' 11' ••, E? -i :;;f Seatrain New Jersey Crewmen Urge Permanent Defense Fund Backed By Voluntary Donations GETTING MATERIAL FOR BOOK Stirred by the predicament of two Seafarers who are awaiting trial in George­ town, British Guiana, in connection with the death of a launch captain_^last October'; crcwmembcrs of the SS Seatrain New Jersey are proposing establishment of a per­ manent defense fund "to insure justice" for brothers who may become similarly in­ I ' I- ! iij volved. , study the merits of cases pre­ town, British Guiana, should Capital for the defense, fund sented to it and would then make us realize the n^d for a would be furnished "by volun­ give a detailed report of its permanent defense fund; tary contributions from the mem­ views to a headquarters mem­ "Therefore, Be It Resolved: bership," the Seatrain New Jer­ bership meeting. That we establish a defense fund Retired Seafhrer John Bunker (left) ttJcet down story of sey men recommended in a res­ for the purpose of defending our "It shall be the duty of said Brother Ernesto Torres, who had two ships shot from under olution put forth following . thorough discussion at the Jan. meeting," the resolution states, brothers who may run afoul of - him in World War II. 4 shipboard meeting held at sea. "to either order the defense or thi^ law, especially in foreign ports—but not to exclude similar not." » instances in the continental Uni­ 5-MAN COMMITTEE Stress was laid on the fact that ted States; Brother Ira E. Bishop prepared the fimd would only be used for the resolution after he was dele­ legitimate cases, wherein those "And, Be It Further Resolved: gated for the task at the meet­ involved would be defending That this fund be administered com­ ing. Four other bookmen signed themselves under unfavorable by a committee of five, posed of elected or appointed With a considerable portion of his background ma­ the resoluton, which received the conditions and where the ends officials at Headquarters, the of justice would be served by crew's endorsement. Secretary-Treasurer to be chair­ terial already tucked in his notebook, John Bunker left Signing with Bishop were Paul bringing the defense fund into man of said committee; New York this week for Boston, where he will begin T. Cassidy, W. E. Waddle, E.- G. play in behalf of a brother. shaping up his story of the rolet"And, Be It Further Resolved: Walker and Carl Cowl.. an Oiler, .recounted his nearThe defense fund is Jiot in­ That to insure justice as to the of merchant seamen in World disastrous experiences to Bunker . The Georgetown incident, tended to have any functions merits, of any particular case War II. in the LOG office last week. which precipitated the action overlapping procedure already with regards to the advisability taken by the Seatrain New Jer­ established within the Union's of defending any certain brother, Bunker, a retired member of Torres saw two of his ships, go sey crew, involves Seafarers organizational structure. On this and the facts and evidence of the SIU, expects his effort to be enemy firfc Ralph W. Youtzy and Robert E. score, the resolution pointed out: the case to be presented by a published in book form by one* ^ was aboard the ill-fated Boutwell, while they were mem­ "... this fund shall be solely bers of the SS T J. Jackson for the defense of those cases not member to any Headquarters of the largest firms in the busimeeting where a quorum is in ness, possibly in the fall of the of th^ Lrth Atla^ crew. They will stand trial oh coming within the scope of strike attendance, QffoTiHan/xi "*xri-io+iioi« rrii-_ •». _ toiTi of thc Nofth .Atldxitic in whether ao -patfixiow regular year. The publication will be 'manslaughter charges in a or organizational infractions al­ one or a special one called for September ,1942 and the SS Georgetown court, which has" ready taken care of by the strike that purpose. It shall be the duty distributed nationally. Clare, a Bull line ship, sunk in During his two weeks stay in the Mediterranean in May 1942.scheduled hearings for Jan. 13, or general funds." of said meeting to order the de­ with defense charging that death Bernstein, one of the crew fense or not as the case may be. New York, Brother Bunker ac-| Several crewmembers of the was accidental. cumulated rpuch of the essential gS Schoharie, which made Seatrain New Jersey stated later "Be It Further Re.solved: That information. He interviewed sev, „ , , .a hectic voyage lasting over a^ One witness who will testify they were hoping the resolution .the fund be established by vol- era! Seafarers whose harrowing in their behalf, Frank Knight, a would be discussed and possibly untary contribution by the mem- experiences aboard ship and in shipmate, on the Jackson, is al- be revised and tightened up by bership, similar to that for the lifeboats during attacks by en- ready in Georgetown, and two the membership in all ports so LOG, and that the Patrolmen' ^ = Bunker with much pertinent. LOG, and that the Patrolmen emy -i— planes, submarines and sur- .j^fo7mation others, Charles Robertgon and that it could be presented in collect same and issue receipts; face craft will be forcefully re-, Bunker was prompted to write James Carter are expected tor ar­ final form for action at a future And, Be It Finally Resolved: told in his book. contribution to rive before trial commences. date. ' Among those interviewed by the Allied victory made by the That this fund shall be'solely for Voluntary contributions total­ Bunker just before his depart- American merchant seamen be­ TEXT OF PROPOSAL the defense of those cases not ing more than $650 have already coming witnin within tne the scope scone ofltrike"^® it, "it would been received from friends and The text of the resolution fol­ coming ot stnk© Christian Scien-^ make a greatP"ts yarn." shipmates of the two Seafarers. lows: or organization infractions,- al-jce Monitor, were Seafarers Ern- So far no adequate treatment The Jackson crew, which has "Whereas: The incident which ready taken care qf by the strike esto Torres and John Burns.. of the subject has appeared intermed the incident "a bum rap," took place recently in George-'and general funds." Brother Torres, who ships as book form. started the ball rolling with a contribution of $553. The Seatrain New Jersey reso­ lution specified that the proposed defense fund be administered Charging steamship company and consular officials with frequent disregard for "by a committee of five, com­ the condition of discharged .hospital cases stranded abroad, the SS Moiine Victory posed of elected or appointed billets for disabled sea­ officials at headquarters," with crew has urged improved medic^ treatment and first-class men being returned to U.S. ports.*' the Secretary-Treasurer to serve of Bob Lindsay, SUP; Anthony In view of the treatment meted Fusco, SIU; Andy Lorier, SIU; voyages or jail, leaving them no as committee chairmanT alternative; out to SrU-SUP men, many of Steve Bengeria, SIU, and John­ "Therefore, be it resolved: STUDY CASES whom are physically unfit for ny White, SIU. That we, the undersigned com­ As recommended in the reso­ active duty aboard ship there Here's the text of their resolu­ mittee, and crewmembers of the lution, the committee would are no alternatives but to choose tion: Robin Line operated Moiine Vic­ "between unbearable voyages or "Whereas: Many SIU and-SUP tory, go on record to instruct our jail," the Moiine men declared members at times find them­ officials in New York and ad­ in a resolution adopted, at a re­ selves stranded in foreign ports; vise SUP officials in San Fran­ cent shipboard meeting in the and cisco to take immediate steps to South East African port of LourMembers who forward "Whereas: Mostly these men stop this unfair practice; and enco Marques. Iheir membership books fo are recently discharged hospital "Be it further resolved: That Should the resolution receive cases, -unfit for active duty we believe that disabled seamen the New York HaU for retire­ ment are urged to mark the favorable membership action, the aboard .ship; and returning to U.S. ports rate firstenvelope with the notation Robin line crew recommended "Whereas: It has been the class billets, first-class service "Attention: 6th floor," in or­ that it be placed on the ballot practice of foreign ports doctors, and medical treatment - where der to insure quicker hand­ for a referendum vote to incor­ company and consular officials needed; and porate provisions in future agree­ to ship these men back with to­ "Be it further resolyed: That Johnny White, who was on ling of the mcitter. ments which will stamp out tal -disregard of their physical we instruct pur officials to mail the Moline's Resolutions Comv Marking of the envelope in continuation of "this unfair prac­ ^ _ condition; and copies of this resolution to all mittee. the manner advised above tice." "Whereas: Very little or no branches and publish same in will save time and will resplt The resolution was prepared satisfaction can be expected from the LOG; and to place same on referendum be- fWl in prompt return of the bo^ and put before the Moiine Vic-, company or consular officials, "Be it finally resolved: That fore the entire membership to, /fj to the sender. tory shipboard meeting by a and in some cases men are forced we ask our officials that if reso­ vote on and.i eventually be resolutions committee composed to choose between unbearable lution fs favorably acted upon corporated in new agreements.'('^r»* Seafarers' War Experience To Be Publicized In Book Harsh Treatment Of Stranded Seamen Hit By Moiine Men RETIRING B.OPKS ' ', f ;V;.. A'.. .: J-. . �'Friday/'; T nt St^ AW AREkS LOG Page Nine SIU Ships' Minutes In Brief MONARCH OF THE SEAS. MARION CRAWFORD. Nov. 30 — Chairman H. O. Tennant: Nov. 1 — Chairman Widegren; Secretary H. A. Townsend. New =; Secretary Troxclair. Reports of Business: Motion carried that the delegates read and a'ccepted. crew express appreciation to Motions carried to contact Patrol­ . Captain, Chief Mate and Chief man in New Orleans and Mobile Engineer for their efforts to to have porthole fans installed; make trip more enjoyable. Mo­ that engine department give tion carried that a vote of thanks recommendation to W. James, if be given Steward J. D. Young found fit for membership and and his department for the com­ that he pay whatever dues and mendable performance of their assessments are necessary; to duties. Repair list made up and have electric socket in crew's approved. pantry to operate on 110 volt. XXX Suggested that men on sanitary SANTA CLARA VICTORY. ROBIN TUXFORD. Sept. 21— Work be informed to see head Oct. 12—Chairman T. Babkowof department to 'get matches aki: Secretary Albert DeForest. Chairman P u 11 n e y ; Secretary each week; that excess linen be Motion carried: Delegates reported on books, Wingo. -. « that Lin- turned in so same will be sent permits, and tripcards in their Moran._Albert Base. Juan to laundry. departments. New Business: Mo- Rivera and Robert Hatch have XXX Uon^carrird \o"hrve""deiegates'thei5 probationary period exWARRIOR. Oct. 13—Chairman make up a list of offenses against tended for one year after present Myers; Secretary Ridge. New the general welfare of the crew. period is over. Suggested addi­ Business: Motion by Lepari that Education: With literature ab­ tions.for galley: Steamer, fan and if Steward and Chief Cook do def oard and by example to new potato peeler. Also , suggested not improve the food situation men it is felt they will adjust that doors on Carpenter's Bosuns they should not be allowed to themselves to the Union way of and Wipei-'s foc'sles be turned ship out on SIU ships. Motion doing things. Good and Welfare: around. carried. Discussion'on Steward' XXX Suggested that overtime be kept referring beefs directly to Cap CARLSBAD. Sept. 9 — Chair­ as per Waterman agreement and tain and ignoring the Delegates man Trigg; Secretary Armstrong. let patrolman settle any beefs Steward daimed he' merely Overtime disputes reported bythat may arise. wanted authorization from Mas Ship's Delegate and Deck Dele­ XXX ter. One minute of silence for gate.- New members of crew to Brothers lost at sea. be instructed on Union pro­ cedure. Following suggestions By HANK were made for good and welfare of ship: Ship be fumigated, fans While shipping is slow and the membership is catching up on MONROE. Oct. 26—Chairman I put in 'Vfirking order, shower all the reading of magazines and books and back numbers of LOGS Carpenter; Secretary Reid. New heads overhauled and engine de­ here's this week's news... brother Mike Rossi, the best-dressed Business: Motion carried that partment foc'sles painted. Smiling Bosun in town, and the boys, send their best regards to water cooler in crew's mess be XXX CALEB STRONG. Oct. 19 — Brother Joe Tassin down there in Beaumont, Texas.. .'Brother repaired. Suggestion that Chips Chairman Tommy Thompson Michael Mikulas writes in that he'll be seeing the-boys in New make gratings for all showers. Secretary Wilbur Cribb. Election York soon ... We've just been flashed the news that Brother Duke Good and Welfare: Motion car­ held for-ship's delegate, Biackie Himler, of the SUP, down in Mobile, celebrated his 35th birthday ried that all members wash their Sheffield elected. New Business on December 23rd and boasts he's still in fine shape for the New cups and clean the table after Motion carried for Captain to be Year at 180 pounds... Brother Frank Waller and his wife, Tina, coffee time. asked to hold fire and boat drills have sent their best regards to us. We naturally send them best FAIRPOR^ Oct.^12 — Chair­ at more convenient times that 4 wishes in everything, too, retroactive to Christmas. man Miller; Secretary H. BraunP.M. due' to heavy duty in '•XXX Brother Gaelano Passaretti writes in that he's enjoying stein.. New Business: Motion car­ Stewards Department at this XXX getting the LOG home every week to keep up with his ship­ ried that 2nd Cook not be al^ WARRIOR. Oct. 29 Chair­ hour. Motion carried to make up mates. Brother, you hit your head right on the nail... Brother lowed to sail as cook for a pe­ man Lipari; Secretary Ridge. Mo­ list of fines, money from which Alf M. Tolentino. Gulf oldtimer. will soon be getting the LOG. riod of one year. Good and Wel­ tion by Brother Myers that all will go to Brothers in Marine fare: Vote of thanks to Steward permit men who can show 18 Hospitals. Motion cax-ried that How's New Orleans, Alf... Brother Fred Johnson, the oldDe'partment for good food and months on permit be recom- I all repair lists be turned into de- . timer of a Deck Engineer, will soon "be collecting those weekly service and to Charles DuBois mended for pro books on arrival partment delegates so a complete unemployment payments while shipping is tough. Meanwhile, for,Jiis exceptionally fine baking. in N. Y. The following men list can be made up for Patrol­ while reading the LOG last week. Fred noticed moiiey due Vote of thanks given to delegates were recommended for pro man. from- one of the companies. Checking on it to see if his name for fine jobs done. was on the next-alphabetical list to be printed, he received books: Calvaia James. Douglas 4. 4. 4. good luck. Now he's as happy as the seagulls when the gar­ XXX Mack. Curtis Ridge. Joseph I LASALLE. Oct. 19 — Chair­ bage is thrown over the side. Gurge. Motion by Coziar that man Archie D. Sandy; Secretary X X X Steward explain to Patrolman Edmund F. Paul. Discussion on Here are some oldtimers who may still be anchored in town: why he had not issued clean watch fqc'sle. Captain reported J. Noonan, R. Rodriguez, J. Leon, J. Masonsong, R. Butler, V. white coats to messmen. foc'sle needed for cargo checkers; Aviles, G. Bryan, G. Fensom, F. Devlin, E. C. Brundage, J. Biglounge needed for passengers, XXX wood, J. Murphy, N. Soloman, J. De Abreu, J. Meeks, A. Daines, MIDWAY HILLS. Oct. 29— piscussion on clothes wringer R. Teets, J. Grangaard, N. Muse, E. Belpre, B. Zelencic, J. Bellard, HARRr L. GLUCKSMAN. Oct. Chairman Gallagher; Secretary iron and wa.shboard. Steward K. Johamesson,' E. Flowers, E. Hewitt, J. Ally, S. Magyar, A. 26—Chairman W. L. O'Donnell; Sharpe. Delegates gave their re­ informed men that he had items Amelia, J. Hopkins, Gulfer F. Fromm, Gulfer A. Smith, E. Kopha, Secretary'J. A. Eagle Eye. New ports. Credit was given crew for on requisition. Good and Wel­ E. Sato, K. Kain, S. Kliderman, R. Espinosa, V. Silva, P. Erazo, Business: Deck Engineer called cooperation in keeping messroom fare: R.. Turner suggested that A. Ibrain, J. Kouvardas and L. Lopez... Oldtimer Tex G. Suit is the Steward's attention to the clean. Robert Lambert and J. Steward allow crew to see his re­ probably still in town. How's everything, Tex? ... Here's a Wash­ dirty condition of the Messhall. Morin to act as committee to pick quisitions. . One minute of silence ington news item which will make our demand fqr a wage increase Motion cai-ried that all men come up all old books in librai-y and for Brothers lost at sea. easily legitimate: "American labor has just completed a year of into ^the messhall in proper at­ have them replaced with new full employment, but with little gain in real wages or in living tire. Motion carried that the reading material. All Delegates standards, Ewan Clague, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, said Ship's Delegate see the Captain to pick up books and tripcards, in a summary of 1947 developments." about cold weather gear in Hon­ which are to be given to PatrolX X X olulu. Lopez elected ship's dele­ mah. Good SIU News Items: The Robin Kirk made her first trip gate. Motion carried to hold X X t this week in the South and East Africa service. Two more meetings and instruct aU new WILD RANGER Oct. 11— vessels are expected for service, the Robin Trent in February ihembers in the principles of Chairman Martin: Secretary Bar­ and the Robin Mowbray in April... Marcel E. Wagner, presi­ X> X X ron. Motion by Steward that fu­ unionism. dent of the American Eastern Corporation, disclbsed that the ALCOA CORSAIR. Sept. 25— ture meetings be held £ft 7:30 ' ^ ^ first of several T-2 tankers has been formally, acquired to be CARLSBAD. Oct. 26 — Chair­ p.m. Moved by Jack Hartley Chairman Rocky Benson; Secre­ placed immediately into world service. Ac^isition of other man Trigg; Secretary Kranz. Mo­ that committee of five men be tary Joe Seaver. Delegates ^re­ tankers will be completed during the next six months. The tion passed calling for imposition appointed -to set up rule and fines ports accepted. New Business: company will also acquire more heavy-lift cargo ships, such of fines on those delaying meet- to control conduct of crewmem- Motion carried that any man fail­ as the motorship Gadsden, designed to load locomotives. Pull­ Motion ing to show up for meeting after ing or failing to attend. Recom­ members on board. man cars. etc. mendations made to Ch. Eng. passed with following men date is posted on bulletin board X X X about painting engine dept. head elected to committee: Hartley, be fined 50c and money for­ The Arnold Bernstein Line announced it will resume its roundand rooms. Cooling system in Rodriguez, Mayo. Martin and warded to SEAFARER LOG. trip service to Europ^ with the departure of the 10,005 ton vessel. bad condition. Ch. Eng. will be Ellis. Motion passed that monies Motion carreed that ship's dele­ Continental (formerly the Tidewater), from New York on April contacted and report made of re- coHected to be turned over to gate appoint a Master-At-Arms. 10, to the ports of Antwerp, Plymouth and Rotterdam. The ship suits at next meeting. Motion Marine TB hospital. Brother Educational meeting announced will carry 350 passengers... Albany News Item: Governor Dewey made by chairman to have spe- Smith requested that Deck Dele- for 6 P. M. Brother Eddie made public last week a State Food Commission report warning cial meeting of engine dept. to gate askr" Chief Mate to have Sanders took pictures of meeting that food prices would remain at their present high levels for ^straighten out overtime which is quarters, toilets and showers for LOG. One minute of silence some time to come... Well, Brothers, we'll sure need more wages or some time to come, too. cpnfqsed at present. ' , " painted. ; for Brothers lost at lea. . . CUT and RUN •n �THE SE A PA R EES Pfig« Tea- Asks Catwalks On Seatmn Decks; Present Risks Cited To ifae Editor: While acting as recording secretary aboard the Seatrains Line vessel, Seatrain New Jersey, 1 was-given the duty of writing to the LOG on a matter of great import ance to us, namely our safety. Aboard the Seatrains, we have to crawl between freight, tank and fiat railroad cars on our routine traveling about the ship daily—and many times each day. To anyone having sailed these vessels, the danger will not be difficult to point out, and we ' the crew feel that the Patrolmen toming aboard surely have sensed ihc same feeling of dan­ ger. For this reason, perhaps they will.help endeavor to sel' our idea to the company. As yet, neither the wdter nor the rest of the crew has any knowledge of any one's actually being injured. However, I must declare myself a very bewildered person, bewildered because many accidents have not happened. At this writing, I am waiting to Itear of 'one at any time. And as soon as one happens there are going to be more. DANGEROUS te-. In my duties as Deck Engineer. I must travel fore and aft fre­ quently and each journey is a dangerous adventure. It takes m. . JUST SET ME 0C5WN THERE BETWEEN THAT ONE AND THIS ONE.! plenty of agility, particularly in the dark or in rainy or snowy weather, and especially when negotiating my way with my hands full of tools. Having tc cover territory at any time aboard any ship is a hazard particularly while load­ ing or imloading cargo. And on the Seatrains it is even "more dangerous at sea when ypu have railroad cars covering the boat M:: deck with their big supporting jacks protruding into all paths. Also, there are guy stays to "shin-break" a man. It is our intent to draw the attention of the membership to these hazards in our effort 'to have satisfactory 'cat-walks in­ stalled on this company's vessels. We may possibly hear in reply: "The expense. ... It cannot be done." And so on, as usual. But I say in answer before­ hand, that it can ,be done and that catwalks will in no way in­ terfere with cargo handling. In : fact, the costs eventually will be : off-set by the avoidance of costly . lawsuits growing out of acci*3ents. For I predict that if a man gets hurt on one of these ships, the company is going to have a number of them in a row. More­ over, a shoemaker could take his case into a court and stand a 99 to 1 chance to win his claim. We plan to take pictures of this dangerous situation to be shown to the company and run in the LOG td further our testi­ mony. To my knowledge, none of our crew is working for an/ steel manufacturer or any steel erec­ tion firm, but the bigger majority by far are merely concerned with saving their necks and their lives. And so we are asking co­ operation from all hands on the project. Book No. 4626 (Ed. Note: The member's name is withheld at his re­ quest. When the pictures of ihe conditions aboard the Sea­ trains are sent in ihey will be published in the LOG.) L^G JTxidar' i^anuaty 18. 'M4i WITH THE SS DEL ALBA IN THE ARGENTINE iiliiii Here some of the men of the Mississippi Steamship Company vessel pause for dockside refreshments with stevedores in Buenos Aires. Although no identification accompanied the photo, it would appear that those sporting berets are the Argentines. Hollister Crew Found They Toted Nitrate Panama Canal NILES FREDMCKSGN -But Not Until They Hit Arriving at Balboa, ^e were land again. There had been no handled with kid gloves until smoking on deck all the way. If you think it would be worthy, we would like you to we had our quota of fuel, then After unloading, we proceeded To the Editor: print this letter at your con­ we were rushed to an anchor- to Yokohama for more fuel and headed home—my mistake, they Would like you to try and get venience. rang a double on us. We headed in contact with oniJ of the sea­ Our ship is a Waterman Lib­ to Canada to load lumber for men I have been trying to find erty, the SS Joseph H. Hollister TO THE HILLS, Portuguese East Africa. Now. for two years since the last time I—yes, just another Liberty. MEN ! THE ain't that nice! SHIP'S SOT sailed with him. We signed on at that .thriving N-NlTRATe! Soooo-^taking another hitch in. I have a case with my lawyer little village Gulf port. Miss., on our pants, we sailed from Port. at 220 Broadway, New York, by July 12, where we loaded that Alberni, British Columbia, on: name of Frederick R. Graves. much diAussed product, ammon­ October 11. I happened to get hurt on the ium nitrate, for .Japan. So far, we have had two cas­ SS Alexander H. Stephens, the But it was mot imtil we reach­ ualties-on board, both with the ship's name, which this Brother ed the Panama Canal that most same complaint, namely suspect­ has sailed. And would like it of ms realized just what we had very much if you would publish under our hatches. There the of­ ed appendicitis. Brother Snow this in the LOG telling him to ficials after reading the manifest, being-put ashore at Trinidad," Brother Roberts at Recife, Brazil. get in touch with my lawyer. gave several screeches and beat It is very important. He hap­ it for the hills, leaving orders age miles from anywhere. Good Our Captain is one of the very pens to be my main witness, to proceed immediately with­ bye td our Cuba Libraian best—by name of Charles Raeout interference to Bal^a with having seen me get htirt. burn. Any Brother sailing with dreams! a red flag displayed. him is sure of a square deal and And I only,know his name. I There were some strenuous obAfter formalities were com- a happy voyage. do not know his book number. jections some of the boys stating we proceeded on Our voyHis name is Niles Fredrickson. that we were not bolshies, and' CHIEF BUCKO Would sure thank you very that we didn't have any com­ age to Japan. Arriving at Nakindly for your service. mies aboard. But the red flag goya after an uneventful trip It is too bad that we could of 32 days, we were glad to •eee not endorse the late Chief En­ Frank Radzvila stayed up just the same. gineer who was nicknamed "Son­ ny." Of all the evil old men, he was tops. So if any Bpther has the misfortime to get on a ship with same, our advice is to back your grips and beat it for By DON U BROWN the tall timber. Not satisfied with sending his I was lying down on the soft green grass. I've ridden freight trains through Texas, own department haywire, he And asking for nothing more. And tasted a Georgia peach; tried to run the other 'depart­ I've climbed mountcuns in Colorado, Around the yard was a pretty white fence. ments as well. He even tried to And bathed at a Florida beach. control the amount of soap one With a musical rickity gate; s used taking a shower, to say I've hoisted beers in Melbourne pubs. nothing about the water, which And in Paris I drank champagne; is a sore point with mogt Chiefs. I've wined and dined on Waikiki, Anyway, we left nim on the And enjoyed its tropical rain. dock and there was no sign of I rode rickshaws out in China, tears anywhere. And dogsleds out of Nome; • Guess we have said enough for I've walked in the sands of old Iran, now—"and how," I can hear you And danbed in the streets of Rome. , saying. Our future voyaging is What else^can I do, where next shall I go? I was happily admiring the flowers. linknown so far, but we hope it My answer came in a dream— And thinking what a wonderful fate. is the U.S.A. A small white house, 'needh shady trees, But suddenly I awoke and felt very sad, —How beautiful it all did seem. John P. Probst, Dk. Del. I was really, terribly let down— ,D. M. , McDowell, En, Del. There were blue shutters on- the windows. For there I was on a ship far at se^ And blue was trimmed on the door. And the ship. South Africa bound. SejBpTftir' Heinfling PLEASE NOTE: YOUR HEUP IS NEEDED Log-A-Rhylhms -.1 To the Editor: A Sailor's Dream li • . �THE iWAFAkEns L0G —- '''^-' - f.- Jaiiiiiiry 18. 1948 « •Wife Missing Mysteriously, Brother Appeals For Help To the Editor: 1 I Just came back from Chicago today, where I promised her I would like to ask a favor people I would ask the LOG to - of the membership and the LOG. print a picture of my wife and As you probably remember I help to find her, as she had spent spent six months of last year in four years doing Red Cross work the Chicago Marine hospital. in the Chicago Marine Hospital. When I was discharged I was flat broke-and my wife was ex­ _ I am sure some of the Lakes pecting and not in too good brothers or salt water men might be able to give rrie some in­ health. formation. Also, I would like to I had to grab the first ship I ask the two Lakes seamen who could get, which was the SS were present at our marriage on pominican Victory, India Steam­ Jan. 7, 1947, Lakeshore Hotel, ship Company, as Chief Cook on Chicago, to please get in touch April 12, 1947. The last letter with me or my wife's father. j received from my wife was in My wife's name is Florence iBpmbay, India. She was in the Roubas Maupin, formerly of 5333 best of spirits and health and North Clark St., Chicago, 111. ^vas supposed to meet me in She's five feet, five inches taU, iPrisco on Aug. 1. weighs 118 pounds, has dark , When we arrived in Frisco, complexion,, brown eyes and she could not be found. So I black hair. flew to Chicago. Her people said If you can't publish this I will she had left for California as understand and not feel bad planned but they had not heard about it as I don't want any from b.er. ^ linio brother to feel that I want to use the LOG space for per Since that time I have spent j every dime I made on the India sonal business. trip as well as the money I Robert H. Maupin niade on the Moran tug Farral506 7th St« S. W. lon, looking for her. Washington, D. C. Seafarers Blaek Gang Men Tops, Stewart's Engine Officer Declares ^To the Editor: Sought hy Seafarer I thought I'd drop you a few lines to. tell you about the piece of pig-iron I'm on: the Cyrus W. Fields, owned by South Atlantic. You hear a lot about the bad scows, so let's hear from a good one for once. The Old Man on here. Captain Burke, is a real seafaring man. He is a prinee. That-- goes for the Chief Mate, too. J.--: BATTLED, TOO They are men who take pride^ They forget that most of us in. their union and their ability still wear knots on our heads to do a job. They are* men an from 1934 and other years of struggle; that we all had to scrub paintwork and floorplates at one time or other. Your paper, the SEAFARERS LOG, is intelligently written— championing the cause of union­ ism fairly and honestly. It's a pleasure to read it. To the Editor: In that connection, if there is Will you please send ' me .'ome way I can enter a subtwelve copies of the December -cription to it for the benefit and 12 issue of the SEAFARERS'^-^"^^tion of my wife and family, I'd like to do so. Bill me for LOG? ^ any charge. I arrived home to be informed A compliment now and then by my parents that you had makes everybody feel good 'and printed my story, A Seafarer takes no mor.? effort than a beef. Visits The Philadelphia Acad­ The foregoing is mine to a sound' emy of Music, in the December Brotherhood "of seamen. 12 issue. Already the paper has C. H. Sparks started making the rounds of MEBA Local 12 the neighbors' homes up here— SS Lyman Stewart. and has been lost. SIU Hospitalized Voice Thanks for Xmas Gifts We have a couple of home­ steaders aboard. They have been aboard for 12 or 14 trips and A.O the Editor: Show no sigh of tiring. We the undersigned members <f the Seafarers International Union hereby express our sin­ cere thanks to the officials and, members of the SIU for the kindness they have shown us here in the Staten Island Ma­ rine hospital. I wiU be bitting my nails un­ til the copies arrive, I'm that anxious to see the yarn in print. I have requests from a dozen friends for copies. WRITERS' AID . By the way, I understand the SIU has lined up an authors' agent who reads Seafarers' stor­ ies for possible publication in general circulation magazines. (Ed. Note; Your words of praise will be appreciated by all Seafarers in the Engine Room and out. You should be­ gin receiving'the LOG at your home shortly.) STEWARD FEELS CONSERVING FOOD NOT APPRECIATED To the Editor: Would it be at all possible for me to send this little sketch to In past issues of the LOG Ir It was a real sight to see Joe this agent and, if so, would you have noticed articles pertaining Volpian and Patrolman Jimmy give me his address? to the reluctance of Stewards Sheehan going from ward to and Bosuns to take jobs in their George Swift ward with a cartfull of Christ­ ratings, and asking reasons for mas packages for our Brothers. (Ed. Note: Your requested their doing so. Many thanks to all of you. copies are on the way. As to I had an experience today jimmy McNeely your query of the authors' that would give any Steward a ~ Leonard Galembiewski agent, Carl Cowl, the agent, is headache and might aid in an­ primarily interested\ in manu­ swering the above question. The. Frank Nering scripts of book-length. If you crew seems to have the idea Eddie G. Caravona have something of this nature, that they can bring anyone W. Vaughn send it to Carl Cowl, SEA­ aboard and the Stewards Depart­ Earl Larson FARERS LOG, 51 Beaver St., ment will feed them without the New York.) Matt Fields. Captain's approval. ATTENTION: GEORGE TICHOK She preferred the Captain's room to the foc'sles down below, like any smart dog would. The ship did okay until about four days out of Norfolk when suddenly the Old Man's room turned into a maternity ward. The' crew list increased by nine white, black and brown crea­ tures. Now the questidn is: what will we do with" them? . This morning we went to the Captain's cabin to take another count. It's been suggested that we name them after the States but no vote has been taken yet. : This goQB to prove that not "even a Liberty ship is .fast enOiigh to compete with Nafure. Engineer works with and not re­ luctantly for, if jmu get what I mean. When one gets out line his union disciplines him and that makes for respect all around. Certain other people of a union I will not name come aboard with the convinction that the ship's officers are out to rook them some way. They shirk their "Work, beef unreasonably and continually make for dissention . . " Swift's Story In Log Made Big Hit In Hometown Mrs. Florence Roubas Mau­ pin, wife of Robert H. Maupin. has been missing since August 1947, when she left the home •of her parents in Chicago to meet him in Frisco as planned. With no word of her since thai If any of you boys see this scow date, her husband and parents on the board, don't hesitate to are keeping up their frantic throw in for it. You will really search. Brother Maupin has come to know what I mean when' sent an appeal to the LOG in the hopes that members can I say she is one for Ripley. aid him. HAPPY BOYS She's a good ship all around and by the time we get in she will be decorated like a castle. Overtime is ho problem—^she's We will sure throw the paint around and make her shipshape swamped with it for everyone. for the payoff. As far as draws go, as long as We don't expect any difficulty you-can locate the Old Man you will get the money. The Old with the payoff. There is no dis­ Man is a good skate, maybe be­ puted overtime aboard and with cause, he came all the way from the cooperation we have had the main deck up topside with from the Skipper so far, there is the best ot them: the SIU. no reason for us to expect any­ He has sailed with lots of the oldtimers. Bull Sheppard for one. thing but the smoothest of signoffs. CREW INCREASED I'm sorry I have no pictures "Well, getting back to the ship, to. send now, but I'll have some which is supposed to be the on the next trip. fastest Liberty built, the dish­ Clifton Coates. Deck Del. washer picked up a beautiful mongrel in Newport News before SS Cyrus W. Fields we left the States for Antwerp. Just as we were to start back it came to almost everyone's at­ tention thai; there would be an iaddition"" to the Fields' seagoing family. I feel in the mood to throw a few very sincere bouquets to the SIU and this seems to be the best way to do it. As a member of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, I have sailed vessels manned by the several unlicensed unions— our contracts are not always with the same companies—and I want to say that the caliber of men furjiished by the SIU is always far superior to any other. Cyrus Fields Gets Member's Vote As 'First-Class Ship' To the Editors: ^ge Eleven Man at ihv left is OMrge Tichok whose brother-in-law. Peter Eskrich, would like to hear from him. Eskrich. wlMse addkou is 214 North Chapel Stw Baltimore, Md.. sent in the picture .wHch was i^epped in e Today I refused this service and now have the bad feelings of the crew for thanks. FOLLOWS AGREEMENT I believe I have followed the agreement to the letter and fed the Union should give me some support in this matter. On the last trip to France there were fifteen to twenty women aboard the ship while it was in port. Stowing away three meals a day apiece, all charged to the Stewards Department, their eat­ ing didn't improve matters any. It only made it more difficult for a Steward trying to give the crew plenty of everything^ Next time the Steward turns you down, put yourself in hig place. Let's see if we can't square away this matter one© and for all. H. A. Manchester ' SS John W. MacksSr �!Paa» IrVif TBB SEABARERS LOG Calls For Adequate Sto^ Aboard Ships Europe-Bound To the Editor: The SS Moina Michael, char­ tered to the Chamberlain Steam­ ship Company of San Francisco, €alif., sailed from Philadelphia^ bound for the United Kingdom on a six weeks voyage. On board we had supplies for ap­ proximately eight weeks. Hav­ ing discharged our cargo in Bel­ fast we went to Swansea, Wales, into drydock. Having picked up a few stores in Ireland and a small amount in Wales—and if anyone knows the United lUngdom, they know the stores were damned few—we were told the ship was going to Argentina. ; Three days out of Argentina, the store rooms were as empty as the holds. BEEF A'PLENTY Thanks to the crew for a libT^sral amount of beefing under the circumstances. At a meeting a motion was made and seconded to send a letter to the Union to forewarn future crews of these six week's trips with eight weeks stores. These trips run anywhere from two months to the duration of the articles. Any ship not on a regular run, should be required to carrying at least four month's stores. It's pretty tough to get any stores in a European port these days. All ships enteering the port of Swansea should be warned to beef to the American Consul should the British customs at­ tempt to tax them for their sec­ ond issue of cigarettes. It took us a few days but with the aid of the consul, we received all our smokes tax-free. The consul really did his best for us. H. P. Horn Deck Delegate DOWN WHERE THE SUN IS SHINING SOUTHWIND'S BLACK GANG AND BAILED I k f F;j.J < .1 "J s II. ' • m * 4 J »•. ^ .-A'"" With the arrow on "finished with engines." the Southwind's black gang lines up in froni of the Bailey Board for Pete Karrelas' camera. Left to right—George Taylor, Oiler; "Bulldog" Plait. FWT; A1 MUler. Wiper: Clint Gregory. Oiler and Engine Delegate and E. B. (Mac) McAuley. Oiler and Ship's Delegate. The South Atlantic vessel at the-time of the picture, was on a trip to Liverpool and other European ports. Brother Meters Wheezes Of Hafipy Algonquin Clan To the Editor: gallons g-a-l-s. Better luck ne: time, Skipper. Lay the blame o The Algonquin Victory, better Mame.known as the "Norfolk Coal Ex­ CHUCKLE REGISTER press," sends regards and saluta­ tions to all of the Seafarers In­ Brother Editor, would reeon ternational Union. mend -that our Secretary-Trea; Here's a little^ data of some of urer furnish this tub with the Brothers Who comprise this laugh meter? The reason: Froi motley crew: Pat Riley, the mar­ 6 P.M. to the wee hours, nearl celled boy from the land of kan­ all hands gather in the messrooi garoos and now a full fledged; and really tell some taU blat American citizen, says: bers. A few of them are brai ging that they are the best laug "The last "ship I wa.s on asi getters ~ on this scow—a laug Oiler ran out of fuel and made it i meter should tell the story. necessary for us to use the wheatcargo instead. Every time the Before putting this dispatc safety valve piopped off a devils-; ashore for mailing, here's a vot food cake jumped out of the of thanks to the piecards in th stack and hit the Captain on the^ Port of Norfolk for their wa Making a stop in its Caribbean itinerary, the Alcoa Cava­ il lier ties Up :at St. Lucia in the Lesser Antilles. Photo was head in the wheel house." Any-) (certainly the SIU way) of set body want to bet they can top tling the beefs on this scow whe thken by Jim GoldtSr, waiter aboard the Cavalier. that? she paid off on that fair cit: Johnny (Red) Davis, ex-tanker^ on the 3rd of Deceinber. A jo man and Pumpman, ahipped on well done and to the satisfactio: this tub as Bedroom Steward of all concerned. with Casey Jones as Bellyrobber. Must cease the chatter no\ After the first 48 hours. Red was and say so long from the crew. heard to mutter: "That confound George Everett To tho Editor: truth on secret ballots—as they Jones is the first stop-watch Ship's Delegate have just done. Steward that I have ever With the voting for Union offi­ Algonquin Victory Whenever a man losqs an offi­ known." cials for 1948 all over, and with cial job there is no use whatso­ CAN'T HELP HIMSELF the votes counted and computed, ever in his finding a crying post J, as a /member of the Ballot or a beefing pillow. The die has •Ah, well, Johnny, you must /Tisdlying Committee, wish to been cast. Instead of blowing take into consideration that Casey, is an old alligator catcher H:hank everyone of the men who his top, it is better for a man to and when the sun shines alliga: cooperated with each other so count his blessings, look in the tors become very lazy. No re­ efficiently and so unbiasedly to mirror, count his errors and flection Red. a pick and successful conclusion promise to do better. "Pile-diiver" Harrell, the of ttie tally. Plumber-machinist, mad9 a pierLet him grab a ship and get had jurnp to this 'Wictory Ex' ? Sudit n jstfiehdid job means that back to work. Better luck to press." The -deck gang now the Union can go forward into him next time. claims penalty hours for hauling sisother itrgeht business with a There is no use crying over him aboard in a cargo net. My, .^ear field, the officials new and REQUESTS RACKS FOR spilled milk, bucking the inevit­ my. Pile-driver, but. you did'look bid thoroughly ^^amiliar with funny with your 237 poynds WEARING APPAREL able or paddling against the tide. lying in that net. : Union aims and policies for It makes a wreck out of you. I The Gold Dust twins are with The chairs in the recreatior future undertakings. know. us. Eddie (Revere Beach) Dacey room of the New York Hall are There were more votes cast in What the hell! Everybody aatd Robert (Sweet Pea) Mas- cluttered up With wearing "hp i^x this last election than in any preserole are crew Messman and parel. Sometimes good over l^vious one, showing that the have a drink and come up next Pantryman respectfully. It is a coats and hats get burned bj :: members believe in exerting with as good an election as we pretty fair combinati'On, but they careless handling of cigars anc their democratic rights as they had this year. , both have the same theme song: cigarettes. How about racks oi should. Whenever this is done, "Shut up and come out fighting coathangers? We are all Brothers regardless there ; heed be no fear that the like a man." W./E. Carr Jiyill"^ the majority of members of our posts, and no one is any The Skipper, Captain Dentzler, Book No. 45944 better than another. If we re­ gave the Steward ^20 to buy can be denied. member this form day to .day some Wine and accessorfes for The /problem ^ has been sub­ NO USE CRYING without being biased about any Christmas and New Year's-Din^ mitted to BMfiherMiehelet in g ^ I^enever a Patrolman,, an port or man, we will advance in ners. He em,phatically* titjld tfiiii charge of the 3rd Deck. If the I ?Asent. or anybody else in the the future as we have in the to buy three gallons of rare wine. pr^lem of WhOre to put' them Union does well or badly, h6 Now don't get atigry, Jonesie, pasti can be solvOeb ihey will be/in­ does-not have to :=ask anybody.: but you state yod lost that l;i%^The membership will tell him the 'aul Parsons money. Jsrt'f the/abbreviation of stalled in short 'Order. . Tally Committeeman Hails Voting Response , N,. 1 �TBE S^AFAR fridafr Jawatcri^'M* lS4t •J Friday. Januarr. 16, 1948 . "T -.a Xmas Made Merry City Of Alma Deck Men Say L«g Avail! They Can't Forget Voyage in Bound Vi For Brothers lU , A cruise around the world this man shown .himself as a Seafazers who In New Orleans aboard the SS City of Alrha is, Union man. Therefore, we are a chronological in the Deck Gang's experience, just another trip to try to forget. But how can we forget? Here is why we can't: The very day we left New York things became tough. Watches were set at noon. The 12-4 watch worked to 11:30 A.M., and overtime was allowed just ^pr their dinner-, hour. . t The Bosun said they couldn't put in for; overtime since he gave them their dinner hour from Noon xmtil One PM. ' The, agreement was read to him, but he said-he didn't care what it read. He was the Bosun, he declared, and he could vary the meal hour "one hour " either way. If the Deck Gang still put in for overtime he was going to make it tough on them. inclined to believe that if he ever took ihe oath* of the Union, he doesn't take his obligations very seriously. He ce"rtainly has been on this ship too long for his own good and acts as if he were part owner^ ^ We do not wish to bring charges against this man, but we recommend that^ he re-ship through the Hall on another ves­ sel! ^ The nutshell cracked when an AB was told by the Third Mate to sweep water the bridge between two A.M. andjthree A.M. after a big rain squall, and one hour Qvertime was put in. The Chief Mate pointed ithis out to the Third Mate: The .AB was just on lookout on a sunny Sunday MADE IT TOUGH And so he did—^for the l^/hole Deck Gang, one by one.'® He would start trouble and give hell with a day or so in between. .And he would run to the Chief Mate with his own troubles. We topped 16 booms in an hour and 45 minutes, but that was too slow for the Bosun's satisfaction. Hell broke loose again—on the whole gang. . He" yelled at the top of his limgs something like the follow­ ing:" "The whole damned bunch of you is no good! You don't Icnow nothing! The last crew topped all the. booms in an hour and 35 minutes!" . A pleasant man to work for? The Bosun also told two ABs to get off this ship when she got back to New York. He didn't want them on another trip and they were accordingly fired, he said. FOR "OWN GOOD" The awning aft was put up and taken down six times. For this work all hands were called upon to lend a hand without payment of overtime since the Bosun said it was for our own good. Any­ one who refused got a part of his mouthpiece. Never once Quring the trip has Union activities c very easily. There able a number volumes of the LOG at nominal are to be disposed: first-come, first-ser| Prices, which to. the Union, ami the Janiiarj A; tionx iKtSa ler cembes IMS $2.50 ier the Jan To the Editor: I Well, Christmas has come and gone and for most of us in^the good old U.S.A. and it was a merry one. For a great many of us it would have -been only Christmas, but for the thoughtfulness of someone else thd Merry was addedI speak for myself and takd the privilege, of speaking for all of the hospitalized Brothers of the SIU, especially those here ill 1847 edftton. Biadfa the New Orleans Marine Hos­ .sturdy bnckram u pital. • ; lettered in gold. Firfet, I must give praise and All those who Wi thanks tb ^ of the Brothers up a permanent fi] from various ships that hit this minimum of effoi port during the year for their act promptly.- Qrdej donations to hospitalized sea-^, of all of the avail farers. These donations were tions should be se: distributed by Brother Mboii Seafarers Log, 51 Koons during his weekly visits, St., New York C They were of great help to us". Checks or money « A VOTE OF THANKS amount of order i made out to the Then, let's thank the entire Xntemational Unios Atlantic and Gulf District for address to which vo the $10 voted to us as a Christ­ .to be sent and thect mas gift. Thanks, too, to Paiil mailed pre-paid imin Hall, Lindsey WHliams and Jde These bound edil Algine for their Seasoh!s Greet­ also be purchased d ings sent to us. the 4th floor, baggi And, to top it off, I'll say "hats of the New York off" to the local gang at .the sure yod get your acting now. a Council Bar for the visit by the n Brothers who presented us with a greeting card witlu$2 attached. Roll Out The All of this was in time to be put ' SIU Couple Reif-r- to good use for Christmas. ' We of the SIU are proud that To the Editor: ^ we shut-ins were not forgotten I really do enjoy ih by our Brothers so I'll say a LOG and my husbi Happy New Year to all. i • . . I like to have it sent 1*^ J. W. Dennis (le is away on a triF® P. S. Praise is also due the stopped at the Hall y. to pick it up myself... .Editors of the SEAFARERS LOG the neighborhood nown for the good work in putting out ike to be put on ty rihe paper. I call it the 'big-little ist so we can be s^ paper with lots to read and 11 worth reading." J, W.D. copy. Mrs. Fran 3 afternoon in the Indian Ocean from Noon until 2:40 P.M. as he then took over his turn at the wheel. Little by little, we're..Jto be trained to work overtime for charity and not for U. S. cur­ rency. 'This is only part of what hap­ pened. We wish we could con­ vey our disgusted feelings to aU of you. Then you would under­ stand the entire story. Carmine Tufaro Krislian Staalsen John Tobin G. Andreessen Joseph Bucher C. Varrin (Ed. Note: The L! A. Renigar, Jr. (SUP) ready rolling on iti Glen Benefield loyal readers Frank A. E. Jansson C. Fernandex Walltr.) Tobin's Last Trip Was Hectic; Retirii He told the Mate that some of To the Editor: the guys in the Deck gang were I z-ecently paid off the Water­ crazy. Of cqurse, he was as sane man ship City of Alma after a as the mad hatter. We had a trip of four months. R was quite character for the Second Mate. a trip, indeed. He used to wear sport- clothes While we were on the coast when docking and undocking the loading we had a most enjoyable ship. He must have thought we time. I don't think there ever were a liner because we carried was a ship like this one. We 12 passengers. didn't do a day's work. It's not We always had from four to that we screwed off anywhere, six lines oh the stern. While in it's just that there wasn't any­ Port Said, Egypt, we used five thing to do, lines and the ship was tied up The Mate would sit on the fanonly one-half hour. He had an tail -with the gang and shoot the OS run the warping winch be­ breeze all day. .But like all good cause he didn't think an AB was things it had an end. Came the competent. day of reckoning: the day of Nearly all the way across the signing on. From this day on it Pacific we had rusty water for •was bell to bell. Well, that was washing and drinking. This was okay. We got paid from 8 to 5 due to rust in the tanks,.or so anyway. they said. While in Shanghai, FANCY DRESSER the Captain was giving cigarettes One day while we were up for- to all his friends ashore. The . ward working, the Bosun told crew was told to buy theirs two of the ABs they were to be ashore if they wanted them.^ fired when we arrived in New "The slopchest and cigarettes York. He also told them he was a r e Waterman property "and going to make if hard for them I can io anything I want with thijsm," so the Captain said. to get their citizenship. L The medical care for boys who ran into ashore ran as high a; ship's supply of pen very low. Then the food. I you'll find a better Dutch, but he must pretty disgusted at the weevils. All ha candle their bread for RUSTY AGAl Again, while retur: Penang, we had our ui of rusty water. The ; tank aft broke and Wf cold water—rusty at tThe Chief Engineer that we qsed too much I we had better cut dow: consumption. This c the water reductions. While "in Penang w think, 350 tons of extra the sacrifice of water We had eggs rationed e day since leaving Port Two days before our New York we complete of eggs. We also n WANTS THE AGREEMENT POSTED I think it a very good idea to have the contract posted in some convenient place where all SIU Broth"§F§*-w.'ll have a chance to study it and become more familiar with all provisions. -Thife would, make it more convenient, for the oncoming crew. ' Paul Prove The answer lo this: request* is ' the agreement made up as a foc'sle card. This has been' done and the cards are now; in the process of being placed' , -aboard all SIU ships dh 'a ' ' frame made expressly for this-' purpose.' '"i - �Pag* ThirtMa BUS LOG A Native Who's Hep Gives iumes Some Hints On Rotterdam ible A to keep record of ui do fo are aTail* of bound kFAREXtS :otL They I of on a re baeis. >yer coats $2.00 for 194$ e«> un»= and naay-Jane I0S are of itfa dates snl to set le with a should s for any able edint to the ^ayer N. Y. >rders for liould be Seafarers Enclose lumes are will be nediately. ions may lirectly at ige room. alL Make copies by (Ed. Note: The following let­ ter was written by a native of Rotterdam who has many ac­ quaintances among Seafarers and is an ardent reader of the LOG. Some of his tips for get­ ting around Rotterdam may be of use to Seafarers hitting that port.) To the Editor: In. the early period of 1947 I ipade the acquaintance of the Setifarers who crewed the James Smith out of Texas City. Sea­ farers, I beg you to know, I had a jolly good time with Bosun Robert - Jeales and some other members of the crew. We visited several places and did not spend much money. Since that time, although I am a former American Steel Erec­ tion foreman, I have been an ardent reader of the LOG and, generally speaking, it is the best PART OF RESISTANCE PG, uests •eading the and would lome while I always each week I'm out of and would he mailing are of our If your ship is docked at the Lellaver on Meawehaven, Rot­ terdam, West, walk to the Mar-r coni Plain and take a no. 4 street car. Buy a transfer ticket, get off at Hof Plain and take an A. Burr to Hillelaan. If yow wish to go to Katendaecht, stay on *the Burr to the last stop. From any other harbor around Rotterdam, our Port Ambassador, to foreign seamen, the Spido, takes you also to the Katendacbt. < Chinatown om Katendaefat a district of Rotterdam where most seamen spend their shore* leave. Recently much comment was made about this spot. Some in­ habitants of Katendacht hadwritten a report with reference to the immorality of the sea­ men and girls. The matter was also discussed by the City CouncU. According to our Mayor, Mr. Old, and to several insiders, Ka-s tendaecht, with respect to im-. morality, is a much better place than any other spSt in the world for a seaman who seeks recrea­ tion. There are no shacks dnd all the barkeepers are plain dealers. The police officers are not lifce: those of Tampa, Florida. union paper I have ever laid my eyes on. From now on. Seafarers who find themiselves in Rotterdam can obtain the LOG at two places: At Carey's Pacific Bar, 23 Jumateaqeg, Katerdaecht, and at the office of the Dutch Transport Workers Union, 78 Wertzeedyl. CITY DIRECTIONS However, I wish the Editor and Seafarers to know that the LOG is also to be had in "the k Waller Cafe "the Ship, Hillelaan 85, be­ 3G is al- tween Maar and Gyrharben, Thore Fo 381. Many an Ameri­ way to can seaman will remember John and Tina. Van Ouvterhaut, its owner, from before the war. Most of the policemen have been in the krock-gangs, the gangs who worked with machine guns and took men from prison who had been arrested by the Jerries during the occupation. I would rather'eat with them than fight them. Most of them speak English and they know how to get along with seamen. Our big Dutch port is the hub of Western Europe. No port on the continent can claim such rec­ ords as ours in unloading ships. Although Rotterdam was verybadly damaged during the war,, the reconstruction of our port is being carried out at full speed. Let it be known: "La LOG est fon Mirolr." To all SIU men I wish a Happy New Year. ' L. Pleysier Rotterdam tg Brother Recalls SIU Friends ome of the canned milk and butter long be­ difficulties fore that. The butter stank—it $72. The was more like sharp cheese. icUlin was At the beginning of the trip we had an unfortunate experi­ on't think ence with our Chief Steward. He •aker than was in an accident making it ve become necessary for us to get another mes with Steward at- the last minute. I is used to don't hold him responsible for the short stores. It was just one worms. of those unforeseen occurrences. N Getting back to the Bosun, he ling from had soap powder in the.forepeak ual ration which he refused to give to the hot water crew. He wanted it for soogee 2 had just- powder. Instead of giving out a box a week, he gave one box to hat, r told us each watch and one to the Day­ water and man. Big hearted, wasn't he? SUGGESTED A WALK pur own When in Honolulu, he brought ime after soap bars on board, but we e took, I wanted soap powder, so he said rubber at the Delegate should have or­ and fuel, dered powder instead of soap. very other Since when does the Deck Dele­ Said, gates order stores for the Deck arrival in Department? It is the Bosun's ly ran out job to inform the Mate as to out of what, is needed, not the Delegate. Every guy in the Deck gang had a run-in with the Bosun and upon arrival in New York, we told the Patrolman our stoiy. He agreed that the Bosun should get another ship. He had made three or four trips on the Alma and we didn't want to bring him up on charges. All in all, I think that is a trip none of us will forget. * As for myself, I've decided to quit the sea. I've already retired my book and at present I'm lying around at home putting on weight. I'd like to take this op­ portunity to say so long to all my old shipmates and friends. I'll long remember fellows like Gus Aqdreasen, Kris Staalsen, Charlie Tufaro, Charlie Murello, Jack Martin, Red Schwendan, Charlie (Blackie) Walsh, Bill, Champlin (Selma Victory), Herb : Udelburg, Red Liedmann and all the other guys I've sailed with. I guess it's time to wrap up, so I'll close and wish all the nembers a belated Happy Christ­ mas and New Year. Tgbia �b"-J;/ TBiB SEAFARERS LOG Page Fourteen •u' r American Eastern Is After Heavy Lift Ships, Tankers t: New tonnage similar to its 'present MV, Gadsden will be added by the American Eastern Corporation, the company an­ nounced this week. In addition, American Eastern, which recently bought a tai|ker from the Maritime Commission, disclosed that it would try to ac­ quire more T-2s and enter, the oil carrying business on a large scale. The Gadsden, as those Sea­ farers who have sailed her know, is a highly specialized vessel de­ signed to take heavy-lift freight as complete cargo. She is equipped with a heavylift gear tested up to 137 ^'2 tons and can load locomotives, Pullnrian cars, generators, and steam turbines, as well as machinery for oil refineries, cement plants and steel mills. The Gadsden recently paid off in New York after nine months out shuttling locomotives be­ tween England and continental Europe. BIG TANKERS COMING Apparently American Eastern . plans to bid for a lot of oil busi­ ness'. "Before spring," the announce­ ment declared, "the company expects to complete plans for the construction of larger and faster 7oil tankers in American ship- Ftidxift January NOW HE IS A SAILOR Saltwater Blues NEW YO.RK — It'll be a long time beforexthe crew of the Knox Victory, Waterman, forgets the Big Snow of '47. Their memories will be of snow, empty stomachs and salt water. It was New Year's Eve when the Shipping Commissioner, the company doctor and I started out for Cllairmont, New Jersey, to handle the sign-on. After two hours of digging we got the- car started, made the Jersey ferry crossing and found our way to the ship. What a sad bunch we found on the Knox! The galley range Was oiit of order and the men liad had no breakfast. They were bur miles from nowhere and snowbound. To add to their troubles- the fresh water line at the dock was frozen solid. They had attempted to use the evaporator but some­ one had primed it, so instead of getting fresh water, they got salt water,in the water fountains and galley, Get A Receipt NON-ESSENTIAL /j. •Sj't'Tist'C — Life seems fairly complete for the lad being "needled" by "the tattoo artist (drawn by Homer (Red) Spurlock). "He has an AB ticket, a girl and he is 21," says Woody Lockwood who sent in this skietch. How 'Filthy' Became 'Clean Willy By LOUIS GOFFIN I PHILADELPHIA M. Blum, $1.00. NEW YORK INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS • F. A. Kays, $5.00; E. J. Jeffas, $1.00; ; " A. Sankovidt. $1.00; H. J. Moore, $3.00; S> Wallace. $3.00; J. Kazmierski. $4.00; I; R. O. Antoine, $1.00; F. P. Megue, \$4.00; R. R. Cianfagione, $10.00; F.. ;jfSchiwek, .<$2.00; D. C. T. Pople, $10.00; , <W. Gordon, $4.00; Crew of MV Gadstl^^den. $58.00.' SS MADAKET ' F. A. Vigeant, $2.00; E. J. Gaylor, $2.00; G. A. Burke, $1.00; A. Douglas, $3,00; W. Jenkins, $2.00; P. Liseth, $3.00; H. N. Peterson. $1.00; A. Cotol, $1.00; A. Helju. $.1.00; T. W. Ham» mond, $1.00; M. Trotman, $1.00; H. Put, $3.00; S. W. Lesley. $1.00; J'. S. •Cardeal, $2.00. SS CHOCTAW or. Snow, $1.00; W. P. Doherty, $1.00; A. Skrzypski, $1.00; C. J. Huebner, $1.00; D. H. Buckley, $3.00: "W. Low; ther. $1.00; W. T, Dalton, $1.00; D. P. -. Stafford, $3.00; F. E. Donaldson, $1.00. _ SS YAKA 'iC* J. Wuchina, $1.00; W. Rozalski, $1.00; H. J. Swarties, $1.00; W. F. { Manthey, $1.00; L. A. Rice. $2.00; H. "•'Piva, $3.00: C. Poung, $1.00; J. Mc: Cartby, $5.00; A. Larsen, $1.00; G. E. Walton, $1.00;~J, W. Barnes, $1.00; G. Fellman, $2.00; F. Panette, $1.00; R. W. Kluge, $1.00; H. A. Orlando, $1.00. SS GERVAIS H. Beckman, Crew of SS Gervais. $12.00. , • ' SS ROSWELL VICTORY T. D. Sullivan, $2.00; W. Meehan. V'i$2.00; J. E. Eschinger. $2.00; G. E. l?Young, $2.00; J. H. Fussell, $3.00; N. f'jTaylor, $2.00: M. Laas, $1.00; T. i West, $1.00; Soi Ho, $3.00; E. C. Glod, $3.00; J. F. Stephenson. $2.00; J. J_. Quigley, $3.00; R. W. Clark, $1.00; J. F. Nolde, $2.00; F. C. Bona, $2.00: J. I. K61odziej8kl,'$5.00. P ; is, X i ISTHMIAN STRIKE DONATIONS H. P. Stapcl, $20.00; R. OHvora, •' $5.00; L. L. Anderson, $10.00; A. S, Thome, 410.00; J. Glardlna, $10.00; H. Kwiaasz, $10.00; J. McCarthy. $10,00, As the governor of North Car­ olina said to the Governor of South Carolina, "It's a long time between drinks," so this bit of writing is a long time since my last one. There are a million and one things a guy would write about but due to the limited space al­ lowed by the editors of the LOG, this one will have to be as brief as possible. (Ed. note: On the contrary Lou, let'er go for all she's Worth.) Humor being my topic at the moment, let me dwell on an amusing character, a guy whom I was unfortunate enough to be shipmates with a number of years ago. For reasons which you'll soon learn, we called this guy "Filthy McNast'y." It wasn't his real name, of course', but this des­ criptive handle fitted him to a "T". That is, on him it looked good. ' "fli:' - . The • Patrolmen ; Say— yards. Capacities as high as 25,000 tons and speeds up to 20 knots are being considered. The vessels will be Diesel-powered. "American Eastern is also pre­ paring to operate tankers under contract from non-operating owners. This service is designed for such owners as wish to take advantage of the company of­ fices in the principal ports of every oil-producing country in the ^ear East and agencies in other parts of the woi'ld." Every member making a donation to the Union for any purpose should receive an official receipt bearing the amount of the contribu­ tion and the purpose for which it was made. If a Union official to whom contribution is given does not make out a receipt for the money, the matter should immediately be referred to J. P. Shuler, Secretary-Trea.surer, SIU, 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N.Y. In advising the SecretaryTreasurer of such transac­ tions, members should state the name of the official and the port where the money was tendered. ld48 like a couple of sashw'eights. By comparison, an animal house would smell like a hot house of American beauties. Finally, there was only one thing left to do. So—one night, while our friend was in his sack (also called filthy, which it real­ ly was) a few of the' boys slip­ ped into the foc'sle and pounced on him. CHANGES MADE Let it be said he put up quite a battle. But it didn't do him any good. He was dragged—odor and all—^right into the washroom for a sanitatiori job better khown as the sand and canv,as treat-^ ment. His mattress and linen was 9 We even changed his name to "Clean Willy." * » » Now, of course, the situation is entirely different. Our mem­ bers are 99 44/100 clean seafar­ ing men. Their quarters are neat, in keeping with our well-known slogan that "a SIU ship is a clean .ship." • But we should not forget the story of "Filthy McNasty" amd the sand and canyas treatment. Cleanliness is a virtue that's easy to practice. We hadn't thought to bring groceries along to help the guys out, and they really put up a howl when they found out that the police "had stopped the truck carrying a new stove to the ship —non-essential driving, the truckman had been told. To the , crew this sounded like a death sentence. They were quieted down, how­ ever, when a repairman arrived and patched up the old stove. I never saw a happier bunch when the old bfoken-dowrn . galley range came to life, " We took care of the sign-on all right, and after the all-day job headed back to civilization. The last thing I saw as I left the ship was the First Assistant run­ ning up and down along the. dock applying a blow torch to the frozen line. For all I know, he's still at it, Jimmy Drawdy PERSONALS ' T JOHN J. MERKEL his attorney, Frederick Graves. Contact your father, John A. This is in connection-with RadzMerkel, 411 Webster Ave., Wil­ vila's claim for an injury sus­ low Grove, Pa. tained aboard the SS Alexander' H. Stephens. 4^ 4 4. ' HILARIO BULQUERIN X X' X Mrs. EL Bulquerin would like ROBERT D. TOMPKINS to hear from you. Her address: Your family is anxious to hear c/o Margaret Renner, P. O. Box from you. Their address: 637 1013, Wilmington, Calif. < Bigelow St., Pittsburgh 7, Pa. 4 4OLD DAYS 4- 4^ 4* ' EDWARD MERLE MOYLAND RAUL VAZQUEZ Now in the old days when all Get in touoh with Mrs. Lorna the Deck Gang flopped in one heaved over the side by a squad L. Mathes, 15 Vz South Dubuque Please contact your mother, Mrs. .Juana Vazquez, Sal Street foc'sle, cleanliness was very, of rugged \'olunteers. I might say St., Iowa City, Iowa. 258, San Juan, P. R. . * important'item. In fact, it stood at this point that reports re­ 4 4 4right smack next to godliness. ceived later from ships travelling 4-, 4" 4' EDMOND- SURMEIAN But this bird, and. he was a in the opposite direction men­ The Jirm of Kirshenbauni & NATHANIEL JAMES NEWSOM bird all right even though he tioned seeing thousands of dead Kirshenbaum, 86 Weybosset St., Your Brother "Wiibur asks you didn't sport fine feathers, didn't fish floating on the ocean's sur­ Providence, R. I., asks that you to write him at the SUP "Frail, believe in the old adage. When face. 105 Broad Street, San Francisco. • contact them. he knocked off,. a dab of soap When the gang was finished 4- 4- 4 » » » arid water around his kisser was with "Filthy," he looked like a JOHN DOUGLAS EDWARD E. CASEY the extent of his ablutions, pre­ brand new billiard ball and suming, of course, that the tem­ twice as shiny. And her-wisely Your brother, J. E, Casey Contact your sister, Mrs, Belle perature didn't drop below the heeded a word of warning to would like to hear froria you. Spillane, 1210 Sea Street, Quincy % r . 70 degree perch. keep clean. He, followed the You can reach him: c/o Security ), Mass. X X x This state of affairs went on warning to the letter from that Steel Service, ,758 North Ogden . EDDIE TYSON for some time until the stink time on. In fact, he underwent Ave.,'Chicago, 111. became intolerable. The men's a complete transforrriation. % X X Bob Hillman suggests you. get • eyes would water no sooner than He became a greajt, believer in NILES FREDERICKSON in touch with Mrs. R. li, GaUier, they stepped in the foc'sle. the old saying that "Cleanliness Your friend, Frank Radzvila 70S Stantpn St., Beaumont, TexThe atmosphere began to hang is next to godliness," asks that you: get ip touch "with as; She has news for you. -i'f <1 �^Friday/January - f\ ..... •- 18, 1948 - Paga FlfiMB rn E SEA FAREES L O€ BlJIlipW J -w- "il Jablonski, John P. Jack, Ford M Jacker, James Jackson, Billy .... Jackson, C. ....'. Jackson, Clyde Franklin .. Jackson, Edward '. Jackson, E. W Jackson, Eidon P Jackson, Harry .". Jackson, Isaac N Jackson, "James Wm. Jackson, John A Jackson, Justin L. rJackson, Lemuel F. Jackson, Leslie M Jackson, Mark E Jackson, Michael A.Jackson, Richard Arthur Jackson, Robert Jackson, Sidney * Jackson, William L Jackus, Edw. Jacobowitz, Monroe Jacobs, Arthur Jacobsen, Andrew Olai .... Jacobsen, John Heine Jacobsen, Marcus P Jacobson, Donald R Jacobson, M Jacobson, Oscar C Jacoby, Richard Jacomella, Eugene Isadore Jakeway, Avery J James, Basil James, Charles A., Jr James, E. D James, Fred L James, Harold W James, Howard Jesse James, J James, Marvel P James, Thomas S Jameson, Stewart T ?ls-: K" I Unclaimed Wages V Mississippi Steamship Company Jordan, Robert Arlen Jordan, William H Jordon, C Jordon, J. O Jordon, Jesse Jqrgensen, Carl Joseph, Joseph Joseph, Samuel Joswicki, Alphonse P Jourdain, Lougille P Jourdain, P Joy, Jesse A Joyner, Leslie S Joyner, Milton L Joynes, Densell H Judge, Carville A Judge, Edward M 27.99 2.77 501 HIBERNIA BLDG., NEW ORLEANS, LA. 19.26 5.14 24.7S The following is a list of unclaimed wages and Federal Old Age 7.64 Benefit over-deductions now being paid by the Mississippi Steamship Com­ 5.69 pany covering the period up to December 31, 1946. 3.36 Men due money should call or write the company office, 501 Hiber7.09 3.23 nia Bldg., New Orleans, La. All claims should be addressed to Mr. Eller5.00 busch.and include full name, Social Security number, Z number, rating,^ Judice, C. 0 2.10 13.81 date and place of birth and the address to which the money is to be sent, juiian, charies i 28.00 7.27 Jump, Terry D. .! 2.60 7.90 Jones, Edis M 29.87 June, John A. .' 13.86 Ernest W 10.23 Johnson, , 8.39 16.15 Jandora, Stanley J. 2.79 Juneau, S • 4.41 18.93 Jones, Edward 2.1' Johnson, Fred ...' 4.20 Jankowsky, Harry .35].Jones, Edwin P 46.30 Jurewicz, Casmir ...! ;. 133.25 Fred Johnson, 1.29 5.56 Jansen, Carl F Jones, Everett K 17.73 Jurgensen, H 13.92 Geo 153.64 Johnson, 1.54 24.02 Janson, Hakan H Jones, Frank B 36 Jusciur, John 74 George J 10.72 Johnson, 18.6J 1.50 Jansson, Sven E 11.91 Justice, Jesse V 6.41 H • 01 Jones, George F^ Johnson, Jaquish, Alan ' . 7.18 2.94 3.82 Kabello, Jack 9.34 4.58^ Jones, dtuirnell.T. 2.65 Johnson, Haily S. 4.03 Jareck, Eugene P Jones, Harold A 5.18 Kachaylo, Nickolis ., 19.28 3.46 1.78 Johnson, Harold 5.64 Jaronstead, Hilmar H 10.32 Kachikis, Ernest D 6.13 Harold B. 04 Jones, Harry A Johnson, Jarosewski, Ted 52 8.39 Henry 5.09 KadOr, Abel 28.15 Jones, 1.79 32.50 Johnson, Harold K 5.46 Jarvie, John .' 8.80 Kadisola, Stefan 94 Harry 1.40 Jones, Jack Crooks •Johnson, 7.08 Jaryis, Lowell E. 7.33 James C 10.22 Kaiser, John William 2.79 Jones, 3.44 21.46 Johnson, Harry B. 32.66 Jaurigui, Mat ... 3.10 Kaiser, Paul 92 2.68 Jones, James H 8.72 Johnson, Horace ... N. Jaycox, Edward 7.52 Jessie w 4.20 Kaiser, William P 20.82 Jones, 5.94 Jack'M. . Johnson, 15.34 2.32 Jean, Alfred N. .. 54.15 Kakaroviannis, George A. 38.78 10.56 Jones, Jessie M .59 Johnson, Jack R. . Jedrey, Ralph J. *.89 Jones, John Raymond 9.24 Kakta, Stanley D 5.68 2.06 James A. Johnson, 2.94 60.00 Jefferies, Clarence Jones, John W 74 Kala, Andrew B 1.95 19.28 James C. Johnson, .59 27 Jeffenes, John J. 20.76 Kalani, William K 45 .71 Jones, Keith 17.82 Johnson, J. K. 60.00 Jeflfers, Jack L. E 75 Kale, Robert L 2.92 Jones, 6.99 '1.98 Johnson, Joel C. ... 8.10 Jefferson, Norman A. Jones, Leslie L 14.62 Kalitzki, Hane 5.19 John E 24.02 Johnson, Floyd3.02 4.84 Jeffreys, Jones, Lloyd M. 8.52 Kallweil, Alfred 11.85 22.90 1.98 Johnson, Kenneth E 9.31 Jeffryes, Floyd L. .: 46.94 Kalmback, Charles R 8.53 47.69 Jones, Malcom M Kenneth R Johnson, Charles W 3.20 Jenkins, 27.92 Jones, Paul M 1.78 Kaluza, Richard B 1.42 .99 9.48 Johnson, Lloy^ S. 3.16 Jenkins, Floyd 71 Kaminski, Hendrick 15.17 5.60 Jones, Ralph Johnson, McDonnel L Jenkins, Harrian T 5.12 3.17 Raymond, Jr 6.55 Kamp, Allen E 1.44 Jones, .2.83 Jenkins, Roy W. 3.^2 Johnson, P. A. Jorles, Raymond D. 1.35 Kampbell, Harry 13.01 1.40 Jennings, Dave H 12.46 Johnson, Paul C 1.48 Kampel, Sidney 3.46 23.10 Jones, Robert H Jennings, E. S. 5.70 Johnson, Peter L. Jones, Rooney W 20.99 Kappelman, Nathan 16.34 Phillip R. .. ... 28.27 Johnson, Jennings, William Bryan.. 1.00 9.98 Kane, Leon 31.48 ... 1.72 Jones, Roy N ;.. 3.92 Johnson, Ralph O. ... BALTIMORE ........14 North Gay St. Jenings, Wm. E. Jones, Samuel W. ...: 46 Kania, Czeslaw 89 Richard A. .. 23.83 Johnson, Calvert 4539 Jensen, Aage; :. 9.36 Jones, W. R 20.17 Kanouse, Richard S :... 7.93 BOSTON 2T6 State St. Jensen, August .. 3.96 Richard R. Johnson, 7.03 Bowdoin 4455 5.34 Karel, Arthur 4.82 .69 Jones, Walter Johnson, Robert P. ... Jensen, Bjorn W 37.71 BUFFALO 10 Exehance St. Jones, Walton F 2.75 Karfakis, Jerry 7.77 .. 6.20 3.17 Johnson, Roy Ef< Cleveland 7391 Jensen, C 1.40 Karfs, Carl B 1.32 .. 5.67 Jpnes, William 5.46 Johnson, Rufus CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. Jensen, Gordon Jones, William D 1.44 Kargen, H 94 .. 40.43 Superior 5176 Jensen, Jens O. 1.18 Johnson, Stanley B. . Jones, William J 69 Karlsen, Harold M 3.68 CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair Ave. 2.00 Jensen, Jens P 4.13 Johnson, Sylvester Main 0147 20.63 Karoll, Robert 1.91 Johnson, Theodore F 4.20 Joranstad, Hilmar Jensen, Rasmus K 9.05 DETROIT 1038 Third St. Jordan, Carroll 46 Karpowich, Adam 27.59 ... 2.13 .45 Johnson, Thomas J. . 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MIAMI 10 NW 11th St. Jimeniz, Norberto to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of: 1.78 lAi Johnston, Lloyd S. NEW ORLEANS .339 Chartres St. Joao, Manuel L their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have 7.38 Magnolia 6112-6113 Jobe, Harold E 8.26 Johnston, Robert J. the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. ;. 17.55 Johannesmann, Jos. A. .... 30.79 Johnston, Robert L SIU branch for this purpose. HAnover 2-2784 83 1.04 Johnston, William F. NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Johansen, F. However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU 15.40 - 4.47 Johonsen, Theodore Phone 4-1083 Johansen, Harold hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, 1.46 PHILADELPHIA 9 South 7th St. Johansen, Henry 12.43 Joiner, J which you can fill out, detach and send to; SEAFARERS LOG, 51 Lombard 3-7651 Johansen, Thomas B , 14.68 :. 39.84 Joiner, Virgil Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St. 22.35 Johns, Robert H 3.41 Joines, James F. Beacon 4336 , .-. 20.59 99 Joki, Alex PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. Johnson, Albert W 2.13 15.56 Jollimore, Melvin G. Phone 2599 Johnson, ' Albin 27.06 To the Editor: SAN FRANCISCO ......105 Market St. Johnson, Alexander L 79 Jolly, Edvy^ard E Douglas 25475 Johnson, Alfred J 3.73 Jolly, "Janies A. 8.67 SAN JUAN, P.R 252 Ponce de Leon I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to the Raymond 15.40 Jolly, 6.24 Johnson, Alton San Juan 2-5996 15.66 address below: 35.92 Jonas, Sam SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. Johnson, Andrew 1.40 Antrony F. Jones, 2.13 Phone 3-1728 Johnson, Art Fred SEATTLE . .., ....... 86 Seneca St. Johnson, Bryce N 82 _Name 93.16 Jones, Arlen A. ... Main 0290 4.20 .23 Jones, Bobby A. .. Johnson, C. ..... TAMPA 1809-1811 N., Franklin St. 3.57 Johnson, Chas. R. 44.06 Jones, Buford C. 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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 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. X, No. 3 Description An account of the resource Headlines: TRANSFER WOULD WRECK US SHIPPING '48 OFFICERS;VOTING IS HEAVIEST I SEAFARES HISTORY SIU BEGINS MOVE FOR WAGE INCRESES SIY TUGMEN BATTLE GALE AT SEA TO RESCUE DIABLED FREIGHTER US WEATHER BUREAU RUVIVES OCEAN FORECASTING SYSTEM ESSO TRIES TO STALL REAL ORGANIZATON SEAFARES SWELL YOTZY-BOUTWELL DEFENSE FUND KEY MEN;SHIP,DEPARTMENT DELEGATES CUBAN UNIONIST BREAKS WITH CP MEMBERSHIP SHOULD DISCUSS SHIPPING RULES,SUBMIT SUGGESTIONS FOR POSSIBLR CHANGES SHIPPING SLOWS IN PHILADELPHIA AFTERV CHRISTMAS WEEK HIGHPOINT SHIPPING SLUMP HITS BALTIMORE ,BEACH IS SLIGHTLY OVERCROWED SLOW WEEK IN FRISCO BETTER DAY EXPECTED BOSTON SHIPPING,WEATHER BAD;TEAMSTER STRIKE FULLY EFFECTIVE TAMPA OFFERS MUCH SUNSHINE AND SOME JOBS PORT GALVESTON REPORTS FAIR SHIPPING FINAL TALLY IN ALANTIC AND GULF VOTING SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY CREWMAN URGE PERMANET DEFENSE FUND BACKED BY VOLUNTARY DONATIONS SEAFARERS' WAR EXPERIENCE TO BE PUBLICATED IN BOOK HARWSH TREATMENT OF STRANDED SEAMEN HIT BY MOLINE MEN CITYOF ALMA DECK MEN SAY THEY CANT'T FORGET VOYAGE A NATIVE WHO'S HEP GIVEN SOME HINTS ON ROTTERDAM AMERICAN EATERN IS AFTER HEAVY LIFT SHIPS,TANKERS HOW 'FILTHY' BECAME 'CLEAN WILLY' Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/16/1948 Title A name given to the resource January 16. 1948 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1948 Periodicals Seafarers Log