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Vol. XiX
No. 22 SEAFARERS LOG

• OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL U N IO N • AT LA NT IC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO •

SlU STRIKERS
WIN DEMANDS
ON LA. TUGS

-Story On Page 3

1/;^;** Governor Luis Munoz Ma-
uovemor visits, rln of Puerto Rico (left)
Is welcomed on visit to SIU headquarters by Seafarer
Jose Del Valle Reyes (right). Sen. Ramon E. Bauza

(center) accompanied him. (Other photo on Page 16).

Ask Appeal Ruling
As Bull Ships Sail

Story On Page 2

I. Ummm§m Stcvo Kong (left), son of Seafarer Wong
If FUmS, Kong, bravely shows spot where a lab
technician at the SIU medical center took a sample of
his blood. Big brother David looks on. SIU families

, now qualify for exams at the center., ..

|C|_ J* Now Completing her flrst round trip from the West Coast
• I Out I ng WW I nCFy • the SIU Pacific District-manned wine tanker Angelo Petri
is shown enroute to Port Newark, NJ. She is slightly larger than a T-2 and carries
2Vz million gallons of wine each trip. The ship is said to be the first of its kind under
thq USflag. (Story on Page 10.) r;!H



Wi«e "t^o - ^ ( roc

Hong up on Maro Reef Is the tanker Mission Son Miguel, which
ron aground 7^5 miles northwest of Honolulu lost month. The 45-
mon crew were rescued by Navy air and sea craft.

Save Tanker Crew
SAN FRANCISCO—All 45 members of the crew of the

tanker Mission San Miguel were reported safe aboard a
Navy ship after the vessel ran aground and broke up on a
subrrlerged Pacific reef. The-*"
unlicensed crewmen are mem­
bers of the Sailors Union of
the Pacific.

Hit Maro Reef
The tanker, operated by the

Joshua Hendy Corporation for the
Navy, hit Maro Reef, about 745
miles noi-thwest of Honolulu, while
Inbound to Seattle. Attempts to

keep the ship intact were unsuc­
cessful as sea water submerged the
pumps and started flooding the
engine room.

A Navy LST took off the crew
after a 13-hour search by Navy
planes spotted the ship with her
bow up in the air and the stern
down low in the water.

Bull Ships Sail^ Unions
Await Action On Appeals

The next development in the Bull Line strike situation now rests with the US Circuit
Court of Appeals. A Federal District Court judge caused removal of picket lines manned
by mates and engineers on Monday, October 21, when he signed a temporary order against
the Masters Mates and Pilots-* ^
and Marine Engineers Benefi
cial Association.

The officers' unions undertook
an immediate appeal to the next
higher court. Similarly, the Court
has already heard an appeal from
the SIU relative to an injunction
issued against the SIU back
October 1, and a decision is pend
ing on that action.

Crews Return
Meanwhile, both unlicensed

crewmembers and officers are re
turning to the four ships tied up
by the strike in New York and two
others in San Juan. Unlicensed
crewmembers started going back as
soon as the officers' picket lines
were removed.

The Kathryn is scheduled to sail
today for San Juan, with the Caro­
lyn and Jean, now in San Juan
expected to leave today or tomor
row. The other three ships, the
Frances, Elizabeth and Beatrice
will probably pull out early next
week.

To Renew Strike
Herbert Daggett, president of

Raider Curran Hits Raids
A familiar pattern he learned in the 1930's

emerged from the NMU convention last week
as NMU President Joseph Curran attempted
to cover up his union's strikebreaking and raiding
activities. The convention passed a resolution sol­
emnly denouncing such actions and calling for AFL-
ClO punishment of violators, while the NMU pressed
its raid on Robin Line and continued its support of
District 50 on the American Coal Ships.

The resolution called on the Federation to amend
the ethical practices code to provide for possible
expulsion of unions who raid other members of the

I Devoting a long, involved resolution to the
NMU attorney, Herman Cooper, the NMU conven­
tion approved a document lauding Cooper for
"outstanding legal advice and assistance ..." The
resolution placed heavy emphasis on divorcing
Cooper from NMU policy-making, stating that he
left "union policy and program to our officers
and membership."

The emphasis may derive from the bitter crit­
icism fired at Cooper by Curran's opposition in
the last NMU election. At that time, the opposi­
tion accused Cooper of "ruling" the NMU and of
dictating the decision to open NMU hiring halls
to all comers.

Another aspect bearing on the resolution was
noted by John Herling, editor of "John Herling's
Labor Letter." He pointed out that Curran has
been repeatedly blasting the McClellan Commit­
tee; even more so than unions that have been
committee targets. Cooper had been questioned
recently by the committee in the course of the
investigation of the bakers union.

Federation and permit themselves to be used by
employers to break strikes. It was one of a num­
ber of interesting developments at the convention,
which included an impassioned defense of Curran's
policies on longshoremen and other issues.

Actually, if the AFL-CIO were to follow the pro­
cedures suggested in the resolution, then the NMU
would have to be brought up on charges for strike­
breaking against the licensed officers' unions in the
coal beef and for its raid against SIU on the Robin
Line ships.

Here, in brief. Is what the NMU convention put
on record on the subjects of raiding and strike­
breaking:
• ... "raids between AFL and CIO unions are

destructive of the best interests of the unions . . .
and . . . of the entire trade union movement . . ."
• . . . "there are 'unions' which engage in strike­

breaking activities, . . . These activities are those
•f the enemies the trade union movement . .
Curran refers to unions in this category as not
worthy of being called a trade union.

NMU's raid on Robin Line followed 17 unbroken
years of SIU representation in this fleet. The SIU
signed Us contract in 1940 after the men in the fleet
voted for the SIU 199 to one. With the sale of the
fleet to Moore-McCormack, the NMU has been
bending its energies to oust Seafarers from the ships
and take over the jobs for NMU.

Putting Squem on Seafarers
These NMU tactics include: prevailing on the

company to hire NMU men exclusively as replace­
ments on Robin Line ships; sending letters to Sea­
farers on 'the ships urging them to desert their
union and Join the NMU; opposing the right of
Robin Line crewmembers to vote by secret ballot
for a union of their own choosing: utilizing the ma­

chinery of the National Labor Relations Board to
forestall an election.

If this isn't a raid then the NMU doesn't use the
same dictionary as the rest of the labor movement.

NMU strikclueaking has been equally well-estab­
lished. When the Masters, Mates" and Pilots and
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association struck the
American Coal ships, NMU members, on orders
from their union, walked through the picketlines.
They took the ships out under officers recruited off
the streets by a company union. District 50.

This resolution and others are either thinly

veiled or open attacks on the SIU and its leadership.
For example, the "no-raiding" resolve contains a
"Don't Criticize Big Joe" clause. Those who engage
in "vlUiflcation" of the "leadership" of union.s are
equally guilty, Curran says, and should be brought
to justice. It doesn't take any reading between the
lines to find that Curran is extremely desirous of
preventing the SIU from bringing the facts of his
career and current activities out into the open.

In a similar vein, the convention passed another
resolution assailing AFL-CIO President George
Meany as "presumptuous" for disagreeing with Cur­
ran. Meany's "crime" in Curran's eyes was dressing
Curran down for the letter's sabotage of the AFL-
CIO campaign on the New York waterfront.

the Marine Engineers Beneficial
Association, said that should the
Court of Appeals reverse the order
issued by Judge Walter Bruch-
hausen, the strike against Bull
Line would be resumed immedi­
ately by his union.

The SIU had a hearing October

Study Health
Centers For
SIU Ports

Extension of SIU health center
services to the ports of Baltimore,
Mobile and New Orleans is now be­
ing studied by headquarters and
the SIU Welfare Plan. The services
involve free medical examinations
and diagnostic service for Seafarers
and members of Seafarers families.

At present, the SIU Welfare Plan
operates the New York health cen­
ter and has long-range plans for
building similar centers in the
other three major ports.

In anticipation of the construc­
tion of the centers; plans are now
under consideration involving con­
tract arrangements with local hosp­
itals or other medical facilities in
the three outports. These local fa­
cilities would offer the examination
and diagnostic services pending
construction of the SIU Welfare
Plan's own centers.

Further details -on the health
center pragram will be carried in
future issues of the SEAFARERS
LOG.

8 on its appeal against the earlier
injunction and a decision should
be forthcoming in the near future.

The SIU struck Bull Line on
August 19 after many weeks of ne­
gotiation had failed to produce an
agreement. The Union had de­
manded a 20 percent wage increase
for all ratings plu;! West Coast
overtime and penalty scales.

Co. Turns Down Officen
The two officers' unions, which

had been negotiating separately
with the company, hit the bricks
two days later when the company
flatly rejected their wage demands.

Judge Bruchhauscn had issued
his order against the SIU effective
October 1 after which SIU pickets
were withdrawn, but the two offi­
cers' unions continued their strike
against the company. The order
barring SIU pickets. Issued under
the Taft-Hartley Act, did not affect
the officers.

Amer. Mail
Seeks Atom
Waste Pact

SAN FRANCISCO — Crewmem­
bers on American Mail Line ships
may soon be riding with a new
cargo—radioactive waste. The com­
pany has applied to the Atomic
Energy Commission for a license
to dispose of radioactive waste on
behalf of Boeing Aircraft, a large
national defense supplier of air­
craft, missiles and other military
products.

It has been the practice up until
now to pack radioactive waste In
leak-proof lead containers ^ and
dump the containers at sea. The
requirements call for the materials
tt> be jettisoned at a minimum
distance of 150 miles off the con-

nental shelf and a minimum sea
depth of 1,000 fathoms.

The ship handling the waste has
to supply the Atomic Energy Com­
mission with information as to the
time, date and location at which
the waste is dumped overboard.

Crewmembers of American Mail
Line ships are supplied by the
SIU's Pacific District.

Shorthanded?
If a crewmember quits while

a ship is in port, delegates
are asked to contact the hall
immediately for a replace­
ment. Fast action on their part
will keep all jobs aboard ship
filled at all times and elimi­
nate the chance of the ship
sailing shorthanded.

US Mates Win
Right To Pilot
All Lakes Ships

CLEVELAND—^A one day strike
by the Masters, Mates and Pilots
against foreign-flag ships has end­
ed successfully with agreement
that some US pilots would be
hired to handle foreign-flag ves­
sels on the Lakes.

The strike tied up 13 ships at
three Lakes ports. Longshoremen,
members of the International
Brotherhood of Longshoremen, re­
spected the MM&P picket lines.

Agreement Reached
As a result, agreement was

reached to assign some United
States pilots to the pilot pool at
Kingston and Montreal, where
ships entering ̂ the Lakes usually
pick up their pilot. At present,
there are 46 pilots in the pool.

Eventually, the agreement calls
for a build-up of US pilot num­
bers until half of the pilots in the
pool are US citizens. The agree­
ment was negotiated with the Ship­
ping Federation of Canada.

SEAFARERS LOG
Oct. 25, 1957 Vol. XiX No. 22

PAUI, HALL. Secretary-Treasurer .
HERBEBX BHAND. Editor. BERNABD 8KA-

MAN. Art Editor. HEHMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN
SPIVACK. AL MASKIN, JOHN BRAZIL. StaJT
Writers. BILL HOODT. GUU Area Repre­
sentative.

Burly 14
Final Dispatch
Inquiring Seafarer ... 10
Labor Roundup .....7
Letters .12. 14
Recent Arrivals
Seafarers In Hospitals ....12
Seafarers In Action ...
Shipping Roundup ....10
Your Dollar's Worth .. 7

Publlshtd bIwRRkly »t the hRadquartRr*
of tho Soafarort Intarnatlonal Union, At­
lantic A Oulf District, AFL-CIO, «75 Fourth
Avanuo, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacfnth
f-4«00. Entorod at aacond class matter
at the Post Cttlce in Brooklyn. NY. under
«he Act of Aus- 24. 1*12.

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How Strikes Are Broken
WINCHESTER, Va.—The anti-union bias of the Taft-Hart­

ley Act was demonstrated last week when the National
Labor Relations Board conducted an election which deprived
striking rubber workers of their right to vote. The bargaining election,
by excluding 300 striking workers at the O'SuIlivan Rubber Heel
Company, was aimed at crushing the 17-month-old strike against the
company.

The election was held among strikebreakers working In the plant
since the walkout began. They voted 288 to 5 against the union. Its
obvious intent was to decertify the United Rubber Workers Local 511.
That union was recognized as bargaining agent for O'SuIlivan workers
early in 1956 injan NLRB election in which only two votes were cast
against the union.

The URW members voted in favor of a walkout early in May, 1956.
Again, there were only two dissenting ballots. Since the walkout,
O'SuIlivan has failed to bargain with the union and hired strikebreak­
ers from neighboring states. It was these strikebreakers who were per­
mitted to vote in the election.

The NLRB denied the striking workers their right to representation
of their choice under section 9 (c) (3) of the T-H. That provision states
that "employees on strike who are not entitled to reinstatement shall
not be eligible to vote." This section has been continuously under fire

, from labor and political leaders -as the most unfair provision of the
10-year-old Act.

President Eisenhower, campaigning for his first term in 1952, rec­
ognized that the law might be used to break unions. "That must be
changed. Amer'ca wants no law licensing union-busting and neither

•do I," he promised,
When Taft-Hartley revisions were considered in 1953, it was the

position of organized labor that this section be repealed , and that
strikebreakers be denied the right of determining whether or not
workers will be represented by a union of their choice. This, they
argued, would be in accordance with the promotion of full and free
Collective bargaining. Unions have been unable to win revision of
the act on this issue.

La. T ug Co. Yields
$75 Wage Boost
After 4-Day Strike

NEW ORLEANS—^Ending a four-day strike, SIU negotiators signed an agree­
ment with Magco Towing Company, Inc., here October 12, winning for towboat-
men involved the highest wage scale in this phase of the industry on the Gulf Coast.

Harbor and The SIU's
Inland Waterways Division
was certified by the NLRB
as bargaining representa­
tive for Magco employees
September 5, 1957, after
Magco towboatmen at New
Orleans and Lake Charles
voted by a greater than 2 to 1
majority for SIU-HIWD repre­
sentation.

Efforts by the SIU's negotiating
team to reach an agreement with

NLRB Investigating SIU
Charges Against Coal Co.

Investigation of unfair labor practice charges filed by the SIU against American Coal
Shipping is making headway. A National Labor Relations Board field examiner has been
exploring the numerous instances of company discrimination against the SIU and favor­
itism for the NMU which havet
taken place in the course of
the beef.

No activity has been reported in
the last couple of weeks on the
crewing of ships with two ships,
the Cleveland Abbe and Martha
Berry, in indefinite lay-up in Nor­
folk. These two ships had a heavy
overall SIU majority.

The company nas refused to
Indicate whether it would give
Abbe and Berry crewmembers
preference on rehiring when and
if the ships come out of lay-up.
When the Coal Miner crew was laid
off recently, and subsequently re­
hired, such preference was given.
A third vessel, the Casimir Pul­
aski, has been delayed in Italy for
almost four weeks and is appar­
ently in no hurry to get back to
the States where cargoes may be
scarce.

Seeks Scrap Cargoes
In its hunt for cargo, the com­

pany has filed a second bid with
the Federal Maritime Board for an
exception to its charter which
would permit it to carry scrap. The
terms of the Government charters
limit the company to the coal trade
exclusively. Tramp shipowners and
several private operators are re­
portedly protesting relaxation of

'Frisco On
Slow Bell

SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping
slowed down in this port with only
a couple of vessels calling into the
area. There were no vessels paying
off during the past period, while
only two, the Ames Victory and the
Coe Victory (Vlctoi-y Carriers),
signed on.

The Flomar, Calmar (Calmar),
Hurricane, Young America, Yaka
(Waterman), aiid the Steel Execu­
tive (Isthmain) were in port to be-
serviced. All vessels were reported
in good shape with no major beefs,
according to SIU port agent Marty
Breithoff.

SIU oldlimers taking part in the coal beef pause (or coffee break
on Thomas Paine en route from Le Harve to Rouen. They are
(l-r): P. Gladden, AB, and Fred Blankenber'g, AB Maint. F. Dela-
penha, BR, has back to camera.

the charter terms while there are
privately-owned ships available for
the trade.

The unfair labor charges deal
with several types of discrimina­
tion. One group relates to the un­
justified firing of a large number
of SIU men. The company went in
vei-y heavily for this tactic for a
while. Other charges relate to the
rehiring of NMU men who had al­
ready been fired by ships' officers.
In one instance, the company re­
hired three NMU engine depart­
ment men and demoted the chief
engineer who had fired them.

Violated Court Order
Company violations of the court

order under which the crews are
hired are also the subject of SIU
charges. In one case, the NMU
faikd to submit a list of applicants
for a specific ship as required by
the hiring order. The company
permitted the NMU to substitute

a list drafted for another ship.
The SIU also charged that Sea­

farers who were fully qualified for
jobs were denied employment on
various meaningless technicalities.
NMU men, who were non-qualified,
were hired in many instances over
the protests of the SIU as the com­
pany leaned over backwards to
give the NMU a Helping hand.

Denied Equal Time
Various other instances of dis­

crimination are specified In the
charges including giving the NMU
extra time to meet requirements
and denying equal time extensions
to the SIU.

The findings of the Board on
these charges will have an impor­
tant bearing on the outcome of the
beef. For instance, if the Board
rules that fired Seafarers have to
be reinstated, it would change the
relative strength of the competing
groups on the ships.

company representatives reached a
stalemate. When an October 7
deadline passed without further
bargaining talks scheduled, the
Magco men hit the bricks early
October 8. The striking towboat-
fen were supported solidly by SIU
A & G men and by SIU-HIWD
members in the port, who voted
unanimously in their regular mem­
bership meeting October 7 to sup­
port the strike should the nego­
tiating committee find such action
necessary "to win a decent and
honorable agreement."

The strike also was supported by
members of Teamsters Local Un­
ion 270 employed by the Magnet
Cove Barium Corporation (Magco-
bar). Magcobar produces drilling
mud and other essential chemicals
at a big plant on New Orleans' In­
dustrial Canal for Louisiana's tide-
lands oil exploration and produc­
tion industry.

Magco tows exclusively for Mag­
cobar and has an office and a dock-
side terminal at the Magcobar
plant, in which plant workers are
represented by. Teamsters Local
270. The plant was shut down for
the duration of the strike as Team­
ster plant workers respected the
SIU picket line.

$75 Month Wage Boost
Wage increases provided in the

agreement range up to $75 a
month. Rates of pay provided in all
classifications are the highest paid
in this specialized towing field in
the Gulf area.

Economic gains, measured in
terms of increased wages and
shorter work schedules resulting
from the SIU-HIWD campaign,
ranged from $41.50 a month for
deckhands to $108 for captains and
$115 for mates, the latter being
the rating in which the greatest in­
equities existed prior to SIU-
HIWD representation.

In addition to wage increases,
the agreement also provides for

coverage of Magco men and their
families by the SIU-HIWD wel­
fare plan.

Other Gains
Other principal gains won in the

new contract include:
• Two weeks annual vacation.

, • Seven paid holidays annually.
• Vastly improved shipboard liv­

ing and working conditions.
• Job security guaranteed by

broad seniority provisions and a
comprehensive grievance and ar­
bitration procedure.
• Union shop and other union

security clauses.
• A medical examination pro­

cedure providing for exams by
company physicians and the US
Public Health Service with Oschs-
ncr Clinic in New Orleans to serve
as a referee at the company's ex­
pense in case of disagrement.

Six Transfusions
Paid By Plan

Families of Seafarers quali­
fied for benefits under the
SIU Welfare Plan can now
obtain up to six blood trans­
fusions during each hospital
stay, not just five as reported
in the last issue of the LOG.
Transfusions will be covered
at the rate of $20 each up to
a maximum of $120, apart
from all other benefits. Among
the other new benefits under
the SIU plan are the elimina­
tion of the "$50 deductible"
provision covering hospital-
surgical claims, retroactive to
October 1, 1957. Seafarers
will still have to pay the first
$50 of hospital charges on
claims filed before that date.
Under the change, the plan
now covers all charges up to
the specified limit in benefits.

Pacific SiU
Fights Raid
By Bridges

LOS ANGELES — West Coast
seamen are meeting Harry Bridges'
latest raid on SIU fishermen head-
on amid threats of a coastwise
shipping tie-up by Bridges' long­
shoremen.

Despite all the recent "unity"
talk put out by Bridges and his
International Longshoremen's &
Warehousemen's Union, neither
the fishermen nor the deep-sea
sailors have been taken -in. The
sardine fieet is still operating de­
spite ILWU pickets "protesting" a
contract gained after a two-week
strike by the SIU Seine & Line
Fishermen's Union. Actually the
contract pitch is a cover-up for a
Bridges move to take over the fish­
ing fleet.'

Back ^lU Fishermen
All of the SIU Pacific District

unions, including the Sailors
Union, Marine Firemen and Marine
Cooks, plus the SIU Cannery Work­
ers Union, the Southern California
MTD Port Council and the Mari­
time Trades Department in Wash­
ington are supporting the SIU fish­
ermen. Matching the Bridges'
threats, members of the SUP,
MFOW and MCS here are refusing
to work overtime in port on Pacific
Maritime Association vessels, in
turn cutting out overtime work for
the longshoremen.

The dispute arose after the Seine
& Line Fishermen's Union struck
for an increase in the price paid
by the canneries to the boatownei*s
and won a boost to $55 per ton.
The ILWU Fishermen's Union,
Local 33, then put in a bid for $80
a ton which admittedly could drive
the canneries right out of busi­
ness. ILWU pickets then unsuccess-

j fully attempted to tie up the SIU
' fishing fleet. About 100 boats ai-e
I said to be involved.

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Crew of the Steel Artisan (Isthmian) celebrates the safety awar^ presented to the. ship lost month.
Seafarers include Joe Justus, Lee Curry, safety committee chairman; Bill Linker, Ray Brown, Harry
Geire, Frank Buhl, Jim Libenz and Harry Benner, ship's delegate.

Banquet Proves Safety Pays Off

Azalea City Takes Crew;
Ready For 'Lift-On' Run

MOBILE—Conversion of Pan-Atlantic's Azalea City into a
trailership was completed early this week and she took
on a full crew for a trial run up to Newark. The vessel,
the second to undergo conver--^

"That," announced Harry Benner as he leaned back in
good steak." Fellow Seafarers from the Steel Artisan who
a crew banquet heartily agreed with him.

The occasion for all the

his chair, "was what I call a
were cleaning their plates at

steaks and appropriate bev­
erages was the hospitality of
the Isthmian Steamship Company.
The company had presented the
crew with a $250 cash award tor
a three-month accident-free record.
Actually, Benner said, the ship has
not had a lost-time accident in the
past five months.

What to Do?
Benner was ship's delegate on

the Artisan when the company
made Its surprise award. Naturally

the crew was happy to be honored,
he said, but the award started a
number of lengthy discussions as
to the best way of disposing of the
dough.

Suggestions Fly
For a while suggestions flew as

thick and fast as flies on a monkey,
but after talking it over, the crew
decided they would have a night on
the town. Even the bookworms
aboard were satisfied, Benner re­
ported, as there was enough left

over to provide the ship with a
slew of new magazines.

Ship's safety chairman Lee
Curry declared that the award
system would help cut down ship­
board accidents. "It gives the gang
more incentive to be careful in the
future."

As for the next award. Curry
said, "I think we have a month's
clean record already, and will
certainly try to come through the
next two ship-shape.

sion, Js expected to join the
Gateway City in the Miami-
Houston coastwise trailer trade
soon after its tests. Another Pan-
Atlantic vessel is nearing comple­
tion and should crew up within a
month.

It has been a very good period
on the shipping side. The'men on
the beach are taking advantage of
the number of berths available and
the increasing number of relief
Jobs being filled around the port
and are being very choosy before
shipping out.

There has been much discussion
among the men here concerning
the new welfare benefit gains, re­
ports Cal Tanner, port agent. The
recent elimination of the fifty-
dollar deductible feature covering
hospital-surgical benefits and the
increased number of blood trans­
fusions available under the plan
came in for a lot of favorable com­
ment.

The Mobile branch and its mem­
bership wish to extend their sym­
pathy to the family of Brother Les­
ley Joyner who recently passed
away. Brother Joyner had been
shipping out of this port for years
and was well known here.

There were 16 vessels in port
during the past two-week period.
The ships paying off, signing on
and in transit included the Alcoa
Planter, Alcoa Pioneer, Alcoa Cav­
alier, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Polaris,
Alcoa Partner, Monarch of the

Seas, Claiborne, Madaket, Citrus
Packer (Waterman); Steel King,
(Isthmian); Del Alba, Del Norte
(Mississippi); Ocean Deborah
(Ocean Trans.) and the Longview
Victory (Victory).

Next period, Tanner predicted,
should be Just as good. There' are
12 vessels expected In during that
period so far, and a couple of
Waterman vessels are due to hit
the Gulf area. They might come to
Mobile for payoff.

Pursers Pay
1st Pensions

The first pension awarded by the
SOA pension plan was presented
last month to a retiring member
of the SlU-affiUated Staff Officers'
Ass'n. The benefit was the first
that a ship's purser has ever" re­
ceived under a union-established
pension program.

The recipient of the benefit is
J. Warren Bergen, who retired on
October 1 after 12 years as a purs­
er. Bergen's benefit will be $70 a
month.

The SOA Pension Plan was
established in June, 1957, and is
maintained by employer contribu­
tions. It pays normal, reduced,
early retirement and disability pen­
sions, up to a maximum of $100
a month.

AN all-foo-common accident in the black gang is the
flqreback which takes place on occasion after light­

ing off a burner. The procedure for averting flarebacks
is simple enough. A) You stand to one side with your
face turned away as much as possible; B) You keep your
shirt on.

Keeping your head out of the way is the best guorantee
of avoiding painful faciei burns and possible serious
damage to your eyesight. And a long-sleeved shirt offers
you some protection from forearm and torso burns. It's
easy to remember and it pays off in the form of a safe trip.

Keep Your Shirt On !

An SlU Ship is a Safe Ship



: ortoHr u. mr S-EAFARERS ' LOG

Another BME Oldtlmer Gets Pension

BME President Ray McKay (left) congratulates Chief Engineer
Andrew Karklin, 71, wha retired last month. Karklin, who was an
engineer for 34 years, last sailed with Victory Carriers. The BME
Pension Plan pays pensioners a $100 month benefit, exclusive of
Social Security. . •

Rash Of Anfi-Labor Laws
May Be Worst Since T-H

WASHINGTON—The low-intensity drive by some lawmakers and business groups for
new controls over union activities is expected to mushroom by next January into the
worst rash of labor control legislation since the Taft-Hartley Act was passed over a Pres-
dential veto in 1947,

The much - ballyhooed
charges of corruption against
a liandful of unions and labor of­
ficials tias given impetus to ef­
forts to legislate against all unions.
The feeling sparked by disclosures
by the Senate labor-management
investigating committee is that the
climate Is ripe for adoption of at
least some restrictive measures.
A key to Congressional action will
be the attitude taken by leading
menribers of the Senate commit­
tee.

Among the variety of bilis being
readied are proposals calling for a
national "right to work" law, for
broadening the anti-trust laws to
cover labor unions and for polic­
ing of union finances, welfare and
pension funds, political activity, in­
ternal elections and other fields.

Sputnik Affects US Shipping Futnre;
Need For Strong Merchant Fleet Seen

Aside from giving a shot-in-the-arm to Communist morale the launching of the Soviet
artificial moon "Sputnik" poses new problems for the American merchant marine. The
Sputnik threat is two-fold. It raises anew the dispute over the role of US ships in the
defense picture. It also prom-> —
Ises a squeeze on merchant
marine appropriations if there
should be any diversion of Govern­
ment funds into a "crash" missile
and satellite program.

The concern over Sputnik lies
In the fact that in the justified
furore over the satellite and mis­
sile programs the need for a bal-
"anced economy and a balanced de­
fense program might be lost to
view. As Senator John Butler of
Maryland put it in a recent letter
to' the "Baltimore Sun," "No one
.Who knows anything about our de­
fense requirements has contributed
In any way to . . . opinion that the
atomic and now-dawned satellite
.ages have materially watered down
4he old claim that the merchant
marine is the fourth arm of de­
fense.

"To the contrary," Butler said,
"our enlightened military planners
recognize that if we are to main­
tain our defense outposts abroad
in a state of instant readiness . . .
we must depend now more than
ever before upon a well-equipped,
up-to-date American flag merchant
fleet . . ."

Butler's viewpoint received a
strong "second-the-motion" from
one who should know—General
Nathan Twining, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. General
Twining declared that it was "in­
credible" to him that anyone would
seriously argue against an Ameri­
can merchant marine. "I assure
you", he wrote Butler, "that such
views are not held by the Joint
Chiefs of Staff." On the contrary.
Twining declared that if a nuclear
catastrophe does come, the Ameri-
can merchant marine "would play
a most vital role" in restoring a
shattered world.

The merchant marine's defense
role had been under fire even
before the Soviet Union an­
nounced it had successfully tested
an intercontinental missile and
then proved its claim by launch­
ing the earth satellite. The argu­
ment had been raised that the
"pushbutton" era had arrived and
that a merchant marine would no
longer be essential.

In the view of shipping interests.

the "pushbutton" concept overlooks
the fact that the solidity and
strength of the rest of the economy
and of our allies still calls for a
healthy merchant fleet. Without a
strong economy, without the fuel,
ores, and other necessities of in­
dustry and without a healthy ex­
port market, the US would not
have the resources to build the
complex and costly equipment at
the end of the "pushbutton."

Shipping gi-oups and many de­
fense planners have also argued
that conventional troops, troop car­
riers, freight carriers and trans­
oceanic supply lines are still vital
in the "pushbutton" era to hold
and occupy bases, to supply allies
and as a weapon of diplomacy. The
appearance of US ships in Poland
with food for hungry Poles is more
impressive in that area than hydro­
gen bomb tests. Similarly, the hard-
pressed Turks, now under fire from
Russia and Syria, would be defense,
less without US-transported arms,
and would be short of basic food
supplies were it not for US agri­
cultural surplus hauled by US
ships. The same holds true for

SCHEDULE OF
SlU MEETINGS

SlU membership meet­
ings are held reguiorly
every two weeks on Wed-
nesdoy nights ot 7 PM in
oil SlU ports. All Seo-
forers ore expected to
ottend; those who wish to
be excused should request
permission by telegrom
(be sure to include reg-
istrotion number). The
next SlU meetings will be:

. October 30
November 13
November 27
December I

Vietnam, Korea, Formosa and many
other areas where our foreign pol­
icy depends on staunch allies, and
where so-called "small wars" are
always a possibility.

Tough Sledding Ahead
Merchant marine backers agree

they will face some tough sledding
in the next Congress which may
seek to cut back on shipping
funds, as on other appropriations,
to help pay the tab for missiles and
rockets. However, they argue that
such cutbacks are false economy,
because they would deprive the
Government of much tax revenue
derived from shipping companies,
shipyards, seamen and other marl-
time workers. Runaway and foreign
fiag ships bring no such revenues
to the US.

On the political side, the domes­
tic remains of the US Communist
Party have had theh* first reason
to cheer in many months with the
launching of the Soviet satellite. It
seems unlikely though, that one
earth satellite or ten would stop
the steady drop-off in US party
membership that followed the
crushing of the Hungarian rebel­
lion.

Reds Exploit Sputnik
Overseas though, it is another

story, with the current Red line
being to point to the satellite as an
example of the ''superiority" of
Communist society. According to
the latest Party line. Sputnik
proves that the triumph of world
Communism is "inevitable."

An Interesting sidelight to the
"superiority" of Communist so­
ciety for at least one segment of
the US and western Red member­
ship was revealed recently by
novelist Howard Fast, who quit
the Communists after Hungary.
Fast told how the Russians are
holding out on several hundred
thousand in ruble royalties due him
on Russian reprints of his books.

Evidently, western authors who
were in the Red's favor could al­
ways count on Russian government
promotion and distribution of their
writings and plenty of fat royalty
checks. "Moscow gold." it seems,
was more than just a phrase for
them.

Others would end the tax exemp­
tion of unions under so-called cor­
rupt leadership and ban persons
with past criminal records from all
union positions. Bills for welfare
fund controls have the endorse­
ment of the AFL-CIO. While the
Senate probers' jurisdiction covers
"improper activities in the labor
or management field," the manage­
ment phase of the inquiry has
large been ignored up until now
except where it could be used as
a focal point for new charges
against unions.

Stage Is Set
Thus the stage appears to be

set, according to <^most observers,
for a concerted drive for a na­
tional law "right to work" law
similar to the one 18 states already
have on the books. This would ban
the union shop and other forms of
union security protection as a first
step in killing off what anti-labor-
ites like to call the "monopoly
privileges of organized labor."

Another bill likely to get some
serious consideration with labor
backing is one to end the "no
man's land" between the overlap­
ping jurisdiction of the National
Labor Relations Board and the 48
state boards. At present, due to a
US Supreme Court decision last
March, cases for which the NLRB
would apparently have jurisdiction
but which it fails to take up can­
not be heard by the state labor
boards either. This "twilight zone"

of business operations has been a
fertile field for racket "unions" in
the past.

The only actual labor bill that
passed the last session of Congress
was one excluding workers at US
bases overseas from the coverage
of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
A bill requiring public disclosure
of union financial reports filed un­
der Taft-Hartley passed the Sen­
ate only. Increases in minimum
wages and extending the coverage
of workers under the law never
got out of committee.

Bills to formally recognize the
legality of the maritime hiring hall
didn't get that far.

List Details In
Cables To Union

When notifying headquarters
by cable or wireless that a Sea­
farer has paid off in a foreign
port because of injury or illness,
ships' delegates should include
the following Information:

The man's full name, his SIU
book number, name of the ship,
rthe port of payoff and the hos­
pital where he is being treated.

The response of ships' crews
to the Union's request for these
notifications has been very good.
Sometimes though, not all of
the above information has been
included. Be sure to list all of
this data so that the SIU can
act as promptly as possible.

Lakes Co. Bows, QIC's Vote

Seamen on the SS Ball Brothers picket their vessel to protest com­
pany tactics to block representation by the SIU Great Lakes
District. The walkout spurred a request by Tomlinson Corp. for
an early NLRB vote. The men l-r) are: P. White, J. Heard, A. V.
Wokojance, Clarence Arnold, Toney Fender and Frank Camaida.

DETROIT—An attempt by Tomlinson Fleet Corp. to hold
off an NLRB election aboard their vessels fell through last
week as crewmembers on one of their ships walked off in
jrotest of the company's de--*-"
aying tactics. As a result of

the walkout, company officials
came to terms with the SIU Great
Lakes District in calling for an
early election.

News of the company's endeav­
ors to exclude certain crew mem­
bers from voting spurred crew-
members aboard the SS Ball Broth­
ers into striking the vessel.

The company had sought to ex­
clude the men from voting on the
grounds that such had been the
case in a 1955 election in which an­
other union's bid for representa­
tion was thrown out.

On hearing of these stalling. tac­

tics, the men on the Ball Broth­
ers struck the vessel as soon as
she tied up at the Berwind-Superi-
or dock. Licensed members on the
ship refused to cross the lines. The
pickets stayed around the ship for
two days before the company
agreed to the District's xequest.

Voting among the seamen aboard
the company's nine vessels began
October 18. Some 235 men are ex­
pected to vote. Fred Farnen, GLD
secretary-treasurer, has reported
that the District has received sign­
ed pledge cards from a majority
of the eligible men in the nin-
ship fieet.

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SIU-HIWD Men
Manning New
Drill Mud' Run
NEW ORLEANS—The SIU-HIWD this week rounded ou

the first quarter of its contractual relationship with Baroid
Division of the National Lead Co. in a maritime operation
which in many respects is-*-
unique by comparison with
other SlU-contracted harbor
and inland waterways operators.

Baroid's marine operation re­
volves around the company's big
New Orleans plant which grinds
barite, a heavy ore, and other ma­
terials to produce drilling mud and
chemicals essential to Louisiana's
Important tidelands oil exploration
and production industry.

Has No 'Customers'
Unlike most SlU-contracted tow­

ing operations, the Baroid fleet has
no outside "customers." It is en­
gaged solely in transporting raw
materials to the Baroid plant on
the Industrial Canal and deliver­
ing finished products by the barge
load along Louisiana's network of
coastal waterways to the com­
pany's clientele which includes dis­
tributors of Baroid products and
drilling contractors and major pe­
troleum producers.

In addition to the fleet of four
small pusher-type towboats, SIU-
HIWD members man a big service

barge, "Mr. George," which was
specially-designed for Baroid and
is reputed to be the only one of its
kind in the world.

Is Experimental Craft
The Mr. George, as it is known

in the industry although the offi­
cial name is the George L. Rat-
cliffe, admittedly is an experi­
mental craft. It is equipped with
propulsion machinery, but this
proved to be inadequate in actual
operation with the result that an­
other SIU-HIWD contracted oper­
ator, G & H Towing Co., has been
closely identiffed with this phase
of the Baroid operation. The G &
H tug H. O. Weatherbee has been
engaged on round-the-clock status
in moving and standing by "Mr.
George" in the tidelands operation.

"Mr. George" contains elaborate
machinery 'for mixing, weighing
and transporting Baroid products
to oil well sites in the Gulf. SIU-
HIWD men employed on the barge
not only are required to be expert
seamen, but must have a good

Baroid towboat Melinda is one of boots that push "Mr. George"
around. Towboat crews must be skilled boatmen with intimate
knowledge of Louisiana's canals and bayous.

pppp-^ ;

working knowledge of the use of
Baroid products" in the petroleum
industry since they are in direct
personal contact with the com­
pany's oil field customers.

The crew of "Mr. George,"
which is based at Venice, La.,
works on a schedule of seven days
on board and seven days off.

Are Skilled Boatmen
The tugboatmen who man Ba­

roid's towboats are the common
denominator that give the fleet
close kinship with other SIU inland
operations. These men are skilled
boatmen, most of them veterans
in the industry who possess an in­
timate knowledge of the canal and
bayou waterways which they ply
in the everyday pursuit of.their
occupation. They run, as the occa­
sion demands, on trips of from
overnight to seven and eight days'
duration.

When at the terminal, crew mem­
bers sleep at their homes in the
New Orleans area. Aboard the
boats, their quarters are as ade­
quate as limited space will permit
and are comfortably outfitted, in
accordance with the SIU-HIWD
agreement, Wiith inner-spring mat­
tresses, reading lights, fans for
each bunk and other conveniences
usually associated with suitable
shipboard living conditions. The
three-man crews which handle the
usual one and sometimes two-barge
tows moved by the small, compact

LOG'S Gulf area correspondent, Bill Moody (2nd from right],
gets first-hand facts for occompanying story from Port Captain
Dayton A. Smith. Also getting into conversation are HIWD mem­
bers Gerald, Dunbar end M. Albert*

All Quiet In
Lk. Charles

LAKE CHARLES—There was a
slight increase in shipping during
the past period, not as much as
expected. The port received a
couple of requests from Houston
for replacements, but there were
no men handy to take the jobs.

The Council Grove, Cantlgny,
Government Camp, Bents Fort,
Bradford Island, Royal Oak, CS
Baltimore (Cities Service), Val
Chera (Heron), Del Sol (Missis­
sippi) and the Ideal X (Pan-Atlan­
tic) were in port during the last
two weeks. All were reported in
good shape.

Turned Down OT?
Don't Beef On $$

Headquarters wishes to re­
mind Seafarers that men who
are choosy about working cer­
tain overtime cannot expect an
equal number of OT hours with
the rest of their department. In
some crews men have been
turning down unpleasant OT
Jobs and then demanding to
come up with equal overtime
when the easier jobs come along.
This practice is unfair to Sea­
farers who take OT jobs as they
come.

The general objective is to
equalize OT as much as possible
but if a man refuses disagree­
able Jobs there is no require­
ment that when an easier Job
comes along he can make up the
overtime he turned down before.

"Mr. George" (top) Is Baroid service barge. Experimental craft,
specially designed, is said to be only one of its kind in the world.
Below, veteran boatman Copt. A. S. TuBier stands at wheel of
Baroid towboat Tony.

boats Include a captain, mate and
deckhand.

Representation of these boatmen
by the SIU-HIWD is the direct
result of the SIU's stepped-up
campaign to help inland waterways
workers in this Gulf Coast area to
improve their wages and working
conditions.

The NLRB election eariy in
June, which resulted in a victory
for SIU representation by a 5 to 1
majority of the men in the 22-man
Baroid unit, was the culmination
of a quiet, efficient, three-months-
long campaign. On August I, an
SIU-HIWD negotiating committee

completed a collective bai'gainlng
agreement with the Baroid man­
agement which won for the men
in the fleet wage increases ranging
from $50 to $7A a month, SIU-
HIWD welfare plan protection f<»
the men and their families. Union
Job security guarantees and im­
proved working conditions.

Since then, the men in the fleet
have benefitted from on-the-spot
representation by SIU patrolmen
assigned from the New Orleana
SIU hall and a harmonious Union-
management relationship in keep­
ing with the terms of the new
collective bargaining agreement.

Making up a Baroid low are HIWD membert Jerry Geribfd (knoo-
ling) and Jerry Turner. While aboard towbeato, men enjoy lop
condiliont under SIU-HIWD agreement with company, even
though living space h limited.



October «S. IMf SEAFARERS LOG Face Serea

YOUR DOLLAR'S WORIH
Seafarer's Guide To Better Buying

By Sidney Margolius

Living Costs Leveiing Off
This is a good month to buy 1957 cars and refrigerators, women^s

and children's coats, poultry and pork.
Living costs actually are leveling off after an almost steady rise of

19 months. The third major inflation since the end of World War II
boosted your cost of living almost six percent from March 1956 to
October '57.

The inflation finally has been slowed down, at least for awhile, by
lower food prices and lower raw-material prices in some industries
hit by recession as moderate-income families were priced out of the
market. Even the steel mills, whose successive boosts of the past three
years were in large part responsible for the inflation, now are begin­
ning to cut steel prices.

Food Coming Down
A recent drop of three percent in the Dun & Broadstreet wholesale

food price index forecasts the lower food prices due this winter and
already appearing in stores. Especially notable are lower tags on pork

products and coffee, with some
lower-grade beef cuts also tum­
bling from their recent lofty levels.
For your information, stores' pri­
vate-brand bagged coffees have
been reduced more sharply than
vacuum-packed advertised brands,
which tend to come down reluct­
antly during a price decline. Note
also that some stores have cut cof­
fee prices more drastically than
others. Tags on most bagged cof­
fees now range from 75 to 90 cents
a pound compared to 96 cents to
$1.11 for most vacuum packs.

It will be cheaper this fall to
feed your car as well as your fam­
ily. The gasoline industry has been
unable to make its recent price in­
creases stick in the face of heavy
supplies and consumer resistance.
Now pertoleiun companies are
gradually cutting gas prices in
state after state. Tags on some

lumber and copper products also have been trimmed. Prices of textile
products, especially cottons, are at bargain levels.

Houses, Doctors Costly
But be warned that the halt in inflation by no means indicates your

living costs are going to come down signiflcantly. The price cuts are
irregular, and may only last the winter of relatively low food prices.
Several basic costs as housing and medical care are still rising. Medi­
cal care has risen more than any other cost-of-living items and has
become a major cost-of-living problem. Overall hospital costs have
Increased 132 percent since 1946. The average hospital bill has gone
up from $88.85 to $181.13 in this period.

Here are buying recommendations for November buying opportunties:
CARS: Dealers again are stuck this November with over 800,000 un­

sold 1957-model cars, even as the 1958 models are beginning to move
out. Dealers in some areas are offering 1957 models at $50 over their
Invoice costs.

The best-selling major 1957 models proved to be, in this order: Ford,
Chevrolet, Plymouth, Buick, Oldsmobile, Fontiac, Mercury, Dodge,
Cadillac, Chrysler, DeSoto, Rambler, Studebaker. Consumer resistance
to high prices of cai's has been especially hard on sales of medium-
price models. More people are buying the big thi-ee "popular-price"
makes, the sales figures show.

For 1958, Nash and Hudson will be no more. American Motors Is
concentrating on the growingly popular Rambler. It is bringing back
the 100 inch-wheelbase Rambler of 1955, in line with the growing in­
terest in more compact cars, as well as continuing the 108-inch Rambler.

But standard transmission six-cylinder engines are fast disappearing
despite tlieir comparative operating economy and lower initial cost.

COATS, SNOWSUITS: Heavier price cutting on women's and chil­
dren's coats and snowsuits starts with the Veterans' Day sales.

Nylon snowsuits are gaining in popularity. Their prices have come
down to no more than those of cotton snowsuits. Two-piece nylon
snowsuits are available this year for $8-$12. But avoid embroidered
and braided sets. They often cost $2 more than a similar Set without
the decorations.

REFRIGERATORS: Families who need refrigerators would be well-
advised to shop the forthcoming midwinter clearances of 1957 models.
Current prices are the lowest they've been since 1947. But some man­
ufacturers are raising prices xif 1958 models 3-4 percent.

FOOD: Besides pork, this Is the month to featime poultry items in
your main dishes. Big supplies of fryers and roasters have forced
down prices. Another good value this month is stewing chickens. They
cost more per pound than broilers, but provide more meat in relation
to bone. Stewers are available for fricassees, casseroles, a la king and
otlier main dishes.

Turkey supplies are record large and turkeys are relatively cheap
this month, for regular dinners as well as Thanksgiving. More turkeys
now are sold oven-ready (drawn and cleaned). Figure that a 12-pound
ready to cook turkey is the equivalent of a 15-pound dressed turkey
(with head and feet left on, and not yet drawn). Either will provide
about 20 generous servings. All turkeys are sharply lower in price
than a year ago, but large ones over 18-pounds are especially cheap.
Some markets are offering the big bird at almost half last year's prices.

Cheese is in heavy supply and the US Agriculture Department has
been trying desperately to promote it so people will eat more. But
processors and distributors have the selling prices rigged so despite
the heavy supplies,-prices are noticeably higher than a year ago.

Protection On The Beach

A Seafarer on the beach in New York signs application for an
interest-free loan in headquarters. Low cost feeding via meal
book discounts and loans for emergencies are available through
the Welfare Plan for men on the beach between jobs.

US Whalers
Now Making
Comeback

SAN FRANCISCO — Cries of
"Thar she blows," and "she's
sounding," are again heard on
American-flag ships as whaling,
once the backbone of American in­
dustry and life, makes its come­
back.

Three vessels have been
equipped for whaling in San
Pablo by Del Monte Fishing Com­
pany and are now In action hunt­
ing the huge 100,000-pound mam­
mals.

The methods remain the same,
but the uses have changed. The
blubber is still boiled down to oil
as In days of old, but it is now
sold to manufacturers of soap,
paint and lipstick. Some ranch­
ers. it is reported, even feed it to
their cattle.

The meat, and whatever is left
over, is put into the grinder and
sold to mink farmers, pet food pro­
ducers and chicken raisers.

Seek Standard Canadian Pact
VANCOUVER, BC—^Negotiations are underway to obtain a standard union contract cov­

ering all unlicensed personnel operating out of Vancouver on ships of the SIU Canadian
District.

One obstacle in the past to
such a contract had been the
number of unions represent­
ing these men in the port. But
the recent merger with the West
Coast Seamen's Union has removed
this barrier.

A wage conference of rank and
file SIU members, which convened
in the Vancouver hall on May 2nd,
drafted standardization proposals
for the negotiation committee. The
leading proposal was a call for
more realistic scale of wages. In­
creased wages have been a focal
point in every labor contract ne­
gotiation in this port because of the
wide difference in earnings and cost
of living on Canada's west coast as
compared with the much lower
levels on the east coast.

Proposed increased wages are
pro-rated and range from 33 per­
cent and higher. Other changes in­
clude:
• increased meal and lodging

money.
• an hourly standard standby

rate.
• continuous 8-hour day, 8 AM

to 5 PM, for deck, engine and stew­
ard daymen.
• improvements in coffee time

clauses.
While seeking a standard con­

tract for men working on the ships
and along the waterfront, the ne­
gotiating committee has recognized
that there will be variations in dif-

Throw In For
A Meeting Job

Under the rules of the SIU,
any member can nominate him­
self for meeting chairman, read­
ing clerk or any other po.st that
may be up for election before
the membership, including com­
mittees, such as the tallying
committees, financial commit­
tees and other gruops named by
the membership.

Since SIU membership meet­
ing officers are elected at the
start of each meeting, those who
wish to run for those meeting
offices can do so.

ferent fields. For example. Black­
ball Ferries do not provide accom-
modatipn for the crews, and the
men work on a shift basis. This, and
wages paid in specialized fields, will
be considered in the contract.

The District also announced that
there were over 800 vessels under
the Canadian SIU banner as of

September 1, 1957. The 836 vessels
include passenger ships, ferries,
freighters, bulk carriers, tugs,
dredges and a number of special­
ized ships and equipment. Since
then the District has been certified
on about 30 more ships, and con­
tracted companies have added three
more vessels to their fleets.

Improved pension plane and with
Social Security still fall far short
of providing retired workers with
the necessities of life. Speakers
addressing the two-day AFL-CIO
Industrial Union Dept. conference
on pension plans told of how
"three-fourths of those now over
65 years of age have income from
all sources of less than $1,000 a
year. The average income of a
retired couple Is less than $30 a
week." The lUD expressed full
support of disclosure legislation
covering pension plans. The de­
partment said that such legislation
would have been passed by the
last session of Congress had it not
been for the strenuous objections
of the National Association of
Manufacturers, the Chamber of
Commerce and the insurance In­
dustry.

A National Labor Relations
Board examiner has ruled Kohler
Co. of Kohler, Wisconsin, guilty of
unfair labor practices and recom­
mended that nearly all of the per­
sons on strike should be given
their jobs back when the walkout
ends. The strike, still in progress,
v/as called on April 5, 1954 by
Local 833 of the UAW. The ex­
aminer held that those whose jobs
were not filled by June 1, 1954,
were entitled to get them back.
That was the date of the first un­
fair labor practice by the company
which changed the walkout from
an economic sti'ike to one over
unfair labor practices. If necessary,
he said, the company should dis­
charge employes hired since that
date to make room for returning
strikers. Among the unfair labor
practices committed by the com­
pany was the failure to bargain

union over wages and
dismissals.

4^ t 4
Delegates to the United Packing­

house Workers contract policy con­
ference have voted to press for a
30-hour work week and an im­
proved severance system based on
the amount of meat produced.
UPWA leaders have termed the 40-
hour week as economically ob­
solete. The Impact of jtutomation
on the indastry and the accelerat­
ing pace of mechanization have
added to the workers' difficulties.
In addition, a royalty fund based
on the number of pounds of meat
produced was recommended to
ease the plight of workers affected
by plant shutdowns. One means of
achieving these goals it was an­
nounced would be through an
amendment to the Wage-Hour Act.
Contracts with the major meat
producers expire Sept. 1, 1959.

4" i 4-
Although accepting an agree­

ment on wage increases, 18,600
Communications Workers at Ohio
Bell Telephone Co. terminated
their three-week strike and re­
turned to work under their old
contract because of the company's
last-minute insistence on an un­
acceptable issue. The company de­
manded a provision that would
take away all service credit on va­
cations, sickness benefits and pen­
sions from those on strike. CWA
Director Martin Hughes said he
had "never seen such insincerity
and dishonest trickery on the part
of the company in all the years I
have sat at the bargaining table."
T. W. Robinson, a federal concili­
ator, told the company he had
never heard any other employer
insist on such a demand.

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pr, • Locked in crane platform, trailer body is hoisted vertically to deck
level. Crane and truck then travel horizontally in-board until they are
positioned over hatch. Crane extension (top of photo) overhangs dock
during loading but folds back at joint (upper left) while ship's at sea. After depositing and releasing trailer body, the traveling lift

emerges from the hold for another 22-ton load.-^



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O THE SEA WITH

Members of ship's deck and engine gang gather around
life-ring for standard shipboard photo.

A demonstrafion of how to load a ship in a hurry was given at Port

Newark when the Gateway City, first of Waterman-Pan-Atlantic's

trailer-carriers, came in on its maiden voyage. The Gateway City is a

product of the company's plans for moving truck-loads of cargo by sea

without the necessity of time-consuming handling of individual packages.

Originally, the company had planned to build "roll-on, roll-off" ships

but substituted "lift-on" ships instead. Specially-designed truck trailers

were built with releasing gear which permitted them to be lifted off their

wheels, and with reinforced corner posts strong enough to support up

to four other trailer bodies stacked atop them in the hold.

The heart of the system is in the shipboard traveling cranes. Two

cranes are being built onto each lift-on ship, one fore and one aft. The

entire crane can travel lengthwise on wheeled legs along rails. In addi­

tion, the crane operator can maneuver a trailer-carrying lift at right

ongles to the ship, moving up and down or across the deck. Some

ospects of the operation ore pictured on this page.

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J. F. Austin's gang includes (1 to r) D. Fitzgerald,
Austin, F. Tate, W. Hinton, 1. Matthews, E. Webb.

NJ Governor Robert Meyner (center) lunches with
guests including Mr. and Mrs. Malcom McLean (right).

Crane maintenance
man, William K. Rob­
inson, stands alongside
hatch.

W. D. Thiemonge, crew
pantry, is shown at
work while loading's
going on.

Gateway City steaming to sea show's "blister" built onto side of hull,
crane ejjtension folded back in place.

Fully-loaded ship shows radically-new deck gear. Note how entire
crane body can move forward or aft on rails to any hatch.

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l*Mr« SEAFARERS LOG October M, mf

Who's The Bosun Hero Anyway?

Bosun James F. Lamb has a little difficulty showing off nine-
month-old daughter Jayne in the headquarters cafeterio. It seems
that Jayne has made ber mind up to see the rest of the building
under her own steam.

First IIS Wine Tanker
Makes Maiden Voyage

NEW YORK—^America's first wine tanker, the SS Angelo
Petri, arrived in this port last week with a cargo of some
2,500,000 gallons of California wine. Manned by members
of the SIU Pacific District
she is destined to mark a new
phase in American merchant
shipping.

Built at Bethlehem Steel ship­
yards in San Francisco, the 530-foot
tanker is owned and operated by
United Vintners, producers of Ital­
ian Swiss Colony, Petri, Gambar-

Bay Line
Unfair'To
SIU Men

BALTIMORE — Organizing in
Old Bay Line received a boost last
week when an NLRB examiner rec­
ommended that eight Seafarers who
were discharged unfairly should
be reinstated to their jobs with
back pay. In some instances this
will mean a nice big paycheck, re­
ports Earl Sheppard, port agent, as
a few of the jobs go back to July
and August, 1955.

As for organizing in the rest of
the port, the Union is still waiting
an NLRB decision on petitions for
elections in NBC Line and Mar­
ine Standard Launch Service. The
Board has scheduled hearings for
November 12th and October 30th
respectively. In addition to these
two, the organizing committee is
contemplating petitioning for an
election in another company. Rec­
ognition there would mean a num­
ber of additional jobs for Seafar­
ers in this port.

Shipping in this port failed to
pick up as most of the vessels in
lay-up failed to secure cargoes.
But one ship, the Winter Hill (Cit­
ies Service), is expected to take
on a crew early next week.

The ships paying off during the
past two weeks were the Evelyn,
Edith (Bull); Irenestar (Traders);
Oi-emar, Saiitore (Ore); Bethcoast-
er (Calmar) and the Council Grove
(Cities Service). The Edith, San-
tore, Oremar, Irenestar and Beth-
coaster signed on. In-transits were
the Baltore, Marore, Cubore, Felt-
ore (Ore); Pennmar, Losmar, Ala-
mar (Calmar); Steel Director, Steel
Artisan (Isthmian), Robin Locksley
(Robin), Alcoa Planter, Alcoa Pe­
gasus (Alcoa), and the Morning
Light (Waterman).

alii and Davitto, Margo, Mission
Bell, Hartley and Lejon wines. To-
gether^ these wines comprise ap­
proximately 22 percent of all the
wine consumed in the United
States.

Because of strict health require­
ments^ the construction of the ves­
sel required an additional $3 mil­
lion in chromium-nickel stainless
steel plates. Every surface of the
ship that comes into contact with
the wine, including the vats, pipes
and pumps, are made of this high
grade stainless steel.

The Angelo Petri is designed to
carry 26 different brands of wine
without affecting their flavors. The
vats in which the wines are stored
are completely isolated from each
other and from the top, bottom and
sides of the ship. The vessel also
carries over 200,000 gallons of
fresh water to be used in cleaning
the tanks after unloading.

One of the main advantages
claimed by the company in ship­
ping wine by water is to cut down
on the amount of spoilage caused
by the rough handling it goes
through in overland transportation.
Constant contact of the wine with
the air pockets in the bottles
causes it to lose its flavor. But
the amount of air remaining in the
tanks is much smaller in propor­
tion to that remaining in the neck
of the bottle.

The company's two main dis­
charge points will be at Houston,
Texas, and Port Newark. At the
Houston base the wine will be dis­
charged into three inland barges
for flnal distribution in inland
ports as far north as Chicago. The
ship's home port is Stockton, Cali­
fornia. On its return trips to the
coast for wine cargoes, the Angelo
Petri will carry liquid edibles such
as sugar in solution.

October 2 Through October 15
Registered

Port

Boston ....
New York..
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk .
Savannah

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New Orleans
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Total 858

Deck OtCK Ens. CM. •tnw. Stew. Tefal Total Total A • A • A a ' A a Ren.
7 7 4 3 1 16 11 27

63 19 62 25 34 5 159 49 208
28 4 13 6 7 4 46 14 60
44 13 27 7 31 5 102 25 127
31 5 5 6 11 7 47 18 65
8 0 S 0 2 0 15 0 15
7 4 7 2 9 2 23 8 31

30 7 16 11 24 7 70 25 95
40 11 23 12 33 12 96 35 131
7 9 8 5 9 4 24 14 38

25 12 29 15 17 6 71 33 104
24 10 16 22 14 4 48 36 84
17 7 14 11 20 9 51^ 27 78
27 16 15 13 16 8 58 37 95

Deck Deck Bne. Cnf. Stnvr. Staw. Total Total Total
A a A a A a A a Reg.

356 120 238 138 232 74 826 332 1158

Port

Boston

Shipped

Norfolk .
Savannah
Tampa ..

Lake Charles
Houston
Wilmington ..
San Francisco

Total

Deck Deck Deck Cng. Eng. Eng. stew. Stew. Stew. Total Total Total Total
A a c A a C A a C A a c Ship.
8 4 1 1 4 0 1 2 0 10 10 1 21

44 9 3 36 13 6 26 9 6 106 31 15 152
13 1 0 13 1 0 2 4 0 28 6 0 34
26 6 2 18 12 3 17 5 1 61 23 6 90
6 4 0 3 1 1 3 2 0 12 7 1 20
1 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 8 0 0 8
6 1 0 3 3 0 8 2 0 15 6 0 21

42 6 0 26 12 0 29 6 2 97 24 2 123
37 8 0 34 8 4 37 10 1 108 26 5 139
5 1 0 14 7 0 3 1 0 22 9 0 31

21 15 0 18 13 0 18 6 0 57 34 0 91
6 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 11 3 0 14
8 0 0 8 2 0 6 2 0 22 4 0 26

33 17 0 26 10 0 24 8 2 83 35 2 120
Deck Deck Deck Eng. Eng. Cng. Stew. Stew. Stew. Total Total Total Total

A a c A a c A a c A B c Ship.
256 73 6 204 87 14 180 58 12 640 218 32 890

INOUIRING SEAFARER
QUESTION: Do you think there should be some change in the num­

ber of {ob colls each day?

SIU shipping backtracked again last period, dropping to the lowest point for the past
21 months. Registration also fell off during the period. The total number of men dis­
patched was 890; registration was 1,158.

Lay-ups, an uncertain cargo
market and the tie-up of most
of the Bull Line fleet ac­
counted for the job decline. The
last comparable shipping low was
reported back in January '56.

Despite the drop, five ports list­
ed increased job activity. This in­
cluded welcome boosts for Boston
and Mobile, a slight rise for Lake
Charles and Wilmington and a
substantial gain for Seattle.

All other ports fell off, including
New Orleans, for whom the drop
was not unexpected since the pre­
vious report covered the recrewing
of the cruise ship Del Mar after a
period of lay-up.

Although the largest proportion
of the total Jobs was in the deck
department and it showed the wid­
est gap between shipping and reg­
istration, it also accounted for the
least class C activity. A breakdown
of the shipping by seniority groups
showed class A standing pat with
72 percent of the total and class
B dipping to 24 percent. Class C
activity rose slightly to 4 percent
of the totaL

The following is the forecast
port by port:

Boston: Fair ... New York: Good
for anyone not looking for some­
thing special... Philadelphia: Fair
. . . Baltimore: Steady . .. Norfolk:
Slow . . . Savannah: Quiet . . .
Tampa: Fair . . Mobile: Good . . .
New Orleans: Good . . . Lake
Charles: Fair . . . Houston: Good
. . . Wilmington: Quiet . . - San
Francisoo: Fair . . . Seattle: Good.

Stay Put For Idle Pay
Seafarers who are collecting state unemployment benefits while

on the beach waiting to ship are urged to stay put and avoid
changing their maiiing addresses if they want to continue re­
ceiving their checks regularly. Several Seafarers have already
experienced interruptions of from three to five weeks in getting
their next check after they notified the state unemployment
offices that they had moved and changed their mailing address.

An average delay of a month is reported in most cases, causing
considerable hardship to the men involved.

W. C. Snell, AB: I believe we
should keep the hours the same as

they are. In the
first place, we
need early calls
in order for the
men, especially
those shipping on
tankers, to get to
the vessels. The
company and the
officers also need
some time to

make the call, and if there were
less calls throughout the day, it
may be hard to fill those berths.

» » *
Tony Plsano, steward: Take It

from the "Duke of Bourbon
Street," that the
present system of
calUng for Jobs is
the fairest and
surest method of
filling any calls
that may sudden­
ly pop up. If a
man really wants
to ship out, get
here early. This
cuts out some of the floaters who
manage to get some of the Jobs.

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Enrique Rosado, eook: I don't

think they should change the hours
for calling for
jobs, unless it is
to possibly add
more. Of course,
how this could be
done is something
else, but certain­
ly I would not
want to see any
cutback on the
number of calls

that we have each day. ,

Andres Molina, steward utility:
No, keep the present system.

Right now there
are just enough
calls, and we
need no more or
less. I have been
sailing with the
SIU under this
system since the
Union started
and can honestly
say that I am

very satisfied with the way things
are running now.

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John Hunt, AB: There should

not be any changes in the calling
system for it does
not, so far as I
can see, work any
hardship on any­
one. Seven calls
a day are neces­
sary to give a
man plenty of
notice of the job
and to get his
things ready and
on board. Otherwise we would
have many pier-head jumps.

X i X
N. R. Petersen, DM: This system

of hourly calls has been used since
1938, and I can't
see why they
should want to
change it now.
There haven't
been many com­
plaints about it
since then so it
must be working
to everyone's lik­
ing. I know it is

perfect to me, and can find no
way to improve it.



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'Bringing 'Em In!'

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Drop 'Print
Ruling For
US Visitors

WASHINGTON—Bowing to the
pressure of complaints from for­
eign visitors to this country, the
State Department has announced
the waiving of fingerprint require­
ments for certain non-immigrant
aliens entering the US for short
trips. Included in the waiver are
alien seamen from those nations
which do not require fingerprint­
ing on their own visas.

Under the McCarran Act, non­
immigrant aliens had to submit to
fingerprinting at the time they
made application for visas at the
US consular offices in their coun­
tries. Many nations had termed
the procedure degrading and
wasteful.

The waiver will apply to ambas­
sadors, public ministers and career
diplomatic or consular officers who
have been accredited by a foreign
nation recognized by the United
States, and on a reciprocal basis,
non-immigrant alien visitors for
business or pleasure and certain
transit aliens, alien seamen land­
ing here temporarily in pursuit of
their job, and other specified per­
sons.

On the reciprocal basis, the
waiver will apply to all nations
with the exception of Ecuador, Li­
beria and Peru. These nations all
require fingerprinting beforfe grant­
ing visas.

The fingerprinting requirement
has raised a storm of protest be­
cause it gave CP propogandists an
Issue each time foreign visitors
rapped the "degrading" procedure.

The organizing drive that the SIU Harbor and Inland
Waterways Division has been operating throughout the A&G
District has just scored another victory in the Gulf tidelands.
The contract won from the Magco Towing Co. of New Or­
leans brings another group of Gulf harbor workers under the
SIU banner, and adds to the total of similar SIU victories in
Houston, Baltimore, Philadelphia and other Gulf ports. It
also contributes one more company to the list of offshore,
harbor and allied marine outfits that the SIU has won in its
continuing organizational campaign during the past months.

The Magco victory is especially significant as a further step
in breaking down the old non-union pattern that has long
characterized the Gulf and tidelands areas. The SIU be­
lieves It will pave the way for additional successes in the
waterfront fields In the Gulf, and help shoreside unions in
their organizing drives in the area.

In addition to benefits brought to harbor workers the
HIWD has proven of value to the whole SIU membership.
HIWD has in each case increased job opportunities for Sea­
farers and offered additional protection to SIU harbor work­
ers against the threat of non-unioii operations. "For the
newly-organized workers, the HIWD contract spells out a
secure union future of higher wages, welfare benefits, im­
proved working conditions, and SIU representation.

4 $ ^

Stormy Weather Ahead
What the editorialists and business apologists like to call

the "monopoly power of organized labor" is m for a bad time
come next January. All trade unions will be confronted with
a barrage of new restrictive legislation as soon as Congress
convenes again. The outlook is that the anti-labor forces
will hit paydirt this time.

Fronting for the anti-union campaign are those who derive
comfort from charges of corruption against a few unions and
officials disclosed through the work of the Senate investigat­
ing committee. Thus, whatever good the committee may have
done could be completely nullified and all unions will suffer.

This seems rather a large price to pay, considering the num­
ber of anti-racketeering statutes already on the books, if the
real purpose of the attack on unions is simply to clean out
corruption. It remains for Senate Committee members them­
selves to prove their sincerity by opposing restrictions wa all
of labor.

Out ports Aid In NY
Stack; Outlook Good

NEW YORK—Shipping dropped off considerably during
the past two weeks due to the fact that only a handful of
ships pulled into port for payoffs and sign-ons. But the
situation was eased somewhat
by the number of men dis­
patched to outports as replace­
ments. In fact, some of these re­
quests could not be filled for lack
of takers, so it would seem
that the men on the beach want to
take it easy for awhile.

Next period promises better
shipping with a number of vessels
coming in from long trips. This
usually means a fairly good turn­
over in crews. In addition to these
there are a couple of vessels that
are expected to come out of tem­
porary lay-up and take on crews
within the next two weeks.

There were 28 vessels in port
during the last period. Eleven
ships paid off, three signed on and
14 were in transit.

The Ideal X and Gateway City
(Pan-Atlantic), Ocean Deborah
(Ocean Transport), Robin Locksley
(Robin), Fort Hoskins (Cities Serv­
ice), Lawrence Victory (Missis­
sippi), Coeur D'Alene Victory (Vic­
tory Carriers), Shinnecock Bay
(Veritas), Pan Ocean Transporter
(Penn. Nav.), Alcoa Runner and
Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa) paid off
while the Coeur D'Alene Victory

(Victory Carriers), Robin Locksley
and Robin Hood (Robin) signed on.

The vessels in transit were the
Seatrains Georgia, Texas, Louisi­
ana, Savannah, New York (Sea-
train); Steel King, Steel Director,
Steel Artisan (Isthmian); CS Balti­
more (Cities Service), Val Chem
(Valentine), Seamar (Calmar), City
of Alma (Waterman), Ocean Ulla
(Ocean Trans.) and Robin Locksley
(Robin).

Seattle Sees
Slow Future

7' SEATTLE—Shipping has been
good here but the outlook is un­
certain. The Choctaw, Kyska, Jean
LaFitte, Afoundria (Waterman),
and the Grain Trader (Grainfleet)
paid off duilng the past pei-iod. AH
but the Kyska. which was tempo­
rarily laid up, signed on.

There were only four vessels in
transit. They were the Ocean
Joyce (Ocean Clippers), Flomar,
Portm^ (Calmar) and the Yaka
(Waterman).

William Girardeau, 77: A heart
ailment was the cause of death

of Brother Girar­
deau on Septem­
ber 23, 1957. He.
became a full
member of the
Union January
22, 1940, and
sailed in the stew­
ard"" department.
Brother Girar­
deau is survived

by his wife, Olive Girardeau, of
North Harwich, Mass. Burial took
place in South Dennis Cemetery,
South Dennis, Miss.

4. t t
John E. Ziegler, 31: A gunshot

wound proved fatal to Brother
Ziegler on August 20, 1955. Death
took place in Mobile, Ala. He be­
came a full member of the Union
May 22, 1951, and was sailing in
the deck department. Brother Zieg­
ler is survived by his son, John E.
Ziegler Jr., of Mobile, Ala.

4^ 4 4
John C. Carolan, 51: On August

13, 1957, Brother Carolan died
from a heart ail­
ment in San
Francisco, Calif.
He became a full
member of the
Union on March
16, 1942, and
sailed in the en­
gine department.
He is survived
by his wife, Irene
Carolan, of San Francisco, Calif.
His place of burial is unknown.

4 4 4
Jacob Schmidt, 57: Broth 3r

Schmidt died from natural causes
on September 13, 1957, in the Nor-

Ik USPHS hosnital. He became a
full member of ue Union on Janu­
ary 17, 1956, and was sailing in the
engine department.

4 4 4
Druey K. Waters. 48: Multiple in­

juries due to a fall into the hold
of the ship Robin Hood caused the
death of Brother Waters. Death
took place in Durban, South Africa.
He is survived by his wife, Rachael

Waters, of Dalton, Georgia. Brother
Waters became a full member of
the Union on July 14, 1947, and
sailed in the deck department. He
was buried at sea.

4 4 4
Lonnie Hckle, 48: A heart ail­

ment caused the death of Brother
Tickle on August 19, 1957, in New
Orleans, La. He became a full
member of the Union on October
11, 1943, and sailed in the deck
department. Brother Tickle is sur­
vived by a sister, Mrs. Nora Bev­
erly, of Mt. Airy, NC. Burial took
place in Oakdale Cemetery, Mt.
Airy, NC.

TMT Gets
New Funds

Successful in its bid to obtain
new financing, TMT Trailer Ferry
Inc. plans to resume operations
next month on the Florida-Puerto
Rico run. The trailership Carib
Qiieen, now in lay-up, will crew up
shortly for the Puerto Rico service.

Eric Rath, president of the SlU-
contracted company, had an­
nounced earlier this month that
the company would go into volun­
tary reorganization if new money
was not forthcoming. At the time,
the company was facing suits from
creditors for unpaid bills. The con­
cern had also suffered a financial
loss in 1956 which Rath attributed
to delays in the conversions of the
Carib Queen and Florida Queen,
as well as operating difficulties on
the Carib Queen.

The Carib Queen, a converted
Landing Ship Dock, was designed
as a true "roll-on, roll off" trailer-
ship, with trncks and private cars
loading via ramps on three deck
levels. A sister ship, the Florida
Queen, has been undeiflgoing con­
version in a Florida sliipyard for
the same service.

TMT has been operating in the
past on the inter-lsland run, utiliz­
ing unmanned LSTs which were
hauled by tugs.

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3 7 Days In
Hawaii No
Challenge

Honolulu is a diverting port
for seamen, but after 57 days
of it the novelty usually gives
way to boredom and friction.

This wasn't the ease with the
SlU-manned eable storage ship
Arthur M. Huddell, as the crew
earned a special commendation
from their skipper, Capt. S. Kuri-
lich, for its "splendid cooperation
and good conduct." For the past
year and a half, the Huddell has
been operating between the East
and West Coasts as a seagoing
cable warehouse for an Army ca-
blelayer engaged in a Defense De­
partment communications project.

According to an unnamed LOG
correspondent, "the voyage and
events on here have been dupli­
cated by other SIU crews on other
ships, but we feel the narration of
our particular voyage should not
go unheralded. The outstanding
characteristic of the Arthur M.
Huddell is that it is a happy ship
. . . The gang on here could have
made the grade on any job."

There was no "intense search for
the particular type of men for this
job," he stated. "The only ad­
monition was this: If you don't
feel you can sit it out in Hawaii
for a couple of months, then don't
take the job." The crew turned
out to be about equally divided be­
tween the ports of Boston, Balti­
more and Wilmington and was "a

Part of the SIU deck gong on the Huddell in Hawaii included

[front, I to r) Don Backrok, Bernard Casserly, ABs; rear, Mike Si-
orski, bosun; Bob Alvero, OC; Dick Gillich, AB; John Mack, OS;

Jerry Moynahan, AB (now deceased), and Tom Johnson, OS.

typical SIU crew." "With about
four exceptions the same crew
brought her back, with the follow­
ing score: no logs, no missing ship,
no fights, no gambling, no drinkers
who couldn't stand tall in the
morning."

Noting these results, the ship's
reporter listed among the reasons
for this happy state of affairs the
officers, especially the skipper
("as accommodating and cheerful
a skipper as any seaman would
want to sail with") and the SIU
steward department ("probably the
most important group responsi­
ble"), particularly steward Wes

Young and cooks King and ]
Sweeney.

One of the sad aspects of the
trip was the death of Jerry Moyna­
han, AB, who keeled over while
running a winch in Oakland,. Calif.
He died in the hospital. "The whole
crew was stunned by the sudden­
ness of it. The flag went to half |
mast, the usual collections was
started, laughter ceased and the
Huddell was no longer a happy |
ship."

The Huddell is now slated to sail
for Portland to go into the ship­
yard and then into lay-up at As- |
toria. Ore.

USPHS HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND, NV

Jack William*
Erne*t WebS
W. Serrano
Henry Kay
M. Makatangay
W. Collazo
8. Swienckoski
D. Metherington
Charles Whit*
R. Quinn
F. Stephen
A. Gamali
D. Furman
B. Smoljan
A. Fernandez
I. De Nohriga

MANHATTAN STATE HOSPITAL
NEW YORK, NY

James Rist
USPHS HOSPITAL
SEATTLE, WASH.

Terence Colivet James J. McDevitt
Michael Delano Alonzo M. Milefskl
L. E. Hodges A. J. Scheving
Milton A. Jaeger Joseph W. Wait*

USPHS HOSPITAI,
MANHATTAN BEACH

BROOKLYN, NY

W. Vaugman
J. Stanton
Robert Gresman
Luis Campos
George WUIiam*
R. Reyes
O. Adams
Allle Androm
P. Seldenberg
W. Smith
James Maxey
R. Parker
F. Paylor
B. EstreUa
M. Seiber

Manuel Antonana
Eiaciio Aris
Fortunate Bacomo
Joseph J. Bass
Juan Denopra
John J. Driscoll
Fabin Furmanek
Joseph M. Gillard
William Guenther
Bart E. Guranick
Everett Haislett
Percy Harrelson
Talb Hassen
Billy R. Hill
Antonio Infante

Ira H. Kilgore
Ludwig Kristiansen
Frederick Landry
Leonard Leidig
Patrick McCann
Archibald McGuigan
H. C. Mclssae
Albert MartineUl
Vic MUazzo
Joaquin Minlz
William O'Dea
C. Osinski
George G. Phifer
G. A. Puissegur
Winston E. Renny

George Shumaker Harry S. Tirttle
Kevin B. Skelly Virgil E. Wilmoth
Henry E. Smith Pon P. Wing
Michael Toth Dexter WorreU

USPHS HOSPITAL
MEMPHIS, TENN.

Charles Burton
SAILOR SNUG HARBOR

STATEN ISLAND, NY
Victor B. Cooper

USPHS HOSPITAL
FORT WORTH, TEXAS

B. F. Deibler W. E. Orzechowskl
Siegfried Gnittke John C. Palmer
James R. Hodges August Panepinto

EASTERN SHORE STATE HOSPITAL
CAMBRIDGE, MD.

Thomas R. Lehay
VA HOSPITAL
BROOKLYN, NY

R. McCutcheon
VA HOSPITAL

HOUSTON, TEXAS
John P. Williamson

USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON, TEXAS

Eldred L. Bates B. F. Grice
Marvin P. Bennett Nighbert Straton

. USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK, VA.

Francis J. Boner George Trimyer
Frank T. Campbell

USPHS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH, GA.

Leon C. Harper Angelo Martins
Jimmie Littleton R. C. Shedd

USPHS HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

William Bargone Adelin Frug*
Marlow C. Barton Leon Gordon
John W. Bigwood Theodore Guidy
Claude Blanks James Hudson
W. Christianson Eugene B. Hunt
Wesley Cunningham Edward G. KnapR
William DriscoU Leo Lang

Ilumtnado Llenos
Joseph McCabe
Clifton McLellan
Lawrence M. Mill*
Simon Morris
Michael Muzio
Henry Piszatowskl
Hubert Pousson
Winford Powell
Randolph Ratclift
Berlin Richerson
Toxie Samford

Edward Samroek
Toeai Smigielski
Wert A. Spencer
Chas. H. Summerell
Georald L. Thaxton
Lucien Theriot
Houston Thomas Jr.
James E. Ward
George Wendell
Harry Wolowitz
CUfford Wuerti
Jacob Zimraer

USPHS HOSPITAL
BOSTON, MASS.

Daniel E. Murphy George D. Rourke
Harry S. Murray James M. Enwiight

USPHS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, MD.

Isaak Bouzin
Angelo Caraerote
Rosario Copani
Bennie Crawford
Thomas D. Dailey
Finnie Davis
Leo Dwyer
Jose Garcia •
Gorman T. Glaze
Burl Haire
David Hebert
Charles Ison

Norman W. Kirk
William Kovamees
James E. Lavell*
D. Mastrantonls
Joseph Prabech
Roy R. Rayfleld
Stanley Rodger*
Joseph Roll
Wm. J. Stephens
Dolphus Walker.
Archie Wright

USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

Joseph H. Berger' Shio Han Sun
Salvatore J. Guiifre Norman I. West
Thomas Hankins S. C. Wang
P. N. Hierro M. Michalik
Joseph C. Marso

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Boston Funeral
Assist Lauded
To the Editor:

I would at this time like to
express my deepest gratitude to
the former shipmates of my late
husband, Jerome Moynihan, for
their help and support in our
sorrow.

It is awfully hard for me to
write what I really want at this
time. I cannot say "thank you"
enough to show how grateful I

Letters To
The Editor

All letters to the editor for
publication in the SEAFAR­
ERS LOG must he signed
by the writer. Names will
be withheld upon request.

am to Boston Port Agent James
Sheehan and to Elmer Taber,
Stanley Cieslak and Woodrow
Woodford, who all served as
pallbearers. They have our
deepest appreciation for the
much-needed help they gave my
children and I.

We cannot praise the SIU
enough and wish we could thank
you all personally. Our home is
open to you and your wives at
any time. You shall always be
welcome,

Mrs. Dorothy Moynihan
(Ed. note: Brother Moynihan

diedt at the marine hospital in
San Francisco early In Septem­
ber. He was last aboard the SS
Arthur M. Huddell.)

t. ir

New Orleans'
Aid Hailed
To tho Editor:

I would Ilk# to express my
appreciation for the help I re­
ceived from the SIU in New
Orleans when" my brother,
James M. "Blackie" Mason,
passed away August 13.

They were all wonderful and

Disabled Seafarer "Black­
ie" Mason pictured short­
ly bolero his death.

most kind to help me with vari­
ous details as I am out of the
state and knew no one there. I
also received the Insurance
check very soon.

Thanks to all concerned. I
truly wish all the luck to the
Union and all its brother mem­
bers. We enjoy reading your
SEAFARERS LOO very much
and hope to continue to re­
ceive It.

Mrs. Charles R. Ries

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Urges Protest
To Save PHS
To the Editor:

No matter how often a guy
has been at Staten Island or the
other marine hospitals, he's al­
ways grateful for the finest

medical treatment and attention
a seaman can receive, it's really
tops.

This prompts me to say that
with the recent news of a new
threat to close some of these
hospitals, it is up to each and
every one of us to protest such
action.. We can do this by writ­
ing or wiring pur protests to
those Government officials
whose names are carried in the
LOG, and also to our own Sen­
ators and the Congressmen in
our various local districts.

When they threatened to
close them before, that is what
we did very successfully. We
can only do it again by our com­
bined efforts and those of other
interested organizations. So let's
all do our part and protest this
most vigorously. It's a damn
shame that when the Govern­
ment is looking to economize
they pick on a project like this
when so much is being wasted
on far less necessary items.

Those of us who have re­
ceived such fine treatment at
these hospitals over a period of
time know what they mean to
us.,, I know these boys will write
in, but it's up to all of us to
do so.

In closing, I'd like to thank
all those at' Staten Island who
were swell to me during my re­
cent stay, especially Doctors
Sparga and Walker.

Art Lomas
it

Asks Relentless
Fight For SIU
To the Editor:

As an oldtimer on the SIU
disability list, I wish to express
my heartfelt thanks to the
brothers and also to the welfare
plan for the help given me.'

Since I've been out of com­
mission, welfare has paid all my
hospital bills and even bought
me special brace crutches en­
abling me to walk again. Some­
day I hope to regain my health
and bo back at sea with all of
you where I belong. But in case
I don't get back, fellows. Just
you love this Union as much as
I do and fight for it like we
have fought and they will never
sink our Union.

God bless all of you for what
you've done for ma and many
others.

Hugh D. Foucho
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Valencia Okay
For Shoreleave
To the Editor:

This vessel, the SS Arlyn, a
Bull Line Liberty, departed
New York City on August 13th
for Norfolk and left there on
the 21st for Valencia, Spain,
with a full load of coal.

We had very good weather on
the way over, arriving at Valen­
cia on September 5th. We im-
loaded about 1,000 tons and
then shifted to Puerto de
Sagunto on the 8th . where the
balance of the cargo was dis­
charged. Arrived back at Valen­
cia today to take on bunkers.
The sailing board is posted for
9 PM.

Valencia is the place to have
a good time. Street cars and
taxlcabs are reasonable. The fun
part Is not too high-priced, ex­
cept for some* of the large down­
town nightclubs which really
seem to think all Americans are
Santa Claus.

We are all wondering what
the score is on the strike, etc.
The big question is will we
make another trip or not. All
hands are hoping for as smooth
a trip homeward-bound as the
one going out. '

Frank Collins

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Hound-Dogs?
Sea-Dogs Tops
Despite Elvis

One of the last items of
business handled aboard the
SS Mae before she laid up in
Baltimore recently concerned
"Stinky," the ship's dog.

"Stinky," it develops, had broken
her leg and the crew was fretting
over her nervously, said Harry
Schwartz, ship's delegate. "When
we Anally were ready to remove
the cast, everybody was so tense
you'd have thought she was going
to have a baby.''

But all ended well. The pup
turned up at the ship's meeting to
show she was alright and still
plenty frisky. Needles to say, she's
in good hands now, with steward
iJoe Shea, who originally brought
her aboard, keeping her in tow.
There's no dog like on old seadog,
after all.

'Gator Was No Matcli For 'Honest Al'
> By Seafarer Alan E. Whilmer

Fearless Tracker Slusser paused to wipe the sweat from his brow as he paddled the pirogue through the dense Lou­
isiana bayou country. Honest AI dozed in the stern amidst their meager equipment. Meager it was, when their mission
was to capture a huge bayou alligator alive and intact without the use of a net, ropes or any of the other means which the na­
tives of the bayou country em-t"
ployed when they hunted the
dreaded monsters.

All of the Tracker'! and Honest
Al's friends had warned them
against what they planned to do,
but their mission was too Impor­
tant to be deterred by warnings of
impending doom.

Honest Al had chosen the
Tracker to accompany him be­
cause the Tracker had a long­
standing reputation for being one
of the best men in the bush. And
so they were out in bayou, nearing
their secret destination—a small
shack built up on stilts, the loca­
tion of which had been given to
them by one Tiger Rousell, now
retired.

As they neared the shack.

Got A Whale, Boye?

Nobody lei us in en the secret of whet the gang is hauling, but
the boys took plenty busy at it on the tanker Fort Hoskins. On
the job (I to r) ore Clark Immas, AB; the first mate; "Red"
Gibbs, AB; Mike Curry, DM, and "Red Lead" Jpnes, DM. Photo
by oiler Chester Coiimas.

Tracker let his paddle steer the
pirogue and they glided silently up
to the shack. The pirogue bumped
gently against one of the support­
ing stilts rising up from the black
water and, as it did. Honest Al
awoke, clear-eyed and ready for
action.

Shack On Stilts
The shack rose out of the dark

water fully ten feet up on its stilts.
There was one window that couldn't
be closed because oi a broken
shutter. A long ladder led up to
the door, which had a strong lock
Just as the Tiger had said.

Satisfied that all was well, Honest
Al all but leapt out of the pirogue
in his haste to get the show on the
road. Shakirg hands with the
Tracker, he climbed th-: ladder with
his meager equipment, consisting
of one pair of 10x50 binoculars, a
cigar box, a large pair of tweezers
and a huge book entitled "Audu­
bon's Essay On Birds." He was
dressed in a chartr< use bathing
suit with blue flippers on his feet
and a pair of purple shades over
his eyes.

At the same time, Tracker took
the pirogue out of sight to await
the signal that would tell him
Honest Al had succeeded in his
mission. As he nosed his craft up
under a huge tree festooned with
Spanish moss, he rooted around In
the bottom of the pirogue and came
up with a bottle of 3 star Hennes­
sey Cognac (two of the stars were
missing). lie took a long pull on
the bottle, then proceeded to go
fishing in the accepted bayou
fashion.

Sat Ar.d Smoked
Meanwhile, back at the shack.

Honest had settled down in the one
chair in the shack and smoked. He
was very hot, and when he was

hot he smoked. He locked the door,
went to the window and dove down
Into the dark, deep water. He
stopped smoking Immediately.

Dark Eyes Rise
As he swam around slowly, two

dark eyes arose from the depths a
scant 50 feet away. It was a huge
bayou alligator such as Honest had
come for. As the 'gator smacked his
lips in anticipation of ah "Honest"
meal. Honest hastily propelled him­

self toward the ladder leading to
the door of the shack. Close behind
came the lip-smacking alligator.

Honest closed and locked the
door with seconds to spare, sat
down in the chair, and opened up
"Audubon's Essay On Birds." Since
Honest hated birds, the book was
very boring. It caused him to be­
come drowsy and, as his head
nodded, the book fell and landed
on the floor, open at his feet.

Outside, the alligator climbed

the ladder and found the door
locked. He pounded on the door,
but Honest slept on. Presently the
alligator also remembered the win­
dow that couldn't be closed and
swam around to it. With a awift
leap he cleared the window and
was in the shack with Honest Al.
He smacked his lips again, and
headed for the sleeping alligator
hunter.

Noticed Book
Nearing Honest Al, he noticed

the open book at his feet. Here
curiosity overcame hunger and he
began to read Audubon on birds.
Like Honest, he too soon became
bored and fell fast asleep. His
snores quickly awoke Honest, who
just couldn't stand to sleep with
a snoring alligator in the same
room. Honest moved fast, lest he
awaken the sleeping 'gator and be
devoured on the spot.

Seizing the binoculars in one
hand and the tweezers in the other,
he reversed the binoculars and put
them to his eyes. Now, with the
alligator in full reverse focus, he
gently reached down with the
tweezers, picked up the sleeping
alligator and deposited him in the
cigar box. He quickly snapped the
lid shut and locked it tight with a
lock he had provided.

^ Mission Accomplished
Tracker was pulling the last star

out of the Hennessey bottle when
he heard the signal he had been
waiting for; the cry of the Bombay
Duck. He fired up the outboard
and sped to the shack where the
grinning Honest Al waited.

Honest was humming "With a
little bit 'o luck," a tune he'd
learned from an English-bom bar
steward, and was complimenting
himself on the success of his mis­
sion. It had been a good piece of
work all around.

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CHIWAWA (CItiM Sarvic*), S*pt.
U—Chairman, A. Matclalla; Sacratary,
L. Magmann. One man fouled-up—
reported to agent. Some disputed OT,
to be taken up at payoff. Milk short­
age, noise in passageways to cease;
food handlers to keep hands clean:
five to three cases of milk going sour
—caUed to steward's attention—stew­
ard refuses to serve enough milk at
supper time. Crewmembcrs report
steward brings mUk up midships at
night, makes messmen return all un­
broken containers to lee bo.x below
after each meal. Complaint about al­
lotment of milk per contract not
being taken aboard in each port.

ROBIN HOOD (Robin), Sept. 15—
Chairman, L. Movall; Sacratary, E.
Dawkint. New steward dept. elected.
Compliments to night cook & baker
for doing double duty due to illness
of chief cook. Letter referred to in T.
Flynn's telegram not received. Ac­
count of Chip's fatal accident and
burial at sea together with photos
mailed to LOG. Two NMU men claim
extra pay. to be referred to patrol­
man. Reports accepted. Motion that
job calls be made at 10:00 AM. 1:00
PM and 4:00 PM. Voted unanimously.
New librarian elected and directed to
change books In Boston or NY. Stew­
ard requested not to accept Pride as
soap powder. Delegate to check slop
chest for cigarettes and other articles.
Vote of thanks to steward dept. for
job well done.

STEEL KING (Isthmian), Sept. 10—
Chairman, C. Prassnall; Secretary, W.
Rhone. Black gang quarters painted.
Ail beefs settled. Smooth trip. Nothing
eventful or news-worthy. Ship's fund.
$14.70. Few hours disputed OT. Report
No. 163 regarding job call discussed.
Suggestion to Mcure deodorizers for
bathrooms.

MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), Sept.
14—Chairman, R., Ransom; Secretary,

' W. Morse. Report accepted. Ship to be
fumigated; deck dept. rooms to be
sougeed and painted. Pantry to be
painted. Suggestion that headquarters
try to remedy seaman's wages made
in last months of year and . first
months of following year, having to
be declared In year filed.

SAMUEL F. MILLER (Boston Ship­
ping), Sept. 11—Chairman, H. Hlggin-
botham; Secretary, W. O'Connor. One
member hospitalized In Japan. Com­
munication from halt read as brother
passed company doctor In .Texas and

Oregon. Discussion on shore leave—
nothing done about this until ship
arrives In States. Ehip's fund, $47..
built up by arrival pools. Beef about
OT and shore leave—to be taken up
with patrolman. DIscusslOB on job
calls. Crew wants calls to remain as
Is. Discussion on laimch service—to
write letter to' headquarters on-same;
washing machine to be repaired.
Bathroom to be kept clean.

STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian),
Sept. 14—Chairman, G. Abunde; Sec­
retary, P. Harayo. Water Is running
dirty. Rooms need painting. Ship's
fund, S15.39. Few hours disputed OT.

Mess room needs sougeelng: All rooms
should be painted soon after leaving
San Francisco.

ALCOA CLIPPER (Alcea), Aug. SI—
Chairman, O. Lehman; Secretary, L.
Nicholas. Ship's fund. S131. Motion to
leave shipping rules as they arc and
to write secy-treas. on proa and cons
on job calls in communication No. 162.
New delegate elected. Members voted
to keep shipping rules as they are.

SEACARDEN (Penn Nsv.), Aug. 11
—Chairman, J. Grimes; Secretary, D.
Coker. No beefs. Vote of thanks to
steward dept. Crew to conserve fresh
water as much as possible until arrival
at Canal Zone. Fans to be turned off
when leaving quarters. Washing ma-
cbane to be turned off after using.

Sept. 1—Chairman, J. CIspp; Secre­
tary, D. Coker. Two men taken off
ship due to illness. Deck maintenance
man made bosun due to bosun's ill­
ness. Bosun to be placed In hospital

.In Trinidad and returned to states

soon as possible. Engineer removed
from ship due to heai-t attack while
ship was receiving bunkers at Vcne-
Eueia, to be repatriated to States soon
as possible. New delegate elected.

STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), Sept.
14—Chairman, N. Matthey; Secretary,
H. Kaufman. Repaii' list made up.
Discussion on washing machine—
need new one. OS shipped NV did not
show up—sailed short handed. Picked
up OS in Baltimore. List for cleaning
schedule of laundry and recreation
room posted. Vote of thanks to stew­
ard dept. Cleaning of alley taken up.
To call safety meeting before arrival
'Frisco. Library to be locked up while
In port.

MARYMAR (Calmar), Sept. S—
Chairman, A. Riasko; Secretary, W.
Stucke. Ship's fund. $13.36. Report ac­
cepted. Communications and reports
to be posted on crew mess bulletin
board, so that membership may dis­
cuss and vote on same. Laundry and
recreation room to be kept clean.
Vote of thanks to steward dept. for
fine food and good working condi­
tions.

LITTLE ROCK (North-Atlantic),
Sept. 10—Chairman, I. Barker; Sec­
retary, H. Kannady. New delegate
elected. Repair list to be made up.

DE SOTO (Waterman), Sept. 15—
Chairman, R, Hodqai; Sacratary, B.
Varn. One man hospitalized in Bremer-
haven. Took two men in Bremerhaven
who missed SS Hastings, as replace­
ments. Some disputed OT. Hospital
slips not being given on request by
crew members. Three men missed ship
from Bremen to Bremerhaven. Discus­
sion on job call procedure—30 mem­
bers were for retaining present sys­
tem, two wanted three or four calls
a day limit. It was pointed out that
a man wanting to ship could attend
to his business after calls as had been '
done In the past. Foc'sles to be left

clean when leaving ship. Cots to be
turned .in to steward before leaving
ship. Vote of thanks to steward dept.
for good food and service.

SANTORE (Ore Nsv.), Sept. 17—
Chairman, C,. Ssnff; Sacratary, S.
Wojton. Condition of washing ma­
chine reported to patrolman. Awaiting
results. No pay-offs this trip. Next
voyage to Venezuelan port. Ship's
fund, $12.26. Port time concerning
chief and 3rd cooks requires clai-ifica-
tion by patrolman. Report accepted.
Vote of thanks to delegate for job well
done. Ail hands requested to coop­
erate in returning cups to panti-y.
New delegate elected.

COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Victory
Carriers), Sept. t—Chairman, V. Por­
ter; Secretary, F. Hicks. Repairs being
made. New delegate and reporter
elected. Ship's fund, $7. Ten hours
disputed OT. One man failed to join
ship: gear sent to headquarters. Secur­
ity watches, at Sunny Point discussed.
Report accepted. Vote of confidence
to steward dept. for good, varied
menus and good cooks and waiters.
Draws discussed. Repair list to be
drawn up in advance. Discussion on
sanitary work, OS doing good job.
Steward dept. cleaning recreation
room, engine and deck rotating laun­
dry.

CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), Sept.
15—Chairman, A. Sirignano; Secratary,
P. Whitlow. Repah- list snbraitted; dis­
puted OT to be turned in. Brothers
may pay off under mutual consent—
forfeit transportation if any due. All
hands to get linen subsistence. When
going to hospital brothers asked to
return with hospital slip. Ship's fund,
$24.16. Some disputed OT. Delegate
covered wiper slacking off duties.
Transportation due men dispatched
to ship in Gulfport from Mobile, and
weekend OT to be squared away for
messman who was ill and could not
perform duties. Man hospitalized in
Honolulu: new man picked up as re­
placement. No LOGS received since
Honolulu. Motion that quarters used
as hospital aft be moved midship and
space utilized as crew foc'sles. Galley
exhaust vent fan to be steam-cleaned.
More slop chest items to be carried.
Medical supplies to be checked. Ship
to be fumigated for roaches. Need
additional fan in mess and recreation
hall. Steam lines to bathrooms and
showers aft to be repaired. Paint bath­
rooms. Screen doors to be repaired
and freed aft. Turn In ail unused
linen—complete inventory to be taken.
Leave foc'sles clean: need ice cream
freezer.

GRAIN SHIPPER (Gralnfiaal), Sept.
15—Chairman, R. Caray; Secratary, S.
Malvenan. Letter requesting agent
meet ship on arrival Long Beach to
square away some beefs. Ship's fund,
SIO, donated by deck and engine depts.
Steward dept. donation to be given at
first draw. Captain continuously on
deck—this matter to be taken up with
patrolman. Bosun and deck mainte­

nance not permitted to work Satur­
days or Sundays. Friction in galley
between chief cook and 3rd cook. To
be squared aw.ay on arrival. Motion to
continue with hourly job calls as per
Union procedure for past years. Crew
wishes to go on record on any pro­
posed changes in regular hourly job
calls. Captain to be notified five days
before arrival on replacements for
men getting off as ship due arrival on
week-end. Requisition given to cap­
tain for more stores—ship insuffi­
ciently stored in NY. Vote of thanks
to ship's delegate.

MAXTON (Pan-Atlantic), Sept. 22—
Chairman, B. Williams; Secratary, P.
Cathcart, One man missed ship in
Houston. Cots to be taken care of.
Ship's fund, $24. Some disputed OT.
Report accepted. Few beefs about
steward dept. Chow to be improved.

STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), Sept.
21—Chairman, A. Brodie; Secretary,
C. Kasar. New delegate elected. Dis­
cussion regarding members to act as
good SIU men and handle beefs
through delegates. Elect steward as
permanent ship's treasurer. Discussion
on ail matters regarding welfare of
ail concerned on vessel, to make voy­
age a pleasant one and steward dept.
will aim to satisfy everyone during
voyage.

LOSMAR (Calmar), Sept. It—Chair­
man, T. Glen; Secretary, R. Rams-
perger. Three men to check food
stores when ship is stored. Vote of
thanks to Negotiation Committee. Mo­
tion to bring patrolman down for
special meeting — subject: "Food
stores." Few beefs.

BALTORE (Ore Nav.), Sept. 21—
Chairman, J. Oliver; Secretary, J.
Wunderllch. Ship's fund, $17.25. To
accept report with one exception:
written resolution to be submitted to
go on record crew unanimously op­
posed to any change of .shipping calls.
Coke bottles to be returned to re­
ceptacles.

BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Liberty),
Sept. 15—Chairman, O. Payne; Secre­
tary, M. Kramer. New washing ma­
chine instdlied. Delegates asked to
turn in draw list. New reporter
elected. Motion to dispense with ship's
fund and treasurer. Reports accepted.
Crew to go on record favoring the
changing of shipping calls to twice a
day.

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Paie Fonrtcea SEAFARERS LOG October %S, 1951

Kids Step Up For Bows

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SlU youngsters step into the
^otlight here, as Chorlene
Slater above) shares lime­
light with dad, Seafarer Char­
les "Red" Slater, in New Or­
leans. Slater usually sails out
of the Gulf with Alcoa. At
left, sturdy San Franciscan
Durwood B. Dees Jr, IVo, i*
pictured at play. Ho was
only 15 months old when this
was taken.

LOG-A-RHYTHM;

Typhoon
-By John Wunderlich.

Pick Up 'Shot'
Card At Payoff
Seafarers who have taken the

series of inoculations required
for certain foreign voyages are
reminded to be sure to pick up
their inoculation cards from the
captain or the purser when they
-"ay off at the end of a voyage.

The card should be picked up
by the Seafarer and held so that
it can be presented when signing
on for another voyage where the
"shots" are required. The ino­
culation card is your only proof
of having taken the required
shots.

Those men who forget to pick
up their inoculation card when
they pay off may find that they
are required to take all the
"shots" again when they want
to sign on for another such voy­
age.

Storming across the sea,
Breaking doion, raking down

Taking all in its way;
Like a whirlwind.

Twisting around.
Setting aground

Ships which at anchor lay.

Cooling tormented souls.
Drying my tears.

Killing my fears.
Liberating my broken heart;

Blowing so fresl},
Snapping the leash

That is binding my thoughts.

You'll be my only love.
Strength in your grasp

Sting like a wasp
Still be my love.

You are able, so able.
You can move everything;

Clouds up so high.
Close to the sky

Riding above.
Typhoon.

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SlU, A&G District
BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. ,
Eaii Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900
BOSTON 276 State St.
James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140
HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. |
Robert Matthews. Agent

Capital 3-4089: 3-4080 |
LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St.
Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744.
MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St,
Cai Tanner. Agent HEmlock 2-1754
MORGAN CITY 912 Front St
Tom Gould. Agent Phone 2156
NEW ORLEANS 1. 523 Bienville St.
Lindsey WUUams. Agent Tulane 8626
NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn

HYacintb 9-6600
NORFOLK. .....127-129 Bank St.
Ben Rees. Ageint MAdison 2-9834
PinLADELPHIA... 337 Market St.
S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635
PUERTA de TIERRA PR ,101 Pelayo
Sal Colis. Agent Phone 2-5996
SAN FRANCISCO. 450 Harrison St
Marty Breithoff. Agent Douglas 2-5475
SAVANNAH.....". 2 Abercom St,
E. B. McAulcy. Agent Adams 3-1728
SEATTLE ; 2505 1st Ave
Jeff Gillette. Agent Elliott 4334
TAMPA 1809-1811 N. FrankUn St.
Tom Banning. Agent Phone 2-1323
WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave.
Reed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2874
HEADQUARTERS ...675 4th Ave.. Bklyn.

SECRETARY-TREASURER
Paul HaU

ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS
J. Algina, Deck C. Simmons, Joint
J. Volpian, Eng. W. HaU, Joint
E. Mooney, Std, R. Matthews, Joint

SUP
HONOLULU 16 Merchant St.

Phone 5-8777
PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St.

CApital 3-4338
RICHMOND, Calif....510 Macdonald Ave.

BEacon 2-0925
SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St.

Douglas 2-8363
SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave.

Main 0290
WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave.

Terminal 4-3131
NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn

HYacinth 9-6165

Canadian District
HALIFAX. N.S 128% HoUis St.

Phone 3-8911
MONTREAL 634 St. James St. West

PLateau 8161
FORT WHLIAM 408 Simpson St.

Ontario Phone: 3-3221
PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St.

Ontario Phone: 5591
TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E.

EMpire 4-5719
VICTORIA. BC 617% Cormorant St.

EMpire 4531
VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St.

Pacific 3468
SYDNEY, NS 304 Charlotte St.

Phone: 6346
BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St.

Phone: 545
THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. Davids St.

CAnal 7-3202
QUEBEC 44 Sault-au-Matelot

Quebec Phone: 3-1569
SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St.

NB OX 2-5431

Great Lakes District
ALPENA 1215 N. Second Ave.

Phone: 713-J
BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St.

Phone: Cleveland 7391
XEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave., NE

Phone: Main 1-0147
DETROIT 1038 3rd St.

Phone: Woodward 1-6857
DULUTH 621 W. Superior St.

Phone: Randolph 2-4110
SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 92nd St.

Phone: Essex 5-2410

Urges Revision
Of Pension Plan
To tho Editon

I fully agret with J. Eichen-
berg on tho retirement plan
(LOG, Sept. 27, 1957). Twenty
yeara of sailing should be the
limit required to make one eli­
gible for benefits, regardless of
age.

I know that to some men, the
sea and ships represent a way
of life but, at the same time, it
would give one a sense of se­
curity to know that a pension is

letters To
The Editor

AH letters to the editor for
publication in the SEAFAR-
ERS LOG must be signed,
by the writer. Names will
be withheld upon request.

there whenever he wants it.
Nothing I imagine really does
much good for a sick and dis­
abled man, though the benefits
do help to ease things.

We have a fine union and
would also like to see the imme­
diate start of benefits for sea­
men's families at the newly-
erected clinic in New York.
From what I heard any union
would be proud to own it.

Mrs, Newton A. Paine
( Ed note: The medical cen­

ter is now available for use by
SIU families, as announced in
the last issue.)

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Ex-Seafarer's
Death Noted
To the Editor:

Just a few lines to say hello
and pass on the news of the
death of a former member and
oldtimer. I know many will re­
member John "Swede" Hanson.
He died from lung cancer at a
hospital in Toronto, Canada.

Sincere best a wishes to all
for good health and success.

Harold M. Shea
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Port Officials'
Aid Applauded
To the Editor:

It is with pleasure that I take
this opportunity, through the
medium of the SEAFARERS
LOG, to express my thanks and
appreciation to our officials in
the ports of Baltimore and Nor­
folk for their kind and timely
counseling and cooperation.

They carne to my rescue and
aided and assisted in every pos­
sible way after the recent death
of my twin brother, C. A;
Dowdy, a brother Seafarer who
died due to a shipboard accident
in the port of Baltimore.

On behalf of his widow, Mrs.
Ella Dowdy of Port Arthur; his
mother, Mrs. Eva Dowdy of

Portsmouth,. Va. and myself,
may I say thanks to Brothers
Earl Sheppard, Johnny Arabacz
and Ben Rees for a good job
well done.

Truly the spirit of the SIU of
North America has proven
beyond an iota of doubt that
when the test comes, it certain­
ly is the "Brotherhood of the
Sea."

W. C. Dowdy
SS Venore

$1 . 4.

SIU Blood Donors
'Saved' His Life
To the Editor:

This letter is to express in
some small way my heartfelt ap­
preciation to the SIU and my
Union brothers for coming
down on short notice and giving
blood on my behalf. I'm told
that the blood supplied by these
donors helped save my life.

I was in the Staten Island ma­
rine hospital when I was noti­
fied late one afternoon that I
needed an operation and might
require blood in an emergency.
I immediately called the wel­
fare office at SIU headquarters
and the next morning the blood
was there. Four donors from
the Union hall were on tap.

As it happened, the hospital
did not have my type of blood
available, but was able to obtain
some quickly in exchange for
the four pints supplied by the
SIU brothers.

An emergency actually did
occur while I was on the table.
I stopped breathing, they tell
me, and the blood was used to
save my life. While I'm still
convalescent and it will be some
time before I can ship again, it's
nice to be back on my feet. My
deepest thanks again to. all con­
cerned for their fast work.

Fred L. Travis
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Offers Thanks
For Condolences
To the Editor:

I wish to thank all the mem­
bers of the SIU for their won­
derful kindness to me in my re­
cent bereavement after the
death of my husband, who was
also the father of an SIU official.

Their beautiful flowers and
expressions of sympathy are
deeply appreciated. May God
bless each and all.

Mrs. Anna Mooney

Blood Donors
Draw Thanks
To the Editor:

Mr. and Mrs. William
"Whitey" Kleimola wish to
thank Brother Joe Burns from
Tampa and all the other blood
donors who came to their aid
during his recent hospitaliza­
tion.

Thanks also to the SIU wel­
fare services department for its
help and assistance at the same
time.

"Whitey" Kleimola

Burly By Bernard Seaman

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' f957 SEAFA KERS ' LOG P«re Fifteea

All o1 the following SlU families have received a $200 maternity
benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name:
MUaiTM Feliolano Pacheco. born

Stptember 23, 1957, to Seafarer
and Mrs. Julio Fellclano Pacheco,
New York City.

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Frederick Joseph Wray, born

October 6, 1957, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Frederick D. Wray, Bronx,
NY.

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Earl Stephen Lord, born August

11, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Clarence E. Lord, West Springfield,
Mass.

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Paul Delaney Weise, born August

8, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. WU-
' linm D. Weise, Philadelphia, Pa.

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Janice Marie Trippe, bom July

SI, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs.
George W. Trippe, Chickasaw, Ala.

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Pota Kouzounas, born April 6,

1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. William
Kouzounas, Sacco, Maine.

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Teresa Lynn Edmond, born Octo­

ber 6, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Robert F. Edmond, Baltimore, Md.

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Lillian Ceperlano, bom July 24,

1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lucio
Ceperlano, New York City.

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Magdalena Colon Ortiz, born

September 21, 1957, to Seafarer
and Mrs. Antonio Colon, Barran-
guitas, PR.

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Carol Frances Hall, bom October

2, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Frank
J. Hall, San Francisco, Calif.

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Myra Teresa Feely, bom Septem­

ber 23, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Bernard Feely, Kearny, NJ.

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Marva Renee Gullet, bom Octo­

ber 5, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Clifton Gullet, MobUe, Ala.

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James Anthony Casares, born

July 14, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Calixto Caserez, Houston, Texas.

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Relda Kathryn Todd, born Octo­

ber 6, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Ralph K. Todd, Ovett, Miss.

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Shelton Allen Delong, born June

28, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. John
Delong, Baltimore, Md.

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Donald Merle Hartman, born

September 19, 1957, to Seafarer
and Mrs.' Donald M. Hartman,
Seattle, Wash.

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Marvin Anthony Howell, born

September 26, 1957, to Seafarer
and Mrs. Marvin E. Howell, Luce-
dale, Miss.

Plastics Getting Big Play
In Latest Ship Designs

AMSTERDAM—They were proven wrong when they said
that ships made of iron would not float, so who knows, Sea­
farers may be manning ships made of plastic in the future.

Already some entetprising-t
European shipbuilders have
adopted plastics in. the con­
struction of commercial vessels. Al­
though limited in use, the easily
molded stibstance is quickly prov­
ing its advantages over the less
flexible and more costly iron and
steel. However, fire problems may
limit its use on US ships.

Reinforced plastics have been
found perfectly suited for stacks
and preformed deck parts where
complicated curves make it a likely
substitute, while piping and tub­
ing are expected to use up a great
deal of the cheaper material.

Most accomodations on commer­
cial vessels have been using plastics
in various forms as for doorknobs.
But its use for decorating pur­
poses has been increasing.

The use of plastics in ship con­
struction has been hampered in

the past, according to Dr. L. A.
Vernede, a Netheriands naval ar­
chitect, because of the lack of
inter-company standardization of
parts and of the lack of informa­
tion about plastic materials avail­
able to tbe ship designer.

So far, he points out, there is
not enough standardized design to
achieve a break-even point. With
more cooperation between the plas­
tic expert and the ship designer,
the use of this substance in ship
construction will be greatly in­
creased.

Personals
And Notices

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AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS

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of South America, South Atlan­
tic and East Coast of United
States.

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bean, West Coast of South
America, West Coast of Mexico
and US East Coast.

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North Atlantic, European and
US East Coast.

Meanwhile, MTD 'Round-The-World
Wireless Brq^adcasts Continue . . .

Every Sunday, 1915 GMT
(2:15 PM EST Sunday)
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Eui'ope and North America

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Australia

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Northwest Pacific

MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT

There is nothing like a well-run
ship, and the reports from the Al­

coa Corsair and
Del C a m p o re­
flected that fact.
The first order of
business on the
Corsair, writes
James Prestwood,
retiring ship's
delegate, was to
elect Forrest C.
King to that post.
In no time at all

the ball was rolling, and before the
crew knew it, all of the ship's busi­
ness was taken care of and the
ship wound up with a surplus of
$130 in the movie fund. "It looks
like a very smooth trip," he con­
cluded.

The report from John Geissler,
ship's delegate on the SS Del
Campo, was short, but certainly to
the point:

"We have a qrew on here that is
a pleasure to sail with. There is
seldom a beef of any kind to re­
port."

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Many ships' delegates go out of

their way to help make it a good
trip, and most of
the men appreci­
ate t h i s. The
crew of the Re­
becca write that
they wish to go
on record as voic­
ing their appreci­
ation to ahip's
delegate Clyde
Clark for the in­
convenience and
trouble he went through
chasing a record player
vessel.

Among the other delegates men­
tioned were retiring delegate E.
Smith and his successor Hubert
Clements on the Ocean Ulla. And
of course, steward departments
came up in the reports for their
share of the thanks. The stewards
on the Mary Adams, Aicoa Part­
ner, Kyska, Ocean Ulla and Steel
Artisan were rated "tops."

4- i
E. Davidson, 2nd cook on the

Oremar, was highly recommended
for his fine service and cooperation
with the rest of the crew, as were
the cooks and stewards on the
Irenestar and the Ocean Deborah.

Clark
in pur-
for the

Hub Revamps
Baggage Room

BOSTON—In order to make
room to stow gear for men staying
in the port, it will be necessary to
clean out the baggage room of all
the old suitcases that have been
collecting dust there for some time
now. In fact, reports James Shee-
han, port agent, some of these suit­
cases have been here since 1951.
If any of the bags being thrown
out are worth saving, Sheehan said,
they will be offered to the men in
the hall.

Welfare Reminder
Seafarers in the area ai-e re­

minded to stop in and fill out the
Welfare Plan beneficiary forms to
avoid a costly delay in getting ben­
efits. If there is no form filed for
death benefits tlie family must go
to probate court to determine who
are the beneficiaries. This is very
costly, and especially in the case of
family beneficiaries, may result in
a long delay before they can get
the needed money.

Shipping picked up a little with
the Foi't Hoskins (Cities Service)
and the Michael (Carras) paying off
and signing on. The SS Natalie is
expected to pay off early next week
and should have a few jobs open
on her.

Vessels calling into port to be
serviced included the Cabins (Ter­
minal Tankers), Government Camp
and Bents Fort (Cities Service),
Little Rock (Fairfield) and the
Steel Scientist (Isthmian).

Audley C. Foster
Important that you contact your

wife, Mrs. Rose Foster, 714 Grand
St., Hoboken, NJ.

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Stephen J. Seviour, George R.
Black, Walter C. Zalanc, Craylee

Cross, John Ossman
Bull Line is holding your lug­

gage left aboard their vessels.
Please arrange to pick it up at
Locust Point.

4« 4» 4i
Albert Neilson-Nelson

Please contact Shea and Gaudet,
Insurance and Real Estate, 29 Ox­
ford Ave., Rumford, Maine.

4 4 4.,
Bill Knapp

It is important that you get in
touch with Alex Leiner, 40 Dawes
Ave., Roosevelt, NY. Also contact
the SIU Houston Hall for mfail be­
ing held there.

4 4 4
C. A. Rothman

Get in touch with Jimmy Ham­
ilton in Hicksville, Long Island,
NY, or Phil Balducci at 1805 Coney
Island Ave., Brooklyn 30, NY.

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"Red" O'Dowd, Don Wagner

A1 Whltmer, "Red" Hanks
John Ghannasian lost your ad­

dresses and wishes to get in touch
with you. He is aboard the Grain
Trader, Grainfleet SS Co., 80 Broad
Street, NYC.

4 4 4
Donald Fisher

Please get in touch with Mrs.
Thelma Fisher, 3089 Glenmore
Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.

4 4 4
Roland Parady

Your mother would like you to
get in contact with her at 115
Austin St., Worcester, Mass.

4 4 4
John J. Leskun

Your mother is ill. Please con­
tact home as soon as possible.

4 4 4
Anthony Adamaitis

Very imgent you contact John J.
Adamaitis as soon as possible. Im­
portant.

PORT C CALL
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Pastrano Routs
British Heavy
In London Bout

LONDON — Relying mostly on
his lightning left, Willie Pastrano,
son of Seafarer Frank Pastrano,
Jabbed Britain's Dick Richardson
into helplessness before 11,000
cheering London fans to take the
decision in their ten-round heavy­
weight bout.

Newspaper accounts said that
the 21-year old heavyweight, who
is the pride of the New Orleans
SIU, completely outclassed his
harder-hitting opponent through­
out the fight.

Decision Applauded
At the end of the tenth round.

Referee Tommy Little, who was the
only scorer, raised Pastrano's hand
in victory before Richardson had
even reached his corner. The
crowd greeted the decision with
wild applau.se. British sports-
writers called it the best display of
boxing they had seen in a decade.

Pastrano, whose record now
stands at 44-5-4, is a contender for
a shot at Floyd Patterson's heavy­
weight title. His next opponent
may be a rematch with Roy Harris
of Texas, who stopped Pastrano's
22-fight unbeaten streak last June,
and then a possible title fight
against Patterson.



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SEAFARERS^ LOG
• OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UN ION • ATLANTIC AND ftULP DISTRICT • AFUCIO •

SlU MARKS 19th BIRTHDAY
A long way from its humble beginnings in 1938, the SIU Atlantic and Gulf Dis­

trict will mark its I9th birthday one week from today on November 1st. For prac­
tical purposes, the birth of the SIU-A&G coincided with the founding of the SIU
of North America under"^

Puerto Rico Governor At SIU

the AFL banner.
The international anni­

versary falls on October 15,
1938, when the American Fed­
eration of Labor convention in
Houston, Texas, issued a new in­
ternational union charter cover­
ing seamen and aliied marine
crafts to the late Harry Limde-
berg, SUP secretary - treasurer.
Established since 1885, the Sailors
Union of the Pacific became the
West Coast district of the new
union, and Lundeberg, who died
last January, eventually became
Its first president.

In subsequent weeks, SUP or­
ganizers fanned out in East and
Gulf ports and helped to set up
separate Atlantic and Gulf Dis­
tricts with headquarters in New
York and New Orleans. By 1941,
these were amalgamated into one
district.

SIUNA and SIU-A&G were born

VI^C Men
Get Most
Mariners

SAN FRANCISCO—More than
two-thirds of all the Mariner-type
vessels built during the Korean
War and now in commercial opera­
tion are manned by members of
the SlU-Pacific Coast District, the
"Stewards News'' reports.

A roundup of the 35 specially-
constructed vessels shows that 19
of them carry Pacific District
members, nine are under East
Coast operators, five have been as­
signed to the US Navy, one is un­
dergoing conversion into a passen­
ger ship, and one was shipwrecked
in Korea.

Highly Adaptable Ships
The bigger and faster type ships

have quickly proven their adapta­
bility to any type of maritime
trade. For example, two of them
were converted into passenger
ships for Matson Lines, four were
modified for the round-the-world
freight-passenger service of the
American President Lines and
three others were changed for the
special requirements of the Pacific
Far East Lines trade.

By company, AFL operates eight
of the ships, PFE has seven, while
Oceanic SS Co. and Pacific Trans­
port Lines each have two.

In addition to the eight vessels
now in operation by the company,
APL has invited bids for the con­
struction of two more Mariner-type
cargo vessels. The Mariner-type
ship is a freighter of 13,000 dead­
weight tons, 560 feet in length and
capable of a speed of 20 knots.

in the wake of a period of violent
upheaval in the maritime industry
and for the labor movement gen­
erally. The collective bargaining
guarantees in the Wagner Act
were under heavy fire in all in­
dustries and the seamen's lot was
traditionally the meanest of all.

Hiring Hall Won
Still fresh in many seamen's

minds were the dramatic gains
wrung from the shipowners in the
bitter, bloody '34 and '36 strikes
spearheaded by the West Coast,
which produced first-time recog­
nition of the maritime hiring hall.

These victories stirred a new
burst of union enthusiasm among
seamen on the Atlantic and Gulf.
Many wanted no part of the new­
ly-formed National Maritime Un­
ion, then and for many years later
closely linked with the Commun­
ist Party.

An additional spark for the for­
mation of a democratic, anti-Com­
munist union of seamen on all
coasts was the expulsion of the
SUP by the old International Sea­
men's Union due to resentment
over Lundeberg's independent ac­
tion on behalf of seamen. Other
seagoing affiliates also drifted
away from the ISU, leaving a tre­
mendous void.

After Lundeberg persuaded the
AFL to issue a new charter, the
SIU-A&G actually began function­
ing on November 1, 1938, starting
withi a small nucleus of men who
had transferred from the old AFL
Seamen's Union. This group had

SFA PA

SIU Lakes Co.
Plans Seaway
Lift-On Service

HOUSTON—Plans for a lift-on,
lift-off operation between Great
Lakes and South Atlantic ports
have been announced by Troy S.
Browning, a well-known Detroit
shipowner.

Browning, whose Browning Lines
are contracted to the SIU Great
Lakes District, said he will recon­
vert two 8,500-ton lake freighters
this winter in preparation for open­
ing a full coastwise service when
the St. Lawrence seaway opens in
19,59. The service will be the first
lift-on, lift-off maritime operation
in Great Lakes history.

The ships will go into a pilot
service between Detroit and Cleve­
land some time in 1958. Later the
run will be extended to include
Buffalo, Chicago, Milwaukee and
Duluth.

The ships will carry 400 special­
ly constructed vans each. The
operation will be patterned after
the SlU-contracted Waterman-Pan
Atlantic service, which began full
scale lift-on, lift-off service last
month.

The proposal represents another
attempt to help rehabilitate coast­
wise shipping, which has been in
a decline since World War II.
Browning said he had no plans im­
mediately to build any ships for
the run, but indicated that he
might construct new vessels later
on.

been operating under a federal
labor union charter and was affili­
ated directly with AFL headqua]>
ters.

From this point, the new Union
began pioneering many of the
gains in wages and shipboard liv­
ing conditions taken for granted
today. It continued this forward
progress through the war years,
when more than 1,200 Seafarers
lost their lives and thousands
more came forward to swelL its
ranks. At the same time. It was
engaged in a bitter fight not only
against the shipowners and Gov­
ernment controls, but against the
CP's then-powerful Waterfront
Section as well.

'46 General Strike
The battle over Coast Guard re­

strictions and wartime controls
reached a climax in the postwar
1946 general strike, when the
Wage Stabilization Board refused
to approve an SUP agreement pro­
viding higher benefits than the
CIO unions had gained eariier.
Within a week the seamen got
their increase.

The postwar years that followed
produced memorable organizing
victories in Isthmian, last of the
big open, shop dry cargo outfits,
and in Cities Service in the tanker
field, among many others. Union
negotiations also won a no-cost
welfare plan and, for the first
time, guaranteed vacation pay for
.«eamen, part of a string of mari­
time "firsts" credited to the SIU
and the deep-sea districts of the
SIUNA.

This progress on all fronts is
typified by the change from the
Union's original dingy offices at
2 Stone Street, New York City, to
a temporary headquarters In
Washington, DC, then back to
Stone Street, and later to its own
building at 51 Beaver Street, NYC,
in 1944. Today's showplace Brook­
lyn headquarters came along in
1951, while similar building pro­
grams were carried on in other
ports.

Thus the last 19 years have been
good to Seafarers and their fami­
lies. With this proud heritage
under the "Brotherhood of the
Sea" the future assures more of
the same.

Show SeatSme
To Enter PHS

The US Public Health Serv­
ice hospitals wish • to remind
Seafarers that it is necessary
to show proof of eligibilty in
order to obtain treatment at
any PHS facility.

Such proof should show 60
days of seatime, time which is to
have been completed not more
than 90 days before applying
for treatment. Extensions on
the 90 days are permitted un­
der special circumstances such
as in times of shipping slump
or maritime strikes. It is
waived where a seaman is
taken off a vessel because of
illness or injury suffered while
on duty.

The PHS announcement re­
minds Seafarers that discharges
alone are not sufficient evi­
dence of seatime but are help­
ful in establishing time along
with other evidence.

Gov. Lull Munox Marin of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico waves
hat in greeting to SIU men on his recent visit to Union head-
quarters. Shown with the Governor ore (I to r) Joseph Monserrot,
director of the New York office, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
Senator Ramon E. Bauza of Ponce, PR, and SEAFARERS LOG
editor Herb Brand. (Other photo on page one.)

Turk Pipeline Snagged;
Suez Toll Boost Sought

The mounting Syrian-Turkish crisis has all but officially
doomed several pipeline projects designed to Insure an un­
interrupted flow of Persian Gulf oil to the West with or
without the use of the Suez-*
Canal.

Plans were put forward last
year after the nationalization of
the canal by Egypt, and the subse­
quent Mideast hostilities and pipe­
line sabotage, to lay new pipelines
from the Persian Gulf to the Med­
iterranean. The canal reopened
last April after a five-month shut­
down.

Ambitious plans for new tanker
tonnage still have not materialized
beyond the drawing board stage, in
most cases, although now, with the
pipeline plans snagged, more new
oil carriers are likely to be built
after all. Europe's petroleum
needs alone are expected to dou­
ble in the next ten years.

One result of the developing
Mideast crisis is that Russia has
apparently succeeded in sidetrack­
ing Western petroleum defense
plans "without so much as men­
tioning the word oil," as "The
Journal of Commerce" put it. The
political muddle stems from in­
creased sword-rattling by the pro-
Soviet Syrian government, Egypt
and the Soviet itself over an al­
leged US-Turkish plot against
Syria.

Meanwhile, United Nations
leaders still have to deal with the
cost of last year's Mideast crisis
and the $8 million spent by the UN
for clearing and reopening the
canal last fall and winter. These
funds were advanced by the US
($5 million), Canada, Australia,
Norway, West Germany, Sweden,

Denmark, the Netherlands, Liberie
and Ceylon. Liberia put up $4,000
toward the bill.

The repayments are expected to
be made through the levying of e
special voluntary surcharge on
canal tolls which would add to the
costs of putting a ship through the
Egyptian-held waterway. Since the
ships of Britain and France, in nor­
mal times, account for over one-
third of all ship traffic through
Suez, shipowners in the two coun­
tries would wind up paying about
the same proportion of the total
bill.

However, since the surcharge
would be voluntary, it is uncertain
how this could be expected to ac­
cumulate the necessary funds. Ves­
sels that paid .the normal tolls
would still be entitled to go
through. US shipping provided
only 2.7 percent of the total canal
traffic in 1955.

For its part, the old Suez Canal
Company is planning to branch out
into new fields. It has yet to ef­
fect a settlement with Egypt for
the seizure of the canal in July,
1956. It is moving into mining and
oil ventures in Africa and Canada
and is also linked with the pro­
posed cross-channel tunnel con­
necting England and France.

Proposals for linking Britain , di­
rectly with the continent, dating
back to the Napoleonic era, have
been revived again. A preliminary
engineering study has already been
made.



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FOR SEAFARERS AND THEIR FAMILIES

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HOSPITAL • SURGICAL

MEDICAL • MATERNITY

DISABiLITY-PENSION

DEATH • SCHOLARSHIP

UNEMPLOYMENT • LOAN
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DEPENDENTS •TRAINING

BENEFITS

PURPOSE OF WELFARE PLAN... .PAGE 2

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PAGE 3

DIGEST OF WELFARE PLAN.. .PAGES 4-5

SURGICAL SCHEDULE PAGES S-Z

LISTOFSIU HALLS PAGE 8

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Pictured here are a few of the various aspects of the Seafarers

Welfare Plpn, offering benefits and protection to the Seafarer

and members of his family. The operations of the plan are de­

scribed in detail in the following pages.

From the beginning, the Seafarers Welfare Plan has been self-

Insured and self-administered. This means that Union and em­

ployer representatives on a joint board of trustees have author­

ity to decide what types of benefits will be paid, what the re­

quirements will be and how the procedures ore set up. This

self-insurance feature has enabled the trustees to design the

Plan to suit Seafarers' needs. Consequently, the Plan contains

a number of benefits to meet the unique problems of seafaring

men, benefits which are not available in the usual Insurance

company package.

Self-administration also means that the Union's own admin­

istrative apparatus-Its various port offices. Its officials and Its

employees—are all prepared to assist Seafarers or members of

their families on any matter Involving welfare benefits. Conse­

quently the Seafarer, or his dependents, can write, call or visif

any SlU union hall and get the services and assistance they need.

Read this supplement and keep it in a handy spot for future

reference. When a welfare problem arises, get In touch with

your nearest SlU hall for speedy and satisfactory service.

SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION



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UESTIONS <>«« NSWERS
ON SlU WELFARE PLAN BENEFITS

Q. What are the basic requirements for
aU SIU benefits?
•

A. The minimum, basic requirement un­
der the Welfare Plan is one day's sea-
time in the past 90 days and 90 days in
the last calendar year. That is, a 1957
application would call for 90 days in
1956. In addition to this minimum re­
quirement, several of the benefits have
other requirements which are listed on
pages 4 and 5.

As a Seafarer, how can I assure the,
speediest possible service and protection
for my family?

A. You can assure speedy service by do­
ing the following before you ship out:

1) Fill out an enrollment card listing
your wife and other dependents.

2) Fill out a beneficiary card. Send
both cards to the Seafarers Welfare
Plan, 11 Broadway, New York City.
These cards are available in all SIU halls.
These cards must be filed or else your
family might suffer considerable delay.

3) Get photostats of your marriage
certificate and the birth certificates of
your children and send them to the Wel­
fare Plan. This can be a tremendous
time-saver in the event members of your
family have to be hospitalized.

4) Give your wife a copy of this sup­
plement. Have her keep it in the house
at all times. Make sure she knows your
Social Security number.

5) Instruct her to get in touch with
the nearest SIU hall in case of need to
verify your seatime and make sure she
is covered.

Q. If my husband is at sea and I have
to go to the hospital, how do I apply?

A. You can get an application for the
benefits from the Seafarers Welfare
Plan through the nearest SIU hall, or
you can tell the hospital that you are
covered by the Plan and ask them to
contact the Plan directly. If you have
no money, you can get a letter of credit

through the Plan which is accepted by
the hospital in place of a cash deposit.

Q. If I am a Seafarer and I am hospital­
ized, how can I assure prompt payment
of my weekly hospital benefit?

A. Have your discharges with you show­
ing proof of one day's seatime in the
past 90 days and 90 days in the previous
year.

Q. How are parents of Seafarers cov­
ered by the family benefits section of the
Plan?
A. Parents who are dependent on the
Seafarer for their livelihood are cov­
ered by the Plan the same as wives and
dependent children.

Q. If I apply for an SIU scholarship, am
I limited in any way to the school I can
attend or the course of study I can fol­
low?

A. Not at all. The Plan permits a schol­
arship winner to undertake any course
of study at any recognized college or
university.

Q. As a member of a Seafarer's family,
suppose after leaving the hospital I find
I need additional treatment and more
surgery. Am I still eligible?

A. If you need a second operation in­
volving a new stay in the hospital, you
can present your need to the trustees of
the Plan who have the authority to ap­
prove additional coverage. If you mere­
ly have to return to the hospital, your
$10 daily hospital benefit is continued.

Q. How can I and my family make use
of the facilities of the SIU health cen­
ter?

A. I) If you are a Seafarer, you are en­
titled to receive regular medical check­
ups after which the center may recom­
mend treatment, if needed, which you
can get at the Public Health Service fa­

cilities or, if you so desire, from a pri­
vate physician.

2) If you are a member of a Seafarer's
family, and you think you need medical
care, you can get an examination and a
diagnosis at the center. Then, if treat­
ment is needed, you are referred with
the diagnosis to your family doctor.

Q. Is there any charge for the unem­
ployment loans?

A. No. The loans, which are given up
to a maximum of $100, are interest-free.

- Meal books are also available as inter­
est-free loans, providing the Seafarer
with $10 worth of food at Union cafe­
terias or specified eating places at a sub­
stantial discount to the Seafarer.

Q. If my wife or children need care un­
der the family benefit program and I hap­
pen to be hospitalized myself, can I sub­
stitute my time spent in the hospital for
the seatime requirements?
A. You can ask the trustees of the Plan
to waive the seatime requirement, which
they will do if the circumstances justify
doing so.

Q. Does the family hospital-surgical
benefit cover births as well?

A. No. This is covered by a separate
maternity benefit of $200.

Q. When sending the Welfare Plan doc­
uments such as birth certificates or mar­
riage certificates, can I send in a photo­
stat instead?

A. Yes. Where the Plan asks for these
certificates, or for discharges showing
seatime, it prefers photostats.

Q. I am on disability-pension now. Am
I eligible for any other benefits?

A. Men on the disability list are eligible
to receive hospital, surgical and medical
care under the family plan. The same
applies to their wives and dependent
children under 18.



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Blood
transfusions

Doctor caiis
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Modicat
examinations

Soafarors in
tiospitats

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WHO IS COVERED

Wives and unmarried
children undet 19; depen­
dent parents of Seafar­
ers.

Wives and unmarried
children under 19; depen­
dent parents of Seafar­
ers.

Wives and unmarried
children under 19; depend
dent parents of Seafar­
ers.

Wives and unmarried
children under 19; depen­
dent parents of Seafar­
ers.

Wives and unmarried
children under 19; depen­
dent parents of Seafar­
ers.

All Seafarers; wives and
unmarried children un­
der 19; dependent par­
ents of Seafarers.

All Seafarers in hospitals
more than one week.

All Seafarers

BENEFITS

$10 per day room
and board.

Maximum of $100
ior first 31 days;
thereafter, maxi­
mum of $200.

Maximuih of $300
( s 'e e surgical
schedule, pages
0-7).

6 transfusions at
the rate of $20
each.

$4 per day for
maximum of 31
days. •

Free medical ex­
aminations, diag­
nostic and labora­
tory services.

$21 weekly

$200 plus $25
bond.

TERWS OF BENEFITS

Payments continue for as
long as hospitalized.

Covers special nursing
care, x-ray, anaesthesia,
medications, etc. This
benefit goes with benefit
above, benefit below or
both.

This benefit goes with
benefits above. •

This is in addition to
"hospital extras" benefit
above. •

Benefit paid only to non­
surgical cases.

Services available at SIU
center in New York being
extended to Baltimore,
Mobile, New Orleans.

Payments continue for as
long as hospitalized.

Payment made for each
child born; duplicate pay­
ments for multiple births.

BASIC SEATIME REQUIREMlpT^'The basic eligibility for every benefit i« one da/s seatime in the last 90 days and 90 in the last calendar year.

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ELIGIBILITY

""Basic seatime requirement.

File enrollment card, marriage
license and children's birth
certificates.

*Basic seatime requirement.

File enrollment card, marriage
license and children's birth
certificates.

•"Basic seatime - requirement.

File enrollment card, marriage
license and children's birth
certificates.

•"Basic seatime requirement.

File enrollment card, marriage
license and children's birth
certificates.

•"Basic seatime requirement.

File enrollment card, marriage
license and children's birth
certificates.

•"Basic seatime requirement
ONLY.

•"Basic seatime requirement
ONLY.

•"Basic seatime requirement.

File marriage license, child's
birth certificate.

Ditabitil^
pomips

Dealti

Speeiai
•qiiipment
bmfit

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Scholarships ^

tlnempioymeiit
and meai tiook
program

Seafarer
dermileries

Seafarer
Irainittg
scheet

Hespilat
movies

WHO IS COVERED

All totally disabled Sea­
farers regardless of age.

Any beneficiary named
by Seafarer.

All Seafarers

All Seafarers; children of
Seafarers.

All Seafarers

All Seafarers

All Seafarers

Patients at USPHS hos­
pitals.

BENEFITS

$35 weekly; also
eligible for all
other benefits
where applicable.

$4,000
!'•

Special aids ne­
cessary for re­
covery not pro­
vided by hospital.

$0,000 over a four-
year period.

Unemploym e n t
loans up to $100;
meal book credit.

Provision for
sleeping, showers,
laundry, etc.

No-cost upgrad­
ing training; also
entry training for
C - cards before
shipping.

TERMS OF BENEFITS

Payments continue for
entire period of disabil­
ity.

Covers death anywhere.

Benefit provided upon
approval by trustees
after survey of need.

Covers any course at any
accredited college; avail­
able for graduate study
also. 5 awarded annu­
ally, one reserved for a
Seafarer.

Facilities available in all
SIU ports.

Facilities available In
most SIU ports.

Two - week upgrading
training program in Mo­
bile; . entry training in
various ports.

ELIGIBILITY

•"Basic seatime requirement.

File discharges showing 12
•years' seatime on ships for
which SIU furnished crew-
members.

•"Basic. seatime requirement.

Beneficiary card MUST be on
file.

•"Basic, seatime requirement
ONLY.

Three years' discharges in­
cluding ""basic seatime re­
quirement by Seafarer apply­
ing or father of child applying;
transcript from high school;
standing in upper 1/3 of class.

•"Basic seatime requirement.

For loans, 30 days ashore on
shipping list.

••^Basic seatime requirement
ONLY.

•"Basic seatime requirement
ONLY.

Regular movie showings provided at no cost to Seafarers and other patients.

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If Seafarers or wives of Seafarers have any quesMons concerning the benefits for hospital, hospital extras, surgical
or hospital doctor calls, contact the nearest SlU office or the Seafarers Welfare Plan, 11 Broadway, NY.

ABDOMEN
DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION

MAXIMUM
PAYMENT

Abscess, drainage of. appendiceal, liver (hepatic), pancreatic subdiaphrag­
matic (subphrenic) $100.00

Adhesions, intra-abdominal, freeing of, sole procedure 100.00
Appendectomy, sole procedure 100.00
Cholesyctectomy (removal of gallbladder), sole procedure 200.00
Cholecystotomy (drainage of gallbladder through abdominal incision) 150.00
(Tolon resection (removal, colectomy), total or partial, complete procedure... 200.00
Colostomy, sole and complete procedure 100.00
Common (hepatic) duct resection or reconstruction, with or without

cholecystectomy 150.00
Diverticulitis, Intestinal and complications, operation for 200.00
Gastrectomy (resection of stomach) partial or complete, any type, with or

without abdominal vagotomy 300.00
Gastro-enterostomy or pyloroplasty, with or without abdominal vagotomy 175.00
Gastroscopy, with or without biopsy 25.00
Gastrotomy 100.00
Hernia repair

By cutting operation (herniotomy, herniorrhaphy)
Hiatus or other diaphragmatic hernia 150.00
Incisional (postoperative), umbilical or other ventral hernia 100.00

Inguinal or femoral hernia
Unilateral 100.00
Bilateral—same surgical occasion 150.00
By injection treatment, complete procedure—one-half the allowance for
corresponding cutting operation

Intestines—small, resection and/or anastomosis (entero-enterostomy, entero-
colostomy) 150.00

Laparotomy—exploratory only, with or without biopsy. 100.00
Paracentesis (tapping) abdomen 10.00
Perforated peptic ulcer, simple closure only, with or wit' JUt abdominal

vagotomy 150.00
Pyloric stenosis, Ramstedt's operation 100.00
Splenectomy 200.00
Vagotomy, abdominal approach, sole procedure 150.00
Cutting into abdominal cavity for removal or treatment of organ or organs

therein (unless otherwise specified in this schedule) 100.00

BONE, JOINT OR TENDON, ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES
Amputation

Arm, forearm, entire hand, lower leg foot
Phalanx (toe or finger)
Thigh, including disarticulation at hip

Arthroplasty, arthrodesis
Ankle, elbow, wrist or shoulder
Knee, hip or spine (Including bone graft)

Bone, excision of (scraping of bone), except for biopsy (alveolar processes
of Jaw excepted)
For biopsy only

Bone graft
Humerus, radius, ulna, femur, spine, tibia or fibula

Bursa, shoulder
Needling of, complete procedure
Excision of

Club Foot (talipes), correction by manipulation and casts, complete
procedure

Coccyx, removal of
Dislocation

Closed reduction
Ankle, astragalus, clavicle, elbow, knee, shoulder, wrist
Finger, thumb, toe, jaw, patella
Hip, vertebra or vertebrae

Open reduction—maximum is twice the allowance for the corresponding
closed reduction.

Exostosis, ostema, removal of
Foot stabilization"
Fracture

Simple, closed reduction, with or without pins and/or calipers
Ankle (Pott's), astragalus, clavicle, elbow, fibula, os calcis, radius,

scapula, ulna, wrist (Colics')
Femus, pelvis
Fingers or toes (phalanges), hand (metacarpals), foot (metatarsals), nose,

rib or ribs, tarsal or carpal bones
Humerus, mandible, maxilla (alveolar process excepted), patella, radius

and ulna, tibia or tibia and fibula
Vertebra or vertebrae, coccyx excepted

Body or lamia
Articular, lateral or spinous processes only

Compound—The maximum is one and one-half times the allowance for the
corresponding simple fracture treated by closed reduction.

Treated by open operation, except pins and/or calipers—The maximum is
twice the allowance for the corresponding simple fracture treated by
closed reduction.

Fracture of skull—see neurosurgery.
Hallux valgus (bunion), operation for single

Bilateral—same surgical occasion
Hammer Toes, operation for
Incision into joint

Semilunar cartilage, knee, removal.
For other reason

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125.00
25.00

200.00

100.00
150.00

60.00
10.00

150.00

10.00
100.00

50.00
50.00

75.00
15.00
50.00

65.00
150.00

75.00
60;00

25.00

75.00

80.00
20.00

50.00
75.00
50.00

125.00
, 50.00
10.00
75.0GL

MAXIMUM
Tendons and ligaments PAYMENT

Tenotomy, sole procedure 25.00
Suturing

Single structure 35.00
Multiple structures 50.00

Transplant of tendons
Single 50.00
Multiple 75.00

Toe nail, radical removal 15.00

EYE
Cateract, removal of 150.00
Needling, complete procedure 50.00
Chalazion, operation for jo.OO
Conjunctival flap operation 25.00
Conjunctival suture 20.00
Cornea

Paracentesis of 25.00
Transplantation of 200.00

Ulcer
Cauterization of 5.00
Delimiting keratomy 25.00

Detached retina, electrocoagulation for 200.00
Enucleation and/or evisceration (exenteration), including implantation 90.00
Foreign body, cornea or conjunctiva, removed 5.00
Foreign body, intraocular removed 50.00
Glaucoma, filtration (trephining) operation 110.00
Hordeolumor sty, operation for 5.00
Iridectomy, sole procedure 75.00
Lachrymal sac, excision 50.00
Pterygium, removal .' 35.00
Ptosis, eye lid, correction of

Unilateral T 50.00
Bilateral—same surgical Occasion T. 75.00

Strabismus (crossed eyes, squint) convergent or divergent, correction by
cutting operation, complete procedure llO.OO

EAR
Abscess, middle ear (otitis media) incision dium (paracentesis) 15.00
Fenestration operation for otosclerosis 200.00
Mastoidectomy

Unilateral 140.00
Bilateral—same surgical occasion 180.00

NOSE AND THROAT
Antrum puncture and irrigation 5.00
Antrum window, Caldwell-Luc operation. 60.00
Ethmoldectomy, including removal polyps.' 50.00
Frontal sinus, radical 100.00
Laryngoscopy, including biopsy

For diagnosis or treatment 10.00
Operative 25.00

Nasal polyi>3» removal
Single 10.00
Multiple 20.00

Nasal septum, submucous resection 75.00
Tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy, cutting or electro-coagulation, com­

plete procedure 50.00
Tracheotomy 65.00
Turbinectomy, unilateral or bilateral 15.00

BREAST
Abscess of, incision and drainage 25.00

Amputation of
Simple unilaterad 100.00
Radical, with exporation axilla 150.00

INFECTION AND TRAUMA
Abscess, not mentioned elsewhere, incision and drainage

Superficial lO.OO
Deep 25.00

Carbuncle, incision of 15.00
Debridement of wounds 10.00
Suturing, sole procedure—$2 per stitch, with maximum of 50.00

LYMPH GLANDS
Superficial, removal of, including biopsy 20.00
Deep chain, removal of, including biopsy .' 75.00

SCALENE SYNDROME ^
Cutting operation for '
Unilateral 75.00
Bilateral—same surgical occasion 120.00

THYROID GLAND
Removal of (thyroidectomy)

complete or partial, complete procedure 150.00

TUMORS AND CYSTS
Benign tumor or cyst, superficial, excision of 10.00
Cyst

Branchial, removal of 75.00
Pilonidal (including pilonidal sinus) excision of 60.00
Thyroglossal, excision of ^ 150.00

Epithelioma, including basal celled carinoma, excisipn| of 25.00
With fslsnd* dissection .-. H .. . • • <. • • • • ••••••• o • * ••• • •. 75.00.

.Other malignant tumors^ face, lip. or skin, excision of. 50.00 . ; ij



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Seafarers are urged fo leave with their wives their Social Security number, their Z number and the address of the
nearest SlU office in order to speed acceptance of their dependents by a hospital in case of on emergency.

MAXIMUM
- PAYMENT

With gland dissection 100.00
Warts, moles, removal of

Single 10.00
Multiple 15.00

VEINS, VARICOSE
Complete Procedure

• Cutting operation for, with or without injections
One leg
Both legs—same surgical occasion

50.00
100.00

35.00
50.00

Injections on9
One leg
Both legs • • • •

GYNECOLOGY
Artesia of the vagina, plastic correction

Imperforate hymen, correction of, by cutting
Bartholin's gland

Excision of
Incision only

Caruncle, urethra, excision or fulguration
Cervix

Amputation, complete
Dilation and curettage non-puerperal, cervical repair (trachelorrhaphy),

conization, cauterization or polypectomy, with or without biopsy
Two or more of these procedures done at same time

Cul-de-sac drainage, colpotomy
Cystocele or rectocele, surgical repair of, sole procedure

_ Cystocele and rectocele combined, surgical correction of, perineorrhaphy,
sole procedure

Cystocele and rectocele, repair of by cutting operation or perineorrhaphy,
in combination with one or more of dilatation and curettage non­
puerperal, cervical repair (trachelorrhaphy, conization, cauterization or
polypectomy, with or without biopsy

Oophorectomy (excision of ovary) and/or salpingectomy (excision of tube) for
cystic ovary, ovarian cyst or other cause, unilateral or bilateral, including
separation of adhesions and appendectomy

Displacement (retroversion, prolapse, procidentia) of the uterus, correction
of by cutting operation, abdominal or vaginal approach, with or without
separation of adhesions, appendectomy or unilateral or bilateral oopho­
rectomy and/or salpingectomy

The above procedure combined with one or more of the following—
dilatation and currettage non-puerperal, cervical repair (trachelor­
rhaphy), conization, cauterization or polypectomy, with or without
biopsy !;

Displacement (retroversion, prolapse, procidentia) of the uterus, correction
or by cutting operation, abdominal Or vaginal approach, with or without
separation of adhesions, appendectomy or unilateral or bilateral oopho­
rectomy and/or salpingectomy but combined with cutting operation for
systocele and/or rectocele or perineorrhaphy

The above procedure combined with one or more of the following—
dilatation and currettage non-puerperal, cervical repair (trachelor­
rhaphy), conization, cauterization or polypectomy, with or without
biopsy

Hysterectomy, any type, with or without separation of adhesions, appen­
dectomy or unilateral or bilateral oophorectomy and/or salpingectomy,
abdominal or vaginal approach

The above procedure combined with one or more of the following—
dilatation and curettage non-puerperal, cervical repair (trachelor­
rhaphy), conization, cauterization or polypectomy, with or without
biopsy

Hysterectomy, any type, with or without separation of adhesions, appendec­
tomy or unilateral or bilateral oophorectomy and/or salpingectomy,
abdominal or vaginal approach but combined with cutting operation for
cystocele and/or rectocele or perineorrhaphy

The above procedure combined with one or more of the following—
dilatation and curettage non puerperal, cervical repair (trachelorrhaphy),
conization, cauterization or polypectomy, with or without biopsy

Vesicovaginal fistula, repair of

MISCELLANEOUS
Bone marrow, aspiration of for biopsy lO.OO
Parotid gland

Total removal , 75.00
Mixed tumor removed from 50 00

Stone, removal from parotid or submaxillary gland 25.00
Submaxillary gland, removal of 50.00

NEUROSURGERY
Brain tumor, complete procedure 300.00
Cranial nerves, section of sensory root of fifth, (for tic doloreux), or eighth

(for Meniere's disease), resection gasserian ganglion .................... 200.00
Craniotomy, exploratory or decompressive 1.50.00

, Hematoma, subdural or extradural, treated by trephining 150 00
Intervertebral disc (nucleus polposis) rupture, herniation or protrusion, re­

moval of or exploration of 200.00
Laminectomy, exploratory or decompressive 200.00
Lumbar and/or cisternal puncture, not for anesthesia—$10 per puncture with

maximum of 100.00
Meningocele, excision of. . .. 100.00

• Neuroma, peripheral, resection of. i 50.00
Peripheral nerves, decompression, suture or transplantation of, single or first 75.00

Each additional after first — v 1; ............ 25.00
t'c Maximum v. f;.'.v.,:;j'. ..t.. >•"150.00

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175.00

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MAXIMUM
PAYMENT

Pneumonencephalography, including lumbar puncture 25.00
Rhizotomy (section of nerve roots within spinal canal), chordotomy 200.00
Skull fracture

With brain injury, nonoperative treatment 50.00
With, elevation of fragments 100.00
Compound with debridement and elevation of fragments 200.00

Spinal cord tumor, removal of 200.00
Sympathectomy

Lumbar unilateral ;... 150.00
Lumbar bilateral—same surgical occasion 200.00
Thoraco—lumbar with splanchnicectomy, complete procedure 200.00
Trephining, exploratory, sole procedure, per side 25.00

Ventriculography, complete procedure, including trephining 35.00

PROCTOLOGY
Abscess, ischiorectal, perirectal, perianal, drainage of -25.00
Carcinoma of rectum, resection, complete procedure 200.00
Cryptectomy of one or more crypts 15.00
Dilation of anal orfice, sole procedure 15.00
Fissurectomy 35.00
Fistula-in-ano, operation for (fistiuectomy) 75.00
Hemorrhoids

Operative removal, any method
Internal or internal and external 75.00
The above combined with fissurectomy and/or cryptectomy 75.00

External only . > 20.00
Injection treatment, complete procedure—one-half the allowance for
corresponding cutting operation

Polypectomy, one or more 30.00
Prolapsed rectum, cutting operation 100.00
Proctoscopy and/or sigmoidoscope, with or without biopsy 10.00

THORACIC SURGERY
Bronchoscopy, including biopsy

Diagnosis only 30.00
Removal foreign body or other treatment 50.00

Congenital anomaly of heart or aorta, surgical correction of 300.00
Esophagoscopy, including biopsy

Diagnosis only 30.00
Removal foreign body or dilation stricture 50.00

Esophageal diverticulum, excision of 75.00
Lobectomy or pneumonectomy 300.00
Phrenicotomy, phrenicestomy, phrenic avulsion or crushing 50.00
Pneumonosly 50.00
Pneumothorax; artificial, first induction 25.00

Refills, each 10.00
Maximum 160.00

Thoracentesis (tapping chest) 25.00
Thoracoplasty

One or two stages 100.00
Three or more stages, including previous stages 200.00

Thoractomy with rib resection for draining of empyema 75.00
Vagotomy, thoracic approach 150.00

UROLOGY
Abscess, prostate, incision and drainage 35.00
Caruncle, excision or fulguration 20.00
Circumcision 15.00
Cysto.stnmy, cystotomy, suprapubic, with fulguration or other bladder treat­

ment 75.00
Cystoscopy, including biopsy

For examination only with or without retrograde pyelography 25.00
For treatment, bladder, ureter or kidney... 25.00
For removal of tumor or stone from ureter or bladder 50.00

Viverticulum of bladder, resection of 125.00
Endoscopy and/or dilation urethra, diagnosis or treatment, with or without

biopsy 15.00
Epididymectomy

Unilateral 50.00
Bilateral—same surgical occasion 100.00
Fistula, urethral, operation for 75.00

Hydrocele
Tapping, not more than ten each side, each 10.00
Radical operation

Unilateral 50.00
Bilateral—same surgical occasion 75.00

Litholapaxy (lithotrity), complete procedure 35.00
Meatotomv, sole procedure 5.00
Nephrectomy 200.00
Nephrotoiny or nephropexy 150.00
Orchidectomy (excision of testicle)

Simple, unilateral 50.00
Sim-lc. bilateral—same surgical occasion 75.00
With gland dissection 150.00

Plastic repair, uretero-pelvic junction, or correction aberrant renal artery.... 200.00
Prostatectomy, complete procedure including vasectomy

Suprapubic or perineal 150.00
Transurethral, complete resection 150.00
Punch operation, median bar resection 75.00

Pyelotomy, complete procedure 125.00
Uretero-lithotomy, ureterotomy. 125.00
Urethrotomy, external or internal 50.00
Varicocele, operation for 50.00

0" Viasectomy, not associated with other procedures '25.00

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The Seafarers Welfare Plan
From its modest beginnings in July I, 1950, when it offered just two

benefits, the Seafarers Welfare Plan has grown in size and scope over
the post seven years, in place of the original $500 death benefit and
$7 weekly Seafarers hospital benefit, the Plan now offers more than a
dozen benefits for Seafarers and their families designed to protect them
against the hazards of illness, death and disability and to cushion the
costs of many other expenses.

In addition to the wider variety of benefits now available, the Plan
has been able to enlarge cash coverage of older benefits instituted in
1950 and the years following. In 1956 alone, cash benefits totaled bet­
ter than $1,300,000 compared to the $31,733 provided in the first yeor
of operation. The expansion of benefits was mode possible in part by
the fact that the Welfare Plan was self-insured from the stort. Self-in­
surance allowed for flexibility in meeting seamen's problems and pro­
vided substantial cash savings which were converted into greater
benfits.

If you have any questions or any problem concerning welfare benefits, contact the
nearest SlU hall (listed below) or the Seafarers Welfare Plan, 11 Broadway, NYC.

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