Seafarers Log: Vol. 11 No. 1 (1949-01-07)

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Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of NA

VOL. XI NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7. 1949 No. 1

The Facts, Mr. Hoffman
In a letter to Senator Styles Bridges, former chair­

man of the Congressional "watchdog" committee on the
Marshall Plan, EGA Administrator Paul G. Hoffman tried
to justify his infamous proposal to move all bulk Marshall
Plan cargoes iri foreign vessels by a statement that simply
does not fit the facts.

He declared that the cpst of shipping a ton of coal
from the United States to France is sometimes as much
as $4.50 less on a foreign ship than on an American ship.

\ He strongly implies that this big differential was the rule
rather than the exception, and he forgot to note that it
was an exception that was no longer happening on De­
cember 3 when he wrote the letter.

The facts are these: The American rate for carrying
coal from the East Coast to France is $10.85 a ton. This
rate is set by the Maritime Commission. On foreign ships,
the rate ranges from $8.50 a ton to about $9.00. THs
week, in an effort to get at the truth, a shipping official
called three operators of foreign flag vessels to inquire
about the coal rate. Two of the operators quoted $8.50.
The third wouldn't talk about any rate below $9.00 and
seemed to prefer a higher one.

Thus, the actual "differential", about which Hoffman
has been bleating turns out to be no more than $2*35 a
ton at the most and only $1.85 or less in some cases. And
the story doesn't end there, l^cause the differential is
just about wiped out later so far as American taxpayers
are concerned. Coal is not the only bulk cargo, but the
coal rate continues to be the root of the controversy.

Another facet of the Marshall Plan shipping situa­
tion has been overlooked completely by Hoffman and his

* executive assistants. At least they have not mentioned it
in their public statements. Whether Hoffman knows it
or not, foreign operators are getting away with a scheme
so obvious that one can only conclude that Hoffman is
a very gullible gent.

It is no secret that representatives of French shipping
interests recently told a member of the Maritime Com­
mission that they deliberately depressed their rates in a
maneuver to get a bigger slice of the melon. Later on, the
Frenchmen continued, up would go the rates. The Am­
ericans would be hoodwinked.

Shipping men of other nations participating in the
Marshall Plan are reported to have said substantially the
same thing, although they said it less bluntly than the

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Cuba Distilling Signs
Cuba DistUling Corpora-

lion. a new addition lo Ihe
SIU tanker fleet, has signed
a contract with the SIU COT-
ering all tuilicensed person­
nel aboard their ships.

The skips of Cuba Distill­
ing came into the SIU re­
cently when, in an NLRB-
conducted election, the sea­
men chose the SIU as their
bai^ElBining agent by a wide
margin. The signing of a
contract between the SIU
and the operators of the
molasses carrying tankers
bripgs to the men of the
Cuba Distilling fleet the same
top-flight wages and oondi-
tmns enjoyed aboard all
ships contracted to the SIU.

When the soon-to-come
election in Cities Serrioe is
ended. Cities Seryice men.
like the tankermen of Cuba
Distilling, will, within a
short time, be protected by a
full SIU agreement.

NLRB Calls Vote
In OS; Only SIU
To Be On Ballot

The National Labor Relations Board has or­
dered a collective bargaining election on nine shijis
of the Cities Service tanker fleet. The Seafarers
International Union, Atlantic and Gulf District,
will be the only union to appear on the ballot.

A hearing before the NLRB regional office in
New York to determine the dates of the balloting
period and the election procedure is expected to
be held sometime next week.*-—

The hearing was originally
scheduled for Wednesday, Jan.
5, but the Cities Service attor­
neys did the expected and
crawled through a legal loophole.
They claimed that they had not
received the copy of the election
order sent to them by the Wash­
ington office of the NLRB. The
SIU received its copy of the
order on Dec. 30.

The NLRB ruled as eligible to
vote in the election those un­
licensed crewmen aboard the
nine tankers during the payroll
period immediately preceding the
date the order was handed down,
which was Dec. 29.

The thoroughly discredited
company controlled and spon­
sored Cities Service Tankermen's
Association, a puppet organiza-

A&G Vote Tolly To Begin Soon
A record vote was indicated as

balloting in the annual election
for SIU Atlantic and Gulf Dis­
trict officials officially ended
December 31.

Almost all ports reported that
the number votes cast in their
areas were unprecedented in the
histoi-y of Union elections.

An official Tallying Commit­
tee, composed of rank and file
members, Vviil be elected shortly.
Results will be announced as
soon as the committee finishes its
task.

ECONOMY MOVE
Voting got under way on Nov.

1 to determine who would fill 33
Union positions in A&G District
Headquarters and Ports. Sixty-
one candidates appeared on the
ballot, competing for the fol­
lowing posts: one Secretaiy-
Treasurer, three Assistant Secre­

tary-Treasurers, 11 Agents and 18
Patrolmen.

The number of positions ap­
pearing on the ballot was four
less than the 37 on last year's
ticket. The four positions were
dropped in line with the Union's
stepped up economy drive. How-
evei*, there will be no lessening
of service to the niembership as
a result of this move. The ports
where the cuts were made are
Mobile, Norfolk, Galveston and
Philadelphia, each of which will
operate with one less Patrolman
this year.

Photographs and biographical
sketches of all candidates sub­
mitting this material appeared
in the SEAFARERS LOG a week
before the voting began, as an
aid to the membership in deter­
mining for whom they would
cast their ballots.

CS Lawyer Writes 'Censtitution' For CTMA,
Keeps Centroi Of Stooge 'Union' in Own Hands

The company lawyer trying to
organize the Cities Service com­
pany union must have been red-
faced with embarrassment when
the SIU pointed out that he had
no union at all because he had
no union constitution. In his
haste to stooge for liis labor-hat­
ing boss lie had overlooked this
basic step.

Since then he has corrected the
deficiency. He has written a
constitution. At least, the com­
pany lawyer claims the phony
document is a constitution and
to prove his point right at the
top of page one he has placed
the solemn words "Constitution
and By-Laws . for the' Citco
Tanker Men's Association." Then
the joke begins.

The cream of the jest is
found in Article III, Section 2,

headed "Duties of the Board of
Governors," and in Article VI,
headed "Advisory Counselor." In
fact, the latter article is the key
to the whole scheme for it guar­
antees company control of the
union through the company
lawyer himself.

Article VI reads as follows:
SECTION I.
A. An advisory counselor

shall be retained by this As­
sociation, the-^xpense of which
shall be borne by the Associa­
tion and approved by ihe
Board of Governors.^

B. The Advisory Counselor
shall furnish the Board of Gov­
ernors with all info:rmation re­
garding industrial relations in
the Maritime field and ac­
tivities of ^ber groups that in
any way may affect this or­

ganization; he shall keep the
Board of Governors aware of
action by the Nidional Labor
Relations Board of Government
bodies and all other informa­
tion necessary and proper to
continue our organization on a
firm and secure basis.

C. He shall assist the Board
of Governors in collective bar­
gaining with the company and
aid them in the official and
proper administration ,of the
affairs of the Association.
Naturally, the Advisory^ Coun­

selor would be the company
lawyer. He would give the
Board of Governors advice and
information on trade unionism
and tell them how to negotiate
their contract. And he would
have the nerve to be listed on
the CTMA payroll while giving

them the company line on how
the tmion was to be run. Some
constitution!

Suggesting that a union pay a
company lawyer to represent its
membership is an insult to sea­
men's intelligence. It is small
wonder that Cities Service sea­
men are voicing their bitter dis­
taste for the company lawyer's
slimy plan. Moreover, the com­
pany lawyer would be violating
legal ethics by representing both
sides in a controversy.

However, the company lawyer
has accomplished one thing. He
has insured an SIU victory in
the forthcoming collective bar­
gaining election, although no
insurance was necessary. It
would surprise nobody if before
long he started drawing five-dol-

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tion which has been operating
under the guise of a "union,"
will not be on the ballot, since
it is not a bona fide labor or­
ganization.

The SIU has repeatedly
charged that the CTMA repre­
sents none but the company and
was formed with the company's
interests as its sole objective.

^ In ordering the election, the
NLRB recognized the wish of
the majority of Cities Service
men who signed pledge cards de­
signating the SIU as their choice
for bargaining representative.

Vessels covered by the NLRB
order are the Royal Oak, Gov­
ernment Camp, Fort Hoskin^
Salem Maritime, Bents Fort,
Bradford Island, Winter Hill,
Archers Hope and Lone Jack.

All these ships, with the ex­
ception of the Lone Jack, were
acquired by the company after
the collective bargaining election
held in the Cities Service fleet
last winter, when the SIU was
certified as agent for the crews
of seven company ships. Cities
Service men voting in that elec­
tion chose the SIU by an 83 per
cent majority. The Lone Jack
was to have been voted but ar­
rived in port too late to make
the deadline set by the NLRB.

NEW RULING
When the SIU called for a con­

tract covering the entire Cities
Service fleet, the NLRB, revers­
ing its previous rulings, held that
the eight ships not voted would
have to be polled in a second
election in order to qualify the
crews for Union representation.

On the ballot soon to be dis­
tributed by the NLRB, the men
on the nine ships will vote
"Yes" or "No" in answer to the
question: "Do You Wish To Be
Represented by the Seafarers In­
ternational Union, Atlantic and
Gulf District, AFL, for the Pur­
poses of Collective Bargaining?"

All unlicensed personnel, with
the exception of Bosuns and
Stewards will vote. At the in­
sistence of the Cities Service
company the NLRB ruled these
two ratings wex-e supervisory em-

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Branch Meetings
The next regular member­

ship meetings will be held
Wednesday evening, Jan. 12

*af 7 P.M. in all ports. With
the exception of New York,
all branches hold their meet-
mgs In Iheir own halls.

Take an active part in the
SIU. Make sure you're at
the meeting. Remember, the
time is 7 P. M. All Brothers
must show up promptly.

New York meetings are
held in Roosevelt Auditor­
ium, 100 East 17th ^reet,
comer of Fourth Avenue.



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SEAFARERS LOG
Published Weekly by the

SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION

OF NORTH AMERICA

Atlantic and Gulf District
Affilialed with the American Federation of Labor

At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. •
HAnover 2-2784

Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office
in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912.

267

The Facts, Mr. Hoffman
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Frenchmen. Foreign rates already are rising as the for­
eign operators smack their lips in anticipation.

Foreign operators haven't been worrying about mak­
ing or losing money for the present period. If they lose
money they expect to be reimbursed directly or indirectly
through the Marshall Plan. This would mean American
subsidization of European merchant fleets with low labor
standards. And if they get the extra cargoes and raise
the rates, too, their chances of losing money are very
slight. Yet Hoffman, in his letter to Bridges, wailed that
to pay ^hie American rates was to subsidize the American
merchar^ marine, and copies of that letter were sent to
many^trade unionists. Senators and Congressmen who
have "taken up the cudgels in the SIU's fight to have the
Hoffm^ order rescinded. In the early days of the battle,
Hoffimi^ and his assistants apparently believed that this
letterr^jn^a enough to fool everybody. Actually, it fooled
nobody. •

What of the rate differential that remains? Is it as
^devastating as Hoffman would have it sound? The answer,
is a resounding "No," after some of the elements in
steamship financing are examined.

If a minimum, of half of the bulk cargoes are to be
carried under the American flag as the law now provides,
despite Hoffman's peculiar interpretation, they will go
for the most part in Liberties under bareboat charter
from the Maritime Commission.

When a company charters a Liberty from the Com­
mission, it pays $7,500 a month in rent. If 150 Liberties
should fail to operate because of the Hoffman order, it
;would mean a dead loss in revenue to the Government of
$1,125,000 a month. The charter hire for Victory ships is
$10,000 a month, and if any Victory should fail to operate
because of the order the loss of revenue would be cor­
respondingly greater.

. Maritime Commission spokesmen point out that the
money from chartering a ship is almost entirely profit
to the Government. The loss to the Government is even
greater, however, for a ship in the boneyard costs the
Commission about $L0,000 a year to maintain.
. ^ Then there is the matter of taxes. If a company

charters, a, Liberty, the first 10 percent in gross profit on
the capital invested in the operation of , that ship is sub-»
ject tO-normal corporate income taxes. When the profits go
higher, the taxes spiral. After the 10 percent has been
taxed separately, the Government divides additional gross
profits by the number of days the company actually
operated the ship.

The company is then taxed 5 0 percent of the first
J$-1O0 a day profit, 75 percent of profit between $100 and
^$300 a day, and 90 percent of any profit above $300 a
day. The steamship companies still pay substantial divi­
dends while the Government gets millions and millions
in taxes.

iln short, if the Maritime Commission ships arc in
the boneyard, the Government loses: 1. millions of dollars

I in charter hire; 2. millions of dollars in maintenance
charges; 3. millions of dollars in corporate taxes; 4. mil-

[rtlons of dollars in unemployment benefits paid to seamen
and others in the maritime industry.

Hoffman maintains that if all the bulk cargoes go
on foreign flag ships, this country will be able to ship
•more goods to Europe. This is a, dubious argument at
best, since shipping costs are only one item in: the Marshall
Plan.

- However, he mi^t'better insist that 60 or 70 or even

Mett Now In The Mmne Hospitals
These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals,

as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging
heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by
writing to them.

NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL
S.,C. FOREMAN
A. N. LIPARI
HARRY J. CRONIN
J.DENNIS
F. Ir. SCHUQUE
E. SOTO
B. MALDONADO
G. ROTZ
O. HOWELL
V. P. SALLINGS
H. C. MURPHY
A. WARD
C. MEHL
G. MALONEY
F. BIVINS
L. MILLER
W. FERNHOUT

D. RUSSO
B. W. BIGGS
H. SWANN
S. LB BLANC
D. MC KINNIE
G. MESHOVER
W. GARDNER
A. BLAIS
E. DEAN
D. FOICA
J. YOUNG

X % X
BALTIMORE MARINE HOSP.
T. THOMAS -
C. SIMMONS
W. VOGEL
R. HARRIS
O. HARDEN

100 percent of the bulk cargoes go in American ships.
And he might ask that the extra taxes collected by ^he
Government from the shipping industry be appropriated
to pur^diase the goods that the people of the war-ravaged
nations of Europe must have, despite chiseling in shipping
and other matters by some of their businessmen.

The SIU will carry on its fight to have the Hoffman
proposal defeated. This battle is far frcmi over, but each
day we gain new allies in the labor movement and Con­
gress. The SIU never has lost a beef and will not lose
this one.

p. MCCARTHY
J. PRICE
A. JEFFREY
R. NOACK
F. TEIGEIRO
G. CARROLL
H. BENNETT
A. MASTERS
T. CARROLL
A. WATERMAN
R. FREY
W. HALL
B. THOMPSON .
J. BROWN
J. WINLEY
A. FASE
T. STANFORD
A. ROSADO
C. LAWSON

XXX
BOSTON MARINE HOSPITAL
JOSEPH ERNEST GALLANT
VIC MILAZZO
ELWOOD TALBOTT

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STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL
MOSE MORRIS
W. HUNT
J. HERNANDEZ
N. DORPMANS
A. C. SIMPSON
E. SOTO
W. NORRIS
F. STOKES
J, BLANCHARD
H. V. NEILSEN
J. STEPANCHUK
J. GRANGAARD
P. O. FONDULA
CHANG SENG
M. J. LUCAS
A. BORRERA

XXX
MOBILE MARINE HOSPXTAt
P. CARDONA
WILLIAM ROSS / ir
A. BEAL
E. SMITH •
E. JARRETT
C. HAPNER -; v|-

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lar wills for a living instead of
sitting in plush offices drafting
phony constitutions.

If it turns out that the com­
pany lawer has to look for a
new job he will be following in
the footsteps of company lawyei's
who have gone before him. It's
an old story. A company hires
a lawyer to keep the union out
by forming a company imion ox-
pulling some other dodge. The
company lawyer outsmarts him­
self and his fumbling tactics
guarantee the union victory. Out
goes the lawyer. Its happened
time and again in the past.

NEAT RIG
Just as phony as the Advisory

Counselor idea are the proposed
duties of CTMA's Board of Gov­
ernors. The Governors would be
elected through an elabox-ate
election process for two-year
terms. There would be three of
them, one from each depai-t-
ment. After being elected, thex-e
wouldn't, be much for them to
do, although once in a while
they might try to look like union
patrolmen. Here's how the com­
pany lawyer has it in his con­
stitution;

SECTION III.
E. (9) From time to time as

the need of the Association re­
quires, the members of the
Board of Governors shall agree
upon and designate one of their
number to spend timd meeting
the ships in order to main­
tain closer contact with the
membership.
Apparently their duties aboard

ships woxxld not include the set­
tlement of beefs. The company
lawyer has dodged that subject
completely.

properly rigged gangway. 1^- would be a lost ball in the high
fore the accident the crew had
told the Mate the gangway was
unsafe and should be re-rigged.
However, the employer coopera­
tion the company lawyer prates
about was xmobtainable.

COMPANY FRONT

Every seaman knows that any
union administered by a com­
pany lawyer would be run for
the company instead of the mem­
bership. He knows too that if a
company lawyer were to assist
in the px^paration of aimual re­
ports that the reports would- be
written as the company wanted
them. The xxrxion would be a
company front which is exactly
what the company lawyer wants
CTMA to be.

The company lawj'er con­
stantly jabbex-s that the company
union he is trying vainly to
build offex-s security. Howevex-,
you will hunt a long time to find
much security in the joke book
he calls a constitution.

Under the phony constitution,
a man's membership -in CTMA,
and thus his claim to union pro­
tection, woxxld last only as long
as he was employed by Cities
Sex-vice. Once a man left the
company's employ, whether by
quitting or being fired unjustly,
he could not be represented by
CTMA even if he were paid up
six months in advance. He

weeds until he got another Cities
Seiwice job. Another Cities
Service job might be hard to get
because the company could have
listed him as a bad company
man. In other words, to belong
to CTMA, a man woxxld have to
be a Cities Service stiff year in
and year out, working his 14
hours" a day.

The company lawyer's consti­
tution states it this way:

ARTICLE II
MEMBERSHIP
SECTION 3. Retiiamenf.
A members of this Associa­

tion shall be deemed to have
retired from the Association
upon ternxination of employ­
ment in the Cities Service Oil
Company.

SECURITY?

In the final analysis, a man's
security would depend on neither
his ship's delegate—or "ship's
representative, as the company
lawyer's constitution puts it—^nor
on CTMA's Board of Governors.
Security would be just a word in
the dictionary, because the com­
pany lawyer has made certain
that no effective grievance pro­
cedure is included in his con­
stitution.

Here is the kind of grievance
procedure he has devised.

1) If a man has a beef, he can
complain at a ship's meeting.

2) The ship's
forwax-ds the minutes of the
meeting to the Board of Gover­
nors.

3) The Governors, if they wish,
may discuss the matter with the
Advisory Coixnselor.

4) The Advisory Counselor is
the company lawyer, and he does
exactly what the company wants
him to do. He is the final judge
within CTMA itself. If he says,
"Now boys. Cities Service knows
best," the matter is ended. Un­
der the company lawyer's con­
stitution, the company never
woxxld have to hear about a beef.
The company lawyer could dis­
miss all beefs as a union official.
Some imion!

representative rank-and-file committee checks
the books every week and per­
manently employed certified pub­
lic accountants maintain a con­
stant watch on all accounts. Just
to make sure that nothing hap­
pens officials of the SIU, A&G
District, are bonded up to $25,000
each, and in some cases Head­
quarters officials are bonded for
even more. A Seafarer always
knows where his Union stands
financially. All Seafarers know
that as of December 25, 1948,
their Union had cash assets
amoimting to $1,295,366.02 and
several hundred thousand dollars
worth of property.

MUM'S THE WORD

Under the constitution the
company lawyer has written for
CTMA a union member would
not know anything about his
union finances. The constitution
calls for only one report a year,
and membex-s of the Board of
Governors authorized to sign
checks would be bonded for only
$1,000 each. The Advisory
Counselor would not be bonded
at all.

By way of contrast, the Secre-
tax-y-Treasux-er of the Seafarers
International Union, Atlantic &
Gulf District, issues financial re­
ports evex-y week. Moreover, a

PROOF ENOUGH

TJpthing could have demon­
strated the phoniness of the
Cities Service stand more effec­
tively than this constitution
which the company lawyer has
drawn up for the company union.
When the time comes for Cities
Service to vote in the NLRB
election, the result will be a
smashing victory for the SIU and
a punishing blow for the com­
pany, the company union and the
company lawyer. Cities Service
men will vote their preference
for the democratic SIU constitu­
tion which guarantees rank-and-
file control and for SIU security
under the finest contracts in
maritime.

A program calling for the
Certainly the lives financing of 3 millioft tons of

of CTMA's Board of Governors
would be a lot easier than the
lives of SIU Port Agents and
Patrolmen who meet every SIU
ship as it hits an American pox-t.

UNION WAY
Moreover, SIU Patrolmexx not

only maintain "closer contact"
with the SIU membership than
any company lawyer could im­
agine but they work hard to
settle every member's beef, oni

' occasion toiling far into the night
to get things squared away. But
SIU officials work for their
Union Brothers not for ihe com­
panies.

The further duties of the
CTMA Board of Governors
would be equally phony. For in­
stance, the Board would:

Cooperate with the employer '
in the promotion of matters of
mutual interest such as safety,
sanitation and standards of
seamanship.

Confer with the Advisory
Counselor both by mail and
personally to insure the orderly

. and lawful administration of
this Association.

Prepare an annual report of
the activities of the Associa­
tion with the assistance of the
Advisory Counselor.
Every seaman knows that to

"cooperate with the employer"
on safety and sanitation stand­
ards would be to accomplish ex­
actly nothing. If any one doubts
this, let him read in the LOG of
October 8 how Edgar Eddy was
killed aboard the SS Lone Jack,
a Cities Service ship, becaxx§e he
was ordered to the outboard side
of a swinging lifeboat during a
stox'm at sea. More recently, a
crewmember of the SS Fort Hos-
kins named Bednarz, was
drowned when he fell off an im-

shipbuilding for Norwegian flag
operation to be paid for with
Marshall, Plan money has been
proposed by Norway. At present
there is . $21 nxillion worth of
shipping being built for Norway
in Sw:edish shipyards with money
secured through the ECA's intra-
European trade program.

4 4,

The welfare ftmd won by the
ILA in its recent strike went
into effect on Januaxy 1. The
welfare fund provides for in-
sixrance plus accident and ill­
ness benefits of $25 per week
up to 13 weeks, and surgical
benefits up to $150. Longshore­
men must work a minimum of
SCO hours dixring certain speci­
fied periods to be eligible.

t ,

Alcoa Steamship Company has
announced that its passenger
business during 1948 was the
best in its history. During the
last twelve months Alcoa's pas­
senger ships and passenger-car­
rying cargo vessels, sailed, al­
most without exception, with
full passenger complements. The
company also noted that its
freight business declined some­
what in the final months of the
year. On scheduled runs the com­
pany had 221 freighter sailings
on irregxxlar runs and 114 bulk
cargo sailings. The present Al­
coa fleet numbers 57 vessels, a
drop of d2 from last year,

t

The longest pier in the world,
seven miles long with facilities
for a broad gauge railroad, has
been planned for the use of the
Arabian American Oil Company
near Dhahran on the east coast
of Arabia. The pier, which is ex­
pected to be completed within

a year, will berth vessels servic­
ing new oil fields being devel­
oped in the area.

3> 4 4.

American shipping participa­
tion in the Philippine trades is
continuing a decline which has
been in progress since foreign-
flag lines entered those seirvices
several years ago. Despite the
fact that more than two thirds
of the island's exports move to
the U.S. and Hawaii, sailings of
American lines are decreasing
while foreign lines are placing
more ships in the trade. Great­
est gainers are the Norwegian
and Swedish shipping compan­
ies.

3>

A. H. Bxxll Steamship Com­
pany has ordered 60 additional
"Transportainers" for use in its
shipping operations. The com­
pany will now have a total of
210 of the large steel shipping
containers in service. The con­
tainers have been adopted by
24 marine transportation com­
panies in an effort to stop pil­
ferage, minimize breakage and
facilitate material handling.

» » 3>

No progress has been reported
in negotiations between New
York Harbor tugboatmen and
the employers. A strike dead­
line originally set for December
31 had been postponed until
January 12, so as to give the
company further time to study
the unidn's requests. The employ­
ers. have. raised their offer to a
10 percent increase; the tugboat-
men are sticking to their de­
mands for a 35 percent boost
in pay.

* % %

An average of more than 60
vessels- entered or left New York

Port every day last year. Cus­
toms tabulation showed that in
all 11,480 vessels arrived dur­
ing the year and 11,719 departed.

it 4- 4>

The French luxury liner, He de
France, is expected to be back
in service by June of 1949. Also
due to enter the passenger trade
under the French flag is the
Liberte, formerly the German
liner Europa. The Liberte won't
be ready until the spring of
1950. The French Line, which
owns the two vessels, also has
annoxmced that they expect to
laxmch thix-teen freighters next
year.

4. 4i 4.

The abnormally good weather

of late fall enabled Great Lakes
ships to work late into Decem­
ber and rack up the highest to­
tal of tonnage carried since 1943.
The 1948 total is about 83 mil­
lion tons, exceeded only by the
war years totals of 92 million
in 1942 and 84 million in 1943.

4. 4. 4-
Indications are that the Egypt­

ian government wiU seize car­
goes passing through its ports,
if it is believed the cargoes
might, through transshipment,
reach Tel Aviv. The seized car­
goes, it is expected, will be put
into the Ph-izes Council. The
government will release all ship­
ments on which it has assuraiices
that they wUl not enter the war
effort between the Israelis and
the Arabs.

Your Social Security
FAMILY BENEFITS
When you start getting yoxu*

retix-ement insurance benefits at
65, or later, monthly benefits
may also be paid to others in
your family.

If you'get a Federal old age
insurance payment, yoxxr wife
will receive a payment equal to
one-half of yoxxrs. To qualify
she must be 65 years old, she
must be living with you or de­
pendent on you, and you mxxst
have been married at least 36
months before she files her ap­
plication.

If at 65 you have children

xmder 18, those children may also
receive monthly insurance pay­
ments, also equal to one-half of
yours. '

A wife's benefit continues as
long as she lives, xmless there' is
a divorce. A child's payment
stops when the child reaches 18.

If you continue work or . go
back to work under social se-
cxxrity after filing your applica­
tion, your retirement payment is
sxxspended for each month in
which you earn $15 or more. If
your wife or child is receiving
a payment on yoxxr account, that
payment is also suspended.

Payments to yoxxr wife and
child or to survivors also are
suspended for any month in
which they work under social
security.

(For further information con­
sult your local Social Security
Administration field office.)



V •"

^ Page Four THE S EAF ARE RS LOC FHdasr, JantMUry 7, 1343:

TmkalOfTraJe Union Support OfSIV

A TRADE UNION COUNCIL
OF THE

C«iineil
CHARLES S. ZIMMERMAN

Chalrmon
SAM B. EUBANKS

Svcrata ry-Tr«aiur»r
GEORGE f. CRANMORE
ANTHONY H. ESPOSITO
MARX LEWIS
WILLIAM MESEVICH
SAMUEL WOLCHOK

Vic>-Chainn*n

LIBERAL PARTY
OF NEW YORK STATE

ISO WEST 44t1i STREET • LOagacn S-OSOO • NEW YORK It. N.V.
•I.

Dseombsr 28th, 1949

Stars Offietn
ADOLF A. WkiX Jr.

Cttalfmofi
DAVID DUBINSKY

JOHN L CHILDS
GEOROe S. COUNTS
ALEX ItOSE
MINHOLD NIE8UHR

Vlcs-CfwIfmsA
JOSEPH V. OXEAirr

Ssctatanr
HARRY UVtLUft

Trsaivrsr
BEN DAVIDSON

Ei3evrtv« Dirtctar

&c«euriv3 Committe*
• JACK AITAAAN

JOHN E. BARRY
JOSEW "ELSYY
rHIlIP BORUS
H. BURAKOFF
THOMAS CAREY
MAX COHEN
FRANK COMUNAIE
HARRY 0AIIE5
AlPREO S. DAVIS

. OABRIEl D4ANGELIS
' MOE FAtlKMAN

ISRAEL FEINBSRG
MAX GAFT
JOHN GFIO
JAAX GOLDMAN
HARRY GREENBERG
f. H. GOLDBERG
S. HERSHKOWITZ
MORRIS HORN
CHARLES R. lUCCf
JOHN F. KELLY
CHARLES KREINOIER
lENJAMIN KAFUN
CHARLES H. KERRIGAN .

' JOSEPH KONOWE
PAUL J. KIEBS
JACK LEVINE
SAMUEL lOWENTHAl
BENJAMIN McLAURIH
NATHAN MARGOliS
A. MENOELOWIT2
At MEYERS
ISIDORE NAGIER
NORMA NAUGHTON
HYMAN PALATNIK
JOSEPH PROCOPIO
AURTIN RARBACH
SAMUEL REINIIB
GEORGE REYSEN

. BEATRICE RICHER
JACOB ROBERTS
ALEX ROSE
JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ
CEREL^RUaiEN
IRVING M. SIMON
IBBECCA C SIM0N50N
tours STUIBERO
OAVID SULIVAN
JOSEPH TUVIM
%YltllAM WACHS
NATHAN WERTHEIMIR
WILLIAM WOLPERT
THOMAS G. YOUNG

Mr. Paul Hall, Seoretary-Traasurar
Saafarars Intamational Uhlon
Atlaatio and Gulf Distriot
51 Baaver Street
New York 4, N.Y.

Dear Broyrer Hall;-
• '

Below find copiaa of telegrams sent this day to President Truman,
Paul 0. Hoffwin, EGA Administrator, and to members of Congress In this
area. As you will note in the Copies of our telegrams, we are whole­
heartedly behind the efforts of the Seafarers International (fnlon, Atlantlo
and Gulf District' to preserve Amerioan standards and maintain emplojiment
for your members.

We are opposed to fictitious transfers of title to ships in order
to use this as a camouflage for reducing standards of ecmpensation by
hiring labor in depressed countries. ^

We are asking all our.affiliated trade unione, with a total awAorshly
of mora than 500,000 to send wlree in behalf of their own locals.

Wishing you suocess in your efforts, ws are,

^ Fraternally yours,

JjSBFH M. POMARLEH,
SSceoutiva Soorotary
Trade Union Council, Liberal Rirty

BEN DAVIDSON,
SXeoutive Dlreotor
Liberal Party

telegrams sent 12/^8/43 by Liberal Psirliy Trade TJhlon Council

O'T? COUNCIL, COMPOSED OF APPROXDiATBLY 200 TRADE UNION ORGANIZATIONS WITH A
•T3TAL MEMBERSHIP OF 500,000 RESPECTFULLY HRGBS 1HAT PAUL 0. HOFIMAN,
ADMINISTRATOR, ADHERE TO THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE MAHSUlLL PLAN WHICH CAUB) •
FOE HANDLING A.T LEAST 50^ OF THE BUIJC CARGOES ON AMERICAN SHIPS.
HOFFMAN'S NEW PROROSAL IS PUT INTO EFFECT, THOUSANDS OF 8KILIED AMERICAN SBAKEK

JOS&H M roMARLEM WILL BE WROWN INTO THE RANKS OF THE UNEMPIPYED. ONE COUNCl^EEPU^ONOTH^
NITF MAINtAININGAMERICAN STANDARDS AND PRESEITVING AT lEAST THE STATU^UO OF
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONSL WE APPEAL YOU USE YOUR INFLUETKE TO MAINTIIN THE
ORIGINAL INTENT OF CONGRESS IN REGARD THE MARSHALL PUN CARGOES.

I The above communication is typical of the unprecedented support labor
0r|anizations throughout the country ^e mustering in behalf of the SIU's
fight to halt the Hoffman plan, which would transfer shipment of Marshall
Plan bulk cargo to foreign flag vessels.

The Trade Union Council is the political arm of moat of the non-com­
munist unions in the State of New York, and speaks for organizations with
a membership of 500,000 workers.

More than one hundred trade unions, representing millions of Amerh
can working men and women, have already joined the SIU in protesting the
Hoffman plan because it would throw thousands of U. S. seam^ out of
their jobs and would seriously weaken the national defense—^and more sup­
port is reaching us every day.

The SIU wishes to add the following organizations to the Honor Roll
of ?hnions that have demonstrated their trade union solidarity^

f Local 1244, Local 62, Brotherhood of Painters, . Decorators and Paper-
hangers

International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers
^ Local 94, Uniformed Firemen's Association of Greater N.Y.
Maritime Workers Council of Philadelphia
Local 20499, American Federation of Rubber Workers
Local 54, American Federation of G^ain Millers
Local 950, Local 627, Local 1292, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and

Joiners of America
West Virginia State Federation of Labor
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers mid Hidpers
Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers International Union
South Dakota Federation of Labor
Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers and Helpers International Union
Michigan State Federation of Labor
North Dakota State Federation of Labor *
Troy (NY) Federation of Labor nf Troy and Vicinity
Local 947, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and

Helpers of America
Local 807, International Bretherkeod of Teamsters, C^idttfl^i^s and

Wardiousemen and Helpers

) Congzwssional support of the: SIU's opposition to the Hoffman
CCA proposel, which would scuttle the American merchant.
marine, continues to pour into Union Headquarters.

Last week's LOG carried statements from 14 Congressmen and
Senators backing the SIU's position. The following excerpts are
from communications received this week:

Sen. William Langer (R., N.D.):
"You can count on my support."

Rep. James J. HeSeman (D., N.Y.):
"You can rest assured that I will not support any legislation'

designed to put American seamen put of work."
Rep. Ernest K. Bramblett (R., Calif.):
' "I agree with your stand in this matter, and expect to do

all I can toward stopping the same."
Rep. Leonard W. Hall (R., N.Y.):

•'"I certainly am minded to do everything possible... to pro­
tect and further the interests of oiu: An^erican Merchant Marine
and I am also expecting, definitely, that this new Con,:T:ess will
go thoroughly into the situation in order to clarify its intention
under the EC A law."
Rep. Emanuel Celler (D., N.Y.):

"You may be sure I am giving serious study to this proposal
and will take earnestly into consideration your point of view." '
Sen. Lister HUl (D., Ala.):

"Am doing all in my power to prevent diversion of bulk
cargo from American bottoms and will certainly continue mjr
efforts."
Sen. John j. Sparkman (D., Ala.):

"I have been taking matter of Hoffman directive up with
apinnpriate officials... Shall continue doing my best."
Sen. Spessard L. Holland (D., Fla.):

"Thank you for your letter... My people in Florida have
already been in touch with me. I shall help."
Rep. J<rfm A^ Kalnik (D., Minn.):

"As you point out in your letter, the EGA Act clearly stipu­
lated that at least half of all cargoes shipped would move ii^
American ships. I gave this provision of the biU my full support,
and shall certainly support the efforts which are being made by
your union in cooperation with other labor groups to keep this
policy in force. Unemployment among our-skilled seamen must
be avoided at all costs."
Rep. Jacob K. Javlta (R., N.Y.):

"I have carefully noted the points made, and you may be sur^
that I will have them very much in mind in the course of, the
consideration of this question irt Committee and by the House." .
Rep. Eugene J. Keogh (D., N.Y.): >

"I • appFeciate> very much having your experienced expression ,
of opinionAand want you to know that I propose to give to this,
... my earnest consideration. We are hopeful that we may be,
able to- come' forth with satisfactory solutions."
Sea. WMter T. George {D., Ga.):

"I am glad to have the information you furnish relative to .
the EGA Administrator's proposal regarding EGA bulk cargo. I;
have takeh this matter up with Mr. Hoffman.,"
Sen. Milton R. Young (R„ N.t>.):

- "Several others have written to ' me on this matter and I
have- taken this problem up with Mr. Hoffman, Director of EGA."
Sen. Owen Brewster (R., Maine):

"You may be sure I shall'have your views in mind when this .
matter comes up on the floor of the Senate for consideration."
Sen. John C. Stennis (D., Miss.):

"I am confident that this matter will receive the early atten- ,
tion of the Congress and you may be assured of my very real
interest-in the , matter. I have berai benefited by your, viewpoint
and shall be delighted to hear from you in the future."
Sen. William F. Knowland (R., Calif.):

"It may be of interest to you to know that the amendment',
which is now in the EGA Act of 1948 requiring that at least one
half of- all cargoes -from the United States move in American:
ships was introduced by me. I shall'oppose any attempt to repeal
the congressional, policy set forth at that time." ' '
Rep. Charles JL Wolverton (R., N-J.):

"I,, am fully in accord with the news you have exprestedj
I will- be. glad to so vote if and when the matter comes before
Congress for action." ' • ^
Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (Dw Wash.): . . ^
"I am glad to have your expression in this regard. My personar

interest ,dates well ahead of the time the legislation was presented
on the "floor, at which time a few of us succeeded in having the
sUpulation written into the bask legislation. This outcome was
not anticipated and I now have ah opportunity to go into the
matter." ,
Rep. WiUimn T. Byrne (D.. N.Y.):

T have been receiving a number of telegrams and letters from
my district concerning this proposal, and you may be assured^
that I am giving this matter my very serious attention at this time.'* '
Rep, Harris Ellsworth (R., Ore.):

"I appiTSciate the interest of the merchant seamen in this •
problem and am ,glad to have your comments. Your leUer wfil'
be kept in mind in connection. with any action which may come '
before, the Congress on this matter. I am sure that any abridge-
ment of the Act of .Congress will receive the early attention of
the proper committees and' recommendations will be made for '
remedial action;" '
Rep. F. Edward Hebert (D.» La.);

"1 have already contacted Adiftinistfator Hoffmah protesting^
this action, and assure you of my full cooiperation in an effort to
have tfiis proposal Withdr'awn." i



Friday, Jemiary 7, 1949 TBE &E AF ARBR S LOG Page Five

Isthmian Payoff Recalls Pre-SIU Days

Here the Union Patrolman assigned to paroff latbmian'e Sleei Designer listens to crew­
men's accounts of the trip. Left to right: Pedro Velez, Patrolman Jim Sheehan. Jack Smith,
C. Kenny, J. Nugent and S. Keane. Contract violations, disputed ovMtime, beefs of all kinds
will be squared away before men payoff—a tig differeiice from the days before Isthmian men
went SIU.

For example, Vincent Koran, who was on an Isthmian ship during the war, wrote to the
LOG: "Personally, I was forced to do many hours' work on the bridge that rightfully was over­
time for the Deck Oang, but not one man could say a word."

Last week's payofi-aboard the Isthmian Steamship Company's
SS Steel Designer. served as a striking example of what hard­
working seamen can accomplish under conditions guaranteed by,-
an SlU contract.

The ship, a C-3, was back from a three-month trip to the
Persian Gulf and her lads were paying off. On the job was a
Union Patrolman to see that the crew got every cent that was
coming to them, that the company tried no tricks to do them out
of / overtime pay, that the food was sati.sfactory and to take care
of all the problems that arise in the cours-e.of a voyage. But his
job was easy.

The self-disciplined crew, sailing under a first-rate contract
which the company has learned to respect, brought the Steel
Designer into port in .shipshape condition. There were only a few
minor beefs and all of them had been so clearly recorded during
the trip by the Department Delegates that the Patrolman was able
to settle them in short order, to the complete satisfaction of all
concerned.

But still fresh in the mind of Isthmian seamen is the fact that,
they, like the Cities Service tankermen who are to vote soon on
SIU representation in a collective bargaining election, were pre­
vented for a long time from getting top wages and first-j'ate con-
.ditions by a powerful company. After years of company domina­
tion and abuse. Isthmian men came out from under the boom in'
1947, when they chose the SIU as their bargaining representative.'

Isthmian seamen make no bones .about saying that the SIU has
improved their lives to a degree they never would have dreamed
about in the old days. And proof of their gains lies in payoffs
like that aboard the Steel Designer last week.

Isthmian seamen are now served tasty chow, like the Virginia ham dinner
under way in photo above, prepared in spic and span galleys, kept clean by
crewmen who are paid top wages for their work. That's why 2nd Cook John
McElroy (standing)., and 3rd Cook Jimmy Wood, are all smiles. Before SIU
came aboard, crewmember Harold Weiss, of Isthmian's Steel Recorder described
conditions this way: "The ship is overrun with rats and it's common to como
across them in the alleyways and pantries." Throughout the fleet men had to
contend with similar conditions of iilth, completely tmable to secure corrective
measures. The cleanup job began when the SIU contract went into forced

Here is the payoff, with all hands getting what's coming to them, including
overtime money, as a result of first-rate, on-the-spot representation. Crew-
members are lined up behind Shipping Commissioner to sign off articles, while
Steel Designer's Captain H. K. Toepel prepares to give men their earnings.
In the days before the SIU contract, overtime was just a word on Isthmian
ships. Like in March 1946, when shipboard organizer W. E. Wyman wrote to
the LOG: "My total overtime under Isthmian rules amounted to 76 hours,
while under SIU it would have added up to 213 hours. What price
non-Unionism!"

!

Steward V. Szymanski shows off one of the trimmings
enjoyed by Steel Designer's crew at Christmas dUmei^-a
coconut cake big enough to give all hands double helpings.
In the pre-contract days. Isthmian seamen reported constantly:
"Chgw is lousy and scarce."

The top wages, overtime pay rates and shioboard conditions now enjoyed by Isthmian sea»
men as a result of their choice of the SIU as colDctive bargaining- representative are now within
the grasp of the Cities Service tankermen.

And it cannot come too soon for the great majority of these men. No group of seamen
sailing American ships today is more badly in nsed of the support and protection of a genuine
trade union contract than the Cities Service tankermen.

But let the men of the Cities Service fleet tell it themselves.
Of a recent trip aboard the SS Fort Hoskins, former Cities Service tankerman Jesse; S*

Rogers (since tired) said:
"As soon as the sun's rays break the horizon, the 4-8 watch is out on deck with a ppint

brush or chipping hammer. Also, Saturday afternoon isn't a time when the 12-4 watch can take
things easy on this tub any more. The Mate always has a job of what he calls 'odd jobs.' When
yours truly put up a squawk about these 'odd jobs,' the Mate comes out with. 'Well, I could cul
out your coffee time, you know'."

Here's another report from a man on another Cities Service ship—the names of course, can-
not be disclosed for obvious reasons:

"The Captain and the Mate had us working 16. 17 and 18 hours a day trying to get the
tanks cleaned in five days. They wouldn't even reimburse us for the clothes and shoes we ruined
on the job. He offered us live hours overtime for the work."

Another* Cities Service man reports:
"The cockroaches on this ship are overwhelming. When we pick up our shoes in the morn­

ing, dozens of these pests will run out. We find three or four of them dead in our socks. Our suit­
cases are homes for them."

And another:
"All of us put down overtime for the sea watches on Armistice Day and Thanksgiving, but

it was promptly scratched ofL Overtime on this scow is as scarce as hen's teeth. No matter how
long we work docking and undocking. we can only put down one hour's overtime for it. ThaUC.
according to the Male, is company policy."

The list is unending. But Cities Service men can change it all—by voHng "Yes" for SHJ
representation.



Page Six THE SEAFARERS lOG Friday, Januiury 7, 1949

Philly Promises Come Through,
Draws Boom Week Of Shipping

By LLOYD (Blackie) GARDNER

PHILADELPHIA — Shipping
took a decided upswing here dur­
ing the past week, when we en­
joyed activity approaching boom
proportions. There were three
payoffs in, and practically full
crews were sent as replacements.

First to payoff was the 88 At­
lanta City, which arrived here
after a five-month trip in the
Far East. This old Isthmian
scow paid off in pretty good
shape. -A little disputed over­
time was squared away satisfac­
torily.

Next to payoff was Waterman's
88 . Governor Miller, which came
in from Germany and paid off
with the crew receiving trans­
portation to Houston and piling
off, as per the Union rule.

NO BEEF
Incidentally, this crew of the

Governor Miller paid off without
squawking about the transporta­
tion rule. That is, all but one
joker. This guy knew the rule
as well as the rest of the crew,
but had to raise the old beef
about having to quit after nine
months on the ship and losing
his vacation, losing this and that.

You have all heard some guy
blow his yap in this fashion. As
long as the rule stands all hands
should observe it, without mak­
ing speeches to Union ̂ officials
when they come aboard ship to
settle the crew's beefs and to see
that the payoff is squared away,
in addition to seeing that the
Union's agreements and shipping
rules are lived up to.

The last ship to payoff for the
week gave us a job to do on New
Year's Day. The 88 Lake
George, U8 Petroleum, came in
and paid off at Paulsboro, N. J.

This T-2 tanker came in clean,
and the only thing that marred
her trip was something of a per­
sonal nature between a crew-
member and several others. '

We are still investigating the
matter to see if we can deter-
mihe the source of the trouble,
so that it won't happen again.

Otherwise, as I said, the ship
was in good shape. After taking
on a new crew, she will be ready
soon to take off again for the
Persian Gulf.

HATS OFFi
We also had the usual run of

ships in transit and there were
few beefs on these. I would
like to pay my respects to the
Steward of the 88 Robin Good-
fellow. This ship was here for
thq holidays and the 8teward
came ashore and invited those of
his^ Union Brothers who might
w«|it a holiday meal to come
aboard. This was a swell, gesture
and one that should make the
crew of the Goodfellow proud of
their 8teward, who is a real 8IU
Brother.

Two main topics of conversa­
tion in this port at the moment
are the chances labor has of get­
ting a break in this new Con­
gress, and the swell support giv­
en our Union by all labor or­
ganization everywhere in helping
us fight the Hoffman proposal.
The boys are also anxious to
learn the results of our annual
election.

One other item. I ran into
Blackie Kane on the Lake
George. He stayed on for an­
other run and asked me to in­
form his beachcombing friends
in the islands that he won't make
it this year". Saise he'll see you
island Romeos in the fall.

8o until next week I'll say so
long, with a hope that soon I'll
be strolling around in the "ab
most" tropics instead of in the
damned cold and snow here in
Philly.

IMM Wreckers Are WeneJ
The SIU is on record that charges will be placed against

men guilty of being the following:
PILFERERS: Men who walk off ships with crew's equip-

men or ship's gear, such as sheets, towels, ship's stores, etc.,'
for sale ashore.

WEEDHOUNDS: Men who are in the possession of or
who use marijuana on board an SIU ship or in the vicinity
of an SIU HalL

GASHOUND PERFORMERS: Men who jeopardise the
safety of their shipmates by drinking while at work on a ship
or who turn to in a dnmken condition. Those who disrupt the
operation of a ship, the pay-off or sign-on by being gassed up.

This Union was built of. by and for seamen. Seafarers
fought many long and bloody fights to obtain the wages and
conditions we now enjoy. For the first time in the history of
the maritime" ixuiustry a seaman can support himself and his
family in a decent and independmit manner. The SIU does
not tolerate the jeopardizing of these conditions by the actions
of irresponsibles.

In any occupation there is a small group of foulballs.
While the Union has been fortunate in keeping such characters
to a minimum, we must eliminate them altogether from the
SIU.

All Seafarers, members and officials alike, are under
obligation to place charges against these types of characters.

Any man, upon being convicted by a Union Trial Com­
mittee of actions such as outline here, faces Union discipline
up to and including complete expulsion from the Seafarers.

New Outfit, intercoastal Highiight New York Week
By JOE ALGINA

NE'W YORK — In addition to
the arrivals of some regular 8IU
stand-bys. A fair week for ship­
ping in this port was punctuated
by the arrival of the Purdue
"Victory and the Wanda.

The arrival of the Purdue Vic­
tory marked the first inter­
coastal ship to reach this port
since the West Coast 'strike
started last 8eptember. The
Wanda came in and completed
her first voyage under 8IU con­
tract. 8he's operated by the
Epiphany Tankers Corporation, a
newly-signed company. The Pur­
due Victory is the first ship in
on the run which was sorely
missed during the long months
of the West Coast strike. A lot
of intercoastal boys will be
happy to hear these ships are in
operation once more.

The Wanda came in looking
fine. She'll make a good addi­
tion to the SIU fleet and marks
the addition of one more tanker
company to the ever-growing list
of tanker outfits contracted to the
SIU.

The regular ships to hit port
this week were the Steel De­
signer, Steel Advocate, Isth­
mian; Suzanne and Hilton, Bull;
Seatrains Texas and New York,
both of which headed out almost
at once; the Azalea City, City
of Alma, Waterman; William R.
Davie, South Atlantic.

LOOKED SHARP
The ships looked good to the

Patrolmen assigned to pay them
off. Praise goes to the crew of
the Davie, who brought in a clean
ship and had everything shaped
up for the payoff.

On Isthmian ships the Patrol-

Empty Frisco Haii Awaits Men
By FRENCHY MICHELET

SAN FRANCISCO—The man­
power situation on this coast
continues to be critical. We have
four full crews called for but
few rated men aroimd to take
the jobs. The situation is fur­
ther complicated by Waterman's
acquiring the Monroe Victory, a
ship Isthmian laid up recently.

This move comes at a par­
ticularly bad time as we have
just scraped the bottom of the
barrel to crew Waterman's Fair-
hope, which went into service

this week.
There is a good number of

.ships in the harbor — mostly
transits—and they have kept us
on the jump. V/e've contacted
them all and squared away their
beefs.

With five ships to crew up in
the immediate future and only
ten men present at the last meet­
ing in the hall, the membership
in the outports can get some idea
of our predicament here. Broth­
ers, where are you?

men have reported beefs in the
engine department over standing
watch in port. The practice in
the Isthmian fleet is to have the
Oiler in port stand watch and
watch. ' This constitutes over­
time work if done after 5 P.M.
and before 8 A. M., a total of 15
hours a day. By the end of a
voyage this totals up to a juicy
hunk of overtime pay.

The rule is that this overtime
is to be divided equally among
all three Oilers. The Oilers in
turn are to rotate the watches.
There is where the beef lies.

The day watch man must ro­
tate on the night watches if he
expects to cut in on the over­
time money. By setting up a
method of rotating the watches
as soon as the ship leaves the
States there will be little cause
for grumbling when the payoff
rolls around

These ships make long trips
and sometimes lie in - port for
one to three weeks. By rotating
the time on watch among all
three men there will work out
an equalization of both number
of hours worked and time of day
the watches are stood. If the
daytime Oiler puts up a squawk
about standing the night watch,
he's not entitled to a division of
the overtime money.

Oh another subject, one which
has been touched on before:

Once in awhile, not top fre­
quently, howeirer, a crewmember
of a ship will attempt to shirk
his work by claiming to know a
port agent or official in the
Union. By knowing an official
he thinks he is exempted from
turning to at his work. This is
a lot of bunk. If knowing an of­
ficial were an excuse for lying
down on^the job, ninety percent
of the members would be doing
nothing.

SAME BOAT
There is no reason at all for

this kind of talk. Every member
of the union is treated alike, and
knowing an official is no differ­
ent than knowing any other
member of the union. After all,
officials are members of the
Union, too, and are not a group
separate and apart from the rank
and file.

When a man . pulls the line 'T
know Joe Blow, the Port Agent,"
put him in his place, but fast.
This type character is only hard-
timing the crew and causing ill
will. The official whose name he

used will back up any action the
crew may take. An incident of
ths nature cropped up a week or
so ago. The guy who "knew
the port agent" found out that
it did him little good when he
fouled up the crew. The Agent
joined the drew in preferring
chai-ges against the man.

Mebik Chses
h Goed Shape

By CAL TANNER
MOBILE—Activity In this Gulf

port last week centei'ed around
three payoffs and three sign-ons,
including one vessel on continu­
ous articles.

The Waterman Steamship Cor­
poration had two ships paying
off. These were the Topa "Topa
and the Fairport. The third ship
to payoff was the Alcoa Clipper.
All were in good shape:

The Fairport and the Clipper
re-signed, the Clipper heading out
on her usual passenger run to the
British West Indies, and the
Fairport cariying general cargo
to Bremen. The Alcoa Pointer
also signed on, going out on the
bauxite run.

The steamship companies in
this port have called our atten­
tion to the fact that parcel post
packages addressed to the com­
pany office for men on their
ships cannot be forwarded. They
have, therefore, suggested that
anyone who thinks he has such a
package should claim it at first
opportunity.

And if you are thinking of
sending packages to anyone care
of a company office, be sure that
you send them first-class mail so
they can be forwarded. The post
office will not provide forward­
ing service on packages sent via
parcel post, or any other way
than first-class.

A considerable number of tele­
grams, phone calls and letters
are still going out of this port
into Washington, protesting the
idea of transferring all Marshall
Plan bulk, cargoes to foreign bot­
toms.

Every labor imion in the city,
representing all crafts, has . co-.
operated with us 100 percent in
the program, and from the wires
we are getting back from Gon-
gressmen and Senators,, we are
going to have, a lot of support in
our fight.

Tampa Activity
Shows Increase

TAMPA — A definite pick-up
over the past month of shipping
showed up on the shipping board
here this week. We handled the
Evelyn Tor Bull, the Noonday,
DeSoto and Bessemer Victory for
Waterman, and the Florida in at
Miami. We dispatched men to
all of these ships and settled
what minor beefs had cropped
up.

Since the • ILA beef, shipping
haS been in a turmoil. None of
the ships is on schedule, and it
appears that it will be a little
while longer before all is back to
normal once more. The Canton
Victory and the Bessemer Vic­
tory should be on normal sched­
ule their next time into this port.

in line with our program to
bombard Congressmen and goy.-
ernment officials with telegrams
protesting the Hoffman plan to
scuttle American shipping, all the
AFL unions in this port have
make their feelings known by
wire and letter to Washington.

All of 4he unions participating
have received answers to their
wires promising favorable action
when the plan comes before Con­
gress.

Hei'e's a story that might bring
a chuckle. It's told by one of
our members, A. J. Varn, who
lives in the country outside this
fair city.

The people who live out in the
country are all farmers, and most
of them haven't seen a circus or
any of the unusual animals that
go with such a -menagerie. One
night last week. Brother Van
relates, there was a small carni­
val in the area and all of "the
animal broke loose.

One of the farmers, who hadn't
heard of the escape, went out
at daylight to milk his cows. In
the early morning light he spot­
ted a strange animal (an ele­
phant) grubbing in his cabbage
patch.

He got all excited and ran
down to the general store and
called the county sheriff.

Excitedly he exclaimed:
"There's a terrible monster in my
cabbage patch!"

Startled, the sheriff asked:
"What's he doing?"

"Pulling up my cabbage with
his tail," r^eplied the farmer..,

"What's he doing with the cab­
bage?" queried the sheriff.

The farmer replied: "I'm not
going to tell you—^you'd never
believe me!"

Port Savannah Ready
For Shipping Gaiis

By JIM DRAWDY

SAVANNAH — One ship is
due in here on Saturday, and
four or five others are expected
to follow here during tl)e next
few weeks. They will be a wel­
come sight, too.

Most of the fellows on the
beach here are getting over the
holiday celebrations and are
about ready to go.

Brother E. M. Biyant, who had
been serving as acting agent in
this port, is one of those who is
all set to ship. He's expresing
the hope that he'll soon be on
the deep blue soon "on the way
to Frenchy's mystic islands."

If Frenchy is going to paint
these beautiful pictures of "mys­
tic . islands," it seems that the
least he could. .do is to. supply
some pertinent data, like •. ihe
latitude and longitude and tele­
phone, numbers.



Friday, January 7, 1949 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven

Minutes Of A&G Branch Meetings In Brief
GALVESTON—Chairman. Hay

Sweeney, 20; Recording Secre­
tary, Jeff Morrison, 34212; Read­
ing Clerk, Keith Alsop, 7311.

f

Motion carried to accept min­
utes of previous meetings in
other Branches as read. Agent
reported that turnover of men
was fair, in view of the holiday
season. He spoke on the current
fight being waged on the EGA
policy change, and said that
many of the local unions had
written to Congress protesting
the plan to drop the 50-50 provi­
sion. The Labor Councils of
Galveston, Houston, and Texas
City have also voiced their dis­
approval of this blow at seamen.
Balloting Committee elected.
Five men took the Oath of Obli­
gation. Motion carried that no
man be allowed behind Dis­
patcher's cpimter without au­
thorization and that a fine of $50
and a 30-day suspension from

A&G Shipping From Dei, 15 To Dot. 29
PORT DECK ENG. STWDS. REG. DECK ENG. STWDS. SHIFFED

REG. REa REG. TOTAL SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL
Boston 21 16 18 55 29 15 8 52
New York. 195 182 194 571 170 Ifi? 149 481
Philadelphia 26 28 29 83 42 32 28 102
Baltimore 161 104 91 356 124 101 87 312
Norfolk. 36 34 22 92 32 23 19 74
Savannah. NO FIGURES AVAILABLE
Tampa 27 32 15 74 13 9 9 31
Mobile 71 70 51 192 61 50 62 173
New Orleans 127 82 80 289 134 117 162 413
Galveston. 22 * 15 25 62 ' 30 41 24 95
San Juan.... 22 12 7 41 23 9 5 37
San Francisco...„ 37 39 43 119 52 48 49 149
Wilmington, Cal 18 23 16 57 41 24 .19 ' 84
GRAND TOTAL 763 637 591 1,991 751 631 621 2,003

shipping list be. imposed on vio­
lators of the rule. Motion car­
ried to accept report of Balloting
Committee. Committee gave re­
port of investigaticm into sani­
tary facilities of Branch Hall. It
found need for new piping and
recoptunended that work be
started immediately on project.
Under Good and Welfare, there
was discussion of the official
manning scale and of the Mar­
shall Plan shipping situation,

t t
TAMPA — Chairman, R. H.

Hall, 26060; Recording Secrelary<
J. Hand, 29810; Reading Clerk, H.
H. Brown, 50503.

Minutes of previous Tampa
meeting and New Business of
other Branch meetings read and
accepted. Telegrams and letters
from Congressmen, Senators and
President Green of AFL regard­
ing Marshall Plan beef read and
accepted. These communications
indicated support for SIU posi­
tion. Discussion on charges pre­
ferred: from New York against
man for refusal to pay dues and
missing payoff.' Voted to refer
matter back to New York for
clai'ification. Dispatcher's report
read and accepted. Minute of
silence for departed Brothers.
Agent ,1'eported shipping still
slow, but that a hole was being
made in the shipping list, and
that the outlook for immediate
future was' pretty faii\ He urged
anyone who had 'not voted to

to payoff a tanker, and that two
newly-contracted tankers had
paid off in Providence. Agent
also exhorted members to keep
writing and wiring President
Truman and their Senators and
Congressmen to block the Hoff­
man plan to scuttle the merchant
marine. In additicfti. Agent urged
everybody, to read article in. LOG
of December 24 on the Cities
Service company union. Agent's
report accepted. Dispatcher's re­
port read and accepted. Secre­
tary-Treasurer's financial report
and the Headquarters report
read and accepted. Communica­
tion from the Boston Teacher's
Union Local 66, AFL, read and
posted. One Brother was Obli­
gated. Balloting Corarhitting of
five men was elected by. acclama­
tion. This Committfee's subse­
quent report was accepted. Min­
ute of silence for departed
Brothers.

i. i, i
PHILADELPHIA — Chairman,

D. C. Hall, 43372; Recording Sec­
retary, G. Seeberger, 6932; Read­
ing Clerk, W. Gardner, 42941.

Minutes of previous minutes in
other Branches read and ac­
cepted. Agent reported that ship-

hurry up and do so before the
polls closed December 31. Exten­
sive, favorable discussion of the
present shipping rules was con­
ducted under Good and Welfare.

J. 4. it
BOSTON •— Chairman, J. G.,

Greenbaum, 281; Recording Sec­
retary, E. Dakin, 180; Reading
Clerk, H. CRshman, 40363.

Boston minutes read and ac-
'fcepted. Minutes of other
Branches read and accepted, ex­
cept for that portion of Galves­
ton New Business on extending
shipping cards, which was not
concurred in. - Agent reported
that Patrolman was in Portland

ping outlook has brightened. He
reminded members, that voting
in annual election is just about
over and that a tallying commit­
tee would be fleeted at the next
meeting. Agent thanked all those
who had served on the balloting
comihittees. Report concluded
with a resume of port affairs.
Motion carried to accept Secre­
tary-Treasurer's report. One man
took the oath of obligation. Dis­
patcher's; and Patrolhaan's reports
read and acc^ted. Motion car­
ried that" Brother who is eight
months in arrears to be allowed
to pay up all dues and. assess­
ments pips a fine, to be* paid foe-
fore shipping. Under Good and
•^Velfare some of the topics dis­
cussed were the necessity of co­
operation in keeping the hall
clean, the Marshall Plan contro­
versy, transportation, agreements
and the shipping outlook. One
minute of silence in memory of
departed Brothers.

S" i ®
MOBILE — Chairman, Ot Ste­

vens, 115; Recordinc^- Secretary, J.
Carroll, 14; Reading Clerk, H.
Fischer.

Minutes of previous meetings
in other branches read and ac­
cepted. Motion carried to ac­
cept minutes of special meeting
held Dee. 15. Agent , Tanner re­
ported that an all-out effort was.
made under way throughout the

organization to halt the transfer
of bulk cargo to foreign bottoms.
He also read two telegrams he
had received from two state sen­
ators. He then reported on the
prospects of shipping for the
next two weeks; giving the
names of the vessels expected
along with the .dates" of their
arrival and tfoeir status regard­
ing crewing up. He concluded
by stating that at this time there
wasn't any cotton being shipped
from the Mobile Port, due to the
differential in freight rates. How­
ever, there is pressure being

*

brought to bear to change this
situation. Motion carried to ac­
cept Agent's report. Telegrams
from Senatof.s Hill and Ferguson
in reply to our protests on Hoff­
man Plan read and accepted.
Balloting committee report was
accepted, as were the Patrol­
men's reports. The meeting was
adjourned at 8:10 P. M., with 250
members present.

% %
NORFOLK — Chairman, Ben

Rees, 95; Recording Secretary,
James A. Bullock, 4747; Reading
Clerk, James Wynn, 30768.

Motion carried to accept min­
utes of other branch meetings.
Communication read from Con­
gressman Porter Hardy promis­
ing his support in our fight on
Marshall Plap policy change.
Balloting committee gave report
on number of members voting
since last meeting night. Total
vote cast stands at 275 thus far.
"Tallying committee elected. Trial
committee elected to hear
charges brought against member
by Dispatcher fpr conduct unbe­
coming a Union man. Agent
spoke on the dire consequences
^or the Apierican merchant mar­
ine if the Boffman plan succeeds.
He reported, however, that the
Union hasi made considerable
progress in fighting the proposal
as a result of its intense cam­
paign in calling. Congress' atten­
tion to the matter. Agent also
report^ that progress was- being
made in negotiations with repre-

SAVANNAH — Chairman. J.
Monteverde. 516;'Recording Sec­
retary, William J. ' Brantley;
Reading Clerk, E. M. Bryant,
25806.

Motion carried to accept pre­
vious meeting's minutes. Secre­
tary-Treasurer's financial report
read and accepted. Motion car­
ried that it be placed on bulletin
board. Acting Agent E. M. Bry.;
ant introduced Jim Drawdy, who
is taking over the job as Agent.
Drawdy made the Branch report
on the basis of as much as he
was able to learn since his ar­
rival in port. Report accepted.
Minutes of previous meetings in
other Branches read and ac­
cepted. Motion carried to accept
Headquarters report to member­
ship and report of N. Y. rein­
statement committee. Motion
carried that members- making
motions from the floor be re­
quired to state their book num­
bers. Under Good and Welfare,
it was explained to permitmen
why they were not able to parti­
cipate in meetings. Although
they are not required to attend
meetings it was advisable inas-
m.uch as they would one day be
bookmen and therefore should an

sentatives of 'Virginia ferries,
with another meeting scheduled
for Jan. 4. Motion "carried to
accept Agent and Patrolman's re­
port. Under Good and Welfare
membership discussed necessity
for intensifying organizing ef­
forts. /

interest in the affairs of the or­
ganization, besides learning how
to conduct and participate in
meetings-by parliamentary meth­
ods. One minute of silence in
memory of departed union mem­
bers.

NEW ORLEANS — Chairman.
Lindsey Williams, 21550; Record­
ing Secretary,. Johnny Johnston.
53; Reading Clerk, Buck Ste­
phens, 76.

Charges read against three
members. Father Davis of
Buenos Aires Catholic Maritime
Club introduced. Minutes of
meetings held in all outports
read and accepted. Agent ' re­
ported on status of shipping. Re­
ported that shipping is expected -
to hold its own for coming two
week period. Voting reported
as setting a record for New "Or­
leans with nearly 1100 votes cast.
Agent reported on favorable're­
sponses being received from tele­
grams sent by members and' of­
ficials in protest of Hoffman pro­
posal. Agent also reported meet­
ings with crews, committees and
the Mississippi Shipping Com- •
pany concerning revamping! of-
working rules. A proposed group
registration plan for men work­
ing aboard passenger ships sub­
mitted to membership for ap­
proval. Director of Organization
Lindsey Williams reported ;on
benefits derived by SIU thiough
organizing program. Motion car­
ried to accept Brother Williams'
report with a vote of apprefeia-
tion. Seven took the Oath of
Obligation. One minute of sil­
ence for Brothers lost at sea.
Good and WeKare: Discussion on
keeping new buildmg clean.
Meeting adjourned with \365
bookmembers present.

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 was made.

If a Union official to whom
contribution is given doM
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 Secretary-
Treasurer of such transac­
tions, members should state
the name of the official and
the port where the money
was tendered.

CS Certain Of SIU Victory,
Tries To Stall NLRB Vote

(Continued from Page 1)
ployes within the meaning of the
Taft-Hartley law, and thus they
are being prevented from win­
ning full benefits of SIU repre­
sentation; Rather than delay
other CS crewmen from gaining
the advantages of badly needed
Union; protection, the SIU de­
cided not to contest this part of
the decision at this time.

Although this ruling denying
the right to vote is a blow to
the Bosuns and Stewards, it ap­
pears only a question of time be­
fore they will win that right,
since the present Congress has
indicated it will either repeal or
drastically modify the Taft-Hart­
ley law. •

Meanwhile, Cities Service
Bosuns and Stewards are ad­
vised to continue their struggle

for freedom from company do^-
nation. and to win economic "Se­
curity through membership : in
the SIU.

The company had also sought
to deny Pumpmen and Machin­
ists the right to vote, but Ithe
SIU was successful in having
this petition overruled.

Ever since Oct. 28, 1946, when
the SIU first took steps to win
rccognitien as collective bargain­
ing agent for the Cities Service
tankerman, the company has con­
ducted a vicious campaign of in­
timidation and legal flim-flam­
ming to keep its employes from
democratically choosing a bar- •
gaining representative. With the
announcement of the NLRB's
latest election order, the com- •
pany's resistance of its tanker-
men's wishes appears to be in its -
final stage.



Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOQ

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lAlabama
1 Frank W. Boykin (D)
2 George M. Grant (D)
3 George W. Andrews (D)
4 Sam Hobbs (D)
5 Albert Rains-(D)
6 Edward deGraffenreid (D)
7 Carl ElUott (D)
8 Robert E. Jones. Jr. (D)
9 Laurie C. Battle (D)

[Arizona
1 John R. Murdoch (D)
2 Harold A. Patten (D)

[Arkansas
1 E. C. Gathings (D)
2 Wilbur D, Mills (D)
3 James W. Trimble (D)
4 Boyd Tackett (D)
5 Brooks Hays (D)
6 W. F. NorreU (D)
7 Oren Harris (D)

[California
1 Hubert R. Scudder (R)
2 Clair Engle (D)
3 Leroy Johnson (R)
4 Franck R. Havenner (D)
5 Richard J. Welch (R)
6 George P. Miller (D)
7 John J. Allen. Jr. (R)
8 Jack Z. Anderson (R)
9 CecU F. White (D)

I ID Thomas H. Werdel (R)
11 Ernest K. Bramblett (R)
12 Richard W. Nixon (R)
13 Norris Poulson (R)
14 Helen Gahagan Douglas (D)
15 Gordon L. McDonough (R)
16 Donald L. Jackson (R)
17 Cecil R. King (D)
18 Clyde Doyle (D)
19 Chet Holiiield (D)
20 Carl Hinshaw (R)
21 Harry R. Sheppard (D)
22 John Phillips (R)
23 Clinton D. McKinnon (D)

[Colorado
John A. Carroll (D)
WiUiam S. Hill (R)

3 John H. Marsalis (D)
4 Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

[Connecticut
1 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D)
2 Chase Going Woodhouse (D)
3 John A. McGuire (D)
4 John Davis Lodge (R)
5 James T. Patterson (R)

lAL Antoni N. Sadlak (R)
I i

{Pelaware
IAL J. Caleb Boggs (R)

lorida
1 J. Hardin Peterson (D)
2 Charles E. Bennett (D) .

House Of Representatives
3 Robert L. F. Sikes (D)
4 George A. Smathers (D)
5 A. S. Herlong (D)
6 Dwight L. Rogers (D)

Georgia
1 Prince H. Preston. Jr. (D)
2 E. E. Cox (D)
3 Stephen Pace (D)
4 A. Sidney Camp (D)
5 James C. Davis (D)
8 Carl Vinson (D)
7 Henderson Lanhan (D) -
8 W. M. (Don) Wheeler (D)
9 John S. Wood (D)

10 Paul Brown (D)

Idaho
1 Compton I. White (D)
2 John Sanborn (R)

lUinois
1 William L. Dawson (D)
2 Baxratt O'Hara (D)
3 Neil J. Linehan (D)
4 James V. Buckley (D)
5 Martin Gorski (D)
6 Thomas J. O'Brien (D)
7 Adolph J. Sabath (D)
8 Thomas S. Gordon (D)
9 Sidney R. Yates (D)

10 Richard W. Hoffman (R)
11 Chester A. Chesney (D)
12 Edgstr A. Jonas (R)
13 Ralph E. Church (R)
14 Chauncey W. Reed (R)
15 Noah M. Mason (R)
16 Leo E. Allen (R)
17 LesUe C. Arends (R)
18 Harold H. Velde (R)
19 Robert B. Chiperiield (R)
20 Bid Simpson (R)
21 Peter F. Mack, Jr. (D)
22 Rolla C. McMillen (R)
23 Edward H. Jenison (R)
24 Charles W. Vursell (R)
25 Melvin Price (D),
26 C. W. (Runt) Bishop (R)

Indiana
1 Ray J. Madden (D)
2 Charles A. Halleck (R)
3 Thurman C. Crook (D)
4 Edward H. Kruse. Jr. (D)
5 John R. Walsh (D)
6 Mrs. Cecil M. Harden (R)
7 James E. Noland (D)
8 Winfield K. Denton (D)
9 Earl Wilson (R)

10 Ralph Harvey (R)
11 Andrew Jacobs (D)

Iowa
1 Thomas E. Martin (R)
2 Henry O. Talle (R)
3 H. R. Gross (R)
4 Karl M. LeCompte (R)
5 Paul Cunningham (R)
6 James L DolUver (R)

7 Ben F. Jensen (R)
8 Charles B. Hoeven (R)

Kansas
1 Albert VL Cole (R)
2 Errett P. Scrivner (R)
3 Herbert A. Meyer (R)
4 Edward H. Rees (R)
5 Clifford R. Hope (R)
6 Wint Smith (R) 4

Kentucky
1 Noble J. Gregory (D)
2 John A. Whitaker (D)
3 Thruston Ballard Morton (R)
4 Frank L. Chelf (D)
5 Brent Spehce (D)
6 Thomas R. Underwood (D)
7 Carl D. Perkins (D)
8 Joe B. Bates (D)
9 Jcunes S. Golden (R)

Louisiana
1 F. Edward Hebert (D)
2 Hale Boggs (D)
3 Edwin E. Willis (D)
4 Overton Brooks (D)
5 Otto E. Passman (D)
6 James H. Morrison (D)
7 Henry D. Larcade, Jr. (D)
8 A. Leonard Allen (D)

Maine
1 Robert Hale (R)
2 Charles P. Nelson (R)
3 Frank FeUows (R)

Maryland
1 Edward T. Miller (R)
2 WiUiam P. Bolton (D)
3 Edward A. Garmatz (D)
4 George H. FaUoa (D)
5 Lansdale G. Sasscer (D)
6 J. Glenn BeaU (R)

Massachusetts
1 John W. Heselton (R)

. 2 Foster Fiircolb (D)
3 Philip J. Philbin (D)
4 Harold D. Donohue (D)
5 Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
6 George J. Bates (R)
7 Thomas J. Lane (D)
8 Angier L. Goodwin (R)
9 Donald W. Nicholson (R)

10 Christian A. Herter (R) .
11 John F. Kennedy (D)
12 John W. McCormack (D)
13 Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
14 Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)

Michigan
1 George G. Sadowski (D)
2 Earl C. Michener (R)
3 Paul W. Shafer (R)
4 Clare E. HoUman (R)
5 Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (R)
6 WiUiam W. Blackney (R)
7 JesM P. Wdcott (R)

8 Fred L. Crawford (R)
9 Albert 'J. Engel (R)

10 Roy O. Woodruff (R)
11 Charles E. Potter (R)
12 John B. Bennett (R)
13 George D. O'Brien (D)
14 Louis C. Rabaut (D)
15 John D. DingeU (D)
16 John Lesinski (D)
17 George A. Dondero (R)

Minnesota
1 August H. Andresen (R)
2 Joseph P. O'Hara (R)
3 Roy W. Wier (D)
4 Eugene J. McCarthy (D)
5 Walter H. Judd (R)
6 Fred MarshaU (D)
7 H. Carl Andersen (R)
8 John A. Blatnik (D)
9 Harold C. Hagen (R)

Mississippi
1 John E. Rankin (D)
2 Jamie L. Whitten (D)
3 WiUiam M. Whittington (D)
4 Thomas G. Abemethy (D)
5 Arthur Winstead (D)
6 WUliam M. Colmer (D)
7 John Bell WUUams (D)

Missouri
1 Clare Magee (D)
2 Morgan Moulder (D)
3 Phil J. Welch (D)
4 Leonard Irving (D)
5 Richard BolUng (D)
6 George H. Christopher (D)
7 Dewey Short (R)
8 A. S. J. Camahan (D)
9 Clarence Cannon (D)

10 Paul C. Jones (D)
11 John B. Sullivan (D)
12 Raymond W. Karst (D)
13 Frank M. Karsten (D)

Montana
1 Mike Mansfield (D)
2 Wesley A p*Ewart (R)

Nebraska
1 Carl T. Curtis (R)
2 Eugene D. O'SuUivan (D)
3 Karl Stefan (R)
4 A. L. Miller (R)

Nevada
AL WaUer S. Baring (D)

New Hampshire
1 Chester E. Merrow (R)
2 Norris Cotton (R)

New Jersey
1 Charles A. Wolverton (R)
2 T. MiUet Hand (R) .
3 James C.- Auchindoss (R)>
4 Charles R. HoweU (D)
5 Charles A. Eaton (R^

6 Clifford P. Case (R)
7 J. PameU Thomas (R)
8 Gordon Caniield (R)
9 Harry L. Towe (R)

10 Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (D)
11 Hugh J. Addonizo (D)
12 Robert W. Kean (R)
13 Mary T. Norton (D)
14 Edward J. Hart (D)

New Mexico
-AL Antonio M. Fernandez (D)
AL John E. Miles (D)

New York
1 W. Kingsland Macy (R)
2 Leonard W. Hall (R)
3 Henry J. Latham (R)
4 L. Gary Clemente (D)
5 T. Vincent Quinn (D)
6 James J. Delaney (D)
7 Vacant (John J. Delaney

died Nov. 17, 1948)
8 Joseph L. Pfeifer (D)
9 Eugene J. Keogh (D)

10 Andrew L. Somers (D)
11 James J. Hefferiian (D)
12 John J, Rooney (D)
13 Donald L. O'Toole (D)
14 Abraham J. Multer (D)
15 Emanuel CeUer (D)
16 James J. Murphy (D)
17 Frederick R. Coudert, Jr. (R)
18 Vito Marcantonio (ALP)
19 Arthur G. Klein (D)
20 Sol Bloom (D)
21 Jacob K. Javits (R)
22 Adam C. Powell, Jr. (D)
23 WaUer A. Lynch (D)
24 Isidore Dollinger (D)
25 Charles A Buckley (D)
26 Christopher McGrath (D)
27 Ralph W. Gwinn (R)
28 Ralph A Gamble (R)
29 Katharine St. George (R)
30 Jay LeFevre (R)
31 Bernard W. Kearney (R)
32 WUUam T. Byrne (D)
33 Dean P. Taylor (R)
34 Clarence E. KUburn (R)
35 John C. Davies (D)
36 Walter Riehlman (R)'
37 Edwin Arthur Hall (R)
38 John Taber (R)
39 W.- SterUng Cole (R)
40 Kenneth B. Keating (R)
41 James W. Wadsworth (R)
42 WUUam L. Pfeiffer (R)
43 Anthony F. Tauriello (D)
44 Chester C. Gorski (D)
45 Daniel A Reed (R)

111

North Carolina
1 Herbert C. Bonner (D)
2 John H. Kerr (D)
3 Graham A Barden (D)
4 Harold D. Cooley (D:
5 Thurmond Chalhamj (D)
6 Carl T. Durham (D)

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Friday. January 7. 1949 Page Nine

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7 F. Erlel Carlyle (D)
9 Charles B. Deane (D)
9 Robert L. Doughion (D)

10 Hamilton C. Jones (D)
11 Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
12 Monroe M. Redden (D)

North Dakota
AL William Lemke (R)
Ah Usher L. Burdick (R)

Ohio
AL Stephen M. Young (D)
1 Charles H. Elston (R)
2 Earl T. Wagner (5)
3 Edward Breen (D)
4 WUliam M. McCulloch (R)
5 Cliff Clevenger (R)
6 James G. Polk (D)
7 Clarence J. Brown (R)
9 Frederick C. Smith (R)
9 Thomas H. Burke (D)

10 Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
11 Walter E. Brehm (R)
12 John M. Vorys (R)
13 Alvin F. Weichel (R)
14 Walter B. Ruber (D)
15 Robert T. Seciest (D)
16 John McSwccncy (D)
17 J. Harry McGregor (R)
13 Wayne L. Hays (D)
19 Michael J. Kirwan (D)
20 Michael A. Feighan (D)
21 Robert Grosser (D)
22 Frances P. Bolton (R)

Oklahoma
1 Dixie Gilmer (D)
2 William G. Stigler (D)
3 Carl Albert (D)
4 Tom Steed (D)
5 A. S. Mike Monroney (D)
6 Tobey Morris (D)
7 Victor Wickersham (D)
9 George Howard Wilson (D)

Oregon
1 Walter Norblad (R)
2 Lowell Stockman (R)
3 Homer D. Angell (R)
4 Harris Ellsworth (R)

Pennsylvania
1 WiUiam A. Barrett (D)
2 WiUiam T. Granahan (D)
3 Hardie Scott (R)
4 Earl Chudoff (D)
5 William J. Green. Jr. (D)
6 Hugh D. Scott, Jr. (R)
7 Benjamin F. James (R)
9 Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R)
9 Paul B. Dague (R)

10 Harry P. O'NeUl (D)
11 Daniel J. Flood (D)
12 Ivor D. Fenton (R)
13 George M. Rhodes (D)
14 Wilson D. Gillette (R)
15 Robert F. Rich (R)
16 SamueLK. McConnell. Jr. (R)
17 Richard M. Simpson (R)
18 John C. Kunkel (R)
19 Leon H. Gavin (R)
20 Francis E. Walter (D)
21 James F. Lind (D)
22 James E. Van Eandt (R)

23 Anthony Cavalc^e (D)
24^Thoma6 E. Morgan (D)
25 Loub E. Graham (R)
26 Robert L. Coffey. Jr. (D)
27 Augustine B. KeUey <D)
28 CarroU D. Keiums (R)
29 Harry J. Davenport (D)
30 Robert J. Corbett (R)
31 James G. Fulton (R)
32 Herman P. Eberharter (D)
33 Frank Buchanan (D)

Rhode Island
1 Aime J. Forand (D)
2 John E. Fogarty (D)

South Carolina
1 L. Mendel Rivers (D)
2 Hugo S. Sims, Jr. (D)
3 James B. Hare (D)
4 Joseph R. Bryson (D)
5 James P. Richzurds (D)
6 John L. McMUlan (D)

South Dakota
1 Harold O. Lovre (R)
2 Francis Case (R)

Tennessee
1 Dayton E. Phillips (R)
2 John Jennings. Jr. (R)
3 James B. Frazier (D)
4 Albert Gore (D)
5 Joe L. Evins (D)
6 J. Percy Priest (D)
7 Pat Sutton (D)
8 Tom Murray (D)
9 Jere Cooper <D)

10 CUfford Davis (D)

Texas
1 Wright Patman (D)
2 J. M. Combs (D)
3 Lindley Beckworth (D)
4 Sam Raybiun (D)
5 J. Frank Wilson (D)
6 Olin E. Teague (D)
7 Toin Pickett (D)
8 Albert Thomas (D)
9 Clark W. Thompson (D)

10 Homer Thornberry (D)
11 W. R. Poage (D)
12 Wingate Lucas (D)
13 Ed Gossett (D)
14 John E. Lyte. Jr. (D)
15 Lloyd M. Bentsen. Jr. (D)
16 Ken Regan (D)
17 Omar Burleson (D)
18 Eugene Worley (D)
19 George H. Mahon (D)
20 Paul J. KUday (D)
21 O. C. Fisher (D)

Utah
1 Walter K. Granger (D)
2 Reva Beck Bosone (D)

Vermont
AL Charles A. Plumley (R)

Virginia
1 Schuyler Otis Bland (D)
2 Porter Hardy. Jr. (D)
3 J. Vaughan Gary <D)

4 Watkins M. Abbitt (D)
5 Thomas B. Stanley (D)
6 Clarence G. Burton (D)
7 Burr P. Harrison (D)
9 Howard W. Smith (D)
9 Thomas B. Fugate (D)

Washington
1 Hugh B. MitcheU (D)
2 Henry M. Jackson (D)
3 RusseU V. Mack (R)
4 Hal Holmes (R)
5 Walt Horan (R)
6 Thor C. Tollefson (R)

West Virginia
1 Robert L. Ramsay (D)

Alabama
Lister Hill (D)
John J. Spukman (D)
Arizona
Carl Hayden (D)
Ernest W. McFarland (D)
Arkansas
J. WiUiam Fulbright (D)
John L. McClellan (D)
California
Sheridan Downey (D)
WiUiam F. Knowland (R)
Colorado
Edwin C. Johnson (D)
Eugene D. MiUikin (R)
Connecticut
Brien McMahon (D)
Raymond E. Baldwin (R)

Delaware
John J. WiUiams (R)
J. AUen Frear (D)

Florida
Claude Pepper (D)
Spessard L. Holland (D)

Georgia
Walter F. George (D)
Richard B. RusseU iD)

Idaho
Glen H. Taylor (D)
Bert H. MUler (D)

Illinois
Scott W. Lucas (D)
Paul H. Douglas (D)

Indiana
Homer E. Capehart (R)
WiUiam E. Jenner (R)

Iowa
Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)
Guy M. Gillette (D)

Kansas
Clyde M. Reed (R)
Andrew F. Schoeppel 1R)

Kentucky
Alben W. Baxkley (D)«
Virgil Chapman (D)

Louisiana
AUen J. EUender (D)
Russell B. Long (D)

2 Harley O. Staggers (D)
3 Cleveland M. BaUey (D)
4 M. G. Bumside (D)
5 John Kee (D)
6 E. H. Hedrick (D)

Wisconsin
1 Lawrence H. Smith (R)
2 Glenn R. Davis (R)
3 Geurdner R. Withrow (R)

4 Clement J. Zablocki (D)
5 Andrew J. BiemiUer (D)
6 Frank B. Keefe (R)
7 Reid F. Murray (R)
8 John W. Byrnes (R)
9 Merlin Hull (R)

10 Alvin E. O'Konski (R)

Wyoming
AL Frank A. Barrett (R)

Schuyler Otis Bland, Chairman House Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries

Chairman, Joint Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation
(ECA "Watchdog" Committee)

Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

Senate
Maine
Owen Brewster (R)
Margaret Chase Smith (R)
Maryland
MUlard E. Tydings (D)
Herbert R. O'Conor (D)
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall (R)
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R)
Michigan
Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)
Homer Ferguson (R)
Minnesota
Edward J. Thye (R)
Hubert H. Humphrey (D) -
Mississippi
James O. Eastland (D)
John C. Stennis (D)

Missouri
Forrest C. DonneU (R)
James P. Kem (R)

Montana
Jzunes E. Murray (D)
Zales N, Ecton (R)

Nebraska
Hugh Butler (R)
Kenneth S. Wherry (R)

Nevada
Pat McCarran (D)
George W. Malone (R)

New Hampshire
Styles Bridges (R)
Charles W. Tobey (R)

New Jersey
H. Alexander Smith (R)
Robert C. Hendrickson (R) ^

New Mexico
Dennis Chavez (D)
Clinton P. Anderson (D)

New York
Robert F. Wagner (D)
Irving M. Ives (R)

North Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey (D)
J. MelvUle Broughton (D)

North Dakota
WUUam Langer (R)
Milton R. Young (R)

Ohio
Robert A. Taft (R)
John W. Bricker (R)
Oklahoma
Elmer Thomas (D)
Robert S. Kerr (D)
Oregon
Guy Cordon (R)
Wayne Morse (R)
Pennsylvania
Francis J. Myers (D)
Edward Martin (R)
Rhode Island
Theodore Francis Green (D)
J. Howard McGrath (D)
South Carolina
Burnet R. Maybank (D)
OUn D. Johnston (D)

South Dakota
Chan Gumey (R)
Karl E. Mundt (R)

Tennessee
Kenneth B. McKeUar (D)
Estcs KefauVer (D)

Texas
Tom Connally (D)
Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

Utah
Elbert D. Thomas (D)
Arthur V. Watkins (R)

Vermont
George D. Aiken (R)
Ralph E. Flanders (R)

Virginia
Harry Flood Byrd (D)
A. Willis Robertson (D)

Washington
Warren G. Magnuson (D)
Harry P. Cain (R)

West Virginia
Harley M. Kilgore (D)
Matthew M. Neely (D)

Wisconsin
Alexander WUey (R)
Joseph R. McCarthy (R)

Wyoming
Joseph C. OTdahoney (D)
Lester C. Hunt (D)



Page Ten THE SEAFARERS LOG JFriday. January 7, 1949

SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS

Fooling With Fillies Dull Second
To Seafaring Life, Oldtimer Says

Oldtimer Raymond Flynn wouldn't trade his shipboard post for a
chance to ride the finest nag in the world. Currently sailing as Pantryman
aboard the SS Del Norte, Flynn, who started riding ships in 1928 after a suc­
cessful fling as a jockey,*
says racing has no thrills

MOMENTS LIKE THESE HELPED

like seafaring — not for
his money, anyway.

Brother Flynn spent 12 of his
41 years fooling with the fillies
before going to sea, so he gives
out straight dope.

Of French-Irish stock, Flynn
first turned to in the quiet little
New Jersey town of Cranford,
not far from the noise of New
York City. That was in 1907. He
had hardly given up riding a
carriage when the family switch­
ed headquarters to Brooklyn.

BOY ON A HORSE
Flynn attended school there

r-tintil he was nine. For reasons
nof' health, doctors advised the
Flynn family to send young
Rajnnond to a farm to build him

'tip. That's how he got to know
^'horses.
'i Before many seasons had pass-
^ed young Flynn was working as
an exercise boy for twenty

" bucks a month. After a while,
•' with the help of Mike Hackett,
' a horse-bpeeder, Raymond got a

chance to try his skUl with the
whip in a race. He took second
money and he was off on his
career as a jockey.

Ray rode a winner the next

RAYMOND FLYNN

time out on a horse named
Zouave in some hot competition
at Maryland's Bowie Park.
Thereafter he traveled all over
the country with winning and
losing mounts.

By the time 1928 rolled around
Flyim was looking for. some-

THE CORSAIR GETS SET TO SAIL

thing wiih more of a future for
a guy who was picking up
weight. He didn't want to stay
in one place so he chose the
sea. Pickings were slim in those
days—$60 a month as ̂ a mess-
man—but it served Flynn's pur­
pose.

UNION BOOSTER
When the SJU was formed. 10

years later, Flynn saw the ad­
vantages of a union and was
among the first to sign up and
do his share to improve the sea­
men's lot. The proud holder of
Book No. 46, Ilynn says that
men with SIU books are on the
inside track.

"There's a thousand percent
difference in conditions between
the time I first went to sea and
now," Ray declares.

"But while we must protect
what we have already won, we
must always strive for better
things."

Flynn lives in New Orleans
with his wife, Margaret, whom
he met aboard the steamship
Capitol in 1933. They were tied
up after what is probably one
of the swiftest courtships in the
annals of seagoing romances.
They met, Flynn proposed and
Margaret accepted—all in a few
hours. Flynn jrecalls that his sole
assets on that mighty venture
were a buck in cash and a new
pair of shoes.

BEAT BOMBS
Like most SIU oldtimers, Ray

sailed throughout the war and
saw plenty of action. Among
his ships was the SS Florida.
Luck was riding with him, he
says, because, he was never tor­
pedoed.

Rio and New Orleans are his
two favorite cities. Brother Flynn
doesn't like New York. Says it's
too fast Maybe that helps to
explain Why he's happier going
to sea than he was whipping
them down the home-stretch.

Twin Falls Victory crewmen kept up spirits during
Hawaiian Islands stopovers. Pictured in Hilo refreshment
spot (left to right) are: the Third Mate,. G. Chapman, T..
Newtqn, D. Harmon, an unidentified girl, A. Dagg aind J.
Leskun.

a 2

Hawaii Calms Crew's Tizzy
Sailing orders that frequently

became snarled kept the lads
aboard the Twin Falls Victory in
a continual sta^ of jitters at the
outset of a recent voyage, but
the soothing effect of some off­
shore moments found all hands
on the beam when payoff time
holled around.

The trip, which began with the
sign-on in Wilmington, Cal., on
Aug. 27 and ended in Oakland
on Nov. 1, "was fouled up from
the start," according to crew-
member Edward Grothus.

FIRST TO GO
The Twin Falls Victory crew

was the first one shipped-by San
Francisco's new Atlantic and
Gulf District. Journeying by
bus, the boys arrived at the ship
in Wilmington to learn they
were scheduled to sail for the
Far East.

Then came the first hitch. The
orders were changed; the ship
was to proceed to Vancouver,
Canada, to load. Hitch number
two: in Canada the original or­
ders wefe rescinded. The booms
were overhauled and the Twin

Falls sailed for Tacoma. She
spent a week in the Washington •
port awaiting orders. Then back :
to Canada- again.

STRAIGHTENED UP
After loading general cargo,

mostly lumber, in Westminster
and Vancouver, the Twin Falls
straightened out and headed for
the Hawaiian Islands. Her crevv-
men emerged from their tizzy
with pick-me-up evenings in
Honolulu's Sad Sam's and other
other bistros familiar to the sea­
faring man restful afternoons on
Waikiki Beach, says Brother
Grothus. Other ports in which
the Sea;farers found pleasure
were Port Allen, Kaweiliweili,
Kuhului" and Hilo.

Of eleven days on the return
trip to Oakland, "four were spent
lying offshore with but enough
speed for steerage,"- Grothus says.:

From ; the payoff 'Grothus •
headed back to -his native -Iowa •
for a crack at growing you- •
know-what-kind of com. He says
he'll miss everything about the
sea—all save the Twin Falls
Victory.

'The Voice Of The Sea'
By SALTY DICK

The trim Alcoa passenger-cargo vessel hums with activity
as members of the Deck Gang make her ready for sea. Photo
was taken day before sailing time as the "pride of the fleet"
prepared to shove off from New Orleans on a regularly*
scheduled Caribbean cruise.

One of the crew has just re­
ceived mail from Uncle Sam.
He's wanted for a fitting to a
new brown .suit. So long, pal
..."Our Union is celebrating its
tenth anniversary. What progress
we have made during this time.
Watch us go from here.

I hear the crew on the Steel
Chemist were good joes ex­
cept the Chief Steward... Met
Dick Miller in the French
Quarter drinking a malted
milk. Something is wrong
somewhere... The author of
"Why Bosuns Get Grey" is
here in New Orleans. He's run­
ning away from the cold wea-
ther.
I have a reputation for crying

aU the time, but if you listen

to my crying you'U hear I'm
for the while Stewards Depart­
ment. I believe that the work­
ing rules in the Stewards De­
partment of passenger ships (Delta
Line) should be revised. May I
suggest for the others on the Del
Mar and Del Sud to cooperate
and give a report on this issue
to their agent in New Orleans.
I give credit to the deck and
engine departments for fighting
for their rights.

Worth Repealing: Bill Cham-
plin's famous saying, ".Why go
to the movies when you can
go to sea." Have- you ever
eaten a cheese omelette? - -Try
one, they're good... Woody
Warren is again determined tp ;
go to the hills of Kentucky ^
and sell - "mountain dew." He '

says there is a future in the ;
business ..-. E. Reyes' once had ;;
doctor's orders to sleep on the '
floor because Of a physical dis- "
order.' Now he can't get used
to a soft bed. ' . / • •

. Two little grilled pork chops,
^d^ potatoes for $1^25. And some ,
of the boys kick about the chow. -
I believe it costs moire to eat
here in New Orleans ' than in
New York.... Who's the guy who
bought a copy of the book
"How To'Write Love Letters?"
.-..This is an idea for Stewards
on freighters: When the crew
cries, go to the galley and tell
Cookie to make some doggies. ;
Pass thiem, around at coffee time. '.
You'll be the crew's Man of •
Distinction.



Friday, January 7, 1949 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven

Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings
BETHORE, Nov. 14—J. Penner.

Chairman: E. Black, Secretary.
Department delegates reported.
Brother Lewleyn was electee
ship's delegate for the voyage.
Good and • Welfare: Suggested
that coffee percolator in PO mess
be put on repair list. Glasses
taken from messroom to various
quarters are to be returned to
messroom before meal times. One
minute, of silence for departed
Brothers.

» » »
RAPHAEL SEMMES. Nov. 14

D. Otto, Chairman; M. R.
Norris, Secretary. Delegates re­
ported there were no beefs at
this time in any of the depart­
ments. Repair list is to be taken
care of by the three department
delegates and a copy to be given
to Chief Mate and Engineer as
soon as possible. Usual discus­
sion on cleaning up messroom
^ter card games. Baker given
i vote of thanks by the crew for
doing a good job. One minute of
silence was observed in memory
of our departed Brothers.

t. S. S.
STEEL SEAFARER, Nov. 4—

George Meaney, Chairman; Harry
Slodzina, Secretary. Election of
delegates held. Tusing, deck de­
partment; Kelly, stewards de­
partment; Nunn, engine depart­
ment; Meaney, ship's delegate
elected. New Business: Motion
by Kelly, carried, that if the
crew were fed in one messroom
the meals could be put out faster
and much easier. Motion by
Tusing to draw up a repair list
in each department. Meaney
moved that Steward put out
more food for night lunches.
After Steward agreed to increase
food outlay, the motion was
dropped. Motion by Kelly, car­
ried, that a procedure be outlined
for keeping laundry in good
shape. Good-and Welfare: Deck
delegate assigned job of seeing
that Mate returned libi-ary books.
Engine delegate agreed to see
about having more heat in the
main deck foc'sles. One minute
of silence observed for Brothers
lost at sea.

% i %
SWEETWATER, Nov. 5 — J.

Lane, Chairman; Tim Holt, Sec­
retary. Deck delegate reported
small beefs on penalty hours;
other delegates reported -every­
thing as being shipshape. New
Business: H. Cook elected ship's
^delegate by acclamation. Good
and Welfare: Suggestions that
steam line in black gang head be
checked, toaster be checked,
linen be checked. Steward be
asked about cold supper. One
minute of silence for Brothers
lost at sea.

ship is adequately stored. Good
and Welfare: Suggestion that
ship's delegate get in touch with
SIU agent and have him contact
company to see if the cooks'
roOm can be changed, as three
men are sleeping in the smallest
room on the ship.

X i- i
ALCOA PATRIOT, Nov. 6—

Ralph Ashby, Chairman; Harry J.
Thompson, Secretary. Engine and
stewards department delegates
reported on number of book-
members in their departments;
deck delegate reported small
amount of disputed overtime,
which crew expects to collect in
New York. New Business:
Charles Buleza elected ship's
delegate by acclamation. Good
and Welfare: Brother Click sug­
gested that crew work toward
bringing in a clean ship. Steward
was asked to provide more fruit
with night lunch. Vote of thanks
was voted entire stewards de-
pai'tment for fine work during
trip. One minute of silence ob­
served for Brothers lost at sea.

gestion that performer aboard
ship be brou^t before Patrol­
man for charges to be placed
against him. One minute of
silence observed for Brothers lost
at sea.

XXX
THE CABINS, Nov. 6—Francis

Ploppert, Chairman; Richard
Barnes, Secretary. Delegates
Boatler, ship's; Barnes, deck;
Carney, engine and Plopperl,
stewards reported on number of
books and permits in their de­
partments. Quartermaster in­
structed not to sign overtime un­
less for $1.45 per hour, as stipu­
lated in contract. Good and Wel­
fare:. Discussion by Clarke on
why ship hasn't picked up more
fre.sh fruit and vegetables. Sur-
rency requested that ladder from
messhali to lower deck be
painted. Surrency asked who is
to tell the permitmen when their
60-day limit has expired. One
minute of silence for Brothers
lost at sea.

XXX
SOUTHLAND, Nov. 4—A. L.

Frick, Chairman; J. Harris, Sec­
retary.. Delegates reported their
departments free of beefs. New
Business: Motion by Cochran,
carried, that no one sign foreign
articles luvtil food supplies are
checked and okayed by ci-ew.
Amendment to motion by Frick

; that. Agent be notified upon
ship's arrival of the desire of the
crew not to sign foreign articles,
only coastwise articles, until the

, XXX
JOHN B. WATERMAN, Nov. 7

—E. Bishop, Chairman; E. Jones,
Secretary. Deck delegate re­
ported beef on shoregang work;
other delegates reported no beefs.
New Business: Motion carried
that all departments get together
on repair list.' Motion to see
Patrolman about Chief Mate
pushing crew around. Motion
carried that medicine chest be
checked and medical attention
be improved. Good and Welfare:
Suggestion that slopchest be
opened to handle men on watch.
Suggestion that hereafter the
ship should be properly secured
for sea before leaving port and a
notice be posted in a prominent
place infonning the deck depart­
ment as to sailing hour and time
of securing ship.

XXX
ZEBULON PIKE. Nov. 6—W.

C. McCuistion, Chairman: D. W.
Conrcy, Secretary. Delegates re­
ported all books and per-mits as
being in good standing. Good
and Welfare: Discussion on the
cleaning of recreation room ^nd
laundry. General discussion on
the corning meeting of the Inter­
national. One minute of silence
for Brothers lost at sea.

XXX,
STEEL EXECUTIVE, Nov. 7—

Donald CowelL Chairman; Sid­
ney Swilier, Secretary. Dele­
gates repox'ted overtime in dis­
pute, several men too severely
logged and officers painting. New
Business: Department delegates
to make up repair list. Good and
Welfare: Request of ship's dele­
gate to resign overruled. Sug-

XXX
EVISTAR, Nov. 7 — Frank

Fromm, Chairman; Warren Calla­
han, Secretary. Delegates re­
ported on state of.their depart­
ments. Engine Delegate called
for the repair of sanitary lines,
heads, fresh water lines and
drinking fountains when ship ar­
rives in port. New Business:
Motion by D. Rood that repairs
be made in Texas City. Motion
by Fisher that ship's delegate be
elected. Motion by Francisco
Blanco that Fisher be elected as
ship's delegate, carried. Motion
by Callahan, carried that ship's
delegate contact the Chief Engi­
neer and have the washing
machine checked and repaired.
Good and Welfare: Discussion on
routine work in the stewards de­
partment. Agreement that all
beefs arising in that department
will be referred to the boarding
Patrolman. Captain informed
crew that washing machine will
be used only on southbound trip
as the ship will have a limited
water supply. Water will not be
rationed for other uses.

XXX
STEEL WORKER. Nov. 23—

Frank Hazen, Chairman; W^er
Hale, Secretary. Meeting opened
with reports by the delegates:
Joseph Decinque, ship's delegate;
Walter Petrowski, deck; John
Wauchek, engine, and Gabriel
Gabling, stewards. By a 22 to 5
vote the crew decided to turn
title to its washing machine and
ironer over to the next crew with
a request that they be main­
tained in good condition. Also
decided to wait for Patrolman's
okay before paying off. One min­
ute of silence in memory of
Brothers lost at sea.

SEAFilRER SAM says:

EEP UP THAT BARPAGE OF PROTESTS
AGAINST THE-HOFFAdANJ PROPOSAL TO

SCUTTLE THE AMERICAN MERCMA/V/TMARIKIB. \
.--I ON PASES 6 AND 9 OF THIS ISSUE ARE THE /

A/AMES OF THE REPRESENTATIVES AND
•.-f SENATORS OF EVERY STATE . lA/RlTE OfR. "-J

WIRE THEM AT ONCE (AND VoUR PRIENDS, ":
/ VouR FAMILY, AND YouR ORjGANirATON^ •-
I-- AND TELL THEM HOW YOU FEE , -J*-

XXX
HURRICANE, Nov. 20—

George Sorensen, Chairman;
John Canlrell, Secretary. Three
delegates reported on conditions
in their departments. Ralph Gro-
secloe was elected unanimously
ship's delegate. It was recom­
mended that Stewards men dump
garbage over stem of ship, and
that percolator in crew's mess be
used only for watch while at
sea.

CUT and RUN
By HANK

It looks like our New York brothers are starting the New
Year off with a rush. Jobs are booming in our West Coast halls
—and lots of brothers are getting out there somehow. Well, to the
brothers in every SIU hall, we're launching our good and welfare
suggestion for 1949—Ship in, any job for any run. Thanks to ou?
Organizing Program we have many SlU-contracted tankers—so
_grab those jobs. And don't forget to help out in knocking over
Cities Service so we can dog down these ships with an SIU
contract... (Sea) Man of Distinction: "Sir Charles"- Oppenheimer,
who has constantly stated his sincere views for the good and
welfare of the union and the membership. Also a vote of thank®
to him for writing letters last week to many Congressman lurging
them to stop the EC A from destroying our merchant marine.'

f

X X X ^

Brother Pete de Pietro is in town. Okay. Pete, we won't
mention peppers... Before Calvin Jones shipped out to Euro­
pean ports he received that good old stuff called—mail...Bill
Rogers is another brother who got a package just before he
sailed... We wonder where Charles Watson, the Electrician,
is right now.., Before heading for Halifax, Percy Boyer (with
traditional mustache) and Bill Story rolled ashore long enough
to say hullo to the boys. Brother Story shaped us the amazmg
news that Brother "J.P." Creel down in New Orleans has
refused to ship out ever since he built himself a home. That's
militant mutiny—especially if several lonely shipmates are
doggone disappointed in shipping out of New Orleans wiihoui
Brother Creel. s.

Steward James Hand, well-known dog-breeder of Tampa, re­
cently of the Alcoa Pioneer, sent in a list of questions a Steward
is asked by the crew in any foi'eign port. These are just a f|w-=s
Is the night lunch out yet? What time is the draw? How far is
up-town? How many days will we be here? What about ordering
some fresh milk? Has there been any mail for me? The questica
that is asked over and over again is "Is the old man back yet?"

The weekly LOG will be sailing free of cost to the homes
of the following brothers—John Latella of New York, Everett
Paironas of New York, B. Kinler of Alabama, Rendich Meola
of New York, Ernest Buchser of Ohio, Paul Koval of California.
George Stropich of Michigan, Rudolph Stoskopf of Virginia,
Anthony Guida of New York, Robert Scales of Texas.

The ECA chief has tried to destroy our jobs. And on the
other hand he is continuing to build up the foreign merchant
marines, too. Read this news item, dated December 31, Washing­
ton, D.C.—"The Economic Co-operation Administration reported
that Norway, with the aid of Marshall Plan funds, hopes to add
nearly 3,000,000 tons of merchant shipping to its fleet by 1953.
Already under construction in Swedish shipyards, ECA said, i®
$21,800,000 worth of new shipping for the Norwegians."... Wo
would like to say that President Truman has another job to do:
keep our merchant marine afloat and expanding, not allow ships t#
be bone-yarded every month while at the same time we send
steel and mony to foreign nations so they can keep on expanding
their fleets.



Pa96 Twelve THE SEAFARERS LHC FMd«r« JantMunr f> 2949

MEMBEBSmP SPEAKS

Ex-Gob Says Navy's Slant
On Unions Was Anti-Labor

men are made, not

To the Edilor:

Union
born.

When millions of laboring men
were released from our armed
forces there were among them
•—myself included — many who
had no previous trade union
training.

What knowledge I had of un-

analysists and
commentators.

the Navy news

WRONG SOURCE

Too many people get their
information about unions from
the newspaper only and as a
result think that the purpose
of unions is to bleed capital.

Working guys like Frank
Reed and myself and millions
of other people in the country

^ , , who rely on their unions for
ions-was taken from newspapers own and their family's se-

t and from the Navy's program ^ ourity know how essential these
of liews analysis for its per- organizations are.
sonn^l, neither of which could We know why we have a Un-
be called strictly impartial from ion, we know why we belong
labor's standpoint. to the Seafarers and that is to

Each week in the Navy, we guarantee a fair wage for an
were issued bulletins, or we honest day's labor, in addition

people

CALVIN

to what all
few ever have-

desire but
-Job Security.

Calvin M. Owens

IN CHARGE OF FILLING THEM VP

The Stewards Department of Isthmian's Steel Traveler
rated a vote of thanks from the crew as being a shipshape
gang in preparing and serving the crew's food. Picture was
snapped in Manila. The Traveler paid off in New York this
week after a trip to the Far East.

Heywood Men Realize Wish; Good Topsiders

would listen to a speech by a
junior officer dealing with news
of Tabor on the home front, as
well' as a roundup of war news.

^ ANTI-UNION SLANT

Frankly, these bulletins and
talks wouldn't exactly be class­
ed as anti-union, but they were
presented in such a way that
men who had no union experi­
ence or were unfamiliar with
the nature of unions were curs­
ing one and all labor organiza­
tions at the finish of each talk.
They certainly didn't go out of
iUieic way to give the union
peos^ a decent break, as they
slanted the news.
; I was very fortunate in join­
ing the SIU in 1946, and I was
particularly lucky to make one
of my early trips with Frank
Reed» an oldtimer, who took
time to give me a good union
education on board ship. In this
way I learned how necessary the
trade union is to th§ working
man and how different the un­
ion actually is from the pic­
ture painted by the daily news

To the Edilor:

On several occasions it has
been our pleasure to read in our
weekly LOG the good deeds of
certain Captains and Mates. That
we would encounter some of
Mates, or at least one of these
skippers, was many times our
hope but never a reality.

At least not until we caught
our present ship, the Thomas
Hayward, aboard which we have
Larry Moore as Bosun and his
buddy, Leo Sarkey, as Bosun's
Mate.

We go all out for our skipper,
: because of the following: Any­
time you see him he always has
a smile and a "good morning."
He never interferes with the

Marino Gordils
In Hospital

To the Editor:

I should; like to advise the
Brothers in the Union that my
husbandi Marino Gordils, who
holds SIU Book No. 4630 is now
iii the Metropolitan Hospital,
Hew York City.

Mercedes Gordils
New York City

Mate or the Bosun as far as
work on deck is concerned.

Last but not least, the fact that
he is good with cigarettes and
issues a draw at sea has nothing
to do with our grand feeling
toward him. As for our Chief
Mate, he's just about tops. No,
he doesn't bring j4s our break­
fast in bed, and if he did we
wouldn't stand for it, but here is
what he does do: He not only
speaks with you for a few min­
utes when he sees you but, he
always addresses you by your
first name. He doesn't come down
on deck and give us a hand with
what we are doing, but he does
give the Bosun the work and
that is all.

( A A

Closing Time
By BILL GILSTRAP

We've had a lotta fun, spent a lotta money,
Here's a nickel for the jukebox. Honey.
Cuddle up closer, baby, hold me tight.
We're loving on a nickel and it's my last night.

Smile a little, laugh a little, drink your beer.
Look for me tomorrow night, I won't be here.
Hang around tomorrow night, look for me.
My ship will be pushing, baby, far at sea.

Music in the jukebox, drinks on the table;
Ship's in the harbor tugging at h^r cable.
The world's fulla trouble, I'm fulla rum.
There's some difference 'tween a sailor and a bum.

Go on and laugh, baby, I don't care,
I ever tell you how I like your hair?
They're closing up the joint, baby, treat me right.
See, they're turning out the neon, light.

We still got time, baby, take it slow;
Ah, the juke's stopped playing—alright, let's go.

When the work is finished he
always remarks what a nice job
we did (no matter how it may
seem to us). When you're sick
he doesn't stand a vigil over you
twenty-four hours a day. He
does, however, give good medi­
cations and always checks the re­
sults himself.

While writing I might just as
well continue on with the truth
and tell that the Second and
Third Mates are right in the
footsteps of the Chief. In short,
it is going to be a shame to have
to leave this scow. It's all like
a dream.

In closing, tlie fellows listed
below wish everyone a belated
Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year.

Bill Dorann and
Benny Rabinowitz
Pat Griffon
Donald Hilton
Isaac Blumberg

HEALTH OFFICIAL
APPLAUDS STORIES
ON HOSPITAL WORK
To the Edifor: «

The LOG carrying the swell
editorial cartoon and spread on
our Baltimore and Mobile ma­
rine hospitals met a "tumultuous
reception. In.fact, my poor single
copy is worn thin from being
passed from person to person.

The first group of health story
materials are in the last stages
of preparation, and I will begin
forwarding them shortly after
Christmas.

This week I'm off to Carville,
Louisiana to visit the leper
colony. During some of my free
time iii New Orleans I should
like to- visit the SIU Hail there,
about which I've read so many
good things in the LOG.

In closing^ please be assured
of ifiy sincere thanks for your
grand support of our medical
care program.

Edward J. FUzgarald
Diviakm of Hospitals
U.SL Public Health Sarvica

Home At Holidays,
Seafarer Readies
'Fuzzy' For Show
To the Editor:

After three trips on the Alcoa
Pioneer I am back in Tampa, all
set and ready to show my dog
in the annual dog show thiff
month. I am going to try and do'
as well or better with her this'
year as I did in the last contest.

(Ed. Note: In the 1948 show,;
as reported in the LOG, Brother
Hand's chow, "Fuzzy," made a'

JAMES M. HAND

clean . sweep of . the show by.
garnering four blue ribbon^.)

This is the first Christmas X
have been home to enjoy sinc^
1944, and so far I have really
enjoyed the holidays. First
Christmas, then my daughter's
birthday on December 28 and
then New Year's Eve.

The men on the Alcoa Pioneer
saw to it tJiat my birthday did
not pass without a cake, as you
can see by the photograph. There
was a real contrast between my.
birthday and my daughter's. At
the tender age of six she insisted
on going to the Columbia Resr
taurant in evening clothes. On
my birthday I settled for work
clothes and no shoes. These
women!

James M. Hand !

ASKS PROCEDURE
FOR REGAINING ;
SIU MEMBERSHIP :
To the Editor:

I am now in the Air. Force and
would like to receive the LOG.
Also I would like to know if I
lose my permit by being here.
Is it possible for me upon my
discharge to resume shipping on
my permit by paying my dues
to date?

PcL Donald Maxwell
3764 Training Sqdn
Flight 214
Shephard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls, Texas

(Ed. Note: All Seafarers who
were in good standing when'
they entered the armed forces-
will he reinstated. Bring your'
union book (or permit) with
your discharge to SIU, A&G,
Headquarters, 51 Beavsr St..;
New York and you'll be'
squared, away.) - <



Friday, January 7. 18M THE SEAFARERS LOG <»aga lUMbau

Passengers' Bags Present
Problem To Cape Nome Crew
To the Edilor:

: On oUr la^t voyage to Europe
the Cape Nome carried passen­
gers both ways. There is one
Utility man to take care of these
passenger quarters.

But the trouble is that when

SIU Patrons
Rap Critic
Of PR Bar

To. Ih® Editor:

I read in the LOG recently a
charge that I think was not fair
to the proprietor of the Penn­
sylvania Bar in San Juan. It
was reported by a brother that
tile Pennsylvania Bar is work­
ing against SIU men and is
throwing away copies of the
SEAFARERS LOG.

' The Pennsylvania Bar is a big
help to some of the brothers
who are on the beach here. This
Brother is making it hard for
the other union members here
on the beach. Personally, I know
a lot of ..the brothers here on
the beach go there, and he gives
them drinks and sometimes a
meal.

The rpajority of the men are
broke and, brother, anywhere
you can get a meal for free
should be appreciated. Lots . of
the brothers even get credit
from him. That doesn't happen
in very many bars.

An SIU man recently made
a. wisecrack about Matilda's Bai*.
Qf course that brother meaiit it
for a joke, but Matilda didn't
take it that way. She's plenty
salty about it. Maybe some
brothers haven't been here, and
when, they see an article in the
LOG about Puerto Rico they
don't think it is important. They
think this place is just a. hole
in the ocean.

Actually, Puerto Rica is not
a, bad place and we want to
keep the best of relations with
the people here.

(Name Withheld)
4.

To the Editor:

My opinion of the SIU bro­
ther who sent the anonymous
letter to the LOG, claiming Sam
Chago, prorietor of the Pennsyl­
vania Bar in San Juan, dumps
the LOG into the garbage
couldn't be printed in full, but
r would like to say that he
must be pretty small fry to take
that • kind of low action against
a. man for personal reasons.
; I was; on the Puerto Rican

run steady for eighteen mohths
and lived in San Juan for. three
months (not • beachcombing). I
have always found LOGs at the
Pennsylvania Bar. I know, as
does every other SlU man who
is familiar with the Island, that
Sam has befriended and given
credit for weeks to a good many
seamen ' on the beach .in that
pOrt!

This charge, in my opinion,
has been made by a freeloader,
taking this means of getting
even with Sam, who probably
wis. a .'up. to him.
.If there were grounds to the

Brother's charge he should have
signed his name. If other
"beachies" are behind him in his
charge, as he claims, let's hear
from them, but please sign all
letters.

• Frank. Boia .
endorsed by

. Dominick Dwrigo

the passengers come aboard, and
then when they get off at the
other end, the Deck Department
demand that they handle the pas­
sengers' baggage. It means that
the Utility man, who takes care
of these quarters, is not allowed
to handle their things. Why not?

The Utility takes care of the
rooms, and 'makes up their beds
during all of the trip, and then
the Deck Department carries out
the baggage and makes the tip!

What business does the Deck
Department have in going into
the passengers' rooms? 'Why
should they try to take this little
extra money away from the
Messboy? Of course handling
large trunks out of the baggage
storeroom is another matter, and
I'm not talking about that. It's
the hand-baggage, brief cases,
hatboxes, and small suitcases
that are involved.

Please print a clarification on
this point for the benefit of the
members on this and other pas­
senger carriers.

I enjoyed the Seafarers Song
by Tennessee Thurman in the
November 19th LOG, as well as
the funny picture of Uncle Otto
on the Southport, which was sent
in by the former Night Cook and
Baker, George Reoch.

Otto got off tlie Southport be­
fore she had the accident in the
English Channel. Lucky Uncle
Otto! Never had an accident. He
always gets off before they hap­
pen!

Uncle Otto Preussler

(Ed. Note: It is St«wards De­
partment work to carry hand-
baggage out of the passengers'
rooms.)

Hey, Johnny

West Coast
Brother Seeks
Old Shipmate
To the Editor:

I am sending you this picture
of Red and Johnny De Rico,
which I took at Portland during
the 1946 strike. That was when
Johnny was thie SIU tanker or­
ganizer on this coast. Last I
heard of him, he was on a Robin
Line ship. I would like to put
a notice in the LOG asking him
to write to me.

Will you also change my mail­
ing address to 6543 N. Interstate
Ave., Portland, Ore.? Both my
wife and I enjoy it, and now
that the We.st Coast strike is
over I'll be going out again.

W. R. Cogger

(Ed. Note: Your address is
being changed on the mailing
list, and a notice is being en­
tered in the Personals coltimn
of the LOG.)

Healthy, Strong Union
Result Of Educational
Program Ashore: Brady

Heavy North Atlantic Blow
Roughed Up Frances' Trip
To the Editor:

Some of the boys might find
interesting the data on the last
trip of the Frances.

After a wonderful week in
Antwerp and Rotterdam the trip
home to New York seemed quite
uneventful, that is until we ran
into typical North Atlantic wea­
ther.

On the second day of pound­
ing, port No. 1 boom cradle came
loose and the Chief Mate, the
other day man, the Bosun and I
attempted to lash it, but the
forespeak and chain locker were
full of water and the Old Man
didn't waut ,to lose time by slow­
ing down.

To make a long story short,
the big one that got us could
weU have been our end. We were
all very lucky.

Royal Prince Given
Sir Charles' Congrats
To Ihe Editor:

I feel that I must make some
comment on the recent birth of
a son to Princess Elizabeth. '

It's a boy—^so what! It reaUy
didn't concern the average Am­
erican. We are democratic in
spirit, yet some of our people
go for the blue blood distinc­
tions. Strictly ballyhoo in this
day and age.

However, in the spirit of the
goodwill policy of our State
Department we must convey
congratulations to the top rank­
ing people of England's royalty.
Congratulations,' Prfnce Charles.

"Sir Cfaavtos" Oppaainiiiiex

The Skipper was also lucky.
We made contact with a Coast
Guard weather ship' and took
aboard their doctor via breeches
buoy to treat the skipper, whose
ulcers were giving him a rugged
time. He almost pegged out, but
the doctor fixed him up in short
order. We're all happy that voy­
age ended. R. Weaver

WANTS TO KEEP
ABREAST OF SIU
WHILE IN SERVICE
To the Edilor:

Although I'll be away, from
the sea for the next three years,
that is no reason for my .not
wanting to follow the move­
ments of the Union and my old
buddies. I plan to go back to
sea after my hitch is up with
this outfit, so I'd like to be up
to date on everything when I
leave here.

If possible, I'd like to receive
the LOG. Also I'd enjoy hearing
from my old shipmates. There
are quite a few ex-Seafarers
around here, and from what I
hear there'll be more joining us
in the near future.

About the only things we sea­
men here can agree upon is
that according to our SIU stan­
dards, the food, hours and pay
here are terrible.

Pvt. Barney Cuthrell
3734 "fraining Sqdn.
FUghl 3831
Lackland Air Force Base
San Anlomo, Texas

(Ed. Note: You're now oa
the LOG mailing list.)

To the Editor:

The twice-weekly educational
programs now being sponsored
by the Seafarers International
Union at the New York Branch
are something every member,
when on the beach, should take
advantage of to improve himself
as an individual, and at the same
time add to the organization as
a whole. These educational pro­
grams, one in Parlimentary Pro-
ceedure conducted by Brother
Glass every Tuesday night and
the other in Forum Technique
every Monday afternoon con­
duct^ by Blackie Cardullo, are
just what the doctor ordered, for
a healthy labor organization.

"Conference" maketh ready the
man," were the words of the
English philosopher Francis
Bacon. The value of tliat state­
ment is borne out in an educa­
tional program that prepares men
to know how to act under all
circumstances.

MEMBER KNOW-HOW

Although the SIU has stood for
an enlightened membership, it
has not always been in a position
where it could provide class-
room-type education. In the
past, the Union had to depend
on the kind of education one gets
on the picket line, job action and
all the hard ways of getting an
understanding.

Having survived all the tests
of battle the SIU has giown to
t>e u solid, strong and respon­
sible organization. To protect
this, the Union depends on a
membership that can function on
committees, preside as officers at
meetings on board ship and in
ports, act as crew delegates,
speak in a rank and file capacity
at meetings shaping policy and
act in any capacity to improve
the membership and protect the
Union. It is out of these consid­
erations that the Union believes
in a strong educational program
for the membership.

Many m e ni b e r s attending
Brother Glass' parliamentary in­
struction for the first time are
encouraged by the methods he
uses to build confidence in be­
ginners. He operates on the

premises that men who could
build and hold together an or- ,
ganization like the SIU, have all ;
the native intelligence necessary'
to understand how to cerate ^
through democratic processes,

As more and more members
avail themselves of the SIU edu-'
cational opportunities it will
mean we will have a greater.,
supply of members capable of
assuming the responsib^ duties
of a smooth running organiza- ,
tion.

After one goes through the
sessions of parliamentary pro- ,
ceedure, he can then attend the '
class in forum technique and
apply the principles of public
speaking. Here he is supplied ,
with an audience so that he can;
shed himself of stage fri^t.
Here he trains himself by apply- '
ing theory to practice. He learns
to talk on his feet in clear,' direct
and understandable terms and .
at the same time he can put over ,
his point. Most important of all, -
he learns by doing.

As the educational program of
the SIU progresses we can look..
forward to the day when every
SIU ship afloat and every port
meeting will have an available
supply of members who will be
able to function in any capacity
when called upon to do so.

Today the SIU is linking up
and forging together educating
by hard experience with the edu­
cation of plaiming. These twin
aspects of education will serve
to keep the SIU as the most
formidable organization in the
maritime industry.

W. J. Brady

LAKE GEORGE
CREWMEMBER
DIES AT SEA
To Ihe Editor:

The crew of the SS Lake
George wishes to record its deep
sorrow over the death of Bro­
ther James M. Brooks, Book No.
315. He passed away at sea on
December 10, 1948.

Jack Simmons
SS Lake George
Port Said

A SEAFARER AND HIS MATE

Steward Tom Bolton and his wife, Lillian, posed for this
photo by Paul Magro when Tom's ship, the Nathaniel B.
Palmer, tied up recently in a Gulf port. Brother Bolton
rates as one of the best Stewards in the business, says Magro.
"He's a great guy and he feeds. sweU," Paid adds. What
more could uiyone ask?



' Page Fourteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Fnday, January 7« 1949

Jtlf-'
IH-It':--

Big John, Crew Get Lumps & Bumps
In Cross-Country Hop To West Coast
To Ihe Editor:

As I have stated before in my
letters to you, you'll never,
have a dull moment if you ship
out with me. This time was
no exception.

On Nov. 8, I savy the SS Pur­
due Victorj' listed on the ship­
ping board. She was on inter-
coastal and as she would be
back in New York by New
Year's Eve, I decided to make
the run. At 3 o'clock in the
afternoon I was told to report
with my "gear in the company's
office on 19 Rector Street. We
were to fly to- the West Coast
where the ship had been tied
up during the strike.

Ahead of me in the office
were most of the gang, and I
was: pleasantly surprised at see­
ing some of the fellows I know
very well. Several with whom I
had become close friends on the
picketlines were t'nere. Gene
Nowakoski was to be our Chief
Cook, Henry Bonk was one of
the ABs. Toni and Fargo were
also with us. It sure was old
home week.

OFF WE GO
They had us waiting around

all afternoon until 6 P.M. Fin­
ally,' two busses arrived and took
us to the Newark airfield. Mak­
ing the trip with us were the
crews of the Loyola Victory and
,the Maiden Victory.

At the airstrip we were held
up, too. But I didn't mind that
as I soon discovered who was
to be our stewardess on the
first lap of the trip. She was a
lovely little creature, as airline
stewardesses usually are. They're

picked for charm and person­
ality and, believe me, this one
was something close to heaven.

-fOf course, we all made a play
for her. Who wouldn't.-

The plane was close to being,
an antique. I wouldn't be shock­
ed to learn it was the one the
Wright brothers started out in.
She had to stop for fuel at
every cow-pasture along the
way. She bucked like a mustang
and reminded me more of a
peanut shell in a mid-Atlantic
hurricane than a two-motored
airliner.

But the first lap of the trip
was very pleasant, anyway,
thanks to the attentions of the
glamorous little hunk of woman,
who served us sandwiches, milk,
coffee and fruit. She had plenty
of customers, too. We were the
hungriest passengers she ever-
had, she told us.

HALF-WAY
In Kansas City we reluctantly

parted company with her and
the rest of the plane's crew. A
relief crew was to take the
plane on the second lap of the
trip, which was to begin after
breakfast.

We were to head for Port­
land, but we weren't to get
there as soon as we thought.
Our stewardess was good-looking
this time, too. She was from
Southern California where they
grow smart-looking women and
she was one of the smartest.
And she watched over us like

hen does her little chickens
when a hawk is near.

A snowstorm nearlj"^ prevent­
ed the pilot from getting the

GOOD MEN ON GOODFELLOW

scrapheap over the mountains.
He managed to do it, though,
but we were forced down in
Elco, Nevada. The pilot didn't
tjiink it safe enough weather to
proceed to Portland so he put
us down in Oakland airfield
with our landing lights broken.
Sure was rough up in the air.
I'll take the sea anytime.

We had to wait around for a
few hours while they fixed up
the plane for the next lap. Then
the new crew came aboard. I
presume I don't have to tell you
how good looking the stewardess
was this time. All I can say is
that the airlines sure know how
to pick them.

After bumping around in the
fog for four hours we landed in
Portland, where a bus was
standing by to take us to Brad-
wood, where our ship was tied
up. It was supposed to have
been a six-hour ride, but as
things happened it took us closer
to ten hours to get there.

And here's why;
After spending forty hours

tangling with the clouds and an
occasional snowstorm, we get
in with a driver who lets the bus
i-un over the side- of the road
after which it somersaulted over
into a creek. I had been asleep,
but awoke quickly to the noise
of cracking steel and flying glass
and the shouts and screams of
the gang as their feet, heads and
arms smashed tlu-ough the win­
dows.

OVERTURNED BUS
The bus finally settled in a

ditch. Some of the guys who
weren't hurt managed to get the
escape door opened and they
crawled out of the bus, which
was lying on its side. One of the
fellows smashed the front win­
dow and several of the men got
out that way.

Cars started collecting on the
road. A few people with cameras
took pictures of the wreck,
which they promised to send to
the LOG. Most of the gang got
rides to the nearest inn, where

had a badly-needed drink.

Seafarers Debate Benefits
Of Transportation Ruling

Below are letters from the membership giving their views on
the Union transpgrtation. rule. In line with the SIU poliqr of
full discussion on all matters of policy, the LOG fpr the past
several weeks has devoted space to the opinions of the member-'
ship, both pro and con. All letters on the matter of transportatiott
will be printed in the LOG during the coming weeks to give the
membership ample time to form opinions on the rule. All possible
steps are being taken to devote equal space to both sides of ihe
controversy.

In brief, the rule calls for men to take transportation money
and pile off their ship when it pays off at a pgrt other than the
one in which the crew signed on. This applies in cases- where the
vessel does not start for the sign-on port within ten days.

PRO:
Upped Gains
To the Editor:

we
I took one of the injured fel­

lows with me in a car to nearby
Westport, where I located a doc­
tor. He recommended that I get
the guy to a hospital at once,
as he believed there might be
a bad spine injury.

By late 'afternoon, we had the
injured men in the hospital, had
gotten our .gear out of the bus
and were under way again for
the ship. On board we had four
hours sleep, then moved the ship
up the Columbia river to Port­
land.

John F. Wunderlich
Ship's Delegate
SS Purdue Victory

I think we should stick to the
present transportation ruling. The
cons in the SEAFARERS LOG
do not make out a sufficiently
clear case for returning to the
old rule of handling transporta­
tion. The fact is that some mem­
bers will benefit under the old
ruling but most will benefit un­
der the new set-up.

In this period of readjusting
in the maritime industry it is
natural that the wise fellows
are going to homestead their
ships. For family men it is ex­
pedient to remain on a vessel
so that their families will be
provided with a steady income.

Then, of course, we have those
men who will stay on a ship
until they kick the bucket. This
situation is conducive to cliques
and company stiffs, which is
quite intolerable to the average
Joe. This last sentence, in one
form or -another, has appeared
in many letters favoring the
new rule, and thus must be a'
serious matter.

WANTS OPINIONS
I grant that because there has

been so much dissension on this
issue it should be put in a num­
ber of compromise versions so
that we will have a varied mem­
bership's slant on it when it
comes to a vote.

I was very much interested in
the Del Aires letter, as drawn up
by Jerry Palmer, which listed
a sixty-day termination before
the men must leave the ship.
This proviso is favorable to the
family man and the homestead­
er, both of whom do not know
the final port of payoff when
they make the run, and enables
them two months t» save their
money. At the same time it
does not harm the seamen on
the beach waiting for a ship.
Too, it ties in nicely with the
permitman and trip card ruling
on the length of time a man
can stay on a ship.

.John J. Flynn

CON:
Rule Boomerangs
To the Editor:

I'd like to say a word or two
on this new transportation rul­
ing. The ruling has been passed,
but as it tui-ns out it is work­
ing more of a hardship on the
general membership than it is
proving to aid.

There are several ships on
short runs that sign on crews
in New York and after making
a short run—two months at the
most — sign off in the Gulf.
Transportation is then paid back
to the port of sign-on. 'What
value is two months work to
the member, especially the mar­
ried ones, when they originally
may have waited two to four
weeks just to get the job? Even
traveling back home by other
than first class most of the
transportation money is used'up.

M^bers with families arid
homes cannot risk trying to
ship coastwise back to their
original port just to keep work­
ing, and they don't want to
begin shipping out of the Gulf
because it would mean spending
many months away from their
homes.

I'm in favor of a fair deal, so
in the way of a suggestion, why
not let the fellows who want to
accept transportation and pay off
do so; the rest who wish to-re­
main with the ship can do so
by rejecting the transportation
money.

Many members I've spoken
with are in favor of going back
to the original plan. I believe
the majority who voted for the
new ruling believed it would re­
sult in a faster turnover of men,
but the brothers now are find­
ing that the rule has been a
boomerang.

Let's have some real pro and
con on this issue, it is vital.
Unless the membership voices
itself, nothing can .be accom­
plished.

Franklin Webb

Khaki-Clad Brother Warns Of Army's Phony Promises

The SS Robin Goodfellow's recent run to South Africa
must have been a good one if the smiles on these men are any
indication. Back r.ow: E. J. Nooney, OS. Middle row (1. to r.)t
A, Jenson, FWT; T. Graves, 3rd Ass'l; Pat O'Neil, AB. Front
vow: V. L. Meehan, Oiler; 3rd Mhte, name not given.

To the Editor:

Warning to all brothers of
draft age: Beware the phony
line the recruiting sergeants give
you if you plan to enlist.

They promise you the Queen
Mary to get you to sign on the
dotted line. Once you are in
you are flim-flammed. -

The sergeants tell you how
good, the officers and the non-
coms are,-but we never saw so
many finks in one place at the
same time. They say you work
only eight hours a day. Well, I
just foimd out they have a 36-
hour a day clock they go by.

Don't be misled by the propa­

ganda you hear and read in the
newspapers.

As you know, the Seafarers
were the first ones to face the
enemy and were represented in
all invasions and had the highest
casualty rate of all the services.
After the Seafarers served on all
fronts they are being drafted
while ex-€oast Guardsmen, who
sat on their bottoms thinking of
new ways to foul up seamen, are
considered veterans. Although
90 percent of these Times Square
commandos never made the sub-
infested run to Staten Island,
they are drawing full GI bene­
fits. At the same time, seamen
cannot receive medical attention

for injuries acquired during the
war.

PUT UP A FIGHT
If you think you arp going,

to be drafted, do all in your
power to stay out—even if you
'have to plead insanity. I could
go into great detail, but I'll leave
it to your imagination: just pic­
ture 1,000 bucko skippers and
mates on a rustbucket together.

I met one of our Brothers here
and we both agree to fhe aboveV
This could go on for hours, but.
some fink has some work for us
to do . so will close for now. Re­
gards to all. Please send the
LOG.

(Ifame wiihbdid by reqnest)'



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THE GREEK WAY TO WEST­
ERN CIVILIZATION, by Edith
HOmilton: Pelican Mentor, 191
pages. 35 Cents.
This critical discussion of an­

cient Greek literature and life is
thoroughly delightful, despite the
forbidding title. There's nothing
dusty about Miss Hamilton's
scholarship. The life of Athens
in the fourth and fifth centuries
B. C. comes alive in her pages.
Her narrative is as stimulating
as if she were writing about our
own times. People who have
overlooked the writings of the
Greeks, because they feared the
alleged heaviness of the classics,
may find new inspiration in Miss
Hamilton's volume.

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I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I

LOVE YOU, by Ludwig Be-
melmans: Signet Books, 144
pages, 25 cents.
In the book's forward a news­

paper book reviewer is quoted
as saying "The time is now ripe
for someone to stand up and
shout as loudly as he can that
Ludwig Bemelmans is a genius."
Perhaps he is, but the reviewer
seems a little too free and easy
with his bestowal of that rare
quality.

The book, a collection of short
stories of Bemelmans' travels
abroad, is breezy reading with
spots of delightful humor, but
definitely not the work of a
"genius." Bemelmans fans — a
cult—will undoubtedly disagree,

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INDIANS OF THE AMERICAS,

by John Collier. A New Men­
tor Book. Price 35 cents.
How many times in the ports

of the world has each of us said.
Yes, I am an American?" And

yet how many of us have a clear
idea of the lives and civilizations
of the native American Indian?

Little known aspects . of this
native American life are dis­
cussed here by a former US
Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
a foremost authority on the
subject. It is no chronological
recounting. It is a deep, phil­
osophical and introspective seach-
ing-out of values in our heritage,
by a socially conscious student
who does not hold that 20th cen­
tury America has all the answers.

If you do not know the mean­
ing of such words as inchoate,
animism, memonic, ecology, en­
dogamy and empathy, you had
best take a dictionary along, it
is not light reading; but it is fas­
cinating reading for a long trip
when the warm breezes blow
ever the ancient trade routes^

After standing an evening
watch beneath a vast, star-filled
sky, it is a good book'to pick
up for an hour before going to
sleep. •

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$5.00; John Lee Nugent. $5.00; Frank
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SS SEATRAIN NEW YORK
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SS POTHIER
L. WiUiamB, $3.00; J. J. Lefco, $3.00

J. C. MuIIis. $3.00; Frank Gomes, $1.00
R. G. orland, $2.00; J. Moral. $1.00
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SS SEATRADER
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$4.00; M. N. Katsimbris. $3.00; F. T.
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Pacishyn, $3.00; R. Encarseacion, $2.00;
J. A. Kramer, $1.00; D. F. Boyne.
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Peterson, $5.00; L. R. Carr, $5.00; E.
M. Engert, $5.00; J. Rivera. $4.00; T.
J. Heggarty, $3.00; P. J. Olsson,
$10.00; F. Palume, $1.00; E. W. King,
$2.00; M. A. Rodiguez, $2.00; J. C.
Drake, $2.00; R. Steele, $10.00.

SS EVANGELINE
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C. E. Warren. $1.00.
SS S. LEACOCK

R. R. Thompson. $3.00; W. H. Nel­
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Brady. $2.00; M. A. Suarez. $1.00; P.
V. Marsh. $2.00: L, G. Walberg and
crew, $16.00.

SS STEEL AGE
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Ferster, $2.00; G. Binneimans, $3.00;
W. Occarr, $2.00; G. N. Sigwart, $2.00;
S. Macyczko, $6.00; P. V. Pokmir.
$2.00; G. O'Rourke. $2.00; B. P. Lally,
$10.00; J. Fernandez. $2.00; T. C.
Rabaria. $5.00; V. H. Moller. tl.OO; L.
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J. Vallelunga, $2.00; P. J. Libby. $2.00;
R. M. McGee, $2.00; P. P. McGrath,
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Freniere, $5.00; F. E. Dayrit, $2.00;
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SS EVELYN
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$1.00; Wm. Brightwell, $1.00; H. Kill-
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Get in toudb with Al Kerr, 6th

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The following men have retro­
active wages due them. These
wages are available at the Pay­
master's office, 2nd floor, Amer-
can-Hawaiian Steamship Com­

pany, 90 Broad Street, New York
4, N. Y.

Calvator P. Martoletti, Eiiing
. V. Christiansen, John Dreisch,

Jiian V. Ferahdez, Jessie T.
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Joseph Patrick, Jay W. Savage,
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: larry Kiser, Virgil D. Mahan,
Eugene Palenser, Emil Uaszek.

Francis L, Armstrong, New-
some Davis, Matthew Sams,
Samuel A. Tate, Trinidad Vigo.

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L. Garcia. $1.00; . G. Bracco, $2.00; J.
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$5.00; M. Maxon. $3.00.

SS CANTON VICTORY '
J. Julian, $5.00; R. Beach, $1.00; A.'

Izatt, $1.00; R. C. Harvaaz. $1.00; W.r
F. Lindsy, $1.00; P. E. Ramsever,.
$2.00; E. Vierira, $1.00; T. D. Smith,'
$1.00. '

SS BEATRICE * >
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$1.00; F. Camacho. $1.00; E. Hallinam,.
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SS CAROYLN
J. Soto. Jr., $2.00; J. A. Cortes,

$1.00; A. Pfistercr, *$1.00; A. Griffiths,-
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$1.00; P. S. Smith, $2.00; F. A. Bar-
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M. Haul, $1.00; R. Cefaratti, $1.00; J. '
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R. Collins, $1.00; A. F. Chysna, $2.00;
R. D. Denzek, $2.00; C.. A. Gomes, ;
$1.00; T. A. O'Hanlon, $2.00; G. V.
Thobe, $1.00; P. F. Erck, $2.00; W. J. ;
Fitch. $2.00.

SS N. CURRIER
E. Raissis, $1.00; C. Christensen,

$2.00; F. S. Stevens, $1.00; J. F.
Kane. $1.00; R. J. Himel, $2.00; S. J.
Smith. $2.00; J. Margues. $2.00; R. D.
Fouche. $5.00: J. P. Smith, $2.00; R.
W. Sweer y, $2.00; J. R. Akin, $2.00;
R. E. Truly. $1.00; C. C. Brown, $1.00. ,

SS T. STOCKTON
T. W. Hinson, $2.00; K. Forster, '

$1.00; S. Beattie, $2.00; J. R. Dayton,
$2.00; J. Vondra, $3.00; P. Curzi, $5.00; .
T. R. Jackson, $5.00; H. E. Cay, $2.00}
E. P. Scherzer, $1.00; C. L. Koons,
$1.00; C. S. Scott, $2.00; J. A. Baldwin.
$4.00; W. C. Ashley, $5.00; S. Kirkoj
vich, $2.00; G. M. Koukounas, $4.00;
J. Dodge. $2.00; H. H. Armfield, $1.00;
V. A. Reid, $1.00; G. J. Bozac, $2.00;
E. Harmon. $2.00; G. M. Perira, $1.00;

SS ANGELINA
J. Q. Nunn, Jr., $5.00; J. Cortez,

$1.00; H. Spurlock, $1.00; L. F. Cam-
bardo, $1.00.

SS CITY OF ALMA
N. Barnard. $1.00; R. Weeks, $1.00;

T. Walsh. $1.00; E. Moore, $1.00; T.
Bell, $2.00; G. Lewis, $5.00; E .Pea­
cock, $1.00; R. Holloman, $4.00; R.
Darvillc, $1.00; M. J. Johnson. $1.00;
H. A. Jacks, $3.00; G. Kalee, $2.00; E.
Leary, $2.00; J. Purcell. $2.00; R.
Shelnutt, $2.00: C. L. Knight, $2.00.

SS STEEL MAKER
H. S. Phillips. $1.00; J. Miller. $1.00;

M. Pugaczewski, $2.00; N. A. Bartlett,

Notice To All SIU Members
The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­

farers Intemational Union is available to all members who wish
to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of
their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have
the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every
SIU branch for this purpose.

-However,-for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU
hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG,
which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51
Begver Street, New York 4, N.Y.

PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION

To the Editor:
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1
I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to thi>

address below:

Name

Street Address

City State

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Page Sixleeh THE SEAFARERS LOG
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Friday, January 7, 1949 \

firfiEs Serv/ce Seamen 'liS

COMPARE ^ CHOOSE
5IU Siale Outstrips Cities Servite Wages And Overtime

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• e SIU WAGES
RATING • SIU CITIES SERVICE HIGHER BY
Bosun ^ $295.00 $256.50 $39.50
AB 225.50 214.50 11.00
Deck Maintenance - 243.50 214.50 29.00
OS : 196.00 184.00 12.00
Electrician 361.00 Not Carried on CS Ships
Pumpman 305.50 280.00 25.50
2nd Pumpman-Engine Maintenance 305.50 280.00 25.50
Oiler 225.50 214.50 11.00
Fireman-Watertender 225.50 214.50 11.00
Wiper ..T 220.00 214.50 5.50
Steward 296.00 280.00 . 16.00
Chief Cook 267.00 250.50 16.50
2nd Cook . 237.50 220.50 17.50
Messman 190.00 179.50 10.50
Utility- 190.00 179.50 10.50

Overtime for SIU-^$1.15 for all men earning less than $228.23 per month
$1.45 for all earning more than $228.23 per month

Overtime for CS—$1.15 per hour

S/li Sekctien Of Jebs CTMA
I

SIU members are not restncted in their choice of jobs
pr runs.

Through Rotary shipping and the Union Hiring Hall,
they can ship any where, any time and in any qualified rating.

They can choose among tankers, freighters, tugs, towboats,
£erries or passenger ships.

They can ship from an SIU Hall in any one of the major
gwrts on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts.

They can sail coastwise, intercoastal, nearby-foreign or
foreign.

Jlie choice is theirs alone.

CTMA offers Cities Service men nothing more than what>*^
they now have.

The men, of course, are restricted to the Oompany's tankeri^,
and then only under the whim and pleasure of the company r
officials.

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SiU Pretettion And Security CTMA i

Patrolmen cover all ships at sign-ons and payoffs to protect
the crew's interests.

SIU contracts outlaw company blacklists.
Efficient machinery for handling beefs.
Hospital benefits.
Burial benefits.
Support of 8 million AFL trade unionists and the Maritime

Trades Department.

CTMA offers no protection to Cities Service men.
They are at the complete mercy of the ship's officers and

company officials.
CTMA does not even pretend to have any grievanci

machinery.
The job of the CTMA ship's delegate is to collect dues and

read communications from the CTMA.
CTMA merely says that if you are fired you automatically

become a retired member, but saysjiothing about getting you^
job back—or getting you another one.

SIU

(For a comparison of the differences between an SlU-contracted ship
and a non-union ship see pictures and story on page 5.)

Membership Coutrei Of Orgunautien CTMA
Regular membership meetings held in all ports.
Annual election of union officials by secret ballot.
All important decisions put to secret referendum vote,

pfter thorough discussion at shipboard and shoreside meetings
find through the SEAFARERS LOG.

The membership has no voice in the affairs or control 0|
CTMA.

A ^'proposed constitution" has already been drawn up byj
company lawyer, which puts all the power into the hands pC
an "Advisory Counselor" (read "company lawyer").

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A Vote For The SIU Is A Vote For Jobs,
Wages, Security And Democratic Control

Of Your Own Organization

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