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INDEX

News Of

SlU Inland
Boatmen's Union

—Pages 8, 9

News Of

SiU Great
Lakes Union

—Pages 10, 11

News Of

SIU Pacific
District Unions

—Pages 22, 23

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News Of

SIU Commercial
Fishermen's Union

—Page 18

News Of

SIU Canadian
District

—Page 21

News Of

SIU Industrial
Workers Union

—Page 26

News Of

Safet/, Medical
Departments ^

—Page 12

News Of

Social Security,
F6od, Ship
Sanitation

—Page 13

Shipboard News,,
Letters, Minutes

—Pages 27 through 30

Editorial Cartoon
—Page 15

Shipping Report
—Page 6

V«I.XXH
NO. IS SEAFARERS^LOG July 20

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OFFlCiAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS- INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO

Runaways May Take
Russian Oil Charters

story On Page 3

Nqminations Begin;
43 SIU Posts Open

-Story On Page 2

SIU Welfare Covers
$6,280 Hospital Bill

-Story On Page 3

MTD Assails Defense
Dep't Ship Travel Ban

-Story On Page 5

hOOOth Blood Gift
Made To SIU Reserve

—Story On Page 2

Alcoa^ Bull Planning
To Modernize Fleets
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Elect Steward Croup
On Recertification

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Nominating Open
For 43 Elective
Positions in SiU

A total of 43 elective posts, one of the largest number of
positions ever to be placed on an SIU ballot, are now open
for nominatians under the revised SIU constitution. Nomi­
nations, opened July 15 and^
will run .for a month, until
August 15. In the last elections
there were 38 positions on the
ballot. The number of posts to be
filled and their distribution were
approved by the membership in
headquarters and in all ports fol­
lowing presentation of the presi­
dent's pre-balloting report and
recommendations.

The increase in the number of
elective posts and the changes in
their distribution reflect the
growth and changes in the SIU.
Under the new constitntion, can­
didates will be elected to posts in
the seven constitutional ports and
headquarters. Other ports maiiv-
tained by the Slli, which are not
specified in the constitution, will
continue to operate but will be
serviced by joint patrolmen as­
signed from the nearest constitu­
tional port.

For e^umple, Norfolk will be
serviced out of Baltimore, Jack­
sonville out of Mobile, Boston out
of New York and so on.

As in the past, voting will ecun-
mence on November 1 and con­
tinue through December 31, ex­
clusive of Sundays, or holidays
legally, recognized in the city or
state in which the port is located.
Voting will be between the hours
of 9 AM and 5 PM daily and 9 to
12 on Saturdays.

Under the constitution, any
member may submit his name as
a candidate for office provided he
has at least three years' seatime

ITF Congress
Opens; Takes
Up Sea Issues

The International Transport-
workers Federation congress
opened in Berne, Switzerland, on
July 20, with representatives of
US maritime unions, including the
SIU, in attendance. The congress
will take up matters affecting sea­
men, railwaymen, airlines employ­
ees and truckers in the various
worldwide unions which are mem­
bers of the ITF.

The seamen's matters being dis­
cussed by the congress include
the continuing campaign against
the runaway flags and specifically,
developments in the Internaticmal
Maritime Workers Union drive and
in the various court cases and
other proceedings as to the rights
of unions to organize the run­
aways.

The Congress is also being asked
to act upon decisions of the Sea­
farers Section including revision
of the Seafarers Section charter,
revision of the runaway-flag policy
as recommended by the American
unions, action on the issue of free­
dom of the seas and blacklists and
similar matters.

SlUNA President Paul Hall is
attending on behalf of the inter­
national union along with vice-
president Hal Banks, representing
Canadian Seafarers. Also attend­
ing as members of the SIU delega­
tion were Fred Stewart, SIU head­
quarters representative, and ̂ Bob
Pomerlane, from the port of Bal­
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in an unlicensed capacity, at least
four months of which must be be­
tween January 1 ^nd the time of
his nomination; has been a full
member of the Union in good
standing for three years prior to
his nomination; and has completed
a certificate that he is not now, or
has not been for the last five years
a member of &e Communist Par­
ty or convicted of a felony.

The last requirement is neces­
sary to comply with the provisions
of the Landrum-Griffm law, which
bars, anybody from holding union
office if he or she has been con­
victed of a felony within a five-
year period preceding the voting.

The headquarters, positions open
are: president, executive vice-pres­
ident, secretary-treasurer, vice-
president in charge of contracts
and contract jmforcement, vice-
president in c^ge of the Atlan­
tic Coast, vice-president in charge
of the Gulf Coast, vice-president
in charge of the Lakes and In­
land Waters, and three headquar­
ters representatives.

The port positions <901 are:
New York—i agent, 10 joint pa­
trolmen; Philadelphia—1 agent, 2
joint patrolmen; Baltimore — 1
agent, 4 joint patrolmen; Mobile
—1 agent, 4 joint patrolmen; New
Orleans—1 agent, 4 joint patrol­
men; Houston—1 agent, 2 joint
patrolmen and Detroit—1 agent.

Pre-balloting Report, see page 14.

Requirements
For Nomination

Members who wish to submit
their names for nomination are
required to either deliver, or send,
the following material to the
credentials committee at head­
quarters:

a) his name
b) his home address and mail­

ing address
e) his book number
d) the title of the office he Is

seeking
e> proof of citizenship
I) proof of seatime
f) the certiflcate that he is not

now, and hasn't been for the
last five years, a member of
the Communist party, or
convicted of a felony.

In addition, all candidates are
asked to submit a statement of
approximately 100 words on their
qualifications, and a passport pho­
tograph to the LOG to be run in
the Union newspaper in advance
of the voting.

The certificate reads as follows,
as per the SIU constitution:

"I hereby eerti^ that X am not
now, nor, for the five (5) years
last past, have I been either a
member of the Communist Party
or convicted of, or served any part
of a prison term resulting from
conviction of robbery, bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, grand
lyceny, burglary, arson, violation
of narcotics laws, mturder, rape,
assault with intent to kill, assault
which inflicts grievous bodily in­
jury, or violation of title II or HI
of the Landrum-Griffin Act, or
conspiracy to commit any suph
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2 Nations
Seek Ship
Registries

Onw-theuMndth pint of blood coHa'ciad by SIU blood bonb it do­
nated by Seafarer Vincent M. Mocketu, AB.' It was Mocfcelis'
second donation to the bonk which serves ol Seofarers and their
fomSies.

Blood Bank Gets
Its lOOOih Pint

The SIU Blood Bank in New York collected its 1,000th pint
of blood early this month as Seafarer Vincent M. Mackelis,
AB, contributed to the centoiQ blood reserve for Seafarers
and teeir- families.

Mackelis was followed in
short order by John Fancutt,
AB, who started the blood bank
on its second thousand go round.

Since the blood bank was estab­
lished, it has assisted hundreds of
Seafarers aU over the country and
members of their families in meet­
ing the need for blood transfusions.

Operated Through NT
Operated through ffie New Yozk

clinic of the Seafvers Welfare
Plan, in conjunction with the
Brooklyn Donor Center, the SIU
blood bank has exchange arrange­
ments. witl) other blood banks
throughout the country.

As a result, blood can be deliv­
ered without delay to Seafarers or
members of their families in any
major city. The drafts against the
SIU blood bank are then balanced
off through exchanges with blood
banks in other cities.

As a result of this system, the
blood bank not only supplies blood
when and where needed, bat also
can come up with relatively rare
flood types. The exchange ar­

rangements enable the blood bank

Dated:

Book No.
Signature of member

Ship Crewings
Aid Baitimore
BALTIMORE—Business had been

slow here, with a total of 2S1 men
shipped since the last meeting, but
the overall picture looks a little
brighter with a possibility of erew-
ing up at least three ships In the
near future. They arie the Alcoa
Pennant, Bethcoaster and Village.

Porlr Agent Rex Dickey writes
that payoff have beeq - running
smoothly aboard the Emilia, Mae
and Jean (Bull); Chilore, Feltore
and Santore (Marven); Beth-
coaster and Bethtex (Ore Naviga­
tion); Alcoa Pennant and Robin
Sherwood (Robin).

Signing OB were the Chilore.
Santbre, Feltore, ̂ Bethtex and Mon-
tego Sea (Lion).

to eall upon tho lesonrcM of other
coitral blood banks for relatively
rare types of blood iriiirii would
not be obtainable otherwise.

In several instances, the blood
bank has supplied rare and hard-
to-obtain blood needed for surgery
upon Seafarers and members of
their families. Xisrge quantities of
blood can also be supplied as in
the ease of a Seafarer's daughter
who needed pints because of a
delicate "(^n heart" operation.
All her needs were met through
the SIU blood bank.

Lebanon and Somalia have taken
a look at the runaway-flag busi­
ness, found It to their liking, and
are preparing to set up shop. Their
problem will be to lure the cus­
tomers away from' Panama and
Liberia, who are already deep in
the trade. Lebanon is prepared to
offer exemption from payment of
income taxes, Lebanese crewmen
who labor without a
wage seal? and
about eight cents a ton.

Somalia, which attained her In­
dependence July 1, plans to accept
registration of ships regardless of

minimum - /fi
an annual fee of

origin or ownership. The only fees
will be based on tonnage.

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The Journal of the International •
Transport Workers Federation had
this thought on the prospective
Somali registrations: "It is feared
that the use of a Somali registry
will enable a certain type of owner
to pay lower fees and observe
lower standards of safety and con­
ditions for new members than are-
rcqpired by major maritime coun­
tries."

SEAFARERS LOG
July 20,1960 Vol. XXIi, No. 15

PAUL HALL, President
HERBERT BBAND, Editor. BERNARD-SEA­

MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR,
AL MASKIN, CHARLES BEAUMET, ARTHUR
SEGAL, ALBERT AMATEAU, Staff Writers.
BILL MOODY, Gulf Area Representative.

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Published monthly at the headquarterE
of the Seafarers Intarnatlenal Union. Ah
•antic Gulf. Lakes and Inland Wafara
DIstricf. AFL-CIO, «7S Fourth Avenue,
Brooklyn 33, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-iMO.
Second class postage paid at the Pest
Office In erooklyn, NY, under the Act
of Aug. 24, 1912.

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Five Seafarers Approved
For Disability-Pension

Trustees of the Seafarers Welfare Plan have okayed an­
other five Seafarers for the special disability benefit of $35 a''
week because the applicants are not medically qualified to
sail anymore. The\five were^
approved for the disability
benefit at the June 29 meeting
of th* Uruatcc*.

The latest llvo to bo a^ed to
tba special- disability Ust are:

Geerge Goodwin,
Louis H. Harris,
Santiago Pascai
Gewge H. See-
berger and Jose

Goodwat

Goodwin, age
06, was disabled
because of dam­
age to the retina
of both ^es. He
wat a member of

the engine department
Harris, who sailed in the steward'

department, la 6# and has been
stdehned heeanae of a heart ail­
ment.

Pascal was found not fit for duty
due to heart troublel He is 71 and

formerly sailed in the steward
department.

Seeberger, who Is ailing with a
heart condition, is 62. He was a
member of the steward department-
when he sailed.

Scares was inactivated from .
shipping by Injuries he sustained
in a shipboard accident. He is now
52, and used to ship in tHe deck
department. ' .

The SIU dlsabiUbf benefit is pay­
able to Seafarers of any age whov
are no longer able to sail because
of physical infirmities. Twelve ,
years' seatime on SIU ships is the
basic requirement for an applicant.

In edition to the 'SlU benefit—
which totals up to $150 a month— <
the individual Is also covered by
Social Security benefits if he is
disabled and over 50, plus the
usual benefits paid to those over
65.

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LOG EXPANDS,GOES
ON NEW SCHEDULE

^oader coverage of matters of interest to Seafarers,
both in the maritime industry, in the labor movement and
m the world at large will be featured in the new revised
SEAFARERS LOO, which will now be published on a monthly basis.

As this issue indicates, each monthly edition of thq,. LOG will
consist of 32 pages and will include coverage of the many areas in
which the SIU is active, within the various divisions of the SIU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District as well as the
activities of other SIUNA affiliates in the US which would be of
interest to Seafarers.

The change in scope of ne\Vs coverage reflects the change in
recent years in the District and its activities in areas other than the
deep sea field. For example, the SIU represents large groups
of workers in the Inland Boatmen's field, including tugs, barges,
small coastwise cargo operations,. excursion boats, railroad tugs,
dredges and the like. The Union also has a sizable group of allied
marine workers in industrial plants in major East Coast ports; a
Puerto Rico division including industrial workers on the island,
and fishertnen in Massachusetts.

Lakes Activity Increases
SIU activity on..the Lakes is on the rise as a result of the opening

of the St. Lawrence Seaway, and this area will conw in for regular
coverage in the LOG.

New programs set up for the benefit of Seafarers in negotiations
with SlU-contracted operators include the A&G Food Plan, the
Safety Department of the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the Social
Security Department of the Welfare Plan, along with the standard
weifare benefits for Seafarers and the operations of the various SIU
clinics. These, activities will also be given regular coverage on a
departmental basis.

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Outside of the Union Itself, there are constant developments in

the maritime field, in the AFL-CIO, or in the nation and world at
large which have an impact on seamen's livelihood and conditions.
The new LOG will include increased information on such activities.
International affairs are becoming increasingly important to seamen,
both the activities in the labor field in such organizations as the
International Transportworkers Federation, and the International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions, and developments in relations
between the US and other countries which have a marked effect on
the patterns of shipping.

•The nwnthly schedule of the LOG reflects the new structure of
the Union with membership meetings being held on a monthly
basis. The LOG will be coming out on a regular schedule after the
monthly meetings have been held in the seven major ports.

iRunoways 'Study
Red Oil Charters,
Peril US Control

Despite severe damage to bow suffered in Mediterranean Sea crash, Soviet supertanker Peking
rushed cargo of oil to Havana. Sending of ship on voyage in this condition reflects Soviet shortage
of tankers, leading in turn to Russian moves for deals with runaway tankers.

The manufactured myth of "effective contror' as a justification for registering
ships under the runaway flags may go up in smoke as the result of the Soviet Union's
entrance into the world tanker trades. Runaway ship operators in the oil-carrying
business are, eyeing ways^
and means of getting into
the Russian oil trade with­
out losing out on their busi-

SIU Welfare Pays $6,280
Benefit,Largest On Record

The exceptional coverage provided by the Seafarers Welfare Plan for even the most
extended periods of hospitalization was demonstrated on July 8 when a check was issued
to Seafarer Ronald Bowden forr $6,280 in benefits. This was, by far, the largest benefit ever
paid by the Plan for family
lospital and surgical cover­

age.
The benefit payment covered 392

days' hospitalization for Bowden's
wife, Margaret Rose Bowden in the
Firland Sanatorium in Seattle. Mrs.
Bowden was beihg treated for tu­
berculosis, and In addition, had
to have some surgery performed.

Hospital Room and Board
Under the SIU Welfare Plan,

Mrs. Bowden was entitled to the
$15 daily hospital room and board
benefit for her entire period of
confinement. By comparison, the
New York Blue Cross Plan limits
its coverage to 21 full days and 180

.discount days, and most insurance
company hospitalization plans gen­
erally run no longer than 30 to 60
days.

The Welfare Plan also paid for
hospital extras up to $200 for the
first 31 days and a maximum of
$200 therafter. Mrs. Bowden col­
lected the full $400 allowance as
she had 53 laboratory tests and 12
x-days during her confinement.

The largest previous benefit paid
by the fund was $2,334 to Seafarer
Simon P. Morris, May 13, 1959,
covering 159 days' hospitalization
of his wife.

The Bowden case, along with
other long-terra hospital confine­
ment cases, emphasizes the value
of the WelfarS Plan's unlimited
hospital benefit feature. Without
such a feature, extended periods

Seafarera families would mean
staggering hospital bills which they
could not afford to meet.

Including the unlimited provi­
sion in the benefits, the trustees
of the Welfare Plan had In mind

that the greatest need for coverage
would be In just such cases of
chronic or long-term illnesses,, the
type of ailments, incidentally,
which affect a growing percentage
of the population. "

Elect Steward Committee
To Study Recertification

Five chief stewards have been elected by the headquarters
membership to draft recommendations for a recertification
program for chief stewards on SlU-contracted vessels. The
action by the July 5 head--*^'
quarters meeting kicks off
study and consideration of
what standards should be estab­
lished to be met by men sailing in
the chief steward's rating.

The committee's recommenda­
tions, when drafted, will be sub­
mitted to the membership at a
subsequent meeting

Elected to the committee were
Walter C. Patterson, Richard H.
Simpson, Nicholas Nomikos, £. B.
Rosado and Walter Marcus.

The committee will study pro­
cedures to be established to recer­
tify men now sailing chief stew­
ard as well as a uniform system
for upgrading to the top steward
department rating. Any proposals

_ , drafted by the committee and sub-
of hospitalization for members of 1 sequently approved by the member­

ship would become subject to col­
lective bargaining between the SIU
and its various contracted steam­
ship companies.

In calling for the election of a
committee to deal with this sub­
ject it was pointed out that there
never has been a set of standards
for the chief steward rating.

Since the chief steward's respon­
sibilities are largely administrative,
covering such areas as work assign­
ments for members of the galley
department, storing, inventory con­
trol, meal planning and . menus,
shipboard sanitation, galley equip­
ment and shipboard housekeeping,
the committee will discuss what
qualifications the chief steward
should have to handle these various
responsibilities.-

ness from giant American
oil companies.

Russia's sudden emergence
in the world oil picture .was
highlighted by Cuba's seizure
of American and British-owned
refineries and its agreement to
import oil from Russia to supply
them. In addition, the Russians
have contracts to run oil to India,
Finland, Italy and other nations.

Russian Pitch
- Short of tonnage itself, the Rus­
sians are now making a pitch to
independent tanker operators un­
der the runaway flag and European
flags as well. Already, numerous
British, Greek and Italian-regis­
tered tankers have contracts to
carry Russian oil. Further, a report
from business representatives of
Aristotle Onassis in West Germany
states that the Soviet Union is
going to try to put the squeeze on
the runaways through the govern­
ments of Liberia and Panama. The
purported "squeeze" may be the
excuse the runaways are looking
for.

The SIU and other maritime
unions have long warned that run­
aways could not be relied on to
be loyal to the US in times of
emergency, despite thb claims by
the State Department that these
vessels are under the "effective
control" of the United States and
can be relied on to keep the US
supplied.

Further, the untons have pointed
out that the crews, as well as the

Be Sure To Get
Dues Receipts

Headquarters again wishes to
remind all Seafarers that pay­
ments of funds, for whatever
Union purpose, be made only
to authorized A&G representa­
tives and that an official Union
receipt bo gotten at that time.
If no receipt is offered be sure
to protect yourself by immedi­
ately bringing the matter to the
attention of the secretary-treas­
urer's office.

ships are not subject to US controL
The point was stressed by the

SIU counsel in recent hearing be­
fore the National Labor Relations
Board on the Union's right to
organize runaway snips. The crews
in many instances come out of
labor movements in which there
are strong Communist or pro-Com­
munist organizations.

Up until now, it has paid the
operators under the runaway flags
to do business with US oil com­
panies, because they moved the
bulk of oil in the international
trade. If the Russians grab off •
big hunk of that trade, the run­
aways will inevitably drift into
their orbit. Such a development
would be a serious blow to the
ability of the US fo meet an inter­
national emergency.

Esse Warning
The oil companies themselves

have shown their concern about
their ability to hold onto the
tanker operators, with Esso warn­
ing that it would not give a charter
to anybody who handles Cuban
oil.

However, one of the major oper­
ators in the runaway field, Stavros
Niarchos, already has long-term
contracts to move Russian oil on
Greek-flag vessels. Both Niarchos
and Onassis felt impelled to come
out and deny that they would carry
Russian oil in the Cuban trade.
Onassis readily agreed that the
Cubans and Soviets had both ap­
proached him for tankers.

Another factor in the situation
is the degree to which the United
States Can compel such indepen­
dent countries as Panama and
Liberia to toe the line on this issue.
There are strong anti-American
and pro-Castro elements in Panama
who would probably like nothing
better than to tweak Uncle Sam's
nose by having Panamanian-flag
vessels carry Soviet oil.

Before Cuba's seizure of its re-
fineries, the refineries were sup-
pliLd by oil from Venezuela carried
on runaway-flag ships. Esso and
Texaco were the American com­
panies in this trade, with the Royal
Dutch-Shell combination also op­
erating runaways on this run.

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President Signs Trade-In Biii;
Aicoa, Buii Can Upgrade Ships

WASHINGTON—^An important boost for, non-subsidized steamship companies was
approved by President Eisenhower recently when he signed a bill permitting shipowners
not receiving Government subsidies to trade-in older ships for C-2s, C-3s and C^s.

The bill will permit the^*'^ ^^
SIU - contracted Alcoa and
Bull lines to improve their
fleet by swapping older vessels for
more- modern and more efficient
ones. It was designed to upgrade
the American-flag non-subsidized
fleet.

The unsubsidized operators had

argued that the trade-in method
was the only way they could Im­
prove their preSint fleets. With­
out construction subsidies, they
would be forced to run their pres­
ent war-built ships until they could
no longer operate. This was par­
ticularly true for Bull Line which

Coast Guard Mars
StU Lakes Payoff

This quartet spoke for crew during Transnorthern payoff In Duluth,
(L to r.) Fred Gentry, firemanj Joe Donovon, AB{ W. McKeon,
MM. Phil Quahm, AB.

DULUTH—The SlU-manned Transnorthern became the
first Union-contracted ship to pay off at this Lake Superior
port on June 30, and if her experiences are any criterion,
Seafarers hitting here should < ^
expect to run into a species of
Coast Guard operation, which
went out long ago on the deep sea
ports,

"The Transnorthern was paid off
by two Coast Guardsmen who had
never paid off a deep-sea ship be­
fore," reports SIU rep. Pete Drews.
"The man in charge . . . insisted
upon placing charges against nine
men for missing one day's work
during a 3V^-month trip. One man
was charged by the Coast Guard
for missing one watch. It took from
8 o'clock in the morning to 9:30
at night for this commander to
type up misconduct charges against
nine men. The Coast Guard held
up the men's money until the
charges were presented."

After waiting all day for the
Coast Guardmen to stop playing
piiblic prosecutor, the ship'.s crew
was finally rewarded for its pa­
tience when Drews and Paul Dro-
zak paid off the ship and straight­
ened out a number of beefs, in­
cluding some on delayed sailings.

The Transnorthern had carried
grain during her last run, and was
in Duluth to pick up another load
of wheat, this one headed for
Spain.

While the Transnorthern was in
port, she was berthed right next to

the Liberlan-flag Transcape (for­
merly an SlU-manned vessel) run
by the same operators. "I wonder
how much overtime the men on
the Panllbhonco-flag Transcape
collected on their last voyage from
the same company," Drews ob­
served.

operates in the domestic trade and
consequently has to have its ships
built in an American shipyard.

Under the bill, Alcoa, Bull and
other unsubsidized companies,
such as tramp operators, would
obtain tonnage which had been
traded-in to the Government by
subsidized companies. The subsi­
dized companies are turning in
their C-type ships to Government
boneyards as they replace them
with Mariner-type or other ad­
vanced vessels under construction.

The bill was supported by the
American Merchant Marine Insti­
tute, representing Atlantic and
Gulf Coast shipowners, the De­
partments, of Commerce and De­
fense and the General Accounting
Office.

It was. opposed by the Pacific
American Steamship Association,
and ran into some tough sledding
in hearings before the House Mer­
chant Marine Committee, but the
combined support of the various
Government agencies apparently
was sufficient to swing the balance
in favor of its passage.

Alcoa had announced at the
hearings that it would use the bill
as a vehicle for trading in its C-ls
for C-2s or C-3s. The company has
not yet revealed what its specific
plans are along these lines. Bull
plans to apply for two C-4 ships
immediately, offering some of Its
older tonnage, possibly ^Liberty
ships, in exchange. If it obtains
the larger vessels. Bull Line will
be able to modify them so as to
accommodate between 48 to 178
35-foot containers and still have
enough space to carry as much
break-bulk cargo as its priesent C-2
vessels do when fully-loaded.

The number of containers the
C-4s could carry would depend on
the amount of rebuilding done on
the ships. The-simplest plan would
involve moving the C-4 midship
bouse aft, leaving the forward
decks clear for the stacking of con­
tainers as deck cargo.

LABOR '1

Union Has
Cable Address

Seafarers overseas who want
to get in touch with headquar-
ten in a hurry can do so by
cabling the Union at its cable
address, SEAFARERS NEW
YORK.

Use of this address will assure
speedy transmission on all mes­
sages and faster service for the
men involved.

Porpoises Smarter
Than Sea Lawyers?

A Navy researcher just found out that dolphins (porpoises)
may be smarter than men. His name is John C. Lilly, in case
anyone wants to send him a telegram. He started out without
any prejudices, but the dol--*^
phins won him over to their
side, and now he says that
they possibly have superior brain
power to men, perhaps from eat­
ing fish.

Some of Lilly's arguments are
as follows: Dolphins have a lan­
guage of their own in which they
communicate with one another.
The Navy has been listening in on
their wave lengths, and aS soon as
we decipher the code, we'll know
what they've been sajdng.

Dolphins swim to each other's
aid when in trouble. This is more
than can be said for man on some
occasions.

Lilly is trying to teach one of
his smart dolphins how to com­
municate with man. The bright
fish had "three-two-tbree" said to
him and said it right back. Only
thing is, his voice sounded kind
of waterlogged.

The Navy is hoping that these
splendid fish when they get enough
training can be used to tip us off
on all the ocean's secrets, such as
weather, tides and where the best

marlin are running. Your West
Coast tuna fishermen already use
dolphins to spot the locations of a
school of tuna.

We don't know what will come
of this, but whatever happens, we'll
keep the membership informed.

'BOUND THE WORLD
THE FACT THAT TRADE UNION MOVEMENTS ABE A battle­

ground between East and West was pointed up once more in the course
of the riots anJ demonstrations in Japan against the Japan-US security
treaty, which led to the cancellation of President Eisenhower's visit to
that country.

It shouId*not be overlooked, that despite the identification of some
sections of the Japanese union movement with the anti-US demonstra­
tions, other groups, including the. All-Japan Seamen's Union, and
Japanese unions affiliated with the International Confederation of Free
Trade Unions steered clear of the demonstrations and criticized them.
That the Communists made some serious penetrations in Japanese labor
should not be denied, but at the same time, a balanced verdict on the
outcome shows that the contacts between Japanese labor and free world
labor organizations have been a not inconsiderable asset.

In the United States, of course. Communist penetration of trade
unions as a means of affecting national policy is not now a serious prob­
lem. There is one major exception to this general observation and that
is on the West Coast. There Harry Bridges still utilizes the long-range
Communist Party tactic of attempting to penetrate and disrupt existing
non-Communist trade unions and then utilizing them to, promote the
political objectives of the Soviet Union,

The ILWU apoaratus under Bridges uses two basic tactics. It collides
head on with existing unions via raids in an attempt at open takeover.
Or, where this is not possible, it seizes on any available issue or griev­
ance as a means of chipping away at the union's structure and encourag­
ing factional disputes so as to pave the way for eventual takeover.

There is an undeniable link between Bridges and the Japanese dem­
onstrations. One year ago, in the spring of 1959, he presided at a con­
ference of pro-Communist trade unions in Tokyo.

Among other business transacted at this conference, was a resolution
calling for the abolition of US miUtary bases in Japan, which would
leave that nation defenseless in the face of Red China and the Soviet
Union. This was also the objective of the anti-US demortstrations in
Tokyo in June.

At the time,'the SEAFARERS LOG characterized the conference as
foUows: "A transparent effort to blacken US foreign policy in non-
Commuist Asiatic countries ... to make it appear thkt maritime labor
la mouthing the Soviet line on World issues . . ."

That conference was boycotted by the All-Japan Seamen's Union
and the Japan Trade Union Congress, an affiliate of the International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions. It should be pointed out that
the All Japan Seamen's Union has friendly relationships with the SIU
of North America, the product of many cordial and informative con-
tacts and discussions between leaders of that union and the SIU.
The same holds true for other waterfront and shoreside unions in
Japan who maintain relationships with the AFL-CIO and the dCFTU.

One footnote should be added here. Last September when Soviet
Premier Khrushchev was in the US, he made a point of visiting
Bridges' headquarters on two separate occasions the same day to greet
and warmly applaud Bridges and his cohorts. That alone should con­
vince anybody of the importance the Soviet Union attaches to penetra­
tion of the trade union movement.

* * *
THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT WITHIN

tfie International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, namely the
election of Omer Becu, general secretary of the International Trans-
portworkers Federation, to the general secretaryship of ICFTU. Since
1949, ICFTU has been the meeting place and spokesman of the free
world labor movement, including the AFL-CIO.

It is to the credit of the world maritime labor movement that one
of its members has been chosen to head up the world labor organiza­
tion. Becu has been active in trade unions for 40 years. A native of
Belgium, Becu started out as a seaman, serving as a radio operator on
Belgian ships. Later he became head of the Belgian longshore union
movement, and subsequently was named to the ITF position.

In the ITF, Becu has been a staunch supporter of the fight on run­
away-flag ships and has worked closely with the SIU and other US
maritime unions to protect the Interests of seamen everywhere.

• *

AT THIS WRITING THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AREAS of the
world, particularly in Africa, where new nations are obtaining their
independence, or are about to in the near future. In some instances,
the transition to independence has been made sifioothly. In othere,
there has been a great deal of difficulty and even chaos.

One of the keys to the nature of the transition has been the exisb
ence of a sufficient group of trained, experienced leaders who are
capable of stepping into the shoes of the former European administra­
tors and taking over the operations of a government.

In that respect, the world labor movement has made a valuable con- '
tribution. For a number of years now, for example, the AFL-CIO
has been active in the international field in assisting the development
of embryo trade unions in underdeveloped countries, helping them
set up their machinery, advising and educating their leaders and so on.
The same has been true of other free world trade unions. As a result,
leaders have emerged In a number of tiiese countries right out of
labor's ranks, and, more important than.that, having sympathy for
and -understanding of democratie proeednres because of thei^ eloae
relationships with the AFL-CIO and other western trade unions.

The world labor movement's role is particularly important here be­
cause the leaders of the new nations, of necessity, arise out of the-
ranks of their labor' movements. In most instances, business, ad­
ministration, trade and government were in the hands' of Europeans.
The Jabor movements of thesd new nations were one of the few avenues
of, advancement for members of the native population and industrial
labor jobs were their source of employment.

It the industrial and governmental leaders formerly in control of
these areas, had done a better Job of training replacements, it is agreed
by all concerned, that the transition to self-government would be made
more smoothly in these countries. In this respect, they might have
borrowed tiie approach used by the AFL-CIO in .^ts efforts to assist
citizens of new nations to assume the responsibilitiesdf self-government.

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\ New Del Rio for Delta Line hits water with a splash and banners flying after broadside laonching at
I Avondale Marina Ways in New Orleans. Vessel will replace one of present C-Is on West Africa run.

1 Delta Line Launches New Ship
NEW ORLEANS—^The first vessel in the Delta Line's rebuilding program, which will

involve 14 new ships, was launched here recently at the Avondale Marine Ways. The Del
Rio, which will replace one of the company's C-ls on the African run, is the largest vessel
ever constructed on the Misr>—
sissippi River. It is one of
three which will be built by
Avondale.

The vessels will be air-condi-

Anti-Scab
Bill Vetoed
In Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, LA.—An anti-
etrlkebreaklng bill, after passing
both houses of the Louisiana legis­
lature, was vetoed by Gov. James
H. Davis.

In spite of concentrated employ­
er pressure to defeat It, the bill
passed the lower house of the
legislature by a vast margin. It
also went through the Louisiana
Senate, by a count of 23 to 12.
At that point Davis kiUed it with
bis veto.

The bill, fiercely opposed by
publishers, forbids the use of
strikebreakers imported'from out­
side the state by any "person, firm
or corporation not directly in­
volved in a strike or lock-out. The
newspaper and printing industries
are well known for their employ­
ment of professional strikebreak­
ers and their "schools for scabs."
Pennsylvania is the only state that
cow has such a law on its statute
books.

tioned In the dining quarters and
will feature certain innovations
such as mechanical batch covers
and heavy lifts. Other unusual fea­
tures include a split island design
of the tanker type, which will al­
low for speeder cargo handling as
the hatches will be concentrated In
the center of the vessel.

The Del Rio is 506 fet long, 70
feet in the beam and draws 28 feet.
At 18 knots it is far faster than
the present C-ls and also has far

more cargo capacity.
The Avondale yard won the

right to build the three vessels
with bids of slightly less-than $10
million for each of the three. Other
bids ranged as high as $12 million
per ship.

Miss Stella Evans Farwell, grand­
daughter of the late Rudolph S.
Hecht, one of the founders of the
Delta Line, launched the vessel.
It will go into service some time
in 1861.

Operators^MTD
Hit Defense Dep'f
Air Travel Plan

WASHINGTON—American-flag passenger ship operator!
stand to lose 10 percent of their revenues as the result of an
announcement by the Department of Defense that it will
switch to the airways In mov-'

A Virginia garment company
which has opened a plant in Ire­
land has reached agreement with
the International Ladies Garment
Workers Union setting up in­
surance fund out of which workers
will be paid if their earnings drop
due to the new plant. Their aver­
age wage at present is from three
to six times greater than the Irish
workers' income. The agreement
came after a brief strike at the
plant.

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As a way of fighting unemploy­

ment brought on by automation,
the Meat Cotters' 20th general con­
vention at Atlantic City called for
a massive effort for a shorter work
week. Delegates were told that
major economic dislocation for the
entire nation is threatened by the
trend to automation in industry
after industry.

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Representatives of more than

80,000 retail clerks in California
pledged their "vigorous and ef­
fective" support to the consumer
boycott of Sears, Roebuck and Co.,
which was launched by the San
Francisco Labor Council. The boy­
cott came- about after Sears re­
fused to reinstate 262 employees
who were fired for refusing to
cross a picket line.

i 4. 4,
Members of the International As­

sociation of Machinists voted to
ratify new two-year contracts cov­
ering 27,500 Convair workers and
^,000 Douglas employees at San
diego and, other California loca­
tions. Stilliout on strike,) however.

are 10,500 Machinists at various
California locations. And in East
Hartford, Connecticut, 31,000 lAM
and United Auto Workers mem­
bers went into the fifth week of
their strike at the world's largest
jet engine plant, operated by
United Aircraft.

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A Presidential emergency board

has been set up to investigate a
contract dispute between the
Switeluneii's Union of North Amer­
ica .and a group of mid western
railroads. Appointment of the
board under the Railway Labor
Act has the effect of postponing
strike action-for at least 60 days.
Wage rates and working rules at
issue will be investigated by the
board.

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Organized labor in Mississippi

has opened a drive to block efforts
to write the state's "right-to-work"
law into its constitution. Officers
of the Mississippi State AFL-CIO
have challenged the legality of an
announced referendum and have
petitioned the chancery court for
an injunction to block the vote.
Specifically, the suit charges that
official 30-day notice of the elec­
tion was given in only one of the
state's 32 countries through publi­
cation in three local newspapers.
In addition, the union group
charged that the legislature, which
voted to submit the amendment,
was not properly apportioned as
required by state constitution. It
explained that in Mississippi—as
in other states—large population
areas are under-represented in the
state legislative bodies.

ing members of the Armec
Forces and their dependents
to and from overseas points.

A diatter of dollars and cents
was involved, the DefSme Depart­
ment claimed, in Its decision to
use air transport exclusively, start­
ing September 1, 1960.

The decision drew immediate
fire from the seamen's section of
the Maritime Trades Department,
The Department charged that the
Military Sea Transportation Serv­
ice carried over one-third of the
military passenger traffic in 1959
as compared to only 2ti percent
transported on privately-owned
passenger ships.

If the primary reason for elim­
inating military passenger travel
on ships is to save Defense De-
pa rtraent dollars, the statement
added, then why keep MSTS in
operation?

Companies that will be hit by
the decision include Matson Navi­
gation and American President
Lines, under contract to the SIU
Pacific District, as well as US Lines
and American Export.

The Maritime Administration
has asked the Defense Department
to allocate a small percentkge of
its military passenger travel to
American shipping as a means of
maintaining a functioning mer­
chant marine. The Defense spokes­
man took the position that the
Armed Forces are not in the busi­
ness of subsidizing maritime. Per­
kins McGuire, Assistant Secretary
of Defense, told a House Merchant
Marine subcommittee that contin­
uing use of American-flag passen­
ger services by the military would
amount to a "double subsidy." He
pointed out as an example, the cost
of transporting passengers to
Hawaii from the West Coast was
$65 by air as compared to $300 by
ship.

In retort, shipping representa­
tives argued that the national in­
terest is committed to a healthy
merchant marine. They said that
the iperchant marine, over the

SCHEDULE OF
SIU MEETINGS

SIU membership meet­
ings are held regularly
once a month on days in­
dicated by the SIU Con­
stitution, at 2:30 P.M. in
the listed SIU ports below.
All Seafarers are ex­
pected to attend those
who wish to be excused
should request permission
by telegram (be sure to
include registration num­
ber). The next SIU meet­
ings will be:
New York August 8
Philadelphia August 9
Baltimore August 10
Detroit August 12
Houston August 15
New Orleans August 16
Mobile August 17

years, had depended heavily oa
US Government business and spe­
cifically, Defense Department car­
go and passenger movements to
keep active. In turn, the Defense
Department is constantly calling
for the existence of a strong mer­
chant marine as an essential cog
in national defense planning.

The Defense Department waa
asked not to sacrifice the long-
term benefit of a functioning mei>
chant fleet, specifically in the
passenger transportation area, for
the sake of immediate savings la
transportation of military pas­
sengers.

In the current fiscal year, com­
mercial passenger ships are carry-"
ing about 25,000 passengers on
behalf of the military. They will
lose all this traffic as of September
1. By contrast, last year, some
348,000 iiiiUtary passengers moved
on - commercial airliners.

Seamen Off
BritishShips
In Wildcat

British seamen in several areas
have walked off their ships in, an
unofficial" strike over bass wages

and the length of the work week.
The strike has not been endorsed
by the National Union of Seamen.

With a base pay of around $109
a month and no weekend overtime
for watchstanders, the striken are
reportedly seeking a four pound
($11.20) monthly increase and a
44-hour week. Such an arrange­
ment would give watchstanders
four hours' overtime on Saturday
and eight hours on Sunday. The
present OT rate under the British
contract is four shillings (56
cents) an hour for most ratings.

Watchstanders do not get over^
time for Saturday and Sunday
work. Instead there is a paid leave
arrangement for Sundays spent at
sea.

Walkout Spreads
The tie-up began originally in

the steward department aboard ths
Canard passenger liner, Carinthia,
and from„ there spread to many
other ships in the British Isles.
S^pathy protests were held
briefly in Canada and US ports.
British seamen are subject to ar­
rest if they walk off their ships in
an Empire port other than in the
United Kingdom itself.

Shipowners have been threaten­
ing to consider the contracts of
seamen broken by the walkout,
which would pave the way for the
British government to draft all
strikers under the age of 26 into
the British armed forces.

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SEAFARERS
ROTARY SHIPPING HOARD

(Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SW Atlantid, Gulf, Lakes, and Inland Waters District.)

June 22 Through July 5,1960
Shipping feli off slightly during the last period as the total for ail

classes dropped from 1,106 to 1,051 men. This marks the second period
in a row that shipping has declined.

Ship activity also slipped from last period's 222 payoffs, signons and
in-transits to 203 for this period. Payoffs were down to 54, for a drop
of 4 from last period. There were 19 signons and 130 in-transits a^ com­
pared to 28 signons and 136 in-transits for the previous period.

Registration of men on the beach at the end of this period was 2,953,
a drop of a few hundred from the previous period's total of 3,284.

All ports serviced vessels in-transit this period, but the ports of
Norfolk, Miami, Wilmington and Seattle had no payoffs, and Boston,
Norfolk, Jacksonville, Miami, Mobile, Wilmington and Seattle had
no signons. Last period three ports had no payoffs and four had no
signons.

Shipping made its biggest gain in the Port of Houston and declined
the most- in Seattle. Mobile and Baltimore also recorded drops, as
shipping declined in seven outports.

By classes shipping for the period was: Deck, 376; Engine, 348; and
^Steward, 327. Last period's figures for these departments were,
respectively, 405, 395, and 306.

Ports with ICQ or less (A & B) men registered on the heach at the
end of the -two weeks were: Boston, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Jacksonville,
Miami, Mobile, Houston, Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle.

Ports with fifty or less A men on the beach were the same as above,
except for Mobile.

The- general shipping forecast is moderate shipping for the next
few weeks.

Ship Atfivify

Boitoa - . • r. •.. 3 _ 3 6
Naw York ....19 2 17 30
Philadelphia .. 2 3 11 16
Raitimera .,,,19 i 14 29
Norfolk _ 4 6
Jackkonvlllo .. 2 — 7 9
Miami .......— 3 3
Mobila ....... 7 5 12
Naw Orlaaas .. 3 5 23 31
Houston ..... 5 2 26 33
Wilmington .. — 8 0
Son Francisco . 3 2 2 7
Sasttte ....;.— — 5" 8

Totals 54 19 130 203

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DECK DEPARTMENT
Registered Registered Shipped Shipped Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beech
CLASS A CLASS 8 CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B

Port
GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP Port 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

Boston 4 12 1 17 — ? — 2 3 8 — 11 — 1 1 2 —« 1 2 3 J1 2 3 16 9 15 4 28 3 2 5
New York. 24 33 13 70 — 4 19 23 19 37 8 64 2 7 12 21 2 2 1 5 64 21 5 90 92 125 40 257 2 18 45 65
Philadelphia 3 5 1 9 —. — 4 4 3 6 — 9 1 ' 2 3 9 3 12 11 . 19 7 37 2 1 3
Baltimore 7 15 7 29 • — 2 8 10 8 15 3 26 2 3 5 10 1 1 26 10 1 37 32 81 14 -127 4 17 36 57
Norfolk 4 6- 2 12 —- 1 .— 1 .3 7 1 11 2 2 4 8 — — 2 2 11 8 2 21 4 8 2 14 3 3
Jacksonville 5 11 1 17 — 4 2 6 1 -5 1 •ir 2 2 1 5 — — 2 2 7 5 2 14 9 16 1 26 ... 3 7 10
hliaml................ — — 1 1 — — 3 3 — — — — — — • — — — — — — : 2 2 4 1 1 2
Mobile. 2 7 1 10 — 1 — 1 3. 11. 4 18 — 1 1 2 — ' 1 1 18 2 1 21 29 40 6 75 1 ^ 4 7 12
New Orleans 16 ... 12 61 4 4 8 16 9 26 4 39 2 3 6 11 . _ 3 3 39 11 3 53 58 93 22 IV 6 21 21 48
Houston 16 25 8 49 3 5 5 13 21 25 14 60 2 5 9 16 — 1 1 2 60 16 2 78 16 30 2 48 2 6 5 13
Wilmington 3 3 3 9 — 4 3 7 3 2 1 6 — 1 — 1 — — — 6 1 7 11 12 4 27 3 4 7
San Francisco 1 6 4 — — — 2 10 6 18 — — . 5 5 — — _ 18 5 23 15 17 4 36 1 2 2 5
Sr?;;' • • 2 8 1 11 1 2 2 5 — 3 — 3 — .— — — 1 1 2 3 — 1 4 17 13 3 33 2 7 2 11
TOTALS 87 164 55 1 306 8 29 54 1 91 75 155 42 1 272 13 25 46 84 2 5 14 I 21 872 84 20 1 376 303 471 111 885 18 90 133 241

ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Registered Registered . Shipped Shipped Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beach
CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B

GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP Port 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
Boston — 6 2 8 — — 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 6 1- 13 3 17 1 1 1 3 New York 12 43 7 62 3 11 11 25 17 29 5 51 4 12 *6 22 1 4 1 6 U 22 6 79 39 126 21 186 2 5 66 . 73
Phiiadelphia. 1 8 _ 9 —. 3 4 7 1 10 2 13 5 3 8 __ __ 13 8 1 • 21 1 9 1 11 1 3 4 Baltimore 3 23 2 28 — 10 6 16 2 19 6 27 — 13 11 24 _ 3 — 3 27 24 3 54 8 69 7 84 1 16 22 38
Norfolk 1 4 5 — 2 ,2 4 1 5 6 2 1 3 2 2 6 3 2 11 2 5 7 2 3 5 Jacksonville 2 8 — 10 1 2 2 5 — 2 1 3 — 1 1 2 _ — 3 2 ' 5 6 19 — 1 1 25 1 5 8 14
hAiami................ — — 1 1 ^— — — — — — _ — -'. _ _ .— 1 2 1 . 4 1 1 2
Mobile 5 14 — 19 — 2 7. 9 4 7 3 14 1 4 5 ,1 1 14 5 1 20 12 50 3 65 8 12 20
New Orleans 8 34 3 45 2 8 5 15 9 19 — 28 1 3 10 . 14 '1 1 28 14 1 43 30 89 8 127 1 21 16 38
Houston 10 39 3 52 3 16 5 24 7 36 6 49 1 17 14 32 6 2 8 50 32 8 90 9. 24 1 34 2 5 3 10 Wilmington 1 4 — 5 1 3 4 8 — 4 — 4 — 3 3 — — — 4 3 7 2 10 2 14 1 6 5 12 San Francisco 1 9 3 13 1 3 1 5 1 9 1 11 1. 3 ~ 4 _ _ — 11 4 15 3 28 1 32 2 3 5
Seattle 3 6 3 12 — .— - 1 1 2 2 1 5 — — 1 1 -7- 1 1 5 1 1 7 6 25 4 35 2 4 5 11
TOTALS 47 198 24 1 269 11 60 49 1 120 45 143 26 214 6 58 56 120 1 14 8 23 205 126 23 348 120 469 52 1 1 641 TO 77 148 1 1 235

STEWARD DEPARTMENT

Port
Boston
New York....,
Philadelphia...
Baltimore
Norfolk .....
Jacksonville...
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans.-..
Houston
Wilmington..
San Francisco.,
Seattle

TOTALS

Registered
CLASS A

GROUP
123 ALL
112 4

17 6 29 52
6 — 2 8

12 3 12 27
— 3 2 5
2 4 — 6
2 — 1 3
6 1 11 18

14 8 40 62
17 6 10 33
3 2 3 8

12 1 3 16
5 2 3 10

97 37 118 1 252

Registered
CLASS B

GROUP
1 23 ALL

— — 1 1
1 2 19 22

— _ 2 2
1—11 12

— — 1 1
2 11 4

— — 9 9
— 1 21 22
— — 9 9
2 1 — 3

11 13 5
11 12 4
18 7 79 ~94

Shipped
CLASS A

GROUP
123 ALL

4
55
8

24
2
3

1
16
3
7
2

1 2
5 34
2 3
2 15

5
9

14
1
6
1

— 9
2 29
6 29

— 3
— 4
1 —

14
40
49
4

10
2

68 19 128 I 215

Shipped
CLASS B

GROUP
1 23 ALL

— 1

2
13
6
5
3
4

— 1

2

7

7
16

—- 13

— 2

2 71

2
15
6
6
4
6

8
16
15

81

SUMMARY
Registered Registered Shipped Shipped Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beach
CLASS A , CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C SHIPPED ^ CLASS A CLASS'B

GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP
1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 S ALL ABC ALL 1 23 ALL 1 2 3 ALL

DECK 87 164 55 306 8 29 .54 1 91 75 155 42 272 13 25 46 84 2 5 14 1 21 272 84 20 1 376 303 471 111 1 885 .18 90 133 241
ENGINE 47 198 24 269 11 60 49-1 120 45 143 26 214 6 58 56 120 1 14 8 1 23 205 120 23 1 348 120 469 52 1 641 10 77.148 235
STEWARD 97 37 118 252 8 7 79 1 94 68 19 128 215 8 2 71 si - 31 1 31 215 81 31 1 327 280 115 311 1 716 18 24 193 235
GRAND, JOTALS 231 399 197 827 27 96 182 1 305 188 317 1^6 ,701 27 .mm ?85 . * 19 53 1 '75 C92 285 .*74 |1051 703 1965 474 r2249 46 191 474 711

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Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beach •'f'
CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B

GROUP GROUP 1 GROUP GROUP
1 2 3 ALL| A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL

— — 4 2 — 6 5" 2 6 13 1 2 4 7 - "i
— — 14 14 55 15 14 84 79 38 87 204 2 5 66 73 •i — — — 8 6 — 14 14 6 8 28 - 10 10

' — 1 1 24 6 1 31 42 2l 29 92 3 4 26 33 I
/ 1 1 2 4 1 7 — 3 3 6 1 2 3

— 1 J 3 6 1 .10 5 5 2 12 3 2 2 7
— •— — 2 — 5 7 _ a ^

_ — 1 1 14 8 1 23 37 11 ,38 86 •1^ 1 21 22
" 7 7 40 16 7 63 56 21 104 181 1 3 43 47 • '— 5 5 49 15 5 69 10 6 2 18 2 2 2 6

— — — 4 — — 4 5 1 4 10 2 1 2 5 " i.

_ — — 1 10 3 — 13 10 4 15 29 1 8 9 '• * V
^ — 1 1 2 — 1 3 15 7 8 30 3 3 7 13 ,' i

— 31J 1 91 215 81 nj 327 280~ 115 311 716 18" 24 193 1 [235 ' 7!



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Duty-free Bill For Seamen
OK'd By House Committee

WASHINGTON—A pet project of many Seafarers, a bill which would allow them to
import a limited amount of items duty-free, has been favorably reported to the House by
the House Ways and Means Committee. Action on the bill awaits the resumption of Con­
gress after its current ad-^~ "

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Drug Companies Ignore Abuses
Drug manufacturers by and large have shrugged off Uie recent ex­

poses of excessive prices charged for vital drugs.and medicines. A
survey by this department finds thfct:

1—There have been no price cuts of any significance.
2—New drug items -arriving on the market are as o^ensive as tlM

older ones criticized widely as unnecessarily cosUy.
3—Drug manufacturers are continuing uniform pricing of their

products as though Senator Kefauver and the Fedm-al Trade Com­
mission didn't even exist The fact that manufacturers e/t supposedly-
competing drug brands charge the same price js mie of the biggest
problems.

For example; Hottest drug item at this time is a diuretic used for
kidney problems and other illnesses in which it is necessary to relieve
the body of excess fluid. There are now three brands or versions en
the market: Diuril, Hydro-Diuril and Esiderex. All three are priced at
the same suggested list of $9 per 100, with some variations in price
depending on quantity and how much an individual druggist
charge.

Significantly, these new diuretic dru^ with their high imifoi-m
prices were introduced after the Kefauver hearings. This shows tiie
attitude of the drug industry toward the public indignation.

The only price concession has been a small unofficiai aiM, pondb^
only temporary and not necessarily of benefit to the public unless
people know about it. Manufacturers' salesmen are repwted to be
giving retail druggists an unofficial discount on the vital antibiotie
drugs in the form of ten percent free samples witti each order.

But the exposes have had one effect Unions and co-ops are pushing
hard to find ways of cracking drug prices. These etiortf are tatdng

several fonns:
1—Simplest method ueing used

by a number at local unions in
Detroit, New and several
other ^es Is to arrange wtth a
local phaihiacist or chain for re­
duced prices for jnembers. More
unions have been developing sudi
arrangements as the result of tha
Kefauvm- exposes. Depending on
the efficiency of tho i^iarmaelM
involved, this method can sava a
worthwhile part of ttia cost Imt
doesn't solve the basic inoldan of
manufacturers' high prices. Ift
alscnecessary to police such a plan
because it's difficult for the con­
sumer to check the charge for a
compounded prescription to see if
he is getting a genuine reduction.
One way to police is by sending
out shoppers from time to time
with an Rx to check prices against
those quoted by otlfer pharmacies.

2—Unions and group health co-ops also are expanding pbarmacan-
tical services of their own health centers. A pharmacy operated as
part of a health center has the advantage of strong control over prices,
economies of volume byying and avoidance of some of the duplication
of brands necessary in regular drug stores.

As one pxample, the healtt centm- for New Yotk hatel woriEers last
year filled over 37,000 prescriptions ^th none costing over $S,

Another example is the pharmaceutical service provided by Group
Health Cooperative of Puget Sound.

3—Still another approch is straight insuranca. For exmnple, tat San
Jose, California, the bricklayers' union has arranged group insurance
covering prescription drugs. The plan has the cooperation of the local
druggists' association and is insured through a Ufe-insurance company
at a cost of $1 perononth per family. The plan has been able to cer­
ate in the black during Its first six mmiths.

Insurance has the advantage of assuring that in severe illnesa fmn-
Uies will get the medicines they need without financial hardship. But
unless an insurance plan also enlists local doctors and pharmacists In
trying to keep down the costs of medicines, it doesnt solve tha priea
problem. In fact, insurance alone may serve to papetuate ht^ prices.

4—Most comprehensive plan is that being developed by a number
Of New York unions in collaboration with Health Insurance Plan of
Greater New York. As developed so far. It proposes to set up ntaie
pharmacy depots to fill subscribers' prescriptions and also to provide
Insurance to cover drug costs, and to educate doctors to prescribe
drugs under basic (generic) names at lower cost than under brand
names, where possible.

5—Some unions also are exploring the possibility of operating their
own pharmacies in their union halls, like the one operated for mem­
bers for many yeato by District 65 of toe Retail, Wholesale Departmeat
Store Workers in New York.

Several readers have asked about toe safety of fjUi^g j^reseriptions
by mrii torou^ the drug plan sponsored for older people bir toe Ameri­
can Association of Retired Persons (Suite 410. DuPont Circle Building,
Wariiington 6, D. C.). Membership in the association costs f2 a year
and is open to people over 55.

Pharmaceutical experts consulted by this department advise that
there is no danger in filling Rx's by mail from a reputable firm which
double-checks them. The problem Is that In as many as 15^20 percent,
of Rx's, must be checked by phone with the doctor because they're
Illegible, or omit the quahlily of strength wanted er. oven tiw exact
name of the product.

Hbwever, this department does not recommend AARP'a health in­
surance plan where local Blue Cross plans admit ^ar people and
provide €uH«: benefits at little or no more cost. • . { - -

journment for the Democratic
and Republican nominating
conventions.

At present, seamen and crew-
members of airliners in interna­
tional trade are not permitted to
bring purchases from idwoad into
the US withoiit paying th# usual

tariCEs. Passengers traveling on
ships or airliners are able to bring
home a specified amount in mer­
chandise without paying duty.

Seamen have long complained
about this provision as discrimina­
tory and unfair, pointing out that
no matter how many voyages they

One For The Railroad Buffs

might make, the limitation on an
annual basis could effectively bar
abuse and profiteering.

In reporting the bill favorably
to the House, Rep. Wilbur Mills
(Dera.-Ark.) noted: "Your com­
mittee feels that officers and crew-
metnhera of vessels and alTCTaft
arriving in the United States
should not be discriminated
against in comparison with other
returning residents with respect
to their ability to exercise the
duty-free allowance which is ap­
plicable today to all other Ameri­
cans returning from abroad. By
providing that such officers and
crewmembers shall be able to ex­
ercise this privilege to the extent
of only $500 in any calendar year,
abuse of privilege will be avoided
and reasonable parity of treatment
will be -accorded such officers and
crewmembers. It should be noted,
however, that the maximum al­
lowance accorded under your com­
mittee's bUl is less than the maxi­
mum allowance that is possibl*
under existing law for other re­
turning residents."

Heavy lift derrick swings a locomolivB aboard Ae SlU-manned
Robin Gray for voyage lo ,Wrican port. Cargo was put aboard
at 22nd Street, BrooMyn, pier.

Seafarer's Son Headed
For Engineer Career

a member ef toe gymnastles squad
at Brooklyn Tech, and wuks out
every summer with the Brooklyn
Central YMCA team.

*T needn't aay how sur^deed
and happy I wai when I heard
that I was granted the SlU sdholar-
riiip- This grant has made me feel,
very ^ud, and I thank you vron-
dertol peoj^e for making tola
sdiolarship possiUe.**

One of the five winners of the SIU's four-year $6,000 schol­
arship awards, William Besselievre. Jr., son of Seaf^ BiU
BesseUevre, has already achieved an enviable record m his
first two years at BudmeU-*
UnivMsity.

A civil engineering major,
Besselievre has been on toe dean's
list every term so far, and is atan-
ing to keep up this top record of
disttamtlon.

ffis immediate target Is a Bache­
lor of Science degree, whirii he
hopes to obtain in June, 1962.
Beyond that Us plans are Inde­
finite. He's considering going for
a master's degree in engineering
before going to work In his field
of specialization.

A Staten Iriand resident, young
BesseUevre attended BroUdya
Tedinical High Sdhobl. riding the
ferry to and from school each
day. BroUdyn tech is one of the
(dty's three specialized hi^ sriiools
for top-calibre science students and
traditionally has one of toe best
student bodies and toughest cur-
rleulura requirements any public
hi^ etoool in the country.

When not involved in the in-
tricncies of engineering atndies,
Besselievre likes to work off ^eam
by practicihg- gymnastics. He was

Make Checks
Te 'SiU-A&G'

Seafaren mailing in toetos
w money orders to too Union
to cover dues payments are
urged to be sore to make all of
toem payable to tho SfU-A&G
IRstricL

Some Seafaren have went in
checks and money orders in toe
names of individual Headquar­
ters officials. This makes for a
problmn in bookkeeping which
can be avoided if checks are
made oat to too Union dtaecGy.

Ca/isfhen/cs
Beat Coffee,
MD Claims

A professor of medicine has just
offered a bit of advice all coffee-
loving Seafarers ai'c going to find
repugnant. "Cut down on tho
coffee" urges Dr. Herman Heller-
stein, and turn your coffee break
into an "exercise" break.

According to Dr. Hellerstein, a
professor of medicine at Western
Reserve University in Cleveland,
labor has been eliminated from
most jobs to such an extent that
"exercise" breaks may be needed
to keep workers physically fit.

Following this advice would lead
to some strange doings. Imagine
a typical exercise break on your
ship. There's the steward lifting
50-poimd weights, an FWT comes
by skipping rope, whils a wiper
does handstands on the poopdeck.

Meanwhile, back in the engine
room, toe oilers are busy with
push-ups. The mate is doing turn­
ups on toe hi^i-bar, and the ridp-

per Is dmnf "stretch" exercises
hanging from an overhead pipe.

Somehow It doesn't seem likely
that this will get much of a recep­
tion on ships. Not only would tho
brew object to tiie loss of the
coffee, but also the loss of toe
conversation that goes with it

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INLAND BOATMEN'S UNION
INLANDBOATMEN'S

• SlU ATLANTIC. eULF. LAKES ft INLAND WATERS DISTRICT
UNION OF THE PACIFIC • SlU OF NORTH AMERICA

55c Wage Boost, Job Security
Top List Of Contract Demands
By SlU RR Marine Deckhands

Negotiation of an improved seniority system which will provide greater job security
and steadier employment for more than 800 railroad marine deckhands in the SIU Inland
Boatmen's Union is a major objective of current contact talks with seven East Coast rail­
roads. In addition to the job"* '

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security demand, the SIU rail­
road deckhands are seeking
increased wages and expanded
welfare and vacation benefits.
Railroads involved are the Penn­
sylvania, NY Central, B & O,
New Haven, NY Dock, Bush Ter­
minal and Brooklyn Eastern Dis­
trict Terminal.

On the wage issue, the nego­
tiators for the deckhands' group

WC Boatmen
Key SIU Unit

When a ship docks in a West
Coast port, the chances are over­
whelming that it will be handled
by one of the tugs under contract
to the Inlandboatmen's Union of
the Pacific, one of the many affil­
iates of the SIU of North America.

The IBU has under contract ap­
proximately 50 tug, barge,- ferry
and sand and gravel companies up
and down the coast from Ketchi-
liian, Alaska, south to San Diego,
California. Its members also man
coastwise tugs and barges running
between the various Pacific Coast
ports.

The headquarters of the union
which is headed by Capt. John Fox,
a vice-president of the SIU of NA,
are in Seattle, with regional divi­
sions in Puget Sound; Alaska; Co­
lumbia River (Portland); San Fran­
cisco; San Pedro and San Diego.
Working closely with the SIU
Pacific District, the IBU has been
a key factor in the progress of
West Coast maritipie.

have presented demands calling
for a flat 55-cent hourly increase.
In addition, wage increases re­
sulting from the cost-of-living pro­
vision in the existing agreement
would be frozen into the new wage
scale.

On the seniority issue, the Un­
ion is seeking a system that would
protect a deckhand's job with his
own railroad, and at the same
nme give him first call on any
open jobs on the other roads. At
present, experienced deckhands
from one railroad may be fur-
loughed off the job for lack of
work, while another railroaiT may
be hiring outsiders and newcom­
ers off the street.

Seniority Now Limited

That is because under the pres­
ent seniority system, each man
has seniority on his own railroad
only. That leaves the railroads
free to hire men who have. not
previously worked in the industry.
This is done although there usually
are men available for these jobs
who are on furlough from one of
the other railroads.

At the same time, such a systeni
would keep outsiders from diluting
the seniority of the regular deck­
hands. ,

If the Union is successful in its
negotiations, fach unlicensed
deckhand would continue to have
his present seniority - on his own
road. He would also have a crack
at open jobs on all the other roads.
In this way, he could continue to
retain seniority on his own road
after being temporarily furloughed
from his original Job, and would

be able to retain and add to his
pension credits.

Assisting the railroad marine
deckhands in their drive for bet­
ter seniority is the fact that a
system similar to this is already
in effect among SIU tugworkefs
on the Great Lakes and was re­
cently won by SIU boatmen in the
Gulf and on 'the Misissippi River
as well.

Other demands submitted by the
SIU railroad deckhands are for
four additional holidays per year,
broader vaciltion and sick leave
benefits, the addition of death ben­
efits for deckhSifds, and a new
cost-of-living provision. ,

Grievance Board Set Up
The deckhands have already

scored in one area, with the fail-
roads agreeing to form a New
York Harj)or Marine Board of Ad­
justment, consisting of two com­
pany and two Union representa­
tives. This Board would be em­
powered lo handle all grievances
in the harbor with the Union re­
serving the right to refer disputes
to the National Adjustment Bpard
in Chicago if so desired. The es­
tablishment of a Harbor Board
will save the Union thousands of
dollars previously spent fn rer
ferring every dispute tO the Chir
cago^oard.

Handiinr Negotiations
Handling the negotiations for

the unlicensed deckhands are co-
chairmen G. P. McGinty and Wal­
ter Mielnicki. Claude Simmons,
vice-president in charge of con­
tracts for the SIU, is assisting in
the talks at the request of the'
deckhand negotiators.

SIU Tug is 4th of July Race Winner in Detroit

Winner of this year's 4th of July tugboat race in the Detroit River was the SiU-affiliated
Superior, of the Great Lakes Towing Co. In front, holding trophy, are Business

- Agent Max Tobin (in cap) and Grand President Gus Wolf, of Tug WorkersVAssocia­
tion. Others (1-r are. Alex Dolsen, deck hand; Gus Lindquist, engineer; Merl Dickehs,
oiler; Bill Grogal> oiler; Floyd Yon, scowman, and Gordon Fucher, engineer. ;

At SIU Hq with daughter
Kathleen Anne, is
tugboat mate James P.
Waters. Jim's with New
York Docks Railroad.

Seniority, Pay Gains
Won By Gulf Boatmen

NEW' ORLEANS—By an overwhelming majority, some 300
SIU boatmen in the Gulf area have approved a new three-
year contract calling for one of the finest job security pro­
grams in the harbor industry.

The neyr contract also calls
for wage increases of $20 per
month, fringe benefits amounting
to an additional $20 per month,
and three additional paid holidays
not previously included.

JoW Security^^ System
The highlight of the agreement

was the successful negotiation of
job security clause, which in­

cludes a seniority system patterned
after that of the SIU deep sba
agreements. As a result, boatmen
with long service in the Industry
will get preference oh hiring anh
be protected against" the inroads
of newcomers and outsiders. An hp-
peals board of four SIU and four
management members will admin­
ister the system.

The new agreement covers the
employees of Dixie Carriers, Gulf-
Canal Lines and Qoyle Lines, op­
erators of more than 25 tugs and
pushboats in Uie waters- of Ala­
bama, Texas, Louisiana, and
Florida, as well as upstream on the
Mississippi arid Ohio Rivers as far
north as Pittsburgh and Chicago.

Base wages for deckhahds oh
these'boats, which h(i|idle more

than 1,000 barges involved in the
transport of general cargo, start
at $17.78 per day for deckhands.

Houston Firm Signs
Previously the SIU had signed

a new agreement for the G&H
Towing Company of Houston in
which that company's boatmen bad
been, brought under the protec­
tion of the deep sea Welfare Plan
as well as a job seicurity program
on the deCpf 8e.a pattern. The G&H
men also got a fiye pei^cent across-
tbp-hn»rd wage increase;

The aotivities of the various
inland boatmen, railroad marine
tugs, deep sea tugs and harbor
craft under the SIU banner are
dealt with here. The SIU fam­
ily includes various groups of
.boatmen throughout the nation
—on the Atlantic and Gulf
Coasts, on the Mississippi and
Ohio Rivers, the Great Lakes
and^ in Pacific Coast ports.
These craft operate in support
of deep sea shipping and sup-
plemeht such shipping Jn con­
fined waters, and their activi-
tin concern all seafaring trades.

Phi la, T ug
PacH Win
Pay Gains

PHILADELPHIA Three
inland water ways companies
under contract to the SIU
here have been signed to new con«.
tracts. The C. G. Willis company,
which operates five tugs and a
motor cargo vessel on the coast­
wise run, signed a two-year agree­
ment retroactive to January 1 call­
ing for wage increases, improved
travel allowances and a schedula
of room and board benefits when
men are detained ashore outside
their home port. Approximately 70
men are covered by the agreement.

Joins Welfare Plan
On thg Chester Ferries, deck­

hands won a 13 cents-an-hour pack­
age effective January 1 and July 1.
The company agreed to participate
in the SIU deep sea Welfare Plan,
effective July 1, with a .consider­
able increase in per-man Welfare
Plan contributiohs accordingly.
Ferry captains, formerly outside
the contract, were. brought under
the agreement;

The Wilson Line, which operates
excursion vessefs in Boston, New
York and Baltimore, agreed to ,a
three year contract as of l^rch 1,
1960. The agreement provides for
$20 per month increases each year
of the contract, making $60 a
month in all. The same agreement
was reached with Wilson Line of
Washington, DC, effective July
16, 1960.

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Neivs of
Sro INLAND BOATMEN'S UNION

Discussing pact on tug Carolyn are (top 1. to r.) Wm. Loesch, John Ward, Medford
Hall, Captain Brown and Union rep Ray Herold. Father-son team of skippers
Adam Krause Sr. and Jr. pose on tug Kings Point (below).

In
Baitintore
Harbor

One of the nation's largest and most active ports, Baltimore do*
pends upon SlU men on harbor and inland waterways craft in the port
to hand e its harbor traffic. SlU Boatmen crew tugs of the five major
tug fleets servicing Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay area. They berth
an Siitlmated 500 ships of all nations every month in addition to assisting
vessels which run aground and hauling barges and scows. Pictured hero
are a few of the port's boatmen on and off their boats.

Another father-son team, Melvin and John
llton, have 68 years' time between them.

Skipper James Bromweli
of tug Kings Point

Cr^members of the Port Welcome wave from bow of excursion vessel. They are
a. to r.) W. T. Hunton, C. Jason, I. Levin. "Sam", C. W. Phillips.

Presiding at meeting are (1. to r.) Ted Nohler,
:-John Blanchfield. John Hamilton.-

Liberian tanker Triton needed a tug off Wagner's Point. Out-went the SlU-manned Curtis Bay tug J. P. Pulliam
to push the big fellow around. Triton was formed registered under American flag.

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News of
SIU GREAT LAKES UNION

OP THE SIU ATLANTIC, 6ULP. LAKES AND I N L A N D W A T E R S D I S TR I C T

Spotlight On. • •
Seafarer Earl Brewer

SIU member Earl Brewer is a sailor wise eaa pr<«dly tay he has
•ailed on some of the Qneeas of the Great Lakes, the now atioet
D&C boats. >•

As he remembers, the Detroit afrd
Cleveland Navigation Company was
divided into divisions with one line
running from Detroit to Cleveland,
another from Detroit to BufiFalo,
and an upshore division that sailed
to Mackinac Island.

Earl recalls that in the early
days of the D&C you had to go
through an employment agent if
you wanted a job. This was be­
fore the SIU was even in exist­
ence. The employment agent kept
a book of rules and if yon had too
many marks
against your
name you
couldn't get a
job. Seamen
were fired for
breacking such
rules as no pro­
fane language
aboard ship, no
smoking on duty,
no card playing Brewer
or having a reputation of "fre­
quenting saloons where liquor is
•old."

In 1920 Earl sailed on his first
D&C boat, the Eastern, as a watch­
man. The Eastern carried passen­
gers, mail and freight to and from
Cleveland. It was then the D&C
was jokingly referred to as the
bun frog fleet. Each D&C boat
had a picture of a huge bull frog
painted on the side of the bow.

Inside the Eastern there was a
big plaster-of-paris bull frog that
always stood a different way than
which the boat was sailing. Because
of this the bull frog was always
riding backwards.

This was also the time when all
the gasoline was drained out of the
passengers' cars because <d.the fire
hazard. , When the boat got to.
Cleveland the owners were given
back only two gallons of their gas.
Earl chuckles when he tells about
the many passengers who pushed.,
their cars aboard the boat so they
could get the two gallons of gas
free when they got to Cleveland.

Another D&C hoat that Earl
•pent much of his sailing time on
was the Western States. It had a
regular one-week cruise taking pas­
sengers from Detroit to Mackinac
Island. From there it went to
Harbor Springs and then back to
Mackinac Island to pick up the
people. The Western States com­
pleted its cruise by going to Mid­
land, Ontario, and back to Detroit,

bi Ship Crash
As for thrills. Earl has had

plenty of them on the D&C boats.
He was aboard the City of Cleve­
land III when it was hit by a for­
eign freighter. The boat was on
a run in Lake Michigan picking
up Chamber of Conunerce officials
when it ran into heavy fog. The
radar broke down and the boat
•ailed in circles before the fog
lifted. This was only the prelude
to the trouble the boat was to
encounter. .

Again at Harbor Beach Light
near Port Sanilac they ran into
dense fog. The City of Cleveland's
fog horn was soun^ng three blasts
per minute when Earl said he
heard a long whistle. He had just

Voting In Favor Of SIU Pays Oft
In Job Security For Lakes Crews

Great Lakes seamen who ¥oted for the SIU in recent representation elections are learning that their votes
are paying off fm* them, esq^edaily in terms of solid and concrete job protection through the SIU Job Secu­
rity l^ogram.

come off watch and had 'finished
breakfast when a tremendous jar
shook the boat

The bow of the City of Cleve­
land HI had been rammed through
by the Norwegian freighter Haven-
jell. One passenger was killed
instantly and four others died later
in a hospital. One of the passen^
gers was flung overboard and had
to -be dug out of the debris. Earl
recounts that it was nothing short
of a miracle that one of the boats
didn't sink or that more people
weren't hurt

Sad Mcunent
One of the saddest moments of

his life was when the last of the
D&C boats was destroyed. The
boats were old and the cost of
making them seaworthy was pro­
hibitive—so they were burned.

For the past' three sailing sea­
sons Earl Brewer has been a
wheelsman for .one of the Bob-Lo
excursion boats, the Columbia.

The battered City of Cleveland IH Is shown here after being ranuned in the fog by the
Norwegian freighter Ravenjell at Harbor Beach Light near Port Sanilac on June 26,
1950. Seafarer Earl Brewer aboard the D&C boat when the collision occurr^ Five,
persons were killed and scores injured in this tragic Great Lakes accident.

The unlicensed seamen
of Steinbrenner (Kinsman
Transit Company), for in­
stance, are now under the full
protection of the SIlTs job se­
curity program and Great
Lakes welfare plan as a result
of a contract signed last
month. The contract, follow­
ing a series of negotiating sessions,
was signed by company vice-presi­
dent George Steinbrenner and SIU
director of organization A1 Tanner.

Negotiations are also nearing
completion on contracts for the
Buckeye and Pioneer seamen of
the Hutchinson Company.

Voted For SIU
Last month the unlicensed sea­

men of Steinbrenner, Buckeye and
Pioneer voted by overwhelming
margins for SIU representation.

The SIU Great Lakes Union
is a union of, by and for Great
Lakes seamen which has made
tremendous progress in advane-
ing the security of SIU men
sailing under Its banner. One
of its greatest aceompUshments
is the seniority and job secnrity
system which gives Lakes men
protection under the seasonal
shipping set-np. Once confined
to Inland waters, activities of
SIU men on the Lakes now have
greater sfgnifkance with the
opening of the Seaway and its
use by fanndreds. at deep sea
ships. The Lakes have become
America's fourth seacoast and
developments there are of in­
creasing interest to all men in
the SIU family of onions.

The Steinbrenner seamen voted
120 for the SIU, 7 for "nonunion"
and 5 for the Lake Sailors Union
(Ind.). Pioneer voted 213 for the
SIU and 94 for "no union," and
Buckeye voted 77 for the SIU and
18 for "no union."

Tfae^ext step. In the announced
plan of the SIU, is a meeting with
representative crewmembers of the
Steinbrome^ fleet to discuss work­
ing rules and contract matters af­
fecting life and work aboard ship.
The same procedure will be fol­
lowed after the signing of the con­
tract fw the Buckeye and Pioneer
fleets.

In the contract dgnlng, the
Steinbrenner Company agreed to
the .fall provisions of the job se­
curity pro'gram, the welfare plan
and an. Interim agreement which
provides- for recognition of the

Union and other basic features In
all contracts. The interim agree­
ment also provides for negotiations
to take place on the matter oi
working rules. AH ot these were
promised during the t^ahizing
eampidgn.

The sigBin^ of the job'security
program and the welfare plan
the Steinbrenner Company was
hailed by Tanner as "an outstand­
ing example of responsible collec­
tive bargaining SUd good faith by
both the company and the Union."

This latest development in the
SIU's riecfion record follows the
SIU's sCasbn-ehding victory last
December wl^n the 12-boat Reiss
fleet voted for the SIU. Union
negotiators completed a working
rules Sro contract for' the Reiss
seammi 'on May 10, and this was
ratified by aR Reiss crews.

Great Lakes Shipping
June 3^-Jiily 1,1960 •

PORT DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL

Alpena 23 10 7

Buffalo 16 17 7 40

Chicago 16 11 1 28

Cleveland 39 21 11 71

Detroit 83 54 50 187

Dulutb , 25 38 13 76

Frankfcnrt 17 15 19 51

Toledo 16 9 6 31

TOTAL 235 175 ' 114 524

Support SIU Fight
On Ohio lipbioss S

OLiEV ET<ANu — SIU ddo-
gates and 1,883 other delegates
representing 770 locals 69
intematisnsl unions in the state
of Ohio have unanimously adopted
a Seafarers International Union
res<flution calling for unemploy'
ment eonqimisstion for Ohio sea­
men duriiig the Winter months.
The action was taken at the second
biennial convention of the AFL-
dO.

Under file j^esent Ohio law, sea-
men employed by Ohio companies
are.barred ftnr collecting unemploy­
ment iwy for time laid off from the
fourth Sunday in December to the
fourth Sunday in March. The SIU's
proposal would bring the law into
line with that of other states, such
as Michigan, where seamen are
eligible' for benefits the year
around.

SIU Greof Lakes
Union Halls

HBADQUABTSBS
isms W. UOerton, Biver Rous* 18, Wch.

Vinewood 3.4741
Fred J. Faxnen, Secretary-Treaiuicr

Stanley F. Thompson. Asst. Sec.-Treas.
AtPENA...... 137 River St.
Horman JoUcoew, Asent. -ISmwood 4-3618
BUFFALO, NY. 98 N. Pearl St.

Address mall to: 890 Main St.
GRant 3728

CHICAGO 0383 Ewlnf Ave.
South .CUeaxoi lU.

. SAglnaw 14)733
CLEVEZ.AND... ̂ .
Stanley Wares, Amat

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DVI.CTH .......aa W. and St.
Matt AnttOa. AssBt....ltAndol8h 3^10
FBANKFOar. Mich........ am Bbin St.

Address HaU to: ^O. Box 387
Glen Bcaucoehr Afent mdln 7-2441
TOLBDO ..130 Summli St.

CHerry 8-3431

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News of
SIU GREAT LAKES UNION

John Biggerstaff is lookout on SS Columbia. Behind him (1-r) are Captain L. Beattie,
wheelsman Paul Boldon and first mate Six Nietzler.

Columbia's steward gang includes (1-r) steward Barney Gogolewski, dishwasher
Irving Shultz, waiter Henry Trainor,^nd cook Henry Howard, waiter Wayne Hardon.

On The Co
With Bob-Lo

What does it take to' be a sailor on the SlU-con-
tracted Bob-Lo boats?

Well, it takes a special kind of seaman — one who
can cope with hundreds of screaming xind shoving pas­
sengers each day, and still smile.

It takes much more than just being a good sailor-
it takes a knack for understanding people. And espe­
cially during the school children cruises it takes a little
child psychology. You have to know when to be stern
and when to be gentle.

When the kids start throwing chairs overboard —
then is the time to be stern. But when two small chil­
dren are lost and holding each others' hands for dear
life — then is the time to be gentle.

On the daily pleasure cruises the SS Columbia and
SS St. Claire (Browning) take to Bob-Lo Island, it takes
a real seaman. He's just as salty as his brothers on the
Lakes freighters — yet he's something extra.

He's a mother, father, policeman and friend to the
thousands of people who ride his boats each season.
He's a meticulous housekeeper making sure his boat
is always clean.

He's a- master wheelsman navigating the narrow
channel and docking his boot twice every two hours.
He's everything o good SIU seaman should be—and a
little more. He's Captain Bob-Lo to every kid aboard.

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MEDICAL and SAFETY

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New Safety Poster
Contest Launched

By Joe Algina
Director, Seafarers Safety Departmet

Safety aboard ship, the same as anywhere else, is a matter
«f training and experience. By means of education and con-
sant repetition, everyone develops that ectra little bit of
caution necessary to get any job-*
done safely. Training helps over­
come some of the many built-in
hazards on a ship at sea by provid­
ing the reminder that there's al­
ways a safe way and an unsafe
way to do the job.

It's for this reason, plus the lack
of enough suitable poster material
for shipboard safety training, that
the Safety Department has just
launched its own Safety Poster
Contest. All SIU men can com­
pete for the series of prizes of­
fered and have a chance to design
the safety reminders they think
are needed aboard ship.

Open to any Seafarer eligible
for. SIU Welfare Plan benefits,
the contest covers four separate
subjects: (I) General Shipboard
Safety, (2) Deck Department
Safety (3) Engine Department
Safety and (4) Steward Depart-

SIU Clinics
Check Up
On 27,000

Medical examinations of SIU
members and their dependents at
all clinics operated by the Medi­
cal Department of the Seafarers
Welfare plan totaled 27,093 as of
June of this year.

A total of 24,099 seamen re­
ceived medical examinations in
the New York, Baltimore, New Or­
leans, Mobile and Houston clinics,
and 2,998 women and children
dependents of seamra were given
meilical examinations in those
ports since the beginning of the
program.

ment Safety. Seafarers hi any de­
partment can submit as many origi­
nal entries as they want on any
subject. Thus, a cook or oiler may
have a prize-winning idea on how
an AB can do a particular job
safely, or vice versa.

The "general" category will take
in those items for safe living and
working on the ships that cover
all departments, such as how to
move up and down. ladders, proper
lifting of heavy objects or how to
safely board or leave the vessel via
the gangway or pilot ladder. Such
reminders displayed in prominent
locations can help make every ves­
sel a safe "no-accident" ship for
the benefit of all Seafarers.

In order to make full participa-
lion possible for all those wishing
to enter, the final date for all en­
tries will be December 31, 1960.

A fully-equipped Polaroid flash
Camera will be given as the contest
grand prize for the best poster. In
addition, four transistor radios will
be awarded as first prizes and'four
subject groups. There will be only
one prize given to any one indi­
vidual, however.

An entries sltoiiU be submitted
wMh a return address to: Safety
Department, Seafarers Welfare
Plan, 11 Broadway, New York 4,
New York, before January 1, 1961.
There's no limit oh the size or
number of entries that can be en­
tered, and any material suitable
for postCT reproduction In black
and white or color can be used.

No one has to be a Rembrandt
to enter, so everyone is urged to
try his hand on a poster in peqcil,
ink, crayon, watercolor or what­
ever dse is available. Safety really
IS everybo^'g job!

Ursre EarfY Health
Exam Renewal

The Medical Department of
the Seafarers Welfare Plan
urges Seafarers whose clinic
cards are expiring to get them
renewed fat advance and not
wait until the last minute. This
is particularly true fat cases
where a man has just paid' off
a ship and expects to be ashore
awhile. If the examination at
the SIU clfaiic is taken imme­
diately, then if there is any
need for medical treatment it
can be obtained through PHS
without having to delay ship­
ping out.

It is not necessary to wait
until the year is up to ge^ the
clinic card renewed at the SIU
health centers. This can be
done as much as two months in
advance of the expiration date.

Preventive Work
Vital For Health

By Joseph P. Logiie, MD
Mediedl Dirccter, Seafarers Weltoe Flan

The importance of preventive medicine as practiced by
the SIU Welfare Plan's Medical Department and other group
plans can never be overstated. Time and time again^ the
value of the Health Center pro-"^

Study Safe
Handling Of
Atom Cargo

Discussions are now underway
between the Safety Department
of the SIU Welfare Plan and of­
ficials of the Atomic Energy Com­
mission on necessary precautions
aboard ship for handling radioac­
tive materials in the event of leak­
age, breakage or accidents o£ any
kind.

The July Issue ot the "Safety
Line," publication of the Safety
Department, noted one such meet­
ing held in Washington with of­
ficials of the AEC's License Safety
Branch and indicated others WQuId
follow. One of the major problems
concerns the failure of existing
regulations to clearly specify what
to do whea accidents* occur fat or
about radioactive materials carried
as c«-go aboard ships at sea.

Questions of necessary emerg­
ency procedures, special training
and detective devkes that may be
needed aboard such vessels are to
be explored at future meetings
with AEC • personneL -

gram hss been amply demon­
strated for Seafarers, their fam­
ilies sitd the industry. Proper
diagnosis and methods for detect­
ing disease and its potential In the
early stages can produce dividends
for aU.
b Mo fleld ef tabcreekMis

alone, as far as seamen are con­
cerned, the disease appears to
have been drastically checked and
controlled by early detection and
proper treatment thereafter at the
appropriate medical facilities. This
is a . significant accomplishment,
and one from which *we can all
take hope for the future.
b still another area where a

serious medical problem exists,
the SIU Health Center In New
York has found that one out of
every six seamen examined are
overweight 15 percent or more
above what is considered their nor­
mal weight Proper diet and em­
phasis en different types of food
and physical activity should re­
duce this proportion within a mat­
ter of time. Excess weight can be
very serious when coupled with
other medical eonditiona such as
a heart deficiency of any kind. For
this reason, overweight conditions
are checked carefully during our
examinations.

StaOmiy, regriar tmSaaSmaUtm
have detected a one out of six in­
cidence of (defective vision .among
the seamen examined at the Cen­
ters. Th«e defects, with varying
degrees oi seriousness, have been
checked, reduced or eliminated
through proper eye cafe and the
Welfare Plan's free eye^ass pro­
gram for Seafarers. Here again
preventive medicine served an im­

portant function in checkmating a
problem befmre it could no longer
be controlled.

The Health Centers, of course,
do not serve only Seafarers. Their
purpose, under the Welfare Plan,
is to protect each man's depend­
ents the same as the breadwinner
himself through periodic examfaiap
tions and check-ups. Where ad­
vanced or incipient conditions are
detected, SIU wives and children
are advised to seek treatment as
promptly as necessaty through
their own doctors or other treat­
ment facilities available. The main
object of the dependents' program,
as in all forms of preventive medi­
cine, is to provide the means
through-which illness or disability
of any kind can be detected in its
early stages.

A Tfa» to the Health Center or
to any doetwr idiould be a matter
of annual routine. Anyone who
waits until a disability sets In be­
fore visiting the doctor i« sub­
jecting himself to serious abuse.
The human body is a magnifleent
machine but, like any man-made
instrument, it requires proper
maintenance, rest and care. Thoso
who abuse it by Improper or in­
adequate care are playing a dangei^
ous game In which they are the
biggest losers.

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Cover Up Those Toes!

Tliere ore enough hcaards woritmg oround
o ship in terms of foiling objects—boxesi
fools, whot-hove-you—to mob the prudent
Seoforer take precoutions such os weoring
heovy work shoes ond work gloves. Light­
weight or open-toed shoes ore fine for go-
fng oshore, or o day at the beach, but they
ore o kozord on boord ship. Even wolking
around decks is dongerous with this kind
of footgeor. Keep the toes covered and
yam ovotd o poinfiil ond disobling Occident.

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SOCIAL SECURITY • FOOD and SHIP SANITATION
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Produce Results

By Cliff Wilson
Technical Directcnr, Pl^ of the A&G Contract Companies

Operations under the Plan of the Atlantic and Gulf Con­
tract Companies since its inception about 13 months ago' in­
dicates great strides in upgrading the generally good feeding

SlU-contracted Vessels.^ ——

Members of the remk-and^ile Stewords Coirunittee elected at the lost SlU headquarters membership
meeting get a few pointers on the A&G Companies' Food and Sanitation Plan from Cliff Wilson
(right). Seafarers on committee (l-r) are Nicolas Nomikos, Waiter Marcus, Enrique R. Rosodo, Rich­
ard H. Simpson and Walter C. Patterson, (chairman). They are recommending proposals on revising
steward department upgrading, certification and training procedures for membership adoption.

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Better known as tha Food
Plan or, simply, PAG, this
program Is dedicated to two ba­
sic objectives: (1) Improving feed­
ing; (2) Eliminating waste. Each
of these items is strongly linked
with the other; success in one area
means success in both.

Good Feeding Important
Good feeding is of prime impor­

tance to every sailw because tas­
tily prepared, balanced meals us­
ually mean a contented crew at sea
where mealtime is one of the few
available diversions. "Is she a
good feeder?" is often the first
question asked by a new crewman
hoarding a ship because the experi­
enced band can take almost any­
thing from the seas and elements
when he has a good meal under
his belt

In seeking better feeding and
eliminating waste, PAG consul­
tants visit an average' of 120-130
SlU-contracted ships while they're
in port each month. They try to
assist the stewards and their de­
partments in reducing sanitary and

Battle Due On Mekiical Care For Aged
By Joseph Vol^n, Director, Seafarers Department of Sociay Securty

Next month will formally mark the 25th anniversary of Social Security in the United States. This Federal program was
signed into law on August 14, 1935 and has been changed and broadened many times since then. A few days from now,
when Congress reconvenes following the national political party conventions, Social Security will again he the focal point
for a major legislative hattle.t

The debate this time will be
over a medical care program
for the aged. Many of the same
elements that fought unsuccess­
fully against the welfare legisla­
tion of the leSO'i will again be
arrayed against proposals to link
health care for the aged to-the
fiocial Security System.

Labor Determined
The labor movement and other

forces in Congress and throughout
the nation are equally determined.
No one wants to see the same,
haphazard system as now exists in
BO different states on Unemploy­
ment Compensation applied to
what should be a uniform federal
medical care prdgram for older

Prove Eiigiliiiity
For Hospital S
Seafarers being admitted to a

Public Health hospital are
urged to carry »hb them Hieir
Union book plus proof of eii-
gibility for SlU benefits;
namely, a record that they have
at least 80 days seatime during
the previous year and at least
one day during the previous six
months. Failure to have the
proper credentials will cause a
delay in payments to the Sea­
farer.

If the Seafarer Is admitted to
a hospital which is not a PHS
Institution, he should contact
the Union immediately. The
Union will arrange with the
USPHS for a transfer to a Pub­
lic Health hospital in his vicin­
ity. The PHS will not pick up
the hospital tab for private
hospital care, unless It is noti-'
fled in advance.

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Medical ears for the aged has

been debated back and forth since
1957. Since 1960 Is as presidential-
election year and the issue is a
popular one, some type of pro­
gram is expected to become law
this year. However, the question
of emphasis is important. The pro­
gram should be built on the prov­
en, sound principle of social in­
surance, under which a worker by
regular pasmients based on earn­
ings during bis working years—
through contributions to the Social
Security System — Insures his
health benefits when he retires.

Opponents favor the so-called
"voluntary" approach through Fed­
eral grants to the states and ad­
ministered by the states with vari­
ous strings attached. One of these
gimmicks would require applicants
to take a pauper's oath so tfaqr

could accept what
amount to charity.

would then
Some states,

more subject to pressure by local
opposition Interests, might never
get around to passing appropriate
legislation. The oldtimers needing
medical care would just have to sit
around and wait.

Fortunately for SIU men, those
who are ret^d on the disability-
pension benefit receive the contln-
used protection of the family hos­
pital^ and surgical benefits under
the Seafarers Welfare Plan. Other
unions have similar provisions for
their retired members. But the
overwhelming majority of retired
Americans have no such protection
other than what they might be
able to afford to buy, If they can
get it in the Insurance market.

While costs of medical care sky­
rocket, some have also suggested
using private, commercial health in-

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group. But where the cost of pri­
vate insurance is low, the benefits
are lower. Where benefits are ade­
quate. the cost is too high for peo­
ple of limited retirement incomes.
Besides, as the SlU and^ther un­
ions right in New York have re­
ported, group medical insurance
costs have become so high that
even many workers, for whom
these plans were designed, no
longer can afford them.

The answer to the problems of
the aged right now Is a system of
Federal insurance via Social Se­
curity where those who will ulti­
mately derive the benefits pay
their own way.

ventilation hazards, understoring
of some items and overstoring of
others so that spoilage is mini­
mized. Food beefs by the crew
and beefs in Hie galley are checked
out to see what can be done to
make the next trip a smooth one
for all concerned. Generally, these
are the major findings, though they
do not apply to any or all ships
across the board:

Sanitation Stressed
Messhalls and pantries are us­

ually in good order and are kept
painted and sanitary. Galley con­
ditions are generally good, but
some need painting, a minor range
repair or adjustment of galley
blowers or ventilation systems.
The problem of keeping unauthor­
ized people out of the galley is a
constant one harassing the stew­
ard department.

A frequent source of spoilage,
reflected in high food poundage
consumption, is higher than nor­
mal temperatures in refrigerated
spaces, which aids deterioration.
Sometimes voyage stores are
brought aboard before these boxes
are repaired and rapidly become
spoiled in the same manner as be­
fore.

Checking Waste
Waste • is evident aboard ships

where the companies still use No.
10 tins of table fruits and vege­
tables instead of smaller sizes.
The same exists in the use of 100-
pound bags of rice, beans and dry
peas which are not only difficult
to heft around but also inevitably
mean waste because of their bulk.
In addition, some 'dry storerooms
have little or no ventilation. Th«
companies have been urged to in­
stall a small electric fan in these
rooms since hot, humid, moist and
still air will assist in'the hatching
or multiplication of weevils. Proper
control of keys, and adequate lock­
ing devices are also vital in these
storerooms.

Despite these isolated problems
on SIU vessels, cooperation with
the PAG by the companies and the
shipboard personnel plus the more
receptive attltrlde Is producing
results.

More Operators Improve
Shipboard Steak Quality

More and mor« Seafarers are enjoying better-grade steaks
these days as a result of the A&G Food Plan's feeding im­
provement program.

siu--^ Twenty-three more
contracted operators have
agreed to store "good" grade
steak meats Instead of the "c«n-
merical" grade previously carried.
Beet graded "good" by the US De­
partment of Agriculture is far
supwior to the "commercial" grade
product.

The 23 latest companies are In
addition to 24 others announced
earlier as participants in the steak
upgrading program. A listing of
the ^-crnpanies now storing "good"
grade beef includes the following:

Albatross, Alcoa, Atlantic, Bloom-
field, Bull Line, Calmar, Colonial,
Consolidated Mariners. Construc­

tion Aggregates, DeBardeleben,
Elam, Epiphany, Fenway, Globe.
Isthmian, Lion, Marine Carriers,
Marine Tankers, Metro Petroleum,
Mississippi, National Transporta­
tion, New England Industries.

Also, Oceanic Petroleum, Olym­
pic, Ore, Overseas Oil, Pan Ameri­
can, Penn Marine, Penn Naviga­
tion, Penn Tankers, Penntrans,
Petrol Shipping, Ponce, Robin Line,
Rye Marine, Sea-Land, Seatrain,
Sea Transport, Tankers and
•Tramps, Texas City Refining,
Transeastern, Transocean Petro­
leum, Tramp Shipping, US Tankers,
Valentine Chemical, Victory Car­
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Seek To Evade Unions

Runaway shipowners are continuing their complicated maneuvers-to avoid the possibil­
ity of their crews being organized by the International Maritime Workers Union. The
latest sampling of transfer devices shows the following complex switches by the Niarchos
interests:

Question: What are the most unusual loads you've eaten aboard
ship? What are your favorites?

A T-2 tanker, the World Treaty,
was previously under the Liberian
flag, owned by a Liberian cor­
poration which was, in turn, con­
trolled by US citizens. Technical­
ly then, the vessel would be sub­
ject to IMWU organizing activi­
ties. The ship was switched to an­
other Liberian corporation, this
one allegedly alien-controlled, and
then transferred to the Greek flag
—all with the approval of the Mar­
itime Administration.

The new allegedly alien-con-
trolled owners of the World Treaty,
the Achilles Shipping Company,
and a second company in the Niar­
chos stable, the Statel Cia de yap-

ores, owners of record of the tank­
er World Toil, are making an
agreement with the-Maritime Ad­
ministration to be bound by the
terms of the US foreign transfer
policy.

The Panamanian corporation,
als'b allegedly alien-owned, has
agreed that its ship, the World
Toil, will be under the "contract­
ual control" of thC" United States.

Actually, the principal stock­
holder of record of both ships and
companies is Niarchos.

Obviously, the motive here is to
evade union organizing by switch­
ing a citizen-owned ship to an
alien corporation and the Greek

flag, while at the same time, plac­
ing another alien-owned ship un­
der US "effective control."

International maritime union
policy, as agreed to under the In­
ternational Transportworkers" Fed­
eration, is that unions from the
countries exercising ownership or
control over a vessel have the right
to organize the vessel, no matter
where she is registered—hence the
complicated switches of ownership.

The Maritime Administration
can then argue it is retaining "ef­
fective control" over a specific
number of ships while letting
others go to Greek registry as a
haven from unlops.

President's Pre-Balloting Report
(The following is the text of the president's pre-halloting report as submitted to mem­
bership meetings of July in all STU constitutional ports!)

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Under the Constitution of our Union, the
Seafarers International Union of North
America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland
Waters District, Article X, Section 1 (E), the Presi­
dent shall submit a pre-balloting report at the
regular meeting in July of every election year.
The Constitution of our Union also calls for seven
(7) constitutional ports of the Union, which are:
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New
Orleans, Houston and Detroit.

As your President, in consultation along with
the Executive Board of the Union, a careful ap­
praisal has been made as to what -we feel will be
the needs of the organization in all the constitu­
tional ports, including the Port of New York and
Headquarters, for the coming term of office of the
officers and other elected representatives of our
Union. Since the Constitution provides for seven
(7) constitutional ports, it was felt that it was ad­
visable to place on the ballot the elective jobs of
those ports. Where necessary, the personnel for
other thatn the constitutional ports may be assigned
as needed from those constitutional ports, where pos­
sible. As the membership is aware, it is necessary
for the Union to keep abreast of the changes in
the shifting of the job requirements of the com­
panies with whom we have contracts, as well as
in being prepared to meet the opportunities for
expansion through the means of organizing. This
will enable the Union to maintain maximum serv­
ices to the membership, and to meet the needs of
the organization resulting from the changing char­
acter of the industry.

As a result of the foregoing, it is the recom­
mendation of your President, in this, the pre-
balloting report, required under Article X, Section
1 (E) of our Constitution, that the following offices
be placed on the next referendum ballot of the-
Union for the election of the officers and other
elected representatives of the Seafarers Interna­
tional Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf,
Lakes and Inland Waters District:

Headquarters
1 President

- J Executive Vice-President
1 Secretary-Treasurer
1 Vicg-President in Charge of Contracts and

Contract Enforcement
1 Vice-President in. Charge, of the Atlantic

Coast
1 Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast
1 Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes

and Inland Waters
3 Headquarters Representatives

Mobile New York
1 Agent

10 Joint Patrolmen

Philadelphia
1 Agent
2 Joint Patfolmen

Baltimoro
1 Agent
4 Joint -Patrolmen

1 Agent
4 Joint Patrolmen

New Orleans
1 Agent
4 Joint Patrolmen

Houston
1 Agent
2 Joint Patrolmen

Detroit
2-Agent

Your President, also recommends, pursuant to
Article- X, Section 1 (E), and Article XIII, Section
4 (E) of the Union's Constitution,'the depository to
which the Polls Committees shall deliver, or mail,
be certified or registered mail, the ballots after the
close of each day's voting in the coming Union
election, be as follows:

Mr. Harold Bach, Executive Vice-President
Commercial Bank of North America
1400 Broadway
New York City, New York'

It will be the function of the depository to re­
ceive all the envelopes delivered, or mailed in, as
aforesaid, to safeguard them properly in the bank,
and to surrender them only to the duly authorized
Union tallying committee, in ^accordance with
Article XIII, Section 5 (D) of our Union Constitu­
tion, on or about the first business day in January,
1961. Proof of authorization shall be a certification
by the Vice-President in Charge of the Minutes,
Claude Simmons. The Union tallying committee
shall be authorized to sign a receipt -for the said
envelopes. The depository shall be requested to
certify that all the envelopes received by the de­
pository have been properly safeguarded, have
been surrendered only to the said tallying com­
mittee, and that no one, other than appropriate
bank personnel, have had access to them.

The polls committee is especially urged to in­
sure that, whether delivered or mailed, the en­
velopes are properly addressed, properly stamped
if mailed, and certified as per the Constitution.

It is the further recommendation of your Presi­
dent that, in addition to the regular constitutional
requirements, each candidate for office be re­
quested to furnish a regulation passport picture of
recent taking as wejl as a statement of not more
than one hundred (100) words, giving a brief sum­
mary of his Union record and activities, such pic­
ture and statement to be run in the Seafarers Log
just prior to the commencement of voting. This
is to be done in accordance with previous mem­
bership action to familiarize the membership with
the names, faces, and records of all candidates
for office.

As provided for in Article XIII, Section 1, nom­
inations open on July 15, 1960 and close August
15, 1960. All documents required for eligibility of
candidates for Union office must reach Head­
quarters no earlier than July 15th, 1960 and no
later than August 15, 1960.

. Your President wishes to point out that this pre-
balloting report provides for one of the largest
number of elective posts to be placed on the ballot
since the inception of the Unioq, It is strongly
recommended that the maximum number of quali­
fied members, who feel they can be of assistance
to the Union in an official capacity, should submit
their credentials. In this connection, the member­
ship is reminded that the Secretary-Treasurer, A1
Kerr, is available to assist them in properly filing
their credentials for nomination to Union Office,
if they desire such assistance.

Fraternally siibmitted,
...4 Paul Hall, President .

Joseph Savoca, bosun: Well, we
got fried oysters and shrimp cock­

tail quite fre­
quently on Delta
Line ships. And
some Waterman
vessels I've been
on served Eskimo
pie —^ a frozen
dessert which is
quickly heated
and then covered
with a chocolate

topping. Best I've ever had. Again,
certain other Waterman ships used
to serve pizza to the crew. I think
this goes over pretty big, too.

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Stanley Rowe, AB: I like to sam­

ple foreign fruits from foreign
lands — such as
mangoes, pome­
granates and ava-
codos. They're
tasty and unusu­
al. I was once on
a ship in Aus'
tralia and - they
brought a huge
crayfish aboard
and served it for
dinner. Very good—and just like
lobster. You might say that when
I'm hungry, there isn't anything I
dislike. Food on these ships is
very good too, I might add.

. Dwight Skelton, DM: My favor­
ites are: steak (medium), hot rolls,

fi-esh piq, fresh
milk and fresh
fruits. Speaking
of fresh fruits,
they never seem
to last the whole
trip and conse­
quently, I' miss
'em a lot when
the supply is ex­
hausted. I think

the food on these SIU ships is out
of this world—especially compared
to that I had to exist on during the
past two years, when I was in the-
Army.

Glenn Lawson, AB: I found that
the variety of fresh fruits, vege­

tables, fresh Oys­
ters and other
fresh items
served on the
Seastar appealed
to me greatly.
And thefe was a
baker on board
who used genu­
ine flavoring
whenever possi­

ble. This resulted in mote appeal­
ing desserts. I'd also like to men­
tion that some of the ships I've
been.on served their vegetables in
separate dishes—rather than mak­
ing a stew of the main course on
the same plate.

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Dave Van flom, wiper: My fa­

vorite food is ice cream. Also like
m i li u t e steak
with my eggs for
breakfast. Wo
get beef steak on
here regularly,
but I don't care
too much for it
because I just
am not a steak-
loving sailor.; So
you might say I
am easy to please as far as food Is
concerned, and I can't complain
about the quality or quantity I
have eaten on any ship, for that
matter.

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Harry Banm, OS: I guess the

mos,t unusual dish served to me
was pizza. But
I'm a spareribs
and sauerkraut
man myself and
like the way the
cook aboard this
ship (De Soto)
prepares them. I
remember getting
shrimp gumbo on
another Water-

man ship and lobster tails on a
Robin vessel.

Seafarer's Son Tops
In Physical Fitness

When It conies to physical achievement, Seafarer Julio
Evans' 17-year-oId son, 'Angel Luis Evans, doesn't have to
take a back seat to anybody. In his junior year at Eli
Whitney Vocational High 4——'
School', . you^ng Evans ran cai fitness contest, scoring 173
away With the school's physi- points out of a possible 200 in a

series of physical exams devised
by the US Marine Corps. His near­
est competitor got 115 points.

The test is comparable in some
respects to an Olympic decathlon
competition, calling for all-around
excellence in a variety of skills.
Included are rope climbing, sit-
ups, push-ups, running high jump,
chinning, basketball shooting and
an obstacle race. EVans ranked
number one in 12 students who
qualified for Marine Corps athletic
certificates.

The sturdily built 125-pound
youngster also scored well in his
schoolwork, with an average be­
tween 80 and 85 in all major sub­
jects, and won several certificates
in the process, including one for
machine shop achievement. He will
enter his, senior year in the fall,
and expects to become a machinist
upon graduation.

He has been a resident of the
United States for four years, hav­
ing lived in Puerto Rico before
that. His father sails as bosun on
SIUs'ships, ;

This is the physique which
helped win Angel Luis Evans
physical fitness crown in high
sphool, ppntest.

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Ever since the mass rush to the runaway
flags got underway, the'SIU and other mari­
time unions have been warning of the dan­
ger to American security that was involved
in relying oh these ships to carry US car-

§oes. To coimter these union warnings, the
tate Department and the nmaways came

up with a label, "effective control" with
v^ch they plastered over all the evils of
runaway operation.

The argument used was that ships were
not need^ under the American flag because
we can always count on the nmaways.

The State Department, the Maritime Ad­
ministration and the Defense Department
all turned a deaf ear to charges, that they
were gambling with the nation's security.
The maritime unions, time and^time again,
warned the US that there was no substi­
tute for having a vigorous merchant ma­
rine, manned by American seamen, so that
both ships and inen Would be on call at all
times. But these obvious truths were put
aside by the Government in its eagerness
to appease giant oil and metals companies
and enable them to ship their raw materi­
als on vessels which did not pay taxes on
earnings, or American wage scales to their
crews.
' Now it appears that the warnings of
American maritime unions are being justi­
fied by the press of events. The Soviet Un­
ion has entered the international oil trade
with a vengeance. It is determined to wrest
control of oil markets from the US and
other western countries. But the Eussians,
while they have plenty of oil, have very
few tankers. Here's where the runaways
come in.

If the Russians succeed, as they have in
Cuba and elsewhere, in winning conh-acts
to supply oil, then they, and not the Amm-
can companies, will have the cargo charters
to give. out. In order to keep their oil con- ,

. tracts they will have to assure delivery,
and since they can dangle attractive terms

r undoc- the noses of the nmai^ays, they un-
( doubtedly will wind up with many a run-
r^away tanker operatpc in their comer.

In fact a major operator in the runaway^
field, Stavros Niarchos, already has a long-^
term contract to move Russian oil on
Greek-flag ̂ ps, and numerous European-
flag oi^ators are following suit.

Obviously, if all of the runaway-flag
ships own^ or controlled by the American
oil companies and their allies, were under
the American flag where they belonged, or
were subject to Ammcan union contracts,
then it would not be possible for the So­
viets to get enough tankers to break into
the international oil trade in a big way—

The fact remains that the only allegiance
of a runaway tanker operator is to the char­
terer who gives him business. "Effective
control" as justification for the existence of
a runaway-flag fleet is simply a slogan
which deludes only those Government
agencies "who framed it and parrot it.

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Souvenirs?

For years now, seamen have been com­
plaining about the injustice of US regula­
tions whereby American tourists can bring
home hundr^ of dollars worth of souve­
nirs duty free and seamen are deprived of
the same privilege. Now, for the first time,
there is a chance that legislation on this
issue^ay be acted on.

The issues at stake here are simple. Any
American traveler can go abroad, buy cam­
eras, perfumes, silks, suits, china ware or
other items and bring them back duty free
as lohg as they are within the prescribed
dollars and cents ceiling on duty-free al­
lowances. This can be done, and is done,
year after year by passengers on ships or
plane&

drewmembwa^ of these same ships and
planes are deni^ that privilege. It would
seem only fair that they receive the same
privileges in that area as all other Am&ri-
cans, with the limitation that th^ would
he eonflned to professional seamed and
a calendar year basis.

FBOM THB

SlU in WASHINGTON
Waterman Substdr Case. FMB has decided that Section 605 (c)

of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act does not bar It from awarding an
operating-differential subsidy to Waterman on the following serv­
ices: (1) Eighteen to thirty sailings per year with cargo between
U. S. North Atlantic ports and ports in continental Europe north of
Portugal (not Including Baltic and Scandinavian ports); (2) One out­
bound sailing per month from North Atlantic ports cargo des­
tined to the same continental European ports; and (3) Eighteen to
thirty sailings per year with cargo from Far East ports to U. S. At­
lantic and Gulf ports. U. S. Lines has filed an action in the U. S..
District' Court for the District of Columbia, asking that Court to
reverse and set aside the FMB decision on the grounds that is is
beyond the scope of FMB authority, arbitrary and unreasonable, and
unsupported by substantial evidence in the record. The basic U. S.
Lines contention is that the areas indicated are already adequately
served.

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Graee Great Lakes Operation.—Grace Line sought to discon­
tinue its service between the Great Lakes and the Caribbean, con­
tending that it is losing and will continue to lose money in the opera­
tion, and that it could profitably sell the ships involved. The FMB
staff. Operating Subsidy Branch, believes the prospects are good
for stabilization of rates at a compensatory level, and therefore had
asked Grace to continue its present services for at least a two-year
experimental period. However the Board subsequently agreed to let
Grace drop the run.

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FMB Chairman.—Secretary of Commerce Frederick H. Mueller

has administered tiie oath of office to Vice-Admiral Ralph E. Wilson,
retired Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, as a member of the FMB.
Admiral Wilson assumed his. new post as of July 1, 1960, and it is ^
expected that he will be designated as Chairman by the President.
As Chairman, he will also have the title and authority of Maritime
Administratol.

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Snli^ies. and Antomatlon.—^The war against the Maritime in­

dustry continues on all fronts. Recently, in a report known as
"Project Walrus," the National Academy of Sciences recommended
that the government and the maritime industry review the entire
subsidy program with a. view to reducing or terminating subsidies,
and making the American Maritime Industry more competitive. To
that end, MA has asked Steven's Institute to make a study of the
U. S. Maritime Industry in order to aid in the development of a
program which would make it plausible to reduce subsidies. MA
has also authorized studies of ways and means to Increase mechani­
zation and introduce automation Into the maritime industry. Experts
have indicated that, by adaptation of existing automation devices. It
would be possible to operate either a large cargo or passenger ship
with a crew of 3 or 4 button-pushers. Indeed, science-fiction dreamers
are talking about superllners without crews operated exclusively
by electronic devices. Query: How do you organize electronic devices?

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Legislative Summary.—The President has signed the following
bills previously passed by Congress, so that they are now law: S. 3189,
P. L. 86-583, which provides that no vessel of more than 500 gross
tons can engage In the .jcoastwlse trade if construction work on Its
hull or superstructure is perfbrmed in shipyards outside the U. S. or
its possessions: S. 2618, now P. L. 86-575, which will permit war-built
vessels owned by American companies to be exchanged for mora
modern and efficient war-bulit vessels in the U. S. Reserve Fleet;
and S. 2481, now P. L. 86-577, giving the Interior Department power
to establish a program of government mortgage insurance for fishing
vessels . . . The following legislation was not passed by both houses
and is therefore still pending: (1) Wage Hour Legislation; The Housa
killed the Roosevelt Bill backed by labor, and adopted a substituta
which would raise the minimum wage to $1.15 for those now covered,
and establish a $1.00 rate Hn: an estimated 1.4 million retail em­
ployees. (2) Common-situs picketing; this bill which would have legal­
ized common-situs picketing by the building trades at construction
sites, was pigeon-holed by the House Rules Committee; (3) The Housa
passpd a bill providing a very inadequate program of medical cara
for the aged, which is now pending before the Senate Finance Com­
mittee, and will be acted on after the recess; (4) Dirksen Bill: Thia
bin would eliminate the legal compulsion for employers under the
Railway Labor Act and Taft-Hartley to bargain with unions on "crea­
tion or discontinuance of positions and would authorize Courts to
issue injunctions against strikes In support of demands for such bar­
gaining.

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Uust bdck from a long run to the For East,
crewmembers aboard the DeSoto (Water­
man) were getting in their last licks in Port
Newark when these photos were token. A
couple of hours later, the gong lined up for
a fat payoff and several of them piled off
to spend some time ashore with their fam­
ilies. The De Soto then picked up cargo
down the coast before heading out for an­
other Far East run, including Yokohama and
Inchon among its ports of call.

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chief cook Sam Merkerson and L. A.
Mitchell, 3rd cook. V

Checking out anchor windlass brake on
focs'le of De Soto Is Joe Savoca, bosun.
Brake had recently been realigned.

Squaring away drill rack in De Soto work­
shop In engine room is Dave Van Home,
wiper. Dave believes in neatness.

Wiper Preston Smith coils extension
flight used on a little repair job in engine
room. Good housekeeping pays off.

Pantiyman A. S. Villariza slices into
juicy, ripe watermelon which^^ w^
for dessert at crew^s lunclC

PTeaving a 4x4 board on De Soto are 0- to r.) F. P. Childress, AB and Harry Brown, OS. In back­
ground watching: Joe Savoca; bosun f Lawson, AB and ship's delegate, and Tom Moriarity,
deck engineer. Hatches had been opened to-load cargo.

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OF THE StU AJLANTIC. GULF. LAKES AND INLAND WATERS PISTKICT

OF THl SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA

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SlU Set For Election
At PR Tuna Cannery

i:iie SlU has been successful in organizing activities at
Star Kist tuna factory in Puerto Rico, r^oirts Mrs. Andrea-
Gomez, Vice-President of the SIU of NA. Mrs. Gomez, who
represents fish and cannery
workers on the International
Executive Board, said that the
SIU had a significant majority of
the 440 workers at Star Kist's Pu­
erto Rican plant, and was confl-

WC Canneries
Are Picketed

WlbMINGTON—A reduc­
tion in the price of albacore
caused albacore fishing boat
owners in Southern California to
picket several canneries.

Most of the albacore fishermen
own their ou'n little boats and oc­
casionally have a hired man or two
assisting them with the fishing.

The albacore fishermen, who are
not organized have been consulting
with the SIU. Vice President
Gomez reported the SIU is ready
to assist them.

Violation DIspntes
Several disputes, due to the vi-

.olation of contracts, were on the
verge of going to arbitration, but
have been settled. Many of the dis­
putes were concerned with viola­
tions that had been pending for
some time, but mattem were even­
tually ironed out to the satisfaction
of all.

Frosen Foods
The union is conducting ui or­

ganizing drive on several small
frozen-food packers, some pet food
plants and a "by products" process­
ing plant, and the union's member­
ship should increase If all goes as
is expected.

dent of a victory In any forthctnn-
ing election.

Bfrs. Gomez had been invited to
inspect the plant and investigate,
in behalf of SIU cannery workers,
a charge that' she made—napely
thid the Star Kist company had
"run away" from California to
Puerto Rico in ordmr to find "cheap
labor."

Star Kist Is schednled to begin
operating Its Puerto Rican plant on
August 1, mid the SIU hopes to
have the plant organized shortly
aft€r this time.

Originally, the tuna canning in­
dustry was centered In California,
but in recent years, the packers
have set up shop in such far-flung
areas as Samoa and Puerto Rico,
partly in the hope of evading SIU
fish cannery wage scales, workbig
conditions and other benefits.

Memorial Day Rites Heldin New Bedford

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of scoflop industry m Amorica. TTio sorvicos wore in memory of fishermen lost ot soo.

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Safety Studied
At New Bedtord
The New Bedford Fishermen's Union, an SIU affiliate, is

tadding one of the perennial |H*oblems that plague fishennen
—the matter of safety at sea.

A meeting was hdd recent­
ly by the Safety Committee,
which is composed of mem­
bers of the New Bedfmd Fishexw
men's Union, and tiw New Bed­
ford Seafood' Producers Associa­
tion- in an eNort to bnprove on the
safety practices of the fidieimen

Scallop Fesfival Due
Sixteen lliousand hungry

scallop-lovmrs assembled in
New Bedford last year, and
an even larger turnout is expected
this year' for the Third Annual
Scallop Festival, to he held
August 12, 13 and 14. The event
will cost one dollar, with all the
scallops one can eat, cooked every
way imaginable. The festival is
supported by the New Bedford
Fishermen's Union and the local
scaliop-dragging industry.

Scalloping is the major actiidly
of the New Bedford fishermen.

Scallops •PleBttful'
The US Sei^. of Agriculture has

declared scallops MI its "plentiful
food" list for August, national food
distiibutors are going to promote
scallops, knd an annual scallop
recipe contest will be held to find
some new. Interesting, delicious
way to serve them.

The acallops will be donated to
the promotion venture by the 80-
vessel New BedfM-d scallo^^ Neet.
Cooking will be done by the Ex­
change tlub, sponsMx of the ev»t
Sometime during the event, a new
'Miss Scallop Festival'^fM: 1960
will be cbosen from among a bevy:
of cbarming young ladies.

and to obtain the best safe^ de-
vicses tor the-ships.

Howard Nidserson, secretary-
treasurer of the union, was elected
chairman ctf the Safety Ckunmlttec
and it was agreed that meetings
would be held mmthly, tm the seie-
ond Wednesday of every numtk

Attending the meeting also'wei^
Robert Moore, r^resenting the
American UnivMsal Insurance Co.,
and John Murray, safety direcfnr
of the US Fish and WUdlife
Sendee.

The group drew tip a list of 18
safety measures which they TMiont-
mended. Some of the measures
suggested were: resurfacing of
decks with ridd-resistant surfacing
and CMnpanlonway ladder tread
and winch platforms, installation of
ladders on all scallop booms, guard
lines or rails on forecastle heads,
bollard guards on all deck bollards,
installation of self^inflating life-
rafts, use of safety hats while un­
loading and self-actuating fire
alama systems.

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Aaaoag nnlm in the SHT are
a numbM ef gro^w of commer­
cial IliiieimMi en 'all eoasta, aa
well as shoreslde fiSh eannerles
and jwoeessors. Th^ are iiH
Tolved JB neh wid^-ttivMUl-
fled IteUag eperatioin as eral-
loptag, tana fidUng, saimea
fisheries, eed, haUbut and aaany
otiiecs. Grtwve Involved Inolnde
tiM New EedfMd Fl^rmen's
UitiMi, Alaska FisherBiea's
Unien, tana flSh and cannery
nnlsaM apweilng «nt cf CMl-
ibmia' peris and grenps in
Brtotal Bay, Kedlak, and clae-
ahera In tha far pimlhwesi
•pacfflis.

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Joim Burt, New Bedford Rdwrnm's Union, and Choplaih Gano
Landry of tha Seaman's BaHiri whaal a 13-yaar-dd organ id
Mamorial Day Servicas. Bathal was moda famous in "Moisy Didc.**

Alaska Fishermen Proud 7
Of Their Pension Plan

Members of the SlU-affiliated Alaska Fishennan's Union,
the oldest of its kind (founded in 1902) are proud of their
-welfare plan, which includes one of tha few pension plans,
if not the only one, in exist-^
ence for fishermen.

The Union covers giU net
tisheitnen, men working aboard
cannery tenders and vessels pick­
ing up fish from fishermen, plus
workers employed in canneries and
beachmen, tallymen and others.

The union's Health Welfare and
Penshm program lib doing much to
bring the benefits of MganiZed la­
bor to the men. As a rule fisher­
men have no welfare plans or
othM- unten protection because the
seasonal nature of thdb: work h»
hantyeted organizing e^rts in the
past.

Howeyoi!', the Alaska Fisher­
men's Uhien has shown that Hsher-
moi can have workable welfare

plans and can'have thewame bene^
fits and {H-otection Utat other work­
ers have, even though they are a
small element as compared te
many other worker groups.,

Tha various fishermen's uniona
in this industry are now working
towards finding a solution to the
problem of protecting their legit­
imate rights as workers, and pre­
serving' the. suppl"/ of fish.

bt addition to this union protec­
tion, Alaska fisherman and dtiien
will recdlve financial help frma
tile US Govffiument which will go
toward the purchase of newer and
bt'tter fishihg equipment, enabling
them to better compete in the
world fish market.



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Missile Chasers
in Soulh Africa

When fhe US fired on Atlas mis­
sile 9,000 miles, oil the way from
Cape Canavaral to the waters
off Sooth Africa, the SlU-monned
Timber Hitch was on the spot to
track the flight with its electronic
gear and visually as well. Pic­
tured above is the Hitch standing
off Capetown's famed Table
Mountain. At left. Seafarer Joe
Smith, OS, poses on deck with a
model of the Atlas nose cone.
The Hitch did not attempt to re­
cover the cone which splashed into
the ocean about five miles from
the ship. (Photos courtesy The
Cope Argus, Capetown.)

NY Straightens Out Medical Beef
Shipping in the port of New York was moderate to slow during the last period, Head­

quarters Representative Bill Hall reports. The outcome for the next period is for it to
"remain the same."

An agreement has been
reached with Isthmian Lines
on the matter of health in­
spections for men. In the past men
often lost out oh jobs with Isth­
mian because the company doctor
turned them down and they didn't
have enough time to go to the
USPHS for its final say on a "fit-
for-duty" slip before - the ship
sailed.

The SIU and Isthmian have
agreed now that when this par­
ticular situation arises in the fu­
ture, the man will he allowed to
sail, but must check at the USPHS
at the next port of call. If he re­
ceives an okay, he will he able to
remain on the ship. If he is turned
down by the USPHS, Isthmian will
pay his transportation back to New
York.

Another innovation in the New
York headquarters was made when
the service counter was divided
into two areas—one for dues, beefs,
and registration, the other for va­
cation and welfare. It is hoped
that this new plan will enable the
staff to give the membership bet­
ter service.

The Ocean Evelyn paid off re­
cently after a trip to the Great
Lakes and on its way to Europe.
SIU patrolmen wer able to collect
more than 500 hours of disputed
overtime for the men who had per­
formed work outside of the con­
tract. specifications.

The SlU Training School is pro-
.gcqssihg .and an incceasingly large

number of ordinary seamen and
wipers are upgrading themselves
to AB and FWT. Also, the lifeboat
school is still going strong, and is
open to all departments.

The various ships and depart­

ment delegates on the ships paid
off in New York were lauded by
Hall for bringing in real clean
ships. "Except for a few minor
beefs, mostly on repairs, the ships
were all in fine shape," he said.

Gov't Sees Overcharging
On MSTS Freight Rates

WASHINGTON—The Federal Maritime Board has issued
orders for the investigation of possible collusion and price
rigging by steamship companies carrying MSTS cargoes
during the 1950-1956 period. '

Companies involved in the
hearings that are contracted
to the SIU and its affiliates include
American-President Lines, Isth­
mian Lines, Moore-McCormack
Lines,' Waterman Steamship Cor­
poration and Bloomfield Steam­
ship Co.

Conspiracy Charged
The FMB is looking into the pos­

sibility that a number of the com­
panies were acting jointly to "con­
trol, prevent or destroy competi,-
tion" in bidding for MSTS con­
tracts, and were conspiring to­
gether to keep rates high.

If the Board decides that there
was overcharging, the repercus­
sions could be rather serious for
the ^ip operator. The Govern­
ment might take steps to recapture
any excesses' it paid out, and might
investigate the subsidies which it is
granting to many of the shipping

companies. Such a move by the
Government could conceivably
cause economic difficulties to any
company "padding" its charges.

Companies Notified
No specific time lias been set

for the hearings but all of the ship­
ping companies involved have been
notified to be ready.

Houston Meeting
in Oil Union Hail

The next meeting of the
Hbuston membership will be
held in the Oil Workers Union
Hall at 2306 proadway in Hous­
ton. The change was made to
accommodate Seafarers in this
port because the growth of SIU
shipping activity in this area
has outstripped the meeting
capacity of the SIU Houston,
hall.

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Courf Eases Piekefing Ban;
Splits On IMWU Activity

Attorneys for the International Maritima Union are now preparing for the third roun<
In court over the IMWU's right to picket the runaway-flag Incre Line ships. An appeal will

0>urt of Appeals after the Apellate Division split, 3 to

Stubborn About It All

be filed in the New York State
2, in favor of State Supreme*
Court action in issuing an in­
junction against the union.

IMWU attorneys were heartened
by the split in the Appellate Divi­
sion's findings and also by the ac­
tion of the majority in sharply lim­
iting the scope of the injunction.

They pointed out that two of
the five judges agreed with the
union's stand, namely, that the
case involved a labor dispute un^
der Federal labor law and was con­
sequently not within the jurisdic­
tion of the state court. Such an
interpretation would leave the
IMWU completely free to resume
picketing. ^

The majority decision, while
holding that the state court did
have jurisdiction in the matter,
cut down on the blanket injunc­
tion against picketing issued by
the lower court.

As a result of the action of the
majority, it appeared that the
IMWU has some leeway in taking

-picket line action for protest pur-
^ poses, to object to substandard
' conditions aboard the vessels.

In presenting its case, the IMWU
had argued that the lucres Line
was doing business here in the
United States and operating out of
the Port of New York. Conse­
quently, the union said, the com­
pany was subject to the laws of
the United States, including the
Labor Relations Act, in the same
manner as any shoreside concern
here that might be owned by for­
eign nationals.

The IMWU tied up the runaway-
flag passenger ships Victoria and
Nassau in May as crewmembers of
the vessels refused to sail without
union representation and a con­
tract. Previously, the lucres Line
had rejected union demands that
It be recognized as the bargaining
•gent for the crews.

The lucres Line went to the New
York State Supreme Court and ob­
tained an injunction ordering the
IMWU not to picket the ships or

organize the crewi. NevertheleH,
crewmemben of the Nassau re­
fused to talm the vessel out untU
they won agreement from the com­
pany for improvements in wages.

overtime, hoiurs of work, and vari­
ous working conditions aboard the
vesseL Before this, the operator
had been paying |60 a month and
working the men long hours.

Hoffa Gets Feature Billing
In Bridges' Union Paper

The alliance between Harry Bridges, fellow-traveling head
of the International Longshoremen's and Walrehousemen's
Union, and James Hoffa, president of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, is*
getting a big play in "The Dis­
patcher," official organ of the
Bridges union. Hoffa got top bill­
ing in the June 17 issue of
Bridges' newspaper, elbowing
Fidei Castro and Communist China
into subsidiary spots.

The occasion was the Joint

Boston Has
Eye Benefit

Optical benefits under the Sea­
farers Welfare Plan are now avail­
able to SIU men in the Boston
area. Free eye examfustions snd
eyeglasses, if needed, may be ob­
tained at the. office ot Dr. Morris
I. Cowin, 1 Meridian Street, East
Boston, Massachusetts.

The optical benefit may be used
by Seafarers once every two years,
with the Welfare Plan paying the
cost.

This brings to eight the number
of ports where the Optical Benefits
Program functions. Others are:
Houston, San Francisco, Phila­
delphia, Baltimore, New Orleans,
New York and Mobile. Any Sea­
farer 'desiring this service should
go first to the port agent to make
siire of his eligibility and then to
the designated optical service.

negotiating of a warehouse contract
with a Northern California Em­
ployers Association. To celebrate
the event, a Joint meeting was held
in the Longshoremen's auditorium
addressed by Bridges.

Speaks Via Phone
Hoffa, who was in Washington,

addressed the meeting In absentia
by telephone and called' coopera­
tion between the two unions "Just
the beginning." Bridges, in turn,
declared "I'm proud to know Hoffa
and to work with him ... we are
geing to pool our efforts."

Recent efforts by the ILWU in­
cluded an unsuccessful atempt to
raid SlU^contracted tuna fishing
boats on the West Coast, where the
Bridges union was set back on four
boats, and ad equally-unsuccessful
move to block 1,200 Crockett sugar
workers from affiliation with the
SIU, . despite angry threats made
earlier by ILWU lieutenants in a
desperate effort to defeat the SIU.

Tell it to the LOG

ship North American, under contract to SIU Grpat Lakes
Dictriot, firmly resisted efforts of several tugs to pull her off sand
bar in St. Lawrence River for several days. All 347 passengere
had to bo taken off before ship finally got free.

Award Engineers 5 Percent
In East Coast Arbitration

An arbitrator has awarded the Marine Engineers Beneficial
Association a five percent increase in wages, overtime, penalty
time and night relief rates for engineers sailing on passenger
and dry cargo ships, tankers*
and freighters.

Dr. Donald F. Shaughnessy
made Uie award after an arbitra­
tion proceeding between the
MEBA and the American Mer­
chant Marine Institute in New
York on June 17, 1960.

The A&G Commitee also gained
an additional increase of about two
or three percent by eliminating

certain inequities between engi­
neers' wages and the pay rates of
mates and other unlicensed sea­
men.

As a result of the decision. Jun­
ior 3rd assistants will get an in­
crease of $48.16 a month on class
B freighters and $46.32 a month on
the average tanker. The increases
are retroactive to June 16.

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' FELTORe (Ora NavigaHon), Juna
as—Chairman. Jamat Watt; Sacra-
tary. Richard N. Fottar. On June 10.
U and 12. wash water was aalt water,
yhia constituted a just cause for
applying for compensation (86 per
day, 3 days, total $18) for insufficient
quarters, and will be applied for on
the OT sheets. Utensils for night
lunches should be available in the
pantry. A rack wiU bo built to hold
the cups. Some insecticide needed to
keep roaches under control.

DEL NORTE (MiMlsslppI). June 2«
—Chairman. W. Kaiser; Secretary. E.
Leonard. Ship's delegate reports few
minor beefs taken care of in New
Orleans. $1S9.40 on hand at end of
last voyage. Spent $170.00 to have
movie machine completely over­
hauled. .Balance on hand $22.53.
Movie director purchased seven
movies for this trip. Spoke to movie
men in both New Orleans and Hous­
ton. NO man says he wiU not change
his prices. The man in Houston is
much cheaper so will consult the Sud
and Mar before decisive action is
taken. M.'S/C to have a list of aU
B and C card mep posted by their
respective delegates and they be in­
formed that they must re-register
after 60 days or two trips. M/S/C to
•lect F. Simple new ship's delegate.

"hook.** Ship's delegate to

ap with captain. Also matter of get­
ting our maiL Captain instructed
steward to use coffee urns temporarUy
to replace worn odt percolators and
eords.

PENN EXPLORER (Penn Shipping),
June 12—Chairman. W. B. Yarbrough;
Secretary. Cruz Mata. Captain wiU
put travelers checks out in all ports.
Steward had to be put off In Freeport
—injured arm. No beefs reported.
Suggest ship's delegate sea captain
and chief engineer about a Jury
toilet and water on deck for natives.
Also see mate about having the
screen doors fixed. Dent mistreat
natives—it can cause trouble.

ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa). July 2—
Chairman. Joseph McAndrew; Secre­
tary, K. C. Smith. Movie fund to bo

CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cities
Service). June 26—Chairman. Robert
Fink; Secretary. Ted Jones. Ship's
delegate reports no beefs—everything
running smoothly. One man missed
ship In Baltimore. His possessions are
with captain. Ship's delegate has
his book and papers. AU agree we
have a good running ship and crew.

ELEMIR (Marine Carriers). July 1—
Chairman. S. Cray; Secretary. J. Bal-
derston. Disputed OT to be taken up
with patrolman. Need clarification as
to our status—signed on at tanker

. rate of pay carrying dry cargo. Due
to local weather conditions and a
strike of longshoremen we have been
unable to get launch service. Started
ship's fund with $l contribution hi-
each crewmember. to bo used for
ship's business only. Discussion re
launch service and time of spying on

0Take tl thU

collected at first draw. Salt shakers
wanted for messhaU. Short stores on
board for coastwUe trip. No library
on board for this trip. Han off watch
to clean raesshall for next watch.
Man on watch to make coffee for men
on watch. Foc'sles need painting.

MYRIAM III (International Naviga­
tion). May 2t—Chairman. J. T. Sig-
mom Secretary. John Straka. Jr. Most
repairs taken care of. Captain will
put a draw a day before we, get to
Madras. India. Chief cook doesn't
want anyone to sleep In room with
him. Steward department wiU take
care of this. Everyone to take better

- care of fans and washing machine.

FRANCES (Bull). July 10—Chair­
man, L. Williams; Secretary. N. Lam­
bert. No major beefs reported. Men
are not cleaning washing machina

properly after lita. Steward has or­
dered more cUms fruits and other
fruits but port steward has been cut­
ting order. Steward and delegate to
see patrolman and food program rep­
resentative abont Miortages and cut-
ting of requlaitlons; also about atoring
earUer in port. ' .

FAIRLAND (Saa • Land Service),
July ie—Chairman. J. Sweeney; Sec­
retary. R. SImpkint. No beefs; every­
thing running smoothly. Delegate to
aee patrolman about cab expenses to
hospitsi in' San Juan for two men.
Discussion on buying radio, electrlo
iron and Spanish checker set. All
three to be bought this trip in New­
ark. Company has not hsd messroom
ciiairs fixed yet. These chairs have
been on the repair list for the past
six trips.

CALMAR (Calmar). June 25—Cbsirw
man. Walter Kohut; Secretary. M.
Kondylas. Captain to give port dis­
charges in Long Beach. Should hava
screens for portholes. No wind
scoops. Stilp's delegate resigns with
vote of thanks from crew.

ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa). July 3—
Chairman. R. M. Roberts; Secretary,
D. -Atordne. Ship's delegate reports
day's lodgings not received by men
who had rooms painted a good while
back. Everything running smoothly.
No beefs reported. Movie director's
report: on hand at end of voyage
No. 223. S266.12. Hen asked to leave
safety pamphlets and literature on
bulletin board so all members can
read same. Washing machine put on
repair list, pump broken. Polish stow­
away found one day out of Trinidad.
Complained that the food wasn't too
hot. Qalned ten pounds before arrival
In MobUe.

ORION STAR (Orion). June
CiMlrman, G. Creggs; Secretary. J.
Sanchez. Ship's delegate reports C-
cards are not producing work and
refuse to cooperate with other Union
brothers. Lots of disputed overtime.
Engine delegatb reports three men
picked up In Yokohama. Steward
delegate reports they have 4 "A"
books. 3 "B" books, 1 "C" book, and
one freeloader. Discussion on return­

ing cups to psntry. Do not scream
in passageways as it wakes up the
watch. Fans are no good—they are
constantly under repair. At the be­
ginning of the trip we received 11
new U-hudl fana but the chief engi­
neer stadied them away and lUs re­
fused to put them out. Those fana
were put «m board for the crew.
Also we should see the Union about
white table cloth for the crew and
largar sheets and spreads.

BAOLI TRAVELER (Unltad JHarl-
tims). Juna 26—Chairman. Robert
Grant; Sscretary. Jamts A. Ray. An­
swer from headquarters on timo
allotted sanitary men (4 hrs.). read.
I.etter re disputed OT sont to head­
quarters. One man hospitalized in
Yokohama; one man missed ship in
Vokohama. Air conditioning to be
repaired in recreation room. M/S/O
that no one sleep in recreation room.

DEL BGL (Mississippi), June 11—
Chairman. C. Thompson; Secretary,
Ramon Irbsrry.. Fred Carpenter
elected ship's delegate. Discussion to
see chief engineer to clear lines in
washing machine as It takes a long
timo for water to drain. Repair lists
to be made up. New mattresses to bo
ordered as they are Iri bad shape.

EOITH (Bull), June 26—Chairman,
G. Bozec; Secretary, J. Kucharskl.
No beefs reported by ship's or de­
partment delegates.

MAI (Bull), June 13—Chairman, W.
Morris; Sscretary, T. Drzewickl. Harry
Byrd elected new ship's delegate.
Discussion to let coffee perk~ till
ready. Donate for new TV.

TITAN (Cerso Tanfcship), July 4—
Chairman, J. M'cKrsth; Secratary. R.
Ransoms, Two brothers hospitalized.
Reports sent to headquarters. Creve-
members leaving ship are reminded
to strip biinks of linen and return to
steward. Also to collect shot cards.
Vote of thanks to steward department
for Job well done although short threo
men. Suggestion to have fam installed
in laundry. Suggestion that masks be
supplied for gangway watch during

loading and discharging grain. Crew
reminded to return glasses to pantry.

STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian),
June I*—Chairman, Paul Whitlow;
Sscretary, Evsrett Perry. Captain
was unsuccessful in getting Pall Mall
cigarettes. MUk in Okinawa must
first have approval by the American'
consul before it goes to ships, to be
taken up with Union upon arrivsL
AU current repaira to be turned in
to me and all disputed overtime after
we leave the Islands for the States.
No major beefs except a 14-hour caU-
back in deck department in Okinawa
to be taken up with patrolman. Vote
of thanks giveiS to steward depart­
ment for their work In the almnco
of chief cook who died at sea. M/S
to discontinue issuance of travelera
checks in overseas ports and doUara
be issued as we lost money on the
exchange. Crewmembers to come to
messhall and pantry properly dressed.
Suggestion that coUection ba taken
up for flowers for chief cojk.

MARORE (Ore Navigation), July 4
—Chairman. F, O'Neill; Secretary. C.
Bedell. Ship's delegate reports beef
re exterminator not doing a thorough
Job when he comes aboard. Steward
to order new washing machine as the
old one is beyond repair. Patrolman
will have to settle port OT beef for
Steward dept. BatUo operator'and
dayman's beef explained to the mem­
bers. Election of.^new ship's delegate
put off tUl payoff as there are quite a
few men leaving tha ship. Need new
toaster.

ATLAS (Carso A Tankihlpt. July 2
—Chairman. Robart McDavItt; Secra­
tary. A. JohansMn, Deck delegate
reports one "C" book AB was first
signed on as a non-working workaway.
Was later signed on articles as AB
when one man failed to Join ship.
This man is to be paid off under mu­
tual consent in Port Said. Suggestion
to buy lounge- chairs for crew's
recreation haU out of Miip'a fund in
Japan.

YORKMAR (Calmar), July 4—Chair-
man, E. Brown; Secratary, W. Crass-
man. No beefs reported. W. Cress-
man elected new ship's delegate. .



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News of
sra CANADIAN DISTRICT
OP THi SEAPAREKS INTERNATIONAL UNION OP NORTH AMERICA

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Canadian-flag Burlington, manned by members of SlU Canadian
District, is shown entering the Welland Canal at Port Weller,
Ontario. Canada shipping is facing stiff Seaway competitors.

Canada SlU Seeks
Seaway Flag Curb

Two Canadian maritime unions and Canada's largest ship­
ping firm have demanded that the Government do something
about stopping foreign-registered vessels from turning the
Seaway into what they de--*
scribe , will become ..a "grave­
yard for Canadian ships."

Canadian sailors receive about
four times as much as their British
counterparts, and because of this
many vessels in the Canadian fleet
have runaway to an English flag
registration.

The Canada Steamsltlp Lines,
''largest Seaway carrier; the SIU
Canadian District and the Cana­
dian Merchant Service Guild have
combined to fight the inroads
made liy English vessels in the
Seaway.

"Canada's sailors didn't pay
taxes to build the Seaway to be
put out of Jobs by cheap labor

'World Fair*
Planned On
Canada Ship

Plans are underway to establish
« "floating fair" to celebrate Can­
ada's hundredth birthday, the cen­
tennial of her Confederation, in
1967.

The floating fair' would be
turned into a mobile "world's
fair," and used to promote Cana­
dian Industry the world over. A
group of Canadian businessmen
working on the plans estimate that
it would cost about $500,000 to
keep the fair, which would be set
tip on the "Empress of Canada,"
In operation. However, it is esti­
mated that the floating exhibit
might bring in as much as $400
million in orders.

Canada is trying to get the
World's Fair for Montreal during
1967, but this is being fought by
Bussia. The Canadians see the
mobile "floating fair" as the cor­
nerstone of what might develop
Into some kind of a Canisdian In-
lernational trading agency.

ships," said Paul Gagne, SIU rep­
resentative in Thorold.

The British sailors receive about
$100 a month, on vessels that carry
all sorts of cargo between Toronto
and Newfoundland. The British
ships stay nine months and pay
no taxes while Cahadian sailors
and officers have to go on unem­
ployment Insurance.

No Domestic Rides
Canada, unlike the United

States, has no regulations requir­
ing that shipping in Its domestic
trades fly the Canadian flag. As
a result, there are many British-
flag vessels operating exclusively
in the Canadian domestic trades.
These ships never go near Eng­
land, but ply Canada's waters
while paying British wage scales
to the seamen, plus a modest
bonus for service in Canadian
waters.

The set-up deprives Canadian
shipping and Canadian seamen of
employment opportunities. It also
works a severe hardship on the
crewmembers of the British-flag
vessels who have to try to live in
the Canadian economy on an Eng­
lish wage scale.

We have "no quarrel with for­
eign vessels engaged in interna­
tional trade," said Gagne, /but we
want to keep them out of domestic
shipping."

Union Gets Crodift

Gov't, Canadian Shipping Hopeful
Of Canada-Flag Deep Sea Revival

MONTREAL—Canadian ship operators and government officials are talking hopefuUy of
a rebirth of the-once-great Canadian deep-sea fleet, and members of the SIU Canadian Dis­
trict are getting much of the credit. Recent developments indicate that there will be a mod­
est bulid-up of Canadian ships*'
on the deep sea trades, al­
though it is doubted that Ca­
nada will ever regain the position
in deep sea shipping it once en-
Joyed.

At the end of World War II, the
Canadian deep sea fleet w«s com­
posed of more than 400 vessels and
was the fourth largest in the world.
However, Canada had no program
for maintaining a deep-sea Cana­
dian-flag fleet and the result was
that Canadian ships tranferred en-
masse to British and other flags to
escape payment of Canadian union
wage scales.

Canadian seafarers' contracts
and wage scales are comparable to
those enjoyed by seamen on SIU-
manned American-flag ships.

Canadian Crews Efficient
Two reasons are being given for

the revival of deep-sea maritime
in Canada. Ship operators are
crediting Canadian seamen, with
greater efficiency than crews ob­
tainable under other flags, thus
making up for the low wages of
foreign seamen.

A second reason is the develop­
ment of shipping to the Canadian
Artie because of economic growth
in the Canadian northland, largely
sponsored by the Canadian govern­
ment. While Canada has no laws

Canadian Districf President
Hal Banks hat (ought for re­
vival of deep-sea shipping
under Canada's flag.

requiring that ships in its domes­
tic trade fly the Canadian flag. Can
adlan ships are generally favored
for such operations, particularly
since many of them involve defense
Installations.

New Shipi
At present, a new Canadian-built

freighter, the Eskimo, is in regu­
lar transatlantic service, while the
newly-formed Canuck Lines Ltd.,
has transferred two deep sea ships
back to Canadian registry. An­
other ship, a new 40,000-ton tank-

Drowning In Montreal
Averted By SIU Tugmen

SIU men helped rescue other SIU men as a tragedy was
narrowly averted recently when a Swedish freighter, the
Polaris, jammed her rudder and out of control, rammed into
a small coaster, the Federal**

Canadian SIU
Shipping

Jane 1 through June $0
Jobs

Port Shipped
Montreal 279
Toronto 103
Thorold .....
Fort WilUarn
Vancouver ..
Quebec City .
Owen Sound
Halifax

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85

109
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Express, anchored in Montreal
Harbor.

Quick work by SIU men aboard
the tug Mathilda, which had drawn
near in the course of an assign­
ment, enabled all the men to es­
cape as the Federal Express, fatally
holed, sank in less than 15 minutes.

The skipper of the Mathilda saw
that the Express had little time, so
he quickly directed the bow of his
tug against the stem of the sinking
Express.

The crew of the Express and the
longshoremen who were below
when the accident happened, were
thus able to Jump onto the Mathil­
da's deck without injury, though
many of the men were "shaken up"
a bit.

Afterwards the men, 18 in all,
were given quarters in the Mon­
treal Sailors Institute for the night.

As one Canadian Seafarer, Paul
Therrien, 29, described it:

"I was tired and hit my bunk ten
minutes before the mishap. I was
half asleep when I heard a loud
noise and the ship listed heavily. I
grabbed sojne clothes, put them on
and rushed on deck with my valise.
We- found out that we couldn't
launch the lifeboat and were we

glad to see that tug. It was an eight
or ten foot Jump to her deck but
it didn't seem far, with us going
down so fast.
""When I got ashore," he con­

tinued, "I called my mother and
father. Will I continue as a sailor?
Of course, I will."

Canadian Seafarers, members
of the SIU Canadian District,
are a vital element in the mari­
time picture generally and in
the SIU family of unions. They
man ships under Canadian
flag across-the-board—deep sea
off the Atlantic Coast, wi the
Canadian West Coast, on the
Great Lakes and the Seaway.
The Canadian SIU also repre­
sents large groups of Canadian
tugboatmen, dredgemen and al­
lied crafts. The Canadian Dis-
triet works closely with the
oHier SIU anions throughont
North America and the mutual
relationship has been of great
advantage to all SIU members.

er Just launched is being placed
under the Canadian flag.

Canada maintains a thriving
fleet under its flag in the Great
Lakes and St. Lawrence River
teade, in addition to the operation
of ships on the Canadian West
Coast.

Last year, two of the world's
largest ore carriers began plying
the Great Lakes and St. Lawrencs
River under the Canadian flag.

Seaway
Activity
On Rise

ItTanyone's guess as to how thu
Seaway did last year. The statis­
tics aie all available, but there's
some question as to their signifi­
cance.

Upbound cargo tonnage passing
through the locks in April was 132
percent ahead of April last year,
but this year the Seaway opened
a week earlier.

Downbound cargo showed a gain
of 45 percent, too, though the aver­
age increase in tonnage per ship
was only 52 tons.

Bigger Ships
However, certain general facts

are evident, and they are general­
ly encouraging — for the ship­
owner anyway. There is a trend
toward bigger ships in the Sea­
way, with more cargo on the ships,
and this, of course, means bigger
profits for the owners and means
more business.

Canada earned 73 cents out of
every dollar earned in the canal,
leaving 27 cents for the US which
is proportional to the investment
by each country in the Seaway.
The Canadians put up about 70
percent of the cost of the water­
way.

Lewis B. Castle, administrator
of the US St. Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation, pre­
dicted that traffic would doiibls
in the next ten years of operation.

The Seaway, which first opened
to traffic in 1958, has had a great
effect on shipping and other busi­
ness in the Great Lakes on both
the US and Canadian sides.

SIU Canadian
Distriet Halls

FORT WILLIAM 408 Simpion St.
Ontario Phone: 3-3331

HALIFAX. N.S 1381,4 HoUi* St.
Phone 3-8911

MONTREAL 634 St. James St. West
victor 3-8161

QUEBEC 44 SauIt-au-Matelot
Quebec LAfontaine 3-1569

THOROLD, OnUrlo 53 St. David Sti
CAnal 7-53U

TORONTO. Ontario 373 King St. R.
BMpirc 4-S«i3.

ST. JOHN, NB 177 Prince WUUam St.
OX 3-5431

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News of
snr PACIFIC DISTRICT

SAILORS UNION OF THE PACIFIC, MARINE FIREMEN'S UNION, MARINE COOKS ! STEWARDS UNION • SlU OF NA

Skipper, Company Hail
SUP Crew Rescue Action

Deck gang crewmembers of the President Van Buren, mem­
bers of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, were applauded by
the skipper for their efficient handling of a transfer at sea,
despite dangerous weather-
conditions. The transfer in­
volved the surgeon of a Japa­
nese passenger liner to treat a
dangerouslyMlI womaa passenger
aboard the Van Buren.

The incident took place on June
B, 1960, while the Van Buren was
en route to San Francisco, at Lati­
tude 44 degrees north and 162 de­
grees east longitude. A rendezvous
was made with the Japanese vessel
at dawn, but the weather was such
that the skipper and chief mate
were uncertain as to whether to
risk a transfer.

However, it was decided to go
ahead with the attempt because of
the serious condition of the pas­
senger. The number one lifeboat
was launched with the chief mate
out a ten man boat crew. A half
hour later, the Japanese doctor off
the Yamakiku Maru boarded the
lifeboat and 31 minutes after that,
the boat was alongside the Van
Buren.

The doctor remained aboard the

SlU Pacific
District Halls

SUP
HONOLULU....51 South Nimitz Highway

PHone 502-777
NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUIe St.

Jackson 5-7428
NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn

HVacinth 9-6605
PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St.

CApitol 3-4336
SAN FRANCISCO........450,Harrison St.

Douglas 2-8363
SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave.

Main 2-0290
WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave.

Terminal 5-6617

MC&S
HONOLULU... 51 South Nimitz Highway

PHone 5-1714
NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St.

RAmond 7-428
NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn

HYacinth 9-6E00
PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St.

CApitol 7-3222
SAN FRANCISCO 350 Fremont St.

EXbrook 7-5600
SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave.

MAin 3-0088
WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave.

.fTErminal 4-8538

MFOW
HONOLULU....56 North Nimitz Highway

PHone 5-6077
NEW ORLEANS. 523 Bienville St.

MAgnolia 0404
NEW YORK 130 Greenwich St.

COrtland 7-7094
PORTLAND 522 NW Everett St.

CApitol 3-7297-8
SAN FRAN-CISCO 240 Second St.

DOuglas 2-4592
SAN PEDRO 296 West 7th St.

TErminal 3-4485
SEATTLE 2338 Western Ave.

I MAin 2-6326

Van Buren for over two hours
treating the passenger ami leaving
instructions for the crew. Mean­
while the winds, already strong,
had freshened considerably. Never­
theless, the boat crew again made
it back and forth, returning the
Japanese doctor to his ship.

Writing to the American Presi­
dent Lines on the subject, the Van
Buren's skipper put it this way: "I
wish to take this opportunity to ex­
press my appreciation and my ad­
miration for the willingness with
which the men responded to this
call of duty. And I further wish to
commend the chief officer and the
men of the boat crew for the man­
ner in which the mission was ac­
complished without any injuries be­
ing sustained.

SUP members in the crew who
manned the boat were Anthony S.
Morris, bosun; Bradford 6. Tem-
pleman, Charles S. Lawrence and
William E. Northern, DMs;. John
Segale, William Yesko, John Bat-
teff, William A. Muldoon and Her­
man V. DeMarkque, ABs; George
Wong and Denver S. Cburch, or­
dinary seamen.-

The letter was passed on to
SUP Secretary-Treasurer Morris
Weisberger from APL headquar­
ters, with the comment that the
crew's action was accomplished
"with enthusiastic willingness and
cheeful disregard of the physical
dangers surrounding the duty per­
formed. . . . "all of us in the Amer­
ican President Lines wdsh to ex­
tend our sincere cwigratulations to
the Sailors Union of the Pacific
and particularly to each member of
the boat crew."

Navy hospital ship, SS Constellation, renamed the SS Hope, is
due to take Pacific District crew shortly.

Medical Ship Set To Sail
For Asian Ports in Fall

SAN FRANCISCO—The People To People Foundation,
which has been raising funds to send a fully-equipped floating
hospital to Southeast Asia, has announced plans to get the
project underway sometime-* —"
in September.

The foundation has obtained
the Navy hospital ship Constella­
tion, to be renamed the SS Hope,
which will bo the base for the
project. A crew of doctors, nurses
and medical specialists will serve
aboard the vessel which will call
at various Southeast Asia ports and
offer medical treatment as well as
Instruction to local medical men.
In addition,

Indonesia will be the first na­

tion to be visited "by the ship,
which will go on to other South­
east Asian countries depending
upon the availability of funds,

snr to Famish Crew
American President Lines will

operate the hospital ship and the
SIU Pacific District will supply the
unlicensed crew. The ship is due
to arrive in San Francisco the
week of August 24 and to crew up
for the Orient a couple of weeks
after that.

Constitution
Being Voted
By MFOW

A secret referendum vote on •
new proposed constitution for
members of the Pacific Coast Ma­
rine Firemen, Oilers," Watertend-
ers and Wipers Union is now un­
derway. Voting started June 1,
1960, and will wind up on August
31, 1960.

The constitution makes certain
changes to comply with the re­
quirements imposed upon unions
by the Landrum-Griffin law. In
addition, the proposed constitution
seeks to broaden and make mora
effective the democratic guaran­
tees available to MFOW members.

A revision of the constitution
was indicated because of constant
changes and amendments to the
existing MFOW constitution over
the years. The MFOW member­
ship has been urged by Sam Ben­
nett, MFOW president, to elimi­
nate this "patchwork quilt" and
come up with » new document.

Among the provisions contained
in the document are specific guar­
antees of membership rights in­
cluding a trials and appeals pro­
cedure that follows the established
methods used in US courts—name­
ly the right to confront the ac­
cuser, cross-examine and the like.

MCS Open Hearing Scheduled
For August 8 In Headquarters

At the request of Ed Turner, Secretary-Treasurer of the Marine Cooks and Stewards
Unioii, SlUNA President Paul Hall has scheduled an open hearing on issues raised within
the union. The hearing has been scheduled to begin Monday morning, August 8, 1960, at
8 A.M. As per the text of the following two wires

PHOTOS
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Pacific District Shipping
Port SUP

6/1 to 8/27
MFOW

6/1 to 6/30
MC&S

8/1 to 6/30
Total

San Fran. 638 169 389 1,198

battle '63 53 36 152

t»ortland 147 42 36 225

Wilmington 296 (no halj) 89 385

New York 88 30 38 156

New Orleans 41 (no haU) 11 52 .

Honolulu 19 31 20 70
San Pedro (no haU) 71 (no hall) 71

Total 1,292 396 619 2.307

sent by President Hall, the membership of the ~-
MCS has been notified to be present, if possible at
this open hearing. News of the hearing has been
displayed prominently in the "Stewards News"
official publication of MCSi and In the various MCS
halls and ships.

The folowing are the texts of the two messages!..
Ed Turner, Secretary-Treasurer

Marine Cookis and Stewards Union
350 Fremont Street, San Francisco

"This will acknowledge receipt of your wire of
June 17, 1960, requesting an investigation. Have
also received communications from other sources
reference the, same subject.

"In light of your telegram and communications
an investigation will commence forthwith to be
followed by an open hearing.

"Union business requires my and other lntei>
national officers' presence at the ITF congress to
be held in Berne, Switzerland, through July 30.
I am therefore directing that an open hearing on
these matters be held at the MCS hall, San Fran­
cisco, California, commencing at 8 AM Monday,
August 8, 1960. I am further requesting that all
members of the MCS desiring to file corpplaints
are to make such complaints in writing to bo
mailed by registered mail return receipt requested
to Paul Hall, president, SlUNA, 675 Fourth Ave­
nue, Brooklyn 32, New York. All such complaints
shall bear the signature, the book number of the
complainant and must be received at my office
above not later than Saturday, August 6, 1960. At
the open hearing all complaints' will be given full
opportunity to present evidence in support of their
complaints and the open hearings will continue
until all complainants have been fully heard.

"In the Interest of the entire membership of
the MCS, I further request that you give the con­
tents of this message the widest publicity by post­
ing the same in the union halls, publishing the
same in the next issue of th» "Stewards News"
and by such other means that you normally have -
of contacting the membership. Advise as soon as
possible the steps you have taken to comply with
this request Copies of tois wire have been se^t; ;.

to all members of the executive comntittee of
the International."

, Paul Hall, president
Seafarers International Union of
North America, AFL-CIO

• • •
The second wire also addressed to Turner, reads

as follows:
"In view of the public hearing to commence on

August 8, 1960, at 8 AM in the MCS heaquarters
building, and in order to give every member and
officer full opportunity to attend such hearing,
I hereby request that you do the following:

"1. Under the terms of the constitution of the
MCS, call for a special meeting of all members on
the beach for 8 A.M. August 8th, at the MCS head­
quarters building, 350 Fremont Street, San Fran­
cisco, Calif.

"2. Notify all members aboard ships in and
near the Port of San Francisco of such special
meeting so that they will have available the in­
formation regarding this special meeting and pu}>
lie hearing in the event they wl.sh to attend same.

"31 Pursuant to MCS constitutional procedure,
call an agents' conference of the MCS to be held
at the MCS headquarters building, 350 Fremont
Street, San Francisco, to commence at 8 AM, on
August 8th.

"4. In calling for this special membership meet­
ing and agents' conference, it is further requested
that the point be emphasized to all members and
officers alike that this special membership meet­
ing and the agents' conference are being held for
the express purpose of allowing a maximum at­
tendance in the open hearing as referred to in
my wire to you of July 6, 1960.

"5. Please cause this wire or an identical copy
of same to be posted in ail MCS union halls forth­
with and, further, if in the event publication of
the next issue of the "Stewards News" Is prior to
the open hearing, that tills wire be carried ver­
batim In same."

Paul Hall, president'
Seafarers International Union

. of North America, AFL-CIO r



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News of
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SAILORS UNION OP THE PACIFIC. MARINE FIREMEN'S UNION, MARINE COOKS 1 STEWARDS UNION • SlU OP NA

WC Ships Facing
British Threat

The "declaration of war" by British shi^qsing interests
Rgainst West Coast American-flag operators points up the
value of combined action by Pacific District unions on mutual
problems. »

British ship operators are
obviously going all out to grab
off a big chunk of West Coast pas­
senger and freight trade. The
merged P&O and Orient Lines is
putting 18 ships into service, in­
cluding passenger vessels. The
director of the merged service de­
scribed the union of the two com­
panies as "adding strength to
strength" and predicted a "decisive

, turning point" would come soon
In the Pacific trades. -

The targets of the combined op­
eration are principally Matson
Lines and American President
Lines, the biggest operators in the
West Coast trades.

Since the SlU Pacific District
mans all the passenger ships on the
West Coast, including around-the-
world, trans-Pacific and Hawaii
passenger runs, the ability of the
District to pull together on the
challenges facing West Coast ship­
ping will have an important bear­
ing on the outcome.

Progress Since '55
Undoubtedly, since the Pacific

District was set up in 1955, includ­
ing the Sailors Union, Marine Fire­
men and Marine Cooks, .consider­
able progress has been made in
the form of improvements for their
respective memberships and in
smoother and 'more stable rela­
tionships with the steamship opera­
tors on the West Coast.

The initial success of the new
alignment was the victory of the
District over Harry Bridges and
bis ouster from the shipboard
steward departments on the West
Coast vessels. This, of coiurse, has
considerable bearing on the suc­
cessful operation of West Coast-
passenger vessek.

In the 1955 election on ̂ ships,
the Pacific District trounced
Bridges 3,931 to 1,064.

Subsequently, the tfarea com­
bined unions went on to record
important gains in the area of
wages, welfare and pension bene­
fits.

Must Surpass Service
A key element in the competi­

tion now facing the American-flag
passenger ship operators on the
West Coast is the ability of Ameri­
can shipping to match and surpass

New Wage Gains
Expected On Coast

In line with the Pacific Di^
trict 'contract negotiated in
1958, the three Pacific District
unions come up for a wage review
on September 30, 1960, with every
expectation of emerging with wage
gains for their members.

Indications of a wage increase,
pattern in West Coast maritime
are emerging as the result of in­
creases granted in contracts with
other maritime unions. These in­
clude a five percent boost for
members of the Marine Engineers
Beneficial Association on the At­
lantic and Gulf, and hourly in­
creases for shoreside longshore
and related crafts on the West
Coast

^the service offered to passengers.
Here, undoubtedly, the training
school operated by the Marino
Cooks and Stewards .Union at
Santa Rosa, Calif., is an invalur
able asset. The School upgrades
men working in shipboard steward
departments and also offers ap­
prentice training for those entei>
ing the field.

The P&O-Orient combine is not
the only issue confronting West
Coast maritime. Like American-
flag shipping operations elsewhere.
West C(^ operators have had to.
compete with runaway-flag ship­
ping, the Military Sea Transporta­
tion Service and the destruction
of coastwise and intercoastal ships
by railroad rate cutting,

DIMUSS Pooling Facilities
In order to meet competition in

trans-Pacific freighter operations.
Coast operators are now. talking
of poolingf facilities so that they
can halt the decline in cargoes car­
ried by American-flag vessels. The
companies involved are American
President Lines, Pacific Far East
and American MaiL The percent­
age of outbound cargo carried by
American-flag ships in this area
has dropped sharply in the last
four years.

The Pacific trade offers rich
prizes, with Alaska and Hawaii, be­
coming the 49th and 50th states,
and the industrialization of Aus­
tralia, the Philippines and other
Far East countries promising grow­
ing trade in that area.

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SS Motsonia, of Maison Lines,
tricl unions. Ships like these ore
Orient Lines combine.

is one of passenger vesseb manned by members of SlU Pacific Dis-
focing increased competition from British, especially from new P^-

On these pages' is news of
activities 'of the SITT Pacific
District representing the three
West Coast unlicensed unions.
fbe SaUmn Union of ttie Pa­
cific, the Marine Firemen's
Union and the Marine Cooks
and Stewards Union, who sail
under the SlU banner predomi­
nantly in the Pacific trades to
Hawaii, Alaska, the Far East
and mi 'rmind-the-world mns.
The SIU Pacific District Unions
are a key group In the SIUNA,
representing as they do the
entire msritime indnsky on the
West Coast.

MCS Vofing Ends
On One-Year Rule

The Marine Cooks and Stewards Union special referendum
on the one-year rule came to a close on July 30, 1960, with
all indications of heavy balloting on the issue.

The proposed rule would"*
limit a member's maximum
time aboard ship to one year.
Its backers argue it would micour-
age job turnover and get men off
the beach more easily.

Voting has been in progress at
MCS headquarters and all

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branches since June 1, 1960. All
indicators point to a minimum of
2,000 ballots east. The proposition
calls for anyone who has been on
a ship for a period of one year to
pay off and make room for a re­
placement.

Acted On August 17
Should the membership vote for

the one-year rule, the report will
be submitted to the August 11,
1960, meeting. The proposition calls
for the incorporation of the one
year rule into the shipping rules at
the wage review • coming up with
the Pacific Maritime Association on
September. 30,1960.

When the original proposal was
submitted to the MCS headquarters
membership on May 5. 1960, a
standing vote showed 358 for and
two votes against putting the issue
up for referendum.

SUP HM Rule
The Sailors Union of the Pacific

had an overwhehuing vote for a
seven-month rule back in 195^ and
the Marine Firemen's Union has
long had a similar time limitation
on the books.

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Passengers aboard President Cleveland, d American President
Lines, demand top service during lunch on deck. MCS troining
school in Sonto Rosa prepares and upgrades men for this work.

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vessel. Matson and APL are biggest operators in West CMSt
trades.

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Both Presidential Hopefuls Seen
Concerned By Maritime Projilems

WASHINGTON—Whichever way tha national election comes out this November, the
United States is going to have a Presidwit from a maritime state in the White House.
Whether this will make any difference ai far as the maritime industry and working
seamen are concerned re--*

Family Satting in Cafataria

mains to be seen. But there is
hope that the incoming ad­
ministration, Republican.or Demo­
crat as the case may be, might tend
to be more sympathetically in­
clined to the problems of seafar­
ing men and the industry in which
they work.

Democratic nominee John Ken­
nedy, the Senator from Massachu­
setts, comes from a state in which

the maritime Industry has long
played a leading role. For exam­
ple. Rep. John MacCormack, the
majority leader in the House of
Representatives, has often spon­
sored legislation of interest to sea­
men and fishermen. On the Senate
side, the senior Senator from
Massachusetts, Republican Lever-
ett Saltonstall, has also been an
active supporter and sponsor of

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tionai Union in behalf of its members is con­
tinuously being noted in the most importont
moritime publicotions, both newspapers
ond magazines. Recently, for instonce. The
Industrial Bulletin, the official news mog-
ozine of the New York State Department of
Labor, published o comprehensive orticle
regarding the Union's activities. This'or­
ticle hos been reprinted by the SlU ond is
now ovoiloble for free distribution. If you
hove not yet seen this orticle, ond would
like o copy, just clip the enclosed coupon
and mail it to THE SEAFARERS LOG.

Editor
SEAFARERS LOG

,675 Fourth Ave._
Brooklyn 32. N.Y. ,

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The Industrial Bulletin.

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legislation backed by the SlU and
other maritime unions. ,

Kennedy himself has Indicated
concern with the deteriorating
position of the US merchant ma­
rine and has stat^ that he would
tackle the problems faced by
American-flag shipping, such as
the runaways, coastwise shipping
problems and similar matters, if
elected to the presidency. •

The front-runner for the GOP,
Richard Nixon, vice-president of
the United States, started his
political ca/eer in California,
which is also a major maritime
state. In his service as Representa­
tive, Senator and Vice-Pfesident
he has been known to express
views which were sympathetic to
the problems of the maritime in­
dustry.

California, like Massachusetts,
has long been a state in whic^
maritime problems have been of
major concern, particularly since
much of its prosperity rests upon
a flourishing shipping industry.
Congressional representatives from
California have long been asso­
ciated with legislation dealing with
maritime matters and many mem­
bers of the California delegation
have served on House and Senate
maritime committees, such as Sen­
ator Clair Engle (Dem.-Calif.) now.
a member of the Senate Commerce
Committee', and ex-Representative
John Allen, Republican, who is
currently Undersecretary of Com­
merce.

Apparently, some of the first
decisions the new Administration
is going to have to make will deal
with maritime problems that have
been hanging fire for some months
new. Among them are the ques­
tion of reserving a percentage of
oil imports for US flag tankers, re­
vamping the Interstate Commerce
Commission's approach to coast­
wise and intercoastal shipping, the
role of the Milllary Sea Trans­
portation Service in the shipping
industry and, of course, how to
deal with the flight of American
shipping to the I*unaway flags.

Caught by camera at SlU cafeteria are Seafarer John Soreh,--AB,
with hf( wife, Isabella, son Mark, ZVzi and Robert, 4. Another
son, 5-year-old Ian, was at school when photo. was token.

Follows States Mqrine Lead

Waterman Seeks Subsidy^
OK On Alien Flags^ Too

WASHINGTON—With the recent States Marine waiver
paving the way, another US-flag operator, and a Government
subsidiary hopeful, has petitioned the Federal Maritime Board
for permission to continue its

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foreign-flag activities. The
company, Waterman Steam­
ship Lines, was unopposed in its
bid for permission to continue act­
ing as agent in Puerto Rico and
Antwerp for three foreign-flag
steamship lines.

Waterman's bid came close on
the heels of recent decision of the
MA allowing States Marine to con­
tinue its foreign-flag eperations, in
spite of the. fact that the company
has approval for a Government sub­
sidy for its American-flag vessels.
Waterman's bid was a re-phrasing
of the States Marine petition in
stating that their foreign-flag' ac­
tivities were in no way competing
with US-flag vessels, operating reg­
ularly over any essential trade
route.

As has been expected In marl-
time circles, the States Marine
decision will open the door to
many US-flag operators to expand
their foreign flag acitvities. The
decision reversed a 26 year prec­
edent in which the Board had re­
fused a subsidy to any American
flag i^mpanies who maintain for­
eign-flag operations.

The lack of opposition to Water­
man's move, after the bitter fight
made by many US operators on
States Marine's bid, indicates that

Moving? Notify
SlU, Welfare

Seafarers and SIU families
who apply for maternity, hos­
pital or surgical benefits from
the Welfare Plan are urged to
keep, the Union' or the Wel­
fare Plan advised of any
changes of address while their
applications are being proc­
essed? Although payments are
often made by return mail,
changes of address (or illegible
return addresses) delay them
when checks or "baby bonds"
are returnea. Those who are
moving or plan .to move are
advised to immediately notify
SIU headquarters or the Wel­
fare Plan, at 11 Broadway, New
York, NY.

the subsidized' companies will fol­
low the policy of "if you can't lick
'em, join 'em." It would surprise
nobody if the bulk of the US sub-
sidized.,steamship industry now in­
vests money in foreign-flag ship­
ping, rather, than in expanding
American-fiag operations.

Isbrandtsen Steamship Company,
another subsidy bidder, also has a
waiver petition in process and is
expected to win swift approval.
Tim action by the Federal Mari­
time Board involves waivers of the
provision of the 1936 Merchant
Marine Act which bars foreign ties
for those operators receiving US
subsidies.

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'Quakes In Chile
Increase Hazard
Of Floating Mines

The recent earthquakes in
Chile and the tidal waves
which followed it mean addi-
tional hazards for shipping, an in­
surance group reports. The quake
and disturbances associated with
it are believed To have spread
floating mines over a wider area of
the world's oceans.

Minefields put down In World
War II and during the Korean War
are the source of the peril. As re­
cently . as March of this year, a
French coastal motor vessel was
damaged by a floating mine, and
a German ship also suffered mine
damage last January. Since the
end of World War II there have
been 451 vessels sunk or damaged
by mines.

Additional sightings have been
reported on several occasions dur­
ing the month of June off Japan
and in the waters around Great
Britain. It is estimated that about
500,000 mines were put down by
various nations during World War
II. plus an unknown number in­
volved in mine-laying operation! ^
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TANKER DOLDRUMS
MAKE T-2 PRICES
NOSEDIVE AGAIN

Reflecting the sorry predicament of the tanlcer industry,
several American and foreign T-2 tankers have been sold in
recent months for between $225,000 and $315,000. This is less
than one-tenth the 'asking
price for T-2s at the time of
the Suez War in the fall of
1956.
' Right after the war and the

blockage of the Suez Canal, the
Niarchos interests put some for­
eign-flag T-2s on the block with
«'n askinig price of over $4 million.
American-flag T-2s could have
gone for some $2 million—and un­
doubtedly 'many an American
tanker operator is kicking himself
tpday for not having sold out.
. Now, the prices of T-2s are little

more than their scrap value, the

majPr reason being the construc­
tion of large numbers of super­
tankers which have made the T-2
largely obsolete, plus the slack in
the ship market.
' Actually, prices of T-2s on the
world market are dropping down
to the level of the Liberty ship, a
vessel of considerably less dead­
weight tonnage capacity.-

Th world shipping depression
has led to the lay-up of 674 dry
cargo ships as of June 1. The big
backlog of idle shipping Is en­
couraging the scrapping of older
vessels.

As a result of the depression,
which is even more severe in the
tanker field, owners of Ameridan-
flag supertankers are pressing for
a moratorium on Government-
guaranteed ship mortgages, to
keep the Government from fore­
closing on their vessels. The mor­
atorium is being opposed by, oper­
ators of US-flag Libertys and T-2s,
who argue that such assistance
would give the supertankers an
unfair advantage in competing for
Government farm surplus cargoes
and other dry cargo freight char­
ters.

However, all of the independent
tanker operators are agreed that
an American-flag oil import quota,
such as exists in all other major
maritime nations, would solve the
problems of the American tanker
fleet at no cost to the Government.

Remember When...
- AUGUST 4, 1939; The cre\vs of three P&O ships, in Miami, Tampa

and Port Ev.erglades, Went on strike against a company policy of pay­
ing only for overtime work perform^ on Saturday afternoons, Sun­
days and holidays. . . . Company supervisors aboard the Chicago,
Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Co. ships fiave been practicing a
"checkoff" system. Money is taken from men they hire. They let
the oldtimers alone for the most part, but they make their killing
by Intimidating young employees, some of whom earn as low as $30
a month. In some instances they have forced these boys to pay as
bigh as $9 for the right to work on the job.

AUGUST 18, 1939: ThC worst fog in the history of Boston, -which
delayed ships and shipping, has cleared. The fog lasted for eleven
days . . . An approaching boom in maritime transportation is expected
by the tanker outfits, who look for trouble in Europe before the end
of the year. (P.S: It was to come In exactly 14 days.) SlU officials
want boostpd wage scales to meet the new need, with bonus scales
for members on ships navigating dangerous waters or carrying "dan­
gerous" cargoes. Also, compensation rates for seamen injured or
shipwrecked, etc.

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AUGUST 5, 1940: Sign of the times: A new kind of beef beset the
Dutch Oranje Line's Prins Willem III, which lay outside the break­
water at Chicago. The crew refused to sail aboard an unarmed ves­
sel. Crew members said that the 2800-ton freighter was the target
of German bombers off Flushing, Holland, on May 10 and that they
wanted armament to protect themselves in the event of future at­
tacks . . . Representatives of seamen offered an abundance of evi­
dence at Maritime Commission hearings that American merchant
ships have been woefully underst^fed. Particularly stressed was the
fact that the type of ship which used to carry eight AB's carries five
or at most six. Union representatives called the undermanning of
vessels detrimental to safety at sea.

AUGUST 14: An overwhelming majority of members of the SIU
voted for the amalgamation of the Atlantic and Gulf districts of the
organization ... "The Seagull" reminisces on the founding of SUP.
He says—"In 1885 I was sitting on a lumber pile in San Francisco,
when a group of seamen organized what they called a union. Thinks
1 to myself: It sounds good, but I'll stick around a while, because
these guys are goofy and can't do any good to themselves. Why, at
this time, if they even as much as quit a ship they are due for the
brig. Every time they take a drink they are liable to wake up at sea
under some bucko, mate worse than the last one. Some young square­
head called Furuseth did a lot of talking and seemed able to sway
the men. So 1 decided to keep an eye on this lad."

We may look for quite a number of young fellows trying to join
the Union if the draft act passes. There will be quite a feW who,
faced the alternative of either getting married or ^o^PE fO: -i®
avoid the draft, will choose the latter. •i-'-

Seafaier's Son Lives
Dangerously-On TV

Webb, Sr.

Seafarer John R. Webb, 67, leads a comparatively quiet life aboard SIU ships, but he has
a son who lives dangerously—on the television screen, that is.

Webb's son, Richard, is star of a TV cops 'n robbers series called "US Border Patrol."
Once a week he catches- •
smugglers and assorted nefar­
ious characters in ^ minutes'
running time on the WABC televi­
sion network.

If it's necessary, in the process,
to drop his prey with a pistol from
an outboard runabout at 50 yards,

or drop them in
an alley, Webb is
equipped for
that, too. He
spent four years
in the US Army
in which he be­
came an instruc­
tor in judo and
the use of small
arms.

The senior
Webb, who sails in the steward
de^^rtment on SIU ships, started
out as a seminal student. His
family had turned out Baptist
preachers for many generations,
but Webb broke the pattern and
turned to the prosaic life of a shoe
salesman in Chicago.

In 1934, he tired of fitting shoes
to customer's feet and went to sea
instead, starting out on a tanker. -
Subsequently, in 1940, he joined
the SIU and has been shipping
steadily ever since. Among his ex­
periences he counts a submarine
sinking in 1943 in which the entire
crew survived unscathed.

Webb's son, Richard, also started
out in the fatnily tradition. Aftet
three years in theological school,
he took off for New York and an
acting career which included per­
formances on the Broadway stage
and in " Hollywood movies.

In "US Border Patrol" he plays
the role of Deputy Chief Don Jag-
ger' He haa also played the lead
in "Captain Midpight," another
TV mayhem^ show.

Shown here in his TV role in "US Border Patrol" is
Richard Webb, son of Seafarer John R. Webb.

Notify Union On LOG Mail
As Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFARERS

LOG are mailed every two weeks to all SIU ships as well as to
numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers
congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves
calling all SIU steaniship companies for the itineraries of their
ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­
ator, three copies of the LOG, the headquarters report and min­
utes forms are then airmailed to the company agent in- the next
port of call.

Similarly,- the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs
at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer
so requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­
gregate there.

Aa always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU
ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that
the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of
Its mailing lists.

HYDROFOILS-SHIPS OF TOMORROW?

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Artist's sketch shows hydrofoil ship in action.

A report issued by a House Committee on Science and Astronautics states that high­
speed cargo vessels operating on hydrofoils would be of great value in supplying American
military forces, should they ever become involved in overseas hostilities. Sush vessels,
operating at speeds of 60 knots and over,
would be capable of outrunning the nuclear
submarines certain, to be lurking in the.
wrters of the world in any future war.

Navy Investigation Urged

The report suggests that the US Nayy investigate
ihe possibility of developing such vessels in the
1,000-ton range.

Hydrofoils work When the forward motion of tfle
vessel is speeded up sufficiently to lift the hull
out of the water and onto tne hydrofoils. The ves­
sel theh rides along on tbka like water aids. With­

out the usual amount of hull friction, the vessel
reaches extremely high ispeds.

The drawback is that few funds have been al-
loted for the real work to be done in bringing these
ships to a stage of commercial reality. About all
that has been done so far is that a contract has been
awarded for an 80-ton ship which could iravel at
80 knots.

If such a future ever comes, it might possibly
revolutionize the maritime picture, giving American
shipping an insurmountable advantage Oyer foreign
competition.



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News of
SIV INl>nSTBIAl. WOBKERS' 13N10N91

OF THE SlU ATLANTIC. GULF. LAKES AND INLAND WATERS - DISTRICT

Welfare Plan Benefits
Reach $133,446 Total

Welfare Plan paym^ts to Marine Allied Workers Division members and their depend­
ents during the last reported period—the mmth of June—totalled $9,163.98. New York
paym&ats in June totalled $2,208.10, bringing the grand total of payments In the New Yoric
area to $55,149.36 through the '
end of Jtme.

MAWD manbors outside
th« New Yoric ares zeeelved
$6.9^.88 during June, bringing
the overall total of payments to
$133,4^.87.

Beneats paid to data W to*
MAWD Welfare Plan to all mem­
bers and dependents now total
$188.59623.

E^ht maternity claims were paid
during the month .of June. They
went to:

Mr. A Mn.^ S. Andrsejewskl,
$182.50 for the Idrth of a child at
St. Mary's Hospital, Philadelphia,
May 21. 1960. Andrsejew^ is
employed at the Alumacraft Manu­
facturing Company. Philadelphia.

Mary and Robert Great, $180.50
for the birth of a child at Woman's
Hospital. Philadelphia. May 21,
1960. Green is also employed at
Alumacraft in Philadelphia.

Nancy and John Estrada, $182.50
for toe birth of a child at North­
eastern Hospital^ Philadelphia,
May 30, 1960. Estrada is employed

at Port«>- Mathews Company. Inc.,
Philadlephla.

EdM and Chaitles Garea, $1^90
for the birth of a diild at the
Kensington Hoq^tal. Philadlephla,
June 7, I960. Gorea la eraidoyed
at Air Mostor CorpenUsa, Phfla-
delidiia.

Tirglnla and Gary Itoyden. $180
for the birth of a child at Temple
University Hosidtal. PhQadelftola,
February 22. 1900. Drydea Is also
onidoyed at Air Ma^er. Phila­
delphia.

Dora and Isadaiw Sannden,
$62.50 for the birth of a child at
Coney Island Hospital. Brooklyn,
June 25, 1960. Saunders is em­
ployed at toe Edward L. Durham
Company, Inc., Brooklyn.

Mary and Albertns Shaw. $120
for the birth of a child at the
Germantown Hospital, Pa., June
12, 1960. Shaw is onployed at the
Belfield Welding Company, Phila­
delphia.

raiaab^ and John Dwyer,
$167.95 for the birth of a child at
Cooper Hospital, Philadelphia,
June 7, 1060. Dwyer is employed
at the Air Master Corporation,
Philadelphia.

With SlU Industrial Workers
This is one in a series of features which the SEAFARERS LOG will

publish regarding members of to* SW^ffi^iated vntona working on
maritime production and alHed fields.

Bratoo' LUIS E. PAGAN Is
omployed at the Display-Re Adver­
tising F(»dwarding Company in
New York. Lids
is manied and
has a daughter,
Janetta. The fam­
ily lives in Brook­
lyn. Twenty-five
years of age.
Pagan has been
working at Dis­
play Re AdverUs-
ing since April
of this year and became an MAWD
member in Jmm, 1980. DRcA For­
warding has been under SlU com
tract since August, 1959.

The news on tois page deals
with people working under the
SIU banner In shoreside estab-
Ifshmenls engaged in maritime
prednetieB and elUed fields,
todiuted among the iteme
made are eordage, eanvas,
Mnavinr evidpnBent, diip's
gear and related tadmtrial
pradaets. Beeanee there had
•at heen any ocganfaaiiaa avali-
hUe to toem. ntany ef these
sreaiten were fenaeiiy witoeto

came wider the- SIU banner.
PernlepnifiitB in tlu^ area will

hers
an an ImpoctaW pwt af ths
marlNmC industry.

SISTER CLAIRX F. WAUI is
employed at Schaevits Enginew-
ing. of Camden. New Jersey. A
resident of Cam­
den. Claire baa
been employed at
Schaevits since
October. 1999.
and has been an
MAWD member
since Decembor,
1959. Employed
as a crimper and
and Solderer,
Claire was a typist and bookkeeper
before }oming Scfaaeivtx Engineer­
ing. The Camden firm haa been
under MAWD contract since April,
1958.

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BROTHER RAYMOND DACOS-

TA is employed by the Air Master
Manufacturing Company of Phila­

delphia, Pa. An
assembler, Da-
Costa haa been
employed at Air
Master since
July, 1955, and
has been an
MAWD member
since March,
1959. A resident
of Philadefphia,

DaCosta lives there with bis wife
and two daughters. The Air Mas­
ter Corporation has been under
an MAWO contract ainca Febru­
ary. 1959.

'MISSING' MEMBER
OF MAWD, BUDDY
TURN UP SAFELY

Two youthful boaters, one
an SIU-MAWD man, kept the
harbor patrols of the De^i-
ware River bu^ reewitly when
their parents reported toem as
missing following a boat outing.

Seven hours later. Frank Mc-
Cafferty. 19, and John Berger, 20.
sailed into the Biverton. NJ.. area
from which tiWT b*d left, not
knowing that a full-scale search
was in progress. McCaHerty. an
MAWD membo- three months, is
employed at toe Mallard Manufac­
turing Company in Penndel. Pa.

The two youths brou^t their
14-foot outboard motorboat to
safety at one of toe municipal
piers in Biverton oWy after the
Berger's father had reported to
the police that the boys had never
reached their destination nor had
they returned. Fearing something
had happened to toem enroute. the
search ^gan.

Motor Harbor Police all along
the .Delaware Rivm- area were
aleirted. Patrols kept up their con­
stant search for seven hours until
the unharmed youths reappeared
at the New Jersey pier, near where
their trip had originally started.
Motor trouble had. eaused their
delay.

Benefits For Disability
Upped To $50 A Week

The Marine Allied Workers Divisim membership is in line
for a raise in weekly disability payments, linder the MAWD
Welfare Plan, in keying with the recent increase in dis­
ability briiefits by the State*
of New York.

At a special meeting of the

These Are Your
Union Meetings
—^Attend Them!
AH union members dMNild

reguloiiy attend the member­
ship meetmgs in iheir orao.

These meetings'^ are devoied
to discussions of matters Wtal to
the weHora and security oS
eveiy MAV^ member jond his
(am%.

What's mon, these meetings
provide every MAWD member
with die opp^unity to speak up
and stale his yiewl about these
vital matters.

Here is the schedule of the
next meetingst

NEW YORK-Toesdoy, Au-
W 2k at 7 r.M., SIU HaM,
075 Eoorlfi Ave., B'klyn.

BALTIMORE-Friday. August
5. at 8 P.M.. SIU Hall,
1216 E. Bahfmere St.

SUNBURY-Svndoy, August
7, of 2 PM.J FriendsMp fire
Company.

PHUADEIPHIA - Tuesday.
August f. at 7:30 P.M., SIU
Hail, 287 Market SL

w r a * e s ji V r i' » « I » e s e*« 1

Welfare Plan board ef trustees.
It was unanimously voted that tha
present $49 benefit toould be in­
creased to $50. the new New Yoik
State figure that became effective
July 1. AU members wlU receive
the increase regardless of the state
in which ha or aha teddes and
is employed.

Flan Under Study
Also adi^tted ]by the groiq> was

a plan td bring the Welfare Plan
under a self-insmance program.
Ways and means of placing snob
a plan in effect are being worked
out by a two-man committee.
Serving on the committee are
trustees A1 Kerr, representing the
union, and Fredrik Paulsen, rejure-
senting toe employers.

The self-insurance program in
effect will bring MAWD members
additional convenienibe in insurance
matters plus greater flexibility in
the setting of payments.

Welfare PlaiL Administrator

Bobert T. Creaaey reported to toe
board that a report ef the plan's
funds had been filed both in New
York State and Washington, as Is
required by state and federal laws.

Creasey also repmted tha foiv
mulatlon of new administrative
policies within the Welfare Plan.
All MAWD onploy*** will be re­
quired to sign e specially peepsrod
posonnel data card.

Tha new card will show the
required personnel date of each
MAWD member, his personal qual­
ifications, numbo' and age of de­
pendents and other pertinent facta.
It was explained to the board that
the card is necessary to fadUtate
more rapid handling of memba>
ship insurance, hospitalization and
general welfare matters. The cards
wiU be issued to the employer for
the employee to eomplete, and is
designed to give permanent docu­
mentation for each member.

Kept .confidential, the cards will
ba maintained by tha Welfare
Han staff and used fbr these pur­
poses only.

$t-An-Hour Minimum Wage Law
In NY Takes EHeet October I
ALBANY—The New York State minimum wage law, pro­

viding for a minimum wage of at least $1 an hour for all
employees in the state, with certain exceptions, goes into
effect October 1, 1060. The*"
law, of course, will primarily
aid non-union workers.

The former minimum wage law
setting 75 cents as a minimum is
repealed.

Formerly, a state minimum wage
applied only to industries covered
by a specific minimum wage order.
The 10 industries covered by the
old law were: retail trade, restaur­
ant, 'hotel, building service, amuse­
ment and recreation, laundry, dry
cleaning, beauty service, confec­
tionery, and counsellors in child­
ren's camps.

Extends Coveraga
The new law extends minimum

wage protection to all employees
in New York State with amended
exceptions. Now exempted from
the mandatory $l-aa-bour wage
and from any minimum wage order
are those in domestic service in the
home of the employer, farm labor,
executives, administrators and pro­
fessionals, outside- salesmen, and
taxicab drivers, clergymen. Gov­
ernment employees, workers in
non-profit institutions that are re­
ligious, charitable or educational,
students and apprentices.

Students, leai'ners, apprentices
and handicapped workers employ­
ed at profit-making firms are not
exempted from the minimum wage
order.

The State of New York has also
made It clear in the new wage or­
der that higher minimums may be
established after the October 1
date, through an Industry-by-indus-
try wage board procedure.

Under the provisions of the new
law. employers are ordered to keep

accurate records, of tha wages paid
to all employees, the hours wotked
by the employees covered by the
hourly minimum wage rate, and
such other information as the In­
dustrial Commissioner deems ne­
cessary.

All records must be made avail­
able to the commissioner upon re^
quest for Inspection. Employers
must also make available any em­
ployee or employees needed for in­
terview in connection with work-
wage practices, at tlfeir place of
employment.

SIU Halls, Marine
And Allied Field

HEADQUARTERS
875 Fourth Are., Brooklyn. N.T

HYecinth 9-6609

Baltimore. . .1216 E. Baltimore St.
EAstem 7-4909

Houston ....4202 Canal St.
CApital 3-4080

Miami 744 W. Flagler St.
FEanklin 7-3564

Mobile ..., .1 S. Lawrence St.
HEmlocfc 2-1754

New Orleana 523 Bienville St.
TUIane 8626

Nerfolk 416 ^Uey St
. 1^ 7-1082

nifladelphia......837 Maxket St.
MAiket 7-1835

Saaturoe, PR......1313 Fernaadai
Junoos Ave.

•'r . + . r Phone 2^998

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Sixteen-month .old Devin* Trevisono gives astonished glance d»
h'er 'proud father Dominic smiles down at her. H* sails in the
steward department.

Cos Victory Gets
Suez ^Brush-OfP

Seafarers on., the Coe Victory
received quite a reception from
Egyptian demonstrators while the
vessel was transiting the Suez
Canal, the ship's minutes noted.

The Coe Victory (Victory Carri­
ers) came through the canal at the
time that the SIU. was picketing the
Egyptian -'flag Cleopatra in New
York. The picketline was protest­
ing Egyptian blacklisting of some
American-flag ships as well as mis­

treatment of SIU crews in Egyptian
ports.

"We were picketed with big
signs which read: 'Arab workers
stand together and can hit back
violently.'

"The pickets shook their fists
and hissed and would not take or
deliver mail to the ship," the re­
port added. "But we did not pay
any attention to any of the capers
and only laughed."

SHIPBOARD SKETCHES by Ben Graham

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":|5,:^rowers'fiere ^ j- ;' . if-' • -

8.A.NT.4 YSHSTIA (SIsB! Shipplns).
May SS—Chairman/ Idward C. Bur­
ton; Socrafary,- Ralph R. Maldenato.
Delegate raporta everything running
smoothly. No beefa. Sink In crew
pantry haa been tnataUcd. New re­
pair liata to be made up.

CS NORFOLK (Citloa SorvlcaO Juno
U—Ship'a dalegatO/ Tod Jonoa. Dele­
gate reports one man mlaaed ship in
Baltimore. Hla book and papers will
bd given to patrolman at payoff In
Phllly, unless he meets the ship. His
olothes are with the captain.

ALCOA PBNNANT (Alcoa), Juno
If—Chairman, Joff Oavis; Sacrotary,
O. C. Ballsy, Jr. Delegate reports
aU repairs taken care of with excep­
tion of a few minor ones which will
be made this trip. Ladders for top­
side bunks have not been sent aboard
as requested. This creates an unsafe
situation for men in top bunks. Letter
requesting donations for American
Merchant Marine Library Association'
read. M/S/C to hold one meeting
a trip because of the shortness of
each voyage. M/3/C to get small
ship's fund together. Discussion ' on
keeping ship's launi^ clean: also
locked in port.

DOROTHY (Bull), June 12—Chair­
man, William Aycock; Secretary, Al­
fred J. Severe. One man paid off by
mutual consent in Rotterdam. Four
men hospitalized in Belgium. Food
has improved. Draws have been
heavy in every port.

STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), May
30—Chairman, E. A. Anderson; Secre­
tary, R. L. O'Brien. Crew asked to
turn in linen to steward. All minor
beefs being taken care of by depart-
menr delegates; the rest to be given
to patrolman at payoff. $4.65 in
ship's fund. Check on washing ma­
chine for next trip. Sougee deck and
steward department rooms before
ship gets in. Try and give change or
dollar to ship's fund. Some "B" cards
ask to ride to their home ports
where they got on, according to SIU
shipping rules.

IBERVILLE (Waterman), June 13—
Chairman, J. Lewis; Secretary, H.
Carmlchael. Ship's delegate reports
things running smoothly. Most of
repairs taken care of in Gulf—a few

. more will be squared away on the
coast. Captain requests that all radio
and TV antennaes be made neat as
possible, otherwise he will have them
taken down. Suggestion made that all
coffee cups be taken back to crew
pantry. Discussion on 'donation to­
ward the purchasing of a new or
used TV.

ERNA ELIZABETH (Albatros), May
2S—Chairman, David Jones; Secretary,
Al Isaac. Headquarters to clarify the
60 day rule for "B" and ,"C" cards.
Ship Relegate and department dele­
gate to call headquarters from Port
Arthur. Vote of thanks to steward
department for job well done.

SEATRAIN LOUISIAN.A (Scatrain
Lines), June 34—Chairman, Sam Nu­
gent; Secretary, R. V. Gelling. No
beefs reported. Mate informed the
ship's delegate that the deck depart­
ment would start on the steward de­
partment foc'sles on the way south
next trip. He also has instructed the
bosun about moving the "coffee bar."
Accepted. Pillows should be replaced
immediately. Deck chairs should not
be left out on deck after they have
been used as they could blow over
the side. .

CAROLYN (Bull),. May 5—Chairman,
Boyd H. Amberry; Secretary, Jose F.
Santiago. Fans and ventilators In gal­
ley to be cleaned for sanitary rea­
sons. No beefs reported.

MOUNT WHITNEY (Cargo A Tank-
ship), May 22—Chairman, William
Barth; Secretary, D. Julian. Copy of
letter sent to Union about the death
of Charles T. McAvoy. read to crew.
Flowers were dropped over the side
during a service off Capri, for
Brother McAvoy. Captain spent $10
for crew toward flowers and con­
sidered it a donation to the ship's
fund. Everything else going okay.
Some di.sputed OT. Repair lists are
turned in to ship's delegate. Safeiy
meeting was held.

JOHN C (Atlantic Carriers), May 3»
—Chairman, E. B. Sanders; Secretary,
V. L. Harding.' Reports repairs were
nof-completed this past trip. Locks on
doors, keys fur same, were not taken
care of. Crew to repair whatever is
possible during voyage. No parts were
received for various r^airs. New
washing machine received. Ail other
repairs to be taken up at last meet­
ing bcfooe arrival in States. Enough
repair lists to be made up for de­
partment . heads, delegates, boarding
patrolmen, port captain and port engi­
neer. Ship's delegate to see captain
about looks and keys for doors. Bolt
locks to be put on passageway doors.
Only door to be left open in port is
one by gangway. Gangway watch to
watch same and to keep unauthorized
persons from coming inside amidship
house. Discussion on the way Ar.-ib
countries are treating American sea­
men. Caution is to be taken when
going ashore. Heat to be turned off
in foc'sle. Dump trash over the side
and not on deck.

trip. Thhms runalcg ssssot^ except
lor few houre diluted OT. Need
elariilcation on port time in Galves­
ton. Four-slice Toastmastcr and one
dozen ice cube trays ordered to be
put aboard in New Orleans, not re­
ceived. Aluminum paint requested
for boat deck. DrinUng water to be
piped from foimtain to deck to de­
crease traffic in passageway.

May 28—Chairman, J. Hacker; $ee-
retary, O. Bryan. Screens and water
line being taken care of. No beefs
reported. Draws to be given in
American money day before arrival.

June 17—Chairman, Monroe Oaddy;
Secretary, J. Hacker. Everything run-,
ning smoothly so far. No beefs.
Please flush heads. Take cere of
cots. Question about painting out
overdue steward department decks
and quarters.

AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers),
June 19—Chairman, 'R. E. Gannon.
Secretary, Harry Lowthar. Delegate
reports one man paid off in Honolulu
(medical). Some disputed OT. Wiper
logged twice for failure to turn to.
Have hospital cleaned, rooms sprayed
and toilet fixed.

SAN MARINO (Peninsular Nav.l,
May $—Chairman, Fred MInerth; Sec­
retary, George Bryan. Fairly good

OREMAR (Marvan), June IS—Chair­
man, E. McNab; Secretary, J. B. Rack.
Everything going along fine. No beefs
reported. One man missed ship. Crew
requests that captain secure hospital
slips.

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ALAMAR (Calmer), June IS—Chair­
man, Shortle Miller; Secretary, Elbert
Hoggy. All'repairs have beeyi attend­
ed to except the ones that have to
be done ashore. Few hours disputed
OT. Department delegates elqpted to
serve as safety committee.

MV PETROCHEM (Valentine Chemi­
cal), May 19—Chairman, Floyd Pence;
Secretary, S. Riviera. No beefs re­
ported. $11.80 in ship's fund. Motion
to get a patrolman down to the ship
next trip by sending a radiogram to
Houston hall or -Philly.

SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain),
June 21—Chairman, Joseph L. Czech;
Secretary, John W. Parker. Few
beefs settled satisfactorily. Because
of lay-up, steward would like every­
one to strip bunks and turn in all
linen.

STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian),
June 19—Chairman, Paul Whitlow;
Secretary, Everett Perry. Captain
was unsuccessful in getting Pall Mall
cigarettes. Milk in Okinawa must
first have approval by the .American
consul before it goes to ships, to be
taken up with Union upon arrival.
All repairs to be turned in to me
-and disputed overtime after we leave
the Islands for the States. Some
disputed OT. Vote of thanks to stew­
ard department. Motion to discon­
tinue issuance of travelers' checks in
foreign ports and dollars only be
Issued as we lost money on the ex­
change. M/S that all brothers come
to messhall and pantry in proper
dress.. "Proper" dress means pants
and shirt, or shorts and tee shirt and
at no time underwear or pajamas.
Chief cook died at sea. Suggested
that donations be made for flowers.

COTTONWOOD CREEK (Bulk Trans-
por), June S—Chairman, A. Hannas;
Secretary, S. Holden. M/S not to
pay off or sign on until repairs are
taken 'care of. No locks for 'doors.
Stack to be made higher sn soot and
gas fumes do not come into the living
quarters. $14.25 in ship's fund. Some
disputed OT.

YAKA (Waterman), April 23—Chair­
man, E. Conrad; Secretary', H. Menz.
Ship's delegate reports repairs com­
pleted: slop chest okay. Messman
rooms to be painted out this voyage.
All disputed OT turned in. Crew
asked to keep shoes off messroom
chairs and to keep .pantry clean after
meal time; also not to put glasses in
sink with cups. Crew wishes to thank
Capt. E. Patronas; Chief Mate W.
Epperly; Chief Engineer J. Bryant;
1st Asst. E. Hansen for cooperation
given to crew on repairs.

CHILORE (Ore), Junt 27—Chair-
man. Pierce; Secretary, K. Turner.
Discussion re money draws. Wa.shing
machine needs repairing. Water
rusty. Don't dump paint cans down
garbage chute. Vote of thanks to
steward department for job well done.

BIENVILLE (Sea-Land Service),
June 2<—Chairman, Manuel Graza;
Secretary,. Joseph Cayou. Ship's dele­
gate reports everything running
smoothi.v. $33.50 in ship's fund. M. S
that -patrolman see company about
awnin.g for the after deck. M/S to
get some chairs for recreation room.
Ship's delegate to see patrolman about
clothes dryer for crew's laundry.
Officers have had one for a month.

DE SOTO (Waterman), May 1 —
Chairman, Tom Morlarify; Secretary,
Red Barone. No beefs reported. Gen­
eral discussion to move deck engineer
midships and mt fireman and oiler
on same watch in one room. See
captain about place for crew to hang
clothes.

June 2F—Chairman, C. Garner; Sec­
retary, J. B. While. Ship's delegate
reports two men off sick. (Hiief engi­
neer refuses to allow crew to dry
clothes on the engine room rails, so
our recreation space Is cluttered up
with two clothes lines through its
middle.

STBSL AOVeSATS (itthmlsn).
April 2$—Chairman, Jasper Andgp-
•ion; Secretary, Louis OuellnHs. Re-

gairs taken care of. Cabinet to ho
istalled in electrician's room. $19.09

In ship's fund. Beef on service In
messroom. Table set up for watch
only. Washing machine starting to
go on the bum. Vote of thanks to
ex ship's delegate Robert Flood. Rob­
ert Barrett elected new ship's dele­
gate.

Chairman, Robert A. Barrett; Sec­
retary, Louis Guellnltz. Discussion re
noise in passageway. Keep recreation
room clean. Wa'shing machine should
be kept cleaner. $19.05 in ship's fund.
Few hours disputed OT. M/S to keep
outsiders away from crews- quarters.
AU hands to help gangway man.

ROBERT FORT (Cities Service), Juno
24—Chairman, William Mitchell; Sec-
retary, R. Bunce. Repair lists to be
submitted to department delegates.
No. 2 washing machine to be kept
clean after use Galley messrooms,
toilets and foc'sles need fumigation.
Vote of thanks to Paul Gon.sorchik,
Norfolk agent, for settling beefs with
chief mate who has been hard-timing
the deck department.

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ANGELINA (Bull), June 12—Chair­
man, —A—. Farrara; Secretary, H. R.
Hutchlns. Beef regarding first assist­
ant engineer to be referred to patrol­
man. AU else okay.

NEVA WEST (Bloomfield), June 19
—Chairman, O. Oowd; Secretary, W.
R. Gels. Captain unable to put out
draw before arrival. Everything else
OK. $28 in ship's fund. One man
missed ship leaving New Orleans.
M/S/C that man hours be set in port
for deck and engine to work six
hours per day so that men on day
work having business to care for
will have a few hours in the after­
noon to do so. Discussion to have
screen doors placed on galley and
me.sR halls and pantry. Vote of thanks
to the steward department.

ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), June 24
—Chairman, Paul Morris; Secretary,
Harold P. DuCloux. One man missed
ship in Barcelona. Repair lists turned
in. No beefs. Everything going along
fine. $14.60 in ship's fund. M/S to
look into conditions in Houston clinic.
Suggestion that due to crowded con­
ditions on board C-1 ships, the com­
pany be contacted in regard to crew
using passenger space. Also suggest­
ed that captain put out a price list
slop chest stores; put aboard wider
variety and better quality stores.

HILTON (Bull), July 2—Chairman,
John S. Holley; Secretary, Barney
Kelly. Ship's delegate reports every­
thing in order. Beefs to be taken up
with patrolman. Need clarification as
to who is supposed to take care of
the wrenches.

ROBIN KIRK (Robin Line), June 24
—Chairman, Carl E. Harcrove; Secre­
tary, Louis E. Meyers. Ship's dele.cate
saw captain about men lor.^ed. Cap­
tain said he would take it up with
boarding patrolman. Steward dele­
gate reports beef on baker's work and
filthiness to be reported to boarding
patrolman. Reefer doors in messrooms
in need of repair. Repair lists to be
turned in.

PORTMAR (Calmar), June 24—Chair­
man, Joe E, Thomas; Secretary, D.
Catlin. Steward reported theft of
cups and silverware at Baltimore,
presumably by stevedores. "Up-grad­
ing" of beef on this ship is non­
existent; still shoe leather and rubber
overshoes. Three departments to al­
ternate care of recreation room and
latindry room.

ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), June 24—
Chairman, Juan S. Rueda; Secretary,
M. J. Morris. Repair list to be turned
in to patrolman. $16.69 in ship's
fund. No- beefs reported. M S fo
have ship fumigated to get rid of
roaches.

ERNA ELIZABETH (Albatross), Juno
30—Chairman. W. C. Snell; Secretary,
Al Isaac. John Garher elected new
ship's delegate. Vote of thanks for
job well done to outgoing delegate
D. L. Jones. Stewaard department
commended for good food and
service.

RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea - Land),
July 4—Chairman, B. Varn, Jr.; Sec­
retary, W. Blakeslee. Charlie Hen-
ning elected new ship's delegate. Dis­
cussion on getting clothes dryer for
crew. Not enough pressure on heads
aft. Vote of thanks to steward for
handling ships fund, etc. Rusty
water in galley fresh water lines.

SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain),
June 28—Chairman, T. Keyser; Secre­
tary, D. Cann. One man missed ship
in Savannah. $5.60 in ship's fund to
be used for purchase of magazines.
Crew asks for adequate linen and
soap. Keep cigarette butts in cans
instead of on decks.

PETROCHEM (Valentine Chemical
Carriers), July 4—Chairman, Donald
Peterson; Secretary, S. Rivera. Beefs
to he taken un with patrolman in
Philadelphia. Wind chutes to be or­
dered next trip.

OCEAN DINNY (Maritime Over­
seas), July 3—Chairman, H. M. Thom­
as; Secretary, E. Pappas. Ship's -dele­
gate reports captain uncooperative.
Curacao—no fresh milk and vege­
tables; Rotterdam—no fresh vege­
tables; Sofi and Leghorn—no Ameri­
can money and no attempt to get
any. Some disputed overtime. M/S/C
everyone to pay two marks to ship's
treasurer. Need new refrigerator.
New wind chutes don't fit portholes.
Melons wanted for the next port.
Vote of thanks to steward depart­
ment.

BEAUREGARD (Saa-Land), No data
—Chairman and Secretary, B. Brown.
Discussion on getting air blowers
turned on. Need repairs on messhall
deck. No hot water. Food OK.



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LOO.A.RHYTHU:

Dickie
.Margaret Kelirwieder.

R«d's Prld« and Joy

I know what the "grand"
In Grandmother meant
Sparkling blue eyes.
Faded blue jeans.

A scamp full of mischief
Wily and tricky
That hoy who's my life
My own grandson Dickie.

Many miles separate us
I'm as lonely as can be
1 think of the fun we had
What he'd say to me.

His favorite expression
As my hand he would touch—
Oh Nanny, Oh Nanny,
I love you too much.

Charles "Red" Slater s!fs on the steps of his house with his dough-
teTi Charlene, five-years-old.

SS Titan Seafarers A Big Hit
In Poland; Brought Grain Cargo

(The following article teas submitted to the LOG by Seafarer J. E. McKreth.)

On the first voyage of the SS Titan we went to Gdjmia, Poland, with a large cargo of
grain. We received a very warm welcome at Gdynia upon our arrival, and movies were
made on the ship and by air, and later the pictures were oh the front pages of the news­
papers all over the city*

This was the largest ship to
go into Gdynia and it carried
a record cargo.

(Ed. Note: The Titan is a 47,500-
ton supertanker. Consequently it
can haul a prodigious quantity of
gram.)

While there ID the port we spent
much of our time in the Maritime
Seaman's Club where tha hospi­

tality of everyone was Just wonder­
ful. The club te clean and in mid-
city—convenient for everything.

They have papers and magazines
in many language there, but not
too many in English, so I suggest
we send some copies of the LOG
to the Polish maritime club. .

They would certaiihy be wel­
come there, for seamen the world

Big Family Man

J'.

I.
I.

over meet there and enjoy the fine
hospitality of these wonderful peo­
ple.. . . I know that everyone on
the Titan certainly enjoyed them­
selves on our many visits to this
fine club.

On the Lucile

Helps Two
Lost Boats

Things haye been happening to
the Lucile Bloomfield. The ves­
sel recently won a 100 percent
rating in the USPHS sanitary
rating, and that's something pret­
ty special in Its own right.

But then, other things have
been going on, too. On the 2nd
of July while the Lucile was a
day east of the Bahamas It ren­
dered a bit of aid to a yaeht, the
"Calypso," which needed some
navigational assistance.

Then, the following evening,
while ofF Bimini, a power boat
from Ft. LauteMale' inercepted
the Lucile, flashing its lights on
and off, Indicating distress. The
Lucile gave it some, gasoline and,
oil and set it off for the nearest
port, then proceeded on its way.

Which only goes to prove that
sometime "lightening-" does strike
twice, and when you least expect it.

Otherwise, tha voyage is going
pretty well, reports Lee De Parlier,
meeting secretary aboard the ship.

Robert Leavy, OS, poses wirii fitree of his five children in the SlU
headquarters haU, With him are: p. To r.) Charlene, 7; Bob Jr.,
3, and Laura Jeqn, 6.

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List Details In
Cables To Union

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

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

The response of ships' crews
to the Union's request for these
notifications has been very good.
Sometimes though, cot all of
the above information has been
included. Be sure to list all of
this data so that the SIU can.
act as promptly as possible.

Esp«rantn Offer
To Seamen
To the Editor:

The Colonel John Turner
Foundation will provide for any
ship's library free upon request
te^book, dictionary and read­
ing material In the interna­
tional auxiliary language, Es­
peranto. Sailora of all people
in the world meet the people
who are kept apart by the bar­
riers of lingual diversity. The
curse of Babel inde^ growa
worsa ai tha nationa multiply.

All letters to the editor for
publication ki the SEAFARERS
LOG must be signed by the
writer. Names will pe withheld
upon request.

Sailors above all people could
best make uia of the list , of
delegates of the Universale
Esperanto Asoclo in all the im­
portant ports of the world. And
the' language Is at least 100
times easier than any of the
hundreds of national tongues.
From personal experience in
Europe and Asia 1 know that it
works!

If you would like to accept
this offer, write at once to Glenn
Turner, Middleton, Wisconsin
saying that you read about it
in the SEAFABERS LOG.

Mark Starr

Brother Thanks
Chiiore Crew
To the Editor:

I am a crewman on the SS
Chiiore and would like to place
these few words in the SEA­
FARERS LOG: Mr. James Rob­
inson thanks all crewmen on
the SS Chiiore for their dona­
tion andfiowers sent to Charles­
ton, SC on the death of his
sister. Ydur generosity was
greatly appreciated.

James Robinson
$ S*

Welfare Check
Is Appreciated '
To the Editor:

We, the family of Joseph B.
Murphy, (died March, 1960)
wish to express our thanks and
appreciation for the check sent
by the Welfare Plan.

Thanks also to Mr. Patterson
(NY office) with wdiom we cor­
responded and Mr . Dakin
(Boston offioe) for calling up.

Mm. J. B. Murphy
and daughter

Alcea Planter
Crew Reports
To the EdttoR

To start off with, we have
Lucky Yates, a newcomer to
our ranks, who has proven to
he a worthy addition, and has
contributed many a story about'
fair play by Lady Justice in
Jacksonville.

Djtncing Joe Gross, a student
of Arthur Murray, captivated
many a crowd in the fleshpots
of Spain and Greece with his
toe stomping.

Our $kipper. Captain Letcher
Bailey, one of the finest, was
surprised to find a fellow
striker of '34 in the deck de­
partment, and many a bloody
yarn was spun.

Big Red Dailey, as they
called Mai around the Embar-
cadero, Is a number one ehip<
mate on anybody's list.' An­
other well known old-timer mit

of the Gulf is Porthole Gria-
xard, one of our brothers whs
is equsUy at east with a chip­
ping hammer or telling a good
atory. Porthole is best remsm-
bered from his South Atlsntia
days.

Cool Breeze Bob Reynolds, by
way of our 50th Btate, is slways
alert and on the job. But ho
has a beef about not being able
to sleep 24 hours a day. Little-
man Anderson, the West coast
"Flash," became a member of
the International act on our
stay in Greece. Andy was
viewed with some of the hewer
ruins of Athens.

Gentleman Paul Morris, the
diplcmat G£ our crew, was best
remembered for his attempt to
crew-up the model of Colum­
bus' ship in Barcelona, along
with Chuck Lindbaugh, who
was trying to find a sailmaker
with palm who would travel.
Chuck, who is our serang, is
our retired veteraq, and can
tell many a hair-raising tale
about life in Germany.

Sailor Wentworth is second
in command and no sturdier
hand at the helm can, be asked
for. He has also called for a
sober payoff and we all back
him.

West Coast Charlie Johnson
was always ready with a strong
hand and a good word to help
his fallen brothers get back on
the path of good living. He has
started a mission for fallen
women in Spain, and he would
appreciate any cohtrlbutions.

Tex McCorvey, from FloridaT
was caught trying to trade
choice underwater lots In
Swampland, Florida, for those
old .ruins outside of Athens. We
have a top SIU crew who work
hard and play fast.

' A couple of fellows wanted
support in estabfishing a haU
In Barcelona . . . someone thep
said why not Yokohama. One
brother came' up with a bit
about being an American oU
kiug . . . Another friend want­
ed to set up a ginmill in one
of the old Greek temples.

The mate made the mistake
of walking o;it on deck during
a securing, and someone yelled
"It you want to play AB. ship
out of the hall." All in all we
have a top Mate (Speedy Gon­
zales) and one heck of a skip­
per on the SS Alcoa Planter.
The second mate, Bobby Park­
er, also SIU, Is the photogra­
pher and will snap anything or
anyone that crosses his lens.

Zee Young Ching
iSliip's reporter

& ^
Sees US Begglns
For Needed Ships
To the Editor:

Anybody who has been listen­
ing to the radio, or reading the
newspapers and magazines these
days can see that Uie world is in
pretty rough shape, and before
long there might be a few of
those International "police ac­
tions" going.

Along with that we can ex­
pect to, find the orators telling
us how vital the merchant ma­
rine is and how much it's need­
ed to help preserve peace in the
world. The only trouble is
there Isn't much merchant ma­
rine left to do/the job.

With all that's going on now,
you would think that the Gov­
ernment wouM own up that it
made a sad mistake In permit­
ting so many of our ships to go
Under the phony maritime flags.
When we need them we will
probably have to get down on
hand and knee and beg them
to take Uncle Sam's dollarr—
if the Russians don't get them
first' - .

AI Carter

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Paradise tosf—Pof/ucfc With Potlicker
i.4

(Tht following artlcl* IMU aub-
mltted by a Seafarer who re-
guested that his name not be
attached because of his natural
modesty, and his fervent imagi­
nation).

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Recently a group of members

were lamenting the fact that
many good "unbelievable" sea
stories are not published, merely
because no one goes to the
trouble to write them down,

Burlington has its "liars club"
and while I am sure no one would
question the veracity of a fellow
member of the SIU, some of
their stories require unbounded
faith to swallow.

In order to supply a' vein of
levity in an otherwise serious
publication, why not run a con­
test in the LOG called the "Un-

A Tall Tale Spun By An^Anonymous Seafarer
Iwlievabl* Sea Stories" tontest?

Perhaps prizes like a gold
plated marlinspike or i year's
supply of salt-water soap would
urge such people as Red Camp­
bell or Percy Boyer to put on
paper, some of the preposterous
(though true) events that surely
must have occured in their color­
ful careers.

If this idea is acceptable, please
do not mention my name in con­
nection therewith. In the first
place, I do not like to see my
name in print and secondly I
might possibly be a contestant.
In fact you will Rnd enclosed
"Paradise Lost" written on the
backs of QT sheets, the only
paper available at the moment.

•
"During the Administration, of

the late Huey Long, a movement

was started in Louisiana to na­
tionalize the charming bayou
custom of dunking corn bread
in tiumip green potlicker.

"A committee was formed,
funds were appropriated and a
brand new T-2 tanker was char­
tered. Local boys filled the crew
list, and being a world famous
navigat<H' and a southern gentle­
man of distinction, as well as
having a keen appreciation of
fine foods including potlicker, I
was selected from thousands of
applicants to serve as master of
the vessel on its maiden voyage
to Boston.

"The tanks of the vessel, the
SS Gastric Climax were filled
with potlicker and an 18-foot
deckload of com bread was se­
curely chained to the decks.

"Things went along swimming-

No Breeze From
Fans In Storage
Seafaters on the Orion Star are

asked to subdue themselves be­
cause the racket has been waking
up the watch. Also, the fans
aboard are no good—always
breaking down. The ship re­
ceived 11 new 18-lnch fans but
the chief engineer stowed them
away and has refused to put them
out.

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Bombay Stopover

Strikes by longshoremen aren't
limited to the USA, Seafarers on
the Eiemir (Marine Carriers)
discovered recently. When the
vessel arrived in Bombay, the
men discovered that the port had
been tied up in a longshoreman's
strike, which had just been.
settled, and they had to hang out
the hook while some 22 ships
ahead of them were unloaded.

This gave the men ten days or
so to "do the town" and get their
landlegs back in the mysterious
land of India.

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Corsair Food's
Not For Him?

M. Phelps, meeting clerk on the
, Alcoa Corsair, has a note in the
latest ship's minutes about a stow­
away found aboard the ship one
day out of Trinidad.
. As he so tersely put it: "Polish
stowaway found one day out of
Trinidad. Complained that the
food wasn't too hot. (Gained teif
pounds before arrival in Mo­
bile)."

Which makes us wonder—was
this fellow a glutton for punish­
ment? Or was he just a glutton?

Make Delicious
Menu Materialize

On the Del Norte the men have
suggested that pickles, fresh on­
ions, radishes and other vege­
tables appear on the tables as
well as on the menus. It always
looks great to see a menu
crammed with good things to eat,
but its even better when the
things on the menu materialize on
table.

t 4. 4^
More Texmar

Tail Tales
From the Tesmar comn more

reports about previously noted
tall tales concerning the fishy
prodigies of three anglers aboard.
At last count Gene, Dutch and
Stone, the three fanatical fisher­
men, have caught more than a
hundred fish during the trip.

Speak Out At
SIU Meetings

Under the Union constitution
every member attending a Un­
ion meeting Is entitled to
nominate himself for the elected
posts to be filled at the meeting
—chairman, reading clerk and
recording secretary. Your Un­
ion urges you to take an active
part in meetings by taking these
posts of service.

And, of course, all members
have the right to take the floor
and express their opinions on
any officer's report or issue un­
der discussion. Seafarers are
urged to hit the deck at these
meetings and let their ship­
mates know what's on their
minds.

Litri* Charles Fox, 17 months
eW, son of Seafarer Charles
H. Fox, takes a drinic of water.

LOG-A-RHYTHM:

Cheerful Neighbor
.IHUBSTON LEWIS.

Supple as a sapling, the clean­
limbed youth.

Hands in pockets, enjoying May,
Does not tax his rtdnd vnth morals

or truth
Though he will consider them an­

other day.
Let him whistle and sing and laugh

and shout
And soar through space while his

heart is free.
Too soon must he ponder tohat life

is about
And feel bound to solve its mys­

tery.
Now be decorates earth with an

innocent face ...
Prime production of the human

race.
Too soon will our systems stifle

and bind him
And hard-wrought decisions furrow

his brow.
Tomorrow we'll not find him

As cheerful as he is now!

ly until w* picked up the bar
pilot' to enter Boston harbor.
Upon boarding the ship, he re­
marked that it was unusual for
an empty oil tanker to come into
Boston from oil-rich Louisiana.

"Looking around I agreed. We
did seem a bit high in the water,
and Investigation revealed that
we were empty. It seems that
during the long night watches
the bugalee crew had absent-
mindediy broken off bits of the
deckload and dunked it into the
cargo hold, consuming it all.

"This was not to be overlooked
as a boyish prank, as the ship's
manifest called for 125,000 bar­
rels of high octane potlicker and
2,750,000 board feet of corn
bread.

"Upon docking, I was sum­
moned before the Coast Guard

and the US steamboat inspectors.
A kangaroo court, composed-
mostiy of carpet-baggers and
Republicans treated me as mildly
as circumstances seemed to
warrant.

"After a lengthy trial, they
tore up my master's license and
suspended my seaman's papers
for 99 years. In addition they
cancelled my birth certificats
and had my parent's marriage
revoked retroactively for 75
years.

"While I appreciated their
consideration, you may readily
imagine what this made me feel
like.

"P.S. Ever since then, ship­
ments of corn bread from Loui­
siana have been banned in
Boston."

Building Model Ships
Is Seafarer's Hobby

One of the favorite hobbies of
seamen is making models of ships,
and one of the best model-mak­
ing Seafarers shipping nowadays
is Jacinto G. Guilles, who sails
as a wiper.

Shown below is a photo of
Guilles with a model of a C-3
type vessel, the first cargo-pas­
senger ship he sailed upon, back
in 1954, the Steel Maker.

He started the model on Sept.
13, 1958, and built it all by hand.
Guilles worked without a plan of
any kind, relying solely upon his
memory.

There are 1,800 pins in the C-3
model, which gives an indication
of the amount of detailed work

and painstaking effort involved
in building good model ships.

The background for the model,
a view of Manila harbor, wa»
also made by Guilles, demonstrat­
ing his versatility.

"Making models is a good hob­
by," says Guilles, "It keeps you
busy on the long trips, so that
you're not troubled by too much
time on your hands,"

Guilles didn't say what ship h*
plans to make for his next project
but rumor has it that he's been
eyeing the Transeastern.

If he takes it on, it will be *
lot of work since the Transea-
stem's about five times as big a*
a C-3.

Model Seafarer

Jacinto G. Guilles, wiper, exhibits a model of a C-3 cargo ship
h* built.



rac« Thirtr SEAFARERS LOG Mr f. IMt

SEAFARERS IN DRYDOC

Among the Seafarers currently In the USPHS hospital in Staten
Island are N. N. Bathia, James Eichenberg, G. W. Faircloth, M. Y.
Hamboussy and H. V. Morris.

Bathia, who sailed last on the Steel Chemist as an electrician, was
laid up with a broken left foot when some steel fell on him. He is
making good progress.

Eichenberg, last on the Massmar, underwent a chest operation which
used four pints of blood received from the SIU Blood Bank. He sails
in the steward department.

Morris Eichenberg Faircloth Bothia

Faircloth was in for treatment of a hernia condition and is making
rapid progress. He should be released shortly. His last vessel was the
Stbel Seafarer.

Hambousy, last on the Steel Age, was hospitalized with a stomach
ailment but is coming along well now.

Morris was laid up with a bronchial condition and stomach trouble,
and is progressing rapidly. His last ship was the Steel Flyer.

Seafarers on the beach are urged to visit or write their buddies in
the hospital. A visit or a letter from a friend comes in handy to those
cooped up in the hospital.

USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON, TEXAS

Mack J. Acosta D. B. Patterson
Seabastian C. FotI Adam £. Slowick
Lars Johansen Edwin Whitehead
William J. Jones

USPHS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA

Belisarlo Alonso Ernest H. Webb
Austin Kltchings John W. Whit*
Jewel R. Rolins

USPHS HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK

Oscar J. Adams Paul Kronbergs
A.. A. Arancibia Thomas Lauer
Otho Babb Andrew Lewis
Henning Bjork Marcos E. Medina
Alexander Cherney James Mitchell
Victor B. Cooper Joseph Smith
Grady Faircloth Lawrence Smith
George Fiance Roy C. Stem
Michael J. Gaudio Richard L. Welch
Michael Hamboussy Arthur A. WUlert
Rolf Karlsen

USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK. VIRGINIA

G. J. Balaskos Lewis Harrison
Dennis Cahoon Henri J. Robin Jr.
James M. Davis Walter M. Sikorskl
WilUam C. Dowdy

USPllS HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

Matthew Bruno Henry Osterwald
E. W. Huertas Edw. L. Pritchard
Edw. H. Huhienga Leo Rondario
John F. Malyszko R. W. WUUams
Waldo M. Oliver

VA HOSPITAL
FORT MILEY, CALIF.

Howard J. Watts
USPHS HOSPITAL

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Richard C. Green Raymond Ruppert
George B. Little S. T. Zetterman

USPHS HOSPITAL
FORT WORTH. TEXAS

Frank E. Anderson Max Olson
George Doherty Peter W. Sotir*
B. F. Dciblcr Joseph P. Wise
Woodrow Meyers Bozo G. Zelencld

VA HOSPITAL
WEST HAVEN. CONN.

John J. DriscoU Henry E. Smith
SAILOR SNUG HARBOR HOSPITAL

STATEN 1SL.AND, NEW YORK
Bart E. Guranick Thomas, Isaksen
A. B. Gutierrez

ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL
• PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Kosta Halgimisios
US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wm. H. Thomson

• USPHS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

AUen Cooper Manuel Lourido
Wm. Crawford Michal Michallk
Sidney C. Day R. E. Morrison
Gorman T. Glaz* Emile J. Olive
Loyd J. Griffis Chrisbol Palmer

John Schoch Frank W. Taylor
Gerald F. Shaffer Edw. U>. Trainer
Charles Shaw Norman Wallen
Eugene E. Stewart

MT. WILSON STATE HOSPITAL
MT. WILSON, MARYLAND

George Davis John Joseph Hazel
VA HOSPITAL

KERRVILLE, TEXAS
WUlard T. CahiU

VA HOSPITAL
HOUSTON. TEXAS

R. J. Arsenault Edward Talbot
STOCKTON STATE HOSPITAL

STOCKTON, CALIF.
D. M. Christolos

TRIBORO HOSPITAL
JAMAICA, LONG ISLAND

James RusseU
VA HOSPITAL

OTEEN, NORTH CAROLINA
Joseph H. Bass

VA HOSPITAL
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK

Chgs. O. Bergagna
USPHS HOSPITAL
BRIGHTON, MASS.

R. M. Davis John T. Keegan
Glenn R. Ellis Joss E. Leston
Leonard C. Ells Peter A. Marozag
Armas E. Janssen

VA HOSPITAL
FORT HOWARD, MARYLAND

R. E. Dabney
VA HOSPITAL

PERY POINT, MARYLAND
Daniel R. Seabolt

VICTOR CULLEN STATE HOSPITAL
CULLEN, MARYLAND

Alvino Terrazas
VA HOSPITAL

CENTER HOT SPRINGS
SOUTH DAKOTA

CUfford C. Womack
PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL

PHILADELPHIA, PA.
R. H. Klrkwood

USPHS HOSPITAL 1
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

Joseph Basch Clyde R. Leggett
WiUard Blumen Earl Middleton
Accurso Bonti Cleon Mixon
George Mi Chong James T. Moqre
Virgil L. Coash
Roberto DeFranza
Bertram Eckert
James Fail
Edw. Fairfield
James Glisson
Hubert Goley
Leo C. Hannon
Wade B. HarreU
Gustave Hayzan
Herman J. Holmef
B. R. Huggins
Edw. O. Johnson
Eaden E. King
Norman W. Kirk
Edward Knapp
Leo H. Lang
Rene A. LeBlana

Ernest Mosley
John C. Munden
Kenyon F. Parka
Frank S, Paylor
Dawson Perry
Philip H. Prescott
Andrew C. Reed
Chas. R. Robinson
Calvin A. Rome
Bobby M. Slade
Herman L. Smith
Murray W. Sinith
Hans Spiegel
Maximo Tangalin
John Tromkino
John A. Williama
Luther E. Wing

SIU Atlantic, Gulf
Lakes & Inland Waters

District
PRESIDENT

Paul HaU
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT

Cal Tanner
^VICB PRESIDENTS

Claude Simmons Lindsey WiUiams
Earl Sheppard A1 Tanner
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES

BiU llaU Eli Muouey
HEADQUARTERS....67S 4th Ave.. Bklyn

HYacinth 9-6600
BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St
Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900
BOSTON .•.. .276 State St
John Arabascz, Agent Richmond 2-0140
HOUSTON 4202 Canal St
R. Matthews, Agent CApital 3-4089; 3-408C
MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St.
Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklm 7-3564
MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St.
Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St
Buck Stephens, Agent Tulane 8626
NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn

\ HYacinth 9-6600
NORFOLK 416 CoUey Ave
Paul Gonsorchik, Agent

MAdison 7-1033
PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St
S. Cardullo, Agent Market 7-1633
SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St
Walter Sibley, Agent Douglas 2-4401
SANTURCE, PR. . 1313 Fernandez Juncos.

Stop 20
Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 2-5996
JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St., Room 200
WllUam Morris, Agent ELgln 3-0987
SEATTLE... 2505 1st Ave.
Ted Babkowski, Agent Main 3-4334
WILMINGTON, CaUf 505 Marine Ave.
Reed Humphries, Agent Terminal 4-2528

SUP
HONOLULU... .51 South Nimttz Highway

PHone 502-777
NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle St.

Jackson 5-7428
NEW YORK 875 4th Ave., Brooklyn

HYacinth 9-6605
PORTLAND 811 SW Clay St.

CApitol 3-4336
SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St.

Douglas 2-8383
SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave.

Main 2-0290
WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave.

Terminal 5-6617

MC&S
HONOLULU....51 South .Nimitz Highway

PHone 5-1714
NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St.

RAmond 7-428
NEW YORK..„..675 4th Ave., Brooklyn

HYaclnth*9-6600
PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St.

CApitol 7-3222
SAN FRANCISCO 350 Fremont St.

EXbrook 7-5600
SEATTLE 2505 — 1st Ave.

MAin 3-0088
WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave.

TErminal 48538

Great Lakes District
ALPENA 127 River St.

ELmwood 43616
BUFFALO. NY 890 Main St.

GRant 2728
CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25 St.

MAin 1-0147
DULUTH..., 621 W. Superior St.

Phone: Randolph 2-4110
FRANKFORT. lUch PO Box 287

ELgln 7-2441
RIVER ROUGE.. 10225 W. Jefferson, Ave.

Mich. Vinewood 3-4741
SOUTH CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave.

SAginaw 1-0733
TOLEDO 120 Summit St.

CHerry 8-2431

Canadian District
FORT WILLIAM 408 Simpson St.

* Phone: 3-3221
HALIFAX N.S 128"/4 Hollls St.

MONTREAL 634 St. James°"st. ̂ West
Victor 2-8161

QUEBEC 44 Sault-au-Matelot
-, LAfontaine 3-1569

THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. David St.
CAnal 7-5212

TORONTO, Ontario..,...272 King St. E.
EMplre 4-5719

ST. JOHN, NB ....177 Prince William St.
OX 2'54'ii

VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St.

MFOW
BALTIMORE 1216 East Baltimore St.

HONOLULU... .56 North Nimitz Highway

NEW ORLEANS 523 ^envilfe^St!

NEW YORK 130 " reenwfch"
COrtlaud 7-7094

PORTLAND 522 NW Everett St.
CApitol 3-7297-8

SAN FRANCISCO.,,.,...240 Second St.
DOufflas 2-4592'

SAN PEDRO 298 West 7th Sti
TErminal 3-4485

SEATTLE 2333 Western Ave.
MAin 2-6326

SIU Welfare Plan
'Best Of All'
To the Editor:

I want to thank the SIU Wel­
fare Plan for Its prq^pt pa/-
ment of my hospital claim. I
received the check qiuckly and
was advised that my doctor re­
ceived his payment for services
also.

Last night at my Sunday
School Class Meeting the talk
got around to the different hos-
pltaliration plans and I was very
proud to say that my husband's

All letters to the editor for
publication in the SEAFARERS
LOO must be signed by the
writer. Names will be withheld
upon request.

Seafarers Welfare Plan was tho
very best of any that were dis­
cussed, and also the promptest
In payment.

MI*. John W. Parker
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Kiel's The Place
To Get Sick
To the Editor:

I am in the hospital in Kiel,
West Germany, and am being
treated the best I've ever been
. . . and I've sure been in hos­
pitals the last three years.

I am a bed patient here and
will bo for at least six weeks
and then I'll have to.spend an­
other month convalescing. If
any brother feels any doubt
about treatment here (if he has
to get off a ship,) forget It.

My ship, the Galloway, is in
Stetten, Poland, now, discharg­
ing grain. She will go to Bel­
gium and Holland then to Korea,
for a good long trip.

By the way, if any brother
ever stops In Tampa, Fla., try
to make the "Flaming Buddha." .
It is a swell joint and different
—no drinks but the suki yaki is
tops.

Also, for a nice quiet drink
and to meet a swell brother,
drop into the "This is It"
Lounge thete.'Bi'bther Ed Rush-
ton Is the owner. Its located at
313 Tampa St.

Good sailing to all. . .
Robert "Curly" Nielsen

4) 4* 4>

Morning Light
Crew Praised
To the Editor:

Our sincere thanks and best
wishes to the entire crew of the
SS Morning Light for their
kind expression of sympathy
shown after the passing away
of our sister.

It was deeply appreciated and
Is acknowledged by our family.

Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth A. Hunter

$1 4i> 4« '

Welfare Help
Aids Family
To the Editor:

I wish to* thank you, as well
as tho members of the Sea­
farers Welfare Plan for their
continued support, extended to
my growing family.

My husband was out of Job
when my son was born and had
it not been for the Welfare Plan
it would he very hard for us.

Thanks again, and I hope
someday my son will be of serv­
ice to the SIU.

Mn. F. I. Ayson

Thanks Welfare
For Bond, Ald^
To the Editor:

My husband Joins me la
thanking you and the SIU for
the bond sent to our son John,
and the lovely letter. The bond
will be used towards his col­
lege education. >

I would also like to express
my thanks for the aid the Union
gave towards our child's ex­
penses during his 30-day in the
hospital.

Words can never express our
thanks for such a great kind­
ness. '

Mrs, Alice Coher
4" 4" 4'

Thankful For
Union Aid
To the Editor:

Although 1 have only been
with the SIU a short time, I
have much to be thankful for;
especially the welfare help
which was offered to me while
in the hospital and now whilo
I'm taking outpatient treatment.

My hope is to continue to sail
and to make a good Union
brother always.

Edward Poiakoff
4^ 4< 4^

Welfare Aid
Appreciated
To the Editor:

My family and 1 gratefully
appreciate the kindness you and
your Welfare man Mr. Gilletto
extended to us.

The money sure has taken •
burden off my shoulders.

My late husband was so proud
to belong to such a good Union.
Many thanks again.

Catherine Stevens
4» t - 4«

Operation Came
Just In Time
To the Editor:
* I wish to thank the SIU for
their wonderful Seafarers Wel­
fare Plan. 1 had to have «
sudden operation eight weeks
ago and they took care of mo
wonderfully.

They also have an outstand­
ing doctor and surgeon (Dr.
Oscar B. Camp) here in Balti­
more. Because of him I am
home and well, doing fine.

My husband and I both wish
to thank you again.

Daniel and Isabella Moyland
4< 4" 4-

Seafarer's Wife
Likes LOG
To the Editor:

Enclosed is our new home ad­
dress. I have sure missed read­
ing, the LOG since moving here
in November of last year, and
would appreciate getting it
once more as 1 look forward to.
reading it while my husband is
away at sea, which is most of
the time.

Again I wish to thank you
all for such a nice little paper.

Frances Ranev
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Thanks Crew
ForWreath
To the Editor:

I should like to acknowledge
through this medium my sin­
cere appreciation to the crew-
members of the Alcoa Planter
for the beautiful floral wreath
and most comforting words of
sympathy received during our
bereavement in the passing of
our mother (Mrs. Irene Pem-
brick).

In behalf of my husband, my
family and myself, let m9 say
we are deeply grateful and may
God bless you abundantly.

Mrs. Thelma P. Talliver



asoto

Jidjr M, 186« SEAFARERS LOG Tv mr^-OM

SIU BABY ARBIVALS

All of the following SW families have received a $200 maternity
benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name:

M 1^' '

h'>

Constance Rooita Cameron, l)orn
April 17, 1960, to Seafarer and
Mrs. William R. Cameron, Mobile,
Ala.

Jon Ira Crabtrec, bom June 25,
1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Calvin
A. Crabtree, Mobile, Ala.

^ ^
Scott Brian Evans, bom May 26,

1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Zollle
Evans, Jr., Lebanon, Pa.

^
Paul Shawn Loffler, born April

23, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. John
C. Loffler, Grafton, W. Va.

Hariel Ortiz, born June 20, 1960,
to Seafarer and Mrs. Francisco
Ortiz, Bronx, N. Y.

if i" it
Jane M. Treltler, born May 22,

1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Carl T.
Treitler, Arabi, La.

i ^
Ralph Tracy Wright, born June

15, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Nor­
man R. Wright, Houston, Tex.

— ^

Lorraine Mary Bertolino, bom
June 16, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Joseph Bertolino, Galveston, Tex.

4i J* $•
Thelma Jean Black, born June

21, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Wilmer G. Black, Dallas, Tex.

4; 4 ^ ,
Perry Michael Bosh, born June

21, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
James P. Bush, Hialeah, Fla.

4 4 4
SuBan Ann Gnflfano, born June

21, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Anthony GuOiano, Elizabeth, NJ.

4 4 4
Elizabeth Marie Maillho, bom

Jnne 22, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Milton P. Maillho, New Orieans,
La.

4 4 4
Erico Baailito Mennr, bom June

26, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Victor A. Menor, Brooklyn, NY.

'4 4 4
Bettina Loniae Meaaaaa, bom

May to Seafarer and Mrs.
Andrew Messana, Framingham,
Mass.

4 4 4
Joseph MosakowsM, bom June

22, 1960. to Seafarer and Mrs.
Joseph Mosakowski. Philadelphia,
Pa.

4 4 4
John Joseph Mncia, bora June 4,

1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph
R. Mucia, Brooklyn, NY.

EVERY I
SUNDAY I DIRECT VOICE

I BROADCAST
I
I

TO SHIPS IN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN
AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS

MTD" "THE VOICE OF THE
IVERY SUNDAY, 1620 GMT (11:20 EST Sunday)

WFK-39, 19850 KCs Ships in Caribbean, East Coast
of South America, South Atlan­
tic and East Coast of United
States.

WFL-65. 15850 KCs Ships in Gulf of Mexico, Carib­
bean, West Coast of South
America, West Coast of Mexico

, and US East Coast.

WFR-85, 15306 KCk Ships in Mediterranean area.
No^ Atlantic, European and
US East Coast.

Meanwhile, MID 'Round-The-Worid
Wireless Broadcasts Continue . . .

Every Simday, 1915 GMT
J (2:15 PM EST Sunday)

WCO-13020 KCs
Europe and North America

WCO-16908.8 KCs
East Coast South America

WCO-22407 KCs
West Coast South America

Every Monday, 0315 GMT
(10:15 PM EST Sunday}

WMM 25-15607 KCs
Australia

WMrd 81-11037.5
Northwest Pacific

•

MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT

Put Postal Zone
On LOG Address

The Post Office Department
has requested that Seafarers
and their families include postal
zone numbers in sending
changes of address into the
LOG. The use of the zone num­
ber will greatly speed the flow
of the mail and will facilitate
delivery.

Failure to include the zone
number can hold up delivery
of the paper. The LOG is now
in the process of zoning its
entire mailing list.

Atomit Ship
Gets Checks
OnRadiation

Chewmembers of the SS Savan­
nah, the nation's first nuclear
merchant ship, will be the most
thoroughly examined seamen in
America under the terms of an
elaborate shipboard program, to
maintain a careful check on radia­
tion. The vessel will be operated
1^ States Marine Lines.

A staff of technicians, (^lerating
under the joint supervision of the
Atomic Energy Commission and
the Public Health Service, wiU
check out the crew exhausjjvely to
determine how much radiation
they might be abs(vbing as well
as their general physical reaction
to working on a nuclear-poweied
ship.

The technicians will have at
their disposal a variety of radiation
-detectors, monitoring Instruments
and other devices. Where ship's
personnel may have to service the
container in which the reactor is
installed, they wiR be equipped
with protective clothing, respira­
tory equipment to breath only
filtered air and other safeguards.

Personals
And Notices

James G. Kellog, Sr.
Contact your wife, Gabrielle Kel­

log, at 75 Ranney Street. Spring­
field, Mass.

4 4 4
Rudolph Cefarattf

Contact your mother at 51 Clin­
ton Street, New Britain, Conn.
Urgent. Also get in touch with
attorney Lawrence Drasin, at 233
Broadway, New York 7, NY, as
soon as possible.

4 4 4
Moustafa Fadl (or Fade!)

Ck>ntact George J. Tomeb, consul
general. United Arab Republic, 902
Park Avenue, New York 21, NY.
Anybody knowing of the where­
abouts of the above seaman, should
contact the consulate.

4 4 4
Audley FoBter

Please get in touch with your
wife, care of R. Toomey, 2701 Hud­
son Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ.
Anybody knowing where Brother
Foster is, is asked to transmit this
message.

4 4 4
Nick Tator

Get in touch with Joseph Mala-
zinsky, Millburn, NJ, DR 6-7635.

4 4 4
John Moiray

Important you contact your son,
c/o Gerner, same address as be­
fore.

4 4 4
Seafarers who knew the late

King Elliott are asked to write
Mrs. King Elliott at 813-41 Street,
East Birmingham 4, Alabama.

'Featherbed^ Saves Train
After Engineer Is Stricken

A di^l loc(»notive flreman—whose job would be aboli^ed
as "featherbedding" by the railroads—saved a speeding train
from going oflf the tracks when the engineer suffered a fatal

"AFL-CIO-* heart attack, the
News" reported.

Fireman R. M. Berland took
over the controls of the train, en
route to Portland, Ore., and
brought It to a stop after the en­
gineer had slumped over in his
seat and did not respond to his
name.

The engineer's foot was resting
on a device called the "dead man's
pedal" which is supposed to bring
the train to a stop In the event
the engineer la stricken. In this
case it didn't work.

Berland, who is a member of the
Locomotive Firemen and Engine-
men, said that the train was
headed down a steep Incline at
the time and would have left the
tracks bad it not been halted.

The Association of American
Railroads has been campaigning
for the elimination of firemen's
jobs on .dlesels. Railroad unions
have fon^t the move, basing their
argument, in part, on the need for
a fireman to backstop the engineer
and assiat in emergencies.

Musicians Hit
Runaway Notes

First it's runaway ships, then
runaway whiskey making the news
these days. Now add another to
the list: runaway music.

In this case, the opponent is the
Musicians Union, in cooperation
with the Ruppert Brewery in New
York. Both have stmck sour notes
on the use of 'runaway' musical
scores used in US-made TV shows
which are on film. Ruppert, which
is sponsoring the half hour "Sea
Hunt" drama has announced it
won't renew its contract with the
ad agency handling the package
unless the programmers agree to
cease using the foreign music. Rup­
pert charges that the use of t^e
background music is detrimental
to the jobs of American musicians.

FIRAL
DISPATCH

The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the
Seafarers Welfare Plan:

Hubert C. Gei^a. 66: A cerebral
hemorrhage after an auto accident

was fatal to
Brother Ctordon
at the Mobile
General Hospital
in Mobile, Ala­
bama, June 8,
1960. He sailed
in the SIU stew­
ard department
since December
27, 1938. He is

survived by his brother, Claude C.
Gordon, of Tampa,i Florida. Burial
was in the Pine Crest Cemetery,
Mobile, Alabama.

4 4 4
Richard Chazarra, 60: Brother

Chazarra passed away from a ma­
lignancy at the
Public Health
Hospital in New
Orleans, Louisi­
ana, May 14,
106a He had
sailed in the SIU
engine depart­
ment since April
20, 1955. No sur­
vivor la listed.
Burial was In the Metairie Ceme­
tery, New Orleans, Louisiana.

4 4 4
Sidney Turberville, 61: Brother

Turberville died at the Public
Health hospital
In New Orleans,
Louisiana, May
21, 1960. He
sailed in the SIU
deck department
since July 31,
1939. His only
listed survivor is
his pother, Cal-
lip Turberville,

of Pensacola, Florida. Burial was
in the Pine Barren Cemetery, Pine
Barren, Florida.

William R. Burch, 50: Brother
Burch died of natural causes at th*

Public Health
hospital in New
Oiieans, Louisi­
ana, May 14,
1960. He sailed
in the SIU en­
gine department
since June 25,
1956. He is sur-
vived byhia
mother, Carolina

Burch, of S.' Pittsburg, Tennessee.
Burial was in the Boligee Ceme­
tery, Boligee, Alabama.

4 4 4
Floyd T. Hurd, 35: Brother Hurd

died of pneumonia at the Balti­
more City Hospi­
tal in Baltimore,
Maryland, May
20, 1960. He
sailed in the SIU
engine depart­
ment since July
26, 1947. He Is
survived by his
widow, Edna
Hurd, of Balti­
more. No place of burial was in­
dicated.

Get That SS
Number Right

Seafarers filing vacation
money claims should make sure
that they use their correct So­
cial Security number. Use of
the wrong number means a cler­
ical headache for the Vacation
Plan office and slows up the
handling of payments.

Also, a Seafarer who uses the
Incorrect Social Security num­
ber is creditin:; his tax deduc­
tions to some other US worker.

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D €velopments in the world today aL£Eect all
American workers, perhaps seamen more than
most. Whether these developments come out of
Washington, Tokyo, New Delhi, Cairo or any
other major world center, seamen are among the
first to feel their impact.

w« ith that in mind, the SEAFARERS LOG is
attempting to keep you abreast of developments
in three vital areas that affect the livelihood and
welfare of SIU men as Seafarers and citizens—the
maritime industry, the national scene and inter­
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