https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/6f5e1702a390b01b34d411d66a477fbc.PDF 28bd55e9ca472536265abaf7ba2bb024 PDF Text Text ^mmgammgBSpw^^^SSBSnKBSIKKSSBISsS^ • -.V' -UM Official Or^an of the Seafarers International Union of North America ' • .V . 1 v '-- v - • ' VVOL. X NEW YORK, N. Y„ FRIDAY. MARCH 12, 1348 No. 11 SIU WINS WAGE INCREASES New FreigM Scales— Ami Old Pay I r, /AV ' Deparlmenl and Rating Old Scale Amounl of Increase New Scale bECK DEPARTMENT Bosun .' — Carpenter -[; Storekeeper I A.B. Maintenance j' Quartermaster ; Able Seaman Ordinary Seaman $228.17 228.17 219.82 208.69 191.99 191.99 166.95 $32.27 14.37 13.85 13.15 18.02 18.02 10.52 $260,44 242.54 233.67 221.84210.01 210.01 177.47 20.63 15.95 16.13 14.37 16.62 14.37 13.85 14.37 13.32 12.45 13.69 12.45 12.45 11.75 12.27 348.43 269.16 272.12 242.54 280.40 242.54 233.67 242.54 224.79 210.01 231.01 210.01 210.01 196.18 207.05 ^ ENGINE DEPARTMENT Chief Electrician 327.78 Assistant Electrician 253.21 Unlicensed Jr. Eng.-Day .... 255.99 •> Unlicensed Jr. Eng.-Watch .228.17 Plumber Machinist 263.78 Deck Engineer 228.17 Storekeeper 219.82 Engine Utility .-. 228.17 Evaporator Maintenance .... 211.47 Oiler 197.56 Oiler-Diesel 217.32 Watertender 197.56 Fireman Water (FM-WT) .... 197.56 Fireman 186.43 Wiper ; 194.78 Refrigerating Eng. (when only 1 carried) 299.95 Refrigerating Eng's. (when 3 carried) Chief 299.95 1st Asst, 264.34 2nd Asst 243.19 STEWARDS DEPARTMENT Chief Steward Chief C:ook Night Cook & Baker .......... Second Cook Assistant Cook Messman ; ' • Utilityman 244.86 228.17 228.17 205.91 194.78 166.95 166.95 - 18.90 318.85 18.90 16.65 15.32 318.85 280.99 258.51 20.89 14.37 14.37 12.97 12.27 10.52 10.52 . 265.75 242.54 242.34 218.88 207.05 177.47 177.47 Hikes Of 6.3—14.2 Pertent Giving Seafarers Thewghest Scaies fn Maritime OkayedBy Membership NEW YORK, March 10—^Another victory for the Seafarers Internation­ al Union, Atlantic and Gulf District, was chalked up today when five steam­ ship companies agreed to the Union*s wage increase requests. The pay hikes range frpm $10.52 per month for Ordinary Seamen, Messmen and Utilitymen, to $32.27 for Bosuns. Other ratings also received boosts, and the percen­ tage increases run from 6.3 percent to 14.2 percent. The overtime rate waa( revised upward, and men earning less than $223.23 per month will receive $1,125 per hour, while those earning $223.23 or more per month will be paid, at the rate of $1.41 per hour. The companies with which the agreements were reached are A, H. Bull ^.Steamship Company (Baltimore Insular Line); Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc.; Smith and John­ son Steamship Corporation; and South Atlantic Steamship Line. A separate agreement was ne­ gotiated with Seatrains. The membership of the A&G District j District, assembled in regular Heavy Voting Marks Start Of Referendum Balloting Seafarers in all Atlantic and Gulf Branches lined up at the ballot boxes on Wednes1 .11- i? 1 .whelmmgly day, March 10, to start voting on the four resolutions recommended by the Agents Conference. The • •AI_ • 1 OTTT x 1 xi» *x seriousness with which SIU members took the sitnation was indicated by the heavy voting which was reported from all ports. The threat POsed the anti-labor Taft-Hartley law, and the feeling that to accept the new- scale, and since the rates are only effective for the companies HHniGd flbovG, instructed tlie Ne* gotiating committee to present the increases to aii companies ,„r .he siu was composed of Paui Haii, the shipowners will try to break* ^—;—; 7"; 77— J. P. Shuler, Robert Mattliews, the Union by x'efusing to recog­ ency; and, 4. A provision making Lindsey Williams, Joe Algina, for Wipers and"and Ray White. ' ' nize the Hiring Hall makes it it mandatory certain that as many Seafarers Ordinary Seamen to clean the The complete text of the ComOVERTIME RATE as possible will mark their bal- crew's quarters in the time al­ (Continued on. Page 5) .065 1.125 ots in the periSff ending April lotted for such tasks. 1.06 There is little doubt that the .083 1.41 10. 1.325 operators, with the force of the , The overtime rale for unlicensed personnel receiving less The four propositions being law on their side, will attempt than $223.23 per month shall be $1,125 per hour. All raiings voted on are: 1. A $10.00 Strike to dump the Hiring Hall and Ro­ There is little doubt that receiving $223.23 or more per month, the overtime rate shall be Assessment; 2. A $10.00 Build­ tary Shipping so as to be able the Bosses will attempt to ing Assessment; 3. Provision bar­ $1.41 per hour. ring promotions aboard ship ex­ to hire men wherever they use the Taft-Hartley law to All increases elective March 10, 1948. cept in cases of extreme emerg­ please. This would, if success­ torpedo unions whenever ful, be the death-knell of the contracts come up for rene­ seamen's movement since the gotiation. The T-H law gives keystone of the SIU is in the them a perfect chance to try democratic Hiring Hall. to break unions, and in Only a strong organization, campaign they will have the backed up by a large strike fund, active assistance of the bur­ NEW YORK—Another devel­ The contract contains provi­ hews, J. P. Shuler, and Ray will be able to wage a fight eaucrats. opment of major importance in sions which are standard in all White and Joe Algina. against the, union-busters. And For that reason this orgamthe SIU tinker drive took place SIU tanker agreements, and Signing this new company that's why the members of the lation must be prepeired for this week, when the Federal which are the tops in the in­ gave added momentum to the SIU are lining up to cast their any possible strike action. In Mdtorship Corporation signed a dustry. Wages and conditions far SIU tanker organizing campaign. votes in favor of the resolution. line with this, the Union will standard Seafarers tanker con­ exceed those prevailing on un­ Recently two other companies issue a new pamphlet.^ SIX TO GO tract. The announcement of the organized ships or on tankers were signed, and acquisition of "Strikes and Strike Stratsigning was made by Lindsey contracted to other unions. the Federal Motorship Corpora­ Another measure on the bal­ egy," which will be available lot is for a building assessment Williams, Director of Organiza­ tion m^de it three in a row in which would allow the Union for distribution in the near NEW YORK HO tion. future. to purchase buildings in New First ship crewed under the Headquarters for the company as many weeks. Until then, however, all new agreement was the SB Mo- is New York City, and the fleet members of the Union are Other tanker companies are in York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, soild, which shipped a full crew will be operated mainly from the process of being organized, Savannah, Galveston," and San urged to read the text of Juan; ports where the SIU rents the pamphlet, which appears in Savannah. As other vessels east coast ports. are put into operation, crews The Union Negotiating Com­ and details will be printed in quarters. in this week's LOG. starting will be assigned right off the mittee consisted of Brother Wil­ the LOG as soon as it is prac­ It has been proven that buy- on page 3. liams, 'Paul Hall, Robert Matt­ ticable to do so. shipping lists. . ; ,v • (Continued on Page i) •• - • ' • • • V- •••V New Strike Pamphlet Seafarers' Tanker Drive Reiis On ...... ^ ,d Ssl^jr.ip-1 ^ ;r • �Page Two THE SH AF AREHS EO & Fridiiy, March 12, 1948 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation-of Labor At n Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 PAUL HALL ------ Secretary-Treasurer Editorial Board J. p. SHULER LINDSEY WILLIAMS 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 Real Unionism Pays Off The big news this week is that the Seafarers Inter­ national Union—Atlantic and Gulf District—^lias once again taken the lead in wage gains for merchant sramen. Without arbitration, and without the fuss and ballyhoo that jnarked the so-called negotiations of the National Maritime Union, CIO, this Union won increases for its membership ranging from 6.3 percent to 14.2 percent. But the final result is not the whole story. To realize what really happened, it is necessary to look behind the bare facts of the sto&y. The SIU is distinguished in the labor movement for three things. One is its strict adherence to honest trade union principles. Two is its umty of membership, and three is its willingness and proven ability to extend a helping hand to any honest union involved in.a beef. All these factors w^orked to force the shipowners to grant our just wage demands. The operators knew very well that they could not count on factions within the SIU to weaken the Union's drive for more take home pay to help equalize rising costs. They knew very well that on this point, as w^ell as on every other section of the SIU program, the membership acts as a united moveitxient, prepared to fight for its rights. Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notify the delegates by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Stolen Island Hospital Mea Now In The Marine Hospitals You can contact your Hos-' pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing limes: 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.) And the shipowners also realized that when the chips are down, the Seafarers does not have to fight alone. These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospital^, Other unions in the AFL, as well as in the CIO, stand as reported by. the Port As^nts. These Brothers find time hanging ready to support the SIU in any beef. That was definitely heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer, them up by writing to them. proved in the 1946 General Strike and in the Isthmian NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL WM. H. HACKET Strike. M. V. MOBLEY LEROY CLARKE RUDOLPH SCHMIDT This is not the first time that the SIU has showed JOHN E. KENNAIR P. TAURASI DENNIS SAUNDERS R. STROM the way to other maritime unions. Since the Union was NORMAN A. CAMPBELL LUCIEN MARRERO FRANK MARTIN D. HERON first formed, the entire waterfront has come to expect E. BOWERS HARRY R. LEWIS X XX leadership in all maritime matters to come from the OLAF HERMANSON JOHN SCAEA BRIGHTON MARINE HOSP. Seafarers. w AYNE NAPIER A. J. STEPHENS W. CAREY WALTER. B, ORMAN GEORGE D. BRADY J.LEE Go down the list of beefs and in each one the SIU A. AMUNDSEN WALTER J, HANEY E. DELLAMANO sparked the movement that prevented the government LAURENCE A. HOLMES MARIANO MALESPIN R. HARRISON STANISLAUS LeBLANCE and/or the shipowners from forcing seamen to return to JAMES LEA J. NORRIS AARON C. McALPIN C. GALLANT the old days of semi-slavery. The Bonus Strike, the strug­ ERNEST M. LOOPER COY PAXTON JOSEPH DENNIS W.FEENEY ' gles against the WSA Medical Program, the WSA Com­ JAMES T. O'DONNELL J. MctJONOUGH t % % petency Card, and the Coast Guard Hearing Units, the CENTRAL MASON . FT. STANTON MAItfNE HOSP. H. FAZAKERLEY battle against the Wage Stabilization Board ^—all these ANTHONY M. LIPARI P. CASALINOUVO ; E. B. WRIGHT were initiated and carried through by the Seafarers In­ ABRAHAM A. SAMPSON T. BOGUS ARCH McGUIGAN K. WESTERGAARD Ji KLENOWICZ ternational Union. # R. S. LUFLIN T. EITSON JULIUS SUPINSKY However, while engaged in these activities, the Union J. McWHINNIE FRANK CIIAMBERLAYNE F. EERNANDES .still continued to safeguard and advance the wages and J. LIGHTFOOT H. ALLEN. conditions of the membership. X X. Hi MCDONALD. Members of the Seafdren STATEN ISLAND R. KING The seamen's movement in the United States has bene­ are>entitled to m weekly pay­ it % J. H. HOAR fitted from the work done by the unified membership of ment from the Union if they . BALTIMORE HOSPITAL C. GREEN the SIU. are laid up in a hoapitaL Be J. SLAMAN A; DURBANCA sure to get what is coming Ji ARCHISP; FRANKMANIS This wage increase is just another victory to be added to you: Notify the Union of McNEELY J, J. A'. CARROLL to the long line of uninterrupted wins gained by the your ward number so that A, JENSBY B; FRENSTAD I Union. As a single victory, it is magnificent, but as part there will.be no delay in your T: MCNICHOLAS P. D. CURTIS : ©f the overall picture, it adds to a record without parallel receiving the money due; you. J. PRATS L. J. vSWAN trj^e union history. G, FRESHWATER C. KING Haspitai Payments • • "'a • �Friday. March 12. 1941 Strikes Introduction The strike is the Union's most poweriul weapon. It is the full mobilization of every Union resourcemanpower and phjrsical apparatus—^to achieve basic objectives upon which the life of the Union, and the membership, depend. This mass display of economic strength may be regarded as the Union's "ace in the hole" against its enemies who (1) seek to deny its right to bargain for those who have designated it as their representative; (2) refuse to grant economic demands which the Union regards as essential to the decent living and welfare of its membership, and (3) intent generally on destroy­ ing the Union as the workers sple instrument of pro­ tection and security. Obviously, tlien, once the strike weapon is brought into play, no other phase of.Union activity has greater significance. Because of the tremendous Lnplications of the strike, it is a last resort measure. It is initiated only after all other means -of attaining Union objec­ tives are exhausted. The strike is the signal for an all-out fight. The strike is serious business. And to protect the intei-ests of the membership, it is the Union's duty to exercise every possible means of negotiation and arbitration—consistent with the preservation of its independence—before deciding on this course of action. The oldtime theoiy of "striking for strike's sake" is as dead as a doornail and is contrary to forward-look­ ing and intelligent unionism. It is the product of immature and irresponsible Union direction. Regardless of a final cmtcome, the conduct of a strike is costly, both to the Union whose financial resources are strained and to the membership, who suffer loss of wages and may have to eat into their personal savings to sustain them during the conflict. Trade union men quite often are subjected to many j- il;-' other hardships—even persecution—when they clash with the powerful interests whose hatred for organized labor knows no bounds. Bnt unfortunate as this may be, the consequences would be disastrous without the strike. Every action of organized workmen—the strike, in particular—is a signal for a barrage of vilification and slander in most of the nation's press and in the halls of Congress, where influential employer-lobbying groups are constantly campaigning for laws to throttle labor's strength. The steady attack on labof reached a peak in this country in the summer of 1947 with the passage of the Taft-Hartley law, an anti-labor measure making the trade union's position extremely tough. But the fuU implications of this measure are still to be tested. For the Seafarers International Union, this crucial period will come with the exprnation of its present contracts in the summer of this year. With the National Association of Manufacturei-s, the U. S. Chamber of Commerce and evei-y other organiza­ tion of employers determined that organized labor be stripped of its vitality and power to fight, offensively or defensively, the showdown appears to lie in the interpretation of the Taft-Hartley law. Organized labor must gird its strength to meet this impending attack. Failure to meet it squarely, utilizing the full force of union apparatus might end in disaster. Despite the many moves on the part of labor's enemies to hamstring unions with legal restrictions, the right of the worker to strike has been unquestion­ ably established in this country. Both the common law and the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Con­ stitution, which prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude, make this clear. To successfully conduct a strike, the Union apparatus must be geared to meet any and all emergencie.s that ^rise. Preparation, therefore, should be the Union's constant goal. Being prepared for any eventuality not only provides the greatest possible degree of success in prosecuting a strike, it also is the best safeguard against having to go out on strike. In view of the all-important' role of the strike in the life of every Union member, it is absolutely neces­ sary that every Seafarer learn the meaning of strike action and how it differs from job action. Every Union man should know the various types of strikes, how they are conducted, the manner in which policy and strategy is determined, the apparatus that is needed, and the functions of the committees handling the 'innumerable tasks incidental to strike action. In r ME, SEAP AIDERS LOG Page Thteii Strike short, evei^ Seafarer , should be acquainted, at least, with this Union weapon, its use and effect. Volumes have been written on this subject. The object of this manual is to give, as briefiy as possible, a basis for imderstanding what is involved from the union man's point of view. It wiU attempt to show how the character and needs of strike prosecution change from day to day and even from hour to hour. The more the Union member knows about the fimctions of his strike apparatus and the conduct of the strike as a whole, the better equipped he will be td meet these vital issues squarely and decisively-— and the more certain victory will be. Nature of Strikes Strikes occur only when all other means of reach­ ing an agreement with the employers have failed. Strikes naturally involve the loss of wages and many other sacrifices for the striker. The Union, which is charged with the responsibility of protecting the in­ terests of the member, is responsible for exercising every possible means to bring about a peaceful settle­ ment of disputes. When these means have failed and a" deadlock is apparent, the steps provided for in the Union consti­ tution are followed. As provided for in Article XXVI, of the constitution of the Seafarers International Un­ ion, a strike vote may be taken upon the presentation of a resolution setting foidh the purposes of the strike. The referendum following the passage of the resolu­ tion requires a two-thirds majority exclusive of blank ballots. The main reasons for the calling of a strike in order of their relative importance are: (a) ^gainst a lock-out. . (b) Against a reduction of wages or lowering of conditions. (c) For a wage increase and betterment of conditiqns. (d) To enforce the opening of negotiations. (e) To dhforce the signing of a written contract. (f) To Sid affiliate unions. (g) For the general welfare of all workingmen. In general, all strikes can be roughly classified as either "economic" or "political." The term "roughly" is used because in any strike, no matter how small or how large, both economic and political factors will be brought into the picture on one or the other side. This labeling is then done not to give an^ strike a specific classification, but to provide general groupings for a clearer study. Any strike in which the question of wages, hours and conditions are the points of issue is economic. Any strike in which no specific economic demands are made is political. THE LOCK-OUT A lock-out occurs when an employer refuses to any longer recognize a union as the representative of the employees and declares an open shop. In other words, it is a strike of the boss against the worker. The only answer to a lock-out is an immediate strike, the establishment of strong picketlines and a single demand—^recognition of the union. The single demand does not mean that the only 'issue involved is union recognition but it does mean that no other method of ending the work stoppage, lock-out and strike, can even be discussed until recog­ nition is established. The lock-out is a final showdown and must be fought to a finish. In a strike of this type, the very life of the union is at stake. A lock-out can be classi­ fied as economic. AGAINST WAGE REDUCTIONS Agreements between employers and Unions gener­ ally contain a clause giving either party the oppor­ tunity to open the agreements or announce their in­ tention to terminate the agreements within a specified time period prior to the termination date. An additional clause generally provides that if neither party gives such notice, the agreement is auto­ matically continued. Frequently the employer will use this period of grace to announce a wage-cut sometimes as a test of strength or as a counter-measure against an expected demand for a wage increase. It must be assumed by the union, however, that such an announcement reflects the policy of the em­ ployer and the matter should immediately be put be­ fore the entire membership in the form of a strike resolution for a referendum vote on strike action. Inasmuch as this is a question directly involving wages and conditions, it can only be classed as economic. WAGE INCREASES As in the case of action against a wage cut, any strike for increased wages and betterment of condi­ tions is highly economic in character. The question of wage increases, betterment of con­ ditions, etc., should grow out of general discussions and a final decision by the membership. The matter is then taken up with the employer through negotiations and if these fail to produce an agreement satisfactory to the union membership, then the routine procedure of a strike call should be fol­ lowed. THE OPENING OF NEGOTIA-nONS Many times, even tliough the employees of a cer­ tain company are 100 percent members of the union, even when this has been certified as a result of an NLRB election, the employer •will continue to stall and avoid entering into negotiations. In this case, the union has perforce, the duty of exercising every legal means of forcing negotiations through NLRB and Labor Department directives, court action and any and all possible procedure. In the event these moves fail to produce the desired result, the only means left are a series of harrassing job actions or a strike limited to the particular sec­ tion of the industry which, in the case of the Sea­ farers, would be one particular steamship company. This can be labeled as political in cheu^cter, al­ though it is a definite step to establish negotiations for economic demands. FOR A WRITTEN CONTRACT Even after negotiations have been opened, and both employer and the union have agreed, the employer will often hedge on the signing of a written agree­ ment or contract. He does this in order that he may always have an escape hatch through which he can avoid being bound to specific wages, conditions, etc. These so-called "gentlemen's agreements" are as worthless as a dictator's treaty. If the shipowner cares to repudiate it at any time, there is no possible legal way to prevent his doing so. It is sometimes advisable to work under this gentle­ men's or verbal agreement for a period of time, espe­ cially when there is a strong possibility of being able to negotiate a better written contract than the verbal agreement. However, if the employer remains adamant and continues to refuse a written contract, the only answer is job action or a strike limited to the company in­ volved. Such action is strictly economic. TO AID AFFILIATE UNIONS The slogan "an injury to one is an injury to aU" holds true always in all cases, and especially when affiliate unions are involved. For example, a wage reduction for longshoremen is an economic threat to seamen's conditions. A strike to aid affiliate unions is often referred to as a "sympathy strike." This is untrue. A strike of such a nature is purely economic in character, involv­ ing the wages and conditions of all workers in the industry. The first step, however, in such aid is to follow the constitution of the union and honor the affiliates* picketline by refusing to cross or work behind it. The next step is giving material aid in the form of pickets, financial support, etc. If then, as' in the case of a strike of the longshore­ men, the Shipownex-s would man an idle ship and either sail or attempt to sail it, such move on their part would be a violation of the agreement and the only recourse of the Union would be to follow the strike procedure. (Contiuucd on Page 4) J "4 'I �Page Four T H E S E A F A R E R S 10 G Fxiaar, March 13, 1948 Port Branches administrated'by a Port Agent lespoh- of pickets. In this way, a strong picketline can be (Continued from Vage }) sible for port activities. These Port Branch^ are tttid' maintained at all piers and docks. Assignments should:GENERAL WELFARE into our- Headquarters in New York, through its alto be- made so that each picket watch should haveAny action in behalf of all-workingmen can roughly regular channels of communication. at least eight hours off or stand-by, if possible. be classed as "sympathetic" up to the point where it The Constitution of the Seafarers International DUTIES OF PICKETS reaches general strike proportions. Although generally tenned as "strike," this sym­ Union - of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District, The duty of a strike picket is to be on hand a few pathetic support most generally consists of a tem­ provides for the election of all Branch Agents, Secre­ minutes before going on watch so that he may receive porary work stoppage of a demonstrative nature in­ tary-Treasurer and Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and any last minute instructions from the Union pertaining tended to publicize and create support for the struggle Patrolmen, by referendum ballot. Due to this fact, to the strike. In case of illness or legitimate reasons they are the key men in time of strike who are of another group. for absence, he should notify the Picket Committee authorized to act immediately on emergency measures. So long as no specific demands are raised, this ac­ several hours, if possible, before he is due to go on So it will be wise to keep in mind that in setting watch. tion must be classed as political in character, although up the strike apparatus, the functions of the Union it is most generally in defense of the economic de­ In this way, a replacement may be obtained, and by must be considered. In setting up any strike organi­ mands of another group. doing this, the picketline can always be strong. Always Such action can be either localized or general in zation to be effective, it will have to follow the basic remember that the shipowners have men to look the structure of the Seafarers International Union of character, but most frequently is used locally. picketline over every day, and that any time it is North America. not fully manned, it shows a sign of weakness, and The key men, such as. the Port Agents, are elected The Use of Strike Funds may-precipitate an attack by the shipowners' Goons. by the rank and file on Referendum Ballot and as In time of strike, the entire union apparatus becomes such, are always responsible to the membership. What­ The strike picket, in accordance with his obligation, a strike apparatus. They ijay of all union officials ever they may do in emergencies, such as appointing when he becomes a member of the Seafarers, is to ceases immediately, they live and carry out their tasks temporary committees, must always be confirmed by obey the order of the Union. While on picket duty the same as any other striker. the membership where such appointments are made Every striker is assigned a task to carry out and is before they become legal and responsible under the accountable for this task. These duties will be Constitution. explained in detail under the description of the func­ tioning of the various committees. The Union Strike Committee Through the medium of the Annual, Strike and The Strike Committee is the executive arm of the Organizational and General Strike Assessment, the membership in time of strikes and lock-outs. It is Union has set aside funds in special banking accounts the democratic method of the rank and file, placing earmarked for use only in time of strike. responsibility in the hands of several, instead of a Although this is a substantial sum, it would last single individual. only a short period of time if it was used exclusively Should the Seafarers International Union of North he should carry himself in a quiet and dignified for the pui'pose of feeding and housing strikers. Even manner. While picketing, he is under the supervision with the payment of as little as a dollar a day to America, Atlantic and Gulf District be compelled to of a Picket Captain and he should give him his whole­ each striker, the fund would vanish in less than two strike on an industry-wide basis, as in the 1946 general hearted cooperation. weeks. The Union does not expect to and cannot strike, each affected Port would have a Port Strike The General Orders of a picket is "to take charge — compete with the .shipowner in the matter of Committee which would be responsible for all Port of this picket beat and walk it in a Union manner, strike activity. expenditures. It wiU be necessary to have a District Headquarters observing everything that takes place within sight During the course of a strike, the income of the or hearing and reporting same to the Picket Captain". Union ceases, yet the functioning of the Union Strike Committee, however, in this booklet only the A picket should never leave a dock or pier without apparatus, the maintenance of the Union Halls, the Port Strike Committees and their functions will be being properly relieved; and in case he is driven off issuance of the LOG and the general detail work of dealt with so that members of the Union will be able by the police or strike-breakers, he should immediately to better undeistand what to do in case of a strike, the Union must continue. notify the Union. Many additional expenses are involved. Pickets thereby making the Union stronger in the fact of DUTIES OF PICKET CAPTAIN • must be furnished transpoiiation, additional halls must action. The duty of a Picket Captain is to take charge of PORT STRIKE COMMITTEE be rented, a legal apparatus must be established for the picket watch. He receives the latest orders of the The duties of the Port Strike Committee is to . protection in the courts and all emergencies must be Port Strike Committee and passes them on to the supervise all strike activity in the different ports, met promptly. pickets. He is required to check the names and picket 'If the strike is won and the Union apparatus coordinate the functions of the sub-committees under cards of all men assigned to his watch before going wrecked in the process, then the victory is empty. out to picket, and to see that ail are present and Throughout the strike, the apparatus must be mainaccounted for, reporting those absent. He should re­ stained so that with the conclusion of the strike, dis­ port regularly, either by phone or courier to the patching can start, beefs be handled, sign-ons and picket committee. pay-offs covered and the whole apparatus function at At the completion of a watch, the picket captain peak efficiency. should see that all pickets on his watch receive due The strike funds are primarily intended to guarantee credit and their picket cards are properly stamped the continued functioning of this apparatus and to by the picket committee. A picket captain should set up such extra apparatus as is needed for the understand that his assignment is a trusted respon­ conduct of the strike. sibility and should never allow any di-inking or shirk­ their supervision and report their progress to the ing on his watch. Structure of the Seafarers He should never leave any dock or pier without In order that the membership of the Seafarers membership from time to time. being properly relieved, and in case the relieving The Port Strike Committee, upon being elected or International Union of North America may under­ watch is late, he should notify the picket committee stand how to organize an effective Strike Organization, appointed, should meet and elect a Chairman, Vice- so that a chek-up can be made. Chairman and Treasurer. Members elected or ap­ it is necessary that our members have an understand­ FOOD AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ing of the basic structurc/of our Union, how it func­ pointed to the Port Strike Committee should be full The duties of the Food and Finance Conunittee are book members of the Union and are subject to con­ tions, and how to establish a strike apparatus. to secure food and finances. This is a very important The Constitution of the Seafarers International firmation or rejection at any strike meeting. committee and should be fairly large, as it has to Each sub-committee should have one member from the Port Strike Committee and if acceptable to the pCTform a great many functions. It will need many, sub-committee members, he should be their chairman. more men assigned to it than the other committees. In this way, the sub-committee's work may coordinate The nature of the work of this committee, being to with that of all other committees, as their progress perform a number of varying tasks, it should be di­ and activity will be reported directly to the Port vided up into Units. UNIT (a): The duty assigned to this Unit is to Strike Committee. Upon the election or appointment of the Port Strike contact all labor and sympathetic organizations in the Committee, the following sub-committees should be port, and ask for food and finances with which to conduct the strike. Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District organized and instructed in their duties: Where it is necessary to speak before the member­ in?Article Ten (10), Section One (1), gives an outline 1 Picket Committee ship of such organization, a member from the Speakers of' the Headquarters. It says, "This Union shall be 2 Food and Finance Committee Bureau, who is qualified to give the facts of the strike administrated through Headquai-ters and such Branches 3 —.Local Speakers Bureau should make the appeal for finances. as shall be established by a majority vote on a general4. Publicity Committee All donations of cash are payable to the Port Strike ballot." 5 Ck>mmunications ' CJommittee of the Union and receipted for on a regular SIU Headquarters, as the Constitution directs, is the PICKET COMMITTEE organization receipt provided for that purpose, by administrative arm of the Union which . puts into This should be the first sub-committee organized. the treasurer of the Port Strike Committee. It is also effect the decisions made by the membership at the regular bi-weekly meetings, and which coordinates the Their first duty is to record the li^es of those who a good practice for the Port Strike Committee to are participating in the strike on a form provided acknowledge all donations by letter thanking the or­ activities of the various port branches. ganizations for their support. By doing this, it shows The Headquarters of this union is presided over by for that purpose by the Union. This form, when properly filled out, is actually the : a Secretary-Treasurer, 3 Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, as well as a Director of Organization. Their function picket card. It will show the date,-port-and name of is to receive the remittances from the Branches and the striker. It will show whether he is a full book, keep the general records of the Organization as a probationary or tripcard member. The name of the whole. Headquarters also serves as a message center ship the striker is from, and the company it is where all communication concerning the membership operated by, will also be entered on this form. When all information has been recorded and the as a whole passes through, and in this way, coordinates picket committee is satisfied that the striker is a the business of the Branches. Section Three (3) of Article Ten (10) says, "Each bonafide seaman, the Chairman of the Port Strike Branch shall bear the name of its respective locality." Committee will sign and issue a picket card to the / Article Eleven (11), Section Two (2) says, "Each striker. PICKETS ORGANIZED IN WATCHES that donations are being turned into the proper chan­ Branch shall have one Agent (Port Agent) and the necessary Pati'olmen and Dispatchers needed from The Ptrike pickets will be assigned to watches the nels. for the benefit of the strikers and is not being ' v'-f; "'.-V time to time." same as on shipboard. The number of piers or docks collected by some "racketeers" for* personal gain. Unit, (a) should be provided, with credentials signed' According to the outline of the Constitution of the to be picketed will be taken into consideration in I Seafarers International Union of > North America, assigning the pickets to, the watches. Each watch for : by- the Chairman of the Port Strike Committee authpr- . Atlantic and Gulf District, the basic structure is its each pier-or dock will have about an equal amount (ContinuedonPagel}) �rridfty, Mwch 12, 1848 Page Five Seafarers' Case NeaK Haj^y Ending Boutweil Bade; To Return for Youtiy s Trhl Smiling and happy as a result of his acquittal last month on a manslaughter charge in a Georgetown, British Guiana, court. Seafarer Robert Boutweil ' turned up in New York this week after paying off the Alcoa Planter in Halifax. . However, Boutweil made clear that his joy was tempered by -concern for his former shipmate Ralph Youtzy. Tried on a sim­ ilar charge at the same time, Youtzy faces a new trial in April .because the juryv was unable t'6 agree in his case. BoutweU, now on his way home to Mobile, plans to ship out to Guiana again soon to .testify in Youtzy's behalf. In an interview with Head-quarters Special Services Repre­ sentative Joseph Volpian, Boutwell voiced lavish praise for solicitor Francis Diaz and barris­ ter Lionel Luckhoo, the Guiana lawyers who defended them, for the SIU members who donated to the defense, and for Charles Robertson and Frank Knight, the Seafarer witnesses who made a special trip to Georgetown to testify. Knight ^nd Robertson will also be on hand for Youtzy's second trial, he said. At the time of the incident, Youtzy and Boutweil were mem­ bers of the crew of the T. J. Jackson, Alcoa. Their loyal shipmates donated $553 to a de­ fense fund and several other crews raised the total to upward of $700. "A wonderful bunch," Boutwell said feelingly. Bbutwell expressed his grati­ tude to Mary Eugene, proprie­ tress of the Grand Ameiican Hotel in Georgetown, who went bail for him and Youtiy, put them up while they were on the -beach and also took care of Knight and Robertson when the last two arrived. The American Consul was also extremely cooperative, Boutweil decflared. Seafarer Reberl Boulwell (right), happy to be -acquitted of the mandaughter rap hung on him .in British Guiana, talks with Special Services Representative Joseph Volpian at the New York Hall. Youtiy Awaiting New Triak Although he has been tried once for manslaughter in British Guiana, Seafarer Ralph Youtzy must go through the ordeal of a second trial because the jury was unable to agree on a ver­ dict, as reported in the LOG of February 27. However, in a letter to Head­ quarters Special Services Repre­ sentative Joseph Volpian, he ex­ presses his delight that Seafarer Robert Boutweil, who stood trial with him, was acquitted. He also thanks the Union members who made the long haul to Georgetown to testify at the trial, and he thanks the many Seafarers who donated money for his and Boutwell's defense. Yountzy's letter to Volpian follows: "This is to let you know that our trial has been held and that the verdict of the jury for Robert Elmer Boutweil was not guilty, and that the jury could not reach a verdict concerning me, Ralph W. Youtzy. "This being the case, the judge has remanded me on bail until the next criminal session of the Supreme Court which starts on April 6, -1348. I will -be .brought up for a new trial at that time. "The next day after the trial. New Increases Give Seafarers Highest Pay In Marltinie Histery (Continued from Page 1) raittee's report on both sets of negotiations follows: Your Negotiating Committee, after various sessions with the shipowners as previously re­ ported over a period of time, has reached an agreement with them pertaining to the matter of wages. It is to be pointed out that this agreement will not at this time cover the entire SIU fleet, but only, the following com­ panies: A. H. Bull Steamship Company (Baltimore Insular Line), Alcoa Steamship Com­ pany, Inc., Smith and Johnson Steamship Corp., South Atlantic Steamship Line. Your Committee points out that these scales, while effective immediately for those companies listed above, will be presented to all companies contracted to the SIU immediately upon mem­ bership action on this report. Your Committee further points out that the SIU at this time as a result of these negotiations tops the entii-e industry in wages in the ratings of AB, Stewards and Bosuns. Your Committee, as the above scale shows, acted in accordance with previous membership in­ structions to make every effort to eliminate some of the long standing inequities existing in key ratings of Stewards and Bosuns. the American Consul shipped Robert Boutweil and our two witnesses, Frank Knight and Charles Robertson, .to the Army base here. On Saturday the 14th they were flown over to Trinidad and the same day Boutweil and Knight -joined the SS Alcoa Planter. "They retui-ned here on their vessel the 17th and left today, the 18th, on said ship for Halifa^, Nova Scotia. "On their leave-taking, both assured me that they would re­ turn and testify for me at my trial. ' "As concerns Robertson, as yet I have received no word from him as to whether he has gotten a ship. Before he left he also assured me that he would return DECK DEPARTMENT in time ta testify for me. "As things progress, or if any­ thing in particular comes up, I will notify you at once. "I wish once again to express Able Seaman—Car Deckman to you, the organization and the membership my gratitude and ENGINE DEPARTMENT appreciation for all you have done in backing me and my Deck shipmates in this trouble. The SIU is a great Union and I'm very proud to belong to such an organization. "Fraternally, "Ralph W. Youtzy." STEWARDS DEPARTMENT mar and Ore contracts will be delphia for the purpose of secur­ ing new quarters and a suitable completed. rig in Philadelphia, as per mem­ Balloting on Resolutions Voting started today on the bership recommendation. four Point Resolution. It is urged New Orleans that all members take an active A check in the amount of interest in this voting, and see $3,000.00 has been sent to New to it that the Union turns out a Orleans for the purpose of se­ big ballot. curing fixtures and equipment BUILDINGS AND HALLS for the new Hall. Boston Hall The new building has been As per the recommendations damaged by fire, and we have made and concurred in the Bos­ been informed that we shall be ton minutes of February 11, and I reimbursed by the insurance co. upon the request of the Boston for all damages. The New OrPort Agent, the sum of $1,000.00 I leans Agent has been instructed has been sent to Boston for the to account for this on his regu­ purpose of paying bills for fur­ lar weekly financial report. nishing the Boston Hall. ORGANIZING This sum has been drawn from the Building Fund of the Union. So as to avoid passing out in­ The Boston Agent has been in­ formation on new companies be­ structed to render a full report ing worked on by the Organiz­ on all articles purchased with ing Staff, the Organizers will the committee's and member­ not make a report at this week's meeting. Occasional stories and ship's approval. reports will be carried on organ­ Rhiladelpfaia Hall A check in ;the, amount of izing activities in the SEA­ $2,500.00 has been sent to Phila­ FARERS LOG. This Committee had also been instructed in their negotiating sessions on wages to eliminate the inequities of wages whereto a Wiper made more in basic wages than an AB. Your Com­ mittee, in accordance with menibership's desires, has been suc­ cessful as the above record shows, in eliminating this ijiequity. Your Committee further points out, on the question of Bosun's wages, that not only has the Union been successful in raising the Bosun's wages to an all-time high of $260.44, but has main­ tained at the same time in our contracts the clause that allows the Bosun to make overtime equivalent to the high man in the Deck Dept. In conclusion, your Committee recommends to the membership that these new wage increases as negotiated be accepted, so as to allow the Union sufficient time to immediately contact all other SIU operators on the proposition of setting this wage scale into effect on all SIU contracted ves­ sels for the same effective date as carried in this report . Fraternally submitted, SIU Negotiating Committee J. P. Shuler Robert A. Matthews Paul Hall Lindsey Williams Ray White Joe Algina New And Old Seatrain Scales Report From A&G Headquarters FINANCES The Union's overhead is be­ ing further reduced in Head. quarters, as well as in some of the Branches. A complete study on Finances will be carried in the SEAFARERS LOG within the next few issues, so as to give the membership a clear and con­ cise picture of the complete finances of the Union. CONTRACTS AND NEGOTIATIONS Wage Increases The Union is still in negotia­ tions with the operators pertain­ ing to wage increases. As of the writing of, this report, no con­ clusion has been reached, al­ though there is a possibility that a report will be made to the membership at the next regular 'meeting. rCalmar and Ore SS Companies the wage increase issue Ws hasOnce been settled with our con' traded operators, the balance of -negotiations to .be done on Cal- ^4 OLD $235.67 235.67 216.19 ' 199.49 199.49 174.45 INCREASE $32.27 14.37 13.15 18.02 18.02 10.52 265.71 265.71 235.67 205.06 205.06 193.93 202.28 15.95 15.95 14.37 12.45 12.45 11.75 12.27 257.36 235.67 235.67 202.28 174.45 174.45 20.89 14.37 14.37 12.27 10.52 10.52 NEW $267.94 250.04 229.34 217.51 217.51 184.97 j ^ , 281.66 281.66 250.04 i i ; 217.51 1 217.51 i; 205.63 1 214.55 1 278:25 1 250,04250.04 214;55 184.97 184.97 The overtime rate for unlicensed personnel receiving leSs than $223.23 per month shalL be $1,125 per hour. All ratings receiving $223.23 or more per month, the overtime rate shall be $1.41 per hour. The effective date of this agreement is March .10, 1948. In view of the fact that is new wage scale represents a sub­ stantial increase, as well as maintaining the higher difference as between Freighters and Passenger type vessels as compared with Seatrain, this Committee recommends the adoption of this report. Referendum Balloting Starts (Continued from Page 1) ing buildings is much more ec­ onomical and efficient. Branches in Mobile, Boston, Tampa, Nor­ folk, and New Orleans are housed in facilities owned by the Seafarers, and has worked out to the complete satisfaction of the membership. On the question of shipboard promotions the membership has taken the position that this works a hardship on rated men; Therefore, it has been recom- mended that this practice be stopped, except in cases of em­ ergency where the Hall cannot ship the desired rating in time for the vessel to sail. The matter of Wipers and Or­ dinary Seamen failing to clean up the crew's quartei's has come up many times in the past. Time for cleaning has been won from the shipowners only after a hard struggle, and the member­ ship feels that any man who refuses to carry out his full job ie a detriment to the organization. ; 1 ! 1 i �Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG PR Dockworkers In Election For Union Shop m !*-, I' i Ftidmr, March 12. 1948 Finally Gets Its New Hall By WOODY LOCKWOOD By LLOYD-GARDNER SAN JUAN—Members of ILA PHILADELPHIA — Well, the Local 1675 will participate in an big news is here. The Hall in NLRB election to gain a union this port is now located at 614 shop on the docks. The voting N. 13th Street. Yes sir, after will take place March 16 with months of fruitless searching we observers from each interested somewhat shamefaced—admitted I are for a good week coming up found and rented two flooi-s at By JOE ALGINA party present. NEW YORK —For months at what had taken place and owned with several ships due to call the above address, and after a few minor repairs and alterations The ILA and the companies ,membership meetings and up to negligence of their Union for crews. came to a deadlock in their ne­ through the pages of the LOG, duties. Here's a tip to men who find we'll have just about the best The worst of the lot, four themselves hospitalized in for­ set-up of any port anywhere. gotiations recently over a 23 the SIU has been hammering per cent increase demanded by away at performers and gas- bookmen and three permitmen eign ports: One floor will house the Dis­ were quickly disposed of. The the workers. If you see you're going to be patcher's office and counter, as hounds. The membership em­ bookmen were placed on charges well as the baggage room, offices tied to a sack for awhile, drop Meanwhile, San Juan contin­ phatically went on record to stop ues as a truly cosmopolitan sea­ these disrupters. The results and will face a rank and file a card to the LOG giving your for the other officials, washI'ooms, and a small recreation port. were better than good; the per­ trial committee; the permitmen address. had their cards revoked. room. It will be printed in the LOG Seamen from, ships flying the centage of foul-ups aboard ships The rest of the crew, while and any SIU men hitting that The other floor will be the flags of half a dozen countries ! hitting this port fell off appre­ not having performed, realized port will know that a brother meeting hall and a larger recrea­ can be seen along the water­ ciatively. fronts and in the towns any day Several ships reported success­ they were at fault in not curbing Seafarer is in drydock. Chances tion room. —or night. In one spot recently, ful disciplinary methods for the irrespnsible actions of the are that an old shipmate will These facilities will enable us drop in to visit. to start an educational program, a Seafarer observed four groups curbing the irresponsible mem­ others. of seamen speaking four langu­ bers of their crews. But last They immediately went on Just blow your horn, and for the .younger members of the ages as they hoisted a few. week came the lulu of them all. record to fine the entire crew you'll be sxxrprised at the number Union. In my opinion the whole (with the exception of those fac­ of SIU men who will look you layout is ideal. There were four Frenchmen, The Arizpa, Watennan, came ing trial) the sum of $25. Red up. Our reason for i-enting this four Norwegians, three Span­ into New York from a foreign faced they paid their fines and place, instead of buying the REFERENDUM VOTING iards and five Americans, each voyage. The ship was destined ten of the crew were sent back building i-eferred to in our spe­ group speaking its own tongue. for Mobile, but a change in or­ The four proposals now being cial Meeting of February 25, is to the ship. The rest were not The place was strictly a "Bar ders put her here. voted on in all ports are im­ allowed to return. that even though the sale price International." Immediately after SIU Patrol­ portant matters affecting the for the building was reasonable, It was a messy thing from be­ men boarded the vessel, the ginning to end. The Union was entire membership. As such they RED SAILS IN SUNSET a like amount would have been Ships of all types as well as Union received reports that a not desirous of fining the men or deserve careful consideration. necessary to bring the place up many nations come into San good percentage of the crew was revoking permits, but the actions These matters have been put to the specifications we would tp a referendum vote because of Juan. In the opinion of most of gassed up and performing. need. We feel that the Union much membership comment, the men who hit here, the most Others were reported to have will be better protected in this shipboai'd i-esolutions and recom­ picturesque vessels are the sloops fouled up completely — every­ manner. mendations to the Agents Con­ and schooners which ply the in­ thing was loused up. ference. CONVENTION CITY ter-island trade under a number The crew began to come to its The proposed change in ship­ of flags. The trade itself is col­ senses when the Patrolmen went around picking up all books and board promotions should put an This city is making plans for orful, too. end to a long standing sore spot two big conventions this sumpermits, and they were a sober Among the men to hit here aboard ships and deserves the mei-—the Democrats and the Re­ recently was Albert Dubruyne, bunch when the Patrolmen told support of all Seafarers. The publicans. They'll be meeting to an Oiler now on the Angelina. them to appear at the New York proposed fining of OS who do pick their presidential candi­ A1 hails from Superior, Wiscon­ Hall the next morning for a not perform their assigned work dates, and right now that looks sin, and once had a stretch on meeting. in quarters should considerably like quite a job. Looking like the morning the beach here. bolster our motto "A clean ship Shipping has remained slow, Another Seafarer seen around after, the entire crew showed up but the outlook for the next is an SIU ship." at the Hall and steps were im­ was John Q. Nunn of Ardmore, week is pretty good. We expect The two assessments are much Oklahoma, who is Deck Dele­ mediately taken to straighten out of the Arizpa crew jeopardized two ships in; in fact they should needed pillars which will lead gate on the Angelina these days. the ship. the conditions and contracts en­ have been in last week but were to a stronger SIU in the event of I didn't take much questioning He's been on this run with the joyed by evex-y member of the held up by rough seas. a showdown with the operators to find out what was going on Bull ships for nearly a year now, SIU as well as possibly giving The weather has improved or the government. aboard ship, the entire crew— so he must like it. John is an the SIU membership the reputa­ some, but it will have to go a All of them are constructive ex-oil field worker and was one tion of being out and out winos. proposals and will do much to long way before it can be called of the men who organized the For Referendum JUST A FLING tighten up our financial .status really nice. Isthmian fleet. These guys thought they were and shipboard reputation. A vote In closing we would like to Sal Colls returned from the just having a little fling and of "yes" for all four is a vote say to all hands, "Vote YES on Agents Conference in New York. didn't give a thought to the con­ of confidence in the future of the four points on the Referen­ He looked fine but declared he dum Ballot." sequences. They realize now your Union. didn't like New York's winter what they were doing to the breezes. Union and the membership. Worst of all, the Arizpa epi­ sode came at a time when the By WM. (CURLY) RENTZ Union's Negotiating Committee was meeting with the operators BALTIMORE — We had 10 If things go like that, just for a wage boost. The Arizpa payoffs last week and the same where are we going to find our­ crew's irresponsible actions only number of sign-ons, and every­ selves? We'll be holding the SAN FRANCISCO —This city make a tough job that much thing is fine and good in the bag, and that's not what we've will .soon have a "free port" tougher. Port of Baltimore. fought 10 years to end up doing. area, similar to those now in The action taken against the All the payoffs were clean ex­ The situation in the Stewards operation 'in New York and New Arizpa men may seem tough to cept for one Isthmian ship, the Department was what made Orleans. some, but unless steps are taken SS Monroe Victory. There is a settling the overtime in the En­ Secretary of Commerce W. to protect the men who go to Black Gang beef on the Monroe gine Room tough. Averell Harriman was scheduled sea and depend upon the SIU in which the overtime question The members here are still 100 to present the charter to the for clean ships, good pay and a is pending. percent behind the tanker drive president of the California State livelihood, we might as well Thei'e seem to be a lot of •Board of Harbor Commissioners throw in the sponge apd go back things that are going to be tough and the Patrolmen try to hit every tanker that comes in—no A recent visitor to the LOG to the pre-Union days. in a ceremony in Washington on with the Isthmian Line before matter where it ties up or at office was Abe Rapaport. Chief March 10. Other ships in this port, thank The city already has received Electrician, who came up to God, were much different. We that company gets used to the what time of day. approval for a world trade cen­ give his views on the current had some good payoffs with the agreement. They go ahead and The SIU is helping out in a ter and already has established referendum. "I'm all for it," men sober and the beefs all work anybody at anything no leather workers' strike here. Sea­ he said, "because the only way settled right on the ships. Among matter how a man signs on. In farers are manning picketlines a World Affairs Council. The trade center, authorized to keep the Union strong is by them were the Citadel Victory, other words, those Isthmian of­ and doing a swell job for the by the state legislature, will con­ being ready for anything. A Steel Recorder, Isthmian; and ficers have a hard time getting leather union which has a good over their old habits. sist of a group of downtown large Strike Fund is one point the Topa Topa, Waterman. beef. The leather workers are HEADACHE 1^-,- buildings costing approximately of preparedness that must not These were good examples of counting on our full support and be overlooked. As far as the the majority of SIU ships hitting $60,000,000. However, the Stewards De­ they are getting it. The free port or foreign trade Building Assessment is con­ New York. Other ships visited partment on the Munroe gave We think right now that they center — through which mer­ cerned, I think it ought to be were in as fine shape. The port everybody a headache. Painting chandise can be routed without doubled so that we can buy looked pretty good in the clean the messhall took 54 hours, and will get the wages and conditions payment of duty provided it quarters commensurate with payoff department. the painting was never finished they want and deserve, and get does not actually enter the our growth and prestige. In Shipping, which had been at that. Another 36 hours was them soon. When they do, the United States—is expected to fact, to state it simply, I'm in boimcing at a good clip, has spent painting the Third Mate's Seafarers will have given an­ build up business for the port^of favor of all four points, and I slowed to a walk, but it looks room and that room never was other good demonstratipn of ^ intend to vot^"YES", on alL" like a temporary lull. Prospects finished, either. , San Francisco. , labor solidarity. Arizpa Performers Top All Former Marks Things Only Fair In Baltimore Frisco To Have 'Free Port' Area "J ' • • •- ^ • �'Wl"-'.:>-Vr^' •' .*. 1918 wmm Am:E^ s LIO E Page Se«<iB BOSTON—Chairman. J. Gogmember be allowed to payoff a gins, 27521; Recording Secretaxy, ship on Sundays or holidays, J. Sweeney. 1530; Reading Clerk, was amended to read that "in W. Siekmann. 7086. case of emergency any Brother Minutes of all Branches ac­ should be allowed to payoff." As Reported At Meetings Of February 25, 1948 cepted as read. Minutes and recThe amendment was defeated onftnendations of Agents Confer­ and the original motion was car­ REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL ence read and accepted with PORT DECK ENG. STWDS. REG. -DECK ENG. STWDS. SHIPPED ried. Acting Agent Ortiz, who few minor amendments. Agent functioned while the elected — — — 103 — — — 93 reported that business was run­ Boston Agent was at the Agents Con­ 358 365 383 1,106 318 386 303 1,007 ning smoothly, and that the New York ference, was given a vote of 52 29 26 107 24 13 21 58 Brothers in the hospital had Philadelphia thanks for the splendid way in Baltimore 223 108 74 AOS 175. 108 74 357 befen visited. Under new business which he did his job. — — — — — — — — a motion was made that J. Wil­ Norfolk — — — 94 — — " — 90 4- 4' 4" liams, retired member, be rein­ Savannah Tampa 43 21 23 87 21 17 9 47 stated. This was postponed to a WEST COAST —No regular 173 161 190 524 120 133 97 350 special meeting which was to Mobile SIU A&G meeting. Report by 169 112 201 482 133 120 140 393 take place the following morn- New Orleans representative A. Cardullo. Ship­ Galveston 120 54 46 220 74 42 20 136 -ing. ping still at even pace, with a San Juan 2 3 7 12 2 3 4 9 few payoffs expected within the tit GRAND TOTAL ....1,138 850 943 3,128 865 819 664 2,531 next few weeks. A little trouble (Editor's Note: A&G men shipping from West Coast not included in this report.) NEW YORK — Chairman. J. coming up on Isthmian ships. •Arabosz. 29836; Recording SacreHowever, this has been straight­ 'lary. F. Stewart. 4935; Reading ship. Charges of "conduct un- tion made and carried to have ports read and accepted, with ened out, and in the future all Clerk. J. Parker. 27693. becoming Union members" were these men tried by a Trial Com­ the exceptions of Boston and men are advised to get in touch Minutes of last meeting and Tead against four men and meet­ mittee, and that findings in re­ Puerto Rico. Boston minutes non- immediately with the A&G special meetings of February 12, ing voted to accept these charges. gard to the SUP man be re­ concurred in. Gn Puerto Rico West Coast representative at the 16, and 24 accepted as read. Agent and Patrolmen made their ferred to the SUP. Minutes of minutes, membership voted to Union Hall if they have a beef. ?Agent reported that business and reports, which were accepted. the Agents Conference wer? read non-concur with that part of the A&G ships on the China run are .shipping good with fine prospects Under new business, the motion and accepted unanimously. These minutes regarding Reading pretty plentiful and rated men for the next week. Also stated was made that "all unauthor­ reports were well received. Sec­ Clerks being able to speak Span­ in the Stewards and Engine De­ -that lodging money for men on ized persons stay out of the retary-Treasurer's Final report ish as well as English. Report partments have no trouble in the MV Gadsden could be picked Dispatcher's Office and the Bag­ was read and accepted. on Agents Conference .read and .getting berths. rUp in the company office. Direc­ gage Room." After some discus­ discussed. A Committee of four 4. 4- 4. tor of Organization L. J. Will­ sion, this was carried. Brothers volunteered to condense Editor's Note: The Boston MOBILE — Chairman. Charles the reports and post same on iams reported that two new new business referred to by the ^ ^ Kimball; Recording Secretary. tanker companies had been various Branches was a motion James Carroll; Reading Clerk, signed up. He recommended that NORFOLK — Chairman. M. passed by the regular Boston newly elected Boston Patrolman Bemstine. 2257; Recording Sec­ Harold J. Fischer. meeting of February 11 author­ Charles Tannehill, who is well retary. Ben Rees. G95; Reading Minutes from other Branches izing the Dispatcher to give were read, and with the excep­ acquainted with the tanker field, Clerk. James Bullock. 4747. shipping information to callers be temporarily assigned to Gal­ All Branch minutes for pre­ tion of Boston new business, all over the telephone. Most of veston area to contact Cities vious meeting accepted as read, minutes were accepted as read. Service tankermen there, and except for section in Puerto Rico Boston's new business not con­ the bulletin board. Agent, Pa­ the other Branches disagreed that he be allowed to assume his minutes dealing with a requii-e- curred with. Agent reported and trolman, and Dispatcher reported. with this since there would elected office at such time as ment that a Reading Clerk be his report was accepted unani­ All reports accepted as read. be no way of making certain mously. Agents Conference re­ Under new business, it was voted that the information did not the Cities Service work allows. ports were read and all were to bring up on charges any fall into the hands of persons This was concurred in unani­ concurred with. Charges against man who gasses up in front of who had no right to such mously by the membership. Min­ knowledge. three members were read and the Union Hall. utes from other Branch meetings The Puerto Rico new busi­ referred to a Trial Committee. were filed. Charges against cer­ ness with which most Branches tain members for performing 4r 4^ 4' 4> 4. J. voted to non-concur was a were read and the meeting re­ able to read both English and PUERTO RICO—Chairman. R. NEW ORLEANS Chairman. motion passed by that Brsmch Spanish which was non-concur­ ferred the charges to a Trial /. Morgan. 10670; Recording Sec­ in a regular meeting on Feb­ Bull Sheppard. 203; Recording red with. Under new business Committee which was to be retary. W. Fontan, 100842; Read­ ruary 11 to make it a rule elected the next day in a special the Agents Conference report Secretary. Paul Warren. 1H.­ ing Clerk, L. Calderon. 2424. Reading Clerk. Buck Stephens. that Reading Clerks elected for meeting. Under new business all was taken up, and on the ques­ 76. Minutes of other Branch meet­ meetings be able to talk Span­ reports from the Agents Con­ tion of halting expenditures by ference were read verbatim and the Atlantic and Gulf District in Minutes from other Branches ings read and accepted. Agents ish as well as English. Many accepted unanimously. Several the Canadian District, one Bro­ read and accepted, except for report and Branch Financial re­ Brothers disagreed with this ™ members took the deck to re­ ther asked to be recorded against Boston. Carried unanimously to port accepted by membership. on the grounds that it would mark that the report was the that. Ail other parts of the re­ non-concur with that section of Under new" business it was set a precedent for ruling that best that has come out of any port were accepted unanimously Boston new business regarding moved that any man who is dis­ the Reading Clerks had to talk as read. Agent, Patrolman, and giving shipping information over patched to a job through the Norwegian, or Italian or any Agents Conference. Union Hall and who is capable other language in addition to • Dispatcher reported and their of doing his job, and who is re- English. . 4, 4, 4, reports were accepted. iected for no reason whatsover, Copies of a special supple­ PHILADELPHIA — Chairman. 111 should be entitled to one day's ment, containing all the re­ ^ Lloyd Gardner. 3697; Recording SAVANNAH — Chairman, C. pay. (Ed. Note: This is as per ports made at the Agents Con­ ' SecrelBzy. D. Hall. 43372. Read­ Starling; Reading Clerk. E. R. the phone. Rest of minutes acSIU contract.) This was carried. ference, are now in all ing Clerk. R. W. Pohle. 46826. Smith; Recording Secretary. P. cepted as read. Agent reported Another motion, applying to Lo­ Branches and are available to All Branch minutes for pre­ J. Dieppe. cal Port shipping rules, that no the membership. that there were thirteen payoffs vious meeting accepted as read Minutes for Branches from and eight sign-ons in the week except for part in Puerto Rico previous meeting read and all previous to the meeting, includ­ accepted except Boston new ing coastwise and Puerto Rican business which was non-concur­ ships. All beefs settled to the red with. Headquarters Report satisfaction of the crews. Patrol­ By STEVE CARDULLO and on Finances accepted as read. men reported that things were AL BERNSTEIN Agents Conference reports read popping, and that, among others, and discussed, and unanimously five Tstlunian ships had hit port SAN FRANCISCO—Shipping Delegates do their job by studycarried that these-.reports be ac­ in the past few weeks. All were is good here for rated men. Aside fng the contracts under which cepted in their entirety. Agents thoroughly covered. SS Del Sud from the jobs that turn up on -they sail. minutes pertaining to a Spanish were voted "thanks" for a good went to drydock in Mobile. Trip- vessels in transit, there are those In that way a lot of bum overReading Clerk. This was non- job well done. cards and permitmen were al­ on the Watermans and Isthmians time beefs could be avoided. concurred with. Agent reported Also, there would be fewer at­ lowed to stay on the ship, and which crew up on this coast. Ill port in good shape, with all Ray Eader, who is Ship's Del- tempts to make personal beefs beefs squared away. All sections TAMPA — Chairman. G. Mc- membership concurred in this Ogata on the Yorkmar, and Deck Umon b^fs. of Agents Conference reports Carler. 4731; Recording Secre­ action. Agents Conference min­ It takes all kinds to make a Engineer W. M. Pennington, who utes read and discussed. All res­ were accepted as read and met tary. B. Gonzalez, 125; Reading olutions carried itnanimously, is joining the SS Gillis to re­ world or a Union. One man came •full approval of all hands. Clerk, C. Simmons. 368. , , , his book because and the reports from the ^Con­ turn East, dropped in here and ,in and .retired Minutes from other Branch ference were all accepted unani­ joined us in a talk on Union 1 ^^I^sol^d ,groIm^ 4> under his feet for a while. An­ meetings were read. Motion made mously. Moved and carried that education. « other wanted his book reinstated BALTIMORE—Chairman. Ben and carried to non-concur with minutes from the Conference be Lawson. 894; Recording Secre­ Boston new business. All other posted so that all hands could Both agreed that it would be because he missed the roll of the a good deal if we held ship- sea. tary. D. Stone. 1996; Reading minutes accepted as read. Agent read them thoroughly. hoard educationals weekly for Jack W. Kabello and several reported on affairs of the Branch Clerk. J. Hatgimisios. 23434. bookmen as well as for permit- other A&G men dropped in. They 4> 4> 4> Minutes from other Branch and on his activities during the men. all showed enthusiasm for the meetings accepted as read. West paSf two weeks. Charges were GALVESTON—Chairman. Val Coast and Great Lakes minutes read against one SIU bookmem- James; Recording Secretary. C. Eader and Pennington have educational plans recommended life?: Tannehill; Reading Clerk. been Delegates on a number of by the Agents Conference to be IP.C:*: ••- feftled. All reports from Agents ber and one SUP permitman, M. ships and were of the opinion conducted both ashore and at both of whom piled off the SS Mickey Wilburn. •'Conference read and concurred in unanimously by tl?e member- Christopher* Gail in Cuba. Mo- Branch minutes from other that crewmembers could help sea. / West Coast Shipping Still Good �;v-. Page Eight •\ ''j _ _' - •• : T HE SEAFARERS LOG FHdsr, March IZ 1948 SHIPS'MIMUTES Crew Efforts Save Adrian When Cargo Shifts At Sea Terrific list of the Adrian Victory is shown by this shot. Reports varied but concensus was that ship went over at least 35 degrees and perhaps 50. During the war, every GI of Ship's Carpenter Theodore found out that there were two ' Webb which more than anything ways to do everything, the righ'. ' el.se saved the Adrian from com­ plete disaster. way and the Army way. Sea­ The problem was to shift the farer Walter Perry, Bosun and cargo back to port and shift it lone A&G man on the SUP-con- faster than 44 men could shovel. tracted SS Adrian Victory, Am­ Webb rigged a big wooden scoop erican-Hawaiian, had this simple and devised a block and pulley truth driven home to him the system to operate it in such a hard way. In fact he's lucky to manner that shifting the cargo was greatly speeded up. The be home to tell the tale. scoop plus the individual effoi*s The Adrian loaded phosphate of everybody from all three de­ in Port Tampa one day early in partments eventually got the January and set sail for Ger­ Adrian back to a nearly even many. Only trouble was that the I/*:l-J'- • |;p'. Army had charge of loading the keel. At least the list was only holds and allowed the phosphate 15 degrees by the time the Coast to be dumped in loose piles with­ Guard cutter USS Mendate ar­ out baffle plates, or any other rived late Thursday. However, when a Charleston safeguards. It would have been a good newspaper reporter asked a sea­ loading job if the idea had been man later if there were any to lighter the stuff across a mill heroes, the seaman replied: pond, but the North Atlantic is "Hell, no! You haven't got no mill pond in January. time to be a hero when you're in The Captain protested the a situation like that out at sea." stowing of the cargo in this im­ GERMANY AND BACK proper fashion but it turned out that there was nothing he could Under escort from the cutter do about it. Perry reports. As a (an Esso tanker had stood by result, the Adrian cleared Port earlier) the Adrian limped to­ Tampa one winter Sunday, load­ ward Charleston. Twenty miles ed the Army way. at sea, the cutter Travis replaced the Mendota and escorted the LIST TO STARBOARD Adrian into Charleton harbor. IpiS;; Everything went pretty well Charleston longshoremen until the ship ran into a storm swiftly got to work installing the some 700 miles at sea, Ferry baffleboards which should have says, but as soon as heavy seas I been set in place in Tampa. began pounding the sides the Eventually the Adrian sailed for cargo began to slide. By Thurs­ Germany with her cargo prop­ day, the ship was listing so far erly stowed. She got there and to starboai'd that she was in back without further eventual imminent danger of capsizing. incident and finally paid off in The heavy seas were heeling her Norfolk. as much as 50 degrees or more, The company gave the crew Perry believes and substantiates his estimate with pictures (see letters of commendation for their valiant and successful efforts to cut). The Captain turned all hands save the ship—and somewhat to and for a day and a half it grudgingly paid 33 hours over­ was dig, dig to save crew, cargo time. and ship. To. help out, the Skip­ As Walter Perry observes^ the per ordered oil pumped from the company might better have giv­ starboard bunkers, reducing the pressure somewhat but not en the men,a flat thou^nd dol­ lars. - apiece. Certainly, they enough. Perhaps it was the ingenuity eara^ it. In A Pensive Mood NEWS Knots No Problem To Moyd, Rewed 300 For Mobile Hall MOBILE — Ervin (Curlie) knot board in the Mobile Hall Moyd is a true master of mar- represents about • 500 hours of linespike seamanship as . the ac­ , his spare time, he finds oppori tunities to serve the SIU in companying. picture of the knot many ways, being on the tug­ board he made for the Mobile boat negotiating committee for Branch fally demonstrates. this port and being active other­ wise. Contrary to what landlubbei's This is Moyd's third knot may believe, every seaman board, and each one has taken knows that marlin^pike seaman­ ship, the handling, knotting and about six months to complete. splicing of rope, is Just as im­ This one has about 300 knots and portant in the age of steam as splices on it, and the border it ever was in the days of canvas; consists of seven varieties of Main difference is that rope is no sennits.. longer used to rig sails on a In reply to queries about why modem steamship but to rig a he spends his time making rope vast amount of complicated load­ boards, Moyd speaks with the ing and unloading machinery and tone of the true and ardent Perched on deck cargo of other gear. hobbyist. "I like to have some­ Accordingly, Boyd's proficiency thing to do when my work is the Steel Navigator. Isthmian, Seafarer George Bauer, known with rope is. not a quaint old- over," he says. That other peo­ as "The Russian," looks ques- fashioned art but a highly neces­ ple like to look at what he does sary craft which all seaman must is evidenced by reports that the tioningly at the cameraman. master. Waterman company may mount Shot was by Glen Vinson. Moyd himself is a veteran sea­ one of his boards in its new man having spent 15 of his 29 building now being constructed years at sea. And although the in Mobile. Get A Receipt 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 Wets 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 Paul Hall, 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. •-3. •-'V'll Brother Moyd and the result of 500 hours work in the Mobile HaU. Vendor Had Problems But Paid Off Clean The trip to Calcutta and back on the SS Steel Vendor, Isth­ mian, was a good one according to Deck Delegate Martin O'Con­ nor, except for the Chief Mate, the Purser and a couple, of pre­ contract Isthmian customs. The old Isthmian customs will be voided by the new contract under which, ihe Vendor is now making another run to Calcutta. But the Mate and the Purser are still aboard, according to O'Con­ nor who is taking a stretch ashore. Main trouble with the Mate was that he had been a full Commander in the Navy and was having plenty of trouble getting over the glory of his past. The Purser's weak spot was that, as a staff officer, he had the idea that he was second in command. Both were plenty chicken. AGENT PROVOCATEUR One of the Mate's little hab­ its was to carry a gun. ^This is for you and- youf • SIU," he said to a man in-the'Stewards'De­ partment as f-fie flashed the rod one day on the way out to Cal­ cutta. The Mate was just plain antiUnion. He did his best to stir up the kind of trouble in which one crewman was pitted against an­ other. Once he told a man his shipmates were planning to pull his permit when the Vendor hit the States, and he did other things like that. O'Connor hopes that a fe\v trips under SIU con­ ditions. will bring him around. However, bringing him around may take a little time, as the following incident shows. PHONY CHARGE From Calcutta, the Mate wrote back to the company that the Vendor was going to be a very ditty ship when she reached the States because of the sloppy SIU crew. Things didn't work that way, though. When the Vendor did get back, she touched at Galveston, Hous­ ton, New Orleans and Savannah. In each port, the Isthmian agent commended the crew for a clean ship—an SIU ship. The Mate kept trying though. Ih New Orleans,, he pulled O'Corfnor up on charge$ i^ore the Coast Guard. O'Connor was Deck Maintenance and the Mate claimed he was responsible for a shipboard accident. It was one way to go for the Deck Delegate, but it didn't amount to much. The Purser was strictly a fiveday a week man, both as Piurser and as Pharmacists Mate. If a man was sick on Saturday or Sunday he just had to make the best of things rmtil Monday morning. LONG WEEKEND In fact, there was so much dis­ satisfaction with the Purser that officers as well as men signed a petition to get rid of him. However, he's still aboard. Despite the Mate and the Pur­ ser the Vendor had a good clean payoff. The reason was that, she had a good- SIU crew and was .a credit to the long drive to or­ ganize Isthmian. Brother O'Connor knows all •"a about that drive, incidentally. He sailed for 16 months on four ; 'M Isthmian. ships passing the SIU . word, -and he's happy ,to. see his work bear fruit in the -form-of the -new, Brthm^^ �t-rtdar. Maren 12, 1948 T BE St: AfARERS LOG SIU Ships' Minutes In Brief Page IHne SEAFARER SAM SAYS: HENRY W. BEECHEH. Dec. partments scheduled. Ship's 20—Chairman L. Nicholas; Sec­ Delegate instructed crew in ship­ retary L. E. Pope. Only minor ping rule 35. Carried motion beefs reported, in. Deck Depart­ that all money raised for cables ment. Discussion on why ship to New York Hall be given to left without fresh milk since men in hospitals. Called for Steward reports milk was or­ Yale locks to foc'sle doors. dered. Minute of silence for 4 4 4 Brothers lost at sea. FRANCES. Feb. 15—Chairman S,. 4, 4, Frank Base; Secretary A. FerBRAZIL VICTORY. Feb. 15— rara. Ship's Delegate Dan Butts Chairman A. J. Byrd; Secretary reported change of Electrician's L. M. Morsette. Deck Delegate room as major beef. Depart­ Weigel reported no beefs. Engine ments okay. Voted to have gang­ Delegate Byrd said 20 hours were way rigged for longshoremen to disputed. Stewards Delegate P. keep them from dirtying crew's N. O'Connor said extra meals DOROTHY ANN MESECK. quarters. Voted list of repairs were disputed as well as launch Feb. 7—Chairman W. Goodrich: and asked for new . mattresses. OTiFY TH6 OMiOH WHEA/ service off Buenos Aires. Dele­ Secretary R. P. Sirois. Elected Talk by Engine Delegate Jose gates to check books for dues to Sirois Deck Delegate, Goodrich Colon on laundi*y procedure. yoy AB6 LAID UP IIO TFIE ease payoff. Patrolman to check Engine Delegate. Deck reported slopchest prices and rules on some disputed overtime and an rioSPlTAL. (3H/6 VoUR IVABD medical care. Voted repair list. accident beef. Stewards reported A/UMB0e. SoTMATTHgRS One minute of silence for Broth­ need of supplies and department ers lost at sea. a man shprt. Voted a general WILL Bg sloVBLAY review of food situation. Motion by Palmer carried to have Stew­ IM GBfTihJG YOOR. 4 4 4 ards work together with Dele­ ARICKAREE. Feb. 15—Chair­ gate and crew to correct food man Thomas Fleming; Secretary 4 14 situation. Also voted to get clar­ Floyd BonnelL Delegates: Frank LOYOLA VICTORY. Dec. 18— ification of agreement in New E. Parsons. Deck; Edward Chairman D. Wenger; Secretary York on a number of points in Chante. Enginee;Bonnell Stew­ V. Jamieson. Disputed overtime all departments. Voted to be ards. Man missing watch must . reported in all departments, to paid every 15 days. Repair list pay out of pocket or face be taken up at Baltimore payoff. made and approved. One minute charges, and men coming on Chief Cook to be jacked up on of silence for Brothers lost at watch to keep mess hall clean. food preparation. Minutes en­ sea. Voted donation for men at By HANK dorsed by Deck Delegate H. H. Brighton hospital. Anderson. Engine Delegate W. L. The Educational Organizing Programs in all SIU halls wUl 4 4 4 Howard. Stewards Delegate Nor­ really help more and more Seafarers to becom.e better union MAIDEN CHEEK. Feb. 22— man Kolment and Ship's Dele­ men—with their minds and their actions—and clearly under­ Chairman T. A. Scanlon; Secre­ gate A. E. Swenson. stand and appreciate their membership in the SIU. In this manner tary R. G. Vamon. Deck Dele­ Ill the SIU shall be doubly strengthened in many ways—and all gate J. Benacka reported that BEATRICE. Dec. 16—Chairman union machinei-y would be able to operate mom smoothly for Chief Mate worked Sunday until McHenry; Secretary P. Gonzalez. the benefit of the membership. Every Seafarer should take ad^ noon on topmast stays and open­ Deck and Stewards departments vantage of his weeks in port by reading all union literature, the ing starboard side port door. reported no beefs. Engine De­ shipping rules, the union constitution, the contracts—and especially Said five hours would be partment reported 1st Ass't doing the new booklet on how to organize the unorganized seamen, claimed. Voted check on stores Wiper's work, matter to be re­ the informational booklet for permit-men and others. and slopchest and to keep ship ferred to Patrolman. One min­ 4 4 4 clean. ute of silence for Brothers lost at 4 4 4 The biggest beef the SIU membership is fighting to win is sea. 4 4 4 STEEL WORKEa Feb. 29— the honest-hearted attempt to stop men from fouling up good. i SEATRAIN NEW YORK, Feb. Chairman M. Cross; Secretary 4 4 4 clean SIU ships with their performing whether it's because of. AFOUNDRIA, Dec. 13—Chair­ •John Straka. Deck in good 25—Chairman R. W. Sweeney; intoxication or because of a minor beef which can and should Secretary K. Frey. No overtime man F. J. Soss; Secretary Eldon shape except for Rosenthal's 5% easily be handled quietly and without argument or confu­ beefs reported. Engine Delegate Ray. Voted to move hospital hours disputed overtime and an­ sion by the ship's delegates. The delegates of every SIU ship amidships, to have extensive other 2 hours disputed. Engine reported that painting in Engine should see to it that every beef—big or small—is either painting done before next sign- Room okay except for beef on quarters was being done. settled aboard ship in a calm and sensible manner or reserved on and to have belt guards in­ Engineers doing Wiper's work. Sweeney elected new Ship's for the patrolmen at the payoff. This is the SIU way—the stalled on forced-draft blower. Stewards Department reported Delegate by acclamation. For­ only way. Good and Welfare: Agreed to no beefs at all. Voted to list mer Ship's Delegate Thompson 4 4 4 have wooden gratings put in slopchest and Stewards stores. given vote of thanks for good showers, and to have Patrolman Voted to buy a washing machine. work. One minute of silence for Furthermoi-e, a delegate's job aboard ship is not a backcheck slopchest prices. One min­ Decided that men on Isthmian Brothers lost at sea. breaking problem if he does everything sensibly and quietly and ute of silence for Brothers lost ships should read agreement. receives the solid cooperation of every man in his department, j It's as easy as that, Brothei-s... Brother John Santos, who was One minute of silence for Broth­ in port sevei'al weeks after trjdng out the fanning life, shipped ers lost at sea. out to Europe last week... Brother "Scotty" Morton, who keeps 4 4 4 on losing his hats and can't wear a blpck watch-cap because it's STEEL WORKER. Feb. 21— too hot on his head, is in town afi.r meeting his shipmate. Chairman J. Fediow; Secretary Brother Pete McCoskey, the oldtimcr. J. R. Butler. Deck putting in for 4 4 4 2 extra hours for shifting ship. Brother Joe Pendleton says he'll soon be sailing into the Engine Room said repairs would 4 4 4 4 4 4 voyage of matrimony—if he gets his ship to a European port DOROTHY ANN MESECK. THOMAS HEYWARD. Dec. 21 be made and reported that man ... Bosun Bera Smyley is in town after a bit of illness... —Chairman L. A. Donovan: off watch would get overtime for Feb. 28—Chairman R. P. Sirios; Brother John Fediow was in town last week. How's every­ Secretary Van Huggins. Only work done by First Ass't. Ship's Secretary Bill Reynen. Special thing, oldtimer?... Brother Jimmy Millican says that his serious departmental beef con­ Delegate Frenchy Ruf reported meeting called Ship's Delegate L. shipmate. Charlie Henry, the oldtimer. shipped out recently cerned division of painting. that Jr. Engineers could put in Lombardi. Motion by B. F. Good­ ... We would like to know if certain crews of Alcoa ships Agreed Deck would handle for overtime when the First rich. seconded by V. Moller and which hit Trinidad have been going to the company offices limited amount of painting to be Ass't did their work, and that BR caiTied not to sail ship unless re­ there for weekly bundles of LOGS they requested to receive? done. Reagan suggested galley could get overtime because Stew­ pairs demanded after Feb. 7 ard painted own foc'sle. Voted 4 4 4 meetiing were completed. One be painted. Steward replied he The weeklj' LOG will be traveling all over the nation to was trying to get job authorized that all departments elect new minute of silence for Brothers the following brothers: Theodore Cumberland of Washington, Minute of silence for Brothers Delegates. Voted that constitu­ lost at sea. tion be studied. Connally Piatt of Georgia, Walter Grohowski of Pennsylvania, lost at sea. 4 4 4 Joseph Flecca of Mass., WiUiam Rafus of Mass., William Stewart ALLEGHENY VICTORY. Feb. 4 4 4 of Mass., Harry Lowther of Mass., J. F. Land of Florida, Donald 24—Chairman J. Kari; Secretary CAPSTAN KNOT, Dec. 27— Riley of Mass., Gerald Godfrey of New York, George Finklea of F. Lahademe. Previous minutes Chairman F. Harrington; Secre­ South Carolina, Ben Sumski of New York, Lee Bom of Texas, accepted with exceptions due to tary F. Robinson. Deck depart­ Francis Miller of Mai*yland, H. B. Kent of Virginia, Joseph Mapes incomplete repaire. Ship's Dele­ ment reported two lull bookmen of Virginia, Donald Milligan of California, J. B. Waters of Georgia, gate F. F. Smith informed crew missed ship in New Orleans. 4 4 4 Walter Pikula of Minnesota, John Yeakel of California, Harry of rider on transportation and Voted that if possible SIU men Mossbury of Indiana and William Van Schie of Alabama. STEEL SCIENTIST. Feb. 22— listed stores and slopchest con­ be found to fill vacancies. Elected Harrington Ship's Delegate. Good Chairman F. H. Schwab: Secre­ tents. Deck Delegate E. Lessor 4 4 4 and welfare: Offenses itemized tary D. O. Harvey. Ship's Dele­ and Engine Delegate N. Wuchina The following oldtimers may still be in town: J. Flannezy, and fines fixed. Delegate to see gate William Moore reported no to be posted. Stewards Delegate F. Vargas. S. E. Duda. Felix Serrano. A. Russo. J. Danel. V. Chief or First about steam which reply to cable, Captain will okay submitted written watch reports McMahon. W. Philip. M. J. Brown. L. Johnston. R. E. Quitm is not always available. Painting pnly 3 hoims for painting of G. Vesagas reported he would and J. Bilinki...The Senate says the Marshall Plan should use gear to be removed- from slop hospital, matter to be referred to stow stores properly. Additional 50 percent of our American ships; Why can't it be 80 percent \ sink. ' Minute 6f- silence for Patrolman. No departmental repairs voted. One nainute of or even 90 percent? We can be generous to others—diet's be beefs. Orders of painting by de- silence for Brothers lost at sea. more patriotic towards our own industries! Brothers lost ^t sea. Mo/^ey. CUT and RUN �-arf iL^iG Tflfn {!'.•••• J It#--- B?': f*rid«r' March IZi 1B48 1»E MEiiBEliiSBlP Brother Appreciative Of SIU Ccmditions After Ride Home On MCS-Conla^ted Ship To the Editor: there were no stores. From Due to something beyortd my there to the boxes this was eontrol, I missed my ship in worse. The frozen food locker had the Lorenco Marques, East Africa, deck covered with ice, the and I went to Durban, South shelves all fouled up. The fish iAfrica, to wait for my ship. But instead of my own, I box was the same. The dairy caught a Marine Cooks and. box was running at about 60,deStewards Pope and Talbot scow. grees, eggs stinking under the What a ship! We should be grating and the vegetable box proud of our Union and our liv­ full of rotton vegetables. This ing conditions on shipboard, also had a bunch of crap under the gratings. compared to other Unions. NOT CABEFUl. When I boarded this ship to The thaw room had a lot of look it over, I was sick and dis^appointed. On the outside it stinking meat in it. The meat was perfect; lines all straight and box had the meat all over the fstretched taunt, masts, booms all deck and they had been walk­ ^gear and winches painted, mid­ ing on it. (too damn lazy to hang ship houses and all first class, it up.) but inside it was filthy. Mess- So I decided that it must be the fault of the union. While rooips, galley, etc. were filthy. That was enough right there, the Delegate was showing me . but I ventured a little farther to around I was wishing to God I the dry stores. Eversdhing was were going on an SIU ship in­ . upside down—cereals, cookies, stead of this scow. noodles full of weevils, flour bad; Well, after cleaning this tub coffee, beans, peas, all over the up, I had no food to cook with, deric. The shelves were covered not even potatoes, we pulled in­ with crap and on top of all this. to Dakar, French West Africa, Transfer Of Ships Ending *Smoke On Water': Martin the moment, "scrap and rebuild" is the national motto. As I remember, tankers cost about $3 hi million to build. I doubt if foreign or international oil companies pay that for them. By the way, as a citizen who has to pay off the mortgage after the ships are given away, do the oil companies pay one tenth of $3% million per tanker? Millions of dollars in tanker wealth have been turned over to foreign countries in the past few months. Any country, friend or foe, can have 100-200 ships given to them. Because, as they tell you, we Yankee sailor men want Amer­ ican food, wages and living con­ ditions aboard our ships. 'What the hell, American money and effort built them and our great­ grandchildren will never live long enough to pay off the mort­ gages. Ships given away abroad do not pay any taxes here, nor do the wages of their crews sup­ port business here. BUCK PASSING The Maritime Commission (per press reports) states that the supplying of oil tankers to de­ liver fuel oil is an oil company problem. The commission's only problem is to sell them for a song with both hands. The sailor, like all citizens, is hard, pressed east coast. taxed to build the ships. We Tough winters. Bunk! Even if went to sea in these ships during ^ the winter had been a mild one the war to save our country and :there would not have been oil many of us were sent to Davey enough to go around. Perhaps Jones' locker. when the gullible citizenry has We always knew where the either survived or perished of Yankee sailor man was by the ^ jmetunonia. Naval tankers may "smoke on the water." There's " be ready • to. give them bunkers none now, so don't worry about for home oil-burners. him. Let him starve. He's the vanishing American. THEY'RE BUILDING It doesn't make sense to me. "•Every shipway in the United mn^orn contains a cargo ship I'm fiill of wonder. (Po^ Martin iaiiM to cruise at 20 knots. At To the Editor: A short while back I spent seventeen days in London's East End awaiting passage on the Aquitania after delivery a T-2 tanker to Birkenhead shipyard across the Mersey from Liver­ pool. There I saw a parade of Amer­ ican tankers going into the yard. They were American going in but that was to be the end. They -were fit tankers that had been running trouble-free and were being delivered to Esso and Anj^o-Indian Oil Company of Englland. ^Every sailor knows the north-east coast of U .3. was not get­ ting fuel oil during last summer and fall, instead naval bunkers were being delivered. Now the Navy reconditions fifty old, beat• up tankers to speed oil to the and got stores, if you can call them rthat. - Rusty, rotten canned good,s—no .meat at all. Poor veg­ etables—no rice, no beans, no nothing. The Steward never checked a damn thing. We supposedly purchased $4,000 worth of stores and got about $400. Canned goods came to $1.89 a can for peas and beans. In other words, it's nothing like our ships. You don't have the Delegates to check the stores, you don't have regular meeting or anything. On that ship, which happened The Royal Court aboard the Salvador Brau poses for its to be a C-3, you got what over­ picture. On the '^throne" are Queen H. Dennis, Deck Main!.; time they thought you should have. You didn't put down how Royal Baby R. Brinn, Oiler; King Neptune S. Volpi. Bosun. much the Steward said, you get In front, left to right—^Royal Barber J. Acldss, OS; Prosecut­ this and like it. ing Attorney D. Waters, AB; Judge E. Spear. Steward; Jury-. For example, 3 hours complete man B. Peterson, Chief Eng.; Juryman J. Dillon, Captain, preparing and defrosting fish and sougeeing of C-3 galley, 2 hours, and Doctor J. Simmons, Wiper. frozen food locker, 2 hours cleaning complete vegeteble box, 3 hours complete defrosting and restoring meat box—it takes longer than that to do it. NO JAM. SCRAM Queen (H. Dennis, Deck Mainte­ To the Editor: The Deck Dept. would ask for nance) and the Royal Barber (J. something—jam, jelly, or peanut I am writing from Buenos Ackiss, OS). butter. Hie messman would say Aires on the SS Salvador Brau Let me also mention that D. "there isn't any"—we did have and would like ti report on a K; Waters, AB, would make One plenty. Ask for soup and we pleasant party we had on board good sea lawyer. {le was the got gravy, or else he would tell crossing the equator. Prosecuting Attorney and a us to go to helL On the morning of the cross­ tough man to buck. How long would the SIU keep ing, the Captain declared the day E. F. Spear was the Judge and a man like that? In all around a holiday and there ensued one light sentences were unheard of. conditions, we have.; the best, and of the best initiation parties I Enclosed are a few photo­ we should be proud", of our offi­ have ever had the pleasure of graphs of the show to give LOG cials for the splendid work they witnessing. readers a glimpse of their Bro­ have done in negotiating our Fun was had by all, and the thers in action. (Ed. Note: see contracts and for the clean and pollywogs all turned out to be cut.) Most of these boys are real decent living conditions we have. good sports. As for the shell­ oldtimers: To keep those things, we must backs, all I can say is that they P. Scidurlo keep our SID ships clean ships. were an experienced bunch and Saloon Messman MCS is losing Matson Line due did a good job—especially King SS Salvador Brau to carelessness. We could also Neptune (S. Volpi, Bosun), the Buenos Aires lose some companies the same way should we become lax and SOON TO BE BACK ON THE JOB careless, so let's keep up the good work'and keep fighting and gain what other Unions are los­ ing. C. A. Fletcher 38460 Brau Crew Crosses Line, Enjoys Jolly Neptune Rite SEAFARER-STUDENT BATS DOWN UNION CRITICS WITH LOG To the Editor: Just a few lines from a land­ locked Seafarer who is now do­ ing his sailing on the stormy seas of so-caUed higher educa­ tion. I sure appreciate receiving the LOG every week, it comes in handy as an available source of material in helping me set some of these _ rocking chair philoso­ phers straight in matters of la­ bor relations. How about telling Matt Bruno, A1 Bogran and all the rest of the former crewmembers of the Evelyn to drop me a few lines concerning sea stories and tales of the night life in those foreign ports? Ted McLane Gen. Detivery University of Florida Gaineeville, Fla. (Ed. Note; You guys can consider yourselves told.) With fit-out season just around the corner, it won't be long before the excursion boats will again be running on the Great Lakes. Thej Greater Detroit, shown above, will, before many weeks, be railing for an SIU crew and once more the overnight trips fr tm Detroit io Cleveland aild Buffalo will be under vray. •s| �Fridkr« March 12, 1948 ; Strange Notions 'As To Dues Duty Steam Up Fontan t H E S E A F A R ER S L O G NO SOUR FACES AMONG THIS CREW Feels Chief Electricians Rate Greater Privileges To the Editor: To the Editor: Kelly Kibitzes In NO, Finds Things Slow In IB I'li'V-; I'ilB''' •" vieAiR'm'BAaise / dFt/SxatMiOH/ •Bi! • • 'jf we out-rate the Stewards twoto one. Incidentally, I have Ste­ wards papers. • I have talked to other Elec­ tricians on this .same subject. They seem a bit leary that the crew might come right out and say, "why should he have a pri­ vate room and bath, we haven't." Our Union is for the better­ ment of each and every member. Does the Chief Mate bitch be­ cause the Old Man has a better room that he? I think a Bosun should have a room to himself, after all, he ramrods the crew. , In reply to Brother Parrot's letter in the last issue of the I've never blown my top since LOG concerning the why and being in the union, maybe it wherefores of a Chief Electrician, was because I had no good rea­ I feel that I might as well put in son, but now I'm steamed up. my two bits worth. I have noticed here in San I agree with everything Juan that some of the brothers Brother Parrot says and hope to have the wrong idea as to their see a committee of Chief Elec­ unipn rights. It may be that they tricians sitting in with the ne­ just don't know or don't want gotiating committee when work­ to know. ing rules are opened next time. Everytime * I have an argu­ This is what I think: ment with a guy in the Hall he I feel the Chief Electrician • brings up the fact that he pays should have a I'oom and private $3 a month dues and that's his bath. It should be arranged so reason for beefing. ROUTED CHIEF that the BR makes up his bunk If I don't loan him the type­ I ran into a situation the other and cares for his room. Why? writer or if I don't let him make day where a fellow came over to Because we had it before the a telephone call to his girl friend, our ship and bragged about war and there is no reason for he brings up the matter of dues. having the Chief Electrician our not having it again. Listen Brothers, you pay this yanked off the ship because he Another thing—we ate topside money not because the officials lived topside. If the man was a before and during the war. Why . say so. Unionism is a hell of a fink or a phony, I don't know. not now? It isn't that we are lot more than that. Your dues any better than any one else in At any rate, it was a sorry move. go for payment of the union's I left a commie outfit to get the crew, I think our responsi­ functions in your interest and bility and .salary is such as to into a good union and according that means paper work, office to our policy, holding guys down rate it. stationary, telephone calls (on to cramped quarters isn't it. I business), transportation, rent and IN THE KNOW gave up a full book to join the most of all, the wages for your I believe the Union should see SIU as a permit. I even helped representatives. to it that we get more competent organize. I got disgusted with Don't get the wrong impres­ Chief Electricians aboard our the rotten ways of the NMU and sion as to the purpose of dues. ships. For instance aboard the quit going to sea. I took a job It's your money and it is being Alcoa Runner on my second daj^ as foreman for a company in used for you and your bi'others. out, I presented the Chief En­ Texas, but decided to come back William Fontan gineer with a work list which to sea and came into the SIU. contained quite a bit of overtime. Like Brother Parrot, I believe When he asked me if I was changes should be made in the At lop are the smiling faces capable of doing the work I working rules as pertain to Elec­ of the men who prepare the had listed, I blew my top. I tricians. Some of the suggested chow aboard the Alcoa Cav­ guess he had been used to foul- changes are as follows: alier. From left to right they balls. 1—Chief Electrician is to be are: Walter Reidy. Chef: Eric I ripped a winch down from directly responsible to the Chief Landburg. 3rd Cook; Carmen stem to stem without any mark­ Engineer . Morano, Utility; Johnny MurTo the Editor: ings as to where the resistors and 2—^No one except the Chief ello. Utility; Donald Malenfant coils or contacts were to go. I While reading the Jan. 23, Electrician is to handle the main Larder Cook, and Larry Dur­ chipped, scaled and red-leaded 1948, edition of the LOG (a ham. 2nd Passenger Cook. auxiliary switch board parallel the insides and painted over weekly must), I was delightfully the generator or system's gener­ Still smiling pretty we have that. I pulled the fans and surprised to come across my pic­ Donald Malenfant. Rudolph ator. on a T-2 tanker. broke them down. I put in new ture as well as those of some of Muclak, Chief Pantryman, and 3—That all Chief Electricians brushes and repacked the bear­ my shipmates. Christian Voss. Chief Baker. keep a daily log and monthly ings. On winches alone I made It's been nearly a year since At the right is the Chief El­ megger readings of all equip­ 209 hours of overtime in four­ 1 made that trip and while I ectrician who has just put the ment. teen days. don't remember the picture being crew phonograph back in I am out here for the Union's 4—That regardless who is the taken, I remember very well the working order. Ouliit was pur­ interest as well as my own. The Assistant Electrician, he be aid­ shipmates of the Nampa Victory. chased out of donations by ' Electricians have the highest ed in learning the trade on the In the past you have been very crewmembers. •ated jobs in the union. I think job as you did. Someday he wiU obliging in regards to requests be sailing as Chief. for pictures, and since one of 5—That the Union keep gasthose pictures on page 12 of our hound electricians off ships and Union paper shows such a clear make them ship as assistants if picture of our mosshall, I won­ To the Editor: .second deck with tons of water performers before they have a they screw up. We must keep der if you would oblige me with causing it to buckle a little bit. chance to do any harm. our contract, to do so we must a duplicate of it as well as the This is my fii'st dispatch from It won't be long, however, be­ have capable electricians able to I'm telling you, they are dream one whei-e I'm cutting the cards "Kelly's Korner" so hold on sling theoiy back at phony en­ fore we can move back in. boats and the pride of the SIU. with "Tennessee." tight, here goes. The carnival was pretty big It looks like they are going to gineers. I am now on the Robin Don6—That on T-2's the Chief El­ Everybody down here in New and I think every seafarer had put more on the run which caster heading for New York ectrician shall put his pumps on would be good for all concerned. a good time the last day of which we should reach late this Orleans had a good time when the line and stand by until they Mardi Gras. According to cus­ Old Bull Sheppard is doing a month. the carnival was here but now are secured. .A.t present, the en­ tom you can go around and kiss wonderful job down here and is Bill Doran things are pretty slow. All the gineer does it. (Ed." Note: We'd like to fun and frolic is gone and the all of the pretty girls. To Moon W£ll liked by all. 7—That the Electrical inanuela Koons it was his day. He was That just about ties up every­ oblige you with the pics but boys are looking to ship out. in the Chief Engineer's office be going crazy trying his best to do you did not enclose an ad­ The board, .however, is so bare just that and the girls were try­ thing in this "Gateway to the placed with the Chief Electrician dress. Come on in and pick that the cockroaches are feeling South," so I'll be shoving along them up next time you're in self conscious walking across that ing their best to keep away to see what's happening up the for his reference. After all, he is the man who is supposed to from the Moon. New" York.) bare expanse. It looks like ship­ do the ordering of replacement block. Maybe Moon is only "half ping will pick up pretty soon parts. Vincent J. (Kelly) Keller and both the members and. cock­ safe." We can and will make a roaches will be happy. He is a swell guy, really. He better job for the Electrical de­ I see a lot of the oldtimers is getting a good reputation with Protest Proj^sed partment of a ship if you fel­ around. The weather here is the local bigshots and is the onlj' lows will pitch in and help out. pretty uncertain. One day the one who can get our boys out of Change in Rules The less we go to the Engineers sun is shining, the next day it is jail providing they haven't done To the Editor: for the above the better off we very cold. There are a lot of something too serious. are. The Union will help us, wa We pnotest the proposed rule pcrmitmcn on the bcacb, but it I think he will run for Mayor whereby a Bosun cannot be pro­ must also help ourselves. looks like they will be taken up of New Orleans or maybe head As we all know, electricitj* is moted aboard ship. We feel a in her infancy and we must read, soon. of the fairgrounds which Moon man qualified to sail bosun build and experiment in ouar These fellows deserve a plug. helps support. should be allowed to be pro­ It takes a lot of guts to stand Boy you should see the Clip­ moted with crew's okay as is time to stay ahead of the game. Our fields are expanding eadi up under the strain day after per and the Mississippi ships the present rule. Suggest main­ and every day, so, maritime eleo day. coming in. It makes you feel taining shipping rule as it is tricians, let's go. We are having a little trouble good to see how nice and clean now. with the new hall. A fire broke they are. No trouble or beefs Ben McCormick out in the adjoining building and on those ships—they have a way 13 Crewmembers Chief Electrician the fire department flooded the of checking all gashounds and Monarch of the Seas Alcoa Runner RemembersNampa And Fine Crew, Wants Pictures 1%n Page EieT«n M �A R EES LAf G Sag* Twelve $,. ' Fridvg.. jiiiurm 1% :i«ii Dispatcher Asks Members To Learn Rules, Contracts By W. PAUL GCNSORCHIK NEW YORK — As Chief Dis-l run you'd like to make. If you patcher here in the port of New get a chance for a job grab it, York and speaking, I believe, for and grab it fast. all Dispatchers, I would like to Another thing, this matter of •hear some answers to certain the present status of shipboard promotions is widely misunder­ •questions. BOSTON stood. SS Knox Victory. $21.00: SS Brazil We in the SIU have as intel­ ligent, upright, hardworking, and Several months ago it was le­ Victory. $27.00. NEW YORK honest a membership as you can gal to prevent promotions aboard DONATIONS find in any industry in the U.S. ship. Right now it isn't, and B. L.INDIVIDUAL Rardin, $1.00: B. Kuk, $2.00: there is nothing to bar such a However, there are some things Rose L. Martin, $S0.00: R. E. Davis," $1.00: J. J. Stoddard, $2.00: H. Lan,ithat the members ought to take promotion. the trouble to do to better serve Meanwhile, the Agents Con­ cour, $10.00: Ethen Lewis Cooke, $1.00: A. Lugo, $3.00: Aniano Raymond, $2.00: their Union and themselves. Cer­ ference recommended that the A. B. Bryan. $7.00: T. M. ReUly, $3.00; question of shipboard promotions tainly they ought to learn what August B. Valentine, $10.00. • they can do and cannot do, and be decided by a referendum bal­ F. M. Cole, $5.00: Knute Larsen, what is expected of them under lot, and voting on the question $2.00: H. M. Lewis, $1.00: C. Moonan, Felix E. Dayrit, $2.00; Carl the conditions won by the SIU. was scheduled to begin March $5-00: Adams, $3.00: Henry S. Franklin,'$1.00: 10. If the voting goes as ex­ E. Miller, -$10.00: B. C. Gale, $10.00; Too-many never have. A good Union man should pected, shipboard promotions will C. L. Ebon, .$iO.OO: P. F. Ackroyd, McHale, $1,000. ;-know his Shipping Rules cold. be barred by a change in Rule $10.00: JohnSSJ. CORNELIA 29. He should know his SIU ConstiF. A. artolemi, $1.00': W. Hussey. . tution rand he should know the However, until and unless the $2.00: J. C. Drumond, $2.00: J. B. -contract under which he sails. membership condemns such pro­ Crowley, $2.00. G. Jensen, $1.00; L, L. Gormandy, Moreover, if he has a beef, motions, they are perfectly prop­ $3.00; S. F. Johnston. $1.00; G. F. er according to the Rules now in he should know the facts and Woods. $3.00: S. J. DeMelles, ,$2.00: J. . circumstances and the names of effect. (But OS, Wipers and R. Palmer, $2.00: V. K. Viitainoza, •-•everybody concerned. Too often Messmen cannot be promoted.) $4.00: W. W. Pickel, Jr., $2.00: Lam Ching, $5.00: J. DiGeorgio, $1.50: P. .-inen.come in with beefs and ad- I hate to harp on the lack of T. Gleave, $1.00; J. Grych. $10.00. •>mit they don't know the name interest in the Shipping Rules, SS LA SALLE . ef 'the Captain, the Mate, the and I wouldn't do it if I didn't M. J. Hitchcock. $1.00. SS EVANGEUNE Chief Engineer or even the Bos­ get tired of hearing members R. E. Peek, $1.00: N. Robertson. say "I, don't know that rule." un. How can they expect to get $1.00. everytime one is mentioned. anything done? SS ED -MARKHAM Try telling the judge some H. Rebane, $1.00; J. Schupstlk, BREAK FOR ALIENS morning that you didn't know $5.00: J. F. Pineau, $1.00: N. Coratti, Sliipping has picked up a bit, it was against the rule to do $2.00; R. Clarke, $5.00; J. Fernandez, $1.00; M. O. Karlsson, $2.00; A. Segand the possibilities are that it whatever jmu did and see how riff, ^3.00; B. B. Curry, $2.00; F. •will be even better in the near far you get. Stpne, $2.00: R. Thompson, $2.00: F. future. Even alien members will All kidding aside, all the mem- Walski, $1.00: H. Joubert, $2.00: Z. be-getting a little better break—(bers should know the rules, the Turner. $3.00: G. Vidal, $2.00-, V. Cruz, $2.00: A. Eksteens, $2;00. a break they deserve—if things Constitution and the contracts, SS BIENVILLE go as they look. and know them cold. When they W. Zaieski, $2.00: F. C. Litsch, One more bit of advice to do, they will be helping the $2.00. SS ANTINOUS alien members — I handed out Union to function more smoothL. Bugajewski. .$5.00;' W. Pietrucki, some last week, you remember:|ly, and, more important, help- $1.00: A. Morales, $1.00; J. H. Uzonyi, Don't try to wait for a certain ing themselves. $1.00: J. C. Diaz, $1.00. Pipe Dreams By JOHNNY JOHNSTON NEW ORLEANS — The Sea­ farers ^as never been known to let a beef pass without seeing that it was settled to the satisfac­ tion of the men involved. But . could you call this a legitimate beef? • A ship's crew submitted a re- pair list to the Patrolman at the time of payoff and the repairs listed were taken care of. The day before the ship was to sign•on again, the Hall received a call from the Ship's Delegate anrnoimcing that the crew would not sign on until a new list of repairs was handled. A Patrolman was immediately dispatched to the ship and was handed this list: 1. Wwden bunks (6 ft., 7 in. by 3 ft., 1 in.) with drawers and innerspring mattresses to be in­ stalled in all foc'sles. 2. One wash basin with fresh hot and cold water and mirrors in each foc'sle. 3. One standard full length wooden locker with compart­ - <'J) ments. 4. Wooden bulkheads in all foc'sles. P: •' 5. Uniform ^Ives in all V!•bunks. B- 6. Full length rubber mat for each foc'sle. 7. One thermos bottle and drinking glass in each foc'sle. 8. Electric washing* machine with mangle in crew's laundry. 9. Dismantle bulkhead in now vacant gun crew quarters aft, leaving present water closet in­ tact and instil card tables with upholstered swivel chairs and settees adjacent to bulkheads. Also shelves for library plus neon or indirect lighting. 10. One Stromberg-Carlson ra­ dio-phonograph, long and short­ wave. 11. A GE refrigerator, perco­ lator and sink to be installed in library aft. 12. Automatic egg boiler. 13. One small radio speaker, uniform type, in all foc'sles. 14. One new electric range for galley. 15. Install sink and two-burner hot plate and percolator in En­ gine Room. 16. Four dozen portable deck chairs for crew. These sixteen modest requests were all that were asked by the crew. A wave of the Patrol­ man's magic wand, thought the crew, would bring forth the re­ quested items and then, satisfied, the crew would sign-on. However, the Patrolman with­ held the shower of. luxuries. He sniffed -around a bit to leam what had prompted this, to say the least, "unusual" list. FOUND THE CAUSE His efforts were rewarded. He found one crewmember, an oldtimer, who had drawn up the list and received the approval of the crew. This he got because the men were relatively newcomers to the industry and thought they had better string along with him. When the Patrolntan called the crew together and explained the situation, it took but a fow min­ utes for them to see that the oldster was all wet. Instead of helping tl\g, ctew and Union to get better condi­ tions aboard ship — in a sane manner—Jie had almost scuttled everjdhing. Capers like this set the Union back ten years. A sensible repair list will get immediate attention and every­ thing will be won for the crew, but it can be carried too far. Whether you have been going to sea for 20 days or. 20 years, if you rim into a screwball like this, get the crew together and grease the gangway for him. He can have his opium dreams ashore wljere they'll do no one any harm, , SS ALLEGHENY VICTORY $1.00: J. V. Rivera, $2.00; J. Colon, Max Byers, $2.00: R. Peters, $4.00: $2.00; F. Borse, $2.00; C. F. Rocafort, R. Sutton, $1.00: A. Hart, $1.00: W. $2.00: P. Jiminez, $2.00: Reeves, $1.00; Wilaon, $4.00: J. D. Walker, $1.00; G. R. Johnston. $1.00. Doty, $1.00; E. Vltek, $3.00; O. D. SS EDITH • Malone, $5.00; S. E. Patterson. $2.00; J. Shefuleski, $2.00; L. Rizzo, $1.00; H. Puckett, $2.00; Eric E. LeBlanc, A. G. Price, $1.00;^ J. N. Lapointe, $5.00; Calvin J. LeBlanc, $5.00; R. G. $1.00; E. M. Mabie, $1.00; T. M. Gowfer, OttinKer, $2.00: K. L. Helms, $2.00; $1.00: A. M. Casey, $1.00; D. R. Smifh, W. W. Seudder, $5.00; K. Jones, $4.00: $.50; A. Duncan. $2.00. A. L. Sayers, $2.00: E. C. Piatt, $3.00: SS J. ALTGELD R. Creer, $2.00: Angelo Giorlando, C. T .Morgan, $1.00: L. R. Cable, $2.00: Louis E. Lotz. $2.00; R. $2.00: F. F. Reese, $1.00. Peel, $1.00; Jacob Buckelew, $3.00; B, SS SOUTHSTAR J. Lawrence, $2.00; E. V. Haydn, $2.00; S. Alfano, $2.00. J. W. Darouse, '$2.00; J. F. Casern; $2.00. SS LOOP KNOT J. F. Harley, $2.09; M. Piskun, $2.00; Wm* O'Brien, $3.00; L. B. Clarkson, $1.00; O. D. MUUn. $2.00: C. Murphy, $2.00: T. Pizzeca, $3.00: L. L. Wilson, $2.00. SS CAVALIER F. D. oyne, $1.00; K. Korneliusen, $2.00. SS N. WEBSTER By BILL STORY A. Wojcieki, $2.00; J. C. Brannan, $2.00: R. E. Allen, $5.00: F. Kubek, SAN FRANCISCO—I just paid $1.00: J. Bourque, $1.00; A. Norman. $1.00; P. D. Mouton, $1.00; W. A. off the Waterman scow—^S John Cabrara, $1.00: R. T. Muller, $5.00; J. B. Hathorn—here in Frisco. Sev­ M. Eitman. $2.00; E. Bergeron, $2.00. en months and one day ago, when SS VIRGINIA CITY VICTORY we signed on in New Orleans, N. V. Erikson, $.50; C. Adams, $2.00; we all were assured that the L, J. White. $2.00: J. Fabian, $2.00; M. would only. last three L. Etcheverry, $2.00; J. Goss, $2.00; F. trip Mendoza, $2.00; E. S. Wenglenski, months, and that we wnuld be $2.00: J. Maldonado, $2.00; Goresh back in this country in time to Nicholas, $1.00: H. MacCormack, $2.00; celebrate the holidays—but they P. Lagasse, $2.00; D. Miller, $1.00; P. neglected to mention what year. Thomas, $1.00; K. K. Brittain, $2.00; L. L. Gormandy, $2.00; R. Underwood. Since we left port with only $2.00: J. J. Flynn, $2.00; S. A. Caruso, three months stores, we natural­ $2.00: P. Gonzales, $2.00; A. G. Camply had plenty of beefs — and beU, $2.00: J. Axelson, $2.00; J. A. Goglas, $2.00: B. Torbick. $2.00; how — but I will say this for Scholtz, $2.00: T. Kenny ,$2.00; W. N. the Skipper: he held the ship Clark, $2.00: L. C. Wallace. $2.00; P. up three days one time in or­ E. Standi, $2.00; G. E. Maslarov, $2.00. der to replenish our stores. SS EVANGELINE The performing in the Stew­ G. CaudUl, $1.00. ards Department, after we were SS STEEL KING out for awhile, created an em­ G. Hassell, $1.00. SS SEATRAIN TEXAS barrassing situation time and J. Toro, $1.00; S. Crook $.2.00; A. L. time again. It is men like tho.se Tlatajczak,. $2.00. that jeopardize our Union con­ SS ROSARIO D. W. Kissel, $1.00; B. Rivero, $1.00: tracts. P. R. Romero,. $1.00; N. KorolchucC When we reached the first port $1.00; G. E. Henderson. $1.00: B. C. of Call in the U.S.—Long Beach Purdy, '$1.00, —the Stewards Department fail­ SS TONTO J. W. Bourgious, $2.00; H. Crocker, ed to turn to, again. We were $1.00: J. Cooke, $2.00. forced to call the A&G San ~ SS HASTINGS Francisco Hall. They backed us J. KalogrWes, $3.00; P. Baker, $2.00; up, and the Stewards Depart­ G. Lienne, $2.00; T. Kurki, $2.00; L. ment went to work once more. Monson, $2.00; E. Montenero, $3.00; F. When some of tlie performers Andrews, $2.00; P. KJjoller, $1.00. aboard ship heard that we jwere SS LIVINGSTON W. J. Conley, $2.00; W. Manning, going to Frisco to payoff, they $2.00. had the captain pay them off un­ SS SEATRAIN HAVANA der mutual consent forfeiting Wm. Wade, $1.00; B. J. Anderson, $1.00; V. Wickizer,'$1.00; C. Johansson, transportation (something which $1.00; A. J. Thomas, $1.00; F. Shaia, the Union struggled to get) .to $2.00; F. Pedraza, $1.00. get away! SS BROAD RIVER Blackie CarduUo, who handled E. S. McCuire, $5.00; M. R. Silvia, $2.00; S. J. Langone, $2.00: Robert the payoff, did a good job and Gray, $10.00; G. Garrido, $1.00; J. G. had no sympathy for the per­ Jones, $2.00. formers. SS STEEL FABRICATOR What I saw on this trip taught W. J. Smolinski, $2.00; R. J. Levesque, $2.00: K. P. Marple, $3.00; R. C. me a lesson. If we don't get Colson, $3.00: V. F. Bachmuva, $3.00; together and crack down on T. Waterson, $5.00; W .F. Meyer, $1.00; these gas hounds and perform­ W. H. Cassidy, $2.00; E. N. Mclnis, $2.00: E. E. Rumrill, Jr., $2.00; W. E. ers; if we don't educate the Cannon, $2.00; R. Atizado, $10.00; R. membership So that they at-least Relente $,10:00; U. P. Repifdad, $1.00: fully understand the contracts L. liediger, $10.00; C. McDonald, under which they are sailing— $10.00: C. Lorifice, $3.00; W. W. Watto avoid bum OT and bum beeifs; kins, $4.00: G. C. Crispala, $3.00; G. Biicheler, $2.00; M. Perry, $2.00; A. if we don't live up to our" part Noronha. $1.00; J. Rani, $2.00; G. C. of the contracts. which we have Turner. $10.00; F. Tagala, $2.00; M. with our contracted companies Szubert, $2.00; N. Vitlacarte, $1.00. —we are certainly going to have SS MAIDEN VICTORY Wm. E. Thornhill, $3.00; P. C. Wil- tough days ahead. loughby, $3.00; J. W. Bonar, $3.00. Incidentally, while I was in SS FRANCES the Frisco A&G office I saw the J. Cortez, $1.00; A. Ferrara, $1.00; four amendments being balloted L. Labrador, $2.00; F. G. Cruz, $2.00; V. Acabeo, $1.00; F. R. Rowell, $1.00; on and I'd like to say in closing B. Holmkwist, $3.00; D. Butts, $2.00; that-every Bookman should vote G, J. Clark. $1.00; J. M. Vega. $1.00; "Yes" straight down the line, A. Miranda, , $1.00:' L. P, Tabariiii, because it means a step forward $2,00; F. Medina. $2.00; G. Garcia, for the union—-for you, and for $1.00; A, Rivera, $1.00; A. Agosto, ,me. Vote "Yes" down the line! $2.00; JiA. Lorents. >$2.00; D. Dejesus, Stor/s Story: Performers MmA Be Disciplined �Fddar. Moxeh 12/ IMr T B E S B JI P A R E RE: & CG Pag« ThizlMB Strikes And Strike Strategy ' " (Continued from Page 4) izing them to collect money and food for the Strike. They should also visit all business establishments both wholesale and retail and ask for donations of food and any other commodities receipting for same in the same manner as if cash was received. _ UNIT (b): This Unit performs the duty of collecting the food and other commodities that have been do­ nated, bringing it into the strike kitchen. The chair­ man of this unit should be notified every day of the donations that have been received and given the names and addresses of the donators as well as any other information concerning such donations that might be helpful. They should also be provided with credentials showing their authority to perform this task. This unit should also be provided, with transportatioi^ car or a truck, if possible, as they have a big job, and an important one. Theirs is to "keep us eating while we light for the union's demands." UNIT (c): This is the Stewards Department of the Food and Finance Committee. This unit operates the strike kitchen, whether stationary or mobile. They actually prepare and serve the food to the strikers. Its chairman should be a Chief Steward assisted by a Chief Cook, and this Unit should consist of as many Cooks and Stewards Department men as possible in order to get the best in efficiency, as this Unit will be working at their trade. The Chairman of this Unit should inform the Strike Committee from day to day of the needs of the strike kitchen and should keep a daily record of the number of meals served. The Strike Committee should be rendered a "daily per meal cost" so that adequate financial reports can be made to the membership of the cost of operation of the strike kitchen. He should also institute a checking system so that those who are not a part of the strike do not eat. SPEAKERS BUREAU This Bureau works directly under the supervision of the Port Strike Committee. The speakers that com­ pose it may be assigned to any other committee for the purpose of making a public address in behalf of the strikers. This committee has a chairman, or chief of' the bureau, who must be a direct member of the Port Strike Committee, and whose duty it is to see thht the policy pertaining to strike, as set by the Port Strike Committee, is carried out by the speakers assigned to the Bureau. Any speaker assigned to this Bureau may be re­ moved at any time by a majority vote of the Port Strike Committee for violating the discipline and policy set by the committee, such as making false and erroneous statements concerning the strike and conducting themselves in a manner unbecoming to a union man, such as appearing in public drunk and trying to speak, on the issues of the strike. The speakers of this Bureau have a very important task to perform. They are the mouth piece of the union and what they say has a great deal of bearing on the outcome of the strike. They should know their subject thoroughly, and all should tell the same story in an interesting and graphic manner. PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Here is one of the most important committees in any strike. Their task is to issue over.the signature of the Port Strike Committee every kind of publicity pejrtaining to the strike and all issues concerning it. Their policy is set by the Port Strike Committee and all members comprising this committee work directly im'der the supervision of the Port Strike Committee. There is one caution that this committee should always keep in mind, and that is: Never issue e statement to the press ot give any interviews with­ out being especially authorized by the Port Strike Committee. Any member of this committee may be removed by- a majority vote of the Port Strike Committee for violating the set policy, such as falsifying the issues of the strike as set by the Port Strike Committee, etc. This committee should issue a daily "Strike Bulle­ tin" giving all strike activity in the Port, and the ;4rdrk of the various committees. 'When speakers are to make public addresses, this committee should be ^notified in sufficient time for the publication of leaflets advertising such meetings. They should work closely fwith all other committees and keep weU informed on 'the daily happeninis. COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE To this committee falls the most confidential task of all. Their duty is to be on hand around Strike Headquarters during their assigned hours, carrying communications of a confidential nature that cannot be entrusted to letter or phone and to such confidential talks as the Port Strike Committee requires. This committee operates all telephone switchboards, teletypes, etc. The members who compose this com­ mittee should be selected from the most competent and trustworthy members of the Union, as their respon­ sibilities to the membership and the Strike Committee is very great. Only full book members, whose loyalty to the Union is beyond question, should be permitted to serve on this committee. Their duties are too numerous to describe and the above is only to give an idea of some of the things that this committee performs. SPECIAL COMMITTEES The strikers have the right to elect or appoint any other committees deemed necessary at any time to perform specific tasks, as well as they have the right to dissolve any committee that they may consider unnecessary or unworkable. It has been the experience of many Unions, who have become involved in strike actions, that too many committees made their strike organizations top-heavy and bureaucratic. They found the smoothest running of a strike, was to keep the committees to a minimum necessary to perform the daily tasks of the strike. This outline is not written with the idea in mind qf blueprinting every committee and defining their func­ tions. As conditions and circumstances change, they should be the deciding factor for the formation or the dissolving of any committee. This outline is written to give the membership an idea of how a strike is conducted, keeping in mind to always use common sense and apply it to the circumstances as they arise. STRIKE PICKET CARD: The credentials of the striker is his picket card. This card is issued only after the striker has properly registered, given the required information to and been assigned a task by the Port Strike Committee. A daily record of each striker is shown on the back of his card, which, at the conclusion of the strike, is compared to the strike records. If this record shows that the striker has conscientiously performed his duties durihg the strike, he is then entitled to full strike qlearance. This is done either by the issuance of a special clearance card to be attached to the picket card or by the use of a prepared stamp with which the picket card is endorsed. In all cases, the final clearance bears the signature of the Chairman of the Strike Committee. tions. The SIU answered this attack with a strike, which lasted but 11 days and ended in a victory for the Union on all major demands. This successful strike also signalled the beginning of a period of stabilization and expansion for the SIU. 2. The war clouds which burst over Europe in September 1939 rained new hazards on the American seamen and the SIU demanded adequate insurance and war risk bonuses. At the Washington negotiations, the NMU, in complete accord with the Communist Party Line, had remained silent on the subject up to that point, put in an appearance. Continuing its usual sell-out tactics, the NMU quickly signed a separate agreement accepting a 25 per cent bonus while the SIU continued the seamen's fight on its own. The Seafarers refused to sail until its demands for adequate protection were met. Meanwhile, the NMU, with the blessing of the government bureaucrats and openly aligned with, the shipowners, attempted to put finks on SIU vessels, a task at which it failed miser­ ably. The SIU's fight brought the desired results with Mediterranean area bonus being raised $20.00—from $30.00 to $50.00 monthly. In the faU of 1940, the fruits of this victory were extended to Australian and Orient runs. The SIU also forced a $10.00 monthly raise in base pay for offshore ships and 10 cents an hour additional overtime pay, as a result of job action. 3. Another major SIU beef saw its beginnings in 1939, when the P. & O. Steamship Company attempted to force SIU men off their ships through the use of a company union operating under a "yellow dog" con­ tract. The SIU struck the ships. Aided by the NMU, which finked out several SIU ships, the company was successful for a timd in operating the vessels with fink crews. But the SIU's determination brought eventual vic­ tory, with the company capitulating with retroactive wage payments to the men involved. This was rapidly followed up by a Union-negotiated $25.00 per month wage increase. The agreement was regarded as the best in the maritime industry. 4. With the torpedoing by an enemy submarine of the first American ship—the SS Robin Moor, manned by a 100 per cent Seafarers crew—the SIU immedi­ ately launched an all-out fight for more adequate armed and insurance protection for the men who were "getting the goods over there." The SIU carried the fight to Washington, where the Maritime Commission offered a proposal for. bonuses and insurance that would have given that employercontrolled agency full rein in the situation. The SIU turned the proposal down fiat. The NMU said it wanted time to consider the proposition, Fed up with Maritime Commission stalling and evasion, the SIU took strike action on Sept. 13, 1941. Seafarer crews hit the bricks. Waterfront picketlines were established. Rank and file NMU members, dis­ gusted with the vacillating position of their leadership, joined the SIU picketlines in defiance of Curran's "no strike" edict. NMU officials labeled the strike "a bum beef" and the SIU as "anti-government" and attempted to ship replacements aboard struck Alcoa ships at Weehawken, I i Hitting the Bricks—SIU Style Practically all of the Union's strike apparatus and techniques outlined in the preceding chapters have evolved from the SIU's experience in the conduct of iti more important strikes. None of the material presented is theory; all of it is the result of methods tested and proved during struggles "on the bricks." The strike strategy of the SIU combines all the ^ successful techniques which were used in every one of its strikes. Highlighting the SIU's remarkable history is a series of successful struggles which have resulted in the unprecedented conditions now pre­ vailing on the American waterfront, and which have stamped the SIU as the most militant imion of maritime workers in the world. Among the many struggles at the point of produc­ tion which have resulted in the SIU's unrivalled con- ditions and reputation since its inception in October 1938 are these: 1. In the spring of 1939, the Eastern Steamship Company, • alarmed at the growing strengt'' of the newly-born SIU, declared war on wages and condi- -:al •m N. J. SIU picketlines, however, defeated their finkery. The Maritime Commission, able to man but three ships, relented and was forced to bargain with the SIU. In October, less than 30' days after the first ship was struck, the Maritime Commission and the oper­ ator yielded on their previous position—and the bonus payments were substantially increased. 5. Again leading the seamen's fight against govern­ mental attempts at regimentation, the SIU announced on April 3, 1946 that it would ignore the War Ship­ ping Administrations General Order 53, which called for competency examinations for Stewards Depart­ ment men. The Union demanded that the order be immediately rescinded and that no crews would be dispatched until then. t Crew after crew refused to sign on vessels where competence cards were a requirement for the Stewards Department. Ship after ship was hung up in the nation's ports. Faced with possible complete immobi­ lization of all SlU-contracted ships on both coasts, the WSA backed dovra in jig time and "postponed" the effective date of the order. 6. In the summer of 1946, the SIU negotiated agree(Continuei ott fPage 14) �THE $EAPARERS LdG Page Fourteen (Covfinned froin Page 13) ments with its contracted companies that were hailed as "the best eyer seen on the waterfront." The record contracts were gained after a series of "stop work" meetings during which Seafarei's temporarily piled off their ships and tied up most of the nation's shipping. In a referendum vote, the membership overwhelming favored a strike to secure the Union's demands. The membership's strike decision was an added factor in bringing the operators around. On the heels of the SIU's contract victory came a ruling by the War Stabilization Board refusing to ^ authorize the wage increase for ships under War Shipping Administration jurisdiction. The SIU rejected the ruling as an abrogation of the right of free collective bargaining and informed the Board that if the decision were not withdrawn it would call for a nation-wide strike. The Board stood pat. On Sept. 6, 1946, the SIU pulled the pin. The nation's greatest maritime strike was under way. Every port on both coasts was locked tight; not a ship moved. An estimated half million waterfront workers left their jobs. "Victory for the Seafarers came less than 10 days later, when the WSB reversed its decision and granted the SIU negotiated increase on WSA ships. The SIU had set the pattern for the highest wages and best conditions ever received by seamen anywhere in the world. 7. Following certification of the SIU as collective bargaining agent for unlicensed men of the Isthmian Steamship Company, one of the largest dry-cargo operators in the world, contract negotiations were laimched. Notoriously anti-union, the company stalled the discussions to allow the Taft-Hartley Act, which banned the closed shop, to become effective. The law was to become effective on Aug. 22. Mean­ while the SIU's strike machinery was made ready. Convinced of the company's intentions, the SIU struck the Isthmian vessels on Aug. 12. Never before had the Union strike apparatus been more highly geared for action. The strike was a model of efficiency and coordination. Everything that had been learned in the earlier beefs was effectively brought -into play. Techniques and strategy went off with watch-like precision. The tactical plan of the strike committee was such that it enabled the Union to make a lightning-like switch in strategy that was responsible for the final victory. The SIU notified the Isthmian company that its demands had been revised and that $100 a month wage increases across the board now were the major issues. The Union al.so announced -that the ships were com­ pletely tied up and would be held that way until "doomsday", while other contracted companies would be permitted to operate normally. Isthmian saw that this plan for its isolation spelled doom and capitulated on Aug. 21, a day before the law, which they had previously looked to as their saviour, went into effect. Out of all these strikes, and especially the Isthmian beef, has come a flexible strike strategy and the physical apparatus that is a most formidable weapon. Should the situation again warrant strike action by the Seafarers to protect its gains or fight for better v'W: Fconditions of employment—and the possibility is everpresent—the SIU should be better prepared than ever before in its history. And it can be fully prepared if every Seafarer does his part. Unity at the Point of Production The development of the SIU's highly efficient strike apparatus did not come about solely as the result of experience gained in its own beefs. Considerable experience was acquired by virtue of the membership's decisions to support other bona-fide trade unions engaged in legitimate beefs. Friday, March 12, 1948 Demonstrating a healthy trflde-union consciousness that has .won immeasurable pi-estige in the American labor movement for the SIU, the Seafarers member­ ship in the past few years has set a standard for labor unity—at the point of production—that has no parallel. This policy has also enabled the membership to keep in trim for its own future beefs. For this reason alone, it is extremely desirable that all hands parti­ cipate in as many beefs as possible. The SIU has given valuable support to many unions, AFL and CIO. The sole requirement the Seafarers asked was that the particular union's beef be economic —that is, for the purpose of securing wages and work­ ing conditions or for a fight for the survival of the union involved. Samples of the SIU's "unity at the point of produc­ tion" occurred in the following beefs; 1. During the Coos Bay beef in the summer of .1946, when the West Coast longshoremen, led by Harry Bridges, refused to load the SUP ship, SS Mello Franco, until a CIO contract replaced the one in effect. Immediately the SIU stepped into the picture and in a supporting move of the SUP threw picketlines around NMU ships on the east coast. Such was the effect of this maneuver that eventually the NMU was forced to tell Bridges "to lay off." Bridges called off his phony raid. 2. The rulei's of the world's financial capital got a first-hand sample of SIU solidarity and strike action on Mar. 5, 1946, when the United Financial Employees, AFL, struck against the Cotton Exchange. M6re than a thousand white-capped Seatarets, coniing from as far south as Baltimore to participate in this beef, joined the picketlines and marched side by side with UFE members and Local 32-B Building Service Em­ ployees, AFL, who were out in sympathy. This dis­ play of strength closed down the world's cotton mart completely for the first time in 75 years. Within 24 hours, the brokers hollered "quits," and the UFE picked up a new contract. Wall Street financial writers still refer to the Seafarers as a factor to be considered in future labor disputes in that section. 3. Receiving considerable prominence in labor papers as an example of trade union solidarity was the SIU's all-out support of the CIO shipyard workers during its 136-day strike in 1947. In all ports the Seafarers joined the lines. Termination of the strike brought glowing praise from CIO officials and the CIO paper stated that reinforcement of their picketlines by SIU men in the port of Baltimore "had steadily cut down the number of scabs" there. Relations between the SIU and the CIO shipyard workers as a result of this support are excellent. 4. In November of 1947, the Seafarers reputation for unity at the point of production spread out across the border into Canada. In response to a call for aid from the AFL United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers, Seafarers protected a group of millinery workers from intimidation by communist goons of the Fur and Leather Workers Union who were attempting a raid. The SIU action resulted in a contract for their Canadian brothers. An official of the hatters union, in expressing his organization's appreciation for the Seafarers aid, said, "In my many years in the labor movement, never have I seen such splendid inter-union cooperation and discipline." All of these organizations have assured the SIU of their support, whenever and wherever needed. But they are not the only ones that have pledged aid to the Seafarers in return for valuable support received in beefs and strikes. The list is long. Among them are the Masters, Mates and Pilots, AFL; Radio Officers Union, AFL; International Long­ shoremen's Association, AFL; Union of Operating Engineers, AFL; International Association of Mach­ inists, Independent; United_Automobile Workers, CIO; Brotherhood of Teamsters, AFL; United Telephone Workers, Independent; Farmers Union, AFL; United Mine Workers, District 50; Union of CARE Employees, Independent; Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, CIO; Restaurant Workers, AFL; Bakery Workers, AFL; Sandhogs Union, AFL; Laundry Workers Union, AFL; and the United Packinghouse Workers, CIO, * • » • * » The SIU policy of trade union solidarity at the point of production is not for the sole reason nf improving the effectiveness of the Union's strike mach­ inery. It is based also on the realization that the strength of our Union is dependent on the strength of the labor movement generally. As pointed out above, the strike apparatus which the' Seafarers now has is as much the result of lessons in assisting other unions in their strikes as it is front the experience of conducting our own beefs. One of the most important of the lessons that has come out of the membership's participation in the beefs of these other unions is that disruptive actsintentional or not—pose one of the greatest dangers to a union on strike. Since the Union's existence may depend on the out­ come of a strike, it is absolutely essential that all liands strive to effect a swift victory. Personal gripes should be suspended until the crisis is over, at least. Two classic examples of strike disruption that could have disastrous effects were observed in beefs par­ ticipated in by the SIU. One of these was intentional; the other was not. In the final analysis, they are equally harmful. After the SIU had won its objectives in the 1946 General Strike, the Masters, Mates and Pilots, AFL, and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, CIO»' hit the bricks for their own demands. ;The communists in both the licensed men's tinions. (minpletely disregarded the fact that their organizations were engaged in a crucial economic beef and attempted to utilize the strike to serve the political aim of "rule or ruin." Led by Mayne in the MM&P, and Romanoff in the MEBA, they started a vile campaign to dis­ credit the union leadership so they could take over. The fact that the shipowners were encouraged by this finking tactic and that the union memberships thereby could be pushed to defeat was of no concern to these union wreckers. Fortunately, with the aid of the glU. the plan was crushed akd the MM&P and the MEBA won their strikes. s A case closer to home occurred during the 1946 SIU General Strike when one Bum made an unsuccessful attempt to do some political recruting on the SIU picketlines. His only interest in the strike was that it offered him an opportunity to sell his finky political wares. The fact that his Union brothers were pound.ing the bricks to win recognition of their economic demands was secondary. By exploiting the situation for political purposes he failed to give the all-out support to the strike that was essential to victory. While a man's political convictions are his own, the SIU Constitution strictly prohibits actions of this type. The fact that we follow this course is in large part responsible for our many gains and victories. This man not only interfei'ed with the successful prosecution of the strike, he violated the Union's Constitution as well. No member should at any time, especially when the Union is in a beef, tolerate actions of this sort. Be alert! In a strike, watch for all types of dis­ rupters—political and otherwise. The other example of disruption was observed dur­ ing the Coos Bay beef. It was purely unintentional and, of course, an isolated instance but it was the type of thing that could be damaging to morale, which should be at a high point during a strike. The guy at fault was a griper, who caused confusion by hollering about the beans served in the soup kitchen to pickets. The menu wasn't quite what it should be, he figured. He thought only of his belly; the strike was completely forgotten. At this moment, the incident may sound like a pretty small thing. But the ruckus created by the griper over his beans was important enough for the ') I rest of the guys to squelch him and impress upon him that victory in the strike was the biggest thing to them. If such things are small, then it's the little things that count. It should be clear at this point that the effective strike apparatus which the SIU has assembled is no ^ accident. It is the result of years of determined effort on the part of the membership to strengthen the position of their Union and that of the entire labor ' inoveinenl. Into the development of the present pro­ gram has gone much sweat and blood. Unfortunately, there is nothing on the course ahead that assures the Seafarers—or any union—of smooth sailing. It is a foregone conclusion that labor's enemies will continue their unceasing attack upon the foundations of the trade union movement. And no union is more fully conscious of this fact than the Seafarers, as our strike record proves. The Seafarers is coniposed of a membership that has V been tested and proved. They have the guts and : \ determination to remain free trade union men and \ to continue forward on a program of a better life for fc! all -seamen. ( And that can be done by all hands continuing ,to, do their bit in building a stronger SIU. �t H k, R si L Page Tiitee». Peck, Nohea O. Jr .89 46.34 Peckham, Dale O . 17.52 83.47 Peckham, Sherman B. , . 38.52 .55 Pedersen, Arthur M 104.39 2:20 Pedersen, Bjoume JB 3.23 Pedersen, Carl G 2.^ 16.97 Pedersen, Ernest 2.88 56.75 Pedersen, H 10.53 2.34 Pedersen, Peter J . 4JB 501 HIBERNIA BLOG^ NEW ORLEANS, LA. 3.50 Pedersen, Paul S. .28 2.42 The following is a list of unclaimed wages and Federal Old A^r Pederson, Eugene O . Am 10.40 25:43 Benefit over-deductions now being paid by the Mississippi Steamship Com­ Pederson, Johannes 48 Pederson, Leon V 2.98 4.84 pany covering the period up to December 31, 1946. Pederson, Martin . 33.06 32.46 Men due money shduld call or write the company office, 501 Hiber- Pedlar, Wm. B 5.68 10.26 Pedroza, F. M 44.71 6.63 ' nia Bldg., New Orleans, La. All claims should be addressed to Mr. Eller26.44 14.33 busch and include full name, Social Security number, Z number, rating, Peed, Louis Peel, Robert M. 56.53 9.01 date and. place; of birth and the address to which the money is to be sent. Peele, Raymond T 1.52 6.45 Pehler, Frederick A 31.92 2.94 Owen, William L 6.48 j Paretti, Eliot H 3.81 [Pawlick, John 26.16 Pekkola, Oliver H 3.37 40.38 3.75 Pawloski, Raymond F. .... 2.40 4.66 Pareait, Nelson J Pelderi, Theodore 1.43 Owen, Clarence E. .— 2,83 24 Payez, George Alfred 13.85 Parinsky, Owens, Garland B. 4.66 13.05 Pelikeze, Stanislaw 8,69 2.75 30.71 Payne, Archie B 5.69 Pariseru, Darold C Pellay, Wm. : 3.22 Owens, Irving N 34.97 Payne, Charlse M 4.68 Parish, C. J 148.99 Owens, James K 1.41 15.70 Pelle, Raffagle Delia 3.26 55.21 Payne, Gerald Thomas 30.80 33.86 Parish, E 43 Owens, J. F PelZerin, Victor 6.54 4.30 Payne, Gordon D 5.03 4.13 Parker, Chas. W 3.55 Owens, John S Pellet, Sidney 1.00 1.87 Payne, Milton 150.40 Parker, Clyde D. V 5.80 2.47 Owens, Marvin James Pelletier, Joseph 15J14 Parker Everett Lawrence 4.45 Payne, Oscar A. Owens, Monford M 4^20 1.34 15.83 „ „ Pelletier, Joseph G. Jr..... .89 5.99 Parker, Foy 27.55 Payne^ Perry Samues 24 03 \ PeUetier, Leopold 10.63 3.78 Parker, J 2.42 Pay ton, V 1:07 10.74 O^ns, William A. Pelsey, Ernest A .94 24.73 Peace, William T. 37.94 Parker, James M.. |Oxley, Chas. A 1.58 98.75 Parker, John W. .. 2.79 Peacock, Edward P 7.20 3.20 31.03 Peak, Alan. P 2.75 Parker, L George Pacanovski, 28.00 16,26 9.24 Pearce, Harry R. .53 Parker, Lee 3.87 4.82 Pace, J. • R.o. i tr Parker, Norman R. .59 Pearce, Wililam A 1.80 24,73 g gg' ^ The following named men. are 15.59 Pearcy, Howard L 1.93 Parker, Robert A; 8.30 due overtime money whidi they 08 Pachico, John A 11,67 Pearson, Jack W 33.58 Parker, Samuel T 7.13 j did not collect at the payoffi 36.83 Pacia, Roberto Parker, William G 2.12 Pearson, Wayne W. Packer, Theodore 4.66 3.26 ^ Call or contact Alcoa Steam^p 10.74 7.94 Parks, Carl A Peasley, Louis G 1.19 Co., Pier 45, New York. Coyle, 181.19 Packert, Albert R. 7.13 39.20 Parks, Thomas A 'Padgett, Samuel F. Pebocae, G 8.03 ^ Tubman, Fitzwater and Mcln* 6.93 „ , r 2.82 5.21 Parnell, James H Peck, J. H 1.14 turff. 19.96 "' ,: ', 3.38 37.35 Parodes, R. W. 12.54' ^ 7.87 6.07 Paroll, S 66 ^^'^"^^' Parr, ^Jugene L 5.31 .27 5.14 Pagan, Joseph 20.30 5.59 Parrata, Rafael Page, F. M 6.50. Parrett, Thomas R 3.43 24.73 FRANCISCO R. CASTRO General Strike, please get in 2.00 Page, Roy L Parrish, Leroy C: 9.99 Page, W. A K 25.92 Pacific Tankers has held up touch with attorney Ralph Hig90 Parrish, William 7.19 payment of monies due you un­ gins, 42 Broadway, New York Paglinghi, Frank 2.23 99 2.79^ til they get bills of expenses City, Palan, August J 125.67 Parsons, Clarence O. Parsons, Hermanr 21.86 Palen, Dorfald A 46 you may have incurred in Italy. 4 4 4 3.44 When the bills are received the Pali, Ulaniohalani P 24.59 Parsons, Iruing H LEWIS McEWAN Pallaro, S 7.11 Parsons, John H 1.34 balance due you will be for­ Your gear, sent to New- York Pallay, Stephen 1.98 Parsons, Theo. E 99 warded at once. by L. H. Blizzard, is being held SIU, A&G District Pallitto, Joseph Michael .... 6.24 Parsons, Walter R. 3.26 4. t S, at the New York Railway Ex­ BAJLTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Pallne, Norman Walter .... 18.77 Partel, Adolph J. B. Zagorda asks that men press On-Hand Department. Ifi 882.56 WUIiam Rentz, Agent Calvert 4539 who sailed with him in 1944 • get it is not claimed soon, it will be Pally, J. J. Jr 1.98 Pascente, Joseph 5.94 BOiSTON 276 State St^ 37 Paschal, Hubert D 46.93 in touch with: him. His address: sold. Walter Siektuann, Agent Bowdoin 4455 Palm, Robert 22.79 Pasierbowicz, Edward S GAI..VESTON 305V2—23rd St. Palmer, Bruce A. 61.17 1525 North Park Avenue, Phila­ Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 Palmer, G. T 2.00 Paska, J 7.52 delphia, Pennsylvania. MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Palmer, Elwyn N 8.26 Pastranos, D. ^ 4. X. 5.07 Cat: Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 Papers for the following men Palmer, Francis G f. 11.88 Pasziet, John G 4.21 NEWt ORLEANS 339 Chartres SL 6.12 Patch, Arthur E. Sheppard, Agent, Magnolia 6112-6113 Palmer, Joel G CHRISTIAN GUNNAR 3.63 are being held at the Shoregang NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. Palmer, J • 1.50 Patenaude, Everett E. WALLANDER 7.09 Office, Pier 22, New York: Joe Algina, Agent HAnover 2-2784 Palmer, John Marvin Jose Ramos 12.12 Paterson, Earl R. Get in touch with your law.<21.68 NORFOLK ..127-129 Bank St. Purdenciogonzales Andino Panebingo, S. 22.27 Patin, R yer at 291 Broaway, New York. 1.58 Ben Reee, Agent * Phone 4-1083 Gregorio Garcia 10.23 Paton, J. B. PHILAOELPHIA 9 South 7th St. Panhurst 4 4 4 5.49 Miguel Santiago 01 Patten-, Russell. D Lloyd Gardner, Agent LOmbard 3-7681 Panlon, M MARVIN MURPHY 26.79 SAN FRANCISCO 105 Market St. Pantak, Lawrence Manuela de Jesus Rivera 5.12 Patterson, Carlton Douglas 4.66 Get in touch with E. A. RobSteve Cardullo, Agent Douglas. 2-S47S Pantoja, J 5.83 Patterson, David R bins, Jr., Service Officer, Vet­ 44* ^ 2.01 SAM JUAN, P.R 252 Ponco de Leoa Will members of the crew of Panton, Kendal N 4.01 erans Service Office, Cabarrus; SaliCoUdV Agent San Juan 2-5B66 Patterson, E. A 99 the MV Pigeon Point, which County, Community Cent e r94 Patterson, Ernest 0 SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. Paolucea, Gaetano 42.99 Charles Starling, Agent Phone 3.1720 Pappas, John 4.31 j went to the rescue of the tanker Bldg., North Union St., Concord, j Patterson, Hansford B; Jr. 25.18 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Pappas, Stamatios Newhall Hills right after the 1946 North Carolina. 17.27 Claude Shnraons, Agent Phone-M«1323 PatteiTion, James.H. 6;D6 Patterson, Thomas P; 55:00 Patterson, Vincent J. 69 Patton, Edward C: 15.14 HONOLUIRJ ......... .lO'Merchant-Str Six percent increase, MV Patton, Louis Phone 88777 The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea? 80 PORTLAND Ill W. Bumeide St. Ponce, i-etroactive to- Feb. 10, farers International Union is available to all members who-wish..Patton, Murray B 60.00 Beacon 4336 1947. Paugh, Dorsey 2.84 to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment ofrt RICHMOND, Calif, i 257 5th St. Francisco Bartolomei, $19.51; Pauiuoda, Edward T Phone 2599 2.13 their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have • . . 105 Market St. Fioi^tino Quimper, $10:90; Sid­ Paul, Edmund SAN" FRANCISCO 22.75 the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every Douglas 25475 ney Turner, $11.70. Paul, Morris 28.41 SIU branch for this purpose. 86 Seneca St. SEATTLE Five percent retroactive to Paul, Robert S However; for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU 28.00 Main 0290 June 16, 1947. hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, Paulk, Milton ;. 33.19 WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. Esteban Morales, $1.19; Pedro Paulson, William E which you can fill out, detach, and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 Terminal 4-3131 5.72 Krazo, $1.78; Mai-tin Hoffman, Pavia, Louis A Beaver Street, New York A, N. Y. 9.19 $1.58;Carmelo Melendez, $1.35; Pavlic, Willie F. Gt. Lakes District 25.58 PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION Carlos Rodriguez, $13.20; Leoncio BUFFALO lO Exchange St. Cleveland 7391 Calderon, $16.60; Manuel Segarra, To the Editor: ISTHMIAN STRIKE CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. $1.83; Manuel Rodriguez, $1,64; DONATIONS Superior 6175 Julio F. Pacheco, $13.20; Victor I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to the^ CLEVELAND 2602 Carroll St. TURNED INTO NEW YORK BRANCH M. Oarcia, $1.07; Bias Aguilar Main 0147 address below; P. WallUh. $10.00; W. Odum, $8.00; DETROIT 1038 Third St. Ramirez, $12.56; Eliseo Santiago, Fidel LLkban. $1.00; F. Falume. $10.00; Cadillac 6857 $10.39; Henry O. Limbaugh, M; Name Valentin. $4.00; A. Vallejo. $20.00. DULUTH 831 W; Michigan St. $10.42; Horace C. McGurdy, M. J. Fiaher, $5.00; A. B. Bryan, Melrose 4110 $14,29; Joseph E. Tovvnsend, $.53; $25,00; E. A. Kaye. $25.00; H. Van TOLEDO .615 Summit St. street Address Bartolomei, $12.79; Buskirk. $20.00; C. O'Rourke. $10.00; GaHield 2112 Francisco F. Jonea. $25.00; Dominic Foica. Eduard Walter Shaw, $12.79; Jamea $25.00. .... State Canadian District Henry Sidney Samuels, $5.66; S. H. Davia. $10.00; Fauatino Orjales. City MONTREAL 1440 Bleury St. Amilcar Ortiz, $1.01; Ernest Ru- $25.00; P. T. Cleave. $11.00. Signed SS N. WEBSTER VICTORIA, B.C. ....602. Boughtoa St. bio, $1.01; Juan Soils, $1.47. R. T. Muller. $10.00. ' Empire 4631 Cbllect from Puerto Rico Mar SS ALLEGHENY VICTORY VANCOUVER MS.Hamlitoa St. fiook No; rine Corporation, Ponce. Puerto Angelo Giorlando, $.10.00; Louia E. Paclftc 7824 iRico, Lotz.: $-104)0; Jacob, uckelew, $104)0. O'Neal, James H O'Neha, Jos. L G'Neil, Arthur O'Neil, Jack G'Neil, R O'Neil, Thomas G. ...: O'NeU, William , O'Neill, George S Qng, Richard Oninby, J Ontai, James Jr O'Quinn, Daniel O'Quinn, John W Orf, DanieU Orfano, Henry Del Oriani, Ernest J O'Riordan, Cornelius Orlando, Salvatore A. Orme, Nathan O'Rouke, Phillip O'Rourke, J. G O'Rourke, J. H." Orphilla, Gregorio Orr, J. R Orris, Wm Ortez, P. Ortega, R Ortiz, Alfred Ortiz, R Ortman, Chester Paul Orum, Euerett OryaU, F. A Osborne, Clarence Osborne, Raymond J Osborne, William H O'Shea, Harold J Osmow, Joseph Osolin, Arvio W Ossmow, John Ostoich, Thomas Ostrander, Arthur P. O'Toole, Rex B Otreba, Jacob A. Otterbeck, Tryere Ottesen, Darrell G Otto, Warren L Ouda, Edward Overholt, C. D Owea, Adam J Mississippi Steamship Company Moiiey Due NOTICE! SlU HALLS PERSONALS Notice To All SIU Members m ( . . rc ;f.C �T H E S E A FA RE ITS Page Sixteen LO G f Just One More Sign Of SiU Development: F' . ft;/ With the Seafarers LOG in front of him. Brother Charles E. Lee, Bosun, writes a letter to the editor. While waiting for jobs to be posted on the board. Savan­ nah Seafarers take time out for a picture. "Watch this one," says E. R. Rye, FWT, as he moves a checker deep into Richard Brown's territory. Brother Brown is an AB. Picture below shows the outside of the Savannah Hall. There is no doubt that more space and better facilities are needed, and the $10.00 Building As­ sessment will be a long step forward in gainingi good quarters for SIU members in every Branch. Entrance to the Savannah Hall is by way of a wooden walk over a canal. Bigger and better quarters are needed, but so far even the most diligent search hasn't turned up anything Just right. So, the search continues. '• • V if •, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource March 12 ,1948 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. 11 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES PAY HIKES OF 6.3-14.2 PERCENT GIVING SEAFARES THE HIGEST SCALES IN MARITIMW OKAYED BY MEMBERSHIP HEAVY VOTING MARKS START SEAFARES' TANKER DRIVE ROLLS ON STRIKES AND STRIKE STRATEGY NEW INCREASES GOVE SEAFARES HIGHEST PAY IN MARITIME HIGHEST YOUTZY AWAITING NEW TRAIL;THANKS MEMBERSHIP FOR HELP BOUTWELL BACK;TO RETURN FOR YOUTZY'S TRIAL REPORT FROM A&G hEADQUARTERS REFERENDUM BALLOTING STARTS PHILADELPHIA FINALLY GETS ITS NEW HALL PR DOCKWORKERS IN ELECTION FOR UNION SHOP ARIZPA PERFORMERS TOP ALL FORMER MARKS MINUTES OF A&G BRANCH MEETUNGS IN BRIEF WEST COAST SHIPPING STILL GOOD CREW EFFORTS SAVE ADRIAN WHN CARGO SHIFTS AT SEA KNOTS NO PROBLEM TO MOYD,REVVED 300 FOR MOBILE HALL VENDOR HAD PROBLEMS BUT PAID OFF CLEAN DISPATHCHER ASKS MEMBERS TO LEARN RULES,CONTRACTS STORY'S STORY PERFORMERS MUST BE DISCIPLINED Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/12/1948 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1948 Periodicals Seafarers Log