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Issue Date
1960-01-01
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22
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SIU -Benefit-Totals
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· Nearly $20 ·Million
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Plan Senate
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Shipping At
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No-Pay Ship·
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In a letter ~nt to each member
of Congress, it was pointed out
that only 12,000 members affiliated
with the Department .are now 'en-·
gaged in shipQuilding. ·Foreign
shipyards, he noted, now hav~ 130
subsidy" tankers under construction on or'!"
-;._, _______________ . der from American companies. The
AFARERS Lo. G companies, he said, are "running
S£ · . · away". from an hourly wage aver-
'.i"an. 1, .1960 ·. Vol. _XXll, N_o. 1 aging $2.67 ih Am.erican shipyards,
to· 79 .cents in the United Kingdom,
· · ~ · and 30 cents· in Japan.
·. ~ . The latter, ·Country is ,building
P:A.111. HALL. secretaT'fl·Treasuret" severa1 super tankers for American
,_ firm~; and with yen invested ·by
' ' JbRB£R7 BRAND. Edftof'. BERNARD 8 .EA
•• ,N .. Ar~ Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR, lRwm the Japanese. The cost of .labor
SPIVAK, AL~MASKIN, JOHN BRAZIL. AR1'11Ull d te . 1 j " l' ibl " d'
BERGER. CHARLES BEAUMET. <;tall Writers. an . ma r1a s s neg 1g e, . an
BILL MooDY, Gui/ 4rea Rep,resentative., the fnvestmenf and profit ·1s quick-.
PuDllshed Dlweek1y 111 the headquarters ly returned :under these arrai;ige-
of t.he Seafarers International Union, At· ments ·
lantic & Gulf District. AFL·CIO. 675 Fourth • ' • •
Avenue Brooklyn 32; ,.Y Tel. HYaclnth The-}'Unaway construction is fur- ·
fi600~ . · Second class· postage paid th ' d b · u 'g · it:.
et th• · Post Office 1n .Brooklyn, NY. under er encour~ge Y · mar ime
:~ . A·• of Au~ :24· 19~2;;· ., p·q~jcy wlJ.icli supports use. of Li~er,-
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·s1u ·meinbe.rship me~t'"'"
·ings are .held regulady ·
ever.y two wee's 'on Wed•
nesdtty nishts at 7 PM in
all -SIU :po.rts. AU Secr
far-~n a_re. exp.ected t'o
atten~· those w,ho w.ish ·to ·
· '°•'~·~xcused ~ho~lcr request.
- · P.irmi~sion by · .. telegram
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tra·t.ion ·numberc}. Tfie next ·
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timer Eric Eklunc;I, Ma..yor\ltpr~1son, Se~~~~er1J::~9.~h<!''F In, rea~ . . ...c1' i.:~ ,u~c'~ ·'~ ·~$! ~ .. , ·· .'
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P•1e Three
1966 ·shoWHOWn
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Year On. :Sev·eral_ ,;
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M·aril ime ·1.-ss'Ues
With the , year 19S9 oShowing SIU progres~ in m;ny · important areas, 1969
now looms as a year of, special sigriiflcance f~r seamen and . maritime workers •.
That;s because a number· of 'developments bearing diredly on the livelihood of
seamen are scheduled to.+·--·---· -----··------,.---.------
t head this year fleets. The steel strike and the and pay rates for containers will
come O. a . • resultant lay-up of most Great undoubtedly be followed by the
· Certainly, a maj~r Union Lakes ships retarded the conclu- conversion or many conventional
activity in 1960 will be the si?n of this organizing drive, but it freightships for container purposes.
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. . . will be reiiumed full force n~xt While the coQtalner ships will
steppe -up organizing pro· spring: have more immediat.e and practical
Workf)'len look over plans be~ore proce'eding with construction o~
interior of new Philadelphia hall. _Shown here is the main entrance.
Circular design on floor is layout for compass which will be deco
rative moti~ in l~bby floor. ·
gram on runaway ships. Some. time next summer then, effects on seamen,. atom-powered
I th· s connection the SIU se~men in a m~mber of large non- ship.ping is ·sure to get most of the
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. 'd . th union comp.antes on the Great attention.- The United ·States' first
and ~MU are rea ymg e Lakes will be voting on- whether commercial atom-powered-ship, the
machinery of the newly- they will ·unload their -company NS Savannah, is scheduled to make
formed / "International Maritime union set-ups in favor · of repre- her maiden voyage sometime dur
Workers Union to deal with this sentation by legitima~ maritime lng next summer, ushering in a
' · • project. , unions. Just recently: crewmem,. pew era in Ship P,OWer which. may .• LA W' u Tire legal rights of unions to hers in the Reiss fleet voted for be as significant as the transition
. -. . raps p organize and sign up crewme~bers Great Lakes SIU representation. from sail to steam. In the offing
ot ~naway-ftag ships are likely 1 rt' t h 1 . arl' tentative plans by a number
to be resolved in the course Of . mpo. ant ec no O~Ical develop- OJ major operators to build some•
G
. . .• , A t the disposition of a number · of ments I~ maritime will !lso come kind of, atom-powered tanker.
· courts and the National Labor can exp~ct to see a large number As always; Washfngton will be U g. reemen s cases now pending before the into their own next year. Seamen
. · · ' Relations Board. Runaway ship- of contamer-type vessels in opera· au arena· of crucial importance to
NEW ORLEANS - Members of ihe International Long:.. owners are fighting with all re- tion be~ore the year is out. The :7::enth~h~s ~~alarg~~~:~~::;
apppm. ted "safety __ dire. ctor of the J'oint • SIU-Industry Safety sources to prevent extension of the completion ~fa contract agreement
, - now-famous SS Florida precedent betwe~n shipowners and, the I~- must make an all.:important deci
wrapped up_ ~heir contract business on C.hristrpa~ E,v.e w~en. to the runaway ·field generally .. .. ; tE:rni~tlonal Longshoremen s Associ- sion as to the ·future, of its subsidy
employers agiieed to the same · It .was' in the Florida case. that a~iQn, . on t_he East Cuas~ at least prngrain for shipping. For some
• three-year pact terms as on began wh~n· southern .employers the National Labor .Relations Board .on th.e ~ongshore .manm.ng scales cc~mtinued on page 7>
·th'e North Atlantic. ~ . refused to agree to a tempotary ruled in favor· of SIU organizing ---;-.-:-, -.---''----:--_-_ -:------.----------....::.._ __ _
The agreement p·rovides for a contract extension involV.mg r.etro- ICC R •1 c b• F 1 • rights because the ship operated in · ' · · ·
41-cenf package of which 19 cents activJtY. benefits to tti,e Octooer 1 Ameriean commerct? ·und~r · ulti- ,_• ~ .. a.1· . · om · 1ne aces
will be in the form of pension and date. The longshorepi~n w,ent . back. mate . control of American owners. ., .
welfare contributions. lt is retro- to· work un~er court , ~njuncti.on The, Florida , issue, , the Se.a Level · 1 , . • , ; : • .
active to Ocfober l; the date of eight qays l'ater.. . . case, the Yarmou~h case :and. a Ih • h s I •
expiration of the ol'd contraet. ' . Automation Agreem~nt. numbe1· of others :like these .in the o·' roug enate· nqu1ry
. Longshoremen In the North At- A key item. in the ion . shore set- courts. are expected to define just · .· :
lantic ports had . vote'd two weeks tlement is the agreement reached what · can be done in 1the ·way of
"before to acc.ept the 41-cent pack- on "automatioh". It has been bringing· the~e sliips under unlon ·wAsurNGTON Th' · · ·
age, putting it ihfo effect in all agreed that . companies operating contrads. ' • .q - e .pers1~tent fight waged ag-ainst the
t f P ti d M i to · Interstate Commerce Commission by the maritime un1·ons and por s rom or an • a ne, confainer ships will not cut the An equally-important organizing
Norfolk, . Virginia. However, the size of existing gangs. The question showdown should take place on the by the comparative handful of domestic ship operators still
Soutttern employers, . whose posi- of premium pay for handling con- Great Lakes next spring in the in business is finally begin-+ •
tion had been responsible for the tainers is to _go- to arbitration for second season of Seaway opera- ning to pay off. As a result of The position of the marine unw
eight-day coastwide dock "sttlke in final settlement,. . tions. Throughout the 1959 ship- the success of the domestic
October , balked at the provisions. . As a result of the settlement, a ping season, the· SIU Great -Lakes ship- indµst ry in attracting sup
of the North Atlantic agreement. number of companies which had District and other unions affiliated port for its plea for fair treatment,
Since the longshoremen were been studying the possibilities of -with the Maritime Trades Depart- the outlook is bright for a
back to . woi;k under terms of a container operation are reportedly ment had-been laying the grouµd- thoroughgoing investigation by a
Taft-Hartley injunction which- was speeding plans to convert tqeir work for a series of representation Senate committee of the relation-
expiring December 27, refusal of ·Ships for that purpose. elections in non-union Great Lakes ship between the-ICC and the rail-
the south~rn group to meet the roads .
northern terms would undoubted- ' · · · - ' · · · ' · · · · J • ' The Senate· group is expected to
ly have resulted in a Gulf port tie- Al91·n;a tla' 111· ·. ·e· .iJi. :.;ff~ - ·e'; ad. look into ~he mechanism whereby
up. . . ~ u-~ . the tailroads, with the approval of
_,, Under · pressure of tpe strike s • - the ICC, juggle long ;ind sho.rt
deadline and the fact that the long- 01' s"1' ·u-. s· a·f·e· ,· '. ,.. ~y·. . ".P· ·. la' I ·n~ . . haul rates to destroy shipping com-
shoremen were getting the ' fu11 pdition. rn the process, thousands
support of the SIU and other marl- of job opportunities for merchant
time unions, the New Orleans ~ seamen have been eliminated over
stevedoring gropp caved in on SIU Assistant Se(fretary-Treasurer Jo·e · Algina has been the years.
December 23 .. Other po.rts quickly appointed safety director · of the joint SIU-Industry Safety Evidence of a change of attitude
foilowed suit in a matter of hours. Program. As di.rector he will be responsible for the aqmin- was .th~ ICC's refusal last week to
Lending 'on-the-spot support · to allow the railroads to put into ef-
the longshoremen were SIUNA js_tration of . the program on feet new transcontinental rates .on
President Paul. Hal.I and William SIU-contracted.ships. patrolman, New York port agent, anned goods. The ICC's failure
Perry, assJstant to NMU President ~s a result of .his ··appoint- headquarters representative and to · act on this matter was all the
Joseph Gurran. The SIU and ment, Algina is resigning from his ~ssistaµt "Secfetary-treasurer .. - more unexpected because the Unit-
NMU 'made it clear to ·southern em- post · ot as1?is,tapt secretary-treas- ed · States Supreme Court had
< ployers t at th~ ILA had their full urer for the deck department and turned down a bid by the Lucken-
backing. 'is taking a ·leave• of absenc·e ·from bach Steamship Company to enjoin
ILA President William Bradley his membership in the SIU. · The the proposed rates.
credited Hall's participation ln con- leave. was approved ·at the last Had the ICC put the new rates
tract talks as bringing about. headquarters memberi;hip ·meet- into effect, which it was legally-
prompt and sa£isfactory.settlement ing ·· - / · ...... _ .. ·empowE;.red to do by the Supreme
of the dockworkers' beef. .As per the provisions of th~· Court's action, it would have taken
The -October longshore - strike SIU constitutfori, the secretary.:. about- 75 percent of Luckenbach.'s
treasurer_ h~s." a"ppcinte<t Bill Hall traffic · -away and undoubtedly
successor to Algina. The. appointee would have wreck~d the company.
will hold office until the Union's . The failure of the ICC to give
. next' general election in the _au the new rates a final okay . is seen
of 1960. · . -' , ' · as reflecting the agency's· fear of
Alglria has been active-ln Union stirring up a thorough .investiga-
affairs since the end .of W.orld tion. The SIU and other maritime
War II, a~ter.i . sai\ing durin_g __ t he unions · have charged that the ICC
w41'. ff\ .the, deck, · depa1:tmenb in · is a completely railro~d-Cloiriinated
(both llpen~ed, ~~d~ unu&.ns~d:cap_~f . ' ' ag_ency 'and, 'consequently, makes
ciUbsJ At various' tlmes he has ... ::J9e Algina,· new director ·rate decisions ,on the basis o'f what
. Sfrved the Unlo'n ·as· - qrgJnize~, · the 1afety program. • ·,, • · the railroa~s want. ·
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ions and domestic shipowners has
been greatly-strengthened in re
cent weeks by support from mari·
time state governments and local
port authorities. Among groups
which are putting pressure on in
Washington for a halt to ICC prac
tices are port authorities from Bal
timore, Boston, Seattle, Savannah
and 12 Calit'Ornia ports. As pre•
viously reported in the LOG, the
governor of Georgia has already
intervened on behalf of the SIU
contracted Seatrain Line to keep
the railroads from monopolizing ·
the paper trade out of the Savan·
nah area.
The latest sample of the rail•
roads' rate-cutting devices comes
from the West Coast. In this in
stance, the Coastwise Line, under
contract to the SIU Pacific District,
has a thriving trade going in beer
hauled from Los Angeles to Seat
tle. To take the freight away, the
railroads chopped their proposed
rate on be~ between the two
points. The new rate from LA to
Seattle is cheaper than the rate
between LA' a.net .~ortland, Oregon,
even though Portland is 300 miles
closer to the Southern California
city.
Although Coastwise Lines · pro
tested the new rate as illegal and
the railroads admitted it was so,
the ICC Suspel)sion Board refused
to suspend it. Sub~equently, on
appeal from the Suspension Board,
Coastwise 'Line won a rever(!;al of
the decision and the railroads were
ordered to file an amended rate
wbich would conform with us law •
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December 9 Through December 22, 1959 Ship Activi~y
The usual Christmas Eve shipping rush hit SIU ports with a consid- touching A&G ports (see t ight) was 51 more than in the previous two- Par Sit• I•
erable fillip as the Union· dispatched 1,486 jobs off the board .in the ·week period. · · ' .
la.st two-week period. This represented a very healthy boost over the W:ith such linpressive figures it is no surprise to find that shipping
1~169 shipped two weeks before that and was better than 200 jobs over was up praciically ac~oss-the-board. The notable exception was San
Offs Ou Trans. TOTA&;
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· t~e 1,253 shipped before Christmas, _ 1958. As such, the results follow Francisco which . dropped off sharply from an unusual bulge in the
the consistent pattern of improvement over ·the : 1958 recession year earlier tw~-week period. .Biggest gains were. registered in Phil,adel-
that llas characterized SIU shipping throughout 1959. · phia, Baltimore and New Orleans, while Houston .continued to enjoy
New_ Yor:k .. .. .. 20 I 17 40
Phffaclelphla .. I 2 10 17,
- h n h' h h' i g f th t t laltlmore ... ... 11 Checking back through the records, the ~igures . show t}!at it was bftck P enom~na Y- 1g s 1PP n . or a . por · :
in March, 1957, nearly three years ago, . that shipping surpassed this .- Also to be expected in a b~om shipping period· is . heayy shippmg in Norfolk .......... J ' 11
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' u week's 'totals. That was because of the Suez .Canal being closed at that the class C group. As tp~ figures show. 254 .class C men got be~ths Jacbonvflle .. -
time. .in the t:wo-week period, just under 18 percent of all jobs shipped. In ·Miami
, By and large, you would ha~e to go back to the boom shipping days the previous two weeks, the class C men accounted for 7Y.t pe~cent . . .. ......... - -
f th K W t f . d th · k " d f h" . b f US h" of shipping. Class. B registrants took a shade under 25 percent of the Tampa .. ......... ! 1 1 o e orean ar o m 1s m o s 1ppmg, e ore s 1p opera- .1 bl . b 1 . 1. htl 57 t f "A" · Th · t t f d th . h" f . . h ·1 . 1 1 t ava1 a e JQ s,. eav1ng s_1g . _y qver . percen or men. e Molllle 1 2 ors ~ans ~rr: eir s Ips oreign m w 0 :sa e 0 s. . . . figures show "C." rµen .shipping at the expense of top seniority class A · ....... ... ..
While WI J'!.di.n_g up the year o~ a very ~ohd note, sh1~p,mg is no.t ex- Seafarers who wanted to spend the holidays ashore. New Orlee•!s .. 7
p i;cted. t~ ~ontmue along these Imes.. 1:he .w~eks fol.low11J.? the hohdays · As for the f uture outlook, ,most ports exp'ect reduced shipping, New Hou1to• ........ 1
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are . tra~1honally slow o.nes fo~ _sh1ppn:1g, what with wmter we~ther Orleans in particular cautions it has a very heavy- register and all Sea- · ' ·
C!uttmg mto cargo-handhng activity except f<?r the tanker op_era~lODS. farers would be well-advised to steer clear of that port. Houston's rf!g- Wll!'llngt!" ··· · -
Registration also tends to mount in January as Seafarers wh!?.h'ave ¥.one istration, on the other hand: is very light in relation to the shipping San Firancfsco .. - -
. home f~r the holidays return to bid for ber~hs_.Qff the boar_,d. · figures for that port. In fact, scanning the total rl!glsfration lists, it Seattle .. .. : .. ·: · 4 . 4
• Aside from the usual heavy pre-holiday (urr1over, shipping. benefited would appear that Houston -is the best bet for a short stay on the __. _
considerably from an upsurge in ship ·calls. ·The total of 256 ships beach.
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8 8 4 20
10 42 7 59
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28 45 11 84
15 40 22 '7.7
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10 15 6 31
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3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL
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2 3 5 .10 3 18 - 4 9 · 13 - 3 6 9
16 25 8 25 5 38 3 11 17 31 4 3 8 15
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9 H 29 32 13 '74 1 " 8 4 13 ;1 3 1 5
9 19 17 . 18 12 . .7 3 17 5 25 2 13 5 .. 20
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1 3 6 9: 4 I 19 - 6 ~' ~ ; 10 - . } 7 11,
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S"11PfED CLASS A CLASS 8 ,.
GROUP ' GROUP GROUP
A · a C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 .i ALL
13 3 1 17 6 14 5 25 1 3 1 ' 78 33 14 125 97 198 33 328 4 31 42 77
18 13 9 40 12 10 11 33 · ~ 1 1 z
38 , 31 15 84 33 70 16 119 2 11 26 , 39
4 ·2 1 7 7 .4 3 H - -.-. 6 8 1
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15. 4 · 2 21 39 - 40 . 5 84 - 10 43
74 13 5 92 53 92 24 169 - 16 21 37-
47 · 25 20 92 26 40 14 80 3 5 12 20
4 . 6. ' 1 11 8 10 '3 21 - 5 2 7
11 2 - 13 14 20 7 41 2 2 3 7
19 10 11 40 !j, ' 12 . ·1 22 - 2 2 ~ '4
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1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B c ALL · 1 2 3 ALL 1· 2 3 ALL -- 2 1 3 1 - - 1 - l - 1 1 - - 1 - - 2 · 2 1 1 2 4 - 7 - · 7 . - - 2 z
5 59 9 , 73 1 18 9 .. '28 'J 49 11 67 2 23 5 -ao 1 4 5 . 10 67 30 10· 107 37 125 29 191 . 6 34 ' ~6- 18
- 10 1 11 - 3 3 , 6 ' 2 . ' 8 14 2« 1 ~. 2 10 - 2 l " . . 3 · 24 ·10 3 37 1 20 4· 25 - " 2 ,· 2 t -4 39 8 . 51 . 1 · 16 15 . 32 4. 29 6 39 1 10 8 19 15 .7 22 39 1~ .22 80 _9 . 71 11 91 1 12 14 !1
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- Taking a· break from his strenuous activities on behalf of the Iriquois Confederation, ·
Seafarer Wallace Anderson is now back on an SIN ship for the next few months; However,
Anderson, who prefers to be_: called by his Indian name, Mad Bear, expects ·to return to --------~
T1ie SIU blood l>ank rupplies Seafarers or member1 .of their families
with blood anywhere in the United States. Seafarer• can donate to
the bank at the SU clinic in Brooklyn. Listed here are a few of the
Seafarers and other¥ who hava donated to the blood bank.
Meehan·, Vincent L. BleliDI', Arnold
McBride, William Bennett, Georl'e
Wagner, Donald Kerr, RObert L.
May,""Georce · Conway, Thomas
Ward, L. C. Wood, William A.-
Gural, Julius McDonald, Andrew T.
Vanderwerker, John W. Hyde, Michael E.
Pritchett, Claude W. . Si.nin1, Michael E.
Kuluiapfel, Carleton Gavin, Joseph P.
Balley, Leonard R. .-Braneoceln, Domlnfok
Berkenfeld, Herbert Gambie, James E.
Kunnapas, Arnold Flnrow, Paul L.
White, Charles D, Ramos, Alejan"'ro H.
Nunez. Emilio A. Haskell, David c.
Emanuel, Clifford LaCu:e, Alvin
Solano, Victor D. Campo,· John A.
Karttunen, Leo A. Landry, Joseph
Whack, James, Jr. Spanso, Luke M.
bigger and better campaigns
for Indian·rights in the spring.
Now. acknowledged as the leader
of. the six Nations which make up
the Irlquois confede!;'acy, Mad Bear
is becoming· increasing(v-promi
nent as a rallying-point for all
Indians in the US who seek to
preserve their tribal identity, pro
te~ their landholdings and ke-ep
their customs.
Mad Bear's latest exploit, which'
attracted a .good deal of attention,
was· his success in keeping the
New York State Power Authority
from' invading and taking over a
section of the Tuscarora Reserva
tion near Niagara Falls. The Power
Authority, which is headed by
Robert Moses, . sought to build a
reservoir on Tusearora land which
would have flooded a sizable por
tion of the reservation. "We or
ganized civil disobedience tactics,"
Mad Bear said. "Indian. men,
women and children would sur
round and lie down in front of
Power Authority bulldozers and
other equipment. When they were
Budget· Bureau's Proposal:
'Wreclc. Who·/e u·s Ma.ritime'
· Tentative efforts by the Bureau ·of the Budget to feel out sentiment on abandonment
of the Uriited . Sta't~s · merchant marine have drawn th~ fi;e of the SIU and' NMU. A joint
statement by Presidents Hall and Curran of ·the two umons blasted proposals to do away completely 'Yi~h-..all .operating.-,.-----;-, __________ _::.. ______ .:_
and construction subsidies merchant fleet into a runaway- Ing conditions of seamen.
and to turn the .entire ·us type operation under the American · In their joint statement, Hall
Air.tmf ·Our
Affiliates
flag. · and Curran declared: · "What the
The ·Budget Bureau feeler was Bureau of t~e Budget is reillly
put out in the course of a National advocating is ·the lowerirlg of our
·Academy of Science study of marl- present standard of living for the
time policy. The Academy was people who have to work for a
retained .by the MaritltDe :Adminis- living.
tration to . look into us· maritime . They pointed out that there are
programs. Tne spokesman for the aboi!t 225,000 workers employed
~udget · Bureau s·uggesteil that all directly by the US merchant
US-flag ships be . built overseas, mar.Joe, both shoresi4e and afloat.
some 1,653 members' of the . brought back here for registcy "Without a merchant marine, these
Sailors Union of the Paclftc ·have under the American flag and people • -. • would be without a job.
cast their ballots during the first manned by foreign seamen under These people will n~t now or ever
two weeks . of voting in the SUP's · tne goihg wage scales paid on receive any . consideration from
annual election for 17 official fcrefgn ships. • the bureaucrats in the Bureau of
union posts and five trustee. slots, Under such a system, the Bu~get the Budget. Th~ re.ason Is clear
it was reported from the West Bureau envisions doing away· with cut; tQeir interests are to be sac
Coast. The voting c on t !.n u e s aJJ Government. aid. to 'mai:itfme:-: ~iftced so · that the big oil and big
through the end of this month. and In the process, destroying steel companles 'can make larger
t t t wage scales, CQ1!_tracts and work-. a~d larger P1'.oflts."
Mad Be~r is shown at Union
hall before shipping out on
the Rose Knot (Suwannee SS).
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arrested and hauled off to jail,
others would take their place.''
Through tactics such as these,
<Mad Bear himself was arrested
seven times in one day>, a few other
hassles and legal maneuvers. the
Indians have succeeded thus far in
blocking efforts by the State of
New York to take over their land.
The entire legal question has been
argued before the Supreme Court
and a decision on the matter Is
expected sometime this winter.
At stake before. the Supreme
Court, Mad Bear explained, is the
sanctity of treaties the Iriquois
tribes' signed with the United
States Government back in George
Washington's day. The Indians
hold that the treaties recognized
them as separate nations and gave
them rights to their lands forever,
and that such rights supersede the
power of New York State to con
demn and seize private property
for public purposes. -.
·Mad Bear's activities at Niagara
have attracted a good deal of at
tention. Among other develop
ments, Edmund Wilson, ~ well
known writer and literary critic,
has written a book which will be
published shortly, entitled "Apolo
gies to the 'lriquois," dealing
largely with the Tuscarora's suc
cessful ' campaign against the
Power Authority. Other Indian
The SIU Canadian District " has
won representation rights for the
rail workers .of ~he Lake Erie Coal
Company, Ltd., whose members
have · bee?! working on: the docks
at Thorold, Ont., for more than ·a
decade. Repeated attehlptE by the
Canadian Broth~rhood of Railway
Lifeboat' Trainee Class No. 19
. Transport a·n!l General Workers to
·woo the . r1ail waY. workers were "'
thwarted by the efforts pf SIU
Canadian organizers. .. An agF~e
ment is in the final stages · of rati
fication by the membership.
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The survivors of the 33 se.amen
who perished aboard the Carl. D.
Bradley on November 18, 1959, will
share a settlement of · $1,250,000;
or $37 ,878. 78 ~ach, les" attorneys'
fees, · for each man who lost his
life. The SIU Great Lakes District
came to the aid of hat'd-pressed
st.trvivors in Christmas, 195a, by .
giving to each 'family for their :m- . . .
mediate needs; SIU cr!!w.s- .a.ls.o ... Gathered in tr'ai~ing · school loft for "graduqfion ·photo" is · 19th class of Andrew Furuseth Training
do,nated some $3 000 1to · the fam1- · · S " 1- · t·a. · · (~ ). ·a·1i ·o k • . · · c hi I' -G· B • · · T Es 't R H L .l~S. :•'l'~e s0.,ttle~ent ~ was. teiimeci ll I • C~00 •~ 1 n_ey ·ar~ !~ _f ' .~ • Oa ~ ,·ln!~~U_Cl?r;. • ' ). ~ 1ng5, i' • • rdton, • p051 01 • afffi~ftl 0G~ .
,op:e' ~f :the speediesi· iii; mafi~lJt.uf- , , . ¢ h1p-g ,{s~an~1n}l, ;f~ ~gro~n4), F. Ro~r1guez, i T.· C0:1~er!1 L. iSm1_th, L. ·Odom, R. ~olfe (holding i1ne)
h,isto~y: , _- :. ... · -·· ·.,. ·' ·. ahd WtJ Ch·ae. · · - • ~ •
groups have established liasion
with Mad Bear, including the
Seminoles in the Florida Ever
glades, as well as In~ians in ~laska
and . in Latin America.
Future plans, he said, call for
the establishment of school sys
tems on the· ·reservations run by
Indians and the writing of text
books for these· schools. "We want
~o get rid of the New York State
textbooks," he said, "because they
give a false picture of the relations
between Indians and white men in
the state.''
The defeat of Robert Moses, a
rare event in itself, is only one of
many feathers in Mad Bear's bon
net. Another was the :rout of tliti
Canadian Moun~ed Police from the
Six Nations Indian Reservation at
Grand River, Canada. "The Indians
at Grand River had run their own
affairs until 1924," Mad Bear ex
plained, "but in that' year, the
Mcunties took over. the reservation
on behalf of the Canadian govern
ment, ousted the Indian chiefs and
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Runaway_ ls
Peddled Off
For $21,500
DETROIT-The runaway freight
ter, Theodoros A, a 5,000-ton dead
weight vessel abandoned by its
owners early in November, was
sold at auction recently for $21,500.
The vessel, which was built in 1918.
was seized by the ·us marshall 1n
Lake St. Clair on the complaint
of creditors, including the crew
who are after some $50,000 in un
paid bills .and wages.
The SIU Great Lakes District
came to the aid of the officers and
crew of the ship, filed a suit !n
their behalf for wages, and gave
them financial assistance so that
they were assured of food and
shelter until their situation was
resolved.
The money from the sale of the
Theodorous A will ·go to the crew
after the US Marshall takes out
$6,000 in costs. The balance will
go to the crew and will cover their
wages, but not their transportation
costs, or anything else due them.
The men left their home ad
dresses with Mr. Vic Hanson, attor
ney for the SIU Great Lakes Dis
trict and he has been given full
power to act in their behalf: Re
maining in Detroit are the captain,
chief engineer and first mate, who
will handle the details of dividing
up the money.
After the ship was seized, an
effort was made to trace the owners
of the vessel, but this was not
s1lccessful. The crew, mostly Greek, .
was sent to New York or returnt>d
t.o their natiye country, to ~d· new
jobs.
The Theodoros A was bought by
Thomas M. Lane, a Detroit busi
ness broker and his partner Capt. ,
Jack D. Lyons at an auction in the
US Marshal's Office. They · own )
the National Sand &· Gr!vel Co.
of Lorain, Ohio.
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UNION;?· 1T~s ALE.
. Waiting At The.Chrlstma• Tree,
IN THE CO'RT·R·Acr~
(Ed. note: The following item entitled f·, Small Rules. Make · Big
Change" was taken in its entirety from . the December 5, issue of the
"Federation News," official publication of the Chicago Federation of
Labor. It was written by Irwin E. Klass, · editor of the newspaper .. and
deals with matters often taken for granted, bu& which many_$eafarelf's ·
consider vitally important.
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''What makes a union? . Is it the leader who is tapped for
spokesmanship on television? ·Does "the shadow cast by . a
pi'cket line obscure the substance of the organization's solid
performance .for its members? .
"Go beneath the headlines but hair, straw or excel- •
and ·the laws and the postur- sior shall not be suitable.
·ing to find the essence of what the As mattresses now on
union means to the member. Cast boar() .wear out, tbey shall
aside the slogans and find the· reali-
ties that will keep nien off the job,
without pay, · to show the · world
they are. men. Magnificent versions
of a new socie~y? - S.oapbox so
journers selling 'isms' wr~pped in
be repla~ed , by Inner-
sp,ring mattresses.
• . '!• All dishes provided for
' Ui¢. us~ of the Unlicensed ·
Perso~el sb~I ' be . ~f shiny ·tinsel?
. f , . crockery. "Some]low the prim prose o a
union c~ntract makes the point 8. Qne cake of laundry soap,
properly~ Pl.itin stuff you can · touch
and· taste ~fid 'smell . . . rules to
work by and to live with ...
"Take the Seafarers Internation
al Union's agreement with freight
shippers. You won't find much of
the poetry and glamor of sea-going
in these phrases, but they're chock
full of meaning to the men who
keep the ships plying between
ports. ·
"Crew equi_pment: The .fol
lowing items shall be supplied
the lJnlicensed P e r s o n n e I
employed on board vessels of
the company:
1. A suitable number of
blankets.
%. Bedding consisting of two
white sheets, one spread,
two white pillow slips,
which shall be changed_
weekly.
I. One face towel and one
bath towel which shall be
changed twice week~y.
C. One cake of standard face
soap, such as Lux, Life
buoy or Palmolive s-Oap,
with each towel change.
I. One box of matches eAch
day.
8. Suitable mattresses and
pillows shall be furnished
. one. cake of lava soap,
one box of washinr pow
der weekly.
Any member wilfully dam- ·
aging or destroyin&" lineU:, shall
b.e held accountable for same.
When (u'I linen is not issued,'-:
men shall receive· $2 each
week for washing their own
line~. The Steward shall not ·
issue clean linen lo any indi
vidual crewmembet: until such
member bas turned . in his
. .
Apparently impressed by Christmas tree decorations in headquar
ters · are children of Seafarer and Mrs~ Anthony ·suarei (I to r)
Antonio, Rosie -and Raymond. ·
'Don't 'Buy Amoco~
Oil Workers ·:·As/c. ,
soiled linen. · '
i , i ... i TEXAS CITYb; T~xaS:-On strike . fo~ ·s!~ fuU
0
months now
"These details of housekeeping against a union.:. u~ting move by the J\me~ican il Company,
and creature comfo'rts sound like the Oil, ChemicaI·and Atomic Workefs Union is starting a na
women's work, but there's lots of tional campaign urging union+--~--------~-
lore in the lives of tl~e men who members not fo buy .Amoco of a drive by m\lny major compa
fought for these prosaic d.ecencies. products. ... . nies to downgrade work rules and
Giants of labor and government . The American Oil Co~pany re- contract standards.
fought for the :.little things~· .iistea finery ·in Texas City, is a major 1,250 Men On Strike
in the Seaf~rers' contract. . source of ·Amoco gasoline. Al- The Union, Local. 4-449 ~ of -the
"The fibre of unionism -is evl- though the strike has been on ·Oil, Chemical and Atomic ,Wbrk
dent in the big difference made in since Ju1y 1, the company ·has been ers, has ·persist~~tly refused . to
job conditions. Let no ·one s:peak operating . 'the refinery behind sign this )dnd of ·ali agreement.
lightly of 'work rules.'- They are picket lines. American Oil con- 'There are 1,250 men on strike at
written in the blood and brawn ·tinues to deipand a contract giv- the refinery. ·
and bravery of generations· of men lug it the right to change job In its b'id for national support,
and women whose. vision of a bet- classifications and ' the method of the Oil Workers Union is asking
ter day wa,s as simple _as towels, making job ~ssignments at any_ all Americans not ' to buy AmQcQ
sheets and crockery. · time, without prior notice. This products' until the company settles
"You have to live and work on wouid mean~ a downgrading of ~the the strike. . ·
a ship to know that these simple contract and would subject the The oil workers are also involved
comforts symbolize seaman's tran- refinery workers to lq,ss ·of hard-: in a inajor strike beef against a~
sition from boss-ridden slum-fed won union· gains; · other pet.roleum giant, Standard
itinerant to solid citiz~n. . Amoco's •propo~als a~e o~e phase Oji of Indiana.
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.. NEW YORK-Shipping bit · a
brisk pace during the last period.
but indications are' that it will
drop off during the coming two
weeks, reports · Bill Hall, port
agent. ·
Hall
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noted that class A ' and B
·men appe_ar to be laying back w/te.n
they could be taking sto~s as they
·appear on the shippiQg lioar~.
This, he warns, could jeo~ardlze .. ,
their seniority, He suggests . it's
best to take 'em as they come·. ·
The new disp8tchh1g system con.
tinues . to work smoothly-thanks
to the coope.ration of all bands.
Once again, all qualified men
are urged to take · advantage of
the Lifeboat Trainltlg Scll'ool and
upgrading possibilities.
· ,Twenty · vessels paid off here
during_ the ·preceding · p'er1ott.
These were: Alcoa· Patriot, Alcoa
Polaris, Alcoa · Pennant (AlcoaJ;
Kathryn, Evelyn; · France·s <BulIJ;
Ames Victory CVictofY>; ·Steel
Artisan, Steel Wo~ker, Steel Ad..~
vocate · (Isthmian>; Robin Hood
(Robin); Raphael Semme~ Beaure
gard · <twice), Azalea City <-Pan·
Atlantic); Ocean Eva (Ocean Clip.
pers>; S.eatrain NJ <Seatrain); An
drew Jackson <Waterman), ' and
Rockland· Cllocfiland.>. "
Three ships signed on:- Suzanne
<Bull); · Robin , Sherwood <Robin),
and · Steel Advocate <Isthmian).
The 14 ships "in-transit - were:
Sea.train Georgia; Seatrain Texas
CSeatrain); Steel VoYager · <Isth
mian>;~ Losmar, Calinar, Beth
coaster .(Calmar>; Arizpa CWater
man>i Fairland, Gateway CitY,,
Bienville (Pan-Atlantic); 'Chiwawa
<Cities Service); The Cabins <Texas
City); Angelina <Bum, an'd Man
kato VJctory <Victory): ·
· ·Sign Name .On _
. LOG Lette~s
For ·obvious reasoris the LOG
cannot print any , letters or
other communihations 'sent . in
by Seafareni, unless. "the author '
1jgns his name. . Unsigned
anonymous letters will only
wind up in the waste-basket.
If . circumstances j.,Ustlfy, the.
LOG will with~old a signature
on request.
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.. nolning to toy around wit·h, be~ause ·
if it ~br$aks loose it can do considerable · in-
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'that's why it's ·essential to ~bs~r'le the basic
rule dealing~ with ship's fire ;hoses-"two
men to a ho$e.11 Then when tl1e water pres
iu.r& comes on they wjll be able to ,cope ·
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Seararer'g Goi~e To Better· Bliyi~g
S.everal , Major M clritime
Issues-In '60 s11·awdown•
> · ·' , BJ/ Sidnw ·Marg~liua · ·
That's No Innocent Lamb
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time now, several major non
subsidized· ' steamship companies,
amon·g them Waterman, "'Isthmian,
T. J. McCarthy, ·Isbrandtseri and
Never in jh~ past 25 years have moderate-income familie8 been so States Marine; have been passing
guUed by sellers, advertisers and . moneylenders, with serious- damage through' the procedures . required
not only to ydur own budget but to the national economy . . ln past for receiving a subsidy, However,
weeks new scandals have been on the fro~t pages dally. · ·• lf and. when they win final ap-
People are being short-weighted at the .meat .. counter ail«! short-· proy~, . tliere is 00 guarantee that
tanked at the gas station, -as the -current' exposures in. sev.eral states· tlie Ad'mmistration will. be agree
_1how. They. ~re befog deceived by advert'ts~rs and overcharged heayi- able ~to a subsidy program for the
ly for medicmes. When they seek to buy· auto insurance on a group e Ur ·m: clianf marine and not
basis to trim some of that high cost, th~y.'re blocked by ~ta(e l~ws. J:st ~hat"~ent· of the industry
They are also being charged the highest interest rates ln 25 ·years. h" h h -d t k fi b
to. finance cars, app~nces and . hous~s, and.,_!lt the sa~e - tim.e . are :i ic _ftrs:.ppe~~ - _0 _a_s : . or_ a ~ -
going into hock for the biggest debts they, have .ever shouldered;"The ~ . . .
'rccesssion of 195~ w;as hardly over ')>ef~~e · installment debts star ted O~viously. t~en, t?e pendmg
soaring again. They have Increased six i:.tllion dollars in just the ·past subsidy ap~hcations ra1s~ the whole
year, to a record .total of fifty billion dollars., . _ . question of just how big _a mer-
The latest blow to your buying POWflr ls t~e a<.'tion of the US Agrj- ~~ant i:narin~ . the United S~ates
culture 1 Departinent tn·. suspending Fedelial · grading o_f lamb.- This want~ · under i_ts ftag.
could~ very well become far bigger' effects on shipping. Since, at the
and more significant than it is now. present time, the United States has
Indications are. that the United no modern, large bulk car~o car
States ~s going to come 'to some riers at all, a long-range grain ship
agreement with- the Government ment program· of this kind might
of India, subject to Congressional stimulate the construction of snch
approval, which would provide for ships, or their transfer-back from
shipment of tremendous quantities the runaway flags so as to qualify
of grain and other food products to for this cargo unaer "50-50." Huge
that country on a long-range basis supertankers now navrng difficulty
covering sever~! years. catching a . charter might also
It appears certain that the .US hustle into this trade.
will take some action· in this area These are just a few of the fore.
to bolster India at a time when It seeable developments in the com
ls facing a serious military and eco- ing year. In these areas and in
nomic threat from Red China. any Qthers the Union will be out
A heavy cargo movement of this to protect the interests and well
kind could well have interesting being of Seafarers.
A&G Food Plan Publishes comes at ' the very tii:ne th.lit investig~tibni( ar~· re~aling that· not ~o~l! . Related to-;- the -subsidy ~estion
are buyers -often cheated on amQunts, but S'ometimEls · lower grades · is. the attempt by States Marine to
are passed off as. higher. . · · · · · · ii:in. approval of its for~~gn-flag
Federal grading is voli.mt!lI"Y, 'tiot ml!ndatory: Some packers .. and ~ies un~r Liberian and . ~uropean N M . t· B • G •d
retailers never made. It available to you•at all. - . : ' .. ;.- ' . : ' J;eglstries. The outcome ot. tlils ew ea • uy1ng UI e
But among those ~tore~ that"dli:I · -~~m--!an;i~ ~n _t~e basis-:of Federal , .~ue ls also -critical for US 11~~11u~n _ _ ·_ . _ _ _
1r.ad flS; and continue to iell graded -l>ff1, tlie gi·ades m~rRi~gs assur.e smce; if States Marine should be . . .
, · you of. aettiag the -quality you pay · successful, there would be a Tus1" · Sh1ppmg companies under contract to the SIU have _been
· ::""'\ . · for. W:~en a cut. of meat carries t-·y US-flag subsidized companies to supplied with a helpful meat-buying guide as part of the
~ ~ . the US "Good'~ stamp, you inow se_t up foreign subsidµlr_ies. Atlantic and Gulf Food · program's effort t · h"
-- this ·is a satisfactol'y- but lower Another area in which Washing- • . 0 l~prove s .IP
grade, and you expe~t to pay less ton action will vitally affect Sea- board feedmg. The -gurqe,_ en-+--~. -----------
than for· the ·~choice" grade. With- farers concerns the· tanker in- titled, "Suggested Meat Speci-1 specifications it would go a long
Clut Fed_eral grades, . you . may, be ~ustry. Several developments are fications for Shipboard Use" y;ay towa!d standardi~ing the qual
sold the "Good" grade · and be of great interest here. One . is the was put out by the A&G Food Plan i~y of shipboard feeding, and get
cha~ged the "Ch(>ice'' price, or be bid by the in.dependent tanker to assist personnel of steamship tmg the most for the company's
sold the even lower "Utility" grade operators, supported by the mari- companif;?S in .th ir purchasing of food dollar as well .
and pay the price of the "Good". tim ·unions, for a "50-50" rule on shlp supplies. . \ An example Of the type of in-
Both consumers and· small in- US ·"oil imports. This petition ts Aid Small Companies formation supplied is as follows:
dependent meat paclcei's · wa~ted before the Office of Defense Mobi- It's felt ·that this guide will be Under the heading, ·"Hams,
to keep Federal lamb ~rades. The lli.ation. If approved, . it , would of particular ·usefulness to smaller s~nned 12/16 pound average," the
big packers have been working mean that many large supertankers shipping. companies which do not guide counsels that hams under
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- for 15 years to get rid ·of Federal- under the runaway· ftags would have a food specialist hanilling this category shall be "skinned,
grades altogether. If there are undoubtedly transfer back to the .. commissary prQblems. In many short cut, ~hank on, ham produced
none, the big packers ;have .. ~n ad- US flag in order to meet the need . such companies a port captain or by. sep~~u?n from the side at a
vantage:· They can push_ their o~n for tanker space. Many other tank- ~ther port employee does the pur- ~omt ' ~angi_ng from 214 to 234
brand na1:9es with· heavy adverbs- er!. now in lay-up, or carrying grain .chasing, since the operatfon is not mches mterior to the exposed knob
ing. You'll be 'left -with no guide to stay. active, .would return to the large enough to utilize the services at the end of the aitch bone. The
but such meaningless brand names oil trade. of a port steward, However, the fo_ot sh~ll be removed at, or
or your own knowledge of how to Consequently, . a ruling in this publication is being distributed to shghtly above, the hock joint but
ten. meat quality. . area would be of considerable ben- all shipping companies as a stand- ·not b~yond the stifle joint. . . .
Ironically, when Agriculture Secretary Benson last summer first efit throughout maritime as it ard ·guide for such purchases. "The ham shall be skinned,
disclosed the· possibiUty of suspending lamb grading, · there were so would relieve . the tanker pressure The specifications, which are leaving a well · rounded skin collar
many protests from consumers and small packers that the Agricul- 011 dry cargo ships in terms of based on those used by the Depart- not exceeding 45 percent of the
ture Department said it would continue grading lamb. In DeceD)ber c'lmpetition for .. farm surplus ment .of Agriculture, include data entire back (skin side) surface of
the Department made · a complete turn~b~ut and an~ouiiced it had ·cargoes. on Processing of meats, inspection, the ham m~asured lengthwise from
suspended grading for a year. Whether or not the grades are ever re- The farm surplus cargo trade payment packaging and prepara- the approximate center,at the edge
stored, the l~rge packers now have an · opportunity to corner the lanib tion. They c?ver the follow,ing of t~e butt .to tne tip of the shank
market: , · '· . · meats and theu- l?Y-products: Beef, port~on of the ham as delivered.
C~nsumer ; organizations and individual families are protesting . th'e Jobs: Bo. om veal, lamb, n;mtton, pork, luncheon The fat remaining on the s~inned
suspension .of lamb grades by writing to Secretary of Agricu~ture Ezra meats, lard and shortening. ~urface shall not exceed 114 inch
T. Benson, and to the Director of the Livestock .,Divislo~ Agric~tural _, If ship~ing companies .were to m depth," th~ document notes
Marketing Service, Agricultural Department, Wash~gton ~. DC. 1·n·· Ho· u·s'to:· n base their purc;hases on , ~hese among other thmgs.
Beef still ·is ·being graded by the Government, and it will pay you
to look for these markings hi stores, and buy on that basis. Pork never
has been Fede.rally-graded. In buying lamb you n.ow can depend only HOUSTON-Shipping was tirisk
on the store's honesty or y_our own knowledge of quality. In view ot here during the period just ended,
the exposures of gouges, it would seem safer •to expand :;tour own and calls wer~ made to other p~rts
: knowledge. - · ·• · · · ,· · -. 1' - . to help fill some vacaneies, re-:
The higher grades of lamb have creamy-white firm fat; ,Pink, fiim, ports Charies Kimball, · acting.
velvety · meat with streaks Of fat ~!i Jkddish bone. The interspersed agent.
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streaks of fat, called "marbling", give higher grades juiciness, flavor These ships paid off: Alice (Th b th d "b db z . e ro ers escri e e ow are receiving the $150 monthl·y SIU dis-
and tenderness. Such grades can be roasted or broiled. Brown (Bloomfield); Alcoa Pointer ability-pension benefit.) • ,
The lower grades of lamb generally have thin, yellow fat, and the (Alcoa); John c :(Atlantic . Carr.);
lean may be dark, soft and without fat. · · Mount Whitney (Tramp Shipping);
The short-weight scandals also confirm that you have to watch Jackie Hause· (NH Shipping); Sea
. weights. Large-scale frauds have been reported in both New )'ork and ,garden (Peninsula); Penn Explorer
'. N~w Jersey. In Michigan, state authorities told 'this department, most (Penntrans); and Interocean (Inter-
' short weights found ther.e are in pre-packaged ·self-servi~e meats. ocean (Inter-Ocean Co.).
The situation has gotten to- the point where i;ellers seem to _regard Signing on were: --Del Aires, Del
consumers with contempt, and co,nsumers / theniselves 1 '1!'e. 'being 'too Valle (Miss.); Jackie Hause <NH
~ ti;usting. A New Jersey woman suspec'ted · tha~ a- meat package was Shipping); Valiant Force <Force~,-
lighter than the markeq .weiglit and weig~e~ it on the v.egetable scale. and -Wacosta (Waterman);
. When s_he complained, she · was told, ' 10f course if weighs light on a, In transit~ Chiwa~a~ Council
:· vegetable s<;~le. You should have used a· i:ne~t scale." She accepted Grove, Cantjgny, cs N~rlolk," cs
:. this explanation. . Baltimore ~radford Is1and Miami
. Joe Pilutis ••• 44 •.• retired in _ 1952 after sailing for many yea~s
with · tl~e SIU. Subsequently he _ was placed on the disability list as a
~~~~""".""·""! .. ~,., r,esult of .a le_g condition of unknown origin. Spent
· '?;{~~ ·. conitiderable . time in hospitals after several . opera
:~<.' · ~ th>J1$, now just_ taking it easy. Preferred Southeast
f-i~ ... ' Afd~an runs When .'he was shipping and put in
....... ·n,iaqy trips on· the Robin line vessels. Now an out
, .:. patient at St. ,Vincent's ~ospital, New York City,
' .' }'iiutis gets down: to. -the headquarters hall occa
.. sionally and keeps in touch ,with several of the
·'.·.':New York SIU regulars. He makes his home in
: Brooklyn.
Some ·cities require itbat a· seal~ be available nearby wpen meat qr_ Fort ' Ho~kins and Wint~r liill
1 !· cheese is packaged in ad.v~nce, s.o . y~ti c~n ct,.eck wei~bts ... B~t even. (Cities service); Ocean Deborah ,_ . · .1;.::;/ · • , : -~-~ · t . t
• :.- where this is the law, ·so·me stores ignore. it ·and consider the s~ale (Ocean Trans.}· Chickasaw -Yaka •. {(ow!lrd J. Abelll . ~ ~ "'.65 .•• shipped in the deck department, be-
1: in the veg~table departme,nt sufficient. You can judge stores' scrupu- <Waterman>; Petx:ochem (valen- e_apie :an SIU man in'·1942, and retired last July. Brother Abell is now
lousness · by whe,ther ·they ~o provide a handy scale. tlile); Bethex <Ore: Nav.>;· Ma~ iri Ar izona for his h~alth , and must stay there for
•. · The investigations · also confirmed that .11.ome supenrisors compel (Bull); Seatrain New Jersey. Sea- at' 'least a year, a~corqing to doctors. Unlike many
' emplo.yees to give sb_ort . weight; and also t.o .wrap ~meat in ex.tra fat. train Georgia" Seatrain Tex~. (Sea- · oldtimers wh·o think that · Arizona sunshine is. the
.. Anoth~r frequent c9mpl1Pnt ~ been that s~or.es pµt .J:>est chops . on itrain); Azale• '.City (Pan .Atlantic); gr«lat~st, he hates tQ be away from the waterfront;
~ top and those. w ·th a lot of ,bone and fat .at th~ bottom. · , Atlantis (Petrol Shipping); Elemir longs for the ocean, the seas; iaxes. Would like
.. ~ . -,S.ervice stores, · esp~cl~ - in - .l~w-inc.o.J1?e n£tghbor:hoodS~ ·.flso ;· ~!l~ (Atlanti C;1rr.);,, Capt.' Nicholas nothing better than to hear from former -shipmates .
. ~- .watching. · ":ariqUJ~feY ~1~·".U¥~ ·~ · tS1ft1 :iwe~: by:) • . iqlic~ .a '" 'tJitte. ~itfril~ -. ('l'~f~P ~:S,~P~ing>; Atlas His address: 838 North. Euclid- Ave., Tucson, Ari
. .. ,qu11ces- 't0>.rf pou~,. ·fuCIQ¢e. w,etgh'tng ~~~t ;:Qlf :• platter th~ iiH IJead · . (-Tiii~e.rs: an( I IDra:111ps)'l'"Steel 'Ven~ :Zonar which•-is a .. long , way frc;am ~_altwater in, any
· ' , 1 .Vefghts,. tuggi!ll'.O.n the ~waxed · p~per .to,.pull down the' .sealtl, and .wen dor-tlsthmia1 '· and ,Bienvllle (Pan• direction; pretty far from fres-h water too for that
. fl\VltebJna a~·liP.teP chicken for • - heavier one"'._· !:•'··~-.. , · '. · · , ·: :; .. _,- , "Atlant·i&)i; · ,, . . · . matter. "
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More Vessel -Auctions PlaiJned . - ~ .. .
SIU ·efforts to gain · back pay· and allqwances for SIU crewm~mbers-j)n vessels oper
ated hy the:Wqrld Tr-_amping agencies are stifl continuing, with five of the ships already sold
t(> satisfy crew wage claims and other credit:ors. ·
The sale of a sixth vessel,
the Pacific Star, is slated for Union attorneys . have attached send by mail to · establish their
Januarv 5 in Norfolk and an- liens and begun court action on claims for wages or other monies,
other ship, the w estport, has yet behalf of crewmembers of all ves- Seafarers are urged ·to submit their
to arrive back in the States. One ·sels . which failed to pay off the Z-numbers, Social Security num
vessel, the Pacific Wave, has ·been crews or which defaulted on pa~- hers and an, accurate malling ad
abandoned .• outside the breakwater ments made by check. In addi- d1·ess where they can be reached.
at Haifa, Israel; a_nd the Union tion, the·-vessels hav~ been libeled Any monet~ry errors in the docu
.has retained an attorney there to to s~cure .~ulJ 'payment of amounts ments they received should ·al,so
attempt to collect monies due . if owed by the operators . to the wel- be noted so that they can obtain
the ·ship is sold. ,_ fare an.d .vacation funds. full credit when payment ls even-
Of the 12 ships involved, the Along with any documents they tually ·made: ·
Pacific Carrier, Pacific Navigator -
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bers' wages are the primary claim & .
on these funds. · - ·· · . .
The remaining ships- are the Continuing to establish open tieS: w-ith the top Communist .
P<icific Ocean, Waldo, Pacific Ven- hie;rarchy, Harry ?ridges' International bongshoremen•s· ai:id ~
ture and the Pacific Ranger. Union Warehousemen's Union sent· a three-man delegation to Mos- :
attorneys have slapped .... liens on cow .Jast week to meet with++-----~=-------
the first three . and the· ·Ranger is Soviet·· · Pre mi er Nikita rejected by AFL-Cio Pres(dent
now being ol?erated by another Khrushchev. The IL WU dele- George Meany as giving respect-
SlU-contracted company and has ,..
scitisfied previous claims for wa~~s:· gation was led by Bridges'. second- ability to Russian unions which
Seafarers who have wages· due in-conimsnd, Louis Goldblatt, sec- are not unions but Soviet govern
cr unpaid allotment 'checks ·a,. re refary::treasurer'" of the west coast ment mechanisms for controlling
longshore group. the nation's labor force.
urge~ tQ contact - the offis.e of
Miller & Seeger, Union attorneys, The three-man group had a pri· The ILWU delegation also par
et 26 court Street, Brooklyn 1, vate audience of one hour with roted the standard Soviet line-that
NY, and to forward pay vouchers the Russian dictator, during which there were "excellent" possibilities .
and unpaid checks with full de- the latter was quoted as calling for trade between the United
tails of any amounts· due them. for "US-USSR trade union ex- States and the Soviet Union. The
Acci,irate pay records are not avail- changes," in which rank and filers Russians have long expressed
able for any of the vessels men- should take part. · eagerness to. buy · machine _tools,
tloned. The ·Khrushchev move has been chem!cal p~oeesses and oth17r in-
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ify for the SIU's $6,000 four-ye.ar schofarships
are urged to complete their applications now
-,o as to b1 eligible to take forthcoming
College Entrance examinations. The -next ex ..
a,;.lnations are given on January 9, February
6, and Match 12 •. The latter date is the last
possible examinatjbn ttlat can be taken.b•fore
the awards are giv,n. Since 9pplicGtions for
the. examin.ation have to h4P . completed
ohout a month ahead of tlie eJcamination
date, it ls urg•rif '11t'at candidcites acf n~~.
All applications are handled l>y t~e Sea
farers Welfare Plan, I J B~oadWay, New
Yorlc City.
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LABOR ROUND-UP
Four AFL-CIO unions, ol>erating
as two separate bargaining units
have won a National Labor Rela
tions Board election the North Ca
rolina Pulp Co. The· election was
held on management's petition in
order to define the bargaining units
after a dispute with ·the unions
- over the status of several so-called
''supervisory employees." Involved
fn the .vote were the Pulp, Sulphite
& Paper Mill Workers; Papermak
ers and Paperworkers; Operating
Engineers, and International Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers. ·
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A Federal Court in Seattle,
Wash., has ruled that the Interna
tional Typographical Union's fi
nanc~al support ·of a newspaper
competing with a struck publica.
tion was not a violation of anti·
trust laws. The struck paper in
stituted the lawsuit initially in
1955 against the Union's · locals, its
executive officers and the Allied
Printing Tr-ades Council of Seattle.
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The United Auto. Workers and
Studebaker-Packard Corp. have
reached an agreement on ·a plan
that assures Packard retirees life
time pe'nsions e·qu·amrig 85 percent
of the level prov.ided at the time
when" the Pa'ckard plant shut down
in 1958. At that tirpe the. com
pany split a $25 million retirement
fund into two part~. · one covering
Studebaker workers, and one _cov
ering Packard employees. A typi
cal Packard r~tiree with "3,0 years'
service gets about $57 a month ·pl'us
his~Social Security benefits. . ·
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taken to police headquarters ·and
shown a copy of an antiquated or·
·diflance outlawing the distribution
of handbills on pul;>lic sidewalks.
But because similar ordinances
were outlawed in neighboring com
munities, police decide<t-to charge
him with "meter feeding"- leav
ing his car parked for more than
an ~our and continuously putting
the coins in· as necessary. He was
fined $5=-which was paid for by
local unionists-and -went back to
handing out his handbills.
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The United Packinghouse Work
ers are scheduled to open negotia:
tions with Wilson & Co. with .the
assistant of "the Federal Mediation l
and Conciliation Service following.:
the recent shutdown by Gov. · Or-·
ville Freeman of the firm's Alberti
Lea, Minn., plant. "The Governor
sent some 200 National Guardsmen ·
into the•area to restore order after
outbursts continued against strike
breakers at the plant. The UPW A
has filed a num'ber of unfair. labor
protests against the firm.
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Typographical Union"' Local 619,
at Sapulpa, Okla., has been charged
by the NLRB with picketing the
"Sapulpa i>'aily H~rald" for ."a·n
unreaso~able p·erid of time" (15
days) without filing .for -a represen
tative election. . The action was
termed < as "outrageous'~ · "by ITU
General Counsel Gerhard P. Van
Arkel, who said this situation
"showed the extremes to which the
Landrum-Griffin Act can ,and is
being pushed."
, ;\; ;\; t Garb~4 as St: .-Nick for t~e pur
pose c;f passing out handbills In· John C. Lewis, colorful, buspy
fol'ming the public that the man- bro~ed head · of the United Mine
ageme~t of an En4ic'ott, NY, dress Workers for almost 40 years, steps
1h9p• was using non-union .builders do.wn ·from his position early -this
for , a'· restaurant·motel project, year to be succeeded by the Un'"
, Dominic· Parro(ti of' the.Building & ·io~s . Vice President, Thomas -Ken- .
The latest v)sit is one ·~f a series (Qu . 1n9 .. ·ops p
of contact!! between Bridges and - . . 1
the top lea4ership ·of the Soviet I p ti d st •k··
world. Last · winter Bridges went _ n ' or an ,, e·
to .Moscow and then, in the spring, . . . . . -
headed ·up a .. conference of pro- PO~TLAND, Ore.-Fresh·.lroni a .strikebreaking operation
Communist maritime organizations in Reno, Nevadar a group of professional s. cabs is nc>w work_-..
in Tokyo in the course of which
he blasted us policy. ing behind picket lipes at the "Portland Or~gonian" and ''Port-
In September, when Khrushchev land Journal," two struck•·---------....---
visited the · United States, the newspapers in this. city. have refused requests by both
IL WU headquarters in San Fran- Union sources in Portland Republican Governor Mark .. Hat
cisco was the only union hall he · charge that the strikebreakers ar"e field and Democratic Senator Rich.
visited. He received an enthusiastic being paid $2.50 a week for their ard Neuberger that they .mediate
personal reception there . from services, plus an · allowance for the dispute. ·
Bridges and the faithful. Khrush- housing, food and transportation. While operating with strike
chev had previously denounced the The two struck pape~s are putting breakers, the owner of the "Ore
rest of America's trade union out a combined publication, in ·an gonian," Samuel Newhouse, head
leadership as "c~pitalist· lackeys."· efforts 'to break the strike. They of a national -newspaper chain, -Is
collecting on ·a 50-day strike'-insUr
ance policy. The insurance system
has been set up . by newspaper pub
lishers to compensate strikebolmd
Stack-Of A ·Superta.nker
newspapers. .
Last M.?Y. the New York ~tate
Labor Department complete<! henr
ings on organized strikebreakibg•
'by the Macy· newspaper chain in
W~st~hesier . County. The -chain ·
also imported -strikebreakers from
such faraway places as Florida and
paid them up to $400 a· week in.
some instances. ·
. rhe handl~ng ' Of thes~ p~ofes- .
1 sional strikebreakers has been
'.traced to · a · single agency . fn · in.:.
diana run by a midwest attorney,
·Bloor Sclileppey · in conjunction
with _a Miss Shirley Kleiri. 'The
Schleppey•19ein group has aP- I
parent}Y 'established business rela
tions with publishers . all over the
US to supply them with -scabs
whenever desired. ··
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Cenikuction Trades Council was he.dy, who has L~wjs' blessi,ngs.
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· Any ship that Seafarer Ben ' Gr~ham ·
is on is l·iable to be well-decorated
with his humorous ·comments' on ship
board li¥ing. Reproc;luced or:i this page
are just a few of his caftoon obser:ya
tions on seafa~ing.
A native of· Massachusetts, Graham
started sailing with the s1u· back in
1942. He put in ' half-a-dozen years
with. the U.nion, went back ashore as ·a
t.ruck-jockey ·in 1949· and then, , in 1·955,
decided to return to sea.
· ·· Graham, who sails in th~ d~ck de
partment, is the father of four ch.ildren
and tile 'proud grandfath~r of six. He
· makes. hi~ home . in Cambridge, Mass.,
and is .. well-known to Seafarers ship- '
ping out of Boston.
"Did.I see Gibraltar ·as we passed by? How
could I? I was oµ lookout!" ,,
"' · Seafarer _-Ben Graham,
pictured ashore out of his
working gear.
"I wish to report a .leak, sir."
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"That's enough on the chipping, bosun. Throw
. a l~ttle red lead on and wrap it up."
"Roughly . speaking, I'd sa)T you mi:;sed it by
two martinis."·
~'Have you · a nice long ·Persian Gulf. run for a
.. lousy dishwasher?"
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To Get Gov't
.Health Plan
Dan Butts, bosun: About l.l 1t2
months was·. the longest. This was
back in '51, when lr.!"'.'""'-!!""~~--
1 was aboard the
·sea 'Magic. · We
hit Rio, Belem,
Recife, the Ca·
nary Isles, Cape
Verde, Barcelona,
and West Africa;
too name a 'few ,,.--
ports. When we
got , b~ck ' to New · · ..
York, .there were only seven left
out of the original 31 men who
started.
Ricardo Barcelona, AB: I haven~t
been on too- many long trips. In
fact·Jour months
: wa's the.:Jongest.
; ThlS' was' a, coal
run froni :Norfolk
fo Brazil a ·n d
back. JI ' didn't
min'd the length ·
of the .trip be
.cause .we . had a
good crew aboard,
good food, . and
sailing both. ways.
William C. ~th, eng. dept.:
Seven months, in 1942, but it was
'
Holiday Rush
In N'· Orleans .. '
Wilt .·Stacken
· . the longest seven NEW ORLEAN~hlpping has
months I can. been very good 1here, -with reJis·
recall. We were lrations also on the_ heavy side due
cai:rying an. ~x- to tfie layoffs of crews aboard
plosive . cargo to three ships-twQ of, which are ex·
the Persian Gulf pect~d to ~e crewing µp again
~ea In It i a 1.1 y. shortly. The-c~ing period never·
R~mors ha<;l · · ·~t t~eless, looks slim, reporbi :. Lind·
th•t . there were sey wunams,, .gor.t· agent. .
20 ships in our Ceremonfes marfctng·the ground·
. ,group, :- t w.o of breaking for a-·new hall here were
wbicli were sunk~ Afterwards, we held just before· the holidays. At·
headed for Brazil to pick up · ~ ~e~ding the · fete were the mayor ·
non-:explosive cargo-coif.ee. .. · and local ·officials. <For' details, see
, ~ · ~ ot. · •*°ry on Pase 2.>
.BenJam4a Mlcnano, deck: Twelve · All members .shipping · out of
~onths was my longest from S':p· the port were urged to ~aJCe part
tember : 195~59, in the upcoming state elections
a board the Orion Williama· announced. There Will be
Comet. We .shul- .a rµnoff fn. the·· contes~ ior Jover·
tied back and nor of · Louisiana. , ... · ·
f o rt h between . . Ships -that paid ; off - during the
Japan and - . the pr~eding shipping span were:
P e r s i a h Gulf. Del Sud, Del Oro Del Mundo Del
Though ~here was N~rte, Del · Sant~s <Delta') ; Steel
a g o o d c r e w "Surveyor (Isthmian>, and ·Wacosta
aboard, o g e (Waterman> :
couldn't say too · •Signing on were: Del Sol, Del
much for the . food · preparation as Sud . (Delta> :· . · Mal'garet · Brown,
a couple of cooks a~d ji baker
1
A)Jce ·Brown (Bloomfield); Chicka·
didn't know the score.· The · ~<?n- sa"'. . <Waterman); , Maxton (Trans
soons and typhoons made things ocean· Pet.) ; and Gulfwater (Metro
tough all around. · Peq.
1;. to to In 1.ransit were: AJcoa Corsair,
Charle. Connors: engine dept.: Alcoa Ranter ..(twice>; Alcoa Cava-
1, was out a _year I'll ·never forget: lier, Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Sea·
· · .. 1943. · We ·'were train Georgia, Seatrain Louisiana
carryln~ explo- 1 Seatt_:ain S; Del Sol, · D~l Aires,
sives ·from NY to Del Sud (Delta) ; Ines, : Beatrice,
, · Murmans~. ·. En- Suzanne,, · Elizabeth · <BulU; 'Mar·
route we ' were garet Brown, ..,.lice Brown (Bloom-
11nder heavy · at- field> ; Ste~l Vendor <Isthmiin >;
tack' by subs and Monarch of the Seas, Topa Topa,
planes f 0 r 13 Yak a, C.h i ck as aw, Claiborne,
days. · Forty-two (Waterman); Gateway City,
ships started out; RaP,h~el Sem~~s «Pan ~lantic);
22. or 23 . made lt. Qcean Eva ( Oce~n Clippers). and
Then we headed for Cardiff, Wales, John C <Atlantic Carr.).
but only met up with a few torpedo
boats which didn't damage th~ ship.
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SE .A.PA..RERS LOC I Pare Elna
. .
APL Purchases leilani.
\ ... . . , .
. . 'lhe Velvet Glove' ·_:·
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For Trans-Pacific Service
WASHINCTON-Th~t orphan of the passenger shipping
business, the SS Leilani, has found a new home and: will
soon have another name. American President Lines, a West
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Coast company under contract
to the SIU Pacific District,
will purchase the ship from
the Maritime Administration for
$3.2 million and use her in the
·trans-Pacific passenger service.
A few days earlier, th~ keel was
laid in San Francisco for the first . .
of two new APL cargoliners, the
President Lincoln. Construction
will start next month on her sister
ship, the President Roosevelt. Both
vessels are of the new "Searacer"
type, which is a modified Mariner
class design adapted for APL serv
ice. · One unusual feature will be
a container hatch just forward of
.the house, with a 25-ton gantry
crane riding above the hold. Both
ships are to be ready by the sum
mer of · 1961.
In itddltion to the purchase
price, the Leilani fransaction will
mean an APL outlay of about $5.5
mill.loo for another complete re
modeling job on the vessel. Part of
the remodeling cost, probably
about half, will be paid by Mari
time as a construction subsidy. ·
The APL purchase will .be the
fourth attempt to ope+ate the Lei
lani on a commercial basis. Built
i:1 1944 as the P-2- transport Gen.
W. P. Richardson, she was com
pletely rebuilt· after the war ·and
operated on charter by American
Export as a tourist-class ship in
ME'diterranean service.
Then known·· as the La Guardia,
.:.:.,.,,,'t·i: · . ::.. ·· '~ •• o· -..::~1 " ' '·;:.·.0··i·· ·~J;;:; ·· ... '·.. ... .. , ... ":,. she operated in this trade until in
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It should come as no ·g' -r. e. at surprise to Union membe~s that 1&52· . Recalled from the boneyarrl
· · . . . . . . . several years later, she was con-
G I L k orgamzed· str1kebreakmg is .far from dead m the Umted .verted for the Pacific serv.ice be-. rea a es States. On the contrary, w;hat is emerging today in some .in- . tween West Coast ports and
- ' tl'ustries is a far slicker, ~ore highly-organized form of strike- Hawaii. Operated firs_t by Hawaiian
P
. •
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· · breaking_. than Pearl Bergoff and :other notorious finkherders Steamship and later by Hawaiian
I 0. ts' Plan of -the"' 1920's and 1930's ever dreamed of. Textron, slie was repossessed by
~. · . . Your old-time strikebreaking opei:a~ion usually consisted Martime early this year when the
of smashing a' picket line with clubs and other assorted weap- owners defaulted on her mort-
B -• All · d ons, going into a plant and putting out the work for the boss gjlges ..
. elng .- ire .while the union men were left out in the cold. This kind of Originally put up for sale with
t ·k b k.. ·11 · t b l 'd f ·" h ·a prici!tag of $4.4 million, she s ri e r.ea mg stl ex1s s, ut a ongsi e o it' as grown up drt:w. one "unresponsive • bid from
WASHINGTON :- 'J'he US- and a more-efficient, gold-l?looded system which. has serious· iin- a Mexican corporation. The sale
. plicatiOns for · unions in certain industries. · · . was not completed because the
Canada are try .. ing 1 to work out a T d t th · t f h 'k b k. . · o a e e maJor argets o t e stri e rea mg operation prospective buyer was- a foreign
aatfs!actory Great Lakes' Pil!>tage have been unions in the printing and publishi.ng industry. corporation. The Leilani _had also
plan to present to Congre~s for ~~ the past year· alone, the Il)diana agency· which specializes failed .to attract much interest
consideration ne~t -session, which in scab-recruiting fcir this industry has participated jn strike- when offered for bareboa.t charter
gets under way ·sometime 1:his breaking _operatitms in such far-flung areas. as New York. a few ?1onth~ _ago.
week. State's W-est,ehester County; Reno, Nevada, and currently in ~PL s dec1s1on. to purchase the
was undoubtedly conditioned by
the failure of Congress to · appro
priate funds for a new trans
Pacific . supe.rliner. The conipany1 ·
had been planning · to construct a
ne~ 50,000-ton supership for Pa
cific service, but the funds were
not forthcoming and the cost esti
mates kept rising from year to
year.
It is expected that once the re
modeling is completed, the Leilani
\'.till join APL's Presidents Cleve
land, Wilson and ·Hoover on the
transPacific route. The P~esidents
Cleve1and and Wilson are also
basically P-2. designs modified for
luxury passenger service.
Canada Ship
.Makes-First
Atlantic Run
MONTREAL-The first Ca.ia
dian vessel since the mid_-twenties
to ·engage in North Atlantic trade
has just completed her maiden
crossing, arriving in London No
vember l, following _a 91h-day trip.
The M/V EskiJTln of Canada
Steamship Lines, under contract
to the SIU Canadian District, will
have a winter run operating from
Quebec City, and in the summer
will ply the Lakes and work in the
Arctic service.
It was designed by Davie Ship
building Limited in . cooperation
with the owners and the ~anadian
Government Departme.1t of Trans
port. It was charted to the Depart
ment of Transport for the mid
summer months to operate in the
far north; servicing Frobisher Bay,
F"ox Inlet, and other Arctic areas.
The vessel is 335 feet · long and
had a deadweight of 6,500 tons. It
has three cargo holds and is re
inforced for navigation in •ice. In
the spring and fall it will be used
principally to carry grain and
newsprint and in the winter for
deep-sea or coasting operations.
Canadian - deep s ea • operations
have been a rarity in recent years
because of the wholesale transfet
of Canadian ships to the British
ilag. · .Still unresolved is the question: Portland, Or.egon. . ship; once the price was dropped,
11hould qualified piiots, 8t consider- . Today's professional strikebreaker thinks nothing of flying --------------------------
able cost,. be required to be on scabs huDidreds of miles to a struck plant, setting them up- in N o I -- s f B k
duty throughout a V~Ssel's. Stay in focal hotel's and· SUpplying employers With_ Specified· Skills- ew r eans I ea arers ac
t.he G~eat Lakes-even m open just what is being done in Oregon. The ·wages of today's scab- • -
~a!~~~~r~!: ;~~s~~~~;r~e~:~: her~ repor~edly rang~ from $250 to $400 weekly plus free Mor· rison· For La Governor
-has taken an affirmative stand. transportation and mamt~n~nce. ii
Supporting the service are the That employers are willmg to go to such lengths rather.... . .
Masters, Mates· & Pilots. AFL·CIO. than sit down and settle a contractbeef with a union should NE.W ~RLEANS.-Seafarers at the regular ~embership
Canadian officials have taken a serve as fa~r warning to ev~ry u~ion and every union. mem- meetmg m the New Orleans SI'£! hall voted; unammously De
negative attitude in the matter, ber. It .points up the need to maintain an effective, solidly- cemb~r 23 to endorse the candidacy of Mayor deLesseps S.
and they appatently have State knit union operation to meet threats of this. nature. Morrison of New Orleans for . ·
Depar~ment . agreemen!, . too. · - ' · t,: i .- t · · govei.'no.r of Louisiana. program second to none in the
A possible ~ompromise, how- • . Morrison is opposed in a South and insistence by the city
ever, might be to a!lowthe Coast 'DOD --t Buy .Amoeo' runoff primary ·.campaign by for- administration on the' employment
Guard to use its discret.ion by in- · _ - · ': -· . 1 mer Governor Jimmie Davis who of union labor in this construction
1isting. pilots be aboard ships in From another quarter, one-close to ·seafaring, comes an .... ap- served from 1944. to "1948. program has- ·resulted in a high
open watef.S-C??JY.,.if· traffic eon- ·peal .by the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Ul)ion. not to .Morrison was high man in the standard of. living and one of the
diti6ns or .we~ther ~arrant . . A~. to patronize' Amoco gaimline ~nd other products. The U:Qion has first pri!'llary by nearly 70,000 South's highest combined wage
having ,, .Pil~ts ~board in re-. bee~ -o.n stri).te fQr six months at the American Oil ~q:rppany's vot~s,. but lacke~ the . necessa.r: rates. A by-product has been the
.atr/cted water~such as .the refinery in Texas City to preserve a voice inJ'ob classifications· ma3or1ty for a first primary v1c recognition of New Orleans as ··
Detroit .and ~t. Mary rivers - . d · · k . • t , T. h . f. . b . . ed b h. d tory. . . center of progressive trade-union-
Oanada's .. legislation requires theii' an_ .~o! . ass~gn.men. s. . .e re mery IS emg operat e m IQ endorsin,g Morrison, - SIU ism and- one of the fl!stest growing
aervices · anY,\vay, · so · there's. no a un,~e.n p~cke.t_ lme. - . . _ --~- . ·" members here took recognition .of industrial areas in the South."
- . eC>ntro~ersY, over this point. . The ~ct1on of .t\meric~n Oil, Standard 011 o.f Indiana (also the great contribution he has made The SIU has eri'joyed cordial re-
. · :.. _ -strikebound) . the . major steel ~0t1cerns, ·the z:ailroads and as mayor of New. Qrleans toward lations with the various depart
otbers-alLshow a pattern of,s~eking t<> destroy u~ion protec- ·development of thi.s port as a cen- ments of city government through-
.. tion .of member _ by demolition of contract -working rules. ter of Latin American t~ade, New ou_t ~orrlso!1's 14 years in o~f!ce,
· e::::::> · ir "' . ~ 11: T. ·h ,A ' 'k- · h·t· 1·; · d h ' f. · · .Orleans Port Agent Lindsey J. Wllhams pomted out. In add1bon,
· " ~IY~r1 ·1 IMi;.. , . e nmoco st~1 ~, -~ 1 e -ittl~ notice . t. us al' I~ c;ompa.rison Williams said. · the administration's heavy empha-
.<e~!r~ IL~ 1(Y, ... ' '. to, the. st~el b~~f, l~ . of,~o~s1d~~bl~ . ~mi;><?l"!~c~· to ·ref1~ery ."The trade union moyement in ,sis on ).development of foreign
1 ~A·~~llirl.-t- w..orker.s,,, sea~en ~n~~melilca~-ijag tarilF~rs 1!f!d :tQ Amer~cJm \New ·or1eans has prospered greatly trade through the port has resulted
·--~~, ': '·'~'.UIM .· · W<?rJ:tet~~e*·~r~Ut~· .Th~··~f!~ese~vati9'n -Af ilill~n ·workinfr~les du.ring Mbrrison's administrat.ion,:• in the· advancement Qf Sea!arers'
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1 ever~}V:.\ler~ i.s ~.at 1s.ta~e~~1~bee~§.i,o,(.JtP,.1~ ·~D:l!~W,'e .. ~ ... ,, , _ . W1llia~~ - s,aid. : "A . Public. W~Ji~~ ,J~b .an.d ~arn~gs'oppoFtvntties,. .
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SEIF HERS IN DR·YDOCK , . .
Brother James J. Kelley, who last sailed as an oiler on the Seatratn
Georgia ·is hr the Public Health
Hospital on Staten Island for a
check-up on ·a high blood pressure
condition. He is reported to be In
good shape and improving nicely
-Also in the hospitals are Seafarers
Phillip W. ·pron, a former m.essman
on the Elizabeth and Robert W.
Bunner, also a messman, who was
last on the Cities Service. Norfolk.
Brother Pron underwent ·a special ·
Mancino Pron eye graft operation at the Lenox
Hill Hospital but is recuperating at the Staten Island USPHS Hospi-
tal. Brother Bunner is in for a check-up. •
Three other Seafarers at the
same hospital are ·Seafarers Claude
L. Davis, who last sailed on the
Westport: Carmine Mancino. a for
mer AB on the Robin Hood; and
Frank Mazet, who was a FWT on
the Robin Gray his last time
out.
Brother Davis was hospitalized
in the Colpetty Clinic, Colombo,
Ceylon and is now recovering here
Kelley Ca.vis from gall bladder trouble. He ex-
pects to be discharged soon. Brother Mancino was involved in an acci
dent aboard the Robin Hood his first day of work.
Seafarers on the beach, or off their ships on shore leave should
take time out to visit or write a letter to their brothers in the hospi
tals. The following is the latest available list of hospital patients:
USPHS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, MD.
Charles Derick James Macunchuck
Grover Cobbler Anthony Maiello
Roscoe Conklin Johan Nordstrom
Leonard Davis George Rival
E. Gherman Herbert Shartzer
Gorman Glaze George Sizer
Robert Godwin Jose Soares
Bruce Hartford Charles Taylor
Wm. K. Kehrwieder John Zobll
USPHS HOSPITAL
BOSTON, MASS.
Bartolo Cruz Chas. A. McCar thy
Dalton A. Gabriel Raymond L. Per ry
Peter King
USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON, TEXAS
Joe N. Atchinson Jonnie McCree
William ( :, Brown Jame1 E. McGut'Cey
Herman A. Carson Sieve Moust~kas
Charles Hill ' Paul L. Painter
Herbert Jackson Roy C. Pappan
Robert D. Jones Charles F. Ries
Herbert Kennedy Jose J. Valenzuela
Thomas McCarthy .Tolin W. Ward
VA HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, MD.
Maurice Flynn .
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA
Glenn. R. Adams Andrew Sproul
Clarence Dees GJen R. Adami
William Hamilton Ernest Bryant
James B. Henley Cleo Copeland
T. F. Johnson David McCollum
. 'USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
Arturo Alderete Edw. H. Huizen11a
Hilarion A. Aquio Charles F . Hyde
Eugene W. Bent Richard R. Kohli
Richard A. Carter A. H. Manden
James M. Davis .Jerome Pine
Norman W. Dubois Frank Schembri
.James W. Eccle1 Fred Shala
D. H. Gemeiner Frank ·Soriano
Charles Harris Robert R. Yonce ·
• VA HOSPITAL
FORT MILEY, CALIF
Howard J. Watts
USPHS HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS, LA. ,
Thomas ~E. Andrews Edward Knapp
Alton M. ~ell Norman L. Krumm
Salvador Blanco Leo H. Lang
Colon Boutwell Clyde R. Legutt
R . R. Brooks Rudolf Michalek
Richard B. Carrillo Michael Miller
·Melvin Chilton Arthur Opsal
Leroy Clarke Anthony Pisani
Lavern Coats Francis M. Regan
J :imes J. Connon · Edwin C. Reynolds
Wm. T. Counts M. J. Rodriguez
Averil F. DeGrushe Antonio Santiago
Hugb Dick Cyril Sawyer
Harry Duracher Joseph W. Stocker
Charlie A.
0
Gedra David L. Wllllams .
.James C. Glisson James E. Wllllford
Walter L. Griffin Nelson J. Wood
Wade B. Harrell Anthony Zalch
, Harry R. Hebert
USPHS HOSPITAL
MANHATTAN BEACH
BROQKLYN. NY
Matthew Bruno Ludwig Kristiansen
G. Caraballo Thomas Lehay
Leo Carreon Primliivo Muse
Wade Chandler Jeremiah O'Byrne
Joseph Cox George Phifer
John Driscoll Henry Smith
Otis Gibbs Almer Vicker•
Bart Guranlch R. Water1ield
Talb Hassan Luther Wing
John Hazel Pon Win&
Wllllam Kenny
USPHS HOSPITAL
_ SEATTLE, WASIDNGTON
J. P . Balderston Olus J. McCann
Joseph Barron Joseph Prabech
Fay W. Langley Salvador Santos
US SOLDIER'S HOME HOSPITAL
WASHINGTON, DC
Wm. H. ThomS0'1 .
VA HOSPITAL
CENTER HOT SPRINGS
SOUTH DAKOTA
Clifford C. Womack
VA HOSPITAL
KECOUGHT AN. VA.
Joseph Gill • ·
MT. WILSON STATE HOSP.
MT. WILSON, MARYLAND .
George Davis ·
VA HOSPITAL
HOUSTON, TEXAS
R. J. Arsenault
SAILORS SNUG HARBOR
STATEN ISLAND, NY
Victor B. Cooper Thomas Isaksen
USPHS HOSPrr AL
WINDMILL POINT
DETROIT, MICH. '
John C. Robinson
USPHS HOSPITAL.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
R. B. Appleby · All>ert L. o,ietree
B. F . ·Deibler Max Olaon
Woodrow Meyers Leo Watt1
John C. Mitchell Joaeph. P. WIM
USPHS HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND, NY
Oscar J . Adams Ernelt G. Manie)'
Alte E. Anderson Frank Mazet
Ivar Anderson Marco11 Medlpa
Allie Androh Fell1t Muniz
Chai • . 0. Bergagna Ray Noack
Thomas H. Bubar Eugene Ojeca
Robert W. ·Bunner Chao A. Pao
Arthur J . Camara Wallace .Perdue
Joaquin Cortez Wm. R. Phlllp
Claude L. Davis Philip w. Pron
Wllllam Drew Angel Reyes
Jesus Fernandez Peter Richter
Michael Flloaa John L. Roberti
Walter Gustavson Frank A. Rout
Luis E. Gutierez Manuel Sanchez
Alfred Kaju · Juan Soto
D. Kambanos ' Thl!Qdore Spencer
James J. K-elly Fernando Tlaga
Chas. A. MacDonald John Ulla
Edward J. Lane Claude Virgin
Carmine Mancino Pedro A. Viruet
SB~-l'.4RBB.S
LONGVllW VICTORY <Vlctery Ca,_
rlen>, Nov. U-Chalrm11u a. H. llm~
10n1 secretary, I', Fullbrl1ht. c.
White elected llhlp'a dele•ate. 17 In
lhlp'1 fund. Cub donated to Merchant
Marin• Ltbra17 f• ~1>0oka and maia•'
:dnea broqht aboard' In New Orleana.
Shlp'a trealW'er to bUJ' loda, for
Thankqivtn& · Day,.. .dfnner. Lall trip
ran 1moo~. No beefa at payoff.
Sui•ut boldin& lhl.P•a meetlnU after
8:30 PM. Galle:r ranee to be brought
to· att~tlon of patrolman. Request
..pantry door ·and 1creen to be re
paired. Looi1horeme11 eaUng all of
ni.ht lunch. None Ien for the crew.
Compliment.· to the steward depart
ment. Everyone la very well Atllfled.
STEEL DISIGNER <Isthmian>, Nov.
1S.-C:halrman, J. Farrand1 Secretary,
V. P. Dltlmcomo. Bad locken In 8·12
1eamen'1 quarter1. and messman'a
quarters. Repair list · to be turned In .
to ·chief mate. Clarlflcatlon of ' over·
time mentioned when 1ea watchl!s are
broken for les1 than 24 houri. 118.45 -
In 1hlp'1 fund.
·CALMAR <Calm1Wl, Nov. 7--\:hal,_
men, liarl HarrlSOftl Secretary, C.
Glll../Shlp's delegate elected. Delegate
to see about keys for foc'1le. Stew·
ard reports that dan,. box 11 not up
to . par. No 'cooperation from chief
engineer for repa}r to Ame-
ROBl N KIRK · <Moor•Mccvmackli
Nov. 22-Chilrman, A. Pal1•1 Seer•
tary, H. Curran. ShJp'a delegate
elected. Fund now at S4.2S,i Repair
lists to be turned · tn by mree de·
partments. Beefs that were neglected
due to shJp laying up are to be
straightened out in Gulf. ·
f11Dd. EnOaeen to cbeclr ull ci.an
an 11ra1m became ol bad. odon. eom
Pllm•ntl to llteward department for
•ood lbod..f.Dd aervlce. ' · ·
ANTINOUI <Waterman), Nov. 21-
Cllalrman. L. Doucette1 lecretah, I.
Ray. .EYel')'tlllq In 8De llhQe. No
beefa. 119.U Ila llhl)fi fund. Hann.
ThaDklliYln& dinner on WednOlday
becau .. · of arrival In Canblanca on
Thurada:r. Tbankl to 11hlp'1 dele1ate
for the Job well done.
ALCOA CORSAIR <Alcoa>, Dec. 6-
Chalrman, J. Naylo" Secretary, M. J.
Phelps, Fun4 ltandl at 1215. 'No beef1,
Few houri · of disputed OT. One
crewmember flown home due to death
In famlb'. Sug1e.Uon made· to take
up a collection for the doctor for hla
Digest_.
Of SIU Ship
Meetings
pted eve17 trip. U crew permitted
to eat earb"when ' necelAfJ', Vote llf..
tllank.I to steward department for< a
Job well done. Have photOI to be
\ 1ubmitted to the LOG. Dllhlfectant
•hould be lnatalled In all t0lleta. More
water preAIU'e needed on back af~
on tolletl. Havln& trouble with water
re&ulator. Crew oppo19d to houslD&
pro;lect.
JEAN LAFITTI <Waterman), Dae. 1
- Chairman, Nlchol11 Hatglmlslo11
Secretary, Ronald Iden. Captain will
pay ol! anyone who want!! to pa:r off
o n the west coast. All dele1ate1 In· ·
1tructed to make repair l.latl. Few
hours OT d.laputed. One man 1011ed.
Thankl to Steward and the .steward
department for a wonderful Thank•
&lvlng dinner. Dele•ate to see cap
tain about irettln1 room1 10ugeed
and to 1ee If after llPts -to after
deck ·can\ remain on at nlfbt. Tbankl
to deck department for Aving life of
chief mate after a heart attack when
ahlp was leaving . Yokohama. Regret
that the 'chief mate did not acknowl·
ed&e thJ1 ac~.
COE VICTORY (Victory CarrlerJ),
Nov. 23-Chalrman, Joe Tuarh Sec
retary, John Coyle. Great Improve·
ment in crew'• conduct while In port.
Everything runnln& smoothl:r. Gan&·
way 1Yatch now In chJ,r mate'• handl.
Anyone ml1slng nme will be logged.
Chan11!1 will be m ade· ·at Jean al1ht
hour.a In . advance. Quality of meata
and produce received ·1n An'Wel'P, was·
very poor • . water ' In llotterdam and
Bahrein very salty. , Many ('DMD be
came Ul. Crew•1 palitry rel rl&erator
needs replacln1. Food from ' &alley
1erve'd cold. a few tlme1. Action to be
taken.
ATLAS <Tanker and Tramps), Nov;
1a-chalrman, "· S., Paylor, Jr.1 Sec•
retary, . I. Slmos. ShiP.'• fund Wal
S282.35 on beglnnlng of voyage. 128.74
spent for books and S122.85 for Co.~•
Cola. Some one ls taldn« cokes fronl
machine without deposltlng" money.
Request liafety 'lights to be put In
tanks while cleaning •ume and hel·
met. are requested for men down In
the tanks. Crew· to cooperat'e with
pantryman to keep pantry clean at
nl&ht. No beefs~ dlspu}B,d OT.
Interest In the crewmemberi. Steward
department rtve1 vote of · thanks to
·plumber, electrlclan8 qd carpenter
for their cooperation. Alao · a vote of
thanks from· crew tor a fine Tbanks
&lvlng dinner.
STEEL VOYA~IR <Isthmian~ .Nov.
23-Chalrman, David Dlckln1on1 lec:
.retary, I. Fulfoitl. Wire •ent to Joe
BAL'.l'ORI! <Marven), Dec. 6-Chalr· .,,... Alglna concer~& , penalty . car10.
man, Kosta Hatglmliloll Secretary, ·· Elected new. ahlp 1 dele~ate tor next
Paul M Meth Received new wallhlnl trip. Be1an a new ship 1 fund. New
• • men to donate at port pay oft. S18
machine. · M~ber1 requested not to collected •nd 17 pledged for 1hlp's ·
leave clothiri& In machine too Joni; f ,.,. ·
Steward reiiuested that crew bring " ___.,
. STEEL TRAVELER <lsthm!_anl. Nov.
21~halrman, c. E. Owen11 Secretary,
D. Mlsslmln. Edward Se~erko elected
ship's delegate. Held dlscu~slon 011
malling addres~es. Seafarer Sylvester
Frizzell was burled at sea on No.vem·
ber 20. P. F. Walsh. master, p~r·
· formed ceremony. All hands paid
their respect1.
· OREM.AR <Mnvenl, Nov. 23-Chalr·
man, M. H. Jones; Secretary, P. G.
McNabb. Ship's delegate to contact
patrolman regardlnc meat. A new
ship'• delerrate elected. Some repair•
made tn shipyard. More needed. Re·
quest more wind chutes. · Foc'sles
need painting. Boi;iks · should be re·
turned tQ recreation room. Vote of
thanks to ateward department. No OT
disputed. No fttaJor beefs.
· VENORI! <Marven>. Nov. 26-Chalr·
man, Hygln Starry1 Secretary, Henry
Girard. No betif1. Everything running
smoothly. Captain contacted regard· .
In« rusty water tn the after peak
and the possibility of nbtalning com·
pound to clear Ame. Ship In need of
new coffee pots. Vote of thank• to
the steward department. Thanksglv·
Ing dlpner well taken care of.
ST.EEL MAKl!it{j'dhmlan), Nov. i 14
-Chairman,. H. c. Hutchensoftl leer•
tary, H. L. Bennett. Make up more
• arrival 110011 and . build 1hlp'1 fUncl
up. S10 contributed by Norton to '
fund after :w.lnnlng pool. No beefa.
Everything running amootbly. Shit>'•
meinbera took up a c1>llectlon for St •
. Marra Orphange for ChflstmH party.
To contact headquarter• for an m
care! to be used as ]>&11 at itate so H
not . to use seaman'• 11apera.
In their coll. · No beef1. Some dis
puted OT.
HILEN (Olympic Trans.),, Dec. 6-
Cliilrft\111, P. McAn1n1v1 secretary,
Albert Espeneda. One man who
missed ship the last trip joined at
Tarragona. Spain and left at Bermuda
with captain's permllsion. Cre1' col·
lected 1145 for plane farl! to NY.
Captain will pay tramportatlon and
two days• subsistence. Members do
natinB 50 cents to 1hlp'1 fund. 'l'ltre.
men fired. Patrolmen to lie notlfled
by ship's deleiate regardlnJr flrlD&,
Requesting patrolman to aee that 'auf·
&clent food supplle1 ore put aboard
for next voya1e.
VALIANT POWER.. <P.owar Steam·
ship), Nov. 20-C:halrman, none 1lv1ftl
Secretary, Curtis Veazlo. Problem
concernln& draw1 and medical atten·
tton for members. Draw1 given only
when master feel• like lt. Amount of
draw 11 set re&ardleu of amount on
book1. Chief engineer drunk and dJa..
orderl,. ID crew meu hall. Gave.
trouble to 11hlp'1 delegate•and crew·
member1. Ten men donated· one dol·
1ar to fund. Master neilected to ltore
proper julcea and meata. Few prov!·
Ilona boUlht after ordered by Amert·
can consul. Captain refused to fly
crewmember home ~after doctor spe
cifies man ii unfit for duty.
BENTS FORT CCltle1 Service), Nov.
2t-Chalrman, J. lwnney1 Secretary,
H. I. Oasklll. New delegatea elected·
for engine and steward dep~ment1.
One·man milled llhlp ID Lake Charle1.
Another was fired for a legitimate
reason. Molt repalr1 taken care of.
No. beefs. Some d.laputed OT. ,. .
VALIANT\ HOPI (Hope steamship);
Nov. 22-Chalrmin, L. Them111 Sec-.
ROBIN SHIRWOOD (Robin), Nov. retary, A. Elllngsan. No beefs. Few
15-Chalrman, R. v. Ander1on1 Seer• houri of d.laputed OT. Reque1t a
· tary, P. Devine. Three men went to better variety In niaht lunche1. 'Would
hospital. S18 In ship's fund. To check like cooperaUon from steward con·
.with ·patrolman In . New York regard· . cernlnl 1tore1"': Albatro11 and other
Ing launch service In Trinidad. Sug~ / blrd1 paid vlllt to ship; They did
.,est St be collected from each maa~ not remain because of chow lituatlon
at payoff· for ship's fund. Messman and no draw. Didn't blame the blrdl.
broke eyeJ]a111es. Paid for a new
pair. To 1ee If he can ciollect from
company. No beefs. ·
ATLAS CTanke" and Tramps), Oct.
21-Chalrman, 51.m . Vatl11 Secretary,
I. llmo1. Refused to sign on without
a patrolman In Houlton. Finally re·
celved an OK .from New Orleans. One
man left In hospital In New Orleans.
Captain did not want to get sufficient
milk In New Qrleans but did so In
Panama. Ship's fund has a balance- of
1282.35. Some OT "disputed. One Dian
getting off for . ·hospitalization In
Pedro. Need a patrolman to settle
beefs before sailing, Request that
crewmembers do not overload . wash·
Ing machine. s. Slmos elected shlp'a
treasurer. ·
FEL TORI <Marven), "'ov. 22-Chal,_
man, · R. E. Jones1 Secretary; J. Polu•.
chovlch, No major beefs. Delayed
Piling to be . put tnto · all overtime
JOHN c. '<Atlantlc Carriers>, Oct. 2
-Chairman, non11 Secretary, J, T.
Lelln1kl. Ship's fund la 111. - Repair
llat of Jut trip taken care of. Made
new repair JJ.st.
MANKATO VICTORY <Victory), Nov.
21-Chalrman, J. c. Hoey1 lecretaey,
Dan Cherry. Repof t sent .to headquar·
ter1 concerning man ho~ltalized. tn
Honolulu. Aho wrote letter concern
ing ·repair• not made on last tr ip. No
beefs. No disputed OT. To check 4-8
foc'sle& -for leakl. Short of· linen.
Vote of thanks to the 1teward depart·
ment. Request clarlflcatlon on beet
concerning rigging Jumbo during boll· ·
day shift without payment of OT.
BiENVILLE <Pan·Atlantlc), Nov. 2t
l....Chalrman; ErnHt Kolenov1hy1 Sec·
retary, A. S. Parson1. ·Everything nin··
rung smoothly. No beefs and no dJa..
puted OT • . sheets. crew requestln« better qual·
. tty aJl1I more •food. Would like to.
have more fresh bread -on board. Dis· THE CABINS <'fexai ·city Refining>,
cussed the roac~· · sltuatloQ. Nov. 29-Chalrmen, JamH C. What•
. WINTER HILL <Cities service>, ~ov. ley1 Secretary, Jesse -W. Maloney. Re·
t T ceived "thank you" note from famlly
26-Chalrman,. ~· .Johns1 Se~re ary, ; . of Mr." 'Fhomas/ first assistant, ""ho
Faulkner. Everythlnit. running smooth· died -aboard shJp. sla In ship's fund.
ly. No beets." No disputed OT.--four Necessary to report -on fight which men paying off. ...,
. ,• _ _ took t;>lace bet ween two membl!rs of
·ALCOA- PLANTER <Alcoa), Nov. 15 the crew. · E. Gordon ; left. ship tn
-Chairman, Haroid Dycluxi seer• _Bridgep!>rt, Connectlcu! because wife
tary, Z•• Yunt 'Ching • .:-c rew prepared ta seriously ill. ·No · beefs. No d~
to spend holidays ' a~ . na or outslcte . puted OT.
of United States. schedule may give i
a &ood chance to be hp,me for, Chr18$·. FAIRLAND (Pan At11ntlc), Nov. 22
mas, , Most repairs done lh ,,. Pol't of , -Chairman, J11hn Crew11. Secretary,
New Orleam. 160 on hand In 1hlp'1 ~rvllle Wahlln. Sblp still betni _fufnf..
PENN ·SHIPPERS <Penn Transl, Dec.
~Chairman, A. LandrY1 Secretary,
Duke Gardner. Recommendation . made
to have 1teward department clean
recreation room and · blacqarig and
deck departments to clean laundry
room. Repair list not completed In
shipyard. Vote of thanks for the ltew·
ard department. One man Ill. ShJp'a
fund S3.10. No beefs. ·
SUZANNE (lull), Dti:. l--c:t1alrman,
Angel .Sed11 S-ecretary, D. c. Hardhell:
Some disputed OT. Ship'• fund 11&.50.
Suggestion WH made to have evenr
man clean hi• room and dispose of
dirty linen. Vote of thanks given to
, 1hlp'1 delefate for flne Job and also to
steward dept for the' preparation and
aerving of meals.
ALCOA RANGl!R <Alcoa> Dec. 6-
Chalrman, W. J, Barne11 Secretary C.
A. Crabtree. No beefs. Disputed OT
will be taken cai'e of b:r, patrolmen In
Mobile. It 111 requested that all men
sign papers that are put on bulletin •
board for that purpo1e. S1111ested that
llne1 be kept clear of 'dry . cloth11.
Remove bulleUns from board that
have been there ,lpng enough.
JOHN B. WATERMAN <Waterm11n),
Nov. 23-Chalrman, /If. Tremefl leer•
tary, N. Matthey. Captain hH i,een
refusinf draw; also ti.-YIDI to force
steward off ship. · Patrolman , to be
contacted In Tampa upon arrival to ,
..tl!ke .care of beef1 • .
KATHRYN ·<lull), Dec. 11-Chalr•
man, none1 Secretary, Leon Hall, ·Jr.
Some. OT disputed. Patrolman in San- ·
Juan uid !t wa1 iood OT.
ALCOA POLARIS <Alcoa), Dec. 12-
Chalrman,' W. Messen1e'1 Secretary P.
Miranda. No beefs. All repalr1 to ~
taken care of. All handl put In for
delayed saUlng, Solled. linen to be
thrown to the aide of the Iadchr and
not at the~ foot of ume. It wa1 re· ·
quested that Union contract commit·
tea try to get alr·condlUonlnl . on all
SIU-contracted ships.
VENORE (Marven), ·Dec. 1-Chlllr
man, R. Noren1 Secretary, H. Starry. ,
Chief enllneer consulted concerning
excelsive a~ount of rust tn wash
water. To be cleaned and painted
, when ship goes Into shJpyard In Janu·
ary. Steward ordered new coffee pot1
and rubber mats for sink top. One
man mlised ship In Baltimore. All
delegates are to turn In repair llsta
pfior to payoff, Attempt .ls to be
made to obtain more books and other
reading material. Vote of tfianks to
steward dept. • The crew waa also
complimented for cooperating with
the s~eward dept.
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W.lth th• S~I Surveyor
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. .
By Seafarer William Calefato
.. Seafarers adjusting cable on the Steel Surveyor, just back from a
Pacific ho~ to Pakistan, are IL to R). . "Ski," Ray Patorski," William
Nelson, Michael Simms, and Leo LoSoya, bosun. '
... Baseba1·1 In Pakistan
On the fantail of · the
ihip, where many stories
were being swapped, Tony
overheard a shipmate com
plain to a watchman and 11ome
natives that he was robbed of
$20 in town.
"I wanted -to buy/ one of
those gadgets made out of
jade, and a · nke guy took me
• shopping to ftnd one," he said.
This guy told me it would be
better if a native bought it as
he could get it cheaper . . •
"Well, this guy- ha-d my
money with him all the time
• . . I know because I saw it
·in his hands au · the time
playing_ with it and tossing it
up ·and down. He had $20 in
rupees.
Finally he said he couldn't
find one but would come with
me the next day to the other
side of town where he was
sure he could get one . . . He
handed me back the roll of
money which I stuck in mx
pocket. But wherr I looked at
it later, it wasn't the $20 but a
wad of paper with just one
rupee note wrapped around it.
I'd sure li~e to get my hands
on that guy."
"You know what. he looks
like so he should be easy to
find," the watchman consoled.
"Yea, that's,. dght, he looked
just like Nehru."
"But neay;Jy everyone in
· India looks like Nehru," he was
Informed. ' ·
For Tony some of the mys
teries of India began to un
ravel. He had met gypsies ·in
f)cean Evelyn
Va.-Bound
The crew of the Ocean Evelyn,
the New York to Northern Europe
"Atlantic Express," pose in tlie
ship's recreation room before pull
ing in to Norfolk . .Many of the men
will be getting off after this voy
age because they want to spend
the holidays with their families.
The men rate the, ;ship cine of the .
best feeders in the SIU. Photos at
right, by Alex Janes, steward
utility.
Yov Stao
G1{?:L :-~: WHY.
010· </dv TAi<-£
·'(ouR: . St.ST~~ :: . · .
· :~os~·s .. ~olie:~(r. >·. :~ . . . . .
Brooklyn from · whom he
learned the secrets of the pow
er1 of suggestion. The Indiana
used the same ones, yet they
were ·much more successful in
hoodwinking seamen once they
detected the slightest suscepti·
bility of the will.
What the Indians did with
theµ- secret was to mix it with
the simple psychology and
their· main tool for survival,
. the well known, potent, gift-of
gab.
This tool, Tony noted, helps
magicians on · the . stage, and
without It, be, and the Indian
merchants, would be lost.
A guide had told Tony that
even if he came to India for
10 years he would still not un
derstand the. customs. and tra
ditions of the merchants.
Maybe so, ·Tony thought, but
he might go the other way
when someone says:
"Just look ,Joe, no money,
just look."
Members of the deck gang relax around the table before arriving
at Norfolk. They are rear, left to right: B. M. Romanoff, F. Israel,'
R. Frazer; third ·row: J. Bruso, Capt. Meyer, H. Swarties; second
row: Adam Kosinski and W. Feil; front row: Alexander Daniluk,
and Charles Misak.
"Peek-a-boo" says one of the members of the engine room gang,
J. Torr.es, as he looks through a life ring. With him are, from left to _, .
right, N. W. Joregensen, J. J. Look, E. Flecha, C. Johnson, E.
Anagostou, ·and A. Aciego.
...Ce 't'ouiieen
Oce•n· Eva Says
Me.;ry Christmas
To tlie Editor:
This is Cruz , Negron writing
from South .A.rrierica on the West
Coasf port of Guayaquit, Ecua
dor, enroute to New York. Just
want to say that · we've had a
real nice trip this far. We've not
made much overtime, but we
have had a lot of port time.
We've been to Japan, Korea,
San Francisco and now we are
off to Equador, then to the Gulf
Letters· To
The Editor
All Letters to the editor for
publication in ' the SEAFAR·
ERS LpG must be signed
Asks Revision
In .DlsablUty P•an
To the Editor: ' .
. As ship's delegate on ·tlie.
Robin Gray,. I . woµld_like . to ask .~
headquarters for · a · revision · of ·
the present disability compensa- .
tion .~plan. It is 'my belief th:tt .
a less demanding disability plan ~
then the pre~;ent one which asks .
twelve years of sea time ser-vice ·
before one is entitled to sµch · '
benefit~. be drawn up.
It is a t,errific amou~t of time ··
a men:iber has to serve at ·sea
to ~ati~fy present qualifications.
If se'a time could be broken
down as follows, benefits could
be distributed to seamen with
less 'time at sea: Exampie-12
years' sea time. $150 monthly;
nine years' sea time, $90 month.:
ly; six yearS' sea time, $75
monthly.
It's my feeling that any sea
men performing his duties for
.by the writer. Names will
be withheld upon request.
ports and finally to New York
for the payo!f.
We want to extend to the
chief steward and his depart
ment a real hearty vote of
thanks for· a wonderful job done
in the culinary line. I don't
think anyone· can say that we
haven't been fed very well this
voyage.
- a period of six years should ~e
covered by this plan in case
such member becomes disabled
during his services within the
SIU and the respective contrac
ting co'mpanles involved.
The deck department is very
smooth-running and there are
no major beefs there. Everyone
In the deck department is to
be thanked for a job. well done.
We all had ·a most ' enjoyable
stay in Yokohama, Japan.
The men of the Ocean Eva
woul~ · like to ·extend their
wishes for a very ha'ppy Christ
mas and a pro.sperous New Year
to all the Seafarers.
Cruz Negron
t ~ r ~
Renefnt t:heck
Brine:s Thanks
To the Editor:
I have received the most
gracious letter and check, for
which I heartily thank you. I
am ·so r~lieved and grateful t:o
you, coming at this ti'me of"yea'!",
which makP.s it doubly-assuring
that it-will help me in my big
loss.
It is so hard to believe my
husband is gone. I was so de
pendent upon him, but I ~uec;s
I must realize the situation and
bear up. Mv kinfolk, a sister
and two brothers live in Great
Britain. so I am alone, but ·wm
do mv best to carry on.
·I thank the Union for its svm-
.. pathy and respect, and I appre
ciate its offer of assistance, if
needed. in the near future . :r'
feent has not only set my fears·
at rest, but also the soul of my
dear husband, may his soul rest
at peace.
Happy holiday season to you
and yours. Mav God bless you
for helping at .this time of need.
Again, a million thanks.
·. Mrs. Claire Franson
Rocco Albanese
and c~wmembers
i . ~ ~ .
·Steel· Maker's
Yule Greet,ings
To the Editor:
The crew of the Steel Maker ig
one of-the best that I have ever
had the privil~e to ::;ail with.
With a mate like Dividsen and a
bos.un ·like Keefer, the · .dJ?ck
gang gets plenty 'or' breaks,' and
works ·_ together like - ~ well
trained' team.
Everyone is happy in the
blaclc gang; Big .J:tutch. the chief
electrician, and his able assist
ant ~oore, help us ,in the light.
With Brother . Bennett, chief
steward, and his abie depart
ment we get pJmity of good
food. Its served. by a cQJJple of
first class messmen; J. Buckley
and Johnny Newman.
All . of Brother Huff'.s friends
around the Gulf will be glad to
know that he is now a "papa
san," a proud father of. an eight
pound, fourteen-ounce boy.
The guys around New Orleans
about January 24 will get a
bn~ak if many of this gang piles.
off.
The Steel Maker wishes Union
brothers everywhere- a Merry
Christmas and a prosperous
New Year.
Johnny Johnston
~ t t .
Sends LOG
Seasons' Best
To the Editor:
To our · officials, to the editor
and his able staff, to the broth
ers in the hospitals and the
. membei:ship in general, I ex
tend my heartiest gre~ttngs and
salutations for a very Mer1·y
Christmas and happy and . pros
perous year for our great Union.
George H. Seeberger
NOW FOR THEM .
NEWYEAR~
R,i;:goLUTIONG ••. ---·
·irm®M. . .
· · 1t'Wl! ·~oolltP~
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. ALCOA CORSAm
Seafarers ·on the Alcoa Corsair
~ere so pleased· 'with ·the Interest
and. the care giv.en to 'th~m by :Qqc
tor Lunt, the ship'sphysician, that
tttey : to·ok up a ~ollectian to .be
given as a to.k~n of ~heir apprecia
tion: Tlie steward, on behalf of
the steward department, thanked
the ship's plumber; carpenter and
electrician for their help in fixing
up the galley, "and the whole crew
gave a vote of thanks for a fine
Thanksgiving dinner. V. T. Mc
Kleray is the ship's delegate and
Roscoe Alford the ship's reporter.
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VE~ORE . . _
Coffee lovers on the Venore have
the luxury of new. coffee· pots in
which their beloved brew fg being
made . . . But there is the prob
lem of an excessive amount· of rust ·
in the wash water. The chief en
gineer has been alerted and this
matter should be. ironed out soon
reports John A. Smith, sliip's dele
gate and W. J. 'Barnes, meeting
t . · t -i
. ALCOA RANGER
Gourmets aboard the Alcoa
Ranger, led by Johnny Holley and
A. R. Velasco, tired of -the coffee
being served aboard the sh(ps,
Sn•k• ~charmer,
Seafarer Octavies Coleman poses with ·a rare
captured by a Swiss collector of rare animals
SIU HALL DIRECTORY
have moved to .change brands of SIU, A&G Distrid .
coffee and get Chase and ·Sanborn SEcRETARY-TREASURER
PORTLAND .. .. . ...•• ; .. 211 SW Clay St.
. CApltoI 7·3222
SAN FRANCISCO.' ..... 850' Fremont St.
instead of the. cqrrently-qse~, brand ASST. SECRt:Xk~¥REASURERS
. , . HencefQrth, jf ttiey h. JV,. their
. EXbroo'k '7·5800
S~TJ'I.£,"; .... . ......... asos - lit .Av•.
-r W. · Hall, Deck
way, their java wi11··11e good to the c. Simmons, En1. •·
· ·MAln 3-0088
WILMINGTOI'' . •••• : • ••• . 505 Marine Ave.
last drop. . ·IC. Mooney,.Std. ' J. IVolplan. Joint
-4- .4-" .... IBALTIMORE ... ., . .... . 1218 E. Baltimore St. . .
• 1 . "' 1 "' , . ·"'- • , Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern '1-4900 Great Lakes District
TErmlqJJ 4-3538
ALCO.\ PO.LARIS , 'BOSTON .... : .•... ........ . 278 ·state St. ALPENA ..
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· h · b · · · · jG. Dakin, Actlriir Agent Richmond 2-0140 · · • • • • · • • •• • • • r,. ' .. . 12'1 ruver SL
: ea .arers . av;~ e~n unwittingly ·HOU.STON .. .. , , •..•...... . 4202 Canal St. · ELmwood 4·3618
stompmg_on tbe1~ sheets and pillow 'R. Matthews, Agent- CApital 3f4Ci89; 3-408( BUFF.ALO, ·NY ............. . 914 Maln st.
cases aboard the Polaris •. . • be- ·MIAMI . . . ' ...... .. , • '- .'144 w. ~ Flacler st. ' GRant 2'128
Louis Neira, Acent FRanklln '1·3564 CLEVELANJ;> •• •• •• •••••. 1420 W. 25 St.
~ause som~ men have been dump- MOBIJ,E . . .... ... ... 1 South Lawrence st. · .. .MAin 1-0141
mg their dirty laundry at the foot' Cal Tanner, Agent , HEmlock 2·1'154 DULUTH .. · .... •• ·· .621 W. Surierior St.
of the ladder. instead of at ;the sjde N~WJ eRLEANS .. . .. : . : ·V:S, BiehvWe st. FRANKFORT Phottei Rando P~ 2-fllO
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. . . · Lindsey Williams, Agent · Tulane 8626_ • Mich. - · . .. .. . . PO Box 287
... T ey have been ~ requested to NEW YORK ...... :e75 4th Ave .• Brooklyn - ELgin 7-2441
' avoid treading upon the sheets they . · HYacinth 9-6600 MILWAUKEE · · · • · · ._, 633 s. Second Ave.
eventually sleep on nightly NORFOLK . . . . ...•• , •••• • 416 Colley Ave. RIVE · - . BRoadwaY 2·3039
• · J. Bullock, Agent MAdlson 7-1083 R ROUGE . . 10225 W. Jefferson Ave r--------------__;-. PHILADELPHIA . .•••••••. 337. Market St. Mich. ' Vinewood .3-474i
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S. Cardullo, Aaent Market '1·1635 SOUTH CHICAGO;,,, ..... 9383 Ewing Ave.
rove lf•gib1•11•ty SAN FRANCISCO . . . .. . . . 450 Harrison St. SAginaw 1-0733
. . Marty ·Bl'elthoff, Agent Douglas 2·54'15 TOLEDO . ···· .....•.•.•.. 120 Summit St.
For HO$pital -$ ' .$AN'rURCE, PR .. 1313 Fernandj!z Juncos. CHerry 8·2431
" Stop 20 . C · d• 0 . • ·
Seafarers 15eing; admitted to a . Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. . l,'bone 2-~996 ana Ian 1str1ct .
Public Health . h_ospital are J~CKSONVILLE . . 920 'MaJn St .• Room 200 FORT WILLIAM ....... . . 408 Simpson St
William Morrill, Arent ELfin 3-0987 Ontario ·- . Phone: 3-322i
urged to carry·· with .them their .sEATl'LE . .......... . .. , ... . 2505 lit ' Ave. HALIFAX N.s .......... ,i28~ Holli• st
Union book pi us proof of eli- Tea ' Babkows.kl, Agent .. Main 3-4334 Phone 3-89ti
gibility for SIU be n e fits·, TAMPA . .. .... .'.1809·1811 N. Frariklln St. MONTREAL .. • • , .634 St. James St West
B. Gonzalez, Acting Ag~nt Phone 2-1323 . Vfctor" 2-8161
namely, a record that they have WILMINGTON, Calif . . . : .:505 Marine Ave. QUEBE<;: · · · · · ...•.. . 44 Sauit-au-Matelot
t 1 t 90 d ti Reed Humphries, Agent · Terminal 4-2528 .Quebec . LAfontalne 3·1569
a eas - ays , s~a . Die .during HEADQUARTERS .. . 675 4th Ave .• Bklyn. THOROLD, Ont_arlo .••• .'. 52 St. David St.
the • previous year ' and .at least S U p · - CAnaI '1-5212
one day 'during tlie previous sl.X TORONTO •. Ontario . •••. . 272 King St. E.
months . . ·J!'.ailq~e t?.: h.!lye ' the_ H9NOLULU .... 61 Sout~ N~'W~~e~~~~~~ ST. JOH~. NB ~ .. . 177~Prln!~~~lll...:7::..
proper credentials will cause ·~ ~ NEW ORLEANS . ...... . 523. Bienville st. . · ox 2-5431
delay in payments to the Sea- . ~ Jackson 5·7428 'VANCOUVER, ·ec · · · · .. '. . .. . 298 Main st.
farer · NEW YORK . .•••• , .675 4th Ave .• Brooklyn . • MFOW "
· . HYacinth 9·6605
If. the Seafarer is, adm.itted to PORTLAND ......... .' .. 211 SW Clay St. BALTIMORE . .. .. 1216 Eaat BalUmore St.
a hospital which is not a PHS · CApltoJ 3-A336 EAstern 7·3383
institution he should contact SAN FRANCISCO . •••••• . t5o Harrison st. HONOLULU .. . . 56 North Nimitz Highway
• . _ Douglas 2·8363 PHone 5·6077
the Union immediately. The SEATl'LE . ................. 2505 1st Ave. NEW ORLEANS ....... . 523 Bienville St.
Union will arrange with the M;ln 2·0290 - MAgnolla 0404
USPHS f t f t P
'- ·WILMINGTON . ...••• ... 50li Marine Ave. NEW YORK ••••• : •• . . 130 Greenwich St.
or a rans er o a Uu- · Terminal 5-661'1 Cortland 7-709f
. lie Health hospital in his vicin- ~ MC&S PORTLAND ....•.••• . ~22 NW Everett 'st.
it ' T. b PHS "11 t i k. • • • . CApltol 3-7297·8 y. e WI no PC up · HONOL;QLU ... . 51 South Nimitz Highway, SAN FRANCISC0 . ....... 240 · Second St.
the hospital tab .for "private , . PHone 5·1'114 . : Douglas 2-4592
hospital care, . unless it is notf- NEW ORLEANS · · ; · · · .523· Bienville St. SAN PEDRO. , ••••••••. . 296 West '1th ·St.
fled in advance. . . RAmond '1-428 ' . - TErmlnal 3-4485
NEW YORK .... > .. 675 fth Ave:, Brooklyn ' SEATTLE ............. 2333 Western Ave.
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·Blame ·Biz Cheats
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For -HCL Increase _ .
WASHINGTON-One of President ·Eisenhower's closest.
advisers has placed ~. · good deal of the blame for 'inflation
.$quarely on the shoulders of busiriess. Speaking at a con-
ference of · 47 org·anizations . ~
called to protect the public the Market Place" was called . by
from business cheats, Dr. Ray- the Federal Trade Commission to
niond J. Saulnier, the President's . alert buyers on the decepti\'.e sell
chief ·economic adviser~ criticized Ing techniques of "gyp''. sellers. It
business m~n for not cutting drew. representatives from 47
prices. major civic, . professional and wel-
. / 'Sometimes when I walk farf: agencies. ·
tllrough the shops, l wonder If I'm · Earl w. · Kintner, chairman of
being asked to buy something or the FTC, s~id that the conference
purchase an equity in ·the· busi- would perform a great service if it
ness," he said-1he oniy significant removed "the blissful blindfold of
reductions in the · cost-!lf-living ignorance ·from the ·eyes" of
index have co~e frqm lower food susceptible "sucker-buyers/' ·
prices, he noted, Dirly Competition .
Saulnier's re~'1'ks came in the . ·
1 course of a two..day confereri9e set He claimed that reputab.le bu~-- .
up by the us ·Government seeking ness.men w~lcom~d the c~mm~s
to infohn the buying public of the sioL s ~ampa1gn because it was d1s
many frauds and· phony "bargains" couragmg to hone~~ bus~ess~en .
utilized by businessmen to extract tft - see. customers flockin~ to a -Seafarer Steve Carr points out some of the features of Cities
cash from the unwary. competitor . whose .mo~.als are. as Service tanker ';nodel to son, Steve Jr., during visit to Union hall. The ' conference on "Trickery in rotten as his b~gains. Mr. Kmt- ____ _:... ____________________ _
ner said that hlB agency intended
Personals I
to ·be vigilant in' tracklng down J1s
honest merchants but called for
business itself to take the lead in
·. self-discipline ·and self-:.-egula~ion. .. SIU BABY ARRlV ALS
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'· , , ·lOHPh Leslie pecially wary ,of:. Magazine· solici-
Charles W. Ely tors who go · from 'door to door,
ex-SS Flortda claims of storm door and window
Contact Dick Irving a~ · Rassnet:, salesmen on " how much their
Miller and Roth, 20 ~E First Ave- product will save in fu~l bills,
AU of the following SIU ·familie.s have received a $200 mateT;nit11
benetit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the babJ('s name:
nue, Miami 32, Florida. · sal~smen who want to use private
Sandra Dee Banlio, born Decem
ber 4, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs .
Joaqu1n C. ~ai:nio, Houston, Tex. t t t homes as a "demonstration" house
Rudy Maple1
''Write- Floyd Williams,
Union, ·Memphis, . Tennessee,
c~Ii Blt 5-8143.
to sell items such as siding, roof-
1170 Ing or carpet~. an~ . signing con-
01" .tracts or ·promissory notes. ·for
products sold from door-to-door.
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Steven· R07 Butts,. born Novem
ber 23; 1959, to Seafarer. and Mrs.
Hermon B. Butts, Mobile, Ala.. :
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Charles P. Moore
Es-Chfokasaw
Your gear is at the Mobile SIU
hall, • • · I
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Harry L. Cheatham ·
. Contact Mrs. Addie Chalmers
Harris, 469 W. 163 Street, AJjart
ment LE, New York 32, NY.
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SS Steel Advocate
Feb: 6-May 15, 1958
Contact Seafarer Perry Martin
· Federson as soon as possible:
Urgent. He can be Teached at 356
55th Street, Brooklyn 20, NY.
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<:!hecks from Suwannee Steam
ship Company are being held in
New York for the following Sea
farers: .Kenneth K. Kemmis, James
McMahon, Raymond Buckman,
Paul· E. Harper, Desire ~e Berre,
Ernest T. Squire, William M.
Murphy. ·
Cleveland J. Vincent
Call GRanite 6-2537 or wr.ite F.
Akers, 5355 Delancey Street, Phila
delphia 43, Pa. It concerns your
mother's .illness.
The President's . chief economic
adviser, Dr. Raymond J. ·Saulnier
addressed the conference apd criti
cized the reputable busin.ess men
!or !J.Ot lowering prices.
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Joyce Ann .Carver, born October
11 1959 to Seafarer and Mrs.
N~ah c. 'carver, Richmond, Calif.
Your Gear •••
_for ship • • • for shore
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Whatever you need, in work or dress
gear, your SIU Sea Chest has it. Get top
quality gear at substantial sa'{ings by buy
·ing at your Union-owned · and Union·
· operated Sea Chest store.
Mary Joan Casarez,'born Novem
·ber 15, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs-.
Calizto Casarez, Houston, Tex.
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i Michele Violet De Boissiere,
born Novtmiber 20, 1959, to Se~~
farer and ·Mis: 'Rudy P. De Bois
siere, Lexington, . Va.
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John Joseph Ferreira, Jr., born
November 1,, 1959, to Seafarer. and
Mrs. John Ferreira,' Baltimore, Md.
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Angela Regina Foster, born
December '1, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs •. Floron Foster, Mobile, Ala.
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Anna )faria Greaux, born Octo
ber 22, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Louis Greaux, Texa~ City, Tex. ·
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Marli: Nicholas Holm, born
November 30, 1959, to Seafarer
and Mrs . . Dolph E. Holm, North
Babylon, LI, NY.
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Michael Patrick Parsons, born
November ·4, 1959~ to Seafarer and
Mrs. Frank E. Parsons, Mobile~
Ala.
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Catherine Comella Richerson,
born Qctober 27, 1959, to Seafarer
· and Mrs. Berli,n H. Ricl~erson,
Prichard, Ala.
NEWS H.EADLIN~S IN REVIEW
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Vol. ·XXll
No. ·1 •
• 0 FF I C I AL 0 R G A N 0 f · TH E S ·e A FA"R E·R S l,N TERN~ T Ip N Al · .. 0 N I 0 N GU .L F . DIST RI C.T ' • AFl-CIO~ • ·
The s~tu And 'Marilim_e In J~9.5~9;
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lifeboat school and upgrading trainlng
for ordinaries aµd wipers. - As a result,
almost~50 Seafarer~ have successfully
passed the Coast Guard's life boat test
in New York alone. . _
Anoiher program affecting the well
being of Seafarers, the Atlantic and Gulf
Food Program, got underwtiy this . year, ·
bringing the benefits of the SIU fe~ding
plan to virtually all SIU·contracted ships.
A group .of field supervisors represent
ing the program have. been servicing
SIU-contracted companies helping to 'in
stall standards of feeding, · storing and
service. Formerly, individual companies
had their own food consultants who
could not be utilized by other companies •
cent SIU . affiliate the New . ~.e.dford
. ·Flshermen•S' · Union; established · itself
. firmly . IJl ... it_S . !Jldustry. obtainlpg:j olid
contract be.nefits pfus '\Yelfare protection.
Another group~ the );sso Tanker M~n·s
Union, aftiU,ated · dI,.ectl~.~1wl~li3.tll'e .1,SI.'9 ,
of North Anj~ca -io ,.gahl , IRll>P.Or~ tn its
figl!t to. free Ess!>. mei,i from ~ompany
unto·n domination,. . , . ., ., , "
Whlt's in~the oUing for 1960? Coming
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. In the Washil:igton aren11. th.e major
issue dealt with by the Union involved
the actions of the Interstate Commerce
up in' the year fo.r ,sure are the openings
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Over 300 Seafarers marched in Labor Day parad~ in · New York syf!lbolizing
'°. CommissioD ag~inst domestic shipping •
As a result of a consistent ICC policy
favoring the railroads, the domestic snip
ping industry was in a serious decline
and was threatened with e"1inction. The ·
SIU fought successfully against exten
sion of ICC authority to cover Alaska
shipping and on behalf ,of fair treatment
for shipping and seamen at the hands qf
the ICC. At the year's close, · there
were ldications that the ICC was sltift·
Ing its policy to meet some of the ob·
jections raised by the Union and ship
Union's role in New York labor movement.
Another eventfulyear iJ?. the tur
bulent maritime industry has c·ome·
to a close. Despite the continu
ation of a slump in US-flag mari
time activity which saw the US
privately-owned merchant fleet sink to
a postwar lpw, Seafarers enjoyed im
proved shipping over the previous year.
Other gains for SIU men were obtained
particularly in the area of improved
protection.
The most significant development in
1959 was the agreement between the
SIU and the _National Maritime Union
to resolve their differences and work to
gether on tLe crucial iss~s facing
American seamen. The formal agree
ment reached in · January was the out
growth of successful joint action th!!
previous December against run-away
shipping. During the course of 1959,
the SIU and NMU expanded their activ
ities in this a·rea on a number of fronts.
Union o ·rive
On Runaways
Among the developmel}ts were ~dop
tion of a new policy by the maritime un
ions pf the world in the. International
Transportworkers Feder11tion. The new.
position, which was proposed initially by.
the US unions, recognized that the own;;
ership or control of a runaway-flag ship
is the key to which country's maritime __
union had organizing rights on a given
ship. The o1d ITF policy determined or
ganizing rights accQrding _to the nation
ality of the crew.
As a resu!t, US maritime .unions have
established their right to sign up sea
men on runaway ships own·ed . or con
trolled by American operations. To
further that end, they have established
a new union, the International Matitime
Workers Union; which will concentrate
on runaway-ship crews.
with se'Veral major cases pending in
the courts or at the National Labor. Re
lations Board involving the SS FIOrida,
SS Yarmouth and· S Sea Level, among
others.
Added SIU
Welfare Benefits
In the welfare area, important addi·
tions were made to the benefits and.pro
tection enjoyed by· SIU men. and their
families. A new service, · the SIU Blood
Bank, was set up. Through an exchange
arrangement it assures Seafarers and
their families anywhere in the US of
adequate supplies of blood for trans·
fusion when necessary. In addition, •
tl)e_ Welfare ·Plan's optical benefit was
Four liv~s were lost when
Rosa sheered off Valchem
ripped into· midship house.
Santa
s~ack,
operators. · .
Tlie SIU also went to bat with the
Coast Guard on the issue of Coast 'Guard.
hearing procedure: A set of proposed
Coast Guard regµlations covering dis
ciplinary measures ·against seamen drew
Union f.ire. The Union arg.ued that these
hearin.g procedures sh.ould conform as .
closely a~ possible to thpse in a court of
law, because the. Coast Guard has the
power to take 'a seaman's livelihood
away. Here too, the V1dications are that
the ·Coast Guard will revise- its ·regula·
tions. to meet some ,of the objections
raised. · ._,, · , · ,. ..
Activities Of
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Affiliated Unions
in Al~o~ · fle;t~ ·helped
cor:tf pa,ny win , National Safety -
' · ~ouncil .award.
of new halls for Seafarers in the ports
o( Philadelphia and New Orleans, with
Philadelphia due -to be ready ' Irt a 'few
weeks. Also scheduled is the first" sail·
ing of the atom-powered : passenger·
cargo ship Savannah. · Sevqral steamship
companies,, including t he· Sl'.U-contracted
Bull Lines" are plannl~g to make inoves
, toward conta~ner operations· by .. convert:.
ing their existing conventional""ship$; . fn
the offing 'ltlso' is a renewed orgaiiizlng
campaign· on the Greal Lakes .next
spring with the l\iTD drive lia~ing- bright.
prOSP.eCtS o_f lllO!:e s'ignifi'c~n~ .,flCJOfie9.
Here, ,briefly, are a few 9f th.e o~her
developments of· the past year:
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'4ews Roun.d~U:p: -
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' _There , were . notable developin~nts·, in ... .· , '
organizing and contract . galns amortg ·af- Th~ 'Mtssiss~ppl ' ShJpplng : ... Coµipany .
filial;ed unions. Out .pn the Great Lakes, oi:der'ed . three new....-:, .• air..-conditioned
a coordina.teci-multi-union· drive. through freight sship~ ,as-:-P,_aft o( its_.. reP,lacement
the Maritime· Trades D,epartment' made program ... Siniilar~.Y" t'1e On;t~.is inter·
considerable h'eagway among non-union ests finally got a.round to ordering three
Lakes seamen. It was crowned . by the new sup~rtan~ers, incl\Jding .one 104,000·
Great Lakes Distr'ict's stunning election _ ton mQnster, for V:~ctory parriers •.• The
victory in the · 1'2~ship Reiss fleet' as the SIU conventiori met in Montreal in MaJ
. -Lakes shipping season closed. Important and drafted a program dealing· with ma•
gains wer& recorded as well by- the ·jo.r pr,o~lems faci'!' · its a.ffiliates , " ••
SIU's il~x:b,!)r ,;mdJnland Waterways Di- Harry Bridges· ~ent ·first to Moscow,
:vision, Marine Allied Workers Division ~ then to . Tol<yo to! rally. -Asian unions
extended to Philadelphia arid San Fran•· · · · · · against· the .vs and then ·embraced ,,, •• and the PuE!'rto }liCo Division._ A re-
cisco, and the Medical Department, .of :Khrushchev . as .,"comrade" ii;i · San l'.ran·
tile Welfare Plan opened another diag:- , cisco ., · •• Five more $6,000, four.:Year
nostic and examination .clinic, this one . , . Statistics . for the caMnqar year schol.arships: were· awarded S~afarers and ,
ln Houston. ~J.959 were not conwlete .as the SEA- · children of Seafarers • . . the Maritime
Substantial improvements were made · F ARERS LOG went to press but they · Administration began the sale of. some
also in benefits provided Seafarers' de- showed some in.teresting develop- ~ . 1,200 boneyard Libertys· for scrap • . •
pendents and retired old timers under ments and progress. · independent tanker operators 'pressed for
the hospital-surgical-medical plan. Tpe In the co'\!J:se-of tne year, the· Sea· a ,gual'.anteed i;hare of the n~tioi.i.:s oil lm·
allowance for daily hospital payment~ . farers. Welfare Plan received..- reports ports for US-flag ships. ... the LOG won
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At the same ·time, a number of gains
were made by the SIU in its fight to
obtain full legal jurisdication over
American-controlled runaways. This
battle - has not yet been fully-resolved,
went up from $10 ·to. $15 and the total . of the. deaths of, 106 SIU men. In the' Labor Press award -for. the ·best lea-
hospital extras allowance 'was boosted .to " the same'' periodi the Plan· reported ' ture .. •' The Great La~es SIJ!. w9n agree- I •I
$400. · · . , · · · · · ·"" ' 326 cliildren born to the · families of ment on comprehens.ive welfare coverage
The SIU's shipboard sa-fety progr~ Seafarers. These are remarka)lly and a seniorl.ty sy.stem • •• Several SIU
received· a boost when the Nationai Safe- close to the ··statis,tics of 1958 witJl ·' ships entered tl~e $e~way' ti~de empha· ·· ,
ty Council awarded the SIN~manned 103 deaths .ind 326 births respective:-· sizing ,tli'e iJilpor.tance of the,new art~ry "
Alcoa Steamship Company the· first: prize ly .for .the ·f.ull. year. to Seafarers ~ •• ·the Maritime Adminlsi-
in · the marine - industfy. ·safety,, contest . On the shipping side, figuring the tra!ion showed .o·ff , a . new, ~esi~n for · · ''
and several individQal S)U'.fihi_p's :scored ·· year from1 mid-December, 1958 . to ; : snips' foc'sles which made extensive use
ot1'tstan4ing- saf~ty. r~cor~s in tpe yeru;, , i>ecember ' 9, 1959, 29,62'1 ' jobs., had of ".'baked' ih" color~ ••• Italian seamen,
On the other si4!e· pf' tliei ~oin;- there was ~ been shipped/ in . all ·~1u PQrtii, ~n t · went on strike,.Jor' sP< w':,e,k8, · tci .wj{l, ~. ·
one ser.iyus ,shjp -~ollision involving ~P ... '· average of~ s~glitly les~ · than _ _1,200 I ' •• nine percent " focreas.e-- o~et .. thei): ~ !$60 . . ~ :\
SIU-manned ·vessel; That was when . .the. _t'.t' ' J9b"s·; e~ery . two ·w:~eks. I Tliis was a monthly- base "p.ay. r . ~ 115, OQO .. New 'V.orl&:
Grace · liner Santa Rosa coliided with th'e ~cp)lsia~rable. .. hnpi;ovement ovei: · the ' · ' unJon .member~, · includinl~M· 'SJ?afare~ !
tanker Valchem '. o..Ef, the Jer~e? coa~. ·· · _. 26~01)7 ' .jo~s SltlPpt.~ .. dttffug ~he 1958. . p~rtici~a,te~: in ·th.e fir'sfJ.a~or ,DilY" P~· . : .
Three Seafarers and an. engin!!er "On the : year. It r~flects in "par.t the partial·. ra.de in m~ny years ,• •• the. Int~rpa,~to~l ,, '
Valchem were .killed: , $ubsequently, th~" 'ii.. reeovery· o( th~ 1"Sbipping .. in~ustf·Y , - -Longshoremen's Ai;soclation111erged.:w1th . .
Coa_st: . ~uard tiroug~:~- ~n~gh~~nce: charges. ~~om the ~'*-st~ ofi t}Je~~~5B ii'ec.~ssl<!~• ' .: , ihe ~tntepiat~o'~a~ Bi;othe~hqod ... ~f --.Long-: ··
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· agamst the skippers ·a.nd is.econ~ mat~ 9£·; .-J ,as .... well as; ') \~81}Uliion~sr1spcp~S,S ; 1, , ' ~ shoieme1' ·a~· r~o~ned ~he, 4FL-~IO .• 1••• l. '
·both v~ss.~ls. ,, · . ., .; . .' : .. ·1 , • r
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.,. • brfn~l~~ ad~tiona~ ishlps unl'ler. ~c6n~ ~.tec~e.rs ~ ~lflllte~:t : to demo~;h ~hi\':' old {;, ,
. . . Additional tralni.ng fJ¢11iti~~ :~ot . se~-:,.: · ;. ~fl•«:~•).l!\t~h ; .as, ,.tJte\yfSuw~n~~r S~am:- . , ; · ~t~ne ~t~eet l!jJ.la~l. ,f~J;''!1' ~ ' -P:l~4~i:n: ·iq~~ce-' , .'
gra~uatJ'd 2~ classes of SIU ' men . . farers were ·~ad_e- ay~itab~ at ,,head9tiar• ' ;i.:ft: s_hip ·fffi~sslle ··flee.t 3·amqng .·othe1:'•: · '. , •l· ..,, · ; ~ten~ .,s~ree.~ liiJl .~Qe11e SJU:~ ~ad ·1t9· : .• <
~ ' '- . tera. · These ·new ficillties .ihclude4 • " · :. 1
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SIU -Benefit-Totals
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In a letter ~nt to each member
of Congress, it was pointed out
that only 12,000 members affiliated
with the Department .are now 'en-·
gaged in shipQuilding. ·Foreign
shipyards, he noted, now hav~ 130
subsidy" tankers under construction on or'!"
-;._, _______________ . der from American companies. The
AFARERS Lo. G companies, he said, are "running
S£ · . · away". from an hourly wage aver-
'.i"an. 1, .1960 ·. Vol. _XXll, N_o. 1 aging $2.67 ih Am.erican shipyards,
to· 79 .cents in the United Kingdom,
· · ~ · and 30 cents· in Japan.
·. ~ . The latter, ·Country is ,building
P:A.111. HALL. secretaT'fl·Treasuret" severa1 super tankers for American
,_ firm~; and with yen invested ·by
' ' JbRB£R7 BRAND. Edftof'. BERNARD 8 .EA
•• ,N .. Ar~ Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR, lRwm the Japanese. The cost of .labor
SPIVAK, AL~MASKIN, JOHN BRAZIL. AR1'11Ull d te . 1 j " l' ibl " d'
BERGER. CHARLES BEAUMET. <;tall Writers. an . ma r1a s s neg 1g e, . an
BILL MooDY, Gui/ 4rea Rep,resentative., the fnvestmenf and profit ·1s quick-.
PuDllshed Dlweek1y 111 the headquarters ly returned :under these arrai;ige-
of t.he Seafarers International Union, At· ments ·
lantic & Gulf District. AFL·CIO. 675 Fourth • ' • •
Avenue Brooklyn 32; ,.Y Tel. HYaclnth The-}'Unaway construction is fur- ·
fi600~ . · Second class· postage paid th ' d b · u 'g · it:.
et th• · Post Office 1n .Brooklyn, NY. under er encour~ge Y · mar ime
:~ . A·• of Au~ :24· 19~2;;· ., p·q~jcy wlJ.icli supports use. of Li~er,-
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.SIU MEEllrtGS, .
·s1u ·meinbe.rship me~t'"'"
·ings are .held regulady ·
ever.y two wee's 'on Wed•
nesdtty nishts at 7 PM in
all -SIU :po.rts. AU Secr
far-~n a_re. exp.ected t'o
atten~· those w,ho w.ish ·to ·
· '°•'~·~xcused ~ho~lcr request.
- · P.irmi~sion by · .. telegram
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P•1e Three
1966 ·shoWHOWn
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Year On. :Sev·eral_ ,;
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M·aril ime ·1.-ss'Ues
With the , year 19S9 oShowing SIU progres~ in m;ny · important areas, 1969
now looms as a year of, special sigriiflcance f~r seamen and . maritime workers •.
That;s because a number· of 'developments bearing diredly on the livelihood of
seamen are scheduled to.+·--·---· -----··------,.---.------
t head this year fleets. The steel strike and the and pay rates for containers will
come O. a . • resultant lay-up of most Great undoubtedly be followed by the
· Certainly, a maj~r Union Lakes ships retarded the conclu- conversion or many conventional
activity in 1960 will be the si?n of this organizing drive, but it freightships for container purposes.
d
. . . will be reiiumed full force n~xt While the coQtalner ships will
steppe -up organizing pro· spring: have more immediat.e and practical
Workf)'len look over plans be~ore proce'eding with construction o~
interior of new Philadelphia hall. _Shown here is the main entrance.
Circular design on floor is layout for compass which will be deco
rative moti~ in l~bby floor. ·
gram on runaway ships. Some. time next summer then, effects on seamen,. atom-powered
I th· s connection the SIU se~men in a m~mber of large non- ship.ping is ·sure to get most of the
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. 'd . th union comp.antes on the Great attention.- The United ·States' first
and ~MU are rea ymg e Lakes will be voting on- whether commercial atom-powered-ship, the
machinery of the newly- they will ·unload their -company NS Savannah, is scheduled to make
formed / "International Maritime union set-ups in favor · of repre- her maiden voyage sometime dur
Workers Union to deal with this sentation by legitima~ maritime lng next summer, ushering in a
' · • project. , unions. Just recently: crewmem,. pew era in Ship P,OWer which. may .• LA W' u Tire legal rights of unions to hers in the Reiss fleet voted for be as significant as the transition
. -. . raps p organize and sign up crewme~bers Great Lakes SIU representation. from sail to steam. In the offing
ot ~naway-ftag ships are likely 1 rt' t h 1 . arl' tentative plans by a number
to be resolved in the course Of . mpo. ant ec no O~Ical develop- OJ major operators to build some•
G
. . .• , A t the disposition of a number · of ments I~ maritime will !lso come kind of, atom-powered tanker.
· courts and the National Labor can exp~ct to see a large number As always; Washfngton will be U g. reemen s cases now pending before the into their own next year. Seamen
. · · ' Relations Board. Runaway ship- of contamer-type vessels in opera· au arena· of crucial importance to
NEW ORLEANS - Members of ihe International Long:.. owners are fighting with all re- tion be~ore the year is out. The :7::enth~h~s ~~alarg~~~:~~::;
apppm. ted "safety __ dire. ctor of the J'oint • SIU-Industry Safety sources to prevent extension of the completion ~fa contract agreement
, - now-famous SS Florida precedent betwe~n shipowners and, the I~- must make an all.:important deci
wrapped up_ ~heir contract business on C.hristrpa~ E,v.e w~en. to the runaway ·field generally .. .. ; tE:rni~tlonal Longshoremen s Associ- sion as to the ·future, of its subsidy
employers agiieed to the same · It .was' in the Florida case. that a~iQn, . on t_he East Cuas~ at least prngrain for shipping. For some
• three-year pact terms as on began wh~n· southern .employers the National Labor .Relations Board .on th.e ~ongshore .manm.ng scales cc~mtinued on page 7>
·th'e North Atlantic. ~ . refused to agree to a tempotary ruled in favor· of SIU organizing ---;-.-:-, -.---''----:--_-_ -:------.----------....::.._ __ _
The agreement p·rovides for a contract extension involV.mg r.etro- ICC R •1 c b• F 1 • rights because the ship operated in · ' · · ·
41-cenf package of which 19 cents activJtY. benefits to tti,e Octooer 1 Ameriean commerct? ·und~r · ulti- ,_• ~ .. a.1· . · om · 1ne aces
will be in the form of pension and date. The longshorepi~n w,ent . back. mate . control of American owners. ., .
welfare contributions. lt is retro- to· work un~er court , ~njuncti.on The, Florida , issue, , the Se.a Level · 1 , . • , ; : • .
active to Ocfober l; the date of eight qays l'ater.. . . case, the Yarmou~h case :and. a Ih • h s I •
expiration of the ol'd contraet. ' . Automation Agreem~nt. numbe1· of others :like these .in the o·' roug enate· nqu1ry
. Longshoremen In the North At- A key item. in the ion . shore set- courts. are expected to define just · .· :
lantic ports had . vote'd two weeks tlement is the agreement reached what · can be done in 1the ·way of
"before to acc.ept the 41-cent pack- on "automatioh". It has been bringing· the~e sliips under unlon ·wAsurNGTON Th' · · ·
age, putting it ihfo effect in all agreed that . companies operating contrads. ' • .q - e .pers1~tent fight waged ag-ainst the
t f P ti d M i to · Interstate Commerce Commission by the maritime un1·ons and por s rom or an • a ne, confainer ships will not cut the An equally-important organizing
Norfolk, . Virginia. However, the size of existing gangs. The question showdown should take place on the by the comparative handful of domestic ship operators still
Soutttern employers, . whose posi- of premium pay for handling con- Great Lakes next spring in the in business is finally begin-+ •
tion had been responsible for the tainers is to _go- to arbitration for second season of Seaway opera- ning to pay off. As a result of The position of the marine unw
eight-day coastwide dock "sttlke in final settlement,. . tions. Throughout the 1959 ship- the success of the domestic
October , balked at the provisions. . As a result of the settlement, a ping season, the· SIU Great -Lakes ship- indµst ry in attracting sup
of the North Atlantic agreement. number of companies which had District and other unions affiliated port for its plea for fair treatment,
Since the longshoremen were been studying the possibilities of -with the Maritime Trades Depart- the outlook is bright for a
back to . woi;k under terms of a container operation are reportedly ment had-been laying the grouµd- thoroughgoing investigation by a
Taft-Hartley injunction which- was speeding plans to convert tqeir work for a series of representation Senate committee of the relation-
expiring December 27, refusal of ·Ships for that purpose. elections in non-union Great Lakes ship between the-ICC and the rail-
the south~rn group to meet the roads .
northern terms would undoubted- ' · · · - ' · · · ' · · · · J • ' The Senate· group is expected to
ly have resulted in a Gulf port tie- Al91·n;a tla' 111· ·. ·e· .iJi. :.;ff~ - ·e'; ad. look into ~he mechanism whereby
up. . . ~ u-~ . the tailroads, with the approval of
_,, Under · pressure of tpe strike s • - the ICC, juggle long ;ind sho.rt
deadline and the fact that the long- 01' s"1' ·u-. s· a·f·e· ,· '. ,.. ~y·. . ".P· ·. la' I ·n~ . . haul rates to destroy shipping com-
shoremen were getting the ' fu11 pdition. rn the process, thousands
support of the SIU and other marl- of job opportunities for merchant
time unions, the New Orleans ~ seamen have been eliminated over
stevedoring gropp caved in on SIU Assistant Se(fretary-Treasurer Jo·e · Algina has been the years.
December 23 .. Other po.rts quickly appointed safety director · of the joint SIU-Industry Safety Evidence of a change of attitude
foilowed suit in a matter of hours. Program. As di.rector he will be responsible for the aqmin- was .th~ ICC's refusal last week to
Lending 'on-the-spot support · to allow the railroads to put into ef-
the longshoremen were SIUNA js_tration of . the program on feet new transcontinental rates .on
President Paul. Hal.I and William SIU-contracted.ships. patrolman, New York port agent, anned goods. The ICC's failure
Perry, assJstant to NMU President ~s a result of .his ··appoint- headquarters representative and to · act on this matter was all the
Joseph Gurran. The SIU and ment, Algina is resigning from his ~ssistaµt "Secfetary-treasurer .. - more unexpected because the Unit-
NMU 'made it clear to ·southern em- post · ot as1?is,tapt secretary-treas- ed · States Supreme Court had
< ployers t at th~ ILA had their full urer for the deck department and turned down a bid by the Lucken-
backing. 'is taking a ·leave• of absenc·e ·from bach Steamship Company to enjoin
ILA President William Bradley his membership in the SIU. · The the proposed rates.
credited Hall's participation ln con- leave. was approved ·at the last Had the ICC put the new rates
tract talks as bringing about. headquarters memberi;hip ·meet- into effect, which it was legally-
prompt and sa£isfactory.settlement ing ·· - / · ...... _ .. ·empowE;.red to do by the Supreme
of the dockworkers' beef. .As per the provisions of th~· Court's action, it would have taken
The -October longshore - strike SIU constitutfori, the secretary.:. about- 75 percent of Luckenbach.'s
treasurer_ h~s." a"ppcinte<t Bill Hall traffic · -away and undoubtedly
successor to Algina. The. appointee would have wreck~d the company.
will hold office until the Union's . The failure of the ICC to give
. next' general election in the _au the new rates a final okay . is seen
of 1960. · . -' , ' · as reflecting the agency's· fear of
Alglria has been active-ln Union stirring up a thorough .investiga-
affairs since the end .of W.orld tion. The SIU and other maritime
War II, a~ter.i . sai\ing durin_g __ t he unions · have charged that the ICC
w41'. ff\ .the, deck, · depa1:tmenb in · is a completely railro~d-Cloiriinated
(both llpen~ed, ~~d~ unu&.ns~d:cap_~f . ' ' ag_ency 'and, 'consequently, makes
ciUbsJ At various' tlmes he has ... ::J9e Algina,· new director ·rate decisions ,on the basis o'f what
. Sfrved the Unlo'n ·as· - qrgJnize~, · the 1afety program. • ·,, • · the railroa~s want. ·
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ions and domestic shipowners has
been greatly-strengthened in re
cent weeks by support from mari·
time state governments and local
port authorities. Among groups
which are putting pressure on in
Washington for a halt to ICC prac
tices are port authorities from Bal
timore, Boston, Seattle, Savannah
and 12 Calit'Ornia ports. As pre•
viously reported in the LOG, the
governor of Georgia has already
intervened on behalf of the SIU
contracted Seatrain Line to keep
the railroads from monopolizing ·
the paper trade out of the Savan·
nah area.
The latest sample of the rail•
roads' rate-cutting devices comes
from the West Coast. In this in
stance, the Coastwise Line, under
contract to the SIU Pacific District,
has a thriving trade going in beer
hauled from Los Angeles to Seat
tle. To take the freight away, the
railroads chopped their proposed
rate on be~ between the two
points. The new rate from LA to
Seattle is cheaper than the rate
between LA' a.net .~ortland, Oregon,
even though Portland is 300 miles
closer to the Southern California
city.
Although Coastwise Lines · pro
tested the new rate as illegal and
the railroads admitted it was so,
the ICC Suspel)sion Board refused
to suspend it. Sub~equently, on
appeal from the Suspension Board,
Coastwise 'Line won a rever(!;al of
the decision and the railroads were
ordered to file an amended rate
wbich would conform with us law •
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December 9 Through December 22, 1959 Ship Activi~y
The usual Christmas Eve shipping rush hit SIU ports with a consid- touching A&G ports (see t ight) was 51 more than in the previous two- Par Sit• I•
erable fillip as the Union· dispatched 1,486 jobs off the board .in the ·week period. · · ' .
la.st two-week period. This represented a very healthy boost over the W:ith such linpressive figures it is no surprise to find that shipping
1~169 shipped two weeks before that and was better than 200 jobs over was up praciically ac~oss-the-board. The notable exception was San
Offs Ou Trans. TOTA&;
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· t~e 1,253 shipped before Christmas, _ 1958. As such, the results follow Francisco which . dropped off sharply from an unusual bulge in the
the consistent pattern of improvement over ·the : 1958 recession year earlier tw~-week period. .Biggest gains were. registered in Phil,adel-
that llas characterized SIU shipping throughout 1959. · phia, Baltimore and New Orleans, while Houston .continued to enjoy
New_ Yor:k .. .. .. 20 I 17 40
Phffaclelphla .. I 2 10 17,
- h n h' h h' i g f th t t laltlmore ... ... 11 Checking back through the records, the ~igures . show t}!at it was bftck P enom~na Y- 1g s 1PP n . or a . por · :
in March, 1957, nearly three years ago, . that shipping surpassed this .- Also to be expected in a b~om shipping period· is . heayy shippmg in Norfolk .......... J ' 11
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' u week's 'totals. That was because of the Suez .Canal being closed at that the class C group. As tp~ figures show. 254 .class C men got be~ths Jacbonvflle .. -
time. .in the t:wo-week period, just under 18 percent of all jobs shipped. In ·Miami
, By and large, you would ha~e to go back to the boom shipping days the previous two weeks, the class C men accounted for 7Y.t pe~cent . . .. ......... - -
f th K W t f . d th · k " d f h" . b f US h" of shipping. Class. B registrants took a shade under 25 percent of the Tampa .. ......... ! 1 1 o e orean ar o m 1s m o s 1ppmg, e ore s 1p opera- .1 bl . b 1 . 1. htl 57 t f "A" · Th · t t f d th . h" f . . h ·1 . 1 1 t ava1 a e JQ s,. eav1ng s_1g . _y qver . percen or men. e Molllle 1 2 ors ~ans ~rr: eir s Ips oreign m w 0 :sa e 0 s. . . . figures show "C." rµen .shipping at the expense of top seniority class A · ....... ... ..
While WI J'!.di.n_g up the year o~ a very ~ohd note, sh1~p,mg is no.t ex- Seafarers who wanted to spend the holidays ashore. New Orlee•!s .. 7
p i;cted. t~ ~ontmue along these Imes.. 1:he .w~eks fol.low11J.? the hohdays · As for the f uture outlook, ,most ports exp'ect reduced shipping, New Hou1to• ........ 1
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are . tra~1honally slow o.nes fo~ _sh1ppn:1g, what with wmter we~ther Orleans in particular cautions it has a very heavy- register and all Sea- · ' ·
C!uttmg mto cargo-handhng activity except f<?r the tanker op_era~lODS. farers would be well-advised to steer clear of that port. Houston's rf!g- Wll!'llngt!" ··· · -
Registration also tends to mount in January as Seafarers wh!?.h'ave ¥.one istration, on the other hand: is very light in relation to the shipping San Firancfsco .. - -
. home f~r the holidays return to bid for ber~hs_.Qff the boar_,d. · figures for that port. In fact, scanning the total rl!glsfration lists, it Seattle .. .. : .. ·: · 4 . 4
• Aside from the usual heavy pre-holiday (urr1over, shipping. benefited would appear that Houston -is the best bet for a short stay on the __. _
considerably from an upsurge in ship ·calls. ·The total of 256 ships beach.
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8 8 4 20
10 42 7 59
3 10 2 15
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28 45 11 84
15 40 22 '7.7
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16 25 8 25 5 38 3 11 17 31 4 3 8 15
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A · a C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 .i ALL
13 3 1 17 6 14 5 25 1 3 1 ' 78 33 14 125 97 198 33 328 4 31 42 77
18 13 9 40 12 10 11 33 · ~ 1 1 z
38 , 31 15 84 33 70 16 119 2 11 26 , 39
4 ·2 1 7 7 .4 3 H - -.-. 6 8 1
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47 · 25 20 92 26 40 14 80 3 5 12 20
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5 59 9 , 73 1 18 9 .. '28 'J 49 11 67 2 23 5 -ao 1 4 5 . 10 67 30 10· 107 37 125 29 191 . 6 34 ' ~6- 18
- 10 1 11 - 3 3 , 6 ' 2 . ' 8 14 2« 1 ~. 2 10 - 2 l " . . 3 · 24 ·10 3 37 1 20 4· 25 - " 2 ,· 2 t -4 39 8 . 51 . 1 · 16 15 . 32 4. 29 6 39 1 10 8 19 15 .7 22 39 1~ .22 80 _9 . 71 11 91 1 12 14 !1
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8 31 6 .~5 - 6 7 13 7 33 6 46 16 1.6.· . · 32 3 .. 15 8 26 46 32 ' 26 104 11 . - 2~ 2 '42 1 · 6 1 I
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- Taking a· break from his strenuous activities on behalf of the Iriquois Confederation, ·
Seafarer Wallace Anderson is now back on an SIN ship for the next few months; However,
Anderson, who prefers to be_: called by his Indian name, Mad Bear, expects ·to return to --------~
T1ie SIU blood l>ank rupplies Seafarers or member1 .of their families
with blood anywhere in the United States. Seafarer• can donate to
the bank at the SU clinic in Brooklyn. Listed here are a few of the
Seafarers and other¥ who hava donated to the blood bank.
Meehan·, Vincent L. BleliDI', Arnold
McBride, William Bennett, Georl'e
Wagner, Donald Kerr, RObert L.
May,""Georce · Conway, Thomas
Ward, L. C. Wood, William A.-
Gural, Julius McDonald, Andrew T.
Vanderwerker, John W. Hyde, Michael E.
Pritchett, Claude W. . Si.nin1, Michael E.
Kuluiapfel, Carleton Gavin, Joseph P.
Balley, Leonard R. .-Braneoceln, Domlnfok
Berkenfeld, Herbert Gambie, James E.
Kunnapas, Arnold Flnrow, Paul L.
White, Charles D, Ramos, Alejan"'ro H.
Nunez. Emilio A. Haskell, David c.
Emanuel, Clifford LaCu:e, Alvin
Solano, Victor D. Campo,· John A.
Karttunen, Leo A. Landry, Joseph
Whack, James, Jr. Spanso, Luke M.
bigger and better campaigns
for Indian·rights in the spring.
Now. acknowledged as the leader
of. the six Nations which make up
the Irlquois confede!;'acy, Mad Bear
is becoming· increasing(v-promi
nent as a rallying-point for all
Indians in the US who seek to
preserve their tribal identity, pro
te~ their landholdings and ke-ep
their customs.
Mad Bear's latest exploit, which'
attracted a .good deal of attention,
was· his success in keeping the
New York State Power Authority
from' invading and taking over a
section of the Tuscarora Reserva
tion near Niagara Falls. The Power
Authority, which is headed by
Robert Moses, . sought to build a
reservoir on Tusearora land which
would have flooded a sizable por
tion of the reservation. "We or
ganized civil disobedience tactics,"
Mad Bear said. "Indian. men,
women and children would sur
round and lie down in front of
Power Authority bulldozers and
other equipment. When they were
Budget· Bureau's Proposal:
'Wreclc. Who·/e u·s Ma.ritime'
· Tentative efforts by the Bureau ·of the Budget to feel out sentiment on abandonment
of the Uriited . Sta't~s · merchant marine have drawn th~ fi;e of the SIU and' NMU. A joint
statement by Presidents Hall and Curran of ·the two umons blasted proposals to do away completely 'Yi~h-..all .operating.-,.-----;-, __________ _::.. ______ .:_
and construction subsidies merchant fleet into a runaway- Ing conditions of seamen.
and to turn the .entire ·us type operation under the American · In their joint statement, Hall
Air.tmf ·Our
Affiliates
flag. · and Curran declared: · "What the
The ·Budget Bureau feeler was Bureau of t~e Budget is reillly
put out in the course of a National advocating is ·the lowerirlg of our
·Academy of Science study of marl- present standard of living for the
time policy. The Academy was people who have to work for a
retained .by the MaritltDe :Adminis- living.
tration to . look into us· maritime . They pointed out that there are
programs. Tne spokesman for the aboi!t 225,000 workers employed
~udget · Bureau s·uggesteil that all directly by the US merchant
US-flag ships be . built overseas, mar.Joe, both shoresi4e and afloat.
some 1,653 members' of the . brought back here for registcy "Without a merchant marine, these
Sailors Union of the Paclftc ·have under the American flag and people • -. • would be without a job.
cast their ballots during the first manned by foreign seamen under These people will n~t now or ever
two weeks . of voting in the SUP's · tne goihg wage scales paid on receive any . consideration from
annual election for 17 official fcrefgn ships. • the bureaucrats in the Bureau of
union posts and five trustee. slots, Under such a system, the Bu~get the Budget. Th~ re.ason Is clear
it was reported from the West Bureau envisions doing away· with cut; tQeir interests are to be sac
Coast. The voting c on t !.n u e s aJJ Government. aid. to 'mai:itfme:-: ~iftced so · that the big oil and big
through the end of this month. and In the process, destroying steel companles 'can make larger
t t t wage scales, CQ1!_tracts and work-. a~d larger P1'.oflts."
Mad Be~r is shown at Union
hall before shipping out on
the Rose Knot (Suwannee SS).
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arrested and hauled off to jail,
others would take their place.''
Through tactics such as these,
<Mad Bear himself was arrested
seven times in one day>, a few other
hassles and legal maneuvers. the
Indians have succeeded thus far in
blocking efforts by the State of
New York to take over their land.
The entire legal question has been
argued before the Supreme Court
and a decision on the matter Is
expected sometime this winter.
At stake before. the Supreme
Court, Mad Bear explained, is the
sanctity of treaties the Iriquois
tribes' signed with the United
States Government back in George
Washington's day. The Indians
hold that the treaties recognized
them as separate nations and gave
them rights to their lands forever,
and that such rights supersede the
power of New York State to con
demn and seize private property
for public purposes. -.
·Mad Bear's activities at Niagara
have attracted a good deal of at
tention. Among other develop
ments, Edmund Wilson, ~ well
known writer and literary critic,
has written a book which will be
published shortly, entitled "Apolo
gies to the 'lriquois," dealing
largely with the Tuscarora's suc
cessful ' campaign against the
Power Authority. Other Indian
The SIU Canadian District " has
won representation rights for the
rail workers .of ~he Lake Erie Coal
Company, Ltd., whose members
have · bee?! working on: the docks
at Thorold, Ont., for more than ·a
decade. Repeated attehlptE by the
Canadian Broth~rhood of Railway
Lifeboat' Trainee Class No. 19
. Transport a·n!l General Workers to
·woo the . r1ail waY. workers were "'
thwarted by the efforts pf SIU
Canadian organizers. .. An agF~e
ment is in the final stages · of rati
fication by the membership.
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The survivors of the 33 se.amen
who perished aboard the Carl. D.
Bradley on November 18, 1959, will
share a settlement of · $1,250,000;
or $37 ,878. 78 ~ach, les" attorneys'
fees, · for each man who lost his
life. The SIU Great Lakes District
came to the aid of hat'd-pressed
st.trvivors in Christmas, 195a, by .
giving to each 'family for their :m- . . .
mediate needs; SIU cr!!w.s- .a.ls.o ... Gathered in tr'ai~ing · school loft for "graduqfion ·photo" is · 19th class of Andrew Furuseth Training
do,nated some $3 000 1to · the fam1- · · S " 1- · t·a. · · (~ ). ·a·1i ·o k • . · · c hi I' -G· B • · · T Es 't R H L .l~S. :•'l'~e s0.,ttle~ent ~ was. teiimeci ll I • C~00 •~ 1 n_ey ·ar~ !~ _f ' .~ • Oa ~ ,·ln!~~U_Cl?r;. • ' ). ~ 1ng5, i' • • rdton, • p051 01 • afffi~ftl 0G~ .
,op:e' ~f :the speediesi· iii; mafi~lJt.uf- , , . ¢ h1p-g ,{s~an~1n}l, ;f~ ~gro~n4), F. Ro~r1guez, i T.· C0:1~er!1 L. iSm1_th, L. ·Odom, R. ~olfe (holding i1ne)
h,isto~y: , _- :. ... · -·· ·.,. ·' ·. ahd WtJ Ch·ae. · · - • ~ •
groups have established liasion
with Mad Bear, including the
Seminoles in the Florida Ever
glades, as well as In~ians in ~laska
and . in Latin America.
Future plans, he said, call for
the establishment of school sys
tems on the· ·reservations run by
Indians and the writing of text
books for these· schools. "We want
~o get rid of the New York State
textbooks," he said, "because they
give a false picture of the relations
between Indians and white men in
the state.''
The defeat of Robert Moses, a
rare event in itself, is only one of
many feathers in Mad Bear's bon
net. Another was the :rout of tliti
Canadian Moun~ed Police from the
Six Nations Indian Reservation at
Grand River, Canada. "The Indians
at Grand River had run their own
affairs until 1924," Mad Bear ex
plained, "but in that' year, the
Mcunties took over. the reservation
on behalf of the Canadian govern
ment, ousted the Indian chiefs and
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Runaway_ ls
Peddled Off
For $21,500
DETROIT-The runaway freight
ter, Theodoros A, a 5,000-ton dead
weight vessel abandoned by its
owners early in November, was
sold at auction recently for $21,500.
The vessel, which was built in 1918.
was seized by the ·us marshall 1n
Lake St. Clair on the complaint
of creditors, including the crew
who are after some $50,000 in un
paid bills .and wages.
The SIU Great Lakes District
came to the aid of the officers and
crew of the ship, filed a suit !n
their behalf for wages, and gave
them financial assistance so that
they were assured of food and
shelter until their situation was
resolved.
The money from the sale of the
Theodorous A will ·go to the crew
after the US Marshall takes out
$6,000 in costs. The balance will
go to the crew and will cover their
wages, but not their transportation
costs, or anything else due them.
The men left their home ad
dresses with Mr. Vic Hanson, attor
ney for the SIU Great Lakes Dis
trict and he has been given full
power to act in their behalf: Re
maining in Detroit are the captain,
chief engineer and first mate, who
will handle the details of dividing
up the money.
After the ship was seized, an
effort was made to trace the owners
of the vessel, but this was not
s1lccessful. The crew, mostly Greek, .
was sent to New York or returnt>d
t.o their natiye country, to ~d· new
jobs.
The Theodoros A was bought by
Thomas M. Lane, a Detroit busi
ness broker and his partner Capt. ,
Jack D. Lyons at an auction in the
US Marshal's Office. They · own )
the National Sand &· Gr!vel Co.
of Lorain, Ohio.
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UNION;?· 1T~s ALE.
. Waiting At The.Chrlstma• Tree,
IN THE CO'RT·R·Acr~
(Ed. note: The following item entitled f·, Small Rules. Make · Big
Change" was taken in its entirety from . the December 5, issue of the
"Federation News," official publication of the Chicago Federation of
Labor. It was written by Irwin E. Klass, · editor of the newspaper .. and
deals with matters often taken for granted, bu& which many_$eafarelf's ·
consider vitally important.
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''What makes a union? . Is it the leader who is tapped for
spokesmanship on television? ·Does "the shadow cast by . a
pi'cket line obscure the substance of the organization's solid
performance .for its members? .
"Go beneath the headlines but hair, straw or excel- •
and ·the laws and the postur- sior shall not be suitable.
·ing to find the essence of what the As mattresses now on
union means to the member. Cast boar() .wear out, tbey shall
aside the slogans and find the· reali-
ties that will keep nien off the job,
without pay, · to show the · world
they are. men. Magnificent versions
of a new socie~y? - S.oapbox so
journers selling 'isms' wr~pped in
be repla~ed , by Inner-
sp,ring mattresses.
• . '!• All dishes provided for
' Ui¢. us~ of the Unlicensed ·
Perso~el sb~I ' be . ~f shiny ·tinsel?
. f , . crockery. "Some]low the prim prose o a
union c~ntract makes the point 8. Qne cake of laundry soap,
properly~ Pl.itin stuff you can · touch
and· taste ~fid 'smell . . . rules to
work by and to live with ...
"Take the Seafarers Internation
al Union's agreement with freight
shippers. You won't find much of
the poetry and glamor of sea-going
in these phrases, but they're chock
full of meaning to the men who
keep the ships plying between
ports. ·
"Crew equi_pment: The .fol
lowing items shall be supplied
the lJnlicensed P e r s o n n e I
employed on board vessels of
the company:
1. A suitable number of
blankets.
%. Bedding consisting of two
white sheets, one spread,
two white pillow slips,
which shall be changed_
weekly.
I. One face towel and one
bath towel which shall be
changed twice week~y.
C. One cake of standard face
soap, such as Lux, Life
buoy or Palmolive s-Oap,
with each towel change.
I. One box of matches eAch
day.
8. Suitable mattresses and
pillows shall be furnished
. one. cake of lava soap,
one box of washinr pow
der weekly.
Any member wilfully dam- ·
aging or destroyin&" lineU:, shall
b.e held accountable for same.
When (u'I linen is not issued,'-:
men shall receive· $2 each
week for washing their own
line~. The Steward shall not ·
issue clean linen lo any indi
vidual crewmembet: until such
member bas turned . in his
. .
Apparently impressed by Christmas tree decorations in headquar
ters · are children of Seafarer and Mrs~ Anthony ·suarei (I to r)
Antonio, Rosie -and Raymond. ·
'Don't 'Buy Amoco~
Oil Workers ·:·As/c. ,
soiled linen. · '
i , i ... i TEXAS CITYb; T~xaS:-On strike . fo~ ·s!~ fuU
0
months now
"These details of housekeeping against a union.:. u~ting move by the J\me~ican il Company,
and creature comfo'rts sound like the Oil, ChemicaI·and Atomic Workefs Union is starting a na
women's work, but there's lots of tional campaign urging union+--~--------~-
lore in the lives of tl~e men who members not fo buy .Amoco of a drive by m\lny major compa
fought for these prosaic d.ecencies. products. ... . nies to downgrade work rules and
Giants of labor and government . The American Oil Co~pany re- contract standards.
fought for the :.little things~· .iistea finery ·in Texas City, is a major 1,250 Men On Strike
in the Seaf~rers' contract. . source of ·Amoco gasoline. Al- The Union, Local. 4-449 ~ of -the
"The fibre of unionism -is evl- though the strike has been on ·Oil, Chemical and Atomic ,Wbrk
dent in the big difference made in since Ju1y 1, the company ·has been ers, has ·persist~~tly refused . to
job conditions. Let no ·one s:peak operating . 'the refinery behind sign this )dnd of ·ali agreement.
lightly of 'work rules.'- They are picket lines. American Oil con- 'There are 1,250 men on strike at
written in the blood and brawn ·tinues to deipand a contract giv- the refinery. ·
and bravery of generations· of men lug it the right to change job In its b'id for national support,
and women whose. vision of a bet- classifications and ' the method of the Oil Workers Union is asking
ter day wa,s as simple _as towels, making job ~ssignments at any_ all Americans not ' to buy AmQcQ
sheets and crockery. · time, without prior notice. This products' until the company settles
"You have to live and work on wouid mean~ a downgrading of ~the the strike. . ·
a ship to know that these simple contract and would subject the The oil workers are also involved
comforts symbolize seaman's tran- refinery workers to lq,ss ·of hard-: in a inajor strike beef against a~
sition from boss-ridden slum-fed won union· gains; · other pet.roleum giant, Standard
itinerant to solid citiz~n. . Amoco's •propo~als a~e o~e phase Oji of Indiana.
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.. NEW YORK-Shipping bit · a
brisk pace during the last period.
but indications are' that it will
drop off during the coming two
weeks, reports · Bill Hall, port
agent. ·
Hall
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noted that class A ' and B
·men appe_ar to be laying back w/te.n
they could be taking sto~s as they
·appear on the shippiQg lioar~.
This, he warns, could jeo~ardlze .. ,
their seniority, He suggests . it's
best to take 'em as they come·. ·
The new disp8tchh1g system con.
tinues . to work smoothly-thanks
to the coope.ration of all bands.
Once again, all qualified men
are urged to take · advantage of
the Lifeboat Trainltlg Scll'ool and
upgrading possibilities.
· ,Twenty · vessels paid off here
during_ the ·preceding · p'er1ott.
These were: Alcoa· Patriot, Alcoa
Polaris, Alcoa · Pennant (AlcoaJ;
Kathryn, Evelyn; · France·s <BulIJ;
Ames Victory CVictofY>; ·Steel
Artisan, Steel Wo~ker, Steel Ad..~
vocate · (Isthmian>; Robin Hood
(Robin); Raphael Semme~ Beaure
gard · <twice), Azalea City <-Pan·
Atlantic); Ocean Eva (Ocean Clip.
pers>; S.eatrain NJ <Seatrain); An
drew Jackson <Waterman), ' and
Rockland· Cllocfiland.>. "
Three ships signed on:- Suzanne
<Bull); · Robin , Sherwood <Robin),
and · Steel Advocate <Isthmian).
The 14 ships "in-transit - were:
Sea.train Georgia; Seatrain Texas
CSeatrain); Steel VoYager · <Isth
mian>;~ Losmar, Calinar, Beth
coaster .(Calmar>; Arizpa CWater
man>i Fairland, Gateway CitY,,
Bienville (Pan-Atlantic); 'Chiwawa
<Cities Service); The Cabins <Texas
City); Angelina <Bum, an'd Man
kato VJctory <Victory): ·
· ·Sign Name .On _
. LOG Lette~s
For ·obvious reasoris the LOG
cannot print any , letters or
other communihations 'sent . in
by Seafareni, unless. "the author '
1jgns his name. . Unsigned
anonymous letters will only
wind up in the waste-basket.
If . circumstances j.,Ustlfy, the.
LOG will with~old a signature
on request.
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.. nolning to toy around wit·h, be~ause ·
if it ~br$aks loose it can do considerable · in-
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'that's why it's ·essential to ~bs~r'le the basic
rule dealing~ with ship's fire ;hoses-"two
men to a ho$e.11 Then when tl1e water pres
iu.r& comes on they wjll be able to ,cope ·
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Seararer'g Goi~e To Better· Bliyi~g
S.everal , Major M clritime
Issues-In '60 s11·awdown•
> · ·' , BJ/ Sidnw ·Marg~liua · ·
That's No Innocent Lamb
. . .-(ContJ.ll~ed from page 3>:
time now, several major non
subsidized· ' steamship companies,
amon·g them Waterman, "'Isthmian,
T. J. McCarthy, ·Isbrandtseri and
Never in jh~ past 25 years have moderate-income familie8 been so States Marine; have been passing
guUed by sellers, advertisers and . moneylenders, with serious- damage through' the procedures . required
not only to ydur own budget but to the national economy . . ln past for receiving a subsidy, However,
weeks new scandals have been on the fro~t pages dally. · ·• lf and. when they win final ap-
People are being short-weighted at the .meat .. counter ail«! short-· proy~, . tliere is 00 guarantee that
tanked at the gas station, -as the -current' exposures in. sev.eral states· tlie Ad'mmistration will. be agree
_1how. They. ~re befog deceived by advert'ts~rs and overcharged heayi- able ~to a subsidy program for the
ly for medicmes. When they seek to buy· auto insurance on a group e Ur ·m: clianf marine and not
basis to trim some of that high cost, th~y.'re blocked by ~ta(e l~ws. J:st ~hat"~ent· of the industry
They are also being charged the highest interest rates ln 25 ·years. h" h h -d t k fi b
to. finance cars, app~nces and . hous~s, and.,_!lt the sa~e - tim.e . are :i ic _ftrs:.ppe~~ - _0 _a_s : . or_ a ~ -
going into hock for the biggest debts they, have .ever shouldered;"The ~ . . .
'rccesssion of 195~ w;as hardly over ')>ef~~e · installment debts star ted O~viously. t~en, t?e pendmg
soaring again. They have Increased six i:.tllion dollars in just the ·past subsidy ap~hcations ra1s~ the whole
year, to a record .total of fifty billion dollars., . _ . question of just how big _a mer-
The latest blow to your buying POWflr ls t~e a<.'tion of the US Agrj- ~~ant i:narin~ . the United S~ates
culture 1 Departinent tn·. suspending Fedelial · grading o_f lamb.- This want~ · under i_ts ftag.
could~ very well become far bigger' effects on shipping. Since, at the
and more significant than it is now. present time, the United States has
Indications are. that the United no modern, large bulk car~o car
States ~s going to come 'to some riers at all, a long-range grain ship
agreement with- the Government ment program· of this kind might
of India, subject to Congressional stimulate the construction of snch
approval, which would provide for ships, or their transfer-back from
shipment of tremendous quantities the runaway flags so as to qualify
of grain and other food products to for this cargo unaer "50-50." Huge
that country on a long-range basis supertankers now navrng difficulty
covering sever~! years. catching a . charter might also
It appears certain that the .US hustle into this trade.
will take some action· in this area These are just a few of the fore.
to bolster India at a time when It seeable developments in the com
ls facing a serious military and eco- ing year. In these areas and in
nomic threat from Red China. any Qthers the Union will be out
A heavy cargo movement of this to protect the interests and well
kind could well have interesting being of Seafarers.
A&G Food Plan Publishes comes at ' the very tii:ne th.lit investig~tibni( ar~· re~aling that· not ~o~l! . Related to-;- the -subsidy ~estion
are buyers -often cheated on amQunts, but S'ometimEls · lower grades · is. the attempt by States Marine to
are passed off as. higher. . · · · · · · ii:in. approval of its for~~gn-flag
Federal grading is voli.mt!lI"Y, 'tiot ml!ndatory: Some packers .. and ~ies un~r Liberian and . ~uropean N M . t· B • G •d
retailers never made. It available to you•at all. - . : ' .. ;.- ' . : ' J;eglstries. The outcome ot. tlils ew ea • uy1ng UI e
But among those ~tore~ that"dli:I · -~~m--!an;i~ ~n _t~e basis-:of Federal , .~ue ls also -critical for US 11~~11u~n _ _ ·_ . _ _ _
1r.ad flS; and continue to iell graded -l>ff1, tlie gi·ades m~rRi~gs assur.e smce; if States Marine should be . . .
, · you of. aettiag the -quality you pay · successful, there would be a Tus1" · Sh1ppmg companies under contract to the SIU have _been
· ::""'\ . · for. W:~en a cut. of meat carries t-·y US-flag subsidized companies to supplied with a helpful meat-buying guide as part of the
~ ~ . the US "Good'~ stamp, you inow se_t up foreign subsidµlr_ies. Atlantic and Gulf Food · program's effort t · h"
-- this ·is a satisfactol'y- but lower Another area in which Washing- • . 0 l~prove s .IP
grade, and you expe~t to pay less ton action will vitally affect Sea- board feedmg. The -gurqe,_ en-+--~. -----------
than for· the ·~choice" grade. With- farers concerns the· tanker in- titled, "Suggested Meat Speci-1 specifications it would go a long
Clut Fed_eral grades, . you . may, be ~ustry. Several developments are fications for Shipboard Use" y;ay towa!d standardi~ing the qual
sold the "Good" grade · and be of great interest here. One . is the was put out by the A&G Food Plan i~y of shipboard feeding, and get
cha~ged the "Ch(>ice'' price, or be bid by the in.dependent tanker to assist personnel of steamship tmg the most for the company's
sold the even lower "Utility" grade operators, supported by the mari- companif;?S in .th ir purchasing of food dollar as well .
and pay the price of the "Good". tim ·unions, for a "50-50" rule on shlp supplies. . \ An example Of the type of in-
Both consumers and· small in- US ·"oil imports. This petition ts Aid Small Companies formation supplied is as follows:
dependent meat paclcei's · wa~ted before the Office of Defense Mobi- It's felt ·that this guide will be Under the heading, ·"Hams,
to keep Federal lamb ~rades. The lli.ation. If approved, . it , would of particular ·usefulness to smaller s~nned 12/16 pound average," the
big packers have been working mean that many large supertankers shipping. companies which do not guide counsels that hams under
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- for 15 years to get rid ·of Federal- under the runaway· ftags would have a food specialist hanilling this category shall be "skinned,
grades altogether. If there are undoubtedly transfer back to the .. commissary prQblems. In many short cut, ~hank on, ham produced
none, the big packers ;have .. ~n ad- US flag in order to meet the need . such companies a port captain or by. sep~~u?n from the side at a
vantage:· They can push_ their o~n for tanker space. Many other tank- ~ther port employee does the pur- ~omt ' ~angi_ng from 214 to 234
brand na1:9es with· heavy adverbs- er!. now in lay-up, or carrying grain .chasing, since the operatfon is not mches mterior to the exposed knob
ing. You'll be 'left -with no guide to stay. active, .would return to the large enough to utilize the services at the end of the aitch bone. The
but such meaningless brand names oil trade. of a port steward, However, the fo_ot sh~ll be removed at, or
or your own knowledge of how to Consequently, . a ruling in this publication is being distributed to shghtly above, the hock joint but
ten. meat quality. . area would be of considerable ben- all shipping companies as a stand- ·not b~yond the stifle joint. . . .
Ironically, when Agriculture Secretary Benson last summer first efit throughout maritime as it ard ·guide for such purchases. "The ham shall be skinned,
disclosed the· possibiUty of suspending lamb grading, · there were so would relieve . the tanker pressure The specifications, which are leaving a well · rounded skin collar
many protests from consumers and small packers that the Agricul- 011 dry cargo ships in terms of based on those used by the Depart- not exceeding 45 percent of the
ture Department said it would continue grading lamb. In DeceD)ber c'lmpetition for .. farm surplus ment .of Agriculture, include data entire back (skin side) surface of
the Department made · a complete turn~b~ut and an~ouiiced it had ·cargoes. on Processing of meats, inspection, the ham m~asured lengthwise from
suspended grading for a year. Whether or not the grades are ever re- The farm surplus cargo trade payment packaging and prepara- the approximate center,at the edge
stored, the l~rge packers now have an · opportunity to corner the lanib tion. They c?ver the follow,ing of t~e butt .to tne tip of the shank
market: , · '· . · meats and theu- l?Y-products: Beef, port~on of the ham as delivered.
C~nsumer ; organizations and individual families are protesting . th'e Jobs: Bo. om veal, lamb, n;mtton, pork, luncheon The fat remaining on the s~inned
suspension .of lamb grades by writing to Secretary of Agricu~ture Ezra meats, lard and shortening. ~urface shall not exceed 114 inch
T. Benson, and to the Director of the Livestock .,Divislo~ Agric~tural _, If ship~ing companies .were to m depth," th~ document notes
Marketing Service, Agricultural Department, Wash~gton ~. DC. 1·n·· Ho· u·s'to:· n base their purc;hases on , ~hese among other thmgs.
Beef still ·is ·being graded by the Government, and it will pay you
to look for these markings hi stores, and buy on that basis. Pork never
has been Fede.rally-graded. In buying lamb you n.ow can depend only HOUSTON-Shipping was tirisk
on the store's honesty or y_our own knowledge of quality. In view ot here during the period just ended,
the exposures of gouges, it would seem safer •to expand :;tour own and calls wer~ made to other p~rts
: knowledge. - · ·• · · · ,· · -. 1' - . to help fill some vacaneies, re-:
The higher grades of lamb have creamy-white firm fat; ,Pink, fiim, ports Charies Kimball, · acting.
velvety · meat with streaks Of fat ~!i Jkddish bone. The interspersed agent.
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streaks of fat, called "marbling", give higher grades juiciness, flavor These ships paid off: Alice (Th b th d "b db z . e ro ers escri e e ow are receiving the $150 monthl·y SIU dis-
and tenderness. Such grades can be roasted or broiled. Brown (Bloomfield); Alcoa Pointer ability-pension benefit.) • ,
The lower grades of lamb generally have thin, yellow fat, and the (Alcoa); John c :(Atlantic . Carr.);
lean may be dark, soft and without fat. · · Mount Whitney (Tramp Shipping);
The short-weight scandals also confirm that you have to watch Jackie Hause· (NH Shipping); Sea
. weights. Large-scale frauds have been reported in both New )'ork and ,garden (Peninsula); Penn Explorer
'. N~w Jersey. In Michigan, state authorities told 'this department, most (Penntrans); and Interocean (Inter-
' short weights found ther.e are in pre-packaged ·self-servi~e meats. ocean (Inter-Ocean Co.).
The situation has gotten to- the point where i;ellers seem to _regard Signing on were: --Del Aires, Del
consumers with contempt, and co,nsumers / theniselves 1 '1!'e. 'being 'too Valle (Miss.); Jackie Hause <NH
~ ti;usting. A New Jersey woman suspec'ted · tha~ a- meat package was Shipping); Valiant Force <Force~,-
lighter than the markeq .weiglit and weig~e~ it on the v.egetable scale. and -Wacosta (Waterman);
. When s_he complained, she · was told, ' 10f course if weighs light on a, In transit~ Chiwa~a~ Council
:· vegetable s<;~le. You should have used a· i:ne~t scale." She accepted Grove, Cantjgny, cs N~rlolk," cs
:. this explanation. . Baltimore ~radford Is1and Miami
. Joe Pilutis ••• 44 •.• retired in _ 1952 after sailing for many yea~s
with · tl~e SIU. Subsequently he _ was placed on the disability list as a
~~~~""".""·""! .. ~,., r,esult of .a le_g condition of unknown origin. Spent
· '?;{~~ ·. conitiderable . time in hospitals after several . opera
:~<.' · ~ th>J1$, now just_ taking it easy. Preferred Southeast
f-i~ ... ' Afd~an runs When .'he was shipping and put in
....... ·n,iaqy trips on· the Robin line vessels. Now an out
, .:. patient at St. ,Vincent's ~ospital, New York City,
' .' }'iiutis gets down: to. -the headquarters hall occa
.. sionally and keeps in touch ,with several of the
·'.·.':New York SIU regulars. He makes his home in
: Brooklyn.
Some ·cities require itbat a· seal~ be available nearby wpen meat qr_ Fort ' Ho~kins and Wint~r liill
1 !· cheese is packaged in ad.v~nce, s.o . y~ti c~n ct,.eck wei~bts ... B~t even. (Cities service); Ocean Deborah ,_ . · .1;.::;/ · • , : -~-~ · t . t
• :.- where this is the law, ·so·me stores ignore. it ·and consider the s~ale (Ocean Trans.}· Chickasaw -Yaka •. {(ow!lrd J. Abelll . ~ ~ "'.65 .•• shipped in the deck department, be-
1: in the veg~table departme,nt sufficient. You can judge stores' scrupu- <Waterman>; Petx:ochem (valen- e_apie :an SIU man in'·1942, and retired last July. Brother Abell is now
lousness · by whe,ther ·they ~o provide a handy scale. tlile); Bethex <Ore: Nav.>;· Ma~ iri Ar izona for his h~alth , and must stay there for
•. · The investigations · also confirmed that .11.ome supenrisors compel (Bull); Seatrain New Jersey. Sea- at' 'least a year, a~corqing to doctors. Unlike many
' emplo.yees to give sb_ort . weight; and also t.o .wrap ~meat in ex.tra fat. train Georgia" Seatrain Tex~. (Sea- · oldtimers wh·o think that · Arizona sunshine is. the
.. Anoth~r frequent c9mpl1Pnt ~ been that s~or.es pµt .J:>est chops . on itrain); Azale• '.City (Pan .Atlantic); gr«lat~st, he hates tQ be away from the waterfront;
~ top and those. w ·th a lot of ,bone and fat .at th~ bottom. · , Atlantis (Petrol Shipping); Elemir longs for the ocean, the seas; iaxes. Would like
.. ~ . -,S.ervice stores, · esp~cl~ - in - .l~w-inc.o.J1?e n£tghbor:hoodS~ ·.flso ;· ~!l~ (Atlanti C;1rr.);,, Capt.' Nicholas nothing better than to hear from former -shipmates .
. ~- .watching. · ":ariqUJ~feY ~1~·".U¥~ ·~ · tS1ft1 :iwe~: by:) • . iqlic~ .a '" 'tJitte. ~itfril~ -. ('l'~f~P ~:S,~P~ing>; Atlas His address: 838 North. Euclid- Ave., Tucson, Ari
. .. ,qu11ces- 't0>.rf pou~,. ·fuCIQ¢e. w,etgh'tng ~~~t ;:Qlf :• platter th~ iiH IJead · . (-Tiii~e.rs: an( I IDra:111ps)'l'"Steel 'Ven~ :Zonar which•-is a .. long , way frc;am ~_altwater in, any
· ' , 1 .Vefghts,. tuggi!ll'.O.n the ~waxed · p~per .to,.pull down the' .sealtl, and .wen dor-tlsthmia1 '· and ,Bienvllle (Pan• direction; pretty far from fres-h water too for that
. fl\VltebJna a~·liP.teP chicken for • - heavier one"'._· !:•'··~-.. , · '. · · , ·: :; .. _,- , "Atlant·i&)i; · ,, . . · . matter. "
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More Vessel -Auctions PlaiJned . - ~ .. .
SIU ·efforts to gain · back pay· and allqwances for SIU crewm~mbers-j)n vessels oper
ated hy the:Wqrld Tr-_amping agencies are stifl continuing, with five of the ships already sold
t(> satisfy crew wage claims and other credit:ors. ·
The sale of a sixth vessel,
the Pacific Star, is slated for Union attorneys . have attached send by mail to · establish their
Januarv 5 in Norfolk and an- liens and begun court action on claims for wages or other monies,
other ship, the w estport, has yet behalf of crewmembers of all ves- Seafarers are urged ·to submit their
to arrive back in the States. One ·sels . which failed to pay off the Z-numbers, Social Security num
vessel, the Pacific Wave, has ·been crews or which defaulted on pa~- hers and an, accurate malling ad
abandoned .• outside the breakwater ments made by check. In addi- d1·ess where they can be reached.
at Haifa, Israel; a_nd the Union tion, the·-vessels hav~ been libeled Any monet~ry errors in the docu
.has retained an attorney there to to s~cure .~ulJ 'payment of amounts ments they received should ·al,so
attempt to collect monies due . if owed by the operators . to the wel- be noted so that they can obtain
the ·ship is sold. ,_ fare an.d .vacation funds. full credit when payment ls even-
Of the 12 ships involved, the Along with any documents they tually ·made: ·
Pacific Carrier, Pacific Navigator -
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bers' wages are the primary claim & .
on these funds. · - ·· · . .
The remaining ships- are the Continuing to establish open tieS: w-ith the top Communist .
P<icific Ocean, Waldo, Pacific Ven- hie;rarchy, Harry ?ridges' International bongshoremen•s· ai:id ~
ture and the Pacific Ranger. Union Warehousemen's Union sent· a three-man delegation to Mos- :
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the first three . and the· ·Ranger is Soviet·· · Pre mi er Nikita rejected by AFL-Cio Pres(dent
now being ol?erated by another Khrushchev. The IL WU dele- George Meany as giving respect-
SlU-contracted company and has ,..
scitisfied previous claims for wa~~s:· gation was led by Bridges'. second- ability to Russian unions which
Seafarers who have wages· due in-conimsnd, Louis Goldblatt, sec- are not unions but Soviet govern
cr unpaid allotment 'checks ·a,. re refary::treasurer'" of the west coast ment mechanisms for controlling
longshore group. the nation's labor force.
urge~ tQ contact - the offis.e of
Miller & Seeger, Union attorneys, The three-man group had a pri· The ILWU delegation also par
et 26 court Street, Brooklyn 1, vate audience of one hour with roted the standard Soviet line-that
NY, and to forward pay vouchers the Russian dictator, during which there were "excellent" possibilities .
and unpaid checks with full de- the latter was quoted as calling for trade between the United
tails of any amounts· due them. for "US-USSR trade union ex- States and the Soviet Union. The
Acci,irate pay records are not avail- changes," in which rank and filers Russians have long expressed
able for any of the vessels men- should take part. · eagerness to. buy · machine _tools,
tloned. The ·Khrushchev move has been chem!cal p~oeesses and oth17r in-
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ify for the SIU's $6,000 four-ye.ar schofarships
are urged to complete their applications now
-,o as to b1 eligible to take forthcoming
College Entrance examinations. The -next ex ..
a,;.lnations are given on January 9, February
6, and Match 12 •. The latter date is the last
possible examinatjbn ttlat can be taken.b•fore
the awards are giv,n. Since 9pplicGtions for
the. examin.ation have to h4P . completed
ohout a month ahead of tlie eJcamination
date, it ls urg•rif '11t'at candidcites acf n~~.
All applications are handled l>y t~e Sea
farers Welfare Plan, I J B~oadWay, New
Yorlc City.
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LABOR ROUND-UP
Four AFL-CIO unions, ol>erating
as two separate bargaining units
have won a National Labor Rela
tions Board election the North Ca
rolina Pulp Co. The· election was
held on management's petition in
order to define the bargaining units
after a dispute with ·the unions
- over the status of several so-called
''supervisory employees." Involved
fn the .vote were the Pulp, Sulphite
& Paper Mill Workers; Papermak
ers and Paperworkers; Operating
Engineers, and International Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers. ·
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A Federal Court in Seattle,
Wash., has ruled that the Interna
tional Typographical Union's fi
nanc~al support ·of a newspaper
competing with a struck publica.
tion was not a violation of anti·
trust laws. The struck paper in
stituted the lawsuit initially in
1955 against the Union's · locals, its
executive officers and the Allied
Printing Tr-ades Council of Seattle.
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The United Auto. Workers and
Studebaker-Packard Corp. have
reached an agreement on ·a plan
that assures Packard retirees life
time pe'nsions e·qu·amrig 85 percent
of the level prov.ided at the time
when" the Pa'ckard plant shut down
in 1958. At that tirpe the. com
pany split a $25 million retirement
fund into two part~. · one covering
Studebaker workers, and one _cov
ering Packard employees. A typi
cal Packard r~tiree with "3,0 years'
service gets about $57 a month ·pl'us
his~Social Security benefits. . ·
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taken to police headquarters ·and
shown a copy of an antiquated or·
·diflance outlawing the distribution
of handbills on pul;>lic sidewalks.
But because similar ordinances
were outlawed in neighboring com
munities, police decide<t-to charge
him with "meter feeding"- leav
ing his car parked for more than
an ~our and continuously putting
the coins in· as necessary. He was
fined $5=-which was paid for by
local unionists-and -went back to
handing out his handbills.
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The United Packinghouse Work
ers are scheduled to open negotia:
tions with Wilson & Co. with .the
assistant of "the Federal Mediation l
and Conciliation Service following.:
the recent shutdown by Gov. · Or-·
ville Freeman of the firm's Alberti
Lea, Minn., plant. "The Governor
sent some 200 National Guardsmen ·
into the•area to restore order after
outbursts continued against strike
breakers at the plant. The UPW A
has filed a num'ber of unfair. labor
protests against the firm.
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Typographical Union"' Local 619,
at Sapulpa, Okla., has been charged
by the NLRB with picketing the
"Sapulpa i>'aily H~rald" for ."a·n
unreaso~able p·erid of time" (15
days) without filing .for -a represen
tative election. . The action was
termed < as "outrageous'~ · "by ITU
General Counsel Gerhard P. Van
Arkel, who said this situation
"showed the extremes to which the
Landrum-Griffin Act can ,and is
being pushed."
, ;\; ;\; t Garb~4 as St: .-Nick for t~e pur
pose c;f passing out handbills In· John C. Lewis, colorful, buspy
fol'ming the public that the man- bro~ed head · of the United Mine
ageme~t of an En4ic'ott, NY, dress Workers for almost 40 years, steps
1h9p• was using non-union .builders do.wn ·from his position early -this
for , a'· restaurant·motel project, year to be succeeded by the Un'"
, Dominic· Parro(ti of' the.Building & ·io~s . Vice President, Thomas -Ken- .
The latest v)sit is one ·~f a series (Qu . 1n9 .. ·ops p
of contact!! between Bridges and - . . 1
the top lea4ership ·of the Soviet I p ti d st •k··
world. Last · winter Bridges went _ n ' or an ,, e·
to .Moscow and then, in the spring, . . . . . -
headed ·up a .. conference of pro- PO~TLAND, Ore.-Fresh·.lroni a .strikebreaking operation
Communist maritime organizations in Reno, Nevadar a group of professional s. cabs is nc>w work_-..
in Tokyo in the course of which
he blasted us policy. ing behind picket lipes at the "Portland Or~gonian" and ''Port-
In September, when Khrushchev land Journal," two struck•·---------....---
visited the · United States, the newspapers in this. city. have refused requests by both
IL WU headquarters in San Fran- Union sources in Portland Republican Governor Mark .. Hat
cisco was the only union hall he · charge that the strikebreakers ar"e field and Democratic Senator Rich.
visited. He received an enthusiastic being paid $2.50 a week for their ard Neuberger that they .mediate
personal reception there . from services, plus an · allowance for the dispute. ·
Bridges and the faithful. Khrush- housing, food and transportation. While operating with strike
chev had previously denounced the The two struck pape~s are putting breakers, the owner of the "Ore
rest of America's trade union out a combined publication, in ·an gonian," Samuel Newhouse, head
leadership as "c~pitalist· lackeys."· efforts 'to break the strike. They of a national -newspaper chain, -Is
collecting on ·a 50-day strike'-insUr
ance policy. The insurance system
has been set up . by newspaper pub
lishers to compensate strikebolmd
Stack-Of A ·Superta.nker
newspapers. .
Last M.?Y. the New York ~tate
Labor Department complete<! henr
ings on organized strikebreakibg•
'by the Macy· newspaper chain in
W~st~hesier . County. The -chain ·
also imported -strikebreakers from
such faraway places as Florida and
paid them up to $400 a· week in.
some instances. ·
. rhe handl~ng ' Of thes~ p~ofes- .
1 sional strikebreakers has been
'.traced to · a · single agency . fn · in.:.
diana run by a midwest attorney,
·Bloor Sclileppey · in conjunction
with _a Miss Shirley Kleiri. 'The
Schleppey•19ein group has aP- I
parent}Y 'established business rela
tions with publishers . all over the
US to supply them with -scabs
whenever desired. ··
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Cenikuction Trades Council was he.dy, who has L~wjs' blessi,ngs.
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· Any ship that Seafarer Ben ' Gr~ham ·
is on is l·iable to be well-decorated
with his humorous ·comments' on ship
board li¥ing. Reproc;luced or:i this page
are just a few of his caftoon obser:ya
tions on seafa~ing.
A native of· Massachusetts, Graham
started sailing with the s1u· back in
1942. He put in ' half-a-dozen years
with. the U.nion, went back ashore as ·a
t.ruck-jockey ·in 1949· and then, , in 1·955,
decided to return to sea.
· ·· Graham, who sails in th~ d~ck de
partment, is the father of four ch.ildren
and tile 'proud grandfath~r of six. He
· makes. hi~ home . in Cambridge, Mass.,
and is .. well-known to Seafarers ship- '
ping out of Boston.
"Did.I see Gibraltar ·as we passed by? How
could I? I was oµ lookout!" ,,
"' · Seafarer _-Ben Graham,
pictured ashore out of his
working gear.
"I wish to report a .leak, sir."
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"That's enough on the chipping, bosun. Throw
. a l~ttle red lead on and wrap it up."
"Roughly . speaking, I'd sa)T you mi:;sed it by
two martinis."·
~'Have you · a nice long ·Persian Gulf. run for a
.. lousy dishwasher?"
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To Get Gov't
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Dan Butts, bosun: About l.l 1t2
months was·. the longest. This was
back in '51, when lr.!"'.'""'-!!""~~--
1 was aboard the
·sea 'Magic. · We
hit Rio, Belem,
Recife, the Ca·
nary Isles, Cape
Verde, Barcelona,
and West Africa;
too name a 'few ,,.--
ports. When we
got , b~ck ' to New · · ..
York, .there were only seven left
out of the original 31 men who
started.
Ricardo Barcelona, AB: I haven~t
been on too- many long trips. In
fact·Jour months
: wa's the.:Jongest.
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run froni :Norfolk
fo Brazil a ·n d
back. JI ' didn't
min'd the length ·
of the .trip be
.cause .we . had a
good crew aboard,
good food, . and
sailing both. ways.
William C. ~th, eng. dept.:
Seven months, in 1942, but it was
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Holiday Rush
In N'· Orleans .. '
Wilt .·Stacken
· . the longest seven NEW ORLEAN~hlpping has
months I can. been very good 1here, -with reJis·
recall. We were lrations also on the_ heavy side due
cai:rying an. ~x- to tfie layoffs of crews aboard
plosive . cargo to three ships-twQ of, which are ex·
the Persian Gulf pect~d to ~e crewing µp again
~ea In It i a 1.1 y. shortly. The-c~ing period never·
R~mors ha<;l · · ·~t t~eless, looks slim, reporbi :. Lind·
th•t . there were sey wunams,, .gor.t· agent. .
20 ships in our Ceremonfes marfctng·the ground·
. ,group, :- t w.o of breaking for a-·new hall here were
wbicli were sunk~ Afterwards, we held just before· the holidays. At·
headed for Brazil to pick up · ~ ~e~ding the · fete were the mayor ·
non-:explosive cargo-coif.ee. .. · and local ·officials. <For' details, see
, ~ · ~ ot. · •*°ry on Pase 2.>
.BenJam4a Mlcnano, deck: Twelve · All members .shipping · out of
~onths was my longest from S':p· the port were urged to ~aJCe part
tember : 195~59, in the upcoming state elections
a board the Orion Williama· announced. There Will be
Comet. We .shul- .a rµnoff fn. the·· contes~ ior Jover·
tied back and nor of · Louisiana. , ... · ·
f o rt h between . . Ships -that paid ; off - during the
Japan and - . the pr~eding shipping span were:
P e r s i a h Gulf. Del Sud, Del Oro Del Mundo Del
Though ~here was N~rte, Del · Sant~s <Delta') ; Steel
a g o o d c r e w "Surveyor (Isthmian>, and ·Wacosta
aboard, o g e (Waterman> :
couldn't say too · •Signing on were: Del Sol, Del
much for the . food · preparation as Sud . (Delta> :· . · Mal'garet · Brown,
a couple of cooks a~d ji baker
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A)Jce ·Brown (Bloomfield); Chicka·
didn't know the score.· The · ~<?n- sa"'. . <Waterman); , Maxton (Trans
soons and typhoons made things ocean· Pet.) ; and Gulfwater (Metro
tough all around. · Peq.
1;. to to In 1.ransit were: AJcoa Corsair,
Charle. Connors: engine dept.: Alcoa Ranter ..(twice>; Alcoa Cava-
1, was out a _year I'll ·never forget: lier, Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Sea·
· · .. 1943. · We ·'were train Georgia, Seatrain Louisiana
carryln~ explo- 1 Seatt_:ain S; Del Sol, · D~l Aires,
sives ·from NY to Del Sud (Delta) ; Ines, : Beatrice,
, · Murmans~. ·. En- Suzanne,, · Elizabeth · <BulU; 'Mar·
route we ' were garet Brown, ..,.lice Brown (Bloom-
11nder heavy · at- field> ; Ste~l Vendor <Isthmiin >;
tack' by subs and Monarch of the Seas, Topa Topa,
planes f 0 r 13 Yak a, C.h i ck as aw, Claiborne,
days. · Forty-two (Waterman); Gateway City,
ships started out; RaP,h~el Sem~~s «Pan ~lantic);
22. or 23 . made lt. Qcean Eva ( Oce~n Clippers). and
Then we headed for Cardiff, Wales, John C <Atlantic Carr.).
but only met up with a few torpedo
boats which didn't damage th~ ship.
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SE .A.PA..RERS LOC I Pare Elna
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APL Purchases leilani.
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For Trans-Pacific Service
WASHINCTON-Th~t orphan of the passenger shipping
business, the SS Leilani, has found a new home and: will
soon have another name. American President Lines, a West
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Coast company under contract
to the SIU Pacific District,
will purchase the ship from
the Maritime Administration for
$3.2 million and use her in the
·trans-Pacific passenger service.
A few days earlier, th~ keel was
laid in San Francisco for the first . .
of two new APL cargoliners, the
President Lincoln. Construction
will start next month on her sister
ship, the President Roosevelt. Both
vessels are of the new "Searacer"
type, which is a modified Mariner
class design adapted for APL serv
ice. · One unusual feature will be
a container hatch just forward of
.the house, with a 25-ton gantry
crane riding above the hold. Both
ships are to be ready by the sum
mer of · 1961.
In itddltion to the purchase
price, the Leilani fransaction will
mean an APL outlay of about $5.5
mill.loo for another complete re
modeling job on the vessel. Part of
the remodeling cost, probably
about half, will be paid by Mari
time as a construction subsidy. ·
The APL purchase will .be the
fourth attempt to ope+ate the Lei
lani on a commercial basis. Built
i:1 1944 as the P-2- transport Gen.
W. P. Richardson, she was com
pletely rebuilt· after the war ·and
operated on charter by American
Export as a tourist-class ship in
ME'diterranean service.
Then known·· as the La Guardia,
.:.:.,.,,,'t·i: · . ::.. ·· '~ •• o· -..::~1 " ' '·;:.·.0··i·· ·~J;;:; ·· ... '·.. ... .. , ... ":,. she operated in this trade until in
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It should come as no ·g' -r. e. at surprise to Union membe~s that 1&52· . Recalled from the boneyarrl
· · . . . . . . . several years later, she was con-
G I L k orgamzed· str1kebreakmg is .far from dead m the Umted .verted for the Pacific serv.ice be-. rea a es States. On the contrary, w;hat is emerging today in some .in- . tween West Coast ports and
- ' tl'ustries is a far slicker, ~ore highly-organized form of strike- Hawaii. Operated firs_t by Hawaiian
P
. •
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· · breaking_. than Pearl Bergoff and :other notorious finkherders Steamship and later by Hawaiian
I 0. ts' Plan of -the"' 1920's and 1930's ever dreamed of. Textron, slie was repossessed by
~. · . . Your old-time strikebreaking opei:a~ion usually consisted Martime early this year when the
of smashing a' picket line with clubs and other assorted weap- owners defaulted on her mort-
B -• All · d ons, going into a plant and putting out the work for the boss gjlges ..
. elng .- ire .while the union men were left out in the cold. This kind of Originally put up for sale with
t ·k b k.. ·11 · t b l 'd f ·" h ·a prici!tag of $4.4 million, she s ri e r.ea mg stl ex1s s, ut a ongsi e o it' as grown up drt:w. one "unresponsive • bid from
WASHINGTON :- 'J'he US- and a more-efficient, gold-l?looded system which. has serious· iin- a Mexican corporation. The sale
. plicatiOns for · unions in certain industries. · · . was not completed because the
Canada are try .. ing 1 to work out a T d t th · t f h 'k b k. . · o a e e maJor argets o t e stri e rea mg operation prospective buyer was- a foreign
aatfs!actory Great Lakes' Pil!>tage have been unions in the printing and publishi.ng industry. corporation. The Leilani _had also
plan to present to Congre~s for ~~ the past year· alone, the Il)diana agency· which specializes failed .to attract much interest
consideration ne~t -session, which in scab-recruiting fcir this industry has participated jn strike- when offered for bareboa.t charter
gets under way ·sometime 1:his breaking _operatitms in such far-flung areas. as New York. a few ?1onth~ _ago.
week. State's W-est,ehester County; Reno, Nevada, and currently in ~PL s dec1s1on. to purchase the
was undoubtedly conditioned by
the failure of Congress to · appro
priate funds for a new trans
Pacific . supe.rliner. The conipany1 ·
had been planning · to construct a
ne~ 50,000-ton supership for Pa
cific service, but the funds were
not forthcoming and the cost esti
mates kept rising from year to
year.
It is expected that once the re
modeling is completed, the Leilani
\'.till join APL's Presidents Cleve
land, Wilson and ·Hoover on the
transPacific route. The P~esidents
Cleve1and and Wilson are also
basically P-2. designs modified for
luxury passenger service.
Canada Ship
.Makes-First
Atlantic Run
MONTREAL-The first Ca.ia
dian vessel since the mid_-twenties
to ·engage in North Atlantic trade
has just completed her maiden
crossing, arriving in London No
vember l, following _a 91h-day trip.
The M/V EskiJTln of Canada
Steamship Lines, under contract
to the SIU Canadian District, will
have a winter run operating from
Quebec City, and in the summer
will ply the Lakes and work in the
Arctic service.
It was designed by Davie Ship
building Limited in . cooperation
with the owners and the ~anadian
Government Departme.1t of Trans
port. It was charted to the Depart
ment of Transport for the mid
summer months to operate in the
far north; servicing Frobisher Bay,
F"ox Inlet, and other Arctic areas.
The vessel is 335 feet · long and
had a deadweight of 6,500 tons. It
has three cargo holds and is re
inforced for navigation in •ice. In
the spring and fall it will be used
principally to carry grain and
newsprint and in the winter for
deep-sea or coasting operations.
Canadian - deep s ea • operations
have been a rarity in recent years
because of the wholesale transfet
of Canadian ships to the British
ilag. · .Still unresolved is the question: Portland, Or.egon. . ship; once the price was dropped,
11hould qualified piiots, 8t consider- . Today's professional strikebreaker thinks nothing of flying --------------------------
able cost,. be required to be on scabs huDidreds of miles to a struck plant, setting them up- in N o I -- s f B k
duty throughout a V~Ssel's. Stay in focal hotel's and· SUpplying employers With_ Specified· Skills- ew r eans I ea arers ac
t.he G~eat Lakes-even m open just what is being done in Oregon. The ·wages of today's scab- • -
~a!~~~~r~!: ;~~s~~~~;r~e~:~: her~ repor~edly rang~ from $250 to $400 weekly plus free Mor· rison· For La Governor
-has taken an affirmative stand. transportation and mamt~n~nce. ii
Supporting the service are the That employers are willmg to go to such lengths rather.... . .
Masters, Mates· & Pilots. AFL·CIO. than sit down and settle a contractbeef with a union should NE.W ~RLEANS.-Seafarers at the regular ~embership
Canadian officials have taken a serve as fa~r warning to ev~ry u~ion and every union. mem- meetmg m the New Orleans SI'£! hall voted; unammously De
negative attitude in the matter, ber. It .points up the need to maintain an effective, solidly- cemb~r 23 to endorse the candidacy of Mayor deLesseps S.
and they appatently have State knit union operation to meet threats of this. nature. Morrison of New Orleans for . ·
Depar~ment . agreemen!, . too. · - ' · t,: i .- t · · govei.'no.r of Louisiana. program second to none in the
A possible ~ompromise, how- • . Morrison is opposed in a South and insistence by the city
ever, might be to a!lowthe Coast 'DOD --t Buy .Amoeo' runoff primary ·.campaign by for- administration on the' employment
Guard to use its discret.ion by in- · _ - · ': -· . 1 mer Governor Jimmie Davis who of union labor in this construction
1isting. pilots be aboard ships in From another quarter, one-close to ·seafaring, comes an .... ap- served from 1944. to "1948. program has- ·resulted in a high
open watef.S-C??JY.,.if· traffic eon- ·peal .by the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Ul)ion. not to .Morrison was high man in the standard of. living and one of the
diti6ns or .we~ther ~arrant . . A~. to patronize' Amoco gaimline ~nd other products. The U:Qion has first pri!'llary by nearly 70,000 South's highest combined wage
having ,, .Pil~ts ~board in re-. bee~ -o.n stri).te fQr six months at the American Oil ~q:rppany's vot~s,. but lacke~ the . necessa.r: rates. A by-product has been the
.atr/cted water~such as .the refinery in Texas City to preserve a voice inJ'ob classifications· ma3or1ty for a first primary v1c recognition of New Orleans as ··
Detroit .and ~t. Mary rivers - . d · · k . • t , T. h . f. . b . . ed b h. d tory. . . center of progressive trade-union-
Oanada's .. legislation requires theii' an_ .~o! . ass~gn.men. s. . .e re mery IS emg operat e m IQ endorsin,g Morrison, - SIU ism and- one of the fl!stest growing
aervices · anY,\vay, · so · there's. no a un,~e.n p~cke.t_ lme. - . . _ --~- . ·" members here took recognition .of industrial areas in the South."
- . eC>ntro~ersY, over this point. . The ~ct1on of .t\meric~n Oil, Standard 011 o.f Indiana (also the great contribution he has made The SIU has eri'joyed cordial re-
. · :.. _ -strikebound) . the . major steel ~0t1cerns, ·the z:ailroads and as mayor of New. Qrleans toward lations with the various depart
otbers-alLshow a pattern of,s~eking t<> destroy u~ion protec- ·development of thi.s port as a cen- ments of city government through-
.. tion .of member _ by demolition of contract -working rules. ter of Latin American t~ade, New ou_t ~orrlso!1's 14 years in o~f!ce,
· e::::::> · ir "' . ~ 11: T. ·h ,A ' 'k- · h·t· 1·; · d h ' f. · · .Orleans Port Agent Lindsey J. Wllhams pomted out. In add1bon,
· " ~IY~r1 ·1 IMi;.. , . e nmoco st~1 ~, -~ 1 e -ittl~ notice . t. us al' I~ c;ompa.rison Williams said. · the administration's heavy empha-
.<e~!r~ IL~ 1(Y, ... ' '. to, the. st~el b~~f, l~ . of,~o~s1d~~bl~ . ~mi;><?l"!~c~· to ·ref1~ery ."The trade union moyement in ,sis on ).development of foreign
1 ~A·~~llirl.-t- w..orker.s,,, sea~en ~n~~melilca~-ijag tarilF~rs 1!f!d :tQ Amer~cJm \New ·or1eans has prospered greatly trade through the port has resulted
·--~~, ': '·'~'.UIM .· · W<?rJ:tet~~e*·~r~Ut~· .Th~··~f!~ese~vati9'n -Af ilill~n ·workinfr~les du.ring Mbrrison's administrat.ion,:• in the· advancement Qf Sea!arers'
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1 ever~}V:.\ler~ i.s ~.at 1s.ta~e~~1~bee~§.i,o,(.JtP,.1~ ·~D:l!~W,'e .. ~ ... ,, , _ . W1llia~~ - s,aid. : "A . Public. W~Ji~~ ,J~b .an.d ~arn~gs'oppoFtvntties,. .
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SEIF HERS IN DR·YDOCK , . .
Brother James J. Kelley, who last sailed as an oiler on the Seatratn
Georgia ·is hr the Public Health
Hospital on Staten Island for a
check-up on ·a high blood pressure
condition. He is reported to be In
good shape and improving nicely
-Also in the hospitals are Seafarers
Phillip W. ·pron, a former m.essman
on the Elizabeth and Robert W.
Bunner, also a messman, who was
last on the Cities Service. Norfolk.
Brother Pron underwent ·a special ·
Mancino Pron eye graft operation at the Lenox
Hill Hospital but is recuperating at the Staten Island USPHS Hospi-
tal. Brother Bunner is in for a check-up. •
Three other Seafarers at the
same hospital are ·Seafarers Claude
L. Davis, who last sailed on the
Westport: Carmine Mancino. a for
mer AB on the Robin Hood; and
Frank Mazet, who was a FWT on
the Robin Gray his last time
out.
Brother Davis was hospitalized
in the Colpetty Clinic, Colombo,
Ceylon and is now recovering here
Kelley Ca.vis from gall bladder trouble. He ex-
pects to be discharged soon. Brother Mancino was involved in an acci
dent aboard the Robin Hood his first day of work.
Seafarers on the beach, or off their ships on shore leave should
take time out to visit or write a letter to their brothers in the hospi
tals. The following is the latest available list of hospital patients:
USPHS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, MD.
Charles Derick James Macunchuck
Grover Cobbler Anthony Maiello
Roscoe Conklin Johan Nordstrom
Leonard Davis George Rival
E. Gherman Herbert Shartzer
Gorman Glaze George Sizer
Robert Godwin Jose Soares
Bruce Hartford Charles Taylor
Wm. K. Kehrwieder John Zobll
USPHS HOSPITAL
BOSTON, MASS.
Bartolo Cruz Chas. A. McCar thy
Dalton A. Gabriel Raymond L. Per ry
Peter King
USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON, TEXAS
Joe N. Atchinson Jonnie McCree
William ( :, Brown Jame1 E. McGut'Cey
Herman A. Carson Sieve Moust~kas
Charles Hill ' Paul L. Painter
Herbert Jackson Roy C. Pappan
Robert D. Jones Charles F. Ries
Herbert Kennedy Jose J. Valenzuela
Thomas McCarthy .Tolin W. Ward
VA HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, MD.
Maurice Flynn .
USPHS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA
Glenn. R. Adams Andrew Sproul
Clarence Dees GJen R. Adami
William Hamilton Ernest Bryant
James B. Henley Cleo Copeland
T. F. Johnson David McCollum
. 'USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
Arturo Alderete Edw. H. Huizen11a
Hilarion A. Aquio Charles F . Hyde
Eugene W. Bent Richard R. Kohli
Richard A. Carter A. H. Manden
James M. Davis .Jerome Pine
Norman W. Dubois Frank Schembri
.James W. Eccle1 Fred Shala
D. H. Gemeiner Frank ·Soriano
Charles Harris Robert R. Yonce ·
• VA HOSPITAL
FORT MILEY, CALIF
Howard J. Watts
USPHS HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS, LA. ,
Thomas ~E. Andrews Edward Knapp
Alton M. ~ell Norman L. Krumm
Salvador Blanco Leo H. Lang
Colon Boutwell Clyde R. Legutt
R . R. Brooks Rudolf Michalek
Richard B. Carrillo Michael Miller
·Melvin Chilton Arthur Opsal
Leroy Clarke Anthony Pisani
Lavern Coats Francis M. Regan
J :imes J. Connon · Edwin C. Reynolds
Wm. T. Counts M. J. Rodriguez
Averil F. DeGrushe Antonio Santiago
Hugb Dick Cyril Sawyer
Harry Duracher Joseph W. Stocker
Charlie A.
0
Gedra David L. Wllllams .
.James C. Glisson James E. Wllllford
Walter L. Griffin Nelson J. Wood
Wade B. Harrell Anthony Zalch
, Harry R. Hebert
USPHS HOSPITAL
MANHATTAN BEACH
BROQKLYN. NY
Matthew Bruno Ludwig Kristiansen
G. Caraballo Thomas Lehay
Leo Carreon Primliivo Muse
Wade Chandler Jeremiah O'Byrne
Joseph Cox George Phifer
John Driscoll Henry Smith
Otis Gibbs Almer Vicker•
Bart Guranlch R. Water1ield
Talb Hassan Luther Wing
John Hazel Pon Win&
Wllllam Kenny
USPHS HOSPITAL
_ SEATTLE, WASIDNGTON
J. P . Balderston Olus J. McCann
Joseph Barron Joseph Prabech
Fay W. Langley Salvador Santos
US SOLDIER'S HOME HOSPITAL
WASHINGTON, DC
Wm. H. ThomS0'1 .
VA HOSPITAL
CENTER HOT SPRINGS
SOUTH DAKOTA
Clifford C. Womack
VA HOSPITAL
KECOUGHT AN. VA.
Joseph Gill • ·
MT. WILSON STATE HOSP.
MT. WILSON, MARYLAND .
George Davis ·
VA HOSPITAL
HOUSTON, TEXAS
R. J. Arsenault
SAILORS SNUG HARBOR
STATEN ISLAND, NY
Victor B. Cooper Thomas Isaksen
USPHS HOSPrr AL
WINDMILL POINT
DETROIT, MICH. '
John C. Robinson
USPHS HOSPITAL.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
R. B. Appleby · All>ert L. o,ietree
B. F . ·Deibler Max Olaon
Woodrow Meyers Leo Watt1
John C. Mitchell Joaeph. P. WIM
USPHS HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND, NY
Oscar J . Adams Ernelt G. Manie)'
Alte E. Anderson Frank Mazet
Ivar Anderson Marco11 Medlpa
Allie Androh Fell1t Muniz
Chai • . 0. Bergagna Ray Noack
Thomas H. Bubar Eugene Ojeca
Robert W. ·Bunner Chao A. Pao
Arthur J . Camara Wallace .Perdue
Joaquin Cortez Wm. R. Phlllp
Claude L. Davis Philip w. Pron
Wllllam Drew Angel Reyes
Jesus Fernandez Peter Richter
Michael Flloaa John L. Roberti
Walter Gustavson Frank A. Rout
Luis E. Gutierez Manuel Sanchez
Alfred Kaju · Juan Soto
D. Kambanos ' Thl!Qdore Spencer
James J. K-elly Fernando Tlaga
Chas. A. MacDonald John Ulla
Edward J. Lane Claude Virgin
Carmine Mancino Pedro A. Viruet
SB~-l'.4RBB.S
LONGVllW VICTORY <Vlctery Ca,_
rlen>, Nov. U-Chalrm11u a. H. llm~
10n1 secretary, I', Fullbrl1ht. c.
White elected llhlp'a dele•ate. 17 In
lhlp'1 fund. Cub donated to Merchant
Marin• Ltbra17 f• ~1>0oka and maia•'
:dnea broqht aboard' In New Orleana.
Shlp'a trealW'er to bUJ' loda, for
Thankqivtn& · Day,.. .dfnner. Lall trip
ran 1moo~. No beefa at payoff.
Sui•ut boldin& lhl.P•a meetlnU after
8:30 PM. Galle:r ranee to be brought
to· att~tlon of patrolman. Request
..pantry door ·and 1creen to be re
paired. Looi1horeme11 eaUng all of
ni.ht lunch. None Ien for the crew.
Compliment.· to the steward depart
ment. Everyone la very well Atllfled.
STEEL DISIGNER <Isthmian>, Nov.
1S.-C:halrman, J. Farrand1 Secretary,
V. P. Dltlmcomo. Bad locken In 8·12
1eamen'1 quarter1. and messman'a
quarters. Repair list · to be turned In .
to ·chief mate. Clarlflcatlon of ' over·
time mentioned when 1ea watchl!s are
broken for les1 than 24 houri. 118.45 -
In 1hlp'1 fund.
·CALMAR <Calm1Wl, Nov. 7--\:hal,_
men, liarl HarrlSOftl Secretary, C.
Glll../Shlp's delegate elected. Delegate
to see about keys for foc'1le. Stew·
ard reports that dan,. box 11 not up
to . par. No 'cooperation from chief
engineer for repa}r to Ame-
ROBl N KIRK · <Moor•Mccvmackli
Nov. 22-Chilrman, A. Pal1•1 Seer•
tary, H. Curran. ShJp'a delegate
elected. Fund now at S4.2S,i Repair
lists to be turned · tn by mree de·
partments. Beefs that were neglected
due to shJp laying up are to be
straightened out in Gulf. ·
f11Dd. EnOaeen to cbeclr ull ci.an
an 11ra1m became ol bad. odon. eom
Pllm•ntl to llteward department for
•ood lbod..f.Dd aervlce. ' · ·
ANTINOUI <Waterman), Nov. 21-
Cllalrman. L. Doucette1 lecretah, I.
Ray. .EYel')'tlllq In 8De llhQe. No
beefa. 119.U Ila llhl)fi fund. Hann.
ThaDklliYln& dinner on WednOlday
becau .. · of arrival In Canblanca on
Thurada:r. Tbankl to 11hlp'1 dele1ate
for the Job well done.
ALCOA CORSAIR <Alcoa>, Dec. 6-
Chalrman, J. Naylo" Secretary, M. J.
Phelps, Fun4 ltandl at 1215. 'No beef1,
Few houri · of disputed OT. One
crewmember flown home due to death
In famlb'. Sug1e.Uon made· to take
up a collection for the doctor for hla
Digest_.
Of SIU Ship
Meetings
pted eve17 trip. U crew permitted
to eat earb"when ' necelAfJ', Vote llf..
tllank.I to steward department for< a
Job well done. Have photOI to be
\ 1ubmitted to the LOG. Dllhlfectant
•hould be lnatalled In all t0lleta. More
water preAIU'e needed on back af~
on tolletl. Havln& trouble with water
re&ulator. Crew oppo19d to houslD&
pro;lect.
JEAN LAFITTI <Waterman), Dae. 1
- Chairman, Nlchol11 Hatglmlslo11
Secretary, Ronald Iden. Captain will
pay ol! anyone who want!! to pa:r off
o n the west coast. All dele1ate1 In· ·
1tructed to make repair l.latl. Few
hours OT d.laputed. One man 1011ed.
Thankl to Steward and the .steward
department for a wonderful Thank•
&lvlng dinner. Dele•ate to see cap
tain about irettln1 room1 10ugeed
and to 1ee If after llPts -to after
deck ·can\ remain on at nlfbt. Tbankl
to deck department for Aving life of
chief mate after a heart attack when
ahlp was leaving . Yokohama. Regret
that the 'chief mate did not acknowl·
ed&e thJ1 ac~.
COE VICTORY (Victory CarrlerJ),
Nov. 23-Chalrman, Joe Tuarh Sec
retary, John Coyle. Great Improve·
ment in crew'• conduct while In port.
Everything runnln& smoothl:r. Gan&·
way 1Yatch now In chJ,r mate'• handl.
Anyone ml1slng nme will be logged.
Chan11!1 will be m ade· ·at Jean al1ht
hour.a In . advance. Quality of meata
and produce received ·1n An'Wel'P, was·
very poor • . water ' In llotterdam and
Bahrein very salty. , Many ('DMD be
came Ul. Crew•1 palitry rel rl&erator
needs replacln1. Food from ' &alley
1erve'd cold. a few tlme1. Action to be
taken.
ATLAS <Tanker and Tramps), Nov;
1a-chalrman, "· S., Paylor, Jr.1 Sec•
retary, . I. Slmos. ShiP.'• fund Wal
S282.35 on beglnnlng of voyage. 128.74
spent for books and S122.85 for Co.~•
Cola. Some one ls taldn« cokes fronl
machine without deposltlng" money.
Request liafety 'lights to be put In
tanks while cleaning •ume and hel·
met. are requested for men down In
the tanks. Crew· to cooperat'e with
pantryman to keep pantry clean at
nl&ht. No beefs~ dlspu}B,d OT.
Interest In the crewmemberi. Steward
department rtve1 vote of · thanks to
·plumber, electrlclan8 qd carpenter
for their cooperation. Alao · a vote of
thanks from· crew tor a fine Tbanks
&lvlng dinner.
STEEL VOYA~IR <Isthmian~ .Nov.
23-Chalrman, David Dlckln1on1 lec:
.retary, I. Fulfoitl. Wire •ent to Joe
BAL'.l'ORI! <Marven), Dec. 6-Chalr· .,,... Alglna concer~& , penalty . car10.
man, Kosta Hatglmliloll Secretary, ·· Elected new. ahlp 1 dele~ate tor next
Paul M Meth Received new wallhlnl trip. Be1an a new ship 1 fund. New
• • men to donate at port pay oft. S18
machine. · M~ber1 requested not to collected •nd 17 pledged for 1hlp's ·
leave clothiri& In machine too Joni; f ,.,. ·
Steward reiiuested that crew bring " ___.,
. STEEL TRAVELER <lsthm!_anl. Nov.
21~halrman, c. E. Owen11 Secretary,
D. Mlsslmln. Edward Se~erko elected
ship's delegate. Held dlscu~slon 011
malling addres~es. Seafarer Sylvester
Frizzell was burled at sea on No.vem·
ber 20. P. F. Walsh. master, p~r·
· formed ceremony. All hands paid
their respect1.
· OREM.AR <Mnvenl, Nov. 23-Chalr·
man, M. H. Jones; Secretary, P. G.
McNabb. Ship's delegate to contact
patrolman regardlnc meat. A new
ship'• delerrate elected. Some repair•
made tn shipyard. More needed. Re·
quest more wind chutes. · Foc'sles
need painting. Boi;iks · should be re·
turned tQ recreation room. Vote of
thanks to ateward department. No OT
disputed. No fttaJor beefs.
· VENORI! <Marven>. Nov. 26-Chalr·
man, Hygln Starry1 Secretary, Henry
Girard. No betif1. Everything running
smoothly. Captain contacted regard· .
In« rusty water tn the after peak
and the possibility of nbtalning com·
pound to clear Ame. Ship In need of
new coffee pots. Vote of thank• to
the steward department. Thanksglv·
Ing dlpner well taken care of.
ST.EEL MAKl!it{j'dhmlan), Nov. i 14
-Chairman,. H. c. Hutchensoftl leer•
tary, H. L. Bennett. Make up more
• arrival 110011 and . build 1hlp'1 fUncl
up. S10 contributed by Norton to '
fund after :w.lnnlng pool. No beefa.
Everything running amootbly. Shit>'•
meinbera took up a c1>llectlon for St •
. Marra Orphange for ChflstmH party.
To contact headquarter• for an m
care! to be used as ]>&11 at itate so H
not . to use seaman'• 11apera.
In their coll. · No beef1. Some dis
puted OT.
HILEN (Olympic Trans.),, Dec. 6-
Cliilrft\111, P. McAn1n1v1 secretary,
Albert Espeneda. One man who
missed ship the last trip joined at
Tarragona. Spain and left at Bermuda
with captain's permllsion. Cre1' col·
lected 1145 for plane farl! to NY.
Captain will pay tramportatlon and
two days• subsistence. Members do
natinB 50 cents to 1hlp'1 fund. 'l'ltre.
men fired. Patrolmen to lie notlfled
by ship's deleiate regardlnJr flrlD&,
Requesting patrolman to aee that 'auf·
&clent food supplle1 ore put aboard
for next voya1e.
VALIANT POWER.. <P.owar Steam·
ship), Nov. 20-C:halrman, none 1lv1ftl
Secretary, Curtis Veazlo. Problem
concernln& draw1 and medical atten·
tton for members. Draw1 given only
when master feel• like lt. Amount of
draw 11 set re&ardleu of amount on
book1. Chief engineer drunk and dJa..
orderl,. ID crew meu hall. Gave.
trouble to 11hlp'1 delegate•and crew·
member1. Ten men donated· one dol·
1ar to fund. Master neilected to ltore
proper julcea and meata. Few prov!·
Ilona boUlht after ordered by Amert·
can consul. Captain refused to fly
crewmember home ~after doctor spe
cifies man ii unfit for duty.
BENTS FORT CCltle1 Service), Nov.
2t-Chalrman, J. lwnney1 Secretary,
H. I. Oasklll. New delegatea elected·
for engine and steward dep~ment1.
One·man milled llhlp ID Lake Charle1.
Another was fired for a legitimate
reason. Molt repalr1 taken care of.
No. beefs. Some d.laputed OT. ,. .
VALIANT\ HOPI (Hope steamship);
Nov. 22-Chalrmin, L. Them111 Sec-.
ROBIN SHIRWOOD (Robin), Nov. retary, A. Elllngsan. No beefs. Few
15-Chalrman, R. v. Ander1on1 Seer• houri of d.laputed OT. Reque1t a
· tary, P. Devine. Three men went to better variety In niaht lunche1. 'Would
hospital. S18 In ship's fund. To check like cooperaUon from steward con·
.with ·patrolman In . New York regard· . cernlnl 1tore1"': Albatro11 and other
Ing launch service In Trinidad. Sug~ / blrd1 paid vlllt to ship; They did
.,est St be collected from each maa~ not remain because of chow lituatlon
at payoff· for ship's fund. Messman and no draw. Didn't blame the blrdl.
broke eyeJ]a111es. Paid for a new
pair. To 1ee If he can ciollect from
company. No beefs. ·
ATLAS CTanke" and Tramps), Oct.
21-Chalrman, 51.m . Vatl11 Secretary,
I. llmo1. Refused to sign on without
a patrolman In Houlton. Finally re·
celved an OK .from New Orleans. One
man left In hospital In New Orleans.
Captain did not want to get sufficient
milk In New Qrleans but did so In
Panama. Ship's fund has a balance- of
1282.35. Some OT "disputed. One Dian
getting off for . ·hospitalization In
Pedro. Need a patrolman to settle
beefs before sailing, Request that
crewmembers do not overload . wash·
Ing machine. s. Slmos elected shlp'a
treasurer. ·
FEL TORI <Marven), "'ov. 22-Chal,_
man, · R. E. Jones1 Secretary; J. Polu•.
chovlch, No major beefs. Delayed
Piling to be . put tnto · all overtime
JOHN c. '<Atlantlc Carriers>, Oct. 2
-Chairman, non11 Secretary, J, T.
Lelln1kl. Ship's fund la 111. - Repair
llat of Jut trip taken care of. Made
new repair JJ.st.
MANKATO VICTORY <Victory), Nov.
21-Chalrman, J. c. Hoey1 lecretaey,
Dan Cherry. Repof t sent .to headquar·
ter1 concerning man ho~ltalized. tn
Honolulu. Aho wrote letter concern
ing ·repair• not made on last tr ip. No
beefs. No disputed OT. To check 4-8
foc'sle& -for leakl. Short of· linen.
Vote of thanks to the 1teward depart·
ment. Request clarlflcatlon on beet
concerning rigging Jumbo during boll· ·
day shift without payment of OT.
BiENVILLE <Pan·Atlantlc), Nov. 2t
l....Chalrman; ErnHt Kolenov1hy1 Sec·
retary, A. S. Parson1. ·Everything nin··
rung smoothly. No beefs and no dJa..
puted OT • . sheets. crew requestln« better qual·
. tty aJl1I more •food. Would like to.
have more fresh bread -on board. Dis· THE CABINS <'fexai ·city Refining>,
cussed the roac~· · sltuatloQ. Nov. 29-Chalrmen, JamH C. What•
. WINTER HILL <Cities service>, ~ov. ley1 Secretary, Jesse -W. Maloney. Re·
t T ceived "thank you" note from famlly
26-Chalrman,. ~· .Johns1 Se~re ary, ; . of Mr." 'Fhomas/ first assistant, ""ho
Faulkner. Everythlnit. running smooth· died -aboard shJp. sla In ship's fund.
ly. No beets." No disputed OT.--four Necessary to report -on fight which men paying off. ...,
. ,• _ _ took t;>lace bet ween two membl!rs of
·ALCOA- PLANTER <Alcoa), Nov. 15 the crew. · E. Gordon ; left. ship tn
-Chairman, Haroid Dycluxi seer• _Bridgep!>rt, Connectlcu! because wife
tary, Z•• Yunt 'Ching • .:-c rew prepared ta seriously ill. ·No · beefs. No d~
to spend holidays ' a~ . na or outslcte . puted OT.
of United States. schedule may give i
a &ood chance to be hp,me for, Chr18$·. FAIRLAND (Pan At11ntlc), Nov. 22
mas, , Most repairs done lh ,,. Pol't of , -Chairman, J11hn Crew11. Secretary,
New Orleam. 160 on hand In 1hlp'1 ~rvllle Wahlln. Sblp still betni _fufnf..
PENN ·SHIPPERS <Penn Transl, Dec.
~Chairman, A. LandrY1 Secretary,
Duke Gardner. Recommendation . made
to have 1teward department clean
recreation room and · blacqarig and
deck departments to clean laundry
room. Repair list not completed In
shipyard. Vote of thanks for the ltew·
ard department. One man Ill. ShJp'a
fund S3.10. No beefs. ·
SUZANNE (lull), Dti:. l--c:t1alrman,
Angel .Sed11 S-ecretary, D. c. Hardhell:
Some disputed OT. Ship'• fund 11&.50.
Suggestion WH made to have evenr
man clean hi• room and dispose of
dirty linen. Vote of thanks given to
, 1hlp'1 delefate for flne Job and also to
steward dept for the' preparation and
aerving of meals.
ALCOA RANGl!R <Alcoa> Dec. 6-
Chalrman, W. J, Barne11 Secretary C.
A. Crabtree. No beefs. Disputed OT
will be taken cai'e of b:r, patrolmen In
Mobile. It 111 requested that all men
sign papers that are put on bulletin •
board for that purpo1e. S1111ested that
llne1 be kept clear of 'dry . cloth11.
Remove bulleUns from board that
have been there ,lpng enough.
JOHN B. WATERMAN <Waterm11n),
Nov. 23-Chalrman, /If. Tremefl leer•
tary, N. Matthey. Captain hH i,een
refusinf draw; also ti.-YIDI to force
steward off ship. · Patrolman , to be
contacted In Tampa upon arrival to ,
..tl!ke .care of beef1 • .
KATHRYN ·<lull), Dec. 11-Chalr•
man, none1 Secretary, Leon Hall, ·Jr.
Some. OT disputed. Patrolman in San- ·
Juan uid !t wa1 iood OT.
ALCOA POLARIS <Alcoa), Dec. 12-
Chalrman,' W. Messen1e'1 Secretary P.
Miranda. No beefs. All repalr1 to ~
taken care of. All handl put In for
delayed saUlng, Solled. linen to be
thrown to the aide of the Iadchr and
not at the~ foot of ume. It wa1 re· ·
quested that Union contract commit·
tea try to get alr·condlUonlnl . on all
SIU-contracted ships.
VENORE (Marven), ·Dec. 1-Chlllr
man, R. Noren1 Secretary, H. Starry. ,
Chief enllneer consulted concerning
excelsive a~ount of rust tn wash
water. To be cleaned and painted
, when ship goes Into shJpyard In Janu·
ary. Steward ordered new coffee pot1
and rubber mats for sink top. One
man mlised ship In Baltimore. All
delegates are to turn In repair llsta
pfior to payoff, Attempt .ls to be
made to obtain more books and other
reading material. Vote of tfianks to
steward dept. • The crew waa also
complimented for cooperating with
the s~eward dept.
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W.lth th• S~I Surveyor
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. .
By Seafarer William Calefato
.. Seafarers adjusting cable on the Steel Surveyor, just back from a
Pacific ho~ to Pakistan, are IL to R). . "Ski," Ray Patorski," William
Nelson, Michael Simms, and Leo LoSoya, bosun. '
... Baseba1·1 In Pakistan
On the fantail of · the
ihip, where many stories
were being swapped, Tony
overheard a shipmate com
plain to a watchman and 11ome
natives that he was robbed of
$20 in town.
"I wanted -to buy/ one of
those gadgets made out of
jade, and a · nke guy took me
• shopping to ftnd one," he said.
This guy told me it would be
better if a native bought it as
he could get it cheaper . . •
"Well, this guy- ha-d my
money with him all the time
• . . I know because I saw it
·in his hands au · the time
playing_ with it and tossing it
up ·and down. He had $20 in
rupees.
Finally he said he couldn't
find one but would come with
me the next day to the other
side of town where he was
sure he could get one . . . He
handed me back the roll of
money which I stuck in mx
pocket. But wherr I looked at
it later, it wasn't the $20 but a
wad of paper with just one
rupee note wrapped around it.
I'd sure li~e to get my hands
on that guy."
"You know what. he looks
like so he should be easy to
find," the watchman consoled.
"Yea, that's,. dght, he looked
just like Nehru."
"But neay;Jy everyone in
· India looks like Nehru," he was
Informed. ' ·
For Tony some of the mys
teries of India began to un
ravel. He had met gypsies ·in
f)cean Evelyn
Va.-Bound
The crew of the Ocean Evelyn,
the New York to Northern Europe
"Atlantic Express," pose in tlie
ship's recreation room before pull
ing in to Norfolk . .Many of the men
will be getting off after this voy
age because they want to spend
the holidays with their families.
The men rate the, ;ship cine of the .
best feeders in the SIU. Photos at
right, by Alex Janes, steward
utility.
Yov Stao
G1{?:L :-~: WHY.
010· </dv TAi<-£
·'(ouR: . St.ST~~ :: . · .
· :~os~·s .. ~olie:~(r. >·. :~ . . . . .
Brooklyn from · whom he
learned the secrets of the pow
er1 of suggestion. The Indiana
used the same ones, yet they
were ·much more successful in
hoodwinking seamen once they
detected the slightest suscepti·
bility of the will.
What the Indians did with
theµ- secret was to mix it with
the simple psychology and
their· main tool for survival,
. the well known, potent, gift-of
gab.
This tool, Tony noted, helps
magicians on · the . stage, and
without It, be, and the Indian
merchants, would be lost.
A guide had told Tony that
even if he came to India for
10 years he would still not un
derstand the. customs. and tra
ditions of the merchants.
Maybe so, ·Tony thought, but
he might go the other way
when someone says:
"Just look ,Joe, no money,
just look."
Members of the deck gang relax around the table before arriving
at Norfolk. They are rear, left to right: B. M. Romanoff, F. Israel,'
R. Frazer; third ·row: J. Bruso, Capt. Meyer, H. Swarties; second
row: Adam Kosinski and W. Feil; front row: Alexander Daniluk,
and Charles Misak.
"Peek-a-boo" says one of the members of the engine room gang,
J. Torr.es, as he looks through a life ring. With him are, from left to _, .
right, N. W. Joregensen, J. J. Look, E. Flecha, C. Johnson, E.
Anagostou, ·and A. Aciego.
...Ce 't'ouiieen
Oce•n· Eva Says
Me.;ry Christmas
To tlie Editor:
This is Cruz , Negron writing
from South .A.rrierica on the West
Coasf port of Guayaquit, Ecua
dor, enroute to New York. Just
want to say that · we've had a
real nice trip this far. We've not
made much overtime, but we
have had a lot of port time.
We've been to Japan, Korea,
San Francisco and now we are
off to Equador, then to the Gulf
Letters· To
The Editor
All Letters to the editor for
publication in ' the SEAFAR·
ERS LpG must be signed
Asks Revision
In .DlsablUty P•an
To the Editor: ' .
. As ship's delegate on ·tlie.
Robin Gray,. I . woµld_like . to ask .~
headquarters for · a · revision · of ·
the present disability compensa- .
tion .~plan. It is 'my belief th:tt .
a less demanding disability plan ~
then the pre~;ent one which asks .
twelve years of sea time ser-vice ·
before one is entitled to sµch · '
benefit~. be drawn up.
It is a t,errific amou~t of time ··
a men:iber has to serve at ·sea
to ~ati~fy present qualifications.
If se'a time could be broken
down as follows, benefits could
be distributed to seamen with
less 'time at sea: Exampie-12
years' sea time. $150 monthly;
nine years' sea time, $90 month.:
ly; six yearS' sea time, $75
monthly.
It's my feeling that any sea
men performing his duties for
.by the writer. Names will
be withheld upon request.
ports and finally to New York
for the payo!f.
We want to extend to the
chief steward and his depart
ment a real hearty vote of
thanks for· a wonderful job done
in the culinary line. I don't
think anyone· can say that we
haven't been fed very well this
voyage.
- a period of six years should ~e
covered by this plan in case
such member becomes disabled
during his services within the
SIU and the respective contrac
ting co'mpanles involved.
The deck department is very
smooth-running and there are
no major beefs there. Everyone
In the deck department is to
be thanked for a job. well done.
We all had ·a most ' enjoyable
stay in Yokohama, Japan.
The men of the Ocean Eva
woul~ · like to ·extend their
wishes for a very ha'ppy Christ
mas and a pro.sperous New Year
to all the Seafarers.
Cruz Negron
t ~ r ~
Renefnt t:heck
Brine:s Thanks
To the Editor:
I have received the most
gracious letter and check, for
which I heartily thank you. I
am ·so r~lieved and grateful t:o
you, coming at this ti'me of"yea'!",
which makP.s it doubly-assuring
that it-will help me in my big
loss.
It is so hard to believe my
husband is gone. I was so de
pendent upon him, but I ~uec;s
I must realize the situation and
bear up. Mv kinfolk, a sister
and two brothers live in Great
Britain. so I am alone, but ·wm
do mv best to carry on.
·I thank the Union for its svm-
.. pathy and respect, and I appre
ciate its offer of assistance, if
needed. in the near future . :r'
feent has not only set my fears·
at rest, but also the soul of my
dear husband, may his soul rest
at peace.
Happy holiday season to you
and yours. Mav God bless you
for helping at .this time of need.
Again, a million thanks.
·. Mrs. Claire Franson
Rocco Albanese
and c~wmembers
i . ~ ~ .
·Steel· Maker's
Yule Greet,ings
To the Editor:
The crew of the Steel Maker ig
one of-the best that I have ever
had the privil~e to ::;ail with.
With a mate like Dividsen and a
bos.un ·like Keefer, the · .dJ?ck
gang gets plenty 'or' breaks,' and
works ·_ together like - ~ well
trained' team.
Everyone is happy in the
blaclc gang; Big .J:tutch. the chief
electrician, and his able assist
ant ~oore, help us ,in the light.
With Brother . Bennett, chief
steward, and his abie depart
ment we get pJmity of good
food. Its served. by a cQJJple of
first class messmen; J. Buckley
and Johnny Newman.
All . of Brother Huff'.s friends
around the Gulf will be glad to
know that he is now a "papa
san," a proud father of. an eight
pound, fourteen-ounce boy.
The guys around New Orleans
about January 24 will get a
bn~ak if many of this gang piles.
off.
The Steel Maker wishes Union
brothers everywhere- a Merry
Christmas and a prosperous
New Year.
Johnny Johnston
~ t t .
Sends LOG
Seasons' Best
To the Editor:
To our · officials, to the editor
and his able staff, to the broth
ers in the hospitals and the
. membei:ship in general, I ex
tend my heartiest gre~ttngs and
salutations for a very Mer1·y
Christmas and happy and . pros
perous year for our great Union.
George H. Seeberger
NOW FOR THEM .
NEWYEAR~
R,i;:goLUTIONG ••. ---·
·irm®M. . .
· · 1t'Wl! ·~oolltP~
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. ALCOA CORSAm
Seafarers ·on the Alcoa Corsair
~ere so pleased· 'with ·the Interest
and. the care giv.en to 'th~m by :Qqc
tor Lunt, the ship'sphysician, that
tttey : to·ok up a ~ollectian to .be
given as a to.k~n of ~heir apprecia
tion: Tlie steward, on behalf of
the steward department, thanked
the ship's plumber; carpenter and
electrician for their help in fixing
up the galley, "and the whole crew
gave a vote of thanks for a fine
Thanksgiving dinner. V. T. Mc
Kleray is the ship's delegate and
Roscoe Alford the ship's reporter.
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VE~ORE . . _
Coffee lovers on the Venore have
the luxury of new. coffee· pots in
which their beloved brew fg being
made . . . But there is the prob
lem of an excessive amount· of rust ·
in the wash water. The chief en
gineer has been alerted and this
matter should be. ironed out soon
reports John A. Smith, sliip's dele
gate and W. J. 'Barnes, meeting
t . · t -i
. ALCOA RANGER
Gourmets aboard the Alcoa
Ranger, led by Johnny Holley and
A. R. Velasco, tired of -the coffee
being served aboard the sh(ps,
Sn•k• ~charmer,
Seafarer Octavies Coleman poses with ·a rare
captured by a Swiss collector of rare animals
SIU HALL DIRECTORY
have moved to .change brands of SIU, A&G Distrid .
coffee and get Chase and ·Sanborn SEcRETARY-TREASURER
PORTLAND .. .. . ...•• ; .. 211 SW Clay St.
. CApltoI 7·3222
SAN FRANCISCO.' ..... 850' Fremont St.
instead of the. cqrrently-qse~, brand ASST. SECRt:Xk~¥REASURERS
. , . HencefQrth, jf ttiey h. JV,. their
. EXbroo'k '7·5800
S~TJ'I.£,"; .... . ......... asos - lit .Av•.
-r W. · Hall, Deck
way, their java wi11··11e good to the c. Simmons, En1. •·
· ·MAln 3-0088
WILMINGTOI'' . •••• : • ••• . 505 Marine Ave.
last drop. . ·IC. Mooney,.Std. ' J. IVolplan. Joint
-4- .4-" .... IBALTIMORE ... ., . .... . 1218 E. Baltimore St. . .
• 1 . "' 1 "' , . ·"'- • , Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern '1-4900 Great Lakes District
TErmlqJJ 4-3538
ALCO.\ PO.LARIS , 'BOSTON .... : .•... ........ . 278 ·state St. ALPENA ..
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· h · b · · · · jG. Dakin, Actlriir Agent Richmond 2-0140 · · • • • • · • • •• • • • r,. ' .. . 12'1 ruver SL
: ea .arers . av;~ e~n unwittingly ·HOU.STON .. .. , , •..•...... . 4202 Canal St. · ELmwood 4·3618
stompmg_on tbe1~ sheets and pillow 'R. Matthews, Agent- CApital 3f4Ci89; 3-408( BUFF.ALO, ·NY ............. . 914 Maln st.
cases aboard the Polaris •. . • be- ·MIAMI . . . ' ...... .. , • '- .'144 w. ~ Flacler st. ' GRant 2'128
Louis Neira, Acent FRanklln '1·3564 CLEVELANJ;> •• •• •• •••••. 1420 W. 25 St.
~ause som~ men have been dump- MOBIJ,E . . .... ... ... 1 South Lawrence st. · .. .MAin 1-0141
mg their dirty laundry at the foot' Cal Tanner, Agent , HEmlock 2·1'154 DULUTH .. · .... •• ·· .621 W. Surierior St.
of the ladder. instead of at ;the sjde N~WJ eRLEANS .. . .. : . : ·V:S, BiehvWe st. FRANKFORT Phottei Rando P~ 2-fllO
h
. . . · Lindsey Williams, Agent · Tulane 8626_ • Mich. - · . .. .. . . PO Box 287
... T ey have been ~ requested to NEW YORK ...... :e75 4th Ave .• Brooklyn - ELgin 7-2441
' avoid treading upon the sheets they . · HYacinth 9-6600 MILWAUKEE · · · • · · ._, 633 s. Second Ave.
eventually sleep on nightly NORFOLK . . . . ...•• , •••• • 416 Colley Ave. RIVE · - . BRoadwaY 2·3039
• · J. Bullock, Agent MAdlson 7-1083 R ROUGE . . 10225 W. Jefferson Ave r--------------__;-. PHILADELPHIA . .•••••••. 337. Market St. Mich. ' Vinewood .3-474i
P E
S. Cardullo, Aaent Market '1·1635 SOUTH CHICAGO;,,, ..... 9383 Ewing Ave.
rove lf•gib1•11•ty SAN FRANCISCO . . . .. . . . 450 Harrison St. SAginaw 1-0733
. . Marty ·Bl'elthoff, Agent Douglas 2·54'15 TOLEDO . ···· .....•.•.•.. 120 Summit St.
For HO$pital -$ ' .$AN'rURCE, PR .. 1313 Fernandj!z Juncos. CHerry 8·2431
" Stop 20 . C · d• 0 . • ·
Seafarers 15eing; admitted to a . Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. . l,'bone 2-~996 ana Ian 1str1ct .
Public Health . h_ospital are J~CKSONVILLE . . 920 'MaJn St .• Room 200 FORT WILLIAM ....... . . 408 Simpson St
William Morrill, Arent ELfin 3-0987 Ontario ·- . Phone: 3-322i
urged to carry·· with .them their .sEATl'LE . .......... . .. , ... . 2505 lit ' Ave. HALIFAX N.s .......... ,i28~ Holli• st
Union book pi us proof of eli- Tea ' Babkows.kl, Agent .. Main 3-4334 Phone 3-89ti
gibility for SIU be n e fits·, TAMPA . .. .... .'.1809·1811 N. Frariklln St. MONTREAL .. • • , .634 St. James St West
B. Gonzalez, Acting Ag~nt Phone 2-1323 . Vfctor" 2-8161
namely, a record that they have WILMINGTON, Calif . . . : .:505 Marine Ave. QUEBE<;: · · · · · ...•.. . 44 Sauit-au-Matelot
t 1 t 90 d ti Reed Humphries, Agent · Terminal 4-2528 .Quebec . LAfontalne 3·1569
a eas - ays , s~a . Die .during HEADQUARTERS .. . 675 4th Ave .• Bklyn. THOROLD, Ont_arlo .••• .'. 52 St. David St.
the • previous year ' and .at least S U p · - CAnaI '1-5212
one day 'during tlie previous sl.X TORONTO •. Ontario . •••. . 272 King St. E.
months . . ·J!'.ailq~e t?.: h.!lye ' the_ H9NOLULU .... 61 Sout~ N~'W~~e~~~~~~ ST. JOH~. NB ~ .. . 177~Prln!~~~lll...:7::..
proper credentials will cause ·~ ~ NEW ORLEANS . ...... . 523. Bienville st. . · ox 2-5431
delay in payments to the Sea- . ~ Jackson 5·7428 'VANCOUVER, ·ec · · · · .. '. . .. . 298 Main st.
farer · NEW YORK . .•••• , .675 4th Ave .• Brooklyn . • MFOW "
· . HYacinth 9·6605
If. the Seafarer is, adm.itted to PORTLAND ......... .' .. 211 SW Clay St. BALTIMORE . .. .. 1216 Eaat BalUmore St.
a hospital which is not a PHS · CApltoJ 3-A336 EAstern 7·3383
institution he should contact SAN FRANCISCO . •••••• . t5o Harrison st. HONOLULU .. . . 56 North Nimitz Highway
• . _ Douglas 2·8363 PHone 5·6077
the Union immediately. The SEATl'LE . ................. 2505 1st Ave. NEW ORLEANS ....... . 523 Bienville St.
Union will arrange with the M;ln 2·0290 - MAgnolla 0404
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'- ·WILMINGTON . ...••• ... 50li Marine Ave. NEW YORK ••••• : •• . . 130 Greenwich St.
or a rans er o a Uu- · Terminal 5-661'1 Cortland 7-709f
. lie Health hospital in his vicin- ~ MC&S PORTLAND ....•.••• . ~22 NW Everett 'st.
it ' T. b PHS "11 t i k. • • • . CApltol 3-7297·8 y. e WI no PC up · HONOL;QLU ... . 51 South Nimitz Highway, SAN FRANCISC0 . ....... 240 · Second St.
the hospital tab .for "private , . PHone 5·1'114 . : Douglas 2-4592
hospital care, . unless it is notf- NEW ORLEANS · · ; · · · .523· Bienville St. SAN PEDRO. , ••••••••. . 296 West '1th ·St.
fled in advance. . . RAmond '1-428 ' . - TErmlnal 3-4485
NEW YORK .... > .. 675 fth Ave:, Brooklyn ' SEATTLE ............. 2333 Western Ave.
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·Blame ·Biz Cheats
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For -HCL Increase _ .
WASHINGTON-One of President ·Eisenhower's closest.
advisers has placed ~. · good deal of the blame for 'inflation
.$quarely on the shoulders of busiriess. Speaking at a con-
ference of · 47 org·anizations . ~
called to protect the public the Market Place" was called . by
from business cheats, Dr. Ray- the Federal Trade Commission to
niond J. Saulnier, the President's . alert buyers on the decepti\'.e sell
chief ·economic adviser~ criticized Ing techniques of "gyp''. sellers. It
business m~n for not cutting drew. representatives from 47
prices. major civic, . professional and wel-
. / 'Sometimes when I walk farf: agencies. ·
tllrough the shops, l wonder If I'm · Earl w. · Kintner, chairman of
being asked to buy something or the FTC, s~id that the conference
purchase an equity in ·the· busi- would perform a great service if it
ness," he said-1he oniy significant removed "the blissful blindfold of
reductions in the · cost-!lf-living ignorance ·from the ·eyes" of
index have co~e frqm lower food susceptible "sucker-buyers/' ·
prices, he noted, Dirly Competition .
Saulnier's re~'1'ks came in the . ·
1 course of a two..day confereri9e set He claimed that reputab.le bu~-- .
up by the us ·Government seeking ness.men w~lcom~d the c~mm~s
to infohn the buying public of the sioL s ~ampa1gn because it was d1s
many frauds and· phony "bargains" couragmg to hone~~ bus~ess~en .
utilized by businessmen to extract tft - see. customers flockin~ to a -Seafarer Steve Carr points out some of the features of Cities
cash from the unwary. competitor . whose .mo~.als are. as Service tanker ';nodel to son, Steve Jr., during visit to Union hall. The ' conference on "Trickery in rotten as his b~gains. Mr. Kmt- ____ _:... ____________________ _
ner said that hlB agency intended
Personals I
to ·be vigilant in' tracklng down J1s
honest merchants but called for
business itself to take the lead in
·. self-discipline ·and self-:.-egula~ion. .. SIU BABY ARRlV ALS
·---'"!' .. -----~-~_. Buyers were warned to be es-
'· , , ·lOHPh Leslie pecially wary ,of:. Magazine· solici-
Charles W. Ely tors who go · from 'door to door,
ex-SS Flortda claims of storm door and window
Contact Dick Irving a~ · Rassnet:, salesmen on " how much their
Miller and Roth, 20 ~E First Ave- product will save in fu~l bills,
AU of the following SIU ·familie.s have received a $200 mateT;nit11
benetit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the babJ('s name:
nue, Miami 32, Florida. · sal~smen who want to use private
Sandra Dee Banlio, born Decem
ber 4, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs .
Joaqu1n C. ~ai:nio, Houston, Tex. t t t homes as a "demonstration" house
Rudy Maple1
''Write- Floyd Williams,
Union, ·Memphis, . Tennessee,
c~Ii Blt 5-8143.
to sell items such as siding, roof-
1170 Ing or carpet~. an~ . signing con-
01" .tracts or ·promissory notes. ·for
products sold from door-to-door.
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Steven· R07 Butts,. born Novem
ber 23; 1959, to Seafarer. and Mrs.
Hermon B. Butts, Mobile, Ala.. :
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Charles P. Moore
Es-Chfokasaw
Your gear is at the Mobile SIU
hall, • • · I
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Harry L. Cheatham ·
. Contact Mrs. Addie Chalmers
Harris, 469 W. 163 Street, AJjart
ment LE, New York 32, NY.
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SS Steel Advocate
Feb: 6-May 15, 1958
Contact Seafarer Perry Martin
· Federson as soon as possible:
Urgent. He can be Teached at 356
55th Street, Brooklyn 20, NY.
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<:!hecks from Suwannee Steam
ship Company are being held in
New York for the following Sea
farers: .Kenneth K. Kemmis, James
McMahon, Raymond Buckman,
Paul· E. Harper, Desire ~e Berre,
Ernest T. Squire, William M.
Murphy. ·
Cleveland J. Vincent
Call GRanite 6-2537 or wr.ite F.
Akers, 5355 Delancey Street, Phila
delphia 43, Pa. It concerns your
mother's .illness.
The President's . chief economic
adviser, Dr. Raymond J. ·Saulnier
addressed the conference apd criti
cized the reputable busin.ess men
!or !J.Ot lowering prices.
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Joyce Ann .Carver, born October
11 1959 to Seafarer and Mrs.
N~ah c. 'carver, Richmond, Calif.
Your Gear •••
_for ship • • • for shore
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Whatever you need, in work or dress
gear, your SIU Sea Chest has it. Get top
quality gear at substantial sa'{ings by buy
·ing at your Union-owned · and Union·
· operated Sea Chest store.
Mary Joan Casarez,'born Novem
·ber 15, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs-.
Calizto Casarez, Houston, Tex.
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i Michele Violet De Boissiere,
born Novtmiber 20, 1959, to Se~~
farer and ·Mis: 'Rudy P. De Bois
siere, Lexington, . Va.
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John Joseph Ferreira, Jr., born
November 1,, 1959, to Seafarer. and
Mrs. John Ferreira,' Baltimore, Md.
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Angela Regina Foster, born
December '1, 1959, to Seafarer and
Mrs •. Floron Foster, Mobile, Ala.
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Anna )faria Greaux, born Octo
ber 22, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Louis Greaux, Texa~ City, Tex. ·
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Marli: Nicholas Holm, born
November 30, 1959, to Seafarer
and Mrs . . Dolph E. Holm, North
Babylon, LI, NY.
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Michael Patrick Parsons, born
November ·4, 1959~ to Seafarer and
Mrs. Frank E. Parsons, Mobile~
Ala.
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Catherine Comella Richerson,
born Qctober 27, 1959, to Seafarer
· and Mrs. Berli,n H. Ricl~erson,
Prichard, Ala.
NEWS H.EADLIN~S IN REVIEW
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Vol. ·XXll
No. ·1 •
• 0 FF I C I AL 0 R G A N 0 f · TH E S ·e A FA"R E·R S l,N TERN~ T Ip N Al · .. 0 N I 0 N GU .L F . DIST RI C.T ' • AFl-CIO~ • ·
The s~tu And 'Marilim_e In J~9.5~9;
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lifeboat school and upgrading trainlng
for ordinaries aµd wipers. - As a result,
almost~50 Seafarer~ have successfully
passed the Coast Guard's life boat test
in New York alone. . _
Anoiher program affecting the well
being of Seafarers, the Atlantic and Gulf
Food Program, got underwtiy this . year, ·
bringing the benefits of the SIU fe~ding
plan to virtually all SIU·contracted ships.
A group .of field supervisors represent
ing the program have. been servicing
SIU-contracted companies helping to 'in
stall standards of feeding, · storing and
service. Formerly, individual companies
had their own food consultants who
could not be utilized by other companies •
cent SIU . affiliate the New . ~.e.dford
. ·Flshermen•S' · Union; established · itself
. firmly . IJl ... it_S . !Jldustry. obtainlpg:j olid
contract be.nefits pfus '\Yelfare protection.
Another group~ the );sso Tanker M~n·s
Union, aftiU,ated · dI,.ectl~.~1wl~li3.tll'e .1,SI.'9 ,
of North Anj~ca -io ,.gahl , IRll>P.Or~ tn its
figl!t to. free Ess!>. mei,i from ~ompany
unto·n domination,. . , . ., ., , "
Whlt's in~the oUing for 1960? Coming
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. In the Washil:igton aren11. th.e major
issue dealt with by the Union involved
the actions of the Interstate Commerce
up in' the year fo.r ,sure are the openings
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Over 300 Seafarers marched in Labor Day parad~ in · New York syf!lbolizing
'°. CommissioD ag~inst domestic shipping •
As a result of a consistent ICC policy
favoring the railroads, the domestic snip
ping industry was in a serious decline
and was threatened with e"1inction. The ·
SIU fought successfully against exten
sion of ICC authority to cover Alaska
shipping and on behalf ,of fair treatment
for shipping and seamen at the hands qf
the ICC. At the year's close, · there
were ldications that the ICC was sltift·
Ing its policy to meet some of the ob·
jections raised by the Union and ship
Union's role in New York labor movement.
Another eventfulyear iJ?. the tur
bulent maritime industry has c·ome·
to a close. Despite the continu
ation of a slump in US-flag mari
time activity which saw the US
privately-owned merchant fleet sink to
a postwar lpw, Seafarers enjoyed im
proved shipping over the previous year.
Other gains for SIU men were obtained
particularly in the area of improved
protection.
The most significant development in
1959 was the agreement between the
SIU and the _National Maritime Union
to resolve their differences and work to
gether on tLe crucial iss~s facing
American seamen. The formal agree
ment reached in · January was the out
growth of successful joint action th!!
previous December against run-away
shipping. During the course of 1959,
the SIU and NMU expanded their activ
ities in this a·rea on a number of fronts.
Union o ·rive
On Runaways
Among the developmel}ts were ~dop
tion of a new policy by the maritime un
ions pf the world in the. International
Transportworkers Feder11tion. The new.
position, which was proposed initially by.
the US unions, recognized that the own;;
ership or control of a runaway-flag ship
is the key to which country's maritime __
union had organizing rights on a given
ship. The o1d ITF policy determined or
ganizing rights accQrding _to the nation
ality of the crew.
As a resu!t, US maritime .unions have
established their right to sign up sea
men on runaway ships own·ed . or con
trolled by American operations. To
further that end, they have established
a new union, the International Matitime
Workers Union; which will concentrate
on runaway-ship crews.
with se'Veral major cases pending in
the courts or at the National Labor. Re
lations Board involving the SS FIOrida,
SS Yarmouth and· S Sea Level, among
others.
Added SIU
Welfare Benefits
In the welfare area, important addi·
tions were made to the benefits and.pro
tection enjoyed by· SIU men. and their
families. A new service, · the SIU Blood
Bank, was set up. Through an exchange
arrangement it assures Seafarers and
their families anywhere in the US of
adequate supplies of blood for trans·
fusion when necessary. In addition, •
tl)e_ Welfare ·Plan's optical benefit was
Four liv~s were lost when
Rosa sheered off Valchem
ripped into· midship house.
Santa
s~ack,
operators. · .
Tlie SIU also went to bat with the
Coast Guard on the issue of Coast 'Guard.
hearing procedure: A set of proposed
Coast Guard regµlations covering dis
ciplinary measures ·against seamen drew
Union f.ire. The Union arg.ued that these
hearin.g procedures sh.ould conform as .
closely a~ possible to thpse in a court of
law, because the. Coast Guard has the
power to take 'a seaman's livelihood
away. Here too, the V1dications are that
the ·Coast Guard will revise- its ·regula·
tions. to meet some ,of the objections
raised. · ._,, · , · ,. ..
Activities Of
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Affiliated Unions
in Al~o~ · fle;t~ ·helped
cor:tf pa,ny win , National Safety -
' · ~ouncil .award.
of new halls for Seafarers in the ports
o( Philadelphia and New Orleans, with
Philadelphia due -to be ready ' Irt a 'few
weeks. Also scheduled is the first" sail·
ing of the atom-powered : passenger·
cargo ship Savannah. · Sevqral steamship
companies,, including t he· Sl'.U-contracted
Bull Lines" are plannl~g to make inoves
, toward conta~ner operations· by .. convert:.
ing their existing conventional""ship$; . fn
the offing 'ltlso' is a renewed orgaiiizlng
campaign· on the Greal Lakes .next
spring with the l\iTD drive lia~ing- bright.
prOSP.eCtS o_f lllO!:e s'ignifi'c~n~ .,flCJOfie9.
Here, ,briefly, are a few 9f th.e o~her
developments of· the past year:
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'4ews Roun.d~U:p: -
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' _There , were . notable developin~nts·, in ... .· , '
organizing and contract . galns amortg ·af- Th~ 'Mtssiss~ppl ' ShJpplng : ... Coµipany .
filial;ed unions. Out .pn the Great Lakes, oi:der'ed . three new....-:, .• air..-conditioned
a coordina.teci-multi-union· drive. through freight sship~ ,as-:-P,_aft o( its_.. reP,lacement
the Maritime· Trades D,epartment' made program ... Siniilar~.Y" t'1e On;t~.is inter·
considerable h'eagway among non-union ests finally got a.round to ordering three
Lakes seamen. It was crowned . by the new sup~rtan~ers, incl\Jding .one 104,000·
Great Lakes Distr'ict's stunning election _ ton mQnster, for V:~ctory parriers •.• The
victory in the · 1'2~ship Reiss fleet' as the SIU conventiori met in Montreal in MaJ
. -Lakes shipping season closed. Important and drafted a program dealing· with ma•
gains wer& recorded as well by- the ·jo.r pr,o~lems faci'!' · its a.ffiliates , " ••
SIU's il~x:b,!)r ,;mdJnland Waterways Di- Harry Bridges· ~ent ·first to Moscow,
:vision, Marine Allied Workers Division ~ then to . Tol<yo to! rally. -Asian unions
extended to Philadelphia arid San Fran•· · · · · · against· the .vs and then ·embraced ,,, •• and the PuE!'rto }liCo Division._ A re-
cisco, and the Medical Department, .of :Khrushchev . as .,"comrade" ii;i · San l'.ran·
tile Welfare Plan opened another diag:- , cisco ., · •• Five more $6,000, four.:Year
nostic and examination .clinic, this one . , . Statistics . for the caMnqar year schol.arships: were· awarded S~afarers and ,
ln Houston. ~J.959 were not conwlete .as the SEA- · children of Seafarers • . . the Maritime
Substantial improvements were made · F ARERS LOG went to press but they · Administration began the sale of. some
also in benefits provided Seafarers' de- showed some in.teresting develop- ~ . 1,200 boneyard Libertys· for scrap • . •
pendents and retired old timers under ments and progress. · independent tanker operators 'pressed for
the hospital-surgical-medical plan. Tpe In the co'\!J:se-of tne year, the· Sea· a ,gual'.anteed i;hare of the n~tioi.i.:s oil lm·
allowance for daily hospital payment~ . farers. Welfare Plan received..- reports ports for US-flag ships. ... the LOG won
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At the same ·time, a number of gains
were made by the SIU in its fight to
obtain full legal jurisdication over
American-controlled runaways. This
battle - has not yet been fully-resolved,
went up from $10 ·to. $15 and the total . of the. deaths of, 106 SIU men. In the' Labor Press award -for. the ·best lea-
hospital extras allowance 'was boosted .to " the same'' periodi the Plan· reported ' ture .. •' The Great La~es SIJ!. w9n agree- I •I
$400. · · . , · · · · · ·"" ' 326 cliildren born to the · families of ment on comprehens.ive welfare coverage
The SIU's shipboard sa-fety progr~ Seafarers. These are remarka)lly and a seniorl.ty sy.stem • •• Several SIU
received· a boost when the Nationai Safe- close to the ··statis,tics of 1958 witJl ·' ships entered tl~e $e~way' ti~de empha· ·· ,
ty Council awarded the SIN~manned 103 deaths .ind 326 births respective:-· sizing ,tli'e iJilpor.tance of the,new art~ry "
Alcoa Steamship Company the· first: prize ly .for .the ·f.ull. year. to Seafarers ~ •• ·the Maritime Adminlsi-
in · the marine - industfy. ·safety,, contest . On the shipping side, figuring the tra!ion showed .o·ff , a . new, ~esi~n for · · ''
and several individQal S)U'.fihi_p's :scored ·· year from1 mid-December, 1958 . to ; : snips' foc'sles which made extensive use
ot1'tstan4ing- saf~ty. r~cor~s in tpe yeru;, , i>ecember ' 9, 1959, 29,62'1 ' jobs., had of ".'baked' ih" color~ ••• Italian seamen,
On the other si4!e· pf' tliei ~oin;- there was ~ been shipped/ in . all ·~1u PQrtii, ~n t · went on strike,.Jor' sP< w':,e,k8, · tci .wj{l, ~. ·
one ser.iyus ,shjp -~ollision involving ~P ... '· average of~ s~glitly les~ · than _ _1,200 I ' •• nine percent " focreas.e-- o~et .. thei): ~ !$60 . . ~ :\
SIU-manned ·vessel; That was when . .the. _t'.t' ' J9b"s·; e~ery . two ·w:~eks. I Tliis was a monthly- base "p.ay. r . ~ 115, OQO .. New 'V.orl&:
Grace · liner Santa Rosa coliided with th'e ~cp)lsia~rable. .. hnpi;ovement ovei: · the ' · ' unJon .member~, · includinl~M· 'SJ?afare~ !
tanker Valchem '. o..Ef, the Jer~e? coa~. ·· · _. 26~01)7 ' .jo~s SltlPpt.~ .. dttffug ~he 1958. . p~rtici~a,te~: in ·th.e fir'sfJ.a~or ,DilY" P~· . : .
Three Seafarers and an. engin!!er "On the : year. It r~flects in "par.t the partial·. ra.de in m~ny years ,• •• the. Int~rpa,~to~l ,, '
Valchem were .killed: , $ubsequently, th~" 'ii.. reeovery· o( th~ 1"Sbipping .. in~ustf·Y , - -Longshoremen's Ai;soclation111erged.:w1th . .
Coa_st: . ~uard tiroug~:~- ~n~gh~~nce: charges. ~~om the ~'*-st~ ofi t}Je~~~5B ii'ec.~ssl<!~• ' .: , ihe ~tntepiat~o'~a~ Bi;othe~hqod ... ~f --.Long-: ··
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.,. • brfn~l~~ ad~tiona~ ishlps unl'ler. ~c6n~ ~.tec~e.rs ~ ~lflllte~:t : to demo~;h ~hi\':' old {;, ,
. . . Additional tralni.ng fJ¢11iti~~ :~ot . se~-:,.: · ;. ~fl•«:~•).l!\t~h ; .as, ,.tJte\yfSuw~n~~r S~am:- . , ; · ~t~ne ~t~eet l!jJ.la~l. ,f~J;''!1' ~ ' -P:l~4~i:n: ·iq~~ce-' , .'
gra~uatJ'd 2~ classes of SIU ' men . . farers were ·~ad_e- ay~itab~ at ,,head9tiar• ' ;i.:ft: s_hip ·fffi~sslle ··flee.t 3·amqng .·othe1:'•: · '. , •l· ..,, · ; ~ten~ .,s~ree.~ liiJl .~Qe11e SJU:~ ~ad ·1t9· : .• <
~ ' '- . tera. · These ·new ficillties .ihclude4 • " · :. 1
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